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ISIEW-YOBK,  FRIDAY,  FEBEUABY  2.  1877. 


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THE  COUNTOG  OF  THE  VOTE 


JOINT  SESSION  OF  THE  TWO  HOUSES. 

SIX  STATES  COtJNTED  AND  THE  VOTES  AN- 
NOUNCED— THRBB  SETS  OF  CERTIFI- 
CATES FROM  FLORIDA  —  OBJECTIONS 
FROM  BOTH  BIDES — THE  PAPEB8  RE- 
FERRED TO  THE  KLKCTORAl,  COL- 
LKGE  COMMISSION  FOR  JUDGMENT — 
RECESS  TILL  10  A.  M.  TO-DAT  TAKEN. 
SpeeUa  DUpateh  to  t^e  Neyo-  York  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  1. — The  two  hoases 
met  together  at  1  o'clook,  as  reqaired  by  law, 
to  begin  the  countine;  of  the  Electoral 
votes.  The  galleries  of  tne  hall  of  the 
Souse  were  already  filled,  and  the  avail- 
able  space  on  the  floor  was  oocnpied 
by  privileged  persona.  Of  course,  there  was  a 
zreat  desire  to  witness  a  fair  oount,  and  curi- 
sfiity  was  increased  by  the  expectation  that  the 
aew  law  would  afford  some  new  diversion  to 
she  formality  of  the  counting,  for,  strange 
IS  it  may  seem,  after  all  that  has  been  written 
about  this  law,  not  one  person  in  10  is  met 
who  has  more  than  a  remote  and  glim- 
Dbering  idea  of  the  manner  of  its  exeou- 
ti«n.  To  gratify  the  common  curiosity 
tlioasands  of  people  labored  anxiously 
last  night  and  this  morning  to  secure  the 
tickets  of  admission,  and  the  few  hundred  who 
were  fortunate  enough  to  obtain  them  had  taken 
possession  of  most  of  the  choice  seata  in  the 
galleries  two  hours  beiore  the  beginning  of 
the  count.  Holders  of  tickets  found  policemen 
{guarding  all  the  entrances  to  the  House  wing 
of  the  Capitol,  and  when  once  they 
passed  within  the  cordon  the  precautions 
taken  had  secured  them  against  the  annoyance 
of  crowds,  for  no  more  were  admitted  than 
could  obtain  places  to  see  the  proceedings  of 
the  day.  The  gallery  behind  the  clock,  where 
the  colored  admirers  of  Congress  used 
to  sleep  during  the  dull  sessions  and 
^ugh  during  the  funny  ones,  was  for 
once  filled  with  finely-dressed  gentlemen  and 
ladies.  The  crowd  were  rewarded  for  their 
early  possession  of  seats,  first  by  an  hour  of 
waiting,  and  then  an  hour  of  the  session  of  the 
House  which  was  mostly  spent  in  reading  the 
record  of  last  night's  sesson,  even  tothelists  of 
yeas  and  nays  and  the  absentees.  At  12:45  a 
recess  of  10  minutes  was  taken. 

Just  before  the  recess  there  was  an  incident 

of  some  significance,  and  deserving  particular 
attention.  Speaker  Bandall  announced  the 
two  tellers  on  the  part  of  the  House 
to  be  Gen.  Cook,  ot  Georgia,  and  Mr. 
Stone,  of  Missouri.  Both  are  Southern 
Democrats  of  much  muscle  and  plenty 
of  pluck,  but  not  heretofore  renowned  for 
their  abilities  in  counting.  Mr.  Kasaon  called 
attention  to  the  fact  that  it  was  unusual  for 
the  minority  to  be  deprived  of  rep- 
resentation in  80  important  a  func- 
tion, and  Mr.  Sandall  explained  that  his 
intention  had  been  communicated  to  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  Senate,  who  would  look  after  the 
interests  of  hia    party  by  appointiug   two    Ke- 

pubiican    Senators    as    tellers.    Mr.    Easson 

mildly  remarked  that  it  should  go  on  leeord 
that  such  action  by  the  President  of 
the   Senate   was    caused    by   the    action   of 

the  Speaker  of  the  House,  at  which  tliere  were 
demonstration  a  of  displeasure  on  the  Demo- 
cratic side.  There  has  been  some  private  by- 
play in  regard  to   this   afiair   for   two   or  three 

days,  and  Mr.  Kandall  has  been  be- 
sought by  Democratic  Senators  to  appoint 
one  Democrat  and  one  Kepublican,  as  was 
intended  in  the  Senate,  and  in  accordance  with 
the  spirit  of  the  law  for  which  the  vote  of  Ran  - 
dall  was  greeted  with  applause  when  the  bill 
passed  the  House.  Mr.  Randall  was  inflexi- 
ble, and    it  seems  for    a    purpose.     There   was 

a  plan  a  while  ago  for  the  tellers  of  the  House 
to  count  Tilden  in,  whatever  might  be  the 
count  of  the  Senate  tellers,  and  so  to  report  to 
the  House.  That  the  report  might  be  unanimous, 
it  was  necessary  that  no  Republican  teller 
should  be  appointed.  Mr.  Randall  cannot  get 
over  the  notion  that  some  contingency  may 
arise  under  the  new  law  in  which  that  game 
might  be  played,  and  hence  he  has  displayed 
what  appears  to  most  people  to  be  a  piece  of 
petty  partisanship,  but  what  really  has  a 
deeper  meaning. 

At  12:55  Mr.  Symnson,  a  clerk  from  the 
Senate,  announced  the  appointment  of  Senators 
Allison  and  Sargent  as  tellers,  but  presently 
came  back  and  said  that  Mr.  Sargent  had  been 
excused  and  Senator  Ingalls  appointed  in 
his  place.  This  message  was  almost  imme- 
diately followed  by  the  Senators,  walking  two 
by  two,  preceded  by  the  Sergeants  at  Arms  of 
both  houses.  The  House  roae  to  receive  the . 
Senate,    and    the     latter     were      soon    seated 

in  the  seats  reserved  for  them  in 
the  front  rows  on  the  Democratic 
sirtft  In  a  few  moments  perfect  order  and  quiet 
reigned  in  the  House,  while  Vice  President 
Ferry,  occupying  the  Speaker's  chair,  prepared 
to  open  the  Electoral  returns.  The  House  at 
this  moment  was  densely  filled  in  every  comer, 
both  on  the  floor  and  in  the  galleries, 
about  1,800  persons,  probably,  being  within 
hearing  of  Mr.  Perry's  voice.  There  were  a 
great  many  people  from  out  of  town  present, 
and  a  number  of  distingmshed  men  were  on 
the  floor.  Of  the  latter  were  George  Bancroft, 
the  historian;  Secretary  Robeson,  Justices  Field, 
and  Miller,  of  the  Supreme  Court,  also  mem- 
bers ot  the  Electoral  Commission ;  Gen.  Sher- 
man, with  Don  Cameron,  Secretary  of  War, 
.  Secretary  Chandler,  the  counsel  for  both  par- 
ties—Mr. Eijarts,  Mr.  Stoughton,  Mr.  Sheila^ 
barger.  and  Stanley  Matthews,  for  the  Re- 
publicans; Mr.  Trumbull,  Mr,  Merrick,  Mr. 
Black,  and  Charles  O' Conor,  for  the  Demo- 
3rats. 

Mr.  Ferry  had  the  returns  in  a  wooden  box, 
alittle  more  than  one  foot  in  dimensions.  He 
announced  in  the  usual  formal  manner  that 
the  two  houses  were  met  to  be  present  at  the 
opening  of  the  certificates  and  the  counting  of 
votes  for  President  and  Vice  President  for  four 
years  from  the  4tb  of  next  March.  Then 
be  opened  the  box,  and,  taking  out  the  return 
from  Alabama,  broke  tbe  seal  and  handed  the 
Dspers  to  Senator  Allison,  one  of  the  tellers, 
to  read.  The  tellers  occupied  the  desk 
ai  the  Reading  and  Journal  Clerks  im- 
mediately in  .front  ot  the  desk.  The 
paper  proved  to  be  rather  long,  and  15  min- 
utes was  taken  in  the  reading.  Tne  return  re- 
ceived by  the  messenger  having  been  read,  the 
iuplicate  received  by  mail  was  handed  to  Mr. 
Stone  and  was  read  through  by  him.  This 
doable  reading  was  afterward  discontinued, 
the  duplicate  return  being  compared  in 
each  case  with  the  return  which  was 
read.  T'he  reading  of  these  formal  papers 
m  extenso  was,  of  course,  tiresome  Us  every- 
body, but  the  law  requires  it.  The  pfiisiding 
officers  inquired  if  any  objections  w«e  oflFered 
to  counting  the  vote  of  Alabama  as  reocrted, 
and  none  being  offered  the  10  votes  of  Alabama 
were   ordered  to  be  counted  for  Tilden  and 

Hendricks.  .  ». 

The  second  retumn  opened  were  flrom  Arfcan- 
f^    T^•v  wre  r;*.l  bjr  the  tellers  and  d»6 


six  votes  were  counted  for  Tilden  and  Hen- 
dricks. California  and  Colorado  followed, 
and  were  rapidly  disposed  of,  tbe  six 
votes  of  the  former  and  the  three 
votes  of  tbe  latter  being  counted  for 
Hayes  and  Wheeler.  The  6  votes  of  Connecti- 
cut and  the  3  votes  of  Delaware  were  counted 
for  Tilden  and  Hendnoks.  The  reading  of  the 
papers  occupied  considerable  time,  but  every- 
thing was  found  to  be  in  order. 
The  next  certificate  opened  was  from 
Florida.  The  reading  of  the  papers  in  the 
case  of  this  State,  which  everybody  had  been 
waiting  for,  was  the  most  tedious  and  weari- 
some of  all,  though  interesting  to  those  who 
were  about  to  consider  them  in  another 
tribunaL  First,  Mr.  Ferry  opened  and  the 
tellers  read  the  regular  and  lawful  re- 
turn from  the  State,  which  was  seen  to 
comply  with  the  law  in  every  particular  and 
with  complete  exactness.  This  return,  of 
course,  gave  four  votes  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler. 
Mr.  Ferry  next  produced  and  opened  a  second 
return,  which  proved  to  be  the  pre- 
t«nded  vote  of  the  Tilden  Electors,  which 
was  certified  to  by  the  Secretary  of 
State.  This  return  was  gravely  and  solemnly 
regular,  except  the  absence  of  the  proper  ex- 
ecutive ceitificate.  This  return  having  been 
read,  a  third  return  was  opened,  which  was 
received  only  yesterday.  This  set  of  pa- 
pers is  the  result  of  the  new  count  by 
the  order  of  the  Legislature.  The  papers 
were  printed  .and  everything  done  with  ele- 
gance, the  broad,  gilt  seals  shining  upon  every 
comer.  There  was  attached  to  the  paper  a 
broadside  of  election  returns  which  would 
have  required  an  hour  or  more  to  read.  The 
reading,  except  a  little  of  the  first 
part,  was  dispensed  with  by  unanimous 
consent.  Then  followed  the  presentation  of 
objections.  Mr.  David  Dudley  Field  presentea 
a  long  written  objection  to  the  counting  of  the 
Hayes  return.  This  was  signed  by  five  Sena- 
tors and  five  Representatives,  among  them  be- 
ing Senators  Jones,  of  Florida,  and  McDonald, 
and  Representatives  Field,  Jenks,  and  Spring- 
er. Senator  Jones,  on  his  own  behalf,  objected 
to  counting  the  vote  af  I^umphfeys,  a  Republi- 
can Elector,  alleging  that  he  was  a 
Federal  office  holder.  and  ineligible. 
Ol^eotions  wore,  made  on  the  Republican  side 
to  counting  the  nretended  votes  for  Tilden  and 
Hendnoks.  The  papers  were  brief,  settmg  torth 

in  few  words  the  reasons  well  known  to  every- 
body why  neither  the  second  nor  the  third  set 
of  returns  should  be  counted.  Senators  Sar- 
gent, Conover,  and  Sherman,  and  Representa- 
tives Kasson  and  MoCrary  were  the  signers  of 
the  objection,  and  the  papers  were  presented 
by  Senator  Sargent  and  Mr.  Kasson.  All 
papers  and  returns,  including  great  bundles  of 
testimony  taken  by  the  Florida  Investigating 
Committees,  were  then  ordered  sent  to  the 
Electoral  Commission,  and  the  two  houses  sex>- 
arated,  each  going  on  with  its  own  usual  busi- 
ness. 

The  Electoral  Commission  was  assembled  in 
the  Supreme  Court  room  at  2  o'clock,  awaiting 
any  papers  that  might  be   sent   to   them.     The 

returns  were  not  sent  till  after  3  o'clock,  and 

the  Commission  adjourned  till  10:30  to-morrow 
morning,  having  first  arranged  the  order  of 
hearing  arfuments,  which  will  consume  eight 
hours,  and  extend,  into  and  through  Saturday, 
deferring  the  decision  of  the  Florida  case  till 
next  week. 

THE  ELECTORAL   COMMISSION. 
FIRST    SESSION    FOR    ACTUAL    BUSINESS    OF 

THE    BOARD THE   FLORIDA  OBJECTIONS 

CERTIFIED   BY  THE  PRESIDENT  OF  THE 

SENATE  ARRANGEMENTS       FOR        THE 

HEARING  OF  ARGUMENT. 

Special  DltpatcK  to  the  New-  Yurk  TimeM. 
Washington,  Fob.  1. — The  Commission 
was  half  through  its  session  before  any  re- 
porters were  able  to  obtain  admittance,  the 
arrangements  tor  their  accommodation  not 
having  been  verv  well  looked  after.  They 
were  at  last  admitted  into  the  old  gallery, 
directly  over  the  bench  and  desks  of  the 
Supreme  Judges.  The  auditorium  of  tbe  court- 
room had  no  more  than  a  dozen  or  two  spec- 
tators, and  the  tables  for  lawyers  within  the 
bar  were  not  so  well  filled  as  on  usual  cvurt 
days.  The  15  Commissioners  sat  in  a  row, 
11  of  them  behind  the  long  desk  of  the  court 
and  two  at  eaoh  end  at  tables  placed 
for  their  use  at  right  angles  with  the  Judges' 
bench.  The  five  Justices  occupied  the  middle 
seats,  the  members  from  the  Senate  being  on 
their  right,  and  the  members  from  the  House 
OB  the  left.  Beginning  at  the  extreme  left  of 
the  bench,  to  one  entering  the  main  door  of  the 
court-room,  the  order  m  which  the  Commission 
sits  is  as  follows :  Senators  Thurmau,  Bayard, 
Frelinghuysen,  Morton,  Eamunda ;  Justices 
Strong,  Miller,  Clifford,  Field,  Bradley,  and 
Representatives  Payne,  Hunton,  Abbott,  Gar- 
field, and  Hoar.  In  front  of  the  Commission 
are  two  rows  of  tables  within  the  bar.  On  the 
right  of  the  President  of  the  Commission  is  the 
table  of  the  Democratic  counsel,  and  directly 
before  the  President  is  the  table  of  tho 
Democratic  objectors.  Behmd  this  table 
is  thAt  of  the  Republican  counsel,  and  to 
the  extreme  left  of  the  Commission,  at  the 
second  row  of  tables,  are  the  Republican  ob- 
jectors. To-day  these  tables  were  occupied  by 
gentlemen  whose  names  have  been  heretofore 
mentioned  as  counsel  and  objectors  on  either 
side.  It  has  been  determined  that  Messrs. 
Thompson  and  Jenks  will  speak  for  the  Demo- 
cratic objectors,  and  Messrs.  Kasson  and 
McCrary  for  the  Republicans.  The  order 
ot  speeches  is  not  fixed,  certainly,  nor 
is  it  determined  what  counsel  will  ad- 
dress the  Commission,  and  in  what  order 
the  addresses  will  be  made.  To-day,  David 
Dudley  Field  seemed  to  take  charge  of  the 
Democratic  case,  and  Senator  Sargent  was  the 
principal  spokesman  for  the  Republicans.  The 
Commission  ordered  the  printing  of  the  cer- 
tificates and  objections,  and  Representative 
Abbott  endeavored  to  secure  the  printing  of 
all  papers,  which  motion  was  withdrawn  on 
the  objection  of  Mr.  Edmunds  that  it  might 
involve  a  determination  of  how  iar  tbe  Com- 
mission would  go  m  the  case. 

A  DIFFICULTY  TO  BE  OVERCOME. 
THE     CONTINUOUS    SESSION     RKQTJIRED     BY 

THE  ELKCTORAL  ACT — A  MODIFICATION 

IN' THE  LAW   TO   BE    MADE. 

Washington,  Feb.  1. — Speaker  Randall  and 
President  pro  tern.  Ferry  bad  a  confereooe  tbia  af- 
ternoon in  regard  to  tbe  embarrassments  likely  to 
result  from  the  provision  of  the  Electoral  act  which 
prohibits  a  dissolution  of  the  .loint  meeting  of  tke 
two  houses  "until  the  count  of  the  Electoral 
votes  shall  be  oomplated  and  the  result  de- 
clared." This  provision  of  the  act  is  olo8»ly 
followed  by  others  which  authorise  sltber  boiiso  to 
take  a  recess  trom  the  afternoon  ef  one  day  until  an 
boor  not  later  than  10  o'clock  next  morning  in  tbe 
event  of  questions  having  arisen  In  regartl 
to  tbe  oonnting  of  any  Electoral  votes,  and 
also  to  proceed  with  its  ordinary  busineas  while  any 
question  is  being  oooMdered  by  the  Commission. 
The  elTect  of  tbe  first  described  provision  will  be, 
however,  to  kesp  both  booses  teohnloallT  In  oon> 
tiBMOs  seuioB.  so  that  all  proeeediocs  In  either 


one  of  tbem,  until  the  completion  of  the  count, 
most  bear  the  date  of  to>dsy.  This  will  greatly 
impede  legislative  baslneis,  as,  under  the 
raloi,  a  single  objection  ia  anfficlent 
in  many  oases  to  prevent  tbe  eon. 
sideration  of  certain  classes  of  bnainess 
until  the  next  legislative  day  after  it  u  presented. 
Difflcnlties  might  also  arise  concerning  bills  sent  to 
the  President  for  his  approvAl,  oending  the 
completion  of  the  count,  as  they  would 
all  bear  the  legialatiTe  date  of  to-day. 
The  Speaker  and  Mr.  Wilson,  of  Iowa,  who  is 
also  a  member  of  the  House  Committee  on  Rales, 
called  on  Mr.  Ferry  as  soon  as  the  Honse  took  its 
recess,  and  he  Invited  Senators  Blaine,  Hamlin, 
and  Coaklmg  to  participate  in  the  conference  on  this 
subject,  as  the  result  of  which  it  was  agreea  to  be 
necessary  to  repeal  immediately  so  much 
of  the  Electoral  act  as  prohibits  acyoarn- 
meats  from  day  to  day  while  qnestloos 
remain  nndar  ooDsideration  by  tbe  Commtsslon. 
Mr.  Wilson  will  to-morrow  offer  a  bill  in  the  House 
for  this  purpose,  and  it  will  doubtless  be  promptly 
passed  by  both  bodies.  Xbe  subject  was  also  dti- 
cussed  informally  in  the  exeeative  session  of  tbe 
the  Senate  thia  afternoon.  ^ 


THE  INELIGIBLE  ELECTORS. 

REPORT  OF  THE  SENATE  COMMITTEE  ON 
ELECTIONS — FROST  OP  MISSOURI,  IN- 
ELIGIBLE, AND  THE  OTHER  MEMBERS  OF 
THE  COLLEGE  WITHOUT  POWER  TO  FILL 
THE  VACANCY. 

Special  Dispatch  to  t\e  New-Yort  Tlmen. 

Washington,  Feb.  1.— Senator  Mitchell, 
this  afternoon,  presented  tbe  report  of  tbe  Com- 
mittee on  Privileges  and  Eleotiens,^  regarding 
all  the  Electors  whose  eligibility  has  beetreon- 
tested,  excent  Cronin  and  his  associates  in  Ore- 
gon. Regarding  the  New-Jersey  case,  the  com- 
mittee reports  that  the  Elector  WilUamson 
was  clearly  ineligible,  but  that  according  to 
the  laws  of  the  State  the  other  Electors,  about 
whom  there  was  no  dispute,  had  the  authority 
to  fill  his  place  as  they  bad  done.  The  same 
report  was  made  regarding  the  Virerinia 
case.  in  relation  to  the  Missouri  case, 
on  the  other  hand,  the  committee  held 
that  the  Elector  Frost  was  ineligible, 
and  that  tho  other  Electors  had  neither  the 
power  to  fill  his  plaoe  nor  to  remove  his  dis- 
abiUties.  Senator  Kernan,  representing  a 
minority  of  the  committee,  dissented  from  this 
part  of  the  report  and  held  that  Frost  was  eli- 
gible to  the  position  of  Elector,  because  his 
poUtical  disabilities  had  been  removed  by  tbe 
act  of  May,  1872.  Pending  the  discussion  of 
this  pomt  the  Senate  went  into  executive  ses- 
siom  and  then  adjourned. 


Ditpateh  to  the  Auociated  Fren, 

Washington,  Feb.  1.— Senator  Mitchell,  from 
the  Committee  on  Privileges  and  Elections,  made  a 
report  to  the  Senate  to-day  ander  tbe  last  olaase  of 
the  Edmnnda  resoiotloo.  Instructing  that  commit- 
tee to  inqnire  into  the  eligibility  to  ofiico,  under 
tbe  CoDstitntion,  of  any  person  alleged  to  have 
been  ineligible  as  Presidential  Electors  on  the  7tii 
of  November  last,  to  wtiom  certlfloates  of 
election  have  been  issaed  by  the  Exoontive 
aattaorlty  of  any  State.  The  report  coTers  three 
cases  of  alleged  ineligible  Electors :  Fir<it,  that  of 
BeivJamin  Williamson,  of  New-Jersey ;  second,  that 
of     Gen.      D.      M.      Frost,      of      Misaonrl ;      and 

third,  that  of  F.  W,  M.  Halliday,   of  Virginia. 
In  the  case  of  tbe  New-Jersey  Elector,  tbe  com- 
mittee And  thai  Mr.  Williamson  was   abuat  25  years 

ago  appointed  by  tbe  Circuit  Court  uf  tho  Unltea 

St«t«a  a  United  States  Commissioner,  and 
ttiat      be       ncTor      rosigned     the     office.      Tne 

committee    fled,     therefore,     that     said     WIU 

lUmson  was  ineligible  aa  an  Elector  on  the 
7th  of  November  lust.  Mr.  Williamson  resigned 
and  did  not  attend  the  meeting  of  the  Electoral 
CoUeee,  and  bla  vacancy  w.as  filled  br  the  Electors 
present.  The  committee  find  that  under  the  sta- 
tute of  New-Jersey  the  Electors  could  legally  fill 
SQch  vacancy. 

In  the  case  of  Daniel  M.  Frost,  of  Miasoari, 
tbe  committee  find  that  prior  to.  tbe  rebellion 
he  was  an  officer  ia  tbe  United  States  Army ; 
bad  taken  the  oatb  requirod;  also  tbat  he 
had  been  a  member  of  tbe  Missouri  Legis- 
lature prior  to  that  time,  and  as  ench  had  taken  an 
oath  to  support  the  Conacitntion  of  the  United 
Slates;  also  tbat  he  wa«  an  olBoer  of  tbe  Gontedm-. 
ate  Army.  Tbe  committee  farther  find  that  these 
facts  render  him  Inelimble  to  be  an  Elector  ander  tbe 
third  section  of  the  fourteenth  amendment  to  the 
Constltation.  The  cooimittee  also  find  that  Mr. 
Frost  received  a  pardon  from  the  President 
of  the  United  States  on  tbe  28th  of  Octo- 
ber, 1865.  Tbe  eommittee  also  find,  as  a  con- 
olnsion  of  law,  that  this  pardon  did  not 
aflect  or  remove  the  disability  as  imposed  by  tbe 
fourteenth  amendment,  the  report  nuldlng  that 
the  disability  ooald  only  be  removed  by  the  two- 
thirds  vote  of  both  bouses  of  Cougress.  They 
also  And  as  a  matter  of  fact  that  Mr.  Front 
did  not  attend  the  meeting  of  tbe  Miasoari 
Electoral  CoUeKe,  and  that  tbe  alleged  vacancy  wns 
filled,  or  attempted  to  be  filled,  by  the  Electors 
present.  Tbe  committee  flud,  as  a  conclusion  of 
law,  that  nnder  the-  statnte  of  the  State 
of  Mlssunrl  the  Electors  present  had  no  power 
whatever  to  fill  tho  vacancy  occasioned  by  the  ab- 
sence ot  Frost,  and  that  their  action  in  attemptinc; 
to  do  so  was  void.  The  committee  find  that,  inau- 
mucn  as  Frost  waa  ineligible  to  l>e  an  Elector,  he 
was  also  ineli{nble  to  be  apoointed. 

In  tbe  case  of  HoUiday,  of  Virginia,  tho  commit- 
tee find  tbat  be  was  a  Centennial  Commlssiooer  at 
the  time  of  the  election  ;  that  sach  office  is  one  of 
trust  under  tbe  Cunstitntlon  of  the  United  States, 
and  be  was.  therefore,  ineligible  to  be  an  Elector. 
Mr.  Hullidsy  did  not  attend  tbe  meeting  of  tbe 
Electoral  Cotlece,  anil  those  pre&ent  filled  ibe  va- 
cancy, which  the  committee  find  they  could  legally 
do  nnder  the  statntes  of  Virginia. 

Tbe  committee  furtber  find  tbat  shoald  the  doc- 
trine Bssamed  by  Gov.  Grover,  of  Orenon,  be  con- 
ceded— which  the  committee  report  as  indefensible 
in  either  law  or  morals— then  Mr.  Stifel,  tbe  Bapnb- 
can  candidate  in  opposition  to  Mr.  Frost  in  Mis- 
souri, and  the  Republican  candidate  in  ojipositlon  to 
Mr.  Hoillday,  were  each  entitled  to  receive  the  cer- 
tificate of  tbe  Governor,  and  each  entitled  to  act  as 
Presidential  Elector. 

Tnis  report  does  not  cover  tbe  Oregon  case,  as  the 
investigation  in  tbat  easels  under  a  special  resolu- 
tion of  the  Senate.  Tbe  report  in  tbat  case  will  be 
made  m  a  few  days. 

Dr.  J.  W.  Walts,  the  alleged  inelisible  Elector 
isoxa  Oregon,  was  recalled  t)etore  the  Sonata  Commit- 
tee on  Privileges  and  Elections  tbls  mornine,  and 
testified  tnat  be  has  not  been  a  Postmaster  since 
the  14th  day  of  November  last,  when  he  telegraphed 
his  reaignaiion  to  tbe  Postmaster  General.  Post- 
master General  Tyner  was  called,  and  corroborated 
the  testimony  of  I>r.  Watts. 


NOTE 8  FROM  THE  CAPITAL. 

Washinqton,  Feb.  1. — The  new  Board  of  Po- 
lice Commissioners  to-day  reinstated  Major  Kich- 
ards,  tbe  Snperintendent  of  Police,  and  also  tne  de- 
tectives who  had  also  been  stupeuded, 

Hon.  Alexander  H.  Stephens'  condition  oontlnaea 
to  improve.  At  no  time  have  bis  physioans  dis- 
paired  of  his  recovery.  His  dUease  is  not  pulmona- 
ry, but  pneumonic  and  neuralgic. 

LOUISIANA  POLITICS. 

Nbw-Obleans,  Feb.  1. — The  Superior  Crim- 
inal Court  to-day  served  a  written  order  upon  Sec- 
retary of  State  Emile  Honore,  at  the  State-boase, 
reaoirina;  him  to  deliver  for  inves  ligation  by  tbe 
Grand  Jury  the  original  retams  of  tbe  late  elec- 
tion, now  in  his  koeping.  Mr.  Honore  replied  thai 
tbe  records  of  bis  oSice  show  that  neither  W.  B. 
Whitaker,  tbe  Judge  Issning  this  order,  nor  John 
J.  Finney,  the  District  Attorney,  on  whose  motion 
it  was  made,  have  been  commissioned  or  qualified 
according  to  law.  He,  tbereiore,  refuses  to  recog- 
nize tbem,  and  says  be  regards  tbe  issuance  of  snch 
an  order,  and  any  attempt  to  enforce  it,  as  a 
violation  of  the  itatu  quo,  and  will  lay  tbe  facta  be- 
fore Qtor.  Packard  for  bis  action. 

The  Democratic  lawyers  claim  tbat  Packard  has 
reoegnlzed  tbe  NioboUs'  Government  by  filing  an 
answer  to  a  suit  against  him  in  tbe  Sixth  District 
Court.  The  Republican  Lei{ialarare  passed  a  bill 
abolisbinK  this  court,  and  the  holding-over  and  re- 
elected Jndge  (Soaciei)  died.  Gov.  NichoUs  an- 
pointed  lbs  present  inoumlient  Judee  Jteeister,  be* 
fore  whom  tbe  suit  was  broaght,  and  whose  jadi- 
bial  exlatenee  Packard  admitted  by  pleading  before 
it.  ^ 

NIOKXL  COVKTEBFEITERB  ABEE8TED. 

New-Oblcajts,  Feb.  1.— Francisco  Pontillo 
and  wife,  Martin  J.  Scotti,  Virgil  Gorsain,  and  Sal- 
vador Albemini,  were  arrested  by  Treasury  Detec- 
tive Steele  to-day,  charged  with  making  and  Issu- 
ing counterfeit  nickels.  A  large  qaantity  of  ooun* 
texfeit  niofc^  die%  &o.,  were  wwan^ 


LATEST  NEWS  BY  CABLE. 


THE  EASTERN  CONFLICT. 

NEGOTIATIONS  BETWEEN    THE  PORTE,    8ER- 
VIA,        AND  MONTENEGRO — ^WARLTKB 

PREPARATIONS  IN  ROUMANIA— THE  RUS- 
SIAN GUARDS   TO   BE  MOBILIZED. 

London,  Feb.  1. — A  Aispatob  to  Renter's 
Telegraph  Comoany  from  Constantinople  says : 
"  It  is  lielievect  that  tbe  Porte,  in  Its  negotiations 
with  Servis,  is  disposed  to  reqaire  as  a  gaarantoe 
the  continued  Turkish  ocsjupation  of  Alexinata, 
Montenegro,  in  reply  to  Mldhat  Pasha's  dispatch  to 
treat  direct  for  peace,  accepts  the  proposal  to  nego- 
tiate, and  requests  the  Porte  to  state  the  conditions 
it  will  accord  as  a  basis  of  nezotiation." 

LoNnoN,  Feb.  2.— Tbe  Standard't  special  from 
Bucharest  announces  tbat  tbe  Bonmanian  Gbambgrs 
have  reduced  tbe  budget  of  the  War  Office  to  $2,800,- 
000. 

The  Time*'  dispatch  ftom  Berlin  says  Servia  is 
willmg  to  raze  the  fortifications  at  Deligrad  and 
Alexinatz  if  Tnrtcey  leaves  the  other  fortresses  in 
her  bands.  Tbe  Roumanians  are  erectiiig  batteries 
opposite  tbe  Turkish  redoubts  at  Widdin.  It  is 
understood  that  tbe  mobilization  of  tbe  Busaisn 
Guards  has  been  resolved  upon. 

A  Timet  telegram  from  Belgrade  reports  tbat 
Servia  is  waiting  for  replies  to  her  appeal  to  tbe 
Western  powers  to  Interfere  in  her  behalf 
for  the  purpose  of  arranging  terms  with 
the  Porte  which  shall  be  satisfactory 
to  .  both  Governments  and  not  contain 
stipulations  for  guaraotees  so  repugnant  to  Doth 
Servia  and  Montenegro.  It  is  probable  the  Sknpocb- 
tigna  will  moot,  notwithstanding  tbe  Cabinet's  op- 
i>o8itioD,  to  decide  upon  the  ratification  ^f  the 
treaty^  one  ia  neKotlnted.  It  is  certain  tbat  there 
Will  bea~Gonaervative  Ministry  as  soon  as  peace  is 
concluded.  "~~~~~^^^ 

The  Viennaoorrespondent-ofthe  Times  telegraphs 
that  Constant  EflTendi  has  been  Instructed  to 
proceed  immediately  to  Cettioje  ^  to  .^open 
negotiations.  Montenetrro  is  aware  that  the 
Porte,  although  anxious  to  make  peace  with 
Servia,  is  comparatively  IndifiTerent  as  regards 
Montenegro,  because  the  latter's  geographical 
position  precludes  efTdctive  co-operation  on 
her  part  with  Bussia.  Montenegro  is, 
therefore,  laying  great  stress  npon  tbe 
agreement  by  whicb  the  Principalities  promised 
not  to  act  Independently  sf  each  other.  Tbn  Prin  ce 
bas  sent  most  positive  assurances  to  Belgrade  tbat 
be  will  only  act-  in  nnion  with  Servia,  aa 
be  sees  tbat  b\r  solidarity  with  Servia  he 
will  be  able  to  extract  much  better  conditions  from 
tbe  Porte.  Midhat  Pnaha  introduced  tbe  stipula- 
tion for  guarantees  as  a  concession  to  tbe 
Turkish  party,  which  objected  to  the 
Porte's  making  overtures  to  a  defeated 
enemy.        It      is      thoncht      he     will     either 

drop  tbe  stipulation  or  reduce  it  to  an  inoffensive 
mlnimam.  As  soon  as  It  was  known 
that  Turkey  had  mad^  overtures  to  Servia 
the  Bussian  representatives  at  various 
courts  declared  that  Bossia  bad  no  objection 
to  tbe  conolnsion  of  peace.  It  is  cnrious  tbat  tbeRC 
representatives  do  not  seem  to  have  orders  to  make 
a  similar  declaration  with  regard  to  Montenegro. 

Tbe  Timet  publishes  a  letter  from  Lord  Stratford 
de  Kedoliff^  recommending  tbat  tbe  powers  give  the 
reforms  established  by  Xarkey  a  fair  trial.  It  sug- 
gests tbat  tbe  mediating  powers  might  conclude  an 
aereement  to  this  effect  and  make  official  declara- 
tion    to      the      PoTte      tbat    tbev    are     not    only 

agreed,     but    vigilant     and     determined,     and 

only       tor       a       reasonable       time       forboarlnc. 

Tbe   Paris    correspondent    of    tbe     Tim^t    says 

it   is   eflBrmed     on    all     hands     that     a     brisk 

correspondence  is  proeresslns  between  Rus- 
sia and  Germany.  Soma  assert  tbat  Buasla 
wants  to  know    whether   she    could   eojoy   the 

fruits  of  vfctory  if  sheacbieveaone.  It  is  certain  tbat 
Turkey  quite  comprehended  tbe  danger  of  a  pro- 
longation af  tbe  present  state  of  affairs.  A  direct 
sntisfaotlon  which  mlsht  be  ofiered  to  Russia  Is 
therefore  being  sincerely  sought,  such  as  would 
allay  public  excitement,  and  justify  disarmament 
by  botn  Russia  and  Tnrkey. 

Gen.  Tchernayeff  lias  arrived  at  Venlnor,  Isle  of 
Wight. 

MISCELLANEO  US  FOREIQN  NO  TES. 


ALiNCHESTEB,  Feb.  1. — A  special  dispatch  to 
the  Qnardian  trom  London  says :  "  Slade,  the 
American  medium,  left  for  Bassia  on  Monday  to 
fulfill  an  ougagement  in  that  coantry." 

Mr.  Mnnion,  tbe  solicitor  of  Dr.  Slade,  the 
spiritnallst,  publishes  a  letter  wbiob  be 
bas  sent  to  the  nrosecnting  solicitor  declaring 
tbat  Slade,  who  is  dangeronsly  ill.  left 
England  to  go  to  Russia  before  it  was  known  that 
fresh  proceedings  would  be  taken  against  him.  Mr. 
Mtmton  intends  to  proceed  to  the  Csntinent  shortly, 
to  take  medical  advice  as  to  his  client's  fitness  to 
appear  and  answer  the  renewed  cbarces. 

Loudon.  Feb.  1 — A  dispatch  to  the  Tim^t  from 
Pans  says:  "The  Emg  of  Sweden,  the  Crown 
Prince,  and  Prince  John  of  Glncksbnrg^have  been 
initiated  into  Freemasonry.  Tbe  ceremony  was 
held  in  a  newly-built  ball  in  the  presence  of  1,600 
brethren.  Including  deputations  from  England,  Ger- 
many, and  France." 

Sliver  is  quoted  to-day  at  57iji  ponce  per  ounce. 

The  Financier  of  to-day  says  it  is  rumored  that  a 
larse  mercantile  concern  in  tbe  Nortb  is  in  difflonl- 
ties  which  cannol  mnch  longer  be  composed. 

Glasgow,  Feb.  l.— A  good  business  is  doing  in 
the  suear  market,  and  prices  are  generally  three 
yence  higher. 

Paris.  Feb.  1.— The  publication  of  the  journal 
Let  Droits  de  V  Homme  has  l>een  suspended  for  six 
months  by  the  Government,  and  its  editor  has  been 
sentonoed  to  throe  months'  imprisonment  for  in- 
sulting the  President  of  the  Bopublio  and  instify- 
ing  tbe  Commune.  This  is  the  eleventh  prosecution 
of  that  paper. 

London.  Feb.  2.— A  dispatch  from  Madrid  to  tbe 
Standard  slates  tbat  neffotiationa  have  commenced 
between  Spain  and  tbe  United  States  for  a  revision 
of  tbe  Treaty  of  1795,  so  that  in  future  citizens  of 
either  conntty  when  in  the  otber  can  be  Judged 
only  by  tbe  civil  courts,  even  in  Cuba,  unless  taken 
in  armed  rebellion. 

The  Standard't  Madrid  dispatoh  reports  that  the 
conscription  is  progressing  in  the  Basque  Pro- 
vlnoas.  Tbe  people  in  the  rural'  districts  commy 
readily,  but  Gen.  Quesada  is  obliged  to  enforce 
obedience  by  fines  In  tho  towns. 

The  Journal  de  St.  Petersbourg  reports  that  the 
Khan  of  Kbiva  has  applied  for  the  formal  com- 
plete incorporation  of  his  tenitory  into  the  Bussian 
Empire.  ^^^^^ 

SEIZURE  OF  SMUaOLED  TOBACCO. 
Wasekngton,  Feb.  1. — Information  has 
reached  the  Internal  Bevenne  Offlse  of  tbe  capture 
of  179  boxes  of  tobacco,  by  Collector  Beed,  of  the 
Fifth  Virginia  District.  The  capture  was  made  at 
Max  Meadows  Station,  and  was  from  North  Caro- 
lina. Ten  other  wairon.loads  of  illicit  tobacco  were 
on  the  way  to  tbe  same  point,  but  the  owners 
beard  of  the  capture  and  returned. 


RAILROAD  LEQISLATION. 
Sak I  Francisco,  Feb.  1.— A  dispatch  from 
San  Die^u  says  the  .Ariaona  House  to-day  passed 
the  bill  exempting  the  bouthem  Pacific  Bailroad 
from  taxation  for  four  years,  and  permitting  a 
charge  of  10  cents  oer  mile  for  passengers  and  15 
cents  per  ton  for  freight.  The  Council  will  agrea 
to  the  bill  tcmorrow. 


ANOTHER  BELOIAN  FORGER. 
Cincinnati,  Feb.  1. — A  special  to  the  Corti' 
mercial  says  a  young  Belgian,  named  Vanderbetber, 
waf  arrested  in  Goshen,  Ind.,  to-day,  on  a  charze  of 
committing  forgeries  to  tbe  amount  of  500,000 
franes.  He  will  be  taken  to  New-York  to  await 
extradition. 


SUICIDE  BY  FIRE. 

St.  Paul,  Feb.  1.— A  young  woman  named 

Jolia  Stockfleld,  confined  in  the  county  Jail  at  La 

Crosse,  committed  saHStfe  last  evening  by  aetting 

her  elothes  on*:^  witt:  %  4ve  coal  taken  from  tba 


stove  in  tha  woman's  department.  When  first  dis- 
covered tbe  poor  woman  was  wholly  'enveloped  In 
flames,  which  were  soon  extingnished,  but  not  im- 
til  her  clothes  were  almost  entirely  bnrned  &om 
her  body.    She  died  a  few  bonrs  latsr. 


THE  OPEN  FOLAR  SEA. 


LETTER  FROM  ADMIRAL  PORTKR  TO  CAPT. 
HOWOATK — HIS  THEORY  OF  THE  ICB- 
BERG  OB.STRUCTION8  IN  BOBESON'S 
CBANNBL — THE  COLONY  SYSTEM  AP- 
PROVED BY   HIM. 

Special  Ditpateh  to  the  Kew-  York  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  1.— Admiral  Porter 
has  just  written  a  letter  to  Capt.  Howgate  re- 
garding his  proposed  expedition.  In  it  he  says : 
•*  In  my  opinion,  there  is  an  open  sea  tor  200 
miles  toward  the  Pole;  that  there  are  high 
mountains,  from  which  are  precipitated  the 
icebergs  which  lately  blocked  up  Bobeson's 
Channel,  and  that,  had  Markham's  fiirthest 
point  been  exceeded  by  60  miles,  the  pack 
would  have  been  passed  and  open  water 
reached  again.  Every  few  years  we  must 
expect  just  such  a  pack  as  Capt.  Nares 
encountered,  which  will  probably  last  for 
a  year  or  two,  and  will  then  break  up. 
If,  at  the  moment  of  breaking  up,  men  and 
boats  are  in  readiness  to  take  advantage  of 
the  opportunity,  a  great  advance  could  be  made 
toward  the  Pole.  There  are  no  greater  hard- 
ships to  be  encountered  aa  high  as  83°  than 
have  heretofore  been  surmounted  by  the  in- 
trepid explorers  of  the  Arctic  regious,  and  when 
one  reflects  that  a  party  from  the  Polaris  drifted 
1,800  miles  on  a  cake  of  ioe,  ana  that  on  infant 
and  its  mother  were  all  that  time  exposed  to 
the  inclemencies  ot  tho  Arctic  regions, 
we  ought  to  have  no  doubt  about 
a  company  of  strong,  active  men,  well  pro- 
vided with  everything  necessary  to  mafce  lite 
endurable  in  that  desolate  region." 

The  letter  continues  in  substance  that  the 
greatest  difficulty  will  be  found  in  keening  up 
the  spirits  of  the  men.  To  do  this  the 
Admiral  suggests  that  each  member  of  the 
crew  selected  shall  have  a  knowledge  of  some 
useful  meofaaiiioal  trade,  and  that  he  be  kept 
occupied  at  this  when  in  Winter  quarters.  "  In 
tbe  event  of  such  an  expedition  as  you  pro- 
pose," the  letter  continues,  "I  see  a  fine  op- 
portunity of  utilizing  the  electric  telegraph. 
Wires  could  be  laid  along  on  the  ground  or  ice 
without  much  danger  of  their  being  carried  off 

by  bears  or  foxes."    In  oonclusion  the  Admiral 

states  that  he  can  see  no  objection  to  the  pro- 
posed expedition,  and  hopes  it  may  succeed. 

A  TOBACCO  DECISION. 


removal  of  tobacco  for  SAMPLES  OR  BY 

KMPLOYE8  PROHIBITED — THE  LaTTER  TO 
BK  PUNISHED  IF  DISCOVERED. 

Washington,  Feb.  1.— The  Commissioner  of 

Internal  Revenue  has  addressed  a  circular  to  Col- 
lectors la  regard  to  the  manufacture  of  tobacco, 
snuff  and  cigars,  m  which  he  says:  "Tn  making  ex- 
planations to  this  office  of  apparent  deficlenoiea  in 
tbe  aecounta  of  the  transactions  of  tobacco  and 
cigar  manufacturers,  the  allegation  is  not  unfre- 
quently  made  that  dtscrepaocles  both  in   material 

accounts  and  in  the  disposition  made  of  manufac- 
tured products  are  owing  largely  to  two  canses : 
First — The   tobacco    and    cigsrs  which   ate    given 

awiy  by  the  mainfactarer  as  samples,  and  wbich 
do  not  appear  in  his  acconnt  of  sales.  Second — 
The   qaantity    of     manufactared      product,      and 

oftentimes    of    raw    miterial,    wbloh    is   used 

or  consumed  or  removed  for  use  or  consumption  by 
operatives  without  the  Knowledge  or  consent  ef 
the  manufacturer.  Tbe  first  of  these  causes  is  en- 
tirely within  tho  control  of  the  manufacturer.  He 
has  no  more  right  to  remove  manufactured  tobacco 
or  cigars  for  samples  from  the  place  of  manufac- 
ture, or  to  allow  them  to  be  so  removed,  without 
properly  paclcing  and  stamping  tho  same,  and  re- 
portine  sncb  removals,  than  be  bas  to  sell  or  re- 
move them  for  sale  or  consumption  without  a  com- 
pliance with  the  law  in  thla  regard :  and  not  only 
will  no  credit  be  given  to  the  inanufactarer  for 
foods  SO  removed,  but  all  snch  goods  will 
be  regarded  as  removed  in  violation  of 
that  portion  of  tbe  law  which  prohibiu 
tbe  removal  of  tobacco  and  cisars  without  tbe  pay- 
ment of  the  tax  thereon.  It  may  not  be  so  easy  fur 
the  manutacturer  to  control  removals  of  tbe  second 
class.  He  is,  aevertbelesn,  responsible  to  the  Gov- 
ernment, not  only  tor  tbe  disposition  made  of  manu- 
factared goods,  but  also  far  tbe  disposition  of  the 
materials  which  are  chareed  to  blm.  He  shoald. 
therefore,  in  most  positive  terms,  forbid  all  his  em- 
ployes fiom  nsine  or  removing  any  such  goods  or 
materials,  and  in  case  he  octects  an  employe  de- 
frauding the  Government  in  this  manner,  it  becomes 
his  duty  to  report  snoh  offender  to  the  officers  of  the 
revenue  to  be  dealt  with  according  to  the  nature  of 
the  offense.  Especially  should  he  take  the  precau- 
tion thus  to  protect  tbe  interests  of  tbe  Government 
before  making  claims  upon  this  office  to  settle  his 
accounts  for  deficieuoiea  which  may  have  grown  oat 
of  KOch  unlawful  acts  of  the  einployes  under  bis 
control."  

MARINE  DISASTERS. 

Bath,  Me.,  Feb.  1. — A  dispatoh  from  London 
received  here  to-day  annotmces  tbe  wrecking  on 
tbe  English  coast  of  the  ship  John  H.  Kimball, 
Capt.  D.  M.  Humphries.  She  left  Texel  a  few  days 
aeo  for  Cardiff,  The  officers  and  crew  were  saved. 
The  vessel  was  of  1,266  tons  register,  and  was 
owned  by  John  H.  Kimball  and  her  Captain,  of  this 
city. 

London,  Feb.  l.— The  American  ship  John  H. 
Kimball.  Capt  Humphreys,  from  Nieuwe-Diep,  for 
Cardiff  in  ballast,  is  ashore  at  Tersohelling  fall  of 
wat«r.  Her  crew  were  saved.  The  German  baric 
Galveston,  Capt.  Kobnenkamp,  from  Bremen  Jan. 
24,  for  tbe  United  States,  in  ballast,  is  ashore  at 
Terscbelling  high  and  dry.  Hsr  crew  were  saved. 
Tbs  British  bsrk  Moen,  Capt.  Trimble,  from  Liver- 
pool Jan.  24,  for  the  United  States,  bas  pmt  back  to 
Liverpsol.  Tbe  American  barx  Old  Dominion,  . 
Capt  Niebolls,  before  reported  put  into  Fayal  leak- 
ing badly,  has  been  condemned. 

NOKFOLK,  Feb.  1. — The  French  schooner  Delphin, 
Capt.  Dssroses,  with  a  cargo  ot  sacar  trom  Mar- 
tinique for  Baltimore,  which  went  ashore  on  Cobb's 
Island,  coast  of  Virginia,  on  Jan.  20,  arrived  here 
this  morning  in  charge  of  Depaty  Collector  Custis, 
•f  Cherrystsne,  and  was  turned  over  to  Major  C.  £. 
Getchlun.  Acting  Collector  of  this  port.  The 
Delpbm  was  sot  afloat  by  Cobb  Brothers,  wreckers. 
Tbe  oarito  is  insured  for  $6,000  in  Baltimore,  and 
tbe  vessel  is  also  insured  tor  t€,000.  The  vessel  is 
sliebtlv  dumaccd. 

PEOiADKLrHiA,  Feb.  1. — The  bark  Bertolutto  Sa- 
vona,  nenoe  foe  Queenstown,  is  ashore  above  Mar- 
cos Hook.  She  will  return  for  repairs.  The  bark 
Pollicano,  hence  for  Queenstown,  before  reported 
ashore  on  Chary  Island  Flats,  is  leaking  badly.  The 
tug  W.  G.  Bsulton,  which  went  to  tbe  assistance  of 
the  foregoing  vessel,  is  ashore  in  fonr  feet  of  water, 
with  her  waist  badly  stove  and  her  radder  gone. 
Tbe  bark  Eliza  White,  hense  for  Boston,  coal-laden, 
was  towed  into  Marcus  Hook  Piers  yesterday. 

St.  John,  N.  B.,  Fob.  1.— I'be  bng  Ethel  Bolton, 
Capt.  Harris,  which  left  this  port  for  Cuba  Dec.  5, 
with  a  cargo  of  shooks,  bas  not  been  heard  of  since, 
and  it  is  feared  she  is  lost. 

Tbe  Government  steamer  Newfield  arrived  at 
Whitehaven,  N.  S.,  last  night  from  Sable  Island. . 
She  reports  tbat  no  wrecks  have  occurred  there 
since  her  last  visit.  Xbe  Newfield  towed  into 
Whitehaven  the  brig  Friscilla  May,  previously 
abandoned  in  the  ice  in  the  Straits  ot  Canso, 

OAPIVBB  OF  DESPERADOES. 
St.  Louis,  Feb.  1,— Information  from  Wil- 
liamson County,  111.,  which  has  been  tbe  scene  of 
namerous  murders  and  attempted  assassmationa  af 
late  years,  is  to  the  effect  that  a  band  of  despera- 
dees  organized  for  tbe  purposes  of  rosbery  and 
murder,  if  necessary  t«  carry  eat  their  plans,  bas 
been  discovered  during  the  past  week,  and  James 
Moss,  tbe  leader,  and  James  Jaekson,  Frank 
Palmer,  aad  another  bave  been  arrested  and  lodgnd 
in  jaiL  These  men  will,  no  deubt,  be  indtoted  by 
the  Graad  Jury,  which  is  new  in  sessien,  and  every 
effort  made  to  bring  the  whole  gang  to  Juftioo. 

ABBE8T  OF  TRAlN-WRBCKBRS. 
St.  Louis,  Feb.  L— A  band  of  train-wreckers 
have  been  operating  for  aems  time  past  on 
the  Missonrl,  Kansas  and  Texas  Bailroad,  and 
several  tram  a  bave  been  thrown  from  the  track  and 
raithML   Tha  osaratibBS  of  the  band  have  bean  la 


very  thinly-settled  parts  of  Southern  S^ansas  and 
the  Indian  Territory,  and  tbe  task  of  capturing  any 
of  them  has  been  exceedingly  difficult  tmtil  Savor- 
day  last  when  two  ot  them,  named  Meadows  an<? 
Mead  were  arrested  by  Deputy  United  States 
Marshal  Stevenson.  They  ware  taken  to  Fort 
Smith,  Ark.,  where  they  will  be  tried. 


THE  ASHTABULA  DISASTER. 


OmCIAI.  REPORT    BY     CIVII.      ENGINEERS 

WEAK  POINTS  IN  THE  BRIDGE  THAT 
CODLD  HAVE  BEEN  DISCOVERED  AND 
STRENGTHENED. 

Columbus,  Feb.  1.— B,  F.  Bowen,  Thomas 
B.  Johnson,  and  John  Graham,  civil  engineers,  em- 
ployed by  the  Legislative  Committee  to  investigate 
the  Ashtabula  Railroad  disaster,  have  submitted 
a  sworn  statement  of  the  facts  ascertained  Dy  them. 
After  referring  to  their  calculations  on  tbe  relative 
strength  of  different  parts  of  the  bridge  and  their 
observations  at  the  wreck,  tbey  snbmit  the  follow- 
ing conclusions : 

First— Tha.t  all  tbe  tension  members  had  very 
large  factors  ot  safety,  and  were  abnndiuitly  able  to 
sustain  all  strain  that  could  possibly  oome  npon 
tbem  in  this  bridge. 

Second — That  all  the  compression  memben.  ex- 
cept the  counter-braces,  were  deficient  In  capacity, 
havinz  very  small  factors  of  safety. 

2'Atr(f— Considered  with  reference  to  the  location 
of  tbe  break  it  appsars  tbat  tbe  weakest  point  in 
the  braces  was  at  the  end  near  the  break,  and  that 
the  weakest  point  in  tbe  top  chard  was  at  the 
centre  through  the  top  chord,  and  that  the  point  of 
failure  does  not  show  a  state  of  security  mnch 
grsat«r  than  that  of  the  braces.  Tbe  probability  is 
that  the  braoes  failed  first  and  thereby  involved 
the  failure  of  tbe  top  chord  also,  but 
inasmuch  as  both  members  were  weak  and 
were  involved  in  tbe  break,  it  is  of  little  impor- 
tance whicb  aaember  took  precedence  in  the  failure. 
The  factors  of  safety  threaghout  the  compression 
members  were  so  low  that  failure  moat  have  Col- 
lowed  sooner  or  later  at  this  point. 

The  engineers  proceeded  to  say  bow  failure 
might  have  been  prevented  at  a  moderate  cost. 
The  remainder  of  their  sworn  statement  is  devoted 
to  a  consideration  of  other  defects  in  tbe  bridge. 
While  these  defects  were  not  directly  the  cause  of 
tbe  failure,  they  were  such  as  mieht  in  themselves 
bave  led  to  failure.  They  further  add  thai  the 
material,  so  far  as  they  were  able  to  judge,  was  of 
superior  qnality,  and,  with  few  exceptions,  tbe 
wurkmansnip  was  very  superior.  In  conclusion, 
they  say  that  they  find  nothing  in  tbe  case  to  jastify 
the  Dopular  apprehension  tbat  there  may  b«  some 
inbereut  defect  in  iron  as  a  material  for  bridges. 
They  find  no  evidence  of  weakness  in  this  bridge 
whicb  oonld  nothave  been  discovered  and  prevented. 


THE  MEXICAN  REVOLUTION. 

DIAZ'S  GOVERNMENT  GENERALLY  BECOG- 
MZED — PROBABILITY  THAT  IT  WILL  BE 
OF  SHORT  DURATION. 

Havana,   Feb.    i.— The    steamer    City    of 

Havana  arrived  here  to-day  from  Vera  Cruz,  and 
brings  the  foUowitig  intelligence: 

CnT  OP  Mexico,  Jan.  21. 

Armed  resistance  airainst  Gen.  Diaz  is  considered 
at  an  end  for  the  present  Many  adheronts  of 
President  Lerdo  continue  to  leave  the  country,  fear- 
ing outrages  wiU  be  pepetrated  upon  tbem.  The 
Church  party  tacitly  countenances  Diaz,  but  is 
really  working  to  place  Conservatives  in  power.  A 
eeneral  opinion-prevails  thai  the  Diaz  Government 
will  be  of  short  duration.  Gen.  Diaz  bas  ordered 
the  release  of  a  number  of  foreigners  wbo  have  been 
confined  ia  the  prisons  at  Matamoras  aad  Monterey, 
lut'ormation  was  received  here  more  than  a  week 
ago  tnat  l,erdo  and  Iglesias  eacceeded  in  leaving 
the  oonntry  in  safety,  but  the  Government  has 
purposely  delayed  its  publication. 

LOSSES  BY  FIRE. 


A  fire  occurred  at  6  o'clock  last  evening  on 
the   top  fioor  of  tbe   premises  No.   873  Broadway, 

occupied  by  Abraham  Bogardus  as  a  photograph 
gallery.    Damage  to  stock  and  building.  tl,500. 

The  Intercolonial  Railroad  shops  and  sheds 
at  Bridgeport,  S.  S.,  were  burned  on  Wednesday 
night  A  Loss  about  $25,000 ;  no  insurance. 

The  Dominion  Springs  Hotel,  at  Ottawa, 
Ontario,  was  bnrned  yesterday.  Loss.  915,000;  in- 
surance, 17,000^ 

VERDICT  AGAINST  A  NEWSPAPER. 

Pittsburg,  Feb.  1.— The  jury  in  the  Moore- 
Pott  libel  suit  to-day  returned  a  verdict  of  $3,000 
damage*  for  tbe  plaintiff.     The  snit  jsxcw  one  of  an 

article  published  in   the  Pott  during  the  political 

campaien  in  the  Fall  of  1874.  A  former  trial  re- 
sulted in  a  verdict  of  flO. 000  for  the  plaintiff.  The 
defendants  will  carry  the  case  to  tbe  Supreme 
Court 

A  HOUSE  BELONGINQ    TO  S.  D.  WINSLOW. 

Boston,  Feb.  1.— In  tbe  Supreme  Jadioial 
Conrt  this  morning  an  injunction  was  granted  en 
the  petition  of  the  Boston  Five' Cent  Savings  Bank, 
restraining  for  one  month  tbe  sale  of  a  bouse, 
valaod  at  $30,000,  held,  as  is  alleeed,  by  Susan  C. 
Ayrea  in  trust  for  Ezra  D.  Winslow,  and  upon 
which  tbe  bank  bas  a  mortgage. 


MURDER  BY  A  OONTIOT. 
AuBtTRN,  Feb.  1. — Keeper  Casler,  while  en- 
gaged with  a  squad  of  convicts  cleaning  the  WiXks 
in  front  of  the  prison  this  afternoon,  was  attacked 
by  William  Barr,  a  convict  from  New-Tork,  known 
as  "Whistling  Sam,"  and  horribly  mangled  aoont 
tbe  h^d.  causing  instant  death.  Barr  was  recently 
transferred  from  the  Insane  Asylum,  and  is  Kener- 
ally  supposed  to  be  insane. 


FAILURE  OF  A  FORK  PACKER.  "(Wr 
East  Buffalo,  Feb.  1. — Frank  Weppner,  an 
extensive  pork  packer,  made  an  assignment  last 
night  for  the  benefit  of  bis  creditors.  His  liabili- 
tips  are  estimated  at  $50,000,  and  bis  assets  at  from 
$35,000  to  $40,U00. 


A  SON  MURDERS  HIS  MOTHER. 
LouisviiXE,  Feb.  1. — In  this  city  this  morn- 
ing Johanna  McCarty,  aged  65  years,  w.as  killed  by 
her  son  Timothy,  aged  19.  There  was  no  witness 
to  tbe  deed,  nor  bad  any  trouble  existed  prior  to  its 
ooearrenoe.  When  dissevered,  the  woman's  head 
was  horribly  cut  with  a  batcbet.  and  tbe  son,  who 
was  arrested,  gave  evidence  ef  insanity. 

THE  BURNING  OF  THE  MOCTEZUMA. 

The  Panama  Star  and  Herald  of  Jan.  21,  in 
announcinc  the  burning  ot  tbe  Cespedes,  formerly 
the  Mootezama,  ofiCape  Gracias  a  Dios,  saysSefior 
Praoo  was  reported  tohavs  been  burned  in  her.  Three 
of  tbe  crew  wbo  bad  escaped  from  her  previously  in 
a  small  boat  and  had  reached  Greytown,  were 
broagbt  to  Aaplnwall  by  tbe  Moselle. 

A  letter  from  Havana,  dated  Jan.  27,  contains  tbe 
following  intellieence  :  The  families  of  Capt.  Cache, 
and  of  the  otber  men  killed  on  board  the  steamer 
when  eaptnred  by  the  Cabana,  have  madea  reclama- 
tion of  damages  on  tbe  Nicoragaan  Government,  as 
have  also  the  owners  of  the  cargo 
on  board  at  the  time,  on  the  ground 
that  if  tbe  Nioaraguan  Government  had  not 
given  shelter  to  the  Moctezuma  she  would  bave 
fallen,  cargo  and  all  en  board,  into  tbe  bands  of  a 
Spanish  man-of-war.  Tbe  owner  ot  tbe  steamer, 
Don  Ramon  de  Herrera,  will  send  one  of  bis  otber 
steamers  to  Cape  Gracias  a  Dios,  accompanied  by 
the  Spanish  gun-boat  Jorge  Juan,  which  tbe  6ov- 
emment  bas  out  at  bts  disposition  tor  tbat  purpose, 
in  order  to  raise  the  bull  ot  the  M.octeEaina;  or,  if 
this  shoald  prove  impossible,  to  sink  it  m  deep 
water. 


A  PRISONER  IN  HER  EIGHTY-THIRD  YEAR. 
Recently,  at  the  Btw  Street  Police  Conrt,  Lon- 
don, an  old  woman  named  Catharine  Jans  Owens,  in 
the  eigbty-tbiid  year  of  osr  age,  was  bronght  before 
Mr.  Vaugban Charged  with  bavlng  been  found  "drank 
and  ineapable"  in  the  public  streets.  It  was  stated 
that  she  was  an  inmate  of  St-.  Giles'  Work-house, 
and  had  been  allowed  a  day  oat  to  go  and  visit  tier 
friends  during  tbe  holiday  season.  The  festivity 
had  been  too  much  for  her,  and  she  was  found  dead 
drunk  and  helpless  an  the  pavement.  Mr.  Vanghan 
— What  bave  you  to  say  to  thi.-,  prisoner  t  De- 
fendant [to  the  JailerJ-r-Wbat  does  tbe  gsntlcBan 
say  f  I  am  a  little  bard  of  hearing.  It  tamed  oat 
that  the  old  woman  was  not  a  little  bard  of 
hearing,  bat  as  deaf  as  a  cost  and 
tbs  jailer  had  to  repeat  the  questions. 
Redstall  [the  jailarj— The  magistrate  wants  to 
Icnow  what  you  bave  to  say  to  tbe  charge  Of  being 
found  drunk  and  Incapable  in  tbe  streets  I  Defend- 
ant— ^Lord  bless  tbe  gentleman,  I  am  over  82  years 
of  age,  and  oau't  take  aa  much  as  I  lued  to  do.  I 
works  in  the  laundry  at  the  worfc-honsa  from  9 
o'clock  till  a  every  day,  and  sometimes  I  feels  a 
want  of  somethmg.  I  bad  a  holiday  yesterday,  and 
I  did  indulge  m  a  little  drop,  and  I  doa't  know 
where  I  got  to,  but  it  won't  never  happen  again. 
Mr.  VanEhan— What  dees  she  say  u  her  age  t 
Bedstall— She  ia  aver  83.  yoar  Worahip,aiid  she  says 
she  works  in  tba  laundry  all  day  long  Irom  8  or  9 
till  5.  She  seems  very  aodve  fbr  her  ace.  Mr. 
Vaagban  directed  the  Jailer  to  adviae  the  old 
lady  not  to  indulge  in  drink  the  next  tlma  sha  had 
a  holiday,  and  on  her  proaiising  toabstain  in  future, 
she  was  disohargea— making  three  ooarteaiaa  aa  she 
toft  the  4o«l^ 


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CiM& 

FIELD,   PICKEH,   MADDOX^' 

THE  GREAT  ELECTORAL  VOTE  PLOT[ 

SEQUEL  TO  THE  DRAMATIC  SILKMCK  OS 
MADDOX  ON  WEDNESDAY — HE  TXELD^  ■ 
TO  TEE  MOCK  8KVEBITT  OF  FIBLD'^ 
COMUITTBE — REPETITION  IN  THE  VXRSt 
PERSON  OF  THE  STORT  TOLD  BT  PICK4 
KTT  in  TBK  THIRD  PERSON— GOV;( 
WELLS'   EMPHATIC  DENIAL.  j 

Bpeeial  Ditpateh  to  the  JTeio-York  Ttmes. 

Washington,  Feb.  1. — ^David  Dadleji 
Field's  pet  witness,  the  ex-Treasury  Afceni 
Maddox,  was  this  momins  af^ain  .  before  thtf 
Committee  on  the  Privileges  of  the  House,  ana 
continued  to  delight  a  miscellaneous  audieno^ 
by  fabulous  stories  of  how  Gh>v.  Wells  promisai] 
to  sell  Che  vote  of  Louisiana  to  Tilden  fot 
11,000,000.  He  said,  in  addition  to  hu  stor^ 
told  yesterday,  that  Wells  first  wanted  to  gel 
$1,000,000  for  counting  the  State  for  the.£epub< 
lican  candidates,  and  that  he,  (.the  witness,]  a| 
agent  for  the  Retummg  Board,  had  visited  a 
number  of  prominent  Northern  Bepnblioans  t<( 
try  and  raise  that  amount.  Failing  to  receive 
any  encouragement  from  the  Bepublioana. 
howeyer,  he  applied  to  the  supporters  of  Mr* 
Tilden,  with  what  result  has  already  been  de' 
tailed.  ; 

While  Maddox  was  giving  this  testimcmy  to^ 
day.  Gov.  Wells  and  the  otber  members  of  thef 
Betuming  Board  were  allowed  to  be  presentj 
They  join  in  denying  ail  Knowledge  of  the 
agreement  referred  to  by  the  witness.  6enj 
Anderson  says  that  be  never  spoke  ten 
words  to  Maddox  in  liis  life,  an^ 
Gov.  Wells  denies  bis  statements  inf 
the  most  emnhatio  terms.  It  is  expected  tha^ 
Wells  Will  be  examined  to-morrow,  and  there 
is  no  doubt  that  he  will  bo  able  to  disprove  all 
the  Munchausen  stories  told  by  Messrs.  Mad« 
dox  and  Pickett,  or,  as  they  are  now  called  iir 
Washington,  "  the  gentlemen  wbo  wanted  tef 
per  cent  on  81,000,000." 

♦  /  ' 

THE    TESTIMONY.  N 

Ditpateh  to  tJie  ^tsooiated  Prett. 
The  Committee  on  the  Powers,  Privileges* 
and  Duties  oi  tbe  House  in  Counting  tbe  Electoral 
Vote  to-day  recalled  Mr.  Maddox.  Mr.  Field  asked| 
him  whether  he  was  not  nrepared  to  answer  thai 
questions  proponnded  yesterday,  and  Mr.  Maddox: 
caused  to  be  read  an  explanation  of  his  refusal  to 
respond ;  it  was  because  of  his  disinclination  t& 
commit  a  breach  of  faith.  He  had  asked  for  delayt 
in  order  that  Qov,  Wells  might  make  a  foil  state-j 

ment:  bnt  as  Gov.  Wells  had  not  done  so,  the  wit^ 
ness  was  now  ready  to  answer. 

The  witness  said  tbat  the  night  before  Gov.  Well  J 
wrote  tbe  letter  to  him  be  had  a  conversation  withj 
him  with  regard  to  tbe  political  situation  and  thai 
dificultles  wltb  the  BAturntne  Board  ;  Gov.  WeUsj 
proposed  that  tbe  witness  should  go  to  Wasbingtoii> 
and  explain  the  situation  ;  he  concluded  that  haf 
would  write  a  general  letter  to  the  witness  aa  confi- 
dential, and  he  also  wrote  another  letter  to  a  friena 
of  his  m  Washington  ;  when  the  witness  arrived 
at  Gov.  Wells'  office  tbe  next  morning  one  of  th« 
letters  was  finished,  and  he  was  writing  the  other ; 
the  witness  brought  away  tbe  letter  to 
him  open ;  the  other  was  sealed ;  tne 
latter  was  addressed  to  Senator  West, 
but  had  never  been  delivered;  Gov.  Wells  said  bis 
life  was  In  danger,  se  he  bad  a  very  difficolt  Job  on 
hand,  and  that  he  did  not  see  how  he  coald  get 
through  with  it ;  Mr.  Wells  stated  that  he  woald 
like  to  serve  his  party  in  making  a  return  inl 
favor  of  Hayes,  bat  be  would  not  take  the  risk  un>j 
less  he  was  paid  for  it;  Mr.  Wells  said  tbe  majority 
was  very  heavy,  and  too  much  for  him  to  handle, 
and  that  he  did* not  know  where  to  cemmenoe  to] 
throw  out;  he  said  the  probability  was  that  he( 
would  have  to  throw  out  the  vote  of  New-Or^ 
leans  on  the  ground,  as  witness  thought  h^ 
meant,  of  necessity ;  Mr.  Weils  asked  him  to  go  tot 
Washington,    ses  inflaential  men,  and   obtain  pro/ 

tection  for  him,  and  also  to  see  whether  be  could 
not  get  the  reqairea  monev  to  satisfy  him  ;  Mr. 
WeUs  said  he  ought  to  hava  tl.OOO.OOO;  the  witness 
ataowed  to  the  President  and  Secretary  Cameroni 
the  two  letters  addressed  to  him  by  Gov.  Wells  i 
he  told  the  Secretary  that  Gov.  Weils  wanted 
money,  bmt  the  Secretary  declined  to  have  any4 
tbing   to    do    with    tbe    matter ;   the    money    GovJ 

Wells  required  was  to  protect  him  ;  tbe  programma 
was  tbat  the  vacancy  in  tbe  Ketuming  Board! 
ahonid  be  filled,  and  that  Gov.  Wells  snoald  resign 
in  anger  on  that  acsount ;  tbe  witness  did  nol> 
know  there  was  any  speoiai  arrangement  between 
him  and  Gov.  Wells  about  details,  out  tbe  witnesi^ 
was  repaired  to  sabmit  a  plan  which  would  be  a» 
ceptable.  ' 

The  witness  having  been  interrogated  relative  tv 
the  teleeram  sent  by  bim  to  C.  M.  Calvert,  said  ii^ 
was  understood  between  him  and  Gov.  Wells  thati 
if  the  representations  at  Washington  failed  to  brine 
the  money,  then  the  witness  was  to  use  his  oww 
judgment  in  a  negotiatioo  to  give  the  returns  aa 
(hey  were  made  in  New-Orleans,  aiid  that  he  stiouut 
commence  a  second  negotiation  ;  toe  word  "hold" 
in  the  telegram  to  Gov.  Wells  signified  that  he  waa 
to  bold  the  retams  in  such  a  situationi 
as  to  make  them  available  at  will;! 
the  first  negotiation  feHed ;  Grov,  Wella 
stated  to  witness  tbat  he  wanted  for  bimseU  and! 
Gen.  Anderson  at  least  fSOli.OOO  apiece,  and  a 
smaller  sum  for  tbe  darkeys,  or  negroes,  ot  the  Bev 
taming  Board;  when  the  witness  returned  to  Kew^ 
Orleans  he  had  a  conversation  with  Gov,  Welle, 
about  the  failure  of  the  negotiation ;  the  witness^ 
received  a  dispatch  from  Col.  Pickett,  saving  the 
negotiations  bad  failed,  when  Gov.  Wells  suggested 
that  the  witness  shoajd  endeavor  to  make  an  ar- 
rangement with  tbe  Democrats;  the  witness  made 
an  effort  in  tliat  direction,  but  aid.  not  sacoeed;  tta« 
idea  of  witness  was,  from  what^  Grov.  Wells  said, 
that  he  would  throw  out  votes  to  the  best  adyan« 
tage  in  order  to  produce  certain  results,  whlcbj 
would  depend  on  cirdumstances.  ' 

Mr.  Lawrence  cross-examined' the  wicneea,  whe 
said,  m  bis  interview  with  Secretary  Cameron,  ht 
told  the  latter  tbat  Gov.  Wells  wanked  11,000,000^ 
but  the  Secretary  deollnea  to  bave  I  anything  to  do 
wltb  the  proposition. 

Mr.  Field  remarked  that  he  sawtGov.  Wells  pren 
ent  making  private  observations.  . 

Gov.  Wells  replied  tbat  he  only' wanted  to  baas 
the  truth,  and  then  retired. 

Q.— Did  Gov.  WelU  say  ao)  thing  to  yon  aoonti 
going  to  New- York  t    A.— No. 

Q.— Did  he  tell  you  to  see  CoL  Pickett  f    A.— No. 

<j. — Or  to  see  any  leading  Democrats  t  A. — No  g 
that  was  not  necessary,  as  what  I  did  was  of  my 
own  motion,  or  tbe  joint  motion  of  Grov.  Wells  and 
myself. 

Q. — Did  Wells  speak  to  youvof  the  necessity  of  in. 
earring  expeases  to  show  ttte  Electoral  frauds  in 
Louisiana)  A. — ^I  do  not  tbiotk  he  did;  but  Gov. 
Wells  said  he  must  have  money. 

Tbe  witness  said  he  had  bad.no  conversation  wltb 
Gen.  Anderson  on  the  sulject  of  selling  oat  the  Ko 
turning  Board,  bat  Gov.  Wells  said  he  wanted 
money,  and  would  bave  money,  beoaase  ic  was  tbe 
last  chance  he  would  have  ;  the  matter  of  the  sals 
of  tbe  State  was  discussed  on.Nov.  19  betweeo  Grov. 
Wells  and  bimsell.  In  reply  lo  a  qaestion  whecbet; 
as  be  testified  m  bis  direct  exaaunation,  hu  wai 
sure  that  Col.  Casey  said  to  bim  that  Cbandlei 
wanted  bim  to  see  abont  the  political 
situation  in  Louisiana,  the  witness  replied 
in  the  affirmative;  this  was  before  the  wttnesai 
left  for  New-Orleans  in  bis  caoacitv  as  a  Bevenuff 
officer ;  be  was  satisfied  ttiat;  CoL  Pickett  told  him 
that  be  had  written  to  CoL  Zach&ne,  a  Democrat, 
ot  New-Orleans,  saying  that  the  witness  was  a  Uan> 
gerons  man,  and  to  beware  oif  bim. 

Xbe  witness  then  testified  to  bis  continued  basi« 
ness  relations  with  Col.  Pickett,  Mr.  Lawrence^ 
who  conducted  the  examination,  saying  that  he  bait 
asked  the  questions  in  order  to  show  tbat  there  bact 
been  a  variety  of  transactions  between  them, 
and  this  was  part  of  a  general  conspiraoj 
tu  raise  money,  regardless  of  the  meatus  by  wliicb  ie 
was  to  l>e  done.  'Ihe  witness  t«eu fled  that  dorina 
tbe  late  war  he  was  in  the  secret  servioe  and  hao 
frequently  given  intormation  tp  Pcesldent  Linoola 
and  Secretary  Seward,  and  had  bad  oonversationa 
with  perrions  on  xn«  Confederatei  side,  Indadlngi 
Jefferson  Davis,  his  object  being  f  to  find  out  wbaC 
was  going  on  in  the  South.  i 

Q.— Why  was  the  letter  Grov.' Wella  wrote  ta 
Senator  West  not  delivered  by  you  to  him  t  A.— • 
Because  It  contained  delicate  information  and  I  was 
not  disposed  to  trust  him ;  I  bad- received  tbat  let- 
ter from  Gov.  Wells :  I  bad  a  oonaervation  with  J. 
Alexander  Walker  and  dined  with  him ;  Walker 
was  considered  a  Wbig-Demoorat;  I  talked  with 
him  about  tbe  election,  out  notblng  was  said  ^bont 
declaring  the  result ;  Walker  was  the  man  with 
whom  1  operated  when  tbe  seoond  negotiation  waa 
being  attempted;  he  knew  nothing  <it>oat  my  ar- 
rangements with  Gov.  Wells  ;  in  coiwequenoe  of 
tbe  conversation  with  Walker  and  on  refiectlon  I 
concluded  not  to  deliver  the  letter  Gov.  Wella 
wrot«  to  Senator  West ;  I  disoaased  iha  contenta  of 
that  letter  with  tbe  party  to  whom  I  transferred  it. 

Q.— Was  there  any  arrangement  between  yon  and, 
Coi.  Pickett  as  to  bow  much  money  you  were  eaok 
to  get  I  A. — I  did  not  know  bow  mnch  money  I 
was  to  get ;  tbat  depended  on  oirouaistanoes.  CoU 
Pickett  said  he  did  not  care  about  tbe  SMoey  ez< 
cept  f«r  charitable  parposea. 

Gov.  Wells  retnrned  to  tbe  commUtae  room  dar- 
ing tbe  examination  of  the  witness.  The  lattei 
stated  In  reply  to  questions  by  Mr.  Burahard  that 
be  had  frequently  chatted  with  Gov.  Wella  abont 
the  Parish  of  Baptoes.  in  whteb  the  witseaa  oium 
owned  a  plantatiou,  and  after  gettfog  throoch  with 
their  private  talk  they  had  more  room  tn  iMMitieal 
questions :  in  these  oonversatioBa  (iov.  Walb  apoks 
of  the  dlmoattiea  in  tbe  way,  Jutdaatdthatif  li« 
served  his  party  he  ought  to  Da  pMdfetttt  tta4 
witness  did  not  know  wBat  tq>|ytemaa«a«v« 
Wells,  bat  he  recollected  that  k«  asked  Cba.  WUl* 
•Dootthe  parishes  and  of  the  4iMe«14M  «C 


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^r.WtmiaAti90k%a;  tbe  nitneM  did  not  fldnic 
tBjt  tb«  GoTettaor  really  wanted  so  ]nnch.a8  11, 000,* 
000;   tbe  wit3iessjj;r««d  to  represent  the  eaae. 

«rer«miab  M.  wiUoo,  cooniel  for  the  SetnrDine 
Board,  lald  be  desired  that  Got.  WelU  and  Gen. 
▲ndecson  shoold  b«  examined  as  to  the  matters  to 
wbloh  the  witness  had  testified. 

The  committee  then  aatoomed  to  attend  to  their 
oatles  In  theSonae,  and  will  meet  aeain  to-morrow 
Homing.      ' 

MADDOX'S  £ECOBD. 

trow    BB    HBOOTIATKD    VOBOKD    RAILROAD 
BONDS  Al«D  SWINDLXD  A  POOK  WOMAN. 

^fteita  Diip«itt^U>fh$  ITtw-Tart  i^mn. 
BAl.-mcoBE,  Feb.  1.— Inquiry  has  been 
tbade  here  to-day  in  regard  to  the  antecedents 
of  Maddoz,  the  witness  before  Field's  commit- 
tee, and  it  tnms  oat  that  he  has  figured  in 
several  financial  schemes  of  a  very  disreputa- 
ble oharaeter.  He  came  into  notice  In  1870  as 
one  of  the  negotiators  ol  firandalent  stoclc 
of  the  Parkersbnrg  Branch  Hailroad  Company, 
%  road  operated  by  tbe  Baltimore  and  Ohio. 
Crawford,  Secretary  of  the  company, 
Issued  forged  certifioates  of  stock 
to  the  amount  ot  $500,000,  and 
Biaddoz  appeared  to  have  been  one  of 
the  accessories  employed  to  obtain  loans 
Dpon  these  Among  other  loans  negotiated  bv 
Maddox  on  these  firandalent  certifi- 
cates was  one  for  $6,000  from  Mr.  John 
A-  Nichols,  President  of  the  Kniokerbooker 
Life  Insurance  Company.  Mr.  Nichols  came 
t«  Saltimore,  consulted  counsel,  and  concluded 
to  have  Maddox  arrested  for  getting  money 
under  false  pretenses.  Maddoz  was  held  to 
bail  in  the  sum  of  $10,000  t(f  aDsver 
the  charge.  The  Grand  Jury  Investi- 
gated tiie  esse,  but  there  being  no 
direct  ptoof  that  Maddox  knew  the  fraudulent 
character  of  the  certificates  when  he  hypothe- 
cated them,  the  charge  was  dismiss  od.  There- 
upon the  valiant  Maddox  imdertook  to  re- 
venge hhnselt  apon  the  connsal  who  had  ad- 
vised his  arrest,  by  his  friend,  John  T. 
Tickctt,  the  same  who  is  associated 
with  him  in  the  Loaisiana  matt^. 
He  sent  a  note  to  '  John  Henry  Keene 
demanding  satisfaction.  Mr.  Eeeoe  took  no  no- 
tice of  the  hostile  missive,  and  refused  to  hold 
any    comniunioatioa   with    either    Pickett   or 

Maddox.  The  latter  then  published  a  card  de- 
claring Mr.  Koene  a  coward.  Mr.  Keene  re- 
sponded with  a  communication  in  the  Oazette, 
giving  the  facts  that  pointed  to  Maddox  as  an 
acoeeaory  in  the  crime  committed  by  Crawford, 
and  Maodox  was  silenced. 

In  1873,  Maddoz  was  mixed  np  in  another 
criminal  transaction.  He  pretenoed  to  have  a 
claim  against  the  Government  for  cotton  or  to- 
baooo  destroyed  daring  the  war,  and 
IntereBted  with  him  in  its  prosecution 
was     Yerger,    who    murdered    Col.     Crane 

in  MississippL  Yersrer's  wife  had  a  little 
property,  {uid  she  was  persuaded  to   mortgage 

ft  to  raise  money  to  prosecute  the  claim.  Mad- 
dox wheedled  Terger  out  of  nearly  all  the 
money,  eiTing  him  bonds  redeemable  when  the 

claim  was  paid  by  tbe  Government.  Yerger 
soon  atterward  died,  and  his  family  are  still 
suffering  lor  want  of  what  Maddoz  swindled 
them  out  of.  Those  who  know  Maddox  best 
here  say  they  would  not  believe  him  under  oath. 


THE  MASSACHUSETTS  PRISON. 


iBSURD    PLOT    OF  PIUS6nERS  TO  ZSCAPB — 
THE   KBRPBJiS   TO  BB   DRXIGGKD. 

Tbe  Boston  JoHmal  of  Thnrsdav  gives  the 

ibllowine  accoiint  of  a  plot  on  tbe  part  of  a  dozen 
prisoners  in  the  Massaobosetts  State  Prison  to  es- 
cape from  confinement!  "The  ontl'.ne  of  the 
BObeme  for  this  wholesale  prison  delivery  was 
gained  by  Warden  Chamberlain  a  day  or  tw3  since, 
and  it  was  allowed  ^  deTeiop  far  enotu;h  to  Impli- 
cate probably  all  the  conriots  wbo  were  concerned 
13  It,  and  yesterday  they  were  qaletly  locked  ap  in 
solitary  coalluement.  The  scheme  was  doabtless 
pertected  by  a  noted  banic  robber,  and  tbe  prin- 
cipal work  was  to  be  exeonted  by  a  runner 
In    the    north    wio^    in    w&ioh    section    most  of 

the  conyicts  concerned  in  tbe  plot  are  located. 
Those  wbo  were  in  tbe  secret,  and  whose 
cells  are  in  the  other  wings,  were  to  eommit 
lome  misdemeanor,  grave  enoagh  to  secure  them  a 
iav  or  two  of  solitary  confinement  in  tbe  north 
wing;  when  the  plan  was  to  be  pat  in  operation.  It 
Is  the  custom  of  tbe  guard  la  this  wing  to  liberate 
the  coimer  at  5  o'clock  in  tbe  momiajr,  in  order  that 
be  may  go  into  tbe  kitchen  to  assist  In  preparing 
breakfast  for  the  convicts.  Aboat  the  first  thing 
prepared  is  the  coSee,  and  it  has  been  tbe  custom  ot 
'  the  wins  and  octagon  men  to  '  brace  ap'  npon  some 
hot  cofiee  as  soon  as  1(  was  ready.  The  coffee  was 
to  be  dragged  with  morphine  by  the  rasper  and 
then  taken  to  tbe  officers  as  asoal.  and  after  the 
drag  had  produced  the  desi  red  eflect,  either  stupefy- 
Ing  or  kiUiog  them  outrieht,  their  keys  were  lo  be 
taken  and  the  dooia  of  tbe  cells  of  the  conspirators 
opened.  In  anticipation  of  the  complete  saccess  of 
this  portlonof  theplan.  ajacksorew  was  prepared 
with  which  tbe  bars  of  the  grating  which  protects 
tbe  laree  window  ot  the  wing  were  to  be 
pried  apart  safflcient  to  allow  the  convicts  to  creep 
tbroaeh  them,  and  with  a  rope  ladder  also  la  readi- 
ness tbe  wall  was  to  be  scaled.  The  bold  and 
decidedly  original  scheme  was  to  have  been  pnt  in 
execution  Monday,  and  tbe  officers  were  prepared 
fur  theic  duseil  cofl'tie,  bat  as  the  men.  In  tbe  other 
wintis  bad  not  saoceeded  ia  getting  Into  solitary  it 
was  postponed.  Yesterday  mommg.  however,  the 
ncheaiers  were  ready  and  ttie  officers  were  also,  and 
tbe  deep-laid  plot  was  fraatrated.  The  desperate 
and  oeteated  conspirators  now  langniab  in  solitary 
confinement,  and  tbe  ball  and  chain  will  nn- 
doabtediy  be  the  daily  companions  of  the  ring- 
leaders tur  some  time  to  come,  from  this  time 
(orth  tneofflcera  will  most  likely  take  their  early 
morning  uoffee  at  their  owa  breakfast  tables.  The 
names  of  the  convicts  concerned  in  the  plot  are  with- 
aeld,  bat  amone  them  were  a  nnmber  whose  names 
kre  prominent  among  tne  noted  bank  robbers  of 
Nsw-York."    _    

MARSIAOE  OF  ACTORS  IN  MOirTBEAL. 

The  Montreal  Gaeelte  has  the  following  ac- 
count of  the  maniaEe  of  Mr.  E.  A  MaoDowell,  a 
theatrical  manager,  to  Miss  Fanny  Beeves,  in  that 
City  on  Taesday,  Jan.  30 :  *'  The  popularity  of  tbe 
yoong  eentleman  and  lady  has  often  been  praotl- 
Oftlly  demonatratea  within  the  Academy  and  in 
other  places  of  a  more  privately  social  character, 
bnt  it  was  reserved  for  the  thousands  assembled 
yesterday  momioc  as  tbe  Choroh  of  St.  James  the 
Apostle  to  demonstrate  how  much  Interest  our 
citizens  are  capable  of  exhibiting  to  tbose  deserv- 
ing of  it.  From  an  early  hoar  the  streets  en  route 
were  filled  with  ladies  and  goBtlemenr— the  fair  sex 

EredominatiDg,  as  was,  ot  coorbe,  nutnral — and 
>ng  before  noon,  the  hour  of  tba  ceremony,  the 
CbUTch  waa  filled  to  overflowing.  Several  bandreds 
formed  an  army  of  obsecvattoa  on  the  oniside  of  the 
ohuroh,  and  several  hnadrsds  bad  come,^  seen  that 
there  waa  no  opportunity  ot  viewing  the  ceremony 
with  any  decree  of  comfort,  and  de^rted  senaibly, 
In  the  hope  of  rea-ling  aU  about  it  in  tbe  morning 
ioorpals.  To  those  who  conld  not  tind  a  place  in 
the  ohorch  it  wiJi  be  interesting  to  know  that  none 
of  tbose  wbo  were  able  to  get  m  bad  a  view  of  the 
ocremony  with  any  degree  of  comfort.  So  crowded 
was  the  body  of  the  church  that  well-bred  people  of 
both  sexes,  whoso  teelmgs  niijder  other  olrcom- 
etanoes  would  have  trowned  down  snob  acts,  stood 
upon  pews,  chairs,  and  every  other  available  point 
woiob  sfioroed  an  opportnnlty  for  a 
■view  of  tbe  chnroh  altar.  Some  idea  of 
tbe  omah  may  be  ImaKined  when  it  is 
stated  that  a  oonple  ot  reporters  present  were 
(Queeaed  Into  the  pulpit  of  the  cbaroh,  unable  to  get 
out  until  ibd  ceremony  was  over.  The  bridal  party 
having  arrived,  were  seated  for  some  time  In  the 
vestry  of  the  ohorcb.  At  about  12.05  o'clock  the 
nnde  drove  to  tbe  main  entrance  In  the  oarriaee  of 
Mr  "Walker, laooompaBiea  by  her  motaep.  Notwith- 
Itsnding  tbe  eiertiooa  of  Sergt.  Biohardson  and  a 
posse  of  energetic  policemen,  the  brwle.  leaning  on 
Steazmot  Mr.  Walker,  found  some  dtfllcttUyin 
t«aotune  the  interior  c£  the  oburob.  Her  ap^ar- 
aaoe  waa  tbe  aiipua  for  tbe  'resiai  March,'  and  as 
the  first  notes  of  the  organ  pealed  f Mth,  every  one 
reaetaed  upon,  tip-toe,  bent  on  looking  over 
rvery  other  neraoo's  beaa.  A  few  moments 
atterward  Sir  Hogh  Allan  arrived,  and  m  a 
short  time  the  old,  old  •lory  was  re- 
nested.  The  ceremooy  ocoupied  sosas  minotes.  and 
betnK  oonclnded.  aU  retrod  to  the  vestry.  wher» 
the  nsoal  oongratolatory  stwapUments  were  re- 
ceived from  many  irieoda.  a»d  where  also  tue  mar- 
riage vows  were  regUtered.  Sir  Hugh  Allan  gave 
the  bride  away,  aud  the  iMridesmaids  w«ro  Mlas 
Affl<j  Weaver  and  Mias  Isabel  Morris,  while  Mr 
Fj.  Morris  and  Mr  Cbarlea Arnold  were  grooms- 
Hen  Tbe  bride  wore  a  dreea  of  white  satin,  with 
twidal  veil  ana  orange  blossoms,  while  thobridas- 
naias  were  in  lavender  allk  dressw  witn  Watteaa 
Blait.  with  vslla  and  wreaths  of  cardinal,  ihe 
fenv  Canon  Klle«ood  wsa  arwient  at  the  oewmiony, 
Sd'  be»ged  tbe  people  to  be  seated  «e 
^a  Bsamage  ceremony  commenced.  Ho 
J^Bkoned  witfioot  hw  host.,  however,  as^ 
Iw^a^  a  few  sat  down,  a  great  number  did 
S^*Tbt  nSrto  TavUg  wmpleted  the  regiatertng 
^IkaS  wSS?  tj*««««»  wedding  march  ifMen. 
Si^^bBwaTawin  t^en  ap, and  the bndal pat^y 
"'"^i^^JJaedtibTwav  tiiroBgb  the  crowded  ohoroh 
^'tb^if^s  STd^ve  raptdlv  away.  Dr.  Davis 
!Si.!t.S  attbft  organ,  and  rarely  have  we  heard 
^^oaiSUISSieniably  filled.  The  streets 
fSlJf^nlwS  th«  otonrch  preeeatea  a  regular 
L"»i,5tJTon««M^  sad  for  nearly  •»  hoar  the 

SS5,!LiSSd  taterhmS*d«  oi  yow*iPWt»«»n. 

^TS^  SSrone  thai  trill  be  teBMwbewd  for 
!*fJ?f^^AiiS«»  the  ha»py  pair  A»wwted  fo; 


TEE  ELECTORAL  VOTE. 


THE  JOINT  SESSION  OF  CONtfRESS. 

■THB  VOTKS  OF  BIX  BTATBS  GOUirrB]>  AMD 
AMNOUNCED — THRKB  8BT8  OP  CKQTIl'I' 
CATBS  BECEIVED  FROM  FIiOBItkA — OB- 
JECTIONS MADE  BT  BOTH  PABTIES. 

Washingtok,  Feb.  1.— After  prayer  in  tbe 
House  this  mornlne,  Mr.  Kabson,  of  Iowa,  called 
for  toe  reading  of  the  joomsl  of  yesterday  In  fall, 
in  order  to  consume  the  hour  that  mnvt  elapse  be- 
fore the  counting  of  tbe  Electoral  votes,  and  to  pre* 
vent  a  vote  being  taken  on  the  resolation  reported 
from  tbe  special  committee  on  the  election  In 
Morida. 

The  CHAm  appointed  as  tellers  on  the  part  of  the 
House  in  cuunting  the  Electoral  votes  Messrs.  Cook 
of  Greorgia,  and  Scone  of  Misaonn. 

Mr.  KissoN,  of  Iowa,  called  tbe  Chair's  atten- 
tion to  tba  tact  that  both  tellers  bad  been  chosen 
from  the  majority,  and  that  It  waa  customary  in 
saoh  cases  to  have  a  representative  of  the  minority 
appointed. 

The  Sfkakkh — The  gentlemen  have  been  ap- 
pointed by  tbe  Chair  under  anthority  of  the  House, 
and  that  fact  baa  bean  oommaaioated  to  the  Presi- 
dentof  tbe  Seuate,  and  tbe  Chair  understands  that 
he  will  appoint  two  of  the  majority  of  the  Senate. 

Mr.  Kabson — That  will  have  been  done  on  account 
of  tbe  actiou  of  the  Speaker. 

Tbe  Sfeakbb— The  Chaib  does  not  feel  offended. 
He  baa  simply  done  hia  duty. 

Mr.  Cox,  of  New- York— lifeverthelesa  it  is  an  In- 
solence 

The  Sfkakeb  laid  before  the  House  a  commani- 
oatlon  trom  Justice  Olififord,  President  of  tbe  Elec- 
toral Commission,  stating  that  tbe  members  thereof 
had  taken  tbe  prescribed  oath,  and  that  the  Com- 
mission was  ready  to  perform  its  dnties. 

The  Senate  resolation  was  agreed  to  for  tbe  pub- 
lication of  the  proceedings  of  tbe  Commission. 

Mr.  Patnb,  ot  Ohio,  offered  a  resolation  direct- 
ing the  Clerk  ot  tbe  Uonse  to  Inform  tbe  Senate 
that  tt  was  ready  to  receive  that  body  for  the  par- 
pose  of  openlne  and  coantlng  the  Electoral  votes 
for  President  and  Vice  President.    Adopted. 

The  fionse  then  took  a  recess  nntll  13:53  P.  M. 

Daring  the  recess  of  a  quarter  of  an  boar  tbe  bosz 
of  oonvetsatlon  on  (he  fluor  and  in  tbe  galleries  bad 
full  aeope.  bat  as  the  dial  showed  the  approach  of 
tbe  hour  of  1  P.  M ,  the  Sfbakbs  exerted  himaelf  to 
enforce  and  to  preserve  order.  The  galleries 
were  packed  with  spectatora,  bnt  of  a  more 
select  class  than  usual,  because  admission 
was  only  obtained  by  tickets,  of  which  each 
member  and  Senator  had  three  at  his  disposal. 
Judges  Miller  and  Field,  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
were  the  iirat  of  tbe  Judees  who  presented  them- 
selves. They  came  in  without  any  fotnaUty, 
and  took  two  of  the  chaira  in  the  area  to  the 
left  of  the  main  aisle.  At  LOa  o'clock  tho 
Speaker  announced  the  arrival  of  the  Senate  of 
the  TTniied  States,  and  all  the  members  of 
tbe  House,  at  tbe  Sneaker's  tap,  arose  and  re- 
mained standing,  while  tbe  Senate,  preceded  by  Its 
Clerk,  Doorkeeper,  and  other  officials  filed  down  tbe 
main  aisle  and  took  tbe  seats  set  apart  in  the  first 
four  rows  on  the  rlebt,  or  Demooratlo  aide  of  the 
Chamber.  The  President  of  the  Senate  took  the 
ehair,  having  the  Speaker  on  bis  left,  and  then 
when  the  Senators  and  Members  were  all  seated, 
the  President  of  the  Senate  rose,  and  using  the 
gavel  to  enforoe  order  and  silence,  said : 

"The  Joint  Convention  of  tbe  two  houses  of 
CouKress  for  oonntlng  the  votes  for  President  and 
Yioe  President  will  now  come  to  order." 

Then  while  silence  reigned  in  the  chamber,  the 
Fbbsident  of  the  Senate  said : 

In  obedience  to  the  Constitution,  the  Senate  and 
House  of  Kepresentativea  have  met  to  be  present  at 
tbe  opening  of  tbe  certificates  and  the  counting  and 
declining  of  tbe  results  of  tbe  Electoral  voces  for 
tbe  offices  of  President  and  Vice  President  of  the 
TTnited  Spates,  tor  tbe  term  of  foar  years  com- 
mencing on  the  4tb  day  of  March  next. 

In  compllauoe  with  the  law,  the  President  of  tbe 
Senate  will  now  proceed.  In  the  presence  of  tbe  two 
Houses,  to  open  all  of  the  certificates  of  the  several 
States,  and  in  tbelr  alphabetical  order,  beginning 
with  the  State  of  Alabama. 

Then  the  strone  box  in  which  the  certifioates 
were  carried  in  by  Mr.  Baasett,  the  Assistant  Door- 
keeper of  tbe  Senate,  having  been  placed  on  tba 
desk  Before  him,  the  President  ol  tbe  Senate 
opened  it,  and  takins  from  it  the  certitloate  trom 
the  State  of  Alabama,  handed  It  to  the  tellers  wbo 
were  seated  just  below  him  at  the  Clerk's  desk,  ^nd 
Senator  Allison,  one  of  the  tellers,  proceeded  to 
read  the  docameot  in  extento  ;  the  resale  of  it  all 
being  that  Samnel  J  'I'ilden.  of  New- York,  and 
Thomas  A.  Headrioks,  of  Indiana,  had  received  the 
10  Electoral  votes  of  Alabama, 

The  Vies  Pbcsidknt  then  said  that  the  oertlfl- 
oale  from  Alabama,  by  messenger,  baring  been 
read,  tbe  dnpUoate  which  had  been  received  by 
mail  would  now  be  read. 

Mr.  Stonb,  of  Missoari,  proceeded  to  read  the 
duplicate  ceFtlficate,  but  tbe  reading  waa  inter, 
rupted  by  Senator  Conkunq,  of  JSew-York,  who 
saeeestea  that  it  was  baraly  neeessary  to  read  the 
aaplicate  ceriiflcate,  bat  that  when  the  first  cer- 
tificate was  read  by  one  teller,  the  otbsr  tellers 
^onld  look  over  the  duplicate  la  order  that  the 
comparuiOD  miebt  be  made. 

The  Pbbsident  of  the  Senate  asked  whetber  there 
waa  any  objection  to  the  proposition,  and  there 
being  none,  he  stated  that  that  course  wonla  be 
puraaed. 

Mr.  Stonb  having  then  resumed  and  completed 
the  reading  of  the  duplicate  oertifioate,  the  preaid* 
1x12  officer  said : 

"  Are  there  any  objections  to  the  certificate  ttovx 
tbe  State  of  Alabama!  [After  a  pause.]  The 
Chaib  hears  none.  The  votes  of  tbe  State  ot  Ala- 
bama will  be  coimted.  One  of  the  tellers  will 
announce  the  votes  so  there  may  be  no  mistake." 

The  result  was  announced  by  Mr.  Cook,  of 
Cleorgia. 

The  same  cererasny  was  observed  in  reference  to 
the  next  State,  Arkanaaa,  except  that  the  reading 
of  tbe  duplicate  certificate  was  omitted. 

The  resalt  was  announced  that  the  six  rotes  of 
the  State  of  Arkansaa  were  given  for  Tilden  and 
Hendricks. 

Tbe  next  State  was  Csllfomia.  and  tbe  resalt  was 
annoimced  f  s  six  votes  for  Hayes  and  AVheeter. 

Then  t'uUowed  In  soceessiod  Colorado,  with  three 
votes  for  Hayes  and  Woeeler;  Conoeotiont.  with 
aix  votes  for  'lildeu  and  Hendricks,  and  Delaware, 
with  tliree  votes  for  Tilden  and  Hendricks. 

When  the  readloE  of  the  Delaware  oertiflcates 
was  concluded,  the  presiding  officer  asked  (inad- 
vertenilT)  If  there  was  any  objection  to  counting 
the  votes  of  the  Slate  of  Florida,  bnt  he  imme- 
diately correctod  bimsaJt^  and  sabstitated  Dela- 
ware, amid  soppressed  bat  general  laoftnter,  be- 
canse  on  Florida  the  first  serioas  conflict  was  to 
some. 

Then  Florida  waa  reached,  and  Mr.  Stone,  the 
teller,  proceeded  to  read  the  certificate. 

Tbe  reading  of  the  first  certificate  showsd  the 
fhftr  votea  ot  Florida  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler.  Then 
the  presiding  officer  handed  to  the  teller  another 
certificate  teoelved  from  tbe  same  State,  whicb,  on 
bemg  read  by  Mr.  Stone,  showed  the  lour  votes  of 
Florida  for  Tilden  and  Hendricks.  The  lormer 
certificate  waa  authenticated  by  the  late  Gov. 
Steama  i  the  latter  by  Attorney  Gleneral  Cooke. 

Then  the  presiding  officer  handed  do  wn  to  tbe  tellers 
atill  another  certificate  iromtheState  of  Florida,  re- 
ceived thioueh  a  mesaeneer  on  the  Slat  of  January, 
and  a  corresponding  one  received  by  mail  on  the 
30:b  of  January.  This  third  isaa  authentication 
of  tbe  act  of  tbe  Electors  who  voted  for  Tilden  and 
Hendricks,  and  is  made  by  the  present  Uorernor 
Drew. 

After  some  half  hoar  had  been  spent  in  reading 
the  papers  accompanying  the  third  certificate.  Sena- 
tor Conklini:  proposed  that  tbe  reading  be  retcarded 
as  completed  and  that  the  resalt  be  announced,  aa 
under  tbe  late  act  of  Congress  all  tbe  papers  would 
be  referred  to  the  provisional  tribunal  raised  to  ex- 
amine such  qoestions.  Tbere  being  no  objection, 
it  was  so  ordered. 

The  presiding  officer  asked  whether  there  were 
objections  to  taunting  the  vote  of  the  State  of 
Florida. 

Mr.  Fibld,  of  Ksw-Tork,  rose  and  sent  to  the 
Clark's  oesk  a  written  objection  to  tbe  first  certifi- 
cate, [for  Hayes  and  Wheeler,]  signed  by  Senators 
Jones,  of  Florida;  Cooper,  of  Tennessee  j  McDonald, 
of  Inaiana  ;  and  by  Representatives  Field,  of  New- 
York  :  Tucker,  of  Virginia ;  Jenka,  ot  Pennsyl- 
vania ;  and  Sorin;ier,  of  Blinois. 

Mr.  *T>AMH,  Clerk  of  tbe  House,  proceeded  to 
read  the  paper.  It  asserts  -  tbat  thoae  persona 
fPierce,  Hnmpbreys,  Uoldui,  and  YoaogJ  assam* 
ine  to  act  as  Presidential  Electors  never  were  duly 
appointed  by  the  State  of  Fiorina  or  in  any  manner 
whatever;  that  the  othor  four- persona  bad  been 
elected,  and  bad  aa  irrevocable  title  to  the  offlee  ; 
that  the  cerlifiuate  ol  the  first  four  persona  was  un- 
trnly  and  cotraptiy  procared,  and  made  in  pnraa- 
ance  of  a  conapiracy  between  them  aad  M.  L. 
Steirns.  late  Governor ;  tbat  they  were  usurpers, 
and  that  their  acta  were  iUeeal,  null,  and  void. 

Farther  objections  being  called  for,  Senator  Sar. 
gent  sent  ap  co  tbe  Clerk's  desk,  on  hehalf  of  him- 
self and  Senators  Conover,  Sherman,  aad  Teller, 
'and '  Bepresentativea  Woodbam,  Dannell,  Slaason, 
and  McCrary,  three  several  sets  of  objections  to 
the  votes  cage  by  Messrs.  Call,  Bin  ton,  BaliooK, 
and  Yonge,  the  Democratic  Electors,  on  tbe  ground 
that  tbe  papers  are  not  authenticated  as  reouired 
by  the  Constitution  and  laws. 

Senator  Jones,  of  Florida,  made  objection  spe- 
cially to  Mr.  Hamphreys,  as  holding  an  office  of 
trosi  and  profit  aader  the  TTnited  States. 

Mr.  Ka^on,  of  Iowa,  made  an  additional  objec- 
tion to  the  third  set  of  certifioates  because  they 
wereaotaatbeotioatod  by  a  person  who  held  the 
office  of  Governor  at  tbe  time  tbat  tbe  functions  of 
the  B'.ectora  were  exercised. 

The  Presiding  Officer— Are  there  tnrther  objec- 
tions to  the  counting  of  tne  votes  of  tbe  State  of 
Florida  I  (After  a  pause:]  If  there  be  none,  the 
certificates  and  papers,  together  with  other 
papers  aocompanying  the  same,  as  well  as 
the  objections  presented,  will  now  bo 
transmitted  to  the  Eleotoral  Coiteee  Commission 
for  judgment  and  d^cisioa.  The  Senate  will  now 
withdraw  to  its  chamber  so  tbat  tho  House 
may  separately  determine  tbe  ot^eotions. 
(A  boaz  of  dissent  as  to  tbe  dosing  part 
of  the  aentoace  pervaded  the  chamber,  but  the  pre- 
siding officer  made  no  obange.)  Tbe  Senate  retired 
aad  after  order  was  restored  the  House  tken,  at  3.05, 
teaamad  its  leidslativo  btuineas. 

Mr.  Hqpkjns,  ot  Penns.Tlvania,  moved  the  pre- 
vloos  aofistisn  on  the  reseluuon  reported  last  nlebt 
fhHU  tho  Florida  Investigating  Committee,  but  ob- 
leotloa  was  made  on  the  Bepnblicaa  side  ot  tbe 
House  to  any  action  in  tbe  matter  until  the  nunori- 
ty  report  shonld  have  bncn  presented. 

Daring  the  session  of  the  Joint  Convention, 
Hessra.  Charles  O'Conor,  Wilbam  M.  Evarra,  and 
Kdwut  "W.  Stooghtoo,  of  ITew-York,  Jeremiah. 
Biaok.  of  PennsylvaiOik  and  Gen.  Sherman  ooca- 
pied  seata  on  the  fioor  ot  the  Hooae. 

The  SiPaAKXiteaggeated  that^aa  this  soblsot  was 

SOW  t^e  oofinished  onsineaSi  it  should  be  allowea 

to  leo  Qv«r  aad  oom*  ap  tOiiaorrow  as  tbt  unfioisbM 

baaisaaa. 

JMtr.  ItATHAX,  of  Kew.Ydck.  made  ttia  point  of 


iwIimM.  t0  •  MiaiBlaiten.  It . vm  not  oompetont  te 
the  nous*  to  mss  now  upon  the  qdsstion. 

The  SrsAKSK  said  tbat  that  was  not  a  point  at 
IKAvt.  -It  waa  a  qasstlon  fis  the  House  to  d»> 
,|enaise. 
-  lfo.lUMOs.^«lsamofalpalBlof  srder.    -. 

The  jrisrida'Qasation  waa  finally  arransed  so  as 
to  let  It  go  over  until  Saturday,  and  then,  at3:35,  the 
House  took  a  recess  till  10  o'olock  to-morrow. 


PROCEEDING  OF  TEE  COMMISSION. 

tWe  FIX3RIDA  CASE   CERTIFIED  TO  THB  COM- 
MISSIONERS —  DISCUSSIONS       ON       THE 

PBnmita  of  the  papers— the.  heab- 

INa  OF  COUNSEL  AFTER  THE  OBJECTORS. 

WASHiNQTOir,  Feb.  1. — ^The  Commission  ap- 
pointed under  tbe  provisions  of  the  Electoral  act 
to  hear  and  decide  all  matters  in  dispute  aiTeoting 
the  vote  for  President  and  Vice  President,  met  at  3 
o'clock  to-day  in  the  room  of  tbe  Supreme  Court  at 
the  Capitol.  Tbe  Journal  of  the  preceding  session 
was  read,  corrected,  and  approved.  A  aommani- 
cation  from  the  two  houses  of  Congress  in  Joint 
session  was  presented  by  Mr.  Gorham,  Secretary  ef 
the  Senate,  and  read  as  follows : 

Hall  of  tub  House  or  Bbfbbssxtattvss,  1 
Feb.  1,  isrr.    i 
To  th*  Pretidmt  cf  the  Commitsion: 

More  than  one  return,  or  paper  porportlng  to  be 
a  return  or  certificate,  of  Electoral  votes  of  tbe 
State  of  Florida  having  been  received  and  this  day 
opened  in  the  presence  of  the  two  houses  of  Con- 
gress, and  objections  thereto  having  been  made,  tbe 
ssld  returns,  with  all  accompanying  papers  and  also 
the  obleotions  thereto,  are  herewita  snbmltted  to 
tbe  Judement  and  decision  of  tbe  Commission,  aa 
provided  by  law.  THOMAS  W.  FEREY, 

President  of  the  Senate. 

The  Presiding  Jnstioe— It  is  snggested,  and  I 
think  very  properlt,  that  the  doors  may  now  ha 
opened,  and  that  proper  persons  be  admitted. 

Juttios  Bradley— I  understand  there  are  three 
certificates  from  tne  State  of  Florida  that  have  been 
sent  to  us.  I  should  think  tbat  tbe  proper  course 
would  be  to  have  those  three  certificates  read,  and 
then,  as  each  is  read,  let  the  parties  be  called  upon 
to  state  whether  they  are  objected  to,  and  who  are 
the  objectors.  Until  we  read  those  certificates,  or 
hear  them  read,  we  do  not  know  what  we  have  be- 
fore us.  After  that  It  will  be  time  to  take  saoh  other 
order  in  regard  to  the  prooeedlngsaa  may  be'neceaaary. 

Tbe  Preaiding  Juatioe — I  will  adopt  tbat  sugEes- 
tion  without  a  vote. 

Mr.  Justica  Miller— I  had  the  pIeasar^  Sir.  if  it 
was  a  pleasure,  of  listeninK  to  the  readina;  of  those 
documents  in  the  Hoase  of  Bepretentatives.  If  the 
papers  about  the  State  of  Florida  are  read  it  will 
take  an  honr  to  read  them.  The  oblectora'  names 
are  to  tbe  papers  making  the  objections.  I  presume 
they  will  be  printed.  Thsy  certainly  onght  to  be 
printed,  and  then  everybody  oan  read  tbem  without 
consuming  an  honr  of  time  In  doing  tbat  which 
every  man  will  want  to  do  for  himself  more  oare- 
fOlly.  I  think  if  brother  Bradley  had  known,  as  I 
know,  tbe  length  of  these  papers^  he  woald,  per- 
haps, withdraw  his  motion. 

The    Presidins   Jastioe — Does  Jnstioe    Bradley 

withdraw  his  motion  t 

Mr.  Justice  Bradley— I  did  not  make  a  motion 
I  merely  made  a  snegostion. 

Bepresentative  Payne— I  move  that  the  oertlfl- 
catec  with  the  papers  he  printed  at  as  early  an  honr 
as  possible. 

Tbe  Preaiding  Justice— The  motion  before  the 
Commission  is  tbat  tbe  tbree  oertiflcates  ia  the  ease 
of  Florida  be  printed,  with  the  obleotions  thereto. 
If  that  Is  yoor  pleasure,  you  will  say ,"  aye."  (Pnt- 
tins  the  question.)  It  Is  agreed  to.  How  soon 
can  they  be  prlated  f 

Mr.  Justice  Field— Should  we  not  have  copies  of 
the  papera  presented  t 

The  Presiding  Justice- 1  soppose  the  certificates 
and  objections  may  be  printed  In  a  very  short 
time.  Tbe  Secretary  will  anderstand  that  the  mo- 
tion ia  intended  to  include  the  certifioates,  the  ob- 
leotions and  the  papers  tbat  accompany  the  oertifl- 
eates,  and  nothing  else.  It  is  desirable  that  they 
should  be  printed  with  as  little  delay  aa  possible. 
That  matter  beloa  disposed  of,  I  am  requested  to 
Inquire  If  tbere  are  counsel  present  who  will  take 
part  after  the  managers  or  objectors  have  stated  the 
case  on  the  one  side  and  tho  other. 

Mr.  Evarts— Mr.  President:  Senator  Sargent 
has  come  in,  and  will  state  what  he  has  to  say  in 
that  regard. 

The  Presiding  Justice — I  will  withdraw  the  In- 
qalry  aa  pat,  and  say  to  Mr.  Sargent  tbat  Inqoirles 
have  been  oiade  as  to  tbe  objectors. 

Senator  Sargent — Tne  -  objectors — tbe  persons 
whose  names  are  siened  to  the  psper — are  Senators 
Conover,  Sargent,  and  Sherman,  and  Messrs.  Mc- 
Crary, Kasson,  Woodbum,  and  Dnnnell,  members 
of  tbe  House.  Tbeiti  bas  been  no  opportunity  up 
to  this  moment  of  consulting  with  these  cenuemun 
to  ascertain  which  of  them  will  state  to  the  Com- 
mission  their  objections. 

The  Presiding  Justice — Two  objectors  may  repre- 
sent tbe  case  In  this  tnbunsl. 

Senator  Sarnsnt — So  we  understand  by  the  roles. 

The  Presiding  Justice— ^ Wbo  are  the  two  f 

Senator  Sargent — There  has  been  no  opportunity 
for  consultation  to  ascertain  which  of  the  objectors 
would  present  the  matter  to  tbe  court. 

The  Presiding  Jnstioe— Please  make  tbem  known 
to  the  Commission  aa  soon  as  is  convenient. 

Senator  Sareeut — Wn  will  do  su. 

TbePresiding  Jostioe.— Will  Mr.  Field  state  tbe 
Dsmea  of  tbe  oojectors  on  the  other  side  I 

Kepresoutaiive  Field. — The  oblectora  to  the  first 
retnm  are.  Senator  Jones,  of  Florida,  Senator 
Cooper  andfBepreseatatlvos  Thompson,  Jenks,  and 
myself. 

Kepresentatlve  Abbott — Mr.  President  I  desire 
to  inqaire  whether  the  motion  made  in  reference  to 
printing  covers  the  printing  ot  all  papers  that  are 
sent  here,  with  tbe  ubjeotlous,  because  it  eeenis  to 
me  tbat  we  are  to  consider  all  pap«rs  sent,  with  the 
objections,  and  it  is  iuat  as  material  for  as  to  have 
tbose  papers  printed,  so  that  ■^  e  can  consider  them, 
as  it  is  to  have  tbe  objections  themselves. 

The  Presiding  Justice — I  do  not  understand  the 
vote  iu  toat  way  at  present.  It  is  that  tbe  certifi- 
cates witi  the  objections  and  tbe  papers  which  ao* 
company  tbe  certifiOiitea  shall  be  printed,  not  all 
the  papera  that  may  have  been  sent. 

Hepresencatlve  Abbott — I  sugeest  then  that,  if 
we  are  to  consider  tbe  papers  accompanying  the 
obieciions,  they  may  at  some  point  of  time  be  made 
part  of  the  cause.  The  objections  themselves 
would  bardly  be  tmderstood  wiihoat  tba  papers, 
and  we  should  have  those  papers  printed  or  put  in 
■uch  form  as  will  enable  ns  to  acton  them. 

The  Presiding  Justice — There  is  no  motion  on 
that  subject. 

Bepresentative  Abbott — I  now  move  that  the  pa- 
pers aecompanvin»  tbe  objecdons  be  also  printed . 

Senator  Edmunds — Mr.  President,  I  submit  that 
It  IS  possible,  under  the  statute  under  which  we 
are  acting,  tbat  there  may  bo  no  papers  lawlully 
and  within  tbe  statute  acoompanying  an  objeoiioo. 
Tbe  statute  provides  for  papers  tbat  aooompany 
oertifloatea,  but,  as  I  remember  at  this  momeuf,  (I 
speak  Bubjeot,  of  course,  to  correcdun.)  it 
does  not  provide  for  papera  socompanring  the 
objections,  so  that,  I  think.  It  >  will  be  a  matter  for 
the  consideration  of  the  Commission  la  oou- 
snltation  vbow  far  in  printing  the  testimony 
that  may  be  offered,  whetber  by  objectors 
or  anybody  else,  we  ought  to  go.  It  may 
be  a  qaestioii  for  consideration  whether  time  would 
warrant  ns  in  receiving  and  printing  everything 
that  may  be  proposed  on  either  side. 

Senator  Thurman — Mr.  President,  it  Is  true  tbat 
the  statute  requires  paoera  accompanying  certifi- 
cates to  be  laid  before  tbe  Commission,  but  it  also 
aatborizes  the  Commission  to  take  into  view  all 
documents,  depo»itlODS,  and  other  papers  that  may 
be  competent  and  pertinent  to  this  inquiry,  and  if 
we  have  received  papers  from  either  or  the  houses 
which.  In  the  estimation  of  tbe  houses,  it  is 
proper  to  send  to  us,  it  seems  tome  that  we  must 
look  at  tnem  and  see  whether  they  are  competent 
and  pertinent  I  tomk,  therefore,  that  the  motion 
to  print  ought  to  be  adopted.  Toat  will  not  delay 
ns  in  having  by  to-morrow  morning.  a&  early  as  we 
aee  fit  to  meet,  printed  copies  of  the  certificates  aud 
the  objections.  We  oan  give  directions  tbat  they 
shall  be  sent  to  us  immediately,  aud  the  printing  of 
these  other  papers  cao  go  ou.  Snowing  the  great 
rapidity  with  wbich  work  Is  done  at  tbe  Govern- 
msnt  Printing  Offloe,  I  do  not  think  we  should  have 
to  wait  very  long  tb  get  tbem  all. 

Bepresentative  Abbott— Mr.  President,  I  think  in 
looKlDg  at  the  law  the  objeciions  only  are  to  be  sent 
here^  and  I  fancy  tbat  those  papers,  if  tbey  are  sent 
here  at  all  must  come  as  part  of  the  objections,  so 
that  perhaps  the  motion  to  print  thu  ohjeouons 
would  carry  with  it  necessarily  tbe  printing  of 
those  papers.  I  do  not  bso  how  they  get  here  ex- 
cept as  papers  acoompanyiiig  the  oeriiHoates  or  as 
part  of  the  objections.  Ol  coarse  I  have  no  desire 
lo  impede  the  printing  of  the  oDjectlous  or  the  cer- 
tificates, out  wish  to   get  them  aa  soon  aa  possible. 

Senator  Bdmunds- Mr.  President,  in  order  tbat 
we  may  consider  tbat  topic,  I  move  the  motion  of 
■Tndge  Abbott  be,  for  the  time  l>«ing.  laid  apon  the 
table  so  that  we  may  conaider  about  it  a  little  after- 
ward. 

The  Preaiding  Justice — The  motion  is  to  lay  the 
motion  of  Judge  Aboott  upon  the  table. 

Itepresentatiye  Abbott — I  withdraw  the  motion 
for  tbe  time,  to  be  renewed  at  a  subaeqaent  time. 

The  Presiding  Judge — The  motioa  u  withdrawn. 
I A  pause.  I  I  am  reqaeSted  now  to  call  for  the 
names  of  coimael  who  appear  in  the  case  on  each 
side. 

Representative  Field — We  have  several  oounsel 
on  oar  side.  We  have  Mr.  O'Cunor,  of  Kew-Tock; 
Judge  lliaok,  of  PenDSylvania;  Jndge  Trumbull, 
of  illiuois;  Mr.  Mernok,  of  Washington,  and  Mr. 
Greau,  ot  New-Jersey. 

The  Presfting  Justice — Counsel  not  exceed! og 
two  in  nnmber  on  each  side  are  allowed  to  partici- 
pate in  argument. 

Bspreaentatlve  Field- We  have  not  aeleoted 
those  two.  I  only  mentioned  the  names  to  you  la 
answer  to  the  qnesUon  how  many  there  are  who 
areaoneemed  in  tne  ease.  We  ahall  arrange -that 
matter  in  ooiMrse  of  »be  evening. 

7he  Presiding  Jastlee— Tbat  will  answer.  Wba 
are  ooonsei  on  the  other  side  t 

Mr.  XvifftB— Aa  Mprassnting  ohjeotSTS  to  eertlfl. 
oatea  otUer  tlias  tbose  that  bava  beaa  represented 


Mwes.  Stanolitap,  8t««Isy  Mttttiews,  SbMiabargsr. 
and  myself  are  expected  to  represent  obtMtors  in 
some  of  the  eases  wbiott  will  appear,  and 
I  woold  ask  the  ittstnutioa  or  tas  oourt— 
it  la  pertlnene  to  make  «the  Inqmby— 
as  tn  what  ia  tnoluded  in  tbs  phrase 
."on  tbe  merits  of  any  «aae  preaented  to  lt«  " 
whether  that  means  any  issue  joined  on  obiections 
to  any  particular  certlAats.  or  whether  It  uolndas 
aU  whioh  arises  In  the  case  of  a  partlenlar  State  t 
The  Presiding  Jnatioe — I  •  think  tbe  counsel  will 
have  to  iadgp  of  tbat  matter  for  themselTSfc   Ua- 

lees  tbey  have  aome  qaeation  to  submit  to  the 
Commission,  It  la  hardly  within  the  province  ot 
the  Preaiding  Justice  to  determine  that. 

Mr.  Bvarts— We  underatsod,  tnra,  If  the  Ooib' 
mission  please,  tbat  the  designation  of  two  counsel 
will  be.safBolently  early  made  when  the  oaae  la  apt 

Senator  Edmunds— That  is  merely  for  the  final 
argnment. 

Tbe  Presiding  Jastioe— After  the  objeetors  have 
opened  tbe  oaae. 

Mr,  Evarts — So  we  anderstand, 

Mr.  Justice  Bradley — I  suggest  to  Mr.  Evarts  that 
probably  the  construction  of  that  would  be  "  the 
case  on  its  merits."  The  principal  question  would 
he  iaolnded  in  that  term,  and  all  interlooatory  or 
other  motions  would  not  be  inolnded  in  tbat  phrase. 

Senator  Edmunds — It  covers  the  whole  subject  of 
a  particular  State. 

Senator  Sargent— In  reply  to  the  question  of  tbe 
Commission  aa  to  which  of  tbe  objectora  would 
present  tbe  case  aside  from  oounsol  on  tbe  confer- 
ence, it  IB  determined  that  Mr.  McCrary  and  Mr. 
Eaason  will  appear. 

Senator  Edmands — I  move  that  the  public  sitting 
of  the  Commlsiion  be  now  adjoamed  nntil  10:30  in 
the  morning,  unless  counsel  or  objectors  baye 
something  turther  to  say  at  this  time. 

Representative  Garfield— I  think  tbere  was  one 
objection  filed  regarding  which  no  action  has  been 
taken  ;  an  objection.  I  believe,  trom  Senator  Jones. 
I  have  heard  tbe  President  of  the  Commission  make 
do  allusion  to  it.  I  Inqaire  whether  tbere  Is  any 
special  bearing  to  be  had  on  tbat  objection  ? ,  I  think 
that  objection  was  difiisreut  from  tbe  other  objec- 
tions whioh  bavelbeen  filed.  I  refer  to  it  because  it 
makea  a  distinct  case  and  is  a  different  objection  In 
its  character  from  either  of  the  other  two  that  baVe 
been  referred  to. 

The  Presiding  Jastioe — My  impression  is  (thongh 
I  do  not  make  that  decision  ^n  bebalf  of  the  Com- 
mission) tbst  the  several  objections  to  the  returns 
from  a  State  constltate  one  case,  and  two  objec- 
tors will  be  heard  upon  one  side  and  two  on  the 
other,  and,  after  they  shall  havo  been  heard,  two 
counsel  will  be  heard  npon  one  side  and  two  npon 
the  other.  Unless  otherwise  advised  by  the  Com- 
mission, that  will  be  tbe  ruling. 

Representative  Field — Will  you  allow  me  to  say 
tbat  perhaps  tbere  may  be  some  misunderstanding 
in  regard  to  that  rule  imless  I  state  to  yon  precisely 
the  fttOtn  I 

The  Presiding  Justice— Proceed,  Sir. 

Representative  Field— There  are  ol^ectiona  to 
the  four  votes  of  Florida  on  eaeh  side ;  that  Is  to 
say,  we  object  to  the  four  votes  mentioned  In  the 
first  retams. 

Senator  Edmnnds — Which  are  they  t 

Representative  Field— Tbey  are,  if  I  may  nse  the 
names  of  tbe  candidates,  the  Hayes  Electors.  We 
object  on  our  part  to  tbose  votes,  certificates,  and 
lists. 

Mr.  Edmunds— And  the  other  gentlemen  object 
to  tbe  others. 

Representative  Field,  Mr.  Snrgent,  Mr.  Easson, 
and  tbe  gentleman  on  the  other  side  specifically 
object  to  onrs.  Then  tbere  Is  tbe  additional  objec- 
tion made  by  Senator  Jones,  ot  Florida,  and  otnets 
to  one  of  the  Hayes  Electors  as  ineligible  under  the 
CoQStitatioD.  That  ia  a  distinct  matter,  and  we 
supposed  it  would  be  taken  up  qidte  dlatinctly.  It 
is  a  minor  afiair  and  shonld  not  enoamber 
the  principal  one,  and,  11  the  Commis- 
Bion  will  allow  ns,  we  will  desimate  aa 
objectors  Mr.  Thompson  and  Mr.  Jenks.  I 
suppose  the  discussion  of  that  matter  will  not  take 
up  much  of  the  time  of  tbe  Commission.  At  all 
events,  as  a  matter  of  form,  if  you  will  allow  as,  we 
will  suggest  that  Mr.  Thompson  and  Mr.  Jenks 
be  tbe  oojectors,  and  as  to  cooasel,  we  will  advi«e 
to-night,  and  iulorm  the  Commission  to-morbw 
Wbo  will  represent  os. 

The  Preaiding  Justice— When  you  are  adviaed 
what  you  desire,  you  will  submit  a  motion  to  the 
Commission  aud  I  will  bare  it  determined.  At 
present  I  am  not  prepared  to  rale  otherwise  than  I 
have.  If  tbere  be  no  larther  suggestion  to  be  pre- 
sented, I  will  pnt  tbe  question  to  the  Commission 
that  when  this  Comihlssion  adjoam  it  adjoarn  to 
meet  at  10:30  o'clock  to-morrowtmornlng. 

Senator  Edmnnds — I  wiU  move,  so  ttiat  we  ahall 
not  keep  gentlemen  who  wish  to  prepare  their 
matters  for  tbe  Commitsion,  tbat  the  public  tittiogs 
of  the  Commission  be  now  abjonmed  until  10:30 
o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 

Senator  Tburmao- But  the  Commlasion  to  con. 
tiniie  in  session  to-day  1 

Senator  Bdmands — Xea,  for  oonsnltation. 

The  Presiding  Jnstice— Under  tbe  cironmstMioes 
I  will  pnt  the  motion,  with  the  oonsaat  of  the 
mover,  tbat  when  the  Commission  adjonm  it  ad- 
Jonrn  on  til  to-morrow  at  10:30  o'clock. 

Tbe  motion  was  agreed  to. 

The  Presidlns  Jasiice— I  will  notify  all  who  are 
present  that  tbere  will  be  no  more  public  business 
transacted  by  ibe  Commission  to-day. 

Senator  Frellngbnyaen— I  wis  about  to  suggest 
that  It  would  be  well  to  understsud  from  tbe  ob- 
jectors and  counsel  whetber  tbey  will  be  prepared 
to  go  on  to-morrow  morning. 

Representative  Field— On  our  part,  we  are  pre- 
pared to  go  on  at  any  moment.  We  are  prepared  to 
go  on  now  If  you  wish. 

The  Presiding  Justice- The  gentlemen  present 
may  understand  tbat  there  will  be  no  farther  pub- 
lic business  transacted  by  the  Commission  to-day. 
The  Commission  will  remain  for  private  constilta- 
tion. 

The  room  having  been  cleared,  the  Commission 
remained  lor  consultation,  and,  after  some  time 
spent  in  deliberation,  tbe  Commission  adjourned 
till  to-morrow  (Friday)  morning  at  10  o'clock. 


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OBJECTIONS   TO  TliE  FLORIDA  VOTE. 

Washington,  Feb.  1.— The  following  are  the 
objections  presented  in  the  %ouse  of  Representa- 
tives In  the  Flonoa  case : 

THE  DtJlGCEATIC  OBJECTION. 

The  undersigned,  Charles  W.  Jonea,  Senator  of 
tbe  United  States  from  tbe  State  of  Florida  ;  Henry 
Cooper,  Senator  of  the  United  Statea  from  the 
State  of  Tennetee ;  J.  £.  McDonald,  Senator  of  tbe 
United  States  from  tbe  State  of  Indians ;  David 
Dudley  Field,  Bspresentative  from  tbe  State  of 
New- York ;  J.  Randolph  Tucker,  Repre- 
sentative from  the  State  of  Virginia  i 
6.  A.  Jenks,  Bepresentative  from  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  William  M.  Springer,  Represen- 
tative from  the  Stato  of  Illinois,  objected  to  the 
counting  of  the  votes  of  Charles  H.  Pearoe,  Freder- 
ick C.  Hamphro.T8,  William  H.  Holden,  and  Thomas 
W.  Long  as  Electors  of  President  and  Vice  Presi- 
deniofthe  United  States,  in,  for,  andonbebalf  of  tbe 
Stato  ot  Florida,  and  to  tbe  paper  purporting  to  be 
a  corbflcate  of  Ml  L.  Steams  as  Governor  of  the  said 
Bute,  that  tbe  said  Charles  H.  Pearce,  Frederick  C. 
Humphreys,  William  H.  Holden,  and  Thomaa  W. 
Long  were  appointed  as  Electors  lo,  for,  and  on  be- 
halt  of  said  State,  and  to  tbe  papera  purporting  to  be 
tbe  lists  ot  votes  oast  bv  tbe  said  Charles  H.  Pearce, 
Frederick  C.  Humphreys,  William  H.  Holden,  and 
Thomas  W.  Long  lor  PreKident  and  Vice  Presidsnt 
of  the  United  States,  and  to  the  votes  themselves, 
for  tbe  reasons  and  apon  tbe  grounds  following, 
among  others;  tbat  is  to  say: 

Ftr#t— For  that  tho  said  Charles  H.  Pearce, 
Frederick  C.  Humphreys,  Wiliism  H.  Holden,  aud 
Thomas  W.  Long  were  not  appointed  by  the  State 
of  Florida  in  such  manner  as  Its  Lesialature  bad 
directed,  or  in  anv  manner  whatever.  Electors  of 
President  and  Vice  Preslaent  of  tbe  United  States. 

Second — For  tbat  Wilkinson  Call,  James  E. 
Yonge,  Robert  B.  Hilton,  and  Robert  Bullock  were 
appointed  by  the  said  State  in  such  a  manner  as  its 
Legislature  had  aireuted.  Electors  of  President  and 
Vice  President  of  the  United  States. 

Ihirdr—Tbo  manner  of  apoointing  Electors  of 
President  and  Vice  President  ot  the  United  States 
in,  lor,or  ou  behalf  ot  the  State  of  Florida  was,  by  iJie 
votes  of  tbe  qualified  electors,  at  a  general  election 
held  in  said  State  on  the  7th  day  of  November,  1870, 
and  the  qaalified  electors  of  tbe  said  Stato  did,  on 
tbe  said  7lh  day  of  Kovember,  1876,  execute  the 
power  by  appointing  Wilkinson  Call,  Jamea  E. 
Yunge,  Robert  B.  Hilton,  and  Robert  Bullock  to  be 
anch  Electors,  wblch  appointment  gave  to  the  np- 
pointeea  an  irrevocable  title  tbat  could  not  be 
changed  or  set  aside  or  conferred  on  any  other  per- 
son. 

Fourth — That  the  pretended  osrtlficato  or  paper 
purporting  to  be  a  oertifioate  signed  by  M.  L. 
ijtearns,  as  Governor  of  said  State,  of  tbe  ap- 
pointment of  tbe  said  Charles  H.  Pearce,  Fred- 
erick C.  Humphreys,  William  H.  Holdsn,  and 
Tbomaa  W.  Long,  to  be  Electors,  was 
and  IS  in  all  respects  untrue,  and  was  borruptly 
procured  and  made  in  pursuance  of  a  conspiracy 
between  the  said  M.  L.  S.earns.  Cbarlm  H.  Pearce, 
Frederick  C.  Humphreys,  William  H.  Holden,  and 
Thomaa  W.  Long,  and  other  persons,  to  these  ob- 
jectors unknown,  with  intent  to  deprive  the  people 
of  the  said  State  of  the  right  to  appoint 
Electors,  ana  to  deprive  Wilkinson  Call,  James  £. 
Yongo,  Robert  B.  Hilton,  and  Robert  Bullock  of 
their  right  to  said  olHce,  and  to  assert  and  set  np 
flotitions  and  unreal  votes  for  President  and  Vice 
President,  and  thereby  to  deceive  tne  proper  aa- 
tborities  of  this  Union. 

Fifth— Vox  tbat  ths  said  papers  falsely  purporting 
to  be  tbe  votea  for  President  and  Vice  President  of 
the  Bcate  of  Florida,  whioh  are  fiotitioss  and  un- 
real, and  do  not  truly  represent  any  votes  or  lawful 
acts,  and  ire  now  here  objected  to,  wore  made  out 
and  executed  in  pursuance  of  tbe  same  fraadulent 
oonspiraoT  by  the  said  persons  purporting  to  have 
cast  said  votes. 

Sixth — For  tbat  the  said  pretended  eeitifloatea 
and  the  pretended  Ilata  ot  Electors  connected  there- 
with, so  made  by  tbe  said  M.  L.  Steams,  if  the  said 
certificates  and  lists  ever  bad  any  validity,  which 
thene  objeetors  deny,  have  been  annulled  and  de- 
clared void  by  a  sutiseqaent  lawful  oertifioate  of 
tbe  Executive  of  Florida,  duly  and  law- 
fully made,  la  whioh  tbe  said  Wilkinson  Call, 
Robert  Bullock,  James  £.  Yonge,  and  Robert  B. 
Ililton  are  traly  aud  In  due  I'oriu  declared  to  have 
been  duly  appointed  by  said  State  in  tbe  manner 
directed  by  its  Constitution,  and  also  by  an  act  of 
tbe  Legislature  of  tho  said  State  in  which  the  title 
of  the  said  Wilkinson  Call,  James  E.  Yonge, 
Robert  B.  Hilton,  and  Robert  Bullock  as 
such  Electors,  is  declared  to  be  good  and 
valid;  aud,  turther,  by  tbe  judgment  of  tbe  Gir- 
colt  Court  of  the  ssld  State  of  Florida,  for  the  Sec- 
ond Judicial  Circuit,  that  being  a  court  of  com- 
petent jurisdiction,  npon  information  m  tbe  nature 
of  quo  warranto,  brought  on  the  6th  day  of  De- 
cern oer,  187ti,  before  said  pretended  Electors  in  any  ^ 
form  voted  for  Preaident  or  Vice  President,  aa 
aforesaid,  by  tbe  State  ot  Florida,  on  tbe  relation  of 
tbe  said  Wilkiusoh  Call,  Robert  Bullock,  James  E. 
YoDge,  and  Robert  B.  Hilton,  against  tbe  said 
Cbanes  H-  Fearoe,  Frederick  C.  Humpbnes,  William 
H.  Holden,  and  'xhomas  W.  Long,  whereby  t^e 
defendants,  after  having  iappeared,  plaaded'ana  pat 
to  iasue  tba  qaeation  of  their  own  r*cbt  and  title 
and  (that  of  the  relators  to  aot  aa  saoh  Sleotors,  aad. 


After  Adl  h««rlaf;  11  wsa  dnlywa Jswftallrii* 
ifldjrsd  by  said  asort  that  the  saM  Oti^ea  E 
J^earee,  SVsAsTlek  C.  Hnmpbtiea.  Tnotam  H.  Sol- 
deo,  a9d  Xbootas  W.  Long,  warn  nt,  wn 
was  any  oBs  of  tbem  elected,  ohoaso,  9€  appolotad, 
or  entitled,  to  be  deelared  elected,  ehoeea,  or  ap. 
peiatad.  as  saoh  JOsotors  or  Eleotor.  or  to  receive 
certifioates  or  certifioste  of  electloa  or  appointmeot 
as  snoh  Electors  or  Elector;  and  that  the  said  re- 
apondenta  were  not,  npba  the  said  6th  day 
of  ^December,  or  at  any  other  time,  en- 
titled to  aasoina  or  ezsrelsa  toy  of  th» 
powers  or  fcmotions  of  snoh  Electors  or  Elector, 
but  tbat  thav  ware,  ni>on  tbe  aald  day  and  dato, 
nsnroers,  and  that,  aU  and  singular,  their  acts  and 
doings  as  soeh  were  Ifiegal,  null,  and  void.  And  It 
iafarthei  considered  and  developed  that  said  Elec- 
tors. Robert  Bullock,  Robert  B.  HilWi, 
Wilkinson  Call,  and  James  E.  Yonge, 
all  and  smgalar,  were  at  said  election 
duly  elected,  ohoseo,  and  appointed  Electors  of 
President  and  Vloe  President  of  the  United  StatosJ 
and  were  on  tbe  said  6th  day  of  December,  1676,  en- 
titled  to  be  deoUred  elected,  cbosen,  and  appointed 
as  such  Electors,  and  te  have  and  to  receive 
oertlfleates  thereof;  and  npon  the  aald  day  and 
dato,  and  at  all  timea  alnoe  to  exeretae 
and  perform,  all  and  alngnlar,  tbe  powers  aad  duties 
of  such  Electors,  and  to  have  and  enjoy  the  pay 
and  emolument  thereof;  for  that  the  four  persons 
last  named  did,  aa  Electors,  on  Dec  0,  1876, 
cast  the  four  votea  of  Florida  for  Mr. 
Tilden  as  President  and  Mr.  Hendricks 
as  Vice  President,  and  aa  well  in  that  respect  as  In 
I  all  others  acting  In  entire  and_perfect  conformity 
with  tbe  Constitution  of  the  United  Statea,  oertt- 
fied  the  same  votes  te  the  President  of  the  Senate; 
they  did  everything  toward  tbe  aathenttcation  sf 
such  votes  required  by  the  Constitation  of  the 
United  Stotes,  er  by  any  aot  of  Congress, 
except  section  136  of  the  Revised  Statutes: 
and,  in  conformity  with  the  aforesaid  Judgment  of 
tbe  Florida  court,  the  Governor  of  Florida,  who  bad 
been  duly  inducted  into  ofiBoe  subsequent  to  Deo.  6, 

1876,  did     ou      tbe      S6ih      day      of     January, 

1877,  give  to  the  last-named  fbnr  Electors 
tbe  triplicate  lists  prescribed  by  ssld  aot 
of  Congress,  (Revised  Stetutes  of  the  United  States, 
section  136,)  which  they  forwarded  as  prescribed  by 
tbe  aot  of  Congress  aa  a  supplement  to  tbelr  former 
certiticate  in  that  behalf  and  in  support  of  aald  ob- 
Jections  and  olalma.  The  undersigned  beg  leave 
te  refer  to  tbe  reasons  and  documents  submitted 
herewith,  and  such  petitions,  depositions,  papers 
and  evidence  as  may  be  hereafter  produced,  and  aa 
may  be  competent  and  pertinent  in  considering  tbe 
said  objectionsand  claims.  Among  the  papers  here- 
with submitted  are  tbe  following,  vlx. :  Firsti 
so  much  of  the  oflBcial  ConffrugioTial  Hecord 
of  Feb.  1.  1877,  as  conteins  the  report  of  the  House 
Committee  on  the  recent  election  In  Florida  ;  seo 
ood,  the  original  report  of  said  committee ;  third, 
a  certified  copy  of  the  act  of  the  Legislature  of 
Florida,  approved  Jan.  17,  1877,  entitled  "An  aot  to 
procure  a  legal  canvass  of  tbe  Electoral  vote  of  the 
State  of  Florida  aa  oast  at  the  election  held  on  the 
,7th    of   November,  1876  ;"    fourth,  a   ceriiflcate  of 

the  State  canvassers  of  the  election  held  in 
November,  1876,  dated  Jan.  19, 1877  j  fifth,  a  cer- 
tified copy  of  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State 
of  Florida,  approved  Jan.  30,  1877,  entitled,  "An  act 
te  declare  ana  establish  the  apjiolntment  bythe  State 
ol  Florida  of  Electors  of  President  and  Vice  Pres- 
ident;" sixth,  tbe  certiticate  of  George  F.  Drew, 
Governor  of  tbe  State  of  Florida,  of  the  names  of 
the  Electors  chosen  on  tbe  7th  day  of  November, 
1876,  bearing  date  Jan.  26,  1877:  seventh,  the 
certiflcaie  of  Wilkinson  Call,  J.  JE.  Yonge.  R.  B. 
Hilton,  and  Robert  Bollock,  elected  and  appointed 
by  tbe  State  of  Florida,  of  the  vote  east  for  Presi- 
dent and  Vice  President  by  them,  bearing  date 
Jan.  26,  1877;  eighth,  the  record  of  the 
proceedings  and  Jodgmeat  of  tbe  Circuit  Court  of 
Leon  County,  tbe  second  Jadlcial  Circuit  of  the 
State  of  Fliirida,  on  information  in  the  nature  of  a 
quo  warranto  in  the  name  of  tbe  State  of  Florida  ex 
rel.  F.  C  Humphreys,  Charles  H.  Pearce,  William  H. 
Holden,  and  T.  W.Long;  also  a  certified  copvof  the 
act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  Stato  of  Florida,  ap- 
proved Jan.  26,  1877,  aforesaid,  and  the  certlficato 
of  the  State  Canvassers  aforesaid,  ana  the  prooeed- 
ings  and  judgment  on  tbe  inforasatlon  aforesaid, 
transmitted  to,  and  cecelvad  bj,  the  House  of  Bepte- 
aentatlves  on  the  Slet  day  et  Jannary,  1877. 

CHARES  W.  JOifES, 

HENRY  COOPER, 

J.  E.  MCDONALD, 

Senators. 

DAVID  DUDLEY  FlELDl 

J.  R.  TUCKER, 

G.  A.  JENKS, 

WILLIAM  SPRINGER. 
Vembera  of  tne  House  of  Representatives. 

THS  BEFUBLIOAN  OBJECTIONS. 
Senator  Sargent  presented  tha  following  objec- 
tion: 

An  objection  is  interpoaed  to  tbe  certificates,  or 
papers  purporting  to  be  certifioates,  of  the  Electoral 
votes  of  the  State  of  Florida  as  having  been  oast 
by  Wilkinson  Call,  J.  E.  Yonee,  R.  B.  Hilwn,  and 
Robert  Bollock,  npon  the  ground  that  said  certifi- 
cates or  papers  are  not  aathenticated  according  to 
the  requirement  of  tbe  Constitution  and  laws  of  the 
Uniti^a  States,  so  as  to  entitle  them  to  be  received 
or  read  as  the  votes  stated  therein,  or  any  of  th«m 
to  be  counted  in  tbe   eiection  of  President  and  Vice 

President, 

S.  B.  COJJOVER, 
A.  S.  SARGENT. 
JOHN  SHERMAN, 
H.  M.  TELLER, 

Senators. 
WTLLIAM  WOODBURN, 
MARK  H.  DNNNELL 
JOHN  A.  KASSON, 
GEORGE  W.  McCRARY, 
Members  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
On  tbe  same  hehalf  Senator  Sargent  presented  the 
following : 

An  objection  is  Interpesed  to  tbe  certificates  or 
papers  purportine  ro  be  certificates  of  the  Electoral 
votes  ol  the  Stete  of  Florida,  at  having  been  cast  by 
Jamea  Youge,  Wilkinson  Call,  Robert  B.  Hilton,  and 
Robert  Bullock,  npon  tbe  ground  tbat  aaid  cer« 
tlficates  or  papers  do  not  indode  or  are 
not  accompanied  by  (m  the  package  or  en- 
closure in  which  tbey  were  received  and 
opened  by  the  President  of  the  Senate,  in  tbe 
pretence  of  tbe  two  Houssaj  th>)  oartificato  of  the 
executive  authority  of  the  State  of  Florida  of  the 
list  of  ssid  Electors — Yonsre,  Call,  Hilton,  and  Bol- 
lock— or  any  of  tbem, 'as  being  saidElecters;  nor  are 
aaid  certificates  or  papers  objected  to  accompanied 
by  a  valid  or  lawful  certification  or  anthentioation 
ot  said  Electors— Yonge,  Call,  Hilton,  and  Bnlloek— 
or  any  ot  them,  as  having  been  appointed,  or  aa 
being  Electors  to  east  tbe  Electoral  vote  of  the 
State  of  Florida,  or  entitling  tbe  votes  of  said 
Yonge.  Call,  Hiltea,  and  Bnllook,  or  either  ot  them, 
Xio  be  ooonted  in  the  election  of  tbe  Preeident  of  the 
TTnited  States,  or  of  tbe  Vice  President  of  the 
United  States. 

S.  B.  CONOVER, 
A.  A.  SARGENT. 
JOBN  SHERMAN, 

Senators.  ^ 
WILLIAM  WOODBURN, 
QBOKGE  W.  McCRARY. 
MARK  H.  BUNNELL, 
JOHN  A.  KASSON. 
Members  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
On  the  same  behalf  Senator  Sargent  presented  a 
larther  objection,  as  follows: 

An  objection  is  Interposed  to  the  oertiflcates 
or  papers  purporting  to  be  certifioates,  of  the  Elec 
teral  votes  of  tbe  State  of  Florida,  aa  having 
been  cast  by  J.  C.  Yonge,  Wilkinson  Call,  Robert 
B.  Hilton,  and  Robert  Bullock,  upon  tbe  gronnd 
tbat  by  a  certificate  of  tbe  State  of  Florld« 
In  all  respects  regular  and  vahd  and  sufficient  under 
tbe  Constitution  and  laws  of  tbe  United  States,  and 
duly  authenticated  as  such,  and  duly  transmitted 
to  and  received  by  and  opened. by  the  President  of 
tbe  Senate  in  the  presence  of  the  two 
bouses  of  Consreti.  it  appears  tbat 
Frederick  C.  Humphries,  Charles  N.  Pearce 
William  H.  Halden  and  F.  W.  Long,  and  each  of 
them,  and  no  other  person  or  persons  were  duly  ap- 
pointed Electors  to  caat  tbe  Electoral  vote  of  the 
State  of  Florida,  and  tbat  the  said  above-named 
Electors  did  duly  east  tbe  votes  and  did  duly 
certify  and  did  transmit  tbe  said  Electoral 
vote  of  tbe  State  of  Florida  to  the  President  of  the 
Senate,  by  reason  whereof  the  said  certificates,  or 
papers  parporting  to  be  certificates,  ableeted  to  are 
not  entitled  to  be  reoeived  or  read,  nor  are  tbe 
vetes  therein,  or  any  of  them,  entitled  to  be  counted 
iu  the  eleotion  of  President  of  the  United  Statea  or 
of  Vice  President  of  the  Unltsd  States. 
8.  B.  CONOVER, 
A.  A.  SABGENT, 
JOHN  SHERMAN, 
H.  M.  TELLER, 

Senators. 
WILLIAM  WOODBURN, 
MARK  H.  BUNNELL. 
GEORGE  W.  McCRARY, 
JOHN  A.  KASSON, 
Members  of  the  House  of  Represontatives. 

SENATOR  JONES'  OBJECTION. 

Senator  Jones,  of  Florida,  presented  a  further  ob- 
jectioa  as  follows : 

The  undersigned  object  to  the  oonntlng  ot  the 
vote  of  F.  C.  Humphreys  aa  an  Elector 
for  the  State  of  Florida,  apon  the  gronnd 
tnat  tbe  said  Humphreys  was  appotntad 
a  Shipping  Comml8«ioner  under  tbe  Gov- 
ernment of  the  United  Statea  at  Pensacola, 
Florida,  heretofore,  on  the  3d  day  of  December,  1873. 
and  qaalified  as  such  therefor  on  the  9ch  day  of  De- 
cember, 187il,  and  continued  to  hold  tbe  said  office 
continuously  from  the  last-named  day  until  aud 
upon  tbe  7t;h  day  of  Ifovember,  1876,  aud  thereafter 
until  and  upon  tbe  6th  day  of  December,  1876 ; 
wheretore  and  by  reason  of  the  premises  the 
said  F.  C.  Humphreys  held,  at  tbe  time  of  bis 
alleged  appointment  as  an  Elector  of  said  Stato, 
and  kt  the  time  ot  casting  his  vote  as  an  Elector 
thereof,  an  offioe  of  trost  and  profit  under  the 
United  Stales,  and  could  not  be  constllutlonall.y 
appointed  an  Elector  as  aforesaid. 

C.  W.  JONES,  Senator. 
C.  G.  THOMPSON, 
Member  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

Mr.  Kasson  read  an  ohjeotian  to  the  preceding 
Objection,  as  follows:  .><«k»< 

Tbe  undersigned  object  to  the  last  paper  read, 
purporting  to  be  a  oertifioate  of  Electors  and  of  the 
Electoral  vote  of  the  State  of  Florida,  and  to  the 
counting  of  the  votes  named  in  it,  because  to*  same 
IS  not  certified  as  required  by  the  Con- 
stitution and  laws  of  the  United  States, 
tbe  certificates  being  by  an  officer  not  holding  the 
office  ot  Governor  or  any  other  office  in  said  State, 
with  tbe  authority  in  tbe  premises  at 
the  time  when  tbe  Electors  wese  appointed, 
nor  at  the  time  when  the  functions  of  the 
Electors  were  exercised,  nor  tmtil  tbe  dntlea 
of  tbe  Electors  had  been  duly  dlaoharged  bv  the 
lawtul  College  of  Electors  having  the  certificates  of 
the  Oovemot  of  Florida,  at  tne  tint*  of  the  aotton  of 
said  lawfal  College,  and  duty  transmitted  to  tbe 
President  of  the  Senate  as  rediUred  by  law. 

Sieond—BectLon  the  proeeeoiags  as  rseited  there- 
in as  oertilying  the  qoaUfloationa  ef  tba  persona 
.therein  elaimtas  to-be  EleesKS  aiess  »ott  fietf- 


•adarawot  oompwCent  nndsr  tbs  lav  ■•  sertK^isf 

aqy  rfthl  in  tbe  aald  Call,  Tengs^  Hiltni,  and  BnT* 

lo3|ie««stthe  Xleototal  vote  ef  tha  said  State  of 

FloTtdm 

'    JA4MI— Beeaufw  the  said  jroeeeding  and  oertlfi' 

oatss  iire  anil  aad  void  of  efEect  as  retroaative  pro- 

oMUngs.  A.  A.  8ABOEKT. 

JOHN  SHERMAN, 
Senators*  * 

JOHN  A.  KASSON. 

&  A.  HURLBUT.  : 

MflBdien  of  tin  Hoose  of  Bepreaentatiiraf.  ^ 


JRULES  OF  THE   COMMISSION. 

•      I  ■ 

WAflHDroTOir.  Feb.  1.— The  Eleetenl  Com- 
mlasion to-day  promnlgated  the  following  mlea 
adoptod  by  them  laat  evening  under  the  authority 
of  the  reoent  act  of  Congreis  : 

XtOe  L— The  Commission  shall  appoint  a  Seeretary, 
two  Assistant  Beoretartea,  a  Marshsl.  ana  two 
Deputy  Marshals,  a  stonograpber  and  saoh  messea- 
gers  as  shall  be  needfhl,  to  hold  during  the  pleasure 
at  tne  Commission. 

BtUe  3.— On  aoysnbjeot  submitted  to  tbe  Oonmis- 
aion  a  bearing  ahall  be  had,  and  oonnsei  shall  be 
allowed  te  oonduot  tbe  case  on  each  aide^ 

Rule  3.— Counsel,  not  exoeeding  two  In  number 
on  each  side,  will  be  heard  by  the  Commission  on 
the  mento  of  any  oase  presented  to  It,  not  longer 
than  two  hoars  being  allowed  to  eaoh  side,  tmless  a 
longer  time  and  additional  oonnsei  shsll  be  specially 
authorised  by  the  Commlaaloa.  In  the  hearing  of 
the  intwrloontory  qaestiona  but  one  oonnsei  shall  be 
heard  on  eaoh  side,  and  he  not  longer  than  fifteen 
mlautos,  unleai  the  Commission  allow  farther  ume 
and  additional  eouosel,  aad  printed  argument  will 
be  reoeived. 

JZuls  4.— The  objectors  to  any  oertifloato  or  vote 
may  seleet  two  of  their  number  to  auppott  tbeir 
ohjeotions  In  oral  argument,  and  to  aavooato  the 
validity  of  any  certificate  or  vote,  the  validity  of 
wbieh  they  maintaiB,  and  in  like  manner  the  ob- 
jector* to  any  other  certlficato  may  select  two  of 
tbeir  nmnber  for  a  like  purpose,  but  under  this 
rule  not  more  than  four  persona  ahall  apeak,  and 
neither  aide  shall  occupy  more  than  two  houra. 

Bul$  5.— Appiioations  for  process  to  compel  the  at- 
tendanoe  of  witnesses  or  the  produotion  of  written 
or  documentary  testimony  may  t>e  maue  by  oonn- 
sei bn  either  side,  and  all  process  stiall  be  served 
and  exeonted  bv  tbe  Marshal  of  the  Commission  or 
his  deputies.  Depoaitlona  hereafter  taken  for  use 
t>efore  the  Commission  shall  be  aufflciently  authen- 
ticated if  taken  before  any  Commissioner  of  tne  Cir- 
cnit  Coiirts  of  the  United  Statss,  or  any  Clerk  or 
Depaty  Clerk  of  any  court  of  the  United  States. 
.  StUe  6.— Admission  to  the  pnblio  sitttogs  ot  tbe 
Commission  shall  he  regulated  Ic  soch  manner  as 
the  President  of  the  Commission  shafi  dire<;t 

IluleT. — The  Commission  wUl  alt,  unless  other 
wise  ordered,  in  the  room  of  the  Supreme  Cotirt  of 
tbe  United  States,  and  with  open  doors,  excepting 
when  In  consnltotion,  unless  otherwise  directed. 

31INISIEHS-  WrVBS. 
**  Burleigh."  writing  from  this  City  to  the 
Boston  Journal  says :  "The  death  of  Dr.  Lord,  of 
Buftalo,  revives  some  interesting  facto  about  the 
Lady  of  the  Parsonage.  In  this  neighborhood  a 
Pastor  has  very  little  assistance  from  hia  wife  in 
parish  work.  None  Is  expectod,  and  none  is  de- 
sired. The  most  popolar  Pastors  have  as  quiet 
homes  as  any  merehaat  in  the  land.  The  ladles  are 
left  to  themsetves,  to  select  tbeir  own  loeiety,  and 
choose  tbe  oirele  in  which  tbey  will  move.  Dr. 
Lord  married  an  Indiaa  girl.    She  brooght  to  Bafil^ 

lo  the  vigorous  training  of  her  osmp-life.  She  was 
a  splendid  rider,  and  drew  the  reins  over  a  pair  of 
ponies  that  fewegentlemen  would  care  to  handle. 
Your  correspondent  met  Mrs.  Lord  at  a  Northern 
Assoeiation  to  which  her  husband  was  a  delegate. 

She  brought  with  her  her  cans,  dogs,  and  field 
trappinga.  Tbe  ladies  invited  her  to  attend  tbe  te- 
male  prayer-meeting  In  the  morning.  She  frankly 
declined,  aaying  *  I  eould  not  think  of  it.  I  am  go- 
ing bnntiag;  that  is  what  I  oame  for.'  Andabe 
spent  the  day  In  the  woods,  as  she  did  every  day 
daring  ths  nsettnga.  Her  pecnliantles  did  not  dim 
the  Inatre  of  her  bnsband'a  pastorate,  whioh  covered 
a  period  of  over  40  yeara. 

Mra.  Beeoher  baa  never  done  any  pastoral  work. 
In  other  days,  when  Mr.  Beeobsr's  residence  waa 
crowded  with  callera,  she  kept  the  door.  Very  gra- 
cloaa  and  winnine  to  her  foiends  ahe  is  said  to  be  i 
to  the  Stranger  she  wore  a  frowning  aspect.  There 
has  always  been  a  little  coterie  m  Plymouth  Cbaroh 
as  exolosive  aa  that  which  surroonds  the  Queen. 
Ootside  of  this  Mra.  Beecber  bas  seldom  ventured 
during  all  these  years. 

Mrs.  Cuyler  has  never  done  any  pastoral  work. 
She  lives  in  an  elegant  mansion  on  Oxford  street. 
Brooklyn.  She  is  a  lady  of  elegance  and  refioemant, 
and  whatever  society  work  baa  been  needed  has 
tieen  performed  by  Mr.  Cnylsr's  mother.  She  re- 
sembles her  son  in  size  and  nervous  force,  and  the 
prosperity  of  the  Lafayette  Avenue  Presbyterian 
Church  owes  very  mneh  to  the  indomitable  energy 
and  ontiring  labors  of  this  lady. 

Mrs.  Talmage  Is  very  popular  in  tbe  parish.     She 

is  the  centre  Of  Itaioolal  lil'e.  She  presides  over 
the  social  gatherings  of  the  church,  although  ahe 
does  no  visiting.  She  is  a  lady  of  medium  size, 
with  a  cheerful  and  aparkling  presence,  decidedly 
talented,  but  not  offenaively  prominent. 

Nobody  annoys  Mrs.  Duryea.  She  is  a  lady  of 
feeble  health,  and  oan  soarcafy  attend  to  her  home 
duties.  Her  hasband'a  oboi'sh  haa,  what  nearly 
every  important  New-York  Church  possesses,  one 
or  more  iMiea  of  wealth  and  cultare  who  make  it 
their  especial  business  to  look  after  the  social  busi- 
ness of  tbe  parish.  We  had  one  minister  here  who 
had  been  a  lawyer.  His  wife  sent  bsck  some 
cards  left  for  her,  with  tbe  note  tbat  she  married 
a  lawyer,  and  note  minister;  that  her  husband 
had  ebanged  his  profession,  bnt  that  she  had  not 
changed  hers.  She  should  select  her  own  company, 
and  receive  only  those  who  were  agreeable  te  her." 


MIGHT  HATE  KNOWN  IT. 
A  dissonsolate  looking  man  appeared  on 
Market  street,  Philadelphia,  Friday,  with  a  cigar 
box  under  his  arm,  ana  murmurlug  at  intervals, 
"  It's  too  bad  ;  I  might  have  known  it,  tboagh." 
Then  he  unbosomed  blmself  to  a  bystander  and  the 
fscts  irere  elicited.  The  man  had  oome  from  Bur- 
lington County,  N.  J.,  and  waa  met  on  Wator  street 
by  a  fellow  having  tbe  appearance  of  a  Bailor.  Tbe 
latter  had  smuggled,  he  said,  a  few  boxes  of  cigars, 
had  one  box  containing  100  left,  and  would  sell  it 
eheap.  especially  aa  his  craft  sailed  for  the  West 
Indies  at  noon.  The  Jerseyman  tried  one  of  the 
sigars,  found  it  good  and  then  handed  over  M  for 
the  box,  supposing  he  waa  getttog  genuine  Havanas. 
He  carried  it  around  and  probably  shook  it  some- 
what, aa  when  be  opened  it  again  about  three  layers 
of  cigars,  and  those  very  inferior,  were  found,  the 
layers  being  kept  np  by  a  piece  of  card-board, 
pasted  In  the  box  about  two  inchea  from  the  top. 
Tbe  balanoe  of  the  Interior  waa  filled  with — air. 
Tbe  ruralite  took  tbe  aftornoon  train  for  home,  as- 
serting that  every  time  he  visited  Philadelphia  he 
would  watch  for  that  fellow  aad  have  nim  sent  to 
jail  if  it  coat  a  whole  year'a  crops. 


KENTUCKY  AQITATED. 
Mr.  W.  T.  Clary,  of  Claryville,  Ky.,  has 
wntten  a  letter,  under  dato  of  Jan.  24,  in  which  he 
says  :  "  I  wish  to  report  to  yon  quite  a  phenome- 
non that  happened  in  this  neighborhood  yesterday 
evening.  This  place  is  about  IS  miles  back  of  Cin- 
oinnati.  In  tbe  upper  end  of  'Campbell  County. 
About  4  o'clock  yesterday  evening  the  community 

at  this  point  became  quite  excited  at  a  low,  mm- 
bllng  noise  directly  south,  which  lasted  about  one 
minute.  It  sounded  very  like  distant  thunder,  bat 
the  sky  was  perfectly  clear  aud  it  waa  very  oold. 
Some  of  ths  neighbors  and  a  party  by  the  name 
of  Leander  ^lack  went  mte  eonvulslons,  thinking 
the  world  waa  coming  to  aa  end.  Parties  living 
three  miles  due  west  beard  tbe  same  noise,  and  re- 
ports coming  in  from  all  sections  show  the  people  to 
be  very  much  excited  and  at  a  loss  to  account  for 
the  strange  f  occurrence.  The  earth  was  felt  lo 
quake,  and  my  storehouse  rattled  and  tbe  floor 
trembled  as  though  a  veritable  earthquake  had  oc- 
curred. My  only  theory  of  the  matter  is  that  the 
shock  we  felt  was  the  efiect  of  an  .  earthquake  at 
some  great  distance  away." 


THE  LATE  LIEUT.  WELT>ON. 
The  Providenoe  Jovmai  of  Thursday  says : 
"The  telegraph  announced  tbat  'Lieut.  John  Wei- 
don,  of  tbe  United  Statea  Engineer  Corps,'  commit- 
ted suicide  at  San  Francisco  Monday  night.  There 
sesms  every  reason  to  fear  that  thla  refers  to  Lieut. 
John  H.  Weeden,  son  of  the  late  Hon.  John  H. 
Weeden.  of  Pswtucket.  This  estimable  young  man 
was  in  charge  of  the  Government  works  at  San 
Francisco,  and  advices  have  been  received  of  bis 
death.  Tbe  news  is  a  torrible  blow  M  his  kinsfolks 
and  friends  in  this  vicinity,  who  justly  regarded 
tbe  Lieutenant  as  a  young  man  of  great  promise. 
What  cause  has  wroogbt  this  sad  result  cannot  be 
conieotared.  Lieut.  Weedeu  was  appointed  from 
this  Stato  to  tbe  Military  Academy  at  West  Point 
in  1863.  He  graduatod  number  five  in  a  class  of  41, 
June  18, 1866,  and  the  same  day  was  promoted  in  tbe 
Army  to  be  Second  Lieutenant  in  the  Corps  of  En- 
gineers. He  served  for  awhile  with  tbe  Engineer 
Battalion  at  Willet's  Point,  near  New-York.  In 
March.  1867.  he  received  his  second  promotion,  and 
at  the  time  of  bis  death  held  the  rank  of  First 
Lieutenant  of  Engineers." 


BEJt  EXACT  TALUE. 

Mrs.  Carrie  N.  Thomas,  editor  of  the  Brock- 
port  Temptranee  Timet,  thus  pleasautly  Informs  her 
readers  of  her  arrest  and  holdmg  to  ball,  te  await 
trial  under  an  Indictment  charging  her  with  having 
published  a  malioions  llb«l  against  Judge  Fuller  ;    ^ 

"  Scorched  by  fire,  deluged  by  water,  and  In- 
diotsd  bv  the  Grand  Jury,  we  still  live,  fsr  we  are 
on  the  aide  of  God  and  the  Right,  and  it  is  impossi- 
ble to  crush  US.  Last  week  we  were  unable.to  issue  a 
paper,  fbr  oar  office  wail  ao  damaged  in  consequence 
of  the  fire,  it  required  some  time  to  restore  order 
out  of  the  confusion,  and  last  Wednesday,  oar  pnb- 
Uoatton  day,  we  were  obliged  to  have  the  honor  of 
condnoting  the  Deputy  Sheriff  to  the  court-house 
in  Roehester.  We  went  to  toe  city  not  wsrth  a 
penny,  and  returned  worth  $1,000.  As  the  fighting 
editor  of  tbe  Temperance  3im*»  weighs  Just  79 
ponnds,  weighed  bv  ibe  Fairbanks  Scales  at  tbe 
Centennial,  and  LOOO  -~  78  » 13.8S,  we  are  worth 
913  88  per  poood.  and  although  on  parole,  are  ready 
to  give  ttattle  te  the  enemy  with  reaiatanoe  and  de-^ 
tetmination  la  the  words  <n  tbe  grand  oldMetho* 
dist  hymn : 

•Tb*  seas  ef  troaUa  eanoev  dtewv- 
^«r  Satan's  arte  beindU^'' 


FOETY-FOUfiTH  COKGEESSi. 

m 

SECOND  SES8J:0N..,^^eb,  L 

SUMKABT  OF  THB  DATS  PBOCEEDmCML 
In  the  Senate  a  resolution  to  print  the  pro. 
eeedinga  of  the  Eleotoral  Commlsalon  in  the  JtteorA 
•wm  adopted.  A  docomsnt  purportine  to  be  i| 
report  of  a  saeeling  and  raeolattons  adopted  a< 
Barnwell.  S.  tJ.,  was  prasented.  and  objected  to  by 
Mr.  Sargent  on  aooonnt  of  the  abusive  lanfoacc 
It  eootained.  He  withdrew  his  objeotloQ  at  ttie  t»> 
qneat  of  Mr.  Patterson,  of  Sonth  Carolina,  whs 
was  desirous  that  everythtog  sent  from  that  Stata 
sboald  be  read.  A  memorial  of  a  similar  tone  fram' 
]7ew-Orleans  was  referred  to  the  Committee  oa^ 
Elections  with  authority  to  summon  the  signers  to 
testify  to  their  assertions.  Notioe  was  reoeived' 
from  tbe  President  of  the  Electoral  Commlasion  that 
that  body  was  ready  for  ita  dntlea.  A  report 
from  tbe  sub-committee  of  the  Elections  Coim 
mittee  in  relation  to  ineligible  Electors  waspr»i 
sensed.  The  report  sets  forth  ttiat  the  proceedings 
in  New-Jersey  and  Virginia  were  legal,  but  those 
in  Missouri  were  not  The  Senato  prooeeded  in  a 
body  to  the  House  of  Bepresentotlvea  at  1  P.  M.  to 
take  part  in  the  counting  of  the  Eleotoral  voto,  and 
returned  at  3:10  P.  M. 

The  proceedings  in  the  House  were  axoluslvely 
devoted  to  the  oonntlng  of  the  Eleotoral  vote  antf 
bnainess  relating  thereto. 
♦ 
SBKATB. 

^  The  Cbaplidn,  iu  his  opening;  prayer  toKlaj^ 
invoked  Divine  Providence  to  aid  the  two  hmise^ 
of  Congress  to  enable  them,  to  exeoate  in  tbs  Ugbr 
of  the  Bun,  before  all  the  people,  the  grave  matters 
of  the  day.  He  prayed  that  the  spectacle  might  be 
unmarked  by  whatsoever  was  unseemly,  and  thaf 
the  President  of  the  Senate  might  be  strengthened 
and  aot  wisely  in  all  things. 

THB  POLICE  BOABD  VBTO. 

'  The  Chaib  laid  before  the  Senate  a  message  tta^ 
the  Honse  annotmoing  tbe  passage  over  tbe  PresV 
dent's  veto  of  the  bill  to  abolish  the  Board  oi 
Police  Commissioners  of  the  District  of  Columbia. 
Referred  te  the  Committee  on  the  District  of  Coir 
nmbia. 

PBIKTraa  THE  COMMISSION  PBOCEEDmCS. 

Mr.  EPKtntPB  submitted  a  concurrent  resolutlos 
that  the  publio  proceedings  of  the  Eleotoral  Coos, 
mission,  appointed  under  tbe  act  of  Jan.  29.  1877,  tc 
provide  for  and  regulate  the  counting  of  votes  for 
President  and  Vice  Prentdent,  &«.,  as  taken  dowi 
onder  the  direction  of  ttie  Commission,  be  printeq 
in  the  Congretsional  Record,  and  also  that  a  numbai 
of  copies  equal  to  the  number  of  copies  of  the  £e 
eord  be  printed  separately — 500  copies  for  tl;^  nse  o^ 
tbe  Commission,  and  the  balanoe  for  tbe  use  of  the 
Eienate  and  House  ot  Representatives. 

Mr.  MERBiMOir,  of  North  Carolina,  inquired  H 
tbat  would  embrace  the  debates  before  the  C«»m 
mission. 

Mr.  Edkcbds  replied  in  the  aCBrmative. 

The  resolution  was  then  agreed  to. 

AS  ABUSIVE  IIEKOUIAI.  FBOH  SOUTH  CABOUir.V 

Mr.  BOBEBTSON,  of  South  Carolina,  presented 
resomtioos  adopted  by  a  meeting  of  the  white  and 
colored  oltixens  held  at  Barnwell  Court-bouse.  Jan. 
15,  and  naked  tbat  they  be  read.  The  Chief  Clerk 
proceeded  to  read  the  document,  in  wbich  "corrupt 
carpet-bagger"  and  "infamous  scallawag"  and 
similar  expressions  occurred  frequently. 

Mr.  HASOEKT,  of  California,  intermpting,  aald  h4 
objected  to  the  farther  reading  of  tbe  refolot:on| 
or  to  their  reception,  aa  tbey  were  not  m  respectful 
language.  There  had  been  enough  of  vituperation 
in  every  form  and  be  bad  ^  no  donbt 
a  bqdy  of  men  could  be  collected  together  anywhere 
to  denounce  tbose  whom  they  did  not  ^ke.  Again» 
it  was  not  stated  that  the  paper  wasi&ddressed  to 
tbe  Senate,  and  therefore  it  should  not  b^  received. 

Mr.  MOBBiLL— And  it  is  not  in  respeotftil  iao' 

guage. 

The  Fbssidekt  pro  tern. — Tbere  Is  a  reaolation 
requesting  tbe  Senator  to  present  tbe  paper  to  tba 
Senate.  It  is  not  in  the  form  of  a  memoriaL  We 
had  not  been  advised  aato  whether  it  was  signed 
by  any  one.  1 

Mr.  Davis,  of  West  Virginia,  said  tbe  Senator 
from  South  Carolina  could  sign  it  and  then  have  it 
read, 

Mr.  BOBEBTSCS,  of  South  Carolina,  said  he  had 
now  signed  the  paper,  and  its  reading  waa  In  order. 

Mr.  SxBOENT  said  a  memorial  should  be  respect 
ful  in  ite  terms.  He  objected  to  language  like  this 
being  read  in  the  Senate.  Who  were  scaUawagal 
Men  of  Sonthem  birth  who  were  Republicans  ! 

Mr.  KOBBKTSOH — No,  iSir  j  I  am  a  RepuDlioan  my. 
aelf,  and  I  am  not  a  scallawag. 

Mr.  Saegbnt  said  be  had  a  debt  to  ob)act  to  tbe 

document.  It  was  made  np  of  foul  and  abusive 
language. 

Mr.  Pattkbson,  of  South  Carolina,  hoped  the 
resolutions  would  be  read.  He  waoted  everything 
read  wiiich  the  people  of  Soath  Carolina  sent  here. 

Mr,  Sabqknt  said  if  the  Senator  desired  foal  lan- 
guage snch  as  this  paper  contained,  and  applying  to 
bis  own  State,  read,  he  would  withdraw  hia  oojeo* 
tion. 

Mr.  Bobbbtson— And  let  the  country  judge  of  iti 
language.  The  reading  of  the  resolutions  was  then 
conclnded. 

Mr.  Bonrwiiix,  of  Maasachnsetts,  inquired  of 
either  of  the  Senators  from  South  Carolina,  if  they 
had  any  knowledge  of  the  men  who  aigned  the  resa 
tioost 

Mr.  ROBEBTSON  said  be  knew  tbe  President, 
Judge  Maher;  be  was  elected  Judge  by  tbe  Repab; 
licans. 

Mr.  Pattebsok.— Judge  Maher  is  a  good  Demo 
crat.  ~ 

Mr.  Bobbbtbok.— He  Is  a  very  good  man. 

The  resolunons  were  then  referred  to  the  Oov 
mittee  on  Priviloges  and  Elections. 

MOSB  OF  THE  &klSS  SOBT. 

Mr.  Saulsbubt,  of  Delaware,  presented  a  Iop| 
printed  memorial,  signed  by  bankers,  merchants, oler* 
gymen,  and  others  iu  New-Orleans,  in  regard  to  the 
condition  of  aff^urs  in  Louiaiana,  in  whicb  they 
speak  of  the  Kellogg  Government  in  tbat  State  as 
incompetent,  and  call  upon  tbe  people  of  tbe  coun* 
try  not  to  believe  the  charges  of  rraad  and  violence 
made  against  the  people  ot  Louisiana. 

Mr.  HOWE,  of  Wisconsin,  said  this  paper  con. 
talned  many  charges.  If  tbey  were  false,  it  was  th« 
most  atrocious  piece  of  lying  done  this  centary,  and 
tbere  bad  been  a  good  deal  of  it.  Tbe  country 
sboald  know  how  many  of  the  accaaatlons  burled 
against  Louisiana  were  true  and  how  many  were 
false.  He  therefore  moved  tbat  tbe  paoer  be  re- 
ferred to  the  Committee  on  Privileges  and  Elections, 
and  that  said  committee  be  iustrscted  tu  sammoo 
each  of  tbe  signers  of  tbe  paper  as  tbey  might 
deem  advisable  to  give  evidenca  upon  the  acoasa 
tions  made, 

Mr.  Sadlsbubt  said  be  was  perfectly  wiiliag  that 
the  paper  should  be  referred  to  the  committee,  aud 
let  the  committoe  take  such  action  as  it  might  think 
proper.  He  saw  no  good  to  be  accomplished. by 
summoning  tbose  wbo  signed  the  paper. 

Mr.  McMiLLAK,  of  Minnesota,  said  this  memorial 
bad  some  time  since  been  pablished  in  the  news- 
papers of  the  country,  and  wny  it  shoold  be  pre- 
sented here  to-day — unless  it  was  to  prodace  some 
ofi'eot  npon  tbe  counting  of  tbe  Electoral  vote— be 
could  not  see.  li  such  was  tbe  motive  It  was  an  on- 
wortoy  one. 

Tbe  moiion  of  Mr.  Howe  to  refer  the  paoer  with 
instruciions  was  then  agreed  to. 

KOXICE  FBOM  THE  BLECrOKAIi    OOM3IISSIOV. 

The  Chaib  laid  before  the  Senate  tbe  fallowing 
oommuntcation  from  tbe  Electoral  Commission  1 

81B :  I  have  the  honor  to  inform  tba  Senate  that 
tbe  Commlasion  constitnted  unaei  tbe  »cc  oi  Congress, 
aoroved  Jan.  29,  1877.  entitlt-d  "An  act  to  proviae  fbi 
and  rrguiate  the  counting  of  votes  for  Pre«i<ienc  an4 
Vice  President,  and  the  decUon  of  qaest  ions  arising 
thereon,  lor  tbe  t«rm  oommenciug  sf..rch  4,  1877." 
has  met  and,  the  members  ctiereot  having  taken  and 
subscribed  the  ositb  prescribed  by  law,  organised  and  ^ 
is  now  ready  to  proceed  to  tbe  periormance^f  its 
duties.  Very  respectfully,  NATHAN  CLlf  FOBD. 
Presldeut  of  the  Commisstor 

To  tbe  President  of  the  Senate. 

Placed  on  file.  j 

XNELIOIBLE  ELECTOB8. 

Mr.  MrrcHBLL,  of  Oregon,  from  the  Sub-oommib 
toe  of  the  Committee  on  Privileges  and  Eleotiona 
to  whioh  was  referred  the  reiiolations  adopte^^ 
early  m  the  se8si>n,  instracting  tbe  committee  to 
inquire  into  the  eligibility  to  office  i^der  the  Con- 
stitucion  of  tbe  United  States  of  any  persons  aU 
leged  to  have  been  ineligiule  as  Eleocord  of  Presi- 
dent and  vice  President,  submitted  a  report  lo  re- 
gard to  the  alleged  ineligible  Electors  in  New- 
Jersey,  Missouri.  andVirgiuia,  aad  began  to  read  it. 

Mr.  Mbbbihon,  of  North  Carolina,  raised  the 
point  of  order  tibat  a  sub-committee  of  the  Senate 
had  no  ngbt  to  make  a  report  to  the  Sdnate.  The 
report  snould  be  submitted  to  the  fail  committee, 
and  t>e  submitted  lO  tne  Senate  as  the  report  of  tbe 
committee. 

Mr.  Mitchell  argued  that  the  fall  oommittee  had 
authorized  tbe  sab-cummittee  to  make  the  reoort. 

Mr.  Saugknt  said  the  Senate  adopted  a  resolation 
Dec  11  declanng  that  sub-committees  of  tne  Com* 
mittee  on  Privileges  and  Slections  shall  be  oomtoit* 
tees  of  the  Senate. 

Mr.  MOBT02I  said  the  Committee  on  Privileges 
and  Elections  had  been  divided  into  flvesub-oos- 
mittees  to  dispose  of  the  great  amount  of  work 
before  it,  and  be  thought  it  was  understood  that 
each  sub-committee  should  report  tu  the  Senate. 

Mr.  MrrCHELL  said  there  was  a  quorum  of  all  tha 
members  of  the  committee  presenryesterday.  when 
he  was  authorized  to  bring  tbe  report  to  the  Sen> 
ate.  as  Ctialrman'of  the  snb-committee.  The  Sena^ 
tor  irom  N^w-York  [Mr.  KeroanJ  was  present,  and, 
though  be  did  not  coucnr  in  the  report,  agreed  to 
its  being  submitted  to  the  Senate. 

Mr.  MOBTOK  aaid  it  tieoame  necessary  to  get  ia< 
the  reporu  ut  the  several  sab-committees  as  rapid- 
ly as  possible,  as  tbe  time  tor  counting  the  votet 
waa  approaofaing,  and  tbe  reporta  would  pi'otiabl] 
have  to  go  before  the  Electoral  Commission;  there 
fore  there  had  not  been  time  for  tbe  full  oommitM 
to  take  up  and  oonsidur  tbe  report  of  eaoh  sub-oom 
mittee. 

SBBOCEBDING  TO  COOTfT    THB  VOTES. 
Penduns  discussion,  a  message  was  received  fren 
flieilAUse  ot  Representatives  informing  the  Senate 
that Jva  Mouse  was  now  ready  to  receive  theSenatf 
r  twntrpose  of  opeoing  aud  ooandng  the  vote' 
t  PcMMent  and  Vice  President.  ; 

Xna  SwisinKitr  pre  tem.  aaid  it  was  the  IntenMot 
«t  &ft  Qhau  to  appoint  as  tellers  on  the  psrt  cf  th( 
'  '  "   tb  count  the  votes  one  Bepuolioan  and  oH  "- 
t,  bat  noticing  the  action  of  tbe  Hoose  o 
itatives  be  bad  determiaed  to  appoint  twf 
He  thaiafore  anpointed  tha^flaaaM 


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Zvwa  (Mr,  Alliaoo.J 

lir.  SASGdT  Mid  tbera  irtr*  tpcoial  maaons  why 
\ta«  moat  (teoiine,  one  of 'which  wm  that  he  wm  ft 
membra  of  (be  Florid*  InveetiKetine  Oomioittee. 

The  reelitnation  of  Mr.  Sarsent  wu  aeoepted, 
ua  Mr.  lagalls,  of  EaiuM,  waa  appointed  la  hla 
Vlaoa. 

Th«  Cbaib  laid,  no  tier  tbe  act  of  the  S9th  of  Dan> 
rAaiy.  buowD  aa  the  Sleetoral  Connt  aet,  tbe  Sen- 
'ate  iraa  reqaired  to  appear  io  the  House  of  Bepre* 
aentstiTes  at  1  o'clock  to-day  to  take  part  id  the 
eonat  of  tbe  votet  for  Prealdeut  anayioeI>reaident 
of  the  United  States.  It  now  wanted  two  min> 
at«8  of  That  time. 

Mr.  Edmuntjs,  of  'Vermont,  moved  that  the  Sen- 
ate  DOW  proceed  In  a  body  to  the  haXl  of  the  Honse 
of  Representatives.  Aareedto.  And  the  Senate, 
headed  by  Itii  oflaoere,  left  the  chamber.  A»  3:10 
o'clock  tbe  Sanace  recorned,  and  leelslatiTe  boai- 
neaa  was  reatimed. 

•The  Senate  then  reanmed  the  consideration  ef  the 
point  of  ordpr  aubinitted  by  Mr.  Merrimon,  aeainst 
reoeivlnK  the  report  of  a  eub-oommntee  of  the  Com> 
mlttee  on  Prtvllesresi  and  Elections  on  the  elielbll- 
tty  of  aiectora.  Mr.  Mbbhimon  withdrew  his  point, 
and  the  r<»port  was  then  read  by  Mr.  Mitchkll. 
Mr.  KSENAN.  of  New-Tork,  the  minority  of  tbe 
ani>cominutee,  cotdd  nota«:ree  with  tbe  majority 
of  tbe  committee  in  their  oonolosions.  It  waa 
ordered  that  the  report  of  tbe  sub-committee  l>e 
printed. 

The  Senate  then,  at  4:15  P.  M.,  went  into  exeon* 
*»•  aeasion,  and  when  the  doors  were  reopened 
took  a  reoesa  ontil  10  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 

THE  PUBLIC  DEBT. 


/B»OAiTnn:.ATioN  of  thb  monthly  statk- 

MSKT— A  DECREASE  07   $2,069,669  71. 
Wasbhtotox,  Feb.   1. — ^Tfae  following   ia    a 
9«oapitalatloQ  of  tbe  pnblio  debt  atatementk  laaaed 
to-day: 

Debt  Bearing  Interest  m  Coin. 

'Sonds  at  6  per  cent $934,877,050  00 

BondaatSoercent.... 712.320,450  00 

Bonds  ac  4>a  per  cent 44.600.000  00 

Total  principal 11,691.797.500  00 

Total  interest 26.136,000  37 

Debt  Bearing  InUrut  in  Latqful  Mvntt/. 
SS'avy  Pension  Fund  at  3  per  cent...      $14,000,000  00 

Interest 35,000  00 

2><&t  on  vhieh  Inttrett  haa  Otatd  $ine«  Matwritv. 

Principal $10,912,510  28 

Interest 158,779  09 

J)ebt  Bearing  No  Interest 
Old  demand  and  lefral-tender  notes.    $385,050,934  50 

Cerrtflcatee  of  dnposit 33,745,000  00 

I^raotlonal  cnrrency 25,484,567  14 

Coin  oerdAcatee 53.313,700  00 

Total  principal..- $477,533,501~&4 

Total  nnolaimed  interest 8,227  03 

Total  I>ebt 

NPrlriclpal $2,194.243,5U  90 

^tereat 28.327.007  38 

Total $2,290,570,519  28 

Cath  in  the  Treaeurjf. 

"Cola $86,477,680  36 

Cnrrency 9,496,266  88 

Special  deposit  belrt  for  redemption 
of  certiflcatea  of  deposit,  aa  pro- 
Tided  by  Uw 33,745.000  00 

Total $129,718,947  18 

JDebt  Leu  Cath  in  thg  Treaaurj/. 

Tan.  8,1877 $3,098,921,241  81 

Peb.  1,  1877 8,090.851.572  10 

Decrease  of  debt  dnrioK  the  month.       $2,069,669  71 

Deoreaae  of  deb  c  since  J  une  30. 1876 .        8, 587, 778  89 

{Bond»  limed  to  Pacifle  RaUroad  Companies,  Interest 

Payable  in  Lav^fMl  Money. 

Principal  ontstandins $64,623,518  00 

Interest  acciaed  and  not  yet  paid..  383.117  56 

Interest  paid  by  United  States 34,018,983  78 

Interest  repaid  by  transportation  of 

mails,  Stf- 7,004,553  58 

Salanca  of  interest  paid  by  United 

States 27,01i370  86 

•    Tbe  payments  made  from  the  Treasnry  by  war- 
rants dnrlnit  the  month  of  Jannary,  1877,  were  aa 
IfoUows: 
'    On  aoconnt  of— - 

^ClTil  and  misCellaaeoiM. '.    $6,334.537  37 

War ;.  3,64420»»0 

(Suw 1,33189145 

Uaterior,  Indians,  and  Pensions....  567.550  38 

Total "  $11,331,188  00 

Tba  above  does  not  inolade  payments  made  on 
'^eooant  of  tbe  Interest  or  prinoipsl  of  tbo  pabUo 
,iebt  of  the  United  States. 


POLICEMEN  ON  TRIAL.  , 
f  Patrolmen  MoConan  and  Gaylord,^  of  the 
Twentietn  Precinct,  were  arraisned  before  Presi- 
dent Smith  yesterday,  charged  with  improper  eon- 
dnot  in  playing  cards  while  on  dnty.  These  officers 
'were,  on  the  nieht  of  Dec.  S.  I876i,  sent  to  an  illicit 
distillery  in  "Weet  Forty -first  street,  between  Tenth 
and  Xieventb  avenues,  which,  had  been  seized  by 
tbe  officers  of  tbe  Internal  Revenne  Service  and  had 
been  placed  In  cbarge  of  a  nomber  of  keepers.  Tbe 
officers  were  to  protect  and  aid  tlie  keepers.  Dar- 
ing the  night  the  keepers  were  anrprUed  and  44 
bar.-eia  of  whisky  were  carted  o£C  James 
Shaw,  an  aged  keeper,  complained  that  at 
varioaa  t^mea  darin'^r  the  evening  he  saw  the  o£&cers 
Inside  tbe  distillery  playliig  enchre  witn  two  ot  the 
keeoers.  Tbe  accused,  who  were  repreaented  by 
Bx-Jndge  Bosteed,  prodnced^three  of  tbe  keepers 
who  were  on  dnty  in  the  place,  and  they  testified 
that  the  officers  were  not  playing  cards  in  tbe 
bulldme  at  any  time  during  the  sl^ht,  bat  re- 
Inained  patrolling  on  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  tbe 
premises  until  11  o'clock,  when  they  were  called  in 
,Dy  one  of  the  keepers  when  tbe  attack  was  made  in 
.the  rear  of  the  baildln^.  Patrolman  Kelly  testified 
ithat  be  saw  the  accused  five  or  six  times  during 
^he  toor  of  doty,  and  on  each  occasion  tbey  were  on 
jpatml  Id  front  of  the  distillery,  aod  Serat.  Brogan 
vadBonndsman  Flies  also  testified  to  visitiua  the 
aneti  cinring  the  evening  and  flodiDg  thern  attend- 
!lac  to  their  dnty.  As  the  complainant  said  that  he 
^»d  a  witness  whowonid  corroborate  his  testimony, 
xrat  who  was  absent^  the  case  waa  a^onmed  for  en* 
/Week 

'  Detective  Garrett  S.  Walling,  of  the  Twenty- 
MVentb  Precinct,  was  also  arraigned  on  complaint 
of  Mrs.  Bosa  Eraft,  who  allegea  that  the  officer 
who  arrested  her  husband.  Hiram  Kraft,  in  San 
jTranclsco.  In  December,  1874,  took  from  him  a 
quantity  of  Jewelry.  $190  in  greenbacks,  and  $407  in 
gold,  for  which  he  failed  to  account.  The  accused 
officer  showed  by  a  traosonpt  from  tbe  reoords  of 
tfae  San  Francisco  Police  Office,  that  all  the  proper- 
ly he  received  from  Krafc  was  fl90  In  currency  and 
pk  quantity  of  Jewelry.  He  retamed  $40  of  this 
jbioney  to  Kraft,  and  paid  $150  to  bis  counsel  in  ac- 
Bordance  with  Kraft's  instructions.  Tbe  jewelry 
Jie  placed  la  the  hands  of  Mrs.  Kraft,  and  txroduced 
{her  receipt  to  that  effect.  The  woman  tbsrenpon 
■dmitted  that  she  bad  received  the  Jewelry. 


BTOLEN  PROPEHfY  RECOrERSDi^ 
\  On  Tuesday  last,  while  Mrs.  Tidball.  wile  of 
,CoL  'William  LinA,  Tidball.  of  TSo.  157  West 
iTwenty-tblrd  street^  and  her  daughter  Faatfie^ 
[Were  passing  throuKh  Twenty-sixth  street,  between 
Bixtb  and  Seventh  avenues,  tbey  noticed  two  boytf 
eolng  along  the  street,  each  of  them  carrying  a 
Ibaodsoiiie  sesU-skin  sacque.  Mrs.  Tidball,  fiota  th« 
manner  in  which  tbe  boys  acted,  became  oonvinoed 
ttbat  the  sacqnes  had  been  stolen,  and  approached 
Khe  lads  and  accused  tbem  of  the  it.  The 
lads  ran  across  the  street  and  banded  the  sacqaes 
^^a  man  who  was  evidently  waiting  for  them. 
nira.  Tidball  went  over  to  wis  man,  and.  taking 
[bold  of  one  of  tba  sacqnes,  -  remarked,  "  I  know 
iUa  ia  atolen,  and  I'll  hold  on  to  it"    Tbe  mao  tore 

she  sacque  from  tbe  ladv's  srasp,  and  ran  into  tbe 
basement  of  a  taouae  in  Tweaty-sizth  street.  Mrs. 
□Mdball  gave  inlormation  to  Capt.  Tynan,  of  the 
sixteenth  Precinct,  and  Detective  Cain  yesterday 
Erosted  Joseph  Slater,  residing  at  No.  IGl  West 
f^wenty-slxth  atreet,  who  wets  fnlly  identified  by 
lira.  Tidball  as  tbe  man  she  bad  seen  in  oommnni- 
pauon  with  tbe  boy  a.  The  sacqaes,  which  are  valned 
at  $400,  were  found  to  oe  the  property  of  3'anoy 
Klndstt.Df.  ot  ISo.  11  East  Thirty-fourth  street,  and 
Kwah  M.  Nathan,  of  No.  118  East  Fifty-eighth 
■treet.  Oae  of  the  sacqaes  was  fonnd  in  Simp- 
aon's  pawn  shop,  on  the  tJpwery,  and  the  other  at  a 
bawn  snop  tn  Twenty-ninth  atreet,  near  Sixth  ave- 
mue.  Slater  was  arraigned  before  Jnatiee  Flammer 
Wt  tbe  WasblBgton  Place  Police  Court  yeateiday 
and  waa  ramanded  for  examiaatioa. 

ROWDIES  MEJjD  for  IBIA.L. 
ftPMHp  Brady,  who  recently  kept  a  «l»iw»- 
^OQse  at  No.  175  Greene  street,  David  Moon^y, 
Iwho  ia  said  to  be  a  hotal  thie^  recently  from  ^ing 
Bisg,  and  John  Smilb,  whoee  antecedents  are.not  si> 
(well  known  aa  those  of  bis  companions,  were  ar-1 
ralgned  before  Justice  Flammw  at  the  Washington 
f  lace  Police  Court  yesterday  charged  wltb  felonious 
paaaalt  on  complaint  of  Tbonaa  Glil,  wha  keepa 
B  "  tree  and  easy, "  at  No.  15  West  Bonston  atreet. 
U^be  oomplaiotant  alleged  tbat  Brady,  Mooney,  and 
Bmlrb,  aooompaaied  by  Tboma*  King,  entesed  bia 
■stabUaoment  oa  Wednesday  arening  and  created 
fi  dlsrarlMince  there,  and  while  he  was  endeavoring 
to  (Jeot  tbem  Brady  drew  from  hia  poekt  a  pair  of 
X)arrtntfers,  and  Mooney  pulled  out  a  revolver  and 
tbreiatened  to  kill  him.  Before  they  oonld  carry 
k^elrtbreats  into  exeoatlon  Ofaeera  Mnrpby,  Sey-' 
iolfla,  and  Savercool,  of  tbe  Bigbtii  PreoiBCt,  ea- 
red tbe  place  and  arrested  tbe  belligerent.  While 
iBC  talceta  to  tbe  Statlon-hoose  Mooney  d7«<^Md 
^  the  sidewalk  a  pair  ut  nlpparsand  several  akelfr. 
^DB  keys.  Brady  claimed  tbat  be  waa  assaulted  by 
iaf  lo  Gill'a  establiahment,  and  drew  the  piaton 
>  oefeDd  himself.  Tbe  aecoaad  were  bald  Ibz  trial 
L  dataolt  ot  $S.0OO  ball  each. 

/^  BOBBIN&  A  CHILD  OF  BIS  COAT, 
t  fMer  Qoinn,  aged  50^  of  No.  87  Mott  atreet, 
arasanalgned  at  tbe  Tombs  PoUoe  Court  yaaterdi^ 
km  the  charge  of  abdneting  tbe  little  boy,  John 
y.^^,  who  residee  at  No.  86  Canti»  street,  and  rob- 
tana  him  ot  nia  overcoat,  worth  $5.  Qnlnn,  who 
baJrsbavod  his  beard  aiid  whlskars  off  to  .altgr- h» 
•npearanoe.  waa,  nwartheleaa,  linni«l»tely  Umi^ 
^b^  the  boy,  ^l*"  ?iS''1  *"iS«  ***^ 
fcT  mMi  who  TTere  pw«««d  "  ^^  2i 
Bhuge  waa  tba»  Qoina  met  *b»  *W 
ba  the  S9th  Inst  at  the  corner  of  Leonard  aadJEfat  • 
^JSi'^  induced  torn,  by  thepromiaeof  ajgjy 
■aaztar  of  a  dollar,  to  c»  wltb  hm  to  WaaHtagaiia 
Suake^  wb^  be  t«*  Mm  into  •»  ^•y*«f  — * 
g^^ed  to  blU  him onhwSj gara  Wm  bJj 
l^tMboraald  ha  rafifsed  »  f^„^*l» 
Mlaed  him  and  tor*  rt  Cnu»  blm  a»d  ran  off  < 
B'Mas.ww  bald  «*r  trtrt  Ifl  m^%  ?'.fi2i 


tAW  HE  PORTS. 

SEVXBdL  MABBIA9^E3AND  D1V0B0E8 

THE  ©ISCLOSURBB  MADE  IN  THE  SUTT  0» 
AI.DXN  A.QAINST  MB.  AND  UBS.  BOBIN- 
80K— A  FESTIVE  WEDDJNO  PABXTT  AND 
THE  BILL  OF  CaABGES. 
A  case  In  which  revelations  are  made  of 
somewhat  remarkable  social  relations  alleged  to  ex- 
ist betwewi  several  peraons  waa  made  tbe  subjeet 
of  a  daclaton  by  Judge  Xjawresce,  la  Bapreme  Court, 
CbaiDbars,  yesterday.  The  salt  in  qaastloo  Is 
brought  by  Stephen  H.Alden  agamst  Bngene  N. 
Bobloson  and  ida  wife,  2Cary  Boblnaon,  and  was 
brought  before  the  court  On  a  motion  by  Alden  to 
aet  aside  an  order  of  referenoe,  he  claiming  tbat 
the  order  had  been  obtained  by  ooHuaion  be- 
tween Dfmlel  C.  Birdaall,  formerly  bia  oouoael, 
and  the  counsel  for  the  defendants.  Aecordlng 
to  the  plaintifi;  he  aned  Georgiana  Y.  Alden  in  the 
Bammer  of  1S73,  and  Birdsall  then  acted  aa  the 
latter's  oounseL  A  settlement  of  tbe  dlffleatty  was 
had,  but  Alden,  having  that  become  aoqnaintad 
with  Birdsall,  emplo.yed  the  latter  aa  hia  counsel  in 
a  suit  against  the  firm  of  Drew,  Robinson,  Cbsse  it, 
Ca,  in  which  certain  bonds  of  the  CieyelaBd.Painea- 
vlUe,  and  Ashtabula  Bailroad  Company  were  con- 
cam  ed.  Birdsall,  in  a  eonsnltatlon  with  Alden,  ad- 
vised the  latter  to  make  a  transfer  of  the  bonda  to 
his  (Alden's)  d«ngnter.  Following  Birdsall's  ad- 
vice, Alden  wrote  to  bis  daughter,  Mrs. 
Harriet  Ada  Trubee,  telling  her  that  he  gave 
ber  tbe  bonds.  He  antedated  the  letter 
so  as  to  make  is  appear  tbat  tbe  transfer  of  the 
bonda  had  been  made  nrior  to  the  panic  of  1873. 
Alden  discovsred  afterward  that  he  bad  mistaken 
the  bonds,  and  so  no  suit  was  brought.  Alden,  how- 
ever, havmg  become  financially  embarrased,  on  the 
advice  of  Birdsall,  conveyed  his  country  seat  at 
Westport,  Conn.,  to  his  daughter,  Idrs.  Trubee. 
Birdaall  kept  vialting  Alden'a  Jioiue  for  some  time. 
After  many  of  such  visits  Alden's  daughter  ex- 
pressed a  desire  to  come  to  this  City  for  a  visit  of 
two  or  three  weeks.  Alden  assented,  and  they  came 
here  and  took  up  their  quarters  at  a  board- 
ing-house in  Twenty-third  street.  Birdsall  also 
took  board  at  the  bouse.  Shortly  afterward  Alden 
says  be  became  displeased  at  tbe  conduct  of  hla 
daughter  and  Birdsall,  and  be  asked  ber  to  return 
to  ber  home  In  Connecticut.  She  refosed,  and  Xlden 
left  tbe  boarding-house.  Birdsall  and  Alden'a 
daogbter.  however,  remained  there,  as  alleged,  oe- 
copying  adjoining  sleeping  rooms  oommtmioating 
with  each  other.  Alden'a  daushter  was  then  84 
years  of  age  and  had  two  children.  She  was  the 
wife  of  Samnel  C.  Trubee,  wbo  wss  then  living,  but 
she  had  separated  Irom  bim,  and  waa  seeking  a 
divorce.  Birdaall,  when  remsnatrated  with  on  ac- 
count of  his  conduct,  said  tbat  tbey  were  engaged 
to  be  married,  and  were  to  be  married  as  soon  ss 
each  obtained  a  divorce,  she  from  her  hnsband,  and 
Birdsall  from  his  wife.  Mrs.  Trubee  refosed  to 
convey  baek  to  Aiden  tbe  country  seat  at  Connecti- 
cut. Birdsall  induced  her  to  begin  a  suit  for  $8,000 
against  Alden,  and  Abraham  D.  Hoagland,  a  bar- 
tender and  a  relative  of  Birdaall,  aned  Alden,  as 
Mrs.  Trobee's  Aasisrnee,  for  tbe  alleeed  wrongtul 
conversion  of  the  Cleveland,  Painesvllle  and  Aab- 
tabula  bonds.  Xbese,  it  was  claimed,  were  worth 
$20,000,  aod  Alden  waa  ai rested  in  the 
suit.  Birdsall  was  during  this  time  acting 
as  Alden'a  attorney  in  the  latter's  suit  against  Mr. 
and  Mtd.  Bobinson.  Tbia  suit  was  beeun  in  De- 
cember, 1873.  In  it  Alden  alleges  tbat  Robinson,  In 
the  Spring  of  1872,  having  prevloosly  been  divorced 
from  his  wife.  Ann,  and  being  desirous  of  marrying 
bis  present  wife,  then  Mary  Tracy,  was  obliged  to 
go  out  of  the  State  to  have  the  ceremony  per- 
formed, beoanse  tbe  decree  of  divorce  a2alnst  him 
obtained  by  his  first  wife  prevented  him  from  mar- 
rying aealn  in  this  State.  Robinson  and  Alden 
then  agreed  that  tbe  weddl^  should  taice  place  at 
the  latter's  country  seat  at  Westport,  Conn. 
No  expense  was  to  be  spared  by  Alden  In 
getting  np  tbe  wedding  festlvitiev  on  tbe  grandest 
scale  as  to  splendor  and  magnificence.  For  the  ex- 
penses, Alden  was  to  be  reimbursed  by  Bobinson. 
The  weddine  took  place  on  31av  1,  1872,  and  lea 
coat  was  $11,300.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robinson  remained 
at  Alden'a  bouse  nnal  June  1.  and  then  they  asked 
Alden  to  allow  hla  wife  to  accompany  them  on  a 
trip  to  tbe  liorth  and  West.  Alden  assented  to 
this,  supposing  the  trip  waa  merely  for  pleasure. 
He  afterward  discovered,  aa  be  claims,  tbat 
the  abjeot  ot  the  trip  waa  to  cover 
up  the,  too  sudden  advent  of  a  little 
stranger  on  tbe  scene,  which  it  was  desirable  to 
keep  from  the  ksowledge  of  their  friends.  On  tba 
tnp  Alden  savs  Bobinson  was  freqaeutly  Intoxi- 
cated, and  Mrs.  Alden  was  compelled  to  nurse  bim 
and  keep  him  from  injuring  bimselt  or  hla  wife, 
which  be  freqaently  threatened  to  do.  He  threatened 
at  onetime  to  shoot  Mrs.  Alden  wltb  a  loaded  plitol, 
and  she  was  severely  inlured  In  wrestine  tbe  weapon 
from  bis  grasp.  Mrs.  Alden  also  acted  aa  nurse  to 
Mra.  Bobinson  at  Madison,  Wis.,  where  the  party 
remained  for  several  weeks.  For  all  these  ser- 
vices and  expenses,  as  is  claimed,  Robin- 
son offered  to  pay  Alden.  and  proposed 
to  the  letter  to  open  an  account  with  his  firm.«i 
Robinson,  Chase  &  Co. — for  the  pnrohaae  and  aale 
of  atocks.  Mr.  aiid  Mrs.  Robinson  niomised  to  pro- 
tect Alden  from  loss  and  pay  him  out  of  the  profits. 
Tbe  losses,  however,  amoonted  to  $4i442.  Of  this. 
$23,221,  or  one-balf  the  amoont  ot  the  loss,  was  re- 
tained by  tbe  firm  from  moaey  in  their  bands  be- 
loDgmg  to  Alden.  The  original  motion  for  a  refer- 
ence ia  this  suit  was  made  in  February,  1874.  by 
the  consent  of  Birdsall,  when  tba  latter  and  Aldea 
were  hostile  to  each  other,  and  tuat  before  tbe 
suit  of  Hoagland  againic  Alden  was  beeun. 
Alden  claims  that  tbe  reference  was  owing  to  Bird- 
aall'a  colluaion  with  Robluaon'a  counaeL  Both  the 
latter  and  Birdsall,  bow&ver,  denied  the  eharKes  of 
collusion  in  tbe  most  positive  manner,  and  Jodge 
Lawrence  denied  tbe  motion  for  vacating  tbe  order 
of  reference,  faoldloK  that  tbe  cnaraa  of  collusion 
was  entirely  withdrawn.  Robinson  and  his  wife 
put  in  answers  denying  tbe  material  allegations 
made  by  Alden. 

Alden's  bill  of  particulars  of  his  claim  Is  rather 
unique  and  is  appended  : 
May  1, 1872— To  expenses  of  cards  and  Invita- 
tions     $200 

To    household  preparations,    decorations,  and 

flowers 2,600 

Toilluminatiun  ot  grounds  aod  mansion,  Gra- 
falla'a  band,  tent,  cigars,  liquors,  wines,  sup- 
pers, naU,  and  carriaae  bills  tor  band 76U 

To  entertainment  of  said  wedding  partr,  to- 
cludiax  supper  and  velreshments.  sad  as  to 
maosion  and  grounds,  inclu4lu2  the  following 
persons:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ambrose  dnr.bni, 
Mr.  and  Urs.  E.  8.  Downas.  tter.  Mz.  and  Uia. 
Stevens,  Ur.  Plackney,  Mis*  Farley,  Ber.  Mr. 
HeUerick,  Mr.*I>aniel  brew,  and  others,  snd 
Including  damages  to  the  place,  real  and  per- 
sonal   4i,B0O 

To  wines  for  said  party 650 

To  liquors  tor  said  party SUO 

To  oiffsrs  for  said  party SCO 

To  attendants,  watchmen,  be 3U0 

To  board  lor  £L  N.  Hoblusoo.  wlla.  maid,  and 

child,  ftom  May  2  to  Jane  1, 1872. 2,000 

To  wines  dnrinft  month 2oO 

To  liquors  (inoludiag  brandy  and  whisky) lOU 

To  board  for  guests  of  £.  K.   Sobinson  during 

month,  coachman,  and  hozsea..... — ... .      600 


'To  dears  lor  said  nuests. 

To  Wines  and  liquors  for  said  guests 


To  board  tat  maid  and  child  ot  Mra  Robinson 
for  two  weeks  of  June  and  two  vreeks  of  Au- 
BU8-.1872 100 

To  dameges  to  bonae  furniture,  walla,  eeillng, 
and  carpets  durhig  month. 1,000 

To  ditto  china  and  glass 200 

To  use  of  bocaes  and  carnages  for  self  and 
guests,  and  board  for  horses  of  Mrs.  RoblnaoiL      400 

Tto  damaieea  to  mnsieal  iDatroments,  inclndtnc    ■ 
oigaa,  piano,  anamnsio-box 400 

Jane  cmd  JtUy,  1872. 

To  service  night  and  day,  and  almost  every  day 
and  nigbt,  durina  tbe  mootba  of  Jane  and 
July  by  plalntiirs  wile ;   aaa  attenalBK  upon 

<  defendant,  £.  M.  Bobinson,  while  drunk  aod 

!   intozioated,  and  during  fits  bod  by  him,  re- 

°  sultlua  from  hia  drmklne  und  belna  drunk  ; 
and  for  her  injury  and  loaa  of  health  and 
atrength  consequent  thereby 20.000 

To  services  by  plalutilTs  wife  In  attending  upon 
and  nursing  the  Oefeadant,  Mary  BotitnsoD, 
pteyionS'to  ber  eonflaement,  and  during  her 
Visits  or  trips  to  Uurilogton  and  other  places; 
all  the  time  auring  the  months  of  June  aod 

'  July,  1872 10,000 

.dugvet. 

To  sarvlces  by  plalnOfTs  wife  In  working  for 
and  preparing  a  boose  In  Madison,  Wis.,  for 
defisndants,  for  tbe  secret  confinement  of  the 
delendact,  Mary  Robinson,  and  in  atteuding  to 
defendant,  E.  N.  Robinson  while  drnnk  and  in- 
toxicated, and  in  pioteetinK  hi^  wile  from  his 
violence ;  and  In  attendloK  upon  and  nursing 
ilmrr  Bobinson  dnrlng  her  eonflnemeut,  and 
on  taking  care  of  her  child  ;  and  for  iivjuzy  to 
ber  health   consequent  thereby,  dnrlng   tbe 

*  month  of  Aacust,  1872.  at  Madlaen,  Wis.. ...920,000 


*  A  DITOaCE  GRANTED. 

'  The  report  of  tbe  Beleree,  in  the  case  ot 
Mary  A.  Tan  Dolsen  a^iast  John  Van  Dolaen,  Jr., 
was  filed  in  the  Supreme  Court  yesterday.  The 
plaiatiffanedforan  absolute  divorce  from  her  hus- 
band on  the  ground  of  his  adultery.  It  appeared  in 
the  recent  divorce  suit  brought  by  Dr.  Nathan  P. 
Bice  agalnat  Anna  B.  Rice  that  John  Tan  Dolsen, 
Jr  waa  accnaed  ot  improprieties  with  Mra.  Biea 
Wore  and  after  her  marriage.  On  discovering  this. 
^it.  Tan  Dolsen  nesan  her  suit  for  divorce,  and 
tiM  Beforee  reports  in  her  favor. 

A.  XWItIT  or  BABE  AS  CORPUS  D1SM18BBD. 
Judge  Joseph  F.  Daly,  in  the  Special  Term 
•f  tte  Uonrt  of  Common  Picas,  yesterday  decided 
the  'Aiatter  «f  William  Booth,  who  la  latpriaoaad 
undw  an  exeoutioa  issued  out  of  tbe  Tenth  District 
Court,  and  wko  sought  rilease  tna  eostodyby 
writ  al  habeas  eorpae-  Boetb,  it  appaara.  was 
sued  by  a  man  named  Corsa  an  aoeoBBt  of  a  horse 
trade.  rTha  action  was  borougbt  In  tba  Diatriot 
ConrC  and  was  commeaced  by  aammoua.  The 
alaadinga  were  oral,  and  tbe  indoraemmit  on  tbe 
feeocd;u  "  oomplatnt  for  damages,  trade  of  a  horse, 
IreiMit  of  warranty;  answer  demas  any  warranty, 
^era  to  re-trade,  deniea  any  damage."  Booib  waa 
'a«t  arrested  before  judgment  nor  was  any 
ivarrant  obtained.  The  oaae  waa  _  tried, 
tbe  Juattee  gave  Jadgmeat  in  Cersa's 
.  for  IN  dasMges.  i&  atoted  la  the 
meat  tbat  tbe  def«Bdaatwaa  liable  to  arrest  on 
ntioB.  and  mi  eatty  to  that  effset  waa  made  In 
teakat.  loosk  was  scMste*  «a  emoatiHB. 
2tabrtfeWto4lW4Mli8ar«Bvba       ' 


oae  Ibr  fraud  and  deceit,  and  that  the  JuftlaA  nad 
aulhtvttv  to  sdladge  tba  deieodact  liable  to  arreac 
The  tnauee  of  sueh  a  ludgment,  he  saya,  cannot  be 
«t)led  iB  qntstloa  lo  the  babaaa  oarpos  pxooaedlng. 
Tbe  execution  against  the  person  need  not  recite 
tbat  tbe  action  was  one  m  which  the  defendant  waa 
liable  to  ajnrest^  nor  that  tbe  Jiutioehas  so  ad- 
Indeed,  nor  that  such  an  entry  has  been  made  in  tbe 
dooket.  It  is  suQolent  if  the  Judgment  and  dnekek 
show  those  facts.  The  writ  of  habeas  corpus  ia 
diamisaad  and  the  priaooer  remaaded. 

iUXWELL  AND  TME  CHECK  FOBOEBX 

EXAMINATION   IK  THB    OASK  OF    OBOBOS!  U 
MAXWSIX  —  MB.       STLVSSTBR       BLOOD 
TBLI.3  HOW  HB  GOT  POSSESSION  OF  THB 
CHBCK-1-TESTlMONT  OF  THE  TICS  PRESI- 
DENT OF  THE   NEW-TORK  LIFE   INSUR- 
ANCE COMPANY. 
The  examination  in  the  case  of  George  L. 
Maxwell,  tbe  broker  charged  with  complicity  in 
the  fosgery  of  a  check  for  $64,225,   purporting  to 
have  been  iasued  by  the  New-York  Life  Insurance 
Company  and  made  payable  by  the  XTnion  Trust 
Company,  waa  begun  yesterday   morning  at    the 
Tomba  Police  Court  before  Jiutice  Duffy.     Mr. 
Wheeler  H.  Peokbam  appeared  for   the  Dlatrici 
Attorney  and  the  XTnion  Trust  Company,  and  Mr. 
Clarence  A.  Seward  and  Gen.  John  A.  Foster  for 
Maxwell.    Mr.  Peckbam  called  Sylvester  L.  Blood, 
In  whose  ofiloe  at  No.   16   Bxchange  place  Maxwell 
baa  a  desk.    He  testified  as  follows :    I  got  a  cheek 
purporting  to  be  drawn  by  the  New-Yora  Life  In- 
surance Comoany  from  Maxwell  on  the  8d  of  Jan- 
uary ;  he  banded  me  the  check,  aaying  that  he  bad 
an     up-town     customer     who     wanted     to    buy 
some   gold,    and    he     asked     me    to    take    tbe 
check;      I      took      it,      got     it     cashed,     and 
gave  five  $10,000  g3ld    certificates  out  of   tbe    pro- 
ceeds to  Maxwell  on  the  following   day,  and  on  tbe 
Sth  Jannary  I  gave  Maxwell  a  gold  checc  for 
$9,500. 

To  Mr.  Seward— Maxwell  banded  me  tbe  $64,030 
check ;  I  was  trying  to  borrow  money  on  tbat  day; 
my  book-keeper  mdorsed  the  check ;  I  did  not  lo  - 
dorse  the  check,  nor  see  Maxwell  Indorse  it ;  I 
oan'ttell  whether  the  check  was  indorsed  when 
Maxwell  handed  It  to  ms ;  I  loaned  $15,000  of  tbe 
proceeds  of  the  check  to  a  Mr.  Mitchell  and  $10,000 
to  E,  H.  Cbapin  on  tbe  day  I  got  the  check  cashed, 
and  got  7  per  cent,  interest;  I  did  not  pay  Maxwell 
for  tbe  use  of  the  proceeds  of  the  check  over  nleht ; 
I  don't  remember  saying  that  I  made  these  loans  to 
show  tbat  I  was  easy  financially  on  that  day ;  I 
ataonld  hsve  been  $40,000  short  tbat  dav  bad  It  not 
been  for  Maxwell's  money ;  but  I  could  have  cov- 
ered this  deficiency,  and  had  asked  a  Mr.  Richards 
to  get  me  a  loan,  but  countermanded  the  order  after 
I  got  tbe  check  &om  Maxwell ;  I  understood  that  I 
was  to  make  tbe  oneok  good  tbe  nex!>  day ;  I  don't 
know  tbat  I  was  so  much  under  tbe  inflaence  of 
liquor  on  the  afternoon  of  the  day  that  I  got  the 
cheek  tbat  I  had  to  be  put  in  a  coupe  and  sent 
home  ;  I  hsve  seen  Horace  B.  Browne  in  mv  office 
before  and  since  the  2d  of  January. 

To  Mr.  Peckbam— I  was  short  on  the  day  I  got 
tbe  check,  and  wanted  to  borrow  some  money ;  it  is 
not  nnosnal  fur  brokera  to  borrow  money  from  day 
to  dav,  according  as  tbey  are  lung  or  short;  I  was 
subpoBoaed  to  come  here  by  the  defense  ;  Maxwell 
and  mys^  are  members  of  the  Stock  Exohange. 

Lemuel  C.  Wlgbtman,  called  by  Mr.  Peckbam. 
testified:  I  am  book-keeper  for  Mr.  Blood,  and  de- 
posited tbe  t64,000  check  to  hia  credit:  I  recognise 
my  indorsement  and  that  of  Maxwell  od  tbe  cbeok; 
I  saw  Maxwell  Indorse  it;  it  went  through  tbe  bank 
and  was  paid,  and  was  entered  on  our  books  to  t&e 
credit  of  Maxwell.' 

Horace  £.  Browne  was  brourht  np  from  his  cell 
and  identified  by  witness,  wbo  resumed:  I  first  saw 
Browne  in  180S;  I  have  seen  him  oooasionaliy  since, 
bat  not  to  speaK  with  bim  until  laab  Fall,  when  he 
came  to  our  office  to  see  Maxwell  about  soap;  Max- 
well told  me  that  be  was  experimeiitlng  on  soap 
tbat  Browne  was  making  tor  bim  in  Brooklyn; 
Browne  waa  in  tbe  office  two  or  three  times  a  day 
up  to  the  2i  of  January  ;  on  that  dav  I  received  a 
letter  for  Maxwell  about  11  o'clock  in  tbe  moroinit ; 
the  man  wbo  broaebt  it  was  a  stranger  to  me;  I 
gave  Che  letter  to  Maxwell,  who  apparently  f^ave  an 
answer  to  tbe  messenger  in  writing  ;  I  received  an- 
other letter  tbat  day  for  Maxwell. 

At  this  point,  writs  of  habeas  corpus  and  eertlo- 
rlari,  issued  by  Judge  Dooobue,  returnable  to-day, 
and  regniring  the  production  of  Juhus  £eUer,  tbe 
witness  who  Hworu  he  bad  received  the  t9,50U  gold 
check  from  a  man  named  Banmann,  were  served 
upon  Justice  Dutfy,  who  made  return  that  Keller 
bad  been  committed  to  tbe  Heuse  of  Detention  as  a 
witneas,  as  nis  evidence  giyeu  in  tbe  Cbadwlck 
esse  was  very  material,  and  waa  of  a  nature  making 
It  necessary  tbat  bis  presence  should  be  secared  at 
the  trial,  either  by  bis  cuottnement  or  the  giving  of 
adequate  l>ail. 

W  lUlam  H.  Beera,  Tice  President  and  Actnary  of 
tbe  New-Yoik  Life  Insnrance  Company,  called  by 
Mr.  Peokham,  ideutitied  tbe  check.  He  said:  Tbe 
sienatnres  to  the  check  are  not  gecnlce  ;  tba  com- 
pany did  not  dnrint:  the  month  of  January,  so  far 
as  1  know,  employ  Maxwell  to  negotiate  for  gold  or 
aecariiioa;  Ididnotwnte  tbe  letters  written  in 
reterence  to  the  check  nor  sign  tbem  ;  the  company 
did  not  purchase  any  gold  oonng  January;  on 
the  30Ui  of  last  December  tbe  company  issued 
a  check  on  tbe  Union  Trust  Companv  for 
$23,567  37,  tbe  cheek  being  numbered  1.238.  and 
on  the  4ib  of  Janoary  another  one  nambereil    1.2S9, 

(the  same  number  ss  tne  forged  check.)  for  $185,000; 
no  check  waa  isaued  by  toe  Company  between 
these  two. 

To  Mr.  Seward — I  have  knowa  Msxwell  many 
yesrs  ;  I  never  recollect  having  any  busiueaa  trana- 
actlons  with  bim;  I  bad  a  bruiber-in-law  named 
Henrv  Snirley  ;  I  don't  recollect  loaning  bim  any 
money  on  Maxwell's  scconnt ;  when  the  torKnu 
cbeok  was  first  shown  to  me,  1  said  tbat  tbe  signa- 
ture purporting  to  be  mine  looked  like  mine,  bat 
was  ratther  wild:  I  can't  tell  whether  tbe  four 
checks  numbered  1,905,  1.996,  1,097,  and  1.998,  cut 
from  the  last  leaf  o(  the  check-book,  have  been  used. 

Mr.  Seward  banded  witness  a  plain  check  with- 
ont  signature  or  stamp  mark  ana  aaked  bim  to  com- 
pare it  with  those  in  the  cueck-book,  sad  with 
wbat  Mr.  BewarU  called  tbe  "alleged"  forged 
check. 

Witness  resumed:  This  plain  check  Is  similar  in 
appearance  to  those  lu  tbe  book,  but  It  and  the 
forged  check  are  a  little  shorter  and  more  indis- 
tinct than  the  gannlne,  especially  the  water-markf  d 
lettering;  Mr.  Theodore  M.  Bantu,  tbe  Cashier  of 
the  company,  waa  tbe  first  one  wbo  discovered  the 
forgery;  our  company  bas  not  employed  any  one  to 
make  an  investiitation  in  reKard  to  the  foreed 
eneek;  we  have  had  our  books  balanced 
at  the  banks  to  see  whether  any  more  forged 
Checks  were  ont,  but  have  discovered  none  so  far 
as  I  know:  I  tbioK  the  punobedmnmber  In  tbe 
forced  check  is  a  little  higher  placed  than  tbe  num- 
bers punched  in  tbe  genuine  oaes. 

To  Mr.  Pockham — There  would  be  little  trouble 
for  any  one  to  get  possession  of  the  letter-paper  of 
tbe  company,  with  tbe  company's  title  on  it,  from 
aoms  of  the  offices  or  agencies  of  the  company. 

The  farther  bearlne  of  the  case  was  adjourned  to 
10:30  A  M.  on  Mondsy  next. 


SUIT  AOAIVST  I'HB  WILLIA-MSBURO   CITY. 

The  trial  ot  the  suit  of  Miahaei  Keefe  against 
tbe  WilliamsbarK  City  Tire  Insurance  Company,  in 
which  the  plaintiff  seeks  tbe  reeovsry  of  $2,000  on 
a  policy  issued  by  tbe  defendants  insuring  bis 
stock  of  dry  goods  in  a  store  on  Grand  stteet, 
Brooklyn,  B.  D..  was  resomea  yesterday  in  tbe  Sn- 
preme  Court,  before  Judge  Pratt  and  a 
Jury.  Similar  anita  against  tbe  Impe- 
rial the  National.  and  the  Contiaental 
Insnrance  companies.  In  which  tbe  plaintiff  was 
Insured  for  like  amounts  are  pending,  the  total 
damage  alleged  to  have  been  suauined  being  (8,000. 
The  defense  is  that  the  goods  contained  in  the  store 
of  tbe  plaintiff  which  waa  bnrnsd  out  in  Jdarch  8, 
1874,  were  not  worth  tbe  aaouunt  claimed,  and  tbat 
be  swore  falsely  concerning  their  value.  Besides 
this  the  defendants  set  up  sn  allegation  that  the 
atore  of  tbe  plaintiff  was  sst  lire  to.  The  trial  of 
the  case  was  oommenceil  on  Wednesday  when 
Mr.  Keefe  gave  testimony  as  to  the  value 
of  property,  and  then  rested  his  case. 
Counsel  ^or  the  defendant  insisting,  however,  that 
the  plaintiff  must  ^^i  in  all  his  proof  concerning 
tbe  value  of  the  goods  and  not  be  permitted  to 
famish  cumulative  evidence  in  rebqttal,  Charles 
B.  Seward  was  placed  upon  the  stand  yesterday 
and  testified  tbat  he.  In  company  with  a  Mr;  Ma- 
boney,  made  an  inveutor.v  of  the  goods  in  ibe  store 
alter  the  fire.  The  prices  be  tbungbt  were  fair  as 
well  as  the  estimate  of  the  damages.  The  plaintiff 
was  then  recalled  and  cross-examined  at  length 
as  to  his  purchases  Cor  some  time  preceding 
the  date  of  tbe  fire.  He  could  only  remember  very 
little,  and  when  bis  examination  was  concluded  de- 
fendant's eonnsel  moved  to  dismiss  the  complaint 
on  tbs  grotmd  that  tbe  appraisement  waa  made  two 
months  before  the  proots  of  service  weru  made, 
which  tbe  policy  provided  should  be  served  at  as 
early  a  day  as  possible.  Tbe  case  was  then  opened 
for  the  defendant,  and  counsel  stated  he  expected 
to  show  tbat  the  plaintiff  knew  all  about  tbe  fire  ; 
that  It  was  discovered  m  two  places,  and  that  it  was 
not  caused  by  the  overturning  of  tbe  stors.    Tbe 

case  IS  stiU  oo. 

♦ 

AN  ATTORNEY'S  DEFENSE. 

Judge  Ponobae,  in  Supreme  Court,  Cbam- 
bera,  yesterday,  ordered  a  referenoe  in  tbe  matter 
of  D.  G.  Baekna,  an  attorney,  which  came  np  en  a 
motion  directing  tbe  latter  to  ahow  cause  why  be 
abotild  not  execute  and  deliver  to  Mrs.  Mary 
Plmie  an  assignment  tn  wrltine  of  the  Interest  in 
the  estate  of  Peter  Martin,  deceased,  which  be 
(Backus)  obtained  by  an  assignment  made  by  Peter 
M.  Pimia,  tbe  husband  of  Mary  Pimie.  Mr.  Pimie 
made  affidavit  that  in  July,  1875,  be  claimed  an  m- 
terest  in  a  abare  of  tbe  estate  of  Mr.  Martin,  and 
decexralnad  to  assign  such  interest  to  bis  wife, 
Mary,  to  reimburse  ber  for  lossea  sustained 
through  btan.  He  conanlted  Bsokus  on  the  subject, 
asd  was  told  by  the  latter  tbat  any  assignment  by 
him  to  his  wite  musti  be  through  a  third  party. 
Prinle  tben  aaaigned  tba  Interest  in.  qaeatlon  to 
Baokna  for  the  purpose  of  having  the  latter  transfer, 
it  to  Mrs.  Flmle.  Mr.  ptrole  now  says  tbat  Baekna 
never  did  this,  bat  kept  the  mterast  for  himself. 
Backus,  however,  makes  affidavit  tbat  aa  the  in- 
terest wae  a  family  matter  Mrs.  Pirnie  did  not  wish 
toapeeazaaapartyaadproaeoatethealalm  penaoa- 
ally.  The  aaaignment  was  therefore  made  to  him  to 
i  jwaeeMcaad  Jm  was  to  tmaavaBlheaieoeetfata. 


Mrs.  Plrme,  after  dednotlag  therefrom  his  charges 
in  tbia  and  other  pi-ooeedingfc  He  claims  the 
wbele  amount  was  due  to  bim  for  professional  ser- 
Tioae  teadated  to  If  r.  and  Mra.  Pimie. 

ALLBGEDFB4  VDULENTBANKBUFTS. 

SEBIOtTS  GHABOE8  AGAINST  THE  FIRM  OF  EL 
X.  A  GBOBQB  W.  SNOW— AI.LEGATIONS 
AGAINST  BAMBERGER  A  GANS. 

The  firm  of  E.  L.  &  George  W.  Snow,  dealers 
In  galyanised  Iron,  at  No.  306  Water  atreet,  failed 
last  October,  with  Uabilttiaaamonntlng  to  $200,000. 
They  offered  to  pay  40  eent8\n  tbo  doUar,  and  ex- 
hibited asseta  amounting  to  170,000.  Tbe  credi- 
tors claim  tbat  tbe  flnn,  previous  to  failing, 
mutilated  and  falslflel  their  books,  refused  to 
exhibit  their  general  ledger,  and  concealed  a  portion 
of  theOr  assets.  TTnder  pressure  of  these  charges 
tbey  added  $^10,000  to  their  assets  shortly  after  the 
failure.  Some  dsys  agora  number  of  the  creditors 
went  before  United  States  Commissioner  Betta,  and 
made  affidavits  to  tbe  effeet  tbat  tbe  bankrupt 
firm  were  still  concealing  a  large  proportion 
of  their  assets,  and  tbat  tbey  were  qnite 
able  to  pay  100  oenta  on  the  dollar,  instead 
of  40  osnts,  as  they  proposed  doing.  Warrants 
were  accordingly  issued  for  the  arrest  of  the  offend, 
mg  parties,  and  on  their  being  arraigned  before  the 
Commissioner  yesterday,  a  Mr.  Levi,  a  former 
partner  of  £.  L.  Snow,  testified  tbat  he  [Snow]  upon 
several  occasions  proposed  to  him  tuat  tbe  firm 
should  fail,  stating  that  in  this  way  tbey  could 
easily  make  $75,000  or  $100,000.  Mr.  Levi  farther 
swears  that  Mr.  Snow  bas  already  served  a  term  in 
the  Penitentiary  for  receiving  stolen  goods.  Un- 
der these  circumstances,  Commissiener  Betts  fixed 
the  amount  of -ball  for  tbe  prisoners  at  $100,000. 
Their  counsel  objsoted  to  this  as  beioK  excessive, 
and  appealed  to  Judge  Blatofaford.  On  a  motion 
for  a  redaction,  tbe  Judge  yesterday  reduced  the 
bail  to  $10,000.  which  amount  was  promptly  given. 

Last  Summer  the  firm  of  Bamberger  &  Gaus, 
dealers  in  children's  goods  and  fancy  articles,  at 
No.  333  Canal  street,  failed  and  went  into  voluotary 
baokruotoy.  On  tbe  examination  of  tbe  caso  before 
Register  Allien,  a  number  of  the  creditors  became 
satisfied  ttia'.  tne  firm  wsre  concealing  a  large  pro- 
portion of  their  assets  with  tbe  inteotlon  to  de- 
irand.  Accordingly,  a  thorough  examination  of 
the  books  and  affairs  of  tbe  bankrupts  was  made, 
and  resulted  In  tbe  creditors  going  before  United 
States  Commissioner  Betts  snd  swearing  out  war- 
rants for  the  an-esi  of  tbe  alleged  offenders.  Tbey 
were  arrested  ye8t«:-rday  and  taken  before  the  Com- 
missioner, who  ndmitted  tbem  to  ball  in  tbe  sum  of 
$10,000.  Lewis  Gans,  a  son  of  Simon  M.  Gans,  wbo, 
with  Gilbert  Bamberger,  constituted  the  firm  ot 
Bambercer  &  Gans.  was  also  arrested  and  arraificned 
before  tbe  Commissioner  on  a  chi-rge  of  perjury, 
alleged  to  have  been  committed  during  tbe  exam- 
ination before  Register  Allen.  Bail  In  tfais  case 
was  also  fixed  at  $10,000,  and  was  readily  furnished. 

COURT  NOTES. 


Feter  Idarx,  of  No.  410  East  Thirteenth 
atreet,  waa  fined  $54  in  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions 
yesterday  for  beating  his  fallen  horse  foriously  oa 
the  head  and  body  with  a  heavy  "  bale-stick.'' 

Mark  Bobnozor,  a  vagrant,  aged  18  years, 
stole  two  lockets,  a  chain,  and  other  property,  from 
Mary  £.  Bogardu*,  of  No.  255  West  4l8t  street,  on 
tbe  lOtbof  Janu:iry.  In  tbs  Court  of  General  Ses- 
ainns,  yesterday,  Bohnozur  pleaded  guilty,  and 
Judge  Gilderslsuve  sentenced  film  to  one  year  in 
the  Penitentiary. 

A  mau  giving  tbe  name  of  John  Eaymond, 
and  who-  was  formerly  a  Tombs  lawyer,  was  sen- 
tenced to  one  day's  Imprisonment  yesterday  by 
Justice  Kilbretb,  at  the  Tombs  Police  Court,  on  a 
charge  of  stoaliug  a  goose,  which  be  bad  seized 
from  a  stand  and  used  aa  a  clnb  to  beat  a  man  with 
whom  he  was  fighting. 

Judge  Lawrence,  in  the  Special  Term  of  the 
Snpreme  Court,  yesterday  rendered  a  decision  in 
the  case  of  the  Uoiversity  of  the  City  ot  New- 
York  against  tbe  Mayor,  &c..  In  which  the  plaiutifis 
sued  to  set  aside  an  assessment  sale  of  some  of  their 
property  because  of  certain  technical  informalitiet. 
Judgment  is  given  bv  Judge  Lawrence  in  lavor  of 
the  City. 

Patrolman  Deming,  of  the  Ninth  Precinct, 
at   an    early    hour    yesterday    morning,  surpnsed 

ttiree  men  in  tbe  act  of  breaking  into  the  liqnor 
store  of  Mlcbael  Corn,  No.  363  Hudson  street.  At 
tbe  approach  tbe  burslars  flod,  but  tbe  officer  ar- 
resteo  one  of  tbem,  wbo  gave  his  name  as  James 
DriscolL  JnstioB  Flammer  committed  bim  in  de- 
fault of  $2,000  bail. 

The  case  of  Olendorf  against  Wilson  was  ar- 
gued st  great  length  by  Gen.  Roger  A.  Pryor  and 
Simon  Sterne  before  Jndce  Joseph  F.  Daly,  In  tbe 
Court  of  Common  Pleas,  vesterdav,  but  to  the  great 
disKUSt  of  the  reporters,  nothing  was  divulged 
toDChing  tbe  secret  methods  of  coloring  and  refiring 
of  teas,  about  which  tbe  suit  is  brought.  Judge 
Daly  reserved  bis  decision. 

Tbomas  McSpedoii  was  Fire  Marshal  of  the 
City  in  1S73,  and  bis  salary  was  reduced  by  tbe 
Board  of  Apportionment  from  $5,000  to  14,000  per 
year.  He  brought  suit  In  the  Supremo  Court  to  re- 
cover the  difference  between  the  snlarles,  bat  Jadge 
Lawrence,  in  Special  Term,  yesterday  dismissed  bis 
complaint  on  tbe  rronnd  tbat  McSpedon's  uffioo  was 
a  City  otfioe,  and  the  t>oard  bad  the  power  to  mske 
the  redaction  In  tbe  salary. 

In  Port  1.  of  tbe  Court  of  General  Sessions, 
yesterday,  Assistant  District  Attorney  Rollins     sc- 

Cfpted  pleas  ot  guilty  of  James  Reillj^ho  stole  two 
pairs  of  shoes  from  the  premises  of  William  Hen- 
derson, No.  390  Third  avenue,  and  James  Relly, 
snd  James  Barns,  two  rontbt,  wbo  broke  a  pane  of 
glass,  and  stole  a  carving-knife  from  the  store  of 
John  Stirrup,  No.  193  Washington  street.  Judge 
Glldersleeve  sentenced  the  prisoners  to  two  years 
each  in  State  Prison. 

Uenry  H.  Dexter,  who  sold  goods  on  com- 
mission for  the  firm  of  Ball  tc  Ray  during  the  past 
four  years,  now  sues  in  tbo  Court  of  Common  Plens 
to  recover  tbo  amount  of  his  commissions.  Do 
says  tbe  sales  made  by  him  amounted  to  about  S250,- 
000.  He  sought  to  obtain  access  to  the  firm  books, 
but  Judge  Joseph  F.  Dalv  denied,  yesterday,  a  mo- 
tion motion  made  tor  such  pnrpose,  bat  he  says  tbe 
plaintiff  is  entitled  to  have  from  the  firm  a  sworn 
statemsnt  of  sales  made  by  bim  or  through  bis  pro- 
curement. 


A  JUDGMENT  FOR    TSS  CITT. 

The  City  recovered  a  judgment  yesterday, 
dlamlsslnK  complaint  and  for  $577  94  costs,  in  the 
action  of  Roswell  B.  Taylor  against  the  Mayor,  &c. 
This  is  another  of  tbe  almost  innumerable  claims 
of  which  the  "Blng"  was  the  parent.  Tbe  plaintiff 
saed  as  Assignee  oi  tbe  notorious  old  Daily  Trang- 
eript  to  recover  $11,000  for  pabtisblng  the  min- 
utes of  -  tbe  Boards  of  Aldermen  and  As- 
sistant Aldarmen  for  tbo  first  three  months  of 
1872.  Tba  City  defended  on  the  ground  tbat  tbe 
amount  charged  was  excessive,  and  put  in  as  a  coun- 
ter-claim tbe  large  amounis  of  money  which  tbe 
Iranscript  bad  frandnlently  obtained  dnrlng  Tweed's 
r^^ime.  As  tbe  cat>e  involved  the  examination  of 
a  lone  account  U  waa  in  May,  187S,  retorred  to  John 
P.  O'Neill  as  Referee.  He  foonu  ibat  tbe  sum  tairly 
due  for  the  work  in  suit  was  $0,639,  but  that  the 
Transcript  Association  bad  between  1868  and  1871 
wronetully  and  fraudulently  procured  bills  to  be 
audited  and  paid,  tbe  overotiarges  in  which  reached 
tbe  enormous  aiaountof  $173,518  90,  whicb  sum  the 
detendants  coald  recoup  and  set  off  auainsc  tbe 
claim  of  Tsylor.  His  complaint  is  therefore  dis- 
missed, witn  costs. 

♦ 

TRE  SALARY  OP  AN  OFFICIAL. 
Tbe  case  of  Thomas  Cottman  against  the 
Mayor,  Sec.,  was  decided  by  Jadjio  Joseph  f .  Daly, 
in  the  Special  Term  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 
yesterday.  The  plaintifi  alleges  that  he  waa  In- 
spector of  Streot-cleanlna  between  April  27,  1870, 
and  June  6,  1872.  His  salary  was  fixed  at  $4,oqo  per 
vonr,  and  he  was  paid  at  that  rate  up  to  March  1. 
1872.  On  Sept.  27,  1871,  the  Board  of  Health  passed 
a  resolution  cutting  off  all  the  salaries  of  their  em- 
ployes, lu  view  of  this  resolution,  Cottman  sent  a 
letter  to  tbe  Board  of  Health  on  Feb.  21,  1872,  in 
which  be  offered  to  do  bis  work  gratuitously  from 
March  1,  1872.  This  proposition  was  accepted,  but 
In  April,  1873,  tbe  Board  of  Health  passed  a  resolu- 
tion awarding  him  $1,000  fur  his  services  in  1872. 
He  sues  on  this  award.  Tbe  City  demurred  on  tne 
ground  of  a  defect  of  parties,  since  it  was  necessary 
to  mske  tbe  Board  of  Health  a  defendant.  The 
plaintifi  tben  moved  for  Judgment  on  account  of  the 
irivoiousness  of  tbs  demarrer.  Judge  Dsly  d^ies 
this  motion,  holding  that  tbe  Board  of  Health  is  a 
necessary  party. 

A  JfAEBHOUSE-MAN  IN  TROUBLE. 
Thaddeus  K.  Whitloek,  who  keeps  a  storage 
warehouse  at  No,  43  Water  street,  ana  lives  at  No. 
467  Laylayette  avenue,  Brooklyn,  was  arrested  yes- 
terday by  Detectives  Field,  and  O'Connor,  of  the 
District  Attorney's  office,  on  an  indictment  charg- 
ine  bim  with  nnlawfall.v  Issuing  warehouse  re- 
ceipts. It  Is  charged  tbat  Wmtlook.  on  the  23d 
Jannary,  endeavored  to  raise  money  irom  Gastav  A. 
Jabn.  of  No.  118  Wall  street,  and  others,  on  a 
frandalent  warebonse  receipt,  setting  forth  that  he 
had  on  storase  20  tierces  of  nee  which  had  arrived 
pw  steamiw  Cbarleston.  It  was  ascertained  thst 
Wbitlosk  had  no  such  property  in  store,  where- 
upon he  was  arrested  for  attempting  to  negotiate  a 
traudnlent  receipt.  The  accused  warehouseman 
was  brought  before  Judge  Gildsrsleeve,  and  com- 
mitted to  the  Tombs  in  default  of  $1,500  bail 


A  SCOUNDREL  GOING  HOME. 

Deputy  United  States  Marshal  Newcome  ar- 
rived in  this  City  yesterday  having  in  ciutody 
Isaac  Bicb,  a  Frenchman,  for  whose  extradition  the 
French  Government  has  made  a  formal  demand, 
and  who  was  arrested  by  the  Marshal  at  Wyanes- 
borouKb,  Vs.,  a  few  davs  ago.  Xbe  offender  was  in 
187S  and  during  a  portion, of  last  year  the  principal 
of  a  charity  school  at  a  place  called 
Elenoourt,  in  the  District  ot  Morteeliard, 
France.  It  la  alleged  that  while  holding 
this  position  he  outraged  a  numtier  of  little  girla, 
all  OX  thsih  under  tbe  age  of  IS  years.  Tbe  knowl- 
edge of  Kleh's  oiimes  coming  to  tbe  ears  of  tbe 
autboritlea.  an  attempt  was  made  to  arrest  him,  but 
be  evaded  tbe  offloeta  and  fled  to  this  oountry.  Ar- 
.jtfarad  here,  be  ]>t«eeeded  to  Waniesbeteuah.  when 


be  pnrebased  a  small  tract  of  land  in  tbe  foaok- 
woods,  erected  a  log  sbsnty  aod  took  99 
his  abode  there— the  place  being .  10  milef 
from  any  htunan  habitation.  It  waa  ia  tbia 
oat-of-tbe-wav  place  tbat  Ifarabal  Neweema 
found  him.  On  tieiag  arresteu  i  be  expressed  bia 
willingosas  to  return  to  hla  natire  land  and  make  a 
fall  confeaalon  of  all  bis  onmes.  He  is  about  3$  years 
of  age,  and  la  said  to  be  a  man  of  rare  intelllgenca 
aod  ability.  Bewas  taken  before  United  $tatea 
Commissioner  Kenneth  Qt,  White  yesterday  and 
was  committed  to  Ludlow  Street  Jail.  Be  will 
have  a  hearmg  next  Monday. 


ELEVEti  STUBBORN  MEN. 

Moses  Jaoobi,  alias  Dr.  Franklin,  an  alleged 
abortionist,  doing  baaloess  at  No.  161  Bleeefcet 
street,  was  tried  In  tbe  United  States  Circuit  Court, 
before  Judge  Benedict,  yesterday  on  a  charge  of 
sending  obscene  literature  through  the  mails.  Tbe 
jury,  after  having  been  out  two  bonrs,  stated  tbat 
tbey  conld  not  aeroe,  and  were  therefore  dis- 
ebarged.  It  was  another  case  oi  eleven  stubborn 
men.  the  poll  standing  11  tpr  conviction  and  one 
for  acquittaL 

♦ 
COURT  OF  APPEALS. 

Albany,  Peb.  1.— The  following  ia  the  Court 
of  Appeala  dav  calendar  for  Friday,  Feb.  2:  Nos. 
191,  168, 131,  73,  142,  123,  141,  171^2. ' 

In  tbe  Court  of  Appeals,  Thursday,  Feb.  1 :  No. 
146— Herael  vs.  Barber;  argument  resumed  and 
concluded.  No.  164 — Tuska  vs.  O'Brien;  nrgued 
by  Erastna  Cook  for  appellant,  and  A.  J.  Yander- 
poel  for  respondent. 

♦ 
DECISIONS. 

6UPEEME  COUBT— CHAMBBB3.  

By  Judge  Lawrenee.  (        ^ 

The  Marine  Bank  of  Chicago  ve.  Van  JBrt*nf.4-Tn 
tbe  case  lu  49  ^.r.  P.,  Nos.  16U  and  101,  altboagb  it  is 
stated  that  no  execution  was  issued  In  the  Ufe-tlimipf 
the  jadfmeut  debtor,  it  doea  not  appear  that  the  Court 
of  Appeals  laid  any  stress  upon  that  fact  in  arriving  at 
tbelr  decision.  Jadge  Allen  In  bis  opinion  says,  "but 
an  execution  cannot  issue  without  the  ord  er  of  both 
tribunals."  And  a(tsln,  "  tbe  act  of  1850  is  not  In  con- 
fllot  with  the  provisions  of  the  Code,  orioconsistent 
with  the  remedy  Ktven  V.y  it."  It  is  cumulacivn  and 
adds  another  I estraint  to  those  already  exlstiuz.  1 
can  find  nothine  in  his  opinion  which  indicates  tbat 
the  isauloe  of  an  execution  during  ttie  life  time  of  tbs 
debtor  and  its  return  nusatlsfled  would  render  an  ap- 
plication for  leave  to  issue  execuiloa  immediately 
after  lils  death.  In  obedience  to  this  decision  1  am 
cunstraloed  to  grant  the  motion. 

Aldin  vs.  itoMnson.— The  cbarge  tbat  the  consent  to 
refer  was  tlie  result  of  oollusion  between  the  attor- 
nevs  lor  tbe  plaintlfT  and  tbe  defendaut  seems  to  me 
to  be  completely  overthrown  by  the  affidavits  read  in 
oppasition  to  this  motion.  I  do  not  feel  iocUoed, 
therefore,  to  disturb  the  order  of  reJercnce.  The  plain- 
tifi does  not  snow  how  be  will  be  injured  by  a  refer- 
ence, nor  tbat  tbe  case  is  one  which  it  Is  not  proper  to 
reter.  As  tbe  order  that  a  commiSBlon  issue  was 
erauted  by  default,  If  there  is  as.y  reaaon  why  sach 
commission  should  not  issue,  the  plaintiff  Is  entitled 
to  prevent  it.  He  may,  thereiort<,  more  to  vacate  tbe 
oraer  on  further  afflaaylts,  if  he  so  desire.  Motion  to 
vnc  ite  the  order  of  reference  Is  denied. 

People.  Ac.  ve.  Thi  Maeon  Mann/aeturing  Oomvany. — 
Motion  denied,  but  with  leave  K  renew  on  further  af- 
bdavits  if  the  piaintiffshall  be  so  advlsetL  Bee  memo- 
randum. 

JUeKeon  vs.  Oretn. — tfotlon  eranted,  provided  tbat  the 
motion  be  argued  when  reached  at  tbe  March  General 
lerm.    Memornndum. 

Matter  of  Durfei,  etc.— The  report  of  tbe  Befisree  Sf  sms 
to  me  to  be  risbt  and  should  be  confirmed.  In  respect 
tn  the  lauds  at  ^ew-Bedford,  I  cannot  undertake  in 
this  proceeding  to  determine  tbe  question  of  tbe  title 
ol  lands  situated  m  another  State,  aa  between  a  luna- 
tic and  a  third  party.  The  other  suegestloiis  and 
recommendations  of  the  Referee  appear  to  be  proper. 
Let  an  order  t>e  entered  In  accordance  with  these 
viewf. 

Vobb*  v$.  Jtei/notd*.— Let  an  order  be  entered  refer- 
ring the  mutter  to  Moses  Kly,  Esq.  All  tne  affidavits 
presented  on  thts  motion  are  to  remain  on  file.  Bee 
memoranaum. 

De  Wolf  vs.  Ofinqer  et  al.— Motion  to  continue  Injnnc- 
tion  denied.    Hee  memorandum. 

8UPRF.ME  COUBT— SPECIAL  TBBIC. 
By  Judge  Lavjrenee, 
Alexander  vt.  Morgan  el  ^t.- Order  signed. 
Long  vi.  The  Mayur.  «£a— Ir  counsel  iatcnd  to  hand 
In  bneft  1  wish  they  would  ao  so  as  toon  as  possible. 
Mcipedon  v$.'  The  Mayor. — The   defendants    are  en- 
titled tojud^ment  on  tbe  demurrer  with  costs.     See 
memorandum. 

By  Judge  Van  Voret. 
Coggy  vt.  Mean  et  al.— Complaint  dismissed.  Opinion. 

COMMON  FLEAS— SFBCIAL  TSBM. 
By  Judge  J.  F.  Daly. 

Kotiee  to  Coimsd.— Matter  of  Yates ;  Mahan  va  Pauld- 
ing. Counsel  wlU  attend  before  me  on  Feb.  2.  1877. 
at  10.30. 

Hatter  of  fTeniter.- Notice  of  this  application  must  be 
given  to  the  other  parties  Interested. 

MatUr  of  Goldman.  — Lien  dlsobareed. 

Matur  of  Booth— ^tx  discharged  and  prisoner  re- 
manded.   Opinion. 

Jonti  vt.  Carpenter. — If  defendant  pay  $10  costs  of 
thla  prooeediue  uiid  the  Referee's  fees,  and  attend  for 
eiamlnatioD  tiefore  tbe  Keferee  on  Feb.  3,  at  I'^M. , 
proceedloe  on  attachment  will  be  sta.yed. 

Paul  VI,  2he  Mayor.— Motion  denied;  no  costa 
Opinion. 

Dexter  vt.  Ball. — Motion  denied  If  defendant  furnish 
sworn  statement.^.     Opinion. 

UillUretaLvt.  CnderAiU.— Motion  gnuited.    Opinion. 

Oajfney  vt.  l>emareat, — Motion  granted  on  payment  of 
taxable  coats  to  date. 

Oollntaavs.  i  he  Mayor,  ^c— Motion  for  Judgment  on 
demurrer  denied,   opinion. 

UABINE    COUBT— CBAMBXBS. 
By  Judge  MeAdam. 

Bee  Indortement  on  Paperi. — Boyd  vs.  Bhlers;  Teets 
VB.  Otis;  bimon  vs.  Moone;  Ellis  vs.  Melr, 

Vivartet  vt.  3fi«(.— Order  settled. 

Uoerhide  vs.  atevens. — Referred  to  Edward  Jacobs, 
Esq. 

Wolf  ve.  (Tray.— Action  continued  against  representa- 
tlvea 

Jeffert  vt.  BueJcmaster. — H.  B.  Beach,  Esq.,  appointed 
Beueiver. 

Harriton  vz.  Co%«n. -Keferred  to  W.  Bethbaum,  Esq. 

JlfartiM  vt.  Nartmaa.- Motion  denied. 

Shaftr  vt.  Kohn. — Motion  granted. 

BamovjMki/  vs.  Jaeobv. — Defaults  noted. 

Bo'it/iby  t'».  Fineon — Sureties  approved  oC 

Thiltman  vs.  Askey  et  a/,— Order  settled. 

Neville  vt.  Amoux.— J saaeB  UCiNultv,  Rsq.,  Receiver. 

Collin*  vt.  Anthon. — The  practice  or  anolylng  to  one 
Juiiee,  ex  parte,  for  a  stay,  aiter  another  Judge  has 
denied  the  application,  is  a  violation  of  tbe  Sules,  and 
mtut  he  discontinued.  A  i-epetition  of  tbe^lmproprl- 
ety  will  receive  more  serious  oousideratioo. 

Ordtrt  Ora»U«<t.— Porter  vs.  Rebinsj  Maxwell  vs. 
Wood:  Wolf  vs.  White;  Paris  vs.  Borabacic;  The 
Uraod  Central  Bank  vs.  Schapert ;  Booth  va  Bei-n- 
belmer;  Colt  vs.  Htevens ;  Jordan  vs.  Baker;  Bmltn 
vs.  Jones ;    Provost  vs.  Palmer. 


COURT  CALENDARS— TH lb  DAT. 

BUFBEME    COUBT — CHAHBEBS. 

By  Judge  Donahue. 
Nos. 


Noa 

78— Bainbridge  vs.  Berne. 

85 — Mynderae  vs.  Daniels. 

86— Mabee  vs.  Van  Slyke. 
IftS— Jacobson  vs.  Charter 

Oak  Life  Ins.  Co. 
194 — Kelly  vs.  Harrison. 
2o7— Lord,  Jr.,  tb.  Funk. 
287— .Matter  ot  Holt. 
Vi92— Rsisla  va  Ammidown. 
1^99— Matter  of  Uickie. 
807— Lord,  Jr..  vs.  Funk. 
308— I'lrstNat.  BankCoop- 
eistowu  vs.  Beais. 


311^— Wllllsms,  tc,  vs.  C!o- 

siue. 
311 — Leluhtweis       versus 

Frsskow. 
312— Zychlinskl  va  Schler- 

eok. 
314 — Simon  vs.  Cohen. 
316 — Same  va  Same. 
317— Bank  of  Louisiana  vs. 

Browder. 
.<?]S— Floyd  VB.  Jackson, 
319— Scnuyler  vs.  Wood. 
320 — Ctirllss  vs.MielcuBzuy 
8:21— Fairchild  vaFairohild 

UABISIB  COUBT— TRIAL  TBBM — FABI  U. 
Held  by  Ooeoti,  J. 
Noa  ,  Nos. 

7076— Dusenbury  vs.  Jes-  9u77— Blumenthal    versus 


sup  et  al 

6388— Chapman  vs.  Oppen- 
heim. 

8362— MlicUell  vs.  Etuart, 
Jr. 

9044 — Lant  et  Bl.va.Brown 

90U8— Westheimer  vs-Hall. 

84'.!7— Pnlsston  va  oddie. 

8-^3— Hmith  va  Allt. 

9U82— Crabbe  vs.  Klastio 
'iruss  Ca 

9083— McKaddeu  vs.  Elas- 
tic Trtua  Ca 


Doorack,  Ace. 
9032— Hayues  va  Sogers. 
U003— Smith  va  Hiraoh. 
6U14— Quskey    vs.    uold- 

berub. 
8904,— Cincinnntl     En.    Co. 

vs.  Stevens. 
8971— Stream  vs.  Qrefe. 
8725— Reddlch,    Itc.,     va. 

Bartt. 
7668— Weil  vs.  Haher. 
7642— Graf  vs.  Calkins,  ba 


COUUT  OF  OENEBAL  SESSIONS— FABT  I. 
Held  bu  Oildertleeve.  .T. 


Hush  urier,  felonious  ns- 
saUlt  and  battery. 

John  Conners.  burgLiry. 

William  Kelly,  Thomas 
.'Uahoney.KranE  McQulre. 
John   McOnlre,  burglary. 

WiUbim  Forrister,  burg- 
lary. 

William   Foster,  bur  alary. 

Frank  bmltb,  burglary. 

Uenry  Doner,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 


OeorKe  Ancheus,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

William  Thomas,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

Uenry  Cllman.  crand  lar- 
ceny. 

Thomas  Williams,  petit 
larceny. 

George  Holoman,  petit  lar- 
ceny. 

John  kyan,  petit  lareeny. 

MaxOoldsten,  forgery. 


TBE  LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 


Buffalo,  Feb.  1. — Cattle— Receipts  to-day,  34 
heaa  :  total  for  the  week  thus  far,  6.205  head ;  6,787 
head  for  the  same  time  last  week  ;  no  market  to-day; 
sales  only  to  retail  dealers.  Sheep  and  Lambs — Ke- 
ceipts  to-day,  900  bead  ;  total  tor  the  week  thus  far, 
13,400  head ;  9,300  head  for  the  same  time  laat  week; 
market  dull ,  sales,  3  cars  for  the  Kastern  trade,  Scars 
to  local  dealers  and  feeders;  9  cars  remaining  un- 
sold: prices  full;  weak;  jrosterday's  qnotatlans. 
Hogs— Kecelpts  to-day,  1.850  bead;  total  for  the  week 
thus  tar.  6,600  head :  6,600  bead  for  the  same  time 
last  week;  market  quiet:  sales  of  a  few  Torkers  at 
$U  26;  2  cars  heav.v  at  $6  65®$6  S9i  Eastern  buyers 
generally  holding  off;  4  oars  liorkers  and  2  cars  heavy 
Hogs  unsold.* 

Chicago,  Feb.  1.— Cattle— Receipts,  4.300  head: 
shipments.  2,800  head:  market  dull  and  lower,  ex- 
cept for  best  grades,  which  are  in  fair  demand  and 
firm ;  sales  of  common  to  fair  Cows,  $2  8U'3$3  25  ; 
medium  to  fair  Steers,  $3  70®$3  90;  choice  shipping, 
$4  95.  Hogs — Receipts,  11,U0U  head;  shipm3ots, 
1,400  head:  market  duil  aud  10c®loc.  lower  for 
heavy ;  others  unchanged ;  llzbt.  C5  86®$6  10  ; 
roeul'um  to  good  heavy  j>aclcing.  $5  90@$6  45;  ship- 
plnsi,  $6  20®tfti  45 ;  closing  with  i>ens  fall.  Sheep 
nominally  unchanged;   Receipts,  1,350  bead. 


THE  COTTON  MARKETS. 

♦ 

New-Orleans,  Feb.  1.-  Cotton  irregular  and  easy 
to  sell;  Middling,  12>4C. ;  Low  Middhng.  II34C. ;  Good 
Ordiuary,  11 'sc.;  net  receipts,  10,7ti3  bales:  gross. 
'1. 1,833  bales;  exports,  to  Great  Britain.  1,350  bales: 
to  the  Coutineuc  62  bales;  coastwise,  1,86&  bales; 
sales,  7,800  bales;  stock,  293,o70  bales. 

SAVANNABt,  Feb.  1. — Cotton  very  dull  ;  Mlddllne, 
12<>Bu.;  Low  Middling,  12180.;  Good  Oidinary,  ll^c. 
net  receipts,  1,658  bales ;  gross,  1,714  bales ;  export^ 
to  Great  Britain,  8.0r«Q  bales;  to  the  Continent,  1,80  , 
bales  :  coastwise,  883  bales ;  sales,  300  bales ;  sto  okO 
70.894  balea  , 

Galveston,  Feb.  1. — Cotton  quiet,  held  higher; 
Middling,  12i8C.;  Low  Middling,  11^;  Good  Ordinary, 
lliflC.:  net  receipts,  1,841  bales;  'exports  to  Great 
Britain.  l,8v!6  balest  to  France,  1,440  bales;  salss, 
511  bales  ;  stock,  97,341  bales. 

Cbablbston,  Feb.  1.— Cotton  dull;  Middling, 
I234C.;  Low  Mlddltngr  12880.;  Good  Ordinary,  12c.;  net 
leoeipts,  2,09u  bales:  exports,  to  the  Continent,  30<) 
hales;  coastwise,  613  bales;  sales,  600  bales;  stock, 
60,303  bales. 

MOBiLB.  Fob.  1.— Cotton  weak  and  irregular  i 
Mldailne,  12i8C.;  Low  Middling,  IIV:-;  Oood  Ordi- 
nary, lli«c.j  net  reoMpts,  2,776  bales;  axporu. 
ooaatwise,  887  balesj  sales,  60u  bales;  atook,  74,^6 
baie%. 


COMMEUOIAL  AFFAIES, 


Naw-Tosx.  Tburadar,  Veh  1.  1877. 
The reoelpts  of  the  principal  kluOs  ot  l>ro<l«os  sio«9 
oar  last  have  been  aa  toUowa: 


Ashes,  pka 

Bulhon,  bars 

Beans.  bbU. 

Cotton,  bales. 

Cotton-seed  Oil.bbla. 

Copper,  bbls 

bried  Frolt,  pKs 

Bffgs.  bbls 

noor.  bbls 

Wheat,busbeis......  8,U0O 

Com.  bushels 48.269 

Oatt.  bushels 26,50U 

Rye.  bushels 931 

Malt,  bnsbsu 7,632 

Barley,  bushels 600 


23  jBldPS,  bales .428 

445liieatber.  smes... 7.681 

8(16  LeaO.  plRS 860 

890  dl,  bbls.. 230 

60:Olls3»fce.  pks. 1,14ft 

81  Pork,  pks 463 

93  Beet,  pbs 164 

359c'ut-meats.  pks 4.*19 

8.168  Grease,  pks.. 


126 

1,»46 

9« 


Lard,  pks 

Stearliie,  pks... 
Batter,  dks--... 
Cheese,  pks 61 

836 

110 

60 

2,230 

229 

17 

1 

88 

468 


Tallow,  o»s..-.  ... 

LardH>ll,  bbls. 

Peas,  bnabels l.OOOjLubrioatlag-oU.bbia. 

Qrass-aeed,  bags 2,172  KressMl  Hoks.  Ko... 

Com-meaL  bbls..,..     SOO  Btarcn.  bxs „. 

B.  W.  Flour,  pks....       40  8kins.  bales 

Oat-meai,  bbls lUO  Tobacco,  hbds....... 

Hods,  bales 891  Tobacco.bxs.  lies.. 

Hides,  No 206  Whlsjty,  bbls 

COPFEK  -Dull  to-day ;  quotations  as  in  our  last. 

COTTON — A  more  active  business  was  reported  fbr 
early  dellverv,  but  In  good  part  for  spinning,  at  a  re- 
duction of  3-1 6c  ^  %.,  under  more  urgent  offerinn. 
less  favorable  cable  reports,  free  receipts  at  the  ship- 

pfng  ports,  and  the  depression  in   gold Ordinary 

ouuted  to-day  atll'4,c.'@l_lVR0.:  Low  Middllne,  12  7-16c 
®11  9-16e.:'Uiadling,  iaT5-16c.®13  l-16a*'lb... Sales 
were  offloially  reported,  for  prompt  delivery,  ot  1,752 
bales,  (Of  which  492  bales  were  on  last  evening,! 
including  43U  bales  to  shippers  and  1,3'J2 
hales  to  spinners.. ..And  for  forward  deliv- 
ery   an     extensive    mo\ement    has     been    notco, 

but     at     much     lower    rates,    closing    Irregular 

Sales  i.ave  been  reported  since  our  last  ot  40,500 
bales,  or  which  7,300  bAles  were  on  last  evemne.  and 
33.000  bales  to-dav,  witn  3,800  bales  on  tne  calls,  on 
the  basis  of  Middling,  witn  February  options,  closing 
at  12  13-160.-5112  27-32a:  March.  IScaiS  l-82o.; 
Aoril,  13  7-32o.®13^c:  May.  13  7-l6c:  June, 
13  29-32C. :  Juiy.lS  23-3-2o.;  August,  I334C®  13  26-32e.| 
September.  13  13-S2c.®i3  l5-3)lc;  Octooer, 
1.S   l-iec^lSisa;      November,     32     27-32c®12V-! 

December.       12     27-32o.fel278e.        ^         IB The 

receipts  at  this  port  to-dav  were  890  bales,  and  at 
the  shlDolng  ports  23, 197  balea,  against  19,613  bale* 
same  dav  last  week,  aud  thus  &r  thts  week  119,861 
balea.  akainst  93,856  bales  same  time  last  week.... 
The  receipts  at  tbe  shipping  ports  since  Sept.  1.  1876, 
have  been  3,118,241  bales,  agaiast  3.044,811  bales  for 
tbe  corresponding  time  in  the  preceding  Cotton  year. 

Cunsolidsted  exports  (five  days)  lOr  Great  Britam, - 

from  all  the  shipping  ports,  50,048  bales  ;  to  the  Conti- 
nent,   27,196    bales Stock    In     New-Vorfc     to-d^. 

252,531  bales;  consolidated  atocfcat  tbe  ports,  886,466 
balea 

Clottna  Prieet  of  OotUm  in  Ktm-Yort. 

Uo'ands.  Aiatiama      N.  o.       Texas. 

Ordinary. „ III4         lli«  11%  ll's 

Strict  Ordinary...  11^         l\<^         II84         lis^ 
Good  Ordinary...  12  12  12 !«  12 "a 

Strict  tiood  Ord... rzv  12^  12%  12% 

Low  Middling....  12  7-1612  7-16  12  9-16  11  9-16 
Strict  Low  Mid... .12  11-10  12  11-16  12  13-16  12  13-16 

MiddUng 12  16-16  12  15-16  13    1-1613    1-16 

Good  Mld<ntne....l3  S-I6 13  3-16  13  6-16  13  6-16 
Strict  Good  Mid.. l.H  7-16  13  7-16  13  9-16  13  9-16 
Middling  Pair... ..13  13-16  13  13-16  13  15-16  13  15-16 

Fair. 14    9-16  li  15-16  14  11-16  14  11-16 

Staxnti. 

Good  Ordinary lo^s  Low  Middling 1113-18 

StrictGood  Ordinary..lliai Middling 12    6-16 

FLOUE  AND  MEAti— A  very  moderate  business  was 
reported  In  State  ana  Western  Floor,  prices  of  which 
were  quoted  somewhat  unsettled,  taough  without  :ur- 
ther  alteration  of  moment.  The  home  trade  was' 
light.  Some  increase  of  demand  was  reported  for  ex- 
port account,  mamly  for  Citv  Mill  Hxtraa  lor  the 
W»st  Indies.... Sales  have  been  reportea  smce 
our  laut  01  8.100  bbis.  of  all  grades.  Includ- 
ing unsound  Flour  at  S3  60'SS6  75 ;  Sour  Flour  at 
$4  50®$6  5U ;  very  poor  to  choice  No.  2  at  S4  25®$6, 
poor  to  choice  Superfine  Western,  S6  60®$5  60, 
inainlv  at  £5  65®$5  75:  poor  to  good  Extra  State, 
$6  80^£6:  gooG  to  choice  da  at  )Et>®$l!  30:  Citv 
Mills  Extra,  shinprng  gradrs,  $0  Qii'Siil  10.  mamly 
lor  tbe  Westandies,  on  tbe  basis  of  $B  75'a>$7  10  lor 
for  good  to  very  ehoice,  (with  up  to  S7  15®  j7  2  6  for 
small  lota  of  lancy,)  and  quoted  at  $7  90 
<3)i>8  25  tor  about  cuoice  to  very  choice  for  tne 
South  American  trade,  (with  up  tn  $8  60 
for  very  fSnoy.)  aod  $5  90  bid.  and  np  to  S6 
asked  for  brands  suited  to  the  English  trade; 
very  Interior  to  good  shipping  Bxtra  Western.  $5  7o'<* 
$6 ;  good  to  choice  do.,  ^HIdSQ  30 ;  poor  to  very  choice 
Western  Trade  and  Family  Eitri^s,  Spring  Wheat 
stock.  $6  25.'$8  50 ;  inferior  io  very  choice  do.  da. 
Red  and  Amber  Winter  Wheat  stock,  at  $6  25®i£8  50 ; 
part  for  shipment  at$6  75<zi£7  50,  (ofwfaioh  400  bbls. 
sold;)  ordinary  to  very  choice  White  Wheat  do.  do., 
at  $6  25®$9  25 ;  very  poor  to  very  fancy  St.  Louis 
Extras,  96  25S>$9  76 :  bxtra  Genesee  at  $0  353 
$7  60:  poor  to  very  choice  Minnesota  clear  and 
straight  Kxtras  at$t>  25®$8  25,  chiefly  at  $6  959  $8 
lor  about  latr  to  choice,  and  up  to  $8  25  for  very 
choice,  with  up  to  98  50  asked  for  fancy; 
and  Minnesota  Patent  Extras,  f^lr  ordinary  to  very 
fancy,  at  $7  85®$1U  60,  mainly  at  $8  75'@$10.  wttu 
UP  to  $10  75®$il  yet  asked  for  very  &ncy.... In- 
cluded in  the  salss  have  been  4,l(Xi  bbls.  shipping 
Extras,  of  wfaiob  2,9U0  bbls.  City  MiUa;  850  bbls. 
Minnesota  clear  and  straight  Extras;  450  bbis.  do. 
Patent  do.;  400  bbls.  Winter  Wheat  Extras,  (tor  ship- 
ment, these  mostly  at  $6  75&$7  60;)  370  bbls. 
Superfine     and    3U0    bbls.      Mo.     2     at   the    quoted 

rates Sontbem     Flour      bas      been     in     limited 

reqaest,  with  prices  quoted  as  fbvoring  buyers.... 
Bales  have  been  reported  here  of  600  bbls.,  in  lots,  at 
$5  ao'S/Sa  for  poor  to  strictly  choice  Superfine ;  $6  25 
'2>$7  50  for  poor  to  very  choice  shipping  lOctras ; 
$7  50®$9  60  tor  lair  to  fancy  trade  and  family.  The 
dealings  were  mostly  In  Kxtras  at  from  $7  26®  j8  25. 

Bye   Flour  has   been   quite  soarlngiy  purchased, 

even  in  a  Jobbing  way,  at  about  former  tignres....We 
qUote  at  from  $4  60®$3  20  for  poor  Western  to  very 
cboiee  state  Superfine,  aud  $3®$4  for  poor  to  choice 

hne Sales  reported  of  150   bbls.,  in   lota,  chiefly 

at  $4  7 o'S)^  toT  atMut  fair  to  good  Superfine  State; 
$.1  10®$o  20  for  choice  to  very  choice;  $4  70 
'3)^6  for  Pennsylvania,  the  Jatter  for  choice,  and 
$4  60®$5  for  about  lair  to  very  choice  Western.... 
Corn-meal  bas  been  quiet  lo-day  on  a  steady  basis  aa 
to  values.  We  quote  at  $2  909$3  15  for  inferior  to 
very  Cboiee  Yellow  Western;  »2  76®iS3  10  for  Yellow 
Jersey;  $3  50  tor  Xellow  Baltimore,  and  $3  60  for 
Brandvwine.  Bales  have  been  reported  of  875  bbls., 
inclodin'g  300  bbls.  Yellow  Western,  In  lots,  chiefly  at 
^,and  Brandywlne  In  amall  lots  at  $3  t>0 Corn- 
meal,  io  bags,  has  t>een  lightly  dealt  la,  within 
tbe  range  of  $1  07@$I  45  lor  poor  to  very  choice 
^  100  ffi.  Most  of  the  sales  have  been  of  coarse 
lots,  at  $1  12  for  Ctcy  Mills,  qooted  at  $1  lu  for 
Western    and     Sit  07    for    Baltimore,    from    dock.... 

Oat-meal  has  been  slow  of  ssle  within  tbe  range  of 
£6  26®$7  for  fair  to  choice  City  aud  Western;  very 
choice  to  fancy  helu  higher;  Canada,  $7®$?  60.... 
Buck-wheat  Flour  has  been  leas  sougbl  after  for  local 
jobbing  puTDOses,  the  consumption  having  been 
checked  by  tbe  warmer  weather.  Prices  are  quoted 
weaker  within  tbe  range  of  $^'a':i>4  50  for  ordinary  to 
fancy  State,  Jersey,  and  Pennsylvania ;  moat  of  the 
lots  sold  were  at  $4  10®S4  35  tor  fair  ordinary  to 
very  good,  and  $4  40  for  about  choice,  ^  100  tb. 

GRAIN— A  somewhat  freer  movement  was  reported 
In  Wheat  to-day,  wholly  in  Spring  grades,  with  values 
quoted  aa  a  rule  about  steady  tor  prime  new-crop 
hpring,  which  class  of  stock  was  offered  reservedly : 
poorer  grades  unsettled  and  somewhat  nominal.  Win- 
ter Wheat  was  held  with  a  fair  show  of  confldenoe,  on 
a  scuit  supply  of  really  desirable  lots,  but  was  with- ' 

out  animation Sales  wrre  reported,  to-day,  of  40,- 

UOO  bushels,  inclndiug  prima  No.  2  Milwaukee  Spring, 
in  store.  16,000  bushels  at  $1  42  for  export :  strictly 
prime  No.  3  Chicago  Spring,  uew  crop,  In  st-ore.  Iti.OuO 
uusbels,  for  expoit.  at  $1  35,  and  ungraded  Spring,  in 
Odd  lots,  at  $r®$l  18  to  $1  25®$  I  30,  of  which 
2,000  bushels   about  good,  for  milling,  at  $1  30,  and 

3.6U0  bushels  fair,   afloat,   at  $1  25 Prime  No.   2 

Coicago  Spring,  in  store,  at  $1  4U.  Other  sales  ru- 
mored but  not  confirmed.'.. .Corn  has  been  more  active 
tor  home  use  and  exuort  at  a  further  slight  advance  on 
new  croD,  which  attracted  most  attention,  especially 
the  New^-Iork  grades  of  stenmer  Tellow,  steamer 
Mixed,  and  '  No  grade,"  and  Sonthem  Yellow,  afloat ; 
Old  No.  2  Chicago  quoted  barely  steady,  with  a  slow 
movement  reported.... Sales  have  been  reported  sinCe 
our  last  of  67, 000  bushels,  including  New-Xork  steamer 
Ailxed  at  6Uc®60^c..  chiefly  at  60^0.;  New- 
York  steamer  Yellow  at  61iac.@62c,  mainly 
at  620.;  New-York  no  grade  ai  69'3C®60c., 
mostly  at  60c.:  new  crop  Mixed  W^estern,  car 
lots  at59^>a@60c;  Yellow  western  at  61c@62c.,of 
w^hlch5.8l>U  bushels  at  62c.;  ungraded  sailing-vessel 
Mixed  Western,  old  crop,  ordioar.v  to  prime  (nominal) 
wiibin  the  range  of  6i^u.®6^c:  prime  No.  2  Chicago, 
afloat.  8,000  bushels,  for  export,  at  61c..  and  choice 
do..  8.0U0  bushels,  for  uome  use,  at  ti2c.:  South- 
ern Yellow,  at  59e..  from  dock,  and  OlC® 
62c,  afloat,  (of  which  about  9,000  bushels,  afloat,  at 
61c.®b2c..-.R.Te  in  some  request  at  uncbauged  rates ; 
no  important  movements,  however,  reported. ...Of 
Barley,  8,5UO  bushels  good  six-rowed  reported  sold  at 
75c.;  5,000  bushels  ungraded  Canada,  averaging  46^ 
K.,atii>l:  600  bushels  Feed  stock  at  50c.;  market  ir- 
regular  Buckwheat   auil   Peas   as   last  quoted.... 

Of  Barley-malt.  6,000  bushels,  about  fair, 
rumoreu  sold  at  $1  ^  bushel Oats  have  been  gen- 
erally quoted  weak  as  to  values,  on  a  restricted  call 
from  tbe  local  Jobbing  interest.    Prime  to  choice  State 

scarce Sales,   reported     ot     18,500     biishels,    In- 

cluoing  White  Western  at  43c®49o.,  as  to 
quality,  mainly  at  44c,®47c.;  White  State,  poor  to 
obolce,  within  the  range  ot  5Uc.'S>56e.,  from  track  and 
afloat,  (with  very  tiincy  rumored  sold  as  high  as  56c  ;) 
Mixed  Western  at  40o.®45c..  astoouallty;  New- York 
No.  2  White  at  46c.:  New- York  No.  3  White,  4,600 
bu3hels,  at  44-^c,;  iNew.York  Rejected  at  39»4C®40o.; 
Mixed  State  at  50c. ®54i£.  for  common  to  very  choice. 
Feed  has  been  moderately  acttlve  at  ni>out  pre- 
vious rates  for  most  grades;  2,200  bags  4U-11S.  reported 

sold,  mainly     at    $19 Hav     and     Straw    vrithout 

ehange.... Seeds       gennrally      qiuist,       but      quoted 

steady Stock   ot  Calcutta   Linseed  here   128,700 

bogs;  aod  of  Bom  bay,  27,000  bag^  stock,  same  time 
last  year,  of  Calouttu,  19U,  63G  bags ;  and  of  Bombay, 

41,389  bags Stock  of  Caicntta    Linseed   at  Boston, 

8.500  bags,  against  9,500  bags  a  year  aga 

HBMP— A  qbiet  but  8te:idy  market  reported  to-day. 
Of  Jute  Butts,  100  bales  here,  and  500  bales  to  ariive, 
(Januar.y  shipment,)  sold  at  3^»c.,  currency,  ^P' lb.... 
Stock  here  includes  36,044  bales  Manila  Hemp,  8,900 
bales  Jute,  1,100  bales  Jncs  Butta  And  at  Bostan  700 
bales  Jute. 

MOLASSES- Has  been  Inactive   to-day— quotations 

remaining  as  before Stock  ot  Molasses  in  first  hands 

here  this  morning,  904  hhds.  foreign,  (ot  which  49 
hbds.  CuDu,  165  hbds.  Porto  Bico,  and  70tl  hhds. 
kngiish  Island,)  against  3,147  hbos.  foreign  Feb.  1, 
1870. 

NAVAL  STORES— Besln  has  been  dull  and  heavy 

tbrougbout We  Quote  at  $2  15®$2  2U  for  Strained. 

$2  20  for  good  Strained.  $2  26«$2  60  for  No.  2.  $2  60 
®$3  62<<2for  No.  1,  $4  00®S6  60  for  P^e  to  extra 
Pale  and  Window  Glass  ^  280  ffi Tar  has  been  in- 
active within  the  range  of   from  $2  5U®^  75  ^  bbl. 

....City  Pitch  at  $2  75  •IP'  bbl .spirits  ot  Turpentine 

has  been  In  slack  request,  but  at  easier  prices,  with 
merchantable,  for  prompt  delivery,  quoted  at  ^e  dose 
down  to  44c.  ^gallrai. 

PKi'ROLKUM  — Crude  has  been  very  quiet; 
quoted  at  12^.,  inbulk,and  IS^c.  in  abipplng order. 
...ttefinedhas  been  in  slack  request:  quoted  by  refiners 
at   2b^4C..    and   tropi   second    hands   at     22o.922>90. 

for    early  delivery B«fined     la   cases,   qnotea  at 

80o.®3l^.-..Oity  Napbtbaquoted  at  14c.. ..At  Phila- 
oelphbi.  heUned  Petroleum,  for  early  delivery,  quoted 

at  26340 At  Baltimore,  quoted  for  early  dellveiyat 

2634C. 

PttOVISIOHS— Western  Mess  Pork  has  been  very 
dull  for  early  delivery,  at  much  lower  prices.  West- 
em  advices  decidedly  uo&vorable.... Sales  reported  of 
no  important  lots;  uninspected  quoted  at  $17.... 
Olber  kinds  Inactive:  isxtra  Prime,  Inspected,  quoted 
St  $13    76®:£14 :    Western    Prune    Mess    at  S16® 

$16  26 And  for    forward  deUveiT-,   here,   Westara 

Mess  continued  in  limited  demand;  gtmted 
for     Febmaiy      at      the      close     nominal:       Ksioh. 

$16  90     asked;      April,     $16  86 Sales    reported 

of     500      bbls.,      Apill     options.     $16    859^7 

The  stock  of  Pork  in  the  packing  yards  to-day  was 
46,623  bbls.,  (1,688  bUs.  oldj  against  82,689  bbls. 
Jan.  1,  1877,  and  26.492  bbls.  Feb.  1,  l«T6....The  re- 
ceipts of  Pork  lu  January  were  26,396  bbls Dressed 

Hogs  have  been  In  less  reqaest  with  Western  quo.ad 

at  7»2C®7''80.;  (Mty  quoted  at  8c®8^ Cut-meats 

have     been     sparingly    sought     after    at     dzotq^mg 

rates Sales  include  small  lota  Flokled  BalUea,  ia 

bulk,  12  and  10  lb.,  at  9o.'99%ci  and  aimarySmaU 
lots  of  otbar  CHty  bulk  at  proportionate  rates.... 
We  quote:  City  Pickled  Sboiliders,  tn  imlk,  at7*»c; 
Ptokled  Uams  at  10)iic.®llc.:  bsaoked  SnmMeia  M 
S'sa;  Muoked  Hams  at  12c.®i2"to.;  Westem  l>Ty- 
jiiked  Miort-sut  iiams,  20  to  •!&  Am  li)«Bib«ile. 


Wester*  nokled  Bases.  ,^  thereat,  at  10%e.911^e.; 
Waateca  Dry.«alted  Shoueeza,  boxed,  at  7c  Aieo.  t» 
to«  Western  Pickled  Bams,  nstht,  at  lie.;  26  eya. 
Hearf  BelUea  M  8^.:  aaJ  400  bxs.  Backs,  free  oi 
board  at  3oeton,  on  private  terms.  ...Baean  dpll  aol 

weak WeatArnlioaz  Clear  quoted  at  8%C-48'«A., 

and  Oiv  do.  at  ScddJsM  temg  moA  Short  C4a«r,| 
early  deltvery,  at  dc.'99*«e-...salea  unimportant. 
And  for  Cbloago  delivery,  Louie  and  iijhort' 
Clear,      for     early     delivery     at      8Sbc,      without 

reported    sales Westaro  Steam  Lard  has  oeea  ia 

slack  demand  for  early  delivery,  at  rednced  prices,  de- 
proased  by  the  Westem  reporta — Of  Westem  steam 
for  early  dehvery  here,  sales  have  been  reported  o| 
110  tcs.  prime  at  $11  io,cIoBine  at  $ll,bUi....Aii4 
for  forwani  dellvety  here,  WasMm  Steam  bss  been 


$11  26. ...Sales  were  reported  of  Westem  Steam  ft 
the  eitent  of  2,760  tea,  Febrnary.  at  $113 
$11  10;  7.250  tea.,  March,  at  $11  17>a® 
$11  27>3:  aod  4.760  tea,  April,  at  $11  26«>$11    37V* 

City  ^M>am  and  Kst(>le  very  duU,  quoted  at  $10  75; 

sales,  2f  tea  at  this  rate...  A  ml  No.  Iquotedat  $1050. 

BeflnedLard  bas  been  less  sought  after:    quoted 

for  the  Coattnent.  for  early  delivery,  at  $11  2o,  andi 

fox  tbe  West  lodliss  at  $9  87>s Sates  reported  ofl 

65i>  tcs.  for  tbe  West  Indiaa.  part  at  $9  87  >s.  ...Stock 
of  Lard  here  reported  at  32,779  tcs.  prime.  387  tci.  osl 

grade Stockof  Stearln'e,  641  tcs tieef  has  ooent 

slov{  of  sale  within  the  previous  range We  quotai 

Barrel  Beef,  nominally  at  $i:ei»$12  60  for  Bxtra  Mess;* 
at  $10  609$11  60  for  plain  Moss,  «nd$18  60^U 
for  Packet.  9'  bbl. ;  Sales  60  t>bls....'lierce  Beef  quoted 
thus:  Prime  Mess,  new,  at  $19^^211;  India  M«iss,i 
new,  $J0®$21;  City  Extra  India  Mess,  $25®l 
$25  SO.... Beef  Hams  have  been  quiet  with  ehoiofl 
Western  quoted  firm  at  $24  60  «>■  Obi... .Stock  of  Ueer 
In  the  jmoklag  yards  to-dav.  6,310  tos.  and  bbia .  (of 


w^btch  165  tcs.  and  hbls.  old,)  against  8,160  tcs.  and,' 
bbU.  Jan.  1, 1877,  and  4.495  tcs.  and  bbla.  Feb.  1.1 
1876 The  receipts  ot  Beef  In  Deeem ber  were  665  pka 


.  .Butter,  Cheese,  and  tiggs  essentially  as  last  quoted 
....Tallow  has  been  less  active,  and  quoted  weak... j 
Kales  65,000    n.   pnme    to    choice    at  8  S-lGcv 

8   6-1 6c Steanue     duU;      choice  City    in     hbda.^ 

Quoted   at  $11;  prime  Western   in  tcs.,  at  $10  75.    , 

SALTPSTKK— Dull  at  6>8C®7c;  gold;  stock  hate,,' 
4,600  bags ;  at  Boston,  400  bags. 

8UGAU8— Baw  have  been  quoted  steady,  on  a  modi 
erately  active  Inqul^,  witli  sales  reported  of  SOU' 
hbda  Centrifugal  at  IUI4C.;  275  tahda  Cuba  Mtuoova- 
do  at  834c;  12,000  piculs  Manila,  to  arrive,  at  8340.I 
Other  sales  rumored  without  reliable  particular «...J 
We  quote  fair  Be&ning  (^ba.  old  and  new,  at  i^^CSH 
g^sc.;  gooddo.,  9'ac®9'%c;  prime  da,  9=8C.®9'4C.:  iai^ 
to  very  choice  Grooery,  fcSiC.^lO'uc.;  Na  12  Clayed  as 
934C.;  Centrifiigal  stock  at  9?ac®10^.;  Manila^ 
bags.  S^c'SS'^tfi.;  Molasses  Sugar.  734c.'ai 
Oc;  Melsdo.  6o.w7c.....Beflned  Sugars  moderatel.y 
sought  after,  with  Granulated  quoted  to-dayi 
quite  firm  at  11»8C.;  Powdered,  ll'tcSU'eC-l 
Crushed  at  lliliO.;  Cut  Losf  at  12c:  Soft  White  ati 
10>«c.®ll>ac;  Soft  YeUow  at  9^®1034C  ^  ».... 
Stock  of  raw  Sugar  hereto-day  8.141  hhds.,  (of  which' 
2,206  hbds.  Cuba,  416  hhds.  fin-rlish  Islands,  and  519 
hbds.  New-Orleans.)  5,380  bxs.,  19.867  hags,  (and  80i 
hbds.  Melado,)  against  16,836  hboa,  7,665  bxs.. 
70,086  l>ags,  (and  1.519  hhds.  Melado,)  same  date  last 

year The    stock  of  raw   Sugars,   in    bags,  here  In- 

cluaes  4,440  bags  Brazil,  7,746  bags  Cuba,  7.638  bags 
English  Islands,  143  bags  Mexican. 

TOBACCO— Quiet  at  former  figures:  receipts  of  Do- 
mestic Leaf  here.  In  January,  344  hhds.;  deliveries 
firom  laspecUon  waranoose.  6.5 13  hhds.;  stock  to-day,  1 
21,024  hbda,  against  20,862  hhas.  same  time  laaC'; 
year:  sales  In  January,  4,900  hhda,  for  export  audi 
home  use....Beceipt3  of  tipanlBh  here  in  January,  6r, 
660  belas,  (all  Havana;)  sales  and  reshipmeuts,  6,067' 
bales;  stock  to-day.  21,474  bales,  (of  which  21.374 
bales  Havana  snd  100  bales  Yara.>  against  16,669 
bales  same  time  in  1876. 

WHISKY— Sold  to  the  extent  of  only  60  bbls.  at 
$1  09,  closing  with  this  rate  reported  bid.  < 

FHKIGUTS— A  very  light  busiueaa  was  reported  to- 
day on  berth  and  charter.  Bates  Were  quoted  easen- 
lially  unchanged.  Tbe  Grain  movement  was  unimpor- 
tant. Limits  offerings  of  Proylslous,  Cotton,  and 
other  general  cargo  were  reported.  Tonnage  for  Pe- 
troleum was  iu  slick  request.... For  Liverpool 
the  engagements  reported  since  onr  last 
have  been,  by  sail,  100  bales  Cotton,  com- 
pressed, at  9-32d.  ^  lb.:  700  bbla  aud  200  ska  Flour 
at  2s.  ^  bbL;  and  6u  hbds.  Tallow  at  20s.;  and,  b.y 
steam,  220  tons  Oil-cake  st  17s.  6d.;  small  lots  of 
Bacon  at  Sos.;  Cheese  aud  Butter  at  40s.  ^  ton,  (with 
Grain  room  quoted  ac  43.id.  -f  bushel.)  Also  a  Kor- 
we^an  bark,  487  tons,  with  Timber,  from  Balti- 
more, (reported  thence)  at  £9uO....For  Loudon, 
by  steam.  200  bbls.  Apples,  on  private  terms:  51>U 
bxs.  Cheese  at  40a  4P'  ton :  1.200  canes  Canned  Goods 
reported  on   private  terms,   and  100  bales  Hops  at 

1.3d.  ^  n> For  r^orunna.  a  Norwegian  brig,  279  tons, 

hence,  with  about  6,600  oases  Eefine<)  Petroleum, 
(taking  also  for  Lisbon 550  bbls.  do..)  reported  on  pri- 
vate terms.... For  Hamburg,  the  steamer  of  this  week 
Cleared  with  10,300  bushels  Bye,  6,200  bushels 
Com,  800  bbls.  Flour,  l,8iH)  pks.  Bacon, 
Lard,  &c.  1,050  pks.  Seed,  150  bales  Leather, 
650  Sevrlng-macbinea,  200  bbU.  Apples,  and  sundry 
lots  of  miscellaneoua  ireigbt,  recently  engaged  at  mar* 

ket  rates For  Lisbon  and  Cadiz,  from   Fhiladelnhia 

and  back  north  of  Hatteras,  a  British  bng.  358  tons, 
with  general  cargo,  on  private  terms,  raking  out  lor  . 
Lisbon  (on  sub-contract)  19.U00  bushels  Wheat,  in 
ship's  bags  at  l8c  9'  bushel,  and  Salt  back 
from  Cadis  on  private  terms.... For  Java, 
an  American  bark,  715  tons,  hence,  with  about 
20,000  cases  Petroleum  reported  on  private  terms.... 
For  Pernambuoo,  a  German  brig.  177  tons,  hence,  with 
Floor,  reported  at  about  $1  05  f  bbl.... For  Porto 
Ulco.  aim  Inck  north  of  Hatteras,  en  Amerioan 
schooner,  reported  at  49c  for  Stigar....For  Demerara. 
an  Amralcan  schooner,  216  tons,  henee,  with 
general  cargo,  at  50c  ^  bbl.,  and  aa 
American       brig,       362       tons.       with       Lumber, 

from  Wilmliurten.  at  $8  50 For  St.  John's,  N.  P.,  a 

Norwegian  brig,  337  tons,  hence,  with  Flour  and  Pro- 
visions, ont^  basisof  6oc970c  ^pbbl Per  Boston. 

a  British  brig,  339  tons,  with  Salt  from  Cadiz,  at  about 
10o.#bnshaL 

THE  STATE   OF  TRADE. 


Chicago.  Feb.  1.— Flour  in  light  demand,  but 
holders  firm.  Wheat  unsettled,  but  generally  higher  s 
No.  2  Chicago  Spring.  SI  25,  cash  ;  $1  27V-  March; 
No.  3  da,  SI  14 ;  fiejected,  97c  Corn  steady,  with  a 
fair  demand;  42>40.,  cash;  42'''8C.  bid,  March;  47o., 
May.  Oats  dnU  and  nominal;  aS^^CaSo^ga.,  cashj 
S6c®38^c,  March.  Ryestesdy  and  unchanged.  Barley 
steady  and  unchanged.  Pork  dull,  weak,  and  lower; 
$16,  cash:  $16  95^16,  February;  $16  20,  March; 
$16  45®$i6  60,  April.  Lard  dull,  weak, 
and  lower;  $10  60,  cash,  $10  6Ta9 
$10  70,  March;  $1U  80  bid,  April;  Bulk- 
meats  steady  with  a  fair  demand.  Dressed  Uogi 
dull,  weak,  and  lower;  sales  at  $d  95'ai$7. 
Whisky  steady  and  unchanged.  lOeoeiptB— Fiour,  7,50<l 
bbls.;  Wheat,  15,000  bushels;  Corn.  76.0U0  busn- 
els;  Oats,  19,000  bushels;  B.re,  21,000  bushels j 
Barley,  6,000  bifsbels.  Shipments- Flour,  8,000 
hbls.;  Wheat,  12,000  bushels;  Corn,  66.000  bush- 
els: Oats,  17,000  bushels:  Barley.  7.000  buaheia. 
At  the  afternoon  call  of  tbe  board :  Wheat  heavy  and 
lower;  $1  24<V  February;  $1  26<Vl  March.  Com 
lower ;  42c,  cash;  4212C.  March;  46I2C,  May.  Oati 
easy;  36 ^c  February;  S6S4C.,  March.  Pork  unsattlad 
and'  lower  ;  $16  15,  juarch.    Lard  unchanged. 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  L— Flour  a  shade  firmer,  but  very 
inactive.  Wheat— No.  2  Red  Fall.  $1  46,  ea«h; 
$1  603.4  bid,  March ;  No.  3  do..  $1  38,  cash;  $1  439 
$143^4,  Uaroh.  Com  inactive;  Na  2  Mixed,  39o., 
cash ;  89^c,  February ;  41 'ac.  March.  Oats  firmer : 
No.  2,  S4'«s.  Rye  iuaotlve  at  6uc  Barley  quiet  and 
unchanged.  Whisky  steady  at  $1  00.  Pork  dull  at 
$16  76  asked,  cash;  $16  6u  bid;  sai^  at  $16  75d> 
$17,  Msrcb;  settlemeats  for  February  were  made  at 
$16  66®$16  50.  Lard  dull  aud  nomlual  at  lOSgc., 
cash;  lUHic  bid,  February  nnd  March.  Bulk-meats 
dull  at  6c,  SH>c.  and  S^xc  asked  for  Shoulders,  Ciear 
Biu,  and  Clet^  Sides ;  no  sales  of  round  lota  Baooa 
steady  at  7^40.,  9h^.,  and  9^. ©9^40.,  for  Shoulders, 
Clear  Bib,  aud  Clear  Sides.  Live  Hogs  dull;  light 
shlDping,  $5®$5  50  ;  packing,  $5  5U®:^5  8U  :  batch- 
ers', $5  86<£$6.  Cattle  dull;  uaohauged:  offerings 
mostlyof  poor  grades;  very  Uttie  doing.  Receipts— 
2,000  bbls.  Flour,  8,000  bushels  Wheat,  52.000 
bushels  Com,  2.0OO  bushels  OsU,  1,000  bashela  fiLye. 
2,500  head  Uogs,  1,2UU  heaU  Cattle. 

CiNClNNATL  iFeb.l.— Flour  dull.  Wheat  stronffer 
and  scarce ;  Bed,  $1  35®$1  47.  <>>m  dnU  at  40c®4S« 
Oats  In  good  demand  at  35c'2)40c  Eye  quiet  but 
firm  at  SOca^Slc  Barley  dull  and  droopiug.  Pork 
dull  aud  nominal  at  $16  75.  Lard  duu  and  lower  1 
Steam  Rendered,  $10  50  bid;  $10  00  asked;  Ketile, 
$ira>$ll  50.  Bulk-meats  dull;  Shoulders,  b^ac^ 
6Vie.;  Short  Ribs,  8»2C.'3i8'^e.,  spot;  83iC.,  buyer; 
February:  Short  Clear  Sides,  d^^c'SS'^ec  Boooa 
quiet;  Shoulders,  714C:  Clear  Ribs.  G'qC;  Ciear  Sides, 
V\o.  Whisky  in  fair  demand  and.  firm  at  $1  U5.  But- 
ter dull  ana  heavy.  Uogs  steady,  with  a  &ir  demand 
foe  sbioping  gradrs;  paoking  qualities  dull ;  common, 
$5  25'®{5  6U;  fair  to  good  light,  $6  7o®$6;  packing, 
$6®$8  25;  extra  heavy,  $6  30®$8  60 ;  reoeipta,  8.S61 
bead;  Bhlpment»,  1,235  head. 

Buffalo.  Feb.  1 — Receipts— Flour,  3,800  bbls.) 
Wheat,  13,200  busbels;  Cora,  16.400  bushels;  Oats, 
12,600 bushels;  Barley,  800 bushels;  Bye,  2.800 bush- 
els. Shipmenu- Flour,  3,100  bbla.;  Wheat,  12,40U 
bushels:  Com,  14.80>J  busbels;  Oats,  13,600  bushels: 
'Barie.v,800  bushels:  Bye,  2,800  bushels.  C^ra  in  gooi 
demand,  with  a  light  supply.  Bales,  16  cars  new,  on  track 
at  bSc.'ap68*3C  4>'bushet.  mostly  attbe  iiuide  figure;  9 

oars  to  arrive  at  the  same  prices;  8  ears,  bv  sample, 
on  track  at  61>ac      Wheat— Sales  of    White  Mlchl- 

f  an  at  $1  50.  Oats— Sales  one  ear  Ohio  on  track  at  43o 
lour— Salea  850  bbla  at  unchanged  prices.  Pork, 
easier,  but  in  the  absence  «f  sales  nominally  tin- 
changed.  Otber  articles  unchanged.  JtaUroad  irelf  hts 
unchanged. 

Toledo.  Feb.  l. — Flour  quiet.  "Wheat  quiet  1 
No.  3  White  Wabash  held  at  $1  44:  $1 42  bid;  Na  1 
White.  Micbigan,  $1  48 ;  Amber  Michigan.  SI  45>a; 
Febi-uary.$l  46;  March,  $1  49:  No.  1  Bed  Winter. 
$1  54:  No.  2  do.,  $144;  No.  3  Bed.  $1  3219.  Co^n 
steady;  High  Mixed,  45 ^^c;  jNo.  2,  spot,  45>ec.;  Feb- 
ruary, 46c.;  March,  46\3C ;  May,  493^0.;  Bigected. 
4418C.  Oata  dnU;  White,  40>ac.;  B^eoteif,  ^^^'^fi. 
Clover-seed,  $9  30;  Mammoth,  $9  50.  Beceipts— 200 
bbU.  Fleur.  5,000  bushels  Wheat,  25,O0O  busbels 
Com.  fihioments— 600  bbia  flour,  1,400  bushels 
Wheat,  127000  bushels   Corn,  3,600  bushels  Oata 

MiLWADKBE,  Feb.  1.— Flour  quiet,  nncbanged. 
Wheat  steady;  No.  1  MUwaukee.  «1  37;  Ko.  2  oo., 
$1  29;  March.  $1  30%;  April.  $1  32 ;  Na  3  do.,  $1  21. 
Corn  steady;  So.  2  at  48 'ac  Oats  in  Islr  de- 
mand; Ko.  M  at  38S4C  Bye  steady  ;  NTo.  1  at  7lc9 
72c.  Barley  entirely  nominal;  Mo.  2  Spring.  76'9C. 
cash;  75c,  March;  No.  3  do.  at  36c  Provisions 
dull,  pomiwal.  Mess  Pork,  $lti  £6,  cash.  Lard. 
Prime  Steam.  10  Vs.  Dressed  Hogs  steady  at  $6  269 
$7.  Beeeipts— 7,000  bbla.  Ploar;  13,1K)0  bnshela. 
Wheat.  Shjfments-lS.OV<l{ibbla.  Flour;  11,000  bush- 
els Wheat. 

LOUISVILLE,  Feb.  1.— Flour  dull ;  Extra,  |5  50a 
$6  75;  do.  Familjr,  $6  76®$6  60;  A  Ko.  1,  $6  763 
$7  25:  Fancy.  $7'3$8.  Wlieat  firm;  Bed.  $1  45; 
Amber,  $1  50  ;  White.  $1  50'S/$1  65.  Corn  dull :  Noi, 
1  White,  42c;  Mixed,  41.  Bye,  80c  Cats— White, 
42c;  Mixed,  89c  Pork,  $17w$17  25.  Bulk-meat»~ 
Shoulders,  6%c®6iac ;  Clear  Bib  Bides,  Ss^c;  cleai 
Sides.  9c  Baoon  dull;  flOiealders,  TVc47>ac;  Clear 
Bib  SidM,  913C99  v.:  Clear  Sidee,9\c'a>9Vs-  Sugar- 
cured  Bams,  l2J9e.®l8)ac  lArd-neroe,  11>90.9 
lis^c;  Kegs,  la^a  Whlaky  ia.  fair  demand  ami  firm 
at  $106. 

NKW-OBLBAm.  Feb.  1 — Oats  dull ;  St.  Louis,  47o. 
^9c;  Galena,  50c  Com-aieal  easier  at  $2  669$2  70. 
6ngar  steady,  wltii  a  goed  demand ;  inferior,  bcOO^ie.; 
common  to  good.  7o.vT40.i  fair  ts  fnuvlklr.8c®8%c.! 
prime  to  ehoice,  8i3C®9c;  Centrifbgal,  8^c®9>«c; 
Yellow  Claritea.  9^910>4e.  MuUases  dnll,  w^k, 
and  lower;  Ontrifngal,  25c®40c;  common.  SOca 
S:iiac;  lair,  BBc.»87o.;  prime  to  ohoioo.  aiicSAfto, 
Other  articles  tmohangcd.  Kxohange— New-York  aigfat 
^e  premium;  steuiag,  96  lu  for  tbe  Bank,  iiolt 
lU{Rs9lti5^ 

OswBOO,  Feb.  1.— Flour  nnchauged ;  aales,  1,306 
t>bls.  Wheat  steady;  Ko.  3  JCUwaokaa  Clnb,  $1  SO; 
No.  2  Bed  Wabash,  $1  55;  No.  1  White  Hlchlcan. 
$1  62;  extra  da  Ac,  $1  68.  Com  in  Hght  de- 
mand; Bales  of  Waatern  Mixea  at  60c  Barlay  onieti 
Su  1  Canada  beta  at  $1  02  ;  So.  i  do..  93a  Com- 
nsiil  nnehaaged.  MiU-£s«a  uuobwigeit.  gall  row! 
Freight*— SJonr,  ta  Boston.  46c;  to  hew-Tork,  85e4 
to  Awaay.  9oo.  BafroaA  lib^manta— nanr.  1.400  bbia. 

Albany,  Feb.  1.— Wheat  and  Sye  qniytj  jirtMS 
jyim^iyai.  Com  mora  sKstive,  with  incicsssd  Kiateca 
da«»an(lj  sales  16  aaranewaa  uraaa  Waataoias  9ic., 
to  atzive;  1  oar  lallow  at  64o-.  apot»  Setbiog'  dtdu 
In  Bailer  t0i<da7.  OataquiataaaaamtDatly  a»Muu««a 

PBOyB>K|K>9,  Fab.  1 — PriuQox  Clqtbs  »n  MAjrt 
Oi«f.  oasb.  for  Vest  t>4x(i4  gsvda,  «Uh  mbw  aalaaail 
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AMm£MJSXIS  THIS  BTE.VINa 

AOApKMl  OF  MUSIC— Thb  Fmins  Vvr/cnuAst,  (Bag. 
llsli   Opera)— iilM  C.   L.  KeUoice.   Mr.    Mmm.  lb. 

*^I^  THBATEE.— OuK  Boarsino  Houss— Mr.  Stnnrt 
S°°^'»«  ***•  ^-  •*■  Crane,  Mra.  A.  if.  Baker.  MUa 
Maude  Hamaon. 

WALLACK'8  THKATBB.-Ait  for  HKB-Mt  Le»ter 
Wallaok,  Mr.  S.  Mackaye.  Mias  Ada  Uyas. 

FIFTH  AVB»DB  THBATRE.— Lk»on»:  on.  Wedmck 
roM  Sivwr— Ur.  O.  P.  Coghlan.  Mias  P.  Dayenport 

rKlON  SQUAKK  THEATaB.— Miis  Multoit— MJ88  Clara 
UoRis.  Mr.  James  cyjiteiL  Mr.  J.  H.  Stoddan. 

XIBLO'S,  GARDEN.— Arovwo  thb  Wosu>  ur  Eiohtt 
DjLit  (Jjpectacular)— Ktialfy  brothers. 

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HELLER'S  WOm)KR  THKATRK.— Prbstimoitatio*. 
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before  the  oonrts.  Such  a  proyiaion  is 
needed  to  break  up  a  ring  of  court  clerks, 
whose  relationships  with  some  of  the  Judges 
hare  been  the  means  of  yielding  them  large 
incomes  in  the  shape  of  fees  from  references 
and  reoeiyerships. 


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We  cannot  notice  ■nonymoos  commanlcations.    In 
f  sllcaaes  we  require  the  writer's  name  and  address,   not 
icipnblication,  but  as  a  Ruarantee  of  good  faith. 
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eommnnicatlona,  nor  can  we  undertake   to   preserve 
Bianuacripts. 


The  two  houses  of  Congress  began  their 
work  of  counting  the  Electoral  votes  vaster-' 
day.  The  proceedings  were  neither  interest- 
ing nor  picturesque,  somewhat  to  the 
lurprise  apparently  of  the  privileged  crowd 
who  were  permitted  to  witness  them.  No 
objections  were  made  till  the  vote  of 
Florida  -was  reached,  when  three  seta 
of  returns  were  presented,  and  were  duly 
lianded  over  to  the  Electoral  Commission 
for  examination  and  decision.  Argument 
on  these  will  begin  to-day,  and  will  last 
through  to-morrow's  session.  The  country 
may  fairly  expect  to  learn  early  next  week 
by  what  principle  the  vote  of  Florida  is  to 
bo  tested,  and,  therefore,  what  disposition 
■will  be  made  of  the  entire  mass  of  returns 
and  evidence  ft^m  the  disputed  States. 


Speaker  EAiirDAix,  selected  both  of  che 
-  tellers  on  the  part  of  the  House  from  the 
Democratic  side,  and  thereby  gave  another 
example  of  the  narrow-minded  partisanship 
and  the » sinister  motives  which  his  party 
bring  tofthe  "compromise"  solution  of  the 
Presidential  problem.  The  two  Demo- 
tcratic  ctellers  •  appear  to  be  the  survival 
ot  a  plan  matured  daring  the  ante-com- 
promise period,  which  contemplated  the 
presentation  of  a  count  of  votes  to'  the 
House  which  should  essentially  differ  from 
that  f  announced  by  the  President  of  the 
Senate,  and  which  might  be  used  as  a  pre- 
text for  the  linauguf  ation  of  Tilden.  Mr. 
BaFi'daix  and  his  associates  are  evidently 
not  aware  ithat  we  have  entered  upon  an 
en*  of  good  feeling,  or  at  least  they  are 
diiposed  to  cling  to  their  ideal  of  the  politi- 
Cf  J  millennium  as  the  time  when  the  Demo- 
"cratic  leopard  shall  lie  down  with  the 
Republican  kid  inside. 


The^enate  Committee  on  Privileges  and 
Elections  have  made  their  re{M>rt  on  the 
Presidential  Electors  alleged  to  have  been 
ineli^frible  at  the  time  of  their  election. 
Thery  find  that  Williamson,  of  New-Jer- 
Bey,  was  disqualified  from  acting  as  a  mem- 
bet  of  the  Electoral  College,  but  that 
the  vacancy^cauaed  by  his  non-attendance 

•WU8  legally  filled  by  hl8  associates. 
y'KOST,  of  Missouri,  is  also  declared  to  have 
^en  ineligible,  and  the  attempt  to  fill  the 
vacancy  f<caiised  by   his    absence  from    the 

meeting  f of  the  College  was  illegal  and 
void  under  the  laws  of  the  State.  Hol- 
Lii>AT,^of  Virginia,  was  likewise  found 
to  haye  \  been  disqualified,  but  the  va- 
cancy in  •  hia  case  was  legally  filled. 
The  Oregon  case  is  not  reported  on,  as  it  be- 
longs to  another  committee,  but  it  is  pointed 
out  that  an  application  of  the  doctrine  set 
apOby  Gov.  Grovkk  to  the  cases  of  Faosx 
aivd  HoLUDAT  would  render  the  Republican 
Dafudldateaiwho  ran  in  opposition  to  them 
entitled  to:the  Governor's  certificate.  The 
net  result'of  the  report  is  that  one  of  the 
Electoral 'votes  cast  by  Missouri  for  Tilden 
»nd  Hbkdbicks  is  clearly  illegal — that  the 
State   did,  in  tact,  contribute   but  fourteen 

rotes.*for  the  Democratic  candidates. 


Bills  for  the  reform  of  the  City  Gtovern- 
luent  are  pouring  in  upon  the  Legislature. 
The/three  bills  introduced  in  the  Senate  by 
Mr.  WooDlN  on  Wednesday  for  the  re- 
trenchment of  the  exorbitant  fees  of  the 
County  Clerk,  Register,  aud  Coroners  are 
samples  of  the  best  and  most  clearly 
defensible  kind.  Some  others  have  been 
introduced  in  the  Assembly  of  obvious- 
ly good  intent,  but  w^se  provisions  have 
already  been  embodied  in  the  cemprehen- 
sive  bill  presented  by  Mr.  Fish.  This  last 
measure  ^wae  somewhat  emasculated  before 
its  intrfHlliotion,  evidently  to  please  the 
Police  CommiBsianers,  and  there  is,  -of 
course,  no  guarantee  that  it  will 
not  emerge '  from  committee  still  fur- 
ther shorn  of  some  of  its  most  salutary 
provittons.  ^  It  will  probably  retain,  how- 
ever, the  principle  which  Mr.  Lakgbbik  has 
Dsade  the  aabjeet  of  a  separate  bill,  that 
00  olerk,  attoniey,  or  other  person  in  the 
■^9i»9'«f  %b»  Qitr  of  27ew-YoTk  ihall  b« 


The  streets  have  become  quagmires  of 
pasty  mud,  and  the  sidewalks  and  crossings 
are  covered  with  a  sloppy  mixture  which  is 
about  equally  destructive  of  public  health 
and  public  clothing.  And  yet  we  are  taxed 
$2,000  a  day  for  cleaning  the  streets,  and 
have  had  clear  and  Spring-like  weather 
for  the  last  eight  or  ten  days.  We  are 
frequently  reminded  that  the  City  wotlld  be 
well  governed  if  only  the  Legislature  would 
leave  it  alone  and  allow  the  noble  princi- 
ples of  local  self-government  and  direct 
official  responsibility  to  assert  their  power. 
But  who  thinks  of  calling  the  Police  Com- 
missioners to  account  for  their  notorious 
maladministration  of  street-cleaning  funds? 
Certainly,  not  Mayor  Ely,  whose  business  it 
is  supposed  to  be,  nor  the  Board  of  Alder- 
men, who  have  the  power  to  do  so,  nor  any 
five  citizens  who  are  tax-payers,  and  who, 
under  the  charter,  can  procure  the  summary 
examination  of  any  public  officer  before  a 
Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court.  Unless  the 
Legislatme  can  relieve  us  of  the  set  of  in- 
competent jobbers  who,  by  the  grace  of  that 
arch-intriguer  Gov.  Tilden,  became  Police 
Commissioners,  it  is  tolerably  clear  that 
"local  self-government"  will  not  rid  us  of 
the  load. 

THE  GOLDEN  OPPORTUNITY. 

The  impression  prevails  at  Washington 
that  this  Congress  will  do  nothing  toward 
securing  a  currency  constantly  redeemable 
in  coin,  though  that  is  now  plainly  within 
reach.  Bat  why  should  it  not  do  bo  t 
There  is  no  reason  in  the  interests  of  the 
country  for  refusing  to  take  the  simple 
step  which  would  accomplish  this  end. 
Apparently,  too,  there  is  no  reason  of  politi- 
cal expediency.  The  question  of  inflation 
and  contraction  as  an  issue  in  national  poli- 
tics may  be  said  to  have  passed 
out  of  sight,  for  the  time  being, 
during  the  last  Presidential  campaign. 
The  course  of  the  Democratic  Party  was 
so  equivocal  and  confusing  that  neither  the 
inflationists  nor  the  hard-money  men  cared 
to  give  prominence  to  the  currency  ques- 
tion. The  former  had  accepted  a  nominally 
hard-money  candidate  ;  the  latter  had  con- 
sented to  stand  on  a  dubious  platform 
which  was  strongest  on  the  inflation  side. 
No  one  hadany  motive  for  bringing  forward 
the  financial  issue.  In  a  somewhat  similar 
way,  the  Republican  platform  was  not  un- 
mistakably distinct,  and  Mr,  Hayes'  letter 
was  stronger  than  the  platform.  The  soft- 
money  Republicans  consoled  themselves 
with  their  own  construction  of  the  plat- 
form, and  the  hard-money  men  took  com- 
fort from  the  views  of  their  candidate. 
But  the  issue  waa  not  made  up  clearly  in 
the  public  mind,  and  other  things  easily 
threw  it  into  the  shade. 

Why  should  any  member  of  Congress,  no 
matter  what  his  views  have  been,  object 
to  seeing  the  financial  issue  permanently 
got  ont  of  politics  T  That  can  now  be 
done  easily.  All  that  is  necessary  is  a 
law  for  funding  legal  tenders.  The 
legal-tender  notes  yesterday  rose  to 
within  4.65  per  cent,  of  the  value  of 
gold,  the  price  of  the  latter  in  paper  being 

quoted  at  104J^.     The  impulse  which  would 

be  given  by  a  simple  funding  law,  would 
now,  beyond  any  reasonable  question,  carry 
the  notes  to  par,  and  the  operation  of  such 
a  law  would  keep  them  permanently  equal 
to  gold.  The  financial  question,  in  the  form 
in  which  it  has  vexed  the  country 
fcr  so  many  years,  would  then 
be  settled.  We  repeat,  why  should  this  re- 
sult not  be  acceptable  to  all  parties  T  The 
"greenback"  issue  has  never  been  of  the 
slightest  political  advantage  to  any  party. 
It  has  provoked  dissenaious  and  quarrels, 
and  brought  into  prominence  empty-headed 
demagogues  without  real  weight,  reputa- 
tion, or  force  of  character,  wherever  it  has 
attracted  much  attention.  It  has  de- 
moralized the  masses  and  brought 
perplexity  and  confasiou  to  party  leaders. 
Who  can  say,  for  instance,  that  the  notion 
of  "paying"  the  bonds  in  greenbacks  in 
1868  was  not  an  unmixed  evil  to  the  De- 
mocracy t  Who  of  their  own  leaders,  in 
his  sober  senses,  does  not  now  believe  that 
the  wild  heresies  regarding  inflation  in 
Ohio  and  Pennsylvania  in  1875,  and  their 
rei>etition  in  1876,  gave  the  party  a  load 
to  carry  without  which  it  might  have  stood 
in  no  need  of  extra-constitutional  devices 

to  help  it  to  the  Presidency  T     As  for   the 

Republican  leaders,  the  weak  spot  in  the 
armor  of  some  who  were  justly  distinguished 
during  the  war,  and  who  were  capable  of 
maintaining  a  good  record,  has  been  their 
error  regarding  paper  money. 

it  now  happens  that  largely  by  the  work- 
ing of  forces  wholly  outside  the  law,  the 
knotty  points  in  the  financial  question 
have  been  settled.  The  law  of  1875  was  a 
very  mild  measure.  It  made  a  promise  Of 
resumption  in  1879,  and  then  it  gave 
the  banks  the  choice  of  great- 
er or  less  issues,  at  their  discre- 
tion. That  was  all  that  was  really  effect- 
ive in  it,  for  the  provision  for  withdrawing 
80  per  cent,  of  legal  tenders  against  any 
new  bank  issues  has  in  practice  amounted 
to  little.  The  result  is  that,  without  any 
distinct  provision  for  contraction,  a  large 
amount  of  currency  has  been  withdrawn  be- 
cause it  could  not  be  kept  out  with  any 
profit.  Prices,  following  m  our  country  the 
tendency  prevailing  thix)ughout  the  world, 
have  fallen.  Large  ventures  in  the  use  of 
capital  have,  in  all  commercial  countries, 
been  avoided,  or  made  with  great  caution. 
The  demand  for  currency,  which  had  been 
unduly  excited,  has  fallen  away.  At  the 
same  time,  by  a  peculiar  fortune,  we  have 
made  large  export  crops  and  had  a  good 
sale  for  them.  By  a  forced  economy 
at  home,  we  have  lessened  our  purchases 
abroad.  A  very  large  part  of  our  debt  to 
Europe  has  been  paid,  and  for  some  time 
payments  have  set  in  the  opposite  direction. 
The  credit  of  the  Gkivemment  has  advanced 
steadily,  until  now  its  bonds  stand  higher 
in  the  markets  of  the  world  than  they  have 
done  in  nearly  a  score  of  years,  and  its 
demand  notes  bear  a  discount  of  less 
than  five  per  cent.,  and  are  steadily 
advancing.  There  is  no  longer  a  question 
of  contraction,  or  of  any  positive  action  on 
the  part  of  the  Qovemmeot.  There  is  only 
the  question  of  securing  the  enormous  ad- 
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splendid  bargain  with  fortune  which  is 
happily  and  rather  unexpectedly  offered 
tons. 

A  funding  law,  in  the  opinion  of  all  ob- 
servers, would  now  make  our  paper  worth 
as  much,  dollar  for  dollar,  as  gold,  and  it 
would  silently,  easily,  without  jar  or  fric- 
tion, keep  it  at  that  point.  The  actual  in- 
crease of  the  funded  debt  thus  produced 
would'  be  insignificant.  At  the  outside,  it 
would  not  exceed  fifty  millions,  and 
would  add  but  two  millions  a  year 
to  our  interest  charge.  The  firm  sup- 
port given  by  such  a  measure  to 
our  national  cedit  would  enable  us  to 
refund  our  six  per  cents,  at  a  rapid  rate, 
and  the  disposal  of  the  remaining  $230,000,- 
000  of  the  4)^  per  cents  would,  of  itself, 
save  $3,450,000  annually;  probably  twice  as 
much  as  the  frinding  of  the  legal  tenders 
would  cost.  Never  was  a  Government  of- 
fered a  more  brilliant  opportunity  to  escape 
from  a  situation  which  is  wholly  bad, 
and-  to  permanently  establish  a  sound 
and  advantageous  policy.  If  the  pres- 
ent Congress  ia  blind  to  this  oppor- 
tunity and  the  great  duty  which  it  carries 
with  it,  we  hope  that  the  next  President, 
whoever  he  may  be,  will  promptly  call  the 
Forty-fifth  Congress  ia  extra  session,  in 
order  that  it  may  do  the  work.  Whatever 
awaits  the  country  in  the  way  of  political 
experience  during  the  next  four  years,  it 
would  be  a  great  gain  if  it  could  now  secure 
a  sound  and  stable  currency. 


DISTRUST  OF  CORPORATE  MANAGE- 
MENT. 

One  of  the  most  formidable  obstacles  to  a 
revival  of  financial  and  business  confidence 
is  the  almost  universal  distrust  of  the  man- 
agement of  great  companies  and  of  a  cer- 
tain class  of  financial  institutions.  The 
distrust  is  the  more  serious  because  it  is 
reasonable.  A  senseless  panic  will  wear 
itself  out.  Sweeping  accusations  based 
upon  exceptional  wrong  seldom  do 
much  mischief.  But  when,  as  in  this 
case,  the  doubts  that  prevail  are  the  result 
of  an  experience  too  recent  to  be  explained 
away,  and  too  widely  ipjarious  to  be  at- 
tributed to  accidental  causes,  their  frank 
recognition  is  the  first  step  toward  improve- 
ment. There  can  be  no  great  increase  of 
trust  in  corporate  property  as  an  invest- 
ment until  its  management  acquire  condi- 
tions and  characteristics  now  rarely   found. 

Scarcely  a  day  passes  in  Wall  street 
which  does  not  illustrate  the  depth  and 
force  of  the  suspicions  which  exist.  The 
condition  of  the  "  street,"  the  deadness  of 
its  market,  the  paralysis  of  nearly  all 
branches  of  its  business,  could  not  have 
been  possible  except  in  a  period  of  intense 
distrust.  There  are  no  outside  operators 
because  the  market  is  essentially  a  brokers' 
market.  There  is  no  disposition  to  invest 
funds  which  are  only  nominally  productive 
in  undertakings  which  in  ordinary  circam- 
stances  would  seem  to  be  remunera- 
tive, because  there  is  no  faith 
in  the  influences  which  control  them. 
The  old  reliance  upon  the  literal  accuracy 
of  published  statements  is  gone.  The  old 
relations  between  directors  and  stock- 
holders, between  managers  and  the  public, 
exist  no  longer.  The  managerial  art  con- 
sists chiefly  in  hiding  the  facts  of  an  un- 
pleasant situation.  The  power  incident  to 
a  directorship  is  used  most  frequently  for  the 
furtherance  of  interests  in  which  the  con- 
stituents, the  shareholders,  have  no  concern 
whatever — which,  indeed,  are  often  antago- 
nistic to  the  shareholders'  interests,  and 
have  been  cultivated  without  reference  to 
their  judgment  or  their  wishes. 

The  last  forty-eight  hours  have  shown 
the  working  of  this  state  of  things  in  the 
case  of  the  New-Jersey  Central  Railroad. 
Its  melancholy  history  we  need  not  recapit- 
ulate. It  has  within  a  few  months  fallen 
from  a  condition  of  great  apparent  pros- 
perity to  one  of  partial  helplessness.  A 
tumble  from  110  to  21  would  not  have  been 
possible  had  the  main  body  of  the  stock- 
holders, or  a  small  percentage  of  the  invest- 
ing public,  placed  any  reliance  npon  the  re- 
iterated assurances  of  those  in  authority. 
From  an  investment  security,  the  stock 
has  sunk  until  it  has  become  the  sport 
of  "bulls"  and  "bears,"  and  is  withal 
BO  beset  with  elements  of  uncertainty  that 
any  real  value  it  retains  is  unknown.  No 
report  respecting  it  is  too  prejudicial  to  be 
believed.  With  something  like  fatuity,  the 
Directors  and  officers  pursue  a  course  the 
least  of  all  likely  to  produce  improvement. 
They  held  a  secret  meeting  with  a  limited 
number  of  shareholders,  to  whom,  we  must 
suppose,    some   explanation    of  affairs    was 

given.  The  presumption  is  that  the  ex- 
planation was  not  favorable  or  it  would 
not  have  been  confined  to  a  hole-and- 
corner  meeting.  What  was  done  is  only 
matter  of  conjecture.  Rose-colored  stories 
were  put  into  circulation  for  the  benefit  of 
the  "  bulls ;"  but  already  they  are  discred- 
ited, and  the  position  of  the  company  is  not 
much  better  than  before.  Whether  wealthy 
shareholders  agreed  to  take  certificates  of 
indebtedness  to  an  amount  sufficient  to 
extricate  the  company  from  immediate 
difficulties,  or  whether  the  aid  rendered 
was  no  more  than  a  loan  to  prevent  de- 
fault on  the  first  mortgage  bonds,  is,  for 
the  general  purposes  of  an  argument,  im- 
material. The  noteworthy  fact  is,  that  the 
former  management  of  the  company  was 
fatal  to  trust,  and  that  the  new  manage- 
ment, instead  of  taking  the  whole  body  of 
shareholders  into  its  confidence,  persists  in 
the  same  unwise  policy.  The  natural  con- 
sequence is  seen  in  the  weakness  of  the 
company's  credit,  and  the  readiness  to  ac- 
cept the  worst  rumors  in  regard  to  its  afiairp. 
Similar  in  essence,  though  different  in  de- 
gree, is  the  position  of  the  two  other  corpo- 
rations which  lost  the  public  confidence 
simultaneously  with  the  New-Jersey  Cen- 
tral Road.  It  would  be  unjust  to  the  Dela- 
ware, Lackawanna  and  Western  and  the 
Delaware  and  Hudson  to  classify  them  with 
the  New-Jersey  Central.  Their  embarrass- 
ments are  lighter,  their  properties  more  val- 
uable. On  the  other  hand,  the  policy 
which  brought  ruin  to  the  New-Jersey 
Central  was  also,  to  a  greater  or 
less  extent,  their  policy.  Their  stocks, 
months  ago,  ceased  to  be  available  for 
investment.  Their  eondition  is  suspected; 
their  future  is  talked  of  with  misgivings. 
If  their  managers  are  to  be  believed,  so  un- 
favorable an  estimate  is  not  warranted  by 
facts.  Their  difficulties,  we  are  told,  are 
merely  temporary,  and  are  imcident  to  a 
period  of  Repression,  while  the  inherent 
strength  of  the  companies  forbids  aught 
worse  than  has  already   ocooxred.     Had 


these  assurances  been  accompanied  with 
statements  so  full  and  clear  that  there 
could  be  no  denying  them,  the  progress  of 
distmst  might  have  been  checked.  But  the 
published  explanations  themselves  need  to  be 
explained.  They  reveal  only  part  of  a  com- 
plicated story.  '  Of  coiirse,  the  Directors 
and  officers  plead  their  personal  standing  as 
proof  that  nothing  dishonorable  or  disas- 
trous remains  behind.  There  was  a  time 
when  the  plea  would  have  been  accepted  as 
conclusive,  but  it  is  not  now.  Faith  of  that 
sort  has  vanished.  And  these  enterprises 
will  continue  discredited  until  their  mana- 
gers acknowledge  the  right  of  the  holders 
of  their  securities,  and  the  public  generally, 
to  a  full  knowledge  of  the  truth. 

If  we  select  the  coal  companies  as  exam- 
ples of  the  manner  in  which  financial  diffi- 
culties are  aggravated  by  the  reticence  or 
evasiveness  of  their  managers,  it  is  because 
they  happen  to  be  the  most  conspicuous  in 
the  affairs  of  Wall  street.  But  the  moral 
they  teach  extends  to  other  campanies,  as 
well  those  whose  present  condition  is  one 
of  comparative  prosperity  as  those  which 
still  lie  half  hidden  amid  the  wrecks  of  1873. 
The  concentration  of  stocks  in  few 
hands  is  to  the  management  an 
element  of  immense  power,  but  it 
is  not  .necessarily  a  guarantee  against 
the  cori:oding  effects  of  popular  distrust. 
Prudent  investors  are  shy  of  corporations  in 
which  they  are  practically  voiceless.  They 
are  not  quite  sure  of  statements  whose  veri- 
fication is  beyond  their  reach.  If  this  feel- 
ing applies  to  companies  of  unusual  strength, 
its  influence  in  relation  to  companies  which 
now  pay  a  diminished  dividend,  or  no  divi- 
dend at  all,  or  which  are  still  struggling 
with  the  holders  of  defaulted  bonds — is 
irresistible.  Take  the  Illinois  Central  as 
the  type  of  the  first  class  and  the  Michigan 
Central  as  the  type  of  the  second,  and  we 
have  evidence  of  a  decline  quite  as  notable, 
and  quite  as  suggestive,  as  that  of  the  Dela- 
ware and  Hudson.  As  for  the  bankrupt 
roads,  there  can  be  no  help  for  them  until 
confidence  is  restored  in  the  integrity  of 
corporate  authority. 

The  want  is  as  wide  as  this  form  of  man- 
agement. It  extends  to  financial  institu- 
tions not  less  than  to  railroads.  In  its  effects 
upon  business  interests  generally,  the  dis- 
trust is  scarcely  less  injurious  than  are  the 
abuses  which  account  for  its  existence.  The 
one  thing  needful  for  its  cure  is  reform  in 
corporate  management.  We  must  go 
back  to  seek  sounder  ideas  of  mana- 
gerial duty;  and,  having  found  them, 
must  insist  upon  their  application 
in  the  direction  of  corporate  affairs.  The 
pride  of  a  manager  may  be  wounded  when 
he  IS  reminded  that  he  ia  the  servant  of  the 
corporation,  whether  it  be  a  railroad,  an  in- 
surance company,  or  a  trust  company ;  but 
until  he  realize  this  relationship  he  is  not 
unlikely  to  misinterpret  his  func- 
tions and  to  pervert  his  power. 
Directors  may  shun  as  a  lunatic  a 
man  who  rises  at  a  meeting,  or  avails  him- 
self of  a  seat  at  a  board,  to  remind  them 
that  they  are  simply  trustees  for  others, 
that  they  have  no  right  to  lock  up  secrets 
or  to  do  anything  not  consistent  with  a 
fiduciary  position  ;  but  unless  they  learn 
the  lesson  from  somebody,  and  act  upon  it, 
they  will  look  in  vain  for  the  unstinted 
confidence  which  is  essential  to  a  renewal 
of  corporate  prosperity. 


"PICKETT. 
During  the  war  between  the  United 
States  and  Mexico  a  wandering  American 
of  a  commercial  turn  found  his  way  to  the 
seat  of  the  Mexican  Government.  Saunter- 
ing into  the  halls  of  the  Mootezumas,  ^s 
one  may  suppose,  be  crossed  his  legs,  drew 
out  his  jack-knife  and  a  piece  of  soft  pine 
wood,  and  with  a  thin  stream  of  saliva 
knocking  over  a  fly  at  ten  paces,  he  said  to 
the  Dictator,  "  Wal,  Squire,  how  '11  ye 
dicker  f  I  '11  settle  this  war  for  ye  inside  of 
thirty  days;  terms  cash."  The  stranger 
was  arrested  for  attempting  to  net^otiate 
peace  without  authorization  aud  on  a  money 
basis.  He  was  sent  through  the  lines 
to  Gen.  Scott,  and  thereafter  cut  no  fig- 
ure in  history.  What  was  his  name  and 
what  bis  fate  the  chronicler  of  those  times 
fails  to  record.  We  are  persuaded  that  he 
was  John  T.  PiCKKTT.  For  John  T.  Pick- 
ett, according  to  his  own  autobiography 
given  to  David  Dudley  Field's  (late 
Knott's)  committee,  has  led  a  checkered, 
eventful,  and  diplomatic  career.  Pickktt 
was  a  Brigadier  General  under  Kossuth, 
a  Major  General  under  Santa  Anna,  a 
Minister  Plenipotentiary  "  near  the  Gov- 
ernment of  Mexico"  under  Jkffbr- 
80N      Davis,       and       at      one       time 

held      a      position      of       soma      sort      by 

appointment  of  Gen.  Walkek,  when  that 
gray-eyed  man  of  destiny  was  filibustering 
in  Nicaragua.  He  has  also  been  in  the 
United  States  consular  service,  was  a 
Colonel  in  the  Confederate  Army,  Chief  of 
Staff  to  Gen.  Breckivkiogb  at  various 
times ;  and,  twenty-seven  years  ago,  he 
"  struck  a  blow  for  the  independence  of 
Cuba."  When  all  was  over  and  he  felt  that 
the  Confederacy  was  no  more,  he  gathered 
up  the  rebel  archives  and  sold  them  to  the 
United  States  Government  for  thirty-five 
thousand  dollars.  This  soldier  of  fortune  is 
very  dear  to  the  heart  of  Mr,  David  Dud- 
ley Field. 

The  fertile  genius  of  PiCKKTr  perceived 
a  glorious  opportunity  in  what  is  popularly 
known  as  the  Louisiana  complication.  He 
says  that  he,  being  a  Democrat,  believed 
that  Louisiana  had  gone  for  Tildbn.  But, 
as  other  men  might  not  so  believe,  and  as 
the  returns  were  against  his  candidate,  he 
beheld  a  new  chance  for  putting  an  honest 
penny  in  his  purse.  To  him  then  entered, 
as  in  the  nick  of  time,  an  emissary — Maddox 
by  name — who  was  ready  to  help  to  com- 
plete a  bargain  by  which  the  State  should 
be  secured  for  Tildkn  tor  the  trifling  sum 
of  one  million  dollars.  There  is  nothing 
mean  about  PIckett.  He  felt  that 
he  could  secure  the  Louisiana  Electoral 
vote  for  a  much  less  sum.  Indeed,  be  sub- 
sequently told  Mr.  Abram  Hewitt  that  the 
thing  could  be  done  for  $550,000.  A  cool 
half  million  was  the  "  minimum  pile  "  de- 
manded for  the  vote,  and  the  trifling  sum  of 
$50,000  was  added  aS  his  own  fee  for  con- 
ducting the  negotiations.  But  he  would 
not  grind  the  faces  of  the  poor ;  a 
round  million  he  thought  ought  to 
be  forthcoming,  This  honest  gentleman 
says  that  his  heart  was  wrung  when  he 
thought  of  forty  miUicns  of  people  about 
to  be  delivered  over  to  another  Republican 
Administration,  and  all  for  the  want  of  a 
paltry  million  of  dollara.    Tha  forty  mil. 


iions,  he  said;  knew  that  Ixuxxs  was 
elected,  and  would  be  woefrilly  disappointed 
if  he  did  not  get  the  Electoral  vote  of  Loui- 
siana. 

.  It  seems  that  Pickett  met  various  Demo- 
oratio  statesmen  who  were  much  of  his  way 
of  thinking.  Mr.  Hnwrrx,  he  says,  ap- 
proved of  what  he  was  doing,  and  said  that 
if  he  (Hewitt)  waa  in  his  (Pickett's)  place 
he  should  do  just  what  Pickett  was  doing 
— go  about  the  country  to  sell  out  the 
Electoral  vote  of  Louisiana.  To  be  sure,  it 
does  not  appear  that  Pickett  could  deliver 
the  goods ;  but  he  expressly  declares  that  if 
he  could  only  get  $50,000  he  would  be 
willing  to  "live  in  sackcloth  and  ashes" 
for  the  remainder  of  his  days.  It  is  under- 
stood that  Pickett's  ideas  as  to  the  value 
of  sackcloth  and  ashes  are  more  extravagant 
than  those  of  most  people.  Moreover,  in 
the  Spartan  virtue  of  his  determination,  he 
was  willing  to  give  the  coveted  $50,000  to 
the  widows  and  orphans  of  the  Confederacy, 
keeping  only  the  penitential  sackcloth 
and  ashes  for  his  own  private  use.  The 
spectacle  of  this  good  man's  selling 
eight  Electoral  votes  for  cash  and  giving 
his  $50,000  fee  to  tlm  widows  and  orphans, 
and  spending  the  remainder  of  his  days  in 
sackcloth  and  ashes,  is  calculated  to  move 
the  heart  of  the  most  callous  politician. 

John  Morkissey  seems  to  have  seen 
things  in  some  such  light.  PiCKETr  says 
that  this  eminent  statesman  remarked  that 
he  would  buy  the  eight  Electoral  votes  as  he 
would  buy  an  equal  number  of  pigs  in  open 
market.  Mr.  Mobrissey,  he  says,  thought  it 
was  quite  right  to  pay  a  man  for  doing  right, 
provided,  the  man  wouldn't  do  it  without 
pay.  But,  ot  course,  h*  who  paid  the  money 
must  decide  whether  the  thing  required 
was  right  or  wrong.  This  is  the  statesman- 
like view  which  Mr.  Tweed  used  to  take  of 
legislation.  If  he  believed  that  his  linle 
bill  ought  to  pass,  why  should  he  not  give 
a  Senator  a  handsome  check  for  voting  for 
it,  since  he  could  not  be  made 
to  do  his  duty  in  any  other  way  f 
And,  lest  some  censorious  person  should 
object  to  this  line  of  argument  on  the 
part  of  Mr.  Morrissky,  the  ingenuous 
Pickett  begs  us  to  remark  that  the  conver- 
sation "  was  held  on  Sunday,  and  that  it 
was  not  in  a  bar-room."  There  is  much 
virtue  in  a  conclusion  which  is  arrived  at 
by  two  conferring  statesmen  who  collogue 
on  Sunday  and  elsewhere  than  in  a  bar- 
room. 

So,  armed  with  the  approval  of  Messrs. 
MoRRissEY  and  Hewitt,-  the  patriotic 
Pickett  felt  that  he  could  secure  what  he 
oalls'his  "  great  object."  This  was  to  elect 
TiLDEN  at  any  reasonable  expenditure  of 
money,  sackcloth,  and  ashes.  The  good 
man's  heart  mourned  over  forty  millions  of 
people,  and  he  made  it  an  inevitable  condi- 
tion in  all  negotiations  that  he  should  have 
control  of  "  the  manipulation."  No  inter- 
mediaries or  agents  for  Pickett.  He  must 
handle  the  cash,  or  the  widows  and  orphans 
might  go  hungry.  Pickett,  it  may  be  ob- 
served, was  not  bom  yesterday.  And  when 
his  confederate  in  New-Orleans  telegraphed 
something  about  his  (Pickett's)  interest, 
he  virtuously,  but   profanely,  roared   back 

over    the    wires,     "D n    my     interest. 

Think  of  the  best  interests  of  40,000,000 
of  people."  Mr.  David  Dudley  Field 
wept  copiously  when  he  read  that  dispatch. 
Nevertheless,  Mr.  Pickett  did  not  sell  the 
Electoral  vote  of  Louisiana.  Mr.  Hewitt 
did  not  think  his  price  was  too  high,  but  he 
didn't  believe  he  could  deliver  the  goods. 


A  CHICAGO  MIRACLE. 

A  year  or  two  ago  a  Methodist  minister 
with  an  unsatisfactory  leg  was  suddenly 
cured  of  his  lameness  while  attending  a 
camp-meeting  at  Ocean  Grove.  This  al- 
leged miracle  gave  rise  to  a  good  deal  of  dis- 
cussion at  the  time,  the  minister  insisting 
that  the  joint  prayers  of  two  eloquent  sis- 
ters had  completely  repaired  his  leg,  while 
certain  of  his  fellow-ministers  claimed  that 
he  still  perceptibly  limped,  and  that  hence 
his  alleged  cure,  being  imperfect,  could  not 
be  regarded  as  a  miracle.  Whatever  may 
have  been  the  truth  as  to  this  affair,  it  has 
been  entirely  thrown  into  the  shade  by  the 
recent  cure  of  a  paralytic  Chicago  lady, 
who,  instead  of  a  merely  local  leg  difficnlty, 
was  sufiering  from  inability  to  speak,  eat, 
or  walk,  and  who,  without  any  extraneous 
aid,  prayed  herself  entirely  out  of  the  hoase 
and  into  a  neighbor's  parlor,  where  she  sang 
hymns  with  a  determination  to  make  up  for 
lost  time  which  cast  a  gloom  over  the  entire 
neighborhood. 

This  interestini;  woman  became  para- 
lyzed seven  ur  eight  years  ago.  Although 
her  left  side,  with  its  appurtenances,  was 
totally  useless,  she  was  able  to  move  from 
room  to  room  with  crutches,  though,  of 
course,  too  slowly  to  overtake  an  active 
husband  or  a  wary  book  agent.  The  worst 
misfortune  was  her  inability  to  speak.  Her 
jaws  could  only  be  opened,  as  she  asserts, 
by  prying  them  apart  with  a  piece  of  cork 
an  eighth  of  an  inch  wide — and  it  may  be  in- 
cidentally remarked  that  this  is  the  first  in- 
stance on  record  in  which  cork  has  been 
used  as  a  crowbar.  Of  course,  no 
woman  could  do  justice  to  any  subject  by 
slowly  filtering  her  remarks  through  an 
opening  an  eighth  of  an  inch  wide,  and 
hence  this  remarkable  person  abstained 
durine  nearly  eight  years  from  all  conver- 
sation. Naturally,  she  found  great  diffi- 
culty in  eating,  but  her  husband,  who  was 
quick  to  perceive  the  advantages  of  a  wife 
'who  could  neither  go  out  shopping  nor 
comment  upon  his  faults,  kept  her  alive 
with  "nourishing  liquids."  It  must 
have  been  truly  pathetic  to  watch 
this  devoted  man  administering  "  nour^- 
ishmg  liquids"  to  his  helpless  wife 
with  a  teaspoon,  and  calmly  ignoring  her 
mute  dt^atisfaction  with  the  quantity  of 
sugar,-  or  the  quality  of  the  lemon  peel. 
Perhaps,  if  Sfi  ewild  have  foreseen  the  future 
he  would  have  swallowed,  the  nourishing 
fluids  himself,  procured  a  divorce,  and  mar- 
ried a  wife  from  a  deaf  and  dumb  asylum 
famished  with  a  written  guarantee  of  her 
incurability.  But  we  can  never  know  what 
may  be  the  consequences  of  a  kind  act. 
Many  a  man  has  warmed  a  small  boy  in  his 
bosom,  only  to  have  him  grow  up  and  blow 
a  tin  horn  in  his  ears.  Many  an  unmarried 
woman  has  cast  Christmas  slippers  before 
her  Pastor,  who  has  subsequently  turned 
and  Tended  her  holiest  feelings  by  marrying 
some  one  else.  We  cannot  tell  what  misery 
a  single  kind  act  may  produce ;  and  there 
are  scores  of  men  whose  lives  have  been 
blasted  by  a  thoughtless  kind  word  spoken 

to  »  determined  widow. .  thoroiUEbly,  fa-. 


miliar  with  the  sort  of  evidence  that  in- 
sures sQOoess  in  a  breaoh-of -promise  suit. 

The  eomplioated  Chicago  paralytic  lady 
endured  her  suffermgs  with  the  resignation 
that  IS  so  beautiful  in  a  woman  who  cannot 
lift  a  stoye-Ud  or  remark,  "  O I  Fll  let  yon 
know."  Recently,  however,  it  occurred  to 
hei*  to  pray,  and  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  she 
was  a  confirmed  resident  of  Chicago,  she 
boldly  knelt  down  and  began  her  devotions. 
If  it  be  possible  to  criticise  her  conduct  in 
this  partiotdar  without  irreverence,  it  may 
be  asked  why  a  paralytic  who  could  not  sus- 
tain herself  without  crutches,  should  have 
thrown  them  aside  and  knelt  t  Still,  we 
are  obliged  to  accept  the  fact  that  she  did 
kneel,  for  we  have  her  solemn  assertion  to 
that  effect. 

Presently  the  devout  lady  heard  a  voice 
in  the  room,  and  felt  a  natural  indignation 
at  the  irreverent  interruption.  The  sound 
of  the  voice  grew  loud&  and  louder,  until  it 
occurred  to  her  to  investigate  her  mouth 
and  ascertain  if  it  had  any  connection  with 
the  phenomenon.  Having  "put  her  hand 
right  in  between  her  teeth,"  she  discovered 
that  the  voice  in  question  was  her  own 
voice.  She  recognized  it  as  soon  as  she 
touched  it,  and  her  delight  on  finding  that 
she  could  speak  was  so  great  that  she  in- 
stantly sprang  up  and  ran  across  the  street 
to  mention  the  matter  to  an  intimate  friend. 
As  she  was  ranning  she  happened  to  notice, 
that  she  was  able  to  move  without  crutches, 
and  this  naturally  added  to  her  joy.  That 
she.demonstrated  her  recovery  of  her  voice 
by  violent  singing  was  not  to  be  wondered 
at,  and  it  can  hardly  be  doubted  that  she 
also  illustrated  her  improved  condition  in 
point  of  legs  by  throwing  a  few  graceful 
somersaults — although  she  abstains  from 
mentioning  this  fact.  A  veil  must  be 
dropped  over  the  subsequent  meeting  of 
husband  aud  wife.  There  are  griefs  too 
sacred  for  comment,  and  we  should  respect 
the  feelings  of  the  man  who  returned  to  a 
once  happy  home  to  find  his  wife  standing 
erect  at  the  front  door  and  overflowing 
with  long-suppressed  language.  This  is,  in 
substance,  the  story  told  by  the  woman  her- 
self, and  it  would  scarcely  be  worth  repeat- 
ing were  it  not  that  certain  good  people  iu 
Chicago,  including  at  least  one  presumably 
intelligent  minister  of  a  reputable  sect,  in- 
sist that  the  woman  has  been  the  subject  of 
a  genuine  miracle. 

It  may  not  be  the  province  of  a  secular 
newspaper  to  decide  upon  the  genuineness 
of  an  alleged  Chicago  miracle,  but  it  is  per- 
missible to  point  out  the  consequences 
which  the  acceptance  of  the  woman's  story 
of  her  claim  that  her  cure  was  miraculous 
involve.  There  is  sufficient  evidence  to 
prove  that  so-called  "magnetic  healers" 
have  apparently,  cured  cases  of  paralysis 
by  commanding  the  patient  to  throw  away 
his  crutches  and  walk.  The  Zouave  Jacob 
certainly  did  this  in  several  instances,  and 
other  quacks  of  equal  impudence  have  been 
occasionally  equally  successful.  Why 
should  we  refuse  to  accord  these  men  the 
power  of  working  miracles,  if  we  grant  that 
the  prayer  of  a  Chicago  woman  has  wrought 
a  miraculous  cure?  Or  to  make  a  closer 
parcel,  there  are  well-authenticated  cases 
of  paralytics,  or  other  invalids,  who 
have  been  cured  by  praying  at  the 
shrine  of  some  popular  Roman  Catholic 
saint.  We  cannot  refuse  to  believe  the 
miracles  wrought  at  Lourdes  if  we  believe 
the  miracle  wrought  at  Chicago.  If  the 
Chicago  woman  really  was  cured  in  the 
form  and  manner  alleged,  it  is  much  simpler 
to  assume  that  her  paralysis  was  a  form  of 
hysteria,  in  which  case  her  sudden  cure  was 
in  no  wise  marvelous.  To  admit  the  truth 
of  Methodist  and  Presbyterian  miracles  is 
to  admit  the  truth  of  Roman  Catholic 
miracles.  If  the  Chicago  Protestants  who 
believe  that  a  genuine  miracle  has  been 
wrought  in  that  city  are  prepared  to  make 
the  latter  admission,  it  is  their  own  busi- 
ness, but  they  will  find  that  in  this  matter 
there  is,  at  this  day,  no  stopping  place 
between  Rome  and  Reason. 


OBITUARY. 


EDWARD    DYAS,   COMEDIAN. 

Mr.  Edward  Dyas,  best  known  in  this  coun- 
try as  the  father  of  the  leadine  lady  at  Wallack's 
Theatre,  died  yesterday  at  his  danizhter's  residence, 
in  West  Fonrteeuth  street.  Mr.  Dyas  had  been 
oonflned  to  the  bouse  by  illness  for  some  weeks,  and 
hia  decease  was  not  unexpected.  He  was  bom  ia 
BirmiQKham,  about  63  years  since.  In  early  life  he 
was  apprenticed  to  a  silversmith  and  engraver,  but 
a  strong  inclination  tor  the  stase  speedily  mani- 
fested itself,  and  before  loni,  Mr.  Dyas'  name  be- 
came familiar  In  tbe  provinces.  Later  on,  we  be- 
lieve, he  appeared  in  Londoe,  and  when  his  daugh- 
ter was  eneaeed  to  visit  the  United  States,  be  ac- 
companied her  hither.  He  played  at  the  Brooklyn 
Theatre,  during  a  week  of  old  comedy  performances, 
and  NewYorlc  theatre-Ko.ers  will  doubtless  remem- 
bur  his  personation  of  Sir  Oliver  in  "  The  School  for 
Scandal,"  in  an  amatuer  reoresen Cation  whiob  oc- 
curred at  the  Lyceum  a  twelvemonth  or  so  aeo. 
Mr.  Dyas  was  an  actor  of  the  old  school,  experienced, 
metbudlcal,  and  preeise. 

At  a  special  meetinE  of  the  Directory  of  the  Lotos 
Club,  yesterday,  resolutions  were  passed  expressive 
of  regret  for  the  death  of  Mr.  Dyas,  and  appointing 
a  committee  ot  four  to  attena  taia  f  oneral. 


OBITUARY  NOTES. 

Mr.  E.  C.  Souse,  President  of  the  Sun  In- 
surance Company,  and  a  prominent  citizen  of  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  died  yesterday  momiuK. 

Prof.  Enos  Stevens  died  at  the  family  home- 
stead at  Barnet,  Vt.,  on  Wednesdav,  of  heart  dis- 
ease. He  was  a  brotber  of  Mr.  Henry  Stevens,  F. 
R.  8.,  and  Mr.  B.  T.  Stevens,  the  United  States 
Dispatch  Agent  at  London,  and  of  Mr.  Simon  Ste- 
vens, of  New-York.  Prof.  Stevens  was  a  cultured 
farmer  and  a  strong  writer  on  agricuUnral  subjects. 
His  Alderney  stock  took  tlie  tirst  premiqm  ac  tlie 
Vermont  State  AKricultural  Fairs  several  times. 

ART  irOTES. 
We  understand  that  the  coming  annual  exhi- 
bition of  paintlngB  at  the  Academy  of  Design  will 
be  especially  attractive  from  the  number  of  good 
piotnres  by  artists  oomparativel.v  little  known  to 
the  oublio.  The  young  men  who  have  been  profit- 
log  by  forelen  travel  and  the  healthier  atmosphere 
of  art  criticism  abroad  and  at  home,  will,  it  is 
understood,  furnish  work  quite  oat  of  the  old 
routine  of  things.  This  is  as  It  should  be.  The 
older  painters  will  not  be  hurt  by  tbe  pressing  for- 
ward of  tbe  young ;  the  latter  will  merely  widen 
the  circle  of  persona  interested  in  art 
matters  and  improve  the  market  for 
those  already  established  in  the  favor  of 
the  public.  Perhaps  a  sharper  competition  will 
spur  some  of  tbe  older  men  to  pat  ont  their  fall 
straneth,  instead  of  wasting  their  talents  on  piotores 
which  they  suppose  will  be  popular.  It  is  easy  to 
be  a  painter,  bat  the  way  of  an  artist  is  hard. 


THE  DBNJSON  CANAL  SUIT. 
AiiBAirr,  Febi  1. — ^Tha  Denison  oanal  salt 
was  oontinaed  before  the  Beferees,  Messrs.  Emott, 
Tappeo,  and  Lawaon,  this  morning.  The  only  wii- 
neasea  «xamined  were  H.  0.  Parsons  and  Wildam 
J.  MoAlpine,  for  tbe  porpose  ot  determining  the 
amount  of  work  done  by  the  contractors.  An  ad- 
Jonnunent  was  taken  to  Feb.  27.  Abont  one-half 
of  the  evideaee  for  the  people  is  m. 

BA2LSOAI>  mVLDXHD  DMOLASSD. 
FmiADBifHiA,  Feb.  1.— The  Board  of  Di- 
rectors of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  met 
to-day   and   declared  the  usual  dirldatdvDf  S  p«r 
.«eiU,0)ttaldfi.CKaJb«JRJhof^l{SpyK^''~^     — 


ALBANY. 


THE  WORK  OF  BOTE   HOUSES. 

A  SPIRITED  DEBATK  ON  A  BILL  AMBNDINa 
THK  LAW  OF  CMMnCAL  PROCEDURE — A. 
PROPOSED  COMMHTEE  TO  INVESTiaATB 
L1PK  INSUBAKCK  MATTERS — THB  NEW 
OAITTOL  BUILDING — MORRISSEY's  LOU- 
ISIANA  PIGS. 

From  Our  Own  Corresvondent 

Albany.  Thursday,  Feb'.  1, 1877. 

Nearly  the  whole  morning  session  pf  the 
Assembly  was  consumed  in  an  animated,  and 
at  times  very  heated,  debate  on  a  bill  intro- 
duced by  Mr.  Peter  Mitchell  amendatory  of 
the  law  of  criminal  procedure.  It  provides,  m 
brief,  that  it  shall  not  be  lawful,  on  the  trial  of 
any  person  charged  with  a  felony,  "after  a 
previous  conviction  for  felony  or  petit  larceny, 
to  charge  the  jury  to  inquire  concerning  such 
previous  conviction  until  after  they  shall  have 
inquired  concerning  such  subsequent  offense, 
and  shall  have  found  such  person  guilty  of  the 
same ;  and  whenever  in  any  indictment  such 
previous  conviction  shall  be  stated,  the  reading 
of  such  statement  to  the  jury  as  part  of  tbe  in- 
dictment shall  be  deferred  until  after  such 
finding  as  aforesaid  ;  provided,  nevertheless, 
that  if  upon  the  trial  of  any  person  for  any 
such  subsequent  offense  as  aforesaid,  such  per- 
son shall  give  evidence  of  his  or  her  good 
character,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  prosecution, 
in  answer  thereto,  to  give  evidence  of  the  in- 
diotnient  and  conviction  of  such  person  for 
the  previous  offense,  before  sucn  verdict 
of  guilty  shall  have  been  returned,  and  the 
jury  shall  inquire  concerning  such  previous 
conviction  at  the  same  time  that  thev  inquire 
concerning  the  subsequent  offense."  The 
speech  of  the  debate  was  made  by  Mr.  Eccle- 
sine,  who,  m  addition  to  hia  professional  objee- 
tioua  to  the  bill,  has  a  personal  animosity  to  its 
introducer,  which  infused  into  his  speech  a 
strong  spice  of  sarcasm  and  contempt.  He  de- 
nounced the  measure  as  one  in  the  interest  ot 
the  criminal  classes,  and  drew  a  graphic  picture 
of  a  criminal  trialia  New-YorE.  He  described 
tbe  jury  as  composed  of  persons  as  nearly  ap- 
proaching idiocy  as  could  be  obtained ;  narrated 
the  style  in  which  the  witnesses  tor  the  people 
and  the  defense  were  examined  ;  the  talented 
young  attorney  for  the  defense  lifting  his  eyes 
to  heaven  imploring  iustice  and  mercy  for  his 
client,  and  pictured  Johnny  Smasher,'the  crim- 
inal, sitting  with  his  mistress  beside  hiin  in 
tears,  she  with  one  eye  on  tbe  jury  and  the 
other  fixed  lovingly  oa  the  Judge.  The  House 
was  kept  in  a  constant  roar  of  laughter. 
At  the  conclusion  of  Mr.  Eeclesine's  speech, 
nearly  every  legal  gentleman  in  tbe  House  was 
ready  and  desirous  to  discuss  the  bill,  and  so 
various  were  tbe  opinions  expressed  about  it. 
and  so  many  the  amendments  offered,  that, 
finally,  the  bill  was  progressed,  and  in  tbe 
House  recommitted  to  the  Judiciary  Committee 
for  further  amendment. 

The  bUl  in  relation  to  the  office  of  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Works  was  reported  from 
tbe  Canal  Committee  this  morning,  and  on  mo- 
tion of  Mr.  Baker,  the  Qhairman,  was  made  the 
special  order  for  next  Monday  evening. 

The  following  resolutions  were  mtroduoed 
this  morning  by  Mr.  Purdy,  and  were  laid  over 
under  the  rule.  Mr.  Purdy  stated  that  they 
were  supplementary  to  the  resolutions  recently 
introduced  by  Mr.  Fish  and  adopted  by  the 
House : 

Whereas,  The  recent  failures  of  life  insurance 
companies,  and  tbe  disclosures  attendlns  thereou, 
tiave  created  much  anxiety  and  alarm  in  the  puoho 
mind  respecting  tbe  solvency,  business  standing, 
and  practices  of  lite  insurance  companies  doing 
business  in  this  State,  therefore., 

Mesolved,  That  a  special  committee  of  five  be  ap- 
pointed, with  power  to  send  for  persons  and  papers 
and  to  employ  competent  expert  assistants  to  ex* 
amine  into  Che  practices  and  condition  of  the  Uta 
insurance  companies  authorized  to  do  business  in 
this  State,  and  report  to  ttiis  House  as  soon  as  prac- 
ticable what  remedial  legislation,  if  any,  is  necessary 
lor  the  protection  of  the  lite  insurance  interests  ot 
tbe  people. 

Mr.  Healy  introduced  his  bill  abolishing  the 
Dock  Department.  It  provides  for  a  Superin- 
tendent ol  Docks  to  be  appointed  by  the  May- 
or, expenditures  to  be  made  under  the  sanction 
of  the  Board  ot  Apportionment. 

An  important  oill  in  reference  to  life  insu- 
rance companies  was  introduced  by  Mr.  Grady, 
prohibiting  the  usmg  of  proxies  at  eiectians  of 
officers,  unless  such  proxies  have  been  executed 
within  three  mouths  of  the  time  of  such  elec- 
tion ;  also  giving  policy-holders  an  equal  voice 
in  such  elections  with  stockholders. 

Mr.  Langbein  introduced  a  bill  abolishing 
the  requirement  of  confirmation  by  tbe  Board 
of  Aldermen  of  nominations  made  for  heads  oi 

departments  by  the  Mayor. 

THE   SENATE. 

The  Senate  occupied  most  of  the  session  to. 
day  discuBsing  the  joint  resolution  reported 
from  the  Assembly  Ways  %nd  Means  Commit- 
tee, and  adopted  in  tbe  lower  house,  directing 
the  stoppage  of  any  further  work  on  the  modi- 
fied plan  oi  the  new  Capitol  building  until  the 
Legislature  decided  whether  tbe  plan  should  be 
carried  out.  A  strung  bias  was  shown 
in  the  discussion  in  favor  of  stop- 
ping further  work  on  the  building  under 
any  plan.  A  majority  of  the  Senate 
are  evidently  opposed  to  completiDg  the  build- 
ing on  tbe  modified  plan  adopted  by  tbe  Capi- 
tol Commission  last  June,  and  it  would  not  be 
a  surprise  if,  when  the  question  ot  appropriat- 
ing more  money  comes  up,  a  majority  should 
be  found  in  lavor  «f  abandoning  the  work  al- 
together until  the  State  is  better  able  to  com- 
plete the  building.  Tbe  House  resolution  waa 
concurred  in  by  a  vote  of  20  to  11. 

Mr.  liOOBis  introduced  a  bill  imposing  a  fine 
of  $100  per  day  for  every  day  that  any  private 
banker  or  broker  shall  "  place  over  or  upon 
his  office  or  place  of  business,  or  upon  or  in 
any  pass-book,  check,  draft,  certificate  or  de- 
posit, or  other  paper,  the  .  name  of 
any  county,  town,  city,  village,  hill, 
valley,  river,  lake,  or  any  other  * 
name  or  device  by  which  the  public  may  be  led 
to  infer  tnat  the  banking  business  of  such  per- 
son, partnership,  or  association  is  being  con- 
ducted by  a  person  or  persons  duly  authorized 
to  act  as  bankers,  organized  under  tbe  laws  of 
the  United  States,  or  under  tbe  acts  of  this 
State  autborizmg  the  tormation  of  banking 

companies." 

Senator  Bixby  made  a  personal  explanation 
to  the  effect  that  he  did  not  mean  to  say  yes- 
terday that  tbe  Insurance  Committee  bad  neg- 
lected to  report  any  bill  introduced  bv  him, 
but  what  he  did  say  was  that  a  resolution 
offered  by  him  last  year,  and  sent  to  .that  com- 
mittee, instruoting  it  to  investigate  Uormg 
the  recess,  and  report  to  tbe  present  Legisla- 
ture on  the  subject  of  tbe  organization  ot  life 
insurance  companies,  had  not  been  complied 
with  by  that  committee.  In  answer  to  this 
complaint  the  committee  say  that  the  resolu- 
tion referred  to  did  not  pass  tbe  Senate,  and. 
therefore,  they  were  not  invested  with  any  au- 
thority in  tbe  premises. 

Senator  Morriesey,  in  ansvrer  to  inquiries 
relative  to  the  conversation  which  Pickett  tes- 
tifies he  had  with  him  last  Fall  about  purchas- 
ing Louisiana  pigs,  says  that  Pickett's  report 
of  tbe  interview  is  m  the  main  correct,  but  he 
(Morrissey)  wishes  it  to  be  distinctly  under- 
stood that  he  never  expressed  a  willingness  to 
buy  anybody  to  do  anything  that  was  not  "ex- 
actly right."  Whether  it  is  usual  for  men  to 
demand  |1,000,000  for  doing  "exactly  right," 
IS  a  conundrum  that  Mr.  Morrissey  has  not  yet 
solved  in  bis  own  mind. 

Charles  P.  Sandtord,  of  New- York,  was  con- 
firmed a  Notary  Public  by  the  Senate  to^y. 

ALBANY  TOPICS. 
SveeiaXDuDOtchta  the  If eio- Tor k  Time*. 
Albany,    Feb.    1. — ^The     Committee    oa 
Ways  and  Means  had  a  hearing  this  afternoon 

on  Mr.  Cowdin's  bill  for  reducing  the  taxation 
of  banks.  Mr.  George  S.  Coe,  President  of  the 
American  Exchange  Bank,  argued  in  favor  ol 
tbe  bill  at  considerable  length,  and  the  Presi- 
dent ot  the  Merchants'  Exchange  National 
Bank  also  spoke  on  the  same  aide.  The  com- 
mittee took  no  action  on  the  bill. 

Senator  Bixby  will  introduce  a  bill  to-mor- 
.  row  to  prevent  the  fraudulent  amalgamatioii 
of  insurance  companies.  It  stops  the  transfer 
of  policies  in  bulk  by  providing  that  hereafter 
the  company  which  remsures  shall  reinsure 
the  polioy-holders  individually.  Tbe  bill  also 
prohibits  tbe  reinsurance  of  any  policy  in 
another  company  after  it  has  been  six  months 
on  the' books  of  the  original  company. 

Tbe  Committee  on  Cities  devoted  the  after- 
noon to  the  consideration  of  Mr.  Bradley's  bill 
for  reducing  the  palaries  of  city  officers   ia  . 
Brooklyn.    The  committee  seem,  favorably  in. 

olined  to  the  meJasure,  and  will  probably  te> 
port  it  favorably.  Mr.  MoGroarty. appeared  in, 
opposition  to  it. 

Mr.  James  S.  Grabav,  tbe  "LaborBeformer^ 

from  Monroe,  did  not  oiler  any  m<^e  reeolu* 

tiona  to-day  for   warming  and  ventilating  the' 

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UKmaa&d  dollart.  It  la  sale  to  lay  tbat  he  will 
luWtD  fhe  fixture,  and  it  urtorther  safe  to  Bay 
tbattbe  LegialatTire  is  not  likely  to  be  troubled 
td^Tote  down  any  more  jobbing  resolutions  ema- 
Uftinx  Irom  tlie  same  Boorce.  The  Kentleman 
will  learn  tbat  only  men  of  integrity  and  char- 
acter can  afford  to  attract  a  large  degree  of 
public  attention  to  their  acts,  and  it  is  needless 
to  Bay  tbat  men  of  integrity  and  ctaaraoter 
nave  not  of  late  years,  at  least,  been  in  the 
habit  of  offering  such  resolutions  a's  the  Mon- 
roe geatlemaa  offered,  and  -vvhich  the  House  so 
»ery  decidedly  voted  down. 


NEW-JERSEY  LEGISLATUBE. 


i     DEMOCRATIC      OFFICIAL     DISCHARGED A 

BILL   KKQUIBIHa  TBE    PAYMENT  OF   LA- 
BORERS  IN   MON15T. 

f'ritm  Our  Oicn  CorretvonOent. 

TBKNTOjr.  Thursday,  Feb.  1.  1877. 
The  Houae  bad  a  long  and  lively  discus- 
tion  this  morning  over  tne  action  of  the  En- 
grossed Billa  Committee  in  employing  the 
brother  of  ex-Speaker  Vanderbilt  to  act  as 
clerk  for  the  committee  before  tney  had  the 
eensent  of  the  House  to  employ  a  clerk.  The 
committee  were,  on  Mr.  Origgs'  motion,  ordered 

to  discharge  him  forthwith.     The  rest  of  the 

buslneas  of  the  House  was  confined  to  the  re  - 
oeption  of  three  billa.     One  from  Mr.  Pazton  is 

deaiznad  to  refculate  the  time  ot  holdins  elec- 
tions for  towns  and  townnhips  ;  anctber,  from 
Mr.  Tllden.  requires  Justices  of  the  Peace  to 
try  cases  in  the  district  for  wliich  (bey  shall 
lu^ve  been  elected. 

A  bill  presented  by  Mr.  Payne  for  the  Detter 
aecurinz  of  wasea  to  workmen  and  laborer3  in 
the  State  of  New-Jersey,  readied  its  second 
reading  in  the  House  to-day.  In  all  parts  of 
the  State,  and  narticularly  in  the  mining  dis- 
tricts, emoloyers  have  for  some  Cime  been  in 
The  habit  of  compelling  their  employes  to  take 
their  pay  in  orders  on  grocerymen  tor  coal, 
wood,  and  victuals.  The  storekeepers  on 
whom  the  orders  are  presented  charge  exor- 
bitantly for  the  goods  supplied ;  and  it  has 
even  been  said  that  in  some  places  the  men 
iCiving  the  orders  and  the  storekeepers  who 
honor  them  divide  the  profits  extorted  from 
the  purchasers.  Mr.  Payne's  bill  is  designed 
TO  stop  what  kind  of  swindling,  and  it  declares 
that  no  ironmaster,  foundryman,  collier,  tac- 
tdryman,  employer,  or  company,  their  agents 
or  clerks,  shall  pay  the  \ya:;es  ot  -workmen  in 
ordera    on    any  storekeeper,  under  penalty  ot 

forfeltlns  the  amoant  of  the  order,  and  an  ad- 
ditional penalty  ot  oonyiotion  for  misdemeanor 
followed  by  $500  fine,  or  six  months'  imprison- 
ment, or  both. 

The  House  haa  adjoarned  till  Monday  even- 
lins> 

AMUSEMENTS. 


■^        -*  GENERAL  MENTION. 
'*La  Fille  de  Mme.  Angot "  is  to  be  sung  at 
Jke  Easle  Xbestre  this  eveuiug. 

The  "  Flying  Dutchman  "  will  be  represented 
it  the  Academy  of  Mnaic  to-mght. 

The  firat  public  rehearsal  preparatory  to  the 
fonrth  concert  of  ttie  Ptillbaroiouio  Sosiety  this 
■eaaon  thkj  be  attended  at  the  Academy  of 
3£aalc  this  afternoon. 

The  public  rehearsal  preliminary  to  Mr. 
Tbomaa'  fcoith  symphuny  concert  on  Satarday 
/veuing  attracted  an  oyerdowiug  audienca  to  Steia- 
mzy  Hall  yesterday  afternoon. 


FOR  THE  SAKE  OF  CHARITY. 


THB  NElfJORK  TA-CMT  CLUB. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  New- York  Yacht 
Club  took  place  at  the  okib-bouse,  corner  of  Mad- 
•on  avenue  and  Twenty-seventh  street,  last  even- 
ing. The  ConstltntioD  -iras  amended  by  the  addi- 
Qon  of  the  foUowin,;  claass  to  article  9  : 

"But  noowuer,  byrvasonof  oTrningmore  than  one 
lacht,  ihall  be  eatiUed  to  more  tuan  oue  yote." 

Xt  was  decided  to  hold  tbo  annual  reeatia  of  the 
«lab  on  Thursday,  Jane  14.  OfScexa  fur  the  enaa- 
ag  year  were  atected  as  tuliows : 

Commodera— 8.  Mlcbolsoa  Kane. 

Fiice  Comouxtorv — James  Stlilmaa. 
'  Hear  Ooatiaodor* — J.  J.  Aiexiuidrs. 
'  iSrcretary— Oiarlea  A.  Miutun. 

Treonrrr— fiheppard  Uornaua. 

Meamrtr—'A.  Ctrj  Smith. 

fleet  aurgcvi»—(3.  8.  Winston.  M.  D. 

RegatU  Coaw>t(««— WdJlam  ^lebs,  O.  L.  Halght.  and 
Charles  H.  atebbiua. 

tiouee  CeTrnMitee—JtletcheiT  Westray.  S.  D.  White, 
^.  If.  AldfH,  Jamea  O.  PruudSC,  aad  A.  H.  Cabuooe. 

Committe*  v»  AiimUrion»—S.  M.  Uaccii,  William  H. 
fhoouM,  U.  Center,  John  U.  I>rap«r.  and  Charlea  H. 
^.tebblaa. 

»  ^   

'      BUaSIAN  WIYEH. 

A  story 'haa  been  going  the  round  of  the 
/rench  pspera  wbicb,   tf  it  bad  any    truth   in   it, 

weald  show  that  the  atrocitr  of  ttie  Bassiaa,  like 

the  oharity-  of  aome  leaa  holy  Chriatianu,  beglna 
very  inuch  at  home.  The  excase  for  believing  in 
Ibe  talnis  to  befooodin  tbeaopposed  face  that  its 
truth  -Wit*  prored  in  a  coorC  of  jastice  fty  tbe  woman 
who  acted  as  the  heroine  io  It.  Tliis  simple  woman 
aeems  \o  isave  imitglned  that  she  migbt  get  fiom  a 
ISuHsiau  maji^strate  aome  aurt  of  protection  agaioat 
•  Liubantt  whoa*  iaTorite  paatinie  it  was  cruelly  to 
•ortnre  bep.  She  had  been  yoked  by  her  playiat 
ansband  to  the  shafts  of  -  bis  cart,  and 
driven  along  for  16  verais,  in  doable  bameas  with 
the  horsa,  imder  the  fnrioas  Dlows  of  a  heavy  wbip. 
Having  sorvived  tbis  ordeal,  she  was  broaifbt  home 
mtain.  hei  head  was  shaved,  aud  after  she  bad  been 
ameared  all  over  with  tar  ake  waa  rolled  in  feathors 
iuid  then  turned  oat  of  the  house.  In  this  plight 
•ha  reaorted  to  tfa  e  person  wbom  she  fondly  imag- 
aned  to  be  moat  beueyolent,  or  at  any  rate  the 
least  aavage,  in  the  village,  ibbe  went  to  the  priest, 
!bat  instead  of  eotaining  any  shelter  or  redef  was 
radely  atraok  by  the  piona  man,  who  called  the 
liaaband  and  advlaea  him  to  aduiniater  fresh 
oaatigatian.  It  would  bars  been  well  for  the 
Woman  if  aba  had  taken  tha  broad  hint  afforded 
her  by  this  reoeptlon  at  the  Pope'a  residence,  and 
bad  retamed  home  to  suffer  in  ailenoe  the  tormaut 
to  Which  abe  waa  fated.  But  ahe  was  ignorant  of 
Ruasiam  law,  and  atie  oould  not  pertuade  herself 
that  she  waa  otterly  tvltboal  remedy  ia  sncb  a  caae 
ma  this.  So  she  weai  to  law,  and  brougbt  before 
cue  court  boch  tbe  haiioand  and  tbe  Pope.  Here  tha 
Procuratear  treneral  at  ouce  deoliued  to  enter  into 
any  argamtmc  ua  tlie  sub^'ut  of  tbe  huaband,  ex- 
piaimng  tbaX  tbe  whole  luaiter  was  one  of  merely 
priTate  fannly  interwac,  and  that  basband  ana  wlte 
could  alwafa  come  to  an  unaerataoding  among 
ithemaelTea  witboux  the  intprr'erance  of  tbe  law. 
The  prleat'a  caae  was  a  little  more  difiQcult.  Bat 
(he  worthy  man  rnpreaented  tbat  facts  of  thia  aort 
"ocvor  often  and  ineyitably  amoag  the  lower 
vrdera  "  in  Ras»ia,  whereui.on  the  court  without 
terther  ducaaaioa  acquitted  Doth  the  acoased  per- 


TBE  BOT  AUD  TUB  PANTHER. 
The  Ck>lusa  (CaL)  /Sun  of  Jan.  20,  tells  the 
iDllowmg  story  r  *'  Last  Satardav  Mister  John 
^ilUama.  aged  13.  was  out  hunting  near  hotue.  on 
filk  creek,  when  he  ran  across  a  panther  and  gave 
himthe  benefit  of  the  contents  bf  his  ride.  Tbe 
(Mmther  made  oS,  and  the  yomng  man  loaded  ap 
BCala  anA  gaye  him  chase,  getting  m  another  shot 
fa  blm.  This  time,  however,  thepantber  got  oat  of 
Ua  aigbt,  bat  he  coald  see  from  the  blood  tbat  he 
kad  been  hit.  He  weoS  home  and  dreamed  all  night, 
tf  coarset  of  fixhbog  panthers  with  a  grizzly  or  two 

fhrown  ia  to  make  it  interesting.  Next  moroing, 
trlght  aud  early,  he  gaibared  hia  gun,  determined 
m  flndioK  that  panther.  Ue  got  on  the  blood,  which 
ae  tracea  into  a  hollow  log.  He  ared  into  the  log, 
uid  theotgot  an  ax  and  eat  the  panther  out,  flndiog 
tim  atiU  alive,  bat  be  flniahed  him  up  and  dragged 
bis  trophy  in  trinmph  home.  An  inspection  showed 
that  both  balla  of  the  prenoua  evening   bad   gone 

C rough  the  panther'a  limga.    He  waa  an  liDtneusa 
llew^  BBAaanring  aeven  feet  from  tip  to  np." 

\  HAMPTON'S  SBLJBCIIONS. 

g^^rhe  Columbia  (S.  C.)  Union  Merald  says: 
>yWe  hwe  looked  over  tbe  namea  of  tbe  ao-called 
^anointments  af  Gen.  Hampton  and  eonfeaa  tbat 
ire  aae  nothing  in  tboae  names,  or  tbe  men  who 
aear  them,  tbat  woald  girTony  guarantee  that  oar 
puolio  affiira  would  be  better  adminiatersd  than 
(hey  now  ate  by  Seoablican  officiala.  Most  of  the 
WpointMs  are  the  tame  old  bankrupt,  broken 
town,  gilt-edge  ariatoora^y  of  other  daya.'  Some 
are  poaitlyely  bad,  one  appointed  County  Auditor 
to  aetoriooalT  bad  tbat  even  ex-Goy.  Mosea  would 
not  have  dared  to  malte  sach  an  appointment,  bat 
he  did  contribute  to  ma  appointment  to  tbe  extent 
of  pardoDing  htm  from  tbe  peBiteutlsry.  In  those 
lists  af  names  propoaed  fur  public  office  we  aee  none 
ihat  will  compare  for  integrity,  busings  capacity, 
and  honorable  motives  with  £epabUoan  othciala 
bere  ia  our  own  city." 


f_  "'=*;  POISON  IN  THE  CLAM-POT. 
^he  Springfield  (Mass.)  JEtepublican  says : 
1*8006  of  the  saloon-keepers  iu  Westfleld  have 
motiD&j  given  their  patrons  a  free  clam-chowder 
rrcrv  Satarday  evenmg,  bat  it  Is  quite  likely  the 
lashloa  will  ntrw  die  out  for  want  of  oonsumera, 
•inoe  Slohard  Burke,  a  married  man,  aged  25,  par- 
took ef  one,  Saturday  night,  and.  after  going  home, 
was  taken  with  convolsiona,  dying  ten  uoura  attar. 
Two  other  mm  who  ate  of  the  obowdar  aiao  bad 
severe  coDVulsieBa,  but  will  recover,  and  it  is  said 
yet  others  nad  aimilar  experience.  It  ia  not  known 
what  was  in  the  compound  to  ao  aerioiuly  affeot  the 
Ben,  suns  thlnklas  it  waa  copperas  in  tbe  kettle, 
.while  ethera  iaeUne  to  the  opinion  tbat  the  trouble 
<ras  la  the  elams.  At  all  events,  none  bat  tbe 
baasxleet  and  most  oaaehardened  ttamp  will  dare 
Vit  Weetlield  firee  clam-chpwder  for  tbe  present." 

KILLiiD  BT  A  BALE  OF  HA  X. 
AMlXHt,  Feb.  L— Thomas  Dolan,  a  well-known 
'«mH*SSMi  teadding  at  Ko.   45  Adama  atreet,   wiaa 
lMO«d  te  Me  aiteble**>u  evaniqa  bar  a  bale  of  hay; 


A  NIGHT'S  SPORT  AT  THE  ACADEMY. 
A    BRILLIANT     COMPaUY      AT     THE     GRKAT 
CHARITY      BALL— 8CKNE8     1K8IDE     AND 
OUTSIDE   OF   TaE     ACADEMY — THE     DIS- 
TINGUISHED    GUE8T9  AND     i'HOSE  WHO 
OCCUPIED     BOXES — A     WORTHY    FINAN- 
CIAL SUCCESS. 
The  times  mast  be   bard  indeed  when   the 
annaal  appeal  to  New- York  to  pour  out  Its  wealth 
fur  the  beneBt  of  the  Nursery  and  Child's  Hospital 
ia  not  answered  witb  a  lavish  reaponao.    Tears  come 
aud  yeara  co,    with  varying  prosperity  to  merchant 
princes  and   financial   kings,   bat  wbeu  tbe  early 
days  of  February  approach  basinrss  stringency  and 
political  complications  are  fuigutteu,  acd  hands  are 
plunged  deep  into   purses  that   bid  been  but  now 
closed  ap  against   the  demands   of  slaggisb  trade, 
aiid  money  is  ahowerea  magiiificenrly  at  tbe  bid. 
ding    of    charity.    The    CharHy    Biill    has    truly 
become    an     institntion     in     tbe      midst    of     the 
Metropolis,  and  it  w<i«  maintoiued  last  night  with 
all  the    splendor  of   dr^ss  and    all  tbe  character  of 
personal   prestige   trhfoh   the   attendance  of  repre- 
sentative ladies  aod  gentlemeu  of  New  -YjTk  soci- 
ety have  contributed  heretofore   to  make  it  notable. 
Before  noon    yeaterday  all  tbe   boxes  bad  been  sold, 

and  tbe  lady  managers  were  well  aseared  tbat 
financially  the  ball  woaid  be  eminently  succesatal. 
The  preparations  were  all  coaductod  nnder  tbe 
direction  of  Mr.  Tbeoaore  Moas,  and  tbe  event 
proved  that  the  business  bad  beon  latrasted  to 
competent  and  skillfol  hands.  Outside  the  Acadeiny 
of  Mnaic  the  scene  trom  8  o'clock  an  til 
.long  paat  mianii^bt  waa  a  briliiaot 
one.  Tbe  sky  was  clear  and  bright,  so  that  tbe 
mud  in  tbe  street,  which  ball-goers  oonld  laagb  a~, 
was  quite  forgotten.  Tbe  Police  were  on  duty  in 
large  numbers,  under  tbe  command  of  Capt.  Eakina, 
of  tbe  Eighteenth,  and  Capt.  Welsh,  and  they 
kept  back  the  crowds  ot  curinuii  and  admiring  apec- 
tatora  who  congregated  to  watch  the  carriages  as 
tboy  dashed  up  to  the  main  entrance  and  set  down 
their  loads  of  superbly-dressed  women.  A  calcium 
lieht  on  Fourteenth  street,  opposite  to  Irvine  place, 
shedabrHhant  glare  over  tha  densel^'-packed  throng 
of  spectators  and  the  lines  of  moying 
carriagoi.  laside  tha  Academy  the  scene 
recalled  many  a  Charity  IJall  of  days 
gone  by.  There  wfte  few  decorations.  The  money 
of  the  lady  managers  is  ne%-er  laid  oat  in  extrava- 
gant adorumeuTS  of  the  ball-room.  At  the  rear  of 
the  stage  a  set-piece  of  scenery  was  arranged  repre- 
sentiag  a  canopy,  and  beneath  (bis.  in  a  sort  of 
pavilion,  were  seats  upon  a  raised  platform  fir  the 
managera.  Midway  ap  tbe  centte  aisle  was  tbe 
word  "obariiy"  in  characters  of  dame,  and  just 
in  the  centre  of  the  stage  was  a  curiously  wrought 
ailvered  fountain,  from  which  leaped  fuatbery 
aprays  of-  delicate  perlumea  Around  tbe  floor, 
on  a  line  witb  the  paiqaette,  were  large  vasei 
of  choice  flowera,  whlcn  loaded  tbe  alt  witb  their 
fragrance.  Thee  mpany  began  to  arrive  as  early 
aa  8:30  o'clock,  at  which  time  there  was  a  Hue  ot 
carriages  extending  from  tbe  entrance  of  the  Acad- 
emy tbrongb  Ffteeoth  street  to  Third  avenue,  and 
as  far  np  town  as  Thirtieth  street.  By  9  o'clock, 
although  the  lobbies  and  the  dre9sio&.-rooms  were 
filled,  there  wete  few  occapants  of  tbe  boxes,  and 
but  half  a  dozen  gaesta  were  diatributed  about  in 
tbe  dresa  circle,  so  slowly  did  tbe  comp.tuy  make 
their  way  to  the  ball-room.  As  10  o'clock 
approached  the  throng  became  greater  at  tbe  doors, 
and  tbe  tiers  of  boxea  ere^  radiant  with  grotips  ot 
ladies  in  elegant  stid  varied  cosiomes,  while  groups 

of  gentlemen  In  suits  of  conventional  black 
gathered  in  tbe  aisles,  about  the  door- 
ways, and  up  and  down  the  capacious  lobbies. 
Soon  after  10  o'clock  a  gentle  stir  was  perceptible 
among  the  increasing  throng,  aad  the  members  of 
tbe  Floor  Comsiittee  were  seen  harrring  hither  aud 
thither  preparatory  to  formlDethe  inaasural  march. 
Aloft  in  tbe  amphitheatre  the  band  ushered  in  the 
ball  witb  Sup]i6'a  oyerture,  "Morning,  Noon,  and 
Kigbt,"  and  tbe  hum  of  conversation  in  the  boxes 
became  more  general  and  louder.  At  10:30  o'cloak 
tbe  boxea  were  about  half  filled,  bat  tbe  crowd  at 
tbe  door  was  Lirge  enough  to  promise  ttiat  tbero 
would  be  no  lack  of  guests  when  the  dancing  begau. 
At  10:33  tbe  guests  began  to  farm  in  liLe  iu 
the  corridor,  and  at  10:45,  to  tbe  strains  of  Wagner's 
"  Tanahaiuer  "   the  grand  entree  was  made.    The 

promenade  was  led  by  Artbar  Leary.  Presi- 
dent of  toe  association,  who  was  ac- 
coinpanijd      by     Mrj.      Cooper.      Thoy     were 

followed  by  Clarence  Seward  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Gil- 
man.  T.  Q.  Hill  and  Mrs.  R.  S.  L.  Townsend,  E.iward 
Cooper  aud  Mtd.  Charles  C.  Perkins,  Algernons. 
Sullivan  and  Mrs.  John  C.  Fremont,  George  Cooper 
and  Mrs.  A.  S.  Uewitt,  Bdward  Delafield,  Jr.,  and 
Miss  Hewitt,  Mr.  ¥itch  and  Mis.  JuIiau  Jamea,  Mr. 
Archibald  (British  Cousal)  and  Miss  Archibald. 
Charles  F.  McLean  aud  Miss  Susie  Tiideo,  Capt. 
Joha    Huaghton    and    Mrs.   Gdorge     B.    Rubiu- 

SOD,  Frank  Fremont  and  Mias  Townsend, 
Commodore  William  U.  McVicker  aud 
Miss      Mary      Kedmond,       Jad^e      Joha      Fh 

Beady  and  Mrs.  Thomas  B.  Muszrave,  Erastus 
Brooks  and  Mrs.  Lnling.  Dudley  K.  Phelps  aod  Miss 
Mamie  Pbelps,  Ueu.  Kiddoo  and  Mra.  Neftul,  Dr.  J. 
J.  Hull  and  Miss  Lcavy,  Judge  John  Sedgwick  and 
Miss  Sedgwick,  followed  by  tbe  general  aom- 
pany.  During  the  opening  march  the  ball-room 
presented  a  splendid  appearance,  and  certainly 
never  looked  better,  the  edges  of  tbe  platform  as 
far  aa  the  eye  could  reach  being  fringed  with 
richly-dressed  ladies,  who  followed  the  movements 
of  tbe  dgmes  on  tbe  fljoi  with  unmlatakablo  mter- 
est.  Tbe  ball  was  opened  by  Mr.  Arthur 
Leaiy  and  Misa  Cooper,  who  took  tbe  lead  in  tbe 
fiiat  quadrille.  Tbe  company  had  nut  yet  ap- 
parently made  no  their  minds  to  commence 
dancing,  and  only  six  acta  were  on  the 
floor  wnen  the  cornet  aounded  the  preliminary 
note.  All  formaljty  soon  disappeared,  however, 
under  the  infiaence  of  Increased  numbers,  and 
when  tbe  waltz,  which  atood  second  on  tbe  pro- 
gramme, had  been  reached,  the  floor  waa  filled. 
Tbe  company  concinaed  to  arrive  aulil  11:30,  and 
tbe  Academy,  while  not  uncomfortably  cro  wded, 
was  well  filled. 

Among  the  general  compi^ny  were  the  following: 
Mayor  Ely,  ex-Mayor  Wickbam  and  lady,  J.  P. 
Glraad  Foster,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  L,  M.  Barlow,  Cul- 
lector  Arthur,  Mra.  Bainbridge,  S.  Clarlc  and  Misa 
Jennie  Clark,  Mr.  G-arguilo,  of  the  Greek  Consu- 
late, and  Ura.  Henry  "Vail,  Mra.  Algernon 
S.  Sullivan,  Mrs,  Kichard  Townsend,  Airs. 
Frederick  Stevens  and  party,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Clarence  Seward  and  the  Mlssea  Seward,  B  )yal 
Phelps  and  the  Misaea  Carroll,  daugh  ers  ot  Gov. 
Carroll,  of  Maryland  ;  Mrs.  and  the  Misaea  Gnrnee. 
Umlgration  Commissioner  Forrest  and  laJy, 
Juiea  Btngiere  and  laoy,  J.'  Kidgway  Mooie 
and  lady,  William  Catting  and  lady,  George 
Gilbert  Haven  and  lady,  Aasistaut  District  Attor- 
ney Bell  and  lady,  O.  K.  Kinif,  Dr.  John  Hall, 
Thomas  Newbold,  Saydam  Grant,  Lester  and  Mra. 
WaJlack,  Lawrence  Wells,  W.  W.  Asior  aud  toe 
Misses  Astor,  Clarkson  Potter,  Aloerc  Gal- 
latin, FrauK  J.  Dapignac  aud  Mrs.  Dupiguac, 
Arthur  Connolly  aud  Miss  Alice  Barrow.  George 
Law,  Jr.,  Hugh  Ha8ting»,Commod.  re  W.C.  Langley, 
J.  Steobenaon,  Jr.,  Dr.  Montroae  Pellel,  Mrs.  Johu 
Blgelow,  Mrs.  C.  Y.  B.  OsUander,  Mr.  Bierstadt, 
Col.  Dickinaou  WoodruC  Mra.  George  Place, 
William  Riageway  Moore.  JSdward  Oaiout.  Duucau 
Wood,  Halsey  Haight,  Mrs.  Paran  Stiyt-Ds,  Mrs. 
Train.  '"Ea  Perkins,"  Mrs.  Larega,  Mr.  and  Mra. 
A-axonson,  Alpert  Weber,  H.  C.  Kolsev,  (Secretary 
of  State  ot  New-Jersey,  and  wile,  S.  Abecasis, 
Mrs.  D.  F.  Appleton,  Mra.  Clarence  G.  Dinsraure, 
Mra!  Towuaend  Burden,  Dr.Maiiou  Simms,  Col- and 
Mrs.  Bashf  C.  Hawkins,  Allen  Tburndyke  Kice, 
Mr  *  Cleodennin,  Thomas  S.  Bienuau,  Commis- 
sioner of  Charities  and  Correction ;  Townsend  Cox, 
Commiaaiouwr  of  Charities  and  Correction  ;  Mrs. 
Henry  L.  Burnett,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  BaiuotiL  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  A.  B.  CotuelL  Mrs.  Jamas  H.  Gerard, 
John  T  HoifiJiaD,  Mrs.  Hoffman,  Mrs.  Pellew,  Mrs. 
Rutherford  StuyvesaAt,  Dr.  W.  A.  Hammond,  E.  A. 
Oiuuiard,  Richard  Sohell,  George  K.  Siatare,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Charles  E.  Wbiteheao,  C.  Du  Bois  Wog- 
staff;  Theodore  B.  Woolaey,  Mrs.  Clarence  S.  Day, 
Mrs  Cbester  Gnawold.  aud  tbe  following  membej-a 
of  the  Old  Guard  :  Cant.  J.  E.  Bagley,  Lieni.  J.  W. 
AapeJl,  Gen.  Joaeph  Navlor,  Lieut.  Col.  George  De 
Witt,  Treasurer  Charles  Child*. 

THE    COSTOMEa. 

The  toilets  of  the  ladies  were  exceedingly  rich, 
and  decidedly  more  elegant  than  auytbiug  seen  au 
far  during  the  season.  Tarletons,  greuadmea, 
and  other  light  fabrics  were  almost  en- 
tirely discarded  by  the  yotmger  ladles,  who, 
as  a  rule,  wore  aoft,  ligbt-oolored  ailka 
and  aatio*  cut  dieolUti,  and  heavily  trained.  Trim- 
mings of  flowera,  late,  aud  swan's  down  were  worn 
in  profusion  on  everything,  aod  were  almost  ex- 
clusiyely  adopted  as  head-dressea.  Very  little  jew- 
elry was  worn,  and  thi-ae  who  dm  induJue 
In  tbat  atyJa  of  peraonal  aOornmemt  generally 
aelected  Ci-tmonds.-  Tbe  elder  ladles  wore  dark 
ailBs  and  satiuj,  or  ritJU  relyet  rwbes  oi  black,  ruby, 
and  purple,  elaborately  trimmed  with  white  aod 
black  lace,  and  feathers.  'Willi  those  apleudid  cos- 
tumes were  worn  head-dr»»ses  of  flowers  and 
feathers  with  diamond  orniitmenta. 
THX  BOXES. 

Saraly,  if  ever,  have  tbe  boxes  of  the  Academy 
hena  *^  u— tyr  fflvn**"**  ttaaaXer  the  Charity  Bail  ui 


18Tr.  Not  only  did  tho  choice  looatlona  bring  large 
prices,  but  tbe  leaa  favored  oues  were  disposed  of 
at  figures  entirely  satisfaetorr  to  the  Baosgement. 
This  spirited  oomoetiiion  waa  undoubtedly  due 
in  a  in°eat  measure  to  the  discontinuance  of 
tbe  Jnyeuile  Aavlum  aud  other  rival  balls, 
and  the  conaequent  fact  that  the  charity  waa  the 
only  fashionable  ball  oi  the  season.  The  profits 
realized  from  tbe  sale .  of  boxes  more  tban  cov- 
ered all  expenses,  ao  that  the  prnceeda  of 
the  sale  of  tickets,  which  probably  net 
tM,000  or  115,000,  can  be  deyotea  entirely  to 
th")  Nursery  and  Guild's  hospitnl.  The  boxes 
presented  a  masnihcent  appearance,  oocapied  a^ 
tl  ey  were  by  superhly-aitired  ladie.\  rf  oreseuting 
the  leading  tamilies  of  tbe  City.  The  different  tiers 
looked  like  parterres  of  animated  flowera,  embracing 
eveiy  conceivable  tint  of  color.  The  following 
were  the  oucnpants  of  the  boxes  : 

VROSCENIUM   BOXG3. 


D— D.  Klngsland. 

E— Mr.  Onrgullo. 

F— Mrs.  Kdward  Cooper. 

«— B.  8.  Chirk. 

H— Mr.  M.  Mitchell. 

J— Mrs.  Floyd. 


N — Clarence  Seward. 

O— Mrs.  Gurnee. 

F— Mrs.  Frederick  Stereos. 

Q-Mr.  Z-tegft. 

H— Mrs.  (illuiau. 

Ih— .Mr.  J.  I',  llttines. 


FIRST  TIER. 


1 — Theodore  Mess. 

2— Mrs.  Williams. 

»— Mr.  TaylOi-. 

4 — .Mrs.  Lfster  Wallack. 

5— Mr.Pollett. 

b— D.  &.iugsland. 


7— Jdrs.  S.  U.  Biicon. 

8— Wi.  T.  H.  Bar-oE. 
i> — Mrs.  Edward  Pactcer. 
10— Jlrs.  Wilson. 

11— Mrs.  J.  M.  ismith. 
I'i— Mr.  Penulman. 

13— Mr.  FalkR. 
14 — Miss  Rachel  I'uuter. 
15— Mrs.  J.  A  Kayor 
10— Mrs.  Thos.   illchcoclc. 

Second  Tier. 


17 — .Mr.  rmil    BalnotL 
18— »Ii8.  8ted>\»-ll. 
19— Mr.  De  Forest. 
20 — James  D.  uoio. 

22— Mr.  W.  G.  Scbenck. 

'23— Mr.  Ward. 

24— Mrs.  F.  Ei.  Halsey. 


2tT — Sir.  Woodward. 

2k -Mr.  Tellalr. 
29— Mrs.  S.  C.  Harlot. 
.30— Mr.  Wnlte. 

3  i— ilr.Edward  Townsend' 


6;^— Mr.  PenkP. 
64— Mra.  OstranOer. 
6r>— Mrs.  J.  O.  Rhinea. 
56— .Mr.  W.  V.  3rokaw. 
57— Mr.  Tlliord. 
53— Mrs.  <•.  WalL 
69— Mia  Place. 
t)0— .Mis.  O.  B.  Po'tpr. 
61— Mrs.  J.  8.  Martin. 
6i — .tfrs.  L.  Maddox. 
63— Mrd.  8.  ColUus. 


40-  Mrs.  T.  J.  Hoyt. 
42— Mr.  Shoeffi 
43— Mrs.  Hrown. 
41— Miss  Si:h.-nck. 
45— Mr.  Barilett. 
46— Mra.  QndJard. 
47— Mr.  Mellen. 
4S — Mrs.  Mel:en 
49— Mrs.  Dr  N.-;tel. 
00 — .vir.  .1.  Leub»rt. 
r>i — Mrs.  Ureiei. 
5i— Mra.  11.  R.  Duubam. 

ArtiKts'  Sow. 
Gounod— J.  Ii.  Worth.  Grisi— Mrs.  J.  D.  Riploy. 

Verdi— Mr.  .^becasig.  LngTiinae- Mrs.  u.  L.  Mon- 

Douizetti— Isaac  8hermaB.       tague, 
l;eiUni— Clark  Bell.  Piiooloinml- Mrs.H.Purtou 

Meyerbeer — Mrs.  A.  H.  Bar-  I'atti — Mrs.  J.  ^.  Ulcksou. 

ncy.  Ke;ioiei£— J.  R.  Boyd. 

Rossini-  Dr.  R.  D.  Nt-smith.  Mlasou— Mr.  Musi^rave. 
Muzjrt — «lr8.  L.  S.Hargous    Tarepa — Ur.  Cooke. 

Meszonine  Boxts. 
102— Mrs.  A.  T.  Klrtlnnd.      Ill -Mrs.  Arthur  Oilman. 


112— E.  Soutliwick. 
113— .A.  G.  Yates. 
114— Mr.  W.  J.  Wallace. 
lli>— B.  W.  Dyer. 

lib— Mr.  Joseph. 
119— .Mr.  C'oruwalL 


lu;-!— .Mrs.  K.  VV.  8.  8cott. 
104— Jefferson  >I.  Leri.y. 
100 — Mrd.  i*ura<tn.'i. 
107— J.  H.  Poor. 

1()8-W.  B.  Oedcn. 
109— .Mrs.  E.  F.  Jarvn. 
llO— ilr.  Ashley. 

Until  long  pait  midnight,  set  after  set  formed, 
witb  the  tt.wr  well  occupied,  and  each  time  the  sets 
appeared  to  bring  fiirth  a  new  aud  bnshtur  array  of 
extiaisice    cosTuuics.     Tbe    ball     began,    progressed, 

aud  ended  wiib  smoutbne.ss  and  happy  suc- 
cess, and  the  lady  mana<.;ers  will  congrat- 
ulate each  otber  upon  a  success 
quite  as  satisfactory  as  any  that  lias 
ever  attended  similar  efi'irts  to  nroniote  fne  charity 
iu  behalf  of  which  they  were  onlUtod.  There  were 
at  tbe  time  tbe  Academy  wjs  most  thronged  not  lar 
from  5.000  per.<ous  iu  the  house — apou  the  floor  and 
in  the  balcony  and  tHtxes.  The  dance  music  waa 
supplied  by  Lander,  while  tiralulla's  Baud  played 
tue  promenade  pieces. 


THE  FRENCH  ARTIST  DIAZ. 


AN  ILLUSTRIOUS  LAND-CAPE  PAINTER— HLS 
PRIVATE  COLLECTION  TO  BE  SOLD  AT 
AUCTIO.V. 

From  Oalignani's  Messenger. 
On  the  18  n  of  ^loyenioer  last  Diaz  disd  at 
Meutuu.  France  loat  iu  htm  one  of  her  moat  illuj. 
trloua  landscape  paiutera  ;  one  of  those  for  whom, 
aa  the  brilliant  generanon  of  1830  gr.)dually  dis- 
appears, she  shows  more  admira'.iou  and  sympathy. 

Diaz  was  popular ;  tbe  paolic  llKed  blm  ;  and, 
woat  waa  better,  alwaya  reco^nizod  bis  works 
nmons  a  crowd  of  others.  From  iho  oatset  iti  had 
freely  received  all  that  the  artist  choae  to  giye  of 
his  handiwork,  ^o  uue,  as  is  known,  dared  with 
uure  freedom  and  audacity,  in  comDOsitiuDs  lull 
of  phantasy,  to  mini:le  so  intimately  witb  a  Jnat 
sentiment  of  moderu  realism  somi^thing  of  tho 
ctiarm,  poetry,  and  grace  of  aniiqae  mrrhoIo;ry. 

Born  at  Bordeaux  in  ldU7.  of  a  Spanish  fatbor,  t-x- 
1  ell  Irom  his  country  for  having  conspirr.d  against 
Joseph  Bonapartr,  and  deceasuU  in  Kngland  tiro  ur 
three  years  alter,  he  also  isst,  while  still  quite 
young,  bis  mother,  who  had  become  a  teacher.  He 
was  broaeht  up  in  a  somowhnt  lousi^  tusliioc  in  the 
woods  of  S^yrea,  Saiot-Cload.  and  Meaduu.  At  fif- 
tet;n  years  of  age,  con^ielied  lu  labor  in  order  to 
esru  a  livelihood,  ne  took  to  painting  un  rinreelaiD. 
AiTiving  at  tbe  romanllo  epoch  of  1830,  he  at 
tir.it  remained  uuly  a  apectatur,  but  ufier. 
word  became  one  of  ihe  "most  feryent  aobereuia. 
In  the  midst  of  thu  tariuoil,  he  cou- 
traded  witri  some  of  the  most  celebrated 
meu  of  hit  time  hrm  friendtbips  aud  ardent  admira- 
tion, which  only  terminated  witb  hi**  lite,  ilia 
pMintines  were  exbibited  Iruni  I8:il  to  185C,  aud  for 
the  last  time  iu  1855.  since  wuicu  year  bis  works 
were  only  to  be  wet  with  Iu  the  collections  ot  rich 
amateurs,  but  be  aiill  worked  ni08t  dilisentlv.  Uts 
studio  was  iacuml>ei'ed  with  sketches  which  be 
snowed  to  his  intimate  friends  with  a  coniiilacency 
which,  perhaps,  was  not  exfmpt  from  a  certain  seu- 
limant  of  aatistaction.  It  m  tuose  works — composi- 
tions and  tlKares  in  uil,  sketcbes,  ruuek  draKgbi«, 
landscapes,  painting  in  distemper,  water-colors,  and 
ilrawiiigs  in  peucil  aod  with  the  Dt'u,  to  the  num- 
ber of  iOU — wnich  are  to  compose  the  firat  portion 
ot  The  sale.  Iu  (beni  will  be  t»uud,  lu  ditfi-reuc 
degrees,  all  tlie  maryelnua  qualities  which  led  m 
the  deceased  ariiat's  reuowu.  The  socoad  part 
will  comprise  the  paintings,  water-uuiors,  ai.d  draw- 
iu<is  of  cuulemporai'v  uiuscers.  whom  lliaz  luveil 
and  admired  with  the  uiiuost  Kiucerity.  belne  tne 
works  ot  Curut,  Millet,  Kuuss.au.  lieiacroix,  and 
among  others,  "Le  Koi  J«-au  4  la  iJaruile  de 
Puiueia,"  a  hni.itied  siuay  lor  the  Uiiintine  which 
terras  part  ot  the  colleclou  of  Viscount  d'O.iem- 
brjtT  ;  magnificent  waier-color  drawings  by  Barye, 
Eugene  Delacndr,  de  .loogkiud.  Millet,  li.iUASoau, 
aud  others  ;  eogruTiugs  aud  lithographs  uv  Dela- 
croix, Bunoiugtoii,  &c.  beyeral  piclure.'«  by  old 
masters  which  Dijis  had  curi-iuliv  aelected, 
occupy  pl&cet  by  tue  ti<ie  of  the  works  juat- 
named,  and  among  them  may  be  named  "  A  Virgin 
with  an  Infant  deaus,"  by  Van  Oney;  a  superb 
"Portrait  ot  a  Womau,"  wuicu  Di.iz  attnbnied  lu 
Watteau;  some  reuiarkahle  drawings  by  Item- 
brandt ;  a  yery  ptetty  water-col.  r  by  Sir  Ju.ihua 
iCeynuldfc;  anu  a  splendid  gouuohe  by  Corret:io — 
th**  "  Judgment  of  Pans."  Diaz  was  too  much  of 
au  artist  not  to  like  to  baye  auout  him  works  ot  art 
aud  curioaitv  ;  aud  so  he  leaves  a  verf  impurtHUt 
private  collection,  which  will  be  ,sold  after  the 
pictures  aud  drawings.  Among  them  may  bu 
mentioned:  a  medallion  in  wiilie  marble  represeiit- 
iug  the  bead  ol  a  youug  girl,  an  Itaillau  worK  ot 
the  early  part  of  the  sixieeuiii  ceuluiy ;  a  tripiic  In 
Limoges  enamel:  suma  antique  coins;  a^h<'le'se- 
riea  of  artistic  bronzes  by  Burye;  French  and  f-i- 
oigU  eartbonware;  Cniuese  and  Jspanese  porce- 
lain; ancient  tewels  and  gold  and  silver  articles;  a 
wet  ut  fittniture  of  the  time  ol  Henry  II.;  broi.zes 
and  lnniituie<d  the  periods  of  Lou's  XIV^.,  XV., 
a:id  XVI. ;  several  lurue  pieces  ut  lapesuy,  «ilks, 
(tc. ^ 

lUE    WEALllEiL 


THE  WOKK  OF  A  MANIAC. 


INDICAIIO.VS. 

Washington,  Feb.  2-1  A.  U.—For  the  Middle 

states,  stationary  or /ailing  barometer,  ■wartner,  aoulh- 

weut  windi,  and  cloudy  or  partly  cloudy  wiather. 

For  i\ew- England,  rising  fuUvwed  by  gtatlcnary 
barometer,  cloudy  weather,  etationary  temperature, 
and  jtorth-weit  to  south-west  ivinds. 
IN  THIS  CITY. 
The  following  reconl  shows  tbe  changes  in 
the  temperature  lor  (he  past  24  hours,  in  com- 
parison with  the  corresponding  dat«  of  last  y*!ar, 
as  indicated  by  tae  thermomiAcr  at  Huduut's  phar- 
macy: 

187S.1877.'  1S76.  1877. 

3  A.  M 3.i°        iia°i    3:30  P.  M 4i;'-        49° 

6  a.  Al 32''         38",    tif.ll itP        f>v.o 

9  A.  M 34-        41".    9K.M 39-        4iiO 

12  M B9'        4-t°;i21".  .M 41"        4^" 

Average  temperuture  yesterday 43''40 

ATetage  temperature  for  corresponuiuic  date  htst 

year 37  ^° 


LITE  LOBSTERU  FOR  ENGLAND. 
The  Portland  (Me.)  Arg-.-.e  of  Monday  says  : 
"  The  steamer  Sardinian,  which  sailed  trom  this 
port  Saturday,  took  as  part  of  her  cargo  a  lot  of 
live  lobsters.  This  experiment,  if  succeasfol,  will 
Introduce  an  iraportaut  lucrative  addition  to  tbe 
lobster  business  of  this  city.  The  method  of  geep- 
ing  the  lobsters  alivq  is  as  follows :  On  tbe  mala 
deck  was  placed  a  large  tank,  20  feet  long  by  8  feet 
wide  and  3  feet  high.  Id  thia  was  placed  700  live 
lobsters,  water  from  the  oceiin  being  constantly 
supplied  through  six  faucets  by  a  donkey  engine,  a 
waste  pipe  carrying  it  off  and  preventing  tbe  tank 
from  oveiflowing.  Tbe  only  fear  expressed  by  tbe 
projectors  ot  the  enterprise  is  that  the  change  from 
excessive  cold  water  to  the  mildness  of  tbe  Gulf 
Scream  may  result  disastrously  upon  the  lobsters, 
but  they  have  hopea  that  this  will  not  seilonsly 
affect  tbetn."  

WAsnisoroN's  tribute. 

The  Eichmond  (Va.J  WJug  sa.ys :  "  We 
WAre  recently  ahown  an  iuterestiug  document  wblch 
contaiued  a  sketch  of  Col.  Joshua  Frye,  who 
died  at  'Willis'  CreeK  May  31.  1731,  and  waa  there 
buried.  Col.  Frye  was  an  uffiaer  commissioned  by 
the  £ng!iab  Government,  and  cr,jnmanded  theTir- 
giuia  regiment  of  wbioh  George  Waabiagton  was 
Major.  The  doanment  relatea  that  Washington 
ana  the  Army  attended  tbe  funeral,  and'  that 
Waahlogton  cnt  upon  an  oak  wbion  stood  near  bia 
tomb  the  followiug  inacnpiiuu  ;  Under  this  oak 
tree  lies  Che  bgdy  of  the  good,  the  neble  aad  iiut 
I'arfc'.f 


A  MOTHER  MURDERED  BY  HER  SON. 

AN  BXariNG  STKUGGLK  BETWKBN  AN  IN- 
SANX  MAN  AND  HIS  MOTHKR  AND  aiS- 
TBR — HE  KILLS  THE  FORMBB  AND  SE- 
VERELY INJURES  THE  LATTER— HBBOIC 
CONDUCT  OF  THE  DAUGHl'EB  IN  BRR 
VAIN  EFFORT  TO  SAVE  HBR  MOTHER — 
THK   coroner's   INQUKST. 

A  murder  of  a  peculiarly  horrifying  cbarao- 
ter  was  committed  earl;  yesterday  morning  in  tbe 
village  of  EgbertTille,  Staten  laland.  Tbe  mur- 
derer was  Patrick  Dowllng,  and  the  -viotlm  was  bis 
mother,  a  woman  who  had  passed  the  age  of 
three  aouro  and  ten.  It  ia  believed  that  the 
murderer  was  actuated  by  a  sudden  freosy,  and  bis 
actions  last  previous  to  tbe  oommisaion  of  the 
crime,  and  since,  lead  to  the  belief  that  he  was  and 
is  insaiie,  Dowiing  also  endeavored  to  murder  his 
sister,  and  afterward  madn  an  attempt  to  kill  a  man 
who  protected  her.  Tbe  story  of  tbe  tragedy  Is  as 
follows:  For  a  week  or  rooro  Patrick  Dowiing, 
the  murderer,  has  given  evidentse  of  insanity  :  he 
bos  alwavs  been  qnielf  in  manner,  and  seldom  ab- 
sented himself  from  home.  Bocently  he  became 
moody,  spiritless,  and  inert;  aeldom  spoke  to  bis 
mother,  wi:h  whom  be  lived  in  a  small  tenement, 
and  appeared  to  be  brooding  over  some  weighty 
matter.  After  a  few  days  he  became 
violent  in  bin  manner,  and  cnt  to  pieces 
articles  of  farniture  in  the  poorly-furnished 
apartments.  While  in  hia  violent  moods  he 
ihreateued  several  times  to  kill  his  mother,  and 
she  became  so  alarmed  that  when  hi;  sister  Aone, 
who  IS  employed  in  thia  City,  visited  her  on  San- 
day  last,  abe  requested  her  to  remain  at 
home.  On  Sunday  and  Monday  Patrick 
w.ia  ao  violent  In  hia  manner  that 
tbe  young  woman  determined  that  her  brother 
aboald  be  pnt  under  restraiut.  Nut  knowing  how 
TO  procure  hta  ri^noval  to  tbe  lunatic  asylum  she 
consulted  with  tbe  parish  priest.  Father 
Barry,  Tbe  reverend  gentleman,  after  talk- 
ing with  her  brother,  became  convinced 
that  he  waa  iiiaane,  and  reported  tho  fact  to  tho 
Justice  of  ^be  Pe,ice  of  the  district.  At  the  re- 
quest of  Squire  Meeban  physicians  tested  the  men- 
tal condition  of  Dowiing,  and  having  reported  that 
be  watt  undoubtedly  insane,  a  warrant  wis  issaed 
for  bis  arrest.  The  warrant  waa  issued  early 
on  AVednosday  niztat,  bat  the  Coastahle  neg- 
lected to  cull  for  it,  and  Dowllng  was  not 
arrested.  On  Wednesday  night  Mrs.  Dowiing  and 
her  daughter  retired  to    rest   early,  leaving  Patrick 

In  the  lower  apartment  of  tbe  tenement,  which 
oontaina  ouly  two  rooma,  poorly  inmisbed. 
It  haa  been  Dowltng's  habit  of  late  to 
sleep  only  for  short  period*,  and  to  alternate  his 
periods  of  rest  witb  abort  excursions  along  the  way- 
side. On  Wednesday  nigbt  he  awoke  and  went  out 
upon  tbe  road.  After  wandering  for  some 
time  he  returned  iu  a  freusy,  carry- 
ing in  bis  baud  a  aodn-water  bottle. 
He  ran  quickly  up  the  stairwa.y  into  tbe  apartment 
in  whica  his  mother  and  sister  were  sleeping,  and 
aroused  tbe  former  by  pulling  her  rudely.  When 
she  .lumped  from  tbe  bed  he  struck  her  with  tbe  bot- 
tle, and  for  a  moment  stunned  her.  Then  be 
raugbi.  ap  a  heavy  oil-lamp  that  stood  upou 
a  tabli>  near  tho  bed  and  stiuck  his  mother  with  it 
several  times.  Finally,  bo  threw  the  lamp  at  tho 
weak  old  woman.  It  struck  her  upon  tbe 
head,  and  ibun  boundiog  against  tbe  wall, 
was  dasheit  to  pieces.  By  this  time 
the  sister  grappled  with  her  craz.-d  brother,  aud 
while  tncy  strucgl<^d  he  struck  her  repeatedly  wiih 
the  buttle,  feeing  that  her  brother  intended 
tu  kill  the  old  woman,  she  caught  hold 
of  bnr  mother  and  endeavored  to  push 
her  toward  the  stairs.  In  tbe  meao- 
wbilo  she  held  off  tbe  maniac  who  was  dividing 

his  blows  between  her  and  his  mother.  At  tbe 
head  of  tbe  narrow  stairway  a  tcnibia  strug- 
gle took  place.  Dowliug  tried  to  hurl  botb 
the  women  down  the  atepa,  but  the 
heroic  airl  resisted  him  successfully.  Sbe  kept 
between     bim     and     the  dazed   old    woman,    aud 

the  three  woat  down  the  Higbt  of  stairs  slowly, 

hifhilug  all  the  way.  In  tbe  contest 
the  baluster  that  guarded  tbe  staircase  was 
broken,  aud  Duwilog,  having  dropped  to  tbe 
bottom,  graapetl  one  uf  its  pieoea  as  a  weapon. 
With  this  he  showered  blows  upon  Ills  uu- 
toitunate  relatives.  Still  the  beroio  girl 
moved  toward  tbe  door,  pasbing  ber  mother 
before  her.  By  a  quick  movement  sbe  reached 
tue  courtyard  witb  ibu  old  woman,  aud,  closing  it 
behind  bor.  held  it  fuse  witb  one  band  while  ahe  up- 
held hor  luiutiug  mother  yjth  the  olhec 

Tue  maniac  inaide  howled  lu  a  trigbttul  manner, 
'n'hile  Abe  shrieked  for  aid.  Before  assistance  cume 
he  bad  pried  open  the  door  with  his  weapon, 
sad  the  daughter  was  compelled  to  abaadon 
ber  mother  and  fl<«e  for  aatety.  The  luna- 
tic followed  her  for  a  short  distance,  and 
then  tamed  back  to  where  bis  mother  lay  uncon- 
scious. Ue  Struck  the  poor  old  woman  several 
blows  with  his  terrible  woapun,  aiid  le^bct  dead, 
with  ber  tace  horribly  disflicured  wfHp  wounds. 
Then  he  followed  bis  sister  to  a 
house  about  303  feet  distant  into  which  tbe 
poor  .yoaug  woman  had  burst  an  entrance  in  ber 
beadioDg  fligut.  He  ran  Into  the  bouse  tlirongu  tbe 
aour  sue  had  brokeu,  and  going  up  atairs, 
tried  to  eater  tbe  room  Into  whicb 
siie  had  gone  for  safety.  Ha  was 
met  by  Lawrence  Curry,  Into  wnose  aDartments 
tlio  atster  bad  ran.  A  airuggle  took  place, 
wnich  was  terminated  by  Curry  tripping 
aud  throwing  tbe  maniac  down  tbe  stairway. 
Another  conflict  took  place  at  the  foot  of  the  stairs, 
aud  then  Dowiing  was  again  uyeraiastered.  He 
was  then  ibruwu  out  into  the  court-yard,  and  the 
uuor  of  the  bouse  was  closed.  Ue  procured  an  ase, 
However,  aud  bogau  to  break  in  tbe  door.  Lawieuoe 
Cuiry  again  cuutronted  biui,  and  received  a  blow 
on  the  right  side  of  tbo  torebead.  i'ba  blow  did 
nut  siuu  bim,  but  induced  a  fiercer  aflfraj'.  Tbe  re- 
sult of  tbia  conrtict  was  tha,  Dowliug  waa  ai:ain 
uveriiowered.  and  tbe  axe  takou  away  Irom  him. 
Dowliug  then  ran  into  the  road,  wnere  he  was  met 
by  Ntobulaa  Cur''y  and  bis  sou  Sylvestei,  who 
were  hurrying  to  tbe  assistance  of  tboir 
cousin.  Thoy  threw  the  maniac  down  aud 
bnund  blm  with  ropes.  He  was  taken, 
fettered,  to  tha  County  Jail,  aud,  alter  several 
liours'  stay  there,  was  removed  to  tue  County  Poor- 
house,  wiicre  ne  la  uow  confined.  After  Dowiing 
w.'u  safely  boimd  bis  mother's  body  waatouiid  lying 
nu.ir  tho  duoi-step  ut  bia  home.  His  sister's  and 
Liwreuce  Curry's  wounds  are  puinlul,  but  nut 
uungcruus. 

THE  INQUEST. 

An  inquest  waa  held  yesterday  afternoon  into  tbe 
ciiu.^e  of  tno  death  ot  Mrs.  Dowliug,  b}'  Corunor 
Deuipsev.  The  first  witness  waa  Aniaie  Dowiing, 
vruo  testified  as  follows  :  1  first  noticed  my  brother 
P.irrick  getting  sick  on  Sunday  last ;  I 
came  home  Sunday  ulght ;_  be  appeared 
mulancnoly ;  bis  o.vos  were"  wild-looking; 
1  spoke  <o  bim,  and  asked  him  bow  he  uid  ;  1  spoke 
to  my  mother,  and  she  said  ahe  was  going  to  have 
hiui  put  up,  as  ber  life  was  iu  uanger;  be  had 
tbieaceneu  her  twice;  mother  aaid  sbe  would 
have  tu  see  about  it  right  away,  and  on 
Monday  Owen  Hogan  and  T  went  tu  Father  Barry 

to  have  his  uplnion  first;  Father  Barry  came  there 
on  Tuesday,  and  said  to  my  oruther,  "  Y'ou  are  not 
right;  you  are  nut  yourself  sumelimest";  be 
siiid,  "No,  Sir;  sometimes  1  am  not";  Father 
Barry  told  otm  be  ought  to  be  a  man.  and  ought  Co 
leave  otl  those  habits  ;  be  was  then  catting  up  rbe 
chairs,  boi  Father  B^rry  protended  not  to  notice 
him ;  Father  Barry  then  said  ho  would  Inturm 
Squire  Mueban  auout  it ;  1  have  remained  homo 
cy«r  Mince  ijunday  nighr ;  he  has  acted  very  wild 
and  tri'juioaa  ;  he  destroyed  articles  uf  tumitare, 
but  did  uut  attempt  to  injure  any  mem- 
uer  of  the  family  ;  tho  doctors  came 
yesterday  morning ;  Dr.  Millsu.iugh  asked 
Home  questions  of  Pat  wnich  I  do  not  now  recol- 
lect :  iu  tbe  uituruoou  the  doctors  called  again  ; 
they  hud  a  tsl^  wilb  mother,  and  Vt:  Millspaugta 
i-aiu  he  thought  a  dose  of  medicine  would  make 
Pal  all  riaht ;  then  mother  said,  "Doctor,  I  thiua  our 
lives  are  lu  dv.ug»r  ;'  Dr.  Aiiilspaugb  ibeu  went 
down  ataira,  aud  Patrick  met  bim  aud  said,  "Doctor, 
1  am  trying  to  go  to  bell ; "  I  think,  the  Doctor  said 
that  hall  waa  a  prett.y  bad  p^aoe ;  Dr.  Millspaugb 
came  ap.atairs  then  and  aaid  it  was  a  pretty  bad 
case;  I  said,  '*  Dooter,  it  ia  pretty  baid  to  make  you 
believe  anything t"  be  siuJ,  "Yea,  I  see  that 
he  IS  pretty  bad ;"  then  he  said  to  me 
"  It  takes  aouie  time  to  aee  these  oases ;"  I  aaid, 
"  You  see  he  is  utHzy ; "  be  said,  "  I  see  ic 
now;  "  Dr.  MilUpaugh  then  went  away, 
and  Dr.  Clark  afterward  talked  to  Pat.; 
I  aakcd  Dr.  Mil  apaagh  tor  Patnok'a 
remural  yesterday;  alter  the  doctors  left  us 
Patrick  acted  very  eraxy,  as  crazy  as  could  be; 
I  was  afraid  to  sleep  in  the  house 
last  night,  was  trembling,  and  waa 
atrald  the  doctors  would  uut  send 
to  take  Patrick  away;  I  went  to  bed  last  night; 
Patriek  woke  me  up  at  3  o'clock;  he  had  been  oat, 
aod  bad  tbe  door  opun  ;  he  walkea  right  up  ataira 
sud  wRiksd  io;  he  said,  "I  will  gst  you 
out         of        here  ;"         I        oonld  not        aee 

whether  he  bad  anything  In  his  band,  as  there  waa 
no  light ;  I  tbink  be  bad  aumetbiug  in  his  hand 
when  he  atraok  me;  h»  todk  buld  of  my 
hair  and  struck  me  on  the  head 
with  a  small  bottle  that  I  bad  bakiug- 
Ruda  in ;  be  used  a  heavy  oil  lamp  on  my  mother  i 
there  was  no  light  in  tbe  room,  but  it  was  moun> 
light ;  the  lamp  waa  very  heavy ;  be  bad  hold 
ot  my  clothes  as  I  was  coming  down 
stairs,  aud  be  bad  huld  of  ray  mother 
poshing  ber  aa  she  was  In  front  ofiu;  be  pulled 
down  the  baluster  aa  we  were  goiug  down  ataira  ; 
he  lost  tbe  bottle  on  the  stairs,  and  then  kept 
bitting  me  witb  a  piece  of  tbe  balus- 
ter; I  gut  my  mother  ana  myself  outside 
of  the  door  before  bim ;  he  then 
put  a  stick  between  tbe  door  and  the  jamb,  and 
pried  the  door  open  ;  1  then  let  my  mother  go ;  ahe 
lell,  and  he  followed  ma  part  of  the  if-ay  to 
Larry  Curry'* ;  he  aaw  that  I  got  away, 
and  tamed  back  aeaio,  and  mntdared  my 
mother;  be  afterward  oame  to  Curry's  yard, 
where  he  got  an  axe,  witb  wbich  he  broke  open  tbe 
door  of  Mr.  Cam's  house,  and  ran  in  after  me; 
Larry  Carry  saved  me ;  mother  was  struck  over 
tne  bead  with  a  tclass  bottle  i  he  gave  bar  a   lew 


blows  with  a  glass  lamp  t>efore  I  got  out  of  doors : 
every  blrov  w-is  on  tbe  'op  of  ber  hea<1. 

Lawrence  Corey  tesMfied  that  be  bad  known 
Parick  DuwUn;;  for  14  or  15  years,  and  bad 
never  noticed  symotoins  of  insanity  in  his 
manner  nutll  he  broke  into  witness'  house 
on  Thursday  morning.  TIm  witness  was 
awakened  by  the  screams  of  persons  on  the 
road;  he  bad  jnmped  out  of  bed  when  Annie  Dowi- 
ing daabed  mto  hi*  botise:  he  then'weot  ont  ot 
bis  room  and  met  Dowiing, woo  bad  niahedup  stairs 
and  vas  tryiag  to  get  into  the  room 
Into  wbioh  hia  sister  had  eone  for  proteotioa;  Dow- 
iing said  nothing,  but  howled  loudly ;  he  carried  in 
his  band  a  piece  of  a  baluster,  witb  wbich  beatrnok 
the  door  of  the  room.  Carry  here  described  his 
etrixsglea  witb  the  lunatio  as  tboy  are  detailed 
above. 

John  Meehan,  Jniticeofthe  Peace  of  the  town 

of  Southfield,  testified  tbat  he  had  been  informed 
by  Father  Barry  tbat  Dowiing  was  in- 
aann,  aud  had  requested  Drs.  MilAapSugh  and 
Clarke  to  examine  into  bis  mental  condition. 
He  theu  said  tbat  Dr.  Millspaugb  reported  to  him 
tbat  Dowlinz  was  insane,  and  that  he  had  issued  a 
warrant  fur  the  arieatof  tbe  lunatic  aod  bis  com- 
mittal to  tbe  Couoty  Poor-house.  The  warrant  was 
issued  on  Wednesday  evening,  and  he  was  awakened 
aud  asked  tor  it  at  4  o'clock  on  Thursday  morning, 
after  tbe  murder. 

Dr.  L.  Miilsnaugb  testified  tnat  he  inquired  into 
tbe  condition  of  Dowliug  on  Wednesday  morning 
and  attornoon;  he  determitfed  after  minute  in- 
quiry that  Dowiing  was  insane;  un  tbe 
afternoon  of  Wednesday  the  maniac  told 
bim,  amone  other  -absurd  things,  (bat  he 
was  '•  tryine  to  go  to  hell,  but  coold 
not  get  there."  These  remarks,  with  tbe  assertions 
of  Mrs.  Dowiing  aud  ber  daughter  that  thoy 
were  afraid  of  Patrick,  caused  bim  and 
Dr.       Clarke        to        determine        that        DswIing 

was  insAuu.  Tbe  witneas  here  described 
the  wounds  that  wet e  inflicted  upon  tbe  deceased 
woman,  Mr*.  Dowiing.  They  were  sevc-n  in  num- 
ber, on  the  bead  and  tace  of  the  deceased,  besides 
several  bruises  or  abrasions.  Tbe  worst  wound 
was  five  luobes  long,  on  the  lefo  side  of 
toe  lace.  It  wus  apparently  done  with  an 
iustmmeut  having  a  sharp  edge  ;  it  waa  of  a  circu- 
lar form,  and  laid  tbe  cheek  open  so  tbut  it  fell 
back  upou  the  ear ;  beneath  it  ibe  cheek-bone 
waa  fractured.  Tbe  second  wound  was 
about  five  inches  above  the  left 
ear,  breakinc  tbe  skull.  Tbe  next  was  over  the 
left  eye.  two  inches  long,  laying  bare  the  bone ; 
tbe  upper  lip  was  splU  from  tbe  nose  down ; 
another  wound,  two  inches  long,  waa  on  the  right 
temple  ;  the  lower  lip  was  cut  about  half  an  iuch 
down ;  tbe  whole  upper  jaw  was  broken  across  ; 
and  tbe  left  cheek  bone  was  broken  into  several 
pieces. 

Dr.  Clarke  corroborated  the  testimony  of  his  col- 
league, and  gave  some  further  parti«uiars  of  no 

general  interest. 

Tbe  Inry  returned  a  verdict  that  "  Anoe  Dowiing 
oame  to  her  death,  at  Ihe  ace  nt  about  70  years,  by 
wounds  upon  her  bead,  inflicted  oy  her  son, 
Patrick  Dowiing,  while  hiboring  under  an 
attack  oi     acute   mania,    or  mental  derangoment." 

Alter  the  inquest  a  Times  reporter  visited  the 
CountT  Poor-house,  in  wnich  Dowllng  is  confined. 
He  was  iuiormed  tbat  the  prisoner  had  spoken 
bat  little  during  the  day.  and  bad  spent 
part  uf  it  uttering  howls  like  those  of 
a  dog.  When  be  spoke  it  was  only 
in  response  to  persistent  Qnustionlng.  He  was 
lyiug  on  a  pallet  when  the  reporter  spoke  to  bim, 
and  aiose  Irom  it  with  apparent  reluctance.  Ue 
said  that  be  knew  be  was  confined  for  mardering 
his  molber.  He  did  not  know  what  bad  caused  bim 
to  cummit  the  crime,  but  sapposod  he  must  bave 
been  out  of  bis  mind,  fie  knew,  he  said,  that  he  bad 
f^r  year*  been  the  victim  ot  bad  habits  against 
which  Father  Barry  had  caationed  him.  He  was 
ueivons  in  maunor,  and  looked  mriively  at 
bis  questioner  after  tbe  fashion  of  an  animal 
tnat  has  been  cowed,  but  still  looks  lor 
au  opportunity  to  spring  upon  Its  conqueror.  It 
took  tbe  united  efforts  of  six  men  to  put  the  pris- 
oner iuto  hi*  cell,  and  for  a  time  be  tore  wildly  at 
tbe  oara  iu  a  vain  attempt  to  release  himself. 


A  JERSm  CITY  CUUROU  TROUBLE. 
Trouble  has  overtaken  thu  First  Universalist 
Church  iu  Jersey  City,  a  church  which  seemed  to 
be  progressing  aud  has  more  tban  doubled  its  mem- 
berabip  since  tbe  advent  of  Mrs.  Phoebe  Hanaford 
to  the  pastorate.  Mrs.  Hanaford  became  Paator  of 
ibe  church  in  April,  18i4,  when  she  was  engaeed 
for  three  years.  She  has  beeu  unremitting  in  ber 
eft'orts  to  iuoreasb  the  memhersbip,  aad  bur  labors 
have  been  crowned  wilb  suooess.  KeceutlT  some 
of  the  female  members  bave,  it  is  said,  become 
iealuus  uf  Iter,  and  a  siroog  feeling  of  ojipjaiiion 
hss  beeu  developed,  which  culmlnalod  Wednesday 
night  in  an  effort  to  depose  ber.  The  memoers 
held  a  mcetine  at  whicb  inn  proceedings  were  very 
Stormy.  Deacon  D.  W.  Uolden  presided.  A  reso- 
lution was  prisented  instructing  tbe  Trustees  to 
seoure  a  mate  Pastor  to  take  cnarge  of 
tbe     churoh    from    tbe     1st    of    April    nt-xt.     The 

Utmost  excitemeot  followed  tbe  readiug  of  tbo  resu- 
luiiou.  A  Mr.  Wilson  protested  against  tbe  resoln- 
tion,  and  wa*  proceeding  tu  make  a  speech  wuen 
loud  cries  uf  "Motion"  and  "Order"  interrupted 
him,  and  be  was  compelled  to  take  bis  seat.  A 
motion  to  read  the  resolution  agaiu  provsilad,  and 
as  soon  as  that  was  done  tbe  scene  tbat.  ensued  beg- 
gars description.  Motions  tu  lay  it  on  the  table 
mingled  witb  calls  tor  the  yeaa  and  nays,  while  one 
man  was  heard  shouting  tuat  it  was  a  "put-up 
Job,  they  want  to  hire  Glendenning."  Dea- 
con holdon  finally  restored  order,  and  call- 
ing Deacon  Uongb  to  tbe  chair,  delivered 
au  address.  Witb  tears  in  bis  eyes,  be  besouebt 
tbe  brethren  to  exercise  moderati  ,n  and  act  iu  a 
spirit  uf  unity  aud  torgiveneness.  Ue  reminded 
them  tbat  a  churbb  was  very  difl'erent  from  a  rail- 
road oomoan.v  or  a  bankiue  corporation.  It  was  a 
community  of  friends  banded  toeether  to  educate 
eauQ  other,  to  elevate  aud  euooble  human  character. 
In  cooulusion,  he  begged  them  to  restrain  them- 
selves, but  expressed  a  fear  that  this  wonid  betbeir 
last  meelini:  as  a  united  society.  He  feared  tbat  the 
congregation  would  be  divided  and  a  ntwchuroh  es- 
tablished by  the  auceders.  An  amendment  was 
offered  to  the  resolution  that  tnc  word 
"male"  be  omitted,  and  the  amennnient  waa 
adopted  by  a  vote  ef  45  to  42.  Tbe  original  resolu- 
tion as  amended,  waa  tiieu  adopted.  No  expression 
of  opinion  couid  be  obtained  from  tb*  Trustees  au  to 
tbcir  intention  of  retaining  or  dismissing  Urs.  Han- 
aford, but  It  is  presumed  that  an  efibrt  will  be  made 
to  dismiss  her,  as  tbat  was  the  obiect  of  tbe  original 
re!>olution.  Some  of  tbe  lea  >iug  members  of  tbe 
cHurcb  express  tbeir  willingness  to  suuscribe  liber- 
ally tu  procure  anoihor  place  of  wurshifT  lu  which 
Mrs.  Hanaford  can  oiliciate,  provided  the  Truateea 
Uecide  to  engage  some  one  to  replace  tier.  Mrs, 
Hanafurd,  who  ha*  a  large  income  indepuudent  of 
her  salary,  is  lepresentod  by  ber  friends  to  he  will- 
ing to  preach  without  salary  until  tbe  new  church 
la  well  edtahliabcfL 


PULLING  DOWN  THE  BLINDS. 
Tbe  Middletown  Press,  of  Wednesday,  has 
tbe  fullowiug  account  uf  a  small  auit  io  that  city  : 
The  firm  of  White  &  Soamau.  prudeceasors  of  Amos 
Seaman,  doing  Oainess  on  Fouadry  street  last  Sam- 
mer,  put  (30  worth  of  blinds  en  a  new  house  which 
Robert  LeCompte  built  for  Mra.  Nellie  Hauter.  It 
beems  tbat  tbe  payment  was  not  forthcoming,  and, 
like  prudent  busiusaa  men,  Measra.  White  &  Sea- 
man put  a  mechanic's  lien  on  tbe  buusu.  It  also 
appears  that  Mrs.  fltmter  had  giveu  an  order  upon 
Squire  Stoddard  iu  payment  for  tbe  blinda  to  the 
contractor,  Mr.  LeCompte.  Squire  St'iddard  ac- 
cpted  the  order,  and  took  a  receipt  trom  Mr,  Le- 
Compte. When  Mra.  Hunter  learned  that  a  me- 
chanic's hen  bad  been  placed  on  her  house,  she 
*  pnlled  down  tUe  blinds,'  piled  them  up  on  the 
porch,  aud  sent  word  to  Messrs.  White  &,  Seaman 
to  oome  and  get  them,  aud  then  bought  a  uow  set  of 
blinds  trom  Mr.  Charles  Piatt.  Wbite  &  Seaman 
broaght  action  to  foreclose  the  lien.  Mrs.  Hunter 
claimcO  poyiueut  under  tbe  order  given  upon  Squire 
Studdaro.  From  tbe  testimouy  it  appeared  that 
the  lien  was  filed  before  the  receipt  was  given  by 
Mr,  Locomple,  ana  on  tbat  gronoit,  the  plaintifi°'s 
lawyer,  John  Bradner,  Esq.,  claimed  it  waa  valid. 
The  detendant's  lawyer.  Squire  Smddard,  argued 
otherwise.  The  jury  decided  that  the 
detendant  had  a  perfect  riebt  to  'pall 
down  the  blinds  '  if  she  chose  to  do  so,  aud 
that  the  contractor,  having  accepted  a  third  party's 
obligation  to  pay,  the  plaintiffs  could  not  recover 
under  a  lion.     Tbe  case  has  beon  appealed." 


MORTALITY  AMONG  EPISCOPAL  CLERGY- 
MEN. 
Tho  Hartford  Courant  of  Tuesday  says : 
"  Tue  targe  uuiuber  of  deaths  of  elergymeu  in  thia 
Episcopal  diociise,  within  a  few  weeks,  was  the 
■uhjeot  of  a  discourse  by  Rev.  Dr.  Beardsley, 
of  St.  Thomas',  New-Haven,  Suuday.  Kuv.  Charles 
R  Fisher,  of  Harttord  ;  Rev.  Charlea  W.  Everest, 
of  Hamdeii  :  Kev.  Dr.  R.  A.  Hallam.  of  New-Lon- 
dnn ;  Rev.  Dr.  D.  H.  Short,  of  Falrfiold,  and  Rev. 
Dr.  J.  L.  Cl^irk,  of  Waterbury,  were  the  aiiojects  of 
touching  allusions.  Of  Rov.  Mr.  Fisher  tbe 
preacher  spoke  aa  toUows  :  '  Almost  at  the  begia- 
ning  of  this  Christian  year  there  died  suddenly  iu 
tbe  City  ot  Hartford  a  elerg.yman  of  our  church, 
oue  who  waa  emphatically  the  poor  man'a  iriendi 
who  for  a  qaarcer  uf  aosuturr  bad  devoted  him- 
self with  siugleness  of  purpose  to  the  spiritual  im- 
provement of  those  who  bad  nothing  bat  gratitude 
to  give  him  in  return ;  aud  a  place  has  therefore 
beeo  made  vseaut  which  may  not  be  filled  till  a 
generation  has  passed  away,  if  it  then  be  filled.'  " 

LETTER  FROM  JUDGE  DATIS. 
A  telegram  from  Bloomtuston.,  III.,  Jan. 
38,  to  the  Cincinnati  Gazette,  says:  "To-day  a  letter 
was  received  from  Judge  Davis,  by  Hun.  Jesse 
W.  Fell,  of  this  eitv,  a  long  and  intimate  friend,  in 
which  Judge  Davis  expresses  nis  determination  to 
accept  the  Seuatorship  of  Illinois.  The  letter 
further  said  that  at  flrct  be  was  opposed  to  his  name 
being  used  in  the  contest,  and  that  it  was  witUont 
hi*  knowledge  or  cooseut,  but  upon  furtber  oouai- 
deration,  be  had  decided  to  accept  to  thu  honor  con- 
ferred upou  him.  Tbe  letter  also  mentioned  the  tact 
that  be  would  uot  teuder  his  resignatiou  natil  after 
tbe  4:b  of  Mai-ch  next.  The  citizens  of  this  city 
intend  to  held  a  public  meeiiug  to-morrew  nijibt, 
expressive  of  tbeir  approoation  ol  his  election  to 
tbe  Senate.  In  ciAivers.ition  yesterday,  wnh  a  son 
of  Judge  Davis,  your  uorr<>8Pobdeut  was  inturmed 
tbat  the  Jadge  had  previousiy  conteiuplated 
resigning  hia  position  ou  the  Supreme  bench  at  an 
early  day." 

NEVADA  DOES  NOT  WANT  YOU. 
Tbe  Virginia  fNevada)  Enttrprise  of  Jan.  23 
aavs:  "  Folks  from  abroad  are  coming  to  Virginia 
every  day.  Many  of  them  have  barely  enoagh 
mooey  to  reach  bere,  and  arrive  m  tbe  midst  of  tbe 
Winter  with  their  famillss,  and  all  perfectly  desti- 
tute.   Tbera  la  no  olace  tiere  fox  thesa.   nofcblnst  lor 


tbem  to  do  but  to  sufEar,  and  peifiaps  die.  We 
bave  already  more  poor  people  than  we  know  what 
to  do  witb.  There  are,  at  least,  1,500  men  here,  in 
Obld  Hill  and  this  vicinity,  out  of  work.  There  is 
more  anfferlng  already  tban  we  can  relieve.  It 
woald  take  more  monoy  than  our  bnsiness  can 
spare  to  send  these  poof  creatures  away,  and  we 
cannot  orovide  for  them  bere.  It  would  be  much 
better  for  eve'-ybody  If  these  new-comers  would 
keep  on  into  California,  where  they  can  be  rendered 
comfortable  during  the  Winter  tor  one-fourth  of  tbe 
sum  necessary  to  keep  tbem  from  dying  bere.  In 
tbe  name  of  humanity  do  not  cnme  here.  Go  some- 
where, anywhere,  else  first.  You  cannot  do  worse 
than  to  attempt  to  live  here  now." 


OPERA  SINGERS    IN  COURT. 


TRIAL     OF      SUITS     FOR    -WAGES — HOW     CHO- 
RUSES  ARE    MADK    UP. 

From  the  Philadelphia  Press,  Feb.  1. 
Kot  at  all  melodious  were  tbe  voices  bf  the 
chomt  singers  of  the  Kellogg  Opera  Troupe,  as 
beard  In  Common  Plena  Court,  No.  4,  yestetday. 
Millie  L.  Sterliuz,  who,  according  lo  the  testimony, 
had  the  strongeat  and  best  voice  in  tbe  chorus, 
raised  it  in  tho  forum  to  demand  of  C.  D.  Hess,  who, 
in  this  insAnce,  was  unfortunate  enoagh  to  be  the 
maneger  of  the  troupe,  damages  to  tbe  amount 
of  (500  for  broach  of  contract.  Sbe  adduced  tei- 
ttmony  to  show  that  in  the  Summer  of  1876  one 
Aitbur  W.  Tarns,    representing   himself  as  agent 

of  Mr.  Hess,  engaged  her,  with  others,  as  a  chorus 
hinuer  for  the  season  of  "'76  and  "77."  a  period 
usually  of  five  months,  at  $5  a  performance,  with  a 
guarantee  that  tber^  should  not  be  less  than  four 
performances  a  week.  Having  made  the  necessary 
preparations  tor  performing  her  part  of  tbe  contract 
by  attending  rehearsals  and  prHcticlna  the  scores 
of  t|)e  operas  in  the  r6pertoire  of  the  troupe,  when 
Mr.  Uess  arrived  she  was,  as  she  alleged,  without 
cause,  discharged.  On  tbe  cross-examination  of  tbe 
plaintiff  by  Mr.  Weil,  she  admitted  that  abe  bad 
sung  before  in  but  two  of  the  operas  in  the  i6per- 
toire  of  ten,  bnt  having  two  weeks  for  rehearsal 
under  direction  ot  tbe  Mr.  Tarns  aforesaid,  wno  was 
acting  generalissimo  of  tho  force  of  choristers,  sbe 
bad  learned  the  chorus  scores  of  tbe  otber  eight 
operas,  aud  was  certainly  capable  of  singing 
them.  On  tbo  part  of  tbe  plaiotiff,  Prot.  Jean 
Louis  was  called  to  tbe  stand,  and  betore  he  stepped 
down,  in  answer  to  a  question  as  to  whether  the 
scorns  of  eight  operas  could  be  learned  la  two 
wseks,  said  that,  while  a  good  dual  would  depend 
on  the  capacity  of  the  singer  aod  tbe  difilculty  of 
tbe  operas,  be  considered  the  thing  impossible. 
Theu  Mr.  Tams.  who  seems  to  have  beeu  the  oause 
•f  all  the  mischief,  waa  culled  to  tbe  ataiid  by  the 
plaintiff.  Bnt  from  the  tenor  uf  bis  testimony  be 
was  soon  dropped  like  a  hot  potato,  and  as  gladly 
picked  no  hv  the  other  side.  Hia  evidence  was  to 
the  efiect  that  be  orgaoized  a  chorns^of  which  the 
plaintiff  w^as  a  member  fur  the  purpose  of  offering 
their  services  to  any  fpera  jtroupe  that 
came  along.  He  was  sent  to  New-York 
by  his  chorus  to  seek  an  engagement  with 
Mr.  Hess  to  sing  in  tho  Kellogg  Troupe,  which 
was  sbui  tly  to  begin  a  season  here.  Alter  some 
negotiation  tbe  latter  agreed  to  employ  as  man3'  uf 
the  chorus  as  would  suit  him  at  tbe  rate  of  $5  a 
pertormanoe.  It  is  bere  alleged  by  tbe  plaintiff 
that  at  this  time  Tams  signed  a  contract  with  her 
and  other  members  uf  the  chorus  for  the  season  as 
tbo  agent  of  Mr.  Hess.  This  contract  was  called  for, 
but  Mr.  Tams  had  forgotten  to  bring  it;  he 
thought  it  might  be  in  his  trunk,  aud  be  would 
hunt  it  up.  There  was  a  contract  prodaced,  how- 
ever, empowering  Tams  to  collect  from  Mr.  Hess 
tbe  salaries  of  the  choristers.  On  tbia  contract,  if 
it  was  made  under  the  authority  of  Mr.  Hess,  tbe 
plaintiff's  case  depended.  But.  unfortunately,  it  did 
not  appear,  and  thus  a  big  link  dropped  out  ot  the 
evidence.  When  the  troupe  came  bome  of  the  sing- 
er* were  accepted,  and  others,  among  them  the 
plaintiff,  rejected.  For  this  she  claims  damages. 
On  tbe  part  of  the  defense  it  was  maiutained  tbat 
no  oootract  with  the  singers  had  been  made  by  Mr. 
Hesa,  because  Mr.  Tams  was  not  bis  agent,  and  not 
authorized  to  entrage  any  one;  that  the  organization 
of  a  chorus  by  Tams  was  on  bis  uwn  private  ac- 
cuunt — a  kiud  of  singing-school ;  that  when  the 
truupt)  opened  here  Mr.  Hess  look  what  singers  he 
thought  competent,  and  tbat  if  Mr.  Tams  had 
maae  arrangements  with  others  itiwasdone  without 
authoniy.  The  case  will  be  concluded  this  morn- 
ing. 

Upon  tbe  determination  of  thiii  suit  hangs  tbe 
fate  of  about  a  duzeu  others  broaght  under  a  siiuilar 
state  of  circumstances. 


DANGEROUS  THEATRES  IN  FHILADEL- 
PUlA. 
The  Philadelphia  JVorth  A.nierican  of  the  1st 
Inst,  says:  "Some  one  of  a  curious  mind  has  in- 
terviewed the  Building  Inspectors  to  ascertain 
what  has   been   done  In   porsuance  of    their  report 

auon  the  safety  of  places  of  amatjement  in  Phila- 
delphia, and  the  result  is  one  calculated  to  alarm 
people  considerably.  Tbe  inspectors  state  that  their 

duties  are  advisory  only  in  this  matter,  and  they  ex- 
pected that  the  Councils  would  act  very  ptomptl.y  in 
carr.yiug  out  their  suegesiions.  But  the  Coancils 
seeiu  to  have  entirely  torgottea  the  awful  disas'er 
wbioh  in  less  otfioiai  minds  lives  as  a  terrible  mem- 
ory. W  bile  otber  cities  have  taken  prompt 
and  vigorous  steps  to  make  the  recurrence  of 
such  a  thing  impossible,  while  even  at  so 
great  a  distance  as  London,  we  find  tbe  echo  of  tbe 
cry  tbat  went  un  tor  safer  stractures,  here  in  Phii- 
auelphia,  where  the  lurid  glare  trom  the  blazing 
holocaust  was  scarcely  beyona  tbe  limit  of  our  hun- 
zon,  we  sit.  patioutly  still  and  wait  our  turn.  The 
otficlal  inspectors  have  declared  tbe  danger  of  more 
than  one  much- frequented  place  of  public  resort ; 
have  specified  wherein  that  danger  lies,  and  have 
given  a  fair  warning  of  what  may  happen ;  but  un- 
til buman  lives  bave  buen  sacrificed  at  bis  altar  tbe 
demon  ot  prucrasunatiou  will  keep  his  faithful  wor- 
shipers in  tbe  Councils  from  taking  the  simple  step 
which  is  demaoded  by  the  cause  of  humanity." 

WEBEB 


ILLUSTRATES    THE    PIANO    WAR    BY     A   DOG 

STORY,  AND   GIVES   THE  BOTTOM   FACTS. 

To  the  Editor  ot  the  Kern-  York  Timet  : 

Last  week  at  the  Tombs  Court;,  before  Jadge 

Daffy,  two  claimants  appeared  for  and  with  a  naud- 
some  Xewfouudlaud  dog.  As  neither  had  any  cor- 
roborative evidence,  the  astute  Judge  decided  that 
the  instinct  of  the  dog  himself  would  be  the  surest 
test  of  ownership.  A  policeman  was  ordered  to 
hold  tbe  dog  in  the  centre  of  the  court-room,  wnile 
ooe  claimant  was  placed  on  one  side  of  the  room, 
tho  otber  on  the  opposite  side.  Botu  were  ordered 
to  whistle  for  tbe  dog  at  a  signal  from  the  Judge, 
the  dog  to  be  roleaaed  at  the  aame  time,  and  choose 
between  the  claimaota. 

The  Judge  called  time ;  each  claimaot  whistled 
to  tbe  best  of  his  abUiiy.  Politjemjin  let  go  the 
dog;  but  tbe  dog,  after  looking  at  the  Judge  and 
surveying  the  scene,  escaped  through  the  door, 
and  sought  elsewhere  his  rightful  owner. 

A  similJir  scene  has  been  enacted  for  the  last  two 
weeks  amonc  the  piano  men.  A  couple  of  piano- 
forte mannfactarers— both  honorable  men— have 
been  whistling  their,  resnective  Centennial  awards 
through  the  public  press,  with  about  as  much  suc- 
cess as  tbe  claimants  had  with  the  dog. 

The  prize  belongs  elsewhere. 

Stripped,  then,  of  all  verbiage,  subterfuge,  crim- 
ination, and  recrimination,  lawsmts,  and  all  side  is- 
sues simpl.y  intended  to  befog  the  public,  the  naked 
facts  as  to  the  Centennial  awards  are  jnsi  th6se  : 

Most  of  the  leading  manufacturers  received  near- 
ly the  same  recognition  in  regard  to  workmanahip. 
Durability  the  commis«ion  could  only  guess -at. 
The  only  real  distinction  was  m^de  by  the  jury  as 
to  the  tons  of  tbe  pianos  exhibited. 

Tbe  piano,  violin,  and '  every  other  musical  in- 
strument is  valued  and  purchased  for  its 

TONS.  1 

Thus,  then,  the  Baltimore  houae  is  given  an 
award  for 

"general  eswseUenee  in  the  requisites  of  a  first-class 
instrument  in  power  of  tone,"  to  which  the  oommis- 
sion  added  alngihg  quality. 

Tbe  New- Fork  house  for 
"  largest  volume,  purky,  and  duration  of  tone." 

Wberea*  to  Wkbbb  is  awarded 
'  ^rympatheiit,  pure,  aitd  rich  tone,  itombined  with  great- 
est power." 

Comment  as  to  which  is  the  highut  award  woald 

seem  an  inaalt  to  the  Intelligent  musical  public. 

Let  tbem  be  the  judges  as  to  who  ia  the  rightful 
owner  of  the  Centenalal  prize. 

Suffice  it  to  say  that  the  Webbb  award  oontaina 
all  thcU  is  possible  m  a  piano-forte — 
"  st/Tnpathj/,  puritt/,  richruss,  staA  grtaiest  power." 

In  abort,  a  soul  in  a  piano.  A.  WEBER. 

A  METEOR  IN  KENTUCKY. 
The  Paris  (Ky.)  Citizen  aays  :  V  A  reliable 
correspondent  at  Cyntbiana  senas  ua  the  following: 
'  I  suppose  you  have  heard  by  tbia  time  of  the  bat- 
tle in  tbe  heavens  that  occurred  in  this  oonnty 
about  4  o'sloolc  last  Tuesday  aftismoon.  Ibose  who 
heard  it  say  it  was  mnoh  like  the  Morgan  fight 
h«r«  trham  la    ofunmnnnedL  and  la  Stud  About  one ' 


minute  and  a  bait  It  oamefrem  tbsnortb-wes^ 
I  have' Just  talked  with  a  man  who  heard  it  comlof 
wbirling  through  the  trees,  looked  ui  an  i  m\-^  'Ni 
smoke  flying  from  it,  and  a  large  m 'i&i>Il-wiinu 
fifty  yards  of  blm,  weighing  from  12  to  15  oonods 
Tbe  rock  was  of  a  black  mineral  co'<>r.  I:;  fell 
about  four  miles  below  tbe  town,  on  Craigmyie's 
place  The  noiae  was  heard  all  over  tho  cou'u  y.' 
The  same  noise  referred  r^i  aborye  was  nlso  bear-l  in 
this  county.  It  sounded  like  the  mmbllng  of  tbun 
der  and  tho  firing  uf  cannon  at  a  distance." 


When  lnt«T^st  and  selt-induleence  rou  parall? 
men  yield  with  great  readiness.  Such  is  the  case  witti 
tbt-  newly-introduced  toilet  soap,  which  H.  T.  BahbttI 
has  given  the  world,  knoxy  as  B.  T.  Babbitt'*  Toilkt 

Soap.  Tlie  most  economical  and  cleanly  of  all  s<>.i]>a 
for  it  is  made  of  the  most  refined  vecet'i  ole  oils :  it.  ic 
the  most  agreable  to  use  iu  tbe  bedroom  and  t>ath< 
tub.    It  is  simply  the  king  of  soana.— .4<iiio*<i««nicii<. 


DeerfootFarm  (Sontnboronsh,  Mass.)  Saus.vgf.9 
received  three  times  a  week.  Salt  Pokk  in  'J5  and 
60  pound  keirs,  especially  for  taniilies.  Pure  [.ard 
lu  6,  lOto^and  20  p<iiiBd  pails.  For  site  bv  UorSTOs 
t  8TEi*ff  No.  771  tttli  ttv..  and  liLHSGHAOSE:»  &  Co. 
No,  X.'M'i  Broadway,  iTOi:t^ri.—AivertiseiMHt. 


fOR  Immediate  Relief  of  Coughs  ai,t)  ''oldi 
use  tbe  popular  remedy,  Poster's  Balsas. — Advertiie 
itient.  ,  

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T'etters  irom  our  Correspondenta  at  lioma  and  abroad: 
Ettitorial  Articles  on  matters  of  current  interest;    A^- 

ncnltural  Matter:  carefally  p.epared  Commerci.il  Mat- 
ter, giving  the  Latest  Financial  News  anl  M.atkel  Re- 
ports ;  Articles  of  agncultaral  aud  aomsstic  interest; 
and  other  Interesting  Keadlug  Matter. 

Copies  for  sale  at  THE  TIJIKS  OFFICh:  also  at  TtIB 
TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  KO.  1,2j7  BEoAD^VAV. 
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To  the  Consamotive WILBOR'.s  COMPOCSD  OP 

COD  LIVKB  OIL  A.sD  LIME,  without  possessing  the 
vtiry  naueearine  flavor  of  the  artici«  as  tieretofore 
used,  is  endowed  by  the  phosphate  of  lime  with  a  heal- 
ing propert.y  which  renders  tlie  o\'  doubly  efficacious  . 
Remarkable  testimonials  of  its  efficacy  can  be  exhib 
ited  to  thoiie  who  desire  to  see  tdeoi.  Sold  byA.B 
WILBOB.  Chemist,  Boston. 


Tjadiea',   ]>liBses',  Genrs',    and    Roys'  Boots 

Shoes  tiait«rs,  and  Inaia-rubliers.  Tiie  nest  place  it 
New-York  to  buy  them  is  at  MILLER  &.  CO.'S,  No.  3 
Union  square. 

The  (Stingins  ssensation  in  the  Gallct, 

Called  lieartburu,  proceeds  from  acidity  ■■f  th. 
stomach,  and  is  remedied  by  MILK  OP  UAtiXfiSIA. 


Pomeroy's  'I'msses— l*y  far  the    Beat  in  fsa 

A8kyoiU'pU\8iciaii.  ro.iIKKUV  TKU.SS  I'O..  746  l^'wiy. 


T^wflC-A-JElIilElID- 

ALEXANDRK— JKROtfE.— On  Thursdav.  Feb.  1. 1877, 
J.  Henry  ALKXANDRE  to  (jkhtrudb  Jerome,  dauobier 
of  Mr.  Thomas  Jerome. 

TUBBS— WOOU. — Oh  Tuesday,  Jan.  30,  at  the  re^*: 
deuce  of  the  bride's  father,  l^y  Kev.  Dr.  Ludlow,  w  it 
LiAxTuBBs  to  HABAH  FRANCES,  youugest  dsugDtcr  u> 
A.  a.  Wooa,  both  of  this  City. 


ANTHO.N,— On  Thursday;  Feb.  1.  Emilia,  wife  of  th» 
late  Rev.  Ucnry  Aotboa,  1>.  D.,  in  the  64tb  year  of  her 
age. 

Hoticeof  funeral  hereafter. 

AUSTIN.— At  Harlem,  Jau.  31,  1877,  William  B.  An*. 
TIN,  aged  67  years. 

Friends  and  relatives  of  tbe  fsmily  ere  invited  to  at 
tend  the  tuuerai  at  bia  iatu  rcsiieuce,  Ne.  222  K-isl 
l-23d  St..  Fridav,  Feb.  'i,  at  7  P.  H.  Interment  at  You 
kers  Saturday,  Feb.  3. 

BEARD.— On  Wednesday,  Jan.  31,  Axx  C.  BArp. 
eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Wm.  and  Mary  Seard,  in 
her  Slst  year. 

Relatives    aud    friends  of  tbe    family  are  invited 
to  attend     the    funeral    from    tbe    lesiden  e    uf   hei 
brother-in-law,  Joa.  Smith,  No,   142  East  37lU   at.,  o 
Saturday,  Feb.  3,  at  12  o'clock. 

BKNSKL.— At  Worcester.  Maaa.,  on  the  28th  Janu 
ary,  1877,  after  a  protracted  illnesa,  William  F.  A. 
liKNSKL,  eldest  sou  of  James  B.  and  Maria  .a.  Bensel, 
of  this  Cltv. 

CA-VIPBELL.— At  Flushing.  Jan.  30,  1877,  at  tbt 
residence  of  Mrs.  C.  B.  Brown,  of  pleuro-pneumonia 
Mart  A.,  widow  oi  the  late  Macibevr  Cainpb .11.  aud 
dausbter  of  tbe  late  FieUerick  Pla<je,  of  this  <  uy. 

Fimeral  services  on  Satordav,  at  3  P.  M.,  from  Sr 

Paul's    Cburcb.     Broadway    and    Fultou    street.     Bel 
atives  and  friends  of  deceased,  and  those  of  ber  sou^ 
Frederick  P,   aud  Smith  Harriott,  are  respecifally  in 
vlted. 
I  ARPENTKa— In  Brooklyn,  on  Wednesday,  Jan.  31, 

1877.  ot  scarlet  fevet.  Florkncb  L.  .  Youngest  daa-.:b. 
ter  of  bdwiu  L.  aud  Emmar.  Carpenter,  aged  IU  yeai'» 
4  months  ana  2U  days. 

The  relatives  aud  triends  of  the  family  are  respect 
fUUy  invited  to  attend  ber  faneral  ou  Friday,  Fob.  2, 
at  '.;:30  o'clock,  at  tne  residence  of  her  pareats,  Ifo 
102  Lawrence  st. 

COBCRN.— Tuesday  night,  on  passage  from  Denver, 
Col..  Jakbs  H.  (Joburk.  Jr.,  otconsuinution. 

Funeral  on  hatuid&y  from  St.  Andrew's  Church.  Sea 
Saturday  morniug  papers. 

CURRIE.— At  Veutnor,  Isle  of  Wlght^  on  Jan.  30, 
Hakrikt  Cakroll,  wife  of  Col.  Ooualae  Carrie,  anC 
daughter  of  tbe  lut«  JUon.  Isaac  Kand  Jackson. 

ly*  Baltimore  papers  please  copy. 

Dl'AS— At  tbe  residence  of  bis  daughter,  Jan.  31,  En 
WARD  Utas.  late  ot  LonUou,  Euelana,  comecUan. 

Funeral  servicer,  uponjirlvate  invitation  to  peraonHl 
friends,  will  occur  this  day,  Friday,  Feb.  2,  in  tha 
Chnfcb  of  the  Aunaaciation. 

H A LSTED— Thursday.  Feb.  1,  of  malignant  scarle* 
fever,  Uobbst  Ratfikls.  bod  uf  G:16>Tt  C.  and  Auiaud» 
E.  Balsted,  in  th  -  b.h  year  of  bis  ag:e. 

Funeral  tervices  at  the  residence  of  bis  parents,  Ka 
79  Lexington  hv.,  Brooklyu,  Saturday,  at  9  A.  M.    iw 

terment  at  R.ve.1 

HYATT. — On  Monday,  29th  iustant,  Abaxbak  Utatt 
in  the  8?tb  year  of  bis  aee. 

Funeral  from  bts  lati;  residence,  near  Tarrytown, 
on  Filda.y,  Feb.  2.  at  12  o'clock.  Carriages  will  be  in 
iruitins  at  Tarrytown  on  tne  ai-rival  of  tbe  9:io  A.  it 
train  from  Orantl  Central  liepot. 

JACKSON.— Iu  Hartford,  Jan.  31,  Maht  W.,  wile  oi 
Dr.  J.  0.  Jacksun. 

KIDDER.— In  Brookl.vn,  on  Thursday,  Feb.  1,  1877, 
JtTLU.  A.,  wife  of  Lutber  H.  Kidder,  lu  the  35th  year  of 
her  age. 

Relative!  and  friends  of  the  family  are  respectfully 
invited  to  attend  the  funeral  from  her  late  reaideaee, 
So.  lOO  Si>eucer  St..  on  Sunday,  Feb.  4,  at  OsSO  P.  M. 

LONG, — At    Salem,    Washinston   Countv,    JJ.   Y.,    on 

Tuesday,  Jan.  23,  1877,  Rev.  CBESxsa'IiOSO,  in  tb 
89th  year  of  his  age 

Remaiusiuterreil  at  Jamaica,  Long  Island. 
l'&e:S8lliOlsB. — In    tbis    Ci^y,  on    WoonesOay  mors 
-mcr.  Jan.  31,  Augustink  E.  Pressingbr. 
luiermeut  in  cemetery  at  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 


POST  OFFICE  NOTICE. 

The  foreign  mails  tor  tbe  week  endia;;  Saturday,  Feai. 
3,  1877,  will  close  at  this  office  on  Tuesday  ;it  12  >L. 
for  Enrooe.  by  bteam-ship  Wisconsin,  via  Qaeenstown; 
on  Wednesdav  at  4  .\.  M..  for  Europe,  by  steamship 
Aiiyssiniii,  via  Qaeenstown;  on  Thursday  at  11:30  A.  nl., 
for  Kurope,  b.v  steam-sbip  Wieland,  viaPlymoath,  Cher- 
bourg, ana  Hamburg:  ou  Saturday  at  5:3o  A.  AL.  tor 
Kuropi-,  by  steam-sbip  Celtic,  via  Queeustowa 
(correspondeoce  for  Germany  and  Scotland  to  be  for> 
warded  by  this  steamer  must  be  specially  addressed,) 
aud  at  6  A.  M.  for  Scotland,  direct,  by  steam-shio  Vic- 
toriu,  via  Glasg.iw;  and  at  11;30  A.  M.,  t'-ir  Kurope. 
b.y  steam-ship  Weser,  via  Southamnton  and  Bremeu. 
I'he  steam-shios  Wisconsin,  .Abvssinla  and  Celtic  do 
not  taite  mails  for  Denmark,  Sweden,  and  Norway.  Tik 
mails  for  the  West  Indies,  via  Havana,  will  leay« 
Kew-York  Jan.  31.  The  miuls  tor  Porto  Rico  uirecl 
w«l  leave  New-\orR  Feb.  1.  The  mails-  for  Nassau 
NkP.,  will  lecvu  New-iort  Feb.  3.  'Ihe  mails  fbi 
t'hina  aud  Japan  will  leave  .San  Francisco  Feb.  1(5.  'Ihe 
mails  tor  Australia,  tc,  will  leave  San  Francisco  Feb. 
28.  T-  L.  JAUiiS.  Postmaster. 


ART 


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THE  MESSRS.  LEAVt TT,  AUCTIONEERS. 

CeUection    of   OIL    PAI.S'TINGS,    WATER  COLORS, 

DKAWINQS,  &.C.,     by    American    and    foreigii    artists. 

Also  a  number  of  copies  trom  celebrated  masters,  ti 
be  sold  without  reserve,  MONDAY  EVBSIiiG,  Feb.  5: 
at  8  o'clock. 

CmNKssK  ANi>  JAfANKSK    UKKOX: 

ASTigDE  VASES.  BkWLS,  PLATEiS, 

FLO^RK-furS,  GARJ)K>-SE.iTS.    A.ND  i"U.'?IO?, 

KIOTO  A-NDHIZlCrt   TKIK-A-TETE  SEf.S. 

Just  received  per  Pacific  Railroa<i  and  Steamers. 

CHOIJIi  FASlIt-Y  TKAS  CHEAP. 

PARKE'S,  No.  186  FRONT  S 1"..  near  Fulion  Ferry,  .V.Y. 

STtJiKT   WIL.M.'?.,    ATrOKNjtty    A\0 

•  Counselor  at   Law,  Notary  Public  Na  ld2  Broad- 
way. Koom  No.  4.  Now-  lork. 

N.  B. — Special attentton  paid  to   settling    "  estfites,' 
convevauciug,  and  City  ana  county  coliec.ioa. 

OUUH.S.  HOAK.SKNE."*.-'.  A.SD  ALL  D.M<;A.Mi3 

of  the  throat  ana  lungs.     Sp(»»dv  and  cectain  cure. 

^otam1ly  should  be  without   it.     UEGi£AlA?<'S  TOLU 

AND  LlVfiRWOlcT  liXPEC TORA.s'T.     bold  uy  all  diUg- 

giats.    Only  500.  per  bottle. 


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Of  each  class  at  BARTLETTS,  So.  619  Broad  ,«ay,  tha 
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1,000  M.  k.  St.  P.,  L.  1000 

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14,000  Uil.  &    Bt.  P.,  200 

,f. 83      600 

7,000  N.VV. ecu 92I4  150 

8,000       do 9Ji8  700 

13.000  it  Si.  K.7b,'71.102      4800 

2,000  Lakes.  Oiv...  107     2000 
ll.OUOLa.  a  coa.l8t.107     200 

3,000      do IO7J4700 

2,000  Erie  3d....b3.10434  700 

1,000  N.  Y.  C.68,'8ai03'8  1800 

1,000  N.Y.C.68,'87. 105 

C.OOO  Sorih  Mo.  Isc.  98^ 

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1,000  Cen.  P.  gold..  107 ^4 

1,000       do lQ7ia 

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1,000        do IUO34 

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'5,000       do 1033*    25 

3.000  Cn.  Pac  s.  i..  97^4  300 

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1,000  C..C.itLC'.l8t.  36I4  100 

1,000        do 36        50 

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16,000  i.,   Jt    \V.  Ist.  200 

St.  L.  diT 8II2  300 

ISB'kofCom 108      1000 

20  tio 10834  luo 

SContBank 68     400 

25  Bk.  ot  N.  Y II6I2  1000 

50  Am.  ti.ch.  Bank.108  'JOO  ,  do 
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400    ■•'        do 69 "4 

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200        -   do 691* 

28Cbl.  B.   tQ....B3.117 
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GOVKBNMEJiT  STOCKS— 2  P.  M. 
, $10,000  U.   a  6b. 'SI. 

C 113 

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8,000  C.   8.   6-iJO  C, 

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1,000  C,  C.  itLClst.  36 
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6,000  U.  P.  7b,  L  E...  102 la 
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cp.  on 50v 

60  Tradesmen's  B'E.130  •; 

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60Qtiick8'r b.c  16 

aOOgnlcksil'rPf.b.c.  22 

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JoO  do b3.  76i» 

150  n.  a  Ex 51 

loo  do b.c   60>2 

10  Adama  Ei b.c.l04 

lOOAmer.  Ki b.c.  6734 

200  Krie  Ball. .b.cbS.     9<>8 
150  M.  X.  C  tHud.b.cl01  ^ 

140  do IOII4 

220  do 83.IOII4 

lOOUlcli.  Con b.c  467b 

100  do AeiQ 

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10,000  U.  8.  68,10-40 

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10,000  U.  a  6b.  '81, 

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1000L.afc.H.ab.cba  6434 


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600      ....   do b3.  547. 

1000    *.   do 5479 

500      ^-   do... 6434 

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300     r-     do sa  647, 

700  ■•        do 547, 

600   '        do 6434 

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400  do 55'ifi 

800  do 661a 

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60  do b3.101<^ 

100C..M.k8t.P...b.c   18% 
200  Chi.,    M.   Ji  Bt.  P. 

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100 Mop   &K8. b.c  89>a 

100  UbL  &  Alt....b.c.l02i4 
800  D.,  L.  i.  W....b.c  6914 

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100  do 61ia|l00  Ohio  k  M..b.CB3.  ^  6SI4 

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*16,000U.  8.  6-20  C.  100  Hocklsland 101% 

'85  M 10934 -        -» 

2,000  N.  J.  Cen,  con.  73 

6,000  D.  P.  lat 1037, 

\,000  111.  k  8.  I.  iBt.  86 

A.OOOHar.  1st  C 120, 

4.000  N.  W.  C.  C.  Q.  91  f 
6,000  D.  &  H.  a.. '91. 100 

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100  do «ia  64«8 

100  do 5434 

100  do ba  647, 

500  do 647, 

200  do 55 

800     .       do sa  66 

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600  ',.     ■    do 66I4 

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100  do 261a 

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200       ^S  do 2634 

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200    <        do 68% 

400     ,>,.  do 68'4 

1000    •*^.  do 69  '• 


■'  THHKaDAT.JPeb.  1— P.'M.  f^. 
rher*  was  a  considerable  falling  off  in  the 
v-olome  ef  bosineBS  on  --  the  Stock  Bxchance  to- 
|lay,  and  the  dealings  wexe  attended  with,  mneli 
(ess  animation.  The  entire  -^  tranBaotions, 
fun«nnted  to  •nly^l31,192  ■hares,'irhiohiem-K 
braced  34,10^  Lake .  Shore,  29,750  e.Weatem , 
JETnion,  25,400  Delaware,  Lao^wanna  and  Weat- 
pm,  16,150  New-Jersey  Cenlml,  5,900  Miokigan 

pentxal,  5,600  New-York  C«ntralr4,100  St.Faal,j 

^nd  3,400  N«rth-west«rD.  ' 

t   The  reports  Id^  regard  tofthe  financial  oondi-^ 
hon  of  the  coal  oconpaniea  conti&ae  to  be  ot  the. 

Boost  oonflioting  oharaoter,  and  the  unoertaintjrr 
fhoB  created  accounts  for  the  onsettled  tone  of 
•tooka  and  the  wide  and  ^frequent  fiaotna- 
.iiL« their  prices. t  Justice  to  the^stook- 
[iolders,  wh(»e  propert/'appears  at  the  moment 
^o  be  absolately  at  the  meroT'  of  tnuompaloas 
kton,  would  seem  to4«maad  at  the  hands 

»f  the  Directors.^  of  these  t  companies  x  foil  and 
^learstatementaof  the  resouroas.  aad  liabilitlea 

kkl  the  oorpoiationB'  they  oontroL  The  time  u 
pamt  fbrTaeue  assoraiioea' of  atranqniliains 
^hankoter— which 'is  aU  the  IMrectors  seem  in- 
to Tgneh«f>-to  ]i«T«v«aj  effsot,  and 
owMmioej.  o£^  hoMsars      vaa^,   onljr 


fled    hf    &ots     And     figures     showing     the 
actual  status  of  the  companies.    The  Mpej^a- 
tioa  in  the  stooks  in  the  early  dealings  to-day 
was  characterized  by  buoyancy,  KdWsTeraet; 
Central  advancing  to  ^%  Delaware,  Laoka-' 
wanna  :f  and    Western    to    70^4,    and     Dela- 
ware and  Hudson  Canal  to  62Mi.    Subsequent- 
ly, howerer,  a  feeling  of  depression  prevailed, 
under  the  influence  of  which  prices  receded, 
New-Jersey  Central  falling  off  to  26,  Delaware, 
Lackawanna  and  Western  toGSMt,  and  Delaware 
and  Hudson  Canal  to  59%,  with  a  fractional 
improvement  in  each  instance  toward  the  close. 
The  transactions  in  New- York   Central  were 
larger   than  recently,  and  ttie  price  under  free 
sales  fell  off  irom  102  to  100^,  with   olosins 
sales  at  lOlAib.    Lake  Shore  opened  at  54%  and 
advanced  to  55\k,  subsequently  becoming  weak, 
and  declining  to  54  ^,  with  final  transaotiond 
at  a  recovery  of  "ifc   4?"  cent  from  the  lowest 
point.    Western  Union  fluctuated  between  75% 
and  76%,  and  closed  at  the  highest  u>int     The 
fluctuations  in  the  other  shares  were  unimpor- 
tant. 

The  money  market  was  easy,  with  nearly  all 
the  business  at  3  9  4  ^  cent,  to  call  borrowers. 
The  currency  movement  contmues  in  favor  of 
this  centre,  and  the  banks,  trust  companies, 
and  ■  other  large  corporations  have  round 
amounts  to  lend  on  good  oollatorala  Prime 
mercantile  paper  -was  quoted  at  i^  to  5^  V 
cent  Tbe  National  bank  notes  received  at 
Washington  for  redemption  amounted  to  |700,- 
000.  The  following  were  th?  rates  of  exchange 
on  New- York  at  the  undermentioned  cities  to- 
day :  Savannah,  buying,  \k  off ;  selling,  ..^  ®  l4 
premium;  Cincinnati,  quiet  and  steady;  buy- 
ing par,  selling  1-10  premium;  Charleston, 
easier;  buying  ^'SiS-lG;  sellmg  1-16 9  par  ; 
St  Louis,  50  premium ;  Chicago,  sales  at  25 
premium,  and  New-Orleans,  commercial,  1-16 
premium  ;   bank,  \i  premium. 

The  foreign  advices  reported  a  steady  mar- 
ket, with  unchanged  quotations  in  British  con- 
sols and  American  securities  on  the  London 
Exchange.  Consols  for  both  money  and  the 
account  closed  same  as  yesterday,  at  95%® 
96.  United  States  18653  closed  at 
105V&®105%,  18678  at  110®  110%,  ,  10-408 
at  110% ^110%,  and  now  5s  at  107% 
®1074^.  Erie  common  was  quoted  at  9%  and 
the  preferred  at  21,  and  New- York  Central  at 
99.  French  Bentes,  ex  dividend,  closed  at  106f. 
60c.  At  the  regular  weekly  meeting 
of  the  Bank  of  England  Direetors,  held  to-day,  f 
no  change  was  made  in  the  rate  of  discount, 
which  remains  at  2  ^  cent.  During  the  past 
week  the  Bank  of  France  gained  In  specie 
10,859,000  francs,  and  the  Bank  of  England  lost 
£580,000.  the  proportion  of  reserve  to  liabilities 
in  the  latter  being  now  46%  against  457/k  last 
week.  To-day  £30,000  went  into  the  Bank  of 
England  on  balance.  '  Bar  silver  sold  in  the ' 
London  market  at  57%d.®57%d.  ^  ounce. 

The  sterling  exchange  market  was  strong  and 
higher,  the  leading  drawers  having  advanced 
their  asking  rates  to  $4  85  tor  idxty-day  bills, 
and  to  $4  86%  fox  sight.  Actual  business  was 
done  at  f4  84>4®$4  84%  and  $4  85%®$4  86. 
The  strength  of  the  market  is  caused  by  the 
continued  scant  supply  of  commercial  bills,  in 
turn  due  to  the  difference  between  the  prices 
for  cotton  at  Liverpool  and  at  this  and  other 
seaports,  which  checks  shipments  of  the  staple. 
Qold  advanced  at  the  opening  Irom  105%  to 
105%,.  but  the  inherent  weakness  was  soon 
shown  in  a  decline  to  104%,  the  lowest  point 
touched  since  June  12,  1862.  The  final  sales 
were  at  105.  The  decline  to-day  was  assisted 
by  the  favorable  tenor  of  advices  from  Europe 
in  regard  to  the  peace  negotiations  between 
Servia  and  Turkey.  The  rates  on  gold  loans 
ranged  from  5  to  2  ^  cent,  tor  carrying,  the 
closing  rata  being  3  ^  cent.  The  decrease  in 
the  public  debt  tor  January  was  $2,069,000. 

Government  bonds  were  weak,  and  pnces  de- 
clmed  %  to  %  ¥'  cent,  on  account  of  the  (fur- 
ther .  drop  in  gold.  Sixes  of  1881  fell  off  to 
112%  for  registered  and  to  113  for  coupon.. 
Coupon  1865  (new)  sold  as  low  as  109%  ;  do. 
18678, 112%,  and  do.  new  5s  to  110%,  the  last 
named  ex  interest.  Tbe  new  registered  4%  per 
cents  were  %  lower,  selling  at  106%.  There 
was  a  recovery  of  %  V  cent,  in 
new  18658,  1867s,  and  6s  of  1881 
at  i  the  close.  In  railroad  ..  bonds 
the  %  changes  :-  were^less  -  important  "&  than 
usuaL  #  New-York  ^  Central  Ba  of  1883 
were  an  exception,  declining  l%per  cent,  to 
103%.  Toledo  and  v  Wabaah  Firsts,  St  Louis 
Division,  and  C.  C.  and  L  C.  Firsts  were  %  per 
lower,  selling  down  to  81  %  and  36  respectively.  ^ 
New-Jersey  Centrals  were  firm.  Firsts  selling 
at  101%  ex  interest,  77  for !  Consolidated, 
Firsts  and  73  for .  Convertibles,  i  The  St  Pa  ul 
issues  j  were  also  firm  '  at  82  ^for  Consoli- 
dated ^  Sinkmg  Funds,  and  87  tor  L  and  M. 
Division.  Fort  Wayne  Firsts  advanced 
to  120,  Northern  Pacific  Land .  Grants  to  102%, 
and  i-  do.  Sinking  Funds  to  97%.  Har- 
lem '  coupon  Firsts .;  sold  at  120,  and 
New-York  Central  Firsts  at  117%. 
State  '  bonds  ,  were  dulL  Tennessees  sold 
at  43%  .  for  old.  and .  at  42%  for  new.  Dis- 
trict Columbia  3.65s  sold  at  72  ex  interest. 


!P^^!f?pWi?^ 


Gold  recaipts..... 

Gold  payments 

Gold  Dalanoe 

Onrrenoy  receipts 

CnrrencT  naymenta.... 

Cnireaoy  balanca 

Customs 


United  Statka  Treaaurt.     7 

Skw.Yobk.  Feb.  1.  1877.  i 

»1.203.817  00 

196.93153 

69,607.361  8-1 

58a586  15 

675.890  7J 

43,488.173  24 

232,U00  00 


CUDSINQ  >  QUOTATIONS — FEB.  1. 

Wednesday.  Tbnriday. 

AmericangoM ....105%  105 

United  States  58.  1881.  coup 111%         •IIOI4 

TJoiced  Stales 5-308.  1867,  ooun 113  112^ 

Bills  on  London S4  83%®|4  84    14  84%®i4  84% 


New- York  Central 102 

Hook  Island 101  Sg 

Paoiao  Mail 24% 

Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul 18% 

Mllwaakee  and  St  Paul  Pref 48i8 

Lake  Shore 54% 

Cbioaaoand  Nortb-weatero 35% 

Cbioaeo  ana  Xorth-weatern  Pret 66% 

Western  Union 750(i 

Union  Pasino 64^ 

Delaware,  Xiaok.  and  Weatem 693s 

New-Jeraev  Central _ 36 

Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal 60% 

Morns  and  Essex 90 

Panama..... .'..... 133 

Erie 9"% 

Obioand  MlBsiSBlppi 6''a 

Harlem _140 

Hannibal  andSC  JoseoD 13 

Hannibal  and  St.  Jo8«Dl>  Pref S6 

Michigan  Central 473b 

Ilhaois  Central 51% 


101% 

10138 

24 '^e 

18% 

48% 

55% 

35 

55% 

7638 

U% 

69 

36% 

co% 

89% 
123 
993 

e% 

140% 
13% 
26 
47% 
51% 


*£x  interest. 


/*  The  extreme  range  of  prices  in  stocks  and 
'.the  number  of  shares  sold  are  as  follows: 

Ho.  ot 
Eizlieat.  Lowest-,     bhares. 
5.612 
SOO 
500 
34.100 
3,400 
1,«00 
400 
3.700 
425.400 
16.150 
1,400 
390 
5.900 
1,150 
1,000 
100 
500 
100 
400 
SOO 
100 
S9,7S0 
SOO 
100 
100 
350 


New- York  Central 103 

Harlem 140% 

Erie 958 

JLako  Shore 553* 

North-western  Preferred 55% 

Kock  Island 101 89 

MU.  <feSt.  Paul 18% 

Mil.  &  SL  Paul  Prel 48% 

DeL,  Lack.  Sc  Vre«tem. 70% 

New-Jersev  CentraL 28% 

Delaware  &Had8on  Canal..  6S% 

Dforris  &  Bsaax 69^ 

Michigan  Central 4733 

Ilhaois  Central 52% 

Union  Paolflc 65 

C  C,  0.  and  1 33 

Chicago  and  Alton 103 

Chicago  and  Al  ton  Pret 112 

Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph —  IS^e 
Hannibal  Sc  St.  Josaph  Pref.  36 

Ohio  &  UlsaisslpDU 6% 

Western  Uouw 76^ 

QnlokfiiiTer  Preferred S3 

Adams  Express 104% 

Amer.  Mer.  Union  Bx 57% 

-United  States  Bxpress 51  

Total  aalea ..131,853 

f'  The  following  table  abowa  tbe :  balf-boorly 

flnotnatlonain  the  Gktld  market  to-day: 

10:00  A.  M: 105^8  1:00P.  M. 105 

10:30  A.  M ....105J4'l:30P.  M. 104^8 

11:00  A.  U 105    ifcOU  P.  IL 105 

11:30  .A.  M. 105  IS:  30  P.  M. 105 

13:00  M. 105  13:00?  M. 105 

18:30  P.  M lOS   < 

Th^i|ab-T!r«#sar«r  disbnraad  ta  cold  9oin  dtot 
Sa.4a!tumKJ*AJm.tammtt»A  toadi»„ 


100% 

140 14 

903 

5413 

101 14 

1814 

47Jfl 
68  Is 

ad 

59ifl 
89^ 
4614 
5II9 
C4'9 
33 

103 

113 
12<% 
36 
6% 
756s 
23 

104 
57% 
5OI2 


ffiid  14,280  sUver  coin  in  •zchaDge  for  fraotioit- 
al  currency. 

Tna  following  were  the  gold  olearinga  by  the  i 
National  Bank  of  the  State  ot  New-Turk  to-f 
day:  < 

Gold  cleared .>|40.101.000 

Qold  balances 1,305.500 

Carreacj  balances 1,386,184 

The  foUowinic  is   the  Clearinx-hoase     state- 
m«pit: 

Cnrrencv  exobaneas $71,649,301 

Oarrencv  balances , 4,011,909 

Gola  exctiaaees ,.» 12.153.813 

Gold  balances 1,446,743 

Tbe follQwins  were  the  bids  for  the  various 
State  securities: 
Alabama 58. '86......  33 

Alabama dj. '86.......  33 

Axabsmb  83,  88 33 

Alabama  8a.  '93 16 

Ark.78.L.K.&F.S.TS..  10 
Ark.  7d,Men].&L.R.  10 
A.78.L.R..P.B.&N.O.  10 
Ara.7B.M.0.&E.Riv.  10 
Ark.  7i,  Ark.  Cen.R.  10 

Conneouont  6a Ill 

Gieorjria  7s,  n.  b 103 

6eor|^a7s,  sold  bil8.105 
Illinois  conn.  6s. '79.. 101 
Illinois  War  iiOan..l01 

Eencnoay  6s 103 

Louisiana  6r 39i« 

Loalsianu  6s.  n.  b 39>a 

La.  in.  new  Fl.  Dbt.  SO'a 
Ls.  78.  Peniientiary.  39>fl 
La.  6a.  lievee  bonds.  SOig 


N.  Y.  63,  G.  Ln.  '83.190 
N.Y.6«.G.Ln, '91.120 
jr.  T.  ea.  G.  L'n,  '93.120 
N.  C.6^  old.J.  &  J..  90 

N.  C.6s.  A.&O 20  ', 

If.0.63.N.0.K.A.&0.  67 
N.C.68,do.o.oflJ.&J.  47 
N.0.6s,do.o.otfA.&0  47 
N.C.6a,  Fd'e  Aol '86.  15 
N.C.  6s.  Fd'e  Aot'68.  15 
17.  C.  new  bd8.J.&  J  11 
N.C.newbda„A.&0  11 

N.C.  S.T.  class  1 S^s 

Ohio  63,  '81 104 

Ohlo6&  '86 110 

Rhode  Island  68 110 

8  C.  63 36 

S.  C.  63.  J.  &J 36  . 

S.  C.  6»,  A.  &0 36   " 

S.  C.  63.  F'c  Act  ■  68.  36 


La  88.  Levee  bonds.  39ia  S.  C.  L.  C..'89.  J.&J.  45 
La.  88.  l,.Bs.  of  '75.  .40    IS.  C.  L.  C,  "99.  A.dtO.  45 


La.  78.  Consolidated.  6-2ifl<S.  C.  7s. 
Michlean6a,  -78-79.. .101 

Michigan  6a,  '83 103 

Mlohl«aa79,'90 112 

Mo.  68.  due  in  '77....100ifl 


36 

S.  U.  Non.  P.  bs aJfl 

Teno.  6;S  n.  b 4938 

Tenn.  68,  n.  b.  n.  8..  43 
Virginia  6i.  old 30 


Mo.  6a.  due  In '78 lOO^a  V'irEiQla68,n.bda.'66.  30 

Lons  08.. '82to  "9010. 10411s,  Virginia  «)s.n.b(tB. '67.  30 
Fund.  oa. due '94.5..  104 >9  YA.6t.   Con.  Bonds.  78% 


Aflv.orUnl.,  doe '98.104 
H.  &  St.Jo„  dae  '86.105 
H.  fcSt.  J.,  due  '87».105 
N.  Y.  Rez.  B.  L lOHa 


VirftlniaUs,  ex  ma  o.  66'^3 

Va.  68.  Con.  2d  S 37 

Virginia t)s.dei:.  Ddn.     7 
Dia.  of  C.  3.65s.  1924  X  73 


N.  Y.  Coup.  B.  L...101ifl  Diaof  C.  SmaU  bs...  71 

N.  Y.  68,Can.L'n.'77.105     Dia.  of  C.  Beii 71 

N.  Y.  6i,  G.  KeK.'87..115    • 

And  tbe  lollowinp;  for  railway  morteases: 


Alb.  &  Sua.  1st  bds. 1081a 
B.,  H.    &Erie   G'd.  14 
B.,  C.R.&M.l8t7ai;.  38 
C.  &Ohia  68  1st....  SO 
Chic.  Sc  Al.  Sink.F..100 
Uhio.  &  Alton  lat... lis 
Chio.  &Alt.  Income. 10483 
8L  L..  J.  &Chlo.  Ist.l05is 
C.B.L&P.  lat  73....108''8 
C.  «.  of  N.  J.  Ist.n.xl01 
C.K.  of  N.  .T.lst  Con.  77 
C.  E.of  N. J.lstConr.  73 
L.  &\V.  B.Con.  G'd.  65 
M.  <fc  S.P2d.7  3-10PD.X95  »9 
M.&.8.P.  lat,  LaC.D.  97 »« 
M.&SJ».lstL&M.D.  85 
M.  &  St.  P.lst  L&D.  83 
M.atSt.  P.l8t.EL&D.  83 
M.&.St.P.  lBt.C.&il.  95 
M.&St.P.Con.  S.P...83 

M.  &.S.  P.21I 90 

Chio.&N.  W.  S.  F..107 
C.&N.W.  Int.  bda..l04 
C.  &  tf.W.  Con.  bd8.10Si4 

C.  &.K.  W.  lat 104 

C.  &  N.  W.  C.  G.  bd9.  9218 
Galena  &  Chic.  Ext.lOC 

Pfcpln.lstCou 104 

Chicago  Si  Mil.  lst..l0Si9 
Winona  St  St.  P.  1st  80 
Winona  &  St  P.  2d..  72 
(!.C.C.dti.lat78.S.F.109% 
Del..  L.  St  W.  2d. ...1071* 
Mor.  &  Essex  1st.. .116 
M.  <tE.  78.  of  1871..  101  ^8 
W.  &  E.  lit  C.  G...100 
Erie  1st  Extended..  110 

Erie  3d.  78.  '83 104is 

Erie4rh7«,  '80 102I2 

Long  Dock  Bonds. .1051^ 
K.N.y.  <feK.  Ist  "77.  90 
B..N.Y.  &E.  L-bda  92 
H.&S.J.LandG'ota.llO 
Dub.  &,  Sioux  (;.l8t..l05 
C.  Falls  &  Mian.  1st.  6i^ 
lnd.,Bloom.4:.W.lBt  20 
M.  So.  7^p-o..  2d.... 102% 
Clev.  St  Tol,  &  F... 10719 


Clev..P.  &  A.olrt  bs.10414 
Cl6v..P.&A..new  ba.l07J4j 

B.  &S.  L.  78 104 

EaL  StW.inx.  lat.  85 
D.  M&X.18C78. 1906.. 105 

L.  8.  Div.  ods IO6I3 

L.  S.  Con*.  C.  Ist. ..107 
L.  S.  Cons.  R.  lat... 1071a 
L,  8.  Cons.  C.  2d....  96 
Marietta  St  Cin.  Ist.  105 
MlGb.C.Con.7^190^.103 
Mioh.C.l8t8».'8i.SF.112 

N.  T.  Cen.  6a'83 104ifl 

N.  Y.  Cen.  6s.  '87...  105 
N.Y.C.&Hud.lst.C.in 
y.  Y.  Cen.  6s  lat  K.117 
Hud.  R.7s.ad.8.  F. '65. 112 

Harlem  lat  7s.  C II919 

Harlem  1st  7a.  B....120 

N.  Miaaonnlsl 98% 

Ohio  &M.  Con.  S.  F.  87 
Ohio  &MUs.  Cons..  87 
Cen.  P.,  San  J.  B'cb  98 
Uen.  P.  Cat&O.  1st..  90 

C.  P.  State  Aid  bda.108 

West.  Pacific  ba 100 !« 

Union  Pac.  lat 103  % 

Union  Pac.  L.  G.  7a.l02i8 
80.  Pac.  68.  ot  Mo..  70 
Pac.  R.ot   Mo.  9<l...  88I3 
P..FtW.4;Chio.l!»t.ll9 
P.,  Ft.  W.  AC.  8d..lUifl 
P.,  FtW.&Chic.3d.l05i4 
(Jlev.  ^kP.Con.S.F..110S8 
Clev.  &.V.  4th.  S.  P.105 
Col..Chic.&Ind.  1st.  36 
CoL.Cbic.  &lnd.  31.     G% 
St.  L.  ii  Iron  M.  lBt.z97ia 
A  AT.  H.  2d  Pre!..  86 

1..  P.  .kW.W.D 84 

T0I.&  Wab.  lat  Ex.x90 
Tol.AW.lat.SLL.D..  8OI4. 

i'ol.  &  Wab.  21 72 

T.  St  W.Cons.  Cqnv.  50  •« 
Gt.  West  lat  '88...X88 
QoinoT&Toi.lat'OJ.  73  . 
111.  St  So.  Iowa.  l.-.t..  80 
W.  U.  bda,  1900.  C.1U4 


Clev.  &  Tol.  new  ba.l06 
And  the  followin;!  for  City  Bank  shares: 


America 130 

American  £xctiaD|i;e.l07% 
Central  Xatiooal.... 100  ig 

CuDtioental 6d 

Corn  Exchani{e.....l23 

I^rst  National 200 

Fonrtb  National 100 

FultoD 130 

Fifth  Avenue 213 

Gallatin  National... 112 
German- American..  70 
Hanover 9J 


Imp.  St  Traders' 180 

Leather  Manufaot'a'.lOO 

Manhattan 130 19 

kiercbunts' ....117 

Metropolitan 130  Lj 

New-York n6>« 

Park IOCI4 

Pbenix 90 

Knooblio 95 

Sbne  and  Leather.. .122   ' 
Union 131 


...111 
...141) 
...  48'4 
...   13% 
..   46% 
...  34 
...  13 
...      9 

...  25 

...  28% 
...    7>4 

...  I7»a 

...  .18 


1. 

Asked. 
113^ 
140 14 

xd463a 

1373 

47 
35 

I3>a 

10 

ic6 

38 'ft 

18 
39 


•114,789.966  30 


PULL^DULPaiA  SrOCK  PBICBS— FEB. 

Bill. 

CltvCs.  New 

IJnltad  Kailroada  at  Newnjeraev.. 

PenosylTaoia  Railroad. 

Readme  Railroad 

Leliigl>  Vailev  Railroad , 

Catawissa  Haiiroad  Preferred 

Philadelnbia  and  Erie  Railroad. .. 
ScboylkiU  Nanffatioa  Preferred.. 

Norioern  Central  Railroad. 

Lebizh  Nariiration 

Oil  Creek  and  Alleghenv  Railroad 

HeetonTiDe  Railway ,.., 

Ceotral  TransDortation 

Following;  is  a  statement  of  the  recaipts  and 
diabursements  at  the  othoe  of  the  Assistuit 
Treasurer  ot  the  United  States,  at  New-York, 
for  the  month  endin>;  De«.  31,  1876 : 

By  balance. 

Beceipta    during     tho 

montb 

On  account  of  Caatom9.t8,249.7S3  15 

Gold  notea 6.637,500  00 

.  Internal  revenue 172.090  33 

Certiflaates  of  depoaU, 

\      act  June  8,  1872 7,125,000  00 

'  Post    OCBoe     Depart- 
ment  1.190,731  60 

i-  Tranafers 8,852.141  72 

Pateutfeea 654  80 

»  Mlacellaneoua 3,287,942  23 

t  DiabnraiDe  account. .93,234,508  10 

;  Asdsy  Office 943.211  91 

v\  Interest  aocounta,Tla.t 

'      In  coin 14,510,454  79 

In  currency 1.512,046  65—  75,716,005  36 

Total |l»U,50Si07r66 

Payments: 

Treasury  drafts 36,016,360  96 

Poit  Office  dratu 624,678  23 

Di;)bursiDg  accounts 32,373  371  40 

Assay  Offioe 6U1.954  t!9 

Interest  accounts,  viz.  : 

In  coin 8,041,837  99 

In  currency 476,137  90 —  73,094,331  37 

Balance 

Balance  to  credit : 

Treasurer  IT.  States.. f 90,989. 070  78 
DiaburKtBe  accounts. .20,351.713  61 

,  Aaaay  Office. 838,550  87 

luiereat  accounts,  via, : 

In  coin 210,436  03 

Inctureoey Sl,870  00—113,411,640  29 

Soeeipts  for  Cnatoma  January,  1876 |S,294,790  24 

Becaipta  for  Customs  January,  1877 8,349  733  15 

Denrease  January,  1877 #45.067  09 

The  following  is  a  statement  of  business  at  the 
United  States  Assay  0£Bioe,  at  New- York,  for 
the  month  ending  Jan.  31,  1877  : 
Deposita  of  gold: 


4112,411,040  29 


Foreign  coin. 

Foreign  linllion. 

Unltea  Statea  bullion. 

Redaposits 

Jeweler'a  bars 

Depoaits  of  allvers 

Jeweler's  bara 10,000  00 

Foreign  coin ^ ;  6.500  00 

Forei«m  bullion '10,000  00 

United  Stales  BuiUnn, 

Contained  in  gold.... 

Redepoaita 


$70,000  00 

40,000  00 
370,001  00 

55.000  00 
<  45,000  00—  580,000  00 


California...... 

Colorado. 

Idabo 

Lake  Superior. 

Montana 

Kebraaka. 

Nevada 

New.Mexioo... 
Utah 


.  4,500  00 
.  *  6,000  00 
.  6,000  00 
.  170,000  00 
.  170,000  00 
600  00 
.  5S,U00  00 
.  58,000  00 
.  15,000  bO 
.  .  35,000  00 
.    73,400  00—  379,000  00 


Total  deposita 1059,000  00 

Gold  bars  stamped 9617,767  90 

Silver  bars  atamped 360,727  43—1978.495  33 

Xranamlttad  to  United    Statea    Mmt, 

PhiladelptUa,  for  ooinaee,  gold t94i2,68S  87 

A  dividend  of  Three  and  a  half  V  eenL,  free 
ot  tax,  payable  Feb.  8,  has  been  declared  by 
the  National  Bank  of  the  Bepnblis. 

OALIFORHIA  MINING  STOOKS. 
SxH  V&AsaiBOO,  Feb.  1.— The  foUowinjr  are 
the  dosing  official  prices  of  mining  atooka  to-day: 


20 

8W 

1534 

46 'a 
44% 


Alpha. 

Belcher 

Beat  andBelober.. 

Bullion. 

Conaol.  Virginia.... 

Caliibrnla 

Cboll^ 08 

ConUdenoe- .....      9 

Caledonia... 10% 

Crown  Point 8 

Exoheaner ..      7 

Gould  and  Carry .   11>« 

Hale  and  Morcioas...  s  6*3 
Imjparial f  3% 


jQua  Consolidated... 
Justlca. 


Kossath* 1 

Kentuok 8' 

Leopard.. ... 4 

Uexican 17 

Northern  Belle 'id 

GTerman.  M8 

Ophir 261* 


Uaymood  and  Kly..  _ 

dilTerHUl „ 

Savage 

Heg.  Beloher 

Blerra  Strwia. ..'..... 
Union  Consolidated.. 

Tellow  Jacket 

Boreka  Uonsolldated. 


6>a 
8% 
63 

15Hi 
18>a 


FOBEia^  MARKETS. 

♦ 

LomDOK.  Feb.  1-13:30  P.  M.— Consols,  95  13-16 
for  both  money  and  theaoooant  Brie  Railway  shares. 
919;  da  preferred,  'il.  Mew.Kork  Central,  H9.  The 
rata  ot  discount  for  three  moacha^  bills  luthe  cpaa 
markeslalH^l^^oent..  wluonis  >b«>W  itP*  aaat.  ba- 
low  the  Baaa  of  Kntdand  rata. 

S  P.  M.— The  bnllion  in  the  Bank  of  Boglsad  has  4s. 

waaad  ASSO.OpOdniliMrtna  oaat-iraaiEr^ 

8180 P.  |l.-4&a  avootis  orballtim 


anaaad  ASSO.OpOdniliMrtna  oast 

SiSOP.  lt.-4&a  avootit  of  boUioa  '  inata  iato  tbm     1 
.Mak  flg  XaalaaAnbaiMMa  «e'dM'jMM<MM!BOtH.4r 


proportion  of  the  Bank  of  England  reaerrs  to  UablUty, 
wMoh  last  week  wua  45  *«  ^  eenl,  Is  now  46%  W  cent . 

4  P.  M.— Par.s  advices  quote  6  ^  cent  Beutaa  af 
108  francs  tiU  oentlmes  for  the  aoconnt 

Pakis.  Feb.  }.— I'he  specie  in  tbe  Bank  of  Prance  baa 
Inereaaed  10,85t),0UU  franca  durlur  tbe  paat  week. 

LiyaBFooL,  Feb.  1—12  M.— iXitton— The  recelpta  to- 
day were  16.000  bales,  of  wblob  10,100  were  Ameri- 
can. Pntnrea,  sellers  offering  at  a  decline  of  l-32d.; 
Unianda.  Low-Mlddliuir  clause,  Febraarr  and  March 
deilTery,  6^d.:  Uplands.  bow-Mlddllnit  clause,  Marcn 
aud  April  dellverr.  6  29-;j2d. :  also  sales  of  the  same 
at  e^gd.;  Uplands,  Low  hiddlina  clause,  April  and 
May  cielivery,  7>1.;  alao  salea  if  the  same  at  6  31-32d.; 
Unlanda.  Low  Mlddllne  clauae.  May  and  June  deliT»r.y, 
7  l-16d.;  Uplands,  Low  Mlildlinx  ctauao,  shipped  Jan- 
nsry  and  Fehrunry,  sail,  6V1- 

3  P.  M.— Cottou— 01  the  sules  to-day  5,100  bales 
Were  Amnrican.  Uplands,  LotrJlUdclliug clause,  shipped 
March  aud  April,  sail,  7  3-32d. 

ft  4  P.  Bd. — Cotton — Uplands.  Low  lUlddlinj;  clanse, 
March  and  April  delivery,  6  27-.S2d.:  Uplands,  Low 
Middling  clause,  .April  and  Ua,T  delirery,  6  15-16d.; 
Dplaods,  Low  Middlios  clause.  Ma.y  and  June  delivery, 
7d.;  Upianas.  Low  .Mld'JllDs  cbusa.  Jane  and'July  de- 
lirery, 7  l-16d.;  Uplands,  Loir  Middiiag clause,  sbipped 
January  and  February,  sail,  b  27-a2d, 

4:30  P.  M.— Cotton— Uflaadi,  Low  Middling  clause, 
Febniary  and  .March  delivory.  0  23-32d. 

5  P,  M.— Provisions— Baoon,  4".58.  '^  owL  for  Lonir 
Clear  Middles,  ana  4.^8.  for  Short  Clear  Midales.  •  Prod- 
uce—spliUa  of  Turpentine,  32b.  6d.  »  cwr. 

6: 15  P.  M.— Cotton— Futures  weak ;  offerings  free ; 
Uplands,  Low  Mildllne  clause,  February  and  March 
delirery,  6  ll-16d.:  Uplauds,  Low  Middling  clause, 
March  and  April  delivery.  6  13-16d.;  Uplands,  Low 
MlddUne  clause.  April  and  May  delivery,  6  2U-32d.; 
Uplnnda  Low  Middling  dauje,  July  aud  Aueust  de> 
livery.  7>«J. 

iiOSDow.  Feb.  1—5  P.  M.— Produce— Refined  Pe- 
troleum, 16d.®16i«d.  ^  gallon.  Hplrits  of  Petro- 
leum, lligd.  ^Kalluu.  bplritiioi  Turpeutine,  29s.  tid. 
®30e.  3^  cwt. 

Hio  Janbiko,  Jan.  31.— Coffee— Market  very  quiet; 
prices  nearly  nominal  1  good  firsts,  (i,t)0U®6,75U  reis 
V  10  kilos.  Exchanee  on  London,  24S.t.  Average 
dnily  reoelpts  during  die  week,  0,400 bags  ;  shipments 
of  tbe  week,  to  toe  Channel  and  north  of  Kurope, 
10,U0UbaKS:  to  the  United  States,  3U.00O  bagd;  to 
tho  Mediterraueaii,  4.UUU  bags.  Sales  ot  the  week, 
for  the  Channel  and  north  of  fcurope,  3.000  bags  :  for 
the  United  Statea,  34,UU0  bags;  for  the  .Mediterranean, 
2.0UU  baits.  Stock,  99.UU0  bags.  Frelghta  per  aaUia£ 
vessel  for  the  Channel.  4Us. 

SiXToa,  Jan.  81. — Coffee — Market  very  quiet ;  prices 
nearly  nominal ;  superior  Santos,  U,7l)0'a>6,OU0  rela  #" 
10  kilos.  Average  daily  receipts  durlug  the  week, 
2,600  bags.  Shiomeuta  of  the  week,  to  ail  countries. 
lO.UOO  bacs :  to  tho  Channel,  Europe,  and  Mediter- 
ranean, 6.UU0  baes.  Hales  of  the  week,  for  Europe, 
2,000  Dag^;  for  the  United  States,  none.  Stock,  55,- 
000  hags.  _ 

THM  REAL  EISTAIE  MARKET. 


The  following  business  vra^  transacted  at  the 
Exchange  yeaterday,  (Thursda.v.)  Feb.  1 : 

B.  y.  Iiaroett,  by  order  ot  the  Supreme  Conrt  In 
foreeloaure,  H.  J.  Cullen.  Esq..  Keteree,  sold  the 
two-story  brick  houBe,  with  lot  25  ^y  137.6,  No. 
708  Broadway,  east  aide,  123.4  feel  north  of  4tb  at., 
for  161,500,  to  Henry  A.  Mott,  plaintiff  in  the  legal 
action. 

Howard  W.  Coates.byorderof  theSufrcmo  Conrt 
in  foreclosure,  T.  U.  Lane,  Esq.,  Keferee,  aold  a 
three-etory  frame,  house,  with  lot  24.11  by  100,  on 
Broadway,  east  side.  100  leot  aouth  ofl32dat.,  for 
•1,GOO,  to  Michael  Hall. 

Scott  St  Idyer,  under  a  Supreme  Conrt  foreeloaure 
decree.  K.  U.  Cndlipp,  £jq.,  Keferee,  Bold  six  lots, 
each  25  by  100.5,  on  We8t70r,hst..  north  side,  275  teeC 
west  of  9th  av.,  for  |12,00U,  to  W.  P.  Earl,  plaintiff 
in  the  legal  proceedings.  The  same  tirm,  under  a 
aimilar  court  order,  AV.  A.  Boyd,  Esq.,  Referee,  dis- 
poaed  of  a  plot  of  land,  SOO  by  142.  on  f  airmount 
av.,  east  aide,  known  as  lots  ^oa.  9  and  lU  on  map 
ofPairmount,  £or  |3,000,  to  Sixpenny  Savings  Bank, 
plaintifll 

Wiuans  St  Davies,  by  order  of  the  Supreme  Court 
In  foreclosure,  W.  P.  Ilixon,  Esq.,  Koferee,  aold  a 
three-story  and  Imsement  briok-honao,  with  lot  16.2 
bv  ^  block,  on  East  117th  et,,  south  side,  535.2  leet 
west  of  3d  av.,  tut-  $5,316  to  S.  L.  Bradley,  plaintiff 
In  the  legal  actioa. 

A.  H.  Muiler  St  Son,  nnder  a  Supreme  Court  fore- 
closure  order,  A.  H.  AValila.  Esq.,  lieferee,  sold 
four  lots,  each  25  by  100,  on  Kiversido  av.,  eaat  aide, 
800  feet  north  of  122.1  st.,  for  123.625. 

A.  J.  Bleecker  St  Son,  alao  under  a  Supreme  Canrt 
foreclosure  decree,  C  C.  Bigolow,  Esq.,  Referee, 
aold  a  tbree^tory  bitek  house,  with  piut  of  laud 
33.9  by  lOO,  on  Teaadale  av.,  south  siae,  323.9  feet 
wsat  of  Delmonlco  plaea,  Morriaania,  for  tl,COO  to 
Knickerbocker  Life   Inaurauce  Compauy,  plaintiff. 

Burdett  St  Dennis,  under  tho  direotieu  of  United 
Statea  Marshal,  aold  tbe  two-atorv  brick  house, 
(tronr.)  and  oue-atary  frame  house,  (rear.)  with  lot 
NO.  533  West  41at  St.,  between  11th  and  12Ch  avs., 
for  t2,in)0  to  United  States. 

The  legal  e»le  of  the  two  buildings,  with  lots. 
Nos.  797  and  799  3d  av.,  north-east  corner  of  49th 
at.,  vas  adjourned  to  Feb.  15. 

TO-DAY'8  AUCTIONS. 

To-day'a  aalea,  all  at  tha  Exchange,  are  as  fol- 
low.s : 

By  Lonis  Mcsler,  *uprems  Conrt  foreclosure  sale, 
"W.  P.  Dixon.  Eitq..  Referee,  of  a  bouse,  wiih  lot  25 
by  lOV,  on  Kiviugton  at,  sontb.weat  comer  of 
Columbia  at.;  also  the  house,  with  lot,  25  by  100,  No. 
07  Columbia  at.,  west  aide,  100  leet  aouth  of  Kivtnc- 
ton  St. 

Bv  v.  K.  Stevenson,  Jr.,  Supremo  Court  tore- 
cloanre  aale,  Thomas  H.  Edsall,  Esq.,  Roferee.  of 
one  lot,  25  by  102.2,  on  East  74ih  St.,  aouth  aide,  275 
feet  west  ot  Avon  us  A. 

By  Jamea  M.  Miller,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
aale.  N.  .Jarvis,  Jr.,  Esq.,  Retereo,  of  a  plot  ot  land, 
73.3  by  8S.3  by  .MS  by  16.5  by  25  by  75.3,  on  9lh  ar,, 
north-west  corner  of  66cn  st. 

By  J.  H.  Wilson,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
eal^  W.  C.  I'rapliagen,  E^q.,  Referee,  ot  o:io  lot.  on 
East  81at  at.,  anutb  aide,  between  21  and  31  ava, 
known  as  lot  No.  38  oa  map  of  Harlem  Commons. 

By  A.  J.  Bleecker  St  Son,  Supreme  Court  fore- 
closure aale,  T.  IL  Lane,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  a  bouse, 
with  lot  20  by  100.11,  on  East  125i,b  at.,  sonth  side, 
245  leet  east  oi  5ih  av. 


EXOHANOE  BALES— IHURSDAT,  FEB.  1. 

NEW-rOBK. 
Bv  K.   V.  Harnttl. 
1  two-story  brick  building,   with   lot.  No.  708 
Broadway,  e.  a.,  123.4  ft  n.  of  4th  at:    lot 

25x137.6. $61,600 

By  U.  W.  Coaus. 
1  three-atory  and  basement  frame  bouie,  with 
lot,  Braadway.  o.  a..  100  it  s.  of  13'Jdat: 

lot  24.11x100 $1,600 

By  Scott  <t  Myert. 

C  lota.  West  70th  at.  n.  a..  275  tt  w.  of  9th  av., 
each  25x100.6  $12,000 

1  plot  of  land,  Palrmount  av.,  e.  b.,  known  as 
lota  Moa  U  and  lU  on  a  map  of  Fairuount, 

200x142. $3,000 

By  Winan»  t  Davie*. 

1  three-story  and  basement  brick  house,  with 
lot.  East   117tb  St.,  s.  a,  535.2  ft  w.  of  3d 

av.  lot  lU.2x>a  block $6,316 

Bv  A.  H.  Muiler  db  Son.  .^^ 

4  lota.  Biversido  av.,  e.  a,  8u0  ft  n.  ot  12^ at, 

each  25x100 .7?;!$23,625 

By  A.J.  Bleecker  <t  Son.  / 

1  three-etory  and  basement  brick  bouse,  wlEh 
lot  Teasoaln  av.,  s.  a,  323.9  It.  w.  ot  Uel* 
monico  place.  83.9x100 \.  $1,000 


6,000 

4,600 
4,100 
4,100 
4,000 

7,900 
7,900 

11,400 


14,600 
15,250 

2,300 


RECORDED  REAL  ESTATE  TRANSFERS. 

KKW-rOttK. 
•  Wednetdav,  Jan.  SI. 

Columbia  St..  o.  e.,  .No.  62.  25x99.11:  V.  \V. 

liO<:w.  Rutereo.  to  John  BclinchiuaDn 

1st  ar..  e.  a..  1U2.2  It.  a.   or  77ta    st.  '2Jx88  ! 

F.  W.  Loew.  Iteferee,  to  Christian  L.  Nunrieu- 

56th  sU  n.'  s"  473  it  V."  of '  ist "  av.V  26!  5x76  'i 

A.  Monell,  Keferee.  to  Peter  Goelet 

5Utb  St.  n.  a.,  573  fc.    e.    of  1st  av.,   '^0x67.1 1 

Sxnie  to  Same 

6Cth  St.,  n.  a.  553  it    e.  of  lat  av,,   20x70.1; 

Same  tu  aame 

74th  8t,  n  a.,  160  ft.  e.  of  2d  av..    -JOxlO'.!.-.^) 

W.  H.  Uascall  to   Uermania    Life   Insurance 

Company 

74th  St.  B.a,  lSOfte.o(  2d  av..  20x102.2; 

Hume  to  Name . 

Broadway,  e.  s..   65.8  ft.  s.   of  67tb  St.,  23.Sx 

93:  a.  A.  Mott,  Ueteree.  to  Jacoo  U.  V.  Cook.* 

Pearl  st.  Mo.  271.  2'2ztrregular:  Frederio 
Betts,  Kxecutor,  to  WiLlam  S.  Llvlngaton 20,000 

FiUtunst,  e.  a.,  98.6  ft  n.  of  Cliff  at.,  16.3x 
81:  l^rederio  Letts.  Executor,  to  .Hutban 
Stephens 

3d  av.,  n.  corrnr  Edsall  st,  5UxlU0.  23d  Ward; 
William  Braun  and  wile  to  Martin  NOrz 

lS3d  st,  n.  8..  195  It.  w.  of  Elton  »v.,  60x100. 
23d  vVaid;  Theckehk  Bishuff  and  busoand 
to  Mayer  Uoldsmith 

Alexander —  s.  w.  coiner  136th  st,  lUUxlOO; 
Thomas  Flyno  and  wife  to  Harrison  B.  Uaw- 
try 81,000 

Varlck  st,  e.  s.,  50  It.  n.  of  Beach  st,  25x95  ; 
Sarah  A.  Brown  to  Micliaei  U'Coonor 11,000 

40th  at,  8.  s..  65  fc  w.  of  0th  av..  18x98.9 ; 
Betty  Solomon  aa(<  nusbaud  to  Marcus  Wit- 
mark 11,000 

University,  n.  w.  corner  University  place. 
26.10x92.3;  John  Schuiauder  and  wife  to 
William  L.  Andrews 27,000 

lat  at.,  u.  a,  150  ft.  w.  of  Urove  av  ,  5uxlu0, 
23d  Ward;  Houry  P.  uegraff  and  wife  to 
James  i^ochraue.  Jr. 

South  5th  av..  e.  s..  lUO  ti.  n.  of  Spring  st,  25 
X 100  ;  Uenry  aj)asenbury  to  Uaulel  U.  Lord.    16,000 

e3dBt,s.  8..  3',^  fti  e.  of7tb.  av.,  25x100; 
Pataey  A'iner  ta  Jacob  F.  Wvckoff.  

9tb  St.  n.  B.,  377.011.  e.  of  5th  av.,  22.6x92; 
B«bette  Schmauaer  and  hiuband  to  Wm.  L. 
Andrews 

Lexington  av. ,  n.  w.  corner  (i4th  st,  20x 
1U5 ;  Mayer  Feuohtwanger  and  wife  to  Sarah 
FeuchtwanKer. nom. 

Sd  av.,  Mo.  581.  18.5x76  ;  Wm.  PropacU  and 
wifeto  Edwin  Hola nom. 

63d8t,  n.  S..800  ft  w.  ot  3a  av.,  25x100.6; 
Jacob  G.  Sanders  and  wife  to  Richard  Ueu- 
nessv 6,260 

e4thst.  n.  s.,  182.6  ft  e.  of  6tn  av.,  12.6x 
xOa&;  Jaa  e.  Lynd  to  Wm.  T.  La  Buche 23,600 

18th  at,  D.  a,  241.bft.  w.  ot  3d  uv.,  21x90; 
Mary  U.  Dunham  to  Peter  Meyer nom. 

Delancey  st.  So.  220,  lUxlOJ:  PhUip  J.  belter 
and  wife  to  Catharine  Mettfeld 21,260 

64tb  St..  w.  a,  lOO  ft  e.  of  11th  av.,  25x72.9 ; 
Emll  J.  Hioaabothem  and  wifb  to  Both  A. 
Wallace 

Bldge  St.  e.  a,  luO  ft  s.  of  Pelanoey  st,  26x 
100;  Siegmuud  M.  Peyser  to  Kleaser  Qold- 
amith 

Wall  Bt,  a.  a..  150  ft  e.  of  Qruvo  ar..  250x 
145.6,  23d  Ward;  George  V.  S.  Baldwin, 
Referee,  to  Jamea  Cochrane,  Jr 4,900 

ChUTOh  st,  w.  a.  Hot.  198  and  200,  laiO^sz  Ir- 
regular; O.  p.  Smith,  Baferee.  to  George 
Btiaa -^ 60,900 


8.000 


nom. 


16,000 


268 


nom. 


CITY  RRAX^ESTATE^ 

REDUCTION.-FOR    SALE, 
amall,  and  medium-aiaed 

boosea.     JACOB  V.  D.  wycKOFr ,  .SO  aud  32  Mne  at 
M.  B.— ei.OOO.OOO  to  loan  at  O  per  cent,  for  fire  ye»-a.  ' 


AT  GRKATS8T 
lease,  or  exchange,  large. 


LAAGB  AND  HMALL  HU08B!«  AT  HP£- 
CXILLT  r«tdnoed  prioea 

V.  K.  STBVBII80II'  J»., 
Mo.  4  Pine  and  No,  83  Eaat  17<th  sk 


TO  L&AUtt  PUft  ▲  'titHU  UF  k JCAKM  TflJB 
raloable  nortta-aaat  aomar  atb  av.  and  14tltatj 


EBBBBHaBBBBiiHIni 

8iTUAa?ioisrs 


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CITY  REAL  ESTATE. 

The  nn-town  ofBoo  of  THB  TIMES  ia -located  at      i 
No.  1.357  Broadwar,  bet.  Slat  Had  33d  sta.t 

Open  dally,  Sondaya  included,  trom  4  A  M.  to  9  P.  ts/i 
Snbaoriptlona  received,  and  oo^ea  of  THR  TIMB3  for* 
sale. 
ADVEEnSKMKNTS  KEOEIVED  UITTrL  9  P.  M,      (i 


DESIUABLB   UUU.««ES  BBLOW  23U  MT. 
tor  sale  at  reduced  prions  by 

E.  U.  LiUDLOW  It  CO.: 

Fifth  av..  near  12th  st,  25x70  feet 850.000 

West  11th  8t,  brick  dwelling.  25x80  feet 20,000 

West  12th  at.  No.  13,  fine  fonr.etory  house....  25,000 
West  10th  St.,  handsome  339x50  feet  bouse...  40,000 
West  17th  st,   dwelling,   33x63  leet;    perfect 

order 40,000 

East  18th  st,  three-story  bnck  dwelling 26,000 

West  19th  8t,  due  25x05  feet  dwelling 80,000 

East  19tn  st,  brown  stone,  25x6il  feet 37,600 

vvest  2Ut  St,  2.>i6ilfeet  house  ;  flue  order....  40.000 
Eaac2l8tBt,  English  basement,  2.ixGU  feet...   40,000 

West  22u  st,  25x00  feet  brown  stone 43,500 

For  permits  and  further  particulars  annly  at  Ao.  3 
Pine  at 


TO  H-rKAinsUIP  CUMCANIE^, 

OR  OTHERS.  WANTING  LAEGE  AND  DEEP  WATBR- 
FEONT,  BULKHEAD,  PIEHs.  to..  AND  A  BLOCK  OK 
OEODND,  BOUA'DED  Blf  PIBE  WO.  64  SO&TU.  AND 
EAST : 

FOB  SALE, 
the  block  of  ground,  with  bulkhead  and  riparian 
rl;;bt8,  on  the  Bast  Hirer,  Kew-Vork.  iucludj  ng  eiio, 
pier,  &o.,  formerly  part  of  Smith  It  Olmon's  Ship-jard, 
and  now  occupied  by  tho  Peunsylvaula  Coal  Cooipan.y. 
bounded  b.y  Lewis  St.  between  4th  and  dth  sta.abd 
hounded  by  Pier  No.  64,  Bast  Klver,  north  aud  eaat, 
running  to  bulkhead  aud  8li;>.  For  fall  particulars, 
HOMER  MORGAN.  No.  2  Pine  st,  New-York. 


Full  SAliK-ON  64TH  ST.,  BKTWEKN  LSXINQ- . 
ton  and  4th  ava,  the  tourth  house  from  4th  av., 
north  sioe;  a  first-olass  brown-stone  h3-:Ho,  sue  S'lx 
61),  three  stories,  basement,  and  under-cellar  ;  parlor 
and  basement  bnishoa  in  hard  wood,  and  complete  iu 
every  particular;  price,  $20,000.  Apply  at  Na  1»9 
Sdav.  JOHN  D.  OTTIWELL. 


N^i 


3L  WAUHINUTUM  HUUARtC.  NORTH. 

-Fine  four-story  brown-Btone  house,  26x76  f^t. 
With  stable  ia  the  rear:  lot  138  feet:  ground  rent, 
$775 :  price,  $23,000.       E.  H.  LUDLOW  k  CO.. 

Ma  3  Pine  St. 


Ad 


WKtiLr-UUILiT     UOUEiU     OF      UXTKA 

.depth  for  sale  in  2l8t  st,  )ust  west  of  6th  av.;  26 
leet  wide  and  in  perfect  order ;  lot  9&9.  E.  H.  LOD- 
LOW  fc  CO..  .No.  3  Plue  et 

LAUt^B  NUinUUK   UF  HO  UHE.S   BULONG- 
ing  to  estates  and  lustlcutinns  for  sale  or  rent  at 
uw  rates.      KlNGMO.N  K  PACE,  No.  42    East  23d  st. 


FOU.   ISAliIS 

VALUABLE  HOTEL  PROPKRTT  AT  CAPE  MAT,  K.  J. 

THE  STOCKTON  HOTEL, 

the  largest,  moat  complete, ,  and  popular  SEA-SIDE 
HOUSE  m  America,  ia  offered  for  aale.  For  Informa- 
tion, addreaa  J,  TH.  DU  BARRT, 

Mo.  233  South  4th  at,  Philadelphia. 


IMItC  HALiH,  KJaVHANUK,  OK  U£NT— 
Throe  houses  in  Bioomdeld,  N.  J.,  one  hour  from 
New-Vork;  first  house.  Ulteeu  rooms :  modem  im- 
proremeats;  furnished  or  unfurnished;  stable,  car- 
liagu-house,  garaen,  fruit,  ka.;  one  of  the  finest  loca- 
tions In  Biooinfield:  secund  house,  with  eight  or  nine 
rooms ;  third  house,  barn.  26  acres  of  land.  Inquire  of 
Owner,  from  10  to  12  o'clock,  at  No.  37  Para  row. 
Boom  No.  30. 

nAMiiE~Ti7~jT^^COuimU      HUUSBS.     L.t{(DII. 
ndril.age   lots  tor   ?aie:  a  meat    variety.     Aisok 
runiislieO  and  uufuruished    nouses  to  let  for    season  oi 
jeiir.   by    WALfKH  K.  (IMITH.    mrmer'y    Blackw^k^ 
nn.itii.Ui'Hiiiib,  corner  of  Main  and    rooesca. 


Oil 


I^ACTOHY  NO.  !il8  WKST  STTH  ST.,  35 
I' by  109:  five  stories  ;  strong;  light,  desirable;  sale 
uuciiou  Saturday,  Mo.  Ill  broadway,  12  o'clock: 
mortgage  taken  in  part  payment.  Inquire  at  No.  129 
Broad  st.  Room  No.  17. 

DAVELLINGS^TOJiET^__ 

.    BROAMWAY    ANU 

Abtolutel.v  fire-proof:  no  lath  or  tlmoera 
used  in  construction  ;  hard-wood  finish ;  elevator,  aud 
heated  by  steam;  rents  Irom  $100  to  $145  per  montb 
tor  apartments  or  nine  ruoms,  including  heat  and 
service.    Inquire  on  the  premises. 


r|^H£    itOCH.IN4j:HAIVI, 

XSOl'UST. " 


rilO  LKTOU  liEAMU— IN  501U  ST.,  BETWEEN 
JL  5th  aud  6th  avi..  two  small  houses,  mmlshed  or 
uuturulshid.  Apply  to  C.k  S.  D.  LaWTO;*,  No.  132 
Nasdan  st.  New-lork. 


HOUSEM    REm.'H'ratRUD   AND    PRlNTJ£l> 
lists   free.     V.  K.  STEVBNSUJ).  Ja.,   No.  4  Pine  st 
or  union  square. 


rpo  LET— AN  OFFICE  IN  THE  TIMES  BOILOINQ. 
-^  serond  floor,  23  feet  by  '^3  leet,  in  gooi  T  condition,' 
Bult«blet'or  a  lawyer's  oIBua.     apply  to 

UEOEGK  JO.NBi, 
Timet  ofBoe. 


UTKA.U  l>OWKRANl>  If'lRST  i<'LiOOR  ANU 

Ocifluu'.  5(ix8u  feet,  .Soa.  188  andlOd  Houston  at   In- 


quire lu  tbe  corner. 


^KExO^JKSTA^TE^W^ 

WANTED  I.IIMEDIATBLY  —  UNFUBNISHED 
bouses  to  rent  at  this  office;  great  demand. 

JOSIAH  JEX  No.  1.236  Broadway. 


WTASVUU 

y  T  houaea  to  rent  at  thia  office 


IMMlfOIATUIjir  —  FURNISHED 
/Ul  at   thia  office ;    considerable  de- 
mand. JOSIAH  JbX.  No.  1,235  Broadway. 

_BA^ra5£PT_NOTI0ES^ 

ir?rKicT""coinirr    of    tue     unTteij 

states  tor  the  Southern  District  of  New-York.— 
lu  the  matter  of  GKOBGE  B.  SCOFIBLD  and  dlABliliS 
H.  SCOFlhLD.  bankrupts.— In  Banirruptoy.— A  war- 
rant in  bankruptcy  has  been  issued  by  said 
Court  agai.st  the  estate  of  George  R.  Kcotield 
and  Charles  B.  Scofield,  of  the  Cotmty  of  New* 
York,  of  the  State  of  New-York,  la  satd  District, 
adjudged  bankrupts  upon  tbe  petition  of  their 
creditors,  and  the  myment  of  any  debts  and  tbe  deliv- 
ery of  any  property  belonging  to  said  bankrupts  to 
tliem  or  to  tueli  use,  and  tbe  transfer  ot  any  propert.y 
by  toem,  are  forbidden  by  law.  A  meeting  ot  the 
creditors  of  satd  bankrupts,  to  prove  their  oebts  and 
choose  one  or  more  Assignees  of  their  estate,  will  he 
held  at  a  Court  of  BankruDtc.y,  to  be  bolden  at  Na  4 
Warren  street,  in  the  City  of  Now-Yorx,  in  said  Dis- 
trict, on  the  twelfth  da.y  of  Febrmiry.  A.  D.  ]  877,  at 
one  o'clock  P.  M..  at  tbe  office  of  Isaiah  T.  Williams, 
Esq.,  one  of  tbe  Kegisters  in  Bankruptcy  of  said  court 
OLIVER  FIbKK,  Marshal— Messenger. 


IN  TUK  DlJl*TRlCT  COURT  OF  THK  UNITED 
.states,  for  tbe  Suutheru  District  of  New-rork, — In 
the  matter  of  KOBt:ur  A.  WaLLlAMd.  bankrupt.— In 
Bankruptcy.- Notice  is  hereby  given  that  a  petition 
has  been  filed  in  said  court  by  KuOert  A.  VVilliams,  of 
New-i'ork  City,  in  said  district,  duly  declared  a  bank, 
rnpt,  nnder  tbe  act  of  Congress  of  March  2,  1867.  for 
II  (liscliarh'e  and  certificate  thereof  from  all  bis  debts, 
and  other  claims  provublt  undf  r  aaid  act.  and  that  the 
23it  d«v  of  February,  A.  D.  1877.  at  2  o'clock  P.  M  .  at 
tb<>  office  of  JamuB  f.  Dwlght,  Register  lu  BHnkruptc.v, 
No.  7  Ueekman  street,  (corner  ot  Nassau  street,)  in  t^e 
City  of  new- York,  ia  assigned  for  the  bearing  of  tha 
a:nue,  when  and  where  ail  creditors  who  have  proved 
tbclr  debts,  aud  other  pcrsuns  in  lutereat,  may  attend, 
and  show  cause.  If  any  the.y  have,  wh.v  the  prayer  of 
said  petition  should  not  be  grunted.— Dated  New-York, 
the  1st  <iav  ot  February,  1877. 
f2-law3wF»  GEO.  F.  BETT.S,  Clerk. 


Ii  _  _ 

United  States  tor  tbe  Southern  Distnct  of  New- York. 
—In  tbe  matter  of  KUFUs  WATTLEd,  bapkrupt- In 
Bankruptcy,  No.  6,ti99. — Before  Kdpar  Ketcbum. 
Esq.,  Register  in  BanKruptc.v. — To  whom  It  may  con- 
cern. — The  auoerstgned  hereb.y  gives  notice  of  bis  ap- 
pointment as  Assignee  of  Rufus  Wattles,  of  the  Cit.y 
of  «ew-York,  iu  the  County  of  New-York,  and  the 
State  of  l<ew-York,  within  said  district,  who  has  been 
ailjudsed  bankrupt  upon  tbe  oetittou  of  his  creditors 
br  tbe  District  Court  ot  said  district — Dated  at  New- 
I'org  City,  January  31,  1877. 

UEOEGE  W.  SKLOykR,  Assignee,  kc, 
No.  15  Beaver  street 
Edward    P.   Baowtr,  Attorney  for   Assignee,   No.  7 
Nassau  street  f2-law3wF* 


IN  THK  OlfiTKICT  COURT  OK  THK  UNITED 
States  for  the  Southern  District  of  New-Jersey. — In 
lae  matter  of  CHARLES.  P.  TIT8W0RTU,  bankrupt 
.—The  undersigned  Assignee  in  SaukruDtcy.  hereoy 
elves  notice  tbat  he  will  sell  at  public  auction,  through 
Wm.  Topping  U  Co.,  on  FRIDAY,  Feb.  23,  1877.  at  10 
A.  M.,  tbe  stock  and  fixtures  of  the  above-named 
bankrupt.— Feb.  '2,  1877. 
f2.1aw3wK*  


•2,  1877., 
JAMbS  S.  LEEDS,  Na  18  Reade  st 


DI.'STUlCr  OF  NKW-JURSKY,  .SS.— AT 
Newark,  the  18th  day  of  Jatauary.  A.  D.  1877.— The 
undemigned  hereby  gives  notice  of  his  appointment  as 
Aaal?nee  of  THuMAS  ELLSON.  of  Newark,  in  tbe 
County  ot  Essex  and  State  of  New.Jersey,  within  said 
district,  who  has  been  adjudged  a  bankrunt  upon  tbe 
petition  of  his  creditors,  u.y  tbe  District  Court  ot  said 
district  BLEhCKKE  BAiiDWIN,  Assignef, 

Morrlstown.  N.  J.,  or  No.  84  Warren  street.  New. York. 
To  whom  it  may  concern.  ]al9-law3wF* 


mujstcal^ 
A  GREAT  OFFER  Iltt.e^/iTa^'d'^X'X 

dlapoae  of  lUO  )flASo»  tSc  ORGANS,  new  and 
■ec«ad-hand.  of  first-clasa  maicena,  laclndlM 
Vv  A'l'KRs'.at  lo-wev  prices  for  cash  or  Lnstail- 
menta  or  to  let  nncii  Bald  far  ttaau  ever  l»efore 
offered.  WATtUHi^  txRANO  a<lUARD:  and 
U  t'UlUHT  P1ANO.S  <&  ORGANS  are  the  UBssV 
MAOK.  aGEMTM  WANTffl).  lUnatratedCat- 
alovnes  Mailed.  A  liberal  dlacoonc  to  Teaoher», 
Afinuters,  OtMrcnes.  etc  &ilieet  moalc  at  ball  yrlce. 
UOKAC£  WA  rEK8  &  EiOM.-!»,  Manitfotn.  and 
Dealera,  40  East  14tli  e^t..  Union  aanare,  N.  V. 


DA2(0ING. 


AULKN  I>OJ}WOJtTU'.S  J>A?(CIMG 
EEMOVKD  TO  NO.  081  5TH  AVBNDK. 

How  opeu  for  tbe  reception  of  paplU. 

For  parclculai-s  send  for  otroui&c 
Private  lessons  every  day. 


OOPA^TNJRSmP^NOTIOES. 

THB  FlKm  Oif  WARD,  TALBOT  dc  ULY- 
FHaNT  having  iermloaced  this  day  by  limitation. 
I  wilt  ooatlnna  the  co«l  bnalnea*  on  my  ewa  aoooant 
at  tbe  Coal  and  Ixoa  Bxobange,  corner  of  Vorllandt 
and  Ubuich  at*. 

KICflMOND  TALBOT. 
Nbw-Yobx,  Feb.  1.  1877. 


THK  ISTMitBUT  0»  AIR.  THOMAS  \yAa- 
.   ' ^ 


f  AU^UM^ti•-B^    ^  FSOTBSTAHT  QIBL    IM 
. ^, AJprimfafiialti/;  wUUn«toaBrfatlae]iAab«r.work: 


^  KBN  ^AWCBTr  in  onf  Arm  oomm  thia  d«T. 

Mr.  MABTBT  WBBD  BrilfieblOT  beeomaaa^  Mrtaar 


mmemam 


WASTWD. 


The  up.town  office  of  THE  ITMES  is  located  at 

fio.  1,257  Broadaray.  bet.  Slst  and  33d  «ts.' 

open  daily,  Sundays  moinded.  from  4  A  U.  to  9  P.  M.T 

Snbaorlptlons  reoeived,  and  copies  of  THB  TIMBS  fbr^ 

Bale. 

ADVBRTISBMBNTS  R8CB1VED  UNTIL  9  P.  M.        i 


CHA!»lBBK-niAlD — BT  A  LADY  FOR  A  PEOT- 
•stant  young  g>n  who  hat  lived  with  her  four 
yeara,  to  do  light  chamber- work  and  aewing.  wait  upon 
a  lady,  or  aaaist  with  children.  Call  at  Mo.  33  kaat 
89tta  St. 


CHAMBKR-MAXD  AMD  FL.AIN  SEWING.— ( 
Bv  a  smart,  tidy  yvung  girl;  or  to  do  nse  waabinK 
and  {roaing;  no  objeotion  to  a  private  boarding-bouM ;  - 
10  years'  flrst-olaas  refltrenee  from  last  place.  Call  at; 
No.  382  2d  av.,  aecond  floor,  front  < 


CBAMBItH-MAID  AND  WAlTKEtiia.-BY  A; 
reapectable  young  girl ;  no  ohjection  to  assist  in-. 
washing  and  ironing  ;  Jbeat  relerenoe  from  laat  T)iace;< 
country  preferred.  Call  for  two  daya  at  No.  42U  West^ 
39th  at,  in  fancy  store.  t 


CaAWBBR-MAlU-SKAinSTRBeiS.— BY  TWO 
young  girls,  in  a  private  family;  one  aa  cham- 
ber-maid audwaitreas.  tbe  other  aa  aeamatreaa;  will; 
do  ohambei-work;  three  years'  City  reference  trom,' 
last  place.    Call  at  No.  502  West  83d  st 


CHAAlBBA-iOAlD  AND  WAITBi£8».— BSST 
Cit.y  and  country  reference  from  present  employer;  r^ 
willing  to  aaaist  with  the  waBhlng;  no  objection  to^ 
the  country.    Call  at  <ifo.  90  St  Marks  place.  < 


SITUATIONS  WAJSTTB] 


mm.. 


TKr|JKSE.-8t  A  W0tB»TAHT#OMAl»»BA»L_ 
'  11  p^tlehtod  hrfantf  a  Mtrae ;  ia  ca»able  Of  taking  wMti 
tiiarga  and  brtMd&g  it  «p  on  the  bottle  t  gaod  Oitt^  rai 
erenoa  given  i  ia  wil  Una  to  aaaka  taeiaelf  gepaially  iim4 
tail  no  ohjedtion  to  toe  cotiniry.  Can  be  itfeen  at  N«. 
160  Eaat  23d  st. 

IJBWE.—BT  A  SCOTCH    WOMAN;     IS    CAPABLli 

Ot  taking  flill  charge  of  an  iniknt  irora  ita  bmh  J 

Teiy  goo^  With  bottle  baby ;  no  objection  to  the  conn* 

try  ;  good  refcreace.    Cail  at  No.  716  6th  av.,  in  mlli 

lineryetore. 

UKSJB,   dfcC— BT    A    BESPBCTABLK     PROrBSTS 

ant  woman  aa  child's  ouree,  or  to  wait  upon  an  in« 

Talid  lady  J    la  competent  to  aaaist  in  honaekee'ving  oi 

sewing;  best  City  referenoe.    Call  for  two  days  at  Xo 

333  Byt  29th  Bt 

NURSID  AND  SBAHteTRESS.-BY  a  RKBP.,^.^ 
able  .young  jtirl,  Protestant;  beat  Cltv  referenoea.! 
Address  J.  W.,  Box  No.  288  TIMBS  UP-TOWH  OFFICII 
NO.   1,257  BROADWAY.  wxi^xv.,, 

SEWING  AND  AlENDING.-A  LaDY  V.OhlAX 
like  the  aewiog  and  mending  for  some  gentiemenj 
or  would  take  family  sawing ;  terms  raasonable.  Ad'' 
dress  Mra  N.,  Station  L,  Harlatn. 

SEAAI8TKK(98.-BV  an  KXPURIENCED  pirstJ 
olasB  dresa-maker  (ttncUsh  Protestant)  a  p^rmaoent 
Biiuation.  City  orcountr.y;  can  act  as  lady's  maidJ 
lady's  traveling  eompanion,or  invalid  nurse;  first-clasa 
Cit.y  refbrence.  Address  M.  £.  R.,  Box  No.  82U  TIMKS 
UP-TOWN  OFFICK.  NO.1,257  BROaDWaT. 


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CaAMBBR-MAIO.— BY  A  RESPECTABLS  GIRL 
aa  ohambei.mald  and  waitress.  .  or  nurse  and  do 
plain  sewing;  best  City  referenoe.  '-  Call  at  No.  223'' 
£a8t  42d  at 


^HAAIBBR-ftlAlD.— BYA  BJSSPECTABLB  SMART 
ohamber.mald  and  waliresa;  wUl-' 
bdBt  referenoe. .-,.  Call  at  N0.4..007 


vyyQOng  woman  as  ohamber.mald  and  waliresa;   will 
lug   abdobUglng;    "'  '       ~  _  ..     . 


8dar. 


CHAMBkR-lHAID  AND  WAlTRK8i4.— BY  A 
girl:  good  reference.  Call  to-day,  (Friday,)  be- 
tween 10  and  12,  No.  63  West  49th  at,  present  em- 
ployer. 


C^HA!MUBR-»1A1D.— BY    A    TOUNQ 
yfirst-clasa  chamber-maid  or  parlor-maid ;    is/thof^ 
oughly  competent,   willing,  and  obliging ;    firsJI-cIaBS 
City  reference.    Call  at  219  East  35th  st.  seodaa  floor. 


CHAi»lBER-i>IAID  AND    WAITRESS BY  A 
young  girl;    willasslst  with  washing  and  ironing  ;' 
flrst-rlass  City  reference.    Call  at  431  Bast  17th  st 


CHAMBBR-.tlAIO.— BY  A  BSSPGCTABLK  OIRL 
to  do  obamber.work  and  waiting;  City  references. 
Call  at  No.  206  Bast  26th  st,  two  stairs  up.  bacc. 


WAITRKi*!*.— BY    AN     KXPEKIKNCblD      TOCKQ- 
woman  who  baa  five  years'  reterenoas  from  Oraai 
^rltaln  and  lour  year*'  references  from  Boston.  Addreaa 
Miss  Louisa  Carnage,  care  of  Rev.  Jamea  A.  Little.  H»« 
kendauqua,  Lehigh  County,  Penn. 

WAITRESS^.— BY  A  PBOTB81ANT  GIRL  Ai 
waitieas  and  chamber-maid ;  three  yeara^  refep 
euce  trum  last  place.  Call,  for  two  days,  at  Ko.  133 
'West  16th  st,  rear. 


COOK.— BT  A  FIRST-CLASS  COOK;  UNDER- 
stands  cooking  in  all  branches;  in  meats,  soups, 
and  boning  and  larding;  serves  up  all  kinds  of  fano.y 
aide-diihea,  both  hot  and  cold;  French.  Spanish,  and 
American  dishes;  ia  flrst-ulass  pastry-cook;  either 
public  or  private;  City  reference.  Can  be  aeen  for 
two  days  atNo.  142  West  31st  St.,  store.  , 


inOOK.— WAITER.- BY  A  dTHADT  CODPLE ;  HO 
Vylncumbranoe ;  know  their  businejis  in  all  Its 
branches  ;  the  wife  is  a  good  bread  and  biscuit  baker :  i 
best  City  reference ;  City  or  country.  Caii  at  No.  246 1' 
East  27tb  st,  or  address  L.  O.  M..  Box  ho.  302  TIMSa' 
UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1.267  BBOAuWAY. 


COOK— CHAHBRR-AIAID.— BT  TWO  OOM- 
petent  young  womoo;  one  as  first-class  cook  in  a< 
club-houae  or  hotel,  or  as  order  cook;  tiie  other  as ' 
ohamber-mald  and  waitress  or  Kitchen  eirl;  country 
prelerred;  good  reference.    Call  at  156  West  28th  st.  • 


Vvfirst-class  cook,  and  to  do  coarse  washing ;  under- 
stands all  kinds  of  soups;  is  an  excellent  baker  i  best 
City  reference.  Can  be  seen  for  two  daya  at  No.  Sll 
East  24th  st 


COOK.  —  FIRST  CLASS;  IS  A  GOOD  BREAD 
baker;  makes  all  kinds  of  soups;  game:  under- 
etanda  French  eooking;  three  years'  City  raferenoe. 
Addreaa  L.  M.,  Box  No.  262  TlMtS  OF-TOWN  OFPICR,. 
NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


COOK,  WASHER.  AND  IRUNER BY  A 
very  respectable  young  woman ;  willing  and  oblig- 
ing; best  reference  from  last  place.  Address  B.  N. , 
Box  No.  281  TIMES  LP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,267 
BROADWAY. 


COOK.— BY  A  SDPERIOR  ENGLISH  PROTESTANT 
cook,  with  kitchen  maid;  excellent  references. 
Address  K.  D.,  Box  No  290  TIMKS  UF-TOWN  OFFICE, 
NO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 


COOK.— faY  A  RE8PKCTABLE  YOUNG  WOMAN  AS 
hrstrclasB  cook  in  a  private  famil.y  ;  10  years'  best 
City  reference.  CaU  for  two  days  at  No.  804  West  88th 
Bt,  Room  Na  1. 


COOK,  WASHER,  AND  IRONER.— BY  A 
joung  woman  to  cook,  wash,  and  iron ;  is  a  good 
baker ;  City  referenoe.  Call  at  No.  236  West  27tU  at , 
in  the  store. 

CIOOK — BT    A  RKSPKCTABLB    WOMAN  AS  GOOD 
/cook ;  is  an  excellent  baker ;  .will  aaaiat  with  wash- 
ing and  ironing;  good  City  referesoe.    Call  at  No.  21U 

East  28th  st 

COOK.— BY  lif  EXPKEIENUED  PROTESTANT 
woman  as  first-clasa  cook,  family  baking,  and 
pastry:  aeven  yeara'  referenoe  from  laat  place.  '  Call 
at  No.  £06  6th  av. 

OOK.— BY  AN  ENGLISH  PROTESTANT  AS  FIRST-  . 

claas  cook  iu  a  private  family ;  good  City  reter<' 
ence ;  City  or  country :  will  do  the  ooMTse  waahlog.  < 

Call  at  No.  221  East  25tb  St. 

COOK.— BT  A  COLORED  WOMAN  -  AS  PLAIN 
cook  or  to  do  general  hooae-work  in  a  amah  fam- 
ily; can  give  reference.  CaU  or  address  P.  S..  Na  111 
West  26th  St.,  Irom  12  to  1. 


SBAMSTRBiiS.- BY  A  RESPECTABLE  YOTJSQ 
woman  in  A  ptivate  famltr ;  can  cat,-  fit,  aud  oper< 
ate  on  different  machines  ;  five  years'  excellent  City 
references :  no  objection  to  aaaist  with  Cfaamber-woruj 
Addreaa  S.  B..  Box  No.  d'ib  TSM&ii  UP-TOWN  OPFlCt, 
KO.  1,257  BBOaDWAT. ~_ 

SEAinsTRBSS.- BY  A  PROrkSTANT  GIRL  A4 
. .  aeainstresa.  or  wait  on .  a  lady;  good  relerenoai 
Cril or  addreaa  Y.  W.  C.  A.  Na  7  Baat  15th.at 

SBf  Uli  GiXBL..— BY   A    SCOTOa    PBOTBSTANT 
girl,  17  years  or  fcge,  where  she  can  make  herseli 

generally  useful  i  wants  a  home  mora  tbaa  wagaa. 

Apply  at  No.  807  6th  av. 


WET-NURSE.- BY    AN    AMERICAN  WOMAN  AS 
wet-nnrae;  baby  3  montbs  old.    Call  at  No.  246 


West  20th  et 


BUTIiER.— BY  A  TBRY  COMPBTBMT  BUTIiEB 
(Swiss)  in  a  firat-olasa  private  tkmtly  j  biaheat  re^ 
erences  given.  .  Address  Albert  Gross,  Na  61  8d  ar., 
aecond  floor. 

COACHMAN.— BY  A  RBSPECTABLB  MAREtlBD 
man  aa  coachman,  aged  30.  in  a  prlvat«  family ; 
thoroughly  underatands  the  care  of  horsea,  carriagea, 
aud  harness ;  ia  perfectly  sober  and  obliging  and  in< 
dnstriouB ;  can  iurnish  tbe  best  reterence ;  City  ot 
country.  CaU  on  or  address  last  employer.  No.  SQ 
West  26th  at,  or  No.  126  West  60th  et    S.    L. 


ClOAOHAlAN  AND  GROO.'tt.— BT  A  RESPBOTA- 
./ble  Protestant  Scotchman  ;  single;  thoroogbiy  un- 
derstands  his  business;  oarafol  City  driver;  exGelleol 
groom;  honest,  sober,  wilUng,  and  obliging,  as  reter- 
ence win  state.  Call  or  address  Coachman,-:  &o.  11] 
West  29th  st,  private  stable. 


COACHltlAN.— BY  AN  ENGLISHMAN;  U.SDKR^ 
stands  thoroughly  tbe  care  ef  horsea.  liarness,  andl 
Carriages  ;  is  welt  accustomed  to  tbe  City  ahdsaourbss 
no  objection  to  the  cuunCry;  can  be  highly  reconv 
menaed  trum  last  employers.  Call  or  addreaa  W.  C^ 
at  harness  store  No  48  East  28th  et. 

OACHMAN.— BT  A  RESPECTABLE  PBOTESTAiSl 
man,  married,  no  tamily ;  is  a  good  groom  and  care- 
ful driver  ;  understands  toe  care  of  harness ;    willing 
and  obliging;  best  of  City  references  given.    Call  m 
address  W.  G.,  No.  32  East  40th  st.  private  stable. 

COACHMAN.— BY  A  SINGLE  TOUNG  MA.l  AS 
coachman  and  ^room ;  understands  oere  of  horses, 
harness,  and  carriages,  and  aU  branches;  last  em- 
ployer can  be  seen  in  tbe  Cltj.  Call  or  address  Mr. 
John  Madan,  713  6th  av..  between  4Uth  and  41st  sta. 

CIOACHIUAN  AND  GROOAl.— BT  A  bINOLH 
./man;  nnderstands  tbe  care  vt  hoi-ses  and  carriagea 
in  ail  branches;  hiat-class  City  driver:  10  years  oi 
the  best  recummeadationa  call  or  address  Thomaa, 
No.  Ill  West  44th  St..  private  stable,  far  two  daya 


COACHMAM  AND  GROUi>I.— BT  A  PRUTBST- 
ant  single  man  as  coachman  and  groom,  and  be- 
geoerall.y  luefui ;  can  milk ;  has  some  of  the  yeryi 
best  City  reference.  Address  Coachman,  Box  Na  2ldi 
3im««  Office. 


COACHMAN.-  BT  A  SINGLE  TOCNG  KAN,  WHO 
nnderstanus  the  business  tboroagbly  ;  seven  years'' 
best  City  reterence;  will  be  found  willing  and  oolig. 
Ing.  Addreaa  P.  N  .  No.  131  West  S2d  at,  private atable. 


COACHMAN.— BY  AN  ENGLISHMAN  ;  MARRIIsID; 
no  Incumbrance ;  two  years'  uest  reference  teoax. 
last  place ;  sold  out. «  CaU  or  addreaa  M.  H,  J.,  No.  4)1 
East  32d  at 


COOK.-BY  A  RB8P£CTABL£  YOUNG  WOMAN  AS 
first-class  cook ;  capable  of  doing  all  kinds  of  baa- 
ing :  City  reference. ,  Can  be  aean  lor  two  daya  at  No. 
636  3d  av. 


CtlUK  AND  ASSIST  WITH  WASHING.— 
By  an  experienced  girl:  three  yeara*  City  refiar- 
ence.  CaU  for  two  daya  at  No.  806  JIaat  S6th  st,  sear 
2d  av. 


COOK,  WASHER.  AND  IRONER,  OR  QKN- 
eral  Housework.— By  a  respectable  woman:  City 
or  country ;  best  City  reference.  CaU  at  Ko.  134  West 
83d  St.  basement ;  back  room. 


COOK.— BT  A  RESP8CTABLE  GIRL  ..AS  GOOD; 
cook;  wtlUng  to  assist  in  the  washing ;  City  refer- 
ence ;  ci>nt>eseen  at  ber  present  employer's,  .No.  63. 
West  49th  st,  to-da.y,  (Fiidav,)  from  10  to  12. 


COOK.  <3kC.— BTA  YOUNG  WOMAN  AS  COOC  IN 
a  private  family;  thoruugbl.v  understands  her- 
business ;  wilUng  to  assist  with  washing  if  required  ;. 
best  City  reference.    Apply  at  No.  411  West  44th  st. 


i'1' 

V^in  a  private  famUy;  thoroughly  understands  her 
business ;  be  >t  City  reference.  CaU  for  two  daya  at  So. . 
341  West  26th  Bt,  Room  No.  16.  ■ 


COOK.— BY  A  HKlsPECTABLB  FRENCH  WOMAN 
In  a  private  family ;  City  or  country;  good  refer- 
ence. Call  or  address,  for  two  days.  No.  226  Weat^ 
3 Ist  Bt.  basement 


COOK.— BT  A  COMPETENT  WOMAN  AS  F1BBT-, 
class  cook,  soups,  game,  pastry,  meats,  and  allj 
kinds  of  baking;  best  City  reference.  CaU  fi>r  two^ 
days  at  No.  163  Bast  31st  st 


COOK.— BT  A    RESPECTABLE    WOMAN:    KXCEL- 
lent  cook ;    understands  all  kinds  of  soups,  meata,  ^ 
poultry,  and  game;    good  baker;    good  City  reference^ 
from  laat  place     Call  or  addresa  No.  312  Eaat  3 2d  att 

Cook7~w^a*iher~an  d^Trone  r— ch  am  4 
ber-mald  and  waitresa — By   two  sisters:     Oitr  or  I 
country;  beat  of  reference.    CaU  at  122  Weat  20th  at  > 


COOK.— BY  A  RESPECTABLR  WOMAN  AS    FIRST- 
class  cnok:     wiiUng  to  assist  with  washing;      good. 
City  reference.    Apply  at  258  West  33d  st.  In  store.     ' 


COOK— WAITEK.— BY  A  MAN  AND  WIFE;  THB 
wite  as  cook,  the  man  as  waiter;     iu  a  priVHte  tum-. 
iiy;   seven  years'  reterence.     Apply  st  »84  East  63dst.l 


COOK.— Bi    A   PROTESTANT    WOMAN  AB  COOK 
andlauudresa    iCaU  at  No.  104  WeatS2dBt,  ilzst, 
floor. 


COACHMAN— COOK.— BY  A  MAN  AND  WIFE, 
be  aa  coachman  and  groom ;  wire  as  &rst.olass  aook 
or  laundress;  both  understaiid  tbeir  business.  caUoi 
address  Coachman,  Mo.  435  East  15th  st 

COACHMAN.— BY  A  COLORED  TOUNG  MAN; 
thoroughly  understands  his  business,  or  wiU  drlvo 
for  a  doctor ;  best  reierenoe  from  last  place.  CaU  ol 
address  for  two  daya  G.  C,  Ko.  349  Wast  37th  at 

COACHMAN  AND  GROOM.  — THOROUGHLT 
understands  his  business  in  all  its  branches;  verv 
best  City  reterence  from  last  and  lormer  employera. 
CaU  at  the  store  of  W.  C.  Browning,  No.  826  Broadway. 

COACHMAN  AND  GROOM.— BT  A  TODSO 
man;  can  make  himself  useful  at  any  work;  can 
milk;  beat  City  reference.  Address  M.  R.,  Box.  No. 
886  TIMES UP-TOWNUl'FICE.  NO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 

COACHMAN. —  BT  A  GBNTLKMAN  FOR  HIS! 
coachman  who  has  t>een  with  bim  tor  three  .years;  i 
ia  a  good  driver  I  aober  and  indnatrioua.  Apply  froiH 
9  to  11  at  No.  66  West  67th  st 


COACHMAN.— BT  A  RBSPECTABLB  TOUNG  MAN 
aa  coachman  or  groom ;  can  be  weU  recommended ; 
no  ohJectioa  to  City  or  eonntiy.  CaU  ot  addreaa  D.  O., 
Na  145  West  S3d  st 


COACHMAN.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  YOUNG  COL- 
ored  man  as  coachman;  can  give  three  to  four 
years'  reference.  Address  B.,  Box  Na  256  TIMBIi  UP- 
TOWN OFFICE,  SO.  1,267  BROADWaT. 

OACHMAN.- BY  A   FIRST-CLASS    MAN;    FOUR 
years'  best  references  from  Wood  Brothers.  Oarrlaga 
manufacturers.    Call  on  or  addresa  W.  P.,  Wootfa  re- 
pair ah  op,  No.  1,850  Broadway. 


COACHMAN.— BT  A  OOMPi^TENT  YOUNG  MAN  > 
can  furmsh  the  best  of  Cit.y  reference  trom  bis  laaf 
employer.    Addsesa  J.  W.,  No.  713  6th  ar. 


COACHMAN.— BY  A    MaN    WHO    'i^OROUttHLl 
understands  the  buainess,  with  the  bdst  of  City  rel^ 
crencea    CaU  or  address  No.  22  Eaat  88th  at. 


COACHMAN    AND    GROOM.— BT    A    SINGLI 
man  with  good  city  reference.    Addreaa  P.  B.,  X  B. 
.Brewster  k  Co..  Na  145  6th  av. 


GARDENER,  dec— LAUNDRESS.— BT  A  RS- 
apeotable  Protestant  man  and  wife ;  man  as  ga» 
doner:  thoroughly  understands  greenhouse  plants, 
Tmerlea,  kitchen  gardening  in  all  its  branobea ;  willlni 
to  make  himself  generally  useful;  wife  as  laun- 
dress; both  nave  bad  tlft«en  yaars"  expeiience  ia 
England ;  reference  if  required.  Apply^  parsonaUy  oa 
by  letter  ta  J.  Mc.  No.  287  Avenue  C. 


GARDENER.— BY  A  MAREtlKD  BNOUSBMANi 
no  family  ;  has  long  practice  and  sooGessfnl  expe- 
rieooe  in  green-bouse,  graperies,  fruits,  flowers,  and 
vegetables;  would  take  charge  of  a  tarm  if  required: 
wife  is  fully  competent  to  take  charge  of  a  dairy  oc 
nonltry ;  beat  of  reference.  Address  0.  F.  J.,  Box  Nou, 
816  TIMES  UP-rOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,267  BROADWAY. 


COOK.— BI  A  YOUNG  WOMAN  AS  GOOD  FAMILY 
cook;   will  assiat  With  waahiag;    good  City  refer-^ 
ence.    CaU  at  Na  114  West  33d  st  * 


COOK,     WASHER,     AND     IRONER.^BY    A 
young  woman  in  a  private  lamUy;  beat  City  refer-; 
euce.    CaU  at  No.  436  West  40th  st 


COOK.— BT   A    RBSPECTABLB   UIRL    TO    COOK, 
wash,  and  iron;    City  reference.    CaU  at  Na   SOl, 
Katt  3d  at 


COOK.— BY  A  NEAT  AND   RESPEOTABLB  SCAN- 
dinavian  Protestant  girl ;  experienced  cook  ;  beat. 
references.    Cull  or  address  No.  116  East  77th  st         '■ 


COOK.-BY  AN  EXPEEtlBNCEO  YOUNG  WOMAN  ASi 
rood  cook,  washer,  and  iruner  iu  a  private  famil,y; 
good  baker;  City  refereoce.     Call  at  324  Baat  86tn  st 


COOK.-BY  AN  EXPBRIENCKD  COOK;  WILL.  DO 
coarse  waahlni;  in  »  private  family ;  goad  refbrenoe. 
CaU  at  No.  313  West  39th  st,  near  8th  av. 


DRESS-MAKER.- BY  DAY.  WEkK.  OR  MONTH; 
good  cutter  and  fitter;  with  or  without  her  own 
machine;  terms  very  taasonabla  CaU  or  addreaa  U. 
R.,  No.  160  East  63d  at 


DRESS-MAKER.— MISS  BARBER  WILL  MAKB 
dresses  in  the  latest  at.yle  reasonably,  at  home  or 
otherwise.    CaU  at  No.  745  6th  av. 


HOUSEKEEPER.— BY  A  LADi  OF  RBSPBCTA- 
biltty  aa  housekeeper  in  a  first-olass  ^Otel  or  club- 
house :  or  aa  compamon  to  an  invalid.  .  Addiesa  T_  ai 
T.  W.  C.  A.,  No.  7  East  16th  at 


HOUSEKEEPER.— BT    A    YOUNG    AMERICAN 
woman  aa  bouaekeeper  or  as  seamstTesa.    None 
but  reapectable  parties  need  call  at  151  Kast  SOtb  at. 


HOUSE-KEEPER.— BY  A   Kk:BPETABl<B  WOM- 
an  aa  worjclng  housekeeper.  Call  at  Na  176  8d  av. 


HOUSE-WOKK.  -  BY 
lately  landed,  to   do  11_ 
stands  the. care  of  children ; 


A     TOUNO      WOMAN, 

landed,  to   do  light  house- work;   imder- 
care  of  children ;   willing  and  obliging 
CaU  at  Na  211  West  2Uth  Bt 


HOU4E.WORK.-BY  A  TOUNG  GIBL  LATJtLT 
landed  to  do  general  hooae-work  or  make  tieraelf 
generaUy  uaefUL  CaU  at  Na  440  Weac  27tn  stv  in  aha 
atore. 


HOU(»B-WOKiL.-BY  A  B£8PS0TAHLB  YUUHO 
colored  olrl  to  do  lEenezal  bouse- work  in  a  jprivata 
family ;  referenoe  tzom  last  employer.  Call  at  fla  ViU 
East  11th  Bt,  rear. 


HOUSB-WOUK.-Bf   A    KBiiPBCTABLK    OIRL 
fur  general  honse-work.    Apply  at  No.  874  Weaa 


Ti-Mi  Bt,  vreaent  employer's. 


HOU«l£-WOItK.-BY  A  YOUNQ  WOIUN  TO  DO 
eeneral  house-work  in   a  small  famfiy :  Cltgr  or 
country  ;  gOod  referenoa     Call  at  4U7  Weat  Sotb  st.  iM 


HOVSE-WORK..-BT  AN  AMBRIOAN   WOICAN 
tn  do  general  honsA-work ;  la  a 


Irouer ;  good  referenoe.     CaU  at  Na  ! 


dwaahar  and 
Weat  20U1  at 


LADT^S    JHAID.-BY    AN    ENGLISH     WOMAN. 
apeaUng  PAnatAn  FieQch,  ar  «•  tnala  to  (to  to  In- 

roue;  aoonatomedto  travel.    Addresa  P.,  Box  Na  818 
■mills  OP-TOWN  OFFIGB,  NO.  I,3fi7  BSLOAiiWkX. 


LAUNOKSSW  AND  OUAAUI£iUdiAfD.-BT 
a  reapectable  young  <lrl ;  good  rabrenoe.  If  re- 
Quized  i  no  obaeotlan  to  tha  ooautcy.  Call  at  na  488 
West42dat. 


/GARDENER.- BY  ONE  THAT  UNDERSTANDS 
\7oare  of  greeni'-bbusea  and  graperlea :  Scotch ;, mar- 
ried, no  children :  flrat-claas  reference  i '  wife  will  as- 
Biat  in  the  houae-worau    Addreaa  P.  O.,*  or  call  »tNo> 

67  Naasau  st 

Y21.ARDENER.— BT  A,  MARRtBD'MAN,  NO  FABf- 
VNUy ;  tmdeistaada  (ha  care  of  tBeenheuaaa,  roaa. 
houaea,  graperiea.  vegetable  fafmlng,  4to.  Addreaa  A. 
B..  Box  Na  2S6  STImea  Office. 

MAN   A8    GROOM    AND 

footman ;  lias  the  best  of  refaranee  from  blB  tajt 
jloyer.    AC  ' 
Weat  USA  at 


/2LKOOM.— BY  A  TOUNG 

VltfooLinan ;  lias  the  best  oi  reiaranee  trom  tals  laa 

employer.    Address  or  call  at  .pdrate  atoble.  No.  107 


OROOM.— BT  A   YOUNG   MAN    AB    OKOOM 
nsetol  man;  can  be  waU  reoommended 


tion  to  City  or  ooontxy. 
West  aSd  at 


AND 

no  oldao-i 

C«U  9C  addreaa  A.  a,  No.  146 


NURSE  AND  PROFESSIONAL  RUBBER.— 
By  an  Bfigashman;  beat  medical  andprrrate  ref, 
erenoea  giren.    Addreaa  W.  J.  B.,  Na  218  East  29th  »C 


PORTER.- 
watobxaan ; 


-BY    A    TOUNG   M.AN    AS  PORTER  OR 
.   JpoA  xafeienee. ....  Addreaa  A  L.,  Box 
No.  230  Times  Offica 


USEFUL.  MAN.— BT   A    YOUNQ    MAN    WILLING 
te  work  at  any  thing ;  City  or  country;    beat  refer- 
ence foe  interview.    Address   H.,  Box  230  Timu$  Office. 


TirAITEK.— IN  A    PRiVATK  FAMILT  OR  BOARD- 
TT  Ing-honae ;  New-fork  and  Boston  City  rafereneea ; 
none  but  flrst-olass  need  apply;  wlU  trsrd  with  a  gen. 
Call  at  «o.  262  West  26th  ak.  batweaa  9  aad 


tlemau. 

11  o'clock  AH 


J.  a  Martin. 


w 


AITBR.- BY  A  RE8PB0TABLB  COtiORBD  MAN 
.  .  aa  waiter  in  a  nrlvate  fkmUy;  City  rafiegreoee; 
obUging  and  wUUsg  to  do  anyttalog.  Addreaa  U  W., 
Box  No.  296  TUlSb  UP-TOWN  OPWOB,  HO.  1.S&7 
BROADWAY. ^ 

T£R     OR     BUTL.br.— IN      FIRST-ULASB 


W^ 


tally;  none  othera  need  apply;  la  reUabl*  In  all 
xeaneota:  can  refbrtoflre  Camillea  In  Otty.  Addroni 
».,  Box  Na  361  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OWICk.  NO.  VrtT 
BKOADWATi 


WAITER.— BY  A  TOUNQ  SWISS  MfN   (SINOLB)' 
in  a  private  tamily  i   dty  referenoe.    AdOreaa 
Xiavanohe,  Box  No.  821  TIMBS  UP-TOWN  OTVICK.  No. 

1,*267  BBOAUWAY. 


WAITBK«-Bir  A  YOUNG  PBENCUMAN,  M>S»k8 
£ngliah.)  aa  a  flrawdaaa  waiter  In  a  ptlrue  &m. 
Uy;  beat  City  referenoea.  Call  or  addreu  K.  V.,  iHa 
40  iBaat  26tb  at,  sonth-eaat  ooroer  Madiaon  av;       ' 


\ITi .  ^  , 

fl  private  family  or  boardlng-honae ;  w|ll  make  bitOr 
aelf  genensUy  nsefnl ;  attend  to  inrnaee ;  good  relets 
•lusa    CaU  ml  Na  693  Btb  >v.,  rear,  liaartii  Hoot. 

A1TBA.-8T  A  F<K8T-CIiABB  tOl/HO  BUeiiK 
eoiored  man ;  Is  tbevon^y  eompetaxkt  i  oaa  fur- 

Blab  good  telarenoe  for  beaasty  and  naaal  ^mta. 

Call  or  addreaa  8.,  Na  168  Weat  aAtti  at. 


«n]{rAITItR.-BT  A  FRBVCflVAN   IN  .A   PBIVaTB 

TT  xamlly  t  best  reference  fromi  laat  eovioywc    <CaU 

Idreaa  a.  O.,  Na  246  Baaa  SUth  at,  B^osd  Na  a. 


or  addreaai 


HELP  ^'WAJn.'BDL 


WANTBD-A    THOftO(;eHU     COXPJaTKNT 
ooaehman.  Addreaa  IL,  Box  N^  1,197  C***  OOm, 
New-TorJc,  with  addceaa  aS  gentiamaa  af  waom  m- 


ooaehman. 

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quirtea  oaa  ba  made  aa  to  obazmotM,  Am. 


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TT<u  tlwiinri  of  thisHotftftn  tiio  ii|kn«1l(ra»Min<  f 
cvrnteendad  Iv  Uent.  3t«^,  0.  S.  N^  coln<  aoata»f  f 
th«  B*oka«9a  tbepaaMgel*  QoMpttown  att  thit  your  > 

(oasdL  .  ■ 

CKLTIC ..,...,.,.. .SATTTRDATtFel).  8,  8:80  A.  M. 

ADEIATIC SATOWin. Teb.  10.  MSP.  M. 

BEITANNIC....- SATDBDaT,  Vtib.  24.  2  P.  U. 

CSLTIC...< 8ATinU>AT.  IfMnh  10,  at  2  P.  M. 

Prom  W  hite  star  Dock.  Piev  Ha.  52  Sortli  Sirer.  y 

TiiesK  stoamers  arii  anUhiKi  in  itn  aai  iinaanMUMil  '• 
hi  appomtmonta.  Tbe  salann.  stateroom^  smokraev 
»nd  Mtb  rooms  are  cmidsfaiM.  where  the  Doitq  aqa  C 
notion  art*  least  felt,  aflbrdlnK  a  d«greeof  cumbrt'I 
mtherto  anattainable  at  sea.  ^  \ 

Bates— Saloon  $80  •ad  $lOO.  ipU:  -y,  teturo^  tlokets 
pnf^Torable  terms:   steeraare, '823.  > 

For  Inspection  of  pUm  anrl  other  raArmattoa  applrf) 
«t  the  Company's  omc«t.  Ma37  Btoad^ay.  Nevr-Ynctc 
B.  J.  ooatis,  AKenb. 


CUNARDLINEB.  S^N.A.  R.M.S.P.GO. 

ROTIGB.  , 

With  tbn  view  of  alm1iiuhliu;thf>  eaaooea  of  eolltsifta  i 

Hie  xteamers  of  this  line  tako  »  gpeciOed  coarae  farad  i, 

leuons  of  the  year.  M 

On  the  ontwardntMSWO  ft«m  QaA«ntt«irnto  HaW'V 

Tork  or  Boston,  crossiOK  mflrldian  o(S0mt4,'i  latltala. 

ornottilni;  to  th^  north  of  43; 
On  the  homeirard  pass^ffa,  otosslnf  (ha- i  mentflaa  it 

t  C  at  4'4,  or  nothihr  to  the  mirth  of  43. 


PARTHIA...WKU.  Feh.  ]4)BATAVIA....WEl>..Fe1J.  28 
StoHmers  marked*  oonotiiarr?  stasraate  pasKdnzera. 
Cabio  passacrp,  S80,  $100,  and   $i30,  scold,  according 

to  accommodation.  Katam  Hofcets  01  fiirora  hie  t«rin». 
Steerage  tickets  to  aofl   (Tom  all    parts  of    BnropeatV 

rer7  lowratei.  PreiKlit  and  passam  ofBioa,  Na  4  Bowl 
OKrt 


m«  lireen. 


CHAa  G.  FRANRKlitN.  AaenL 


BLitONTaLI     SERTtCB     TO   JlatitO*.     ttiTTV, 
COLOMBIA,  and  (SPiyW ALL,  and  to  PAWAMa  aal 
eODTHPACtPIO  PORT.S  (via  AsplnirHU)  -  Pirst-olau.  >' 
tnll-powered  Iron  sorav  st^amsra,   rri)Ji  Pter'    NOk  51 
Korth  River: 

KorKINGSTOS  (Jam.)  and  AUX  CATBS. 

ATLAS Fob.  8 

IwHATTUCOLOSTBlA,  ISTHMD;*    OK  PA.><A4A,     auC 
80DTH  PAOlFIO  PORTS  (vl*  Aspm trail.) 

ANDES Pea.  14 

ALPB Peb.28 

»inperlor3rjt-oln3  o*s^*riT«r  vsoomrnsdaUon. 
PI\L  FORWOOD   &  Ca.  Aeonln. 

Ho.  deWallsk, 


LJVEKPUOL    AND    URKAT    WKt^'BRN 

JSTEAtl   COMPANY.     (HMlTBD.k 

LIVERPOOL.  (VlaQneenWown,* 

CABESING  THK  DNITKD  SfATRS  ilAIU. 

TDKSDAY. 

leaving  Pier  No.  46  North  River  as  fellowss 

WtoMING Feb.  6.  at  noon 

DAKOTA Feb.  13,  at3P.  M. 

NEVADA „ Feb.  20.  at  10  A.  M. 

IDAHO Pebw  27,  at  3  P.  M, 

MONTANA Uaroh  6.  at  10  A.  M. 

WISCONSIN i „.j Maroh  13,  at  3  P.   M. 

KATES  OP  PAS8KNQKR8    BBDDCBDl 
Steerage,  $26;  Intermediate.  $40;  cabin.  $65  to  $80^4 
Icoordlng  to  state-room.     Offices,  No.  29  Broadway^ 

VVIKLIAAIH  ds  OUIUN.    ^ 


GREAT  SOUTHERN 

VRBIOJHT  ANli  PAM8ENUBR  L.INK. 

BAILING  FROM  P18K  SO.  29   NORTH  RTVKB. 

WKDNRSDAYS  and  .SATURDAYS  at  S  P.    M., 

^OR  CHARLESTON,  S.  t:.,  KLiOAIUA.  TDE 

SOUTH.  AND  HOPTH-WESIT. 

CHAMPION SATURDAY Feb.  3 

«UijPSTRRam -WBDNKSDAY Feb.  7 

8UPBRIORPAS3KNQBB  ACOOMMODATIONH. 

Insurance  to 'lesdaatiOQ  oao-ttaltoi;  on><  popoeat. 

Goods  forwArdad  free  of  commission.  Passenger  tlot* 

Cteand  bills  of  ladtnzissa»<l  nnl  signed  at  the  offlcttof 

JAi\ll£»  W.  UOINTARD  <k  CO.,   Acenta, 

No.  177  West  ^t.,  corner  warren* 

OrW.  P.  CliYDKan-'O..  No.  6  BoTTllne Green. 

Or  BKOTLBY  D.    HA3ELL,  Gener^.  A«ent 

RrratNontkern  i^reixtat  L.ine.  3]  7  Broadwar. 


STATE  LINE. 

HKW-YORR    iO   GLASOOW,    LIVKRPoOL.    DUBLIN, 

BELFAST,  AND  LONDi»NDBKES: 

These  Brst-claas  inlUpowered  staamara   vrlil  sail  from 

Pier  No. 42 North  River,  foot  ofOansHt. 

8TATEOF  INDIANA „Thurs<lav.  Feb.  1 

STATb  OF  PENNSYLVANIA Thursday.  Feb,  8 

8TAT1S  OF  VIRGINIA Tbnrsday.Peb.  22 

BTATB  OK  NEVADA Thnrsdav.  March  1 

First  cabin,  $60.  $65.  and  $70.  according  to  accom- 
modations, rf'tnm  tickets,  $110.  $125.  Second  caWn. 
$45;  recarn  tickets.  $8a  Steera«:e  at  lo^rest  rates. 
Apply  to  _,  I 

AUSTIN  BALDWIN  ife  CO..  Asenta, 

No.  72  Broadway.  New- York. 
RTKfiRAGK  ticRets  at  No.  45  Broadvrar.  and  at  the 
rompany's  pier,  foot  of  Oannl«t..  Norto  Rivet. 


ANCHOR  LiINB  Li.  ».  .tIAlL.  KTBA3JKKS. 

SBW-YORK  AND  GLASGOW 
Victoria.. ..Feb.  A.  9  A.  Mu  i  Al8atla....Feh.  17,  8  A.  tf. 
Boll  via....  Feb.   10.  2  P.  M  1  Anchorla..Feb.  24.  2  P.  M. 

TO  GLASGOW.  LIVBRPOOLi  ORDBERIt. 

Cabins  $ti5  to  $dO,  accordini;  to  accommodations;     lo* 

termedlate,  $35;   Steeraee  $23. 

NEW-YORK  AND  LONDON. 

Itaha Feb.  10.  2  P.  M.  I  Ctooia.  Feb.  24,  2  P.  M. 

Cabins,  $55   to  $7U      steeraire,  $2ij.    Cabin  excur- 
tion    tickets  at  reduced    rates.     Drafts  issued  for  any 
imount  at  current  rate».     OomT>anv'8  Pier  Nos.  20  and 
Ul,  North  River.  H.  X.         HENDBRSOtI  BEUTUERa, 
Ai;ents.^o.  7  BowUns  Oieen. 


NORTH    UBRinAN  hl.OYD. 

BTKAM-SUIP    LINE    eKTWBKN"    NEW-YORK.   BOUTB- 

AMPTON    AND  BREMEN. 

Companv's  Pier,    lootot  -Jdtc.    doboken. 

■WESKE Sat..  FeD.  3  |  ODKR Sat,  Feb,  17 

KHKIN. Sat.  Feb.  lo  I  HERMANN. ..Sat;,  Feb.  24 

KATKS  OK  KASSAOK  PKOJa     NKW-TORK  TO  SODTa- 
AilPTOJt    BAVRBi   OB  BKKilES: 

pirst  eaoin $100^lil 

(Second  cabin 80«old 

bteenvge SOcnrrensv 

Retom  tickets  at  cednc«>dr'«tn^  PrePaid  steerasra 
certitiuates,  $82  carrencv.  Por  fraizbt  or  paasa^M  ap- 
pl.Tto  OULSIOUS  4tOO..  to.  2  Bowline  Green. 


IN.^IAN  laNB — MAll.  STKAmtUiX 

,:  ..JOR  orfEKKSTOWX   AKP   LtVKRPQOii. 
CTTlr«»V  CHESTER.  .Saturday.  Feb.  n^t^iii)  A.  M. 
CJTI  Oir  BlCHiU)SD.  Batunlay,  Marct  &,»«  8  AM. 
ClTl  OF  BEC^.sELs..Sattirdav,  Warcli  W.  «:ao  a.  M. 
Prom  ner  4.5  Mortli  RlVBr. 
CAJUN,S80   and  Sipo.QQlil..Eecara  tiatsts    onrv  ' 
rorabte  terms.     srBSaAGBL   •2'i   Uorronov      Orafts  i 
at  li>we8t:L-.ii3i. 


Saloons,    !it.»C!*-ro(jini,      ttmokinz,    and    Batti-rooma. 
'  "  '  JOHN  G.  DALE,  Aeent. 

Koa  1 8  and  a3  Broadway.  N.l. 


tniiUsbipd' 


ONL,V  OIRECT  L.INB  TO  FRANCIS. 

THK  GENERAL  TR.4SSATLANTIC  COflPAtVYW  .HAIL  " 

BTKAMERSBKTWKKN.'JEW-VOaKASuaAVaA 

CalHugat  PLYMOUTH  (G.  B.)  fur  tde  latiiliai  oC 

Pasaencera. 

Will  sail  from  Pier  No.  42  North  Rlvar,  fcotif  Morton 

St.,  every  alternate  Satnraay,  beglaninz  with: 

iABBA_UOK.  banjtlier Saturday,  Foo.  10,  3P.  Mi 

For  partlcnlars  address  ' 
LOUIS  DE  BEBIAN,  Aftent,  No.  55  Broadway. 


.IVTATlONALi   UN  E— Piers  44  and  61  North  Elver,  t 
X^  FOB  LONDON.  ^ 

CANADA Thursday.  Feb.  8,  at  12  M.J 

FOE  QUBENSTOWN  AND  LIVERPOOL. 
Sltypt..-.Peb.  3,  at  9  A  M.  I  Helvetia.. Feb.  10.  2  P.  M. 
;    L'abin  and  steerage  passage,  and  drafts  firom  £1  op- 
fward.  Issued  at  very  low  rates.    Company's  ofBcea  No, 
j69  Broadway.  F.  W.  J.  HURST,  Maoager. 


FOR  SAVANNAH    GA. 


THE  FLOBIUA  FORTS, 
AND  THE  SOUTH   AND  80UTH-WB3T.  ; 

BRBAT  SOUTHKBN  PB8I0HT  AND  P ABSSNGBB  LINBL 
CBNTaAL    RAU/ROAD  OF   OBOEGIA.  AND 

ATlulNTlO  AND  GOLF  EAliBOAU.  ' 

WEDNESDAY  AND  SATUBDAT. 
;    SAW  SALVADOK.  Capt.  NiOEXBSoir,  SATOHDAT.  Feb.' 
BjPler  43  Nortn   Hiver,  3  P.  M.      GEO.  YONQE,  Agfe, 
A09  Broadway.  ; 

QENBkALBABNSB,  Capt.  CmnEsXAsr,  WBD.TBSDAY, 
Feb.  7.  Pier  16  Kaat  Hivetv  3  P.  au  MDBBAY,  FBBKIA 
Ic  CO.,  AKts.,   O'iS  Soutti  St.  i 

I  BAN  JACINro,  Capt.  Haiabbi  ■  SATURDAY.  Feb. 
ao,  Pier  43  Nortn  Hiver,  3  P.  M. ,  0£u  YONQB,  Agt., 
609  Broanway.  *• 

a.  LIVij^QSTOii,  Caps.  Mallobt,  WBDNESDAY,  Feb. 
|14,  Pier  »o.  43  North  Elver.  S  P.  M.  GBO.  YONQB, 
f  gent,  No.  409  Broadway.  . 

I  Insurance  ONB-HALP  FEB  CBNT.  Bnpsrlor  aooom- 
xnodatioaa  for  pasaeDKeriL  Tbzoiwh  ratea  and  blliaoC 
lading  in  oonneotion  with  Oeatral  &.  R.  of  Georgia, 
^Atlantic  and  Golf  Ballroad.  and  Florida  steamers 
City  Point  and  Dictator;  alao,  with  the  steamer  J. 
S.S8CUYLBB,  which  has  been  placed  on  the  inside 
route  from  Savaaoah  to  fiotida,  and  offers  onsuipaased 
hccommodatlons. 

C.  U.  OWENS,      -    -        GEOBQE  YOSGE,  ■: 

Agent  A.  ic  O.  E.  O,  Agent  C  S.  E.  of  Ga.,       ^ 

No.  315  Broadway,  No.  409  Broadway. 


ncHMiimrjuMTMiiiT 

JSTJEAM'JSHIJPJLINES.^ 


'OR  CALIFORNIA,  JAPAN,  CHINA,  AUSTRALIA,  HEW- 1* 
BaLAND,  BKinSH  COLUMBU,  ORBGON,  &.&  ^' 

t   sailing  from  Pier  Nou  42  North  Rlvai;  f 

For  SAN  FRA.'JCiaOO,  via  ISTHMUS  OF  PANAMA, 

^team-snip  COLON Thmrsday,  Feb.  15 

jconnectlug  lor   Central   Amerloa   ana  South   Paclflo 

1        From  SAir  FRANCISCO  toJAPAN  and  CHINA 

ISteam-ship  CITY  OF  TOKIO Thursday,  March  1 

prom  ban  Fraaclsoo  to  Bandwioh  Islands,  Australia, 

I  and  ITew-Zealand. 

JBteam-ahlp  cmrOF  BtDNVY Wednesda.T.  Fob.  28 

rPor  Crelghi  or  passage  apply  to  < 

M.  P.  CLYUB  k  CO.,  or  fl.  X  BOLL  AY,  Superintendent, 
No.  6  Bowling  Green.  Pier  No.  48  N.  E. ,  foot  Canal  st. 

^BW-YORK.HAVaBA.  ANbUBSTOAffJlAlLS.  S.  LISB. 
'    bteamera  leave  Pitir  So.  3  Norta  nif^t  ac  -i  <*.    M. 
KOK  liAVANA  DIABUT. 

CITX  OF  ftBW.YOa*.. Wedneadav.  Feb.  7 

ClTlt  OP  HAVANA Saturday,  Feb.  17 

CITX  OF  VBEa  CEUZ Wednesnay.  Feb.  21 

PUlt  VBRA   CKCK    AND    NBW'ORIjBANI^ 

Visk  UHTaoa,   PxognM«»>  4)»iaPaaohr,  Tiixpaq.     and 
S^aocpleo- 
CITY  OF  HAVANA •Saturday.  Feb.  17 

Dteamers  wuiieave  Aew-orteans  iratk  2  and  Feh  23 
fer  VeraUruaauttaii  the  it  bore  umu. 

?er  t^lgnt  orOtisanga  %ppiy  ss 
'.AffluEA»DKBASON».^ov;tl  tkai  ii  aFOvlw%r- 


HfEW-TOBKANBJBLAVANA 

DiMMCT  BIAUa    1.INB. 

■^-^    Theae  flrat-claas^ateamshios  sail  regnlarlr 
j^^ot.S  P.  M.,arom  Pier  No.  13  North  Biveraa 


loUewa: 


ClTuB 
CUBA 


SATURDAY,  Feb.  8 

SATURDAY Feb.  10 


Aoconimodationa  unanrpaased.  For  Iteight  or  paa- 
a4e  aMly  to  WM.  P.  CLYDB  k.  CO.,  No.  6  BowW 
GrUn.    MoSBLLKB,  LUMBG  b.  Oa,  Agenta  in  Havana. 

nrtrAMBLKti  Amanean  Paoaet   •'omiMny'a„|<ia«, 

telLBiT:"!:."..-!^^  UJlsOHVIA    .....       Mareh  1 

lof  paa«a«»ta  PiriaoaM«»  Lottdont,  Ohavaoarg: 

,J»wd5lpotatom  Snglaa't  WraTOaWa,  $lJ5 


wmi^Fm^ 


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OBLBBBAT«> 


PBOVouireBo   bt 

■t-  CONNOiaSSUBS 
J,        TO  BB  THB 

J" ONLY  GOOD 
.,    SAUCE," 

tABD  APPLICABLE 
'  TO 

^BVBBY   VAEIBTY 
OP  DI8H.      • 


SZTftAOT 
of  a  liBTTEB  flroma 
MEDICAL     6BNTLB- 
MAN  at  Madraa  tohU 
brother  at  I 

WOECESTKEi 
.May,  1851.  > 
"Tell  LEA  fc  PEB- 
BIN8  that  their  Sanoe 
IB  highly  esteemed  in 
India,  and  is  in  my 
opinion,  the  most  pal- 
atable as  well  aa  the 
most  wholes oma 
Sauce  that  is  made." 


Worcestershire   Sauce. 

LEA   ds   PEBBiNS* 

8IGNATUEB  ia  on  EVERY  BOTTLE. 


cc^f&s0^. 


JOHN  DUNCAN'S  SONS, 

NEW-TORK. 


______EAJLROAm____^ 

PENNSYLVANIA   EAUEOAD. 

ORBAT  TRUNK  JJINB 

AND  UNITED  8TATE3  MAIL  RODTB. 

Trains  leave  New-Yore,  via  Desbrosaea  and     Cort- 

landt  Streeta  Ferries,  aa  fi>llows: 

Express  for  Harriabuiv,  Pittsbnre.  the  West  and 
South, -nnthFullmau  Palace  Cars  attached,  8:30  A. 
M.,  6  autt  8:30  P.M.,  dally. 

For  WilUamaport,  Lock  Haven,  Corry,  and  Erie,  at 
8:30  P.  M.,  ooaneocine:  at  Oorrv  for  Tliusvllle,  PetiO- 
lenm  Centre,  and  the  Oil   Seglous.     For    Williams 

,    port  and  Look  Haven,  8:30  A  AI. 

For  Baltimore,  Washington,  and  the  South,  "Lim- 
ited Washington  Express"  of  Pullman  Parlor  Cars 
oaily.  except  Sunday,  9:30  A  M.;  arrive  Washing- 
ton 4:10  P.  M.  Begular  at 8:40  A  M.,  1.  6.  and9 
P.  M.    Sunday,  6  and  9  P.  M. 

Express  for  Philadelphia,  7:  30, 8:30,  8:40,  (9:80  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4,  5.  6,  7,  8:30,  9  P.  M.,  and  12 
night.  Sunday,  8:3U  A  M.,  S,  6,  7.  8:30,  and  9  P.  M. 
Emigrant  and  second-class,  7  P.  M. 

Accommodation  for  Trenton.  7  A.  M.,  2  and  4:10  P.  M. 

For  trains  to  Newark,  Elizabeth,  Rahway.  Princeton, 
Trenton,  Perth  Amboy,  Plemmgton,  Belvldere,  and 
ether  points,  see  local  schedules  ac  all  Ticket  Of- 
flcea. 

Tralna  arrive;  From  Pittsburg,  6:20  and  10;30  A.  M., 
and  10:20  P.M.  daily;  10:10  A.  M  and  6:50  P.  U. 
daily,  eicent  Monday.  Prom  Washington  and  Bal- 
timore, 6:30,  9:50  A  M.,  4:10,  6:10.  and  10:20  P.  M. 
Sunday  6:3a  9:50  A.  M.  Prom  Philadelphia,  6:05, 
6:20,  6:30,  9:50.  10:10,  11:50  A  M..  2:10,  4:10,  5:10, 
6:50  8:40,  10:10,  and  10:20  P.  M.  Sundav  6:05. 
6:20.  6.30,  9:50,  11:60,  A  M.,  6:50,  10:10,  and  10:20 

Ticket  Offices,  Nog.  628  and  944  Broadway,  No.  1 
Astor  House,  and  foot  of  Uesbrosses  and  Cortlamlt 
streets;  Ni>.  4  Court  street.  Brooklyn:  Nos.  114,  116, 
and  118  Hndson  street.  Hobokeu-  Depot.  Jersey  City 
Emigrant  Ticket  Office,  No.  8  Battery  place. 
FRANK  THOMSON.  D.  M.  BOYD,  Ja., 

General  Manager.  General  Passenger  Agept. 


Jt»AN0L4E 


&ca 

■ANKERS 

19  and  18  rVasaan  at..  IVew-Torlc 

MUXJUUQI  AUi  IRSUE^f  07  eOVBBKlCMT  . 

SECPBITIKS. 

NBW-YOEK  CTPT 

AND  BROOKLYN  BONDS. 

BUT  AND  SELL  ON  COMMISSION 

aAlI.WAY  »T0CK8.   BONUa,  AN»   430LD. 

INTEREST  UN  DKrOHrPtl, 

JAS.  A.  TBUWBEIDGI,                         DONALD    UAUKAT 
LATHAM   A  FISH 

CHASE  k  ATKINS, 

BANKERS  AND  BROKERS, 


NO.  18  BROAD  8TRBBT, 


NBTV.TOIIS. 


TO    PHIL.ADEL.PUIA 

via 

PENNSYLVANIA  RAILROAD. 

THB  OLD-ESTABLISHED  BOUTE  AND    SHORT   LINE 

between 

NBW-TORK    ANTtt    PHILADELPHIA. 

14  Through  Trains  each  way  dally ;    3  Depots  In  Phila- 
delphia. 2  In  lew-York. 

4   Tracks,   the  most   Improvnn   Equlpmeat.  and    the 
Fastest  Time  consistent  with  abaolule  safety. 

Express  Trains  leave  New-York,  via  Desbrossea  and 

Cortlandt  .itreets  Ferries,  as  follows : 
7:30.  8:30,  8:40,  (9:30  Limited,)  10:30  A  M..  1,  4,  6,  6, 

7,  8:30.  9  P.  M.,  snd  12  Midnight.    Sunday.   8:30  A 

M.,  6,  6,  7,  8:30.  and  9  P.  M. 
Betaming.  trains  leave  Philadelphia  S:20,  3:30,7,  7:30, 

?:30,  aadll   A.  M.,  (Limited    Uxpress,    1:35   P.    U.,) 
:40,  4.  5:30,  7.  and  7:35    P.    M.,    and    12  Midnight. 
;  On  Sonday,  3:20.  3:30,  7,  8:30  A.  M.  4,  7,  7:36  P.  M., 
and  12  Midnight. 

Ticket  Offices,  Nos.  626  and  044  Broadway,  Na  1 
Astor  House,  and  toot  of  DesKrosaes  and  Cortlandt 
sts.;  No.  4  Court  St,  Brooklyn;  Nos.  114.  116.  and  118 
Hudson  St,  HODoken;  Depot.  Jersey  City.  Emigranl 
Ticket  Office,  N&  8  Battery  place, 
FRANK  THOMSON.  D.  M.  BOYD.  Jr., 

General  Manager.  General  Passenger  Agent. 


NBtV-YQRK     CENTRAL     AND     HUDSON 
ElVBR  RAILROAD.— Commencing  Dec   1:6,    1878, 
through  trains  will  leave  Grand  Central  Depot: 

7:16  A.  M.,  Western  and  Northern  Exoruas.  wltb 
drawing-room  cars  to  Caiianiaigua. 

b:3U  A  M..  special  Chicago  and  St  Louis  Bxpress, 
with  drawing- ruum  cars  to  Eocheater  and  BuSalo. 
Also,  throueb  car  to  St.  Louii. 

11:00  A  M..  Nortboro  and  Western  Ezpresi. 

3:30  P.M..  special  Albany,  Troy  and  Western  Br- 
press  arrives  at  Buffalo  7: 10  A.  M. 

6:00  P.  M..  Kzpreas.  with  sleeplns:  oars,  for  Water- 
town  and  Canandaigua.  Alsofor  Montreal  via  Platts- 
burg. 

8:30  P.  M..  Paciflo  Express,  daily,  with  sleeping  oars, 
lor  Roche8t«r.  Niagara  Falls,  Buffalo.  Cleveland.  In- 
dianapolis, and  Loniftv-ille.  Also  for  Chicago,  via  both 
!•.  ii.  and  M.  C.  Eouroads,  ana  to  Montreal  via  St.  Al- 
bans. 

11:00  P.  M.,  Express,  wltb  sleeping  ears,  for  Albany 
and  Troy.     Way  urains  as  per  local   Time  Tables. 

Tickets  tor  sale  at  Nos.  252,  'jei.and  413  Broadway, 
and  Ht  Westcott  Express  Company's  offices.  Nos.  7 
Park  place,  786  and  94-.i  Broadway  New-York,  and 
S33  Washington  St..   Brooklyn. 

C.  B.  MKEKEIt.  General  Passenger  Agent. 


BRIB  RAILWAY. 

Winter  Arrangement  of  through  trains.  From  Cham-, 
hers  Street  Uepor.     (For  '.^3d  st.  see  note  below.) 

9:00  A.  M.,  daily,  except  Sundays,  Cincinnati  and 
Chicago DavExDress.  Drawing-room  coaches  to  Buflalo. 

10:4o  A.  M.,  dally,  except  Stmdayi,  Express  Mail  for 
Buffalo  and  the  West,    Sleeping  coach  to  Buffalo. 

7:00  P.  M.,  dally.  Paclflo  Kipress  to  the  West.  Sleeiv 
ing  coaches  through  to  Buffalo,  Niagara  Falls,  Cinolu- 
nati,  apd  Chicago  witbonc  change.  Hotel  dioing- 
coaches  to  Clucago. 

7:00  P.  M.,  except  Sundays,  Western  Bmigrant  train. 

Above  trains  leave  Twenty-third  Street  Ferry  at 
8:45  and  10: 15  A.  M.,  and  6:46  P.  M. 

For  local  trains  see  ttme-tables  and  cards  in  hotela 
and  depots. 

JNO.  N.  ABBOTT,  General  Passenger  Agent. 


NBW-YORK,    NEW-HAVBN,    AND     HART- 
fOUD    RAILROAD. 

After  Dec.  10,  1876,  trains  leave  Grand  Central  De- 
pot (42d  St.)  for  New-Caanan  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M.. 
1.  4:40  P.  M.;  Danbury  andNorwalk  Railroad  at  8:05 
A.  M..  1,  and  4:40  P.  M.;  Naugatuck  Railroad  at  8:05  A 
M.,  and  3  P.  M.;  Hodsatonio  Railroad  at  8:05  A  M.. 
snd  3  P.  M.;  New-Haven  aud  Northampton  Railroad  at 
8:Od  A  M..  and  3  P.  M.;  for  Newport  at  8:03  A.  M.  and 
IP.  M.;  Boston  and  Aioany  Railroad  at  8:05  and 
11  A,  M.  3 and 9 P.  M.,(9P.  M.  on  Sunday;)  Boston, 
(via  ehore  Line,)  at  1  and  lUP.  M.,  (10  P.  M.  on  Sun- 
days. I  Boston  and  New-Iork  Air  Line.  8  A  M.,  1  and 
11:36  P.M. 

Way  trains  aa  per  local  tlme-tablesi 


I..BHIGH  VALLBY  RAILROAD. 

ARBANQEMBNT.         PASHBNGES  TRAINS.  JAN.  1. 

1877. 
Leave  depots  fbot  of  Cortlandt  and  Debrosses  stA.  at 

6:30  P.  M.— Night  Express,  daiW,  for  Easton,  Bethle- 
hem, AUenCowo,  Maach  Chunk,  Wilksbarre.  Pittston, 
Sa:fre,  Elmira,  Ithaca,  Auburn,  Boehester.  BoSalo, 
Niagara  Falls,  and  the  West  Pullman's  sleeplas 
coaches  attached. 

General  Eastern  olBce  corner  Church  and  Cortlandt 
eta.,  CHARLES  H.  OUMMINQS.   Agent. 

ROBEBT  H.  8AYRB,  Superlnteodent  and  Engineer. 


X«7'JICi£fr<lBD  BAILRUAD  ROUTE  TO   NEW- 
TT  POR'T.  R.  I.— Passengers  tor  this  Una  take  8:05  A. 
M.  and  1  P.    M.  express   trams   from   Grand   Central 
Depot,  arriving  at  4:18  and  8  P.  M.  at  Newport 

THBOUOUU  WARREN,  Superintendent. 


STEAMBOATS. 

STONIWGTON  LINE^ 

FOR     BOetTON    AND    AI^L   POINT.**  i  BAST. 
RBDUCBD    PAKE. 


Elegant  steamers  leave  Pier  No.  33  North  River, 


5- 

^        "        •      fiMJtof  Jayst.  at  4:30P.  M.         ,  ,, 

Tickets  for  sale  at  <tll  orinolptt  ticket  oiflaei. -^  "tata-  f 

rooms  secureil  at  nfflces  of  Weatcotk  A  ipress  t}ospaa,r 

and  at  So.  863  Broadway. 

PROTIOBNCK    LINE. 
Freight  only,  steamers   leave    Pier    No.    27  ."(nrtb 

River,  foot  of  Park  pUtce,  at4  P.  AL     Freights  via  either 

line  taken  at  lowest  rates.     _ 
D.  8.  BaBOOOK.  Pres.       L.  W.  Frtinn.  G.    P.  Agent. 


FALL    RIVER   LINE 

FOR  

BOSTON  AND  -  THE  .  EAST. 

FARBS  KBDUCBU.    ' 

I/eave  New- York  daily,  (Sunday  excepted.)  ftomPier 
No.  28  North  Biver,  foot  of  Murray  st.  4:30  P.  M 

BOSDBN  k  LOVRLL,  Agents. 
'    GEO.  Jt.  CONNOR,  Oaneral  Passenger  Agent. 


INTEREST  ALLOWED  ON  DEPOSIT  ACCOUNTS 
SUBJECT  TO  DRAFT  AT  SIGHT. 

GOLD,  GOVBRNMBNT.  STATE,  MUNICIPAL.  AND 
RAILROAD  SECURITIES  BOUGHT  AND  SOLD  ON 
COMMISSION  FOR  CASH  OR  UPO.^i  MARGIN. 


WABASH  JtAlLWAY   COMPANY. 

NOTICE   TO    BONDHOLDERS. 

The  holders  of  the  toUowing  First  Mortgage  Divisional 
Bonds  of  the  Wabash  Railway,  viz: 

Toledo  and  Illinois  Railroad  Company. 

Lake  Brie,  Wabash  and  St  Louis  Railroad  Company. 

Great  Western  Railroad  Company. 

Illinois  and  Southern  Iowa  Railroad  Companr. 

On  presentation,  on  Peb.  1,  of  the  past  due  and  cur- 
rent coupons  to  the  MetroDOlitnn  National  Bank,  will 
receive  therefor  cash  tor  the  coupons  duo  Peb.  1, 
1877,  and  a  certificate  Of  deposit  bearing  interest  for 
those  past  due. 

For  further  information  and  particulars  in  regard  to 
all  classes  of  bonds,  inaulry  may  be  made  of  J  A  31  ^8  A. 
H008BVKLT,  President  Wabiisli  Railway  Company, 
No.  32  Finest,  or  of  the  Purchasing  Committee,  No. 
62  WUllam  st,  Mew- York. 

Knw-YoHK,  Jan.  26.  1877. 


J.  &  W.  milxMAN  &  CO,, 

No.  31  Broad  at.,  New-York, 
lasne  Letters  of  Credit  for  TraTelera, 

PAYABLE  IN  ANY  PART  OF  EUROPE,  ASIA.  AFRICA, 
AD8TBALU,  AND  AMERICA 

DRAW  BILLS  OP  EXCHANGE  AND  MAKE  TELB- 
GRAPHIC  TRANSFERS  OP  MONEY  ON  EUROPE  AND 
CALIFORNIA 


STOOIKS 

OF  THE 

CITY  OF  NEW-YORK 

6  PER  CENT.  AND   7  PER  CKNT., 
MATURING  1878  TO  1904, 

FOR  SALE  BY 

GEORGE    K.  SISTARE, 

NO.  t<4  NA8.«IAU  ST. 


I1C1I1ITI7^FI!ICI!IIT 

AIUNICIPAL  BONDS,  DUE  1906.    A  LIMITED 
AMOUNT  FOR   SALE  BY 

KVHN,LOEB  &  €0.,  NO.  31  NASSAU  ST. 


Offioi  of  THB  FAaaaas'  Loa:«  a.hd  'inosr  Compact,  J 

No.  26  KXCBAjiaB  PI.ACB,  CORNKK  WlLLIAM  ST.,       > 

Nsw-VoKK.  Jan.  8,  1377.  > 

THB  PAR.nBRS'  LOA.N  A.ND  TRUST  COM- 
PANY of  the  City  or  New-York,  Trustees  of  the 
sinking  fUnd  of  the  construction  and  equipment  bonds 
of  the  Cleveland  and  Pittsburg  Railroad  Company, 
hereby  give  notice  that  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
Tisions  of  the  said  slaking  fund,  tliey  have  drawn  by 
lot  the  fallowing  nnmbers  of  sixteen  of  salt  bonds. 
Viz.:  Nog.  56,  449,  684.  676.  709,  711.  739,  807,  883. 
888,  925,  945,  959,  9d0,  1,100,  1.342.  and  that  on 
presentation  and  delivery  to  them  of  said  sixteen 
bonds,  or  any  part  of  the  same,  tbey  will  bo  redeemed 
at  par  value  thereof,  and  that  interest  on  all  ol  tbe 
said  sixteen  bonds  not  presented  ior  redemptioa  on  or 
before  the  Ist  day  of  July  next  will  ceaan  from  and 
alter  thai  date.  R.  O.  ROL.STO.V.  President. 


TU£  NEW-YORK    MLMNG    STOCK.    £X- 
CHANOE, 

No.  19  Broader.  Organised  in  1864. 

This  associatlou  has  been  rrort(anized  for  the  pur- 
pose of  faollltfttlDg  deallncs  In  the  stocks  of  the  promi- 
nent mining  c.mpames,  and  thns  meeting  the  de- 
mands ot  business  arising  from  the  increased  d'lvelop- 
ments  and  growing  importauo><  of  the  mining  Interests 
ot  tbe  country  ;  135  of  its  members  are  aisu  members 

of  tne  NEW-YORK  kTOCK  KXCHANGK;  60  of  its 
members  are  also  membeis  ol  the  NEW-TOBK  GOLD 
KXCUA.NOB. 

Parties  desiring  ioformatlon  relative  to  the  busloees 
of  the  Exchange  or  membership  therein,  may  apply  to 
the  Seerotarr.  J.  WYMAN  MORRIii,  at  its  temporary 
rooms,  NO.  19  BROAD  6T. 

JOHN  STANTON,  jr..  President 


OCEAN   NATIONAL  BANK. 
ASSETS  AT  AUCTION, 

MARCH  27,  1877. 
.   For  catalogue  apply  to  ADRIAN  H.  MULLER  k.  CO., 
No.  7  Pine  st,  or  to  the  Receiver,  No.  21  Nassau  st 

THEODORE  M  DAVIS,  Receiver. 


.    St.  Louis,  iaox  Modntai.*.  axd  .SdOTBiRK  Railway  > 

COSirAJfT.      PUSIIORMT'S   OPTICB,  > 

St.  Louis, .,  1877.  ) 

A  STATED  MEETING  OK  THE  STOCK- 
holders  of  this  company  Kill  be  held  at  the  general 
office  in  8t  Louis,  Mo.,  on  TUKSUAY.  Slarch  6,  1877, 
at  12  o'clock  noon,  at  which  an  exhibit  ot  the  affulrs 
and  eondltloo  of  the  company  will  be  anbmltted,  and 
an  election  held  for  thirteen  IHrectors. 

The  transfer-books  will  be  closed  on  tbe  Sd  day  of 
February,  at  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  aud  will  be  opened 
Wednesday,  Mnrch  7.  THo.  ALLE.N,  President 

8.  I).  Baklow.  Secretary. 


_  Nbw-York,  Jan.  30. 1877. 

NOTICi^lS  HEREBY   «1VEN    THAT   AN 
application  haa    been  made  to  the  Legislature  of 
this  diate  to  amend  tbe  ohKricr  of  the  Lafayette  Fire 
Insurance  Company  of  Brooklyn. 
By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

GEO.  W.  HU.VT.  Secretary. 


Unitbo  Statbs  Kxprkss  Compakt, 
TaKAsuBBB's  OrnCR,    ,N 
Nbw-York, 

THB  TRANSFER-BOOKS   OK   THIS  COM. 
pany  will  be  closed  Fob.  3,  at.  2  P.  M.,  and  reopened 
Fob.  16.  THRO.   F.    WOUU.  Treasurer. 


'RK3S  CoMPAKT,  > 

So.  83  Bhoadttat,  > 
t,  Jan.  27,  1877.     > 


BKOWN  BROTHERS  «&.-  CO., 

NO.  69  WaLI,  M\. 

own  COMMERCIAL  and  TRAVELKKS    CRhDITS 

AVAILABLE  in    a'l  KAKTS   of    tbe  WORLI*. 


^OAA   AAA  TO   IjOAN   on    BOND  AND 

«P^l/\/«  Wv/mortgage  on  New-York  City  im- 
Pi:oved  property.     Apply  to 

GRANT  BROTHERS,  Na  2  Exchange  court 


ESTATE   PU.NDS  TO    LOAN    ON  BOND  AND 
mnrtaage,  for  five  years,  at   6  per  cent    Good  ap- 
plications wanted. 

B.  H.  LUDLOW  k  CO.,  No.  3  Pine  st 


FIRE    INSURANCE    STOCK 

BOUGHT  AND  BOLD  BY 
E.  S.  BAILBY  k  CO.,  No.  65  Wall  St. 


mSOETXANEOUS^ 
To  Manufacturers  of  Fertilizers. 

FOR  SALE, 

AMMONIACAL  MATTERS, 

In  fine  mechanical  oondition,  and  containing  &om  13 
to  14  per  cent,  ammonia,  at  $2  25  per  unit  of  ammo- 
nia per  ton  of  2,000  poands.  free  on  board,  at  Balti- 
more, buyers  f  anil  thing  nagi.     Address 

AMOR  HMITH  k  SONS, 
Post  Office  Box  No.  38,  Baltimore,  Md. 


KEW-HAVEN,  HARTFORD   AND  THB  NoBTH.— 
Steamers  leave  Peck  mp  for  New-Haven  at  3  P.M., 
(except   hundays,)    connecting   with  road. 


ii>OBBillDGKPORTAND  ALL  POINTS    ON 
^Houaatomo  and    .Naagatuea    Railroad.— Pare.     SL 
Ataamera  leave  Oatharine  alio  At  llr30AM. 


SAYTOGS^ANKa 

wSx^^i^BNNY'sAViGvGslBANfK', 

BROADWAY  AND  ASTOR  PLACE. 
FORTY-SEVENTH      SEMI-ANNUAL      DIV- 
IDEND. 

The  Tmstees  have  ordered  a  dividend  at  the  rate  of 
FiVB  PER  CBNT.  per  annum,  out  of  the  earnings  of 
the  last  six  months,  to  be  credited  to  the  accounts  of 
all  depositors  entitled  thereto,  sut^Ject  to  draft  on  and 
after  the  90th  February.  If  not  caUed  for,  the  same 
■will  1)0  entitled  to  interest  ftrom  the  1st  February. 

Money  deposited  up  to  the  10th  February  inolnsive 
will  also  draw  Inteiest  from  the  lat  of  said  month. 

WM.  MILKS.  President 
'   A  C.  OotLiKi,  Seoretary. 

K  G.  MATiTKiir,  AssUtant  Secretaxj-. 


EBLIGI0U8    NOTICES. 


CBUBCH  «V  TBB  HOLV  THINITY,  MADt 
son  aw.  and42d  at '■O  pan  every  evaning.  exeapt 
Batnxday.    Bev.  JOaspli  OdeU,  ot  Bfooklyn,  jtUl  oraaoh 
.Jihla avnnlBS mklUA g.  M.    Att  aca  iBVlia*- 


TKINSON'SPERFUMERV. 

ESS.  WHITE  ROSE. 
^  BBOWN  WINDSOR  SOAP. 

<  EAU    DE  COLOGNE. 

1^  FIVE  PRIZE  MEDALS. 

^  Sold  by  all  dealers. 

2  J.  &  E.  ATKINSON, 

I—  No.  24  Old  Bond  st,  London. 


mA^'  A'l^^ 


PEOPOS. 


s% 


EPPS'  COCOA.— QRATRFUL  AND  COMFORTING; 
ea<;h paoitet  is  Ubelled,  J.lMlii  RPP3  i  Co.,  Hom'«- 
opathlc  (Jhemista.  Na  48  Threadneedle  st  and  No.  170 
Pircadillv.  London,  England.    .New- York  Depot  SMITH 
&  VANDEP.BUKK.  Park  place. 


PROTOSALS. 

BOARD  OP  BDLCATION. 

Senled  proposals  will  be  received  by  the  Board  of 
Bobool'l'mstees  at  tbe  Nineteenth  Ward,  at  the  hall 
Of  the  Board  of  Education,  corner  of  Grand  and  i:;lm 
stA,  untU  TUESDAY.  Feb.  13, 1877,  and  until  4  o'clock 
P.  M..  of  said  day.  for  fDmishing  siloing  doors,  fee.,  in 
Orammar  8chooi  house  No.  IS,  on  East  51  st  su,  near 
Lexlnltton  av. 

Plans  and  specifications  may  be  seen  at  tbe  office  of 
the  Superintendent  of  School  Buildings,  No.  146  Grand 
St.,  third  floor. 

'Two  respanslblo  and  approved  sureties,  residents  of 
this  City,  will  be  required  flromths  suooessfnl  bidder. 

The  lu^y  submitting  a  proposal  aud  the  parties 
proposmg  to  become  sureties,  must  each  write  his 
name  and  place  of  resideooe  on  said  proposal 

Tbe  Trustees  raserve  the  right  to  reject  any  ot  All 
of  the  proposals  submitted.    -^ 

J.  O.  ALSTON, 
F.  T.  HOPKINS. 
B.  a.  POMBEOY, 

JO»N  C.  »OHiiBtJ:,Y,      ^ 
Board  ef  8eh«el  Ttoateea,  Biaeteeath  Wacd. 
^  XWt«tfSv«aBx.jaK  81s  xm    ' 


rfLOPQAAU*  JtOH   ADOBtUtB    tOSTAQB 
bTAnPB. 

Po.xOn,«0ig.A«^an«.} 

peitlea  piopMala  Mt»  invited  tram  Bteel.:pU(e  en* 
cavers  and  p>ate  printers,  and  will  be  reoelvad  at  this 
erartment  until  12  o'clook  H.  on  Wediieidat,  the 
29U>  day  ot  February,  IBll,  (Or  fhmishlAg  all  the 
postage  stasops  which  this  drpartment  may  require 
for  public  and  o£9c1a1  use  during  a  period  of  fiinr  yMTs, 
commencing  on  the  1st  day  or  May,  1877,  Viz : 

1.  Stamps  for  tbe  nse  of  tbe  pnblio. 

2.  Official  stamps  tot  the  use  of  the  exeontire  depart, 
ments. 

3.  Newspaper  and  periodloal  stamps. 
,^  QUALITY  OF  STAMPS. 

The  stamps  must  be  fbrnlshed,   snldect  to  the   ap- 

firoval  of  the  department  irom  steel  plates,  engraved 
n  the  highest  stylo  of  the  art  ot  steel  engraving,  and 
printed  in  such  colors  as  may  from  time  to  time  be 
selected  by  the  department,  in  the  oest  and  most  ap- 
proved manner,  upon  paper  of  the  best  quality,  atiita- 
ble  tor  the  purpose  and  satistactory  to  tbe  depart- 
ment, tlioronghly  gummed  with  the  best  quality  of 
adhesive  gum,  pertorated  In  snob  manner  that  each 
separate  stamp  can  be  readily  detached  and  used,  the 

Sheets  to  bo  well  pressed,  and  packed  so  as  to  prevent 
thera  trom  adhering  to  each  other;  the  same  to  be 
furnished  with  all  reasonable  dispatch  In  such  e(Uan- 
tities  as  may  in  each  case  bo  ordered  by  the  depart- 
ment daily  to  fiii  requisitions  trom  Postmasters  and 
from  the  executive  deoBrtme'nts,  The  stamps  must 
be  printed  on  hand-roller  prossos. 

DIES.  KOLL9,  AND  PL.^TBB. 

Thedies,  rolls,  and  pistes  from  which  postage  stamps 
are  now  nrlnted,  being  the  property  of  the  United 
States,  will  be  placed  In  the  keeping  and  custody  of 
the  contractor  on  or  belore  the  first  day  of  May,  1877, 
the  same  to  be  held  subject  to  the  order  and  control 
of  the  department,  as  hereinafter  provided;  and  the 
contractor  will  be  required,  from  said  dies,  rolls,  and 
plates,  and  from  snob  rolls  and  plates  aa  maybe  ne- 
cessary to  be  reproduced  from  the  original  dies,  to 
have  on  hand,  ready  for  issue  on  the  day  the  contract 
term  commences,  a  sufficient  stock  of  stamps,  of  the 
several  denominations  and  kinds  required,  to  fill  the 
current  daily  requisitions  from  the  department  with- 
out hindrance  or  delay. 

The  contractor  will  be  further  required  to  keep  in 
repair  all  dies,  rolls,  and  plates  from  which  stamps 
may  bepiiuted,  and  to  renew  the  simo  whenever  re- 
quired; and  should  new  designs  be  required  at  any 
time  to  take  tne  place  of  ttie.present  series  of  stamps 
for  the  use  of  tho  public,  or  of  any  of  them,  or  for  de- 
nominations of  stamps  not  now  in  use,  the  same  shall 
be  furnished  and  engraved,  suhject  to  the  aporoval  of 
the  Postmaster  General,  upon  his  request,  within  a 
reasonable  time;  all  which  shall  be  done  and  executed 
in  the  bcht  style  of  steel  engraving  by  the  contractor, 
and  at  his  own  expense.  No  change  ■will  be  made  in 
tbe  present  designs  of  official  postage  stamp*,  or  of 
newtpaper  auil  periodical  stamps ;  but  the  contractor 
will  be  required  to  keen  in  repair,  anil  renew  when  re- 
quited, tbe  dies,  rolls,  and  piutes  for  theae  stamps,  the 
same  as  for  the  stamps  for  the  use  of  the  public.  AU 
dies,  roils,  and  plates  made  or  used  at  any  time  in  fill- 
lug  the  contract  shall  immeaiately  bec()me  the  abso- 
lute prooerty  of  the  United  States,  and  shall  be  de- 
livered, in  good  working  order,  to  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral or  nis  authorized  agent  whenever  demanded. 

BUILDING,  PLACE  OP  MANUFACTURB,  ta 
The  stamps  will  be  required  to  be  manufactured  in  a 
fire-proof  building,  and  in  separate  apartments,  dis- 
tinct irom  those  in  which  any  other  work  is  done  by 
the  001. tractor— the  whole  to  be  subject  to  the  approval 
of  the  departu:ent — and  when  finisued  must  be  placed 
in  a  fire  aud  burglar-proof  sate  or  vault,  to  be  specially 
provided  for  that  purpose,  and  constructed  to  the  sat- 
isfikction  of  the  depanmeat.  The  contractor,  his  em- 
ployes, and  agents  shall  conform  to  such  regulations 
as  the  department  may  trom  time  to  time  adopt  for 
the  security  of  the  Government 

AGENT-OPFICE-ROOMS- INSPECTION. 
A  resldentagent  of  the  department  will  have  sujier- 
visioD  of  the  mannfActure,  storage,  and  issue  of  tbe 
stamps,  who  shall  at  ail  times  have  full  and  free  ac- 
cess to  the  apartments,  sales,  and  vaults  where  the 
stamps  are  mauufactursd  and  stored,  for  tbe  purpose 
of  iusp^'Ctlnc  the  same  ;  and  the  contractor  snail  fur- 
ni*h  him  and  his  clerks  suitabie  office  and  desk  room, 
tor  tho  tranaacliou  of  the  buainetss  of  bis  agency, 
-nithout  cost  to  tho  Government.  The  Postmaster 
General  shall  also  hive  the  right  at  any  time  to  cause 
an  inspection  to  be  made,  Dy  any  agent  or  agents 
whom  be  may  specially  designate  tor  the  purpose,  of 
tne  apartments,  safes,  anu  vanlts  used  tor  the  manu- 
tacture  and  storage  of  stamps,  and  of  the  stamps  in 
course  of  mauuiaoture  or  in  stock. 

STOCK    OR  HAND. 

Tho  contractor  shall  at  all  limes  keep  on  hand  a 
stock  of  the  several  donomlnatiuns  and  kinds  of 
stamps,  subject  to  the  control  uf  the  Post  Office  De- 
partment, lis  regularly  «utnorlzea  agent,  orsuou  other 
agents  as  may  be  specially  autlionzed  by  tbe  Post- 
master General,  in  all  stages  of  manaiauture,  sufficient 
to  meet  all  orders  of  tbe  department,  and  to  provide 
against  any  and  aa  contingencies  that  may  be  Lkely 
to  occur  during  tbe  existence  of  the  contract,  bo  that 
each  and  every  order  ot  the  department  may  be 
promptly  filled,  and  the  department  shall  have  the 
l-iglit  to  require  the  contractor  at  any  time  dnrinc  the 
existence  of  the  contract  to  furnish  an  extra  quantity 
of  stamps  not  exoeedm,;  a  supply  for  three  months. 
PACKI.NG. 

Stamps  to  be  transmitted  by  sea  routes  must  be  se- 
curely packea  in  hermetically  sealedtln  cases,  wrapped 
In  strong  inanila  paper;  all  otners  must  either  be 
packed  in  strong  binders'-board  boxes,  bound  on  the 
edges  and  comers  with  musllo,  aud  enveloped  in  ttro 
thU'kuesaes  ot  strong  maulla  paper,  or  inclosed  In 
strong  maniln  envelopes,  as  the  quantity  to  be  trans- 
mitt«d  m^y  require ;  ail  nackaees  to  be  so  Jnulosed  as 
to  enable  the  agent  of  the  deiiartment  lo  offlulally  seal 
theui. 

DELIVERY. 

The  stamps  may  be  required  to  be  delivered  by  the 
eontractor  In  supsrate  paokae<-s,  as  above  provided 
for,  at  tbe  Post  Office  lo  the  place  whore  the  same  are 
manufactured,  or  at  such  other  Post  Office  in  the  im- 
mediate vicinity  of  tbe  place  of  manuiacturo  as  tbe 
Puscmaster  Ueiier&l  may  direct:  or  in  snco  qantities 
^t  the  Post  Office  Department,  Washington.  D.  0.  (each 
denomination  and  kind  being  kept  separate,)  as  the 
Postmaster  General  may  direct. 
BLA.-<K.H. 

In  addition,  the  contractor  will  be  required  to  ftar 
ni,b  labels,  aud  direct  the  same,  ior  eacn  package,  ia 
accordance  with  the  duliy  lists  furnished  by  tbe  agent 
of  the  department,  together  with  ali  other  blanks  re- 
quired to  be  inclosed  with  the  stamps :  also,  all  blanks 
tor  daily,  weeKlr,  monthly,  and  quarterly  returns  re- 
lating to  the  number  and  denominations  of  stamps 
turiiiabed. 

BHPORTS. 

The  contractor  will  Oo  required  to  report  weekly,  nn« 
der  oath,  tne  number,  denominalion,  and  kind  of 
stampa  manubictured,  (finished,  unfinished,  and 
BDoiled,)  the  number  ia.ned  daring  tbe  week,  and  the 
number  avhi.abie  tor  issue ;  all  spoiled  stamps  to  be 
destroyed  by  the  agent  ot  the  department  m  the  pres- 
ence of  tho  contractor  or  his  rev)r(sentatlve,  or  other- 
wise disposed  of,  as  tbe  Postmuster  (ieueral  mity  direct 
AWARD. 

The  contract  will  be  awarded  on  the  basis  of  the 
number  of  the  several  kinds  of  stamps  issued  during 
the  fiscal  yearendlns  Jane  30.  187G,  as  loliowa  : 

1.  Number  ofstnmps  for  use  of  tbo  pnblic. 698,799,090 

2.  Number  of  official  stamps  lor  use  ot  the        ■ 
executive  depsriments /«..    17,682,666 

3.  Number  of   newspaper   and    periodical 

stamps 1,290,347 


Total 717,77ii.lOa 

Bids  must  bo  made  for  each  kind  of  stamps  sepa- 
rately, tbe  biddera  stating  in  thel'- proposals  the  priee 
per  thousand  stamps,  including  everything  required 
to  be  dono  or  lUrnlshed,  as  set  lorih  in  this  advertise- 
ment; and  tbe  contract  will  he  awarded  as  a  whole  to 

tiie  lowest  lesponsitile  bidder  In  the  fcg^eaate,  tbe 
amount  or  a  bio  lo  bo  ascert^Uufd  byexLcuding  tbe 
above  issues  at  the  prices  bid  respectively,  and  then 
Bggregatiug  the  umouots  of  the  three  several  items. 
It  must  be  understood,  however,  that  proposals  made 
under  this  advertisement  shall  Include  nil  the  stamps 
needed  by  the  department  during  the  contract  term. 
Without  reference  to  the  above  isauea  bhould  the 
use  of  any  of  ihe  above  kinds  of  stamps  be  discon- 
tinued during  the  contract  term,  the  contractor  wilt 
not  i>e  entitled  to  damaged  ou  account  of  such  dlscon- 
tiuuauue. 

PROPOSAlS-AGRBBMEKT-BOND. 

Each  pi'opus.il  must  be  signed  by  the  individual  or 
pannecsinp  making  it,  and  when  made  by  a  partner- 
ship cbe  name  of  each  partner  thereof  must  be  uls- 
ciuaed:  and  it  must  be  accompanied  by  a  guaranty, 
blgued  by  at  least  two  resooiistble  guarantors,  that  tbe 
bldtler  shall,  within  ten  days  alter  being  called  upon 
to  do  BO,  execute  a  contract  to  tnrnlsb  promptly,  and 
in  quaniiii'.:s  as  ordered,  the  article  or  articles  to  be 
famished  by  iilm,  the  responsibility  aud  suffioienoj  of 
the  Bignetd  to  such  guaranty  to  be  certified  to  by  the 
Postmaster  or  United  states  Attorney  where  tbe  bid- 
der resides  ;  and  in  such  contract  the  contractor  and 
his  sureties  shall  covenant  and  agree  that  m  case  tbe 
said  contractor  shsU  tail  to  do  or  perform  all  or  any 
of  tbe  covenauis,  stlpulaiious,  and  agrcrements  of  said 
contract  on  the  part  oi  the  said  contractor  to  be  per- 
formed, as  therein  set  lorth,  the  said  cootractor  aud 
his  tturotles  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  tbe  IJnited  (states 
of  America  the  sum  of  two  hundred  thonsaou  dollars, 
for  wIiiqIi  said  f'irieitnre  the  said  contractor  and  his 
BuretljB  shall  be  Jointly  an.l  severally  liable,  as  Hqul- 
dated  damages  to  be  sued  tor  tu  the  name  of  the 
United  States. 

If  the  bidder  to  whom  the  first  award  mny  be  made 
should  fall  to  enter  into  a  contract,  as  herein  provided, 
then  the  award  may  be  auuuiled,  aad  the  contract  let 
to  the  next  lowest  responalole  bidder,  ifnutdeemed  too 
hlcb  by  tbe  Postmaster  General,  and  so  on  until  the  re- 
qidred  ooutraot  is  executed;  and  such  next  lowest  bidder 
Shall  be  required  to  fulfill  eyery  stipulation  embraced 

herein  as  if  he  were  the  original  party  to  whom  tbe 
contract  was  awarded. 

The  contract  will  also  provide  that  if  at  any  time 
duilng  its  continuance  tns  sureties  shall  die  or  be- 
come irrespoiuible,  tbe  Postmaster  General  shall  have 
the  right  to  require  additional  and  sufficient^  sureties, 
which  the  contractor  shall  furnish  to  the  acceptance 
ot  tbe  Postmaster  Qenoral  within  10  days  after  notice; 
and  in  default  thereof,  the  contract  may  be  annulled. 
EB3KRVATION8. 

The  Postmaster  General  reaervss  the  right  to  reject 
any  and  ail  bids  If,  in  his  Judgment,  the  interest  ot  the 
Government  requires  it;  also  the  right  to  annul  the 
contract  If,  in  his  opinion,  there  shall  be  a  failure  at 
any  time  to  perform  faithfully  any  of  its  stinulations. 
or  In  case  or  a  willful  attempt  to  impose  upon  the  de- 
partment stamps  lufenor  to  those  required  by  tho 
contract 

PAYMENTS. 

Payments  fbr  stamps  actually  issued  and  delivered 
will  oe  made  quarterly,  after  proper  examination  and 
adiubtment  ol  accounts. 

CONTRACT  NOT  AS8IGNABLR. 

The  eontract  cannot,  in  any  case,  be  lawfttUy  trans- 
ferred or  assigned. 

-BXTBNSION. 

Should  the  interest  or  tho  Government  reauire,  the 
contract  may  be  extended  beyond  the  time  named, 
not  exceeding  three  months,  by  order  of  the  Post- 
master General,  and  tho  contract  prices  and  all  con- 
ditions herein  set  torth  shall  govern  in  such  extended 
contract 

ADDRESS. 

All  proposals  must  bo  made  on  the  blank  forms 
fhrnished  by  the  department,  securely  eaveloped  and 
sealed.  Indorsed  on  the  back  "Proposals  tor  Postage 
i^tamps,"  and  addressed  to  tbe  Third  Assistftnt  Post- 
master General,  Washington,  D.  O. 

JAMES  a.  TYNKR.  Postmaster  General 


BOARD  OF  BDUCAflON. 

Sealed  proposals  will  oe  received  by  the  Board  of 
School  Trustees  of  tbe  Twelfth  Ward,,  at  tbe  Hall  of 
the  Board  or  Education,  corner  of  Grand  and  Kim  sts., 
until  TUESDAY,  the  6th  day  of  February,  1877,  and 
until  4  o'clock  P.  M.  on  said  day,  for  altering  and  fit- 
ting up  tlie  premises  on  tbe  north-east  corner  of 
Avenue  A  and  118th  st  for  school  purposes. 

Plans  and  specifications  may  be  seen  at  the  office  of 
the  Superintendent  of  School  Buildings,  Ma  143  Grand 
8t^  third  fioon 

Two  responsible  and  approved  sureties,  residents  of 
this  City,  ^yiil  be  requireii  from  tbe  sucoeesful  bidder. 

The  party  submitting  a  proposal,  and  the  parties 
proposing  to  become  snieites  must  each  write  IiiS 
name  and  place  of  residence  on  aidd  proposaL 

The  Tmsteca  reserve  the  right  to  n^eet  anyoritU 
of  the  proposaia  submitted. 

BOBWBLL  a.  ROLBTON, 
DAVID  H.  KMAPP. 
COABIiKS  OBABY. 


SSiJ/^^^^"-- 


is  BAUHOHBLL. 


«Ma«  aavXaa*,  Ju. 


BOABBTNG  AND  LODQINa 


THE  tP-lraWNi  OJrjriCJIi.  0»  TBlLTUBBS. 

Tbe  up-town  QiBee  of  TfiX  TDSB9  la  loeated  at 
N*.  1,907  Br9«dw«y,  bet.  Slit  aad  89ll  M»« 

Open  daily,  Sundays  included,  from  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  M; 

Sifbterlptlons  teoelred,  and  oopiea  of  TSB  lUIBS  for 

amis. 

^PVBBTMByBBTS  BKCBIVBD  UNTIL  9  P.  M- 


ALIBBRAL  FAMILY  CAN  PROCf;&&  AN 
entire  second  floor;  every  conveaienee ;  pmvate  ta- 
ble, with  superior  board ;  in  an  aristecratie  neighbor- 
hood, where  a  home  without  care  ran  be  enjoyed  mag- 
nUloentlyi  an  opportunify  seldom  offered.  Address 
RECHBRCaB,  Box  No.  267  TIMES  UP -I 
Ha  1,267  BROADWAY. 


TOWN  OFFICE, 


APHIVATB  FAnilLY  WILL  LOT'-.WltH 
board,  to  a  gentleman  and  wife,  or  tvro  gentlemen, 
a  large  room  handsomely  furnished ;  large  closet,  heat, 
gas,  lie.)  tbe  oomtorts  of  a  home  asmred.  Na  121 
East  64th  st 


NO.  484  OTH  AV.. 

A  cboloe  Bulte   of   apartments    for  a  small    fomllr, 
or  two  or  three  gentlemen,  with  private  table,  batn, 


FliTTH  AV.,  NO.  309 TWO  SUNNT  BACK 
rooms,  third  floor,  tor  single  gentlemen  or  family; 
also,  rooms  on  fourth  floor;  table  and  location  unex- 
ceDtlonsbia 


HARLBM.— HANUSOMBLT-PORNISHBD  ROOMS 
to  let  ^th  lioard,  in  a  private  tsmlly:  first-class 
location;  references  exchanged.  No.  66  West  127th 
st 


BCOND  FLOOR,  WITHPKIVATB  TABLE. 

— Lsrge  handiome  roenu,  en  suite,  bath,  ke.,  va- 
cated by  family  going  South :  references.  No.  14  Bast 
82'dst.  between  6th  and  Madlsoa  avs. 


s. 


O.  46  WEST    SaD    ST BB81RABLB    THIRD 

story  front  rooms,  with  board ;  transiently  or  per- 
manent; terms  low. 


FIFTH   AV.,     NO.    331.— HANDSOMELY    FUR- 
nished  suite  of  rooms  on  third  and  fourth  floors, 
excellent  table.  $30  and  $25  per  weok. 


NO.   3    WEST  30TH    ST — MRS.    WILLIS    HAS 
handsome,  snug  front  rooms  to  let,  with  hoard ; 
references. 


FIFTH  AV..   NO.  81,   FIRST  DOOR  BELOW 
iOTU  ST.— Two  handsome  fouith-floor  rooms,  with 
board;   moderate  prices;   reterences. 


THiRTY-POURTH  ST.,  NO.  *236,  WEST.— 
Handsomely-furnished  rocnns  for  famUies  or  gentle- 
men, with  board;   references. 


n; 


D.  104    MADIHON    AV.-LAHOB  ROOM    ON 
second  floor  to  rent,  with  or  without  board. 


H 


ANDSO.nELV-FDUNlSHEn  ROOMS,  WITS 
or  without  board,  ut  No.  34  West  24th  st 


A  LADY  OF  REf"iNE.>IENT  AND  CULTURE 
desires  two  er  three  neatly-farnisned  rooms,  first 
or  second  floor,  for  light  bouse-keeping,  m  a  strictly 
private  American  tamily ;  hmits  30tD  and  45th  sts., 
Bth  and  4th  avs.;  terms  moderate.  Addresi,  with  full 
particulars.  LaDY.  Box  No.  254  TIMES  UP-TOWN 
OPFICB,  NO.  1.267  BROADWAY. 


HOTELS^ 

THE  ROYAL  VICTORIA  HOTEL, 

NAbSAU,  BAHAMA  ISLANDS. 
For  fhll  information  apply  to 

JAMKS  LIDGBRWOOD  k  CO.. 

No.  758  Broadway.  New-YorV. 


DIVIDENDS. 
Fiftieth  jbividend. 

CLINTON 

fire  INSUItANCB  COMPANY, 

NO.  156  BROADWAY. 

Nxw-YoRK,  Jan.  4.  1877. 
The  usual  scml-anntial  Dividend  of  TEN  PER  CBNT. 
is  payable  on  demand.  G.  T.  PATTERSON,  Jr.. 

Seoretary. 


OFFiCBOP  THB  Nbw-York,  Pro V ID BMOB  ANo  Boston) 

Raiuioao  Compakt,  (Stoitihoton  Railroad.)     > 

Nrw-Yorx,  Jan.  25.  1877.  > 

A  QUARTERLY  DIVIDEND  OF  TWO  AND 
O.nE-HALF  PER  CENT.,  out  of  the  earnings  of  the 
Saat  three  months,  will  be  nald  at  the  office  of  Messrs. 
L.  Morgan's  Sons,  Mo.   39  WUllam  St.,  New-York,  on 
the  10th  day  of  February. 

Tbe  transfer-books  will  be  closed  from  the  Ist  to  tbe 
lOth,  both  inclusive.  F.  B.  N0YE8.  Secretary. 


THE  UNION  TRUST  CO.nPANV,  OF  NfiW- 
YORK,  Trustee,  will  pay  TWENTY  DOLLARS  IN 
GOLD  upon  tbe  coupons  maturing  Feb.  1,  1877,  of  the 
consolidated  first  naortzage  land  grant  bonds  of  the 
AlUiSOURI,  KANSAS  AND  TEXAS  RAILWAY  COMPA- 
NY which  have  t>een  stamped,  subject  to  the  agree- 
ment ot  March  1, 1876.  Coupons  cut  from  registered 
bobds  must  be  accompanied  by  an  order  fVom  tne  reg- 
istered holder,  and  all  conpons  must  be  left  over  night 
for  examination.  EDWARD  RING,  President. 


D 


The  St  Nicholas  Nationai.  Bank  or  New-  Yore,  2 
No.  7  Wall  st    Nbw-York,  Jan.  .30. 1877.     J 
IVIDEND A     SEMI-ANNUAL      DIVIDBND    OF 


Pour  per  Cent,  has  been  declared  by  the  Dlrec- 
tors  of  this  bank,  payable  on  and  after 'the  12th  day 
of  February  next  The  transfer  books  will  be  closed 
trom  the  1st  to  18  th  piroxima 

A.  PARKHUBST,  Cashier. 


Mitsoir&t  Pacimc  Railway  CoMPAtnr, 
Orpica  Na  6  Bowlino  Grbbn. 

Nkw-Tokk,  Jan.  25,  1877. 

THE  COUPONH  DDE  FEB.  1,  1877,  O.N'  THE 
first  mortgage  bonds  of  the  Pacific  Railroad  Com- 
pany (of  Missouri)  will  be  paid  ou  and  after  that  date, 
at  the  office  of  this  company. 

C.  K.  GARRISON,  President 


UOSTOK  AND  NbW-VoRX  AiR-LinB  RaILROAO  COXPANT,  ] 
TSBASURBR'S  OmOl 


r-Linb  Railroad  Coxpant,  1 
rriOB,  Na  12  Wall  st.,  > 
Nxw-TORR,  Jan.  tJ5,  1877.  ) 


THB  INTERBSl'  DUB  FKB.  1,  1877,  ON 
the  First  Mortgage  Bonds  of  the  Boston  and  New- 
York  Air-Line  Railroad  Company  will  be  paid  at  the 
office  of  Hatch  k  Foote.  Na  12  WaU  st 

D.  B.  HATCH,  Treasurer. 


THB  PR1NCL1>AL  AND  INTEREST  ON 
Long  Island  Clly  bonds,  due  Feb.  1,  1877,  will  be 
paid  on  presentation  of  said  bonds  and  ouupons  at  tbe 
Marine  National  Bank. 

JOHN  KORAN,  Treasurer. 
Lo!i8  Island  Ott.  J-tn.  30,  1877. 


Tub  Natiohal  Bank  ov  thb  Ebpubuo,  } 
Nbw-Yorb,  Jan.  31,  1877.     J 

A  DIVIDEND  OF  THREE  AND  A  HALF 
per  cent.,  free  of  tax.  has  this  day  been  declared, 
payable  Feb.  8,  proximo,  ttll|Whicb  date  the  transter- 
books  are  closed.  H.  W.  KORD.  Cashier.     . 


Kbw-Vork,  Jan.  22.  1877. 

COUPONS.— THB       COUPO.VS    (JF     TH«    FIRST^ 
mortgage  bonds  of  tho  Columbus   and  Toledo  Rail- 
road Company,  due  on  tbe  Ist  day  of  February  next, 
will  be  paid  ou  ana  after  that  date  at  the  St  Nicholas 
National  Bonk.  M.  M.  GRBBNB,  Presideat    : 


Cork  Exchaxob  Bank,  Nbw-Tork,  Jan.  24,  1877. 

THB  BOAHM  OF  DIKECTOUS  UAVR  DB- 
olared  a  dividend  ot  Five  per  Cent,,  payable  Feb.  1, 
1877,  The  transter-books  will  be  closed  from  the  24th 
lust  to  Ist  proximo.    By  order 

WM.  A  NASH,   Catbler. 


ELECTIONS. 


MitsoURi  Pacipio  Railway  Compant, 
OmOS,  No.  0  BoWLINQ  Okbbn, 

New-Hork,  Jan.  26,  1877. 

NOTICE  IS  HBREBV  CJlVliN  THAT  THE 
annual  meeting  of  the  stookbolders  ot  the  Missouri 
Pacific  Railway  Company  will  beheld  at  tbe  offloe  of 
the  company,  in  St  Louis.  Mo.,  on  TUESDAY,  tbe  6th 
day  of  March,  1877,  at  12  o'clock  .M.,  for  the  election 

of  thirteen  Directors  for  the  ensuing  year,  and  tor  the 
uansaciion  of  any  other  business  that  may  come  be- 
fore tbe  meeting. 

Tbe  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of  DIreotors  will  he 
held  at  tbe  same  office  on  WBDHE6DAY,  tbe  7th  day 
of  March,  1877,  at  12  o'clock  M. 

"Tbe  transter-books  will  be  closed  on  the  afternoon  of 
the  3rt  day  of  KenruRry,  and  will  be  reopened  on  the 
morning  of  tbo  8th  day  ot  Marob,  1877. 

C.  K.  GARRISON,  President. 

0.  L.  Wnrra,  Secretary. 


Dblawakb,  Lackawakna   and  Wbstbbn  Railroad  1 

compakt,  no.  26  excbanok  placb.  > 

New- York,  Jaa  26, 1877.    J 

THE  ANNUAL  £Lfc.CT10N    OF  OFFICERS 
and  managers  of  this  company  will  be  held  at  this 
office,  on  TUi!:8DaY,  tbe  auth  day   of  February,  prox., 
at  10  o'clock  A.  M. 
Polls  will  be  open  between  10  and  11  o'olock. 
Trauefer-t>ooks  will  be  olosed  from  31st  January  until 
21st  February.  A.  J.  ODELL.  Seoretary. 


OrpiCB  ov  TUB  Coksolidatiox  Coal  CoMPA»r  of  > 

Martlaxd.  No,  71  Broadway,       > 

Nbw-Yosk,  Fea  a,  1877.  J 

THE  ANNUAL  MEKTINfi  OF  THE  STOUK- 
ooldars  of  this  company  for  the  election  of  Presi- 
dent and  Directors,  aud  transaction  ef  other  busi- 
ness, will  be  held  at  noon  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  21st 
last  The  transfar-books  will  close  at  2  o'clock  P.  M., 
On  tbe  10th  Inst,  and  reopen  on  tbe  23d  inst. 

U.  C.  HICKS,  Secretary. 


THE  ANNUAL  .11KETING  OF-  STOCK. 
HOLDERS  of  the  Maryland  Coal  Company  tor  the 
election  of  a  President  and  ten  Directors,  and  for  such 
other  business  as  may  come  l>efore  the  meeting,  will 
beheld  at  the  comnany's  office.  No.  Ill  Broadway, 
Feb.  6,  at  11  A  a.  Polls  open  from  12  M.  tiU  1  P.  M. 
8.  T.  KOSd.  Seoretary. 


THE  ANN  UAL  ELECTION  FOR  TH IKTEEN 
Directors  of  the  Sixth  Avenue  Railroad  Company 
will  be  held  at  the  Depot,  6tu  av.,  corner  of  43d  st.,  ou 
TUESDAY,  Feb.  13, 1877.  from  la  to  1  o'clock. 

H.  S.  MOORE,  Secretary. 


FINE  AETS. 


lAlFORTANT    SALE    OF     WATER-COLOlt 

PAINTINGS. 

MESSRS.  M.  KNOBBLBR  dc  CO., 

Successors  to  GOUPIL  k  00., 
will  sen  at  public  auction   their  entire  eolleotion  of 
WATER-COLORS,  consisting  ot  choice  specimens  by  tbe 
following  eminent  Foreign  and  Amerioaa  Artists : 

ALMA-TADEMA,  BOUGHTOK,  BOUVIEB,  COTTIN. 
COBTAZZO,  COMPTE-CALIX,  DBTAILLE,  DOBB,  DIB- 
DIN,  PORTUNY,  FILOSA,  KO.  FBERE.  GEROMB. 
KLIM8CH,  LELOIE,  H08BI,  SIMONKTTI,  SIMONI,  VIB- 
BRT.  ZAMACOIS.  and  others. 

These  ploturea  are  now  on  exhibition,  free,  D.VY  and 

EVENING,  at  the 

KURTZ  GALLERY,  NO.  6  EAST  23D  ST., 

UntU  the  evening  ot  sale,  Tuesday,  Feb.  6. 

BOBBBT  80MBRTILLS,  Auctioneer. 


MBBTINO& 


A  MBRIOAN 


ANNUAL 


„ INSVITCTB.  -  THB 

.^LOleetlon  tor  Ti'uatee<  ud  iGwagera  wiU  be  &eld 
atltarMaM  to  the  Oo«|^0tftdtof  e«  TilUft^OAY. 

--'--■'       ThaikAt  Wiaheapeitea  at 

^S^lMkP.  iL 


the  8th  day  of  Fsfbrtutty.    Ths 
Ue'dnok  A  K.  wed  oteMd'ot  8 


AMUSEMENTS. 

AOADBMYoFitt^  ^  itiiJUMa' 

Mr.  a  D.  BBSS. ., ,...^.-™,,...4MtoetOB. 

f    FRIDAY  »VBa»0.  FBa  8.     . 

I  THB  FLYISO  ODTGUUAlL  ' 
MISB  KSLXiOOO  -^  \  l|isa  OZiARA  LOUISB  Kl 


BLLO«Ok 

Meaara.  MAAS,  COHLT.  TUBNBB, 
and  Hi.  WiZliam  OABLSTOB. 


la  her  great  ttia  ? 

of 

SBBTJt. 

i"  Largely  inoreaaed 

{      OHOBU3  AND  OBQHRSTBA. 

BATUEDAT  APTKBROON.  FBR  3.  AT  2  COLOOK, 

GBAND  EEliLOGO  MATINEB. 

THB  BOHEMIAN  GIRL. 

Mtae  KBLL06K1 as ............Adlne. 

S.  BBHBBNS •. Mnsioal  Direetor. 

Secniw  seats  at  Sofalrmer's,  Na  701  Broadway,  at  the 
Academy,  and  at  Bullman's,  No.  Ill  Broadwav 
SPECIAL  ANNOU:«CKMENT. 
THB  FINAL  PBRFOEHANCES  IN  NEW-TOBK 
of  the 
KBZiLOGG  GBAND  ENGLISH  OPERA  COMPaNT 
wHl  ooonr  next  week  as  follows : 

TUBBDAT  BVBNINO.   Feb.  5,  LUOIA  DI LAMMBR. 

MOOR.    WBDNB80AY  EVENING,  Feb.  6,   (postttrelT 

lost    time.)    THB     PLYING      DDTCHMAN.      FRIDAY 

EVENING,  Feb.  8,  BBNEFIT  OF  MUs  KELLOO. 

MIONON. 

0atnrd»]r  sftemotm  positively  last  Kellogg  tfatlnfov 
Miss  Kellogg  appearing  fai  every  opera. 


WOWJ>PEN 

THH  TBNTfi  ANNUAL  EXHIBITION  09  THB 

AMERM^AN    SOCIETY  OF   PAINTERS 

IN 

WATER  COLORS, 

AT    ItHB  , 

NATIONAL  ACADEMY  OF  DXSiaN.  % 
Comer  oY  4th  av.  and  23d  at.* 

From  9  A.  M.  until  6  P.  M.,  and  fWim  7  until  10  P.  M., , 

Sundays  excepted. 


AMUSEMENTS. 

'WALLACK^Sr 


WKOMX. 


PiMrtgUr  ■BaMKnager......^BIt,  LBSTBB 

^VXBT  BTBBING  and  BAaiTKDAT  MAtXBBi, 
The  neir  md  original  romantie  dxcma  in  tbcee  aol^ 
by  Messrs.  Palgrave  Simpaonaad  Herman  3l«dn(&L 
entitled 

ALL  FOB  HBB, 
Miv  LBSTBB  WALLAOK 

. HUGH  TRBVOB. 

Hi.  STBBLB  MACKAYB,  KDWABO  AUTOTT,  lb  (1 
A.  STKVEBeqN,  Mr.  B.  HOLLAND.  Mr.  J.  W.  BHAKt 
BON,  Mr.  BDWIN,  Mr.  LEONARD,  Mr.  OLAREB,  MIsc 
ADA  DTAS.  Miss  BOSB  WOOD,  Mrs,  JOHN  SBFtOB, 

BNTIRELT  NBW  BCBNERY,  COSTUMES,  AND  AJ*' 
POINTMENTS. 

IN   PRBPABATIOW, 

to  snooeed  the  present  entertainment,  a  sextea  flC 

BBILLIANT  LEGITIMATE  COMEDIES. 

most  earefdlly  and  completely  produced,  and  wuMb 

ing  in  tbe  casts 

BTBRY  MEMBER  OF  THE  WaLLAOK  COMPAKX. 

Due  notice  will  be  given  of  the  first  production. 
Box  offloe  open  daily  from  8  A.  M.  to  4  P.  M. 


PARK.  THBATAE.  OUR  BOARDING-HODsi 

Broadway  and  22d  st. 

EBITBT  S.  ABBEY Lessee  and  UaaMMx 

AHITI 

Mzu     IiBOMABD     GBOVEB'S     AUEBfOAIt      OOUEITC 
EVBBT  EVENIKQ  and  SATURDAY  MATIBEB, 


UNION  SQUARE  THEATRE. 

Proprietor. Mr.  SHBRIuaN  SHOOK 

Manager Mr.  A  M,  PALMBB 

POSITIVELY 


EVERY  NIGHT  THIS  WBEK 
and  at  the  SATURDAY   MATINEB 

MI38  MULTO.V. 

Illustrated  bv  its  fnll  original  east 

Including  Miss  CLARA    MORRIS.     Mlaa 

SARA  JEWETT.    Mrs.  MAKlB  WILKINS, 

Miss  LOOISB  STLVB8T6R,   Miss  BIJOU 

HERON.    Miss   MABEL   LEONARD,    Mr. 

.JaUES  O'NEILL.    Mr.  J.  H.  STODDABT, 

land  Mr.  JOHN  PABSBLLB. 
FRIDAY  EVENING,  brnettt  of  Miss  Clara  Morris. 
BATDRDAT,  at  1:30,  last  matin6e  of  Miss  MDLTON.  ^. 
MONDAY  EVENINGI,  Feh.  5,  THE  DANICHEFF3. 


THB  LAST 

WEEK 

OP 

MISS 

MCLTON. 


CHICKBRINU    MALI...  ABBOTT. 

WBDNBSDAT  and  FRIDAY,  Peb.  7  and  9,  and 

rrrrr  abbott  matin  ek,  satuboat.  Feb.  lo. 

EMMA  ABBOTTS 

GRAND    CONCERTS, 

Assisted  hy   BRIGNOLI.  FEBRANTI,    WfS..  B.  CASE. 
PBATT,  and  GBAND  ORCHBiTBA 

Direeted  by MAX  MABBTZBK 

SPECIAL  NOTICB.— The  sale  of  seats  for  the  first 
and  iseeond  concerts,  ana  only  Abbott  Matinee,  wUl 
commence  TO-DAY  at  Chlckering  Hall  and  Schuberth'a 
mnsio  store.  No.  23  Union  square.  Admission.  $1 ;  re- 
served seats,  50c.  and  $1  extra,  according  to  location. 
Matinee  Prices — Admission,  $1 ;  reserved  seats,  $1  50. 


H£LLBR>S  WONiiER   THEATRE. 

LAST  NIGHT  BUT  ONE 
OP  THE    SECOND  PROGRAMME. 
HELLER'S  WONDERS.  BV^ERY  EVKNING  AT  8. 

BOBRRT  HELLER ROBERT  HBLLBB. 

PRBSTCOIGITATEUR.  PIANIST.  HUMORIST. 

MISS  HBLLBK MISS  HELLBR 

will  continue  to  present  the  phenomenal  wondei^ 

SUPERNATURAL  VISION. 

To  conclude  with  the  outrazeotis  dotng  it 

MR.  PUNCH. 

MATINEB8  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY  AT  3. 

Children  hair  puce  to  matinees. 

NKW  PROGRAMME  Peb.  5. 


EAGLE  THEATRE.       BROADWAY  AND  S3D  ST. 

THK  AIMBB   OPERA  SEASON. 

TO-NIGHT  and  TO-MORROW  NIGHT,  only,  times  of 

LA  FILLK  DE  MME.  ANGOT. 

SATURDAY  AFTERNOON  at  1:30.  first  Aimte  matlnte. 

Only  time  ata  matin6e  of 

LA    JOLIB    PAEFUMEUSB, 

In  Which  AIMBB  sings  "Prettv  as  a  Picture." 

Matioee  prices,  60c.;  reserved  seats,  60a  extra. 

Monday,  (bv  itquest,)  la  jOLIE  PARFUMEUsB. 

:    TUESDAY,  FEB.  6.  A  NEW  OPBRA, 

First  time  here,  at  a  cost  of  $5,000,  with  entirely 
new  teenery,  costnmes,  ka„  kc,  the  last  European 
sensation  and  Leoocq's  greatest  sneoess, 
LA  PETITB  MARIE  E. 


THB  GREAT  NEW- YORK  AUUARlUilI, 

BROADWAY  AND  85TH  ST. 

Open  dally  from  9  A  M  till  10  P.  M..  (Sunday  excepted.) 

NATURE'S  MAEVBLS  AND  WONDERS. 

Capt  QUIGLEY,  the  wonderful  sub-marine  diver, 
enters  the  large  tank  and  illustrates  tbe  working  of 
the  intricate  diver's  suit,  at  11  A.  M.,  and  2,  4,  and 
8  P.  M.,  daily.  The  WHITB  WHALE  will  be  exhibited 
fi)r  a  few  days  longer  only. 


OLYAIPIO  THBATKB.  NO.  624  BROADWAY. 

Mr,  AUbUSTIN  DALY'S  BBILLIANT  SUCCESS, 
THE  BIG  BONANZA.  I  MATINEES 

THE  BIO  BONANZ.A  Wednesday  and   aatnrday.^ 

TUR  BIO  BONANZA  |    Admiislou  50a  and  $1. 


GRAND  OPERA-HOUSE.    8TU  AV.  AND  23D  BT. 

MATINRE  TO-DAY.      RESERVED   SKATS.  60   CKNT3. 
AOGUSTIN  DALY'o  BEST  COMEDY,  DIVORCE. 

MONDAY  NEXT,   PBRNANDK. 
SUNDAY  EVENING,  GRAND  JCBILbfi  COSTCBET. 


URBAAllNG  lOLANTHB. 

•THE  CBNTENNIAL  BUTTER   HEAD." 

NBXT  TO  NEW-YOEK  AQVK&WIL 

ADMISSION  25  CENTS. 

FOR    A    FEW    DAYS    ONLY, 


___jL2CTiON^SMiES^___ 

S'~lGK^E"oin?LoiunML^^^^^^ALB"'o^ 
SONVILLE,  PENSACOLA  AND  MOBUiB  RAILROAD. 
— WuBRB-u,  by  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State 
of  Florida,  entitled  "An  act  to  perfect  the  pnblio 
works ,  of  tbe  State."  approved  June  24,  1869.  ana 
the  several  acts  amendatory  thereto,  it  la 
provided  that  in  case  tho  Jacksonville, 
Pensacola  and  Mobile  Railroad  Company 
shall  fall  to  pay  cither  principal  or  interest  of  the 
bonds  issued  by  the  said  company,  under  and  by  virtue 
of  tbe  said  act,  or  any  part  thereof,  for  twelve  months 
atter  the  same  shall  become  due,  it  shall  be  lawful  for 
the  Governor  to  enter  upon  and  take  possession  of  the 
property  and  franchises  of  the  said  eouipany,  and  sell 
the  same  at  puOllo  auction,  atter  having  first  given 
ninety  day's  notice  by  pubUc  advertisement,  for  lawful 
money  of  the  United  .stales  aud  for  nothing  else;   and 

Whereas,  The  said  Jacksonville,  Pensacola  and 
Mobile  Comnany  has  tailed  to  pay  the  Interest  due  on 
its  said  bonds  for  twelve  months,  after  the  eame  be- 
came due;  now,  there  ore, 

I,  Maroellus  L.  Stearns,  Governor  of  the  State  of 
Florida,  ia  accordance  with  the  said  act  have  entered 
upon  and  taken  possession  ot  the  Jacksonville,  Pensa- 
cola and  Mobile  Railroad,  extending  from  Lake  City  to 
the  Apalaohicola  River,  with  its  branches,  and  all  the 
property,  real  aud  personal,  appertaining  thereto,  to- 
gether with  ali  the  rights,  franchises,  aud  powers 
thereto  belongmg,  and  nereoy  give  public  notlco  that 
I  Will  cause  the  same  '  to  be  sold  at  public 
auction,  lor  lawful  money  of  the  United  States, 
at  the  principal  office  or  the  compauv,  In  tbe  City  of 
Tallahassee,  on  Monday  the  '2d  day  of  April,  A  D. 
187'7,  at  12  o'clock  M.;  it  being  understood,  and  notice 
being  hereby  elveD,  that  tho  said  road,  property,  and 
fi^uohises  will  be  sold,  subject  to  the  reudoc's  lien 
held  by  the  Board  ot  Trustees  of  the  Internal  Im- 
provement Fund  of  the  State  of  Florida,  for  the  unpaid 
purchase  money  due  tor  said  road 

Given  at  Tallahassee,  tbe  Capital,  this  30th  day  of 
Decemoer,  A.  D.,  1876. 

MABOKLLUS  L.  STEARNS,    Governor.      ' 
STATE  OF  FLORIDA,  SALB  OF  THK  FLORIDA  CEN- 
TRAL RAILROAD. 

Whereas.  The  Florida  Central  Railroad  Company  has 
foiled,  for  more  than  twelve  months,  to  t>i.y  the  inter- 
est due  ou  the  beads  issued  by  said  company  in  ex- 
change for  bonds  of  the  State  of  Florida,  under,  and  by 
virtue  of,  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of 
Florida,  entitled  *  An  act  to  perfect  the  public  works 
of  the  State."  approved  Jime  24,  1869,  and  the  several 
aots  amendatory  thereof;  and. 

Whereas,  demand  baa  been  made  bv  bona  fide  hold- 
ers of  the  State  bonds  so  exchanged  upon  tbe  Uov- 
emor  01  the  State  for  tbe  eutoroement  uf  the  lien  ou 
said  railroad,  now,  therefore,  I,  Marcellus  L.  Stearns, 
Governor  of  tbe  State  of  Florida,  under  and  by  virtue 
of  the  authority  vested  in  the  Governor  by  the  said 
nets,  have  entered  upon  aud  taken  possession  of,  all 
and  singulsr,  the  railroad  and  property  of  the  Florida 
Central  Railroad  Comnany,  lying  between  Lake  City 
and  Jacksonville,  and  hereby  give  pnblio  notice  that  I 
will  cause  the  same  to  be  soid  at  public  auction,  for 
lawful  money  of  the  United  States,  at  the  raiurond 
depot  at  Tallahassee,  on  Monday,  the  second  day  of 
April,  A.  D.  1877,  at  12  o'clock  M. 

Given  at  Tallahassee,  this,  tbe  thirtieth  day  of  De- 
cember, 1876.  MARCi&LLUfi  L.  STEARNS, 

Governor. 


OTTR 


A  SAMSOMAN  COHIBENATION  CAST. 

Beserved  seats.  60  cents,  SI,  and  $1  50.    Admlssior 
60  centa  aad  $1. 
FREE   LIST  ABHOLUTBLY    MCSPENDBD, 


< DALY'S  FIFTH  AVENUE  THEATRK- 


LEMONS. 

A  GREAT  HIT. 
A  liAUQH  FOR  EVERYBODY! 

JSVERY  NIGHT  AT  8. 
JMATINEE  TO-MORROW  AT  2. 


THBO.  THOMAS'  SYMPHONY  CONCERTS, 

WITH  PUBLIC  REHEARSALS.    TBNTH  SEASON. 

AT   STEtNWAY  HALL. 

SATUBOAT  itVB.N-ISG.  Feb.  .3.  at  8, 

THEODORB  THOMAS' 

FOURTH  GRAND  SYMPHONY  CONCBBT. 

VoeaUst,  Mma  EUGEMB  PAPPENHKIM,  Soprano. 

Suite  Na  8,  in  D BaoU 

Bymnbony  No.  6.  (Pastorale) .Beetboven 

SiKlaie, "^'"''  I ••  GOtterdammerung" Wagner 

The  VofaAL  PART  SUNG  by  Mme.  PAPPENHKIM. 

Prices  as  usnaL    Tickets  can  now  be  had  of  G.  Schir- 

mer,701  Broadway;  E.schuberth  k  Co.  .23  Union  square, 

at  111  Broadway,  and  the  box  office  of  Stelnway  Hall, 


PHILHARMONIC  SOCIETY. 

FIB8T  PUBLIC  REHEARSAL  FOR  THE  FOURTH  COB 
CERT.  FRIDAY,  Feb.  2.  at  2:30  P.  M. 

ACADEMY  OF  MUSIC. 
Dr.  LEOPOLD  DAMRO«GH.  Conductor. 
PROGRAMME. 
OVERTURE—"  Znm  Marchen  von  dcrshSnen 

Melnslne MendelnolA 

(The  first  time  in  America.) 

8ERBNADE— For  string  orchestra ....&  Fueha 

SEVENTH  SYMPHONY,  (a) L.  von  Beethoven 

ADMISSION,  50  CENTS. 
Tickets  for  sale  at  Messrs.  Sebirmer's,  No.  701  Broad- 
wav; E.   Schut>ertb's,   Ko.   23   Union   square;   Deoke/ 
Brothers,  No.  S3  Union  squire ;  Martens  Brotheis,  No. 
1,164  Broadway,  and  at  tlio  door  of  the  Academy. 


NKW  BROADWAY  THEATRE. 

Broadway  and  30th  st. 

THIRD  AND  POSITIVELY  LAST  WEEK. 

This  Friday  evening,  benefit  of  Miss  GRACIE  WADl^ 

UNCLE  TO.>l»S  CABIN. 

Mr8.G.  C.  HOWARD. as „TOPST 

BRING  the  CHILDREN  to  see   Little  EVA. 
Slavins'  Georgia  Jubilee    Singers  aud   2U0   colored 
people  in  the  great  plantation  scene. 

Last  UNCLE  TOM  Mating,  Saturday  at  2.    Even, 
ing  at  8. 

tsUNDAY,  Feb.   4.  last  Sacred  Concert  by  the  onlj 
Georgia  Jubilee  Singers.  


N, 


IBLO'S  GARDEN.  PACKED  NIGHTLY. 

Sole  Lesseee  and  Managers. ..KIRALFY  BROTHERS 

THE  LARGEST  ASSEMBLAGES 

EVER  SEEN  I.V  A  CITY  THKATRB 

31,237  PEOPLE  IS  ONE  WEKK 

TO  SEE 

THE  KIRALFY'S  FAMOUS 

AROUND  THB  WORLD 

AROUND  THE  WORLD 

EVERY  EVENING  AND  SATURDAY  MA'S. 

INEK. 

Secure  seats  in  advance. 


PACKED 
NIGHTLY. 

PACKED 
mOHTLY. 

PACKED 
NlGHTLr. 

PACKED 
NIGHTLY. 


GILAIORE'.S  GARDEN. 

THIS  EVENING,   at  8  o'clock. 

TWO  TROTTING  RACES. 

LADIES'  FLAT  BACKl 

INDIAN  LIFE; 

Or.  A  CHASE  FOR  A  WIFE. 

A  TRIBE  OP  REAL  INDIANS, 

60  CENTS ADMISSION 6OCEIITS 


BALLAD  CONCERT,  ASSOCIATION  HALLt 
(Y.  M.  C.  A.) 

FRIDAY  EVENING,  Feb.  2,  for  the  beneflv  of  thsr 
"  NEW-YORK  ASSO{nATION  FOR  THE  POOR."  Miss 
ARABELLA  ROOT.  Soprano;  Mme.  A.  BIACHL  Meczo- 
Soprano;  Slgoor  GODOY  and  Mr.  F.  W.  JAMESON, 
Tenors:  Mr.  OTTO  SOLDAN,  Violuust;  Mr.  HKNRY 
GALT.  Baritone  and  Humorist;  Messrs.  C.  A.  CABLE 
and  J.  G.  BIErCk.  Accompanists.  Tickets,  luoiudina 
reserved  seat^  50  cents.  For  sale  at  tbe  principal 
mueic  stores. 


____jiEGALJTOTIOES^__^ 

STATE  OF  NEW-VORK. IN  THB  COURT  OP 
Common  PleiM  for  tbe  City  and  County  of  New- 
York.— BENJAMIN  FLOYD,  Plaintiff,  against  ELIZA  S. 
UOUSMAN,  Susan  M.  Heal,  andAlbert  F.  Heal, her  hus- 
band, Sarah  A.  Henderson,  and  David  Henderson,  her 
husband,  James  C.  Housmaa,  William  H.  Housman,  Jo- 
seph U.  Housman.  Lis»ie  A.  Uousman,  Susan  Housman, 
Eliza  S.  Housman,  Administratrix  of  the  goods,  chattels, 
and  credits  ot  James  Housman.  deceased,  John  W.  Coch- 
ran, William  P.  Donaldson,  and  Abbott  L.  Mills,  defend- 
antB.—Summons  tor  relief.— To  the  defendants  and  each 
of  them  :  You  are  hereby  summoned  and  required  to  an- 
swer the  complaint  in  this  nctifa,  which  was  filed  in 
tbe  offloe  of  tbe  Clerk  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  ot 
the  City  and  County  of  New- York,  at  the  Court-house 
in  said  City,  on  the  27th  dav  of  November.  1876,  and 
to  serve  a  copy  ot  your  answer  to  the  said  complaint 
on  tbe  subscribers,  nt  their  office.  No.  6 1  Liberty  st., 
in  the  City  of  New-York,  within  twenty  days  after  the 
service  of  this  summons  on  you,  exclusive  of  the  day 
of  such  service;  and  if  you  fail  to  answer  the  said 
complaint  within  the  time  aforesaid,  the  plaintiff  in 
this  action  will  apply  to  the  court  for  i  he  relief  de- 
manded in  the  complaint —Dated  New-York,  ^ovem- 
ber,  1876.  ROE  k  MACKLIN, 
Jal9-law6wF                              Plaintiff's  Attorneys. 


SUPRBMR  OUCRT,  COUNTY  OF  QDEENS. 
—JACOB  HICKS,  plalatift,  ugainstJANE  E.  FOWLIi:), 
Seneoa  A  SwBlm  and  Jennie  H.  Hwalm,  bis  wife,  Wil- 
bur Rnahmore  and  Mistress  Wlibur  Rushmere,  bis 
wife,  defendants,— Summons— for  reUef.  (Com.  not 
served.)— To  the  defendants  above-named  and  each  of 
them  :  You  are  hereby  summoned  and  required  toan- 
swer  the  complaint  in  this  action,  which  haa  been  th». 
day  filed  In  the  offlee  of  'he  Clerk  of  the  County  of 
Qaeens,  at  the  village  of  Jamaica,  tn  the  said  county,  and 
to  serve  a  copy  ol  yaur  answer  to  the  said  complaint 
on  the  subscriber,  attau  office.  Ma  40  Court  street,  in 
the  City  of  Brooklyn.  County  of  Kings,  within  twenty 
days  after  the  service  of  this  summons  on  yon,  exclu- 
sive of  the  day  of  such  service;  and  if  you  fall  to  an- 
swer the  said  complaint  within  the  time  aforeasid,  the 
plaintiff  In  this  aoilon  will  apply  to  tbe  oourt  for  tho 
relief  demanded  in  the  complaiat— Dated  Brqokiyn, 
Aug.  22,  1876.  JOHN  H.  KNABBEL/ 

Plaintiff's  Attorney. 
The  said  omsplaiat  was  duly  filed  in  tbe  office  of  the 
Clerk  of  the  codnty  of  Qaerns,  at  the  village  of  Ja- 
mais in  Che  said  duBnty.  ^d  State  of  New-Tork,  ok 
theaaddATOf  Anntua*.  1878. 

,  lioaa  U.  XBABBBIr,  PlaiMia's  Attotamw. 

^a-lMm6vM*  ^ ,    ..      - 


INTERNATIONAL  ACADEMY    LECTUiiES. 

FRIDAY,  Feb.  2 — "  Switieriand  and  the  Alps." 

SATURDAY,  Feb.  3—"  Hamburg,  Berlin,  Potsdam." 

By  ADEIAN  J.  EBBLL,  M.  D.,  Director. 

Xnnstratedvrith  the  hydro-oxygen  stereoptlcon,  at  the 

HaU  of  the  Academy,  No.  18  Cooper  Union,  at  3:30  P. 

iL    Admission,  50  cents.     Lectures  every  afternoon. 
European  class  sails  April  6. 

piHARlTY  BENEFIT  IN  AID  OP  THB  EOSEN- 

DALE  MISSION.— The  School  for  Scandal,  at  th« 
Lyceum  Theatre,  Feb.  3.  by  the  leading  members  of 
tho  New-York  and  Brooklyn  Societies.  Tickets  for 
Bale  at  the  theatre  all  day  Saturday,  an  1  at  the  priik 
clpal  hotels  dniing  the  week. 

SAN   FRANCISCO  MINSTRELS. 

The    "BBWARD  OP   MERIT"— SUCCSSS.I       Opera 
The  new  Opera  Bouffte.  Mnsio  bv  Offenbach        Housa 

THE  HAPPY  MOKE,  and  a  Broadway. 

GORGEOUS  JAPANESE  DIORAMIC  Scene. |ai:d  29th  s^ 
MaTINEE  SATURDAk  at  2.     Beats  secured. 


LECTUEES. 


COOPER  UNION   FREE  LECTURES 

IN  THE  GREAT  HALL,  AT  8  O'CLOCK  P.  M. 

The  second  division  of  the  course  <for  1876-7  willbs 
as  follows :  

Feb.  3.  1877— Rev.  B.  C.  WINES,  of  New- York  City, 
on  '■  Prison  Reform.V  considered  In   Its  relation  to  the 

legislation  required  by  the  Constitution  of  our  State 
as  recently  amended. 

Feb.  10,  17,  24.  and  March  3— Four  lectures  by  Dr. 
A  B.  CEOSBT,  of  New-Yerk  City.  Subjects—'-  Tho 
Hnman  Foot,"  "  AnseBthesia,"  "The  Human  Hand," 
•'  The  Model  Sick  Room." 

Match  10  and  17— Two  lectures  by  Prof.  O.  P.  BAR. 

KKR,  of  Philadelphia.  Subiects — '•  Magneto-Electric. 
Ity."     "  The  Gramme  Machine." 

March  24— B.  W.  RAYMOND,  Ph.  D.,  of  New-York 
aty.  Subject—*'  The  Signal  Service  and  the  Law  oi 
storms." 

Marob  31— Prof.  T.  O.  MRNDESHALL,  of  Columbia, 
Ohio.    Suyeot— ••  Capillarity." 

Tickets  can  be  had  gratis  at  the  office  of  the  Cooper 
TTnion,  and  at  D.   Van  Nostrand's  book  store,  No.  23 
Murray  st 
»  — I— ■  — ^^ 


INSTRUCTION. 

Collegiate    Institute, 

no.  40  WASiUNGfON   SQDARK,  NKW-YoXi  Cirt, 

GKO.  W.  CLARKA,  Ph.  D.,  Prlnjipal. 
Prepares  pupils  of  all  ages  for  tvMness  or  eollegt. 


PARENTS  AND  GUARDIANS.— A  LaDY  LTV. 
ing  in  a  healthy  country  place  near  New-York  will 
reeefve  into  her  family  two  or  three  children,  to  whom 
ebe  will  give  the  comtorts  of  a  homa  a  mothex'a  care, 
and  educational  advantages  if  desired:  best  of  refer- 
ences given  and  required.  Address  H.  T,,  Box  No.  327 
TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.   1,257  BROADWAY. 


CHARLIBR  LNSTITUTK, 

CENTRAL  PARK,   NBW-YoRK. 

Boarding   and   Day  .School   for    boys    from  seven  to 

twenty  yearj  old. 


DREW  SEMINARY    AND   FEMALE    COLLEGE, 
Carmel,  N.  Y.— For  both  sexes.    Rates  reasonable. 
A  school  for  earnest  work.    Spring  session  Feb.  19. 
GBO.  C.  SMITa  A  .M. 


FORT  WASHINGTON  FKENCH  AND  ENG- 
LISH Institute,  I7l8t  St.  and  King's  Bridge  Road, 
N.  1.  Citv.— 22d  year,  2d  sessiou,  opens  Feb,  1.  Pupils 
prepared  tor  college  or  business.  V.  Prevost,  PrlncipuL 


MRS.  PARKS'  BOARDING  AND  DAY 
school  tor  .young  ladies,  New-tJmnswiofc.  N.  J., 
opens  its  next  session  Feb.  5.  Circulars  sent  if  desired. 
Terms  moderate. 


ANTHON    GRAMMAR     SCHOOL,    NO.    253 
Madison  av;    college  and  business;    the  rates  ol 
tuition  have  tieen  reduced.  t 


TEACHEES. 


WANTED— A  BESIDENT  TEACHER  FOR  ONE  Ol 
tbepablio  institutioaslQ  this  City.  Ladies  who 
have  had  at  least  five  years^  successful  experience  in 
teaching  tne  English  branches  in  publio  or  private 
sehocU  will  address  PRINCIPAL,  Box  Na  253  TlMBf 
UP-TOWN  OFFIGli,  NO.  1.257  BEOADWaY. 


tJARTNER  WANTED-IN  A  GOOD,  WELL. 
Jt  established,  and  profitable  business,  centrally  lo- 
-^ijated  in  the  Citv  of  Boehester,  comprising  stoves,  tin, 
and  sheet-iron  ware,  botue-fnrnishlng  goods,  and  gen- 
eral! obbing  work  A  capital  of  $8,000  required.  Ad- 
dress K.,  Box  No.  145  Tifnes  offloe,  or  EDWARD  JONES. 
Rochester,  No.  16  South  St  Paul  st. 


A  PHILADELPHIA  HOUSE  WHO  MAHU. 
faoture  and  deal  extanBivel.v  in  woolen  goods,  bav. 
ing  a  large  Westorn  and  local  trade,  are  desirous  oi 
proonrlog  an  account  of  Spring  goods  on  oommisaion  j 
can  iumish  the  best  ot  references.  Address  C  R.,  Bod 
XO.  137  ntnM  Offica 


-C<OR  SALE.— A  LARGB  VILUHBBT  AND  OBBSB- 
JT  maslBC  establtslinMut  doing  »  flrst-oiaas  biunnesa. 
setts Hadwry  seasons  fat  disitostagef  amm*.  Address 
M.p^iMa»r^^^j>^s  TIMBS   UP-TOWB  OVFlctf  - 


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THE  INSVBANCE  TkOUBLES. 
MB.  JOHN  J.  AXDEB80N,  RECEIVEB  OF  TBE 

CONTIKKNTAL     UVK    COMPAITr,    BESIGKS 

HIS  OFFICB. 
Jut  tbo  first  hearine  before  Mr.  William  Allen 
Eatler.the  Beferee  in   the  matter  of  Stwpken  £112- 

liiii  aed  otbeta  aetinit  the  Coctlueatal  Life  In* 
aaraaoe  Campany,  cowiael  for  the  petitioner  noved 
that  the  Kefiaree  make  a  apecial  report  to  the  oonri 
xeqatrins  Mt  John  J.  AnderBon,  the  Beceiver  of 
tha  company,  to  furnish  adaicional  boodamen  in 
place  of  littther  "W.  Froat.  the  former  Presi- 
dent of  ttte  concern,  and  R.  C.  Froat,  one 
©f  ite  Directora,  with  a  view  ot  secnrine  the  satetv 
of  the  funds.  Go  tbe  foUowlne  Monday  Mr.  Butler 
filed  a  report  to  that  effect  before  Judge  Gilbert,  In 

the  Supreme  Court,  in  Brooklyn,  and  an  order  was 
entered  directing  tbo   Keceivor  to  file  a  new  bond 

for  $200,000.  With  two  Baretieg.    This  he  failed  to 

do.  and  yesterday  the  matter  wae  bron^ht  to  the 
attention  of  Judge  Pratt,  who,  on  motion 
of  Mr.  Moses,  counsel  for  the  petitioner, 
Craotedan  order  to  the  Receiror  to  flie  the  required 
bonds  within  24  boars  or  show  cause  why  he  should 
not  be  removed  from  the  position  of  Eecelver. 
Some  such  move  as  thin  bad  no  aonbt  been  aotici- 
pated,  ai|h  later  in  the  day  Mr.  John  L.  Hill, "of 
coqnsel  for  the  Receiver,  appeared  in  court  and 
presented  to  Jnalice  Pratt  a  petition  which 
Bet  forth  that  the  petitioner,  John  J.  Anderson, 
bad  be.en,ap^ointed  to  the  position  of  Keceiver  of 
the  Continental  Life  Insurance  Company,  on  Oct. 
25  k»9t,  in  aiL  action  brousrht  by  John  O.  Hoyt  for 
the  dissolunqn  of  the  corporation  ;  that  he  had  at 
once  entered  upon  th«  duties  of  his  office  in  ac- 
curdant^  with  the  order  of  the  court,  and 
that  he  has  pqrl'ormed  all  ihe  daties  required 
of  bim;  that  he  then  came  into  po.sse!(aion  ot 
all  the  property  of  the  company  and  a  number  of 
valuable  Hecurities  that  had  been  illegally  trans- 
feirefl.  The  pet  itioner  further  sets  forth  that  he 
bad  with  ntbfulness  disoharced  (be  duties  of  bis 
D£5ce,  and  that  be  bad  been  subjected  to  much  nn- 
faivurable  criticism  and  assailed  as  being  in  coUnaion 
w^fh  the  former  -officers  of  the  oorporaiion. 
Baiides  this,  the  Superintendeut  of  the  Insu- 
rance Departtnent  of  the  State  had  beKun,  throujjU 
Ihe  Attorney  General,  m  the  Third  Department  of 
the  Supreme  Court,  proceodings  lor  the  removal  of 
the  petitioner  as  Receivsr  on  the  ground  that  he 
■was  appointed  bv  collusion  and  fraad.  The  pell- 
ticiner  intended  to  oontinae  and  complete  his  duiies. 
but  the  demand  on  bis  time,  patience,  and  endu- 
rance is  80  ereat  that  be  desires  to  be  relieved.  He 
tharefora  prays  that  the  court  will  accept  his  re- 
Bignatiun    and    appoint    a    suitable  person    to  act  in 

bis  Stead  ;  that  rea-Hooable  compensation  be  allowed 
to  bim.  and  that  a  reference  be  ordered  to  pass  bia 
acconnts. 

Jasiice  Pratt  after  hearins  oonnsel,  granted  an 
order  to  the  parties  lu  interest,  of  whom  there  are 
abuat  30,  to  show  cause  why  the  praj'er  of  the  paii- 
tioo  should  not  D«  (p-anted  and  another  Receiver 
pppointeii.  Toe  order  is  returnable  on  Saturday 
Bocrnjns,  and  will  be  aervad  on  the  Insurance  De- 
partaient  90  that  it  may  have  some  voice  in  the  ae- 
itctioa  of  ihtj  Receiver  to  succeed  Mr.  Anderson. 


THE  SECURITY  LIFE  COMPANY. 
(Jp  to  a  lata  hour  last  iNisht  none  ot'  the  offi- 
Kers  of  the  Security  Life  Insarance  and  Annuity 
Company,  azainat  whom  the  Grand  Jury  have 
Vuund  Indictments,  were  arrested.  Nor  bad  they, 
»f  far  as  could  be  learned  yesterday,  received  no- 
tic)  from  the  District  Attorney  to  procure 
bill.  The  indictment  of  Robert  L.  Case, 
Preaident,  and  Rubeit  L.  Case,  Jr.,  Actuary, 
tor  pfjury,  has  caused  a  considerable  feeUng  of 
anxiety  atuone  their  frienda  in  Nowburg.  Mr. 
Case,  the  President,  has  long  been  a  resident  of 
that  czry,  occupyioic  a  handsome  residence 
oa  Grand  street,  one  of  the  mo«t 
Yai>bional>le  thorouKhfares  in  the  City. 
He  was  con.'^idened  to  be  a  gentleman  of  spotless 
Jategrlty,  and  his  family  hare  moved  in  the 
"wealthiest  and  mast  fashionable  society.  Sines  the 
bLCuntycoilapsed.Mr.Case  has  disposed  of  bis  horses 
<excepc  one)  aud  was;ou»,  dischargea  both  bis  nouse- 
iii^ld  servants  auri  B:ablemen.  and  returned  to  cbe 
eioiplicity  in  living  to  which  be  was  formerly 
compelled  to  adhere  on  account,  a«  is  stated, 
lot  a  tailure  in  bust.aess.  li  is  said  toat  Mr.  Case 
Iliad  the  ^^reatesC  faitL'  up  to  the  la.st  moment  in  the 
Solvency  of  the  Secoj'ify,  or  at  least  Us  ability  to 
tide  over  any  financial  euibsrrassmeot,  it  might 
bave  bad  bauglug  over  its  head.  Mr.  Case  is  a 
brumluent  member  ot  ti'ie  Board  of  Education  of 
Kuvvour^,  ana  has  always  tai^en  the  greatest  inter- 
Eofriu  toe  public  schools.   , 


THE  NEW-JEK3EY  MUIUAL. 
'  All  efforts  to  find  3Ir.  J.  H.  Stedwell,  the 
President  of  the  Jfew-Jersey  Mutual  Life  Insarance 
Couoopany,  Dave  ibna  far  tailed.  Regarding  the  re- 
Cdoc  transfer  of  tbe  assets  of  that  conearn  to  the 
3sation:il  Capitol  of  Wasiiington,  nothing  further 
:bati  been  learned,  and  the  officials  of  both  companies 
•*r8  now  awaiting  the  deci.sion  of  the  Conrt  of  Chan- 
cevy,  before  which  the  question  ut  tbe  receivership 
MU  be  argued  on  Taesj.iy  next. 

LABOR  TROTJBLES  IN  BROOKLYN. 

ta.E     STRIKE     Ob'     THE    'LONGSHOREMEN — A 

JiOISY     PARADE      AND      DEMOKSTRATION 

-  ALONG     THE     EAST     RIVKR     FRONT — SE- 

KaorS     AFFRAYS— THE     POLICK     GUARD- 

ISrfx   THK    STOKES. 

The  Strike  of  the  Brooklyn  'longahoremen, 
.which  commenced  last  Monday,  still  continues. 
STosterday  the  strikers  were  joined  b.y  150  men  who 
lamed  out  from  Harbeck's  stores,  on  f urman 
street,  near  Pulton.  A  large  force  of  Police  is  sta- 
^oned  at  diQerent  points  along  the  waterfront,  to 
jirevent  the  strikers  oflfering  violence  to  the  men' 
who  have  been  brought  from  Ifew-York  to  fill  their 
places.  The  ertetit  of  territory  to  be  covered  is, 
Jiow<»Fer,  so  great,  and  the  Brooklyn  Police 
^orce  so  smaU,  that  some  points  have  necea- 
eafiiy  been  left  uncovered.  Oa  Thursday 
the  strikers  brofca  into  the  Central  stores. 
aad  assaulted  in  a  moat  brutal  manner 
a  number  of  German  and  Italian  workmen.  Tes- 
terdav  a  dinposiiion  to  use  violence  was  shown  at 
eeveral  of  the  warehouses,  but  the  Police  arrange- 
ments made  by  Inspector  Waddy  were  so  complete 
tbat  the  more  riotous  of  the  strikers  were  kept  in 
cbaclc.  A  number  of  men  working  at  the  Pranklin 
stores,  near  tha  Atlantic  Basin,  were  attacked  by 
tne  strikers  about  3  o'clock  yesterday  afternoon. 
Dae  of  the  strikeis  gDt  into  the  scores  by  a  rear 
door,  and  then  oneaed  the  gate  for  bis  fellows. 
^cst  of  the  workmen  escaped,  but  tbe 
lollowing  were  woitnded :  Loais  Loyn,  Fred- 
encH  Haberlln,  Oeorge  Lash  man,  and 
•Jai;ou  Schuber.  The  latter  received  a  severe 
tiC4lp  wound  and  was  taken  to  the  Long  Island 
College  Hospital.  The  otiers,  who  were  but  slightly 
tvonndeC.  were  abki  io  return  to  their  homes  in 
2'OW-York.  In  the  opinuon  of  the  Police  authorl- 
;t!es  lue  Chief  danger  arising  Irom  tbe  present 
movement  among  the  grain  abovelera,  is  from 
'ice  fact  tbat  tUere  are  thousands  of  men  oat  of  em- 
tiiDvment  iu  this  City  and  Brooklyn  who  naturally 
visit  the  scene  ot  the  strike,  auU  being  themselves 
Du  the  verge  of  starvation,  are  rendorea  desperate 
Slid  easily  moved  to  violence  by  those  who  are 
lijtoual.v  inclined. 

The  i^oiice  arrangements  are  as  good  as  the  num- 
ber ot  the  force  will  admit  of.  At  Bartlett  and 
E-reeu's  stores  there  were  statioDetl  a  Sergeant  and 
15  paixjimen  ;  atHarljeck's  stores,  2  Sergeants  and 
15  patrolmen ;  ac  the  loot  ot  Joraleuion  etr(vt  a 
bergeant  aud  15  men ;  at  Hazeltine  Brothers'  stuies, 
Xoot  ot  Pacific  street,  2  Sergeants  aad.30  men,  and  at 
their  stores  at  the  foot  of  Irving  street,  2  Sergeants 
and  20  men  ;  and  at  the  Atianiio  Basin  2  Sergoants 
and  15  men,  making  a  total  of  120  officers  and  men, 
all  armed  with  revolvers  aud  heavy  clubs.  In  ad- 
rtitiou,  all  the  remaining  "reserres"  of  the  city 
■were  under  waiting  orders  in  the  statlon-Quoses, 
and  conld  be  summoned  by  telegraph  from  bead- 
qu  irters  by  Superintendent  Catnubell  at  a  moment's 
tiiilmanon  Irom  either  the  Second,  Third,  or 
llieventhPreci.ict  Statlon-houaea,  the  neareat  sta- 
tions to  the  dofcks.  Inapector  Waddy  was  in  com- 
jnanu  1  f  the  men,  with  Drill  Capt.  Jewett  aotiag 
Bs  bis  Lieutenant,  and  Capts.  Crafts,  Smith,  Leavy, 
«nd  Rsiily  assistijig. 

^buui  9  o'clock  yesterday  morning  the  strikers 
assemoled  at  Red  Hook  Point  and  marched  along 
the  river  front  to  the  Empire  atores.  At  their  bead 
-n-ao  a  band  of  music,  and  as  they  marched  the  ranks 
■were  rapidly  swaliea  by  new  additions.  Many  of 
xijose  in  the  crowd  had  come  from  New-York.  The 
ebeenug  of  the  men  ok  they  paraded 
the  streets  waa  so  Insiy  as  to  drown 
the  efforts  of  tbe  six  mnsiciana  who 
formed  the  band.  Dividing  the  oolamn  into 
two  iiodies,  the  le.tder.  a  tall  man  dressed  in  gray 
clothes,  who  carried  a  large  sUok.  directed  the  men 
to  march  ua  to  the  dock  in  front  of  the  Empire 
etores.  Tbe  divisions  met  in  front  of  the  stores,  and 
aD  once  commenced  10  search  tor  any  worsmen  who 
luigbt  have  aooapted  the  iW  cents  an  hoar  offered  by 
Tbeeaiployars.  Just  at  this  Jouotore  a  aqnad  of 
Police  who  had  followed  the  strikers  from  Har- 
oeck's  stores  in  I^arman  atreet,  entered  the  gate  on 
Dock  sueet  eo  tba  doable-quick,  and  with  their 
duos  in  tnoir  bands  drovs  back  tbe  crowd.  Tbe 
Bunad  numbered  18  men  and  was  commanded  by 
Cipt  Crafu,  with  Sergu.  Meeks,  Strong  and  Car- 
lUiiher  Some  ot  the  men  were  anwilliug  to  leave 
tho  dock,  but  the  shako  of  tba  oflacers'  staffs  showed 
them  that  they  meant  business.  After  about  10 
tninutes  the  dock  waa  entirely  cleared.  The  men 
w.ore  completely  demoralnad.  Some  of  them  took 
the  Catherine  ferry-boat  to  New- York.  The  band 
Had  and  there  was  no  attempt  made  to  rally  the 
lorc'ee,  Alter  some  lime  they  returned  by  different 
roates  to  their  old  stands  along  Fnrman  and  Colnm- 
hia  streets.  Intiraidatioa  is  being  nsed  by  me 
lOrikeri  and  It  bj  teared  that  the  strike  will  become 
general  among  the  'iouKshoremen  on  Ihenver  Iront. 

BV&IED  AIjIVE. 

While  cleaning  a  well  45  feet  deep  onJere- 
mian  ValentJue'a  farm,  Jamaica  road,  FlMblng, 
\.Tjt  laiaad.  yertefd»y_»t«erw)«n.  John  auids.  «•«. 


barled  alive.    Th^  sides  of  the  well  cared  in,  and 
n  waa  binnoaaibleta  rescue  bim. 


I  boapoaaible;**  rescn^e  bim 

TBE  CHAMBER  OF  eOMMERCE. 
SUGGESTIONS  FOR  THE  MBIKOROLOGIOAL 
COMMITTER — MEMORIALS  FROM  THS 
CHICAGO  BOARD  OF  TRADE  ASKING  FOR 
THE  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  A  DEPART- 
MENT OF   COMMKRCS. 

The  Chamber  of  Commeroe  met  yesterday, 
Mr.  S.  D.  Baboock  in  the  chair.  Mr.  Henry  B.  An- 
cbincloas,  Mr.  William  H.  Lyon,  ULt.  William  Suls- 
baoher,  Mr.  Frederick  Taylor,  and  Mr. 
William  Tilden  were  elected  members. 
A  communication  was  received  from  Signal  Officer 
H.  H.  C.  Dun  woody,  by  Mr.  Paul  N.  Spofford.  call- 
ing attention  to  tbe  report  by  the  Signal  Inspectora 
that  the  members  of  the  meteorological  commlttses 

iu  some  cities  are  not  thoroazhly  acquainted  with 
the  duties  pertaining  to  the  office.  The  Chiet  Sig- 
nal Olllcar  ot  the  Army  has  requested  that  members 

of  the  meteorological  committees  should  be  appoint- 
ed directly  by  the  Chief  Signal  Officer,  and  that  in- 
structions   lor  the     suidance    of    the    committees 

should  be  issaod  by  him.  The  Signal  Officer  asked 
that  tbe  lollowing  resolution  should  be  adopted  : 

Resolvta.  That  tbe  Heteorolosical  Committee  of  the 
chamber  shall  be  a  permanent  committer,  and  that' 
the  names  ot  the  membera  and  any  change  in  member- 
ship be  in  each  case  t'ormally  notiSad  to  the  Chief  Sig- 
nal Officer  of  the  Army.  Tbe  committee  will  confer 
with  the  Chief  Sijj[nai  Officer,  and  will  bring  before  the 
ehamt>er  all  matters  requiring  its  aotioa  or  relating  to 
aid  needed  for,  or  improvement  of.  the  r<igual  tJervlce. 

The  matter  waa  rsferred  to  the  Committee  on 
Harbor  and  Shipping. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Guatav  Schwab,  Mr,  8.  D.  Bab- 
cock  was  added  to  the  Committee  on  Bank  Taxa- 
tion, which  will  bave  a  bearing  before  tbe  Banking 
Committee  ot  tbe  House  of  Hepreaentatives  on 
Wednesday  next. 

A  commnnioation  from  the  Cheap  Transportation 
Association  relative  to  the  Belgian  Cable  Towing 
aystem  waa  received  and  referred  to  a  committee 
of  tive  members,  who  wera  appointed  by  the  Presi- 
dent a*  follows  :  Mr.  S.  B.  Rugglea,  Mr.  J.  F 
Henry,  Mr.  W.  H.  Fogg,  Mr.  J.  S.  T.  Sfraoahan, 
and  Mr.  Paul  N.  Spofford. 

A  number  of  memoriiila  from  the  Chicago  Board 
of  Trade,  addressed  to  Congres*,  were  received  and 
referred  to  the  Execatire  Committee.  They  ask 
for  the  establishment  of  a  Goveroment  Department 
of  Commerce,  to  be  charged  with  tne  supervision 
and  care  of  the  oommeroial.  agrioultaral,  manntac- 
tnring,  and  mining  interests  of  the  IJalted  States; 
tbat  its  bankrnot  laws  shall  be  amended  aud  sim- 
plified ;  that  correspondence  shall  be  opened  »Tith 
the  Government  of  Gieat  Bntaln  with  a  view  to  se- 
curing immunity  for  the  shipping  of  tbe  United 
States  from  payment  of  light  dues  In 
the  ports  of  tbo  Uaited  Kingdom;  tbat  an 
earlv    and    euiire     revision    of     the    international 

reyeuue  aystem  of  the  country  shall  be 
made,  and  that  all  existing  laws  be  inodified  ao  as 
to  produce  the  largest  mrenue  on  the  smallest  list 
of  articles  ;  tbat  a  law  shall  ba  enacted  regalating 
the  issue,  negotiability,  ana  use  of  bills  ot  Udlog, 
railroad  receipts,  and  other  evidences  of  the  re- 
ceipts and  possession  of  property  of  eommon 
earners  for  transportation  abroad  or  between 
States ;  and  asking  that  the  President  appoint 
tbree  Commissioners  to  confer  with  Commibsioners 
authorized  by  tbe  Government  of  Great  Britain  to 
investigate  and  ascertain  on  what  basis  a  treaty  of 
reciprocal  trade  for  the  mutual  benefit  of  the  United 
States  and  tbe  Dominion  of  Canada  can  be  nego- 
tiated. 

Mr.  Henry  M.  Tabor  directed  attenuon  to  tbe 
fact  that  a  bill  tor  the  modification  ot  the  Usury 
law  was  befoie  the  Laglalaturd,  aud  asked  that  a 
memorial  should  be  prepared  and  presented  to  that 
boily.  A  reaolution  to  that  effect  waa  referreu  to 
the  Executive  Committee. 


INTER-COLLEGIA  IE   ASSOCIA  TION. 
A    PERMANENT     ORGANIZATION    TO     BE     EF- 
FECTED— PLAN    FOR     A    NEW    CONSTIIU- 
TION  ADOPTED— SPECIALISTS  NOT  TO  BE 
COMPETITORS  FOR   HONORS. 

A  meeting  of  the  Inter-Collegiate  Literary 
Association  wi«s  held  yesterday  atternoon  at  the 
Fifth  Avenue  Hotel  for  tbe  purpose  of  reorgaoiz- 
ing  tbe  society  upon  a  permaueut  basis.  There 
were  present  Eugene  Frere,  of  Cornell,  who  occu- 
pied the  chair,  and  delegates  from  Syraonsa.  Ham.l- 
ton.  New- York  University,  'Wesleyan,  North 
Western  University,  Princeton,  Rntgers,  St.  John's, 
of  Fordbam,  College  of  the  City  of  New- York,  and 
Williams.  After  a  lone  diacaasioo.  the  report  of 
the  Committee  ot  College  Presidei:ta,  recommend- 
ing the  plan  of  a  new  coostltutioa  was  adopted.  It 
is  as  foUows  : 

1.  Tbe  Inter-Collegiate  Literary  Association  shall 
consist  of  such  students  as  are  pursuing  a  general 
course  tor  their  first  degree,  or  those  who  have 
taken  their  degree  in  such  course  within  a  year,  in 
tbe  associated  colleges,  and  of  the  uumtiera  ot  their 
Faculties  of  Instruction,  with  such  other  persons  as 
may  k>ecome  united  with  them  uudur  tbia  Cooatitu- 
tion. 

2.  Tbe  management  of  tbe  association  shall  be 
vested  in  a  Council  of  Regents.  Tnuae  shall  be 
chosen  by  three  electoral  bodies,  Facnities.  students, 
and  fellows.  There  ahall  be  one  representative 
from  each  of  the  faculties  of  tbe  academic  de- 
partments of  tbe  aasociated  c(>llege!<.  There 
shall  be  a  like  uumijer  cboaen  by  the 
senior  and  iunior  clashes  of  the  associated 
colleges.  There  shall  be  a  like  numiier  chosen  bv 
tbe  fellows  of  the  association,  whicb  body  of  fellows 
stiall  consist  of  all  who  have  examioed  candioa.'es 
for  honors,  of  those  who  nave  taken  prisea,  being 
graduate*,  and  of  honorary  members,  not  exceediug 
a  dozen  at  any  one  time,  chosen  by  the  follows  be- 
cause of  their  eminence  In  literainre,  science,  or 
philosophy,  or  becanse  they  havu  rendered  im- 
portant services  to  the  association. 

3.  These  reoresentativea,  constituting  the  Board 
of  Regents  aforesaid,  shall  be  abosen  annually  bv 
ballot.  They  nhaJI  be  called  to  meet  iu  council  by 
the  Preaident  of  the  Association. 

4.  A  President,  Vice  President  Seoretary,  and 
Treasurer  of  tbe  Association,  shall  be  chosen  by 
joint  ballot  bv  the  Council  of  Regents,  ana  sbail 
continue  in  office  two  j-aarn,  until  their  successors 
shall  be  appointed. 

5.  The  Council  of  Regents  at  Ita  annual  meeting 
ahall  appoint  an  Acting  Committee. wbicb  shall  meet 
in  New- York  City  and  execute  the  resolutions  of 
the  Council  of  Regents. 

6.  In  all  questions  before  the  Board  of  Regents 
no  member  of  tbat  board  shall  vote  by  proxy, 

7.  The  competitors  for  examination  shall  preaent 
a  statement  of  the  studies  pursued  by  tnein  in  their 
college  or  university  course  to  the  examiners  in  tne 
respective  departments  for  examination  at  least  one 
month  before  tbe  examinations  occnr.  These  state- 
ments shall  be  certiiled  to  by  the  President  of  the 
college  to  whicb  the  students  belong.  Tbe  exam- 
iners ahsll  noon  this  statement  decioa  upon  the  eli- 
gibility of  tne  students  for  competition. 

After  tbe  adoption  of  the  report,  a  committee  of 
five  was  appointed  to  prepare  a  new  constitution, 
based  upon  the  plan  suggested  bv  the  Committee 
of  College  Presidents.    It  was  also  resolved   tha\ 

tbe  committee  of  five  .should  complete  their  labors 
by  Feb.  15,  and  ihat  the  oifiereoc  colleges — the  rote 
Ot  two-thirds  of  wblcb  cast  In  favor  of  the  uew  con- 
stitution should  make  it  binding  upon  the  associa- 
tion— should  expreaa  their  approval  or  disapproval 
of  tbe  constitution  oy  March  5.  After  the  aaoption 
of  a  resolution  giving  the  old  Executive  Committee 
ot  the  assooiation  power  to  coniiiine  its  labors  until 
the  organization  of  tne  Council  of  Regents,  the 
association  adjourned. 

LOW  CANAL    TOLLS, 

ACTION    OP    THE    BOARD     OF    MANAGERS    OF 
THE         PRODUCE       EXCHANGE — RESOLU- 
TIONS     IN      FAVOR      OF     CHEAP     CANAL 
TRANSPORTATIO.V, 
A  meotinj;  of  tbo  Board  of  Managers  of  the 
Produce  Exchange  waa  held  yestarda.v,  Mr.  L.  J.  N. 
Stark,  the  Preaidisnt,    in  tbe   chair.     A  vacancy   in 
the  board,  caused  by  the  reaiguation  of  Mr.  Hora- 
tio Reed,  was  filled  by  tbe  election   of  Mr.  Monroe 
Crane.     Messrs.  .Tohn   G.    Dale,    Frederick  Meiss- 

ner,  and  P.  C.  Bugert  were  appoioted  the  Com- 
plaint Committee  for  February.  The  lollowing 
resolutions  were  presented  and  unanimously 
adopted : 

Whtreas,  The  New-Yorr  Produce  Exchange  view 
witli  serious  coucero  tbe  change  that  has  ot  late  beeu 
taking  place  iu  the  relations  ot  New-Vork  City  to  cbe 
gram  trade  of  the  We  it,  throngh  the  extraordinary 
efforts  making  by  and  in  behalf  of  other  ports  whose 
natural  advauiages  are  in  no  respect  eaual  to  her 
own  ; 

WTiereat.  The  City  of  New-Tork  has  in  her  State 
canals  an  auxiliary  whicb,  it  properly  availed  or,  is 
capable  of  mniDtaluing  her  position  as  the  great  ex- 
port and  impoit  City  of  the  noantry  ; 

Whereat,  ft  shomd  ever  be  kept  iu  mind  that  the 
the  bne  uanal  was  not  desi^^nod  for  revenue  merply, 
but  rather  to  secure  tor  our  state  those  iuuitect  but 
larger  rewards  which  come  from  tbe  control  of  com- 
merce ; 

Betolved,  Tbat  the  Canal  Board  be  requested  to  take 
such  steps  as  shall  la  their  Judgment  ue  deemed  best 
calculated  to  enable  the  Erie  (.;aual  to  carry  out  the 
purpose  for  which  itwasbaUt— to  bring  the  products 
or  the  vv  est  tbrouifh  to  ttie  seaboird  at  ths  lowest 
possible  cost  of  transportation :  and  to  this  end  we 
heartily  approve  or  the  vinws  expressed  •)y  his  Excel- 
lencv  Qov.  Robins. >niu  his  annual  Uessage  to  the  Le- 
gislature, wherein  ne  says  that  "  the  question  of  high 
or  low  toils  in  the  present  condition  and  prosi>eots  of 
canal  tranaportation  is  one  about  which  there  would 
seem  to  be  no  difference  of  uplnlon." 

lUMolved,  That  a  copy  of  the  loregoinf  be  aent  to  the 

several  members  of  toe  Canal  Board  and  of  the  Legis- 
lature, to  his  Bxcoilency  Qov,  Robinson,  and  to  the 
Buffalo  Board  of  I'rade. 

A  mass  meeting  of  all  who  are  Intereated  in  the 
matter  of  low  canal  tolls  will  ba  held  In  the  Cooper 
Institute  on  Wednesday  evening,  Feb.  7,  at  .7:30 
o'clock.    Hr.  Peter  Cooper  will  preside. 

ABRlYALa  AT  THB  HOTELS. 

Hon.  John  M.  Francis,  of  Troy,  is  at  the  St. 
Jamea  Hotel, 
Key.  Dr.  Wood,  of  Flttefield,  Maes.,  is  at    the 

Westminster  IIoteL 

Wiliias  Stloknoy,  of  the  United  States 
Indian  CommisMno,  is  at  the  Fifth  Avauue  U->(«1, 

Capt.  Edmund  Molynetiz,    tf  tbo  BrttlsU 
Anny,  and  Dantol  lUcoiu,  QX.0x4eubar2i-V>  If-M, 
^aaa  sjLtha  JBxarett  Honste.,-'''^ 


MUNICIPAL  AFFAIRS. 


THE   COMMON   COUNCIL. 
TAMMANY  ALDERMEN  MAKING  WAR  ON  THE 

COMMISSIONER       OF       PUBI,IC     "WOHKB 

FROPOdEO      VNDEBOBOUMD     RAILROAD 

FROM  THE  CITY  HALL    TO     THK    6BAND 

CENTRAL  RAILROAD   DEPOT — A   PROJECT 

TO    FILL    UP    MARSHY  LANDS    ON     THR 

EAST  RIVER  WITH   ASkss   AND     STREET 

SWEEPINGS. 

For  some  time  past  the  relations  between  the 

Democratic  members  of  the  Board  of  Aldrrmen  and 

Mr.  Allan  Campbell,  tbe  Commissioner  of  Public 

Works,  have  not  been  of  a  very  nieaaant  character. 

ft  ia  aaid  that  tbe  disagreement  waa  oaused  by  tbe 

actiob  of  Mr.  Campbell  In  appointing  a  nnmber  of 

inapectora  to  report  anv  waate  of  Craton  water  they 

might    discover     while     visiting    dwelling-houses, 

faotoriea,  &c..  -witbonk  diridinK  this   and  other 

patronage  among  some  of  the  City  Fatbera  who  bad 
voted  for  his  c  infirmatlon.  Yesterday,  however, 
when  the  Board  of  Alderman  met,  two  of  Ita  mem. 
bera  made  open  war  on  the  Commissioner.  One  ot 
them,  Mr.  Tuomey,  offered  a  reaolution  reciting 
tbat  Mr.  Campbell  received  a  salars^  of  flO.OOO  a 
year;  that  the  offlos  ne  Peld  was  an  Impor- 
tant one,  requiring  his  undivided  attention; 
that  he  also  holds  the  position  of  Preaident  of  the 
Consoliilation  Coal  Company,  a  position  wbicb  fre- 
quently obliged  him  to  visit  Baltimore  ana  other 
places  at  a  great  distance  from  this  City;  tbat  In 
some  instances  it  was  necessary  to  forward  papers 
requiring  his  signature  to  those  places.  The  reso- 
lutions then  request  the  Mayor  to  inquire  whether 
Mr.  Campbell  is  holding  the  two  positions  named, 
and  in  case  he  Is,  that  he  request  bim  to  resign 
either  of  the  positions,  and  in  the  event  ot  hit 
neglect  or  refusal  to  do  ao,  that  the  Mayor  take  the 
necessary  measures  to  remove  bim. 

Alderman  Tuomey  made  a  few  reraarka  on  tba 
spirit  of  the  resolutions,  and  wasfillowed  by  Alder- 
man Bryan  Reilly,  who  supported  them. 

Alderman  Piirroy  moved  tbat  the  whole  matter 
be  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Pnblic  Works. 
This  motion  was  the  signal  for  an  exciting  and 
acrimonious  debate. 

Alderman  Brvan Reilly  hoped  that  the  resolutions 
would  not  be  referred.  They  should  be  acted  upon 
at  once.     Tbe  proudest  day  of   his  life  waa  when  be 

voted  ai^ainst  makinc  Mr.  Campbell  Commis- 
sioner of  Public  Worka  Before  be  was  (x>nflrmed, 
a  son  of  tbe  Commissioner  said  he  wished  to  know 
"  if  that  Irish  rabble  waa  to  dictate  who  should  be 
head  of  the  Department  of  Pnblic  Works."  He  was 
assured  that  Mr.  Campbell's  son  bad  made  that  re- 
mark. "I  also  know."  continued  the  Alderman, 
'' taat  "members  of  this  bo^rd  have  been  discour- 
teously treated  la  Mr.  Campbell's  otBoe." 

Alderman  Morris— I  supported  Commisaiouer 
Campbell,  although  he  is  a  Democrat,  because  I  be. 
lieved  be  would  make  an  excallent  head  of  his  de- 
partment. 

Alderman  Bryan  Reilly  replied  that  Commis- 
sioner Campbell  was  not  a  Democrat  np  to  tbe 
year  1872,  and  that  bla  aoa,  Thomas  Cooper  Camp- 
bell, never  vo:ed  tbe  Democratic  ticket  until  be 
was  sent  to  the  Legislature.  In  regard  to  tbe  lat- 
ter'a  remark  about  the  Irl.th  rabble,  he  would  aay 
tbat  be  ftbe  apeakerl  was  an  Irishman,  and  tbat  the 
remark  waa  improper. 

Aldermaa  Morris  referrini;  to  the  statesaent  in 
the  resolution  that  Mr.  Campbell  held  two  positions 
aald  he  believed  that  all  Commlaaioneta  of  de- 
partments had  private  business  to  attend  te. 

Alderman  Cowing  remarked  that  the  gentleman 
[Mr.  Reilly]  had  let  tbe  cat  out  of  the  bac  by  com- 
plaining that  be  or  somebody  e'se  had  been  called 
an  Iri.shmao.  He  did  not  believe  that  gentlara<>n 
should  come  before  the  board  to  redress  their  per- 
sonal grievances.  If  they  preaentad  proper  cnargea 
let  them  be  fairly  luvestigaied. 

Mr.  Furroj'a  motion  to  roter  tne  resnlutions  to 
the  Committee  on  Public  Works  waa  adopted  by 
a  vote  of  16  to  6. 

Alderman  Cowing  introduced  a  resolution  re- 
qnesting  the  Corporation  Counsel  to  oxaoiine  the 
ordinances  in  relation  to  hoiatways.  and  in  case 
tbev  w^r«  defective  to  prepare  others  ao  aa  to  pre- 
vent accideut'^     It  waa  adopted. 

Alderman  Sneila  moved  that  the  Mayor  report  to 
the  board  the  number  of  City  railroad  oara  for  which 
no  licenae  tees  are  paid  in  this  City.    Adapted. 

Alderman  Purroy  submitted  aevaral  preambles 
and  resolutions  reciting  thnt  tbo  main  hope  of  a 
speedy  solution  of  the  rapid-trantt  question  lies  in 
the  extension  of  steam  traasit  from  tbe  Grand  Cen- 
tral Depot  to  the  City  Uall.  and  requesilog  the 
Mayor  to  ascertain  tbe  frasiollity  of  vonstructiug 
by  private  enterprise  an  underground  road,  com- 
mencing at  or  near  the  City  Hall,  and  connecting 
witn  the  rapid-trausit  trains  now  ranolng  on  to* 
Harlem  Road,  the  cost  ot  such  road,  iha  time  re- 
.qnired  lor  lUt  complstlon,  tbe  measures  necdsaarv 
to  obtain  :n  conformity  with  law  the  requisite  fran- 
cbiars,  and  all  other  matters  rplatlug  to  the  con- 
struction and  operation  of  such  road,  aud  tbat  he 
report  thereon  to  tbe  board.  Tbe  resolutions  were 
adopted. 

The  committee  appointed  to  Investigate  tbe 
charges  pieferred  against  Commissioner  Porter  and 
t.'ie  archnecta  ot  tbe  Third  District  Court-bonse, 
presented  a  majority  and  minority  repoit.  The 
firmer,  which  was  signed  by  Messrs.  Purroy  and 
Keenau,  stated  that  the  practice  whicb  prevailed  In 
the  case,  ot  charging  $10  fur  a  bill  of  quantities  and 
paving  a  percentage  on  the  amount  ot  tbe  contracts 
wlien  awarded,  was  a  pemiciona  one ;  tbat  to  some 
of  tne  bills  of  quantities  which  were  prepared  bv 
employes  of  the  architects  were  added  the  words: 
'■  add  three-quarters  of  1  per  cent,  for  quantities." 
This  amonct,  continues  the  report,  would  b«  a  loas 
to  the  City.  There  waa  no  oridenoe  tbat  the  archi- 
tects. Messrs.  Withers  &.  Vaux,  bad  any  peeuoury 
Interest  in  these  commissions,  but  they 
sod  CommiMSloaer  Porter  were  Cognizant  of 
the  matter,  and  shonld  have  stopped  it. 
Reference  is  next  made  to  the  practice  of  former 
St:ite  Lcgi.-tlature-*  in  appoiutiag  coramlaaiona  for 
tbe  perfurmanod  ot  wore  in  thia  City,  which  (the 
report  aays)  conld  be  done  as  well  and  more  eco- 
nomically by  the  appropriate  departments  of  the 
City  Goromment.  This  practice,  it  says,  baa  re- 
sulted in  increasing  tbe  City  debt  bv  a  lar<ro 
amount.  The  cost  of  tbe  Third  District  Court- 
house mo  far  waa  (494,211  SO.  To  the  report  was  ap- 
peuded  an  ordinance  providing  that  tne  Commis- 
aiouer of  Public  Works  shall  superintend  tbe  work 
of  completing  the  Third  District  Court- bouse.  The 
minority  report,  which  waa  signed  by  Mr.  Uowland, 
stated  tbat  the  charges  were  made  by  persons  who 
presented  bills  tor  extra  work  which  the  architects 
refused  to  certify,  aud  exonerated  Comoiiaaioner 
Porter  and  the  arcbitecta  from  ine  chargea.  The 
report  alao  reoited  that  tbe  building  waa  put  np  in 
a  substantial  manner ;  that  its  cost  was  within  the 
appropiiution  made  tor  It.  and  that  it  was  an  orna- 
ment to  tbli  City.  The  report  then  recommended 
tbat  tbo  preaent  commiasioa  be  author  zed  to  su- 
perintend tbe  completion  of  the  building.  Both  re- 
ports were  laid  over. 

The  question  of  beating  tbe  cars  waa  then  called 
up.  Two  reports  were  aubmitted  by  tbeCommittee 
on  Railroada,  to  whcm  the  matter  was  referred. 
The  first,  whicb  was  signed  by  Aldermen  Guntzer 
and  Reilly,  recomuienood  tbat  tbe  city  railroad 
companies  be  required  to  conform  to  all  tne  regula- 
tions imposed  for  the  comtert  and  cunveniuuce  of 
passengers  bv  tbe  Board  of  Health  ;  that  the  said 
board  be  required  to  compel  such  companies  to 
keep,  while  en  route,  the  front  doors  of  their  cars 
constantly  closed  in  cold  weather,  and  tbat  clean 
straw  be  orovided  tor  tbe  floor  of  eacn  car  in  such 
Quantities  as  tne  board  may  direct.  The  minority 
report,  which  waa  sieoed  by  Mr.  Cowing,  Avas  In 
favor  of  having  10  per  cent,  of  the  cars  healed  a«  an 
experiment. 

'J'be  majority  report  was  adopted  by  a  vote  of  16 
to  6. 

TUE  DISPOSITION  OF  ASHES  AND  STRSET-8WEBP- 
INGS. 

Alderman  Morris  offered  the  following,  which 
was  ordered  to  be  printed  : 

Whereas,  It  is  not  oaly  deslrablp,  but  ladlspenaably 
neeeeS'iry.  t>otb  In  an  ecouomical  ami  sanit»ry  point  of 
view,  thj.t  some  provisiuu  sbould  be  made  lor  deposit- 
iug  the  ashes  and  swe  plugs  ot  the  streets  of  this  City 
other  than  the  present,  expensive,  annoyiog,  aud,  in 
Winter,  impracticable  metbod  ot  transportiug  them 
out  to  sea,  auil  depositiog  such  refuse  in  tbe  tideway 
outside  tbe  harbor  limits:  a  system  which  >tostB  more 
than  $luO.UUU  a  year:  causes  dUaatlsi'sotlon  to  resi- 
dents o:  aU]<iluius  territory,  aud  involves  an  inexcusa- 
ble waste  ot  material  toat  eau  o.i  used  to  great  ad- 
vantage In  extending  the  area  of  laud  owned  by  the 
t'itv.  by  reclaiiuiag  irom  the  sarroundin;;  waters  many 
acres,  which  would  ultimately  be  ot  great  value ;  and 

Whereas,  auch  a  desired  plac^  of  donosit  con  be  se- 
cured by  taking  meaaures  to  hU  up  the  eatuary  that 
Kcparatiis  Ward's  from  Uaudnll's  Island,  kuown  a« 
"  Little  Hell  Gate,"  and  by  filling  in  tbe  mscshy  land 
adyuioing  these  islands,  including  the  strait  on  tbe 
east  slue  ot  Itaodalt's  Island  wbluh  separates  it  Irom 
tbe  "  onnJteu  Meadow,"  or  '"  Drowned  Alarah."  tbereby 
uniting  these  two  fdlauds  and  tne  "  Drowned  Marsh." 
and  reclaiming  t.ie  low  landa  adjoining  on  the  east 
side,  which  will  add  more  than  100  acres  of 
land  to  the  real  prooertr  ot  the  City,  and  supply  a 
place  for  dsi>03liln);  the  ashen  required  to  be  lemored 
lor  60  years  to  come.  The  esiuary  known  as  the 
"  KlUa,"  wulch  tepatatea  Handall'a  Island  from  tbe  rf^ 
ceutly  annexed  Twenty-third  Ward,  might  aUo,  with 
advantage,  be  filled  m.  thus  connectiuK  Wsrd's  and 
Baudall'a  islAuda  with  tbe  mainland,  converting  them 
Into  a  promontory,  greatly  enlarging  the  water  front, 
and  afiorUiug  an  opportunity  tor  the  erection  of  rail- 
road depots,  warehouses  ana  other  commercial  appd- 
auces.  The  closing  of  these  two  estuariea  would  also 
greatly  Imorove  tbe  navigation  ot  the  Uarleu  River,  aa 
the  vast  vuluioe  of  water  tbat  nsw  passes  throuKh 
them  would  ue  lorced  into  the  Harlem  Ktrer.  thus 
creatimt  a  tideway  that  would  clean  and  widen  the 
channel;  and 

Whereat,  The  present  seems  an  opportune  ttme  for 
inaugurating  ihiH  Importanc  enternnse  :  tien.  Mewton 
oeiog  eugaged  in  the  work  ot  improvingthe  navigation 
Ot  the  liast  River,  aC  Hell  Uate,  would,  doubtless,  glad- 
Ir  avail  himself  of  the  opi>ortuuity  thus  tiffirded  to 
deposit  the  material  excavated  lu  bis  mining  apera- 
tlons,  and  tbe  aioa'S  and  other  debris  tbtis  rem  o  ved 
from  the  Kast  River  could  be  utilised  in  the  oonstruo- 
tiou  ot  a  dam  at  each  or  either  end  of  the  two  eetna- 
riea.  behind  wbioh^  f  jr  many  years  ta  oome,  the  City 
woold  And  a  convenient  and  profitable  ^eceptaole  for 
the  aabea  and  other  lefus*  material  reqolzeo  to  b«  r» 
moved  twia  tbe  street*  t  be  it,  therc£»re, 

RMohwd,  Tbat  tbe  Pr<>8ident  of  tbe  flaibor  Oommis* 
^alooeia.  oi  tfe9J»KtJU.ibaj>ta«aL.  tba  FcaaUaaSa  aC  th*  1- 


I>«partmenta  of  PfUoa  aadSaeks,  audi  the  Couasel  m 
n*  OorpoflWRm,  OB  the  part  of  tbe  City,  and  Qeu.  Joha- 
hewton.  oa  bebalfof  tbe  Uotted  Btaites  Gorernment, 
be  and  the.v  are  hereby,  severally  and  respectively  ro- 
quested  to  meet  at  the  office  of  th  e- Preaident  of  tbe 
Police  Department,  No.  3t>0  Mulberry  street,  on  tbe 
call  of  tbe  last-aamed  olBoer,  to  cooaidet  theadvla- 
ability  and  praottoabllity  of  the  measure  proposed  in 
the  preamble  to  this  resalatton.  or  any  part  thereof, 
and  report  the  result  of  their  deltberationa  to  this  Com- 
mon Conncit.  through  his  Bonor  tbe  Mayor,  togetber 
with  drafts  of  the  Isws  necessary  to  be  paned,  If  any, 
to  antborlae  tbe  immediate  commencement  of  tbe  oro- 
posad  Improvement.  It  being  understood  tbat  before 
taking  final  action  tbe  project  abaU  receive  the  ap- 
probation Of  his  Bonof  the  Mayor,  to  he  expressed  in 
a  communication  tranamlttiug  the  reanlts  of  the  de- 
ilberatfona  of  tbe  offlcera  abofe  named  to  the  Common 
CounoiL 

TBE  CITY'S  WATER  FRONT. 

ANOTHER  REPORT  TO  THE  CONFERENCE  OF 
COMMKRCIAL  BODIES— WHAT  ARE  CON- 
SIDBRBD  TOE  NECESSARY  FACILITIES 
FOR  COMMERCE. 

An  adjourned  conference  of  the  ropresenta- 

tivea  ot  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  tbe  Cheap 
Transportation  Assooiation,  the  Cotton  Exchange, 
the  Produce  Exchange,  the  Ship-owners'  Associa- 
tion, and  the  Council  ot  Political  Reform,  was    held 

yesterday  at  tbe  Chamber  of  Commerce.  The 
Chairman,  Mr.  Ambroao  Snow,  called  tbe  meeting 
to  order.  The  report  of  tbe  Committee  on  "tbe 
ooqt  and  practicability  ot  stone  bnlkheada"  waa 
taken  from  tb^  table,  when  Mr.  Guatav  Schwab 
ailud^LMTSomecrlticisms  of  that  report  made  by 
'.  Wales,  President  of  the  Dock  Department.  He 
maintained  that,  while  the  figures  obtained  for 
tbat  report  were  necessarily  procured  in 
an  inoirect  way,  ihev  were  -not  exaggerated 
or  raisatatements  of  fact,  bnt  he  believed  they 
would  be  found  to  be  essentiallv  correct.  Mr.  John 
F.  Henry  suggested  that  Mr.  Wales  be  invited  to 
meet  the  conference  and  give  them  an  oppoituuity 
to  bear  what  he  bad  to  say  abont  the  subject.  Mr. 
Opdyke  thought  it  was  due  to  the  conference  that 
the  Commiaaionara  ahonld  explain  tbe  aaeertion  of 
gross  errora  in  the  eatlmate  of  the  Conference  Com- 
mittee, as  tbat  committee  were  driven  by  the  care- 
less methods  of  book-keeping  in  the  Dock  Depart- 
ment to  their  indirect  methods  of  ascBrtaining  the 
cost  of  stone  bulkheads.  Mr.  Wales  asks  tbo  com- 
mittee to  meet  bim  at  the  Dock  Department  and 
give  him  ao  opportunity  to  exolain  the  expendi- 
tures on  aocouok  of  the  docks.  A  resolution  that 
tbe  report  ot  the  committee  be  referred  back  to  the 
eommiltee,  in  order  to  give  an  oppurtunltj  for  oon> 

ferenee   with    tbe    Dook    Commissioners,   and  tbat 
then  It  sbould  be  reported  again  to   tbo    conference, 

was  adopted. 

Mr.  Opdyke  reported  tbat  Comoiittee  No.  4.  on 
"tbe  propriety  of  selling  the  whole  or  part  of  the 
City  dock  property,"  would  hold  ameetioj;  on  Mon- 

aay  next  and  maKe  a  final  decision,  and  tbat  It 
would  then  be  prepared  to  report. 

Mr.  Setb  Low  made  a  report  for  the  committee 
appointed  to  investigate  tbe  subject  of  "the  proper 
width  of  the  streets  bordering  on  the  water 
front  ot  tbe  Citv  and  the  necessarv  facilities  for 
commerce,"  After  alluding  to  the  greater  fac.iliiies 
which  the  geographical  form  and  position  of  other 
cities  attorded  for  tbe  approach  of  railroada  to  thoae 
porta,  atid  tbe  aavlng  effected  by  ahtpping  merchau- 
a'aetotbem,  tbe  commiitae  report  tbat  the  prob- 
lem now  la  how  best  to  bring  tbe  railroad  cars  of 
all  the  roadji  to  tbe  heart  ot  tbe  City.  Tbe  readiest 
way,  in  the  opinion  ot  the  oommirtee,  would 
Oe  to  make  the  atreeta  on  the  water  front 
of  auob  width  aa  to  permit  all  necoseary 
railroad  aocommodationa.  The  legal  width  of  West 
a'-reec  as  fixeJ  by  tbe  Commission  of  ,1871,  is  250 
feet,  and  aa  a  portion  of  the  bulkhead  baa  been 
built  upon  tnia  line  io  atone,  it  would  seem  wise  to 
retain  tbe  line  of  250  feet  from  the  easterly  side  of 
West  street.  For  tbe  rest  of  the  atreeta,  south- 
ward, and  for  the  river  atreet  northward,  it  is  the 
opinion  of  tbe  committee  tbat  200  feet  woold  be  a 
anJficient  width  for  tbe  purpnaes  of  commeroe. 
They  alao  recommeod  that  ihe  Legislature,  in  view 
of  the  oust  of  filling  in  aud  the  importance 
of  keeping  the  river  way  as  tree  aa  possi- 
ble, reneal  tbe  present  bulkhead  line  except  wbere 
tbe  line  is  already  completed  between  Canal  and 
Weat  IClevontn  atreeta,  and  they  recocomeud  that 
itbeaaked  to  fix  tbe  liae  in  tbe  rest  of  tbe  street 
northward  and  southward  at  2J0  feet-  For  the 
water  atreet  on  the  East  River,  ibey  recommend 
that  tbe  bulkhead  line  be  fixed  at  100  feet  trom  the 
westerly  line  of  tbe  street,  as  the  necessity  for 
great  width  is  less  urgent  than  upon  the  North 
River.  It  is  nssnmeo  by  tbe  committee  tbat  tbe 
strrets.  When  widened,  shall  receive  a  double-track 
Ireight  railroad,  with  necessary  switches  and  turn- 
outa,  for  tbe  use  of  all  railroads  having  depots  in 
the  City,  so  that  cara  trom  floau  can  be 
easily  rolled  to  any  businoaa  part  of 
the  City.  It  la  believeo  by  the  com- 
mittee that  a  single  track  thus  placed  In  some  of 
the  atreeta  down  town,  which  run  at  n^bt  angles 
with  the  river,  being  tbua  oonneotedwltu  the  re- 
motest part*  of  tbe  County,  would  develop  facilities 
for  tbe  cheap  handliog  and  tranaportation  of  mer- 
(bandiae,  the  importance  of  which  can  hardly  be 
overeatimated.  The  committee  do  not  doubt  that 
tbe  trafiic  of  auch  a  railway  can  be  regulated  so  as 
to  harmontse  wiib  other  demands  npoo  the  streets. 
They  Insist  that  if  the  Imnrovoments  are  to  be  of 
praciical  value,  they  must  be  completed  with  expe- 
dition and  at  moderate  cost.  Tbe  plan  of  tbe  Depart- 
ment of  Docks  fur  stone  bulkueads  is  considered  by 
the  committee  as  too  slow  and  expensive,  and  thev 
recommeud  tbat  tbe  LrCgislature  be  petitioned  to 
repeal  it.  Tbe  report  ot  Committee  5lo.  1  is  ap- 
proved, and  tbe  belief  is  expressed  tbat  If  tbe  cnb 
bulKbeads  recommended  iu  that  rep<jrt  be  adopted. 
West  street  conld  be  widened  at  toe  rate  ot  :i,5UU 
running  feet  per  annum  without  Interfering  with 
commerce,  and  without  devolving  too  great  an  ex- 
pense upon  the  City.  The  bulknead  hue  of  1657 
exists  lor  tbe  greater  part  of  its  length  on  West 
street,  say  tbe  committee,  only  upon  papar,  and 
the  efforta  of  tbe  conference  ahouU, 
they  aaviae,  be  directed  to  securing  in 
fact  and  at  once  the  erection  of  tbe 
bulkhead  line  upon  aush  line  as  lbs  Legislature 
may  dually  establish.  With  tbe  streets  as  tbey  ore, 
tbe  committee  believe  that  tbe  Belt  Railroad  c^ui 
and  ought  to  be  ussd  at  night  for  treigbting  pur- 
poses by  Steam,  and  the  measure  is  urged  aa  one  of 
areat  and  Immediate  importance.  They  lecom- 
mend,  also,  that  stetie  be  taken  to  aa(^ertain 
whether  any  of  the  exiating  obstructiona  of  the 
river  atreeta  are  illegal,  with  a  view  to  compelling 
the  removal  of  all  obstructions  not  sanctiond  by 
law.  The  report  is  sittned  by  Jeremian  P.  Rooln- 
son,  James  M.  Kequa  Thomas  Scott,  John  P. 
Townsend,  and  Setb  l.ow. 

The  report  was  received  and  consideration  de- 
layed until  a  fniuremeeiini:.  Un  motion  of  Mr.  W. 
il.  Wobt),  the  committee  were  directed  to  prepare  a 
plan  of  the  atreeta  designated  in  their  report,  with 
tbe  proposed  improvements  indicated,  and  present 
it  to  tbe  oonleronc«. 

After  some  discussion  of  tbe  report  of  Committee 
No.  1,  the  meeting  adjourned. 


THE    CITY   DEMOCRACY. 


MEBTINQ  OF  THE  TAMMANY  HALL  GENERAL 
CO.MM1TTKE — APPOINTMllNT  OF  STAND- 
ING C0MMIT1££S  rOK  XUE  ENSUING 
YEAR. 
The  Tammany  General  Committee  for  1877 
held  its  first  regular  meeiing  at  tbe  Fourteenth 
street  head-quarters  laat  evening,  Henry  L.  Clinton 
in  the  chair.  The  Chairman  delivered  an  address, 
in  which  ha  referred  to  three  opocba  in  tbe 
history  of  the  country  wliiob,  he  eaid, 
"seemed  fraught  with  deadly  peril  to  republi- 
can Inatitutiona."  The  flrat  "nullilication 
threatened  to  dismember  the  conntry,"  and  was 
"throttled  bv  tbe  fur-seeing  wisdom  and  invincible 
firmness  of  a  Democratic  President — Andrew  Jack- 
son ;"  but  a  "gisantio  civil  war  dreoobed  the  land 
in  blood."  After  tbe  sacrifice  of  "  hundreds  upon 
hundreds  of  thooaands  of  livea  and  tbe  expenditure 
of  thousands  of  millions  ot  aollara,"  the  "  world  was 
made  to  believe  that  our  Government  could  not  be 
destroyed,   but  that,  on   tbe  contrary,  it  bad  eatb- 

ered  fresh  strengib— new  life— from  a  four 
years'  war  sufficient  to  rend  in  twain 
— It  not  to  utterly  destroy — any  other 
Government  upon  tbe  face  of  the  earth.  "  Last  of 
all  "  was  the  recent  Presidential  election,  which  he 
claimed  had  reanlred  in  the  choice  by  the  people 
of  the  Democratic  candidate,  that  a  civil  war  would 
have  been  produced  "  pencbance,"  a  war  which 
would  have  ended  in  "  the  establishment  of  a 
monarchical  or  military  government,"  if  the  calam- 
ity had  not  been  averted  by  tbe  appointment  of  tbe 
Electoral  Commission  by  Congreaa.  AVbatever  de- 
cision might  be  arrived  at  by  tbat  tribunal,  he  said, 
would  be  cordially  acquiesced  lu  by  tbe  entire 
people. 

The  following  standing  oommitteea  for  the  year 
were  appointed : 

CommiUet  on  ^rwMee— John  Kelly,  Augustua  Ecbell, 
Thomas  Uunlap,  James  J.  Hlevin,  Henry  A.  tiumbleton, 
Vincent  C.  Kins.  Thomas  J.  Carletou. 

Committee  on  Oorretponderiee — Menzo  defeodorf, 
LouU  C.  Waebner,  George  h.  Desser,  Thomas  0.  K.  Be- 
olesme,  Qeorge  VV.  ilcQlyun,  Frank  A  OTIounel,  Robert 

A.  Van  Wyck. 

Commitiee  on  ifunieipal  Oovemment — William  C. 
'Whitney,  Joseph  Blumeuthal,  Hidnuy  P.  Niubois.  Frea- 
eriok  Smyth,  John  M.  Haywsrd,  Bernard  Elelly,  John 

B.  Mewburger. 

<jcmmUtee  on  Naturaliaation — Henry  R.  David,  James 

C.  Bp«noer,  Tbumss  A.  Boyd.  Uartia  Naobtman,  John 
W.  Quntser,  KdwarcOllen,  Alfred  J.  Keegan. 

CommUiee  on  Prm«n<r— John  J.  Gorman.  John  Hayes, 
William  Walsh,  Thomas  Sbiels,  l.awrence  h.  Hill,  m. 
T.  McUabon. 

Tba  meetlnj;  then  adjourned. 


BXWABDINO  BR  AYE   POLiaBMEW. 

Tbe  Board  of  Poiioe  yesterday  approved  of 

the  following  Inscription  for  the  medal  to  be  pre- 
sented to  Patrolman  John  McDowell,  of  the  Twen- 
ty-ntntb  Precinct : 

"  Presented  to  Patrolman  John  MeDowell,  Twenty- 
ninth  Precinct,  tor  bravery,  iu  purenance  of  resolu- 
tions of  tbe  board  of  i>otioe. 

W.  ;.  Smith.  Joal  B,  Kibirdt,  S.  f,  Nichols,  D.  W.  0, 
Wheeler,  comnusslonera" 

AsMdaiwitaa  similar  inseriptloB  will  b»  pre. 
saotad  to  JahB   Qannoo,   of  tbe  Mounted    Squad, 

who  N«M(A]r  Jeopavdi«od  his  lifa  iq,  /uinoiuK  a  ruoi 

a«a»  taaa  oa  tM.fiiHU<KrMd» 


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CITY  AND  SUBURBAN  NEWS. 


•      NBW-YOBK. 
Kobert  A.  Green,  M.    D.,  will    lecture  on 

**  Vaeomation— JCts  Fallaoies  and  Evils."  at  the 
rooms  of  the  Liberal  Club,  Science  Hall,  thia 
eveaing. 

Burglars  entered  the  store  of  Cook^  Valen- 
tine Sl  Co.,   No.   412  Broadway,    by   meana  af  falae 

keys,  on  Wednesday  mornuK,  and  carried  off  |300 
worth  ot  aewing  silk. 

A  new  programme  is  announced  at  Gtlmore's 
Clarden  this  evening.     Ihe  equestrian  entertaln- 

ment  will  Include  two  trotting  racea,  ladies'  fiat 
laoe,  and  Indian  Life  ;  or,  a  Ghaae  for  a  Wife. 

A  groom  named  Azariah  N.  Hankinson  died 
at  No.  221  West  Forty-sixth  street,  yesterday,  of  in- 
juries received  by  being  kicked  and  trampled  by  a 
horse  on  Jan.  22,  in  a  stable  at  No.  219  West  Forty- 
sixth  street. 

One  million  fifty  thousand  seven  hundred 
and   twelve  letters,  weighing  in   the  aggregate  18,- 

357'  ponnda  and  189.941  postal  cards  were  sent  out 
from  tbo  New- York  Pose  Office  during  the  week 
endine  Jan.  88. 

Mr.  Hermann  Hoepfner,  for  the  past  four 
years  City  £dilor  of  tbe  Staats  Zeitung.  died. yester- 
day afternoon,  after  two  weeks'  illness,  at  bis  resi- 
dence, Ko.  233  East  Thirteenth  street.  He  leaves  a 
wife  and  two  children. 

Several  persons  Lave  been  swindled  by  a 
woman  asking  for  assistance,  and  presenting  a  let- 
ter purp'Ttlng  to  be  singed  by  Mr.  Wetmora,  of  No. 
45  West  Eleventh  street.  The  woman  in  question 
is  an  impostor,  and  should  be  banded  over  to  tbe 
Police. 

The  funeral  services  of  Mrs.  Doremus  took 
place   yesterday    afternoon   at   R»v.    Dr.    Ilogers' 

church.  Fifth  avenue  and  Twenty-Qrst  street.  At 
the  conclusion  of  the  aervicus  the  remains  were  re- 
moved to  hor  late  residence.  The  interment  takes 
place  to-day. 

A  meeting  of  ladies  and  gentlemen  was  held 
last  evening  in  tbe  dining-room  of  the  Good  Samar- 
itan, No.  .35  Willonghby  street,  for  the  purpose  of 
devlsiDg  means  to  aid  tbe  charity  in  question. 
Speeches  were  m;«de  by  Mayor  Schroeder  and 
others,  but  no  definite  action  was  taken. 

A  little  child,  named  MoCormick.  upset  a 
kerosene  lamp  at  Ko.  670  Atlantic  street,  yester- 
day, setting  its  clothes  on  fire.  Its  mother  waa 
sevetely  burned  while  trring  to  put  out  the  fire, 
which  caught  the  clothing  ■«f  tbe  child.  Tbe 
child's  injuries  are  serious.  . 

The  monthly  returns  of  the  New- York    City 

Mission  and  Tract  SDcietv  for  January  exhibit  tbe 
following  resulta:  34  missionaries,  5,631  visits  and 

calls,  413  meetings,  135  temperance  pledges,  561  fami- 
lies aideii.  besides  meals,  lodgincs.  clotblnc.  &u.  Re- 
ceipts for  the  year.  81.853  3<J;  oaymants,  t3,oS7  59  ; 
indebtedness,  fl0,879  42. 

Mies  Root's  eeoond  ballad  concert,  whicb 
takes  place  at  Association  Hall  this  evening,  for  the 
benefit  of  tbe  poor,  promises  to  be  equal  in  interest 

and  atten:lance  to  tbe  one  already  given  far  the 
same  laudable  otrject.  Miss  Rost  will  be  assisted 
bv  isadmg  professional  artists,  who  have  kindly 
volunteered  their  services  ro  swell  the  fund  for  the 
relii-f  of  the  poor  of  this  City. 

A  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Managers 
of  the  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Children  was  held  yesterday  afternoon  at  No.  860 
Broadway,  Thomas  C.  Acton  in  the  chair.  The 
isecretary  reported  the  following  as  the  work  of  the 
society  for  the  mouth  of  Januarj  :  Complaints  re- 
ceived, 80;  complainis  investigated,  74;  com- 
plaints, advice  given,  6;  ca^es  prosecnced,  2); 
children  rescued  and  sent  to  homes  or  institu- 
tions. ii9. 

A  meeting  of  delegates  to  the  Central  Com- 
mittee of  the  German  American  Citizens'  Indepen- 
dent Association  was  held  last  night  at  Germania 
Hall,  No.  200  Third  avenue,'  Judge  Otterbourg  m 
the  chair.  Tbe  following  named  gentlemen  were 
nominated  for  offlocrs :  Preaident,  Oswald  Otten- 
dorfer ;  First  Vice  President,  Prot.  Gleubensklen  ; 
Second  Vice  President.  Judge  Goeop  ;  Third  Vice 
ProMideni,  Samuel  .Sewards:  Secretary,  Dr.  Gercke; 
Treasurer,  Hermann  Ubl.  The  reorgauizatlun  and 
election  will  take  place  to-night. 

Superintendent  Walling,  yesterday,  by  gen- 
eral order,  called  the  attention  of  tbe  Police  lo  sec- 
tion 29  of  chapter  625  of  the  laws  ot  1871,  which  pro- 
vides that  fur  tbe  bafcty  of  the  pnblic  in  places  ot 
amusement,  &.c.,  members  of  the  Police  force  who 
shall  ooserve  at  anv  of  the  places  described  any 
conditions  which  are  prohibited  by  law,  shall  im- 
mediately seek  the  onner,  lessee,  or  mtinager  of  the 
premises  ana  call  his  attention  to  the  violation  nf 
tbe  stainie.  and  if  be  shall  not  forthwith  comply 
with  th*  siitnie  it  shall  be  tbe  duty  of  such  offiot^r 
to  arre<)t  such  owner,  leasee,  or  mauager,and  cbarge 
bim  with  the  oflense. 


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BROOKLYN. 

Tbe  Police  during  the  month  of  January 
made  1,863  arrests. 

The  Supervisors  are  about  to  order  tbe  pur- 
chase ot  1,000  lous  of  coal  to  distribute  among  tbe 
poor. 

The  shoe  store  of  Timothy  Cronin,  in  Flat- 
busb,  waa  robbed  of  91,2'JO  worth  ot  property  late 
on  Wednesday  night 

Mr.  James  Stedman  has  been  elected  Presi- 
dent of  the  tjitizens'  Gas  Company  in  place  of  Wil- 
lam  P.  Lioby,  resigned. 

£x-AliIernian  Corr  waa  a.^saulted  by  some 
unknown  person  on  lligb  street,  uear  his  residence, 
late  on  Monday  ni^rht.  Corr  is  not  serionsly  in- 
jured. 

Some  Brooklyn  plasterers  are  about  to  form 
a  trade  union  for  the  purpose  of  securing  an  in- 
crease ot  wages.  Plasterers  are  now  paid  from 
•1  25  to  12  25  a  day. 

During  the  past  month  106  licenses  for  ve- 
hicles were  issued,  57  permits  for  the  erection  of 
new  buildings  wore  granted,  aud  (610,918  61  re- 
ceived for  taxes  and  assessments. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Special  Alder manio  Com- 
mittee on  Proposals  for  Street-cleaning  a  resolution 
was  adopted  directing  the  President  of  the  Board  of 
(;ity  Works  to  recommend  to  the  Board  of  Alder- 
men the  lowest  responsible  bidder  lor  each  ward. 

Rev.  Mr.  Hubbard,  the  new  Rector  of  St. 
Paul's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  corner  of  Clin- 
ton and  Carroll  streets,  will  take  nermanent  charge 
of  that  parish  on  Sunday.  Soecial  bcrvices  will  bo 
held  moruiug  and  evening,  at  which  Bishop  Little- 
iohn  will  be  present. 

Ah  Fung  Chi,  who,  from  his  laughint;  pro- 
pensities, is  known  as  "  Ha  Ba,"  tbe  accomplice  of 
Ah  Fun,  who  on  Sunday  morning  la^t  murdered  a 
fellow-countryman  named  La  Ab  Fung  at  No.  17 
Forsyth  street,  is  still  at  largo  despite  tbe  efi'jrta  of 
the  I^olice  to  capture  him. 

Ebenezer  Stevenson,  of  Third  avenue  and 
One  Hundred  and  Thirty-ninth  atreet,  while  at- 
tempting to  jump  on  a  Harlem  train  going  south,  at 
Mott  Haven,  yesterday,  was  airuck  by  a  train 
going  in  the  opposite  dtrec  ion  and  thrown  to  the 
^latturm,  recoiviug  serious  ii^uries. 

NEW-JERSEY. 

Eugene  Walter  attempted  to  jump  upon  a 
train  at  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  depot  in  New- 
ark yesterday  atternoon.  but  missed  his  footing, 
and  tallini;  nbdor  tbe  wheels  received  very  serious 
injuries. 

An  old  man  who  was  crossing  Grove  street 
at  tbe  corner  of  Morgan  street,   Jersey  City,  last 

evening  was  knocked  down  and  run  over  by  a  Ho- 
boken  horse  oar.  Some  frienda  picked  bim  up  and 
carried  bim  away.  He  is  believed  to  be  very  se- 
riously injured. 

The  New-Jersey  State  Horticultural  Society 
held  Its  annual  meeting  yesterday,  in  Geological 
Hall.  Rutgers  College,  Now-Brnnswiok.  Prof. 
George  Thurber,  of  New-Tork,  presided.  The  fol- 
lowing officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  y^ar  : 
Prof.  George  Thurber,  President;  B.  B.  Hanoe, 
Corresponding  Secretary;  E.  Willi*ma,  Rocordin,' 
Secretary;  W.  H.  Goldsuutb,  Treasurer.  The 
session  will  continue  to-day. 

James  Brady  was  placed  on  trial  in  tbe  Hud- 
aoli  County  Conrt  yesterday  on  a  charge  of  arson. 
On  the  morning  of  Feb.  3,  ot  last  year,  a  fire  was 
discovered  in  tbe  furniture  store  on  Newark  ave- 
nue, and  heaps  of  inflammable  material  sainrated 
with  oil  were  fotmd  in  me  upper  part  of  tbe  build- 
ing where  the  fire  commenced.  In  the  centre  of  one 
of  the  heaps  was  found  a  remnant  of  candle  lighted, 
and  almost  burned  to  tbe  end.  The  stock  was  in- 
Burad  for  a  large  amount.    Tne  case  is  still  on. 

Michael  Cassidy  and  bis  wife  and  son,  re- 
siding in  Sixth  atreef,  Jersey  Clt.y,  were  nearly 
eufibcated  with  coal  gas  yesterday  morning.  The 
eervant  girl  of  a  family  reriding  in  the  neighbor- 
hood went  to  Cassldy'a  bonae  f jr  milk  and  found 
the  family  insensiole.  A  physician  was  summoned, 
who  promptly  administered  restoratlvea  and  aaved 
their  lives.  Mrs.  Cassidy  betore  retiring  bad 
closed  tbe  damper  of  the  atove  ao  as  to  keep  ttie 
heat  in  the  room.     They  are  all  out  of  danger. 

About  2  o'clock  yesterday  morning  burglars 
broke  into  McCartney  tc  Redmond's  Hour  store  iu 
Passaic,  and  blew  open  tbe  safe  with  powder.  They 
then  ransacked  it,  and  carried  off  the  money- 
drawer,  which  contained  onlr  abont  |30.  At  Pas- 
aalo  Bridge  they  were  met  by  Officer  Coon,  who 
questioned  them.  Tbey  attacked  bim,  and  attempt- 
ed to  throw  him  over  tbe  brldgp.  He  called  for 
•BSiatssce  and  the  brtdso-teuder  answered,  when 
the  burglars  fled.  Officer  Coon  fliod  aud  wounded 
one  of  the  men,    wbo  lell   and  was  cantoivd.     Tba 

friaoner  waa  brongbt  to  tbe  Paaaale  County  Jail  In 
'starsoD,  where  ba  Is  held  to  await  ezaminatlan. 
■via  u  aavaral*  woondfld.  Mtd  %  pluntiolaa  wbtt 


5,V«»:-.'N-.-J^  V"" 


probed  for  the  bullet  waannabletoilad  It.    XlM 
priaoser  gtvea  bis  oama  as  Btebard  Le  Craft. 


MIN  D-BBADING. 


K      PSTCHOLOGICAL     ENTKRTAINMBNT     AT 

CfilCKEBINO      BAI.I, UrrBRK0TIKO      EX- 

PERIMRNTS  BT  UR.  J.  H.  BROWN. 
Mr.  J.  B.  Brown,  tbe  mind-reader,  gave  an 
exbibltiou  of  bia  peculiar  power  at  Cbiokerlao^ 
Hall  last  evening.  Before  oommenoing  his 
experiments  Mr.  Brown  made  a  short  ad- 
dress, in  wbion  be  stated  tbat  be  could 
not  acoonnt  tor  the  power  be  possessed  of  divining 
the  thoughts  of  otber  persons.  He  would,  there- 
fore, ahow  wbat  be  could  do  without  attempting  to 
explain  anything,  leaving  each  oae  to  draw  bis 
own  conclusions.  At  his  reqaeat  a  oommittae  of 
eight  gentlemen  waa  appointed  by  tbe  audience, 
to  name  the  persons  wbo  were  to  assist  in  the  per- 
formance of  the  expenmenta.  In  tbe  flrat  experi- 
ment a  gentleipan,  Mr.  GrCbard  Gade,  Centennial 
Commissioner  from  Norway,   desismated   by  the 

committee,  gave  a  key  to  a  gentleman  seated  in  the 
auditorium,  Mr.  Brown  having  previously  retired 
from  the  ball.  Upon  bis  return  he  covered  bis  eyes 
with  a  bandage  and  Clasped  the  gentleman's  left 
band  with  bia  left  and  placed  it  against  bis  forehead. 
After  a  few  seconds  be  started  off  briskly,  taking 
tbe  gentleman  with  bim,  and  almost  withont  fal- 
teringrwent  directly  to  where  another  gentleman, 
to  whom  tbe  key  had  been  given,  was  seated.  After 
a  moment's  paose  bn  placed  bis  hand  upon  bim 
and  said  "  Here  it  is."  In  the  second  experiment 
Assistant  District  Attorney  Russell  was  re- 
quested to  think  of  some  one  in  the  audience. 
Clasping  bis  left  hand  in  tbe  same  way,  and  with 
bis  eyes  bandaged,  as  in  tbe  first  case,  Mr.  Brown 
speedily  designated  the  person  throught  of  by  Mr. 
Russell.  Several  otber  experiments  followed,  but 
tbe  last  was,  perhaps,  tbe  most  interesting.  In  thiff 
one  Mr.  Brown  requested  a  gentleman  to  walk  with 
him  tbrouilh  the  ball,  and  fix  his  mind  npon  some 
one  in  tbe  audience,  Mr.  Brown  being  blindfolded. 
After  making  the  tour  of  the  room  several  times 
be  returned  to  the  stage,  and  leaving  the  gentle- 
man there,  be  removed  the  bandage  from  bia  eyea, 
and  agam  walked  np  and  down  the  aisles  intently 
scanning  tbe  facea  before  him.  ITpeu  arriving  op- 
posite a  well-known  member  of  the  press,  he 
slopped,  and  smilingly  aald,  "  This  is  tbe  gentle- 
man." Tbe  gentleman  whom  he  had  left  on  tbe 
stage  then  rose  and  said  tbat  Mr.  Brown  bad 
selected  tbe  person  he  bad  thought  of.  Mr.  Brown's 
pertormanca  was  watched  witn  great  interest  by 
the  audience,  and  he  was  frequently  applauded 
during  the  evening. 


THE  MILLllfBBI    BENEFIT    ASSOCIATIOS. 

A  meeting  ot  tbe  members  of  tbe  Millinery 
Mutual  Benefit  Association  was  bald  at  Earle's 
Hotel  laat  evening.  Mr.  Ployd  Travare  waa  called 
to  the  chair,  and  Mr.  W.  W.  Trapiiaeea  acted  as 
Secretary.  Tbe  moeting  was  called  for  the  pur- 
pose ot  completing  the  organization  of  the 
associatien.  At  the  previous  meeting  a 
commitee  had  been  appointed  to  frame 
a  couatltntten  and  by-laws,  and  the  greater  part  of 
the  evening  was  devoted  to  its  adoption,  section  by 

section.  Tbe  objects  of  the  association  as  expressed 
in  the  conatitutioo,  are  to  provide  voluntary  gifts  of 
money  to  the  tamiiies  or  heirs  of  deceased  mem- 
bers. Tne  by-laws  provide  ttiat  any  person  oon- 
neoted  with  the  millinery  trade  in  this  City,  who  is 
of  good  mural  character,  in  good  health,  and  under 
50  years  of  age,  and  bas  been  in- 
dorsed by  tbe  Examining  Committee,  will  be 
eligible  to  membersbip.  The  membership  is  limited 
to  1.000  members.  The  inici  ition  fee  is  |I,  and  the 
mortuary  dues  are  (2  per  capita.  Tbe  association 
will  be  governed  bv  a  board  ox  13  directors,  includ- 
ing the  President.  Offl^'-ers  for  the  enHuing  year 
were  eleoieo  as  followb :  President,  William  W. 
Traphageo;  Vice  President,  C.  W.  Farmer; 
Financial  Secretary,  Samuel  Barclay ;  Recording 
Secretary,  Charles  H.  Lockwood;  and  Tjeasurer, 
J.  C.  Johnson.  

UAJilSi:  liOTES. 
Two  vessels  are  reported  ashore  at  Tersohel- 
ling  Island,  in  the  North  Saa,  and  both,  it  is  be- 
lieved, will  be  totally  lost.  The  ship  John  H. 
£imball,  Humphreys  master,  which  arrived  at  Am- 
sterdam from  Yokohama  on  Jan.  28,  for  New- York, 
was  wrecked  on  ths  island  on  her  way  to  Cardiff^ 
where  she  was  to  stop  tor  coals,  and  is  now  full  of 
water.  She  is  of  1,266  tons  burden,  built  by  Goes  & 
Co.,  of  Bath.  Me.,  in  1873,  ani  was  la.st  in  this  City 
in  July,  1875.  She  was  valued  at  $60,000,  and  waa 
chartered  by  R.  W.  Cameron  &  Co.,  of  No.  23  South 
William  stieet.  The  bars  Galveston,  Capt.  Knhnen- 
kamp,  from  Bremen  on  the  24tb  of  December,  con- 
siitned  to  Charles  Lnllog  Sc  Cc.  is  also  high  and  dry 
on  tbe  island,  and  is  likely  to  prove  a  total  loas. 
She  Is  owned  in  Bremen. 


Chateau  Lagarosse.  pure  delicate  clarets  in 
qnurts,  pints,  and  i-asKS.  Victok  E.  Macgbk,  Ko.  110 
Kcade  Bt.—AdvertUtment. 

PASSE^OERS  SAILED. 
In  steamship  Wieland.  for  Hamburg. — Charles  Rnas, 
Louis  »i.  Ucbiienteliit.  Mrs.  Mary  li.  ^^t^rg18  and  mai<i, 
Gerhard  HegerieUlt.  .lacoo  Kuecbcr,  A.  Kormnnn.  John 
filz.  E.  A.  Keat,  Charles  Stetten,  jar.  and  Mrs.  A.  E. 
Lechuer,  liwald  Kleioau,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Max  Ludwig,  A. 
Linuemann,  Frederick  SeS^ra,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carl  Lauge, 
^Viliiam  UoldscUmldt.  Ant>m  Uaselbofer. 

PASSENGERS  ARRIYED. 

Insteam-thip  Algeria,  from  Z/iuerpooJ.— Garratt  Ack-* 
erman,  J.  G.  .Anderson.  Mrs.  Bl  od.  Aitliur  Brown,  A. 
J.  (Jostella,  C.  J.  a.  UicK.  H.  a.  F  elding,  F.  Gain  J. 
Goidoaum.  A.  G.  Goodall,  Mr.  Uoffinann,  H.  C  buffer. 
B.  B.  Unghes,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  G.  Lapuam,  L.  H.  Lao- 
ham,  Miss  U.  J.  Maginu,  Donald  Mclnnis.  Capt.  £. 
Molyneiix,  F.  Pollard,  F.  A.  Beichard,  Thomas  A. 
bpence,  H.  Stern,  Mr.  Sutton.  Rolieit  Taylor,  Thomas 
A.  We3b.  J.  U.  \t  oods,  L.  Berg. 

In  tteam-sMp  City  of  New-Tork.  from  Havana. — J.  J. 
Alexauure,  U.  A.  Unrlbut,  Jr.,  Charles  Gunt^ernat,  R. 
Vidal,  Julius  Enrmaun.  Simon  Golberg,  Jean  Cardone, 
.Meiauaer  U.  Eeed.  J.  G.  i  aeon,  limery  Bemis,  Jr. ,  M.. 
Capio.  R.  R.  Barthold.  K  Puig,  F.  Canoro.  J.  M.  Visose, 
Mis.  LlzzletBradlry,  J.  A.  Vega,  Miss  T.  B.  Femanaez. 


MINI ATVRE  ALU A.VJ.O—lt£rS  DAY. 
Sunrises 7:09  {Sunsets 5:191  Moon  rises  10:61 

UlSa   WATBR — T«IS    DAT. 

tSaodyUook.  10:41  |  GoT.l3landll:3u  |  Hell  Gate.. 12:52 


MARINE    INTELLIQENGE. 


NEW-TORK THCaSJAV,  FEB    1. 


CLEARED. 

Steam-ships  Wieland,  (Ger,,)  Uebich,  Hamburg,  Ply- 
mouth anl  OherOourg.  Kunaardt  k.  CO.;  tiuutsville. 
Weir,  bt.  Johns, P.  tL,  Jtc,  J.  De  Rivera  U  Co.;  Canima. 
(Br.,)  Liduicoar,  Hamilton,  Bermuda.  A.  K.  Uuter- 
brii-lge;  J.  B.  Walker,  (Br.,)  Punacomb,  New-Haven, 
Conu..  Arkell,  Tuits  h.  Co.;  Slate  of  Indiana,  (Br.,) 
tiadler,  OiHSgotr,  A.  Baldwin  U  Co. 

barks  Florence  ^.  Genovar.  Simmons,  Matanzas, 
Cuba,  J.  Henrv  :  Caroline,  (Ger. .)  Strieker,  Bremen.  J. 
A.  F.iuli;  hachel.  I'orton,  Matanzas.  Cuua,  for  orders, 
liiett,  son  to  Co.;  Golden  Fleece,  (Br..)  Armstrong, 
iiridgetowii  Bar,  H.  Trowbridge's  Jbons;  Lyn,  (.\or.,) 
Woid,  Havre.  X''r.,  L,  Teteus. 


ARRIVED. 


Steam-sbip  Hindoo,  (Br.,)  Mills,  Hull  Jan.  10.  via 
Soutbamptuu  l.ltii,  with  ludse.  »nd  8  passengers  to  C. 
L.  Vi  right  &  Co.    Hni  head  winds  to  jan.  '£7. 

Steam-saip  City  of  iiew-Yort,  Timmcrman,  Havana 
Jan.  -I,  with  mdse.  and  18  p,isgenirers  to  F.  Alexandre 
to  Sons.  Jan.  28,  lat,  26  07  ^.,  Ion.  79  56  VV.,  passed 
American  ship  showing  blue  and  white  slgoai.  with 
white  H  in  blue,  and  blue  b  in  white,  bound  south  : 
li9th,  lat.  29  56  N.  Ion.  79  50  W.  bark  Warrior,  of 
Pietou.  N.  8.,  bound  north. 

Steam-sbip  Carnndelet.  Fairclotb,  Femanciina  Jan. 
26,  Port  Koyai,  28,  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  C. 
H.  Uallorv  n.  ca 

Steam-sbip  Algeria,  (Br.,)  Hatson,  Liverpool  Jaa.  20, 
via  Queensiown  2l6t,  with  mdse  and  passengers  to. 
G.  Fiancklyo. 

8team-Bbip  Old  Dominion,  Wsllcer,  Richmond  and 
Norfolk,  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Old  Dominion 
Steam-ship  Co. 

btsam-sbip  Qtn.  Whitney,  Ballett,  Boston. 

Bark  Augvald,  (Norw.,1  Laraen,  Bremen  54  da,, in 
ballast,  to  Funuh,  £d,ve  tc  Co. 

iiark  Snow  Queen,  (of  HaUfax,  N.  S.,)  Graham.  Belfast 
Soy.  16,  via  Tybee  Jan.  24,  in  ballsst,  to  J.  F.  Whitney 
t  Co. 

Bnic  Atlalanta,  (Norvr.,)  Larson,  Bordeaux,  via 
Hampton  Roads,  54  ds.,  in  oallsst  to  C.  Tobias  to  KjO, 

Schr.  Maggie  Abbott,  (of  Buckspo;t.)  Abbott,  Fara 
Nov.  5.  via  Bermuda.  9  da.,  with  ruboer  to  Bnrdett  to 
Pond— vessel  to  B.  J.  Wenberg  to  Co.  Had  fine  weatbei : 
put  into  Bermuda  Dec.  4.  with  loss  of  loremast,  (oefore 
reported. ) 

actir.  Belle.  Mott.  Boston,  lor  Fblladelohia. 

Schr.  t.  B.  Warford,  dusn.   Xew-Ja»en.  for  Virginia. 

Schr.  Marquetia,  Hall,  New-Haven. 

Schr.  Ida  ralmer,  Falmer.  -S^ew-Haven. 

Schr.  M.  W.  Griffln,  btocking,  New-Haven. 

Schr.  Harry  L.  Whltton.  ttich,  Boston,  ibr  Baltimore. 

Schr.  -Maria  Adelaide.  Kent,  .-Mewport. 

Wl^'D— ftuuBCt,  moderate.  S.  W.;  hazy. 


SAILED. 


Rteam-ships  Croft,  for  Antwerp;  Wieland.  for  Ham- 
burg; i  tate  of  Indiana,  fjr  Glasgow;  Holland,  tor  Lon- 
don; Hnutsviile.  for  St.  Johns,!'.  &.:  Canima,  for  Ber- 
muda; isoao  Bell,  for  KicLiinond;  Albermarie,  for 
Lewes,  Del.;  ship  Ivy,  for  San  Francisco;  bark.  Dis- 
ponent, for  Queeuacown;  brig  Kate  McDogga)i,for  Llv- 
eipooi,  N.  S.;  acbr.  William  Douglir'S,  lur  JMevis,  Ji.  VV.  L 
Also,  (via  Long  island  Soimd,)  steamera  Neptune,  for 
Boston;  Eleanor,  tor  Purtlaad;  bark  Admlralen,  for 
Boston;  sobrs.  Adelisa.  for  St.  John,  .V.  B.;  George  K. 
Hatch,  lor  Portlind;  Ducas,  for  New  London;  Charlie 
Miller,  for  New-Haven;  M.  Willis,  Sallio  Burton  aud  S. 
P.  Godwin,  for  Bridiceport.  ' 


SI  CABLE. 

London,  Feb.  1.— Slo.  Jan.  27.  Giro,  (Cito  t) ;  Jan.  31, 
Frederick  vveyer.  Helen  Bums,  Nina  Sheldon;  Feb.  1. 
Normit,  Capt-.  Bernecker. 

Air.  Jai  .  28.  Arracau,  i.:apt.  Aaeard;  Oltana.  Grnnd- 
lovan;  Jan.  29.  Amelia.  Capt.  Bureesa;  Pnidboa,  Mar- 
gareiba.  Von  Werder,  Sonbia  Cook,  Conatantia,  Capt. 
Kaebiken;  Jan.  31,  Botanist,  KUen.  Capt.  Huttou; 
Monte  Kusa,  Devon,  Albatross,  Capt.  The.geisen; 
Saroo,  Cant.  Jensen;  Feb.  1,  steauiei-  Qnanir  Se.  Pal- 
myra, Bergensen,  (Bergeusereuf),  Dirigo.  Capu  Don- 
ned. 

All.  to-day,  Zetland,  (Capt.  Babeman,)  Jardtne Broth- 
ers. Zouave,  'Frlsoo."  Hopper t,  iiatter  at  London,) 
Keoovery.  «|| 

Lrvaapooi.,  Feb.  I.— The  steamabtp  Andean,  Capt. 
Wallace,  irom  New-Urleaiu  Jan.  IU,  arr.  here  to- 
day. 

HATAVA,  Feb.  L — ^The  ateamer  City  of  Herlda.  Capt. 
Ee.Tnolda,  trom  Mew-TorK|ari-.  here  rhla  mornug. 

Quvumowx.  Feb.  l.~TDe  Inman  Line  tteam-sblp 
Clur  of  Obaatuc  alA.  ^  aaw-Totk  t«-dw^ 


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Twentj-slxih  ATtniiii.1  Bcgp<Md^; 

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MAHEATTA5 

MFE  IlfSURillCE  COJIPUrX 

OFKEW-TOEK. 

P«™i«'™.*"*^*  FOR  TiS  YEAS  isra.  ..  .. 

rremluma #1.^83^1  18 

Intereat  on  bond  and  mortgage  foans.'         831.984  71 
Interest  on  premium  notes  and  other 

securities.. o«k  ana  "T* 

Interest  accrued. ■-".■-■".".■.".■.■.■.■.".".:'.  855^886  86 

•  Total ^ajm,b^\.  68 

Dl.<«BCB.SB»UtNT!!(.  ..^ 
Paid  claims  br  death  and  matured  en-  """ 

dowments.  and  payment  ot  annoi' 

ties,  (see  detailed  statement) •774.41)  !• 

Paid  dividends  and  pdrchased   poll-         •"•««•••*  *• 

des (578.701  28 

Paid   salaries,    office.)  -     ,  .  »«o.iui.  «, 

ft«?encv >  $33,814  62  A, 

And  otber  expenses.  >  70,452  68      , 

Taxes 8.931  61      > 

Medical  Exanu'aer's  fees         9,226  00       ' 

CommissiOM  and  ad- 
vertising.  ^..  131,139  45—  szes.set  »i 

Total  ^ «l.a06;67l"8a 

-  '■■     -^  ASSETS. 

Cash  on  hanfl ^  $1,685  08 

Cash  in  bank *  67.469  04 

Cash  in  Trust  Company 

drawing  interest 176,000  00 

Soods    aud    Mortgages 

aad   Interest  seemed  i         * 

on  same,   secured  b.v ! :  f 

Seal     Isstace,     wortti ' 

double     the    aitaoimt  9 

loaned,  and  protected  ^  ■ 

by  Fire  Insurance  Pol* ) 

iclea  held  by  tbe  Ccsa-  ' 

?any,  in  amoimc  of $3,' 
00.000 5,040,160  30 

Loaua    on     Policiea    la 

torce 2,014,814  Hf 

(Tbe  reaerve  on  each 
Policy    on    which  . . .  •) 

loanex'sts  excet-ds:  ^ 

lareely  the  amount 
of    note    on     tne 
same.) 
United  States  and  New^ 

York  State  StoaKB l,281,«841 

Real  Kb  tate  at  cost 206,851    i 

Quarterly  and  kemi-iin- 
nual  premiums  def<'r- 
red,  and  premium  and 
interest  in  course  of 
collection  and  trans- 
mission     206,880  86 

Temxmrar.y     Loans     on 

Stocks  and  Bonds 818,147  80 

(JJarket  value  of  tba 
aecuritiea,  $1.02U,- 
212.1 
Interest  due    and    ac- 
crued,   and   all   otber  ..__---.   . 
property 292,98a  28-410.065,148  4* 

Gross  Assets 7»f»nfc  n^p  ^j^ 

Claims    bv     death,    not  " 

yet  due $260,431  89  « 

Dividenda  unpaid,    and  ■* 

»U  other  Uabidtv 95,161  A7 

Beserve  reaulrea   on   »d 

Puiiciea  in  force;  com- 
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WASHINGTOK ' 

THB  RESUMPTION  OF  SPECIE   PAY- 
MENTS. 

ifBS  PRESIDEirr'S  MES8AGK  DELATED  ON 
ACCOUNT  OF  THE  ILLNESS  OF  8ECKETARY 
MOBRILL, — AN  ELABORATE  FRESENTA- 
TION  OF  THB    FINANCIAL  CONDITION  OF 

THE  COUNTRY  EXPBCTKD. 

Special  Dlsvatch  to  (A«  tfew-Tork  X%me», 
Washington,  Feb.  2.— Secretary  Morrill 
has  been   confined  to  hia  room  by  a  temporary 

Ulneas  for  two  or  three  days,  and  it  is  under- 
stood tBat  the  President's  special  Message  on 
the  resninption   of  specie  payments   hae   been 

delayed  in  oonseqaenoe.    It  is  not  determined 

when  it  will  be  sent  to  Congress,  but  certainly  in 
a  tewdays.  The  Message  is  lifcely  to  be  rather 
an  elaborate  presentation  of  the  financial  con- 
dition of  the  country  and  the  ability  of  the 
Treaeury,  aided  by  proper  legislation,  to  resume 
at  the  present  time.  The  advantaees  of  imme- 
diate resumption  to  the  business  interests  of 
the  country  will  be  discussed.  The  improba- 
bility of  any  action  by  this  Congress  in  behalf 
of  resumption  is,  however,  as  great  aa  ever. 

THE  STEAMBOAT  BEGULATIONS. 
PROCEEDrNGS      OP      THE      SURERVISING     IN- 
SPECTORS— MORE        STRINGENT       RULES 
ADOPTEDt-DISMISSAL    op     a    local    IN- 
SPECTOR. 

Special  DUpateh  to  the  New-  TorJe  Tlmei. 

Washington,  Feb.  2.— The  Board  of  Su- 
pervising Inspectors  of  Steam-boata,  which 
have  been  in  session  here  for  the  past  ten  days, 
completed  their  labors  and  adjourned  to-day. 
During  the  session  the  board  revised  the  rules 
and  regulations  govemins  local  steam-boat  in- 
spectors, in  which  they  hare  made  many 
changes.  More  stringent  rules  have  been  adopted 
with  reference  to  safety  valves  and  the  rules 
regulating  the  issuing  of  special  permits  for 
steam-boats  carrying  excursions.  Heretofore  a 
special  permit  issued  ior  a  particular  excursion 
was  made  by  steam-boat  Captams  to  cover  an 
entire  season.  ITie  new  rules  upon  this  subject 
require  an  application  for  special  permit  to 
be  made  for  each  excursion.  All  steam-boats 
carrying  passengers  at  night  will  hereafter  be 
required  to  keep  one  man  upon  watch  at  all 
times  during  the  night,  at  or  near  the  wheel- 
house,  so  as  to  guard  against  accident  through 
»ny  incapacity  on  the  part  of  pilots, 
through  ignorance,  neglect  of  duty, 
or  other  cause.  The  regulations  adopt- 
ed in  1871  providing  a  system  of  fog 
signals  for  sailing  vessels  has  been  rescinded, 
and  hereafter  on  this  class  of  vessels  fog  sig- 
nals will  be  governed  by  the  regulations  of  the 
Navigation  Bureau  and  the  Bevised  Statutes. 

James  H.  MoCord,  local  Inspector  of  Steam- 
boat Boilers  at  St.  Louis,  w^as  dismissed  by  the 
board  for  misappropriation  of  public  lunds. 

A  CONGBESSMAN  CONFUSED. 
XBX  LOUISIANA  RETURNING  BOARD  INVESTI- 
GATION— MR.  PIEUyS  WITNESS  PROVES 
A  FAILURE — GEN.  ANDERSON'S  VICTORY 
OVER  A  BULLYING  CONGRESSMAN — 
1200,000  OFFERED  WITNESS  TO  COUNT 
THE  STATE  FOR  TILDEN. 
Spedai  Dttpatch  to  the  N*w-  Yorit  Tlwui, 

Washington,  Feb.  2. — ^Mr.  David  Dudley 
Field  did  not  have  everything  his  own  way  to- 
day. In  the  first  place,  his  pet  witness,  Mr. 
Maddox,  was  not  able  to  produce  the  letter 
which  he  has  repeatedly  sworn  was  written  by 
Gov.  Wells  to  Senator  West.  This  was 
bad  ~  enough,  '  and  poor  Mr.  Field  was 
terribly  put  out;  but  when  Gen.  An- 
derson, of  the  Returning  Board,  was 
placed  upon  the  stand,  and  began  to 
testify^  his  anger  knew  no  bounds.  For  in  this 
gentleman  he  met  a  witness  who  was  more  than 
a  match  lor  him.  Gen.  Anderson  was  not 
afraid  ot  the  loud-mouthed  reformer,  and, 
unlike  the  unfortunate  gentlemen  who 
have  gone  before  him,  returned  Mr. 
Field's  arrogant  and  overbearing  in- 
solence with  interest.  Aside  from  this 
bis  testimony  was  very  important.  He  swore 
positively  that  he  knew  nothing,  and  had 
never  heard  anything  of  the  one  million  dollar 
proposition  related  by  Maddox.  Further  than 
this,  he  also  swore  that  to  his  knowledge  tbere 
bad  been  no  change  made  m  the  Yemon  return 
as  related  by  Mr.  Field's  friend|  Littlefield.  But 
this  was  not  all ;  he  did  cot  simply  contradict 
and  disprove  the  lying  evidence  of  the  Tilden 
witnesses,  but  swore,  with  much  emphasis  and 
much  to  Mr.  Field's  disconfiture,  that  State 
Senator  Bobertson,  of  Louisiana,  a  Demo- 
crat and  a  prominent  Tilden  agent,  had  offered 
bin  $200,000  if  he  would  have  the  State 
counted  for  the  Democratic  candidate.  This 
offer  Gen.  Anderson  declined,  and  commanded 
Bobertson  never  again  to  make  such  a  proposi- 
tion to  him.  David  Dudley,  in  hia  usual  bully- 
ing style,  tried  to  break  down  tbia  testimony, 
but  failiog  to  do  ao  he  lost  his  temper  and  made 
himself  very  ridiculous.  Regarding  the  evi- 
dence   of    Littlefield,  a    number    of   witnesses 

now  on  their  way  from  New-Orleans 
will  testify  on  Monday.  They  will  prove 
that  the  Vernon  return  w^as  stolen  and  altered 
by  him,  and  that  another  return  from  that  par- 
iah which  he  wrote  was  substituted  in  the 
place  of  the  one  so  abstracted.  Gov.  Wells 
will  probably  be  called  to-morro^  He  will 
contradict  the  story  told  by  Mamox  in  the 
most  conclusive  way,  and  will  swear  positively 
that  he  ngver  wrote  any  such  letter  as  that 
described  by  Field's  witness.  He  defies  him  or 
his  principal  to  produce  such  a  document. 
♦ 

MADDOX       ACTED       "  ON       BROAD       MORAL 
grounds"— GEN.     ANDERSON    OFFERED 
$200,000     TO     GIVE     THE   STATE  TO  THE 
DEMOCRATS. 
Washington,   Fob.    2.— The    Committee  on 
the  Powers,  Privileges  and  Duties  of  the  House  in 
Coasting  the  Electoral  Vote  to-day  resumed  the 
examination  of  Mr.   Maddox,  who.  in  roapoose  to 
auesiions    by  Mr.  Burchard,    said   that   after   be 
came  to  Washington,  and  before  he  went   South, 
abont  the  lOth  of  November,  he  had  several  inter- 
views with  Col.  Pickett.    While  in  New-Orleans  he 
spoke    to    several    Democrats,    but   the   remarks 
were  of  a  general   character.      He  did,    however, 
have  interviews  with  •Jadge  Walker,  who  proposed 
to  introdace   him  to  Baldwin   &  Co.    on  buamess 
ooncerning   the  vote   of  Loaisiana.    He   did   not 
mike  the  proposition  on  that  subject  until  after 

be  bad  had  an  interview  with  Secretary  Cameron. 
]Cr.  McDill  oaUed  the  attention  of  the  witnesa  to 
the  telegram  signed  Jcseph  Hancoak,  dated  ITew- 
Orleaoa,  Deo.  1,  and  addressed  by  CoL  Pickett,  as 
follows:  •' Telegraph  party  t»  tnut  person  ,y<fti 
wrote' abont  Maybe  to  your  iaterist."  Mr.  Mc- 
I>ill  asked  who  waa  the  '•  party"taUttded  to,  and  the 
witnesa  anawered  Col.,fcaoharie.  Thewltnon  aaid 
he  waa  desiroui  of  prbduoing  the  lottem  oiQed  for 
by  the  committee,  namely,  irom  (Joir,  Welle  to  Sona- 
lor  Wean  and  from  Gov.  Wella  to  Mr.  Mtddox. 
In  reply  to  Mr.  Burchard  witness  said  Mist  no  pro- 
position  bad  been  made  to  him  or  any  one  aloe  to 
deliver  the  lattora  for  a  money  con«idar»tloB.'  He 
Mked  for  farther  time  to  produce  them.  To 
designate  where  they  were  might  Jeopard  tbetr 
pioduottan.  Ho  reauirod  no  money  tot  their  pro- 
daotioitiiBd  would  take  none. 


000  proposed  to  be  raised  by  you  and  CoU  Pickett  to 
affect  the  Lotdaiana  retnma,  and  now  yon  aar  you 
would  not  take]any  mqnoTfor  prodaoing  the  letters  t 
A.— I  tbonght  it  not  immoral  to  buy  a  neht  The 
witness  stated  dnrins  the  farther  examination  that 
the  letters  were  in  the  hands  of  a  prominent  Be- 
pubbcan. 

Messrs.  Barohard  and  Seelye  desired  that  the 
name  of  the  party  be  given,  in  order  that  a  anbpoB- 
na  might  be  issued  for  the  produotion  of  the  letters. 

The  witness  waa  allowed  till  to-morrow  morning  to 
prodnoe  the  letters. 

Mr.  Seelye— Did  you  not  enter  into  a  dou- 
ble game  to  torn  over  the  State  of  Louisiana  to 
either  the  Democratic  or  Bepablioan  .  Party,  which- 
ever should  luroish  $1,000,000 1    A.— When  I  went 

to   New-OrleaDS  it  waa    with  a  view   of  examiniiif; 

the  canvass  for  myself ;  X  became  satisfied 
that    the  vote    of    the   State   had   been   cast 

for  the  Democratic  Party,  the  election 
havins;  been    as  fair  as  any  that  could  he    held ; 

1  had  some  sympathy  for  the  people  there;  I  found 

that  they  had  been  trampled  on  and  oppreasod,  and 
their  BTibataoce  being  taken  away,  and  after  mv  in- 
terviews wirh  Gov,  Wells  I  whs  satisflea  that  bis 
proposition  to  his  Northern  friends  could  not  be 
met;  I  did  not  wish  it  to  be  met.  bat  I  wisbed  that 
the  after  proposition  aboald  be  carried  oat;  I  acted 
on  broad  moral  stonnds;  thought  it  was  better  for 
tbe  people  to  bay  their  rights  than  lose  them;    it 

was  a  part  of  my  eame  to  appear  to  encooraKe  Gov. 
WoUs.  The  witness  reierred  to  attacfcs  on 
bim  in  tbe  newspapers,  and  expressed  his 
Kratification  that  tbov  now  cave  him  an  oppor- 
tanity  to  protect  aia  character.  In  explanation  of 
his  testimony  given  yesterday  tbe  witness  said  he 
delivered  a  letter  to  President  Grant  trom  Gov, 
Wells,  which  was  intended  to  be  submitted  to  tbe 
Cabinet ;  Gov,  Wella  wanted  protection  In  the  dis- 
oharze  of  bis  duties  ;  the  President  naid  that  Gov. 
Wells  should  receive  such  protection,  and  re- 
marked that  he  wanted  a  fair  connt  and 
an  honest  declaration  of  the  vote.  The 
witness  during  the  examination  about  his 
business  Kaid  that  the  Treasury  Department 
was  satisfied  with  his  official  dntiea  as  a  revenue 
agent,  and  that  several  times  his  compensation  had 
been  increased  ;  he  bad  not  been,  as  charged,  con- 
victed of  an  infamous  crime  in  Baltimore;  he  waa 
arrested  there  in  connection  with  stock  transao- 
tiona,  but  tbe  charge  was  dismissed  by  tbe  Grand 
Jury  ;  he  was  arreatea  lor  ne,<;otiatine  stootc  sup- 
posed to  be  a  forgery,  but  it  was  afterward  ascer. 
tained  the  stock  was  gennine. 

GEN.    ANDEBSON'S  TE8TIMONT, 

Gen.  Anderson,  of  tbe  Beturning  Board,  testified 
as  to  tbe  aesaiona  of  the  board  being  public  and  at- 
tended by  visiting  members  ot  the  Kepnblioan  and 
Democratic  Parties;  each  side  had  stenographers 
to  report  the  prooeediugs;  when  tbe  board  weut 
into  executive  session  it  was  for  the  purpose  of  eon- 
sldenng  the  statements  ot  Super^sors  and  affida- 
vits bearing  upon  the  retams ;  oaly  the  officials  of 
tbe  board  were  present  at  the  compilation  of  the 
votes.  Mr.  Barohard  interrogated  tbe  witness  witli 
regard  to  certain  affidavits  appended  to  a  tormer 
special  Measage  of  the  President  on  Loaisiana  af- 
fairs charging  intimidation,  &o.  Witness  was 
satisfied  from  recollection  that  those  affidavits  were 
before  tbe  boaril ;  he  remembered  the  names  of 
two  of  the  aifisnts,  namely,  Mr.  Lane  and  Mr. 
Clover,  the  latter  a  Supervisor  of  Kogistration ; 
the  witness  said  that  to  his  knowledge  there  was 
no  change  in  the  vote  of  Vernon  Parish  to  elect 
Senator  Kelso,  a  Bepubllcan ;  he  was  not  pretent 
in  the  board  when  the  official  returns  from  that 
parish  were  opened ;  tbe  result  was,  however,  in 
favor  of  Hunter  as  District  Judge ;  the  witness 
bad  always  looked  upon  Hanier  as  a  Democrat ;  he 
was  formerly  Treasurer  of  the  State;  Andrews 
was  declared  District  Attorney;  he  believed 
Andrews  to  be  a  Democrat,  as  he  be- 
longed to  a  Democratic  family;  the  wit- 
ness did  not  know  of  the  destruction 
of  the  official  retnma  of  Vernon  or  any  other 
parish ;  was  not  aware  of  any  alterations  of  re- 
turns, and  never  had  any  conversation  with  any 
fellow-member  of  tbe  board  regarding  tbe  altera- 
tion or  destruction  of  returns.  The  witness,  in  re- 
sponse to  Mr.  Lawrence,  said  that  ho  had  known 
Mr.  Maddox  25  years,  but  not  intimately. 

Q. — Did  yon  have  any  conversation  with  him 
dnrmg  the  time  the  Betarning  Board  were  en- 
gaged in  their  labors  last  Fall  1  A. — None  what- 
ever; the  only  conversation  I  ever  had  with  him 
waa  to  say  "Good  morning"  and  shake  hands  with 
him;  I  never  had  two  minutes'  tala  with  him  ;  I  did 
not  hear  in  New-Orleans  of  any  proposition  from 
Gov.  Wells  to  sell  ont  the  State  or  anything  con- 
nneted  with  such  a  thing. 

Q— Did  you  meet  with  Mr.  Maddox  in  Gov» 
WoUs'  private  room  I  A, — I  did  not  meet  him  in 
Gov.  Wells'  room,  my  own  room,  or  any  other  room. 

Q. — Did  Maddox  say  anything  about  the  use  of 
money  to  afiiect  tbe  result  ef  the  election  t  A — 
Nothing  about  i£onev  or  the  resnit  of  tne  election. 

Q. — Did  Guv.  Wells  give  yen  any  iatimation  of 
any  conversations  he  had  with  Mr.  Maddox!  A. — 
None  whatever. 

Q. — Do  yon  know  ot  any  negotia^len,  arrangement, 
or  proposition  with  whioh  Maddox  was  connected  t 
A.— I  do  not. 

Q.— Did  yoB  ever  bear  of  any  propeiitlon  from 
Gov.  Wells  that  tbere  be  raised  9200,000  for  taim  and 
1200,000  for  you  }  A. — I  nevar  heard  of  ic  till  men- 
tioned here.  , 

Q.— Is  it  trna  that  he  also  wanted  anaUer  snma 
for  the  nesroes  ?    A. — I  never  heard. 

Q. — Is  It  a  fact  that  negroes  are  on  the  board  I 
A. — There  are  two  said  to  be  colored  persona — ^Een- 
ner  and  Casanave. 

Mr.  Field — That  was  no  detriment  to  them,  but 
only  to  Gov.  Welle,  if  be  used  that  lanauage. 

Q.— Was  there  any  proposition  made  by  any  one 
in  relation  to  tbe  use  of  money  to  affect  the  decla- 
ration of  the  result?  A. — Tea,  Sir;  do  you  wish  to 
know  bis  name  t 

Mr.  Lawrence — Give  it 

Tbe  witneas  then  aald:  A  gentlemac,  Dr.  W.  A. 
Robeson,  a  btate  Senator,  came  to  my  room  at  11 
O'clock  at  nignt  and  said  to  aae  that  there  was  an 
opporianity  to  make  a  good  thing,  and  that  I  would 
set  9200,000  if  I  would  insure  the  State  for  the 
Democrats  ;  I  replied  that  was  a  subject  I  did  not 
wish  to  entertain  ;  he  asked  me  to  think  ever  it ; 
I  replied  that  it  would  be  useless  for  me  lo  do  lo, 
and  before  he  left  the  room  he  exacted  a  promise 
from  me  to  meet  bim  at  tbe  St.  Charles  Hotel 
at  5  o'clock  tbe  next  evening ;  I  promised  to 
meet  bim  in  order  to  get  rid  uf  him ; 
I  did  not  meet  bim;  he  came  to  the  board  and 
called  me  ont,  inquiring  why  I  did  not  meet  him  ;  I 
said  I  had  forgotten  tbe  engagement  when  ho  re- 
plied it  was  too  important  for  me  to  forget;  I  said 
to  him,  I  do  not  want  you  to  oonverse  any  torttaer 
with  me  on  the  subject ;  if  you  wish  to  retain  my 
friendalaip  you  will  never  again  mention  it. 

Q.— Wbat  are  Dr.  Robeson's  politics  ?  A.— He  is 
a  Democratic  Senator. 

Q.— What  time  was  this  t  A,— I  think  on  tbe  24  ih 
or  25th  of  November. 

Geo.  Anderson  was  Interrogated  at  length  by  Mr. 
Pield  and  other  Democrats,  and  was  asked  it  a  good 
many  of  the  affidavits  as  to  intimidation,  &o.,  were 
made  in  New-Orleans,  to  which  question  he  replied: 
"A  large  numoer  were  sworn  to  in  that  city. 

Q. — Were  not  these  affidavits  prepared  long  inb- 
sequent  to  the  24  hours  required  bv  law  ?  A. — I  do 
not  know  how  many  dsjs  after  tbe  S4  hours. 
The  Witness  said  he  did  not  know  that  Andrews 
declined  the  ofBce  of  District  Attorney,  for  the  rea- 
son that  he  was  elected  oy  the  changes  in  the  r«- 
tnrns,  and  not  by  the  people  ;  nor  did  be  know  that 
Mr.  Andrews  ever  wrote  a  letter  to  that  effect;  the 
Witness  said  tbe  BctamiDg  Board  threw  out  certain 
votes,  believing  that  in  domg  so  they  were  sustained 
by  the  law  and  the  evidence  ;  they  did  this  withont 
regard  to  party  politics. 

Mr.  Field — Did  you  know  you  threw  out  more 
Tilden  than  Hayes  votes !  A.— We  knew  it  after 
tneresaltwas  ascertained. 

Q.— Did  you  know  this  while  you  wete  doing  it? 
A. — I  cannot  say  we  did. 

(j. — While  you  were  throwing  ont  parishes  did 
you  not  know  it  woald  affect  the  Presidential  elec- 
tion 1    A. — I  did  not. 

Q. — Did  vou  not  declare  you  would  not  serve  aa  a 
member  of  the  Leglalalare  if  the  vote  was  declared 
in  your  favor  1  A. — The  reason  for  making  such  a 
declaration  was  because  of  some  inquiry  relative  to 
tbe  Parish  of  Lafayette,  tbe  returns  not  tiaving 
been  sent  m  at  that  time  ;  witness  was  a  candidate 
in  that  parisb,  and  had  said  he  knew  he  was  nos 
elected,  and  therefore  would  not  serve  If  he  waa  re- 
turned as  elected. 

Q. — Had  yuu  any  reason  for  thinking  that  the 
board  would  return  you  if  you  were  not  elected  ! 
A. — It  was  because  I  heard  it  whispered  about  that 
I  would  be  rstnmed  tiiat  I  said  I  would  not  take 
my  seat. 

Q.— la  Dr.  Bobeson,  who  offered  you  a  bribe,  atill 
your  friend  ?  A.— I  do  not  regard  him  as  my  ene- 
my ;  I  do  not  think  I  have  seen  bim  einoe. 

Q. Do  you  not  think  that  a  man  who  wonld  offer 

you  a  bribe  was  a  bad  man?  A.— I  think  it  waa 
very  improper  in  bim, 

Q. — But  do  you  not  thmk  it  was  very  olabonest  t 
A.— I  do. 

Q.— Did  vou  turn  Dr.  Eobeson  out  of  your  room  t 

A. ^I  got  rid  ef  him   by  proqiising  to  meet  him  at 

the  St.  Charles  Hotel,  but  did  not  go  there. 

Q, Did  yon  express  your  detestation  ot  the  offer! 

A.— I  told  Jbim  I  did  not  approve  it,  and  not  to 

mention  it  to  me  again. 
The  committee   then  adjourned  nntU  to-morrow 

moralog. 

THE  WITNESS  MADDOX. 
HOW  HB  ATTEMPTED  TO  8BCURK   INFORMA- 
TION    IN     NEW-ORLEANS — ^HIS    RECORD 
DURING   THE  WAR. 

SpecM  Diipakih  to  the  TTtw-Tork  Time*. 
Baltimore,  Feb.  2. — ^Mr.  C.  Irving  Ditty, 
of  this  city,  who  waa  lately  appointed  by 
President  Grant  as  one  of  the  committee 
t«  viait  New-Orleana  and  inveatitrate  af- 
fairs in  LoniBianay  baa  sent  to  the  Bal- 
timore Gazette  a  letter  for  publication 
in  that  journal  t»-morTow,  in  which  the  anteae^ 
dents  of  the  witness  Maddaz  are  reoonnted  and 


lLiT.^^^:>V^^'^^b»^-'^^*^^4  W.trnach^l«r  «rx«H«d..  After  eiEactuaU, 


disposmg  of  tbe  obarii^  made  by  tbe  Ocaette 
that  he  [Mr.    Ditty]  had  visited  I>iew*Orleana 

at     the    ezpevse    of     the     Castom-house, 

he  asserts  that  there  is  nothing  in  the 
testimony  of  Littlefield,  Pickett,  or  Maddox 
to  change  Us  opmion  as  to  the  integrity  of  the 
Louisiana  Setuming  Board.  AcoordiuK  to  Lit- 
tlefield's  testiaaony  the  alteration  of  the  retuma 
from  Vernon  Parish  was  made  after  they  bad 
been  examined  by  the  board,  in  the  presence  of 
the  Republican  and  Democratic  vis- 
itors, and  in  order  ta  count  in  certain 
friends  of  Gov.  Wella.     Vernon  Parish  and  the 

olerk  ef  its  court  are  Domooratic,  and  the  Dem- 
ocrats had  triplicate  returns  from  that  as 
trom  all  other  parishes  which,  when  opened  by 

the  Returning  Board,  in  the  presence  of  the 
visitors  irom  both  parties,  were  found 
to      be      correct.     As     those     official     returns 

were,  aocordine  to  the  testimony,  altered  after 

this  examination  it  would,  he  considers,  have 
been  the  height  of  folly  to  have  made   euch  an 

alteration.    Coming  next  to  Mr.  Maddox,  Mr. 

Ditty  says  ho  introduced  himself  to  bim  (Dittv) 

atjihe  St  Charles  Hotel  in  New-Orleans.  Mr. 
Ditty  did  not  at  first  reooenize  him  as  the 
Maddox  ot  blockade  running  and  Parhersbur^ 

notoriety,  but  as  a  gentleman  who  had  for  a 
long  time  occupied  a  pew  in  St.  Luke's  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  Church  in  Baltimore.  A  few 
days  after  the  introduction,  he,  by   invitation, 

dined  with  Maddox,  and  was  surprised  to  hear 

he  was  an  agent  of  the  United  States 
Revenue  Department,  having  believed  him  to 
be  a  Democrat.  Maddox  iniormed  him  that 
his  busineas  in  New-Orleans,  ostensibly  in  the 
interests  of  hia  office,  was  a  sham ;  that  he 
was  a  secret  confidential  agent  of  Presi- 
dent Grant  to  spy  out  the  political  situa- 
tion ;  that  he  would  eommunioate  frequently 
with  the  President,  aud  would  show  Mr.  Ditty 
bis  first  report  before  he  sent  it;  that  the  Pres- 
ident relied  entirely  aud  implicitly  upon  him, 
and  would  shape  his  Louisiana  policy  accord- 
ing to  his  (Maddox's)  report;  that  everybody 
tbere  thought  him  a  strong  Democrat,  and 
he  had  got  a  great  deal  of  useful 
.  information  which  he  could  not  give  openly  to 
the  committee,  because  it  woula  destroy  his 
usefolnesa ;  that  he  could  talk  freely  with 
Mr.  Ditty,  aa,  both  being  from  the  same 
city,  no  remark  would  be  mfMle.  and 
that  he  would  like  to  be  introduced 
to  Senator  Sherman  aud  Gen.  Garfield. 
Mr.  Ditty,  however,  suimisud  his  true  charac- 
ter, and  determined  not  to  introduce  him.  On 
several  subsequent  occasions  Maddox  repeated 
the  same  statement.  Mr.  Ditty  did  not  mention 
the  matter  to  Gen.  Garfield,  and  only  ailuded 
to  it  to  Senator  ISherman,  who  remarked  that 
such  a  man  was  probably  a  scoundrel.  Maddox 
next  told  Mr.  Dittv  that  he  had  sent  one  re- 
port to  tbe  President  and  would  soon  send  an- 
other, which  he  would  first  show  him.  Mr. 
Ditty  intimated  that  people  had  begun  to  be 
curious  aa  to  what  his  position  really  was,  and 
shortly  afterward  Maddox  diaappeared  &om 
New-Orleana. 

Mr.  Ditty  then  proceeds  to  show  that  in  the 
Winter  ot  1864-65  his  regiment,  the  First  Mary- 
land Cavalry,  Confederate  Statea  Army,  waa 
encamped  at  Hanover  Junction,  Va.,  under 
command  of  Gen.  Bradley  T.  Johnson.  The 
men  were  in  need  of  clothing,  and  about  $40,000 
waa  raised  by  friends  aud  inveated  in  tobacco, 
under  Gen.  Johnson's  directions.  This  tobacco 
was  sent,  tmder  a  military  detail,  to  the  north- 
ern neck  of  Virginia,  thence  across  the  Poto- 
mac to  Maddox,  in  St.  Mary's  County,  Md. 
Maddox  had  agreed  to  sell  it  and  return 
the  proceeds  in  imiform  cloth.  The  men 
who  guarded  the  tobacco  were  ordered  to  wait 
for  the  oloth,  and  bring  it  to  camp.  After 
some  time  they  returned,  and  reported  that 
the  tobacco  had  been  seized  by  the  United 
States  Government,  on  the  secret  information, 
as  they  were  told  and  believed,  of  Maddox. 

Mr.  Ditty  says  he  can  also  prove  that 
Maddox,  under  orders  of  President 
Davis,  Nov.  13  and  17,  IS&l,  contracted 
with  Confederates  in  arms  to  fur- 
nish theiu,  in  the  manner  above  stated, 
with  military  supplies,  and  that  in  which* 
ever  light  it  may  l)e  viewed — whether 
as  violating  his  faith  with  the  United  States 
Government  or  betraying  the  trust  ot  tbe  Con- 
federates, he  is  equally  unworthy  of  credit. 
Mr.  Ditty  oonciudes:  ''Nobody  in  Baltimore 
who  knows  Maddox  would  take  bis  statements 
on  the  Louiaiana,  or  any  other  matter,  aa  in 
tbemselvea  worth  anything." 
^ 

THE  LOUISIANA  ELECTION. 

THE     REPORT     OF  THB  -  SENATE   COMMITTEE 
TO     BB     PRK8EMTED  IN  A  FEW  DAYS — 

HOW  A   FAIK  AND   PEACEABLE  ELECTION 
WOULD       HAVE       RESULTED — THE      EX- 
CESSES OF  THE  MAN  LITTLEFIELD. 
Speeial  Dlapatehtit  the    .Veia-Fort    nmes. 

Washixston,  Feb.  2.— The  Senate  Com- 
mittee that  inveatigated  the  Louiaiana  election 
will  report  in  a  few  days.  They  have  carefully 
exammed  all  the  questions  regarding  the  five 
so-called  bnll-dozed  parishes,  and  the  other  dis- 
tricts where  intimidation  was  practiced,  and 
their  report  will  show  that  if  a  fair  and  peace- 
able election  had  been  held  Hayes  and  Wheeler 
would  have  earried  the  State  by  a  decided  ma- 
jority. 

DUtxUch  to  the  Auoeiated  Preiu 

The  Senate  Committee,  of  which  Mr.  dowe 
is  Chairman,  and  who  are  Investiratine  tbe  condact 
Ot  the  late  election  in  Louisiana,  examined  to-day 
Mr.  J.  F.  Littlefield,  one  of  tbe  Clerks  of  the  Loaisi- 
ana Returning  Board,  who,  in  a  statement  made  a 
few  daya  ago  before  the  Morrison  Committee  of  the 
House,  confessed  having  changed  the  figures  on  the 
retams  from  Vernon  Parish,  Louisiana,  ao  that 
the  votes  cast  for  Democrata  at  polla  two  and  nine 
of  this  parish  were  counted  for  RepubUcans.  In  his 
testimony  to-day  Mr.  Littlefield  stated  that  the 
return,  figures  of  which  were  altered  by 
himself^  came  Into  the  hands  of  the  Morrison  In- 
vestigating Committee  through  his  unole,  Mr. 
Spearing,  to  whom  witness  gave  the  return.  He 
also  stated  that  Mr.  Spearing  is  a  Bepablioan,  but  a 
NichoUs  man,  that  he  gave  the  return  to  Spearmg 
without  compensation,  that  a  few  daya  before  doing 
so  Spearing  bad  introduced  witness  to  a  man 
named  Gifford,  a  bank  examiner,  and  witness  told 
Spearing  in  the  presence  of  Gifford  of  the  exist- 
ence of  the  return  which  had  been  changed.  Gif- 
ford told  witiiess  it  he  would  go  to  Washington 
with  him  the  Secretarr  of  the  Treasury  would 
give  him  IGlffordJ  |100,000  for  the  return.  Witnesa 
wonld  not  so  becanae  be  wonld  not  set  a  prioe  on 
himself.  He  was  not  for  sale.  He  regretted  what 
he  had  done,  and  wanted  to  get  ont  of  tbe 
dif&cnity  without  having  It  known  that 
he  had  ohanged  the  figures  on  a  re- 
turn. He  afterward  stated  that  the  1100,000 
waa  to  come  from  the  Secretary  of  the  Nationiil 
Party  or  tbe  Treasurer  of  the  Republican  Com- 
mittee." When  he  went  from  New-Orleans  to 
Springfield,  111.,  be  waa  accompanied  bv  Mr.  Spearing 
and  by  Mt.  Murphy,  a  lawyer  and  a  Democrat. 
He  stated  that  he  refused  to  testify  before  the  Mor- 
rison Committes  on  the  first  day  of  his  appearance 
i>efore  them,  but  on  tbe  second  day  he  tnld  all,  be- 
cause Gen.  Horlbut,  of  the  Morrison  Committee, 
had  tried,  on  tbe  first  day  of  witnetia'  examina- 
tion, to  prove  tliat  he  (witness)  bad  stolen  the 
return  which  had  come  into  tbe  possession' of  the 
committee  through  Spearing,  ana  witness  had  to 
tell  all  to  clear  himself  of  the  anspicions  cast 
o|K>n  him  ;  Marshal  Pitkin  offered  to  obtain  wit- 
ness a  lawyer  with  whom  to  conanlt  on  tbe  even- 
ing of  the  first  dav  of  witnesa'  examination, 
bat  he  declined  the  offer.  Mr.  Murphy,  the  same 
person  who  had  gone  with  witneks  and  Spearing  to 
see  Gov.  Palmer  at  Springfield,  111.,  waa  consulted 
by  witneas.  and  tbroueh  him  he  (witnesa) 
learned  that  he  wonld  not  lay  bimself 
liable      to      criminal      prosecnttun      for      having 

changed  tbe  figures  on  the  returns  from  Yemon 
Parish,  if  he  testified  nnder  protest  to  having  done 
BO.  At  4  o'clock  Mr.  Littlefield  stated  that  he  did 
not  feel  aole  to  continue  longer  on  the  witness 
stand  and  he  was  exonsed,  and  the  committee  ad- 
Joorned  until  to-morrow  morning. 

THl^  JOB  IN  XHE  HUDBOK  BIVER. 
PoTTOHKBBPSiB,  Feb.  3.— The  prolonged  thaw 
has  wekkened  the  ice  in  the  Hudson  to  such  an  ex- 
tent that  oroasfng  la  dangeroua.  Tbe  ferry-boat 
will  attempt  to  open  a  track  at  this  point  to-mor- 
row.   ^ 

WORK  STOPPED  FOB  LACK  OF  FUNDS. 
FoBTSMonTH,  Feb.  2. — On    aooount  of  the 
lack  of  fnmda.  work  on  tiie  United  Statea  ataamer 
^aterprise,  whioh  is  being  fitted  ont  at  this  vard 


THE  COUNTING  OF  THE  VOTE 


ARGUMENT  IN  TEE  FLORIDA  CASE. 

THE  OBJECTORS   ON    BOTH   SIDES  HEARD  ET 
THE   ELECTORAL  C0BIMI6SI0N— DUDLEY 

FIELD    "  SAT  DOWN  UPON"     BY  THE    TKI- 

BUNAL— AN  OFFICIOUS  DISPOSITION  TO 
SPEAK  FOR  EVERYBODY  SUMMARILY 
SUPPRESSED — ^THB  DEMOCRATIC  ARGU- 
MENT TO  GO  BEHIND  THE  GGVERNOR'S 
CERTTFICATE — ABLE  REPLIES  OF  MESSRS. 
KAS80N  AND  M'CRARY. 

SitteiallhtixUeltto  the  New-Tori  TlmH. 
WASHiNoroN,   Feb.  2. — ^The  meetkigs   of 
the  Electoral  Commission  are  by  no  means  m- 

teresting  to  the  ordinary  visitor  to  the  Su- 
preme Court  room,  though  some  very  able  and 

olearly-stated  arguments  were  made  be- 
fore the  Commission  to-day.  Tbe  scene 
is  much  the  same  as  on  an  ordinary 
court      day,     except      that      the     number 

of  people  sitting  on  the  bench   is   p;reater,    and 

tbej  do  not  wear  gowns.  This  seems  all  right 
in  the  case  ot  Senators  and  Representatives, 
but  the  Justices  look  odd  without  their  gowns. 

The  portly  form  of  Justice  Clifford,  particularly, 

loses  dignity  by  the  absence  of  the  juaioial  robes. 
There  was  never  a  case  represented  before 
the  Supreme  Court  itself  by  such  able  and 
distinguished  counsel,  not  to  mention  MoCrary, 
Tucker.  Kasson,  and  Field,  ot  the  House,  who 
are  dispatched  with  the  killing  phrase  of  "  ob- 
jeotors."  Tbere  are  Charles  CConor  and 
Jere  Black,  on  the  Democratic  side,  and  Evarts, 
Stoughton  and  Mathews,  for  the  Republicans, 
with  assistant  or  associate  counsel  hardly  less 
eminent.  Mr.  Evarts  spent  most  of  the  four 
hours  of  argument  by  the  objectors  writing  at 
his  table,  but  he  evidently  kept  close  attention 
upon  the  arguments  at  the  same 
time,  for  often  he  stopped  lus  writing 
to  make  some  whispered  comment  to  Mr. 
Stoughton  upon  the  points  of  the  speakers  on 
either  side.  Mr.  Mathews,  in  the  latter  part  of 
the  day,  was  busy  with  his  pen,  but  most  of 
the  other  counsel  were  only  taking  occasional 
notes.  Charles  O'Conor  appeared  to  be  very 
feeble,  and  while  he  was  tbe  central  figure 
among  the  Democratic  counsel,  it  is  douotful  if 
he  will  be  able  to  do  more  than  to  advise  his 
aasooiates. 

David  Dudley  Field  appears  as  the  great 
Tilden  manager.  This  ia  aaid  to  be  largely  an 
assumed  function,  and  he  was  "sat  down 
upon,"  if  that  expressive  phrase  may  be  used, 
this  afternoon,  by  Judge  Clifford  and  Senator 
Edmunds  jointly.  At  the  close  of  arguments 
by  the  objecters,  Justice  Clifford  directed 
a  question  specifically  to  counsel.  Field 
immediately  assumed  to  answer,  but  Justice 
Clifford  remarked  that  the  Commission  would 
be  better  satisfied  if  the  counsel  should  answer. 
There  was  a  whispered  consultation  among 
attorneys,  and  Mr  Field  presently  tried  to 
answer  again.  Senator  Edmunds  inquired 
whether  he  spoke  as  an  objector,  or  as  «ne  of 
the  counsel,  aqd  receiving  answer  that 
Mr.  Field  was  speaking  aa  an  objector, 
Mr.  Edmunds  said  that  tbe  time  of 
objectors/  bad  expired,  and  the  Commission 
was  now  desiroua  of  hearing  trom  counseL 
Field  began  to  understand  that  he  was  dealing 
with  men  who  were  not  afraid  of  him,  and  he 
waa  no  more  heard  from. 

Mr.  Field  and  Randolph  Tucker  made  the 
argument  for  tbe  objectors  against  the  count- 
ing of  the  Hayes  votes.  It  was  agreed  between 
them  that  each  should  speak  an  hotir,  but  Mr. 
Field  at  the  expiration  of  his  time  had  not  con- 
cluded, and  the  chivalrous  son  ot  Virginia  told 
him  to  take  all  the  time  he  desired.  Mr.  Field 
accordingly  oontmued  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
longer.  His  speech  was  not  an  argument,  but 
an  appeal,  or  rather  a  kind  of  direction  to  the 
Commission  as  if  it  wore  a  jury.  Ho  assumed 
that  Florida  had  given  its  votes  for  Tilden 
Electors,  and  the  wicked  Republicans  had 
stolen  It  for  Hayes.  The  Hayes  certificate  was 
a  thing  hateful  to  touch  even,  but  nevertheless 
he  did  take  it  in  his  band  and  held  it  up  to  the 
light  and  declared  it  to  be  "  black  with  crime." 
This  assertion  the  sober  old  gentlemen  com- 
posmg  the  Commission  will  gravely  inves- 
tigate. Mr.  Field  indulged  in  a  little 
surprising  rhetoric  with  respect  to  the 
statue  of  Washington  being  turned  to- 
ward the  rising  sun,  or  something  to 
that  effect.Jand  he  mentioned  the  removal  of  tbe 
Goddess  of  Liberty  from  the  dome  ot  the  Cap- 
itol, but  gave  no  valid  reasons  therefor.  Ran- 
dolph Tucker,  with  the  "  wild  exuberance  of  a 
child  of  the  sunny  South.'V  wahted  the  Com- 
mission to  diye  down  into  the  slimy  filth,  and 
unkennel  the  tremendous  frauds.  The  argu- 
ments addressed  to  the  grave  tribunal  by 
Field  and  Tucker,  are  said  to  have  properly 
presented  the  Democratic  position,  but  they 
were  certainly  not  particularly  impressive. 

In  the  arguments  to-day  tbe  Republicans  are 
generally  conceded  to  have  been  best  repre- 
sented. Mr.  Kaason,  in  begmning,  cleared 
away  much   of  the   rubbish  with  whioh    Field 

bad  attempted  to  coyer  up  the  real  questions 
at  issue.  He  addressed  himself  to  the  true 
qnestiona,  and  in  a  plain,  straightforward, 
logical  speech  showed  the  regularity  of 
the  Hayes  certitieate.  and  the  irregu- 
larity and  illegality  of  the  others. 
He  attempted  leas  to  exhibit  the  obiections 
to  counting  the  Tilden  vote  than  to  prove  that 
the  Hayes  vote  should  be  counted.  He  showed 
into  what  a  series  of  difficulties  the  attempt 
to  oanvaas  the  vote  of  the  State  for  Electors 
would  lead  the  Commission,  and  made  it 
clear  that  if  the  queation  of  how  the 
State  voted  were  to  be  explored  back 
of  the  executive  oertifi!cate,  the  Commission 
could  not  stop  with  the  allegations  of  Field  on 
one  hand,  but  must  examine  tne  allegations 
upon  tbe  other  side.  This  would  involve  the 
Commission  in  a  labor  that  would  not  be  ter- 
minated by  the  4th  of  March.  Mr.  Kasson  claim- 
ing that  the  Commission  had  precisely  the  same 
powers  as  the  two  houses  of  Congress  in 
counting  the  vote,  and  went  into  an  argument 
to  show  that  that  power  was  narrowly  minis- 
terial. Mr.  MoCrary  made  a  close  legal  argu- 
meiit,  citing  many  authorities  directed  to 
showing  the  uselessness  of  tbe  quo  warranto 
proceedings  in  the  Florida  courts,  of 
which  Field  had  attempted  to  make  so 
much.  Mr.  MoCrary  exploded  effectually  the 
notion  that  a  quo  warranto  proceeding  could 
have  any  effect  to  invalidate  tbe  actions'  of  of- 
fieers  against  whom  the  writ  is  brought,  until 
the  judgment  ia  rendered ;  nor  could 
it  after  the  term  of  the  officer  has 
expired.  The  function  of  tbe  Electors 
having  terminated  when  they  oaat  their 
votes,  no  proceedings  now  could  invalidate 
that  action.  Mr.  MoCrary'a  argument  waa  very 
clear  and  oonoluaive  on  thia  point,  and  in  oou- 
nection  with  this  argument  be  assailed  sno- 
ceaafuUy  Mr.  Fields'  propoaiti*n  that  the  Com- 
mission waa  poaaesaed,  in  thia  prooaeding,  of 
all  the  powers  of  a  court  of  general  jurisdic- 
tion, hearing  a  quo  warranto  proceeding. 

Ttud  Commission  will  meet  agahi  to-morrow 
mominSi  ikt  10:30  o'dook.     The    imnortant 


question  of  what  testimony  shall  be  admitted 
and  considered  by  the  Commission  will  then  be 

raised,  and   tbe    formal    offer    of  eyldence 

will  probably  be  made  by  the  counsel 
of  the  Democratic  side.  There  was  no 
definite  determining  of  the  manner  of  pro- 
ceeding to-night,  but  probably  the  eaunael  will 
make  out  and  present  a  aohedule  of  the  evi- 
dence they  wish  to  have  considered  and  the 

facts  they  expect  to  prove.  On  the 
Republican  side  there  will  be  no 
offer  of  evidenoe,  but  the  claim 
will  be  made  that,  if  evidence  is  to  be  admit- 
ted on  the  Demooratio  side,  the  privilege  of 
meeting  it  shall  be  accorded  the  Republicans. 
The  counsel  have  the  choice  ot  -reserving  their 

arguments  till  the  questions  touching  the  admis- 
sion of  evidence  have  been  decided  by  the  Com- 
mission, or  of  continuing  their  arguments  now, 

and  leaving  the  question  of  evidenoe  to  be  af- 
terward decided.  This  is  so  important  a  mat- 
ter that  the  counsel    will  be  likely  to  make 

their  arguments  before  that  question  is  deter- 
mined.    It  is  not  yet   definitely   kaow^i    who 

will  speak,  but  it  is  uuderstood  Charles 
O'Conor  will  be  heard,  if  he  is  in  suffioient 
health,  and  Messrs.  Stoughton  and  Gvarts  will 

probably  speak  on  the  Bepublioan  side. 

There  is,  of  course,  great  anxiety  and  a  vast 
amount  of  speculation  as  to  tbe  probable  ac- 
tion of  the  Commission  in  the  Florida  case. 
It  is  pretty  generally  agreed  among 
lawyers  ot  both  parties  that  the  decision 
of  the  very  first  question — that  concerning 
the  hearing  of  evidence — will  carry  along  with 
it  a  determination  of  the  main  result.  If  the 
Commission  shoidd  decide  not  to  go  into  an 
examination  of  the  election  of  Electors,  the 
vote  of  Florida  and  of  Lomsiana 
will  certainly  be  counted  tor  Hayes, 
and  the  only  hope  of  the  Democracy  would  be 
in  Oregon.  Some  of  them  seem  to  suppose  the 
Commission  may  decide  to  count  but  two  votes 
from  that  State,  but  lawyers  do  not  ex- 
pect such  a  result.  If  tbe  Commission 
should  determine  to  go  behind  the  re- 
turns, then  tbere  will  be  no  result 
from  the  lost  Presidential  election,  tor  tbere  is 
no  time  to  hear  the  evidenoe.  The  almost  uni- 
versal belief  is  that  the  Commission  must  either 
elect  Hayes,  or  that  its  action  will  compel  a 
new  election  by  postponing  a  determination 
till  after  the  4th  ot  March.  As  to  the  proba- 
bibty  of  the  Commission  going  behind  the  re- 
turns, that  can  be  guessed  anywhere  and  by 
anybody,  as  well  as  by    the  wisest  man  in 

Washington. 

♦ 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  COMMISSION. 

WAsmuoTOJf,  Feb.  2.— The  Electoral  Com- 
miasion  met  at  10:30  A.  M.  The  Presiding  Jtutice 
stated  that  the  inquiry  had  been  made  yesterday, 
"Wbat  is  the  case?"  to  which  he  had  taken  the 
liberty  to  respond  that  it  consisted  of  three  certifi- 
cates from  the  State  of  Florida,  with  the  accom- 
panying papers,  and  the  objections  to  tbe  same.  He 
would  now  say  that  two  of  tbe  obieotora  on  each 
aide  will  be  allowed  to  speak  in  the  opening  of  the 
case.  Those  representing  the  objections  to  certifi- 
cate No.  1  would  first  speak.  He  reminded  them 
that  the  fortieth  rule  allows  them  two  hours  in 
which  to  state  the  case  and  argue  in  support  of 
their  objection.  Then  two  objectors  upon  the  other 
aide  would  speak,  aubjeot  to  the  aame  vlewa  and 
limitations. 

Representative  Field — I  desire  to  inquire  whether, 
after  the  two  objectors  have  spoken  for  the  other 
side,  we  shall  not  be  allowed  the  opportunity  ot  re- 
plying 1 

The  Presiding  Jastice^The  rules  make  no  pro- 
vision for  any  reply  on  the  part  of  the  obJectorA. 
Applications  for  turther  time  maat  be  made  to  tbe 
Commission,  the  Presiding  Jastice  having  no  dis- 
cretion in  the  matter  whatever.  My  view  of  the 
matter  Is  that  one  of  tbe  counsel  for  the  objectors 
to  certificate  No.  1  should  open,  and  that  one  of  the 
counsel  in  favor  of  that  certificate  and  against  the 
objectors  should  reply  g  and  then  the  other  oonn- 
tiel  supportisg  the  obieotiona  to  certificate  No.  1 
will  have  the  door. 

Mr.  Kasson  remarked  that  while  his  side  bad  no 
objection  to  proceeding,  as  far  as  the  objections  to 
the  flist  oeitlQoate  were  concerned,  this  morning, 
bis  associate  and  himself  finding  more  questions  in- 
volved in  the  objections  to  that  certificate  than  it 
was  supposed  woald  be  fonnd,  and  not  having  had 
an  opportunity  to  examine  th»m  until  thia  forenoon, 
he  thought  it  was  probable  his  side  would  be 
obliged  to  ask  the  oonrt  for  some  little  time  before 
proceeding. 

The  Presiding  Justice — The  suggestion  calls  for 
no  mling.  Connanl  on  behalf  of  the  oblectors  for 
certificate  No.  1  will  proceed.  I  shall  for  conve- 
nience designate  the  certiflcates  respectively  Nos. 
1,  2,  and  3. 

Representative  Field — Before  proceeding.  If  the 
Ccmmlssion  will  allow  me,  I  would  reter  to  a  pre- 
liminary matter.  I  observe  that  rule  5  apeaks  of 
testimony.  Though  I  am  in  aome  doubt  about  the 
course  of  procefdine,  if  evidence  le  admissible.  I 
think  it  abould  be  stated  to  tbe  cosrt  before  begin, 
cing  the  argument  that  we  are  preparea  to  state  at 
the  bar,  or  In  any  manner  the  court  may  indicate, 
bv  depoaitlon  or  otherwise,  all  that  is  necesaary  to 
prove  the  allegations  in  our  obiections. 
Wo  suppose  that  tbe  papera  which  are 
to  be  presented  here  contain  sufficient 
evidenoe  for  all  purposes,  hut  I  ought  to  state  that 
I  do  not  propose  to  proceed  with  the  argument 
under  the  impression  that  we  have  no  other  evi- 
dence on  whioh  we  rely,  ssving,  ot  course,  the  ques- 
tion whether  tbe  evidenoe  is  competent  or  not.  I 
wiab  to  say  that  we  can  prodnce  testimony  here,  or 
anvwhere,  or  in  any  manner  that  tbe  Commission 
may  direct,  and  offer  to  do  it,  in  proof  of  oar  case 
now,  or  at  anv  other  time,  or*  in  any  other  manner. 

Judge  Strong — It  seems  to  me  that  the  rules  we 
have  adopted  place  tbe  oli|]eotora  in  preclsalj  the 
same  position  aa  that  of  oeuasel  who  opens  a  case 
before  it  is  sabmitted  to  the  iury.  We  oropose 
that  the  objectors  shall  occnpy  exactly  that  posi- 
tioo.  In  their  direct  statement  of  their  objections 
they  will  state  what  their  objections  are  and  how 
tbey  propose  to  snpport  them.  The  other  qoea- 
tlons  win  come  np  afterward  in  regard  to  the  ad- 
missibllitT  ot  evidenee,  and  the  other  counsel  will 
reply. 

Representative  Field — That,  of  course,  will  be 
entirely  satisfaetory  to  us. 

PIBST  DEMOCRATIC  OBtlBCTOR. 

Mr.  Field  then,  oa  behalf  of  the  ot^jeotors,  ad- 
dressed the  Commission.    Be  said  : 

Mr.  President  akd  Gentlemen  of  the  Electobal 
COHKIBSION :  It  will  be  my  endeavor  in  the  state- 
mentd  which  I  make  to  set  forth  with  as  much  con- 
ciaeneaa  as  I  may  the  facts  whioh  we  expect  to 
prove  and  the  propositions  which  we  expect  to 
establish.  The  power  devolved  by  the  Federal 
Cousiituilon  upon  the  States  of  this  Union  was 
In  the  State  of  Florida  exercised  by  tbe 
Electors  of  the  State,  .lirectly  appointed  by  tbe 
qnalified  voters  of  tbe  State  at  the  general  election. 
That  election  was  held  on  the  7th  day  of  Novem- 
ber, 1876.  It  was  qniet  and  orderly,  ao  far  as  we 
are  lu  formed,  tbtougbont  the  State,  and  it  re- 
mained only  to  gather  the  returns  of  the  votes.  The 
result  of  the  voting  was  a  malorlty  m  favor  of  tbe 
Electors  whom,  for  convenience  only — for  I  wonld 
rather  sot  speak  of  candidates  or  persons — I 
will ,  designate  as  the  "  Tilden  Electors." 
Nevertheless,  a  certificate  comea  here  signed 
by  the  then  Governor  of  the  State, 
certifying  that  the  Uayes  Electors  had  a  majority 
of  votes.  By  what  sort  of  jugglery  that  resnit  was 
aooomplisbed  I  now  take  it  upon  myself  to  explain. 
Bv  the  law  of  the  State  of  Florida,  tbe  counties  are 
divided  Into  precincts,  and  the  votes  of  the  polling 
preoinctfi  are  returned  to  the  Coonty  Clerk,  where 

thev  are  oaDvassed  by  certain  officials,  and  these 

County  Canvassers  certify  to  the  State  Canraskers. 
Mr.  Field  then  read  from  the  evidenoe  of  An- 
drew A.  Allen,  Sheriff  of  Baker  County,  Fia,,  to  the 
effect  that  be  and  Judge  Driggers  went  to  the 
Clerk'a  office  of  Baker  County  at  about  6 
o'clock  in  tbe  evening,  knowing  that  the  Olerk 
waa  not  in  the  ofiSce,  and  knowing  also 
that  the  Clerk  bad  already  made  tbe  oanvasa  of  the 
voces.  The  wimess  testified  thathe  and  Judee  Drig- 
gers threw  away  the  JohnsviUe  and  DarbyyiUe  Pie- 
ci  nets  because  they  believed  that  one  person  had' 
been  prevented  irom  voting ;  that  tbey  bal  no  evi- 
dence whatever  before  them  of  that  fact  except  the 
statement  ot  the  party  and  an  Impreaoion,  the  re- 
sult of  general  rumor  that,  some  illegal  votea  had 
been  casl.  Mr.  Field  aaid  that  the  whole  qneation, 
ao  far  aa  oonoeraa  the  State  of  Florida,  reata  npou 
such  atatementa  as  he  had  read,  ana  the  whole 
qneation  of  law  and  £m«  presented  to  the  Commia- 
aion  ia  whether  or  not,  in  tbe  fooe  of  ■nea  state- 
meats    aa    thosa,     a    naner     iisneA    HL    X, 


"■^'^'^^^J^ 


Steams,  certifying  that  certain  persona  were  elected 
to  office  when  there  is  no  truth  in  the  statement,  is 
to  be  received  as  binding  upon  this  body.  He  re- 
viewed at  some  lenfetb  the  action  of  tbe  Florida  Re- 
turning Board  and  of  ex-Gnv.  Steams,  and  oompii- 
mented  tbe  people  of  Florida  for  the  patience  and 
forbearance  which  they  had  displayed  in  the 
emergency.  "  They  resorted,"  said  be,  "aaalllaw- 
abiding  citizens  shunld  resort,  to  the  oonrta  of  their 
State,  and  the  conrta  decided  that  tbe  Statn  Can- 
vassers bad  no  power,  nnder    the  laws    of   Florida, 

to  throir  out  any  votes;  that  they  were 
bonnd  to  count  every  lawfal  vote  pat  into 
the  ballot-box ;  that  tlie  Retnming  Board  were 
neither  £leotors  nor  Judges,  otherwise  than  as  to 
what  votes  were  put  In."  Tbe  Supreme  Court  of 
Florida,  therefore,  he  continned,  pronounced  the 
action  of  tbe  Returmng  Board  illegal,  and  Gax. 
Drew  took  his  place  and  is  now  tbe  lawfal  and  ac- 
cepted Governor  of  tbe  State  of  Florida.  If  there 
be  any  mode  known  to  law  by  which  a  defrauded 

State  can,  tbroneb  Ita  conrts  of  law,  ritrht  anv 
vrronss  which  It  may  snfier,  that  mode  bus  been 
.adopted  la  Florida.  Keferring  to  tne  vote  for  Pres- 
ident and  Vice  President,  Mr.  Field  ezpUined  that 
there  were  three  certificates  on  '  returns 
from  that  State.  Hetara  "So.  1,  made 
by  the  Hayes  Electors  and  bearing  the  certificate  of 
Steams  as  Governor ;  return  No.  2,  signed  by  tbe 
Tilden  Electors  witoont  the  certitieate  of  tbe  Gov- 
ernor, but  I7ltli  a  cercitlcate    of  tbe  Attomev  G-ene- 

ral,  (the  only  diaeenting  member  of  tbe  Board  of 
Canvassers,)  certifying  that  they  were  elected,  and 

return  Ko.  3,  containing  tlie  acnon  of  tbe  State  an- 
thoritles  snbteqnent  to  the  first  two  returns  ror  the 

purpoie  of  receiving  and  confirming  (so  far  as  it 
was  possible  tor  the  Sute  thereupon  to  do  it)  the 
seoond  retom.  We  are  told  that  the  certificate  for- 
warded tu  Washington  vrith    the  eiKnatnre  of  Gov. 

Steams  attached,  is  the  true  eertifioate,  aud  that  no 
matter  what  documentary  evidence  may  be  found 

to  invalidate  that  certificate.  It  still  remains  bind- 
ing. It  18  to  that  statement  that  Mr.  Field  pro- 
posed to  devote  the  remainder  of  his  remarss. 

The  form,  said  he,  in  wbich  tne  point  is  stated,  is 
erroneons,  and  should  be  made  to  read:  "Can  the 
certificate  go  behind  the  truth  and  conceal  itt" 
Tbere  is  no  pretense  that  tbe  trne  and  lawful  vote 
of  the  State  of  Florida  was  not  given  for  the  Tilden 
Eleocors.bat  tbe  sole  pretext  is  that  the  trntb  cannot 
be  proved  as  against  the  certificate  of  U-ov.  Steams ; 
that  the  truth  is  rolled  np  and  concealed  in  that 
certificate,  and  that  Congress,  whether  acting  in 
separate  bouses  or  in  Joint  house,  cannot  consider 
any  act  which  is  certitled  by  Stearns.  You  may 
ask,  iu  the  first  place,  wbat  foundation  that  is ; 
you  are  teld  that  you  are  to  take  that  cerdflcate  as 
conclusive  evidenoe  against  everything  that  oonld 
be  proved  on  the  other  sida  By  what  rule  of  evi- 
dence, by  what  doctrine  of  law  are  you  deprived  of 
the  right  to  examine  into  tbe  truth?  Is  it  not  a 
uiiiversal  rale  that  every  Judge  is  invested  ex  ne- 
cessitate with  power  to  take  all  pertinent  evidence 
in  respect  to  the  facts  upon  which  his  Judgment  Is 
to  be  pronounced,  unless  there  be  some  positive 
law  declaring  that  certain  oertidcates  or  other  doc- 
umentary  evidence  shall  be  conclusive?  "Show 
me."  said  Mr.  Field,  "the  positive  law  which 
makes  the  certificate  of  Stearns  evidence  against 
tbe  truth.  Where  is  itt  It  is  not  in  the  Constitu- 
tion, that  is  certain.  It  is  not  in  the  laws  of  the 
State  of  Florida,  that  is  certala.  Is  it  in  any  law  of 
Congresii  The  only  law  I  know  of  bearing 
on  it  is  the  act  of  1792,  re-enacted 
in  the  Bevised  Statutes,  which  8tat«s  that  the 
Executive  of  the  State  shall  deliver  to  the  Elec- 
tors a  certificate  that  they  are  tbe  Electors j  but  it 
does  not  stiite  that  it  shall  be  the  truth.  Suppose 
I  offer  to  prove  thai  the  certificate  is  wholly  false, 
and  fabneated  for  the  purpose  ot  cheating  t  Take 
one  of  the  oldest  and  proudest  States  of  this  Union, 
the  State  of  Massachusetts,  of  which  my  friend 
Mr.  Commissioner  Abbott  is  ao  worthy  a  Bepre- 
scniative.  Suppose  that  the  honored  Governor  of 
that  State  should  become  so  debased  and  fallen  as 
to  certify  that  in  the  recent  election  the  Tilden 
Electors  bad  received  a  majority  of  the  votea  of  tbe 
people  of  Massachusetts.  Docs  any  man  mean  to 
tell  me  that  you  cannot  prove  that  certificate  to  be 
false  }  Where  is  the  law  to  snpport  such  a  s'ate- 
ment  ?  Nay  I  more  ;  if  an  act  of  Congrofia  bad  de- 
clared that  that  certificate  should  be  conclusive  that 
act  would  be  unconstitutional,  and  for  thia  reason 
the  Constitution  declares  or  asserts  that  the  person 
having  the  highest  number  of  votes  shall  be  the 
President,  not  the  person  declared  to  have  the 
bigbest  number  of  votes.  Ton  cannot,  therefore, 
manufacture  a  certificate  to  take  from  the  person 
actually  having  the  highest  number  of  votes 
such  rights  aa  he  is  entitled  to  by  those 
votes,  and  if  you  were  by  an  act  of  Congress  to  de- 
clare iu  the  most  positive  terms  that  the  certificate 
of  tbe  Governor  should  be  conclusive  against  all 
proof,  yoa  wonld  transcend  tbe  limits  of  organic 
law.  You  cannot  say  that  tbe  certificate  ot  the 
Governor  of  MaKsachusetts,  for  example,  bbould 
override  tbe  votes  of  tbo  Electors  of  Massachu- 
setts. You  could  not  do  so  if  yoa  would,  and  I  am 
sure  yon  would  not  it  you  could.  Tbe  language  of 
the  act  of  Congress  is  not  so  strong  as  the  language 
of  the  State  law  generally  as  to  the  canvass  of 
votes.  Take  tbe  case  of  Wisconsin.  There  a  law  of 
the  State  had  declared  that  the  State  Canvassers 
should  determine,  certify,  and  declare  tne  result — 
should  declare  who  waa  Governor.  A  man  got  into 
the  office  of  Governor  upon  such  a  certificate  de- 
claring that  he  was  elected.  A  rival  claimant 
broagnt  up  the  case  upon  a  wnt  of  quo  warranto. 
Tbe  first  party  bad  bis  position  ana  claims  advo- 
cated by  tbe  ablest  counael  of  tbe  State  of  Wla- 
conslu.  Uis  argument  was:  You  cannot  in- 
quire into  the  case,  because  the  certifluaie  of 
tue  State  Caurasiers  ]is  conclusive.  Ko,  says 
the  court,  in  an  opinion  wiiich  does  them 
immortal  h<nor,  and  which  will  remain 
a  living  monument  to  the  patriotism  ot  that  court 
and  Its  infiexible  determination  of  purpose  as  long 
as  tbe  report  shall  latjt — the  title  of  the  Governor 
depends  ut>on  the  votes  of  tbe  people ;  upon  those 
little  ballote  placed  in  the  ballot-boxes,  aeclatlng 
tbe  supreme  w^ill  of  tbe  people.  It  la  not  who  shall 
be  certified  by  a  Board  of  CauTassers,  bat  who  have 
bean  voted  for  by  the  people.  The  court  decluretl 
that  the  claimant  was  entitled  to  the  ofiioe,  and  it 
ejected  the  nsurplng  Qoveruor. 

What  is  this  Commission  to  dot  It  is  to  declare 
whether  any  and  what  votes  are  votes  provided  by 
the  Constitution,  and  not  to  declare  wbat  are  those 
votes  certified  by  Gov.  Stearns.  You  are  to  certify 
wbat  are  the  lawlul  votes  upon  wbich  a  President 
of  forty-five  mlUionsof  people  is  to  be  declared  elect- 
ed and  to  be  inducted  into  office.  Is  It  not  implied 
that  a  writ  of  quo  warranto  to  try  the  tide  of  the 
President  of  the  LJiiited  Siate.s  is  witbia  the  purview 
of  tbe  Conatitntlonl  Can  anybody  doubt  it  ?  The 
Constitntion  has  oecluied  that  tue  person  having 
the  highest  nutober  of  .voces  shall  be  tbe 
President  —  not  the  person  cortified  to.  It 
has  not  mvested  any  tribunal  with  ezolasive 
power.  No  matter  how  determined  by  any  pre- 
liminary anthoritv,  there  still  remains  the  right  to 
enact  a  law  giving  a  right  to  the  exercise  of  the 
writ  of  quo  warranto.  No  such  law  exists,  I  am 
sorry  to  say  ;  and  if  1  mlebt  be  permitted  to  say  so, 
It  oBght  to  exiKt.  I  ought  not  lo  aay,  perhaps,  but  I 
must  say  it  in  troth,  that  it  is  no  small  reproach  to 
our  statesmanship  that  tor  100  years  no  law  has 
been  provided  to  meet  the  emergency  with  which 
we  are  now  brought  face  to  tace.  I  know  that  one 
emmeut  member  of  this  Commission  [Senator  Mor- 
ton] has  labored  asBidoonsly  ana  zeRiouftly  to  have 
such  a  law  passed,  and  of  all  tbe  t  ties  to  which  he 
con  ever  lay  claim  ior  respect  I  am  sure  that  that 
will  be  remembered  hereafter  to  his  houer ;  and 
after  tbe  strnggieu  of  tbe  passing  boar  have 
closed,  when  the  time  shall  have  come  when  men 
may  look  at  bis  grave,  they  will  not  remember  him 
by    tne    contests    In    which    be    was  encased,  but 

rather  that  in  ibe  service  ot  his  country  he  labored, 
although  hitherto  unavailingly,  to  acliieve  a  bene- 
ficent result.  But  whetber  mere  be  a  law  entitling 
to  a  writ  of  quo  warranto  or  not,  in  the  case  of  a 
President,  1  thmk  all  paraes  will  agree 
that  snob  a  law  wonld  be  constitutional,  and  if  a 
law  to  provide  for  a  writ  quo  warranto  would  be 
constitutional,  then  it  la  constitutional  for  any  other 
tribunal  sitting  in  tbe  place  of  a  high  tribunal  nn- 
der tbat  writ  to  investigate  a  title;  that 
la  to  say,  if  yoa  can  devolve  tbat 
title  upon  any  tribunal  which  you 
could  create  and  you  have  ^ot  created  any  such 
tribnnal.  You  are  here  in  the  last  resort,  as  the 
court  to  determine  it.  You  must  go  to  those  duties 
and  perform  those  lunotions,  and  receive  that  evi- 
dence wbich  tbat  court  could  perform  and  receive. 
There  ia  another  consideration  as  to 
why       the       truth      may  bo         given       in 

evidence,  and  that  is  that  fraud 
vitiates  all  transactions.  I  will  not  argue  that  the 
J  adement  of  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  can 
be  impeached  collaterally  for  fraud.  If  it  could  be, 
It  would  be  against  paulio  policy.  It  would  be  a 
scandal  lo  inquire  into  the  bribery  or  corruption  of 
a  Judge  wbile  the  Judge  ia  eitrlag  upon  the  Bench, 
and  therefore,  from  motives  of  pablic  policy,  it  may 
be  trne  that  nntil  the  Judge  be  impeaciied  or  re- 
moved you  cannot  inqaire  into  tbe  oorraption  of 
his  acts.  I  venture  to  say,  however, 
tbat  there  is  no  document  anywhere 
that  you  cannot  impeach  for  fraud. 
Tbere  is  not  a  single  transaction  that  I  have  ever 
heard  of  which  sbuuld  lead  us  to  the  conclusion 
tbat  you  cannot  Inquire  into  the  falsity  or  fidebty 
and  trntb  of  a  trannacUon,  and  I  put  It  to  the  court 
that,  independent  of  the  qusstlon  whether,  if  a 
Judge  were  mistaken  and  |lt  be  shown  that 
acting  la  the  exercise  of  bis  jn  tgment,  and  trom  a 
desire  to  do  justice  he  bad  erroneously  certified  a 
thing  to  be  true,  (which  X  have  no  doubt  yoa  coald 
inquire  inte,)  I  snboitt  that  if  yon  shaw  tnat  he  cor- 
ruptly acted,  and  that  he  waa  bribed  or  led  astray 
by  his  hunger  far  office  or  thlr<t  for  power 
(not  leas  than  by'  a  thirat  for  gold,) 
you  can  impeach  his  acta.     Who  is   he  whose  acta 

we  are  askmg  to  Idipeucb  t   Itis  the  tben  Governor 

of  Florl'jB,  M.  L.  Steams.  Steams  la  tbe  man  who 
sent  a  telegram  asking,  "  On  what  grounds  can  we 
throw  one  votes?"  and  who  received  for  an- 
ewer,  "fraud  and  intimidation,"  or  something 
else.  Stearns  is  the  man  who  controlled 
those  puopets  of  tbe  Canvaaatng  Board 
who '  were  to  decide  whether  or  not  he 
was  to  exeroiae  the  office  of  Governor  for  tbe 
next  term.  Is  it  a  correct  proposition  of  law  that 
you  cannot  inquire  whether  that  man  has  acted 
ftaudulently  t  If  it  be  true  that  the  oertifioatea 
cannot  be  gone  behind,  then  it  Is  eqaally  trae, 
whether  there  vraa  an  election  or  not.  Suppose  I 
pr.ive,  or  offer  to  prove,  that  on  the  7ta'  day 
of  Novemt>er  last  tbere  was  no  eleotion  whatever 
in  the  State  ot  Florida,  and  that  no  man 
voted  or  cast  a  ballot,  and  yet  the  certificate  ahonld 
come  here  signed  "  M.  L.  Steams."  Could  you  say 
that  that  shows  tbat  these  four  men  were 
elected  at  that  elfodonf  "To  that  oomplez- 
ion    mnit  I    oome   at~  lut."  .   Zbeta    Is     no 


middle  ground.  If  yon  can  oaa  Inqaire  int^ 
the  troth  of  that  oertiflcate,  yea  oan  inqoirt 
into  every  fact  in  relation  to  it.  Simh,  Mr.  Preal^ 
dent  and  Gentlemen  of  the  Conunisalon,  is  aa  brief 
a  statement  as  I  oan  make  of  the  foots  and  the  law.t 
as  we  understand  them  to-day.  The  Kreataesa 
ot  the  question  in  respect  to  the  dignity  of, 
the  Presidential  office,  and  the  enormous  intereatei 
depending  upon  it,  are  as  nothing  oompared  with} 
the  moral  elements  involved.  True  it  is  that  the] 
person  to  whom  you  give  your  decision  wUli 
be  for  fonr  years  the  chief  magistrate  of 
forty-five  millions  of  people ;  will  be  Commander 
in  Chief  of  vour  Army  and  ITavy ;  the' 
orgitn  between  you  and  all  foreign  States ;  the  be- 
stower  of  all  offices;  the  fountain  of  honor  and! 
power,  and  the  executor  of  your  law.  But  that  ia  aa] 
nothing  compared  with  the  greater  qnestion, whether, 
or  not  the  American  people  stand  powerleae  beforaj 

a  gigantic  frand.  Here  is  this  eertifioate.^ 
THolding    a   paper    aloft    in    his     hond.J     (hie 

feels  almost  reinctant  to  toaoh  It.  Sul<t 
it  up  to  the  Ueht.  It  is  black  witU 
crime.  Pass  it  around;  let  every  maa 
see  it ;  and  tben  tell  me  whether  or  not  that  certifi- 
cate gives  a  title  to  an  office  oontrarv  to  trat  b,  aa 
we  oan  prove  it.      One  of   the  (rreatest  poets  of    tbe 

palmiest  dars  ot  English  literatare,  wtitlng  of  tb% 
coming  of  the  Saviour,  said  : 

"  And  ancient  frnxid  shall  flail. 
Beiuming  Jutitice  lift  aloft  ber^cale." 

Ancient  trand  I  Was  tbere  ever  fraud  like  this  \ 
In  all  previous  ages  frand  bas  sacceeded  only  be- 
caase  it  has  been  baeked  by  the  swoird,  and  protest-^ 
ing  peo(^  have  been  powerless  to  resist  the  force 
of    armed    battalions.     Never    hefore    now    in 

the  history  of  tb«  world  bas  a  &aad  aac- 
oeeded  azainst  tbe  conscience  ana  tbe  wiltf 
of  a  self-governing  people.  If  it  succeeds  now,  left 
us  cover  our  faces  with  abame.    !Let  as  take  down,' 

the  stacae  on  the  dome  of  the  Oapicol,  wbicb  eve^yt 
morning  faces  the  coming  light.  Let  us  clothe  out*! 
selves  in  sackcloth  and  sit  in  a^es  forever. 

SECOND  DEMOCRATIC    OBJECTION. 

Mr.  Tucker  followed  Mr.  Field.  The  objeotloiki^ 
be  said,  wbicb  are  made  by  the  merngbers  of  the  two 
houses  of  Congress  to  the  counting, of  tOe'Blectont 
who  voted  for  Messrs.  Hayes  and  Wheeler  are  to 
be  found  printed  this  morning  iii  the  form  to  which 
I  call  tbe  attention  ot  the  Commission.  ^The  first 
ob^ectiun  is  that  the  said  Pierce,  and  others  were 
not  appointed  by  said  State  of  Florida  in  snch 
manner  as  its  Legisiatnre  had  dioected.  The  second; 
IS  that  the  said  Wilkinson  Call  and  others  (the  TiU 
den  Electors)  were  appointed  by  the  said  Stata' 
in  such  manner  as  its  Legislatiire  had  directed.] 
Tbe  third  is  that  the  qnalified  Electors  of  the  said 
State,  in  manner  aa  is  vrovidea  by  the  law  of  Flori- 
da, did  elect  Wilkinson  Call  and  others,  the  TUdea 
Electors.  The  fourth  is  tbat  the  jsretended  certifi< 
cate,  or  paper  purporting  to  be  such,  signed  bv 
Steams,  as  (j^vemor  of  that  Sroeto.  of  the  appoint- 
ment of  Pierce  and  others,  was  and  is  in  all  respects 
untrue,  and  was  corruptly  procured  and  mode  in, 
pursuance  of  a  conspiracy  bet  ween  the  said  Steam's 
Pierce  and  others,  to  set  up  fictitious  and  nnreal, 
votes  for  President  and  Vice  President.  The  fltth 
is  that  the  said  papers,  falsel^y  purporting  to  o^ 
the  votes  for  President  snd  Vice  PresiJ 
dent,  of  tbe  State  of  Florida,  are  fictiv 
tious  and  unreal;  and  do  -  not  properly; 
represent  any  votes  or  lawful  acts,  and  were  mada' 
out  and  executed  in  pursnanco  of  said  fraudulena 
consDiracy.  The  sixth  sets  out  at  length  what  I 
will  state  succinctly,  that  by  a  quo  warranto  to  ^ 
proceeding  initiated  prior  to  the  vote  given  for  i 
Hayea  and  Wheeler  by  those  preteade(y 
Electors  on  the  6th  day  ot  December,  arjt 
wbi(;h  resnlted  in  an  adioumment  to  t'do 
S5th  or  26th  of  January,  their  eleotion  and  their  titlQ 
to  the  offices  of  the  State  of  Florida  waa  decU'.-ed 
utterly  null  ana  void,  and  that  they  were  usurtjers 
and  pretenders  to  the  said  offices.  Inthatcaseof  qua 
warranto  the  parties  were  the  State  of  Florida  erf 
rel  Wilkinson  Call  and  othera  (the  Tilden  EleotorK) 
against  tbe  Hayes  Electors.  These  aue  th« 
obiections  made,  and  tbey  may  be  snmraarized 
thus :  We  object  to  those  votes  being 
counted  because  we  say  these  men  were  not  elected 
according  to  the  law  of  Florida., and  not  being  so 
elected  can  have  no  title  to  the  office.  Second,  wa 
liul  t  that  even  if  tbey  liaa  been  elected  according 
to  tbe  forms  of  the  law  of  Florida,  their  election  waa 
tainted  and  is  void.  Tbe  whole  question  pq^ented  to 
this  tribunal  is  a  question  presented  to  the  two 
houses  of  Concress,  and  whlcii  they  have  aubstltnted 
this  tribunal  in  their  etead  to  decide.  It  is  simply 
this,  is  tbere  any  power  in  the  Constitution  under 
whioh  we  live  by  which  a  fraud  oan  be  prevented 
on  the  Presidency!  Mtist  a  man  whom  every t>ody 
knows  to  be  a  usurper  be  pronounced  by  tbe  two 
houses  ot  Congress,  or  this  tnbcmal  in  their  steady 
to  have  a  right  to  that  office  to  which  he  h^ 
no  right )  Shall  tbe  two  '  bouses  of  Con. 
gress,  tbe  sentinel  cruards  appuintea  by  tJis 
Constitution  against  usurpation  of  thia  high  office, 
shall  this  tri  banal,  the  substitute  for  the  sentinel 
guards,  permit  fraud  to  crawl,  with  slimy  trail,  into 
the  Executive  seat,  whence  it  may  spring  from  its 
coil  and  sting,  with  fatal  fang,  the  life-blood  of  the 
ereatest  Republic  in  the  world  )  la  the  fiat  ot  a  Be- 
turnintr  Board,  tainted  with  fraud  and  baaed  upon 
lawlessness,  to  conclude  the  jadsment  of  the,Ameri< 
cn  people  in  putting  a  usurper  into  tbe  seat  of 
Washington  ? 

Mr.  XucKBK  continned  at  some  lensth.  He  alluded 
to  the  quo  warranto  of  the  State  of  Florida  ex  reU 
Wilkla«on  Call  and  others,  and  to,  tbe  decision  ot 
the  Snpi  erne  Court  of  the  State  of  Florida  in  that 
State.  The  decision  of  the  court  he  argaed  to  ba 
sustained  by  authorities,  oitlne  a  large  numi»er. 
The  Betuming  Board  he  regarded  as  merely  one 
step  in  the  pathway  by  which  promulgations  of 
elections  were  made.  The  final  determinant  au- 
thority (If  he  were  allowed  t«  make  a  word  for  tha 
occasion;  was  the  Sapreme  Court.  Therefore,  un- 
less tbe  primary  determinant  authority,  viz.:  tha 
board.  Is  conclusive,  not  only  in  its  aotlun,  bat  also 
as  to  the  extent  of  its  powers,  then  we  mast  regard!^ 
the  proceeding  in  Fiorid^k  upon  the  action  of  theaaf 
Electors  as  a  part  ot  that  determinant  power  whioh.) 
the  State  bas  provided  against  fraud  and  illegalit/ 
in  the  exercise  of  tbe  elective  fnnction. 

A  SHORT  RECESS. 

When  Iklr.  Tucker  had  completed  hia  remarka^Mn 
Xassou  said,  on  consultation  he  thought  it  due  td 
the  Interests  represented  by  himself  and  MrJ 
McCrary  that  he  should  ask  farther  time  to  ex- 
amine the  certificates,  which  are  all  involved  in 
these  objections.  He  asked  it  speciall  upon  this 
ground,  that  instead  of  the  certificates  and  paiiers 
to  which  the  objections  apply  appearing  iu  print  in' 
the  Xecord  this  mominc,  as  was  expapted,  they  had 
not  appeared,  and  he  had  po  ac^ss  to  them 
nntil  counsel  on  the  other  side  in  theie 
printed  docnments  bad  placed  them  before  liim.  Ia 
addition  to  that,  tbe  magnixude  of  tbe  qnestionsi 
presented  by  the  argnments-  of  Messrs.  Field  and 
Tucker  were  a  reason  why  he  should  attempt  to? 
aid  tbe  Commission  more  "than  could  be  done  by. 
proceeding  immediately  with  his  remarks. 

Several  members  of  the  Commissiou  expressing 
their  unwilhngness  to  permit  any  delay  which  it 
was  possible  to  avoid,  Mr.  Kasson  concluded  that! 
he  would  proceed  after  a  abort  recess. 

The  Commission  tben,  at  1  o'clock,  took  a  recess 
until  3,  when  Mr.  £asaoa  proceeded  with  hia 
apeecb,  as  follows  s 

AHGUHENT  OF  «R.   KASSON  IN  REPLY.  ' 

Mk.  Pbbsidemt  and  Gentxembs  of  the  :Et,K's* 
TOBAL  CouHiSBioN:  lu  What  I  have  to  lay  I  Bb  aI] 
be  mindfnl  of  the  legends  of  that  honorable  oo  art 
which  uenally  occupies  tbe  Bench  now  occu- 
pied by  this  Commission.  It  is  said  o( 
Chief  Justice  Mai'sboll  that  after  listening 
for  a  day  and  tar  intu  the  seoond  day 
to  a  young  counsellor  who  had  by  that  timer  only  j 
passed  Coke  upon  Littleton  and  Blackatone  an4 
irot  down  to  Kent's  Commentaries,  the  Chief  Justice^ 
reoamded  him  that  it  must  hn  ~pre«umed  that  tbua 
Supreme  Court  of  the  TTnit^^d'  Statea^was  ita^f 
partially  cognisant  of.  thp  ihw,  -uq  he  might 
be  able  to  abbreviate  bis  a*'lKnment.  In 
tbat  spirit  to-day  I  anaii  .  cmdesvor  at 
briefly  as  possible  to  brmg  oar  part  of  the  case  from 
those  allegations  and  arguments  which  have  been 
presented,  and  which  ao  not  seem  to  us  pertinent 
to  the  consideration  of  tbe  Commission.  What  i^ 
the  case  before  us  1 

First— A.  certificate  comes  to  Congreas  aa  re. 
Q aired  by  the  Constitution  aud  laws  of  the  United 
States  in  conformity  to  the  statutes  of  the  State  of 
Florida,  certifying  the  Electoral  vote  of  one  of  thoao 
Stated,  which  my  honorable  friend  who  laat  spoke,  . 
[Mr.  Tucker,]  waa  pleased  to  call  "Sove,.uiK.i 
States"  of  thia  Union.  That  t  oertLyo---- 
is  first  opened  and  read.  "  Tbere  ^ 
a  seoond  oertiflcate  opened  In  the  Joint  meeting  or 
tbe  two  houses  ot  Congress,  in  which  the  persons 
signing  tne  same  nieoede  their  oertlfication  by  a 
certidcate  signed  oy  an  officer  not  reooenized  by 
the  laws  of  tbe  United  States,  nor  by  tbe  statate* 
of  Florida  aa  a  certifying  officer,  being  the-Attomej 
General  of  the  State  of  Florida. 

Second — lie  certifies  tbat  there  is  no  provision  o! 
the  law  ot  Florida  whereby  tbe  result  of  saidxetami 
<;an  be  certified  to  the  Executive  ot  said  State  i 
admitting  by  that  oertiflcate,  if  it  has  any  torce  a 
all,  that  bis  actum  i«  without  the  law,  and  without 
any  sanction  by  tbe  aiatntes  of  the  State. 

Ihird — The  Electors  certify  to  their  own  action 
to  their  owa  qualifications,  and  tbat  they  thenh 
selves  notified  the  Governor  of  their  election.  Thai 
is  certificate  numWer  two,  a  certificate  of  unoertify, 
ing^persoDS  in  the  view  of  the  law— State  an< 
national;  that  certificate  was  presented  and 
opened. 

There  Is  «  third  certificate,  stlU  acre  extraardU 
naiy,  still  more  wan  ting  in  the  elements  of  vetifictf 
tion,  also  demanding  consideration.  It  is  eartified 
by  an  officer  not  in  existence  until  the  fonctlona  oi 
otfice  baa  been  exuaasted.  A  aertifioate  wbicb 
recites  praoeedluts  in  tribunals  snbat^oait 
and  superior  to  the  iadieiarv  of  the  State  <  i 
eertifioate  which  a  canvaaidng  hoard  migfal 
nnder  some  cirpumstanoea  report  to  Stat« 
offloera,  hat  which  has  never  been  Mat  ta  tb4 
Congreaaof  the  United  States,  or  to  tbaPteaid^iV 
at.  tha  Sanate  dnrina  the  ,100  tmes  u  whioh  wi 


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hsre  bam  •  SepaUie.  The  ptaovMngt  In  flifl 
Mort  netted  ia  U..  ate  »11  aulwaqnen*: 
10  tiut  tlmat  which,  by  th»|Cohatitatloa 
"d  UwB  of  the  Tfnlted  #  SUUS8.  la 
the  tune  fixed  for  the  performanoe 
of  Judiolal  fuoflttons.  Theietwo  oerUfloatea  are 
wantiiig  In  all  the  element*  of  the  oonatitational 
and  leffal  yalldlty  wUoh  abonld  ffive  tbem  a  place 
before  tbia  Coimnualon  In  the  condition  in  wbieh 
the  lawa  of  the  ooontry  now  are,  or  in  vrhloh 
tbe  la-WB  of  the  State  were  on  the  6th  day  of  Ce- 
eember.  when  theae  fonotlons  were  exeroUe4l.> 
Farthennore,  if  oertifloate  Xo.  1  ia  a  oonatltntional . 
and  leeal  expreaaion  of  the  vote  of  the  State  of 
Florida,  ot  coaraa  that  qaeatloa  being  act- . 
tied  in  favor  of  certlfloate  Ko.  1  obviatea' 
all  neceasity  for. oonalderinit  eertlfloatea  Noa.  8  and 
S,  and  I  oagbt  perhapa  to  aay  to  the  honorable 
CommissloD  that  It  la  fortanate  they  did  not  gT&t 
the  req^oeat  ot  the  obJeoMna  to  adjoam  until 
to>morrow.  The  next  mall  might  -^ve 
brooght  to  yoa  oertlflaate  Ko.  4,  re- 
citinK  oeir  prooeedinica  and  new  action  be- 
fore  the  eoarts,  and  no  end  wonld  be' 
tonnd  to  the  papera  that  might  be  preaented  in 
party  or  personal  interest  aa  establlshinf;  a  retro- 
active  riebt  to  exeroiaioK  a  fanotion  In  the  State  of 
Florida.  I  shall  'jow  chiefly  confine  the  arznment 
to  cerdflcaie  Jfo.  I,  because  if  the  objeodona 
to  that  certificate  are  Invalid,  and  the  certificate 
itaelr  ia  valid,  that  being  recogniEed  diamiaaea  all 
eonaideration  of .  the  other  oertlficatea,  and  wa 
ahall  ascertain  \  what  ia  the  oonatltntional 
and  legal  vote  of  the  State  of  Florida. 
The  oblectioDa  to  thld  eertlfloate  ate  aubatautially 
ooe,  namely,  that  tbere  was  a  frandnlent  retoro. 
That  it  was  fraudulently  Isaaed,  not  by  reason  of 
aoythioK  which  appears  in  the  action  of  the  certifi- 
cation, or  presenting  of  the  oeriifloate,  but  beoaaae 
of  tbe  action  of  the  neople.  .  And  hence  It  13 
that     we     have     beard     thia  -  morning,     chiefly, 

instead  of  a  ooDStltnnonal  and  legal  preaeDtatlTa 
of  the  qaestion,  an  arj^nment  before  this  Commia. 
sion  aa  a  iary  in  a  ooart  having  orlelnal  Jorisdlotion 
to  determine  law,  to  determine  laota,  to  decide 
ritihtB  between  parties,  to  deoitle  State  rights,  to 
decide  national  rliihts — an  argument,  I  say,  that 
Bomet>ody  somewbere  bma  acted  fraadoleatly,  and 
that  this  return  has  been  vitiated. 

It  13  not^  however,  within  the  aoope  of  my  par- 
poae  to  answer  generally  tbe  argument  that  tootc 
moat  of  tne  time  of  the  objector  who  opened 
thia  case.  I  mtut  aay.  however,  to  this 
Commissloir    that     instead,    as     sagjtested  .  by 

the  flrat  objector,  we  do  not  on  this 
aide  agree  with  the  viewa  presented  by  bim 
with  reaoect  to  the  facts.  For  example,  when  he 
lefora  to  Baker  Connty  I  not  only  diasent  from  hia 
viewa  of  the  taota  aa  of  record  In  that  case,  bat  I 
■ay  tbat  If  yoa  go  into  tbat  qnestlon  of  liaker  Conn- 
ty, and  if  that  fact  which  he  alleged  be  true,  to 
wit,  tbat  somebody  laughed  on  a  propositioa  being 
made  to  oanvass  tnose  votes,  we  shall  naturally  aslc 
ttiAt  joa  go  into  JackaoD  County,  wtiere  ander  other 
political   domination    there     were      rejeuied      971 

votes  given  lor  the  other  candidate, 
and  that  poll,  we  certainly  claim, 
waa  entirely  vitiated  by  tbat  re]ection. 
I  sbonld  aak  you  to  go  into  another  connty  where 
you  would  find  that  a  railroad  train  fall  of  passen- 
gers atopped  on  Ita  passage  through  the  county, 
and  tne  paasengera  got  off  and  voted  tbe 
lioKet  supported  by  my  iilend  who  makea 
tbe  alleviation  about  fraud  in  Baker  Coun- 
ty. I  .should  ask  you  to  go  into  other 
conntiea  where  yon  would  find  the  poll  vitiated  by 
tbe  stutiiug  of  ballot-baxes.  We  further  answer 
tbe  allegation  tbat  these  thinga  have  not  been  de- 
nied by  us  by  stating  tbat  w»  propoae  to  ahow 
that  there  waa  auob  a  case  oftraud  in  the  In- 
oipiency  of  that  vote  aa  would  aatonisb  nut 
only  ttiis  Comoiisaion,  but  the  whole  coun- 
try, by  its  pruaentatipB.  I  united  with 
my  trieuda  in  condemning  Iraad  wherever  it  exists. 
Ii  ahonld  vitiate  not  only  the  pull,  bat  the  action 
of  every  bnman  being  wbo  pariiclpaiea  in  it.  "SVe 
are  not  here  to  defend  fraud.  We  are  here,  how- 
ever, to  say  not  only  tbat  tbe  fllegatiau  made  ou 
the  other  aide  iwsot  oorcect,  but  that  tbe  very  next 
Biep  in  the  examiaatlon  of  tbe  ijuestion  oon- 
fronis  yon  with  sume  uf  tbe  grosaest  caaea  of  violaa 
tiou  of  popalar  rlghta  that  have  ever  been  heard  ot 
la  tbe  hiaiorv  ot  this  country.  If  we  are  to  seek 
out  traud,  let  ua  go  to  the  boitom  of  it.  Let  us  go 
where  that  fraud  la  found  in  such  degree 
and  in  auob  loroe  aa  to  penetrate  the 
very  foandauon  of  tbe  popular  aovereicntv 
of  this  country,  and  to  lead  every  patiiut  to 
eonsider  whether  the  bigheat  duty  ot  legialatora  la 
out  first  to  pal  their  guard  where  alone  fraad  is  e»- 
aentially  to  be  feared,  because  it  ia  farther  re- 
msv  ed  irom  tbe  eight  of  the  general  public  But  I 
leave  that  queatiun  out.  I  do  nut  believe  that  tbia 
Commissiou,  ky  the  Consiltnilon  or  law,  waa 
ever  intended  or  baa  the  power  to  go  lo 
the  extent  tbat  would  be  required  to  probe 
theae  mntnal  allegationa  on  botb  aidea  to  tbe  bot- 
tom. I  hnd  also  that  our  honorable  friends  on  the 
other  aide  have  been  misled  by  the  Judicial  atmus- 
pbere  of  this  ball,  consecrated  usually  to  tbe  juris- 
aictiun  of  a  indicial  court,  and  under  the  influence 
of  these  oolomna  and  ibe  aasociaiiuns  of 
this  room  they  have  addressed  yoo,  honorable 
gentlemen  of  this  Commission,  as  if  you  were  a 
court  vested  with  the  powera  to  try  causes  {  vested 
with  tbe  iwwers  uf  a  sabordinate  court  in  prooeed- 
Lngs  by  a  writ  of  guo  varranto ;  veated  with  the 
determination  of  the  rlgtita  ot  hulding  office)  and 
they  have  presented  to  vou  these  qneations  npon 
which  it  la  abaolntely  necessary  to  oomo  to  a  decision: 
First,  is  this  Commission  a  general  oanvassiag  board, 
with  power  to  recanvass  the  public  vote  ot  tbe 
State  of  Florida!  ^jeoond,  la  thia  Commission  a 
national  Court  of  Api>eal  from  tbe  State  Canvaat- 
log  Board)  Third,,  is  this  Commiaslon  a  {udiciat 
Ouurt  of  Appeal  from  the  State  Circuit  Court  of 
Florida  in  proceedings  by  a  writ  of  quo  warranto  I 

The  Kentlemen  on  the  other  side  athrm  that  your 
lunsdiocion  was  coextensive  with  that  of  a  court  in 
a  proceeding  by  quo  warraTtto,  and  I  add  tbe  fact  in 
teaponae  to  tbe  lacts  alleged  on  tbe  other  side — 
wmch  have  tbe  decision  of  thia  auburdinaia  court — 
JudKe  Wnite's  court  in  ^Florida — aa  the 
final  determination  of  tbat  qaestion  ot  quo 
uarrmnto,  that  we  are  informed  and  eo  claim 
ine  fact  to  be  tbat  It  is  now  pending  on  an  appeal 
In  the  Snpreme  Court  af  tbe  State  of  Florida,  after 
a  regular  appeal  from  the  Clronit  Court,  after  tbe 
proceedings  of  quo  warranto,  Now,  tbe  afflrmatlve 
uf  aU  tbese  propuaitluus  is  taken  by  one  oppuuenta. 
They  do  affirm  that  yon  are  a  Caovasaiug  Board, 
with  power  to  recauvaaa  tbe  vote  of  Florida 
cast  by  ttie  people.  They  do  affirm  that 
rou  arc  not  merely  a  Canvaaalng  Board,  hut  a 
national  Court  of  Appeal  firom  the  action  of  the 
Canvassing  Board.  They  do  affirm  tbat  you  are  a 
conr  I  so  Judicial  that  from  tbe  aatlon  of  the  State 
Ulrcnic  court  of  Florida  you  can  lake  loris- 
aiction  in  reviewing  their  action.  They  do 
tffltm  tbat  tbere  is  no  limit  to  yonr 
t>ower  to  Inveatucate  Into  the  honesty  and 
Integrity  of  the  action  of  the  Canvasaioe  Board  of 
Florida  and  determining  It  ortgioally  with  the  tow- 
era  of  a. court  to  whom  the  oertihcate  by  eleation 
kbould  nave  been  given.  Xoyr  thia  repreaeata  the 
legal  position  of  oar  opponeota.  I  aalc,  therefore, 
wtiat'  are  tbe  iiowers  of  tbia  Commission }  I 
aeed  not  remiiut  the  honorable  gentlemen 
composing  it  tbat  the  aaaumptiun  of  thoae 
powers  implies  .  that  we  are  to  have  no 
slection  of  a  President  and  Yice  President  ioaide 
ibe  lengttt  of  time  limited  for  tbat  purpose.  Yoa 
cannot  say  to  those  gentlemen,  "We  will  go  be- 
aind  tbe  regular  certificates  provided  by  the  Con- 
Biitution  and  laws  lust  so  far  aa  to  find  whether 
what  you  allege  to  be  fraud  ia  or  is 
Boc  fraud."  ^  We  must,  if  we  go  behind 
tbem,  go  where  all  fraud  la  aaaerted  to  oe. 
it  IS  the  popular  vote  that  thoae  eenilemen  say  you 
will  review.  Where  did  this  Commission  get  ita 
power  trom  1  By  the  act  orsanizinK  the  Cummla- 
tion  you  are  vesied  with  tbe  light  to  consider  last 
to  much  of  this  case  as  Congresa  might  conalder. 
L«t  me  aak,  then,  what  ia  that,  in  order  to  olear  onr 
bauds  frooi  wbat  within  the  last  two  or 
tnree  years  baa  giown  to  be  a  moat 
aangerous  aspect  of  tbe  lights  of  States  and  people, 
oamely,  an  assertion  of  theiunlimited  power,  over  all 
thiD£S  and  questions  naving  a  national  aspect;  of  the 
two  t<odies  cum  prising  tbe  Congreaa  ot  the  United 
States,  iio  such  thiiiz  was  intended  by  the  Consti- 
tuiion.  Tbe  same^  power  which  imder 
tbe  CoDstitntion  Jnstifiea  Congreaa  in 
eaying  that  the  counting  ahall  be  done  by 
this  Commission,  would  have  jastified  them  in  say- 
ing tJiat  tbe  counting  ahould  be  done  by  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  Senate.  Adaitting  ttiai  Conareas  has 
tbe  power  so  to  arrange  it,  we  must  gnlde  omraelves 
by  tbe  same  principles  of  jonsdlctlon  that  youyour- 
aelves  would  assert,  aurroundedby  theaimple  power 
Df  tbe  Constitntion.  if  the  Preaident  of  the  Senate 
alone  abonld  count  tbe  votea.  It  the  Conatitution 
had  aaid,  "  and  tbe  vote  shall  then  be  counted  by 
him,"  tbe  aanfe  result  wonld  have  been  reaobed. 
If  inatead  of  "by  him"  you  lue  tbe 
two  wurda  "by  Congreaa,"  you  do  not 
Improve  the  matter  at  all.  W  hatever  Congreaa  has 
to  do,  that  is  ^  to  be  done  by  tbe 
President  o(  th«  Senate  or  by  the  two 
booses  of  Congreaa;  U  you  maintain  that  tbe 
Preaident  of  tbe  Senate  abonld  count  the 
Votea,  that  he  haa  the  right  to  aend  out  Commia- 
•ionera  to  take  depositions,  to  aeek  evidence,  to  re- 
-  oanvass  tbe  popular  vote  of  Florida,  to  organize  tbe 
whole  machinery,  alike  of  theEzecutiveCanvassing 
Boarda  of  the  btate  and  of  the  Judicial  boards 
of  tbe  State,  ia  there  a  gentlMnaa  In 
tbia  CommisdioD,  from  either  house  of  Congress, 
or  on  the  Supreme  Bench,  who  wonld  for  a  moment 
tolerate  aoch  power  under  the  aimple  language, 
"ahall  count  tne  TOtef  If  not,  then  tbe  act 
bas  given  no  additional  power  to  19  men,  outside 
»f  tbe  power  which  by  the  like  terms 
would  have  been  oonferred  npon  ene  man. 
Uence,  leay,  there  la  in  tbia  law  no  power  to- do 
more  than  ia  necessarily  ImpUel  In  the  words, 
"  Count  the  vote."  That  being  s(|  we  oome  to  the 
next  question,    What  does  it  mean  f    And  ia  tbe 

Eower  of  that  aort  tbat  Impliea  a^nething  not  mia- 
iterialf  With  the  nanow  olxeuit  erf  dlaoretion 
that  belongs  to  the  miniaterial  power,  does  it,  as* 
gentleman  on  the  other  side  slaim,  give  the 
anllmlted  power  ef  review  I  If  it  does.  youvCon- 
eilcntlnn  in  ita  very  framework  and  organisation  ia 
violated.  The  flrac  three  articles  of  the  Federal 
Conatitution  relatlBg  to  the  fnnctiena  of  this  Gov- 
ernment made  them  legislative,  executive,  and 
iadielal,<and  affirm  positively  that  the  judicial 
ronotlonsS  are  veated  in  a  certain  body,  namely, 
in  tbe  i-  Snpreme  Court,  and  in  Inferior 
tribunals,  jusv  as  legislation  Is  vested  in  the  Con- 
sresa  of  the  Umted  States,  Just  aa  executive  power 
Is  vested  in  the  FreaidMit.  The  lines  are  drawn  in 
tbe  Coneututton  of  yoor  country,  which  tells  you 
tbat  tbe  mntnal  powera  of  •  tne  Government  in  tbe 
three  great  powen  sball  not  be  merged  or  mingled 
in  a  tnbnnal  either  made  np  of  the  three 
or  made  no  ot  anv  two  of  the  three. 
Tbe  safety  of  our  people  banga  npon  It ;  the  safety 
&f  our  States  haiija  npon  it  j  all  the  elementa  of  na- 
tional safety  hang  npon  the  observation  of  that 
neat  atap  in  modem  avUiaalion— great  as  esm- 
iared  with  the  wident-ihat  takea  from 
ime  department  of  Ctovepnment  aU  duties 
exeeat  those  pertalnihg  |to  Its  principal 
•  biaaota.  The  elatm  made  on  the  other  side  merges 
SheB.  and  aajs  U»t  yon  are  to  oxenUse  Judicial 
taBoOoas.  The  elaim  made  thU  "^*nft  "^fn- 
■  teaa  that  year  powera  axe  oe-oxisteot  wito  tne 
Sr#«n  of  •  oouR  on  a  writ  of  gue  wirranio.    J 


rjllDi  MMttac  «U« 


powers,  npon  It,  onraaiied  as  It  is  to  tide  over  a. 
dilBonltj,  and  to  do  this  mlnlstetial  act  of  oonntlnc^ 
the  vote.  "  -.- 

:  X  have  apokea  of  the  nmrrow  olrenit  of  dlseretloit 
that  summnds  tbe  ministerial  act  of  oonnting.  I 
beg  to  renew  the  dlstinotion  that  tbere  is  no  dlfrer-<> 
enoe  made  by  adding  the  worda  "  By  CongreSs  "  at; 
the  end  of  tbe  oonstitntionly  elaiue,  so  that^ 
it  would  read  "ahall  then  be  counted  bv  Congreaa." 
It  ia  the  same  as  it  ttie  words  were  added  "  shall 
then  be  counted  by  him,"  meaning  tbe  Preaident  of 
tbe  Senate.  The  eaaendal  of  the  phrase  la  the 
ootmt.  Wbat  ia  that  narrow  circle  I  It  is  to  aacer-' 
tain  the  count — the  certified  votea  under 
the  Conatitution  and  law  that  onrht  to  be 
counted,  not  In  the  aenae  claimed,  but  in  a  minia- 
terial aenae.  Do  they  upon  their  face  contain  evi-' 
deuce  of  fraud,  of  error  |.  Is  certificate  No.  2  more 
regular,  more  free  from  fraud,  more  worthy  of  being 
received,  than  oertifloate  No.  If  Is  certifi- 
cate No.  3  a  better  certlfioate,  or  doea  it 
bear  greater  evidence  of  antbentioity  than 
the  other  t  If  ^o,  take  it  j  it  is  an  authentic  certlfi- 
oate or  return.  Neither  Congress  nor  any  other 
power  haa  tbe  right  to  oonnt  tbe  popular 
votea,  for'  the  Conatitution  aays  diatinotly: 
that  it  is  the  Xleetorai  vote  which  is 
to  be  counted.  Are  yon  to  revise  the 
proeeedlngs  of  all  State  elections  and  State  tri- 
bunala  appointed  by  State  laws,  or  are  vou  to  count 
wbat  is  properly  certified  and  presented  to  you  f 
If  it  be  otherwiae,  let  the  ConaUtution  be 
amended,  and  let  It  be  declared  by  this 
tribunal  to  be  amended,  so  that  it  ahall 
rsad,  "Each  State  shall  appoint  In  soch  manner 
aa  the  Legislature  thereof  may  direct  a 
number  of  Btectora,  >  aubject  to  revlalon 
by  the  Congreaa  of  tbe  United  Slates, 
which  shall  have  power  to  determine  whether 
such  Bleetors  have  performed  their  functions  to 
the  satisfaction  of  said  Congresa."    We  are  brought 

inevitably  to  an  amendmeni  to  the  Consiitntion 
which  aoughk  to  preserve  absolutely  the  rights  of 
the  States ;  wbioh  required  e-rery  ballot  In 
tbe  Presidential  election  to  be  cast  ou  the 
same  day,  that  they  might  be  ffeed  from  central-' 
Ised  infinenoe.  Every  member  of  the  Commission 
knows  the  history  ot  the  adoption  of  this  clause, 
and  yet  we  are  brought  perpetually,  I  aay,  to  tbe 
qaescioB :  Shall  we  now  go  on  and  complete  the  ab- 
aurpilou  of  tbe  abaolat'e  Independent  right 
of  the  States  to  appoint  tbe  Electors  in 
their  own  way,  ana  aay  tbat  it  la  aubJect 
to  the  two  honses  of  Congress  whether  they  have 
done  or  shall  do  wbat  is  neoeesarv.  The  gentlemen 
ask.  are  we,  then,  to  rake  tne  oertifloate  of  the  Gov- 
ernor  against  the  truth  1  Is  there  reason  on  the 
oth&r  hand  whv  it  should  not  be  asked,  are  we  to 
take  the  certificate  of  15  gentlemen  against 
tbe  truth  t  There  is  back  of  tbe  necessity  of  puo- 
Ilo  afiUrs  an  absolute  necessity  to  have  some 
final  Jurisdiction  in  order  that  there  shall  be,  some- 
whore,  anthority  by  which  we  stand,  even  if  It 
be  impeached.  Where  is  the  authority  t  la  it 
here  t  Is  it  in  the  State  Leglalature  t  If  not, 
where  is  it  t  I  snbmit  that  tor  tbe  parposes  of  this 
case  under  the  Conatitution  and  laws,  that  authori- 
ty exists  where  the  State  authority  ends,  and  that 
ii  that  action  conforms  to  tbe  siatutes  ot  the  State 
and  of  the  Uoited  States,  there  is  tbe  detertnioa- 
tion  of  the  result. 

It  haa  been  said  tbat  the  conrta  had  decided 
finally  thia  que  warranto  caae  in  Plorida.  There  is 
no  evidence  in  tbe  records  of  the  ooort  tbat  tbat 
fact  IS  trae.  I  have  read  tbe  decision  and  I  moat 
aay  tbere  is  not  an  allusion  to  the  fact  tbat 
the  Canvaaaing  Board  acted  fraudulently. 
It  was  alleged  tbat  tbat  action,  which  bad  con- 
formed to  tbe  action  of  two  years  before,  was  a  mia- 
interpretatlonof  the  rlgbta  of  tbe  board.  In  the 
documeuts  submitted  a  few  minutes  ago  to  the 
Commissioners  tbere  la  a  certam  aecdon  uf  the  law 
to  the  language  of  which  I  call  your  attention.  It  la 
this:  "  It  any  such  returna  sball  be  shown  or  shall 
appear  to  ber  IrreKular,  false,  or  frandulent, 
and  the  board  shall  be  unable  to  determine  the  true 
vote  for  any  suah  officer  or  olember,  iney  shall  so 
certify,  and  sball  not  laclnde  auob  return  in  their 
determinattou  and  declaration."  That  ia  the 
statute  by  which  tbe  election  waa  held  I'eb. 
S7,  1892,  and  was  tne  law  in  force  at  the  time  of  the 
danvass.  and  at  tbe  date  of  the  certifleato  of  the 
Eleetora,  and  a^.the  day  of  the  vote  fur  the 
Sleotora,  and  until  the  17cb  of  January,  1877. 
Tbua  it  will  be  aeen  that  tbe  Canvaaaing  Board  of 
Florida  were  to  Inquire  whether  those  returns  ap- 
peared to  be  ao  Irandalent  that  the  Iraard 
could  not  count  the  vote.'  In  exeroiaing  that 
function  tbey  not  merely  pasaed  upon  tbe 
returna  of  the  loountv  oanvasa,  but  the  certified 
returns  in  precincts.  Tbe  courta  aaid  tbey  bad 
overatepped  tbe  law.  I  muat  aay,  while  I  think 
of  it,  to  the  gentlemen  composing  the  Cum- 
miaaion,  that  it  will  farther  appear  tbat 
when  tbey  made  the  recanvaaa,  which 
I  atyle  oanvaas  No.  S,  under  the  order  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  ot  the  State  t>f  Florida,  tbey  there  re- 
ported not  onlv  tbe  result  with  respect  to  State 
offlcera  but  tbey  also;  reported  tbe  result  In  respect 
to  tbe  Electora,  and  that  result  showed  the  election 
of  what  by  common  consent  we  atyle,  after  the 
namea  of  the  candidatea.  tbe  Hayes  Electors.  They 
appear  to  have  run  two  or  tbree  hundred  votea 
ahead  of  tbe  State  ticket;  that  left  tbe  State 
ticket  still  two  or  three  bnndred  majority.  That 
appeara  by  tbe  record.  It  does  nut  appear 
on  the  printed  record,  however,  anbmitted  by  the 
gentlemen  on  tbe  other  aide,  I  suppose,  becaubo  the 
•onrt  ruled  that  what  tbey  intended  only  applied 
to  State  officera,  and  therefore  they  atracK  It 
out  after  it  had  gone  in  i  but  it  waa  a  part 
of  the  prooeedinga  of  the  court.  I  say 
that  not  only  will  canvass  No.  1  ahow  tbe 
election-  of  tne  Uayes'  Eleatora,  bm  canvasa 
No.  3,  whlcb  was  had  in  accordance  with  the  ruling 
of  the  Snpreme  Court,  will  alao  ahow,  not  only  the 
election  of  the  Democratic  State  candidates,  bat  the 
election  of  the  Hayea  Electors  also. 

Mr.   Commissioner    Abbott — Waa  that   called  In  |> 
qaestion  in  the  case  of  Drew  aKaiuat  Steams  I 

Mr.  Eaason — It  was  in  the  proceedinfts  in  respect 
to  tbe  rights  of  tbe  board,  and  tbe  canvass  had  on 
the  order  'of  tbe  courti  made  In  that  case  shows 
both  aidea  of  the  Eleetoral  College  and  of  the  State 
officera,  and  showed  ihereauli  of  that  count  when 
applied  to  botli.  The  objection  waa  taken  aa  wa 
aay. 

Keprea'entative  Field— Please  atate  ,  that  in  the 
recanvasa  this  Canvassing  Board  put  back  Baker 
County  so  aa  to  include  only  two  precineta. 

Mr.  Eaasoo — That  la  only  to  aay  tbat  the  gentle- 
men on  tbe  other  aide  wanted  in  so  much  ot  their 
action  aa  suited  their  caan,  and  wanted  to  reject  the 
reat.  The  board  applied  the  rule  and  de- 
termined thp  resultj  it  made  chauEea  in 
conntiea  both  ways.  It  put  back  some  He- 
publlcan  votea  and  sume  Demooratio  votes. 
I  only  mention  It  here  becanse  the  printed  prooeed-' 
inga  do  not  mention  all  pointa.  Now  we  come  to 
canvaaa  No.  3.  There  von  find  that,  not 
aatisfied  with  It  all,  tbey  appointed  a  new 
Board  of  Canvaasera.  From  tbat  new  board  they 
rejected  tbe  Attorney  General  of  the  State, 
wnoae  opintona  had  been  (aa  to  the  law  of  tbe 
case)  in  many  pomta  of  the  canvaaa  with  the  Re- 
pnbilcan  members  of  the  Bnard.  In  spite  of  tbe 
Attorney  General  being  made  a  member  of  tbe 
Returning  Board,  be  «as  left  out,  and  the  Treas- 
urer of  the  State  put  in  his  stead. 

After  aome  further  remarks  with  refer- 
ence to  canvaaa  No.  3,  Mr.  £at- 
son  eon  tinned:  Mr.  Field  proposed  in  his 
argument  to  aho'W  the  jngelery  by  which  the  Hayea 
Electors  got  their  certliioates.  May  I  aak  tbia 
tribunal  if  there  is  a  prima  facie  presnmptioa  for  or 
against  fraud,  whether  it  exists  against  those 
officers  elected  l>efore  fraud  could  have  been  contem- 

Elated ;  againataboaTd  that  acted  at  tbe  time  required 
y  the  State  law  ;  against  a  board  that  acted  ai  tbe 
time  required  by  Congressional  law ;  againat  a 
board  that  acted  in  iirnoranee  of  the  reanlt  in  other 
States  >  Or  doea  that  prcaumption  of  fraud  exist 
against  men  who  knpw  the  importance  of 
the  change  of  tbe  result  in  Florida; 
against  men  wbo  acted  with  the  knowledge  of  the 
necessity  of  the  action  they  took  to  accomplish 
their  resnit;  against  men  who  were  organised  as  a 
new  tribunal  and  enacted  a  new  law  to  accompliah 
tbat  result  t  If  tbere  be  fraud — if  there  be  conspira- 
cy, as  alleired — where  does  tbe  presnmoUoo  of  law 
nnder  these  clrcnmutances  place  It  t  Inevitably  it 
placea  it  where  the  motive  ot  the  act,  the  knowl- 
edee  requisite  to  give  modve  efi'eot,  and  the 
purpose  to  be  accomplished  were  all  before 
the  eyes  of  the  persons  participant  in 
it.  Frand  cannot  be  ao  preaumed  againat 
parties  that  act  in  conformity  with  law  and  In  the 
diacbarge,of  a  duty  at  the  time  reqafred  by  law 
and  in  the  manner  required  by  law,  aa  it  can  be 
preaumed  against  thoae  who  did  it  outside  of  the 
provialons  of  tbe  law  and  with  a  full 
knowledge  of  Xht>  effect  whlofa  would 
be  produced  by  it.  My  honorable  friend 
trom  Virginia  [Mr.  TnckerJ  in  hia  argument  a'poke 
of  the  fact,  which  waa  tmaupported  by  any  evi- 
dence, but  which,  he  said,  be  could  support  by 
some  evidence,  tbat  there  waa  a  bad  motive  and 
bad  conduct  on  the  part  of  this  Canvaaaing  Board. 
Of  that  I  h»ve  aeen  no  evidence  whatever.  Bat  he 
went  further,  and  aaked,  are  we  to  aubmit  this  great 
question  of  the  aapreme  maglatraoy  of  the  United 
States  to  the  determination  of  a  trio  of  oliearoba  m 
Florida!  A  trio  of  oligarchs  1  What  shall  I  say  of 
the  quartet  of  oligaroha  In  my  State  who 
exercise  cotreanondiBg  Innctlonsl  What  shall  I 
aay  of  tbe  quartet  or  quintet  of  oligareba  that 
exiata  in  every  State  almost  of  tbia  Union,  which  la 
empowered  In  a  similar  manner,  aod  having  prob- 
ably the  same  rigbta  as  a  Canvasatng  Board  t 
Nay,  more,  I  should  Ilka  to  ask  my 
honorable  friend,  wbat  shall  I  aay  of  tbls  solo  oll- 
gareb  in  Oregon  t  I«  there  any  aienificance  in  ri'vlng 
a  name  of  this  sort  to  a  tribunal  tbat  is  acting  under 
and  becaaee  of  the  proviatona  of  tbe  Conatitatlen 
andlawaof  tbe  United  Statea  and  of  the  State} 
I  anawer  taat  the  qneation  is,  where  doea 
the  law  put  tbe  power  to  arrive  at  tbat  determina- 
tion in  which  action  la  baaed)  Whether  tbat  be  in 
one  man,  in  tbree  men,  or  in  five  men,  the 
determination  ia  prima  facie  evidence,  and 
can  be  vitiated  only  in  the  manner  provided 
by  the  laws  of  tbe  local  original  Jnrlsdictiop, 
aa  the  caae  may  be.  The  caae  la  made  when  it  ia 
found  to  be  in  aooordance  with  the  Constitu- 
tion and  law  In  time,  manner,  and  due 
certification  of  authenticity.  Can  it  be  up- 
aetl  Yes.  Where!  tbe  gentleman  suggests. 
I  answer  within,  tbe  jurisdiction  wbich 
tbe  laws  provide  for  the  determmadon  of  tbe  right. 
But,  aayS  the  gentleman,  suppose  no  such  provision 
of  law  ia  made!  Then  1  anawer  tnat  absence  of 
authority  ia  no  reason  for  a  uauipation  where  that 
aat  haa  not  in  its  support  a  scintilla 
of  Constitution  or  law.  If  the  allegation 
is  true  It  aimply  ahowa  the  necessity  ot  furtber  leg- 
ialation  where  tbat  iegialation  ought  to  exist.  If 
It  be  not  true  the  whole  of  the  argument  here  falls 
to  tbe  ground.  The  Constituiioa  aaya  that 
we  have  very  Htde  to  do  with  thia  matter  of  eiec- 
tiona  in  a  State.  The  hiatory  of  the  Conaci- 
tutioa  ahows  that  it  was  intended  that  we  should 
have  very  little  to  do  with  the  determination. 
With  auob  mattera  It  save  ua  no  authority  to  over- 
throw State  action,  and  the  alleged  right 
to  change  a  duly  certified  reauU  con- 
tains within  itself  the  right,  without  Inveatl- 
gatl'm  of  the  motive,  to  deny  to  the  States  that  very 
nght  which  the  Conttttntien  look  snob  ezti«otdlna> 
xy  paioB  to  eonflne  exelnslvely  within  the  province 
of  tbe  State.  If  yon  have  the  right  to  aay  that 
another  set  of  votes  most  be  eoonted  in  Flor- 


aet  of  Totea  maM  be  ooaated  la  New- York.  If  yoa 
teke  jociacUetlon  to  determine  the  mtn  90  votee 
wUoh  eeoatltale  ene  of  the  .alleged  m^Joritiea 
In  Florida  and  to  npeet  tiie  Xle6toral  College  that^ 
aight  exist  there,  yon  oalght  go  to  my  State  and: 
assert  that  tfie  60^000  jmajority  there  should  be' 
npeet.  ^ 

Commissioner  Thurman  asked  Mr.  Kasson 
whether  he  meant  bla  argument  to  be  nnderatood 
as  stating  that  If  the  State  of  Florida  had  elected  four 
Electors  who  were  laboring  under  the  dlaa- 
bilitiea  covered  by  the  fourteenth  amendmant,  and 
those  Electors  had  cast  their  vote  for  Preaident  of 
the  United  Statea,  the  Commission  would  be  bound 
to  count  sneh  votes  t 

Mr.  Easaon — ^I  snppoae  that  Congress,  under  its 

Sower  to  give  effect  by  legislation  to  constitu- 
onal  provisions,  might  probably  provide  by 
law  for  tbe  investigation  of  the  qneation 
of  personal  and  constitutional  dlsqualiflcation  by 
Judicial  adjudication,  beoanae  it  ia  a  Judicial  pro- 
ceeding in  Ita  nature,  not  exeoudve  or  leirislative. 
Bat  wlthont  such  legislation  it  is  cOt,  in  my  judg- 
ment, a  quesdon  to  be  conaidered  in  countlDZ,  and 
the  question  cannot  be  tried  as  an  accident  of  tbe 
count  by  either  an  executive  or  leclslatlve  board. 

After  some  further  remarks  Mr.  Kasson  took  his 
seat. 

Mr.  MoCrary  followed,  reviewing  the  q%io  warranto 
case  already  referred  to,  and  reciting  many  authotl. 
ties  in  oonneclion  therewith. 

Tbe  Presiding  Justice  inquired  whether  ooimsel 
proposed  to  offer  evidence  before  proceeding  to  tbe 
argument. 

It  waa  replied  on  behalf  of  Mr.  O'Conor  that  he 

expected  to  offer  evidence)  tbat  indeed  be  had  anp- 
poaed  the  evidence  waa  already  before  the  Commla- 
slon  without  the  necessity  of  further  offer. 

Mr.  Juatlce  Miller  auggeated  that  counsel  might 
make  a  brief  synopsis  or  statement  of  wbat  they.- 
proposed  to  offer  Instead  of  offenng  It  In  detail. 

The  Presiding  Justice  asked  Mt.  Evarts  if  ne  in- 
tended 00  bis  Bide  to  ofier  any  evidence. 

Mr.  ETarts  said  that  he  bad  no  evidsnce  to 
ofier,  unless  tbere  abould  be  a  determination  to  ad- 
mit evldenoe  against  his  aide,  which  he  should  then 
need  to  meet. 

The  PresldiuK  .rustloe— 'If  the  Oommlaslon  de- 
cide to  receive  evidence,  you  would  require  to  meet 
that  evidence  ? 

Mr.  Evarta — Yes,  Sir,  especially  relating  to  this 
particular  matter  of  Humphrey,  and  whenever  it  ia 
intended  to  show  tbat  Humphrey  held  an  office 
wc  sball  perhaps  desire  to  give  evidence 
that  he  did  hot  hold  tbat  office  at  the  time  referred 
to.  and  we  suppose  if  tbere  ia  to  be  an  Inquiry 
wnicn  adducea  evidence,  tbat  evidepoe  is  to  be 
proved  according  to  tbe  rules  which  make  its  pro- 
duction evidence — tbe  aystem  of  common  law. 

Mr.  Commissioner  Thurman  sneaeated  tbat  there 
must  be  a  creat  many  facta  aa  to  which  connael 
upon  botb  sides  could  agree,  not  aa  to  whether 
proof  of  them  is  admissable  in  this  proceed- 
ing, but  aa  to  the  existence  ot  tbe  facts.. 
It  connael  wonld  agree  aa  far  aa.  they  could  in  re-' 
speoc  to  tacts  ot  which  there  coald  be  no  possible 
doubt,  leaving  the  question  of  their  admissibility  aa 
a  matter  of  law  to  the  decision  of  the  tribunal,  it 
wonld  very  much  tend  to  aave  time. 

The  Commisaion  at  5  o'clock  adjunmed  until  10:30 
to-morrow  morning. 

ASSOCIATE  COUNSEI.  ENGAGED. 
Chicago.  Feb,   2.— Hon   James  P.    Root,  of 
this  city,   has   bean   invited  to    act  aa  associate 
connael  to  the  Arbitration  Commiaaion  on  tbe  Ke- 
publioan  aide,  and  left  laat  night  for  Washington. 


A  WOMAN'S  BTBUaOLE  FOB  HER  LIFE. 

The  Cardiff  (Wales)  WetMy  Times  of  Jan.  20 
says  t  "One  night  last  week,  during  the  prevalence 
of  the  severe  floods,  the  servants  of  Mr.  Powell, 
Waungron,  heard  acreama  proceed  frd?h  tbe  outaide 
premlaes.  On  golog  in  tbe  direction  of  the  sound, 
tbey  found  an  elderl.v  woman  lying  on  the  ground 
close  to  a  wall.  Tbe  poor  woman,  wbo  waa  Inaenai- 
ble  at  that  time,  appeared  to  be  in  a  deplorable  con- 
dition, in  a  state  of  great  nrostratJon,  and  ber  clothes 
aatnraced  with  water  from  head  to  teet.  Mr.  Powell 
acted  the  Kood  Samaritan,  and  bad  her  conveyed 
into  the  bouae,  where  abe  aoon  recovered  conscious- 
ness and  was  made  comfortable  fur  the  night.  On 
the  following  morniug  tbe  wodbn  told  her  etory, 
which,  from  ita  romantic  featnrea,  aeeraa  on-  tbe 
face  of  It  almoat  incredible,  bnt  ire  •  believe  It^ 
trnthfaloess  bas  since  been  verified.  Tbe  wo.nan, 
Wbo  ia  68  years  ot  age,  atated  that  abe  lived  at  Bar- 
mouth, in  Merionetbsbire  and  a  few  days  previ- 
onaly  had  lett  tbat  place  with  tbe  Intention  of  walk- 
ing to  Swansea  to  aee  her  aister.  She  traveled  in 
tbe  right  direction  for  AbAyatwltb,  where  she 
duly  arrived;  but  after  this  she  took  a 
wrong  road,  and  wandered  alouK  the  coast, 
passing  near  Cardizan,  thence  on  by  way 
of  Newport  and  Eisbguard,  and  at  length 
found  berself  at  Haverlordweat  with  only  a 
couole  of  pence  In  her  pocket.  Being  put  in  tbe 
riant  directiOD,  she  determined  to  walk  to  Swanaea, 
and  reached  tbe  nelEbborbood  after  dark.  She  wan- 
dered at>ont  tbe  roads  at  tbe  back  of  'Wanngron, 
and  waa  ceveral  timea  up  to  ber  neck  In  water,  bnt 
by  atruggllnK  bard  fur  bar  life  ahe  at  length 
reached  a  wall  whicbabeclimbed,  and  from  the  aum- 
mit  of  which  abe  tell  exbaualed  into   Mr.   Puwell'a 

S remises,  where  ahe  was  found  io  the  manner  we 
ave  described.  Mr.  Powell  got  her  comfortably 
boaae#£or  a  day  or  two,  and  when  ber  atrenglh 
badenfficiently  recruited  be  paid  ber  railway  fare  to 
Swanaea.  Of  coarae  tbe  wuman  having  told  ao  re- 
markable a  atory  waa  conaidered  an  imposter  by 
moat  persons,  but  from  Inquiries  wbloh  have  beeu 
made,  ber  statement  turns  out  to  be  correct,  and 
further,  the  poor  woman  auccoeded  in  finding  ber 
aiater  at  the  end  of  ber  memorable  journey." 


ORATEFUL  TO  HER  NURSB. 
The  San  Francisco  Chronicle  of  Jan.  26  gives 
tbe  leUowlng  account  of  an  evidence  of  grateful 
appreciation  of  services  rendered  a  sick  lady  in 
Oakland,  Cal.:  "  Mra.- Maria  laabel  Toomea  came  t^ 
thia  city  from  Tehama  County  about  12  aaontha 
slnoe,  and  placed  herself  under  the  care  of  Dr. 
S^'wyer,  and  ao  remained,  with  beneficial  effecta, 
until  about  atx  montba  ago,  when  ahe  changed  her 
place  of  reaidencB  to  Oakland.  The  climate  on  the 
eaat  aide  of  tbe  bay  appeared  to  agree  with  the  lady, 
and  with  each  day  ber  atrength  grew,  undl  about  10 
weaka  ago,  when  a  fatal  fever  was  nrevalent  In 
Oakland.  Mra.  Toomea  wm  attacked  by  a  tyohna 
type  of  tbia  deatrnetlve  malady,  and  auddonly  be- 
came quite  aick,  whlcb  was  learned  by  a  neighbor, 
Mra.  Isabella  Butler,  wife  of  John  S.  Batter,  au 
Oakland  pnntar.  Mra.  Butler's  aympathetio 
heart  waa  moved  to  do  what  ahe  could  for 
the  atranger,  who  bad  no  one  with  ber  but  a 
bouaekeeper  ana  an  adopted  daughter  of  30  yeara, 
who  is  ailing  and  subtect  to  fits.  Under  Mrs.  But- 
ler's mlnlaterlog  tbe  lady  rallied  materially,  but 
only  to  announce  that  It  waa  temporary,  and  that 
ahe  felt  ane  mtiat  aoon  die.  At  her  r^queat  a  lawyer 
waa  summoned,  and  ber  will  was  drawn  np,  after 
Which  abe  commenced  to  grow  worae,  and  finally 
died  on  the  5th  Inst.  The  disclosing  of  the  will  re- 
vealed the  atatcment  that  Mra.  Toomea  had  no 
belra  nor  any  known  relatlvea,  and  with  an  un- 
doubted apprecmtlon  of  tbe  Cbriatlan-Iike  Intereat 
taken  in  ner  welfare  by  ber  kind  neighbor,  Mrs. 
Butler,  bequeathed  to  her  all  her  real  and  peraonal 
property,  with  the  proviao  that  her  adopted  iuvaiid 
daughter,  Nellie  Toomea,  abould  be  provided  for 
and  maintained  during  her  lite  oat  of  the  eatate. 
The  eatate  ia  alao  charged  with  the  neceaaary  ex- 
penae  ot  keeplne  ber  lot  In  Tehama  Cemetery  in 
geod  repair.  Mrs.  Butler's  hasband,  John  S.  Ba^ 
ler.  Is  appointed  by  the  will  to  be  execator  of  the 
eatate,  withont  bonda.  Tbe  eatate  of  the  deceased 
cobiiata  of  4.000  acrea  of  land  la  Tehama  Cunnty, 
embracing  what  Is  Imown  to  old  Califorclaos  aa  the 
Baooho  duloa  Molinas,  or  Mill-creek  ranch,  and  is 
divided  into  two  farms,  worth  at  least  tHO, 000;  alao, 
two  vlUaee  lots  in  the  town  of  Tehama,  horsea, 
cattle,  and  other  live  stock,  worth  fS.OOO  ;  also,  the 
old  homestead  in  Tehama,  with  fuuracrea  of  ground, 
valuea  at  (16,000,  toeether  wltb  a  house  and  lot  in 
Oakland,  worth  14.500,  and  other  personal  property 
valued  at  98,500,  making  a  total  of  •I41,0oa" 

SALE  OF  BEASTS. 

The  Charleston  (S.  C.)  Ifewa  of  the  let  inst. 
says :  *'  An  opportunity  waa  offered  to  the  citlsens 
of  Augusta  on  Monday  morning  laat  to  become  the 
poas^ssors  of  an  extenaive  and  oomplete  menagerie* 
The  long  talked  of  aale  of  the  Great  London  Cirona 
and  Menagerie  actaally  took  place,  and  notwith- 
standing the  fact  that  the  rosldentb  of  our  aister 
city  are  not  certain  of  seeing  a  menagerie  once  a 
year,  and  in  all  likelihood  will  never  have  another 
chance  to  bay  one,  they  did  not  bid  worth  a  cent 
Everything  except  two  horaea  waa  bought  in  b.v  Mr. 
J.  J.    Parka,  a  former  employe  of   the  olrcua,   aa 

agent  of  the  creditors.  The  prices  obtained  were  in 
most  casea  ver.y  low,  aa  there  waa  not  much  com- 
petition, and  yet  tbey  were  hish  enough  to  prevent 
mnch  bidding  by  the  aeenta  of  other  ahowa,  who 
were  present  in  hope  of  picking  up  bargains.  Tbe 
following  hat  of  pilces,  obtained  for  the  principal 
animals,  will  bo  read  with  intereat :  Four  royal 
Beneal  tigers,  M.OOO ;  five  elepbanta,  915,000 ;  six 
hyenas,  91,000 ;  an  eland  and  two  piccanea,  with 
the  eage,  91,080;  a  large  African  lion,  $400 ;  a  lioness 
and  tbree  cutia,  9400;  five  panther*,  $900)  a  sacred 
ouw,  9300 1  a  camel.  9300;  a  aebra,  tSOO ;  eight 
small  ponies  and  their  Cinderella  carriage,  91,100  ; 
four  Shetland  ponies  were  sold  at  the  very  low 
flgare  of  (33  each.  Tbe  total  amount  reallaed  by 
tbe  sale  waa  952. 6S0  50.  Mr.  Be  Kalb  and  Mr.  Miller, 
of  the  Su  Louia  Zoological  Gardeni ;  Mr.  Craven, 
Of  Philadelphia  i  Mr.  Tell,  of  Topeka.  Kansas,  and 
other  atran^rs,  were  in  attendance  on  the  aale,  but 
bought  nothing." 

A  OANDIDATB  FOB  ASSEMBLY. 

Qeorge  W.  Seward,  of  Orange  County,  the 
aurviving  brother  of  ex-Gov.  Seward,  reaponda  aa 
followa  to  an  invitaUon  firom  the  Goahen  J)«mo«r(U 
for  a  "self-aaorifieing  patriot"  to  come  forward  aa  a 
Republican  candidate  for  member  of  Aaaemhiy  in 
the  second  District  of  that  county,  to  fill  a  vacancy: 

Flobtda.  JFnday,  Jan.  5S5,  1877. 
Editort  of  tht  Democrat : 

In  your  edition  of  the  'iStb  you  say  that  "  If  some, 
aelf-sacrifiolng  patriot  will  oome  forward  and  per- 
mit tbe  use  of  his  name  aa  a  candidate  for  the  As- 
sembly, at  the  special  election,  you  will  be  glad  th 
announce  it  in  your  next  paper."  I  take  the  op- 
portunity to  announce  myaelf  aa  a  oandidate. 
Btraage  tbinga  happen  sometimes  in  political  his- 
tory, and  this  will  be  so  regarded.  The  most  popu- 
lar are  sometimes  beaten,  at  ^others  the  most  nn- 
popular  eleoted.  And  ia  it  not  atrange  that  no  Be- 
nnblleaa  la  willing  to  be  a  candidate— none  wllltng 
to  endure  the  aacnfloe  1  Why,  it  is  not  treating 
the  Democrats  with  due  respeol^  tttns  to  leave  them 
la  aa  "open  oenrse."  AuDonaae  me  then  aa  a  can- 
_4id»te.  ItirM'fehaztttte''iMxrate<l'*if  Iwa4e> 


featad,  and  If  eleoted  the  distrlet  might  4owene» 
nor  winald  U  make  mv  fdrtnne.  se8p«etfhllj>>. 
jonrs,  6X0BQE  W.^WASD. 

XaB'TBLBPKOITB. 


TIE.CITT,8AyiNGS  BAKES. 


HISTORY  OF  THK  IN8TRUMBNT  ARD  ITS  IN-« 
VENTOR — A  CONVERSATION  BY  WIRE  OX 
WKDNE6DAT  BETWEEN    BOSTON  AND   A 
KEIOHBORIKO  TOWN— THE  "LAST  ROSB 

OF  summer"  bung  by  TELEOBAPH. 
From  the  Boston  Tranterivt,  F*h.  1. 

At  noon  yesterday  a  distinguished  party  oi 
gentlemen  were  assembled  at  the  office  of  the  Bos- 
ton Rubber  Shoe  Company  on  Congress  street '  in 
order  to  witness  a  series  of  experiments  perfosmed 
on  the  telenhone  between  the  inventor.  Prof.  A. 
Graham  Bell,  here,  and  his  associate,  Mr.  Thomas 
A.  Watson,  at  the  reaidence  o^  Mr.  Converae  at 
Maiden,  about  six  miles  distant.  Prof.  Bell  had 
been^invited  by  some  of  our  most  prominent  citi- 
sens  to  give  a  practical  demonstration  of  tbe  moat 
recent  developmenta  of  an  invention  which,  in  ac- 
cordance with  ita  name,  haa  already  aonnded  far 
and  wide  tbe  fame  of  the  telephone. 

The  telephone,  in  ita  preaent  form,  consists  of  a 
powerful  compound,   permanent  magnet,   to  the 

polea  of  which  are  attached  ordinary  telegraph  coila 
of  inanlated  wire.  In  Iront  of  tbe  polea,  aurround- 
ed  by  these  coils  of  wire,  is  placed  a  diaphragm  of 
iron.  'A  mouthpiece  to  converge  the  aound  upon 
thia  diapbrairm  aabstantially  complotea  tbearranee- 
ment.      Aa   Is  well  known,    the    motion  of  steel   or 

iron  in  front  of  the  poles  of  a  magnet  creates  a 
current  of  electnoit.y  in  coils  sarrounding  tbe  poles 
of  the  masnet,  and  the  duration  of  this  corrent  of 
electricity  coincides^  with  the  daratlun  of  tbo  mo- 
tion of  the  steel  or  iron  moved  or  vibrated  in  the 
proximity  of  tbe  magnet.  When  the  bnman  voice 
OBoaea  tbe  diaphragm  to  vibrate,  electrical  undula- 
tions are  induced  in  tbe  coila  enviioning  tbe  mae- 
nets,  precisely  analogoaa  to  the  undniations  ot  tbe 
air  produced  by  that  voice.  These  coils  are  con- 
nected with  the  line  wire,  which  may  be  of  any 
length,  provided  the  insulation  be  good.  The  nn- 
dnlatioDS  which  are  induced  m  these  colls  travel 
throuEb  tbe  line  wire,  and,  passing  through  tbe  coils 
of  an  Instrument  of  precisely  similar  construction 
at  tbe  dlbtant  staliob,  are  aeain  resolved  into  air 
undulations  by  the  diaphragm  of  tbls  Instroment. 

The  simplicity  of  Prof.  Bell's  ayatem  will  be  ap- 
parect  when  it  ia  luiown  that  the  voltaio  battery  la 
entirely  dispensed  with.  AU  tbat  is  required 'for 
oommualoaling  between  the  moat  diatant  pointa 
are  tbe  inatruments  and  tbe  telegranh  wire,  the 

latter  takine  the  place  of  the  speaking  tube,  and 
tbe  former  tbat  of  the  mouth-pieces.  Tbe  abort  dis- 
tance which  separated  Messrs.  Bell  and  Watson  in 
their  experiments  yesterday  must  by  no  means  be 
considered  a  gauge  of  tbe  powera  of  the  Inatru- 
ment,  aa  any  effect  produced  by  electricity  over  a 
short  wire  can  with  equal  facility  be  produced 
over  one  extending  100  or,  for  tbat  matter,  1,000 
miles,  provided,  of  course,  that  the  insula- 
tion be  good.  In  fact,  the  inventors  have 
already  oonveraei  through  an  artificial  reaiatance 
far  exceeeding  that  of  any  of  tbe  Atlantic  oablea. 
Although  to  tbe  uninitiated  tbia  miebt  seem  to  im- 
ply that  conversation  could  be  carried  on  across 
the  Atlantlo  by  tbia  means,  yot  aa  all  eleotriciana 
and  men  of  aolunoe  are  aware,  tbere  are  other  ele- 
menta entering  into  the  eonaideration  of  auch  a 
problem  beaides  tbat  of  mere  resistance.  Aa  a  proof 
of  the  rapid  proeresa  madein.tbis&ciance,  it  may  be 
atated  tbat  it  la  only  within  tbepaat  few  montba 
ttiat  tbe  inatrament  haa  beopi  aufflciently  perfected 
to  allow  of  free  and  ea«y  converaatiun  taking  place 
tbrouKh  tbia  new  vebiule. 

It  would  perhapa  be  weanaome  were  we  to  nar- 
rate at  length  the  various  phases  through  which 
tbia  ioventiun  baa  pasaed.  The  hiatory  ox  all  im- 
portant Inventiona  la  the  aame.  It  ia  oulj-  after 
yaara  of  weary,  patient  toil,  of  auocesaive  failurea 
and  disoonragements,  and  of  constant  silent  watch- 
ins,  that  a  man  Ciu  nope  snccesalally  to  develop 
the  product  of  bis  brain  and  bla  iatelligence.  Tbia 
baa  been  tbe  caae  with  Prof.  Bell,  who,  bv  birth  n 
Scotchman,  came  over  to  Boaton  from  Canada  in 
1S72.  In  tbe  followinit  year  he  waa  offered  and  ac- 
cepted the  Profvaaorablp  of  Vocal  Phyalology  at 
the  Boaton  University.  Ibis  was  chiefly  owing  to 
the  lame  enjoyed  both  by  Prof.  Bell  and  by  bU 
latber  a«  teachers  ot  this  muoh-naglucted  ac'.enoe  in 
Europe.  Tbe  Bell  ayatem  of  physiological  aymbola 
baa  been  so  thoroagbly  succetutul  In  tbls  coantry 
aa  to  completely  revolutionize  tbe  methoda  of  in- 
structing tbe  deaf  and  dumb,  and  within  the  laat 
alx  months  I'oar  new  scbuola  for  this  special  pur- 
pose have  been  opened,  m  Michigan,  Maine,  Illinois, 
and  New- York,  while  tbo  ayatem  tia*  alao  been  io- 
troduced  into  a  large  proportion  ot  tbe  eatabllah- 
menta  ol  thia  claaa  already  existing  In  the  Uullod 
Statea. 

Beaidea  ita  beneficent  influence  on  thoae  peraona 
deprived  of  tbs  ordinary  faculties  of  beariaK  and 
apeakloe,  tbe  Bell  ayatem  haa  very  larsely  ftoih- 
tated  the  acquirement  bv  Earopeana  of  auch  lan- 
guages aa  Ctiinese,  Japanese,  Cingalese,  and  tbe 
Zaiu  dialect.  We  mentiun  thia  circumatauce  be- 
oanae it  ia  aimply  as  a  result  of  tbe  copstant  atten- 
tion paid  by  I'rof.  Beil  to  the  mechanism  of  tbe  hn. 
man  voice,  both  in  inatructing  teachera  and  in  di- 
rectly ameliorating  the  condition  of  the  deaf  and 
dumo.  that  he  haa  ue'viaed  nia  telephonic  ayatem. 

The  expeiimenta  yeaterday  were  as  fuUowa  i  Tel- 
ephouea  having  been  connected  with  tbe  private 
telearaphtc  line  uf  the  Buston  Rubber  Shoe  Com- 
pany, and  the  operators  at  either  end  having  taken 
np  their  atatlon.  converaation  waa  at  once  com- 
menced. Staiionod  at  the  Boaton  end  of  tbe  wire, 
Prof.  Bell  reqneatedMr.  Wataon  to  apeak  In  luud 
tones,  with  a  view  ot  eaabline  the  entire  company 
at  unce  to  distinguish  the  aoauds. 

This  was  80  succesatul  that  a  smile  of  mingled 
pleasure  and  surprise  played  ou  the  features  of 
tbuae  present.  Tbat  it,  however,  might  not  be  anp- 
poaed  that  load  apeaking  was  essential  to  Intelllgl- 
bilitT.  Mr.  Bell  explained  tbat  aoft  tooea  coald  be 
beard  acrosa  tbe  wires  even  more  diatinotly  ttian 
loud  otterancea,  even  a  whisper  bolnz  audible.  In 
cunflrmation  of  this  statement,  Mr.  Wataon  oom- 
meuced'Speaklng  in  tarn  i^h  each  member  of  the 
cumpany,  and  after  the  aflcleucy  q^  this  method 
bad  been  proved  to  the  aatiataction  of  all,  be  took  up 
a  newapaperand  iniormed  the  assemblage  that  gold 
bad  cloaed  tbe  pruviuus  evening  at  New- York  at 
lOSBg.  Aa  tbere  wereijuiie  a  number  of  bualneas 
men  preaent,  tbe  effect  tbat  tbia  practical  demon- 
atratlun  of  the  value  of  tbe  telopbane  prodaoed  can 
acarcely  be  exagnorated.  Other  paaaagea  trom  tbe 
daily  journals  ware  then  given,  and  by  tbls  time  tbo 
desire  for  converaation  having  become  general,  Mr. 
Wataon  waa  plied  with  questiona  auob  aa,  la  it 
thawing  or  freexing  at  Maideu  I  Wbo  will  be  the 
next  President !  &C.  It  waa  remarkable  tbat  Mr. 
Wataon  waa  able  to  diatlngutah  between  tbe  voicoa 
at  the  Boaton  end,  lie  calling  at  ieaat  one  centleman 
by  name  as  aoon  aa  the  latter  commenced  spsaklng. 

Thia  went  on  for  aome  time,  until  a  lady  at  the 
Maiden  end  aent  tbe  company  an  invitation  to  lunch 
per  telepbouo,  and  an  appropiiate  response  was 
made  by  tbe  aame  medium.  At  leneth  the  company 
were  requested  to  remain  quiet  while  a  lady  at 
fbe  other  end  conveyed  to  tbem  the  sweet  atralna 
of  music.  The  assemblage  thereupon  listened  with 
rapt  attention  while  a  yuune  lady  commenced  ai  ag- 
ing "Tbo  Laat  Roae  of  Summer."  Tbe  effect 
was  simply  charming.  Possessing,  as  tbe  fair 
cantatrice  does,  a  voice  of  exquiaite  sweetneaa, 
the  aounda  pAuetrated  into  the  Boaton  end  ot 
tbe  telephone  with  a  oiatlnctnesa  equal  to  tbat 
attainable  In  the  more  diatant  parte  of  a  large 
concert  room,  and  a  uaanlmona  vote  of  thanks  waa 
aent  by  the  bandy  .  little  iDatrnment  which  had 
pruonred  tor  the  assemblage  so  agreeaole  ao  hour. 
Among  tnose  present  were  electnoiacs  and  gentle- 
men oconpying  prominent  poaltiona  on  our  Weat- 
em  railroads,  and  one  and  all  expresaed  the  con- 
viction that  the  telephone  waa  destined  to  achieve 
tbe  greatest  possible  results.  Let  ni  hope  that  tbe 
day  ia  laat  approaching  when  every  man  will  be  In 
a  position  to  turn  on  tbe  electrioity  in  hia  house 
with  the  aame  facility  with  which  he  now  turna'on 
tbe  water  or  the  gas. 

AN  ABSENT-MINDED  FARMER. 
The  EinestOD  Freeman  tells  tbe  following 

atory  s  "An  abaent-minded  farmer  reaidea  in  the 
the  town  ot,Oli*e.  He  generally  dependa  npon  his. 
wife,  not  only  to  conduct  tbe  affalra  within  doors, 
but  also  expects  her  to  keep  an  eye  on  all  the  farm- 
ing implements,  auch  as  plows,  mowing-machines, 
axes,  shovels,  hoes,  &c..  thst  are  liable  to  go  astray. 
A  few  daya  ago  be  actually  came  to  tbe. hooae  and 
made  the  following  inquiry  of  hia  better  half: 
'  Sarah  Mariar,  have  you  any  idee  where  tbem  bam 
doora  la  V  It  aeema  he  had  been  butchering,  and  to 
facilitate  tbe  work,  had  removed  from  their  binges 
the  small  doora  of  the  barn,  aod  had  forgotten  what 
he  bad  done  with  them.  He  thought  '  Sarah 
Mariar'  oueht  to  know,  and  ahe  did,  taking  the 
gentleman  by  tbo  arm  and  abowing  them  to  nim. 
With  a  pozzled  expression  on  his  face,  he  looked  at 
tbe  doora  aeveral  minntea,  and  then  gave  expres- 
sion :  '  Waal,  I  declar,  I  never  would  have  found 
them  If  It  hadn't  a  been  fur  you  Mariar  I'  " 


fBEPOSTSMADB^ TO   TBBJtBASKINQ' 
DEPABIMBKT.'' 

fCONDmON  OF  TEN  OF  THE  INSTITUTIONS — 
CONSIDERABLE  FALXJNO  OFF  IN  AMOUNT 
DUB  DEPOSITORS— DEOREASa  IN  THE 
NUMBER  OF  OPEN  ACCOUNTS — ^INCREASB 
IN  THE  "i  *'  surplus"  "  ACCOUNT  —  BE-» 
BOUBCBS  AND  LIABILITIES. 
'^  We  give  below  tbe  annual  reports  of  ten  of 
the  savings  banks  of  this  City.  ^Tbese  reports  are 
nude  to  the  'Superintendent  of  the  Banking  De- 
partment In  aooordance  ^  with  tbe  provialons 
of  the  General  Savings  Bank  law,  and  are 
each  verified  nnder  oath  by  tbe  respective 
Presidents  v  and  ■  Secretaries  of  the  institutions. 
We  t3so  give  the  amounts  reported  by  the  same 
institutions  Jan.  1, 1876,  under  three  of  the  most 
Important  neada,  vis.:  "Due  depositors,"  "  Sur- 
plus," and  ''Number  of  open  accounts."  The  rea, 
aon  for  not  making  the  comparison  With  the  laat 
July  statements  is  that  tbe  rei>orts '  for  July  were 
iiot  sworn  to,  bnt  simply  oertitied  by  one  of  the  of* 
fioera  of  tbe  banka.  Tbere  firs  at  present  34  aav- 
ings  banks  doing  business  in  this  \  City, 
two  of  which  are  virtually  closed. '  vis., 
tbe  National  Savinga  Inatltntion  and  the  Equit- 
able Savings  Bank.  On  Jan.  1,  1676, 
40  savings  banks  of  this  City  reported  to  the  Super- 
intendent of  the  Bank  Department.  The  alx  wbloh 
have  ceased  doing  business  within  the  last  year  are 
the  Abingdon  Square,  Bond  Street,  Mechanics'  and 
Traders',  New-Amaterdam,    Security,  and  Traders', 

all  of  which  are  in  the  hands  of  Beoeiyera.  As  to 
the  bualneaa  of  the  banka  during  1876,  tbe  reporta 
tbua  far  received  indicate  tbat  tbere  'will  be  a  eon- 
aiderable  falling  off  in  "  amount  dne  depositors,*' 
with  a  correaponding  deorease  In  "  number  ot  open 
acoounta,"  while  tbe  item  "aurplua"  has  aonalder 
ably  increased.  

IRVING  SAVINGS  INSTITUTION. 
Walter  W.   Conoklln,    President  i    Clareaoe  D. 
Beaton,  Secretary;  No.  96  Warren  street."  Inoor- 

porated  1831. 

Baource$. 

Bonds  and  mortgages $8Sb,600  00 

Estimated 
Market  Yalna. 
Btocka  tnveatmenta.  via.. 
United    Btates  — Coat, 
^guO.S&O:  par  value, 

$900.650..:. 41,023,1 67  87 

Citiea  In  thia  Mtate— 
Cost.  «1,407,B00; 
par   value,    91,407.- 

600 1,480,062  60—3,808.060  00 

Amount  loaned  on  stocks,  as  authorised 

by  laws  of  1875 

Banklau-bouse  and  lot  at  coat 

Other  real  estate  at  cost 

Cash  on  deposit  In  banks  or  tmat  com- 

paniea 

Cash  ou  hand 

Excess  of  market  value  of  stock  In- 
vestments over  coat 

Interest  due  and  accrued 


A  THIEF  IN  TBE  QUEBEC  POST  OFFIOB. 

The  Quebec  Mercury  ot  Monday  says :  "Ow- 
ing to  the  loss  of  several  letters  containing  money, 
detective  aid  waa  latel.v  called  in  to  the  aaaiatance 
of  the  Poat  Office  Inapector.  Beaidaa  lettera  con- 
taining money,  others  have  been  missed,  including 
small  paroela  containing  ailk  bandkerchlefa,  Jewelry, 
&a  By  meana  of  a  letter  poated  on  Saturday  night 
tbe  detectives  came  to  the  oonoinslon  that  the  guilty 
party  was  a  French  clerk,  whose  duty  it  was  to  re- 
ceive tbe  lettera  aa  they  wer^  poated  in  the  receiv- 
ing box,  take  them  up  ataira,  and  aid  in  aaaortlng 
them.  The  private  investigation  opened  this 
morning,  and  the  abatraction  of  letters  and  paroela 
from  -the  Poat  Office  baa  been  going  ou  ever  since 
J  nlv  last.  The  authorities  are  very  reticent  aa  to 
wtwt  la  going  on.  The  prisoner  waa  arreated  laat 
night,  ia  iS  years  of  age,  and  waa  removed  from 
bead-quarters  to  Qaebec  in  April  last.  He  was  in 
receipt  of  »  aaidry  from  the  offlee  (^1520  a  year.  He 
la  a  married  man,  with  '-p  family  of  three  ohlldron, 
ana  realdea  In  St.  Sauwnr." 


THE  OAFIlAt  Of  ARIZONA. 
The  San  FranoiBoo  Call  says:  "There  has 
for  a  long  time  been  a  spirited  contest  in  Arisona 
ever  the  question  of  removing  the  Territorial  capi- 
tal from  Tuoaon  to  Preaoott.  Seotional  animoalty 
entered  largely  into  the  oiapute,  but  by  a  oomoro- 
mlae  of  some  of  tbe  oonfllotlng  views,  a  bill  was 
flaaUv  got  through  the  Lngialature  aooompliahing 
tbe  removal,  which  Gov.  Safford  signed,  ana  Prea- 
oott haa  at  liMt  attained  the  ob)eet  of  her  ambition. 
She  bad  tba  argyment  deoidadty  m  her  favor  in 
point  of  geograpbloal  oentralitv,  a  large  populatloa 
.and cMkter  aenyrai  boaineaa  aetlvltiw*'  - 


160,000  00 
84,000  00 
24,788  44 

141,340  8S 
181,3x0  76 


144,180  87 
81,882  60 


Total  resourcea. 


.— 93.840,472  43 

LiabUUiet. 

Due  derositors ,S8,462,e83  93 

Excess  of  asaeu  over  Uabllitiea *      877,778  60 

Total    llabiUUea $8,840,472  43 

B^ytplemtiUary. 

Number  of  open  accounts,  Jan.  L  1877,-6, 607. 
Amount  deposited  dnrlng  187H,  inchtd- 

in«  interest  credlied 91,127,101  03 

AmouDt  withdrawn  duiioa  1870 1,070.156  63 

Expenaeafur  187d,  inoladinaaalariea.  18,831)13 

Laraest  amoaot  cue  any  one  depositor, 

exclualve  of  intereat 18,277  63 

Average  amount  of  each  account  Jan. 

1,  1877 833  10 

Rate  of  luterest  paid  depositors,  e  per  cent. 

This  bank  reported  Jan.  1, 1876  i 

Due  depoaltora (3.406.748  64 

Surplua 404,843  67 

Number  of  open  accounta,  6,491. 


NATIONAL    SAVINGS  INSTITUTION— 

(CLOSING.) 
John  B.  Green,  Treasarer,  No.300Mulbenyatreet.' 

Incorporated  1867 : 

Xetovreet. 
Caah  on  deposit  In  banks  or  trust  com. 

panies 

LtabtUtUt, 

Dne  depoaltora 

Due  Treasarer  for  aervicea ' 

Exceaa  of  aaaeta  over  liabliltlea 

Total  liabiUtlea 

Supplementarf. 

Number  of  open  accounta  Jan.  1,  1877,  8. 
Largest  amount  due  auy  one  depositor, 

ezoiaaiT*  of  interest.... .... 

Average  amount  ot  each  account,  Jan. 

1.1877.- 

This  bank  reported  Jan.  1,  1876: 

Due  depositora 

Samlns 

Dumber  ot  open  accounta,  66. 


11,886  47 

487  09 
1,V100  00 

188  88 
1,885  47 


•478  09 
348  64 


91,613  00 
373  88 


DRY  DOCK  SAVINGS  INSTITUTION. 
Andrew  Mills,  President:   William  V.  Web- 
ster, SecreUry.    Kos.  339,  341,  and  343  Bowery.    In- 
corporated 1848. 

IceaourttM. 

Bonda  and  mortaagea t3,270,900  00 

Stooic  Investmenta,  via  i 
Culted      Statea— Coit, 

$1,877,833  BO  !   par 

value,     $l,7US,6uO; 

estimated      market 

value. 91,900,808  60 

South  Carolina— Cost, 

980.81U;  par  value, 

986.310:    estimated 

market  value 46,744  80 

:•  Cities  in  this  State— 

Cost,$4.621,017  76; 

par  value,  $4,467,- 

400;  estimated  mar- 
ket value $4,798,961  0$ 

<,  Tovma  in  thia  State- 
Cost,  $126,790:  par 

value,  $130,600;  ea- 

timated         market 

value 133,105  00— 6.611,981  96 

Banblna-bouae  and  lot  at  coat ...        668,671  81 

Other  real  eatate  at  coat 62.(581  SS 

Caah  on  deposit  in  banks  or  trust  com- 
panies....     146,687  46 

Canhoohand -.    •    XV  1,803  04 

Excess  of  market  value  of  ato<^lnveat- 

menta  over  coat... „ 276,663  95 

Interest  due  and  aoorned. .«_ 171,243  18 

Total  resourcea. 

LMMUi**, 

Dne  depositora. 

Exceaa  of  asaeta  over  liabliltlea 


.$10,228,990  08 


Toul  habiUtlea .^ — $10,228,990  09 

Supplementarg. 

Number  of  open  acconnta  Jan.  1,'  1877. 18,778. 
Amount  depoaltad   (laiiag    1H7B,    in- 

cladlng  intereat  credited $4,198,679  97 

Amount  withdrawn  daring  1876 4,953.146  57 

Kxpenaes  for  187U,  Inolndlns  aalariea.  42,684  68 

LaTgest  amount  due  any  one  depositor. 

exclualve  otlnteteat 10,000  00 

Averane  amount  of  each  account,  Jan. 

1,  1877 - 493  88 

B.ite  of  interest  paid  depositors.  S  and  6  i>er  cent. 

Tbia  bank  reported  Jan.  1,  1876 : 

Due  depoaltora.;:^ $10,014,875  10 

surplus.. _. 829,878  89 

Mum  ber  of  open  accounta,  20,007. 

FRANKLIN  SAVINGS  BANK. 
Jame^ii^rCbamberlaln.   President  i  Charles   B. 
HvaM^Secretary,  No.  658  Eighth  arenne.    Incorpor- 
ated 1860.  ^ 
JtuourecM, 

Iionds  and  mortgagaa $498,600  00 

Stock  Investments  via: 

Eatlmated 
Maraet  Value.  "^ 

United       Statea—  Coat, 
f4B,190i      par     value 

$38,600...... $41,196  00 

Cities  in  thia  State— Coat, 
$214,700;    par    value, 

$207,600.. „ 223,697  80 

Conntiea  In   thia   State— 
Cost,  $6,176;  pax  value, 

$6,000 5,775  00 

Towns  In  thia  State— Cost, 
$-,i!3,u00;      par     value, 

926,000,  not  marketable 388,6^6  00 

Amounts  loaned  on  stocks  aa  authoiiaed 

by  lava  of  1876 161,100  00 

Banklng-bouae  end  lot,  at  coat.... 63,413  42 

Other  real  eatate,  at  cost 18,177  48 

Cash   on    deposit   in   banaka  or  truac 

cumpaules ...-.         181,234  99 

Caah  on  band tVl..  28,058  00 

Interest  due  and  accrued 16.949  05 

Total  resources .^.m^....     1.246,591  94 

LidbMtit*. 

Duo  depositors ,.. $1,183,727  46 

Bxeeaa  of  coat  of  atocka  over  market 

valuea -. 18,897  60 

Exceaa  of  aaaeta  over  Uubilltiea. 78,966  98 

Total  Llabliitiea $l,24ft,«81  94 

Supplementarv. 
Number  of  open  accounta.  Jan.  1. 1877,  6,698. 

Amount  deposit«d  during  1870,  includ- 
ing intereat  credited 

Amouut  withdrawn  daring  1876 

Expenses  for  1876,  Inoiualng  salaries.. 

Largeat  amount  dne  anyone  depositor, 
exclusive  of  intereat 

Averaae  amount  of  each  accuunt,  Jan. 

1.1877 - 

Bate  of  inter^t  paid  dapoaitore.  0  per  eeat. 

This  bank  roforted  Jan.  1^676  ; 

Due  depoaltora a «-  $1,408,916  78 

Snrplna 69,813  87 

Number  of  open  aceunsta,  7,043. 


$917,281  88 

'1,168.396  44 

11,407  11 

6,000  00 

174  86 


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CITIZENS'  SAVINGS  BANK. 
Edward   A.    Quintard,    Preaident;  Seymour  A. 
Bunce,  Secretary.    No.  58  Bowery.   Incorporated 

1860. 

lte$ouree$. 

Bonda  and  mortgages $3,485,975  80 

Stock  Investments,  vis: 

Batliiiatad 
^  Karket  Vain*. 
United        Btatea  —  Coat, 
j$1.484.776    6St        par 

value,  $1,400.000. «l,61&6r» 

State  of    Uieblgaa— Coat, 
tujoMoaK    BM     '<r<«iuah 


$40|00a X  44,800  - 

tate    «t    Xaaeas-Cest,  % 

«    S^^\J^.^7!^.  4  09,000 
Btott  of    Miaaourl— Coat. 
•387,000;     par    valuer . 

p§7,00Q. ^908.480 

,   Cities  in  this  State— Cost.  | 

M&8,000i    par     value.      i 

■t     W68.000...-^. U.008,»80 

{>  Conntiea  In  tUa   Stata— 

Cost.  $661,003  86  i  par     ^__  •  , 

value,^648.000 -VT.      e87,6»0-  8,687,689  JT 

Amount  loaned  on  atoeka.  as  aathmixed 

4    bylawaof  1876.^ ~ 16.400  00 

Banking-houae  and  nouaea  and  lots  ad-  < 

lolidng,  avoost 178.000  00 

Other  real  eatate.  at  oost , 72,644  73 

Oasb  cm  deposit  In  banks  oc  tnut  com- 
panies  .^ 919.769  96 

Oashonhand 272,866  81 

Ezoessofmarkst  value  of  atook  invest-  .     . 

menta  over  cost 129,840  OS 

Intereat  due  and  aoorned. 88.611  76 

Total  resources.. $7,887,117  68 

LUHUHf. 


97.008,759  68 
888,868  00 


Dne  depositora 

Sxoaaa  of  aaaeta  over  UabOltlea.  ..  ^___ 

Total  Uabmtiea. $7,887,117  68 

filWpIeflwiilary. 
I^umber  of  open  aeoouata  Jan.  1, 1877,  16,378. 

Amount  deposited  during  1876,  includ- 
ing Intareat  credited $8,135,175  66 

Amount  withdrawn  dnrinc  1276 \  8.997.604  31 

Expensea  for  1876,  Including  aalarisa..  '        42,9:<!S  49 

Iiargeat  amount  dne  any  ane  depoaltor, 
exclosive  of  interest 10,000  00 

Average  amount  of  each  account  Jan. 
1   18 V  6  497  69 

fiata  ofVntcMiTt  paiddeposlton  dwlng  1876,  6  per 

cent. 
This  bank  reported  Jan.  1, 1876 1 

Due  depoaltora ,98,466.188  10 

fcnrplus 411,266  20 

Number  of  open  aceonnta.  10,19L 

INSTITUTION    FOE    THE    BAVINcU'OFi 

MEECHANT8'  CLEEKS. 

A.  Oracle  Bang,  President ;  Andrew  Warner- 

Secretary.  No.  80  trnlon  place. '  Incorporated  1848.' 

JZeaoareea. 

Bonda  and  mortgagea. $1,096,200  00- 

Batlmated 
market  value. 
Stock  investments,  vis.i 
United     Statea— Coat, 
92,091,777  68|     par 

value,  •2,O03,()OO...$8,896,2OO  70 
Kew-Tork  State— Coat, 

$160,000:  par  value,  t 

$160,000 ^184,815  00 

Maaaachnaetta  Slate — 

Coat,  $100,000:  par 

valne,  $10(),000 112.67S  00 

Ohio  t>tat«— Cost,918u.- 
02S  71:     par   value, 

$177,498  37 •■  188,148  27 

Citiea  iu  this  Btate— 
Coat,    $3U2,119  83: 

par  value,  9308,300. 

Banking-honae  and  lot  at  coat 

Cash  on  deposit  m  banks  or  trust  com- 
panies  

Caah  onliand 

Exceaa  of  market  valne  of  atock   u- 

veatmenta  over  coat 

Intereat  dne  and  accrued 

Bent  accrued 

Total  reaonxces 94,647,8;it>  51 

J^iMKMea. 

Das  depositora $4,101,471  36 

Sxceaa  of  aaaeta  over  liablUtiea 646,365  10 

Total  IiablUtiea : $4,647,836  61 

5«pptein«tt(ary. 

Number  of  open  accounta  to  Jan.  1,  1877,  0,687. 
Amount  depoaited  bunng  l676,icolud-  . 

Ing  interest  credited $1,448,111  67 

Amount  wlthdrawQ  during  1870 ^1,352,412  36 

Expeoaea  lor  year  i876,  moluding  sal-  ^ 

arlea -TTTTt.....  28,888  16 

Iiarveat  amount  ane  anyone  depoaltor, 

exolnalTe  of  intereat 16,066  00 

Average  amount  of  each  account  Jan. 

1, 1877 437  83 

Rata  of  intarest  paid  depositors  during  1876—6  per 
cant,  on  aoma  of  $1,000  and  under  i  6  iier  cent,  on 
larger  auma. 

This  hank  reported  Jan.  1, 1876: 

Due  depoaltora $4,010,810  93 

Burplua... 688,286  60 

Itumbet  uf  open  accounta,  9,843. 


410,640  88-$2,913,932  62 
101,237  85 


103.646  60 
23,225  14 

378,666  68 

80,297  63 

850  OU 


YORKVILLE  SAVINGS  BANK. 
Lawrence  B.  Kerr,  President;  John  GUlelan,  Sec. 
retaryt  No.  1,539  Third  avenue.  ..Incorporated  1869. 
Jte«o«reE«. 

Bonda  and  mortgages 

Stock  investmenta,  viat 

Bstlmated 
Karket  Value. 
Bonda  o*  oltlea  In  tbls  State— 
Coat,  $0,702  60 1   par  valae, 

$8.000 $6,000— 

Caah  on  depaalt  in  banka  or  truat  com- 

panlea 

Caah  on  hand 

Exceaa  of  market  vidne  of  atack  Inveat- 

menta  over  coat . ....... 

Interest  dne  and  accrued............... 

Furniture  andfixttirea 

Total  resourcea.. „ ......^ 

LiabtUtU*. 


$8,600  00 


6,703  60 

2.462  93 
3,841  24 

297  60 

603  13 

8,500  00 


$22,867  29 


Amount  due  depoaltora 

Kxceaa  of  aaaeta  over  llabliitiea... 


$22,862  64 
604  65 

$22,867  29 


Total  UabiUtlea „_ 

5«<ppi«t?i<n(ary- 
Number  of  open  accounta  Jan.  1, 1877,  177. 

Amoant  depoaited  during  1876,  includ- 
ing Intareat  credited ;.'' $383,868  33 

Amount  -withdrawn  during  1876.......  ^     336,716  15 

Sxpenaee  for  tbe  ,  year  1876,  laolnifing 
salanaa 8,039  10 

Largest  amount  due  any  one  depositor, 
exclusive  of  interest 1,883  00 

Average  amount  ot  each  aocooat,  Jan. 

1,  1b77 126  34 

'  Bata  of  intereat  paid  depositors   during  1876,  d 

per  cent. 

This  bank  reportau  Jaii.1, 1876  i 

Dae  depositors.......... $34,041  25 

Surplua 3,996  40 

dumber  ot  open  aooounta,  228. 


SEAMEFS  BANK  FOR  SAVINGS. 
William  H.     Maor,,    President  i    Henry,'  P. 
Harahall,  Caabler  j  NosJ'74  and  76  Wall  street./  In- 
corporated 1829. 

Kuomret*. 

Bonda  and  mortgages. ..  $4,954,600-00 

Stock  Investments,  vis.:  - 

Eatlmated 
Market  Talae. 
United    Statea-Coat,-  $5.- 
185.218   96)  par  value, 

$5.273,500 $5,998,850 

a  Hew-York      Htate— Cost, 
'      $582,400  89 ;  par  value, 

f     $593,600 \  658,665 

.  HaaaaobuaettaNtate-Ooat.  S 
$l,00^043    40j       par,' 

value,  $1,000,000 1,089800 

Bhodelalaod  8tete— Cost, /■ . 

f  300, 120;    par     value, '_> 
300,000 ■>.■.■ 1  821,000 

Connectlcnt    Stata— <Joat,  '< 
$449,476;      par     value,  > 

460,000 ,....  %  481,600 

Kew-Jersey      Btaie— Cost,  > 
$96,32-.^  461  par  value,  <i 

$96,000 «. 5  102,720 

Ohio   State— Coat.    $287,-  . 
97668:  par  value,$286,<  - 

767  93 .- ijl  803,868 

Tennessee     Btata  — Coat,  '■ 
956,353  60 1    par  value,    > 

9120,000 -  ....   i   63,860 

Citiea  in  this  State-^Cost,  '^ 
$2,789,992    69;        par 

value,  92.767,600 .3.958.292 

Counties    In  tbia  State- 
Cost,     $149,285  i     oar  ;i, 

value,  $161,000 '^167,040-10.904,088  68 

Banking-bouaeandlot  at  ooat.... 336,201  13 

Otber  real  eatate  at  ooat...... 39,760  00 

Caah  on  depoait  in  banka  or  troat  oom* 

panics. ;L0SI,124  98 

Caah  on  hand *       43,738  88 

Exoeas   of  market   value  of  atook  in-  ^ 

veatmenta  over  coat........ 1 1,226,191  42 

Interest  due  and  aooraeu ^.... 72,962  95 

Total  reaoorcea... $18,e08!!657  92 

JXabttfMea. 

Due  depoaltora..:l|t , $16,825,034  98 

Exceaa  of  aaaeta  over  habllltiea.. ......     2,283,622  04 

Total  llabllltleB $18,608,657  93 

Bupplementary. 

Kumber  of  open  accounta  Jan.  1, 1877,  35,767. 

Amount  depoaited  during  1876,  includ- 
ing interest  credited.. „.. $4,970,730  43 

Amount  -withdrawn  daring  1876 ,  8,693,623  62 

Bxpenaeefi>rx876,ineiudingaalanea..  ^        43,039  14 

Largeat  amount  due  anyone  depoaltor. 
exclualve  of  intareat.... .^..^....  40,648  11 

Average  amount  Of  each  account  Jan. 

1.1877 466  43 

Bate  of  Intereat  paid  depositora  ddring  1876,6  and 

6  per  oent. 
Tills  bank  reported  Jan.- 1, 1870 : 

Dne  depositors $15,047,828  18 

Surplua 2.140,053  13 

.Number  of  open  accounta.  32,894.  ' 


RASLEM  SAVINGS  BANK. 
Thomas  B.  Tappen,  President ;  John  S.  Een- 
yon,  ..Beoretary.    Na  3,881   Third   avenue.  ■  Inoor., 

porated  1863. 

Jtcsourctt. 

Bonda  and  mortgagea.... $408,200  09 

Stock  tuvestmenta,  via.: 

Estlmatad 
Market  Valuer 
Unltad  Statea-T-Coat,  $130,- 

636 1  par  value,  $110,00a$12e.660 
Citiea   in   thia   tjtate— Coat, 

t 201,660  50t    par  value, 
199,000 316,800 

Oountlea  in  thia  Stata— Coat, 

$2,000  ;  par  value,  $2,000.       3,000 
Towns  in  this  State— Coat, 
$0,180;  par  value,  $6,000,       6,000—    840,474  60 
Amount  loaned  on  atocka  aa  authorised 

by  Ibwa  of  1876 1.300  00 

Banking-houae  and  lot,at  coat 47,000  00 

Caah  on  deiioalt  in  banka  and  truat 

cotnpaalea ^ 49.856  70 

Caah  on  hand 8,6v!8  64 

Bxeeaa  of  market  valne  of  stock  in  veat- 
menta over  ooat 8,666  60 

Iniercst  due  and  accrued 9,751  84 

Benta ~ 186  00 


Total  resources 

BP  XCoMIMaa. 


Due  depoaltora...'. 

Exceaa  of  asaeta  over  liabilitlca — 


Total  UabiUtlea 

BuppUvuntart/. 
Hnmber  of  open  accounta  Jan.  1, 1877,  4,006. 


$868,762  18 

$812,969  03 
66,793  16 

"iSti8,762  18 


Bateef  tatereetnaid  depoettara4aitnc  187& «W 
eentk  ^^ 

Ihla  bank  reported,  Jan.  1,  1877t  ... 

^^^^^.:::::::-::u::::::t.::  TsiSSSa 

;    number  of  open  accounta.  6,178. 

c  BROADWAY  SAVINGS  XNSTinjTIOJr. 
.'Francis  P.  Soboals,  President;  Peter  Cutm 
tnlng,  Actuary.    No.  873  Broadway.    Inootporste/ 
18SL 

JtMawesa. 

Bcoda  aod  mortgagea _.... 

Stock  Investmenta,  vli.:  

United  Statea— Coat, 
$900,00(H  par  valo& 
$900,000:  eatlmatad 

market  value $1,008,600 

ClUes  in  tbia  State-  ^^''^"''"^ 
Coat,  $840,000;  par 
value,  $840,000;  ea- 
-  tlmated  market -TBlne       879,000— 
Cash  on  deposit  la  banks  or  trust  com. 

panles> . 

Cash  oahand.. ........ ........... .,",'. 

Exceaa  olf  market  value  of  atock  in-rea  tl 

menta  over  cost 148,600  00 

Intarest  dne  snd  accrued 23,922  47  ' 

Total reaourcea $2*,813,170  7l 

LiabiUtte$, 

Due  depositors $2,605,453  01 

Bxeeaa  of  aaaeta  over  UabiUtlea 307.717  7g 

Total  UabiUtlea $2,813,170  7^ 

Bupplementan/, 

•  Kumber  of  open  aecounta  Jan.  1.  1877,  3,881. 

Amoimt  depoaited  during .  1876,  inclu- 
ding Interest  credited. $1,220,010  88 

Amount  withdrawn  during  1876 938,105  24 

Expensea  for  1876,  InoladinK  salaries..  17,732  43 

Ijargest  amount  dne  any  one  depositor, 
exclusive  ot  interest .....  18,662  Ig 

Average  amoant  of  each  account  Jan. 

1,  1877.. „ 645  ti 

Bate  of  Interest  paid  depoaltora  duztag  1876,  6  pel 

oent. 

This  banK  reported  Jan.  1, 1876 : 

Due  depoaltora.... $2,823,648  OS 

Surplus 336,438  88 

.  Kumber  of  open  accounts,  8,732. 


•618.600  IL 


1.740,000  «^ 

196,117  40' 
81.180  8$ 


LOOKING  FOB  HIS  BBOTHBB. 


COMBIAIKG    FBATERXAL     TEARNINO    WXTA 
Q17ESTIONABI.E:  BCStlTESS  TKANSACTION8 
—A    NOTED     SWINDLING     DBVICB     BE< 
^        VIVKD. 

'  Superintendent  Walling  receivea  through  tt>« 
mails  yesterday  the  following  cq^oas  epistle,  evi« 
dently  forwarded  by  the  "L.  Miller"  to  whom  it 
la  addreaaed,  aa  a  doonment  worthy  of  the  attantlon 

of  the  Police  anthorities  of  tbls  City: 

New-Tokk,  Jan.  27, 1877. 
L.snaer: 

DBAS  Sia  :  I  had  a  brother  that  became  nKl.v  with 
his  wife  and  left  home.  It  was  durinc  tbe  war.  The 
laat  I  heard  of  him  be  enlistad  in  an  UUooia  regiment, 
ao  I  thouebt  I  would  write  to  .you  for  tbe  ourpoaa  oj 
ascertaining  whether  jou  were  tbe  aame  peraon. 
Whether  yoa  are  my  brother  or  not,  you 
can  do  me  a  great  favor.  t  have  bisen 
engaeed  in  the  dry  coods  business  for  12  years ;  about 
six  moDtha  a^e  1  waa  compelled  to  fdlL  I  asked  my 
creoitora  for  an  extenaion,  which  tbe.y  refused  to  elvs 
me:  then  1  was  determined  nut  to  lose  everything,  ao 
I  shipped  $12,000  worih  of  well-assortad  gooda  to 
Kew-York.  My  creditors  aot  the  oalance,  S^,000 
worth;  tbey  suspected  me  of  shipping  some  of  my 
stock,  but  tbe.y  could  uot  prove  it;  this  stock  ia 
weU  assorted  for  your  trade,  consisting  of  aiika, 
velveta,  nbbons,  empress  cloth,  alpaca,  delaines, 
printa,  iMplina,  merinoea,  muslins,  flanuela.Jaconetta, 

KiUKhams,  Swiss  laWDS.  hose,  bats,  cuffs,  collars,  but. 
tonar thread,  neediea,  pins,  combs,  lioop-skirie,  aprou 
cbecka,  Ucen  duck,  braids,  tapea,  epreaaa.  hooka,  e.yea, 
ahades,  fcc.  Oentlemeti's  gooda— (ilovea,  auspendera, 
aooka,  necktiea,  cuffs,  coliara.  ahiria,  ^whtta 
and  colored,)  woolen-  drawers,  colored  and 
woolen.  Kow  what  I  propose  to  do  is  this :  If  you  wlU 
take  this  stock  and  sell  it  for  me,  I  will  give  yoa  onei 
third  of  what  it  will  bring.  You  can  put  It  down  loi( 
ao  that  the  aale  -will  be  fast.  I -can  have  some  ulea 
showT  hand-biUs  printed  here.  You  cau  have  taeq 
distributed  all  around,  aud  in  tbat  way  voh  can  get  npl 
a  big  ruak.  ^e  can  aetxi^^very  6U  or  90  dayc 
for  what  yon  have  aold.  It  ^S  m.v  intention  when  1 
shipped  these  go5da  to  New- York,  to  go  to  Texaa  and 
ojya  a  araall  atore  under  another  name,  but  tb« 
doctor  adviaed  me  to  take  my  wlie  to 
California,  on  account  of  her  Dad  health. 
I  -wiU  start  ior  there  %a  soon  aa  I  have 
made  arrangementa  to  aell  my  gooda.    Now  whether 

?'ou  are  my  uruther  or  not  let  me  know  if  yon  will  aeU 
he  goods  for  me;  if  so  1  will  ship  them  to  you  at 
once  as  [  most  turn  them  into  cash.  Of  coarse  thia 
matter  ia  atnctly  confidential  whether  we  do  any  buai. 
ness  together  or  not,    ResnectfOily, 

C.  A.  MILLK£,  Ko.  083  Broadway. 
The  note  paper  on  which  the  above  la  -written 
bears  the  following  printed  heading  :  "  Miller  & 
Co.,  Dealers  in  Dry  Goods  and  Gent's  Famishing 
Articles  of  every  description,  No.  273  Westminster 
street,  Providence,  BmV 


THE  DIRTY  SIBEET8. 


DI8GRACEFUI.  CONDITION  OF  THE  PCBUC 
THOEOUGHFARBS — EFFECT  OF  THE  RAIK- 
BTOBM. 
With  the  coming  of  tbe  rain-storm  that  set  i^ 
yesterday  morning  the  streeto  down  town  that 
were  already  in  a  bad  condition  became  atlll  more 
miaerable  with  the  rapid  accumulation  of  watar  and 
crushed  ice  with  which  they  were  soon  fllled.  In 
many  of  tbe  atreets  that  faaVe  been  almoat  Im. 
paaaable  since  the  snow.storms  of  December,  men. 
were  at  work  clearing  ont  channels  to  tbe  culverts. 
In  their  efforta  to  accompliah  thia  tatifc  they' 
quarried  out  huge  blocks  of  ice,  black 
with  tbe  filth  of  the  guttars  and  roadways, 
and  theae  were  carted  away  in  truoks^ 
or  stacked  up  along  the  gutters^n  heaps  from  twoj 

to  four  feet  high.  On  Gieenwich  street,  on  the  cor. 
ner  of  Duane,  a  wall  six  feet  high  bad  been  built, 
up  with  Diooka  of  this  broken  ice,  and  a  placard 
was  hong  upon  the  ledge  of  tbe  wall  bearing  the 
inacription,  "Hold  tbe  £'oit."  The  etrncture  was 
of  such  Bolidi'y  that  it  gave  promise  of  onu, 
living  the  natural  terai  of  office  of  the. 
average  Police  Commission.  In  Thames  street,, 
from  New  Church  down  to  Washineton,  tberai 
waa  a  aolid  bank  of  ice,  aahea.  garbage,  and  mud. , 
from  three  to  five  feet  in  depth,  which  shed  the 
rain  aa  it  fell  ao  tbat  it  ran  in  atreama  an  inch  deep  .' 
over  the  entire  aidewalk  on  either  aide.  Along 
Weat  atreet  and  Sooth  etreet,  where  the  Ice  had 
been  but  impertectly  broken  np,  tbere  were  nn. 
merous  deep  pools  ot  water,  and  where  tbere  was  no 
ice  there  waa  a  superabnndance  of  slimy  mud 
that  overflowed  tbe  low  curbstonea  and  apread 
itself  on  the  adjoining  sidewalke.  In  Cherry, 
Oliver,  Water,  and  Front  screeta  tbe  aspect  of 
things  jastifled  the  anpposltion  that  aU  atreet  clean. 
Ing  was  auspended  at  tbe  approach  of  Winter,  and 
waa  not  to  be  resumed  sigain  before  Soring  bad  well 
advanced.  The  composition  of  the  heaps  of  refuse 
in  theae  streets  and  In  other  narrow 
tborouehfares,  auch  aa  Mulberry,  Mott,  Jamea, 
and  Pearl,  Is  more  or  leas  offensive,  accord- 
ing to  tbe  quarters  through  which  they  paas. 
Along  Broadway  the  dirty  condition  of  the  street 
made  walking  expensive,  as  boota  and  clothing 
were  inevitably  smearea  with  slime  in  attemptiog 
to  go  from  one  side  to  another,  while  tbe  stages  and 
waeoua  oast  np  a  abeet  of  muddy  paata  that  covered 
tbe  eases  of  the  sidewalk.  The  atreet  cara  bore 
evideeoesof  thepievailiDgnastiness  of  tbiogs  ont 
of  doors,'  and  the  stages  and  ferry-boats  were 
tracked  with  tbe  fiUh  that  clung  to  tbe  feet  of 
thousands  of  pedesiriantf. 


Amount  depoaited  ddring  1876,  loelnit* 

ing  intareat  credited .--z.- 

Amount  withdrawn  during  1876 

Bxpansee  for.  1876.  iaolndiag  salaries. 
Largest  amoant  due  any  one  depositor, 

Mtoloaive  of  Intereat 

Average  amount  of  aaeb  aooouot  Jan. 
1 1     1, 1077.......................^;..^... 


$678,685  73 

672.116  42 

7,640  63 


3b  Ou  SdUor  of  Ihi  Nem-  York  Tinus  t  ' 

I  would  oaU^  attention  to  the  filthy  condition 
of  Bleecker  street,  from  Carmine  to  Uacdoogal 
atreeta,  though  the  other  portion  Is  little  if  any 
better;  bnt  my  complaint  ia  in  tbat  pact  which  Im- 
mediately faces  my  house.  On  Monday  last,  bar* 
rela  and  other  receptacles  -containing  garbage  were 
placed  on  the  sidewalk  for  removal,  (increasing  In 
number  each  day  since,)  and  up  to  the  present  time 
not  one  tias  been  moved,  save  by  tbe  officious  rag. 
pickers,  who  are  eager  to  dump  them  in  order  to 
scan  their  contents.  This  evil  has  existed  until 
the  mounds  of  mud,  molting  enow,  and -garbage 
throw  up  loathsome  smells,  seriously  inlurioua,  tliia 
close  weather,  to  the  health  of  citizens.  Cannot 
tbe  authoritlea  be  awakened  to  a  aenae  of  duty,  and 
be  compelled  to  remove  the  ashes,  &o.,  daily,  la> 
staad  of  letting  it  remain  nearly  a  week,  aa  they 
havp  in  thia  inatance?  Car  atreets  are  never  so 
dean  tbat  we  cA  allow  them  to  be  made  a  damp- 
ing-grouod  for  a  week  without  being  an  insult  to 
decenfiyand  injurious  to  health.  Neither  ia  this 
nealect  of  duty  uncommon:  it  ia  cbronio.  lam 
frequently  compelled  to  bail  a  passing  ratt  and  pay 
to  remove  it,  rather  than  It  sbouid  be  aa  eyesore  tt 
the  pedestrian  on  Sunday. 

V  A  DISGUSTED  CITiaKN. 

./'  Nkw-TOEK,  Friday,  Fob.  %  1677. 

f.  ARRJBSTED  ON  A  ORARQE  OF  MATHEM. 
'  Peter  Beck,  keeper  of  a  livery  stable  at  No, 
153  South  Piftb  avenae,  having  become  invblved 
In  Utigatiou  with  James  Cafirey,  of  Xo.  143  Spring 
street,  yesterday  entered  the  domicile  of  the  latter 
and  handed  him  a  summons.  Cafirey  accepted  the 
legal  document,  bat  immediataly  proceeded  to 
chew  Mr.  Beck's  left-hand  thnmb,  and  finally  auo- 
ceeded,  with  the  aid  of  a  remarkably  aoaud  and 
servioaable  set  of  teeth,  in  appropriating  about  two* 
tbirda  of  that  membeiv  The  Police  of  tbe  Eighth 
Precinct  laat  evening  arreated  Cafirey  on  tbe  oaarge 
of  mayhem.  He  will  be  arraigned  at  tbe  Tombf 
tor-day.  .  ^^^^ 

j  ANOTHER  DEMOORATIO  THIEF. 

The  Montgomery  (Ala.)  Journal  of  Jan.  30 
says :  "  Tne  Mobile  0ycl«  famishes  tbe  following 
itom  of  infbrnwllon  in  ita  iasae  of  tbe  S7tb  of  Jan. 
naryt  *We  nS^tand  that  tbe  Sheriff  of  Wash* 
Ington  Connty  J^  defanltor  in  tbe  sum  of  $4,700. 
He  waa  misalng^at  Monday,  when  court  was  to 
open,  and  haa  noVbeen  beard  from  since  His  name 
IsClementa.'  This  Sheriff  ia  a  Democrat,  be  it  re- 
membwed,  aud  although  be  awindlea  toe  tax-payan 
of  his  county  cut  of  a  snug  sum  of  hard-earned 
money,  the  (^ele  has  not  a  word  of  oondemoatloa 
for  blm.  Had  he-  been  a  'Radical '  the  fact  of  hia 
absconding  would  have  been  heralded  by  the  C^^ 
and  all  ita  Bonrboa  breihrea  with  flaming  bead 
lines,  and  the  people  of  the  country  wonld  have 
been  fiimiabed  with  freei««trresonthe  *JBCSTnp«loa 


m 


4.970  00 
IV^liSjft  iatm  JBadtoal  Pactv. 


Wmunr  o^iitcraa^/  gtbxmtQ  s^  i8t7,  r 


I 


^(OMY-FOUKTH   CONeRESS. 

I '"  » ' 

SECOND  SES§ION.^.IVb,  9l 

'  BtJMMAET  OF  THE  DArS  PEOCEEDING& 
In  the  Senate  the  bill  relating  to  publlo  ao* 
coonta  and  ol»lina  warn  t&ken  up  ftad  paaatd.  It 
^ratldes  tbat  olaima  tlut-iaay  be  examlnad  and  de- 
cided brbeads  of  boreaneahellbe  barred  onleaa  pre* 
aented  withla  six  years  after  they  aeomeO,  aad  the 
cUel  obj  eot  is  to  aeoare  a  atatate  of  Umitatlona  In  the 
BUtt«r  of  cbdnu.  An  adverae  report  from  the  Ka- 
▼al  Committee  on  the  a^pUoatlan  to  reinstate  Mid- 
shipman Beale,  oismisaed  from  the  JSTayal  Aoadeny 
for  "  baaing."  was  made.  A  bill  for  the  reUef  of  a 
Boathern   Dank,    against  whioh  Jad^ment  vas   ob- 

taiDed  for  Confederate  money  deposited  in  it  wben 
•aelnd  by  Geo.  Banka  In  1883,  waa  diacnaaed  and  re- 
'  oomorttted. 

!  The  Hooae  met  at  10  A,  M.  and  took  a  reoeas  till 
11:40.  An  amendment  to  the  Electoral  Vote  act, 
-providing  that  either  hotiae  may  order  an  a^onm- 
ment  while  «n£aKed  in  legislative  bosineas,  till  10 
^A.  IC  the  next  day,  waa  recommitted  to  the  Com . 
Bdttee  on  Balea.  The  Legislative  Appropriation 
ibill  waa  eonaidered  in  committee  ot  the  whole.  The 
'Olaose  m  the  first  seotion  flxlns  the  salaries  of  Sen- 
ators and  Bepresentativea  at  $4,500,  waa  atmok  out , 
Xwelve  pages  were  disposed  of. 

. .  ♦ 

SEKATS:. 
I  The  Senate  having  ordered  a  receaa  yeater- 
'dayaftemooa  ontil  10  o'clock  this  momlog  re- 
I  assembled  at  that  honr,  with  half  a  dozen  Senatora 
Ipreaent^  and  immediately  took  a  leoeta  nntil  13 
Velooc 

XHB  TAX  on  SASns.    DEPOSITS  ASH  CAITtAL. 

On  reaasembtiDg,  nnmeroas  petitiona  asking  the 
paasage  of  a  law  to  repeal  the  tar  impoaed  on  bank 
deposits  and  capital  were  presented  and  referred 
to  the  Committee  on  Finance. 

A  BTATHTB  OF  USflTATIOSB  FOB  CLUHS. 

Mr.  Sbsbhas  called  up  the  Senate  bill  relat- 
ing to  pnblio  acconnts  and  claims.  It  prorldv  tiiat 
all  claims  against  the  TTnited  States  wbleh  the  ac- 
conntlns  officers  of  the  Treasury  or  the  heads  of 
any  department  orbnreaaare  aathonzed  to  examine 
and  decide  sball  be  barred  nnless  presented  witbia 
nx  years  from  the  time  tbe  same  accrued. 
Claims  exiatine,  which  would  be  barred  by  the 
^t  or  within  two  years  after  it  goes  into  effect, 
may  be  presented  wicbin  four  years  from  the  pas- 
sage of  ihe  act.  It  also  forbids  the  head  of  any  de- 
partment to  consider  a  claim  while  the  same  is 
pendiDK  before  Congress,  and  provides  tbat  the 
snreties  on  any  official  bonds  may,  after  the  expira- 
tion of  the  term  of  office  of  the  principal,  demand 
an  examination  and  settlement  of  the  accounts  of 
snob  prlncioal,  and  if  tbe  principal  shall  t>e  fopnd 
to  be  in  detanlc  that  snit  mnst  be  brought  against 
the  snreties  within  two  yeairs. 

In  excianation  of  the  bili,  Mr.  Sberuan  said  the 
chief  obieot  ot  ic  was  to  aecure  «  statute  of  limita- 
tions, BO  that  claims  against  tbe  Goyemment  coufd 
not  be  presented  after  six  years.  The  bill  was  not 
intended  to  apply  to  olaims  before  the  Southern 
Claims  Commission,  the  Conrt  ot  Claims,  or  Con- 
gress. 

Mr.  "Weight,  of  Towa,  submitted  an  amendment, 
providing  that  nothing  in  the  act  shall  be  oonstraed 
to  revive  any  demand  or  claim  which  is  alxeady 
haired  by  an  existiug  statute.    Agreed  to. 

Ihe  bill  waa  then  read  a  third  time  and  passed. 
EAZING  Ei  XHB  SATAI.  ACADEMT. 

Mr.  Saegkut,  of  California,  from  the  Committee 
»n  Naval  Aftairs,  reported  adyersely  on  the  appli- 
cation of  Midshipman  Beale  to  be  reinstated  at  tbe 
37aval  Academy,  he  having  been  dismissed  for 
haaing.    Ordered  to  be  printed. 

COtn^^pE^EITINO  COINS. 

Mr.  Sabgetst  also^ntrodaced  a  bni  to  amend  an 
ftct  amending  section  5,457  of  the  Bevised  Statt\^es 
»f  the  TTnited  States  relating  to  connterleiting. 
Eteferred  to  the  Committee  on  Finance. 

Ic  provides  that  any.person  maKing,  causing  to 
be  made,  or  aiding  and  assisting  in  making,  forging, 
nr  cotinterfeiting  -any  coin  or  bars  in  resemblance  or 
aimilitude  of  tbe  gold  or  silver  coins  or  bars  which 
have  t>een,  or  hereafter  may  be,  coined  or  stamped 
at  the  Mints  and  Assay  Offices  ot  the  United  States, 
or  in  any  semblance  or  similitude  of  any-foreign 
gold  or  silver  coin  which  bv  law  is,  or  hereafter  may 
be,  made  current  in  the  United  States,  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  f5,000,  and  by  im- 
prisonment at  hard  labor  for  a  term  not  exceeding 
10  years.  ^    ^ 

A    CT.ATTK    FOB  COK7EDEBATB  MONBT    SSIZSB  BT 
GES.  BANKS. 

Mr.  CA3ISR0K,  of  Wisconsin,  called  up  tbe  Senate 
bill  for  the  relief  of  the  Union  National  Bank  of 
Lonisiaoa,  aocoessor  to  the  Union  Bank  of  Lou- 
isiana. It  antborizea  tbe  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
to  pay  said  bank  |36,873  39,  the  sam  on  deposit  m 
the  Union  Bank  of  Loaisiana  belonging  to  the 
Planters'  Banc  of  Tennessee,  which  was  seised  by 
Oen.  Banks  on  the  17th  of  Aagust.  1863.  Durins 
the  discnasion  It  was  stated  that  the  Planters'  Bank 
bad  sued  and  obtained  Jadgment  against  the  Union 
Bank,  which  Judgment  bad  been  paid. 

Mr.  CoCKRELL,  of  Missouri,  inquired  if  the  money 
aeized  was  not  in  Confederate  notes,  and  were  they' 
'not  now  in  tbe  Treasury  of  the  United  States  f 

Messrs.  Shuhman,  Ikqalls,  Mobbill,  and  others 
opposed  the  bill,  and  Messrs.  Camebon,  Bogt,  and 
others  spoke  in  favor  of  it,  stating  that  the  Su- 
preme Court  bad  declared  tbe  act  of  Qen.  Baoka  in 
aeiaing  the  money  to  be  illegal.  As  tbe  Union  Ka  - 
.  tional  Bank  had  to  pay  the  ladgment  tbe  Groveru- 
ment  should  make  tbe  amount  good. 
j  Mr.  £^HKBlfAX  moved  that  the  bill  be  indefinitely 
, postponed,  which  motion  was  rejected  by  a  vote  of 
80  yeas  to  24  nays. 

After  some  farther  discussion  the  bill  was  re- 
icommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Clalma. 

The  Senate,  at  5:10  P.  M.,  took  a  teoesa  nntil  10 
^'elock  to-morrow  momlne- 


HOUSE  or  EEPKESENTATTVES, 
i  The  House  was  called  to  order  at  10  o'clock, 
^rith  not  more  than  a  dozen  memoers  in  attenaance. 
'and  immediately  took  a  further  recess  until  11:40 
A.  M^  at  which  hoar  the  Uuuse  wak  again  callea  to 
«Hrder. 

AMENDrSTG    THfi  ELBCTOBAi  LAW. 

Mr.  Wilson,  of  Iowa,  from  tbe  Committee  on 
Sales,  reported  a  bill  amendatory  ot  tbe  act  pro- 
Tiding  lor  the  coantine  of  tbe  £leotoral  votes.  It 
provides  that  when  either  hotue  is  engaged  in  legis- 
lative businesa  it  can  order  an  adjournment  ontll  10 
o'clock  on  tbe  following  day.  JSe  exolained  that 
nsleaa  such  a  bill  was  passed  great  confaaion  would 
ensue.     ____ 

Mr.  WBrrTBOBKB,  of  TennesBee,  thought  if  the 
House  auu  Senate  should  acUourn  it  miaht  farther 
complicate  the  Presidential  question,  as  the  law 
provided  tbat  the  Electoral  votes  ahoold  be  counted 
m  a  certain  day. 

After  discusBion,  tbe  biU  waa  recommitted  to  the 
Committee  on  Sulea. 

THE    I^GISLATITE  APPBOPBIATIOSS. 

The  House  then,  at  12:35,  went  into  Committee  of 
the  Whole  un  the  Legislative  Appropriatluu  bill, 
Mr.  BXAQAN,  of  Texas,  in  the  chair.  The  bill  ap- 
propriates $14,26a,155  50.  The  reading  of  the  bill 
being  dispensed  with,  the  committee  proceeded  to 
its  ounsideratlon  by  sections. 

Mr.  rosTBB,  of  Otlo,  moved  to  amend  by  striking 
'out  of  tbe  first  section  the  paragnph  which  fixes 
jthe  compensation  of  Senatoi-s  at  $4,500.  Ue  said 
ttiat  the  question  had  been  settled  last  year  in  the 
Conference  Committee,  and  he  tll6^gbt  the  House 
ahould  atana  up  manfolly  for  what  it  knew  would 
be  the  action  ot  the  two  bouses. 

The  amendment  was  agreed  to  by  a  vote  of  133  to 
n,  and  Mr.  Holman,  of  Indiana,  gave  notice  tbat  he 
would  cail  for  a  separate  vote  in  tbe  House,  to^aee  if 
it  would  contlrm  tbe  extraordinary  vote  of  the  com- 
zaitt«e  i  extraordinary,  because  tbe  House,  with  al- 
most anaQimity,  lets  ib&n  a  year  ago,  decided  tbat 
t4,500  waa  a  reasonable  and  sufficient  oompeueation. 
it  was  an  unseemly  thins  ^or  the  legislators  of  tbe 
people  to  iDblst  on  high  salaries  for  themaelyes,  and 

to  reduce  the  compensation  ot  the  small-salaried 
officers  of  the  Government. 

Mr.  Waddell,  of  North  Carolina,  said  that  tbe 
•ervices  ot  menibera  of  Coneress  were  worth  95,000 
or  tbey  were  not  worth  anything.  He  was  tired 
and  sick  oi  this  two-cent  economy,  and  be  never 
wanted  aeain  to  hear  on  the  flour  of  the  House  any 
•attempt  to  cat  down  tne  aalaries  of  tbe  servaots  of 
the  people.  The  fact  tbat  the  gentleman  from  In- 
diana had  not  been  returped  to  the  next  CoDgress 
ahowed  how  his  constituents  believed  in  tbe  two^ 
cent  economy.  Ee  TMr.  WaddeM  expressefhla 
dlseust  at  the  atttmpt  to  out  doWh  salaries,  and 
Mid  it  was  false  economy. 

Mr.  Ii  osTEB  said  that  he  had  warned  tbe  gentle- 
man from  Indiana  [Mr.  HolmaDj  tbat  the  Cummit- 
tee'on  Appropriations  wotUd  bring  Itself  i&to  ridi- 
cule It  it  again  brought  up  tbe  question  of  ihttug 
down  aalaries;  that  question  aad  been  settled 
Bnally  last  year. 

Mr.  HOLUAN  thought  that  the  gentleman  from 
ITorth  Carolina  [Mr.  Waddell]  should  not  have 
pablished  tbe  fact  that  be  waa  indifferent  to  the 
taxation  of  tbe  people.  That  was  very  well  knowu 
already,  lor  the  gentleman  had  always  been 
bpRoaed  to  reform  in  the  public  service. 

Mr.  Waddell— I  aaid  no  such  thlag.  Tbe  gen- 
tteman  misrepresents  me,  and  be  knows  it. 

Mr.  BoL,MAii,  continaine,  said  tbat  when  the  gen- 

eeman  tuid  represented  his  district  half  as  long  aa 
e  [Mr.  Holman  i  bad  represented  his.  it  would 
Umi  be  time  to  talk  aboat  two-cent  economy.  He 
liad  been  prepared  to  see  the  opposition  come  from 
the  I>emocratio  side.  Ir  tbe  floase  refused  (O  stand 
by  the  honest  effort — as  he  believed  it — to  redaoe 
exp«ndltarea  by  oattrag  down  tne  salaries  of  its 
^embers,  it  could  not  coosisientiy  With  its  oWn 
nianbood  reduce  the  aalartita  of  tbe  other  officers  of 
^)he  Qovemment. 

Mr.  WadBbix  aaid  that  the  gentlenaa  from  Indi- 
ana had  Served  long  enoush  to  fatigae  hw  eonstitu- 
•nta,  #hiie  he  himself  had  been  elected  ay  a  largely 
iaerMaed  majority.  The  gentleman  ftOni  lamana 
Jiad  hem  pleased  to  aay  that  he  |Mr.  WadMlII  bad 
Wnressed  nimself  as  opposed  to  reform,  aad  be  re- 
sUm  (hat  tbe  gentleman  had  mlsrepceaeated  bun, 
aud  that  he  knew  it  Ue  repeated  that  now,  aad 
had  no  apology  to  make  for  what  he  said. 

Me.  Bolhak  replied  that  the  two-««tt  Moaomy 
Vbiohwae  so  derided  had  reduced  the.' esMKato  of 
the  Oovexnment  |8^000,000,  and  that  it  bad 


bad  aver  had.  lu  eoonomy  had  been  waatefol  ex- 
travaganee.   It  teftised  to  make  the  neeaaaaryap. 

Eriatione  for  public  boalaaaa,  aad  waa  paylBg 
teata  for  offlees  in  ^e  diflbrene  eitlM.  In 
Mn>  the  <jh»Temment  waa  paying  t70,000  rent 
for  ofieeo.  whllo  a  pabUo  building  on  wnloh  14.000,000 
had  beeo  expended  waa  not  completed  for  waai  of 
theneoeeaatx  aODfootiatlon.   Itwae  the  lame  ia 

FhiladelphU,  where  the  Oovernmeot  was  pa:nsg 
nearly  #49,000  a  year  for  oiBcea.  while  a  ballding  oa 
which  ^000,000  had  been  expended  waa  left  imfin- 
labed.  The  whole  of  this  ao-oalled  eoonomioal  leg1a< 
Ution  waa  a  blow  at  labor  aad  theprodttotlve  indoa- 
tries  ot  the  ooontry.  for  the  loas  on  pablio  boildinga 
was  93  pet  oeat.  labor  and  5  per  cent.  eapltaL 

Mr.  TamsuMD,  of  FenosylTania,  indoned  his 
oolleaeoe's  assertion  that  the  eoonomy  of  the  Demo- 
oratio  Party  waa  a  waatefol  eoonomy,  and  spoke  of 
itaeflbotiaredaolngithe  cffloieaoy  of  the  Tarioia 
dettartmehta  in  WMbluetoo. 

Mr.  EXIUCT  again  got  the  floor,  and  aaid  that  in 
th«  last  poUtieal  oampalgn  tbe  Democrats  bad  gone 
to  the  ooontty  on  their  profOssions  of  econ- 
omy, bnt  he  thanked  God  that  tbe  Ameri- 
can people  had  some  inteliieencs.  The  Democratic 
majority  in  the  present  Hoose  was  about  two- 
tbirda.  In  the  next  Honse  It  would  be  a  qneatlon- 
abie  majority  of  two  or  four,  and  the  gentleman 

from  Indiana  |  Mr.  HolmanJ  would  stand  out  In  the 
cold  riangtater.J  The  gentleman's  own  conatltn- 
enta  had  gone  behind  hia  rhetorical  pbraaea  on 
eoohomy,  and  looked  at  tbe  oonaommate  extrava- 
ganoe  to  which  he  had  urged  the  Hooae,  and  they 
had  voted  aooordingly. 

Mr.  Hou(A2r,  of  Indiana,  took  tbe  floor  and  eom- 
niented  upon  Mr.  Eelley's  expression  about  bis  f  (dr. 
Holmonj  being  left  out  in  the  cold.  Tbat  gentle- 
man never  represented  a  constituency  which  did 
not  coincide  with  himself  in  political  sentiment, 
whUe  be  fHoImanI  now  represented  the  largest  Se- 
pablioan  district  in  Indiana. 

Mr.  KSLLIT— I  beg  leave  to  aay  tbat  I  have  rep- 
resented such  a  constitnonoy. 

Mr.  HOlMaK— Tne  gentleinan  would  be  glad  to 
let  the  whole  people  of  the  country  suffer  by  taxa- 
tion in  order  that  vast  sums  of  money  may  be 
spent  in  Philadelpbla.  Ee  has  managed  to  keep  in 
Congress  year  after  year  by  getting  very  hand- 
some appropriatioiis  to  be  expended  under  his  eye, 
and  he  will  not  expect  to  remain  oat  in  the  cold  so 
long  aa  he  baa  tbe  publlo  Xreaaury  to  go  to  for  tbe 
benefit  of  bia  oonatituents. 

Mr.  Kelucx  also  desired  to  aay  a  few  worda  apolo- 
getically to  the  gentleman  from  Indiana.  No  one 
had  a  higher  eatimate  than  himself  of  the  integrity 
and  industry  of  the  gentlemao,  bat  tbe  objeoiioo  to 
the  gentleman  was  that  he  had  so  long  contem- 
plated dimes  and  threepences  that  In  flnanoial  mat- 
ters hia  viaion  had  become  miorosoepioal,  and  ao  be 
had  misled  his  paity.  He  bad  not  meant  to  reflect 
upon  that  aentleman  indlvidaaily  for  -  having  been 
left  oat  in  tbe  oold.  He  bad  only  meant  to  class  him 
wltb  all  the  "dead  men"  on  the  other  side.  In 
passing  by  that  aide  of  tbe  House  one  felt  aa  if 
passing  tbroueh  a  morsoe,  and  when  tbe  atmoa- 
phera  was  a  little  ancertaio,  one  saw,  as  it  were^ 
tbe  sheeted  and  sbivering  ghosts  of  dead  membsrs 
of  Oongiess  floating  abouc  iLauuhter.]  He  there- 
fore noped  that  the  gentleman  from  Indiana  would 
out  apply  bia  remarks  as  personal  to  bimvelf,  bnt  to 
tbat  unwise  and  inhuman  eoenomy  which  had  come 
ao  near  to  extiaguisblng  the  majority.    [Laughter,] 

finally  the  discussion  closed,  ana  subseqaeatly, 
on  Mr.  foaTBB'S  motion,  the  like  amendment  waa 
made  m  tne  i^em  for  salarlea  of  Members  sf  the 
House. 

After  disposing  of  IS  oat  of  the  75  pages  of  tbe 
bill,  the  committee  rose,  and  tbe  House,  at  4:45 
o'clock,  took  a  recess  until  10  o'clock  to-morrow 
morning. 

MUNICIPAL  AFFAIRS. 


„  oVe«  Its  m^orlty  m  tbe  next  CooMaak  sal 

tt  was  arom  ih»  Demoeratie  aide  tbat  ttehwalh- 

eoniesaloa  eame  titat  that  eeonemy  had  beaft 

liSutr.  of  tynasTlvaala, 


STATEMKNT  MADE  BT  THE  COtrTBOLLEB  TO 
THE  BBNATX  8HOWINO  THE  BONI>BI> 
IKDEBTEDNBdS  OV  THE  CITY. 
Controller  Kelly  has  sent  to  the  State  Senate 
a  long  commanicatioo  ahowing  the  bonded  in- 
debtedneas  of  the  City  up  to  Bee.  31,  1876 ;  the  se- 
curities thea  in  tbe  Sinking  Fand  for  the  redemp- 
tion of  the  City  debt ;  tbe  details  of  the  bonds  and 
stocks  isaued  in  behalf  of  tbe  City  firom  1841  until 
tbe  close  of  last  year ;  the  statutes  noder  wblob 
such  bonds  were  issued,  and  also  the  estimated 
ameiut  of  claims  pending  against  the  City. 
The  information  was  furnished  in  response 
to  a  resolution  adopted'  by  the  Senate. 
In  his  oommnnicatlon  the  Controller  says  that  tbe 
claims  against  the  City,  aa  near  aa  could  be  con- 
veniently ascertained,  and  aooording  to  a  report  ot 
the  Law  Department,  amounted  to  $10,000,000,  but 
tbe  data  on  which  to  bass  an  estimate  of  tbe 
total  amount  was  eo  nncertain  tbat  It 
could  not  be  even  approximately  reported. 
A  large  number  of  claims  were  In  Hnga> 
tion.  The  eommunication  then  glvss  the  follevnng 
statistics  t  Bonded  debt  of  tbe  City  on  Dec.  31, 
1876.  >14& 707,557  79.  L>eht  ot  the  annexed  district, 
for  which  thU  City  is  liable,  tl.250.000.  Securities 
held  by  the  sinking  fond  fbr  the  redemption  of  the 
City  debt,  128,179,103  79  i  unpaid  assessmenU  oa 
real  estate,  $11,700,000:  ^msount  of  advances  on  con- 
tracts end  public  improvemeots,  now  m  prt>greae 
and  not  completed  (estimated  at)  tlO.OOO.OOO.  The 
amount  of  assessments  which  can  be  hereafter  Im- 
posed for  snob  advances  will  fall  far  below  this 
amount.  Beference  is  next  made  to  works  autho- 
rized by  law,  and  whish  will  require  tbe  following 
amounts  to  complete  the  oontraots :  Moseum  of 
Art,  1109,907  60 ;  Museum  of  Natural  History, 
yil6,3^;  oonatructlDg  reservoir  in  Putnam Cotmty, 
1244.000;  erection  of  tbe  Third  Distrlot  Couri- 
hoase,  128,583;  completion  ot  the  new  County 
Conrt-house,  ^76,478;  materials  for  eoDStmoUng 
docks  and  piers,  fl70,5S3.  Schedules  of  the  varioas 
stocks  and  bonds  issued  bv  the  City  and  the  legal 
authority  for  each  ace  appended  to  tbe  oommanlca- 
tion. 

TBE  ATTACK  ON  COMMISSIONEB  CAMPBELL. 
It  was  stated  in  the  Department  of  Public 
Works  yesterday  tbat  Commissioner  Campbell 
would  pay  no  attention  to  tbe  resolution  paaaed  by 
the  Democratic  members  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen, 
obarglng  bim  with  neglectinc  bia  official  duties. 
Tbe  attack  on  Mr.  CampbeU  is  attributed  to  bis 
rel'asal  to  give  the  oomplainlag  City  fathers  aay  of 
bia  patronage.  ^___^___^.^__ 

TRB  AMSBIVAN  BIBLE  BOOIEIY. 
The  atated  meetiBg  ot  the  Board  of  Mana- 
gera  waa  held  at  the  Bible  Hotue,  Astor  Place,  on 
Thursday,  Psb.  1,  at  3:30  o'clock  P.  M.,  William  H. 
Allen,  LL.D.,  President,  ia  the  ehalr.  Be  v.  William 
Adams,  D.  D.,  read  firom  the  sixth  chapter  of  Sphe- 
sians  and  ofiered  prayer.  Correspondence  from 
foreign  lanas  waa  laid  before  tbe  board,  including 
letters  firom  Dr.  Trumbull  and  Aev.  Mr.  Merwin, 
of  Valparaiso  ;  Bev.  J.  £.  Kilboame.  of  Monterey; 
Key.  M.  N.  Hutchinson,  of  Mexico,  with  an 
account  of  tbe  dlfficultiea  attendmg  Bible 
distrioution  iii  tbe  present  disturbed  state 
of  the  BepntMic;  Bev.  J.  De  Palmaa,  at 
Aapinwaii,  ilec.  W;  Dr.  MoOirk,  of  Trinidad; 
Rev.  E.  Lane,  of  Campiaaa ;  Dr.  Galtck,  at  Kobe, 
Dec  30 ;  Dr.  1. 6.  Bliss,  of  Constantinople  ;  Eev.  T. 
P.  Daniler,  of  Geneva;  Dr.  W.  G.  *8cbaa£aer.  at 
Bruno,  Aastria,  reporting  progress  in  tbe  printing 
of  the  Turkish  Pentateuch ;  Rev.  J.  V.  N.  Tal- 
madge,  of  Amoy;  Dr.  Blodgett,  of  Peking,  and 
Bishop  Burden,  respecting  tbe  Cbinese  names  for 
Deity.  Tbe  Librarian  reported  that  about  150 
volnmes,  chiefly  oi  various  edlilons  and  versions 
of  the  Scriptures,  had  been  recently  pnrcbased 
at  advantageous  rates,  at  tbe  Jbiastie-Trasy  sale, 
for  the  library  of  the  society.  Amonc  the  books 
are  copies  of  the  first  ediiion  of  King  James' 
version,  tbe  first  and  second  editions  ot  tbe  Rbem- 
Ish  New  Testament,  the  second  edition  of  the 
Dxnay  Bible.  Piins  standard  edition  of  1763,  the 
Vineicar  Bible,  Forsbali  and  Madden's  edition  of 
Wyokliffe,  in  iotir  quarto  volumes,  and  a  Latin  Bible 
of  1480.  Tarioua  grants  of  tiooks  were  made  to 
auxiliary  societies  and  individuals,  chiefly  lor  dis- 
tribution in  the  United  States,  the  total  number  of 
volnmes  being  about  6,650,  including  six  volnmes 
in  raised  letters  tor  the  blind.  The  receipts  for  Jan- 
uary   were  #43,487  09;   copies   o^-gotlatore  issued, 

37,563  yolume^ ^^ 

HAVTlOAIj  aOHOOL  OBADUATSa. 
The  appeals  to  ship-owners  and  ship-masters 
to  employ  the  graduates  of  tbe  New- York  Nautieal 
Sohool-ship  St.  Mary's  do  not  appear  to  have  been 
disregarded,  and  there  is  every  prospect  that  as 
fast  as  the  school  prdpsras  boys  to  enter 
the  merchant  mtoine  they  will  find  em- 
ployment. Several  vessels  now  loading  lor 
foreign  ports  afe  aupplied  with  uumbers  of 
the  boya.  The  bark  Iroh  Age— wbieb  was  one  of 
the  first  iron  mecohaat  vessels  boilt— owned  by 
Tupper  &  Beattie,  has  an  entire  crew  of  these  boya, 
add  it  IS  believed  tbat  they  will  be  compateot  to 
handle  this  craft  of  700  tons  burden.  Tbe  Iron 
Age  is  bound  for  Bio,  and  the  expectatlob  is  that 
the  crew  will  maks  the  round  trip.  Snow  A  Bur- 
gess have  supplied  several  of  their  vesssla 
with  four  boys  eacb.  The  ships  Satonel  Watts^ 
Spartan,  Yentns.  and  Edward  CBrien,  all  beund  on 
voyages  atound  Cape  Horn,  will  take,  as  part  of 
their  complement,  several  of  tbe  young  seameu. 
They  have  all  aceeoted  their  berths  without  advance 
.money  and  generally  without  stipulated  wages, 
and  their  pav  will  t>e  determined  after  they  have 
shown  by  their  behavior  and  the  degree  of  uaetU- 
neas  they  evince  about  what  they  deaWte  to  i^e- 
celve-  Nearly  ail  of  the  boys  who  reoenUy  gradu- 
ated baVe  been  engaged,  and  it  is  probable  tliat  tbe 
St.  Mary's  wiU  soon  be  olearea  of  all  the  pupils  of 
the  school  who  ace  ready  to  engage  ut  active 
service.         ' 

A  I>JEBATrOH  THAT  MltDSD  IN  SUICIDE. 

An  Englishman  named  George  C.  Chadwiok 
died  at  his  boarding-house.  No.  138  King  street,  on 
Wednesday,  from  tbe  effecta  of  a  dose  of  Parle 
green  taken  With  suicidal  intent.  The  ease  waa  re- 
ported to  the  Coroner's  offlos  as  "  a  sadden  death 
from  natural  oanses,"  but  Coroner  Sllinger  on  mak- 
ing an  Id  vestigatioa  discovered  evidence  that  the  man 
had  committed  snloide.  Chad  wick  lived  dtirlng  the 
last  10  years  of  bis  life  in  the  boarding-heose  of  John 
H.  Sehwarts,  Noi  139  Kiag  street  and  waa  em- 
Dloyed  up  to  Jan.  1  oh  the  dock  of  ihe  State  Line 
•f  steamers,  at  tbe  foot  ot  Caual  street.  Though  of 
resnlar  habits,  he  went  on  a  spree  on  New  Tear's 
Day  which  lasted  ontii  his  death.  On  Monday  last 
be  was  foaad  is  a  partiidly  tmoohsoioas  eonditlon 
in  the  baiiwayof  nis  l>oardlng-boase,  land  haying 
beeo  removed  ia  his  ro<mi,  remained  there  aaiil  hu 
death.  Some  Paris  green  was  found  soattered  near 
'Um  bedoide  some  tiiae  after  the  d.sooVery  of  the 
Awt  that  he  bad  oied.  Among  his  efClMts  was  fonad 
a  btleC  note  fkom  bia  aophew,  Thomaa  Obadwiok,  a 
mM»t  ia  t^e  "Bradbdrjr  JCottadlx.  MOtkat  .Zion 


LAW  HEPORTS. 

2!aff  OOXTNTEBFEIT  FAOIVIO  BONDS. 
xzAMnrATiON  nr  xaft  caod  or  otrus  a 

CLABX*-'HX  Ii  COMUnrSD  VOB  TBIAL  IK 
DXTAUXiT  oy  BAH. 

The  fixattlnatioh  in  tbe  §aU  of  Cytui  G. 
Clark,  charged  with  altering  81  counterfeit  tl.OOO 
Central  Paoifle  first  mortgage  bonds  to  the  Bast 
Bivsr  Kational  Bank  on  Monday  last,  waa  called  at 
the  Tombs  Police  Court  yeaterday  morning,  before 
Jiutioe  EUoreth.  Mr.  E  Ellery  Ander- 
aon  appeared  fbr  tbe  bank,  and  Mr.  Jobn 
0.  Mett  for  CUrk.  Mr.  Charles  Jeaklns, 
the  President  of  tbe  bank,  was  cross- 
examined  by  Mr.  Mott  on  hia.  complaint, 
and  testified  as  follows :  1  have  known  eiark  about 
two  yeua ;  he  has  done  very  little  bnslnesa  with 
onr  bank)  en  Thursday  of  last  week  Clark  told  me 
that  he  wanted  a  loan  on  bonds  to  enable  bim  to 
engage  in  the  Tuloanixed  timber  business  i  L  told 
hiiu  be  might  make  an  application,  which  be  did, 
for  113,000  on  31  Central  Pacific  bonds,  and  I  placed 
bia  application  before  the  Board  ot  Directors ;  be 
wanted  113,000  for  six  months,  with  the  right  to  in- 
crease the  amount  if  be  liked,  and  it  was  decided  to 
let  him  iiave  tbe  loan,  with  the  privilege  of  iooreaslD  c 
it  to  95  per  eent.  of  the  par  value  of  the  bonds :  on 
Monday  ho  brought  tbe  bonda  to  tbe  bank  and 
opened  an  account  aa  Treaaurer  of  the  Tuloaniaed 
Lumber  Company,  but  the  aooountwas  not  en- 
tered on  our  books;  I  gave  the  bonds  to 
Mr.  Newell,  the  Cashier,  to  take  to  the  office  of 
Eiak  ft  Hatch,  and  see  if  they  were  all  right;  after 
Newell  bad  gone  out,  Clark  gave  me  a  check  to  pay 
for  a  balance  doe  firom  bim  to  the  bank  on  a  loan  of 
1460  made  to  him  about  a  year  ago  on  Indiaaapolla 
and  Bloomlngton  bonds,  and  he  said  he  wanted 
money,  and  I  let  bim  draw  t950  in  bank  bills,  for 
whleb  be  gave  me  his  check,  and  then  went  out 
and  aooD  returned  bringing  another  Central  Paolho 
bond,  which  be  said  he  wanted  kept  safe  with  the 
Indianapolia  and  Bloommgton  bonds. 

Mr.  Zonae  E.  Newell,  tbe  Cashier  of  tbe  bank, 
testified  tbat  Fisk  A  Hatch  examined  tbe  bonda 
ahd  did  not  like  to  pnss  upon  them  ;  Mr  Hatch 
went  with  me  to  the  Central  Paclflo  office,  where 
tbey  were  prenennoed  to  be  oonnterfeits. 

Tbe  prisoner  Clark  was  called  by  Mr.  Mott,  and 
testiflea  aa  followa-.  I  reside  at  the  Grand  Central 
Hotel  I  I  flnmd  the  bonda  on  tbe  sidewalk  in  Ann 
atreet,  near  the  entrance  to  the  Bennett  Building, 
in  the  afternoon  of,  I  think,  tbe  21  of  January  i  I 
put  them  in  my  pocket  and  went  Into  a  back-room 
of  McGroarty's  saloon.  No.  14  Ann  street,  and  ex- 
amined them,  and  afterward?  took  tbem 
home)  Ij  looked  in  the  papers  tbe  next 
day  and  found  they  were  not  advertised; 
I  then  went  to  the  Central  Pacific 
office  and  asked  them  whether  they  had  any  bonds 
that  were  not  a  good  delivery,  and  was  informed 
that  tbey  bad  not,  unless  they  were  mutilated 
oaes;  I  showed  one  ot  the  bonda  and  was  told  that 
it  was  all  right;  bat  it  was  merely  glanced  at;  I 
watched  some  days  for  an  advertisement  for  the 
boada,  and,  not  finding  any,  I  adverliaed  them  my- 
aelf  on  tbe  lOih  of  January,  but  found  no  claimant 
for  tbem. 

To  Mr.  Ellery— I  formerly  lived  in  New-Haven, 
where  I  did  tmainess  aa  a  druggist;  In  1874,  I  re- 
moved to  New- York  and  engaged  In  tbe  lewelry 
biuineea,  at  Nos.  689  and  704  Broadway,  and  waa 
subaequently  engaged  in  soliciting  sdvertuements 
for  .New- York  newspapers  ;  I  am  now  under  |5,000 
bail  under  an  indictment  found  against  me  in  New- 
Jersey  for  receiving  and  attempting  to  negotiate 
Jersey  City  irater  loan  bonds  stolen  by  Hamilton, 
tbe  defaulting  Treasurer  of  Jersey  City. 

Justice  Kllberth  decided  to  hold  Clark  tor  trlsl, 
and  fixed  tbe  ball  at.  $5,000,  whloh  Mr.  Mett  aaid 
would  be  furnished  to-day,  in  the  form  of  a  certi- 
fied Check. 

A  FAMILY  QVABSFL. 

AN  KXCITINO  SCENE  ON  BBOADWAY — TWO 
BROTHEBS  HELD  ON  A  CHABGB  OF 
VELOSIOVS  ASSAULT. 

Litigation  has  been  pending  for  a  number  of 
years  In  relation  to  the  settlement  of  the  estate  of 
Nathaniel  Oilman,  who  died  leaving  property 
valued  at  several  hundred  thousand  dollars. 
George  E.,  his  eldest  son,  a  child  by  bis  first 
wife,  was  appointed  one  of  his  Executors. 
Three  ohlldreu  oy  bis  second  wife, 
Charlsa  B.,  Eraxier,  and  Tbeopbllas,  aged  respect- 
ively, 45,  ii9,  and  27  years,  have  shown  bitter  feel- 
ing toward  their  elder  half-brother,  on  tbe  groand 
tbat  he  has  tbe  largest  share  of  tbe  estate,  and  baa 
not  treated  them  falily.  The  ootmsel  for  George  F. 
IS  the  firm  of  Fulierton,  Knox  &■  Crosby,  and  Mr. 
Charles  E.  Whitehead  la  oouaael  for  Cbarlea, 
Erasier,  and  Tbeopbilus.  Yesterday  afternoon, 
about  3  o'clock,  as  Gaorge  F.  waa 
leaving  his  coonael'a  office  in  tbe  Equitable 
Buildine,  an  altercation  ensned,  Jast  aa  he  was 
aboat  to  drive  off  In  bit  carriage,  between  bis  three 
balf-erotbers,  who  bad  been  awaiiing  his  exit  from 
the  buildinir,  and  Thomas  Hailoran,  tbe  ooa«bmaa. 
resulting  in  blows,  tbe  drawing  ot  piatola,  and  tbe 
subeeiiaent  appearance  of  all  tbe  partiee 
at  the  Tombs  Police  Court,  belore  Justice 
BLilbretb,  to  makn  counter  charges  sizainst  each 
other.  Charles  B.,  wbo  had  received  a  severe  blow 
on  the  bead  fh>m  the  batt-end  of  tbe  coaobman'a 
whip,  made  a  charge  of  assault  and  battery  against 
tbe  ooaonman  and  Georgs  P.,  alleging  tbat  the  lat- 
ter bad  ordered  the  coachia  an  to  strike  bim.  Tbe 
coachman  made  cbarges  of  felonious  assaalt  and 
battery  against  Cbarlea  B.,  i<Yasiur.  aad  Tbeopbilus, 
alleging  that  the  first  two  had  presented  loaded 
ptstola  at  and  threatened  to  shoot  him,  aad  that 
Theopbilus  bad  arg«d  them  to  shoot. 

JiutieeKilbreth  dismissed  the  ohargea  against  tbe 
coachman,  and  Theopbilus,  and  required  Cbarlea  B. 
and  Eraiier  to  give  ball  in  (1,500  each  to  answer  a 
charge  of  lelonions  assaalt  aud  battery,  and  he  ac- 
cepted their  oounsel,  iklr.  Whitehead,  as  temporary 
surety  tmtil  to-day.  Georee  F.  Gllman  is  Interested 
in  the  Great  Amtrisao,  Atlantis  and  Pacific,  and 
other  tea  companies,  and  resides  at  tbe  Windsor 
Hotel.  Charles  B.,  Frszier,  and  Theopbilus  reside 
at  Na  905  Clinton  street,  Brooklyn. 


Ohamberlln  is  indebted  to  the  amount  of  |3,5Q0;  ^ 
tbe  Atttttfley  General  tor  the  amount  of  a40iiaited 
ball  bond  in  the  oaae  of  Henry  Cook,  one  of  the 
"  fitng"  fngiUvea,  110,000;  to  Morgan  Jonea.  (6,000, 
aad  to  Lawrence  W.  Jerome,  95,788  96.  Among 
other  debta  are  nearly  610,000  to  wine  dealers,  18,000 
to  Uwyers,  93,100  to  tailors,  over  |500  to  shirt-mak- 
ers, 93,000  to  grocers,  over  99.000  to  bdtohers,  and 
quite  respectable  amounts  to  dry  goods  dealers  and 
others.  ^^ 

CODBT  NOTES. 


AN  ORJdE&Oi' ABSESTAGAIKSTXR.  OLSWS. 
Judge  Speir,  in  tbe  Special  Term  of  tbe  Su- 
perior Court,  yesterday  issued  an  order  of  arrest 
against  Henry  Clews  In  a  suit  brought  by  Henry 
HeaneqalD  it  Co.,  of  Paris.  The  present  action  is 
somewhat  similsr  in  its  averments  to  a  salt  brought 
some  time  ago  by  tbe  Parisian  firm,  though  this 
latter  suit  was  really  asainst  tbe  firm  of  Frederick 
Batterfleld  &  Co.  The  plaintiffs  state  that  in  Octo- 
ber, 1871,  Henry  Clews  &  Co.  opened  a  credit 
for  their  benefit  with  Clews,  Habicht 
&  Co.,  of  London,  for  ie6,000  sterling. 
Messrs.  Henneqnin  &  Co.  drew  bills  of 
exchange  on  the  house  ot  Clews,  Hablobt  &  Co.,  it 
being  understood  and  agreed  that  Henneqnin  &  Co. 
were  to  send  money  to  the  latter  to  meet  the  bills 
when  thev  miitnred.  The  Paris  Arm  deposited  with 
Henry  Clews  Sc.  Co.  29  first  mortgage  bonds  of  the 
Toledo  and  Wabash  Kailroad  Company  as  security. 
In  case  they  [Henneqalo  &  Co.]  should  tall  to  remit 
to  Clews,  Habicht  A  Co.  sufficient  money  to  meet 
their  bills  of  exchange  drawn  on  tbe  latter.  In 
September,  1873,  tbe  complaint  alleges.  Clews, 
Habicht  &,  Co.  and  Henry  Clews  &,  Co.  suspended 
payments,    lieunequin  &  Co.  then  paid  all  the  bills 

of  exchange  outstanding  which  they  had 
drawn  on  Clews.  Habicht  &  Co.,  and  aemanded. 
from  Henry  Clews  ic  Co.  tbe  return  'ot  tbe 
20  bonds.  .  Henry  Clews  &.  CO.  tetused  to  give  tbem 
up.  Hennequlii  it  Co.  allege  that  Henry 
Clews  it  Co.  fraudulently  bynothecated 
tbe  bonds  to  Frederick  Batterfleld  iSt  Co.,  with 
other  aecuritlea,  aa  collateral  lor  about  9500,000  of 
loaoa.  Tin  Paris  firm  therefore  sues  to  recover 
ever  630.000  for  tbe  alleKed  wrongful  conversion  of 
tlie  bonds.  On  tbe  complaint  in  tbe  case  and  an 
affidavit  setting  forth  these  allegations,  C.  Baln- 
btidge  Bmitb.  the  oonnsel  for  Hebnequin  it  CO., 
yesterday  obtained  the  order  of  arrest  against 
Henry  Clews,  and  the  latter  waa  held  in  |130,000 
ball 

* 

JOBN   r.  '  OBaUBESLIN'S    BANKBUPTOr. 

John   E.    Cfaamberlio,    the     sporting   man, 

Whose  gambling  eatablishmeht  is  one  of  tbe  most 

frequented  places  in  Lone  Branch,  was  saed  some 
time  since  by  the  late  A.  T.  Stewart,  who  sought  to 
hold  Ohamberlln  responsible  as  surety  for  Charles 
Thome,  S'.,  In  aiease  of  Niolo's  Garden.  A  Judg- 
ment was  obtained  against  Chamberlln  for  937,- 
895  93  in  the  Courts  Common  Pleas.  .The  execu- 
tion wbioh  was  issued  was  returned  nnsatished, 
and  Messrs,  Tot(  nsend  &.  Weed,  the  attomeya  for 
tbe  Stewart  estate,  obtained  an  order  for  the  ex- 
amination of  Ohamberlln  on  supplementary  proceed- 
ings. One  day's  aeSslon  of  such  examination  was 
bad,  and  then  saccessive  adjournments  were  pro- 
cured. Another  session  was  to  have  been  had  yes- 
terday morning,  but  15  minutes  betord  the  ap- 
pointed time  Messrs.  Townsena  &  Weed  were 
tetved  with  an  injunction  issued  by  Judge  Blatch- 
ford.  of  the  United  States  District  Cuui  t,  restraininir 
all   further     examination    on    tbe  supplementary 

Sroteedlngs.  The  oraer  of  iniunotion  recited  tbat 
Ir.  Chamberlia  bad  filed  a  petition  in  bankruptcy, 
and  that  the  oiaim  of  the  Stewart  estate  was  one 
whleb  ooold  properly  be  presented  In  the  bank- 
ruptcy proceedings.  'The  further  examination  In 
tbe  Supplelaentary  proceedings  waa  therefore  pott- 
poned  fw  the  present.  The  schedule  of 
indebtedness  filed  by  Mr.  Chamberlln  In 
the  bankrbptoy  proceeding  is  ratber  Gurious  la 
many  respects,  and  seems  to  sbow  that  he 
must  have  poaSessed,  in  an  on usiial degree,  the  con- 
fidenoe  oi  ttiadv  kinds  ol  persons.  His  debts  foot 
tap  over  1215.000,  while  his  nominal  assets,  wbioh 
are  mostly  mining  stocks,  kmoani  to  only  917. lOO. 
'The  actual  valoe  of  the  axsets  does  not  appear. 
Among  -Mr.  Cbamberlln's  larEasi-  creditors  are  Jay 
Goold,  te  whom  kej>wes  914.104  46;  Cbarlea  Knap, 
WashingtOB,  to  whom  he  owes  951,883,  and 
the  estate  of  A.  t.  Stewart  k.  Co.,  to  which  he  owes 
99fT,60S  iML  Mr.  Chamberlin  also  says  ha  owes  to 
one  "  Wiliiam  H.  Cbamberlin,  Bridguport,  gamnler, 
IMlOOO.  afed  to  Henry  P.  MeGrath,  flso  desenBed  as 
I  r^MMahlM."  tAOOO.     ~  -'--'  — 


Jadge  Doaohae  yesterday  denied  tbe  motion 
to  compel  Anthony  Miller,  the  Becelver  of  the  Ger- 
man Press  Sooiety,  to  pay  9000  to  the  compositors 
of  the  New-Torker  PrtMS». 

Prof.  W.  P.  Blake  yesterday  continued  hw 

testimony  in  the  Emma  Mine  suit  before  Jaage 
Wallace,  In  the  United  States  Circuit  Conrt.  Eur-, 
ther  hearing  of  the  case  was  acUoumed  nntil  Thnrs- 
day  next. 

Judge  Donohne,  in  Supreme  Court,  Cham- 
bers, yesterday  denied  tbe  motion  for  a  reference 

in  tbe  suit  of  Joseph  A.  Monheimer  aealnet  the 
Mayor,  &e.,  in  which  tbe  plaintifl;  as  Assignee  of 
ex-Sheriff  O'Brien,  claims  9358,585  and  interest. 

The  Grand  Jury  concluded  their  labors  yes- 
terday, after  a  long  session  of  five  weeks,  during 

which  tbey  disposed  of  456  oa.ses.  Judge  Gildnr- 
sleeve,  on  dismissing  tbem,  eoinplimented  them  for 
the  satisfactorv  manner  in  which  they  had  dis- 
charged their  duties. 

Felix  Puroell,  the  leader  of  a  gang  of  youth- 
ful desperadoes,  wbo  aeverai  weeka  ago  made  a  com- 
bined aaaault  on  Officer  Mackinson,  of  the  Tbir- 
teenth  Precinct,  was  arraigned  at  tbe  Essex  Market 
Police  Conrt  yesterday,  before  Justice  Wandell, who 
committed  him  in  default  of  1500  bail. 

William  Walter  Thompson,  a  youth,   who 

stole  a  valise  containing  clothing  valued  at  9115,  the 
property  of  Alfred  F.  Edwards,  a  passenger  on  tbe 
Pacific  Mail  steam-sblD  Acapulco,  was  convicted  by 
Assistant  Dictriot  Attorney  Rollins,  In  tbe  Court  of 
General  Sessions,  yesterday,  and  sent  to  State  Prison 
for  three  years. 

Application  was  made  before  Judge  Speir,  in 
the  Supreme  Court,  Special  Term,  yesterday,  tor 
the  vacatlne  of  an  order  of  arrest  against  tne  de- 
fendant in  the  suit  ot  Charles  Westermann  against 
Tbomas  P.  Remingtsn,  Jr.  The  facts  of  the  case 
have  been  Kiven  heretofore  in  extenso  in  THE 
TiMKS.    Decision  waa  reserved. 

United  States  Commissioner  Betta  yesterday 
began  an  examination  in  tbe  case  of  Messrs.  Bam- 
berzer  &  Gans,  wbo  are  charged  with  ha-rine  con- 
cealed a  larse  portion  of  their  assets,  with  the  de- 
sign of  defrauding  tbeir  creditors.  'There  was  no 
important  testimony  elicited,  however,  and  tbe  fur- 
ther bearing  of  tbe  case  was  adjourned  until  Mon- 
day next. 

George  Davis,  alias  Stephen  Williams,  and 
Ellen  Smith,  who  were  convicted  by  Assistant  Dis- 
trict Attorney  Rollins  of  receiving  over  1600  worth 
of  spool  silk,  tbe  property  of  Belding  Brothers  & 
Co.,  stolen  from  the  office  of  the  New- York  and 
New-England  Express  Company,  Were  bronaht  be- 
fore Judee  Gilderaleeve  yesterday,  and  sentenced 
to  five  years  each  in  State  Priaon. 

Judge  Donohue,  in  Supreme  Court,  Cham- 
bers, yesterday,  dismissed  a  writ  of  habeas  oorpns 
in  the  matur  of  Julitu  Kelter,  who  was  held  in 
93,500  to  appear  and  testifv  as  a  witness  acainnt  the 
alleged  forgers  of  tbe  964,000  chpck  on  the  Union 
Trust  Company.  A  writ  of  babea«  corpus  return- 
able to-di>y  was  granted  by  Judge  Donobue  in  the 
case  of  Julius  M.  Colaml>aui,  who  is  aocused  of  hav- 
ing been  concerned  in  tbe  forgery. 

James  L.  Manker,  tbo  man  who  attemoted  to 
pass  a  "  raised  "  93  bill  recently  in  Brooklyn,  was 
yesterday  sentenced  by  Judge  Benedict,  In  the 
United  States  Circuit  Conrt,  to  one  yesr  and  six 
months  in  the  Penitentiary.  A  like  sentence  was 
also  pronounced  upon  Alfred  Mangot,  wbo  was  ar- 
rested recently  on  a  cbarge  of  conn terfei tin ir  lO-ceot 
pieces,  and  on  whose  premises  were  foubd  at  tbe 
time  of  tbe  arrest  plaster  of  Paris  dies  for  counter- 
feiting coin. 

The  oase  of  Leonard  Langbein  against  George 
D.  Rollwagen  was  brought  before  Judge  Joseph 

F.  Daly,  ia  the  Special  Term  of  the  Conrt 
of  Common  Pleas,  yesterday,  on  a  motion  -lor 
a  reference  made  by  George  F.  Laucbetn. 
the  olaintifTa  coaosel.  Tbe  suit  is  bronght  to 
recover  9445  fees  for  legal  serTlces.  The  answer 
denies  tbe  indebtedness.  Judze  Daly  took  the 
papers,  intimating,  honrovor,  that  be  would  grant 
the  motion  for  a  reference. 

Before  Judge  Donohue,  in  Supreme  Court, 
Chambers,  yesterday,  the  release  from  imprison- 
ment of  Robert  Slebert  was  songbt  by  writ  of'  ha- 
beas corpos.  Slebort  was  arrested  on  the  30th  alt., 
and  committed  in  default  of  91.000  bail  on  the 
charge  of  stealing,  by  trick  and  device,  three  sew- 
ing-machines from  oneCbarles  Kobler.  Siebert  ad- 
mitted having  disposed  of  the  machines  on  tbe 
very  aay  he  obtained  them.  Judge  Donobue  dis- 
misted  tbe  writ  of  habeas  corpas  and  remanded  the 
prisoner. 

The  trial  of  tbe  suit  of  Miohael  Keefe 
against  the  Williamsburg  City  Fire  Insurance 
Company  was  resumed  yesterdiiy,  la  the  Supreme 
Court  Circuit,  Brooklyn,  before  Justice  Pratt, 
when  Mr.  George  A.  Gilbert,  adjnster  of  fire  losses, 
testified  tbat  on  the  dav  following  the  fire  he  went 
to  Mr.  Keete'a  store  In  compaay  with  tbe  Surveyor 
of  tbe  defenJanta,  and  there  made  an  inventory  of 
the  Koods,  with  tbeir  approximate  value.  The  cost 
value  was  estimated  at  92,168  85.  The  cose  is  not 
yet  concladed. 

Mary  E.  Leichtweia  has  brought  a  suit 
against  Thomas  lYeskow  in  the  Supreme  Conrt  to 
recover  damages  for  Ii  alleged  breach  of  promise 
BOcompaQied-by  seduction.  On  tbe  25th  nil.  sbe 
bad  Treskow  arrested,  and  he  petitioneo  for  hia  re- 
lease to  Juilse  Donobue,  in  Supreme  Court,  Cham- 
bers, yesterday.  Tieakow  aays  in  defense  tbat  tbe 
cbarge  is  made  for  tbe  purpose  oif  extorting  money, 
and  tbat  he  bas  not  seen  tbe  plaintiff  for  tbe  past 
13  mootbs,  at  tbe  begmniog  of  wbioh  period  the  al- 
leged sednction  is  said  to  have  occarred.  An  order 
to  sbow  cause  why  tbe  order  of  arrest  should  not 
bo  vacated  was  granted. 

A   LEGAL  AS  WELL  AS  A  MORAL  DVTT. 

Judge  Van  Vorat,  ia  tbe  Supreme  Court, 
Special  Term,  yesterday  rendered  a  decision  io  the 
case  of  Cbristiau  F.  A.  Dambmann  against  Eer- 
man  Scbnltlng.  The  defendant,  it  appears,  was  a 
prominent  merchant  of  this  City,  but  became  em- 
barrassed financially  in  the  Winter  of  1886.  A 
number  of  bis  creditors,  includlcg  Dambmann  St 
Co.,  of  whom  the  plaiatiS  is  the  snrviviag  partner, 
made  loans  to  Schulting  to  get  him  out  ot  his  dlffi- 
cultiea Dambmann  St  Co.  loaned  Sohnltlng  910,000. 
The  following  agreement  was  executed  by  the 
parties  la  regard  lo  tne  loan  : 

"We,  the undertiiKned,  aaree.  in  consideration  of  $1 
.  paid  tn  us,  to  dlacharse  U.  .-chultmg  ttoax  a  ie^  pay- 
meutaf  tbe  mouey  loaned  to  bim  un  Keb.  17,  1886, 
tichuitlDg  giring  bis  moral  obllKatlon  to  relund  tbe 
aaid  muner,  iu  whole  or  in  part,  as  hia  meaoa  will  al- 
low In  the  future." 

Schaltine  afterward  sold  his  stock  of  goods  for 
9-235,000  to  Sturaburg  It  Co.  In  addition  to  tbis  be 
was  to  have  one-tbird  of  any  excess  over  the 
1325,000  which  would  result  from  a  resale  of  tbe 
goQda.  The  stock  was  sold  by  Stursburg  for 
1576,000,  and  Scholiing's  onorthird  therefore 
amounted  to  over  9100,000.  In  Anrust,  1868, 
Schulting  bad  a  conversation  with  Dambmann  and 
told  the  latter  the  one-third  would  amount  to  little 
or  nothing.  Two  months  later  Scbultiog  paid 
Dambmann  95,009  of  the  910,000  loaned,  and 
Dambmann  executed  a  release  in  full  to  Schuli- 

ing      lor      the    claim.    Dambmann      brouffht     tbe 

f>re3ent  salt  to  recover  tbe  remalnlne  tS.UUO,  claim- 
ng  that  tbe  release  was  "procured  by  false  aadfraaa- 
ulent  rapresehlations  aod  ooncealmeut  of  tacts  by 
Bchalting.  Tbe  latter  in  defense  claimed  tbat  the 
niemoraudum  of  axreement  above  given,  tboaah 
imposing  a  moral  duty,  was  not  enforcible  in  tbe 
ooarts,  and  even  if  this  were  not  so  the  plaintifT 
was  estopped  by  tbe  release  In  full  from  setting  np 
hu  claim.  Judge  Tan  Vorst  holds  tbat  tbe  agree- 
ment did  not  Siscbarge  Scbuliicg  and  substitute 
for  the  latter's  legal  Uaeility  a  mere  moral  duty  not 
to  be  enforced  by  notion,  bat  that  there  is  a  legal 
claim  existlni;  in  the  evuut  of  Sobulting's  acqaiilng 
meaa8,,and  that  this  claim  can  be  enforced.  'JL'be  re- 
lease in  fall  is  void  beeause  of  Schulting's  cooceai- 
ment  of  facts  of  which  Dambmann  should  have  been 
int'oimed.  Judgment  is  given,  therefore,  for  the 
plaintiff.  _ 

TUB  DIAMOND  ROBBERY  CASE. 
In  the  case  in  which  William  P.  C.  Mo- 
Carty  is  charged  with  stealing  910,000  worth  of  dia- 
mond Jewelry  from  Charles  V.  Hand,  the  latter 
awore  during  the  examination  that  he  went  with 
McCarty  on    laat   Saturday  morning    to   Judge 

Sutherland's  office.  In  tbe  Bennett  Build- 
Idk.  ahd  waitea  oatside  tbe  office  while  Mc- 
Carthy went  in  with  tbe  Jewerly,  to  see, 
aa  be  said,  a  person  who  would  make  a  loan 
on  It.  and  tbat  McCarfy  came  out  almost  immedi- 
ately and  said  tbat  tbe  pariy  was  not  there.  Two 
gentlemen  trom  Jadije  Sutherland's  office  came  to 
the  Tombs  yesterday,  and  identified  McCarty  as 
tbe  man  who  called  at  the  office  on  Saturday,  and 
said  that  he  merely  inguired  for  Judge  Sutherland, 
Vbo  was  oat  of  town.  Mr..  John  0.  Mott.  Hand's 
ouansel,  said  yesterday  that  be  and  Hand  visited 
Simpson's  pawn  sbbp,  in  the  Bowery,  on  Wednes- 
day, and  found  there  a  diamond  ring  worth  9300, 
wnioh  was  one  of  the  pieoes  of  the  stolen  lewelry, 
and  was  pawned  by  McCann  alias  Thompsoo,  tor 
9100.  ^ 

A  t^RQEB  SENTENCED. 
On  the  11th  December  a  purchaser  called  at 

the  furniture  store  of  George  C.  Flint,  Nos.  104 
and  106  West  Eourteenth  Street,  and  ordered  9600 
worth  of  furaltore,  givinir  in  payment  therefor  a 
obeek  for  9750  on  the  National  Bank  of  Newburg, 
payable  to  James  H,  Potter,  and  purporting  to  be 
signed  by  D.  L.  More    St  Co.,   and  certified  to  by 

G.  W  illume,  an  attache  ot  the  bank.  Potter  rep- 
reeentea  tbat  be  was  the  person  to  whom  the  check 
kad  beep madepayable,  and  haviac  daly  indorsed 
It,  reoeiven  9lM  Change.  Mr.  Flint  suoseouentiy 
discevwed  that  thb  oheok  Waa  a  forgery,  no  sueta 
firm  aa  D;  L.  More  St  Oo.  having  an  account  at  tbe 

__ Kewborg  uank    The  forjier  was  arteated  under 

Z»  6taflBUutH.9eafflgd  Mr. Jj*au>>.iaa  oi  JAttyaai  wi  |wtB«  eailed  aa  £k  uia^ 


by.  Aaslatant  Distrlot  Attomer  Solllns,  in  General 
Sesslona,  yeaterday,  pleaded  goilty.  Judge  aUder* 
sleeTs  santenoed  him  to  two  year*  aad  nx  months 
In  State  Pnson.  _ 

A  BVII  rOB  BRUApa  OF  PBOMIBE. 

Lacy  Wood,  a  damsol  of  some  eighteea  Bnm* 
mers,  was  in  the  employ  of  one  James  Turner  as 
housekeeper  about  one  year  ago.  While  acting  in 
this  capacity  she  claims  he  aeoomplished  her  ruin 
under  promise  of  marriage.  Sbe  made  affidavit  tO 
these  statements,  and  her  counsel,  Watson  W. 
Moore,  applied  to  Judge  Joseph  F.  Daly,  in  the 
Special  Term  of  tbe  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  yettter' 
day.  to  have  a  guardian  appointed  for  Miss  Wood 
in  the  suit.  Judge  Daly  appointed  Jobn  Wood  as 
such  guardian,  and  he  will,  acooraine  to  the  papers, 
bring  a  suit  to  recover  95,000  damages  for  the  al- 
leged wrong  done  to  Miss  Wood  and  for  tbe  support 
of  her  child. 


COURT  OF  APPSALB. 
Ax&AKT,  Feb.  2. — In  the  Court  of  Appeals  to- 
day the  following  business  was  transacted :    No. 

164— Taska  vs.  O'Brien ;  argument  resumed  and 
concluded.  No.  191 — Stewart  vs.  Patrick;  argned 
by  George  W.  Smith  for  appellant,  and.  A.  H.  Pros- 
cott  for  reapondenti.  No.  162— Maodervllle  vs. 
Eeynolds :  argued  by  J.  McGuire  lor  appellant,  and 
Marcos  Lyon  for  respondent.  No.  131 — Tbe  Johns- 
town Cheese  Manufacturing  Company  vs.  Yeghte  i 
argued  by  James  E.  Dewey  for  appellant,  and  H.  B. 
Smith  for  respondent;  oase  still  on. 

Tbe  following  is  the  Court  of  Appeals  day  calen- 
dar for  Monday,  Feb.  5:  Noe.  141,  171  >«,  18S,  168^ 
190,  73,  841$,  and  84^ 


DECISIONS. 

STJFSIMK  COUBT— CHAUBBBS. 

Bv  Judgt  Barrtlt. 

Van  Tolkenburah  v$.  DooMile. — Order  (trannted  re- 
aettllne  order  Of  Jan.  23    1877. 

By  Jttdae  Donohue. 

Denied. — McMuriay  vs.  McUurray. 

Granted.— aotlioa  ra.  Duff;  Palen  vs.  Bushnell,  and 
Wetmore  vs.  Krnlce. 

Jt}o<.oiti(^an!ed.— Cain  vs.  Murphy;  Morris  va  The 
Fleetwood  Aaaoulation  et  aL 

The  People  ex  rel.  Kelter  vt.  Comft**.— Writ  dismissed 
and  priiouer  remanded. 

Motions  Dfntci.— Monheimer  vs.  Tbe  Mayor,  &c.; 
Richard  vs.  CoblenU ;  Carr  vs.  Fradley,  and  Zelsa  vs. 
The  German  I'ress  Society. 

By  Jvdge  Lavirenot. 

Lyon  v».  /Sutew.— Order  granted. 

The  People,  de.,  vi.  The  Maeon  ^anvfaetwiina  Oompany. 
— Let  notice  of  settlement  of  tbe  order  be  given  lor 
Felk  6.  at  8  P.  M.,  m  Circuit,  Hart  2. 

Batch  VI.  The  Farmenf  Loan  and  Trutt  Oompany.—l 

preter  thnt  notice  of  this  order    ne    served  upon  tbe 

attorney  for  the  relator ;  such  notibe  may  be  given  for 

Monday,  Feb.  5,  lo77,  at  H  P.  M.,  la  Part  2. 

BUfBBME  cotruT — arkciAii  tbbm. 

By  Jvdge  Van  Font 

Dambinanv*  vi.  Schulting. — Judgment  for  plaintiff, 
Opinion. 

By  Judge  Laiorenee. 

Lafond  et  at  vt.  Deem*  et  a^— Tbe  suggestion  of  tbe 
defeu'lants'  oounsel  that  the  dues  whioE  may  become 
due  from  tbe  defendants  pending  the  appeal  should 
not  tie  paid  over  to  the  Receiver,  but  should  be  re- 
tained by  tbem  to  be  appropriated  to  tbe  purposes 
f)rovldea  for  in  the  by-laws,  should  be  adopteiL  Hav- 
ng  aivea  aeourity,  the  detendanta  are  entitled  t«  bold 
their  reifular  oieetlnes  peudlne  tlie  appeal,  but  they 
should  l>e  enjoined  (Tom  bringlns;  In  any  new  mem- 
bers. The  question  whether  there  should  ba  an  al- 
lowance made  out  of  tbe  iund  muat  stand  over  luitll 
the  decision  of  the  General  Term  upon  tbe  appeal. 
BDPBEUB  COUET — CIECOIT — FABT  XL 
By  Judge  Van  Brunt. 

WitHaeu  v$.  Behreiber  et  oL-M^ase  settled. 
COmiON  PLRAS—SPKCIAL  TBBU. 
By  Judge  J.  F.  Daly. 

Z>urkin  vt.  DurMn Limited  diyoroe  granted. 

BUFEEIOB  COUBT— SFBCIAL  TERM. 
JBu  judge  Spetr. 

Btjer'tnctt  Ordered.—  Uclutosb  vs.  Fitzgerald  ;  Mcin- 
tosh va.  Fitzsreiala  et  al.;  jUcmtosh  vs.  Ittzjierald  et 
aL;  Grate  vs.  Gratz. 

Barringt'on  vs.  Barrington. — Action  dismissed. 

Winn  vt.  Orotby. — Vrder  denyiug  motion  tor  relief  de- 
manded in  complaint.  ^ 

>    Walter  vi.  Barnard. — Order  on  trial  calendar  for  Feb, 
'16. 

Oilman  vs.  Btevena. — Ordered  on  trial  calendar  for 
Feb  6. 

Melntoih  VI.  Fitzgerald  etal.  (three  cases.)— Referee's 
report  coullrmed,  and  Judgment  ot  foreclosure  and 
sale  ordered. 

Bradford  vs.  Biitell 'et  aL— Order  denying  motion, 
wita  $1U  C08t9. 

Knox  r>.  ifcx(«r. —Cndertakin;  ai>proved. 

Geichmeid  vt.  Mitinaeht.—Otaei  granted,  and  under- 
taking approved. 

•      By  Jvdgi  Freedman. 

KeiUvi.  The  Amtrican  Popular  Life  Iniuranoe  Com- 
pan]/.— Upon  presentation  or  an  engrossed  or  printed 
copv  of  the  case  as  flow  settled  as  lequired  by  the 
rulesof  this  court,  the  case  will  be  marked  "settled" 
ana  ordered  on  file. 

llAmXE  COUBT— CHAUBEBS. 
By  Judge  ISeAdam. 

Cvlniont  Fiud.—1li.e\z  vs.  Aaron;  Boothby  vs.  Fe- 
niotf ;  8u>nt  vs.  Boardmau;  Grindle  vs.  Thomas. 

Otuitham  national  Bank  vs.  Bottstein — Jadgment  for 
plaintiff  (in  dpmurrer.  .* 

G)(0ovr  v<  .<fi<7it.— Motion  d»nled,  without  cost^ 

Day  vs.  Oordtm.— Default  will  be  opened  on  payment 
of  $12  costs  ^viinla  three  days  and  cuae  restored  to 
calendar  of  Part  III.  If  the  costs  are  not  au  paid,  the 
motion  will  be  denied,  with  SlU  costs. 

See  Indorsement  on  Papers.— &eia  VS.  Stone;  Metcger 
vs.  iowry ;  Ouchne  vs.  French. 

.,laron  vt.  Bennett — Motion  will  be  granted  on  pay- 
ment within  bve  days  of  $15  costs;  otherwise  de- 
nied. 

Bamberg  vs.  Stem ,-  Leahy  vs.  Mayer. — Motions  to 
vacate  arrest  deaied.  as  per  opinions  Hied. 

Tannenbaum  vs.  iiit«r.— Default  opened  on  payment 
within  two  days  of  $iU  costs;  answer  to  be  served  at 
the  same  time. 

Motions  OranUd.— Phelps  vs.  Geiienhamer;  Bcbafer 
VB.  SmitQ;  Famhsm  vs.  Hays;  Hanboin  vs.  Rose. 

Flanagan  vi.  Dauei^l. — Arrest  vacated,  witbout  cost, 
upon  stipulatlnit  iiot  to  sae. 

amiih  vs.  The  Adams  Expreu  Comj^ony.— Interpleader 
allotred  as  por  opinion  hied. 

tlills  vs.  ^toan4on.-^ta^  modified. 

Defaults  A'ottd.— Johnson  vs.  Larkins;  Mlzon  vs. 
Lane;  Barclay  vs.  Grimes. 

Ogden  vs.  2yau*man.—U.  H.  Lyon,  Esq.,  appointed  Be- 
celver. 

D^tndants  Diseharged. — Hogan  vs.  Braisant;  Aaron- 
son  vs.  Rawle. 

Haydockvs.  JSaim«s.— Jadgment  of  diatiossession. 

Lee  vs.  Hogan. — The  proper  costs  to  be  taxed  on  de- 
murrer, or  noted  on  the  back  ot  the  bill  of  costs. 

Lazarus  vs.  Central  Virginia  Copper  Mining  Company. 
— -Motion  denied  wittiout  costs. 

.Arnold  vs.  i/arrU.— ^ee  mamoraudum  filed. 

Oipperlu  vs.  Fall.  Jr.— Order  of  puDiication   granted. 

Oraer*  Groned.- Lecomte  r*  Griswold;  Dubuaky  vs 
Travaa:  Walker  vs.  Newman;  .Schwartz  vs.  Belmont; 
Keisol  vs.  btorch :  Uosbach  va  Koch;  Wood  vs.  Gatea; 
Wpstbeimer  vs.  Hall;  Anthony  vs.  Kelly;  Wmter  vs. 
Krei(;er. 

Jn  tA«ma«<r  c/ /TenrvF".  Xippold.— Order  granted  di- 
recting Receiver  to  sue. 

By  Justice  Sinnott. 

Lavson  vt,  Foord. — Case  settled  and  flleo. 
Bv  Justice  Ootpp. 

The  Farmer^  Milk  Company  vs.  Raab. — Motion  denied, 
with  $lu  costs,  nnleis  pialotiff  wlU  stipulate  to  tax  bia 
coats  at  no  more  than  $42  6t),  in  wblch  case  motion 
granted,  without  costs. 

TBE  POLICE   DEPARTMENT. 

A  resolution  recently  adopted  by  the  Muni- 
cipal Society  Inquiring  whether  there  Is  not  an  un- 
necessary number  of  policemen  employed  at  tbe 
Grand  Central  Depot  and  other  depots  and  at  thea- 
tres, waa  read  at  the  meeting  of  the  Police  Board 
yesterday.  It  was  placed  on  file,  and  tbe  following 
resolotion  in  relation  thereto  was  adopted :       ' 

Betolved,  Tbat  in  no  portions  of  the  City  are  Polios' 
services  more  reanired  to  protect  citizens  and 
BtrauK^'ra  from  Imposition,  rouberv,  and  personal  in- 
jury, than  those  mentioned  in  the  resolution;  that  the 
force  assigned  to  the  places  mentioned  in  the  resolu- 
tion Is  graduated  by  tbe  experienue  of  the  heads  of 
tbo  department  for  a  long  series  uf  years. 

The  Sergeants  and  Roundsmen  of  the  now 
abolished  Sixth  Precinct  were  transferred  as  fol- 
lows :     SergU    Hagserty  to   tbe    Ssventeenth  Pre- 

cinct,  Do.vle  to  tbe  Tbirty-seooua,  Dgbljj^ren  to  the 
Fourteenth,  Maloney  to  the  Fourth ;  Koundsman 
Howell  to  the  Fourth,  Protz  to  tbe  Seventeenth, 
Osborn  to  the  Nineteenth,  McCarthy  to  the  Fourth, 
and  Curley  to  tbe  Nineteenth.  Doorman  Aherns  and 
Cnllen  were  transferred  to  the  Central  OtUce,  and 
Sergt.  Klass,  of  ibe  Twenty-nmlh  Freclnot,  was  as- 
signed to  regular  duty  in  the  Thirty-second  Pre- 
cinct A  resolution  was  adopted  requiring  tbe 
Commanders  of  Precincts  to  furnish  to  the  New- 
Xork  Association  for  tbe  Improvement  of  the  Poor 
InformatioD  in  respect  to  tbe  character  of  persons 
residing  in  tenemeDt-houses,  and  also  to  afford 
proper  protection  to  the  visitors  and  othcers  ot  the 
association.  A  pension  of  |3U0  per  annum  waa 
granted  to  Catnarine  Freese,  widow  of  tbe  late 
Patrolman  Freese.  Tbe  subjoined  resolution  In  re- 
lation to  the  proposition  to  close  up  with  street 
refuse  tbe  channel  runnine  between  Ward's  and 
Bandall's  Islands  was  adopted. 

JUtolvtd,  That  tbe  Presideiit  address  a  communica- 
tion to  Gen.  JSewton  in  relation  to  the  effect  upon  the 
tides  aod  currents  of  the  harbor  of  Mew-Xork  of  vioaing 
the  water  passage  between  Ward's  and  Randall's 
Islands,  and  solicit  from  him  a  eommuuioation  un  tne 

subject.  _— »ta_ 

A  MAN  BURIED  ALIVE. 

On  Thnrsday,  Mr.  Jacob  Keieler,  of  Middle 
Tillage,  employed  Jotm  Seidler,  a  well-digger  of  30 
years'  experience,  to  clean  tbe  well  on  his  farm 
near  tbe  Peat  Works,  at  the  Head  of  the  Vlelgh, 
town  of  Fluabing.  Seidler  reached  the  farm  about 
S  o'clock,  and  after  securing  the  services  of  one  of 
the  tarm  hands,  descended  to  tbe  bottom ,  of  tbe 
well.  The  work  of  cleaning  occupied  five  hours, 
and  between  1  and  2 ji'clook  P.  M.  Seidler  sent  up 
bis  well  hoe  and  started  himself  to  come  out  of  the 
well.  Be  bad  reached  to  within  15  feet  of  the  top 
when  the  well  commenoed  to  eaVe  from  the  top.  tbe 
stone  lining  falling  in,  completely  covering  tbe  un- 
fortunate man  from  sight.  Some  time  elapsed  be- 
fore an  alarm  was  given,  ahd  -^ork  waa  then  com- 
menced to  remove  tbe  debris,  bnt  as  no  appliances 
were  at  hand  to  remove  tbe  heavy  stones,  the  work 
was  suspended  until  evening.  In  the  mean- 
time Coroner  Hicks,  of  Flashing,  was  notified. 
Upon  his  arrival  the  work  waa  again  renewed, 
and  continued  until  mldnlgbi.  when  tbe  well  eom- 
menced  again  to  cave,  and  the  work  was  suspended 
nntil  yesterday  mornmg,  when  it  was  rcUmed  and 
continued  threughoat  the  day,  over  SO  tors  of  dirt 
and  atones  being  removed  without  reaohing  the 
bottom.  Seidler  was  57  years  old,  and  le«^  a  wife 
and  seven  children,  residing  at  MiddU'^Tillage. 
Workmrn  were  still  encraged  at  a  late  hour  last 
bvenmc  in  removlBg  the  ddbris  from  vbe  well,  attd 
bad  not  aoeeeeded  in  reaobinx  Seidlea 


COMMEnOIAL  AF£'AIB& 


.  Haw-toiK.  Friday,  l^eb.  2.  18T7. 

JThereoMpts^of  the  pnneipai  Unda  ot  Prednea  ataoe  t 

8 

aoo 

•7 


onr  last  have  bMn  as  toUowa: 

Ashes,  pka....T....       s!6  aioIaaae8.(ir.O.,)bhlB 


Beeo-waxi  pks '        6 

Balhon,  bara 200 

u.  B.Peaii,  bags 170 

Beans,  bbis. '.:...      2U3 

Cotton,  bales. i.idi 

Copper,  bbIs 16*2 

Copper,  oakes 126 

bned  Fruit,  pas 146 

BRgi.bbis. H3V 

Flour,  hbls 10,98',< 

Wheat,  busbeis '24,000 

Com.  basbels 67,7US 

Oats,  bushels 40.762 

§  re.  bushels 6,'762 
Blt,busbeU 6,100 

Barley,  bushels 8,0UU 

Peas,  bOsbela .  7.100 

Grasa-oeed,  baxs l,8ll 

Oom-meal.  bbls 2,634 

Corn-meat.  bags.....       00 

B.  W.  Floor,  pks '^0 

B.  W.  Flour,  bnabels      80b 

Hops,  bales am 

Hides,  No 1,107 

btdes.  bales iJ17 

Leatber,  aiaea 18,88A 

Lead.  pIrb 1,U44 


Moss,  baies..  

Oil.  bbls .... 

HDlrlta  Turp.,  blito. 

Tar,  bbls P 

Resin,  bbls 1.U0 

Oil-oake.  pks. 884 

Pork.  Dka 1.968 

S*^*'  PK.--- ^j»| 


Out-meats,  pks... 
Oreaae,  pkBi. 
Lard,  Dka 

Lard.  kess... 
Stearine.  pks. 
Buttet.  nks 


808 

3,103 

160 

83 
8.4Ui 


Cheese,  pka 1,»26 


Tallnw.  Dka. 

UtnMdl.bbU... 

PreasKd  Hocca.  Ko... 

Pea-ants. -Ix^ta * 

spelter,  pea 

eteron,  bxs « 

Wine.  bbls...'. 

T«a,  balf-cbesta.... 

Tobacoo.  bhds 

Tobacco,  bxs.  It  08.. 

fyfaisky,  bbls. 

Wool,  bales 


816 

66 

a.S9t 

1,100 

660 

fuo 
65 
47 
116 
1,268 
874 
23 


COTTON— Had  a  pretty  firee  offering  ana  a  limited 
inquiry:  prices  were  again  quoted  off  1-1 6c.  ^?' IB.  lor 
early  delivery.    The   demand  was  almost  wholly  Cor 

spintdna     purposes ordinary     ouoted^    to-day    at 

11  3-16c®ll  13-16.:  Low  BllddUng,  l2%o.®lU>ac; 
Miadimg,  12V:.®13o. Sales  were  officially  report- 
ed, for  prompt  delivery,  ot  886  bales,  (of  which  676 
bales  were  on  laat  eveolng.)  all  to  spinoets....And 
for  forward  deUvery  extensive  tranaaotlona  were  re- 
ported, but  at  a  further  reduction  in  values,  on  a  eom- 

paratively  liberal  offering Sales  nave  been  report- 

ea  since  our  lost  ot  43.300  bales,  of  wbloh  10,300  b«lea 
were  on  lasteveninit,  and  33.100  bales  to-day.  witii 
3.400  bales  on  tAe  calls,  on  tbe  horns  of  Middling,  wltn 
February  options  closing  st  12340-'^12  26-320.: 
March.  12  16-16c®12  .'Jl-32o.j  Annl,  IS  6-32o.'a 
18  S-iec;  Slay,  1S%0.:  June,  13  17-32o.®13  9-16o.| 
July,  18  21-320.913  11-lCc.;  August,  13  23-S'io.'9 
lii»AO.;  beptemher,  13^.®18  7-16c.;  Oetooer 
ISCSIS  l-16c:  November,  12  13-16o.@12  27-32o.; 
December.  12  13-16a^l2  u7-32c.  ^  lb.,  sbowlne  A 
decline  ot  l-32o.  a>l-16c.  4^  Jh.,  closing  steady. ...Tbe 
receipts  at  this  port  to-day  were  4.484  bales,  and  at 
the  shipping  ports  22,032  bales,  against  16,044  bales 
same  day  last  week,  and  for  the  whole  week  142,862 
bales,  aaainat  1U9,680  hales  last  week The  re- 
ceipts at  the  shipplDg  ports  since  8ept  1.  1876, 
have  been  8,141,342  bales,  against  3,084,002  baleafor 
tbe  corresponding  time  in  tlie  prececlinz  Cotton  year. 

Consolidated  exports  (six  aays)  for  QreLt  Brltam, 

from  all  the  shipping  ports,  63,573  bales  t  to  tbe  Codti- 
nent,  30,823  bales.. ..htock  in  New-York  to-day. 
281, 179  .bales;  consolidateu  stock  at  tbe  poru,  898,9u6 
bales. 

Vlostna  Prices  of  Cotton  in  K'sie-Torft. 

Uplanda  Alabama.      N,  i.>.       Texas. 

ordinary 11   3-1611    3-16  11    3-16  1113-16 

strict  Ordinary...  11  9-le  11  9-l«  11  11-16  11  11-16 
Qooa  Ordinary... 11  16-16  11  15-16  12  1-16  12  1-16 
Strict  Good  ora...l'Z    3-16  12  ^S-16  12    6-10  12    6-10 


Low  Mlddliua....l2!% 
Strict  Lofr  Mid... .123s 

MiddUan 12^8 

Good  Mlddllni£....13is 
Strict  Good  Mid..lH^ 
MiddUne  Pah;.....1334 
Fair. 141a 


12«a 

ll^a 

123* 

12^ 

13 

13 

13 14 

13 1* 

IS^a 

131a 

13  Ts 

13»8 

14"^ 

14<>» 

dllug. 

nn 

t 

12"* 

12^ 

li'»p 

135 

13I8 

13i% 

1334 

l*»a 
Stained. 
Good  Ordinary.. ..10  13-16: Ijow 
StrlotGood  Ord...ll    7-l0|Mlddliag.... 

FISH — Tbe  inquiry  for  suppliea  of  moat  kinds  bas 
been  moderate,  with  prices  qaoted  essentially  un- 
altered  We     ouote:    Dry    Cod,     $5   25a'$6    25  ^P' 

cwL;  Dry  Cod.'  in  drums,  $5  603$6  75.  Mackerel 
duoted  at  $16d$22  for  No.  1;  $9  6a3$13  for 
No.  2,  and  $6  60®$10  60  for  No.  3,  ^  bbL;  Piokled 
Herring,  $2  6U®$6;  Smoked  Uerrlni;  at  lOc^lSc.  for 
Scaled,  and  18o.'314a  fox  No.  1,  ^  box.;  Dutoh  Herring, 
$1  10®$1  12^a  ■!?■  kep. 

FLOUR  AND  MKAti— More  demand  was  reported  for 
State  ana  Western  Flour,  mainly  from  West  India  ana 
South  American  purchasera,  with,  for  orands  suited  to 
tbe  requirements  of  these  trades,  rather  moie  firmness 
noted  in  valueti.  EnnJlsh  buyers  were  very  reserved 
in  bidding,  and  generally  much  under  asking  rates, 
ilome  trade  operations  were  on  a  very  limited  scale, 
and  in  lostanoes  at  easier  rates.... Sales  have  been 
reporcea  since  our  lant  ot  13,700  bois.  of  ail  erodes. 
inciuai»K~  unsound  Flour  at  83  6U'3>$6  76;  Hour 
Flour  at  $4  50®$6  65,  of  which  235  buls. ,  at  $(i® 
$6  65  for  extras ;  very  poor  to  choice  .Ro.  2  at  S4  25'3 
ib ;  poor  to  very  cboioe  flupcrbne  Western,  $5  60 
•a$6  SO,  ma^ulv  at  45  60®at6  76,  with  very  inferior, 
in  odd  lots,  from  dock,  rumored  under  our  quotations  ; 
poor  to  good  Extra  State,  S5  80'2z>S6:  eooa  to 
choice  da  at  Ct5®S0  30:  Citv  Mills  Extra, 
shlDping  grades,  $6®£7  20,  mainlv  for  West 
ludlus.  on  tbe  basis  of  £6  7S®$7  20  for 
good  to  very  choice,  (with  bigber  rates 
named  for  small  lots  of  laney.)  and  at 
$8®*8  50  tor  aooui  cuoice  To  very  choice  for  tbe 
South  American  trade.  Bud  qaoted  at  $6  for  brands 
suited  to  tbe  English  trade:  very  inferior  to  sood  ship- 
ping Kitra  Western.  $5  75®  $6;  good  to  choice  do., 
$6aS6  3U :  and  other  ersdeitwithin  tbe  previous  ran<ie. 
...Included  iu  the  sales  have  been  10,900  bbls. 
shlpp'nc  Extras,  of  wblcb  9,800  bbls.  City  Mills,  and 
grades  suited  to  the  West  India  and  South  American 
markets  :  750  bbia  Minnesota  clear  and  straight  Ex- 
tras; 400  bbls.  do.  Patent  do.;  700  bbls.  Winter  Wheat 
Extras.  (lor  shioment;)  650  bbls.  Super- 
fine     and      350     bbls.      Na      2      at.   the     quoted 

ratea tsoutheru  Flour  was  more  fteely  purchased  at 

essentially  unaltered  prices.... Sales,  1,550  bbls., 
malnl  v  Extras,  within  the  raueo  of  $7  60®$8  25,  of 

which  500  bbls.  for  shipment  at  $7  6u®S8 Of  Eye 

Flour,  210  bbls.  sold,  iu  lots,  chiefly  at  $4  76®$3  for 
about  fair  to  eood  Superfine  State,  and  up  to  £5  10® 
$5  20  for  oboice  to  very  choloe  ;  *4  CS'S'SS  for  West- 
ern and  Pennsylvania ;  market  uuchanKed....0f  Corn- 
Meal,  350  bbls.  sold,  in  lote,  including  Yellow  Western, 

at  i'i  and bbls.  Brandywine  at  S3  60  ;  market  dull 

..Corn-meal,   in  ba^s,    in    moderate  demand  within 

the  rarge-of  $1  07@$1  45,  aa  extremes,  ^f  100  1b 

Of  tbe  sales  were  1,700  bafis  coarse,  mostlr  on  the 
basis  of  $1  12  for  Citv  Mills  ;  $1  07a5$l  08  for  Balti- 
more, and  $1  45  for  bolted  Yellow  Baltimore.... Buok- 
wbeatFloiB:  lower  and  in  moderate  request;  quoted 
to-day  steady  at  $3  90®$4  40  for  etatuary  to  verv 
choice  titate  nnd  Peunsjlvaiiia,  selling  mostly  at  $4® 
$4  30  #  100  flJ.  * 

GHAl.>( — Spring  Wheat  values  were  advfinoed  Ic.® 
3c.  ^  bushel,  influenced  muiid.v  by  a  speculative  lu- 
qairv',  chiefl.r  on  Wektern  acuount,  this,  runnintt  ex- 
clusively on' N  o.  2  Chicago,  lu  store,  ou  which  grade 
tbe  most  imoortant  improvement  was  reportea.  Tbe 
demand  from  shippers  and  millers  was  very  moderate. 
\Viater  Wheat  w:is  quite  dull  ou  the  previous  basis  as 

to  price Bales  have  lieen  reported  to-day  of  67,000 

bushels,  Inclndlnz  No.  2  Milwaukee  Spring,  la 
store,  2,600  bushels,  for  milliag,  at  $1  42,  (but 
quoted  at  the  close  up  to  $1  44®$1  45;) 
prime  No.  2  Chicago  do.,  in  store,  40,000  bush- 
els, at  $1  41®$1  42'S$1  43,  (reportedfas  closing  very 
firmly  at  $1  43 ; )  prime  No.  8  Milwaukee  do.,  in  store, 
8,UU0  bushels,  for  milling,  »t  $186;  and  ungraded 
Spring,  about  15,00O  btuhels,  in  lots,  at  $1  353$1  44, 
mainly  at  $1  35®*1  37.. ..Corn  waa  offered  more 
fieelv,  and,  in  the  instance  of  new  crop,  at  somewoat 
e&sier  prices,  leading  to  rather  more   activity,  partly 

o  u  e  xport  Hccotmt Sales  have   been   renorted  aiaoo 

our  last  of  76,000  baahels,  tucludiug  New-Xork  No.  1, 
old  and  new,  at  60'3C.®01c.;  5ew-York  steamer  Mixed 
at  dOc.@bO»20.;  New-York  steamer  Yellow  at  61^.; 
New-York  No.  2  White  at  62c.;  New-Yort  Low  Mixed, 
new,  800  bushels,  at  69c.;  New-York  no  grade  at 
69c.®60c.  mostly  at  59»ac.@59''ec.;  new  crop 
Mixed  Western,  o«r  Iota,  at  69o.®Blo., 
chiefly  at  6uo.;  Yellow  Western  at  61o.®02o.; 
uneraded  sailing- veS<el  Mixed  Western,  old  crop,  in 
odd  lots,  at  60o.'a'(jO'H>o-®61c.;  strictly  prime  No.  2 
Chicago,  afloat,  8.00U  busbeis,  reported  at  (i2o.;  Sonth- 
tru  i'eilow,  at  69o.®60c.,  from  dook  ;  and  very  choice 
Southern  White,  afloat,  3,000  busbeis,  for  shipment, 
reported  at  65'sc....Bye  iu  moderate  request  at  about 
former  rates.  Sales  reported  of  about  9,500  busheia 
State,    Pennaylvanla.  and  Jersey,  on   private  terms, 

rumored  at  equal  to  92c.  for  State Of  Barl6.v,  l.OOO 

bushels  two-rowed  State  reported  sold  at  70c;  2,600 
bushels  No.    2  Canada   at  95c.:  aad    1.000   bushels 

Feed    stock      at     60c.;      market      heavy Bariey- 

malt.  Buckwheat,  and  Peas  as  last  quoted, 
.Oats  have  been  in  better  supply  and 
easier  in  price,  with  rather  more  activity  noted  at  the 
ruling  flKures Sales  reported  ot  29.000  busbeis.  in- 
cluding White  Western  at  43c.®49c.,as  to  quality; 
White  State,  poor  to  ehoiue,  within  the  range  of  6O0. 
©SiJac..  from  track  and  afloat,  of  wh:ch  5,000  bush- 
els chaiee.  afloat,  at  (>4i4,c.;  Mixed  Weateru  at  40c. 'S) 
46c.,  aa  to  q  ality,  (Of  which  6,000  bushels  new  No.  2 
Cbioago,  afloat,  at  460.;)  New- York  No.  3  White  a* 
44^20.;  Aew-York  extra,  3,750  bushels,  at  63c.®63'3C; 
New-York  No.  1,  7,500  bushels,  at  51^c.'3>d2o.,  of 
which  b.OOO  bushels  at  62c:  NVw-l'ork  Ktjected  at 
is9c.a>39'i2C.;  unmerchantable,  750  buabels,  at  30u., 
aud  Mixed  Stale  at  SOcSoSiae.  for  common  to  choice. 

Feed  has  been  in  fair  request  at  uncbaneed  rates 

for  most  grades ;  2,100  bags  40-Iti  leoorted  sold,  main- 
ly  at   $19;    2i0  Ws   Ou-B).   at  $19  4U Hay  and 

Straw  as  last  quoted Seeaa  held  at  full  previous 

prices,  but  quiet;  amall  lots  reported  aold.  Incluolua 
prime  to  cuoice  Clover  at  1634C®l7c  tor  State,  and 
16c.®16V.  for  Western,  and  Timothy  at$x  95®$2. 

HOPS — Have  been  ver.y  moderately  sought  after, 
even  for  shipment,  and  have  been  quoted  weak  and 
irreaular  as    to    values New- York    estate,    crop    of 

1876,  quoted  at  I0c.®25c.  for  ordinary  to  obotce,  with 

very  choice  to  fancy  lots  qaoted  iip  to  28o.®3()c.; 
Kastern  now,  IScaaSc;  new  Wise onsln  at  12o.®l7c.; 
YoarllDKS,  10c.®15c.;  C»lllorula  of  1876  "at  2ac.W 
26c.;  Orcitou,  23c.®2ac.;  Olds,  nil  growths,  4c®8c.  ^P 
tb.    Choice  Oatitoiuia  and  Oregon  lu  llKhc  su^blv  and 

wanted The  lecelpts  for  the  week  were  2,255  bales, 

and  since  Sept.  1.  1876.  aa  raade  up  by  Mr.  Bmsnett 
Wells,  52,689  bales,  against  60,163  bales  same  period 
in  1875:  export  clearances  thU  week,  1,175  bales, 
(mainly  for  London,)  and  since  Sept  1,  25,317  bales, 
against  26,701  bales  same  period  of  1876-6. 

MOLASSES — New-Orleana  has  been  oomparatively 
quite  at  from  47c.®57c.  for  good  to  fancy. ...Mar- 
ket Otiiervrue  dull  aad  uomlually  unchauKed. 

NaVALi  SIOUkS— Komn  has   been  Inactive  and  de- 

£re88ed;  quoted  On  the  basis  0192  10932  16  for  00m- 
lou  to  Boua  Strained.,  ^  :i.ii<J  XH.  cialea  rumored  of 
Small  lots  ot  Strained  us  low  as  $2^. ..Tar  and  Pitch  aa 

last    quoted Spirits    Turpeatlae  very  dull,  wiih 

merchantable,  for  prompt  delivei.y,  at  the  cloSe,  44c 
^  gallon. 

OILS— Have  beeo  generally  held  With  confldence,  on 
the  basis  of  ptevions  quotadons  tor  most  kinds, 
though  not  remarkably  active  in  auy  line. 

PKiKOLKUM— Maraet  very  dull  aud  more  or  lest' 
nominal  as  to  values:  Crude  quoted  at  12  Vo.®12i30.,  la 

bulk,  and  lO'ec^lS'^c.  in  shipping  order Hefiaed 

quoted  bv  reflneis  at  Uti^^c  and  trom  secoad  bauds, 

iu  small  lots,  at  22(1  fof  early  delivery Eeflued,  iu 

cases,    quotea  at   30c.'<i>3I>ao Olty   Napbtba«uoted 

at  140 At  Pbilaaelphia,  Kelined  Petroleum,  for  early 

delivery)  qaoted  at  26^o.,  aud  in  small  lots  at  230.... 
At  Baltimore,  quoted  for  early  delivery  by  refiners  as 
here  and  at  Phiiadslpbl)). 

PUoyiSIUNS — iVestern  Mess  Pork  bas  been  in  lieht 

request  for  earlr  dehverv.  at  Irrefnilar  prices Sales 

reported  of  75 'bbls.  uuin»p«'0ted,  in  lots,  at  $16  62^ 
'9j!l6  75;  100  bbls.  ttispeoted at$16  90.. ..Other kinds 
dull;  Kxtra  Prime,  iuspected.  quoted  at  $13  76®$14, 
(with  a  small  lot  aold  at  $14;)   Western  Prime  Mesa 

at   416®$10  26 And    tor    forward  delivery,   here. 

Western  Mesa  has  been  ic  more  demand :  .  quoted  for 
February  at  tbe  close  nominal;  Usrch,  $16  S09S]  6  60: 
Auril.  $16  70  asked.. ..Sales  reported  of  1,760  bbls., 
MSrcli,  et  $16  00®$16  60;  and  ^50  bbla,  April  op- 
tions, at  ^16  70 Dressed  Hogs  have  been  in  mod- 
erate request,  with  Weatern  quo  ed  at  7ii*J.®7'%o., 
oloalon  weuk  at  7^0.,  (at  wblch  rate  most  of  tbe  saiea 
were  made;)    City  quoted   at  7''8C.®8i80.,   closing  at 

77ac.®8c Cut-meats  have  been  qooted  dull  at  droop- 

inic  rates Sales  include  small  lots  Piokled  Bellies, 

lu  bulk,  at  90.^8  Vi-!  Smoked  Hams,  18>40.:  and  sttl^ 
ary     small    lois     of     otuer     City    bulk     at  propot^ 

tlonate   rates Also,    20    bis.    Weatefu    Dry-salted 

Shoulders  at  6^30.  4^  lb — Bacon  quoted  a  shade  lower 

and  dull ;  no  important  sales  here Alld  fbr  Cbioago 

delivery,  160,000  ffi.  Short  Bib,  in  hulk.  March  optwn. 

reported  sold  at  $S  37 -? western  Steana  Lard  baa 

been  in  comparattvel;  moderMe  reqUeSt  tor  early  de* 
livery,  at  variable  prices,  though  the  ctianges  were  not 

important Of   Western    Steam   for  eSAy  delivery 

here,  salea  have  been  reported  of  450  tcs.  prime  at 
$lO  97^®®$11.  cluBlbB  at  $11 ,  and  66  tea.  off-grade 

at  $10  12 'a And  ter  forward  aellverv  here,  Westetb 

Bteam  has  been  fairly  active,  ^th  vsliiea Hubtnatlhg 
Aurlng  the  day,  and  elosteg  geoerally  woak  >..s. 
Western  Steam,  for  February,  quoted  at  the 
eiose  at  SU;  Mateb,  $11  lu;  Aoni,  $11  K7%<... 
fahn  were  renoited  ot  Weateru  dwam  to  u>tt  aitant  hAJ- 


ilOV87i«9$10  SO.... JUOaedLaidhaa beon^  vo^f 
modaiat*  segaeat  3  qotfted  for  tha  Ooatii>ent,  tor  esMr 
deUveryv  •t-#ll  98,  aoid  fbr  the  West  Indies  at  $9  87^ 
.  ...Salea  reported  of  SMNi  toa.  fbr  tba  Wast  ladiea.  pact 
at  $9  87*8.. ..Baef  qpUSi  St   tatma  ratea:     aaiea, 

100    tea.    Olty    db     private     tonaa Beef    Hama 

Inactive;  quotod  at  $34  SO  fOr  eholee  Weatem.... 
Butrter.  Cheese,  and  Bggs  wttbouttaapthrtaat  alteration. 
....Taliffw  baa  bean  In  modaratd  demand  at  ratbez 

eaaler rates Salea  66,Q0u  Ik.  very  good  to  ohoioeai 

ScasS-lOe Steanoe  Inactive;  eboice  City  In  hhda. 

qaoted  at  $ll;   prime  to  Ohoiea  Western  la  tcs.,  at 
$10  76«$ll  (  aalea,  100  toa.  eboioa  western  at  $11. 
SALT— Hm  been    modtnttely  aimght  after,  with 

Liverpool  Oroond  quotadat  SOa.'Mfto.:  Liverpool  Fine 
at  $1  103$2  60,  from  store  1  Turk's  Island,  in  imlk, 
2M.®a8a;  St.  Martin's,  2Se.980eb  .  . 

BUQAB6— Baw  ooutUtue  in  Mtlve  ft<p>ea«  and  quoted 
firm,  with  aolea  reported  of  'iOO  hhda.  and  800  bam 
Centritn«al  at  10>M-:  650 bMs  do.,  testing  96  ^P"  cent, 
St  $10  31^:    2DW  bhda.    Centritbsal.    testing  95  # 

oeni,  at  10i|»a;  68  haga  Jamalo*  at  8^0.99190.;  7oy 
bxs.  Oentrifogil,  toatiUff  98  ^  cent,  at  lO^iO ;  3.9Ufl 
bags  Uemerara  Centclngal  st  lOc;  1,100  bxs.  Clayed 
at  8^0.9100.,  aad  68  tea.  BeUae  atre  Vea  also,  TMtei> 
day.  64,000  piculs  Manila  »»  8i4C.^a,i0.;  20,0011 
ploulaIU>iioat8V->  10,000  ploula  llollo  and  Misty  re- 
sold at  8V)-.  and  6,4!i4b«i>sPemambuooat9%Ki.... 
We  quote  tait  Beflnlng  Caba.  old  ana  n*w.  at  Sf-^ca 
0^;  good  do.,  9>ao.®9^;  prime  da,  9  W®9^c.:  tair 
to  very  choice  Grooeiy,  9VB-'910>ao.:  Ma  12  Clayed  at 
9^c.;  Centrffogid  stock  at  9Vs-®10>ac.:  Manila 
bags.     8V^.®8V>-I      Molasses      Bnnr.      7^0.®    9at 

Melado,   6c®7c. Befiued   Sugars  nave   been  fklrly 

aettve,  with  QHmtthkted  qaoted  at  IIV.;  Powdered. 
Ili!ta.'9ll7gai  (Unshed  at  11*«c.®11Tb&:  (Tut  Lonfal 
12&:  Soft  White  at  10>3e.®ll!^;  boft  YeUow  at 
9%t.910^c  f  p. 

TOBACOO— Bather  more  iaquiry  has  been  noted  ibr 
supplies  at  about  previous  prices,  with  sales  reported 
ofSuObbda.  Keotacky  Leat  at  6c.'915o.;  200  cases 
Sundries  at  6a®25&;  ISO  eases  New-Bngland  1876, 
at  1 6a®32o.:  10  cases,  1876  Pennsylvania,  at  J.Sa.^ 
26ajand  260  bales  Havana  at  76c.  ®$1  10  ^  &>. 

WHISKY— DaoUaed  to  $1  08:  sales.  160bbls. 

^FRKIQHTS— The  general  marlket  was  very  dull  to* 
day.  Bates  varied  little,  as  a  rule.  The  demand  foe 
accommodation  was  nnuaaaUy  tame,  as  well  for  Brit- 
ish as  fbr  (kmtlneutai  ports.  The  rise  of  Spring  Wheat, 
under  speenlative  maoipulatlon.  worked  SKamst  tha 
export  movement.  Tbe  offerings  of  Provisions,  Cut- 
ton,  Leatber,  Flour,  Keslti,  Tobacco,  Seed,  aod 
other  geueral  cargo  were  reported  as  unlot 
portant  lu  amount.  The  business  in  the  chartering 
line  was  very  slack,  though  touoaiie  was  available  at 
low  figures.  Petroleum,  Urain,  Cof'on,  and  Lumber 
trade  requirements  were  eonfiiMd  within  ver.y  iiarro«f 
limits.  Bather  more  call  was  noted  lor  vessels  smted 
to  the  West  india  Sugar  trade  at  tbe  current  quota< 
tions.  Coastwise  trade  interests  were  devoid  ui  aai. 
matlon,  hot  rates  in  this  connection  were  qaoted 
essentially  as  before For  Liveroool,  tbe  en- 
gagements leported  since  our  laat  have  been, 
by  steam,  &\/00  bushels  Urain  at  .43id.  # 
60  fls.;  small  lots  ot  Cotton  at  ^d.,.^or  compressed^ 
Us.;  1,350  bales  do.  (of  throuKh  frelgbt,)  reported  ou 
private  terms  I  small  lota  of  Bacon  aud  Seed  at  35a., 
and  of  Leather  ou  tbe  basis  of  608.;  2.600  hoses 
Cheese  at  408.  HP*  tou  ;  1,200  bbls.  Apples  at  4s.^bbl.i 
130  tons  measurement  ^oods  on  private  terms.  Also 
a  Oarman  bark,  443  tons,  hence,  with 
about     8.000     bbls.      Besiduum,     at    4a.     %>'   bbl. 

For      Glasgow,     by      steam,       16,000      bush< 

ela  Oriiin  at  the  extremely  low  rate  of  4^  ^ 
standard  bushel  (Indicative  of  the  extrame  depresslos 
in  the  general  market ; )  950  pks.  Frovislooa,  part  re- 
ported at  36b.  ^  ton ;  350  bbls.  Apples,  iu  lots,  at  4s. 
^bbL,  (with  some  inquiry  noted  lor  room  for  Refined 

bugar   on  the    basis  of  SOs.  ^ton.) For  Bristol,  bj 

steam,  small  lots  of  Provisions,  oart  reported  at  401., 
and  of  Hefiaed  Sugar  within  tbe  ranze  of 
82a.  6d.2>36s.,  (thoagh  'for  any  considerable 
lot     of      the      latter      the      qaotatioa     of     30a., 

was  reported  as  repreienting  the  oiBbest  bid.) For 

Hull,  by  steam.  300  bbls.   Uesiu,  at  3a.  ^  230  fls ;  250 

boxes  Bacon,  at  40a  ^  ton For  Coik,  and  orders, 

two  barks,  (each  about  3,000  quarters  oapacity,)  with 
Grain,  from  Baltimore,  (chartered  there,)  at  6s.  9d.'2» 
6s.  (wltb  Grain  toanaie  qaoted  in  the  local  market 
wholly  nominal  at  about  6s.  for  vessels  of  averags 
carrying  capacity)  ^  quarter:  and  rumored,  a  Germaa 
bark,588  tooB, With  about  4. OtK) bbls. Beflned  Petroleum, 
from  Portland,  on  private  terms,  but  rumor  wilhoui 
c3nflnnatlon....For  Antwerp,  by  steam,  60  khds. 
Kentucky  Tobacco  at  47s.  6a.®488.  9d.;  and  30  case* 

Meaaorement  Goods  at  328.   6d.3368 For  GermaB 

ports,  a  ver.v  limited  oal  1  fbr  room  by  sail  and  steam 
Was  noted  at  depressed  and  irregular  quotations.  Ths 
Bremen  ateamer  Cleared  with  8,250  bushels  Bye.  7,000 
bushels  Corn,  1.650  bxs.  Bacon,  250  tcs.  Lard,  500 
bags  Seed,  aud  1,300  pks.  Tobacco,  recently  engaged  at 

market  rates For    Oporto,  a    Sweolah    hng,  witb 

about  16,000  bushels  Grain,  trom  Baltimore,  reported 
(as  chartered  there,)  at  I7e.  ^  bnshel.... For  Genoa, 
a  British  bark,  299  tons,  with  Cotton,  from  Savannnb, 
at  Id.  ^P*  fll....For  Antigua,  au  America  schooner, 
about   300   tons,   with    general    cacga    from    Pbila- 

deipliia,   reported  at   65c.  f  bbl For  St.  Thomaa, 

an     American    schooner,     l35      tons,    hence,     wifb 

feneral  Cargo,  at  6O0.  ip  bbl Por  Trinliid, 
.  8.,  au  American  sebaoner,  about  225  tcui, 
with  general  cargo,  from  Philadelphia,  report«d  on 
tbe  basis  of  60c.  ^  bbl... .For  Hoyti  and  l>ack  to  Kew- 
York,  an  American  schooner,   79  tons,  with  general 

cargo,  at  $9  and  port  ohartres For  Bsbla,  a  Danish 

bark,  217  tons,  with  Flour,  from   Mew-York  and  Bioh- 

mond,  reported  at  equal  to  about  $1  05^bbl For 

Philadelphia,  a  schooner,  with  Lumber,  from  Braos- 
wick,  at  $3  76. 

TEE  STATE  OF  TRADE. 


Chicago.  Feb.  S.— Flour  in  light  demand,  but 
holders  firm ;  common  to  chsice  Western  shippins  ex- 
tras, $6  25'®$6  76  ;  Minneaota  extras  at  $7  76 ;  Mfn> 
neaota  patent  process,  $7  25'if>$9  50;  other  patents, 
^a  509$7  26.  Wheat  netive.  firm,  and  higher,  cloalnj 
easier  ;  l)o.  2  Chicago  Spring,  $1  25  V  cash  ;  $1  27 'a 
March;  sales  at  $1  26V$1  28^  March;  $1  291^ 
April;  So.'d  da,  $1  16'sia>$L  17.  Corn  dull,  weak, 
and  lower;  42c.,  cash;  4178C  bid,  February;  42^80. 
hid,  March;  46>3C.,  May;  rejected,  88c.@38^  Oata 
dull  and  a  shade  lower;  S6^4C.  bid.  cash; 
IS53.0.,  March.  Rye  dull  and  lower  at  tSOo. 
Barley  easier  at  SO'ac  Pork  active,  but  lower  and  uit 
settled;  $16  80®$15  85,  cash:  $16  05,  March.  $10  30, 
AuriL  Lard  uncbaneed  and  lower;  $10  55@$10  60,, 
cash;  $10  67»2a^l0  70,  March;  $10  80®«10  82^ 
AnriL  Bulk-meats  in  fair  demand,  but  lower;  Nbuui- 
ders,  6*4C-'  Short  Rib,  8>ac. ;  Snort  Clear  Sides,  H^it.: 
all  boxed,  casb.  Dressed  Hogs  dull,  weak,  aad  lowet 
at  $6  800^7.  Whisky  steady  and  uDchanged.  Ue- 
ceipte— Flour,  6,600  bblsj  Wheat,  19,000  bushels; 
Com  69.00(1  busnels;  CJats,  i;6,00(j  busnels;  Rye, 
2  600  busbeis;  Barley,  12, OuO  bushels.  Sbl))ments— 
Flour  5,000  bbls.;  Wheat,  12,000  bushels;  Corn,39.00O 
bushels:  Oats,  13,000  busbeis:  Barler,  7.600  busbeis. 
At  the  afternoon  call  of  tbe  board  Wheat  firm,  but  uo- 
chansed.  Corn  and  Oats  unchanged.  Pork  firm  aud 
higher;  $16  10a'$16  12ia,  Maroh:  $16  3i!>9,  April. 
Lard  firm  and  a  shade  higher  ;  $10  I'ih^  March. 

Nkw-Oelbaj?s,  Feb.  9.— Flour  quiet,  but  steady  ; 
Superfine,  S5  75®$d;  double  Extra,  $6  259$6  60; 
treble  do..  $G  65a$7  75;  high  grades,  $:i®$8  50; 
Com  in  good  demand  at  lull  pnce8,at  65o.®56o.  Oats 
dull;  8c.  Louis,  45c.'&'47c.;  Galena,  50c  Corn-meal 
dull  at  S2  65.  Hay  dull  and  nomlusL  Pork  dull,  weak, 
aud  lower  at  $17  60.  Lard  duU:  tierce,  llc'Sill'^a.; 
keg,  ll^aC^l^c.  Bulk-meats  dull,  weak,  aud  lower; 
Sbouiders,  ItKjse,  O^ao.;  packed,  bS^e.;  Clear  Ribs,  9c; 
Clear  bldeB,9'4e.  Bacon  scarce  and  tlrm;;ehonldet8,7^o.; 
Clear  Bibs.  lO^sc;  Clear  Sides,  IOI30.  Suzar-curedUamS. 
dull,  weak,  ana  lower  at  12c.®  13c  Whiske.y  scarce 
and  firm  at  $1  089$1  00.  Coffee  dull;  Hio  cargoea. 
ordinary  to  prime,  18'40.®2034c.,  gold.  Sugar  in  good 
demand  at  fun  prioes;  inferior,  6c. 'a'd^^o.;  commun  to 
Rood,  7c. ©734c.;  fair  to  fullv  fair,  ScSc^c;  prims  to 
choice,  8>30.'<*9c;  Centrifugal,  8a4C.S'954c.;  YeUow 
Clarified,  9>ac.®lOi40.  Moiuases  quiet,  but  eteadyt 
Centrifugal,  25c.'&40c.;  common,  30o.4?'3:ii2C;  fair, 
85a937e.;  prime  to  eboice,  42c.'3'48c.  Rice  quiet 
aud  unchanged.  Bran  dull  at  85c.  Bxchange — Sew- 
York  algktT^ pre mium ;  Sterling,  $6  10  lor  tbe  Bank; 
Gold,  1043«'31O5. 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  2.— Flour  firm  and  uncbansod. 
Wheat  easier:  Ko.  2  Red  Fall.  $1  46 >2,  caoh;  $146 
bid  at  close:  No.  3  do.,  £1  37^,  cash;  $141^U»rcb. 
Com  eaaier;  Ho.  2  Mixed.  39c.,  cash:  38 'ec,  Febru- 
ary;  41o.,  March;  43c.,  April.  Oais'-— No.  2,  S4^tc.'<^ 
35c  Hye  steady  at  6ac.  Barley  steady;  choice  Mla- 
nesota  at  95o.  Whisky  steady  at  $1  00.  Pork  dull  at 
$16  25,  cash;  $16  30,  February.  BulK-meats  dtlll  at 
6a,  8iac.,  and  8'ac.  for  Sbeiuders,  Clear  Eiu,  anl 
Clear  Sides,  ^a  less  bid;  Clear  Bib  Sides  sold 
at  8^.  Baeuu  inactive  at  7c.,  9^0.,  and 
9^.  tor  Shoulders,  Clear  Bib,  and  Clear  Sides. 
Lard  dull  at  10^.,  asked,  cash  aud  February; 
no  bid  ;  $10  40  bid.  alarch.  lilve  Hogs  dull  and  un- 
changed. Cattle  steady  with  a  lair  demand  ;  good  to 
pnme  8t«ers,  $4  37>a'(*$4  87  >;i;  llabt.  $3  75®^: 
tair  to  choice  Cows  aod  Ueifers,  $3  12 'Qa>$4 ;  corn-ied 
Texans,  $3  2&®$4.  Receipts— 2,000  bbla.  Flotir,  5,000 
bushels  Wheat,  38,000  bushela  Cora,  1.000  bushels 
Oats,  2,000  busbeis  Bye.  4,000  bashels  Barley,  900 
head  Hogs,  400  bead  cattle.  , 

Buffalo,  Feb.  2.— Reoeipt-i— Flour,  2630  bbla.; 
Wheat,  9.200  bushela ;  Cora,  13,600  bushels ;  Oats, 
9,100  bnsbels;  Barley,  2.000  bushels.  Shtpmeute-— 
Flour,  2.030  bbls.;  Wheat,  9.200  bushels ;  Corn,  12,- 
800  bushels;  oati,  9,100  bushels;  Barley.  2,000 
bushels.  Market  dull.  Sales,  48O  bbls.  Flour  at  un- 
changed prices.  Ck)rD  quiet ;  supply  light :  sales,  10 
cars  new  at  o2a.;  5  cars  do.  at  53c.;  7  oars  do.  at  bSu. 
963^0.;      2,000     bnabels    old    No.      2.     delivered    on 

the  oars  at  66 Hie-;  SOO  bushels  do.  iu  elevator 
at  66a  Wheat— Sales,  600  busheU  Green  B'.y 
Club  at  $1  48;  1,000  bushels  Bo.  1  Mii- 
waukea  <31nb  at  $1  52:  4,O0U  bnshela  White 
Michigan,  $1  62.  Oats— Sales  3  cars  Ohio,  ob  track, 
at48o.  Other  articles  unchanged.  Pork  firm  ;  quoted 
Mess  and  Short-cut  at  $17  50a$18;  Clear  at  Sl9  61I ; 
Shoulders  at  80.;  Hams  at  12o.;  Bacon,  11a.:  lard. 
11 'sc,  large  packages;  12c. ,  small  do.  Dreascd  Hogs 
nominal;  Western  at  8a;  Cit/atS'eo.  Bailroad freights 
Unchanged. 

Pehladblphia,  Feb.  2. — ^Wool  In  good  demand. 
Ohio,  Peausvlvauia.  and  West  Virginia.  XX  and  abbre. 
46c.'i£4bu.;  X,  44c. '346c;  medium,  4»u.'S46c.;  coarse, 
8Uc.®88o.  ftew-Tork,  Miobigsu,  Indiana,  aod  Wettera, 
fine,  39c.'S>42o.;  coarse,  dOciaPSBc;  medium,  43c  '3 
44e.;  combing,  washed,  52c.'<^66o.:  uowasbed.  37c 
Canada,   oombiug.  b2Hic ;    flue   unwashed,  :i5c'928c; 

eoarse  and  medium  unwashed,  28c.®3la;  tub-washed, 
40c.®460b  Uolerado,  washed,  18c.'3)22(!.;  unwashed, 
17c'3<18-20.;  Extra  and  Merino,  S5c.®3Sa;  fo.  1  and 
Super,  83o.987a  Texas,  floa  and  meoiom.  2Ua2&ci 
eoarse,  17a ^20a  Caluumla,  fine  and  medium,  Ida's 
SO(^i  ooarse,  l6o.®2ee. 

ToxxDO,  Feb.  3. — Floor  et<>8dy.  "Wheat  flmi 
and  iu  eood  demand;  No.  8  White  Wabash,  $146; 
Mo.  2  White  Miculgan,  $1  37  :  Kxtra  Co.,  $1  62; 
Amber  Michigan.  £1  46 'q;  February,  $1  46^;  March, 
$1  49'a;  Ho.  2  da,  $1  82^:  So.  2  Red  Winter,  spot 
and  February,  iiil  44;  March,  $1  47  1q:  Ko.  2  Red 
Kansas,  $1  43;  Ko.  SySed,  last  half  of  montb,  $1  8S. 
Corn  steady;  high  Mixed,  45^.;  »o.  S,  spot,  460.; 
Rfjected,  437ea  Oats  quiet;  No.  2,  36^a;' White, 
41  Va;  Etcjeeted,  32a  Lard  steady.  Dressed  Uosa, 
$U  30.  KeCeipts— 2,000  bbls.  Flour.  23,000  bushel* 
Com,  800  bushels  Oats.  SblDments— 6,000  busfaell 
Wheat,    16,000  baahels  C;otn. 

CiKcnmATL  Feb.  S.— Flour  quiet  aod  unobanged. 
Wheat  in  fair  demand  :  Winter  Bed,  $1.46'3$1  4&, 
Corn  in  fair  demand  and  firm;  Mixed  ear,  oil  traek. 
42c.;  do.  Shelled,  42>aa  Oats  steady;  Mixed,  on 
traek,  8da®38c.  Hys  doll;  Na  2  at  80a  Bariey 
Anil ;  Rood  to  prime  Western  Spring,  40a'iV56a  Pro- 
Vistona  ^let.  Fork  beld  at  $18  76;  $10  60  bid. 
Lwd  easier:  prime  steam,  lOigc.  Bulk-meats  dull; 
Bbomders,  (llse.-361«c.;  Clear  tUba,  8V-'3*8>aa,  Cleat 
tides.  S^ia'Sid^aa  Bacon  quiet.  Whisky  in  fitir  de- 
an and  atid  arm  at  $1  06.  Uujra  quiet  and  unchanged; 
receipts,  800  head;  shipmaats,  ^Ohsad. 

MiLWADKBB,  Feb,  S.— Fhmr  qntet,  uncbsnged. 
Wheat  firm;    No.    1  Milwaukee.    SI  88:   £a    2  da. 

SI  S0>«;  March.  $lSies;  AprU.  $1 82*41  fla  I  do.. 
1  22.  Coru  firmer;  JNo.  2,  nominally  43-^  Oats 
ouiat  bat  staady  I  Ho.  3,  83\e.  Bye  In  good  deaanfi: 
Ka  1,  7l'fla  Barler  entirely  nominal.  ProvlBiotta 
dull,  easier.  Mess  Pork.  $16  76,  cash  and  Vebrliary. 
Lard.  Prime  Sieam.  10>aa  Drsssad  Hogs  ■teady  at 
$6  6od$6  76.  -Bebelbts— 0,600  bbls.  Flouri  11,000 
bushels  Wheat.  8hq>ii»ata*>7,600  bbia.  Flour; 
2,600  bushels  Wheat. 

"VfnMSSGVis,  Feb.  2.— Spliita  of  i^axpentlna  Arm 
at  40a  Beaia  firta  at  $1  70  »r  ginriMd.  wide  Ta^ 
beatlne  ateady  at  $1  80  tor  hard  ;  $2  80  fta  Yallow 
uTp ;  $2  80  lor  YirgiB.   Tar  ^Uet  aAd  Maady  at  $1 66. 

PadtiDjaos,  Fob.  a->-Tha  l^arti^  Clotba  »■*• 
%M%  —I.* tLwtK  iftt  iiiisbainasd  — iaa%. 


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NEW-YORK,  SATUBDAY,  FEB.  3,  1877. 


AMVSJSMXHIS  THIS  EVSNINa 
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Mgoin,  Mr.  AbuM.  Mr.  Turner. 


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PiRK  THEATBR— OWR  Boaboikq-Housb— Mr.  Stuart 
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Mauae  Uarrtson.    Mating. 


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New- York  Citv 


Thft  case  for  TiLdbn  was  opened  yester- 
day by  David  Dudley  Field,  the  advo- 
cate and  adviser  of  FiSK  and  Gould,  the 
friend  of  Barxard  and  Cardozo,  and  the  ■ 
counsel  of  Tweed.  K  it  were  possible  for 
the  Democratic  case  to  saffer' further  dis- 
credit, the  promiaence  of  sach  a  de- 
fender should  be  enough  to  condemn  it. 
Mr.  TlLDEN  claims  credit  for  his  share  in 
the  impeachment  ofthe  corrupt  Judges  and 
in  the  exposure  of  the  frauds  of  the  Einc, 
yet  he  has  retained  as  his  chief  agent 
the     man    whosa     name    is     indlssolnbly 

coimected  with'both.    If  Charles  (^CoNeR 

xetamaany  of  ^his  old  scorn  for  professional 

schemers  and?  pettifoggers,  he  must  feel 
heartily  ashamed  of  the  company  in  which 
he  finds  himself,  though  it  may  be  too  much 
to  erxpect  any  display  of  fastidiousness  from 
thft  aathor»of  the  brutal  libel  on  President 
GiiANr.  If  only  Ben  Butler  had  been  re- 
tained by-  TrLDEN,  the  array  of  legal  talent 
Jon  the  .'Democratic  side  would  have  been 
"thoroiyjrhly  representative  of  the  methods 
^nd  ip.orals  of  the  party. 


Mr.  Field  gave  several  remarkable  speci- 
meiis  of  legal  argument  in  his  opening 
Bp»3ech.  While  admitting  that  no  law  had 
been  provided  for  trying  the  title  of  the 
'x'resident  of  the  United  States  by  a  writ  of 
gtto  voarranto,  he  held  that  such  a  proceed- 
ing "is  within  the  purview  of  the  Consti- 
tution," and  that,  therefore,  the  Electoral 
Commission  has  received  from  Con- 
gress the  right  to  investigate  the 
Ppasidential  title  in  a  way  that  Congress 
failed  to  provide  for,  and  which,  if  It 
had  legalized,  would  only  be  admissible 
Defore  the  Supreme  Court.  Mr.  Field 
would,  in  fact,  have  the  new  tribunal  not 
only  assiime  the  existence  of  legislative  en- 
actments which  were  never  passed,  but  also 
the  possession  of  judicial  powers  which  were 
never  conferred.  By  a  somewhat  similar 
process  of  reasoning,  while  he  is  forced  to 
admit  that  the  judgment  of  a  court  of  com- 
petent jurisdiction  cannot  be  impeached 
tJoUaterally  for  fraud,  he  maintains  that, 
nevertheless,  the  decisions  ot  State  Boards 
acting  in  a  judicial  capacity  may  be  re- 
garded as  "  documents "  which  may  be  so 
Impeached.  There  is  but  one  thing  in  Mr. 
Field's  speech  more  remarkable  than  its 
logic,  and  that  is  its  rhetoric,  which  is  a 
poor  imitation  of  Mr.  Conkunq  at  his 
worst. 


The  latest  batch  of  Oregon  telegrams 
helps  to -£11  up  some  of  the  blanks  in  the 
hisfcory-of  the  Tilden-Glover  conspiracy.  It 
was  oa  Nov.  19  that  Tilden's  man  Pelton 
asked.  George  L.  Millbr,  the  Democratic 
agent  at  Omaha,  to  go  to  Oregon  in  order 
to  '"fix"  things  for  stealing  that  odd  vote 
for-  the  "  Eeform "  candidate.  Miller 
replied  on  the  same  day  that  he 
woidd  send  "  a  better  man " — the 
aotorions  Patrick — and  now  we  have 
his  telegram  of  the  25th  to  Gov.  Gbovbb, 
announcing  the  early  ariival  of  this  person. 
Then  comes,  on  Dec  6,  a  wUd  "  yawp"  from 
the  belligerent  Johk  M.  Corsb,  of  Chicago, 
who  has  100,000  men  ready  to  "back  up" 
that  stolen  vote ;  and  ou  the  same  day  a 
mysterious  dispatch  in  the  thieves'  argot  used 
by  the  conspirators,  but  which  clearly  in- 
dicates the  kind  of  "  arguments"  which  had 
prevailed  in  Oregon,  and  the  "  motives  to 
fidelity"  w^hich  kept  one  member  of  the 
i(ang  Ztxun  betraying  the  other.  It  is  ob- 
▼ioosthat  had  the  versatile  Pickett  chosen 
Dr^on  as  the  scene  of  his  labors,  he  would 
have  fonnd  his  "  pigs"  much  readier  for  the 
Qiarket  than  in  Louisiana. 


Picsztt's  associate,  Maddox,  gave  some 
further  samples  of  his  ingenuity  and  his 
impTtdence  before  the  House  Committee 
yesterday.  '  Like  Pickett,  he  claims  to 
.  haye  acted,  "on  broad  moral  grounds," 
and  he  thought,  with  those  eminent 
Btatesmun,  Mobbissbt  and  Hewitt,  that 
it  waa  better  for  the  people  to 
bay  their  rights  than  to  lose  them.  Gen. 
AsnUbsOMt   of   the    Loaiiittna  Betoznina 


Board,  emphatically  denied  the  statements 
of  Maddox  in  regard  to  having  met  him  in 
Gov.  Wells'  room,  and  stated  that  he 
heard  in  the  committee  room  for  the  first 
tiajeof  the  marvelous  plot  unfolded  by 
that  precious  pair  of  rascals,  Maddox  and 
Pickett.  Gen.  Anderson  had,however,been 
offered  f200,000  by  Dr.  Robertson,  a  Demo- 
cratic State  Senator,  if  he  would  insure  the 
State  for  the  Democrats,  but  promptly  con- 
vinced that  person  that  his  importunities 
were  thrown  away.  The  Democrats  will, 
of  course,  dispose  of  this  testimony  by  de- 
claring that  the  members  of  the  Returning 
Board  would  not  stop  at  perjury  if  it  suited 
their  purpose.  But  what  of  Pickett  and 
Maddox,  beside  whom  Gov.  Wells 
and  his  colleagues  are  honorable  and  high- 
minded  gentlemen  T  Would  any  unpreju- 
diced jury  believe  these  scamps  on  oath  or 
otherwise  t 


There  was  a  little  family  quarrel  on  the 
floor  of  the  House  yesterday,  in  which  that 
typical  demagogue,  Mr.  Holman,  of  Indiana, 
received  some  rather  rough  handling  from 
one  or  two  of  his  party  associates.  The 
squabble  occurred  over  a  proposal  to  cut 
down  the  pay  of  members  of  Congress  from 
$5,000  to  $4,500.  This  was  character- 
ised by  Mr.  Waddell,  of  North 
Carolina,  as  a  sample  of  Holman's 
"two-cent  economy,"  of  w^hich  he  (Wad- 
dell)  was  "  tired  and  sick,"  and  of  which 
he  inferred  from  the  result  of  the  late  elec- 
tion that  the  country  was  ticed  and  sick 
also.  Mr.  Holman  received  several  unkind 
cuts  about  having  wearied  his  constit- 
uents and  being  banished  to  that  po- 
litical Hades  which  the  poetic  eye  of 
Mr.  Kelley  sees  peopled  with  "the 
sheeted  and  shiverlo^  ghosts  of  dead  Con- 
gressmen." Altogether,  the  debate  ren- 
dered it  sufSciently  obvious  that  retrench- 
ment as  an  article  of  what  the  Democrats 
are  pleased  to  caU  their  policy  is  "  played 
out."  Like  the  repudiation  ot  rebel  claims 
and  the  avoidance  of  Southern  subsidies,  it 
was  a  good  enough  pretest  till  after  the 
election. 


It  is  reported  that  the  Texas  Pacific  Rail- 
road lobby  is  by  no  means  discouraged  at 
the  delay  •f  that  job.  There  are  twenty- 
five  working  days  left  of  this  session  of 
Congress,  and  the  counting  of  the  Electoral 
vote  overshadows  all  legislation.  What  is 
to  be  done  for  the  Texas  Pacific  scheme 
must  be  done  with  a  rush.  Accordingly 
the  lobby  is  preparing  to  spring  the 
measure  in  the  House  when  the  bustle  aud 
confusion  of  the  last  days  of  the  session 
make  this  easier  than  it  is  now.  The  re- 
liance of  the  friends  of  honest  and  econom- 
ical legislation  is  on  the  vigilance  of  mem- 
bers opposed  to  the  bill.  It  appears  almost 
incredible  that  anybody  should  persist  iu 
torcingthis  job  now;  but  the  fact  that  such 
a  movement  seems  so  unlikely  is  one  of  the 
dangerous  elements  of  the  ca«e. 


PARTY  REORGANIZATION. 

It  would  be  unfair  to  hold  the  President 
responsible  for  opinions  imputed  to  him  in 
Democratic  quarters  in  regard  to  the  fature 

of  parties,  and  the  tendency  of  political 

events  in  the  Southern  States.  The  object 
of  Democratic  news-gatherers  in  repf  esent- 
ing  him  as  signalizing  the  close  of  his  Pres- 
idential career  by  impugning  the  status  of 
the  party  whose  heaviest  burdens  have 
grown  out  of  the  mistakes  of  his  Adminis- 
tration, is  too  obvious  to  be  mistaken.  Just 
as  it  has  suited  Democratic  journals  to 
coquet  with  the  New  York  Senator  whom, 
for  years,  they  have  alternately  ridiculed 
and  abused,  so  it  suits  them  to  find  pearls 
of  wisdom  in  the  utterances  of  a  President 
they  have  persistently  maligned.  There 
is  nothing  stirprising  in  Mr.  Conkuno's 
responses  to  the  overtures  of  his  life- 
long enemies.  The  transaction  is  suffi- 
ciently transparent  to  leave  no  room  for 
wonder  or  doubt.  The  President  is  some- 
what diJBferently  situated.  He  has  no 
grudge  to  gratify,  no  slight  to  avenge.  The 
Republican  Party  has  honored  him  as  it  has 
honored  few  other  men.  It  has  stood  by 
him  when  slandered  and  misrepresented ;  it 
has  sustained  him,  often  at  infinite  cost  to 
itself;  and  it  is  not  willing  to  believe  that 
he  intrusts  his  coafideuces  to  Democratic 
ears,  and  discusses  with  its  enemies  im- 
probable contingencies  of  its  existence. 
Mr.  Hewitt  was  not  credited  when  he  pro- 
fessed to  expound  the  President's  ideas  as 
to  the  Southern  vote  and  its  bearing  on  the 
Presidency ;  and  the  same  skepticism  prevails 
now  when  Mr.  Hewitt's  newspaper  friends 
put  into  the  President's  mouth  ideas  re- 
specting parties  which  presuppose  reverses 
and  changes  that  would  be  fatal  to  the  Re- 
publican organization.  Gen.  Grant  has 
not  attained  perfection  in  statesmanship, 
but  at  least  he  knows  how  to  distinguish 
between  supporters  and  assailants.  He 
may  not  be  wholly  pleased  with  the  dfrec- 
tion  events  have  taken,  but  only  his  slan- 
derers will  venture  to  allege  that  his 
present  Southern  policy  is  governed  by  a 
deliberate  determination  to  break  down  the 
Republican  Party  in  States  where  it  still 
struggles  for  existence. 

On  their  own  merits,  the  "  views  on  the 
dissolution  and  rehabilitation  of  the  old 
parties,"  which  the  World,  for  its  own  pur- 
poses, attributes  to  the  President,  are  not 
entitled  to  special  consideration.  He  must, 
indeed,  be  a  superficial  observer  who  imag- 
ines that  the  accession  of  a  Democratic 
President  would  be  followed  by  the  disin- 
tegration of  the  Democratic  Party  in  the 
Southern  States.  Long  continuance  in  office 
may  beget  dissensions,  but  for  some 
time  to  come  the  Democrats  would 
have  enough  work  on  hand  to  absorb 
their  energies  and  prevent  disputes  about 
trifles.  The  consolidation  of  their  power 
would  keep  them  united.  What  has  been 
done  in  the  interest  of  humanity  and  justice 
they  would  undo.  The  conditions  which 
have  made  Republican  success  possible 
would  be  destroyed.  Things  would  be  so 
reconstituted  a8*to  insure  Democratic  su- 
premacy. Recent  experience  has  shown  the 
folly  of  xelying  upon  a  moderate  element  as 
a  check  to  this  tendency.  The  Democracy 
which  dominates  at  the  South  is  of  the 
moat  pronounced  type.  Its  objects 
are'  aggressive,  its  means  nnscrupu- 
lons.  Hie  "  color  line "  may  mark  the 
boundaries  of  the  party,  but  it  can  never 
be  a  menace  to  the  party  itself.  And  until 
the  cherished  purposes  -of  the  party  are 
achieved,  it  has  nothing  to  apprehend  from 
State  questions.  The  issues  involved  in 
the  re-establishment  of  supremacy  in  local 
ttffUzs  axe  too  vital  to  b«  Babordinated  to 


jealousies.  Democratic  unity  is  as  absolute 
in  South  Carolina  or  Louisiana  as  in  Georgia 
or  Alabama^  and  the  operating  causes  are 
the  same  in  all  oases.  The  time  will 
come,  of  course,  when  changes  must 
occur.  The  conflicts  of  ambition,  the 
jarring  interests  of  different  localities, 
will  in  due  season  bring  forth  fruit.  But 
the  contingency  is  not  worth  considering 
now.  The  "  views  "  which  are  valuable  are 
those  which  relate  to  the  probabilities  of 
the  present,  not  the  possibilities  of  the  re- 
mote future.  As  for  the  supposition  that 
the  emigration  of  Northern  men  with  cap- 
ital and  enterprise  will  exercise  any 
appreciable  influence  on  Southern  politics, 
we  most  characterize  it  as  a  deliuion  which 
the  testimony  of  Northern  settlers  in  the 
South  rudply  overturns.  A  solid  Demo- 
cratic South  will  offer  so  temptation  to 
white  Republicans. 

As  the  party  of  progress  and  reform,  the 
Republican  Party  is  exposed  to  more  potent 
causes  of  change.  Itself  a  product  of 
change  in  the  composition  of  older  organi- 
zations, it  recognizes  the  necessity  of  study- 
ing closely  the  direction  of  events,  the  de- 
velopment of  principles,  and  the  adapta- 
tion of  its  policy  to  both.  There  might  be 
some  reason  for  speculating  upon  its  disso- 
lution if  there  were  within  its  ranks  a  fierce 
conflict  of  convictions  as  to  the  course  to 
be  pursued.  No  such  conflict  ex- 
ists. There  is  no  fundamental  difference 
among  its  members  in  reference  either 
to  abstract  principles  or  practical  ideas  of 
duty.  The  contest  at  Cincinnati  reveal- 
ed the  relative  worth,  and  also  the  rela- 
tive strength,  of  the  two  forces  at  work 
within  the  party  ;  and  the  result  possessed 
a  significance  much  wider  than  any  that 
could  be  involved  iu  mere  choice  between 
candidates.  The  vitality  of  the  party  as- 
serted itself,  and  the  "  rings"  were  broken. 
The  good  elements  gained  the  mastery 
over  the  bad.  And  in  thus  eman- 
cipating itself  from  influences  that 
had  impaired  its  usefulness,  and  from  pre- 
tensions that  were  irreconcilable  with  en- 
during prosperity,  it  demonstrated  the  in- 
herent power  of  principle  in  its  organiza- 
tion. A  party  thus  faithful  to  its  pledges, 
and  thus  equal  to  the  emergencies  which  in 
all  large  bodies  necessarily  arise,  cannot  be 
truthfully  spoken  of  as  at  the  mercy  of  an 
accident  in  the  settlement  of  an  election. 
Having  outlived  disciplined  and  really  dan- 
gerous hostility,  it  is  not  likely  to  sucoumb 
to  covert  assaults  from  some  of  its  disap- 
Dointed  members.  We  may  perhaps  wit- 
ness strange  mutations  in  the  party  rela- 
tionships of  individuals,  but  the  founda- 
tions of  the  Republican  organization  will 
remain  unshaken. 


TUB  VOICE  OF  A  STATE, 
How  does  a  State  speak  f    Through  what 
agencies  does  it  act  T    In  what  way  does  it 

give  expression  to  ita  wishes 'and  make 
known  its  will  T  These  are  questions  which 
the  people,  as  well  as  the  Electoral  Com- 
mission, are  proceeding  to  solve. 

The  Constitution  of  a  State  is  the  delib- 
erate, authentic  will  of  that  State.  The 
laws  of  a  State  are  the  voice  of  such  Stale, 
made  known  through  the   way  ordained 

for      that      voice       to       find       expression. 

The  Legislature  of  a  State  is  the 
law-making  agency  which  formulates 
into  statutes  the  State's  wishes  and  desires. 
The  Canvassing  Officers  and  Returning 
Boards  of  States  are  the  agents  through 
whom  the  State  acts  and  who  utter  its 
voice.  Within  the  province  of  their  duties 
they  are  the  State.  The  State  has  itself 
commissioned  these  Returning  Officers  and 
clothed  them  with  full  and  complete 
powers  to  do  a  particular  thing .  for  and  in 
behalf  of  the  State.  Acting  under  the  au- 
thority of  the  power  which  created  thorn, 
they  are  solely  responsible  to  the  State 
for  the  faitliful  performance  of  their 
State  duties.  They  are  not  acconntable  to 
or  punishable  by  a  neighboring  State,  or 
by  all  the ,  adjacent  States,  or  by 
all  the  States  of  the  Union  united 
into  a  Federal  Government.  They 
stand  in  the  same  relation  to  the 
United  States  as  other  State  ofilecra. 
They  are  responsible  to  the  General  Govern- 
ment or  to  bodies  like  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, that  had  nothing  to  do  with  their 
appointment,  to  the  same  extent  and  de- 
gree that  State  Treasurers,  Auditors,  and 
Probate  Judges  are  responsible.  A  State 
cannot  be  brought  before  the  bar  of  the 
House  of  Representatives  to  answer  for  con- 
tempt. If  it  can,  then  "  State  sovereignty" 
IS  as  meaningless  as  connty  sovereignty, 
township  sovereignty,  or  the  sovereignty 
of  a  tow  shirt. 

<  The  State  also  speaks  or  gives  expression 
to  its  voice  on  one  most  important  question, 
through  Electors  appointed  by  itself  by  ex- 
press command  of  the  national  Constitu- 
tion. These  Electors,  for  the  time  being, 
are  the  State,  acting  for  it,  and  it  only, 
while  discharging  exclusively  State  func- 
tions, and  ceasing  to  exist  as  Electors  on  the 
day  those  functions  are  performed.  States- 
men of  the  Revolution  have  told  us  that 
each  Electoral  College  has  the  same  right 
to  judge  of  the  qualifications  of  its  mem- 
bers as  Congress  has  to  judge  of  the  quali- 
fications of  members  of  Congress.  If  this 
authority  does  not  belong  to  the  Electoral 
College,    it   clearly    belongs    to    the    State 

which  appoints  or  creates  these  State  bodies.. 

It  is  no  answer  to  this  argniuent  of  the 
founders  of  the  Government  to  say  that  a 
State  may  appoint  an  ineligible  Elector. 
It  may  abuse  any  power,  great  or  small, 
which  has  been  plainly  and  distinctly 
granted.  The  General  Ctovernment  may 
do  the  same.  Congress  may  override 
the  plain  provisions  of  the  Consti- 
tution, and  it  is  remotely  possible 
that  the  Supreme  Court,  though  not  cut 
asunder  or  in  twain,  might  in  some  cases 
justify  Congressional  usurpation.  This  does 
not  prove  that  Congress  or  the  conrt  should 
be  stripped  of  all  power.  The  President  of 
the  United  States  might  appoint  a  circus 
clown  Minister  to  England,  or  a  negro  min- 
strel Chief  Justice,  but  this  is  no  sufficient 
reason  for  depriving  him  of  the  appointing 
power. 

The  Governor  of  a  State  gives  expression, 
in  whole  or  in  part,  to  the  voice  of  a  State, 
according  as  his  control  is  exclusive  or 
partial  over  the  subject  of  his  executive 
action.  In  the  grave  matter  of  the  ap- 
pointment of  State  Electors  for  Presi- 
dent and  Vice  President,  the  State 
acts  and,  'speaks  through  its  laws, 
its  Canvassing  or  Returning  Offioers,  and 
its  Electors,  and  hence  only  when  the  voice 
uttered  ia  ooncnzrent  and  barmonious  must 


it  be  taken  as  tnie  and  authentic.  The 
declaration  of  a  State  Executive,  uncontra- 
dicted by  that  of  other  officers  who  co- 
operated with  him  in  making  known  the 
will  of  a  State  in  any  matter  in  which  there 
is  joint  action,  is  authentio  and  conclusive. 
But  in  no  sense  is  an  executive 
declaration  the  voice  of  a  State 
in  cases  where  the  correctness  of  that  state- 
ment is  squarely  contradicted  by  the  official 
evidence  of  Canvassing  Officers,  official 
records,  State  Electors,  and  State  laws. 
Then,  and  then  only,  is  it  proper  for  the 
Vice  President  or  the  authorized  Federal 
auth(»ity  to  inquire  what  the  voice  of  the 
State  is.  When  that  voice  is  clear  and 
unequivocal,  it  should  be  respected,  because 
the  State  has  spoken  in  the  manner  in  which 
it  was  authorized  to  speak  by  the  Constitu- 
tion. 


MB.  CONKLINQ'S  STYLE. 

Mr.  CoNKLiNG,  as  we  have  recently 
learned  from  the  concurrent  testimony  of  a 
large  nnmbor  of  Democrats,  made  a  "  great 
speech"  when  the  Compromise  bill  was  be- 
fore the  Senate.  It  was  so  "  great "  that 
one  of  his  most  ardent  admirers  in  the 
Democratic  press  was  moved  to  call  atten- 
tion to  it  as  the  "greatest"  speech  of  that 
long  debate,  and  to  overwhelm  those  Re- 
publicans who  have  not  always  worshiped 
Mr.  CoNKLiNG  by  pointing  to  that  fact. 
Judged  by  the  time  taken  in  speaking,  no 
one  can  deny  the  greatness  of  the  effort. 
At  the  end  of  the  first  day,  Mr.  Edmunds, 
who  had,  if  we  may  be  allowed  to  say  so, 
acted  as  bottle-holder  to  Mr.  Conkling, 
helping  him  with  a  great  many  pointed  and 
well-aimed  phrases,  which  are  the  bright 
spots  in  this  expanse  of  oratory,  suggested 
to  the  Senate  that  his  friend  was  completely 
exhausted,  and  asked  for  an  adjournment. 
The  second  day,  Mr.  Conkung  did  not  re- 
cover from  his  exhaustion  in  time  to  be 
present  at  the  opening  of  the  Senate.  Ob- 
viously, from  its  effect  on  the  speaker,  the 
oration  w^as  a  remarkable  one. 

We  have  read  the  speech  careftilly,  and  we 
have  found  nothing  in  it  so  great  as  its  style. 
This  is,  indeed,  characteristic,  and  therefore 
necessarily  lofty.  In  the  opening  paragraphs 
of  the  speech  is  a  passage  which  will  show 
Mr.  Conkling's  idea  of  the  proper  dress  for 
his  thoughts.  He  quotes  the  language  of  the 
twelfth  article  of  the  Constitution  as  it  was 
originally  adopted  by  the  convention,  and 
he  wishes  to  say  that  it  was  referred  to  the 
Committee  on  Style,  not  that  the  meaning 
might  be  changed,  but  that  it  might  be 
made  as  clear  as  possible.  This  is  the  way 
the  Senator  goes  about  it : 

"At  length  the  provision  was  referred  to  the 
Committee  00  Style,  and  I  beg  to  inquire  for  what 
pnrpoaef  To  change  the  meaning  of  tboae  who  by 
little  Booretions  of  concurrence  had  built  up  step 
bv  itflp,  with  patience  and  care,  a  great  fabric  of 
government,  destined,  a*  they  believed,  u>  stand  so 
strong  and  last  so  lone  f  Was  the  purpose  of  the 
Committee  on  Style  and  of  those  who  tniated  the 

committee  to  taKe  liberties  with  sabstanoe  and  to 
change  the  etseneo  as  It  bad  been  agreed  to  f  O, 
no ;  but  to  define  the  meantns  more  sharply,  to  pro- 
ject it  more  distloctly  and  nnmiatakablT  before  the 
minds  of  those  who  in  a  far  future  would  appeal  to 
this  instrument  as  the  testament  and  revelation  of 
free  institutions." 

The  Senator's  begging  to  inquire  is  very 
like  him.    He  is  never  so  high  and  mighty 

us  in  his  intense  humility,  because  his  hu- 
mility is  always  assumed.  This  is  shown  iu 
the  apologetic  tone  with  which  he  makes 
his  most  arrogant  remarks  to  his  fellow- 
Senators.  His  air  is  often  that  of  genteel 
bullying  ;  aud  we  may  add  that  no  one  has 
more  often  than  Senator  Edmunds  ridicaled 
this  habit  of  Mr.  Conkling,  or  raised  a 
laugh  at  his  expense. 

But  to  return  to  Mr.  Conkling's  style.  It 
is,  as  wo  have  remarkeJ,  always  what  the 
text-books  would  call  "elevated."  If  he 
wishes  to  ask  whether  a  dead  man  can  be 
elected  President,  he  says:  "Was  it  de- 
signed that  votes  cast  for  one  dead  should 
be  counted,  and  that  he  should  fill  with  an 
aching  void  the  office  of  President  of  the 
United  States  t  Would  that  be  *  agreeable ' 
to  the  Constitution  T  "  The  Senator's  con- 
ception of  vigor  is  nicely  displayed  in  sup- 
posing that  if  a  void  would  not  bo  agreea- 
ble to  the  Constitution,  an  "  aching  void  " 
would  be  specially  disagreeable. 

Mr.  Conkling  is  not  content  with  ex- 
pressing the  grandeur  of  his  own  mind ;  he 
desires  to  impress  it  upon  what  others  have 
to  say.  For  instance,  the  minority  of  a 
House  committee  reported  that  Colorado 
was  not  a  State.  That  does  not  satisfy  Mr. 
Conkling,  who  makes  them  declare  that 
"  Colorado  is  inchoate,  incousummate  as  a 
member  of  the  Union,  her  Statehood  being 
in  the  chrysalis."  This  is,  of  course,  much 
finer.  The  figures  of  speech  in  this  "  great" 
effort  are  among  the  most  i-emarkable 
things  about  it.  Mr.  Conkliko  refers  to  the 
Supreme  Court 'Justices  as  "  holding  their 
commissions  for  life,  and  as  independent  of 
parties  and  factions  as  is  the  monarch  of 
the  skies."  Who  or  what  is  the  monarch  of 
the  skies  thus  independent  of  parties  and 
factions  we  do  not  know,  nor,  probably, 
does  Mr.  Conkling.  Again,  Mr.  Conk- 
ling refers  to  the  Republic  as  "the 
only  considerable  experiment  of  free 
government  extant  on  the  globe — an  ex- 
periment which,  should  it  fail,  would 
turn  the  clock  of  ages  far  back  on  the  dial." 

It  would  be  pleaaant  to  know  by  what  pro- 
cess a  clock,  even  a  clock  of  ages,  can  be 
turned  back  upon  the  dial,  or  by  what  rea- 
soning Mr.  Conkling  has  discovered  that 
England  and  France  are  not  entitled  to  be 
ranked  even  as  "  considerable  experiments" 
in  free  government. 

Mr.  Morton,  in  one  of  his  speeches,  had 
said  in  substance  that  the  President  of  the 
Senate  must  decide  in  case  of  double  returns, 
"  ex  neceaaitate  rei,^  because  no  one  else  was 
authorized  to  do  so.  The  contemplation  of 
this  very  simple  statement  causes  Mr. 
Conkling  to  break  out  in  the  following 
manner,  "  Necessity :  that  arch-fiend  and  foe 
of  government,  that  prolific  mother  and 
apology  for  anarchy,  revolution,  despotism, 
aud  fraud,  ever  since  the  human  govern- 
ment began.  The  pretensions  of  necessity 
have  age  after  age  af&ighted  humanity, 
trampled  on  right,  gendered  wars,  and 
swept  realms  and  rulers, 

"  Through  caverns  measureless  to  man, 
Down  to  a  sunless  sea." 

Not  satisfied  with  this  whirlwind  of  meta- 
phor, Mr.  Conkling  turns  on  the  unfor- 
tunate President  of  the  Senate,  and  cries 
out,  "  This  bastard  child  of  destiny,  born  in 
the  throes  of  an  exigency  specially  ar- 
ranged by  the  refusal  of  Congress  to  legis- 
late, rising  above  the  Constitution,  is  to  de- 
cide, and  when  be  has  decided,  from  the 
rising  of  the  sun  even  to  the  going 
down  of  the  sabie.  there  shall  not  be  one 


man  who  does  not  bow  meekly  and 
reverently  to  his  decision."  But  the  fol- 
lowing is,  perhaps,  the  most  successful 
of  Mr.  Conkung's  sentences.  He  is  trying 
to  say  that  the  .Government  cannot  go  on  if 
its  officers  will  not  act :  "  Whenever  repre- 
sentatives, and  States,  and  people,  forsake 
the  Government  and  leave  it  to  languish 
and  die,  it  will  go  down,  as  other  Govern- 
ments have  gone,  to  the  sepulchre  of 
blasted  nationalities  and  buried  epochs." 
These  are  a  few  of  the  gems  of  Mr.  Conk- 
lino's  style.  They  are  frankly  acknowl- 
edged as  his  own. 

But  he  sometimes  has  a  trick  of  putting 
his  finest  phrases  into  the  month  of  some 
one  else,  as  if  he  were  too  modest  to 
father  them  all  himself.  In  speaking 
of  a  recommendation  of  the  Constitu- 
tional Convention  to  Congress  before  the 
instrament  was  ratified,  he  remarks,  as  if 
he  were  giving  dignity  to  his  proposition  : 
"  Geologists  woidd  say  it  was  prehistoric." 
Obviously,  geologists,  who  are  compelled  to 
say  what  they  mean  in  order  to  get  a  hear- 
ing, would  say  nothing  of  the  kind.  Again, 
wishing  to  state  tJiat  the  Constitution 
might  be  set  going  by  a  suggestion  from 
the  convention,  he  says :  "  It  might  be,  as 
the  French  would  say,  by  an  impulsion." 
Impulsion  is  a  practically  obsolete  synonym 
for  impulse,  of  French  derivation,  but  a 
Frenchman  would  not  translate  his  own 
word  by  it,  nor  would  he  be  guilty  of  the 
vulgarity  of  using  the  French  word  when 
the  plain  every-day  English  would  be  in 
every  way  better.  In  conclnsion,  we  may 
remark  that  Mr.  Conkling's  oratorical 
style  is  not  adapted  to  debate,  but  that  is 
of  little  consequence,  for  Mr.  Conkling 
rarely  tries  it  in  debate,  and  never  really 
debates  when  he  employs  it.  It  is,  in  short, 
a  style  more  for  show  than  use. 


THE  COURSE  OF  FOREIGN  TRADE. 

The  returns  of  the  Bureau  of  Statistics 
show  that  the  imports  of  merchandise  for 
December  were  $32,^9,460,  against  $31,324,- 
755,  and  $36,852,000  for  the  corresponding 
month  in  1875  and  1874  respectively,  being 
an  increase  of  $1,034,705  over  December, 
1875,  which  month  itself  showed  a  decline 
of  $5,527,245  as  compared  with  the  cor- 
responding time  in  1874.  With  the  excep- 
tion of  January,  December  was  the  only 
month  in  last  year  which  failed  to  show  a 
decline  as  compared  with  1875,  and  the 
fact,  as  far  as  a  single  month  is  signifi- 
cant, indicates  that  the  downward  move- 
ment in  imports  since  1872  is,  perhaps,  now 
arrested.  In  part  balancing  an  extraor- 
dinarily large  export  trade  for  the  month, 
the  imports  of  specie  are  large  for  Decem- 
ber, being  $11,884,286,  against  $1,428,808  in 
1875.  The  following  is  the  import  move- 
ment, gold  values,  for  the  two  calendar 
years  : 

187a  1875.  Decrease. 

Merchand{8e.|4!20. 612,706      t503,010,181      $76,397,475 

Specie 34,479.397'  22,775,949         11.703,448 


Total.... t461,092, 103     1525,786,130      t6i694,027 
The  following   is   a  comparative  showing 
of  the  imports  of  merchandise  and  specie  re- 
spectively ioi  the  last  eight  calendar  years : 

Mercbandise.  Specie.  Total. 

1876 t426,C12  706  $34,479,397        $461,092,103 

1875 503,010.181  22.775,949         525.786.130 

1874 562,156.334      15.253,804     577,410,138 

1873 561.808,260     27,528,838    589,337,098 

1872 614,397.434     19,624  779    634,022.213 

1871 573.111.099  16,804.415  589,915,514 

1870 461,090,303  25,605,370         480,695,673 

18C9 438,535,994  2i888,42T         463,424,421 

The  following  shows  the  changes  in  each 
of  the  three  columns  annually  since  1869, 
comparing  each  year  with  the  next  previous 
one,  the  changes  not  designated  with  an 
asterisk  being  decline : 

Merchandise.  Specie.  TotaL 

1876 $76,397,475  •111,703,448  $64,694,027 

1875 59,146.153  ♦7.522.145  51,624,008 

1874 •348.074  12,275.034  11,926.960 

1873 52,589,174  7,901059  44.685,115 

1872 *41.286.335  *2,820.364  •41,106.699 

1871 *112.020.796  8,800,955  *103,219,841 

1870 •23,554,309  •716,943  •23.371,252 

Turning  now  to  exports,  the  comparison 
is  as  follows  for  the  last  two  calendar  years, 
gold  values  : 

1870.  1 873,  Changes. 
Domestic 

prod  nee.  $575. 698, 040  $497,263,737  *$78,434,303 

For.  mdse.     14,9-23.743  13,683.685  •1,240,058 


Total  g'dg.f.^90,621,783        $510,947,422        '•#79,674,361 
Specie $56  354,445         $79,303,514         $22,949,049 


Specie.  Total. 

$56,354,465  $646,976,248 

79,303,514  500,250,930 

70,737,075  640,600,173 

60,592,497    .     566,792,051 

95.563,413  515,146,652 

77,440,470  537.792,558 

80.950,725  484,438,897 

56.765.991  393,731,999 

Specie.  Total. 

•$22,949,049  $56,725,312 

8,576.439  •50,349,237 

10,134.578  73,808,123 

-34,969.916  51,645,399 

18,121,943  •22.645,906 

•3,510,255  53,353,661 

34,161,734  90,706,898 


Total. .1646,976,248        #590,250.936        *(56,725,312 

The  following  tables,  using  gold  values 
only,  show  the  export  movement  during 
the  past  eight  years,  and  the  changes  in 
each  of  the  three  columns  annually  since 
1869,  comparing  each  year  with  the  next 
previous  one,  the  changes  not  designated 
being  increase  : 

Dom.  and  Por. 
Pred.  and  Mdse. 

1876 $590,621,783 

1875 510,947,222 

1874 569,873,098 

1873 506,199.554 

1879 419.584,239 

1871 460,352,088 

1870 403,488172 

1869 336.94G.008 

Dom.  and  For. 
Prod,  and  Mdse. 

1876 $79,674,361 

1875 *59.925,676 

1874 63,673,544 

1873 86.615,315 

1878 40,767,849 

1871 56,863.916 

1870 66,.542,164 

Again,  comparing  the  imports  with  the 
exDorts  during  the  eight  years — ^in  one  case 
with  specie  included  in  both,  and  in  the 
other  with  specie  deducted  from  both — we 
have  the  following  result,  the  figures  being 
the  excess  of  one  qnantity  over  the  other  : 

, — Specie  Included. — .  '— Specie  Bxcladed. — 

Imports.          Exports.  Imports.         Exports. 

1876 $185,884,145       $164,009,077 

1875 64.464,806        7,937,241 

1874 63,190,035        7,716,764 

1873.. $22,545,047         $55,608,696         

1873.-118,875,561         194,813,195        

1871..  52,122.956    112,759,011    

1870..  2,256,776    57,602,131    

1869.-69,692.422    101.589,986    

The  net  specie  movement  during  the  eight 
years  is  an  export  of  $390,756,171, 
which,  being  less  than  the  production 
of  the  precious  metals,  should  apparently 
leave  some  increase  of  the  .stock  remain- 
ing in  the  country.  The  net  excess  of  ex- 
ports tor  the  period  is  $48,046,324,  due 
entirely  to  the  past  year ;  in  the  total  of 
the  exports,  the  month  of  December  was  the 
climax,  the  domestic  produce  being  $76,- 
569,688,  currency,  (the  largest  ever  recorded 
in  a  month,)  against  $64,114,991  for  the 
same  month  in  1875,  $61,228,000  in  1874,  and 
$69,457,000  in  1873.  As  shown  in  the 
table  immediately  preceding,  the  foreign 
trade  exactly  reversed  its  movement  in 
1873,  an  excess  of  imports  becoming  then  an 
excess  of  exports  and  maintaining  that 
Dosition  since.    Comnarinir  1876  with  1872. 


that  year  having  the  heaviest  imports  re- 
corded, we  find  a  decline  of  $187,784,728  in 
merchandise  imx>orts  and  of  $172,930,110  in 
total  imports ;  comparing  1876  with  1872, 
we  And  an  increase  of  $171,037,544  in  goods 
exports,  and  of  $131,829,596  in  exports  in- 
cluding specie.  An  excess  of  $118,875,561 
total  imports  over  exports  in  1872  is  turned 
in  1876  into  an  excess  of  $185,884,145  of  ex- 
ports over  imports.  Comparing  1876  with 
1875,  there  is  an  excess  of  total  imports  of 
$185,884,145,  against  $64,464,806  in  1875  ;  or, 
taking  goods  traffic  alone,  the  past  year 
shows  an  export  excess  of  $164,009,077, 
against  one  of  $7,937,241,  of  this  latter 
change  $79,674,361  being  rise  in  exports  and 
$76,397,475  decline  in  exports.  In  its  for- 
eign trade  movement,  the  year  1876  may  be 
adjudged  almost  unexampled. 

What  are  the  rational  conclusions  to  be 

drawn  from  this  exhibition  of  changes  so 
great,  and  in  a  business  so  great,  as  to  be 
of  commanding  importance  to  the  financial 
situation,  especially  when  that  situation  is 
as  delicate  as  that  of  the  United  States  at 
present  f  We  see  the  panic  reverse  the 
movement  of  foreign  trade  almost  as  sharply 
and  completely  as  an  engineer  reverses  his 
engine,  and  then  see  the  changed  move- 
ment continue  with  scarcely  an  interrup- 
tion, until  it  seems  to  havd  culminated  in 
the  third  year  following.  That  it  has  cul- 
minated yet  is  not  quite  certain,  but  at 
least  the  mference  is  clear  that  the  causes  of 
the  crisis  were  deeper  and  its  operation 
more  thorough  than  was  generally  sup- 
posed. The  great  fact  which  stands  out— 
the  changes  in  the  specie  movement  having 
comparatively  little  significance— is  that  a 
heavy  decline-  of  purchases  abroad  is 
coupled  -with  a  heavy  increase  of  sales 
abroad. 


tion  of  Rev.  Dr.  Oweh  was  doe  selel^ 
to  the  fact  that  his  tailor  had  told  thi 
truth.  The  reverend  gentleman  himsel 
proved  this  fact  in  an  eloquent  and  learned 
dissertation  upon  hia  calamity.  "  My  tai- 
lors," he  remarked,  "warrant  their  goods  to 
be  of  fine  wool,  wholly  free  ftoxa.  any  mix- 
ture of  cotton.  The  keen  hound  ascertained 
this  fact  by  scent  and  next  by  taste,  and 
then  literally  jumped  at  the  conclusion  that 
beneath  the  8heei>'s  clothing  lurked  the 
wolf"  The  dog,  it  must  be  remembered, 
was  a  wolf-dog,  whose  ancestors  for  cen- 
turies hunted  the  fierce  Pyreneean  wolf,  an^ 
who  was  well  aware  that  it  is  the  habit  oi 
the  wolf  to  dress  himself  in  sheep's  skin,  in 
order  to  ply  in  comparative  safety  his  in- 
famous trade.  When  the  dog  found  "  all- 
wool"  clothing  inclosing  something  that  by 

no  stretch  of  canine  imagination  could  bf 

regarded  as  a  sheep,  he  naturally  decided 
that  he  had  detected  a  wolf  in  illicit  prac- 
ticen,  and  thereupon  tore  him  to  pieces  to 
such  an  extent  as  circumstances  permitted. 
All  this  would  have  been  avoided  if  the 
excessively  and  unnecessarily  truthful 
tailors  had  sold  the  clergyman  the  usual 
mixture  conventionally  called  "  all  wool." 
The  suspicions  of  the  dog  would  not  have 
been  aroused,  the  clergyman  would  not  have 
been  "worried,"  and  he  would  not  have 
prosecuted  his  parishioner.  Doubtless,  no 
such  event  -will  ever  again  ociur  ;  but  thp 
next  time  some  eccentric  tailor  feels  a 
morbid  impulse  to  makS  his  cloth  literally 
answer  to  the  description  "  all  wool,"  he 
should  remember  the  fate  of  Dr.  Owen,  and 

reconsider  his  rash  purpose. 


AMUSEMENTS. 


TAILORS  AND   TRUTH, 

It  is  tjje  invariable  habit  of  the  tailor, 
when  exhibiting  a  piece  of  goods  which 
he  remarks,  "-will  make  up  beautiful," 
to  assure  his  customer  that  it  is  "  all  wool." 
This  assurance  is  never  believed,  and  the 
tailor  knows  that  it  never  will  be.  Hence 
he  regards  it  as  a  mere  conventional  form 
of  speech,  intended  to  add  a  gaudy  lustre 
to  the  dull  routine  of  business,  and  devoid 
of  any  moral  bearing.  Some  of  our  most 
profound  tailors,  who  are  at  the  same  time 
as  truthful  as  the  exigencies  of  their  busi- 
ness will  permit,  stoutly  maintain  that  no 
real  violation  of  the  truth  is  involved  in 
this  assertion,  and  that  the  theory  that  a 
taUor  is  guilty  of  falsehood  in  caUing  cot- 
ton "  all  wool "  is  a  morbid  and  wholly  un- 
justifiable one. 

No  man  can  violate  a .  long-established 
custom  with  impunity.  There  are  instances 
on  record  in  which  the  sudden  telling  of 
the  truth  by  a  reckless  and  selfish  politician 
has  proved  the  ruin  of  his  party.  For  a 
tailor  to  either  abstain  from  the  customary 
assurance  that  his  cloth  is  "all  wool,''  ox  to 
actually  sell  cloth  of  which  that  assurance 
is  literally  and  completely  true,  would  be 
to  invite  a  convulsion  of  nature  or  some 
equally  vigorous  calamity.  Hitherto,  no 
taUor  has  tried  the  hazardous  experiment, 
but  now  we   are  told  cflf  an  English  tailor 

who  sold  an  exclusively  woolen  piece  of 
cloth  under  the  usual  guaranty  that  it  was 
"  aU  wool,"  and  thereby  struck  a  blow  at 
the  whole  fabric  of  English  society,  besides 
seriously  damaging  the  Established  Church. 

It  happened  in  this  wise:  Be  v.  Dr. 
Owen  was  the  Rector  of  a  rural  parish, 
who  accepted  an  invitation  to  visit  a  fair 
parishioner  who  was  devoted  to  the  Church 
and  addicted  to  dogs.  A  woman  may  be 
known  by  the  dogs  she  keeps ;  and  the  fact 
that  Mrs.  Honeywood,  the  lair  parishioner 
in  question,  kept  a  Pyreneean  wolf-dog, 
shows  that  she  had  a  soul  above  croquet, 
worsted-work,  and  the  frivolities  that  char- 
acterize the  woman  who  associates  with 
poodles  and  King  Charles  spaniels.  When 
the  good  Rector  visited  her,  she  led  him 
forth  into  the  garden  to  discuss  the  condi- 
tion of  the  heathen  and  to  show  him  her 
dog.  He  entered  that  garden  a  placid, 
clean,  and  contented  clergyman,  but  he  was 
destined  to  emerge  from  it  a  demoralized, 
denuded,  and  partially  disintegrated  man. 

The  dog  was  young,  and  was  unacquaint- 
ed with  the  taste  or  scent  of  clergymen. 
He  was  naturally  an  intelligent  dog  who 
had  made  the  most  of  his  educational  facili-* 
ties,  and  had  already  learned  the  difference 
in  flavor  between  the  legs  of  the  footman, 
the  "buttons,"  and  the  house-maid.  Had 
clergymen  been  thrown  in  his  way,  he  would 
undoubtedly  have  sampled  a  few  of  them, 
and  having  thus  satisfied  his  thirst  for 
knowledge,  would  have  abstained  from 
further  ecclesiastical  investigations.  It  cer- 
tainly was  not  his  fault  that  when  he  saw 
his  first  clergyman,  in  the  person  of  Rev. 
Dr.  Owen,  he  mentally  remarked,  "  Here's 
something  new  in  legs,"  and  promptly  pro- 
ceed to  collect  data  with  a  view  to  their 
classification  as  a  species  distinct  from  the 
household  legs  with  which  he  was  already 
familiar. 

No  sooner  had  this  enterprising  animal 
made  a  few  preliminary  sniffis  at  Dr. 
Owen's  legs,  and  tasted  a  trifle  of  coat-tail, 
than  he  retired  a  few  paces,  in  order  to  get 
a  fair  start,  and  then  sprang  upon  his  -vic- 
tim with  violent  and  determined  yells.  For 
the  next  five  minutes  the  air  was  filled  with 
fragments  of  cloth  and  clergyman,  and  a 
welkin,  which  happened  to  be  conveniently 
near,  rang  like  a  patent  railway  switch 
bell.  Mrs.  Honetwood,  with  great  pres- 
ence of  mind,  went  into  the  house  for  a 
broom  and  dust-pan,  being  unwilling  that  a 
Dissenting  house-maid  should  have  the  priv- 
ilege of  sweeping  up  the  Rector.  By  the 
time  she  had  returned  to  the  scene  with  her 
household  implements  the  greater  part  of 
the  Rector  had  escaped  over  the  palings, 
and  the  infuriated  dog  was  worrying  the 
larger  pieces  that  had  been  left  behind. 

Fearful  that  the  accident  might  create  a 
coolness  between  herself  and  her  spiritual 
guide,  Mrs.  HonetWood  wrote  him  a  note, 
apologizing  for  the  playfulness  of  her  pet, 
and  hoping  that  it  had  not  caused  him 
"  ajiy  inconvenience."  She  also  sent  him  a 
partially  chewed  rag,  remarking,  "  I  found 
the  inclosed  piece  of  cloth  on  the  gravel 
walk,  and  send  it  to  you,  as  I  think  it  be- 
longs to  your  great-coat,  and  you  may  be 
able  to  put  it  in."  Strange  as  it  may  seem, 
this  cheerful  note  did  not  produce  the  de- 
sired effect.  The  Rector  answered  it,  but 
he  also  procured  a  summons  requiring  Mrs. 
Honeywood  to  answer  the  charge  of  keep- 
ing a  dangerous  wild  beast. 

-It  is  interesting  to  note,  the  sequence  of 
events  that,  to  the  careless  observer,  seem 
to  be  totaUy  unconnected.    The  disinte^ra- 


the  opera  bouffb. 

"  La  Pille  de  Mme.  Angrot "  was  given  af 
the  Eagle  Theatre,  last  evening.  The  performance 
was  a  respectable  one  at  all  points,  and,  so  far  as  the 
two  principal  personaees  were  concerned,  the  opera 
has  under  no  circumstances  bad  a  better  repre* 
sentation.  Mile.  Aim^e  still  personates  ClairetU 
and  while  her  portrayal  is,  in  a  dramatic  sense,  as 
lively.as  piqnant,  and  as  droll  as  heretofore,  her  sing- 
ing is  certainly  more  artistic  than  ever,  and  quiti 
as  significant  as  it  is  finished.  The  lady  manages 
her  voice  with  far  greater  skill  than  she  possessed 
some  years  since,  and  in  eneh  really  gracsfo] 
and  daintily-written  music  as  LecocQ's,  quality  o( 
tone  and  excellence  ot  phrasing  are  of  special  im- 
portance. To  the  more  "  pronounced  "  namhers  of 
the  score,  Mile.  Aim6e'8  Tivacitr  and  emphasis 
are,  of  course,  equal,  and  the  quar- 
rel-duets and  Clairette't  assertion  of  hsi 
nghis  and  privileges  as  Mme.  Acgot's  Dau2ht«z 
were,  yesterday  evening,  loudly  applauded.  M. 
Raonlt  is  a  capital  Ange  Fitou.  He  invests  the 
sweet  and  seml-sentimental  airs  allotted 
to  the  character  with  the  reqaisiti 
charm  of  morbidezza,  and  the  actor's  lac> 
ot  hainor  is  not  apparent,  as  in  other  rAles.  thanti 
to  the  half-poetical  type  he  represents.  The  re 
mainder  ot  the  east  does  not  caU  for  notice.  Thi 
house,  last  night,  was  crowded  In  every  part. 


BRIEF  NOTES. 

The  New- York  Aquarium  can  be  visited  to 
day,  as  osaal.    * 

"  All  For  Her  "  will  be  acted  this  afternoon 
at  Wallack's  Theatre. 

"Lemons"  will  be  acted  this  afternoon  at 

the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre. 

The  San  Francisco  Minstrels  offer  an  aprh 
midi  entertainment  to-day. 

"  Our  Boarding  House  "  is  to  be  the  attrao 
tion  Rt  the  Park  Theatre  this  afternoon. 

A  matinfie  representation  by  Mr.  Heller  may 

hs  attended  at  the  Wonder  Theatre  to-day. 

"Uncle  Tom's  Cabin"  will  be  performed 
twice  to-day  at  the  New  Broadway  Theatre. 

"Around  the  World  in  80  Days"  -will  bo 
performed  at  to-day's  matinee  at  Niblo's  Theatre. 

A  matinee  representation  of  "The  Big  Bo- 
nanza" may  be  enjoyed  this  afternoon  at  .the 
Olympio  Theatre. 

"La  JoUe  Parfumeuse"  will  be  sung  this  af- 
ternoon at  the  Eagle  Theatre,  and  "  La  Fiile  de 
Mme.  Angot "  will  be  given  there  this  evening. 

"  The  Plying  Dutchman  "  was  repeated  at 
the  Academy  of  Music  last  evening,  and  this  after- 
nson  "  Ths  Bohemian  Girl  "  will  be  sung  there. 

Mr.  Thomas'  fourth  symphony  concert  takes 
place  at  Steinway  Hall  this  evening,  with  the  in- 
teresting programme  already  referred  to  in  these 
columns. 

"  The  School  for  Scandal "  -will  be  acted  at 
the  Lyceum  Theatre  this  evening,  the  proceeds  of 
the  performance  accruing  to  the  funds  of  the  Roses' 
dale  Mission. 


NORTH  CAROLiyA  REPUDIATORS. 
Speaking  of  the  ante-war  bonds  of  North 
Carolina,  the  Baleigh  Obgener  (Demoeratio,  ot 
course)  says  in  its  issue  of  the  Ist  inst. :  "No  man 
who  raised  his  hand  against  North  Carolina  during 
the  late  war  has  now  any  claim  upon  the  State  in  bon- 
oror  m  morals.  If  any  such  has  any  claim  in  law,  to 
the  law  let  him  look  for  its  enforcement.  To  the 
payment  of  claims  of  ante-war  bondholders,  not 
Citizens,  who  gave  neither  aid  nor  comfort  to  the 
war  against  us,  of  course  no  such  objection  can  bo 
made,  save  that  growins  out  of  our  poverty;  and, 
in  theory  at  least,  they  are  to  be  paid  in  such  meas- 
ure and  at  sucn  time  as  we  mny  be  able  to  pay.  3ut 
what  about  the  handful  of  our  own  people  who  hold 
ante-war  bonds  f  They  contend  that  they  ought  to 
be  paid.  We  reply  that  their  case  is,  indeed,  a  hatd 
one,  hut  we  deny  that  it  is  any  harder  than  that  ot 
the  owners  of  war  bonds,  or  than  that  of  the  own- 
ers of  negroes.  War  bonds  were  property  and  ne- 
groes were  property  jtist  as  ante-war  bonds  wer« 
property.    Is  there  any  reason  in  natural  Jastice 

and  equity  why  a  man  sboald  be  com- 
pelled to  lose  a  negro  or  a  war  bond  rather 
than  an  ante-war  bond?  Tbe  law  made  them  all 
property.  It  is  an  old  and  an  approved  maxim  la. 
equity  that  he  wh«  asks  equity  must  himself  first 
do  equity.  Are  owners  of  old  bonds  prepared  to 
say  that  owners  of  negroes  and  owners  of  war 
bonds  ought  to  be  paid  I  If  they  are  cot  prepared 
so  to  say,  with  what  pretense  to  equal  dealing  can 
they  claim  payment  for  old  bonds  t  Which  is  tho 
greater  Inlnstioe,  to  leave  the  negro  ptoperty  un- 
paid for  and  to  pay  the  bonds,  or  to  leave  both  Jusk 
where  tbe  war  left  them  ?  The  negro  owners  and 
tho  war-bond  owners  are  our  own  people.  The 
ante-war  bond  owners  are  but  few  of  them  North 
Carolinians.  It  the -old  bondholders  are  entitled  to 
be  paid,  then  the  war-bond  owners  are  entitled  to 

be  paid,  and  ao  are  the  negro  owners." 


MR.  STSPHXJVJSr  ILL1SE8S. 

The  Augusta  (Qa.)  Chronicle  prints  an  ex- 
tract from  a  private  letter  from  a  fnend  of  Hon. 
Alexander  H.  Stephens, '  in  Washington,  in  which 
the  writer  says  :  "  Mr.  Stephens  has  been  onable 
to  write  or  dictate  answers  to  his  numerous  cor- 
respondents. He  is  again  prostrated,  and  requires 
constant  watoblng  day  and  night,  I  cannot  dispel 
the  idea  that  he  Is  laboring  under  a  disease  of  ths 
heart,  which  will  sooner  or  later  break  the'  brittle 
thread  tnat  binds  him  to  earth.  He  has  become 
greatly  depressed  in  spirits  within  the  past  3fl 
hours.  It  is  not  because  he  1^  afraid  thai  his  eod 
is  near,  but  it  is  b«canse  of  the  necullar  symptom  c 
of  the  disease  and  the  disappointment  of  not  being 
able  to  participate  in  the  discussion  of  the  Electoral 
bill  while  before  the  House.  He  has  been  exceed- 
ingly  anxious  to  do  something  for  his  country  lo 
this  her  emergency,  and  to  put  upon  record  the 
evidence  of  hiii  sincere  desire  to  secure  her  peace, 
prosperity,  and  hapi^lness-  While  disapproving 
some  of  the  features  of  the  Kleotoral  biU.  yet,  had 
be  been  in  bis  seat  to-day,  be  voold  have  botl^ 
spoken  and  voted  for  It." 

.  AS  APPEAL  FOR  HOBART  OOLLEOE. 
^  President  Hinsdale,  of  Hobart  College,  at 
Greneva,  N.  X.,  has  Issued  an  appeal  for  aid  to  that 
InsUtntion.  He  aays  that  its  financial  condition, 
thanks  to  excellent  management,  is  sound,  and  Its 
indebtednssa  hat  a  trifle.  The  present  corps  of 
ProfesHSors  ia  able  and  effloient ;  and  the  scholar- 
ship exact  and  thorough ;  but,  if  thev  are  to  keep 
up  with  the  demands  of  the  times,  they  will  -need 
additional  funds  to  complete  the  renovation  ot 
Trinity  and  Qeneva  Halls ;  to  ereot  a  library  build- 
ing; to  reconstruct  the  main  central  building  cob* 
neotlBg  the  two  balls:  endow  a  Professorship  of 
"History  and  PolltiMd  Boonomy,"  and  a  Professor- 
ship  of  "Chemistry  and  Geology."  and  lo  establish 
mote  soborlarsbips  to  aid  worthy  and  needy  yoang 
men  not  proposing  to  enter  toe  minlstr>.  In  secnr- 
loft  a  obllegtote  elnoatlon,  to  fit  theax  lior  otbM 
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PASSED  OVER  JO  THE  MAJOBITT. 

A.  HTTMOBIST,  THE  SISTER  OF  BACBBI,,  AND 
THR  EDITOR  OB"  THE  REVUE  DBS  DEUX 
HOKDSS— SOCBZTHINa  ▲BOUr  ALL  OV 
TBEM. 

Drom  Our  Own  Correapoitden!. 

Pabm,  Wednesday,  Jan.  17, 1877. 
The  carnival  season  is  by  no  means  gay, 
and,  for  all  tbe  high  hopes  we  cherished  a  fort- 
nijtbt  ago,  1877  begins  in  a  lugubrioos  fashion. 
The  weather  is  snperb,  but  it  seems  unseason- 
able. All  persons  afflicted  with  gout  would  do 
well  to  avoid  Paris  fat  this  moment,  for  they 
will  live  in  the  midst  of  tortures  while  hearine 
people  insolently  strong  and  bealthy  rejoicing 
in  the  state  of :  the  weather.  Since  the  begin- 
ning  of  the  oenctury  there  has  been  but  one 
season  at  all  comparable  to  this — ^the  fine  In- 
dian Summer  days  having  lasted  nniil  near 
the  advent  of  Spring,  yet  the  Faculty  assures 
oa  that  such  weather  is  unseasonable  and  un- 
healthy. Zymotic  .  di^ases  •  are  prevalent. 
Typhoid  and  typhusifevers  are  cauaing  alarm 
on  account  of  the  ^  fatal  character  they  have 
assumed,  and  Summer  complaints  are  by  no 
means  rare.  The  death  rate  has  largely  in- 
creased. During  the  ftrst  fortnight  of  the  year 
an  unusuallT  large  number  of  nersons  "  passed 
over  to  the  m%]ora:y,"  and  among  them 
several  known  tOj  fame.  There  was 
Henri  Monaier,  the  (creator  of  Joseph  Prud- 
bomme,  the  type  off  the  French  bourgeois. 
Every  visitor  to  France  and  every  reader  of 
French  knows  M.  Frndhomme,  whose  fitrure  is 
given  every  week  in  lihe  illustrated  papers.  It 
was  Henri  Monnler  who  first  brought  out  this 
character,  but  the  Gomte  de  No^,  better  known 
over  his  signature  of  ^'  Cham,"  has  been  main- 
ly instnuDental  in  rendering  it  famous.  For 
the  benefit  of  those  who  have  never  read 
French,  let  me  say  that  the  celebrated  carica- 
turist is  the  second  son  of;  Count  Noah,  (No6,) 
'  and  hence  he  signs  himself  "  Shem,"  or 
"  Cham," — ^pronounced  "  Kami" — as  this  Bibli- 
cal name  is  written  in  French.  ^  "  Cham  "  has 
succeeded  to  his  father's  title,bind  is  now  the 
Comte  de  No^  himself,  though  he  continues  bis 
artistic  career.  Every  week  he  prints  in  The 
Charivari  the  result  of  his  meditations  upon 
men  and  things,  and,  though  largely  used  dur- 
ing the  past  decade  or  so,  his  tcrayon  has  lost 
Qooe  of  its  brilliancy.  "  Ckaov''  has  maae  the 
figure  of  Joseph  Prudbomme  known  to  the  en- 
tire world,  and  presents  him  weekly  with  his 
wise      sawa      and      apothegms.        His      mode 

of  reasoning  is  peculiar,  and:  peculiar, 
1  may  add,  to  the  class  cto  which 
he  belongs.  Ho  .  is  always  ,  tbe  essence 
of  the  bourgeoisie.  "  I  do  not  Uke  spinach," 
exclaims  M.  Prudbomme '  at  a  publio.  dinner, 
"  and  1  amr^ery  glad  that  I  do  not,.£br-if  1  did 
like  it  I  should  eat  some,  and  there  >is  nothing 
I  detest  so  much  as  spinach."  And  .  when  the 
firemen  come  to  present  a  sword  to  M.  Prud- 
bomme, he  rises  in  his  dignified  way  and  begins 
his  speech  with  the  words  :  "  Gentlemen,  this 
labre  is  the  happiest  day  of  my  life  1"  M. 
Prudbomme  is  an  irresistibly  \  droQ  character 
when  one  understands  Frenob^horoughly,  and 
particularly  tbe  esprit  of  the  ^trading  classes, 
and  I  can  only  liken  him  Uo  Mr.  Pickwick. 
Nothing  is  more  laughable  than  M.  Pradhomme 
in  a  court  of  justice,  when  he  persists  in  say- 
ing nothing  at  all  in  a  flood  ot?  pompous  words, 
and  ends  with  a  burst  ot  patriotism.  Natu- 
rally, M.  Prudbomme  changes  bis  politics  with 
every  change  of  Government, ,  and  every  r6- 
Cime.  He  was  a  stanch  royahst*  under  Charles 
81 ;  he  became  a  Constitutionalist  under 
Louis  Philippe  ;  a  Bepublican  in  1S48,  and  a 
itanch  trieud  of  the  Emperor  after  tbe  coup 
i'etat.  Henri  Monnier  was  the  creator  of  this 
fine  character,  who  is  tuU  of  virtuea  despite  his 
abildishness  and  his  faults,  and  be  and  "  Cham" 
have  had  the  talent  necessary  to  keep  the  orig- 
inal idea  in  accord  with  the  times,  that  is,  ever 
iresh  and  new.  Monnier  belonged  to  that  re- 
markable literary  epochiknown  as  "  1830."  He 
was  a  contemporary  with  Thiers,  Ouizot,  De 
B^musat,  De  Balzac,  Georges  Sand,  and  others 
during  the  period.^  of  their  hterary  triumphs, 
and  was,  therefore*  a  man  far  advanced  in  years 
at  the  time  of  his  death. 

On  the  very  day  that  Monnier  was  buried 
another  person  known  to  fame  of  a  certain  sort 
was  reported  at  the  point  of  death.  The  rumor 
spread  rapidly  at  the  dramatist's  funeral.  The 
next  day  the  jooraals  announced  that  Sarah 
F61iz  was  no  more.  It  would  be  difficult  to 
explain  to  American  readers  why  Sarah  F^lix 
was  famous,  since  she  never  showed  the  dra- 
matic talents  of  her  sisters.     When  it  is  stated 

that  she  was  tbe  elder  sister  ot  Bacbel,  the 

readers  of  the  laCter's  biographies  will  coaapre- 
hend  tbe  person.  Many  years  ago  the  F^lix 
family  belonged  to  tho  class  known  as  $cUtim- 
bangues,  or  the  ^  jugglers,  tumblers,  and 
traders  of  -  tbe  country  fairs.  One  day 
Sarah  and  -,  Bacbel  F^lix,  aged  respec- 
tively four  '  and  three  .years,  were  lett 
together  by  the  roadside  while  their  parents 
were  e>gaged  at  the  fair.  Tbe  little  ilachel 
saw  a  lot  of  cakes,  and  at  once  felt  hungry. 
She  began  to  ory  for  them,  and  iiarah  tried  to 
calm  her.  When  tbe  people  stopped  to  inquire 
What  was  tbe  matter  they  were  reassured  by 
the  smiles  of  the  two  children.  Suddenly  an 
Idea  came  mto  Sarah's  mind.  She  began  to 
'■ing,  and  ht>x  infantile  voice  at  once  attracted 
a  crowd,  ^ttle  Baohel  adopted  her  rdle  in- 
itinctively.  She  too  sang,  and  demurely 
passed  round  her  apron  to  receive  tbe  sous 
that  poured  in  upon  her.  The  two  ran  off  to 
buy  cakes,  and  were  so  delighted  with  their 
lucoees  that  they  tried  it  again  and  again, 
gorging  themselves  with  gmgerbread  every 
day.  At  length  Father  F61ix  caught  them  at 
the  trick,  axbd  ixom  that  moment  tbe  two  chil- 
dren were  taken  into  bis  service,  and  forced  to 
perform  tor  his  benefit. 

This  was  the  be$:inning  of  Bachel's  dramatic 
career.  When  tbe  tamily  came  to  Paris 
Rachel  pursned  her  studies,  and  Sarah  helped 
the  mother  tend  a  home  that  was  poorly  pro- 
vided and  was  often  without  sufficient  bread. 
Sarah  performed  the  same  duties  when  her 
•ister  became  rich  and  lamous,  and  was  noted 
ftB  a  bonne  femmede  mhiage.  She  accompanied 
her  sister,  talking;  the  admirers  off  her  bands 
when  there  was  A  superfluity,  and  attending  in 
the  r6ie  of  a  tuivante  the  gay  dinners  and  sup- 
pers which  princes  gave  to  the  great  actress. 
Baohel  died  young,  as  every  one  knows,  leav- 
ing young  children  to  be  cared  for,  and  when 
Mother  F^Ux  died  Sarah  beeame  tbe  mother  of 
the  f atnily.  She  had,  besides,  her  younger  sis- 
ter, Lia  F^hx,  now  a  famous  artiste  in  the 
tragic  drama.  And  Sarah  did  so  well  for  this 
Domeroua  family  tbat  she  became  uni- 
veraUy  respected.  When  money  •  became 
toaroe  she  bravely  went  into  trade,  and 
brought  out  her  famous  "  Fairy  Water," 
whioh  1b  the  most  prominent  oosnaetic  of  the 
day.  She  gained  a  considerable  fortune  by  it, 
and,  alter  providing  lor  all  the  F6lix  family, 
built  a  home  for  herself.  The  other  night  she 
waa  at  the  theatre,  aucl  on  going  oat  could  not 
find  her  carriage.  Taikmg  a  eab  home,  she 
found  her  coachman  drunk.  On  riaging  the 
bell  she  got  no  response,  the  porter  being  in 
tbe  same  condition ;  arxd  on  gomg  up  stairs  she 
fonnd  tbe  kerosene  lamtpa  extinguished  and  the 
Vrooms  full  of  bad  odors.  She  flew  into  a  rage 
at  this  spootaole,  as  anv  woauui  would,  per- 
liaps,  and  began  to  reproach  her  chamber-maid. 
Suddenly  she  cried, "  O  t  my  headl  my  head  I" 
and  fell  upon  a  sola.  .  Poor  Sarah  Felix  was 
Kttaoked  with  paralvsia  of  the  brain,  and  died 
from  it  afiaw  hours  later. 

My  letter  has  t-akeu  a  neorological  turn,  and 

!:  mast  give  a  paragraqph  to  our  last  dead  ce- 
ebrity,  M.  Buloz,  ot  tbe  Mevue  dea  Dews  Mondeg. 
ft  was  only  the  other  day  that  I  wrote  of  his 
quarrel  with  M.  Wittejcaheim  about  the  pubUoa- 
fion  of  the  official  j[oumals.  Tbe  Assembly 
wanted  to  withdraw  trom  him  tbe  BvUeHn  des 
Ziois,  and  did  erase  tbe  40,000  fieaaofi  mbvention 
from  the  budget.  At  the  same  timetbeSeilate  rec- 
ognised that  ne  had  a  ^pround  tor  complaint  and 
Mthorizedhimto  briiifsnit  agirinst  tke  State. 
It  is  probable  that  he  would  have  obtained  a 
large  indemnity,  for  the  Govenuaeat  was  in 
What  might  be  called  a) "  fix,"  aad  was  willing 
to  pay  a  considerable  siom  to  avoid  the  atmoy- 
anoe  ot  two  official  pimters.  M.  Bolos  was 
one  of  the  sturdy  mountaineors  prodaoed  *v 
Bavoy,  the  country  of  Victor  BHunamieL 
He  was  half  peasant,  3ialf  gentlemaa,  •adegc- 
sroiaed  great  inflnenoe  in  his  distnot.  WlMa 
bia  oomn-t-'"'*'  noniA  ^  Paadai*  ta  Kaoomllr  as 


ooal-dealers,  as  ohestnut-roasters,  or  with  mar- 
mot and  hurdy-gurdy.  Who  has  not  seen 
the  little  Savoyards  by  the  roadside,  with  their 
broad  hats,  and  sort  of  wood-chuck  nestling  in 
their  bosoms  1  The  marmot  is  brooght  out 
to  pertorm,  and  goes  fast  asleep  the  moment  it 
is  let  alone.  JUL  Buloz  was  a  Savoyard,  who 
would  have  made  his  fortune  even  with  a 
marmot  and  musette,  for  he  had  in  him  tbe 
elements  .of  a  grand  character.  His  enemies 
•ay  that  he  succeeded  by  his  meanness  and 
avarioioosness,  but  prominent  characters  are 
always  marks  for  the  shafts  of  malice.  On  ar- 
riving at  Paris  M.  Buloz  fohnd  a  small  penny 
review  and  bought  it.  In  a  few  years'  time  it 
became  a  power.  ]^ew  Americans,  perhaps, 
appreciate  the  real  power  exorcised  by  the 
Revue  de*  Deux  Mondea,  which  has  an  enor- 
mous circulation  in  all  civilized  countries. 

In  persoaal  appearance  M.  Buloz  was  always 
the  Savoyard  peasant,  and  continued  to  wear 
bob-nailed  shoes  to  the  day  of  bis  death.  His 
linen  was  nearly  always  coarse  and  decidedly 
reproachable,  and  his  manners  were  not  always 
endurable.  In  his  office  he  reigned  as  an 
autocrat,  and  the  best  writers  of  France  had 
to  submit  to  his  peculiarities.  He  had  bu  own 
ideas  about  fine  writing,  and  was  implacable. 
Nothing  eonld  move  Mm.  Many  writers  got 
angry  and  withdrew  their  works,  but  he 
showed  them  to  tbe  door  and  left  them  to  fume 
until  they  wearied.  And  they  generally  oame 
bask  as  suppbants,  for  it  is  a  great  honor  to 
be  admitted  aa  a  writer  in  the  Sevue.  But  M. 
Buloz  was  evidently  a  hard  taskmaster,  tor  he 
exacted  a  great  deal  and  paid  little.  It  was 
one  of  his  rules  not  to  pay  for  the  first  article 
sent  in  by  a  new  writer,  tor  in  his  opinion  the 
honor  of  appearing  in  the  Mevue  dea  Deux 
Mondea  was  a  sufficient  compensation. 

NOTES  FROM  THE  CAPITAL. 


LATEST  NEWS  BY  CABLE, 


THE  TEXA.S  PACIFIC   RAHBOAD    LOBBY — THE 
APPROPRIATION  FOB  PUBLIC  PRINTING — 

MISCELLANEOUS  AFFAIRS. 

Special  VUpatch  to  the  New-York  Timet. 

Wasblsgton,  Feb.  2.— The  Texas  Pacific 
Bailroad  lobby  is  still  hard  at  work,  and  still 
has  hopes  of  success.  Tbe  present  programme 
is  to  keep  quiet  until  after  the  Presidential 
question  has  been  decided,  and  then  to  rush 
the  bill  through  before  the  end  of  the  session. 
There  is  no  doubt  that  an  effort  of  this  kind 
will  be  made,  and  a  number  ot  prominent 
Southern  Democrats  profess  to  believe  tbat  it 
wUl  succeed. 

The  appropriation  for  public  printing  is  now 
nearly  exhausted.  The  immensa  amount  of 
evidence  printed  by  order  ot  Congress  has 
drawn  rapidly  from  the  lund,  and  the  Public 
Printer  will  inform  Congress  that  if  an  appro- 
priation is  not  speedily  made  the  public  print- 
ing will  have  to  stop.  The  Oonffreasional  See- 
ord  is  specially  appropriated  for,  so  that  the 
printing  of  it  wfll  continue  without  regard  to 
the  other  printing  of  the  GoverniBent. 

The  Secretary  of  War  to-day  transmitted  to 
the  House  of  Bepreseatatives,  as  an  answer  to 
Mr.  Jenks'  resolution  of  Jan.  19,  1876, 
requesting  a  oarenil  and  exact  survey 
of  the  distances  on  the  Union  Paciflo 
and  Central  Pacific  Bailways  between 
Council  Bluffs  and  Sacramento,  the  report  of 
Ca4>t.     Twining,    of   the    £ugiaeer    Corps,     to 

whom  tbls  duty  was  assigned.  This  report 
shows  tbat  tbe  length  of  each  of  these  rail- 
ways IS  somewhat  greater  than  was 
shown  by  the  original  measurement  upon 
which  the  sabsidies  were  issued.  The  amount 
of  tbe  error  is  for  the  Union  Pacific  one  mile 
and  a  |[uarter,  and  for  tbe  Central  Paoiflo  a 
little  less  than  a  mile.  The  track  has  been 
changed  in  several  places  since  tbe  completion 
of  the  road  in  order  to  obtam  a  better  location. 
The^e  changes  have  been  In  every  instance 
examined  by  tbe  Army  Engineers,  who  find 
that  the  change  of  length  is  immaterial,  being 
only  a  tew  hundreds  ot  teet. 

The  President  sent  tbe  following  nommations 
to  tbe  Senate  to-day  :  Channing  Bicbards,  to 
be  United  States  Attorney  for  the  Southern 
District  ot  Ohio ;  S.  C.  Slade,  to  be  Collector 
of  Customs  tor  tbe  Distriot  ot  Paso  Del  Norte, 
in  tbe  State  of  Texas  and  tbe  Territory  of  New- 
Mexico  ;  James  U.  Master,  to  be  Postmaster  at 
Cobaes,  N.  Y.;  laaao  R.  Dinkelb^-rgcr,  to  be 
Postmaster  at  Ijos  Angeles,  CaL;  L.  D.  F. 
Poors,  to  be  Beceiver  of  Pubhc  Moneys  at 
Springfield,  Dakota ;  Isaac  Ciemcnts,  to  be 
Pension  Agent  at  Salem.  111.;  N.  U.  Owings,  to 
be  Secretary  of  tbe  Territory  of  Washington. 

The  mtei-nal  revenue  receipts  to-day  were 
$403,796  28  ;  Customs  receipts.  $337,177  57. 

A  telegram  trom  Virginia  Citv,  Nov.,  dated 
to-day,  says:  "The  Sutro  Tunnel  progressed 
148  teet  for  the  10  days  preceding  yesterday, 
li  has  now  reached  a  length  of  15,866  leet,  auU. 
has  fairly  entered  the  mineral  belt.  Fifteen 
inches  of  warm  water  were  struck  yesterday." 

John  Sexton  was  to-day  apooiuted  internal 
Bevenue  Ganger  for  tbe  iiist  District  of  Mis- 
souri 

J.  H.  Maddox,  the  Treasury  agent  who 
has  been  giving  testimony  in  the  Louisi- 
ana case  before  the  Committee  on  the 
Powers,  Privfleges,  and  Duties  of  the 
House,  was  to-<iay  removed  from  his 
official  position  as  ap  agent  ot  the  Internal 
Bevenue  Bureau.  The  removal  of  Maddox  was 
determmed  upon  by  the  President  yesterday, 
and  the  President  consequently  sent  tor 
Col.  S.  £.  Chamberlain,  now  of 
Virginia,  and  formerly  an  officer  of 
tbe  regular  Army,  and  tendered  tbe 
place  to  him  to-day.  The  offer  was  immediate- 
ir  accepted,  and  this  afternoon  Commissioner 
Baum  notified  Maddox  tbat  be  was  from  this 
date  dismissed  from  the  service  of  the  Inter- 
nal Bevenue  office,  and  the  commission  of  CoL 
Chamberlain  was  signed. 

Hon.  Alexander  U.  Stephens  is  evidently 
better  to-day.  His  physicians  are  greatly  en- 
couraged.   

THE  OREGON  CONSPIRACY. 


A     FTJBTHER     VIEW     IX     THE     TELEGRAPHIC 
HISTORY  OF  THE   PLOT. 

Washisgton,  Feb.  2. — ^The  investigation  of 
the  Oregon  £lectoraI  case  was  oontinaed  before  the 
Senate  Committee  on  Privileges  and  Elections  to- 
day. >  C.  B.  Bellinger,  Chairman  of  tbe  Oregon  Demo- 
cratic Committee,  was  recalled.  Hia  testimony  was 
simply  corroborative  of  that  prevlonsly  given  by 
himself  and  other  Dem<>cratio  witnesses.  The  fol- 
lowing telegrams  were  introdaced   in  evidence  by 

Senator  Mitchell: 

Omaha,  Neb.,  Nov.  525. 
L.  A.  Or  over.  Salem,  Oregon  : 

Man  left  Omaha  so  see  yon  :  will  arrive  Monday. 
Delay  action.  GEORGE  L.  MILLER. 

Dec.  6. 
To  Col.  W.  T.  Pelton,  I^ewTork : 

Oiory  be  to  God.  Hold  on  to  one  Electoral  vote 
in  Oregon.    I  have  100,000  men  to  back  it  up. 

CORSE. 
■Washinqton,  Dec  8. 
To  Judge  Strong,  Salem,  Oregon  •• 
Tilden  has  ISS,  Including  1  from  Oregnii. 

A.  S  HEWITT. 
Salem,  Oregon.  Deo.  6. 
Peter  Donahue,  New  York : 

I  aopreciate  the  sentiments  expressed.  Tbanks 
for  oongratnlationa.  L.  A.  GROVER. 

Omaha,  Neb.,  Dec.  — . 
OoL  W.  T.  Pelton,  No.  15  Oramercy  Park.  New- 
York: 
Ignorant  whole  basinesH.  Partner  powerfol  mo- 
tives to  fidelity  on  Goold  order.  Can  it  not  b«  done 
throQgh  A.  Kountae.  No.  13  "Wall,  or  myself,  or 
both.  Konntz.  Tlldlnish  Repablioan,  reliable  be- 
Tood  doubt.  I4iat  resort,  protect  evervbodv,  and 
ose  Davis.    Answer.         GEORGE  L.  MILLER. 

There  were  no  marks  on  tbe  disnatcb  alsned 
"Corse"  to  indicate  the  place  from  wbiohltwas 
sent. . 

BANK   AND    LEGAL-TENDER   NOTES. 


STATEMENT  OP  THE    AMOUNTS   ISSUED  AND 

BBTIBED     TO     FEB.     1,     1877 — DECBEASE 

IN  TWO  TEARS  ABOUT  $33,000,000. 

Washington,  Feb.   2. — The  iollowing  is  the 

statement  of  the  Controller  of  the  Carrenoy  showing 

the  issne  and  retirement  of  national  bank  notes  sod 

legal-tender  notea  under  the  acts  of  Jnne  SO,    1874. 

and  Jan.  14.    1873,    to  Feb.   1,   1877.    National  bank 

notes  ontatanding    when    the    act    of    June  S20, 

1874.  waa  passed,  (349,874.182  iaaued  from 
Jane  20,  1874,  to  Jan.  14,  187^  H73i- 
500;  redeemed  and  retired  between  tbe 
same  dates,  12.767,232  ;  increase  from  Jnne  SO,  1874. 
to  Jan.  14.  1875,  (1,967,268;  ontatanding  Jan.  14. 
1875, 1351,861,430  ;  redeemed  and  retired  from  Jan. 
14  1875,  to  dnte,  t46,836,301 ;  surrendered  between 
the  same  dates,  $7,36L456 ;  total  redeemed  and  sur- 
rendeied.  $54,197,757  ;  Issaed  beiween  the  same 
dates,  I2L368.985;  decrease  trom  Jan.  14,  1875, 
to  date,  132,928,772 ;  national  bank  notes 
oatatandmg  at  dace,  *318,93a,673 ;  gTt<enbsckB  on 
deposit  In  the  Treasury  June  20,  1874,  to  retire 
notes  of  insolvent  and  liquidating  banks,  13,813.- 
675-  greenbacks  deposited  from  Jnne  20, 1874,  to 
date  to  retire  national  bank  notes,  $63,948,604  ;  total 
deposits,  t67,762,a79 ;  circulation  redeemed  by  the 
Treasurer  between  the  same  dates  wtthoa  d  reiPsnR, 
149,603,533 ;  graenbackn  on  deposit  at  date,  118,158,- 
746-  greenbaoks  retired  under  tbe  act  of  Jan.  14, 

1875,  <17,015,J88 ;  greenbacks  onUtandlag  at  date, 
1334,984,813.  

TES  MOBILE  BA0E8. 
MOBII.B,  Feb.  2.— Tbe  Mobile  Jockey  Club 
bold  their  Spring  meeting,  oommenomg  on  tbe 
and  of  April,  to  oontinne  tiiree  days,  giving  ample 
ttm»  fat  aUbles  to  reach  New-Orloans  fox  tbe  meet- 
las  tbora.  wUah  bMrina  AxixdU  Z. 


THE  EASTERN  QUESTION. 

THRBB  CHRISTIANS  TO  BB  AFPOINTXD  BT 
TBS  PORTE  TO  GOVERNORSHIPS  OF 
PROVINCES— THE  GREEK  POPULATION-*'^ 
THE  SITUATION  '  IN  ROUMANIA  —  THE 
RUSSIAN  CIRCULAR  TO  THE  POWERS. 

Loia>OK,  Feb.  2.— Gen.  Ignatieft  has  arrived 
at  Brindiai,  and  the  Marquis  of  Salisbury  has  left 
Rome  for  London. 

A  dispatch  fhim  Constantinople  says  the  Porte 
has  sent  a  dianateh  to  its  representatives  abroad, 
glvingnottoe  of  the  appointment  of  three  Christians 
to  tbe  Governorships  of  provinses,  and  declaring 
that  the  appUoatlon  of  the  reforms  is  proceeding 
unremittingly. 

A  dispatch  from  Berlin  says :  "  Greece,  It  is  re- 
ported, bas  notified  her  representatlvea  abroad  tliat 
M.  Comonndouroa,  President  of  the  Cooncll,  inti- 
mated to  the  Marquis  of  Salisboiy,  tbat  m  view  of 
the  failure  of  the  conference,  and  the  prospect  of 
eontinned  misrule  and  unredressed  in'ievances,  the 
Government  cannot  longer  undertake  to  restrain 
tbe  Greek  population  m  Turkey  from  seeking  to 
obtain  their  rights  bv  their  own  efforts." 

LoNBON,  Feb.  3.— A  disnatoh  trom  Constantino- 
ple says  the  Porte,  answering  Prince  NiklU's  in- 
quiry as  to  what  conditions  It  will  accord  as  a  basis 
for  negotiations,  bas  stated  that  it  is  willing  to  ne- 
gotiate on  the  basis  of  tbo  ttatut  quo  ante  beUum, 
with  a  reotiflcotion  of  the  frontier.  | 

The  VisDna  correspondent  of  a  morning  paper 
reports  tbat  Boamania  is  resolved  to  grant  numer- 
ous military  furloughs,  because  she  is  embarrassed 
as  to  how  to  disband  her  troops  withoat  oanslng 
nn pleasantness  with  the  Rasaian  corps  whose  ar- 
rival is  expeoted,  and  eoncernlng  whose  marching 
route  Russia  has  maae  overtures  to  the  Min- 
istry. A  telegram  from  Baoharest  announces  tbat 
all  the  Roumanian  Ministers  except  tbe  Premier, 
M.  Bratiano,  have  tendered  their  resumations,  m 
oooseqnence,  probabl.v.  of  tbe  movement  in  tne 
Chambers  in  favor  of  retrenchment  in  military  ex- 
penditures. 

Rasaian  ioumals  say  Gen.  Ignatieffwill  go  to 
Kisbeneff  by  way  of  Vienna,  and  thence  to  St. 
Petersbore.  The  Russian  Teleeraphic  Agency  re- 
ports that  Gortscbakoff's  circular  was  dispatched 
on  Tbnrsdav  night,  and  will  reach  the  powers  on 
Monday.  It  cuala  not  be  issned  untU  ail  tbe  Am- 
bassadors bad  quitted  Constantinople.  A  dispatch 
from  Berlin  says  goods  traffic  bas  been  resumed  on 
all  the  Russian  railways. 

A  special  dispatch  from  Rustchuk  to  the  Cologne 
Oazette  says  the  Turks  are  Bending  considerable 
reinforcements  to  Wlddm  and  Shnmla.  On 
Jan.  29  the  force  at  Wlddin  consisted  of 
57  infantry  battalions,  82  cannon,  and  S  regiments 
of  cavalry;  Shnmla  had  28  battalions  of  in- 
fantry, 6  field-batteries,  and  a  cavalry 
regiment.  An  exemption  tax  of  from  10  to 
30  piastres  Is  levied  in  Bulgaria  on  every  male  over 
IS  years  ot  see.  Tbe  last  levy  of  Tarlcey  la 
now  being  called  out.  The  military  author- 
ities at  Shnmla  have  decided  to  call 
out  tho  Circassians  only  at  the  last  moment.  Tbe 
latter  will  form  a  force  of  25,000  to  be  stationed 
between  Shnmla  and  Varna. 

The  special  dispatch  from  Vienna  savs  tbe 
standstill  in  the  negotiations  between  Tarkey  and 
Servla  continues.  The  7i?n«s,  in  its  loader  to-day, 
gives  credit  to  the  report  that  the  Rassian  notes  to 
the  Powers  bas  been  dispatched. 

A  dispatch  to  a  morning  paper  from  Vienna  says 
Midhat  Pasha  bas  ezoressed  the  intention  of 
making  an  arrangement  with  Austria  for  the  return 
of  the  Bosnian  refugee*  in  Austria,  who  still  number 
80.000,  and  a  re  m  deep  distress.  No  sacoeas  in  tbe 
Deeotiations  between  Montenegro  and  Tnrkev  Is 
anticipated  In  Vienna,  as  Austria  would  oppose  the 
annexntion  of  Suttorina  by  Montenegro. 

CoNSTAJrTiNOFi.s.  Feb.  3.— A  Staml>onl  newspa- 
per asserts  that  the  Prince  of  Montenegro  has  tele- 
graphed that  it  is  impossible  to  entertain  direct 
negotiations  for  peace,  as  ois  sabjects  would  de- 
throne him  if  he  did. 


MISCELLANEOUS  t'OREIGN  NOTES. 

London,  Feb.  2. — Tbe  Gazette,  in  a  special 
edition,  annoanoes  that  all  markets  or  sales  of  cat- 
tle, sheep,  or  goats  are  prohibited  in  London  ex- 
cept when  specially  licensed  by  the  Privy  Council, 
or  when  animals  tor  sale  have  been  on  tbe  premises 
of  tbe  vendor,  and  have  been  free  from  disease  for 
a  month  previous  to  the  sale.  Animals  sold  must 
be  killed  within  10  days  at't<>r  the  sale. 

A  dispatch  from  Paris  sayi  tbe  severe  sentence 
passed  on  the  Droit*  de  t Homme  la  creating  excite- 
ment in  Parliamentarv  circles.  A  meeting  of  the 
Lett  was  hald  to-day,  at  which  the  Oambettists 
were  especially  prominent.  It  is  expected  that 
the  Left  will  interpellate  the  Government  on  tbe 
subject.  The  Left  consider  tbat  a  law  which  ad- 
mits of  such  severities  should  be  modified. 

Paris,  Feb.  2.— M.  Leon  Joseph  Gatoyes,  mnalclan 
and  critic,  died  to-day,  aged  71  years. 

London,  Feb.  3.— A  Berlin  oorrespondent  reports 
that  tbe  Publto  Prosecutor  has  institnted  proceed- 
ings against  the  son  of  Count  von  Amim  on  ac- 
count of  offensive  newspaper  articles. 

RESIONATTON OFOOr.  OROTEB,OFORI!OOir. 

Special  [HtfyaicA  to  the  Neus-  Yort  Timeu 

Portland,  Feb.  2.— Prior  to  leaving 
Washington,  Hon.  L.  F.  Grover  filed  his  resig- 
nation as  Governor  of  Oregon,  the  same  to  take 
effect  Feb.  1.  Pursuant  to  this  understanding, 
Hon.  S.  P.  Cbadwick,  Secretary  of  State, 
was    informally  inaugurated    at    the    Capitol 

yesterday.  Chief  Justice  Prim  administered 
the  oath  of  offioe.  Tbe  inaugural  ceremonies 
were  conducted  in  an  unostentatious  manner, 
only  a  few  persons  being  present.  The. execu- 
tive functions  will  not  be  formally  assumed  un- 
til Grover's  return  from  the  East,  which  will 
be  within  d  week.  Gov.  Chadwick's  term  of 
otfiee  will  not  expire  until  tbe  second  Monday 
in  September,  1878. 


THE  INDIANS  UNUSDALLY  QUIET. 
Cheyenne,  Feb.  2. — The  following,  from  a 
reliable  party  at  tbe  Red  ClonJ  Agency,  dated  Jan. 
31,  gives  the  condition  of  affairs  at  that  agency: 
"TheSioozand  Aranaho  scouts  who  took  part  in 
the  Mackenzie  fight  were  mustered  out  and  paid  off 
yesterdsv,  and  are  Immensely  pleased  with  their 
treatment,  and  are  convinced  tbat  Inyaltv  pa^a. 
The  policy  pursued  hero  since  last  October  has  l>eeo 
a  success.  The  change  tbat  has  taken  place  in  tbo 
attitude  of  tbe  Indians  since  tbe  disarmament  is 
wonderful.  One  can  scarcely  believe  tbat  tbe  In- 
dians one  now  sees  here  snbmissively  obeying  the 
slightest  behest  of  the  Agent  can  be  the  saoie  as 
those  who  last  May  showed  aaoh  sapreme  con  temp', 
for  tbe  Government  and  its  desires.  There  is  no 
news  as  yet  from  the  party  who  went  out  some 
time  ago  to  communicate  with  tbe  hostile  Indians. 
The  Cbeyennea  succeeded  In  stealing  11  ponies  from 
this  party  after  its  departure  from  this  point.  Last 
Saturday  a  trapper  nameU  Knapt,  while  following 
his  avocation  on  Cottonwood  Creek,  40  miles  north- 
west of  Fort  Laramie,  waa  enrnrised  and  killed  by 
Cheyennei.  His  brother,  who  was  with  him  at  the 
time,  escaped."  _ 

MARINE  DISASTEBa. 

London,  Feb.  2.— The  Norwegian  bark  Ve- 
randa, Gapt.  Cbiistopbeisen,  from  Bremen,  has 
been  totally  wrecked  at  Lerwick.  Tbe  Banish  ship 
Dr.  Barih,  Capt.  Hansen,  trom  Bordeanz  Nov.  23, 
lor  Fensaoola,  has  put  into  Teneriffe  leaking  badly 
and  must  dock. 

Pbovidbnob,  Fob.  2. — The  stermer  McCleilan, 
hence  for  Baltimore,  went  ashore  on  Datoh  Island 
at  1  A.  M.  The  revenue  cutter  Samuel  Dexter  has 
gone  to  her  assistance. 

Philadbuphia,  Fob.  9.— Tbo  bark  Ellca  White, 
before  reported,  hiM  completed  her  repairs  at 
Marcos  Hooii,  and  sailed  fur  Boston  this  morning. 
Tbe  bark  Pellicano,  ashore  on  Cherry  Island  Flats, 
is  discharging  her  cargo  with  two  Ice-boats  along- 
side.       .     

THE  HEYOLX  IN  MEXICO. 

San  Franoiboo,  Feb.  2.— A  San  Diego  dis- 
patch aaya  :  The  advices  from  Sonora  are  very 
gloomy.  Both  the  Pasqnieras  are  united  in  revolt 
against  the  Marisoal  OoTemment.  They  are  said 
to  have  1,500  men  under  arms,  and  expect  reinforce- 
ments from  Slnaloa  and  Chinnabua.    It  is  reported 

tbat  a  fight  of  two  hours'  duration  occurred  at  Ures 
a'week  aso,  Marisoal  bas  sent  to  other  places  tor 
additional  troops,  the  Pasqoieras  forces  ontnnmtten- 
lug  his.  The  people  are  said  to  be  discouraged,  aud 
aie  disposed  to  bellere  that  peace  and  order  can 
only  l>e  secured  by  the  intervention  of  a  foreign 
power.  ^^^^ 

NATIQATION  OPENED  AT  ST.  L0UI8. 

ijT.  Loms,   Feb.  2. — ^Aiter  being  ioe-bonnd 

for  56  days  tbe  river  finally  burst  its  bonds  between 

10  and  11  o'clock  this  mommg,  and  ice  bas  been 

passiag  the  aty.    out  not    in    great  quantities, 

avar        •tnoa.        Navliotttoa      aoath-vaivt       <•       *a. 


snmed,  and  steamers  will  prepare  for  busi- 
ness to-morrow.  The  iee  on  the  western  side 
of  Arsenal  Island  still  holds  fast,  bnt  it  will  no 
doubt  break  ap  and  run  out  very  soon.  In  the 
meantime  there  la  sufficient  channel  on  the  eastern 
side  for  praofioal  vnrposos.  Tbere  are  great 
congratulatiooa  among  steaai-boat  non  as  well  as  all 
classes  of  cltieeDs  ^at  the  long-hoped-for  event 
the  breaklagap  of  tbe  ioo  has  oome  and  gone  with 
scarcely  a  single  doUar's  worth  of  damage  to  river 
craft  er  property  along  shore  In  this  vielnity.  The 
loe  now  coming  down  looks  as  though  It  came  from 
tho  Misionri  river,  and  it  is  thought  tbat  tbe 
stream  is  open  for  many  miles. 

THE    WEATHER. 


INDICATIONS. 

Washington,  Feb.  3—1  A.  M.— JPV)r  the  Middle 
and  Eaitem  Statea,  riaing  barometer,  north  to  weat 
tPiude,  and  cooler,  clearing  veather  following  KgM 
rain  or  anow. 

IN  THIS  CITY. 
The  following  record  shows  the  changes  in 
the  temperature  for  the  past  24  hours,  m  com- 
parison with  the  corresponding  date  of  last  year, 
asindicatedby  the  thermometer  at  Huduut's  phar- 
macy: 

1878. 1877.\  1876.  1877. 

3A.  M 39=       43^1   .<!:30  P.  M 22^       43° 

6A.M 37"       43°;  6  P.M. 18°       41*> 

9  AM 27=        4e<',   9P.M 14"        8»° 

12  M 2fto        47°iJ2P. -M VS^        89° 

Average  temperature  yesterday 42V 

Average  temperature  for  correspondina  date  last 
year 


.a4>4° 


INTERNATIONAL  SVlENTlFtO  SEBYICE. 

Buffalo,  Feb.  2.— Prot.  A.  R.  Grotethk  even- 
ing, at  a  meeting  of  the  Society  of  Natural  Solenor, 
read  a  papor  on  the  "Origin  of  Man,"  which  pro- 
poses the  formation  of  an  International  Scientific  Ser- 
vice, to  be  held  neutral  and  its  fiae  to  be  protected 
by  international  law.  Stations  are  to  be  establisbea 
at  localities  designated  by  special  scientists,  for 

the  purpose  of  taking  all  classes  of  observations 
with  reference  to  the  question  ot  the  origin  of  man. 
Stations  in  Madagascar  and  tbe  Arctic  regions  are 
insisted  on.  Tbe  solution  of  this  latter  question 
will  be  attended  by  a  betterment  of  the  condition 
of  man  by  inducing  a  habit  of  thought  in  aooord- 
anoe  with  the  facts  in  the  case. 


STEAMER  COLLISION  AT  CAIRO,  ILL. 
Caibo,    Feb.    2. — Last     night    the    steamer 
Charles  Morgan  ran  into  the  little  steamer  Aggie, 
below  Osceola.    Charles  McCarthy,  a  deck  passen- 
ger on  the  latter  vessel,  who  waa  asleep  on  a  colton 

bale  at  the  time  of  the  ooUinoii,  was  so  badly 
cmshed  that  he  died  soon  after  landing  here.  An- 
other deck  passenger  on  tbe  Ag,iie  was  slightly 
injured,  aad  a  third  is  missing,  having,  it  is  sup- 
posed, jurapeu  overboard. 


NICHOLLS  KECOONIZED. 

Louisville.     Feb.    2.— Information     comes 

from  Frankfort  tbat   Gov.  McCreary,  of  this  State, 

baa  recognized  Nicholis  as  Governor  of  Lonisiana 

by  issuing  a  requisition  upon  him  for  tbe   retnm  to 

Kpntucky  of  Haurico  A.  Schwab,  arrested  in  New- 
Orleans  for  an  alleged  iraud  committed  in  Louis- 
ville. Schwab  represented  bimselt  an  a  correspond- 
ent of  the  St.  Louis  Globe- Democrat. 


THE  ORAND  DVh.B'i>  HUNTINO  TOtTR. 
Special  Dimatch  to  the  Sew-  York  Timet. 
Norfolk,  Feb.  2. — The  Grand  Duke  Alexis 
and  party  returned  this  afternoon  after  several 
days'  absence  on  a  abooting  excursion  to  Currituck 
Sound,  N,  C.  He  expresses  himself  delighted  with 
the  sport  affordea,  and  will  return  for  a  more  ex- 
tended Stay  after  tbe  naval  ball. 


TURKISH  ORDNANCE  FROit  NEW-HAVEN. 
New-Haven,  Feb.  2. — Tho  British  iron  screw 
steamer,  J.  B.  Walker,  Capt.  Sunscomb,  arrived  in 
this  harbor  this  afternoon,  to  take  another  large 
cargo  of  monitions  of  war  for  the  Turkish  Govern- 
ment from  the  Wiucnester  Armurv  to  Constantino- 
ple. The  cargo  which  left  burs  on  Dec,  28  reached 
tbat  port  sately  in  31  days. 

THREATENED  STRIKE  OF  PRINTERS. 
Chicago,  Fob.  2.— Tbe  proprietors  of  the  Post 

in  this  city  have  reduced  tbe  yrioe  of  compoaitiob 
to  30  oents  per  1,000  ems,  to  take  effect  on  Monday, 
Feb.  5.  The  compositors  have  given  notict*  tbat 
ther  will  net  accept  the  reduction  and  miend  to 
aUika. 

DEATH  GF  A  CALIFORNIA  LAWYER, 
Sak  Francisco.  Feb.  2. — John  Wilson,  the 
oldest  member  of  tbe  San  Franciboo  Bar,  died  at 
Lerison  City,  Cal.,  to-dar,  <kged  67  years,  fie  smi- 
gioted  from  Mtitcouri,  where  ho  was  a  prominent 
poUtlciaa,  In  1849. 


FVRNISHINO  WORK  FOR  LAWYERS. 
New-Haven,  Feb.  2. — The  American  heirs  ot 
the  Jennings'  estate  in  England,  held  a  meeting  in 
Bridgeport  night  before  last,  iind  formed  an  asso- 
ciauuu  to  prosecute  their  claim  to  the  property, 
which  is  valued  at  |80,0UO.00O. 


THE  EFFEOTH  OF  HYDROPHOBIA. 
Peteebobouou,    N.  H.,    Feb.  2.— A    son  of 
Peter  W  hi  I  taker,    10  years  of   asfe,    died    to-day  ot 
hydrophobia.     Death   ensued  in  21  hours  after  tbe 
symptoms  first  manifested  themselves. 


CANADIAN  SENATORS. 
Ottawa,  Fob.  2.— W.  L.  Power,  of  Halifax, 
and  R.  G.  Grant,   of  Pictou,  liave    been  appointed 
members  of  the  Senate  uf  the  Dominion  ut  Canada. 


PARTIALLY  RIGHTED  AT  LAST. 
The  Boston  Traveller  of  Friday  says  :     •'  At 

tne    breaking   out   ot  the   war   iu  1861   a  citizen  of 

Mobile,  Ala.,  by  tbe  name  of  Nichols,  espoused  tbe 
Union  cause,  while  all  his  family  and  relatives  went 
over  to  the  Coolederates.  Ue  was  given  24  fauurs 
to  leave  tbe  South,  and.  taking  what  he  could,  he 
Started  Inr  the  North  lo  seek  bis  fortunes  as  beat  he 
conld.  For  some  time  he  bas  been  filling  the  posi- 
tion of  Station  Master  ut  the  Linoulu  depot,  on  tbe 
Fitcbbnrg  Railroad.  A  few  days  since  be  seut  in 
his  reslguaiiou,  as  an  uncle,  recently  deceased  in 
Alabama,  has  lett  him  heir  to  a  fortune  of  over 
J1,000,000." 

PARALYSIS  IN  CALIFORNIA. 
The  San  Francisco  Alta  says  that,  from 
causes  not  easilv  explained,  California,  ana  perhaps 
San  Francisco  in  particular,  furoisbea  more  cases  of 
parKlysis  than  does  any  other  section  of  the  oouo- 
iry,  if  not  of  the  world. 

FROM  THE  GROUNDS. 
HIOHEST    .MRDAL    EXHIBITS. 

From  the  above-named  class  of  exhibits  and 
awards  we  make  tho  follumng  extract,  as  reported 
ID  tbo  Boston  Journal  of  Commerce. 

ABTIFICIAL  DENTUBE8  BY  J.  ALLEN  &  SON. 

This  display  was  lu  a  handsome  show-case,  and 
contained,  besides  several  lemarkable  relics  aud 
curioaitieii,  over  twenty  seta  of  artificial  ceetb, 
sbowine  the  very  latest  improvements  in  their 
manufacture.  Dr.  Allen  has  a  system  of  construct- 
iog  artificial  dontuies  which,  in  its  present  perfec- 
tion, be  attains  several  important  advantages.  He 
succeeds,  by  the  ubc  ot  a  beautiful  flesh  colored 
enamel,  in  nroducing  a  seamless  gum,  natural  ex- 
pression of  tbe  teeth,  a  perfect  root  and  ru<;»  of  tbe 
mouth,  aud,  also  iu  restoring  tbe  original  contour 
of  the  face. 

Tbe  international  Jury  at  tbe  Centennial  Exhibi- 
tion waa  greatly  pleased  with  tbe  exhibit,  made  a 
must  favorable  report  upou  it  to  the  United  States 
Centennial  Commission,  who  awarded  to  him  a  di- 
ploma of  the  nighesi  merit,  and  a  medal  of  honor, 
be  has  been  hltchly  cumpiimeoied  by  tbe  proressiou 
upon  the  ingenious  devices  he  has  introduced,  and 
he  also  received  tbe  highfBt  commendation  from 
both  tbe  Paris  and  the  Vienna  Expositions.  In 
Paris  tbe  Jury  on  Dentistry  pronounced  Dr.  Allen's 
"incomparably  the  moat  beautiful  pieoex  ex- 
hibited, while  at  Vienna  they  were  "classified" 
in  the  report  "with  tbe  bigheai  works  of  art." 

The  address  is  Dr.  J.  Allen  &.  Son,  No.  7  West 
Thirty-third  street,  New-iork  City. 


AITEUPTED  SUICIDE  IN  NEWARK. 
Betweeu  1  and  2  o'clock  yesterday  afternoon 
a  man  was  found  lying  insensible  in  tbe  hallway  of 
Kimball's  furnlsking  store,  corner  of  Broad  and 
Bank  streets,  Newark.  A  stretcner  was  procured, 
and  he  was  conveyed  to  the  station-honse,  where  it 
was  discovered  tbat  he  bad  swallowed  a  dose  of 
laudanum  wltn  tbe  intention  of  committing  suicide. 
He  said  bis  name  was  C.  H.  Peterson,  and  tbat  be 
was  a  school  teacher,  residing  at  No.  83  Garden 
TStreet.  On  being  questioned  aa  to  bis  motives  for 
committiog  suicide,  be  said  he  was  excited,  but  re- 
fused to  give  any  further  explanation.  He  expressed 
xeeret  at  not  having  taken  the  iioison  in  some  mure 
out-of-the-way  place,  where  he  would  not  have  Deon 
discovered  until  he  was  dead.  In  a  short  time  he 
fell  into  a  stupor  from  which  he  had  not  rallied  at  a 
late  hour  last  evening,  and  it  is  tbonghc  ne  cannot 
recover. 

^ 

Sbakespkabb  says : 

«     -'The  norest  treasure  mortal  times  afford 
Is  spotieBB  reputation;   that  away, 
-  Meu  are  out  gilded  loam  orpalntei  clay." 
Tbe  reputation  of  B,  T.  Babbitt  as  an  honest  and 
sklllfal   luaDofacmrer,   is   wlthuut  a  pet^r.  and  it  U  to 
make  others  spotless  In  booy  as  well  as  character  that 
bis  life-work  bas   been  devoted.     Uia   "New  Toilbt 
tioAT"  as  a  toilet  article  is  superior  to  all  others,  aud, 
oDOs  knowu,  it  wilt  bauish  all  other  soaps  from  tbe 
toUet  sanctum. — AdvertUement. 


Plkubibt  Pains,  and  all  Asihmtttio  and  Bron- 
obUl  affections,  are  aoon  teUeved  by  *.bat  certain  rem- 
edy for  conjtbs  and  colds.  Dr.  Jaxsx's  EAPKOro&AXt.— 


Thk  ButBiAN  Baths,  No.  85  Bast  4th  st,  are  the 
best  known  remedy  for  colds  and  rheuiuottsm,  and.  ore 
patronised  and  recommended  by  the  t>est  phTsiCiana  ot 
the  Clt.v. — Advertitement. 


Holme*'   Barclar   Alarm   Telesraph    Com« 

PANY.  So.  571  Broad wa.v.  Within  a  few  months  we 
have  arrested  two  burglars  in  tbe  store  of  J.  Thorn- 
ton, Walker  St.:  one  in  Bacon  fc  Eaton's.  Walker  St., 
and  two  In  B.  a  Claflm's.  We  never  fklL  We  Jinzie 
no  bell  at  our  door.  We  appropriate  no  600  names 
from  other  parties  to  our  circulars. 

First  Premtam 

Awarded  by  Centeuiiial  Rxposlclon  to  BLECTHO  STLI 
<.X)N.  The  best  artidefor  cieaolug  and polishlnK  sil vei^. 
ware  and  housebald  nteasils.  tiold  by  druoglsts, 
house  fUxnlshers.  Jewelers,  and  grocers. 

Pomeroy's  'rruaaea— ity  far  the   Best  In  Use* 

Ask  your  pb\aioian   POMRttOY  I'ttDSS  I'O.,  746  U'way. 


THOMAS— W.4LDO.— At  the  residence  of  tbe  bride's 
parents,  Scdtland,  Conn.,  on  Feb.  1,  Miss  Marqarbt 
M.,  daughter  of  George  Waldo.  Esq.,  to  OaoaoB  C. 
Thokas,  of  Brooklyn.    Ho  cards. 


ANTHO.N.— On  Thursday,  Feb.  1.  in  the  84th  year  of 
her  age,  Emilia,  wife  ot  the  late  Uev.  Uenry  Anthou, 
D.  D. 

The  relatives  and  friends  of  the  family  are  iaviten  to 
attend  ber  funeral  -without  furtlier  notice  on  8nuday, 
Feb.  4,  at  3  o'clocfe  P.  M.  at  St.  Mai  k'i  cnurch  in  tbe 
Bowery.  It  is  the  particular  request  of  the  family 
that  no  floral  tributes  be  sent 

BADKAU.— At  £a8t  Chester,  on  TbOTsdaT.  Feb.  1, 
Pbrbb  a,  wite  of  Albert  iladeau,  in  the  6iith  year  of 
ber  age. 

The  relatives  and  friends  of  the  family  are  respect- 
fully icyueii  tu  attend  tbf  funeral  trom  tbe  resitt'oce 
of  her  son-iu-law.  Charles  V.  V.oritan,  on  Mondiiy,  Feb, 
5,  at  I'J  o'clock  M.  Carriages  will  he  in  waiting  at 
iNew-aoohelle  Depot  on  the  arrival  of  the  10:10  A.  M. 
train  from  Grand  Central  Depot, 

BAETOW.— AtEast  Chester,  Feb.  2,  Scsah  C.  Bar- 
tow, aged  77  years. 

Funeral  at  Holy  Trinity  Church,  corner  5tb  av.  and 
126th  BC,  Huudav  at  3  P.  M. 

BKAKD.— on  Wednesday,  Jan.  31,  Ann  C.  Beard, 
eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Wm.  and  Mary  Beard,  iu 
ber  o  1st  year. 

Relatives  and  frieniis  of  the  family  are  invited 
to  attend  the  funeral  from  tbe  residence  of  ber 
bruther-in-lsw,  Jos.  Smith,  No.  .142  East  i57tb  St.,  on 
Saturday,  Feb.  3,  at  12  o'clock. 

CAMPilbLU— At  KluBbinjr,  Jan.  30,  1877,  at  the 
residence  of  Mrs.  C.  S.  Brown,  ofpleuro-pneumonlB, 
Maut  a,  widow  01  tbe  late  Mattlion-  Campbcrli,  and 
daughter  of  the  late  Frederick  Place,  of  this  i  ti.v. 

Funeral  8«rvice8  on  Saturday,  at  3  P.  M.,  from  St. 
Paul's  Church.  Hroudwjy  and  Fulton  street,  fiel- 
atives  and  friends  of  deceased,  and  those  of  ber  sous, 
Frederick  P.  aud  Smith  Harriott,  are  respectfully  in- 
vited. 

COBURN.— Tuesdav  night,  Jan.  30.  on  passage  from 
Penver,  Colorado,  Jambs  aI.  Coburn.  Jr.,  of  consump- 
tion. 

iteiativos  and  fHendn  are  requested  to  attend  his 
funeral  irom  tbe  realdence  nt  iiis  faiber-in-law,  Mr. 
Walter  T.  Marvin,  corner  Willis  av.  and  X35th  St., 
North  New-York,  t&lott  Haven  Depot)  at  10  A.  M. 
Saturday.  3d  lust    Burial  at  Woodlawu. 

CLOSE. — On  Friday,  Feo.  2,  EH.A  M.,  daushter  of 
David  and  Harriet  A.  Close. 

liuneral  serrices  at  tlie  residence  of  ber  parents, 
Ko.  118  Weat  43d  at.,  ou  Mouda.v,  Feb.  6,  at  4  P.  M. 

DITTO.— On  Tliuvsday,  Feb  1.  Caroli!»b,  wife  of  the 
late  Joseph  Ditru,  in  the  67tb  year  of  lier  aze. 

Kelanves  and  friends  are  invited  to  attend  her  funer- 
al from  the  residence  of  her  aon-iu-law,  Edwin  Bennett, 
No.  4'/!7  East  olst  St.,  on  Sunday,  the  4th  iniit,  ai.  '^ 
P.M. 

HAL8TED — Thursrtav,  Feb.  1.  of  malignant  scarlet 
fever,  Qobbbt  ItATrisLS.  aon  ot  Gilbi-rt  C.  and  Amanda 
K.  Ualsted,  lu  th-  ttili  year  of  his  age. 

Funeral  kervices  at  the  residence  of  his  parents,  No. 
79  Lexington  av.,  Brooklyn,  Saturday,  at  9  A.  M.  In- 
termeut  at  Kye.l 

KIDUKB— In  brooklvn,  on  Thursday,    Feb.    1,    1877, 

JuuA  A.,  wife  of  liUther  H.  Kidder,  lu  the  35tb  year  of 
ber  age. 

Keiatives  and  friends  of  the  family  are  rtapectfirlly 
invited  tu  attend  the  fonoral  from  ber  late  rextdeuce, 
Ho,  lOO  Kpeiicer  at.,  on  »undav,  Feb.  4.  at  1:30  P.  M. 

NOKTil.— Suddeulv.  Thursday.  Feb.  1,  at  Philidel- 
Dlila,  CtJRTis  L.  North,  only  ton  ot  Wm.  C.  i»na  Nellie 
North  aged  1  ye>ir  ti  montus  and  14  days. 

Ueltttlves  and  f  .-lends  ot  tbe  famii.y  ure  resnectfully 
Invited  to  attend  the  funeral  tfom  the  residence  of 
bis  grand/atbor,  3euj.  Moore,  N<i.  95  Cambridge  place, 
Brooklvn,  on  Sunilay.  Fea  4,  at  "2  o'clock  P  M. 

PKESSlNOEtt. — Iu  this  Citv,  on  vVeanesday  mornine, 
Jan.  31, 1877,  Aoomti.vb  E.  Prkssinqkk. 

His  remains  were  intened  iu  cemetery  at  Jerse.v 
Citv,  h.J.  d 

PaBVOST. — On  Friday,  2d  in»t..  b$  Fort  Washineton, 
LociSB  BBBACI.T  DK  ST.  Maokicb,  wlfc  of  Viclor  Pre- 
vost. 

Relatives  and  friends  oi  the  family  nre  respectfully 
Invited  to  attend  the  Funeral  services  at  St.  Eliza- 

betb'a  Church  un  Monday,  dth  mat.,  at  11  A.  M.  C'ur- 
riajtes  will  be  in  waiting  at  Fort  Vvasblugton  on  ar- 
rival of  Io:30  treiu  from  3oth  at. 

SMITH.— At  bis  residence,  tsmlthtown  Branch.  Long 
Island.  Friday,  Feb.  ;i,  1877,  Samum,  Isaac  bMiTH.aged 
78. 

Funeral  on  Sunday,  Feo.  4,  at  2  P.  M.,  from  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  at  tbe  Brancn. 

sTAU'  EU.— EnwAKO  U.  Stabler,  on  the  2a  Inst.,  ii 
the  (j5tb  year  of  bis  uge. 

Friends  and  relatives  are  invited  to  attend  his  funer- 
al from  Frlei  da'  Meeling-house.  Sebermerboru  at., 
Brooklyn,  on  First  day  (the  4ih  inst.;  ut  3  o'clock. 

^p"baltimore  pan^ra  pleasf  copy. 

TEN  I'.Yl-K.— <.<n  Tuuradav.  Fci>.  1.  1877,  at  her  l.ato 
residence,  No.  91  South  4tb  St.,  Williamsbur;;,  ann, 
widow  oi  the  late  Richard  Fen  Eyck,  aged  80  years aua 
'7  ni'tutns. 

'fhe  relatives  and  friends  of  the  family  are  respect- 
fullv  Invired  to  attend  the  fqueral  on  Sundav,  Feo.  4. 
at  2:30  o'clock,  at  Christ  Cburcu,  WilUamaburg,  with- 
out further  notice. 


I'OSr  OFFICB  NOTICE. 

Tbe  forelpn  inaiis  tor  tbe  wef  k  endiat{  Saturday.  Feo. 
3,  1877,  will  olose  at  this  oibce  on  Tuesday  at  12  M., 
for  Euroue.  hy  bteam-abiii  vyisconslu,  via  Queenstowii; 
on  WeitncBdav  at  4  A.  .M..  for  Huropo,  by  ateam-ship 
AbvssiniH.viayueenstown:  on  Thursday  ut  11:30  A.  AI., 
for  Kurope,  O.v  bteam-abip  VVielaiid.  via  Plymouth,  Cher- 
bourg, ana  ilumiiui'g.  on  Saturday  at  0:3i)  .\.  nl..  fur 
Europe,  by  stcam-ahip  teitie,  via  Queeustuwu. 
((■orrespondence  for  Uermanv  aua  Scotland  to  be  for- 
wanled  by  I  hia  steamer  must  be  specially  addrnsaed,) 
and  at  ^J  A.  .»I.  for  Scotland,  direct,  by  steasi-ahio  Vic- 
toria, via  Glaag'iw;  and  at  11:3(1  A.  M..  for  Europe, 
by  steam-shlD  Weser,  via  .^'oiithamutou  and  Bremen. 
1'he  »team-sbips  Wiscousiu,  AbTsaiuia  aud  Celtic  do 
not  take  mails  for  Denmark.  Sweden,  and  Norway.  The 
mails  for  tho  West  Indies,  via  Havana,  will  leave 
Bew-york  Jan.  31.  The  m-jils  lor  Porto  Rico  direct 
will  leave  New-lorit  Keb.  I.  The  mails  for  Nnnsau. 
N.  P.,  will  lenve  New-York  Feb.  3-  'llie  mails  for 
i;hinaaud  Japan  will  leave  San  Francisco  Feb.  Iti.  The 
maiia  tor  Auatralin,  Itc,  will  leave  San  Francisco  Feu. 
28.  r.  L.  JAM i'.8.  Postmaster. 


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Collection  of  OU  Paintioes,  Water  Colors,  Drawings, 
&c.,  bv  Amerirau  iind  lort^isn  artists.  -\l80,  a  number 
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On  exhibition  at  the  i  linton  Hall  isalr-roonis.  A 
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200  do 47% 

100  do 47% 

200  do oa  47% 

300  do 47% 

100Ii.&&ll.a...b.c.8a  65% 

900  do 55% 

600  do b3.  55% 

200  do 65% 

200  do bi  56% 

300  do 83.  65% 

7  C.  tB.  I.b.c.opg.l013.t 

loom.  Cen 6.1  51% 

100  .do 52 

lOOCof  X.  J b.c.  1^6% 

100  00 SB's 

100  do 26% 

luO  do 26% 

300  do 26% 

100  do M^ 

100  do 26% 

100  do 860.  2d% 

100  do 26% 

100  do 26% 

100  Chi.,   M.   &  6t.  P. 

Pt b3.  48% 

00  do iS'u 

500  do 48% 

200  do 83.  48% 

8  C,  cat  1 3a  >a 

lOMor  tBa. 90% 

10  do.... 

200  D.,  L.  &  W.. 


1400 

1300 

lOo 

1500 

Too 

1000 

LOO 

300 

1200 

too 
Boo 

MO 

SlUO 

1400 

1000 

SoO 


Qo bS.  76%i600 

do 76%,100 

do 83.  70%  500 

76%i800 

76%'400 

...b3.  7634I5OO 
76%l4U0 


do- 
do., 
do., 
do., 
do., 
do., 
do.. 


do., 
do.. 


do... 
do. 


00 

b.o.  09% 

201)  do 83.  68% 

68*8 

...0.  69% 
69% 

OO"-! 

do 69% 

do 691a 

do 69% 

76%  200  do 83.  69% 

70«6    10  Pitta..  Pt.W.  tc. 

...83.  76%  Gt'd 101% 

00 -bS.  76%    16  ao...b.o.b3.1ol 

do 76%    50  Chi.  t  Alt...b.c.lOo 

do 76%    16H.Y.,N.U.tU.eo.l52% 

do. 03.  76%     50  do 152»4 

do sS.  7e-ullOOC..  B.  t  Q..b.ce3.11'7 

do 7o%  400  Ohio  til.,  b.e.83.     7 

BALKB  UEyOBtt  TBH   CALL— 12:30  P.  U. 
16,000  U.  S.  6-20  a., 

'67 112% 


60,000  U.   8.  6-20  C, 

W 1123^ 

10,000  Mil.  &    at  P., 

C  8.  f. 81  V2 

•  6,000 U.i'.  1.  c. 102% 

600  Weac.  Union..  s3.  T634 

200  do b3.  76% 

100  do 76% 

1300  do 7634 


1800  Stle  Kail  way. 


.-b3. 
....b3. 


.b3. 


958 

25  4 
25% 
25  «2 
v:6% 
25% 
25  "4 


looo  do 
100  Pac  MaU 
4U0  do. 

100  do. 

,i00  00. 
Boo  do. 
SOO  Qo. 

200  Nortti-west.  Pref.  6534 

3.01)  liaJce  Shore b3.  55^ 

too  do 55% 

io\i  do 83.  65% 

BOO  do 55% 

loo  do ba  5514 

100  St  Paul,  i^ 48% 

loo  do 48% 


200111.  Cent.... 

100  do 

loo  Cen.  of  iN.  J . 

300 

100 

UOO 

300 


....  52% 

521a 

....  26% 

do 26% 

do 26% 

do 26% 

ilo »3.  26 

500  do 26 

200  do 25% 

2oO  10 aa  2534 

100  do 25% 

100  Uich.   Ceo 4713 

200  (10 b3.  47% 

100  do 47% 

65  Bock  Isla  nd. . .  s3. 10 1  m 

200D.,  I..«i  W b3.  69% 

do «9% 

do 83.  69 


200 
200 

100  do 69 

300  do 68% 

100  do 68% 

200  do 68% 

MO  d. 6b% 

100  do 681a 

400  do 6^34 

lOO  do 68% 

200  Wab.  B.Beoelpts.     8 
GOVKKNMBNT  STOCKS— 2  P.  M. 
S2,600U.  S.   68,  '81, 

K 11234 

2,800  U.  IS.4%B,'91.107% 

T,000      do 107 


$20,000  U.a58,10-40 

c 11334 

2,600  U.  Ei.    68,  '81. 

C 110% 


BKCONI>  BOARD — 1  F, 

$1,000  0.  of  C.  a658.  71%  100  N.  T.  C  tHua.btcl02 
4,000  N.  Y.  S.68,'9i.l24 


'    "UOOOII.J.  C.  Conv..  74 

0,000  s.  w.  a  c.  a.  92% 

U..000       do 92 

1,000  Erie  3d. 104% 

ao.OuO  H.  t  6t.  J0.8S, 

couT 86 

10.000  Har.  Ist  78,C.120 
2,000  A.  Y.  U  l8t.C.li7% 
2.000  P.P.W.tC.lst.120 
Z,0OU  P..F.W.tC.Ud.lOtf 

iO.OOO  St.  li.  t  L  M. 

let x.i.  98 

8,000  T.,  t   W.  lat. 

xconpon....  91% 
«,000  ToL  t  W^.  lat. 

St.  Ii.  diT....  80% 

11,000  M.t8t   Paul, 

c.8.f....b.G.  81% 
1,000  Cn.  Pac  ist-lo^ig 

5,000       do 104% 

4.000 L.&.VCoo.'9a  91 
1.000  N.  Y.  C.b8.'83.l03% 

fSold  Teaterday  morn- 
ing alioold  lure 
bMn] 

\,00o      do. 104% 

^OUet  B.nk 131 

85  Bk.of  0'm.b.o.s3.109 

lOOUeUtH U.C  bi;% 

100  do 

loO  do 83.  61 

200  U.S.   l£x...b.C8a  51 

loo  Weat.  lJn.....b.c.  7684 


lOOUiob.  Cen....b.c  47% 

700  do 47 

600  do 46% 

300L.  S.  ttt.8.b.cb3.  65% 

400  do 55% 

500  do b3.  53% 

5iJ0  do 83.  66% 

100  Dn.  Pac b.cc  60% 

VjO  do 65% 

loom.  Cen 0.C  52 

300  c.  St  ».  w.  Pt.b.0.  0534 
400  0..  M.  t  St.  P.b.c  181a 
4U0C.,  M.  t  St.  P.  Pt 

b.C b3.  48% 

700  do 4tf% 

100  C.  ot  «.  J b.c  233,4 

100  do 25% 

100  do 2534 

300  do b3.  25% 

200  do 2368 

loo  do a:^.  25*3 

100  do «a  25% 

100  do i;634 

400  do 26 

100  do 2534 

200  do 83.  25% 

226 Chi  tB.  I....b.cl01% 
12  Wab.    Pur.    «  om. 

Bec'p.s b.c     7% 


400 

400 

600 

800 

2100 

100 

6100 


do 83.  76% 

do b3.  7634 

do ea  76% 

do.. 7608 

do 763* 

do aa  76»4 

do 76% 


sooPadfio  liau..b.c  25% 

BALES  FBOM  2:31}  TO  3  P 


200D.,1a  t  W....D.C  68% 

603*  11)0  do 85.   b8% 

1800         do 68% 

lou  do 83.  68J4 

100  do 68% 

200  do 83.  08% 

100  do 6  '% 

loo  do 6-J% 

100  C.  B.  b.  y.b.cslO.11613 

100  Mor.  t  bs b.c  90 

60  do 8934 

60  do b3.  89% 


M. 


400 
500 
2C0 
2000 

loo 

500 

300 

1600 

500 

500 

60O 


te.OOO  Cn.  Pac  a.  f...  97% 

6,000  Erie  3th 102 

8,000  Toi.t  W.  2d...  76 
S,000Gt.Weat  2d...  73 
6.000  U.  t  U.  B.'91.100 

1400  WcBt.   On 76% 

800  do 8.'?.  76% 

2000  do ba  77 

300  do 77 

?00  do aa  76% 

looo  do 76% 

600  do 77 

1800  do 78% 

loo  do aa  76% 

1300  do 7634 

1200  do b3.  7634 

loo  Pac  MaiL b3.  25% 

100«.  Y.  C.  t  H. 101% 

Boo  do 10134 

100  Mich.  Ceu 83.  46% 

Boo  do 46% 

loo  dc ba  46% 

200  do 83.  463* 

200  do »3.  46'«j 

100  do 46% 

loo  do 816.  40% 

800  do 4634 

loOflt  PanlPi 48%i200 

800  H.  tSU  iO.  Pt... 


600  Lake  Shore... 83.  55% 


do. 

do... 

do... 

do... 

do... 

do. 


66% 

55% 

65% 

..s3.  55 
..b3.  55 
83.  54% 


do 03.  54% 

do sa  5434 

do b3.  5434 

do 5434 

do 83.  5434 

100  Cen.  ofiS.  J 2534 

200  do 860.  2434 

300  do sOa  25 

SOO  do 26 

2lJD.,  L.  t  W 69 


200            do.... 

69% 

300            do.... 

...83.  69% 

200            do.... 

69% 

200             do 

c  6914 

500            do.... 

09% 

loo            00 

.-83.  69% 

200           do.... 

69% 

200            do.... 

...83.  69 

JJO             do.... 

69 

600  H.  t  St.  Jo.. 

12% 

200            do.... 

12% 

400            do 

12 

Pbidat,  Feb.  2— P.  M. 

In  the  dealings  on  the  Stock  Exchange 
to-day  the  speculation  hi  Western  Union  oon- 
Btirated  the  most^  interestins  feature,  tbe 
transaotiona  la  the  stock  amoaatini;  to  nearly 
one-half  the  entire  business.  The  bull  clique, 
Trho  have  for  sometime  past  been  resting  on 
their  oars,  i&ade  a  very  determined  attempt  to 
pot  up  the  price,  but  their  efforts  in  this  direc- 
tion were  attended  with  a  very  small,  measure 
of  success,  as  the  highest  point  attained  was 
only  77,  '^Ue  in  the  fin^  dealings  the  stock 
sold  at  75%,  an  advance  of  only  ^  V  cent. 
from  the  opening  quotation.  This  meagre  re- 
mit would  seem  to  ludioate  either  that  holders 
of  die  stock  are  willing  to'^supply  the  street 
^tli  it  at  any  advance  upon  the  prevaililhg 
quotation  or  else  that  the  members  of  the 
pool  are  not  keepiag  good  faith  with  one  an- 
other. 

The  entire  transaotions  for  the  day  amounted 
to  114,575  shares,  which  embraoea  43,700  West- 
am  Union,  26,200  Lake  Shore,  14,600  Delaware, 
I<aokawanna  and  Western,  7,300  New-Jersev 
Central,  6,200  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul.  4,100 
Ifiohigan  Central,  3,100  Slrie,  and  2,200  Paoi£o 
Mail 

The  speculation  in  the  coal  shares  was 
marked  by  frequent  fluctuations,  which  were, 
lunrerer,  confined  within  a  comparatively  naiv 
row  range.  Delaware,  Lackawanna  and  West- 
em  epened  at  69,  advanced  to  69%,  declined  to 
68%,  with  closing  sales  at  69.  New-Jersey 
Central,  after  advanoiag  to  S7^,  beeame  weak, 
•ad  dcolined  to  SSVft,  eloiing  at  a  reoovery  of  ^ 
#■  oent-firomtba  lowest  point.    Delaware  and  


cent.  Lake  Shore  opened  at  55^,  rose  to  55Mt, 
sabaequeDtLr,  with  oocaaional  fluotuations,  de- 
ohninG;  to  54%,  which  was  tbe  olosinK  figure. 
Michiean  Central  fluctuated  betweem  46^  and 
47^,  and  closed  at  46%.  The  Granger  shares 
were  dull  and  steady.     New-York  Central  and 

Book  Island  made  a  fractional  advance.  Ilii- 
nois  Central  rose  from  51^  to  SUM,  oloaing  at  a 
reaction  of  ^  ^  cent.  Express  shares  were 
negleoted. 

The  mone.y  market  continues  extremely 
easy,  and  borrowers  on  call  were  supplied  to- 
day at  3®4  ^  cent.,  the  offerings  at  these  rates 
being  m  excess  of  the  demand.  Dlscotmts  are 
unchanged.  The  national  hank  notes  received 
at  Washington  for  redemption  amounted  to 
$500,000.  The  following  were  the  rates  of  ei- 
ehange  on  New-York  at  tl>e  under-mentioned 
oitiefl  to-day:  Savannah,  bujiog,  par;  sell- 
ing, ^®^ premium;  Charleston,  easier;  buy- 
ing, ^®%;  selUnGT,  l-16®par;  ■  Cincinnati, 
quiet  and  steady ;  buying,  par ;  selling,  1-10 
premium  ;  Chicago,  par  to  25  premium ;  St. 
Louis,  50  premium,  and  New-Orleans,  commer- 
cial, par^l-SS  premium  ;  bank,  %  pretmum. 

The  foreign  advices  reported  British  Consols 
weak  and  fractionally  lower  in  price,  and 
American  securities  firm  and  unchanged  in 
value.  At  London,  Consols  for  both  money 
and  the  account  closed  at  95%®95%,  against 
95%® 96  yesterday.  United  States  old  1865s 
closed  at  105Vk,  1867a  at  110®110\ft,  10-40s  at 
110^,  and  new  5s  at  107  V^.  Erie  common  sold 
at  9%  and  Beading  bonda  at  59  ^®  60  Mi.  The 
Bank  of  England  lost  £162,000  to-day  on  bal- 
ance. In  the  London  market  bar  silver  sold  at 
679bd.  ^P"  ounce. 

The  sterling  e^obanee  market  was  firm,  and 
closed  with  actual  butriness  at$4  84V^®|4  84% 
for  bankers  fiixtj-day  bills,  and  at  $4  85  ^'3 
$4  86  for  demand.  Tbe  buainess  for  to-mor- 
row's steamers  was  only  moderate  in  amount. 

The  gold  specniation  was  firmer  to-day,  al- 
though comparatively  dull.  The  price  de- 
clined at  the  opening  from  105\6  to  105,  but  an 
advance  soon  followed  to  105%.  During  the 
afternoon  the  sales  were  alternately  at  105 1^^ 
and  105V^,  the  market  closing  at  the  latter  fig- 
ure. The  advance  to-day  is  only  natural  in 
View  of  tbe  recent  steady  decline  and  the 
"  short"  interest,  which  was  partly  closed  up 
to-day.  On  gold  loans  the  rates  ranged  from 
4^4  to  3  ^  cent,  for  carrying. 

Government  bonds  were  firm  and  higher, 
partly  in  sympathy  with  eold.  The  improve- 
ment ranged  from  ^  to  ^  4P'  cent.,  the  latter 
in  new  58,  which  sold  as  high  aa  110^ 
for  coupon  and  110%  for  registered; 
10-40s,  coupon,  rose  to  113%.  Sales  of 
1867s  were  made  at  112%®112%  for 
cooDon  and  at  112^c'a>112%  for  registered. 
Railroad  bonds  were  generally  firm  and  higher. 
New-Jersey  Central  Firsts,  new,  advanced  to 
102,  da  Convertibles  to  74,  Great  Western 
Seconds  to  73.  Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph  Con- 
vertible to  86,  Union  Paoifio  Firsts  to  104V4,  do. 
Land  Grants  to  103,  and  Sinking  Funds  to 
97%.  New  York  Central  coupon  Firsts  sold  at 
117^,  Harlem  coupon  Firsts  at  120,  Chicago, 
Burlington  and  Quincv  8s  at  111%  ®  112,  Fort 
Wayne  Firsts  at  120,  Erie  2d  at  104.  do.  3d  at 
104V^.  do.  dth  at  102,  and  Bock  Island  7s  at 
108%.  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Consolidated 
Sinking  Funds  declined  from  82  to  8m.  To- 
ledo and  Wabash  first,  St.  Louis  Division,  were 
1  ¥  cent,  lower,  selling  down  to  80^.  Toledo 
and  Wabash  Firsts  sold  at  9Hi,  this  being  ex 
tbe  past  due  and  current  coupons.  In  State 
bonds,  New-York  63  of  1891  brought  124.  Ten- 
nessee old  sold  at  43,  North  Carolina  old,  Jan- 
uar,y  and  July,  at  20%,  and  do.,  April  and 
October  at  21V4®2m.  Sales  of  District  of 
Columbia  3.609  were  made  at  71% '372,  ex  in- 
terest. 

The  imports  of  dry  goods  at  tbe  port  of  New- 
York  for  the  week  ending  this  date  were 
$2,614,416,  and  the  amount  marketed,  $2,570,113. 
The  total  imports  of  dry  goods  at  tbe  port  since 
Jan.  1  were  $9,046,747,  and  tbe  amount  mar- 
keted, $8,849,605. 


Gold  receipts 

Gold  payments 

Gold  balance 

CurrencT  receipts... 
Carreocr  oaymeats. 

Correocr  balance 

Costoms 


Untted  Statbs  Tkeasubt.     I 

iJEW-YOBK,  Fob.  2.  1877.  S 


.11.252,345  16 
..  1,514.019  42 
..69,345.687  54 
..  719  405  54 
..  1.203  «l  47 
..43,0uii.l44  31 
..      419,000  00 

2. 


CLOSLNG    QUOTATIONS — FEB. 

Thnradar.  Friday. 

American  eold iu5  105% 

•Dnited  States  59.  1881,  coup IIOI4  llOSg 

United  SUle8  5-30«.  1887    coud 112%  112% 

Bills  on  LoDdOD....S4  84is'3<4  84%    «4  Sihl'SU  84% 


New- York  Central 101»a 

Koclt  Island 101  ^s 

PaciBo  Mail 2478 

Milwankeeaod  St,  Paul IS^a 

Milwaukee  and  Su  Paul  Pro' 48% 


Lake  Shore 

Cbicaeo  and  North- vrpi»tern 

Cbicacoaoa  North-western  Pret. 

Western  Union 

Union  Paeiftc 

Delaware,  Lack,  and  Westero.... 

New-Jersev  Centra! 

Dela warn  and  Hadson  Canal 

Mnrrls  and  Essex 

Panama 

Erie 

Obioand  Mississippi.. .> 

Uarlem 

Uannibai  a^d^$c.  .losenn 

Uannibal  and  St.  Joaeob  Pref. 
Michican  Central 


55 1« 
33 
5519 
7638 

U^ 

C9 

265t 

6OI4 

83% 

183 

95g 

b% 

140 14 

12% 

26 

47I4 


llliniiis  Cenrral SlOg 


101% 

10158 
25  >4 
18 12 
4838 
64% 
35 
55% 
76% 

f.a 

36 
61 
90 

VZi 

7 
I4OI4 

H2 

12573 

46% 
52 

*£x  interest. 

The  extreme  range  of  prices  in  stocks  and 

the  number  of  shares  sold  are  as  follows: 

Wo.  of 
bbarea. 
1.02U 
3  1U0 
20,200 
700 
500 
290 
400 
5.800 
14,600 
7.a)0 
925 
IGO 
4100 
630 
700 
200 
1,100 
300 
400 
43.700 
2,200 
100 
300 


Ulshe'it.   LowB'»t 


New-rorkCentr»l 102U       101  »2 

Erie 908  938 

Jjake   Shore 55^  54% 

Wabd8b 8^4  8 

North-western  Preferred 55%        55% 

Rock  Island lOlBg       lOlSa 

Mil.  &  St.  Paul 181q  18la 

Mil.  &  Si.  Paal  Pret 4863         48»4 

Del..  Lack.  *  Western 6958         6838 

New-Jersev  Centeal 2'H         as^a 

Delaware  &  Hadson  Canal..  61^2         601^ 

Morris&Easax 90  9i) 

Michiean  Central iTa         46I9 

Illinois   Central 52'«j  51ia 

UnionPaciflc 65'9         05 

C bio..  Bur.  &  Quincv 117  117 

Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph 12^         12 

Hannibal  &  St.  Josaph  Pref.  SS^g         2578 

Ohio  &  Mi^slssipDl 7  7 

Western  Union 77  7514 

Pacific  Mail 25^4  25^8 

Suicksilver  Prufarred 22ifl         22^3 
nited  States  Ekpresa 51  51  

Total  sales... - .liT575 

The  Sub-Treasurer  disbursed  in  eold  coin 
$797,000  for  Interest,  $172,000  for  called  bonds, 
and  $7,800  silTer  coin  in  exchange  for  fraction- 
al currency. 

Tne  following  were  the  scold  clearings  b.y  the 
National  Bank  of  the  State  ot  New- York  to- 
day: 

Gold  cleared $4-2.919.000 

Gold  balances 2,010.496 

Corrency  balances 2,130,194 

The  foUowine  is  the  Clearin^-hoasa  state- 
ment to-day; 

Currencv  exohanaes (82.157,811 

Carrencv  balances 3,908.815 

Goia  ezohaoees ...^ 8,664.228 

Gold  balances 1.053,098 

The  following  table  shows  the  half-hour)  y 
fluctuationsin  the  Gold  market  to-day: 

IO5I8  l:00P.  M 10538 

105     !t:30P.  M. IO5J4 

lOdlg  «:0U  P.  M. IO5J4 

10534  2:30  P.  M 10534 

106i4  3:00P    M 105^4 

10533; 


10:00  A.  M... 
10:30  A.  M... 
11:00  A,  M... 
11:30  A.  M... 

13:00  M, 

13:30  P.  M... 

The  folio  wini;  were  the  closing  q  uotatlous   of 
Qovemment  bonds: 

Bid. 

United  States  oarrenov  6s 123 

United  SUtes  6s,  1881.   reiiisterad.  ....tia<iB 

United  .States  6s.  1881.  counods II3I4 

Untied  Statei.  5-208.  1865.   ren8tered..l08i8 

United  State*  5-203.  1865,  oouDOoa lue^e 

United  States  5-308.  186d.  new.  rea 109% 

United  States  S-aOs.  1865.  new.  oottp...l09% 
United  SUtefl  5-308.  1967,  retfiatered..tl3<>s 

Unltea  States  5-208^1867.  coupons. llS^s 

Uuited  States  5-20s.  1863,  rdittsts^od 

United  Statea  5-j)0s.  186d.  0Out>0ii8. . . 
Unued States  10-40S,  registered..... 

United  Sutes  10-408,  ooti  ooAs 

United  States  5a.  1331.  reeistered... 
Untted  States  9a,  1831.  ooaooo*. 


115% 
..115* 
..XtO^ 
,.118<)» 
..110^ 

.110^ 


The  following  v«r»  tha  bids  for  the  rorious 


Asked. 
123^ 
llS^s 

II3I9 

1U8»B 

1083^ 

110 

110 

113 

lia's 
II6I4 

116  >4 
llOSg 

113% 

11013 
110I9 


State  securitiea: 

Alabama  58,  '83 S3 

Alabama  Ss, '80.. 33 

A14btm»e9.'86 38 

Al*bftffl88s.  '93 16 

Aric  da.  fooded 37 

Ark.7s.L.R.&FiS.is..  9 
Ark.7s,&lem,&L.R.  9 
A.7S.L.K..P.B.AN.0.  B 
ArB.78.M.O.&R.RiT.  0 
Ark.  7b,  Ark.  Cen.R.  9 
ConneoMont  6s Ill 


Georgia  7s,  n.  b 105 

Georeia  7a,  indorsed.  103 
Geori^  7s,  gold  bds.l05Hf 
Illinois  conn.  6s.'79..101ii 
Illinois  War  i.oan..lOS 

Kentncsy  6s 102 

LoniiianaOs 40 

Louisiana 6s.  n.  b....  40 
La.  6s.  newFl.  Dbt.  40 
La.  78,  Peoiteotiary.  40 
La.  6j,  Leree  bonds.  40 
La.  8a.  Leree  bonds.  40 
La.  7s.  Consolidated.  63 
Miobiiian  68,  ^8•79...103 

Michigan  6s,  '83 104 

Miobiean  78.'  UO 112      Tenn.  68,  n.  b. 

Mo.  6a.  due  in '77 lOOia  Virginia  Sj,  old 

Mo.  6s.  due  In  7d....l00l2  Virffinta63.n.bd8.'66 
Lobe  Da.,'a3to  '90in.l04i^  Virgima  as.n.bds.'67. 
Fund.  ba,aae'SM-5..104%  Va.6s.  Con.  Bonda 


N.  T;6s.a.  R..  '87.. 115 
N.  T.  da.  G.  Ln,  '91.198 
9.  Y.  68.  G.  L'n,  '9i.m 
N.  Y.  6s.  Q.  Ln.  '08.133 
N.  CAi.  old.J.  A  J.,  at 

N.C.  Si,  A.  &0 3199 

N,  C.  6i.  J.  &J 67 

N.C.69,do.o.otiJ.J^.  43 
M.C.  6a.  Fd'ft  Aot'aa  15 
N.  0.  new  bdB.J.&J  11 
X.C.nswbds..A&0  11  ^s 

KU.  8.  o;.  olasal 3 

N.C.  S.T.  olaasS....  3 
N.  G.8.T.  olass3...    S 

Ohio  6s.  '81 104 

Ohioea.  '86 113 

Abode  Island  Os 110 

8  C.  68 36 

S.C.  6a.  J.  dtJ 36 

S.  C.  6s.  A.  &0 36 

S.  C.  6s,  Fk  Acl; '  68,  36 
8.  C.  L.  C..'89.  J.&J.  45 
S.G.L.O..'89.  A.&0.  45 

3.0.78.    '88 33 

S.  C.  Non.  F.  bs 319 

Teno.  6s,  old 43 


Virginia 68.  «tx  m  a  o. 

Va.  6s.  Con.  3d  » 

Viriiiniao8,der.  nds. 


Asv.or  Unt..oae  '93.104 
H.  St  St.  Jo.,  due  '86.104% 
H.dcSt  Jm  due '87.  .104% 
N.  Y.  Keg.  B.  L.....l0lifl 
N.  Y.  6s,  C.  L.,  '78..  105    I 

And  the  following  for  railway  mortgase^: 


431a 

30 
30 
30 
79 
67I4 
37^4 
7 


Dts.  ore. 3.63s.  1934.  71% 


Alb.  &  Sus.  Ist  bdB.10913 
Alb.  &  Sub.  2(1  bda-.tOl^s 
B.,  H.   &£rie  G'd.  14 
B..  C.R&M.lst78.K.  38 

C.  ftObiu  68  Ist 36 

Chio.  &A1.  Sink. F..  100 
Chic.  &Alt.  Inaotne.l04>d 
La.  &Mo.  Isf.  gtd..  85 
Sk  L..  J.  &Chio.  lst.105 
C,.B.&Q..8*'ct.l8t.lll78 
C,  B.  &  Q.  Con.  7b.  110 
C.K.L&P.  1st  7s. ...108% 
C.a.l.&P.SF.i.6s.'9.5.  98ifl 
C.  R.of  N.  J.  I8t.n..l01ia 
C.R.  of  N.  .T.lst  Con.  76% 
C.  R.of  N.J.lstConr.  78ia 
L.  iW.  B.Con.  G'd.  56 
M.&S.P.  lat.  LaC.D.  91^ 
M.&S.P.l8tL&M.D.  86 
M.&  St.  P.lst  L&D.  83 
M.«»t.P.l8t.H.&D.  83 
M.&.St.P.  Ist.C.&M..  97 
M.  &St.  P.  Con.  S.F. . .  81 13 

M.  &S.  P.2il 90 

Chic.  &  N.  W.  8.  F..107i« 
C.  &  Cf.W.  Coo.  bds.l02Is 
C.  &  N.  W.  C.  Q.  bds.  9i 
Galena  &  Chic  £xt.l09 

I'enin.lstCoD 104 

Chicago  &  Mil.  Ist. .105 
Winona  &  St.  P. 2d..  70 
C.C.C.<fcl.l8t7a.S.F.110 
Del..  L,  &  W.  2d....l08 
Dpi..  L.  &  W.  7s.  c.ioa 
Mor.  A  Essex  Int... 116 
M.  &E.  7s.  of  1871..  101 
M.  (fcE.  1st..  CO.. .100 
Erie  1st  Extended. .lUO^g 

Erie  2d  7».    "W .104 

Erie  3d.  79.  '83 104 

Erie4rh74    '80 101 

Long  Dock  Bonds.. 105^8 
B.,N.T.  &E.  L.bds.  92 
H.&8t.J.  83.  Con....  85ifl 
Dob.  &  Sloni  Cist.  .105 
lDd..Blooni.&  W.lst.  30 


CleT.  &  Tol.  &  F...107»3 
Clev.  &  Tol.  new  bs.  106  ^ 
Clev..P.  &  A..olrt  bs.l04 
Clev.,P.&A..now  b8.107% 
Bnf.&  Ene  new  bda.l07ia 

B.  &.S.  L.  7s 104 

KaL  &  W.  Pig.  1st,.  85 
D.  M&T.lsr78. 1906.. 105 

L.  S.  Div.  bds 1071s 

L.  S.  Cons.  C.  l8t...l07Je 
L.  S.  Cons.  R.  Ist. ..107 
Marietta  &  Cin.  1st. 105 
Mloh.  C.  Con.  7^1902. 103 
Mich.C.lst8j.'83.SF.113 
N.Y.  Cen.  68. '83.. ..104 la 
N.  Y.  Cen.  6s.  '87...  103 
N.Y.C.&Hud.l8t.C..116 
and.R.78. 3(1.8.  F. '65.112 

Harlem  lat  7s.  C nS^ 

Harlem  1st  78.  B....119% 
ObiodtM.Con.8.  b.  86 
Ohio  &  Miss.  Cons..   85 
Ohio  &  M.  3d.  Cotis. .  50 
Cen.  Pac.  Gold  bds..l07e8 
Cen.  P.,  San  J.  B'ob  93ie 
Uen.P.  Cal.(fcO.  lat..  9OI4 

\Sr  eat.  Paciflo  bs 101 H) 

Union  Pao.  Ist 104 

Union  Pao.  L.  G.  78.102''e 

Union  Pao.  S.  F 9738 

Pac.  K.  of  Mo.  1st 96 14 

Pac.  R.ot   Mo.  3d...  88  ^a 
P.,Fl.W.&Chic.l.-'t,.118 
P.,  Ft.  W.&  Cbio.  3d.l05% 
Clev.  &P.Con.S.F..110% 
Cler.  &P.  4th.  S.  F.105 
Col..Chlc.&Iud.  Ist.  36 
St.  L.  eclTou.  M.  lat.. 98 
Alton  &T.  H.  I8t...l05 
A&T.H.2(il'ref..  86 1^ 
r.P.&  W.  lat.W.  D...85 
Tol.&W.lBt.St.L.D..  80 

Tol.  &  Wab.  2ii 70 

T.  &  W.Cons.  Conv.  51  la 
Gt.  West.  Ist.  '88... .100 

Gt.  West.  3d.  '93 70 

III.  Si  S3.  Iowa.  1st..  90 
\V.  U.  bds.,  1900.  C.IO4J4 


M.  So.  7#'o..  3'1....102i9 
M.S.&N.LS.F.7  *'ot.l0938 

And  the  followinjf  for  City  Bank  shares: 

America 130 

American  ExcbaoKe.107% 
Baks-'&Brks.'Ass'n  80 


Central  Xatlooal. 

Commerce 

Continental 

Firat  National... 
Fourth  National. 
Fifth  Avenue.... 


...lot 
... 1081^2 
...  eaia 
...300 
...100 
,..212 


German- American . .  70 
Hanover 91 


Imp.  &  Traders' 183 

Leather  Manafaot'8'.160 


Blsrket 

Mechanics' 

Merchants' 

.VTetropolitan. . . 

New-Yrtrk 

Kinth  National 

Park 

RHDublio.. 


..108 

135 

116"4 

130 

iieia 

75 

108 

..  94 


Union 130 

PaiLikDULPUlA  STOCK  PRICISS — FEB.    2. 

Bid.        Askpd. 

CitT69.  New 119»a        112^8 

United  Bailroads  ot  New-Jersev 139.  140 

PenDsvlTsnia  lUllroad 4a''8        46% 

Reading  Railroad MSg  

Lehigh  Valley  Railroad 4713  471* 

Catawiaaa  Railroad  Preferred 34  36 

Phlladeliihia  and  Erie  Railroad 13ie  IS^a 

Schuylkill  Niivigation  Preferred 9  10 

Northern  Central  Railroad. 25I3  SO 

Lebiah  Navigation 28%  29 

Oil  Creek  and  Allegheny  Railroad 7S8  7% 

Hestonrille  Rallw^ I7I4         17ia 

Central  TransDortation 38  38*a 

The  annual  statement  of  tho  Bertca hire  Lite 
Insurance  Company  of  Massachueetts  will  be 
found  elsewhere,  and  its  figures  indicate  the 
hnaucial  strength  of  the  corporation.  The 
company  has  now  beea  in  succesatul  operation 
tor  a  period  of  23  years. 

The  twenty-sixth  annual  report  of  the  Man- 
hattan Life  Insurance  Company  of  New-York 
is  published,  showing  $2,098,581  59  increase, 
and  $1,606,677  60  disbursements  during  the 
year,  leaving  $10,055,148  49  irross  assets,  and  a 
surplus  as  to  policy-holders  of  $1,381,446  13. 

The  principal  and  interest  of  the  Long  island 
City  bonus  due  Feb.  1,  1877,  will  be  paid  on 
presentation  at  the  Marine  National  Bank. 

F0RBIG2f  BUSINESS  AFFAIRS. 


Liverpool,  Fob.  2. — A  leading  grain  circular, 
in  its  review  of  tbe  week,  sava  :  "Dullness  in  trade 
continaes  and  la  increaaed  by  the  bad  condition  ot 
native  wheat.  At  the  market  it  is  very  unsalable, 
and  in  many  districts  dry-  qoalilies  as  well  as  for- 
eign are  6J.  to  Is.  cheaper,  with  a  general  tendency 
toward  a  decline,  even  where  an  aotual  reduction  is 
not  quoted.  Since  Tuesday  business  on  tbo  snot 
bas  been  inanimate,  and  where  sales  have  beiiu 
made  a  reduction  of  la.  per  quarter  has  been 
mostly  accepted.  Maiie  is  likewise  drooning.  At 
this  market  to-dsv  White  wheats  in  limited  quan- 
titv  Bold  at  fully  Id.  under  Tuesday's  prices,  but  at 
tbe  concession  millers  were  dlapoaed  to  purchase 
freely.  R^d  was  almost  neglected,  tbongb  gener- 
aliy  offered  at  tbe  above  decline.  Flour  wa>  dull 
and  lower.  Cum  was  In  fair  consumptive  demand 
and  3d.  to  6d.  lower. 

Tbe  circular  of  tbe  Liverpool  Cotton  Brokers' 
Association,  reviewing  tbe  trade  for  the  week  end- 
ing last  nigbt.  says  :  "Cottou  bas  been  inanimate 
tbrougboui  the  week,  and  prices  are  generally 
lower.  American  was  in  small  demand  esrly  in  the 
week,  and  with  a  free  supply  prices  were  reduced 
led.  On  Wednesday  and  Thursday  there  was 
Slightly  mete  inquiry  at  steadier  rates.  For  Sea 
Island  tbe  demand  continaes  nioderute,  and  prices 
are  steadily  maintaineJ.  Futures,  under  tbe  indu- 
ence  of  increased  recniots  at  Amerioan  ports,  have 
been  dull  and  drooping  daring  tbe  weak,  except  a 
slight  recovery  on  ^Vedoesday.  The  decline  at  the 
close  amoaniB  to  fuUv  one  farthing. 

London,  Feb.  3. — i^ilver  was  qnotea  to-day  at 
59.  !%1.  per  ounce. 

Tbe  rumor  piibilsbed  In  the  Financier  yesterday, 
that  a  large  mercantile  concern  in  the  North  is  in 
difduolties  wbioh  canuot  much  lonaer  be  composed, 
i.s  believed  to  refer  to  Mr.  Johu  Crossley,  member 
of  Parliament  for  Halifax,  who.  it  is  stated,  is  about 
to  resign  bis  seat  iu  Parliament,  also  tbe  Chairman- 
sbip  ot  the  large  manulaotunug  company  uf  John 
Crossley  &  Sona,  (limited,)  and  also  tbe  Chairmin. 
ship  of  the  Halifax  Cumniercial  Banking  Company 
(limited.)  Tbe  Telegraph  says  these  conoerns  are 
not  involved  iu  Air.  Crosslev'B  embarrassments. 
Too  FinancUr  says  be  lost  between  (3,000,000  and 
$4,000,000  iu  iiaaueial  operations  eonneuted  with  tho 
lurniatiou  of  new  companies. 

At  a  meeting  Mf  tbe  Direot  United  Slat«s  Cable 
Company  this  afternoon,  tbe  amalgamation  party's 
first  resolunon  lor  a  committee  to  consider  tbe  snb- 
Ject  was  deleated  on  a  division.  A  poll  was  de- 
manded, tne  result  of  wbioh  will  be  announced  on 
Monday.  _ 

OALIFORMA  MININa  STOOKS. 
San  Francisco,  Feb.  2. — The  following   are 
the  closing  olficUl  prioes  of  mining  stocks  to-day: 

Rossuth I 

8 

17»4 

'.'5 'a 

6»« 
7 

8% 

62 

S"* 

O'a 

16  »a 

19^ 


Alpha. 

.   20 

Belober 

.    au 

Best  and  lieloUer... 

'.   fsH 

Bullion. 

Consul.  Virginia 

483* 

Caliiornia 

.  46i'4 

CholUr 

.  oa'-j 

ConUiience 

.     9 

Calfdonla. 

.  10 

Crown  Point. 

.     8 

Excheaaer„ 

.        7>4 

Gould  anu  Curry 

.    12 14 

Ualeaud  .Nori-ross.. 

.      6% 

Imperial 

.    -^u 

Jniia  consollaated. . 

.       4,^ 

Justice J 

.    14^ 

Keotuok  

Leopnrd 

^esiCLin 

Northern  Belle 

overman 

Upiiir 

Itayuiuad  and  Uiy 

Oliver  UiU 

Sava,{e 

.•ieg.  Belcher 

Sierra  Neradit 

Untou  Consolidated.. 

Yellow  Jacket 

iSureka  Cousulldatetl. 


FORKiaS  MARKETS. 


Milesi  American,  629,000  balsa;  -total  rscstpts, 
116,000  !«]»•;  Amerlen,  95,000  baioii   Mtnalez* 

port,  3,000  bales :  forwarded  from  tha  abia**  side  dlreet 
to  apnuiera,  ^0,000  bales ;  Amertoau  sales  •!  the  weak, 
SOjOOO  bales. 

1  P.  M.-«ott«a «-  UptaKds,  Low  MUAUiig  olaoM, 
Febmarr  and  March  deUvery.  (}%d* 

liSO  P.  U.-.Cottoa— Dplands,  Low  MlddUnc  oloose. 
Horoli  ana  April  d«lly«ry,  e\i& 

a  P.  M.->-BieadBtalb— The  reoeipts  of  Wheat  fbr  tbe 
past  three  da^a  irere  33.000  «aarter»,  of  wbioh 
l&OOO  quarters  wera  Amerloaa. 

2:30  P.  M. — ^Tbe  amonnt  of  Cotton  afloat  bound  to 
LlTsniooI  Is  374,000  bales,  of  which  .116,000  balsa  ara 
Amerioao.  Brs  idstiUn— The  market  is  weaker ;  Com 
25a.  3d.^26s.  (M.#qaArt«r  for  new  Mixed  Western, 
and  20a.  9d.'92ea.  8d.  for  old.  Wheat  10s.  6d.9lOs. 
Od.  ^  cental,  (br  average  Oalifbmia  Wbit«,  and  10s. 
Sd.'ivlls.  3d.  for  Club  da  Provisions— Pork  67s.  6d.  iff 
bbL  for  prime  Hess. 

3  K  M.— Cotton— Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause. 
Harob  an^  AprU  deiiverr,  6  35-jiad.i  Oulaada,  liow 
Middling  daose,  April  and  May  delivery,  6  ^i-Zii.; 
Uplands,  Low  MlddUag  cuoss,  shippea  April  and  May, 
sail  7  3-32d.  ,         k~    , 

9)30  P.  V.—CottOTL—Ot  the  sales  to-day  0,600  bales 
ware  Amexioan. 

4  r.  H.— Cotton— Dplands,  low  Middling  clause. 
March  and  April  oellvery.  Q'^^/i. 

6  P.  M.— Traue  Beport— Tha  market  for  Tama  and 
Fabrics  at  Manchester  is  sU>ad,y.  Cotton— Futures 
flat:  Oplands,  Iiow  Miidltng  clause,  Mav  and  June  de* 
Hyery.  6  '.itI-SSd.;  Dpiauds,  Low  Mlddlhix  oUnse, 
Bblpped  March  and  April,  sail,  ti  31-32d. 

Eveniog— Produce— Common  Beatn,  6*.  Provisions— 
Lard.  51s.  6'1.  ^  owt.  for  Aiuencao. 

liONOoir.  Feb,  1!— 6:30  P.  .'tf. -Produce— Reflaed  Ps- 
trolenm,  lt>^i<X.-a)lb^.»  gallon,  bpirlts  oi  Turpen- 
tin«,  Sis.  ed.93-28.  #  cwt. 

Bvenlng— Llnseed-Uake.  £9  168.  V  ton. 

ANTWsap, Fdu.  a— Petroleum, 49x. for dne  pale AmeN 
lean.  _^__^^ 

THE  LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 


NaW-ToRK.  Prlasy,  Pen.  2,  1877. 
Trade  dull  and  small  on  a  moderate  run  of  horned 
Cattle  fresh  to  band  on  this  fbrenoon.  At  Sixtieth 
Street  Tarda  prices  were  8'ao.'3l2o.  ^  lb.,  weiehts  6^ 
to  IOI3  owt.  At  Harslmus  Core  prices  ranged  from  80. 
'S\l\c.  ^  0).,  nelgnts  6  to  0  cwt.  From  56  to  58  tS. 
bas  been  allowed  net.  Tbe  markets  closed  wealc,  with 
a  few  beari  unsold  at  noon.  HUcb  Cows  slow  of  sale  at 
$oOd$76  ^  head,  Calves  inoluJed.  bSiooth  quality 
Veals  soarue  and  in  moderate  demand  at  Sc^lUc.  v 
lb.  Ooarae  quality  Calves  slow  bt  60.  ^0).;  also  at 
8>4  25 jP' head.  Trade  in  Sheep  very  small;  prleea, 
£6  10®S7  ^  owt.  No  Lamba  on  sale.  Live  Hogs  sola 
at  $0  50>4'3»$6  02I3  4P'  owt.:  City  Dressed  weak  at  8a. 
-aSV-IPlB. 

SALSfl. 

At  Sixtieth  street  Fanb.— T.  C.  Ea8t>n»n  sold  for  self 
2U  cars  of  bomifd  Cattle,  sales  aa  follows:  84  gener- 
ally coarse  but  fat  lllluois  Steers  at  S'AC'alV^.  ^  tb,, 
weight  8  evrc.  BtroUK;  ll>3  commoa  Illinois  Steers  at 
So.  ^  tb.,  weight  e>o  cwt.  stroQi;;  48  Illinois  Steers, 
from  oommou  to  fair,  fTom  9c910c.  ^  tti.,  weight  7>4 
cwt.;  6b  good  Illinois  Steers  at  III4C.  ^ 
tb.,  weight  9\t  owt.;  18  good  iUlnola  Bteera 
at  11>90.  ^  lb.,  weight  9h  cwt.  Coon  k, 
Thompson  sold  for  l>aRkin  k,  Thompson  39  poor 
Illinois  Steers  nt  S'sC.  V'  tb..  weight  d'a  cwt.:  18  o6m- 
inoD  Illinota  Kteurs  at  9c. H^  lb.,  weight  5^  owt..  strong; 
10  commoa  liiluois  Stpers  at  9<4U.  ij^  ttl. .  weizht  6^4 
cwt..  strong.  Siegel  k  .Meyer  pold  l<>r  selves  13  com- 
mon Illinois  Steers  at  9>4C.  HP  lb.,  weight  7  cwt.;  .34 
cemmou  Iliinot3  8t;>ers  at  9Hio.  ^  fis.,  weight  U*4cwt. 
GUils  Ic  Browu  sold  tor  selves  'JO  good  llllunik  Steers 
at  ll>3C®12o.  V  lb.,  welgbt  9  cwt  W.  F. 
Burobartl  isola  for  ttoukin  k  Thompson  35  common  II- 
litiois  Steers  at  9W  ^  I&.,  weight  6^  cwL,  held  on 
8alt<  15  llliuuls  Stet-rs.  0.  V¥aixel  soM  for  self  and 
Livingstone  20  fjir  Illinois  Steers  at  10>«c.  ^  lb., 
weights  7>4  owt.:  10  fair  IllinoiB  Steers  at  lO^ao.  ^ 
tb.,  weight  "fU  cnrt^  IS  good  lUiDois  Steers  at  11^. 
i^  tb.,  with  Kl  off  ^  head,  weight  8>4  cwt.;  held  on 
sale,  39  Illinois  ■'^teers.  R.  Knoulton  sold  on  commis- 
sion 4  State  Uxen  at  9^.  ^  ID.,  welgbt  lO'i  owt;  2 

Calves,  weight  23U  lb.,  at  Uo.  ^  tb.;  i)  (Jnlves  at  $4  26 
^  head  :  4  Veals,  welgbt  02U  &.,  at  8c  ^  lb.;  7  Veals, 
weight  1,2»2  a.,  at  9c.  ^  tb.;  2  Veals,  weight  386  IB., 
atluc^lb.  Hume  k  bllioti  fold  149  State  Nbeep, 
weight  16.46U  lb.,  at  «><ic.  ^Ib.;  53  Canada  Bbeep, 
weight  5,090  fb..  at  6Ktc.  ¥  tb.;  bO  Canada  Sheep, 
welfiht  5.33U  tb.,  at  e^^c.  #r  lb.;  119  Canada  Sh«ep. 
welgbt  15.290  Tb..  at  63«c.^  lb. 

At  Forti/^ighth  Utrtit  Sneep  JTarfecl.- Davis  It  flollen- 
beoksold  Ib'^  State  Sbeep,  welgbt  16,570  ID.,  at  0>«e. 
HP-B. 

At  Partiet^  Btreit  Hog  Tards.— Osorge  Reld  sold  106 
Ohio  Hogs,  live  weight  17,680  tb..  at  $6  56i«  |>'cwt; 
105  Obio  IloRB,  live  wei'tht  18,luu  lb.,  at  6 Vs.  i^.  tb. 

At  Hartimu*  Cove  yards.— Coney  &:  M'. PberrOn  sold 
for  Christie  k  Co.  In  coarse  ubiu  steera  at  lUo.® 
lil^iC.  ^  lb  .  weighrs  7  4  to  »  cwt;  11  Unlo  Oxea  at 
&>ai'.  'IP'S).,  we  gbt  '/'4  cwt;  fur  it^iikin  It  CO..  19  oom- 
mou Illinois  Steers  at  a9«o.  V  tb.,  welgbt  >  cwt;  b8 
ccmmoa  lUlaois  Steerd  at  .  o.^  tb.,  with  <  1  off  ^ 
head  on  27  head,  weight  6  cwt;  10  fair 
IlUnots  Steeri  at  93^0.  ^  lb.,  with  $1  off 
if  head,  weizht  SSj  cwt;  2  J  talr  Hindis 
Steers  at  10c.  HP' lb  .  wei;{bt  Q*a  owt  L.  Regeustlen 
sold  tor  self  ana  Uvera  86  common  Illinois  steers  at 
Uc.  ^  K.,  with  $1  off  ^ip  head  oa  US  head,  weight  CSs 
cwt.;  S2  tair  lllinola  Mteera  at  O'^c.  V;  !b.,  weight  O"* 
cwt;  16  fair  IlUnoia  Steers  at  lUV-  T*  tb.,  wiih  $1  on 
^  bead,  weight  7>4  cwt.  strong.  W,  K.  Dudley  sold 
for  A.  Morns  lO  common  llllsoia  Steers  at  6*40.  {f 
lb.,  weight  6U  cwt;  17  common  IIUdoIs  ^tee^8 
at  9a  if  tb..  welgbt  6  Si  cwt. :  16  fair  Il.iuois  .steera  at 
10c.  4?  tb.,  with  *1  on  Jf  head,  weight  7»4Cwt  K.  Vo- 
gcl  aula  tor  N.  Moms  IU  common  IIIIdoU  steers  at  8c. 
V^tb..  with  $1  off  f  head.  Weight  GI4  cwt.;  2uialr  IIU- 
uois  Steers  at  9\a910c.  f  lb..  Weight  7  cwt.  S. 
Hchoater  s  ild  on  oaoimiasluu  32  commoa  IlllDoU  oieara 
at  834c®9c.  V  m.,  weight  O't)  cwt-:  10  good  Illlauis 
Steers  at  lie.  ^  tu.  weight  7^4  cwt,;  15  Illinois  Oxeu 
at  8>3C.  iP   lb.,  weight  0  cwt.    M.   Oo!dscbmldt  sold 

torU.  Klopter  i29  cummuii  >lUsuurl  bteera  at  0*^.  ^ 
lb.,  w.th  g>l«^  on  oa  dz  head,  w.lgbt  7  cwt;  16  fair  Mi*. 
Bouri  Steers  at  b^^c  ^  lb.,  weight  7  c«%t.  scaut:  4J 
fair  Missouri  Steers  at  luc.  4V  tb..  with  $1  off  4>^  head, 
Weight  7>4  cwt  P.  Samueis  torn  fOr  N.  MurnS  30 
ouoiuion  Iliinult  Steera  ut  K^(C.  4P'  tb.,  weights  OVi  to 
64  owt;  17  commoo  Illinois  Bte,-ra  at  9c.  4P'  tb.,  weight 
6^4  cwt,  scant,  li.  k  H.  Westheimer  sold  foi-lbomp- 
soiiit  CO.  17  common  Ohio  Steers  at  9>au.  ^  IB.,  wltu 
5Uc.  on  if  head,  weight  7  cwt.;  40  tair  ualo  S.eers  at 
lU'tic.^  lb.,  weignt  8^  owt;  for  N.  iteid  16  lair 
Uhio  Steera  at  lu^c.  ^  lb..  with  SI 
on  ^  bead,  weight  7^4  cw;.;  10  fair  Uhio 
Steers  at  10>ac.  V  &).,  with  $1  off  ^  Lead, 
welgbt  8  cwt;  lor  A.  Gillesuh-,  34  fair  llliuuls  Steers 
at  U»4C.  f  tb.,  with  $1  off  ^  head,  weight  7  cwt. 
scant;  fo.  <;olgn}ve  It  Co.  15  rouKb  Ohio  uxen  at  8e. 
»  tb.,  wltli  iSl  on  ^  head,  weigot  7  cwt.;  10  Ohio 
Oxen  at  U>ac.  ^  Tb..  with  $1  on  ^iiead.  weight  tf  cwt 
K:ta<.  It  tnilcaolc  s.ilii  207  llUiioia  Sheep,  weight  85  IB. 
4i>'head,  at  S5  lU^  cwt;  146  lllinuU  Sheep,  weigut 
1U9  lb.  ■If  bead,  at  4'>  Gii\  ^  cwt  K.  Newtou  sole  52 
Ohio  She-p.  weight  lOJ  lb.  if  head,  at  ti>4C.  ^  tb.; 
123  FcnnsylvanU  Sheep,  weight  12S  10.  HP' nead.  at 
7c.HP'm. 

BKCEIPTS. 

Kresii  arrivals  at  Sixtieth  Street  Vards  fbr  yesterday 
and  to^Iav  :  uo7  head  or  horued  Cattle,  Vi  Cows,  149 
Veals  and  Calves,  303  SheepL 

l<re.-b  arrivals  at  Forty-eighth  Street  Sheep  lards 
for  yesterday  and  to-day:  1,371  Sheep  audiiatnbs,  8 
CoW4,  2  Bulls. 

r'reah  arrivals  at  Vortieth  Street  Hog  Yards  for  yes- 
terdsy  and  to-day  t  1,3U9  Hogs. 

Fresh  arrivals  at  H-jraiuius  Cove  Tards  tor  yesterda.y 
and  to-day :  l,77u  bead  of  homed  Cattle,  iJ,SS2  Sheep 
and  Lambs.  4,021  Uogs. 

BUFFALO.  Feb.  8.— Cattle— Receipts  todar,  1,292 
head  :  toral  lor  the  week  thus  far.  7,497  head;  6,511 
he.id  foe  the  same  time  la*t  week,  show  au  iaereaao  in 
reoripis  for  the  week  ot  58  cars  ;  no  Stiles  to-day  ; 
fTesti  arrivals  oonalgneil  through;  35  oars  held  for 
shipmen:  to-saorrow,  which  wilt  leave  theyarda  aiiout 
bare  ui  atock.  Sheep  and  Lamoa — tteer-lpta  to-day, 
3,UU0  bead:  total  tor  the  week  tuiu  far,  16.40U  hsaU: 
14,'700  bead  tor  the  same  time  laat  week;  market 
alow  and  prices  weak;  sales,  3  ears  flur  to 
go 'd  Sheep  at  £4  809^5  20;  1  car  stookers  averag- 
ing 76  to.,  at  03  76  ;  7  C(»rs  uiisuld.  Uogs— Keoelots 
to-day,  1.450  heau;  total  for  the  week  tiius  tar.  8,u6U 
besd;  9,000  head  for  tbe  asms  time  last  week;  mar- 
ket slow;  sales  2  oars  good  190  tb.  Yorkers  at  $U  Ua; 
4  cara  light  and  2  cars  heavy  grades  Ubaold.  Cows^ 
Saies  for  the  week,  4o  heau;  demuud  for  good  milkers, 
but  oouimou  gruues  sell  slowly:  common  to  medium 
at  4l..8'&>$32;  good  to  choice  at  Muo-U  >.  Oalve^- 
Onlj  a  fcW  lota  offered,  which  were  not  sulBclent  to 
establish  marketable  quotuttons. 

ALBANT,  Feb.  2.— Beeves— Sales  for  the  week, 
1.70U  uead;  prices  u  shade  firmer.  Sheep— One-balf 
oent^^tb.  lower;  receipu.  47  loads;  14  lonas  lett 
Wi.hout  a  demand;  ountmon  to  fail  at  4c.'S>5c.;  lair  to 
good  at  6c. 'i^O '4c.;  good  extras  at  CscSTc  Lamba 
^cS^oc.  lower  ;  common  to  <alr  at  5'9C.'<l)6'90.;  lair  to 
good  at  ti>»c.'37c:  extras  nt  7'ao.  .>ilich  Cows— Held 
at  !t45^66  tor  fair  to  good;  Spring  Cows  at  $25a$35 
V  bead. 

Chicago,  F^b.  3.— Cattle— Receipts,  1,340  bead ; 
sbipmeuts,  3,000  head  1  market  dull  and  unchanged. 
flo/B — KcceiptB.  lU.OUUhead;  sblpments.  2,O0O  head  ; 
market  dull,  weak,  and  5c.d>16u.  lOMrer;  best  ship- 
ping, $0  ;i03$0  75 ;  light,  $5  5u'2>i5  90 .  medlam  to 
good  heavy.  $5  76 ^$6.  Sheen  qUlet  but  firm  for  beat; 
reociiits,  iioO  head. 


olosore  order,  K.  tTurts,  Jr.,  Bsq.,  ReAree,  sold  a 
plot  of  land  75.3  by  SSJ  by  57.8  by  16.5  by  33  by 
73.3,  on  9th  ay.,  aortb-weet  ooroar  Mtta  st.  for 
•37,400,  to  i».  D.  kwiihftll.  Mid  Ot.  MtUer.  plaintiff 
iB  tat  1m»1  MtlM. 

J.  H.  Wilson,  under  a  Bopreme  Court  foreelostire 
deereei,  W.  O.  TT«pba«Mr,  XSaq..  Befcrea,  disposed 
of  the  three-story  oame  lionse  (Croat)  and  two-story 
frame  taotue  (regr,)  with  lot  SS  by  100,  No.  318  Sast 
Slst  St.,  soath  aide,  between  90.  and  8d  av*..  for 
94.850.  to  Samuel. Weil. 

A.  J.  Bieeoker  4fc  Son,  alsOiudtr  aSopmne  Court 
foreelosare  order,  I,  H.  Laae,  Ssq.,  Beferte,  sold  a 
four-story  and  basement  brown-stone-front  honse, 
wlthlotSOzlOO.li,  onXastltStbst,  south  side,  843 
feet  east  of  5tb  ay.,  for  tll.OOO,  to  JToaeph  B.  Hart, 
platnUff  in  the  legal  prooeedings. 

Louis  Mcsier.  withdrew  the  property  located  on 
Siruigton  at,  sonth-west  corner  Colnmbia  at 

TO-DAY'S  AUCTIONS. 

To-day's  sales,  all  at  the  Ezohange,  are  as  fol- 
lows: 

Uy  B.  V.  Harnett  Sapreme  Court  forselMtire 
snle,  A.  Czaki,  Bsq.,  Referee,  of  six  lots,  each  35  by 
100.  on  Ghierok  st,  known  as  lots  Kos.  37  to  33,  in- 
dasiye,  on  map  of  Klsventb  Ward,'  belonging  to  the 
corporation  of  2(ew-7ork  City  i  also,  two  lots,  each 
33  by  100,  on  Mangin  st,  known  as  lots  Nos.  4.3  and 
44.  on  sama  map ;  also,  similar  sale,  George  Wiii- 
gate.  Bsq..  Baferea  of  the  hoose,  with  lot  StS  by 
109  3,  No.  318  West  37(li  at,  soath  side,  935  feet 
west  of  7th  av. 

By  James  H.  liilller.  Supreme  foreclosure  sale, 
Qeorge  A.  Halsey,  Bsq.,  Beferee,  of  a  house,  with 
lot  18  by  103.3,  -m  East  78th  at,  soatfa  side,  334  feet 
eastofdch  ay. 

By  A.  J.  Bleecker  &  Son.  Snpreme  Court  fore- 
closure sale,  O.  C.  Bucelow,  Bsq.,  Beferee,  of  a 
house,  with  lot  19.5  by  73.10,  on  Weatl33ih  st,  north 
side,  850  feet  east  of  lOtb  ay. 

By  Blaokwell,  Biker  St  Wllkins,  Snpreme  Court 
foreoloanra  sale,  Albert  StiCkney,  Bsq.,  Referee,  of 
one  lot,  27  by  100.11,  on  Bast  I34th  st  north  side,  09 
feet  east  of  lac  ay.:  also  a  plot  ot  land,  100  by 
111.10,  on  Bast  133th  s».  sonth  side,  310  feet  east  of 
1st  ay.  also  a  plot  of  land.305  hv  347  by  100.5  by  UO.ll 
by  15  by  00  on  Bast  lS4th  st.,  north  side.  335  feet 
east  of  1st  ay.,  extending  throogh  to  135th  st  and 
Harieffl  River,  with  water  right 


THE  COTTON  MARKETS. 


LONDOJI.  Feb.  B— li2:30  p.  M.— Consels.  95  11-16 
for  both  money  and  tbe  account  United  States  bonus, 
new  58,  107*2.    Urie  Kaii  way  shares.  9^ 

2:iiu  P.  M. — Pars  advices  quote  5  i^  cent  Bentes. 
luO  fraacs  45  cenlimea  tor  the  account. 

S:aoP.  M. — The  amouut  of  bullion  withdrawn  from 
the  6auk  of  liuglaod  on  balance  to-duy  is  £167.000. 

Pabis,  Vei\i.  2.— Kxchauge  on  Loudon.  25  Ironos  18 
centimes  for  short  algh't 

Livasrooi,,  Feb.  2— IS  H.— Cotton — The  receipts  to- 
day were  14.20U  bales,  of  which  10,5U0  uoles  were 
Ameilcau.  Futures,  sellers  offering  at  a  decline  of 
l-hi2d.;  Uplands,  liO'#-.\llddUa2  ciatiss,  Vebruary  and 
March  delivery.  U  21-32d.:  Dplaads,  Low-Middling 
Clause,  March  aud  April  dejiyery,  6  2j-cS2d. :  Uplands. 
Low  Middling  clause,  April  and  May  delivery,  6  V-; 
also  sales  of  tbe  same  at  6  29-32d.:  also  sales  (.f  the 
same  at  O'Vl-;  Unlands.  Low  MitidliDg  clause,  June 
uud  July  delivery.  7  l-32d.;  CplanOs,  Low  Middhiig 
clauBH,  shipped  JaoU  try  aud  Feotuary,  sail.  6!>ad.;  Up- 
lands, Low  Uiddiing  clause,  shipped  Keornary  and 
March,  sail.  6''sd-;  Cplands,  Low  Uiddling  elau*e, 
shipped  IlaVch  and  April,  sail,  7a.;  Uplauds.  tjow  Mid- 
Uiiug  clause,  Uay  ana  June  detivery,  6  i5-16d. 

l:i:3.i  P.  IJ. — Cottoo- The  marset  is  duU  aud  easier; 
Middling  Uplands,  bSsd.;  Middling  Or.eaas,  6  lo-md. 
8-iles  8,U0u  bales,  iBoiuding  l.OUO  bales  for  specula- 
tion and  export  Uplauds.Iiow  Middliag  clause,  June 
and  July  delivery,  Td.  Weekly  Cotton  mar Icet — Snies 
ol  tha  week,  46.U00  bales  l  eioorters  took  4,000  bales; 
aBeettiatbrt  ««ik  7,000  baiees   total  s«e«jc.  7B1.UUU    . 


GALVESTON,  Feb.  S.— Cottou  nominal ;  Middling. 
13o.|  Low  rtllddling,  llHio.;  Good  Ordinary,  lie;  net 
receipts,  2,437  bales;  cross.  2,443  bales  ;  exports,  to 
Great  iiiltaiii.  6,329  bales;  to Frauce, 1,740 bales;  to  tbe 
Chahael.  8u0  bales  ;  coastwise,  t)93  bales  ;  sales,  840 
bales;  stock,  9i,222  bales.  Weekly— Net  receipts, 
12,266  bates  ;  gross,  12,319  bales  ;  exports,  to  Great 
Bniaio.  lo.luH  bales  :  to  >raiioe,  4.6.S1  bales;  to  the 
Coutinent  U.676  bales;  to  the  t^hanne'.  800  bales; 
coastwise.  3,887  uales;   sales.  5,732  bales. 

Nsw-Orlkans.  Feb.  2.- Cotton  irregular;  Mid- 
dling, 12o.  i  Low  Middling.  11  be  ;  Good  Ordinary, 
loV-;  net  receipts.  7,730  bales;  gross.  7,917  bales: 
expcrtn,  to  Great  Britain.  14.253  bales:  coastTvlse, 
199  Dales  ;  sales,  4,000  Oales;  stock.  287, U3o  hales. 
Weekly— Net  receipts.  60,944  bales;  gross,  65,768 
haiea ;  exports,  to  Great  Britain.  81,404  balsa ;  to 
Prance.  12,219  uales;  to  the  Coutinent  1.002  bales  ; 
coastwise,  b, oil  bales;   sales,  2d,456  bales. 

Mobile,  Feb.  2.— Cotton    weak   and  Irregalar; 

Middilng,  12c.;  Low  Middling,  llVs;  Good  Ordl- 
nar.T.  li.^.;  net  receipts,  7US  bales ;  exports,  to 
GreatBritaih.  3.Lb7  baiea;  coastwise  62  bales;  salea, 
500  bales;  stock,  71,695  bales.  Weekl.y- .Not  feceiptt, 
14.472  bales;  exports,  to  Great  Britain,  6,452  bales; 
to  the  Continent.  a.laU  bales;  coastwise.  J. 193  bales; 
to  tne  Channel.  2.025  balea;  aaies,  4,300  b.tles. 

CHAOLEBTON.  Feb.  3.— Cotton   dull  and    nomioal; 

lower;  Middling.  Vl^.'ai.^^C:  Low  Middling.  12Vc.i» 
12381:.;  <iOOil  Ordi.iary,  12c;  net  leoelpts,  2,004  balea; 
Bales,  ■i.OJ  bales;  stuck.a  ctu.ti,  52.897  bnles.  Weekly 
—Net  reoeipts,  9.818  bales :  exports,  to  Great  Britain. 
U.91S  bales;  to  the  Coutiueut,  l.tfld  bales;  to  the 
<;hanuel.  950  bales;  coastwise,  1,949  bales;  sales, 
3,350  bales. 

iiosTON.  Feb.  S.— Cotton   quleti  Middling,  13i«o.; 

LowMiuJliug,  12!^c.:  Good  Ordinary,  12i«o.i  net  re- 
ceipts, 1,402  balea;  gross,  2,391  bales;  exports,  to 
Great  Britain,  130  balea;  aalea,  Ibu  bales;  stook, 
8,503  bales.  Weekly— Net  reseipts,  4,244  bales;  gross, 
0,775  bales;  exports,  to  Great  nritoin,  l,4l2  bales; 
sales,  2,038  bales. 

Satankah.  Feb.  3.— Cotton  dull  and  lower  ;  Mld- 
dUng,  12  V.;  l^o^  Middling.  12e.;  Good  Ordinary, 
ll>4a.;  net  receipts,  1,698  bales;  export),  to  Great 
Britain,  3.700  Ijoles ;  salea,  300  bales;  stock,  08.883 
hales.  Weekly— Net  receipts,  12,006  baleSj  gross.  12,- 
U61  bales ; '  exportiS,  to  Great  Britain,  16,871  baies;  tO 
the  Cootiuent  3,3U0  bales  ;  coastwise,  3,652  bales ; 
soles,  1,830  bales. 

THE  REAL  ESTATE  MARKET: 


The  follo^ting  basiness  was  tralisadted  at  the 
ExobMige  yestsrdayi  (Frida.v,)  Feb.  8: 

V.  K.  Stevenson,  Jr.,  by  Order  of  the  Sdpreihs 
Corn  tin  foreclosnro,  Themas  H;  Bdsall,  Bsq.;  Bef- 
eree, sold  a  five-story  brick  tenement-hoiise,  '(flth 
lot  35  by  103  3,  on  Bast  74  th  at.,  south  side,  375  feet 
west  of  Ayeoiie  A.  for  t0.450,  to  0.  If,  Habbard, 
platntlll  in 'the  legal  actlou. 

Jamsa  B.  MiUer,  iwder  a  SouteBie  Gout  fon-- 


EXOHAN&E  SALES-^FRIDAT,  FBB.  8. 
HBW-TOBK. 
ByV.K.  Stevmion,  Jr. 
1  flye-story  brick  tenemsnt'housn,  with  lot, 
Kcst  74th  st,  0.  s.,  276  ft.  w.  ot  Avenue  A, 

lot  26x102.2 $9,460 

ByJcmtl  M.  uniler. 
1  plot  of  land,  9th  ay.,  n.  w.  oomer  66th  st. 

05.3x8a3x67.8xl6.6x26x75.3 $4,850 

By  John  H.  WOton. 

1  three-storr  frame  hoose  (front)  and  two- 
story  frame  bouse,  (rear,)  with  lot.  No.  218 
Bast  Slst  st,  s.  ■.,  between  2d  and  8d  ars., 
lot  35x100 $4,860 

By  A.  J.  BUetXer  di  Son. 
1  four-stor.y  and  basement  brown-stone-front 
house,  with  lot.  East  126th  st,  s.  s.,  246  ft 
«.  ot  6th  av.,  lot  20x100.11 $11,000 


BEOOBDED  BBAL  ESTA'IE  XBANSFBBS. 

KBW-rOEK. 
IVitirsdav,  Feb.  1. 

Bayard  st,  s.  a.,  150ft  w.  of  Bowery.  25x86; 

John  Oerhen  to  Claus  Bngeu $12,000 

Lewis  st,   w.   »..  60  ft.  s.  of  6th  St.  29.8x  lr> 

regular;   Morris  R.    Williaais  and  wife  to 

Simuu  ;jtraus8 9,000 

36th  St.  a.  a.,    18S  tt.   w.  or  2d  av..  20x08.9; 

Rlise  J.  Meos  aud  husband  to  Amelia  btark..  13,0U0 
Fordnam  av..  w.  a.,  lOo  ft  w.  ot  Madison  av.. 

64x100,    24th    Ward;     FrauolB    Jones    to 

Michael  Snaw 2,000 

63dst.n.s.,   125  ft.  w.  of  2d  av..  26x100.4; 

William  J.  Parsons  and  wife  to  Simon  Plnoer.  2.000 
63d  St..  s.  8.,  125  ft  w.  st  6th  av.,  SdxlUO.b; 

William  C.   Wetmore  ana  wife  to  Pauline 

Myers 8,600 

Lerov  st,  n.  s.,  226  ft   w.  of  liudaoD   st.  23x 

82;  JuUus  Benedict  and  wire  to  Marie  C. 

Leonard 2,600 

10th  av.,  a  e.   corner   I47th   st,  24.11x100; 

binah  J.  Levi  aud  busb^nd  to   Elizabeth  T. 

Uroodhnrst $4,762 

Qreenwlon  at.,  e.  s..  66.3  ft  ^ofUammoudst., 

18.9xii2;  hush  bberrlil  to  ifary  Venn  Cohen.  6,000 
Monroe  St.  n.  a.,  'J23  ft  e.  of  Jackson  st,  6Ux 

9a ;  Jacob  Uenkell  and  vrife  to  John  F.  Kitert  7,000 
127tta  St.  s.  8.,  32A  ft  w.  of  6th  nv.,  2jx99.11; 

Albert  Beyuaud  to  William  C.  Wetmore 2,600 

84tb  at.  n.  s..  845.8  ft  w.  ot  2d  av..  20x102.2; 

dimon  Piuner  and  wife  to  WtUtam  P.  Par- 
sons   10,000 

43d  St..  s.  8..  206  ftr-e.  of  3d  av..  160x100.6  ; 

Solomon  L.  JaootM  and  wife  to  John  J.  Steams.  21,000 
Lewis  st,  e.  s.,   160.3  ft.  s.  of  Blviogton  st, 

24.UX10U;    u.  u.   Kiugboru.    Executor,  to 

Charles  Bradley. 7,500 

19tb   st,   n.   8..   246   ft  w.  of  4th  a  v..  20x92; 

.^  ary  P.  Jkackensie  and  huabano  to  Theodora 

Arnold nom. 

Staoton  St.   s.  a.  37.6  it  W.  ot  Attorney  st, 

18.6x63.4;    August  8everln    tu   Charles   F. 

Blush 8,000 

doth  st,  s.  s.,  175  tt  e.  of  2d  av.,  18.9xlOJ.o ; 

Frank  Rudd,  Keferee,   to  Thomas  O.  Leroy, 

Kiecutor 4,000 

66tta  ht,  a    B..    156.3  ft   e.   ot  2d  av.,    18.0x 

100.&  ;  same  to  same 6.000 

Cbristopherst.il.  s.,  Od-iattw.  of   Ureenwioh 

St.    53.394s49.1>9;    F.   8myth,   Beferee,    tov 

Jacob  KiDck M  4,850 

13th  St.  s.  a.,  215  ft.    w.  of  5  th  a  v.,   10.6x87^ 

Bernard  K.  McCafferty,  Keferee,  to    Kmma  U, 

Breesf 8,000 

33dsi.,  a.  a.  32j  it  e.  ot   2d  av..  25x98.9; 

Benlamiii  Wright.  Keferee.to  Michael  Guimly  4.500 
70tb  St.  n.  s.,  260  ti.  w.  of  8th  av.,  25xl0u.6; 

George  M.  Williams,  Beterse,  to  Charles  O. 

Havens 3,000 

Madison  st,  b.  s.,  12b  ft.  e.  of  Scammel  st.  24x 

96;  J.  Miiior,  Jr.,  Beferee.  to  Jubn  Uellmanu.     4,225 


__^JLTY_KJ^AJj^EST^^ 

'TH5~U?^TOW>r7lBlfiCE'7l^^ 

Tbe  uivtown  office  of  TUB  TtMB3  is  located  at 
No.  1,337  Broadway,  bet.  Slst  and  3!2d  au. 

Open  dally.  Sundays  Included,  from  4  A  M.  to  9  P.  M. 

Subscriptions  received,  and  copies  of  TH3  TIMBS  for 

sale. 

ADVERTIBRMENTS  RBOEIVED  DHTII,  9  P.  M. 


FOB.  8AtiK— O.N  64Til  ST.,  BUTWHES  LliXING- 
ton  and  4th  avs.,  tbe  tourih  bouse  from  4tb  av., 
north  sl'ie;  a  first-class  browu-stoue  ho.ss.  sise  2<>x 
50,  three  stories,  Dasemeot,  and  under-celiar ;  parlor 
and  basement  tlntsh:i(i  Iu  baru  wood,  and  complete  in 
every  particular ;  price,  $20,000.  Apply  at  JSo.  199 
SdaV.  JOHN  D.  OTTIWliLL. 


FOa.     8AL.E— TUK      UANU3UMB      FuUB-STuBY 
brown-stone  house 

»0.  178  MADISON  AV., 
near  84th  St.  24.8i«x66  feet;  lot  95;  can  he   bought 
low.  IS.  a.  LCULOW  k  CO..  Na  3  Pine  st 


V/IPT  V'FIK  IH  HT.,    UtSTWHUN  5  I'K  AM> 

1?  MAUI;jO.<4    AVs.- For  saie,  a  beautiful  fuur-story 
brown-stone  house  on  this  blosk:  price  low. 

h.  H.  LUULOW  at  CO..  No.  3  Pine  St 


Foil      SAl^lt— I'UK       UKS1HAU1.B       POCB-8TOHy 
brown-stouQ  honse  Ko.   20   West  21st  st,  26  feet 
wide  ufi'i  extra  d^ep;  lot  92  feet 

K.  H.  LCULDW  k  CO..  Wo.  3  Pine  st 


FOK  .•ItAL.IE-MkAULV  NBvV,  A  I'UOR-STOItT 
higb-stoop  brown-stone  bouse,  No.  150  West  53d 
St;  ucomploie  house,  will  be  sold  at  a^bargain.  Keys  at 
OwhefB,  If  a  14 1,  opposite. 


LKXON  UIL.I,.— fOtt  »ALE,  BY  OBOKB  UP  BX- 
doutors.  On  7uth  St..  close  to  otb  av.,  an  elegant 
3o-tooi  lot,  suitable  tor  immediate  improvement  Price 
$19,000.  B.  H.  LUULOW  k  CO.,  ^o.  3  Pine  St. 


AL.AK«iB   MU.UBtit^   Olf  UOVntiS   BKLUNG- 
ing  to  estates  and  iustltutions  fbr  sale  or  rent  at 
ow  rates.      KiMUMOm  P.  PaGB,  No.  42   East  23d  st 


FOK  SAL.B— SKVclRAL    BROW'M.STO.Nfa:    HOUSES 
nearaudbeiow  the  park;  k8,000  to  $30,000:  bar- 
gains. J.  W.  STEVENSiBroadway  aau52d8t 


BROOKLYI^  REAL   ESTATE. 

UNION  C'OLLfiSiTl^ANBs'llN'THBlpiRST^ 
Second,  and  Third  Wards  ot  Long  island  City,  new 
couut.v  site  of  Queens  County,  aad  in  the  Seventeenth 
Ward  of  Brooklyn,  incudlug  valuable  water  fronts 
on  the  Kast  Hiver  aud  ou  Mewtowu  Creek,  all  docked 
aud  filled,  for  sale  or  lease  ou  easy  terms.  Apply  to 
H.  8.  ASABLH.  Long  Island  City. 


REAIi^STAl\B^ATAaOT^ 

TjllGHTY-FlFTH  STaBJBr.-NKW-YORK  SH- 
-"-^preme  Court— City  and  County  of  Kew  York.— 
FSAKCIS  B.  wales,  pbtintlfi;  against  LEWIS  J. 
PUILLlPR,  William  i.  Sherwopd,  John  Burke,  and 
Frederick  Lewis,  as  Assignees  of  Lewis  J.  Phillips,  for 
the  benefit  of  creditors'  defendants. -^In  pursuance  of 
a  Judgment  Of  foreclosure  bud  sale,  made  and  entered 
in  tbe  above-entitled  action,  bearing  date  the  15th 
day  of  November,  1876,  I,  Robert  isewell,  the  Beferee 
in  said  Judgment  named,  will  sell  at  public  auotion,  at 
tbe  Kxcbangd  Salesroom,  N»  111  Broadway,  in  the 
City  of  Hew- York,  by  BeoJ.  P.  PairchilJ,  auctioneer, 
onSA'rU&DA/,  tbe24tb  day  Of  February,  1877,  at  12 
o'clock  noon  of  that  dav.  the  I'ollowing-descrlbed 
premises  to  writ :  All  those  six  certain  lots,  pieoes, 
and  parcels  of  laud  known  aod  outlUgaisbed  on  a  cer- 
tain map  ot  lands  in  Bioomiitgdaie,  iu  the  (iiite)  12ih 
Word  ot  tbe  city  of  Mew-lork,  belougiug  to  William 
W.  Woolsey.  lUade  by  KdWln  J.  MUith,  City  Surveyor, 
in  June,  183j.  with  alterations  and  additions  made  iu 
May.  1863,  and  flied  in  the  office  ot  (be  Register  of 
the  City  and  Coudty  or  MeW-toric,  In  tin  case  2l9,  as 
Numbers  281.  28:.^.  283,  284,  285.  and  283,  whicli  said 
six  lots,  taken  together,  are  bounded  aud  described  as 
follows :  Begttintug  at  a  polut  oh  the  northerly  side  of 
Klghty-llfth  street,  distant  two  hundred  feet  easterly 
from  the  easterly  side  of  tbetitnth  avanue,  and  thence- 
running  nertherl.y  and  parallel  with  tbe  Ninth  avenue 
oue  hundred  test;  tbeuee  running  easterly  aud 
parallel  with  Klxht.y-dilh  street,  one  hundred  and 
nrty  feet;  thenee  southerly  and  parallel  with  the 
Kiotk  avenue,  oue  hundred  feet,  to  Eichty-flfth  atreet, 
and  thence  westerly  along  Bightv-flfth  street,  one 
hundred  and  fifty  feet,  to  the  plaee  of  beginning.- 
Uated  New-York,  Fettfiuif v  2,  1877. 

lUiBfittT  SEWBLb.  Befteree. 
G.  W.  CofrBBUA.Plaintlirs  Attorney,  Mo- 175  Broad- 
way, New-York,  f3-laW8WS 


j^AcToa.1:  NO.  »18  vVfisit  itTfl  sf ..  tti 

JC  by  109:  five  stories  ;  stroagi  light,  dSsirablb  i  sale 
auction  Saturday,  No.  Ill  ifroadway,  12  o'clock: 
mortgage  taken  id  pott  paYibeht  Inquire  at  No.  120 
brood  st,  Boom  No.  i7. 


COUNTRY  KJBAli  ESTATE.. 


' 


Ott    HAL-H.^A    BfeAtnJtt'DL    OoOwTBY    HOMB. 

dairy,  Oc  stoek  fMm:   20u  ociea  excellent  land; 

ple.iBant,  taetdthy  loeatloat  o&e  hour  In  NSW-JersSyi 
depot  on  the  farm;  modern  house:  12  rooms;  two 
tarmhouses.  four  large  boimk  fbitf  atablea,  each  60 
feet  long)  earnage-uousb,  shops.  <tc.i  nsver-taUliig 
springs;  atock,  ImDlements.  and  furniture  if  desired. 
Photograph  bnd  parttoiUfcrs  Hfiih  HfARLBT  VKBGU- 
kON,  No.  161  Broadway. 


Oi 


MANUK.   N.    Jt-t!Ublll«Y     HoC$K8.    LiltDH 
^    aadyiLoce  >nts  tor  sales  s  neat   ysnet/i    Aisut 
Itimiahed  knd  tmfuruished  itoBses  tu  Idt  fof   aeaaou  oi 
vent,   bv   WalTRS  IL  KMiTH;    Hmiotrj    BUHMtWeM* 
.Jt».lHi„Oraniii«.  tinomr  OfMatn  aiU^   0BIMS(».. 


OQUNTKy  KMAL  ESTATE. 

FOft  SAIjB.— THB  BLBGAKT  COUMTBX  SEAT  AT 
Bbinebeok ;  finest  plaoe  on  tbe  Bndaon.  and  contains 
80  acres  of  highly  ennlyated  land,  embsltlshed  irith 
lawns,  sb$d*  trees,  aad  shimbbery.  and  upon  wbteh  are  a 
large  brlolc  asansiOB.  ovooh-hoase,  ooiUges  for  fanaer. 
■"tn-hmB-.  SMid  guidmamrt  eomuianda  me»  axtenaiye 
and  beaottnil  rlews  ot  a  river  and  Utke,  with  mountain 
baekgroood;  locAtlofibetilthftil;  art  thnorhood  nnex* 
osptloBable :  and  a  due  rolUag  eonntry  tor  riding  and 
dtivinx.  TUa  property  oSera  to  persoos  of  toate,  cul- 
ture, and  tenaament  a  resldenoe  of  une^oaled  beansy. 
It  was  purchased  b.'^  the  late  owner  at  a  oost  of  $60,- 
OtiU,  and  slaee  mrobase  he  ezpeuoed  upward  of  $40.- 
000  upon  It  m  imDcoyeiaenti.    A  large  portion  of  Out 

Surehose  mimey  may  remain   oa  mortgage.    Address 
.,  Box  Mo.  6,434,  New-York  Post  Offloe. 


FOB,  MAIiB  LOW  AT  HCEHNH,  LUNO 
ISLAXS.— Bouse,  formerly  owned  and  oceupten  by 
Messrs.  A.  Wayte  and  J.  B.  Byrne,  containing  nine 
rooms  and  oofflmodimu  cellar  in  good  order  and  readj^ 
for  immediate  oceapsnoy.  Tbe  grounds,  Which  cover 
an  area  of  about  6>^  aores,  eontaia  tbe  neessswry  out- 
houses, bam,  toe  and  wood  houses,  8te.,  with  a  variety 
otfmit  and  omanental  shade  trees,  hedges,  aower 
beds,  grapevines,  lt&,  with  well  ot  the  purest  water; 
fine  soeBMy  aad  location  nnusnatly  healthy ;  soHools, 
oburetics.  and  depot  within  a  short  distaooe ;  terms 
easy.  Apply  to  JAiCBS  A.  HlbL,  Administrator,  NOb 
SOI  Mott  st,  New-York  City. 


fiT^J^j^J^gS  TO  LET. 

To  LBT,  FU&NIMHBD— AN  KLBOAur  FOOB- 
stozy  blgu-etoop  brown-stone  house  on  the  oorner 
Of  Madison  av.  and  4zo  at;  aizs  26  by  60  feet;  let  100 
feet  deep. 

ALSO. 
A  first-class  fUll-slae  bouse,  four-story  brown-stone,  hi 
East  38ch  St.,  elose  to  6tb  ar. 

ALSO, 
A  very  desirable  four-story  extra  wide  honse  in  West 
22d  st,  oiese  to  6th  ay. 

ALSO. 
An  elegant  fUU-sise  and  extra  deep  house  on  84th  st, 
near  6th  av. 

ALSO. 
Many  other  houses  on  tbe  leading  avenues  and  streets, 
a  list  of  wtiich  can  be  obtained  on  application. 

HOMEB  MOUOAN.  So.  2  Pine  st 


TO  LKA8B— SSOO.-FoUK-STOEYBBOWN-SrONB. 
high-stoop  bouses,  22x55  feet,  oa  lot  lOU  feet,  sit- 
uated on  So  St.  Brooklyn,  near  7tu  av.,  and  ou  the 
high  ground  adjoining  Prospect  Park.  Third  et  is  the 
extra-wide  street  leadiog  to  the  entrance  to  tbe  Park. 
This  is  tbe  highest  and  most  healthful  part  of  tbe 
whole  city.  The  booses  are  flrst-ciass  in  every  re- 
spect, in  perfect  order,  and  Immediate  possession 
can  be  glyen.  Apply  to  J.  B.  BAnoEL  k  SON,  No.  117 
Broadway.  New-iork,  or  to  IBA  A  KIMBaLl,  comer 
6th  ay.  aad  9th  st,  Brooklyn. 


FLKNIMUBO  aoUHB  TO  KBNT,  FROM 
May  1;  location  >o.  28  West  4!)th  st.  between  5th 
and  6th  avs.;  house  frescoed  and  furnished  in  superb 
s^le,  and  perfeet  in  all  its  appointmeats;  real  estate 
agents  will  not  l>«  considered.  Address  OWHhB,  Box 
No.  21,  New-lTork  Post  Office. 


GU.'npL.Erte  LJsiT  of 

SEStBABLB  FUBNI8UBD  AND    DNFUBKISBSD 

HOUSES  TO  tiBNT. 

HOMKR  MORGAN,  No.  2  Finest 


T 


O  LBTOB.  1,BA!<B— la  601'H  tiT.,    BETWEBN 
6th  and  6th  ay d., -two  small   bouses.,  turnished  or 

UnfurnlshedL      Apply  to  C.  k  S.  D.  LAWTO..V,  No.  132 

Nassau  st,  New-York. 


srOliKsi,   &(J.,    JO   liE'I. 


OFFICnES  TO  IlBT 
IN  THB 

tijues  building. 

APPliV  TO 

OBOSGE  jaNBS, 
TIAIBS  OFFICB. 


f^ARPBT   AND    OIl,-CL<OTH    BVUlSBliS.— 

\_/rhe  fine  large  store  No.  58  Montgomery  st.  Jersey 
Cit.v,  htted  up  for  the  purpose,  to  let  for  a  term  ot 
years,  tbe  present  occupant  about  retiring.  Apply  to 
J.  W.  PABKBB.  on  tbe  premises.or  to  JOHN  HUUXACE, 
Na  122  Bast  23d  st.  New-Tork. 


TO  liKl^THB  FIBS  l'-CLAil»  KTOKti,  BASEMENT, 
and  sub-cellar.  No.  601-  Broadw»y;  size.  ln):^20l) 
feet ;  through  to  Mercer  st  Tbe  above  Is  one  of  tbe 
best  stores  on  Broadway.    UOMEU  MORGAN,  J  Pine  st 

STUAM  POWfilt  AND  tflUS'C  FliUU K  ANU 
cellar.  50x8U  feet,  Nos.  188  and  19il  Houston  st    In- 
quire in  tbe  corner. 


REAL  EST.4TE  WANTED. 


w 


ANTBD  IMMGDIATBLV—  UNFUBNIsagD 

bouses  to  rent  at  this  office;  great  demand. 

JOBIAH  JbX.  No.  1.236  Bro  idway. 


W ANTBD       IMAIKUIATULV  —  KUBNI^HKO 
houses  to  rent  at  this  office ;    considerable  de- 
mand. jOSIAH  JcZ,  No.  l,23j  Broadway. 


____lNSTRUqTION^____ 

Collegiate    Institute, 

No.'40  WA&iliNGfO.N    SQDARK.  Nti\V-X<>iit  Clf  f. 

OKU.  W.  CLAKKR,  Pfa.  O.,  Priodipal. 
Prepares  pupils  of  all  ages  for  biiHnett  or  college. 


SKVERAI.  VOCNU  t^IiCLS  VViL,L  UB  BE- 
eeived  into  family  and  day  school  by  an  accom- 
plished and  experleneed  lady  ;  locatioii  dellgnttUi ; 
two  boars  from  City  ;  best  testimonials.  For  p.iriiou- 
lars  address  l.  J.  KENNBUY,  Attorney  at  Law,  Jersey 
City. 


OUAHlilBtC  IN.vri TU  rtf, 

CBNTBAL  PABS,  NEW-VuRK. 

Boarding  and  Day  school  for    boys    from  seven  to 

twenty  years  old. 


FOUT  WASHING  TON  FKBNUa  AND  BNO- 
LliSU  Institute,  171st  Et  and  KUi^a  Bridge  Boat), 
N.  1.  dXf. — 'J2a  year,  2d  session,  opens  Feb.  1.  Puoils 
prepared  tor  college  or  business.  V.  Prevost,  PriucipaL 

Rai.  FARIi!!*'    KUAUUI.^G      TsTi      DAV 

school  tor  .young  ladies,  i^ew-tSrunswioli.  N.  J., 
opeus  Its  next  bes^iou  Feb.  5,  Circulars  sent  if  desired. 
Terms  moaerate. 


ST.  VAUUti,  .>SC;UOOIi,  NEW.YOUK,  LBWI.S- 
BORO,  WK8TCHESTER  CoDNTl.— A  smaU  home 
School  for  children.  Terms  moderate.  Address  Priu* 
oiptas,  Bev.  and  Mra  K.  BOLTO.I. 


FailKOU.  l.&ri.N,  GKfif£K— BY  A  PaBI^IAN 
gentleman  ;  30  lessons,  $.:6;  at  pupil's,  $35.  Address 
FBhNCH,OoxNa  303  TIMBS  UP-TOVVxt  OFFICn.  NO. 
1.267  BlluAU  WAY. 


ANTHON     4'KA.U.tlAK      (SCHO.tL,,     Nu.     252 
Madison  av.;    college   and  business;     the  rates  of 
tuitiou  have  been  reduoeJ. 


FKKNCUTiiACHINGBY  DK.l^.iSACVKUR. 
author  of  "  t.auseries  avec  mes  eibves,"  &c  For  cir- 
culars apply  by  letter  at  No.  51  West  35th  st 


^^EAOHEKS. 

WANTED— A  REsIUKNT  TEACHER  FOR  ONE  OP 
the  public  iDsticutioas  in  this  City.  Ladies  who 
hnve  hod  at  least  five  ye^n^  euooessful  experience  in 
teachmg  tne  English  branches  in  public  or  private 
echo  Is  wiU  address  PBINCIPAL,  6ox  No.  263  TIMES 
UP-TOWN  OFPIOK.  NO.  1,257  bEOADWjY. 


LEGALJ^^TIOES^ 

NEW.YOR&  SUPKtiiUB  COl7ttT.-IN  THE 
matter  of  tbe  application  of  BENJAMIN  W.  BON- 
NBY,  Heceiver,  tc,  ot  Tbe  North  Carolina  Ore  Uress- 
ing  Company.— Iu  putsaance  of  au  order  of  the  Su- 
preme Court,  made  and  entered  in  tne  above-entitled 
matter,  dated  Janmiry  23,  1877,  thti  undersigned, 
the  Beceiver  therein  named,  will  sell  at  public  auc- 
tion, at  the  Exchange  Seles-room.  No.  Ill  broaOway, 
in  tbe  <.:itv  ot  New-Yorii.  on  viTeduesday,  the  X4th 
day  of  Febniar.y.  1877.  at  12:30  o'clock  In  tbo  atter- 
uoou,  by  Adriau  IL  .Uuller,  HUotioneer  :  All  ana  singu- 
lar tne*propert.y,  effects,  aud  things  iu  action  of  The 
North  Carolina  Ore  Oresstng  Compauy,  iucludiug  the 
right  of  said  company  to  tue  in  >orta  Carolina  a  cer- 
tain  orocess  lor  crushing  ore,  aud  especially  alt  tbe 
right,  title,  and  Interesi.  in  law  aud  equity,  ot  what- 
ever nature  or  kind,  existing  in  or  lu  lavor  of  the 
said  company  in  aud  to  tbe  gold  mlae,  and  all  the 
property  couoected  therewith  or  appertaining  there- 
to, situated  in  Bo  won  County,  State  of  North  Caro- 
lina, and  known  as  the  Gold  UiU  Mine,  as  heretotore 
claimed  and  held  b.y  The  Gold  Hill  Mining  Company.— 
Dated  New-York.  Jantutry  30,  1877. 

BENJAMIN  W.  BONNET, 

Receiver. 
EnwAUD  F.  BBOwir. 

Attorney  tor  Receiver, 
No.  7  Nassau  st. 


ELECTIONS. 


Missotmi  Pacific  liAii,WAT  Compact,      } 

OFSloa,  No.  5  BowtiMO  Gkbbn,         > 

Nbw-xork,  Jan.  -io,  1877.) 

NOTICE  IS  HEREBV  GlV-^N  THAT  TMK 
ani'Ual  meeting  of  ihe  stockholders  ot  the  Missouri 
Pacific  Bailwav  t^ompanv  will  be  held  Ht  the  offlcu  of 
the  company,  lu  St  liouls.  Mo.,  on  TUEiiD  \Y,  the  6th 
day  Of  March,  1877.  at  12  o'clock  \b,  tor  the  election 
of  thirteen  Dlreetort  for  the  eosuing  year,  au<l  lor  the 
tiansaouon  of  any  other  business  that  may  coma  be- 
lore  the  meeting. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  will  be 
held  at  the  same  office  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  7th  day 
of  March.  1877.  at  IZ  o'clock  M. 

The  tranbier-books  will  t>e  closed  ou  the  oftemson  of 
the  3d  day  of  Fenruary,  and  vriil  be  reopened  on  the 
morolug  of  the  8tb  day  ot  Marco,  1877. 

C.  K.  GABBISON.  President 

O.  L.  Whitb,  Secretary. 


DbLAWARX,  LaOKAWANJIA    and  WksTSKN    RAILBeAb  1 
COKPABT,  No.  26  KXCHAHUE  PI.AOa.  > 

Nxw-Xosk,  Jan.  26,  1877.     > 
rt^HE  ANNUAI.  BLicCTluN    OF  \tftVlVBH.!i 

X  and  managers  ol  this  oempany  will  be  held  at  this 
offloe,  on  TOkSOaY,  the  20th  day  of  February,  proa., 
at  10  o'clook  A.  M. 

Polls  Will  be  open  between  10  aud  11  o'clock. 

Tr&oBier-books  will  be  closed  from  31st  January  until 
21st  February.  A,  J.  ODELL.  secretary. 


OsnoB  oy  TUB  Cossolidatidit  Coai.  Compakt  of; 
MABTI.ASD,  No.  71  Bboadwat, 
^  ^        Nkw-YOBK,  Feb.  v;,  1877. , 

rtlBte  ANNUAL.  ittbBlI.NIi  OK  THB  SfOc^- 
X.  holders  of  this  company  lor  the  election  of  Presi- 
dent and  Dlreetorri,  aud  transaction  of  other  buai- 
ness.  Will  beheld  at  uoon  on  WliUNESDAY.  the  21st 
last  Tbe  transfer-books  will  close  at  2  o'clock  P.  M., 
On  the  10th  inst,  and  reopen  on  tbe  23d  lust 

M.  u.  UICKS,  Secretary. 


THB  ANNUAU  iUKliTiNG  UF  STOCRa 
HOLDERS  Of  the  Maryland  Coal  Compauy  toe  the 
election  of  a  Fresideut  and  ten  IHrectors,  antl  for  such 
other  biuiuesB  as  ma.v  oome  before  the  meeting,  nill 
beheld  at  the  GoinDanys  Office,  No.  Ill  Broadway, 
Feb.  0,  at  11 A  H.  Polls  Open  f  rem  12  sL  tiU  1  P.  M. 
ax.  BOB j.  Secretary. 


rlnilBANNi;ALBI<BCTiO.NPOK,THiKTBBN 

J.  DiJreotOti  of  the  sixth  Ayeniie  Railroild  Cbtnpany 
will  t>e  h«ie  at  the  iiedot,  Otn  ay.,  comer  of  43d  at,  on 
iinBSD4Y.  Feb.  13,  1877;  fioih  IS  to  1  tf  olMk. 

«•  0>  ilOOBa,  jMietavr.  ^. 


FIjrAyOlAL.      _/ 

VERM  I  LIE 

&ca 

BANKERS        ' 

1<  and  18  Aasiiaii  mc,  IVewTorli^ 

nULBUIR  Ajy,  nWtJBROF  lOOVSaWMMT 

•BCUKlTIKg. 

KBW.TORK^aTT 

,„,^«W1)  BBOOKLTB  BOtnw, 

BtlT  AND  SELL  OH  COMHI88t(M 

RAIl.WAY  »TOCK».    BONDa«  AN*    GOUl 

INTEREST  ON  DBPOMITit. 

iAR.  A.  TBOWBBIOGB,  DONALD   MACKAl 

^ LATHAM    A    WHH  »«"iwai. 

WABAi^H  RAlLWAf   COMFANX'. 

BOTICB    To    BOItDBOLDEKSL 

The  holders  of  tbe  tollowtug  First  Mortgage  Diylatonal 
Bonds  of  the  Wauosh  Railway,  vis: 

Toledo  Mid  Illinois  Bsilroad  Company. 

Lake  Brie,  Waoash  and  St  Louis  Bailrood  Company. 

Great  Western  Bailrood  Company. 

Ilhnois  and  Southern  Iowa  Ballrood  Company. 

On  presentation,  ou  Feb.  1,  of  the  past  due  and  cuN 
rentooupoos  tvtne  H.-tro  oiltou  National  Bank,  will 
reoelve  therefor  cash  tor  the  coupons  due  Feb.  1, 
1877,  and  a  oerttilcate  of  deposit  bearing  interest  fOK 
those  past  due. 

For  ftirtber  infbfmitlou  and  particulars  in  regard  to 
all  classes  of  bonds.  iaaulr.y  ma.v  tM  made  of  Ja  dK8  A, 
BOOSEVKLT,  President  Wabasii  tUulway  Compaiiy. 
No.  32  Finest,  or  of  tbe  Ihuehoalng  Committee,  So, 
62  WUltgro  sb.  New- York. 

Kxw-VoKK,  Jan.  26.  1877. 


THE  BANK  OF  MONTREAL 

18  PRKBAR.SD  TO  ISSUE 

CrROUIiAIl  NOTES 

AND 

LETTERS  OP  CREDIT 

TO  THAYELKSS, 
avaUahle  ia  oU  parts  of  tiis  world. 

UHAfeLE.S  F.  SUlTHHaS.  }  .,^^ 
WALTEB  WAT«a.x,         J  Agents 

NOS.  59  AND  6t  WALL  ST. 


CiTt  ConwctL  Chahbbes.  ftxcnrg.  Wis.,  Jan.  6. 1877. 

NOTICK— TO  HOLjEEW  0«<  BOSifi  OP  THB 
City  or  Bacino,  issued  under  snthority  of  au 
act  Of  tile  Wiscoiuiii  Legtolatore,  approved  Feb.  7, 
1871: 

The  City  of  Racine  will  entertain  proposals  Crom 
holders  ot  Its  bonOs  issued  in  conformity  with  the 
ai>ove-named  act  to  surr  uder  them  for  cancelation  ou 
payment  oi  the  same  from  the  :Anking  hund,  to  an 
amount  not  to  exceed  twecty  thousand  ($20,000) 
dollars. 

Prooosals  should  give  numbers,  rate  of  interest.  an4. 
time  of  maturity  of  bonds  offered,  be  sealed  and  sent 
to  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  (marked  "Proposals  to 
BJrreudcr  Raelue  City  Bonds,")  uu  or  before  Feb.  6, 
1877. 

Tbe  City  reserves  the  right  to  reject  any  or  ail  bids. 
J.  O.  AIEACUAU,  Uayor. 

M.  CiAircT.  Jr.,  Controller. 


TBBROL.D  iMORTUACrEBO.M>HOL.DEIt!>t 
Committee  are  now  prepared  to  purchase  all  or  rdt 
vortiou  of  the  ouTstanUing  thlrl.r-iv\  o  Gold  .fl'.rtgage 
BouUa  of  the  Toledo,  Wabash  and  Western  E>i:way 
Company,  for  the  &um  of  $58i>  68  per  bond,  which  is 
the  amouut  of  the  dividend  in  casb  arisinz  from  tbe 
Bale  under  tbe  forecloeure  proceedings.  Or  if  rbe 
holders  of  an.v  of  these  bonds  wish  to  jolur  the  other 
ixindno  ders  aa<l  share  in  the  sale  made  to  ihe  n«-w 
parties,  they  uray  do  so.  provided  tbev  notify  us  by  the 
16th  of  February.  Auplv  to  W.  A.  V.  PO.^T,  Secretary 
of  tbe  Foreclosure  Coimnlttee.  at  the  office  of  Perkins, 
LivingstoQ,  Post  k  Co.,  No.  23  Nassau«t. 
Hbw-Toee,  Jan.  27,  1877. 


Officb  METaOPOLITAN  IN.SURANCK  CO.,  ) 

Na  108  BkoAPWAr,  Ksms-f  oak,  Jan.  29.  1H77.     i 

THE  UN1>£:K?S4GN1£D  tlAi^i  31ADE  AN 
arrangement  with  the  CONMNENTAl,  1N« 
KUKAACK  COIHPANV,  No.  102  Broadway,  assets 
over  83,000.000.  whereby  that  company  will  substi- 
tute its  policies  In  place  of  those  issued  I'y  tbe  Me- 
tropolitan Insurance  Compao.y,  to  take  efll-ct  iu  eaeh 
case  upon  the  surrender  of  tbe  policies  uf  this  com- 
oany. 

Policy-holders  are  iuTitPd  to  send  in  their  poUeies 
for  such  substitntion  at  once. 

CUAULSS  B.  APPLEBY. 

Beceivnr. 

cncnnHnir^FEicEn 

mUMCIPAIi  BONDS,  DCB  1906.    A  LlMITBb 

AMODNT  FOB    SALE  BY 

KtHN,LOEB  &  CO ,  NO.  81  NASSAU  ST. 

J.  U.  HAAB.       J.  HK.\G.STLlirt       B.  AT.   RAV^KU, 
Uember  Gold  Bxehaoge.  Member  Stoett  Exchange 

HAAR  &  CO., 

BANKEK»   AND    BROK.El£!», 
>o.  45  VVAtilv  tST. 

DE.4.LERS  IN  SPECIii  A.N'xi  U.s'lTfiD  STATES  SB. 
CUBITIES.  BOY  AAD  SELL  ST.;C11J,  BO.fDS,  ASO 
GOLD  tOB  CASH  OR  OS  IIARSIN.  SPECIAL  AXW 
TENIIoN  PAIO  TO  0«DEBS  FOR  IXVES  TdiiN^TJ. 

OUDKES  KXBCUTEO  AT  Tata!  PHILADRLPiUA  ASB 
BOSTON  STOCK  EXCHANGES.   

-Nkw-Yokk.  Jan.  SO.  1877.  . 

NOTICE   !•«   HBRBBV    UIVKN    THAT    aN 
application  has    been  m^ide  to  the  Legislature  of 
this  a^ate  lO  amend  the  charter  of  the  Lafaveite  Fixe 
Insurance  Comoany  of  Brooklyn. 
By  order  of  the  Board  of  OiL-eetors. 

GEO.   ^.  HUXT.  Secretary. 


USITED  STATES  hlPHSSS  COMPAIrt. 

TsBAsmtsu's  Officf:,    .>o.  82  Bboadwat, 


■\ 


Nkw-York,  Jan.  27,  1677. 

THE   TRAN.<«FER-B(»01i.S    OF    THI«  COM- 
pany  will  be  closed  Feb.  3,  at  2  P.  M.,  and  reopened 
Feb.  16:  THEO.  F.   WOiJU.  Treasurer. 

AC.  BURNHAItl,  NO.  33  PINK  ST.  NKW-TORK. 
e— Investment  securities  oaying  eight  to  ten  pel 
cent,  for  sale.  Western  mortgages  a  specialty  lor  six- 
teen years.  References  iu  New-York,  Boston.  Hart» 
ford,  and  Philaaeiphia.    Bead  for  lists. 

BRttWiN   DiCOTHtiRS  dL*  CUm 

NO.  69  WMjIj  ST., 

iMSUB  COMMERi:iAL  and  TBaVELKK?  CRtDlTS 

AVAILABLE  in    a'lKAKTS   of    the  WOBLa 

diOAA   AAA  T<»   1.0AN    ON    BOND  A.ND 

JqPZiWeVl/Vfmorfgaga  on   New-York  City  lujr 
proved  proo.-rty.    Apply  to 

GRANT  BROTHERS.  No.  2  Exchange  court 

E«TATB  Kl)>DS>  TO    LoA>i   ON  BOND  ANii 
mnrtmtge.  for  five  years,  at   6  per  cent.    Good  apr 
plications  wanted. 
K.  H.  LUDLOW  k  (X).,  So.  3  Pine  8t 

<Si£i   AAA  OK  «10,0Oe  TO  liOA.V  ON  BONB 

(pD.UUUond  mortgage.         WBL  KEN.'^BLLY. 

No.  5>si-iue8V 

""  FIRE    INsJlJRANCE    sSTOCKS         ^ 

BODOHT  AND  SOLD  BY 
B.  S.  BaILEY,  No.  ti&  -.v'ali  st. 


piVIDEiSBS. 

OFFica  OP  THB  New- York,  Pao  idrsce  and  Kostost) 

UAIUIOAO   CoHPANT.   (StoKINQTOX  RAILaOAh.)       > 

NEW-ioRK,  JhB.  25,  1877.  ) 

AQUARTERI.Y  DIVIOKND  OF  TWO  ANft 
O..E-tiALF  PEct  CENT.,  out  of  the  earnings  of  the 
§ast  three  months,  will  be  naid  at  the  office  of  Messrs. 
t.  Morgan's  Boos,  no.   39   WU.iam  su,  Aew-Yorlc.  on 
tbe  iOth  day  of  February. 

The  transfer-boolu  will  be  closed  from  the  1st  to  ths 
10th,  both  inclusive.  F.  B.  NOV ES.  Secretary. 

HE  UNION  TRUST  CO.UPANV,  OF  N»w- 
YOKK.  Trustee,  will  pay  TWENTX  DOLLARS  IN 
Gold  upon  ttie  coupons  marurlug  Feb.  1,  1S77,  or  tbe 
consolidated  first  mortgage  land  grant  bonds  of  tbe 
MISSOURI.  KANSAS  AND  TEXAS  RAILWAY  COMPA- 
NY which  have  been  stampea.  subjc'Ct  to  tbe  agree- 
ment ot  .Uarch  1,  1876.  Coupons  cut  from  registered 
bobds  must  be  accompanied  uy  <ui  order  fr>im  tne  reg- 
istered holder,  aud  ail  coupons  must  be  lett  ovei  night 
for  examination.  KUWARD  KING,  President. 

The  fcT  NiCHOi,AS  .National  Baxk  or  New-  York,  ) 
No.  7  Wail  St.     New-York.  Jau.  HO,  1877.     5 

DIVIDEND.— A  SEMl-AKNUAL  DIVIDEND  OP 
Kour  per  Ceut.  has  teen  aeclared  by  tbe  Uirec- 
tors  of  Ibis  bonk,  payable  on  and  alter  the  12th  day 
of  February  next;.  The  transl'er  boo^s  will  be  closed 
from  tbe  1st  to  l3th  proximo. 

A.  PARKHUR''T.  Cashier. 

I  — <- 

Missouri  Pacific  Railw-^t  Coxpant,} 

OFncE  .\o.  b  Bowu.vo  Gkbbn,       } 

.New- York,  Jan.  2.3,  1S77. , 

THB  COUPON.S  DUE  FKB.  I,  JSTr,  0.>  Till 
first  mortgage  bonds  of  the  Pacific  Kaiiro»d  Com 
ptkuy  (oi  Missouri)  will  be  paid  ou  and  after  that  date^ 
at  the  office  of  this  company. 

c.  K.  GARRISON.  President. 

Boston  AUD  Nbw-Yorr  Air-Linb  Bai[.roab  CoxPAirr. 

TRBASCEER'S  OFFIOB 


R-LlNB  BAItROAB  COXPAlrr.  1 
FFIOE,  No.  12  WAti  ST.,  > 

KEjr-YoRK,  Jan.  liS,  1877.  J 


THE  INTERBHT  DUU  tUd.  1,  lUft,  ON 
the  First  Mortgage  Bou  >8  of  tbe  Boston  and  New* 
Y'ork  Air-Line  Railroad  (.ompanv  will  ue  paid  at  th( 
o&ce  of  Hatch  &  Foote.  No.  VJ  vTail  at. 

D.  B.  b  ATCH,  Treasurer. 

IK     I      II-         •         I'  ■  ■ '■ '  ■  -l-     T         -     I  -1^ 

BROASWAT    I.tSUSAXOB  COXPAVT,       } 
No.  15ii    Broadwat,  Jan.  le.   1<$77.  i 

CASHCAFTTAL .....$200,000 

SURPLUS,  upward  ot 3i)0,000 

irlPPY-lSKCdND    DlVlDENl*. -^Tue    BOAHD 
JF  ot  Directors  hare  declared  a  semi-annual  divideud 
oi  Ten  per  Ceut,  payable  on  and  alter  Ftfb,  1,  1877, 
JOHN  W RAY.  SecfeUry. 


THE     PRINCIPAL     ANi>     INTE1CB9T     OX 
Long  Island   City  bon<ls,  due  Feb.    1,  1877,  will  b« 
£aid  on  preaeutatioa  nf  sbid  bonds  and  cottpons  at  the 
Larlne  Naliotiai  Bahk. 

JOHN  EOKAN,  Treasurer. 
Loss  lEi.Airi>  CiTT,  Jan.  80,  1877. 


Thb  Natiuhal  Bask  or  tag  Bepitbuc,  I 
.NBw-YoaK,  Jan.  31.  18/7.    > 

ADITIDBND  OF  THRKtJ  A.\D  A  HALiF 
per  cent.,  firee  of  tax.  h  is  this  day  been  declared, 
payable  Feb.  8,  proximo,  till  wuioh  date  the  trauster- 
beolcs  are  oioted.  H.  W.  FOBD.  Cashien 


TCorX  ExCBAxes  Bane.  .\fc*-yqRK,  J.tn.  24,  1 877. . 
HE   BOAhu    of    DlU£OrOK.->   HaYK   OB- 
clared  a  Ulvtaead  of  Five  percent.,  nayaole  Feb.  1, 
1877.  The  tra&ster-boobs  will  be  closed  flrom  tne  24tb 
inst.  to  Ist  proximo.    By  order 

WM.  A  Sash,  Caebler. 

— ^—1 SllSSiStia— XO^^^— MWMt.^^^^^i»<M— <*as» 


A  GREAT  OFFERII.b.^°Hti^'°.'.:,-s 

diflpose  0/  1 00  J»iANuS  dfc  Ok«AN*,  neWanJ 
eee«ad>Bknil^  o/  tlret^lass  ituLkitrm;  hictadliit 
W  A  vUtuaftOt  lower  prices  for  cfisli  or  HutaUl* 
nseatii  ar  to  let  ontii  paid  fisr  ttaan^Ter  befere 
«lle«>e4.  lPVATi!;i£.-!)'  t^itANU  saiJARi£  <uul 
VtrHi/Jtat!  FIAINO.-*  JkOltUAN*  Are  the  BKST 
MAUfii,  aGK.\T!S  WAXrUD.  inastrated  Oat- 
■JonriM  Mailed.  A  liberal  dlseeomt  lu -itaetensj 
Jt.nttfrt,  OADu-ehts,  etc  (<heet  mtwlc  at  issul  priea. 
HOir;AC£  WATURS  de  SiiN.-^,  jiaaarotia.  aad 
jypMdMB.  40  Jsaac  Adds  ctt>>  Ualaa  •4aaMi  M.  Xd 


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KW  QDBRNMTOWX    a. 'ID    LIV^EPOOU     OAKRXUa 
XJ8ITK0  STATES  MAIL, 

Tb»  •teuaA'D  of  AiailaAMKo  Uis  b*a»  (toat^r»> 
eenmendcd  br  LiMt  Jtinric.  (1. 3.  NT.,  ccolnz  toath  if 
th^  Baokaon  tiupMuceta  QoMDstow-awi  ttutraae 

found.  

OKLTir SATtniDAT,  Feb.  8,  8:30  A.  M. 

ADRIATIC JATUEDAT.  Pebk  10.  at3h  M. 

BKITANNIO •'ATUBPAY,  Feb.  24.  2  P.  M. 

CBI/riC SaTUHDAY.  March  10,  at  2  P.    M. 

Prom  Wnite  star  Dock.  Pier  Na  52  Sortli  RUor. 

TbfBf  steamers  ^w  onlfnim  In  siis  aad  iin3iirD3S««<t 
io  appoititmonta.  Tbs  saloon,  st^tsrootns,  amokiaz 
toA  OAtl)  rooms  itr»  amMabios.  TheTS  ths  Doi*»  aai 
Btntion  »ri»  laasi  felt,  affordiaK  a  degree  of  comfort 
bltbnrto  unactalaable  'tsna. 

Bates— Salotin  $80  »n'!  UlOO.iaiir  teiurn  tickets 
ozifk7orabls  terii*   stoorass  'ii 

yor  Inspeotion  of  plans  and  otber  infbrmattoa  appiv 
■ttbe Company's omooa,  Na  37  Broanway  New-Yirt 
8.  J.  (loans,   isteob. 


CUNAROLINEB.  &N.A.  R.M.S.P.CO. 

NOTICK. 

With  tnf  view  of  alminisltiiiKthK  oa<«aces  of  eoUisioa 
tb«8teamer&  ot  this  Un«  takaa  speoified  coarse  fociU 
Bcaaons  of  tli«  year. 

On  the  outward n'Msatce  ftnva  Qnsenstowa  ta  "lew- 
York  or  Boston,  eruaslnz  mwldiaa  or  60  at  4:1  latitala. 
ornothlnis  to  th»  north  of  43. 

On  the  nomewitrd  oaa«<*grx,  oros^tns  c^^  meridian  >t 
t(  at  4W.  or  nothme  to  the  nurth.  of  43.  • 

FKO.M   N«W-T(inK  FOa  HTSRPOOl  A.3fl>  QPa^TITOW^. 

AI/GKRIA WKR.  Keb.  7 1  CHINA WED..  Feb.  21 

PAaTHlA...WKU.  Feb.  14iBATAVIA....WBl>.,Feb.  23 

Stexmera  marfcea  '  oo  not^arrv  sce^rase  passensiera. 

CablQ  psssa?^,  %S0,  SlUO,  anr)  *i3D,  ^riH,  ancordin^ 
to  accommcKlatinn.    Ketam  ^loketson  favorable  turnns. 

Steer^ee  tickets  to  an  i  l^om  kll  parts  of  Bnropeat 
▼orv  lowritei  Prentht  and  nassiiSCR  offloe,  No.  4  BowW 
jnetneen.  OHAS.  O.  FRaN<;kltn.  Azeni. 


ATLAS  MAIL  LINK. 

BI-MOSTBLX      SBR7ICR       TO    JAd^KJ*,      HaXn. 
tOTAiXBlA.  una.  vSPINWAiib.  and    to  F.v:7A\It  anl 
BOUTHPACIPIO  POliT.^  (▼taAsolnwalU)    Kir»s-3l-M» 
toll-powered  Iron  sordw  st3*mat3,    iraja  Pi^r      Na  51 
Kortb  KiTer; 

KorKINQSTOS  fjiun.)  »n>\  AUX  GATES. 
ATLAS Feb.  8 

>otHaYT1.  COLOMBIA.   ISrHHOH    »K  P  AS  All  A.     »tid 
SOOTH  PAOIPIU  P01il'3(v1a  Aspm^lll.l 

4NDES Pea.  14 

ALPS - Feb.  28 

UnperioT'^nt-ol  v»^  i*i*<  >  t^r  moo-n  m  l»tlj  i. 
PIU  FORWOOD  &  CO..  isenti. 
Na  SUWalUw 


lilVEKI'OOL    A.ND    (SKRAT    WK»XUKiM 

KTfiATt  co.uPANV.    (biurreai 

LIVERPOOL.   (VlaQae"nst.)\rn,» 

CAXEIING  THE  QNlTKU  SrAfKS  U.llU 

TCE«*I>AY. 

leartng  Pier  No.  46  Norch  River  aa  fallows: 

JTYOMING Feb..  6.  at  noon 

DAKOTA Feb.  13,  at  3  P.  M. 

UBVADA Feb.  20.  at   10  A.  M. 

nJAHO Feb.  27,  at  3  P.  M. 

MONTANA March  6.  at  10  A.  M. 

WISCONSIN March  13,  at  3  P.   M. 

Rates  of  passknokrs  REOocEa 
SteeraKO.  $'^  iotermeUiate.  $40;  cabla,  $65  to  $30, 
Jooordlng  CO  state-room.     Offices,  Na  29  Broadway. 
WII.I>IA1>IS  <&:  UIIION. 


GREAT  SOUTHERN 

KRBIGHT  AM)  I'AMSUNi^KR  LINK. 

SAILI.NG  PROM  PIKR  .VO    29    SOKTa   RIVB^. 

WKUNK8DAY8andSATDRI>AT3  at  3  P.    M., 

POR  CHAKLBriTON,  M.  T..   VLOKIIIA.   THE 

SOUTH.  ANl>   »*OCTH-WB5*T. 

^HAMPIO.N SaTUBUAY Feb.  3 

iCi-FSTKRAM -WEDXKSDAT Feb.  7 

SUPRRIOR  PASSKNGRR  ACilOMMODATlONM 

Insnranoe  to  <l9<riatoi'>a  >a>^i»U  >c  oa-  percent. 

Goo<lg  forw-.ird»>l  fr^a  if  com  nission.  PassariiBr  cion- 

eteand  bills  nriaainzia»a-i  ^n  I  signal  at  tba  o«o«jt 

JAMtCN  W.  QIIINTARD  iV  CO.,   Acents, 

Ka  177  Westnt.,  coi-oer  warreo- 

OrW.  P.  CliTDK  ti;0..  Na    B  Bowlinac  Sroen. 

OrBK^TLEY   0.    H.\35Lr..  Generi\    Aaent 

Areatsoatiiera  Preiiilil  Line.  31  7  Broadway. 


STATE  LINE. 

msw-yoRK  ro  Glasgow.   LiVKEPooii.   ddblw. 

BELFAST,  AND  LOND  iSDE'iRI. 

These  lira t-oHss  ian-!}Owerei  staamars   wiU  salt  fh>m 

Pier  No.43Moicti  River,  fool  of  Canal '6. 

FTATEOF  Indiana Tliuvsdav.  Feb.  1 

STATh  OK  PKNVSYLVANIA Thursday.  Feb.  8 

WATh  OF  VIRGINIA Tlmrsdav. Feb.  22 

BTaTB  Ok  NEV>DA Tliurslar.  March  1 

First  oabto,  SPG,  Sf!5,  and  ^0.  aorordinr  to  accora- 
modati.ms:  return  tickets, $110. $123w  Beconl  c»bia 
M5:  retarP  tickets.  iStt  SU'^rage  at  lowest  rates. 
Appl^to 

AUSTIxN  BALDWIN  &;  Cfl..  Agents, 

Ko.  72  Broadway.  New- York. 
STKbRAGK  ticaets  at   No.  43  Broadw<ty,  and  at  tbe 
wmpanv's  oter,  fo)ti>f  I'auilil;..  .Norta  Rivst. 


AXSCHUR  L.JNB  U.  S.  .>iAlL.  STKAD1BR.X. 

SEW-YOSK  AND  GLASGOW 

▼1etorla....Feb.  .S.  0  a.  M-  i  Alsatla Feb.  17,  8  A.  H. 

Boll  via...  Feb.  10.  -J  p.  M  I  .ADchorii...Keb.  24,  2P.  M. 

TO  GLASGOW.  LIVKRPOOL,  OKDKRRY. 

Cabins  $65  to  SSO,  a<!Cordin3  co  accommoilationS;      Io- 

trrmedlate,  $35:    8teerae«  *28. 

NEW-YORK  AND  LONDON. 

It»H» Fob.  10,  2  P.  M.  I  DtODia.  Keb.  24.  2  P.  Bi. 

Cabins,  $55   to  S7U      Steeragre,  $28.     I'abln  ezcor- 
Bion    tickets  at   reilace:)    rates.     Drafts  issned  for  any 
amornit  at  cnrreat  r.itaa.     Comnanv's  Pier  Nob.  20  and 
21  North  RiTer.  a.V.        HB.VbERdON  BBoTHKES, 
--        Atieuts,  No.  7  Bowlius  Gi-een. 


nfOKTH     UEKIUAN    I.I.OYU. 

6TEAM-8H1P    LINE    BETWEKS    NEW-YORK.   BOCT8- 

AMPTO.N.  A.NU  BREMEN. 

Company's  Pier,    iootor  -Jidn..    doboken. 

WESEB Sac.  i-eo.  a  I  ODliB Sat..  Feb.  IV 

HHiaN. Sat.  Feb.   ml  UEKM.a  N  N...s»\.  Feb.  24 

KATliM  Oi*  PASSAGk  FltOM    NKW-YORK  TO  SOOTB' 
A:aPro>i,    BAVRg,   OU  BREMEN: 

First  eaotn $100501! 

Second  cabfii... 60?olil 

btfer<i|;e -. SOcarrensT 

Retam  tickets  at  redaundric-^).  PrePaiil  steeraea 
certiticateB.  $32  currency,  ^or  frsi^bt  nr  passaza  ap- 
plvio OKLKrcaS  tUO..  «o.  23owlln«  Green. 

1N.1IAIS  LLNE — ftlAILSTEA.MBR.<s 

KORonEENSTOVFv  AKP  LIVKEPOOii. 
£Tr*  OP  CHESTER.  Satnrdav.  Febu  17.  at  7:30  A.  M, 
C1T"J  OK  RICHMOND.  Satn-ilay.  March  3.  at  8  AM. 
CITY  OF  BBD?'''EL-<.. Satnrdav.  Warch  17.  6:30  A.  M. 
From  Pier  45  North  Rlvar. 
CABIN, $80  and  $100. Gala.  „  Eecuru  «i.5*<»tj    onfv 
rorable  terms.     srBBSAGE.   83,-i.   Oirronor      l>rirt» 
K  lowest  i.'.tiiai. 
Saloons,    ^ttace-rooms,      SmokloA    and    Batti-rooio^ 
•nidsuips.  JOHN  0.  dale.  Agent, 

Noa.  16  and  33Broailway.  N.  i. 


»«— *-?!"*  STARSTEAjJiiHIP  UNK.^^ 

^VS>CfaUAU>  carry  tbe  Belgian  and    Daltad   •»••?• 
nalla.    The  foUowlnc  st«^^  are  a»potatod  *•  aaU 

liSISI'*^"^ 'e*^  IWRBHILWOBTH J«*.  8 

ttEDBBLAND March  10i8WlTZKBLAi;i>....Feb.  37 

„    ^  „  ^,  ttateeot  iMMaa««  in  ourrency:  ^„_ 
bJ^?!  S?St»' J9ft   Sioond  CaMtt,  MO:  Bleenwe.  $381 
PhTBBWaiGHT  k.  S058,  General  Agenta.  PhSjd'a. 
,^„„                            Ka  52  Broadway,  ITew-Tork. 
|/OHN  MoDONALD.  No.  8  BatMry  place,  New-Totlt 


AAIEKICAN  eiTBAJn-atail*  LINB 

Between  PhUad'a  k.  Liverpool.  ortUos  at  Qaeanstowo. 

Thorsdaya  from  Pbllad'a,  Wednesdavs  from  Liverpool. 

Bteamersto  esU  from  Philadelphia  as  foUowa: 

PeimsTlTanla Feb.  1 1  Iltinou ..FeU  32 

*City  of  Iiunerick...Feb.  8    "liOPd  Olive. Jiarch  1 

Indiana Feb.  16  |  Ohio Uanih  8 

Price  of  passafte  tn  currency: 

Cabfn.$75to$10a  intermetUate,  $4a  iBteerase.  $23. 

PETKB  WBIOaT  fc  60Si,  Gen.    Acenta.  Pliila^a. 

^    Nu  52  Broadway,  HeW'York. 
JOHN  McDonald  No.  8  Battery  place.  Wew-York. 


HAtVIKLiCU  American    Pacayt    i 'om phot's „Liaa, 
rot  PL. vMou  ra.  oh  kbbodbg  mo  ham  sosa 

FRl.^iA Feb.  BiPOMUBRA^ia Keo.  22 

GKLLEit'i Feb.    IftlSUKTIA March  1 

Rateao' pMsavs  to  Plymaatb,  LooUn,  Oherboiir% 
Hamburi&aadill  points  in  Bn^laail.  Firtt  Oablo.  $l(il) 
gold;  Second  Cabin,  $60  zold:   Staeratrs,  $30,  ourrencr 

KUNHARm'&Ca,  C9.    RICHARD  It  BOASi, 


General  Amenta, 
61Bruadst.rN.? 


General  Paaaenser  AzeaCSi 
01  Broadway.  X.  X. 


81TTJATI0g;S_WANTED. 

VEAL4.LB.S. 
THE    0P-TOWn"oJFFICE^V  THE  TiaCEei. 

The  np-town  office  of  THE  TIMBS  Is  located  at 
No.  I,a57  Broadt^ay.  bet.  31st  and  32d  sts* 

Open  daily,  Sundays  momded,  from  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  M. 

Snbscriptiona  received,  and  copies  of  THE  TIKES  for 

sale. 

ADVEETISEMENTS  RECEIVED  UNTIL  9  P.  M. 


CHAAlBEU-lUAID  AND   WAiTRBMS.-BY  A 
young  gnrl ;    will  assist  with  waabing  and  ironing ; ' 
flrst-olass  City  reft-rence.    Call  at  431  East  17tn  at. 


COOK.— WAITER.— BY  A  STEADY  COUPLE:  NO 
incnmbranoe ;  kanw  their  bnainess  in  all  Its 
brandies ;  the  wife  is  a  eood  bread  and  blsonlt  baker ; 
best  Citv  reference :  City  or  countr.v.  Caii  at  No.  246 
East  27th  st,  or  address  L.  O.  M  .  Box  Na  802  TIMES 
UP-TQWN  OFFICE,  SO.  1.267  BROA.iWAY.' 

COOK-CHAI»IBKR>inAlD.— BY  TWO  COM- 
petent  young  womon;  ooe  as  first-class  cook  In  a 
clab-houae  or  notel,  or  as  order  cook;  the  other  as 
ohamb«r-mald  and  waitress  or  aitchen  eirl;  country 
preierti-d;  good  reference.    Call  st  l66  West  28th  st. 


I^OOK.— BY  A  REsPECT-ABLB  YC  UNO  GIRL  AS 
V/'first-oiaBS  cook,  and  to  do  coarse  waabing ;  unCer- 
Btands  all  kinds  of  soaps;  is  nn  excellent  baker;  best 
City  reference.  Can  be  seen  for  two  days  at  No.  311 
East  24th  st. 


Coon.— bY  A  KE9PKCTABLK  YOUNG  WOMAN  AS 
first-Class  cook  in  a  private  famUy :  10  years'  beat 
City  reference.  CaU  for  two  days  at  No.  304  West  38th 
St.,  Room  Na  1. 


COOK.,  dice- BY  A  SCOTCH  PilOTESTANT  YOUNG 
woman  as  cook,  washer,  nnd  ironer,  or  general 
house-work:  excellent  innndresi,  oook,  and  baker. 
Call  at  No.  16  Jones  st ,  between  Bleecker  and  4tb. 

OOK,  &C.— BYA    YOOKQ  WOMAN  AS    COOK  I.V 
a   private   family;     thoroughly    underatands   her 
bosineas;  wiJiog  to  assist  with  washing  if  required: 
beic  City  reference,    .^ppiy  atNo.  411  West  44tb  st. 


COOK.— BV   A  RESPiiCrABLe   8WKU13U    WOMAN 
as  firsc-clasa  cook  in  all  branobes ;    has  best  City 
leference.    Cull  at  No.  540  3d  av..  corner  36th  st. 


HAlK-UUbMSiBK.— WOULD   LIKS    A  FhW  CU-S- 
tomPTS,  by  tbe  week  or  month :  terms  $5  a  month. 
Call  or  a;dress  M.  S.  Pitt.  Na  269  West  39tb  it. 


HOL'SiEKBEPbR.— BY  A  LADlf  OP  a£t»PKOTA' 
biUt.r  as  houaeaeeper  In  a  first-class  hotel  or  clttl>. 
hoase;  or  as  companion  to  an  Inv^id.  Address  T„  at 
Y.  W.  C.  A.,  No.  7  Bast  15tb  st. 


HOi;!!i£H.KEPbR.-BY    A     YOUNG     AMBRICAN 
woman  as  bousekeeper  or  as  seHmstres*.    None 
but  respectable  partied  need  call  at  151  tast  30th  st. 


HOUiSE-VVOKH.  dtCC- BY  A  RBSPBCTABm 
yoong  girl  to  do  light  house-work,  washing,  aud 
Iraolog;  rerereiice.  Call  or  address  present  employer. 
Mo.  102  West  56th  st,  basement. 

ACM»Rli.«*fS.— BY     A    PBOTESTA.NT    GIRL      IN 
private  family;   willing  to  assist  in  chamber-work; 

competent  in  either  capacity j   highest    testimonials. 

Call  for  two  days  at  So.  32U  7tb  av. 


m 


UHSE.— bY  A   PROTESTANT  WOMAN  AS  AN  KX- 

perieoced  in£int's  nurse  ;  is  capable  of  taking  entire 
charge  and  brinring  it  up  on  tbe  bottle ;  good  City  ref- 
erence given;  is  wiilliuc  to  make  herself  generally  use- 
tol;  no  objection  to  the  country.  Can  be  seen  at  N a 
150  East  23d  st. 

EWING   AND    ."HENDING.— A    LADY  WOULD 

like  the  so wiug  and  mending  tor  aoma  gentlemen, 
or  would  take  family  sewing  ;  terms  reasonable.  Ad- 
dress Mrs.  N.,  Station  L,  Uarlem. 


TATAaUl^G.— ilY    A     FIB31-ULA6S    LAUNDRESS. 
vT  to  take  in  gentlemen's  or  family  washing  at  her 
own  house;  best  of  reference  can  l>e   given.    Address 
No.  417  West  aad  st. 

A8H1NG    AND    lUOMNG.— BV    A    FIRST- 
class  laandress  in  her  own  house :  polishing  and 

fluting  (lone;    flrkt-class  referenca    Call  at  Ro.   251 

^liast  57tb  St.:  third  floor. 

.rtALE.'*. 

COACHMAN.— BY  A  SINGLE  YOUNG  MAa  AS 
coachman  and  groom ;  understands  care  of  horses, 
harness,  and  carnages,  and  all  branches;  last  em- 
ployer can  be  seen  la  tbe  Cit.T.  CaU  or  address  Mr. 
John  Madan,  713  Utb  av.,  between  40tb  and  41st  sts. 


CIOACHMAN  AND  GROO.tl.— BY  A  SINGLE 
Jtaan;  nnderstamis  the  care  ut  horses  and  carriages 
in  all  branches;  fliat-class  C'itj  driver:  10  years  of 
the  best  recummendatious.  (  all  or  address  Thomas, 
No.  Id  West  44th  st..  private  stable,  for  two  da.va 


ONLY  DIRECT  LL\B  TO  FRANCE. 

THE  GENERAL  TR.1S3ATLA.NTIC  OOMPA.iY'-*   MAIL 

8TBAMER8BKTWBKN.SEW-YORKA."<uaAVR!l. 

Calling  at  Pl»YMOUTB(G.  B.Mur  tbaiaii;Xiaj  of 

tVlil  sail  from  Pier  No.  42  North  River,  fbotst  Uorton 
St..  every  alternate  Saturday,  beginnlnjz  with: 

LABBADOU.  banitlier Saturday ,  ^eo.  10.  3P.  M 

For  particolars  address 

LOUIS  DB  BEBlA.f,  Agent,  Na  C5  Broadway. 


lu^ATlONAL  LINE— Piers  44  and  61  North  BivcE. 
Ll  FOR  LONDON. 

CANADA Thursday.  Feb.  8.  at  12  M. 

FOB  QUBKNSTOWN  AND  LIVBRPOOL. 

Egypt Feb.  3,  at  »  A.  to.  I  Helvetia.. Feb.  10,  2  P.  M. 

CaUn  and  steerage  passage,  and  drafts  firom  £1  up- 
ward, Issned  at  very  low  rates.  Comp a ut's  offices  No. 
69  Broadway. F.  W.  J.  HURST,  Manager. 

FOR  SAVANNAH    GA., 

THE  FLORIDA  PORTS,  ' 

JUSfD  THE  SOUTH   AND  SOUTH-WEST. 

4BBAT  SOUTHKBN  FBEIGHT  ANDPASSBRGBB  LimL 
CBNTBAL    RAILROAD  OF  GEORGIA,  AUD    . 
ATLANTIC  AND  GOLF  BAUiKOAlX 

WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY. 

BAN  SALVADOR.  Capt.  NiCKSSSOiv,  SATURDAY.  Feb. 
t.  Pier  43  North  Birer,  3  P.  JkL  GEO.  YONGB,  Agt, 
d09  Broadwa.v. 

GENIsRALBABNBb,  Capt.  Chxsskav.  WEDNESDAY, 
Feb.  7.  Her  16  Bast  River,  3  P.  M.  MURRAY,  FBBIU4 
&  CO..  Ages.,  6^  South  St. 

BAN  JACIN  IO,  Capt.  Hazass,  SATURDAY.  Feb. 
10,  Pier  43  Nortn  River,  3  P.  M.  GEO.  YONGB,  Agt., 
d09  Broaawar. 

tu  LIVinGSTOA,  Cape  MAi,x«Kr,  WEDNESDAY.  Feb. 
14,  Pier  so.  43  North  River.  3  P.  M.  GEO.  YONGB. 
Agent,  No.  40&  Broadway. 

Insnrance  ONE-HALF  PEE  CENT.  Superior  aeoom- 
modations  for  passengers.  Through  rates  and  liills  of 
Lading  in  cunueotlon  with  Central  R.  R.  of  Georgia. 
Atlantic  and  Gall  BaUroad,  and  Florida  steamers 
City  Point  and  litctator:  also,  with  the  steamer  J. 
B.  SCUKLEB,  which  has  been  placed  on  tbe  inside 
rente  f^«m  Savannah  to  Florida,  and  offers  nnsnrpassed 
Vjcommodatlons. 

C  U.  UVVENS,  OBOBOB  YO^VQB, 

Agent  A.  &  O.  R.  B.  Agent  0.  B.  R.  of  Oa., 

Na  315  Broadway.  I^o.  409  Broadway. 


FLOJBIDA. 

Cantlon  to  trarelers  I  Great  rednctlon  in  Csre  via 
the  Inland  ronte  from  Saranaah  to  all  Florida  ports. 
Only  $^  to  JaoksonTltle.  Meats  ana  state  rooms  extra. 
The  elegant  steamer  J.  B.  bCUUYLBB  makes  close  con- 
nection with  all  Kavannab  steamers,  thus  forming  tbe 
ouickest  and  most  agreeable  route  as  well  as  tbe 
lowest  m  fare.  Accommodations  for  passengers  nn- 
snnasseU.  Travelers  are  cantioned  against  porohas- 
Ing  ibrongh  tickets  via  any  other  route. 


FWUAIlAIOPMAiTMSIT 

1j»f^8TJEAM'jSHIB  LINES, 

FOB  CALlFOENIA,JAFAJf,  CHINA,  AUSTBALU,  BBW- 
ZBaLAND,  BRITISH  COLUMBIA.  OBBQON.  ko. 

BalUug  from  Pier  Ka  4L?-  North  Rlvec 
For  SAN  F8A.SCI800.  vU  ISTHJtOS  OF  PANAMA. 

•teMm-shiD  COliON Thnradar>  Feb.  16 

eonnectiug  loc   central   America   ana  South   Pacific 
ports. 

From  SAN  FEANCT8CO  to  JAPAN  and  CHINA. 

Steam-Bbip  ClTt  0»  TOKIO Thursday,  March  1 

Trom  San  Francisco  to  Sandwicb  Islands,  Australia, 

and  New-Zealand. 
Steam-ship  CITY  OF  SID^NEY..;... Wednesday.  FeU  28 

For  trelgbt  or  passage  apply  to 
WM-  P.  OL  YDE  &  CO ,  or  U.  J.  BULLAT,  Snoerintendent, 

Ha  6  Bowling  Green,  Pier  No.  42  N.  H.  ,T«ot  Owoai  st^ 


1)BW-YORK.HAVaJSA.  A.ND  MEXICAN  llAlliS.  4.  LlXd. 

Bteamer*  leave  t'^-v  Mo.  3  Norta  Hi  fir  t«  3  f.    M. 
KOR   HAVANA  DlRBtTK 

CXTK  OV  ABW-YOUa..... WadoeadaT.  Feb.  7 

CITJI  .OF  HAVANA Sattuitay,  F»te.  17 

CITX  OF  VBBa  CEU2 We<taea<tay.  Pefc.  21 

FOR  VERA   CRU:6    AND    NBW'4>aLBA.>»«. 

Via  HarjipSt    Progres<K  OaiBt>aaisuy    tiuuhhh,     aad 
I'ampica  _  ^ 

Cll\  OF  HAVANA... -•- ■Safcntdar.  Fa*  17 

Steamers  win  leave  New-oneans  Feb.  V  ana  Fefet  23 
tor  V«mi'Tuaaini'»ii  the  a  bova  i»i»ria. 

KAL5xA«iDaBAs3."f».  Noi.  ^laadii3Bro>larar. 


COACB.>lAN.  —  BY  A  GBNTLKMAN  FOB  HIS 
coachman  who  baa  t>een  with  him  tor  three  .Tears; 
is  a  good  driver ;  sober  and  industrious.  Apply  firom 
9  to  11  at  No.  56  West  57th  st. 


COACHMAN.- BY  A  HESPbC TABLE  YOUNG  MAN 
as  coachman  or  eronm;  can  l>e  well  reoommended; 
no  o^i-ctiou  to  City  or  country.    CaU  or  address  D.  G., 

Na  145  West  33d  st. 


ClOACHMAN.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  MAN;  FOUR 
/years'  best  referenoea  £rom  Wood  Brothers,  cairlage 
manufacturers.  Call  oa  or  address  W.  P.,  Wood's  re- 
pair shoo.  No.  1,350  Broadway. 


COACH.MAN  AND  «ROO.M.— BY  A  YOUNG 
man;  can  make  himself  useftal  at  any  work;  can 
milk;  best  City  reference.  Address  M.  R..  Box.  No. 
328  TIMES UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


COAOHOIAN.— BY  A  COMPETB.NT  YOOMQ  MAN; 
can  furnish  tbe  best  of  City  reference  from  his  last 
employer.    Addsess  J.  W.,  Na  713  6th  av. 


GARDENER BY  A  GERMAN  GARDENER  AN 
engagement  especially  with  a  private  gentleman: 
thoroughly  educated,  aud  having  an  experience  of  a 
series  of  years,  he  wiU  be  able  to  give  hill  satisfaction 
in  all  branches  of  horticnltnre ;  uatil  lately  he  had 
the  management  ot  the  green-house  department  of 
Central  Pwrk ;  he  baa  references  ot  tbe  highest  obar> 
acter.    Addreaa  Gardener,  Box  No.  243  Times  Office. 


GARDENER.-Ocr  A  SMALL  PLACE,  OR  SECOND 
on  a  large  establianment :  EngUsh ;  good  refer- 
ence. Address  J.  H.,  care  of  B.  K.  bliss  <i  Sons,  Na 
84  Barclay  at. 


S' 


Table  man.— bi!  a  young  ma »(  to  work  in 

a  stable  or  In  a  lamUy ;   refers  to  his  present  em- 
rs.     Call  for  one  week  on  Peter  Zens,    Na    46 
eat  19th  at. 


USEFUL  MAN.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  PBOT- 
estant:  young  man  to  drive  a  doctor's  wagon;  can 
care  and  drive  horses,  or  make  himself  nsefw  around 
private  hsnse :  oan  clean  silver,  attend  all  kinds  of 
rumaces,  or  make  himself  useful  at  anythiag  for 
moderate  wages;  A 1  references.  Address  J.  W.  Alker, 
Box  '.^33  Time$  Office. 


WAITER.— BY  A  SlNGLtS  COLORED  MAN  IN 
first-class  private  famUy.  or  to  travel  with  a  gen- 
tleman: baa  best  references  no  objections  to  the  conn- 
trv.  Can  be  seen,  or  address  J.  P.  bmltb,  No.  148  West 
27th  sr. 


WAITER.— BY  A  FRENCH  YOUMG  MAN  ;  SPEAKS 
English  aud  Spanisb  flnentiv,  as  waiter  In  prt- 
vaie  honse;  understands  bis  business  thonraghly; 
Clly  refert;nces.  Address  B.  8.,  Box  Na  276  TlMiJS 
UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  No.  1,257  BttOADWAY. 


■VHTAITER.- IS  A  PBIV.ATK  FAMILY  OR  BOARD- 
TV  ing-hous3 ;  New-fork  and  Boston  City  referenees; 
none  b_t  first-class  need  appl.r;  wiil  travel  with  a  gen- 
tleman. Cad  at  Vo.  262  West  26th  st,  between  9  and 
11  o'clock  A.  H.    J.  C  Martin. 


WAirER.-BY  A  YOUNG  SWISS  MAS  (SliSGLE) 
in  a  private  tamilv:  City  referenoa  Address 
lavanche.lSox  No.  321  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  No. 
I,a57  BROADWAY. 


WAITER.— BY  A  COLORED  YoUaG  MAK  IK  A 
private  family  or  boarding-hotue;  Trill  make  him- 
self generally  useful;  attend  toinrnace;  good  refer- 
ence.   CaU  at  Na  692  8th  av.,  rear,  I'oorth  fioor. 


WAITER BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  lOUNQ  SLMGLB 
colored  man;  la  thoroughly  competent ;  can  fur- 
nish good  reference  for  honesty  and  moral  habits. 
CailoraddressS.,  Na  163  West  24th  st. 


WAITER.— BY   A   FRENCHMAN    IN    A    PRIVATE 
lamliy;  best  reference  from  last  employer.    CaU 
or  address  a.  a,  Na  246  East  3oth  st,  Boom  Na  2. 


WANTBD— A  FIRST-CLASS  CUT  PBIHTBB,  PBB- 
fectly  fitmUlar  with  the  Adams  and  Stop  Cylinder 
Presses;  only  those  intb  tbe  rery  l>est  referenpes  need 
apply.  Address  Post  Office  Box  No.  1,014,  Niw-York 
City- 


PARTNER  WANTED-IN  a  GOOD,  WELL- 
eatablished,  and  profitable  business,  centrally  lo- 
cated intheCltv  of  Boctiester,  comptislug  stoves,  tin, 
and  sbeet-iron  ware,  honse-fumishlng  goods,  and  gen- 
eraliobbing  work.  A  capital  of  $8,000  requirod.  Ad- 
dress E.,  Box  No.  146  TiiTM  office,  or  BDWijtD  JONES, 
Rochester,  Na  IB  South  Bt  Pan!  st. 


HfEW'YOBKAND  HAr42fA 

DIRECT  MAIL    laNE.         ', 

These  flrstH:lass  steomsblDS  aail  ratalictr 
•t  3K  M..  bom  fier  &9. 13  iiiortk  Anc^ 


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SATURDAY.....Mh  Ul 


AFHILADELFHIA  MOUSE  WHO  MANU- 
fjaoture  and  deal  extensircly  in  wool*n  goods,  bav- 
ing  a  large  Western  and  local  tntde*.^  are  desirous  of 
procuring  an  account  of  Spnng  goods  on  oommisslon ; 
can  furnish  the  best  of  references.  Address  C  B.,  Box 
Ha  137  Tnut  Offica 


FOR  .SALE.- A  LARGE   MILUNERY  AND  DBESS- 
maktng  establisliiment  doing  a  flrst-olass  business. 
Satisfactory  reasons  for  disposing  of  same.    Address 

J1IILI.INBBY.    Box  Na  286  TIMES    DP-TOWN  OFFICE, 
VO.  1.257  BROADWAY.  


A  PLUMBING  BWTABLIrtHMB.NT,  OP  FIRST- 
i^lasa  neUtbborhood  and  trade,  cheap  for  cash. 
Address  J.,  Box  Na  280  TIMES  OP-TOWN  OFFICE, 
NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


MEETINGS. 


BELI0IOU8    NOTICES. 

ASSOCIATION  HALL. 

aSd  al,  eoraat  4tn  ar.  „  „  . 
Serrlaaa  ooiuaMelnic  Sunday.  FelkjL/Xediea^Bta- 
ttnx*  meatilag,  8imd«r,4  i/mtlk.  BlUeelMsby  Dr. 
Tbomen,  Snndar,  S  o^leek.  Moetlacof  >aanf  man, 
SaadaT.  6i30  e^aloek.  Oa  Thursdar  aad  Satardar 
ereaings,  at  8  o'elaok.  ax*  meatlnga  fbr  Tmvnt  man  la 
tba  pwtoni  a  emdial  invUttUmi  U  axteadA  to  alL 


com- 

oiaasea 


The  dioiir  pranr  meeUng  wUl  be  held  at  4  o'clock., 
mebemg  Monday.  6th  Inst.,  in  the  parlora,  AU  ou 
aratttTftea. ■ 

TABBRNACLB  BAPTIHT  CBDAVU. 

ad  at.,  bBtrraAnlOtH  and  llth  ita. 

BST.  A.  B.  WAFFLE. 

Of  KeTr-BraaaTTtok,  K.  J.,  vUi  preaeb. 

Mondng : 

"THB  CHRWriAiPS  AIM." 

Brenlott?  _._« _ 

"HO  COBDBMNATION  IS  CHRIST  JBSCB." 
AU  cordially  loTlted. 

lUBRJCAN  TBMPEOANCB  UNION,  8CIBHCB 
Hall.  Na  141  8th  st,  near  Broadway.— Sunday,  Febb 
4,  3  P.  M..  sharp.  Hon.  Bl^ah  A  Morse,  of  Massachn- 
setts.  TTlU  be  the  prtnolpal  speaker  on  this  occasion, 
lliis  honorable  gentleman  ia  one  of  the  ablest  orators 
ot  the  dav-  Oiher  Interesting  exercises.  All  ore  wel- 
come.       '  J.  B.  uIBBS,  President. 

FuAifK  H.  BraoH,  Seetetary.  __^___^__ 

ANTBON   aiEMORIAL  CHURCH. 
48tta  St.  west  of  6tb  ar. 
Bev.  B.  HBBBB  N&WTON,  Bector. 
Serrlces  00  Sunday  at  10:30  A.  H.    Prayers  at  4:30 
P.  M.  8V  BR  BONO  AT  7:S0  P.  M. 

A  special  sertlce  of  song,  with  Sermon  by  Ber.  Mr. 
NBWTON. 
All  seals  fVee  at  tbe  opening  hone,  


AT  CHIUKERING  HALL,  STH  AV.,  V^BNBB 
18th  st— Union  Gospel  services.  Rev.  SamuelColcord 
preaches  Sunday  at  l(h46  A.  M.  and 3:30  P.  M.  After- 
noon sarmon  th<^  second  of  tbe  series  on  "Light'* 
Singing  morning  aud  afternoon  b.y  Cbas.  L.  Onnn  and 
the  larjre  choir.    Seats  frea    Every t>ody  welcoma 


a; 


T     THE      FIFTH      AVENUE     BAPTIST 

1-a.Chorch,  West  46th  St.— finnday  serrlees,  10:80  A 
M.  and  7:30  P.  M.,  with  preaehlng  by  Dr.  Armitsge, 
Paatoc  sntQect — Morotng- "A  Look  into  the  Future." 
Evening— ■■  Money  Making."  Sunday-school,  9  A.  M.; 
Congregational  Bible  Class.  3:80  P.  M. 


AT  WASHINGTON  SQUARE  METHODIS'T 
Episcopal  Church.  Rev.  v>  1111am  Lloyd,  Pastor,  wlU 
g reach.  Morning—"  Worthy  is  tbe  Lamo  to  Receive 
iches."  Eveniog- "  A  Hidinir  Place  from  tbe  Wind." 
Young  people's  meeting  at  6:80  P.  M.  Stiangers  wel- 
come to  all  the  services. 


ALL80UlJ«*CBIJR0B,  4TH  AV,.  CORNER  OF 
aOtb  st— Rev.  Dr.  Bellows  will  preach  (morning)  at 
11  o'clock.  Snbrteot—- Divine  Orsoe.  its  Mennlng 
'ana  Method."  lln  the  evening,  7:45  o'clock,  snbleot— 
'  Vicarious  Guilt  and  Vicarious  Suffering  Distiu- 
gnised."    Snndfly-school.  9:45  A.  M.  


ACAIIE.MY  OF  MUSIC.  BROOKLYN.— REV. 
Fred.  Bell,  the  Singmg  Preacher.  Trill  preach  to- 
morrow at  10:45  A.  U.  and  7:45  P.  M.  Morning  snb- 
iect— "What  Is  Your  Age."  Evening  subject— "  A 
Short  Life  and  a  Merry  One."  Admission  to  evening 
service,  five  oents;  no  obacge  given. 


AT  ST.  PAUL'S  METHODIST  EPISCOPAL 
Church.  4th  av.  and  29d  st— Rev.  Dr.  Chapman, 
Pastor,  will  preach  on  Sunday  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:30 
P.  M.  Interesting  lervlops  Wednesday  and  Friday 
evenings.    All  cordially  Invited. 


AT  SIXTY-FIRST  STRBBT  M.  B.  CHURCH, 
between  2d  and  3d  avs.— Preaobing  at  10:30  A.  M. 
by  the  Pastor.  Dr.  Crook.  Sut^Jeat— "  Bioh  Toward 
God: '  Rev.  William  Taylor  will  preach  at  7:30  P.  M.. 
and  also  on  Tuesday  evening  at  7:30. 


AT  FREE  TABERNACLE  M.  E.CUCBCB, 
34th  st,  between  7th  aod  8th  avs.,  Rev.  J.Johns. 
Pastor;  WiU  preach  on  Sunday  morning.  Subject^ 
"Victory."    Evening,  "  All  Over."    Seats  tree. 


BEDFORD  STREET  M.  B.  CUURCH.-BBV. 
Spencer  H.  Bray,  of  New- York  Beat  Conference. will 
preach  to-morrow  (anndar)  morataic  at  10:30.  and  in 
the  evening  at  7  o'clock.  Religions  aervloes  every 
evening  during  tbe  week.    AU  are  cordially  Invitaa 


BAPTIST  CHUUOa  HD*TORY.— THE  NEXT 
lecture  m 'be  course  on  Baptist  Chnron  history 
vnll  be  delivered  by  Bev.  Dr.  Williams,  on  Thursday 
evening,  Feb.  8,  at  8  o* click,  in  tbe  lectnre-roem  of  the 
CaiT&ry  Baptist  Oburch,  23d  st 


BRICK  CHURCH.— Kr. v.  LLKWnLYN  U.  BBYAN 
will  preaob  in  tbe  brick  Church,  oomer  6tb  av. 
aud  37th  st,  on  Sunday,  FebL  4.  «at>  1C':30  A.  U.  Cbi!. 
dren's  aervloe  at  3:30  P.  M.  In  the  evening  st  7:30 
o'clock,  Mr.  Bevan  Will  preaeb  a  sermon  to  young  men. 


CITT     MISSION     CHAPELS.- PBKAOUlNQ 
every  Sabt>ath  evening  »t  7:3U  o'clock,  as  foUows: 
DB  WITT  CHAPEL,  No.  135  Greenwich  st, 

Bev.  George  Hatt,  Pastor. 
CALVABT  CHAPBL.  Na  53  Worth  st, 

Mr.  W.  F.  Barnard,  in  charge. 
LEBANON  CHAPBL,  Na  70  Columoia  at, 

Bev.  Jamea  MarahalL  Pastor. 
CABMKL  CHAPBL.  5a  134  Bowary, 

Bev.  D.  Stuart  Dodge,  Pastor. 
OLIVBT  CHAPEL,  Na  63  2d  St.. 

Rev.  A.  F.  Schauffler,  Pastor. 
Seats  free.  Come  and  welcome.  LEWIs  B.  JACKSON. 
Corresponding  secretary,  Nsw-YorR  City  Mission  and 
Tract  SocietT  oflce.  Bo.  oO  Bible  Hou^pO. 


GITY  MISSI  ON.— SBMI-CENTEMNIAL— TUB 
text  In  the  aeries  of  public  meetings  in  iha  Interest 
of  City  Missions  wUl  be  held  Sabbath  afternoon  at 
3:30  o'clock.  In  tna  University  Place  Presbvterian 
Church.  Rev.  Dr.  R.  R.  Booth  and  Bev.  Chaa.  ti.  Bobln- 
sou  wlU  take  part  In  the  servloca 

L.  E.  JACKSON,  Secretary. 


CHURCH  OF  THE  INCARNATIOM.  MADI- 
son  ay.  and  35th  sk.  Bev.  Arthur  Brooks,  Rector.— 
Services  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:3U  P.  M.  Eight  Rev.  W 
H.  Hare,  Bishop  of  Niobrara,  wi'.l  preach  in  the  morn- 
ing;  Ber.  It  W.  Donald,  Rector  of  the  Chnrch  of  tbe 
Intercession,  in  the  evening.  All  persons  cordially  in- 
vited. 


CENTRAL  .n.  E.  CHURCH.  7TH  AV  NEAR 
I4tb  St.— Bev.  G.  S  Harrower.  Pastor,  ttIII  preach 
nt  li;:30A  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.  Prayer  meetings  Wen- 
nesda.v  and  Fndav  at  7:46  P.  M.  Snnday-srhooi  at 
2;30  f>.  M.  Boys'  meetings,  lead  by  boys,  at  4  P.  M. 
Sunday,  and  8  P.  M.  Tuesday. 


i^HUaCH  OV  THE  COVENANT,  (PRBSBY- 
V/tertan,)  comer  Park  av.  and  S5tb  st— iter.  Marvin 
B.  Vincent.  D.  D.,  Pastor,  wilt  preach  Sunday  mornlDg: 
serTleea  oommenolng  at  11  o'clock.  Cemmunlon 
services  at  3:30  P.  M.  Sunday-school  at  9:30  A.  M. 
Lecture  Wednesday,  at  8  P.  M. 


CHURCH  OF  THE  ANNU>CIATIDN,  14TH 
St.  between  6th  and  7th  avs.,  seats  free.  Rev. 
WUliam  J.  Seabur.y,  I>.  D.,  Rector.— Sonday,  4tb  Inst.. 
Morning  prayer,  litany,  and  Holy  Commonion,  with 
sermon,  10:30  A  M,    Evening  prayer,  (choral,)  4  P.  M. 


CALVARY  BAPTI.>4T  CHURCH.  -23i>  6T.. 
between  6tb  and  6th  avs.— Rev.  R.  B.  MaeArtbur, 
Pastor,  preaches  morning  and  evening;  Praver  meet- 
ings Mondar.  Wednesiiay,  and  Friday  evenings. 
Strangers  cordially  Irvitea  to  all  services. 


ClBNTBAL  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH, 
/66tb  st,  near  Broadway,  Rev.  J.  D.  Wilson,  Pas- 
tor.—Service  a*  10:30  A.  M.;  evealng  service  la  the 
new  chapel  on  67th  st  at  7:30  P.  M.;  also.  Sabbath- 
school  at  2:30  P.  M. 


COMING  FROM  BDOM.-THB  HBBALD  OF 
the  Coming  King  will  preaob  puce  Bible  truth  in 
the  Medical  College,  corner  4th  av.  and  23d  St..  on  Bnn- 
diky  at  S  P.  M.  SnUjeot— "Tho  Commg  of  Chriat  from 
Boom— When  and  How." 


CHURCH  OF  THB  HBAVENLY  REST. 

6TH  AV„  ABOVE    46TH  ST. 

BEV.  DR.  HOWLAND,   KBtJTOB. 

8EBVICBB,  11  A  M.,  4  P.  M. 


DR.  LANDIS  WILL  PREACH  SUNDaV  AT 
10:80  A.  M.,  in  Science  Hall,  Na  141  Eaat  8th  at 
bulideot— "The  Pulpit,  Stage,  and  Preas,  Are  They 
Beformera  or  Deformers  f"    seats  tree. 


EIGHTEENTH  STREET  M.  E.  CHURCH, 
nearSthav.— Preacbhig  by  the -Pastor,  Re  v.  W.  F. 
Hattiela:  mornlog,  "The  Myatery  Explained;"  even- 
lag,  "  The  Great  Questioiu"  Kavlval  meetings  every 
evening  during  the  week.  Young  people'a  meeting 
^unday,  6:3u  P.  M. 


FIRST  REFORMED  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH. 

Temporarily  worahtping  at  Madison  ar.  and  47th  st 

Permanent  location,  (church  now  buUdlng,) 

Madison  av.  and  66th  st 

Rev.  WM.  T.  SAUINE,  Pastor. 

Divine   services:    Morning,    10:30;    evening,    7:45 

o'clock.    Bev.  Marshals.  Smltb,  of  Passaic.  N.  J..  wiU 

preach. 


FOURTH  REEORMEO  PRESBYTERIAN 
Church,  West  48tb  st,  between  8th  and  9th  avs.  — 
Prsashiagon  Sabbath,  tue  4tb  lust,  by  tbe  Pastor, 
Bev.  James  Kennedy,  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M. 
SubJest  In  tbe  eveniag— "The  Bride,  the  Lamb's  Wife;. 
Ber  Byes  and  Teetb."— Sons  Iv..  1  and  2. 


T7IR-HT  BAPTIST  CHURCH,  COR.^ER  OF 
JD39th  st  and  Park  av.— Preachmg  at  11A.M.  by 
Rev.  T.  D.  Anderaon,  D.  D.,  Pastor.  Communiou  after 
sermon.  Evening  at  7:30  o'clock,  Bunaay-schooi  meet- 
ing.   Cordial  invitation. 


FREE    EPISCOPAL     CHURCH    <»P    THE 
BeoonolUation,  Ma  248  Bast  3ist  st,  near  2d  av 

Servioss  and  aennon  b.T  Rev.  E.  8.  Widdemer  every 
Smidsy  at  10:3u  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.  Sunday-echool 
at  8  A  M.    A  cordial  welcome  to  alL 


FIVBPOINTtS  HOUSE  OF  INDUSTRY,  NO. 
166  Worth  St.,  WUliam  P.  Barnard.  Superintendent 
—Service  of  song  by  the  obildreu  on  Sunday  at  3:30 
o'clock.  Public  invited.  Second-hand  clothing  and 
shoes  urgently  sollciteA 


IRST    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH,    6TH 

at-,  and  lltb  sts.— Rev.  Wm.  M.  Paxtun.  D.  I).,  Pas- 
tor. wUi  preach  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  4  P.  M.  Strangers 
cordiaUy  invited. 


F 


GRACE  CHAPEL.  EAST  14TU  ST.,  BEV. 
WUliam  T.  Bgbert,  Pastor.-Semoes,  11 A  M.  and 
7:30  P.  M.  Tbe  Pastor  will  preach  the  fourth  in  a 
course  of  seamuns  on  "Popular  SKepcioiim"  in  tbe 
evening. 


GRACE  BAPTIST  CBURCU.  63D  ST.,  BBAR 
7th  ST.,  Rev.  J.  Spenrer  Keauard,  Pastor.— Bar- 
vieea— Momtog,  10:80 ;  evening,  7i3u:  Suadar-scbool, 
2:30.  P.  M.    Welcome  to  aU. 


HARLEM  UNITERSALIST  CHURCH. 
127th  St.,  between  Lexington  and  4tb  avs.,  Bct.  J. 
M.  Oetcbeli,  Pastor.— Morning  service  at  1 1  o'clock ; 
suWeet— "  csnttnnal  tbrisiian  Effort  and  Besult"  In 
theeTenineat7:30:  subject— "Taking  Thought  of  tbe 
Gifts  of  Goa."    Sundar-scbool  at  10  A.  M. 


LTMAN  C.  HOWE,  TRANCB  SPBAKBB.  LBC- 
lures  for  tbe  Society  of  Progressive  Selritualists.  at 
1U:30  A.  M.  Questions  answered  at  7:30  P.  M.  Sub- 
ject: "Moody  ana  Sankey  ;  or,  the  PbUosopby  and 
Moral  Bearing  of  Kevivais."  The  CnUdrau^s  Lyceum, 
2:30  P.  M..  at  Na  55  West  33d  st 


MADISON  AVENUE  KEK-ORMRD  CHURCH, 
comer  of  67th  st— Rev.  G.  F.  Moore  will  preaih, 
Sabtiath,  4tn  Inst,  at  11  A  M.,  and  Rev.  William 
Lloyd,  Pastor  elect,  at  3:30  P.  M.  Bni>J«ct— "  Hu- 
manity Lost,  Sought,  and  Found."  Btrangera  cordially 
invited. 


AMBRICAN  INSTITUTE. -THE  ANNUAL 
election  for  Trustees  and  Managers  wUl  be  held 
at  its  rooms  in  tbe  Gooper  Buflding  on  THURSDAY, 
tbe  Uth  dav  of  VabruM^.  Tbe  poU  will  be  opened  at 
10  o'tdook  A.  M.  aad  eloMd  at  8  tfotoek  P.  Ml 
V  .CHAB.  McBLlZiBaaL  BisiardlMr  Manratapr.  J  jdSi   SobiMt-' 


MEMORIAL  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH, 
Madison  av.  and  53d  st.  Rev.  Charles  8.  Robin- 
sun,  D.  U..  Pastor.— Servica  lu  morning,  11  o'clock; 
evening  praise  service  and  sermon  at  7:30  o'clock. 
Sunday-school  9:3  J  a.  M.    Mission  school  'ii9'*  P.  M. 


MRS.  VAN  COTT  WILL  HOLD  A  S^ifRIES 
of  meetings  in  tbe  Slxty-SAt  Street  M.  B.  Cborcb, 
betTreen  2d  and  Sd  ava,  oegianlng  on  Thursday  even- 
ing. Services  each  evening  of  the  week,  except  Satur- 
day, at  7:30  o'elocK.    Come. 


NORTH  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH,  OOB- 
ner8tb  av.and  81st  afc— Preaobing  by  tbe  Paster, 
Bar..  A  B.  Kosstter:  mnnl&g  serrlee,  lOtSOi  sub|eet— 
"  The  Contradiettona  of  Borlpture."    Brenlng  services, 


7:80:  feeondsennou  of  .tbe  smdaa  befsie  Yoong  Pop* 
-    i"Ainiir-— — t^ 


BELIGIOUS    yOTIOES. 

"KrllW.TORK  SUNDA  Y-SOHOOL^A8SOplA- 

J3ITIO*.—-  Primary  "  class  tbis  day  at  %4S.  Tpong 
MenTs  ChrlsMaa  Associatiott  BUlldliig.  Mnt  Clark, 
toaeber,  "Sopertnteadantir."  TiutSmj,  4  d'etook, 
Fulton  itreet  Sbujpel,  B*v.^O«o.  S.  tbambors.  ooadae* 
tor.  "  Bormal"  Tnursday,  4:46.  Dr.  Crceby's  ghnreb 
Cbapel.  Mr.  Balpb  Wella  conductor.  Mondv  evening, 
7i46.theiUtalooturo  ol  tbe  oourso  on  "Tbe  Bible." 
by  Dr.  Howard  Oroaby,  in  Young  Men's  CbzUtlan  As- 
■oelation  ItaU,  ^_ 


r\RO<^4.1^XDN  Olf  MBLAKCTUOtr  C.  LOCK- 
V/wo«d,  Taasoay.  Feb.  6.  7i80  P.  M.,  at  Baptist 
Cnnrob,  sSd  st  and  7tb  a**.  Sermon  by  Bev.  Thoa 
Armltage,  assisted  br  B4>t«.  S.  F.  Bld«r,  A  a  Osbom, 
W.  H.  Clapp.  and  8.  J.  Kennard.  


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  OF  SEA  AND 
Und,  Ber.  I.  Hopper,  D.  D..  Pastor. -» abbs tb 
servioes,  lOiSO  A  M.  and  '':80  P.  JL  Babbath-sehool. 
9:30  A.  M.  and  2  P.  M.  Young  people's  prayer-meeting, 
6:45.    Seats  free. 


PlLGRlJtt  BAPTIST  CHURCH,  S3D  ST., 
near  8tb  av.— Mr.  B.  0.  Taylor,  of  Crorier  Theologl- 
eal  Seminary,  win  preach  Sunday.  4th  inst.,  at  10:30 
and  7:30.  Sunday-school  and  Bible  Class  at  2:30. 
Strangers  weieomeA 


REV.  STEPHEN  H.  TYNG,  JR..  D.D. 

Will  nreach  in  tbe 

CHURCH  OF  THB  HOLY  TRIIHTT, 

Madison  av.  and  42d  st. 

On  Bnnday,  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  7t30  P.  M. 

S^ealal  religious  services  on  every  succeeding  dar  of 

le  week,  (except  Satun'  "         »..«..«.  •^..,     » 

OfBrooklyn,  will  preaob. 


tbe  week,  (except  Saturday.)    Rev.  JOSEPH  OiJeLl, 

—      ■■         iiT[ 


-pEV.     GARDINER    SPRING    PLUMLEY, 

JLt/Pastor,  pi  caches  ut  the 

NORTH  DUTCH  CHURCH. 

Fulton  st— entrances  No.  103  Fulton  and  Na  68  Ann 
sts.— Sunday  at  10:30  A  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.  In  this 
church  tbe  Fultou  street  daUy  noon  prayer-meeting  it 
held. 


REV.   JtB,.  RYLANCE.— ST.    MARK'S  CUUBOH, 
■2dav.  and  10th  st 
Services  at  11  A  M.  and  7:46  P.  M. 
The  Bector  Trill  preach  in  tbe  morning  and  in  the 
evening. 
Morning— "  Manhood." 
Kveniog- "  A  Vital  Question  for  Yonng  Men." 


REV.  JOSBPH  K.  BLDEli,  U.  II.,  PASTOR.— 
Tbe  Madison  Avenue  Baptist  Church,  lately 
worahiping  coroer  of  Slstst  and  Madison  av.,  will 
hold  thelrusual  Sabbath  morning  service  in  the  clvipel 
ot  the  First  Baptist  Cburch,  No.  92  Park  av.,  coroer  of 
89th  at,  at  11  o'clock.  Bunday-schooi  in  the  same 
place  at  S  P.  M.    All  are  invited. 


R 


EV.  U.  W.  KN  API*.  D.  D.,  WILL  PREACH 

r  in  the  First  Mission  Baptist  Church,  corner  Laight 

and  Varick  sts.  ut  10:30  A.  M.,  and  7:30  P.  M.  Morn- 
ing subject,  "  OfTHndlog  God's  Little  Ones."  Bvening 
subject  "  God's  word  a  hammer  to  break  and  a  fire  to 
melt"    Bapt  sm  after  evening  service. 


REV.  THO.UaSS.  HASTINGS,  D.  D.,  PAS- 
tor,  will  presch  in  tbe  West  Presbyteiian  Chnrch, 
42d  st,  between  6tband  6th  avs..  on  Sunday,  4tb 
inst,  at  1(:^0  A.M.  Communion  at  4  P.  M.  There 
wlU  oe  no  evening  service. 


REV.  CHARLES  E.  HARRIS,  PASTOR  OF 
Allen  l^treet  Methodist  Episcopal  Chnrcb,  between 
Deiancey  and  Ulvington  sta,  will  preach  moruiog  and 
ereniuK.  Seats  iroe.  Jewish  prayer-meeting  on  Mon- 
day evening. 


REV.  J.  D.  HBRR,  PASTOR  CENTRAL 
Baptist  Chnrch,  West  42dst— WUl  preach  morning 
and  evening.  Believers'  baptism  in  evening.  Stran- 
gers made  welcome. 


8 T.IGNATIUS'  CHURCH,  40 TH  !»T.,  Bfa; 
tWeen5tbaDd6thavs..  Hev.  Dr.  P.  C.  Kwer,  Rector, 
iifflclating. — Communion.  7  A.  M. ;  Morning  Prayer, 
9;  Litany,  1U:3U;  Choral  Celebration,  11;  Choral 
evening  Prayer,  7:30  P.  M.  Pews  and  bltcings  may  be 
bad,  Itee,  lor  the  Winter  upon  appUcatlon  to  the  sex- 
ton. 


ST.  ANDREW'S  P.  B.  CHURCH,  UARLEM, 
Il27tb  st  aud  4ih  av.)- Mornlag  service  Ht  10:30; 
evetnng  service  at  7:30  o'clock.  Sunday-school  0  A. 
.11.  Children's  slnzini{-Bcho<jl  3:30  P.  M.  Rev.  Wm.  E. 
Bigenbrodt,  D.  D..  of  General  Theological  Seminary, 
will  preach  in  tbe  morning,  and  Rev.  s.  U.  Weston,  D. 
D.,  or  'Itlnity  Purlstt,  in  the  evening. 


SABBATH  EVENING  SE(tVICK.-A  SPECIAL 
service  on  Sabbath  evening  at  v:3U  o'clnck,  at  the 
Madlaon  Square  Preabyteriao  Cbnroh,  corner  of  Madi- 
son av.  aud  24th  st  The  Pastor,  Dr.  Tucker,  will 
preach.  Siranjiers  are  cordially  invited,  and  those  not 
attending  other  bburches. 


SEYE.\TH  AVENUE  UNITED  PUBBBrTBRIAN 
Church,  between  12th  and  ISrh  sts.— Preaching 
on  Sabbath  by  the  Ptstor.  Rev.  R  W.  Ridd,  at  lu:30  A. 
Maud  3  P.  M.  Cbilstl  tna  and  ainaera  are  invited  to 
hear  him.    Pravpr-meetiug  every  Wednesday  eveolng. 


ST.  GEOKGB'.S  CHURCH,  STUYVBSANT 
square. — Morning  prayer,  11  o'cloctc.  Sermon  by 
Rev.  Dr.  Tyng,  Rector.  Evening  praver,  8:30  o'clock. 
Sermon  by  Hev.  Dr.  Wliliams,  Associate  Rector.  Hun- 
dav-schoolat9:30  A.  M. 


ST.  KUKE'fi  M.  E.  CHURCH,  41ST  ST.,  NEAR 
6th  av.,  Kev.  Wm.  P.  Abbott,  Pastor.— Preaching 
at  1U:30  A.  .U.  and  7:45  P.  M.  Young  people's  prayer- 
meeting  at  6:45  P.  M.    All  invited. 


ST.  STKPUK.N'S    CllURCa,    BKTWEBM    NOS. 
57  and  69  West  46tb  at ,    Rev.  A  B.  Hart,    Rector.— 
Services  nn  Suudav  at  10:3t)  A.  M.  and  4  P.  M. 


ST.    JilUN'S    M.     E.    CHURCH,   0:iD  Sr., 
□edr  Broadwav.— Preacbiag  morning    and  evening 
by  Uev.  James  M.  King.  Pastor. 


THIKTV-FOURTH  STREET  REFORiMED 
Church.  Weat  of  8th  av.— Preaching  Sunday  by 
Kev.  Carlos  Martyn  at  li>:  ^U  A  M.  and  7:.J0  P.  M.  In 
the  evening  a  praise  service,  with  sermon  ou  "  Tbe 
World  TS.  the  soul." 


WEST  TWENTY- THIRD  STRBET  PRESBY- 
terian  Church,    Uev.  Krsl^lno  N.  White.  Dl  D.,  Pas- 
tor.—Servicea  at  ll  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M. 


TATE"oinmrRrDA^ 

SOSVIliLE,  PE.N8AC0LA  A.VDMOBILH  RilLuOAU. 
— Wrbksas,  bv  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State 
of  Ploruta,  entitled  "An  act  ti  perfeut  tbe  pnblio 
works  uf  tbe  State."  approved  June  24,  1809.  ana 
the   several     seta     amendatory      fnercto,      it      is 

Provided  that  in  case  tbe  Jacksonville^ 
ensacola  and  Mobile  Railroad  Compan.v 
aballteUtopay  either  principal  or  interest  of  the 
booda  isaued  by  the  said  compauy.  under  and  by  viriue 
of  the  aaid  act,  or  any  part  tbereoi,  for  twelve  moutfis 
after  the  same  shall  become  due,  it  aball  be  lawful  for 
the  Governor  to  enter  upon  and  take  pobsessiou  of  tlie 
property  and  franchises  of  the  said  compauv',  and  sell 
the  same  at  puolic  auction,  alter  having  nrat  given 
maet.v  day's  notice  by  vublic  advertisement,  for  lawful 
money  of  the  United  states  aud  for  nothing  else;    and 

Whereas,  The  said  Jacksonville,  Pensocola  and 
Mobile  Companr  has  fail-d  to  pay  tbe  intereat  due  on 
ita  said  boods  fui  twelve  months,  aft«r  the  same  l>e- 
came  due;    now,  theru  ore. 

I,  Marcelms  U.  Stearns,  Oovernnr  of  tbe  State  of 
Florida.  In  accordance  with  the  said  act,  have  eutered 
upon  and  taken  possession  of  the  Jacksonville,  Pensa- 
cola  and  Mobile  Rallruad,  extending  tiom  Lake  City  to 
the  Apalacliiuola  River,  with  ita  branches,  and  nil  the 
property,  real  aud  personal,  appertaining  thereto,  to- 
gether vntli  all  tbe  rights,  franchises,  aud  powers 
thereto  belonghig.  and  hereby  give  public  notice  that 
I  wUl  caoiie  tbe  same  to  be  sold  at  publlu 
auction,  lor  lawful  money  of  the  United  fTtates, 
at  tbe  principal  office  of  the  compauv.  In  tbe  City  of 
"tallahaasee,  on  Monday  the'  'Jd  day  of  April.  A.  D. 
1B77,  at  12  o'clock  Jl.;  it  being  understood,  aod  notice 
being  hereby  glveo,  ttiat  the  said  road,  property,  and 
frauohtses  wiU  be  sold,  subject  to  the  vendor's  lien 
held  by  tbe  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Internal  Im- 
provement Fuud  uf  the  State  of  Florida,  tor  the  unpaid 
purchase  money  due  tor  said  road 

Givenat  Tallahassee,  the  Capital,  this  30th  day  of 
December,  A.  U..  1870. 

MARCtU/DS  L.  STEABS8,   Oovernor. 
BTATB  OF  FLORIDA,   .SALS  OF  THK   FLORIDA  CEN- 
TRAL KAILKOAD. 

Whereas,  The  Flunda  Central  ttailroad  Compan.y  has 
fsUeU,  for  more  than  twelve  months,  f  o  ob.v  the  inter- 
est due  on  tbe  boods  Issued  by  said  company  in  ex- 
change for  bonds  of  the  State  of  Florida,  under,  and  l>y 
virtue  of^  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of 
Florida,  en1ttle<l  'Auactto  perfect  the  public  works 
of  the  State,"  approved  June '24,  1869,  and  tbe  several 
acta  amendatory  thereof;  and. 

Whereas,  demaod  has  been  made  bv  Imna  fide  hold- 
ers of  tbe  State  bonds  so  ezcbangud  upou  tbe  Gov- 
ernor ot  the  State  for  the  eiiturcement  ut'  the  lif^n  on 
said  railroad,  now,  therefore,  I.  Marcellui  L.  Stearns, 
Governor  ot  the  State  of  Plnrida,  uader  and  by  virtue 
of  the  authority  vested  in  tho  Governor  by  the  said 
acta,  have  eutered  ut>on  and  taken  possession  ol,  all 
And  singular,  ibo  railroad  and  property  of  tbe  Florida 
Central  iCallroad  Comuauy,  lyin:;  between  Lake  City 
and  Jacksonvule,  and  hereuy  give  public  notice  that  I 
will  cause  the  samp  to  i>e  sold  at  public  auntlon,  for 
lawful  monev  of  thu  Unit-e.d  States,  at  tbe  raiirond 
depot  at  Tallabaasue.  on  Monday,  the  second  day  of 
April.  A,  D.  1877,  at  12  o'clock  at 

Given  at  Tallanasaee.  this,  the  thirtieth  day  of  De- 
cember. 1870.  MARCELLUS  L.  STEARNS. 

Governor. 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

Sealed  proposals  wUi  be  i-eceivrd  by  the  Board  of 
School 'iVustces  ot  the  Mntteeuth  Ward,  at  the  hall 
of  the  Board  of  Education,  corner  of  Grand  aud  Kim 
Sts.,  nnUl  TUESDAY.  Feb.  X3,  1877,  and  until  4  o'clock 
P.  M.,  of  said  day.  for  furnisbluu  sUcing  doors,  &c.,  in 
Grammar  School  bouse  Na  18,  ou  bast  61st  st.  near 
Lexington  av. 

Flans  and  speclBcationa  may  be  seen  at  the  office  of 
tbe  Superintendent  of  School  Bnlldiugs,  No.  146  Grand 
st,  third  floor. 

Two  rosiKinBible  and  approved  sureties,  residents  of 

tbis  City,  niU  l>e  requii-ed  irom  thu  successful  bidder. 

The  party  submittlug  a  proposal    aud  the  parties 

proposing  to  l>ecome  sureties,  mu^t  each  wnte  his 

name  and  place  of  lesideuoe  ou  said  prouosaL 

Tbe  Trustees  reserve  the  right  to  r^ect  any  or  aU 
of  tbe  proposals  submitted. 

J.  O.  ALSTON, 
F.  T.  HOPKINS. 
K.  H.  POMEROY, 
M.  THAL.ME.XSINGRR, 
JOHN  C  OONAElLY, 
Board  of  School  Truateea,  Nineteenth  Ward. 
DatedHaw-YoBK,  Jan.  31,  1877. 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

Sealed  proposals  will  oe  received  by  the  Board  of 
School  Trustees  of  the  Twelfth  Ward,  at  the  Hall  of 
the  Board  ot  Education,  corner  of  Grand  and  Kim  sts., 
until  TUESDAY,  tbe  tiih  day  of  February,  1877,  and 
uotil  4  o'clock  t.  a.  OD  sold  day,  tor  altering  and  fit- 
ting up  tue  pi-omMes  oc  the  nnrtn-oast  corner  of 
Avenue  A  and  ilBtb  st  fbr  school  purposes. 

Plans  and  ipeoiflqatloa*  may  be  seen  at  tbe  office  of 
tbeSuperiutendentof  Sotaool  iiulldlags,  Na  14S  Uraud 
Bt^  third  duor. 

■Two  ra^ponsible  and  approved  snrettes,   residents  of 

this  Citr.  will  tif.  required  from  the  sUooasaini  bidder. 

"The  B^trty  SBbmitMug  a  proposal,   and  the  parties 

proposing  to    becan.e  surenos  must  each   write  his 

name  and  place  of  residence  oc  said  proposat 

The  Truste^a  reaeiye  the  right  to  nyoct  any  or  all 
of  the  propoaaia  auDmittsd. 

ROSWRLL  G  ROLSTON, 
DAVID  H.  KNAPP. 
CHARLKS  CRAKY. 
JOHN  L.  ToN.vELB. 
GERMAIN  BAUSCUBLL. 
Board  of  Sobool  Xrusteei.  Twelfth  Ward. 
Dated  Naw-Yoax.  Jan.  -ZS.  1S77. 


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'  '^^^id'r^'^'^- 


LOST  ApD  youyD. 

LOST  OR  STOLEN.'— TUB  KOLW>Wl.NQ  CER- 
ttflcates  of  .itock  in  the  Mlobigoa  Oeotral  Railroad, 
rlB. :  Na  16,965,  datsd  Kerch  iS.  1879,  twenty-five 
shares:  Na  18,932.  oatsd  JtOf'tJ,  1878.  one  share. 
Ths  bbovH  were  lest  In  ike  maii  or  stelra  Jan.  2S.  1877. 
All  penoas  are  hereby  eaatioaed  against  nerHlatiag 
the  same,  as  transfer  has  been  stopped  by  the  vadsr- 
THBOUO&K  SKXAOIiDS.  UoUMtt.  " 


":;,<.■:■■ 


BOAEDING.AND   LODGmG. 


Theup-tOTnioflleeof  THB  TIMBS  to  located  at 
Na.  1,007  Broadway,  beL  Slat  and  SiM  sta. 
Open  daily,  Sundays  included,  from  4  A  M.  to  9  P.  M. 
Bnbserlptions  received,  and  copies  of  THB  TIMES  for 

sale. 
ADVBRTISBMBIITS  BKCBIVBD  DTTnL  »  P.  M. 


SECOND  Ft^OGR,  'WITH  PRIVATE  TABLB. 
—Large  handsome  rooms,  en  suite,  batb,  lea,  va^ 
cated  by  family  gutrif  South:  references.  Xfo.  14  Bast 
S2d  St.,  between  Otb  and  Madison  aTS.\ 


NO.  46  WEST   340    ST.— DESIRABLE    THIRD 
story  trout  rooms,  with  board ;  transiently  or  per- 
manent; terms  low. 


NO.   3   WEST  30TH   ST — MRS.    WILLIS    HAS 
handsome,  snug  front  rooms  to  let,  Tritb  board  1 
references. 


__JHlD^NI8KKDJiO^ 

A  HANDSOMELY   FURNISHED  ROOM  TO 
let  to  a  gentleman,  without  board,  in  a  private  £»- 
mlU.v.    No.  37  East  19th  st,  near  Broadway. 


HOTELS^ 

THE  ROYAL  VICTORIA  HOTEL. 

NASSAU,  BAHAMA  ISLANDS. 
For  fall  information  apply  to 

JAMES  LIUGEaWOOD  k.  CO., 

Na  733  Broadway,  .Tew-York. 


NEW-BNGLAND     HflTEL.— LODGINGS,    60a 
'.<!00  light  sinele  rooma  fur  gentlemen  onl.v.    Comer 
Bowery  and  Bayard  st 


IN  BANKRUPTCY.— IN  TUB  DISTElCr  COURT 
uf  the  United  States  for  the  'Southern  District  ot  New- 
York.— In  the  matter  of  BEMJAMIN-H.  WOODWORTH, 
bankrupt — Notice  is  hereby  given  that  a  petition  has 
been  filed  in  said  court  by  Bei^amia  H.  Woodworth, 
heretofore  carrying  on  business  in  the  City  of  New- 
Yiirk.  in  said  district,  duly  declared  a  Imnicmpt  imder 
the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  United  States,  title 
"  bankruptcy,"  for  a  discbarge  and  certificate  thereof 
from  all  his  debts,  and  other  claims  provable  under 
said  title,  and  that  the  17th  day  of  Febniary, 
1877,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  at  tbe  office  of  Isaiah  T.  Wil- 
Hams,  Esquire,  Register  in  Bankruptcy,  No.  4  War- 
ren street,  in  the  Clt.v  of  New-Vork,  is  assigned 
for  the  iienrlng  of  the  same,  when  and  where 
aU  creditors  who  hive  proved  their  debts  and 
other  persoua  in  intereat  ma.y  attend,  and  show  cause, 
if  any  the V  have,  why  the  piayer  of  the  said  petldoji 
should  not  be  grant«d.—Dated  New-York,  on  the  26lh 
day  ot  January,  1877.  GEO.  F.  BhTTS,  Clerk. 

Ja27-law3w8* 


DISTRICT  COURT  OP  rHE  UNITED 
States  for  tbe  Southern  District  of  New-York.- In 
tho  matter  of  WIlLIAM  a.  BAKBEBand  HENRY  C. 
BUSU,  Bankrupts.— In  Bankruptcy,— Notice  is  hereby 
0yen  that  a  petltiou  has  been  filed  in  said  court  b.y 
William  A.  Barber  and  Uenry  C.  Buoh,  the  bankrupts 
above  named,  in  said  district,  duly  declared  bankrupts 
under  the  act  of  Congress  of  March  2,  J  867,  for  a  dis- 
charge and  certificate  thereof  ot  all  their  debts  and 
other  claims  provable  under  said  act  aud  the  revised 
statutes  of  the  Uuilea  States,  title,  "  Bankruptcy." 
and  that  the  Twenty-seventh  day  of  February,  1877, 
st  12  o'clock,  noon,  at  the  office  of  John  Fitcb,  Esq., 
Reeister  in  Bankruptcy,  No.  345  Broadway,  in  the 
City  of  New-York,  ia  assigned  for  tbe  hearing  of  the 
same,  when  pnd  where  all  creditors  who  have 
proved  their  debts,  and  other  persons  in  interest,  may 
attend,  and  show  csuse.  if  auy  they  have,  wb.y  the 

grayer  ot  said  petition  should  not  be  granted.— Dated 
e  w-York,  on  the  1  st  day  of  February,  1877. 
f3-law8w8*  OKOHGB  F.  BETTS,  Clerk. 


IN  BANKRUPTCV.— IN  THJt  DISTRICT  COURT 
ot  the  United  States  for  the  6oathern  District  of 
New  York.— In  the  matter  of  LSONIUAS  BINNS,  Bank- 
rupt—Notice 18  hereby  given  that  a  petition  has  been 
filed  in  s^ld  court  by  Leonidas  Binug.  in  said  district, 
dnl.y  declared  a  b:inkrupt  under  the  act  ot  CongiebS 
of  March  2,  1867.  for  a  discbarge  and  certificate 
t  hereof  trom  aU  bis  debts,  and  other  claims  provable 
under  sni  I  act,  and  that  tho  24tii  dav  of  February, 
A.  D.,  1877,  at  11  o'clock  a.  M.,  ut  tbe  office  of  &lr. 
Henry  Wilder  Allen,  Regiatar  in  Bankruptuy,  No.  152 
Broadway,  ill  tbe  City  of  New- fork,  is  assigued  for  tbe 
hearing  01  the  same,  when  and  where  all  creditors 
wbo  have  proved  their  debts,  and  otlier  persons  in  in- 
terest may  attend,  and  show  cause,  It  an.y  they  have, 
why  the  prayer  ot  the  said  petition  should  not  be 
granted.— Dated  Now-Iorfc,  on  the  2d  da.r  ut  February, 
1877.  GEOBGEF.  BEITS, 

r3-law3w.S*  Clerk. 


IN  BA>RRUPTCY.— IN  TBE  DISTRICT  COURT 
of  toe  United  states  lor  tbe  Southern  District  of 
^ew-Yo^k.— In  tbe  mntler  ot  WILLIAM  J.  bCHLOSS. 
bankrupt — Notice  ia  hereby  given  that  a  oetition  h»s 
been  filed  in  said  court  by  WilUam  J.  scbloss,  of  tho 
City  of  New-York,  iu  said  district,  duly  declared  a 
bankrupt  under  the  Revised  Statutes  of  tbe  United 
States,  title  "  Bankruptcy,"  for  a  discharge  and  certifi- 
cate thereof  from  all  bla  aebts,  and  other  claims  prov- 
able under  said  title,  and  that  tbe  19th  dav  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1877,  at  U.  o'clock  A.  .11.,  at  the  office  of  Isaiah 
T.  'Williams,  i:)6qaire.  Register  tn  Bankruptcy,  No.  4 
Warren  street,  in  the  City  of  New-York,  is  aasigned  for 
tbe  hearing  01  the  same,  viheo  and  where  all  creditors 
who  have  uroved  their  debts,  and  other  persons  lu  in- 
terest may  attend,  and  show  cause,  it  an.y  they  have, 
why  the  p>  ayer  of  the  said  petition  should  not  be 
eranted. — Dated  New-]fork,on  the  26ih  day  of  January, 
1677.  GEO.  F.  BhTTS,  Clerk. 

Ja27-law3wS* 


THIS  I.S  TO  GIVE  NOTICE— THAT  ON  THB 
V!3d  day  of  January.  A.  D.  1877,  a  warrant  In  bank- 
ruptcy was  issued  anaioat  the  estatn  of  THOMAS  K. 
AGNKW,  of  the  City  of  New-York,  in  the  County  of  New- 
York,  and  State  of  New-Vork,  wbo  has  been  adjudged  a 
banki-upt  on  bis  own  petition;  that  the  payment  of  any 
dents,  and  deUver.y  of  any  property  belonging  to  such 
bankrupt,  to  him  ur  for  his  use,  aud  the  transfer  ot  anv 
property  by  him  are  forbidden  by  law ;  that  a  meeting  ot 
the  creditors  of  t<aid  bankrupt  to  prove  tbetr  debts 
and  to  choose  one  or  more  Assignees  of  his  estate  will 
be  held  nt  a  Ck>nrt  of  Bankruptcy,  to  be  holden  at 
Na  129  Fulton  street,  in  tbe  City  of  New-Vorki  before 
Edgar  Ketch  urn.  Esq..  Register,  on  tbe  16tb  day  of  Feb' 
nary,  A.  D.  1877,  at  twelve  o'clock  M. 

OLIVER  FtSKB, 
United  states  Marshal,  as  Messenger,  Southern  District 
of  New-York. 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE 
United  States  for  the  ^outhern  District  of  Nevr- 
kork.— In  tbe  matter  of  HEnRI'  TRISDORFKR,  bank- 
rUDt— In  Bankruptcy.— Southoiu  District  of  New- 
York,  ss.:— At  the  Citv  of  New-York,  the  twen- 
tieth day  of  December,  1876.— The  undersigned 
hereby  glvea  notice  of  his  appointment  as  As- 
signee of  tbe  estate  and  effects  of  Henry  Tiisdorfer, 
ot  tne  City  of  New- York,  In  said  drlstriut  who  was  ou 
the  sixth  day  of  November,  A.  D.  1876.  adiudged  a 
bankrupt  upon  the  petition  of  his  creditora  by  tbe 
District  Court  of  the  United  States  fur  the  said 
Sonthein  District  of  New-1'ork. 
f  3-lawdwS*  ISAAC  .sONNBNBERO,  Assignee. 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  U.MTBD 
States  for  the  Southern  District  of  New- York.— In 
the  matter  of  B  KN  J  A  al  IN  U.  WOODWORTU.  bankrupt 
— InBankrupto.y.— Before  Isaiah  T.  WilUams.  Register. 
— To  whom  It  may  concern :    The  undersigned  hereby 
gives  notice  of  his  appointment  as  Assignee  of  the 
estate  of  Benjamin   U.   V\  oodworth,  heretofore  carry- 
ing on  business  in  tbe  City  of  New-York,  in  the  County 
of  New-York,  aod  Ntate  of  New-York,  within   said  dis- 
trict who  has  been  adjudged  bankrupt  upon  his  own 
petltiou  by  the  Uistrlcr  court  of  said  district— Dated 
at  New- York  City,  tbe  26th  day  of  January,  A  D.  1877. 
EOBKRT  L.   WOODS.  Assignee. 
Na  47  Dey  atreet.  New- York  City. 
J827-Iaw3w8* 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  TUE  D.'^lTBO 
Statea  for  tbe  Southern  District  of  New-York.— In 
the  matter  of  BERNUaRD  BKUEUSH,  bankrupt— In 
Bankruptcy. — Before  laaiah  T.  Wiltiama,  Renster. — 
To  whom  it  may  concern:  Ths  undersigted  hereby 
gives  no:ice  of  his  appointment  as  Assignee  of  tbe 
estate  of  Beruhard  Behrisli,  of  tbe  ("It.y  ot  New-York, 
in  the  Count.v  of  New-York,  and  State  of  New-York, 
within  aaid  District,  who  has  been  adjudged  bankrupt 
upon  tbe  ))etitiou  of  bis  creditopi,  bv  the  District 
Court  of  said  district.— Dated  at  New-York  City,  the 
26lb  day  of  January.  A.  D.  1877. 

NiiVIN  W.  BUTLER,  Assignee, 
ja27-law3wS*        No.  41  Fulton  st,  New-York  City, 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
Stales  for  the  Southern  District  of  New-York. — In 
the  matter  of  JOHN  T.  MILLER,  bantmipt— In  Bank- 
ruptcy.— Southern  District  of  New-Yorlt,  as.:  At  the 
City  of  New-York,  tbe  2l>th  day  of  January,  1877.  The 
uuderslgned  hereby  give  notice  of  his  aoooiutment  Jka 
AsBiKuee  ot  the  estate  and  effects  of  John  T.  Miller,  of 
tlie  City  of  New- York,  lu  said  district,  wbo  was  on  tho 
23d  day  of  December,  A  D.  1870,  adjudged  a  bank- 
lupt  upon  the  petition  of  his  creditora  by  the  District 
Court  of  the  United  States  for  tho  said  Southera  Dis- 
trict ot  New-York.  JOHN  U.  PLaTT, 
f3-ltiw3wS*  Assignee. 


U.MTED  STATES  DISTRICT  COURT, 
Southern  District  of  New- York.— In  Bankruptcy. — 
Suntherii  District  of  New-Y'ork,  ss.— At  tbe  City  of 
New- York,  tbe '.8th  dav  of  August,  1873.  Tbe  under-' 
signed  hereby  gives  notice  of  Fils  appointment  as  As- 
siifuee  of  the' estate  and  effects  of  DANIEL  D.  CO.NO  VKR, 
of  tiie  City  of  New- York,  in  tho  said  district,  wbo  wRs,on 
tbe  3Ist  day  of  October.  A.  h.,  187X,  adjudged  a  bank- 
rupt upon  nis  own  petition  by  tbe  District  Court  of 
the  United  States  for  the  said  southern  District  of  New- 
York.  JOHN  H.  PLATT,  Assignee. 
f3-law3w3  No.  40  Wall  streot.  New-York. 


IN  BANKRUPTCY.- DISTRICT  OF  NEW-JBR- 
sey,  S3.— At  Newark,  on  the  '.26th  da.v  of  January, 
A.  D.  1877.-1116  undersigned  hereb.y  gives  notice  of 
nis  appointment  as  Assignee  of  NEWTON  A  BIERRITT 
and  THOMAS  J.  WXIirE,  of  Newark,  In  the  County  of 
Essex,  and  Stale  of  New-Jersey,  within  said  district, 
wbo  have  tieen  adjuogea  bankrupts  upon  their  own 
petition,  by  tbe  District  Court  of  said  district 

E.  N.  MILLER,  Assignee,  &c., 
Ja27-law8wS*         So.  782  Broad  st,  Newark,  N.  J. 

___JgSOEIZAgEOUa__  ^ 
To  Manufaoturers  of  Fertilizers. 

FOR  SALE, 

AMMONIACAL  MATTERS, 

In  flue  mechanical  condition,  and  containing  from  13 
to  14  per  cent,  ammonia,  at  $2  26  per  unit  of  ammo- 
nia per  ton  of  2,OuO  poiuds,  £ree  on  buard,  at  Balti- 
more, buyers  fumi;>hiDg  uag3.     Address 

AMOR  SMITH  &  SONS, 
Post  Office  Box  No.  38,  Baltimore,  iVld. 


ASTHMA    AND    CHRONIC     BRONCHITIS. 

The  most  effectual  remedy  will  be  fbnnd  to  be 

DATURA   TATULA, 

PreparedlnaU  fbrms,  fbr  smoking  and  intialatian,  by 
SAVORV  &  MOORE, 

Na  143  New  Bond  st,  London,  and  sold  by  tbem~  and 

all 

CHEMISTS  AND  aTOREKEEPERS  THRODGHOUT  THB 

UNITED  STATES  AND  CANADA 


EPI'S'ClJCOA.— QRATKFULAiND  00  llFORriNG; 
en.h  packet  is  libMio.l,  JAMKi  KPP3  It  Co..  Homt^- 
opdtnio  (Jhemlsts.  No.  4S  Thruadaeedle  st  and  Nu.  170 
PiKoadUlv.'Loulon,  England.    New-York  Depot  SMITH 
It  VaNDBRBESK.  Park  pUce. 


m.%MAR  INDIEN— A  LAXaTIVE  FRUIT  LOZ- 
X  engtt :  agreeable  to  take:  speciflo  for  cdnstipation 
and  its  consequences.  £.  GRILLON,  Na  27  Rue  Ramau- 
t'  nr.  Pans  depot.     CASWBLL.'UAZARD  It  CO.,  N.  Y. 


OFFICBiJ  TO  LET 

IN  rHE 
TiaiBS  BUUiOIN» 


AMUSEMENTS. 

ACADBMT  OF  music.                          KBLXiOOa 
Mr^a  D.  HESS Dtreecot; 

iTHIS   SATURDAY  AFTBRKOOH  AT  S. 
Balfe^B  Cbarminc  Opera. 
THB    BOUEMIAjr  GIBL. 
Miss  KBLLOQG,  Mrs.  SBGUIN.  Hias  ZiilT' 
CASTER,     Messrs.      MAA8.     TOaBBB, 
OONLY,  PBAKE8,  and  HOLLAND. 
BNS Musical  Dlr^otOE. 

Secure  seats  at  Scbirmer's,  No.   701  BroadTray,  al 

the  Academy,  and  at  Rullman's,  No.  Ill  Broadway. 

SPECIAL  ANNOUNCKMENT-S. 

THS  FINAL  PBBFOEMANCBS  IN  NEW-TOBX 

OF  THE 

KBLLOOO  OBAHD  ENGLISH  OPBBA  (X>HPAXY 

will  occur  next  week  aa  follows  i 

TUESDAY.  Feb.  6,  LUCIA  DI LAMMBBMOOB. 

WBDNESDAT.  Feb.  7,  (positivd|')ast  time)  FLYING 

ddtchman: 

FRIDAY  EVENING,  FEB.  9. 

BENEFIT  OF  Miss  KBLLOGK}. 

MIGNON. 

SATUBDAT  AFTBBNOON.  positively  last    KELIiOCa 

B(atln<e. 

MIsa  KBLLOGG  APPEARING  IN  EVERY  OPEBA 


THK  TENTH  ANNUAL  EXHIBITION  OF  THB 

AMERICAN   SOCIETY  OF   PAINTERS 

IN 

WATER   COLORS, 

AT   THB 

NATIONAZi  A0ADEM7  OP  DESiaK 

Corner  of  4th  av.  and  it3d  at.. 

From  9  AM.  ontQ  6  P.  M.,  and  from  7  until  10  P.  H, 
Sundays  excepted. 


HELLER'S  WONUER    THEATRE. 

LAST  MATINEE.    LAST  MIGHT 
OF  THB   SECOND  PROQRAMMK. 
HBLLEB'S  WONDERS,  BVKBf  EVENING  AT  8. 

BOBKRT  HELLER ROBERT  HBLLBB. 

PRESTIDIGITaTEOR.  PiANIsr,  HUMORIST. 

MISS  UKLLBK MISS  HELLBB 

will  continue  to  pre  tent  the  phenomenal  wonder 

SUPERVArUR^L  VISIO.'J. 

To  conclude  with  the  ontrazoous  doing  if 

MR.  PUNCH. 

MATINBB8  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY  AT 3. 

Children  half  price  to  matinees. 

NKW  PROGRAMME  Feb.  5. 


THE  GREAT  NEW-YORH  AUUARIUAI. 

BBOADWAY  AND  36rH  ST. 

Open  dally  from9  A  M  tUl  loP.  M.,  (Snndar  excepted.) 

NATURE'S  MaBVBLS  AND  WONDERS. 

Capt  QUIGLBY,  the  wonderful  sub-marine  direr, 
enters  the  large  tank  and  illustrates  tbe  working  of 
the  intricare  diver's  suit,  at  11  A.  M.,and  2.  4,  and 
8  P.  .U.,  daily.  The  WHITE  WHALE  vriU  be  exhibited 
lor  a  few  days  louier  only. 


NIBLO'S    GARDEN. 

KIEALFY  BROTHERS L'ssees  and  Managers 

Tbis  afternoon  at  2  o'clock. 


ABOUND  THE  WORLD. 
Seats  secured  two  week s  in  advance. 


BROADWAY    THEATRE, 

BBOADWAY  AND  30TH  ST. 

The  last  two  performances  of 

UNCLE  TOM'S  CABIN. 

THIS  DAY  at  2  the  LAST  MATINBR. 

TO-NIGHT  at  8,  LAST  OPPORTUNITY  TO  SBE 

MlisG.  C.  HOWARD.... as TOPST 

Miss  GRACIK  WaDB .as KVA 

Mr.  GEORGE  KUNKKL as UNCLE  TOM 

KU.NDAY  EViiNING,  Farewell  .sacred  Concert  by  tbe 
oniy  GEORGIA  JUBILEE  SINGERS. 


BOOTH'S  THEATRE. 


THE  NEW  PLAT. 


The  great  local  play, 

FIFTH  AVENUB 
In  which  GEORGE  RIGNOLD  appears.  Trill  be  given 
for  the  first  time  on  MONDAY  EVENING. 

sr  THE  SALE  OF  SEATS  JS 

is  noTT  progressing.     Box  offiee  open  from  8  A  M.  to 

4  P.  »j. 


OLY.1IPIC  THEATRE.         NO.  624  BROADWAY. 

Mr.  ADGUSTIN  DALY'S  BRILLIANT  SUCCESS, 
THE  BIG  BONANZA.  I  MATINEES 

THE  BIG  BONANZA.  Wednesday  and  Saturday. 

THK  BIG  BONaNZ.\.  I    Admission  50a  and  $1. 


DREAMING  lOLANTUE. 

•THE  OKNTENNIAL  BUTTER   HEAD." 

NEXT  TO  NEW-YORK  AQU4EI0M. 

ADMISSION  25  CEi\T.-i. 

FOB   A    FEW    DAYS    ONLY. 


JSAILROADS^ 

PENNSYLVANIA   BAILEOil). 

GREAT  TRUNK  LINE 

AND  UNITED  8TATBJ  MAIL  ROUTE. 
Trains  leave  New-YorK,  via  Desbrosses   anl     Cort* 

landt  Streets  Ferries,  as  f  iliows: 

Express  for  Harrisburg,  Pittsburg,  the  West  and 
South,  with  Pullman  Palace  Cars  attached,  8:30  A. 
M.,  6  aua  8:30  P.  M.,  daily. 

For  Wiliiamsport,  Lock  Uaven,  Oorry.  and  Erie,  at 
8:30  P.  M.,  connecting;  at  Corry  for  Ti  tusvUle.  Petto- 
leum  Centre,  and  tbe  Oil  Reviona-  For  WlUiams- 
port  and  Lock  Haven.  8:30  A  M. 

For  Baltimore,  Washington,  and  the  South,  "Lim- 
ited WaBhiagtOQ  Express"  of  Pullman  Parlor  Cars 
aaily,  except  Sunday,  9:30  A.  M.:  arrive  Washiue- 
ton  4: 10  P.  M.  Regular  at  8:40  A.  M.,  1,  6,  and  9 
P.  M.    Sunday,  6  and  9  P.  M. 

Express  for  Pailadelpbia,  7i  30, 8:30,  8:40.  (9:30  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4,  5.  6,  7,  8:30,  9  P.  M.,  and  12 
meht.  Sunday,  8:3D  A  M.,  6,  6,  7.  8:30,  alid  9  P.  M. 
Emigrant  anu  second-class,  7  P.  M. 

Aceommodation  for  Trenton.  7  A   AL,  2  and  4:10  P.  M. 

For  tr-iing  to  Newark.  Elizabeth,  Kahway,  Princeton. 
'I'renton,  Perth  Amboy,  Flemington.  Beivider?,  and 
other  points,  see  local  schedules  aC  all  Ticket  Of- 
fices. 

Trains  brrive:  From  PltUburg,  6:20  and  10:30  A.  M.. 
and  10:20  P.M.  daily;  10:10  A  M.  and  6:50  P.  M. 
daiiy,  excent  Monday.  Prom  Washington  and  Bal- 
timore, 6:30,  9^0  A  M.,  4:10,  5:10.  and  10:20  P.M. 
f^unday  6:30,  R50  A.  M.  Prom  Philadelphia,  5:05, 
6:20,  6:30.  9:50,  10:10.  11:50  A.  M.  2:10,  4:10,  5:10, 
b:50  8:40,  l<i|IO,  and  10:20  P.  61.  Sunday  6:05, 
0:20,  6.30,  9:50,  11:50,  A.  M.,  6:50.  10:10,  and  10:20 
P.  M. 
Ticket  Officea,  Nos.  626  and  944  Broadway,  Na  1 

Astor  House,  and  foot  of    Desbrosses  and   Cortlandt 

streets;     No.  4  Court  street  Bitioklyn:     Nos.  114,  116, 

and  118  Hudson  street,  Uoboken:    Depot.  Jersey  City 

Kmigrant Ticket  OSlce,  Na  8  Batter.y  place. 

FRANK  THOMSON.  D.  M.  BOYD,  Jn., 

General  .Manaeer.  General  Passenger  Agent 


TO    PHILADELPHIA 

^  via 

PENNSAVANIA  EAILEOAD. 

THE  OLD-ESTABLISHED  ROUTE  AND    SHOET   LINB 

between 

NEW-YORK    AND    PHILADELPHIA. 

14 Through  Trains  each  way  dally;    8  Depots  in  FhUa" 
delphia,  2  in  lew-York. 

4  Tracks,  the  most  Improved   Equipment,  and   tbe 
Fastest  Time  consistent  with  absolute  safbty. 

Bxpress  Trains  leave  New-York,  via  Desbrosses  and 

Cortlandt  -itreets  Ferries,  as  follows : 
7:30.  8:30.  8:40,  l9:30  Limited,)  10:30  A.  M..  1,  4,  6,  6. 

7,  8:30.  9  P.  M.,  and  12  Midnight^  Sunday,    8:30  A, 

M.,  6,  6.  7,  8:.3(5.and  9P.  M. 
Returning,  trains  leave  Philadelphia  3:20,  3:30.7,  7:30, 

8:30,  and  11  A.  M.,  (Limited   Express,    1:35  P.   M.,) 

1:40,4.6:30,7,  and  7:35   P.   M.,   and   12  Midnight. 

On  Soudav,  8:20.  3:30,  7,  8:30  A.  M.  4,  7,  7:35  P.  M., 

and  12  Midnight 

Ticket  Offices,  Noa  526  and  944  Broadway,  Na  1 
Astor  House,  and  loot  of  Desbrosses  and  Cortlandt 
Bis.;  No.  4  Court  st,  Brooklyn;  Nos.  114,  116.  and  118 
Hudson  st,  Hoboken;  Depot.  Jersey  City.  Emigranl 
•ncket  Offlee,  No.  8  Battery  place. 
FRANK  THOMSON.  D.  M.  BOYD,  Jr., 

General  Manager.  General  Passenger  Agent 


NEW-YORK     CENTRAL     AND     HUDSON 
RIVER  RAILROAD.— Commencing  Dea   -zg,    1876, 
through  trains  will  leave  Grand  Central  Depot: 

7:15  A.  M.,  Western  and  Nortberu  Express,  with 
drawing-room  cars  to  Canandaisua. 

8:3U  A.  M..  special  Chicago  and  r!t  Louis  Express, 
Tntu  drawing-room  oars  to  Rochester  aud  Bnflala 
Also,  tbrouehcar  to  St.  Louis. 

11:00  A  M.,  NorthTO  and  Western  Express. 

3:30  P.M..  special  Alban.r.  Troy  and  Wesfcem  Ex- 
press arrives  at  Buffalo  7: 10  A.  M. 

5:01)  P.  .\L,  Kxpreas.  with  sleeping  cars,  fbr  Water- 
town  and  Canandalgutk  Also  for  Montraal  via  Platts- 
burg. 

8:30  P.  M..  Pacific  Express,  daily,  with  sleeping  oars, 
tor  Rochester.  Niagara  Falls.  Buffalo,  Cleveland.  In- 
dianapolis, and  Louiaviile.  Also  for  Chlcaga  via  t>oth 
L-  li  and  M.  C,  Boilroaas,  ana  tu  Montreal  via  St  Al- 
bans. 

11:00P.BL.  Express,  ■with  eleepinst  ears,  for  Alban» 
and  Troy.     Way  trains  as  per  local  Time  Tables. 

Tickets  tor  sale  at  Nos.  252,  kOl.and  413  Broadwa.v, 
and  at  Westcoil  Express  Company's  offices.  Nos.  7 
Park  place.  785  and  94'.^  Broadway  New- York,  and 
333  Washington  st,  Brooklyn. 

G.  B.  MKEKEK,  General  Passenger  Agent 


ERIE  RAILWAY. 

Winter  Arrangement  of  through  trains.  From  Cham- 
bers Street  I>e{>ot.    (For  23d  st  see  note  below.) 

9:00 A.  M.,  daily,  except  Sundays,  Cincinnati  and 
Chicago  Day  Exoress.  Drawiog-ruom  conches  to  Buflala 

10:45  A.  M.,  daily,  except  Simasvs,  Express  Mail  for 
Buffalo  and  the  West    Sleeping  coach  to  Buff  1I0. 

7:00  P.  M.,  daily.  Pacific  Bxpress  to  the  West  Sleep- 
ing coaches  thmugb  to  Bufbio,  Niagara  Falls,  Cincin- 
nati, and  Chicago  without  change.  Hotel  dioing- 
coaches  to  Chicago. 

7:0U  P.  M.,  except  Sundays,  Western  Emigrant  train. 

Above  traina  leave  Twenty-third  Street  Ferry  at 
8:45  and  10:15  A.  M.,  and  6:45  P.  M. 

For  local  traina  see  time-tables  and  cards  in  hotels 
and  depots. 

JNO.  N.  ABBOTT.  General  Passenger  Agent 


NEW-YORK.    NEW-HAVEN,    AND    HART- 
FORD   RAILROAD. 

After  Dec.  10,  1876.  tratos    leave  Grand  Central  De- 

rt<42d  St.)  for  New-Caanan  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M.. 
4:40  P.  M.:  Danbuiv  andNorwalk  RaUrond  at  8:06 
A.  M,  1,  and  4:40  P.  M.;  Naiutatuck  Railroiid  at  &05  A 
M.,  and  3  P.  M.;  Uousatonic  Raihroad  at  8:05  A.  M., 
and  3  P.  M.;  New-Haven  and  Northampton  Railroad  at 
8:05  A.  M,  and  3 P.  M.;  for  Newport  at  8:05  A.   .M.    and 

I  P.    M.;  Boston   and    Albany  Railroad     at  8:05   and 

II  A.  M,  3  and  9  P.  M.,(9P.  M.  ou  Sunday:)  Boston, 
(via  Shore  Line,)  at  1  and  10 P.  M.,  (it)  P.  AL  on  Sun- 
da.ys.1  Boston  and  New-Vork  Air  Line.  8  A.  M.,  1  and 
11:35  P.  M. 

Way  trains  as  per  local  time-tables. 


LEHIGH  VALLEY  RAlLR()AO. 

ARBANGBMBNT.        PASSKNGEE  TRAINS.         JAN.  L 

1877. 
Leave  depots  foot  of  Cortlandt  and  Debrosses  sts.,  at 

6:30  P.  M.— Night  Express,  dailv.  fir  Easton,  Bothle- 
hem,  AUeutown,  Mauch  ch  nk,  Willtsbarre,  Pittston, 
Say  re,  Elmira,  Ithaca,  Auburn,  Rochester.  Buft,ilo, 
Niagara  Palis  sad  the  West  PuUiuaa's  sleepiuiC 
ooaohos  attached. 

General  Eastern  offiee  cenier  Oburch  and  Cortlandt 
SIS.,  CUAKLBS  H.  CUMMINGA   Agent. 

ROBEiiT  H.  SAYRR,  Saperintepdent  and  Engineer. 


WICKFOKD  UAI  I.ROAD  ROU  rE  TO  NEW- 
PORT,  B.  I.— Passengers  tor  this  Une  take  8:06  A. 
BLandl  P.  M.  express  trains  from  Grand  Central 
Denot.  amvti«g  at  4:18  and  8  P.  M.  at  Newport 

(aSODOAii  WAAKBS.  finottfiiiteiidenA  . 


AMUSEMENTS. 

DALY^  jvisrra  AVENIIS  THBATU' 

TO-DAY, 

MATZNBB  AT  9 1    OTBR  AT  4*S0. 

LEMONS. 

iiBjnONiS  TO-NXGHT  AT  8 1 

OYER  AT  lOtSO. 

THB  GKBATB8T  COMEDY  SUOCBSf 

BTBR  PRODUCED. 

inATlNBB  PRIOBSt 

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_^  WALLACK'S. 

Proprietor  and  Manaeer Mr.  LESl-EE  WALLACS 

LAST  THEBB  iaGHTS  AND  LAST  MATINBB 

of 

ALL  FOB  HBB. 

KB.  LESTER  WALLACE 

OS 

BUGH  TttEVOE. 

To  ineeeed  the  present  entertainment  a  serioa  of 

SBILLIANT   LE01TIM.ATB  UOMBDIBS, 

most  oarefUUv  and.  completely  produced,  tbe  flrst,>4 

▼hlclr 

ON  WEDNESDAY,  FEB.  7.  V 

Wiil  be  Dance's  Ck>medy, 

A  MORNI.VO  CALL, 

and  Buckstone's  three-act  comedy,  so  inHmatelr  aaaS 

dated  Tritb  tbe  artistic  triumphs  of  this  theatre,  eott 

tied 

MARRIED  LIFE, 

an  entertainment  fUll  of 

MIETH  AND  MBEIEIMEBT, 

in  which 
MR.  LESTER  WALLACK. 
Mb  JOHN  GILBERT,  Mr.  HARRY  BBCKETT.  Mr.  B.  A9 
KOTT,   Mr.   CHARLKS   BTKVENSOV,  Mr.  J.   W.  SHAN' 
NON,  Miss  ADA  DYAS,  Miss  EFFIB  GBRMON.  Mae.  POi 
NISI,  Miss  ROSE  WOODi  Mrs.  JOHN  SEPTON  and  MIm 
Kate  BaRTLETT  win  appear. 
Boz-boofc  open  two  weeks  in  advance. 
Doors  open  at  7:30,  commense  at  8. 


PARK  THEATRE.  OUR  BOARDING-HOUS^ 

Broadway  and  22d  st 

HBNRT  E.  ABBEY Lessee  and  Manages 

A  HITI 

Mr.    LEONARD    GEOVBR'S     AMEEIOAM     0OMB07 

EVEEY  EVENING  ind  TODAY  MATINEB, 


A  SA.MSONIAN  COMBINATION  CAST. 

Beserved  seats.  50  oents,  $1,  and  $1  50.    Admlsaloa 
50  cents  and  $1. 
FREE   LIST  AB«^OLUTF.LY    SUSPENDED. 

CHICKERING  HALL.  .FSB.  7. 

WEDNESDAY  KVENING.  Feb.  7.  ' 

DEBUT   OF  MISS  EMMA 

ABBOTT, 

Assisted  by 

BBIGNOLI.    FBEEANTI,    CASB,    PBATT,    and 

GEAND  OECHBSTEA 

Under  direction  of. MAX  MABETZEl 

FBIDAT,  Feb.  9-SecoDd  ABBOTT  CONCSRT. 
SATURDAY,  Feb.  10-(>nly  aBBOTT  MATHrBB. 
Tickets  for  sale  at  tbe  box-offla»,  Chlckeiin'.:  Hall,  anl, 
Schubertb'tt,  No.  23  Onion  square. 


THBO.  THOMAS' SYMPHONY  CONCERT^ 

WITH  PUBLIC  REHEARSALS.    TEN'Ta  SiiASOS. 

AT    STEIKWAY  HALL, 

THIS  SATUBDAT  nVENHQ.  Feb.  3.  »t  8. 

THEODORE  THOMAS' 

FOURTH  GRAND  SYMPHONY  CONCERT. 

Vocalist,  Mme.  EUGi^Mi:;  PAPPENHtOM,  Soprano^ 

Suite  Na  S.lnD Bael 

Symohouy  No.  6.  (PastonUe) Beethoven 

S^^il  "^""^  \  ■■  GStterdammemng" Wagnes 

The  VOCAL  PART  SUNG  by  Mme.  PAPPENHKIM. 

Prices  as  usuaU    Tickets  can  now  be  had  of  G.  Schl^ 

mer,701  Broadway;  E.schuberth  It  Co.  .23  Union  square, 

at  111  Broadway,  and  tbe  box  office  of  Steinway  OalL. 

EAGLE  THEATRE,       BROADWAY  AND  33D  ST.' 

THE  AIMEE  OPERA  SEASON. 
TO-DAY,  TWO  PERFORMANCES,  Maiinfioand  Brenlng. 

THIS  AFTERNOON  at  1:30.      Doors  open  at  1. 
FIRST  AIMEE  AND  JOLIE  PARFU'VIKUSR     MATINEB, 
Only   Matin6e   ot'  LA  JOLIE  PABFCMcUSB,  in  whiob 

AiMEK  slngi  "  Pretty  ss  a  Pictura" 
Matinee  prices,  5U  cents;  reserved  seats  50  cents  extra, 
TO-\-IGliT.LASTTIiyiEOFLAFILLKDE  MMK  ANtSOt. 

MONDAY,  by  request,  LA  JOLIii  PAHFCMEUSB. 

TUESDAY,  FEB.  6,  A  NEW  OPERA. 

First  time  here,  at  a  cost  of  $5,000.  with  entirely 
new  scenery,  costumes,    ba,  Ita,  the  last  Buropeai 
sensation  and  Lecocq's  greatest  success, 
LA    PBTITE  MARIES. 

GILM ORE'S  GARDEN. 

THIS  EVENING,  at  8  o'oloolc. 

TWO  TROTTING  EUOBA 

IiADIKS'  FLAT  RACE! 

INDIAN  LIFE; 

Or,  A  CHASE  FOR  A  WIFE. 

A  TBIBB  OF  REAL  INDIANS. 

60  CENTS ADMISSION 50OROT% 

INTERNATIONAL  ACADEMY    LECTURES' 

FRIDAY,  Feb.  2—"  Switzerland  and  the  Alps." 

SATURDAY,  Feb.  3- *'  Hamburg.  Berlin.  Potsdam.* 

By  ADRIAN  J.  EBELL,  M.  D.,  Director. 

lUnstrated  with  the  hydro-oxygen  atoreopticon,  at  tht 

HaU  of  the  Academy,  No.  18  Cooper  Union,  at  3:30  R 

M.    Admission,  60  cents.     Lectures  every  afternooib 
European  class  sails  April  5. 

M.  A.  POND  ds   CO.'S   NEW    PUBLICA- 

TIONS- "What  were  all  the  World  witboof 
TbeeP'  Dank's  best  song.  30  cents;  "  Fl.yiag  Dutch- 
man,"  arianged  by  H.  A.  WoUenhauot.  $1  26 ;  "  An 
Easy  Arrangement."  b.y  H.  Mayiath,  50  cents;  "  Bil> 
low  of  Fire,"  P.  P.  Bliss,  30  C!"nt8:  "Burlesque 
Polka,"  by  Offenbach,  (with  portrait,)  50  oentsj 
"  What  Flower  is  This  t"  Keens,  35  cents ;  "  Goo  ia 
my  Strong  Salvation,"  Wagner,  arranged  by  Holden, 
40  cents.  Easter  Anthems,  Hymns,  and  Csrois  now 
ready.  Pianos  (^nd  organs  to  rent.  WM.  A.  PONu  A 
CO.,  Na  647  Broadway,  branch  store  No.  39  Unios 
square,  New-York. 

UNION  SQUARE  TBBATRE. 

Proprietor Mr.  SHERIDAN  SBOOB 

Manager „ Mr.  A.  M.  PALMEB 

To-day  at  1:30, 

LAST  MATIN  E.:,  OF  MISS  MULTON. 

To-night  at  8, 

LAST    PBRFORMANCB 

MISS  MULTON. 
Monday,    Feb.    5,    'THE    DAMCHBPF8. 


SAN    KUANCISCO  lillNSTRELS. 


The    "REWARD  OF   MEHIT"— SUCCSiS 
The  new  Opera  Bouffe.  Music  bv  Offenbach 

THE  HAPPY  MOKc:,  and  a 
GORGEOUS  JAPANESE  DIoRAMICScena 


onera 
Bouse. 

Broadway. 

and  29tb  s^ 


MaTXNEE  ^ATURDAt  AT  2,    Seats  secured. 

OQPABTNERSmP  NOTIGES. 

DlSSoTjUTIOfL 

The  firm  of  JAMES  L.  SHARP  k  CO.,  is  tbis  day  dis- 
solved bv  limitation  and  mutual  consent  thither  party 
is  authorized  to  sign  tu  iiquidatmn.  Friends  are  earik 
estly  requested  i,u  settle  accounts  as  speedily  as  posst 
ble.  _ 

Mr.  SHARP  has  removed  to  Na  78  Beekman  st^ 
where,  with  greater  tBcilitiea,  he  wiU  continue  th] 
mantilacture  of  Gaa  and  OU  Stoves.  White  th.in1ring 
you  for  .your  kind  patronage  in  the  past  and  sodciting 
your  favors  tn  the  future. 

We  remain  respevttuUy  yours, 

GILBEBT  O.  WOOa 
JAMba    L.  SHARP, 
No.  198  6th  ay.,  New-York,  Feb.  1,  1877. 

a 

FRANCIS  EVERDBLL  BECOMES  A  PART- 
ner  in  our  firm  this  day.  Tbe  business  of  label  and 
color  printers,  litbograuhers.  and  stationers  at  Na 
liM  Fulton  st  wiU  oe  continued  as  heretofore  unaer 
the  eld  firm  name  by  HhNRY  EVEEDKUi  aud  FRAN- 
CIS EVERDELL. 

WILLIAM  EVEEDELL'S  SONS. 
•    Hrw-YoRX,  Feb.  1.  1877. 
. *. 

TBE  FIRM  OF  WARD,  TALBOT  dtc  OLY- 
PHANT  having  terminated  this  day  by  limitation. 
I  will  oootlnue  the  coal  but^lness  on  my  own  account 
at  the  Coal  aod  Iron  Exchange,  comer  of  cortlandt 
and  Church  sis. 

RICHMOND  TALBOT. 
Knw-YoRK,  Feb.  1,  1877. 

THE  INTEREST  OP  MR.  THOMAS  WAR. 
REN  FAWCETT  in  our  firm  ceases  this  day. 
Mr.  HARVEY  WEED  BENEDICT  becomes  a  partner 
from  this  date.  FAWCbTT,  BEN  KDIC  T  A  CO. 

JNKW-lORK,  Feb.  1,  1877. 


JDA^fOING^ 

A"  LLEN  bOD WORTH'S  DANCING    SCflOOi 
EEMOVIO)  TO  NO.  «j81  5TH  AVBND8. 
Row  opeu  for  tbe  reception  of  pupils. 
For  particulars  send  for  circular. 
Private  lessons  every  day. 
'  =-=■=—  \ 

STEAiVfBOATS. 

STONINGTON  LINE 

VOR     BOSTON    AND    ALL    POINTS     EAST 
REDUCED    FARE. 

Elegant  steamers  leave  Pier  Na  S3  North  Biro% 
foot  of  Jay  at ,  at  4:30  P.  M. 

Tickets  for  sale  at  til  onnolp^!  tioicet  o  fioes.  .^tat» 
rooms secnreil  at  offiuesot'  Westobttiiitpress  Ooatp^ay 
and  at  Na  363  Broadway. 

PROVIDENCK    LINE. 

Freight  only,  steamers  iw^*  Pier  Na  27  Sum 
Elver,  foot  ofParV  p;ace,  at4  P.  M.  Freights  via  eithe* 
linetaxeuat  lo  .vest  rates. 

D.  S.  BAHC-7CK..  P<%s.      L.  W.  Fii,Ri<rs.  %    P.  Aseot. 


FALL   RIVER   LINE 

FOR 

BOSTON  AND    THE    EAST 

FARES  REDUCEi). 

Leave  New- York  daily.  (Sunday  excepted.)  from  Plot 
No.  28  North  VAykc,  toot  of  Murray  st.  4:30  P.  U 

BORDEN  It  LOVkM..  Agents. 
GEO.  L.  OONNOB.  Ucueral  Pasaeiis;*r  AjteUL 

NEW-HAVEN,  HAttTFORD  AND  THB  H  IBTH.- 
Steamers  teava  Pec  k  slip  tor  New-Haven  at  3  P.iL 
(except  Suuda.ys,)   ounuecting  vritb  road. 

t^ORBVrOGEPORTANDALI.  PIHN-M   (ffi 
Botuatoaie  and   .^aogataac   Mallraad.'-i^siv    lOL 


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BUSIIfBSS  IN  BOTH  HOUSES. 
TOOTHER  UVBLT    DSBATB  IN  THK    ASSEM- 
BLY— ^PASSAGE  OB"  THE  DISTRICT  COUBT 
CLERKS  BILL— NEW  BH-I-S  INTRODUCED — 
INSURANCE  LEGISLATION  IN  THE  SENATE. 
From  Our  Own  CorretvonOent 

AuBMirr,  Friday,  Feb.  2,  1877. 

Very  little  was  done  in  the  Assembly  this 
morning,  the  eession  bein£  somewhat  shorter 
than  usual,  beyond  the  passaee  of  the  bill 
to  pay  the  Difltriot  Court  Clerks  in  New-York. 
The  bill  bad  been  reoommitted  for  amendment, 
'With  power  to  report  at  any  time,  and  when  the 
order  of  third  reading  was  reached.  Mr.  Strahan 
reported  the  bill,  and  moved  that  it  have 
ita  third  reading.  Three  or  four  opponents  ot 
the  measure  were  ready  in  an  instant  to  op- 
pose it,  but  Mr.  Alvord  got  in  before  them  and 
moved  the  previous  question.  Points  of  order 
and  questions  of  privilege  were :  raised  on  all 
sides,  but  without  avail.  The  House  was  tired 
of  the  Bubjeot,  and  seemed  to  dread  another 
opening  of  the  flood-eat^s  of  talk 
npon  it.  The  previous  question  was  ordered, 
but  there  was  so  muoh  explanation  of 
votes  that  the  calllnK  of  the  roll  occupied  a 
long  time.  Mr.  Buggies,  and  one  or  two  other 
recognized  lawyers  on  the  floor,  declared  that 
under  no  circumstances  could  the  City  be  called 
upon  to  pay  two  sets  of  clerks,  and  this  declara- 
tion had  the  effect  of  bringine  in  a  number  of 
doubtful  men,  so  that  the  bill  finally  went 
.through  with  a  heavy  mjoority. 

Mr.  Hodges  offered  the  folio  wing,  which  went 
over  imder  the  rule : 

Whereag,  A  resolation  has  been  introdaced  into 
this  Hoase  and  referred  to  the  Committee  of  Ways 
and  Means,  with  inatractiona  to  repoct  at  an  early 
iiay  some  plan  lookini;  to  a  radioai  cbaoee  in  the 
present  method  ot  asaeismonl  and  taxation  in  this 
Stale  ;  and  whereas,  it  is  notprobable  tbat  the  said 
committee  will  be  able  to  perfect  »uch  plan  in  addi- 
ction to  their  other  duties  dnnnsthe  present  session 
of  this  Lesialature;  and  wberesw,  the  necessity  of 
[the  case  does  not  admit  ot  any  unnecesiery  delay : 
itherefore. 

Resolved,  Tbdt  the  Committee  on  Ways  aod 
Means  ot  this  House  be  and  tbey  are  hereby  re- 
quested to  report  to  this  Hoase  at  an  «.trly  day  a 
plan  lor  a  commission,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Gov- 
ernor, by  and  with  the  aavice  and  consent  of  the 
Senate,  the  said  commission  to  give  the  whole 
matter  of  assessment  and  taxation  tborooeh  con- 
sideration dnriog  the  recess,  and  report  to  the  next 
Xeeislatore  of  this  State  'wbatt  changes  in  existins 
laws  may  be  necessary,  and  what  new  teatnres  can 
be  intruanced  to  make  a  system  of  assessment  and 
taxation  which  shall  be  more  perfect.  Just,  and  sat- 
isfactory than  the  present  one. 

Mr.  Coraa  introduced  a  bill  which,  if  it  be- 
comes a  law,  will  probably  deprive  the  firm  of 
Brown  &  Vanderpoel  of  a  good  deal  of  lucra- 
tive practice.  It  provides  that  when  the  Sheriff 
is  sued  tor  seizure  of  goods,  in  cases  where  an 
indemnity  bond  has  been  given,  the  person 
■who  has  given  the  bona  may  appoint  his  own 
Bttomeys  to  defend  the  suit.  Under  the  law 
AS  It  now  stands  the  Sheriff  is  defended  by  his 
x>wn  lawyers. 

Dr.  Hayos  brings  forward  a  bill  in  relation 
to  the  safe  of  Oroton  water.  The  first  section 
declares  that,  irom  and  after  the  passage  of 
the  act,  all  licenses  made  and  granted  by  the 
Department  of  Public  Works  for  the  sale  of 
C:oton  water  tor  shipping,  bulldinc  purposes. 
&c..  shall  cease  and  determine.  The 
eecond  declares  that  tbe  Commissioner 
of  Public  WorKS  shall  advertise  for  proposals 
for  the  sale  of  Lroton  water,  tor 
the  purposes  referred  to,  for  a  time  not  exceed- 
iug  three  years,  and  shall  award  the  contract 
to  the  highest  bidder.  The  Commissioner  is  to 
appoint  ten  inspectors,  who  will  see  that  the 
contractor  faithfully  discharges  his  obligations. 
The  salaries  of  the  inspectors  are  to  be  paid  bv 
the  contractor,  and  the  department  is  lorbidden 
to  pay  any  salaries  to  collectors  of  moneys  tor 
the  sale  of  water  under  the  contract. 

Mr.  O'Hare  offers  a  bill  making  it  a  felony 
punishable  by  impiisonment  at  hard  labor,  and 
f)y  a  fine  of  treble  the  amount  misappropriated, 
lor  any  Trustee,  Director,  officer,  or  employe 
in  any  savings  bank  to  appropriate,  appir. 
Invest,  or  convert  any  of  the  funds  ot  the 
institution  in  any  way  not  directed  and 
authorized  by  law.  Any  person  who  shall 
■prepare,  or  authorize  to  be  prepared,  any 
lalse  statement  or  report  of  the  condition  of 
»  savings  bank,  or  shall  by  affirmation  or 
otherwise  subscribe  to  the  authenticity  or  truth 
of  such  misstatement,  shall  be  deemed  euilty 
of  a  felony.  The  second  section  ot  the  bill  i« 
rather  a  sweeping  one,  since  it  makes  it  a  feiony 
for  any  person  to  be  either  directly  or  indirect- 
ly interesiea  im  any  enterprise,  undertaking,  or 

venture  in  whick  deposit  lunds  shall  have  been 

appropriated,  applied,  invasteci,  or  converted, 
otherwise  than  as  permitted  and  authorized  by 

law. 

Mr.  McKee,  of  Herkimer,  brought  in  this 
XQoraing  his  resolutions,  (previously  referred  to 
in  these  dispatches,)  calling  upon  the  Canal 
Commissioners  to  make  a  report  upon  tbe  num- 
ber of  laborers  employed  last  year  upon  the 
canals.  The  resolutions,  which  went  over 
under  the  rules,  are  sufficiently  important  to 
give  entire.    They  raad  as  follows  \ 

Whereat,  The  small  amount  of  revenue  derived 
from  tne  Erie  Canal  renders  it  imperative,  for  the 
maintenance  and  prosDeriiy  of  the  same,  that  the 
airictest  economy  snonld  b*  observed  in  the  ex- 
penditures for  said  canal,  and  that  no  needless  ex- 
pease  or  extravaeance  should  be  allowed  by  the 
jproper  authorities  m  keepine  said  oaual  in  repair  ; 
And  whereas,  it  appears  from  official  and  other  state- 
jments  that  large  numbers  of  men  were  employed 
iaud  immenfie  snms  of  money  were  expondeil  upon 
{said  canal  during  the  months  of  October  andNovem- 
iber,  1876,  at  a  time  when  said  canal  was  in  (cood  re- 
pair and  naviKation  nnobstmcted ;   therefore  be  it 

Jxesoloed,  That  the  Canal  Commissi eners  be  and 
they  are  hereby  respectfully  requested  to  report  to 
this  Assembly,  within  10  days  xiom  the  adoption  of 
tliis  resolution: 

yirnt — The  total  expenditures  apon  tbe  Erie  Canal 
for  each  of  tbe  months  of  April,  May,  June,  July, 
Aueust,  September,  October,  and  November,  1876, 
and  also  the  number  ot  davs'  labor  performed  upon 
said  canal  for  each  of  said  months  separately,  as 
appear*  upon  the  several  Snperlntendents'  check 
Tolls. 

Heeond — What  amount  of  said  expenditures  was 
ppaid  in  each  of  said  months  to  look  tencters,  watch- 
men, and  other  regular  employee  for  tbe  ordiaary 
trnnnin^  of  said  canal. 

'  I'hird — Wuat  amount  of  said  total  expenditures 
r^'as  paid  in  each  of  said  months  for  extraordinary 
Xe  pairs  upon  said  canal,  and  the  reason  fer  such  ex- 
7)e.'iditure8. 

i'ourth — A  specific  statement  of  the  amount  of 
rthe  "cnecit  roll"  expenses  of  each  Superioteudent 
[Upon  said  canal  for  e,M)h  of  said  months  separately. 

FifUh — Whether  tbe  Superintendents  npon  the 
«evera.l  sections  of  said  canal  have  complied  with 
,-tae  requirements  of  tbe  law  in  fUiug  in  the  several 
Coaoty  Clerks'  offices  an  abstract  or  report  of 
their  expt^ndicures  for  tbe  months  of  October  and 
2fovemher.  1876,  and  the  dates  of  such  tiluie,  and 
:that  the  infoimation  hereinbefore  called  for  shall 
include  the  aeveral  amounts  of  such  abstracts  or 
reports. 

(V.  aixUi — If  ic  appear  by  the  statements  herein 
{Called  for  that  much  larger  sums  were  expended 
iipou  said  canal  during  the  months  of  October  and 
Iloveiiiber  tl>an  darins  any  other  of  said  month^. 
iihen  said  Commissioners  are  requested  to  state 
jspecidcally  tme  reasons  for  such  extra  expendi- 
tures, and  whether  the  same  was  required  tor  ne- 
cessary repairs  or  maintenance  of  said  canal,  and 
xhe  nature  ana  character  of  the  labor  perfornied 
noon  the  canal  for  said  months,  and  what  perma- 
zteot  impiovements,  If  any,  were  made  during  said 
months  uf  October  and  Novemoer   npon  said  canal. 

Mr.  Stephensou  intraduoed  a  bill  ameodmg 
the  law  relating  to  elections,  by  providing  that 
the  names  of  no  oonnty  officers  whatever  shall 
be  placed  op«>n  the  builct  indorsed  "State." 
Ail  i:ounty  oitioers  are  to  bo  TOted  for  by  bal- 
lots marked  "  county."  A  separate  ballot-box 
is  Inquired  to  be  provided  for  the  county  bal- 
lots. This  bill  was  ia  the  Assembly  last  year, 
"being  mtroduood  by  Mr.  Jacob  Worth,  but  it 
lailed  among  the  crowd  which  tailed  at  the  end 
of  the  session. 

Mr.  Fleoke  makes  another  step  toward  re- 
form and  reorganizatiou  of  the  City  Qovem- 
xaent  by  a  bill,  which  he  introduced  this  mom- 
jug,  merging  the  Department  of  Buildings  in 
the  Fire  Department.  The  Fire  Commission- 
jers  are  to  appoint  some  competent  architect, 
<^ho  is  t«  be  known  as  Chief  of  Unsafe  Build- 
3Bga,  and  this  officer  is  to  select  inspeetors  of 
buildings  from  among  members  of.  the  fire  com- 
panies. All  the  powers  now  vested  in  the  De- 
partment of  Bnildmgs  are  transferred  to  the 
,(Fire  Department.  The  bill  will  receive  a  thor- 
loogh  consideration  by  the  Committee  on 
ICilies. 

'  Senator  Bixby  this  morning  introdaced  the 
Ibill  referred  to  in  Thk  Times  of  yesterday,  de- 
jBigned.  as  he  said,  to  prevent  the  amalgamation 
iof  lile  insurance  companies.  He  added  that  it 
)W38  the  first  of  a  series  of  bills  which  he  m- 
Itended  to  introduce  touching  the  subject  of  life 
Jnaurance.  The  bill  amends  the  law  of  1853  tor 
the  incorporation  of  life  and  health  insurance 
companies  so  as  to  all»w  any  company  to  rein- 
»ure  any  Individual  risk  provided  it  is  dsne 
^tbin  six  months  after  the  risk  was  incurred, 
^mA  not  otherwise. 

A  lOUGH  BIRD. 
The  Springfield  (Maes.)  Union  aays:  *'  An 
toddent  lUnstrating  Vo  ferocity  of  batober  birds 
^d  their  tenacity  ol  life,  iffsoeatly  occnned  In  this 
eitr.  A  gentleown  saw  one  of  these  crael  oreatores 
lake  •  sparrow,  impale  him  on  tbe  sharp  twig  of  a 
:  ^][||"o  t'-T^  th«B.i>eok  as  him.  seemiajdv  with  almoat 


fiendish  delight.  Selzine  a  gun  tbe  man  fired  at  tbe 
butcher  biid,  and  clipped  off  one  of  his  legs.  Un- 
dismayed by  the  report  of  tbe  giMi,  and  apoarendy 
thinking  that  the  sparrow  had  voundea  him.  tbe 
butcher  bit-d  attacked  the  little  fellow  with  re- 
doubled fury,  when  the  gentleman  fired  aeain,  uid 
both  birds  fell,  lifeless  as  he  supposed,  ou  the  snow. 
Bat  befor*  be  could  pick  op  his  goo,  tbe  hatcher 
bird  had  ooroe  to  life,  picked  up  the  poor,  little  dead 
spanow,  and  flattered  away." 

THE  FINE  ARTS. 


KNOEDLER'S  sale   OF  WATER-COLORS. 

On  tbe  evening  of  Feb.  6,  there  will  be  a  sale 

of  water-volord  belonsine  to  M.  Sjioedler  <fe  Co.,, 
successors  of  Ooapil.  It  is  not  to  take  place  at 
their  gallery  in  Fifth  aveaae,  bat  at  the  Kartz  Gal- 
lery, No.  6  East  Twenty-third  street.  Madison 
square.  The  collection  is  already  in  position,  and 
open  for  public  inspection.  Many  noted  names  are 
represented  by  water-colors,  pen-and-ink  drawlnes 
or  obarcaals,  of  varving  desree^  of  merit.  A  num- 
ber of  London  .  artists  will  be  found: 
Earp,  Hartland.  Marks,  Whymper,  Dibdio,  Laic, 
A.  Bonvier,  Boughton,  and  Alma-Tadema.  The 
latter  oontribntes  a  pencil-sketch  of  "Children  of 
Princess  Clothllde."  Bibdin  is  strontr,  as  tisaal,  in- 
cathedrals,  and  Whymper  shows  a  careftdly  wrought 
out  "  Sheep- washine."  Two  water-colors,  by  Bough- 
ton,  in  flat,  subdued  tints,  are  after  the  effects  to 
be  seen  in  tapestries,  few  colors  being  used,  and  the 
flgares  beine  outlined  heavily  \a  black.  They 
represent  "Spring''  and  "Winter,"  and  strive  after 
the  conventional  stiffness  (to  go  no  farther  back)  of 
Italian  religious  pictures  before  Bapbael.  Ma^-ks 
has  marine  pieces,  and  Earp,  Scotch  landscapes. 
We  onderstand  that  all  these  artists  are  liberally 
paid  for  their  pictures  in  England. 

Paris  has  somethiag  to  show  from  quite  a  hst  of 
well-known  artists,  Guatave  Dor6.  Begnanlt, 
G^roae,  Detaille,  Vibert,  Leloir,  Edouard  Fr6re, 
Compte-Callx  are  all  renresented  by  pictures,  some 
of  them  slight  sketches,  others  more  ambitious. 
Beenanlt'a  name  stands  over  against  a  crayon  study 
of  Italian  peasants.  Dor6  has  an  acquarelle  of  "Jere- 
miah Lifting  up  his  Voice  in  Lamentation."  Beards 
and  important  folds  of  drapery  in  tbe  bystanders 
aie  rendered  vivid  in  Dora's  usnal  manner.  The 
Gerome  is  a  Japanese  woman,  in  red  crayon.  Two 
of  the  Detailles  consist  of  a  "Cuirasaiei"  and  a 

"Soldier  of  the Frodsian  Guard  ; "  both  are  excellent 
specimens  of  his  work.  In  "  The  Serenade"  Louis 
Leloir  satirizes  the  last  century  with  his  clever 
brush  in  no  very  violent  manner.  Ylbert  appears 
with  two  pen-and-ink  drawings,  and  ao  excellent 
water-color  called  "The  Attorney."  The  ex- 
pression of  face  in  this  figure  is  akillfally  rendered, 
while  the  red  velvet  coat  manages  to  frame  the 
ontlines  of  the  body  very  artistically.  There  are 
two  or  more  charcoals  of  Cottier,  also,  which  misht 
be  termed  "completed  studies"  or  "careful  off-band 

sketches"  of  poultry.  Amonc  tbe  few  German 
pictnrea,  present  the  "Pointer"  No.  4,  by  Wolff, 
of  Berlin,  will  bear  examination.  Rome  fur- 
nishes examples  of  Filosa,  Cortazzo.  Bozio,  Russi, 
Louis  Jimenez,  Cipriani,  and  Mariano  Fortuny.  We 
are  atraid  that  the  picture  of  Jimenez,  "Thinking 
of  Kotlung,"  describes  a  good  many  of  tbe  iiomau 
painters.  With  extraordinary  dexterity  of  Laud, 
and  an  admirable  frankness  in  layinein  color,  they 
seem  to  be  thinkine  of  nothing  wuatever.  But  exe- 
cution standd  for  so  much  in  art  that  tbeir  oietures 
are  very  )u«tly  in  demand.  New-York  bas  a  few 
pictures  to  show  from  the  lace  W.  Craig,  Walter 
Satterlee,  and  Victoria  S.  Lathrop. 


YACHTING  IN  THE  MEDITERRANEAN. 


A  SERIES  OF  RACES  TO  TAKE  PLACE  KARLY  IN 
APRIL  IX  THE  BAY  OF  NAPLES — THE 
PRIZES  IN  EACH  CONTEST. 
The  Naples  Regatta  Club  has  projected  a  se- 
ries of  international  and  Rational  races  to  take  place 
early  in  tbe  month  of  April,  over  the  waters  of  tbe 
Bay  of  Naples.  There  are  some  very  novel  filatures 
in  the  programme,  and  it  ia  intended  to  have  con- 
tests between  merchant  vesseli,  small  tradeis, 
and  other  craft  on  tbe  waters  of  the 
Mediterranean.  The  first  races  are  to 
take  place  on  Wednesday,  April  4. 
The  openiog  race  will  be  for  pleasure  oiaft, 
(schooners,)  tbe  property  of  members  of  yacht  clabs 
of  all  nations.  Tbe  prizes  are  a  flaz  of  honor  and 
an  object  of  art  of  tbe  value  of  5,000  Italian  lire ; 
the  entrance  fee  ia  200  lire.  The  course  for  this 
race  is  from  tbe  Naples  Boads,  throuKb  the  small 
passage  of  Capri,  aloag  the  southern  coasts 
of  the  islands  of  Canri  and  Isebia,  and  re- 
torning  by  tbe  obaonel  between  Procida,  and 
Cape  Miseno  to  the  starting  pomt,  or  vice  vena,  ac- 
cording to  the  wind.  Tbe  second  race  will  be  for 
Italian  merchant  cratt,  (brigantiaes.  brigs,  ships, 
barkentioes,  and.  barks,)  upward  of  300  tons,  iotor- 
rational  register.  The  first  prizes  offered  are  a  flag 
of  honor.and  10,000  Italian  lire;  the  second  vessel  to 
receive  1.000  lire.  Tbe  entrance  fee  is  lOU  lire.  The 
coarse  narked  out  is  from  tbe  Naples  Roads  to- 
ward tbe  east  or  west  point,  along  the  south  side 
of  the  island  of  Capri,  aad  retara  to  the  starting 
yoint. 

The  second  series  of  races  is  to  occur  on  Monday, 
April  9.  The  first  contest  of  tbe  day  will  he  be- 
tween yawls  and  ontters  of  SA  tons  and  upward, 
the  property  of  members  of  yacht  olubs  of  all  na- 
tions. Tbe  coarse  wiU  be  the  same  as  that  of  the 
first  race  of  tbe  4th  of  April.  The  prizes  for  the 
winner  of  the  race  are  a  flag  of  honor  and 
a  cup  of  tbe  value  ot  2,500  Italian  lire,  Tbe  en- 
trance fee  is  200  lire.  The  second  race  is  for  na- 
tional  merchant  craft,  decKed  and  lateen-ngged.  of 
50  tons  and  upward,  international  retrlster.  A 
flag  of  honor  and  3,000  Italian  lire  are  offered  to 
the  winner,  and  500  lire  to  ^be  second  in 
the  race.  Tbe  course  will  be  from  the  Na- 
ples Boads  to  and  around  tbe  Varvece 
Bock  off  Maasa,  tbence  to  Cape  Miseno, 
Where  a  stake-boat  must  be  rounded,  and  retoruing 
to  tbe  starting- point,  or  vice  versa,  as  may  be  or- 
dered by  tbe  President  of  the  B'-gaita  Club.  Tbe 
third  race  of  the  (lav  will  beforsmall  pleasure  craft, 
(schooners  and  cutlers)  from  10  to  40  tons  iaclculve, 
beloneing  to  members  ot  recognized  yacht  clubs 
of  any  nation.  The  coarse  will  be  the  same  as 
that  of  tbe  preceding  race.  Tbe  winner  will  be 
given  a  flag  of  honor  and  a  cup  of  the 
valme  of  1,000  lire.  Thursday.  April  13,  will  be  tne 
third  and  last  day  of  tbe  regatta,  and  tbree  races 
will  then  take  place.  The  first  will  be  what  Is 
called  au  "Omnium  Raee"  for  pleasure  boats,  not 
decked,  any  model,  not  above  12  metres  in  length, 
tbe  property  of  recognized  yucntsmen.  A  flag  of 
honor  and  a  cup  of  the  value  ot  5,00b  lire  will  be 
presented  to  tbe  winner.  The  course  will  be 
from  Kaples  Boads,  around  tbo  Yarvece  Rock,  off 
Maasa,  and  back  to  tbe  starting  poiut.  Tbe  final 
races  of  the  regatta  are  for  oarsmeo.  The  first  of 
these  is  for  six-oared  boats,  belonging  to  yacbts  of 
all  nations.  Xhe  ouurse  is  to  be  a  straight  one  of 
2,000  metres,  and  tbe  prizes  for  the  winner  will  be 
a  flag  of  honor  and  500  lire.  Tbe  last  race  is  for 
six-oared-  outriggers,  owned  by  yachtmen,  sua 
manned  by  gentlemen — amiiteurs.  Tbe  course  is  to 
be  tbat  of  tbe  previous  race,  and  the  prizes  a  flag  of 
honor  and  a  cup  of  the  value  of  500  lire. 

Ic  IS  anticipated  that  the  regatta  will  be  a  great 
snceess,  and  tbat  several  American  and  English 
yachts  will  participate  in  tbu  races.  It  is  anaer- 
stood  in  this  City  that  Mr.  J.  F.  Luubat,  who  la  now 
in  European  waters  with  bis  yacht,  the  Euchant- 
ress,  will  enter  her  for  the  regatta,  and  that  tbe 
Sappho,  now  the  property  of  Prince  buirra,  of  Italy, 
Will  also  be  a  contestant. 


QEN.  BHEBMA.N  ON    WAS    AND    POLITICS. 

The  Bochester  Union  prints  the  following 
letter  from  Gen.  Sherman,  written  in  reply  to  an 
Inanirv  concerning  what  party  be  has  acted  with 
since  the  war : 

Hkad-qoabtebs  Abmt  ofthbUnitrd  States,  1 
Washington,  D.  C,  Jan.  29, 1877.     3 
Editor  Union  and  Advertiter,  UoehetUr,  N.  i.: 

Yoars  of  Jan.  27ih,  with  inclosure,  is  received. 
As  near  as  I  can  learn,  it  would  be  unsafe  to  class 
Gen.  Sheimsn  as  belonging  to  either  of  the  great 
parties  into  which  oar  countrymen  are  divided.  He 
stands  by  the  "constituted  authorities,"  and  bas 
openly  expressed  his  satisfaction  (bat  Congress  had 
by  law  regalated  tbe  exact  manner  of  ascertaining 
and  declaring  the  Electoral  vote,  lo  as  to  escape  the 
calamity  of  drifting  upon  the  14uh  of  February  with 
a  certainty  of  a  disagreemenc  between  the  two 
honaes  of  Congress. 

Gen.  Sbermao  has  no  conviction  that  wars  will  be 
less  frequent  in  the  fature  than  in  the  past,  or  tbat 
his  avocation  is  gone  because  Congress  bas  in  this 
Instance  evidenced  wisdom  and  forbearance.  The 
only  oDJect  of  war  is  peace ;  and  military  men, 
especially  on  this  continent,  have  been  eminently 
the  advocates  of  peace.  Nevertheless,  as  long  as 
man  is  man,  governed  by  passion,  prejudice,  and 
feeling  quite  as  often  as  by  reason  and  religion, 
wars  are  inevitable,  and  tbe  military  profession  will 
be  necessary  and  honorable  among  civilized  peoples 
and  nations.  With  great  respect,  truly  your 
friend,  W.  T.  SHEBMAN,  GeneraL 

NO  QRAB-BAQS  IN  MAINE. 
The  Lewiaton  (Me.)  JoumtU  of  Thursday 
tvening  says :  "  When  tbe  bill  prohibiting  pool- 
aeUing.  letterles,  and  other  games  or  devices  of 
chance  was  befare  the  House  of  Bopresentativps  on 
Tuesday,  a  motion  was  made  to  amend  it  so  as  to 
allow  charches  to  indnlge  in  grab-bags,  ring-cakes, 
and  other  'benevolent  devices 'at  (heir  fairs.  Mr. 
Pilsbury,  of  Lewiston,  very  properly  objected  to 
tach  excsptlon,  and  said  the  churches  asked  for  no 
Buoh  privileges.  H?  wanted  gambling  of  all  kinds, 
however  sugar-coated,  cut  ap  by  the  roots.  The 
ohnrchea  will  say  '  amen.'  The  proposition  to 
an>«nd  was  defeated,  and  the  hill  passed.  Bener- 
oieat  managers  of  fairs  may  hereafter  dispense  with 
giab-bags,  rlng-cakea,  flah-ponas,  and  such  little 
aevloes  that  teed  the  desire  to  try  one's  fortaae  in 
alottex&" 


LOCAL  MISCELLANY. 


THE  INSURANCE  TROUBLES. 

UR.  ISAAC  H,  ALLEN)  THE  8BCRSTART  OF 
THE  JSKCURITT  LIFE  COMPANY,  GirBB 
BAIL — OUTLINE  OF  THE  INDICTMENT  IN 
HIS  CASE. 

Mr.  Isaac  H.  Allen,  the  aged  Secretary  of  the 
Security  Life  Insurance  and  Annaity  Company, 
who  has  been  indicted  for  perjory,  appeared  yester- 
day afternoon  at  the  District  Attorney's  office,  and 
gave  bail  to  appear  for  tnaL  None  of  tbe  other  offi- 
cers of  the  companv  who  have  been  indicted  liave 
yet  been  arreted,  bat  it  is  expected  they 
will  appear  to-day  of  their  own  volition 
and  give  bonds  to  answer  the  iodlcl* 
ments.  Bench  warrants  have,  ic  is  understood, 
been  issued  by  Judge  Gildersleeve,  and,  should  tbe 
officers  not  present  themselves  within  a  reasonable 
time,  their  arrest  will  no  doubt  be  effected.  The 
indictments  against  tbe  President,  Robert  L.  Case, 
the  Secretary,  Mr.  Allen,  and  the  Actuary,  Bobert 
Ij-  Case,  Jr.,  are  for  perjury,  and  that  against  the 
Vice  President,  Theodoie  E.  Wetmore,  Is  for  em- 
bezzlement. The  indictment  against  Mr.  Allen, 
which  Is  the  only  one  made  public,  sets  forth  that 
on  Feb.  19, 1876,  and  during  more  than  a  year  next 
preceding  that  date,  tnere  was  existing  a  certain 
corporation  doing  business  in  the  City  and  County 
of  New- York,  and  known  and  designated 
as  the  Secoritj  Life  Insurance  and  Annuity  Com- 
pany, the  same  having  heea  theretotore  iocorpo- 
rated  under  tbe  laws  of  the  Stato  of  New-York; 
tbat  on  the  date  above  mentioned  Robert  L.  Case 
was  the  President,  and  Isaac  H.  Allen  the  Secre- 
tary of  said  corporation,  and  tbat  on  that  date  they 
came  befare  Moses  B.  Maclay,  a  notary  public  in 
the  City  and  Coun'y  of  New- York,  and  were  sworn 
as  to  tbe  truth  of  statements  presented  by  them  re- 
garding the  said  company  to  the  Insurance  De- 
partment ot  this  State,  among  them  the  following: 

IV.   ASBETS. 

1  a — Cost  value  of  real  estaie,  exclusive 
uf  all  incumbrances,  as  persoliedule  A. .$460,875  00 

6  0 — Cost  value  of  bonds  aod  stocks  owned 
abaolute'y.  as  ner  schedule  E 592,197  75 

7 — Cash  iu  company's  office 32,81»  11 

8— Cash  deposited  In  bank 172,890  57 

It  is  then  farther  set  forth  "  tbat  the  said  Isaac 
H.  Allen,  in  that  behalf,  knowingly,  falsely,  corrupt- 
ly, wilfully,  and  maliciously  did  make  oatb,  say,  de- 
pose, and  swear  of  and  oonoerning,  among  other 
things,  the  assets  of  tbe  said  comDany  at  the  close  of 
the  year  1875,  in  substance  and  to  the  effect  follow- 

ins.  that  is  to  say,  that  on  the  31st  day  of  December, 
1875,  all  tbe  above  de»l?nated  assets  were  tbe  abso- 
lute property  of  the  said  company." 

The  indictment  closes  as  follows  : 

Whereas,  In  truth  and  m  fact,  the  cost  value  oftbe 
real  estate  belonging  to  tbe  said  Security  Life  In- 
surance and  Annuity  Company.  Deo.  31.  1675, 
was  not  (480,875.  nor  more  than  1300,000 ;  aud 
whereas,  in  truth  and  in  fact,  the  cost  value  of  the 
bonds  and  stocks  owned  absolutely  by  tbe  said  Se- 
curity Lile  Tntiarance  and  Annaity  Company  was 
not  $59-2,197  75,  and  was  no  more  than 
$100,000 ;  and  whereas,  in  truth  and  In 
fact,  tbe  cash  belonging  to  tbe  said  Se- 
curity Life  Insurance  and  Annuity  Company 
in  tbe  company's  office  on  Dec.  31,  1875."  was  not  the 
sum  of  $32,818  II,  nor  more  than  $5,000;  and 
whereas,  in  truth  aud  in  fact,  the  cash  belonging 
to  the  said  Security  Life  lD!<urance  and  Annuity 
Company  was  not  $172,690  57.  and  was  not  more 
than  $150,000.  And  tbe  jurorn  afores.iid,  upon  their 
oath  aforesaid,  do  say  that  the  said  Isaac  H.  Allen, 
nt  the  City  and  Coantv  aforesaid,  on  the  19th  day  of 
February,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1876,  before  the 
said  Moses  B.  Maclay,  notary  public  as  aloresiiid,  oy 
his  own  act  and  consent,  and  of  his  most  wicked 
and  corrupt  mind  Ip  manner  and  form  aforesaid, 
falsely,  knowingly,  wickedly,  willfully,  maliciously, 
and  corruptly  did  commit  willful  perjury  to  tbe 
great  displeasure  of  Almighty  God.  tbe  evil  example 
of  others,  and  against  the  term  of  the  statute  in  such 
case  made  and  provided,  and  against  the  peace  of 
the  people  of  the  State  of  New-York  and  their  dig- 
nity." 

Bail  was  fixed  at  (30.000  on  the  above  indictment, 
and  Stephen  B.  Pus',  of  No.  265  Gates  avenue, 
Brooklyn,  and  Henry  Dickinson,  of  No.  786  De  Kalb 
avenue,  Brooklyn,  became  Mr.  Alk-n's  bondsmen, 
each  Justitying  in  the  above  amount.  The  parties 
were  then  conducted  before  Judge  Gildersleeve,  in 
tbe  Coart  of  General  Sessions,  aud.  after  being 
sworn,  the  accused  was  allowed  to  depart. 


THE    BECeiVERSBIP    OP    THE    CONTINENTAL 
LIFE. 

The  annooncement  of  the  resignation  of  llr. 

John  J.  Anderson,  as  Receiver  of  the  Continental 
Life  Insurance  Company,  caused  no  Uttle  excite- 
ment in  inaarance  circles  yesterday,  and  specula- 
tion was. rife  as  to  tbe  causes  which  prompted  bim 
to  d*  so.  The  order  to  show  cause  why  the  prayer 
of  Mr.  Anilerson's  petition  should  not  be  granted 
is  returnable  to-day  before  Judge  Pratt, 
in  the  tjnorame  Court,  Brooklyn.  when 
the  new  Receiver  ^rill  doubtless  be  selected. 
Very  maoy  persons  are  mentioned  as  likely  to  soc- 
ceed  Mr.  Anderson,  among  tbem  Mr.  William  G. 
Best,  iormerly  Receiver  of  tbe  Mechanici>'  and 
Traders'  Savings  lustitnUon,  and  Mr.  £.  L.  Law- 
rence. It  is  the  general  Impresslnn  among  the  par- 
ties m  interest  tbat  the  Insurance  Depart- 
ment will  name  tbe  new  Receiver,  but 
a  reporter  of  Thk  Tuieb  learned  yesterday 
that  this  is  by  no  means  likel>,  and'  the  de- 
partment wiU  perhaps  have  no  representation 
in  the  agreement  to-dar.  for  it  is  understood  that 
tbe  Attorney  General  will,  at  an  early  day,  apply 
for  the  appointment  of  a  Keceiver  of  the  concern  to 
wind  ap  its  aflairs,  on  tbe  Krouod  that  no  stock- 
holder can  institute  proceedings  for  the  dissolntion 
of  a  corporation  Incorporated  by  tbe  State,  except 
through  tbe  attorney  of  tbe  State.  Tbls  is  a  ques- 
tion that  bas  never  been  brought  before  the  courts 
of  tills  State  regarding  life  insurance  companiet, 
bat  the  prineiple  is  a  well  settled  one.  There  are 
two  Referees  aow  appointed  to  investigate  tbe  af- 
fairs of  the  Continental,  and  tbe  probability  is  tbat 
before  tbe  litigation  with  regard  to  it  is  over  very 
Uttle  of  tbo  assets  will  be  left  for  tbe  polioy-holders. 


THE  METROPOLITAN  HRK  COMPANY. 
Justice  Gilbert,  in  the  Supreme  Court,  Brook- 
lyn, made  an  order  yesterday  morning  on  petition 
of  Charles  E.  Appleby.  Receiver  of  the  Metropolitan 
Insurance  Company,  which  became  bankrupt  in 
November  last,  antbonziug  bim  to  carry  out  an 
agreement  with  tbe  Continental  Insurance  Com. 
pany,  by  which  the  latter  agrees  to  deliver  its 
policies  to  the  holders  in  the  Metropolitan  for  the 
nnexpired  terms,  ou  their  delivering  up  their 
policies  In  the  Metropolitan  to  be  canceled,"  tbe  Ke- 
ceiver to  pay  the  Continental  70  per  cent,  of  the 
unearned  part  of  the  premiums  on  such  poliotea. 
The  Reoe)ve>'i8  further  authorised  to  cancel  policies, 
nut  snrrendored,  on  socb  terms  as  he  may  see  fl  t, 
and  to  reinsure  such  risks  and  policies  as  he  may 
not  oanosL  

THE  WESTCHESTER  POOR-HOUSE. 
The  committee  of  the  Board  ot  Supervisors 
of  Westchester  County,  ot  which  Supervisor  Read, 
of  Yonkers,  Is  ohairman,  yesterday  continaed  its 
investigation  at  White  Plains  into  the  charges  of 
misappropriation  of  tbe  county  supplies,  and  ill- 
treatment  of  paupers,  recently  preferred  against 
William  H.  Hammond,  tbe  keeper  of  the  County 
Alms-uouae.  Hammond's  counsel  placed  on  tbe 
stand  several  witnesses,  among  whom  were  a  num- 
ber of  grocers  and  provision  dealers,  doing  bnsines 
in  Tarrytown,  who  testified  to  having  at  various 
times  sold  groceries,  hams,  &c.,  to  Mrs.  Dominick, 
tbe  defendant's  daughter,  while  she  kept  tbe  board- 
ing-house at  Pleasantville.  It  U  alleged  by  tbeproa- 
ecntlon  tbat  during  the  period  relerred  to  Ham- 
mond furnished  tbe  provisions  for  tbe  maintenance 
of  the  boarding-bousH  of  wbicb  he  was  virtually 
the  proprietor,  from  tbe  supplies  tumished  by  the 
county  fur  tbe  support  of  the  paupers.  The  wit- 
nesses in  support  of  their  evidence,  produced  re- 
ceipted bills  of  the  parcbases  made  by  Mrs.  Domi- 
nick. Tbe  committee  adjourned  tmtil  Tuesday 
next,  when  it  is  expected  tne  investigation  will  be 
concluded. 

m 

INDICTED  OFFICIALS  ON  TRIAL. 

The  members  of  the  Hudson  County  Board  of 
Chosen  Freeholders  who  were  indicted  for  malfeas- 
ance in  office  in  connection  with  tbe  purchase  of  a 
new  Court-house  site,  were  arraigned  in  court  yes- 
terday morning  to  plead  to  the  indictment.  The 
Freeholders  present  were :  Director  Halsted  and 
Messrs.  Farrier,  Harper,  Blaokwull,  McPbiUips, 
Ginnoobie,  Johnson,  Speer.  Startup,  Smith,  Curran, 
and  Cook.  Freeholder  Hall,  who  is  also  indicted, 
did  not  put  in  an  appearaaoe,  being  absent  Irom  tbe 
city.  They  all  entered  a  plea  of  not  callt.y,  and 
furnished  bail  for  their  appearance  tor  trial.  Hon. 
Leon  Abbett,  the  leading  counsel  for  the  defense, 
moved  to  quash  the  indlotmenr,  but  the  court  denied 
the  motion.  He  then  applied  to  have  the  case  re- 
moved to  the  Supreme  Court  on  certiorari,  and  the 
motion  was  set  down  for  argument  on  Monday,  when 
Attorney  General  Yanatta  will  oppose  it. 

• 

THE  RRICK  PARRICIDE  CASE. 

The  inquiry  in  the  Erick  parricide  case  was 
oondncted  yesterday  at  the  Coroner's  office  by  Cor. 
oner  Woltmati.  Tbe  evidence  adduced  was  similar 
to  that  already  published.  The  jury  rendered  the 
following  verdict: 

"  We.flnd  that  Nicholas  Krick  came  to  bis  death 
ftom  injuries  of  the  head  ri-celved  at  tbe  bands  of  bis 
■on,  eieorge  Krick,  on  tbe  morniiur  of  the  14th  of  Jao- 
narv,  and  we  consider  tbat  tbe  sai4  George  Krick  was 
notJustlQedln  inflictiugt&e  suid  lujories." 

Tbe  mrlsoner.  a  youth  uf  19  years,  was  recommitted 
to  tbe  Tombs  iu  default  of  ^,000  bail. 


THE  BROOKLYN  STRIKE. 
A  large  force  of  Police  is  still  stationed  in 
'^tbe  vicinity  of  the  warebonses  where  men  are  work- 
ing at  the  reduced  rates  (SO  cents  an  boar)  wfaiob 
the  strikers  refused,  to  receive.  No  Tioleooe  was 
offered  yesterday  to  the  new  hands,  but  it  will  ha 
necessary  for  several  days  yet  to  aftord  Police 
protection  to  tbe  New-York  men  who  have 
taken  the  niMesot  the  strikers.    The  raoort  j>ab- 


Ibbed  In  a  New-Y  rk  morning  paper  yesterday  to 
too  effsct  ti.at-  a  mnn  named  Xiaobman,  who  had 
npe^  a«sfmtt:;6.  t>y  the  .triM-era,  died  of  K.a  Injoriea. 
it  wlihoak  foanoation..  LsabiaaQ  was  bat  sTightly 
inlorsd. :  George  Aokerman,  who  was  iio^t  sen- 
onslrrhtirt;  was  able  to  leave  the  Long  Island  Hoa- 
frttal  yesterday.  Tbe  strike  will  probably  end  in  a 
dayortwo. 

THE  SUFFOLK  COUNTY  MURDER. 
VUBTHEB  DETAILS     OF    THE  CASE— THE  IN- 
qUEBT     BErOBB     COBONRR     iPRBSTON — 
VERDICT  AOAINSr  NATHANIEL  EVANS. 

Thomae  J.  Poyntz,  who  was  killed  on  Stindaj 

algbt  last  at  tbe  house  of  Nathaniel  Evans,  near 
Thompson  Station,  m  Suffolk  County,  Long  Island, 
wais  60  years  of  age,  and  had  long  resided  at  Bay- 
shore,  where  he  was  favorably  known.  He  leaves 
a  wife  and  two  daughters,,  who  reside  at  Bayshore. 
He  was  employed  by  Daggett  Si.  HenOrlcksen, 
masons  and  btulders,  of  tnat  place.  Evans,  who  is 
charged  with  killing  him.  Is  also  a  man  about  60 
years  old.  Tbe  murder  .seems,  from  the  evidence 
elicited,  to  have  been  tbe  result  of  a  drunken  spree, 
in  which  John  Kennedy,  a  shoe-maker  residing  at 
Baysbore.  also  partioii>ated.  Kennedy  and  Poynfs 
were  drinking  together  on  Saturday  afternoon,  and 
Kennedy  slept  at  Foyntz's  on  Saturday  night.  Tbe 
two  went  together  on  Stmday  to  William  Borlana's, 
who  resides  near  Thompson  Station.  Borlimd 
keeps  a  low  groggery  in  connection  with  a  grocyy 
store.  Here  they  were  Joined  by  Evans,  and  the 
parly  bad  a  high  carousal,  lasting  late  into  the 
nigbt.  About  11  o'clock,  Kennedy  left  Borland's 
very  drank,  and,  going  to  the  bouse  of  Evans,  went 
to  bed  with  bis  clothes  on.  He  was  soon  after  fol- 
lowed by  Poyntz,  who  went  to  bed  with  bim  in  the 
same  manner.  This  awakened  Kennedy,  but  he 
bad  nd  conversation  with  Poynts,  and  he  soon  went 
to  sleep  again.  Kennedy  was  again  awakened  soon 
after,  as  he  Btate%  by  Evans  coming  into  the  room. 
Evans  told  bim  that  he  coald  not  stay  there,  as 
there  was  no  rooih  for  him.  Evans  then 
went  oat,  and  Kennedy  fell  asleep.  Again 
Kennedy  was  awakened  bv  Mrs.  Evans 
coming  into  the  room.  She  exclaimed,  after 
looking  at  the  bed:  "Oh,  Mr.  Poyntz  is  dead." 
There  was  a  light  in  the  room  at  tbe  time.  Ken- 
nedy then  got  up  and  satisfied  himself  that  Po.yntz 
was  really  dead,  aud  said  that  he  was  mnoh  fright- 
ened. He  staid  about  the  house,  however,  nAtU 
daylight,  falling  asleep  again  In  tbe  room  wnere  tbe 
dead  man  was.  Mrs.  Evans  Informed  her  hnshand, 
and  be  went  into  tbe  room  to  look  at  Poyntz.  Evans 
has  since  alleged  tbat  tbey  believed  that  Pojrniz 
died  from  heart  disease.  Kennedy  was  much  oon- 
fased  in  his  recollection  ot  what  occurred  at  Bor- 
land's, bat  was  quite  sure  there  had  been  no  quar- 
rel or  difficnltv.  He  was  also  positive  that  no  one 
entered  the  sleeping  room  by  the  window. 

After  Coroner  Preston  was  called  to  bold  tbe 
inquest,  Drs.  Montrsy  aud  Vandewater  made  a  post 
mortem  examination.  Tbey  foand  that  a  sharp 
cutting  instrument  bad  pierced  the  chest  between 
tbe  first  and  second  ribs  of  the  left  side,  passed 
tbrongh  the  aort%  and  penetrated  tbo  tissnes  of  ibe 
back.  There  was  no  bleeding  outside,  but  a  great 
deal  inside.  Tbe  man  must  have  died  almost 
Instantly.  The  wound  had  evldentl.y  been  made 
with  a  carpeutor's  or  cabinet-maker's  gougo,  and  as 
Evans  is  a  cabinet-maker,  suspicion  naiarally  at- 
tached to  htm. 

Besides  Kenaedy  and  the  doctors,  tbe  Coroner 
examined  Mrs.  Evans,  (who  had  very  little  to  dis- 
close except  in  corroboration  of  Kennedy's  story,) 
William  W.  Borland,  tbe  grog-shop  keeper,  and  one 
or  two  others.  Borland  said  .that  Kennedy  was 
noisy  at  bis  place,  and  he  pat  him  out,  and  Poyuts 
shook  Kennedy  and  remonstrated  with  him,  to 
keep  bim  quiet,  when  Kennedy  made  a  drunken 
threat  to  split  t>oth  tbtir  heads. 

Tbe  .fury  found  that  Poyntz  came  to  his  death  by 
a  sharp  instrument,  sach  as  the  one  described,  and 
at  the  bands  of  Evana,  according  to  tbeir  belief.  A 
warrant  was  at  once  Issued  by  tbe  Coroner  for 
Evans,  and  be  was  taKen  into  custody  on  Thursday 
night.  He  was  to  have  bad  an  examination  before 
Coroner  Preston  at  Amltyville  at  0  o'clock  last 
evening.  Upon  his  arrival  at  Amity  vill*  yesterday 
afternoon,  however,  he  concluded  to  waive  the  for- 
mality of  an  examination,  aud  ooncladed  to  go  at 
once  to  the  Biverbead  Jail  to  wait  the  action  ot  the 
Grand  Jury.  He  was  accordingly  talten  back  to 
Bayshore.  and  thence  to  Biverbead  last  evemng. 

MAJOR  GREEN'S  PONY. 
MAJOR  AUGUSTUS    P.   GREEN    CHARGE^    MR. 

W.    E.     yOBLER     WITH     FRAUD A     CASK 

WHICH  PUZZLED  JUSTICE  FLAMMER. 
Major  Augustus  P.  Green,  the  proprietor  of 
a  ridlng'tohool,  appeared  before  Justice  Flammer 
at  tbe  Washington  Place  Police  Court  on  Wednes- 
day aud  asked  for  a  summons  for  the  appearance  at 
court  of  Mr.  W.  £.  Tobler,  whom  he  accused  of  de- 
frauding him  in  a  horse  transaction.  Major  Green 
said  tbat  on  the  11th  of  Janiury  Tobler,  with  whoip 
hs  was  aoqnainted,  called  on  bim  and  said  that  Col. 
Delancey  Kane  desired  to  purchase  a  pony  for  his 
daughter,  and  he  thought  that  a  pony  which  he 
(the  Major)  had  in  his  stable  would  Jnst  salt.  The 
complainant  said  that  he  would  take  $125  for  the 
poov.  and  any  amonnt    that   Tobler   could    soli    the 

animal  for  abo?e  tbat  figure  he  coald  keep  for  his 
trenble.  Tobler  directed  him  to  send  the 
ponj-  to  Cul.  Kane's  stable,  and  let  it 
remain  there  for  a  few  days  tor  trial.  Tbe  pony 
was  sent  as  directed,  and  a  few  days  after  Green 
met  Tobler,  and  asked  about  tbe  pony,  and  was  in- 
formed that  Col.  Kane  had  not  had  an  opportanity 
of  trying  the  animal.  Mijor  Green  waited  pa- 
tiently for  nearly  two  weeks,  and  then  wrote  a 
polite  note  to  Col.  Kaoe  asking  him  If  he  intended 
to  keep  the  pony.  To  his  great  surprise  Col.  Kane 
replied  tbat  he  had  purchased  tbe  pony,  and  had 
paid  Tobler  $125  for  the  animal.  Major  Green 
went  in  search  of  Tobler,  who  admitted  that  he 
had  sold  the  pony  to  Col.  Kane,  aod  promised  to 
settle  with  the  MJajor  as  soon  as  he  received  tbe 
money.  Green  sabsequentl.y  learned  that  Toblpr 
had  had  Col.  Kane's  check  for  $1*25  cashed  at  Del- 
monioo's  previous  to  bis  interview  with  bim,  and 
believing  that  Tobler  intended  to  defraud  him.  ap- 
plied for  a  summons.  Justice  Flammer  granted  the 
application,  and,  in  obedience  to  tbe  summons, 
lir.  Tobler  oresented  himself  before  tbe  magistrate 
yesterday.  Major  Green  made  a  statement,  as  given 
above,  and  Mr.  Tobler  claimed  that  he  had  pur- 
chased the  pony  from  Green  for  $90,  and  had  sold 
the  animal  to  Col.  Kane  for  $135.  He  therefore 
owed  Green  $90,  which  ho  would  oay  as  soon  as  he 
collected  some  money  due  bim.  (Ireen  denied  tbat 
be  sold  him  tbe  pony,  but  had  sent  the 
aairaal  to  Col.  Kane's  stable  on  the  representations 
made  by  Tobler,  and  was  willing  to  allow  him  to 
deduct  10  per  cent  ou  tbe  price  of  the  pony,  the 
usual  commission.  The  statements  of  tbe  accused 
and  tbe  complainant  were  so  much  at  variance 
that  the  magistrate  was  rather  puzzled  to  decide 
tbe  case.  Mr.  Tobler  was  finally  given  until  3  o'clock 
this  afternoon  to  make  an  amicable  settlement 
with  Major  Green,  and  if  he  fails  to  do  so,  a  com- 
plaint ot  fraud  will  be  preferred  against  him. 
Tobler  is  said  to  be  a  frequent  visitor  at  the  Knick- 
erbocker and  other  clubs. 


ON  TRIAL  FOR  iCANSLA  UOHTER. 

Frederick  Weinach  was  placed  on  trial  in  the 
Essex  County,  N.  J.,  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer 
on  an  indictment  charging  him  with  manslangbter 
In  having  caused  the  death  of  Anthony  Eggert,  by 
pushing  him  from  a  stoop  on  Sunday  night,  Oct.  S3, 
1878.  Eggert  was  in  Welnaoh's  saloon,  in  South 
Sixteenth  street,  Newark,  tbat  night,  aud  became 
involved  in  a  qaarrel  with  some  mea  there.  In 
order,  as  he  claims,  to  prevent  a  disturbance, 
be  seized  Eggert  and  threw  him  out.  Eggert  fell 
on  tbe  sidewalk  and  received  a  fracture  of  tbeskail, 
from  which  he  died  in  about  two  hours.  The  cose 
was  still  on  when  tbe  court  adjourned  for  the  day. 

A  SUPPOSED  SUICIDE. 
County  Physician  Converse  was  notified  yes- 
terday of  tbe  sadden  death  of  Mr.  H.  E.  Speer,  who 
resided  in  Vreeland  street,  Jersey  City  Heights.  It 
Is  believed  that  he  committed  salolde,  but  it  was 
impossible  to  get  at  the  facts.  Shortly  before  the 
fact  of  bis  death  was  announced,  a  pistol-shot  was 
heard  in  the  vicinity  of  his  residence,  and  ao  officer 
who  was  sent  there  to  Inveatigate  the  matter  found 
a  wound  in  bis  forehead,  which,  however,  might 
have  been  caused  by  a  fiUl.  Deceased  failed  in 
business  a  short  time  ago,  and  his  wife  died  recent- 
ly, both  of  wnlcb  misfortunes  caused  him  to  have 
fits  of  melancholia.  An  official  investigation  of  the 
case  will  be  made. 

AR'RIVALS  AT  THE  HOTELS. 

Judge  J.  Prout,  of  Vermont,  is  at  the  Star- 
tevant  House. 

Samuel  Bswles,  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  is  at 
the  Brevoort  House. 

R.  Montgomery  Field,  of  Boston,  is  at  the 
Westminster  Hotel.  • 

tjenator  George  B.  Bradley,  ef  Coming,  N. 
Y.,  IS  at  the  St.  James  Hotel. 

Bx-Qongressman  James  M.  Ashley,  of  Ohio, 
is  at  tbe  St.  Denis  Hotel. 

Chief  Judge  Sanford  E.  Church,  of  the  New- 
York  Court  of  Appeals,  is  at  the  Metropolitan 
Hotel. 

Bobert  S.  Carr,  Qeneral  Manager  of  the 
Kausas  Pacific  Baiiway.  is  at  theFliih  Aveiine 

Hotel. 

♦ 

A  WATERLOO  HEROINS. 

Mrs.  Qreenwood,  a  ygt^  aged  woman,  who 

olatms  to  have  stood  at  her  husband's  sids  and 
foiight  In  the  battle  of  Waterloo,  was  found  m 
Greene  street,  Jtrsey  City,  Thursdayjilght  in  an 
nttfriy  destitute  condition.  Her  landlord  had  pat 
taer  oat  ot  tbe  iniserable  apartment  she  bad  been 
oooQp^ng.  beoanse  she  was  unable  to  pay  the  rent. 
She  waa  taken  in  charge  by  the  Police,  and  yester- 
day the  >  Poormaster  sent  her  to  the  County  Alms- 
1  hotpn 


CITY  AND  SUBURBAN  NEWS. 


NBW-YOBK. 

Ciutom<lion8e  Iiui>eotor8  yesterday  seised  ou 
board  the  Havana  steam-ahip  City  of  Kew-York 
S,720  bandies  of  cigarettes  aod  850  ciiEars. 

Rev.  W.  B.  Alger  will  deliver  a  sermon  on 
"Crnelty  to  Animals,"  in  the  Church  of  the  Mes- 
siah, comer  of  Park  avenne  and  Thirty-tonrth 
street,  to-morrow  (Sunday)  evenmg. 

The  l^ew-Tork  Bible  Society  distributed,  by 
gift  and  sale,  daring  the  month  of  January  3,835 
Bibles  and  Teetaments  among  3,150  families,  814 
vessels,  and  S.993  emigrants  at  Castle  Garden. 

Prof.  Moses  Coit  Tyler,  of  the  University  of 
Michigan,  will  read  a  paner  on  "  The  Homoroos 
Element  in  tbe  American  Bevolation"  on  Tuesday 
evening  next,  before  the  New- York  Historical  So- 
ciety. 

Mr.  Azariah  N.  Hankinson,  who  died  on 
Thursday,  of  ipjories  received  from  the  kicks  of  a 
horse,  was  not  a  groom  as  erroneoosly  reported. 
Tbo  victim  was  the  proprietor  of  the  stables  aud 
not  an  employe. 

Four  voters  were  registered  yesterda.y  in  the 
First  Assembly  District  preparatory  to  the  holding 
of  a  special  election  on  the  14th  inst.  to  fill  the 
vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  Assemblyman 
James  Healey. 

The  funeral  of  Mr.  John  P.  L.  DuPlon,  for- 
merly  Chief  Engineer  ot  the  Brooklyn  Fire  Depart- 
ment and  a  Captain  of  the  old  Municipal  Police 
force  of  this  City,  took  mace  yesterday  at  his  late 
residence,  No.  241  East  Broadway. 

The  schooner  J.  J.  Moore,  from  New- York, 
reports  from  Port  Spain,  Jan.  12,  that  on  Dea  29. 
daring  a  fearful  gale,  she  lost  her  deck  load  and  jib, 
and  broke  her  llbboom.  A  seaman  named  Frank 
Clark  was  washed  overboard  and  was  drowned. 

On  Tuesday  next  there  will  be  a  meeting  of 
the  grain  trade  of  this  City,  in  the  rooms  of  the 
Board  of  Managers  of  the  Produce  Exchange,  to 
consider  the  changes  proposed  iu  tbe  grades  of 
grain  by  the  Committee  on  Gram  of  the  Produce 
Exchange. 

A  lecture  will  he  delivered  in  the  Great  Hall 
of  the  Cooper  Union,  this  evening,  by  Bev.  E.  C. 
Wines,  of  tbe  National  Prison  Reform  Association, 
on  "Prison  Reform,  Considered  in  its  Relation  to  the 
Legislation  Required  by  the  Constitution  of  oar 
State  as  Becently  Amended." 

A  boy  named  Theodore  Engel,  who  resided 
at  No.  71  Avenue  A,  was  found  dead  yesterday 
afternoon  in  the  cellar  of  No.  10  Thomas  street. 
From  the  fact  that  tbe  dead  ouy's  sknil  was  frac- 
tured and  his  neck  broken,  it  is  believed  that  he 
fell  through  the  hatchway  of  the  building. 

A  meeting  of  the  "Non-denominational  Gos- 
pel Misvlon  to  tbe  Tombs"  will  be  held  to-morrow 
evsning  in  Dr.  Crosby's  ohnrob,  corner  of  Fourth 
avenue  aud  Twenty-second  street,  for  the  purpose  of 
making  arrangements  tor  enabling  Rev.  Mr.  Bether 
to  continue  his  religious  worJc  among  the  mmates 
of  the  Tombs. 

Vanderpelpen,  the  fugitive  Belgian  forger 
who,  with  his  wife,  was  arrested  recently  in 
Gashen,  Ind.,  upon  a  warrant  granted  by  Judge 
White,  of  the  United  States  Circuit  Court,  will  be 
brought  on  to  this  City  for  extradition  in  a  few 
days,  unless  tbeir  discbarge  ahull  have  meantime 
been  obtained  in  tbe  local  ooaris  of  Goshen. 

The  fourth  expedition  sent  out  to  Southern 
water^s  by  the  management  of  tbe  New.York  Aquar- 
lam  has  just  retamed,  bringing  to  this  City  several 
fine  specimens  of  black  baas,  speckled  perch,  a 
stranger  to  Northern  waters,  and  numerous  speci- 
mens of  grindles  and  other  ourlous  fish.  A  large 
number  of  sturgeon  and  striped  bass  have  also  been 
added  to  the  taitkft 

'Miss  Arabella  Boot  gave  the  second  of  her 
series  of  ballad  concerts  for  the  benefit  of  the  desti- 
tute poor  i>f  the  City,  at  Association  Hall  last  even- 
ing. An  exceedingly  attractive  and  varied  pro- 
gramme was  interpreted  bv  Miss  Boot  and  the  fol- 
lowing artists :  Mme.  Biaobi,  mezzo-soprano ; 
Mr.  F.  W.  Jameson,  tenor  j  Mr.  Otto  Soldan,  violin- 
ist J  Mr.  Henry  Gait,  baritone  ;  Signer  Jose  Godoy, 
tenor  and  pianist,  and  Mr.  Charles  A.  Cable,  organ- 
ist. ^ 

BROOKLYN. 

There  is  a  balance  in  the  City  Treasury  of 
(698,199  35. 

The  City  Court  calendar  will  he  opened  on 
Monday.    It  contains  175  cases. 

A  petition  to  the  State  Legislature,  request- 
ing tbat  the  triple-headed  commissions  be  abol- 
ished and  the  high  salaries  of  county  and  city 
officials  reduced  is  being  circulated  £ar  eignatore 
by  the  tax-payers. 

Charles  Schelbach  and  Henry  Witzemann 
were  committed  by  Justice  Guok  yesterday  to 
await  tbe  result  of  injuries  inflicted  b.y  tbem  on 
Bernard  Grimm,  of  No.  246  Graham  avenue,  on  the 
27th  of  January  last. 

Charles  Habberton,  the  second  son  of  Mr. 
John   Habberton,  died  on  Wednesday  evening  last 

at  No.  66  Colombia  Heights,  Brooklyn.  The  do- 
ceased  was  the  original  of  "Toddle,"  one  of  the 
baby  beroes  in  the  popolar  story  of  Helen's  Babies.  ■ 

Prot.  Alfred  3Ianijot,  the  counterfeiter,  who 

was  arrested  some  months  ago  on  a  cbarge  of  mak- 
ing and  passing  five  cent  pieces,  was  sentenced  in 
the  United  States  Court  yesterday,  to  18  months  in 
tbe  Penitentiary.  Mangot  when  arrested  was  ac- 
companied by  a  little  dog,  and  the  Police  only  ascer- 
tained bis  residence  by  taming  the  dog  oat  of  the 
Biation-faonse  and  following  it  home. 

Superintendent  Campbell  yesterday  received 
a  letter  from  Chief  Constable  J.  Jackson,  of  Shef- 
field, England,  asking  him  to  make  search  for 
Cbsrles  Peace,  alias  Parkep,  alias  Alexander, 
against  whom  a  Coroner's  Jury  foand  a  verdict  ot 
willul  tanrder  on  tbe  29th  of  November.  It  is  be- 
lieved that  Peace,  who  is  an  old  criminal,  escaped 
to  this  country.  A  mlboie  description  of  Peace  is 
given,  and  $500  is  offered  for  his  arrest. 

The  following  gentlemen  have  been  elected 
officers  of  the  Brooklyn  Bible  Society  to  serve  dar- 
ing tbe  ensuing  year:  President,  Bev.  David 
Inglls,  D.  D.;  Vice  Presidents,  Messrs.  S:  Sander- 
son and  J.  J.  Barrier  jCorrespon dm g  Secretary, 
Bev.  A.  8.  Hunt,  D.  D.;  Treasurer,  B.  W.  Dela- 
mater  ;  Recording  Secretary,  C.  C.  Madge ;  Execu- 
tive Committee,  G.  W.  Mead,  H.  Haguer,  Thomas 
Barr,  G.  C.  Halstead,  and  Tbeodone  Sturgis. 

NEW-JERSEY. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Lahey,  an  Insane  woman, 
aged  60  years,  committed  snioide  Thursday  by 
hanging  herself  at  her  residence,  No.  60  Condlt 
street,  Newark. 

John  McCarthy,  a  stevedore  employed  at 
the  Bremen  Docks  in  Hoboken,  fell  down  tbe 
hatchway  of  a  vessel  yesterday  and  received  a  frac- 
ture of  tne  skull  which  will  probably  prove  fatal. 
He  was  removed  to  St.  Mary's  Hospital. 

Coimsel  for  Griffin,  King,  and  Bigelow,  the 
alleged  bank  8 wmalers  recently  arrested  in  New- 
ark, made  application  yeateiday  for  their  release  on 
a  writ  of  habeas  corpus.  JaJge  Depue  took  the 
papers  sod  announced  that  he  woald  probably  give 
a  decision  to-day. 

Trouble  is  threatened  in  the  Methodist 
Church  at  Pamrapo,  some  of  tbe  members  bemg  in 

favor  of  consolidating  with  the  choroh  at  Green- 
ville, while  others  are  opposed  to  it.  The  advo- 
cates of  consolidation  say  that  tbe  expenses  are 
more  than  the  churob,  with  its  limited  membership, 
IS  able  to  bear,  Matters  are  expected  to  come  to  a 
crisis  shortly. 

The  $1,000  diamond  found  on  Meyers,  the 
pickpocket,  who  was  arrested  at  the  Pennsylvama 
Railroad  depot  a  short  time  ago,  has  been  Identi- 
fied once  more,  this  time  by  Capt  John  B.  Wil- 
gus,  of  Lexington,  who  says  it  was  stolen  from 
Elm  at  the  railroad  depot  in  Cincinnati.  Capt. 
Wilgus  wrote  a  letter  to  Chief  Champney,  desorih- 
Ing  the  diamond,  and  he  has  been  requested  to 
come  on  aud  secure  his  property  and  prosecute  the 
thief. 

Several  sentences  were  pronotinoed  in  the 
Hudson  County  Court  of  Sessions  yesterday.  James 
Doran,  convicted  of  an  atrocious  assault  and  battery, 
was  fined  $300  and  costs,  the  court  annonno- 
ing  that  if  the  fine  was  not  paid  before  to-day  the 
sentence  would  be  changed  to  one  year  in'  the 
Penitentiary.  Ia  tbe  case  of  Jastioe  Dllloway,  con- 
victed of  false  imprisonment,  the  oourt  advised 
him  to  resiga  bis  office,  and  gave  bim  one  week  to 
consider  the  matter  before  pronouncing  sentence. 
In  case  he  resigns  sentence  will  be  suspended.  A 
number  of  minor  sentences  were  imposed. 

John  Brown  and  Josiah  Capin,  the  two  sup- 
posed emigrant  swmdlers  who  were  arrested  in 
Hoboken,  Tbnrsday,  are  still  detained.  They  had 
in  their  possession  a  number  of  unsigned  bonds, 
among  tbem  being  a  Chicago,  Dubuque  and  Min- 
nesota Railroad  bond  for  $1,000.  me  bond  of  the 
North-western  Railroad  for  $1,000,  and  another  for 
$500,  one  of  the  Barllngton,  Cedar  Baplds  and 
Minnesota  Railroad  for  $1,000,  and  a  bona  of  tbe 
town  of  East  Chester,  N.  Y.,  for  $500.  When  ar- 
retted tbey  were  trying  to  ssU  tbe  bonds  to  two 
Cahfomians  for  half  tbeir  face  value.  The  bonds 
baye  doubtless  been  stolen. 

OYER  ONE  HUNDRED  TEARS  OLD. 
The  Eimira  Adtertiaer  of  the  let  inst.  says  : 
"On  Friday  of  last  week  the  friends  of ^ Jacob 
Hemstraaght  assemblei  at  the  residence  of  his  son- 
in-law,  Mr.  Peter  Case,  at  CampviUe,  aboat  seven 
miles  east  of  Owego,  to  celebrate  bis  one  hundred 
and  first  birthday.  Mr.  Hemstraaght  was  born  in 
Saratoga  County,  Jan.  26, 1776.  He  was  the  oldest  of 
eight  children,  three  of  whom  were  present  at  the 
oeletiratlon  on  Friday.  Of  nis  own  family  of  six 
children,  foor  were  present.,  the  oldest  one  being  79 
years  of  age.  His  yoangest  brother,  also  present,  is 
78  years  of  age.  There  are  still  livmg  17 
grandchildren  and  11  great-grandchildren.  The 
^paitiy  inoladedlou  senerationa.    Mr.  Hamatranvht 


has  always  lived  tbellfs  of  an  honest,  bardoWorUag 
farmer,  earning  tbe  respeet  and  esteem  of  all  hU 
n^gbboca.  He  servea  as  a  aolMer  in  ISIS.  There 
were  IQX  gaesu  prMeat,  891  ot  whom  were^relsvUves, 
la  or  15  being  between  8S  and  90  years  of  age.  Tbe 
anceston  of  Mr.  Hemstraaght  all  died  at  an  ad- 
vanced, ace,  bis  fitther  dying  after  completing  bla 
one  bmidred  and  fourth  year,  and  ttia  grandfather 
at  the  ace  of  101  years." 

A  OEOB&IA  8UFBBME  JUDGE. 
The  Augusta  (Ga.)  OhronicU  thus  gives 
premature  utterance  to  Its  wlshe  s :  "  We  boi>e  tbat 
Judge  Davis  will  not  resign  imtil  the  4tb  of  Maroh, 
In  order  that  Mr.  Tilden  may  fill  the  vacancy.  We 
fully  agree  with  the  'leading  Democratic  Senator ' 
that  the  appointment  should  be  given  to  the  Soatta. 
for  tbe  South  has  had  no  represoitative  upon  the 
Bench  since  the  death  of  Justice  Wayne.  But  we 
vent&e  to  soggest  tbat  the  President  make  his  ap- 
pointment ftom  Georgia,  and  not  from  Louisiana,^ 
and  that  he  tender  tbe  place  to  William  Hope  Ball, 
of  Aaguata,  Instead  of  to  John  A.  Campbell,  of 
New-Orleans.  Tbe  appointment  should  he  given  to 
Georgia,  beoaiue  Georgia  Is  the  Empire  State  of  the 
Sonth,  beoaose  she  was  the  first  Southern  State  to 
win  a  square  battle  against  Sadioallsm,  and  be- 
cause it  gave  Mr.  Tilden  his  largest  majority  at  the 
late  election." 

"Mobkau-Lefbbve,"  tbe  oldest  and  most  French 
of  Champagnes.  Victok  B.  Mavoks.  110  Readest.,!). 
Y. — AAvertuement. 


ABEIVALS  FBOM  FOBEIGN  PORTS  FOB 
MONTH  OF  JANUART. 
We  give  below  tbe  number  of  arrivals  of  vessels  at 
this  port  from  foreign  oouatries  for  tbe  month  of  Jan- 
uary, distingnisbing  their  class  sad  nationalltv. 
This  table  is  oompUed  from  the  books  of  the  Oovsra- 
ment  kept  at  the  Barge  OtOce  by  Mr.  Alfred  Mabie, 
boarding  officer : 

Steam-  Schoon- 

ships.    Shins.  Barks.  Brigs,    ers.    Total. 

American 10  7         22         28        60        127 

British 53  12  86         80  10  141 

Norwegian S         31  6  1  42 

German 11  4         18  4  ..  37 

Italian 19  2  ..  21 

Dutch 1  ..  1  2  ..  4 

Rnssinn '       ..  4  ..  ..  4 

Danish 1  ..  2  ..  ..  3 

French 1  -.  1  1  ..  8 

Portuguese 1         ..  1  1  8- 

Swedish 2  1-  3 

Belgian 11         2 

Austrian 12  X  ..  IS 

Mexican........  ..  ..  1  ..  ..  1 

Haytien ..  ..  1  ..  1 

Total 78         80       149         76         7^        406 

And  there  were  of  coastwise  vessels  as  follows : 
Bteam-  Schoon- 

ers.   Shlpi.  Barks.  Brigs,    ers.  To^al. 
Bastern  ports.. ..31  1  2         4       115       153 

Soothem  poits...92  2  2  2  97       197 

MINI  A  TV  RE  A  LUANA  0—1  HIS   DA  Y. 
Sim  rises 7:08  I  Son  sets 5:21 1  Moon  rises  11:45 

HIGH  WATEK — THIS   DAT. 

Sandy  Book.ll:a6  |  Gov.Islandl2:16  |  Hell  Gate. ...1:37 

MARINB   INTELLIGENCE. 

m 
KBW-TORK FEIDAi:.  FEB.  3, 


CLEARED. 

Steam-ships  Victoria,  (Br,,)  Hedderwick,  Glasgow, 
Henderson  tiros.;  Carondelet,  Fairclotb,  Femandlna, 
tc.  C.  H.  Mallorv  k.  (JO.,  Celtic,  (Br.,)  Gleadell.  Liver- 
pool, via  Queensiown,  R.J.  Cortis;  Ohio,  (Ger.,)  Mey- 
er, Bremen,  Oelriche  k.  Co.;  Flamborough,  Fraser. 
UaUfax,  N.  S.,  Clark  &  Seaman;  Sldonian.  (Br.,)  Ed- 
wards, Glasgow,  &c.,  Henderson  Bros.;  01eng.Nle.  (Br.,) 
Dooaldaon,  London,  Hendersou  Bros.;  Gen.  Whitney, 
Hallett,  Bostou,  H.  P.  Dimock. 

Barka  Calcutta.  (Br.,)  Davis,  Bremen,  J.  F.  Whitney 
k.  Co.;  Scot's  Bay,  (Br.,)  Murray,  Antwerp,  C.  W.  Bcr- 
taux;  Norma,  Kic hols.  Havana,  Miller  it  Houghton; 
W.  H.  Genn,  Collins,  Matnnzas,  J.  E.  Ward  &  Co. 

Bnes  Meta,  (Ger..)  Strange,  Bahla,  C.  Tobias  t  Co.: 
Woodland,  Valentine,  Montevideo.  Murray,  Ferris  & 
Co.:  Tula,  Morgan,  Beiise,  Wm.  Jex  itCo.;  Centaur, 
Stanley,  Fajardo,  P.  B.,  M.  Hunter  t  Co.;  Virginia, 
Uevereanx,  Naguabo,  P.  B..  Henry  Beste ;  Zincrara, 
(Br..)  Jones,  Funchal,  G.  F.  Bullev;  Gulsborough,  (Br.,) 
Hansen,  St.  John's.  M.  F.,  B.  F.  MetcaU  &  Co. 

Schrs.  Armida  Hall,  Hall,  Sagna  la  Grande,  Parsons 
it.  Loud;  John  Lenthall.  Martin.  Norfolk,  Va.;  Manuel 
B.  C;us»,  Bayles,  Gibraltar  for  orders,  A.  Dayton  &.  Co. 


ARRIVED. 


Steam-ship  Bolivia.  (Br.,)  Small,  Glasgow  Jan.  20, 
and  MoviUe  21st,  with  muse,  and  passengers  to  Hen- 
derson Bros. 

Steam-°htp  Famta,  Howe,  Philadelphia,  with  mdse. 
and  passengers  to  James  Hand. 

Steam-ship  John  Gibson,  Masingo,  Georgetown,  D. 
C,  and  Alexandria  with  mdse.  and  passeugers  to  J.  L. 
Boome,  Jr. 

Steam-ship  Isaac  Bell,  Lawrence,  Bichmond  and 
Norfolk,  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Old  Dominion 
Steam-ship  Co. 

Steam-snip  Neptune,  Berry,  Boston,  with  mdse.  and 
passengers  to  Metropolitan  Steam-ship  Co. 

Steam-ship  Kenilworth,  (Br.,)  Prowse,  Antwerp  Jan. 
17.  With  mdse.  and  passengers  to  O.  W.  Colton. 

Bark  BepubUk.  (Ger..)  Fortmann,  Bremen  Deo.  13, 
with  mdse.  to  H.  Koop  3c  Co. 

Bark  Hebel,  (Ger.,)  Fritbjof,  London  56  ds.,  tn  ballast 
to  Punch,  Edye  &  Co. 

Bark  Curacao,  (ot  Windsor,  N.  S.,)  Lockhart,  Cura- 
cao 12 ds.,  with  salt  to  J.  Foulke's  Sons- 
Bark  Miry  P.  Campbell,  (of  Weymouth.  N.  8.,)  Gray, 
Glasgow  71  ds.,  via  Charleston,  in  ballast  to  James 
W.  BlweU  tt  Co. 

Brig  U.  C.  Clary,  Delano.  Milk  Biver,  Jam.,  21  da., 
wltb  logwood  to  O.  Wessels— vessel  to  Owight  U.  Piatt. 

Brig  uauniiess,  (of  nundee,  McFarlana.  Cardenas  10 
da.  with  sugar  to  Jules  Baserac  &  Co.— vessel  to  mas- 
ter. 

Bchr.  Jordan  L.  Mott,  (of  Newbarvport, )  Brown, 
Mayaimez  18  ds..  with  txuit  to  Gomez,  Pearsall  &.  Co. — 
— vessel  to  B.  J.  Wenberg  6c  Co. 

Bchr.  Kate  Carleton,  (of  Aassan.)  Grant,  Calbarien 
12  ds.,  with  sugar  to  J.  M.  Ceballos— vessel  to  Parsons 

It,  Loud. 
ScUr.  Hattie  E.  Smith,  (of  Newburyport,)  Leo,  HayO; 

guez  12  ds.,  wltb  friiit  to  Gomes,  Fearsall  k,  Co.— ves- 
sel to  B.  J.  Wenberg  k  Ca 

Schr.  CThamplon,  Lnvey,  (of  and  16  ds.,  from  St. 
Jobn,  N.  B., )  with  latn  to  John  Boynton's  Son. 

Schr.  Mary  Theall.  (of  St.  John,  N.  B.,)  Hunt,  Provi- 
dence, in  ballast  to  P.  I.  Nevius  &.  Son. 

Schr.  Ganges.  Keith.  Newport,  with  lumber  from 
sotar.  Martha  A.,  of  and  from  ^t.  John,  M.  B.„  pat  into 
Newport  In  distress. 

Schr.  Mary  U.  Stockham,  Hart,  Boston. 

Schr.  Ann  Amelia,  Allen,  Providence. 

Schr.  Marv  Miller,  Dayton,  Providence. 

Suhr.  Kolon,  Brookings.  Providence. 

Schr.  Ann  L.  Lockw(K>d.  Williams,  Providence. 

Schr.  A.  E.  Peary,  Peary,  Provideijce. 

Schr.  Henry  J.  Scadder,  Allen,  Bouchport. 

Schr.  L.  A.  ToUes.  Day,  Southport. 

WIND— Sunset,  hght,  N.  E.;  very  hasy. 


SAILED. 


Via  Long  island  Sound,  steam-ship  J.  a.  Walker,  for 
New-Haven;  scbr.  C.  P.  Gertish,  tor  St.  John.  H.  B.; 
Theodore  Dean,  for  Fall  Biver. 


MARINE  DISASTERS. 

PROvrDBifoa.  E.  I.,  Feb.  2. — The  steam-ship  MeClel- 
lan  was  hauled  off  Dutch  Island  at  10:4U  o'clock  this 
momiug,  and  proceeded,  having  received  unimportant 
damage. 

Boston.  Feb.  2.— The  ship  Jobn  H.  KlmbaU.  of  Bath, 
Me.,  which  was  wrecked  in  the  Nortn  Sea,  was  in- 
sured In  Boston  and  Maine  offices  for  S64,0V0. 


BY  CABLE. 

Loimoir,  Feb.  2.— Sid.  18th  alt.,  Kuggiero;  Slstult, 
Nokomts;  2d  inst,  John  F.  Bottmann,  the  latter  for 
Mataneas;   Princeport. 

Sid.  to-day.  Guardian,  Capt  Payne;  Woje,  for  Rich- 
mond; Athlete,  James  Peake,  Bolivis,  (all  three  tor 
Tybee.) 

Arr.  ont  26tfa  alt.,  Felton  Bent ;  Ist  Inst.,  Jusntia, 
La  Bella,  Vinoecia,  Amalthea,  Ilion,  St.  Charles  ;  2d 
inst..  St  Dial,  Capt.  Hassel,  wigton, 

QuEKMSTowir,  Feb.  2.— The  Allan  Line  steam-ship 
Austrian,  Capt.  Wylie,  from  Baltimore  Jan.  21,  via 
HalUax  Jan.  24,  for  Liverpool,  arr.  here  to-day. 

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DISBURSE  MENTS. 

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Rent  of  agency  ofaoes 4.6&d  83 

Printing,  advertising,  post- 
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Remsorance — ...  2.682  62 

Total  disbursements ». $479,322  6tf 

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United  States  seourities ._.....  $642,900  00 

City,  coUQty,  and  monlcioal  bonds.. ..  118.000  00 

Mortgage  Loans,  first  lien _ .1.767,740  63 

Loans  on  approved  collaterals 60,953  33 

Eealestate .^ 217,676  98 

Preminin  notes  on  policies  m  forces ■,..  193.738  44 

Stock  in  Massachusetts  National  Baults.  153,080  OU 

Cash  In  Company's  Office 235  83 

Cash  in  banks 60,912  69 

Cash  in  hands  of  agents  and  aoeoants, 

(secured) 24,193  82 

Net  premiums  in  course  of  collection 30,779  27 

Net  deferred  quarterly  and  semi-annual 

premlnms „  29,660  79 

Interest  accrued  on  investments.. 66,568  91 

Office  furniture,  (cost  over  $12,000) S.OuO  OO 

Total  Assets ^ ..$3,369,430  69 

APPROPRIATED  AB  FOLLOWS : 

Re-insnrance  reserve,  (4  per  cent.  Aetna- 

ries'  table) _ -..$2,858,977  92 

Losses  reported,  but  not  due..._ S9,445  00 

Unpaid  dividends _ 7,436  78 

Pretniums  paid  in  advance _ 8,731  65 

Contingent  liabilities _ 12.6Ui  80 

Sorplus,  Maasaobusetts  stand<»rd,  over 

legal  reserve,  and  aU  Uabilitias,  actual 

and  contingent .  343.237  64 

Total _ $3,269,430  69 

Ir  the  reserve  is  estimated  by  the  New-Vork  stand- 
ard, (4i3Percenu  American  Experience  Tables,)  to* 
surplus  or  tbe  Company  is  increased  about  $17U,0<KL' 
making  a  total  sarplas  of  $512,237  64. 


EDWARD  BOIiTWOOD, 

Frealdeat. 
JAMBS  M.  BARKER. 

TIce  Preslaeat. 
JAAIBS  W.  flOLiL.. 

Secretary. 

VO.  237  BROAOWAT.  COR>^EB  PARK  PLACE. 
J.  H.  DASBlAM,  General  Acent. 
F.  B.  PITT,  Special  Agent. 

Twenty-sixth  Annual  Report 

OP  TSE 

MANHATTAS 

LIFE  mSUMNCE  COMPM¥ 

OFKEW-TOEK. 

INCOaiB  FOR  THB  YEAR  1876. 

Preminms $l,28o,33l  lb 

Interest  on  bond  and  mortgage  loans.  321,994  71 

Interest  on  premium  notes  and  other 

securities 23a,S68  77 

Interest  accrued. 255,886  83 

Total $2,098,581  52 

DISBCRSEMJENTS.  ' 

Paid  claims  bv  death  aud  matured  en- 
dowments, aud  payment  of  annui- 
ties, {see  detalled  statement) .         $774,412  10 

Paid  dividends  and  purchased  poli- 
cies          678,701  ai 

Paia    salaries,    office. } 

agency >  $104,267  28 

And  other  expenses. ) 

Taxes. 8,931  61 

Medical  Examiner's  ffees        9.226  00 

Commissions  and  ad- 
vertising     131,139  45  —  $263,564  2* 

Total $l,606,tjfr6fl 

ASSETS.  ,    * 

Cash  on  hand $1,685  03 

Cash  ia  bank 67,469  04 

Cash  in  Trust  Company 

drawing  interest 176,000  00 

Bonds    and    Mortgages 

and    Interest   accrued 

on  same,   secured  b.y  • 

Real  Estate,  worth 
double  the  amount 
loanea,  and  protected 
by  Fire  Insurance  Pol- 
icies held  by  the  Com- 
fany,  in  amonnt  of$3,. 
00,000^ 5,040,160  SO 

Loaus    oa    Policies    in 

force 2,014,314  23 

(Tbe  reserve  on  each 
Policy  on  which 
loan  exists  exceeds 
largely  tbe  amount 
of  note  on  the 
same.) 
United  States  and  New- 
York  State  Stocks 1,281,684  25 

Real  Estate  at  cost 206,85 1  66 

Quuterly  and  semi-an- 
nual premiums  defer- 
red, and  premium  and 
interest  in  course  of 
collection  and  trans- 
mission     206,880  86 

Temporary     Loans     on 

Stocks  aod  Boads 818,147  UO 

(Market  value  of  the 

securities,  $1,020,- 

212.) 

Interest  due    and    ao- 

oroed,  and  all  other 

property 292,966  28 

Gross  Assets- 10,056,148  4t 

Claims   by     death,   not 

yet  due $260,431  89 

Dividends  unpaid,   and 

aU  other  llablUty 95,16147 

Reserve  reoulrea  on  all 
Policies  in  force;  com- 
hined  experience,  4  per 
cent.,  (Uassachasetts 

rule  of  valuation.).... 8.318.109  00—  $8,673.702  88 
Surplus  as  to  Policy-holders  Maosa- 

ehusetts  4  per  ceut.  valuation $1,381,446  13 

Estimated  surplns  by  Kew-Toric  4^ 

percent,  valuation $1,900,000  09 

HBNRT  STOKES,  Freaddent, 
C.  T.  WBJUFLiE,  Vice  President, 
J.  L.  jBALSET,  necretary. 
8.  N.  STEBBINS,  Actostry 
H.  7.  WBOIPLB,    ) 

>  As«>t  Seeretarles. 
H.  B.  STOKBS,     5 

DIRECTORS: 

HBimY  STOKES,  C.  KORWOOD, 

JAMBS  McLBAN,  JOUN  W.  HU5TER,  , 

AUGUSTUS  SCEELL,  WM.  K.  HINMAN, 

EDWIN  J.  BROWN,  S,  E.  COM8TOCK, 

BDWARU  HAIGHT,  C.  T.  WKMPLE. 

DENTON  PKAR8ALL,  JOHN  D.  RU88, 

W.  J.  VALENTINE,  P.  VAN  ZANDT  LANE, 
AMBROSE  G  KINGeLAND,  JACOB  L.  HALSBT, 

JOHN  S.  HARRIS,  JAMES  B.  IBATHAR, 
WM.  A.  8EAVBR.  8t  LoniSi 

R.  C.  FELLOWS,  H.  K.  MASTON, 
EDMUND  COFFIN,  San  PtanoUco; 

JOHN  T.  TERRY,  JACOB  NAYlOBt, 
JAMES  STOKBS,  Jx.,  Philadelphia; 

B.  A.  WALTON,  BETH  TURNER, 
COB.  VANDBRBILT.  Ja.,  Boston 

GEO:  W.  QDINTARD,  EDWARD  EINO. 

EDW.VRD  SCHELiL,  JOHN  H.  WATSON. 


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KEAL  DEMOCRATIC  ENERGY 

♦ — 

SEEKING  FOB  TESTIMONY  BVT  NOT 
FOB    TRUTH. 

REAPPEARANCE  OF  THE  DISGRACED  MAD- 
I>OX — HE  PRODtrCES  A  MUCH-TALKED- 
ABOUT  LETTEB — A  RBASONABLB  RE- 
QUEST ma]5e  by  gov.  wells  denied  by 

DEMOCRATS — DAVID  DUDLEY  FIELD'S 
IDEA  OP  DECENCY  AND  FAIR  PLAT— 
THE   WITNESS   LITTLEFIHLD. 

Speeiai  Ditvaiehto  the    IVew-Yorlt    J^met. 

'  Washington,  Feb.  3.— Before  Mr.  David 

I>udley  Field's  Committee,  this  momiDg,  Mr. 
Madaoz.  the  diBgraced  and  perjured  Treasury 
Agent,  produced  the  much  talked*  of  letter 
which  Gov.  Wells  sent  to  Senator 
West.  It  shows  that  the  former  gen- 
tleman was  afraid  that  the  Democrats 
would  succeed  in  their  efforts  at  bribery.  It 
was  written  with  this  object  and  with  no  other, 
but  stranee  to  say,  Maddox,|to  whom  it  was  in- 
trusted, never  delivered  it.  After  this  testi- 
mony had  been  given  Gov.  Wells, 
through,  his  eounsel,  ^Jndiie  Wilson,  asked 
diat  he  might  be  allowed  to  testify, 
^t  the  same  time  he  presented  a  letter  to  the 
jommittee,  in  which  he  denied  all  the  evidence 
vhioh  had  been  given  by  Maddox  and  Pickett, 
and  stated  that  if  he  was  allowed  to  do  so  he 
sould  disprove  every  statement  made  by  them. 
The  committee  held  an  executive  session 
to  consider  this  request,  and  by  a  strict  party 
vote,  every  Democrat  voting  in  the  negative, 
Ihey  declined  to  allow  Wells  to  testify.  He 
has  been  convioted  of  no  wrong,  but  Mr.  Til- 
den's  friends  will  not  accord  to  him  the  rights 
which  a  court  of  iustice  would  not  refuse  to 
■Uie  most  hardened  criminaL 

The  Clerk  Littlefield  was  •  before  the  Senate 
Committee  this  momiuKi  and  succeeded  in 
proving  to  evervbody's  satisfaction  that  he  was 
a  gambler,  an  adventurer,  and  a  bad  character 

generally. 

» 

?.  F.  UTTLEPIELD'S  TESTIMONY  BEFORE 
SENATOR  HOWk'S  SUB-COMMITTEE — 
PORTRAIT  OF  A  GENTLEMAN  DRAWN  BY 
HIMSELF. 

Washington,  Psb.  3.— The  sub-eommittee  of 
the  Senate  Committee  on  FrivileKes  and  Elections 
met  tbia  momine  at  11  o'clock.  Senator  Howe  pre- 
aidinz.  The  examination  of  J.  F.  Littlefleld  wa* 
eootinued,  and.  in  reply  to  questions  by  Senator 
W^adleigh,  t&e  witness  tea  tilled  that  he  i  a  96  years 
%la  ;  ha*  been  in  New-Orleaoa  since  1868  ;  was  on 
the  Alliance  Steam-sbip  Line  as  purser  for  two  sea- 
Boos  ;  afterward  wont  to  Galveston  in  the  ice  basi- 
ness;  went  back  to  New-Orleans  in  1871,  not  being 
eneage^in  bnsiness  for  six  or  eight  months  after- 
ward, head-qnarters  being  Spearing's  livery  stable  ; 
sooceeded  in  getting  on  the  roll  of  the  Cnst«m- 
taonse,  with  |S3  per  montb  salary  ;  never  did  any 
work ;  was  on  the  roll  for  live  or  six  months  work- 
ing tor  the  party,  doing  nothing,  like  the  re:$t  ot 
them ;  always  ma Je  Spearing's  faonee  his  home ; 
atayed  in  the  front  of  the  stable ;  helped  bim  a 
Itttle.  bat  paid  nothing  for  hia  board  ;  was  in  the 
Custom-honse  antil  the  election  of  1872;  frequented 
bar-rooms,  &c.,  but  did  not  spend  the  greater 
part  of  bis  time  there;  after  the  election 
of  1872,  was  appointed  Clerk  of  the  Be- 
tnmiag  Board  throagh  CoU  Johnson,  who 
had  him  appointed  in  the  Custom-house ; 
shortly  afterward  served  as  Secretary  of  the  board 
until  tbe  a^oomment  of  the  Betoming  Board, 
aboat  two  weeks;  w&a  then  appointed  bay  in- 
spcoior  by  Gov.  Kellogg;  served  as  saoh  until  the 
Fail  of  1875,  about  two  years  and  a  half;  had  no 
permanent  occupation  until  he  went  on  the  board 
on  thu  9th  ot  November;  spent  most  of  tbe  time 
at  Speaiing's  stables;  had  gambled  in  his  life,  but 
Very  little  in  the  last  year  or  two  ;  kept  honse  dur- 
ing the  past  year  with  a  lady,  but  oblected  to  giving 

her  name;  she  was  not  bis  wife  ;  abe  was  an  old 
acqaaintaaoe ;  wnneaa  hired  the  boaae  in  which 
they  lived  ;  paid  ft  or  f8  per  month  rent ;  bad  saved 
some  hundreds  ot  dollars  when  fthe  left  office ; 
had  considerable  jewelry;  tbe  relations  with  ihe 
lady  bad  noi.  cuasea  wheu  be  left  New-Orleans  ;  she 
was  not  married ;  she  bad  friends  in  New-Orleans  ; 
witnes.t  passed  for  her  husband  ;  she  bore  his  name 
and  abe  was  always  recoimised  as  his  wife;  had  two 
children  bv  her  ;  one  was  dead  ;  the  first  one  was 
b.>niiol872:  witness  had  lived  with  the  lady  for 
£ve  years  ;  they  lived  lately  on  Cbestnnt  street,  in 
the  Sixth  District;  kept  honse  in  five  different 
buunea,  tbree  in  the  Sixth  District ;  aervred  un 
th»>  Ketuming  Board  from  tbe  9cb  of  November 
ro  the  23d  of  December  last;  Gov.  Wells  made  tbe 
luguesiion  to  bim  of  altering  tbe  returns  on  Son- 
day  evt^oing,  Dec.  3 ;  dined  with  tbe  Beiarning 
Board  tbat  same  evening ;  had  at  the  time  no  spe- 
cial cbarj^e  of  the  Vernon  returns.  Three  derks 
were  in  the  room  when  Gov.  Wells  made 
the  Bngg>esiiun,  but  do  not  think  that  they  heard 
tbe  cunversatioo.  Gov.  Wells  called  witness  to 
bim.  acd  puciing  bis  fluger  on  polls  Nos.  2  and  9  of 
the  Electoral  vote  of  Vernon  Parish,  said  :  "  Little- 
tiuld,  I  want  yoa  to  transpuae  these  returns  tor  the 
Durpose  of  electing  the  Bupublican  candidates."  Wit- 
ness made  no  answer,  and  the  returns  were  left  with 
tilm ;  sat  at  tbat  same  desk  and  transposed  tbe  votes 
bat  did  not  complete  tbe  work  that  oigbt,  bat  zot 
throaeh  witb  thu  ElPotoral,  State,  and  part  of  the 
parochial  returns;  left  tbe  returns  under  some 
paper  ana  toand  them  there  the  next  morning  ,• 
to<d  Eaton  and  Davis  of  bis  work ;  Eacon  was  Omnk 
Sunday  evening,  as  they  all  were,  and  promised 
to  assist  him,  but  being  sober  tbe  next 
morning,  reiuaed;  then  lold  Woodward  of 
his  work  ;  finished  tbe  work  on  Monday,  pat  the 
return  in  with  the  others  :  the  return  was  back  on 
Tuesday  sarked  "  compiled  ;"  funr  or  five  davs 
•fretward  Gov.  Wells  told  witne-ss  to  deatror  it; 
made  no  reftiy  ;  bad  conversed  with  Got.  Wells  be- 
tween %the  suggestion  tott.alter  and  the  order  to  de- 
stroy; Gov.  Wells  was  going  to  cake  tbe  true  re- 
turn away  with  him  hut  did  not,  at  wit- 
ness' suggeaiion ;  did  not  know  whether 
Be  or  Gov.  Wells  destroyed  the  returus; 
itter  Wells  had  been  before  a  Congressional  com- 
Dittee  winaees  had  a  talit  wiib  bim,  and  be  said  be 
was  worried  beciiuse  be  had  been  questioned  abool 
tbe  Vernon  retnrna;  said  the  matter  ought  to  be 
fixed,  and  sagicested  to  Davis  to  make  a  copy  of 
tuat  return  and  then  he  would  have  them  rejected, 
Mid  would  fprnish  the  evidence  on  which  they 
aooald  be  rejected  himself;  Davis  wanted  witness 
to  assist  him  iu  making  up  this  simulated  retain  ;  we 
made  this  return  porporiiDg  to  be  tbu  original  return; 
Wells  asked  us  if  we  had  foand  thoue  taree  polls; 
all  the  conversations  were  in  tbe  Cierfe'H  office  ; 
don't  know  whether  the  return  we  fabricated  was 
BiiToed  :  be  asked  us  to  find  tnree  polls ;  tbat  would 
make  up  the  returns  which  had  been  destroyed 
from  Vernon  Fariah ;  this  having  been  done, 
Davis  asked  Wells  to  furnish  his  evi- 
dence on  which  to  throw  them  out ;  Wells 
asked  us  if  we  had  selected  the  three 
tbe  polls;  we  said  "TlS;"  Mr.  Davis  asked  him 
how  soon  his  evidence  would  be  in  to  throw  them 
out  on ;  he  said  in  a  day  or  two,  and  took  a  memo- 
randum ot  the  matter  and  went  off;  Davis  placed 
the  focged  return  among  the  other  returns: 
Mr.  Davis.  Mr.  McCormaek,  Mr.  Eaton,  and 
Mr.  Woodward  never  had  any  acquaintance 
wiih  Wells  previoos  to  gomg  on  that  board;  wit- 
aess  doesu't  remember  that  he  has  ever  conversed 
with  any  one  about  this  matter,  except  Mr.  Spear- 
ing, Mr.  Eaton,  and  Mr.  Collins  ;  and  Mr.  Collins 
beiongd  Bumewherein  the  West;  witneas  baa  known 
him  some  yeara;  he  lived  in  Louisiana  some  rime  ; 
he  )•  an  extensive  land-owner ;  thinks  tbe  conver- 
sation with  Collins  was  in  Speariug's  stable ;  Col- 
lins la  atiout  65  years  old ;  Collins  said  witness 
ought  tu  brmt!  the  facts  about  the  Vernon  Fansb 
torgerles  to  light  for  the  sake  of  Spearm?,  wbo 
favordd  the  Niobolls  Government ;  Spearing  com- 
plaioed  of  the  Republican  G-overmnent;  said  be 
bad  ueyer  been  paid  anytuing  by  any  Bepubiican, 
tod  hsn  sudered  pecuoiaiilT  tbroagh  Bepubiican 
rale,  and  he  .thought  a  better  state  of  things 
would  come  from  a  change,  in  which'  NieboUs 
itaould  be  made  Governor  ;  when  wit- 
neas  flrst  tooK  this  Vernon  return  be  carried 
It  home  and  forgot  all  about  it  till  U  dropped  out  of 
his  pocket  a  day  or  two  after  in  patting  oo  bis  coat 
ftt  his  bouse  ;  this  was  in  the  morning;  be  pat  it 
In  a  drawer  of  the  wardrobe  ;  it  remained  there  tiU. 
the  morning  of  the  day  wltapss  left  New-Orleans  j ' 
when  witness  first  told  Spearing  about  the  Vernon 
return  it  was  in  tbe  presence  of  GiSoitL  and  the 
uiiter  thought  it  was  a  big.  thing,  and  wanted  wit- 
iiaaa  to  come  to  Washiugton  with  him,  wbare  we 
»oald  get  8100.000  for  the  infornjation ;  wit- 
oes9  replied  that  UB  would  -have  Both- 
Sie  to  do  with  .,-^  such  a  proportion  i 
fiilTord  repHed  something  about  either  baTing 
tolegraphedio  Washington,  or  his  purpose  tojio  so, 
to  eonSooenoe  of  witness' oomrounioaiion;  wl^oftOT 
toowstfiat  Gifford  did  telegraph  to  WasbiaitiOTi 
that  -same  evening  ooneemljB  tblt  "*"*:. 
i^mae  saw  the  dispatcb  Gifford  sent ;  is 
^^Sto  toe  eflbot  that  he  had  teoelv«l  V»- 
ftomatton  of  great  Importance;  ^**^'^'5£»» 
toBeBatorAIluon;    witneo  thinks  be  saw  ^tfwd. 

wSL  m&UoMix  ~Mm    Senator    Alllsooj  to  jM«^ 


knew  if  Gifford  said  anything  there  about  it,  wit- 
ness would  never  get  out  of  New-Orleans  alive  if 
the  Bepablicansknewit;  hasnottalkeU  with  Gifford 
aboat  it  since  ;  aid  afterward  talk  with  Spearing 
about  it  on  several  oooasiona  ;  Spearing  wanted  wit- 
ness to  allow  bim  to  use  this  intormation.  It  would, 
be  said,  be  for  his  interest.  It  was  after  the  talk 
with  Gifford  that  witness  bad  tbe  talk  with  CoIUdb. 
Witness  had  been  on  tbe  board  a  week  before 
Spearing  knew  of  it;  it  was  a  week  after  the  an- 
noanoement  of  the  vote  when  Spearing  asked  wit- 
ness to  aid  him  with  iDformatlon;  tbe  return  was 
then  at  witness'  house  ;  Spearlnz  said  if  the  State 
was  turned  over  to  Packard,  they  would  be  all 
baii);ed,  and  witness  with  tbem  ;  witness  thought  he 
he  said  it  wpald  prevent  him  |  wltneasj  from  aotiog; 
witness    did'  not  have  any  talk  on    the  sobjeot 

with  Gifford,  after  he  ahowed  tbe  dispatch  from  A  I- 
lison ;  uifford  swore  that  he  never  gave  the  iofor- 
matioQ  to  any  one,  tor  witness  told  bim 
tbat  if  he  did  his  fwltness'J  life  would  not 
be  worth  a  cent  iu  New-Orleans ;  witness 
met  Murphv  in  St.  Louis  and  understooa  that 
Spearing  was  to  meet  hiin  there ;  witness  did  not 
talk  with  Murphy  there  ;  he  want  to  Springfield  to 
coosalt  with  Gov.  Palmer  and  Spearing;  when  he 
left  Sprinufleld  it  was  not  understood  that  he  was 
to  be  a  witness;  he  made  ap  his  mind  to  answer  a 
sabsoeaa  if  sne  came  when  be  got  to  Boston ;  he  did 
not  meet  any  member  of  the  Morrison  Committee 
until  he  was  called  before  them  here  :  his  family 
in  the  North  were  not  aware  of  his  marl  al  relations 
in  NrwOrleans ;  witness  was  wiih  Spearing  in 
New-York,  where  they  played  billiards  tosetber 
and  went  to  the  theatre  ;  witness  did  not  know 
what  business  Spearing  had  there  ;  Speanng  served 
the  subpoena  on  witness  there,  but  he  said 
he  would  not  answer  it,  and  was 
indignant  at  Spearing  that  this  information  was 
made  public,  after  his  promise  to  keep  it  secret. 
Witness  stated  to  Gov.  Palmer  that  he  diu  not  want 
to  be  a  witness,  and  also  to  Murphy  and  Spearing. 
When  the  Sergeant  at  Arms  went  to  tbe  Biggs 
House  and  could  not  find  witness,  witness  was  in 
the  next  room,  which  adjoins  Spearinji's,  in 'bed. 
He  oouia  not  have  usswered  the  suOpoena,  for  he 
as  will.    He  was  subpoenaed  wheu  he  was  in  bed. 

Senator  McDonald  sbawed  witness  a  paper,  which 
he  identified  as  the  leturu  of  Vernon  Parish.  Tbe 
polls  2  and  9  of  97  and  81  votes  for  the  Demo- 
crats, he  had  changed  to  the  Bepnblicans,  where 
there  were  no  votes.  His  definite  instruotions 
were  for  the  reason  that  there  were  tbree  candi- 
dates, and  he  did  not  know  which  was  the  Bepubii- 
can candidate,  and  it  was  necessary  tor  him 
to  know  which  person  was  affected 
by  the  change  of  figures.  Coustitutlonal 
amendments,  members  of  Congress,  Stare  officers, 
and  parochial  officers  were  all  on  the  first  page; 
witness  changed  through  the  State  officers  before 
Woodward  assisted  him.  The  witness,  In  answer 
to  inquiries,  repeated  what  be  had  previously 
stated  concerning  all  tbe  inlerviewa  between 
him  and  Mr.  Wells  about  the  Vermont  returns. 
Ue  repeated  tbat  the  altered  return  was  burned  in 
the  presence  of  witness  and  Wells,  in  the  inner 
room  of  the  board,  and  itiat  either  himself  or  Wells 
threw  tbem  into iba  fire;  tbe  witness  and  several 
clerks  made  up  all  tbe  consolidated  returns  in  a  pri- 
vate office,  none  of  which  were  ever  seea  by  a  Demo- 
cratic clerk  while  they  were  being  made  ;  in  mak- 
ing the  fabricated  return  after  tbe  original  bad  t>een 
destroved,  witness  and  Davis  used  toe  regular  con- 
solidated blank  form ;  the  object  was  to  make  it  ap- 
pear tbat  tbe  ru'iuu  uad  been  rejected,  raiber  than 
tbat  the  votes  had  l>een  transferred  ;  tbe  origiual 
having  been  destroyed,  it  was  neoessary  alter 
Wells  had  been  examined  by  the  Congressional 
committee  to  have  it  appear  tbat  sucb  a  return  was 
in  existence  and  had  been  thrown  out.  Witness 
was  shown  a  list  showing  a  consolidated  statement 
ot  the  Kubernatoriul  vote  of  the  State  of  Louisiana 
wnicb  be  identifleu  aa  having  beeu  oertined  to  by 
him  ;  ho  reco/nized  his  haauwritmg  ;  ibis  return 
included  Grant  Parish,  which,  be  was  told,  had  been 
tabulated  irregularly  ;  tbat  is,  not  by  tbe  regular 
Supervisors  but  by  officers  of  the  United  Stages. 
Tbe  wituesa  was  shown  another  tabulated  state- 
ment, which  he  recognized  aa  having  oeen  made  by 
McCormiuk.  This  tabulation  contained  the  faori- 
cated  returns  from  Vernon  Parish,  which  were 
thrown  out  on  the  evisanoe  furnished  by  Gov. 
Wells. 

The  three  polls  fabricated  aggregated  179  Demo- 
cratic votes;  there  was  one  more  vote  in  the  fab- 
ricated list  tban  in  the  original ;  Jadge  Davis  was 
inturmed  about  it,  and  he  said  tbat  was  near 
enough;  Davis  was  parish  Jadgu  at  Baton  Kouge  ; 
Wells  filed  his  evidence  on  which  tbe  fabricated 
list  was  thrown  out  a  few  days  after  that  list  was 
promulgared  ;  Davis  furnished  tbe  evidence  fiom 
Wells,  saving  it  was  aboat  aa  good  a  thing 
as  he  ever  saw ;  witness  read  the  affidavits 
furoisbed  by  Wells  and  thought  Davis  was  right ; 

two  of  the  amanta  lived  in  Texas  and  the  other  at 
Baton  Bouge;  witness  afterward  copied  tbe  affi- 
davits ;  they  were  sworn  to  before  Uulted  States 
Commissioner  D.  J.  M.  A.  Jewett,  who  was 
Secretary  of  the  Bepubiican  Committee  on 
Registration  and  Cauvass,  and  assisted 
Eiaiichard  in  doing  whatever  fliunng  was 
nscessary  to  be  dune;  the  clerks  sent  by  the  House 
Committee  to  New-Orleans  were  never  permitted  to 
examine  any  of  the  returus  or  tanulaied  statemests 
in  the  office  of  the  Beturning  Board ;  the 
fabricated  statement  was  placed  la  among 
tbe  other  taoulated  statements  of  the  Be- 
ta muig.  Board,  and  was  not  signed; 
Gov.  Wells  proposed  to  witness  to  practice  to  see  if 
be  could  counterfeit  Flanagan's  signature;  wit- 
ness refused  to  do  it ;  noibing  wua  aald  aboat 
oounterteiting  the  aeal;  witneaa  bad  not  aaen  that 
paper  since;  Spearing  supported  Hayes  and  Wheeler 
aod  the  State  Democratic  ticket;  this  feeling  was 
general  among  tbe  busines*  men  ;  many  business 
KeDUblicans  auoported  tbe  Niouolls  ticket;  tbe 
heavy  buaiuess  iocereat  was  all  that  way:  lbs  Kel- 
logg Guvurament  was  acknowledged  by  the  Bepub- 
licans  to  be  disaatruua  to  tha  State  and  to  tbe  city; 
Collins  is  a  large,  heavy  man,  about  70  years  old; 
Gifford  is  a  young  man ;  witness  has  no  personal 
knowledge  of  what  took  place  in  New-Orlesua  af- 
ter the  25tn  of  December  last ;  has  not  seen  Gifford 
since  ;  tbe  night  Gifford  sent  the  dispatch  to  Wash- 
ington to  Allison  ue  was  verv  much  under  the  infla- 
eace  of  liquor;  the  dispatch  was  written  iu  Gif- 
ford's  room ;  Gifford  claimed  to  be  acquainted  with 
Senator  Allison  ;  showed  witness  dooumentarT  evi- 
dence ot  sach  acquaintance;  witness  urged  bin 
sot  to  send  the  dispatch,  but  he  insisted,  and  did 
80;  he  said  it  witness  would  not  com^ 
to  Washington  with  him,  he  could  go  to 
the  Treasury,  or  to  the  manager  of  the  Na- 
tional BepuDiican  Party ;  thinks  he  mentioned  tbe 
name  of  Chandler,)  and  he  would  go 
at  once  to  tbe  'I'reaSury  and  get  the 
|100,0U0  for  the  information  ;  he  was  so  drunk 
wiiuesd  thinks  he  had  to  copy  the  dispatch  for  him; 
it  was  the  next  day  Gifford  got  the  reply  from  Seca- 
ator  Allison;  witueaa  frequently  aaw  Giflbrd  after 
that  before  leaving  New-Otleans;  Gifford  never  aaw 
the  fabricated  return;  witness  uover  showed  ii  to 
anybody  till  he  gave  it  to  Spearing,  wbo  received  it 
under  pledge  never  to  use  tbe  name  of  witneas.  or 
compromise  witness  in  any  way  in  connection  with 
it;  it  was  a  copy  01  thetabulaiion'of  the  votes  of  each 
parish  in  Louisiana  as  they  were  received  by  the 
bourd  from  the  Supervisorc,  that  was  tarnished  to  Mr. 
Uale;  Hale  was  present  iu  the  board  room;  Able  in- 
troduced witness  to  Hale  atthe  request  of  the  latter; 
witness  asd  Woodward  made  tue  copy  for  Hale, 
who  took  it  aud  left;  afterward  we  discovered  a 
mistakeT  and  went  with  the  origiual  to  Hale  and 
corrected  the  error;  Hale  left  New-Orleans  a  day 
or  two  after;  this  occurred  on  Xhanksgiving  Day, 
and  Hale  dined  witii  Packard  that  day; 
Hale  was  a  Bepnblicau  visitor  there;  Gov. 
Palmer  was  tnere  as  a  Democrstio  visitor, 
and  be  learned  that  Hale  had  been  furnished  with 
inturmation  which  he  had  not  got ;  Senator  Sher- 
man was  oresentwhen  we  made  tne  comparison  and 
corrected  the  error  In  copy  given  to  Hale.  Gov. 
Palmer  wanted  to  know  why  be  had  not  the  same 
courtesy  as  Hale  bad  ;  witness  deciiaed  to  answer  ; ' 
Le  asked  for  a  copy  of  the  same  document 
which  liad  been  given  to  Hale,  and  asked 
witness  to  come  baok  at  8 o'clock  and  see  bim; 
witueas  promised,  but  did  not  go  ;  Gov.  Palmer 
stated  to  witness  tbat  if  he  had  anything  to  do 
with  this  buaiuess  be  should  pay  for  nothing;  no 
Democrat  ever  offered  witness  any  money  or  eng- 
gested  pay  to  him  in  connection  with  these 
disclosures ;  certainly  Gov.  Palmer  was  the 
last  person  witness  would  ever  think  to 
go  to  tov  such  a  purpose;  witness  is 
well  acquainted  with  tbe  inside  workinga  of  the 
Bepubiican  Party  in  New-Orleans  duriug  tbe  past 
tour  or  five  years ;  all  tbe  white  Bepublicans  there 
are  on  some  rolls  and  drawing  pay  from  tbe  Gov- 
ernmuht  in  some  way  ;  from  tbe  tiate  we  went  as 
clerks  to  the  Beiurning  Board  to  the  time  the  board 
organized,  we  were  sealing  up  packages  of  returns  as 
received  and  depositing  (hem  with  the  Auditor,  who 
•ut  them  in  his  safo  and  gave  us  receipts  for  tbem ; 
nearly  all  the  parish  returns  were  received  and 
cared  for  in  tbis  way;  the  parish  returns  came  in  ia 
separate  envelopes,  sealed  up ;  all  tbis  work  was 
done  la  the  State-house;  only  kiiow  ot  the  afSdavita 
sent  in  from  hearsay;  saw  some  ot  tbem  wnttej  in 
Police  stations;  know  nothing  about  tbe  oanvats  of 
the  Parish  of  Iberia;  tbe  statement  of  rejeated 
iioils  was  made  up  by  Eaton;  saw  most  of  the  rea- 
sons for  the  rejections;  they  were  aciachsd  to  the 
returns. 

In  answer  to  Mr.  Oglesby,  witness  detailed  bis 
particular  duties  as  a  clerk  to  tbe  Beturning  Board; 
took  the  aggregate  of  tbe  parish  returns,  and  made 
a  compilation  of  them  ;  that  work  was  completed 
while  the  Sherman  and  Palmar  committees  were 
there ;  either  witness  or  Davis  discover  that  polls 
Nos.  1,  7.  and  10  in  Vernon  Parish  were  equal  to 
polls  Nos.  2  anu  9;  no  one  but  Davis  and  witness 
had  aoyttung  to  do  with  making  up  the  fabricated 
reiums.       "  ^  .^  .■■    .^  - 

In  answer  to  Mr.  Howe,  witness  said  it  was  after 
the  promulgation  of  tbe  Electoral  returns  tbat 
Wells  requested  witness  to  make  np  a  fiilse  re- 
tam  ;  it  was  a  week  nearly  after  the  announoa- 
meut  bad  been  m  ide ;  it  took  about  one  night  to 
make  the  return  ;  this  was  after  we  had  abstracted 
tbe  genuine  return  from  the  file;  it  was  not 
abstracted,  but  taken  at  the  oidet  of  Wells ; 
we  bad  no  diffiooUy  in  makmg  up  the  parish  re- 
turns from  the  orieinala,  except  as  to  tbe  two  which 
h.d  been  destroyed,  and  these  were  maae  np  by 
the  original  compilations  In  the  office ;  witness  pro- 
ceeded to  describe  ib  detail  the  uiaaner  in  which 
Ifbe'Sle^mrsi  votes  from  the  several  parishes  were 
'  oomp&ed.  The-flstrtiona  retar'n  is  a  correct,  tfr  wiibia 
two  votes  ot  being  a  correct,  copy  of  ths  original  re- 
torn,  which  was  destroyed.  The  witness  was  sub- 
Jeeted  to  an  houf's  cro^s-sxaminaiion  by  Mr.  Howe 
to  test  the  correctness  of  his  statements  and  of  bis 
raeoliectlon  as  to  tbe  manner  in  wblob  tbe  fsbri- 
j^ljtedietiua  of  Yemoa  £ansb  had  ba«niDadaB% 


Witness  was  unable  to  state  why  or  when  Weils 
aiked  for  three  polls  tbat  would  make  ap  the  ag- 
gregate of  polls  Nos.  S  and  9,  destroyed;  be  or 
Davis  did  not  tell  him  at- once  that  the  178  votes 
were  to  be  found  in  polls  Nos.  2  and  9.  ready  made 
to  his  hand.  The  session  was  then  ad]oamed  till 
Monday. 

MR.    field's   witness  MADDOX    RECALLED 

LETTER  PUBPORTINO  TO  BE  FROM  GOV. 
WELLS  AND  CONTAINING  NOTfUNO  OP 
IMPOBTANCE   BRAD    TO   THE  COMMITTEE. 

Washington.  Feb.  3.— The  Conmittee  on  the 

Powers,  Privileges,  and  Duties  of  the  House  in 
Coanting  vbe  Electoral  Vote  to-day   examined   Mr. 

Daniel  W.  Downs,  of  Wiseonsin,  wbo  was  an  Elector 

on  tbe  Hayes  and  W  heeler  ticket.  He  said  tbat  he  did 
not  think  that  as  Examining  Sargeon  of  the  Pen- 
sion Q^ce  he  held  such  offiee  of  trust  or  profit  as 
diaqoallfled  him  from  beinv  an  Elector  under  the 
provisions  of  the  Constitution.  He  held  the  place 
ot  Sargeon  when  he  was  elected,  and  when  he  oast 
his  vote  in  the  College,  and  held  the  position  now. 
He  received  no  salary,  but  received  a  fee  of  |2  In 
each  case  of  examination.  No  question  of  his 
eligibility  was  raised  before  tbe  election. 

Mr.  Maddox  was  recalled  and  questioned  bv  Mr. 
Field  as  lollowa  :  Have  you  tbe  letters  of  which  yoa 
have  spoken )  A.— I  feel  much  Indisposed  tbi'4 
morning,  and  would  tberelore  ask  to  be  excnsed 
till  Monday. 

Mr.  Fieid^Have  you  the  letters  t    A. — I  have. 

Q.— Please  prodace  them.     The  witness  did  so. 

Q.— (Presenting  one  of  the  letters)— Is  this  the 
sealed  letter  addressed  to  Hon.  J.  B.  West,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  to  which  yoa  have  referred  1  Jl. — 
Yes,  it  appears  to  be  the  same  letter. 

Q.— (Presenting  theother  letter)— la  this  the  other 
letter  of  which  yoa  liave  spoken t  A.  Yes,  the  one 
addressed  to  me. 

Mr.  Field  then  read  the  letter,  as  follows: 

Naw-OKLBAirs,  Nov.  20,  1870. 
To  Mr.  J.  B.  Maddox,  n  tw- Orleans  : 

DBAS  t^iR:  Uudentanding  the  DoUtloal  eondltion 
of  matters  here  from  asiooiatioii  wiih  lioth 
political  parties,  aud  a  friend  or  tbe  President  and 
a  Goremment  officer,  would  It  not  t>o  considered  a 

f»art  of  your to  go  at  once  to  Waafalnaton  with  aa 
Ittle  delay  aa  poastbJe  snd  place  before  the  President 
tbe  condition  and  the  pending  dancers  of  the  sltaatien. 
Snuuid  you  conclude  upon  prompt  action  in  tbe  prem- 
ises, allow  me  to  oommenil  you  to  Senator  Weat.wbo  ia 
mr  frieud  aad  with  whom  vou  will  f^ely  ooramu- 
nioate-    Youra  very  truly,  J.  MADISON  WKLLd. 

Tbe  witness  said  that  when  he  first  aUaded  t« 
these  letters  they  were  in  New-Orleans,  but  had 
been  received  by  him  to-day,  and  in  response  to 
Mr.  Field  said  that  he  was  yesterday  dismissed 
as  Agent  of  tne  Internal  Bevenue  Bureau. 

At  this  point  Senator  West  came  Into  the  room, 
when  Mr.  Field  asked  bim  to  open  the  letter  ad- 
dressed to  bim.  [Senator  Wosr.J  Mr.  West  replied 
that  he  would  open  the  letter,  which  he  did,  and 
read  tbe  contents  as  follows  : 

Maw-ORLBAJH.  La,  5ov.  21.  1876. 

Mr  DsAK  Skkatob:  I  micret  mnch  Dot  seeing  yon 
when  here.  I  wanted  tosar  much  to  vou  whicb  would 
be  at  least  imprudent  to  put  upon  paper.  I  trust,  bow- 
ever,  to  meet  you  in  Wasblngton  as  soon  as 
tbe  canvaaa  ia  over  which  la  upon  ua.  Our 
duties  a»  Retorolng  UfBoers  have  auEmeoi^d 
the  magnitude  ot  tbe  destinv  nf  tbe  two 
great  partiea— may  I  not  aay  tbe  nation  t  I  fully  com- 
prehend the  situation,  aa  Well  as  my  duty  to  the 
greatest  living  General.  D.  S.  Grant,  and  not  with  my 
consent  shall  this  oppressed  people  be  govsrned  by  bis 
paroled  prisoners.  Miied  by  ttieir  white-Urered  cow- 
ards ol  tne  North.  Let-me,  my  esteemed  Sir.  warn  Ton 
ot  the  danger.  MlUlona  bave  baen  >eiic  nem,  and  will 
be  used  In  the  interest  of  Tilden.  Doleaaa  some 
ooanter-movement,  It  will  be  Impoaslble  for  me 
or  any  other  Individnal,  to  arrest  Us  productive  re- 
sults. The  gentlemaa  presenting  tuls  letter  is  fhlly 
aware  of  the  moves,  and  If  you  allow  will  communf- 
eate  freely  to  our  frieads  and  act  promptly,  or  results 
will  be  disastrous.  A  blut  to  tbe  wise.  Strictly  private 
and  conhdeutiai.    Tours  very  trnly, 

J.  MADISUN  WBLIiS. 

To  Hon.  J.  R.  VVaiT,  Wsstiington,  D.  C. 

Senator  West  perniitted  tbe  committee  to  take  a 
copy  ot  the  letter. 

Mr.  Maddox  was  sxaminea  bv  Mr,  Lawranee  who 
asked  him  whether  anytrady  oifered  bim  150,000  to 
report  In  favor  of  a  cotton  claim  whicb  he  went  tu 
Luoisiana  to  investigate.  Tbe  witneas  replied  that 
no  direct  offer  was  suggested  to  him  to  that  ef- 
fect ;  it  was  after  the  unfavorable  report  had 
been  made  by  him  that  a  person  said 
tnat  if  he  had  made  a  difletent  report 
he  might  bave  realised  money  by  it.  Having  been 
asked  to  give  tbe  name  of  tbat  person  Mr.  Maddox 
replied  that  he  preferred  aot  to  do  ao,  aa  the  peraon 
did  not  make  sncb  an  off«<r,  bat  merely  made  the 
remark  referred  to  after  the  unfavorable  report 
had  been  submittted.  The  name  of  the  peraon 
having  been  demanded  by  the  majority  ot  the  eota- 
nsittee,  witness  ssid  It  was  Magrew  ;  he  did  not 
know  bis  Christian  nams,  but  would  aaebrtaln  it 
by  Monday. 

Mr.  Sparks— Was  it  Con.  Magrew  t 

Witness — I  think  it  was. 

Mr.  Sparks  remarked  that  Magrew  was  connect- 
ed with  the  St.  Loais  whisky  frauds. 

The  committee  then  cleared  the  room  for  private 
consultation. 

GOT.  WBLL8  BETU8KD  A  HEAEIKO. 

Gov.  Wells  sent  a  reqaest  to-oay  to  the  Commit- 
tee on  the  Powers,  Pnvilegea,  and  Duties  of  the 
House  in  Counting  the  Electoral  Vote,  asking  that 
he  l>e  allowed  to  give  his  testimony  tiefore  them  to- 
day, so  ttiat  it  coald  be  plsoed  before  the  pub- 
lic with  tbat  which  Litilefielu  Is  giving 
before  the  Howe  Committee  of  the  Senate. 
The  committee  ooaaiderea  this  request  of  Gev. 
Wells  at  a  secret  session  this  afternoon,  and  by  a 
party  vote  refused  to  grant  It,  tbe  five  Democra'tic 
members  ot  tbe  committee  voting  to  refnae,  aod  the 
four  Bepubhoan  membera  voting  to  graut  it.  By 
the  same  vote  tbe  committee  retused  to  allow  the 
request  of  Gov.  Wells  to  be  entered  on  tbe  reeord  of 
their  proceedings. 

In  the  aftemoen  session  6h>v.  Wells  snbmitted  to 
the  committee  the  following  letter: 

The  testimony  of  Jaseph  H.  Maddox  having  been 
taken  by  the  comtalttee  in  reterence  to  alleged  cun- 
veraatioos  betweea  him  and  myself,  and  certain 
letters  having  been  produced,  I  most  respeot- 
fuUy  insist  tbat  my  testimony  ia  relation  to  these 
matters  should  be  taken  withoot  delay ;  I  feel  it  Is 
due  Hie  tnat  what  I  may  desire  to  say  on  that  sub-, 
Ject  should  be  known  to  the  Committee  immediate-' 
ly,  and  tbat  tbe  taots  should  go  to  tbe  counting  with 
those  letters.  There  is  nothing  in  connection  with 
my  conduct  as  a  member  of  the  Beturning 
Board  or  as  an  Individaal,  touching  the  subject  un- 
der consideration,  which  X  deaire  to  withhold.  On 
the  aontrary,  I  am  anxious  that  tbe  whole  of  these 
fsuts  sball  be  known.  I  also  desire  to  be  interro- 
gated in  relation  lo  the  matter  testified  to  by  the 
witness  Littlefleld  sffucting  me,  and  I  moat  respect- 
fully protest  against  farther  delay  in  the  matter  of 
my  examinatiun,  J.  MADISON  WELLS. 

The  room  was  cleared  for  eoasultailan,  and  it  waa 
decided  to  examloe  Mr.  Wella  on  Monday  morning. 

Mr.  ButledgeLea  was  then  exsmiued.  He  testi- 
fied to  his  having  been  elected  a  Presidential  Eec- 
tor  in  Iowa,  bat  he  bad  never  met  with  tbe  Elec- 
toral College,  nor  cast  an  Electoral  vote,  because  he 
held  the  office  of  United  States  Commissioner  of  the 
United  States  Circuit  Coart  in  Iowa. 


THE  OREGON  CASE — THE  AUTHENTICITT  OF 
DISPATCHES  PROVED — TILDEN.'ci  BARREL 
OF  MONEY  AGAIN. 
Washinoton,  Feb.  3. — In  the  Oregon  Elec- 
toral investigation  to-day,  Mr.  D.  Spencer,  Journal 
Clerk  of  tne  United  States  Senate,  waa  called  to  give 
testimony  as  an  expert  relative  to  the  handwriting 
on  two  cipher  dispatches,  one  of  which  was 
addressed  lo  W.  T.  Pelton,  of  New-Tork.  ana 
signed  by  /.  H.  K.  Patrick,  and  the  other  addreased 
to  Samuel  J,  Tilden,  of  New-York,  signed  "Gob- 
ble." Mr.  Spentser  testified  tbat  be  thought  the 
dispatches  were  written  by  the  same  person  and 
with  the  same  kind  of  ink.  His  reason  for  think- 
ing that  these  dispaobes  were  written  by  the  same 
person  wss  tbat  many  of  the  letters  to  be 
lound  in  both  were  similar  ia  shape,  Ac  James  N. 
Eltzpatriok,  a  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of 
the  United  States  Senate,  corroborated  tbe  testi- 
mony of  Mr.  Spencer.  Mr.  MoLasnan,  of  the  Treas- 
ury Department,  was  called  aad  corroborated  the 
testimony  of  the  two  previous  experts. 

W.  C.  Griswold,  an  Oregon  DHmoorat,  corrolio- 
rated  the  testimony  of  Mr.  Bellinger,  Chairman  of 
tbe  Oregon  Democratic  Committee,  and  ot  Senator 
Kelly,  relative  to  the  use  of  money  by  Demo- 
crats In  coDoeotion  with  tbe  Watts  Electoral 
case ;  be  stated  tbat  the  reason  the  National 
Democratic  Committee  were  called  upon  to  fomlah 
aoney  for  tbe  purpose  of  contenting  the  isaaing  of 
a  certificate  of  election  to  Dr.  Watts  was,  because 
the  Oregon  Democrats  ware  poorer  than  a  chnreh 
contribaiion  box.  The  sommittee  will  finish  taking 
testimony  in  this  case  on  Montiay  next. 


-T-^ 

THE      MISSISSIPPI      ELECTION  —  DDFLICATR 

BALLOT-BOX     KEYS    SUPPLIED    TO    THE 

DEMOCRATIC    JUDGBS  —  THE  SUOT-GCK 

POLICY— TESTIMONY    OF    A    MAX    WHO 

HAS  SEEM    ITS   EKFECT. 

Washington,  Feb.  3.— The  investigation  into 
the  oonduct  of  the  late  election  lo  Mississippi  was 
continued  before  tbe  Senate  Comaoittee  on  Privilegea 
and  Eleotions  thu  morning.  J.  T.  Leeester, 
President  of  tbe  Hinds  Coontr  (Miss.)  Board 
of  Reguters,  wbo  refused  to  testify  before  tbe 
committee  yesterday,  was  recalled,  aid  testified 
that  there  was  a  conference  of  the  leading  Demo- 
crats of  Hinds  County  held  at  Baymond  a  short 
time  before  the  election,  at  which  it  was  jnopased 
to  furnish  one  of  tbe  Damooratio  Judges  oisleotion 
at  each  polling-place  in  Hinds  Cotuty  with  a 
duplicate  key  to  tbe  ballot>)>oix  at  their 
respeetire  puOing-pla^s ;  witness  fonilsbed 
about  15  of  these  duplicate  keys  to  diSsrent  men, 
alt  of  Whom  wete  white  men.  and  who,  he  thinks, 
were  Demoerats  t  no  one  oaUe4  on  hba  for  ^  key  t 
.  he  does  aot  XMoember  tin  A«bm  ot  aaa  auMi  to. 


whom  he  gave  a  key ;  be  remembers  tbat  be 
slipped  a  small  parcel  into  the  vest 
pooket  of  one  of  the  Jndges,  reiqarklag, 
aa  he  did  so,  "Here  is  something  which  may  be  of 
use  to  you."  Witness  does  not  remember  who  this 
man  was;  he  thought,  however,  that  he  was  a  man 
whom  he  Iwitdessi  could  trust :  in  giving  tbe 
keys  to  the  Judges,  witness  did  not  tell  them 
whst  ase  waa  to  be  made  of  tbem ;  he  thonght 
tbey  were  all  smart  enough  to  find  out  how  and  for 
what  to  use  tbom  ;  witness  did  not  use  one  of  tbe 
kevB,  aod  does  nut  know  that  any  of  the  Judges 
(lid.  In  answer  to  a  question  by  Senator  Teller, 
witoess  said  :  "I  snppoae  mr  idea  waa  that  if 
there  were  too  many  Bepubiican  votea  in  a  ballot- 
box  tbe  key  waa  t4>  open  tbe  box,  ftbat  the  Bs- 
gnhlican  votes  might  be  taken  out,  and 
>eacinormtic  votes  be  satstitnted  in  their  stead." 
Witness  admitted  that  the  Bepubiican  Jndges  of 
EleotioD  in  Hidps  Coooty  wore  generally  ignorant 
negroes,  and  tbat  it  was  an  easy  matter  to  get 
them  intoxicated  on  election  day ;  he  admitted, 
further,  that  duplicate  keys  to  the  ballot-boxes 
were  fsrnisbed  to  one  of  tbe  Democratic  Judges  in 
every  polling  preoiuot  In  HlnesCoumv.  At  this 
point  the  committee  excused  the  witness  until 
Monday. 

Henry  Oatlaw,  of  Aberdeen,  Munroe  County, 
Miss.,  testified  that  all  the  political  meetings  which 
tbe  colored  Bepnblicans  attempted  to  hold  iu  his 
county  during  tbe  late  campaign  were  broken  ap 
by  armed  Democrats ;  witness  was  at  a  meeting  in 
Aberdeen  during  the  month  o°f  September  last, 
and  at  tbat  meeting  17  colored  men  were  shot  ; 
some  of  tbem  were  killed  oatrigbt.  and  others  were 
s  o  seriously  woanded  tbat  tbev  bave  since  died  ; 
witness  stated  tbat  the  Democrats  bad  a  practice 
of  riding  tbrougb  Manroe  County  at  night,  taking 
coored  men  ttom  their  beds  and  whipping 
them,  and  that  he  and  many  of  his  race  had 
slept  oat  of  doors  for  several  nights  previous  to 
the  late  election  to  prevent  being  dragged  from 
their  homes  and  whipped  ;  witneas  was  wounded 
in  the  shoulder  by  a  bullet  at  a  political  meeting  in 
Spptesiber  last.  Upon  taking  the  witness-stand, 
Mr.  Outlaw  asued  to  be  excused  from  testifying, 
for,  be  said,  be  wonM  not  dare  te  return  home  if  he 
told  the  Whole  truth. 

♦ 

SENATOR   ALLISON'S   EXPLANATION. 

Senator  Allison  states  in  relation  to  Little- 
fleld's  testimony  to-day  that  tbe  faces  in  regard  to 
bis  correspondence  with  Gifford  are  as  follows : 
Gifford  being  from  Iowa,  wrote  (not  telegraphed, 
as  stated  by  Littlefield)  that  he  had  Information 
of  great  importance  to  the  Bepubhoan  Party,  and 
wished  to  come  to  Washington  to  oemmunicate  it ; 
Gifford  did  not  state  the  nature  of  tbe  in- 
formation, aud,  moreover,  wrote  that  he  had  prom- 
ised on  bis  honor  not  to  oommanioatsittothe  Senate 
Committee  then  in  Louisiana  ;  Allison  showed  tbis 
letter  to  his  colleague.  Senator  Wright,  and  also  to 
Senator  Morton,  Chairman  of  tbe  Senate  Committee 
on  Privileges  aud  Eleciioaa;  they  udviaed  Mr.  Alli- 
son to  telegraph  to  Gifford  to  consult  with  Senator 
Howe,  and  Mr.  Allison  did  so,  saying  to  Gifford: 
"It  would  be  safe  to  oonsalt  with  Seaator  Howe." 
Senator  Allison  states  that  be  did  not  telegraph,  aa 
stated  by  Littlefleld,   "Howe  only  is  safe.'"^ 

THE  FEELING  IN  OHIO, 


GREAT-  INTEREST  IN  THE  PR0CERDIN08  — 
ItEPOnUCANS  SANGUINE  OF  A  FAVOR- 
ABLE RESULT — GOV.  HAYES  NOT  AT  ALL 
WORRIED — HOW  THK  VOTES  AEK  COUNT- 
ED  IN    OHIO. 

apedal  DtnMch  to  th*  N*v>-  York  Timet. 
Columbus,  Feb.  3. — Intense  interest  is  felt 
here  in  the  proceedings  of  the  Electoral  Com- 
mission, and  every  step  in  its  deliberations  is  crit- 
ically scanned.  The  work  of  the  General  Assem- 
bly lags  because  of  the  profound  concern  felt  by 
members  in  the  progress  of  events  at  Washing- 
ton. The  Republicans,  generally,  are  very  san- 
guine of  a  verdict  iu  their  favor,  and  will  be 
deeply  mortified  and  disappointed  with  any 
other  result.  The  Democrats  are  not  so  hope- 
ful, and  generally  anticipate  a  defeat, 
fiusiness  men  of  both  parties  look 
forward  to  a  settlement  either  way 
with  exaggerated  expectations  of  its 
effect  in  relieving  the  stagnation  of 
trader  In  the  midst  of  the  general  anxiety 
Out.  Haves  performs  his  ofSoial  duties  with 
his  usual  self-possession  and  quiet  uncon- 
cern. During  biisineas  hours  his  office 
is  thronged  with  visitors,  the  larger 
portion  of  whom  call,  as  they  say, 
Burely  to  pay  their  respects  to  the  next  Presi- 
dent The  Qovernor  reeeives  tbem  with  cor- 
diality, and  talks  of  the  Presidential  situation 
as  though  ho  were  an  entire  outsider,  having 
no  mere  interest  therein  than  any  other  eitizc>u. 
The  statement  made  in  the  course  of  the 
Senate  debate  on  the  Compromise  bill,  that  in 
Ohio  it  has  always  been  tbe  settled  and  uncon- 
tested understanding,  relative  to  the  legislative 
oanvaas  of  the  vote  for  Governor,  that  the 
presiding  officer  merely  opened  the  oertifioafes, 
and  tbat  the  two  hauaea  ot  the 
Legislature  together  proceeded  to  oeunt 
ande  canvass  the  votes,  excites  a 
good  deal  of  remark  here.  The  facta  are 
Just  the  reverse  of  tbe  statement  made. 
Throughout  the  «»ntire  history  of  tbe  State, 
both  under  the  old  and  present  Constitution, 
the  unvarying  custom  has  been  for  the  presid- 
ing otficer  to  both  open  the  certificates  and  count 
the  votes,  the  two  houses  being  merely  wit- 
nesses of  the  proceedings.  During  the  memorable 
contest  between  Ford  and  Welier,  in  1849,  tbia 
custom  was  vigorously,  but  unsuccessfully, 
contested  by  the  Democrats,  the  result  being 
that  the  presiding  officer  of  the  Senate  counted 
the  votes  and  declared  the  result  in  spite  of 
riotous  and  revoliKionary  Democratio  protest. 
The  Constitutional  questions  which  were 
raised  during  tbat  controversy  were  almost  ex- 
actly parallel  to  those  whioh  Save  been  raised 
daring  the  present  national  controversy. 


THE  GERMAN  EMPIBE. 


THE  BRSULTS  OF  THE  UKCENT  ELECIIONS — 
ELEMENTS  OF  DISSATISFAC  FION  —  IS 
BISMARCK  ABOUT  TO  BD6H  INTO  WART 

LoKDON,  Feb.  3. — ^An  afternoon  paper,  in  a 
leading  article,  aays :  "  The  results  of  tbe  German 
eteetlons  are  deeply  discouraging  to  the  sapporters 
of  the  Empire.  Prince  Bismarck  will  still  tie  able 
to  command  a  maiority,  but  only  by  akillfnl 
mancBuvring."  The  article  discusses  the  elements 
of  dissatiefaotlon,  (Danish,  Alsatian,  Polish, 
Partlcularist,  Ultramontane,  and  Socialist,)  and 
concludes  as  follows :  "  During  Prince 
Bismarck's  life,  the  Progressists  and  National 
Libsrala  co-operating,  he  will  be  able  to  command 
a  majority,  bat  his  successors  may  be  unable  to 
control  tbe  social  forces  which  have  acquired  anch 
dangerous  intensity.  We  do  not  wish  to  snggeat 
that  Prince  Bismarck  is  about  to  rush  into  war  in 
oonsequenoa  of  tbe  results  of  the  eleotions,  but 
these  results  introduce  an  element  of  immense 
peril  into  European  politics*  They  can- 
not but  intensity  Prince  Bismarck'a  deaire 
to  see  Bnasia  dragged  into  an  Oriental  war,  and  In 
any  difficulty  between  Clermany  and  France  thev 
will  not  make  him'  desirous  to  find  a  peaceful  solu- 
tion. It  la  to  be  hoped  that  the  prudence  of  tbe 
French  Goveroment  will  prevent  any  saoh  diffioal- 
ty,  bnt  those  who  watch  the  signs  of  the  times 
cannot  help  watching  anxiously  the  tone  In  which 
the  Jooroals  of  the  two  aoantries  bave  recently 
been  addresalng  eaeh  other.  They  have  been  talk- 
ing as  they  did  two  years  ago,  when  tbe  German 
Colonela  expeeted  an  immediate  mtu«b  on  Paris." 
^^^^^ 

msa  BAILROAD  TUIEYES  AR&ESTSD. 

Los  Amimos,  Feb.  2. — ^Tbe  Kansas  Paoifio 
Bailway  Company,  baving  been  annoyed  for  some 
time  past  by  robberies  of  goods  team  freight  cars  at 
Kit  Caraon,  placed  the  matter  in  tbe  hands  of  de- 
tectives, who  Buooeeded  m  arresting  at  Carson  nine 

of  the  thieves  and  reooveiing  a  large  quantity  of 
stolen  gooda.  Tne  plander  waa  secreted  from  Car- 
son down  the  railroad  for  lonr  miles,  as  well  as  two 
miles  east.  It  was  mostly  buried  in  tbe  ground,  and 
consisted  of  miscellaneous  goods,  snob  as  shoes,  tea, 
ooffee,  lard,  tobacco,  powder,  Ita.  The  prisoneia 
were  brought  to  this  place  to-day,  and  each  put 
imder  11,000  bonds  for  his  appearance. 

DErj-LOATIoy  ANIi  EMBEZZLEMENT. 

P0TT8vn,LB,  Feb.  3.— The  jury  in  the  case  ot 

Hanrr  D.  Boas,  Secretary  of  the  Citisehs'  Building 
aiad  Lqsu  Assooiaiion  of  Shenandoah,  rendered  a 
verdict  tbia  afternoon  of  guilty.  Boaa  was  a  defaulter 
for  nearly  17,  ^no.  Joseoh  F.  Dangler,  ex-Cashier  of 
tbe  Pennsyl.  aia  National  Bank  of  tbia  city, 
wbo  was  convicted  several  days  ago  of  embesale- 
meat,  was  to-dav  sentenced  to  imprisonment  for 
two  years  and  two  months  in-tbe  Eastern  Peniten- 
ttary.  He  embeasled  about  18,000,  of  which  fS  000 
^haTahaavBataoBMlbnthiafiaMrii*  - 


THE  ELECTORAL  TRIBUNAL 


THE      DEMOCRATS      STAKE      THEIR 
CAUSE  ON  FLORIDA. 

ABGUMENTS  ON  THE  ADMISSIBILITY  OF 
EVIDENCE  REGARDING  THE  AUTHENTI- 
CATED BETURN  OF  THE  STATE — TWO 
LICOAL    POINTS    ON   WHICH    THfc     DKMO- 

CBAI-S  RELY— JUDGE  MATHEWS  AND  E. 
W.  8TOUGHTON  FOR  THE  REPUBLICANS, 
ANU  MR.  MERRICK  AND  JERE   BLACK  FOR 

IHR  DEM0CBAT8. 

SpteicU  OUpatch  to  the  New-Tork  Time*. 

Washington,  Feb.  3.— The  Demo- 
cratic counsel  indicated  a  disposition  to- 
day to  stake  their  whole  cause  upon  the  State 
of  Florida.  This  is  undoubtedly  a  wise  rleter- 
mination,  for  if  the  Commission  refuses  to  go 
behind  the  returns  iu  tbe  case  of 
this  State,  it  will  refuse  for  all.  Mr.  Mer- 
rick, in  behalf  of  the  Democratic  counsel, 
pointed  out  tbat  there  were  two  propositions 
with  respect  to  going  behind  a  duly-authenti- 
cated r«turn  of  a  State.  One  waa,  that  the 
Federal  Government  could  invalidate  tbe  re- 
turn,  or  in  other  words,  reject  a  vote 
on  its  own  motion,  without  the  consent 
of  the  State.  This  proposition  Mr.  Memck 
dismissed  rather  hastily,  but  claimed  tbat  the 
second  preposition  was  altogether  different, 
and  upon  this  the  Democrats  rely.  It  is  tbat  a 
State  itself  may  undertake  proceedings  to  in- 
validate the  certificate  of  the  Governor.  After 
a  State,  of  its  own  will,  has  impeached  the 
Governor's  certificate,  the  Federal  Govern- 
ment Dsay  go  behind  it.  This,  then,  is 
the  Democratic  position — that  the  new  State 
Executive  and  tne  courts  of  Florida  having, 
after  the  casting  of  the  Electoral  vote  and  its 
certification  in  due  form  by  tbe  proper  author- 
ities, made  a  great  disturbance  abotitits  having 
been  cast  tor  Hayes  and  Wheeler,  the  Federal 
Government  is  given  a  right  ot  investigation 
it  would  not  possess  if  the  Florida 
Executive,  had  submitted  peacefully  to  tbe 
lawful  result  and  had  made  no  effort  to  over- 
throw it.  Mr.  Merrick  virtually  admitted,  or 
indeed  claimed,  that  proceedings  to  invalidate 
the  Governor's  certificate  must  begin  in  the 
State,  and  thus  gave  up  the  Democratic  case, 
except  in  ■  Florida.  With  this  proposition 
for  the  baais  ot  the  Democratic  posi- 
tion, they  build  up  an  argument  on 
the  quo  wcwranto  proceedings  and 
the  actiom  of  the  Legislature  in  ordering  a  new 
oeunt,  and  claim  that  the  State  has  done  every- 
thing in  her  power  to  overturn  the  Hayes 
certificate,  and  has  made  it  the  duty  of  tbe 
Coaamission  to  somplete  that  work.  It  be- 
comes perfectly  clear  as  the  case  ad- 
vances that  the  entire  hope  of  the 
Tilden  party  is  In  getting  the  Commis- 
sion to  investigate  the  election  of  the 
Florida  Electors.  This  is  tbe  great  question  to 
which  the  Commission  is  now  addressing  itself, 
ana  upon  which  counsel  are  expending  all  their 
energies.  The  fermal  offer  of  evidence  was 
made  this  morning,  aa  soon  as  tbe  Commission 
was  called  to  order,  by  Charles  O'Conor,  and 
objection  was  made  by  Mr.  Everts. 
It  woe  apparent  tbat  counsel  could 
not  properly  present  arguments  upon  the  prop- 
ositions involved  in  an  heur  on  each  side,  and 
the  time  was  extended  by  the  Commission  to 
tbree  hours  for  each  with  the  privilege  to  couu- 
Btd  that  the  time  might  be  divided  among  three 
counsel  on  each  side.  The  order  of  the  Com- 
mission was  so  drawn  as  to  require  tbe  counsel 
to  argue  the  entire  case  of  the  powers  and  juris- 
diction of  tbe  Commission  under  tUo  law  and 
the  Constitution,  whioh  involves,  of  course, 
the  questions  ot  evidence  to  be  considered. 

Mr.  Merrick  opened  tbe  argument  for  the 
Democrats,  and  was  followed  by  Jere  Black, 
the  two  occupying  about  an  hour  and  a  half. 
Tke  opening  for  the  Republicans  was  made  in 
an  hour's  speech  by  Judge  Mathews,  and  Mr. 
Stouzhton  spoke  half  an  hour.  Mr.  Evarts 
has  an  hour  and  a  half  to  close  bis  side 
of  the  case  on  Monday,  and  it  is  understood 
that  Charles  O'Conor  will  close  for  the  Demo- 
crats. Mr.  Merrick,  though  of  less  reputation 
than  any  of  his  associates  on,  tbe  same  side, 
made  much  the  strongest  presentation  of 
their  case  up  te  the  present  time.  The  truth 
is  that  David  Dudley  Field  is  not  fitted 
by  temperament  or  training  or  character 
to  present  such  a  case  before  such  a  tribimal, 
and  Jere  Black  is  too  old  to  be  useful,  his  power 
as  an  advocate  being  somettiing  like  a  reminis- 
cence rather  than  a  present  reality.  Mr. 
Merrick  has  the  advantage  of  a  vigorous 
manhood  and  a  respectable  character,  and 
in  comparison  with  his  older  and  more 
renowned  associates  is  the  more  useful 
attorney.  Charles  O'Conor,  too,  gives  to  the 
Democratic  case  little  strength,  except  what  is 
added  by  bis  former  reputation.  Mr.  Merrick 
claimed  that  the  power  ot  counting  votes, 
granted  by  the  Constitution,  carries  the  power 
to  determine   what   are   votes,    and   tbat  this 

determination  is  the  first  duty  of  the  Commis- 
sion. He  sailed  up  the  precedent  of  tbe 
r^ection  of  .the  vote  of  Louisiana  in 
1873,  and  after  discussing  it  con- 
cluded tbat  it  establiahed  the  competence  of 
ovidenee  taken  by  a  Congressional  committee ; 
also,  that  Congress  can  go  behind  tbe  certifi- 
cate of  the  Governor,  and  tbat  a  vote  can  be 
discarded.  His  most  ingenious  argument  is 
noted  iu  the  beginning  of  this  dispatch.  Mr. 
Black  aided  nothing  but  one  or  two  jokes  to 
the  argument  of  Merrick.  He  complimented 
Mr.  Merrick  very  highly,  and  said  that  any  at- 
tempt of  his  own  to  add  to  what  the  latter  had 
said  would  be  like  gilding  refined  gold. 

The  opening  argument  on  the  Bepubiican  side 
was  the  ablest  that  has  yet  been  heard  before 
the  Commission.  Mr.  Bvarts,  of  whom  great 
things  are  expected,  will  find  it  difficult  to  con- 
struct a  clearer  and  more  logical  argument, 
though  be  may  surpass  Judge  Mathews  iu  the 
graces  of  oratory.  Mr.  Mathews  had  never 
been  heard  by  most  of  those  who 
listened  to  him  to-d^,  and  .  it  is 
remarkable  that  the  expectations  raised  by  his 
reputation  were  more  than  satisfied.  He  re< 
viewed  tbe  series  of  acts  by  whioh  Electors  are 
appoiifted,  showing  tbat  the  final  declaration 
by  the  Returning  Board  Is  in  the  completion  of 
the  appointment.  That  appointment  completed, 
aannot  be  set  aside,  except  in  the  interval  of  tune 
between  the  final  aet  ot  appointment  and  the 
day  on  whioh,  under  tbe  law,  the  Electors  per- 
form their  functions  by  casting .  their  votes. 
Whether  the  appointment  ootild  in  that  intenral 
be  aet  aside  Mr.  Mathews  did  not  discuss ; 
but  it  eertainly  oouid  not  be  revised 
after  the  fonotions  of  tbe  Electoral 
office  had  been  disoharged.  The  authority 
of  the  State  over  the  Electoral  vote  closes, 
when  the  Electors  have  veted.  Whatever  is 
done  with  the  votes  after  that  time  is  dene  in 
accordance  with  the  Federal  Constitution  and 
Federal  law.  In  respect  to  counting  the  votes 
the  question  is  not  who  shall  count  them  but  how 
shall  they  be  counted.  The  Commission  had  a 
certain  discrimination,  but  it  must  be  oarefnl 
not  to  undertake  a  Judioial  examlnatien  suohas 
is  .reqaized^in  tcTlox  a  vzit  of  aim  %oarrmio. 


which  involves  going  to  the  very  bottom  and 
ascertaining  tbe  number  of  legal  votes  oast.  If 
the  court  attempted  to  sift  the  facts  oancerning 
the  States  submitted  to  tbena  to  the  very 
bottom,  bow  long  a  time  would  be  required  1 
He  also  showed  that  this  power  was  not  con- 
fcraed  upon  Congress.      Tbe   only  question  for 

the  Commission  to  determine  was,  who  were 
the  de  facto  Electors  in  Florida  on  tbe  6tb  day 
of  last  December. 

Mr.  Stoughton  spoke  for  half  an  hour,  fol- 
lowing Mr.  Mathews,  and  emphasized  with 
groat  clearness  the  point  that  the  Florida  Re- 
turning Board  was  the  final  authority  estab  - 
lished  by  the  Legislature  of  Florida  to  declare 
who  were  the  Electors,  and  the  tribunal  bad 
no  power  to  ge  behind  the  appointment  by  the 
State  as  declareil  by  tbe  previsions  of  State 
law.  The  Commisfion  was  appointed  to  count 
Electoral  votes,  and  not  to  count  tbe  votes  by 
whioh  Electors  were  elected.  At  the  close  of 
Mr.  Stoughton'a  argument  the  Commission  ad- 
journed. 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  COMMISSION. 

Washington,  Feb.  3. — The  Commission  was 
called  to  order  at  lo!33  A.  M.,  when  the  minates  of 
yesterday's  proceedings  were  read  and  approved. 

The  Presiding  Justice — Doubtleis  some  ques- 
tion will  arise  as  to  the  best  mode  of  nroceeding, 
and  I  will  sav,  without  speaking  for  the  Commis- 
sion, that  it  seems  to  me  that  counsel  represest- 
ing  tbe  objectors  to  certificate  No.  1  should  make 
their  offers  of  proof  in  a  concise,  well-arranged 
form,  and  then  that  the  counsel  repre- 
senting the  objeotors  to  the  second  cer- 
titicate  make  their  offers  of  proof,  based 
of  course,  upon  the  condition  that  proof  should  be 
admitted,  it  being  understood  that  objection  may 
be  made  to  all  proofs  by  counsel  representing  ob- 
jectors to  certificate  No.  1,  In  case  there  be  a  de- 
cision that  proofs  are  admissible,  then  the  Com- 
mission will  b&ve  before  it  a  case.  If  that  coarse 
be  adopted,  the  case  will  then  tie  the  certificates, 
the  accompanying  papers,  the  objections,  and  the 
offers  of  proof,  upon  which  the  counsel  upon  one 
Side  or  the  other  will  be  beard. 

Mr.  O'Cooor — Mr.  President,  and  gentlemen  of 
the  Commission:  I  was  first  advised  of  the  posi- 
tion in  which  this  centroversy  stood,  and  the  stage 
at  which  we  had  arrived,  by  a  question  samewbat 
suddenly  oropoanded  last  evening  betere  the  ad- 
journment. I  have  endeavored  in  the  interval  to 
adjust  a  atateroeut  aa  to  what  seemed  to  me  desira- 
t)le  matter  in  tbe  nature  of  evidencee  to  he  laid  be- 
fore this  Commission — as  distinct,  succinct,  brief, 
explanatory,  and  intelligible  a  statement  as 
by  tbe  utmost  efi'jrt  I  could  make — 
baving  in  view  the  act  of  Congress 
ander  whlah  tbis  Commission  is  acting,  which 
seems  to  contemnlate  great  promntitude,  or  at  least 
great  effort  at  celerUv  on  the  part  of  all  coo  oerned, 
so  that  tbe  possibly  nnmeroiis  and  ditticalt  matters 
of  investigation  that  may  be  oresented  may  be  got- 
ten rid  of  within  the  limit  of  time  allowed  by  the 
circumstances,  and  the  many  observations 
that  fell  from  the  bench  evince  on  tbe 
part  of  tbe  honorable  Commissioners  a 
strong  desire  to  second  this  object  on 
tbe  part  of  Congress,  and  to  accelerate  as  macb  as 
possible  the  nroceedings.  I  aid  not  prepare  tbat 
exactly  in  tbe  form  of  the  evidence,  but,  though 
that  be  not  the  foriB,  that  la  the  substance  or  what 
I  have  wi^tten  ;  presently  I  will  read  it.  There  oas 
not  been  time  to  make  a  fair  copy  of  it,  much  lass 
to  bave  it  printed. 

Mr.  Evarts — If  it  please  the  Commission,  I  desire 
to  say  a  word.  If  we  are  to  assume  that  the  iuti- 
matlons  of  the  presiding  Justice  are  the  order  of 
tbe  Commission  as  to  tbe  manner  of  conduct  of  tbe 
tiial,  it  18  tbe  first  knowleoge  that  wo  hare  thai 
that  order  will  be  rbe  mode  of  this  trial. 

The  Presiding  Jnstice— It  is  not  tli«  order! of  the 
Commission,  it  is  merely  a  suggestion  from  the 
President. 

Mr.  Evarts — No  objection  waa  made  by  any  of 
your  associates,  and  if  Mr.  O'Conor  were  to  proceed, 
I  suppose  it  would  have  been  on  that  idea.  I  did 
not  wish  to  question  that  fact,  out  I  wished  to  say 
tbat  if  that  be  the  order  of  tbis  Commission  as  to 
the  method  of  this  trial,  it  is  the  first  intimaiion 
that  we,  as  counsel,  have  received  that  tbat  would 
be  the  method,  and  we  have  not  prepared  ourselves, 
and  we  are  not  ready  tn  procned  upon  tbat  method  of 
trial  so  far  as  affirmative  action  on  our  part  is  con- 
cerned. 

MK.  O'CONOE'B  argument  ON  THE  ADMI8SIBII.ITT 
OF   EVIDENCE. 

Mr.  O'Conor— I  was  not  instructed,  nor  had  I,  nor 
any  of  us,  any  earliar  notice  than  tiad  tbe  learned 
counsel  on  tbe  other  side,  of  the  probable  course  of 
things  this  morning,  save  what  instruction  we 
might  derive  by  drawing  onr  own  inferenee  from 
the  observations  that  fell  from  the  Chair  and  from 
the  learned  counsel  on  both  sides  yesterday,  and 
my  obiect  in  ofi'ering  what  I  propose  to  read 
to  tbe  Coart,  and  which  I  have  not  read  myself 
a  second  time  yet,  was  not  to  conform  to 
any  particular  views  exactly  that  I  have 
heard  from  any  quarter,  bat  to  place  tbe 
Comtsission  in  the  possei^sion  of  the  general  facts  of 
the  caaa  in  this  brief  and  condensed  form,  so  that 
the  proper  course  of  proceeding  might  go,  and  a 
proper  coarse  be  Judged  of  and  determined  iu  their 
view  of  tbe  matter  by  tbe  Commission.  The  chief 
csnsideration  which  induced  me  to  adopt  such  a 
course  was  this:  One  of  yoar  rules  indicates  tbat 
something  like  a  general  argument  on  this  whole 
tsase  and  its  merits  was  to  be  presented  to  this 
court  by  opposing  counsel,  each  beiug  allowed 
a  period  of,  say,  fifteen  minutes  to  pre- 
sent tbelr  views  on  any  incidental  question, 
aod  two  hours  for  the  main  question.  With 
these  two  rales  before  us  and  :he  record  proper, 
consisting  of  the  certificates  opened  by  the  Presi- 
dent of  toe  Senate,  and  the  objeotious  to  tbem, 
(and  I  may  add,  as  part  of  tbe  record,  tbe  state- 
ments mdde  to  this  honorable  commission  by  the 
managers  on  both  sides.)  I  was  led  to  believe  that 
lh»re  would  be  sometbing.  possiby  quite  incongrn- 
ous  and  uuprofltabie.  owing  to  the  special  condition 
of  tills  proceeding  in  sach  a  course  as  takes  place 
ordinarily  iu  subordinate  courts  before  a  Jury,  bnt 
are  to  be*  presumed  entirely  incapable  of  discrimi- 
nating* and  apt  to  be  led  astray  if  they 
hear  anything  that  is  not  to  be  taken  into  judg- 
ment in  the  final  consideration  of  tbe  case.  It 
woold  be  very  luoonveuient  if  such  a  coarse  was  to 
be  taken  here,  because  the  isbue  is  to  be  made  by 
those  paners  to  which  I  bave  referred,  the  certifi- 
cate and  the  olijectiona.  The  lasue  as  made,  at 
least  by  tbe  counsel,  in  favor  of  the  Hayes  Electors, 
(as  I  will  call  them,)  makea  the  question,  whether 
any  evidence  outside  of  that  record  shall  be  re- 
ceived. The  whole  question  lo  controversy  in  this 
case,  saving  and  excepting  the  possibility  of  some 
infirmity  in  the  evidence,  and,  inasmuch  as 
I  have  supposed  from  a  careful  though 
very  recent  view  of  this  case,  that  there 
waa  neither  any  infirmity  in  any  evidence  which 
the  supporters  of  tbe  Tilden  Electors  ofier  to 
present,  nor  any  desire  to  offer  evidence  to  contra- 
dict tbat,  so  as  to  raise  a  question,  I  was  led  to 
the  conclusion  tbat  the  admissibility  of  tbis  so- 
called  extrinsic  evidence,  its  ejBfest,  and  the 
final  merita  of  the  point  \yoieh  you  have 
to  decide  on  this  rivalrv  between  two 
sets  of  inspectors  or  two  classes  of 
oertficates,  tbat  those  three  things  fairly  resolved 
themselves  into  one  and  the  same,  and  that  when- 
ever a  piece  of  evidence  of  this  extrinsic  character 
is  offered  there  is  llierally  nothing  which  the  sup- 
porters of  the  Haves  Electors  desire  to  sav  or  desire 
to  present  to  tbis  Commission  in  any  branch  of  this 
controversy  that  will  not  be  relevant,  nor  can  I 
perceive  rbat  a  decision  interlocutory  upon  one  of 
those  incidental  qaestions  would  not,  if  favorable  to 
the  exceptant  or  the  objector,  be  oonclnsive  as  to 
the  whole  case,  because  that  decision  would  almost 
certainly  go  upon  au  affirmative  of  tbe  principal 
point  to  tbe  meiits  of  which  these  Hayes  Electors 
rely.  Conseqaently  lo  tbis  debate  of  15  minntea 
about  the  admissiblMtv  of  particular  evidence, 
we  would  have  to  argue  the  wnole  case.  There 
would  then  be  a  difficulty  from  the  Infiexibility  of 
your  Bonot's  rules,  which  could  be  oliviuted  by 
your  giving  additional  time,  bat  it  has  not  appeared 
to '  me  that  that  was  the  true  remedy  or  tbe 
trae  course.  On  the  contrary,  with  great 
respeet  to  the  better  Jadgment  of  my 
learned  opponente.  It  they  ahould  differ  with 
me,  and  with  any  honorable  '  member 
ot  this  court  wbo  may  have  fatten  a  difierent  view 
of  it,  my  conception  of  the  matter  is  that  all  the 
needful  evidence  shonld  come  in,  subject  to  sach 
objeouons  as  to  its  competency  and  its  effect  as  may 
exist,  for  the  reason  that  they  necessarily  incorpor- 
ate themselves  with  the  main  question  tbat  you 
have  finally  to  decide;  and  1  would  atate  here,  be- 
fore reading  tbe  paper  whicb  I  shall  take  leave 
to  present,  that  sach  Is  the  usual  course  ot  all  tn- 
banals,  where  the  matter  of  faot  is  judged  of  by 
Judicial  experts,  such  as  your  honors  must  all  be 
proaounced  to  be,  and  the  rule  ot  asapping  promptly 
aa  exception  to  some  possibly  irrelevant  testi- 
mony In  order  to  p.-event  ao  igneraut  Jury  being 
misled  by  some  improper  consideration  grow- 
ing out  of  it,  has  no  application  to  a  pro- 
ceeding before  learned  experts — learned  Judges; 
and  it  18  unnsuvl,  according  to  the  practice  of  these 
ctmrts  in  which  the  Judges  determine  the  facts  aa 
well  as  the  law,  to  hear  any  argament  in  relation  to 
the  admission  of  a  partionUr  point  of  evidence  be- 
fore tbe  final  taeuing,  unless  it  should  be  found 
quite  Mtavenient  to  rake  aome  very  simole  and 
isolated  point  by  a  motion  to  suppress  a  particular 
dbposition,  as  for  instance,  if  counsel  wish  to  ex- 
amine proofs;  or  something  of  tbat  kind.  I  have 
stated  tbat  tbe  idea  was  not  to  enlarge  the  time 
^pT«t  the  fifteen  mlnntaa.  bat  to  Dunae  the  other 


course — to  take  tbe  evidence  which  may  be  offered, 
aubject  to  consideration  under  an  exception  to  th< 
whole  case.  Mr.  O'Conor  then  read  tbe  paper  re- 1 
ferred  to  as  follows  : 

First — On  December  6.  1876,  being  tbe  regaiav 
law  day,  both  tbe  Tilden  and  Hayes  Electors  re< 
spectively  met  and  cast  tbeir  votes,  and  transaiitted 
the  same  to  the  seat  of  Government.  Every  tormi 
prescribed  by  the  Constitatioo.  or  by  any  law  bear-' 
ing  on  the  subject  was  equally  complied  with  by. 
each  of  the  rival  Electoral  Colleges,  nuless  there  be. 
a  diSerencM  tietween  them  in  this:  the  certified  lists 
provided  tor  m  aeccion  No.  136  of  tha  Keviasd 
Statutea,  were  as  to  the  Tilden  Electors  certified  by' 
the  Attorney  General,  and  were  as  to  tbe  Hayes' 
Electors,  certified  by  Mr.  Stearns,  then  Governor. 

A.U  this  appears  oil  record,  and  iio  additional' 
evidence  is  needed  to  interoret  any  part  of  it.  Per- 
haps I  convey  no  new  light  by  saying  that;  but  I 
say  it  for  the  purpose  of  presenting  a  di«>tinct  view 
of  the  case. 

Seeondlv — A  quo  toarranto  was  commenced 
against  the  Hayes  Electors  in  the  proper  oourt  ot 
Florida  on  tb^  said  6th  day  of  December,  1876,  be- 
fore  they  bad  oaat  their  votes,  wbiob  eventuated  m  a 
judgment  ai^ainstthem  on  tbo  25th of  Jantiarv,  1877, 
which  also  determiaed  tbat  tbe  Tilden  J<:;iectors 
were  duly  appointed.  The  vsUdity  and  eflfeot  of 
tbisjadgmeat  is  determinabla  by  tbe  record,  and  no 
evidence  seems  to  be  desirable  on  either  side,  unless 
it  be  thought,  first,  that  ths  Tilden  Elec'ors  should 
give  some  supplemental  proof  of  tne  precise  face 
that  the  writ  of  quo  warranto  was  served  before  the 
Hayes  Electors  cast  their  votea  ;  antl.  secondly,  at:- 
\\>'i»  it  be  decided  en  tbe  other  side  to  show  the 
pendency  of  an  appeal  from  the  judgment  on  thai 
quo  warrant*.  With  those  two  noasible  and  very 
alight  exeeptiona,  the  whole  case  en  this  branch  de-^ 
pendsupon  the  record,  ' 

Third— To  show  what  ia  ton  common  law  ef 
Florida,  aud  also  the  true  construction  of  tiio 
Florida  statutes,  the  Xildt-u  Electors  desire  to  pl.'tea 
before  the  Commission  the  record  of  the  jadgaueot 
m  tbe  Supreme  Conrt  in  that  State  on  a  mandamus 
prosecuted  on  the  relation  ot  Mr.  Drew, 
the  present  Gsveinor  of  tbat  State,  by 
force  of  which  Mr.  Steams  was  ousted 
and  Mr.  Drew  was  admitted  as  Governor.  This 
Judgment,  together  with  the  Jndges'  opinion,  ar« 
matters  of  record,  and  they  require  no  other  proof, 
nor  is  there  any  technical  rale  as  to  tbe  manner  in 
which  this  Commission  may  inform  use!! concern- 
ing  the  laws  of  Florida.  It  I  may  be  permitted  ta 
interiect.  It  will  be  seen  that  I  am  endeavoring  t(^ 
show  how  very  little  there  is  in  the  shape  of  proci'.' 

Fourth — Tbe  legislation  of  Florida,  sabaequeoi. 
IV  to  Dec.  6,  1S76.  autborizinc  a  new  canvass  of  t'na 
Electoral  vot-^,  and  the  fact  of  sucb  new  canviis.i 
and  the  formal  trausmissiou  thereof  to  the  seat  of 
Government,  in  perfect  conformity  to  tbe  CoosUtu- 
tion  and  law,  except  that  tbey  were  subsequent,  in 
point  of  time,  to  Dec.  6,  1876,  are  all  matters  of  rec< 
ord  and  alreadv  regularly  before  the  Commiss,:on. 

JX^— The  only  matters  which  the  lllden  Ejectorw 
desire  to  lay  before  the  Commissioners  by  evidence 
actually  extrinsic  will  now  be  stated :  Fiirst,  th? 
Board  of  State  Canvassers,  acting  on  certain  er> 
roneous  views  when  malting  their  canvass,  bj 
which  the  Hayes  Electors  appeared  tobecboseo; 
rejected  wholly  the  returns  from  the  Countj 
of  Mitnatee  and  parts  of  the  returns  from, 
each  of  the  toUowing  counties  :  Hamilton.  J^ackson^ 
Monroe — I  trust  I  have  omitted  none.  la  stf 
doing  tbe  said  State  Board  acted  without  jurisdic- 
tion, as  the  Circuit  and  .Supreme  Courts  of  iriontU 
decided.  It  was  b.y  overruling  and  Betting  asidek 
as  not  warranted  by  law,  these  rejections  that  tbi 
courts  of  Flcrida  reached  their  resoective  cuticiu 
sione :  that  Mr.  Drew  was  elected  Goveror,  taa« 
the  Hayes  Electors  were  usurpers,  an^ 
that  the  Tilden  Electors  were  duly  chcsea 
No  evidence  tbat  In  any  view  coald  be  called  ex. 
trinsic  is  believed  to  be  needful  in  order  to  esiab* 
liab  tbe  (x>nclnsions  relied  upon  bv  tbe  Tiidea 
Electors,  except  duly  authenticated  copies  of  the 
State  canvass,  tbat  is  tbe  erroneous  canvass,  as  t 
consider  it,  and  of  tbe  returns  from  tbe  above- 
named  four  counties — one  wholly  and  the  others  in 
part — rejected  by  said  State  canvass ;  and,  second* 
ly.  evidence  that  Mr.  Humphries,  a  Hayes  Elector, 
held  office  under  the  United  States. 

Sixth — ludging  from  the  objections  taken  b.y 
those  supporting  tbe  Hayes  Electors  and  tbe  ovin 
Ins  argument  <  flered  in  their  behalf,  the  support  erf 
of  the  Tilden  Electors  are  led  to  believe  tbat  no  evx 
dence  is  needed  or  intended  to  be  offered  bT  th( 
supporters  of  the  Hayes  Electors,  except  tb  it  th^ 
above-mentioned  apoeals  were  taken,  and,  secondlyv 
that  Mr,  Humphries  resigned. 

Mr.  O'Conor  then  continued  i  If  I  may  be  per- 
mitted to  say  a  word  before  we  proceed  I  would 
say  that  I  have  acted  here  with  a  ■view  to  support 
my  idea  that  the  facilo  method  is  to  tate  proof, 
subject  to  objection.  and  that  tbero  is 
not  enough  of  tbe  matter  to  prodnoa, 
delay,  contusion,  or  conflict  in  respect 
of  tliis  extrinsic  proof.  On  the  contrary,  there  is  so 
little  and  it  is  almost  so  conipletelv  pure  milter, 
that  might  be  called  of  record,  that  we  can  gBt  nd 
of  the  matter  of  tbe  evidence  very  shortly,  unleaj 
the  Commission,  deeming  it  beneAcial  as  to  tims 
and  result,  pleases  to  adopt  snob  a  method  aa  will 
compel  us  on  the  first  little  scrap  of  tegtimoov  <>£ 
fered  to  present  oar  whole  case  on  both  sides  and 
have  tbe  whole  merits  settled. 

DEBATE  ON    AIK.    O'CONOR'S   SUGGESTIOX.  ' 

After  some  general  discussioa  upon  tbe  snbicct  of 
evidence  and  its  admissibility.  Judge  Bradley  said: 
I  anderstand    Mr.    O'Conor  to    eaiigest  that  tlie  cvi. 
dence  referred  to  by  him,  the  extrinsic  evide'nce.  bs' 
received  provisionallv  tor  the  purpose  of  argament,  / 
not  to  be  decided  by  the  court  at  present.    Then  if 
is  with  the  Commission  a  question  of  convenienc* 
whether  that  be  the   better   oourse,  or  wnether  we 
bad  better  have  an  argument  on  tbe  admissibility 
of  evidence  now,  before  we   go  into  an  argument  o^ 
the  merits,  as  tbe  argnmenx  on  the  admi.'^sibility  o; 
evidence   would   necessaiily    greatl.y   involve    th< 
merits.    It  seems  to  me  that  unless  coausel  on  botl 
sides  bave  forcible  objections  to  that  plan,     Mr 
O'Conor's  suggestion  is  a  good  one,  because  it  wil 
unify  tbe  argament _malte  t>utoue  argameat  on  thi 
whole  case. 

Commissioner  Hoar — Sa'ppose  Mr.  O'Conor's  offet 
ing  of  testimony  be  objected  to  by  the  other  i>id< 
and  the  Commission  hear  argument  of  the  cass  a*  It 
then  staud.^ !  That  would  resemble  more  nearly 
than  any  other  judicial  prmeeding  that  1  think  di 
an  argument  made  on  a  demurrer  to  rha  plaintiff*! 
evidence,  the  evidence  not  oeiag  considered  as  in, 
but  as  offered. 

The  Presiding  Judge — Tliat  was  the  view  of  the 
Chair. 

Commissioner  Hoar — It  we  shouM  hear  the  couoi 
sel  on  both  sides  on  tbe  case  presented  by  the  cer- 
tificates which  are  betoro  the  court  and  tbe  offer  of 
evidence  made  by  Mr.  O'Conor,  which  was  objected 
to  by  the  other  side,  it  seems  to  me  that  that  wnald 
present  one  principal  question,  whatever  others' 
might  be  iu  tbe  case,  in  tne  most  clear,  couvonien^, 
and  quickest  form. 

Commissioner  Tburman — I  would  like  to  inqixir* 
of  counsel  who  support  cerlifloate  No.  1  wnat  ob. 
jection  they  have  to  all  this  evidence  being  admit- 
ted, subject  to  all  exceptions,  not  preclu.iiDg  any 
objection  whatsoever.  It  appears  upon  tbe  state- 
ment  of  Mr.  O'Conor  that  the  testimony  which  wiil 
be  produced  by  him  is  in  a  very  simple  compass, 
However  great  may  be  the  volume  of  tostimuuv,  i'. 
any  is  to  be  produced  oa  tbe  other  side 
I  do  not  know  what  objection  there  is— aj 
this  is  a  trial,  not  by  a  jury.  '  but  bi 
a       court — to      receiving      all       this    "  testimony 

subject  to  all  objections,  and  tben  arsmintr  lis  ad- 
missability  with  the  main  aiguuient  in  tbe  case, 
allowing  the  ceunsel,  it  it  becomes  necesaary  in  the 
adoption  ol  tbat  coarse,  more  time. 

Tbe  Presiding  Justice — Id  tbe  absence  of  otboi 
discussion,  I  will  state  the  views  of  the  Cnaii :  ] 
should  regard  the  paper  read  by  Mr.  O'Conor  as  at 
offer  of  proof.  N^otbing.  therefore,  remains  to  th« 
other  side  except  to  object  or  waive  it. 

Mr.  Evarts — Tben  I  am  not  permitted  to  reply  to 
the  point  made  by  Commissioner  Tburman  7 

The  Presiding  Jastice — ^It  is  hardly  necessary, 
because  yon  are  to  have  an  argument  at  the  ptopet 
time.     Do  yoa  object  to  the  offcsr  of  proof  I 

Commissioner  Thurman — I  wonld  suggest  that 
Mr.  Evarts  ought  to  answer  my  inquiry. 

Mr.  Evarts— I  arose  originally  to  s'pealt  to  t'ae 
very  point  to  which  Commissioner  "Tnurmaa  has 
called  my  attention. 

The  Presiding  Jastice — Very  well,  Sir.  You  ma3 
reply  to  the  inquiry. 

Mr.  Evarts — 1  will  be  as  brief  as  I  can.  Th« 
proposition  is  that  the  preparation  af  '.be  case,  at 
ready  for  argument  upon  its  exiiaa«ted  ann  com 
pieted  menis,  in  either  alternatives  of  tbe  views  o 
this  Commission  as  to  the  exclusion  or  toe  ad 
mission  of  anything ,  sball  be  made  up  by  pro 
visional  accieptance  of  tbe  mass  ot  nroof,  waat 
ever  it  may  be,  to  be  discussed  as  to  the  ad 
missibllity  and  pertinence  and  efficacy  in  thi 
conclusions  of  tbe  tribunal,  as  a  part  of  tbt 
final  argument.  That  I  understand  to  t>e  th( 
proposition.  Tbe  difficulty  with  that  is,  that  li 
requires  the  inclusion  of  all  tbe  coaniervaUins 
proof  tbat  we,  oppnaing  their  certificate  or  support 
ing  ours,  bares  right  to  present  under  some  de, 

termination  of  this  court  as  to  that  right,  for  if  yon 
go  be.'yond  the  evidence  famished  from  tbe  bands  oi 
the  VicePresident  into  an  inspection  or  scrutiny  of 
the  election  in  tbe  State  as  upon  a  trial  ol  right  ta 
the  office,  then  we  say  that  the  tnbanal  that  ao- 
cepta  that  testimony  and  is  te  fulfil  that  dutv  is  t<! 
receive  evidence  that  will  make  the  scrutiny  judi- 
oial and  complete  from  the  primary  deposit  oi'  ih4 
votes  to  the  conclusion  of  the  eiecaon, 
Now,  tbis  Commission,  as  I  suppose,  dwes  not  con- 
template a  provisional  introduction  of  all  that  evi- 
dence, oral,  documentary,  record,  aad  otherwise,  on 
onr  part,  which  comes  in  without  objeciioo,  and 
subject  only  to  the  sifting  of  the  final  argament. 
That  is  my  suggestion  m  reference  to  tbis  intima- 
tion of  conTenieBoe  of  tbe  d«  bene  etse  introduciiou 
of  e'vldence — the  evidence  by  which,  when  wa 
are,  by  the  instraction  ef  tbis  Commission,  let 
into  tbe  scrutiny  of  the  election  of  Florida,  in  a 
matter  which  ean  only  be  exhausted  by  arai  testi- 
mony and  by  tiia  fundamental,  original  iraosaction 
of  the  election.  That  ia  the  difficulty  ia  aeleettng  a' 
part  of  tbe  evidence  to  be  adiaitted  provisioD^y  ae[| 
lurnishing  the  ground  and  area  of  tbe  final  dis«ua-| 
sion,  l>eeaase  it  does  not  inelade  the  evidence  ou 
Doth  sides  wbicb,  under  some  determination  of  the 
court  on  final  argnasnt  may  be  properly  intro^ 
ducetL    I  object  to  the  evidence  now  offeied.  i 

MB.  black's  ABGUMBNT. 

Mr.  Black— We  insist  upon  it  tt^st  tbe  whole  of 

the  evidence  which  has  beeu  off,.red  by  Mr.  O'Com 

or,  or  referred  to  in  bis  papar^  has  been  giyeu 

already,  and  la  a  part  of  tbe  record  in  tbis  oase.    4 

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'yrhvtMr  c«Tt«ln  votes  ofTertKl  for  President  and 
Vice  Pr««aldent  onjjht  to  be  connted  ornot  Whether 
they  oocbt   op   not    <tdp«nded     npon     tho    ones- 
J*«a  T'™^*'  **y  ^ore  true  voUs  op  Totee  fidae- 
ly     nbricated,    not    with     any   pnrpose    to   go 
behind  the  appointment  of  the  Eleotors,  bat  for  the 
pamoTC  of  asoertalninK  what  Sleotors  h«d  been  ap- 
pointed, and  who  were  the  true  ajjenta  of  the  iteople  • 
for  the  papoBO  of  oasting  Its  rote.    The  two  houses 
liroposed  to  nse  their  verifying  power,  not  to  enter- 
tain    an      appe^      from      the      deoiaion  .  of     the 
State^,  bat      to     aaeertain    what     that  '  deoiston 
-was,     which      Involved      a     qaesttoa    '  of     fact. 
rit  was  abaolatelj  necessary  that  the  oonsolenca  of 
the'two  housed  sboaid  be  informed  concerning  that 
proof  wnich  thoy  were  to  deoiae  upon,   and  aooord- 
fnely  tbey  took,  a  bnef,  legitimate,  and  proper  mode 
of  aacertainlDK  what   the   trath    vtas.      Tbej  Sent 
their  committees  and  had  testimony  taken,  and   col- 
lected docanienta,  and  pat    the    whole    thtns    into 
proper  form,  and  then  came  back  and  offered  it   to 
the  two  hooses,  and  tSade  It  a  part  of  the  record 
of   this    case.  .  And  when  you  were  appointed  a 
snbstUate  for ''them  and    became  the  keeners  of 
their  conscience,  tbey,  reqoirea  yon    to    ttJl   ihem; 
what    tbey   ought  to   do^  and    make  the    decision, 
Which,  from  the  evidence  before  them,  they  oaght' 
to  make.    That '  evidence,  I  say,  was  pat   in,  and  , 
the        portion    •«  of     ,  It    -  wtiich  ^   waa  •    taken  \ 
>7     committees     ot  ■'  the  i  House  I  of    Bepresen-? 
tatives    was     laid      before       that'^  honae      and 
lalaed  a  fierce  stmirerle,  and  the  fUbnstenng  of  half 
a  night  to  keep  it  out.    The  Vice  President,  the  ' 
President  of  the  Senate,  the  President  ot   the   two 
bodies  handed  this  evidence  over  in  bulk  to  be  used; 
here  bv  the  Commission,  and  jou  have  seen  it  upon; 
this  table.  •  Now   I  cannot  conceive  of    snythmir- 
more  nninst  tban  to  talk  about  the  necessity  of  onr 
prodacins      this'-  evidence      piecemeal,     bore      a 
little  and  there  a  little,  line  upon  line,  in  order 
tbat  it  may  be  sabmitted  to  the  scrutiny  of  counsel  „ 
who  will  apyly  to  it  those snapperadoes  of  niti  priut'' 
practice,  which  we  would  see  in  a  Court  of  Quarter 
SessioEs,  ,  aa     if    this  -  case,  •  instead -it  of     con- 
cerninc     'the  ,-^  riebls    *^of  .  the*  whola  "xUnited 
States.       was"     related^-  only  *to/  the-   price 
of     some     sheep  ~  that  '' a     thief    <^ had  'stolen. 
If  your  honors  suppose  that  this  case  is  to  be  taken 
up  de  novo,  and  that  everything  tbat -is  done,   and 
so  mach  ot  tbe  record  as  has  been  made  up  in  the 
Hoase  before  it  came  here,,  are  to  be  thrown  out 
and  considered  as  a  mere  blank.  Why  then  of  conise, 
you  are  to  proceed — ^howf    Accordinjj  to  some  ap-' 
proved  rule  of  fair-play  and  natural  Justice.    And  ', 
wuMt   Is  that!    Why, '  the -rule   that  prevails  in  i 
Courts  of  Chancery,  and  not  the  artificial  rales  that " 
are  provided   by  the  common  law  of  England  in  t 
cases  of  trial  by  jury.'"  You  know, '  surely,   I  need 
not     say,     that     when  ^  any^  party     fllea      his', 
bill    be    may' nut   in  ^  along '^ With    that  bill  alii 
tbe  evidence  that  be   has  in, his  possession.'  There 
can  ba  no  obieotion  -  to  tbe /evidence  in  a  'court  of  >. 
equity.    There  is  no  snch  thing  known  as  objecting  i 
to  the    admissibility  -.  of  i evidence '  there.^  The  de-f 
landant  cannot  oblect  to  -  it,  -  beoanse  he 'is  not  in ; 
court  at  the  time   he  flies  his 'bill.  • 'Wben  tbe  de-> 
fendautputs  in  bis  tmswer^he  may  accompany  it^ 
with  all  the  evidence,  and  if  either  of  the  parties! 
need  anything  more.tne  court  doe^  exactly  what  the'' 
two  parties  have  done  in   this  case.    Tbey  appoint^ 
their  own  agents  to  go  oat  <  and  take  tbe  evidence,  { 
and  tbey  have  it  produced-^ An  examiner,  a  master  ? 
in   chancery, .  an  auditor,  for  '  other  ■,  assistant   of 
tbe     court  <    who  ^  takes   -  evidence  j.    for     the 
conrt      is  ':;  doing      precisely,     for       the     court 
what  these '  committees  have  ^  done '  for    the  two'', 
boases  of  Congress.    There  is  no  snch  thing   when,* 
tbe  evidence  is  taken  as  objecting  to  it,  oefora  it  is' 
made  a  part  of   the  reooni. ;  It  is,  as  a  ma^er  of 
course,  filed  whenever  it  is' offered  by  the  party.^ 
He   seed    not   even    come    into    conrt   to   get   a^ 
•pectat  order  of  the  Chancellor  to  dole    Now,    the_ 
rule  of   procedure  aboat  admitting  and  releoting^ 
«Tidence  always  throws  tbe  burden  of  proving  tbat  ', 
it  ought  to  go  oat  upon  the  parties  who  do  not  like  , 
to    have   it    in.  -Tne' qaestion  of '  materiality    or^ 
relevancy,  whaf^its  vaiue  and' weight  are,   what, 
provative  force  ought  to  be  given  to  it  by  tbej 
court,  is  a  qaestion  which, ^' as' one  of    the  Judges, 
■aid  a  nioment  aeo,  is  always  to  be  -  discussed   upon! 
«  bearing  and  determined  by  the  final  decree  of  thai 
Judge.  4 

After  farther  ■  discussion ;  it  was '  moved  by  Mr.  { 
Justice  Miller  ttiat  the  coansel.npon  each  side  be,3 
allowed  two  hours  to  discuss  the  question  raised  by  V 
lir.  Evaits'  objection  to  testimony  as  to  wnether  t 
any  other  testimony  will  ba  considered  by  the  Com-V 
mlasioQ  than  that  which  wasjlaid  before  the  two'- 
houses  by  tbe  Vice  President, ;  or  tbe  President  pro'; 
tflm.,  of  the  Senate.  "  ^' 

Mr.  Commissioner  Thnrman — Snppose*'then^tbe 
commission  decide  tbat  furtbi-r  evideoce  ongbt  to  be, 
considered,  we  would  notbave  determined  one  thing 
as  to  what  tbat  further  evidence  should  be,  we  would; 
only  have  decided  tbat  evidence .  on  tbe  mere  ,face^. 
01  rhe  papers  presented  .  by  -  tbet President  of  Ithe' 
Senate  to  the  two  housea  sbouid^be  received,^  but'i 
we  would  not  have,  advanced 4  one  single  step 
toward  deciding  what  evidence  sbouid  be  received.^ 

Tbp  aaotion  of  Judge  HiUer  was  finally  modifled  so', 
as  to  permit  three  hours  on  each  side  to. discuss  tbe 
.question  whether  any  evidence  •  will  be  conalderedi 
by  the  Commission  that  was  not  eabmltted  to  the;; 
two  houses  by  the  .  President  of  tbe  Senate,  and  if ; 
BO,  What  evidence  can  properly  be  considered ;  and; 
]t  was  further  modified  to  inclnde  the  question,^ 
What  is  the  evidence  now  before  the  Commission  t; 
This  motion  was  agreed  to.  -  -  i 

Mr.  Commissioner  £dmunds — I  wish  to  snggest 
tbat  the  proposition  of  Judge  Miller,  as  mod^ed 
by  tbe  snggeation  of  Jndge  Thnrman,  covers  tbe, 
whole  erouuU.  The  flrst  point  is,  whether  any  body" 
B-the  two  houses  or  this  tnbnnai — has  tbe  power  to 
|o  behind  the  formal  certification  of  the  authorities, 
»na.  secondly,  if  so,  .by  what  species  of  evidence' 
that  may  be  snstained.'  It  ia  claimed  by  Judge 
Black  that  it  may  be  sustained  by  evidence  in  tbe 
nature  of  testimony  taken  by  committees,  &o.,  and 
reported  to  either  ot  tbe  houses.  1  suppose  it  is 
contended  on  the  other  side  that  it  cannot. 

THE  DEMOCRATIO  BIDB  OP  THE  QtrBSTZOIT.       \ 

At  12  o'clock  the  ( court  took  a  >  recess  to  >  12:30,v 
when  the  Democratlo  <  side  of  tbe  question  iwaa, 
opened  by  Hon.  B.  T.  Merrick,  of  Washington^  who  ■ 
»poke  as  follows: -*-  ''■ 

The  decision  of  tbe  honorable  CommisslcB-this 
joornine,  as  remarked;  oy  Mr.»  O'Conor,  -  has  some-^ 
what  eiabarrassed  as 'In  entering  >^  upon  this 'im- 
portant transaction.  > 'We  oame  to  court  expecting 
to  proceed  airectly'''to  tbe  Florida  case  and  bellev-. 

tiie  that  the  testimony  that  had  been  taken  by  the 

Dommitteea  of  tbe  Senate  and  Honse  of  Bepresenta- 
slvea  noon  the  subject  w^a»  reeuJarlv  before  the 
Dummission  as  testimony  in  the  case,  wltbout  being 
lable  to  any  objection  on  account  of  informality, 

uid  the  ultimate  admissibility  of  which  woold 
)e  considered  by  the  court  when  it  ^  came 
inally  Co  consider  tbe  main  qaestion  In  tbe  cause.; 
out  that  case  ia  practically  suspended  for  the' 
present,  and  the  counsel  are  requited  to  argue  tbe 
tbstraet  proposition  of  law  which  is  sabmitted  to 
them  in  tbe  paper  read  by  the  President  of  tbe. 
Dommission.  Tbat  proposition  of  law,  as  I  under- 
itand  it,  is:  "What  generally  are  the  powers  of  this 
Commission  1  What  evidence  is  now  before  the 
SommissioD,  and  what  evidence  is  it  competent,  in 
tddition  to  that  now  before  yuu,  for  counsel  to  offer 
»  introduce  !  ? 

First,  then,  as  to  tbe  power  of  tbe  Commission.' 
Ihe  organic  act  under  which  this  Commisson  ba.s 
been  established  provides  as  follows  in  regard  to, 
cetnms  from  States  wbich  have  sent  up  duplicate^ 
or  triplicate  returns,  when  objections  are  made  to 
those  returns:     •'  When  objections  are  made  to  any; 
certiflcate,  vote,  or  paper  from  a  State,  all  snch  cer-( 
tificates,  votes,  and  papers  so  oblooted   to,  and  all.' 
papers  accompanj'iDg  tbe   same,  together  with  each, 
ob1t:cUoo8,shall  be  forthwith  submitted  to  said  Com-., 
mission,  which  shall  proceed  to  >  cousider  the  same,' 
with      tbe   ■  same  .  power,     if  /any,      now  •'  pos-; 
sessed     by    the  a  two    boiues  *  acting    separate-; 
lyor    to    getber, ;  and  >  by    a    mtOority*  of    votes.j 
n  »cide  whether  any  and  what  votes  from  snch  States' 
ire  lite  votes  provldedilor  by  the  Constitution  of" 
(be 'United    States,  and 'how  many -'and   what  per-y 
luDS  were  duly  appointed  Siectors  in  such  States,] 
ind  may  therein  take  into  review?  such  petitions,) 
lepositiona,    and  other  papers,   if   any.  as  shall  bye 
the  Constitution  and  now  existing  law  be  eompe-f 
lent   and  pertineut  in  such  consideration."  -  TbeJ 
anguage  that  I  have  read  frofd  the  bill  embraces  I 
I  more  «uccinct  declaration  i  of  the  powers    of  this.' 
CommidsioD  than  any  other' portion  of  the  bill,  and  i 
Is  the  only  part.  I  believe,  that  has  direct  reterenoe 
to  the  testimony  before  the  Commission.  Now,  as  to 
(be  regularity  of  the  evidence  which    is    already, 
before  you,  I  presume  thers  can    be  no  objection. , 
A  question  was  made  in  the  two  houses  of  Congress  | 
sxter  tbe  late  Presidential  election,  early  In  their* 
lestion,  as  to  what  votes,  if  any,  should  be  counted ; 
from  the  States  of  Florida,  liOuisiaDs,  South  Caro-^ 
lina,  and,  I  believe,  Oregon.    Upon  that  qaestion  a 
Committee t^was  appointed  to  . take '  testimony.    In! 
reference   ^^  to       the      case   i  of     -Florida      com-- 
mittees  •  oi  3  the     two  ■  houses  iresneotively  ►:  pro-; 
ceeJed  ■*■  to  *  that     State  ,  and '  took     testimoay '. 
In  accordance,  as  I  'believe,  with  the  uniform  habit 
»nd  custom  adopted   by   •ommittees  renresenting 
Congress  and   discharging   similar  duties.     That 
lesiimony,  having  been  tasen.  was  returned  to  thes 
rwo  houses  of  Congress,  when  objection  was  made  to 
■ie  eounting  of  tbe   votea  from  that  State  at  tbe^ 
ame  tbey  were  opened  by  the  President  of  the 
ienate,  in  the  presence  of  tbe  two  houses,  in  pnr- 
luanoe   ot    the   order  of    the   bill  that  I    bare 
received,  the   certificates  from  that  State,' being 
three  in  number,    with  the   papers  accompanying 
those  certificates,  and  the  objections  and  evidenee 
that  has  been  taken  by  the  committees  of  Con- 
gress in  reference  to  the  regularity  and  legality  of 
tbat  vote,   were  all  transmitted  to  this  Commis-' 
g'on.       I     respectfully     submit  '  that    that     evl- 
aence  is  now  before  this  Commission.     Wherever 
Congress  has  assumed  to  exercise  any  power  in  ref- , 
erenoe  to  an  inquiry  into  a  disputed  laot,  it  has  nnl- ; 
Jorml.y  appointed  committees,  or  invested  standing  ^ 
jommlttees  with  the  power   of  taking  testimoay  in^ 
regard  to  that  fact,  and  in  this  case  the  two  bouses  ^ 
respeotiveiy  apoointed  their  committees  to  take 
testimony  in  regard  to  the  issue  raised  in  reference' 
to  the  vote  of  thatSUte.    That  testimony  has  beenl 
transmitted  by  those  botues  m  joint  sesDion  to  this' 
Commission,  which  possesses  and  is  to  exercise  all ' 
the  power  of  those   two  houses  in  tbe  premises. ' 
[  therefore  presume  tbat   there  can  be  no  question ' 
In  reference    to  the  regularity   of  that   t-esdmony, 
whatever  questicn  may  be  raued  in  reference  to  lis 
idmissibibty  under  the  issues  which  you  are  try- , 
iuc  and  its   effect  upon  those  issues^    I  speak  now  , 
Bt  tbe  mass  of  testimony  generally  that  was   laid 
upon     tnia     table,     anu    I    sonmit    that     it    is 
Bow    before    the     Commission,     and,    so  to    as 
I  am  advised,   there  is  no  other  evidence  with  ttie 
»xcfc»tion  of  a  very  small  piece  of  evidence  m  ref- 
erence to  the  particular  hour  st  whioh  the  writ  of 
tuo    warranto    waa    served    upon    what    baa   been 
called     the^Hsyes     Electors,     atnd     wlih     thm 
♦xcepuon     sSted   la    the    paper   read   by     Mr. 
D'Conor.      1      beHeve     there     is     no     question 
Sroonwhicli  the  counsel  for  the  objector*   propose 
to  offer  any  extrinaio  evidence  whatever.    Thie  evi- 
lenoe.  which  baa  been  sent  to  the  Oomnalsslon  by. 
tne  two  houses,  is  of  this  diarMter.    Firat,  there  Is 
[he  vote  that  was  incloiwl  In  tha  certifloates  re- 
^Id   frSn   tea   State  of  yioplda.    There  were 
mtf  c«rtiftoat«iv  tbeflrat  b«to«tt«at  awpmpanvtpg 
^  tteretnniof  t^Tvotas  of  the  B*y«  "'•>:»SfJ  *^« 
rtTfSoate  oi  the  (lovanjor  given  to  thole  »]eo»». 


tlfloat«  of  the  Seoreiarv  of  State  of  Florida,  and  the 
tbird  waa  aooompanmd  by  certain  Judicial  reports 
which,  under  tbe  exppess  language  of  the  orwinia 
act,  were  referred  to  this  body  for  ita  09tiai<^r^ 
tion.  Tbe  otner  testimonv  was  extrinsic^  |*  which 
I  have  already  referred ;  taken  by  that  lioinmlttee, 
aotine  under  tiie  auihopity  and  in  nbedlenee  to  the 
mandate  of  Congress;  and  I  may  remark  that  wbeA  ' 
tbat  committee  took  this  testimony  there  waa  toll 
opportunity  given  to  all  parties  interested  m  the 
result  of  the  inquiry  to  anmmon  whatever  wit- 
nesses tbey  \  might  desire  to  have  ex- 
amined,  -<)  and  to  cross-examine  all  that  were 
broueht  forward  by  tbe  narties  having 
adverse  interests.  Tbe  examination  In  chief  was 
taken  with  the  regularity  of  the  rules  of  evidence, 
and  a  cross-examination  was  permitted,  accortllng 
to  tbe  broadest  latitude  of  those  rules.  If  we 
were  required  to  repeat  the  experience  of  that  com- 
mitiee  cmder  the  authority  of  this  Commission,  and 
retake  that  evidence,  there  would  probably  be  no 
witness  called  who  was  not  before  one  or  the  other 
of  those  ^  committees,  ,  and  possibly .  no 
qnestion  would  be  ~^  propounded  tbat 
waAuot  propounded  by  one  or  the  other,  and  the 
anf  wer  to  which  is  not  reported  to  and  now  before 
this  honorable  body.  Bat  as  this  Comrhtssion  is 
Invested  with  all  powers  of  Congress  under  this 
law,  tbe  qaestion  reonrs  upon  the  materiality  and 
the  admissibility  of  the  eviaence  without  regard  to 
foi-m  as  to  what  are  these  powers. 

I  owe  to  your  Honors  an  apology  for  nDdertaking 
to  argue  the  question,  for  1  did  not  come  into  court 
prepared  to  perform  that  daty,  aid  io  assomlne  to 
de  it  now,  I  merely  submit  myself  to  tbat  subordi- 
nation that  prevails  in  the  profession  to  obey 
tbe  orders  _  of  my  associate  connaeL  It 
was  said  lin  tbe  openmg  statement  made 
by  the  objectors  upon  tbe  other  side  that 
this  Commission  possessed  no  other  than  a  slihple', 
power  to  perform  a  ministerial  duty;  that  it  pos- 
sesaed  no  other  tban  a  power  to  enumerate  the  ' 
votej  that  the  certificate  of  the  Governor  of  a 
State  was  final  and  conclusive,  and  that  there  was 
no  authority  in  tbe  Commission,  whatever  might 
be  the  proof,  to  correct  that  certifi- 
cate for  ■  mistake,  or  vacate  .'  It  for 
fraud.  '  Carrying  out  the  position  assumed 
by  tbe  obiectors  on  the  other  side,  it  would  follow 
that  even  in  reference  to  the  certificate  of  Qav. 
Stearns,  of  Florida,  Gov.  Steams  himself  had.  sub- 
seqnentiy  to  the  date  of  tbe  certificate,  come  before 
the  two  bouses  of  Congress  in  saskcioib  and  ashes, 
come  on  behalf  of  bis  State  t§  have  some  error  in 
'that  j^  certificate  corrected,  it  could  not  be 
done.  -  If  he  had  come  with  penitential 
sorrow,  oontessing  himself  to  have  been 
guilty  of  fraud — (I  am  merely  supposing  a  case) — 
however  ,■•  enormoas,  however  patent  that  fraud 
might  be,  it  would  tollow  from  the  argument  pre- 
sented by  the  other  side  tb&t  that  certificate  was 
:  beyond  tbe  reach  of  proof,  and  that  it  was  necessary 
to  crvstalUze  its  falsehood  into  tbe  shape  of  a  prac- 
tical fact.  Now,  in  view  of  that  position, .  taken 
by  the  other  side,  it  becomes  neoessary  to  locate 
tbat  paper  and  see  what  it  is  and 
whence  It  derives  this  extraordinary  sanctity,  In- 
finitely holy,  according  to  that  theory,  beyond  any 
judicial  record,  and  beyond  any  record  tbat  can  be 
made  .between  nations.  By  the  act  of  Congress, 
Section  136,  of  tbe  Revised  Statutes,  it  is  provided 
as  fallows:  "  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Executive 
of  each  State  to  cause  three  lists  of  the  names  of  the 
£lectors  ot  each  State  to  be  made  and  certified,  and 
to  be  delivered  to  the  Eleotors  on  or  before  the 
date  on  which  they  are  required  on  the  pre- 
ceding section  to  meet."  There  is  noth- 
ing In  this  section  declaring  tbat  that 
certificate  shall  be  conclasive  evidence  of  anything. 
There  is  nothing  making  it  mandatory  on  the  Gov- 
ernor to  use  that  ceititicate ;  bnt  if  there  had  been, 
it  would  have  bsen  sometbiog  in  the  section  trans- 
cending the  powers  of  Congress  under  tbe  Constitu- 
tion to  put  it  there,  for  tbey  could  neither  reach 
tbe  Governor  by  process  of  law  nor  by  process  of 
enactment.  It  waa  not  withm  tbe  power  of  Con- 
gress to  make  it  mandatory  upon  tbe  Governor  to 
issue  that  certificate;  and  if  It  was  not 
-within '  the  power  of  Congress  to  make 
it  mandatory  upon  tbe  Executive  of  the  State  to 
lasoe  that  certificate,  can  it  be  possible  that  It  was 
rather  the  power  of  Congress  to  say  that  the  cer- 
tificate, if  issued,  sbonld  be  conclusive  t  Por,  if 
the  certificate  ia  conclusive  when  issued,  it  is  thore- 
tere  neoessary  testimony,  in  the  absence  of  which 
there  is  no  testimony,  and  mnless  it  accompanies 
the  vote  tbe  vote  caimot  be  counted  at  all.  If,  then, 
Congress  could  not  have  required  the  Exscutive  to 
give  it,  Congress  could  not — net  even  if  it  had 
been  so  disposed — declared  >that  the  certificate 
should  be  the  conclnsive  and  only  evidenee  ot  tbe 
. election  of  tbe  £l««otors  of  the  several  States,  be- 
cause the  Constitntioo  itself  provides  for  an  au- 
thentieation  of  those  Electors  by  an  authentication 
by  themselves.  If  to  that  Congress  adds  additional 
authentication,  which  it  makes  a  condition  prece- 
dent to  the  counting  of  the  vote,  it  would  be  an  act 
in  violation  of  that  provision  of  the  Constitution, 
as  wel!  as  in  violation  of  tbe  relations  of  the  Fed- 
eral and  the  State  Governments. 
>  There  are  two  propositions,  irst,  whether  Con- 
gress can,  on  the  qaeaiion  of  an  Electoral  vote,  in- 
stitute an  orieinal  mqairy  and  take  testimony,  go- 
ing behind  the  oertiiicate  of  the  Governor  of  the 
State,  and  can  Invalidate  that  cerQficate  on  its  own 
motion,  while  the  State  slili  adheres  to  the  regu- 
larity, of  the , certiflcate.  That  is  one  qaestion, 
and  a  very'  important  one.  Bat  there  la 
another  question  totally  differont  fTom  that,  which 
is,  whether  tbe  two  Houses  of  Congress,  commis- 
sioned to  ihqaire  into  tbe  Electoral  vote,  and  to  as-. 
certain  woat  votes  will  b*  caunted,  can  receive 
evidence  furnished  by  tbe  State  itself  in  reference 
to  the  y  certiflcate  which  its  Governor  msy  have 
given.  Tnere  is  a  wide  difference  ia  the  twa  oases. 
I  reapeetially  submit  that  it  the  power  does  not  exlut 
in  tbe  two  houses  of  CongrcBS,  as  a  primary  and 
original  power,  repeatedly  to  take  testimony,  going 
behind  the  certiflcate.  then  the  power  mast  exist  in 
the  State  to  correct  ita  certificate  or  to  Impeach  it 
for  fraud  or  falsehood ;  otherwise  we  would  be 
Inevitably  tied  to  an  accident,  or  a  mistake,  and  a 
Piesidential  election  mleht  ttirn  npon  a  cer- 
tificate ^wbich  iS  known  >  to  .  all  tbe  world 
to  be  -■  an  accident,  or  -  a  falsehood.  or 
a  fraud,  and  yet  it  could  neither  be  impeached  by 
the  State  that  gave  it  nor  interfered  with  by  the 
Federal  Grovernmenc.  bnt  must  be  a  substantial, 
living,  and  perpetual  trath  in  the  presence  ot  con- 
flicting evidence  tbat  It  is  a  lie.  I  take  up  tbe 
second  proposition  in  tbe  ^  case  -  ot  Florida. 
The  State  herself,  after  the  meeting  of 
the  Klectora,  ascertaininc;  tbat  tbe  oertlfleate 
given   '  by      Gov.      Stearns  '  was  -    given     either 

by  miitake  or  Iraad,  and  wasfoanded  oatnirrei;-. 

ular   and  illegal  canvass  of  the  votea,  passed  a  law 

b.v  her  l>ec:iBlatare  directing  another  canvass  to  be 
made.  But  she  did  not  pass  that  law  even  antil 
she  had  applied  to  her  judicial  tribunals  to 
interpret  the  laws  previousl.v ,  existing.  Having 
applied  to  those  tribaniUs  'to  Interpret  tbe 
laws    previously    exlstini?,    and    ba-rinz     in    tbe 

mandamus   case  received  from  her  tribouali  of 

last  resort  an  opinion  giving  a  construction  to 
previoas  -  existing  .  laws,  by  which  opinion 
It  was  apparent  tbat  the  Returning  Board 
bad  transcended  its  legal  duties,  and  made 
a  return  that  was  erroneous  under  the  law, 
tbe  State  X,egislature,  on  tbe  basis  sf  that  opinion, 
directed  another  canvass  of  tbe  State  to  be  made. 
When  that  canvass  was  made  and  returned  to  tbe 
Legislature  tbe  Xiegislatare  passed  anotbsr  act  de- 
clarine  that  the  parties  te  whom  the  «srtiMeBtes  bad 
been  issusd  by  Giov.  Stearns  were  not  elected,  and 
specifying  by  legislative  eaactmeats  who  had  been 
.ehosen  as  the  agents  ot  tbe  State  to  speak  her  voice 
in  the  Electoral  College.  Bnt  she  baa  gone  farther. 
A  quo  warranto  was  issaed  against  those  par- 
ties who  assumed  to  exercise  tbe  Electoral 
o£Bce  under  the  eerttfleates  issned  by  Gov. 
Steams,  and  tbat  qao  warranto  bavlnc  come 
beiore  her  Judicial  tribunal,  it  was  decided  tbat  tne 
men  who  had  received  that  certificate  were  not 
elected,  bnt  that  other  men  were  elected.  There- 
fore, you  have  from  tbat  State  I  this  evidence;  evi- 
dence from  her  Laglslatura ;  -« evidence  from  ber 
Governor;  evidence  from  her  Judicial  tribnnals, 
that  the  Electors  to  whose  vote  we  oblect  here 
'were  not  the  duly  appointed  Electors  of  tbe  State 
;of  Florida.  Through  all  departments  of  ber  Gov- 
'ernment  Florida  comes  to  the  United  States  and  begs 
I  tbat  you — for  you  exereise  tbat  power  now, 
and  It  is  embodied  In  you — wilt  protect  h«r  people 
>from:  having  her  voice  simulated  by  patties  who 
'were  never  appointed  to  speak  in  her  behalf.  Is 
'  pot  that  competent  evidence  to  go  before  the  bouses 
.of  Congress  ?  If  it  is  not,  and  it  Congress  itself 
'cannot,  in  the  exercise  of  its  original  power,  go 
/back  and  inqnire  into  tbe  manner  of  electing  Elect- 
.'ors,  then  you  have  placed  the  whole  Govemmen  c 
!and  administration  of  tbe  United  States  in  the 
'power  of  any  State  Executive  tbat  may  issue  his 
certifleate  to  a  party  never  voted  for  at  all,  when 
the  unanlmotis  vote  of  tbe  State  was  in  favor 
of  another  parly.  And  you  are  bound  by  it. 
You  may  take  the  whole  population  of  Florida, 
-and  although  they  may  never  have  voted  for  A  or 
B.  and  though  A  and  B  may  never  have  received  a 
single  vote,  and  oltbough  the  vote  may  have  been 
unanimous  in  favor  et  tbe  other  parties,  the  Gov- 
ernor may  Issue  his  certificate  to  A  and  B.  and  the 
';  certiflcate  may  thus  become  binding  on  Congress, 
jnd  tbe  Electoral  vote  may  be  cast  by  parties  who . 
never  received  a  single  vote  from  any  citizen  of  the 
United  States. .  If  this  be  law,  then  "  who  shall 
deliver  ua  from '  tbe  body  of  this  death  1"  If  it  is 
not  in  the  power  of  Congress  It  is  not  in  the  power 
of  the  State. 
|.  ANOTHSB  ASOVUKNT  BT  MB.  BLACK. 

Mr.  i  Jeremiah  Black  followed  Mr.  Merrick  on 
the  same  side  of  the  question,  characterizing  Mr. 
Merrick's  statement  of  tbe  case  as  admirable,  ami 
well  calculated  to  impress  the  true  nature  of  the 
ease  upon  .the  Commission,  and  to  give  a  full  no- 
tice to  gentlemen  on  the  other  side  as  to  what  bis 
(Mr.  Black's)  side  intended  to  rely  upon.  He  said  it 
would  be  only  "gilding  refined  gold"  for  him  to 
'add  anything  to  Mr.  Merrick's  statement.  He  m- 
slsted  upon  it  tbat  the  evidence,  being  once  in,  or 
offered,  or  filed  in  the  case,  was  to  be  treated  as  a 
court  of  equity  treats  evidence.  The  Commlssiod 
waa  not  required  to  give  it  any  particular  amount, 
of  force  or  weight  in  the  final  judgment ;  bat  the 
Commission  Was  to  look  at  it,  and  to  aeteriBine  tbe 
case  on  all  the  evidence  before  it.  He  could  give 
the  Commission  an  assurance,  founded  on  some 
little  experience,  that  a  Jndge  or  a  lawyer 
tierer  decided  or  spoke  upon  any  subject 
mneh  the  Worse  for  knowing  a  little  about 
it  before  he  did  speak  upon  or  iadge  it. 
ILaufihter.[  He  would  not  refer  to  •'Obitty  on 
Pleadings,"  "Daniels' Cbancery  Practice,"  or  any 
of  tbe  books  in  wbich  tbe  rules  of  evidence  are 
lain  dowu,  becatise  be  took  it  for  granted  that  those 
were  things  on  which  he  would  be  "speaking  as  to 
the  Wise,'  but  he  reminded  tbe  Commission  of  a 
daotatlon  from  Judge  Marsball,  made  yeeterdav,  to 
the  e#ect  tbat  it  was  presumed  that  a  Judge  of  tbe 
Supreme  Court  knew  something.  He  hoped  tbat 
no  uedalon  which  the  Commission  woQld  make 
would  repel  that  presamytion.  [Laughter.]  In- 
deed, be  hoped  tnat  the  presttrnption  woulA  'be  ex- 
tended to  the  ,  effect,  not  only  that  JndgM^of 
the  Supreme  '  Cotirt  knew  -  sometiiinc  btit 
that  members  of  the  Senate  and  Boose  of 
Bepreseniktiveaalad  knew  aomething.  ILmaitMe.} 
There  bad  besn  much  talk  here  about  opiiiit  b^btnd 
the  action  of  a  State.  He  ballBved  oTialy  lb  tha 
Boter*ljtn  pdws*  df  a  Stat«to»pp*ln» 
ta  mi^Mt.^mihilA  a  wn  Boil  li  m 


Sclbdd  by  £er  legisUtnre,  and  he  believed  tbit 
tbr  tb*  appointment  was  made  iii  that  manaef, 
qo ,  mab  bod .  a  xtitbt  ijo  Ro  kebli)d  1«  atad  say  that  It 
WiM  not  an  appoljttmeBt  fit  to  b<(^  niade.  Anybody 
(jvhether  an  oflBeer  of  thb  Stita  or  li  ofBoar  of  tbe 
Qehiiitjd  Gbv^oaieot)  irhb  ondertOftk  to  set  aside 
•uoh  an  apbolntbient  aa  that  Would  be  gniltr  of 
nsumatloa  of  authority,  and  hia  act  would  be  utter- 
ly void.  Therefore,  if'  the  Gevemor  ot  the  State  of 
Florida  in  this  case,  after  the  appointment  of  these 
Electors  waa  made  by  tbe  people,  undertook  to  cer- 
tify tbat  they  were  not  elected  and  to  put  somebody 
else  in  their  place,  that  act  was  utterly  void,  false, 
and  firaudulent.  They  were  not  golpg  be- 
hind the  act  of  the  State  in  this  case. 
Tbsy  were  only  going  behind  tbe  ftaudnlent  aet 
of  an  officer  of  the  State,  whose  act  had  no  validity 
whatever  in  It-  This  was  a  question  of  evidence. 
Two  sets  of  persons  cams  here,  each  of  them  pre- 
tending to  be  tbe  agent  of  tbe  State  ot  Florida,  for 
tbe  purpose  of  performing  tbat  imnortant function 
of  thoiState  in  tbe  election  of  President  and  Vice 
President  It  was  the  business  of  the  two  houses  of 
Congress  to  count  tbe  votes.  He  asked  the 
Commission  to  remember  tbe  argament  of  Mr. 
Merrick,  and  to  let  it  sink  in  their  hearts,  and  not 
to  forget  it,  because  It  was  God's  troth.  It  was  the 
word  "  votes  "  tbat  gave  the  controlling  meaqiag  to 
tbe  provision  of  the  Constitution.  The  votes  were 
to  be  counted — not  a  fraud,  net  a  forgery.  When 
they  were  told  that  if  the  President  of  the  Senate 
hud  before ,  the  two  houses  a  false  paper  that  was 
absolutely  a  connterfeit,  and  that  that  was  an 
end  of  it,  and  tbat  no  extraneous  evidenee  could  be 
prodnced  for  the  purpose  of  showing  tbat  that 
paper  was  a  forgery,  the  doctrine  went  too  far.  If 
that  propesitlon  were  carried  out  to  Its  logical  con- 
clusion, then  it  would  follow  that  the  two  houses 
of  Congress  must  simply  receive  what  anybody 
chooses  to  fabricate  and  to  say  before  them 
through  the  President  of  the  Senate;  and  that 
neither  the  President  of  the  Senate  nor  either  of  the 
houses,  nor  both  of  them  together,  could  do  any- 
thing in  the  matter,  but  just  take  what  was  given 
without  inquiring  Into  tbe  genuineness  of  it 
at  .  all.  He  aaw,  everybody  saw,  and 
be  hoped  nobody  on  '  the  other  side  would 
attempt  to  deny,  that  tbe  two  houses  of  Congress 
have  the  verifying  power  wbich  enables 
them  to  inqaire  whether  a  paper  is  a  forgery 
or  not :  and  If  they  have  the  right  to 
inquire  whether  it  is  a  cotmterfeit,  tbey  certainly 
have  the  ngbt  to  Inquire  whether  It  is  not  invali- 
dated by  the  fraudulent  manner  In  which  it  was 
concocted.  The  work  of  the  counterfeiter  waa  as 
well  entitled  to  be  regarded  as  a  truth  as  tbe  mere 
spawn  of  a  criminal  conspiracy,  gotten  up  tor  tbe 
purpose  of  oheatinc  tbe  people  of  the  State  and  tbe 
people  ot  tbe  Union  by  overtoming  and  over- 
throwing the  great  principle  underlying  the  insti- 
tutions of  the  country.  He  instaneed  tbe  case  ot  a 
patent  issaed  by  tbe  Secretary  of  the  Interior  oir 
the  Land  Office,  the  validity  of  which  depended 
upon  Its  confirmation  by  tbe  Supreme  ConrU  and 
where  It  was  falsely  recited  tbat  the  court  had  deliv- 
ered a  Judgment  confirming  it,  when  tbe  record 
Showed  tbnt  the  court  bad  never  done  so,  and  he 
asked  whether  that  patent  waa  worth  anything. 
It  was  good  for  nothing,  because  it  was 
based  upon  a  fact  tbat  waa  not  true. 
In  all  cases  of  this  kind  false  was  traudulent.  Tbe 
man  who  undertook  to  say  that  he  certified  to  the 
election  of  these  men,  while  at  tbe  time  he  did  it 
there  glaren  upon  hi m  from  tbe  resord  which  lay 
before  him  tbe  evidence  that  the  fact  was 
tbe  other  way,  -  was  a  •  counterfeiter,  and 
the  paper  Issued  '  by  blm  was  fraudulent  If 
It  waa  fraudulent,  was  it  not  as  void 
In  law  sad  as  corrupt  in  morals  as  if  It  was  a  sim- 
ple counterteit  made  by  somebod.v  else  ttian  by  the 
man  who  professed  to  sign  It  I  Be  undereook  to  sav 
tbat  BO  man  In  this  community  would 
dare  to  deny  tbat  ss  a  legal  proposition 
In  this  case  it  was  shown  tbat  tbe  certiflcate  was 
fraudulent.  How  waa  it  shown  t  By  produsing  the 
evidence,  of  which  (krv.  Steams  was  as  well  sware 
as  be  (Mr.  Black)  was.  wbicb  every  mas,  woman,  and 
child  m  this  whole  nation  knew,  or  bad  reason  to 
believe  was  true,  via.:  Tbst  the  other  set  of  Elec- 
tors bad  a  decisive  and  clear  minority  of  the  votos 
tbat  were  received  and  counted  at  the  pails.  Gov. 
Steams  knew  that  because  it  was  recorded  in 
every  county  in  the  State.  The  votes  were 
eoUected  together,  and  were  filed  in  tbe 
office  of  the  Secretary  of  tbe  Commonwealth.  Tnat 
was  one  way  in  which  the  falsehood  and  the  fraud 
was  shown.  But  it  was  shown  again  by  the  evi- 
dence ot  an  aot  of  the  Legislature,  containlnn  the 
solemn  protest  of  the  State  against  tbe  cheat  which 
her  de  facto  (roveroor  attempted  to  palm  off  on  her 
and  OB  the  nation.  It  was  shown  again  bv  the  fact 
that  tbe  Governor  of  Florida,  not  the  same  person, 
but  tne  same  ,-  officer,  had  revoked  that 
irand,  declaring  >  that  i'  the  other  parties 
and  not  those  '  whose  '  votes  were  now 
offered,  had  been  elected  an4  chosen  and  antbor- 
ized  exolasively  to  declare  the  vote  of  the  State. 
Thus  there  waa  the  evidence  of  two  dcpartmenta 
of  tbe  State  Government  agaibst  the  trand,  but 
there  was  still  more.  The  State  bad  determined 
BOt  to  be  cheated  out  of  ber  vote,  and  had 
determined  .'  tbat  .  she  would  ascertain  tbe 
tmtb,  in  some  ^  undeniable  form,  by  a  pro- 
ceeding, the  correctness  and  truth  of  which 
•ould  never  be  Impeached.  Sbe,  therefore,  had 
taken  those  nsnrpers  by  the  throat  had  dragged 
them  into  a  cenrt  ot  iusllce,  and  there,  in  the  pros- 
•noe  of  a  eomoetsnt  iribanal.  she  bad  impleaded 
them,  charged  them  with  the  offensei  brought  the 
other  parties  who  were  claimed  to  bo  her  agents 
for  tbe  purpose,  and  set  them  face  to  face.  The 
proofs  bad  been  gives  on  both  aides,  and  there  bad 
been      a     solemn    adjadleation      by      that     court 

of  competent  jarisdietios,  tbat  the  persons 
who  claimed  to  oast  their  votes  lor 
Hayes  and  'Wheeler  bad  no  rlgbt  or  au- 
thority, or  power  whatever,  to  do  tbat  thing. 
It  had  been  laid  down  as  a  rule  of  law  tbat  whenever 
a  case  has  been  decided  by  a  court  of  competent 
Jurisdiction,  the  determination  of  that  court  could 
be  pleaded  in  bar  as  oonclnsive  evidence  of  tvaTy 
faet  and  every  matter  of  law  tbat  waa,  or  could 
have  bean,  brought  into  the  controversy,  and  that 
neither  in  taw  nor  In  faet  should  tnat  deiermuiatieu 
ever  afterward,  coUatsrsllv  or  direcMv,  be  drawn 
into  controversy.  Was  not  that  rule  t  It  bad  been 
so  laid  down  by  tbe  Chief  Justice  in  the  Duchess  ot 
Kingston's  case.  It  had  been  followed  by  every 
ooart  in  Christendom  IVom  that  day  to  this.  There 
was  not  in  England  or  America  one  Jndge  or  one 
lawyer  who  bad  ever  undertaken  to  asset  t  that  the 
law  was  otherwise,  nor  bad  it  ever  been  attempted 
to  De  clothed  In  any  other  words  tban  tbe  clear  and 
felicitons  langaaae  tliai  was  used   by  Chief  Justice 

De  Grey  in  that  case.  Tbii  doctrine  had  been  ap- 
plied over  aad  over  again  to  election  retnms  as 

well  aa  to  all  other  things.  It  would  be  ner- 
feetly  absurd  to  say  tbat  where  a  question  about 
the  title  of  a  hone  was  in  controversy,  before  a 
Justice  of  tbe  Poace.  the  doctrine  which  made  the 
title  void  for  fraud  waa  to  be  aoplled  so  far  aa  to 
save  the  horse  to  the  honest  owner  of  it,  and  that 

it  ibonld  not  be  applied  to  a  cue  in  which  the 

riffhts  of  a  whole  nation  were  being  struggled  for. 
False  returns  bad  t>een  made  many  times,  false 
counts  had  been  made  at  the  polla,  and  false  elec- 
tion officers  bad  made  false  returns  of  tbe  voters 
as  they  concted  them,  but  no  man  had  ever 
said  ts  his  knowledse  tbat  an  election  fraud 
ought  to  be  held  to  be  successful  merely  beeause  it 
was  pat  into  the  form  of  a  law.  That  had  never 
been  said  before  except  on  two  occasions  1  one  ot 
which  was  the  famous  New-Jersey  case,  and  tbe 
other  a  case  which  occurred  in  Pennsylvania  in 
1838,  when  Mr.  Porter  was  elected  Ooveraor  of 
Pennsylvania  by  about  14,000  maJonty.  and  hia 
election  waa  attempted  to  be  set  aside  by  the  op- 
posite partv.  They  all  knew  wbat  had  beoome  ot 
that  attempt  t  it  had  resulted  In  the  fsmcns  "Bnok- 
shot  War.*^  Tbe  parties  oppesed  to  Mr.  Porter  bad 
intended  to  carry  out  their  scheme  at  the  expense 
ot  covering  the  whole  Commonwealth  with  blood 
and  ashes,  and  tbey  would  have  done  it,  only  that 
they  could  not  get  Gen.  Patterson  and  his  isen  to 
fire  upon  tbe  people. 

Mr.  Black's  time  having  expired  be  resumed  his 
seat,  and  Mr.  Merrick  presented  to  the  Commission 
a  brief  by  Mr.  Green,  of  New-Jersey,  wbicb  be 
said  was  a  elear,  full,  and  able  dlsonstion  of  tbe 
question  now  before  tbe  Commlision. 

Mr.  Black  again  arose  to  supply  an  omission  tbat 
be  had  made,  wbich  was  to  state  that  evidence 
wtmld  be  presented  to  show  the  Ineligibility  of  one 
of  the  Hayes  Electors  on  scconnt  of  bis  being  a 
United  States  officer  at  tbe  time  of  bis  election. 

Mr.  Evarts  (addressing  Mr.  Black,)  said  tbat  a 
certain  amount  of  evidence,  not  otner  wise  desert  tied 
than  generally  in  argament,  and  wbich  bis  side 
had  never  seen  or  inspected,  had  been  argued  npon 
as  beine  already  in  on  some  cbancery  notion  tbat  it 
bad  been  attached  to  something  whloh  had  brought 
it  here. 

Mr.  Black— That  is  In  the  record. 

Mr.  Evarts— Wbat  Is  it  attached  tot 

Mr.  Black— It  is  a  part  of  the  record  in  ibisoase, 
made  up  by  the  Honse  of  Representatives  before 
the  case  waa  sent  over  here. 

Mr.  Evarts — What  is  It  attaebed  to  f 

Mr.  Black— I>o  you  mean  to  ask  me  tbe  book  •, 
binder's  qnestion  ss  to  whether  it  is  stitched  f 
*  Mr.  Evarts — No  :  but  to  wbat  is  it  attacbsd  I 
-  Mr.  Merrick — It  is  attached  to  tbe  obiection  tbat 
was  made  when  the  vote  was  offered  in  the  House 
as  being  the  basis  on  which  the  objection  waa 
raised. 

Mr.  Evarts— The  question  is  answered ;  it  comes 
in. 

Senator  Edmunds — It  came  In  as  part  of  the  ob- 
,  ect  ion. 

THE  BBPITBUCAlt  8IDB!  OF  THB  CA8B. 
j    Mr.  Stanley  Mathews  then  arose  to  present  the, 
BepnbUcan  side  of  tbe  case.    He  iald : 

Mb.  Pbxbidekt  axd  OssTUitxjr  OF  ita  CoH- 
WBSiOH  :  Unused  as  I  am  to  appewing  oefore  a 
tribunal  so  unpreceaented  and  august  as  this, 
and  qnite  unused  to  handlitaj^  soch  high 
themes  as  form  thn  subject  of  the 
lurisdiotioniof  this  Commission,  I  nse  with  the  most 
unaffected  diffidence  to  undertake  tbe  discbarge  of 
the  duty  whloh  has  been  assigned  me  by  my  learned 
associates.  And  while  I  hope  that  I  may  say  some* 
thing  which  will  assist  the  Commission  ih  solvinit 
tbe  questions  that  are  sabmitted  for  argntnent  I 
shall  be  onlv  bappr.  if  after'  I  take  my  seat  I  shall 
be  able  to  recollect  tbat  I  have  said  nothing  which 
nay  ibjore  it.  I  take  the  flfit  opportilBity  to  cor- 
rect a  senoua  miaapprebension  on  the  part  of 
tbe  learned  gentlemen  who  have  acted  as  connsel  in 
the  opening  of  this  qaestion  in  regard  to  tbe  posi- 
tion which  they  seem  to  assumb  as  being  already 
taken  on  our  side.  I  refer  to  the  conoluslve  effect 
Wbich  tbey  suppose  We  attribute  to  the  certiflcate 
of  a  Governor  of  a  State  accompanying  the  list  of 
those  whom  he  certifies  as  having  been  duly  ap- 
pointed Electors  for  that  State.  I  am  sn- 
tborized  to  say  by  the  gentlemen  who 
are  objectors  to  tbe  second  and  tbird 
certiicates,  that  tbat  staieinent  iS  an  incorrect  rep- 
resentation of  their  posiiioa,  abd  Ireepeorfttily  anb- 
iblt  that,  when  I  bave  sat  down,  no  gentleman  on 
tbe  other  side  will  onderstand  onr  case  diffei^vtly. 
I  may  also  take  this  Immediate  opportonity  foir  re. 
licving  the  ^prebenaton  of  my  very  learaed  MiuA 
Who  spoke  laat.  and  who  apOke  so  well  in  regard  to 
the  poasibte  efteet  of  exelndliiC  the  obbaUlMMiioii  of 
what  taa  baa  been  Jleaawl  to  e^i  ^utMUti 
oa  erldoDoe  from  tbe  .jiidoBen*  of  this  trtbanu. 
It  is,  Kr.  Px«sldBnt  and  g^tiemni,  a  ibrtoukts  fUt» 
inraufyonrlMcaiOooBtttdMokUiat  yom  MMi  Bsake 


in|  df  the  dootrdie  that  they  w^  einigtatfBed  Ify 
tiw  pr^nee  <sl  tbe  Holy  (^bogt,  tbar  be  tiad  jibti- 
etaUr  foiind  tbiU  thd  Spirit  dwdlt  in  tafo  bdd  i^mo, 
,  fuuigtater,  I  ao .  that  In  tha  tiMrdse  of  the  eonstitn- 
tiimal  ftuicttod,  whatever  It  may  be,  devolved  vbr 
Qdogrew  opdli  tMs  G<Mnmlsafon  in  the  oonnt 
of  the  JEleoioral  Votea.  -  bflsbtnal  provislbn  haa 
been  made  against  the  •  defeat  of  tbe  transao- 
tlon  by  referring  it  to  a  tribunal  which 
otnnei  be  eqully  divided.   And  now,  Mr.  Preei* 

dent  and  gentlemen  of  the  Commlsaion.  allow  me  to 
state  in  very  gsnarml  teraa,  ana  yet  M  preeliely  M' 
I  may  be  able  toaocqmplwhib  tbavarlotu  prop*-' 
aitloBB  by  -srhleh  and  tttrongn  which  1^  lead 
ourselves  :  and  hope  to  lead  yoo  to  the 
oonelnslon  for  wbicb  ire  oOatenU  td  Hfeir- 
ence  to  tba  point  to  which  yep  aa  rapre- 
•entativas  of  tks  Congressional  Jorisdlotlon  may 
go  in  tbta  Inqolry  and  to  the  point  where  yoit  most 
atop.  Wbat  Is  tbe  txansaetlon  t  what  la  tbe  aob* 
Jeot  of  the  general .  Inveatlgatlon  t  It  la  stated  in 
its  final  result,  the  eleoUon  of  a  Presdent  'and 
Tiee  Prealdent  of  the  TJnlted  States.  Ih  what  does 
that  dbnslst  t  It  Is  not  a  single  aot.  It  is  a  series 
of  aoU.  The  eleetlon  of  the  two  high  officers  is 
not  a  popular  eleotion  either  according  to  tba  spirit 
of  the  Cdnitittitldn,  the  ineAning  ot  its  flramers,  the 
interpreUtloB  of  tbe  generation  which  adopted  it, 
or  tba  practice  under  It.  There  is  a  select 
body  of  men  io  each  State,  who  ooostltote  the  oon- 
stltntlonikl  body  who  are  to  make  that  eleotion, 
and  I  need  not  remind  this  tnbimal  that  they  have 
arighttoihake  a  selection  as  well  as  an  eleotion. 
It  is  altogether,  iti  my  Judement,  a  n^lataka  to  snp- 
pose  that  the  Electoral  bauies  are  delegates  repre- 
senting the  State  or  tbe  people  ot  a  State  a*  agents 
to  scoompllah  thetr  will.  They  net  .only  have  tbe 
power  in  tbe  sense  of  might,  but  tbey  bave  Kuthor- 
itv,  in  the  sense  of  right  to  vote  npon  the  day 
named  for  tbe  person,  who,  in  their  Judgment 
ought  to  be,  all  things  considered,  the  Chief  Exeon- 
five  01  the  natien. 

Mr.  Mathews  then  went  on  to  show  that  eacb 
State  has  the  right  te  prescribe  the  mode  m  which 
the  Electors  shall  bs  appointed,  bow  they  may  be 
cbcsen  by  tbe  Legislature,  appointed  by  the  Gov- 
craor,  or  elected  by  the  people,  bow  arrangemeats 
are  made  tor  ccuotlng  the  vote  by  Returning 
Beards,  &c.,  and  for  the  issaanec  o(  the  Certificates 
by  tbe  Governer.  Upon  tbat  point,  be  said,  the 
State  acted.  Congress  had,  under  the  Constitution, 
reserved  to  itself  in  certain  partlonlars  control 
over  these  appointments;  that  is.  Congress 
might  designate  the  day  on  which  tbe  appoint- 
ment should  be  made,  and  tbe  day  on  which  the 
Electors  so  appointed  should  deposit  their  ballots  for 
President  and  Vice  Prealdent  He  would  neither 
deny  nor  affirm,  but  be  was  willing  to  admit  any- 
thing and  everything  which  might  be  claimed  on 
the  other  side  as  to  the  existence  ot  State  authority 
to  ioqnlre  into  and  affect  tbat  record,  until  tbe 
time  when  the  Eleotors  completed  their  work  by 
casting  their  votes.  Then  tbe  transaction  passed 
beyond  the  limits  of  State  control,  and  it  became  a 
Federal  act;  one  ot  tbose  things  wbich  passed  to 
the  Jurisdiction  of  Federal  oower.  The  votes  had 
then  been  deposited  in  the  baUot-box  of  the  nation, 
andtbanatiouteokcbsrgeof  Its  ballot-boxes  ^  what- 
ever power  was  exertad  after  tbat  or  exerted 
under  the  pewer  conferred  oy  tha  Constitation 
npon  any  constituted  national  autkority  which  was 
invested  with  power  over  tbe  subject  -  When  tbe 
person  appointed,  or  who  appears  to  bave  been 
appointed,  an  Elector,  having  In  bis  possession  the 
formal  evidence  of  his  appointment  exercised  the 
authority  conferred  upon  him  under  the  Con- 
stitution and  aotuallv  dlseharged  the  duty  of 
casting  the  vote,  the  transaction  passed  beyond 
the  control  of  ^tate  power  and  auihor- 
icy.  Tbe  actual  question,  Mr.  Mathews 
maintained,  bow  before  the  Commission,  is  not 
which  set  of  Electors  in  Florida  received  a  ma- 
jority of  popular  votes,  nor  which  set  aopears 
from  tbe  returns  of  votes  made  at  the  primary  poll- 
ing places  to  have  had  a  mi^oilty,  but 
which  set,  by  the  aotnal  declaration  of 
the  official  antborlty  of  the  State  charged 
with  tbat  duty,  has  become  clothed  by  the  forms  of 
law  with  actual  mcumbency  and  possession  of 
the  office.  The  body  of  Eleotors,  wbich  has  ah  ap- 
parent right  and  a  proper  title,  aod  which  is  in  the 
exercise  and  possession  of  tbe  functions  and  ftan- 
cbice  of  an  office,  and  who  actually  exercise  the 
powers  of  that  office.  Is  for  the  pomoses  of  this  tri- 
bunal tne  lawful  body  to  caat  tbe  tote,  and  their 
votes  must  be  counted. 

Mr.  Matbews  admitted  that  a  mere  certifying 
act  was  not  conclusive.  Congress,  which  provided 
it  and  made  it  part  of  the  transaction,  may  disre- 
gard It ;  they  need  not  tie  themselves  to  it;  bnt  it 
the  Commission  went  behind  tbe  certiflcate,  to  what 

were  tbey  limited  by  tbe  necessity  of  tho  case  I  In 
bis  judgment,  they  were  limited  to  an  inquiry  as  to 
wbat  are  the  facta  to  which  the  Governor  ia  bis 
eertifloate  should  have  certified.  The  tacts  to  be 
certified  bv  the  Governor  are  pubilo  faeia, 
and  are  facts  which  constitute  a  part  of  the 
records  of  the  State,  and  of  whloh,  being  Gov- 
ernor at  the  time,  he  has  official  knowledge — 
at  the  time  when,  if  ever,  tbe  title  to  the  poesession 
and   incumt>«ncy  ot  this  function  required  for  tne 

§umoses  of  this  tribunal  beoome  complete.  Gov. 
teams  was  the  lawful  (tremor  of  Florida,  and 
the  fact  to  be  certified  was,  that  by  the  Judgment 
and  finding  of  the  floal  authority  of  the  State,  aS 
decided  by  the  eleollon,  those  whom  he  oertiiSed 
to  be  tbe  Electors  had  in  faet  according  to  law, 
been  appointed.  The  fact  that  a  anbtequent  Gov- 
ernor came  io,  aad  tbat  a  eeart  temieroCL  a  judg- 
ment upon  hia  status,  coald  not  chsnge  the  de  facto 
•tatas  of  Got.  StearDi.    Tbe  qxto  warranto  pruoes d- 

Ing  could  not  bs  alleeea  aa  sKainsl  tbe  facts 
recited  in  Gov.  Stcaras'  certiflcate,  because 
facts  are  not  matters  ,of  legal  constraotion. 
Tbey  exist  of  themselves.  The  tact  is  nndoubtsd 
aad  unquestioned  that  Gov.  Steams,  at  the  time  in- 
dicated, waa  tbeJe  facto  Governor  of  Florida.  The 
lelators  in  that  quo  toarranto  case  appeared  clearly 
by  tbe  reeord  not  to  have  been  in  possestiorrat  the 
time,  end  their  claim  of  right  to  occupy  the  ol- 
fice  did  not  affect  tbe  aetaal  status  of  Gov. 
Steama  nor  tbe  legal  and  constitational  force  of  bis 
action. 

HOIf.   K.  W.  BTOUOHTOS'S  ADDBEBS. 

Hon.  E.  W.  Stengbton  followed  Mr.  Mathews  for 
the  Bepnblloans,  speaking  as  fcllowc : 
Mb.  PBEsmxnT  axo  Gxhtlsukn  of  thx  Coioob- 

aiOXi  Altboagh  my  brother  Evarts  and  myself 
propose  to  divide  between  us  the  remainder  of  our 
time.  I  chall  occupy,  I  think,  but  a  very  small  portion 
of  it.  The  qaestion  which  this  iribanal  has 
given  ua  to  argue,  aa  I  iwderstand  it, 
is,  whether  any,  and,  if  any,  what  testimony  eanbe 

received  in  this  case  of  any  nature  independent  of 
doeaments    which    were    transmitted    to  the  Preal- 

oent  of  the  Senate  aad  opened  in  the  presence  of 
tbe  two  hoases.    In  the  first  plaee,  it  seems  to  me 

appropriate  to  ask.  What  IS  the  Jurisdiction  of  vhis 
tribunal  I  and  what  are  ita  powers  I  Upon  it  Is  de- 
volved by  tbe  legislation  o(  Congress  snch  power,  if 
any,  to  oonnt  the  Electoral  vote  in  speaial  cases 
rot'eired  to  it  as  is  possessed  by  the  two  houses  of 
Consress,  acting  separately  or  tueether.  The  ions- 
dietlou  as  conferred  is,  therefore,  an  unknown 
quantity,  until  it  shall  bave  beeo  aacertainea  what 
are  the  powers  of  the  two  hoases.  acting  separate- 
ly or  together.  Assuming  tbe  power  of  tbe 
two  houses  or  of  either  house  to  connt  the  Electoral 
vote,  what  doty,  wbat  power  is  involved  in  the  ex- 
ercise of  that  i  auction.  The  purpose  to  be  attained 
is  tbe  couat  of  tbe  Electoral  vote.  The  power  de- 
volved noon  this  tribunal  is  to  connt  that  vote  in 
special  cases.  It  is  to  connt  tb^ Electoral  vote,  and 
not  to  count  the  votes  by  which  the  Elect- 
ors were  elected.  Tbat  Is  a  discrimination  which 
need  hardly,  I  think,  have  been  forced  by  argu- 
ment The  Electoral  vote  only  is  to  be  otmnted, 
and  this  tribunal  has  no  newer  and  no  duty  to 
count  tbe  vote  by  which  the  Electors  were  elected. 
If  it  had  It  would  be  compelled  to  descend  to  an  un- 
fathomable abyss,  and  grope  Its  wfy  into  resesses 
in  which  it  could  find  Itselt  in  a  position  not 
only  somewhat  unpleasant,  .  hot  fTom  ^  which 
it  conld  with  difficulty  '  extricate.  Itself. 
What  Is  tbe  scope  of  tbe  inqtiiry  betore  this  body  t 
The  general  inquiry  of  tbe  gentlemen  is  whether 
any  testimony  is  admissible  io  this  case,  and  for  tbe 
purpose  of  aacertainlg  what  testimenv  is  aomissible 
It  is  well  to  lesm  preciselv  wbat  this  case  is  and 
what  is  tbe  purpose  of  tbe  testimony  proposed  to  be 
pat  in.  Here  are  some  facM  of  which  this  tribunal 
can  take  jadieial  notice.  One  consists  of  the 
laws  of  the  SUte  of  Florida.  What  are 
those  laws  in  reference  to  this  subject  I  And 
wbat  was  done  m  pursuance  Of  them  t  And  wbat 
is  proposed  to  be  done  by  testimony  (as  It  la  ealled) 
for  tbe  purpose  of  overthrowing  what  was  done  in 
pursuance  of  the  statute  of  that  State  I  In  the  first 
place,  tbe  statute  of  that  State  by  a  provision,  a 
portion  of  Wbich  I  will  take .  the  liberty  of 
reading,  created  a  Betuming  '  Board,  having 
capacity  to  certify  tbe  number  of  votes  cast  for 
Electors,  and  to  certify  who  were  elected,  and  If 
tbat  board  pertormed  Its  dnty,  however  mistaken, 
however  clouded  with  error,  however,  (It  you 
pteaae)  tainted  by  fraud — if  it  performed  the  daty 
imposed  on  it  by  laW,  and  did  ascer- 
tain and  did  declsre  how  many 
votes  for  particular  sets  cf  Eleotors  had  heen  oast 
and  did  certify  and  declare  who  were  the  persons 
who  were  elected  Elector— sthat  ends  all  Inquiry 
here,  aasuming  that  you  mar  to  bebind 
tbe  Governor's  certificate,  and  unless  yon 
assume  tbe  right  to  ge  behind  tbe  action  of  the 
Retnming  Bonid,  the  flnal  tribuntj  for  that  purpose 
created  by  tbe  law  of  that  State,  and  ascertain 
whether  It  did  or  did  not  according  toyeurjadg- 
ment  faltbtoily  declare  the  vote  cast  and  faithfully 
declare  who  were  the  persons  elected.  As  to  the 
oonstltation  of  tbat  Returning  Board 
is  will  appear '  from  the  fonrtb  section 
of  the  Act  of  1873,  wbich  will  be  found 
on  pa^e  9  or  the  report  of  Mr.  Sargent's  obmmlt- 
tee.  It  provides  that  on  tbe  thirty-fifth  day  after 
the  holding  of  any  general  or  special  eleotion  for 
any  State  officer,  member  of  tne  Legislatore  or 
Representative  in  Congre8\  ot  as  soon  as 
the  returns  Shall  havd  been  received 
from  the  several  oooattes  where  tbe  elaotioBs 
sbaU  have  been  held,  tbe  Saeretary  of  State,  Attor- 
ney Qeneral,  and  Controller  ot  Public  Aeootmis,  or 
tny  of  tbeffl.iihall  go  with  any  other  member  of  the 
Cabinet  who  may  be  designated  by  them,  and  shall 
meet  at  ths  cffice  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  pnrcu- 
ant  te  notice  to  be  given  by  tbd  9eeretarv 
ot  State,  and  shall  ftorib  a  Board  ot  State  CanVds*' 
era,  and  proceed  to  eanvaas  the  returns  of  said  elec 
ttoB.  I  deCire  tbe  Commiscien  to  mack  well  the 
language  of  the  aot  It  says  that  tbey  shall  "  pro- 
eeed  to  eattvass  tbe  returns  of  said  electloBr  and 
determine  and  declare  wbo  cball  have  been  elected 
to  '  atay  snob  office,  or  as  such  member, 
as  shown  by  such  return.  If  any 
soch  return  shall  appear  te  be  irragalar,  tblsBi  or 
f  raadalent,  so  that  the  board  ahall  be  unable  to  de- 
termine tha  true  vote  for  any  snob  aflioer  ar  mem- 
ber, tbey  shall  so  certify,  and  shall  not  inclnde  such 
r«tifms  in  ^heir  detentaination  and  deaiaratloii ; " 
ttaere     .was       eoinmlttba  .  to       them     by     that 

n'  ite  a  capacity  to  detenniae  and  dedde 
ind  oonoidaive,  And  a  tdalbrity  of  that 
beard  were  atttborisM  to  permrm  tbat 
8017,  tad  ibev  did  pcrtbrm  It;  Aad  it  ^pe«r«  here 
befoM  tbla  tribonal  that  in  tbe  diaSbarye  of  tbat 
8n^  two  of  tbeie  ttboibera  (omitting  tbe  Attdmsy 
Qm^BJ  dia,  iB  tbi  azemAibor  ttai  dlmrattMi  tbns 
oMiHaa  to  tlun.  ctttbtg  tat  deiriin  tick  in* 
lUxea  jeiaqWfa  (aoiealiMQlbkt  ImM  ««ly  al«o«i«  by 
itmliiirMfolint  Of  Uiat  S«a«k ^  tMOf  #« m  bb- 


Statb  of  FlbzidA  baa  sent  ^^  ^  CAeeUre 
ber  Urill  lii  the  Sleotoral  CSQece^  tit  It 
is  bet.  will,  as  a  sovereign  State,  whether 
wlsd  .«r  ,  foOUsb,  (and  foolish  it  may.  be, 
M  we  Have  li^ly  seen,)  which  she  is  to  decbtre.  It 
teems  to  me  that  if  this  Commission  abaU  go 
behind  the  finding  of  tbat  bctard.  It  'will  go  bebind 
It  upon  the  theory  that  it  may  axerelse  its  will  irire- 
Boeeave  of  tudicdaT  power,  npon  tbe  same  theory 
that  It  hM  the  oapadiy  of  both  hooiee,  or  of  either 
bouse,  te  do  as  it  pleases,  not  in  sub- 
jeotioA  to  the  ConstitttUon  of  tbe  country, 
but  in  obedience  to.  Ita  -will  and  purpose. 
latqiDoae  ll  will .  not  be  denied  that  a  State  of  the 
'IJniOn  bv  ita  Legislature  may,  in  any  mode  it 
pleases,  deOlari  who  bbial  be  Ita  Instriimeht  im  se- 
lecting Blaotora.  I  snppose  tbat  if  th^  State  of  Flor- 
l«k  bad  d^ielwed  tbbt  one  of  lU  Sherifb  thbold  se- 
leot  the  Bleotort,  that  would  be  final, 
Ifi  ii  were  done,  peir{4ventare,  iomo  theorists, 
npon  the  iiOtlon  that  yon  should  go  to  the  people  as 
tbe  souroe  of  x>pwer  to  elect  Judges  as  well  as  all 
dther  offleeM,  xiilgbt  shy  that  that  was  hardly  In 
harmony  witti  repnblitHUt  notions,  but  I  think  that 
he  wbo  would  go  behind  tbe  express  will  of  the 
State  aa.  to  tne  Eleotors  appointed  would  j  find 
buaself, .' engaged  in  an  effort  to  invadeXthe 
sovereignty  or  the  State  arid  iaterfsre  with  its 
supremacy.  lam  perfectly  aware  tbat  if  this  tri-i 
bubal  were  left  to  tbe  intelligence  of  committees  by 
which,  selectink  some  of  its  number,  it  could 
through  tbem  proceed  to  different  States,  and,  irre- 
speotive  of  tbe  rales  of  evidence  or  of  law,  gather^' 
together  testimony,  there  supposing  it  to  have 
tbe  capacity  to  do  it  as  it  should  please,  it  might 
go.  behind  and  overset  any  flnal,  lawful  dcclara-' 
tion  of  any  Returning  Board  •  in  any  State  in  the 
country.  .  But  Congress,  while  it  confers,  in  tne 
chape  of  an  unkntrwn  q,nantity,  a  Jurisdietion 
npon  this  tribunal,  declaring  that  it  should 
possess  the  w,  powers,  if  any,  of ''  tbe  two 
nodses  *  for  '^  the  -  pnrpose  ,  ot  performing 
the  duty  of  counting  the  vote,  took  care  not  to 
permit  it  to  found  ita  conclusion  .  upon  testimony 
inadmisaable  in  a  conrt  of  Justice.  *  The  distinction 
between  the  uncertainty  of  language  which  con- 
fers Jurisdlotion,  and  the  ceitainty  and  precision  of 
langnage  wbish  confers  power,  is  msrkedandap* 
parent 

Mr.  Stoughton  then  read  from  the  Electoral  bill 
as  follows:  "All  such  certificates,  votes,  and  pa- 
pers so  objected  to,  and  all  papers  accompanying 
the  same,  together  wltb  sueu  objections,  shall 
be  forthwith  submitted  to  y  such  Commis- 
sion, wbich  shall  proceed  to  -  consider  the 
same,  with  the  power,  if  any,  now  possessed 
for  that  purpose  by  the  two  houses  acting  sep- 
arately or  togevber,  and  by  a  ntO'^i'lty  of  votes 
decide  whether  any  and  what  votes  from  said  State 
are  tbe  votes  provided  by  the  Conctitution  of  the 
United  States,  and  how  many  and  what  persons 
were  dnly  appointed  Eleotors  In  snch  States,  and 
m»v  therein  take  into  view  such  -  pe- 
titiona,  depositions,  and  other  papers,  ?  if 
any,  as  shall  by  tbe  Constitution  and 
existing  law  be  competent  and  pertinent  in  snob 
consideration,"  Competeni  and  peirtineut  in  view 
of  whatt  In  view  of  the  aotiea  of  Congress 
through  its  oemmittees :  I  msan  no  disresosct  when 
I  say  tbat  that  mode  permits  the  breath  of  calumny 
to  be  blown  In  a  way  which,  thank  God,  courts 
of  joatice  take  care  to  prevent,  and  your 
Honors,  being  confided  with  the  power  to  bear 
depositions,  papers,  and  petitions  within  tbe  mean- 
ing of  the  Constitution  and  existing  laws  (it  not 
>being  expressed  preciselv  wbat  they  are)  will  look 
to  those  rules  ot  law  which  guide  you  in 
administering  justice  npon  tbe  bench,  and 
will  determine  what  are  the  petitions,  papers, 
and  depositions  which  you  may  thus  receive, 
Turn  over  the  pages  ot  the  books  of  common  law, 
and  you  find  printed  in  ctariMters  unmistakable, 
ab  utter  incapacity  to  deal  with  anything  except 
that  which  the  botnmon  law  has  sanctified  by  usage 
and  deslaratlops  through  tbe  mouths  of  Jadges  as 
fit  to  be  etnplOved  to  affect  the  rights  of  men,  to 
say  nothing  of  tbe  rights  of  States  and  natijns.  This 
conrt  will  noqnestionably,  therefore,  see  tbat  It 
emploi^  no  testimony  not  in  harmony  with  the 
law.  The  jurisdietion  of  the  body  is  to  count 
the  vote.  Its  i>owers  when  counting  Is  to  use 
snch  proof,  if  anv,  as  the  Constitiitlon  and 
laws  pentit.  Ton  are  dealing  with  a  delicate 
snbjeet  when  the  questipn  of  jurisdiction  Is 
reached.  You  ate  dealing  with  tbe  supremacy  of  a 
State  whea  you  undertake  to  attack  its  final  tri- 
btmal  for  the  purpose  of  overhauling  and  upset- 
ting its  action.  I  bave  now,  in  a  general 
way,  perliaps  very  imperfectly,  presented  my 
view  of  the  Jnrlsdlstion,  power,  and 
purpose  of  thie  tribonal.  I  piopose  to 
say  but  a  very  few  words  in  addition.  I  have  said 
tbat  the  purpose  of  the  testimony  ofirered  is  to  go 
behind,  not  merely  a  Governor's  certiflcate,  (for  un- 
doubtedly questions  of  forgery  or  mistake  and 
mitny  questions  this  tribunal  could  deal  with.)  but 
tbe  proposal  in  to  go  behind  the  action  of  tbe  tri- 
bunal which  the  State  haa  set  up,  or  else  this  testi- 
mony offered  is  senseless  and  worthless. 

What  Is  spedallr  offered  to  maintain  the  right  to 
bave  votes  counted  for  Mr.  Tilden  t  We  have  be- 
fore us  a  certificate  of  the  Attomey  General  of 
Florida,  who  dissented  from  tbe  m^onty  of 
the  Betnrning  Board,  stating  la  ttiat  certificate 
with  Irankness,  aa  be  doe»,  that  there  is  no 
method  ot  authenticating  tbat  tribaaal  beyond  hie 
certiflcate  by  giving  the  certiflcate  of  the  Governor, 
because  it  would  be  in  violation  of  the  laws  i/f 
Florida  for  the  Governor  to  certify  to  the 
eleotion  of  Slectora  who  had  been  re- 
turned as  soch  by  a  minority  of  the  board. 
What  next  do  we  find  t  We  find  a  statute  of  the 
State  ot  Florida  thrast  upon  as  authonzinj:  what  T  It 
is  a  statute  passed  ou  the  17th  day  of  Janoary,  loue 
after  the  Electors  had  voted,  authorizing  a  new 
canvass— of  whatt  Is  it  a  canvass  in  barmnpy 
with  the  canvass  .^  previoasly  aathorized) 
Kol  but  a  canvass  of  tbe  votes  (pre- 
cisely indicating  them)  then  in  tho 
office  of  the  Secretary  of  tbe  State ;  and  we  find 
under  tbat  act  a  board  of  canvassers  meeting,  and 
a  canvaaa  made,  and  a  certificate  rendered,  certi- 
fying the  Tilden  Electors  to  have  been  found 
by  that  board  ou  -the  35tb  of  Jannary  to 
bave  been  elected  in  the  December  previoas. 
That  Is  tne  autbority  for  going  behind  the  certifica- 
tion of  tbe  Eleotors  which  we  suppose  to  be  legally 
coupled  with  tbe  proceedings  by  quo  warranto, 
uUtmating  in  a  judgment  on  the  S6th  of  Jannary, 
deolarinE  tbat  those  psraoDs  who  performed  all  their 
duties  on  the  6th  of  December  were  not  legal 
in  their  acta,  bat  tbat  all  their  acts  were  illegsl  snd 
lavslid,  and  the  learned  gentleman  from  "Vlridnia, 
[Mr.  Tucker]  who  yesterday  addressed  this  triha- 
nal,  saiil  that  that  swept  away  all  the  prior  acts  of 

these  officets  de  ikcto ;  bat   he  cave  ub  do  aa- 

tberlty.      Mv    memory    immediately  led   rae   to 

instanoe  after  instanee  in  which    it    bad    been    bsld 

tbat  where  an  officer  de  facto  was  eusted  by  pro- 
ceediDgs,  all  bis  acts  were  oecetsarily  considered  ai 
valid  and  binding.  Society  conld  not  exist  without 
each  a  rals.  Judees  ko  npoa  the  bench,  property 
paisss  under  their  decrees,  men  are  banged 
by  their  Jadgments,  aid  fiially  some  one, 
after  the  litigation  of  years,  obtains  possession 
uf  tbe  office.  Is  tbe  vtrtne  of  the  decrees  of  the 
first  Incambent  swept  away  I  Is  the  lost  restored  to 
life  I  Is  the  property  yielded  back  J  No.  So  here — the 
act  of  the  Elector  lawfully  appointed  is  legal  and 
binding.  TheJodEment  of  the  Supreme  Conrt  of 
Floridatonlyldeelared  that  the  Beturning  Board  bad 
ibade  a  mistake  ;  not  tbat  tbey  had  perpetrated  a 
fraud.  And  can  this  tribunsl,  after  Electors 
thus  lawfully  appointed,  and  who  might  not  have 
been  appointed  If  a  different  view  of  the  aot  gov- 
erning tbe  Board  had  been  taaen  by  it;  after  having 
been  appointed,  are  tber  to  proceed  on  tbe  day  pre- 
scribed by  the  Federal  law  and  oast  tbeir  votes, 
or  are  they — doubting  whether  or  not  their  work 
may  not  he  undone— to  leave  undone  the  work 
of  casting  the  Electoral  vote  ot  a  Si«te 
until  it  shall  be  aaeertained  whether  a  proceeding 
to  test  tbe  accuracy  of  their  work  suceeeds  or  not  t 
Sball  they  watt  fo%  some  person  olsiming  by 
quo  warranto  possession  of^aheir  office!  Shail 
tttey  wait  until  the  time  is  past 
when  they  can  legally  perform  thed  nty  of 
casting  tbe  vote,  a  duty  so  important  to  the 
State,  and  a  duty  wbioh  they  are  bound  under  pen- 
alty to  perform,  (for  I  believe  tbat  by  tbe  laws  of 
Florida  penalties  are  imposed  if  they  fail  to  act 
as  the  law  reqalres.)  It  seems  to  me, 
1^  view  of  the  Jurisdiction  and  capacity 
of  this  tribunal,  in  view  of  its  power  to  take  testi- 
mony, and  in  view  of  tbe  pumose  of  introducing 
this  testimony  which  I  have  undertaken  to  state, 
the  application  sbonld  be  overruled. 

The  CommissioB,  at  3:35  P.  M.,  adjourned  to  Mon-. 
day  tnorning  at  11  o'clock. 

OBITUABT. 


CAPT.  O.  BIXIO. 
KewB  ofvtke  death  ot  Capt.  O.  Bixio,  of  the 
Darlen  Expedition,  Vraa  reoelved  by  the  steam-ship 
Alps,  wbicb ,  arrived  from  Aspinwall  yesterday. 
Capt.  Bixio  was  the  son  of  Mr.  Alexandria  Bixlo, 
formerly  Depnty  of  the  City  of  Paris,  and  Minister 
of  State  of  France.  He  Was  also  nephew  of  Gen. 
Mino  Bixlo,  second  In  command  of  tho  expedition  of 
Gen.  Qaribaldi  in  Sicily.  In  1865,  Capt.  Bixio  vU- 
Ited  this  country,  in  which  year  ha  served  tor  five 
months  as  First  Lieutenant  in  the  Twenty-fourth 
Beglment  of  'Volunteer  Cavalry  cf  thia  State.  He 
also  served  with  aistinotien  in  the  Italian  and 
French  Armlee. 

♦ 

FRAMK  BABTLCTT. 
ihfr.  Frank  Bartlett,  a  gentleman  wbo  has 
been  well  known  in  this  City  for  several  years  aa  a 
baritone  singer,  died  at  his  resideaee  yesterday  of 
pneumonia.  ■  He  Waa  bom  at  Plymouth,  Maas.,  and 
was  40  rears  of  age;  bis  family  are  residents  of 
Marshfldd,  Mass.  Mr.  Bartlett  had  many  warm 
friends  in  mnsieal  and  aoclal  circles,  and  these  will 
be  much  saddened  at  the  tidings  of  bis  compara- 
tively early  and  sodden  demise. 

ARBIYALa  AT  THS  ROTMLM. 

Tbomaa  Baring,  of  Liverpool,  is  at  the  Hotel 
Brans  wlsk. 

Lieut  B.  NoyeS)  United.  States  Navy,  la  at 
be  Fifth  Avenue  Hotel. 

Aesistant  Postmaster  Qeneral  K  W.  Barber 
is  at  the  Gilaey  J9[otise. 

Hon.  William  Beaoh  Lavnrbnoe,  of  Bbode 
liland,  is  at  tbe  Brevooirt  Honse. 

&enry  A.  Tildbn,  of  NeW-Lebanbn,  N.  T.,  is 
at  the  Windsor  Hotel. 

Pirof.  Peter  S.  Midile,  of  West  Point,  is  at  the 
Westminster  Hotel. 

J.  M.  MoGhrew,  of  tbe  Treasory  Department, 
Is  at  tbe  St.  Jamea  Hotel. 

Prof.  Fairmaa  Bogen,  of  Philadelphia,  ia  at 

the  Albemarle  Hotel. 

SenstoT  L.  J.  WelkUuDt  of  FriMdahip,  If .  T., 
la  at  the  et  Nlebblaa  HoteL 

termim  BojdU*,  of  tba  Bpaniah  OMtenaial 
OolBntlaaiba,  la  at  tha  Mattmaa  Bens*. 

Es-Oott  Johii  C.  Wtowtt  ^  Tmtuan,  uid 


&EKEBAL  MISCELLANY. 

likEEilNO^  OF  INDiaitANr:CITIZEirS^ 
T&tt  KORTH  SIOB  ASBOCIATION   ZN'COUN< 

J',,-  -HSTBEETS^v  OPKNTED  j  UC-  OPPOSmONJ-X 
THE  WISHES  OF  PBOPERTT-HOLDBBS.^' 
<>  A  meetinjc  of  the  North  Side  Aaaooiation  waa ' 
held  yesterday  at  One  Hundred  and  Tbirty-eigbth| 
street  and  Third  avenue,  Kr.  J.  B.  Filley  In  the  f 
chair.    Beports  were  received  from  the- various |' 
committees,  and  the  resolution  of  the  "LoetX  Xxa-% 
provement  Committee,  in  relation  to  the  work  be-  ■ 
gun    fbr  the  opening,  regulating,    and  grading  of 
Coneord  avenue,  was  read.    The  eommittee ,  com-, 
plained  that  the  work.  In  its  present  incomplete ' 
stat^  is  detrimental  to  tbe  interests  of  tbe  proper-' ' 
ty-ownera,  and  '■■  of  great  inisonvanlenoe  to  the  gen 
eral  pubUb. ;  A  reqiieSt  will  be  cent  to  the  Depart-  ' 
ment  of  Pnblio  Parks,  asking  tbem  to  resume  the  < 
work  of  grading  and  laying  out  the   avenues  at  the' 
earliest    possible   moment.       Mr.    J.  B.  Angell, - 
of  tbe  Local  Improvement  Committee,   then  spolte 
of  the  large  number  of  men  who  were  at  present 
Idle,  and  offered  a  resolution,  to  be  sent  to  the  De- 
partment of  Public  Parks,  requesting,  on  behalf  of 
the  residents  of    the   Twentjr-thira   and    Twenty- 
fourth  Wards,  that  in  so  far  as  tbey  needed  the  ser- 
vices of  unskilled  labor  In  the  improvement  of  the 
above  wards  that  tbey  would  employ  residents  of 
those  wards. 

^  At  tbe  last  meeting  of  the  association  a  commit- 
tee was  api>ointed  to  ascertain  tbe  mode  in  which 
eight  Streets  bad  been  ordered  to  be  opened  and 
regulated  by  the  Supreme  Court  in  opposition  to 
tbe  wishes  of  the  property-owners  Interested,  and  to 
Inquire  why,  in  the  api>ointmenl  of  Commissioners 
for  such  openine,  the  district  had  not  been  repre- 
sented by  a  selection  from  its  citizens,  and  whether 
undue  influence  had  been  brought  to  bear  on  the 
appointing  power.  Mr.  J.  £.  Anaell.  for  the  com- 
mittee, said  that  a  thorough  Investigation  of  the 
matter  would  require  tbe  summoning  of  wit- 
nesses and  the  production  .  of  documentary 
proofs  which  the  committee  bad  no  power 
to  enforce,  and  tbat  such  investigation,'  if  en- 
tered into,  would  reqiure  much  time  and 
would  be  attended  witn  considerable  expense. 
In  the  present  instance  one  of  the  Commission- 
ers was  a  law  patiner  of  the  President  of  the 
Board  of  Aldermen)  another  a  brother  of  an  ex- 
Alderman,  and  tbe  third  a  local  politician.  These 
Commissioners  bad  been  selected  witlioul  regard  to 
the  lotsaiity  and  wants  of  the  people,  and  the  com- 
mittee regretted  to  report  that  their  wishes  in  tbe 
premises  bad  not  Iseen  consulted,  but  had  been  most 
slgnoliy  Ignored.  The  committee,  therefcre,  sub- 
mitted a  resolution  to  the  effect  tbat  in  all  future 
proceedings  uf  a  like  character,  talcen  by  tbe  Com- 
missionerb  of  Paries,  with  regard  to  the  Twenty- 
third  and  Twenty-fourth  Wards,  tbey  be  requested 
to  Inquire  fully  into  the  wants  and  wishes  of  the 
residents  of  those  wards,  and  tbat  tbe  property- 
owners  be  represented  in  any  board  of  assessment 
and  estimate  that  might  be  a  ppoinled.  Tbe  meet- 
ing waa  then  adjourned. 

PRISON  'reform. 
LECTURE  BY  DB.  E.  C.  WINES  AT  COOPER 
INSTITUTE — HOW  THE  PRISONS  CAN  BE 
IMPROVED  AND  CONVICTS  REFOBMED — 
LEGISLATIVE  ACHON  NEEDED.  1 
Dr.  E.  C.  Wines,  Secretary  of  the  National 
Prison  Asssciatlon  of  the  United  States,  delivered  a 
lecture  in  tbe  Cooper  Institute  last  evening  ou  the 
subject  of  "Prison  Beform,"  in  which  he  considered 
the  subject  in  connection  with  the  legislation 
rendered  necessary  by  the  recent  amendments  to 
the  Constitution  of  New- York.  After  describing  at 
some  length  the  experiments  in  prison  discipline 
made  by  Col.  Montesinos  In  Spain;  Coun- 
cilor Obermaier,  in  Mimicb,  Bavaria; 
Demetz,  in  Mettray,  France;  Connt  <  SoUo- 
faut,  in  Moseow,  Bussia,  and  Alexander 
Maconochle,  or  the  penal  ooloay  of  Korfolk  Island, 
the  lecturer  reviewed  the  features  of  the  Irish  and 
Crofton  Prison  system,  the  latter  of  which  had 
proved  particulariy  effective  in  securing  reforma- 
tion in  the  convict  prison  of  Ireland,  i  The  agencies 
to  be  employed  in  working  such  a  system,  the 
speaker  said,  were  many  and  various,  but  the  prin- 
cipal and  most  effective  were  work,  edncation,- 
and  religion.  A  free  choice  of  labor  by  tbe  pris- 
oner was  an  essential  condition  of  a  reform- 
atory prison  discipline.  Therefore,  tbe  details  of 
the  discipline  bad  better  be  such  that  if  tbe  pris- 
oner worked,  stadied.  and  behaved  himself  to  tne 
satisfaction  of  the  authorities,  he  would  not  only 
bave  a  comfortable  support,  but  be  able  to  lay  by 
something  against  tbe  day  of  his  discbarge ;  where- 
as, on  the  other  hand,  if  he  was  idle  and  disobe- 
dient he  would  suffer  hanger  and  other  incon- 
veniences, precisely  as  it  happened  to  ths  dilicent 

and  the  lazy  oatside.  Sdaoaiion  was  another  ot  tbe 
■vital  forces  to  be  employed  in  the  work  of  reform- 
ing; prisoners,  bat  in  the  efi'ort  to  cbanee  bad  men 
into  good  ones  nothing  could  supply  the  place  of 
religions  teaching. 

Having  enlarged  upon  this  point,  the  speaker 
passed  to  a  consideration  of  the  measures  the 
adoption  of  which  would  secure  reform  in  the 
State  prison  svstem  of  this  oouatry.  There  were, 
he  said,  two  systems  of  criminal  treatment.  One 
was  simply  that  of  pnulshing  tne  culpi-it.for  his 
criminal  act,  and  of  giving  to  the  punishment  a 
character  of  retribution:  the  other,  tbat  ot  pro- 
tecting society  by  tbe  moral  regeneration  of  its 
criminals.  These  two  systems  moved  In  opposite 
direotiens.  and  rebiprocaliv  excladed  one  another. 
If  we  believed  tbat  tbe  interest  of  society  and  ot 
the  criminal  were  identisal,  and  that  tbe  prodnction 
of  the  honest  part  of  the  population  eould  be 
made  most  effectual  by  the  moral  regeneration  ot 
the  part  that  was    criminal,  then   the  whole  penal 

•VBtem  should  beorgaDized,  honestly  and  fearlessly, 

with  a  view  to  facilitate  the  educational,  healing, 
restorative   treatment   essential  to     tbat  end.     But 

little  legislation,  almost  none,  would  be  needed  at 
first.  A  short  act,  very  gsneral  in  its  terms,  woald 
be  sufficient.  The  right  man  should  be  found  for 
Superiatendent,  and  then  a  large  discretion  bo  cob- 
hded  to  him.     He  shoald,  for  a  time,  be  allowed  to 

work  almost  nntrammeled.  Two  years  benoe,  an 
act,  which  would  then  be,  in  large  measure, 
the  fruit  uf  experience,  as  well  .  as 
Study,  would  be  matured  and  passed,  defin- 
ing and  fixing  something  like  a  Penitentiary  sys- 
tem. In  tbe  meantime,  while  the  Superintendent 
was  laving  his  plans,  the  State  shoald  appoint  a 
competent  Commifsloner — competent  both  by  his 
knowledge  ot  the  subject  and  his  knowledge  of 
Earopean  languages — to  atteud  the  approaohing 
International  Penitentiary  Congress  of  Stockholm, 
to  examine  carefally  the  best  prisons,  and  study 
the  best  prison  syatems  of  Europe,  and  bring  back 
the  results  of  his  observatioo  and  study  In  time  to 
spread  the  whole  betore  the  people.  , 

The  Legislature  might  later  on  create  a  Board  of 
Geuncilori,  with  whom  the  Superintendent  might, 
either  statedly  or  occasionally,  hold  oonsaltations, 
and  who  might  aid  him  la  his  visitation  of  prisons, 
and  bs  of  material  service  to  tba  Legis'atnre  in  ma- 
turing and  prenariug  measutcs  fir  legislative  ac- 
tion. Sobolastio  adaoatlon  In  tbe  prisons  should  have 
a  broader  and  more  systematic  development  tban  it 
had  heretofore  received,  and  tbe  prisons  tbemseivea 
should  be  removed  from  Inttirious  influ- 
ences of  politics.  When  the  first  and 
more  necessary  work  of  organization  was 
accomplished,  and  tbe  new  system  fairly  launched, 
and  the  moral  as  well  as  the  financial  machinery  put 
into  good  rnnninc  order,  and  when  apprentice 
schools  were  earanlished  in  connection  with  one  or 
more  of  tbe  prisons  for  foriaing  a  well-trained  body 
ot  offloers — then  the  liberated  pi^soner  would 
emeree  from  tbe  prison  Inclosure  and  re-enter  society 
with  all  tbo  advantages  gained  during  his  imprison- 
ment— mental  improvement,  moral  strength,  knowl- 
edge of  a  trade,  love  of  work,  indtutrious  habits, 
and  a  little  cash  capital,  earned  by  unparalleled 
effoi^  of  will,  of  patience,  and  ef  self-denial,  and 
with  a  force  of  character  that  he  never  possessed 
tietore.  He  would  re-enter  society  with  the  poWer 
to  wrestle  in  the  battle  of  life  to  greater  advantage 
than  at  any  former  period- of  bis  career.  - 

TOO  LATE  FOB  BIS  BBlDE. 

The  Lonisviile  Commercial  of  the  1st  inst. 
relates  this  romaBtio  incident :  "  There  was  a  wed- 
ding at  Grace  Church  the  other  night  and  the  bride 
and  groom  were  warmly  'congratulated,  while  many> 
were  the  wishes  ot  friends  for  a  bright  and  happy 
future.  Such  an  announcement  would  not  create 
any  surprise  were  it  not  for  a  bit  of  romance  con-., 
neoted  with  this  uniting  of  young  bands  and  hearts.. 
It  is  sidd  that  the  bride,  a  beautiful  yonng  lady  of 
this  city,  had  two  ardent  lovera  bdth  of  whom  were 
equally  confident  that  tbey  had  won  the  prize  of  ber 
heart.  One  of  tne  lovers  lives  In  St.  Louis,  and,  as 
tbe  story  goes,  was  to  have  been  mariled  to  tbe 
young  lady  this  evening,  every  arrangement  having 
been  made  for  the  wedding,  but  tbe  other  lover 
came  forward  on  tbe  prestige  of  old  love,  ardently 
pleaded  hie  snlt,  and  carried  off  tbe  prize,  at  the 
very  time  tbe  lover  in  Bt.  Louis  was  preparing  to 
start  for  Lonisviile  to  claim  his  bride.  He  is  ex- 
pected to  arrive  this  morning  with  his  hopes  bright 
ahd  soaring,  only  to  leara  that  be  has  been  "  count-, 
ed  ont" 

♦ 

DAimiOVTB'S  C0NQBE8SSIEN. 

A  New-Tork '  paper '  recently  stated  *  that 
Henry  M.  Pollard,  tbe  Bepnblican  Bepresentative 
from  tbe  Tenth  Missouri  DistTiet,  Is  tbe  firat 
Alumnus  of  Dartmouth  that  haa  been  sent  to  Con- 
gress. Thelaoti  in  tbe  ease  are  given  as  follows- 
by  tbe  eollege  paper :  "  There  have  been  63  mem 
hers  ot  Congress,  and  16  United  States  Senators 
among  the  graduates  Ot  Dartmouth,  not  inolnding 
two  Congressmen  and  one  Senator  elect.  The'- 
upper  bouse  of  the  Canadian  Parliament  has  also' 
contained  one  -  Dartmouth  man,  and  tbe  lower 
house  three." 

* 

OPPOSITION  10  CBIKAMEir. 

A  telegram  from  Toronto,  Ist  init,  says:  "  A 
BieetlBg  of  waaherwomen  was  held  in  St.  John's 
Wafd  last  night,  to  condder  wbat  cteps  sbonld  be 
taken  to  drive  ths  Gbioaaen,  wbo  have  started  a 
lanndiy  on  Adelaide  atreet,  ont  of  tbe  oitv.  After 
ashott  bat  tlgoroaa  diseuMloa,  In  wbtoh  the  term 
'bayttten'  was  f^^wsatly  applied  to  'iTohs,'  tl  waa 
ilMl««d  9  rH«M«  Jwta«»saa  Pb«t  to  Mteitha 


^  187a 

New-Tork..— _....«. $l,S73.UflO 

Boston -  1,379,000 

Philadelphia ^i       87,000 

Miscellaneous 887,000 


done.  The  women  ooasplata  tbat  the  OelMtUle  arc 
rtlnlog  their  baalaeH,  aniU  thai.  pNTWtlaf  tltun 
JBcoanoDtalnlngaa  Hvlnft  " 

irontStFBOM.  TSEiCAPITAL, 

^HB^SIZ.VSBlCIIBCUXATXOS— THS^TBAZn  OV 
W:  TaESAMOANIBLAXDa — SXCBBZABTJUnU 
5        RIIX'S  HEALTH,^ 

^■WABHoroToir,  IS'eb.^S.— Applie«ttott«^1iafr»illK' 
'eently  been  made  to  the  Tivaniry  tor  ttacpnhiingst 
of  T7nited  SUtes  noteacfor^aUver  bronglht  to  tiia  te^ 
partment  for  thail  porpoae^  ^in  r  annul  i  varyluc  ha 
amonntfrom  |10  to  1900.  n.lB.lu>t,.^owetet^  ail 
this  time,  deemed  exnedlent' to]  make  sn^  ex* 
change,  as  the  supply  omilver  is  qnite  anlBeleiit 
to  saeet  all  legitimate  i  demanda  npon  tbe  Tbtunatm 
The  total  ot  allvertdisburaementsto-this  date-am 
127,536,189  38,  of  Vhiob  amount  111,088.711 74  waa 
paid  in  lieu  of  currency  t|fov  ftaetional  onrreaey. 
redeeined  in  silver  and V destroyed,  $10,851,373  S4; 
lor  fraotioiial  {V  clitreney.1|iude8noyed,soa ,  ^'^^ 
1215,105  40.  *  ' 

Much  interest  ia  felt  hate  -In  the  enecesa  of  OonsiA 
G.  W.  GrifSn's  mission  to  ^Washington.  -  Oongreca 
has  sent  to  the  Department'  of  State  for  all  the  eorwi 
respondence  on  Samoan  af&ilra,  andimaay  Senatoi^ 

have  expriMsed '  themselves  ]  In  favort  of :  adopting! 
some  -plan  for  seouring  to  the  United  States  tho'vas.i 
TUble  trade  of  these  islands,  wbioh  baa  ber etofor el 
been  diverted  to  Germany.  - ' 

By  direction  of  the  PresUenMOeo., Barry,  eom> 
manding  the  troops  garriaoned  in  Washington,  jttA 
terday  cotmtcrmanded  the  order  for  tha tzanafer  o^ 
four  companies  to  I'crtess  Monrt>e.  f  '     ■^- 

The  Treasury  now  holds  $339,12tB50  Inj^bottda  t»| 
secure  bank  circulation,  and  |19,199,000ltoBeonre( 
publio  deposits.  United  States  bonds  deposited  for' 
circnlatiou  during  the  week  endlnrto-day,  11,304^^ 
000.  United  States  bonds  held  for  droulation  wltb4 
drawn  for  the  week  ending  ttMlay.  11,214,000 ;  na4 
tlonal  bank  oireulation »  outstanding  t  enrreae^ 
notes,  1318,880,348 :    gold  >^  botes.  It 498.940. 

National  bank  notes  received  far  redemption  fbi 
tbe  week  ending  to-day,  as  compared  with  tibe  eot^ 
responding  week  of  last  year: 

•1.868^009, 

i.aus.oooi' 

449,000 

.      1.417;00dl 

Total „  $8,741,000   ;;j    i4,429,00« 

Receipts  today.  $748,060.  ^ 

Lieut  Henry  C.  Hunter  is  ordered  toHho  reeeifw, 
lag  ship  Colorado  at  New-Tork;  iLient.  Jsmes  hJ 
Eorsythe  is  detached  from }  tbe^  Powhattan  and.' 
placed  on  sick  leave ;  Lieut.  Charles  M.  Anthony 
from  the  receiving  ship  Wabash,  at  Boston,  and! 
ordered  to  the  Powhattan,  at  Norfolk  ;  Lieut.  Clin- 
ton H.  Curtis  &om  tbe  receiving  ship  Woreesier,  at 
Norfolk,  and  placed  on  waiting  orders. 

Bv  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Col.  Henry 
J.  Hunt,  Fifth  Artillery,  has  been  ordered  to  Join 
bis  proper  station  ;  the  President  has  ordered  First 
Lieut.  Frank  W.  Hess,  Tbird  Artillery,  to  report 
for  duty  as  Professor  of  Military  Science  and  TaC' 
tics  at  Allegheny  College,  Meadville,  Penn. 

Secretary  Morrill  is  still  confined  to  his  bed.  and 
will  probably  not  be  able  to  attend  to^Dnsiness  at 
the  Department  for  two  or  three  days.':  The  Secre- 
tary has  been  quite  sick,  thoueh  thia  was  not  ad- 
mitted at  the  Department.  He  now  *  shows ;  great 
improvement. 

The  Senate,  In  executive  seaslon  to-day,  <oon> 
firmed  tbe  following  nominations  of  Postmasters: 
O.  E.  Tyler,  at  Wolootville,  Conn.;  John  Cope,  at 
Oneonta,  N.  T.;  G.  N.  FoUes.  Olean,  N.  T.;  M. 
M.  Hurley,  New-Albany.  Ind.;  W.  JE.  Hobsoo, 
Bowling  Green.  Ky.;  Mrs.  Hattie  E. '  Sumner, 
Sherman,  Texas;  Henry  W.  Briggs,  Gilrov,  Cai.j 
Isaac  B.  Dunkelherger.  Los  Angeles,  CaL;  A.  Mo 
Donald,  Benicia,  Cal.;  J.  M.  Baron,  Oregon  City: 
Oregon;  .S.  M.  Jamison,  Beno,  Nov.:  .  Q.  .'W. 
Home,  Elko,  Nev. 

The  Pablic  Printer  has  notified  Mr.  Holmau 
Chairman  of  tbe  House  Committee  on  Appropria 
tions,  that  he  regards  it  as  an  act  of  pradJence  to 
suspend  the  Congressional  work  after  to-day,  and 
until  legal  relief  is  afforded.  He  requires  11,800 
daily  to  carry  on  ths  work.  About  60O  persons  are 
thrown  oat  of  work  by  thia  suspension  of  th^  publio 
printing. 

The  Bepublicau  members  of  the  House  eommittee, 
wbo  investigated  the  eondoct  of  the  late  election  in 
Florida,  have  sabmitted  a  minority  report  wbich  in 
the  main  corresponds  with  the  report  submitted  to 
the  Senate  a  few^dava  since  by  Senator  Sargent, 
Chairman  of  the  Senate  Florida  Committee. 

Hod.  a.  H.  Steobena  has  to-day  been  more  quiet, 
but  he  la  gradually  growing  weaker.  The  Presl' 
dent  and  his  son  Ulysses  called  npon  him  this  after« 
noon.  When  leavins:  the  President  took  him  warmly 
by  the  hand,  assured  him  he  would  call  and  see  UiU' 
again,  and  said  he  hoped  that  when  he  did  ao  be 
weald  find  him  better. 

The  following  is  an  official  statement  of  tbe  eoln> 
a^e  ezeoated  at  the  United  States  Mints  daring  tho 
month  of  January,  1877  :  Gold.  46,630  nieces,  worth 
1933,000:  trade  dollars.  1,082,000  pifHses.  worth 
tl,082.000  ;  subsidiary  silver,  5,522.000  pieces,  vslnef 

81,87-2,000;  »inor  silver,  8o2,500  pieces,  value 
{8,523  ;  total,  7,503,150  pieces,  value  $3,895,523. 

FOREIGN  B  USINESS  AFFAIRS. 

FINANCIAL  AND  .  COMMERCIAL — ^BUSIKESSS 
TROUBLES  OF  A  MEMBER  OF  •  PARLIA-^ 
MENT THE  DIRECT   CABLE.  I 

London,  Feb.  3—1:30  P.  M.— Silver  WM> 
quoted  to-day  at  57  %d.  per  onnce. 

At  the  Stock  Exchange  daring  the  past  week  In^ 
terest  has  been  principally  absorbed  in  the  forW 
nightly  settlement,  which  was  satistaotorily  oon< 
claded.  "With  few  excentions  the  dealings  led  to^ 
only  narrow  fiaotnations.    Tbe  value  of  money— ^ 

owing  to  tbe  continued  withdrawal  of  gold  from  thoi 

Bank  of  Cngland,  the  collection  of  revenae,  and  tbe 
setUomenta  in  stocks  and  consols— has  improved  in 
the  open  market,  and  the  disoount  rate  has  ad< 

vanced.  Brokers  are  not  so  overstocked  with 
money  as  lately,  and  borrowers  with  soimd  securi. 
ties  are  obliged  to  pay  about  1  per  cent,  for  short 
loans.  Consols  hare  receded  5-16.  •  Canadian  rail- 
ways haveimproved.  Foreigns  have  generally  risen, 
the  purchases  being  mostly  speculative. .  Turkish 
areKo  3,  !Egyptian  6I2,  Buenos  Ayres  4'9.  Bua< 
sian  and  Italian  1,  Hungarian  1  to  2,  and  Spanish  S 
better.  American  Governments  are  good.  Hlinoia 
bas  declined  312.  The  Paris  market  baa  been  very 
buoyaiit. 

In  the  Mincing  Lane  markets  during  the  week 
tbe  depression  bas  continued,  with  reduced  qnot^ 
tions  and  no  speculative  feeling.  Sugar  and  coffee 
met  with  a  better  demand  at  the  close,  and  in  some 
cases  sugar  recovered  two  shillings  per  hnudred, 
weight  from  tbe  lowest  point  last  week.  -  Befined  ig 
also  dearer.  French  makers  refuse  to  sell  unless  at 
an  advance.  ■  Common  brown  sorts  and  crystallised 
attract  tbe  greatest  attention.  Plantation  Cevlogk 
coffee  receded  two  to  three  shillings  per  hundredl 
weight  earl.v  in  tbe  week,  but  the  fall  baa  sioo4 
been  recovered  with  a  steadier  market.  Pale  kinds! 
sold  lower.  Tbe  recent  speculative  inquiry  foi, 
new  Barmah  rice  having  abated,  cargoes  are  only 
sold  at  a  reduction.  Tea  is  inaetive:  good  to  fine 
qualities  of  Indian  at  pubUo  sales  found  ready  bay* 
ers  at  firm  or  better  prices.  Spices  were  fiat  and 
sometimes  lower.        .  1 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Halifax  Liberal  Aasoeiationi 
last  night,  tbe  President  announced  tbat  Mr.  JohnJ 
Croeslev,  [Liberal.  ]  who  is  reported  to  be  financlallvi 
embarrassed,  had  aotermined  to  resign  his  seat  in 
Parliament. 

A  morning  paper  in  its  financial  article,  referring  j 
to  the  extraordinary  meeting  of  the  shareholders  ofj 
the  Direct  United  States  Cable  Companv  held  yes-j 
terday,  says  tbe  result  of  tbe  poll  on  the  resolution; 
for  tbe  appointment  of  a  committee  of  shareholders 
to  confer  with  tbe  Directors  on  the  subject  of  amal-^ 
gamation  is  not  known  owing  to  tbe  time  occupied! 
in  its  scrutiny,  which  was  strict.  No  doabt  the! 
proposals  of  tbe  agitators  for  a  friendly  alUancaj 
have  not  met  the  approval  of  a  m^ority  cf  the  pro-i 
prietors,  and  in  pablic  interest  this  is  a  souroe  ofi 
congratulation.  Jt  is  to  be  hoped  tbat  the  laat  baaL 
now  been  heard  of  these,  periodical  attempts  at  the) 
conversion  ot  Atlantic  telegraphy  into  a  monopoly] 
to  the  injury  ot  the  outside  pnblic.    ■  I. 

At  tbe  annual  meeting  of  the  Sheffield  Chamber  o^ 
Commerce  to-day,  the  President  said  that  tbe  Shef-. 
field  mann&cturers  and  ^workmen  had  only  tbem'' 
selves  to  blame  for  the  loss  of  trade  -with  America 
and  tbe  succesatul  American  competition  with  ioi^ 
eien  conntries.  Sheffield  workmen  had  not  come  npi 
to  the  make  and  style  required  bv  cnstomersi  : 

Mr.  Mundella,  member  of  Parliament  for  Sheffield,. 
said  American  competition  was  .snccessful  because' 
the  Americans  excelled  in  tbe  rapidity  of  tbelri 
adoption  of  labor-saving  machinei-y.  If  peace  waaj 
preserved,  Enellsh  trade  had  nothing  to  fear,  and' 
in  any  case,  the  English  colonlea  furnished  the  most 
promising  market  in  the  world.  Mr.  Mundella  re« 
ferred  to  the  Importation  of  American  beef  as  oi 
great  benefit  to  Sngland,  and  a  striking  instance  01 
what  enterprise  and  invention  could  do. 


.     LOSSES  BY  FIRE. 

A  bnilding  at  Bridgeton,  Me.,  ocotipied  hy 
Jonathan  Foog  as  a  wood-working  shop,  and  by 
£.  F.  Flagg,  leather  manufsctnrer,  was  destroyed 
by  fire  Friday  night.  .The  ,  loss  is '  estimated  at 
f3,700 ;  no  Inaarance- 

A  fire  last  night  at  Memphis,  Tenn^  damaged  A. 
Yaoarro  &  Co. 'a  wholesale  liqaor  establishment.  I 
Losa  140,000  <  insured  in  the  London  Globe.  910,000 1 
Imperial,  of  London  ;  North-British  and  Aleraaa< 
tile ;  Home,  New-York ;  ^  Fire  Associauou.  PbiW 
delphia,  |5,0d0  each. 

^-  MARIS  BD1SA8TBBS.       . 

liORSOX,  Feb.  3.— Tha  Ameriean  ship  Adomait 
Capt.',fiawkln8,t/rom|^LlverpooUvJan..23,  for  ths 
UBit4td:  Btatea,;and«the|British^barKi  Dartmoath, 
Cap'^Baytton)!Ufrom^Livnrpool,-Jan.f30,  for  Dela 
ware  &eakwater;,have'bothrpnt  baok;to  Llrerpooi^ 
Xtie  Britlak  tMrk^Enima,Capt.  Cos,  f^em  Breiaea^! 
lrjk.m,  flbr,2llew-Tork,.naafnat,baok  to  Btetaar. 

'  totmmB  V  onoB,*l^b.v  l.-^The  ateaM-ahtt 
OaMlab,  frooiXitverpool  for  IhJtl^tet  ts  sftMum 


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Wbtu  she  '^t  u  K*7  w  k  linnet, 
And  I  waa  aa  fresb  M  «  lark, 

Kever  a  day  bat  some  minate 
W»  met  MtwLxt  daiming  Ana  dtt) 

"Katie,  and  when  shall  we  mtrryt" 
"Marry  I"  abe  latd,  with  a  aigh— 

"Tbat'aoake  and  rlbbona  on  Monday, 
And  sorrov  er«  Saturday'g  by. 

in. 
Ton  are  u  lean  m  a  Heard. 

I  am  poor  as  a  mouse  i 
KothlnK  per  annnm,  paid  qnarterly, 

Bardljr  find*  rent  for  a  booae. 

rv. 
-'Lore  and  a  crait  in  a  oottane— ' 
Capital  1  Just  for  a  pair, 
what  if  the  but  ahoald  ^ow  popnleast 
How  woold  tbe  popalace  far  e  1 

v.« 
Ob,  ay  I  tbe  nnole  yon  reckon  on — 

Gouty,  aod  rich,  ana  unwed — 
Dlok  I  tbey  wait  ill,  says  tbe  adage,  wlu 

Wait  for  tbe  sbaea  af  tbe  dead. 

TI. 

Ah!  Ifllovedyou,  rdrltkitt 
That's  what  vou're  thinking,  I  gaeas. 

^hy,  I  would  riak  it  to-morrow. 
Dlok,  it  I  oared  for  you  leaa  I 


JCiOre'a  apt  to  fly  out  at  window 

-■When  Poverty  looks  in  at  doo)*f 

Xatbet  I'd  die  tban  help  baniab  hun, 

Dlok,  Joal  by  keeping  yea  poor. 

Tin. 
Xlsa  mel  you'll  look  in  on  Sandavl 

Won't  my  new  boanefc  be  brave  t 
June  at  Ita  lonseat  and  leafiest— 

My  1  what  a  ramble  we'll  have  I 

IX. 

Bye-bye  I    There's  grandmotber  waltinff 

Patient  at  home  for  her  tea. 
Dlok,  if  you  wouldn't  wad  both  of  oa, 

Toa  mnat  we  patient  for  me  1" 


-ibowera.  if  they  roffla  its  foliasre, 
IVeaUen  the  er«ea  of  the  grove; 

true  lovera'  tiffj,  said  old  Xerenoe,  ar« 
Only  freab  fuel  to  lore. 

XI. 

tl  I  flung  off  in  a  passion— 

If  sne  crept  io  for  a  cry- 
Sunday  oame  smiliog  and  aettledlk. 

Kaue  waa  wiaer  than  L 

xn. 

Love's  but  a  baby  that,  paaaionate^ 

Cnea  to  be  matad  at  birth. 
Time  ua't  loat  if  it  teactaea  yon 

What  a  good  woman  ia  worth. 


Wbat  if  the  waitinit  waa  wearisome  f 
What  If  tbe  work-daya  were  drear  t 

Time,  the  old  thiet,  eoolda't  reb  us  of 
XHtty-two  Sundays  a  year; 

Itv. 
Haw  Ions  waa  liberty  cominsf 

Long  enoujth — ever  her  way  : 
Lustrum,  or  decade,  or  century— 

Wlut  does  it  matter  to-day  t 

xv. 

Kunky  died  single  at  nixtji 

Oranny  at  eighty  or  so  : 
Well,  If  we  didn't  weep  long  for  'am, 

'X wasn't  la  nature,  yoa  know. 

XTI. 

Gmnniea  and  uncles  are  liable 
AH  to  die  some  day,  that's  dear  : 

Sorrow  Suds  wonderful  comfort  in 
Pive  or  six  hundred  a  year. 

xvn. 
And  lovera  may  marry  at  forty  j 

Ay,  and  live  happy  to  boot  i 
Though  PtilUia  be  grey  aa  a  badger, 

And  Corydon  bald  as  a  oooL 


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KA2S  CEONIN'iiDOWBT. 


BT  MtS.  0A8HEL  HOET. 


CHAPTEB  L 

fa  tlw-enyiiODS  o£  the  City  of  Cork,  be- 
tween that  eity  and  Qaeenstown,  ar^many  hand- 
■oma   eotLutry  houses,  standing   in  their   own 

grotmds,  aod  oommanding  a  flue  prospect  both 
landward  and  liverward.  These  residenoes,  if 
they-  laok  the  peooUar  trimneas,  the  air  of 
being  espeoially  oared  for  in  everr  department, 
'Which  mark  eoontry  hoosea  of  a  eimilar  im- 
portance in  England,  have  a  pleasant  physiog- 
nomy of  their  own,  aa  distinctiye  as  that  of 
Irish  landscapes  or  Irish  equipages.  The 
gronnda  are  not  strong  in  flower-beds,  ribbon- 
gardening  ^  almost  unknown,  the  grasa  plats 
come  up  under  the  windows,  the  badges  are 
^ot  trimmed  as  carefully  as  the  "whiskers  of 
a  dandy  of  half  a  century  ago,  and  tbe  foliage, 
'proinse^  riohlj,  yividly  green,  is  left  pretty 
znaoh  to  its  own  derioes.  The  gardens  are 
■till  of  the  old-fashioned  order  ;  one  may  find 
lavender  and  daphne,  cabbage-roses,  the  com- 
mon yelvetr  ranonouloa,  which  has  coma  to  be 
despised  among  tho  flaunting  varieties  that  are 
Dot  half  so  beautiful,  and  rich  brown,  almost 
black  hollyhocks,  in  those  deUzhtfol  places, 
^ese  country  houses  are,  in  many  instances, 
the  residences  of  merchants  who  have  real- 
ized fortunes  m  the  good  City  of  Cork,  and 
who  have  retired  to  enjoy  them,  not  to  a  for- 
eign eoontry,  but  in  the  neighborhood  of  old 
Mends  and  old  associations. 

Myrtle  Hill,  a  handsome  residence,  situated 
on  a  bank  of  the  "silver  Lea,"  within  a  con- 
Teniant  distanae  of  Cork,  was  one  of  those 
eoontry  houses  which  ■  answer  to  the  above 
description.  Solid,  substantial,  -  comfortable, 
unpretending,  something  in  ita  exterior  aspect 
oarried  te  the  mind  of  the  observer  an 
bnpresslen  that  the  -  dwellers  in  that 
boose  were  .-  goad  .  and  .  happy  '^  people, 
bome-loylng  and  "  Biasple.  The  '  name, 
Hyrtle  Hill«  was  easily  explained  by  a  glance 
St  the  shrubberies,  abounding  in  myrtle  bushes, 
which  formed  a  deep  bay  of  evergreen  shelter, 
With  the  house  tor  its  centre,  and  inclosed  a 
wide  space  of  bright  green  sward,  wherein 
fCrew  some  flue  trees,  and  which  extended  to 
the  verge  of  the  river,  from  whieh  it  was  di- 
Tided  by  a  plantation  with  some  pretty  wind- 
ing paths  ia  it,  and  a  »well-sheltered  Bummer- 
bouae  with  a  little  railed  pier,  by  whose  side  a 
boat  lay  moored  in>fine  weather.  The  grounds 
vere  not  extensive,  and  they  were  simply  laid 
out.  The  garden,  which  was  behind  the  house, 
"was  the  chief  pride  and  pleasure  of  the  mistress 
of  Myrtle  Hill,  and  she  held  to  the  old  taahions 
In  flowers — the  tints  wliich  were  sung  in  verse 
When  she  was  young,  and  the  rich  perfumes, 
irhiob  had  "  a  good  smell "  of  hope  and  youth 
vid  home,  about  them. 

The  bouse  and  its  grounds  were  handsome 
wd  eonapiououa  objecta  ^  trona  the  river,  and 
tny  one  iaquiring  about  them  would  rea^y 
learn  that  they  belonged  to  Mr.  Bedmond  Sul- 
Hvan,  a  Cork  merchant,  who  waa  a  presperous 
md  maoh-respeoted  iDdiridnal.  If  the  onri:- 
Mity  of  the  inquirer  should  lead  him  to  fiirther 
,  iiueationing,  he  would  probably  be  informed  in 
vddition  that  Mr.  Bedmond  SoUiran  bad  come 
of  only  *' plain  people,^'  and  was  in  fact  a 
Mlf-aade  man,  and  also  that  lie  was  blessed 
jWitb  one  fair  daughter,  his  only  child,  a  young 
lady  who  might*  it  waa  popularly  believed, 
I"  have  h»  pick"  of  a  husband  out  of  all  the 
)"  quality"  in  the  County  Cork,  and  who,  when 
■be  should  have  made  op  bar  naind  about  the 
l"piok"  in  qneetion,  woula  bring  the  &vored 
Individual  two  thousand  poxmds  **  down,"  with 
•xpeotatum  of  tha  whole  of  her  iJatber's  prop- 
■rty oaths  deaUiof  }>oth  her  parents.  Con- 
tedering  that  Bedmond  SuUlvan  was  certainiT 
m  rich  man — though  probably  hia  tortune  was 
not  exempt  from  tbe  geaeral  exaggeration  in 
Wldoh  people  indulge  when  they  eount  up  oth^ 
^•ople'i  money— two  thousand  pounds  would 
probably  strike  tixe  bearer  ai »  small  sum  fioc 
bim  to  endow  an  only  daughter  withal  {  but 
'onthlspotat  Bedmond  Sullivan  bad  hia  own 
kiotUnSk  Hid  very  immovable  tbey  were^  as  tbe 
^ntinTtif  of  aal£«uide  mem.  may  he  generally  ob- 
berred  to  be,  probably  because  in  the  process 
wf  this  same  salf»maWiig  those  nottoa*  bava 


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mimmmm 


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ISa  iHttUUi  eottit  ijorhe  to  A6VWI  tt^btttliry- 
STlei  who  possessed  two  thousand  ponuds  well 
scouted,  be  l^otiid  6ay ;  bnd  no  man  ^bo  would 
not  marry  a  girl  foe  love  would  think  it  worth  bis 
while  to  utttrry  her  for  two  thousand  pounds ; 
and  thus,  be  argued,  a  judicious  parent,  by 
making  it  known  that  he  would  give  his  daugh- 
ter that  amount,  and  no  more,  when  she  was 
about  to  make  tbe  tremendous  experiment  of 
marriage,  might  secure  her  from  the  worst  of 
the  risks  which  women  must  incur  in  this 
world.  But.  in  addition  to  this  notion  of  Red- 
mond Sullivan's,  and  in  carious  contradiction 
with  his  apparently  matter-otfact  and  unro- 
mantio  disposition,  he  cherished  a  secret  con- 
viction that  there  waa  something  particularly 
liioky  about  the  precise  sum  of  two  thousand 
pounds.  The  grounds  on  which  he  had  formed 
this  conviction  involved  a  contradiction  quite 
as  flagrant  as  did  the  holding  of  it  by  the  sim- 
ple and  practical-minded  self-made  man,  and 
Will  be  fouad  to  entitle  the  plain  story  which 
I  have  to  tell  to  be  called  an  "  Irish"  story  in 
a  double  sense. 
One  Summer's  "day,  a  few  years  ago,  the 

river  Lea  was  all  alive  wltn  boats,  and  the 
dwellers  uoon  ita  banks  were  fuU-of  the  ex- 
citement ot  a  regatta.  That  amusement,  than 
which  nothing,  not  even  ofaesa  or   lawn-tennis, 

is  more  inoompreheaaible  to  the  uninitiated,  is 
immensely  popular  with  the  people  of  Cork  ; 
and  tbe  beautilul  harbor  of  Qaeenstown  pre- 
sents a  spectaole  on  the  occasions  of  ita  reoor- 
rence  which  cannot  fail  to  charm  even  those 
who  are  entirely  ignorant  of  the  mysteries  of 
sailing,  and  become  distracted  by  only  at- 
tempting to  distinguish  one  "craft"  from 
another.  It  was  the  last  day  of 
the  regatta.  The  weather  had  been 
beautiful;  the  performanees  of  the  boats 
bad  been  most  creditable,  the  enioyment  of 
the  spectacle  had  been  unmarred  by  any  acci- 
dent. It  was  fully  expected  that  the  ball 
which  was  to  take  place  in  tbe  evening  would 
be  a  wind-np  worthy  of  the  occasion.  In  short, 
everyone  was  pronouncing  the  "regatta  week" 
to  have  been  a  great  success.  Among  those 
who  had  entered  with  most  life  and  spirit  into 
its  pleasirrea,  and  who  had  contributed  not  a 
little  to  the  enjoyment  of  them  by  her  own 
particular  friends,  was  Clare  Sullivan,  the  only 
daughter  of  Bedmond  Sullivan,  of  Myrtle  HilL 

Great,  therefore,  was  the  disappointment, 
and  vehement  the  surprise  of  several  young 
men,  and  even  a  few  young  ladiea,  when  it 
became  known  that  Clare  Sullivan  was  not  to 
be  at  tbe  ball  with  which  the  ieativities 
were  to  terminate,  but  that,  in  fact,  she 
and  her  mother  had  retiu-ned  to  Myrtle  House 
by  railroad  shortly  after  the  fortune  of  the 
day  had  declared  itself  in  the  winning  of  the 
ohiet  prize  of  the  regatta  by  the  beautilul 
yacht  "Swan,"  the  property 'of  Sir  William 
Tindal,  an  individual  with  whom  my  simple 
story  does  not  further  concern  itself.  It  was 
hardly  credible,  Indeed,  and  some  of  the  young 
men  maintained  that  it  was  also  hardly  honor- 
able of  Clare  :  for.  Lad  she  not  actually  promised 
them  dances?  written  their  names  down  in  her 
mother-ol-oearl  eamet  with  busmess-liko  accu- 
racy, and  had  she  not  even  charged  those  dis- 
appointed and  bereft  ones  with  arranging  for 
suitable  vit-Orvis  for  the  "  square"  dances, 
which  wers  held  in  but  moderate  favor  at  the 
County  Cork  balls.  It  was  only  too  true,  how- 
ever, Clare  Sullivan  and  her  mother  had 
returned  to  Myrtle  Lodge,  perhaps  so  the  secret 
eonteut  of  certain  of  tbe  young  ladies  who 
were  to  stay  for  tbe  ball,  and  whoso  oarnett 
were  not  so  lull  as  Clara's  when  she  had  clicked 
the  clasp  of  the  bauble  that  aftemooa  with  a 
pretty  air  of  harmless  tnumpfa,  and  a  little  cry 
of  "  eomplet,"  as  near  to  the  tone  of  a  Frencu 
omnibus  eanducteur  as  her  sweet  voice  ouuld 
contrive  to  make  it.  Clare  spoko  excoUent 
French  with  a  charming  accent,  and  her  uwn 
language  with  a  very  tair  one  ;  for  her  lather, 
the  aeli-made  man,  who  came  ot  plain  people, 
had  among  his  notions  certain  fixed  ones  oon- 
oeming  the  value  of  education  as  the  best  set- 
off to  a  pretty  face,  and  bad  spared  no  pains 
anduo  money  in  bestowing  thqt  good  ;;ift  upon 
his  only  child.  She  had  had  the  best  teachers 
wboia  money  could  procure  fur  ner,  at  her 
father's  house — nothing  would  have  induced 
her  parents  to  part  with  Clare— and  in  all  the 
higher  and  more  truly  important  branches 
ot^euuoation  the  precepts  and  the  example 
of  her  mother,  a  woman  of  oxeoipiary  lile,  gen- 
tle and  winmng  manners,  and  retinement  of 
mind — which  ia  by  no  means  incompatible  with 
the  "plainness"  of  ancestry,  birih,  and  briog- 
ing-up,  which  Mrs.  Sullivan  and  her  husband 
bad  not  tbe  sliishtest  inclination  either  to  ig- 
nore or  to  forget-  The  rdsult  of  this  system 
was  perfectly  satisfactory  to  tho  proud  and 
happy  pareats,  and  any  one  who  could  hava 
peeped  into  the  railway  carriage  In  which  sat 
Clare  Sullivan,  nestling  caressingly  bc^iide  her 
mother,  during  their  brief  journey — for  they 
were  alone  in  the  compartment — must  have  ac- 
knowledged that  if  looks  were  to  be  trusted  us 
an  index  to  character,  tbey  had  every  right  to 
be  content. 

Clare  Sullivan  was  just  eighteen,  and 
a  perfect  type  of  the  "  Irmh "  beauty, 
which  is  more  frequently  descrioed  tban  seen. 
In  her  face  bloom  and  brightness  were  less 
conspicuous  than  treshnesa  and  sensitiveness 
of  expression,  and  grace  and  intellectuality  ot 
form.  She  was  not  beautilul  in  tbe  sense  of 
complete  regularity  of  features.  Tbe  poet — I 
forget  his  name — must  ha^e  had  some  such 
face,  form,  snd  manner  aa  hers  in  his  fancy 
when  ha  wrote: 
"  She  waa  not  very  beautiful,  if  it  be  beauty's  test 

Xo  match  a  classic  statue  when  pertsLtly  at  rest ; 

And  she  did  not  look  bewltchiugly,  if  witchery  it 
be 

To  barve  a  forehead  and  a  cheek  transparent  aa  the 
eea. 

Xhe  fashion  of  her  gracef  ulneas  waa  not  a  f  ollowea 
rule, 
,  And   her  effervescent   aprigbtllnesa   waa  nev#r 
learned  at  sotaool. 

Her  words  were  all  peculiar,  like  the  fairy's  who 
spoke  pearls. 

And  har  tonea  were  ever  sweetest   'mldat  tbe 
oadenoaa  of  glrla." 

But  she  was  lovely  enough— with  her  delicately 
fair  skin,  her  rich  dark  hair,  as  nearly  black  as 
hair  so  fine  of  texture  ever  is ;  and  her  large, 
deep  gray  eyes,  which  had  a  mingling  modesty 
ana  firmness  ui  their  glance  that  well  repre- 
sented the  soul  behind  them — to  fill  the  hearts 
of  her  parents  with  pride  and  hope,  and  the 
heskrt  01  her  lover  with  rejoicing,  when  it  should 
come  to  Clare's  turn  to  have  a  lover.  There 
were  many  sage  prophecies  rife  among  the  peo- 
ple in  that  part  of  the  world  that  that  time 
would  soon  come  ;  and  Clare's  admirers  among 
the  grave  married  folks  held  that  tbe  girl's 
only  di^&culty  would  be  that  of  selection — a 
sentiment  of  which  some  elderly  young  ladies 
had  been  known  to  disapprove,  as  tending, 
by  the  nurturing  of  her  vanity,  to  the 
"  spoiling "  of  Clare.  All  things  con- 
sidered, as  few  spiteful  speeches  were 
made  about  Clare  Sullivan  as  had  ever  been 
called  forth  by  any  girl  who  was  conspicuously 
prettier  and  more  charming  than  the  other  girls 
in  her  sphere  and  neighborhood  ;  still,  she  did 
not  quite  escape  ;  and  she  is  just  laughing  over 
one  which  hal  been  made  on  her  leaving 
Queenetown,  as  she  and  her  mother  are  travel- 
ing toward  Myrtle  HilL  Miss  Caroline  Yaitjuce 
had  met  her  at  the  station,  and  highly  ap- 
proved of  ber  resolution  not  to  remain  for  the 
baU. 

"  For  you've  really  got  a  bad  cold,  my  dear," 
said  that  young  lady,  whose  partners  had  a 
provoking  habit  of  asking  Clare  lor  dances, 
and  only  resorting  to  herself  when  they 
found  that  Clare  had  none  to  give.  "  And 
there's  nothing  so  unbecoming,  or  so  hard 
to  hide,  as  red  eyelids.  I'm  sure  I'd  always 
rather  miss  a  ball  than  look  a  fright  at  it." 
Clare's  eyelids  were  aa  smooth  and  aa  fair  as 
mafrnnlia  blosfoms,  and  She  bad  said  nothing 
about  a  eold. 

■'  Poor  Caroline,"  says  Clare,  and  a  smile, 
just  tinged  with  regret,  plays  over  her  sweet 
sensitive  lips.  "  She  will  be  quite  happy  to- 
night, for  1  have  provided  for  her  being  well 
looked  after.  The  boys  have  promised  she 
shall  never  sit  out  a  dance  if  they  can  help  it.'* 
The  boys  were  eouslns  of  Clare's.  They  were 
two  brothers,  both  in  love  with  her,  but  both 
conscious  that  it  was  of  no  use  and  no  con- 
sequenoe;  therefore  tbey  were  friends  witb  each 
other,  and  her  devoted  slaves. 

''"The  poor  boysl"  said  the  mother,  smiling 
too,  and  lookmg  at  Clare  with  the  fondness 
whioh  found  it  quite  natural  that  everyone 
should  be  captivated  by  her  darling  daughter. 
"It's  rather  hard  on  them,  and.  indeed,  if  s 
rather  bard  on  me,  that  jon  should  have 
changed  your  mind  so  suddenly,  and  ordered 
me  off.  Hew  do  you  know  but  that  I  am 
dreadfully  disappointed  aoout  the  ball  tool  I 
am  very  fond  ot  balls,  yon  know,  and  I  don't 
believe  you  have  the  slightest  consideration  for 
■ay  new  cap  and  my  nauir^  antique.  This  was 
to  have  been  their  second  time  of  wearing." 

"  Not  the  slightest,  dearest  mother" — Clare's 
face  looked  so  sweet  and  grave  aa  the  smile 
left  it,  tliat  ber  mother  thought  she  had  never 
ieea  it  so  lovely  before,  and  that  there  was 
soaethiag  new  uUts  loveliness — "  I  wanted  to 


>j[mib*  tiwrnr.  tvsr  VOab  lailaarti  aftnr  tiu*  iiat  JL/noik   but  snatnhatl   w»  hia  bat  and   dartad  ,, 


ttft^fb^  AHA  I  kh«»#  ybtt  itmiA  tMti  it  «  imtS. 
irom  me,  though  I  could  not  explain  It  until 
we  should  be  alone." 

"  Of  course,  my  darling,  and  now  we  are 
alone." 

"  Well,  mamma" — she  blnshed,  faltered,  and 
putting  her  right  arm  rouud  her  mother's  neck, 
drew  her  face  down  to  her  own  smooth  cheek — 
•*  do  you,  now  do  you  think  you  wotdd  have 
danced  at  a  ball  the  very  evening  of  the  day 
papa  asked  you  to  marry  him  and  yuu  said 
you  would !" 

"  Oh,  Clare  I  it's  Henry  Warburton." 

"  Yea, -mother,  it  ie.  jW.'e  you  not  glad  ?  Oh, 
1  hoped  you  would  be  glad,  and  papa,  too. 
You  see,  be  bad  to  stay  for  the  ball  because  of 
the  Yacht  Club,  and  his  boat,  and  all  that ; 
but  1  couldn't.  Oh,  mother,  I  know  you  like 
him.  Bo  say  I  may  marry  him,  and  that  you 
are  glad." 

Mrs;  Sullivan's  eyes  filled  with  tears, 
and  she  held  tbe  girl  close  to  ber, 
with  an  almost  fierce  clasp.  She  was  glad, 
she  was  happy  ;  but  tbe  mother's  heart  in  her 
quailed  at  the  first  warning  of  change,  and  of 
the  overthrow  of  home  which  comes  with  even 
tbe  best  and  happiest  of  marriages.  The  dar- 
ling of  her  heart  was  no  longer  quite  her  own, 
and  the  little  rilt  between  the  old  life  and  the 
new  had  begun.  In  the  momentary  silence  the 
history  of  years  flitted  turough  her  memory. 

"  Mamma !  mamma !  surely  vou  are  glad  1' 

"  I  am  indeed,  my  darling;  but  I  am  sorry, 
too.  However,  I  am  not  going  to  think  of  that 
just  now.  I  cannot  eay  mure  than  that  1  shall 
grudge  you  less  to  Henry  Warburton  than  to 
any  other  man  I  ever  saw." 

"  That's  quite  wonderful  for  you,  mamma," 
Raid  Clare,  a^  she  withdrew  her  arm  from  her 
mother's  neck,  and  again  nestled  by  her  side, 
holding  her  naud,  "  and  a  great  deal  more  than 
we  expected,  for  he  knows  what  a  spoiled  child 
I  am." 

"  Not  that,"  thought  the  mother,  as  she  gazed 
at  the  daughter's  lace,  so  bciiutiful  in  its  soft, 
sweet,  maidenly,  frank  dehght,  "only  a  much- 
beloved  one,  tor  nothing  could  spoil  you."  But 
she  said  only,  ''Toll  me  all  abeut  it,  darling." 

"  Yes,  mamma,  and  you  must  tell  papa,  and 
make  him  be  glad  to  see  Henry  when  be  comes 
to-morrow  early." 

And  then  Clare  Sullivan  related  to  her 
mother  her  own  Especial  version  of  tbe  old, 
old  story,  ever  new  ;  and  the  mother  listened, 
while  in  her  memory  the  echoes  of  such  an- 
other story,  told  twenly-fivo  years  ago, 
blended  with  the  tones  of  her  child's  voice. 
Clare  had  not  nearly  exhausted  tbe  subject 
when  the  station  for  Myrtle  Hill  was  reached, 
and  she  let  down  the  wiudow-glass,  exclaim- 
ing :  "  Our  message  was  all  right,  mamma. 
Here  is  tbe  pony-carriage,  and  Kover  on  tbe 
step  wagging  bis  tail  nearly  off,  aa  if  wo  had 
been  away  lor  a  month." 


CHAPIER   II. 

The  course  of  true  love  has  rarely  fur- 
nished a  more  cumulete  and  striking  ex- 
ample of  tho  exception  which  proves  the 
rule  than  ia  the  ease  uf  tho  pair  of 
lovers  who  engrossed  tbe  attention  ol  the  in- 
mates of  Myi-tle  Hill,  and  furnished  a  subject 
lor  discussion  to  a  tolerably  exteusive  circle. 
Perfectly  smooth  ran  that  bright  stream, 
shining  in  the  sunlight  of  youth,  hope,  and  gen- 
eral approval.  Kedmund  Sullivan  and  his  wile 
had  every  reason  to  be  satisfied  with  their  son- 
in-law  elect ;  and  the  general  comments  uoon 
the  "luck"  which  attended  tbe  Myrtle  Hill 
people  were  entirely  justified  by  the  ciioum- 
staucus.  Henry  Warburton  was  an  Englisii- 
mau,  and  would  doubtless  wish  to  live  in  uis 
own  cuuutry.  This  was  absolutely  the  only 
drawback  to  the  pleasantness  of  toe  outlook. 
The  "old  people,"  as  Kedmund  Sullivan  called 
his  wile  and  himself,  but  as  nobody  else  called 
thum,  would  have  to  part  with  their  child,  and 
they  vere  no  great  travelers,  so  that  they 
would  probably  see  but  liitlu  of  Ler.  i'bo  en- 
gagement was  not  many  hours  old,  and,  in- 
deed, Henry  Warburton's  promised  visit,  "to- 
morrow, early,"  bad  not  taken  place,  ere 
Clare's  parents  had  talked  over  that  aspect  of 
tbe  cuae,  and  the  aacriilce  which  was  to  Lie  de- 
manded of  them. 

"  Wo  could  not  pull  ourselves  up  by  the  roots, 
Kate,"  said  Redmond  Sullivan,  aud  plant  our- 
selvea  down  over  there ;  and  even  if  we  could, 
perhaps  the  young  people  would  be  bettor  with- 
out ua." 

"'Ihey  have  a  fairer  start  before  them  tban 
we  had,  said  nis  wile,  musingly.  "How  times 
are  chauged  I  1  wouder  what  I'd  have  thought 
ol  the  tbtugs  we  shall  bo  able  to  give  Clare, 
and  that  wou't  seem  of  much  account  to  her, 
God  bless  her!" 

"No,  not  they.  It  will  be  a  different  story 
for  her,  God  be  praised,  Irom  what  it  was  lor  us, 
when  wecamehome  to  the  house  on  the  Quay." 

"  Wo  were  happy  there,  all  tbe  same."  Mrs. 
Sullivan  spoke  tiiougbttully,  aud  a  little  sadly. 

"  indeed,  wo  were,  Kate, '  asseated  her  bus- 
baad,  cheerily,  "  liut  the  way  tho  world  thinks 
now.  1  doubt  that  the  child  would  get  on  with 
what  did  very  well  for  you  aud  ine.  Anyhow, 
abe  won't  have  to  try.  1  likca  this  youug  lei- 
low  from  the  first.  By  the  way,  I  winder  what 
he  calls  early  V 

Mrs.  Sullivan  made  no  replv.  Her  thoughts 
had  wandered,  engrossing  though  the  subjoct 
of  oouveraatiou  was,  away  from  it  to  days  and 
events  long  since  past,  and  to  which  her  mind 
had  not  reverted  of  late.  For  a  moment  it 
seeiaed  as  if  she  were  about  to  utter  some  of 
those  thoughts,  but  she  changed  her  purpose, 
and  kept  silence,  while  her  husband  continued 
to  talk  of  Clare  and  her  prospects  with  good- 
humored  vivacity. 

Tbe  visit  of  his  aep'rant  eon-inlow  waa  des- 
tined to  convey  to  Mr.  Sulhvau  satisfaction 
more  complete  than  ho  had  hoped  for.  Clare, 
though  there  were  no  reserves  between  her 
lather  and  bersell,  Sept  shyly  out  of  bis  way 
all  tbe  morning,  and  contrived  to  be  at  the  iar 
end  of  the  garden  when  Mr.  Warburton  was 
anuouncud.  The  two  men  presented  a  strong 
contrast  in  externals,  for  the  self-made  Irishman 
had  nothing  in  bia  person 'to  contradict  the 
plainness  ot  his  origin.  He  was  a  short,  stout- 
ly-built man,  with  hair  fast  turning  gray,  a 
dark  complexion,  very  bright  eyes,  lull  whis- 
kers ;  an  expression  compounded  of  firmness 
of  purpose  and  kindness  of  heart ;  niuuuers 
wliieb  lacked  elegance,  but  were  too  simple  to 
be  vulgar ;  a  deep-toned  voice ;  u  very 
hearty  laugh ;  a  generally  crumpled  sbirt- 
coUar,  and  a  necktie  with  an  incurable  propen- 
sity to  come  untied.  Henry  Warburton  was 
tall,  with  a  symmetrical  aud  well  set-up  figure 
and  a  face  just  far  enough  on  tbe  near  side  of 
handsomeness  to  escape  msipidity  ;  his  chief 
characteristic  was-  an  easy  distinction;  bis 
manners  and  address  were  those  of  a  m:in  to 
Whom  the  best  of  all  that  is  to  be  seen  ot  men 
aud  cities  is  familiar  ;  and  to  this  savoir  /aire 
aud  savoir  vivre  he  added  a  happy  compla- 
cency, a  genial  readiness  to  be  amused,  which 
reudercd  him  exceedingly  popular  among  the 
Irish  society  into  which  his  love  ot  yachting 
and  boat-racing  bad  in  the  Urst  instance 
brougat  him,  and  which  certain  ol  the  young 
ladies  of  the  County  Cork,  who  had  never 
been  m  £ngland  in  their  lives,  and  had  a  ca- 
pacity for  talking  nonsense,  praised  for  being 
"  so  un-English."  Henry  Warburton  had 
fallen  in  love  with  Clare  Siulivau  almost  at 
first  sight  ;  and,  though  she  would  not  yet 
have  contessed  so  much,  the  impression  had 
been  mutual,  and  it  had  de'epened  with  every 
oae  of  the  numerous  opportunities  of  the  meet- 
ing which  a  very  gay  Summer  had  afforded 
them.  The  announcement  of  their  engagement 
would  be  received  with  general  approoation, 
but  wit'hout  surprise 

Mrs.  Sullivan  was  present  at  the  interview 
between  her  husband  and  Henry  Warburton, 
in  which  the  latter  set  fertn,  modestly, 
but  without  any  hesitation,  his  hopes, 
wishes,  and  circumstances,  and  then 
it  was  that  the  parents  of  his  be- 
trothed learned  that  he  was  perfectly 
free  to  live  where  ho  liked,  and  that  he 
liked  to  Uve  wherever  Clare  should  choose. 
If  she  would  only  go  on  occasional  trips  witb 
him  iiLhis  yacht,  which  had  hitherto  reigned 
supreme  in  his  affections,  he  would  "settle 
down''  as  near  to  ber  parents  as  she  liked.  He 
had  no  ties,  no  duties  whieh  bound  him  to  a 
residence  m  England ;  he  was  not  of  much 
social  importanee  ;  his  fortune  was  in  money, 
not  in  land,  and  had  been  leti  to  him  by  hia 
father,  a  well-bom  man,  indeed,  but  who  had 
made  it  in  one  ot  the  higher  branches  of  trade. 
Mrs.  Sullivan  listened  in  almost  complete  si- 
lence to  the  conversation  between  her  husband 
and  the  young  man  whom  they  had  seeu  for  the 
first  time  three  months  ago,  and  in  whose 
hands  their  neace  must  henceforth  be  placed ; 
listened,  observed,  him,  and  approved. 

When  the  topic  of  Clare's  dowry  was  intro- 
duced by  her  lather,  a  shade  tell  upon  the  se- 
rene gladness  of  the  motbar's  face.  Mr.  Sulli- 
van Stated  his  intentions  with  perfect  frank- 
ness ;  his  daughter  should  have  two  thousand 
pounds  "  down"  on  her  wedding  dav,  but  her 
lather  would  not  undertake  to  answer  for  any- 
thing more. 

"  H  my  wife  survives  me  she  will  have  every- 
thing I  have  to  leave  at  her  absolute  disposal. 
It  would  have  been  the  same  bad  eur  ether 
children  lived." 

Mr.  Warburton  expressed,  in  very  suitable 
terms,  his  acquiescence  in  all  that  Mr.  Sullivan 
proposed,  and  began  to  oast  imploring  looks  at 
Mrs.  Sullivan,  while  her  husband  giauoed  fur- 
tively at  the  black  marble  clock  on  the  mantel- 
piece. Mrs.  Sullivan  roae  aad  set  open  one 
side  of  the  glass  door  near  her,  which  gave 
upon  the  lawn. 

"  I'think  Clare  is  in  the  garden,"  she  said. 

"MayIjoinher»" 

Henry  WarbuBton  did'nt  wait  for  the  permia- 


tbftiagb  VM,  spm  AbbHHifi  fimma.  vfRid^ 

m^d  Sullivan's  hearty  Uushter> 

"  Well,  Kate,  I  must  be  off."  said  Mr.  BulU- 
fan,  with  all  a  man's  impatieyoe  to  be  done 
with  anything  like  a  "  scene."  "  Give  the  child 
piy  love,  and  my  blessing,  and  good-bye  until 
dinner  time."  He  bad  bis  hand  on  the  door, 
but  he  stopped  short,  and  came  nearer  to  his 
wife  by  a  step  or  two. 

"  What  is  it,  Kate  1 "  he  said.  "You  look  dis- 
turbed. Have  you  any  misgivings  1  On  oouise, 
in  every  case,  it'o  a  lottery,  but  1  do  think  the 
child  has  drawn  a  prize." 

"  I  was  not  thinking  of  him,"  she  an- 
swered ;  "  1  was  thinking  of  that  money. 
It  has  come  back  to  my  mind  so 
strongly  since  yesterday,  and  I  had  almost  for- 
gotten it.  What  became  j>i  it,  Itedmoud,  what 
became  of  it  {" 

"  Heaven  knows,  my  dear,  I  believe  we 
never  shall  know.  Put  it  out  of  your  head, 
Kate,  it's  a  long  time  since  it  made  any  matter 
to  us,  tor  our  own  sakes.  Let  us  keep  to  the 
old  agreement,  and  never  talk  of  it  more." 

There  was  no  reason  why  the  engagement  be- 
tween Henry  Warburton  aud  Clare  Sullivan 
sbould  be  a  long  one.  The  gentleman  had  no 
near  relatives  to  consider,  indeed,  as  nearly  aa 
such  can  ever  be  the  case  in  this  world, 
he  had  no  one  to  please  but  bimselfi 
The  lady  had  the  hearty  approbation 
ot  all  her  friends,  and  as  it  was  arranged  that 
the  young  pair  should  go  on  a  honeymoon 
cruise  in  Henry  Warburton's  yacht,  the  Sea 
Eagle,  and  thou  return  to  Myrtle  Hill,  and  look 
about  them  for  a  place  at  their  leisure,  there 
was  no  house-taking  aud    furuishiug   to   oblige 

them  to  defer  their  marriege.  The  matter  ot 
Clare's  trousseau  might  now  occupy  undisputed 
its  place  in  her  attention  and  her  mother's. 
Mr.  Sullivan  opened  his  eyes  widely  whe'n  his 
wife  named  to  him  tho  sum  whioh  she  believed 
to  be  the  very  least  for  which  Clare  could  be 
properly  equipped  for  the  rOle  of  a  married 
woman.  Not  that  he  had  any  objection  to  giv- 
ing the  mon<i!y  lor  the  uiirpose,  hut  that  he  was 
again  struck  by  tbe  contrast  between  the  pres- 
ent and  the  past 

"  How  many  go  vna  had  you  when  we  were 
married,  Katef  he  asked  his  wile  one  day, 
when  she  and  Ciore  hod  finally  named  the 
list  ot  articles,  only  a  lew  of  which  native 
artists  were  to  be  ailoweJ  to  provide,  aud  Mr. 
Sullivan  bad  been  making  inquiries,  half  puz- 
zled, half  amused,  into  its  nature  aiid  extent. 
"  Come,  tell  uie  ;  I'm  sure  you  remember,  and 
could  deacnbe  every  one  of  them." 

"  Oh  yea !  1  could  do  that."  Tho 
wife  ot  twenty-five  years  standing  looked 
up  with  an  animated  smile,  like  a 
girl'a,  upon  her  face.  "  I  had  a 
French  merino,  of  good  lasting  color,  two 
house  dresses,  and  a  fawn-colored  silk.  Surely 
vou  remember  tbe  fawn-colored  silk,  Redmond  I 
Dear,  bow  proud  of  it  I  was,  and  it  had 
swan's-down  round  the  neck  aud  down  tbe 
front ;  Clare  wore  it  out  for  hor  first  pelisse." 

"  And  very  well  you  looked  in  it.  It  tbe 
child  looks  half  so  well  in  all  her  hnery,  shu 
may  be  proud  of  Ler.se'.f." 

Mrs.  Sullivan  smiled  absently.  She 
scarcely  heard  her  huauand's  blunt  com- 
pliment; her  memory  waa  lull  of 
the  pa^it  of  her  child's  lite ;  she  saw  her 
as  an  infant  ouce  more,  as  a  little  toddlin^; 
creature,  with  a  child's  instineiiro  love  of 
dress,  clad  in  tbe  remains  ot  the  fawn-colored 
aiik.  And  now,  in  h,  short  time  Clare  would  be 
quite  her  own  child  no  longer;  she  would  not 
be  able  any  more  to  como  boiweeu  the  girl  who 
had  been  the  idol  of  the  house  aud  any  of  tbe 
real  troubles  ot  life.  Thoughts  of  this  kind 
were  always  lurking  in  the  mother's  miiid, 
happy  aci  she  waa  in  tho  proapeot  belore  her 
child,  auu  why  they  should  come  eo  prominently 
into  the  loregrouud  just  bccaiue  sho  was 
writing  out  a  list  of  olothoa,  she  did  not  under- 
stand, but  so  It  was. 

"What  about  the  wedding-dress?"  asked 
Mr.  Sullivan  ;  "  will  Clare  condescend  to  wear 
native  mauutaccure,  or  is  it  to  come  irom  Lon- 
don or  Paris  1 '' 

"  No,  no,"  answered  Mrs.  Sullivan.  "  Only 
from  Dublin." 

"  And  what's  it  to  be  f     Tabbinet  !" 

Mrs.  Sullivan  laughed.  "  1  don't  think  you 
would  understand  the  description,  if  I  told^-ou 
all  about  it.  But  here's  a  sketch  of  it."  She 
took  ii'oui  under  the  lid  of  her  desk  a  print 
from  a  fashion  book,  which  represented  a  hap- 
pily imnosaible  young  lady  with  a  preposterous 
waist,  in  a  white  satin  cown  and  a  lontr  veil, 
simpering  over  an  ivory-bound  prayer-book. 

Mr.  Sullivan  looked  at  the  uriut,  pushed  out 
his  uuupr  lii>,  and  s;iid,  "  It's  a  comfort  to 
know  that,  lot  the  gown  and  bonnet  people  do 
their  worst,  tUoy  can  never  make  our  Clare 
look  like  that  .'" 

With  which  s.vmpathetio  speech  Mr.  Sullivan 
took  his  departure. 

The  days  wore  themselves  away,  and  the 
bustle  of  pleusaut  preparation  went  on  at 
Myrtle  Hill.  Henry  Warburton  waa  a  very 
caay-goinsj,  good-natured  man,  and,  provided 
that  be  hid  Clare's  uniuterrupted  society  for 
two  or  three  liours  ot  each  day,  he  did  not 
grumble,  alter  tho  fasbiou  uf  most  bridegrooms 
elect,  at  her  being  engroased  by  all  sorts  ol' 
people  and  things  duriug  the  remainder  ol  tho 
time.  Besides,  had  ho  nut  to  be  perpetually 
running  down  to  the  harbor  to  visit  tho  "  Sea 
Eagle,"  and  to  inspect  the  arrangements  which 
were  being  made  on  board  that  beautiful  and 
beloved  boat  for  the  aceummodatiun  ol  lis  lair 
mistress.  Everything  went  well  with  the  young 
people,  every bouy  was  pleased ;  aud  even 
Miss  Choline  Valence  was  reconciled  to  tbe  fact 
that  the  prize  of  the  season  had  been  carried 
off  by  Cliiru  Sullivan.  "  That  is  a  sort  of  thing 
that  cannot  occur  twice,"  she  remarked  to  her- 
self; "aud  thougii  tbey  are  to  live  here,  aud 
she  will  be  goiug  out  a  great  deal,  no  daubt, 
still,  ua  wo  have  not  quite  adopted  English 
manners  and  niorala  in  the  County  Cork,  the 
young  married  women  don't  get  all  the  attea- 
tiou,  and  all  the  partners  hero.  Besides,  the 
Warburtons  will  give  parties." 

Thua,  oven  to  her  relations  with  her  jealous 
friend,  all  went  rightly  lor  tbe  popular  and 
happy  girl. 

It  was  within  three  days  of  the  wedding,  and 
Clare  aud  her  mother  were  aloue.  Mr.  Sullivan 
and  his  son-iu-law  elect  had  gone  to  a  "man's 
party,"  aud  the  mother  and  daughter  felt, 
without  saying  it  to  each  other,  that  that  waa 
the  iaat  evening  In  the  lives  ot  both  tLat  thev 
should  have  to  pass  together  viith  their  old 
relatione  still  undbangcd.  To-morrow  the 
house  would  be  full  of  people;  for  the  wedding 
was  to  be  a  gay  one,  and  Clare's  cousins  (the 
bridesmaids)  were  coming  from  Dublin. 

Mrs.  Sullivan  aud  her  duutihter  were  sitting 
in  the  pretty  room  which  had  been  specially 
fitted  up  lor  Clare,  and  which  contained  all  the 
little  treasures  which  a  girl  accumulates  with- 
in her  owu  sanctum.  The  room  was  to  remain 
unchauged  uuiil  her  return.  She  had  placed 
her  mother  in  the  easy -chair,  covered  with  pink 
and  grav  cretonne,  and  turned  it  toward  the 
wide  window  aud  balcony,  lull  of  flower-pots 
and  bird-cages,  and  had  placed  herseli  on  a 
footstool  by  bet  mother's  aide.  The  evening 
waa  very  warm  and  beautiful,  and  the  twiiijjht 
was  aweet  aud  aolemu.  The  girl  had  been 
talking  gaily  to  her  mother  for  some 
time,  but  ahe  became  thoughtful,  and 
leaned  her  head  on  tbe  arm  of  tke  chair,  her 
hair  touching  Mrs.  Sullivan's  hand,  in  silence. 
Her  mother,  was  also  silent,  aud  her  gaze,  di- 
rected to  tbe  prospect  beyond  the  bouse,  iiad 
little  consciousness  of  the  scene  in  it. 

"  Mamma,"  said  Ciaro  at  length,  "  I  wish  you 
would  tell  me  about  your  wedding.  You  never 
have  told  me  anythiug  about  it.  Was  it  a  very 
pretting  wedding  1  Waa  It  gay  ?  What  did 
you  wear  1  I  suppose  even  wedding  dresses 
were  dift'erent  in  those  days." 

She  bad  raised  her  head,  and  was  looking  at 
ber  mother. 

"  i)o  tell  me  all  about  it ;  you  can't  think 
bow  much  I  sbould  like  to  know  ;  and  this  is 
tho  very  beat  time  for  me  to  hear  it.  I  really 
don't  know  anythiug  about  you  when  you 
were  a  girl,  mamma,  except  that  you  were  not 
BO  happy  as  I  am,  for  you  hadn't  a  mother. 
So  tell  me  about  yourself  now." 

Mrs.  Sullivan  looked  down  upon  hor  daugh- 
ter's eager  lace  with  a  smile  as  she  sa^d.  "  My 
wedding  was  a  very  gay  one,  darling,  but  there 
were  circumstances  connected  with  it  which 
brought  me  into  a  good  deal  of  trouble  at  the 
time,  and  for  long  atterward,  and  I  have 
never  spoken  of  them  of  late  years." 

"  Trouble,  mamma  1  Had  it  anything  to  do 
with  papal" 

"  Nothing  in  the  sense  of  unhappmess  Ibe- 
twsen  ua,  darling:  but  tho  trouble  oame 
heavily  upon  him.  I  will  tell  you  the  atory,  for 
it  will  make  you  understand  how  much  reason 
we  have  to  love  and  respect  your  father.  Get 
me  a  shawl ;  we  will  net  close  the  windows,  or 
light  the  candles." 

"  It  ia  just  tbe  time  for  a  story,"  said  Clare, 
as  ahe  oaretully  placed  a  shawl  round  her 
mother's  shoulders,  and  then  resumed  her  seat 
by  her  aide;  "audi  don't  mind  there  being 
trouble  in  it,  since  it  is  over  long  ago." 

CHAPTER  IIL 
"  When  I  was  a  girl,"  began  Mrs.  Sullivan, 
*'  my  father,  my  brother,  who  waa  older  than 

I,  and  could  remember  our  mother,  lived  in  an 
old  houae  on  tbe  road  between  Cork  and  Blar- 
ney. It  was  a  roomy  house,  "Sat  very  dull,  and 
the  garden  had  high  walls  round  it.  The  house 
was  pulled  down  fifteen  years  ago,  aud  Mr. 
Monroe  bought  the  land  ;  there  is  not  any  like- 
ness at  all  between  the  place  now  and  what 
it  was.  We  lived  a  very  quiet  life  there, 
until  my  brother  took  it  into  hia  head  to 
go  to  sea,  and  could  not  be  persuaded 
out  of  it  by  our  f^er  or  by  me,  or  by 
af   Htm  £ri«Bda/who  tried  to  persanda 


mm.    It  iHii  i  ifltf ;  be  htia  HM  a  g&od  eduoa- 

gon  fcx  those  times,  and  his  father  idolised 
im.  He  was  never  nalt  so  fond  of  me.  though 
be  was  a  good  father  to  me  also.  The  &kt 
trouble  I  can  remember  waa  when  Terence  left 
us,  to  make  a  long  voyage  to  China.  After  be 
was  gone,  my  father  and  I  were  more  together, 
and  I  began  to  understand  more  about  his  af- 
fairs, and  to  know  that  he  was  not  very  well 
off.  Not  that  I  wanted  anvthing  I  had  not,  or 
that  we  were  not  comfortable  at  home ;  but  I 
could  see  that  my  lather  was  what  we  used 
to  call  "bothered"  about  things,  and  that 
be  was  rather  belpless  in  his  way& 
He  was  a  most  amiable  man ;  I  never 
knew    a  gentler   or  kinder  heart  than   your 

grandfather's,  but  he  was  not  quick  or  ready  : 
e  had  none  of  the  practical  ability  which 
your  father  possesaea,  none  oi  that  decided 
manner  which  makes  one  leel  that  he  has  thor- 
oughly considered  a  matter,  and  made  up  bis 
mind  about  it  on  the  soundest  grounds.  My 
father  had  a  hesitating  way  with  bim,  as  if  he 
had  gone  astray  in  lite,  and  be  had  a  puzzled 
look  in  hia  laoe.  How  oiten  when  you  have 
been  doins;  your  lessons,   and  not  getting  on 

with  them " 

"  I  remember,"  softly  interrupted  Clare, 
nodding  her  head  with  emphatic  satistaction  in 
the  reflection  that  the  day  of  doing  sums  waa 
over. 

"  How  often  I  have  looked  at  you,  and  seen 
a  likeness  to  him  m  your  face.  Ho  was  in  buai- 
Bcsa  in  Cork,  senior  partner  too,  aud  I  believe 
it  ought  Xo  have  beou  a  good  business ;  but  it 
never  was,  aud  I  doubt  whether  any  business 

which  my  dear  father  might  have  had  to  con- 
duct would  ever  have  been  a  good  one.  There 
are  men  who  can't  succeed,  be  was  oue  of  them; 
b;it  they  are  sometimes  more  lovable  and  bet- 
ter loved  than  those  with  whom  everything 
goes  well,  who  climb  tbe  ladder  of  fortune 
quickly,  perhaps  because  the  pushed  aside 
lucks  the  bard  self-assertion  of  the  pusher.  If 
ever  a  man  wanted  a  sensible  wife;,  that  man 
was  my  father;  but  I  don't  think  it  ever  oc- 
curred to  him  as  a  possibility  to  marry  again. 
I  suppose  no  girl  could  have  been  happier  than 
I  was  with  uiy  lather,  but  my  home  was  not  at 
all  like  tho  home  we  have  been  able  to  give 
you,  at  least,  for  as  long  as  you  can  remember, 
it  was  not  very  comfortable  or  orderly,  but  1 
did  not  miss  what  I  bad  never  known,  aud  I 
bad  plenty  of  amusement,  and  very  high  spir- 
its. 1  was  as  lively  as  you  are  when  I  was 
your  ago,  and  I  believe  i  was  almost  aa  well- 
looking." 

"Why,  mamma.''  exclaimed  Clare,  "you 
know  you  were  a  thousand  times  better  look- 
iugl  Papa  baa  often  told  me  you  were  tho 
prettiest  girl  in  Cork." 

"Ah,  papa!  Yea.  he  thought  so,  but  then 
he  is  nut  an  impartial  witness.  However, 
never  mind  that.  1  was  a  pretty  girl,  and  a 
very  meiTv  and  happy  girl,  when  I  met  your 
papa  first." 

"  Was  he  renlly  your  first,  quite,  your  very 
first  luvaT'  Clare  uaked  bur  mother,  with  a  sly, 
demure  smile.     "Like — like  Henry,  j-ou  know." 

"  Wait.  Clare,  lot  me  tell  j<ju  my  story.  Wo 
have  wandered  off'  ou  the  unprofitable  point  ot 
my  good  looks.  1  was  telliuir  you  about  my 
high  spiiits  aud  general  content  with  things  as 
they  were.  1  wua  very  tond  of  dancing,  and 
there  was  a  great  deal  ol  dancing  in  those 
days  ;  par.iea  were  not  so  grand  and  so  expeu- 
aive  as  they  are  now,  but  they  were  more  nu- 
merous, and  we  certainly  did  not  enjoy  them 
lees  wheu  a  white  mualiu  gown  over  a  calico 
slip,  and  a  pink  or  blue  sash,  formed  quite  a 
grand  evening  dress.  What  would  you  aay  to 
that,  Ciare  i" 

"  1  should  not  like  it  at  all,  mother,"  said 
Clare,  with  entire  traukuess,  "  but  1  auppose  if 
everybody  else  wore  tbe  same  I  should  not 
much  mind." 

"There's  a  great  deal  in  that.  My  father 
used  to  allow  me  to  ask  anybody  I  pleased  to 
our  house,  and  never  retused  to  take  me  any- 
wuere.  We  had  a  numeroua  acquaintance, 
and  the  only  grievance  of  my  life  was  that  we 
lived  in  the  country,  aud  not  in  tho  town.  I 
had  to  trust  to  my  frienda  who  had  jaunting- 
oara  to  take  me  about  to  any  distances  beyond 
a  .walk.  There  was  a  regular  car,  which 
brought  my  laihcr  to  his  business  every  day  ; 
it  accommodated  four  gentlemen,  who  paid 
so  much  yearly;  but  there  was  no  place  to 
spare  for  me.  1  remember  well  how  I  used  to 
make  my  evening  dresa  up  into  a  parcel,  aud 
send  it  down  lu  the  well  of  the  car  to  tbe 
houses  of  mv  partv-giving  friends,  and.  walk 
luto  town  in  the  evening,  just  as  ready  to 
'  dance  all  night  till  the  broad  daylight'  as  any 
of  your  black  pets  in  your  Christy  collection. 
I  need  not  tell  you,  then,  that  I  was  uot  at  all 
sorry  when  my  father  told  me — it  was  the  day 
bel'oro  my  eighteenth  birthday — that  he  had 
some  idea  of  selling  our  house  and  moving  into 
town.  1  knew  there  wus  somothing  iu  it  he  did 
not  like,  lor  the  puzzled  look  in  hia  face  waa 
mure  marked  than  usual,  aud  ho  told  me  pres- 
ently that  it  mii£ht  not  look  well,  perhaps  ; 
that  we  were  "better  considered"  by  living 
out  of  the  town,  but  ho  had  an  offer  for  tbe 
house,  aud  so  on — particulars  I  need  not  go 
into.  There  was  good  accommodation — in  fact, 
a  large  houae  over  hia  otfices  ;  his  business 
was  a  branch  of  the  shipping  trade — and  he 
thought  he  had  better  go  aud  live  there.  I  was 
delignted  beyond  meuaure;  it  was  the  very 
best  thing  ho  could  have  proposed,  and  I 
was  only  impatient  to  make  the  move  at 
ouce.  It  was  uot  long  delayed;  but  in  the 
meantime  au  incident  occiured  which  did 
not  give  me  much  concern  at  tho  time, 
but  which  had  some  bearing  on  the  future 
of  my  story.  There  are  people  who  say  no 
woman  ought  to  acknowledge  that  any  man 
except  her  husband  ever  asked  her  to  marry 
him  ;  because  no  man  proposes  to  a  woman  un- 
less she  has  given  him  reason  to  believe  that 
she  meaua  to  accept  him.  This  may  be  true  aa 
a  general  rule,  but  it  had  an  exception  in  my 
caac.  I  never  waa  more  surprised  or  leas 
pleaaed  iu  my  lilo  tban  when  a  certain  Mr. 
James  Downing,  the  son  ot  a  distiller  who 
was  a  very  rich  man,  proposed  to  me.  at  a 
party  given  by  hia  mother.  I  had  comb  into 
towu,  aud  was  staying  at  a  friend's  houae — 
it  was  my  eighteenth  birthday — and  the 
party  waa  quite  an  event.  I  enjoyed 
the  dancing,  aa  usual;  but  I  was  genuinely 
unaware  that  Mr.  Downing  was  paying  me 
more  attention  than  usual,  and  when  he  de- 
tained me  in  a  little  conservatory  at  the  back 
ol  the  drawing-room,  ami  asked  me  tho  impor- 
tant questiuu  as  if  there  could  nut  be  the  least 
doubt  in  the  world  about  the  answer  which  he 
wus  to  receive,  1  was  angry  aud  frightened.  At 
first  he  would  uot  receive  my  answer  as  final, 
but  when,  under  theinfiusnco  of  both  lear  and 
anger,  wiiicta  when  combmed  form  desperation, 
I  made  my  meaning  perlectly  plain,  be  told  me 
I  was  nothing  but  a  heartless  coquette,  and 
hud  deliberately  led  him  to  make  a  tool  of 
himself  lor  the  pleasure  of  triumphing  over 
him,  and  that  I  might  count  upon  bis  never 
forgetting  the  affront  I  had  put  upon  him.  I 
waa  rouaed  by  thia  to  anger  unmixed  by  any 
regret,  and  I  told  bim  that  I  cared  as  little  for 
bis  threats  as  I  cared  for  bimsolr,  and  begged 
that  beuoetorth  he  would  nut  venture  to  claim 
acquaiutance  with  me.  You  will  wonder 
when  I  tell  you,  Clare,  that  this  un- 
manly man  carried  the  story  of  hia  pro- 
posal and  my  retusal  of  it  to  bis  mother,  and 
to  other  friends  ol  mine,  and  that  I  was  se- 
verely blamed  among  them.  His  mother  would 
have  been  desperately  angry  if  I  had  married 
Mr.  Downing,  for  whom  she  wanted  a  girl  with 
a  fortune,  not  poor  Kate  Cronin,  with  nothing 
but  vague  posaibilitiea  of  a  small  dowry ;  but 
at  the  aamo  time  aho  waa  excessively  indignant 
that  poor  Kate  Cronin  should  have  presumed 
to  reiuse  her  son.  I  heard  a  great  deal  about 
it  at  the  time,  and  Mrs.  Downing  ceased  to  in- 
vite me  to  her  partiea ;  but  I  put  the  matter 
out  of  my  mind,  which  was  soon  filled  with  an- 
other subject,  for  It  was  about  this  time  that 
your  papa  aud  I  fixst  met" 

"Oh,  tell  me  about  that,  mammal  This  is 
the  really  interesting  part  of  the  story." 

"It  was  m  a  very  prosaic  way  that  the  meet- 
ing came  about,  my  dear.  Your  father  was  a 
clerk  in  the  house  of  Matthewson  &  Joyce,  and 
it  was  the  juuior  partner  who  wanted  to  buy 
our  house.  Mr.  Sullivan  called  to  see  my 
father  with  a  letter  from  the  junior  partner, 
and  my  lather  wua  ill  and  could  not  see  him. 
He  sent  me  into  tbe  parlor  with  a  message  in 
answer  to  Mr.  Joyce's  letter,  and — " 

"And  papa  fell  in  love  with  you  on  the  spot 
Of  course  he  did.    He  could  not  help  it." 

"I  don't  know  about  that  At  ad  events,  he 
brought  a  second  message  the  next  day,  and  a 
third  the  day  after,  and  by  the  time  the  bar- 
gam  for  our  houae  was  concluded,  and  it  was 
settled  that  we  were  to  remove  to  Cork.  I  had 
learned  a  ereat  deal  about  Redmond  Sullivan, 
and  especially  that  he  stood  very  high  in  the 
estimation  ot  Messrs.  Matthewson  &  Joyce,  who 
eousidered  bim  a  clever  man  of  busiiiess,  and 
who  would,  be  believed,  be  not  unwilling  to 
take  hini  into  partnership.  If  he  could  bring  a 

comparatively  small  sum  of  money  into  the 
business.  That  waa  the  dav  of  small  things, 
and  little  did  we  ever  think  that  the  future 
could  bring  such  good  gifts  to  us.  That  future 
waa  a  long  way  off,  and  between  us  aud  it 
there  lay  serious  troubles.  My  father  sold  the 
house,  and  we  removed  to  Cork.  I  was  de- 
lighted with  tbe  change.  We  had  brought 
with  us  all  our  old  furniture  and  books,  and 
the  house  on  the  Quay,  over  the  otfieea,  soon 
began  to  look  quite  homelike.  But  I  found  to 
my  great  surprise,  that  we  were  supposed  to 
have  come  down  in  the  world  by  the  change, 
and  that  hints  were  abroad  that  my  lather's 
business  was  doing  less  well  than  ever,  and  that, 
in  laot,  there  were  troublous  times  ahead  of 
him.  A  little  inquiry  enabled  me  to  trace 
these  reports  to  Mrs.  Downing  and  ber  son, 
and  I  auifariid,  froa^  th— .  »lm«^  tm  vuaabaa^^. 


tbey  ootfld  b&t«  dedfcd  ffid  td  iflfRf,  fdtr 
though  I  knew  little  of  btudnefs^uiattenb,  I.wa# 
awuo  that  such  rumors  wpuld  iiuore  V\T 
fatoer's  credit,  and  I  blamed  myself  for  them. 
If  only  I  had  not  had  the  misfortune  flrst  to  at- 
tract and  then  to  offend  Mr.  Downing  there 
would  not  have  been  those  rumors.  But,  though 
I  felt  this  annoyance  keenly,  it  and  every  other 
sooa  gave  way  to  the  great  happiness  tliat  waa 
coming  into  my  hie  ;  and  it  waa  destined  also 
to  be  put  entireky  aside  by  a  great  sorrow. 
Within  six  mouths  after  mv  father  and  I  came 
to  live  in  Cork,  your  father  and  I 
were  engaged  to  one  another  (with  every 
prospect  ol  a  long  engagement  before  us.)  and 
the  news  had  come  to  us  of  my  brother's  death. 
Ha  had  done  well  in  his  chosen  career,  aud  ha^ 
been  home  three  times.  He  died  uf  fef  er  at 
Shanghai,  and  my  father,  though  he  bore  tho 
news  with  external  calmness  and  resignation, 
never  really  recovered  it;  be  became  more 
puzzled  and  uncertain  in  his  ways  than  ever, 
and  I  believe  the  busmess  drifted  more  and 
more. 

You  have  oiten  seen  the  miniature  of  your 
father  taken  at  that  time,  and  it  is  very  like 
kim,  so  that  you  can  imagine  what  a  contrast 
his  bright  resolute  face  and  his  energetic  ways 
preaouted  to  my  father's  timid  aud  discouraged 
looks  and  manner.  Perhaps  it  was  the  con- 
trast which  made  Redmond  Sullivan  so  at- 
tractive to  him ;  anyhow,  he  liked  him  so 
much  that  even  if  he  bad  had  any  prudent 
ideas  about  the  unfitness  or  unwisdom  of 
an    attachment    between    Redmond    and   me, 

I  do  not  think  he  would  have  taken  oourago 

to  act  on  them.  Ha  had  not  any,  how- 
ever, and  when  I  told  bim  that  Redmond  bulli- 
van  had  asked  me  to  be  hia  wife,  that  we  were 
prepared  to  wait  until  bis  circumstances  should 
be  better,  and  that  we  hoped  he  would  sanc- 
tion an  engagement  which  was  pretty  sure  to 
be  condemned  by  all  mv  other  relatives  and 
friends,  he  was  as  much  astonished  ae  if  be  had 
not  been  seeing  the  young  man  constantly,  and 
seeing  him  in  close  attendance  upon  me  on 
every  possible  opportunity. 

"  YouTl  have  to  wait,  child,"  was  all  he  said  in 
the  way  of  objection ;  "  you  couldn't  marry  on 
Sullivan's  salary  and  what  I  can  give  you;  but- 
if  you  and  he  don't  mind  waiting  for  a 
good  turn  of  fortune,  I  don't  see  that 
you  can  do  better.  He's  tbe  best  and  wisest 
lellow  I  ever  knew,  and  I  could  die  happy 
trusting  you  to  him."  These  words  of  my 
lather  were  as  good  as  a  lortune  to  me  at 
the  time.  We  were  well  contented  to  wait, 
aud  the  happiest  of  the  happy.  Redmond  was 
already  high  in  the  esteem  and  confidence  of 
his  employers,  and  we  had  the  hopeful  trust 
in  the  future  which  comes  easily  to  young 
lovers." 

"  1  don't  think  I  should  have  been  so  cop- 
tented  as  you  were,  mamma.  I  think  1  shod^d 
have  been  afraid,  too,  of  being  not  well  off." 

"  I  dare  say  ;  and  it  would  not  be  natural 
you  should  be  otherwise.  Your  bringing  up 
has  been  very  different  from  mine.  Well, 
wo  waited  aud  waited,  aud  our  iriends 
talked  ot  our  engagement  as  being 
tho  moat  loolish  thing  possible,  and 
Some  prophesied  that  it  would  never  '  come  to 
anything  ;'  and  others  said  tbey  wondered, 
considering  my  father  had  consented  to  al- 
low me  to  '  throw  myself  away.'  that  he  did 
not  let  us  marry,  and  take  up  'our  abode  with 
him.  That  would  have  seemed  a  simple  plan 
indeed,  but  my  father  never  proposed  it,  and 
when  Redmond  heard  that  other  people  talked 
ot  it,  he  told  me  he  wotild  not  wish  it,  even  for 
the  sake  of  hastening  our  marriage  ;  a  man 
ought  to  make  hia  wile's  home  for  her,  aad  al- 
ways be  master  in  his  own.  At  length,  one  day, 
when  our  engagement  had  lasted  two  years, 
and  I  was  twenty,  Bedmond  told  me  that  a 
chance  had  arisen  for  us,  if  my  father  could  en- 
able him  to  avail  himself  ot  it.  He  had  been 
increasingly  useful  to  the  firm  in  whose  em- 
ployment he  was  of  late  ;  and  they  had  told 
him  it  he  could  bring  into  the  buaineas  the 
sum  of  two  thousand  poimds,  they  would  give 
him  a  partnership." 

"  Two  thousand  pounds !"  aaid  Clare  ;  "  that's 
what  papa  is  going  to  give  me.  Ia  it  because  it 
was  the  tounding  of  his  fnrtime  )  How  de- 
lightful to  find  papa  out  in  a  bit  of  romance  like 
that  1" 

"  Wait  a  little,  and  you'll  find  your  papa  out 
in  a  yet  more  romantic  notion.  Two  thousand 
pounds  seemed  an  enormous  and  impossiole 
sum  to  mo  then,  and  of  great  magmtude  to 
Redmond  ;  but  be  thought  it  not  unlikely  my 
father  might  bo  able  to  give  it,  as  there  was 
only  me  to  be  provided  for  then.  Here  would 
bo  an  immediate  provision  for  me,  and  a  bet- 
ter one  than  w^e  could  possibly  expect  to  obtain 
by  waiting  ever  so  patiently.  I  could  only  say 
that  I  waa  quite  certain  my  father  wonld  give 
Redmond,  or  rather  me,  the  money  if  he  could, 
and  advise  bim  to  speak  to  bim  frankly  and  at 
once.  Thia  Bedmond  did,  and  my  father  met 
the  matter  iu  exactly  the  spirit  which  I 
expected.  He  told  Redmond  more  about  bis 
adau-s  than  he  had  ever  before  admitted,  ao- 
kuowledged  that  his  business  waa  not  prosper- 
ous, but  said  he  bad  always  intended  to  give 
me  the  small  dowry  he  could  afford  on  my 
wedding-day.  being  averse  to  exposing  it  to 
any  risk  by  keeping  the  money  in  tbe  business 
until  his  death  ;  that  he  could  give  him  the  two 
thousand  pounde,  and  that  he  entirely  ap- 
proved of  the  purchase  of  a  partnership  for 
Redmond  with  that  money.  Redmond  ex- 
pressed his  gratitude  to  my  father  very  warm- 
ly, and  came  in  the  highest  splri'^  to  tell  me  of 
his  Bucceas,  and  to  diacuss  our  consequent  ar- 
racgementa. 

It  waa  on  just  such  a  day  as  this  has  been, 
and  at  the  same  season  of  the  year,  that  your 
father  and  I  and  my  father  settled  all  about 
my  wedding.  My  father,  like  most  of  tbe  un- 
deeided  people  whom  I  haye  known,  always 
wanted  to  do  anything  he  really  bad  made  up 
his  mind  to,  in  a  hurry,  and  heVlshed  me  to  be 
married  now  without  any  further  delay.  We 
were  to  'get  the  wedding  over  first,'  he  said, 
and  to  have  a  short  marriage  tour,  and  then 
to  come  back,  and  stay  with  him  for  a  while, 
when  the  partnership  could  be  concluded,  and 
our  future  abode  fixed  upon.  He  grew  quite 
cheerful  and  excited  in  talking  about  it  How 
well  I  remember  his  dear  face,  and  his  eager 
blue  eyes,  which  hatl  something  childlike  in 
them  to  the  last,  aa  he  said,  when  Redmond 
was  going  away  that  night.  '  You  shall  have 
the  two  thousand  pounds  ia  good  bank-notes 
that  day  when  Father  Byrne  has  made  you 
and  Kate  man  and  wife.' " 


CHAPTER  IV. 

"  I  was  very  happy  and  very  busy  when  the 
time  fixed  for  my  marriage  drew  near,  aad  I 
made  a  great  deal  more  ado  about  my  small 
preparations  than  they  demanded.  -  My  father 
was  pleased,  and  Bedmond  was  in  the  highest 
spirits." 

"Mamma,"  interrupted  Clare,  "do  tell  me 
what  your  wedding-dress  was  1  Satin,  or  moir6, 
or  plain  silk  ?" 

"  Neither  of  the  three,  my  dear ;  it  was  only 
worked  muslin — tambour,  they  called  it — over 
a  lutestring  slip,  and  it  would  not  be  thought 
good  enough  to  wear  at  a  tea-party  in  these 
days." 

"  What  did  you  do  with  it  1  <  I  mean  to  keep 
my  wedding-diess  ail  my  life."  " 

"  I  have  kept  mine.  It  is  in  this  bouse  ;  but 
I  have  never  looked  at  it  from  that  day  to 
this." 

"Mammal  Whyl  You  were  never  sorry, 
were  you,  for — " 

"  For  having  married  your  father?  N^ever. 
1  should  have  been  very  ungrateful  to  Provi- 
dence and  to  him  if  I  had  ever  boon  anything 
but  thankful.  But  for  all  that,  I  have  never 
liked  to  dwell  much  on  my  wedding-day,  and 
now  you  shall  hear  why.  it  came,  a  beautiful 
bright  day  it  was,  and  we  were  a  merry 
party.  My  father  and  I  had  had  a  long  talk 
the  evening  before,  and  he  had  said  more  to 
me  about  himself,  his  young  days,  my  mother, 
and  my  brother,  than  ever  previously.  He  had 
an  idea  that  it  waa  not  good  tor  young  people 
to  be  talked  to  about  solemn  things  or  busi- 
ness matters,  but  now  that  I  was  going  to  be 
married,  he  thought  I  might  be  treated  as  a 
grown-up  person.  I  knew  and  understood  my 
father  better  within  the  last  few  hours  I  was 
ever  to  pass  in  my  old  home  in  the  old  rela- 
tions, than  I  had  done  in  ail  the  years  I  bad 
lived  with  him." 

"  It  was  like  this  talk  of  ours,  moth.er." 

"  Yes,  in  some  degree.  Well,  the  day 
came,  and  tbe  hour  for  our  marriage,  and  the 
party,  which  was  large  at  the  church  and  af- 
terwards, but  very  small  leaving  the  bouse, 
only  myself  and  my  father  and  one  brides- 
maid, (your  godmother,  Clare  ;  she  went  into 
the  JPresentation  Convent  when  you  were 
three  months  old,)  and  a  triond  of  my  father's. 
As  we  were  driving  along  the  quay,  on  our  way 
to  the  church,  my  father  put  his  band  to  the 
breast  pocket  of  his  coat,  and  puliod  out  the 
end  of  a  bundle  of  onsp  white  paper.  Only  the 
end,  not  tbe  whole  of  the  parcel 

'  Do  you  see  that,  Kate,  my  Aarling  1'  be 
said. 

'  I  see  it,  father.    What  is  it !' 

'  It's  yoiir  dowry,  my  dear.  It  will  be  tn 
Redmond  Sullivan's  pocket  to-day.' 

Mr.  Kempston  was  looking  out  of  the  car- 
riage window,  and  bad  not  noticed  wbat  we 
were  saying.  My  father  buttoned  his  coat  over 
the  precious  parcel,  and  in  a  few  minutoo  we 
had  reached  the  church,  and  there  stood  Bed* 
mond  with  his  Iriends,  waiting  for  me." 

"  Just  as  it  will  be  on  Wednesday,  mamma," 
said  Clare,  and  her  mother  laid  her  hand  upon 
the  girl's  bright  hair,  and  imoothed  it  witii  a 
gentle  but  absent  touob. 

'*  It  was  soon  over,  and  I  was  walking  out  of 
the  uhurch,  leaning  on  my  husband's  arm,  see- 
ing the  faces  around  me,  indeed,  and  tbe  aoene, 
butfeaUiucaaitit  w«Baatt*djeMH^     X  bad  ' 


tprtfaore-^Wf*  n»^we  V^  do  ife  hoates  iH^ft 
fOl^  fihe  pf»ople  TO :  ex^e^  anivSd jijii^  M 
$Qou  as  oarselT^.  Tbe  bref^kiM^  Wfii  a  lOQi 
affair,  and  there  was  some  speebh-making,  teat 
then  it  was  tune  for  as  to  leave.  Our  hbaej* 
.moon  trip  wao  to  be  a  verj 
modest  one.  We  had  neither  monej 
nor  time  for  the  excursions  that  art 
in  fashion  in  these  days,  and ;  had  %  t<i 
content  ourselves  with  a  trip  to  Killamiey. 
The  parlor,  aa  we  oalled  the  room  we  dined  ia, 
and  the  drawing-room,  were  on  the  same  floor, 
and  divided  by  a  folding  door.  On  a  small  t» 
ble  in  a  window  ef  the  drawing-room  the  wed- 
ding-<ake  was  placed,  and  when  the  breakfast 
was  over  I  left  the  table  and  went  into  the  next 
room  to  out  the  cake.  Redmond  stood  besids 
me,  and  my  father  opposite  to  him. 

'I  believe  this  is  the  last  of  the  ceremonies,' 
he  said  to  me  in  a  half  whisper ;  but  my  fathei 
beard  him,  and  answered : 

*  Not  quite.  There's  another,  and  a  more  imr 
portaUt  one*  I  promised  you  should  b|tTC 
Kate's  dowry  to-day,  in  ^ood  bank  notes,  ana 
bore  it  is.' 

He  handed  the  packet,  the  end  of  whieh  ha 
had  shown  me,  to  Redmond. 

'  Count  tbetn,'  he  said.  Bedmond  did  no, 
I  felt  that  he  was  a  little  vexed  at  the  pub- 
licity, and,  indeed,  the  ostentation  of  tbe  tran» 
action.  It  was  an  error  in  taste,  on  my  father'! 
part,  no  doubt  and  it  made  me  feel  ooufusad 
and  embarrassed.  Every  one  looked  aud 
listened.  ^ 

Redmond  glanced  round  at  ma,  and  then 
rapidly  turned  over  the  bank-notes. 

*  All  right,  isn't  it  1'  said  my  &ther.  '  Two 
thousand  pounds.' 

*  Two  thoosand  pounds,  Sir,  thank  too.' 
Redmond  turned  to  me,  and  said   quioklj^ 

'  1  think  it  is  nearly  time  for  us  io  startT* 
S(He  then  began  to  talk  to  tbe  person  nearesf 
bim. 

I  beckoned  to  my  bridesmaid,  who  was  at 
the  other  end  of  tbe  room  ;  she  oame  to  me, 
and  Bedmond  opened  the  door  for  us  to  past 
through.  I  went  up  stairs  immediately,  and 
several  of  the  ladies  present  ocoompanied  me  ; 
It  was  rather  a  scranable,  and  I  hated  to  have 
other  people  in  my  room  while  I  was  changing 
my  dress.'' 

"  Wbat  was  your  going-away  dress, 
mother  f  "  asked  Clare,  with  the  irrepressibia 
interest  of  her  sex,  age,  and  circumstances  in 
every  detail  of  the  kind. 

"  A  very  plain  brown  silk,  dear,  and  a  striped 
shawl  of  the  sort  that  was  worn  than.  Yoo 
Would  think  if  the  height  ot  dowdineas." 

"It  does  sound  like dowdiness,  oertalnly,* 
said  Clare,  with  a  disapproving  shake  of  hei 
bright  head. 

"  I  thought  it  quite  beautiful,  and  Redmond 
said  I  never  looked  so  well  in  anything." 

"  I  suppose  you  didn't  keep  it,  mammaf ' 

"  Meaning  ihe  striped  shawl.  No,  I  did  not, 
I  can  recollect  its  fate,  however.  It  was  used  up 
as  a  wrap  to  tuck  you  up  in  your  bttle  baeiket' 
carriage,  in  the  days  when  perambulators  were 
not  But  1  must  get  on  with  my  story.  My 
wedding-dresa  was  taken  riff  by  my  bride» 
maid,  folded  up,  and  laid  on  my  bed.  with  my 
wreath  of  orange  blossoms  on  the  top  of  it,  and 
I  put  them  both  into  an  empty  box,  and  told 
tbe  maid  to  put  the  box  on  the  top  of  a  press  in 
my  old  room.  1  was  not  half  ready  when  Bed- 
mond sent  up  to  say  that  we  must  go,  and  I  ran 
down  Stairs  and  said  good-bye  to  everybody  in  a 
great  hurry.  My  father  looked  very  palerand 
nervous,  and  I  saw  that  when  it  came  to  the 
point  he  felt  my  leaving  him  very  muoli.  Sc 
that  I  left  the  house  in  great  confusion  and 
agitation. 

Three  days  bad  passed  away,  and  we  bad 
been  constantly  out,  enjoying  all  tbe  beautilul 
scenery  at  Killarnoy,  and  I  suppose  we  were  at 
happy  aa  auy  two  people  ever  were  in  this 
world.  Though  we  were  not  beginning  lite 
with  very  grand  prospects,  tbey  were  lair 
enough,  and  Redmond  waa  lull  of  courage,  en- 
orgy,  and  content.  On  the  foiu-th  day  it  rained 
heavily,  and  we  were  evidently  condemned  ta 
remain  indoors.  Bedmond  announced,  when 
he  perceived  this  state  of  things,  that  he  should 
devote  the  morning  to  writing  letters  aud 
going  through  some  buaineas  papers.  I  sal 
quietly  down  to  some  needle- work,  and  he  was 
busy  witb  his  papers  for  some  time  before  he 
spoke  to  me  at  all.    At  length  he  said  > 

'  I  am  writing  to  tbe  firm,  Kate.  Should 
you  like  to  know  what  it  is  about ' ' 

I  was  delighted  at  the  idea  of  learning  any- 
thing concerning  his  business,  aud  listened 
eagerly  while  he  read  tho  letter  be  bad  just 
written.  I  remember  it  well;  but  it  has 
nothing  to  do  w^ith  my  storv.  After  we  bad 
talked  about  it  a  little,  Remond  aaid — 

"  By  the  way,  Kate,  you  may  as  well  let  me 
have  tbe  money  now ;  I  can  pay  it  from  here, 
and  it  will  be  pleasant  to  get  tho  busineaa 
settled  and  done  with." 

"  The  money !''  I  answered,  in  astonifibment 

"  What  money  V 

'*  What  aaouey  I  Why,  your  two  thousand 
pounds,  of  course." 

'  My  two  thousand  pounds  I  I  haven't  got  it, 
Redmond.  My  lather  did  not  give  it  to  me.' 
he  gave  it  to  you.' 

'Yea,'  he  answered,  smiling,  '  but  I  gave  it  to 
you.' 

A  thrill  of  terror  passed  over  me.  I  oonld 
Bot  venture  to  contradict  him,  but  I  felt  oer< 
tain  that  I  had  never  seen  the  money  after  it 
had  left  my  lather's  hands — had  never  touched 
it  I  was  so  much  Irightened  that  I  could  not 
speak,  and  I  felt  that  my  face  wtis  quite  pale 
and  cold. 

'What  ails  you  I'  asked  Bedmond.  'The 
money  waa  in  the  parcel  I  asked  you  to  take 
care  ot  for  me  after  our  wedding  breaicfast.' 

'  Parcel— take  care,'  I  stammered.  '  I  don'* 
remember — I  don't  know — ^I  have  no  paroeL' 

He  started  up.  '  Good  Heavens  1'  he  ex« 
claimed,  '  what  have  you  done  wifhitf  Try 
to  remember,  darling  ;  collect  yotirsel£  Don't 
be  alarmed,  but  try  to  remember.'  After 
breakfast,  at  the  foot  of  the  stairs,  be&re  be 
went  away,  I  just  said  :  '  take  care  of  this  foi 
me.'    I  was  going  to  see  after  the  carriage. 

I  tried  to  recall  the  ciroumstancas,  but  in 
vain.  I  remembered  that  he  was  at  the  foot  of 
the  stairs  when  I  came  down,  and  be  took  my 
arm  in  his,  and  'brought  me  very  quickly 
through  the  crowd  of  people  in  the  hall  te 
where  my  father  was,  but  I  could  remember 
nothing  more.  He  repeated  the  facts  over  and 
over,  but  they  made  no  impreaaion  on  me,  aud 
I  could  only  conclude  that  he  bad  mtended  to 
give  the  parcel  into  my  eharge,  and  had  fan- 
cied that  he  did  so.  I  searched  everything 
which  I  had  with  me,  the  dress  I  had  worn, 
and  every  comer  of  my  boxes; 
in  terrible  haste  and  fright,  but 
quite  in  vain;  the  money  could 
nowhere  be  found,  Redmond  either  waa  aot 
so  much  alarmed  aa  I  was,  or  he  concealed  bis 
fears  tor  my  sake.  My  droad  was  that  he  had 
let  the  parcel  fall  iuthe  crowd  about  tbe  house 
door,  and  that  the  money  had  been  picked  up 
by  some  of  the  idlers  about ;  or  that  be  had 
dropped  it  in  the  hail,  aud  it  had  been  swept 
up  as  torn  waste  paper.  I  did  not  venture  to 
tell  bim  how  hopeless  I  felt,  but  I  proposed 
that  he  should  write  at  once  to  my  father,  te 
have  search  made  for  the  parceL  But  he  ob- 
jected, saying  that  we  .bad  better  return  at 
once  to  Cork.  This  we  did,  and  I  could  not 
tell  you  the  effect  whioh  otir-  return  and 
tbe  cause  ot  it  bad  upon  my  £ather. 
No  tidings  of  the  missing  money 
awaited  us  ;  everything  tbat  ootild  We 
done  in  the  way  of  searoh  aud  inquiry  was 
done,  but  all  to  no  purpose.  The  parcel  waa 
not  found  then,  or  since.'' 

"  Do  you  mean  never,  mamma  V 

"I  do  mean  never,  my  darbng,  Tbe  twe 
thousand  pounds  which  my  poOr  father  gave 
me  on  my  wedding-day,  my  '  fortune,'  whieh  he 
oould  ill  afford  to  give  me,  was  hopelessly  lost 
It  seems  almost  incredible,  it  would  be  quite 
incredible,  if  one  were  telling  the  story  of  any 
other  man  than  my  father,  but  he  btkl  no 
memorandum  of  the  numbers  of  the  notes, 
which  were  of  various  amounts,  which  made 
up  the  sum.  and  Redmond  bad  merely  glanced 
at  them  at  his  request,  as  a  matter  of  form. 
The  case  was  hopeless,  the  money  was  gone; 
though  we  kept  on  hoping  agaiost  hope  for 
weeks,  at  last  we  despaired,  and  then  oame 
the  tLi*st  real  proof — I  have  had  many  sinoe— of 
your  father's  strength  of  oharacter,  courage,  and 
patience.  The  ilrst  thing  whioh  had  vo  be 
given  up  was  the  prospect  of  the  partnership 
iu  the  firm  of  Matthewson  and  Joyce  i  the 
second  was  the  prospect  of  a  bouse  of  our  own. 
Redmond's  position  was  again  tliat  whieh  it 
had  been  while  we  were  engaged.  He  had  oaiy 
to  fall  back  upon  his  former  j>ost  with  hia 
former  salary,  and  the  only  way  in  whiob  my 
father  could  help  us  was  by  letting  us  live  with 
him.  Thus,  then,  under  very  difCweut  aospioes 
than  we  had  expected,  we  settled  down  ia  tbe 
old  house.  Our  eldest  child  was  borm  and  died, 
in  the  room  I  had  occupied  as  a  girl,  and  two 
years  later,  our  second  child  was  bom  and  died 
there  too.  Your  lather  bad  bettered  bis  poel* 
tion  during  that  time,  however  ;  tbo  tide  woe 
well  on  the  turn  when  you,  a  Summer  obild,  » 
*  Sunday  child,'  came  to  ua." 

"But  did  you  never  recollect  about  tiie 
money  1  Was  papa's  mistake  never  oleated 
upt  Did  be  blame  you  1"  CUre's  mind  eoold 
hardly  follow  the  story  beyond  tbat  one  pmnt 

**  Nothing  was  ever  known.  I  am  oonvineed 
your  fatker  did  not  give  me  tbe  parcel,  even  if 
be  said  tbe  words  to  me  wbicn  be  thinks  be 
said;  that  the  money  was  dropped  ia  tho 
hurry  and  confusion  of  our  departure.  The 
story  was  widely  known,  and  it  was  not  Terr 
long  before  I  had  to  sostaiu  tbe  bitter  itddition 
to  «tir  misfortune  of  the  cmelest  ealnmniea  in 
referenee  to  It  They  etiginated  witb  tborieb 
mux  whom  I  bad  refused*  and  with  hie  motiier, 
lai^  IbswbIssi  and 


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traztftil  to  .  ate.  Xfe  ir«ft  dasteroaalr 
dxoolated  In  Cork  that  the  vbole 
•f  ^he  tranBaotion  of  Kate  Cronin'a 
dowry,'  a«  they  called  it,  was  a  plot  to  deoeive 
and  entrap  Bedmond  Soiliyan;  tbooKh  what 
he  was  to  ^e  entrapped  into,  considering  how 
kjng  we  had  been  engaged,  was  not  very  clear. 
Yoar  poor  erandfather'a  mistaken  bit  of  oarade 
in  KiTlnK  Redmond  the  money  before  so  many 
wltnessea  was  twisted  into  a  deliberate  scheme- 
to  defraud  him,  to  be  carried  out  with  my  aat 
Biatance.  It  waa  well  known,  they  said,  tha 
xjicholas  Cromn  had  not  two  thousand  pounds 
outside  of  his  business  to  spate,  and  Redmond 
SuUiyan  had  been  hum  bugged.  I  had  given  the 
money  back  to  my  father  when  I  had  the  be- 
tooled  husband  quite  secure,  and  that  is  the 
way  the  triok  was  done.  One  individual,  more 
candid  than  the  otfaerB,  did  object,  I  was  told, 
to  this  theory,  on  the  groaad  that  it  was  Red- 
mond, and  not  my  father,  who  had  confided  the 
notes  to  my  care  ;  but  this  plea  for  me  was  set 
aside  with  more  spite  than  logic  by  the 
argument  that  a  fortunate  accident  had  helped 
me  m  that  particular,  but  at  any  rate  I  would, 
have  managed  it  somehow.  A  serious  attempt 
•was  made  to  persuade  your  father  to  adopt  this 
monstrous  version  of  his  terrible  loss,  but  he 
merely  put  it  away  m  his  quietly  decisive  man- 
ner, and  after  some  time,  wben  he  saw  that  the 
ill-natured  stones  in  circulation,  and  the  avoid- 
ance of  me  by  some  former  acqaaintances  who 
thought  proper  to  believie  them,  were  telling 
uoon  my  spirits,  he  made  me  premise  him  that 
I  would  jiever  allude  to  the  lost  dowry  in  any 
way,  eithsr  to  bimselt  or  to  any  one  else,  and 
that  I  would  put  it  out  of  my  mind  so  far  it 
was  possible  for  me  to  do  so. 

Time  went  on,  and  we  prospered,  and  in 
one  way  the  loss  of  the  money  produced  an  im- 
mediately good  result.  My  father  confided  all 
his  affairs  to  Redmond,  and  he  put  his  mind 
to  my  father's  business  as  well  as  to  his  own, 
with  equal  success.  When  your  grandfather 
died,  ten  years  ago,  he  was  a  prosperous  man, 
and  your  father  had  long  been  a  partner  in  the 
firm  of  Matthewson  and  Joyce.  Uis  aervioea 
were  too  valuable  to  be  jeopardized,  and  had 
well  deserved  «uoh  a  recognicion.  That  is  our 
history,  my  darling,  and  you  see  there's  a  little 
bit  of  romance  in  your  father's  feeling  about 
that  particular  sum  of  £2,000,  though,  as  ho 
Bays  himself,  it  is  not  often  a  man  has  to  say 
that  he  has  built  prosperity  on  the  loss  of  a 
fortune." 

For  some  moments  after  her  mother  ceased 
to  sneak,  Clare  kept  silence.  At  last  she  said, 
with  a  tremor  in  her  voice  : 

"There's  semething  1  sbould  like  so  very 
much,  and  oh,  I  do  so  hope  you  will  let  me 
have  It." 

••  What  is  It  V 

Mrs.  Sullivan's  smile  implied  that  there  was 
little  danger  of  a  refusaL 

"  It  is  to  let  me  wear  at  my  wedding  some- 
thing that  you  wore  at  yours,  Th«  things  are 
there ;  let  me  open  the  box,  mamma.  I  should 
se  like  to  be  the  one  to  open  it." 

"If— if  you  like,"  said  Mrs.  Sullivan,  with  a 
little  reluctance.  "Everything  wdl  be  faded 
and  useless,  I'm  afraid.     i$ut  you  abali  do  ii,  it 

y«u  like.'' 

"Your  wreath,  mamma,  your  wreath!  I 
oould  have  a  spray  out  of  it,  at  all  events,  and 
put  it  in  a  glass  case  with  my  own  afterward. 
Wouldn't  that  bo  nice  I    Let  me  get  the  box; 

litre's  plenty  of  time  before  ]>apa  and  Uenry 
come  home,  it's  in  the  boz-ro*m,  isn't  it  1 
The  corded  box  in  the  far  corner ;  I'm  sore 
that's  the  one." 

Mrs.  Sullivan  assented. 

*'  Where's  the  key  i" 

"I  don't  know;  I  have  not  had  it  for  years. 
Yon  had  better  get  Jauesto  open  the  look ;  it's 
^uite  a  common  one. 

"And  may  I  bring  it  here  1" 

'*  You  may.  But  light  the  candles  before  you 
go.     It  is  almost  dark-"  ■* 

Clare  complied,  and  then  went  off  rejoicing 
^•^ :  on  her  errand,  leaving  her  mother  to  many  me- 

mories and  reflections,  which  were  not  without 
emotion. 

|-  Why,  mother,  the' box  wasn't  locked  atall," 
said  Clare,  as  she  re-ent^red-the  room.  "  It  was 
only  oordad.  I  just  rai^d  thettd,  but  I  did 
not  touch  a  thing  Tmiilr  brought  it  to  you. 
Put  It  down  there,  Jamea,  please."  She  pointed 
to  the  space  besidje  her  mother's  chair. 

The  man  lett  the  room,  and  Clare  went  down 
on  her  knees  with  great  alacrity,  and  raised  the 
lid  of  the  box.  A  sheet  of  limp  and  yellow 
tissue  paper  first  disclosed  itself  Clare  looked 
at  her  mother. 

••  Go  on.  Gear.    Take  the  things  out." 

"Here's  the  wreath  I"  and  Clare  daintily 
picked  up  and  swung  between  her  fingers  a 
garland  of  orange-blossoms  ot  a  formjong  un- 

iaeen.    The  delicate  flowers  were  slightly  yel- 
lowed, but  in  perfect  preservation. 
,  "  There,  mamma,"  said  Clare,    "  that  will  do 

beautilully.  Here's  a  lovely  tendril.  And  to 
think  that  you  woie  that  ou  your  pretty  hair 
five  and  twenty  v«ars  ago!"  She  laid  the 
wreath  on  her  in^^er's  lap  and  dived  hit*  the 
bax  again.         / 

*•  Here's  the  veil !"    She  displayed  a  scarf  of 

Limerick  lace,  such  as  brides  in   Ireland  ;(vore 

|--  in  the  iourth  decade  of  this  century,  and,  faang- 

1.'.  ing  it  without  comment    on    the   back    of   a 

j^'  chair,   put  her    arm  deeper   down  into    the 

p^'  box     and     lifted    out     the     weading     dress. 

I  Mother      and      daughter    k>oth    lookiid     at    it 

I  in  silence,  almost  with  awe.    A  thousand  recol- 

/  lections   were  awakened  in  the   breast  of  the 

/  one ;  a  strange  sense,  telt  lor   the  first  time,  ot 

I  the  sadness  ot   change   and  time,  stirred  m  the 

breasS  of  tke  other,  as  they  looked  at  the  muslin 
and  silk,  perfectly  new,  and  yet  so  old-tasu- 
ioned :  the  garment  of  one  day,  with  a  history 
•O  o'id. 

jt  "-I'll  lay  it  on  the  bed,"  said  Clare,  and  rose 

»  from  her  knees.     She  shook  out  the    gown  and 

g  looked  at  it,  laughing. 

F  "What  a  tunny  gown,"  she  said.    "You  could 

not  get  into  it  now,  mamma-  I  have  such  a 
mind  to  put  it  on,  and  surprise  papa  wben  he 
comes  home.  Do  let  me,  motherf  Men  are  so 
absurdly  iguerant  about  women's  clothes  that 
I  do  believe  I  could  persuade  papa,  and  even 
Uenxy,  that  it  is  my  own  wedding  gown. 
Mayir 

"  By  all  means,  if  it  amuses  you,  my  dear," 
replied  her  mother,  who  was  following  Clare's 
movements  with  her  thoughtful  eyes. 

"Ob,  that's  delightful  1  The  maids  have 
begged  so  hard  that  I  should  not  out  on  my 
wedding  gown  belorehand,  I  have  been  •bliged 
to  proouse  them,  but  they  eannet  make  out 
that  it  can  be  unlucky  to  put  on  yours." 

She  took  off  her  dress  in  a  moment,  and 
put  on  the  quaint-looking  gown.  It  fitted 
ner  «lim  young  figure  perfectly,  and  her  mother 
•aw  before  her  an  exact  image,  save  for  the 
eoU>r  of  her  hair,  of  what  she  herself  had  been 
wbien  she  wore  that  gown  tor  the  first  and  last 
time.  Clare  was  standing  before  the  glass, 
looking  upon  herself  with  childish  glee,  and 
iBaking  lictie  dancing  movements  with  her  ieet, 
wtien  she  said : 

"  Had  they  pockets  in  those  times  ?  Here's 
one,  I  declare,  and  your  gloves  in  it."  She 
pulled  them  out.  "  And  something  else,  mam- 
ma. What's  thisl"  She  turned  toward  her 
mother,  with  something  stretched  between  her 
hands.  '*  Oh,  mamma,  mamma,  it's  a  parcel  of 
^aper — of  itaok-uotes." 

"  WhatI    What  do  you  say,"  exclaimed  Mrs. 

Soiliyan,  starting  up,  and  taking  the  object  in 
question  fi-om  her  daughter's  hands.  Clare 
leaned  against  the  bed,  pale  and  shaking, 
while  her  mother  eagerly  examined  the  parcel. 

At  this  moment  the  door  w^as  opened,  and 
£edmoud  Sullivan  came  into  the  room. 

"1  got  hack  early,"  he  began- at  the  thresh- 
old. What!  what  is  that  I"  He  looked  at 
Clare  in  amazement,  almost  in  alarm. 

"Don't  be  frightened,  papa,"  she  said,  "I 
have  only  put  ou  mamma's  wedding-dress  for 
inn,  out  there  was  something  in  the  potdcet 
Of  it." 

Her  lather  turned  to  his  wife. 

"Wliat  does  this  mean!"  he  asked. 

She  held  out  to  him  the  packet  of  bank  notes, 
and  said,  "The  Lost  Dowry  I" 

•  •  *  *  •  • 

"  How  strange  that  your  memory  could  have 
been  so  much  at  fault,"  said  Redmond  Sullivan 
to  his  wife,  when  they  were  discussing  this 
surprising  discoyery  by  themselves,  while  their 
dangbter  and  her  betrothed  lover  were  saying 
a  highly  tautological  "  good-night"  to  each 
Other  on  the  lawn,  "  that  you  shouldn't  have 
aemembered  my  giving  you  the  parceL" 

"  How  strange  that  you  should  have  misled 
toy  memory  as  you  did,  by  telling  me  you  gave 
me  the  parcel  aft«r  I  had  changed  my  dress, 
iuatead  ol  before  ;  at  the  foot  «f  the  stairs  as  I 
■  came  dxywn,  instead  of  at  the  foot  of  the  stairs 
M  I  want  up." 
^  "  Lee  US  divide  the  blame,"  said  Sedmend 
Snllivam,  laughing ;  "  we  can  both  afford  it. 
And'  /SOW,  Kate,  what  will  you  do  with  your 
dowty  V 

"  t   will    double     Clare's    with    it,    il    you 
•ppmve."— -iVet0  Quarterly  Mag<uin4. 
1^ 

OoLOR  PoisoMiNfi. — A  belief  in  oolor- 
poisoning  by  means  ot  green  dresses  and  green 
wall  papers  has  already  been  forced  upon  the 
pablio  by  some  tolerably  oonolnaive  evidenee  ; 
but  it  aeema  that  the  misobievoiu  propensities 
of  this  color  are  far  from  being  yet  fully  ex- 
,  -MiMd.  A  French  savant,  M.  Paul  Bert,  has 
Jjadt  wchibited  against  it  articles  of  impeaoh- 
mentof  the  gravest  character,  supported  by 
vep«rtB  ef  a  whole  series  of  starthng  experl- 
■oeufa.  If  his  theory  is  true,  it  is  not  only  the 
muuvi^ic  used  in  producing  tlw  color  whieh  does 
tha  injury,  but  the  aotnal  color  itself;  and  a 
m0t^  ta,j  of  green  light  is  eapable  of  affecting 
«lMjMMj!Uk  ml  SlUk  ■■iMiil  ■■liiisail  ta  i%  r-— '-»i 
.■'■■.  .V  -        -•■  .  * 

-.W:-.-    ■--.■■■■...        ■- 


from  an  aid  afforded  to  it  bytbe  imea.or 
prMeneeofarsenio.  To  demonstrate  this  aUeged 
faot,  M.  Bert  has  submitted  several  specimens 
of  the  sensitive  plant  to  rays  of  different 
colors  thrown  upon  them  through  stained 
glass,  and  in  every  case  those  which  were 
treated  to  tho  most  brilliant  green  light  with- 
ered and  died  in  the  shortest  time.  In  those 
plants  which  were  exposed  to  a  red  light  a  pe- 
culiar pheuomeuon  was  observed.  The  tip  or 
spikes  of  the  leaves  prolonged  themselves  and 

frew  forward,  in  a  lean  and  hungry  fashion, 
orizontally  with  the  branch  from  which  they 
sprang;  while  in  a  blue  light  the  contrary  ef- 
fect was  produced,  the  spikes  standing  out  ab- 
ruptly and  perpendicularly  irom  their  stem. 
On  one  of  the  plants  being  inclosed  in  a  sort 
of  lantern  having  red  glass  on  one  side  and 
green  ou  the  other,  instead  of  shrinkmg  away 
from  the  poison  on  their  right  to  the  roseate 
antidote  on  their  lett,  the  leaves,-  as  if  by  a 
fatal  fascination,  turned  with  ene  consent  the 
other  way,  and  literally  looked  death  in  the 
face.— Once  a  Week. 


WHEN  WEhAT  IS  GBEEN, 


When  wheat  is  creen-in   furrowed  fields, 
&.uA  forest  lanes   are  lined  with  leaves. 

And  passion  unto  pleadinff  yields. 
And  ev'ry  inateless  niaiden  gneves 

For  lack  of  love,  at  such  a  time 

Mv  pieasnre  will  be  in  its  prime. 

The  clonds,  that  keep  sway  tbe  sod, 

And  cover  ap  the  moon  at  night. 
Before  tbe  strong  Mai-eh  wind  will  ran. 

And  leave  the  heavens  blue  and  brieht ; 
Tbe  stm  will  shine  upon  tbe  sea — 
The  moon  will  llg.ht  the   wood  for  me. 

And  then,  ah  then  1  O  dearest  days  1 

Labamnm  branches,  thick  with  bloom, 
■Will  throw  thoir  gold  on  garden  ways. 
And  kiss  the  windows  of  luv  room  ; 
And  then  the  day  !  How  will  it  be 
*    To  live  In  tuoh  felicity  1 

My  brow  with  blossoms  will  be  konnd. 
And  from  my  fears  I  shall  be  tree; 

O  tardy  Time,  bring  qaiokly  round 
The  merriest  month  of  all  for  ma  I 

That  I  may  bear  the  churob  boys  sing. 

And  on  my  finger  see  the  ring  I 
—TtmpU  Bar.  GUY  &OSLTN. 

George  S.\nd. — We  count  upward  of 
eighty  books  in  the  advertising  list  of  her  col- 
lected writings  ;  nor  is  that  list  exhaustive. 
Notwithstanding  the  innumerable  articles  she 
contributed  to  various  journals  and  magazines, 
she  remains  the  Lope  de  Vega  of  French  fic- 
tion ;  and  if  tbe  writer  of  a  single  clever  ro- 
mance is  to  be  regarded  as  a  public  benefactor, 
what  are  we  to  say  of  the  author  who  had  ex- 
erted herself  so  indefatigably  for  half  \  cen- 
tury lor  the  public  entertainment}  There 
were  two  things  that  mainly  contributed  to 
this  long  aid  successful  career  of  activity— her 

splendid  physiqxie  and  her  mental  many-sided- 
ness.  Balzac's  critics  have  said  that  he  wrote 
with  his  blood  and  muscle — with  the  frame  of 
an  athlete  and  the  fire   of  an  artist  in  love  and 

glory.    The  sane  thing,  in  a  measure,  may  be 

said  of  Seott,  although  his  manner  was  more 
sober  and  better  regulated;  of  Dumas,  who 
btu-ned  tbe  candle  at  both  ends,  and  pltmged 
with  obaxacteristio  impetussity  into  tbe  pleas- 
ures of  society  in  the  intervals  of  busy 
$eanee8  in  hia  library;  and  assuredly  it  may 
be  said  ot  George  Sand.  She  was  blessed  with 
a  constitution  which  bade  defiance  alike  to 
anxieties,  agitations,  and  the  fretting  of  a  fer- 
vid tempeiament  and  fancy  ;  she  tells  us  her- 
self, in  her  Life,  that  she  had  scarcely  ever  an 
hour  of  sickness.  And  on  the  whole,  and  not- 
withstanding the  somewhat  uufeminine  irregu- 
larity of  her  habits,  she  had  given  her  consti- 
tution fair  play  to  tbe  last.  She  indulged,  in 
moderation,  in  social  pleasures,  and  in  the  so- 
ciety of  chosen  and  sympathetic  acquaint- 
ances ;  she  sought  occasional  relaxation  in 
foreign  travel,  aud  she  passed  groat  part  of 
her  time  in  the  country.  Her  attachment  to  a 
country  life  is  partly  explained  by  that  many- 
sidedness  of  hers,  while  it  partly  exolaius  it- 
self. It  is  Paris  that  distributes  literary  fame 
and  rewards,  absorbing  aspirants  into  iia  vor- 
tex. The  great  majority  of  her  countrymen,  wben 
they  make  themselves  a  name,  at  once  become 
the  Slaves  of  the  city  and  its  artificial  society. 
Ot  course  there  are  exceptions.  Powerful  and 
original  geniuses,  like  Balzac,  break  away  Irom 
such  enteebling  restramt,  aud  rise  superior  to 
such  vulgar  vanity ;  while  the  most  charming 
books  of  such  an  idyllic  writer  as  Souvestre 
have  laid  their  scenes  among  tho  wilds  of  his 
native  Bnttany.  But  as  for  George  Sand,  she 
passionately  loved  the  country.  It  associated 
itself  inseparably  with  the  first  delightful  rec- 
ollections ot  her  childhood,  and  she  returned 
again  and  again  to  the  scenes  of  her  early 
loves.  She  was  a  poet  and  an  artist  in  everv 
fibre  ot  her  frame.  Sbe  had  passed  many  of 
the  years  of  her  jouth  in  the  half-reclaimed 
solitudes  of  Berri,  and  had  learned  to  see 
the  picturesque  In  what  to  others  seemed 
savage  to  repulsion.  She  had  again  and 
again  studied  the  poetry  of  details,  so  that  she 
could  recall  them  m  an  inexhaustible  variety 
of  descriptious.  A  few  touches,  slight  but 
bold;  the  rush  of  water  under  a  weeping-wil- 
low ;  a  moss-grown  mill-sluice,  with  a  clump  ot 
alders ;  a  shapeless  hut  on  a  scarred  patch  ot' 
moorland — and  we  have  a  picture  in  a  line  or 
two  that  brightens  a  page.  And  the  people 
excited  her  imagiuaiion  as  much  as  their  coun- 
try.   Sbe  knew  the  rough  peasants  to  the  core 

— ^wilh  their  patoig,  their  cunning,  aad  their 
boorish  manners'.  She  knew  them,  and  she  de- 
scribed them  with  wonderlul  fidelity,  ihouirh 
she  loved  to  idealize  them  on  occasion,  whue 
preserving    their    characteristic    leaiures.    and 

we  may  express  an  opinion,  in  passing,  that 
it  is  in  those  inimitable  rural  studies  of  hers 
that  she  will  live  when  her  more  pretentious 
works    are   half-forgotten.      Atter   all,    it    she 

loved  the  country  so  iuiensely,  it  was  because 
its  peacefulness  and  primitive  simplicity  were 
enhanced  to  her  by  the  sense  ol  repose — ot  re- 
lief from  the  life  that  she  lived  elsewhere.  She 
was  essentially  Bohemian  iu  her  nature ;  de- 
bghting  in  frequent  change,  like  the  gyp8y,who 
seems  to  shift  his  tent  with  a  cerium  uncon- 
scious instinct  for  the  picturesque  and  the 
beautiful.    Like   him,  she   was  the    victim  of 

passions  that  were  hard  to  euro,  and  the  crea- 
ture of  violent  impulses  ;  like  him,  she  revolted 
against  the  social  laws  which  more  steady- 
going  people  never  dream  of  questioning.  But 
then,  besiues  the  nobility  of  her  nature,  she 
had  the  genius,  education,  and  opportunities 
that  never  fell  to  the  gypsy's  lot ;  and  the 
course  oi  her  erratic  wanderings  carried  her 
into  various  spheres  ot  life  and  thought.  From 
early  childhood  we  see  her  notiag  hor  own  feel- 
ings and  carefully  analyzing  them;  almost  troin 
iniancy,  too,  she  oommenced  hor  studies  ol  sur- 
rouudmg  character,  and  she  had  the  opportuB- 
ity  of  examming  some  remarkable  specimens 
among  the  relatives  and  servants  with  whom 
she  was  in  the  closest  contast.  She  assures  us 
that  she  never  sat  for  her  own  Indiana — that 
she  never  drew  any  one  of  her  portraits  so  that 
any  one  should  justly  identify  it  with  an  orig- 
inaL  That  may  be.  We  beiieve  no  great  lit- 
erary artiit  ever  did  eopy  servilely;  and  it  is 
the  art  ot  those  whe  have  depicted  character 
xi*st  successfully  to  be  able  to  combine,  se- 
lect, and  modify,  so  that  the  result  skall  stand 
out  in  lifelike  harmony.  But  it  is  im- 
possible to  study  Indiana,  or  any  ffther 
of  her  most  forcible  female  types,  without 
being  impressed  by  the  sense  that  they  owe 
their  force  and  their  cleverness  to  the 
light  that  has  been  thrown  on  then  in 
their  inception  from  her  close  self-examina- 
tions. And  as  for  her  characters  in  general, 
even  when  their  ideas  are  most  far-tetched.  and 
their  theories  of  existence  most  speculative 
and  impracticable,  you  are  rarely  disturbed  iu 
your  consciousness  of  their  intense  vitality. 
Thanks  to  her  birth  aud  family  connections  on 
the  one  side,  her  tastes  and  the  mixed  society 
into  which  they  threw  her  on  the  other,  she 
enjoyed  manitold  advantages  in  the  study  ot 
life.  Her  own  existence  was  anything  but  un- 
ruffled :  and  we  need  hardly  say  that  her  sor- 
rows and  troubles  have  all  turned  out  for  the 
benefit  of  hor  readers.  No  one  can  de])ict  the 
conflicts  of  feeling  as  sbe  baa  done ;  no  one 
can  analyze  tbe  anatomy  of  sorrow  or  imagine 
the  compensating  transports  of  periods  oi  ex- 
altation who  baa  not  gone  through  much  of  it 
all  with  a  sensitive  and  tinely-stmug  organiza- 
tion. There  are  situations  which  imagmation 
f^ils  altog(/ther  to  conceive,  and  which  can  only 
be  grappled  with  by  sad  experience.— -BtocA- 
woocPs  Magazine, 


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i^ir^J  l.',,j^^ill5Si'.'t^'-:  —-J,' 


'•:ty 


DiCKSNS  AKD  Baxzac. — ^Dickens  and  Bal- 
zac take  much  in  common ;  as  mdividuals  they 
strongly  resemble  each  other ;  their  differences 
are  chiefly  differences  of  race.  Each  was  a 
man  of  affairs,  an  active,  practical  man,  with  a 
temperament  of  almost  phenomenal  vigor  and 
a  prodigious  quantity  of  life  to  expend.  Each 
had  a  character  and  a  will,  what  is  nowadays 
called  a  personality,  which  imposed  themselves 
irresistibly;  each  had  a  boondlesa  self- 
confidence  and  a  magnificent  egotism. 
Each  had  always  a  hundred  irons  on  the  fire; 
each  was  resolutely  determined  to  mako  money, 
aud  made  it  in  large  quHUtities.  Iu  intensity 
of  imaginative  power^  the  power  ot  evoking 
visible  objects  and  figures,  seeing  them  them- 
selves with  the  force  of  naiiucination,  and  mak- 
i-niw  othaxa  a*a  ♦■h«««»i  all  hut  iiuit  aa  wiwWJ*.. ±it^w 


were  almost  etti^I.  Here  there  is  little  to 
ehooaie  betweeii  Ihem ;  they  have  no  rival*  bnt 
each  other  and  Shaitespeare.  Hot  they  most 
6f  all  resemble  each  other  in  the  faot  that  tbey 
treated  their  extraordinary  imaginative  force 
as  a  matter  of  bufdnose  :  that  tbey  worked  it 
as  a  gold  mine,  vioieiitlv  and  bratally  ;  over- 
worked and  ravaged  it.  They  succumbed  to 
the  task  that  they  had  laid  upon  themselves, 
and  they  are  as  similar  in  their  deaths  as  in 
their  lives.  Of  course,  if  Dickens  is  an  English 
Balzac,  he  is  a  very  English  Balzac  His  fortune 
was  the  easier  of  the  two,  and  his  prize  s  were 

f [renter  than  the  other's.  His  brilliant,  epu- 
ent  English  prosperity,  centered  t^  a  home 
and  diffused  throuzh  a  progeny,  is  in  strong 
contrast  to  tbe  almost  seholaatio  penury  and 
obscurity  ot  much  of  Balzas's  career.  But  the 
analogy  is  still  very  striking. — Galaxy. 


Jeav  Paul  Eichtkb.— Jean  Paul  twice 
visited  Weimar— the  first  time  in  1796,  just  in 
the  flush  of  the  great  success  of  his  "  Hes- 
perus." He  went  at  once  to  Goethe,  Wieland, 
Herder.  After  a  round  ot  visits  te  tbe  notabil- 
ities, he  writes,  cynically,  to  his  Irieod  Otto: 
"Sehon  am  zioeiten  Tage,xearf  ieh  hier  mhlndum- 
mes  Vorurthiel  fur  qroste  Auloren  ab,  als  wUren 
et  andere  1/eute."  Jean  Paul  bad  in  himla  strain 
of  vanity  and  a  touch  ot  affectation  ;  nor  could 
be  easily  sink  self.  He  resented  the  Weimar 
leadership  of  Germaa  literature,  and  did  not 
consider  what  servic*  he  might  have  rendered 
to  letters  by  cordially  sapyorting  it.  On  Goethe 
he  did  not  make  a  favorable  impression.  Geethe, 
writing  te  Schiller,  then  at  Jena,  termed  Rich- 
tor's  "  Hesperus "  etnen  Tragelaphen  crater 
Svrle.  This  Aristopbanio  epithet  may  be  para- 
phrased into  "  an  extremely  fantastic  animal  " 
— i.  e.,  one  compounded  of  a  goat  and  a  stag. 
What  was  said  of  the  work  seems  to  have  been 
also  meant  for  the  uaa.  Goethe  adds  that  he 
does  not  think  Jean  Paul  will  ever  assist  them 
in  any  practical  way.  Schiller  agreed  with 
his  friend's  estimate  of  their  visitor  ;  aud  yet 
both  poets  did  full  justice  to  the  great  and 
unique  met  its  of  Joaa  Paul.  Personal  cbarao- 
teristies  play  often  as  imports  at  a  part 
as  a  man's  abilities ;  and  Jean  Paul 
was  not  quite  great  or  unselfish  enough  to  help 
men  greater  than  himself  to  accomplish  noble 
work.  His  personality  and  his  training  were 
both  in  the  way  of  cordial  relations  with  Goethe 
and  Schiller.  He  was  passionately  full  of  laod- 
ern  iastlnct  in  art,  and  was  defiantly  in  opposi- 
sition  to  the  antique  beauty  of  perfect  form  and 
exquisite  proportion  in  literary  work.  He 
praises  Goethe's  pantheon  of  a  house  in  tbe 
"  Frauenplan."  He  awatts  with  trepidatioB  tbe 
appearance  of  the  god,  finds  him  cold  and 
monosyllabic,  but  describes  his  eye  as  a  ball  of 
light.  They  drank  obampagMe  together ;  an 
animated  conversation  about  art  arose  between 
them,  and  then  hxanwar  bei  Ooethe — "I  saw 
lioethe."  Schiller  rather  repelled  tbe  glowing 
Titan,  who  threw  himself  into  tbe  arus  of  tbe 

fVande,  and  beeame  intimate  with  Wieland  and 

with  Herder.  On  his  second  visit  to  Weioaar. 
in  1799,  Jean  Paul  consorted  ostentatiously 
with  the  opponents  of  the  Dioseuri;  and  bis 
description  of  his  aieeting  with  Herder  mav  be 
quated  as  a  curious  example  of  the  manners  of 
the  time.  He  says  :  "Beneath  the  open  sky  1 
hung  upon  bis  [Herder's]  lips,  and  on  his 
breast.  I  csuld  scarcely  speak  m  the  tumult  of 
my  ]oy  ;  I  could  only  weep  I  Herder  conld  not 
embrace  me  enough.  When  I  looked  round,  I 
saw  that  Knebel's  eyes  also  were  wet. "  Ros- 
seau'  would  have  made  a  good  third  in  this 
touching  scene  of  weeping  and  of  kiss- 
ing. A  sarcastic  remark  of  Jean 
Paul  against  Goethe  was  promptly 
avenged  in  the  Xenien  and  the  breach  between 
hiw  aud  the  two  Great  Poweis  bL'came  too 
wide  to  be  bridged  over.  Jean  Paul  retained 
his  original  prejudice  against  the  chiefs.  And 
yet  it  is  a  pity  that  Jean  i'aul  could  not  have 
been  added  to  Goethe  and  to  Schiller  as  tbcir 
coadjutor.  Despite  his  caprices  and  vanities, 
he  was  yet  the  only  man  worthy  of  that  post 
which  Kotzebue  bad  vainly  striven  to  grasp  ; 
aud  he  could— working  cordially  with  two  such 
men — have  rendered  great  service  to  Germany 
aud  German  literature  Jean  Paul,  through 
the  grotesque  and  bizarre,  was  yet  a  poet.  He 
is  certainly  inc  greatest  humorist  in  German 
hterature ;  'and  he  is  a  poetical  humorist.  Tbe 
source  and  fount  of  his  peculiar  humor  is  not 
drollery,  but  is  excited  by  tbe  conflict,  ever 
going  on  in  human  existence,  between  the 
ideals  of  youthful  enthusiasm  and  the  actual 
facts  of  social  and  practical  file.  Hence  his 
humor  is  sad.  is  tender,  is  earnest,  is  essenti- 
ally poetical.  He  lacked  the  intense  feeling 
lor  the  beautiful  which  distinguished  Goethe  ; 
he  had  nut  the  swing,  tbe  impulse,  tbe  enthu- 
siasm of  Schiller ;  uis  want  ot  tlie  sense  of 
form  led  him  otten  into  mere  eccentricity  in 
his  writings,  nor  is  his  style  tree  from  affecta- 
tions on  tue  top  of  extravagances ;  but  he 
would  yet  have  added  to  the  eager  art  ethics 
ot  Schiller,  and  to  the  exalted  aesthetic  ideal- 
ism ot  Goethe,  a  tenderness,  a  humor,  and  a 
conscience,  a  sympathy  vrith  tbe  purely  modern 
spirit,  which  were  all  his  own.— C'oH(em|)orarv 
JUevieu). 

A  MYSTEBIOUi  DlSAPPEABANCE.— In  the 
year  176S  there  dwelt  at  Shepton  H allot,  in  the 
county  of  Somerset,  an  old  man  named  Owen 
Parfitt.  In  his  youth  he  bad  been  a  soldier,  and 
bad  been  in  Africa — in  military,  and,  as  the- 
townsfolk  whispered,  other  capacity.  His 
temper  was  violent,   and  his   language  very 

military  In  obaraoter.      Altogether    he  was    not 

a  popular  person,  albeit  perforce  inoffensive. 
He  was  a  cripple,  able  to  carry  on  the  trade  of 
a  tailor  for  several  years,  but,  at  tho  date  al- 
ready mentioned,  he  was  quite  helpless.  His 
house  was  kept  fer  him  by  a  sister  older  than 
himself,  who   seems    to   have   taken   excellent 

care  of  hiui.    As  be  was  not  able  to  get  out  of 

bed  without  assistance,  bis  sister  oftoa  asked  a 
young  woman,  named  Susannah  Snook,  to  lend 

her  a  band  to  lift  the  old  man  into  a  chair 
while  bis  bed  was  being  saade  ;  and  his  obair 
was  usually  placed  eithar  in  the  passage,  or 
just  outside  tbe  door,  that  he  might  enjoy  a 
little  air.    One  day,  as  the  sun  was  shining 

very  brightly,  the  two  women  wrapped  Owen 
Pai^tt  IB  an  old  great-coat,  and  carried  him  in 
his  arm-chair  outside  on  the  door-step,  that  he 
might  sun  himself  lor  awhile.  A  quarter  of  an 
hour  alterward  he  was  gone.  'Ino  cuair  re- 
mainsd  where  it  had  been  placed;  the  old 
great-ooat  was  thrown  over  it;  but  the  man 
was  gone.  The  first  alarm  was  raised  by  the 
sister,  who  was  found  by  Susannah  Snook,  who 
bad  only  quitted  her  a  few  minutes  before, 
crying  bitterly  for  the  loss  of  her  brother.  This 
Susannah  Snook  gave  her  account  in  the  year 
1814  to  Dr.  Butler,  at  that  time  bead-mast«r  of 
Shiewsbury  School,  aud  alterward  Bishon  of 
Lichfield,  and  her  evidence  was  corroborated 
by  many  persons  then  living  at  Shepton  Mal- 
let, or  in  the  neighborhood.  The  sister  of 
Owen  Parfitt  told  her  that  "after  tbe  bed  was 

made,  and  Susaunah  had  left,  sbe  had  gone  up 
stairs;    and   ou   comiog   down   again    and  not 

bearing  her  brother,  sh^  called 'Owen I'  That 
there  was  no  answer ;    and  she  went  to  where 
she   and    Susannah    had   left    him,    and   found 
nothing  but  the  ahair,  and   the   old  great-coat 
lying   ou    it."       The     a. arm   spread   rapidly 
through  the  town,  and  search  was  immediate- 
ly  made    everywhere   in    the    neigkborhood ; 
the    roads    and   Melds    for   a  great  distaaoe 
round    w^te    hunted    over ;     ail    the    wells 
and    ponds    were    dragged,    but     to    no    pur- 
pose.     No    trace    was    ever    foimd  of   Owen 
Parfitt.      Susannah    Snouic   further  said  that 
the  weather   had    been   lair    during  the    day; 
but  aiter  the  alarm  was  given  it  began  to  thun- 
der   aud    lighten,    with  a  heavy  fall  of  rain, 
which  continued  for  some   time.    She  herself 
was  wet  through  in  returning  to  b*»'  house. 
Renewed      inquiries      into    this     well-attested 
mystery  havb  rather  deepened  than  explamed 
it.    That  the  man  disappeared  suddenly  there 
is  no  manner  of   doubt.      That    his  early  life 
had  been  ot  a  wild   and  desperate  character  is 
also  certain,  lor  he  was  iu  receipt  of  no  pen- 
sion for  serving  the  king,  and  had  most  prob- 
ably fought  in  Africa  "  for  his  own  hand.''     Ho 
person  bad  the  slightest  interest  in  his  death, 
us  bis  earnings  mamtained  him,  and  his  sister 
bod  a  siuall  allowance   from   the  parish.    Sev- 
eral old    people,     who    remembered    all    the 
circumstances,  gave  the  same  account  with  re- 
gard to   tbe  chief   facts,    and   particularly  as 
to  the  general   excitement  and  uproar  in  the 
town,  as  soon  as  the  alarm  was  given,  and 
as  to  tbe  immediate  and  careiul  search  every- 
where  made  for    the  missing  man.     Thsy  all 
agreed,  aiso,  that  Owen  Parfitt  was  commonly 
placed  of  an  attemoou  either  in  a  passage,  or 
just  outside  of  the  door  for  the  saice  ot  iresh 
air.    There  deems  to  be  no  doubt  that  he  was 
and  bad  been  a  cripple  for  years,  and,  also,  that 
if  his  strength  had  been  miraculously  recovered, 
he  could  hardly  have  gone  lar  without  being 
seen.     His  cottage  was  on  the  turnpike  road, 
surrounded  by  other  cottages  close  at  hand,  not 
100  yards  from  the  streets  ot  the  town,  and  he 
must  have  passed  along  clothed  only  as  be  had 
been    taken  from    his  bed.      It    was  a   warm 
June   afternoon,    the    "  mowing  grass "    was 
about,  aud  tho    fields  were   full  of  people ; 
the     town     is      surroimded    not    by   arable 
but    by    grass       land      almost     evexywhere. 
Within       half      an      hour     atter      he      was 
last  seen,  tbe  whole  disposable  popiUation  ot  a 
town  then  numbering   between  four  and  five 
ttumaand  uuuioilauta.  waca  in  Doranit  of  him. 


../■ 


an4  If  he  ha^  dropped  from  ezhaiution~fhe. 
was  70  years  old— it  is  almost  certain  that  he 
most  have  been  found.  The  search  was  oon- 
tinnod  for  several  days  without  avail,  and  then 
the  geod  people  of  Shepton  Mallet  made  np 
their  minds,  such  as  they  were.  Thev  soon  a^ 
rived  at  a  solution  of  the  myntery.  Tbe  day 
bad  been  fine  up  to  the  disappearance  of  Owen 
Parfitt,  which  was  followed  by  a  terrific  storm 
ef  thunder  and  ligiitning  and  rain.  He  bad 
been  a  wicked — perhapi*  a  frightfidlv  wicked — 
man  in  his  youth.  "Putting  this  and  that 
together,"  there  could  be  no  doubt  about  the 
matter.  The  old  soldier,  sailor,  slaver,  aud 
tailor  had  been  carried  off  by  the  devil  I— All 
The  Year  Bound. 


Batzac  in  His  Lbtters. — Balzac's  let- 
ters to  his  fntuie  wife,  as  to  every  one  else, 
deal  almost  exolusively  with  bis  financial  situa- 
tion. He  discusses  the  details  of  this  matter 
With  all  his  correspondents,  who  apparently 
have— «r  are  expected  to  have — his  monetary 
entanglements  at  their  fingers'  ends.  It  is  a 
constant  enumeration  of  novels  and  tales  be- 
gun or  delivered,  revised  or  bargained  for. 
The  tone  is  always  profoundly  sombre  and  bit- 
ter. The  reader's  general  impression  is  that  ef 
lugubrious  egotism.  It  is  the  rarest  thing  in 
the  world  that  there  is  an  allusion  to  anything 
but  Balzac's  own  affiairs,  and  to  the  most  sordid 
details  of  bis  own  affairs.  Hardly  an  eebo  of 
the  life  of  his  time,  of  the  world  he  lived  in, 
finds  its  way  into  his  letters ;  there  are  no 
anecdotes,  no  Impressions,  no  opinions,  no  de- 
scriptions, no  allusions  to  things  heard,  people 
seen,  emotions  felt — other  emetiens,  at  least, 
thaa  those  of  the  exhausted  or  the  exultant 
worker.  The  reason  ef  all  this  is  of  course 
very  obvious.     A  man     could   not   be   such   a 

worker  as  Balzno  and  be  much  else  besides. 
Tbe  note  of  animal  spirits  which  we  observed 
in  his  early  letters  is  sounded  much  less  fre- 
quently as  time  goes  on ;  although  tbe  extra- 
ordinary robustness  and  exuberance  of  bis  tem- 
perament plays  nobly  into  his  books.  Tbe 
Contee  Dr6latiques  are  full  of  it,  and  his 
conversation  was  also  full  of  it.  But  the  let- 
ters oonstaatlv  show  us  a  man  with  the  edge  of 
his  spontaneity  gone — a  man  groaning  and 
sighing,  as  from  Promethean  lungs,  complain - 
img  of  his  tasks,  denouncing  bis  enemies,  aad 
in  complete  ill  humor  generally  with  life.  Of 
any  expression  of  eigoymaut  of  tho  world,  of 
the  beauties  of  nature,  art,  literature,  history, 
human  character,  these  pages  are  singularly 
destitute.  And  yet  we  know  that  such  enioy- 
nent— InstLnetive,  unreasoning,  essential — is 
half  the  inspiration  of  the  poet  The  truth  is 
that  Balzao  was  as  little  as  possible  of  a  poet ; 
he  often  speaks  of  himself  as  one,  but  he 
deserved    the    name   as   little    as    bis    own 

Canalis  or  his  own  Rubempr^.  He  was  neither 
a  poet  nor  a  moralist,  though  the  latter  title  in 

France  is  often  bestowed  upon  bim— a  faot 

which  strikingly  helps  to  illustrate  tbe  Gallio 
lightness  ot  soil  in  the  mural  region.  Balzao 
w/u  tbe  hardest  and  deepest  of  proiateurs  ; 
the  earth-scented  facts  ef  life,  which  tho  poet 
puts  under  his  feet,  he  bad  vut  ahove 
his  head.  Obviously  there  went  on 
within  him  a  vast  and  constant  intel- 
lectual untoldig.  His  mind  must  have  had 
a  history  of  its  own — a  history  of  which  it 
would  be  most  Interesting  to  have  an  occasion- 
al glimpse.  But  the  history  is  not  related  here, 
even  in  glimpses.  His  books  «re  full  of  ideas ; 
his  letters  have  almost  none.  It  is  prokably 
not  unfair  to  argue  Irom  this  fact  that  there 
were  few  ideas  that  he  greatly  eared  for. 
Making  all  allowance  lor  tbe  pressure  and 
tyranny  ef  circumstances,  we  may  believe 
that  if  he  had  greatly  cared  te  te 
reeueiUir,  as  the  French  say — ^greatly  cared. 
In  the  Miltonlo  phrase,  "  to  interpose  a 
little  ease"— he  would  sometimes  havo 
found  an  opportunity  lor  it.  Perpetual  work, 
when  it  is  joyous  and  salubrious,  is  a  verv  line 
thing;  but  perpetual  work,  when  it  is  executed 
with  the  temper  which  more  tkan  halt  the  time 
appears  to  have  been  Balzao's,  has  in  it  some- 
thing almost  debasing.  Wo  ooBStantly  feel 
that  his  work  would  have  been  vastly  better  if 
tbe  Muse  of  "  business"  bad  been  elbowed 
away  by  her  larger-browed  sister.  Balzao  him- 
self, doubtless, otten  telt  im  the  same  way;  but, 
on  tbe  whole,  "  business"  was  what  he  most 
cared  for.  The  Comedi  Uumaine  represents 
an  immense  amount  of  joy,  of  spontaneity,  ot 
Irrepressible  artistic  liie.  Here  and  there  in 
the  letters  this  occasioually  breaks  out  in  ac- 
cents of  miuglad  exultation  and  despair. 
"Never,"  he  wriies  in  1836,  "has  the  torrent 
which  bears  me  along  been  mor)  rapid;  never 
has  a  work  more  aaajestically  terrible  imposed 
itself  upon  the  human  brain.  I  go  to  my 
work  as  the  gamester  to  the  gaming-table ; 
I  am  sleeping  now  only  five  hours  and 
workiag  eighteen ;  I  shall  arrive  dead. 
•  •  •  vVrite  te  me;  be  generous;  take 
nothing  in  bad  part,  for  you  don't  knew  bow, 
at  moments,  I  deplore  this  liie  of  fire.  Bnt 
how  can  I  jump  out  ot  the  chariot  V  We  had 
occasion  in  writing  of  Balzac  in  these  pages 
more  than  a  year  ago,  to  say  that  bis  great 
characteristic,  far  from  being  a  passion  for 
ideas,  was  a  passion  for  things.  We  said  just 
now  that  his  books  are  full  of  ideas  ;  but  we 
must  add  that  his  letters  make  us  feel  that 
these  ideas  are  themselves,  ii  a  certaih  sense, 
"things."  They  are  pigments,  properties, 
frippery  ;  thoy  are  always  concrete  au«  avail- 
able. Balzac  cared  for  them  only  it  they 
would  fit  into  his  inkstand.  In  speaking  for- 
merly ot  Balzac,  w^e  insisted  upon  the  faot  that 
he  lacked  charm ;  but  we  said  that  our  last 
word  upon  him  should  be  that  he  had  incom- 
parable power.  His  letters  only  eenfirm 
tuese  impressions,  and  above  all  they 
deepen  our  sense  of  bis  strength.  They 
oontaia  little  that  is  delicate,  and  not  a 
great  deal  that  is  positively  agreeable  ;  but 
they  express  an  energy  before  which  we  stand 
lost  in  wonder,  in  an  admiration  that  almost 
amounts  to  awe.  The  fact  that  kis  devouring 
observation  of  the  great  human  speetacle  has 
no  echo   in  his  letters  only  makes   us  feel  how 

concentrated  aud  how  intense  was  the  labor 
that  weBt  on  in  his  closet.  Certainly  no  solider 
intellectual  work  has  ever  been  achieved  by 
imui.  And  in  spite  of  the  massive  egotism,  the 
oersomal  absoluteness,  to  which  these   pages 

testify,  tbey  leave  us  with  a  downright  kind- 
ness for  the  author.  He  was  eoaree,  but  he  was 
tender  ;  he  was  currupt  in  a  way,  but  be  was 
hugely  natural.  If  he  was  ungrauetully  eager 
and  voracious,  awkwardly  blind  to  all  things 
that  did  not  contribute  to  his  personal  plan,  at 
least  bis  egotism  was  exerted  ia  a  great  cause. 
The  Oomedie  Humaxne  has  a  thousand  faults, 
but  it  is  a  monumental  excuse. — Galaxy. 

A    ViLLAOK    IN   Madras.— Leaving  the 

well,  we  pass  into  the  village  hard  by,  one  of 
ordinary  size,  containing  perhaps  40  or  50 
bouses,  built  on  an  irregular  piece  of  land 
over  which  the  dry  limestone  rook  crops  up, 
useless  lor  cultivation  and  overgrown  with  a 
tall  plant  bearing  broad  bluish-green  leaves 
and  large  pods  filled  with  silky  fibres,  that  cov- 
ers waste  places,  like  docks  at  borne.  There  is  a 

small  streetof  low,  windowless  heuses,  thatched 
or  tiled,  a  strong  wooden  door  iu  the  middle  of 
each,  and  on  either  side  of  it  a  divanlike 
seat  runs  along  under  the  broad 
impending  eaves,  curving  np  at  the 
ends  couch-fashion.  This  outside  verandah, 
which  is  the  family  gatbering-place  and  draw- 
ing-room, IS  whitewashed  and  banded  with 
red,  as  are  all  the  walls.  Beyond  tbe  street 
the  abodes  of  the  lower  ca^ite-;  lie  dispersed — 
here  a  cluster  of  round  peak-roofed  huts,  there 
some  better  dwellings  with  suiall  inclosed 
yards,  in  which  grow  a  coooa-out  tree  or  two  ; 
the  whole  surrouiided  with  a  rough  stone  wall 
whitewashed  and  red-striped,  as  are  also  the 
tree-trunks.  Somewhat  apart  a  few  weavers 
are  plying  their  craft;  the  strong  cloths,  some 
twenty-two  yards  long,  on  which  they  are 
employed  are  stretched  upon  supports  under  a 
line  of  fiowering  trees  planted  for  the  purpose, 
and  thev  pace  rapidly  np  ami  down  these 
primitive  looms,  shuttle  in  hand ;  their  trade 
is  much  diminished  since  their  fabrics,  made 
to  wear,  have  been  supplanted  by  floods  of  tbe 
cheaper  English,  made  to  sell.  Somewhere  m 
or  near  the  village  a  big  old  banyan  or  peepul 
tree  will  b%  seen  rising  from  tbe  middle  of  a 
square  stone-built  platform,  as  usual  striped 
White  and  red  ;  here  gather  the  elders  to  settle 
disputes  and  questions  of  caste,  and  not  far 
off  will  be  the  village  temple,  a  small  sacellum, 
solidly  builb  of  small  red  bricks,  little  orna- 
mented, and  devoted  io  one-  ot  the  Saktis,  or 
malignant  forms  of  the  wife  of  Siva,  a  deity 
and  worship  doubtless  ef  aboriginal  descent, 
adopted  by  tbe  Brabmans  Into  their  mythology 
to  Increase  thoir  Influence.  By  Its  steps  are 
placed  two  or  three  snake-stones — tiue-wors 
granite  blocks  bearing  a  cobra  rudely  sculp- 
tured in  relief  on  one  side,  in  an  upright  pos- 
ture, with  folds  disposed  right  and  left,  some- 
times having  one,  sometimes  five  heads,  the 
hoods  always  expanded ;  occasionally  a  wo- 
man's bust  ends  Meiusinalike  in  serpent-coils. 
Every  w  here  over  the  country  at  the  toot  of  trees, 
placed  before  or  ranged  round  tbe  walls  of 
temples,  these  stones  are  met  with,  generally 
blurred  and  molilered  with  age;  some  havo 
regarded  them  as  the  oldest  scuhitures  in  India, 
relics  of  primitive  8nake-worship0>ng  racea. — 
triutr's  Maaaai^ 


WILLIAM  H.  SEWARD. 

A  Ul  OBIOaSAFEICAL    ANECDOTES. 

SEWAlU/S  EABLT  UFE  AKD  BDtTCATION — 
BIS  YOlTTHFUl.  BKBELUON — ^TEAOHING 
IN  OEOROIA — BIS  OEBCT  AS  A  LAWYER 
— INTRRVIBWS  WITH  LAFAYBTTB — FIRST 
VISIT  TO  EUROPE. 

The  foUowina:  anecdotes  of  the  late  Wil- 
liam H.  Seward  are  selected  from  advance 
sheets  of  a  volume  about  to  be  issued  by  D. 
Appleton  &,  Co.  Tbo  bulk  of  the  work  is  made 
up  of  a  memoir  of  Mr.  Seward  by  his  son, 
Frederick  W.  Seward.  To  this  is  prefixed  a 
brief  autobiography,  from  which  these  extracts 
are  taken : 

MR.  SEWARD'S  ANCESTRY. 

"  I  can  tell  y<ra  little  of  my  aDceatort.  I  know  the 
fathers  of  my  father  and  mother  only  by  name  and 
tradition.  John  Seward,  of  Morris  County,  New- 
Jersey,  has  been  described  to  me  as  a  gentleman  ol 
Welsh  desoent,  iDtelHsent,  pablic-aplrited,  and 
coorteooa.  fie  boro,  bravely  and  well,  a  oolODel's 
comniutioo  in  tbe  Revolmioaary  War,  and  edncated 
a  numerous  family  respectably.  He  died  io  1799.  His 
wire,  MsTT  Swezy,  lived  ontil  1816.  I  remember 
ber  as  a  hlgbly-lDtelleotnsl  woman,  pious  as  well  as 
patriotic,  althoueh  many  of  ber  relations  had  ad- 
hered to  tbe  British  cause,  and  conaeqaently  found 
it  coDveDient  to  seek  an  asylam  after  the  war  in 
Nova  Scotia  and  Canada.  0(  rav  maternal  grand- 
father, Isaao  Jennings,  C  know  only  that  he  was  of 
English  derivation,  a  well-to-do  farmer,  who  turned 
out  with  tbe  MUitia  of  Goshen,  and,  more  fortaoate 
than  most  ot  hia  aaaociatea,  escaped  tbe  Indian 
mosaaore  at  the  battle  of  Mlnuink.  His 
wife,  Margaret  Jaokaoo,  who  was  of  Irish 
descent  anrvived  bim  many  years.  Her  pe- 
coliHrity  which  I  most,  diatiabtlv  remember  was, 
aotipathv  toward  tbe  Roman  Catholic  religion.  Hv 
father,  Samuel  S.  Seward,  received  such  a  classic 
edncation  as  ihe  academies  ot  that  period  tomiahed. 
Columbia  Colleee,  tbe  only  ooe  in  tbo  oiiloDy  ot 
New -York,  l;eing  (tisorgin'zed  during  tbe  war.  He 
was  edu'^ated  a  physician,  and  during  my  minority 
prnotlced  hi»  protesHion.  to  which  occupation  he 
added  those  of  the  farmer,  the  merchant,  the  conn- 
trv  politician,  magistrate,  and  Judge,  discbargiuic 
the  functions  of  all  nith  eminent  ability,  integrity, 
and  BQCoess,  and  grnduaUy  ouildiog  np  what  at  that 
day,  and  in  that  I  oral  ueiehbornood  seemed  a  con- 
slJersble  fortane.  He  represented  Orange  Coancy 
in  tbe  State  Laelilsture  in  1804.  and  showed  maoh 
vigor  and  ability  in  debaie.  My  mother,  Mary  Jen- 
niuga,  euJoved  only  tbe  advantages  of  education  in 
country  scbuuls,  but  Improved  them.  She  is  re- 
membered by  her  anrvivura  as  a  person  of  excellent 
sense,  gentleneaa,  truthfalneia,  and  candor." 

EAKLY  SCHOOL  PAYS. 

"I  remember  only  one  short  period  wben  the 
school-room  and  class  emulation  were  not  qaite  so 
attractive  to  me  as  the  hours  of  recess  and  recrea- 
tion. Bat  thia  devotion  was  not  without  its  trials. 
My  native  village,  Florida,  then  connlsted  of  not 
more  than  a  dozen  dwellinirs.  While  the  meeting- 
house was  close  by,  the  nearest  school-house  was 
half  a  mils  distant.  It  stood  on  a  rock,  over  which 
bong  a  precinitona  wooded  cliflL  The  sebooi-hoase 
was  onu  story  high;   bailt  half  of  atone  aad  Dalf  of 

wood.  It  bad  a  low  dark  attic  which  wai  reached 
by  a  ladder.    They  did  say,  at  the  time,  that  a  whole 

family  of  witches  dwelt  in  that  wooded  cliff  above 
tho  achool-honse  by  day,  aud  that  they  came  down 
from  that  tavonte  haunt  and  took  np  their  lodgings, 
bv  night.  In  the  hide  attio.  One  day,  before  I  had 
reached  the  age  at  which  I  was  to  take  a 
legitimate  place  In  the  school.  I  went  there  with 
my  elder  brothers  witbout  parental  permission. 
While  tbeio,  aud  'all  of  a  sadden,' it  grew  oark, 
the  light  from  the  windows  failing.  The  larger 
boys  and  girls  were  formed  in  a  circle  round  the 
open  door  to  recite  their  cnstomary  lessons.  I  had 
no  doubt  that  the  tyrannical  schoolmaster  had  kept 
UB  Id  acbool  uatil  night,  and  I  expected  every  mo- 
ment to  see  the  aerial  inhabitants  of  the  hill  enter 
tue  school- house  aud  mak*  abort  work  of  us  all 
for  obslrootlng  them  in  their  way  to  their  noc- 
tarnal  abode  in  the  garret.  Crying  vociferously,  I 
was  discharged  from  the  school  and  ran  for  my 
life  homeward.  Ou  tbe  way  I  met  what  aeemed 
to  me  a  great  crowd,  some  of  whom  were  looking 
down  into  a  pad  of  standing  water,  while  others 
were  gazing  into  tbe  heavens  tbroUKh  fragments  of 
tmoked  glass.  In  after  veurs,  I  came  to  learn  that 
I  had  thus  been  an  observer  of  tbe  total  eclipse  of 
the  son  which  ocoarred  la  th<>  year  1806.  The  phe- 
nomenon repeated  itaelf  to  me  63  loug  years  afier- 
ward.  uuder  the  aixtieb  parallel  of  lutitaae,  iu  the 
midat  of  the  Indians  of  Alaska.     *    -*    * 

At  the  ago  of  9  years  I  was  transferred  to  the 
Farmers'  Hail  Acauemy  at  Crosben,  where  my  fath«r 
baa  been  educated.  I  ooarded  tbere  with  two  affec- 
Uoaaie  cousins,  who  were  nieces  of  my  £»thur,  and 
dnn^biers  of  tbe  brother-in-law  under  wbom  he 
atuuied  bis  profession.  Yuu  tiave  known  those  ladles 
Well.  T  need  not  tell  yuu  of  tbe  enduring  friendahlp 
which  grew  out  of  that  relation.  I  began  then  my 
atuoy  of  Latin,  bat  my  rural  trainiuK  bad  not  pre- 
pared me  tor  association  with  the  ambitions  youth 
of  tbe  county  capital,  some  of  whom  insisted 
that,  as  I  came  from  a  neighboring  village,  I  mast 
estaoUsh  my  rixht  by  single  combat;  and  all  of 
whom  were  disgusted  with  my  refmsal  to  loin  tbem 
m  shariinK  the  maitur  ont  wbea  be  reqnlred  na  te  at- 
tend Mbool  on  Curutmas  Day.  I  cbeerfnlly  retired 
in  the  Hpting  to  pnvDte  life  at  home,  where  a  grad- 
nate  of  a  New-Kugland  college  had  besn  employed 
in  a  new  aeademy  which,  in  tha  meaatime,  had 
been  areotad. 

My  preparation  for  college  was  chlafly  made  here. 
I  waa  aot  leng  in  coming  to  tbe  dlacovety  that  tbe 
elaborate  edacatian  appointed  for  me  bad  Its  labi,ra 
and  trials.  My  dally  studies  began  at  5  In  the 
morslBg  and  oloaed  at  9  at  Light.  The  tasks 
were  Just  tbe  utmost  that  I  soaid  execute,  and 
every  day  a  little  mure ;  even  the  Intervals 
allowed  for  recreation  were  ntilized.  It  waa  my 
business  to  drive  tbe  cuwa,  mornine  and  evening, 
to  and  from  distant  paatarea,  to  obep  and  carry  in 
tne  fuel  for  tbe  oaiior  lire,  to  take  the  grain  to 
mill  and  fetch  the  flour,  to  bring  the  lime  trum  the 
kiln,  and  to  do  tbe  errands  of  tbe  family  genersllv  ; 
the  time  of  my  elder  brothera  being  too  preoiona  to 
permit  them  to  be  withdrawn  from  their  labors  in 
tbe  store  and  an  tbe  term.  How  happy  were  the 
Winter  eveniBgt,  when  the  visit  of  a  neighbor 
bronght  out  (be  apples,  nnts,  and  cider,  and  X  waa 
iDtlaliced  with  a  respite  from  study,  and  listened  to 

conversation,  which  ueueraUy  turned  upon  poiitios 
or  religion  |    *    *    • 

The  opening  of  itn  aaademy  at  Florida  was  at- 
tended by  one  of  toose  efforts  for  local  improve- 
ment wbioh  too  often  prove  merely  convulsive,  as 
tbla  one  did,  bnt  which  can  seldom  be  injurioas. 
Too  Hiuch  is  expected  of  tbem,  and  tbe  failure  to 
realise  all  brings  reaatieo,  tbiiowed  by  ridicule,  tbe 
most  efieotive  weapon  ot  conservatism.  Tbe  ascent 
to  an  academy,  from  a  school  wbich  was  of  the  low- 
est elaaa,  never  attaining  half  tbe  atabllity  or  ohar- 
accer  which  belongs  to  the  common  school  under 
our  oresent  diatnot  Hystem,  was  abmpt.  and  there- 
tore  impossible.  iTeverthelesa,  teacher,  parenla, 
and  pupila  were  of  one  consent  in  trying  it.  Very 
ludicrou*  incidents  ocoarred.  Tbe  plan  embraced 
foar  distinct  measarea,  all  ot  which  seemed 
to  the  pupils  of  my  age,  and  per- 
haps even  (o  our  riiral  parents,  new  inventions. 

First,  we  were  to  learn  to  '  deoliiim  select  oieoes.' 
Second,  we  were  to  '  write  original  compositions.' 
Iblrd,  we  were  to  have  a  'debiting  society.' 
Fonrtb.  an  annual  or  semi-annual  '  dramatic  exhi- 
biiion.'  Cbarloa  Jackson,  a  farmer's  son,  I  think 
14  years  old.  bnt  largu  enough  for  18,  doU  and  awk- 
ward, waa  called  npon  to  open  Iheexerelses  in  deola- 
mailon,  with  tbe  speech  of  Boroulus  on  the  foun- 
dation of  Rome.  At  the  first  attempt,  taking  his 
plaae  In  the  middle  or  the  school-room,  with  arms 
hanging  acralKbt  downward,  and  eyes  dropped 
to  tbe  nuor,  be  spoke  the  speech  in  a  low  aud  per- 
fectly monotonous  manner,  and  was  dismissed  with 
tbe  master's  oritiulsm  that  he  ^ad  done  very  well 
for  tbe  first  ed'ort,  bat,  on  the  next  Thursday,  be 
must  spsak  wiib  head  erect,  aud  turn  irom  one  side 
ot  the  audience  toward  tbe  other.     With  ooutinnal 

gromptlDE,  he  mansKed  to  lift  bis  eyes,  and  roil  hia 
•ad  troin  right  to  left,  with  regnlar  alternation, 
through  tbe  whole  exercise.  This  proved,  to  the 
awkward     buy,    a    sad   en.^ouTauement,    when    it 

bruau'bt  the  larthor  reqaisitioo  that,  on  tbe  third 
rehearsal,  he  should  gesticulate  with  bis  arms  and 
change  toe  poatare  of  hia  feet  He  houesily  de- 
clared that  be  could  cot  understand  tbe  process, 
nor  the  objeot  ot  tbe  rrqaired  movenaeots  of  hia 
arms    aoc    legs.       Thereupon    the    master    opened 

•a  page  of  The  Monitor,  aad  showing  him  a 
diagraoj,  in  wnich  the  orator  was  represented 
siaudiDg  with  head  erect,  facing  a,  dotted  due 
dr<<wn  across  tbe  opposite  wail,  a  similar  dotted 
line  drawn  across  under  bis  feet,  one  arm  horizun- 
taily  extended  from  tbe  sbuuldsr,  with  a  dotted 
line  extending  from  the  eud  of  tbe  thumb  to  tbo  wail, 
and  ino  utber  arm  raised  at  an  angle  ot  45°,  with  a 
dotted  line  from  the  tliumb  of  th.^t  band  stretching 
also  diagonally  to  rhe  well.  Tha  diagram  only  cun- 
tuserl  the  pnpii  still  more.  The  muster  cleared  np 
the  afikir  by  takine  a  atand  and  going  throach 
the  mutlena  indioaied  by  tbe  diagram,  shitt- 
ing hia  feel  first  to  one  aide  and  then  to 
ttie  other,  lifting  one  arm  and  then  the  other, 
and  thus  showed  how  easily  it  ooald  be 
done.  Tberedpon  Charles,  thus  instructed,  took 
tbe  master's  place,  and  aiming  as  well  as 
ha  coald  at  the  points  designatod  on  the 
wall,  aud  turning  his  head  to  tbe  rl|{hi,  lifted  hia 
right  arm  out,  straight  and  stifl;  toen,  suddenly 
dropping  that  arm  and  tarmng  bis  bead  to  the  left, 
h«  lifted  tbe  other  to  tbe  same  position,  and  so, 
with  Che  regnianty,  precision,  and  qaickneas  of  a 
cloofc-pendulum,  sawed  the  air,  and  meanwbile, 
with  a  arawling  intonation,  addressed  the  people  of 
tne  newly-eatabliined  city  of  Rome  in  a  manner  that 
Llvy  never  dreamed  ot : 

*  If  all  the  strength  of  eitiet,  (sawing  with  rlcht  arm) 
La.v  In  tlje  height  of  taelr  ramparU  (sawlug  with  left 

arsn,) 
Or  the  depth  of  their  ditehet,  (aawiog  with  right  am) 
We  should  have  great  reason  to  be  lu  Aar  (sawing  with 

left  arm ) 
For  that  wtduh  we  have  now  tiuiU,'  (aawlng  with  right 

arm.) 

Charles  Jackson  I  think  was  discouraged.  He 
certainly  never  became  even  a  stamp  orator  or  a 
Methodist  exhorter. 

It  waa  mine  to  lead  off  in  the  second  gaeat  exer- 
cise— that  of  '  original  composition.*  Kot  having 
tbe  lease. idea  of  what  was  wanted,  or  how  It  waa  t« 
be  dune,  I  iuovud  to  tbe  side  of  Robert  Armstrong, 
a  yonne  man  18  years  old,  self-possessed  and  capable 
ol  instrnctlug  me.  because  he  had  already  bt.en  a 
pupil  at  tbe  famous  Academy  of  Mendham,  Kew- 
Jeraev.  Ue  told  me  nothiug  was  easier.  *Yoa 
are,'  said  he,  'first  to  take  a  aabjeo^  and  then  all 
you  have  to  do  is  to  wrlto  about  it.' 

'But,' saiti  i,  ' what  Is  a  sabject  t ' 

He  replied,  'It  is  anvthlngyou  want  to  write 
about.' 

'But,' said  I,  'I  don't  know  of  anytbing  that  I 
do  want  to  write  about.  I  wlah  I  ovuid  see  a  oom- 
Dosltiou.' 

■  Well,',  said  be,  ■  if  yon  won't  teU.  I  will  show 
Tou  an  «jtd  one  vt  mine,  that  1  wrote  at  Meodham.' 

Iia vUig  bound  mvseif  teaeeratur.be  ebowedmea 


eompoeltlea,  which  was  after  tUa  sort:  'O^ 
Drankenneas.'  (A  .  bea«igr  bleek  hne  wee^draw-^ 
under  this  oaptien.)  'Drtmk«uiaessU  tbe  worat  y 
all  Vieee.'  Then  foDowed  an  argnmoit  wblob,  _ 
tbink,  well  snstaiaed  tbe  propo«lti««i  tfaiu  co^ 
fldeeuy  wanonnoed.  I  do  not  know  why,  perba*? 
because  I  waa  oonatitntlonally  an  optimist,  1  defiid^ 
Instantly  that  I  would  not  choose  lor  my  aabjs  t 
anything  t  hat  was  naagbty.  bad,  or  wicked.  So  .. 
said,  'I  will  ohooae  a  different  anbjeor,  and  wl  • 
abcw  tbe  composition  to  you  when  it  is  written* 
He  oromiaed  me  hia  help.  I  wrote  with  great  hubo^ 
my  essay,  bronght  It  and  anbmllted  it  to  him.  I, 
began:  'On  Tirtne.  Yirtne  is  the  beat  of  al 
vices ! '  My  auoceas  in  my  department  aeemed  aa 
hopeleea  aa  Charles  Jackson's  in  his." 

COLLKOE  LIFE. 

Young  Seward  was  matriculated  at  Union 
College,  Schenectady,  in  1816.  His  expenencee 
were  not  unlike  those  of  many  other  country 
lads.    He  says: 

"  My  first  session  In  college  was  not  without  Its 
mortifications.  Wben  I  came  xo  write  what  are 
called  compositions,  I  found  that,  having  rarely 
practiced  it,  I  wi-oto  with  difficnlty.  and  coafnaedly, 
and  it.  seamed  to  me  that  difficnlty  was  incurable, 
becauae  I  bad  no  .general  supply  of  facts  or  knowl- 
edge. Tbe  first  time  I  rose  to  speak  I  eneoimtered 
a  general  simper,  which,  before'  I  got  through, 
broke  Into  langhtei.  On  carefully  inquiring  tbe 
reasons,  I  found  X  had  a  measured  drawl.  Moreover, 
tbe  dress  which  I  wore  was  not  of  sufficiently  fine 
material,  having  been  awkwardly  cat  by  tho  village 
tailor,  who  came  annually  to  my  futhe rs  to  prepare 
tbe  wardrobe  for  tbe  whale  rustic  family.  The 
former  difficulty  was  ao  far  aurmonnted  as  to  aave 
me  from  future  mortification  ;  the  latter,  'which  did 
not  depend  upon  any  efiorts  of  my  own,  was  only 
surmounted  by  my  early  falling  into  debt  to  tbe  ac- 
complished tailors  of  Schenectady ;  and  this  waa 
tbe  beginning  of  many  and  senous  woes.  There 
was,  moreover,  a  third  difficulty.  I  conceived  a  de- 
sire, not  merely  to  acquire  my  lessons,  bnt  to  un- 
derstand them  aa  well.  I  had  not  yet  learned  either 
to  suspect,  or  to  be  scupeoted  of,  dishonor.  Find- 
log,  in  my  Latin  author,  passages  too  obscure  to  he 
solved  unaided,  1  went  freely,  though  meekly,  to 
the  tutor,  and  obtained  his  assistance  daring  tbe 
study  houra.  Sloon  afterward  tbe  leading  members 
ot  tbe  class,  with  tbe  supporfof  the  rest,  determined 
to  obUge  the  accomplished  tutor  to  give  tbem  shorter 
lessons,  and  more  frequent  holidays.  Tbey  at- 
tomuted  to  efieot  this  by  throwing  asafoetida  ou  tbe 
heated  stove,  and,  when  this  proceeding  failed,  one 
bolder  than  the  rest,  standing  behind  tbe  tutor, 
palled  bim  by  the  hair.  Of  course,  be  found  cat  the 
cjffonders,  aud  of  coarse  they  were  puuished.  The 
whole  class  suspected  an  informer;  and  who  coald 
tbe  iafurmer  be  but  myself,  who  excelled  tbem  all 
in  the  recitations,  who  refnaed  to  go  into  the  general 
meeting,  and  who  was  seen  daily  going  to  and  from 
the  tutor's  room  upon  some  errand  nnexplained  t 
This,  I  tbink,  was  my  first  experience  of  Darti<)an 
excitement.  I  need  not  say  that  I  never  afterward 
offended  my  olasamates  by  seeking  to  obtain  spe- 
cial inatruotion  or  aid  from  my  teachers." 

YOUTHFDL   RE  BELLI  ON. 
The  question   of   clothes   seems  to   have 
been  an  important  one  to  the  young  student 
This  is  bis  accoimt  ot  the  crisis  in  his  affairs 
which  soon  arrived : 

"The  first  session  of  tbe  senior  class  came  on  in 
Septomber,  1818.  and  I  was  to  take  my  degree  in 
July,    1819.     The   financial  mianoderstanding  with 

my  father,  at  which  I  have  already  hinted,  iu- 
creaaed  by  the  intmaion  of  the  accomplished  tailors 
of  ttohenectady,  had  brought  a  crisis  wbioh  I  had 
long  apprehended.  I  would  by  no  means  imply  a 
present  oonviodon  that  tbe  fault  In  tbe  case  was  al- 
together with  my  father.  On  the  other  hand,  I 
think  now  that  the  fault  was  not  altogether  mine. 
However  this  may  have  been,  he  declined  to  pay 
lor  me  bills  that  he  thought  unreasonable ;  and 
I  conld  not  anbmlt  to  thu  sbame  of  credit  im- 
Daired.  1  resolved  thenceforth  upon  indeoendeuca 
and  eelf-maintenanse.  On  Jan.  1,  1819,  without 
notice  to  him,  or  aay  one  else,  I  left  Union  College, 
as  I  thought  then  forever,  and  proceeded  by  stage- 
coach to  New- York  with  a  ciassmato  who  was  going 
to  take  charge  of  an  academy  In  Georgia.  I  bad 
difficulty  In  avoiding  observation  as  I  paaseu 
ihroueh  Kewbnrg,  tbe  principal  town  of  the  county 
in  which  my  father  lived.  Arriving  in  Xew-York 
for  the  first  time,  I  would  have  staid  to  see  its  curi- 
osltlea  and  Its  wonders,  but  I  feared  pursuit.  I  took 
passage,  with  my  fellow-traveler,  on  tbe  schooner 
which  was  first  to  sail  for  Savannah ;  bnt  tbe  vessel 
was  obliged  to  wait  for  a  wind.  X  lived  on  board  during 
this  detention,  ao  as  to  avoid  discovery  on  shore. 
The  last  night  before  our  departure,  with  the  per- 
mission of  the  Captain  of  the  acboonor,  I  went  to  tbe 
Park  Theatre,  the  only  one  thee  in  Now- York.  Not 
merely  my  education,  bnt  my  straitened  circum- 
stances, impressed  me  with  tbe  importance  of 
economizing  in  this  my  first  aot  of  dissipation.  I 
bought  the  cheapest  ticker,  pnoe  S5  cents,  and  of 
course  ascended  to  tbe  gaUery,  in  entire  ignorance 
of  all  other  grounds  of  discrimination  thantbatof 
economy.  Taking  no  notice  of  my  sarroundinga,  I 
wept  with  Mrs.  Barnes  in  the  tragedy  until  the 
curtain  fell  on  the  first  act,  wben  I  discovered 
that  I  had  become,  for  some  cause,  the  object 
of  sneering  rem^irk  and  contemptuous  lauehtor 
among  tbe  promisonous  crowd  of  both  sexes  Tvho 
occupied  tbe  opposite  side  of  the  gallery.  As  I 
looked  Immediately  arennd  me  to  see  what  could 
be  tbe  cause,  a  negro  man  ot  middle  age,  black  as 
tbe  ace  of  spades,  but  gentle  of  speeca.  approached 
me  meekly  and  sai'd,  'Guess  young  master  don't 
know  that  he's  got  into  tbe  colored  folks'  part  of 
the  gallery.'  I  thanked  bim,  repaired  to  my  prop- 
er position,  and  the  Jibes  and  laaghter  ceased. 
From  what  I  afterward  learned  of  the  niages  ot  tbe 
theatre,  1  suppose  it  may  be  doubtful  whether  the 
change  was  for  the  better  in  a  mural  point  of  view ; 
but  the  immeuiato  effect  of  the  luoident  was  to 
awaken  my  distrust  of  my  abluty  to  begin  the 
world  alone." 

The  adventurer  reached  Savannah,  jour- 
neyed into  the  interior,  aud.  after  many  priva- 
tiens,  seeured  the  position  of  principal  ol  tbe 
Union  Academy,  Eatonton,  G^  He  returned 
home,  after  six  months,  at  the  earnest  solici- 
tation of  hia  parents,  who  had  traced  him  to  hia 
place  of  retreat. 

A  YOUNO  advocate's  DEBUT. 

"  My  d6bnt  at  Aabam  obtained  for  me  a  reputa- 
tion which,  thoagh  X  was  thankful  for  at  tbe  time, 
I  had  no  reason  to  be  proud  of.  A.  convict  dis- 
charged from  the  State  Prison  there  in  tbe  morning 
was  warned  to  leave  the  town  immediately.  Beacb- 
mg  the  sahnrb  be  discovered  an  open  door,  entered 
it,  and  proceeded  to  rids  a  bareaii.  Taking  alarm, 
he  raahed  out,  carrying  with  him  only  a  few  value- 
less raes.  He  was  indicted  for  this  petty  larceny, 
which,  being  a  aeoond  ofiense,  was  punishable  with 
a  new  term  in  the  Scato  X>rleon.  I  was 
assigned  by  tbe  court  to  the  defense  of 
the  anfortuuate  wre.ch.  Tbe  tueft  and  the 
detection  were  aompletoly  proved.  The  stolen 
aitioles  lay  on  the  table.  The  Indictment  described 
theua  as  'ane  quilted  holder  of  the  valne  of  aix 
cents,'  and  'one  piece  of  calico  of  the  value  of  six 
cents.'  I  called  npoa  a  tailor  aa  an  expert,  who 
testi&ed  that  the  holder  was  sewed  not  'quilted,' 
and  the  other  article  was  white  Jean,  and  nut 
'calico'  at  all.  The  bvRtandera  showed  deep  In- 
terest in  the  argument  which  this  defense  produced, 

and  Trere  Kratifled  when  they  found  that  tbe  cul- 
prit had  escaped  a  punishment  which  they  thought 
would  be  too  severe  for  tbe  transgression.  My  babit 
of  business  waa  promptly  settled.  I  aad  long  before 
known  that  I  was  to  support  myaelf  by  the  practice 
of  tbe  law.  X  liked  tha  stndy,  but  only  necessity 
reconciled  me  to  a  toleration  of  the  technicalities 
Of  the  practice,  to  the  uncertainty  of  results,  and  to 
the  jealonsies  and  contentions  ef  tbe  courts.  Never- 
theless. I  retiened  myaelf  to  the  practice  with'so 
much  cbeeriuineas  that  my  disinclination  was 
never  suspected.  Scarcely  any  one  would  have  be- 
lieved me  if  I  had  told  him  that  when  I  came  to  tbe 
responsiblliilea  of  a  trial  or  an  ari;amenc  I  would 
have  paid  a  larger  sum  to  be  relieved  from  them 
than  the  lees  which  I  had  before  received  or  stipu- 
lated fur." 

8EWARP   AN»  LAFAYETTE. 

"The  pageant  which  we  organized  for  tbe  recep- 
tion of  Latliyette  at  Aubnm,  in  IS'25,   waa  tbe  most 

im  posing    tbat    a    viUags    of    2,000    ooald  produce. 

We  gathered,  of  coarse,  all  the  military  companies 
Of  tbe  town  and  neiguborhood,  all  the  barouches, 
staiie-coaahes,  and  wagons,  all  the  Freemasons,  all 
the  aohool-tKtya  and  school-girls.  We  received  the 
hero  at  the  eatat  end  of  the  Cayuga  Bridge,  on  a 
bright  September  morning.  He  had  traveled,  amid 
ooniinnal  demonstrations,  from  the  then  distant 
banks  of  the  Mississippi.  Covered  with  dust,  the 
tall,  ereot  frame,  with  imnasaive  countenance, 
sef^med  rather  a  monument  than  a  man.  A  Briga- 
dier General  led  the  procession,  aud  I,  mounted  as 
Adjutant,  brought  np  the  rear.  As  wa  were  enter- 
ing Maiton's  woods,  three  jjedestriana  commg  from 
the  other  wuy  were  Seen  tumbling  over  trees  and 
stumps,  with  eyes  intently  fixed  on  the  proousston, 
su  that  no  pari  of  it  should  escape  tbem.  Comiog 
upon  me,  the  last  figure  in  it,  they  asked,  'In 
Which  carriage  is  be!' 

I  replied,  'In  the  barouche  with  six  white 
horses.' 

'Thank  God  1  thank  Godt'  aald  they;  'we've 
seen  him  I' 

We  bronght  him  under  a  tnnmpfjal  arch,  erected 
on  Genesee  street,  t*  a  green  bower.  Col.  Hulbert, 
oar  most  eloqnenc  lawyer,  addressed  him  a  wel- 
come in  Dehali  ot  tbe  people,  and  Dr.  Lanaing,  our 
moat  eloquent  divine,  addressed  him  iu  behalf  ot 
tbe  Freemaauna.  He  answered  m  words  wbich 
seemed  pertinent  and  graceful,  like  those  delivered 
everywhere  on  his  Journey.  Thence  be  went  to 
Cos'a  Hotel,  where  the  ladies  received  him.  and 
where  he  took  each  one  by  the  baud,  aayiiig  some- 
thing in  imperfect  English  which  they  did  not  nn- 
deratand,  andyetwbicb  I  am  sure  no  one  of  tbem 
ever  forgot.  At  10  o'olosk  he  walked  round  the 
ball-room  at  tbe  Centre  House,  saluting  every  mem- 
ber of  tbe  dancing-party,  ana  then  entered  an  open 
barouche,  drawn  by  four  boraea,  attended  by  tbe 
President  of  tbe  village  and  mvself. 

Abstaining  from  converaation,  we  left  bim  to  en- 
Joy  such  sleep  aa  he  could  get.  In  a  nicht  tbat  could 
not  be  long,  and  was  to  be  crowded  with  festivities. 
Tbe  roar  of  cannon  announced  bis  entrance  into 
Skaneatelea  at  midnight.  Bvery  house  was  illumi- 
nated, and  even  the  sarfaoe  of  tbe  lake  refieoted 
the  blaamg  bonfires.  There  were  refreshmenta) 
and  then  Lafayette  slept  imtll  we  rolled  down  the 
long  hill  Into  Camlllns.  There,  too,  were  bonflrea ; 
bat  the  aexton  of  tbe  church  waa  caught  napping, 
and  we  were  amused  at  seeing  his  biiste  to  set  the 
oburoh-beli  ringing  before  we  ouuld  get  through  tbe 
town.  The  day  bad  not  broken  when  we  broogbt 
up  at  tbe  village  hotel  at  Onondaga  Hilt.  Lafayette 
alighted,  ana  was  immediately,  coodaoted  Into  tbe 
apper  ball-room.  Tbere,  by  candle-light,  he  wae 
addressed  by  Thaddeua  Wood,  the  great  mag- 
nate of  the  town,  m  behalf  of  the 
people  of  Onondaga. .-  We  were  to  wait  an 
hoar,  so  as  not  ^  to  come  by  aorprlae 
upjn  Syracnae,  then  4  town  of  perhapa  a  thousand 
suula.  Lafavetto,  j«kiag  advaocage  of  tbla  paose, 
Ee4|aeated  me  to  Jbio  him  In  a  walk  for  air  ana  «x«r- 
cdMb   X'oondiwl^tjgin  ^Isns  the  suomtit  bf  Oaon« 


I  -gBMggseaBBB^iii^ .  ■  - 

daim  mn.  ma  be  keenly  mterrogated  ne  ae  ttf  Ot* 
t<M«»phy  of  the  ooontry.  i  pointed  oat  to'tdaa 
tbte  dUMdoB  of  Oswego,  the  ooorae  ef  tbe  Oaweco 
Bf  ver,  OaoDdaga  aad  Ooeida  Lakes,  the  site  of  Wmt 
Brewerton,  Onondaga  Caatlft  Ontrida  Oeatle.  Oris- 
kany  Fort  Schayler,  (Udca,)  Fort  Stanwix  (Bene,) 
at  which  Itfcier  post  be  had  commanded  u  tbe  war, 
Wd  then  haa  beooroe  familiar  with  tbe  oharaeter  of 
^e  eonotry  wbtcb  he  waa  now  surveying  m  the 
monilag  twilight.  Ha  expressed  deep  Interest  m 
tbeae  observatlona,  and  adverted  to  the  great  mlll- 
tarv  evenu  whloh  had  oootirred  at  Fort  Stomwix 
and  Oriakany." 

In  1833  Mr.  Seward  aooompanied  his  father 
to  Europe,  where  he  i^oin  met  Lafayette,  then 
living  at  La  Grange^  and  of  whose  manner  o£ 
life  he  gives  this  lively  account : 

"  La  Granse  adioins  Bosoit,  a  village  of  S.000 
Inhabitanta,  and  distant  30  miles  from  Pans.  The 
cbAtean,  three  stories  in  height  is  built  on  tbe  three 
sides  of  a  square,  and  at  each  angle  is  fianked  by  a 
circular  towtr.  It  is  surrounded  by  a  moat,  with 
military  draw-brldgea.  The  front  wall  is  covered 
With  an  ivy  which  was  planted  by  Cbarlea  James 
Fox.  Two  small  brass  cannon  guarded  the  stairx 
case.  Tbey  were  tropnies  taken  from  tbe  royals 
troops  in  the  three  dava'  revolution,  by  tbe  people 
Of  Paris,  and  presented  to  Gen.  Lafayette.  Tbe 
staircase  was  decorated  with  flags,  tnoolored  and 
American.  I  was  received  by  the  General, 
Mme.  Maabonrg  his  dangbter.  and  two 
ot  bid  grandaona,  In  a  parlor  still  more  plainly  far- 
nisbed  than  the  one  in  Paris.  It  contained  boats 
of  Washingtoa  and  Franklin,  and  some  American 
maps,  and  also  portraits  of  all  the  Presidente  of  the 
TJoited  States.  The  Ubrary  was  filled  with  Ameri- 
can books ;  tbe  sleeping-rooms  bad  only  pictures 
of  American  battle  scenes  on  land  and  aea,  Mount 
Yernon,  John  Hancock's  house,  aud  (Ja  ncy.  Other 
members  of  the  family  soon  appeared,  and  I  bad  a 
welcome  from  all  at  La  Grange.  Tbe  General  said: 
'  I  did  not  visit  Col.  Burr  when  he  came  to  Paris  ; 
he  bad  lately  conspired  against  one  of  my  friends, 
Mr.  Jefferson,  and  had  killed  another,  CoL  Hamil- 
ton.' In  making  this  remark  he  indicated  not  the 
least  consciousness  of  the  mutual  antagonism  of 
those  eminent  statsesmn. 

At  dinner  we  bad  the  entire  family,  22  persons. 
TbeCreneral  sat  opposite  tbe  centre  of  the  table^ 
Mme.  Manboarg  and  Mme.  Perier  at  either  end. 
Tbe  viauda  ana  the  wine,  with  the  exception  of 
champagne  and  Madeira,  were  the  products  of  La 
lirange.  Lafayette  eatertaloed  the  party  with  aa 
account  ot  hia  progress  through  tbe  United  States, 
With  vivid  descriptions  ot  tbe  country.  *  I  never 
think,' said  he,  'of  Niagara  Falls  nithoot  feeling 
a  wish  to  ony  ijoat  Island,  and  live  there.'  Mme. 
Maabourg  descrioed  to  me  the  Castle  of  Olmfiia, 
and  ber  stay  tbere,  with  her  mother  and  sister, 
during  her  father's  imprisonment.  Sbe  told,  in  the 
aimplest  manner,  bnt  with  teaching  effect,  how  the 
agent  of  tbe  Prussian  (government  came  to  tbe 
prison  and  offered  Lafayette  his  release,  on  condi- 
tion that  he  ebould  renounce  republicanism.'  '  I 
will  sabscrioe  no  declarauon,' said  Lafayette,  'in- 
consistent with  my  duties  as  an  American  citisen.' 
After  an  hour  and  a  half,  we  retired  to  the  draw- 
ing-room, where  tbe  evening  was  spent  in  cbeerfal 
conversation  on  books,  music,  art,  and  political 
•vents.  Precisely  at  10  o'clock  each  memoer  of  tbe 
family,  old  and  young,  kissed  the  (reneral,  and  be' 
retired.  In  taking  leave  of  me  lor  the  night  he 
8si<1,  '  We  breakfast  at  10  o'clock.'  I  found  my 
bedroom,  in  the  upper  atory  of  one  of  tbe  towers, 
daintily  prepared ;  the  curtains  were  dropped,  arm- 
cbmr  aud  slippers  before  the  fire,  and  tbe  bed-oov- 
erings  tamed  down. 

When  I  came  to  breakfast  every  one  inquired  if  I 
hid  been  ont.    The  General,  thev  said,  always  rose 

at  6.  AU  the  gentlemen,  and  some  of  tbe  ladies, 
had  been  abroad  on  tha  plantation.  From  break- 
fast we  repaired  to  a  bower  on  the  lawp.  Mile. 
Clementine,  a  daughter  of  George  Washington  La- 
fayette, conducted  me  to  an  artificial  lake,  ahaded 
by  evergreens,  where  we  paasea  an  hour  m  rowing. 
Tne  General  met  us  on  our  return,  fio  walked  wito 
us  over  tbe  plantation,  which  contained  800  acrea. 
It  was  in  fine  order,  and  managed  witn  perfect 
economy.  All  the  animals  were  carefully  hoased  { 
even  the  acorns  were  stored  for  the  swine.  He  bad 
another  larger  farm  in  the  south  of  France,  on 
which  hia  son  resided.  Regular  daily  acoounu  of 
both  were  kept  at  La  Grange,  and  were  examined 
and  posted  every  Saturday,  tbe  domestic  expenses 
being  oaretully  anpervised  and  regulated  by  tbe 
danghters.  Tue  mornlni;  dosed  with  Latayette'a 
exhibition  to  me  of  his  museum  of  Amenoan.' 
presents.  Among  these  he  seemed  eapeoialiy 
pleased  with  a  vaae presented  to  him  by  tbe  officers 
of  the  Brandywine,  and  a  voltune  published  m 
New- York  in  oummemoratlou  of  his  reception  la 
the  United  States.  Tbia  exoibltion  ended  with  a 
viait  to  the  beautifal  barge  preaented  to  him  by 
the  WhitohaU  boatmen  ot  New-York  as  ■ 
trophy  of  their  victory  over  the  Thames 
Doatinen  in  ^ew-Yotk  Harbor.  It  bore 
an  inscription,  wbion  recited  the  wager, 
the  names  9f  tbe  victors,  and  the  fact  of  Its  presen- 
tation to  him.  He  had  built  a  house  over  it,  and 
inclosed  it  with  an  iron  network,  protecting  It  even 
from  the  touch  of  visitora.  '  Tell  the  Whiteballera 
I  have  their  boat  safe, '  said  Lafayette,  '  and  it  will 
last  longer  than  I  shalL' 

I  took  my  leave  of  tbe  (3«neral  and  his  family 
that  night  at  10  o'clock,  preparatory  to  a  departure 
at  6  the  next  morning.  I  waa  surprised,  wbde 
takiuK  my  coffee  before  daylight,  by  a  sommons  to 
his  bedroom,  Vbere  I  found  nim,  in  a  white  fiunnel 
undress,  engaged  witbhiscorrespundenoe,  of  wbiob 
he  showed  me  a  letter  be  had  just  received  from 
Mme.Malibran.  I  said  to  bim,  '  we  constantly  cberiah 
a  hope  tbat  yuu  will  come  back  to  tbe  United 
States.'  'My  dear  Sir,' said  Lafayette,  '  it  would 
make  me  very  sad  to  think  I  shomd  never  see 
America  again,  but  you  know  bow  it  is.  I  am  con- 
fined to  France  for  two  or  three  years  by  my  office, 
aa  a  member  ot  the  House  of  Deputies ;  and  in  that 
time  what  may  happen  only  God  knows  1'  Witl 
tbeae  w.ords  be  threw  his  arms  aruaifd  me,  and, 
kissing  me  affectionately,  t>ade  me  good-bye." 

Charles  Eingsley.— One  does  not  aek 

whether  it  is  worth  while  that  a  plant  should 
spring  up  and  run  to  seed  and  die,  or  whether 
it  is  worth  while  that  any  ene  of  the  mttltitude 
of  men  should  be  bom  and  married  and  buried 

with  or  witbout  oenaoiooaaess  or  desire,  each 

Uves  the  life  ef  its  kind,  aad  when  we  have 
said  this,  we  have  said  enough.  We,  too,  hve 
without  oar  choice,  bow  to  live  is  tor  as  to 

choose ;  and  ao  -when  a  mau  dies  like  Kingaley, 
worn  out  by  a  constant  struggle  for  ideal  ends, 
carried  on  at  a  cost  we    hardly    knew,   it 

ia  natural  to  ask  if  he  chose  well, 
if  tbe  achievement  repaid  the  endea* 
vouTS.  In  many  ways  it  did.  It  is  the  com- 
mon lot  to  enter  life  weak,  greedy,  ignorant, 
aud  to  get  listless  and  distracted  aud  irritable 
by  tbe  way  ;  it  is  beyond  tbe  common  lot  to 
leave  it  gentle,  diligent,  resolute,  pure.  It  ia 
rarorj  still  to  keep  the  sanctities  of  home, 
great  and  small,  fiawlesa  and  undimmad  tor 
over  30  years— to  trust  them  aa  eternal  and  to 
ahensh  them  as  if  every  hour  were  the  last;  to 
be  a  lover  through  all  tbe  years  of  marriage, 
and  to  govern  children  witbout  fear,  and,  hard* 
est  of  all  m  these  restless  times,  to  make  ser- 
vants feel  themselves  members  of  the  family. 
And  Kingsley  was  almost  as  successful  in  riu- 
lug  bis  parish  as  in  ruling  his  heart  and  bis 
home.  It  is  true  that  seven  public  houst- s  in  a 
number  ef  scattered  hamlets  were  too  much  for 
his  working  men's  club  ;  but  be  left  his  people 
civilized  and  with  awakened  intelligeno^'and, 
if  that  be  worth  anything,  "every  man-jack  of 
them  church-goers.  If.  he  missed  a  plowman 
at  churoh,  °'he  would  stride  across  tbe  fields 
next  day,  and  tell  bim  "that  his  wife  did  not 
want  him  in  bed  all  Sunday  morning,  and  that 
he  ought  to  get  up  and  leave  her  the  house 
clear,  and  then  stay  at  home  after  dinner  and 
mind  the  children,  and  let  her  go  out."  His 
work  in  natural  history  was,  within  its  limits, 
entirely  successful :  he  described  himself  as  a 
camp-follower  ol  tbe  army  of  science,  and  he 
said  truly  that  oamp-toUowers  may  do  good 

service  as  scouts  and  foragers  aloni$  the  line 
of  march  determined  by  the  GeneraL  Tbo 
facts  of  nature  ai'e  so  complex,  and  the  theories 

in  process  of  establishment  so   abstract,  that  a 
lew  doubtful  eoujectures  detract  little  from  the 
merit   of  a   keen   observer  and   picturesque 
writer,  who  will  fill  up  for  one  or  two  neigu- 
borhoods  the  eutliues  which  the  masters  ot  sci- 
ence have  drawn.     Ue  did  much  to   make  nat- 
ural history  attractive,  even  more  perhaps  to 
make  well-disposed    people    think    that    they 
ought  to  find  it  so.    The  same  remark  applies 
te  his  sanitary  work.    He  recognized  one  great 
difficulty  in  the  way  of  sanitary  reform,  in  the 
politisal  power  of  the  class  who  own  unhealthy 
houses  in  small  lots  ;  he  did  not  recognize   the 
greater  difficulty  which  lies  in  the  general  be- 
Uef  that  to  act  upon  such  sanitary  knowledge 
as  existe  is  worth  some   uare   and  trouble,    bu« 
not  much.    However,  he  inspired  many  pious 
souls  with  a  eonviction  that  popular  apathy  on 
the  subject  was  sinful.    But  those  things  in 
which  Kingsley  succeeded   were  not  the  things 
which  made  his   reputation,   though  some  oi 
them  served  to  extend  it.    He  made  his  repu- 
tation as  a  militant  man  of  letters,  fighting  for  > 
certain  social  and  religious  beliefs,  and  his  soo- 
cess  must  be  finally  gauged  by  tbe  worth  of 
bis  literary  work,  and  ef  the  ideas  by  which  it 
was  inspired.    It  is  certain  that  ideas  were  - 
more  to  Kingsley  than  to  most  of  us ;  they 
supplied  the  support  which  he  seeded  in  hia  . 
generous  efforts,  as  society  supplies  the  uppors 
which  is  needed  for  ordinary  indust  s.    The 
patbedo  part  of  the  problem  is  tbat  the  ideal 
whieh       were       the       root      of     Kingsley'a 
hfe    were     as    far    &em    being    clear     and 
Btable  as  tbe  ideas  wbich  are  tbe  fading  flowers 
of  the  lives  of  common  men.    Upen  the  soeial 
side  hei  attained,  if  not  to  an  adequate  exprcs-  . 
sion,  atleast  to  a  oeberent  doctrine.  He  set  out 
with  a  keen  appreciation  of  simplicity  ef  life, 
ot  the  worth  ot  its  common  permanent  ele-  ' 
ments,  of  the  instability  of  a  soeiety  moat  ot 
whose  members  have  no  conscious  share  in  its 
highest    interests— all   wbioh   be   symbolised  ' 
under  the  name  democracy.    He  supplemented 
this  perception  witbout  confusing  it,  when  he  . 
came  to  realize  that  inherited  station  intelli-   , 
gently  accepted  is  one  of  the  best  titles  to  aa< 
tboritv— Wbich  will  always  be  indlspeneable.  ' 
The  course  of  his  political  thought  made  Kinga- 
iey  more  eenservative  and   lees   eager ;    the  , 
course  of  his  religious  thought  mad^  bun  mon 
oonaervative  and  less  confident ;    hie  trtnitfr  ' 
rian  speculations  faded  away,  tbonj|h  bta  ttisV  -*.  . 
tarian  orofd  Jf^maiued,— IhrtakA^K  »—'— 


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4  JilTiSa"  FOBiTHB  NEW  BL.  DOE  ADO.: 

tHH  ?  aBBATBSX  GOLD  ■  EXiOITBMENT  IN 
TWENTT  YBABS — EMIGRATION  FROM  ALL 
QUARTEBS     TO     THK     BLACK .  HILLS — ^A 

BBVBBB     WINTER     ON     THE      PLAINS 

PB08PKCTS  OF' THE  GOLD  HUNTERS. 

Chbtbnne,  Saturday,  Jan.  27, 1877. 
The  great  stampede  of  the  year,  and  the 
greatest  for  20  years,  has  about  begun.  Be- 
fore Summer  it  -will  be  at  its  height.  It  la 
getting  toward  the  Black  HHIs.  It  will  take 
all  the  drift  material  from  San  Juan,  •will 
draw  heavily  £rom  the  old  mming  diJBtricts  ot 
Colorado,  Utah,  Nevada,  and  California,  and 
•will  gather  the  Idlers  that  dream  of  fortunes, 
and  many  of  the  hroken-up  merohants  and  en- 
terpiising  young  adventurers  froin  all  over  the. 
country.  What  the  upshot  of  this  will  he 
Hone  can  tell.  But  if  the  larger  share  of  the 
j50,000  people  who  •  will  rush  forward  to 
fthe  new  land  of  gold  in  the  next 
BizmonCha  do  not  come  straggling  back  de- 
moralized and  dead  broke  before  next  Winter, 
it  will  be  because  other  stampedes  draw  them 
farther  off,  perhaps  ove>  toward  the  Paoifio 
coast,  or  because  the  Black  Hills,  with  all  the 
puffing  that  it  has  had,  is  a  great  deal  better 

than  has  been  pictured.  GaUfomia  and  the 
!Pike's  Peak  country  did  not  show  up  their  real 
riches  to  the  moltitudea  who  first  thronged 

thither,  and .  the  disoourafcing  reports  th»t  tol- 
lowed  and  the  distressed  looking;  pilgrims  who 

retorned  Eaat  created  for  sonle  timfi  such  a  re< 

action  that  the  new  gold  fields  were  looked 
upon  as  a  snare  and  a  delusion,  and  came  nigh 
being  depopulated  with  almost  as  remarkable 
celerity  as  they  had  been  settled  up.  We  -  can- 
not tell  whether  this '  will  be  the  fate  of  the 

BlacK  Hills  country.  At  the  worst,  we  do  not 
think  it  could  suffer  quite  the  drawbacks  that 
Colorado  did  in  1859  and  1860.  The  majority  of 
those  who  are  going  in  there  have  bad  severe 
schooling ;  have  had  mining  life  in  its  worst 
forms ;  have  not  fenown  homes  since  childhood  ; 
are  not  easily  frightened  at  poverty  or  Indians ; 
and  have,  in  fact,  that  summum  bonum  of  grit 
and  don't-care  which  frontiersmen  call  "  sand 
in  the  craw."  These  will  be  the  leaders  of  the 
camp,  and  they  will  hold  the  throng  sufficiently 
in  check  to  prevent  any  such  pell-mell  routs  as 
that  of  1859,  lor  instance,  when  the  Pile's 
Peakers  precipitately  started  home. 

When  I  say  that  the  stampede  of  the  year 
has  already  begun,  I  am  aware  that  1  state  a 
somewhat  surprising  fact ;  lor  it  is  the  worse 
Winter  that  the  oldest  inhabitant  can  think  of 
hi  the  Eocfcy  Mountain  country.  There  have 
been  deep  snow,  bitter  cold  winds,  and  almost 
perishing  weather  for  one  to  be  far  away  from 
the  settlements.  The  cold  snap  is  stUl  upon 
us.  There  was  never  a  time  before  when  old 
plainsmen  so  readily  lost  their  bearings ;  the 
wUd  animals  of  the  plains,  antelope,  wolvea, 
Jack-rabbits,  have  come  into  the  corrals  and 
pre-emptors*  cabins  for  shelter  ;  the  herds  are 
thin  irom  exposure  and  lack  of  food.  And  yet, 
with  such  a  Winter  as  this,  and  the  perils  that 
a  journey  northward  carries  with  it,  there  are 
teams  and  outfits-  going  toward  Custer 
and  Deadwood  diggings  almost  every 
day.  Last  week  100  freighters  and  pack- 
teanu  went  forward,  and  others  are 
preparing  to  go.     Several  wagons  with  supplies 

and  miners'  tools  havd  come  from  Sunshme, 

Boulder,  Fort  Collins,  and  Greeley,  Colorado. 
Teams  are  outfitting  at  Denver.  Some  are  on 
the  way  from  Salt  Lake  City.  Every  day  or 
two  there  are  arrivals  from  St.  Louis,  Chicago, 

Omaha,  and  occasionally  from  the  far  East. 
When  these  "pUgricas  "  are  asked  why  they  go 

Into  the  diggings  now,  'when  work  is  pretty 
much  sTupended  there  and  everything  &ozen 
up,  their  Invariable  answer  ia   that  they   want 

to  be  on  the  ground  and  get  tbe  pick  of  tho 
ehanoes  before  the  great  rusk  of  the  Spring 
opens  ;  and  again,  the  Indians  w^bo  hug  their 
camp  fires  in  cold  weather,  are  not  so  apt  to 
trouble  them  nov,- 

But  the  comparatively  'few  who  are  setting 
out  now  giTe  only  a  hint  of  what  is   to  toUow. 

You  have  only  to  yiait  some  of  the  towns  ia 
thi«  aeotiou  of  country,  such  as  Laramie,  Sid- 
ney, Denver,  Greeley,  Calora.do  iSpriiiga,  and 
Puablo,  and  a  carnal  talk  with  this  and  that 
one  hwe  and  there,  particularly  with  those 
known  as  '*  old  timers,"  and  it  becomes  appa- 
rent at  once  ■  that  a  good  many  of  them  ara 
making  preparations  to  go  into  the  Black  Hills. 
01  course,  ban  Juan  wdl  draw  some  of  them : 
bat  the  greater  number  are  bound  lor  Custer 
and  Deadwood.  or  the  new  diggings  of  Battle 
Creek  .  and  Wolf  Mountain.  There  is  not  so 
much  excitement  ^  about  It  in  the  old 
mining  campskoftXiilpini  and  Clear  Creek 
Counties,  for* the-  past  year  has  been 
oniuuaily  prosperous  with  them  ]  and  nearly 
all  the  miners  and  business  men  are  doing 
weU,  and  are  wise  enough  to  let  well  enoueh 
alone.  Jji  Denver  there  will  be  more  to  join 
the  stainpede  than  there  were  last  year.  Some 
are  going  into  the  freighting  business :  some 
Will  take  stocks  of  goods  to  Custer,  Deadwood^ 
or  some  of  the  ixew  miners'  camps ;  others  will 
go  to  prospect.  Denver  Is  very  well  situated 
as  s  supply  point  for  the  Black  Hills,  as  it  is  lor 
the  San  Juan  mines,  it  being  about  equidistant 
between  them,  and  its  wholesale  dealers  are 
Working  up  a  good  trade  in  both  directions.  In 
spite  ot  hard  times,  the  population  of  Denver 
is  now  greater  tLan  ever  oeiore.  There  are  no 
empty  nouses,  and  buiiding.has  been  going  for- 
ward all  the  Full  and  Whiter  bo  far  as  the 
weather  would  permit.  Should  the  Black  Hills 
fever  take  a  couple  of  thousand  from  its  S5,000 
inhabitants,  it  wili  be  no  very  great  loss ;  the 
increasing  trade  with  tbat.a«otioa  wilX^moxe 
than  make  it  u^. 

Of  course,  the  same  interest  that  did  so  much 
to  work  up  a  Black  Hills  mania  last  year  and 
^ear  before,  when  everybody,  the  agitators  in- 
cluded, mure  than  half  suspected  that  it  was 
jail  a  humbog.  are  the  prime  movers  in  working 
rnp  the  present  exoitementi  They  have  some- 
thing tanpble  to  go  on  now.  The  diggings 
have  turned  out  some  gold,,  handsome  nuggets 
have  been  shown,  and  a  few  snug, fortunes 
made.  Speculators  and.  agents  are  J  at  work 
jn  Chicago  and  St,  j/Louis,  and,  probably 
in  /New-York  and  J  Bostoa.  Pamphlets, 
and  circulars  mure  ^  glowing  than  ever, 
are  being  scattered  broadcast.  The  railway 
companies  running  in  the  direction  of  this  £1 
Dorado ;  the  towns  which  are  seeking  tho  pres- 
Itige  and  profit  that  being  a  Cepot  ot  supplies 
^r  advantageous  outfitting  puiut  will  bring 
tthem^and  individual  speouluturis  who  have 
f"  claims  "  to  market,  or  a  stake  lo  vime  in  some 
*way,  are  the  chief  adTertising  agencies  ot  the 
Black  Jdilis  country.  They  are,  lor  this  season 
at  least,  "fishers  of  men;"  and  now  tompimg 
Is  the  bait  which  they  throw  out  may  be  seen 
from  the  tollowing  paragraph  irum  oile  of  their 
t>ublioations :  * 

'*  The  gold  is  here.  It  is  in  almost  every  gulch, 
pn  every  tiillside,  on  every  muuutain  lop,  iu  piucers 
^d  inqaartz.  Ik  is  here  tur  tho  pour  man  audtur  tbe 
papitsiist.  It  18  tu  be  divided  among  laborers, 
tnerduuits,  mechanios,  sod  mtiour'aocarei-s.  There 
is  eaoagta  tor  aU  who  will  come,  uul  tnuse  woo 
jwisb  to  flee  from  tbe  hafd  timus  of  lue  East,  and 
JBVstl  thetuselvea  of  the  hidden  treasures  oi  tals,  tbe 
la*t  and  rlobest  gold  field  on  the  elobo,  had  better 
[make  their  arransementa  to  couie  eMily.  This  is  a 
liitiow  in  which  ilie  front  seats  cannot  ue  reserved  j , 
(the  flnt  occdpaut  holds  them." 

Tbe  estimates  of  gold  taken  out  of  the  Black 
Hills  last  season,  as  made  by  Cheyenne  and 
Omaha  parties,  Is  lar  greater  than  any  of  my 
Did  aoqualntanoes,  well-iuiormed  men  and  ex- 
perienoed  miners,  who  spent  last  year  in  the 
lligglnge,  in  my  conversations  with  tliem,  have 
yet  placed  it.  Their  calculations  generally  run 
from  a  half  to  three-quarters  of  a  million ; 
while  Omaha  merchants,  aad,  I  think,  too,  the 
Union  Pacific  Bailroad  authorities,  figure  it  at 
(2,000,000;  while  Cbeyeuue  bankers  and  the 
newspapers  here  claim  that  a  mlUion  and 
fi  haljt  were  .  brought  out,  and  about  as 
iDTich  more  '  remains  distnbuted  among 
the  present  population  of  the  various . 
Damps  in  the  Hills.  I  think  that  many  of  the 
partiea  engaged  tn  this  work  of  spreading 
pamphlets  and  circulars  are  "  playing  tor  high 
Stakes."  Some  of  the  pubhoatioas  now  in' 
bress,  I  am  told,  write  up  the  Black  Hills  and 
ut  tbe  same  time  go  out  of  their  way  to  write 
nown  the  San  Juan  country.  Whatever  may 
be  the  effect  of  this.  I  am  inslined  to  think  it  a 
/waste  of  powder,  for  undoubtedly  the  great 
•wave  of  emigration  will,  for  this  season  at 
^ast,  flow  toward  the  Black  Hills.  Ivhave 
^een  all  kinds  of  estimates  made  of  the  amount 
pf  population  the  various  new  diggings  up  there 
will  receive  before  the  end  of  the  year.  None 
place  it  at  less  than  30,000,  and  many  express 
'  the  belief  that  It  will  exceed  iOO.OOO.  I  am  in- 
lUned  to  think  that  the  contiguous  States  and 
rerritorles  and  the  Missouri  Valley  region 
^one  will'  contribute  20,000  people  to  this  great 
favay  of  gold-seekers.  Letters  of  inquiry  from 
pill  parts  of  the  East,  and  newspaper  paragraphs 
^peaking  of  parties  who  are  making  ready, 
Kroold  aeein  to  Indicate  a  very  much  greater 
^ni^tion  than  last  jear. 
I  spoke  of  the  foot  that  parties  were  now 
in^  northwiaf d  every  day  from  this  point.  I 
idtfcscand  thMt  tneceis  ponsidarable  stir  at 
lij,  b:oux.CltT,  Binqiarok.  aad  Taoktonin 


tore  is  in  session  at  the  latter  place,  and 
a  delegation  from  Custer  and  Dead- 
wood  has  been  before  it  asking  Is- 
gislatlon  such  aa  is  adapted  to  the  new 
mming  camps.  Paot.s  and  statistics  regarding 
the  present  condition  df  the  towns,  and  the  re- 
sources of  the  country  have  also  been  present- 
ed, Mid  tho  Legislature  asked  to  publish  them 
as  an  immigration  document.  But  it  Is  said 
that  the  new  population  of  the  Black  Hills 
and  the  people  at  Yankton  are  not  in  very 
cordial  sympathy,  and  that  many  of  the  former 
are  very  clamorous  for  a  Territorial  organiza- 
tion of  their  own,  and  cutting  off  allegiance  to 
Dakota.  A  delegate  has  been  sent  to  Wash- 
ington, and  on  being  interviewed  by  a' local 
reporter  here  as  to  his  mission,  he  stated  that 
his  people  want  a  new  Territory,  to  be  called 
El  Dorado,  created,  to  extend  from  the  43d  to 
the  47ih  parallel  ot  latitude,  and  from  the  102d 
to  the  107th  meridian  of  longitude,  embracing 
a  tract  of  about  80,000  square  miles. 

Most  Ot  the  towns  in  the  Hills,  which  wdre  to 
some  extent  depopulate!  last  Fallr  have  picked 
up  a  good  deal  du^g  the  Winter.  A  gentle- 
man just  in  from  Deadwood  says  that  there  are 
not  less  than  5,000  people  there, 
and  at  Custer  about  500 ;  while 
Gayville,  Bone  Butte,  and  other  camps  are 
lively.  The  stampede  to  Wolf  Mountain  has 
subsided ;  but  there  has  been  quite  a  rush  to 
Battle  Creek,  20  miles  from  Custer,  where 
over  50  claims  were  taken  in  a  single  day, 
and  the  new  mining  towns  of  Frenohtown, 
Hayward,  and  Harney  have  been  started. 

It  has  been  a  hard  Winter  in  the  diggings. 
The  snow  is  reported  all  the  way  from  two  to 
three  feet,  with  great  and  impassable  drifts 
between  some  of  the  camps.  A  few  who  took 
tlie  precaution  to  "house  over"  the  entrance 

to  their  shafts  have  been  able  tu  prosecute 
work  right  along  ;  but  the  great  majority   of 

claims  have  been  abandoned  for  the  Winter. 
The  thermometer  has  been  as  low  as  30°  below 
zero.  _  Tbere  has  been  plenty  of  fuel  and  provi- 
sions in  all  of  the   camps,   as  freighting  teams 

from  Cheyfenne  and  SulB^y  have  Buoceeded  in 

breaking  tbe  roads,  and  the  semi-weekly  stages 
have  kept  communication  open  with  the  out- 
side World,  though  they  have  been  obliged  to 
throw  off  their  wheels  and  come  down  to  ex- 
temporized runners.  Tariffs  are  high,  and 
teamsters  are  making  a  good  thing.  Where 
lour  or  five  pilgi'iras  "chip  in,"  they 
can  get  carried  over  to  Harney  City 
Irom  Custer  tor  ^50,  distance,  20  miles.  Freight- 
ers, who  have  gone  irom  pumts  on  the  railroad 
to  Custer,  Deadwood,  or  Battle  Creek,  although 
selling  out  at  a  good  round  price,  have  hiirried 
homeward  again,  declaring  tbat  :t  coats  them 
$10  per  day  lor  provender  for  a  span  ot  mutes. 
Tbe  prices  current  are  in  some  respects  at  a 
**  high  pitch."  Cora  and  oats  are  $8  to  $10,  and 
fiour  |10  to  |16  per  hundred  pounds ;  hay,  i60 
per  ton  ;  sugar,  20  to  30  cents  ;  apples,  10  cents 
apiece  ;  coal-oil,  $1  50  per  gallon  ;  eggs,  $1  per 
dozen ;  bacon,  30  cents,  and  potatoes  25  cunts  per 
pound.  The  large  number  of  idlers  now  in  the 
hills  are  obliged  to  draw  on  their  reserve  iunds, 
if  they  have  the  good  luck  to  havo  any  ;  and 
live  on  scant  fare  at  that.  It  is  not  expected 
that  these  prices  will  keep  up,  as  the  largo  num- 
bers who  will  go  into  tile  ireighting  business 
from  various  oatfittiDg  points  in  tbe  iSpring, 
will  take  in  so  inany  goods,  and  cut  carrying 
rates  so  low  that  the  cost  ot  livmg  will  be  a 
great  deal  less. 

Some  machinery  has  been  received  here  lately 
for  shipment  into  the  mines.  A  ball  pulverizer 
fit  tor  sampling  can  be  set  up  at  from  |6,0U0  to 
$10,000.  A  stamp  mill  of  tiom  10  lo  15  stamps, 
with  steam  power,  can  be  put  into  operatiuu  at 
a  cost  of  from  $10,000  to  1^12,000.  Tho  demand 
for  all  classes  of  mining  machinery  is  going  to 
be  large.  The  principal  puruLases  aie  made  in 
Chicago  ;  and  some  also  have  been  made  in 
New-York  and  Brooklyn.  In  buying  such  ma- 
chinery and  other  wares, those  miners  who  have 
made  a  good  thing  the  past  season  need  not  be 

told  to  "  cash  their  biiJs;"  that  is  nut  tbe  ex- 
pression in  tbe  hills  ;  they  *'  -weigh  out "  in  set- 
tlemest  of  all  their  accounts,  the  dust  in  their 
buckskin  pouches  being  the  currency  of  the 
realm.  The  Black  UiUs  diggings  are  tho  only 
places  in  the  country  wbere  greenbacks  are 
worth  more  than  gold.  An  ounce  of  tbo  latter, 
worth  $20,  will  bring  only  1^17  50  in  greenbacks. 
The  coming  stampede  may  servo  to  regulate 
market  prices  and  inaugruate  a  different  finan- 
cial bttsid ;  however  ihia  may  be,  it  ia  certain 

that  the  exciting  rush  for  tbe  new  diggings  is 
going  to  be  tbe  great  event  of  tho  present 
yeeur ;  and  the  mixea  politics  of  the  Presideu- 
tial  campaign,  at  last  nearing  a  settlement, 

wiU  be  all  lorgotten  by  the  throng  of  gold 
hunters    m  whose    mind's   eye    "rich     finds," 

nuggets,  and  pay  streaks  are  of  absorbing  im- 
portance.  

UTILIZING  CARBIEB  PIQEOyS, 


THE     DIFFERENT     SPECIES— ^THEIR     POWERS 

OF  Vision  and  memory— steam-ship 

COMPANIES   INCLINED   TO    TTSK    THEM. 

The  project  of  using  carrier  pigeons  as  a 
means  of  c«mmanicstiou  between  vessels  at  aes, 
and  their  ports  of  destination  and  departure,  has 
received  mach  consideration  by  varlons  steam-ship 
companies,  and  it  is  probable  that  tbese  birds  will 

be  introdaced  on  board  mituy  of  the  steamers  plving 
between  tiiis  port  and  foreign  lands  daring  the 
commg  year.  The  Transatlactio  Steam-atiiD  Com- 
paoy  has  alreadv  commenced  ihe  experiment  in 
foreign  ports,  and  It  bas  thus  far  proved  entiroly 
sncceaBfol.  Tbe  company  boagbt  forty  pairs  of 
the  best  breed  of  Antirerp  carriers  two  years  seo, 
and  divided  tbem  between  this  City,  Port  de 
Prance,  St.  Thomas,  and  Sc  Kazalre,  and  estab- 
lished a  central  loft  in  the  latter  port.  As  it  takes 
four  ysars  for  a  carrier  to  arrive  at  maturity,  the 
sacoeas  of  tbe  enterprise  bas  not  yet  been  demon- 
strated in  this  countrv.  Tbere  are  four  varieties 
of  hlgti-bred  pigeons,  ihe  pouter,  Antwerp 
carrier,  short-faced  tnmbler,  and  barb.  Of 
these,  the  only  '  breed  which  can  be 
utilized  as  a  dispatch-bearer,  is  the  Antwerp  car- 
rier. A  glance  at  tbe  iniysical  constmction  of 
these  birds  will  readily  demonstrate  this  fact.  The 
poater  ia  tbe  lareest  of  the  several  varieties,  tbe 
males  being  19^  inches  long  from  tbe  end  of  tbe 
beak  to  tbe  tip  of  tbe  tall,  while  tbe  leeit,  from  the 
tbigh  Joint  to  the  lip  of  the  middle  toe,  meaaare 
seven  inches,  foatbera  cover  tbe  legs  and  feet  of 
these  birds,  and  tbey  have  a  wind-sack  over  their 
crops,  which,  when  they  feel  In  particularly  high 
spirits,  tbey  expand  to  a  consideruble  extent, 
and  assume  a  poating  appearance,  from  which  they 
derive  their  name.  Tbe  short-faced  tumbler  is  a 
small  bird,  not  being  more  than  10  or  11  Inches  In 
length,  from  beak  to  tail,  and  its  pecaliaritv  con- 
sists of  a  round,  prominent  iorebead,  receding  bnll- 
finch  be&K,  and  small  eyes.  Tbey  havo  no  wattles, 
either  arotmd  tbe  eves  or  above  tbe  nose,  and  tbeir 
j>owers  of  vision  are  not  extended.  The  "barb" 
takea  bis  name  from  an  abbreviation  of  Barbary, 
where  this  species  of  pigeon  was  originallv  bred. 
Tbia  variety  ia  of  no  practical  use,  *  and  is 
bred  purely  for  show  purposes.  These  birds 
are  very  handsome  and  are  much  sought  after  bv 
pigeon-fas cl era.  Tbey  are  bred  in  five  colors- 
black,  yellow,  white,  dnu,  and  red.  Their  beaks 
are  short,  and  shaped  like  that  of  a  bollfiuoh.  Their 
heads  are  square  and  flat  across  the  siculi,  and  their 
eyes  are  large  and  encircled  by  wattles  l^s  inches 
tn  diameter.  The  beak  wattles  of  a  matured  bird 
of  this  species  measure  fonr  inches  in  oircamfer- 
enoe.  Althoagb  tbey  possess  laree,  prominent 
eyes,  their  power  of  sight  ia  limited  to  a  side  view, 
and  thev  ate  thoa  prevented  from  being  rapid,  high 
fivers.  Mr.  B.  £.  Newell  has  a  large  number  of 
these  birda  at  his  oolnmbary  at  the  foot  of  West 
Iflneteenth     atreec,    In      this      City,      for     some 

Of  which  he  paid  exorbitant  prices.  At  tbe  pigeon 
exhibition  In  Baltimore,  last  montb,  Mr.  Newell 
took  the  three  first  prizes,  and  fonr  second  prizes, 
in  eight  entries,  tbas  sbowian  bow  near  to  perfec- 
tion he  baa  brought  his  birds.  This  apeciea  mesk- 
ntes  14  inches  from  tip  to  tio.  Lastly,  there 
is  the  AJitwerp  carrier.  The  birds  of  this 
breed  are  sleek-looking,  their  feathers  fit- 
ting them  closely,  and  their  general  earrlase 
may  be  likened  ubto  tbat  of  a  race- 
horse^  upright  and  pronunent.  Their  colors  are 
blue,  blne-cheokored,  and  red-checkered.  They 
have  small  wattles  over  the  beas,  but  none 
around  the  eye,  aod  their  power  of  vinon  is  keen 
and  extended.  The  eye  stands  oat  boldly,  and  tbey 
are  enabled  to  look  straight  ahead  witboat  moving 
the  nead  from  side  to  side,  as  ta  the  case  with  other 
varieties  of  the  carrier  pigeon.  Hr.  Newell  also 
bss  a  oolumbary  at  Yoosers,  where  his  father  re- 
sides, and  these  gentlemen  propose  to  utiiiza  the 
carriers .  lor  transactlog  •  their  bosmess  daring  the 
coming '  Bummer  between  Tonkars '  and  Uiis 
City.  Mr.  Whitley,  an  Englufaman*  resid- 
log  '.at  ^  N'ewark,  NeW'^Jersey,  owns  a  num- 
ber of  the  Antwerp  earners.  He  has  al- 
ready trained  a  number  of  oirds  to  fly  between'  hia 
retidiBno*  and  Ton kers,  and  between  this  City  and 
Newark.  He  tnUned  hla  birds  in  three  trials  to 
make  tbe  distance  between  the  two  cities,  and  those 
Uxds  which  be.  baa  tram ed  to  fiv  from  Newark  to 
this  City,  aocompluh  the  distance  readily  la  17 
mlnutos.  This  gentlemoa  states  that  the  Antwerp 
birda     are     not     at     all    moUned    to    flook    to- 

(;ethe*^<  when  flying,  and  that^  when  re- 
eased  from  ounflement,  they  will,  sfter 
beoomlsK  accustomed  to  tbe  route,  fly  stzalghb 
home.  Daring  the  Ut«  Centennial  Bxpoaition  at 
Philadelphia,  ui  exhibitor  of  pigeooa^  tiviog  In  Ho- 
bokeo,  scoiden tally  liberated  one  of  bis  finest  spsci* 
mens  of  the  Antwerp  carrier,  but  upon  returning 
home  on  tne  following  dav  he  foand  the  bird  safely 
housed  in  its  cote.  An  Antwerp  bird  may  tie 
taoifht  in  less  than  six  months  time  to  fly  fhnn  SO  to 
100  miles,  OS  they  appsar  to  l>e  enddwod  with  a  won- 
derfol  memory  aa  weU  as  keenness  of  vision,  oud 
havlag  ones  traveled  a  route  they  nevtB  torgst  \U 

A.  FJEUAJjB  xbief. 
ALaANT,  Feb.  3. — Anna  Seynolds,  who  said 
she  l>elonced  In  New-tTersey,  fled  from  this  dty  to- 
day, cairylnc  wUh  ber  a  gold  watoh  and  AiMo.  • 
gold  nMklM*  a»A  eksln.  oaA  «  enaat  mkuds 
oliqgsthsr  si  IS^andlU  InmOBSf^ tli« nmtangr. 


THE  SAVINGS  BANKS. 


TEN  ADDITIONAL   STATEMENTS. 

CONBinOH    OF     SOME     07     THE     PRUtCIPAI. 
BAVINQS  BANKS  IN  THIS  CITY— EXEUBIT 
OE  T&E  RMAIX  INSTITUTIOHS. 
BYom  Our  Oton  Oqrresjxnuunt. 

<«m  ALBAirr,  Saturday,  Feb.  3,  i8T7. 
With  but  one  exception  the  reports  of  all  the 
City  hanks  have  been  received  at  the  Bank  Depart- 
ment within  the  time  specified  by  law,  viz.,  Feb.  1. 
Some  of  tbese  statements  it  bos  been  necessary  to 
send  back  for  correction  in  minor  details.  The  fol- 
lowing 10  statements  are  additional  to  those  already 
publiahed.  Tbey  include  some  of  the  largest  as 
well  OS  the  amallest  of  the  savings  institations  of 
New- York.  The  reports  are  worthy  of  careful 
study.  It  is  lunecesiarv  to  point  out  the  relative 
standing  of  the  several  banks  as  bere  presetted. 
The  figures  speak  for  taemielves.  Any  one  can 
see  where  investments  ace  likely  to  be  safe,  and 
where  thSy  certainly  cannot  be.  It  will  be  ohaerved 
that  t^o  oldest  and  wealthiest  bank  on  the  list  pays 
the  lowest  (rate  of  Interest,  while  each  of  the  sev- 
eral new  and  small  ones  pay  6  per  cent. 


BANK  FOR  SAVINGS   IN   THE  CITT  OP 
NEW-YORK. 

Bobert  Lenox  Kennedy,  President;  George  C.  Ward, 
Secretory;  No.  67  Bleecker  street ;  moorporated  1819. 

JBuouroe*. 
Bondaand  Mortgages $  6,332,360  00 

Stock  investments,  via. : 

Eatimated 
Market  Value. 

United  States $12,383,347  60 

t  New-Kork  State 3,497,lvi5  Ol 

'  Massaohusetts. ,      27&.015  63 

Cities  In  tills  State...  i4,177,<1.16  00 

CottaUestn  this  State        667,250  00 

$21,UU0,15»  14 
Total  stock  InveatmenU,  at  cost $20,064,383  54 


Bankine  house  and  lot,  at  cost 

Other  real  estate,  at  cost. 

Cash  on  deposit  in  banks  or  trust 

compaDies 

Cash  on  hand 

Sxcess  or  market  value  of  stock  invest* 

meuts  over  cost . 

Interest  due  and  accrued 

Furmtuieand  hxtorea. 


Total  .resources. . 


1V5,U00  00 
40,731  11 

662,457  66. 
SU.OOO  UO 

936.766  60 

10j),78a  68 

8,000  Ou 

....^27.399,474  48 


Dae  depositors .'. $23,640,218  20 

Kxcess  of  assets  over  Uabilltles 3,859.250  28 

Total  llabihtles. $27,399,474  48 

Supplementary.— Sam\>et  of  open  aocoants,  Jan.  I, 
1877.  71,61;i;  amoaut  oepositrd  durinK  1876,  Includ- 
iDK  Interest  credited,  $6.7o3.711 ;  auiuunt  withdrawn 
durtnK  1876,  $4.868,S94  *^'^■.    expenses  lor    1378,    iu- 

clitdinK  salaries,  $68,437  38:  lartcest  amount  due  any 
one  depositor,  exclnsive  of  interest,  $4,732;  average 
amoaut  of  each  accuunt  Jan.  1.  1877, '$328;  rate  of 
interest  paid  deoositurs  during  1876,  4  and  5  per  cent. 
This  bank  reported  Jan.  1,  I87t>:  Due  depositor*, 
$21,696,401  82;  anrDlus,  $3,666,839  22;  number  of 
ox>en  accounts,  U6,429. 


MANHATTAN  SAVINGS  INSTITUTION. 

Edward  Bchetl,  President;  C.  T.    AJvord,   Secretary; 
Ko.  644  Broaaway ;  incorporated  1850. 
Retourcet. 

Bonds  and  mortgages $3,826,696  09 

Stock  investmeuts,  ^di.; 

Estimnted 
Market  Value. 

United  States $1,673,260 

New-York  Stat*. 390,800 

Cities  la  this 8t*te 2,007.798 

TowuamthiabUte.....        5U.O(iO 


-  $4,121,348 

Total  atock  inveitibeuts,  at  cost... 

Amount  loaned  on  stocks  as  authorized 
by  laws  of  1875 

Canklug-boase  and  lot,  af  cost. 

Other  real  estate,  at  coat. 

Cash  on  aeposlt  In  banks  or  trust  com- 
panies  

Caah  on  hand 

Excesauf  market  value  of  stock  invest- 
meuts  ov»r  cost 

interest  due  and  aocmed 

Total  reaoaroea 


3,909,092  27 

239.473  00 

170.000  00 

86,469  18 

785.435  39 
lC0.-.<i28  06 

151,735  73 
91.9;:4  4t 

$9.430,46i  13 

LiotMUUt, 


Due  depositors 

Kxcess  ot  assets  over  liabilities. 


$8,808,329  09 
022. ise  04 


Total  liabilities $9,430,460  13 

.<7upp2<men(ary.— Number  of  open  accounts.  Jan.  1, 
187.,  17,G7l!;  amoaut  deposited  during  1876.  includ- 
in'i;  interest  credited,    $3,315,077  Ut* :   amount    wit'>- 

drawn  durliiK   1876,    $3,704,424    91:  expeniwa  tor 
l£>76.  lucludiaz  gsurleg.  $58,'J&6  07  ;  laruest  amount 

due  any  oue  CeposUor.  cicIlisIto    of  late  rest.  $0  OUO; 
areraKe  amount  of  each  account.  Jan  1,  1877.  S4y34.'<: 
rate   of  interest   paiu  depositors   doriug  1876,  G  and 
6  pt'T  cent. 
This  bank  reported,  Jan.    1,  1876 :  Due  depositors, 

S9.1»8,e4-2  90  i     siUplus.    $655,273  06;      number    of 
open  acoouDta,  17,676. 


GREENWICH  SAVINGS  BANK. 

Edward  N.  Plgot.  President ;  Clinton    OUbert,  Treo- 
amer;  Na  73  Sixth  avenue  ;  incorporated  183s. 

JRtiourea. 

Bonds  and  mortgOKes $4,420,733  00 

Stock  Investments,  via: 

Estimated 
Market  V.tlue. 

United  States $2,72x776 

New-York  State 093.330 

Ohio 68.300 

Ulssourl {  202,800 

Bhode  Island {   110,000 

Conneoticui )        e,6u0 

New-Uampshire r   130,356 

Uatne 61,000 

Massachusetts 328,410 

.  Cities  in  tbU  State 8.763,610 

'  Counties  in  this  State 8ti.7O0 


$8,143,781 

Total  stock  investments,  at  cost... 

Amount  luaucil  on  stocks  as  jatburiied 

by  liiws  ot  167B 

BaukiUK-boa^p  and  lot,  at  co«t 

Cash  on  deposit  In  banks  or  trust  com* 

panles . 

Cash  on  band . 

Kxcess  ot  market  value  of  stock  mvest- 

metis  over  cost 

Interest  due  and  acorned 

Other  assets . ... . .. 

ToUl  resooroea $I3,~66s,780  48 

UabllUUM. 


7,918,366  42 

O.OOO  00 
120,734  66 

676,597  84 
40.4e2  93 

226,414  68 
256,376  31 

5,095  84 


Due  depositors 

Bxcesaot  asseUover  itablUtles. 


.$12,329,200  39 
.     1,339.680  u9 


Total  Uabllltiea $13,66^,780  43 

5uppIemAt(anr.-.-l<amt>er  o'  open  aoonnta  Jan  1, 
1877,  33,161;  amount  deposited  dnriug  1876,  lu- 
cludinit  interest  crodited.  $3,615.764 '64:  amount 
withdrawn  dunng  1876,  $2,918,268  46;  expenses  for 

1876,  iUcladlnR  salaries,  $61,912  27;  largest  amount 
dae  any  oue  depositor,  exolnsire  of  laterest,  $3,350; 
STcrace  amount  of  each  aocduot,  Jan.  1,  1877.  $371; 
rate  of  interest  paid  depositors  during  1876.  6  and  6 
X>er  cent. 

This  bank  reported  Jan.  1.  1876:  Doe.^poaltora. 
$ll,7t>1.694  3u:  surplus,  $1,328,047  82;  number  of 
open  aecoonta,  82,a9L 

EMIGRANT  INDUSTRIAL  SAVINGS  BANK. 

Henry li.  Horaet,    President;    David lliedwitf,  Con. 

troUer,     Mo.  61  Chambers  street.    Incorporated  I860. 

£<«o«rces. 

!j  Bonds  and  mortfagea $7,763,038  76 

'  Ksti  mated 

Maraet  Value. 
i  Stock   mvestments,  viz; 

I     United  States $1,697,020 

I  Tenaessee 6,260 

t  Oeorgia 68,000 

I  Cities  In  thU  State 4,688,980 

I  Coontlea  In  thla  SUte..      721,872 

$7,171,123 

Total  stock   Investments 

Banklnic-bouse  and  lot,  at  cost 

Other  real  estate,  at  cost 

Cash    on   deposit   In  banks   orfl^ruat 

compnntes ,. 

Cash  on  hand 

Bxcess  of  market  value    ot   stocK  In- 
vestments over  coat 

latereat  and  rent,  doe  and  accrued... 

^  Total  Beooureea. .$16,161,944  94 

LtalnUttit. 

.$14,7 1 2,938  20 
.     1,449,006  74 

Total     liabilities »16,161,944  94 

Bupplemmtary.—Snmbn  of  open  accounts  Jan.  1, 

1877.  29,730;  amounts  deposited  during  1876,  to- 
eluding  mterest  credited,  $5,883,231  38:  amount 
withaxawu  during  1876.  $4,918,692  B4  ;  expenses  for 
1876,  including  salaries.  $6u,33H  46  ;  largest  amoaut 
due  au^  one  depositor,  exclusive  of  iiitereac,  $20,000 ; 
average  amotint  of  each  Jtocoant  Jan.  1, 1877.  $494  89: 
rate  of  interest  paid  depositors  daring  1876,  6  and 
6  per  cent. 

This  bank  reported  Jan.  1,  1876 :  Due  depoaitora. 
$13,748,899  46;  surplos.  $1,466,188  42 :  number  ol 
open  ooeoonts,  928^661. 

METROPOLITAN  SAVINGS  BANK." 

Isaac  T.  Smith.  Preatdent;  T.  W.  LUlle,  Secretorv, 
B««.lKBd8Thi>daiVeaae.   InooffotSted  Id&a. 
£eti>uree*. 

Bonds  and  mortgages $2,297,667  00 

Stock  investments,  being  bonds  of  the 

United  Statea  and  bonda  of  oitiea  and 

of  tdwns  m  this  State. j  8^28,408  17 

Amoaat  loaned  oa  stocks,  as  autnoxiaed 

by  lav  8  of  1876 

Banking-house  and  lot,  at  coat 

Other  real  eatate,  at  cost 

Caab   on    deposit  In'IMRiks  or  trust 

companies. .y. ...... ...... 

Cash  on  hand 

Bxoeaa  of  market  volua  of  atookmveat- 

coeata  over  coat 

Intereat  due  and  oecnied 

Boats  acomea,  but  net  due....... 

Total  reMWoas....................r 


Due  depositors 

Excess  01  oasetaover  liabilities.... 


loe.SOO  00 

948.564  71 

86,414  69 

236,084  08 
188,678  86 

98,660  08 

46,001  U 

1.972  84 

0,4^6,280 18 


...  $6,068,683  16 
..        -871.698  17 

...  M,4aSk98«  s5 
aoeooate  Jan.  1, 


Due  depositors 

Bzeeaa  of  oosets  of  «r  UablUtles. . . « . 

Total  daMUttoo. 

SiwpiMMOtary  — Nombex  ot  open . 

1877,  9,493 :  amount  depoalted  durliig  1870,  laclud- 
lag  Intorea t  OBeiQted,  $2,226,447  86;  oaioUDt  with- 
drawn during  1876.  $2,096,762  21:  expensea  fox 
1876.  iuoinding  Kilstrtas.  •43.tl4  40 1  Iarg«at  ooaoaat 
due  anv  one  depositvr,  •xcloaive  of  latereat,  $89,- 
779  67;  average  ontoant  ofeacb  ooooaai  Jmm.  1, 1877. 
$637  68 ;  rate  of  mtexsst  paid  depoaitora  daring  1876, 
6  per  oent. 

This  bsAk  renoreed  Job.  1,  1876>  Due  depoaiten. 
(6,622,676  60;  surplnfl.  $463,190  86)  aumbec  gf 
opeoi  oeeoaata,  fl,i71. 


EAST  BIVBB  SAYXNGS  INSTrrtJTION. 

William  H.  Slocnm,  Presldant  j  OhozlM  A  WUlMr, 
Beontazj.  A*.  8  Uaomboia  atoaat^  iMMvacotod  18M. 


Boad»aBaiaosfCigw............4......  (S^eiTtSTioO 


and  of  dtles  and  towns  in  ihia  Stsfe.  4,766,4lMl 
Amount  locned  en  stocks  sa  antnotlsed  y 

bylaw»of  1«78..... SftilOQ  00 

Banking-house  and  lot,a<  cost ^46,089  77 

Cash  ou  depoalt  m  banka  or  trust  com-     / 

p»nita...„. ./     896,601  78 

Caab  onbaod ...^,...i...*..Ji        187,169  86 

Interest  dae  and  aoerued  and  preiplUm 

on  gold  6-20a .....ViZ.....        137,726  00 

Total  rMooroea ^-C. $8,246,462  fil 

XAabUUieM. 

Dae  depoaitora ..,  47.668,676  38 

Excesa  of  coat  of  atocka  over  markSt 

value. v..  12.153  11 

Excess  of  OBseu  over  llabiUtlea.........        676.734  02 

Total  habilitles $8,246,463  6.1 

Bupplementar]/. — Number  of  open  accounts  Jan.  1, 
1877.  11.987;  amount  deposited  dnrhig  1876.  in- 
cluding hitereat  credited,  $2,602,229  47 ;  amoimt 
withdrawn  daring  1876,  $2,746,649  69 ;  expenses  for 
1876,  iaolBdlug  aalarlea,  $37,867  08;  largeat  amount 
due  any  one  depositor,  exclusive  of  mterest,  $21,120; 
average'  amount  of  each  oooounf.Jan.  1,  1877, 
$630  67;  rate  of  mterest  vald  depoaitora  during 
1876,  6  per  oent.  . 

This  hank  reported  Jan.  1,  1876,  due  depositors, 
$7,7ol,993  60 ;  surplus,  $781,860  27:  number  of 
open  accounts,  11,931. 

NEW-YORK  SAVINGS  BANK. 
Bichard  H.   Bull.   President;    0-  W.   BrinokerbofT, 

8ecretar.r.    No.  81  Eighth  avenue  and  Ko.  801  Weat 

Fourteenth  street.    Incorporated  1864. 
Bttouree*. 

Bonds  and  mortgages $1,083,600  00 

Stock  Investments,  beme  bonds  of  the 
United  Btutea,  of  Michlgau.  and  of 
cities,  counties,  and  towns  of  tbia 
Ktateandof  Mew^Jersey 1,963,699  43 

Amoaut  loaned  on  stocks,  as  authonaed 
by  laws  of  1875 107,000  00 

Bankin2-houae  and  lot,  at  coat 69,160  00 

Caab  on  deposit  la  banks  or  trust  com- 
panies          169,196  28 

Cash  on  band 11,413  64 

Amount  loaned  on  collaterals  (old  gold 
com) 830  00 

Bxuesa  of  market  value  of  atock  In- 
vestments over  cost 189,146  07 

Interest  due  and  accrued 63.369  12 

Total  reaoaroea $3,686,708  42 

ZXaMMMs*. 

Due  depositors $3,105,846  46 

ExcesR  of  assets  over  liabilitlei 479,866  96 

Total  UabiUties $3,685,703  42 

Suin>lementarp, — ISumber  of  open  accounts  Jan.  1, 
1877,8,300;  amount  de^ositea  during  1876,  Includ- 
ing interest  oreUUed.  $l,6'.<il,299  67;  amount  witb- 
draarn    during    1876,    $L 545,764  56,-     expenses    for 

1876,  including  salaries,  $2U,'J24  11;  largest  amount 
due  any  one  deposUor,  eioluaiTe  of  interest,  $11,- 
270  41 ;  average  smouuc  ofeacb  acoount  Jan.  1, 1877, 
$374  20;  rate  of  interest  paid  depoaitora  diumg  1876, 
6  per  cent 

Tbis  bank  reported  Jan.  1.  1876 :  Due  depositors, 
$3,030,31136  ;  surplus,  $401,160  61;  number  of 
open  aacounta.  8,618. 

MORRI8ANIA   SAVINGS  BANK. 
Samuel  H.  Purdy.  President ;  Charles  Ii.  Boeder,  Sec- 
retary;   Third  avenne,   oppoaite  One   Hundred  and 
Poriy-alxtb  street ;  Incorporated  1868. 
Huoure**, 

Bonda  and  roortgagea $91,170  00 

stock   Investmeuts,     beine    bonds    In 

cities  snd  towns  of  tbis  State 27.128  00 

Other  real  estate  than  banking-house, 

at  cost 16,111  40 

Cash  on  deposit  in  banks  or  trust  com. 

Dunies 14.630  95 

Cash  on  hand 11.608  90 

Amcunt  loaned  on  oohaterala 11,866  66 

Other  aasets 8.7-S9  67 

Total  resotucea _  $180,l&a  66 

LiaMtitica. 

Due  Depositors ,$171,651  16 

kxcess  of  assets  over  liabilities. 8.603  51 

Total  ILiblUtiea „       $180,164  66 

Pupplementiry.  —  Number  of  'open  accounts  Jan.  1, 

1877,  1,460;  omauut  deposited  during  1876.  includ- 
lug  interest  credited.  $l.u58,U68  62;  amoaut  with- 
drawn during    1876,    $1,(150,079  78;    expenaes   for 

1876.  iucluiflug  salari4b.  $3,590  39;  largest  amount 
due  auy  one  depositor,   exoiuslva    of   Interest.  $3. 6uO; 

average  amount  ot  each  account,  Jan.1, 1877,  $117  57; 
rate  of  interest  paid  depositors  during  1876, 6  and  6 
per  cent. 

'I'bls  bank  reported  Jan.  1, 1876 1  Due  deiyOsitora, 
$103,572  31:  aurplns,  $8,62416}  aumbet  ot  open 
accounts,  1,827. 

ST,  JOHN'S  SAVINGS  BANK. 

John  y.  Traphagen,  President;  Wm.  Helkleham. 
Secretary;   Porohain;     Incorporated  1874. 

Betowett. 

Bonds  aud  Hortgagei $600  00 

Cash    ou    deposit  lu    banks    or    trust 

companies ..................  718  48 

Cash  on  hand.... 361  17 

Other  Msseta „ 1,042  90 

Total  resources -  $2,607  66 

lAabilUiet. 

Due  aepOsitora t2.640  70 

Excess  or  assets  over  llablUties 66  86 

Total  liabilities $2,6o7  6B 

Supplemtntaiy—'Haiiihot  of  uupu  ooconnts  Jan  1, 
187/.  49;   ami.nn.  deposited  during  1876.  including 

iiiteiest  crnUted.  $li,9U4  11;  amount  withdrawn 
during    187C.   «2. 288.03  ;   expenses    tor    1876,  inolnd- 

int:  snhriea,  $312  20;  largest  amount  due  any  one 
depositor,  exclusive  ot  interest.  $565:  average 
amount  of  i-ach  aeconot  Jan.  1.  1877,  $o0  76;  rate 
or  interest  paid  depoiUors  dorluK  1870.  6  i>er  cent. 

This  bank  reported,  Jan.  1,  1876  i  Due  depositors, 
$1,864  64 :  surplus,  $187,72 ;  namoei  of  open  so- 
couuta,  oO. 

GERMAN  SAVINGS  BANK,  MOBRISANIA. 

Jacob  Held,  President :  William  Hoelaud,  Secrstorr  t 
oomer  Third  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Ptfty  .eighth 
atreet. 

StM&urcu. 

'Bonda  and  mortgages tl72,760  00 

Stock  investmeuts,  being  bonds  of  the 
towns  of  tbis  State,  ana  "  other 
stocks  and  bouds" 86,881  66 

Amount  loaned  on  stocks    aa  author-    ZZ 
Izcd  by  laws  of  1875 60  00 

Banking kouse  and  lot.  accost 46,406   11 

Other  re«l  estate,  at  cost. 8.900  87 

Casb  on  deposit  lin  banks  or  trust  com- 
panies   1L076  80 

tush  on  hand 2.696  60 

Excess  of  market  value  of  stock  in- 
vestments over  Cost 8.009  46 

^terest  due  and  acpiued 18,610  12 

Total  Besouroes $360,329  00 

XXabiiUiss. 

Due  Depositors .  $299,237  79 

other  llaLlllties 89,000  00 

Excess  of  assets  over  llabUi Ues 12.091  21 

Total  LlabiliUes !...     $360,329  00 

Svpplementarv- — Number    of  open  aceonnts  Jan.  1. 

1877,  2.337 ;  amount  deposited  dunne  ls76,  Including 
intereat  credited,  $836,617  66;  amount  withdrawn 
during  1876,  $1,038,602  70;  expenses  for  1876,  in- 
eluding  salaries.  $5,051  40;  lamest  amount  due  any 
one  depositor,  exclusive  of  Inti-test,  $4,927  64 1  aver* 
age  amount  of  each  account  Jan.  1,  1877,  $l28  04} 
rate  of  interest  paid  depoaitora  during  1876,  0  psr 
cent. 

Th°  bank  reported  Jan.  1.  1 876 :  Due  depositors, 
$501,229  36:  surplus,  $11,887  62;  number  of  open 
accoimta,  2,748. 


A  BOLD  ^VRQLARY  IS  WHITE  STltBBT. 
At  6:30  o'clock  on  Friday  evening  an  officer 
ot  the  Fiftb  Precinct  Police,  while  on  patrol,  found 
open  th9  Iront  door  of  the  atore  No.  34  Whits 
street,  occupied  by  James  Wardlaw  &,  Co.,  dry 
goods  dealers.  An  examination  of  the  premiaes  was 
made,  and  It  was  found  that  a  gang  of  burglars  bad 
yiaited  and  robbed  tbe  atore.  Mr.  Wardlaw  »waa 
summoned,  and  on  looking  over  his  stock  found 
that  goods  valued  at  nearly  $3,000,  oonaisting 
chiefly  of  black  silks,  bad  been  carried  olC  The 
store  was  closed  for  the  nigbt  shortly  before  6 
o'clock,  and  it  was  apparent  that  Immediately  after  ' 
the  employes  had  lef^  the  burglars  had,  with  a 
"Jimmy,"  wrenched  off  the  padlock  from  the  front 
door,  and  entenne  the  atore  harriedly,  removed  tbe 
gooda  Irom  the  shelves  and  placed  tbem  la  an  ex- 
press wagon  which  was  In  waiting  In  front  of  the 
premises.  Tbe  removal  of  the  goods  was  effected 
ID  ao  Bvstematio  a  manner  tbat  persona  iu  the  neigb- 
borbuod  who  witnessed  the  operations  of  the  bur- 
glars paid  no  attenlian  to  tbem,  bSlievlDg  that  tbev 
were  tbe  regnlar  omDloyes  of  tbe  store  at  work 
later  than  usual.  Xbe  burglary  waa  reported  at  tne 
Central  Offlse  yesterday,  but  no  due  to  the  tblsves 
or  the  property  bas  been  obtained. 

A  TAG  BANT  SENT  TO  P BISON. 
For  a  long  time  previous  to  Thtirsday  last  a 
oriopled  boy,  named  frank ,  Heller,  f^eqnentad 
Wall  and  Broad  streets,  and  the  lower  part  of 
Broadway,  creeping  on  the  walks  in  a  painful  man- 
ner, and  by  his  deformities  exoltlng  the  sympa. 
thlea  of  passers-by,  and  thus  procuring  money. 
His  parents  were  several  times  cautioned  to  keen 
him  at  home,  but  failed  to  do  so.  Mr.  Halght^  a 
member  of  tbe  Society  for  Prevention  of  Craeltv  to 
Children,  procured  his  arrest  on  Tbursd^,  and 
Justice  Kilbreth  committed  blm  to  the  Javenile 
Asylum  as  a  vagrant.  Yesterday  he  was  again 
broaebt  before  the  Justice,  at  the  request  of  counsel 
employed  by  bla  lather,  and  arguaupat  was  made  to 
prove  tbat  tbe  cripple  was  not  a  Tagrant  and  beg. 
gar.  Mr.  Lewta  L.  Delafleld  and  B.  L.  Jenkins 
opposed  tbe  argument  on  behalf  of  the  Sooletv  for 
Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children.  Juatite  KUbrsth 
held  tbat  the  bay  was  a  beggar,  thoogh  he  nevet 
asked  for  alma,  and  oommitted  blm  to  the  cnatody 
of  the  Gommlssloners  of  Oharltles  and  Correction.    - 


CRUELTY  TO  A  H0B8B. 
An  aggravated  case  of  cruelty  to  an  animal 
was  tried  in  tbe  Oonit  of  Special  Uessloos  yester< 
day,  and  ended  in ,  the  oonvlotlon  of  tbe  person 
charged  with  the  oflbascS  On  the  aftenooa  of  Jon. 
Si  Jasob  lUeder,  a  bak«y  raaidiag  in  TremooW 
Westchester  County,  got  df  ank  aad  diove  his  kona 
at  a  furious  pace  on  Central  Avenue.  He  than  loft 
ibe  poor  Ofilnial,  Covered  with  aweat,  atondlng  In 
the  oold,  without  a  soreriaA  wktie  ks  aade  a  Rnig 
atay  in  a  hoteL  An  offloor  was  called  to  look  after 
tbe  horse.  Who  dat«nninad  to  dtiVe  the  shlVMliig 
beast  to  the  Poliee  ataSloa.  Booder,  aft«<  aona  om* 
Isss  expostulation,  jtraiped  into  the  oleigh  with  tn* 
ofiea*.  WMl«  widHBg  Tor  a  railway  Rsia  to  pass 
the  borae  dropped  dead.  A.  post-oicrtMB  •xoaahaa- 
«on  showed  that  its  d«ath  was  aaatsd  bV  a  niptare 
of  ttas  fiulmimary  artsry  ptotfassd  byottr-eastttoa. 
Baoder  was  Haad  195. 


ABBtBt  or  A  BUfFOSBD  MUSDEBXR 
BoneVf  Feb.  &<— J«ka- Monaj  waa  anwstad 
t»4aj  OB  aoaplcioa  of  tavtegeaqaa*  the  death  «f 


LAW  REPORTS, 

THE  TATLOB  ESTATE. 

CKEDITOBg  ENDEA.VOBINO  TO  OBT  A  POR- 
TION OF  THEIR  CLAIMS — A  MOTION  TO 
^ET  ABIPE  LAWTEKS'  I'EBS. 

Surrogate  Oalvin  rendlered  a  decision  yester- 
dla.y  on  the  motion  of  the  creditors  of  the  estate  of 
tbe  late  James  B.  Taylor  to  set  aside  the  allowance 
of  the  larce  claims .  of  the  lawyers'  connected  with 
tbe  case.  It  appears  tbat  among  the  claims  on  the 
estate  are  a  large  aumber  of  "  preferred  claims"  for 
services  rendered  by  lawyers,  the  payment 
of  which  would  entirely  absorb  --  tbe  estate, 
greatly  reduoed  by  shrinkage  and  mismanagement, 
and  now  only  amounting  to  about  1200,000.  Tbese 
lawyers'  claims  were  all  allowed  by  the  Beferee  of 
the  estate  some  years  ago,  but  upon  the  presenta- 
tion of  his  report  to  the  Surrogate's  Court,  the 
creditors  excepted  and  appealed  to  the  Supreme 
Court  in  TJtiea.  The  argument  on  the  exception 
Wis  beard  by  Judge  Merwin,  who  filed  a  deoialon, 
in  which  he  stated  that  he  would  not  allow  the 
large  claims  of  the  lawyers,  but  added  tbat,  though 
be  would  not  allow  them,  he  ooald  not  r^ect  them 
entirely,  owing  to  the  provisions  of  certain 
special  lawa  ailfeotmg  tbe  Surrogate's  Court  of 
the  Coimty  of  New-Yoik.  Each  lawyer  produced 
sn  order,  from  Surrogate  Hutchincs,  who  vas  in 
Qfiioe  at  this  stage  of  the  case,  directing  the  nay- 
ment  of  the  claims.  These  orders  were  held  by 
Judge  Herirl9  to  have  been  made  without  jurisdic- 
tion, but  being  obliked  to  aasame,  oniscoount  of  the 
existence  of  the  above-mentioned  special  aiatutes, 
wbich  provided  that  tbe  exception  of  want  of  Jnris- 
dlchon  should  not  be  taken  to  the  orders  of  tbe 
Surrogate  excepting  by  appeal  or  on  proceeding  be- 
tote  tbe  Surroeate  to  vacate,   set  aside,  or  open  or 

modify  the  same,  that  they  were  made  by  tbe 
authority  ot  law.  be  directed  the  Receiver  to  app|Iy 
to  Surrogate  Calvin  to  vacate  tbem,  the  time  for 
appeal  having  expired. 

Application  was  accordingly  made  to  vacate  the 
orders,  bat  wu  denied  by  Sarroeato  Calvin,  who  re- 
fused to  disturb  the  orders  of  his  predecessor. 
Henry  I..  Clinton,  Senators  Conkling  ana  Kernan, 
and  the  other  lawyers  interested  thereupon  applied 
for  a  new  order  directing  the  payment  of  their 
claims. 

In  the  meantime  the  Kew-Tork  creditors  of 
the  estate  became  convinced  of  tbe  necessity  of 
taking  steps  to  set  aside  tbe  orders  for  allowances, 
in  order  to  secure  their  interests.  Examination  of 
tbe  records  was  accordingly  instituted,  and  re- 
vealed the  fact  tbat  the  allowances  were  such  aa 
Surrogate  Hutchings  had  not  legal  authority  to 
make,  except  upon  the  final  settlement  of  the  Exec- 
utor's accounts,  anf  ilso  that  Receiver  Bentley  bad 
neglected  to  set  forth  in  bis  order  before  Snrro^tate 
Calvin  to  vacate  the  allowances  the  material  tacts 
showing  tbe  invalidlly  of  Surrogate  Hutchings'  or- 
der. At  the  conclusion  of  the  exEonlnatlon  the 
Irving  Bank  of  New-York,  one  of  the  creditors, 
made  a  ue«r  applioatlon  to  Snrrogate  Calvin  to  va- 
cate the  allowance!*,  at  the  same  Aettlog  forth  tbe 
greunda  upon  which  the  order  was  invalid.  Argu. 
ment  upon  tbe  application  was  heard  by 
Surrogate  Calviii:  on  Jan.  82.  his  decision 
bemg  rendered  yesterday.  In  the  decision  he  de- 
nied tne  applioatlon  upon  the  grounds  that  tbe 
denial  of  similar  motions  by  tbelteoelver  were  res 
atUadicata,  and  tbat  a  creditor  had  no  standing  in 
court  excepting  m  the  person  of  the  Beceiver.  The 
Irving  Bank  intends  to  appeal  from  tbe  decision, 
and  haa  given  notice  of  a  motion,  to  be  heard  bv 
Judge  MerwiB,  in  IJtica,  on  Monday  next,  that  the 
Beceiver  be  direated  to  set  forth  in  suob  new  mo- 
tion— what  he  omitted  to  do  iu  bis  previous  pro- 
oeecings — all  tbe  facta  upon  which  tbe  invalidity 
of  tbe  allo^aneea  dependa.  If  his  motion  to  ap- 
peal aball  again  be  denied  by  Surrogate  Oalvm,  the 
case  will  then  be  taken  to  the  Supreme  Court,  and, 
If  neceasory,  to  the  Court  of  Appeala. 

NON.PAYUENX  OF  aLIMONT. 

Peter  Beuter,   who  is  oonliued    in   Ludlow 

Street  Ja.l  lor  non-paymeut  of  alimony  in  divorce 

proceedings,   instituted  against  him    by   hla  wife 

Elizabeth,   was   before  Jadge  X>onohae    yesterday 

m  habeas  corpus  proceedings,  in  which  bis  discbarge 

was  oooght  on  the  -grounds  of  his  inability  to  pay 
alimony,  and  that  hu  imprisonment  was  a  mere  act 
of  malice  on  the  part  of  his  wife.  Col .  Spencer,  who 
appeared  for  Beuter,  said  that  on  the  21st  of  Jan- 
uary,   1870,    on   order   had    been    Issued   requiring 

Beatec  to  pay  |15a  week  allmooy  pending  the  issue 

of  tbe  divorce  auit,  in  wbich  no  proceedings  have 
been  bad  by  tbe  wife  to  brmg  it  to  a  conclusion,  ber 

mam  desire  being  to  keep  her  husband  in  lail.  The 

alimony  now  claimed  aa  due,  being  for  3U7  weeks, 
amounted  to  $4,605,  which  sum  It  was  imposalDle  tor 
Beuter  to  pay.  He  haid  been  confined  seven  asontbs, 
and,  in  addition  to  t^e^hargo  of  disobeying  tbe  order 
reqairing  payment  of  alimony,  he  had  been  charged 
with  abandonment.     Counsal    for  Urs.    Renter  said 

that  Renter  bod  haartiessly  abandoned  his  wife  and 
children,  had  married  again,  and  had  roamed  all  over 
the  United  Statea  and  New-Jersey.  [Laugh^ter.J 
Be  waa  an  "  artl'al  dodger,"  and  w^aa  now  playing 
a  Shrewd,  sharp  game.  He  waa  a  manufaotuiins 
)fa  weler  of  abundant  means,  and  was  now  supporting 
another  woman  and  children  bv  her.  while  be  had 
left  hia  own  wile  and  family  to  starve.  Hia  idea 
was  to  plead  poverty  and  long  impriaoDment  in  tbe 
hope  of^wortting  on  tbe  sympathy  of  the  court  and 
shearing  bis  discharge  without  being  compelled  to 
pay  tbe  alimony  due.  Judge  Sonohue  reserved  his 
decision. 


AN  ORDER  OP  ARRS:ST. 
Job6  a.  Obrigou  sent,  in  April,  1875,  an 
American  gold  draft  for  |12,000  ftom  Bogota.  South 
America,  to  Juan  C.  Se  Mior.  of  this  City,  to  pur- 
chase and  ship  to  his  order  five  silver  bars.  Tbis 
order  was  countermanded,  and  De  Mier  directed  to 
pay  himself  $1,100  out  of  the  draft  and  send  the  bal- 
anes  to  a  firm  in  Paris,  on  whom  tbe  draft  was 
drawn  at  60  dayo.  De  Mier .  accepted-  the  draft, 
drew  the  money,  and  failed,  and  in  a  suit  brought 
against  him  by  Obrigon  In  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  an  order  of  arrest  waa  procured  against  him. 
Which  t>oth  Judges  Yan  Brunt  and  Bobinaon  re- 

fuaed  to  vacate.  On  the  trial  of  the  case,, tbe 
defense  was  tbat  the  draft  waa  paid  by 
De  Mier  by  nia  aooeptanoe  of  it,  he 
being  liable  tberetor  to  the  Parisian  firm.' 
Judgment  was  given  for  Obrigon,  l)e  Mier  having 
first  moved  to  amend  the  complaint  by  strikmg  oat 
tUe  allegation  that  the  draft  was  obtained  by  him 
in  a  fiduciary  capacity.  Judge  Yan  Hoesen 
granted  tbe  motion,  holding  that  tbere  waa  no 
fiduciary  relation,  because  Obrigon  aupposed  De 
Mier  would  use  the  money,  for  by  drawing  at  60 
daya'  sight  he  gave  De  Mier  60  days  within  which 
to  inake  arrangemenia  tor  the  payment  of  tbe 
money  to  the  Parisian  firm.  He  also  charged  inter- 
est on  the  money,  which  he  would  not  have  done 
bad  he  regarded  it  as  a  special  deposit  which  De 
Mier  could  not  use.  The  case  is  remarkable,  from 
tbe  fact  that  De  Mier  ia  liable  to  be  imprisoned  ou 
an  execution  against  his  person,  (as  the  order  of 
attest  cannot  be  vacated  after  Judgment^)  notvith 
ataudmg  tbe  Judge  before  wbom  tbe  case  was- 
vied  holda  that  it  is  not  a  proper  one  for  process 
against  the  debtor's  person. 


.  LIABILITIES  OF  OOMMISSION ,  AGENTS. 
\  Felipe  Fuentes  &  Co.  shipped )  27  bales  of 
tobacco  from  Cuba  to  Jose  de  la  Boaa  Mayorga,  of 
this  City,  to  be  sold  by  him  on  their  acootmt. 
Mayorga  failed  to  remit  the  proceeds,  and  was  ar- 
rested. On  a  trial  of  th«  caae  before  Judge  Yan 
Hoesen,  in  the  Oourt  of  Uommon  Pleas,  bfe  directed 
a  verdict  for  plamtiffS,  beoaiue  the  onawer  did  not 
deny  the  allegations  of  the  complaint,  it  simply 
reciting  that  Jose  Hertemendia,  one  of  the  plain- 
tiffs' firm,  had  come  to  this  City  and  in- 
sisted on  payment,  which  had  been  .refused 
by  Mayorga  until  a^nll  adjustment  was  had,  where- 
upon Hertemendia  got  an  Inlunotlon  againat  Mayor, 
ga,  aeatroying  bla  buaineas.  A  motion  to  vacate 
the  order  of  arrest  was  denied  by  Judge  Yan  Uoe* 
aen  yeaterdav.  The  motion  waa  upon  plaintiffs' 
own  papers,   ahowiog  that    after  paying  ooinmis- 

liona  aod  charges,  defendant  was  to  pay  over  tne 
remainder,  aboat  $1,900,  which  he  refused  to  do. 
Judge  Yau  Hoesen  reJTuaed  to  vacate  the  or- 
der, saying  that  an  agent  is  at  Uberty  j^to 
show,  if  he  can,  by  tbe  previous  course  of 
dealings  between  blmseli  and  his  principal, 
or  by  other  evidence,  that  oe  was  permitted  to  use 
the  money  for  which  the  goods  were  sold,  and  that 
the  priueipal  uusted  him  in  the  belief  tbat  his 
means  would  enable  him  to  restore  whatever  he 
might  take  from  tbe  fund  received  for  the  goods. 
He  gives  the  defendant  leave  to  renew  the  motion 
to  vacate  on  affidavits,  thoagh  he  thinks  bis  ootion 
at  this  atage  of  the  case  is  without  precedent. 


A  OOXJNSBL'S  OLAIH. 
II  la  a  suit  instituted  in  1870  by  Francis  MoCot^ 
ter  against  Abraham  B.  L.  Norton  and  Cecilia  A.\ 
Norton  and  others,  the  Nortons.  after  five  yeara'  liuj 
Igation,  succeeded  in  retaining  possessltm  of  valu*, 
able  real  estate  in  Newtown.  Long  Island.  Bei^amin . 
Blankman.  who  had  lieen  tnelx  counsel,  and  who 
alleges  that  he  bad  not  -  been -j^  paid  for 
bis  aervlesa,  sned  .his  clients '^  '^'^f  recovered 
Judgment  for  13,600.'  An  appeal  was'taken.  and 
vestetdaT  a  motion  was  made  befare  Judge  Done- 
boa,  in  Supreme  Court,  Cbambota,  for  a  otay  of 
prooeedlogs  pending  tbe  appeoL  This  waa  vigor, 
•ualy  oppoMd  by  lit.  Blankman,  who  charaoterued 
it  as  aimply  an  attempt  to  hinder  him  trom  obtain* , 
ing  what  ha  had  Jiutly  earned,  he  having,  aa  he 
•lalmad«  worked  five  .years  to  raise  his  olleDU  from 
penarr  to  afflieiwfb  giTi&g  natonly  hla  piofetaional 
aervtoea,  butadvaaotngali  themonsy  xv^nlred  lor. 
,dlabuxaaaB«Bta,  Ao.    DooiswB  Trasiiiaiii  mil 

tflBB  ALDMN^BOBlNaON  OOyTBOTBRSY.m 
An  affidavit  attached  to  the  moving  papers 
m  the  ease  of  Aides  acaias*  Bogene  If.  Bobinaon 
aad  Mary  Bobinaon,  rqiortad  in  Xhb  Ims  on 
Vridoy,  was  the  s^uree  of  soma  stataments  mods 
which  did  injuatioe  to  Mr.  Daoial  G.  BlrdsalL  Tho 
aCBdavlt  in  question  was  not  shown  to  Mr.  Blrdoall. 
aad  tne  latt«r  waa  therefine  unabl*  to  reply  to  it  a* 
tbat  tuao,  though  he  did  a»  when$the  ohargea  were 
prope^lymada  Ih  aaoChat,  action  brought  by  Mr. 
▲Idea.  Haoad  others  aaiphatiaally  d«ay  tbe  truth  of 
Mr-  Ald«n'aaUesatlimaa«(aisatblm.  aodsl^ow  by  thi 
'  ^  e  BapMmd  uourt  of  OonaaoMi 


dsoMoai  of  ilw  BapMmd  uourt  of 


itnt,  an 


t 

^il>M?F*i!*§^  <M»  Mt.  Ala— '■  awlloM  fa  f- 


IjMi 


his  private  capacity  have  been  held  by  tbe  courts 
to  be  unfounded.  From  the  documentary  and  other 
svldenoa  furnished  by  Mr.  Birdsall  ii  seems  that 
tbe  latter's  only  fault  was  the  befriendiajj:  of  a  sick 
and  helpless  woman  against  her  fa£h«r. 


AN  ALABAMA  CLAIMANT  IN  XROVSLB. 
'  Several  days  ago  Baa  Marvin,  a  lawyer,  pro- 
cured  a  warrant  for  thie  arrest  of  a  man  named 
James  Mockey  on  a  charge  of  stealing  a  Uni- 
ted States  Treasury  draft  for  $920  50,  in 
wbich.  each  has  a  half  interest.  YMterday 
morning  Officer  Braisted  arrested  Maokey  at 
bis  residence,  No.  20  Chrystie  street.  In 
the  examination  before  JuDtioe  Eilbreth,  in  the 
Tombs  Police  Court,  in  tbe  afternoon,  ic  was  shown 
that  Mackey  was  one  of  the  Alabama  claimants  ; 
that  Marvin  wa*  his  lawyer,  and  tbat  tbe  draft  rep- 
resented tbe  amount  ot  the  damages  sustained  by 
Maokey  through  the  operations'  of  tbe  refbel 
pirate.  Marvin  swore  that  Maokey  transferred  to 
him  a  one-half  interest  in  tbe  draft,  and  then 
Stole  it,  in  the  United  States  Sub-Treasury,  from 
James  C.  Jewett,  Marvin's  partner.  He 
said.  In  addition,  tbat  Maokey  retamed  the  check 
to  him  before  the  warrant  of  arrest  was  executed, 
and  asked  to  be  allowed  to  withdraw  the  comDiaiirt. 
Maskey  swore  tbat  .  he  went  to  the  United 
Statea  Sub- Treasury  '  with  Mr.  Jewett,  who 
gave  him  the  draft  to  present  to  tbe 
Cashier  there  for  certification.  A  difficulty  arose 
about  his  identification  before  tbe  certification  of 
the  drafts  and  as  this  was  not  settled,  be  and  Jewett 
left  the  Snb-Treaaury  without  accomplishing  their 
errand.  Mackev  admitted  that  he  carried  away  tbe 
draft,  but  returned  it  to  Marvin  before  be  knew  a 
warrant  was  issued  for  hia  arrest.  Justice  Ell- 
Dreth  permitted  Marvin  to  with^aw  his  complaint. 

•       - 
^  A  dURIOns  WILL. 

i  The  trial  of  the  suit  brought  by  Louis  H.  F, 

d'Agniar  and  Albert  W.  P.  d'Aguiar,  to  contest  the 
will  of  Margaret  Xiouise  Cunningham,  was  begun 
before  Surrogate  Calvin  yesterday.  .  These  gentle> 
men,  who  claim  tbat  they  are  next  ot  kin  to  tbe 
testatrix,  seek  to  set  aside  tbe  wilt  on  the  ground 
that  it  was  not  properly  executed;  tbat  the  de- 
ceased was  not  competent  to  make  a  will,  and  ^hat 
its  execution  was  obtained  by  fraud,  circumvention, 
4nd  undue  influence.  Two  witnesses  testified  to 
the  execution  of  the  inatioment,  and  the 
hearing  of  the  ease  was  then  adjourned. 
The  will,  which  is  dated  May  6,  1876,  is  probably 
one  of  the  most  curious  documents  of  its  kind  ever 
filed  lu  the  Surrogate's  office.  It  is  written  partly 
in  ink  and  partly  in  lead  pencil,  tbe  handwriting 
bemg  so  imperfect  and  indistinct  as  to  be  almost 
undecipherable.  Its  provisions  are  also  so'.disjointed 
and  contused  tbat  it  would  be  almost  impossible  to 
discover  their  intention  but-  for  the  tact  that  a 
shorter  document,  written  in  a  clearer  hand,  and 
signed  by  the  testatrix,  accompanies  the  will,  evi- 
dently for  the  purpose  of  makms  it  intellitiible. 
After  disposing  of  (7,750,  the  testatrix  proceeds  to 
dispose  of  a  miscellaneous  qaantity  of  personal 
effects,  piece  by  piece,  among  a  large  number  of 
relatives,  her  desire  evidently  being  to  give  to  each 
of  the  numerous  company  some  token  of  her  affeo- 
tionate  remembrance. 


FORTY-FOURTH  CONGRESS, 


KINGS  COUNTY  SURROGATE'S  COURT. 

The  following  is  a  record  of  the  business  tran- 
sacted 111  tbe  Kmga  County  Surrogate's  OoorC,  dur- 
ing the  past  week,  before  Hon.  W.  L.  Livingston, 
Surrogate : 

Wills  .  Proved— Dennis  Eourke,  <  Conrad  %  B. 
Schmidt,' Johannes  Deininser,  Moses  A.  Baldwin, 
Stephen  Conover.  •  Louisa  L.  t  Hoag.  Ellen  Coxe, 
Sarah  Sibell,  Charles  Parker,  and  Christopher  Tap- 
pan,  all  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn.  Letters  of  adrain- 
istration  were  panted  in  tbe  estates  of  tbe  follow- 
ing nsmed  decease'l  persons,  viz. :  Esther  Jane 
Martenoe,  of  tbe  town  of  Flatbmh  ;  Sasan  A  X^iog, 
of  Randolph,  Morris  County,  K.  J.;  Bridget  Rogers, 
Eliza  Davis,  (formerly  £llza  McQuald,)  Charles  A 
Wlgems,  Luke  McQueeney,  Owen  McMahqn,  John 
Cszalet,  Jr.,  John  M.  Hall,  Jr.,  Eva  A.  Welton.j 
(formerly  Eva  A.  Yose,)  Elisabeth  Hook,  Mary  E.  i 
Behnke,  Louisa  Kaiser,  Ann  A.Tice,  John  H.  Pope,': 
and  Nannie  B.  Pollard,  all  of  the  Ciiy  of  Brooklyn.'; 
Letters  of  gnardiaoship  of  tbe  persoa  ;and  estates 
Of  WiUtam  Y,  Myers,  Mary  S.  Myers,  Bobert  W. 
Myers,  David  W.  Myers,  and  Emma  J.  Myers  were 

granted  to  John  f.  Myers,- of  the  to^wn  of  fl'ew-liots; 
of  M.  Thompson  Xiovett  and  Louisa  P.  Lovett,  to 
Sarah  T.  Lovect,  ol  the  City  of  Brooklyn. 


A  MVRDE&OVS  TOUTB. 

A  youth  named  Patrick  H.  Chnstj,  in  the 
Court  of  Special  Sessions  yesterday,  charged  a 
boy  named  Patrick  liloran  with  having  pushed  blm 

into  the  East  Birer  from  pier  Ifo.  27.    Christy  is 

the  ,  son  of  a  stevedore,  and  Moran 
waa  -  employed  on  the  pier  "  to  /drive  a 
borse '  attached  to  a  hoisting  apparatus. '  They  be- 
came engaged  in  an  altercation,  bat  ceased  to 
wrangle  before  either  was  Iniured.'  A  short  time 
afterward  Christy  stood  upon  the  string-piece  of 
tbe  dock  to  got  a  good  view  of  some  operations  on 
the  Brooklyn  bridge,  when  Moran  crept  up  behind 
and  poshed  him   into   the  river.    He   fell  between 

tbe  dock  and  a  boat,  and  'would  have  been  drowned 
had  he  not  been  a  good  swimmer.  Tbe  evidence 
Showed  tbat  Moran  bad  acted  in  a  very  malioions 
manner,  and  be  was  sent  to  tbe  House  of  Befttge  to 
remain  six  years,  until  he  is  21  years  of  age. 


,   IHE  STATE  iCOUBIS  FOB  FEBRUARY. 

The  February  Term  of  the  State  courts  opens 
to-morrow.  .  In    tbe   Supreme  Court  Judge  Yau 

Yorsfc  will  hold  Special  Term:.  Judge  Donohue, . 
Part  L  and  Oyer  and  Terminer  ;  Judge  Lawrence, 
Part  IL,  and  Judge  Yan  Brunt.  Part  IIL  In  the 
Superior  Court  Judge  Sedgwick  will  hold  Special 
Term.  Judge  Snelr,  Part  I. ;  Judge  Freedman,  Part 
II.,  and  Chief  Justice  Cur  ds.  Part  XXL  Iji  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas  Jadge  Robinson  will  «it 
in  the  Equity  Term ;  .Judge  Yan  Hoesen  in  Part 
I.,  Judge  Larretnore  in  Part  IL,  and  Judge  J.  F. 
Daly  in  Part  m.  In  tbe  Marine  Court,  Judges 
Alker,  Goepp,  and  Sinnott  wiU  bold,  respectively, 
fansL,  n.,  undin. 


. ,  DECISIONS. 

BUFBBME  count — CHAUBEBS. 
Held  by  Donohue.  J. 

Oran««A— Williams  vs.  Graham,  Mason  vs.  McCaf 
ferty ;  Teller  vs.  Wise.  Qtiinnaraea  vs.  GuiiBenbauser; 
Matter  of  Moore  et  aL;  Miller  vs.  Ferlj  The  BUven  OU 
Company  va.  The  Union  Petroleum  Company ;  Smith 
vs.  Marl  In,  and  The  MetropoUtan  Savlnga  Bank  vai 
CoBtigan. 

'MotUmt  Dented! —Blankenn  va  Morton  and  Zyohliniki 
vs.  Shiereck. 

JSatUr  of  Soli, — Motion  deoiea.    Memorandum. 

£a«in  vs.  Amrnxdovyn. — Motion   denied,  witbont  oests... 
V  Matter  o/lieuter. — Motiuu  to  discharge  deided. 
f  Schuyler  vm.    h'ood — Motion  granted.    Memorandum. 
i  Smith  vs.  Sweeny. — Undertaking  approved. 
7.  Palmer  ve.  Day. —Petition  not  signed. 
■','  Earl  vs.  Byrne.  <*&— Oroer  granted. 

Marsh  vs.  MarsK — ^o  appeal  haa  been  takeiL  I  have . 
nothing  to  act  on  and  taxation  must  be  affirmed. 

The  Union  Dime  Savings  Institution  vs.  Stillwell. — Petl. 
tlou  neither  shows  the  fact  as  tu  whether  the  infant 
bas  a  general  guardian,  or  whether  he  bas  been  ap-. 
pointed  III  tbia  case.  ' 

Leet  vs.  T?ie  Equitable  Life  Assurance  i!Jocl<(]/.— Substltu- 
tlou  granted  on  plaintiff's  filing  a  stipulatiou  that  the 
attorney  shall  b%ve  a  lien  on  whatever  ia  reoovered  to 
what  shall  be  found  due  him.  a 

By  Judge  iMrremore. 

Orders  granted. — Watson  vs.  The  New-Torkand  Har- 
lem Transportation  Company  and  Alden  A  Robinson 
ttal. 

McDonald  v«  I>av{«.— Stay.contmued.  (See  memoran. 
Cum.) 

,  Matter  of  the  American  Han(Ppegging  Machine  Company. 
'■'—No  authority  for  allowing  tbe  Beceiver  in  this  case 
any  other  commissions  than  such  aa  are  allowed  to 
Executors  or  Admiuistratora.  (See  3  B.  S.,  p.  75ft,  aeo. 
91 1  3  it.  &.  p.  101.  sec.  71.)  The  order  should  be 
drawn  lu  conformity  with  these  views. 

BUFBBMB  COOBT— 3FECIAI.  TXBlt. 
'By  Judge  Lawrence, 
f  Bemhtimer  vi.  Willis  et  aL— Order  as  settled. 
'   Vanderhoe/va.  Tucker.  <to,— Order  settled.    Issues  t« 
be  tried  by  a  jury. 

The  Hebrevo  Benevolent  Orphan  .Asylum  Society  vs.  Th* 
Mayor,  <£«.— Case  and  amendments  as  settled. 

Long  vs.  The  Mayor.  Jko. — Judgment  in  fbvor  of  de- 
fendants upon  the  demurrer,  with  costs.  See  mem- 
orandum. 

Bolliomaen  vs.  JZotiioa^en.— Demurrer  overruled,  with 
costs,   Bee  memuraudum. 

BDFBBIOB  COUBT— sSFKOIAI.  TKBU. 

Bv  Judge  Sedffwich 
Duan*  tt  al  vt.  Lindiati,  iC&— Findings  settled  and 
signed. 

By  Judge  Speir. 

Keiley,J<te.,  vs.  J>iM«7>{)vrv.— Order  vacating  warrant 

grnnted  under  act  of  1881,  and  denyug  motion  for  ra< 

argument,      f 

Van  orden  «s.-^lI<r(on. — Order  denying  motion,  witb^ 
$1U  costs.  * 

Boberts  vs.  London  etat — Judgment  of  tbreolosure. 

Maiming  vi.  fiMm.— Order  aathoriolng  Receiver  to  sue,  ■ 
fcc. 

MABINB  CX)UBT — CHAMBBBS. 
By  Judge  McAdam. 

Optniotw  FVIed.— Globe  Stationery  ^Company  vs.  Oer- 
telj  Dupuvvs.  Bhotwell.  -v      x 

Jones  tu.  .Anderson.— JudcmenVi for- plaintiff  as  pec 
opinion  filed. 

Motions   (fronted. — Junker  vs. .  Oerhold:    Tilsoa'va. 
Hathot;  Brox  vs  Uumbolot  Iron  WorkS}  Qrandla  vs. 
Eubensteln;  Bird  vs.  Bhlera. 
[.  Ahem  V*.  StoutentturgK — Beoeiver  appointed. 
'   IToriU  vs.  fotoakL— AttaohoMnt  ogamat  persoa  al«v 

,    flaiMerv*.  Itfay.— (Two  casea)— Orders  of  arrest  va- 
cated oonditionallT. 
t,  Loomis  ««.  David. — Stay  vaoated. 
S  Weeks  vs.  IrfeMmsfeta.— Ii\}unotloa  vacated. 
•1  Steuben  tu.  Hooa-^Complaint  dismissed  conditionally. 
ft  Dtgraf  vs.  JSiosi.— Order  to  Controller  to  pay  trrve.. 

grantecL 

t     WoV  ve.  Orav. — Action. 

^  D^otttta— Albany  Brewing  Comuany  vs.  .  Atrldge 
'Braiatedvs.Iiyoa;  Bastings  vs.  Grant |  Wahsadurn»; 
J  vs.  Oumbreoht;  Flecks  va  Wood.  -j 

\  Dwitor  vs.  Delmv. — Order  of  refereno*  granted.  \  i. 

P  Orders  Oraottd.— Perry  va.  Boaaert;  booka  va.  AUeuf 

Pay  vs.  Qordon;  Simon  vs.  Mootteyi    Shepperd  vs.' 

Wbasleri    Solomon  va    Klesani    Bloomingcule    va.\ 

Sngletti  Hoyer  vs.  Levyi  Btnber  vs.  flohwarta;  Hsppev 

vaTkrone;  Irwin  va.  ZyobliaakL  ^ 

'     WtUhamttr  vs.  BryeML'—A.  Barton  BasKhvASsa.^  ap>- 

polnted  BeoaiTsr. 
iVMitsiM  M.  JHedber^.— notion  daaled. 

qUBMB  "  XEFOBU."  \ 
'  The  Albany  Time*  (Demooratio)  sayi  m  lu^ 

iaaue  of   the  lat   ioat.  r  ■  "  Ic    would   appear   that 
since  the  offioLU  term  of  Meaars.   7airohUd  and« 
Bigelow,    two  of  the  Commisalonera  of  the  Canal'' 
JTond,  that  the  State  has  lost  #100,000  through  theitr 
negleot  to  see  tbat   the  law  was  oomplied  with,' 
which  requtres  that  the    money    received  from 
tolls  shall  be  aeourely  invested  for  th*  banoAt  o( 
th*  adnkinK  fond.    Surety  this  iafuot  "kafomL**  aa 
ias-payara ondststaad  tiiat  tcm,  and,  as  tbiDanrv. 
oOTad^JwtydMiMttAfc^tlMxvariUkooUlbMBiws  ietv^ 
itfitiiailr^  liiibTaaajBf 


SECOND  SESSION Feb.  3. 

StJMMAEY  OF  UHE  DAY'S  PROCEEDINGS. 
The  Senate  was  not  in  session  until  alter  12 
o'clock  noon,  and  but  little  business  was  transacted. 
The  credentialaof  HomHenry  Gr.  Davis  and  Hon.  Al- 
vin  Sanndera,  aa  Senators  elect  from  'West  Yirginia 
aod  Kebraska  respectively,  were  presented.  Mr, 
Christiancy  presented  a  bill  to  provide  for  a  pul> 
lication  of  a  new  edition  of  the  Bevised  Statutes. 
ill.  Hamlin  oresented  certain  amendments  to  thi 
Post  Office' Appropriation  bill.  Some  other  uoim 
poriant  business  was  transacted,  and  a  recess  was 
taken  until  Monday. 

>  In  the  House,  the  Legislative,  Judicial,  and  Ex- 
ecutive Appropriation  bill  was  acted  upon  in  Com' 
mittee  of  tbe  Whole,  and  then  passed  by  the  House. 
An  attempt  to  fix  tbe  President's  salary  at  $57,000 
was  defeated.  ■  A  Message  from  the  President  on 
the  financial  question  was  presented  and  referred, 
after  which  the  House  took  a  recess  till  Monday. 

SENATE.  ' 

*  The  recess  ordered  yesterday  having  expireA 
at  10  o'clock  this  morning,  the  Senate  reassembled 
at  that  hour,  with  but  a  few  Senators  nresent,  and 
immediately  took  another  recess  until  12  o'clock  M 
SENATOBIAX  CBEDESTIAX3  Fli««B^£0. 

'  Upon  reassembling  at  noon  theCHAiB  laid  b«ron 

the  Senate  tbe  credentials  of  Hon.  Henry  G.  Da  via, 
re-elected  United  States  Senator  from,  the  Stats  ol 
West  Yirgima  for  six  years  trom  March  4, 1877. 

Mr.  Paddock,  of^Neoraska,  presented  the  era 
dentials  of  Hon.  Alvln  Sannaers,  elected  United 
States  Senator  from  the  State  of  JSTebraska   lor    all 

years  from  March  4,  1877,  to  sacoeed  Mr.  Hitch 
cock. 

Mr.  Cheistianct,  of  Michigan,  reported  from  the 
Committee  on 'the  Revision  of  the  .  Laws  a  Dill  to 
provide  for  the  preparation  and  DUblication  of  a  ne\« 

edition  of  tbe  Kevised  Statutes  of  the  United  States. 

Placed  on  the  calendar. 

Mr.  Whttb.  of  Mai'vland,  presented  a  resolntion 
of  tbe  first  branch  of  tbe  City  Council  of  Baliimore, 
Md.,  asking  tbe  passage  of  a  law  for  tbe  removal  oi 
Port  Carroll,  Baltimore  Harbor,  it  beine  an  obstruo 
to  the '  commerce  ot  Baltimore.  Referred  to  tbe 
Committee  on  Commerce. 

THB  POBUO  PBIJfTIKO. 

''  Mr.  AVTRONr,  of  Rhode  Island,  submitted  a  reso. 
lution  instruotmg  tbe  Committee  on  Appropriations 
to  report  a  bill  makmg  appropriations  for  the  sup- 
port of  the  Government  printing  office.  He  8sid  be 
had  been  informed  bv  the  Public  Printer  tbat  the 
appropriation  fur  printing  was  nearly  exhausted, 
with  the  exception  of  that  for  printing  the  Record, 
and  unless  an  aporopriation  should  soon  be  made  it 
would  be  impossible  for  him  to  execute  tbe  work 
ordered.  Th6  resolution  was  referred  to  the  Com- 
mittee on  Appropriations. 

THE  POST  OFFICE  APPEOFEIATION  B1I.I. 

Mr.  HAMLDr,.  of  Maine,  j^  submitted  amend, 
meuts  to  the  Post  Office  *  Appropriation  bill 
fur  tbe  .  fiscal  year  ending  Jane  30, 
1873,  aa  '  lollows :  Appropriating  fSOO.OOu 
out  of  any  money  m  the  Treasury  not  otherwise 
appropriated  to  enabla  tbe  Postmaster  General  to 
continue  the  steam-ship  mail  service  botwoeu  San 
Prancisco,  Japan,  and  China  for  one  year,  and 
autnorizlng  that  officer  to  contract  with  the  Pacifis 
Mail  Steam-ship  Company  upon  the  terms  soecifled 
under  the  act  of  Feb.  17,*i8G5,  and  Feb.  18.  1867.  for 
transporting  a  monthly  mail  from  San  Praacisco, 
Japan,  and  China,  upon  tbe  same  terms  and  condi- 
tions as  mentioned  in  tbat  act,  so  far  as  uuplicable; 
also,  apnropriating  1250,000  from  the  revenues  of  the 
Post  Office  Department  to  enable  tbe  Pobtmaater 
General  to  obtain  proper  facilities  from  tbe  great 
trunk  lines  of  railroads  for  the  railway  Post  office 
service  during  the  fiscal  vear  ending  June  30,  1«73; 
also,  appropriating  |10,000  to  enable  the  cominia- 
ston  appointed  last  year  to  exaSaiQe  into  tbe  sub- 
ject of  the  transportation.of  the  nmls  by  railroad 
companies..  &c.,  to  continue  and  complete  its  work, 
all  of  whioh  were  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Ap« 
proprlatlona. 

A  RECESS  TA££K. 

The  Senate  then  resumed  consideration  of  ths 
unflnisliea  bnaineaa,  being    the    bill    to    amend  tbe 

Pacifio  lUilruad  acts,  so  as  to  create  a  sinking  fund 
for  the  liquidation  of  inaebtedness  due  tbe  Govern, 
ment  by  the  Pacific  Hatlruad  companies.  Pend- 
ing discussion,  at  1:10  o'clock,  on  motion  of  Mr. 
Wright,  the  Senate   went  into    executive  session, 

and  when  the  doors  were  reopened  a  recesa  wai 
taken  until  10  o'clock  on 'Monday. 


HOXTSB  OF  KEPBESENTATIVES. 

The  House  met  at  10  o'clock,  and,  after  Bom% 
delay,  went  into  .Cuminittee  of  the  Whol*  (Mi. 
Rest^a.11,  of  Texas,  m  tne  chair)  on  the  Legialative, 
Judicial,  and  Executive  Appropriation  bilL  Aftet 
having  disposed  ot  ttie  bill  the  oommittoe  rose  and 
reported  it  to  the  Honse. 

THE  LEGISLATIVB  APPBOPRIAHON   BILL. 

~  Mr.    Cox,    of  New-York,  attempted  to  offer  aa 

amendment  striking  out  the  pKratn-aph  wbicb  re- 
quires tbat  the  pAutins  and  entrraving  to  be  done 
to^  tbe  Internal  Hevenoe  Department  shall  be  dons 
in  the  bureau  of  engraving  and  printing  of  the 
Treasury.  Deportment,  bm  it  was  ruled  not  in 
order. 

Tbefirst  vote  taken  was  on  the  amendment  flxine 
the  salary  of  Senators  at  65,000,  and  it  was  agreed 
to.  Alao  like  amendments  in  regard  to  tbe  salary 
of  members.  The  amendment  increasing  the  com- 
pensation of  the  President  to  |30,OOU  was  defeated— 
yeas,  47  ;  nays,  126.    Tbe  bill  was  then  passed. 

Mr.  Eliss,  or  New- York,  presented  a  memorial  of 
many  eminent  citizens  of  Brooklyn,  asking  for  an 
appropriation  for  a  monument  over  tbe  remains  of 
the  viCbims  of  British  cruelty  on  board  the  prison- 
ships  in  Kew-Xork  harbor  during  tbe'  Aevolutionary 
war. 

The  Speakeb  laid  before  the  House  a  Message 
from  the  Piesident  [printed  in  full  elaewherej  on 
the  financial  qnestion,  which  was  referred  to  tL« 
Committee  ou  Ways  and  Means, 

A  recess  was  then  taken  until  10  o'clock  on  Moiv 
day. 

ARMS  FOR  TRE  CUBAN  PATRIOTS. 
-  The  schooner  Boome,  Capt.  Von  Glum,  it  is 
currently  reported,  has  set  sail  for  Cuba  with  a  fall 
cargo  of  arms  and  ammnnltioa  for  the  use  of  the 
Cuban  Army.  So  far  as  can  be  ascertained,  the  ves- 
sel cleared  from  New-London  with  a  ceneral  cargo 
for  some  port  in  South  Carolina,  bat  after  leavinii 
New-Bedford  steered  direct  for  the  vicinity  of  New- 
York,  casting  anchor  somewhere  off  the  eastern 
shore,  where  she  awaited  the  expected  saoplies  of 
arms.  These,  it  has  leaked  out,  were  taken  to  her 
in  small  l>oats  during  the  niffhta  of  the  past  10  days, 
and  included  10,000  Remington  rifies,  (improved) 
60,U0O  cartridges,  a  number  of  pistols,  blankets, 
knapsacks,  &c.  The  rifies  were  in  pieces,  packed 
in  fiuur  barrels,  tbe  pistols  were  secured  from  ob- 
servation in  soap  boxes,  .  and  the  othei 
articles  were  concealed  lu  ^  a  like  manner. 
Tbe  affair  has  been  kept  particularly  silent,  and 
some  prominent  Cabana  when  apDroaobed  on  the 
snbieoc  declared  that  they  really  knew  noibiag  ot 
the  matter.  This  expedition  is  said  to  be  an  off- 
shoot of  one  which  waa  organized  some  two  montbd 
ago.  At  tbat  time  application  was  made  by  a  well. 
koown  Cubaa  to  a  prominent  shipping  firm  in  Old 
Shp  for  tbe  charter  of  a  scjiooner.  Some  hitch  oc- 
curred in  the  busiuess  arrangement  when  the  great, 
erpartoftbe  cargo  had  beeu  embarked,  and  th< 
cases  were  relanded  and  the  expedition  given  up. 

TME  COMING  EXECUTION  IN  NEWARK. 
<  Sheriff  Harrison,  of  Essex  .'County,  N.  J.,  ia 
actively  engaged  in  making  preparations  for  the 
execution  at  Newark  on  Friday  next  of  Oschwald 
and  Syan,  the  muiderera  of  Officer  Brook.  Tbe 
gallows  was  erected  ou  Thursday  in  the  County 
Jaih  The  upright  beams  are  14  feet  high.  Tne 
ropes  with  which  the  murderers  are  to  be  hanged 
pass  over  two  pulleys  attached  to  the  crossbeam, 
and  thence  following  one  of  the  nprtgbts  to  th« 
fioor  of  the  tail,  are  attached  to  aeveral  weights,  ai!- 
gregating  800  pounds.  Tbe  weights  are  suspeu  ioi 
by  a  clevis  attached  to  a  lever,  sorung  by  a  treadle. 
Tbe  release   of  the  lever   will   unfasten  toe  clevis, 

and  tbe  weights  will  tall  six  feet.  The  gallows  wat 
constructed  by  J.  Van  Hise,  who  nrepared  that,  oa 
which  Bridget  Dargan  was  hanged  at  New-Brons- 
wlcK  and  Bocts  at  Newark.  Its  strength  was  teated 
several  times  ou  Prlday  night,  aad  tbe  resultn  be- 
ing satisfactor.y,  il  was  taken  down,  and  will  ba 
erected  again  ou  Thursday  morning.  Judge  Depue 
haa  directed  that  none  but  the  uecessarv  officers, 
county  officials,  end  members  of  the  press  shall  be 
present  at  tbe  execution.  Sheriff  Harrison  has  been 
beset  with  applicants  of  all  scationa  ana  callings  for 
passes,  but  has  been  obliged  to  retuse  them  all.  O-is 
of  tbe  most  important  of  the  applicants  waa  a  cler- 
gyman, who  wanted  to  witness  the  execution  iu 
order  tbat  he  might  the  more  effectively  refer  to  it 
in  his  sermon  on  Sunday  ne  xt. 


0  UUEDEBOUS  ASS  A  ULT  BY  A  LUNATia 
?  Last  evening  while  .Train  Messenger  Gcorgi 
S.  CatUn  was  passing  i  through ,  the  Pennsylvania 
Bailroad  Depot,  at  Jersey  City,  a  man  whose  eocen- 
trlo  conduct  had  :  previoualy  >  attracted  attention, 
wolbed  up  to  him.  and  ^  presenting  a  pistol  at  hia 
head,  drew  the  trigger.  '  The  weapon  failed  to  ex- 
plode, and  he  wasseized  aad  taken  to  tbe  station- 
house.  He  gave  bis  name  ^^  George  North,  and 
sold  tbat  he  was  apreaener  resialng  in  Sing  Sing.  N. 
7.  Soon  after  being  placed  in  a  cell  he  was  discov- 
ered hanging  to  the  cell  door.  ^  He  was  cut  down, 
but  less  tban  an  hour  later  was  detected  in  a  eeoond 
attempt  at  suicide  by  etrangUng  himself  with  Ills 
pocket  handkerchief.'  He  was  handcuffed,  and  i 
watoh  wa«  kept  on  him  during  the  nigbu  The  mo> 
tlvs  for  his  attempt  to  murder  the  traio  agent  di« 
not  tcaaspiM,  but  he  is  thought  to  be  erasy. 

1  .  MUNICIPAL  REFORM. 
X  The  «ab-oommittee  of  citizens  appointed  by 
,Kiw  WUliam  A.,JBooth,  ^Jost  after  the  conferenoe  of 
leadfatgoitlsens; with.* the  Mayor  and  Controller, 
met  last  evenine  In  Municipal  Hall,  No.  67  Madloon 
aveane.  Hr.  Howard  Potter,  the  Chairman  of  the 
aub^wmmltte^  Mayor  Bly,  Mr.  Jockaou  S.  Sobults, 
Mr.  Dorman  B.  Batan,  Mr.  Henry  I*.  Spauldlng, 
Mr,  Cbarlee  Si  Smith,  Mr.  John  Jay,  and  sevaiii 
other  members  of  the  committee  were  oresenti 
^he  aaatUuK,  whlon  lasted  for  tbxee  boon,  was  • 
nrtyate  «b«,  tbe  aaembors  of  the  eommittee  afWf< 
■fatA  deolbdnc  to  fntniob  any*  of  th*  prooeadlngi 
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The  President's  Message  to  Congress  on 
the  resninption  of  specie  payments  is,  for 
the  most  part,  able,  practical,  and  timely. 
It  points  out,  as  has  been  frequently  done  in 
these  columns,  that  the  present  time  is  sin- 
gularly propitious  for  the  passage  of  legis- 
lation;  designed  to  make  United  States 
aot«Js  equal  to  their  face  value  in  coin. 
The  method  proposed  is  the  very 
aimple  and  effective  one  which  The  Times 
has  advocated  for  years,  viz.,  the  funding  of 
that  portion  of  our  paper  money  which 
cannot  find  profitable  employment,  and 
whose  existence  is  the  most  potent  factor 
in  the  depreciation  of  all  the  legal-tender 
circulation.  The  President  recommends 
t'je  immediate  passage  of  a  bill  au- 
rthori^ing  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
to  issue  4  per  cent  bonds  with 
40  years  to  run  before  maturity,  which 
bonds  are  to  be  exchanged  for  legal-tender 
notes  whenever  presented  in  sums  of  §50 
ox  any  multiple  thereof.  The  amountof  the 
proposed  issue  of  these  bonds  is  restricted 
to  §150,000,000,  and  it  is  recommended 
that  they  be  made  available  for  deposit  in 
the  United  States  Treasury  by  national 
ba/aks,  in  the  samo  way  ■  as  bonds  bearing  a 
Mgher  rate  of  interest'. 


There  are  two  points  in  the  Message  which 
may  tend  to  impair  its  otherwise  good  ef- 
fect. The  one  is  the  hint  that  by  keeping 
coin  and  bullion  at  home  and  thus  adding 
the  coin  of  the  country  to  the  circulating 
medium,  we  sboold  secure  "a  healthy 
'inflation'  of  a  sound  currency,  to 
tbfe  great  advantage  of  every  legitimate 
business  interest."  If  this  point  has  any 
meaning  at  all  it  is  a  weak  attempt  to  gild 
the  piU  ot  a  practical  measure  of  resumption 
BO  as  to  make,  it  more  palatable  to  the  advo- 
L'ates  of  an  increased  volume  of 
paper  money.  It  is  obvious  that 
coin  will  not  circulate  side  by  side  with 
T)aper  money  so  long  as  the  ainoanfc  of  paper 

in  circulation  is  redundant,  and  it  is  equally 

obvious  that  it  ia  only  when  the  increased 
magnitude  of  business  transactions  calls  for 
the  U9e>of  a  larger  amount  of  the  circulating 
xnediatD  than  can  be  furnished  by  the  notes 
left  crutstanding  that  coin  will  enter,  to  any 
appreciable  amount,  into  the  ordinary  trans- 
acfcions  of  busiziess.  There  can  be  no  special 
oVijection  to  the  President  calling  such  a 
process  a  healthy  inflation  of  the  currency, 

H)nly  he  ehoold  have  been  more  careful  to 
gnard  his  meaning  against  misapprehen- 
sioij,  and  he  should  have  been  above  the 
ap/)earance  of  throwing  a  delusive  sop  to 
p^iople  whose  opposition  may  be  counted  on 
*n  advance. 


The  other  objectionable  point  in  the  Mes- 
sage is  the  recommendation  tljat  the  limita- 
tion of  the  issue  of  subsidiary  silver  coin 
and  fractional  currency  to  $50,000,000  should 
be  removed.  That  would  be  anything  but  a 
healthy  inflation  of  the  currency,  since  it 
"Would  simply  mean  the  introduction  of  a 
debased  coinage,  to  drive  out,  to  an  extent 
proportioned  to  the  amount  of  its  issue  and 
the  channels  opened  for  its  use,  the  more 
valuable  descriutions  of  money.  It  is  of 
lithe  very  essence  of  a  subsidiary  coinage 
that  the  amount  of  its  issue  should  be 
strictly  limited,  and  if  the  President  be- 
lieves that  the  country  can  advantageously 
use  more  than  fifty  millions  of  silver  change, 
he  ought  to  have  stated  how  much 
more.  A  bald,  recommendation  for  the  re- 
peal of  the  existing  limitation  of  the  volume 
of  subsidiary  coin  is  merely  au  eneourage- 
rnent  to  the  schemes  of  the  Silver  Ring — a 
move  to  open  the  flood-gates  of  inflation 
with  one  hand,  while  shutting  them  down 
with  the  other.  "We  fear  there  is  but  a 
Blender  prospect  of  any  action  being 
taken  by  the  present  Congress  in  the  line 
of  the  President's  main  recommendation, 
and  it  is,  unfortunately,  true  that  if  the 
Message  were  acted  on,  the  hint  about 
silver  would  receive  a  very  liberal  construc- 
tion in  both  houses.  However  ardently 
tlie  frienda  of  resumption  may  desire  a 
funding  bill,  they  certainly  do  not  want  it 
*if  saddled  with  any  of  the  projects  of 
silver  inflation  which  lie  between  an  adhe- 
sion to  the  use  of  that  metal  as  a  strictly 
subsidiary  coinage  and  its  use  as  an  unlim- 
ited legal-tender. 


counsel  yesteMay  that  the  hopes  of  their 
party  are  centred  on  the  chance  of  counting 
the  Electoral  vote  of  Florida  fbr  TiL- 
DEN,  and  that  they  have  very  little 
expectation  of  being  allowed  to  ,go  behind 
the  vote  of  a  State  when  the  legally -consti- 
tuted authorities  of  that  State  have  never 
called  the  vote  in  question.      Their  reliance 

upon  the  Florida  case  consists  in  the  fact 
that,  the  newly-elected  State  Government 
of  Florida  did  attempt  to  invalidate  the 
decision    arrived   at   in  regard      to    the 

Electoral      vote,        and      that,      therefore, 

the  Commission  may  fairly  be  called  on  to 
decide  between  two  contradictory  utter- 
ances of  the  voice  of  the  State.  To 
this  argument  the  Republican  reply 
is  that  the  legally-constituted  Electors 
placed  on  record  a  certain  decision  on  the 
day  prescribed  in  the  Constitution  and  in 
accordance  with  the  laws  of  the  State. 
That  decision  could  not  possibly  be  revoked 
by  any  State  authority,  and  is,  therefore,  on 
the  theory  of  the  Democrats  themselves, 
not  reviewable  by  any  authority  derived 
from  Congress. 


The  simple  question  to  be  decided  by  the 
Uleotoral    Commission   is,    who   were  the 
legally-appointed  Electors  of  the  State  of 
^Floiida  on  the  6th  of  December  last.    It  is 
jfAain.  £K>m.  the  arguments  of  Deauxsratie . 


David  Dcdlry  Field's'  committee  made 
a  characteristic  exhibition  of  partisan  spite 
yesterday.  A  letter  was  produced  which 
ex-Gov.  Wells,  of  Louisiana,  had  intrusted' 
to  Maddox  for  delivery  to  Senator  West, 
but  which  Maddox  had  never  de- 
livered. Compared  with  some  of  the 
Hewitt-Pelton  series  of  Oregon  telegrams, 
the  letter  is  a  very  innocent  production, 
and,  in  any  case,  its  writer  was  entitled  to 
be  heard  in  explanation  of  its  meaning. 
Mr.  Weixs  was  equally  entitled  to  a  hear- 
ing in  regard  to  the  assertions  which  a 
very  scurvy  set  of  rascals  in  Dem- 
ocratic pay  had  made  against  him. 
With  the  shallow  cunning  of  a  Tombs 
shyster,  the  counselor  of  the  Erie  swin- 
dlers thought  otherwise,  and  the  Democrats 
on  the  committee,  as  usual,  agreed  with 
him.  So  the  Chairman  of  the  Louisiana 
Returning  Board  was  not  only  denied  a 
hearing  in  his  own  defense,  but  he  was  also 
refused  the  slender  privilege  of  having  that 
refusal  placed  upon  the  record  of  the  com- 
mittee. 


MR.  TTLDE2f'S  ''HtFOIiM"  TACTICS. 
It  is  as  tair  to  judge  a  man  by  the  agents 
he  employs  as  by  the  company  Le  keeps. 
Find  a  man  who  employs  notorious  scoun- 
drels, with  a  fall  knowledge  of  their  charac- 
ter, and  gathers  about  him  for  the  purposes 
of  his  business  outcasts  and  adventurers  of 
every  degree,  and  you  estimate  him  at  once 
as  unprincipled  and  as  governed  by  no 
scruples  save  those  which  the  law  en- 
forces. He  may  stand  at  the  street  cor- 
ners and  cry  aloud  for  reform, 
but  you  know  that  he  is  a 
hypocrite  and  not  to  be  trusted  in  any  pub- 
lic or  business  relations.  Mr.  Tilden  be- 
longs to  this  class.  The  standard  of  his 
own  character  as  a  perjured  tax-payer,  as  a 
faithless  trustee,  as  a  scheming,  unscru- 
pulous politician,  determined  the  character 
of  the  persons  he  gathered  about  him  to 
buy  and  cheat  his  way  into  the  Presidency. 
A  regiment  of  bummers.  oflBcered  by  ex- 
Senator  GwiN  and  Mr.  Coylk,  of  Washing- 
ton, guarded  his  interests  at  St.  Louis.  Mr. 
Hkwitt  was  his  conscience-keeper  in 
New-York.  Mr.  Smith  M.  Weed  held 
a  roving  commission,  and  wandered 
about,  under  various  names,  using  the 
Tilden  cash  where  it  would  do  the  most 
good.  The  same  instinctive  sense  of  the 
fitness  of  things  led  Mr.  TiLDKN  to  select 
David  Dudley  Fikld  for  tJie  management 
of  hifi  case  at  Washington.  There  are 
honorable  lawyers,  who  do  their  duty  by 
their  clients  without  surrendering  their  own 
integrity.  These  possess  no  recommendation 
inMr.  TiLDEN'seyes.  Mr.  Field's  distinction 
is  of  another  sort.  He  is  bnrdeued  with 
no  nice  appreciation  of  professional  pro- 
priety. His  connection  with  the  Fisk  and 
Gould  frauds  on  the  Erie  stockholders  laid 
the  foundation  of  a  fame  which  few  need 
envy.    His  dexterity  in  using  the  Tammany 

Judges,  and  in  perverting  the  forms  of  law 
to  protect  the  rankest  injustice,  gave  him 

a  distinction  altogether  unique.  His  zeal 
in  TwKEiys  behalf  was  only  meas- 
ured   by     the    size  of    Tweed's    purse. 

In  short,  all  the  general  public 
to-day  know  of  Mr.  Field  is  that  he  is  in- 
variably singled  out  to  conduct  castes  which 
lawyers  of  diiferent  standing  would  not 
touch,  and  that  he  justifies  the  selection  by 
the  employment  of  methods  worthy  of  the 
cause  to  be  served.  It  is  proper,  therefore, 
that  he  should  now  appear  as  Mr.  Tilden's 
chief  agent  in  the  proceedings  of  a  House 
committee,  and  as  his  chief  "objector"  be- 
fore the  Electoral  Commission. 

But  the  most  dexterous  lawyer  requires 
assistants.  He  knows  what  he  wants  and 
they  supply  it.  The  business  is  not  a  pretty 
one  on  either  side,  but  the  lawyer  must 
have  witnesses  or  he  is  powerless.  As  one 
is,  so  are  the  others.  Given  Field  as  the 
legal  agent  of  Mr.  Tilden  in  the  prosecution 
of  the  Louisiana  case,  and  Pickett,  Mad- 
Dox,  and  Littlefikld  might  all 
have  been  sketched  in  advance.  P^keti" 
IS  Field  modified  by  circumstances. 
Perhaps  Pickett  might  be  more  con- 
rectly  described  as  a  cross  between  Tildkn- 
and  Field.  He  has  their  fine  appreciation 
of  morality  in  the  abstract  and  their  con- 
tempt for  it  as  a  practical  influence.  He  is 
willing  to  lie  for  a  patriotic  purpose,  and  to 
pocket  ill-gotten  gains  in  order  that  he 
may  shine  as  a  philanthropist.  Maddox, 
his  associate,  has  similar  characteristics. 
They  are  model  Democratic  witnesses. 
Both  have  a  history,  and  it  is 
not  a  savory  one.  They  have 
played  many  parts,  and  none  of  them 
commends  itself  to  honest  folk.  Those  who 
know  them  declare  they  would  not  beli  eve 
them  on  their  oaths,  and  those  who  know 
them  only  by  their  own  testimony  compre- 
hend their  inability  to  distingnish  between 
right  and  wrong.  If  we  are  to  suppose 
that  they  conceived  the  idea  of  buying  the 
Louisiana  board,  subject  to  a  princely  per- 
centage for  their  trouble,  the  inference  is 
inevitable  that  however  much  they 
mistook  the  quality  of  Messrs.  Wells 
and  Anderson,  -  they  correctly  ^un- 
derstood the  position  occupied  by 
Messrs.  Hewitt  and  Morbisset,  as  finan- 
cial agents  of  Mr.  Tilden.  On  the  other 
hand,  if  we  assume  that  Maddox  and 
PiCKBTT  were  chosen  agents  of  the  Demo- 
cratic Party,  to  whom  was  intrusted  the 
task  of  obtaining  the  Louisiana  votes,  if 
need  be  at  the  cost  of  a  million,  we  must 
give  the  managers  of  the  party  credit  for 
aaiiacity  in  the  interj^retatio^  of  oharaotAr. , 


MoRRissBT  and  Haodoz,  Pickbtt  and 
Hewitt — they  are  noble  brethren-,  all  of 
them.  Their  moral  iiatures  were  oast  in  the 
same  mold.  They  hold  that  bribery  was 
a  legitimate  means  of  securing  the  reqaired 
vote  for  the  Democratic  candidate. 
Pickett's  trouble  was  that  the  vote  ooold 
not  be  bought  in  Louisiana;  and  Morrts- 
sey's  willingness  to  buy  was  checked  only 
bv  the  belief  that  the  Grover  trick  in 
Oregon  rendered  further  effort  un- 
necessary. Mr.  Field  must  have  felt 
quite  happy  with  Pickett  and  Maddox  as 

witnesses.    They  are  gentlemen  after  his 

own  heart — ready  for  anything  that  may  be 
required  of  them  in  the  combined  interests 
of  virtue  and  the  Democratic  Paitj.  The 
misfortune  for  Tilden  and  Reform  is  that 
as  witnesses  they  are  not  believed.  The 
more  they  swear  the  more  we  know  that 
they  are  lying. 

Although  the  Oregon  case  lacks  the  raci- 
ness  of  the  Lonisiana  exposure,  it  is  strik- 
ingly suggestive  of  the  Tilden  tactics. 
Everywhere  they  were  the  same.  Money — 
money— money.  That  was  Mr.  Tilden's 
constant  argument  for  establishing  his  title 
to  the  Presidency.  Testimony  before  the 
Senate  Committee  yesterday  proved,  by  a 
compiarison  of  handwriting,  that  the  "  Gob- 
ble" cipher  addressed  to  Til"den  and  the 
Patrick  dispatch  to  Pblton  proceeded  from 
the  same  person.  Both  were  Patrick's,  who, 
as  may  be  retnembered,  was  sent  ftom 
Nebraska  as  Tilden's  confidential  agent  for 
securing  a  Democratic  Elector  in  the  place  of 
Watts.  The  Corse  and  Miller  dispatches 
to  Pklton,  published  yesterday,  are  equally 
significant.  It  is  now  evident  that  from 
the  moment  Mr.  Tilden  discovered  that  he 
needed  one  vote,  and  that  a  chance  existed 
of  obtaining  that  vote  from  Oregon,  no 
means  were  left  untried  to  secure  it. 
We  have  not  only  glimpses  of  the 
truth,  but  they  tell  of  the  corrupt  use  of 
money  at  every  stage  of  the  business.  They 
are  conclusiv^,  too,  as  to  the  direct  action 
of  Mr.  Tilden  in  the  matter.  He  and  his 
nephew  were  the  senders  or  the  recipients 
of  every  suspicious  message.  They  directed 
a  base  conspiracy  from  New- York,  and  they 
transmitted  the  money  to  render  it  success- 
ful.    Cronin  is  the  result. 

The  crowning  illustration  of  Democratic 
iniquity  comes  from  Mississippi,  and  en- 
dangers the  efficacy  of  the  Tilden  votes  of 
that  State.  The  Democratic  President  of  a 
County  Board  of  Registers  yesterday  testi- 
fied to  the  Senate  Committee  that 
the  Democratic  judges  of  '  election, 
at  each  polling  place  in  the  coun- 
ty, were  supplied  with  duplicate  keys 
to  the  ballot  boxes,  for  a  purpose  that 
may  be  imagined.  "  I  suppose  my  idea 
was,"  the  reluctant  witness  finally  said, 
"that  if  there  were  too  many  Republican 
votes  in  the  ballot-box,  the  key  was  to  open 
the  box  that  the  Republican  votes  might 
be  taken  out  and  Democratic  votes  be  sub- 
stituted in  their  stead."  The  confession  ia 
made  charming  by  its  simplicity,  and  it 
illumines  one  of  the  ways  that  led  to  De- 
mocratic success  in  Mississippi. 


SEWJUD. 
The  publication  of  an  autobiography  and 
a  memoir  of  William  H.  Skwa'rd  will  viv- 
idly recall  to  the  minds  of  our  people  the 
life  and  career  of  that  eminent  man.  More 
than  this,  the  artless  narrative,  enriched 
as  it  18,  with  a  great  number  of  familiar  let- 
ters from  Skward's  own  hand,  will  present 
the  statesman  and  politician  to  us  as  he 
only  appeared*  to  his  most  intimate  fnends. 
The  world  is  never  weary  of  the  netty  de- 
tails which  relat«  to  the  daily  life  and  per- 
sonal habits  of  its  great  men.  It  is  an  affec- 
tionate desire  to  clothe  the^c^nspicnous 
public  man  with  the  warmth  of  domes- 
ticity and  with  the  common  attributes  of 
humanity,  rather  than  a  vulgar  curiosity, 
which  greedily  absorbs  information  con- 
cerning his  private  life.  And  though  no 
acute  student  of  human  nature  can  have 
implicit  faith  in  an  autobiography  of  even 
the  sincerest  of  men,  there  is  in  such  a  work 

an   inoxhauBtible  fuud   of  pleasure.       It  is 

pleasant,  at  least,  to  know  what  the  writer 
was  able  and  willing  to  write  about  him- 
self. 

To  the  student  of  politics  the  most  attrac- 
tive part  of  the  life  and  letters  of  Sewahd 
will  be  that  which  relates  to  his  early 
entrance  into  public  life,  and  to  his  earlier 
career  as  a  politician.  The  history  of  one 
phase  of  his  career  is  necessarily  the  history 
of  parties  in  this  State.  The  record  of 
another  and  a  later  era  is  a  notable  chapter 
in  the  political  history  of  the  Republic. 
But,  after  all,  the  majority  of  men  will  road 
with  a  certain  fascinated  interest  of  the 
boyhood  and  young  manhood  of  Sbwakd. 
Here  we  see  the  future  statesman  herding 
the  cows,  chopping  the  family  fuel,  and 
doing  the  family  errands.  He  recalls,  in  the 
retirement  of  his  venerable  age,  the  happy 
Winter  evenings,  when  the  visit  of  a  neigh- 
bor brought  out  the  cider,  nuts,  and  ap- 
ples, and  he  heard  fireside  discourse  on 
X)olitics  and  religion.  That  his  country- 
made  clothes  appeared  awkward  when  he 
entered  college,  and  thus  conapelled  him  to 
run  in  debt  with  a  Schenectady  tailor,  was 
an  important  matter  to  yoang  Seward. 
Because  of  that  debt,  which  long  rankled  in 
his  memory,  he  left  college.  His  indepen- 
dence and  courage  served  him  well  in  this 
emergency,  for,  at  the  age  of  seventeen 
years,  he  sought  and  obtained  the  tutorship 
of  an  academy  in  Georgia.  It  was  not  a 
common  character  which  could  thus  strike 
out  such  a  bold  path,  and  thus  secure  the 
confidence  and  friendship  of  strangers. 
And  this  achievement — for  it  was  an 
achievement — was  thoroughly  character- 
istic of  the  man.  It  is  pleasant,  too,  to 
look  in  upon  the  common  concerns  of  life 
in  which  the  young  politician  was  inter- 
ested. He  thinks  it  worth  while  to  tell  his 
wife  how  the  table  is  served  at  fashionabl  e 
dinner  parties  in  Albany,  and  he  goes  to  the 
milliner's  to  buy  for  his  wife  and  sister  bon- 
nets which  he  describes  for  them  in  the 
usual  clumsy  fashion  of  a  man.  There  is 
no  romance  in  his  nature,  but  some  senti- 
ment and  much  tenderness.  He  writes 
charming  little  letters  to  his  boys  about 
theii;  sports  and  their  studies ;  and,  away 
from  home,  he  stands  long  at  the  window 
« looking  at  the  sober  moon,"  and  thinking 
of  his  boys  sleeping  in  their  quiet  chamber, 
far  away,  while  the  good  mother  writes  to 
their  absent  father. 

It  was  Seward's  fortune  to  enter  pab- 
lio  life  when  political  parties  were  re- 
forming. He  was  twenty-seven  years  old 
when  he  was  sent  to  the  State  Senate  as  an 
AntinBlason.    In  1834.  whan  he  was  thirty- 


three  years  old,  the  party  in  opposition  to 
the  Federal  and  State  Administrations  had 
assumed  the  name  of -"Whig."  It  is  in- 
teresting to  see  how  early  the  cardinal 
prineiples  of  Skward's  political  life  mani- 
fested themselves.  His  manly  nature  rose 
in  indignation  -  when  he  was  first 
brought  in  contact  with  slavery.  As 
Boou  as  the  qnestlon  of  foreign  im- 
migration attracted  his  attention,  be  was 
in  favor  of  liberal  naturalization  laws.  And, 
long  before  negro  emancipation  was  dreaftie.d 
of,  he  declared  that  he  would  give  the  bal- 
lot to  every  man,  learned  or  unlearned, 
bond  or  free,  though  he  should  prefer  that 
the  school-master  should  precede  the  ballot- 
box.  He  early  declared  that  universal  edu- 
cation would  be  sure  to  follow  universal 
snffrage.  In  1844,  he  said  that  a  preponder- 
ance given  to  the  slave-holding  States  by 
the  acquisition  of  Texas  would  be  followed 
by  demands  which  could  not  be  yielded  to 
and  the  denial  of  which  would  lead  to  seces- 
sion and  nullification.  He  was  a  steadfast 
champion  of  the  State  Militia  system. 

All  this,  however,  is  history.  We  are 
chiefly  concerned  with  the  personal  details 
of  Seward's  career.  And  it  is  easy  to 
note  the  gradual  formation  of  his  political 
opinions,  and  the  deepening  of  hi^olitioal 
convictions,  as  events  unfolded  themselves. 
We  cannot  help  seeing  that  Seward  was 
affable  and  skillful  in  his  management  of 
men.  But,  under  all  his  complaisance  and 
deference,  there  was  a  hearty  hatred  of  in  - 
justice,  wrong,  and  chicane.  He  hated  the 
Regency,  and  he  hated  the  Democracy^  of 
Jackson  and  Van  Burkn.  When  he  went 
to  see  the  former,  while  he  was  yet  Presi- 
dent, he  could  not  suppress  a  sneer 
at  the  adulation  bestowed  upon  "Old 
Hickory;"  and  he  jumped  at  the  conclusion 
that  the  President's  bead  watch-guard 
was  decorated  with  embroidered  compli- 
ments. It  is  plain,  too,  that  Srward 
was  ambitious.  He  was  determined  to  rise. 
When  he  first  found  himself  on  his  feet  in 
the  Senate  Chamber  at  Albany,  his  heart 
failed  him,  and  "thick  darkness,"  he  says, 
was  before  him.  The  voice  of  the  presiding 
officer  filled  him  with  consternation.  When 
he  had  made  his  first  speech,  he  was  unable 
to  recall  a  word  which  he  had  uttered.  But 
he  persevered,  and  those  who  knew  the 
mature  man  little  imagined  what  agonies  of 
embarrassmelit  he  endured  before  he  felt  and 
wielded  his  fnU  powers.  It  was  part  of  his 
victory  that  the  Whig  P|rty,  with  which  he 
had  so  often  suffered  defeat,  triumphed  at 
last  in  his  election  to  the  Governorship. 
This  <was  bis  first  grand  success — the  first 
of  many  which  came  after.  It  was  charac- 
teristic of  the  man  that,  in  the  midst  of 
the  pomp  and  circumstance  of  the  inaugu- 
ration, he  snatched  an  instant  to  write  a 
note  to  his  wife  to  say  that  he  was  in  the 
executive  chamber,  and  that  the  first  for- 
mal ceremony  was  over. 

Seward  was  wiae,  kind,  and  generous. 
No  one  can  read  his  life  and  letters  with- 
out being  impressed  with  these  personal 
traits.  Mankind  will  deal  more  lenient- 
ly with  him  when  the  innumerable  private 
graces  of  his  life  are  known.  No  man  is  less 
a  hero  because  he  is  swayed  by  the 
prejudices  or  the  sympathies  which 
are  commou  to  humanity.  Rather 
we  resent  an  affectation  of  Spartan 
virtue  which  denudes  a  great  man  of  his 
human  warmth  and  leaves  him  chill  as 
marble.  Therefore,  it  is  a  good  thing  that, 
since  we  knew  Seward  to  be  the  great  man 
that  he  was,  we  should  also  be  permitted 
to  look  into  the  mirror  of  his  mind,  to 
watch  the  unconscious  revelations  of  his 
character.  We  shall  like  him  all  the  better 
for  it.  He  is  dead,  and  his  renown  is  a  part 
of  our  national  heritage.  And  though,  in 
the  lapse  of  years,  he  will  be  elevated 
higher  in  his  niche  of  fame,  be  can  never  be 
to  the  people  a  cold  abstraction,  a  marble 
statesman. 


STATISTICS  OF  POPULATION. 

Accuracy  in  geographical  and  statistical 
information  is  much  to  be  desired.  Great 
advances   in   this   respect   have  been  made 

within  the  last  few  years,  but  improvement 

is  still  possible.  To  geographers  and  sta- 
tisticians the   unknown  was   formerly  the 

magnificent ;  it  is  not  long  since  we  were 

tangbt  that  Yeddo  was  the  largest  city  in 
the  world,  and  that  China  contained  600- 
000,000  of  i>eople.  We  have  noy  before  us 
the  latest  edition  of  a  very  excellent  geog- 
raphy for  the  use  of  schools,  published  in 
this  City,  in  which  there  are  said  to  be  only 
three  cities  in  the  world  containing  each 
one,  or  more  than  one,  million  of  inhabitants, 
to  wit:  London,  Paris,  and  Constantinople. 
But  in  fact  there  are  nine,  exclusive  of  New- 
York— London,  with3,489,4?8;  Paris,  1,851,- 
792;  Constantinople,  1,075,000 ;  Berlin,l,045,- 
000;  Canton.  1,000,000;  Vienna,  1,001.- 
999;  Seangtan,  Shanchowfu,  and  Singanfu, 
in  China,  1,000,000  each.  There  are  also  in 
the  world  29  towns  whose  population  is 
500,000  or  more ;  and  215  which  contain 
100,000  or  more  people.  The  total  popula- 
tion of  the  world  is  placed  in  the  geography 
to  which  we  refer  at  1,361,196,351,  and  the 
area  of  its  land  surface  at  52,204,848  square 
miles  ;  but  in  point  of  fact  the  population 
is  1,423,917,000,  and  the  area  51,340,800 
square  miles — thus  shoydng  a  trifling  error 
in  population  of  62,720,649,  and  in  area  of 
864,048  miles.  We  hasten,  however,  to  re- 
veal the  source  of  our  superior  information. 
Four  years  ago  two  learned  and  painstaking 
Germans,  Drs.  Bkhm  and  Wagner,  com- 
menced the  publication  of  a  statistical  work 
on  the  population  of  the  earth,  and  they 
have  each  year  published  a  new  edition  of 
their  book,  revised  aud  corrected  up  to 
date.  The  fqj|irth  edition  of  this  valuable 
work  has  receiftly  appeared,  and  we  have 
taken  from  it  the  facts'  stated  above.  The 
average  density  of  population  throughout 
the  world  is  28  persons  to  each  square  mile. 
In  Europe  the  people  are  so  crowded  that  82 
of  them  live  on  each  square  mile,  or  more 
than  eight  on  each  acre  ;  while  in  Australia 
and  Polynesia,  if  the  land  were  equally  di- 
vided, every  man,  woman,  and  child  would 
have  almost  a  square  mile  to  his  or  her  self. 
In  Asia  there  are  48  persons  to  each  square 
mile ;  in  Africa,  17^ ;  and  in  America, 
North  and  South  together,  5>^.  When  the 
whole  earth  becomes  as  densely  populated 
as  Europe  now  is,  the  descendants  of  Adak 
and  Eve  will  number  4,209,945,600  souls. 
According  to  our  German  authorities, 
Europe  has  309,178,300  inhabitants;  Asia, 
824,548,500;  Africa,  199,921,600 ;  America, 
85,519,800;  and  Australia  and  Polynesia, 
4,748,600.  The  following  table  will  show 
what  is  the  population  of  the  various 
Aonntxies  of  Europe^  acooiding  to  the  latest 


information  obtained  by  oar  G«rman  au- 
thors. In  this  table  the  date  following  the 
name  of  the  country  indibates  the  year  in 
w;hich  the  data  were  obtained  on  which 
Drs.  Bbhm  and  Wao»br  have  based  their 
figures: 

Germany 1875 \.42, 793,5842 

Auatro-Haneary 1876 37,700,000 

Switzerland 1870 2,669,147 

Netherlands 1875 3,809,5i27 

Belgian] 1874 -.  5,336,634 

LuxeraburR 1875 205.158 

Russia 1870 .71.730,930 

Sweden 1875 4.383,291 

Norway Ib75 1.808  882 

Denmark 1876 1.963  000 

France 187* 36  108.!»ai 

Great  Britain 1876 33,450,0t0 

Spain 1870 16.551,647 

Andorra 12.000 

Portugal 1874 4,298,891 

Italy 1875 27,4§g,174 

Monaco * 1873 S.741 

San  Mailno 1874 7,816 

Europoan  Turkey fi.'SOO.OOO 

Roamauia 1873 5.073,000 

Servia 1875 1,337.088 

Montenegro 190,000 

Greece 1870 1,457.894 

Since  1871  the  population  of  Germany  has 
increased  by  1,693,762 ;  Norway  has  in- 
creased about  12,000  since  1875 ;  Great 
Britain,  352,000  since  1875,  and  Portugal 
378,681  since  1871 ;  but  it  must  be  under- 
stood that  in  the  case  of  Portugal  this 
apparent  increase  is  due  chiefly  to  rectifica- 
tions made  in  former  estimates  of  her  popu- 
lation. The  population  of  the  whole  of  the 
Turkish  Empire  is  47,660.000 ;  that  of  the 
whole  Russian  Empire  is  86,586,000.  The 
population  of  China  is  405,000,000,  and  of 
Japan,  33.299,014.  With  regard  to  America 
the  population  of  Mexico  is  placed  at  9,276,- 
079,  a  larger  number  than  we  have  before 
seen  credited  to  that  country.  Central 
America,  2,828,164  ;  the  West  Indies,  4,316,- 
178 ;  Brazil,  11,000,000,  and  all  the  rest  of 
South  America,  15,309,700. 


THE  MISCHIEF  OF  PHI  FATE  LET- 
TERS. 

Pope  tells  us  that  Heavea  first  taught 
letters  for  some  wretch's  aid — some  ban- 
ished lover  or  some  captive  maid.  But,  con- 
sidering the  incalculable  amount  of  mis- 
chief they  have  caused,  we  should  be  justi- 
fied in  believing  that  letters  were  inspired 
by  a  region  of  a  wholly  different  sort.  It 
would  seem  that  half  the  disappointments 
aud  woes  of  the  nineteenth  century  come 
directly  or  indirectly  from  correspondeBce 
of  some  kind,  .generally  from  the  kind 
called  private.  Byron  used  to  say  that  his 
private  and  confidential  letters  were  better 
known  than  his  published  works,  and  that, 
when  he  marked  what  he  wrote  as  private, 
he  was  sure  of  its  wide  circulation.  By- 
ron's correspondence  with  and  from  his 
friends  and  acquaintances  was  not  mate- 
rially different,  in  this  regard,  from  the  cor- 
respondence of  other  noted  and  clever  per- 
sons. 

Marking  a  letter  private  nowadays  is 
merely  a  delicate  and  reuad-about  way 
ot  whetting  curiosity  as  to  its  con- 
tents, and  of  enhancing  its  inter- 
est. All  that  privacy  commonly  means 
in  correspondence  is  that  it  shall  not  be 
printed.  The  receipt  of  a  private  letter  is 
pleasant  and  desirable  because  it  gives  the 
receiver  an  opportunity  to  show  it  to  all  his 
friends — a  very  elastic  substantive^  includ- 
ing everybody  not  known  to  be  a  positive 
enemy — and  so  to  borrow  for  himself  a  cer- 
tain lustre  from  the  nature  of  its  import  or 
the  ingenuity  of  its  statement.  Only  one 
kind  of  correspomdence  has  more  readers 
than  private  correspondence  :  that  is  the* 
strictly  private  kind. 

In  this  time  we  all  dwell  more  or  less  un- 
der the  open 'sky.  Our  interest  in  humanity 
is  such  that  whatever  concerns  otir  fellows 
is  presumed  to  concern  us.  We  are  particu- 
larly desirous  to  know  what  we  feel  we  have 
no  business  to  know,  and  the  thing  intended 
for  one  eye  alone  all  eyes  are  strained  to  see. 
To  learn  that  any  bit  of  manuscript  was 
not  designed  for  publicatioa  makes  us  anx- 
ious to  read  it  ;  for  we  fancy  that  it  may 
then  express  some  real  truth,  ot  which  we 

<?et  so  little  that  we  are  alwavs   hungry  for 

it.  It  is  this  feeling  that  makes  private 
correspondence  so  attractive,  and  prevents 
it  from  baing    private    ia    any   restricted 

sense.    The  attractiveness  is  increased  by 

the  quality  of  the  writing  and  the  position 
or  consequence  ef  the  writer.  Nobody  cares 
much  alpout  plain  John  Doe's  or  common- 
place Richard  Roe's  missives,  detailing  the 
excellence  of  Mrs.  Doe's  health  or  the  ail- 
ments of  Mrs.  Roe's  numerous  offiipring. 
They  are  prosaic  felks,  with  prosaic  needs 
and  prosaic  surrouHdiags.  But  if 
the  adult  members  of  either  family 
will  do  Bomcthiug  that  they  ought 
not  to — if  Joha  Doe  will  rob  his  neighbor, 
er  attempt  to  poison  hiai ;  er  if  Mrs.  Roe 
will  fall  in  love  with  any  ether  mam  than 
her  husband,  and  describe  the  sin,  tempta- 
tion, or  passion  on  paper — any  number  ef 
people  will  be  d#ighted  with  the  descrip- 
tion. It  may  be  put  in  disordered  Eaglish'; 
the  words  may  be  vilely  spelled  ;  but  such 
is  nie  exciting  effect  of  wrong-doing,  even 
in  disjointed  syntax,  that  it  will  be  ardently 
conned. 

It  is  by  no  means  necessary,  however,  for 
persons  of  culture  or  iafluence  to  violate 
any  commandment  or  law  to  gain  abundant 
readers  for  their  private  correspondence. 
Almost  anything  they  njay  mention — insig- 
nificant though  it  be — will  prove  of  inter- 
est. Partieularization  of  their  daily  round, 
what  they  have  had  for  din  ..or,  whom  they 
have  seen,  the  words  they  have  spoken, 
the  ordiaary  opinions  they  hold— all  this 
aud  much  more  of  slight  importance  will  be 
greedily  devoured.  And  when  they  wander 
from  the  conventional,  when  they  repeat 
gossip,  when  they  criticise  their  acquaint- 
ances, when  they  confess  imprudences, 
when  they  analyze  themselves,  whea  they 
trespass  upon  the  forbidden — they  are 
swinging  beughs  of  Inseious  peaches  over 
the  wall  and  expeotiag  that  nobody  will 
touch  the  fruit.  AU  persons  of  any 
preminence  who  write  private  letters 
which  they  are  unwilling  should  be  made 
public  ar^  guilty,  to  put  it  mildly,  ot  the 
gravest  indiscretiota.  Nevertheless,  many 
men,  even  the  shrewdest  and  most  worldly- 
minded,  and  the  majority  of  women,  are 
perpetually  entangling  themselves  in  the 
meshes  of  confidential  correspondence. 
We  all  admit,  particularly  women,  that 
we  cannot  be-  too  careful  of  what  we 
write  ;  and  at  the  same  time  we  write  what 
can  never  be  defended  or  palliated  or  ex- 
plained away. 

,GkK>d  sense  seems  to  desert  the  balk  of  us 
if  we  dip  into  ink  and  proceed  to  private 
oorrespoRdQU^ie.    Alt^Qpsh  knowios  th«ht. 


ihsxQ  is  no  gavusatee  of  privacy  for  what 
we  ssy,  we  seldom  fail  to  be  astonished  and 
■hocked  when  we  find,  a»  we  phrase  it,  that 
oar  confidence  has  be«n  abased.  There  are. 
almost  daily  instances  of  such  abuse.  Poli- 
ticians who  have  trimmed  and  managed  for 
years,  who  have  plumed  themselves  on 
their  cimniag  and  adroit  deceptions,  are 
just  on  the  eve  of  getting  an  office  they 

have  long  hungered  for,  when  a  letter  they 
had  written  years  before,  and  tocally  for- 
gotten, appears  in  a  newspaper  and  defeats 
their  ambitious  hopes.  A  merchant  brings 
an  important  suit,  swears  to  various  state- 
ments, and  would  secure  judgment  in  his 
favor  were  it  not  for  the  resuscitation  of 
some  private  correspondence  of  which  he 
hml  no  remembrance.  A  breach  of  promise 
case  IS  tried,  and  the  hoary  defendant 
declares  that  it  is  an  attempt  to 
extort  money.  It  would  be  so  de- 
cided but  for  the  production  of 
certain  amorous  billets  which  plainly  indi- 
cate that  marriage  was  or  should  have  been 
intended,  and  the  venerable  gallant  is 
ordered  to  pay  damages  for  toying  with  a 
battered  heart.  Action  for  divorce  is  begun, 
and  long  continued  with  very  little  ground, 
so  far  as  evidence  goes.  The  public  declares 
it  a  palpable  case  of  perse^jution,  and  such 
would  be  the  le^al  judgment  but  for  certain 
letters,  supposed  to  have  been  destroyed, 
which  are  suddenly  produced,  telling  their 
own  story  too  plainly  and  too  sadly  to 
be  denied.  A  man  trusts  a  woman,  or  a 
woman  a  maa,  implicitly  for  years  ;  their 
mutual  confidence,  sympathy,  and  love  are 
eulegized  and  envied  far  and  near.  In  the 
midst  of  their  Eden  a  scrap  of  paper  acci- 
dentally comes  to  light,  and  the  aagel  with 
the  flaming  sword  drives  them  out  forever 
more. 


olons  and  sensational  reading  which  is  in< 
vented  for  the  yonne  only  adds  fuel  to  the 
flames.  To  this  abominable  stuff  parent? 
may  fau-ly  ascribe  the  restlessness  theii 
boys  sometimes  manifest.  And  the  disgust 
with  their  common-place  surroundings  bj 
which  many  youths  make  home  unhappv  is 
the  natural  results  of  a  morbidly-developed 
appetite  for  adventure.  Boys  are  imita- 
tive creatures,  and  the  story  of  one 
Uad's  thrilline  experience  will  inflame 
fi.n  entire  neighborhood.  Manv  a 
youngster  has  sallied  out  "with 
a  iacknife  and  sbingling-hatchet,  to  be  a 
pirate  or  highwayman,  ifter  hearing  8om« 
frightful  tale  from  The  Pirates  Own  Book. 
or  juvenile  newspaper.  These  excursions 
are  usually  harmless.  The  young  would- 
be  hero  is  brought  back  in  disgrace  and 
made  to  eat  the  bread  of  repentance  with 
stripes  under  his  jacket.  But  anxiety  and 
alarm  often  pursue  the  young  vagrants 
without  finding  them ;  and  nobody  can  tell 
how  many  vagabonds  are  prematurely 
thrust  upon  the  world  by  vicious  reading 
aud  bad  example. 


EDUCATION  FOR  ALL. 

Dr.  Hayes  has  just  presented  a  bill  in  the 
House  which  has  an  important  bearing  ou 
the  interests  of  education  in  this  City.  Il 
is  an  act  desii^ned  as  an  amendment  of  the 
Compulsory  law.  It  is  well  known  that 
this  law,  from  which'  so  much  was  expected 
in  diminishing  the  ranks  of  the  ignorant  in 
this  City,  failed  to  a  large  degree  of  its  pur- 
pose here  ou  account  of  two  or  three  words 
admitted  in  one  section.  Among  those  who 
should  be  compelled  to  enjoy  the  benefits 
of  education,  were  apparently  omitted,  such 
children  as  were  engaged  in  a  "  lawful 
occupation  "  in  our  streets.  Now,  in  New- 
York,  the  illiterates  and  future  members  of 
the  "  dangerous  classes  "  are  made  up,  not 
alone  of  the  strictly  vagabond  and  street- 
wandering  class,  but  of  a  vast  number  who 
have  some  nominal  occupation,  They  are 
sellers  of  "  black-headed  pins,"  boot-blacks, 
newsboys,  "  baggage-smashers,"  little 
peddlers,  crossing-sweepers,  and  the 
like.  Among  the  Italian  population  alone, 
there  are  hundreds 'of  children  who  are 
nominally  employed  all  day  as  boot-blacks 
and  attendants  of  organ-grinders.  This 
numerous  class  of  street  children  would 
grow  up  in  entire  ignorance  but  for 
the  night  schools  provided  by  one  charita- 
ble association — the  Children's  Aid  Society. 
Still  even  these  schools  do  not  reach  the 
whole  class  of  children  in  street  occupa- 
tions. Many  of  these  lads  will  Sot  attend 
any  school,  except  under  compulsion.  Thejl 
are  growing  up  in  a  condition  extremely 
dangerous  to  the  future  of  the  City.  The 
sixty  thousand  persons  here  who  can 
neither  read  nor  write  are  largely  recruited 
from  those  youths  who  claim  to  have  a 
"  lawful  occupation."  It  is  such  children 
who  grow  up  to  become  our  most  ignorant 
voters,  and  who  are  the  rich  material  fron 
which  mobs  and  rioters  are  formed. 

Any  legislation,  however,  in  regard  to 
them  must  consider  certain  well-known 
facts.  It  will  not  do  to  prevent  these  lads 
from  following  their  street  business.  They 
supply  legitimate  wants  in  the  community 
and  support  themselves  or  their  families  by 
their  labor.  To  ctit  them  off  from  this 
would  be  to  turn  workers-  into  paupers. 
The  amendment  proposed  by  Mr.  Hates 
has  full  consideration  for  this.  It  requires 
that  "when  any  child,  whether  having  a 
lawful .  occupation  or  not,  being  mentally 
and  physically  competent,  is  yet  unable  to 
attend  school,  or  his  guardian  or  parent 
unable  to  have  him  attend,"  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  school  authorities  to  require 
him  to  attend  in  either  a  day  or  evening 
school  such  time  as  is  "au  equivalent  to  at 
least  sixty  days'  school  attendance."  This . 
amendment  would  require  the  offieials  ol 
our  Board  of  Education  to  compel  all  chil- 
dren engaged  in  street  trades  to  attend  a 
half-time  or  evening  school  for  at  least  four 
months,  aa,  in  another  section,  two  half- 
time  sessions  are  made  equal  to  one  day 

session. 

Four  months  of  night-schooling  would  bo 
no  hardship  to  the  little  newsboys  or  boot-. 

blacks.     Few  of  them  porsae  their- business 

at  night.  And  even  if  in  some  occupa- 
tions they  are  compelled  by  the  greed  ' 
of  their  parents  to  work  in  the  evenings—  I 
as  in  the  case  of  the  little  Italian  harpers- 
it  is  for  the  public  interest  that  they  should 
be  forced  from  this  severe  labor  to  places 
of  education.  Four  months'  night-school- 
ing aie  already  required  in  most  ot  th9 
street-boys'  lodging-houses. 

In  Prussia,  no  child  within  a  tender  age 
is  permitted  to  be  absent  from  school,  even 
for  factory  work,  in  certain  hours.  Eng- 
land is  bringing  more  and  more  of  the  fac- 
tory children  under  her  Education  acts. 
How  much  more  necessity  here  to  include 
the  children  who  follow  semi-vagrant  occu- 
pations within  our  Educational  laws.  li^ 
however,  any  of  the  members  felt  that  this 
provision  was  too  stringent,  a  clause  could 
easily  be  added  giving  the  School  Trustees 
power  to  grant  exceptions  to  the  execution 
of  this  law  in  cases  of  extreme  poverty, 
where  the  labor  of  a  child  in  the  evening 
was  necessary  to  the,  support  of  a  family. 
This  power  of  exception  might  sometimes, 
in  our  villages,  be  important.  The  Legis- 
lature must  remember  that  in  the  long  run 
the  character  and  success  of  this  Metropolis 
will  depend  on  the  education  of  its  people, 
and  an  utterly  ignorant  class,  bred  up  in 
the  streets,  is  a  formidable  danger  to  the 
order  and  security  of  the  City,  and  a  peril 
to  our  political  future. 


BOY  ADVENTURERS. 

It  will  be  in  order  now  for  the  small  boy 
of  the  period  to  be  "  kidnapped."  There 
was  so  much  tragic  mystery  about  the  dis- 
appearance of  the  Ross  child;'  and  there  is 
still  so  much  painful  uncertainty  in  the  case, 
that  the  children  regarded  the  transaction 
as  a  terrible  one.  But  the  spirit  of  adven- 
ture is  so  strong  in  boys  that  the  slightest 
possible  encouragement  kindles  it  to  action. 
Here  now,  is  a  small  boy  who  has,  as  he 
says,  been  enticed  away  from  his  school  by  a 
mysterious  old  gentleman  who  offered  him  a 
bright  silver  quarter  (mark  the  realism  of 
that  coin)  to  go  with  him.  The 
town  is  in  an  uproar  over  the  missing  child, 
when  he  returns  with  a  captivating  tale  of 
his  adventures.  He  has  been  in  the  toils  of 
a  local  I'agin,  and  is  bereft  of  his  nice  new 
overcoat.  He  was  ordered  by  his  captor, 
who  seems  to  have  been  an  escaped  lunatic, 
to  go  out  and  pull  garments  from  the  front 
of  a  shop  where  they  were  exposed  for  sale. 
This  he,  like  a  good  boy,  refused  to  do,  and 
then  took  to  his  heels,  and  was  duly  re- 
turned to  his  home,  too  late  for  the  school 
session  of  that  day.  The  lunatic  old  man 
has  not  yet  been  traced,  and  the  young 
adventurer's  tale  is  told  in  vain  to  baffled 
policemen. 

What  susceptible  American  youth,  ad- 
dicted to  light  literature,  could  withstand 
the  fascination  of  such  a  voyage  of  discov- 
ery f  A  boy  who  has  such  a  story  ot  per- 
sonal experiences  to  tell  is  the  hero  of  the 
hour  in  the  tuvenile  circle  to  which  he  be- 
longs. Boys  whose  excursions  have  been 
confined  to  the  next  ward  or,  at  furthest,  to 
a  trip  to  Coney  Island,  nnder  the  eye  of  a 

paternal  guardian,  look  with  unconcealed 
envy  on  a  lad  who  has  been  abducted  and 
has  had  actual  conversation  with  a  mys- 
terious old  gentleman  who  entices 
little  boys  with  bright  and  new 
silver  quarters.  Boys  who  have  not 
been  abducted  regard  themselves  as 
much  misused ;  their  lives  will  be  wasted 
until  they  are  kidnapped.  If  they  could 
only  have  a  hand-to-hand  fight  with  Fagin, 
like  a  new  Jack  the  Giant-killer,  and  then 
run  away  from  their  captor  in  company  with 
a  beautiful  princess,  they  would  be  able  to 
look  down  upon  their  humdrum  companion  s 
as  very  "small  potatoes  "  indeed.  The  re- 
sult of  all  this  boyish  coo^tation  must  be 

that   there    -will  be    a  hue-and-cry  sent  out 

for  boys  of  ten  or  twelve  years  of  age ;  and 
each  one  will  bring  back  a  more  harrowing 
and  wonderful  tale  than  his  predeces- 
sor. If  the  youthful  adventurers  do 
not  find  Fagins  in  Chatham  street, 
ogres  in  the  Bowery,  and  bearded  pirates 
in  the  region  of  Corlear's  Hook,  it  will  not 
be  because  there  are  none  there.      It  would 

not  be  surprising  if  some  tender  youth,  who 
has  conceived  for  one  of  his  garments  that 
unaccountable  aad  unreasonable  repug- 
nance which  boys  sometimes  manifest 
should  come  home  from  a  six  hours'  con- 
finement in  a  Broadway  dungeon  without 
any  clothes  worth  mentioning. 

The  number  of  boys  enticed  into  private 
excursions  by  the  glories  of  the  Centennial 
Exposition  is  beyond  computation.  Infants 
of  tender  years,  hearing  from  their  elders 
the  usual  glowing  accounts  of  the  great 
show,  and  denied  permission  and  money, 
adventurously  set  out  to  beg  or  steal  their 
way  to  Philadelphia.  From  all  parts  of  the 
country  there  was  a  steady  advance  of 
fugitive  urchins,  eaeh  with  his  face  set 
toward  the  great  Exhibition.  Such  enter- 
prise should  merit  encouragement;  but  it  too 
often  happened  that  the  little  adventurers 
stole  money  from  their  parents  when  no 
other  resources  offered  themselves.  But- 
some  of  the  more  innocent  and  unsophisti- 
cated children  stole  softly  out  by  the  back 
gate,  after  breakfast,  confident  that  they 
could  go  to  Philadelphia,  see  the  show,  and 
return  before  the  Jiext  night,  subsisting 
meauwhUe  on  a  supply  of  carefully  secreted 
ginger-cakes  and  such  game  as  might  be 
killed  en  ronte  with  Ihe  casual  bow  and 
arrow. 

One  boy  has  lately  made  his  way  alone 
from  Boston  to  San  Francisco,  and  has  just 
been  restored  to  his  guardians.  Another, 
from  the  interior  of  Holland,  secreted  him- 
self on  an  out-going  steamer  and  so  took 
passage  to  New-York.  A  Baltimore  lad, 
aged  fourteen,  who  had  made  short  excur- 
sions away  from  home,  without  leave,  was 
lately  killed  while  stealing  a  ride  on  a 
freight-car,  near  Altoona,  Penn.  This  boy, 
it  is  said,  had  had  his  imagination  inflamed 
with  sensational  reading,  and  had  sallied 
forth,  like  a  juvenile  Don  Quixote,  in  search 
of  adventures.  The  cheap  and  flashy 
newspapers  for  young  people  are  direct- 
ly chargeable  with  many  such  tragical 
escapades  as  these.  Most  boys  are  venture- 
some and  ready  to  join  in  any  fool-haidy 
expedition  or  go  off  by  themselves  when  t>auc  ox  iron,  a 
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A  JUDGE  RECOMMENDED  FOB  PROMOTION 
{tp4clal  Dispateh  to  the  .Vew-Yorle  Times. 
KoBPOLK,  Feb.  3. — Hon.  E.  W.  Hughes,  of 
the  United  States  District  Court  of  this  State, 
and  a  resident  of  this  city,  is  stronglv  reoom 
mended  by  personal  and  political  friends  to 
succeed  Judge  David  Davis  on  the  Supreme 
Court  Bench.  Judge  Hughes  is  one  ot  the  most 
prominent  native  Republicans  in  the  State,  is 
of  enlarged  ideas,  and  ia  generally  popular  tor 
his  stem  integrity  of  purpose  and  unninahing 
courage. 

TBE  RVSSIJ.y  SQUA DROIT. 
Special  Disvatek  to  the  yew-  York  nmes. 

NoBFOLK,  Fet.  3.— The  Russian  Squad- 
ron will  sail  from  here  early  m  March  for  ^ew- 
York.  Grand  Duke  Alexis  will  in  the  meaik- 
time  visit  Washington,  where  he  will  remain 
about  two  weeks.  He  will  then  take  a  tour 
throaghout  the  £a8tem  Statea.  and  sail  with 
the  squadroQ  from  New- York  about  the  lat  of 
May  lor  European  waters. 

A  RA.ILSOAD  BRIDGE  OAHRIBD  AWAI. 

LooANSFOBT.  Feb.  3i— One  span  of  the  Toledo, 
Wabash  and  Weatem  Ballroad  bridge.  croMlni;  ibe 
Wabaalt  Biver  at  tbia  point,  was  carried  away  tlii»« 
morcing  by  floating  ice.  fhe  bridge  was  beincre* 
built  of  iron,  and  a  cordon  of  the  iron  tn.  ihe^aa^ 


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43  EXPLODED  "TORPEDO.^ 

♦ 
^dnmsTvnEs  of  a  "  tubkise  no- 
bleman" IN  NEW-YORK. 

aOW     A     SOCIAI.     VBACD    IMPOSED    ON    TBK 
HOTEL   KEBFBRS,    STEAM-SHIP  OWNERS, 
AND  SHIP  BROKERS  OF   THK  METRO^LIS 
■  — ^FIVE  MONTHS  OF  FEASTING  AT  EVERY- 
BODT'S     expense — A      TORPEDO     BOAT 
THAT'  COST    SIX  MI1-HON8 — FIHAL   FLIT- 
TING   OF  THE    rURCO-ITALIAN-CHINESE- 
CONFEDKRATE        REPRESEXTATlViS        TO 
FIEEDS  AND  PASTURES    NEW. 
For  months  past  a  considerable  portion  of 
the  New-York  public  have  been  moie  or    less  inter- 
ested in  the  movementi  ot  a  dashing  naval  gentle- 
cBan  of  extensiTe  military  and  financial  experience, 
known   to   bis    frfends  as  "Edinboro"   Bey,   Cap- 
tain in  the  naval  aerviceof  bis  Imperial  Majesty  the 
Snlian."    The  Captain,  or  "  Colonel, "  as  he  was  more 
generally  termed,  repreaeoted    himself  as  standing 
high  in  the  confidence  of  the  Ottoman   aatboritles, 
and  as  haTiag  been  sent  to  this  cenntry  on  a  dbli- 
cate  and  important    mission    connected  with  the 
pendme  war  between  Sassia  and  Turkey.    For  a 
while  everything  went  on  swimminety.    The  "Col- 
onel" was  dined  and  wined  by  well-kndwn  New- 
Yorkers,  inirodnced  into   society,  and    everywhere 
madn. himself  the  observed  ot  ail  observers  by  his 
audacity,  wit,  and  conseqnential  bearing.    Nobody 
■ospected   that  be  was  not  what  he    represented 
himself  to  be,  and  ii  is  only  a  fortnight  since  that 
his  sndden  departure  nnder  pecoliar  circnmstances 
aronsed  his   friends  to    the  true  state  of  the  case. 
iFor  weeks    the   deluded   associates  of  the    "Bey" 
Iwaited    in  silence,    but  without    tidings    of  their 
[quondam  Mend.    At   last    tba    truih    leaked    out 
through  varioas    sonrcej,    acd  a   state  of  things 
which  the  following  letter  bat  faintly  indicates  en- 
sued: 
To  tht  Editor  of  the  New-  Tori  Timrt : 

WHO  IS   HE  t 

On  the  5th  of  September  last  there  was  entered 
an  the  register  of  the  New-York  Hotel  the  name 
»f  "H.  B.  E'Unboro',  Coastancinople."  Tne  narty 
to  registPTing  elatmed  to  be  an  officer  employed  by 
the  Torkish  Government,  rnd  to  be  viaitiiig  this 
country  on  business  connected  with  the  torpedo 
lervice.  He  was  known  to  manv  eentlemen  aa 
"  Torpedo  Bey."  He  also  pretended  to  have 
authority  to  charter  ships  lor  ex-Gov. 
Winchester,  of  the  "Winchester  Repeating  Arms 
Company,  tor  shipments  of  anus  and  mnnitions  of 
War  to  Constantinople,  and  visited  tbe  Governo"-  ac 
his  home  in  New-Haven.  He  also  pretended  to  be 
an  important  witness  in  tbe  suit  of  OAcanyan 
:aeain3t  Winchester,  in  wliich  tbe  plaintiff  claims  a 
coinDQission  of  some  $25i),0OO  for  lotiodocinK  the 
jWincbesCer  arms  into  Turkey  wbile  acting  as 
iTurkish  Consul  General  In  New-Yort.  Oa  tbe  2i 
day  of  Janaary  last  "Col.  Edinboro'  "  left  the  New- 
York  Hotel  withoat  paying  his  board  bill,  o"-  tbe 
money  borrowed  from  condding  friends.  On  tbe 
13th  of  the  same  be  registered  at  the  St.  Omir 
Hotel  in  this  City,  as  "Capt.  H.  B.  EUmlioro'. 
New-Haven,"  statinsr  that  be  had  Jast  returned 
from  a  visit  to  Grov.  "Winchester,  his  friend,  and  at 
tbe  same  time  deposited  with  the  Druprietor  of  tbe 
liotel  13,000  in  three  $1,000  gold  certificates,  besides 
ottaer  money  in  bank-notes.  Toree  days  later  be 
Ipft  tbe  St.  Omer,  stating  that  be  was  goioe  to 
."Washington.  Since  that  time  he  has  not  been  beard 
ftvm. 

,I>ueription^  About  5  feet  9  inches  in  heieiit; 
Sreigbt  20U  pounds  or  more;  age  about  4U;  bluisb- 
Kray  eyes;  light  bair,  full  whiskers,  both  cut  sbort. 
1  deem  it  my  duty  to  tbe  public  in  general,  aod  to 
botel  keepers  in  particular,  to  warn  tbetu  against 
thia  accomplished  swindler  and  arranr  imoostor. 

HIRAM  CRANSTON. 
New- York  Hotel,  Saturday,  Jb'eb.  3,  1877. 

,  The  question  of  who  is  "Torpedo  Bey,"  alias 
"Edinboro'  Bey,"  alias  "Capt.  Edinboro',  of  the 
I^urklsh  Navy,"  alias  "Col.  Edinboro','", of  the 
"Confederate,"  "Peruvian,"  "Egyptian."  "  Chi- 
aeee,"  and  numberless  other  services,  is  one  that 
aught  well  pazzle  the  most  astote  of  social  gossips. 
\  Capt  Edinboro',  as  he  was  then  called,  first  be- 
\same  known  to  New-Yorkers  and  Anglo-Americans 
Sn  general  some  three  or  fonr  years  ago.  Gov. 
"Winchester,  of  the  Winch^ter  Repeatiug  Arms 
Company,  met  him  In  Constantinople  in  1872,  when 
lie  (tbe  Captain)  was  attached  to  the  Turkish  Navy. 
In  1873,  Edinboro'  appeared  at  tbe  Lan^cbam  Hotel, 
In  London,  where  ha  made  the  acQuaintauce  of  a  large 
.  liamber  of  traveling  Americans  and  created  a  great 
«enaation.  He  wore  a  Ttirkish  fez  and  naval  funi- 
fbnn,  and  gave  ont  that  he  had  been  sent  from 
Constantinople  to  take  charge  of  a  Turkish  iron- 
clad just  completed  oa  tbe  Clyde,  and  bring  her 
around  to  the  Dardanelles.  He  was  constantly 
boring  bis  friends  with  invitations  to  come  down 
and  8e«  bis  ship,  and  offered  several  of  them  free 
{passage  to  Constantinople  on  her.  He  was  quite 
intmste  with  Gen.  B.  S.  Bipley,  late  of  tne  Con- 
'federate  service,  and  by  him  was  introduced  to  a 
large  number  of  Americans — among  others  to  CoL 
Boward  Fuller,  of  tbe  London  Cosmopolitan,  and  to 
Hon.  Charles  D.  Poston,  ex  delegate  to  Con- 
'^ess  from  Arizona,  both  of  whom  are  now 
In  this  City.  While  in  London.  Col.  Edin- 
boro'  was  sometimes  aean  in  the  companionship 
Df  a  beantifal  woman  whom  he  called  his  wife,  but 
oftener  In  the  society  of  Spears  &  Pond's  beauties. 
(Spears  &  Pond  are  the  lessees  of  tbe  "Criterion" 
and  other  well-known  places  of  resort  in  London, 
and  are  noted  for  tbe  handsame  bar-maids  in  their 
fcmploy.)  Edinboro'  pretended  to  be  a  Yirginian  by 
birth,  and  said  that  he  bad  been  an  officer  in  tbe 
Confederate  Army  dnrlDg  the  war.  He  had  also,  be 
taid,  served  in  the  Chilian  Axmy,  and  under  Gari- 
t>aldl  In  Italy,  and  had  afterward  gone  to  Turkey. 
Sis  ii-Utingu6  air  and  generally  "stunning  "  apoear- 
ano«  had  ita  effect  oa  the  circles  in  which  he 
nnved,  and  he  found  no  difficulty  in  effecting 
iK/ans  whenever  h«  wanted  ready  money. 
'■Among  his  other  victims  was  an  English 
gendeman  of  whom  he  borrowed  £600  (|3,000)  on 
Che  shortest  possible  aoaoalntanoe.  Mr.  Good- 
enough,  late  TJuited  States  Consul  General  in  Con- 
Itaaiinople,  who  knew  Eainboro,  in  1872  and  1973, 
laj^  he  lett  that  city  leaving,  as  his  sole  legacy, 
deibts  to  landlady  and  other  creditors  who  besieged 
the  American  Consulate  for  several  days,  endeav- 
flJBg  to  obtain  redreaa. 

.    Tbe  Bey,  having  fought  on  the  Confederate  side, 
tbe  good  Ottomana  fancied  that  the  United  States 
aiStborities    were    responsible    for   his  debts,  or  at 
least   bound   to   furnish   some  redress.      In     tbe 
metmtime,  Edinboro'  had  reached  Marseilles   and 
)xom  thence  proceeded  to  Paris  and  London.  When 
Jbe  arrived   in  New-York,  in  Augosc  last,   be  an- 
nounced  himself    as  in    charge  of    the     Turkish 
jtorpedo   service,    and   also   as     armed    with   spe- 
cial powers  for  the  chartering  of  American    vessels 
tr  transport  purposes.    He  put  up  at  tbe   New- 
ark Hotel  in  great  style,  and  was  treated  with  tbe 
Dsideratioa   due  to  his    assumed  dignity.      His 
pamerous  trunks  all  bore  tbe  Turkish  arms  in   the 
■bape  of  a  glittering  aresent  and   star,   and  among 
tlie  loungers  and  hansers-on  of  the  house  he  was 
poked  npon  as  a  Grand  Vizier  at  least.     His  first 
atiove    was  to  make  the  acquaintance  of  a    num- 
*er   of   ship-brokers    and  sieam-ahiD  owners,    of 
trhom   be  borrowed  money  in    liberal  sums,   and 
promised    to  engage    their    vesiiels    for   tbe   Sol- 
can's  service  as  soon  as   the  necessary  ionnallr.ies 
euuld  be  concluded.    Ue  obtained   large  loans  of 
Dapt.  Stead,  of  the  steamer  Professor  Morse,  on  the 
nnderrataading  that  bis  steamer  would    De  amcng 
tbe   iirst  chartered.    One  cold,   wet  afternoon,  be 
took,  the  Captain  several  miles  up  tbe  North  River, 
In  order  to  inspect  a  couple  of  steamers  which  be 
/Ibougbt  of  hiring  for  his  Majesty's  service.    After 
Ma  unsuccessful  search  Stead  returned  late  at  nigbt, 
^oruontand   covered  with  mud,  withoat  having 
been  able  to  find  two  steamers  which  would  suit  tbe 
Critical   fancy  of  the    "Bey."     In  order  to  obtain 
ffk  Turkish  engagement,  tbe  owners  of  tbe  Morse 
Refused  a  valuable  private  offer,  and  are  altbgetbar 
^nt  of  pocke^  by -their  confidence    In   ''bis  High- 
ness," to  the  amount  of  $2,000.    Ajiotber  promising 
negotiation  of  the  "  Bey  "  was  with    the  owner  ot 
mcelebrated    submarine  torpedo-boat    whicb      tbe 
tturkish  representative  offered  to  buy  for  $1,000,000 
/Xnrkish  tunda,  ($6,000,000  in  gold,)  and  which  would 
I"  efi.-ctaally  protect  tbe  Dardanelles  against  the 
'iC3mbined   navies    of    the    woild."      Among    sbip- 
IbroKers  of  WlUiam  street  and  tbe   Maritime  Ex- 
change       the       "Colonel"       was       an       object 
Wt     admiration       and       envy.      Everywhere     he 
praa  loilowed  by  half  a  doaen  enterprising  brokers, 
offering  to  loan  taim  money  to  any  amount  and  beg- 

Slng  bim  to  engage  their  ships  for  the  transport  of 
rms  and  mnnitions  to  Constantinople.  Among  the 
ytories  be  told  to  bis  society  iriends  were  some 
^bich  would  baye  done  credit  |to  Munchausen 
jbimselt  One  was  that  Senator  Jones,  of  Nevada, 
{bad  offered  bim  925.000  a  year  to  introduce  a  new 
'Ice  B«tent  In  India,  and  for  two  months  be  kept  an 
'ttnforiusate  civil  engineer  named  Brown  hanging 
aroond  tbe  hotel,  in  tbe  promise  of  being  engaged 
by  the  "Bey"  to  introduce  tbe  blessings  ot  ice 
among  tbe  t>enlghted  nations  of  India.  Hla  hotel 
bill  was  rendered  promptly  every  week,  bnt  nobody 
tiftoagbt  of  preulog  so  magnificent  an  Individaal 
tor  payment. 

On  one  oodaaion  when  the  "  Colonel"  was  return- 
\ai  from  a  yachting  excursion  with  Mr.  F.  W.  J. 
Hurst,  of  tbe  National  Line,  he  told  Mr.  Cranstoun 
tbat  he  bad  been  knocked  overboai-d  during  the 
cruise,  and  bad,  nntortnnately,  lost  bis  oommis- 
lion,  credentials,  cheok-book,  ready  money, 
Ac.  It  afterward  turned  ont  that  he  .  had 
been    '   on        a       yaobilng       trip        with    '    tbe 

Eitlemaa  in  question— -without,  bowever,  being 
poked  orerboard  v>  the  manner  desonAed.  At 
t  the  antboritiea  of  tbe  New- York  Hotel  were 
compelled  to  use  plain  langtiage  witb  tbe  "Bey," 
but  the  omack  of  tbe  torpedo-t>oat  and  others  who  ^ 
aixpeoted  fM  oootraota  ttom  the  Torkish  Govern- 
mens  Interceded,  and  mi*t«rs  were  smoothed  over 


a  a  tUn&  Go  the  day  afnr  ^TeV'Tear's  the  Colonel 
rot  tbeBey^aigael.wtaB>Twr Vtmtmoat nhooaaa,*. .— a^ 


te  eaU  bim,  left  tbe  New-Tcrk  Botel  aad  an  nn- 
llqni  led  board  bill  of  over  $000,  for  arlMt  to  Gov. 
Wlnehester,  at  New-Haren,  Oonn.  Wbat  happened 
during  Ilia  absence  is  not  known,  except  tbe 
faoc  tbat  wbila  he  had  lert  t^e  City  in 
straitened  eirctunstaaoes  be  returned  quite  "flush." 
Ue  stopped  at  the  St.  Omer  Hotel,  in  .Suth  avenue, 
-where  he  left,  an  already  stated,  aeverai  tboosand 
dollars  la  gold  oertifloates  and  notes  In  the  bauds  of 
tbe  oroprletor.  On  the  same  day  he  visited  Mr.  B. 
C.  ndwarda,  agent  of  the  Winchester  Repeating 
Arms  Company,  in  l^rolay  street,  and  asked  bun 
tn  cash  a  draft  for  $600  in  gold  on  the  Bank  of  New- 
York.  Mr.  Edwards  did  so,  and  banded  him  two 
$100  bills,  $100  In  $5  and  $10  bills.  $16  m  notes  of 
smaller  denomination  ft,  and  the  balance,  $300,  in  gold. 
He  told  Mr.  En  wards  tbat  be  was  going  to  leave  for 
London  that  afternoon  on  the  steamer  Denmark, 
adding  tbat  the  ship  possibly  might  not  sail.  Mr. 
Edwards  looked  in  Thb  Times  of  the  next  day,  bnt 
did  not  see  bis  Turkish  friend's  name  among  the 
list  of  passengers.  Ou  the  Moodav  following  tbe 
"Colonel-Bey  "  was  entertained  at  Delmonico's  at  a 
dinner  given  in  bis  honor  by  the  expectant  ship- 
brokers.  On  Tuesday,  tbe  16tb,  he  paid  bis  bill  at 
the  St.  Omer  Hotel,  and  decamped,  taking  the  $3,000 
in  gold  certificates  already  alluded  to,  and  a  laree 
sum  in  greesbackH.  It  is  rumored  that  the  secret  of 
the  "Colonel's  "  sudden  wealth  is  tbe  fact  that  he  is 
possessed  of  important  facts  concorning  tbe  law- 
suit mentioned  in  Mr.  Cranstown's  letter,  aod  that 
certain  parties  are  trilling  to  Dleed  liberally  in  order 
to  get  rid  of  him.  By  tbe  conression  of  all  parties 
he  has  proved  himaelf,  dnring  a  sbort  stay  of  five 
months,  one  of  the  most  adroit  aod  accompliahed 
adventurers  tbat  the  Metropolis  has  ever  enter- 
tained. Even  the  gentlemen  who  have  Bufft»red 
most  by  bim  cannot  help  expreiising  their  admira- 
tion of  tbe  fellow's  msinuatina  cvddruss.  infiuite 
impudence,  aud  Arabian  Nigbt's-like  imagination. 
To  those  wbo  sUw  bim  last,  he  stated  that  bis  desti- 
nation was  Wasbingtou,  bnt  it  is  generally  thongbt 
tbat  he  has  returned  tj  London  or  Paris.  His 
greatest  monruers  are  the  ajiip-brokers,  amoug 
whom  be  is  affectionately  referred  to  as  "  Torpedo 
Bey,"  and  whose  siups  .are  now  lying  idle  at  the 
wbarfs  awaiting  the  next  arrival  trom  Constanti- 
nople. 

TALE  BEFUSES    TO  MEET  COBNELL. 


A  BOATING  CHALLKNGE  REJECTED — WHV 
IT  WAS  NOT  ACCKPTED — THE  FOOT-BALL 
PLAYERS  ALSO  DECLINE  TO  MEET  COM- 
PETITORS. 

Special  DUpateh  to  the  New-  York  IHrnet. 

New-HaveiJ,  Feb.  3.— At  a  meeting  of  the 
Yale  University  Boat  Club  held  this  afternoon, 
President  Davis  presiding,  aud  a  large  number 
of  students  attending,  it  was  voted  to  re- 
ject CorneU'a  chalienge  to  row  a  four- 
mile  straight-away  race  in  an  eight-oared 
boat  with  coxswain,  or  in  a  four- 
oared  boat  without  coxswain,  should 
Yale  De  the  -y^ictcr  in  the  race  with  Harvard. 
The  ground  for  declination  is  that  Cornell  re- 
fused to  pull  a  race  with  Yale  at  Philadelphia, 
after  the  objection  of  a  lack  of  funds  had  been 
overcome  by  the  offer  of  New-York  graduates 
to  pay  ajl  expenses,  aud  that,  con- 
sequently. Cornell  acted  m  bad  faith.  The 
fiuances  of  the  Yale  Club  were  declared 
by  Capt.  Collin  to  be  in  a  bad  condition,  and  it 
was  stated  that  subscriptions  must  be  bad  to 
enable  the  crew  to  perlect  their  training  for 
the  Harvard  contest. 

At  a  meeting  ot  the  Foot-bail  Association, 
immediately  following  the  boating  iueetiu<r,  it 
was  voted  not  to  join  the  Intercolle^iiate  Asso- 
ciation, the  Yale  Club  not  wi>'hing  to  be  con- 
trolled by  rales  other  than  those  they  are  able 
to  agree  upon  in  each  mat  oh  with  contestants. 


SEBIOUS  PAJHIC  IN   A    CHVBCH. 

A     LARGE     COXGREGATIOX    OF     MKTHODISTS 
IN  GRKAT  DANGER— HOW  THE  EXgiTE- 

MENT    WAS    CREATED. 

SoecialDispatcAto  th;  yeio-Tork  Tifin. 

Cincinnati,  Feb.  3.— While  a  large  con- 
gregation was  assembled  in  tbe  Method:sc 
church  at  East  Coluiabia,  a  night  or  two  since, 
the  people  were  suddenly  startled  by  a  great 
crash  at  the  east  sido  of  the  church.  It  was 
supposed  that  the  building  was  about  to  be 
•arried  do-wn  tbe  hill  by  a  landslide,  and  iao- 
mediately  a  panic  ensued.  A  cry  of  fire  was 
raised,  which  added  to  tbe  confusion.  Wom«tn 
fainted,  and  several  men  were  icjured  in  their 
attempts  to  break  the  windows,  and  afford  exit 
tor  the  panio-striokon  people.  The  cause  of 
the  accident  war»  found  to  be  the  tall  ot  a  re- 
taining wall,  whicb,  in  its  descent,  struck 
against  the  side  of  the  church.  The  panic  was 
allayed  before  serious  injury  was  done,  but  it 
was  found  necessary  to  adjeuru  the  meeting. 

A  CRBISTIAN  COi\FEBEi\CE. 


UNDER  THE  AUSPICES  OP  THE  ST.  LOUIS 
TOUNG  men's  christian  ASSOCIATION — 
THE  LABOK8  AND  GROWTH  OF  TUK  ASSO- 
CIATION IN   AMERICA. 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  3. — A  Christian  Conterence 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Assosiation  has  been  in  session  here  for  two  darx, 
and  several  prominent  gentlemen  engaged  in  Chris- 
tian work  from  different  parts  ot  tbe  country  are 
present,  among  them  Bev.  Geo.  N.  Hall,  late  Secre- 
tary of  the  New- York  Association;  Thomas  E.  Croe, 
traveling  Secretary  of  tbe  International  Exccntive 
Committee  of  the  United  States  and  Canada  ; 
K.  WeidenscU.  traveling  agent  of  tbe  International 
Committee  in  tbe  North-west  ;  A.  W.  Van  Aradale, 
General  Secretary  of  the  Tonog  Men's  Christian 
AasociatiOD,  of  Chicago,  and  others.  A  number  of 
addresses  on  varioas  subjects  of  interest  to  those 
engaged  in  tblawork  have  been  delivered  and  dis- 
cussed, and  a  great  deal  of  intere>it  has  been  mani- 
fested in  the  exercises  of  tbe  session,  both  day  and 
evening.  Mr.  Cree  presented  a  report  settilig  torth 
tbe  labors  of  tbe  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion, and  its  growth  and  influunee.  It  shows  that 
no  .withstanding  the  depresoed  state  of  baaine.<e, 
there  has  been  a  healthy  increase  of  associations  all 
over  the  eotm try,  and  they  hivo  been  uuusually 
active.  Tbe  total  number  of  associations  connect- 
ed witb  the  International  Cutumi  tee,  18  1,060.  The 
btuidings  and  property  owned,  exclusive 
of  libraries,  furniture,  &c.,  are  valued  at 
$3,200,000.  Current  expenses  tor  tbe  year,  $450,000. 
There  are  liiO»  general  secretaries,  who  give  all 
tbeir  time  to  Association  work,  and  tbe  member- 
ship of  tbe  Associatioo  is  about  loO.OOO.  Emplirv- 
ment  was  found  diuing  the  year  fur  over  10.000 
men.  Twenty-one  State  and  Provincial  convfntious 
have  been  held  during  tbe  year,  at  which  416  Asro- 
ciations  were  represented.  Tbe  growco  ot  associa- 
tions in  the  South  has  been  very  marketl,  about  200 
having  been  organised  since  the  last  annual  vi.-ii  to 
tbat  8ec;ion  of  tbe  country,  and  active  work  is  be- 
ing prosecuted  there  among  tbe  colorea  young 
men.  

THE    WEAtRER. 


INDICATIONS. 

"Washington,  Feb.  4—1  A.  'Hi..— For  the  Middle 
States,  rising,  possibly  followed  by  falling,  barometer, 
colder  north-west  to  north-east  winds,  cloudy  and 
rainy  weather. 

For  New-England,  rising  barometer,  colder  north- 
westerly winds,  possibly  veering  to  north-east,  and 
cloudy  followed  by  rainy  weather. 


y-  '  THE  PROPOSE  1>  VARIES  CANAL. 
'  Panabia,  Jan.  25. — The  Star  and  Herald  of 
Jan.  18  says:  "  Tne  news  just  received  from  the 
Canal  Exploring  Expedition  in  the-  Darien could  not 
be  more  flattering  in  all  tbat  concerns  the  progress 
of  tbe  work.  Mr.  Wyse,  tne  chief  in  command, 
bad,  in  ^  advance  of  tne  body  of  the  ex- 
pedition, i  crossed  ,  the  summit  and  arrived 
on  the  Atlantic  ?  slope.  The  observations 
which  he  had  been  able  to  make  during  this 
this  excursion  bad  redoubled  bis  hope  of  a  result 
extremely  favorable  to  tbe  adoption  of  that  route 
as  suitable  for  the  construction  of  tbe  proposed 
canal.  The  sanitary  condition  of  the  expedition  in 
general  coiild  not  be  belter,  notwithstanding  tbe 
lamented  death  of  Capt.  Biiio.  This  unfortunate 
occurrence  waa  not  in  any  way  dne  to  tbe  peculiari- 
ties of  tbe  climate  of  tbat  region,  but  to  circum- 
stances which  might  have  occurred  in  any  other." 

TSB  MOSILE  AND  OHIO  RAILROAD. 
Mobile,  Feb.  3.— The  United  States  Circuft 
Court  for  the  Fifth  Circuit  and  Southern  District 
of  Alabama,  Hon.  John  Bt-nce  presiding,  has  this 
day  rendered  a  decree  affirming  tbe  title  of  Morris 
Ketchum  as  Trustee  nnder  the  first  mortgage  of  the 
Mobile  atid  Ohio  Kailroad  Company.  Tbe  opinion 
is  very  elaborate,  and  will  be  published  in  a  few 
days.  

LTNOHINO  IN  ARKANSAS. 

Little  Rock,  Feb.  3.— The  DeWitt  (Arkan- 
sas County.)  Irtdioator  publishes  tbe  detaila  of  the 
lynching  in  Stanley  Township  of  Frank  J.  Astor  a 
few  days  ago.  Astor  was  taken  from  his  home, 
without  clothing,  by  a  party  of  men,  and  hung  to 
the  limb  of  a  tree.  Tbe  caiue  for  the  deed  is  un- 
known.   ^ 

OOA  yiOTSD  OP  REOEl  VINQ  STOLEN  BONDS. 
BoslON,  Feb.  3. — Guilford  White,  an  attor- 
ney at  law,  of  this  city,  who  has  been  on  trial  for 
the  past  week,  waa  thia  evening  found  guilty  of  re- 
eelTUs  two  8t«Iea  T7nlted  HutA.   t^^- of  |10.000 


AMDSEMKiNTS. 


MUSICAL  AND  DBAMAXIC. 


ENGLISa  OPERA, 
"The  Bohemian  Girl"  waa  Bunjj  at  the 
Academy  of  Masle,  yesterday  aftemson,  Miss  Kel- 
logg as  Arlin*  bearing  off  her  usual  allowance  of 
laurels,  and  her  associates  uniting  in  a  general  per- 
formance of  sustained  Interest  and  m%rit.  To- 
morrow, tbe  company  is  to  enter  npon  the  third 
and  final  week  of  their  sciionrn  m  this  City, 
and,  as  we  shall  probably  be  sans  opera 
for  a  good  manv  months  thereafter,  it  is  to  be 
hoped  that  at  least  as  liberal  enconragsment  as 
the  public  has  accorded  th-^ir  performances  thus 
far  will  be  bestowed  upon  tbe  last  of  tbe  series. 
Tuesday— instead  of  Monday— "Lucia"  will  be 
given,  with  Miss  Eullogg,  Mr.  Maaa  and  Mr.  Carle- 
ton  in  tbe  principal  rOles;  Wednesday,  "The  Fly- 
ing Dutsbman"  may  be  listened  to,  and,  on  Friday, 
"Mignon"  will  be  represented  for  the  beneht  of 
Miss  Eellogg.  The  oper.)  intended  for  interpreta- 
tion at  the  proposed  Saturday  msliu6e,  will  be  de- 
termined upon  hereafter. 


THOMAS*  SYMPHONY  CONCERT. 
The  fourth  symphony  concert  given  by  Mr. 
Thomas,  this  season,  took  place  at  Steinway  Hail, 
yestoi'day  evening,  in  presence  of  an  immense  au- 
dience. Tbe  programme  occupied  two  hours  in  its 
interpretation,  and  was  unusually  substantial.  It 
Included  Baob's  Suite  Ko.  3  in  D,  Beethoven's 
"Pastoral"  syrapbonv,  and  some  new  music 
from  "Gottertia:nmerung,"  the  fourth  ana 
last  work  of  the  Wagnerian  cyclus.  The 
performance  was  absolatelv  faultless.  Tbe  second 
division  of  tbe  Suite^whicb  is  also  the  most  famil- 
iar— exhibited  in  the  strongest  light  tbe  admirably- 
delicate  work  ot  Mr.  Thomas'  violins,  and 
the  interpretation  of  the  whole  "composi- 
tion left  nothing  to  be  wished  for.  Still  more 
sympathetic  and  precise  executioa  was  noticeable 
in  the  '*  Pastoral"  symphony,  with  its  alternaUon 
of  suggestiye  and  imitative  passages,  and  its  well- 
nigh  endless  variety  of  lovely  tone-pictures,  tbe 
allegro  being  followed  by  a  special  demsnstration  of 
delight  on  the  part  of  the  spectators.  The  music  from 
"'Gotterditsimerung"  constituted  the  last  half  of 
tbe  concert.  This  included  tbe  funeral  march 
sounded  as /Sic^/ried's  corpse  is  borne -toward  tbe 
castle  of  tbe  Ciibichung!),  the  subseqaeat  lament 
of  Erilnnhildc,  and  the  complete  flnalp.  Our 
opiniou  as  tu  tbe  impresalveuoss  of  excerpts  trom 
Wagner's  operas  has  botn  repeatedly  exurcused  in 
tills  place.  Tbe  neira  beauty  of  the"  com- 
poser's themes  and  the  splendor  uf  tbe 
orchestration  are  too  apparent  not  to  havu 
recognition  at  om-e,  but  the  writiug  loses 
all  its  signiflcanco  wbcn  the  antecedent 
Hcenes  its  niutivus  recall  to  listooi^rs  fa- 
miliar with  the  trilogy  are  not  suggesti^d,  sud 
when  rich  scenic  effects  aru  oot  at  baud  to  instruct 
and  entrauco  tbe  oye  while  tbe  voices  and  instrn- 
ments  fills  tbo  ear.  Tu  the  fortnnatu 
Jew  who  visited  Bayrt-uth  last  Summer, 
tbe  second  part  of  yesterday'^  coocert  was  frauabt 
with  a  strange  Aiut  genuine  eloquence.  The  eveut- 
tul  epochs  of  Siegfried's  life  were  summoned  before 
them  again  in  the  broKen  phrases  of  the  funeral 
march,  and,  while  Brunnhildt' s  impassioned  accents 
rose  above  the  uce.iu-iilte  swell  of  the  orchestra,  tbe 
sweet  utterances  of  the  love  duet,  the  risine  of  tbe 
fiames  at  Loge't  biilding,  the  martial  summons 
typical  of  tbo  Wiilauugs,  the  wild  calls  of  the 
Walkyries,  and  the  grave  harmonies  sug- 
gestive of  Wallialla  brought  back  every  in- 
cident of  the  noble  drama.  We  cannot  believe, 
however,  that  the  selections  addrrased  themselves 
witb  equal  power  to  the  public,  and,  though  tbe  mas- 
sivones  and  ulahoratcncss  of  the  music  were  not  to  be 
mistaken,  wu  are  constrainsd  to  think  tbat  tbe 
plaudits  were  intended  rather  (ur  the  performers 
than  for  tbe  composition.  Mr.  Thomas'  forces, 
It  must  be  said,  went  through  their  diiBcult 
task  with  unflagging  zeal,  and  Mme.  Pappenbeim, 
who  personated  Briinnhilde,  saug  wholly  from 
memory,  and  with  a  wanutli  and  energy  worthy 
of  unreserved  commendation.  Tbe'  t'mpo  of  tbe 
march  appeared  to  a»  as  taken  rather  slow,  but  as 
Mr.  Thomas  usually  his  authority  for  his  perform- 
ances, we  should  not  like  to   be  too  positive  ou  this 

point. 

.  ♦ 

AX  ATTRACTIVE  COXCERT. 
An  cntcrtainmout  of  rare  exeellenee  will  be 
given  at  Steinway  Hall  on  Tuesday  evening,  under 
the  auspices  of  the  New-Yoric  Press'  Cluti.  The 
programme  is  to  embrace  both  literary  and  musical 
elements.  Mr.  Samuel  L.  Clemens  (Mark  Twain) 
will  read  a  sketch  prepared  especially  for  the  scca- 
sioo,  and  will  givo  therein  an  acoouut  of  Ms  expe- 
Tlenoe  witb  an  "  interviewer."  Tbe  musical 
and  literary  celebrities  whose  names  follow 
are  also  to  take  part  in  tbo  affair,  the  list  inclnding 
Mme.  Eugenie  Pappenelm,  soprano;  Mmo.  Zelda 
Seguin,  contralto;  Mes^ira.  William  Castle  aud 
George  Werron rath,  teujra;  Mr.  William  Carleton, 
baritone;  Mr.  Jules  G.  Lumliard.  bas»o;  Mr.  Fred- 
erick Boscovitz,  pianist;  Mr.  Charles  Kob«rt8,  Jr., 
acd  Mr.  A.  P.  Burbauk,  elucutiunists;    The  Now- 

"Fork         AlaOrijal  aud  Ulee  Club,         Mr. 

G.  G.  Kockwood,  director ;  The  Young 
Apollo  Club,  Mr.  W.  F.  Williams,  Director,  and 
Signor  E.  Mnrzo,  conductor  and  acciimpaoist.  This 
remarkable  array  of  artists  concerned  in  a  single 
entertainment  has  caused  a  lively  demand  for  seats, 
and  the  sales  have  been  large  ;  as  many  prominent 
citizens,  too,  have  signified  tbeir  intention  ot  being 
present,  it  la  expected  tbe  audience  will  be  nncom- 
monly  representative.  A  ftjw  tickets  -with  reserved 
seats  can  still  be  bought  at  Steinway  Hall. 


GENERAL   MENTION.  , 

Mr.  Burbauk  will  recite  at  Association  Hall, 
on  Tuesday  evening. 

"  The  Big  Bonanza  "  is  to  be  acted  at  the 
Olympic  Theatre  throuiihout  this  week. 

••The  Happy  Moke"  may  still  be  witnessed 
at  the  San  Francisco  Minstrels'  Upera-bouse. 

Continued  representations  of  "  Around  the 
World  in  BO  days,"  are  announced  at  Niblo's  The- 
atre. 

Nightly  representations  of  "Lemons"  are 
promised  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre  tbruughont 
this  week. 

A  concert  by  the  "Slave  Troupe  of  Jubilee 

Singers"  will  be  given  at  the  *Grund  Opera-house 
tli^s  evening. 

"Mme.  Essipoff  is  to  give  three  concerts  at 
Steinway  Hall,  occuring,  respectively,  on  tbe  even- 
ings of  Feb.  13  and  16,  and  on  the  afternoon  of  Feb. 
17. 

With  the  present  week  Mr.  Booth's  repre- 
sentations at  tbe  Brooklyn  Aftidomy  of  Music  will 
terminate.  Last  week's  performances,  we  learn, 
were  very  succasslul. 

Miss  Victorine  Lubia,  professionally  known 
as  "  The  Water  ifyinph,"  and  Capt.  Qmuley,  the 
celebratod  diver,  are  to  perform  at  the  New- York 
Aquarium  throughout  this  week. 

Mr.  H.  J.  Montague  departs  to-morrow  on  a 
"  starring  tour."  He  will  visit  successively  Provi- 
dence, Boston,  and  Buflalo,  aod  will  make  known, 
during  bis  trip,  a  ne".v  play  called  "Our  Idol." 

"  Indian  Life ;  or  a  Chase  for  a  Wife,"  is  the 
title  ot  a  "i^omantio  sensational  drama  on  borsa- 
baok,"  whicb,  witb  sundry  trstting  and  runaing 
races,  may  be  witnessed  at  Gilmore's  Garden 
throughout  this  week. 

Anew  "musical  comedy,"  called  "Marton, 
the  Pretty  Bouquetidre,"  will  be  made  known  at  tbe 
New  Broadway  Theatre,  to-morrow  evening.  A 
concert  by  the  Georgia  Jubilee  Singers  will  be  given 
at  the  same  house,  to-night.  , 

Mrs.  Sheridan  Shook  repeated  her  excellent 
performance  of  Lady  Teazle,  with  Mr.  Bird  aa  Sit 
Peter,  at  the  Lyceum  Tbeture,  last  evening,  tbe 
representation  being  eiven  for  the  benefit  of  the 
Bosendale  Mikision,  of  Ulster  County. 

*'La  Jolie  Parfumeuse"  "^1  be  the  attraction 
at  tbe  Eagle  Theatre  to-morrow  evening,  and,  ou 
Tuesday,  "La  Petite  Mari6e,"  an  opera  by  Lecocq, 
new  to  American  audiences,  will  be  produced 
tbere,  with  lilHe.  Aim6e,  of  course,  in  the  principal 
rflle. 

Mr.  Heller  "will  change  bis  programme 
to-morrow  evening.  The  thirty  entertainment  at 
the  Wondei  Theatre  is  to  embrace  six  new  tricks, 
some  novel  features  under  ibe  eaption  of  "  Tbe 
Second  Sight  Mystery,"  and  dlvera  other  good 
things. 

Mr.  Longfellow  and  his  publishers  have  ac- 
corded to  Mrs.  Covinne  Youav  tbe  right  to  use  the 
Story  anA  title  of  "firvangeltne"  for  that  lady'* 
futw  ooara.    It  ia  aoon  to  be  srodaoe^Jwe  bamr.  la 


Braseele,  and,  si]b*«<inaiisly.  will  be  represented 
in  Pans  and  Lendoa. 

Tbe  laat  rcDresentatioiM  of  "  All  for  Her " 
areiooceor  at  Wallaok's  Theatre  to-srsorrow  and 
Tuesday.  On  Wednesday  "  A  Morning  Call "  and 
"  Married  Lite "  will  constitute  tbe  programme, 
Mr.  Waliack  and  the  whole  company  being  oon- 
oemed  in  Its  representation. 

Mr.  C^rge  Fawcett  Rowe's  new  drama  en- 
titled "  Fifth  Avenue  "  willbe  produced  at  Booth's 
Theatre  to-morrow  eveniug.  Mr.  RIgnold  and 
several  well  known  artists  are  to  take  part  In  the 
performance,  and  the  Impressivenees  of  the  play 
will  be  further  enhanced  b>  a  mite  en  acdne  of 
rare  elaboratenesa. 

"  Our  Boardinj;  House"  appears  to  have 
produced  a  durable  as  well  as  aoleasan  impression. 
The  audience  at  the  Park  Theatre,  last  evening, 
was  80  large  tbat  tbe  mtuicians  were  sent  into  ex- 
ile— no  very  seriona  mishap,  by  the  way- while 
eager  spectators  invaded  the  orchestra.  The  piece 
iaannonnoed  for  nightly  repetition. 

A  concert  for  the  benefit  of  the  Italian  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  will  be  given  at  Steinway 
Hall,  on  Wednesday  evenmg  next.  Among  tbe 
performers  wbo  have  tendered  their  services  are 
Mrs.  Pora  Gordon  Steele,  Mr.  Heiman  Brandt,  and 
Signer  de  Carlo.  An  orchestra,  under  Prof,  fioett- 
ger,  will  also  take  part  in  the  entertainment. 

"  Miss  Multon"  had  its  final  representation 
at  the  Union  Square  Theatre  last  evening.  To- 
morrow a  translation  of  "  Les  Danicbeffs"  will  be 
brought  ont  tbere,  with  a  distribution  of  parts 
calling  into  requisition  tbe  services  of  Messrs- 
Thorne,  O'Neill,  Floyd,  Parselle,  and   Montgomery 

and  of  Mmes.  Rogeri,  Morant,  Jewett.  Yernon, 
Wilklns.  and  Farren. 

As  already  announced,  Miss  Emma  Abbott 
will  give  tbe  first  of  three  concerts  at 
Cbickering  Hall,  on  Wednesday  evening 
next.  Miss  Abbott  is  to  have  tbe  co- 
operation of  Signorl  Brigooli  and  Ferranti.  of 
Mr.  Case,  a  pianist,  and  a  graduate  of  the  Paris 
Conservatoire,  and  of  Herr  Seifert,  a  German 
violinist,  Mr.  Maretzok  directing  the  orchestra. 


TERRIBLE  MASSACRE  IN  CALL 


A  TOWN  IN  COLOMBIA  TAKEN  AND  SACKED 
BY  ARMED  MEN— HUNDREDS  OF  UNOF- 
KENDIXU  PERSONS  SLAUGHTERED—^ 
SHAMKLKSS  OUTRAGES  PERPETRATED— 
FOREIGN  RfSIDKNTS  BADLY    TREATED. 

A  special  correspondent  of  the  Panama 
Star  and  Herald  of  Jan.  ID  writes  from  Palmira, 
Jan.  3,  as  follows  :  "  On  the  18th  of  December  it 
was  reported  tbat  tbe  Conservatives  intended  to 
rise  in  the  cities  of  Call,  Palmira  and  other  places. 
On  the  20th  they  attacked  tbe  Cltv  ot  Cali,  over- 
powered the  small  guard  at  the  cuartel,  freed  the 
political  prisoners,  and  sneceeded  in  organiziBg  a 
force  of  aoont  3UU  men  badly  armed,  and 
began  to  prepare  for  resistance.  Bnt  bctors 
manv  days  passed,  tho  Liberals  surrounded  Gall 
with  a  force  of  about  2.0OU  to  3,000,  snd  on  tbe  34th 
attacked  tho  Coussrvatives.  wbo  tried  to  defend 
themselves  for  a  short  time,  aod,  of  course,  sue- 
ciimhed.  Tu»  Libeials  felt  exasperated,  believing 
the  Conservatives  had  abused  the  coofidence  that 
was  placed  in  thera.-  Therefore.  Gen.  Ptfia,  the 
leader  of  tbe  Liberal  forces  at  Cali,  gave  orders  that 
nu  prisoners  should  be  taken  alive,  aud  tbe  town  to 
De  delivered  over  to  tbe  troops.  The  consequence 
uf  it  was  that  every  Conservative  tbat  was  caught, 
with  or  without  arms,  was  cut  down.  The  houses 
were  sacked,  all  furniture  destroyed  and  all 
other  kinds  of  outrages  committed.  All  the  store- 
rooms and  warehouses  of  merchandiss  disappeared. 
Foreigners  shared  the  same  fate  as  natives.  In  one 
word,  tbe  action  of  tbo  Liberal  Ifnops  can  only  be 
compared  to  tbe  Basbi-Bazou-v*.  «.« i  scenes  of  Bul- 
garia were  committed  tu  Am»ff  *  ■  •  yCaucanos,  who 
call  themselves  champions  tiy  eqa.ility,  fraternity, 
aud  liberty  1  But  I  am  very  much  atraid  that  tbe 
examples  set  by  tbe  Bashi-Bazonks  and  tbe  Com- 
mune of  PariH,  and  our  Sitting  Bull,  have  found  in 
the  troops  under  Pe&a  not  only  fit  and  worthy  dis- 
clpies,  bat  thev  have  actually  shown  themselves 
tbeir  maatorn.  For  tbe  present  I  shall  cite  only  one 
instance.  The  furies  of  Pefia  got  bold  of  Dr. 
Visente  Borrero,  one  of  the  first  Presidents  of  tbe 
<  :<.nveonons  of  Colombia  for  independence,  aged 
90  years,  and  hllnd.  made  faira  kneel,  aud  then  dis- 
cbaritud  their  fire-arms  at  him. 

DEPLORABLE  SCENES  REPORTED. 
Another  correspondent  of  the  same  paper,  writiog 
from  Call,  Jan.  Vi,  sars:  Gen.  Pefia  rode  in  after 
bis  men.  Like  tbem  he  was  tbe  worse  for  driuK, 
aud  now  he  dehberately  ordered  tbe  town  to  be 
sacked,  giving  his  banditti  five  hours  license  to 
■lay,  to  rob,  and  to  outrage  the  defenseless  inbabi- 
tante  at  discretion.  It  is  needless  to  say  bis  orders 
were  but  too  enthuiiastieally  otieyed.  By  this 
time  crowds  of  furies  in  the  tbe  shape  of  woinen  of 
tiiu  lu^  tist  class.  In  manv  cases  witb  their  hopeful 
offspr;.igs  at  their  heels,  swarmed  in  tbe  streets, 
bounding  ou  the  excited  mob  to  break  down  ail  the 
doors  tbat  were  not  immediately  tbrown  open. 
Long  before  tbe  plaza  was  taken,  the  work  of  plun- 
der had  already  begun  in  the  aide  streete,  and 
s-^me  of  the  stores  in  the  plaza  itself  were 
broken  into  and  stripped  of  their  ooa  tents,  before 
tbo  firing  had  commenced.  In  Commerotal  street, 
out  of  20  tbat  existed  before  the  attack,  only 
four  remain,  and  in  other  parte  of  tbe  town  two  or 
tbiee,bypure  accident,  escaped  ths  gsneraj  fate. 
A  tew  meicbants,  favored  by  toe  exceptional  posi- 
tion ot  theli  premises  and  by  tbe  asaisianoe  of 
friends  among  the  Invaders,  succeeded  in  saying 
their  goods,  at  tbe  expense  ol  all  tbe  liquors  they 
hail  In  their  possession,  but  in  the  major- 
ity of  cases  the  mere  attempt  has 
caused  tbe  loss  of  manv  valuable  lives. 
By  mid-day  most  of  tbe  stores  were 
cleared  of  their  coutonta.  Men,  women  and  chil- 
dren were  seen  staggering  In  every  direction  naaer 
thu  burden  of  their  spoil  ano  were  in  turn  mal- 
treated, knocked  down,  aod  sometimes  even  killed, 
and  deprived  in  turn  by  tbeir  fellow-thieves  of  the 
preceeds  of  their  robberies.  Fortunately,  perhaps, 
for  the  tows,  it  happened  that  tho  plimdereii  stores 
contained  lamo  quantities  uf  liquors.  Barrels  and 
cases  of  wine  and  spirits  were  turned  into  tbe 
streets,  and  a  satnrnalia  of  drankenness  began  tbat 
will  never  be  fornotton  by  those  who  bad  tbe  mis- 
furmne  t4>  wltaeas  ih»  deplorable  scenes  it  origi- 
nated. Tbe  destruction  continued  in  all  its  fury. 
Everything  tbat  cuold  nut  be  removed  or 
w;is  not  taongbt  worth  removing  was  destroyed, 
chopped,  and  hacked  to  pieces  or  burned.  Alter 
Ibe  first  rush  on  the  stores  bad  procured  tbem  an 
abundance  of  dnnk,  bands  of  frensied  men  patrolled 
the  town,  reeling,  shouting,  firing,  and  backing  at 
•very  living  creature  they  met  on  their  way,  but 
8till  UDsatiated  -with  the  slaughter  in  the  streets, 
they  poured  into  tbe  houses  uf  Liberals  and  Conser- 
vatives alike,  mostly  thungb  uf  tbe  latter,  and 
cuutinued  the  work  of  robbery,  murder,  and  aestruc- 
tioii.  All  the  Conservatives  they  met  were 
lutblessly  killed,  and  many  Liberals  who 
tried  to  arrest  tbe  barbariaus  in  their  pro- 
gress, or  to  shield  friends  or  relatives,  and 
persona  suspected  of  sytapathizinc  wito  the  Con- 
servatlyes,  or  of  having  no  deotded  opinion  in  ooli- 
tics  shared  the  same  fato.  Neither  age  nor  sex  nor 
Infirmity  constituted  the  least  safeguard.  Mo*t  of 
tbe  Conservatives,  thinking- perhaps  too  rashly  and 
selfishly — that  the  persons  of  men  alone  were.m 
danger,  bad  abandoned  their  homes,  leaving  ib 
tbem  only  the  women  of  their  households.  Of^bers, 
when  tbe  risk  grew  imminent,  haa  endeavored  to 
bide  tbemielve-  indoors,  and  were  dragged  out  to 
be  slaiii  ander  tbe  very  eyes  of  the  terrifled  women. 
Uu  tbo  otberband,  the  uni'ortnuate  wives  and  daugh- 
ters of  tbe  Conservatives  were  pitilessly  bunted  from 
boose  to  house,  meeting  with  the  most  shameless 
outrages  at  the  hands  of  their  fleadlah  pursuers. 
But  all  tbe  borrsrs  are  as  nothing  compared  with 
tbe  still  more  frightful  excesses  perpetrated  In  the 
suburbs  and  on  tbe  estates  in  the  surroanding 
Country.  Tbere  murder,  Inst,  robbery,  aod  incen- 
diarism have  continued  unchecked  lor  days  togeth- 
er. All  the  small  shopkeepers  h.ive  been  deprived 
of  house  and  borne,  all  tbe  estates  ravaged,  their 
cattle  driven  away  or  shot,  the  hedges  torn  down, 
the  oanefields  burued,  aud  even  the  masbluery  de- 
BtKoyed,  BO  as  to  render  it  useless  to  its  owners. 

THE     OFFICIAL  EEPOBT. 

Gen  Pefia,  In  bis  official  report,  briefiy  refers  to 
the  afiair  as  lollowa :  "  I  think  it  proper  to  make 
known  to  the  Government  tbiongh  you,  that  the 
rebels  had  resolved  to  destroy  tho  City  of  Call  by 
burning  tbe  magaaine.  Witb  tbat  object  they  set 
on  fire  that  of  tho  City  Hall,  which  fortuuatelv 
burned  only  in  part,  destroying  a  portion  of  the 
buildiug.  Thai  nf  Santa  Li t>rada,  wbicn  contained 
more  than  half  a  million  cartridges  and  40  quintals 
of  powder,  was  on  tbe  point  uf  being  destroyed, 
the  fire  being  over  tbe  mine,  when  our  troops  took 
tne  barracks.  The  criminal  intention  of  reducing 
this  heroic  city  to  ashes,  and  tbe  tenacious  resist- 
ance of  tbe  enemy,  increased  in  Its  damage  the- 
fury  of  the  oonfiict,  and  the  punishment  waa  se- 
vere." 

THE  ACT  OFFICIALLY  CONOEXNED. 

The  following  was  issued  from  the  office  of  the 
Treasury,  by  Hd.  Garces.  Jan.  4: 

The  Government  of  tbe  State  thanks  the  Com- 
mander in  Chief  wbo  directed  the  combat  of  tbe 
24tb  of  last  month,  wbtch  resulted  in  tbe  recovery 
of  this  city,  which  had  been  taken  possession  of  by 
a  body  of  rebels,  and  acknowledges  also  the  ser- 
vices of  tne  other  citizens  wbo  composed  tbe  vic- 
torious army.  It  likewise  recognizes  and  appre- 
ciates, at  ia  its  ddty,  the  activity  and  e£Soieocy 
-with  which  the  municipal  chiefs  of  Bugs.  Palmira, 
and  Santander,  exerted  themselves  to  conquer  this 
faction,  and  tbat  of  Buenaventura  whicb,  findiug 
luelf  at  liberty  to  lend  its  mlhiary  services,  ordered 
forces  to  Palmira. 

But,  if  tbe  Government  congratulates  itself  on 
account  uf  the  ^riotorv,  It  deolorea  and  condemns 
in  the  most  solemn  manner  the  excesses  which  fol- 
lowed. After  their  triumph,  a  part  of  tbe  vioio- 
jhons  troops  committed  offenses  against  morality, 
which  ai'e  entirely  Incompatible  with  the  dispo- 
sition, doctrine,  and  tendencies  ot  the  Liberal  Party. 
The  Government,  in  compliance  witb  the  impera- 
tive uoty  to  protect  its  dignity  and  the  honor  of  tbe 
party  wuieb  it  upholds,  condemns  severely  the  said 
exoe8ae^  and  will  employ  itaelf,  if  tbe  situation  of 
the  war  whicb  overruns  the  country  will  permit, 
in  investigating  who  are  the  petaons  responsible  far 
■neb  excesses,  in  order  thst  upon  tbem  exclusively 
may  )nstly  fall  tbe  Judgment  of  pnblie  opinloa 
,And  of  history,  rubliab  this  retuinrtpn  U  the 
oflbnal.  JBwUstf»  for  tbe  biAnaatian  of  alV 


THE  PRESDENT'S  MESSAGE. 


RESUMPTION  OF  SPECIE  PAYMENTS. 

PAPER  MONEY  AND  GOLD  COIN  OF  EQUAL 
VALtTE — ^HOW  SUCH  A  RESULT  MAY  BE 
ATTAINED— EXPORTS  AND  IMPORTS- 
VARIOUS  RECOMMENDATIONS  MADE — 
INSTANT  BELIEF  TO  THE  COUNTRY  EX- 
PECTED. 

Washington,  Feb.  3. — ^The    following  is 
the  President's  Message  on  the  subject  of  the 
resumption  of  specie  payments : 
To  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  : 

By  the  act  of  .Cougress  approved  Jan.  14, 

1875,  "To  provide  for  the  resumption  of  specie 
payments,"  the  Ist  of  January,  1879,  is  fixed 
as  the  date  when  sncti  reaumptioD  is  to 'begin. 
It  may  not  be  desirable  to  fix  an  earlier  tlate 
when  it  shall  actually  become  obligatory  upon 
the  Government  to  redeem  its  outstnnding 
legal-tender  notes  in  coin  on  presentation,  but 
it  is  certainly  most  desirable,  and  will  prove 
most  beneficial  to  every  pecuniary  in- 
terest of  the  country,  to  hasten  the 
day  when  the  paper  circulation  of  tho 
country  and  the  gold  coin  shall  have  equal 
values.  At  a  later  day,  if  currency  and  coin 
should  retain  equal  values,  it  might  become  ad- 
visable to  a-i  tborize  or  direct  resumption.  I 
believe  the  tu  ,  come  .  when  by  a  simple 
act  of  the  1<  tive  branch  of  the  Govern- 
ment this  T  .u  desirable  result  can  be  at- 
tained. I  am  strengthened  in  this  view  by  the 
course  trade  has  taken  in  tbe  last  two  years, 
and  by  the  strength  of  the  credit  of  the  United 
States  at  home  and  abroad.  For  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  30, 1876.  the  exports  of  the 
United  States  exceeded  the  imports  by  $120.- 
213,102,  but  our  exports  include  $40,569,621 
of  specie  and  bullion  in  excess  of 
the  imports  of  the  same  commodities. 
For  the  six  months  of  the  present 
fiscal  year  from  July  1,  1876,  to  Jan.  1,  1877, 
the  excess  of  exports  over  imports  amounted 
to  $107,544,869,  and  the  imports  of  specie  and 
bullion  exceeded  the  exports  of  the  precious 
metals  by  $6,192,147  in  the  same  titne.  The 
actual  exeess  of  exports  over  imports  for  the 
six  months,  exclusive  of  speoie 
and  bullion,  amounted  to  $113,737,040, 
showing  for  tba  time  being  the 
accumulation  of  specie  and  bullion  in  tne  coun- 
try amounting  to  more  than  $6,000,000,  in  addi- 
tion CO  the  national  product  of  these  mepals 
for  the  same  period,  a  total  increase  of  crold 
and  silver  fur  tbe  six  months  not  lar  short  of 
$60,000,000.  It  is  evident  that,  unless  this 
great  increase  of  the  precious  metals  can  be 
utilized  at  homo  in  such  a  way  as  to  make  it 
in  some  manner  remunfirative  to  holders,  it 
must  seek  a  ioreign  market  as  surely  as  would 
any  other  product  of  the  soil  or  manulaotory. 
Any  legislation  which  will  keep  coin  aud  bul- 
lion at  home  will,  in  my  judgmen^  soon 
bnug  about  praotieal  resumption,  and 
will  add  the  com  of  tho  country 
to  the  circulating  medium,  thus  securing 
a  healthy  "  inflation"  of  a  sound  currency,  to 
the  great  advantage  of  every  legitituate  busi- 
ness interest.  The  act  to  provide  lor  the  re- 
sumption of  specie  payments  authorized  tbe 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  issue  bonds  of 
either  of  tho  descriptions  named  in  the  act  of 
Congress  approved  July  4, 1870,  entitled  "An  act 
to  authorize  the  refunding  of  the  national  debt," 
for  not  less  than  par  in  gold.  With  the  present 
value  of  the  4'«  per  cent,  boilds  in  the  niai-kets 
of  the  world,  they  could  be  exchanged  at  par 
lor  gold,  thus  strengthening  the  Treasury  to 
meet  final  resumption  and  to  keep  the  excess 
of  coin  over  the  demand  pending  its 
permanent  use  a  circulating  medium  at 
home.  All  that  would  further  be 
required  would  be  to  reduce  the  volume  ot  legal- 
tender  notes  in  circulation.  To  accomplish 
this  I  would  8ugge.8t  an  act  authorizing  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  issue  4  per  cent, 
bonds,  with  40  years  to  run  before  maturity,  to 
be  exchanged  tor  legal-tender  notes  whenever 
presented  in  sums  of  $50,  or  any  multiple 
thereof,  the  whole  amount  ot  such  bonds, 
however,  not  to  exceed  $150,000,000.  To  in- 
crease the  home  demand  tor  such  bonds  I 
would  recommend  tbat  they  be  available 
for  deposit  in  the  United  States  Treasury 
for  banking  purposes  under  the  various 
provisions  of  the  law  relating  to  national 
banks.  I  would  suggest  turther,  tbat  national 
banks  be  required  to  retain  a  certain  per  cent,  of 
the  coin  interest  received  by  them  from  the 
bonds  deposited  witb  the  I'reasurv  to  secure  their 
circulation.  I  would  also  recommend  the  re- 
peal ot  the  third  section  of  thp  joiut  resolution 
for  the  issue  of  silver  coin,  approved   July  22, 

1876,  limiting  the  subsidiary  coin  and  fractional 
currency  to  $50,000,000. 

I  am  satisfied  that  if  Congress  -will  enact 
some  such  law  as  will  accomplish  the  end  sug- 
gested, they  will  give  a  relief  to  the  country, 
instant  in  its  effect,  and  for  which  they  will 
receive  the  gratitude  of  tbe  whole  people. 

U.  S.  GRANT. 

EiECDTivE  Mansion,  Feb.  3,  1877, 


Spntlas  et  BI*o4. 
Wteuaono,  Bsaex  Comity.  N.  Y.,  Avg.  1% 

DaiB  tnte:  DnTtng  the  Sammer  add  Winter  of  1858 
and  I8ft9  I  was  aflUoted  with  •  severe  pain  la  my  side 
and  cheat.  This  -was  aeeompanled  by  a  very  hard 
cough,  and  I  frequently  raised  large  quantities  of 
blood.  I  called  upon  a  number  of  physlolnns,  all  of 
whom  prescribed  for  nie,  but  to  no  effect.  For  six  or 
eighi  months  I  contlued  to  grow  -worse,  when  I  wns  in- 
duced to  try  Dr.  WISTAR'S  BALSAM  OF  WILD  CHER- 
RY. I  fouud  great  reliet  from  tbe  Urst  bottle.  I  after- 
-ward  used  two  more  bottles,  since  which  time  I  have 
been  able  to  attend  to  my  business  as  before. 

Tours  truly.  ROYAL  GOFF. 

60  cents  and  $1  a  bottle.    tioM  by  all  druggists. 


Holmes'    Bmrglar    Alarm    Teleirraph    Com- 

PANY.  So.  571  Broadway.  Within  a  tew  months  wo 
have  arrested  two  burglars  in  too  store  of  J.  Ihorn- 
toii,  Walker  st.:  one  in  Bacon  k  Eaton's,  Walker  st., 
and  two  in  H.  B..Claflin's.  We  never. fail.  We  jinele 
no  bell  at  oar  door.  We  appropriate  no  000  names 
ttom  other  parties  to  our  circuhirs. 


ATTEMPT  AT  BLACK-MAIL. 
Henry  C  Clark  was  taken  before  Justice 
Wendell,  at  the  Essex  \Iarket  Police  Court,  yester- 
day, charged  -witb  attempting  to  black-mail  Mr. 
Frederick  A.  Thompson,  Secretary  of  the  Chil- 
dren's Edncatiunal  Relief  Associatioo.  Clark  told 
Mr.  Thompson  that  he  was  a  reporter  ou  tbe 
sta£f  of  tbe  World,  aud  bad  been  directed 
to  investigate  certain  charges  aeainst  the 
management  of  the  society.  lie  oilured,  bow- 
ever,  to  write  a  favorable  article  oro-vided  be  was 
given  tlO.  He  was  told  to  callssain,  and  yesterday 
Mr.  Thompson  oretended  to  accede  to  bis  demand, 
and  was  in  tbe  set  of  counting  out  the  desired  sum 
when  a  detective,  wbo  was  concealed  in  tbe  room, 
arrested  bim.  Owing  to  the  youth  of  tbe  prisoner, 
and  the  fact  that  tbe  muoey  had  not  actually  been 
placed  in  his  hands.  Justice  Wandell  released  bim. 
Clark  at  one  time  was  really  employed  aa  a  reporter 
on  tbe  World,  but  was  dismissed  some  two  montbs 
ago.  ^^^^^^ 

NOTEIj  athletic  ENTERTAINMENT. 

A  novel  athletic  entertainment  will  sLortly 
be  given  by  a  well-known  amatear  of  tbis  Citv. 
Among  other  feats  tbat  be  proposes  to  perform  are 
Jugtrllng  witb  dumb-bells  and  riug-weigbts,  none  of 
tbem  to  weigh  less  than  40  pounds,  nud  ^-ang- 
iug  as  high  as  180  pounds,  and  lifMng  en- 
ormous weights.  He  will  raise  aud  bold  in  bis  bands 
a  cannon  weigbing  1,000  pounds  wbile  it  is  being 
loaded  and  fired.  He  will  aUo  lift  a  burse  IS  bands 
higb  six  inches  from  tbe  ground  by  main  strength. 
Standing  over  the  animal  on  a  platform.  He  will 
then  lift  a  team  of  horses  In  the  same  manner,  and 
will  next  lift  a  platform  containing  a  dozen  ner- 
sons.  Wbile  suspended  in  mid-air  by  one  band  be 
will  put  up  to  arm's  length  over  his  beau  a  100- 
pouod  dumb-bell  with  the  other. 


ASSETS    CONCEALED     PROM     CREDITORS. 

RoNpouT,  Feb.  3,— Tho  Sheriff  has  seized 
goodf  valned  at  from  f  20, 000  to  (25,000  in  tbe  store  of 
Botael  Sobs,  at  Sangerties.  Tbe  goodi  belong  to 
the  firm  of  Bamburger  &  Cans,  of  No.  33  Canal 
street,  New-York,  wbo  are  now  under  arrest  for  oob- 
cealing  tbeir  aasets  from  tbeir  creditors.  It  is 
believad  that  more  goods  are  secreted,  aud  further 
developments'  are  expected.  Bamburger  is  re- 
lated to  families  here  and  in  Sangerties. 

RAILWAY  PROPERTY  IN  lENNESStlE  TO  BE 
TAXED. 
Nashville,    Feb.    3. — Tho    Supreme     Court 
has  decideci  railroad    properly    to    be    aabieot  to 
State,  county,  and  municipal  taxation. 

UNIVERSAL  TESTIMONY. 
The  famous  "  Automatic  "  is  fast  supersed- 
ing tbe  noisy,  bnrd-runniag,  troublesome,  twu-tbread 
sewing-machines  of  tbe  past,  and  produces,  even  in 
the  hands  of  an  inexperienced  operator,  more  beau* 
tiful  and  much  more  durable  work.  Call  and  ex- 
amine, or  write  for  full  particulars.  No.  C38  Broad- 
way, cornet  Bond  Htreet.  NeW-Tork. — Exchange. 

A  poet  says :  Mama's  eyes  make  baby's  skies, 
-    And  tbe  eyes  and  skies  together 
Make  fur  babv  pleasant  weather. 
He  might   have  added   tbat   baby's   noft.  pleasant 
lather  is  best  made  by  BAnniTT's  Babt  Soap,  &c. — 
Exchange.  ^^^^^ 

Tbe  J>llnd  Reader. 

Mr.  J.  R.  Browk  can  be  engneed  to  give  private 
parlor  entertsinments  at  clubs  and  prirato  resulences. 
Terms  reasonable.  Address  at  Hturtevant  House, 
New-York.— .^di;^(i««7nen(. 


Uyatera  Cheaper  tban  Meat. 

They  cost  less  than  10  cents  a  pound,  and  can  be  had 
In  any  quantity  at  Maltat's  Depot,  No.  41  Harrison 
street. — Advertisement. 

Wnrni  Wheat  Gluten.— The  ino»t  nutritive  and 
easlly-difreated  food  known.  Clroulars  tree.  Hkaxth 
Food  Comfast,  Mo.  Vil  'Utb  St.,  near  Broad-way.— j^ld- 
«i(rli4(m«n<. 


FREuaH's  Rekedt,  a  sure  cnre  for  Bhenmatism, 
Neuralgia,  Gout.  Gravel,  aod  beadaebes.  Ask  drug- 
gllt  tor  iX.—Aivertitement 

•  Fifty  Per  Cent.  Saved 

By  using  HiOOiNif  Ubbxam  Lavndrt  ^kv.— Advertise' 
nunt 


laaae  Smith'a   Snperior    [Tmbrellae. 

QIITGUAU,  any  siie , $1  00 

ODaNaCO,  patented.- „ 2  50 

SUjK,_paragou  frame 3  50 

FINE  dILK  DMBKELLAi>  in  great   variety. 

DMBBKLLA8   snd    PARaSOLS   to  order  and  repaired. 

Na  406  BROADWAY,  near  CASAL  8T. 

Ha  1,803  BROADWAY,  corner  20TU  SiT.,  K.  T. 


Tie  Danserons  to   Leave  a  Coush  or  Cold 

to  ••get  well  ot  iiself."  Tho  chances  are  ihat  it 
■will  get  worse.  Meet  it  promptly  -witb  OLLIKFK'S 
TA.SlKLEiSS  COD-LIVKK  OIL.  Ll.HE  AND  WILD 
CHERRY.  It  prevents  all  risk.  .A  lew  doses  and  the 
cure  is  complete.    Sold  by  druggistn.  Depot,  6  Bowerv. 

Pomeroy^  'I'mssea-By  far  the   Best  tn  Use. 

Ask  your  pbvsiclan.  POJIRKOY  TRDSS  I'O.,  746  13' way. 


ANTHON.— On  Thursday,  Feb.  1.  in  the  8Uh  year  of 
her  age,  Emilia,  wife  ot  tbe  late  Rer.  Henry  Autbeu. 
1>.  D. 

The  relatives  and  friends  of  the  family  are  inviten  to 
atti-ud  ber  funeral  without  further  notice  on  Sund.-vy, 
Feb.  4,  at  3  o'clock  P.  M.  at  St.  Mai  k's  Church  in  tho 
Bowerv.  It  is  the  particular  request  of  the  family 
tbat  no  floral  tributes  be  seut 

BADKAU.— At  East  Chester,  on  Thursday.  Feb.  1, 
Phbbe  a.,  wile  of  Albert  liadeau,  in  the  68tb  year  of 
her  age. 

The  relatives  and  friends  of  the  famll.v  are  resnect- 
fUll.v  icviteii  toattend  th"  funeral  from  the  resid'-oce 
nt  her  son-in-law.  Charles  V.  itiorgan,  on  Moudny,  Feb. 
5,  at  12  o'clock  is..  Carriages  will  be  in  waiting  at 
New-Bochelle  Depot  on  the  arrival  of  the  10:10  A.  M. 
train  from  Grand  Central  Depot. 

BARTOW.— At  East  Chester,  Feb.  2,  BnsAy  C.  Bar- 
tow, aged  77  years. 

Funeral  at  Holy  Trinity  Church,  corner  5th  av.  andf 
125th  St..  Suuday  at  3  P.  M. 

BIGGAM. — Suddeiiiv.  at  Carlstadt,  N.  J..  Saturday 
Feb.  3.  UknrtU.  BiGGAM,  M.  D.,   in    tbe   26th  year   o 

Notice  of  funeral  hereafter. 

BROCK.— Suddenly,  on  Friday,  Feb.  2,  Monxoy 
Brock,  in  the  iilst  year  of  his  ace. 

Fneods  and  relatives  are  inviled  to  attend  his  funer- 
al trom  the  Lbiu-cb  of  the  Intercession,  168tb  st.  and 
Grand  Boulevard,  on  Uooda.y  afternoon  at  2  o'clock. 
Traiu  leavi-s  Thirtieth  Street  Depot  Hudson  River  Rail- 
road at  1  o'clock.  Carriages  will  bo  in  waitiDK  at  One 
Hundred  and  Fitty-secoua  St^reet  Depot. 

BROONER.— In  Brooklyn,  Feb.  2,  Kcth  Brounkr, 
dauEhcir  of  Kev.  Jacob  U.  Brouner,  deceased,  in  the 
4fc)th  year  of  her  age. 

Relatives  and  friends  are  respectfull.v  Invited  to  at- 
tend the  luiieral  from  the  residence  of  Gilbert  Tooker. 
No.  434  Pulaski  st.,  Brooklyn,  ou  Monday,  I'eb.  5,  at 
2:30  P.  .M. 

CLOSE.— On  Friday,  Feo.  2,  Ella  M.,  daughter  of 
David  and  Harriet  A.  Close. 

l^uneral  services  iit  tne  residence  of  her  parents. 
No.  J 18  West  43d  St.,  ou  Monilay,  Feb.  5,  at  4  P.  M. 
Eelatlres  and  frienrts  are  i»i\-ited  to  attend. 

DITTO.— On  Thursday,  Feb.  1.  Caroli.nb,  -wife  of  the 
late  Joseph  Ditro,  in  the  67tfa  year  of  her  ace. 

Relatives  and  friemls  are  invited  to  attend  her  funer- 
al trom  tbe  residence  of  ber  Kon-ia-law,  Kdtvin  Beunett, 
No.  427  Kast  dlst  St.,  on  Sunday,  tbe  4th  inst.,  at  2 
P.M. 

GALES. — On  Friday,  Feb.  2,  at  San  Antonio,  Texas. 
WfRTox  .SpjKs  Galbs.  of  Klizabeth,  N.  J.,  eldest  sou  of 
Mar.y  iSpies  aud  tne  late  WuatunR.  Gales,  aged  31  years 
and  8  months. 

C^Kaieigh  (N.  C. )  p-ipers  please  copy. 

G.tRCl.-V. — On  Saturday,  tbe  3d  just.,  at  his  late  reai- 
deiicev  No.  123  Madison  av.,  Bakok  Garcia,  of  Cadiz, 
Spain,  acred  63  years. 

His  trieuds  aud  those  ot  his  son  John,  also  those  of 

brothers  Mliatuel  and  John  Garcia  are  respectfully  in- 
-vite.l  to  attend  Ills  funeral  ou  Monday,  tbe  5tb  iust.,  at 
10  o'clock  A.  JL,  from  So.  Patrick's  Cathedral,  Mott 
St.,  -where  a  solemo  hif;h  mass  of  requiem  -will  be 
offered  for  the  repose  ol  his  soul. 

.MEKRITT— At  South  Norwalk,  Conn.,  Friday,  Feb.  2, 
John  T.  MnuHiTT,  aged  63  years. 

Fuueral  services  at  his  late  residence  on  Mondav. 
Feb.  5.  at  '2  o'clock  P.  M.  Relatives  aod  friends  in- 
vited to  attend  without  further  notice. 

TAILOR.— Uu  Friday,  Feb.  2.  Roberts  R.  Tatlor. 

Relatives  and  friends-are  invited  to  attend  his  fu- 
neral from  his  l«tc-  residence.  No.  204  Ellison  st..  Pater- 
eon.  N.  J.,  Monday,  Feb.  5.  at  2  F.  M. 

PREVOST.— On  Friday,  2d  inst..  at  Fort  Washineton, 
LouisK  Bbrault  de  St.  Maurice,  wile  of  Victor  Pre- 
vost. 

Relatives  and  friends  oi  the  family  are  respectfully 
invited  to  attend  the  Funeral  services  at  bt.  Ehza- 
beth's  Church  on  Monday,  3tb  inst..*  at  11  A.  M.  Car- 
mines will  be  in  waiting  at  Fort  Vvasbington  on  ar- 
rival of  1U:30  traiu  from  3Uth  st. 


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PAINTINGS. 

MESSKS.  M.  KNOEDL.ER  <fe  CO., 

Successors  to  GOUPIL  Ji  CO., 
will  sell    at  public  auction    their    entire  collection    of 
WATEK-COLORS,  consisting  ot  choice  soeciuieus  by  tbe 
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These  pictures  are  now  on  exhibition,  free.  DAT  and 

EVENING,  at  tbe 

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TIO*."i,  and  lameness  ot  all    kinds— HOW    tJUitfcJ. 
fiew  treatise  by  iir.  Tati,:>r.    -Jo  cents. 

WOOD  &  CO..  No.  )7  Kaat  o8tb  st. 


A  PPLETON'SNKVVAWEKICAN  E.N<  VCLO- 

JLpaKUIA  lor  sale,  comi'lete.  Address  RELIAB  -. 
Box  No.  302  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OKFICK,  NO.  1.257 
BROADWAY. 


EELIGXOUS^JfOTiCES^ 

AiNTbToN    -^IEMOHIAL  CflUKOU, 

48tb  St..  wi-st   of  tiib  av. 
Rev.  R.  HEBER  NEVVTO.N'.  Rector. 
Serviees  on  Sunday  iit  10::-iO  a.  SL     Prayers  at  4:30 
P.  M.  KVliNSO.N'G  AT  7:30  P.  M. 

.K  special  service  ot  song,  with   Sermon  by  Rev.  Mr. 
rrKWTO.-*. 
All  sents  free  at  the  opening  hour. 

ALLsOUl-S»CHliK<'H,  41'H  AV.,  (  oit.\i:K  OK 
20tb  St.— Rev  Dr.  Bello-.va  will  preach  (mor  iir.;)  at 
11  o'clock.  Subject- -•  Divine  (ir.ico.  its  Me  iiins; 
'ana  .Method"  iln  the  evening,  7:4f)  o'clock. 'aul>i"<-t— • 
'Vicarious  Guilt  and  Vicarious  Suffering  Listiu- 
guised."    Sundr'y-scliool.  9:4.'>  A.  M. 

'f'C»iIC;KEKlN«ii  HAI-L,  ^TH  AV.,  <:U!!.SEtt 
18th  St.— Onion Gosp-l  services.  Rev.  .Samuel;''olcord 
preaches  Sunday  at  10:46  A.  M.  and 3:3  1  P.  M.  Atte.r- 
Doou  sermon  the  second  of  the  seiies  ou  •'  I.iijbt." 
Singing  rooming  and  aftf^rnoon  bv  (has.  L.  Gnnu  atad 
the  laige  choir.    Neats  free.    Kveryoody  welcome. 

MERICAN     FRKK    CHIIltCH,   UNIVKR  IlY 
Buildiue,     Washington     siiuare.- Rev.    C.     P.    Mc- 
Carthy, Pastor,  at  11  this  mitriiiii);.      Suiject— ••  f^o.^d 
from  Eri!;"  and  at  7:30,  evening  subiect— "  f'bey  Cjat 
Him  Out."     Seats  tree  am!  all  n-e Cinie. 

T  CHURCH  OF  THE  UOLV   .-iPO.vn-Kss, 

corner  9tb  ■■\\.  and  v;Slb  St.,  Rev.  Bnioy  t,.  Bucku-'. 
hector.- ServicPS.  10:30  A.  M  .  7-3il  P.  M.  Riuhr  Rev. 
W.  H.  Hare,  S.  T.  D.,  Bisbop  of  Niobrara,  will  preach  at 
the  eveniug  service. 

L.EECI1EU      .STREKT       UMV  liKSA !>!.•<  f 

I'hurch,  corner  of  Dow-nii,;;  St. — The  Pastor,  .tev.  E. 
C.  Bweetser.  will  preach  this  inornim;  at  10:43.  Sub- 
ject—"Wbat  Manner  of  .Vlan  is  This."  Kev.  H.  R.  Nev, 
ot  Brookl.yn,  will  preach  in  the  eveiiipg  at  7:30  .•sub- 
ject— ••  Thou  Shalt  Sa.v,  No  I" — a  sermon  to  young  peo- 
ple.   All  are  invited.  I 

APTIST  CHURCH  HlST(.)RY.— THE    >Ci;XT 

lecture  in   he  course   on    liaptiit   Churcu   history 

-will  be  delivered  by    Rev.    Dr.  Williams,    on   Thursday 

e^t!ni^llr.  Feb.  8.  at  8  o'clock,  In  the  lecture-room  of  tbe 

Calvary  Baptist  Church,  'JSdsi.. 


CHURCH     OF     THK     NliVV     JERU«!AL,£.>1. 

("  Swcdcnborxian,") 

E.ait  35th  st,  between  4th  (Park)  and  Lexington 
avs..  Rev.  CHAUNCKY  GILES,  Pastor.  Services 
at  11  A.  M. 

SERMON.—"  Tbe  Apparnnt  Contradictions  of  thi 
Bible:  How  they  Oriiiuated  aud  How  thsy  are  Re- 
conciled." 

EVESING  LFX^TURE  at  8o'clofk  :  "  Spiritual  Death: 
Its  Nature,  Cause,  Delitjbts,  aud  Tormenia.— [Sea 
Special  .Advertisement.] 

The  only  system  that  remains  able  to-dav  trf^ely  to 
admit  the  most  uucoraprotnising  results  of  «pi'-iU'tio 
inquiry  -without  fear  or  question,  ami  at  the  same 
time  to  hold  to  the  absolute  truth  of  holy  writ  in  every 
jot  and  tittle,  apjiears  to  tic  tli.it  pruchtimed  by  Swed' 
eubourg — Tftf  Oaiaxy.  July,  187o. 

HURCH     OK     THE    ArONK.MBN'f,     MAUl- 
eon   av.    and  28th  St.,  Rev.  i".   ('.  Tiffan.v.  ttecror. — 

Sunday-school  at  y:3i>  A.  M.     Divine  services  »t   11   A. 

M.,  with  Holy  Commnuion  at  3:30  P.M.      Preaching 

services  at  7:45  P.  M.,  iit  which  all  scats  are  free  aud 

strangers  cordially  tuvited. 

HURCH   OF  THE  DIVINE   PATEKMTV, 

5tb  av.,  corner  45tb  st.— Kev.  Dr.  H.  H.  Chuoiu  will 
preach  this  morning  at  11.  .  Eveniu;;  at  8,  ves'jers  and 
an  extcmporaueuus  address  on  the  scripture  lesson  by 
the  Pastor,  Ur.  ChaniiL     All  invited. 

/^^ALVARY  BAP'rir«iT  CHURCH,  2:u>  ..T., 
Vj'between  5th  and  6th  avs. — Rev.  K.  S.  M.acArtViur, 
Pastor,  proacbes  morning  and  evenins;  Praver  meet- 
ings .VIonday,  Wednesday,  and  Fnday  ereaiugs. 
Str.ingers  cordially  ii  vited   to  nil  seivii-es. 


art:  SALiE : 

THE  MESSRS.  LEAVITT,  AUCTIONEERS. 

MONDAY  EVENING.  FEB.   5, 

At  Cllutou  Hall  and  now  on  exhibition, 

perkmptokt  sale 

Of  a  large  collection  ot  Oil  Paintings,  Water  Colors, 

Dra-wir.ga,  iic,  by  American  aud  foreign  artists.     Also  a 
number  of  cupirs  frum  co  ebrated  masters. 

art:  ' 

THE  MESSRS.  LEAVITT  AUCTIONEERS. 
At  Clinton  Hall.  WKDNEoUAYand  THURtsDAYEVEN 
INGS,  Feb.  7  aud  8,  at  2  o'clock. 

OLD  PORCELAIN  AND  POTTERY 
On  exbibiiioo  at  tbe  Clluton  Hall  Salerooms.  A  Pri- 
vate ColUction  of  DEL KT,  CHINESE,  LOWKSTOFl", 
EtiGLISH,  .and  AMKRICAN  POTTERY,  WORCK.STKR 
and  STAFF© RDJJ HIRE  POKCELAl.N,  DRESDEN,  VI- 
ENNA, and  BEKLIN  tTO.VK.  Jic,  &c.,  the  greater  pan 
ot  the  t'ollection  having  been  formed  exclusively  of 
articles  found  iu  domeetic  use  in  old  Ameiican  houses. 
EXTRACT  FROM  PRhKACE  BT  W.  C.  PRIVII-;,  h,SQ, 
''I  regret  exueediuely  that  1  have  not  the  room  in 
which  to  keep  it  as  a  whole,  good  and  poor,  beautiful 
aud  homely,  as  a  permaueut  illustration  ui  Americau 
lite  iu  old  times.  Many  oi  tbe  specimenii  are  ver.v  beau- 
tiful an.l  some  very  curious." 


!•»»!!» r  OFFICE  NOTICE. 

The  foreign  maiia  lor  the  week  ending  Feb.  10, 
1877,  will  close  at  this  ofldce  on  Tuesdny  at  9  A.  M., 
for  Euroue.  by  ttteam-abiu  Wyoming,  via  Queenstown; 
on  Wednesday  iit  9  A.  .M.,  foi  Kurope,  by  steam-ship 
Algeria,  -via  Queenstown;  on  Thursday  at  11:30  A.  .M.. 
for  Kurope,  b.v  steam-sbip.  Frisia,  via  Plymouth,  Cher- 
bourg, itnd  Hamburg ;  ou  Saturda.y  at  11  A.  AL.  for 
Scotland  and  tbe  North  of  Ireland  by  Steam-uhip  Bo- 
livia, via  Moviile  and  Gliisgow,  aud  at  11:30  -A.  .M.,  for 
German.r,  by  steam-sbip  Rhine,  via  Southampton  aud 
Bremen,  (correspondence  for  Great  Britain  aud  France 
to  be  for  warden  by  tbis  steamer  must  be  specially  .-id- 
di-ea.scd,>  aud  at  12  .M..  f<ir  Europe,  t>r  steaiD-ship 
Adriatic,  via  Queensto-wn.  (correspondence  for  Ger- 
tiianv  ana  France  to  be  forwarded  by  this  steamer 
must  be  specially  addressed,)  aud  at  l',^itl.  for  Fiaucedi 
rect,  by  steam-ship  Labrador,  via  H  a  vro.  The  steam-shjips 
Wyoming,  Algeia,  and  Adri.iticdo  not  tnce  mails  for 
Denmark,  Sweden,  aud  Norway.  The  mails  for  Nas- 
sau. N.  P.,  will  leave  New-Vork  Feb.  14.  'llio  mails 
for  the  West  Indies,  via  Bermuda  aud  St.  Thomas, 
-will  leave  New-York  Feb.  15.  The  mails  for  China 
and  Japan  will  leave  San  '  Francisco  Feb.  lo.  The 
mails  lor  Jusiralia,  tc,  will  leave  San  Francisco  Feb. 
28.  1.  L.  JAMKS,  Postmaster. 

Nkw-York,  Feb.  2,  1877. 


CO.HING  FltO.U  EDO.M.- THh.  IIKKALD  OP 
the  Comiuz  Kioe  will  preacn  pure  Bible  truth  la 
tbe  Medical  Collese,  comer  4th  av.  mu'C'SSi  St..  on  Sun' 
day  at  3  i'.  M.  Suej-ct — •■The  Comiug  of  Christ  from 
Edum — When  and  How." 

nURCH  OF    THE    .IIE.-^SIAH,  CURNhK  OF 
34th    St.    and    Park   av.— Rev.   Wm..  R.   Alger  will 
nreach  at  11  A.  M.      'A  Filial   Consciousness  of  Gcd 
the  Universal   Need  ot  -Man."      Kveuiu«  at  7:30 — '•Re- 
lation of  Man  to-the  Creatures  Below  Hinj." 

CIHURCH  OF  THE  RESsURKECTIOiV,  85Ta 
^st.,  between  Leiint'ton  and  3d  avs.,  Etev.  Joiiu  *"- 
Trimble,  Rector. — .Services  Suuilav  at  10:40  A.  M.  ard 
7:30  P.M.  Sunday-school  at  -J:  30  P.M.  All  are  cor- 
dially invifed  to  atteud. 

CHURCH  OF  THE  HEAVENLY  REST. 

5TH   AV.,    above    40Tli  ST. 

REV.  DR.  ROWLAND,    KECTOR. 

SERVICES,   11  .\.  ."d..  4  P.  M. 

HURCH  OF  THK  HOLY  APOfSTLK:*,  9r3 

av.  and  28th  St.,  Rev.  Brady  K.  Backus.  Rector.- 
Right  Rev.  Bishon  Hare,  of  Niobrara,  will  nreach  iu  tb« 
evenine.    All  interested  in  the   luiliau.s  aire  invited. 

ClHRISTCH0RCn,5TH  AV.AM»aJTnf>iT. 
J — Rev.  Dr.  McVickar,  Kceiot.— iljrning  servic* 
and  hol.y  communiou  at  10:30  A.M.  Evening  servict 
at  7:30  P.  M. 

C CALVARY   CHIKCH,    4TH  AV.   AND  21^T  ST., 
jRfV.  E.     A.    Wasbljurn,    D.     D.,    Rector. — iervicef 
10:30  A.  M.  aud  3:30  P.   -M. 

R.  LANIJIS  VVJI.l,  i'ltEAlH  J^LNHaY  AT 

10:30  A.  M.,  in  Science  Hall,    No.  J 41    East    Kth  fit. 
Suoject — -The    Pulpit,    sta^e,    an<t    Press,    Are  Tuey 
(  Reformers  or  Deformers  1"    ^eats  trep. 

FIRSsTREFOR.HEo  El'JSCOPAI.,  CHUIft.'H. 

Tomporaril.v  worshipinc  at   Madison    av.  and  47th  st- 

Permanent  location,  (cliurcli  now  buildiug.) 

Mailison  av.  and  o5th  st. 

Rev.  \V.«.   r.  SAi>I.'.i-:,  P,»stor. 

Dl-vine    services:     Moruins.     H':3:);     ivcnius,     7:45 

o'ctock.    Rev.  Marshal  B.  Smith,  otPassale.  N.  J.,  will 

preach. • 

FIkSt  BAeTI-.T  CHUKC'H,  CORN&R  OP 
aOth  st  and  Park  av.— PrenehiU!;  :.t  11  A.  il.  by 
Rev.  T.  D.  Audersun.  D.  U,  Pasior.  Commuiiioii  aitet 
sermon.  Kveulnu  at  7:30  o'clock,  Snuaay-scbool  meet- 
in::.     Cordial  invitation. 

I VE  POINTS  H«U»>E  Oif  I.M>fSTIiy,  NO. 

155  Wortb  St.,  William  F.  Bainard,  Sui)f>riuteuaeut. 
—Service  ot  song  by  the  children  ou  Sund^iy  at  3:;jU 
o'clock.  Public  invited.  Sucoud-buud  clothing  .ind 
ahoea  urgeiitl.y  eoliciw-d, 

ORACE  CH.\PEIi,  li.MsX  14TU  !?T.,  RiiV. 
'OTWilliamT.  Egbert,  Pastor.— Services,  11  A.  Jl  nnd 
7:30  P.  M.  Tbe  Pastor  will  preach  the  fourth  in  a 
course  of  aermuus  on  "Popular  SKepLicUui"  iu  the 
evening.  * 

ri  KACE  CHURCH,  BRi»ADWAY  ASU  lOTH 

yyTst. — This  afternoon,  aud  thereaf,..-v  until  furtnor 
ther  uotice,  the  hour  fir  afternoon  service  ,at  Uiaco 
Church  will  be  4  o'clock. 

OSPEL    HAl.L,.    NO.     !iO     4'rH    AV.— T:!B 

Breaking  of  Bread  at  10:30  A.  .M.    i'reachiig  at  8  P. 

M. — "The  Righteousness  01  God   in  Christ."    Tue-div 

at  8  P.  M.,  Bibie  Reading:    Tliurs  ay  at  8  P.  M.,  Serin- 

ture  Exposition  and  Tvpic:il  teaching. 

Y:>IA.\  C.  HOWti,  TKANCE  SPiiAKKK,  LEC- 
tures  lor  the  Society  of  Progressive  Snirituaiisis.  at 

j;(i:30.\.  M.  Questions  answ.  red  at  7:30  P.  .d.  su-o- 
jfct:     -' .Mood.v   and    Sankey  :    or,  the  P:iilO!.opiiV    uul 

'lOral  Bearing  of  Kevival.-."     The  Catldreu's    uyceum, 

2:3,'l  P.  M.,  at  So.  50  vVest  33d  st. 

^XDIfOS    AVENUK    CHUUCH     OK    THE 

D.  sciples.  comer  4oih  St..  Kev  Georze  H.  Uepworih. 
Moruin'^ — "Plowing  and  Sowing."  Evi'umg-  'lie  neither 
blumb' rs  nor  Sleeps."  Mr.  H.pworth  will  deliver  tue 
third  lecture  on  the  Holy  Land  -ttouday  evening;  illus- 
trated wit  U  the  atereopticon. 

ASONiC    Tli.>IPl.K,    33l>   ST.    A.\./    tirH 

ay.— O.  a.  Frothingham,  Pastor  of  tbe  In  Icpeiident 
Liberal  Chureii,  will  preach  on  Sunlay  moiuini:  at 
10:45  o'clock,  subject— "  Irreligion  in  Modern 
Society." 


ALL  iSUPERFLUOUf*  HAIK.— LADIES  AF - 
dieted  with  superfliions  hair  on  the  lips,  cheek, 
chin,  arm,  tc,  who  buve  in  vain  tried  the  vanous  de- 
pilatories in  use  for  this  purpose,  may  apbl.y  to  Mme. 
JULIAN,  -witn  the  certainty  of  guaranteed  aud  perfect 
success.  Mme.  J'LIAN  has  removed,  without  injuring 
the  skin,  this  disfieurement  RADICALLY  AN  J  Pt:.KMA- 
NENTLY  in  the  worst  possible  cases,  where  all  previous 
attempts  hsd  failed.  Application  must  be  made  per- 
sonally at  ber  residence,  No.  216  West  38th  St.,  from 
9   A.  M.  to  4  P.  M..  dail.y. 


THEY    HAVE    NO    EQU^AL-, 

Are  air  tight  and  indestructible,  preserving  the  botJ.V 
for  .years,  and  protecting  it  from  vermin,  repiiies,  or 
body-snatcbl.ig.  Their  use  prevents  the  spread  of  con 
tagious  diseases  at  faoerals  or  elsewhere. 

Metallic  Buriat  Cases  and  Casicets   are  made  in  all 
sizes,  from  the  cheapest  to  thd  most  expensive. 
Sold  bv  all  first-claos  undertakers  and  sextons. 
RAYMOND  Ma.sDFACTUKING  COMPANY, 
NbW-Yi>RK. 

66  nnHB  WISE  FOR  CUKK    O.V   UXEKCIKK 

JL  DETENU."— J.  WOOL'S  GYMNASIUM,  J>o.  6  East 
28tb  St.,  open  day  aud  eveclag.  Bo  .ing.  fencing,  traiu 
Ing,  baths,  Ice  'The  best  medicine  lor  mendinj;  a  bad 
coustituviou,  aud  preseivine  a  good  one. 

STUART   WILLI."!*,    ATTORNEY    AiNU 

•Coimselor  at  Law,  Notary  Pubhc.  Na  182  Broad- 
way, Koom  No,  4,  New-iork. 

ii._B. — special  attention  paid  to    settling    "estates," 
convevanciug,  aud  Cit.v  ana  count.y  coUeciion. 


T  AMP-S  »>1»'  FI.VrURKS.  OA8  BURNERS, 

J_iGAS  AND  Olii  HKATING  STOVES,  tc.— The  best 
of  each  class  at  BARTLETrs,  No.  619  Broaa»ay,  the 
depotfor  Cit.v,  Boulevard,  ana  Street  Lamps. 


66  TTAKD  TIMES.  W-CBAYON    PORTRAITS  At 
Xlreduced  prices  ;    specimens  at  Studio,   No.  27 
East  iSth  St.,  oorner  Broadway;  sraall  studio  to  rent. 
LDCILLB  CLINTON. 


ELECTRIC  BELTS.— A  NEW.  CHBAP,  PBUlfECT 
cnre  tor  premature  deollitv-    Send  tor  circular   or 
call  on  Dr.  A.  KARR,  No.  832  Broadway,  New-Yorlr. 


EmBALiniNu. 

THOMAS  DD6AN.   CNOBBTAEGR, 
WASBBUOU.  SO.  ii»f  BUWBilY.      BatatNlabad  183A.,. 


PILCJRLH  BAPTI.>'1>  IJIUKCH,  33 .j  ST.. 
near  8tb  av.— Mr.  B.  C.  Tavlor,  ot  Cn  zur  Theologi- 
cal Semiuarv.  will  preach  .Miuilay.  4th  inst.,  at  3t.:oU 
and  7:30.  Sunda.v-acbool  aud  Bible  Class  at  2:'S(J, 
hirjvngers  woicomed. 

RJ3V.  STEPHEN   U.   rVNti,  J  i£.,   U.  U„ 

Will  uneach    in  the 
,  CHURCH  OF  THE  HOLY  TRINITY, 

Madison  av.  and  42d  st.. 

On  Sundiiy,  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M. 

Special  refVsrious  services  on  every  Eucef-edia:i  day  « . 

the  week,  (except  Saturday.)     Kev.    JU-SEPil  OucL-L. 

of  BrooKlyn,  w:ii  preach. 

X>  h.V.  THO.*.'aS  f*.  HASTlAtiS,  O.  I*.,  PAS- 
Xl/tor,  mil  preach  in  the  West  I'resbyieiian  Cuurca, 
>i-^d  St.,  DftweeDL  5tli»m  Glh  avs..  on  .Mmday.  4tti 
inst.,  at  l(;:.-iO  A.  M.  Communion  at  4  P.  M.  There 
will  be  no  evening  service. 

KV.    TUO.WAS    !*.   liA.-iTINtiS,   I>.  l»..   (As 

tor  of  the  West  Preso.yieri.an  Church,  will  pre.ich 
in  the  Harlem  Presbvteriau  Church,  comer  of  ila  lisou 
av.  and  125tb  St.,  t.obbath,  Fcu.  4.  at  7:30  P.  M.  Public 
invitgu. 


REV.  DR.    .llcVlCKAK,    RECTOR    OF  i;UKlST 
Church,  will  preach   iu  St.   Peter's  Chutcb,  WesI 
20tb  St..  on  Sunday  eviinlng  at  7:30  o'clock. 


R 


EV.    DR.  RYLA.XiCE.— ST.    MaRK'.-^  CUUBCfl, 
2d  av.  and   ]  0th  st. 
SERVICES  AT  11  A.  M.  AND  7:15  P.  M. 


ST.lix.NATIC.-S»  CHURCH,  40rH  aV.,  BK 
tween5thand6tb  avs.,  hev.  Dr.  F.  C.  i.wer.  Rector, 
cfficialing.— (Jommuuion.  7  A.  M.:  Morning  Pra.ver, 
9;  Litany,  10:30:  Choral  Celebration.  11:  Chi>rai 
eveniug  Prayer,  7:30  P.M.  Pews  and  sittinss  may  h« 
bad,  tree,  for  the  Winter  upon  application  to  the  Be:D 
ton. 

T.  ArtDREW'.*!   P.  E.    tUIURCH.    HA.tL.-.jd. 

(127th  St.  aud  4th  av.  I — 'Vlomiug  8ei-vice-.it  10:--!0: 
evening  service  at  7:30  o'clock.  Sunday-school  9  .^. 
»).  Cbudren's  singing-school  3:30  P.  M.  Rev.  Wm.  E. 
Kigenbrodt,  D.  D.,  of  General  Theolotrical  Semiua'-y, 
-will  preach  in  the  morning,  .lud  Kev.  s.  U.  Weatoa.  D. 
L.,  of  ITinity  pBrlsh,  in  the  evening. 


ST.  STEPHEN'S  CHURCH. 

57  to  59  West  46th  street. 

The  Rev.  A.  B.  HART,  Rect.)r. 

Services  on  Sunday  at  1' :  Jo  A.  M.,  and  4  P.  M. 


C!l''  LUKE'S  m.  E.  CHURCH.  41ST  sT.,  NEAR 
t06th  av.,  Kev.  Wm.  P.  Aobott,  I'astor.-  l-reachlni; 
at  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:45  P.  .M.  Young  people's  prayer- 
meeting  ut  6:4=5  P.  M.    All  invited. 

nTtY      CHAPE  L— FOURTH     U.VITAEIAK 

.Nociety,  128th  at.,  near  4th  av. — Services  at  It.'iSO 

A.  M.  and   7:30   P.  M.      Evei.ing    subject— "The    Holy 

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course  ou  Worship  will  be  eiveu  lu  the  Cuurch  ox 
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evening,  Feb.  4,  at  7:30  o'clock,  by  Eev.  t  h  rles  W,, 
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THE  FASHIONS. 


CATEST  STYLES  JJiD  COMSINA  TIOIfB. 

OSrUMES  OP  TnB  PERIOD  ALL  ORNAMENT 
—THE  REIGN  OF  SULPHUR-COLOR— 
WALKIN(J  DRESSES  AND  BALL  DRESSES — 
FANCY  TOILETS  FOB  MASKERS. 
if  fancy  articles  and  combination  ot  colors 
xon  taken  from  the  pro»ent  faBhions  Uttln  of  them 
ffonld  remain.  No  system  ia  adhered  to,  and  the 
»ddest  notions  »ro  adopted.  Beality  and  imitation, 
the  beantifol  and  the  ugly,  meet  with  equal  favar. 
What  was  popular  yesterday  will  be  throvm  aside 
kp-morrow.  To  be  ia  the  height  of  lashion  the 
fancy  styles  must  be  liberally  patronized  and  con- 
stant changes  be  made.  This  is  no  easy  matter, 
and  only  to  describe  the  many  varied  combinations 
of  color  and  material  is  quite  a  .task.  Visiting  and 
evening  smts  are  at  this  season  the  most  necessary. 
Reception  drewea  are  always  accompanied  by 
outer  garments  of  some  kind.  If  th«  suit  ia  of 
B^tin  or  velvet  a  "vislte"  of  sicillenne,  lined  with 
white  plusb  and  trimmed  with  passementerie  and 
chenille  fringe,  may  be  worn.  Seal-skin  cloaks 
DBay  be  worn  over  faille  suits.  For  a  more  simple 
toilet,  snob  as  doth  combined  with  velvet,  a  paletot 
oairassmaybe  made  of  the  same  materials,  or  a 
sicillenne  paletot  Russe.  The  latest  style  for  this 
garment  is  to  trim  it  around  the  neck  and  down  the 
front  with  broad  bands  of  silyer  beaver.  The 
tower  borders  are  left  natrimmed.  The  sleeves  and 
Dockets  have  the  same  trimming. 

The  bulgare  plait  ia  out  of  fashion.  Tor 
fnil  dress,  plain  or  frapD6  velvet,  satin,  br'ocart, 
snd  embroidered  crdpe  de  chine  are  saitabie.  Fou- 
lard, surah  matelass^,  oachemire,  broch6,  faille,  and 
gaze  de  sole,  all  lignt  no  to  good  advantage.  The 
proper  combination  ot  materials  is  tbe  great  secret 
of  the  toilet.  Mention  has  already  been  made  of  tbe 
advantage  which  can  ba  derived  from  the  prlnoeaa 
oat  dress,  by  making,  for  instance,  the  four  small 
tide  pieces  of  Telvet,and  the  fronts,  back,  and  part  of 
the  sleeves,  of  silk  or  brooh6  goods;  then  trim  the 
borders  and  seams  with  lace,  and  enrich  the  toilet 
With  bows.  For  this  model,  black  trimmings  are 
made  of  lace  embroidered  wltb  ehenille  or  gold,  and 
a  variety  of  rich  fringes  and  embroideries.  Ribbon 
of  plash  on  one  side  and  satin  on  tbe  other  serves  for 
many  porposas ;  it  is  made  in  all  shades.  In  addi- 
tion to  tbe  many  elegant  laces  always  used  for  even- 
ing wear,  handsome  ordpo  lisse  parnres,  garlands 
knd  leaves,  real  or  imitatloa  diamonds,  and  fancy 
lewelry  are  used  in  great  profusion.  Light  tissues, 
inoh  as  tulle  andgaaze,  continue  iu  use  for  the 
ilseves  of  dresses  made  of  heavy  materials.  Some 
sre  pnffed,  and  have  instrtioc,  and  narrow  ribbon 
velvet  is  placed  around.  The  same  dress  can  by 
this  means  be  arranged  in  two  different 
ways,  by  making  the  slesvos  and  breast 
piece  sometimes  of  black  lace  and  tulle, 
and  sometimes  cf  white  lacs  and  talle, 
snd  using  different  velvet  and  flowers.  An  evening 
toilet  somewhat  in  tola  style  is  a  sulphur-colored 
Collie  princess  dress.  It  Is  very  tight-fitting,  has  a 
yery  long  train,  and  is  trimmed  with  a  plaiting  bor- 
dered with  Valenciennes.  The  tnnlqne  is  of  dotted 
White  (ulie,  trimmed  with  white  Soanish  lace ;  it  is 
shirred  on  the  sides,  forming  a  square  apron,  and  in 
tbe  baok  is  a  long  train  slightly  draped.  On  tbe 
side  is  a  shell-shaped  lace  trimming  fastened  oy 
Bulphur-oolored  silk  cordmgs,  with  tassels  falling 
below.  The  waist  ia  cut  square  in  the  neck.  The 
sleeves  are  of  dotted  lace,  poffed  and  ccmblned  with 
Insertion,  with  sulphur-colored  ribbcs  underneath. 
A  white  Spanish  lace  "habit "  fcrms  the  coirass  In 
front,  fitting  tightly  to  the  dress.  The  borders  are 
^mmed  with  white  Spanish  lace,  with  golden  beads 
worked  upon  the  heading.  Shlphur-colored  cor- 
deliires  with  bows  are  so  placed  as  to  form  the 
lower  trimming  of  the  lace  waist.  Tbe  nscklace 
•onslstBof  golden  beads.  Tbe  hair  is  also  dressed 
with  tbese.Deads.  This  salt  can  t>e  simplified  by 
sabstitatlug  black  lace  for  tho  white,  and  dispensing 
with  the  golden  beads. 

Many  rich  toilets  are  ornamented  with  beads,  and 
golden  and  silk  cordelidres.  In  embroideries,  the 
very  rich  chenille  and  the  broderie  moosse  worked 
npon  very  light  tolle  are  the  favorites.  Scarfs  are 
draped  with  flowers  in  many  fancifal  ways. 

Solphnr  eolor  now  replaces  all  tbe  different  shades 
of  yellow  lately  in  vogue.  Ivory-white  and  oaron- 
bier  form  a  beautifal  combination.  Two  new  Pari- 
sian styles  saitabie  for  young  ladles  are  the  "  jenne 
tnartyre  "  and  ths  "  robe  Virsinle."  The  first-named 
may  be  of  white  gauze,  trimmed  with  .  gaozs  drap- 
mgs  fastened  here  and  there  with  flowers.  Tbe  sec- 
ond dress  may  be  of  very  light  bine  or  pink  faille, 
with  moosseline  de  I'lnde  scarfs  embroidered  with 
white  silk.  The  robe  Grecque  is  another  new  style  ; 
It  can  ba  made  of  grenadine  over  white  faille.  These 
dresses  are  most  elegant  when  made  of  grenadine, 
stamped  with  bands  of  veloars  frappd  and  leaves. 
G-renadine  and  moasseUne  de  sole  are  trimmed  with 
galloon,  a  white  silk-failed  trimming  and  let  beads, 
which  are  again  coming  into  fashion. 

The  most  elegant  dresses  for  mlddie-aged  ladies 
are  of  brooart  and  velvet  made  with  habits  Louis 
XV.  and  XVI.  The  habit  Louis  XVI.  is  pretty,  with 
along  vest,  richly  worked  with  chenille.  Tbe  habit 
Is  sometimes  trimmed  with  bands  of  velvet,  drap 
de  sole,  or  cloth.  In  which  case  the  skirts  are 
trimmed  to  matcb. 

A  handsome  white  ball  dress'may  combine  faille 
•ad  mensseline  de  sole.  The  front  of  tbe  faille 
skirt  is  trimmed  with  a  deep  puffing  and  flounce. 
!rhe  train  has  a  narrow  flounce  sorronnded  by  foar 
puffings ;  between  each  paffing  la  a  caroabier  che- 
nille cording.  The  princess  apron  is  trimmed  with 
two  lace  flowers  snnnonnted  by  a  fall  garland  of 

variegated  flowers,  joined  in  tbe  baok  under  a 
caroubier  ribbon.  The  waist  Is  cut  with  a  square 
low  neck,  and  buttons  over  from  right  to  left.  The 
side  which  buttons  over  is  trimmed  with  "  point  de 
Brazelles"  or  "d'Angleterre,"  with  varlons  col- 
ored roses  or  leaves.  This  tnmmiog  extends  ah 
the  way  down  the  side  of  the  apron. 

A  very  elegant  bridal  dress  has  the  brooart  front 
cut  in  prinoess  shape,  and  tbe  small  front  side-pieces 
of  white  satin.  The  side-pieces  in  the  baok  are  of 
brocart.  The  princess  out  back,  which  forms  a  long 
train,  is  ot  satin.  The  front  ef  the  ssirt  is  trimmed 
with  a  crfipa  lisse  plaited  flounce.  Tbe  heading  of 
the  flounce  consists  of  a  garland  of  orange  blossoms. 
On  the  side  of  the  floonoe  are  large  white  satin 

Dowa.  The  upper  part  of  the  waist  Is  covered  with 
a   crdpe    lisse  "  guimpe     znodestle "    arrangaa    in 

small  plaits  and  buttoning  up  the  bask;  it  ia  trim- 
med araond  with  a  plaiting.  On  one  side  is  a  bunch 
of  orange  blossoms.  A.  rachine  is  aroand  tna  neck. 
The  upper  part  of  the  sleeve  is  of  brocart,  and  tbe 
lower  part  of  satii.  Between  the  two  materials 
Is  a  crdpe  Iisse  band  tied  on  the  outside  in 
a  bow.  with  a  bunch  of  orange  blossoms  in 
iJie  centre.  The  lower  part  of  the  sleeves 
liave  a  deep  plaited  crApe  lisse  eafF 
with  a  ruching  at  tbe  wrist.  The  anmoni^re  is  ot 
orange  Dloasums,  combined  with  satin  loons,  and 
depends  from  a  white  silk  cordelliere.  The  hair  is 
dressed  with  a  wreath  of  orange  blossoms.  The 
"  voile  k  la  Jaive  "  is  of  tulle  ae  Broxolles.  This 
model  can  be  made  very  simple  by  having  it  alto- 
gether ot  faille,  sicillenne,  or  even  alpaca.  A  very 
simple  bridal-dresa  can  also  be  made  of  white 
foulard.  The  trout  of  the  skirt  is  oat  out  in  large 
points  falling  over  a  plaited  flounce.  The  train  is 
perfectly  plain.  The  apron  is  sorronnded  by  a 
number  of  fine  pipings  and  a  plaiting.  It  is  sligbtlv 
draped  and  tied  in  the  back.  The  Cuirass  is 
trimmed  with  a  narrow  piping,  and,  laces  np  the 
back.  A  crdpe  lisse  flcho,  trimmed  with  Bruges 
lace,  is  worn  over  the  waist  i  it  is  fastened  in  front 
ander  a  boaquet  of  orange  blossoms.  Tbe  lower 
part  of  the  sleeves  is  trimmed  with  er6pe  lisse 
olaitings  and  tbe  same  kind  of  lace.  Tbe  neck 
trimming  and  rnohlng  aroand  the  arm  are  of  erftpe 
Ilsse.  A  long  spray  of  orange  blossosas  falls  down 
the  back  or  the  head.    Tbe  veil  is  of  talle. 

A  visiting  dress  can  be  made  of  brown  and  ash 
tilonda  velvet  and  faQonne,  or  faille  and  fa^onnfr. 
Tlie  brown  skirt  la  trimmed  with  a  flounce  put  on 
(n  hoUow  plaits,  and  surmounted  by  a  ruching  in 
tbe  lighter  shade.  Taken  diagonally  across  the 
tront  of  tbe  skirt  are  two  ta90iin6  plaltea  scarfs  in 
the  ligbt  shade,  finished  withac)eep  friage.  The 
fh^onnd  cuirass  is-very  tight-fitting,  and  trimmed 
bli  around  and  up  the  baok  with  eaehemlre  galloon 
worked  in  colors.  This  euiraBs  battens  up  the 
back  \  the  left  side,  which  buttons  over,  terminates 
tn  a  point  and  falls  lower  than  the  right  side.  The 
rerers  extend  In  points  ever  the  baok.  They  are 
trimmed  with  the  same  oaohemire  gatlooa.  The 
browa  velvet  sleeves  have  a  band  ofgalloon  np  the 
natslde  seams.  The  deep  onflis  are  in  the  lighter 
shade  t  they  are  pointed  on  the  outside  and  orna- 
knented  with  four  outtons.  The  fafoonA  train  which 
tiilM  over  the  brown  skirt  la  trimmed  with  galloon. 
On  either  aide  Is  »  trimming  made  in 
Imitation  of  a  seaond  traln^  consisting  of 
fuh  blonde  plaitlag  acxanged  np  .  the  sides 
In  groups  of  hue  plaits  with  plain -pieees  al- 
ternating. Below  the  eulrasa,  between  the  fa^onaft^ 
train  and  the  plaltings,  ia  a  trimming  oonaiattug  of 
Ibands^  brown  velvet  0illoon,  and  llght-oolored  plait- 
Ings.  'The  bonnet  oorreapondlo|r  with  ttie  salt  u  of 
eray  felc  Around  the  crown  la  a  niee*  of  brown 
pliuh  plaited,  falling  on  the  baek  In 
a  short  loop*  Upon  the  top  of  the  crown  is  a  bnnoa 
n  g»j  iMthers.  ITnder  the  brim  is  a  wbite  mch-. 
iw^Annthflr  handsome,  thoagh  rather  showy,, 
iwalking  salt  ia  made  of  fkney  braoh6  woolen  goods. ; 
SCbe  long  skirt  la  trunmed  with  a  rather  deep  flounce, 
SoctaM  wltb  a  deep  band  of  obeoko4^bEsok  aB<^ 
iwhto  gaUMa.  with  a  vmvm  beading  ot  nd.   Xha 


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fringe.  The  middle  of  the  back  la  platted  In  flat 
bhtits  up  to  the  back  et .  the  neok.  where  It  falls 
luose  in ^n  shape.  Theseplfcltsallow  of  the  polo- 
naiaa  falling  very  fnll  in  die  back,  where  it  is 
raised  la  doSs.  The  aprsn  is  taken  each  side  under 
thepnffij.  On  tbe  »ide,  in  tbe  back,  a  piece  of  gal- 
laoD,  headed  with  red,  iornis  ravers,  which  fall  over 
the  puiiiB.  Upon  one  of  tha  revers  is  a  yXed  bow. 
The  square  pocket  is  bound  with  red,  and  trimmed 
with  black  and  white  fringe.  The  cafih  are  made 
of  black  and  white  checked  galloon,  headed  with 
red.  The  bonnet,  matching  tbe  salt,  has  a  solt 
black  velvet  crown  and  a  plaited  bnm.  A  black 
feather  starts  from  the  centre  in  front  and  falls  over 
tbe  crown.  In  front,  over  the  feather,  is  a  bluish 
steel  ornament  In  tbe  baok  are  red  flowers. 
The  velvet  strings  are  tied  on  ane  side. 

As  it  is  now  tbe  season  for  fancy  dress  balls,  a  de- 
Bcription  of  some  Parisian  costumes  may  prove  use- 
ful. There  Is  the  Gitoflfe-Girofla  dress,  made  of 
white  satin,  embroidered  with  gold  and  trimmed 
with  fringe.  A  fine  golden  belt  is  aroand  the  waist 
encircled  with  appliqnfes  of  atones  and  pearls:  it 
extends  aroand  the  front  diagonally.  Below  is  an- 
other diaeonal  band  which  drapes  tbe  overdress; 
over  this  is  an  ornament.  Tbe  overskirt  is  trissmed 
with  a  deep  golden  fringe.  The  waist  is  cut  very 
low  in  the  neck  and  trianed  over  the  shoulders 
with  a  golden  band  in  breteile  shape.  Tbe  white 
srdpe  )jH8e  veil  is  very  long  ana  dotted  with  gold. 
Tbe  ceiffare  consists  of  a  heavy  golden  band,  orna- 
mented with  pearls  and  imitation  jewels.  This 
band  is  placed  baok  npon  tbe  bead,  with  strings  af 
pearls  faUing  in  scallops  over  the  ftont  hair.  In 
the  back  are  tbree  whita  ostrich  feathers.  On  the 
upper  part  af  the  arm  is  a  deep  flat  eolden  brace- 
let ;  on  the  wrist  is  a  smaller  one.  Tbe  neoklnce 
consists  of  three  or  four  rows  of  golden  beads.  The 
ear-xings  are  very  lovg,  and  corresnond  with  tbe 
necklace  and  belt.  The  white  marabaat  fan  has  a 
golden  handle.  The  shoes  are  of  wbite  satin.  An- 
other fancy  dress  is  the  "oostarae  de  Per- 
sane."  The  short  underskirt  is  of  red  ssUa. 
Tne  broad  blue  satin  Turkish  trousers  are 
fastened  above  the,  shoes.  Tbe  pardessas  is  of 
blae  goods  flgared  with  gold.  It  is  trimmed  aroand 
with  four  rows  of  golden  lace.  Up  tbe  front  Is  the 
same  trimming.  Tbe  neck  is  cut  open  in  a  point. 
The  largo  flowing  sleeves  are  lined  with  yellow, 
and  trimmed  aroand  the  outside  with  far.  On 
the  inside  of  tbe  sleeve  is  a  golden  ornament  with 
colored  stones.  Under  tbe  square  opening  in  front 
is  a  tight-fitting  red  waist,  aod  under  the  flowiog 
sleeves  are  tight  red  satin  sleeves.  Tbe  deep  belt 
is  also  of  gold  enriched  with  colored  stones.  The 
coiffure  consists  of  a  bigb-poioted  black  velvet  hat, 
with  a  bordering  of  colored  stones.  On  the  side  is 
an  sugreite,  fastened  down  under  an  arnamant  of 
imitation  jewels.  From  the  top  of  tbe  bat,  in  the 
back,  hangs  a  small  crdpe  lisse  white  veil,  bordered 
Wltb  gold.  The  necklace  and  ear-rings  are  of  colored 
stones  and  pearls.  The  Asiatic  slippers  are  of  cloth 
covered  with  gold. 

The  "favorite  slave"  costume  has  a  red  satin 
waist  with  a  deep  bordering  ot  guld  and  stones. 
The  Madagascar  scarf  is  striped  in  several  colors 
and  trimmed  with  a  deep  gulden  fringe,  mingling 
with  several  colored  silks.  Tbis  scarf  is  taken  tight 

aronnd  tbe  body  and  tied  in  froot,  wbere  it  is  left  to 
bang  in  a  straight  piece.  This  piece  is  ornamented 
on  tbe  lower  border  with  a  tringe,  and  on 
the  top  with  a  large  roo^d  ornament.  Over  the 
gauze  skirt  are  golden  figures.  The  green  satiu 
Turkish  troasers  fasten  below  the  knee.  The  neck- 
lace and  ear-rings  consist  of  I  golden  beads.  Tbe 
coiffure  comprises  a  baad  of  gold  enriched  with 
colored  stones  taken  around  tbe  front  of  the  bead, 
and  smaller  bands  taken  through  the  piifl's  on  tbe 
top  of  the  head.  Three  strings  of  beads  are  taken 
from  either  side  ot  the  coiffure  and  b&ng  loosely 
aroand  the  face.  In  tbe  back  tbe  bair  is  criaiped 
and  bangs  loose.  The  slippers  are  red  satin  ;  the 
stockings  are  of  flash-colored  silk. 

Flowers  are  not  as  much  used  by  modistes  as  they 
have  beea.  \VheD  used  tboy  are  mostly  concealed 
under  lace  and  mingled  with  loops.  Feathers  are 
aecountod  much  more  elegant.  All  colored  feathers 
are  worn  arranged  in  bands.  Cocks'  feathers  sre 
also  very  popular.  All  kinds  of  fancy  feathers  are 
emoloyed,  and  are  qaite  as  gsoerally  used  as  verv 
expensive  ones.  White  cocBs'  feathers  dotted  with 
mother  of  pearl  are  very  beaatiful  when  tastetally 
placed  UDon  a  white  bonnet.  Cheiillle  fringes  and 
tassels  are  still  used.  Velvet  and  satin  Autumn 
leaves,  and  steel  and  other  ornaments  are  among 
the  bonnet  trimmings.  A  pretty  bonnet  is  of 
slate  colored  felt,  trimmed  on  tbe  lower 
part  of  the  crown  wltb  a  ribtK>n  bow  in  the  same 
color.  The  ribbon  strings  are  taken  from  this  oow 
and  term  tbe  meatonnidtes.  Upon  tbe  crown  is  a 
garland  of  bronzed  satin  dead  leaves.  Uodemeatti 
is  a  band  of  velvet  and  a  toft  of  red  pinks  oo  one 
side.  Another  punnet  is  Directoire  shape,  made  of 
"  tillenl"  plash.  Oa  the  side  is  a  largo  fan- 
shaped  plash  bow,  placed  ratker  high.  Draperies 
of  tbe  same  are  crossed  in  the  back,  forming  the 
strings,  which  are  tied  on  tho  side  near  the  ear. 

All  sorts  of  fans  are  in  favor  this  Winter,  black 
feather  fans  with  paintings,  colored  feather  fans, 
lace  fans,  and  many  other  kinds.  Very  large  fans 
are  again  used  for  the  theatre  and  opera. 

THE  SKPRESa  AND  HER  ST±BY1NQ  SUB- 
JECTS. 
From  the  London  Times. 
In  one  of  the  sweetest  of  operas  the  hearer 
is  charmed  with  a  choros  whose  graceful  and  rby th- 
mio  movement  reflects  the  geatla  and  indolent 
swaying  of  aammersaas;  bat  ia  the  midst  of  the 
dreamy  softness  of  Weber's  mnsie  obtrude  the  re- 
eurrent  notes  which  warn  as  to  remember  the  sleep- 
less watchfulness  of  the  pawers  of  the  storm.  Ii  is 
not  given  to  us  to  forget  tbe  harsh  alssooance  of 
pain.  Testerday  we  were  all  reading  of  the  pomp 
and  ceremony  of  (Oriental  magnifloeace,  and  for 
a  brief  hour  the  mind  escaped  from  the  dismal 
realities  ef  oar  wittery  skies  to  live  amid  the 
splendors  of  Delhi.  Tbe  Viceroy  seemed  to  have 
made  the  tales  of  Arabian  fiction  true,  and  to  have 
justified  tbe  largest  pbrases  of  our  poets  in  describ- 
ing tbe  riches  of  the  gorgeous  £ast.  Upon  the  Kings 
who  came  to  testify  tbeir  allegiance  before  tbe  rep- 
resentative of  England's  Queen  barbario  pearl  and 
gold  were  showered  mare  profusely  than  Milton  had 
ever  imagined,  and  though  it  most  have 
beea  difQcolt  te  banish  the  recollections 
of  warfare  in  the  eiebt  of  tbe  Bidga  cf 
Delhi,  the  suggestion  of  privation  was  for  a  time 
forgotten.  To-day  the  irrepressible  contrast  is  re- 
asserted. Instead  of  tbe  reckless  profasioo  ot  inex- 
haustible wealth,  we  bave  to  face  tbe  grim  fact  of 
imminent  famine.  Last  week  tbe  capital  of  the 
Moguls  witnessed  a  magnifloent  display  of  Inzury 
aad  pride.  Pnuces  and  Governors  caaae  together 
from  every  provmee,  and  vied  with  ane  anorner  in 
tbe  extravagance  of  their  pomp.  2Toibing  was  too 
rich,  nothing  too  costly,  to  beccme  the  cere- 
moaial  thay  shared.  Whatever  was  most 
distinguished  for  the  glory  of  its  design  or  far  the 
delicacy  ar' extant  of  toe  labor  spent  apon  its  exe- 
cation  was  broaght  and  laid  at  tbe  feet  of  the  Vice- 
roy as  appropriate  eflerin/s  to  the  majesty  be  repre- 
sented. Who  ooBld  bave  sapposed  tbat,  in  this 
highest  hour  ot  imperial  pride,  the  miad  of  the 
central  fizure  of  the  pageaat  was  disturbed  by 
thoagbts,  that  would  come  to  mar  bis  satisfaction, 
of  thaasands  and  hundreds  of  tbcosands — nay,  of  a 
million  of  persons  besieging  the  officials  and  sub- 
officials  of  tbe  Indian  Government  to  give  them  a 
bttlc  work,  that  the?  mlgkt  have  a  handful  of  rice 
last  they  die  I 

MARRIAGE  J.V  UISSOSTRL 
Tbe  St.  Louis  Hepxibliean  thus  expresses 
itself:  "We  are  unable  to  see  any  particular  benefit 
,  in  the  proposed  bill  establlshmg  a  system  of  mar- 
riage lloanses.  Saeh  a  change  can  never  be  made  of 
any  consequence  as  a  branch  of  revenue,  bat  be- 
comes an  annoying  exaction,  exercising  a  repressive 
influence  on  youthful  affection  and  the  population 
of  tbe  State.  Tbe  Legislatures  of  Mlssotiri  have 
killed  sneb  a  bill  more  than  once  before,  and  we 

rather  expect  tha  same  thing  will  happen  now. 
Tbe  present  law  In  force  ts  liberal  In  its  provisions, 

and  probably  as  effective  as  any  that  can  be 
prepared.  It  prohibits,  under  penalty,  the 
marriage  *  of  minors,  and  requires  all  mar- 
riages to  be  properly  recorded,  and  we  see 
very  little  use  in  trying  to  go  any  further.  When 
persons  of  the  proper  age'desire  to  get  married  tbe 
mate  has  no  Inrerast  In  embarrassing  their  actions. 
'Let  them  marry,' as  St.  Paul  says,  but  let  It  be 
done  'decently  and  in  order.'  As  to  hnnttng 
roand  for  licenses,  and  witnesses,  and  magistrates, 
as  is  still  done  in  iBngiand  and  Continental  Borope, 
no  practical' benefits  result.  In  addition  to  minis- 
iers,of  the  gospel,  aathonze  tbe  proper  public  offi- 
cers to  perform  marriages  with  all  proper  caution 
for  the  legal  siatns  of  tbe  parties,  and  a  pablio  rec- 
ord of  the  facts,  and  there  let  tbe  matter  rest.  If 
tbe  aim  of  Western  legislation  is  to  abolish  un- 
necessary forms  and  to  stmolifr  the  operation  of 
the  law  on  all  matters  connected  with  social  devel- 
opment and  growth,  there  la  little  use  lu  the  law  in 
qaestion."  ^ 

A  KANGAROO  MOUSE. 
The  New-Haven  Journal  of  Saturday  con- 
tains tbe  following  t  "  A  few  days  ago,  a  pet  canary 
bird  owned  in  a  family  in  Bast  Haven  was  found 
early  one  morning  dead  in  its  cage.  A  good  many 
featbers  weie  found  scattered  In  the  bottom  of  the 
cage,  and  tbe  body  of  the  bird  had  Suffered 
considerable  laoeration.  as  from  the  teeth  of  an  ani- 
maL  ■  It  was  Impossible  that  the  misohisf  had  been 
done  by  a  cat,  and  the  following  night  a  monse-trap 
was  set  inside  tbe  cage.  No  catch,  howerer,  ontil 
the  night  sucoeeding,  when  there  got  into  the  trap 
a  kangaroo  moace,  as  somebody  named  it.  This 
nttle  animal,  which  had  undoabtettly  destroyed  the 
canary,  is  about  tbe  size  of  an  ordinary  mouse,  per- 
haps not  quite  as  large.  Its  front  lega  are  much 
shorter  than  the  others,  and  it  has  a  way  of  sitting 
np  like  a  kangaroo.  Its  movement  is  a  jump  or 
spring,  like  that  of  a  kangaroo,  and  it  has  a  spot  of 
white  tax  on  its  breast.  It  is  conjectured  thst  the 
little  animal  may  have  been  bronght  to  this  country 
In  some  foreign  vessel,  but  the  question  how  it 
reashed  Bast  Haven  shore  and  entered  a  dwelllng- 
honss  renders  snoh  a  supposition  hardly  reasona- 
Wo." 


'  tbaonly  mark  alaoemlble  waa  a  slight  tadentatmn 
aod  bmiae  of  the  flash  oanaed  by  the  flange  of  tha 
whML  Id  falling  his  head  stmok  tne  ice  and  was 
oon^derable  brnisad.  He  was  mulcted  in  a  fine  for 
beiogidraak,  and  then  allowed  by  Justioe  Ctate  to 
go  home  and  get  his  inlorles  attended  to." 


A  DBUITKSN  MAN'S  S80AFJS.  3= 
« -The  ,  Albany  JExpre^k  of  Saturday  <  aaya  : 
:**Hngh  Geoghegan,  deserted  as  a  laborer,  S9  years 
ot  age,  had  a  most  wo^derfol  escape  from  .serioas 
Injnryi and  perhaps,  death,  while  Intoxicated  on 
IToEth'Brokdway  on '  Xbuisday .  evening.  He  waa 
atacsoring  along  in  ttie  centre  of  the  street,  and  aa 
a  borae  oar  came  along  fell  In  front  ot  it.  with  his 
legs  diieetlT  awoss  tha  traok.  The  wheels  passed 
over  both  limbs,  being  thrown  off  tbe  traok'  la  eon- 
seqoenoe.  Straoec  to  say,  Qeogttegan.  on  being 
pioked  up  and  oonveyod  Into  tha  Tlilrd  Praeinot 
|t«t>M)r1ia«a«k  waa  ttfoit  to  have  sostalaad  aa  feaa> 


MEBRIMAO  saiPBUiLjaSRS. 
An  historical  sketoh  of  tbue  ahipbnilders  on 
the  banks  of  the  Msrrimao  River  shows 
that  among  the  most  prominent  are  John 
Carrier,  Jr.,  who,  since  1631,  has  boilt  94 
vessels,  incladiog  two  now  oo  the  stocks, 
which  foot  up  Sa^31ft  tons  I  Messrs.  Charles  H. 
Currier  &  Co.  and  George  B.  Currier,  who  have 
bnUt  28  sail  of  13,702  tons ;  Messrs.  Atkinson  &■  FH- 
more,  wbq  have  built  11,  ot  9,990  tons,  and  Hon. 
G«orge  W.  Jackman,  Jr.,  who  has  built  S7,  of 
26,570  tons.  Mr.  Donald  McKay,  now  of  East  Bos- 
ton, laid  the  foundation  of  his  tame  as  a  shipbuilder 
on  the  banks  of  tbe  Merrlmao.  It  was  there  that 
he  built  for  the  late  Enoch  Train  &  Co.  the  beaati- 
ful ship  Joahoa  B.ttes.  for  their  line  of  Boston  and 
Liverpool  packets,  which  waa  one  of  tbe  most  suc- 
cessful vessels  afloat.  At  the  suggestion  of  Mr. 
T<-aln,  Mr.  McKay  removed  to  East  Boston.  Mr. 
John  Currier,  Jr.,  has  adhered  to  the  Merrlmao, 
and  has  given  it  mnch  of  its  high  reputation  for 
tbe  excellence  of  its  shipping.  Hon.  George  W. 
Jackmau's  vessels  have  been  remarkably  lucky, 
for  they  were  all  well  built  of  good  materials. 


S1TUATI0KS_WANTED. 

VGftiALii8. 
TUB    CP-TOWN    UFVICK   OMt  TUK  TlMHti. 

The  np-town  office  of  THE  TIMES  is  located  at 
No.  l.'iSt  Broadway,  bet.  Slat  and  32d  sts. 

Open  daily,  Sundays  mciuded.  from  4  A.  U.  to  9  P.   M. 

BnbBCiiptlona  received,  and  copies  of  THB  TIHEH  tor 

sale. 

ADVEETI8EMENT8  RKCEIVED  UNTIL  9  P.  M. 


CHAAlBBQ.niAlD.— BY  AN  AMEKICAN  PB01- 
estant  girl  aa  chamber-maid  and  waitress  in  a  pri- 
vate family  ;  w^UUnft  to  assist  in  vrashlng  and  IroninE  ; 
highly  recommended.  Address  F.  M.,  Box  No.  291 
TlUbS  UP-TOWNOKFICB.  NO.  1,257  BROAUWAY. 


COOK.  WAmHKK.  ANUIKU.NKK— CHAUBBK 
maid  and  Waitress. — By  two  English  Eplseopsl 
girls,  to  go  together;  exoelleut  cook  aod  good  laun- 
diesB ;  both  can  tarnish  good  reference.  Address  E. 
and  J.,  Box  No.  180  Times  Office. 


COOK.— bX  A  KKSfMCTABLB  YOU^G  WOMAN  AS 
hrst-class  cook  In  a  private  Ihmilv ;  10  years'  best 
City  reft-reiice.  CaU  for  twu  days  at  So.  304  West  S8tb 
St.,  Room  Na  1. 


COOK.,  dec.— BY  A  SCOTCH  PAOTliSTA.N  r  YoONU 
woman  as  cook,  washer,  and  Imner,  or  general 
house-work ;  excellent  laundress,  cuok,  and  baker. 
CaU  at  No.  16  Jones  st ,  between  Bleecker  and  4tb. 


COUK,  (Sire.— BY  A  YOU.sa  WOUaN  AS  COOK  I.N 
a  private  tamily;  thoroui^hl.v  understands  her 
business;  willing  to  assist  with  washing  if  required: 
best  City  reference.    Apply  at  No.  411  West  44rb  St. 


/^UUK  AND  A*S«i.ST    iVlTH    WArSHlNG.— 

V^'Bv  a  respectable  giri;  Citv  or  country ;  three  years' 
exoellebt  reference.  Call  at  No.  '606  Kast  3tith  st., 
one  stunrs  up,  baclr. 


C^OOK.— BY  A  RKSPIiCTABLK  SWKUlSll   WOMAN 
Jaa  flrst-class  cook  in  all  brancbes ;    has  best  City 
ieferenc«.     Call  ^t  No.  640  3d  av..  comer  3Btb  st. 


C100K.— BT  A    YOUNO     AMElilOAN    WOMAN.    AS 
./Orst-class  cook;  best  City  references.    Call  at  No. 
675  3d  av.   King  three  times. 


COOK.— BY    A    FKKNCH    COOK    IN     A     POIVATB 
family;   good  refereoce.    Apply  at  10th  av.  and 
66th  St. 


DI{B!4»«-.'nAHBa.— hY  AN  EXPKEInNCliD  CUT- 
ter,  fitter,  trifflmfer,  making  over,  itc;  engagements 
by  day  or  week ;  operates  Wheeler  It  Wilson  machine; 
moderate  terms;  liighest  relerencea.  Address  No.  715 
6th  av.,  near  41st  st. 


DIlB.'<iS.l>lAllEK.— BY  AN  ENGLItiU  WOMAN: 
perfect  cutter  of  family  clothinK;  works  all  ma- 
cblues;  $1  Per  day;  15  years'  retercnce.  Address  K., 
Box  No.  274  Tl^BS  DP-TOWN  OFFICB,  NO.  1,357 
BROADWAY.    ' 


DUBSS^-.TIAKiiK.— AN  EXPKRIENCfaiD  DBBSS- 
maaer  wislies  a  fewcustomers  at  her  bome;  a  per- 
fect fit  euarauteed.  Call  at  Nu  21  Clinton  lUace.  be- 
tween Dniversity  place  aod  Broadway. 


HAIU-UUES».>il£K.— WOULD  LIKU  A  FBW  ^US- 
liimera  by  the  week  or  month ;  understunds  hair- 
work  111  all  Its  branches.  Address  U.  H.  Pitt,  Mo.  269 
West  39th  St. 


HAIK>i>RB.»8BB.  —  A  UUOU  UAltt-DRBaaER 
wonld  like  a  few  more  costomers;  terms  moae- 
ratp;  best  City  reference.  Address  tlair-dresser,  No. 
1,137  2d  av. 


HAIK-DKKSSRK.- WOULD  LlKfi   A  FiiW  COS- 
tomprs,  by  the  week  or  monlh;  terms  $5  a  month. 
Call  eft  aidress  M.  8.  Pitt.  No.  '.!tl9  West  :i9tb  st. 


HOt;.*^liK.BBPGK.— UY  AN  INTELLKiE^T,  COM- 
panionable  woman,  who  combines  economy  with 
good  tastp,  a  posiiiou  as  housekeeper  in  boarding* 
nou.'>e,  hotel,  or  family;  liind  in  sickness;  fuad  of 
children.  Call  or  address  Uousekeepei,  for  one  week, 
Ladies'  Depository-,  No.  876  Broadway. 


HOLIMKKBBPEU.— UY  A  LADY  OF  BKbPKCTA- 
bility  as  huu!ieKeep<;r  In  a  fixst-class  hotel  or  club- 
house ;  ur  as  compHnioo  to  aa  invalid.  Addieis  T.,  at 
Y.  V^.  C.  A,  Nu.  7  East  l&tb  st. 


HOU.S£K.BBPbR.— BY    A    YOUNO    AMERICAN 
.woman  as  housekeeper  or   as   seamstress.     Bone 
but  resoectable  parties  need  call  at  161  tast  30tb  st. 


LAUiNDKKSS.- BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  LAUNDRESS 
iu.a  private  family,  or  will  do  chamber-work  and 
Hue  washlug ;  best  City  reference.  Call  at  No.  2'^7 
West  '27ta  at.,  top  floor,  back. 


LAi;NUKE!!li.<« BY   ARKSPoiCTABLiiaiKL;   IS  A 
hrst  class    laundre.ta   and   good    plain    cook  ;  best 
reference.    Call  at  No.  'J  18  We.tt  27th  st. 


NUK."*KRY  GOVBHMi.«*S.— AN  AMERICAN 
woman  wishes  some  position  (not  menial)  at  small 
compensation;  is  ao  experit^noed  nursery  governess 
and  luvalld  nurse.  Inquire  fur  Misi  L.,  at  Young 
Women's  Christian  AB:jociation,  No.  7  Bast  15tb  St. 


N  DUSK.— BY  A  KtSPECTABLB  WOMAN  AH  IN- 
taiit's  nnrse;  capable  and  experienced:  unexceptiou- 
oble  City  references';  not  i.fraid  of  work.  CaliatNa 
238  West  31st  St.,  aeooad  floor. 


NLRSK.— BY  ACOMPKTli.NT  WOVlAN  AS  INFANTS 
Durse;  no  objection  to  make  herself  generally  use- 
ful;   bnsti.'ity  rerereoce.    Call  at  No.  351  2d  av. 


SEA.'MSTREWS.— BY  AN  AMERICAN  WOMAN  TO 
go  out  by  tbe  dity  in  families,  or  take  work  bome ; 
onderstaads  cutting  and  maklug  boys^  clothes,  unit 
reoairini::  .City  rjfersnce.  address  W.  C,  Box  No.  303 
TIMKS  UP-TOW.s  OFFICK.  NO.  1,257  BROAD  (V AY. 


SkAiMiSTKESM BY  A  LADY  WHO  CAS  COT  AND 
make  shirts  by  measure  and  do  any  kind  of  plain 
sewioe,  to  (CO  out  by  the  day.  Call  on  or  address  F. 
Mlllere,  No.  304  East  42a  st. 


SEWING  AND  MENUING.-A  LADT  WOULD 
lilce  the  eewlag  and  mending  tur  some  gentlemen, 
or  would  takie  t^aiUy  sawing  ;  terms  Toasonable.  Ad- 
dress Mr*.  N.,  Htaiion  L,  Uarlem. 


\XJ A»mmi.—iiX    A     F1RS1-ULAS8    LaUNDBSSS, 
tT  to   take  in  gentlemen's  or  family  washing  at  her 
own  house  ;  best  of  reference  can  be   given.    Address 
No.  417  West  32dst. 


WASHING.— BY  A  RK:iPjiCf  ABLE  PKOTlisTAHT 
woman  to  go  out  b;  the  day  to  work  ;  gentlemen's 
and  ladiea'  wasbmg  at  her  own  lesidenoe.  Call  at  No. 
427  Kast  15th  St.,  Room  No.  13. 


WASsHING.  —  BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  CULOBBU 
woman  tha  washlngof  ladies  and  gentlemen;  tnor- 
ougulv  understands  her  burliness.  Call  at  No.  144 
West  40th  St. 


WASHING  AND  lUOMNU BY  A  FIRST- 
cluBS  laandreas  In  her  own  house  :  polisldug  and 
fltttiog  done;  fin>t-olasa  reference.  Call  at  No.  251 
HMt  57tb  St.;  third  floor. 


WAiiHING.— BY    A    FUBNOU    WOMAN     FAMILY 
wasbtag  by  the  aoaen  or  month.  Apply  at  No.  134 
West  28tb  BC,  Buom  No.  6. 


WASHING.- BY  A    WIDOW   LADY    80MB    QBS- 
tlemen's  ur  lamily  waabing.    Call  at  No.  241  Kast 
24th  St.,  two  flights  up,  back. 


A 


COUlSrTRYJiIiAX^ESTATK_ 

PrSpITABLB     in  VESTME.NT. -"$8,000 
cash,  $17,00u  permanent  Institution,   mortgage  to 


prompt  buyer,  for  33 '^  acres,  (over  400  I'^ity  lots.)  fine 
land;  resldt-nce,  stable,  Ilc;  on  boundary  between 
Cities  of  N«?w-York  and  Yonkers ;  forty  minutes  to  City 
Uall  by  raiiid  transit ;  magnifloent  views.  Palisades 
and  Buuod,  and  fTuntlng  Boulevard;  only  $650  an 
acre;  adioininz  selling  for  $4,000.  Address  OBEaT 
OPPOETONiry^  Box  no.  149  Times  OfSce. 


FOR  SALE  OR  liBABB— A DESlBABtiB  HOTEL 
proDOity  at  Babylon,  Long  Island;  house  has  forty 
rooms;  bar  and  billiard-rooms;  good  flailing,  boatiog, 
bathing,  &c.:  tbe  turniture  will  be  sold  reasonable  to 

Barties  leasing.    Apply  or  address  CUAS.  T.  DUBYKA, 
abylon,  Loug  Island. 


ORAMGE.  N.  J. -COUNTRY  HoUSKS.  LAHtM. 
undvil.age  uitfl  tor  sale;  sgieat  vartaty.  Aisa 
liiniislied  and  nnfuriiitbed  nouses  to  let  for  seasou  ot 
jciir,  by  WALTKK  R.  .-iMiTH.  tormefy  BlackwaD  k 
Sn.ltb.OrHiiie,  coriiBT  uf  Hain  and    ■''ooe  st*. 


TtriCE,    fl.EA.'SANT,    r.OW-PRICKD   HOMB8 

XI  00  installment  plan  ;  lesa  than  forty  minutes  from 
City,  at  Eliaabetbport,  N.  J.    See  circulars. 

KBLLOQQ,  Na  3  Brosdway. 


srOKlfiji,  &0..    i'O  LET. 


iFFICBS  TO  liBT. 
IN  THE 

riaiEs  bvujDihq.    . 

^eijY  TO 

GBOBOB  JOMS», 
TMlBtl  OFVICB. 


STEAM  POWER.— LOFTS,  WITH  POWER.  TO 
let  tor  light  manufacturing  narposes,  13th  and  14th 
sta.,  between  3d  and  4th  avs.  Inquire  of  F.  QBOTB  fe 
CO.,  No.  114  Bast  14th  su 


STEAai  POWER  ANP  PlRatT  FliOtfR  AND 
cellar,  60x80  fbet,  Nos.  188  and  190  Hoastoa  sU   In- 
quire In  the  corner. 


AimB.   NATALIE  TlLMAN. 

'-.  (Late  of  16th  st.,)  '^ 

Ho.  I,3M  Bioadwav,  between  31st  and  Sad  sts»  > 
VLOWKU.  MOOBd,  BOUBS,  ^t 

Bats  fto  Ban  DreSses.  / 

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COLORED  SILK  BORDERS. 

The  LATEST  NOVELTIES, 

From  60o.  each. 

FINE  BUFFLED 

EMBROIDERED  HANDKERCHIEFS 
At  VERT  MODERATE   FRICBS. 

JL  T.  Stewart  &  Co., 

BROADWAY.  4TH  AV..  .9TH    AND  lOTH  ST3. 

EKP'S  PATENT  partly  made  DRKSS  .SHIRTS; 

the  very  best:    six  tor  $6;    can  be    finished  as 

easily  as  betnmlnza  haniikerchl«f.    No.  671  Broadway. 


KXTRAOKUlN.^RY    BARUAlNa 
I.N  bLA(  K  AND  COLOHKD 

SILKS. 

HEAR."!   (t  »UN. 


SITUATIONS_W  ANTED. 
.nALK>. 

BUTLER.— BY  A  TOUSQ  MAN,  A  NATIVE  OF 
Kugland,  wbo  has  lived  as  head  wnitnr,  siogli- 
lianded,  in  private  families ;  good  expeiieoce ;  has 
above  City  relerenco  siveii.  Adiiress  G.  L..  Box  No. 
300  TIMES    UP- rows    OKKICK,  1,2:>7    BROADWAY. 

C10ACH.MAN.-BY  A  HEaPKCTAbLE  YOCNG 
yman  (single)  as  coachman  ;  thoroughly  understands 
care  and  roanazemeat  of  borsea.  liaraess,  and  car- 
riages; Is  Btnctly  S'lDer  aod  obliging  ;  bas  firsi-class 
City  reference  trom  last  employer,  (/'all  on  or  address 
J.  B..  No.  129  WfSt  6Uth  St.,  private  stable. 


COACU.1IA.N.— BY  A  .SI.SOLK  MAN  WHO  THOU- 
oughiy  iinaerstands  the  caie  of  liorees.  cariiages, 
andburueis;  careful  City  driver  ;  best  Cllr  reference ; 
can  be  seen  Ht  present  t  mployer'a.  Call  on  or  address 
Mo.  163  West  5Utb  St.,  private  stable. 


COACILtlAN  AND  GKOO.U.- BY  A  RBSPKl  TA- 
ble  Protestaut  single  man;  thoroughly  under- 
stsnda his  business;  careful  driver;  excSlleut  gruon  ; 
honest,  sober,  willing,  and  obiigiog.  as  ret'erenee  will 
state.    Address  J,  D.,  Box  No.  241  Timet  Offlce. 


C10A<JR.*IAN.— BY  A  GKNTLKMAN  FOR  HIS 
^/coachman;  Scotch;  ssttisfactory  reterenoe  giveu. 
Address  J.  M.,  No.  14t)  East  22d  st.,  prtvats  stable,  for 
twodaya 


CtOACH.nAN.— BY        A      YOU.NQ       ENGLISHMAN, 
J  marrieil.    as   coachman   or  groom  ;  has  the  best  of 
City  reference.    Call  or  address  Nu.  21  tt  vvest  13tb  st. 


CO  ACHAIAN BY  A    YOUNO  COLORKL)  MAN  A8 
coachman:    can  give  good   reltrence  from  last  em- 
ployer.   Call  or  address  J.  D.,  No.  214  Kast  22d  st. 


FAR.UI{R.S.— BYA  MARtaED  UA.S,  TUOROUGULY 
UDderstaiida  farmloK;  also,  tbe  care  and  manage- 
ment of  all  kinds  oi  stock:  capable  of  takmz  cbarae 
Of  gentleman's  place;  wile  uoitersiamis  dairy  and 
ponltry;  flrst-class  reference.  Call  or  address  P.  L., 
No.  87i8  Broailway,  seed  Store. 


FARMER  OR  UAROHNER.-BY  AN  AMERI- 
can.  with  flrat-cltss  references,  as  farmer  or  gsr- 
dener;  oae  wbo  tboroughlr  uudurstands  the  care  of 
stock;  ensrAgement  desired  by  tne  Ist  of  April.  Ad- 
dress M.  H.,  Orange  Post  Offlce,  New-Jersey. 


GAROENUa.— BY  A  GKRMAN  UARDEMeR  AN 
ea:;asement  especially  with  a  private  geotleman; 
tUorougbly  educated,  and  having  an  ezperieooe  of  a 
serifs  or  yVara,  be  will  be  able  to  give  full  satislactlon 
inail  branches  of  botiicuiiu  e;  until  lately  he  had 
the  management  ot  the  Kreea-bouse  department  of 
Central  Park  ;  be  bas  references  ot  tbe  hlgheat  char- 
acter.   Address  Gardener,  Box  No.  24H  Txmet  Office. 


GAKDE.>ER.-BY  A  sjTKADYCOMPKf  BNT  YODNQ 
mnrried  mau:  uoderstands  the  care  ot  a  gentle- 
man's  place ;  Dest  or  refereoce.  Address  Gardener, 
Box  No.  319  TlJdEa  UP-TOWN  OFFICK,  NO.  1,367 
BROADWAY. 


GARDUNKR.- BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  FRB.>C11  GAR- 
dener,  competent  in  all  branches ;  of  long  ex- 
perience in  the  country.  CaU  at  or  address  A  S.  Jardl- 
nler.  No.  \'M  B.eecker  st. 


GARD£NBK.-Oir  A  SMALL  PL.ACR,  OR  SECOND 
on  a  large  establish  meat ;  KnKUdh  ;    good  refer- 
euce.    .Address  J.  H.,  care  of  B.  K.  bliss  it  tioas.  No. 

84  Barclay  at. 


GAKDBNKK.— HY  A  MARKl.-.D  MAM  WIl'H  A 
small  tamllv;  tborongblv  understands  graperies, 
gteen-bnuaes.  vegetables,  Iruita,  and  flowers;  best  of 
reference-t.    Address  N.  U.,  Bav  Shore,  Loag  lelaod. 


GARI>fliNtSR  AND  FARAtKR.— UY  A    YOUNU 
German  as  gardener  and  farmer ;  best  references; 
Address  VV.  J..  Wiiliamsbrldge  Post  Office,  Mew- York. 


NURSB.— TBY  A  COMPBTBNr  AND  TEMPKRATE 
man  as  nurse  or  attendaut  to  a  sick  or  Invalid  gen- 
tleman; Rood  City  reference.  Address  Hervey.  Box 
265  TIMES  OP-TOWN  OFFICK.  NO.  1,267  BROADWAY. 


STABLE  MAN.— BY  A  YOUNO  MA'*  TO.  WORK  IN 
a  Stable  or  in  a  lamily;  refers  to  his  present  em- 
ployers. Call  for  one  week  on  Peter  Zeus,  No.  46 
West  19tb  St. 


USEFUL  iVlAN.- BY  A  RBBPEcTABLR  PROT- 
estant  young  man  to  drive  a  doctor's  wagon;  can 
care  and  drive  horaeit,  or  make  himself  useful  around 
private  bouse:  can  clean  sliver,  attend  all  Idnds  of 
furnaces,  or  malie  lilmself  useful  at  anytUing  for 
moderate  wages;  Al  refereuces.  Address  i.  W.  Alker, 
Box  '^30  Timet  Offlce. 


USEFt;i..MANAND  WIFE.— BY  A  RESPBCT- 
sble  man  and  wife,  where  they  can  make  tbem- 
seives  geacrally  aaetnl;  will  be  disengaged  on  the  8th. 
Address  J.  D.,  No.  308  West  2»d  St. 


WAITER.— BY  A  COMPETENT  AND  RELIABLE 
colored  man  US  hrat-olass  waiter  iu  a  first-class 
?irivate  fSmlly,  and  is  also  ospsbie  of  filling  the  posi- 
ion  of  a  hrst-class  head  waiter  j  can  give  tbe  best  of 
City  reference.  Call  or  address  Na  168  West  16th  st., 
second  floor,  front. 


WAl'I'ER.- BY  A  »lNQLis  COLORED  MAN  IN 
first-class  private  family,  or  to  travel  with  a  gen- 
tleman: has  best  reference;  no  ot^eotions  to  the  coun- 
try. Can  be  seen,  or  address  J.  P.  smith.  No.  148  West 
27th  St. 


WAITKR;— BK  A  RKBPBCTABLhCOLORKDMAN 
as  waiter  in  a  private  family  !  (^ity  reierence ; 
obbglog  aod  willing  to  do  anvthmg.  Address  Jj.  W., 
Box  So.  296  TUIEB  UP-TOWN  UFFIOB,  NO.  1,267 
BROADWAY.  • 


WAITER.- BY  A  FBKNCil  YOU.vO  MAN  ;  SPKAKS 
Bnglish'^^nd  Spamsh  flneutiv,  as  waiter  In  prl- 
vaie  bouse;  nnderstands  his  business  thoroughly; 
City  references.  Address  B.  S.,  Box  No. ',ii76  TlMas 
UP-rOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,257 -BttOAD WAY. 


WAITER.— BY  A  SWKDBi  SINGLE;  STRICTLY 
sober;  the  hignest  testimonials  aa  aflzst'Olass 
man  in  every  respect.  Address  H  Ii.,  No.  169  Bast 
28th  St.,  near  Lexington  av. 


\lirAlTJ£R.— BY  A  YOUNG  FRKNCUMAN,  blNQLE, 

tT  in  a  private  family;  best  City  reterenoe.    Call  or 
address  August,  No.  loU  East  42d  st. 


TlCrAlTBR.— BY  A  FKBNOUHaN  AS  WAITBRIM  A 
fv  private  Camllyi  good  City  refarenoea.    Address 
Bapdste.  Na  160  Bast  42d  st. 


BUSIi^ESS  CHAXOES. 


PARTNER    WANTEU-IH 
established,  and  profltable  business. 


GOOD,  WKLL- 
, »,  centrally  lo- 
cated in  tbe  City  of  Boubester,  compcisiug  stoves,  tin, 
and  sbeet-iroo  ware,  honse-foruishing  goods,  and  gen> 
eraljobblng  work.  A  capital  of  $8,000  required.  Ad- 
dress K,  Box  No.  145  Tunes  office,  or  BUWARO  JONBd, 
Boeheater,  Ha  10  Seatb  St,  Paul  st. 


QSt9  i\S\€\  -REtiRiNa,  I  WILL  sell  my  old 

<0)iSlsvf  Vvfaestabiiahed  busiaess,  paying  an  aver- 
age Of  $0,000  net  each  year ;  any  one  not  having 
$2,000  caafa  need  not  address  c.  HILL.  No.  138  6th  av. 


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"ncrANTEP— liOBG  LBA8K  OF  QOOO   LOCATION 


mmum 


■mt/mmm 


tifiijts'jy-!? 


^mmm 


otonapb  galieiy,  Or  gallaiy  now  to  let  Item 
Rayi  reipoiiMDie  tenant.   Address  Box  Na  823  XUU 


iSJi£i^^X3i-'3 


IIA  SIM 


JUST  REOEtTEO  Pfilt  STEAMER  WYOM- 
ING. 


$250,000 


WORTH  OF    REAL.  INDIA    CAMKti»l^    HAIR 
HHAWliS    FROM     THE    LiONDON    AUCTION 
SALES  OPDEOBAIBER,  1876. 
WITH  (:iOI..D  AT  S  PER  CENT.  FREAIIUM. 

WE  PRESENT  TO  THB  PUBLIC  ON 

MONDAY,  FEBRUARY  5, 

AT  50  PERCENT.  BELOW  THE  AMERICAN 
MAHKBT  VALUE, 

INDIA  DEGCA  »HAWLS— VERY  flAND.SOMB. 

STRIPED  INDIA— NEW  DESIGNS  AND  COLORS. 
ALSO, 

A  LARGE  ASSORTMENT  OF  SEAL  INDIA  OHEDDA 
SHAtVLS. 

BLACK  AND  SCARLET  STELLA  SHAWLS. 

E7"SUCH  AN  OPPORTDNITY  TO  SECURE  BAR- 
GAINS IN  TUB  CflOICESr  GOODS  HAS  MEYER  BE- 
FORE BEEN  OFFBRED,  AND  CAN  NEVER  BE  RE- 
PEATED. 

AN  EARLY  EXAMINATION  OF  THIS  STOCK  WILL 
AMPLY  REPAY. 

BROADWAY,  CORNER  2dTH  ST. 


R.H.IVIACY&CO. 

SPECIALTIEa 

DRESS-MAKING. 

BLACK  DKESS  SLLKB.     BOYS'  ^LOTHINQ. 

UNLIKE  any  other  establishment  in  the  country. 

FOREIGN  DRY  GOODS,  FANCY  GOODS,  and  NOVEL- 
TIES by  every  EUROPEAN  STEAMER. 

ORDERS  BY  MAIL  RECEIVE  SPECIAL  CARE. 
CATALOGUES   FREE. 

14TH  ST.  AND  6TB  AVENUE.  N.  t. 


LADIES'  UNDERWEAR. 

STYLES  FOR  1S77  NOW  OPEN. 
PRICES  LOWER  THAN  ANY  PEUVIOUS  SEASON. 

100   DOZEN 

LADIKS'  DRAWERS 

TRIMMED  WITH  ELblGANT  EMBROIDERY 

8!C. 

WORTH  %\  25. 

INFANTS' 

ROBES,    DRBRSB8,  AND    SLIPS.     SKIRTS,   BABEOW- 
C0AT3,  AND  SHIRTS.    NIGHTSLIP8  AND  BANDS. 

SIUWLS  AND  CAPES.     CAPS  AND  B00TEB8. 
Kew  st.^les,  neatly  made,  of  ibe   best  materials,  and 

at  lower  prices  than  the  same  qudlities  have  ever  been 

sold. 

HEARN   &  SON, 

BROADWAY,  ABOVE  9TH  ST. 


REEF  HELL18  the  Best  and  Cheapest  Slilrtsin 
the  world;  also  Collars,  elegant  styles,  best  Qual- 
ity, £1  SUperduz.;  alxforTac     No.  571  broadway. 


GREAT    SALE 

OF 

We  will  open  on  Monday  tbe  most  extraordinary  bar- 
gains in  Uumburgs  ever  sold.  Every  quality,  bom  low 
cost  to  finest  made, 

FAR  BELOW 
COST  OP  IilP.»ETATION. 


& 


J 

BROAUWAY,  ABOVE  9TH  ST. 


CITY  KEAL  ESTATE. 

THE    Uf-TUWN   OEKIGB   0£  THE  TliHEEi. 

Tbe  no-town  office  of  THE  TIMES  is  located  at 
No.  l.'29r  Broadway,  bet.  31st  and  33d  ats. 

Open  daily.  Sundays  included,  firom  4  A  M.  to  8  P.  M. 

Subscriptions  received,  and  oopieaof  THB  TIMES  for , 

sale. 

ADVERTISEMENTS  RECEIVED   UNTIL  9  P.  M. 


THEHB  DESIRABLE  HOUSES  EOR.8ALB 
by  JOSIAH  JKX.  No.  1,235  Broadway » 

20th  sC,  near  .Madlsun  av.,  '20x65x100 .$28,000 

3ad  St.,  near  5th  av.,  abxtiOxlOO. 40,000 

34th  St.,  near  5ih  ay.,  26x7^x100,  furnished..    70.000 

39tb  St.  near  6th  av..  25x63x200 67.600 

42a  su,  opposite  Reservoir  Park.  20x60x80 4U,000 

44th  St.,  near  IJroadwav.  17x50x100 20,000 

45th  sf,  near  Mb  av.,  25x54x100 70,000 

46ih  St.,  n-fnr  5th  av.,  20x50x100 30.000 

4Sth  St.,  near  6tb  av.,  21x55x100 27,000 

49th  st,  neaj  6th  av,,  21x55x100 30.000 

54th  St.,  east  ot  5th  av.,  26x76x100 65,000 

66th  St.,  west  of  6th  av..  25x65x100 60,0ti0 

Ulst  St.,  near  Madison  av.,  21x56x100,  turnts'd   29,000 

60th  St.,  near  5th  av.,  21x50x100 8l»,000 

The  above  houses  are  nearly  all  lout-story  brown- 
stone,  and  well  worthy  tbe  earnest  attention  of  pur- 
chasers, aa  some  of  tbeir  owners  are  determined  to  sell 
at  a  sacrifice,  if  the  present  opportuulty  Is  taken  ad- 
vantage or  by  bnyers  wbo  mean  business. 

FOR  HALE.— BKLOW  48TH  ST.,  WITHIN  ONE 
door  of  5tb  av.,  an  elegant  four-story  browo-stOne 
hou»e ;  built  in  the  best  ana  most  substantial  manner 
by  the  present  owner  for  hi3  own  use;  replete  With 
conveniences  and  appointmeuis  seldom  founU;  bay 
windows  and  perpetual  side-lishts  ;  possession  on. or 
befure  May  1.  For  further  particulars  apply  to  B.  H. 
LUDLOW  &  CO.,  No.  8  Pine  st. 

BBOADWAV  AND  38TI1  S4T FOB'SALE  AT 
a  great  bargain,  U  purchased  at  this  time,  this 
magnitlcetit  plot  of  Broadway  property  on  the  north- 
east curuer  of  38tb  st.  sisa  98xl4ll.  Its  oonimauoing 
position  warrants  any  kluaof  permanent  and  substan- 
tial hnprovements.    Apply  to  JOSIAH  J iSX,   «o.  i,a;$6 

Broadway. 

FOR  SAL.E— ON  04TH  ST.,  BETWEEN  LKXING- 
tun  and  4tU  avs.,  (.be  toarlh  house  from  4th  av., 
north  sl'.e;  a  first-class  brown-stone  ha..se,  size  2'>x 
5U,  three  stories,  basement,  and  under-cellar  ;  parlor 
and  basement  dnishnd  iu  hard  wOod,  and  complete  in 
every  particular :  price,  $20,000.  Apply  ac  No.  199 
3dav.  JOHN  D.  (XTTIWKLL. 


KRW-IoMt,  Feb.  3, 1877. 

TBE  OESIANO  FOR  BOUSES  J^UR  RENTAL, 
parcels  of  land,  with  or  without  loans,  lUcewise 
houses  and  proi>erty  for  sale  beini;  more  than  our  an- 
tioipatiou.  we  invite  owners  having  isucb  to  place  tbe 
same  10  our  bands.  PAGE  &.  CRAWFORD, 

Na  2.298  3d  av.,  south-west  corner  of  125tb  st. 


FOR     8ALE-THB     HANDSOMB      FOUB-STCmY 
btown-itone  honie. 

NO.  1/8  MADISON  AV., 
near  34th    st,    24.8>«x6i    leet,   lot   95  feer.    Can  be 
bought  low.         E.  U.  LUDLOW  &  CU.,  No.  3  Pine  st. 


FOR  SALB  CHEAP  — TUREB-STORY  AND 
basement  brown-stone  hlgb-stoop  house  in  45th 
Bt;  all  modem  improvements,  and  In  good  order  1  only 
$3,000  cash  required.  Address  J.  W.  C,  Box  Na  R69 
T1MK8  DP-TOWN  OFFICii,  NO.  1,267  BROADWAY,' 


A  FINE  FtJi.L.-.*>IZIiD  BOUSE,  NEAR  iST. 
Thomas' Chureb  ;  price  extremely  low;  exchange 
in  part;  others  very  desirable,  on  and  near  6tb,  Madi- 
sno,  aad  Park  avs.;  $20,000  to  $60,000  and  upward; 
bargains.  W.  P.  SEYMOUR,  Na  171  Broadway. 


AN  ELECJANT  TBREE-QDARTBR  HOUSE 
for  sale  on  5th  av.'below  A.isd  st,  with  comer  lot 
ad)oiaing,  and  extra  lot  and  stable  m  tbe  rear.  Will 
he  sold  together  or  separately,  at  a  low  price. 

K.  H.  LUDLOW  t  CO..  No.  3  Finest 


LENOX  HILL. 

For  sale,  by  order  of  1  Executors,  on  70th  st.  close  to 
6th  av.,  an  elegant  30-ioot  lot,  suitable  for  immediate 
improvemenu  Price  $I9;000.  B.  U.  LODLO  W  fc  CO. 
Na  3   Floe  ft 


FOR     SAL.E— UOUdR   NO.   9    WEST    47TH   KT.j 
four-Stories  t  Columbia  College- leasehold;   ground 
rent,  $250  per  annum;  three  reaewals.  ' 

Apply  te  U.  H.  CAHIIANN, 

No.  25  Pine  st. 


FOR   HALE— NO.  26    FRONT  ST.,  23x63;    FOUR- 
storv  warehonse,  covering  entire  lot. 
•    Apply  to  H.  H.  OAMMANN, 

No.  26  Ptae  at 


FOR  6ALE.— THE  DESIRABLE  FOUR-STORY 
brown-stone  bouse,  Na  20  West  2lBt  st.  26  feet 
wide  and  extra  deep  1  lot  92  feet  B.  H.  LuDiiOW  fc 
CO.,  NOw  8  Pine  st 


WEST  4dTH  ST.,  NEAR  OTH  AV.-FOOR 
stories ;  20  by  50  and  extensloni  In  perfiaoc  order 
and  nnusmilly  convenient  JOHN  W.  DBRINO  k. 
COMPANY,  No.  13o  Broadway. 


FIFTV-EJFTVl    Ml'.,  RET  WEEN  STU    AND 
MadtsoB  avs.— For    sale.— A  beaulifol    four-stocy 
brown-atone  house  ;  en  the  block :  price  low. 

K.  H,  LUDLOW  &  CO.,  No.  8  Pine  st 


cn-l  O   AAA    VVIBL    BOV    F1RST-OLA0S 

uRJL«7a\.'v/\/fuily  furmshed  brown  stone  bouse  on 
wldestrlet;  only  $3,000  oaab.  PACL  F.  TODD,  Ko. 
145  .Broadway.  _ 


MY  NEW  LlaiT  OK  HOUSES  FOR  SALE, 
with  the  xeduoed  prioes,  can  be  had  upon  appii- 
cailon.  IttAAC  HONIG.  Na  111  Broadway.  Rooms  G 
and  H,  basement. 


AFLLL,-SIZB  FOUR-STORY  BROWN-STONH 
house  for  saie  on  3!M  st,  near  6th  at.|  trasoeed 
and  m  good  order;  prtoe,  $37,500. 

F.  G.  li  O.  S.  BROWN,  No.  90  Broadway. 


LAKUB  AND  SMALL   HOUSES    AT   SPECIALLY 
teduoed.  pricea  V,  K.  STEVENSON,  Ja., 

4  Pine  and  33  East  17th  st 


FOR  (iAL.£.— A  FINE  THRBB-8TORY  AND  BASB- 
meut   brown-scone   bouse :    sU   modem   improve- 
ments.   Inquire  on  tbe  premises.  No.  131  Bast  78th  st. 


A    LARGE    NUMBER   OF     HOUSES   FOR 

3aale  at  prices  to  salt  the  tiai^.$13,000  M  <50.00a 
JOHN  W.  UERINO  te  COMPANY.  No.    180  Broadway. 


A    LAR<4£  NUMBER  U»  0O0«K8  BBLOVO> 
jfiLiBffto«»tat«eandUunta^aa  tsr  aala  «s  nat  ~" 


SPRING  OPENING 


i)RYaooi)S,CARi*E'rS, 

XTPHOIiSTIlBT. 


BROADWAT.  STH  AT.,  AND  »aD  8T. 

Moif DAY,  the  5th  inst, 

WILL  COMMENCB 

EXHIBITING 
y       Owing  to  the  recent  extrm>xdlnarr 
'  DECLINE  IN  GOLD 

AT 

aOIjJ>  PRICJES, 

THEIR  SPRING  IMPORTATIONS 

OP 

SILKS,    DRESS    GOdDS; 

PRIATED   FRENCH 

ORGANDlES.  JACONETS,  LAWNS,  AND  PERCALES 

FRENCH,  ENGLISH,  AND   GERMAN 

Laces,  Embroideries,  Parasoi*.  rmbrellas,  and  Fant,^ 
Hosiery,  Ladies'  and  Oent's  Furnishing  articlee. 

SPfiCIAL  BiRGilNS 

IN 
750  Pieees  Irish  Linens,  26c..  worth  40c. 
60  Fieoes  10-4  Lioea  Sheetings,  #1,  worth  $1  4a 
Table  Damasks.  Napkins,  Towels,  Marseilles  Qollta, 
PlauneU, 

BI.ANE:B1?S  and  MtJSIilNS 

AT 

EQUALLY  LOW  FRICBS. 

Samples  sent  grataitoasly  to  all  parts  of  tbe  conn- 
try  00  application,  thus  enabling  out-of-town  parties 
to  make  their  purchases  as  advantageously  as  risal- 
dents  of  New-Vork  City.  Goods  torwarded  by  Expz«ss 
or  Mail  to  any  part  of  tbe  United  states. 

J.  &  C.  JOHNSTON, 

Broadway,  5th  Av.,  and  22d  St. 


KEEP'St  EngliBh  Socks— $3  a  dos.;  25c.     a  pair; 
Keep's  Linen  Haodkerchie's  for  gents,  very  fine. 
6  for  $1  50,withf'cvboi.  KliBP'S  SHIRTS,  571  B'way, 


WILSON  &GREIG, 

NO.   771  BROADWAY,  CORNER  9TH  ST. 
Having   fialshed  our   semt-annual    stock-taUng  we 
have  decided  to  clear  out  our  entire  eoook  at  a  great 
sacrifice  and  without  regard  to  cost. 

NOTICE. 

For  the  convenience  of  customers  we  have  arranged 
our  entire  STOCK  of  CLOAKS  aoa  COSTDMB&lnto 
SPECX.AL  LOT.S,  and  have  m<Kie  special  prlcea. 

Lot  No.  1.-25  CLOTH  CLOAKS,  choice  for  $3. 

Lot  No.  2.-36  CLOTH  CLOAKS,  choice  for  S3. 

Lot  No.  3.-80  CLOTH  CLOAKS,  choice  for  §7. 
.  Lot  No.  4.— 40  CLOTH  CLOAKS,  choice  for  $3. 
>  Lot  No.  6.— 50  CLOTH  CLOAKS,  choice  for  $10. 
;  Lot  Na  6.-50  CLOTH  CLOAKS,  choice  for  $1S. 

Lot  No.  7.— 50  CLO  I'H  CLO.iKS,  obolos  for  tl6. 

W  e  would  state  that  tbe  greater  part  ot  these  oloaksi^ 
cost  over  three  or  fonr  times  the  reduoed  pxloea. 

COSTUMES. 

A  large  lot,  CHOICE  for  $10. 
A  large  lot,  CHOICE  for  $15. 
A  large  lot.  OHOIOE  for  $20. 
A  large  lot,  CHOICE  for  $25. 
A  larire  lot,  CHOICE  for  S30. 

Also  all  our  elegant  FRENCH  PATTERN  COSTClfBB 
Will  be  offered  at  a  further  reduction. 

FURS,    FURS,    FURS. 

CLEARING  ODT  AT  HALF  THB  COST, 
600  CHILDREN'S  CLOAKS,  of  all  Idnde  imlforall 
ages,  at  60c.  on  the  dollar. 

Ti  A  DEES'  UNDERWEAR. 

During  tbe  cull  aeason  we  bare  been  bniy  marking 
up  a  stock  of  UNDBRCLoTHlNO  for  tbe  BPBINO, 
which  we  are  now  selling  at  pricibs  cheaper  than  In  any 
STREET  or  AVENDE  In  the  CITY. 

INFANTS'  WARDROBES. 

This  is  a  spedalty  in  our  business,,  and  cannot  baex>> 
celled. 

NbW  PRINTED  PERCALES ;  and  •  CAMBRI08,4J7ote ' 
tbe  price. 

6  cases  PACIFIC  CAMBRICS  at  lOo.  per  yard. 

5  cases  PACIFIC  PEECALES,  12  l-2c  per  yard.", 

'  The  Percales  have  been  sold  by  us  at  20o. 

We  will  also  arrange  special  bargalna  In  our  othert 
depsrtments.  > 

we  would  requf'Bt  onr  regular  oiutomert  not  to  delayt 
an  early  inspection.  ' 

WILSON  &  GBEIG. 


LATEST  DESIGNS 

AT 

EXOEEDraOLY  LOWIPEIOES.i 

MILLER  &  grant; 

NO.  879   B  ROADWAY, 


T?-EfeP>S  8BIIRT8,  671  BROADWaT.  very  best 
X\.qttaUty;  very  lowest  prices.  Seao.  yotir  addr«aa 
and  get  samples  ftee.    HaU  the  usual  cost  saved. 


DRESS  GOODS 

ciosinc  out  far  below  cost. 
LDPIN'6  MERIN0E8  AND  CA8HUEBBS,  < 
aod  a  grt-at  variety  of 
»Am:Y  DRKfW  GOODS. 
,        at  exceedingly  low  prlpea. 

DARK  CALICOES,  BEST  QDALITy,  SIX  OBNTfl.  «| 

HEARN  &  S6N, 

BROADWAY,  ABuVB  9TH  ST. 


TWENTY-ONE  YEARS  OLD. 


BSTABIilSHBDifEBRTlARr.  ISSA. 

WE  BEO  TO  ANNOUNCE  TO  OUR  PATRONS  WflO 
HAVE  SO  LIBERALLY  SUSTAINED  D8  DURING  THB 
ABOVE  SPECIFIED  TIMK  THAT  WE  .  ARE  NOW 
OFFERING  THB  LARGEST ''AND  MOST  BLEQART 
ASSORTMENT  09  GOODS  SUITED  TO  TBB  TASTE 
OF  ALL  BEQUIBINQ  UOUBNING,  AND  THAT  THIS 
IS  REALLT  TBB  ONLY  BHTABLISHOLBNT 
DBVOTBD  TO  THIS  LINE  OF  BUSINESS  IS  BBW> 
YORK. 

ALL  FABRICS  IN  BLACK  CAN  BB  OBTAINBO  AT 
THB  MOST  REASONABLE  PRICES. 

BLACK  SILKS  AND  ENGLISH  CRAPES 

A  BFBCIALTr. 


JACKSON'S  MOUfflNG'STORE. 

HO.  777  BROADWAT,  OPPOSITE  STEWART'S. 


0Ij0.a-3:s- 
hearn,&?son 

Will  open  on  UO  NDAT  a  consignment  ot 

BEAYBR  JACKET.^, 

Suitable  for  early  Spring, 

BZOEBIMNaLy  LOW  PBICB^ 

Broadway,  above  0th  at. 


THBOVf^NBR  OF  A  LARGE  HOVSB  ON  OB 
near  6tta  or  Madison  avs..  between  SOth  and  60th. 
«ts..  and  wishing  to  sell  low.  can  bear  of  annrebaaer 
by  addressing  Z.,  Box  No.  VB4  TIMBS  UP-TOWN  OF<. 
MOT,  HO.  17267  BROADWAY. 


WANTBD— TO  PURCHASE  VOE  CASH  A  SMALL 
Beat  bouse  (Bimllsh  basement  preferred)  between 
80th  and  iUth  st.,  Madison  and  ftth  av*.  Aodraaa 
MASTER,  No.  S94  Bth  av.,  corner  S4th  st^,  aUOnc  ^-lo^ 
cation  and  lownct  prtoe.         ■ 


WANTBD— AN  UNFURNISHED  HOUSB.  IN  OOOD 
order  and  in  a  desirable  neighborhood,  bv  a  small 
respectable  IbmUy  i  pussauton  by  April  1.  Address 
OUMMINGS,  Box  No.  80a  TIMBS  DF^rOWA  UFWOJt. 
HO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


U.NFDRNlSBJtDANDPDRNIBHBU  BO^«8 
tranted— For  good  tenants,  i,  mxJBOA  LtTUXBT,  - 
No.  67  Bast  SSd  et.,'  oorner  4th  av.,  Toung  Maa'a 
Cbxlstlaa  Aasoelattoo  Building. 


DET  GOODS. 


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ANTBD  IMAIBDIATBLir  —  UNFOBIIUaJ0)  « 
honaesteMBtattblsoaoe;  great  demand. 

JOitfAU  JEZ.  No  1.238  Moadvay. 


OWIiIBIU».-«BND  08   PARTigULAR«i   Q9  fOUB 
prooerty  for  rental:  we  bave  a  oonstant  draiand 
ibr  £»«•••,  Oats.  luSt.    RAT  4t  OTLBT.  Vo.  9Si «iii«r. 


Win  open  on  MONDAT,  FBa  5,  a  Select  Assortment  oi 

SCOTCH  ZEPHYRS  and  GINGHAMS 

PEReALE,  CHEVIOT,  and  OXFORD 

SHIRTINGS, 

FRENCH  CAMBRICS, 

Solid  Dark  Colored>nd  Printed  Qcounoa,  with   Fane; 
Borders  tat  Trimming. 

Broadway,    corner    19th   st 
Extensive  Sale  of 


Having  purchased  the  ENTIRE  STOCK  of 

Table  Damasks 

Manufactured  by  the  celebrated  house  of 

D.  BEVERIDGE&  SONS, 

mnch  below  tbeir  actual  value,  they  having  dlseoa* 

tinned  the  prodnctlona  ot  that  branch  of  business,  wr 
ate  therefore  prepared  to  ofibr 

Extraoriiarf  Intncements 

to  purchasers,  together  with  a  large  and  well-asscrta^ 
stock  of  other  OELEBRATED  makers,  oonslstlag  of 

4-4:  Family  JAnens, 

SheetingSf 

Table  Cloths  and  JS^apMns  (en  sUUe,) 

Towels  and  Towelings, 

recently  purchased  for  cash  at  greatly  reduced  prlcet^ 
owing  to  the  great  depression  of  trade  in  Enrope.  Als^ 
a  general  assortment  of  every  description  of 

HoiseteesJiriiiiiil  Wlite  Gooiis. 

vhlch  we  will  offer  at  SUCH  PRICKS  h  wi  J  latUf 
the  most  BCO.VOMICAL  BUYER. 
AninspeotionrespectAilly  soUciteX 

Broadway,     comer     19tli   st 


nu  mm 

Spring  Jmportationa 

AMOLD;coNmLE  &  ca 

Hare  now  open  an  extra  large  assortment  of 

jy'alley  Kashmir  Shawls, 

Fnrehasedat  the  recent  LONDON  AUCTION  SALBS 

•TiWbiob,     In    EXTENT    of    DESIGN.    BBAUTT    of 

FiNISH,  and  LOWNBSd  of  PRICE,  wlU  enable 

those  -  abont  pnrohaaing  to  obtain  a  fine 

VALLEY  KASHMIR  SHAWI 

for  about  the  price  of  an  ordinary  UMBITSIE^  proI>abh 
;  the  last  opportunity  to  obtain  one  at  such  low  prices 
V  as  many  of  the  MANUFACTURERS  of  the  beat 
I  bHAWXi^'  iiave  invested  their  CAPITAL  in  moiy 
t  Inisrativa  jprodnotiOna 


Broadway,    corner    19th 


st 


SHIRTS. 

HEABN  &  SON. 

^  The  best  Shirts  that  can  be  made, 

$1  371-2. 

Wanuntta  muslin— the  fin  est 'linen  three-ply  bosom 
and  bands  ooiupieteir  made,  equal  to  any  iD%i^  tk] 
any  one  at  any  price. 

The    largest  assortment   of  ready-made   Shirts  tl 
America  i  tnirty>tbf«e  siaes.    Fit  guaranteed. 


fr.T.T.T.  ^ 


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KO.  64  WBST  }4Tfl  ST.,  near  6th  vr„  fifW-Totk,  osl) 
depot,  i  Tne  largest  stock  of 

BUUAir  HAIR  QOODS 

retailed  at  wholesale  prices.   Just  received  from  Pailt 

the  newly  Invented  M.ARIB  ANTOINETTE  SWITCH 
Combining  elegance  with  durability,  and  forms  COIF. 
FUBB  fbr  firont  and  back.  A  SWITCH  AT  SlU  equal 
to  one  or  $20  of  the  old  style.  Tbe  NEW  iNVl^lbLB 
FRONT,  for  younf  and  old  ladles,  improving  the  looki 
ot  every  one  <  92  per  Inch  oa  hair  lace,  $1  i>er  inch  os 
Imttatlan  lace. 

CURLS  warranted-  naturally  curly  in  large  variety 
from  $1  upward. 

GRAY  HAIR  A  SPECIALTY, 

lower  than  any  other  honse  in  the  country. 

HAIR  TAKEN  IN  EXCHANGE. 

COMBINGS  made  up  in  the  most  approved  mannee 

warranted  to  give  satis&otlon.    A  toil  assortment  f 

the  eboloest 

BEAUTIFTINQ  COSMETICS, 
warranted  to  be  absohitelT  harmless,  on  hana. 

CRKMB  BLANCHE, 
the  great  magie  beautifier  for  the  compIexloB.  s  sp» 
oial^,  $1  per  Dox.  Also,  aa  Ategant  aaaortment  of  pM< 

fanery,  amMg  them  new  and  deliciouB  extracts. 


riOAIFOBT,    BBAIiTB.  BdONOMr.— EBiiP'i 

V^.^iabt  Ulrts.  extrs  long,  six  Sor  $6 ;  tX  each  ;  besl 
asallty.  KEBP*S  BHIBTS,  Now  671  Broadway. 


Bargains  in 
HOSIERY  AND  GLOTES. 

LAOIBS',  OBNTLBMBN'S,  AND  CHIU)RB5'5 
MERINO  ONDERWBAB 

elttitng  out 
AT  GRBAT  HEOCOTION. 

liadlei*  zeal  Balbrlaean  Btookimd, 

exixa  long,  with  ellk  olookB, 

ASe. 

Oentlsmen's  Merino  Socks, 

sue 

1«diea'  8«a»leM  and  Jonvia  Seal  Sid  Two-bnttop 

Gloves, 

HEARN  &  son. 

BROADWAT.  ABOVE  9TH  ST. 


KEBPns  ODi!}TOM  KHf  RT!4  MADE   TO  MBAB- 
URB.— Very  best,  six  for  $9:  no  obllgatioa  to  keep 
any,  ualets  perfectly  satisfactory.    No.  671  Broadway 


DWELLINGS  TO  LET. 

tlar  1|  loisstlon  no.  2b  West  49th  st.,  between  5tta 
and  Bth  ava.i  boose  frescoed  and  famished  in  ai^^rt 
atyle,  and  perfect  in  all  its  appolotmeats;  real  estate 
acante  wlll^tot  be  considered.  Address  OWflUR,  Box 
Ba  81,  New- York  Post  Ofioe. 


T  ON€»  BRANCH  COTTACrBti.— WB  ARB    OF- 

Ufering  tor  reat  several  of  the  men  dealrabia 
oottagea,  located  near  tba  Wast  Bnd  neCeL  Private 
Csmliies  desiring  Brst-oUss  plaoes  will  pfeaae  call  ai 
Mir  oflee.  CLABRB  k.  PITT,  (sueceaeors  °  to  Holmes 
Brothers.)  No.  46  Bast  :iSdst 


TO  LBT—UNFUBNI8HBD— MADISON  AT.,  !TBAB 
MadlBon  square,  a  fout^slory,  high  stoop,  brown- 
stone  bouse i  'ii  rooms;  possession  Majr  It  *  rani 
lewi  OLASS fe Pn-T,  eneeeHon  to  Uolasoa  Bzotb«>« 
90.46  Bast  SSd  at. 


GHAaiJBKCV   PAltK.^ 
Wltb  carpets,  mlrrota.  ai 
extxa-wide  four-story  hoone,  wica  two-ssory  ejctoaaioni 
to  a  BXivate  family  only.    B.  H.  LDOLOW  It  VO.  Ho.  1 


.  -218T     ST.;    TO    RKNT, 

'witb  carpets,  mlrrota.  asogaa-flxtaies. an  atagsni 

extxa-wide  four-story  hoone,  wuh  two-story  ejctoaaioo 


HtfimBH  FUaNISBBO  AND  UNPUK- 
■SaSSiSD  TO  LET  OB  FOB  BALE.— Partlea  havittg 
booses  are  iuTlted  to  sail ;  no  ctasrgo  tot  roglsteriiiiB, 
3.  BBLSON  XUOKBT,  N6.  bO  East  Ssd  Bt.,eomerAS 
av..  Toung  Men's  Christiaa  Assoeiauoa  Building. 


EAST   0«AMOB,    N.   J.-TO    UHE, 


s^^.^^s^^!^^B]:m^M^ 


-        i         •   „       -„  MODaSl 

_^.aoBaea,ue*<«q>oti  8  to  l8  rooms,  bith,  hot  aad 
cold  water,  ii04  real,  $460  to  «BO0.  G.  W.  BLACK 
WBLju,  Jonotlon  Station.  Bast  OranBe,  a.  J. 

UkUtiB  A?S»OB.TM.BttT  OF  VOttBlSMBD  Al^ 
antnadahsdkaauea  ait  radoaed  renta. 

V.  C8TSYB980B.  Ja.. 
4  PUe  aal  3S  BMt  17«b  <*. 


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THE  HOUSEHOLD   COLUMN. 


-  STATUS  OF  THE  PBBB  ZJARY  MARKETS 
The  marketa  are  well  supplied  with  erery- 
thfnjc  eatable.  Prime  oat*  of  beef.  Iamb,  and  veal 
axe  sold  at  prices  tbe  same  as  laat  'week,  and  btitob- 
era  will  not  ooneede  aoytbinK.  erea  to  (heir  best 
ooatomers.  Pork  can  be  boaaht  cbeaply,  and  pool- 
try  Is  sold  at  rery  low  figures.  Yenisoa  is  now  oat 
of  season,  the  Game  laws  forbidding  its  sale  after 
Peb.  L  Other  Tarleties  of  game  are  plentiful,  and 
quail,  sronse.  partridges,  and  wfifd  dnoks  can  be 
bought  at  low  rates.  Batter,  eggs,  and  cheese 
are  selling  at  the  prices  of  last  week,  bnt  there  is  a 
tendsncT  to  a  decline  in  the  rates  for  the  first  two 
articles.  Choice  apnles  are  in  light  sapply,  and 
good  Baldwins,  Spltzenbargs,  and  OreeninES  are 
dear.  Cranberries,  grapes,  and  oranges  are  reason- 
ably low,  and  are  in  good  snpply.  Vegetables  of 
all  kinda  are  abandant,  and  bnyers  who  will  take 
the  trouble  can  make  good  bargalos.  Among  (he 
aew  things  in  market  are  potatoes  and  tomatoes' 
from  tbe  Bermuda  Islands,  and  kale  and  spinach 
ttook  the  Sonthem  States. 


RECEIPTS  FOB   THE  TABLE. 

Vbal  COLLOP8.— Cat  part  of  a  leg  of  veal  into 
|»ieees  three  or  fonr  inches  broad,  sprinkle  flonr  on 
them,  fry  in  batter  until  brown,  and  then  torn  in  wa- 
ter enonKh  to  cover  the  veal.  "When  it  boils  take 
off  the  scnm,  pot  in  two  or  three  onions,  a  blade  of 
mace,  a  little  salt  and  pepper,  and  stew  nntil  tender; 
then  take  np  the  meat,  tbicken  the  gravy  with 
floor  and  water  mixed  smoothly  together,  eqneeze 
In  the  1alc6  of  a  lemon — or  a  very  good  snhptitnte  is 
a  teaspoonfnl  oi  oatsap — and  torn  the  mixture  over 
the  browned  coUops.  Garnish  with  tnln  slices  of 
lemon. — Sibti.. 

Hock  Duck.— Prepare  a  good  dressing,  sncli  as 
yon  would  for  a  turkey  or  duck  ;  take  a  round 
steak,  pound  it  a  little,  snread  the  drenslng  over  it. 
sprinkle  with  salt,  pepper,  and  a  few  bits  nf  butter, 
lap  over  the  ends,  roll  the  steak  np  tightly  and  tie 
oloeely ;  next  spread  two  tablesnoonfuls  of  batter 
over  it,  and  brash  it  over  trith  a  woll-beaten  eze; 
pat  water  in  the  bakmz-pan,  lay  the  meat  in  on 
■ticks  pat  across  the  pan ;  baste  often  ;  bake  for 
half  an  hour  in  a  brisk  oven  ;  make  a  brown  gravy 
and  send  to  the  table  hot. 

Maccaboni  and  Beef.— Fry  in  a  hot  pan  with 
■mall  quantity  of  hot  fat  till  each  sido  is  brown,  two 
pounds  of  round  of  beef,  tarn  these  after  into 
a  pot  with  enouzh  boiling  water  to  cover  it. 
end  cook  slowly  till  done ;  half  an  hour  before 
diabing  throw  in  the  not  one-qaarter  pound  of  mac- 
caroni,  and  cook  till  done  ;  salt  to  taste  before  add- 
ing the  macoaronl ;  serve  the  meat  in  centre  of  dish 
and  macoarsni  around  it ;  serve  hot,  and  with  erated 
obeese;  should  the  water  boil  off  add  a  little ;  boil 
tlie  beef  slowly  and  keep  covered  tiehtiv,  tbe  water 
then  evaporating  more  slowly. —  Hodskkbbpbr. 

Bak&d  Maccasoni. — Put  into  salted  boilinc  water 
one-quarter  pound  Italian  Maocaroni  broken  In 
pieces :  let  the  water  cover  it ;  boil  till  quite  tender; 
•  drain  off  tbe  wat«T  and  place  tbe  maccaroni  neatly 
In  a  baking-dish  ;  pour  one-half  oupfnl  of  milk  over 
it  and  pat  batter  size  of  an  egg  cot  in  small  pieces 
oil  the  top.  and  cover  thickly  with  i^rated  rich 
cbrese.  Place  in  the  oven  and  bake  till  the  milk  is 
absorbed  and  tbe  top  is  brown. — Hodsekeefkb. 

Stewed  Maccabosi — Cook  quarter  poana  -  or 
more  of  maccaronl  m  water,  or  in  strone  beef  atnek, 
till  tender,  tben  drain  nearTy  dry.  If  cooked  in 
water,  add  two  teaspoonfuls  oondensed-milk,  butter 
Biie  of  an  egg,  stir  grated  cheese  through  it.  and  pat 
some  over  it.  and  serve  hot.  If  cooked  in  beef- 
atock,  add  the  oneese  only,  or  send  the  cheese 
around  at  the  table. — Houbekebfbs. 

Tbipe. — Cut  the  prepared  tripe  into  small  dice 
and  put  In  a  sauce-nan  with  some  previously  boiled 
onion,  adding  salt,  pepper,  and  a  few  doves  ;  cover 
evenly  with  milk  and  let  simmer  SO  minutes.  Just 
before  nerving,  stir  into  it  some  butter  and  flour 
rubbed  to  a  eream.  Also,  you  can  stew  tnpe  and 
oysters  together,  seasoning  with  salt,  cayenne 
pepper,  and  a  blade  of  mace,  and  thickened  as  be- 
fore. Tripe  out  in  squares,  dipped  in  beatan  eeg 
and  bread  crumbs  and  fried  brown.  Carrv  powder 
la  a  decided  addition  to  stewed  tnpe.  —Aunt  Addie. 

Eabt  India  Cubbt.  _Two  large  onions  fried 
lightly  in  butter,  then  four  dessert  spoons  of 
eurry  powder  and  a  small  cupful  of  water  ,-  shake 
the  pan  to  mix  them  well ;  then  add  meat  or  poul- 
tnr,  cut  in  small  pieces.  Fry  this  half  an  hour,  then 
mad  another  cupful  of  water,  allowing  it  to  simmer 
gently :  salt  to  tbe  taste.  Serve  with  a  wall  ot  weu- 
Doiled  rice  around  the  dish.— SmoE wood. 

GsmnHB  Babt  India  CtTHST  Powdeb.— Best  tur- 
merie     one       pooud;       coriander      seed,       three- 

rrters  of  a  pound ;  ginger,  three  oonces; 
k  pepper,  two  ounces ;  caraway  seeds,  one- 
quarter  ot  an  otmce  ;  cardamom  seeds  half  an 
oanoe.  and  60  cloves,  fijiely  srcoond  and  well  mixed. 
— RiDQSWOOD. 

8HKEFS'  TONOUBS. — Put  slx  tongues  in  one  qnart 
of  warm  water,  with  ona  moderate-sized  carrot,  two 

ooiona,  one  bay  leal  one  piece  of  thyme,  and  one 
teaapoonful  salt ;  simmer  until  they  are  tender,  then 
aklm  them  and  trim  off  the  roots  and  fat,  and  out 
In  two  leoffthwiae  ;  melt  a  piece  ot  butter,  adding 
the  Jaice  of  a  lemon  ;  pour  boiling  over  the  tongues. 
▲  very  inexpensive  diah. — ACNT  Addis. 

To  Cook  Bbairs,  I.— One  pair  calves'  brains ;  boll 
In  wxiter  to  cover  a  half-hoar  ;  roll  two  aoda  crack- 
era  fine,  pat  in  the  same  pan,  ana  masb  all  together; 
add  one  tablespoonful  butter,  two  spoonfuls  vine- 
Kar,  salt,  and  pepper  ;  serve  bot. — X,.  G.  J. 

ToCookBkainb,  IL — Stew  in  a  quarter  of  a  pound 
of  butter,  a.tablespoonful  of  chopped  parsley,  tbe 
{oice  of  two  lemona,  a  pinch  of  salt  and  white  pepper. 

— .A-tTNT  ADDIK. 

To  Cook  Potatoes  Pbopebly.— To  boU  white 
potatoes  so  that  they  are  dry  and  mealy :  Pat  them 
in  a  pot  'With  barely  sufDcient  water  to  co'ver  them  ) 
add  salt :  aa  soon  as  the  skins  beein  to  crack  lift 
tha  pot  from  the  .^gre  and  draiu  on  every  drop  of 
water :    then  lay  a  cloth  over  the  pot,  so  that  the 

steam  'will  escnpe ;  set  tbe  pot  close  to  tbe  fire  until 
they  are  thoroojibiy  dry. — Mukre'T. 

Boiled  Potatoes.— Choose  thoee  of  equal  size ; 
put  them  down  in  barely  su£Bcient  cold  water  to 
cover  them ,-  after  they  have  boUed  10  or  15  min- 
'ntea  take  out  half  the  water,  replacing;  it  with 
cold ;  throw  in  two  or  three  tablespoonfuls  of  salt, 
and  when  done  carefully  drain  off  all  tbe  water,  re- 
move the  lid  from  the  pot,  and  stand  on  tbe  back  of 
the  ranee  to  get  dry  and  keep  bot. — Bidgewood. 

OrsTSB  AHD  Clam  Pkittkbs.— Two  cupfuls  flour, 
two  of  milk,  two  eggs,  and  a  little  salt ;  beat  well. 
and  add  an  oyster  to  each  spoonful  of  better,  aa 
you  drop  It  in  the  tat.  which  mast  be  quite  hot ; 
clams  should  be  chopped  and  stirred  in  the  batter, 
than  dropped  by  spoonfuls  in  tbe  hot  far. 

Fbtino. — Croquettes,  all  kinds  of  fried  potatoes, 
dams,  oysters,  dto.,  that  are  spoken  ot  as  fried, 
ahoald  be  called  boiled.  There  should  be  a  snffi- 
cient  quantity  ot  fat  in  the  pan  to  entirely  cover 
the  contents,  and  be  so  boiling  hot  as  to  cook  im- 
mediately without  burning.  Tbe  hotter  the  fat  the 
leaa  it  la  absorbed  in  tbe  cooking  process.  For  all 
kinds  of  stews  and  pie  mixtures  the  meat  should 
be  first  fried  in  a  small  quaotity  of  very  hot  fat,  on 
each  side,  (particularly  it'  in  small  pieces,)  to  a  rich 
brown  color,  thereby  keeping  tbe  fibres  of  meat 
cloaed,  and  preventing  tbe  escape  of  tbe  juices,  that 
otherwise  escape  in  the  gravy.  After  the  frying 
tbe  meat  must  then  be  lioiled  slowly.in  Jnat  snoogh 
water  to  cover,  till  tender.  In  this  instance  bnt  a 
small  qnaDtity  of  fat  is  used,  as  it  la  desired  to 
merely  crnat  the  meat,  and  not  entirely  cook  it.  For 
aoaps,  beef  tea,  &c.,  tbe  m»at  is  put'flrt.t  into  cold 
water,  so  as  to  immediately  draw  out  the  Juice  of 
meat,  which  shoald  ifot  be  salted  till  partly  cooked, 
as  salt  toPLKtaena  meat  when  first  boiling. — Hocss- 

KBEFKB. 

Obanob  Mabmalade.  I. — Allow  a  pound  of  susrar 
to  a  pound  of  fruit.  Parenalt  tbe  oranges,  aad  after 
scraping  off  as  much  of  the  white  Inner  rind  as  poa- 
■ible,  cut  the  yellow  part  in  fine  siireds  with  a  pair 
of  scissors ;  boil  this  In  three  waters,  until  tender 
Bnd  transpareat,  and  set  aside  ;  grate  the  rind  of 
tbe  remaining  oranges,  take  off  and  throw  away  all 
the  thick  white  inner  skin,  quarter  all  the  oranges. 
-  and  take  ont  the  seeds;  chop  them  very  fine,  drain 
all  the  juice  that  'Will  come  away  (without  pressing 
them)  over  the  sugar,  ana  make  the  syrup  with 
this,  adding  very  little  water  if  the  oranges  are  not 
veory  Juicy;  boil  and  skim  the  symp  five  or  six 
mbiutea.:  put  m  the  boiled  shreds  and  cook  them 
10  minutes ;  then  the  shopped  fruit  and  grated  peel 
and  boil  20  minutes  longer ;  Messina  oranges,  that 
oome  in  Marob,  are  the   best  for   tbe  purpose  ;  five 

dozen  oranges  make  about  12  pounds  of  marmalade. 
-F.  M.  B. 

Obanob  MAbmaiade,  IX — Boil  yonr  oranges  nntll 
tenaer  enough  to  pass  a  broom  splint  through  them : 
earefaUj  take  out  the  pulp,  ftee  from  seeds  and 
•kip*,  and  then  chop  the  peels  very  fine  ;  to  every 
pound  ot  puip  and  peel,  mixed,  allow  a  pound  and 
a  half  of  powdered  white  sugar  ;  boU  the  seeds  and 
Inner  skins  in  a  small  quantity  of  water  for  toma 
time ;  strain  to  the  sugar  and  boil  up  once ; 
then  add  (the  pulp  and  peels,  and  let  all  boil 
together  20  minutes,  or  longer.  until 
they  become  clear  and  a  thick  marmalade. 
3tir  them  frequently  while  cooking,  to  prevent 
burning.  The  oranges  must  first  be  boiled  in  olear 
water,  and  It  la  best  to  change  it  once  or  t'wlee  while 
boilluK,  as  it  becomes  vary  bitter,  and  there  should 
ba  sufficient  water  tn  the  preserving-kettle  to  cover 
them  well.  The  bitter  Seville  orange  makes  the 
beat  marmalade,  with  the  addition  of  a  few  sweet 
•ranKOs  and  ooe  or  two  lemons  to  the  dozen  oranges. 
When  tbe  marmalade  is  done,  put  in  small  jelly 
glasaes,  wet  with  oold  water.  One  dozen  oranices 
made  into  marmalade  will  fill  from  stx  to  eignt 
gliMee.— E.  B. 

Scotch  Mabkaiadb. — Cut  Se'ville  oranses  In 
quarters,  poll  oil  ibe  rinds,  and  place  in  cold  water 
mfBoient  to  cover ;  remove  tbe  palp  and  Jaice  bom 
the  skin  and  pips,  cover  from  tbe  air  until  the  rinda 
liaTe' remained  In  water  34  boors  ;  strain  the  rinda 
abd  boil  nntll  tender  in  fresh  cola  water  ;  drain  and 
VOX  in  thxea  atrlps ;  add  the  pulp  and  juice,  and  to 
Moh  pound'Of  imit  allow  a  pound  and  a  half  of  ont 
■ngar;  boU  three-quarters  of  an  hour,  stir  constantly. 

Obasob  Fbittebs. — One  pound  flour,  one  f  tnt  of 
Bilk,  with  a  teaapooaful  of  salt  in  it,  and  a  quarter 
pound  of  melted  butter,  and  three  eggs  beaten  very 
bgbt.  Prepare  four  oranses  by  removiaa  the 
jeUow  nnd  and  every  particle  of  white  pith,  oi- 
Tide  into  amall  piaoea  without  breaking  toe  akin. 
I»  eaieh  spoonfiu  of  batter  put  a  pieoe  of  ocnica, 
Mtd  Cry  a  jtoldea  browo ;  sift  powdered  a««ar  «v«r 
M  soon  as  taken  ttom  the  pan.^Atnrr  Aa>vta, 

OajJias  Cakx.— Two  oapfolj  angar,  two  oaplUa 
flcnr;  ooe-balf  cupfnl  water,  the  yolka  af  fear 
saga,  and  wbitea  of  thrae,  the  Juice  and  gratatf  stad 
ofone  orange,  one  teupoonfoi  cream-tartar;  ^M* 
h«ir  teaapoonful  aoda ;  bake  m  four  thin  oakas  w 
fttr  jellT  oake ;  make  an  Iclns  of  the  remalBtef 
vblte  ot  an  egg.  tbe  Juice  and  rind  of  anotbar  or- 
■nge  v^  pnlyeriied  angar;  ipread  Detweea  tlf» 
Myers  aa  in  Jelly  oake. 

LBiniit  AJ19  Oaaaoa  HxtKUtau—^SKn  Toor  saAt- 


and  dry  then  thoronshly  until  they  are  as  hard  aa 
stone*;  then  grate  them  on  a  fine  gnit«r.  aad  put 
InafliMjatorboctle.  Ttaeodwind  fiavorstede' 
luloua. 

OnASoa  Jniur. — To  everv  pound  af  sogar  and 
oimce  of  Isinglaas  pat  one  pint  of  orange^  alei^  and 
the  jm«e  of  one  lemon,  and  the  yellow  rind  of  two 
oranges  and  the  yellow  rind  ot  one-half  lemon.  Put 
in  a  porcelain  pan  over  the  fire  and  stir  tmtil  It 
boils  I  skim  well.  The  isinglass  must  be  dissolved 
first  in  a  little  water.  A  ttv  grains  of  saffron  or  a 
few  drops  of  prepared  cochineal  will  improve  the 
color,  and  the  beaten  white  of  eeg  will  clarify. 
Strain  through  Jelly  bag.— Atnrr  Addie. 

BBBAXVAsr— Poached  £oo6.— Place  a  frying-pan 
of  salted  boiling  water  on  the  fire,  filled  with  as  many 
small  muffin-rings  aa  it  'will  hold  ;  break  the  eegs 
singly  in  a  cup,  and  pour  into  the  rings  ;  boil  them 
two  and  a  half  or  three  minutes  ;  remove  the  rings, 
and  take  up  the  eggs  singly  in  a  strainer ;  serve  on 
half  slices  of  nicely  browned  and  buttered  toast  of 
baker's  bread ;  put  a  small  pieoe  ol  butter  on  each 
OKg ;  pepper  slightly,  and  eamish  with  sprigs  of 
parsley.    Serve  hot— Housbkbbfeb. 

To  Cook  Eice.— Wash  in  cold  waterJ  iev«ral 
times,  removing  imperfent  grains.  To  one  pint  ot 
rice  put  three  quarts  ot  boiling  water,  let  it  boil 
seventeen  minutes  from  the  time  it  fairly  begins. 
Turn  off  the  water,  remove  tbe  pot  lid,  and  pat  on 
the  back  of  range,  thus  securing  the  gral as  being 
white,  seperate,  and  dry.  For  gnddle  cakes  rice, 
should  be  mashed,  boiled  in  cold  milk  in  similar, 
proportions,  sweetened  and  flavored,  and  curoed  mto 
wet  molds  to  turn  out  when  oold.— Ridgewood. 

COBN-BBEAD. — Three  teacupfnU  yellow  com- 
meal,  one  teacupful  wbeat  fiuur,  one-balf  cupful 
sugar,  one  teaspoonfol  salt,  two  teaspoonfuls  oak- 
mg-powder ;  mix  together  dry,  wet  with  tepid  water 
to  a  thick  batter :  bake  in  sheet  or  patty  pans  in 
quick  oven.— L.  G.  J. 

Coffee  WrrHOUT  Using  Filtees.- Have  the 
cofiee  eround  rather  coarse,  and  mix  It  tborousbly 
with  tbe  white  of  sn  egg.  Pour  the  water  on  when 
boiling  hard  and  let  simmer  15  mlnates :  ponr  off 
from  the  grounds  at  once  and  send  to  table.- Aunt 
Addie. 

MtiFFiNB. — To  one  quart  of  milk  add  two  eggs 
well  beaten,  a  lamp  of  batter  half  the  size  of  an  egg 
and  flour  enough  to  make  a  stiff  batter ;  stir  io  half 

a  pint  of  yeast ;   let  it  stand  till   perfectly  llfcbt.  and 

bake  on  a  griadle  in  tin  riuics  made  for  the  purpose. 
-Mart. 

Sponge  Pudding.— One-fourth  pound  each  of 
floor,  butter,  and  sogar,  one  quart  of  milk,  12  eges  ; 
mix  butter,  flour,  and  sugar  together,  aad  to  the 
milk,  and  boil  until  it  thickens;  when  cool  add 
first  the  yolks  of  the  eees,  then  the  whites,  beaten 
to  a  stiff  froth.  Place  the  puddine  ditih  in  a  pan 
partly  filled  'with  water  in  the  oyen  and  bake  near 
an  hour.  For  the  sauce,  three-fonrtbs  cupful  but- 
ter, two  cupfuls  sugar,  and  one  af  wine.  Mix  but- 
ter and  sugar  to  a  cream,  add  the  wine,  a  spoonial 
at  a  Mme,  and  put  the  dish  in  a  pan  of  hot  water  to 
dissolve.  This  makes  a  li^ht  delicious  puddine. — 
Aunt  Caddie. 

Cheap  Raspbebbt  Jellt.— Boll  one-foarth  pound 
of  dried  raspberries  in  a  pint  ol  water  for  about  10 
minutes,  then  strain ;  bring  the  juice  to  a  boil, 
sweeten  to  taste,  and  stir  into  it  aboat  two  table- 
spoonfuls  of  corn-starcb ;  after  takioe  it  off  tbe 
fire  stir  a  minute  or  two  ;  when  cold  it  is  ready  for 
use. 

Bice  Mbbinoue.— One  cupful  rice;  boll  in  one 
nini  water;  add  ooe  pint  milk,  yolka  of  three  eges, 
iuice^and  gratod  nnd  of  one  lemon  ;  sugar  t<i  taste ; 
after  baking  beat  woites  of  tbe  e;;gs  to  stiff  froth  ; 
add  one  cupful  saear  ^  spread  over  the  podding  and 
brown  in  tbe  oven. — M.  S.  E. 

Fbench  Canned  Musbbooms.— Melt  a  good-sized 
lump  of  batter  ia  a  frving-pan,  strain  the  liquor  off 

the  moshrooms,  and  fry  in  the  batter  10  or  15  min- 
utes, until  quite  brown;  stir  eoostantly  to  prevent 
buming;  then  add  water,  and  the  liquor  from  mush- 
rooms sufficient  to  cover  them;  season  with  salt  and 
pepper ;  cover  tightly,  and  stew  slowly  an  hour  or 
more  until  qoite  tender  :  thicken  the  gravy  with 
flour,  and  you  will  have  a  delioious  dish.— U.  A.  B. 


USEFUL  FAMILY  HINTS. 

Skeleton  Lravsb.-  Make  a  solution  of  caustic 
soda  by  dissolviag  three  ounces  of  washing  soda 
In  40  ounces  (2  pints)  of  boiling  water,  adding 
one  and  a  half  uunees  of  lime,  previously 
slacked;  boil  for  10  minutes;  decant  this  tu  clear 
solution  and  bring  it  to  a  boil ;  during  the 
eballltion  boil  the  leaves  in  it  briskly  for  one  hour, 
adding  boiling  water  occasionally  to  supply  tbe  de- 
ficiency caused  by  evaporation.  Take  out  a  leaf  and 
rub  it  between  the  fingers  under  the  water  ;  if  the 
epidermis  and  parenchyma  separate  easily  the  rest 
of  tbe  leaves  may  be  similarly  treated;  if  not,  con- 
tinue the  boiling  some  time  longer.  To  bleach  the 
skeleton,  mix  a  dram  of  oblorids  of  lime  with  one 
pint  of  water,  adding  sufficient  acetic  acid  to  liber- 
ate the  chloride;  steep  in  this  until  white, 
about  10  minates  ;  do  not  let  them  stav  in  this  too 
long,  or  they  will  become  brittle.  Pot  them  In 
clear  water  and  float  them  ont  on  pieces  of  paper  , 
remove  them  from  paper  before  thev  are  quite  dry 
and  place  them  in  a  book  or  in  a  botanical  press. — 
Ridgewood. 

To  Colob  Black.— Four  ounces  copperas,  and  one 
ounce  logwood  extract  to  each  pound  of  goods  ; 
dissolve  tbe  coppei-as  in  Trater  snfficient  to  cover 
the  goods ;  wet  them  in  clean  water  betore  putting 
them  10  the  copperas  water,  lo  prevent  spotting; 
boil  them  in  the  copperas  water  about  20  mlDutes; 
take  tbem  ont.  rinse  in  clear  water  Urst,  then  wasn 
in  soap-suds  till  it  seems  as  soft   as    before    it   was 

pat  in  the  oopper&s-water ;  then  put  it  in  the  log- 
wood dye,  and  let  it  boil  about  20  minutes ;  take  ont. 
and  let  it  dry  ;  wash  before  it  dries,  or  alter,  aa  is 
most  convenient ;  it    will    oeitber    crock,  fade,    nor 

grow  rusty.- Old  Houskkbeper 

Pastb  fob  Scbap-Book,  I. — Mix  good  clean  flnnr 
with  cola  water  into  a  tbick  paste  well  blcudcd 
together,  then  add  boiling  water,  stirring  well  up 
nntitlt  is  of  a  consistency  that  can  be  easily  aud 
smoothly  spread  'with  a  brush  ;  add  to  this  a  spoon- 
fal  or  two  of  bro^vn    sagar,    a    little    corrosive    sab- 

limate,  and  about  hall  a  dozen  drops  of  oil  of  laven- 
der.—E.  K. 

TEGrrvEKiEBS'  "Hand-book." — This  little  volume 
is  published  uy  MacMlllan  &  Co.,  London,  and  cat 
be  obtained  at  their  branch  houae  in  this  Ciiy. 

Paste  Fob  Scbap-Book  II. — Plain  boiled  starch 
is  a  very  nice  paste  :  also  sum  tragacsntb  dissolved 
in  warm  water. — Aunt  Addie. 

To  Eestobb  Faded  Stbaw.— Burn  a  small  quan 
tity  of  sulphur  in  a  chafing  diah,  (a  tin  plate  on  the 
range  will  do  as  well.)  and  hold  tbe  article  in  tbe 
resulting  fumes.- Cheuibt. 

To  Keep  Milk  fbom  Tubnino.— "Wet  the  dish 
'with  cold  water  before  tising. — M  ubbet. 

A  Rbuep  fob  Chilblains. — A  lemon  'cut  in  half 
and  rubbed  on  tbe  feet  w;ll  relieve  chUblaias  and  the 
tenderness  followlDg. — Isabella. 

Belief  fob  RHEtraiATisM. — Four  drops  of  fluid 
extract  veratum,  taken  once  in  three  or  four  hours. 
There  is  nothing  dangerous  about  it ;  it  is  its  own 
antidote  ;  it  any  one  gets  a  little  too  much  they  will 
throw  it  up.  _ 

INFORMATION    WANTED. 

How  to  avoid  the  use  of  soda  in  the  ereryday 
miztnres  m  which  it  is  almost  always  used. 

Various  ways  for  putting  down  lemons  for  Sum- 
mer use. 

How  to  make  clear  soap. 

How  to  fry  uncooked  potatoes  after  the  "  Sarato 
ga  "  fashion. 

How  oat-meal  aan  be  cooked  'without  very  much 
-waste.     Can  it  be  cooked  in  water  } 

How  to  make  oat-meal  pancakes. 

How  to  reduce  condensed  milk  to  use  for  pud- 
dings and  pies. 

A  receipt  for  whipped  cream  ? 

'VTiIl  "  New-Bngland  Housekeeper"  in  mince-pie 
receipt  of  Jan.  28  be  more  explicit  in  regard  to 
measure  of  tbe  apple  t  Should  there  be  two  bowls 
of  appl  e  to  one  of  meat  ? 

From  Aunt  Addie,  lust  how  to  use  compressed 
yeast  in  making  tbe  French  lolls;  how  long  it  will 
take  tbe  sponge  to  rise. 

How  Annt  Addie  cooks  cod-fish. 

How  to  put  np  cuctimber  pickles  for  tbe  market 

"What  is  the  color  for  painting  kitchen  and  pantry 
floors  and  ceilings  that  will  show  the  least  uirt ! — 
Oneonta. 

How  potato  dumplings  are  made  7 

How  to  cook  wbeaten  grits  ;  the  length  of  time 
required  to  boil  them. 

How  to  boil  canned  asparagus. 

How  to  grill  bones  as  they  have  them  in  restau- 
rants. 

What  the  ingredients  of  baking-powder  are; 
whether  tbe  bi-carbunste,  or  ammonia  and  muriatic 
acid  are  two  of  them,  and,  if  so,  whether  they  are 
objectionable  t 

Is  wheat  bread  whiter  raised  entirely  away 
from  tbe  fire  7  Is  it  right  to  bake  the  loaves  in  an 
oyen  so  hot  that  while  one's  hand  is  held  in  only 
SO  can  be  counted,  or  will  a  cooler  even  lie  better? 
How  hot  for  raised  biscuit  t 

Should  beefsteak  be  covered  closely  while  cook- 
ing, or  daes  keeping  in  the  steam  toughen  f  Should 
it  be  hacked 'With  a  sharp  knife  constantly  while 
cooking  f    Sboald  it  be  poanded  at  first  f 

How  to  can  whole  peaches — the  full  partioularsi 

A  receipt,  for  pot-au-feo,  which  appeared  in  the 
Household  column  last  "Winter. 

How  to  make  the  extract  of  lemon. 

How  to  'wash  white  merino  so  tliatit  will  not 
turn  yellow. 

A  Morris  Bun  (Penn.)  correspondent  asks  why 
it  is  that  American  flannels  and  blankets  shrink  so 
excessively  as  they  do.  She  bas  boaght  tbe  heat  in 
the  markec  and  still  finds  nothing  to  tako  the|place 
of  tbe  Enalisb  maoutactore  in  this  line. 

How  to  polish  shirtfTonts. 

How  to  cause  eye- lashes  to  grow,  after  they  have 
been  lost  from  slekness,  or  any  other  cause  % 

How  chocolate  staina  may  be  taken  from  linen. 

A  simple  way  to  preserve  or  lan  the  domestic 
rabbit  akin. 

How  to  encourage  a  calla  lily  to  bloom  which  has 
for  a  long  time  been  flowerless  ? 

How  solphor  and  molasses  are  mixed  for  use  as 
a  Spring  medicine,  and  what  tbe  proper  doses  for 
adnlta  and  children. 

How  a  martyr  to  a  pet  Spita  can  prevent  its  hairs 
from  xalling  I 

The  directions  accompanying  all  washing-ma- 
ebinea  are  to  use  boiling  suds,  bat  does  it  not  set 
tbe  dirt  to  wash  very  dirty  clothes  in  very  hot 
'watarf  Is  It  not  safer  to  wash  them  in  water  no 
kotter  than  yon  can  bear  your  hand  ?  Will  white 
elothea  look  as  nice  and  white  to  be  boiled  before 
ttoy  are  rubbed!  Shooia  flannel  be  wasned  in  hot 
erepld  water,  and.  If  iji  hot,  is  it  be'ter  to  dry  them 
'ht  tlie  boose  or  out  of  doors  in  freezing  weather! 
~         obanglox   their  temperatures  caiue  them  to 


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MILITARY  GOSSIP. 


Lieut   CoL   Meyenborg,     commwding  the 

Fifteenth  Battalion.  Brooklyn,  has  appointed  Mr. 
David  Lynoh  to  the  position  of  Qaartermaster  on 
his  stafll 

Company  I,  "Buffalo  Guards,"  Second  Eogt- 
mont,  Pennsyl\-aiiia  National  Guard,  gave  a  grand 
"decoration"  ball  at  Philadelphia  last  Thursday 
night.  A  deputation  from  the  Seventy-first  Regi- 
ment of  this  City  participated  in  the  festivities. 

Battery  B,  Artillery,  Msyor  John  Keim,  com- 
manding, held  a  working  drill  at  its  armory  m  Elm 
street  last  Wednesday  evening.  Annmtierof  evo- 
lutions were  executed,  and  Ma:ior  Keim  carefully 
instructed  his  men  in  many  details  in  which  the 
men  were  rusty  from  want  of  oractioe. 

The  Eighth  Regiment,  Col.  George  D.  Scott, 
commanding,  is  under  orders  to  assemble  m  fatigue 
uniform  at  tbe  State  Arsenal  on  Tuesday,  Feb.  6,  and 
Friday,  Feb.  16,  for  instruction  in  the  "School  of 
the  Battalion."  Boll  will  be  called  at  7:43  P.M. 
The  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  Board  ot  Officers 
of  this  command  will  take  place  on  Monday,  Feb. 
12,  at  8  P.  M. 

The  proieot  ot  organizing  a  Gatling  battery, 
to  be  attached  to  tbe  First  Divlaion,  is  meeting  with 
much  favor  from  aspirants  for  military  hon- 
ors. Cspt.  Wetmore  has  received  applicatioDS 
tor  membership  from  nineteen  gentlemen  during 
the  past  week,  and  thinks  he  will  have  no  diffi- 
culty in  obtaining  all  the  men  required  for  the  pur- 
pose from  tbe  best  classes  of  young  men  in  this 
City. 

Brig.  Gen.  Yarian,  commanding  tbe  Third 
Brigade,  has  appointed  a  coort-martial  for  the  trial 
of  delinquents  in  his  command  bslow  the  rank  of 
M^or,  to  convene  at  the  armory  of  the  Eighth  Reg- 
iment, No.  226  West  Twenty-third  street,  on  Mon- 
day, Feb.  12,  at  8  P.  M.  Tbe  officers  detailed  for 
the  court  are  Col.  George  D.  Scott,  Eighth  Reai- 
ment ;  Lieut.  Col.  Louis  Fitzgerald,  Seventh  Regi- 
ment, and  Maior  Joseph  Holland,  of  tbe  Brigade 
Sttfi'.  Mf^or  David  B.  Wiliiamson  will  act  as  Judge 
Advocate  of  tbe  coart. 

At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Non-commissioned 
Officers'  Association  ot  tbe  Fourteenth  Regiment, 
Brooklyn,  the  foUewlng  civil  officers  were  elected 
for  the  ensuing  year :  President,  Lieut.  F.J.  Ban- 
nigan  ;  Vice  Presideni,  Sergt.  James  J.  Burns ; 
Treasurer,  Lieut.  John  J.  Goulc! ;  Recording  Secre- 
tary, Corp.  C.  W.  Lackey;  Financial  Secretary, 
Sergt  C.  R.  Carpenter ;  Sergeant  at  Arms,  Sergt. 
A.  Jamlesun.  Tbe  third  annual  invitation  ball  of 
this  organization  yrili  be  giyen  at  Gallatin  Hall,  No. 
522  Fulton  street,  Brooklyn,  on  Thursday  evening, 
Feb.  22. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Officers  of  the 
Ninth  Regiment,  last  Thursday  evening,  it  was 
decided  to  give  a  third  concert  and  hop,  for  tbe  liene- 
fit  of  the  fund  for  p  rocuring  a  new  uniform  for  the 
regimental  band,  at  the  armory.on  Tuesday  evening, 
Feb.  20.  Tbe  new  uniform  thus  to  be  provided  for  tbe 
musicians  will  differ  slightly  from  that  now  worn 
by  them.  Tbe  coats  will  be  of  red  cloth,  similar  in 
texture  to  the  white  coats  worn  by  the  memijers  of 
the  Twenty-second  Regiment.  Tbe  material  'will 
be  eanally  serviceable,  and  will  likewise  be  im- 
ported from  England  for  the  purpose.  The  coats 
will  be  cut  in  the  "  fruck"  lashion,  aad  will  be 
trimmed  m  attractive  style. 

Col.  James  Cavana^h,  commanding  tbe  Six- 
ty-ninth Regimeot,  has  appointed  John  J.  Martin 
Commissary  of  Subsistence,  vice  Coonan,  whose 
commission  baa  been  vacated,  and  Michael  Breen. 
Siirgeon,  vice  Ne.ilis.  Llent.  CoL  Thomas  Dempsey 
has  resigned,  after  nearly  29  years'  faithful  service 
in  this  command.  He  was  elected  Captain  of  Com- 
pany E  on  Dec.  9,  1S61,  and  served  gallantly  with 
his  regiment  in  its  valiant  service  during  the  war. 
On  June  -JO.  1871,  he  was  elected  Lientenant  Colonel, 
and  has  t.aithinllv  performed  tbe  duties  of  tbat 
ofiice  since  that  time.  Col.  Dempsey  met  with  a 
sad  misfortune  in  the  loss  of  his  only  son,  a  young 
man  of  20,  in  the  late  destruction  oi  the  Brooklyn 
Theatre. 

It  has  finally  been  decided  by  the  authorities 
St  Albuny  to  provide  a  new  armament  for  Battery 
K,  Artillery,  First  Division,  and  during  tbe  coming 
Spring  the  guna  now  used  by  tbat  command  will  Jbe 
sold  for  junk,  or  preserved  as  relics  of  antiquity  by 
some  enterprlRing  showman.    Col.  C.  B.  Mitcbpll, 

Chief  of  Ajrtiliery  of  the  First  Division,  has  be^n 
endeavoring  to  secure  tbe  consummation  of  this 
project  for  a  long  time,  and  has  recoiyed  tbe  asHa- 
rance  trom  Adjutant  General  Towiiaend  and  In- 
spector General  Woodward  that  new  guns  of  ibe 
latest  improved  pattern  shall  be  supplied  at  an  early 
date.  Lieat.  Hoelzie  has.  tberelore,  reqaested  tbe 
wltbdrawa!  of  bis  resignation,  and  will  endeavor  to 
raise  tbe  standard  of   his   command    to   lis    former 

elevated  position. 
Tbe  National  RiHe  Association  of  England 

has  made  another  alteration  in  tbe  tartteta  in  ase  at 

Wimbledon.  The  dimensions  of  the  sereral  targets 
are  as  tollows  :  200  yard*- "  bull's-eye,"  6  inches  in 
diameter;  "  inner."  12  incbes;  "magpie,"  24  inches  ; 
and  tbe  remaiDaer  of  tbe  taracet.  which  is  4  feet 
square,  will  be  denominated  toe  "  outer,"  as  at 
present:  500  vardij— '•  Lnll'seye." 2  foet ;  "inner."  3. 

feet:  "  magpie,"  4  feet  in  diameter,  and  the  remainder 
of  tbe  target,  whicti  is  6  feet,  square,  will  be  denomi- 
nated the  "  outer ; "  at  1.000  yards  tbe  dimensions  of 
the  target  aro  6  by  12  feet,  tbe  "  bail's-eye"  being  ^ 

feet  in  diameter,  tbe  "  inner"  4  k!  teet,  '"  magpie"  6 
fe»t  square,  and  the  remainder  of  cba  tareet  will  be 
termed  the  "outer."  The  marking  disks  will  be  of 
the  same  color  and  ot  tbe  same  value  as  those  at 
present  iu  use  at  Creeomoor. 
Au  election  will  be  held  in  tbe  Twenty-second 

Regiment,    Col.  Josiah  Purier  commandiDg,  next 

Friday  evening,  to  fill  the  vancacy  caused  by  the 
resignation  of  Major  W.  J.  A.  McGrath.  Capt.  S.  M. 
Smith,  of  Company  D,  is  mentioned  aa  being  the 
strongest  candidate  m  the  field,  and  Capt.  John  H. 
Horsfall,  of  Company  F,  has  his  supporters  for  the 
£ame  office.  Private  Marvin  F.  Wood,  of  Company 
D.  ha^  been  appointed  Ofdnance  Sergeant,  vice  Fer- 
ns, warramt  vacated.  Sergt.  Wood  appeared  in  tbe 
ranks  bearing  the  insignia  of  his  new  rank,  at  the 
review  and  dress  parude  of  the  regiment  last 
Wednesday  night,  an  account  of  which  was  publish- 
ed in  Tub  Tiuks  of  Tbursda.y.  aud  as  bo  hails  from 
tbe  ranks  of  u  well  disciplined  company,  his  promo- 
tion will  doubtless  not  end  with  this  ofiice. 

The  Sepaiate  Troop  Cavalry,  Major  Karl 
£lein,  commanding,  has  not  yet  removed  to  its 
new  armory,  in  'West  Tbirteenth  street.  A  resolu- 
tion was  ofi'ered  by  Alderman  fiowland,  at  the  reg- 
ular meeting  of  tbe  Board  of  Aldermen,  on  Thurs- 
day, Jan.  25,  directing  tbe  Commissioner  of  Public 
Works  to  cause  the  removal  of  tbe  furniture  and 
property  of  the  troop  from  its  present  qaartera  m 
Broadway  and  Forty-fittb  street,  to  tbe  new 
armory,  in  West  Thirteenth  street.  This  motion 
W9S  laid  over  until  tbe  last  meetmg  of  the  Board  on 
tbe  Ist  lost.,  and  owing  to  a  pressure  of  other  busi- 
neas  On  tbat  occasion  was  again  laid  over.  It  is 
considered  likely  tbat  the  resolution  will  pa'<sat  tbe 
next  meeting  of  the  board.  Tne  legular  monthly 
meeting  of  the  troop  will  take  place  next  Wednes- 
day evening,  when  several  new  recruits  will  be 
elected  to  membership. 

The  Twelfth  Regiment  has  been  arilling  by 
wings  during  the  past  week.  On  Monday  night 
tbe  right  wing  paraded  four  companies  of  12  files 
.front,  under  command  of  Major  William  G.  Wilson, 
and  on  the  following  evening  Lieut.  CoL  S.  V.  K. 
Cruger  drilled  the  left  wing,  which  was  equalized 
in  four  companies  of  16  files  Iront.*  Both  weie  colid 
working  drills,  and  were  executed  in  a  man- 
ner which  refiected  credit  upon  both  officers  and 
guides.  Tbe  manual  of  arms  in  the  drills  ot  both 
Wings  was  fair,  bnt  lacks  the  lull  snap  which  should 
charaoteriza  the  motions.  The  manner  of  fixing 
and  tinflxiug  bayonets  was  very  poorly  performed, 
and  commandants  of  companies  would  uo  well  to 
drill  their  men  more  oareially  in  this  part  of  the 
tactics.  The  men  stood  remarkably  steady  at  the 
coQimand,  *'  parade  rest,"  and  arier  a  few^  more 
such  drills  the  regiment  ought  to  mani- 
fest a  decided  improvement.  The  regiment 
will  parade  at  the  State  Arsenal  for  oriil  next 
Wednesday  evening.  Lileat.  .Tohn  0>thoat,  Com- 
missary of  Subsistence  in  this  command,  has  ten- 
dered his  resignntioo.  This  command  will  hold  an- 
other of  its  popular  "social  reunions"  at  the 
armory  on  Tuesday  evening.  Feb.  13. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Officers  of  the 
Twenty-eighth  Regiment,  Brooklyn,  last  Jfonday 
evening,  the  following  civil  officers  were  elected 
for  the  ensuing  year :  President,  Lient.  Col.  F. 
W.  Obemier;  Eecording  Secretary.  Lieut  J. 
Baumgaertner ;  Financial  Secretary,  Lient.  Adolf 
Schmidt ;  Treasurer,  Lieut.  Kaesmann.  Commit- 
tees were  appointed  as  follows  :  Finance — ^Assist- 
ant Surgeon  Hesse,  Capt.  Martens,  and  Lient. 
Steckiuanu;  Music — Surgeon  E.  A.  Groax,  Capt. 
P.  Keitzner.  and  LisuC.  Treyz  ;  Aimoiy — Capts.  G. 
Giehl,  H.  Ostermann,  and  L.  Dohling ;  Uniform- 
Capt.  Wandelt,  Capt.  Anthony  Hesse,  ana  Quarter- 
master Adolpb  Schmidt.  Franz  Knlck  has  been 
appointed  Chaplain  Ot  tbii  command.  Tbe  accept- 
ances of  tbe  resignations  of  Co^  Joseph  Barger  and 
Mt^jor  Anthony  Wills  have  lieen  received  at 
regimental  head-quarters.  Ap  election  tor  Colonel 
and  Major  will  take  place  at  an  early  date.  Lieut. 
Col.  Obernler  is  the  only  candidate  in  the  field  for 
the  Colonelcy,  and  Capt.  Heerdt,  Capt.  Giehl,  Capt. 
Ostermann,  aud  Mr.  George  Winrien  each  have 
their  supporters  fur  the  positlou  of  Lieutenant  Col- 
onel and  Migor. 

At  First  Division  Head-quarters,  an  applica. 
tion  has  been  received  from  Gen.  Ward,  command. 
ing  the  First  Brigade,  for  brevet  commissions  of 
Colonel  for  Lieut.  Col.  John  T.  Danny,  Assistant 
Adjutant  General  of  the  First  Brigade,  and  Cap- 
tain for  First  Lieut.  William  H.  Mnrpby.  Adjotant 
of  the  Twelfth  Regiment  A  commtmication  has 
been  received  from  Col.  James  K.  Hitchcock,  com- 
manding  the  Ninth  Regiment,  returning  the  com- 
mission of  Second  Lieut.  Edmund  Lunt,  who 
failed  to  qualify.  Gen.  Frederick  Yilmar,  com- 
manding tbe  Second  Brigade,  'bas  forwarded  the 
retnms  of  election  of  Michael  J.  Bandmann,  Sec- 
ond Xientenant  of  Company  E,  Ifinth  Begl- 
nent;      vice    Japba,   promoted,    ana   Georse  W. 


Fom^n,  SapttJn  <«f  Conpaay  H  in  the 
s^uti  c*K..-Aa'''  •?let  ^oagland.  resigned, 
A.  •umiauiiMabou  te*  bees  leo^ived  from  tbe  com- 
maadant  cf  Company  I.  Brrenty-flrat  Begiment; 
reqaaatina  :h«  vaeatlon  of  the  commission  of  Second 
Lient.  S.  2.  Perrr,  owl«g  to  his  removal  from  the 
State.  Ihe  resignations  of  Capt.  Edwin  C.  Imlay 
and  Second  Lieut  James  Shand,  of  the  Seventy- 
first  Roglmeiit,  have  been  received.  Capt  Imlav 
ha^  accepted  a  position  in  the  United  States  Signal 
Service,  and  Llcia.  Shand  nas  removed  to  tbe  Ber- 
muda Islands.  A  supernumerary  certlBcate  has 
been  received  for  Lient.  George  S.  Genunda,  of  the 
bite  Fittv-fifth  Beglment 

An  adjourned  meeting  of  the  Veteran  Assooia 
tion  of  the  Twenty-third  Eegimoot  Brooklyn,  took 
place  at  the  regimental  armory  last  Monday  even- 
ing, Mr.  C.H.  Stoddar',  tbe  P  esident  in  tbP  cba  r. 
The  Secrettiry  reported  an  aUditioa  to  the  irem  ler- 
ship  of  i6  during  the  past  year.  The  oilo  vine 
Board  of  Trustees  was  ekced:  S.  H.  Fi  mb  im,  J. 
N.  Partridge.  C.  H.  Stoddard,  R.  C.  (  gdea,  C.  L. 
Fincke,  S.  F.  Phelps.  Jr.,  D.  W.  Van  Itgea.  W.  J. 
Martin,  G.  P.  Willets.  John  Lapsley,  T.  J.  Stevens, 
M.  O.  Ogden.  C.  F.  Femanid,  A.  C.  Barnes,  E.  F. 
Davenport  W.  L.  Brownell,  George  McMillan,  A. 
J.  Metz.  C.  L.  Deveuger.  W.  B.  Boerum,  R.  E.  Per- 
kins, and  K.  T.  Shannon,  Jr.  A  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  make  arrangements  for  the  annual  din- 
ner in  April.  The  annual  ojeeting  of  the  associa- 
tion will  take  place  to-morrow  evening,  when  offi- 
cers will  be  elected  for  the  euiaini;  year.  Tbe  act- 
ive regiment  Col.  B.  C.  Ward  commanding,  is  un- 
der orders  to  assemble  for  battalion  drill,  at  its 
armory,  as  follows  ;  Friday,  Feb.  9;  Thursday.  Feb. 
15  ;  We<lnesday.  Feb.  21  ;  Thursday.  March  8,  and 
Wednesday,  M'arcb  14.  At  the  elose  of  a  drill  by 
Company  C  of  tbis  command  last  Monday  even- 
ing, Sergt  W.  L.  Candeo  and  Private  Charles 
Pearson,  wore  presented  by  Capt.  H.  K.  Smith, 
with  the  tiadges  woo  by  tbem  at  the  rifle  match 
held  in  the  armory  during  the  previous  week.  The 
third  band  concert  of  this  command  took  place  at 
the  regimental  armory  last  evening.  Prof.  Conter- 
no's  band  was  at  its  best,  a  large  audience  was  pres- 
ent, and  tbe  festivities  passed  ofi  as  successfally  as 
could  be  desired- 

The  Third  Regiment  Cavalry,  Col.  John  H. 
Bndke,  commandiug,  will  parade  lor  dismuanted 
drill  as  follows  :  Cummiasioned  officers,  Thursday, 
Feb.  1;  Thursday,  March  1,  and  Tuesday,  April 
3;  non-commissioned  officers,  Friday,  Feb.  2,  Fri- 
day, Match  2,  and  Wednesday,  April  4  ;  Troop  A, 
Monday,  Feb.  5, Thursday,  Feb.  15,  Monday,  March 
5.  Thursday,  March  15,  Thursday.  April  5,  and 
Tuesday,  April  17 ;  Troop  B,  Tuesday,  Feb.  6, 
Friday,  Feb.  16,  Tuesday,  March  6,  Friday,  March 
16,  Friday,  April  C,  and  Monday,  April  16;  Troop 
D,  Wednesday.  Feb.  7,  Monday.  Feb.  19,  Wednes- 
day, March  7,  Monday,  March  19,  Monday,  April  9, 
aad  Thursday,  April  19  ;  Troop  F,  Friday,  Feb.  9, 
Tuesday,  Feb.  20,  Thursday,  March  8,  Tuesday, 
March  20,  Tuesday.  April  10,  and  Friday.  April  20 ; 
Troop  G,  Friday.  Feb.  9,  Wednesday,  Feb.  21.  Fri- 
day, Mftrch  9,  Wednesday.  March  21,  Wednesday. 
April  11,  and  Monday,  April  23  ;  Troop  H,  Monday, 
Feb.  12,  Friaav,  Feb.  23.  Monday,  March  12.  Tbara- 
day,  March  22,  Thursday,  April  12,  and  Tu8sda3', 
April  24  ;  Troop  i,  Tui-sday,  Feb.  13,  Monday,  Feb. 
26,  Tac'suay,  March  13.  Friday,  March  23,  Friday, 
April  13,  aud  WeOneaaay,  April  25;  Troop  K.  Wed- 
nesday, Feb.  14,  Tuesday,  Feb.  27,  Wednesday, 
Marcli  14,  Moudny.  Maroli  26,  Monday,  April  16, 
and  Friaay,  April  27.  Commandants  of  companies 
are  directed  in  orderd  not  to  permit  new  recruits  to 
appear  in  the  ranks  at  regular  comtiany  diills  or 
parades,  until  they  shall  have  been  tborougblv  in- 
structed in  the  "School  of  the  Soldier"  dismounted. 
All  recroits  who  have  enlisted  since  March  1.  1876, 
and  all  others  who  have  not  attended  drilN  regu- 
larly, are  directed  to  assemble  lor  special  instruc- 
tion at  the  armory  in  Elm  street,  twice  each  month, 
durin;;  February,  March,  and  April. 

The  right  wing  of  the  Seventy-first  Regiment, 
comprising  Companies  H,  D.  K,  and  B,  Co!.  Richard 
Yoso  commanding,  ia  under  orders  to  parade  in 
fatigue  uniform,  with  white  belts,  at  the  State 
Arsenal,  on  Monday,  Feb.  12,  at  8  P.  M.,  for  drill 
and  instruction.  At  tbe  annual  election  of  civil 
officers  in  this  command,  Capt.  A.  W.  Belknap  was 
chosen  Treasurer,  and  Lieut.  Robert  A.  Steve.'i- 
son  Secretary.  The  following  civic  com- 
mittees have  been  appointed  for  the  ensu- 
ing year:  Executive.  Capt.  Amos  L.  See, 
Quartermaster  Bdward  C.  Ripley,  and  Commissary 
Jacob  Hess;  Music,  Lient.  Col.  W.  H.  Cbaddock, 

Llaut  W.  Milne.  Jr.,  and  Lieut.  Samnel  G.  Blakely; 
Armory.  Capf.  W.  C.  Clark,  Lieut.  B.  A.  McLaren, 
and  Lieut  Frank  S.  Belion;  Dress.  MtOor  £.  A. 
McAloin.  Capt.  M.  L.  Vantine,  aud  Capt.  Robert  S. 
Oroor.  At  an  election  iu  Company  I  of  tbis  com- 
mand,  last   Monday  evening.    Second  Lieut  W. 

D.  Sheldon,  of  Company  £,  was  cUosen 
Second  Lieutenant.  A.  notice  of  tbe  recep- 
tion held  by  Company  K,  Capt  Orsor  com- 
manding, was  crowded  out  of  the  military  column 
ot  last  Sunday's  Times.  The  entertainment,  which 
took  place  on  Weoutastlay  t*veuiug,  J.m.  24.  was  qute 

a  success  and  gave  .satisfaction  to  the  members  of 
tbe  company,  as  wvll  aa  the  large  number  of  In- 
vited guests  present.  Mr.  Eiien,  the  regimental 
bandmaster,  supplied  u  good  programme  of  music  for 
the  order  of  dancing,  and  a  delicate  suoper  was 
spread  in  the  Board  of  Olheer's  room,  which  was  lib- 
erally patronized  curing  the  uveuing.  Comoany  U. 
Captl  See  commandiug.  gave  a  voual  and 
instrumental  conceit  at  toe  regimental  armory  latt 
Tuesday  evening.    A  programme  divided  into  two 

parui,  e.acu  coataintug  eight  au:nb>i'ii,  was  per- 
formed in  a  thoroughly  satial'actoiy  manner.  Mme, 
Louise  Epps  sang  a  sung  composed  by  H.  Millard 
entitled  "Longing."  and  "The  Spnnisb  Orange 
Girl."  by  Scaroedepol.  Miss  Minnie  Vinuie  recited 
Bret  Harte's  story,  entitled  "Her  Letter,'' and  "'The 
Engineer's  Story'.''  Mr.  Eben  pertormed  a  solo  on 
the  flutd.  selecting  for  tbe  occaslim  a  fantasie  from 

"LaFilledu  Kugiment."  A  quartet  piece  called 
"Moon  on  the  Lake"  was  tflf.ctively  rendered  bv 
Mme.  Epps,  Miss  Carrie  U.  Davis,  aud  Messrs.  See 
and  Mitchell.  There  were,  besides,  many  other 
gems  in  the  programme,  which  a  want  of  space  pre- 
vents us  from  mentioning.  A  court-martial  for 
the  trial  ot  delinquents  in  this  regiment  will  con- 
vene at  the  armory  next  Friday  evening.  Capt.  M. 
L.  Vantino  will  preside. 


FINANCIAL  AFFAIRS. 


PlQEOm  SHOW  llf  ENGLAND. 
RcfaiTing  to  the  pigeon-show  at  the  Crystal 
Palace,  London,  held  recently,  the  News  says : 
"  There  were  15  pens  of  carriers  containing  162 
birds,  nine  of  pouters  with  33  birds,  five  of  barbs 
with  51  birds,  and  eight  of  tumblers  ooutainiog  220 
birds.  The  above  deseriptions  exhaust  what  may 
be  called  the  anstocr<icy  of  a  pigeon-show,  the  re- 
maining 37  pens  being  filled  with  Jscobins,  turbits, 
owls,  aragons.  Autwerps,  fan-tails,  scanderoons, 
ice-birds,  pigmy  pouters,  &,c.,  none  of  which,  how- 
ever handsome,  are  looked  upon  by  the  initiated  as 
being  anything  more  than  '  toy  birds.'  The  wbolo 
collection  nnmbersd  1,100  specimens,  and  was 
appraised  at  the  sum  of  £10,000  by  the  owners. 
With  ^uch  large  numbers  to  chouse  among,  and  so 
general  an  excellence  in  quality,  it  is  almost  invid- 
ious to  mention  namos;  but  as  the  'pouters  '  are  by 
general  consent  placed  at  the  head  of  tbe  pigeon 
community,  and  as  Capt  Uill  exhibited  some  ot  tbe 
best  pouters  in  yevterday's  show,  a  woril  may  be 
a  kid  for  bis  spieodid  young  cock,  valued  at 
£50,  and  which  wa^  pronounced  by  all  who 
saw  It  to  bo  without  a  tault.  He  has 
length  of  limb,  slimness  of  girth,  roundsess  of 
crop — in  fact,  everything  that  a  pouter  shoald  ba'Ve 
who  meant  to  win  the  ulna  ribbon.  His  '  oib  '  was 
pronounsed  to  be  perfection,  and  his  plumage  to 
nave  all  the  marks  which  lanciers  mostprize.  In- 
cluding the  perfectly  outlined  *  meon  '  or  crescent 
00  his  breast,  and  tbe  '  stars  '  on  tals  shapsty  and 
well-feathered  wings.  The  remainder  of  the  pout- 
ers bad  more  or  less  of  the  above  points  of  excel- 
lence, but  In  no  other  single  case  were  they  so  com- 
pletely combined.  The  carriers  were  many 
of  taem  flue,  strong,  keen-eyed  birds,  and 
on  some  of  tbe  pens  the  owners  bad  tes- 
tifieti  in  writing  that  the  inmates  had 
done,  and  conld  <t*,  100  miles  la  a  single  flight — a 
not  uninteresting  statement  at  a  time  when  tte 
occasional  failures  of  tbe  'wire'  make  it  desirable 
that  there  shoald  be  some  supplementary  means  of 
transmitting  intelligence  qaicKly.  The  aarbs  and 
tomblers  were  of  higu  quality,  and  of  tbe  numerous 
collection  of  'toy'  pi;:eous  (including  some  specially 
good  fau-taiis)  it  may  be  said  that  their  beauty  of 
shape  and  plumago  maJe  tbem  fit  conpanions  for 
the  peranauent  tropical  tenants  of  the  c.lossal 
atiary  in  which  this  year's  pigeon-show  is,  with 
great  advantage  both  to  the  birds  and  specuktors, 
located."       . ^ 

ICE-BOATS  AT  BALTIMORE. 
The  Baltimore  Bulletin  of  Thursday  evening 
says:  "  The  city  tugs  have  been  and  still  are  doing 
good  work  for  the  benefit  of  the  port  of  Baltimore. 
For  several  days  past  they  have,  under  the  com- 
mand 01  Capt.  Collins,  been  engaged  in  cutting  tbe 
ice  Into  small  cakes  between  tbe  harbor  and  Fort 
Carroll,  and  have  already  widened  the  channel  to 
the  extent  of  more  than  1.200  teet  up  to  a  point  near 
Curlis'  Creek.  The  work  is  being  pushed  forward 
tu-day,  and  will  not  cease  nntll  the  nnge  fields  of 
12-inch  ice,  which  have  acted  as  a  barrier  to  navi- 
gation for  two  montiiS  past,  Is  cut  up  like  a 
cbecker-buard  and  allowed  to  pass  down  aud  out 
with  the  next  favorable  wiud.  The  work  will  be 
extended  into  tbe  Spring  Gardens,  where  tbe  ioe 
will  be  out  into  small  fragments  and  a  wide  track 
opened  to  permit  the  passage  of  vessels  of  all  de- 
scriptions. It  is  a  matter  for  hearty  congratulation 
that  the  "toll-gate"  as  the  ice-fields  have  been 
called  by  sailors,  is  at  last  being  broken  np  so 
thoroughly  tbac  it  mast  be  swept  away  with  the 
next  northwester."  ^^^^^^ 

AN  ANXIOUS  OLD  MAN. 
"There  oame  to  the  Land  Office  at  this  place 

last  week,"  says  the  Sui^anville  (Cal.)  Aavooate,  "  a 
man  who  was  born  in  1776.  His  name  is  Thomas 
Wash,  and  that  he  expects  to  live  for  some  years 
yet  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  he  was  after 
homesteads,  pre-emptions,  &.c.  The  old  gentleman 
was  quite  indignant  when  be  ascertained  that  some 
lellow  had  filed  upon  a  certain  timoer  tract  from 
which  he  expected  in  tbe  fax  off  tuture  to  get  hia 
supplies  of  fuel.  From  the  hope  he  expressed  and 
the  ambition  that  be  manifested  one  would  suppose 
that  he  had  bis  eye  on  the  next  Centennial^" 


8ALB8  AT  TBE  STOCK  EXCHAXQE— FEB.  3. 

BALKS  BKFOBB  -rBB  CAU.— 10  A.  M. 

100  Mich.  Cen iBH 

400  do s3.  4634 

120  do 46»8 

300  do 46^i 

100  do c.  ie's 

•200  do 46»s 

SUObake  .Shore b\^ 


$1,000  D.  Ic  H.  R..  '91.100 

10 Del.  k  Hudson...  61 


46  do 

lOU  du. 

loo  do. 

SOOWest  Vu 


18U0 

6U0 

luO 

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100 

1300 

200 

300 

600 

100 

900 

1100 


61 14 

6l)34 

GOHj 

7H7t 

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-..-b3.  76<^ 

76*8 

7613 

do 0.  7GIu 

do 76% 

do 76'u 

do 7G8t 

do 761-^ 

do 85.   76% 

cio 7b% 

do 7(5»-. 


do 


do 


100  Pacific  Miiii... 


1200 


•^5h 


1000  do S3.  64% 

4100  do 54=8 

lOU  do s4.  64% 

1500  do 83.  64»a 

100  do 64% 

900  do 64% 

100  Rook  Island 101  >a 

6i)0  do s3.X01% 

86  do 10l>9 

400  do b3.101>« 

5 1 5  N'ortb-west  Pref.  65  Hi 
165  &t  Paul IS^a 


do 26>«i200bt.  Paul.Pt 48ia 


3U0  do s3.  48% 

BOOD.,  !.&.  W e» 

100  do 03.  69»8 


200Cen.of  N.  J 25% 

300  do 261^ 

100  do 26% 

100  do 26I4 

GOVEKNMKNT  STOCKS — 10:15  AND  11:30  A.  M. 
$7,600  U.   S.   63,  '81,  I  $20,000  D.  B.  5-20  C, 

E 1121)1  'b7 U23.« 

30,000        do C.il234'20,000        do.-b.c.b3.1l2''8 

6,000       da.b.c.b3.112%ll20.000     do .b3.113 

10,000        do 12.113       50.000  D.   8.    58.    '81. 

lo.OOO  0.  «.  5-i:o  a.,  I  R b.cllOia 

'67 112781   5,000  U.   6.   68, '81, 

40,000  U.S.58. 10-40  C h.c.llOia 

C 113%'    5,000       do 110% 

FIRST  BOAKD— 10:30  A.   M. 
$10,000  Conn.  68 lll'a  100  West  _Un,....b.c.  16hi 


2,000  Mo.  6-,  lone. ..  105 H 
1,000  Mo.  6s,ti.&8t. 

J.ls.,'878....104% 

6,000      do b,c.l05% 

1,000  Brooklyn    6s. 

Water  L'n..  106 
3,000  Va.    6s.    c<in  , 

xmat  cp...  67^ 
6,000  ('.,  u.  l.ii.H.78.109 
1,000  Alb.  &  SuB.2d.l0134 
1,000  Nj.C.iBt,new.lO.S'Q 

11.000       do I03I4 

6,000      do b.clU3 

1.000  L.  «<.  vs.  B.con.  56 

5.000 -Vf.  &.St.  F.lBt. 

La  C.  DIv....  97>2 
4,000  M.  Si  St  P.,  C. 

tM.D «8 

1.000  M.  IL  li.78,'71.101>» 
0,000  U.  Sc  bt.  J.  88, 

couv SS'o 

5,000  L.S.  C.B.lstl07'-2 
12.000  N.  v.  C.  l8t,C.117i2 
S.OOOHar.  lst7».C.120 
2,000  Ohio  &.M.  8. F.  87 
4,U00U.  t  M.  eon...  87 
5,000  Cen.   Pac.  1st, 

iS.  J.  Br 9214 

8  000      do 9:.:i8 

5.000      do b.c.  92 

10.000  Cen.  Pac.  Ist 

V.  &.  O    b'b.  90 
4,000  Un.  Pac.  lst..lU4% 
6,000  Un.  Pac.  8.  f..  !i7% 

3.000  West  Pac lOOia 

3.000P.,F.W.&C.i8M20 
o.UOOC.C.  ittClst  36 
1.000  St.  L.tLM.lst.  9812 

1,000       do 98 

000  C.  &  P.  4th...lU6'2 
15.000  T.,  f.    St    W., 

Ist.  W.  Div.  86 
10,000  T.,   P.   t   W., 

Ist,  E.  Div..  88 
6,000  Chi.  C.S.  7B..108 

1,000  Ot.  W.  Ist.'SS. 

X  coup 91 

0.000  D.&.H.  a.'91.1o0 
3.«y00D.  St  B.  a '84. 100 
1,000  L.  Sl  N.  Con. 

•98 b.c  91 

1,000  T.,   St    vy.  1st. 

X  coupon 92 

7,000  T.,C.S.S.D.l8t.  411 
10  Am.  hxcb.  Banit.10834 

6  <  ent.  Nat.  Bk 101 

8u  Baoover  Bank...  90 

100  oei.  i  HUfl b0"5 

loo  do b.c.  60% 

100  do 6O34 

50  Onion  Tni8t..t).c.l32 
501'  u.,  L.  it  W be.  (39 


100 

800 

1100 

300 

13U0 

60U 

1000 


do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do.--. 


do 8:i.  69 

6S'', 

(9 

-..83.  68 '8 

69 

UH^B 

6834 

11% 

do III4 

do be.  11»4 

do 83.  1134 

do ili2 

do s3.  11»2 

BALB8  UEPOKK  THB   CALt— 12:30  P.  IL 


20u  U-itSr.  Jo 

300 
100 
2()U 
40J 
100 


100  do 83.  76ia 

200  do bS.  7B% 

500  do sS.  76^ 

1000  do 76% 

1600  uo bS.  76% 

3uO  do 76% 

1900  do 83.  76J4 

3400  do 761* 

1600  do b.S.  76J4 

000  do b3.  76% 

4110  do 76% 

1200  do 74} 

200  do b3.  76 

18.10         do s3   76'8 

iiSaO  do 76''b 

3t»0  do 03.  76 

1900         do 76^8 

1500         do S3-  7534 

700  do 76% 

1800  do 7534 

400  do 76% 

500  do 83.  7J% 

100  Qnicke'r b.c.  15  % 

2uO  .\.  ti  P.  '1  el... b.c.  15% 
iOOPac.  Slail b.u.  2;->% 

16  Wells-Fargo 84% 

20  Adams  Rx b.c.  104*2 

5  do 104% 

10  U.S.  Kx b.c.  52 

134  N.  y.  0&Uad.b.cl02 

100  do 10l% 

300  do lOlVj 

50  do lo2 

200  do c.102% 

loo  Erie  kaU way.  b.c     0% 

100  do s3.     9^ 

500  Mich.  <Jen....b.c.  46% 

80l'  do 461-2 

100  L.  !».  t.yi.8.b.c.b3.  64% 

1300  do 64% 

1400  do b3.  54% 

1600  do s3.  641a 

2uO  do 64>a 

100  Dn.  Pacific... b.c  66 
lOOC.  StN.  W.....br>.  35 
lOoo.  ofN.  J..h.c.s3.  26% 


!00 

700 
100 
100 
J  00 
1(10 
600 


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uo 25% 

oo b3.  26>2 

do c.  25% 

do 25% 

do s3.  2514 

do 2514 


200  C.  lift.  1..D.C.83.10134 

100  00 101% 

100  Chi.,    .M.    t  bt.  P. 

Pt b.c.  4884 

200  do 48% 

000  do 4834 

•200  ao b3.  48% 

500  do 48% 

300  do slO.  48% 

400  Oo 63.  48% 

100  do 48% 

9  C.  C.,C  .  t  I. b.c.  32% 
20  Chi.  Sc  Alt.  Pf.... 112 
?00H.  St  St.  J.  Pt...   26 

300  do b.c.  25 

20  Pitts..  Ft.W.  ScC. 

Gt'd 101% 

5  Albany  Si  Bus....  85 
5  N.  i..N.ri.StU.b.c.l62ia 

lOOC..  B.  «i.Q b.oll6ii 

.00  Ohio  U  M. b.c     6% 

300  do 63* 


$26,000  L".  S.  6-20  C, 

'67 113% 

30,000  U.  ti.   68,  'bl, 

R 110% 

50,000  Mo.  Cs,  Ig 105  >4 

5,000  U.  of  (..  3.658.  72  ^ 

4,000       do 72 

5.(100        Co b3.  '72 

2.000  Al.  It  Snsq.2d.l0134 

1,000  H.  Y.  C.  Isi  C..117>2 
4,000  Del.  k  U.  K., 

'84 300 

lO.OOON.J. cist. new.  104 
15.000  T.  St  W.  Ist...  103 

1.000  M.  StStP.c.s.!.  82 
10  AlarltetBank....llO 

3  Uel.  IlU 6OI2 

100  Con.  CoaL 33 

100  Md.  Coal  Co 1034 

100  Fac.  Mail aS.  25 


900 
100 
100 

13O0 
7uO  U., 

100 
100 

100 


do 25 

do b3.  25 

do 24% 

do -25 

L.St  W 69 

...  Cifa 


do.. 

do.. 
100  Ohio  St  M. 
600a.  kSt.J 

lO.l  H.  &.  Ht.    Jo.    pf 

500 


s7.  08% 
b3.  69 
...      634 

...  im. 

25 


600  West.  Uidon 7534 


500 

2000 

1500 

900 

lOJO 

1000 

200 

700 

1000 

700 

1500 

80  I 

1600 

300 


do 75''i 

do.t b;i.  76 

do 76 

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do. 

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76% 
76 
76% 
76 

do e3.  76  % 

do 76 

76% 

7634 

J. ..83.  26% 
25% 

83.  asJo 

25'.;. 

253. 


do. 


no. 
10  Cen.  ofN. 
CO  do. 

100  do. 

200  do. 

400  do. 

loo  Lake  Shore... b3.  54% 

do 54% 

do 54»i2 

do 54% 

do b3.  54% 

do 8 10.  64  »a 

oo 54°8 

do 64.  64I2 

do bi^ 

....101% 

lOl-Ss 

..■3.  4S% 


100 
100 

700 

500 

300 

200 

100 

1900 

600  Rock  Island 

50  do 

200  St.  Paul  Pt. . 


SON.  Y.,N.H.  Jtli..l52ia 

8KCONO  BOARD— 1  P.    M. 
900  Wo«t.Dn...b.c.83.  75^,500  US.«tM.8...b.c.83 
100 
bOO 


300 
200 
700 
7(10 
100 
200 
1700 


do 7534  1600 

do 83.  7d%'200 

do 7534, 200 

do c  76%il00 

do 76%'100 

do S3.  7534  700 

do l>3.  75%|2100 

do s3.  7534I13OO 


do 


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do 83. 

do 860. 

do 

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75%  lOU  L'n.  Pac b.c. 


700 Pac  Mail b.c  '25%ilOOIIl.  Cent... 


800 
900 
900 

400 

1200 

100 

400 

200 


do 25% 


do „b3.  25 '-2 

d" '26>o 

do 25% 

do 5534 

CIO 25% 

do.. 25 '•i 

d.i 25% 

6  Amer.  Ex b.c.  6812 

200  N.  ?.C.StH.b.c.83.101% 
36  Harlem b.c.l4.» 

100  Mich.  Cen Uc  46% 


do *7 

do S3.  47 

do 47%  . 

L,  St\V....b.c.  60 

do 69% 

lOOAlt  StT.H.PC....  15 

BALES  PEOM  a:30  TO  3  P. 

$22,000  U.  S.  5-20  0..  1 1000  Lake  Shore. 


400 
600 


200  D. 
300 


oOOC.  SiN.W.Pf...b.c. 

500  C.  ol  N.J b.c. 

1200  do 

200  do 830. 

300  C. .  M.  St-i.  P ,  h.o.  u3. 

800  do 

100  do 

100  du 

200  do 

100C.M.8i6t.P.Pt.b.c 


400 

700 

5(10 

1200 

400 

600 


do... 

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do. 
do. 
do. 


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200StL.LM.atSo.b.o. 


54  "a 
64  Vj 

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54% 
54% 

64  le 
6434 

64% 

66 

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26 

26  .^ 

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19 

19 

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19% 

19 

4834 

48% 

49 

48% 

49 

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49% 

11% 


'65  N 110% 

300 
100 

do 

3,000  U.   S.   5-20  C, 

do 

s4. 

'67 113% 

•-'00 

do 

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4,000      do 113% 

100 

do 

.SO. 

5,000  D.  ot  C.  3.658.  7-.i%  100 

do 

2,000      do 83.  72%  100 

do 

.an. 

2,000  U.  P.  1st )04'4  50U 

do 

2,000  Ln.  Pac.  8.  t...  98 

loOO 

do 

6,000  eac.  ot  M.  l8t.  9534 

2H0 

do 

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4,000  N.J.  Clsicon.  76% 

1800 

do 

.  1.3. 

6.u00T.,C.S.StO.lbt  40 

100 

do 

s6. 

2,000  Kne  2d 104  % 

600  Cen.  of  N.J. . 

2,0l»0D.  toH.  R. '84. 100 

300 

do 

6,000  M.St  8.P.C.B.F.  82% 

300 

do 

3.0OOC.  H.  ISi  P.e.r.lo2 

2600 

do 

20  H'k  of  Com 109  % 

100 

do 

flfiC. 

6  Penn.  Coal 215 

2.10 

do 

B.SO. 

100  uel.  Si  Hud.... 86.  61% 

100 

do 

200Atl.  S:Pac.  Tel...  1534 

1000 

do 

loo              do 1.0% 

100 

do 

400  West  Un b3.  75% 

300 

do 

300             do 76 

100 

do 

1000          do 83.  76 

200 

do 

900             do 76% 

•200 

do 

700             do 83.  76 

4l;0 

do 

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100 

do 

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700             do 75% 

300 

do 

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1450          do 76 

100 

do 

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1300          do »3.  76 

400 

do 

700             do 76%;1008t 

Paul 

300            do 83.  7o%i2U08t. 

Paul  Pf . . 

.b3. 

100  Amer.  tx M',. 

600 

do 

50            do 69 

loo 

do 

tm. 

25  0.  8.  Kx 52 

loo 

dp 

cS. 

400  Pacific  Mail 25% 

300 

do 

1100         do 25% 

lUOHan.  Stbt.  Jo 

InO           do b3.  25% 

200 

do 

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200            do 83.  2&% 

100  H. 

&  St.  J.  Pf 

100  N.  Y.  Cen.  St  H....10I% 

2.Mor  StKs.... 

100            do s60.100% 

1900  Ijel.,  L.  St  W 

100  Mich.   Ceo 47% 

«00 

do 

500             do 47% 

40  J 

do 

150             do 47 

300 

do 

200  On.  Pac 66% 

100 

do 

IvO  llL  Cen 61% 

200 

do 

200            oo 52 

400 

do 

s:< 

lOONonh-w.  Pl...b3.  6534 

700 

do 

100            do slo.  66^4 

000 

do 

600             do 83.  5534 

700 

do 

TON.  T.,  K.  H.  St  U. 152% 

100  St  L.  1 1.  M. 

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6434 
6434 
5434 
6434 
5434 
6434 
61% 
54% 
6434 
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6434 
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26% 
20% 

26^4 

26% 

2o% 

26% 

27 

26% 

26O4 

26% 

26% 

26% 

2634 

26% 
2634 

2o34 

•J6\ 

19 

49% 

49% 

49% 

49% 

49% 

1134 

13 

26  U 

90% 

69  "a 

69% 

6934 

09% 

6934 

66% 

69  "a 

69% 

69  (rj 

69% 

11 


Satobday,  Feb.  3.— P,  M. 

The  bank  statetneut  shows  a  further  de- 
crease in  specieof  $i,880.900,and  a  gain  of  |1,053,- 
900  in  legal  tenders.  Tbe  changes  in  the  other 
items  were  less  important  Tbe  surpitis  re- 
serve has  been  decreased  $944,525,  and  is  now 
$23,837,275. 

The  following  is  the  statement  of  the  New- 
York  Citj  banks  this  week,  compared  with  the 
last: 

Jan.  27.  Feb.  3.         Differences. 

Loans (2.')3,166,I00  1354011.800  Inc.      (853.700 

Specie 40.187,000      38.305,100  Deo.    1,881,900 

Legal  tenders    42,351.200      43.305,100  Inc.    1,0.'>3.900 

Deposits 230,625,600    231.091.700  Inc.       466.100 

Circnlauon..     15.495,900      15,563,500  Dec.        67,600 

The  business  on  the  Stock  Exchange  t»-day 
amounted  to  151,417  shares,  which  embraced 
58,650  Western  Union,  30,200  Lake  Shore, 
14.400  Delaware,  Lacliawanna  and  Western, 
11,900  New-Jersey  Central,  11,000  Paoifio  Mail, 
9,000  St.  Paul,  5,000  Michigan  Central,  and 
3,300  Hannibal  aud  St.  Joseph.  Western  Union 
was  again  the  leader  of  the  marliet  in  point  of 
activity,  and  during  the  early  hours  of  business 
was  heavily  pressed  tor  sale,  and  declined  from 
76%  at  the  opening  to  75%,  oio.sing  at  a  recov* 
\  ery  ot  ^  ^  aent.    Lake  Shore  oi>€med  at  54%. 


declined  to  54^,  with  a  sabsaqnent  ^dranee  to 
54%,  which  Was   the   closing  quotation.     The 

ooal  Bharei  were  weak  at  the  •penini;,  espe* 
dally  for  New-Jersey  Central,  bat  subsequently 
developed  etrengtb  aud  advonoed.    New-Jeraey 

Central  opened  at  25%,  and  fell  of 
to  2S,  afterwards  rising  to  27,  and 
closing  at  26%.  Delaware,  Lackawanna  and 
Western flaotuated  between  68%  and  69%,  with 
closing  sales  at  a  reaction  of  ^  jP*  ucnt.  from 
the  highest  point  Pacific  Mail  recorded  an 
improvement  of  %  ^  cent,  on  the  day's  trans- 
actions. The  increase  in  earnings  by  the  St. 
Paul  Company  for  the  past  week  exercised  a 
favorable  influence  on  the  stock,  the  common 
rising  to  19^  and  the  preferred  to  49Vi.  The 
North-western  shares  were  firm.  Michigan 
Central,  after  declinmg  to  4SMi,  rose  to  47^, 
and  closed  at  47.  The  Hannibal  and  St  Joseph 
shares  'were  weak  in  tbe  early  dealings,  bnt 
subsequently  showed  marked  strength,  the 
common  stoolc  rising  to  13  and  the  preferred  to 
26^.  Union  Pacific  sold  at  66^,  against  65^i 
at  the  close  yesterday.  Investment  shares  were 
firm. 

Money  was  in  excessive  supply  to-day  at  3 
^  4  ^  cent,  on  eall,  closing  at  the  former  rate. 
The  national  bank  notes  received  at  Washing- 
ton for  redemption  to-day  amounted  to  $750, 
000,  making  a  total  for  the  week  ot  $4,430,000. 
The  following  'were  tbe  rates  of  exchange  on 
New-YorK  at  the  undermentioned  cities  to-day: 
Savannah,  buying,  par;  selling,  ^®Vi  premi- 
um; Charleston,  nominally  3-16®par,  offers 
light;  Cincinnati,  quiet;  buying,  par  ;  selling, 
100  ;  St  Louis.  25  to  50  premium ;  New-Orleans, 
commercial,  par  ■S)  1-16 ;  bank,  ^  premium  ; 
Chicago,  25  to  50  premium. 

The  foreign  advices  indicated  a  steady  market 
and  unchanged  prices.  At  London,  British 
Consols,  for  both  money  and  the  account,  olosrd 
same  as  yesterday,  at  95%  -395%.  United  States 
old  1865s  closed  at  105^,  10-40s  at  llOV^,  new  5s 
at  107Mi,  and  18b7s  at  110,  the  only  change  from 
the  final  quotaticns  of  yesterday  being  in  the 
last  mentioned,  which  fell  off  1-16  ^  cent.  Ene 
common  and  New- York  Central  were  without 
change,  and  sold  at  9%  and  99<ii  respectively. 
In  the  open  market, the  rate  of  discount  for  three 
months' bills  was  IV4  ^  cent  At  Frankfort, Uni- 
ted States  new  Ss  were  quoted  at  103%.  French 
Rentes  closed  at  106f.  30o.,  a  concession  of  30c. 
irom  the  closing  figure  of  yesterday.  To-day 
tbe  Bank  of  Eufiland  lost  on  balance  £67,000. 
Bar  silver  sold  in  the  London  market  at  57%d. 
^  ounce. 

The  sterling  exchange  market  was  firm  at 
$4  84Mi'S)$4  84%  tor  bankers'  60-day  bills,  and 
at  $4  85^i'S>$A  86  for  demand.  The  nmrket,  as 
usual  on  Saturday,  was  dulL 

The  gold  speculation  was  firm  and  the  price 
advanced  from  105V^  to  105%,  'with  final  trans- 
actions at  IOSMj.  The  market  derived  firmness 
from  the  loss  of  specie  by  the  banlcs  for  the 
week.  On  gold  loans  the  rates  ranged  from  4 
to  2  ^  cent  for  carrying.  There  were  no  ex- 
ports of  gold  coin  during  the  -week.  The  im- 
ports of  specie  will  not  be  announced  until 
Monday. 

Government  bonds  were  strong  a  nd  higher, 
under  a  good  investment  inquiry.  The  im- 
provement ranged  from  %  to  Mi  ^  cent,  and 
was  most  marked  in  new  1865s  and  1867s,  the 
former  selling  up  to  110'4,  and  the  latter  to 
II3V4.  New  Ss  were  firm  at  110i^'®110%.  Sixes 
of  1881  sold  at  113  for  registered,  and  at  112%  ® 
112%  for  coupon.  Railroad  mortgages  were 
strong.  New-Jersey  Central  Firsts,  new,  ad- 
vanced to  103Vt>-s>104;  Milwaukee  and  St  Paul, 
La  Crosse  Division,  to  97^6  ;  New-York  Central 
coupon  Firsts  to  117  V^  ;  Union  Pacific  Firsts  to 
104%,  do.  sinking  funds  to  98.  Toledo  and 
Wabash  Firsts  to  92,  ez-coupon,  and  Mll-waukee 
and  St.  Paul  Consolidated  Sinking  Funds  to  82 Ms. 
Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph  Convertibles  fell  off  to 
85  Vi.  St.  Louis  and  Iron  Mountain  Firsts  de- 
clined from  9814  to  98.  State  bonds  were  firm. 
Connecticat  6s  brought  111^.  Missouri  long 
6s  sold  at  IO5V4 ;  do.,  Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph 
issue  of  1887,  at  104%  ■2(105%.  and  Virodnia  Con- 
solidated, ex-matured  coupons,  at  67 1,4 .  Sales 
of  District  of  Columbia  3.65s  were  made  at  72 
■a)72V4. 

The  following  is  the    Custom-bouse  return  of 
the  exports  of  specie  from  the  port  of  New-York 
to-day : 
Feb.  1 — Steatn-sbip  "Wieland,  London — 

Silver  Bars 

Feb.  3 — Steam-sbip  Weser.  London — 

Silver  Bars 

Mexican  Silver 

Feb.  3— Steam-ship  Cellio.  Liverpool- 
Mexican  Silver  Coin 18.486 

Gold  Bars 5,00U 

Total «228  486 

United  States  Tbeasuey.     \ 
2SKW-YOEK.  Feb.  3.  1877.  j 

Gold  receipts $777,340  53 

Gold  payments 1,002.830  97 

Gold  balance 69,120.197  10 

Gnrrency  receipts 896,725  14 

CurrepcV  pavnients 552.181  33 

(Jurreocv  balance 43,346.688  12 

Customs 329,000  00 

CLOSING    QUOTATIONS — FEB.  3. 

Fridav^  Saturday. 

Atneri  can  eol  d 105  y^  105^ 

United  States  5s.  1881,  coup UO^s  110%: 

United  Stales  5-208.  1867    conn 1123t  llS^e 

Bills  on  London.. ..84  84ia'®t4  84%.    84  841a'3t4  84% 

New- York  Central 101%  lOl's 

Rock  Island lOlSg  10114 

Pacific  Maa 251*  SSOg 

MilwaukeeandSt.  Paul I8I3  19 

Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Pref 4838  49^4 

Lake  Shore 54%  5478 

Cbicaso  and  North-western 35  35 

Cbioaco  and  North-western  Pret 55%  55% 

Western  Union 76%  76i8 

Union  Paei tie fcSifl  tfOi* 

Delaware.  Laclt.  aod  Western 69  GU^ 

New-.Ter8ev  Central 26  26% 

Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal 61  61i<ii 

Morrisand  Essex 90     ,^;     90 

Panama 183  12:i 

Erie 9%  V^ 

Ohio  and  Mississippi 7  b'^e 

Uarlein U-^'-i  1403* 

hanalbaiandSt.  Joseon 12  13 

Haooibal  and  St.  Joseph  Pref SS^s  26I4 

MicblKan  Central 46%  47 

Illinois  Central.. 53  59 

The  extreme  range  of  prices  in  stocks  and 
the  number  of  shskrea  sold  are  as  follows: 


$113,000 

85.000 
5.000 


Ho.  of 

bharea 

1.034 

100 

30,200 

100 

1.715 

.1.928 

1.465 

7.600 

14,400 

11.900 

655 

100 

4,970 

300 

400 

100 

300 

9,300 

1,100 

500 

58.650 
5U0 

11,000 
100 
100 


islced. 
123  ifl 
113 14. 
113'8 
108  Og 
10858 
IIOI9 
llOifi 
II3I4 
11314 
117 
117 
110^8 
11438 

'  110  Ta 
iio'a 
107 19 


The  fbUowinir  u  the  ClearlDK-hoase  steto- 
ment  to-day: 

CORvncy  eze1ua«M |7».  1X19.839 

Onrrenoy  balaaoM 4.465,D60 

Qoldexotaakces 10.17a0S7 

GoldbaUooes 1,337,033 

The  fbllowing  ia  the  weekly  Cleariag-bouse 
fttatement :  « 

Corrency  exchanges f45a3B2.566 

Cnrrenov  tmlaaoea 28,080.774 

Child  exchanges 61,485.141 

Goldbalanaes 7.484.933: 

The  following  were  the  bids  for  the  variooi 
State  seoniities: 
Alabama  5a '83 3319 


Hishest.  Lowest. 

New.  rork  Central 102ia  101 13 

Erie 9*8  913 

Lake  Snore 54'''8  5413 

North-western 35  35 

North-western  Preferred 55%  55ia 

Koctc  Island lOlig  lOli* 

Mil.  &  St.  Paul 19I8  18»9 

Mil.  &  SU  Paul  Pret 491*  48''8 

Del.,  Lack.  &.  'We.fwrn ei'^s  68% 

New-Jersev  Central 2T  25 

Delaware  &  Hud.  Canal 60%  60ifl 

Chic.  Bur.  &  Qalncy II6I3  116^ 

Michiean  Central 47^  46^ 

Illinois  Central 52  do's 

UnlonPacific 66I4  66 

Chieago  &  Alton 101%  101% 

Iron  Mountain III4  11 

Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph 13  11^ 

Hannibal  &.  St.  Josapb  Pref.  S6I4  24ia 

Ohio  &  Mississippi 6^8  6% 

Western  Union 76'8  'S^g 

Atlantic  &  Pacifio  Tel 15%  15ifl 

Pacific  Mail 2568  24^8 

Qaick>ilver IS'e  IS'a 

Aiuer.  Mer.  Union  Express..  59  SS'^s 

Total  sales .151.417 

The  folio sving  were  the  oloaing  qnotatioas  ot 
Government  bonds: 

Bid. 
United  States  oarrencvOd I2314 

United  States  6j.  1881.   registered lU^e 

Dialed  States  63.  1831.  couoons 113 03 

UDitedStateb5-203.  1865.  renstered..  10838 

Unned  States  5-308.  1865.  coupons 1083a 

United  Slates  5-20s.  1865.  new.  res IIOI4 

Uniteo  States  5-20a.  1885.  new,  coup.-.llOi* 
United  States 5-208.  1867.  reeistered..113i8 

United  States  5-20a,  1867.  coupons. 113^8 

Uuited  States 5-SOs.  l»6S,  rezistered..ll6 

UnitAd  States  5-30S.  1868.  coupons 116 

United  States  10-40s,  regiatered llOSg 

United  States  10-40S,  coupons 114ia 

Onited  States  5s.  1881.  reeistered llOSs 

United  Stares  5a,  1831.  couoons. 110% 

United  States  4^33, 1S31,  registered. ..107^ 

The  Sub-Treasure  disbursed  in  gold  coin 
$85,000  A>r  interest,  $456,000  far  called  bonda, 
and  |5,700  silver  coin  in  exchange  for  iraotionai 
currency. 

Tne  following  were  the  gold  clearings  by  the 
National  Bank  of  the  State  ot  New-Turk  to-  ^ 
day: 

Goldcleired .....|S9.943.000 

Gold  balances I,976":a0 

Cnrrannv  hal«M«g. ....,, .,,,., ,,,,.,,,,,,  ,  S)^0^St869 


Alabama  58. '86. 331$ 

Alabama  8e. '86 3315 

Alabama  tts.  '03 16 

Ark.  68.  funded 27 

Ark.7s.L.K.&F.S.i8.,  9 
Ark.  78,  Mem.  &  L.  R.  9 
A.7S.L.B..P.B.&N.O.  9 
ArK.78.M.0.&R.EIv.  9 
Ark.  7s.  Arte.  Cen.B.    9 

Georgia  OS 93 

Georgia  7s,  n.  b lOS^s 

Georgia  7s,  gold  bds.l05i« 
Ilhnois  coup.  68.'79..101is 
Illinois  War  I.oan..l02 

Eenfocay  Bs 102 

Louisiana  68 40 

Louisiana 68.  n.  b....  40 
La.  6s.  new  FI.  Obt.  <0 
La.  7s.  Peaitentiary.  40 
La.  68,  Levee  bonds.  40 
La.  88,  Levee  bonds.  40 
La.  8s.  JL,.Bs.  of  '75..  40 
La.  7s.  Consolidated.  63^ 
Michigan  68,  -78-79.. .101 
Michigan  68,  '83 103 


Mo.  6a.  due  in  '77. 
Mo.  6s.  due  in  '78....i01 
Fund.  08, due -94.5..  105 
Lone  os..'82to'90in.l05 
H-&St  J.,  due '87.-104% 


N.  Tj  8s.  G.  B..  'ST-llS 
Jf.C.Os.  Old. J.  &  J..  21 
N.  C.  6s.  A.  &0.:...  21 
N.C.68.N.C.B..J-&J.  69 
N.C.63,do.o.otr.T.&J.  45 
N.C.6s.do.cotf  A.&0  45 
N.C.6S.  Fde  Act  '66.  15 
N.C.  68.  Fd'«  Aot'68.  15 
K.  0.  new  bds.J.&  J  U 
N.C.newbd8„A.&0  11 

K.O.  S.  T.  clasal 2ia 

K.  C.  S.  T.  olaas2....  S 
N.  C.  S.T.  clasaa...    2 

Ohio  68.  '81 104 

Ohio  6a  '86 Ill 

Rhode  islanu  (is 110 

S  C.  6s 361a 

S.C.  6s.  J.  &J 36 

S.  O.  68.  A.  &0 36    , 

S.  C.  6s,  F'K  Act  •  66.  36 
S.  C.  L.  C..'89.  J.&J.  45 
S.C.L.C.. '89.  A.&O.  45 

S.  C.  7s,    '88 35 

S.  C.  Non.  F.  bs £% 

Tenn.  6s,  old 43 

Tenn.  6s.  n.  b 4213 


lOOlfl  Vireinia6j.  old 30 

Vlr(rlnia6s.n.bds.'66.  30 
"Virginia  tJ3,n.bd8. '67.  30 
Va.61.  Con.  Bonds.  79 
VirginiaSs.  ex  m'o  c.  67^ 


N.  Y.  Bee.  B.  L. 101 13  Va.  69.  Con.  Sd  s 37% 

N.  Y.  Coup.  B.  L-.-lOl^a  Virginia 63.de£.  ods.  7 
N.  T.  68,Can.L'n. '77.106  jDls.  of  C.  3.65s.  1924 .  72 
N.  Y.  6s,  C.  L..  '78.  .106     iDis.  of  C.  Bee 72 

And  the  following  for  railway  mortgages: 

CIqv.  &  Tol.  S.  F...108 
Clev.  &  ToL  new  bs.105 
Clev..P.  &  A..old  bs.l04ia 
Clev..P.&A..new  b8.107% 
Buf.&  Ene  new  bds.7.07^ 
B.  &S.  L.  7s 104 


Alb.  &.  Bus.  Ist  bd8.109ia 
Alb.  &.  Sub.  2d  bd(..101i2 
B.,  H,    &  Erie   G'd.  14 
B.,  C.K.&M.lst78.g.  38 
C.  &Ohio  6b  1st....  26 
Chic.  &  AL  Slnk.F..100 
Chic.  &  Alton  Ist... 115 
Chic.  &Alt.  Income. 105 
La.  &  Mo.  Ist.  etd..  81 1^ 
C.B.&O.S^?' ct.,lst.llli2 
C,  B.  &  Q.  Con.  78.  IIOI4 
C.B.L&P.SF.i.6s.'95.  99 
C.  B.  OfN.  J.  Istn..l04 
C.E.ofN.  J.lstCon.  76ia 
C.  B.of  N.J.lstConv.  73 
L.  &  W.  B.Con.  G'd.  55 
M.&S.P3d.7  3-lOPD.  .105 
M.&SP.l8l78,tg,ItD.  94 
M.&S.P.  Ist;  LaC.D.  97 
M.&S.P.lstt<kM.D.  86 
M.  &  St.  P.lst  L&D.  83 
M.&St.P.r8t.H.&D.  83 
M.&.St.P.  IsLC.&M.  97 
M.  &5t.  P.  Con.  S.F..  -81 

M.  &S.  P.21I 90 

Chic&N.  W.  S.  F..106 
C.&N.W.  Int.  bds..l04 
C.  &  S.W.  Con.  bds.103 
C.  &  N.W.  Ext.  bds.lOO 

C.  &N.  "W.lst 104% 

C.  Se.  N.  W.  C.  G.  bds.  92 
Iowa  Midlandlst8s..93 
tralena  &  Chic.  £xt.l06 

Pfcuin.latCon 103 

Chlcatro  &  Mil.  1st.. 106 
Wloona  &  St  P.  lat  80 

Winona  &  St. P. 2d,.  72 
Del..  L.  dB  W.  2d....l08 
Del..  L.  &  W.  7s.  C..102 
Mor.  &  Essex  1st...  117 
M.  &E.  7s.  of  187L.101 
M.  &E.  Ist  C.  6..-100 
Erie  1st  Extended..  110 

Erie  2d  78.    "79 104i8 

EneSd.  7s.  '83 IO4I9 

Erie4th78   '80 102 

Long  Dock  Bonds.. 105% 
E.&  S.J.Land  G'nia.llO 
H.&St.J.  83.  Con....  85I2 
Dub.  &  Sioux  Cist.. 105 14 
lnd..Bloom.&W.lst.  20 
M.  So.  7  4P'c..  2d.... 102% 
M.a<fcN.LS.F.7  ^p-ouiogis 

And  the  following  for  City  Bank  shares: 


KaL  &  W.  Pig.  Ist. .  85 
D.  Md^T.l8t7s.  1906.. 105 

L.  S.  Div.  bds 10734 

L,  S.  Cons.  C.  Ist... 107 
Marietta  &  Cin.  1st. 105 
Mioh.C.Con.7n.l902.103    ■ 
Mich.  C.l8  t8s.  '82.  SF.112 
N.  T.  Cen.  68.'83....104i3 
N.  Y.  Cen.  6s.  '87...  105 
N.  T.  Cen.  6s.  Sub. .102 
H.T.C.&  Hud.lst.C.  11733 
N.  Y.  Cen.  69  1st  R.116'3 
Hud. R.7s.ad.S.F. '65.114 

Harlem  1st  78.  C iW^q 

Barlein  1st  7s.  B iWg 

N.  Missouri  Ist 98 

Ohio  &  Miss.  Cons..  87 
Ohio  &.M.  2d.  Cons.. -50 
Cen.  Pac.  Gold  bde.. 10789 

West  Pacific  bs. 100 !« 

Union  Pac.  isi 104H 

Union  Pao.  L.  G.  78.10-2'f8 

Union  Pac.  S.  F 97I3 

At.  &  Pac.  L.  G 10 

So.  Pac  OS.  ot  Mo.. 
PacK.  of  Mclst.... 
Pac.  R.ot  Mo.  2a... 
P.,  Ft.  W,  &C.  2d..ll2i4 
Ciev.  <feP.Con.S.F..110ia 
Clev.  &P.  4th.  S.  P.  105 

Col..  Chic.  &.Ind.  Ist.  35 
St.  L.  &S10U  M.  1st.. 97 13 
A.  &  T.  H.  2d  Pref..  8612 
T..  P.  &W.  E.   D....  671a 
T.P.&W.  l8t,W.  D...86 
To!.&:  Wab.  l8t,Es.l03 
Tol.  Wab.  Ex  Coup.  91 1« 
Tol.&.W.lBt.St.L.D..  81)1* 
T.  &  W.  Eq'p.  bds..  16 
T.&W.Cons.  Conv.  52 
Gt.  West.  1st.  '88. ...100 
Gt.  "West.  Ex  Coup.  90 
Gt.  ■We8t.t2d.  '93....  72 
ni.  &  So.  lowsi.  Ist..  85 
tlls.<feS.Ia.  Ex  Coup.  70 
W.  U.  bds..  1900.  C.  1041a 


73 

96 19 

89 


America 130 

American  ExciiaDge.lOSi^ 
Baks-'&Brks.' Ass'n  80 

Central  National 101 

Chemical 917 

Commerce 109 

Continental 68 

Corn  Exchange 129 

First  National 200 

Fourtn  National lea's 

Fulton 150 

Fifth  Avenue 212 

Gallatin  National 1 12 

German- American . .  70 

PHUiADULPaiA   STOCK  PBIC&S FEB. 


Imp.  &  Traders' 183 

Leather  Manutact's'.lliO 

Manhattan 131 

Market 109 

Mechanics' 135 

Merchants' 118 

Metroiiolitan .134 

New- York 116i« 

Pbenix. 94 

Shoe  and  Leather..  .125 
State  ot  N.  X.  (new). 12-2 

Tradesmeik's 130 

Union 130 


Citv6s.  New 

TTnited  Railroads  ot  JSew-Jersev--- 

Penns ylvania  Bailroad 

Reading  Railroad 

Lehigh  Vallev  Railroad 

Catawissa  Railroad  Preferred 

Pbiladelobia  and  Erie  Bailroad. ... 
Scliuylkill  NavigatloQ  Preferred... 

Northern  Central  Kailroad. 

Leiilsrh  Narieation 

Oil  Creek  and  Allegheny  Bailroad. 

HestonTille  Railway 

Central  Transportation 


Bid 

Asked. 

112  t 

II214 

139 

140 

4638 

46  ia 

1458 

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47I3 

47^ 

34 

36 

1338 

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10 

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71a 

17  Ifl 

17% 

38% 

39 

CALIFORNIA  MINING  STOCKS. 
San  Francisco,  Feb.  3. — The  following   aro 
the  closing  ofScial  prices  of  mining  stocks  to-day: 


Alpha..,. 

Belcber 

Best  and  l>eicber 

BniUon. 

Consol.  Vireiula. . 

California 

Choll^ 


204iKosBUth 

8'-2|K.entuck 

34  In  Leopard 

16^4  Mexican . 

49i<il  Northern  BoUe.... 

4634|0verman 

09      Ophir 

Coutidence 834'iKiiymondaud  Kly. 

Caledonia. SStjcJilver  Hill 

Sava,<e  . . 
7 
12 

214 
4 


Crown  Point. . 

Kxcheouet 

Gould  ana  Curry 

Hale  and  Xorcross . . . 

Imperial - 

Julia  Consolidated. . 


Justice 14 


4.^t 
17  ia 
'25 

as  la 

U6 

5% 

7^: 

^ 8^ 

.Seg.  Belcher 62 

Sierra  Nevada 8U 

Unioo  CkiaaoUdated..  9^9 

YeUow  .lactet 15ia 

Eureka  Coosolidated.  19^ 


FOREIGN  MARKETS. 


LOKDON.  Feb.  3.-12:30  P.  M.— United  States 
bonds,  1867s,  109%. 

The  rate  of  discount  for  three  months'  Dills  In  tbe 
open  market  is  1 14  ^  cent.,  which  is  %  ^  cent,  below 
the  Bank  of  Kiieland  rate. 

1:30  P.  M.— Paris  advices  quote  6  ^  cent.  Bentes  at 
106f.  40c  for  the  account.    New-Tork  Central,  99  ig- 

2:30  P.  M.— United  States  bonds.  18078.  110. 

8:3U  P.  M..— Tbe  amount  of  bulUou  withdrawn  from 
the  Bank  of  England  on  balance  to-ilay  is  £67.000. 

6  P.  M. — Par:8  advices  quote  6  ^  cent.  Rentes  at 
106f.  SOc.  lor  the  account. 

Paris,  Peb.  3. — EzckauKe  on  London,  25£  IS^ac  fot 
short  Bifiht 

FBA3tK»>BT,  Feb.  3.— United  States  Bonds,  new  5s, 

10388. 

LiTKBPOOL,  Feb.  8. — Pork — Eastern  firmer  at  80s.; 
Western  dull  at  638.  Bacon— ('nmberiand  Cut  dull  at 
.S93.;  Short  Bib  dull  at  428.  Od..  Lone  Clear  dull  ai 
4l8.  Bd.;  Short  Clear  dull  at  428.  6d.  Hams— bong 
Cut  dull  at  48s.  Shoulders  dull  at  338.  Beet— 
India  Mess  dull  at  908.;  Extra  Mess  dull  at  107s.: 
Prime  Mess  dull  at  80b.  Lard— Prime  Western  dull 
at  61b.  6d.  Tallow— Prime  City  dull  at  428.  6d. 
Turpentine — Spirits  dull  st  328.  6d.  Besln — Commoo 
dull  at  6s.;  Fine  dull  at  lOs.  6d.  Cheese — American 
Choice  stead V  at  71b.  Lard  Oil,  none  In  the  market. 
Flour— Kxtra  State  dull  at  26s.  Wheat— No.  1  Spring 
dull  at  lOs.  8d.;  No.  2  Spnnj:  dull  at  lOs.  4d.;  Winter 
Southern,  none  m  the  market:  Winter  Western  dull 
at  lOs.  Hi.  Corn— Mixed  Soft  dull  at  28a  tor  old  aud 
25s.  6d.  for  new. 

12  M.— Cotton— The  receipts  to-day  were  15.000 
bates,  of  which  10,600  hales  were  American.  Futures 
l-32d.  cheaper;  Uplands.  Low  Mludliae  :  clanae.  Feb- 
maryand  Uarch  delivery.  6^d.;  also,  sales  sf  the  sam« 
at  6  l9-32d.;  Uplands.  Low  Middling  clause,  March  aud 
April  delivery.  6  23-32d_ ;  also,  sales  of  the  sameat 
€  ll-16d.;  Uplands.  Loir  teiddllnir  clause.  April  and 
May  delivery,  6  13-16d.;  also,  sales  of  the  same  at 
6  2°7-32d.:  also  sales  of  the  same  at  6  13-16d.;  Uplands. 
Low  Hlddlina  clause.  May  and  June  delivery.  6  '29-32d.: 
Uplanda,|Low  MiddllnK  clanso.  June  and  July  delivery, 
6  31-32(1.:  also  salee  of  the  same  at  7d.:  Uplands.  Low 
Miadiing  clause.shipped  March  and  April,  sail,  6 15-16d. 

1:^30  P.  M.— Cotton— The  marKst  is  flat  and  Irreeu- 
lori  Middling  Uplands,  6*4d.:  Middling  Or  eans, 
6  10-16d.;  sales  5.000  bales,  including  1. 000  bales  for 
Bitecnlatlon  and  export.  Uplands,  Low  If iddtlng clause, 
June  and  July  delirerv,  6  Sl-3'2d. 

1:30  P.  M.—Provl8ion8— Bacon,  418.  6d.  ^  cwt.  for 
Long  Clear  Middles,  and  428.  6d.  ^  cwt.  for  short 
Clear  Middles.  Cotton— Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause. 
Slarch  and  April  delivery.  8  2S-3-la. 

V.iO  f.  H.— Cotton— Ot  ttie  sales  to-day  3,800  bales 
were  American. 

2:46  P.  M. — Cotton— Futures  steadier ;  Uplands,  Low 
Hlddlina  clause,  April  and  May  dellverv,  6  27-32d. 

liOitPOH.  Feb.  3 — 0  P.  M.— Produce — Retined  Petro- 
leum. 15  ^d.  49'  gallon.  Spiriu  of  Turpentine,  82s. 
^^cwt 

ANTWBBP,  Fetk.  3.— Petroleum,  &0>af-  for  fine  palf 
American.  ^^^^^^ 

A  MISSOVRI  INCIDENT. 

The  St.  LoTiia  Bepubliean  prints  the  follow- 
ing :  **  A  tarrible  lynching  afiiilr  occurred  on  Tues- 
day nigbt  laat  at  a  point  near  Snnnegan's  Grore,  In 
YemoD  County,  about  five  and  one^half  miles  north 
of  Milford  and  about  seven  miles  west  of  Monte- 
vallo,  at  a  bouae  known  as  the  Back  Markbaia 
House.  A  Mr.  Markbam,  a  brother  of  the  one  who 
lived  there,  bad  recently  eome  in  from  Texas,  and 
was  staying  with  tbe  family  of  his  brother.  Another 
gentleman  from  Milford,  Wilson,  was  also  there, 
bavins  put  up  for  tbe  niebt  About  8  o'clock  in  tbe 
evenlnK  two  strange  men  came  to  tbe  bouse  and 
asked  permission  to  warm,  which,  of  course,  was 
IcrantedL  Thev  sat  down  for  a  while  and  then  arose 
as  if  to  go,  and,  turning  to  the  Texas  man,  aaked  if 
hta  name  was  not  Markham .  He  said  that  it  waa. 
upon  which  they  drew  revolvers,  aad  saiaUig  bim 
drew  bim  out  ol  tbe  bouse,  aad,  after  abootiag  bim 
foar  times,  haneed  him  to  an  ciak  tree,  dead.  Four 
other  men  were  in  the  yard  and  prerented  any  as- 
sistance by  Mr.  Wilson  or  thg  brotner  of  tbe  uofor- 
tonate  man  by  threatening  instant  death  and  dis- 
playinz  revolvers.  No  cause  has  been  assigned  for 
tbe  terrible  transaction.  It  is  t>elievod  bv  some  to 
be  parties  from  Texas ;  others  say  it  wsb  cue  work 
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■    HEW  PUBLICATIOJIS. 

TBE  PAPAOT  AND  THE  CIVIL  POWER 

SHSPAPAOY  AHD  THB    CIVIL  'POWBB.     Bt  HL    VT. 

TBowiosr.  He-sr-York:  flARMta  k  Brothbm. 
This  work,  xrhioh  cannot  fail  to  awaken 
interest  and  dlaonsaion,  was  -written  for  tbe 
purpoge  of  oaUiag  ~  attention  to  the  rapid  in- 
ireaae  of  Cathqllsiam  in  ti)ia  eeantrr  and  to 
the  '*  irrepressible  oonfliofc"  between  the  doz- 
naa  of  the  Papal  Churoh,  as  set  forth  by  the 
last  Eonmeoioal  Cooncil,  and  the  prinoiples 
apon  which  our  poUtioal  institutions  are 
founded.  In  his  opening  chapters  the  author 
brings  forward  an  impofiinf  array  of  statistic  s 
Ihat  are  caleulated '  to  alarm  those  who  hold 
chat  the  rapid  multiplication  of  the  number  ot 
Dur  Boman  Catholic  citizens  and  the  increase 
»f  their  iofluenoe  in  political  affairs  most  of 
leoessity  be  fraught  with  danger  to  the  Com- 
monwealth. ;  Mr.  Thompson,  it  is  true,  dis- 
slaima  the  character  of  an  alarmist,  and  evi- 
dentlj  endeavora  to  maintain  throuKhout-hia 

work  a^positiou  ot  calm  historioal  iavestiea- 
tion ; .  but,  although  his  strong  Protestant  bias 
is  observable  on  every  page,  it  cannot  be  de- 
oied  that  he  adduces  a  mass  of  facts  in  sup- 
port of  hia  Views  that  i  eonstitute  a  weighty  ar- 
gument against •:  the .  Papal  Church  in  its  rela- 
fton  to  the  State,,  and i that  may  well  awaken 
ineasiness  in  the '  minda  of  all  who  believe,  as 
<he  majority  of  Americans  do,  that  civil  liberty 
cau  only  exist  in  a  commuDity  where  the 
affairs  of  Church  and  State  are  held  apart  by 
Uearly  established  constitutional  barriers. 

The  line  of  argument  which  the  author  pur- 
ines may  be  very  properly  divided  into  three 
beads :  The  first  based  upon  a  numerical 
lumuary  of  the  representatives  of  the  Papacy 
In  this  eountry  ;  the  second  on  a  series  vf  ex- 
tracts from  doctrinal  utterances  of  the  prelates 
pf  the  Church,  aad  the  third  upon  the  apparent 
results  of  the  various  alliances  that  have  from  , 
time  to  time  existed  between  Churoh  and  State. 

The  grow.th  of  the  Romish  Churoh  ia  the 
United  States,  which  Mr.  Thompson  regards 
with  80  much  alarm,  is  of  comparatively  recent 
date,  as  may  be  seen 'from  the  following  tabu- 
lar statement  drawn  from  trustworthy  sources  : 
Number  of    Protestants  j  in  ■  the   United 

States  in  1859 21,000,000 

Jfamber  of  Catbolicjt  iu  the  Uuited  States 

In  1359 8,500,000 

Itfmnber    of     Protestants    in    the    Uuited 

SUtesin  1868 27,000,000 

!N umber  of  Catholic*  in  (be  United  States 

In  1668 - 5,000.000 

According  to  this  shewing  the  ratio  of  in- 
prease  among  Catholics  is  much  larger  than 
that  among  Protestants,  and  when  the  number 
of  educational  institutions  under  ( the  charge 
pf  Catholic  teachers  is  considered,  there  is  cer- 
tainly groat  propriety  in  the  question  which 
the  author  so  frequently  reiteratea,  "  whether  or 
not  there  is  anything  in  the  demands  and 
teaoIiiBgs  of  the  Papacy  .which  required  that  so 
large  a  body  ot  the  citizens  of  this  country  shall 
put  themselves,  either  now  or  hereafter,  in 
opposition  to  tho  prinoiples  wo  are  endeavoring 
as  a  nation  to  perpetuate  1" 

In  answer  to  this  pertinent  i  inquiry, ,  the 
reader  ia  invited  to  consider '  certain  extracts 
from  recent  Catholic  periodicals  which,  .  sub- 
fectedto  a  clear  analysis  of  their  meaning,  ccr-. 
tainly  do  not  appear  to  bear  the  light  as  they 
ought  to  do.  The  doctrine  of  unhesitating' 
obedience,  as  it  is  taught  in  the  Boman  Church, 
is  a  familiar  idea  to  all  Protestants,  yet  so^ 
persistently  have  Papal  oasoists  put  forth  the 
idea  ttiat  the  obedience  claimed  was  in  regard 
to  spiritual  matters,  and  never  demandea  iu 
opposition  to  legal  obligations  binding  on  the! 
subjects  of  any  non-Catholic  Government,  that ' 
the  community  has  naturally  been  slow  to  real- 
ize the  precise  meaning  <  of  the  tone 
adopted  of  late  in  many  Catholic  publica- 
tions. Yet  the  Catholic  World  of 
New- York,  a  very  influential  perlod- 
oial,  in  an  article  in  which  the  relative  impor- 
tance of  human  and  divine  laws  is  discussed, 
has  not  hesitated  to  assert  that  "  no  matter 
what  human  law,  what  private  interests,  what 
dreadtul  penalties  may  stand  in  the  way — Qod 
must  be  obeyed.  ■  oonacionce  followed,  duty 
must  be  done.  <,  The  authority  of  the  State 
must  be  braved,  human  affections  must  be  dis- 
regarded, life  must  bo  laonfioed,  when  loyalty 
to  truth  and  the  will  of  Qod  requires  it."  This 
might  not  appear  so  startling  if  it  were  not  re- 
tnembered  that  the  Boman  Church  claims  the 
right  to  direct  the  conscience  of  its  members, 
^nd  therefore  no  law  can  be  binding  ualeaa 
indorsed  by  the  conscience — i.  e.,  the  Church. 
But  lest  we  should  be  left  in  ^any  \  ddUbt  ■  upon 
the  subject,  another  Catholic  essayist  tells  us : 

"  Withdraw  the  Muvrtmaey  of  the  Church  iiaai  the 
temporal  order,  and  yon  deprive  the  State  of  that 
sanction;  bf  asserting  that  it  does  not  hold  from 
G-od,  and  is  not  amenable  to  bis  law,  yon  give  the 
Btitte  simply  a  Auman  6a«w,  and  have  m  it  ooly  a 
fiuman  authority,  whleb  baa  no  right  to  govern,  and 
wblcn  it  IS  intoltrabU  tyranny  to  compel  me  to  obey."- 

By  our  form  of  government  all  the  laws  have  • 
their  source,  both  theoretically  and  practically. 
In  the  will  of  the  people,  and  are,  therefore,  of  ^ 
human  origin,  i  The  Constitution  of  the  United , 
States  was  ordained  and  established  by  the 
people  "in  order  to  form  a  more  perfect  union, 
establish  justice,  insure  *  domestic  tranquillity,, 
provide  for  the  common  defense,  promote  the  > 
general  welfare,  and  secure  ^theblessinga',  of; 
liberty  to  ourselves  and  our  posterity."  These  ' 
are  the  expressions  of  the  honored  document, 
and  considered  collectively  they  include  every- 
thing necessary  to  the  happiness,  prosperity,' 
and  elevation  ot  a  nation ;.  and.  with  the  su- 
preme and  sovereign  authority  of  the  American . 
people  to  preserve  them  for  a  century,  they. 
have  thus  far  proved  mere  oonduoive  to  these 
ends  than  any  of  the  forms  of  government^ 
where  Kings  or  Popes,  or  potentates  of  any  > 
name  or  rank,  have  had  the .  management  of 
affairs.  -  That  this  statement  is  no  delusion  is, 
abundantly  proved  by  the  present  condition  of 
the  world  and  the  practical  results  before  us. 

It  would   certainly  be  unjust  to  say  that 
among ,  the   number  who  cherish  this    belief 
there  are  not  many  Catholio-  laynaen,  and  now  ] 
and  then  a  priest, ,  who  .  have   found  shelter^ 
under  our  institutions  from  European :  misgov-. 
emment  and  monarchical  oppression.    There; 
are  undoubtedly  many  of  this  class  whom  it 
would  be  difficidt  to  persuade  that  the  Papacy  ^ 
is  in  any  way,< endeavoring  ^ to   substitute  an, 
ecoleeiastioal  government  in ^ the  place  of  our' 
Bopublio.  ^  Bestrained  by  the  sincerity  of  their 
own  intentions  from  snspectine  others,  they 
never  stop  to  inquire  to  what .  probable  or  pos-,-. 
Bible  point  they  may  l>e  led  by 'the  uninquiring  i; 
obedience  to  their  hierarchy  which  ia  required ' 
of  them.  .  During  f  the  .  late ;  rebellion  i^many  of 
this   class  ^  went !  into  9  theV  national  .  armies y. 
willingly  and  promptly,  and  were  as  br»ve  and, 
Eealons  as  any  othors  in  defending  the  nation's ' 
life  and  the  integrity  of  the  Union.    But  it  can- 
not be  denied  that  the  direct  tendency  during  _ 
that  orisis  of  all  that  came  from  Borne  was  to 
give  aid  and  encouragement  to  those  who  were 
endeavoring   to  overthrow   the  Oovernment. 
Audit  is  equally  true  that  the  open  avowals  of 
i^e  Pope,  so  far  as  thoy  were  designed  to  have 
political  significance,  had  also  the  same  effect. 
Gbi  no  other  way  can  the  faot  be  explained  that 
BO  large  a  number  of  Boman  Catholic  priests 
in  this   country '  aympathised  <.  with    all    the 
measares  wliioh  were  designed  to  break  np  the . 
Union  f^^A  destroy  oar  institutions. 
.    That  part  of  liis  volome  which  Mr.  Thompson 
devotes  to  the  examination  of  the  real  origin  of 
the  temporal  power  of  the  Pope— whether  it 
waoi  ae  Catholics  allege,  o^nferrad  upon  St.  Pe- 
ter by  the  founder  of  Ctmstianity  Himself,  or 
b  simply  the  oreatidh  of  an  ambitions  and  in- 
triguing hierarchy— -cannot  fail  to  interest  ev- 
mty  itodent  of  ohuroh  Idstaty.    Anthoritiea  on 
&to    point  ate'^mnok  AonAiied,  yet  ti>«  sn- 


truth  may  be  disMTered  tbroagh  oil  the  wytba 
and  tablm  that  havo  been  woven  into  it 

There  is  nothing  upon  which  eoclesiaatical 
and  seoular  historians  better  ag^ee  than  tliat 
dunng  the  times  of  primitive  Christianity  the 
spiritual  atd  temporal  juriadiotiona  remained 
distmot,  ©ttoli  ixeroisinc  authority  only  over 
those  matters  which  pertained  to  itself.  It  is 
difficult  to  account  for  a  denial  of  this  faot  ex- 
cept upon  ttie  ground  of  Ignorance  or  mendaoi-. 
ty.  The  dutinoUon  was  preserved  for  a  num- 
ber of  centuries,  even  iu  relation  to  jurisdiction 
over  heretics,  wliich  moro  immediately  con- 
cerned the  Church  than  anything  of  a  seoular 
nature.  The  most  disturbing  element  in  the 
early  Christian  Church  was  Arianism.  This 
was  condemned  by  the  Council  of  Nice,  in  325, 
because  heresy  was  within  the  spiritual  juris- 
diction. But  the  Council  did  not  undertake  to 
proliibit  the  circulation  of  Arian  books,  because 
that  belonged  to  the  temporal  jurisdiction,  and 
was  left  to  Constantino,  the  Emperor,   who  did 

It  bj  inperial  edict    la  the  same  manner  the 

CouBoil  of  Ephesus  condemned  the  heresy  of 
Nestorius,  but  left  the  circulation  of  his  books 
to  be  prohibited  by  the  Emperor  Theedoeius. 

The   second  Council  of   Constantinople,  in   553, 

declared  Eunomua  to  be  a  heretic,  but  it  was 
the  Emperor  Arcadius  who  suppressed  his 
books  by  imperial  law.     Says  Mr.  Thompson  : 

"All  these  councils  are  recognized  by  the  Roman 
Chnrob  as  ecnmeoical,  bd<I  as  having  possessed  tbe 
hignest  iorlsdiction  and  authority  in  tbe  Churoh — 
a  fact  never  anthorltativelv  impeached  nntil  tbe  de- 
cree of  Papal  intallibility  was  passed  by  the  late 
Lateran  Conocil.  It  will  not  do  for  a  Papist  to  eay 
that  tbsse  oonnoils  did  not  properly  understand  and 
deflpe  the  true  relations  between  tbe  spiritual  aud 
tbe  temporal  power.  And  he  presumes  greatly 
upon  tbe  popular  ignorance  who  asserts  that  tbey 
were  ehaoged  until  that  result  was  produced  by 
Papal  nsurpatlona." 

At  the  beginning  of  tho  eighth  eentury, 
Pepm,  subsequently  King  of  France,  held  tho 
position  of  "  Mayor  of  the  Palaeo"  under 
Childeric  III.,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Clovis 
the  Great.  Inspired  by  ambition,  ho  deter- 
mined, if  possible,  to  place  the  crown  upon  his 
own  head,  and,  being  imwilling  to  proceed  by 
force,  he  conceived  the  brilliant  idea  of  bring- 
ing to  his  aid  the  authority  of  the  Church  of 
Rome.  Negotiations  wore  entered  into  with 
Pope  Zaohary,  who,  seemingly  unoonseious  of 
hia  obligation  not  to  employ  the  sacred  influ- 
ence of  religion  for  the  advancement  of  worldly 
and  ambitious  ends,  entered  into  the  schemes 
of  Pepin  with  the  greatest  alacrity.  Without 
hesitation  ho  declared  that  it  was  the  will  of 
Grod  that  the  latter  should  dispossess  Childerio 
of  the  crown  and  wear  it  himself.  In  the 
event  of  success,  it  was  only  natural  .that  tho 
Pope  should  look  to  Pepin  to  reciprocate  the 
obligations  he  was  under  to  tho  Holy  See. 
History  shows  that  they  were  not  repudiated  ; 
for  in  754  Pepin  compelled  tho  Lombard  Kinc 
by  the  force  of  hia  armies  to  hand  over  to  the 
occupant  of  tho  Papal  chair  a  portion  of  the 
Lombard  territory,  which  enabled  the  Pope  to 
assume  at  ones  ,tho  state  of  a  temporal  sov- 
ereign. Pepin's  example  was  followed  by  hi  a 
son  Charlemagne,  and  various  additions  were 
made  from  time  to  time,  ov  different  sover- 
eigns, to  that  portion  of  Italy  known  until  re- 
cently as  the  Papal  States. 

From  the  time  of  Pepin,  Mr.  Thompson  goes 
on  to  trace  the  winding  course  of  European 
politics,  and  show  bow  far  the  fate  of  nations 
has  been  influenced  by  the  ecclesiastical  power 
at  Borne.  According  to  his  opinion,  much  that 
■ia  diaaatroua  and  revolting  in  the  history  of  tho 
oirilized  world  maybe  directly  traced  to  tho 
wickedness  and  corruption  that  had  their  centre 
in  the  Papal  hierarchy,  which  arrogated  to 
itself  the  right  to  direct  tbe  spiritual  and  tem- 
poral destiny  of  all  mankind.  Particularly  does 
ho  instance  Franco.  Writing  about  tbe  time 
when  that  unhappy  country  lay  prostrate  before 
the  armies  of  Prussia,  he  saya: 

"TbrouEh  the  alliance  betireen  Zachary  and 
Pepin,  and  tbe  sabiequent  dooation  of  the  latter  to 
tbe  Cburcb,  be  scquirod  tbe  title  of  'the  favurite 
son  of  tbe  Churcb,'  which  title  liaji  been  evpr 
since  applied  to  all  the  monarchs  of  France  who 
bave  remained  true  to  the  Church  aud  tbe  Paiiacy. 
He  was  also  repaid  by  tbe  pontihcal  hlossiui;,  aud 
fnm'sh^d  with  a  copy  of  tbe  canon  laws  of  tbo 
Cburcb.  from  which  It  was  designed  be  should  leant 
the  nature  and  extent  of  his  oblicatioDs  of  obedi- 
ence to  the  Pope,  and  tbo  necessity  of  iirescrviujt 
ttie  union  betweea  the  State  an<l  the  Church.  Most 
uofortnnate  ban  it  been  fur  France  tbat  this  code 
of  canon  laws  was  ever  asanutod  to  by  bor  grrat 
Kioe,  or  taKon  by  bim  into  her  dominions. 
It  tied  hsr  fast  to  the  car  of  tlio 
Papacy,  and  tbront^b  tribalation,  anguish,  revo- 
Intiou,  bloodshed,  and  ever^  form  of  snl}°erini:,  it 
has  at  last  pulled  her  down  into  the  abyss.  Tbe 
maznificenca  of  her  Rceaery,  the  irrandear  of  her 
cities,  the  fertility  of  her  'soil,  the  beauty  of  bur 
climate,  the  brarery  of  her  armies,  the  lienms  of 
her  children,  all  combined,  could  not  excite  in  tbe 
minds  ot  her  people  a  sufficient  sense  of  thair  own 
manhood  to  sava  her.  AVith  her  tato  sealed  to  tbat 
of  tbe  Papacv,  Hhe  and  it  bave  sunk  into  a  common 
erave.  When  her  dav  of  resurrectloD  shall  come, 
she  mnat  clothe  herself  in  new  lobes,  leave  tbe 
papal  wreck  to  decay  amid  the  dObris  of  tallen 
aod  lost  nations,  coustmct  with  bet  own  bauds  a 
new  grandeur,  and  place  her  people  where  they  yet 
deserve  to  be — far  forward  iu  tbe  ranks  of  those 
who  know  what  it  is  to  shelter  aud  protect  them- 
selves by  institntiona  ot  their  own  creation,  with- 
out the  aid  of  Kings  or  Popes,  or  any  other  of  tho 
'mediaeval  forms  of  tyranny. 

In  regard  to  our  own  country,  one  of  the 
strongest  points  in  Mr.  Thompson's  argument  is 
drawn  from  tbe  response  of  the  National  Coun- 
cil of  the  Roman  Catholis  Hierarchy  of  the 
United  States  to  the  Encyclical  and  Syllabus 
'  ot  1864.  Up  to  that  time  infallibility  was  no 
less  a  dosma  of  the  Chnrch  than  it  is  now  ;  but 
it  was  differently  dopoaited.  It  waa  the  in- 
tallibility of  the  Churoh  when  actinj;  through, 
and  oy  means  of,  the  representative  authori- 
ties it  baa  recognized  for  ages,  that  is,  council  a 
and  Popes,  coi\jointly.  But,  through  the  action 
of  the  last  Ecumenical  Council,  the  authority  of 
the  Church  ia  concentrated  iu  the  hands  of 
.the  Pope  alone,  at  the  expense  of  the 
representative  feature  in  the  Church 
economy.  And  lest  there  should  be 
any  doubt  in  regard  to  the ;  ground  this 
decree  is  intended  to  cover,  the  Syllabus  dis- 
tinctly states  tbat  it  does  not  appertain  "to  the 
civil  power  to  define  what  are  the  righta  and 
limits  within  which  the  Church  may  exercise 
authority,"  and  that  its  authority  must  be  de- 
cided upon  by  itself,  that  is,  by  the  Pope,  and 
^exercised. ''without  the  permission  and  assent 
of  the  civil  Government."  Yet,  in  the  pastoral 
letter  of  the  National  Council,  tbe  American 
prelates  took  the  earliest  occasion  after  the  ap- 
pearance ot  the  Syllabus  to  show  not  only  that 
they  fiilly  eomprehended  its  meaning,  but  that 
the  Pope's  reliance  on  their  fidelity  was  not 
misplaced. '  Starting  with  the  premise  that  as 
"  all  power  is  of  God,"  there  must  exist  some 
delegated  authority  upon  earth, which,  repre- 
senting God,  must  constitute  the  tribunal  of 
last  resort,  this  reatarkable  document  goes  on 
to  explain '  that  upon  this  tribunal  alone  all 
absolute  power  ia  conferred,  no  matter  what 
the  form  of  government.  And  whatever  of 
authority  the  civd  magistrate  may  possess 
must  of  necessity  be  derived  ftom  this  divinely- 
inspired  source.  Thus,  according  to  the  "  Catho- 
lio system  of  Government,"  which  is  explained 
at  some  length,  because  it  has  this  divine  au- 
thority through  the  Churoh,  and  not  in  itself, 
"the  State  is  bound  to  recognize"  the  Boman 
Catholic  Churoh  as  the  sole  depository  of  the 
delegated  power  to  decide  what  lawa  ahall  be 
obeyed  and  what  disobeyed. 

It  requires  little  pause  for  reflection  to  see 
how  directly  a  "  Catholic  system  of  Govern- 
ment "  thus  constructed  would  conflict  with 
the  existinK  civil  institutions  of  the  United 
States  ;  yet  we  cannot  agre»  with  Mr.  Thomp- 
son in  believing  that  in  the  event  of  our  Go vem- 
meut  being  swiped  or  even  controlled  by  Catho- 
lio influence,  we  should  again  experience  the 
horrors  of  the  Middle  Ages,  or  be  called  upon 
to  endure  the  re-establishment  of  the  Inquisi- 
tion. Much  that  is  laid  to  the  credit  of  the 
Churoh  ef  Bome  must  have  arisen  out  of  the 
atata  of  oiviiization  .  dunng  that  period ;  and 
even  in  the  heat  of  diacuMion  it  i«  well ,  to  re- 
jn«nb«r  that  o«rtMution  WM  W  oertainljia 


ohara«terlst{o  of  the  early  Proteataut  Churoh 
as  it  had  ever  been  of  tbe  Catholic.  On  the 
other  hand,  it  cannot  be  denied  that  there  ia  a 
source  oi  great  danger  in  the  establishment  of 
a  hierarchy  in  the  United  States  whose  busir 
neas  it  ia  to  inculcate  doctrinea  that  are  ap- 
parently so  totally  at  variance  with  the  princi- 
ple ef  self-government  upon  which  our  insti- 
tutions rest.  Certainly,  as  Mr.  Thompson 
urges,  it  is  tbe  duty  ot  every  loyal  citizen,  be 
he  Bomanist  or  Protestant,  to  interest  him- 
self in  the  inquiry  to  what  extent  our  civil  and 
religious  liberties  may  be  threatened  by  the 
present  rapid  advance  of  Catholicism  in 
America. 

ALFRED  B.  UTREET. 
Things  move  so  fast  with  us  that  celebrities 
have  to  be  continaally  in  the  front  rank  or  they 
are  Jostled  outof&iubt.  In  picking;  np  the  Biider- 
saal  der  Jfelt-liUratur  of  Dr.  Johannes  Scherr,  a 
volnminons  German  novelist  aud  essayist,  residing, 
wehelieve,  in  Switzerland,  we  come  across  some 
translations  of  poems  by  Alfred  B.  Street,  which 
are  nsed  to  fill  part  ot  the  American  continKent  in 
the  aforesaid  picture-ball  of  world  literature.  Be- 
fore the  war  this  would  not  bave  attracted  any  es- 
pecial notice,  but  row  Mr.  Street's  name  13  a  remi- 
niscence. There  are  Bryant's  "Thanatopsis."  Lonz- 

fellow'a  "Excelsior,"  Drake's  "American  Flag," 

and  Street's   "Settler." 

But  Holland  has  also  done  honor  to  Mr.  Street 
while  his  own  coantrymon  were  forgetting  him. 
Bnddingh,  a  scholar  and  antiquarian  of  the  Nether- 
lands, has  much  to  sav  in  his  praise  in  a  publication 
of  hia  travels  in  the  United  States,  while  a  London 
periodical  says  of  "Frontenac "  by  his  hand  : 
"We  can  best  give  an  idea  of  Mr.  Street's  pro- 
duction by  saying. that  it  resembles  one  of  Cooper's 
Indian  romances  thrown  Into  sweet  aud  varied 
verse."  Vaperoan  also  mentions  Mr.  Street  iu  his 
Dictionnaire  Univertel  des  Contemporains.  The 
following  few  lines  from  "  A  Forest  Walk  "  show 
Mr.  Street's  habit  of  looking  at  nature  : 

"A  narrow  vista,  carpeted 

With  rich  green  crass,  invites  my  tread  ; 

Here  showers  the  llebt  in  golden  dots. 

There  sleeps  the  shade  In  ebou  spotd, 

So  blended,  that,  the  very  air 

Seems  network  as  I  ei]ter  there. 

Tbe  partridge,  whose  dreep  rolling  drum 
Afar  has  sounded  ou  my  ear, 

Cea'fing  its  boatioss  as  I  come. 
Whirrs  to  the  sbelteriog  branches  near." 


LIIERARY  NOTES. 


— Mr.  Murray  announces  that  Dr.  Henry 
Sehliemann's  Discoveries  on  the  Site  of  Ancient 
Mycence  is  In  press. 

— E.  P.  Button  &  Co.  will  republish  the  late 
Frederick  W.  Kobertsou's  Notes  on  Oenesi*.  and 
Dr.  J.  B.  lluzloy's  Ruimg  Ideas  in  Early  Ages,  at 
an  early  da3'. 

— The  Centennial  Afonument  is  the  title  of  a 
new  dramatic  work  by  Nathan  Appleton,  tho 
recent  foreign  correspondent  of  the  Boston  Olohe, 
which  Luckwood,  Brooks  •&  Co.,  will  publish  at  an 
early  day. 

— The  first  portion  of  Tourgu<Sniet'8  new  novel 
s  agreeable  reading  to  the  socialiats,  and  bean  a 
ititle  which  is  best  rendered  to  English  readers  by 
the  French  word  NouveauU,  and  which  means 
rather  young  men  than  new  things. 

— Keligious  people  and  others  arc  bringing 
the  Oriont,  by  meams  of  sketobea  of  tra  vel,  almost 
to  our  very  doors.  The  lacoat  anuoancotneut  is  tbat 
Rev.  Prof.  S.  C.  Bartletf,  of  Chicago,  has  nearly 
ready  for  the  press,  as  tho  result  of  his  Journey  to 
the  £asr,  a  volume  gathering  up  bis  own  observa- 
tions, and  the  results  of  what  hns  been  diaeovsred 
and  advanced  bv  others  no  to  the  present  time,  bear- 
ing on  the  story  of  Israel  in  Egp/t.  the  Exodus,  and 
the  Wanderings.  It  will  have  the  title  On  the  Track 
0/  Israel. 

— Mr.  Bernard  Quaritoh  is  the  prince  of  cata- 
logue makers,  and  bis  monthlr  statements  of  the  rare 
old  i>ooks  and  manuscripts  in  his  famous  London  col- 
lection are  tbe  most  interesting  reading  which  many 
people  ever  see.  His  Catalogue  No.  306,  for  Janu- 
ary, 1877.  No.  15  Piccadilly,  West,  London,  whets  the 
appetite  of  tbe  book-eol lector  more  than  almost  any 
thing  which  has  conio  to  hand  tor  a  long  time,  and 
Mr.  William  Downing,  Nd.  74  New  street,  Birming- 
ham, England,  is.su«s  original  catalogues  wbicli  are 
hardly  less  intvrestiug. 

^-Itoberts  Brothers,  Boston,  will  publish, 
•  bout  tbe  middle  of  February,  £«af«'  Poetical  Works, 
edited  by  Lord  Iluughton,  who  bus  done  many 
graceful  things  in  literature,  but  nothing  more  so 
than  hia  recent  leading  ot  the  ceremonies  at  the 
unvailiog  of  the  Burns  statue  in  Glasgow.  They 
will  publish  at  the  snaas  time  the  third  vnlume  in 
their  series  of  Lindor's  Imaginary  Convtrsations, 
which,  OQtsido  of  the  expensive  but  complete  Lon- 
don edition,  in  eight  volumes,  is  the  best  edition  yet 
brought  ont  in  this  country. 

— The  "  No  Name  Series"  has  been  successful 
as  a  huslness  veuture  and  as  a  literary  secret. 
Deirdri  is  the  only  volume  whose  authorship  is 
known,  and  even  that  might  bave  been  kept  hidden 
had  DOt  a  certain  critic  by  too  fulsome  praise  set  all 
the  blue-stockings  aod  quidnuncs  in  Boston  agog  to 
guess  the  authorsbig.  So  far,  it  is  true  that  a  pub- 
lisher can  keep  a  secret  like  a  woman.  Toe  author- 
ship ot  Kismst  is  not  yet  truly  gnssaed,  and  who  is 
the  author  of  the  forthcoming  Orsat  Match  and 
OtAer  3fatcAe«,  tbe  next  volume  iu  this  series,  is  a 
question  it  is  almost  hopeless  to  ask. 

— The  chief  article  in  the  February  Magazine 
of  American  History  is  Edward  F.  De  Lanoey's 
paper  on  the  capture  of  Fort  Washington  in  1776, 
in  which  he  proves  conclusively  from  documents 
now  for  the  first  time  made  public  that  this  im- 
portant post  fell  througn  tho  treachery  of  an  Ameri- 
can officer.  Rev.  Charles  F.  Biird  furnishes  a 
sketch  of  the  first  Huguenot  Pastor  of  this  City, 
aod  there  is  an  original  account  of  the  French  ex- 
pedition against  St.  John's,  Newfoundland,  in  1705. 
If  this  periodical  goes  on  making  those  "  finds  "  in 
American  history,  it  will  be  entitled  to  the  gratitade 
of  Bcliolars  and  readers. 

— Henry  C.  Baird  &  Co.  will  publish  next 
week  OutJtn**  of  an  Industrial  Science,  by  David 
Syme,  editor  of  The  Argus.  Melbourne.  They  have 
just  published  an  important  work  by  Prof.  William 
D.  Wilson,  of  Cornell  tJniversity,  on  The  First 
Principles  of  Political  Economy,  vith  Reference  to 
Statesmanship  and  the  Progress  oj  Oiviiization. 
It  is  a  12mo.  booic  of  nearly  430  pages, 
and  grew  ont  of  Prof.  Wilson's  lectsres 
to  college  students  delivered  some  20 
years  ago.  The  work  was  evidently  a  growth  in 
tho  writer's  mind,  and  Prof.  Wilson  thinks  that,  if 
it  has  any  merits,  they  are  the  careful  order  and 
arrangement  of  the  topics  trsated,  tbe  clear  and 
precise  definitions  of  the  primary  faots  and  princi- 
ples, and  certain  broad  generalizations  which  havo 
great  scientific  Interest  and  practical  value.  Br. 
Wilson  is  a  veteran  teacher,  and  his  works  on  logic 
and  other  snblects  are  valuable  treatises.  If  it  shall 
be  found  that  ha  has  made  political  economy  a 
clearer  subject  to  students  in  and  out  of  college,  bis 
impretending  book  will  serve  an  exoelieni  purpose. 

— Porter  &  Coates,  Philadelphia,  havo  the 
following  works  nearly  ready  for  publication :  Har- 
riet Martiueau's  History  of  England  from  the  Com- 
mencement  of  the  nineteenth  Century  to  the 
Crimean  War,  in  four  volumes,-  A  Plea  for 
Art  in  the  House,  with  epouial  reference 
to  tho  economy  of  collecting  works  of 
art,  and  tbe  importance  of  taste  in  education 
and  morals,  by  W.  J.  Loftie,  author  of  In  and 
Out  of  London;  Suggestions  for  House  Decorations 
in  Painting,  Wood-work,  and  Furniture,  by  Rhoda 
aud  Agnes  (jrarrett;  At  the  North  Pole,  the  vovages 
and  adventures  of  Capt.  Haiteras,  by  Jules  Yerne; 
The  Desert  of  Ice,  tbe  further  adventures  of  Capt. 
Hatteras,  by  the  same  author  :  the  "  Jules  Verne 
Library,"  including  these  and  three  other  volumes 
of  Yerne's  wonder  stories,  already  published ;  and 
Philadelphia  Illustrated,  a  sketch  of  the  City,  Fair- 
mount  Park,  public  buildings,  and  industrial  es- 
tablishmeots.  The  same  publlshera  bave  also  in 
preparation  a  cheap  edition  of  Wilson's  American 
Ornithology.  This  Is  tbe  Joinc  production  ot  Alex- 
ander Wilson  and  Charles  Lncien  Bonaparte,  and 
gives  the  natural  history  of  tbe  birds  of  the  XTnlted 
States.  It  will  contain  S6  full-page  Illustrations, 
and  all  tbe  figures  of  birds  which  are  in  the  larger 
edition.  The  nroduction  of  this  work  at  a  moder- 
ate pilcela  one  volome  wiU  do  much  to  forward  tbe 
study  of  natural  history  and  protect  the  birds  from 
destiuotion  both  in  country  and  town.  Still  an- 
otber  enterprise  undertaken  by  this  bouse  is  the 
"  Frank  Nelson  Series,"  by  the  author  of  Gun-boot, 
Bocki/  MourUain,  &o.,  giving  breezy  sketches  of 
life  In  tbe  woods  and  out  of  doors.  Tho  first  vol- 
ameoftfais  series  is  oalled  AtOMcd  Up.  and  the 
seoocd— which  is  i"**.  pabH*''*'<w*a  iVoni  A^on 
Jn  th$  JFttntalt^ 


COMPASSIONATE  ISRAEL 

TBE  JEWS'  CARE  FOR  ZBMR  POOR. 

SOCIBTIBS    COMPOSING    THE     "  UNITKD    HK- 
BBBW  CUARITIKS" — ^ISRABLITISH  INSTI- 
TUTIONS —  THB     ORPHAN     ASYLUM  —  A 
MODEL  INDUSTRIAL  SCHOOL — HOME  FOE 
THE    AGBD— BIKUR     CHOLTM'S     WORK — 
MUNIFICENT    PKIVATE   BBNBVOLtCNCE — 
A  GLORIOUS  BKCOKD. 
"  As  rich  as  a  Jew  "  runs  a  proverb  familiar 
the  world  over,  an  idle,  baleful  saying,  tbat,  more 
than  any  other  ssntenoe  ot  equal  lengtli,  has  served 
to  incite  tbe  popular  prejadice  against  that  ancient 
race.    Bat  there  is  some  excuse  for  its  thoughtless 
acceptance  and  use  by  the  masses.     Scarcely   any 
Christian  ever  sees  a  poor  Jew,  and  many  persons 
will  find  it  difficult  tu   believe  that  the  ''  chosen 
people"  have  not  some  strange  immunity  from  tbo 
woes  of  impecuniosity.    Folks  who  Jump   at  con- 
clusions from  the  mere  surfaue    facts   that    coma 
within  their  observation,    and   those   who   mistake 

shallow    knuwledga    for     intuitive     perception, 

will  readily  asamu  that  Jews  attain  their 
supposed  uniformity  of  competence  by  a 
selfish  devotion  to  sordid   avarice,  a  univeraally 

successful    "  spuilioK    of    tho    G  utile."       To    him, 

however,  whu  looks  deeper  into  tho  causes  of  their 
seeming  general  prosperity,  it  will  be  apparent  tbat 
there  is  among  them  such  widely  liberal  charity, 
such  noble  benevolence  and  hearty  recognition  of 
tbe  tieaot  a  common  humanity,  as  practically  exor- 
cises the  demon  Waut  from  the  humblest  Jewish 
hearths,  aud  that  this  brotherhood,  which  should 
bave  been  their  ciown  of  glory  in  all  ivges  aud  in 
all  lands  wbitber  they  have  been  scattered,  has,  in- 
stead, served  to  give  birth  to  the  bitterest  and  most 
undeserved  reproaches,  and  even  calumnies,  against 
them.  Tbe  Jew  may  well  be  proud  of  the  faot, 
conspicuous  to  every  inquiring  intelligence  to-day, 
tbat  tbe  native  nobility  of  soul  in  his  race  has  been 
great  enough  to  resist  the  blighting  influence  of 
centnrlos  of  ostracism,  persecntlon,  and  wrong,  and 
tkat,  instead  of  developing  him  into  averylsh- 
maelite,  "  hia  hand  against  every  man,  and  every 
man's  hand  against  him,"  he  has  still  been  able 
to  apply  to  all  maakind  tbat  sublime  teaching 
ot  his  faith  that  "  charitv  is  but  Justice."  His 
charity  "  beiflns  at  homo,"  it  is  ti-ne,  but  does  no(, 
like  tbat  of  most  of  those  who  ai>plv  tbat  rule,  end 
there.  Here,  iu  New- York,  ho  not  only  keeps  to- 
day tho  pledge  made  to  Gov.  Stuyvesant,  to  take 
care  of  hia  own  poor,  but  his  hand  is  opened  wide 
to  help  hts  Christian  brotber  provide  for  his  also. 
Many  thousands  of  dollars  annuallv  find  their  way 
from  Jewish  pockets  to  tho  cufiors  of  .St.  John's 
Guild,  tbe  Gurniau  Sooioty.  the  Gtirman  Hospital — 
which  was  iu  large  part  built  by  tbe  con- 
tributions of  wealthy  Hebrews— and  njany 
other  cbaritablo  organiZHtious  and  enterprises 
npoa  which  no  nor  none  of  bis  ever 
make  any  claim.  His  responses  to  tho  ex- 
traordinary dt'iuauds  of  the  siiliering  upon  ooca- 
sious  of  ereat.  e:ueri;tiiicy — iucli  o.s  tbo  Cbicagoflre, 
the  yullow  fever  n'uguu  last  Summi-r  iu  the  South, 
the  famines  uu<l  inuudations  in'lEurope — have  al- 
ways beuu  amoug  the  most  liberal.  Hut  the  pur- 
pose of  this  article  i-j  not,  a«  this  plain  statement  of 
fucts  uiight  make  it  tiiu.s  far  soeui,  a  mere  gluridc:i- 
tion  of  tho  general  beiiovoleuce  ot  the  J«w.  It  is 
rather  the  giving  dI  sumo  ri'liable  intormutiun  con- 
corning  tho  meaui  by  which  lie  so  well  cares  lor 
Ills  needy  ilud  1  ffliot«d  that  lUo  Ciiristiaii  li  novor 
burdened  by  thuai,  aud  is  sc^iuely  ever  couscious  of 
their  oxisteuoe. 

Tne  Jew.s  are  very  old  rrsidents  iu  New-York. 
A  fair  sprinkling  uf  them  came  over  to  New-Am- 
sierJaiu  with  tlm  Hollaiidcr^.  Hut  they  were  nut 
welcome.  Oiii  Stuyvesant,  the  Guvernor,  did  not 
snare  iu  the  liberal  views  of  William  of  Orange  con- 
cerning them.  He  wrote  BT>me  tor  )\ermi8sion  to 
esclude  them  from  his  province;  ho  taxed  them 
t:uormou8lv  who  1  ho  was  not  permitted  to  kick 
them  our,  reiusud  them  trade  rights,  dL^ed  them 
ueeils  when  they  buuKht  housi'»r'^'''eveu  deuiud 
(bum  a  burial  ground.  There  was  but  one  thin;;  that 
he  willingly  accorded  thum.  tlit<  right  to  takecaio  of 
tneir  own  poor,  ilisi  which  they  pledged  tiiomsi'lves 
to  di)  and,  as  hat  been  said,  have  uouc  evur  since. 
Iu  1CU6,  wbeu  they  built  their  fir^t  syuagogue  lu 
this  City,  there  were  only  20  Jewi.ih  families  hero. 
iSut  alter  that  date,  so  liberal  was  thotr  treatment 
and  so  thorough  did  tbo  recognition  ot 
their  equal  rights  wua  other  citizens 
gradually  become,  that  their  numbers 
Very  rapidly  increased.  To-day  the  Jewish  popu- 
lation of  New-York  numbers  over  7j,000;  coniprisus 
some  of  our  wealthiest  aud  most  inierpritiiog  nier- 
cbauts,  maunlaoturers,  aud  bankers;  i-t  deservedly 
prominent  lu  its  reflnemeut  aud  uiilightenxd  pat- 
ronage of  art,  literature,  and  science  ;  aud  for  Its 
worship  occupies  no  less  than  3U  syuagouoes,  some 
of  which  art)  of  great  magnidceuce.  All  that  is  on 
the  surface.  Let  us  hrb  what  Is  hpnoatb,  the  good 
o(  which  tbe  Jews  prsve  themselves  capable,  and  of 
ubicb  tuey  make  no  parade. 

THEIR  SOClETH;.S  OF  CHAKITY   IX  NEW-VOIIK. 

Thi  ir  oldest  cbaritabl)-  urganizitlou,  the  Hebrew 
Bi'uuvuleni  Society,  was  organiz'sd  as  long  ago  as 
ISii.  Up  to  that  tune,  whenever  a  Jew  appeared 
who  needed  aid,  bis  coreIi;:ioui8ts  supplied  it  liber- 
ally by  jirlvato  douatuma  without  auy  formality. 
But  in  lb;:'),  one  who  iiad  beeu  a  soldier  iu  the 
Amerio.in  war  of  ludepeudeuce,  then  old,  poor,  and 
n  struugor,  die^l  lu  ili'»  Cuy  Hospital,  leaving 
nnrxoeuiloii  some  f3Wi  of  the  money  roo- 
tribuied  by  his  brethren  for  bis  rsic-. 
The  possession  ot  that  money  scggittei  to 
some  liberal  Jewish  citizens  of  Portaguise  and 
Kuglish  extractiou  thn  nlca  ot  makiui:  11  tho 
nucleus  of  a  iierinaneut  fund  to  bid  tho  needy. 
That  was  tbo  stoi't  of  the  association  mentioned,  lu 
la22.  It  was  uot.  however,  until  ten  yeiirs  Ii»ter  tbat 
ii.  waa  incorporated  bv  aut  oI  tlie  Lei^islature.  Ju 
1845  tbe  next  oldent  of  those  societies,  the  German 
Hebrew  Benevolent,  which  was  also  known  as  tbe 
ISociety  of  Brotherly  Lovu,  came  into  being,  aud  lu 
1359  these  two  oruauizations  were  oousoliUatcd. 
Their  uuited  funds  amounted  to  nearly  92S,0OU, 
with  wircb  tbey  at  ouuu  proceeded  to  estaulish  a 
Jewish  Orphan  Asylum,  further  reference  to  which 
will  be  mado  in  auocbur  part  of  ibis  article.  Tue 
Hebrew  Booevolent  Society  has  now  about  2,500 
members,  of  whom  some  80D  are  "patrons,"  con- 
tributing (25  per  annum  vaob,  while  the  dues  of 
the  others  are  but  $10  each  per  annum.  Their  re- 
ceipts fiom  all  sources  during  the  pa^t  year  were 
|9J,114  Sid.  and  tbey  floured  up  tbe  cheering  back- 
ing of  $127,331  49  available  assets  be»idei>.  Last 
year  they  uouatod  (IG.OOO  iu  cash —about  tbclr  an- 
nual quota — to  the  central  confederation  of  charita- 
ble societies,  haying  that  sum  to  spare  trum  niaiu- 
talning  the  Orphan  Asylum.  Tho  present  Presi- 
dent is  Mr.  Jesse  Seligiuan. 

Tho  Hebrew  Buuevo^eut  Fuel  Association  was 
organized  about  10  years,  ago,  for  purposes  suCU- 
oieutly  set  forth  by  its  title.  It  has  about  500  mom- 
bersuuw,  aud  some  idea  of  iho  exteut  ef  its  beue- 
i'actiuus  may  ho  icainud  from  the  fact  ot  its  distiibu- 
tion  ot  4-i5  tons  of  coal  already  this  Winter,  through 
the  cemral  orgauizaiiuu.  Mr.  S.  Kuthscbild  is 
President. 

The  L;idies  Hrbrow  Benevolent  Society  of  York. 
villc,  organized  five  years  ago,  has  "200  members, 
who,  in  adiii.lon  to  private  charitable  work  of  their 
own.  contribute  aunually  (500  to  the  uses  of  tbe 
central  orguuizittioo.  JUrs.  !M.  L.  SliegUtz,  Is  their 
presiding  oflloer. 

The  liebrew  Relief  Society  dates  hack  fully 
30  years.  It  was  lormed  among  the  memhers  ot  the 
Portuguese  Jewish  Congregation  "Shearitb  Is- 
rael," who  are  not  ouly  very  liberal  in  malutaining 
tbeir  own  poor,  but  donate  {500  per  annum  to  tbe 
general  charities  ot  the  central  body.  Mr.  H.  S. 
Aileu,  is  President. 

The  Young  Ladies'  Charitable  Union  was  started 
about  five  years  ago  for  the  explicit  purpose  of  sup- 
plying snoes  to  tbe  poor.  It  has  now  150  members, 
aud  douaies  $500  anuuollv.  through  the  central 
organization,  to  relievo  tbe  wants  of  tho  bare- 
footed.   Miss  Bella  Kichmau  la  its  President. 

The  Ladies'  lienevolout,  Society,  Gates  of  Prayer, 
is  an  organizitlon  within  tbe  body  of  Key.  Dr.  Meu- 
des'  congregation,  Shaaray  Tefila,  and  was  louuded 
about  15  years  ago  with  the  ostensible  purpose  of 
lurnisbing  groceries  and  coat  to  tbe  destitute.  Now, 
however,  lis  members  apply  themselves  to  the 
general  relief  i>f  their  own  poor,  and,  in  addition, 
contribute  tSOO  anunally  to  the  central  work  of 
charity.    Mrs.  H.  Morrisou  ia  President. 

The  six  societies  named  send  delexaies  to  a  cen- 
tral cou federation,  which  systematizes  and  applies 
relief  in  the  most  thorough  mauoer  among  the  Jew- 
ish poor  all  over  tho  City.  The  first  named  has  a 
dozen  representatives,  the  second  but  two,  aud  tbe 
others  ouly  one  each.  This  gives  a  board  of 
idgbteen,  whose  orgaciaatloa  is  known  as  tbe 
Board  of  Relief  of  the  United  Hebrew  Chari- 
ties. Their  offices  aro  at  No.  13  St.  Mark's  place. 
In  a  general  way,  it  may  be  said  ibat  their  system  ot 
benefaciious  resembles  that  adopted  by  other  organ- 
izations of  kiudred  obaracler.  Tbo  City  is  divided 
iuto  eighteen  districts,  aud  auy  application  for  relief 
is  refeiTud  10  the  delegate  in  charge  of  the  partic- 
ular disttict  from  which  the  demand  is  made.  That 
delegate  must  visit  the  applicant,  thoroughly  inves- 
tigate the  case,  and  consoiennouiiiy  report  thereon  to 
the  JBxecutivs  Committee,  which  meets  every  Tues- 
day evening,  ana  by  that  body  tbe  relief  is  ordered, 
Iu  affording  relief,  tbe  object  in  view  is  not 
tho  mere  determination  of  how  little  tbe  Impover- 
ished person  can  be  put  off  with,  but  what  he  or 
she  actually  needs,  and  that  arrived  at,  the  re- 
quired assistance  is  promptly  afibrded,  whatever 
may  be  its  nature  or  amount;.  Not  only  are  dollars, 
tons  of  coal,  articles  of  clothing,  bedding,  &c., 
provided,  but  aid  is  given  to  render  the  poor  Jew 
self-supporting,  Sewlng-maohiues  are  furnished, 
'  employment  Is  found,  material  for  small  handi- 
crafts is  often  supplied — nothing,  in  short,  is 
left  undone  to  maintain  as  far  as  possible 
tbe  personal  independence  and  self-reliance  of 
tbe  person  assisted,  the  oharity  accorded  being 
so  given  that,  instead  of  bumiliatiou  in  its  act:ep^ 
ance.  the  recipient  may  feel  ooly  a  sense  of  happi. 
ness  aud  encouragement  in  cue  tangible  proof  of 
brotherly  symiMtny.  Strangest  and  most  nnohns- 
tianlike  of  all  the  operations  of  the  United  lie. 
brew  Charities,  is  the  work  of  its  Loau  Commiu 
tee.  .These  eccentric  people  actually  lend  money 
lu  sums  of  from  |25  up  to  tlSO  to  help  pour  JewUn 
artisous  to  bu^  tools  and  small  outttt«  of  stock  for 
working  up  into  salable  ^tlcies  and  outfits  for 
tradlog — in  fact  for  every  way  ic  whlob,  nponf 
a  small  capital,  there  may  be  a  reasonable  hope  o 
eai°nlnK  an  honest  Uvelihood.  Where  a  larger  cap- 
ital is  required,  say  tl.  000,  tS.000,  13,000  or  95,000. 
tbat  too  will  be  promnily  forthcoming  irum  the  am' 
nle  means  of  prlTateludividnals,  who  take  pleasure 
in  thus  aiding  their  fellow-men.  Tbe  Loan  Com- 
mittee baa  not  sniholenc  tunds  at  it*  disposal  to  eu- 
*bl*it  tt)  nadertake  tfaesa  larKer  eoatraata  ia  ttane*. 


flcanue.  There  are  but  three  imperative  demanda 
made  of  one  who  desires  such  aid :  ITirst,  does  he 
really  need  it  t  Second,  is  he  of  fcc^d  morabobaracter  \ 
Third,  does  he  p oaseas  the  abilltv  to  make  a  good 
use  of  the  shekels  thus  intrusted  fb  him  I  Tbgde 
queries  satisfactorily  answered,  tbe  help  is  ready. 
Tbe  loan  is  made  to  him  without  interest,  often 
without  any  other  security  than  his  personaJ  obliga- 
tion, and  if,  throngh  misfortune  and  not  by  reason 
of  any  fault  ot  bis  own,  he  falls  to  realize  tbe  an- 
ticipated benefit  ftom  the  extended  aid  and  is  un- 
able to  repay  what  be  bos  borrowed,  be  is  n<'ii  there- 
fore debarred  from  further  assistance,  bat  Is  helped 
again  and  again,  looked  upon  rather  as  having, 
through  bis  misfortunes,  a  pecnllar  claim  upon  his 
brethren,  and  their  hands  are  all  the  more  open  to 
him  until  he  shall  have  oouquered  success.  But  be 
most  show  clearly  that  tbe  responsibility  of  failure 
does  not  lie  upon  him.  One  who  gambles  at  lotte- 
riet>,  drinks,  or  has  other  vicious  habits,  need  not 
hope  to  be  so  assisted. 

JBWIBH    BENEVOLENCE    DOES  MOT    WAIT    TO  BE 
SOUGHT. 

There  are  30  good  doctors,  in  difFerent  parts 
of  the  Citv,  ready,  npun  information  sent  from  tbe 
office  lu  St.  Mark's  place,  or  oven  tbe  suggestion  of 
a  District;  Delegate,  to  hasteu  to  the  bedside  of  any 
sick  Israelite  and  accord  bim  whatever  medical  or 
surgical  care  he  may  require.  Drug  stores  in  every 
ward  also  supply  any  ueeded  medicluos  upon  like 
recommendation,  and  uo  lack  of  comfort  or  nourish- 
ment is  permitted  to  be  felt  by  the  patient.  Nar- 
rowly trenching  upon  this  departnent  of  charitable 

efi'ort,  yet  distinct  from  it,  is  the  field  wb>ch  another 
society  of  Jewish  ladles  is  now  belag  oreanized  to 
occupy,  VIZ.,  the  care  of  women  iu  cimfineiueot. 
There  used  lo  be  such  a  society,  the  B'uai  Jesbu- 
ruD  Buuevolest,  but  it  was  uradually  merged  into 
auother  obaritable  enterprise    hereafter    to  be  meu- 

tiuued.  Tiie  new  cue,  it  ia  proooaed,  shall  work 
with  the  Uuited  Hebrew  Charities  confederation. 
It  will  supply  to  poor  Jewish  women  about  to  be- 
come mothers  meiiioal  attendance  aud  care  at  tbelr 
own  homes.  Doctor,  midwife,  clothing,  bedding. 
Wine,  nourishing  food,  mediciues,  aud  everything 
else  required  at  such  a  timo  will  be  provided. 

Ii  18  worthy  of  remark  tbat  Jewish  benevolence 
does  not  wait  to  he  sought  tmd  entreated — it  seeks 
out  opportunities  to  do  good.  As  an  illuslraliun  of 
its  methods,  the  daily  occupation  of  Mr.  Seligman 
Solomon  may  well  oe  cited.  Ten  years  ago  that 
gentleman,  finding  himself  in  pusaessiun  of  at  least 
Hulllcient  mcaus  10  meet  his  modest  wants  through 
life,  retired  from  business  and  devoted  himselt  to 
tt^e  service  of  the  poor  and  distressed.  Since  that 
time  there  has  scarcuiy  been  a  day  ia  which  he  has 
not  been  seen  exploring  tho  abodes  of  the  humbler 
classes,  seeking  everywhere  tor  needy  and  atrng- 
gliug  Jews  worthy  of  the  assistance  of  their  more 
lortunate  ou-religioniats.  Euteriug  a  crowded  tene- 
ment bouse.he  asks  if  any  Jews  live  there.  Should  a 
family  present  Itself,  oreven  an  individual  be  found, 
he,  by  a  series  of  kindly  inquiries,  learns  tbe  actual 
condition  of  the  person  or  persons,  aud  if  ho  fiuds 
help  advisable,  sues  that  it  is  readily  and  freely 
given.  Some  ho  personally  assists,  others  he  re- 
fers to  tbe  Uuited  Charities;  many  more  he  com- 
mands to  tho  care  of  wealthy  aud  benevolent  Indi- 
viduals, fur  Mr.  Solomon,  bo  it  remembered,  is  au 
oldand  bigbly-respected  member  of  the  rich  con- 
gregation of  the  Temple  !ii)manii-clj  men  worth 
their  millions  know  him  well  enough  to  have  im- 
plicit coufldence  in  bis  Judgment,  aud  are  sufficient- 
ly liberal  to  put  their  chtHiK-books  at  bis  disposal 
in  the  cause  of  Jewish  charity.  There  aro  other 
men  belonging  to  the  cougregatioos  who  do  like 
service,  but  none  ser-m  so  universally  known  as  he, 
none  appear  to  have  so  devoted  themselves  to  that 
enjoyment  so  well  expressed  in  a  German  poet's 
words — "  Tho  greatest  pleasure  of  all  pleasures  is 
to  help." 

To  L'lve  some  idea  of  the  extent  of  tbo  work  of 
tho  United  llubrew  Charities,  during  the  fiscal  vear 
ending  May  1,  1870.  tbey  distributed  S36,030"21  ; 
gave  away  V45  toes  of  coat.  716  pairs  of  shoes,  aud 
l.C-25  women's  and  children's  garments  ;  supplied 
10  poor  widows  with  se.wiog-mac'hinoa  ;  sent  241 
persons,  old,  invalid,  and  poor,  to  difierent  parts  of 
Ktirope  ;  cared  for  a  monthly  average  of  12  or- 
pbaus  ;  and,  in  mediciues,  nurses,  loaus,  and  other 
biuall  items,  managed  to  dispose  of  about  S3.0J0 
more.  Siuca  the  l»t  of  May  last  they  have  had 
l.dOU  applications  for  charity,  but  one  of  which  was 
retusea,  aud  that  was  made  by  a  fraud,  who  bad 
been  helped  ouce  before,  when  he,  as  was  afterward 
discororcd,  had  money  iu  bank.  Such  casus 
aro  extremely  rare.  This  year's  percentage, 
one  iu  1,800,  being  deemed  very  high.  During 
December  lodt,  ^3,552  78  and  SS4  tons  of  coat  were 
given  away.  Sixteen  persons  wero  also  forwarded 
to  their  homes,  of  whom  five  had  to  be  sent  to  Liv- 
erpool and  live  to  Sau  Francisco.  As  will  be  seen 
by  these  merely  iadicative  notes,  the  couiribntious 
of  the  seveial  societies  meutioued  do  not  supply  all 
tbe  "sinews  of  war"  for  this  central  organizaciou. 
The  balance  retinirod  is  furnished  by  large  volnu- 
tarv  coutriontiiiiis  trom  tho  several  congregations, 
aud  from  individuals  ontsiJe  the  synagogues,  ur  by 
roturus  Horn  eutertainmcuts  of  some  sort,  as  tor  in- 
stance a  grand  ball  last  month,  which  netted  fei.OUO. 
Hut,  wherever  the  money  comjs  from,  it 
is  never  lacking.  Not  ouly  is  the 
treasury  never  emptied,  but  each  fiscal  year  opens 
with  a  respectable  balance  on  hand.  Oue  thing 
more  connected  \»ith  this '•  out-door  poor"  work 
should  not  be  forgotten — tbo  Hebrew  Free  Burial 
Society.  Uanug  done  ail  possible  to  help  along 
the  distressed  brother  through  life,  the  Jew  does 
not  ruliuqiiish  bis  care  of  bim  until  he  is  respecta- 
bly iuteiren.  This  society  furnishes  hearses, 
coaches,  shrouds,  ootlins,  &c.,  a  comt>lete  outfit — not 
tor  What  imgbt  be  called  a  stylish  seud-otf, 
but  a  plain,  decent  fnneral.  It  has  a  bunal-ground 
uear  tbe  Cypress  Hills  Cemetery,  where  it  is  called 
upon  to  bestow  ou  au  average  something  over  220 
bodies  aunually.  Comparatively  tew  ot  these  are 
adultH,  so  ih.it  expenses  are  low,  averaging  proba- 
bly $10  for  each  funeral  at  the  present  time.  Three 
years  ago  the  average  cost  was  only  |7  81. 

This  much  havlag  been  said  of  tne  pablic  and 
most  prominent  organized  Jewish  forms  ot  relief 
for  tbo  poor  of  that  people,  let  us  see  next  what 
they  do  in  tho  way  «f  maintaining  charitable  lusli- 
tulions  of  their  own. 

THE   HEBREW   OKPnAN   ASYLUM. 

The  place  of  honor  may  well  be  aucordod  to  tho 
Hebrew  Orphan  Af^ylum,  under  tho  charge  ot  the 
eminent  Kov.  Dr.  Heriuau  Baar.  It  is  properly 
divisible  fir  purposes  of  consideration,  luto  three 
parts,  tbe  Orphan  Asylum  proper,  the  Industrial 
School,  and  (he  House  of  Reception.  Tho  first  of 
these  Is  a  hue  throe-atory  brick  huildiog.  oaoable  of 
accommadatiug  200  Inmates,  erected  in  1862  at  a 
cost  of  f5ii,000,  located  upon  a  plot  of  ground 
fronting  4u0  feet  on  Seventy-seventh  street, 
and  102  feet  m  depth,  given  by  the 
City.  Betweeu  the  institution  and  tbe 
Thii'd  avenue  is  a  large  garden,  beautiful  in  Sum. 
mcr  time  with  a  protusion  ot  flowers.  Oj  the  other 
side,  toward  Lexineton  aveauo,  is  a  play-ground. 
There  are  at  present  in  tbe  instimtlon  170  boys,  of 
whom  4.*}  are  between  the  ages  of  4  aud  7  years. 
These  little  fellows  are  taught  in  a  home  school, 
by  Mr.  Oppenbeimer.  Those  betweeu  7  and  16 
years  of  age  are  sent  to  the  common  schools.  Out 
of  70  boys  sent  from  this  instiiution  to  the  Sevcnty- 
ninih  Street  Grammar  School,  65  were,  ou  Wed- 
nesdav  last,  promoted,  and  of  these,  20  °'  iumped  a 
class  " — a  pretty  good  exhibit  of  tbeir  smartness 
and  capability  fur  learning.  After  gradu- 
ating iu  the  common  scuosls,  some  of 
them  are  provided  with  liomea  where  they 
may  learn  businusa,  others  are  apprenticed,  either 
in  the  Industrial  School  ortoartieaus  outside,  a  few 
are  adopted  by  childless  people,  and  the  brightest 
are  sent  to  college  to  prosecute  their  studies  still 
tuither.  Three  are  now  In  the  Now- York  College, 
all  of  whose  expenses  are  borne  by  this  institution. 
After  returuiug  from  tbe  common  schools,  tbe  bors 
are  instructed  daily,  from  4  to  6  o'clook,  by  Mi. 
Lazarus,  in  Hebrew  and  German.  They  also  have 
drawing  lessons  once  and  gymnastics  twioe  each 
week.  In  points  of  cleanliness  and  discipline, 
the  asylum  Is  a  model,  and  the  appearance  ot  the 
boys  is  sufflcienl  evidence  tbat  they  get  abundance 
of  good  food,  comfortable  clothing,  and  kiud  treat- 
ment. They  take  quite  a  pride  lu  their  appearance. 
Tu  cultivate  this  leellng  they  bave  been  drafted 
into  inirteen  military  oompaoles,  each  officered  from 
among  tbe  boys,  and  these  companies  pass  through 
a  rigid  iuspoctioa  each  morning,  to  see  that  every 
boy  18  clean,  tidy,  and  presentable  at  school.  Then, 
they  march  ofi' by  the  right  flank  to  tbeir  studies. 
A  brass  baud  baa  also  been  organized  among  tbe 
boys,  and  tbey  Jiave  learned  to  play  really  well. 
AU  the  clothing  aud  linen  used  in  tbe  Asylum  is 
supphed  and  made  up  by  tbe  Ladies  Sewing  So- 
ciety, 70  or  80  members  of  which  meet  here  every 
Wednesday  to  sow  from  10  A,  M.  to  3  P.  M.  for  this 
purpose. 

The  Industrial  School,  is  a  three-story  and  high- 
basement  building,  75  by  28  feet,  in  the  rear  of  the 
Asylum,  where  35  apprentices  are  taught  the  arc 
and  mystery  ot  printing,  and  nine  learu  tbe  traae 
ot  making  shoes.  Mr.  S.  Arnheim,  tbe  principal  of 
the  school,  is  an  entbusiaalio  printer,  who  has 
worked  in  tbe  first  job  offices  of  Franco.  Germany. 
England,  and  Ireland,  and  has  won  a  gold  medal  in 
a  typographical  contest  in  London,  by  his  eztiaor- 
dinary  taste  and  thorough  knowledge  of  his  art. 
Ho  takes  a  particular  dehghc  in  making  thorough 
workmeu  of  bis  appreutioes,  and  some  of  tbe  jobs 
turned  oat  by  them,  especially  m  very  flue  color 
printing,  may  well  excite  the  admiration  of  the 
oldest  and  moat  skilllul  typographers.  Each  ap- 
prentioi)  is  taught,  not  merely  to  be  a  compositor, 
or  a  pressman,  or  a  color  printer,  but  all  branches, 
aud  It  is  hoped  that  ore  long  litbigraphy  will  be 
added  to  their  course  of  instruction.  Tbe 
office  stock  Is  good,  ooDststing  of  five  power- 
presses,  a  comprehensive  Job  ouint,  and  at  least  a 
fair  supply  ot  material  for  book  work.  The  gener- 
ous  donation  of  fl.OSO  worthof  material  by  Mr. 
Jesse  Seligman,  in  1870,  was  tbe  start  of  this  branch 
of  iudnstiial  education.  Now  ic  is  almost  sell'.sup- 
porting,  would  indeed  be  i^uite  so  were  its  objeot 
mere  profit  instead  ot  tbe  thorough  instruotiou  of 
the  boys.  Tbe  Dramatic  News,  Amateur  Artisan, 
Forrester's  Journal,  and  one  or  two  oiuer 
periodicals  are  printed  here.  To  tbe  credit 
of  the  Principal  it  should  be  said  that 
he  does  not  bring  his  office  into  competition  with 
regular  establlsbmenta  b;^  cheapening  work,  as  is 
sometimes  done  in  snch  iusiitntious.  "Good  work 
is  worth  good  pay,"  la  part  of  the  education  he  gives 
his  apprentices.  They,  by  the  way,  receive  I'e- 
muneratlon  in  proportion  to  their  progress,  and 
some  of  them  save  up  quite  handsome  sums.  The 
Assistant  Principals  are  Mr.  I.  Farat,  lu  the  print- 
ing, and  Mr.  W.  H.  Bice,  in  tbe  shoe-making  de- 
partment. The  boys  under  the  latter  gentleman's 
control  inako  all  theshoes  used  In  tbe  Institution, 

On  Eighty-sixth  steeet,  between  Second  and 
Third  lavenoee,  is  (the  House  |of  IleoepUoo,  a 
branch  ot  the  Orphan  Asvlnmi  for  the  oare  of  fe- 
male oruhans  and  balforphans.  It  is  a  large  three- 
story  building,  rented  at  a  eost  ef  $1,800  per  an- 
num, pending  the  acoumnlation  of  funds  sufficient 
for  the  erection  of  a  more  suitable  edifice  by  the 
Directors  of*  the  Orphan  Asylum.  It  shelters  at 
present  91  inmates  between  the  ages  of  5  and 
13  years,  under  charge  of  Mrs.  SaligsoD.  The 
girls  are,  like  boys,  given  a  thorough  common* 
school  education,  At  Itome  they  are  taiu!ht  house, 
keeping,  needle^work,  milimery.  dpo,  As  tbey  be- 
come old  enough  tbby  are  readily  placed  in  good 
homes,  or  are  apprenticed  to  some  handioraft  for 
which  tbey  bave  a  preferenoe  and  taste. 

Tbo  cost  of  conducting  these  three   branches  of    ' 
the  Orobaa  Asylum  the  last  fiscal  jrear  waa  108. 


78S  83,  aanlnalTt  of  elirtlilBS.  Th«  aoltd  tnai»- 
Hon  upon  wbiob  tba  tnstitation  atands  ia  evulea^ed 
by  the  iKwseMloo  of  a  «arpltia  of  |18T,SA>  fH,  of 
which  176,400  were  ioveated  in  profitable  bonds  and 
mortgagea.  on  May  1,  ISTfll.  A  liuie  ^ver  IS8.000, 
was  that  year  rooeived  from  the  City- 
whiob  allows  fllO  for  tbe  annual  main, 
tenance  of  each  orphan  legally  tbe  City's  charge 
That  is  about  $70  each  less  than  tbe  cost  ot  keep- 
ing them  as  they  are  kept  here.  A  great  deal  of 
good  is  done  In  tbe  way  of  saving  orphans'  estates 
and  collecting  fur  them  tbe  money  on  life  insu- 
rances on  the  lives  of  their.parents,  by  the  Directors 
of  tbe  institution.  None  of  tne  funds  so  obtained 
are  touched.  They  are  simply  put  Into  savings 
banks  until  their  rightful  owners  betome  of  age. 

THEIB  STBST  LOCAL  liraTITOTIOK  FOB  THB  8ICK. 

Under  the  name  of  tbe  Jews'  Hospital,  the 
first  institution  established  bv  the  Hebrews  for  tbo 
care  of  the  sick  in  this  City  was  opened  in  1855 
ou  Twentv-eighth  street,  between  Seventh  and 
Eighth  avenues.  That  building  was  aoon  fotmd  to 
be  too  small  to  meet  tbe  requirementa  upon  it.  Tbe 
City  then  granted,  for  99  years,  the  lease  of  a  plot 
of  ground  fronting  200  feet  on  Lexington  avenue 
and  170  feet  ou  Sixty-sixth  street;  wealthy  He- 
brews contributed  the  means  to  erect  a  suitable 
edifice  upon  it,  aud  in  18'70  the  corner-stone  of  the 
present  maeuiflceut  Mount  Sinai  Hospital  was 
liud.  A  vt^ar  later  it  was  opened.  It  bad  cost 
nearly  |375,000.  To-day,  it  stands  among  tbe  very 
first  of  such  iustitntioiia  in  tbe  land  in  perfeodun 
of  arrangemeut,  nmnifioenoe  of  proylaion,  lotelh- 
gent  and  successful  treatment  of  its  inmates. 
Here,  althoaeh  a  denominational  insti;.ution,  wi>h  a 
synagogue  within  its  walls,  where  Jewish  services 
are  onducted  weekly,  there  is  abaolutelv  no  re- 
striction of  raoe  or  creed  to  bound  the  work  of  char- 
ity. Proteataut,  Catbollo,  Pagan,  aud  Jew  derive 
eijual  rights  upou  it  from  the  one  common  ground 
of  suffering.  As  a  regular  thmg,  at  least  iii  per  cent, 
of  its  inmaces  are  Christians.  And  when  death's 
band  touches  one,  or  tbe  fear  cf  death  excites  an 
abnormal  in:ereal  iu  ,  hia  mind  about 
tbe  possibilities  of  the  future,  a  cler. 
grman  or  priest  of  bis  chosen  denomination 
is  sought  and  brought  to  his  bed-side  to  soothe  aud 
comfort  him.  One  hundred  and  fifty  patieuts  cau 
easily  he  accommodated,  and  even  2J0  may  be  cared 
for  in  case  of  necessity.  During  the  past  v«ar  the 
average  was  114.98,  a  large  increase  upon  that  pre- 
ceding. Oolj[  50  were  nay  patients,  and  1,466  were 
treated  gratuitously.  The  death  rate  was  but  about 
5  percent.,  au  pxoeptionally  good  record,  when  it  is 
taken  into  account  tbat  here,  as  in  tbe  most  liberal 
of  general  hospitals,  many  utterly  hope- 
less oasps  are  brought  in,  such  as  con- 
sumptives, incurables,  and  tbe  victims  of  ac- 
cidents. Three-fifths  of  tho  inmates  are  nen. 
There  are  rules  requiring  pay  from  those  who  ore 
able  to  pay,  but  of  the  125  sick  persons  in  the 
wards  to-day  all  are  being  cared  for  gratuitously, 
and  only  six  private  rooms — for  which  850  or  <75 
per  mouth  are  charged — have  occupants.  In  con- 
nection with  the  hospital,  a  free  dispensary  is 
maintained,  at  which  medicine  and  professional 
treatment  are  afi'orded  to  tbe  poor,  without  distinC' 
tion  as  to  sect,  tree  of  cost.  A  great  deal  is  also 
done  for  tbe  alleviation  of  the  distress  of  needy  out- 
door sick,  unable  to  attend  the  dispensary, 
and  who  cannot,  by  reason  of  contagious  diseases, 
or  for  other  sufficient  causes  be  admitted  to  tbe  hos- 
pital- Such  cases  are  either  reported  by  friends  of 
tbe  sufferers,  met  with  by  the  members  of  the  Ladies' 
Auxiliary  Society — who  not  only  do  all  the  sewing 
for  the  institution,  but  go  about  like  ministering 
angels  to  find  cases  worthy  of  succor — or  are  dis- 
covered in  tne  course  of  the  indefatigable  Mr.  Selig- 
man Solomon's  explorations.  The  cost  of 
maintaining  the  Mount  Siuai  Hospital 
during  the  past  year  was  (52,323  98  in  cash, 
independent  of  very  considerable  donations  of  ne- 
cessary material  for  its  service.  As, a  substantial 
guarantee  of  the  future,  the  Treasurer's  last  report 
sets  forth  tho  possession  of  {33,090  88  cash  in 
hand,  and  $77,593  invested  securely  m  good  bonds 
aud  mortgages,  yielding  a  handsome  revenue.  Mr. 
L.  B.  Simon  is  Supeiiutendent,  Mr.  Adolph 
Hallgarten,  President  of  the  society.  Since  the 
inception  of  this  enterprise  the  wealthiest  and 
most  generous  of  our  resident  Heorews  bave 
been  closely  associated  with  its  management  and 
liberal  in  its  support.  Oue  of  these — whose  tragic 
and  mysterious  death  give  notoriety  to  hia  name 
beyond  all  the  good  achieved  in  his  long  and  useful 
life— was  Boojamin  Nathan,  of  whom  a  very  fine 
portrait  is  iu  the  Directors'  room  of  the  hospital. 
Another  of  the  iouuders  of  tbe  institution  was 
John  I.  Hart,  and  they  have  a  picture  ot  Mm,  too — 
an  inexpressibly  bad  one. 

SPECIAL  CAEE  OF  THE  AGED.  ^ 

On  Avenue  A,  at  the  corner  of  Eighty-seventh 
street,  is  a  ixrge  aud  handsome  frame  building,  the 
Home  for  Aged  and  Infirm  Hebrews.  It  was 
oBce  the  Astor  mansion,  and  still  stands  upon 
{rround  belonging  to  the  Astor  estate,  but  belongs 
now  to  Col.  HllAebrand  and  is  rented  for  $3,500  per 
annum;  taxes  and  repairs,  which  are  at  the  cost  of 
the  tenant,  amounts  to  about  $500  more.  It  is  in  a 
cbarmiug  location,  surrounded  by  ample  grounds, 
which  are  very  beautiful  in  the  Summer 
time,  and  is  backed  by  a  fine  grove,  in 
which  tbe  inmates  of  tbe  home  have  the 
privilege  of  rambling,  Tbe  back  windows 
command  a  fine  view  of  the  East  River — Hallett's 
Point  in  the  distance,  Flood  Rook  in  tbe  middle  of 
the  stream — and  always  presents  an  animated  pic- 
ture, owing  to  the  constant  movement  of  the  Sound 
traffic.  There  are  now  here  66  old  people,  of  whom 
36  are  women.  Tbeir  average  age  is  something 
over  70  years,  but  there  are  eight  between  80  aud  90 
years  old,  and  oue  lady  whose  age  is,  as  near  as  it 
can  be  arrived  at  from  her  remembrances  and  the 
traditions  of  her  family,  97 — aud  she  looks  as  if  her 
chances  for  becoming  a  centenarian  are  particularly 
good.  No  men  are  taken  in  under  tbe  age  of 
70,  and  no  women  under  60.  A  few  are 
blind,  others  are  very  infiim,  but  the 
majority  seem  as  happy,  chirmpy,  aud  contented 
as  it  would  be  possible  to  imagine  them.  There  is  a 
synagogue  In  the  institution,  where  on  the  Sab- 
l^atbs  some  of  the  learned  old  men  wh,o  are  inmates 
read,  with  covered  heads  and  reverent  affnoiion, 
from  the  Great  Soroll,  the  sacred  words  of  Penta- 
teuch— one  gentleman,  Mr.  Cassell.  who  is  77  ytars 
oil*,  stands  at  tbe  reading  desk  as  upright  as 
must  voung  men  would,  speaks  clearly,  and  re- 
quires no  spectacles  to  aid  bis  vision.  Thanks  to 
tne  ability  and  care  of  Mr.  aud  Mrs.  .^irstein,  who 
are  in  charge  ot  the  Hume,  its  inmates  always  live 
well;  but  on  Sundays  they  have  espeoially  good 
dinners,  and  threo  beer-brewers  take  care  that  they 
are  always  supplied  on  those  occasions  with  all  the 
lager  they  want.  This  Home  is  the  institntlun 
Which  was  foimded  by  the  B'nai  Jeaburun  Societr 
already  referred  to.  They  first  began  their  charitable 
work  in  1879,  on  Seventeenth  street  ;  then,  to  ob- 
tain larger  quarters,  moved,  some  two  years  later, 
to  Thirty -second  street,  and  in  May  of  last 
year  established  it  in  its  present  location. 
Tbe  erection  of  a  permanent  edifice  for  its  uses  is 
now  in  contempiailen,  and  will,  without  doubt,  be 
accomphshed  at  no  very  jdlstant  day.  Twenty-fonr 
Inmates  have  been  received  since  last  May,  and 
there  are  now  applications  for  several  mote  admis- 
sions, which,  if  granted,  will  take  up  all  the  re- 
maining space,  aod  enlargement  will  soon  become 
a  necessity.  This  waut,  and  the  reduction 
of  the  present  heavy  rental  would,  be  tbe 
only  reasons  for  moving,  as  this  edifice  Is 
admirably  adapted  to  the  comfort  of  its  inmates. 
All  its  rooms  are  handsomely  frescoed,  lighted  by 
gas,  beated  by  hot  air,  well  ventilated,  supplied 
with  hot  and  ccld  runuing  warer,  and  provided 
with  all  other  desirable  conveniences.  The  cost  of 
its  maintenance  last  year  was  @1 8.492  24,  inclusive 
of  rent.  In  her  report,  the  lady  Treasurer  has, 
with  pardonable  pride,  set  forth  one  line  in  very 
conspicuous  type,  "Debts  and  liabilities — None  ;"  a 
gratifymg  evidence  of  the  abiliiy  of  ladies  to  man- 
age an  institution  of  this  kind  providently. 

MISCELLANEOUS  CHARITABLE   OPEKATIONS. 

Six  free  schools,  mainly  for  instruction  in  the 
Hebrew  language,  but  also  imparting  learning  lu 
the  rudimentary  branches,  are  maintained  by  the 
Hebrew  Free  School  Association,  in  different 
parts  of  tbe  city,  and  have  something  over  300  subol- 
ara  in  average  attendance.  The  expense  incurred 
in  coudnotiug  those  schools  is  about  $8,000  per  an- 
num. Mr.  A.  Oettlnger  i»  tbe  President  of  the  as- 
souiatiou. 

It  must  not  be  imagined  that  this  necessarily  ab- 
breviated recital  covers  the  wide  grouUd  of  Jewish 
benevolence.  Every  synagogue  has  its  society, 
large  or  small  according  to  tbe  means  and  num- 
bers of  its  members,  tbe  sole  object  of  which 
is  the  succor  of  the  needy.  In  addition  to 
these,  there  are  several  associations  of  Jewish 
ladies  outside  tbe  congregation  organizations, 
having  the  same  end  in  view,  and  cO'Operat- 
ing  with  each  other,  aud  with  the  broader  and  more 
powerful  societies  and  institutions  already  men- 
tioned. There  seems  to  be  among  them  a  disposi- 
tlou  to  attack  want  by  a  system  of  detail.  One 
gets  up  Children's  clothing,  another  confines 
itself  to  tbe  needs  or  women,  a  third  aiois  to 
not  merely  help  m  immediate  necessity,  but 
a8f>i8t  the  recipients  of  tbeir  bounty  to  become  self- 
sopportmg.  Of  tbe  latter  class  la  the  Ladies' 
Bikur  Cholim  Society,  who,  lu  addition  to  visiting 
tbe  sick,  providing  thum  with  medicines,  food,  &o., 
have  fonuded  an  Industrial  school  at  No.  150  West 
Filteeuth  street,  wherein  young  girls  are  taught 
needlework,  embroidery,  anu  other  employmeuis 
by  wbiob  they  may  honestly  earn  reputable  liveli- 
hoods.  They  havo  now  30  girls  under  their  care. 
Mrs.  Levisobn  Is  the  President. 

Back  of  all  this,  and  towering  above  it  iu  finan- 
cial magnitude,  is  the  private  and  iadividual  work 
of  Jewish  charity,  Ttlere  is  scarcely  one  rich 
Hebrew  family  ia  New- York  that  has  not  its  pri- 
vate pensioners  whose  wants  it  supplies  regularly 
year  in  and  year  out.  One  gentleman,  a  merchant, 
living  on  Fiftieth  street,  has  18  such  pensiouera,  to 
whom  he  pays  from  <S  to  «20  per  month  each,  as 
regularly  as  he  meets  any  obllgatiuu  of  his  busi- 
ness or  family  life.  And  he  is  no  exception.  There 
are  many  like  him.  persons  who  bave  reason  to 
know  estimate  that  not  less  than  J160,000  are  in 
this  way  annually  distributed  by  the  successful 
Jews  of  New- York  to  their  less  fortunate  brethren. 
In  these  donations,  too,  a  great  deal  of  delicacy  of 
feeling  ia  often  shown,  aid  being  extended  to  per- 
sons who  need  and  deserve  It  without  their  being 
permitted  to  know  whence  it  comes,  so  that  their 
sense  of  independence  may  not  be  wounded. 

Of  the  contributions  annually  sent  ^Irom 
the  congregations  and  by  wealthy  in- 
dividuals outside  them  to  aid  the  society 
iu  England,  of  which  M.  Montefiore  is  the  head,  iii 
its  work  of  elevating  and  assisting  the  Jews.of 
South-eastern  Europe  and  those  in  Jerusalem,  no 
further  mention  need  be  made  in  this  connection 
than  recognition  of  their  extstence.  Enough  has 
been  shown  of  the  local  worlc  of  oharity  among  the 
Jews  to  demonstrate  tbat  the  title  "  compausionate 
Israel"  is  well  applied,  and  tbat  by  noble  deeds 
they  prove  their  reverence  for  the  sublime  injauo- 
tion  of  the  great  Law-giver,  "  Open  thy  bana  wide. 
UD(o  thy  brother." 

A  ORXrSL  DEUEPIiaif, 
The  Virginia  (Nay.)_.£fj»«erpri«  makea  the 
following  assertion:  "Forty-seven  sentimental 
youBg  idiots  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  have  paid  (3  to 
be  vectrinated  with  the  virus  from  tbe  arm  of  a  pop. 
nlsr  belle.  Tbe  first  one  used  it  all  np,  but  the 
other  40  did  not  know  tbe  dlifereiuiek  aad  «<"\fc'  *>". 
.ent«r(wUiu  doctor'a  .word  for  JvJ*^      ♦''^  "i^T"^ 


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CHURCHES  AND  MINISTERS 

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HOME  AND  FOEEiaN  EVENTS. 

The  Methodist  Episcopal  "Military' 
Chnrbh,  in  Rome,  has  just  received  50  paraoni 
into  membership. 

The  Baptists  are  the  most  numerous  ii 
Georgia,  where  they  have"  193,870  members' 
Virginia  ia  second,  with  176,286,  and  KentOflkj 
third,  with  156,749. 

The  first  appeal  under  the  Pablio  Wor- 
ship act  was  set  down  for  a  hearing  before  th« 
Jutlicial  Committee  of  tbe  Privy  Council,  Jan 
23.    It  is  the  Bidsdale  case. 

The  Moravian  Tear  Book  for  1677  reports 
13  Bishops  in  difierent  parts  ot  tho  world,  and 
97,262  members,  of  whom  67. 4i'j  are  connected 
with  the  mis  sions  of  the  Church  . 

The  Disaenters  and  property-owners  of 
Halifax  Parish,  England,  are  trying  to  raiae 
the  sum  of  $55,000  to  purcbaae  immunity  from 
tbe  imposition  01  tbe  vicar's  rate. 

A  hymnal,  containiug  112  hymns,  set  to 

weil-known  tunes,  has  been  published  in  Qer- 
many  for  tbe  Old    Catholics.    A  prayer-book 

lor  the  new  denomiaation  has  alao  been  pub- 
lished. 

The  Prussian  Ministry  will  snbmic  to 
Parliament  two  new  eccleaiostical  bills,  one  foi 
the  abolition  of  private  church  patronage,  the 
other  for'the  abolition  of  church-rates  inTrans- 

Rbeuish  Prusaia. 

The  Cumberland  Presbyterians,  whoTO 
eburoh  was  organized  in  1810,  celebrate  tbe  an- 
niversary of  the  eveat  to-d.ay  by  sermons,  letv 
tures,  thanksgiving,  and  missionary  collectiona 
in  their  oongregationb. 

The  Executive  Committee  of  the  Union 
of  American  Hebrew  Congregations  met  last 
week  at  Cincinnatu  Several  congregations 
were  admitted  to  the  union,  and  the  reoeipta 
were  reported  at  $2,402. 

Two  statues  for  the  Catholic  Centennial 
Fountain — those  of  Archbishop  Carroll  and 
Charles  Carroll,  of  Carroliton — have  arrived, 
and  the  third  and  last — that  of  Father  Matthew 
—is  expected  this  month. 

It  is  understood  that  the  Government  ol 
India  will  discontinue  all  grants  for  church 
establlsbmenta  in  tbe  liladras  Presidency,  ex- 
cept for  places  maintained  exclusively  for  tb« 
benefit  of  the  mditary  aervice. 

Rev.  John  Richardaon  Selwyn,  son  of  the 
Bishop  of  Litchfield,  has  been  appointed 
Bishop  of  Melanesia,  to   succeed   Bishop  Patte- 

aon,  who  waa  murdered  in  1871.  Mr.  Selwya 
will  be  consecrated  in  New-Zealand. 

The  Commissioner  of  Education  reports 
123  theological  seminaries  in  the  United  States, 
with  615  Professors  and  5,234  students.  The 
Roman  Catholics  bave  18  ot  these  seminaries, 
with  124  Professors  and  1,319  students. 

The  English  Church  Union,  which  is  com- 
posed mainly  ot  Ritualists,  reports  among  its 
members  seven  Bishops,  2,051  clergymen,  5,79i 
laymen,  and  5.929  women  associates,  mabang  & 
total  of  14,223,  a  gain  for  the  year  of  945. 

There  are  nearly  2,000,000  Roman  Cath- 
olics in  British  America,  vrith  4  Archbishops, 
25  Bishops,  1,645  priests,  and  3,139  parish 
schools.  This  is  twioe  as  many  parish  schools 
as  the  Catholics  of  the  United  States  have. 

The  Wesleyans,  of  London,  liave  recently 

bad  a  meeting  of  all  the  class-leaders  in  tbo 
city,  the  first  meeting  ot  tbe  kind  ever  held 
there.  There  were  nearly  1,200 leaders  present, 
who  discussed  questions  relating  to  tbe  con- 
duct of  class-meetings. 

Bishop-elect  Trabucco,  of  the  Italian  Na- 
tional Church,  has  died  before  he  could  be  con- 
secrated, and  Luigi  Prota-Giurieo  has  been 
chosen  in  his  stead.  Tbe  latter  has  publisbed 
au  address  exhorting  all  Italians  to  turn  from 
tbe  Pope.  In  all  there  were  10,250  votes  cast 
for  him. 

The  number  of  Baptists  in  Massachusetts 
is  47,315,  an  increase  for  the  year  of  1,873.  Of 
the  whole  number  of  Baptists,  more  than  half 
or  23.961,  are  found  in  the  19  municipalities  of 
the  State.  Boston  has  9,646,  or  300  more  than 
the  Methodists,  Episcopahans,  and  Presby- 
terians combined  report. 

In  1785,  with  a  population  of  23,614,  New- 
York  City  had  nine  churches.  In  1810,  when 
tbe  population  had  more  than  quadrupled,  the 
churches  numbered  43,  a  slight  gain  on  the 
population.  In  1785  there  was  one  oburch  to 
2,(i21  people;  now  the  proportion  is  one  ciiurch 
to  2,139  peoole — a  sbght  gam. 

In  regard  to  evangelical  work  on  the  con- 
tinent of  Europe,  it  is  stated  that.  France  baa 
300  evangelical  preaching  stations,  Italy  and 
Spain  SOO.  with  10,000  communicants,  and 
Belgium  2.  The  Walaenaiau  Cburcb  has  50 
preaching  stations,  13,320  hearers,  2,268  mem- 
bers, 1,493  cbildreii  in  its  Sabbath-.=)cbools,  and 
contributes  about  $5,000  annually  to  benevolent 
objects. 

The  Bureau  of  Catholic  Indian  Missions, 
which  was  organised  in  1873,  has  just  made  its 
first  report.  The  income  last  year,  which  waa 
obtained  mainly  through  the  eflbrts  of  women, 
was  $6,000,  I'he  Government  allows  thess 
Catholic  missions  about  £15,000  yearly.  Wjit^j 
this  tbe  bureau  has  opened  six  newmpj^oal 
labor  schoois,  several  day-sohooia^  ^^  ^^q 
new  missions. 

The  anniversary  services  'of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Tract  Society  Vera  held  recently 
In  Chicago.  Tbe  receipts  were  reported  to  be 
$14,000  ;  tbe  expenditures  818,600.  Tne  society 
has  agents  in  China,  India,  Japan,  Norway, 
Denmark,  and  other  countries,  and  distributed 
in  the  United  States  1^,000,000  pages  of  tracts. 
About  100,000  German  tracts  were  nistributed  - 
in  and  around  CiucinnatL 

Mr.  Leatham  has  given  notice  that  on  the 
assembling  of  Parliament  he  will  "call  atten- 
tion to  the  existence  of  simoniacal  transaotiooa 
and  other  abuses  m  connection  with  the  exer- 
cise of  private  patronage  in  tbe  Churoh  of  Eng- 
land, and  move  tbat,  in  view  of  the  prevalence 
of  sucu  practices,  remedial  measures  of  a  more 
stringent  character  than  any  recently  intro- 
duced into  this  House  are  urgently  required." 

The  Presbyterian  Church  at  River  Bend, 
Dakota,  has  121  members,  who  are  full-blooded 
Dakota  Indians,  as  also  are  the  elders  and 
minister.  *•  Twenty  years  ago,  with  one  or  two 
exceptions,  they  were  all  heathen,  living  aud 
dressing  like  other  heathen.  Now  they  and 
their  ^milies  constitute  the  major  part  of  a 
population  01  about  3t50  souls,  who  have  settled 
on  tbe  Big  Sioux  within  the  last  eight  years." 

The  General  Synod,  the  oldest  of  the 
four  general  Lutheran  divisions  in  the  United 
States,  reports  tbe  tollowme  gains  for  1876 : 
Seven  ministers,  eii  congregations,  and  1,52^1' 
members.  The  aggregate  eains  of  all  Luttieran 
bodies  iu  this  country  for  the  same  period 
amounted  to  about  67,000.  This  ahowa  that 
liberal  Lutheranism,  as  represented  by  the 
General  Synod,  is  not  in  a  flourishing  condi- 
tion, receiving  only  one  out  of  fifty  of  the  ge» 
eral  increase. 

There  is  some  strong  criticism  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Baptist  Pastors'  Conference  who 
recently  attacked  tbe  Young  Men's  Christian 
Associations.  A  writer  in  the  £xaminer  artd 
Chronicle  assures  the  public  that  tbe  denoou- 
nation  does  not  sympathize  with  such  views. 
lie  says  it  was  through  the  influence  ot  a  Bai»- 
tiat  newspaper  that  the  first  association  was 
organized  in  tbe  United  States,  and  Baptists 
"  nave  always  been  active  workers  in,  and  aap-> 
porters  of,  them."  ^ 

The  late  reporti  of  the  British  Parliament 
states  that  there  are  30  Protestant  miaaionazr 
societies  at  work.  They  maintain  606iaborer8, 
of  whom  551  are  ordained  ministers.  The  sta- 
tions occupied  number  in  ail  2,822.  There  are 
381  ordained  native  ministers  in  addition  to 
the  laborers  mentioned  shove.  The  communi- 
cants number  78,494,  and  tbe  Christian  popula- 
tion 318,363.  In  1872  the  native  oontnbutiona 
to  Christian  work  amounted  to  over  f I  per 
capita  ot  tbe  communicants.  ^ 

Prof  MornSj  of  Cincianati,  says  in  reganl 
to  the  meeting  ot  the  Presbyterian  Alliance  at 
Edinburgh  this  year,  tbat  tbe  SpeciaUCommit- 
tee  of  the  Northern  General  Assembly  baa 
selected  several  prominent  ministers  and  eiders 
as  delegates  to  the  Alliance,  who  will  pre- 
pare papers  lo  be  read  before  the  Alliance. 
Tbe  whole  number  of  delegates  from  the 
Presbyterian  bodies  in  tbe  United  States 
and  Canada  will  be  nearly  100.  Dr.  Biakie,  of 
Edinburgh,  said  reoeatly  that  the  prospect  of  a 
large  attendance  of  delegates  is  good.  "  Fron^ 
the  Cape  of  Good  Hope  he  had  received  a 
communioation  that  the  Dutch  Reformed 
Churoh  had  appointed  a  worthy  repreisentative. 
On  the  Continent  there  waa  greac  interest  in 
tbe  movement.  There  was  good  reason  to 
think  that  Prof.  J.  J.iVanOosterzee,  D.  D.,  of 
Utrecht,  one  of  Ihe  ablest  tbeulOKians  in  Uol- 
land,  would  oome^  Prof,  G^det,  D.  D.,  ol 
Neuohatel,  one  of  the  moat  able  Prencb-writ-^ 
ing  divines  of  the  present  day,  was  expected  ; 
and  he  thought  it  was  likely  that  Dr.  de  Prea- 
Bens6,  of  Paris,  would  also  oome.  There  w^t 
some  dif&oulty  about  Germany,  as  the  iVolfes- 
tant  Churches  there  could  not  be  enrolled  Under 
the  *itle  Reformed  Presbyterian  Churches  ;  bat 
a  pi'opoaal  was  at  present  under  considera- 
tiou,  whereby  they  mlefat  send  aaeooiatas  who 
siiltnt  take  part  in  the  meetings,  alUiough  thej 
were  noilormally  members.  In  th«  same  wajr 
repreaentativea  might  be  aent  by  other  Chonfeh 
ea  in  Great  Bn*fBB-*»  th^th«.  Jatwutr^^'" 
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4BBAT  SOUTHKBN  FBBIGHT  A.KD  PASSKRaBB  LUO, 

ATiiANTIC  AND  GOLF  tMLSuxSK^T 

WBDNKSDATt  AND  SATXTEibAT, 
SAW  SALVADOU.  Capt.  NioKSBaoir,  SATOBSAT.  Felk 
A  Pier  43  Nortn  RlTer,  3  P.  M.     OBO.  YOHQB.  AmL. 

QKNBKALBaRNBs,  Capt  CHiHCAir.  WBD^BSDAT 
Feb.  7.  Her  16  Kaat  Rivei;  2t  r.  dl.  ILDBRAT.  FSBBii 
b  CO..  AKta..   6VS  Sonth  at. 

BA«  JACTNiu,  tiaiw.  Haiar»,  BATUBDAI,  F©K 
409  Bioaaway.  ^     **• 

,^**-o/'^^"'**^P5'''*P'^  MAixoBT.WBOSBSDAl.  Feb. 
14,  Pier  no.  43  North  Blver.  3  P.  M.  QBO  YOB6R. 
Agent.  Nol  40»  Btoaaway.  ""•*"'•"•    "<^"'  »OJ«*B, 

iM^nce  ONB-HALP  PER  CBS T.    Superior  aooem. 
motlAtjonaforpasMDnera.    Tbr oottfa  r»te«  anA  talUaof  ' 
lading Ju  oonneotion  wtth  Central  aTI:  ofGeOTatiL 
Atiantio  and   OoU  Eailroad.  and   Florida    . Sir* 

R*^Krnv*!*R#°'tl,'l*^'°'^  ??»"•  ^*  t^e  steamS?  J. 
ij.  H^ui  LihM,  whlcU  has  been  placed  on  ths  maida 
routp  from  Savannah  to  Florida,  and  offlera  nnanrpasaed 

C  u.  o\V1ENS.  GEOEQB  TOMQB,  v 

■*S?°'o^>^-  "•  ^  Agent  C.  B.  -B.  t>t  da,,      4 

Jig  31o  BroadwaT.  No.  409  Broadwv*  • 


BL.ORIUA. 

Caution  to  traTelera!  •  Great  rednotion  In  bre-rla 
Bie  U^and  route  from  Savannah  to  ail  Florida  porta. 
Only  £2  to  Jackaonrllle.  Meaia  ana  ataterooma  extra. 
Tha  elepant  steamer  J.  B.  SCHUYLER  malrea  close  con- 
neotiou  with  oiltsavaDnab  ateameia,  thoa  formloi;  tbe 
Quickest  and  moat  agreeable  route  aa  .well  aa  tbs 
loweat  in  fare,  acoommodationa  Ibr  paasengera  Ba> 
corpaased.  Travelers  are  cautioned  against  poiohas-' 
Ing  throngh  tickets  via  any  other  roate.  , 


STEAM,-8MIB  LmUS, 


FOB  CALIFORNIA,  JAPAK,  CHISA,  AUSTRAMA.  »EW.'' 
ZEALAND,  BRITISH  COLUilBIA,  OBBGON.  t^ 

Bailing  tcnm  Pitjr  So.  42  North  Blvet 
For  SAN  FBA.NCI80O,  via  ISTHMUS  OF  PANAMA,       t 

SteHm-shiD  CULON ...Thoraday,  Feb.  15 

oonnectiug  lor   Uencrol    America   auu  South   Paotflo 
pvrts. 

From  SAN  FBANCISCO  to  JAPAN  and  CHINA.  i 

Eleam-ahip  CITY  Otf  TOKIO^ Thuraday,  Maroh  V 

From  aan  Francisco  to  Sandwich  Islands,  AustraliiK 

and  New-Zealand. 
Steam-ahlp  CITY  OF  SYDNEY V7ednesda.T.  Feb.  28' 

For  ireigjic  or  passage  appty  to 
WM.  P.  CLYDE tCu.,  orfl.  J.  BULLAY,  Superintendent. 

No.  6  Bowling  Ureen.  Pier  No.  42  N.  H. ,  foot  Canal  at. 

KBW-YOBK.  HAVANA.  A.SDttBXICASllAlLS.  A  Lisa, 
bteamersleave  P'sr  aa  S  NortQ  tlrir  ti  ;{  c>.    tf. 

»'"•'  ttAVANA  UlABUr.  > 

CITIOF  NBW-YOBK..; ........WedneadaT.  Feb.  7 

cm  OK  HAVANA......: Saturday,  F^eb.  17 

2'^T?.01'  VHRa  OBUZ ...Wednesnay.  Feb.  21 

•'S^^J"'*^*    CRUX    AND    NBW>OBL.KAN!v 
^vu»  iiaraoa,    ProgrtMix  Ca<a>>e3(mr\   Tiixpaa.     and 

;n*  ut"  HAVANA. -Saturday,  Feb.  17 

Bteamers  wlit  leave  New-i>rteans  **«>.  :i3  ana  March 

IB  'Of  Vera  uraz  aim  <»ti  the  a  bore  ports. 
Forfreijcht  or  paasitze  ■*ppi7  g3 
I-.ALItXANDRBj^s3.VS.Soj.^lattiiat  Broalwy,      v 

NJB  W"  YOILKANI>  MA  VAN  A 

DIRECT  MAIL    l^INB.  . 

These  flrat-class  steamshlos  sail  regulariy  i 
viat  3  P.  M.,&om  PierNa  13  North  BiTeraa 
^&4  tollowa: 

COLUSlBDf WKDNFSDAY,  Feb.  14 

CLYDE SATUBDAi,  Feb.  24 

Accommodations  uusnrpasaed.  For  freight  or  paa- 
lage  apply  to  W4L  P.  CLYDB  i  CO.,  Na  B  BowWg 
Sreen.    McKBLLEE.  LULLNti  &  CO.,  Agents  in  Havana. 


HA.TIBI»i£U  American    Packet    ('ompinv's    1jiq<^ 
forPLVilOUTH.  CHEBBOUBQ    and  HAST 6URa 

FRl.-<lA Feb.  8iP<»MiIF.KAJVi^ FeD.  22 

afcLLKitT Feb.   ISlSUKVIA March  I 

Races  of  pas.^  t»e  C9   Plymoatb,    London,  Oherboorg. 

,3ambarg,  aod  til  pointsin  Kn^lanL  First;  Oabin.  $l<*i) 

[Old;  Heoond  Cabin.  £d>)  sold;   .Steerisrs,  jU^O,  onrrenav. 

KUNHARDTiCO.,  CB.    '     


General  Agates, 
blBroadat..  N.T 


RICHARD  &  BOAii. 

General  Passenger  Azeata, 

Cl  Biokdway.  .V.X 


STEAMBOATS.  , 

STONINGTON  LINEI 

FiVK'    UIISTON    AN0    AM.    POINT.**  i  KAST.} 
REDUCED  FARE. 

^egant  steamers  leavo  Pier  Kot  33  North  Btrai^      1 
foot  of  Jay  at.,  at  4:3U  P.  U.  1 

Ticfceta  for aale at ^11  brinotpai  tlclcet  ofloes.    8tat»-^ 

rooms  secnreil  at  nffluesof  vVostcott  tiicprtiss  Oampaay. X 

uid  at  ."(a  8U3  Broadway.  S 

•PROTIIJBNCK    I.INB.  ft 

FreisMt  only,  steamers  leave  Pier  Sn.  27  .'nrtb' 
Klver.  foot  of  Park  place,  at  4  P.  HL  Freiichta  via  either 
Unetaceuat  lowest  rates. 

D.  S.  BABCOi.'K.  PTes.      L.  W.  FnKiirs.  G.   P.  Aeent 


NBW-UAVEN,  UARTFOBD   AND  THE   NOBTH.— 
.steamers  leave  Peck  slip  tor  New-Baven  at  3  P.M., 
[except  suijaayg,)   oonnecting  with  road. 


i7M>R  BKflJGEHORTAND  AL.I.  P«>1^^R^    0?| 
Hnusatomo   and    .Naag&tacK    Railroad. — Fare^     $1. 
tteamers  leave  r!athan>iesliDJW  11-3^  A.  M. 

lySTBITOTIOy. ; 

Collegiltte    Institute,' 

No.  iU  WASHXNGrON   8Q0ARB.  N«W-IuaK  GIT?,  s 
GKO.  W.  CLAKKK,  Ph.D.,  PrtnoipaL 

Prepaiea  pupils  of  all  ages  for  tmHntu  or  eoUegt. 


AV  85— OOLBBAR'ai  HAND-TRj|(NINU. 
No.  1,193  tJToadway,  removes  atlBneas,  cramping, 
or  trembling,  and  makea  busineas  penmen;  privately, 
$16 ;  book-keeping  and  bnainess  aoairs  tapght  practi* 
cally. 


CIIARLilBR  ISfiTlTUTK, 

CESTRAt   PAEK,    NEW-YORK.  * 

Boarding    and   Day  .School  for    boys    trom  sereu  to ', 
twenty  years  old. 


Mass.  PAB.H.if>  HOARDING  AND  DAY 
school  tor  young  ladies,  New-Brunswiolc.  N.  J., 
:>p«u8  its  next  bession  Febw  5.  Circulars  sent  if  desired. 
Terms  mouerate. 


H£IDENK£]iD  INSTITUTE,  NO.  822  LEX- 
lugtonav.,  north-west  comer  of  6:{d  st.— English 
and  Ot-rman  day  and  boarding  school;  new  aeaaioa  be- 
gins Feb.  7. 


MI.>S!<  ARLINU  GUARANTEES  THOROUGH 
instruction,  KngUsb,  Uathematica,  Latin ;  own  ot 
^pii's  residenoes;  auccesiful  expeiieace  ;  sreat  eare- 
takenwlth  torcigners.    Addreas  No.  100  West  45th  St. 


l~k£AN  COLL.EUB    AND    CUNSBRVAXURV 

JLFOF  .UU3IC  lor  youaa  ladies,  Bingtiamton.  N.  Y.:  * 
iaOO  per  year;  harp  extra.  Be  v.  B.  A.  PATEHSON, 
A.  At.,  President.  ^ 

CAOESIY    OF   PHYSICAL.  JiUUCATluWi 

No.  64  Madison  av.,  Dr.  Mutt's  Bailding ;  new 
dassea  for  la  lies',  miaaes',  and  mastera.  Pro£  HBNBY  ; 
OEbHABD,  Director. 

ANTHUN    GRAJIHAR     SCHOOL..    NO.     252 
M^iaoQ  av.;    ooUeae    and  bualness;     the   ratea  of 
tuition  have  been  reduced. 

fpRENCHTEACHING BY  OK.  L..SADVEUR. 

f  author  of  "  Causerles  avee  mes  ^l^ves,"  fc.c  For  cir-; 
tulara  apply  by  letter  at  No.  51  West  35th  at. 

_____TEACB^S; j 

/^OVBKNBSS  WANTED.— A  YOUNG  WOMAN, 
.V]r(Prote8tant  Swiss  prefetred,)  from  25  to  36  years 
iof  age,  to  assist  two  guls.  12  and  14  years  old,  (who 
Already  attend  school.)  with  their  BngUsn  stndiesj  most 
nndeistand  English  and  French  perfbotly,  and  have 
some  knowledge  oT  music,  and  be  willing  to  make  her- 
aelf  useful :  compensation,  a  good  home  and  S^Oper 
mdnlli.  Address  QOVHBSTESS,  Box  So.  8,784,  New- 
xork  Post  UfBce,  giving  full  pairtlonlara. ,  N</attentlon 
paid  to  any  other. 


H/TRS.  MITCHELLi  (DIPLOMEE)  8DPPLIR8 
lUschools  and  families  with  reliable  gentlemen,  lady 
Eeachers,  governesses,  or  tutors ;  gi'^ea  information  of 
{ood  schools;  families  going  to  Europe  and  country 
trill  find  competent  teachers  to  accompany  them.  iixa. 
UITCBBLL  can  refer  To  the  best  families  and  schools 
bNew-Yorir.  Teachers' Bureau,  No.  67  West  35th  st- , 
Hours,  li  till  4. 

GENTI^KMAN  OP  CLtASSlCAL  EDUCA- 
tlon.  formerly  Professor  of  hlocntioa  In  France, 
Irishes  to  give  lessons  in  the  French  language,  prl- 
raiely  or  in  schools  ;  tetma  moderate;  nnexcsptiona- 
»te  reterencee.  Address  PBOFESSOB,  care  of  Mr.  m.  - 
r.  Patllard.  No.  680  Broadway. 

ANTED— ABBSIUKNT  TEACHER  FOR  ONE  OP 
the  pablio  instltatioos  In  this  City.  Ladles  who 
have  had  at  least  flvo  yearaf  successful  experience  in 
teachinz  the  Bnglish  branches  la  pablio  or  private 
icho  Is  wlU  address  PRINCIPAL,  Box  No.  253  TIMES 
CP-IOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BBOADWaY. 

A  N  BXFBBIENCED  GEBMAN  AND  CLASSICAL 
^tutor  (Banoverian)  desires  a  fbw  more  pupils ; 
pest  reterencea ;  terniB  moaeiate.  Address  S.  B.,  Box 
116  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 


A  YOCNU  PARISIAN  tADY  WITH  HIQHB8T 
/Vcity  references  gives  lessona  in  French.  Call '  at 
Va  23»  East  12tb  st. 


OOPAETNEESJmP^^NOTIOm 

OISSOI.iDTIU>i. 

The  Ann  of  JAMES  L.  SHARP  fc  CO.,  IB  this  day  dla- ' 
iolved  bv  limitation  and  mutual  consent.  Either  party 
jt  aatborlzed  to  siifn  la  liquidation.  Friends  are  earn- 
festly  requested  lo  settle  aoconnta  aa  speedily  as  poaai- 
kle. 

Mr.  SHARP  has  removed  to  Na  78  Beekman  at., 
irhere.  with  greater  focUitles,  he  wiU  cootlune  the 
tnsnuiactace  of  Gas  and  Oil  Stoves.  While  thanking 
ron  for  your  kind  patronage  in  the  past  and  aoUcltlng 
Vonr  favors  m  the  future. 

We  remain  respeptnUlr  ytraxa. 

QILBBBT  O.  WOOD. 
JAHbo   L.  BHABP, 
Ko.  198  eth  av.,  New-Tork,  Feb.  1,  1877. 


FRANCIS  EVBRDBL.L.  BBCoaiBS  A  PART- 
ner  in  our  &rm  this  day.    The  busineas  of  label  and 
fslor  printers,  lithographers,  and  atiationera  at  No. 
u4  Fulton  et.  will  De  ooniioued  aa  beretofora  under 
the  aid  firm  name  by  HhNBY  EVERDELL  audVRAN- 

tW  BVEBDBLL.  

WTLMAM  BTEBDBLLfa  SONS. 
Dbw-Tobx,  Fob.  1.  1877. 


fSLB  iriRM  OV  PQWEjiS  «»  SffURT.  HBBB- 
tofora  eslatlna,  haa  heen  dlaaolyad  by  mutual  con- 
aent    WU.  B.  PoWi|B8  atiU  eoBttauea  the  bnalnesa 
ind  Uatildatea  the  delta.       WII.LUM  B.'  Fo  WKBB. 

K»w-To»K,  Feb.  S.  1877. 


BIIiLIAEJJS. 


FINANOIAI*. 


VERMILTE 

BANKERS 

■BALXBSIB  4IJ,  nWUBSOF  OOVBBNlUUrr 
'      ^V  8BCUBTTIKS. 

NEW-TORK  OITT 
Ain>-BBOOKLT»  Bf^HM: 
<i  BTTT  AND  SELL  ON  COMHI88tO« 

^teAU.WAY  BTOCKa.    BUNHa.  AN^    «301iD. 

,.  INTEREST  OM  UEPOHITM. 

*JAB.  A.  TBOWBBtDOB,  DONALD  '  HACOLAT 

LATHAM    A.    FISH 


aNNDALi     report    op    THE     HORNUM 

iaLBATBNTBBOISTBB  MANUFACTURING  COMPA.NY , 
formed  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  the  Aot  of  the 
I<<HlUIataT»«f  the  State  of  New-York,  entitled  an  "Aot 
to  antbariae  the  formation  of  corooratioDs  for  manu- 
faotnrisg.  mlntna;  mechanical,  oc  chemical  purpurea," 
passed  Febi  17.  1848.  The  capital  of  said  comoany  la 
SlOCOOOi  paid  in.  81,650;  the  eiiatlnjr  debts  of  the 
company  are $6,000.  A.  HANCB,  President. 

WILLIAM  H.  HORNU.VI, 
CHABLES  HANCK 
5  Jan.  20, 1877. 

=•  Kaw-Tork  City  and  County,  a.  a:  A.  Eance  beltig 
duly  sworn,  sa.ys  that  he  resides  in  the  City  of  New- 
York.. and  is  President  of  tb«  Horonm  Patent  Register 
Manufacturing  Company,  a  daly  incorporated  com- 
pany  under  the  lawa  of  the  State  of  New-York,  and 
that  the  foregoing  report,  signed  by  nlra  as  President, 
la  tnurto  thft  beat  of  hia  knowledge  and  belief. 

A.  HANCB 

'  Sworn  to  before  me/thls  2Ctb  day  of  January.  1877. 
THOMAS  W.  FRANCIS,  Notary  PubUo, 

'        New-TorkClty. 

Choice  and  Safe  Investments. 

7,  8,  AND  10  FEB  CENT. 

CITT  AND  COUNTr*MUNICrPAL   BO.VD8. 

„  FIRST  MORTGAGE  RAILROAD  BONDS. 

CITTBAILBOAD  STOCKS  AND  BONDS. 

INSURANCE  AND  BANK  STOCKS. 
GAS-LIGHT  STOCKS  AND   BONDS. 

bTRICTLY  FIRST-CLASS  8BCUBITIE8.. 
PAYING  10  TO  15  PER  CENT. 

INTEREST  ALWAYS  PROMPTLY  PAIR 
i  For  sale  at  desirable  prices  by 

Alljert  H.  Nicolay  &  Co., 

,  NO.  43  PINE  ST..  NEW-YORK. 

N.  B.— INVESTMENT  SECURITIES  OUR  SPECIALTT 
26  YRABS. 


V  WABASH   RAILWAY   COMPANY. 

f»  NOTICE    TO    BONDHOLDERS. 

Tbe  holdera  of  the  following  First  Mortgage  Divlalonal 
Bouda  of  the  Wabaah  Railway,  viz: 

Toledo  and  Illlaola  Railroad  Companv. 

V  Lak<>  Brie,  Wabaah  and  St.  Lottla  Railroad  Company. 
;v  Great  Weatem  Railroad  Compaa.y. 

IlliDois  and  Southern  Iowa  Railroad  Company. 

On  presentation,  on  Feb.  1,  of  the  past  dne  and  eur- 
reotooupoDs  to  the  Mptrocolitan  National  Bank,  will 
receive  therefor  cash  tor  the  coupons  dua  Feb.  1, 
1877,  and  aoertlflcate  of  deposit  bearing  interest  for 
those  past  due. 

For  further  information  and  particulars  in  regard  to 
all  classes  of  bonds,  Inaulry  may  be  madeof  JAttKS  A. 
B008BVKLT,  President  Wabash  Railway  Company, 
No.  32  Pine  sc,  or  of  tbe  Purchaalag  Committee,  No, 
52  Wllliani  St.,  New- York. 

New- VoRK.  Jan.  26.  1877. 

TBE  MARIPOSA  I..AND  AND  MIMiNG  COiU- 
PANY  OF  CAIJIPORNIA. 

Ottick  Nos.  9  A^D  11  Nassau  st.,  NbwTobk.  7 
Feb.  3.  18f7.  J 
'  THB  TRUSTEES  of  this  Company  have  levied  an  AS- 
SESSMENT of  $1  per  share  on  the  preferred  and  com- 
mon stock,  payable  at  this  ofBce  on  or  before  Feb.  17. 
Alter  that  oate  it  will  be  delinquent,  and  liable  to  a 
oharge  for  advertising  aale. 

COPIES  OF  REPORT  and  late  news  from  the  mine 
are  published,  and  may  be  had  at  the  of&ce,  or  mailed 
to  addreaa  on  request, 

MORRIS  H.  BMira.  Assistant  Secretary. 


TBBGOL>D  inORTUAUKBONOUOLiDERS 
Committee  are  now  prepared  to  purchase  all  or  any 
portion  of  the  oatstanding  thirty-two  Gold  Mortgage 
Bonds  of  the  Toledo,  Wabaah  and  Western  Railway 
Company,  for  the  sum  of  $580  68  per  bond,  which  is 
the  amouut  of  the  divldeod  in  cash  arising  from  the 
sale  under  tbe  foreclosure  proceedings.  Or  if  the 
holders  of  any  of  these  bonds  wish  to  Join  the  other 
bondne  dera  and  ataare  in  the  aaia  made  to  the  new 
parties,  they  may  do  so.  provldtd  they  notify  us  by  tb« 
16th  orPebruary.  Applt  to  W.  A.  y.  PO.ST.  Secretary 
•f  the  Forecloxore  Committee,  at  the  ofSce  of  Perkins, 
LlvtoKston,  Post  &.  Co.,  No.  23  Nassau  st. 
Nxw-YoMC,  Jan.  27,  1877. 


0»WCB  METROPOLITAN  INSURANCE  CO.,  » 

Na  108  BaoADWAT.  Ssw-York,  Jao.  'dO.  1877.     J 
rpRE     UNUiilUSlUNED      HAS     MADE     AN 

J. arrangement  with  the  CONTINENTAL  IN- 
SUKANCK  COMPANY,  Na  102  Broadway,  asseta 
over  $3,000,000,  whereby  that  companv  will  substi- 
tute its  policies  in  plac«>  of  those  isaned  l>y  the  Me- 
tropolitan lasnrance  Company,  to  take  effect  lu  each 
oaae  upon  the  surrender  of  the  policies  of  this  com- 
TMuiy. 

Polioy-holdera  are   Invited  to  send  in  their  pohciea 
for  such  substitution  at  once. 

CUABLBS  E.  APPLEBY, 

Eec«tT»w. 


ncmmMiKiT 

nUMClFAIi  BONDa,  DUB  ltf06.    A  LIMITED 

AMOUNT  FOB    SALE  BY 

KIJHN,LOEB  &  CO.,  NO.  31  NASSAU  ST. 


HOTCHfiLISS   Oc   BtlRNHAM. 

(Members  New-York  Stock  Exchange,) 
Commlsslun  stock  Brokers,  No.  36  Broad  st.,  New-Tork. 
Stocks,  bonds,  and  gold  boaght  and  sold  on  margin 
or  tor  cash.  Branch  o£Scfs  in  I'lith  Avenue  aad  Wind- 
Bor  Hotels,  connected  by  our  private  telegraph  lines. 
Accounts  Bollciteil. 


Kew-York,  Jan.  30.  1877. 
TW-OTICE    IS    HERBBV    UIVKN    THAT    AN 

Xl  applicatioh  Hiaa    been  made  to  the  Legislature  of 
this  State  to  amend  the  charter  of  tLa  LaUvetto  Fire 
Insnrance  Company  of  Brooklyn. 
By  order  of  tbe  Board  of  Directors. 

GEO.  W.  HU.vr,  Secretary. 


■j  United  Statbs  Kxprbss  Compant, 

TRBAstrasK's  Otficr,    Na  82  Broadway. 
Nbw-York,  Jan.  27,  lb77.     , 

THB   TRANSFER-BOOKS    OS   THIS  COM- 
pany  will  be  closed  Feb.  3,  al  2  P.  M.,  and  reopened 
Feb.  16.  THKO.  F.   WOOD,  Treasurer. 


AWT,  > 

}  AD  WAT.  > 

lb77.     > 


TOlNVE8TOR8.-$16,000  AT  SEVEN  PER  CB.HT., 
for  three  years  or  more,  wanted  on  a  first-class 
bond,  secured  by  first  mortgage  on  valoable  store,  on 
favorable  Trinity  lease,  to  replace  a  similar,  lone-stand- 
ing mortgage  abont  to  be  settled  in  partition  of  an  es- 
tate.   Addresa  MERCHANT,  Box  .Na  133  VimtM  Office. 


AC.  BURNHAM,  NO.  33  PINK  ST..  NEW-YORK. 
• — Investment  securities  naylnic  eight  to  ten  per 
cent,  for  sale.  Western  mortgages  a  specialty  tor  six- 
teen yoars.  Befereoces  in  New- York,  Boston.  Hart- 
ford, and  Philaaelpbia     Send  for  lists. 


BROWN    BROTH  UR.X  dk  CO.. 

NO.  69  Wall  ST.. 

IHBUE  COMMEBi;lAL  and  TBaVELKR?   CBbDITS 

AVAILABLE  In    a'1  PAHTS   of   the  WORLD. 


AT  REA!*ONABLE  RATES— MONEY  ON  LIFE 
and  Endowment  Insnrance  Policies  and  Mortcagesi 
aaina  bongfat ;  insnrannes  of  all  kinds  "ffeoted  with 
test  companies.    J.  J.  HABRICH  k.  CO..  119  Broadway. 


^OAA   AAA  TO   LOAN    ON    BOND  AND 

<fl7ii\/\7»l/U\/mortgage  on  New-York  City  Im- 
pioved  property.    Apply  to 

GRANT  BRCrrHERS,  No.  2  Exchange  court 


w 


ABASH  RAILWAY  COMPAN Y.-UBIBO- 
poiltan  National  Bank's  Certifloaics  of  Deposit  for 


AOupoaa.  purohasud  by 

W.  H.  DICKINSON,  No.  14  Wall  st 


KOUNTZE  BROTHBR.S,  BANKERS,  NO.  12 
Wall  Bt.  issue  letters  of  credit  on  tbe  Union  Bank 
of  London,  ayallabia  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 


S'IRE    INSURANCE   STOCKS 

BODGBT  AND  BOLD  BY 
E.  S.  BAILEY,  Na  (36  Wall  st 


Fi/Uet/i  Dividend, 

CLINTON 

FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANV, 

NO.  156  BROADWAY. 

Nbw-York,  Jan.  4,  1877. 
The  usual  semi-annual  Dividend  of  TEN  PBR  OKNT. 
la  payable  Qn  demand.  Q.  T.  PATTEBSON,  Jr., 

Secretary. 


Ovvips  o>  THR  N aw- York,  Pro.  idkhob  awd  Boston  > 

BAII30AS  COMPAMT,   (StOHINOTON  RaILROAD.)       > 

Nbw-York,  Jan.  25.  1877.  ) 

AQUARTERI.Y  DIVIDEND  OF  TWO  AND 
0.>K-UALF  PER  CENT.,  out  of  the  eornlnes  of  the 
Sast  three  months,  will  be  oaid  at  tbe  office  of  Messrs. 
I.  Morgan's  Sods,  No.  89  WiLiam  at.,  New-York,  pn 
tbe  10th  day  of  February. 

The  transfer-boolca  will  be  closed  firom  the  Ist  to  the 
10th,  both  Inclusive.  F.  B.  NOYES,  Secretary. 


Thb  St  Nicholas  Rational  Bank  o»  Naw-  York,  J 
No.  7  Wall  st    Nbw-York.  Jan.  30,  1877.     5 

DIVIDEND.— A  SEMI-ANNUAL  DIVIDEND  OF 
Fotir  per  Cent  has  been  declared  by  the  Direc- 
tors of  this  bank,  payable  on- -and  aner  the  12th  day 
of  February  next  The  transfer  books  will  be  closed 
trom  the  let  to  13th  proximo. 

A.  PAEKHDEST,  Cashier. 


MlSSOXTRI   PACIFIC  HAU-WAT   ConrAST, 

Omcx  Na  b  BowLiNO  Grbbn, 

Nkw-Iork,  Jan.  25,  1877 


, ;\ 

THE  COPPONS  DDE  FEB.  I,  1877,  ON  THE 
firat  mortgage  bonds  of  the  Paoifio  Rallro»d   Com- 
pany (of'  Mlraonrl)  will  be  paid  on  and  after  that  date, 
at  the  offlee  of  this  comD.any. 

O.K.  Q4BRIS0N,  President 


Boston  AHD  Nbw-York  Air-LinbBailroad  Company,  > 

^  l-RBASDRSR'B  Offios,  No.  12  Wallst.,        > 

Nbw-York,  Jan.  '^5,  1877.  ) 

THE  INTEREST  DUE  bpti.  1,  1877,  ON 
the  Plrat  Mortgage  Bonis  of  the  Boston  and  New- 
Tork  Air-Line  Bailroad  Companv  wiU  be  paid  at  the 
office  of  Hatch  &  Foote.  Na  12  Wall  at-  „  ^ 

D.  B.  HATCH,  Treasurer. 


THE    PRINCIPAL  ^ANU    INTEREST     ON 
Long  lalaad  City  bouda,  due  Feb.   1,  1877,  will  be 
paid  on  presentatloD  of  said  bonds  and  coupons  at  the 
fcarineNaUooaiBank.       ,(,^5  HOBAN.  Tr.a««r. 
Jt0V9  lULtM^a  Cm,  Jan.  80,  1877. ^^ 


tin  Satiosal  Ban  o?  tbi  Kmrvnxo, 


rkAL 


BOABDTNG  AND   LODGING. 

The  upHt«wn  offlee  of  THB  TIMBS  la  located  at 
No.  1,907  Broadway,  bet.  Sl«  aod  39d  ats. 

Open  daily,  Btrndaya  rhoiuded,  traiAA  A.  H.  to  9  P;  SL 

Sabacrlptlona  received,  and  oopiea  of  THB  TIMES  for 

sale. 

ADVBBTISBMEBT3  BKCBIVED  UNTHi  9  P.  M. 


WANTED— A  HOMK  IS  A  QUIET,  CHRISTIAN 
family,  where  there  ire  no  young  people,  and 
where  board-money  Is  less  an  object  than  the  society 
of  a  home-loving  person  of  reilnement  by  a  young 
Amerioan  geatleman  of  culture  and  travel,  aged  2'i, 
whose  circumatanops  nre  not  of  tbe  best:  no  notice 
will  be  taken  uf  answers  not  statlnar  they  emanate  from 
a  strictly  private  family.  Addresa  FAITHFUL,  Box 
No.  152  Time$  Office. 


FIFTH  A  v.,  NO.  308.— CUESTBRFIELD  HOUSE; 
the  party  oocnpyldtrtbe  second  floor  win  let  their 
apartments  very  reasonable  for  three  months;  with 
or  wllhout  board:  apailor  and  bedroom  with  board, 
J.  P.  Worstell. 


NOS.  51  AND  33  WEST  «6TH  ST.— NEAR 
Madlsoa  sonare,  elegantly-fnrulshed  rooms  oa 
second  and  parlor  Boon  private  table  If  required; 
house,  table,  be,  strictlv  first-class. 


HARLBM.—A  LARGE  FURNISHED  ALCOVE 
room,  with  board,  in  private  family;  aeslrable 
location;  reference  exchanged.  No.  66  West  K7th 
st,  between  5th  and  6th  avs. 


TU^EWLY    FURNISHED    APARTMENT.-*    IN 

1.1  "The  Hamilton,"  126th  st  and  8th  av.,  with  or 
without  board,  at  very  low  rates.  Inquire  on  prem- 
ises. 


FIFTH  AV.,  NO.  45— BETWEEN  IITH  AND- 
12th  ats.— Spacious  Buite  of  well-fdrnlshed 
apartmenta  on  parlor  floor,  with  or  without  private 
table. 


GENTLEMEN  OF  UNDOUBTED  POSITION  CAN 
find  a  vety  pleasant  home  with  board,  bv  address- 
ing Quiet.  Box  No  260  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO. 
1,257  BBOADWAY. 


BOARD  FOR  ONE  OR  TVYO  I'ERSONS  IN 
a  private  American  famllv ;  Terms  reasooable  to 
pinin  people  desiiloK  a  comfortable  home;  location 
good.    No.  90  Barrow  st 


A  P«IVATE  FAMILY  IS  42D  ST..  NEAR 
.cxBrondway.  have  a  lar^e  snnnv  front  room  on  the 
fourth  floor  to  rent,  with  first-class  board.  Address  K., 
Box  No.  122  rime*  Office. 


SECOND  FLOOR,  WITH  PRIVATE  TABLE. 
— Large  handsome  rootns,  en  KUlte,  b^th,  to.,  vn- 
cnted  by  fiaiily  golui;  South;  referencea  Na  14  East 
S2d  st,  between  6th  and  Madison  avs. 


TWENTY-THIRD  ST.,  NO.  165  WEST.— 
Handsome  third-story  large  room;  table  and  aceom- 
modationa  llrst-oiass;  refereocea  exchaoged.  Mis. 
8TEBBIVS. 


FOURTEENTH  ST.,  310  AND  31-^  WEST.— 
Handsomely-furnished    single    and    double  rooms, 
with  board,  terms  from  $6  to  .f  18p^r  week. 


NO.  40  IRVING  PLACB.-BACK  PARLOR  AND 
extension ;  also  other  rooms ;    board  if  desired; 
private  family;  reference. 


NO.  46  WEST  -a'zrt  st.- desirable  third 
story  frout  rooms,  with    board  ;  transiently  or  per- 
manent:  terms  low. 


NO.   3   WEST  30TH    ST MR?.    WILLIS    HAS 
handsome,   snug  front  rooms  to  let  with  board; 
referrnces. 


Nl».  7  GRAMERCY  PARK.-TWO  DRHRABLE 
rooms,  furnished  or  unf arnlshed,  and  with  or  with- 
out board. 


NO.  20    EAST    aaO  ST.— WITH    BOARD.   PAR- 
lor  and  bedroom,  ttrnt  floor:  p;irlor   ani  bedroom, 
third  floor;  sunny  exposure,  slo^le rooms. 


FORTY-FIFTH    ST.,      NO.     175    WE-^T.— 
Kooins,  with  excellent   bonnl,  at  reduced  rates,  to 
desli-ahie  people  only ;  references. 


NO.    5    EAST    46TH     ST.— WELL.FUR.SISHBR 
second  floor,  with  board;   also  extra   larse  room  on 
fourth  floor;   reference 


mWENTY-FIKSTST.,  N0.34,  EAST.-HAND- 
M.  somciy  fnrnishea  rooms,  with  or  wltuoat  board; 
references. 


NO.  41  VVE.ST36TH  ST.-OKB  MBDIUM-SIZKD 
exteosionroom;  third  floor;    full  board;  moderate 
terms:  references  exchanged. 


DtriDBNO   OF*VHR3k_5CNI>' A^_ — _ 


No.  119  EAST  aiST  ST GRAMERCY  PARK— 
One  large  room  and  ballroom;    first-class  board; 
references. 


TWO    HANDSOME    ROO.MM     TO     LET,  To- 
gether or  separately,  with  board;   references  re- 
qulred.    Apply  at  No.  104  Wesj  38th  st 


FIKTH   AV..  NO.  507  t  HANDSOMH  BOOM  AND 
flrst-dass  board   for  smgle    gentleman ;  also   table 
board;  reterence  requireil. 

■\r<»-  118  WEST  49TH  ST.— Ti>  LET  WITH 
li  board,  ilogle  aod  double  rooms;  termq  moderate; 
reference. 

O.  33  WEST    33D    ?*T.,  NKAit  3 TH  AV — 

Sunny  front  a^cond-fioor  suite;    superior  board; 
terms  reasonable. 

IKTH      AV..      NOI      351— UANDSO.MBI,lf-FUR- 
nished  suite  and  single  rooms  ;    exuellent  tabid  and 
attendance ;  modcrat«  terms. 


T 


WENTV-THlltO     ST.,     NO.    36    EAST- 
A  large  and  sma:l    room;   good   board  ;  references. 


IV 


0. 114  WK.ST-r.iD   ST.— A   PLB.A.sA.>T  BOuM 
witii  board  ;  grate  fire ;  terms  moderate. 


PLEASANT  ROO.MS.  WITH  BOARD  |  RtF- 
erenoes.    No.  116  West  45th  st 


N 


O.   5    WEST   4JD    ST.— H.AND30ME    BOOMS 
ir^th  tXJard  ;  reference  ex'-baoKud. 


O.  6  WEST  16TU  .ST TURKK  LARGE  BOOMS 

to  let,  with  or  wlthnut  bosrd  :  rtitereocea 

O.   19   EAST    46 IH    .xT.— RouMb    TO   LET. 
with  board  ;  references  ezuhan^ed. 


WANTED— BY  A  GENTLEMAN.  FURNISHED  OR 
unfurnished  room,  with  or  without  board,  in  a 
private  rami ly.  who  are 'willing  and  able  to  take  eood 
care  ot  two  healthy  littie  boys,  (age  21  and  6  months.) 
Address,  stating  references,  terms,  aud  particulars, 
A.  B.,  Box  No.  120  Timet  Office. 


WANTEI>— A  FRONT  SQCARR  A.VD  HALL- 
ruoiu  adiolninij.with  fire,  Kas,  and  good  board,  for 
lady  and  gentleman ;  terms  muit  be  Ion-  aod  entire 
Independence;  between  12th  and  23d  bib.  AddresB 
LADY,  Box  No.  208  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICIi.  No. 
1,257  BROADWAY. 


"WTANTED- ROJM,  WITH  BOARD,  FOR  hl.NOLE 
T  T  gentleman  ;  In  private  tamtly,  or  where  there  am 
few  boarders,  at  rea«onal>le  terms  :  between  34tb  and 
50ih  sta.  and  r>th  to  8th  avs.  Address  B.  A.  G.,  No. 
467  West  40th  St. 


WTANTED- BY  A  YOUNG  GENTl,KMAN.  A  SMALL 
TV  neatlv-fnrnlstied  room,  with  board.  In  a  private 
family,  near  Madison  or  Union  square.  Address,  with 
terms, which  must  be  moderate,  D.  B.  B.,  Box  No.  124 
Timet  Ofllcp. 


OARD      WANTED— FOK     OB.NTLE.'ttAN      AND 
wile:    can  furnish:    will  pay  S16  to  $20 ;    unex- 
ceptionable references :    also,  terms  for  table  board. 
Address  B.,  Box  Ao.  3,651  Podt  Office. 


b: 


WANTED— SKT  OF  APABTME.NTM  UNFCR.VISB- 
ed,  below  14tb  st,  vith  board,  which  must  be  of 
the  best  qtiallty  and  privately  served.  Address  £., 
Box  No.  120  7<nie«  Office. 


A'"'"^1?OlIN<x  IiAOY  BNGAQEO  IN  RTCDl 
would  share  her  room  with  lady  of  similar  taste  ; 
references  exchanged.  AddroiB  STUDENT,  No.  65  West 
28th  st 


17IHTH  AV.,  NO.   511,   CORNER  43D  ST.— 
.A  luruished  apartment  will  be  vaoaten;    French 
table  d'hote ;  appointments  strictly  flrst-clasa 


AHANDSOMEliT    irCRNlSllED   ROOM  TO 
let  to  a  gentleman,  without  board,  in  a  private  fa- 
mlll.v.    No.  37  East  19th  st,  near  Broadway. 


HOTELS. 


THE  ROVAL  VICTORIA  HOTEL, 

NAhSAU,  BAHAdA  IdLANUS. 
For  full  Inrormation  apply  to 

JAMtiS  LIDGERWOOD  U  CO.. 

No.  733  Broad Wtv.  .Vew-YotV, 


HOTEL  ROVAL,  RESERVOIR  SQUARE 
and  40th  St.— A  quiet  select  family  hotel  on  the 
Kuropean  plan,  with  rettaarant  of  unsurpassed  excel- 
lence; prices  moderate:  liberal  arrangements  made 
with  families.       ' 


HOTEL  BRANTING,  MADISON  AY.   AND 
58th  Bt— We  have  a  few  suita  more  of  pleasant 

rooms  to    let;     also  single  rooms  :     prices  moderate. 
Call  and  see. 


NEW-ENGLAND     HOTEL.— LOOGINOS,    6O0. 
■MO  light  single  rooms  fur  gentlemen  only.    Comer 
Bowery  and  Bayard  st 


EmoTiom 

Officb  or  THK  Consolidation  Coal  Company  or  1   . 
Mabtlako,  No.  71  Broadwat,        > 
Naw-VoBK,  Feb.  J,  1877.  J 

TBE  ANNCAL  MEETIXi  OK  THE  8TO0K- 
holders  of  this  company  lor  the  election  of  Presi- 
dent and  Directors,  and  transaction  of  other  bual- 
liess.  will  be  held  at  boon  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  2lst 
Inst  Tbe  transfer-books  will  close  at  2  o'clock  P.  M., 
On  the  lOtb  Inst,  aud  reopen  ou  the  23d  iiist 

H.  V.  HICKS,  Secretary. 


rpHE   ANNUAL      ftlKETING     Oif     STOCR- 

I  HOLDERS  of  the  Maryland  Coal  Company  tor  the 
election  of  a  President  and  ten  Directors,  and  tor  such 
other  bosiness  as  may  come  befoco  the  meeting,  will 
beheld  at  the  comuanv's  ofBce.  > u.  1 1 1  Broadway, 
Feb.  6,  at  11  A.  a.  Polls  open  f.om  12  M.  till  1  P.  M. 
S.  T.  R08  <.  Secretary. 


THE  ANNUAL  Kl<BCTIO.\  FOR  TrilttTEEN 
Directors  of  the  bixth  Avenue  Railroad  Company 
will  be  held  at  tbe  Depot,  6tU  av.,  corner  of  43d  st,  on 
TUESDAY,  Feb.  13,  1877,  from  12  to  1  o'clock. 

H.  S.  MOOB^,  Secretary. 


SlX^^PBNpTY^SAVlGi&SBAN^ 

BBOADWAY  AND  A8T0E  PLACE.    ' 
FORTY-SEVENTH      SEMI-ANNUAL      DIV- 
IDEND. 

The  Trustees  have  ordered  a  dlvldenl  at  the  rate  of 
FIVE  PER  CENT.  pA  annum,  out;  of  the  earnings  of 
the  iBBt  six  months,  to  be  credited  to  thd  aoconnta  of 
all  depositors  entitled  thereto,  sni^eot  to  draft  ou  and 
after  the  2uth  February.  If  not  called  fbr,' the  same 
will  be  Entitled  to  interest  from  tbe  1st  February. 

Money  deposited  up  to  tbe  10th  February  inclusive 
will  also  draw  Interest  from  the  lat  of  aaid  month. 

WM.  MILES,  Prealdent 

A.'  0.  Ootxan,  Seoratary. 

^  O.  MATinuir,  ABftrtaut  Beoretary. 


QFFf  C«S  TO  XiBI* 

UTTHB 


AMOSJEMENTS. 
thF^secSwbT^annual 

epiABItY  PAIL, 

VOa  THB  BENEFIT  OF  THB 

S.  B.  SMITH    INFIRMABT, 

To  he  held  at  the 
GERMAN   CLUB   BOOMS,  8TAPLET05,  THXTBftDAT. 

FEB.  a 

Tickets,  admitting  Gentleman  and  Lady,  $S.    Addi- 
tional Laoles'  Tioketa,  $2  60  each,  may  be  ob" 
taloed  from  tbe  Manaxing  Committee,  or 
by   written  applieatlon  to  Box  No. 
103  New  Brightoii  Post  Ofdue. 


LADY    PATRONESSES. 
Mrs.  H.  B.  Alexander.         '"  Mrs.  Louis  Johnson. 
Mrs.  John  A.  Appleton. 
Mrs.  B.  A.  Andailese, 
Mrs.  Thomas  aspinwalL 
Mrs.  John  U.  Austin. 
Mrs.  John  C.  Bailey. 
Mrs.  Herman  Baltzer. 
Mrs.  Ueorgo  J.  Beobtel.  Jr. 
Mrs.  Edward  tiemeut, 
Mra  R.  Benedict. 
Mra  Frederick  Berthoud. 
Mrs.  Walter  Betts. 
Mrs.  William  Blauchard. 
Sirs,  A.  B.  Boardman. 
Mrs.  Albert  Bodlna. 
Mrs.  Edward  Bodine. 
Mrs.  Edward  Bodine,  Jr. 
Mrs.  John  BoniL 
Mrs.  John  Bonner. 
Mrs.  Edward  U.  Bonner. 
Mrs.  Gea  T.  Bonner, 


Mrs.  J.  A.  Bostwick. 

Mrs.  Frank  o.  Bovd. 

Mrs.  C.  J.  Brldeman. 

Mrs.  KrastUB  Diooks. 

Mrs.  Fred.  T.  Brown. 

Mrs.  Geo.  Brown. 

Mrs.  John  tiruwn. 

Mrs.  T.  B.  Browning. 

Mrs.  M.  BrumagliL 

Mrs.  John  L.  Bullatd. 

Mrs.  Joa.  B.  Bnsk. 

Mrs.  h.  L.  Butler,  Jr. 

Mrs.  S.  s.  Butler. 

Mrs.  Paul  W.  Caesar. 

Mrs.  VV.  Caldwell. 

Mis.  R.  W.  Cameron. 

Mrs.  Geo.  CumpbelL 

Mrs.  Geo.  U,  Carey. 

Mrs.  Geo.  Catlin. 

.Mrs.  H.  H.  Chillis. 

Mra.  John  A.  Ciico. 

Mrs.  Dr.  J.  G.  Claik. 

Mrs.  Dr.  Fred.  E.  Clark. 

Mrs.  W.  H.  Clark. 

Mrs.  Lester  M.  Clark. 

Mis.  C.  a.  Clegg. 

Mra  Charlt  s  Congdon. 

Mrs.  honry  .M.  cougdon. 

Mrs.  George  E.  Cook. 

Mrs.  E.  Beach  CrowelL 

Mra.  W.  Corry. 

Mrs.  Geo.  William  Curtis. 

Mrs.  John  G.  Dale. 

Mrs.  W.  H.  Davldge. 

Mrs.  James  .M.  UavlB. 

Mrs.  J.  A.  Da>TSOu. 

Mrs.  Joshua  W.  Davis. 

Mrs.  De  Custio. 

Mrs.  Louis  D  <  Jonee. 

Mrs.  bydnev  De  Ray. 

Mra  R.  K.  Delafielu. 

Mrs.  W.  O.  Dldncbsen. 

Mrs.  G.  W.  pix. 

Mrs.  Thomas  Drew. 

Mrs.  Cornelius  Du  Bols. 

Mrs.  Cornuiius  DuBois.Jr. 

Mrs.  Eureue  Du  Bols. 

Mrs.  W.  Duer. 

Mra.  W,  Butler  Duncan. 

Mis.  E.  Dntllh. 

Mrs.  Chaiies  A.  Baston. 

Mrs.  Uustav  Eckmeyer. 

Mrs.  Jamos  badle. 

Mra.  William  Ladle. 

Mrs.  W.  C.  Kgleaton. 

Mrs.  Khninger. 

Mra.  J.  Frank  Emmons. 

Mrs.  E.  M.  Evans. 

Mrs.  Dr.  Feeuy. 

Mrs.  G.  Men.  Flske. 

Mrs.  Oliver  Flake. 

Mrs.  .\.  Flamaat. 

Mrs.  C.  Fellowt-s. 

Mrs.  Morilmer  Fowler. 

Mrs.  L.  B.  i-reiezi^ 

Mrs.  Arthur  Uans. 

Mrs.  Sydney  Gav. 

Mrs.  C.  C.  GooJhue. 

Mrs.  Edward  W.  Gould. 

.Mrs.  John  L.  Gratai  ap. 

Mrs.  O.  J.  Greenfield. 

Mis.  C.  a.  Gr.vmes. 

Mrs.  Charles  L.  Gunn. 

Mrs.  li.  B.  Uagedorn. 

Mra  Uavedoro. 

MrH.  Frank  U.  Hallett 

.Mrs.  C.  K.  Hamilton. 

Mrs.  A.J.  Hamilton. 

MfB.  T.  bandy. 

Mra.  M.  O.  Ituuahtonl 

Mrs.  J.  M.  Hawkins. 

Mrs.  William  Uaxtun. 

BIrs.  Gustnv  llelueken. 

Mrs.  K.  tiilmers. 

Mrs.  John  C.  Henderson. 

Jlrs.  Charles  K.  Henderson.  Mrs.  J.  D.  Vermeule. 


Mrs.  Oliver  Johnson. 

Mra.  S.  T.  Jones. 

Mis.  a.  F.  Kemp. 

Mrs,  Dr.  C.  H.  Klrg. 

.Mrs.  C.  Keutgen- 

Mr3.  .M  .  C.  Ellngi>nfeiat 

Mrs.  Ferdinand  Bobbe. 

Mra  F.  W.  Eriege.      ..; 

Mrs.  H.  R.  Kunhardt 

Mrs.  C.  E.  Lawrence. 

Mrs.  Joseph  D.  Lawrence. 

Mrs.  George  A.  Leavltt. 

tits.  Joseph  Lederle. 

Mrs.  Locke. 

Mrt.  Reuben  Lord. 

UtK  CbaiiesLuKng. 

Mra  George  f .  McCulloh. 

Mrs.  Peter  McQnade. 

Mrs.  N.  Maroh. 

Mrs.  I.  K.  Martin. 

Mrs.  Dr.  F.  ts.  Martindale. 

Mrs.  Charles  A.  Meigs. 

Mis.  Povjtil  Meigs. 

Mrs.  Fred.  .Ueissner. 

Mrs.  E.  B.  MorrllL 

.Mis.  Rdward  .Uertens. 

Mrs.  Geo.  A.  Midilebrook. 

Mrs.  Nicholas  C.  Hllier. 

Mrs.  Robert  B.  Mlnturu. 

Mrs.  C.  A.  Muure. 

Mrs.  B.  F.  Morns. 

Mra  Thos.  M.  Morrla. 

Mrs.  L.  Morton. 

Mrs.  Jumt-s  Uc  Andrew. 

Mrs.  Francis  McDonald. 

Mrs.  Wm.  W.  UcFarland. 

Mrs.  James  McNamee. 

Mrs.  William  Nelison. 

Mrs.  D.  A.  .Nes'dtt 

Mrs.  W.  S.  Nichols. 

Mrs.  tx.  Norton. 

Mrs.  C.  I'.  Norvell. 

Mrs.  D.  R.  Norvell. 

Mis.  Dr.  O'Daa. 

Mrs.  Dr.  Oehnie. 

Mrs.  A.  E.  Outerbridge. 

Mrs.  J.  G.  K.  Duer. 

Mrs.  Krankiin  Osgood.    • 

Mrs.  Willldli  Osgood 

Mrs.  A.  Paimele. 

Sirs.  A.  W.  Peabody. 

Mrs.  W.  H.  Pendleton. 

M  rs.  C.  L.  Perme. 

Mrs.  J.  U.  PooL 

Mrs.  A.  Poit 

Mrs.  GiJeon  Pott 

Mrs.  A.  Prentice. 

Mrs.  A.  M.  Prou'ifit: 

Mrs.  C.  U.  Raymond. 

Mrs.  Robert  Ravuer. 

Mrs.  W,  P.  Raynor. 

Mrs.  A.  Rich. 

Mrs  B.  Richarda 

Mtii.  George  B.  Kipley. 

Mrs.  H.  J.  Roberta 

Mrs.  Beverly  Robinson,  Jr. 

Mrs.  Robert  E.  Rouinson. 

Mrs.  Windiow  Robiusoa. 

Mra.  Rodewald 

Mra  S.  Roosevelt 

Mrs.  P.  L.  Ronth. 

Mrs.  L.  Bfvtterlee. 

Mrs.  Roosevelt  .^chnyler; 

Mrs.  George  S.  Soo^eld. 

Mra.  6.  S.  ficofield,  Jr. 

Mis.  Henry  bedle.y. 

Mra  i  rangis  George  Shaw. 

Mrs.  W.  B.  Shope. 

Mrs.  J.  H.  Stout 

Mrs.  A.  W.  Btts. 

Mrs.  James  W.  SImonton. 

Mrs.  F.  Schmidt 

Mrs.  Chaiies  G.  Smith. 

M:s.  R.  Peun  Smith. 

Mrs.  Herman  Sonutag. 

Mrs.  W.  K.  boutter. 

Mrs.  A.  V.  Stanioy. 

Mr*.  C.  M.  Stead. 

Mrs  C.  H.  .stehblna 

Mrs  Anson  Phelps  Stokes. 

&<ti.  U.  W.  Stone. 

Mra.  Herman  Ktnrsburg. 

Mrs.  <  harlcs  Talntor. 

Mrs.  F.  PorttT  Thayer. 

Mrs.  Mlntboriie  Tompkins. 

MrR.  C.  II.  Tompk!n8. 

Mrs.  Dwlght  Towqsend.  . 

Mrs.  VVisuerH.   lownsend. 

Mrs.  Joshua TrurobnIL 

Mrs.  K.  a  UunderhilL 

Mrs.  H.  Van  Huron. 

Mis.  Jacob  H.  Vanderbllt 

Mrs.  Or.  Van  Rensselaer. 

Mrs.  C.  Va'j  Zauut 

Mra  8.  V.  Vedder. 


Mrs.  J.  Buchanan  Henry. 

Mrs.  c.  A.  Ilurpich. 
>lis.  Gea  F.  Uicics. 
Virs.  Geo.  W.  Hodges. 

Mrs.  Walter  Hodges. 

Mrs.  F.  Uolllck. 

Mr^.  G.  W.  Ho'yofce. 

Mrs.  II.  L.  ilortOQ. 

Mrs.  II.  E.  Hi.y. 

Mra  L.  T.  Hovt. 

Mrs.  C.  H.  huestlB. 

Mrs.  A.  Duer  Irving. 

Mrs.  L.  Irving. 

Mrs.  G.  Jansfcciu 

Mra  Stephen  vV.  Jeasup. 

Mra  O.  D.  Jewett. 

Mrs.  Gea  w.  Jewett. 

Mrs.  Geo.  D.  Johnson. 

Mrs.  Templi'ton  Johnson. 

Mrs.  11.  li.  Johnson. 


Mrs.  Eniil  Vod  Destlnon. 
Mrs.  Btrons  Wadswonb. 
Mra  J.  I).  Ward. 
Mr.,.  Dr.  T.  M.  Walscr. 
Mrs.  Dr.  W.  C.  Walser. 
Mrs.  Waller  Watsao. 
Wis.  riiaa  K.  Wemple. 
Mrs.  Westervelt. 
Mrs.  Kveiet  1".  Wheeler. 
Mrs.  Whitney. 
Jlrs.  K.  Wimao. 
Mrs.  Gen.  vVoodmffi 
Mrs.  R.  B.  Whlttemore. 
Mrs.  W.  .M.  Whlttemore. 
Mra.  Leonard  K.  Wbita. 

ilra.  Geo.  H.  Whl'nev. 
Mra  Geo.  M,  VShitehouae. 
Mrs.  Stephen  VVhitmau. 
Mra  W.  T.  Williama 
SI  rs.  J.  O.  Woods. 


BBCEPTTON  COMMITTEB. 

BLUB  BADQR. 

JOHN  BoNNKR.  Chairman. 
R.  TV.  Cameron.  John  H.  PooL 

John  G.  Dale.  •    Francis  Geo.  Shaw. 
Gustar  Helneken.  Anson  I'helps  stokes. 

I  harles  A.  Ilerpich.  W.  K.  .Soutter. 

N.  <•.  Miller.  Kneeland  8.  Townsend. 

B.  B.  Hinturn.  k.  B.  Whittemore. 

FLOOR  COM.MITTEE. 

WRITS   BADOB. 

DALLAS  PRATi,  Chairman. 

D.  Appleton.  J.  Oliver  Johnson. 

Chanes  T.  Amoux.  Louis  Juhnson. 

Louis  P.  Bayard.  Shipley  Jones. 

Albert  B.  Boardman.  I-'a-rd.  Koiitx-. 

Robert  Bnckiin,  Jr.  Charles  W.  Kohlsaat 

Louis  Couijdon.  WliUnra  Ercos. 

William  (lark.  Theodore  B.  Leeds 

William  H.  Dnvidge,  it.  Nathaniel  Marsh. 

Joshua  W,  Davis.  W.  H.  Motley. 

Richard  Delaneld.  Duncan  k,  Norvell 

G.  W.  F.  G.  Diorlohsen.  Charles  H.  Btebblna. 

Joseph  De  W.  Dimmoek.  W.  Stursbure. 

John  K.  I.  Grainger.  Frank  L.  Stmonton. 

Tbomap  Gratacap.  Chariea  B.  Sexton. 

Charles  R.  Henderson.  S.  O.  VanderpoeL 

Gusy  Irving.  Giiorge  West 
Richard  Voung. 

MANAGING  CO.MMITTEB. 

RBD  '^ADOB. 

C.  C.  Norvell.  L.  .-^atterlee. 

].  KloRSley  Martin.  J.  W.  Simontoo. 

T.  M.  Eainhard.  K.  Wim.in. 

MUSIC  BT  GRAFULLA'S  BAND. 

SDPPEB  FROM  11  O'CLOCK  DNTIL  L 


\XTM.  A.  POND  de   CO.'S   NEW    PCBLICA- 

TT  TIO.NB.- -What  were  all  the  World  Without 
TlieeT'  Dank's  best  song.  30  cents;  "  Flvlnu  Dutoh- 
man,"  ananged  by  H.  A.  WoUenhaupt.  $1  25;  '•An 
Kasy  Arrangement."  1^  H.  Maylath.  50  cents;  "Bil- 
low of  Fire,"  P.  P.  Bliss,  30  cunts:  "  Burlestine 
Polki."  by  Offenbach,  (with  portrait)  50  cents; 
'•What  Flower  la  This  f"  Keens,  33  cents;  "Goals 
my  Strong  Salvation,"  Wagner,  arranged  by  Holden, 
4u  cents.  Easter  Anthema,  Hymns,  aud  Carols  now 
ready.  Pianos  .-Mid  organs  to  rent.  W."*!.  A.  PONli  St 
CO.,  No.  047  Broadway,  branch  store  No.  30  Dhioa 
square,  New-York.. 


MCrtlOAL^ 

A  GFIEAt  OFFER! I.he'^'H'S'd''ffl 

dispose  of  lUO  PIANU8  tSc  OuGANs,  new  and 

tecond-hand.  0/  flrsf-class  tmtUBTm,  tacliidlnar 
V  A  l'EiC»*,at  lo-wev  pricea  for  casb  or  InstaU- 
mentA  or  to  let  until  paid  for  than  ever  before 
ottered.  WATEICS'  GRAND  SQUARE  and 
UeUlUHT  PlANOSJkaRUANJ^arethe  KE»l' 
MADE.  AGENTS  WA.VrED.  lUnatrated  Oat- 
alosiies  mailed.  A  liberal  discoont  to  Teachers, 
Jtf.nM(er^  OhurcMs.  etc  shoet  miuic  at  ball  price. 
HORACE  WATERS  He  SONS,  dlaniifctrs.  and 
Dealers,  40Kaat  IdtU  St..  Union  sqaare,  N.  ¥. 


GUITARS.— C.  F.  MARTIN  tCO.'S   CBLEBRATRD 
GCITaRS.    Depot  ate.  A.  ZOEBlbCB  k.  SONS,   No. 
46  Maiden   lane. 


AliliKN  DOD^VOKTH»S   DANCING    SCHOOL 
REMOVED  TO  NO.  08I  oTH  AVBNDB. 
Now  open  for  the  reception  of  pupils. 
For  parti oulai'B  send  for  ulrouiac. 
Private  lessons  every  day. 


DE   GARAIO'S 

PBIVATB  DANCI.VG  ACADEMY, 
Na  7  West  32d  at.  two  doors  from  5th  ar. 

Hrsl5rT<rGIVB"N0^nCE^^^T^ 

ViSd  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1877,  a  warrant  In  bank- 
ruptcy waa  'issued  asaiust  tbe  estate  of  'IHOjIAS  R. 
AGNbW.  ol  the  City  of  New-York.  In  the  Connt.v  of  New- 
York,  and  State  of  .N'ew-Vork,  who  baa  been  adjudged  a 
bankiupt  011  hlsown  petitiou;  that  the  p.trmeat  of  any 
dei'ts,  and  delivery  or  any  iiroperty  beluiiglug  to  such 
bankrupt,  to  him  or  fbr  Lis  uau,  and  the  transfer  01  any 
property  by  him  areforbiddeu  hy  law ;  that  a  meeting  ot 
the  creditors  of  said  bankrupt  to  prove  their  debts 
aud  10  choose  ooe  or  mora  Assignees  of  his  estate  will 
be  held  at  a  Court  of  Bankruptey,  to  be  holden  at 
Na  l'Z9  Fulton  street,  in  the  City  of  New- 1  ork,  before 
Bdgar  Ketoham.  Esq..  Begiater,  on  the  15th  day  of  Feb- 
tiory,  A.  D.  1877,  at  twelve  o'clock  M. 

(jLIVER  FISKR, 
United  States  Uarahal,  aaHessenger,  Southern  Diauict 
of  New-York. 


MEETINGS. 

AMemCAN  INSTITUTE.  -  TBB  AJmUAIi 
elMtioa  tor  Tnutaw  Md  Maaanri  vlU  m  tM 
atttaroomB  ta  tbe  Yfoep^finlidtiti.  en  TttURipir 
fha>ih  day  of  Fttarow.  -nw  *»n  rl|i  «l£PP«wrt  M 
XO  e'eiook  A.  M.  and  eioaed  at  9  n'Ototk  P.  H,  - 


'-'-".i^'.v'.'."'-'.--".'-.^ 

4MUg^gOTS. 
"Erj5u»i2*erary* 

aNd 
MUSIOAIi   £in:EBTAINMEKT 

Under  the  anaploea  of 

XKDB  IVEIV-TOBK  PRESS  GliUB 

■■'''''''        '^         - 

STBIBTWAT  HALL.  TUESDAY,  Feb.  6,  at  8. 
Mme.  BUGENIB  PAPPENHEIM,  BoprauP^ 
Hme.  ZBLDA  SEQUIN,  Contralto. 
MABK  TWAIN.  (8.  L.  Oemens,) 
A  F.  BUBBANK,  Elooutionist 

CHABLEB  BOBEBT8,  Js.,  Elocutionist 
WILLIAM  CASTLE,  Tenor. 

GEOEQB  WEBRENBATH,  Tenor. 

WILLIAM  CABLETON,  Baritone. 

JULES  G.  LUMBARD,  Baas. 
Prot  F.  B06C0VITZ,  Pianist 
TBB  NBW-YOBK  GLEE  AND  MADBIQAL  CLUB. 
THE  YOUNG  APOLLO  CLUB. 
Sefior,  B.  MAEZO,  Conductor  and  Acoompanlst 
TtcketB,  with  reserved  seats,  $1  60  and  $1,  according 
to  location.  For  sa'e  at  the  hall.  General  admission,  81 
CHICKERINU  HALL.  ABBOTT, 

WEDNESDAY  EVENING.  Feb.  7. 
D.  de  Vivo  has  the  honor  to  announce  the 
DEBUT   OF  MISS  EMMA 

ABBOTT, 

Assisted  by 

BBIONOLI,    FEBRANTI,    CASE.    PRATT,    and 

GRAND  OBCHESTBA, 

Under  direction  of. , MAX  MABBTZEK 

FRIDAY,  Feb.  9— Second  ABBOTT  CONCERT. 

SATURDAY.  Feb.  10— only  ABdOTT  MATINEE. 

Admission,  $1 :  reserved  seats.  50  cents  and  $1  ex- 
tra, accordiut;  to  location.  Matinee  Prices — Admis- 
sion, $1 ;  reserved  seats,  50  cents  extra.  Ticketi  for 
sale  at  the  Box  Office,  Chickeriiig  Bail;  Schnbeith's, 
Na  '^3  Union  Bquare,  and  Bollmann's,  No.  Ill  Broad- 
way. 

N.  B.— First  concert.  BENEFIT  of  the  Chapln  Home. 

Chlckerlng  pianos  used  at  all  Abbott's  concerts. 


WALLACK'.S. 

Proprietor  and  Manaaer Mr.  LESTER  WALLACE. 

LAST  I'WO  NIGHTS 

of 

ALL  FOB  HER. 

MR.  LESTER  WALLACK 

na  • 

HUGH  TkEVOR 

To  Buceeed  the  present  entertainment  a  setlea  of 

(JHILLIAST   LEGITIMATE  COMEDIES, 

most  carefttUv  and  completely  produced,  the  firat  of 

which 

ON  WEDNESDAY,  FEB.  7. 
Will  be  Dance's  Comedy, 
A  MORNING  CALL, 
and  Buekstone's  three-act  comedy,  so  intimately  asso- 
ciated with  the  artistic  triumphs  of  this  theatre,  entl- 
"Oed 

MARRIED  LIFE, 

an  entertainment  full  of 

MIRTH  AND  MKRRIUENT, 

In  which 
MR,  LE.STKR  WALLACK, 
Mr.  JOHN  GILBERT,  Mr.  HARRY  BKCKliTT.  Mr.  B.  AR- 
KOTT,   Mr.   CHARLBS   STEVENSOS,  Mr.  J.  W.  SHAN- 
NON, Mlas  ADA  DYAS,  Miss  EFFIBGIJRMON.  Mme.  PO- 
NtST,  Miss  ROSE  WOOD.  Mrs.  JOHN  SEFTON  and  Ulas 
Kate  BARTLBTT  win  appear. 
Box-book  open  two  weeks  in  advance. 
Doors  open  at  7::!i0,  oommeoce  at  8. 


DEATH  Al 
RESUMECTM. 


Ber.  Chauncey  Giles  will  deliver  the  second  lecture 
of  the  course  at  8  o'clock  this  evening.  In  tbe  New 
Church  (Sweden borgian)  Society's  House  of  Worship, 
S5th  St.,  between  Park  and  Lexington  avs. 


Subject-"  The  Death  of  the  Soul." 


ALL  SEATS  FREE. 


UERHAN  LilEUERIiRANZ. 

AT  THE  ACADBMY  OF  MUSIC. 

GRAND  MA^QUiiRADE   BALL, 

TUUttSDAV,  FSB.  8,  1877. 

Tickets,  at  the  usual  nrice  and  under  the  usual 
restrictions,  can  be  ha<l  from  the  following  gentlemen: 

William  Steinway.  Stelnway  Hall. 

Kmll  Unser,  No.  60  Park  place. 

Ilcrmau  Unl,  New-Tork  StaaU-Zeitung 

■"^ig.  Kaulman,  No.  3!i  Nassau  st. 

L,  Kaemmerer,  No.  108  Grand  st. 

W.  RastOus,  Na49  BxchangQ  place. 

H.  c.  K.  Koch,  corner  20tb  St.  and  6th  av. 

J.  Windmnller,  German  Savlnes  Bank,  14th  st 

L.  A.  Gra-a,  No.  136  Chambers  st 

Peter  Krnenweiu.  No   14S  Nassau  st 

Boxes  and  tickets  sold  by  C.  Godfrey  Gnnther,  No.  23 
Dalon  sqiinrc.  and  Schmidt  U  Curtiu?,  Nn.  33  Broad  sU 


NEW  BllOADWAY  THEATRE. 


SPECIAL, 


Broadwey  and  30th  st. 
THIS    (SUNDAY)    KVKxNING,     FARKWELL    FACRED 
CONCERT  by  the  ONLY  GKOROIA  JUBILEE  SINGERS, 


(NBW  BROADWAT   THEATUE, 

Broadway  and  30th  st. 

MONDAY,  FEB.  5. 

EVERY  EVENING   at  8;  Matinees  WBDKBSDAT  and 

SATURDAY  at  2. 

Will  be  produced  the  musical  comedy, 

MARTON, 

LE  JOLIB  BOQUaTIEEE, 

With  a  powerful  nast. 


ACADEMY  OF  iMCSIC.  BROOKLYN. 

LAST  PERFORMANCES  OP 

EDWI.V  BOOTH. 

MONDAY— EDWIN     BOOTH  as  RICHARD  IlL 

TOhSDAY— LADY  OF  LYONS. 

WEDNE.SDAY— HAMLET.       THURSDAT-RICHELIEO. 

FrtlDAY-RUY  BLAS  and  TAMING  THE  SHREW. 

SATURDAY  MATINEB— DON  O.SSAR  DK  BAZAN. 

PArUHD.*Y    NIGHT— Klr^OliEAH. 

Seats  for  sale  at  the  .\cademy  and  111  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


ASSOCIATION  HALL.  23D  ST. 

IMPERSONATIONS  AND  READINGS. 

MR.  A.  P.  BUKBANK, 

The  celebrate'1  elf>cutionlst 

NEW  AND  ATTRACTIVE   PROGRAMME, 
TUESDAYi  EVKNINO,  FEB.  6. 
Tickets  at  the  duor,  50  cents. 


SAN   KKANCISCO  ItllNSTKELS. 

The    "REWARD  OP   MERIT"— SUCCSSS.1       Opera 
The  new  Opera  Bouffe.  Music  bv  Offenbach        House. 

THKHAPeY  MOK>s,  and  a  Broadway. 

GORGEOUS  JAPAN KSE  DI0RA.UIC  Scene,  land  2Uth  st 
MaTINEE  SATUROAH  at  '2.    Beats  secured. 


UKAND  CONCEUT 

for  the  benefit  of  the 

ITALIAN  PBOTKSTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHUBCH, 

at  STEINWAY  HALL. 

WEDNESDAY.  Feb.  7,  1877,  »t  8  o'clock  P.  M. 

Sinele  tickets,  $1.     No  reserved  seats. 


SAN  EKANCISCO   iHINSTRELS. 
THE  HAPPY  MOKE. 
UNPRECEDENTED     8U0CE.S.SI        DELIGHTED 
DIENCES I 


AU- 


ELBGANT  EKENCH  CONVERSATION 
guaranteed  la  a  very  short  time  ;  a  lesson  tree  to 
ahow  the  system.  Address  TRAVSR8,  Box  No.  '290 
TIMKS  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,V!67  BBOADWAY. 


OXING,      FENf)lN6i,      AND     SHOOTING 

ACADEMY,  NO.    019  6TH  AV.— Boxing  taught  in 

U4' lessons;  aend  for  circiUarB.       Col.  MONSTBRY. 


B 


AlDCTIONJALES^ 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA.- SALU  OF  TUB  JACK- 
SONVILLE, PBNSAOOLA  ASD  MOBILK  BAlLh.OAD. 
— WBBRa.u,  by  an  act  of  tbe  Legislature  of  the  State 
of  Flonda,  entitled  "  An  aot  to  perfect  the  public 
works   ot  tbe   State."   approved  June  24,  1869,  ana 

the  several  seta  ameudutory  tnereto.  It  Is 
provided  that  In  case  the  Jacksonville, 
Fensacola  and  ^Mobile  °  Bailroad  Company 
shall  ^1  to  pay  either  principal  or  interest  of  the 
hoods  issued  by  the  said  oumpauy,  under  and  by  virtue 
of  the  said  act,  or  any  part  thereui.  for  twelve  months 
after  the  eame  shall  become  due.  It  shall  be  lawful  for 
the  Governor  to  enter  upon  and  take  possesaion  of  the 

firoperty  and  franuhiaes  of  the  said  compauv,  and  sell 
ho  same  at  puolio  auction,  alter  having  Arst  (dven 
ninety  day's  notice  by  public  advertisement,  for  lawful 
money  ofthe  United  states  aud  for  nothing  else;    aod 

Whereas.  The  eaid  Jackaonvllle,  Pensacola  and 
Mobile  Company  haa  tailed  to  pay  th a  interest  duo  un 
its  said  bonds  fur  twelve  months,  after  the  Sitmu  be- 
came due;   now,  theru  ore. 

1.  Marcellus  L.  Stearus,  Governor  of  the  State  of 
Florida,  in  accordance  with  the  said  act  have  entered 
upon  and  taken  possession  of  the  Jacksonville,  fensa- 
cola and  Mobile  Bailrnad,  extending  trom  Lake  City  to 
the  Apalachicula  River,  with  its  branches,  and  all  the 
piooerty,  real  aud  personal,  appertaining  thereto,  to- 
gether with  all  the  rights,  franohtsea,  aud  powers 
thereto  belongiug.  and  heruoy  give  public  notice  that 
I  will  cause  the  same  to  be  sold  at  public 
auctiou,  lor  lawful  money  of  the  United  States, 
at  the  principal  oiBce  of  the  compauVi  in  tbe  City  of 
Tallahassee,  on  Monday  the  '2d  day  of  April,  A.  D. 
1877,  at  12  o'clock  M.;  it  being  understood,  aodnuttoe 
beinK  hereby  given,  that  the  said  road,  property,  and 
frauchUes  will  be  sold,  suhject  to  the  ve  dor's  lien 
held  by  the  Board  ot  Trustres  of  the  Internal  Im- 
provement  Fuud  Of  the  State  of  Florida,  for  the  unpaid 
purchase  moiiev  due  for  said  road 

GivenatTullnhassee,  the  Capital,  this  30th  day  of 
Decemoer,  A.  D.,  1876. 

MAEChLLUS  L.  STEARNS,    (iovernor. 
STATE  OF  FLORIDA,   SALE  OF  TH  ti   FLORIDA  CEN- 
TRAL RAILROAD. 

Whereas,  The  Fiunda  Central  Railroad  Company  baa 
failed,  for  mure  than  twelve  mouths,  to  0'<»y  the  inter- 
est due  on  the  bonds  iasued  by  aaid  company  In  ex- 
change for  bonds  of  the  State  ot  Florida,  under,  and  by 
virtue  of,  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  tbe  State  of 
Florida,  entitle<t  'An  act  to  perfect  the  public  works 
of  tbe  State,"  approved  June  24,  1869,  and  tbe  several 
acts  amendatory  thereof;  and. 

Whereat,  dem.ind  has  been  made  bv  bona  fide  hold- 
ers of  the  State  bonds  au  exchanged  upon  the  Gov- 
ernor ot  tbe  State  for  tbe  eutoroement  uf  tbe  lien  ou 
aaiii  railroad,  now,  therefore,  I,  Marcellus  L.  Steams, 
Governor  of  the  State  of  Florida,  under  and  l>y  vlrtUH 
Of  the  authority  vested  In  the  Goveruor  by  the  said 
acts,  have  entered  upon  and  taken  possession  ol',  all 
and  singolar,  tbe  railroad  and  proiierty  of  tbe  Florida 
Central  Bailroad  Comoaoy,  lying  between  Lake  City 
and  Jaokaonrule,  and  hereliy  give  public  notice  that  t 
Will  cause  tho  sainetobe  aoid  at  publlo  auntlob,  for 
la^(U  mroar  of  the  United  Statoa,  »%  the  raliroad 


^^nipm 


AMUSJ1MBNT8. 


BOOTHS  tfa&Ata.B, 

JABBBTT  It  PALMBB 


TBB  NBW  IiOOAIi  PLAT. 
...LeiBoos  aad  Kwutvt. 
••  FIFTH  AVBNCB.» 

OEOBOB  FAWCKTT  BOWE'S  OBBAT  PLAT. 

Betnm  of  the  popular  aetor,  MB. 
GEORGE    lUGNOLD. 

*•*  The  play  abonnda  with  illuBtratioiu  of  the  oeeo* 

liar  phases,  thrilling  Incidents,  and  seuaatioiial  ooour- 

renoe*  of  LIFE  IN  THB  GBBAT  METBOPOLIS  M  It 

waa  in  1863. 

ACT  L 
PIcturea  the  SINKING  OF  AN  OCEAN   STBAUBB  on 
the  banks  ot  Newfoundland.    Exciting  aSbrta  to  reaoue 
the  passengers.    1862. 

ACT  n. 
Pictorea  SCENES  IN  WALL  STBBET.    Stormy  meetlsc 
of  Btockboldera.     1863. 

ACT  in. 
Ploturea  the  LAUNCHING  OP  THB  MONITOB.    1863. 

ACT  IV. 
Plctnrea  Fifth  arenue  by  night,  and  the  HUBDBR  OP 
MB.  SCHUXLER.  tbe  banker.    A  thrilling  Boana.    1863. 

ACT  V. 
Plotures  the  return  of  the  gallant  Seventh  Begiment, 
and  tbelr  conflict  with  tbe 

RIOTERS    OF   1863. 

*,*  Tha  east  is  a  powerful  one.  The  aeeaery  ma^ 
nlfloent  Seats  can  be  secured  from  8  A.  M.  to  10 
P.  M. 


ACADEMV  OF  MIJSIC. 

KELLOGG. 

Mr.  C.  D.  HR8S JMreotorJl 

POSITIVELY  THK  LAST  PBRFORMANCE8. 
Last  appearances  in  New- V  ork  this  season  of  Amsrloa'a 
great  prima  donna, 
MIS.S  CLARA  LOUISE  KELLOGG,  ■     J 

THE  KELLOGG  GRAND  KNGLISH  cpBRA  COVPAKT,^ 
in  tbe  following  highly  attractive  repertoire. 
TUESDAY  EVE.VlNG,  Feb.  6,  Donlaettl'a 
LUCIA  DI  LAMMERMOOR. 
MISS  CLARA  LOUISE  KBLLOOG, 
MESSRS.  MAAS.  CABIiETON.CONLT, 
TURNER,   to..  In  the   cast 
WEDNESDAY  EVENI.NG.  last  repreientatlon  ofthe  great 
achievement  of  the  season.  Wagner's 
FLYlNG  DUTCHMAN. 
FRIDAY  EVENING,  BENEFIT  OF  MISS  KBLLOOG, 
MIGNON. 
LAST  GRAND  MATINEE  ON  SATURDAY. 
Secure  seats  at  Scbirmer's,  No,  701  Broadway^at  the 
Aoedemv  of  Music,  and  No.  Ill  Broadway. 

NEW-VORK. 

CONSERVATORY     OF     MUSIC. 

New-York  Offlees  only  at 
No.  6  EAST  14 TH  ST.,  second  door  east  of  Cthar. 
(Incoipnrated  1863.) 
This  RENOWNED  (dUslC  SCHOOL  and  school  of  Elo- 
cution,  Oratory,    Modern   Languagea,  Drawing,  and 
Painting  open  Da.y  and  Kvening. 

A  SPECIAL  TRAINING  Course  for  Teachers. 

Classesof  three. $10per  term;   two.$15:   pnvate,$30. 

QUARTERS  OOMMEIJCB  FROM  DATE  OF  KNTRANOB. 

bUBSCRIPTION  BOOKS  open  from  9  A.  M.  to  9  P.  M. 

The  celebrated  Anon  Pianos  are  used  in  tbe  sobooL 


EAGLE  THEATRE*        BROADWAY  AND  83D  ST. 

Proprietor Mr.  JOSH  HABT 

THE  AIMEE  OPERA  SEASON. 

ManaRor Mr.  iMAURICR    QRAU 

MONDAY  NIGHT,  Feb.  5,po8itivelv  last  time  thia  sea- 
son of  LA  JOLIE  PAKFUMEOSE, 
In  which  Atm^e  will  introduce,   for  the  last  time  thia 
season,  her  wnrld-tamous  English  Song  and  Dance,| 

"  PRETTX  AS  A  PICTURE." 
TUESDAY  EVENING,  Feb.  6,  a  new  opera,  first  time 
here,  with  entirely  new  scenery,  costumes,  and  accea- 
soiies,  and  at  an  outlay  of  over  five  thousand  (So.DOO; 
dollars,  the  last  European  .musical  sensation,  Lecooq'a 
last  and  most  successful  Opera, 

LA  PETITE  MARIEE. 


NIBIiO'S    GARDEN. 

KTBALFT  BROTHERS Lessees  and  Managera 

Unbounded  Success. 
<S>— — !& 


ABOUND 

THB 

WORLD 

IN  80  DAYS. 


Every  evening  and  Saturday  matinee,    c-eats  seenred 
ti^o  weeks  in  advance. 


OLVinPIC  THEATHE.         NO.  622  BROADWAT. 
PROiNODNCED  AND  POSITIVE  SUCCESS 

of  the 

FIFTH  AVE.SDE  TRAVELING  COMPANY 

IN   MR.    aCGUSTIN  DALY'S  FAMOUS  COMEDY, 

THE        THS  BIG  BONANZA THK 

BIG        THE  BIG  BO.SA.SZA BIG 

BONANZA    THE  BIG  BO.^ANZA BONANZA 

POPULAR  PRICKS  of  AdralsBion- 25c.,  oOc,  and  $i. 
MATINEES  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY. 


STEIN  WAX  HALL. 


E6SIP0FF  EBTURN. 


THRhR  GRAND  CONCERTS. 
TUESDAY  AND  FRIDAY  KVENLNGS,  Ki^B.  13  AND  16. 
SATURDAY  MATIN E8,  F«B.  17,  MME^  ANNETTE 
ESBIPOFF,  THK  ILLUSTRIOUS  PIANiSf,  assisted  by 
M1S8.  PALHA.MONS.  VIVIEN,  MONf^.  UULCKEN. 
Admission.  $1.  Bescrvei]  seats  $1  60.  Sale  of  seats 
Thursday  at  Steinway  Hall,  bchuberth's,  and  No  111 
Broadway. 

THURSDAY   EVENING,   FEB.    15,  CHURCH  EDIFICE, 
BROUKLIN. 


GRAND  OPERA-HOUSE.         8th  av.  and  23d  st 

THIS    (8U.VDAY)   EVENING, 

THIS    (SUNDAY)    EVBfWHG. 

GRAND  SACRED  CONCERT 

BY 

THB   ORIGINAL  SLAVE  TBOUPB 

OF 

JUBILEE  SINGER". 

A  MOST  REMARKABLE  PROGRAMMB. 

AdmisBlon,  25  cents.  Reserved  seatB,  60  centa* 


NEW-YORK.  CHOKAL  UNION. 

Under  the  direction  of  America's  famona  muslOHl 
candnctor,  P.  ».  GILMOBE,  the  golden  opportunity  Is 
off  red  to  those  who  readily  read  oboral  and  other 
music  at  sight  to  join  the  society  next  TUCRsDAY 
BV/nNING,  Feb.  8,  at  chaoelof  Or.  Crosby's  church,  4th 
av.  and22dat  No  dues.  In  rehearsal,  "Malchus." 
J.  W.  JaBBOE,  Secretary. 


B.    J.    ArONTAGDb, 

In  his  new  play, 

OCR  lUOL, 

PBOVIDENCE.  BOSTON.  AND  BUFFALO 

DurlDB  the  montn  of  February. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MINSTRELS. 

THE  HAPPY  MOKE. 

OFFENBACH'S      LATEST      AND    JOLLIB8T      OPEBA 

BOUfFE. 


Da.    LANDIS'    LECTURES    TO,  LADIES 
uext   TUESDAY    auu    FRIDAY  at  3  P.  M..  Science 
UuU.  No.  141  8th  st 


PROTOSAJ^ 

BOARD  OF  EDLCATION. 

Renled  proposals  will  be  received  by  the  Board  of 
School 'IVustces  ot  the  Nineteenth  Ward,  at  the  hall 
ofthe  Board  of  Bducation,  corni-r  of  Grand  and  Elm 
sts.,  until  TUESDAY,  Feb.  13,  1«77,  and  until  4  o'clock 
P.  t^,  of  Bald  day.  for  fumlBbiag  sliaiug  doors,  &o.,  in 
Grammar  School  bouse  No.  18,  on  East  51  st  St.,  near 
Lexington  av. 

Plana  and  specifications  ma.y  he  seen  at  the  office  of 
theSupeiintendeal  uf  school  Buildiugs,  No.  146Grand 
at,  third  floor. 

Two  responsible  and  approved  sureties,  residents  of 

this  Cit.v,  will  be  required  from  the  successful  bidder. 

The  party  submitting  a  proposal    and  the  parties 

proposing  to  become  euretiea,  must  each   write  his 

name  aud  place  of  residence  ou  said  proposaL 

The  Trustees  r.-serve  the  right  to  r^ect  any  or  all 
of  the  proposals  submitted.  ^ 

J.  O.  ALSTON, 
F.  T.  HOl'KlNS. 
E.  H,  PO.MKR0Y, 
M.  THALME.^SINGER, 
JOHN  C.  UON.NElLY, 
Board  of  School  Trustees,  Nineteenth  Ward. 
Dated  Nkw-Yohk,  Jan.  31,  1377. 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

Sealed  proposals  will  oe  received  by  the  Board  of 
School  Trustees  of  tbe  Twelfth  Ward,  at  tbe  Hall  of 
the  Board  ot  Education,  corner  of  Grand  aud  Elm  sts., 
until  TUESDAY,  the  lith  day  of  February,  1877,  aud 
until  4  o'clock  P.  M.  on  said  da.y,  tor  altering  and  fit- 
ting up  tlie  premises  on  the  north-east  corner  of 
Avenue  A  and  118th  st.  Cor  school  purposes. 

Plans  and  specifications  ma.y  be  seen  be  tbe  office  of 
the  Superiiitendeutof  School  Buildings,  No.  146  Graud 
et^  third  floor. 

Two  resp»nsible  and  approved   eureties,   residents  of 

this  City,  will  hi-  required  from  the  sucoessnil  bidder. 

The  party  submitting  a  proposal,   and  the  parties 

proposing  to    become  aureiies  must  each   write  hia 

name  and  place  of  lesidence  on  said  proposal. 

The  TrustewB  reserve  the  right  to  r^ect  any  or  all 
of  tbe  proposals  aubmitled. 

KOSWELL  Q.  bolston,    ■ 
david  h.  knapp. 
chable8  crahy. 
JOHN  L.  TuNNELE, 
GERMAIN  HAUSCHELL, 
Board  of  School  Trustees,  Twelfth  Ward. 
Dated  New-York,  Jau.  '23,  la77. 


misobexa^;eou^ 

To  Manufacturers  of  Fertilizers. 

FOR  SALE, 

AMMONIACAL  MATTERS, 

In  fine  meohauioal  condition,  and  containing  ftova  13 
to  14  per  cent,  ammonia,  at  $2  25  per  unit  of  ammo- 
nia per  ton  of  2,01)0  pounds.  fToe  on  board,  at  Balti- 
more, buyera  furnishing  uags.     Address 

AMOE  SMITH  t  SONS, 
Post  Office  Box  No.  33,  Baltimore,  Md. 


perfection: 


BQKER'S   BITTERS. 

No.  78  Jonn  at..  New- York.     Post  Office  Box  No.  1,0'.29. 
L.  FUN  KB.  Jr.,  SOLE  AGKNT. 


LADV  OF  AIEANS,  EESPECTABILITY  AND  RE- 
duement  wishe<  to  travel ;  -would  like  to  meet  a 
lady  In  the  same  position  who  would  be  conereolai; 
woiild  gp  South,  tp  Caiitornia,  Europe,  or  Bbortei'  inpa; 
retcrences  exchanged.  Address  M.  M.,  Box  No.  108 
itimtB  Office. 


IMPORTANT  TO  THK  INSLREU  AND  THK 
uninsured.  Call  on  W.  W.  CADY,  No.  178  Broadway, 
Now-Yurk.  or  Bend  addresa  and  receive  (free  of  coat)  a 
copy  of  the 

IHK  AND  OUTS  OF  LIFE  INSURANCE.    . 


T7PPS' COCOA.— GRATRFUL  AND  OOWFORTINQ; 
Jjieali  paclcetis  Hbflle.l,  JAMSJ  KPPS  4.  C:>..  Horn  »- 
op.ithlc  Chemists.  No.  48  Toi-eadueedle  st  and  Ni>.  170 
Pii'caolllv.  Lon  100,  England.    >>ew-Yora  Dopjt  SMITH 
k  VANDERBIfKK  Park  oUi-e. 


SBE  BROWNE'S  PHONOORAPHIO  MOSTH- 
LY,  737  Broadway.  Piloe.  30  ceut*.  ttoportlng  |x- 
erolse  by  Mnnaon,  done  Brointe.  Stesograpber'a 
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last  Por^lan  and  present  London  aeaaon, 
THB  DANIOHJEFF8, 

A  romantlo  play  is  ftmz  acta. 


ACT  2.— THB  SALON   OF  THB  PBIBOBU 
LIDU  IS  MOSCOW. 

AOT  a— THE  HOME  OF  OSIP  AND  ABHA. 

AOT  4.— THE  HOME  OF  THE  OANXCHETFV 

The  mnsle  composed  and  arranged  by  Ui 
H.  Tlaalngton. 

The  ftimlture  and  hangings  by  Ms,  D 
Qrover  Stockley. 

The  ooBtnraea  hy  Mr.  T.  W.  Lauouetto. 
The  Proporties  oy  Mr.  W,  Henrr. 
Tbe  musical  effects  by  Mr.  G.  B.  Wlnn% 
Tbe  gas  and  lights  by  Mr.  Charles  Mun^ 


BATUBDAT,  PER  10,  PIBST  MATINEB  OP 
THB  DANICHEFFS. 
Seata  may  be  secured  10  days  In  advanoa. 

DALY'S  FIFTH  AVENUE  THEAXRB^ 


Let  those  now  LAUGH 

Who  sever  LAUGHKD  before  I 
And  those  who  always  LAUGHED, 

Now  LAUGH  the  more  1 


BVBBY  NIGHT,  BEGINNING  AT    8;  TSBUOrATO^ 
AT  10:30. 

LEMONS. 


THB  GREAT  COMIC  HIT  I 

AUGUSTIN  DALLAS  NEW  C09IED  Y  SENSA^ 
TIO.N. 

NIGHTLY  TO    CROWDED    HOUSES    A^^ 
SCREA.nS  OP  LAUGHTER. 


"LEMONS"  MATINEE  SATURDAF  AT  0. 

•»'»  seats  may  be  secured  two  weeks  ib 
advan<;e. 


PARK.  THEATRE. 


OUR  BOABOINa  BODSA 


Broadway  and  22d  st 

EENBT  E.  ABBEi' Lessee  and  Uanagex 

Ai.SUIiED  SOCCK.SS. 

CROWDED  HOUSES  NIGHTLY  DELIGHTED 

with  Leonard  Grover'a  American  Comedy  in  4  Mtr 

An  Immense  hit. — Sun. 

Remarkably  amusing. — Timet. 

Emphatically  a  buuoess Post. 

A  hearty  laiigh.— fliraii 

Cheerful  aud  efifective.— IH&ttn«. 
•   A  popular  institution. — Telegram. 

Bright,  wlttv,  amusing. — Express.  0TT8 

Entertainment  admirable.— JEoa.  BOARDIKA 

American  comedy.— JforJd,  BOUSfr. 

Purely  A  merlcan. — Commercial ^dverHaer. 

Carefhliy  set  upon  the  stase. — Oraohta. 

Eroad^  humorous  effects Some  Journal. 

Supenor  to  ".Sellers"  or  -Mighty  Dol- 
lar."— Arcadian. 

No  end  of  rollicking  fun  — yews. 

Itnmenselv  fnnn  v.— i?r<imofio  Xews. 

A  POPULARLir-APPROVED  COMBIWATION  CAST, 

Secure  your  seata  in  advance.  R'^served  seata  tt 
Balcony,  Su-ceuts ;  in  Dress  Circle,  $li  in  Orcbestnv 
SI  60.     AdmlssioD.  60  cents  and  $1. 

EVERY  EVENING  AND  SATURDAY  MATINEB. 

Free  list  absolutely  suspended. 


THE  GREAT   NEW-YORK.  AQCARICIII. 

Broadway  and  35th  st 

Oneu  from  0  A.  H.  till  10  P.  M.,  (Snudavs  exoepted.) 

NBW  AND  SPECIAL  ATTBA  CTIONS  WEEKLY. 

BEAUTIFUL  AND  IBTERPSTINQ    ENTEBTAINME5T. 
Miss  VIEEINB  LDBIN.     I  Capt.  QUIGLET, 

•EHE  W^ATKR   NYMPH,  tne  wonderful 

remains  under  water  with-       SUBMARINE  DIVER, 
out   mechanical  aid   fromlillnstintes   the  working  a 
S^a  to  3    minutes,  eatineithe  diver's  suit  in  the largt 
and   driuklng   while    sun-  tank,       remalnins     undex 
merged.  '  Iwaterforty-liva  minutea, 

MARVELOUS  FISH-HATCHING  DEPARTMENT. 
Millions  of  eggs  uudergolDg  the  mysterious   operatiot, 

of  incubation. 

AFTERNOOW  AND  EVENING  CONCEETS  AlfDTHOa 

SANDS  OP  OTHER  ATTRACTI0N15. 


HELLER'S  WONDblR  THEATRE. 

EVERY  EVENING  AT  8. 
ENTIRE  CHANG K  OF  PROGRAMME. 
Being  the  Third  Series  of 
5  HELLEE'SWONDBRS. 

^  SIX  NEW  AND  STARTLING  NECEOMATIO  WOt 
DEBS,  including  Luciier's  Punch  Bowl,  Cupid  and  tht 
Roses,  the  Cabalistic  Clock. 

The  famous  Expose,  kaowh  as  the 
PIANO  PRACTICE  OF  A  BOARDING-SCHOOL  MISS. 

New  wonders  developed  in  the 

'SECOND  SIGHT  MYSTERY. 

■  ^ 

And  an  original  Optical  ."ilarvel,  entitled  LIVING  PIC> 

TURB8.    Miss  HELLER'S  face  is  seen  in  a  picture  two 

feet  sguarel    There  are  no  surroumlings ;  nevertheless' 

the  lady  herself  is  not  within  20  feet  ofthe  canvas. 

KATINEES  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY  AT  2. 

ChUdren  half  price  to  Matln^ee. 

'^^  ^~"~^"Art\ 

NOW  ON  EXHIBITION   AT  THE 

SCHENCK  ART  GALLERY, 
No.  60  Liberty  st 
An  Important  collection  of  High  Class  AMEBtOA& 
AND  FOEEIGN  OIL  PAINTINGS,  several  of  which  are 
trom  the  last  Paris  Salon  Ezhibltloa  In  Paris,  and  the 
Anxenoan  direct  trom  the  atudlos  of  our  best  artieta 
to  be  sold  at  auction, 

lON  THURSDAY  AND  FRIDAY,  FEB.  8  AND  S. 
at  12  o'cloclc  each  day. 

EDWARD  SCHENCK.  Auctlonees. 


LEOTUEES. 


A.^ERICAN    GEOGOAPHICAL     SOCIETY. 

MEETING.    TUESDAY    EVE.VINO,    FEB.    6,  1877,  AT 
8  O'CLOCK, 
AT 
CHICKERING   HaLL. 
THE  VOLCANOES  UF  Tflii  U.VITED  STATES,  PACIFW 
COAST. 
AN  ACCOUNT  OF   BIS  EXPLORATIONS. 
By  8.  F.  EMMONS,  Esq. 
Monday  evening.  Feb.  5. 1877.  at  8  o'clock,  at  No.  11 
West  29th  St.,  Capt  Norton's  exposition  Of  his  plan  ol 
Arctic  exploration,  and  Mr.  Boyle's  explanation  of  his 
machine,  showing  mechanically  the  precision  of  th« 
equinoxea  ELLAS   F.  HALL. 

B(>cording  Secretary. 


JOE-OREAM^ 

HORTON>.4    ICE-CREAM. 

Made  from  PURE  ORANGE  COUNTY  CREAM,  appre- 
ciated tor  its  purity,  richuess,  and  certainty  of  being 
delivered  in  good  order. 

Charlotte  Riiasa    and  Jelly,    delicioiu    anif 
cheap. 
Nos.  305  4th  av.,  1,264  Broadway,  and  75  Chathspi  Bt 


rU88BLL>S  I  ICE  CREAM.— TWKNTT-FlVE 
oents  per  quart  to  churches  and  Inree  patles ;  Char- 
lotte Busae,  In  boxes,  to  carry  home;  Iriibh  twice  a  dar 
No.  12  Bible  House. 


LOST  OR  STOLEN.-THE  FOLLo'wiisQ^T^ 
tiflcates  of  Stock  in  the  Michigan  Central  Bailroad, 
Tiz. :  No.  16,955,  dated  Mairch  12,  1872,  twenty-five 
shares:  No.  18,982,  dated  Jaiu  27,  1873.  one  share. 
The  noove  were  lost  in  the  mall  or  stolen  Jan.  25.  187'7. 
All  persons  are  hereby  cautioned  against  negoilating 
the  same,  aa  transfer  has  beeu  stopped  by  the  under- 
aigoed.  THEODORE  REYNOLDS,  Monsou,  Masa. 


o3I^¥^ON~DlAMONOSr~FCR^ 

Diamonds,   watches,  jewelry,  silver-ware,  oamalaf 
hulr  shawls,  seal  aaooues,  allk,  clocks,  fco.,  bought,  and 
■Pld  biok  ftt  i  T»ry  amau  adTanee.    OEOBGn  O.  AL> . 
LBB.  tit.  1,190  Broadway,  near  a9th  at 

Ur'AVf  HB«  AND  jraWBUtT    SBPAXSBO 
vViar  uat^^lMi  varkmen.   Quo.   a.  auml  b«>> 

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Tha  maaasement  take  great  p1vaa 
MiiHumwny  tli»t  they  vlll  prodaae  on 

UOBDAT  EVENING,  PeK  B. 
after  montha  of  carefolreheanal  MadelAboi 


rate  preparation  In  the  aoenio  departttienti 
moat  important  dramatio  work  of  Hj 


C!haraotezB  aB  foUo  wa  1 

OBlp,  a  serf. ^...  Jlr.  a  K.  Thome,  Jk 

Vladimir.  Count  Dantcheff „Ur.  Jamea  O'BeUl 

Boger  de  Talde^a  French  Diplomat Mr.  W.  B.  Floyd 

(His  first  appearance  here.) 

ZakarolT  an  ex-sert Mr.  J.  H.  Stoddarl 

Prince  Walanoff,  father  of  Lydla Mr.  J.  H.  ParaeUei 

Paul  Danioheff. Mr.  H.  W.  Montgomery 

Father  Andre,  a  Priest  iu  the  bouse  of  the  Dauiobefla^ 

Mr.  H.  F.  Daly^ 

Niklfor.  a  Bnaslan  aoldler Mr.  W.  H.  WUde< 

Dr.  Koureft  the  sleeping  doctor..... Mr.  John  Mathewri 
Ivan,  Major  Domo  lu  the  house  of  tbe  Countess. 

Mr.  Lyaander  Tbompaod 
BerrLlnder.  Nathalie's  musio-teacher.. Mr.  H.  Ramaey 

Princess  Lydla  WalanoS. Miss  Katharine  Bogera 

The  Counteea  Danlcheff. .....Miss  Fanny  Moran* 

Anna  Ivanowna,  a  Bert  girl Miss  Sara  Jeweti 

The  Baroness  Doeene Miss  Ida  Verno^ 

Anllssa,     )  old  serfs  In  the  Daul- (Mrs.  Mane  WUkbii 
Uarlima,  5  cheff  familv.  t  Mrs.  Barren. 

Nathalie. J „„ Miaa  Lilian  CloTes 

Mme.  Qermaine Mrs.  Seymoni 

The  soeuery,  all  of  which  la  of  the  mtMtl 
magnlfioent  description,  has  heen  dealgoedl 
and  painted  expressly  for  this  play  by  tit,' 
Richard  Marstou,  antl  comprises  the  toUorw 
Ing: 

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IHE  INSURANCE  TROUBLES. 

THE  SECUBITT  LIFE  COMPANY. 
InCE  PRESIDENT  WETMORK    GIVES     BAIL  IN 

$20,000 DISAPPEARANCE        OP        THE 

ACTUARY. 
^'  Theodore  K.  Wetmore,  Vice  President  of  tte 
$eoaritv  lafe  losaranoe  Company,  left  bia  residence 
At  New-Hamburg,  Datchess  Coauty,  yesterday 
morninSi  <^<1  cama  to  the  raaidenoe  of  his  father, 
AppoUos  K.  Wetmore  No.  33  We«t  Ninth  atrest,  in 
this  City.  Both  gentlemen  then  proceeded  to  the 
tDistrict  Attorney's  office  to  give  bail  on  tbe  Indicc- 
ment  for  embezzlement  which  had  been  found 
Bifainst  the  jounger  "Wetmore.  The  indictment, 
.■whicli  was  road  over  to  the  acoased  official, 
charges  that  he.  Theodore  K.  Wetmore,  on  Noy.  29, 

1876,  while  in  the  service  of  the  Secnrltv  Life  lo- 
eniance  and  Annuity  Company,  appropriated  to 
'iAi  own  use  the  sum  of  $4,400,  represented  by  the 
jtollowin '.  check: 

>'o.  3,528. 

Office  of  Sbcuritt  Lipb  Insubanck     i 

A.VD   .\NNUITT    L'OMPAinr.  > 

ISbw-York,  Nov.  29,  1876.  J 
leather  Manvfadurers'  National  Bank : 

I'av  to  Alexjuilor  Barton.  Cashier,  or    order,    $4,400. 
iHEuDORfc:  R.  W KT.aoaE,  Vice  President 
'  .Isaac  H.  .•Vllen,  .Secretary. 

/  7t  18  Charged  that  Mr.  Wetmore  appropriated 
thi  -<  Kam  to  liis  own  use,  and  is  iberefore  indicted 
for  gi'uud  larceny  and  embezzlement.  Jadge  Gil- 
^enileeve  fixed  hail  at  123.000,  the  same  amnant 
as  tuiat  stven  in  the  case  ot  Isaac  H.  AJlen.  Conn- 
set  fc'C  Wetmore  moved  for  a  reduction  of  bail,  and 
al  Jer  m  ar:;uraent  irom  Assistant  Diatnct  Attor- 
ney V^yon,  the  motion  was  denied.  Wetmore's 
fatiier  cben  justitied  in  the  necessary  amount,  and 
Whs  atxepted  as  bondsman  for  his  son.  The  ac- 
ca«<^  o.iici.il  was  tlien  foimally  released. 

It  waa  expected  that  Kobert  L.  Case,  Sr.,  Presi- 
'dentoture  company,  would  also  appear  and  give 
■bail.  In  the  atternoon,  however,  a  note  was  re- 
ceived troL,"!  his  lawyers  stating  that  be  could  not 
come  to  tow  a,  but  would  appear  to-morrow  ana 
givobail.  Iv  is  not  probable  that  the  Actuary, 
B'lOert  L.  Case.  Jr.,  will  put  in  an  appearance,  he 
haviutf,  ic  IS  8»id,  left  the  State. 


IHE  COATIMJiNTAL  LIFE. 
ARGUMENT  IN  THE  SUPiJEME  CODRT  RE- 
LATING TO  THE  RECKIVER8HIPOP  THE 
COMPANY — MR.  JOHN  J.  ANDERSON 
SUSPENDED  PROM  THE  POSITION  OF 
RECEIVER— AN  UNOBJECTIONABLE  PER- 
SON   TO    BE    SELECTED     IN   HIS    STEAD. 

/  The  troubles  of  the  Continental  Life  Insu- 
rance Company  and  its  Kecelver,  Mr.  John  J.  An- 
derson, came  np  before  Judge  Pratt,  in  the  Supreme 
Conn,  Brooklyu,  yesterday,  on  the  retarn  to  the  or' 
der  isauea  on  Thursday  to  the  parties  in  interest 
to  show  cause  why  the  prayer  of  Mr.'  Anderson's 
petition  asking  that  his  resignation  be  accepted 
ahould  not  be  granted.  Counsel  were  present  in 
lar^ie  nnmbers,  representing  the  different  poliey- 
ttolders  who  have  broaght  suits  against  the  insol- 
vent company.  Mr.  John  L.  Hill,  in  behalf  of  the 
Receiver,  stated  that  he  had  served  notice  of  Mr. 
;Ander8on'8  application  on  all  persons  who  had  in- 
stituted proceedings  against  the  concern,  and  had 
iTn/iilpfl  notice  thereof  to  the  Attorney  General  and 
(to  the  Superintendent  of  the  Insurance  Department. 
."KTr.  Hill,  in  addressing  the  court,  said  that  while 
^Ma  Aoderson  felt  he  had  honestly  tried  to  do  his 
.duty,  yet  the  circumstances  attending  the  porform- 
lance  of  it  forced  him  to  the  concliision  that  he  was 
aiot  satiefactorv  to  those  interested  in  the  fund.  He 
idesu*d.therefore,  as  had  been  set  forth  in  his  petition, 
jthat  some  person  snould  be  appointed  in  his  stead 
rwbo  would  restore  confidence.  Mr.  Hill  suggested 
ithat  the  order  of  the  court  provide  that  the  Re- 
Iceiver's  bond  remain  in  force,  without  prejudice  to 
i»ny  of  the  parties  interested,  until  the  bond  filed  by 
[his  successor  be  approved,  and  that,  inasmuch  as 
\piTC  of  Mr.  Anderson's  accounts  were  already  be- 
ifore  Mr.  William  AUe»  Butler,  as  Keferee,  he  pass 
Upon  them  on  the  Eeeeiver  retiring. 

ilr.  Raphael  J.  Moaes,  counsel  for  Stephen  Eng- 
lish and  other  policy-holders,  said  the  lioceiver's 
BccouDts  bad  not  yet  gone  before  the  Referee,  and 
It  would  be  Boaaewhat  precipitate  to  allow  him  to 
retire  before  the  court  knew  how.  hla  duties  ha4 
5)een  performed.  He  would  therefore  suggest  that 
Mr.  Anderson  be  merely  suspended,  and  that  it  be 
left  to  Mr.  Butler,  the  Kefei-ee,  to  nominate  his  suc- 
We.'^sor  by  Monday.  They  wanted  a  man  of  spotless 
treputaiioD  lor  the  position,  and  one  who  would 
|bon«atlv  administer  the  trust  reposed  in  him. 
;  Judge  Pratt  remarked  that  It  was  not  very  proba- 
jtlri  ne  would  appoint  a  man  lo  the  positiom  of  B.o- 
ceiver  wuo  was  ot"  improper  character. 
I  Mr.  Wairen,  another  of  the  counsel,  thought  the 
K'Tiatter  should  bo  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  court. 
Il^'e  bad  been  trying,  he  said,  Jor  a  long  while  to  get 
laii  ook  at  the  books  ot  the  concern,  but  had  Deen  un- 
BU<.  cessful  until  after  Mr.  Bntler  haU  been  appointed 
Keieree.  Since  then  he  had  been  allowed  to  see 
the  m,  and  such  corrnption,  fraud,  and  iniquity  bad 
Belc  om  been  disclosed.  The  Keceiver  ot  the  con- 
cern, who  had  covered  this  np  so  far,  had  done  the 
l)e8t\ting  he  could  under  the  ciroumstaucea — got 
our.  .Mr.  Warren  suggested  as  his  successor  Mr.  E. 
%.  Law  rence,  ot  the  firm  ot  Collender  &  Lawrence. 

(i-en.  TraL-y,  representing  over  $1,000,000  of  tno 
fanUs,  as  id  that -pending  an  application  for  a  Be- 
iceiver  m  October  last,  a  Director  of  the  company 
jreoeived  el3,560  Irom  O^t.  21  to  Oct.  23,  while  he 
fwas  mdeb,  ed  to  the  company  jf33,950  for  money  bor- 
Irowed.  Fi  re  lawyers  received  $I0,'.i53  pending  the 
order  for  a, Receiver,   and  two  Directors  borrowed 

jnouoy  a  fev  ilays  oefore  the  company's  failare  on 
(the  stock  of  the  company.  Such  a  condition  of 
jthioiis  made  this  court resjjonsible  to  the  pubilc  and 
the  poiicy-holdei  3  for  any  failure  to  appoint  a  per- 
isou  who  would  si.^t  the  whole  history  to  the  bottom. 
Jf  there  wa?  net  money  to  be  refunded  to  the 
swindled  poiicv-hi'ldera  by  those  who  had  the 
Handliijg  01  it,  then  courts  of  law  bad  better  be 
iabolisbeil.  The  person  appointed  Keceiver  shoald 
'be  one  whose  Tery  name  and  character,  the  result 
ot  a  lite  of  industry  and  integrity,  should  be  a 
guarantee  of  fidelity  and  vigor  in  the  admimstra- 
Sion  of  the  funds.  No  unknown  man,  no  man 
selected  beliTohaud  would  do,  for  the  court 
(uudt  stake  its  reputation  on  the  selection.  This 
•wail  a  personal  re-sponsibility  which  his  Honor 
could  not  refer.  It  they  could  have  such  a  man  as 
Bamuel  iicLean,  Charles  Stoirs,  George  L.  Nichols, 
<or  Austin  Corbin.  counsel  would  feel  that  the  affair 
■Was  s.ite.  But  be  hopeU  his  Honor  would  appoint 
ou  one  without  persional  inquiry  as  to  his  responsi- 
biiiiv  and  character,  and  as  to  his  freedom  in  social 
irelatioBS  to  compel  anv  one  who  had  funds  of  tho 
puiicy-Mlaers  to  restore  them. 

Mr.  Warien  indorseo  what  Gen.  Tracy  said.  No 
one  who  had  ever  had  anything  to  do  with  any 
l>>rectors  of  the  Coulinenral  fraM  a  tit  person  to  be 
Jleceiver.  Even  stocJiholuers  who  have  received 
dividends  since  the  corporation  was  insolvent,  were 
liable  to  pay  back  what  they  had  so  received. 
'  Stale  Insmauce  Superinreudent  I'lnch,  of  Indi- 
ana, who  was  present  as  the  representative  of  about 
250  oolicy-hoiders,  said  he  agreea  with  the  two 
gdutlemen  who  had  preceded  him.  The  Receiver 
BuoulU  be  a  man  known  beyond  the  limits  of  the 
btaie  Of  New-York.  He  would  therefore  suggest 
tho  names  of  Hon,  William  Barnes,  Superintendent 
ot  the  Insurance  Dupiirtment  in  this  State  from 
1£C0  lo  1870;  or  Augustus  W.Smith,  who  had  or- 
E.»uized  tue  Kentucky  iL'durance  Department,  and 
Who  had  diiven  the  Continental  from  that  State 
lonu  b^foti*  other  SuperiuCendents  had  thought  of 
exiTiniuius  ;ta  condition- 

Justice  P-att  inquired  whether  the  gentlemen 
laati.nsideied  the  adviaability  of  having  more  than 
one  Receiver,  and  all  seemeU  to  be  agreed  that  one 
nnoulii  be  betrer.  Ttie  suggestion  was  made  that  a 
clause    be    put    in    the    order    of     the  court    that 

'no  coQhsel  fee*  should  be  paid  by  the  Receiver 

.except  by  order  of  the  court.  The  names  of  sev- 
eral other  gentlem«3D,  among  them  Wilson  G-. 
Hunt  .Charles  M.  Frv,  Mr.  Aaron  Claflin.  Mr. 
Sanger,  und  Mr.  Howell,  were  submittsd  as  suitable 
meiaoiis  lor  tho  position  made  vacant  by  the  reslg- 
toaliou  ot  Mr.  ,A.nderaon,  after  Trhloh  Mr.  Mosea 
Bskeu  that  an  order  bo  entered  snsnending  the 
T>c«iver  pending  the  decision  of  the  court,  stating 
that  he  ought  to  have  prevented  the  ti-anster  by 
•the  New-Jersey  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company 
of  the  assets  of  the  Coulinenial  held  by  it  to  the 
|l.'ation<«l  Capitol  Compan.y. 

The  cjurt  directed  that  an  order  be  entered  sua- 
rpeuuing  the  Keceiver  u'ndi  the  further  order  of  the 
court,  and  that  he  ne  enjoined  and  restrained  from 
pa?ui'g  out,  tran.-ferring  or  in  any  manner  inter- 
Soiiug  with  the  property  of  the  corporation,  except 
lo  preserve  it,  until  the  entry  of  such  further  order. 
^  he  hearing  m  the  matter  will  be  resumed  to-mor- 
row.   ^^^^^^^^_^_ 

ARRIVAL  OF  SHI±'^YREOKED  SAILORS. 
I  The  British  steam-ship  Hadji,  Capt.  Tobin, 
tix  days  from  Havana,  arrived  at  this  port  yester- 
*iay,  and  has  begun  to  dischartre  her  cargo,  consist- 
in''  principally  of  sugar,  at  the  Congress  street 
iwharf,  Brooklyn.  At  Havana,  the  Hadji  toot  on 
l>oard  eight  »eamen,  of  the  British  ship  David  G. 
ytemnung,  which  was  wrecked  on  Jan.  1  off  Colo- 
T  idj  Sfels.  The  names  of  the  men  are  as  follows  : 
Eaward  McPhail,  John  McDonald,  George  Parrot, 
^fluelo  Butler,  Pedro  K.  Johnson,  Thomas  Gnfflihs, 
aoiiii  StJemmington,  and  John  McEvoy.  The  sbip 
Gbiommiug  was  from  Liverpool,  bound  for  Mobile, 
•and  had  a  cargo  of  salt  as  ballast,  which,  with  the 
wtfssel,  was  a  total  loss.  The  officers  ot  the  Hadji 
kueak  Very  disparagingly  of  these  sailors,  and  say. 
Ithat  It  was  impossible  to  get  any  iniormaiion  from 
rtbem.  They  promised  to  pay  for  their  passage  b.y 
Jbelpiiig  to  unload  the  cargo,  but  loft  tho  vessel  as 
Ipuou  as  she  got  to  port. 


^ 


Special  Sessions  yesterday,  and  sentenced  to  the 
Penitentiary  for  six  months.  At  the  aolioitation  of 
fais  wile,  the  Court  recalled  him.  and  lessened  hia 
term  of  imprisonment  to  three  months. 


KING  CARNIVAL'S  FESTIVAL. 


COMING  MASQX7ERADB  OF  THE  GERMAN 
LIEDERKRANZ  GLOB— GREAT  POWERS 
AND  SMALL  POWERS  IN  HARLEQUIN 
DRESS — THE  INAUGURAL  PROCESSION — 
A  FORETASTE  OF  THE  FEAST  OF  PUN. 

King  CarniTal  may  not  be  at  home  with  the 

citizens  of  New-Xork  at  all  times  and  at  all  seasons, 
but  experience  has  demonstrated  that  with  one 
class  of  the  community,  at  least,  ho  is  a  tavorite,  arfd 
this  class  has  succeeded  by  persistence  and  a 
magniflcent  way  of  introducing  their  favorite,  in  at 
least  making  him  thoroughly  attractive  and  popular 
for  one  night  in  the  year.  The  absurdly  tanmorons 
festival  in  honor  of  the  Carnival  King  which  has 
yearly  been  celebrated  by  the  German  Liederkranz 
Club,  will,  this  year,  on  Thursday  evening  next, 
he  observed  with  all  the  careful,  elaborate  prepara- 
tions and  entire  devotion  to  the  spirit  of  fun  which 
have  characterized  it  so  many  seasons  before.  No 
temporary  depression  of  trade,  no  political  com- 
plication or  annoyance  at  home,  no  distressing 
muddle  of  foreign  nations,  in  tho  least  embarrasses 
the  moving  spirits  in  this  harleanm  festival.  Rather 
the  contrary,  for  the  complications  are  seized  upon 
by  them-with  a  keen  sense  of  humor,  and  the  ereat- 
est  problems  are  solved  by  them  in  pantomime  in 
such  a  manner  that  even  the  most  obstinate  parti- 
san, looking  noon  the  scene  mimicked  by  the  jolly 
fellows  of  the  German  Liederkranz  Carnival,  must 
relax  his  visage  if  he  do  not  endanger  his  sides 
with  laughter.  As  on  previous  occasions,  the  labor 
of  preparation  has  been  intrusted  to  skillful 
hands.  The  Academy  of  Music  will  be  dec- 
orated, and  the  machinery  for  the  perform- 
ance of  the  eIal>orate  pieces  under  the  direction 
ot  competent  persons,  and  committees  of  men  ex- 
perienced in  such  matters,  will  carry  oat  all  the 
details  of  preparation  thorvngbly  and  in  a  liberal 
spirit.  Many  of  the  most  prominent  German  citi 
zens  of  Xew-York  lend  their  names  to  the  occasion, 
to  uive  to  its  patrons  assurance  of  its  entire  respect- 
ability. In  addition  to  the  Academy  of  Mueio, 
upon  the  floor  of  which  the  grand  carnival  proces- 
sion and  the  dancing  will  be  seen.  Kilsi^on  Hall  will 
be  occupied  as  a  grand  snpper-room,  and  tables  will 
also  be  spread  in  the  supper-rootn  of  the 
Academy.  An  orchestra  and  a  prome- 
nade band,  led  resoectively  by  Bernstein 
andLeiboldt.  will  furnish  the  music,  which  will  be- 
gin at  9  o'clock,  but  the  grand  entrfia  of  the  Inau- 
gural procession  will  not  take  place  until  10  o'clock. 
The  fljral  decorations  will  probably  oe  of  a  more 
than  usually  elaborate  character,  and  a  number  ot 
novelties  in  the  decorative  line  are  hinted  at  rather 
than  disclosed,  as  if  to  enhance  the  enjnyment  of 
tne  occasion  by  agreeable  surorise^.  The  commit- 
tee to  prepare  the  order  of  opening  ceremonies  are 
reported  to  have  held  a  stormy  but  fioally  barmo- 
nions  session,  and  decided  at  length  upon  a 
programme  which  will  be  carried  onr.  to 
its  minutest  particulars,  no  matter  bow  painfully  it 
niay  ^rate  upon  the  feelineti  of  those  who  may 
happen  to  feel  themselves  injured  by  subjection  to 
caricature.  At  10  o'clock  the  precession,  beaded  by 
the  Csar  and  Sultan,'  who  have  been  harmonized 
"  for  this  occasion  only,"  will  begin  to  move.  These 
mE^jestie  personages  will  be  followed  by  a  Pelican, 
an  Alligator,  and  a  Palmetto  Tree,  symbolizing  the 
"doubtful  States'' — that  were — and,  very  properly, 
the  Georgia  Jubilee  Singers  will  follow  the  doubt- 
ful States,  clad  in  white  robes,  and  sinning 
"  Hojd  the  Fort."  It  does  not  speak  well 
for  the  Judgment  of  the  Committee  of  Ar- 
rangements that  they  have  put  all  the  baods  of 
musie  who  desire  to  honor  King  Carnival  together, 
but  they  have  done  so,  and  the  jubilee  singers  will 
be  followed  by  the  Orphan  Boy  Choir  singing  "  So 
say  we  all  of  us."  This  favorite  company  ot  vocal- 
ists will  dispute  with  their  leaders  the  palm  of  ex- 
cellence, while  they  will  in  turn  be  bound  to  com- 
pete with  the  Wlssahickon  and  Egg  Harbor  Silvor 
Comet  Band,  Allaying  "Siegfiied's  To'l."  A  Con- 
gressiooal  deleication  in  harlequin  costume — not 
strange  habiliiaents  to  a  few — will  iniroduoe  Pinch- 
back  as  the  "Esspnce  of  Ole  Virjqnnv."  and 
Senators  Morton  and  Sherman  are  announced 
to  appear  in  their  unrivaled  "  Shoo  Fly."  i'rotu 
over  the  sea  the  Constantinople  contereuce  will  come 
to  be  served  up  in  Donnybrook  style,  while  Mor- 
ton, Sherman  &  Co.,  who  appear  to  be  pos.<4e8sed  of 
versatile  accomplishmeots,  will  reappear  in  peni- 
tential garments,  chanting  the  "ilisorere."  The 
edifying  spectacle  of  Senator  Conkllug,  as  Uercnies 
crushing  the  head  of  the  Party  Hydra,  will  follow, 
and  Mayor  Ely  will  next  appear,  conducting  a  now 
and  remarkable  machine  for  street-cleaning,  which 
will  doubtless  be  looked  upon  with  a  good 
deal  of  interest  in  remembrance  of  the  con- 
dition of  the  City  sueets.  An'  astouno- 
ing  exhibition  will  be  that  in  the  pro- 
cession of  a  model  of  a  Brooklyn  ferry-boat  that 
can  cross  the  Eaat  River  in  Winter  within  two 
hours,  and  having  shown  the  admiring  audience 
bow  that  desirable  leat  can  be  accomplished,  Key. 
Dr.  Talmage  will  be  shown  in  the  commendable 
act  of  blowing  up  Hell  Gate,  King  (.'aruival  having 
heard  of  that  divine's  capacity  for  blowing  np 
things  generally.  A  cruel  spectacle  will  be  that  ot  < 
ex-President  Grant  marching  on  Galena  by  way  of 
St.  Lotus,  while  persons  who  feel  the  Philadelphia 
malaria  lingering  in  their  bones  will  be  invig- 
orated by  the  exhibition  of  a  number  of  Cen- 
tennial visitors,  put  up  in  jars  of  Schuylkill 
water  and  shakiub  with  malarial  fever.  Every- 
body will  be  delighted  with  the  nest  object  in 
this  curious  proces.^ion,  which  is  truly  a 
genuine  curiosity,  belni;  nolhlug  less  than  a  piano 
which  did  not  receive  the  first  prize  at  Philadel- 
phia. Although  it  is  possible  this  order  will  not  be 
strictly  adhered  to,  puolic  opinion  demands  that 
one  more  cnnosilty  nromised  will  surely  be  pro- 
duced ;  this  is  a  hotel  elerk  who  can  please  every- 
body, can  lead  m  prayer,  play  draw-poker,  match 
worsteds,  shake  fur  dnnks,  play  billiards,  waitz, 
danoe  the  German,  repeat  the  Beecher  trial  from 
memory,«l8  a  good  pidge  of  hortea,  an  infallible 
railroad  guide;  will  tlirt  with  any  young  lady,  can 
find  room  for  40  people  when  the  house  is  full  ; 
attend  to  the  annunciator,  and  answer  ques- 
tions in  Greek,  Choctaw,  Irish,  or  any  other 
language,  and  ail  tbis  without  turning  a  hair.  This 
clerk  is  to  be  guarded  by  a  detachment  of  PoIice,a« 
he  has  been  secured  tor  the  White  House,  and  is  to 
be  followed  by  small  boy  delegates  from  the  great 
powers  of  Europe  and  Australia.  Eoough  may  be 
gathered  from  this  to  convey  an  impression  of 
what  will  be  dene  for  tne  entertainment  of  the 
patrons  of  the  Liederkranz  ball,  but  a  number  of 
special  exhibitions  of  a  unique  and  oxpensiv^e  char- 
acter are  held  In  reserve  and  will  be  announced  be- 
fore Che  eventful  night. 


BURaLAHa  AT  WORK. 
The  residence  of  Mr.  William  U.  Uurlbut,  No. 
25  East  Thirty-seventh  street,  was  visited  by  a 
gang  of  expert  house  thieves  en  Friday  evening. 
While  the  family  were  at  dinner  in  tho  batemunt 
the  thieves  climbed  np  the  columos  of  the  front  por- 
tico, and  entered  the  house  tbrongh  a  second- 
story  window.  Stepping  .  into  the  bedroom 
ot  Mrs.  Hurlbut  they  ''  forced  open  the 
bureau  drawers  and  thoroughly  ransacked  the 
apariaient,  securing  money  and  jewelry  lo  the  value 
ot  over  t^O.  Thev  made  tbeir  escape  from  the 
bouse  in  the  same  way  m  which  they  had  entered. 
There  were  five  men  engaged  in  the  operation,  two 
of  whom  stood  on  guard  on  the  sidewalk  while  their 
companions  robbed  the  bouse.  The  thieves  were 
followed  by  Unton  B.  Jenkins,  a  colored  man,  wbo 
had  noticed  their   movements,  and   nt  Thirty-sixth 

Street  and  Madison  avcnie  he  met  Officer  Giliespis, 
of  the  Twenty-ninth  Precinct,  and,  with  the  assist- 
ance of  the  colored  man,  the  olBcer  succeeded  in 
arresting  two  of  the  thieves,  but  tbeir  companions 
etcaped.  The  prisoners  gave  their  names  as  John 
Wilson  and  George  Brown^nd  on  being  arraigned 
before  Jmatiee  Murray,  at  Wtshineton  Place  Police 
Court,  yesterday,  were  committed  tor  trial  in  de- 
fault of  |3,00U  bail  each.  M  one  of  the  stolen  pro> 
erty  was  recovered. 

r  ABBEST  OF  AN  ALLEGED  SWINDLER. 
'  Detective  Dolan,  of  the  Fifteenth  Precinct, 

yesterday  arrested  Albert  C.  Conch,  who  claims  to 
be  a  resident  of  Providence,  K.  I,,  and  who  is 
charged  with  having  passed  a  worthless  check  tor 
(75  on  Mr.  Oakley  S.  Barker,  of  No.  1,465  Broad- 
way. When  the  accusied  was  arraigned  before  Jus- 
tice Murray,  at  the  Washington  Place  Po- 
lice Conrt,  Mr.  Barker  made  afiidavit  that  Couch, 
with  whom  he  had  been  acquainted  for  soiue  time, 
called  on  him  on  the  20th  nit.,  and  asked  him  to  cash 
the  check  referred  to,  which  was  drawn  on  the 
Cblcopee  National  Bank  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  to 
the  order  ot  Walter  Footer,  purponing  to  be  siened 
bv  J.  A.  Biggs,  and  indorsed  by  Foster.  Cnucb 
represented  the  check  as  beiag  perfectly  good,  and 
Mr.  Barker,  tbrongh  Dr.  Augnstui  W.  Browu,  of 
1^0.  3  Great  Jones  street,  obtained  the  money  from 
the  East  Kiver  National  £.iuk,  and  banded  it  to 
Couch.  In  due  conrse  of  business  the  check  was 
presented  at  the  Chicopee  Bank,  and  was  dishonored, 
no  8U«h  person  as  Biggs  having  an  accouni  there. 
Couch  subsegnently  admitted  that  he  knew  the 
eheok  was  worthless  when  he  obtained  tno  money 
for  it.    He  was  held  for  trial  in  detanlt  of  12,000  bad. 


A  WARNING  TO  "STRIKERS." 
On 'Thursday  afternoon  last,  Bernard  Tracy, 
^u  company  with  se-veral  other  '•striking" 'long- 
phoremen.  attacked  Henry  Neilson,  and  seriously 
^)ured  him.  NeiWon  •was  on  .  his  way  to  a 
Bhip  with  a  message,  when  he  was  met, 
Bt  the  toot  of  CarUale  street,  by 
niacv  and  other  laborers,  who  asked  him 
if  he  was  going  to  work  on  the  doek  at  the  re- 
duced rates.  He  replied  that  It  waa  none  of  their 
business,  and  was  Immediately  knocked  down  and 
beaten.  Tracy  was  tue  only  one  of  Ilia  saBaUanis 
eriested.  ^  Hjt.l^atJkSfiBS^.k8£BaltbeJ<fi]UliULl  VU Jl&l 


SUPPOSED  SUICIDE  OF  A  BVTOHEB. 
Late  on  Friday  night  John  Saeger,  a  Cter- 
man  grocer,  was  found  dead  in  his  store,  No.  418 
Ninth  avenue.  The  body  was  in  a  leaning  position 
against  a  meat  block,  with  an  ice-pick  sticking  in 
the  left  breast.  A  post-mortem  r  examination 
showed  that  death  bad  tmdoubtedly  been  instan- 
taneous, the  pick  J*  having  penetrated  the 
heart.  While  the  circumstances  tend  to 
establish  the  belief  that  Saegor  committed  suicide, 
bis  wife  is  of  the  opinion  that  his  death  was  pure- 
ly aooidentaL  At  7  P.  M.  he  was  in  good  spirits, 
and  between  that  hour  and  10  P.  M.  chatted  pleas- 
antly with  her  and  tbeir  lour  children.  Shortly 
after  10  he  went  into  his  store  for  the  purpose  of 
cutting  meat,  and  the  floor  on  which  he  stood  being 
very  slipper.y  from  gvease,  she  believes  that  he 
fell  on  the  ice-pick,  which,  he  happened  to  have  in 
his  hand  at  the  moment.  Mrs.  Saeger  sdmiu,  how- 
ever, that  although  doloc  a  fair  booineas,  gaffer 


GITY  AND  SUBURBAN  NEWS. 

— ♦— — 

NEW- YORE. 

The  arrests  by  the  Police  laat  week  nnm* 
bered  1,'353. 

The  interest  on  City  deposits  for  January 
amounted  to  {9.276  13. 

The  tenth  annual  ball  of  the  B.  P.  O.  Elks 
will  be  held  at  Irving  Hal),  on  Thoraday  evening, 
Feb.  8. 

.  The  annual  reception  of  the  M.  Cregan  Asso- 
ciation will  be  held  at  Irving  Hall,  on  Friday  even* 
ing,  Feb.  9. 

The  annual  dinner  and  reception  of  the 
Blooming  Grove  Park  Association  'will  be  given  at 
the  Hofiinan  House,  on  Tuesday  evening,  Feb.  13. 

The  entertainment  of  the  Ladies'  Bikur 
Cholim  Society,  in  aid  of  the  School  of  Industry, 
will  be  given  on  the  IStb  Inst,  at  Ferrero's  Assem- 
bly Booms. 

The  foUo'wlng  amounts  were  received  at  the 

various  Municipal  Bureaus  last  week:  Taxes,  (160,. 
2.'32  15;  arreara  of  taxes,  t75,000;  Croton  rents, 
111,743  75. 

A  grand  sparring,  ■wrestlmg,  and  athletio  en- 
tertainment win  be  given  at  the  Central  Park  Gar- 
den, Seventh  avenue  and  Fifty -ninth  street,  to-mor* 
row  evening. 

William  Rottman,  aged  17,  ot  No.  254  Grand 
street,  Williamsburg,  fell  through  the  hatchway  at 
the  building  No.  454  Broadway  yesterday,  and  was 
severoly  injured. 

An  informal  meeting  of  the  American  Society 
of  Painters  in  Water-colors  will  be  held  on  Wednes- 
day evening  next,  in  the  studio  of  Mr.  J.  C.  Nicoll, 
No.  51  West  Tenth  street. 

Mr.  A.  P.  Burbank,  the  celebrated  eloontion- 
ist,  will  give  an  entertainment  at  Dodwortb's  Hall, 
corner  One  Hundred  aSd  Twenty-ninth  street  and 
Fourth  avenue,  to-morrow  evening.  i 

S.  F.  Emmons  'will  deliver  a  lecture  before 
the  American  Geographical  Society,  at  Chiokering 
Hall,  on  Tuesday  evening,  Feb.  6,  on  "The  Vol- 
canoes of  tho  United  States  on  the  Pacific  Coast." 

Dr.  Edward  C.  Spltzka  'will  deliver  a  lecture 
before  the  New-Yoik  Neurological  Societv,  at  No. 
12  West  Thirtv-first  street,  to-morrow  evening,  on 
the  "Psychological  Pathology  of  Progressive  Pa- 
resis." 

Deputy  Register  Nagle  reports  that  during 
the  past  week  there  were  452  deaths,  495  births,  and 
111  marriages,  sbo'wing  an  increase  of  11  deaths  and 
31  births,  and  a  decrease  of  5  marriages,  as  com- 
pared with  tbe  preceding  week. 

A  large  number  of  entries  have  been  made 
for  the  amateur  athletic  meeting  at  the  Metropoli- 
tan Riding  Academy,  Sixty-'hird  street  and  Third 
avenup.  on  Thursday  evening.  March  1.  The  en- 
tries  will  be  closed  on  tne  224  Inst. 

Rev.  Howard  Crosby,  D.  D.,  will  deliver  a 
lectnre  before  the  New-York  Sunday-school  Asso- 
ciation, in  Association  Hall,  Fourth  avenue  and 
Twenty-third  street,  tomorrow  evenlnjr.  on  "An- 
cient History  in  its  Connection  with  the  Old  Testa- 
ment." 

St.  Valentine's  kettledrum,  in  aid  of  the 
Samaritan  Home  for  the  Aged,  will  take  place  at 
the  armory  of  the  Twenty-second  Keglmvnt,  Fnnr- 
t<-enth  street  near  Sixth  avetiue.  on  Friday,  Feb. 
9.  from  2  to  12  P.  M.,  and  on  Saturday,  Feb.  10,  from  , 
10  A.  M.  to  12  P.  M.  ' 

Ah  Fung,  the  murdered  Chinaman,  was 
hurled  yesterday  afternoon  in  the  New-York  Bay 
Cemetery.  The  wife  of  the  deceased,  a  young  and 
good-Ioiiking  American  woman,  accompanied  by  a 
ff^w  sympathiziDL' female  friends  and  half  a  dozen 
Chinamen,  witnessed  tho  interment. 

John  Kelly  and  John  D.  Defriesse,  the  mail 
robbers,  were  ypsterdny  sentenced  by  Jndge  Bene- 
dict.'in  tbe  TTuited  States  Circuit  Court,  t"  four 
yedrs  and  two  years  respectively  In  the  Elngs 
County  Penitentiary.  James  Crawford,  who  turned 
Stste's  evidence,  was  released  on  his  own  recog- 
nizance. 

Tbe  attractions  at  the  Aquarium  this  week 
and  next  consitit  in  contrasting  the  divers'  suit  as 
worked  by  Capt.  Qnigley.  the  snb-roanne  diver, 
against  the  endurance  of  Mlxs  Vivienne  Lubin  un- 
aided by  any  mechanical  contrivance.  Addltioos 
nave  been  made  to  the  tanks  in  tbe  way  of  bass  and 
otner  kinds  f,f  fl5>h. 

In  tbe  United  States  Circuit  Court  yesterday 
indlctmente  were  filed  against  Alexander  Almena, 
Manuel  Tz^quierro.  Herman  Hirscb,  Morris  Hess, 
George  Kirk,  and  Edward  and  Louis  Haas,  tbe  in- 
nictmenls  being  made  on  tbe  evidence  of  Charles 
K.  Lawrence.  Indictments  were  also  filed  against 
several  counterri'iters  ot  silver  coin. 

Rev.  R.  D.  Hitchcock.  D.  D..  of  the  Theolo- 
gical Seminary,  will  deliver  a  free  lecture  to-mor- 
row evenlnit  In  Dr.  Rogers'  ohnroh.  Fifth  avenue 
and  Twenty-first  street,  npon  recent  InteresMng 
disooyeries  in  Palestine,  This  work  of  exploration 
has  been  prosecuted  with  great  vicor  and  •nocess 
bv  British  and  American  scholars,  and  the  results 
are  highly  interesting  to  all  Christians.  The  lec- 
ture will  be  accompanied  by  a  series  of  stereoptl- 
con  illustrations. 

The  steamer  Atlas.  Capt.  Low,  of  the  Atlas 

Steam-ahiv  Lino,  arrived  at  this  port  .yesterday 
from  Kingston,  Jamaica,  having  made  the  passage 
in  the  gniok  time  of  six  days.  Tbe  fruit  trade  be- 
tween New-York  and  Jamaica  has  crrown  to  be  one 
of  KTeat  imporrance,  and  the  freleht  of  tbe  Atlas 
Line  consists  chiefly  of  oranges,  bananas,  lemons, 
cocoa-Duts,  aad  oiber  tropical  fruits.  Tbe  contract 
for  carryinir  the  niKil.4  between  the  United  Btnre* 
and  Kingston  has  been  awarded  to  the  Atlas  Com- 
pany. 

Tbe  funeral  of  Herman  L.  Hoepfner,  late  City 
editor  of  tbe  Staats  Zeitung,  took  place  yesterday 
afternoon  from  the  residence  of  the  deceased.  No. 
23j  East  Thirteenth  street,  and  was  attended  by  tho 
entire  editorial  staff  of  the  Stoat*  ZefftzTi^.  a  repre- 
sentation from  tbe  AUgtmeint  Zeituna,  and  a  num- 
ber of  personal  friends  of  the  deceased  gentlpman. 
At  tbe  bouse  Hon.  Oswald  Ottendorfer  delivered  an 
addreaa  in  which  be  paid  a  tribute  to  the  merits  and 
abilities  of  the  deceased,  after  which  the  remains 
were  taken  to  tbe  Lutheran  Cemetery  for  interment. 

The  Purim  Association  will  celebrate  the 
festival  of  Purim  this  year  by  a  calico  masked 
reception  at  Delmonico's,  on  Thursday,  March  1. 
The  original  intention  of  the  association  ws  to 
have  eiveu  a  fnney  dress  ball  at  tbe  Academy  of 
Musie,  but  in  view  of  the  prev.tiling  dnlluess  of  the 
times  and  scarcity  of  money,  the  proJ»ct  was,  after 
matuie  deliberation,  abandoned.  While  fancy  cal- 
ico costumes  are  expected,  guests  arc  allowed  tho 
piiviieee  ot  suiting  tteir  own  tastes.  The  number 
of  tickets  must  neoestarily  be  proportioned  to  tbe 
capacity  of  tho  rooms. 

BROUKLYN. 

Chief  Engineer  Adams  reported  to  the  Board 
of  City  Works  yesterday  that  tbe  bailding  in  whion 
the  First  District  Court-room  is  located  Is  nnsafe. 

Fire  Marshal  Keady  reports  that  during  the 
past  month  there  were  46  fires  in  Brooklyn,  causing 
a  loss  of  (106,735,  eovered  by  an  insurance  of  $171,- 
450. 

The  work  of  bmlibnz  the  storm-sewers,  whioh 

are  a»out  to  be  laid  in  several  parts  of  the  city,  will, 
where  toe  expense  exceeds  110,000,  be  given  out   on 

coDtracr.  Tbe  smaller  ilorm-sewers  will  be  built 
by  Clay's  work. 

Judge  Reynolds  yesterday  granted  a  decree 
of  absolute  divorce  against  Albert  T.  Bishop.    Mrs. 

Bishop,  by  the  decree.  Is  allowed  to  marry  again, 
while  tbe  defendant  is  prohibited  frsm  marrying 
(turing  tbe  plaintiff's  lifetime.  Tbe  parties  were 
married  in  Jannary,  1863. 

The  strike  of  the  Brooklyn  'longshoremen 
still  continues,  but  no  demonstrations  of  violence 

were  made  yesterday.    A  ttioag  detail  of  Police, 

under  command  of  Insp«ctor  Wadtly,  are  on  guard 
at  various  pointa  along  the  river  front,  to  protect 
the  men  wbo  have  taken  the  places  of  tbe  striksrs. 

Richard  W.  Cochran,  aged  45,  leit  his  resi- 
dence, at  Ko.  73  Morton  street.  Eastern  District,  on 
Friday  night,  and  has  not  since  been  seen  or  heard 
from  by  his  relatives.  Yesterday  morning  bis  vest, 
containing  |7,  end  his  shirt,  with  some  other  articles 
oi  clothing,  which  bad  spots  of  blood  on  them,  were 
fencd  under  the  stoop  of  No.  79  North  Tenth  street. 

In  Justice  Elliott's  court,  yesterday  morn- 
ing, the  case  of  Aoram  H.  Daily  against  Lake 
O'Bielly,  for  slander,  was  called,  and  after  several 
witnesses  had  been  examined,  actjouraed  until  next 
Saturday.  Mr.  Daily,  who  was  the  Democratic  can- 
dioate  for  Surrogate  last  Fall,  charges  that  O'iieilly, 
who  Buuported  tbe  Republican  candidate,  got  out 
circulars  grossly  slandeiiug  him. 

STATEN  1SLAN3. 
The  chief  social  event  of  the  Winter  on 
Staten  Island  is  the  Charity  Ball,  whioh  Is  an* 
nonnced  in  our  columns  for  Thursday  next,  8th 
Inst.,  at  the  fine  rooms  of  the  German  Clab-hoose. 
The  entertainment,  which  has  tbe  countenance  of 
all  the  best  people  of  the  island,  promises  to  be 
very  snocesai  nl  both  in  point  of  epjoymeut  and  the 
pecuniary  resalts  whicb  are  to  flow  from  it. 

-  NEW-JERSEY. 

The  residence  of  Senator  Frellnghnysen,  in 
Washington,  wS«  recently  robbed  of  Jewelry  val- 
ued at  $750  and  t250  in  money. 

The  lady  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
Churches  of  Newark  are  preparing  a  protest  against 
the  decision  of  the  Newark  Presbytery  in  the  See 
case  against  the  right  of  women  to  preach  in 
church  pulpits. 

The  unknown  man  who  was  found,  Friday, 
•nlFering  from  the  effeotM  of  a  selfnidniluiattred 
dose  of  laudanum,'  In  «  taaQway  on  Broad  street. 
Newark,  died  yesterday  momiog.    He  stated,  dnr 


C  H.  F«t«rsoa.  bla  bostaees  •  toaobT.  asid  bis  resi- 
dencBNa  8S  Garden  street.  It  i»  supposed  that 
want  drove -him  to  sntoide. 

In  the  Essex  Coonty  Sessions,  yesterday, 
Jndge  Tits  worth  lentenced  John  WenUer,  for  bigV 
way  robbery,  to  five  years'  Imprisonment.  John 
Hopkins  was  sentenced  to  three  years'  imprison, 
ment  for  burglary. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  leading  residents  of  Mor- 
ris County,  held  Friday  evening,  to  devise  means  of 
rednoing  S'::ate  and  county  expenses,  a  resolution  in 
favor  •!  abolishing  the  Board  of  Freeholders  was 
offered  and  discussed. 

Twenty-eight  of  the  business  men  of  Newark 
yesterday   organized  a   noonday  prayer-meeting. 

Thomas  Godby  presided.  A  committee  was  ap- 
jK>inted  to  decide  as  to  tbe  hour  of  the  day  at  which 
the  meeting  shtill  take  place. 

Justice  Hofftnan  is  engaged  in  tbe  Hudson 
County  Orphans'   Court    taking   testimony   in  the 

contest  for  the  property  of  Mrs.  James  Delaney. 
Four  weeks  after  her  death  Delaney  married 
another  lady,  and  be  has  since  submitted  for  pro- 
bate a  will  in  which  the  whole  of  tbe  estate  of  bis 
first  wife  is  devised  to  blm.  Tbe  otbei  heirs  of  the 
dead  lady  claim  that  the  signature  of  the  testator  to 
tbe  paoer  is  a  forgery.  Delaney  testified  yesterday 
that  while  bis  wife  was  dying  be  enbmitted  the 
will  to  her,  and  that  she  then  appended  her  name 
toil.  

OFF  FOR  A  VSTRALIA. 


EMIGRATIOA  FROM  THE  UNITED  STATES  TO 
NEW-SOUTH  WALES— DEPARTURE  OF 
THE  BARK  N.  BOXNTON  -WITH  NINETY- 
NINE  PA8SENOBR8. 
Yesterday  afternoon  the  first  load  of  emi- 
grants from  this  to  a  foreign  country  left  this  port 
for  Australia.  .The  Colonial  Government  of  New. 
Sonth  Wales,  desirons  of  obtaining  a  large  number 
of  men  to  work  upon  tbe  projected  railways  that 
await  construction  in  that  country,  authorized  the 
firm  of  R.  W.  Cameron  &  Co.,  in  this  City,  to  pro- 
vide for  tbe  shipment  of  men  of  the  right  sort,  wbo 
were  to  be  charged  140  each  for  their  pas!)age  to 
Sydney.  A  large  number  of  applicants  appeared  in 
answer  to  the  advertisement  for  emigrants,  from 
whioh  number  99  were  selected  and  assigned  to 
berths  on  the  tiark  N.  Boynton.  of  1,800  tons,  com- 
manded bv  Capt.  BlaucbartL  Tbe  quarters  as- 
signed the  passengers  were  between  decks,  aft  of 
the  mam  hatch,  the  bertha  being  bunkq 
roughly  raised  on  either  side,  three  tiers 
bight  One  ofprner  of  the  deck  was  par- 
titioned off  for  tbe  women  and  children  of  the 
party.  The  vessel  was  announced  to  sail  at  9 
o'clock  in  the  morning,  at  wblch  time  all  the 
passengers  were  on  board,  but  the  departure  was 
unavoidably  delayed  for  six  hours.  A  crowd  of 
people  gathered  at  tbe  end  of  tbe  pier  along  the 
bnrk's  side,  and  many  triends  of  tbe  emigrants 
climbed  over  tbe  side  and  mingled  with  the  crowd 
on  deck.  The  top  of  thv  bouse  or  atter-cabin  was 
thronged  with  men,  women,  and  children  until 
2:45  o'clock,  and  there  were  men  standing  in  the 
mizzen-rigging,  and  leaning  over  the  bulwarks, 
conversing  with  their  friends  on  shore. 

The  crowd  at  2  o'clock  numbered  several  hundred, 
and  as  tbe  time  for  leaving  drew  near,  and  the  crew 
had  made  all  the  necessary  preparations  for  taking 
the  vessel  out,  the  talk  between  the  crowd  on  the 
dock  and  their  departing  triends  and  acquMntances 
became  more  hurried  and  broken.  At  this  time  a 
hearty  stoat  man  on  tbe  Boynton,  wbo  wore  a  cap 
and  a  very  .Jolly  expression,  beiian  addressing  tbe 
crowd  In  a  funny.  showman-like  vela. 
He  was  interrnpted  by  a  temporary  excite- 
ment attending  the  recovery  ot  one  of  the  emi- 
erants  from  the  nver,  into  which  he  bad  fallen 
while  attempting  to  get  on  board  tbe  vessel.  He 
resumed  his  talk,  however,  sbowiag  a  silver  half- 
dojlar  to  witness  that  he  was  not  *'  broke,"  and  de- 
claring tbat  he  would  never  be  able  to  stand  the 
regulation  compelling  hira  to  get  np  at  7  o'clock  in 
the  morning.  Tbe  Captaiu,  Just  before  3  o'clock, 
ordered  all  the  passengers  below  deck,  when  their 
names  were  called,  and  they  produced  their  tickets. 
Two  or  three  of  tbe  crew  then  started  off  to  look 
for  stowaways.  A  short  search  resulted  in ' 
the  discovery  of  one  in  tbe  forecastle, 
under  a  bunii  and  behind  a  seaman's  chest. 
The  Captain  direoted  tbat  tbe  locker  abaft  the 
Wheel  be  open«>d,  and  a  sailor  having  descended  into 
this  place,  wbicn  had  beeu  locketl,  with  a  lantern,  be 
found  a  second  stowaway,  wbo  was  brought  on  deck 
aud  put  over  the  side  without  loss  of  time.  A  large 
number  of  rough -looking  men  were  kept  back  by 
the  Police,  as  there  was  an  e'Videot  oesire  ou  tbe 
partofsomeof  them  to  go  to  Australia  without 
paying  tbeir  passage-money.  Just  at  3  o'clock  the 
bark  began  to  move.  Tbe  jolly  fat  man  and 
tbe  whole  company  of  emigrants  were 
again  allowed  to  come  on  deck  as 
tbe  vessel  'wss  towed  out  uto  the 
stream.  As  she  receded  from  the  shore,  the  beam- 
ing face  was  an  broad  as  ever,  and  be  could  still  be 
beard  with  his  Jest.  "  What  do  we  go  for  »"  he  was 
beard  to  ask.  Dra'wlng  out  bis  pookefc-book  and 
showing  that  ic  was  empty,  be  stiouted,  "Going  to 
fill  it  up."  Tbe  American  flag  was  run  up,  the  ves- 
sel slowly  moved  away,  and  a*  her  bead  came  oppo- 
site the  end  of  the  pier  the  party  on  board  sent  up 
a  cheer  that  was  answered  by  those  on  the  dock, 
and  the«e  cheers  were  continued  until  tbe  Boynton 
bad  reached  mid-stream.  The  vessel  was  to  go  as 
<ar  as  Sandy  Hook  last  night,  and  will  probably  get 
fairly  under  way  lor  ber  dentinatiun,  hoping  to 
reach  it  in  90  days.  The  bark  Sierra  Nevada  will 
soon  follow  tbe  Boynton  with  a  larger  oomoany  of 
emigrants. 


Br  CABLE. 

London.  Feb.  3.— 8!d.  1st  inst,  LatbloyRich,  Alceria, 
Nellie  CniKhy :  ,Sd  inst.,  I'elestlaa.  Capt.  Cop:ntich,  S. 
0.  Biancbard.  Dimirab,  Peaiiodv.  Etta  Whittemore. 

Arr.  19th  ulu.  Maria  Capt.  Llquori;  3Uih  ult.  Amy 
A.  hiiae.  Paauete  de  Nsva  York;  Ist  Inst..  Dr.  Lasker. 
Oeiritand  Willem,  Savannah,  Capt.  Knlll,  the  iiitt  r 
lost  sbrouds,  and  sustained  <ither  damage;  '.idinst., 
Giovannino  M..  (Jilaos,  iJelta.  Cant.  Kv«.ua;  C.  i  .  Vnn 
Horn,  Evviva;  Hd  Inst,  Howuen,  May,  Gltnearn. 
(6team-Bbip,l  Roval  Dauo. 

London,  Feb.  H. — The  Anchor  Line  stesm-ship 
Dorian,  t'apt.  Smithwick,  from  New-Yor.c  Jan;  21,  arr. 
here  to- lay. 

Havre.  Feb.  3. — The  General  Translantic  Co.'s 
steam-ship  Canada  sId.  hence  ior  Plymouth  and  New- 
York  nt  1  o'clock  this  afternoon. 

Qdbbnbtown,  Feb.  3.— The  st  am-ship  Lord  Clive, 
from  I'hilauelphia,  arr.  bert^  to  da.y. 


WEAR-RESISTING 


Cook  ACS  Bot-rLBD  at  Jouzao  DUtilleries 
wood.  Victor  Is..  MAUoaa,  sole  importer, 
Keade  Bt—Adverluement 


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No.     110 


P4SSEXGERS  SAILED. 

In  tttam-ihip  San  Salvador^  for  SavannaK—W.  11. 
Carpenter,  H.  1*.  Grafton,  C.  Vrortt,  H.  W.  Stlm^en 
Misa  A.  ('.  Cary.  Mrs.  J.  A.  Ruslins.  R.  L.  Ueilenliurg 
A.  C.  Ocnman,  Mrs.  Dougla*.  Mrs.  Haywood'  C.  Sehiey, 
\V.  A.  Striing,  K  Bresnau.  W.  Muirbead,  C.  T.  Rich.  A. 
J.  Rloh,  C.  .K.  Burroughs,  Charios  Jcssiin,  J.  C.  Gnod- 
wio,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  Balbeck,  Jr,  J.  W.  Bethel.  J.  B<  r- 
leo,  M.  Balbeck,  Mrs.  Pehse.  Miss  Marv  Uoure.  Mrs. 
HastlsgS,  8.  B.  .Mcholl.  .Mrs.  A.  L.  MrDuff,  Krs.  C.J. 
Cowenhoven.  Mrs.  Goodwin,  Mrs.  Bmilv  Goodwin.  Miss 
Kate  Buckner.  Mr.  and  Mrs,  G.  R.  Vail,  SJiss  Lillio  It. 
Rofserit,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  (  hapm-in.  C  J.  Ko^ers.  .Mrs. 
Morna,  Juha  Cray.  Josenh  Eivlnatou.  K.  A.  Onnrtrlch 
E.  Gllsen,  Joseph  H.  Grlffln.  D,  C.  Murray.  Haul  Fisocr, 
H.  L.  Pinch,  M.  C.  Uoodspeed,  L.  h.  t'ersous,  J.  Block, 
Homer  Joine. 

/i»  Mteam-sMp  Champion,  for  ClvarUtlon. — D.  L.  Suy- 
dam,  Mr.  aud  Mrs.  J  B.  Wheeler  and  aauKhter,  M.  V. 
HarlestiQ.  Dr.  tjouthnrd.  Hips  L.  K  Donnell.  Afrs.  J.  K. 
Dnnueil.  Master  Track,  J.  F.  Lewis,  y.  W.  Ssvre.  P. 
May,  p.  Hsnlon,  Miss  T.  O  penlieim,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hotchklss.  W.  D.  Hooper,  0.  F.  Lalid.  .Mr.  and  Mrs.  K. 
J.  Hanahan,  Mrs.  Tysen,  Miss  DIven.  MIsk  Uiven.  A. 
JoBsel.vn,  Mr.  Haurex.  J.  P.  Bpact.  Dr.  A.  HerzoK.  Miss 
Ferry,  Mrs.  Beckhow,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Wnrren.  T. 
W.  Olcott.  Jr..  E.  Mncka.T,  Mrs.  Stroud.  Siiss  Tafts.  Mr. 
Bouoley,  J.  H.  Garde  w,  .M.  May.  J.  8umera,  Miss  A.  K. 
Wilcox,  James  Walker,  Miss  K  D.  l^Uer,  H.  S. 
Kenrse 

Indteam^iMv  Victoria  for  Olaigow. — WiJllim  Walker, 
A.  B.  Douslaa.  C.  Hawson,  John  H.  Bo'n'ra.tD,  R.  M, 
Adaraa.  Miaa  8.  8.  Jones,  Miss  F.  Cameron,  MIks  McLel- 
lan,  William  Lnsk.  F.  Israel  Mrs.  Brush,  Francis  Prit- 
1y,  John  Harney,  8.  8.  Harne>,  Jamei  Harney,  Duncan 
Sinclair.  J.  H.  Deyar.  F.  B-  Deapard.  Joh»nn4  liowiais, 
t'atbenne  Caaey.  William  D.  turner,  Daniel  Mulihead, 
Jesse  Muirbead,  Jsmea  Raitt,  Thornns  Pruudloot,  Cynia 
M.  Soutar,  John  Drever,  Alexander  Harley,  John 
Dempster  and  family. 

In  tteam-»M»  CeUio.  for  lAvervoot — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dan- 
iel Leddy,  Thomsa  Young,  N.  M.  t'arter,  A.  R.  Kevscr, 
Miss  Keyscr,  Master  Keyssr,  Romualdo  VIdal,  M.  Llch- 
tenaner.  T.  C.  Dennis.  H.  H.  Brown,  J.  Haroberiter,  U. 
Beaudry,  J.  B.  HneUes.  Josephine  H.  BKan.  Mrs.  J.  C. 
Devin.  Joseph  J.  Klttrl.  Mr*.  K.Utel,  K  Kipling,  W.  L. 
MInnerly,  W.  F.  Toirauce,  R.  Courtney  Philpott,  T.  L. 
McConkey.  John  Pinlov,  Bobert  Turner,  C  J.  Pusey, 
A.  J.  Coum'oe. 

Intteani'thip  Esnrpt,  for  TAverpool. — Mr.  and  Mra.  W. 
H.  Henley,  Mrs.  ^mitb,  Henry  Hughes,  Miss  Hngbes, 
T.  0.  Jones,  Mrs.  T.  C.  Smith,  J.  Conch,  Arthur  Barrett, 

Le-wli  Clark,  J.  D.  Bonner,  Francisco  Eaposito,  Jobn 
Benuet,  Joseph  B.  Henderson,  John  Martvii,  aichanl  C 
Carter.  Thomas  K.  Lauibi-rt,  J.    P.    Lambert,    A.  J.  V.t- 

kouteren,  Hiss  Couch  l)r.  Rogers,  Marr  Good,  Joseph 
Dixon,  W.  U.  IVIlsou,  J.  B.  Puller,  J.  CassioL 

In  tteam-thtp    Weser,    for    Bremen Hennlmz   KostPr, 

Mils  Mine  Meyerdiecks.  Otto  Arens.  U'elndcb  Budel- 
mann,  Oscar  C.  Uani<en,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Menge, 
Miss  L.  Debrosae,  Henry  Strandes,  Krledrich  Veeck,  L. 

Bubeu,  Mrs.  Minnie  Heussmann,  F.  C  Dennis. 


Jan.  81,  with  mOae.  and  passengers  to  Wm.  P. 
Clyde  k.  Ca 

Bai  k  John  Worster,  Winn,  Bostoo,  in  ballast  to  T.  R. 
Brown  t  Co.  «       -. 

Bark  Anna  Kay,  (of  Liverpool.)  Duffen,  Uacelb  33 
da.,  with  sugar  to  H.  H.  SwitD  &  Ca 

Bark  Dnobess.  (of  North  Shields.)  Elliot,  Newcastle 
76  da.,  with  mdse.  to  order— vessel  to  Ftmcb,  Edye  & 
Ca 

Bnsr  Annie  Odell,  (of  St  Andrews,  BT.  B.,)  Porter, 
Whitehaven  80  ds.,  In  ballast  to  J.  W.  Parker  &  Co. 

Bchr.  Maty  Fernald.  (of  Bockoort, )  Tarr.  Peaver,  N. 
a,  lU  ds.,  with  200.U00  fresh  frosen  herring  to  mas- 
ter. 

Pchr.  Orvetta.  Irving,  N'ew-Haven. 

Schr.  Ne.lie  Bloomfleld,  Hall.  New-Haven. 

Schr.  David  Youne,  Soule,  New-Haven. 

Schr.  Harold,  (of  8t.  Andrews,  N.  B.,i  Hanson,  Ha- 
tansas  16  ds.,  with  molasses  to  order— vessel  to  P.  I. 
NeviuB  itijon. 

Schr.  Klwood  Doran.  (of  Philadelphia.)  Warrington, 
Brunswick.  Ga..  9  da.,  trlth  lumber  to  order.  la  oound 
to  Port  Jefferson. 

BBLOW— Schr.  J.  W,  Hall,  from  Wlimuigton,  N.  C. 
WIND— .Suntet,  light,  N.  W.;  cloudy. 


SAILED. 


Steam-sliips  Weser.  Ohio,  and  Zena,  for  Bremen: 
Celtic,  Kcvpt,  and  Hipparchus,  for  Liverpool;  Glen* 
fvie,  for  LoDdnn;  Victoria,  for  Glascow;  Otl'eljo.  for 
Hull:  Clyrfe.  for  Havnua:  Hudson,  for  New-Oileans; 
State  of  Texas,  for  Galveston;  Carondelet,  for  Feman- 

■lina  ;  Champion,  lor  'Charloston:  San  Salvador,  for 
Bavannah :  RegulHtor,  tor  WllminKtou,  N.  C;  Jobn 
Gibson,  for  Geometown,  D.  C:  Old  Dominion,  for  Ric.b- 
monil;  Faclts,  fur  Philadelphia  ,  ahi  i  Artiac  for  Liver- 
pool;  barks  Boot's  Bay,  for  Antwerp;  Calcutta,  for 
Bremen;  Rachel  for  Maiaozas:  brins  Octnr.  for 
Queenstown.  Also,  via  Lon?  island  Sound,  Btenm-shlpa 
Mnmoor  ugh,  for  Halifax  ;  Gen.  Whitney,  for  Boston;' 
ling  Gnisbo'-ough,  for  8t.  John's.  N.  F.:  sch.s.  Agnes 
and  C.  W  Holt,  lor  Boston ;  George  K.  Hatch,  for  Port- 
land: Lizzie  I).  Small,  for  New-Bedford;  D.  Clifford, 
for  Providence. 


DOMESTIC  PORTS. 

Ph^i.adbi,pbia,  Feb.  3. — Cld.  steam-ships  Juniata 
Catharine,  Savannah  :  Equator,  Hinckley,  Charleston; 
Alliance,  Carr,  New- York  ;  .^.gnes,  Burilick,  New-Vork , 
Tonawanda,  Sherman.  Providence;  Norman.  Mcker- 
son,  Bosioii;  Vlnnicatur.  Roeera,  Richmond;  schr. 
.%lez.  Hardino;,  McBrld-,  Matai  z.i8. 

.'^Id.  steam-ships  Norman,  A»:nes,  Tonawanda,  and 
Juniata. 


(Registered.) 


Hamot's  Hand-Spun 

BLACK  SIL 


EACH      GENUINE     PIECE 
MUST  BE  MARKED, 

HAND-SPUN, 
rlAncieieMaisonHainotLyoD, 


FONn 

1788. 


TAPISSIER'S  BLACK  SILKS, 

Are  the  two  best  makes  for  Solid 
Family  wear»  becanse  they  are  spun 
from  the  Finest  French  Material,  and 
hand-made  by  well-selected  wearers 
on  looms  at  their  own  homes,  thus 
fuIOUing  the  true  conditions  nnder 
which  good  silks  can  alone  be  pro- 
dncedi 


PASSENGERS  ARRIVED. 

In  tUam-$Mp  jindet,  from  .A»vinwall.—3.  Haroonrt  i)a- 
(cot.  M.  H.  Klnne.y,  Lieut.  B.  Noyes,  D.  8.  N.;  O.  Cnev- 
aller,  Mrs.  K.  Case.  W.  C.  Downs. 

In  iteam-ahip  General  Bamet,  from  Savannah, — Mr, 
and  Mrs.  H.  Uayes,  James  Areson,  U.  H.  Ingraham. 


ItlNlATVRE  ALMANAC— laiS    DAT. 
Sunrises 7:07  I  Sunsets 6:23  I  Moon  rises  12:02 

HIGH   WATBR— TBI3    DAT. 

Sandy  Hook.  13: 13  f  Qov.I«laDd..l:U2  |  Hell  Gate.  ...2:24 


MARINE   INTELLIOENCE. 

NEW-TURK SATDKOAi:.  PER  3. 


CLEARED. 


Steam-ships  State  of  Texas,  Bolger,  Galveston,  lie, 
C.  H.  Mallorv  k.  CO.;  John  Gibson,  Masiugo,  George- 
town.  D.  C,  J.  L,  Boome,  Jr.;  Kgvpt,  (Br.,)  Grognn,  Liv- 
erpool, 'Via  Queenscown,  P.  W.  J.  Huisi;  ISan  Salvador, 
Nickenon,   Havaanah.    W.   B.    Oarriaon ;    Uipparchus, 

iBr.,)  Hudson,  LtTerpool,  Busk  &.  Jevons;  Cfhampiun. 
lOOkwood.  Charleston,  J.  W.  Qulntard  bCo.;  Begula- 
tor,  Doane,  Wilmington,  N.  C,  Wm.  P.  Clvde  <c  Co.; 
inreser,  (Ger.,)  Von  bntow,  Bremen,  via  Southampton, 
Oelrlohs  U.  Co.;  Uudson,  Qager,  New-Orleans,  be. 
Clark  fc  Seaman. 


EXTRAORDINARY  SALE 

OP 

HAMBURG 
EMBROIDERIES 

BY 

Le  Boutillier  Bros. 


We  are  offering  over  90.000  pieces  of  choice  patterns 
of  Hamburg  Insertions  and  Edgings  at  40  per  cent,  less 
than  cost  of  importation. 

On  account  of  the  extremely  low  prices,  these  goods 
'Will  be  sold  b.y  the  piece  only,  at  40  cents  per  piece 
and  upward,  in  lengths  varying  from  9  to  21  yards. 

Tbe  great  saccess  atsending  this  sale  daring 
tbe  past  fveek  baa  induced  as  to  make  large 
and  important  additiors  .to    the    assor'ment, 

wtJcb  we  ofier  at  tbe  same  unprecedented 
low  rates. 

Wo  have  also  a  LARGER  stock  of  Embroideries. 
BY  THE  YARD,  st  LOWEE  PEICES  than  any  other 
bouse  In  tbe  City. 


STATEMENT 


ov 


THE  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY 

OF    JTEW-TOEK, 
F.  S.  WINSTON,  PRESIDENT, 

FOR   THK  YEAR  ENDING   DEC.  31,  18V6. 


ANNUITy    ACCOUNT. 


No.  48  East  14th  st. 


PIANO 


TRIUMPHANT. 

Excelsior ! 


AT     THK      GRKAT      INTERNA 
TIONAL    EXHIBITION, 
1876. 


ARRIVED. 

Steam-ship  Ollsland.  (Br.,)  Rntter,  Catania  Dec.  23, 
Messina  31st,  Palermo  Jan.  8,  via  Gibraltar  l.Slh,  with 
fruit.  k.c..  to  Phelps  Bros.  &  Co. — vessel  to  Barclays 
Livingston. 

eteam-ihlp  HadJi.  (Br.,)  Tobin,  flarana  6  ds.,  with 
(tigar,  be,  to  J.  K  ward  k.  Co. 

bteam-shlp  Oulf  Stream,  Crowell,  Charleston  4  ds., 
with  mdse.  and  passangers  to  James  W.  Qointard  & 
Co. 

Mteam-ship  Albemarle.  Gibba,  Lewes,  'with  mdse.  and 
passenKers  to  Old  DominlOQ  Steam-sbip  Co. 

Steamshio  General  Barnes.  « heesman.  Savaimah. 
Jan.  Si,  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Murray,  Ferris 

fcOn. 

Steam  ship  Andes,  (Br.,)  Hushes,  Port  an  Prince 
Jan.  XI,  Savanilia  10th,  Cartbagena  22d.  and  As- 
plowall  26th,  -with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Pim,  For* 
wood  fcCa 

Steam-shtp  Ellen  fl.  Terry,  Balyear,  Hew-Bedferd, 
'With  mdsa.  to  J.  L.  Rooms,  Jr. 

qf(eain«hip  Franooua.  Bragg,  Pnrtlasd,  'with  mdse. 


liewark,  died  yesterday  momiog.    He  stated,  dur-     ^^^  passeBaers  te  J.  F.  Amst. 
VUts  •A.iatuyftl  of  aQnMioamfiUv.(l)»f  ttj^  unt  vu  J  '  ^taaiMhln.  AanilBtoi^fioaB«,,.WUiBiiurtO] 


OFFKJIAL. 
The  undersigned  have  examined  the 

Grii,  Spars,  aiil  Dpridit 

PIANO-FORTES 

OF 

HAZELTON  BROTHERS 

and  unanimously  recommend  forthe  same  the  Highest 

Award,  for  the  following  reasons,  via: 
ELASTIC    TOUCH! 

SINGING    QUALITTl 

DELICACY    AND 

.  POWEE    OF    TONE! 

WITH  HIGHEST  EXORLLHNCE  OP  WORKMANSHIP. 

(Tbe  above  embrace  all  the  qualities  of  a  flrstnslass 

Piano- forte.) 

REPOBT  SIGNED  BY  ALL  THE  JUDGES. 

Warerooms ;  34  and  36  University  H. 

BLU£  GLA^S. 

For  alhllacenunt  of  Its  curatlye  propcrtlefi  aee  the 
iiu  y^  C-i-WMftiT  aun.  oC  f eU.7.  _  f glo<  ft  aauia  ^ 


No. 

In  force,  Jan.  1.  1876 55 

Add  Premium  Anouities.. 

Issued 5 

Total 60 


Aiw.   Pat'ts.   II  ,    ,„„„  No. 

$27.96d  721 'la  force,  Jan,  1.  1877 52 

6,48u  79!  [Add  Premium  Annuities 

1,381  36  j  Terminated „.  8 

$35,827  87|l        Total 60 


Anr.  Paz***. 

$26,008  89 
6,393  4.9 
8,335  53 

$35,827  87 


INSDJtANCE   ACCOUNT. 


No.        I      Amocnt.        II  

In  force,  Jan.  1,  1876 92,393    I  $305.057.221 1  lln  force.  Jan.  1,  1877. 

New  Risks 9.344    i      32,127,6931  |Terminated 


Ko. 

9^125 

§L612 


'♦AMOtTHT. 

$301.z78,n.^7 
35.906,877 


Total 101.737    '  $337,184.9141 


Total 101,737  I  $337,184,914 


NOTE.— The  am<mnt  of  terminated  Policies  is  larger  than  usuaL  The  Increase  ■was.  in  a  great  ipea«ur«, 
caused  by  the  purchase  of  immatured  Endowments,  either  pala  up  or  due  in  less  than  fl.ve  years,  which  ware 
discounted  at  seven  per  ceut. 


Dr. 


RBVBNCE    ACCOUNT. 


Cr. 


To  Balance  from  last  account 

To  fiemiums  received 

To  Inter. stand  rents 


...$75,411,239  42 
...  16,136,703  36 
...     4,878,260  84 


Total S95.4i;9,887  12 


By  pnid  Death  and  Endowment  Claims.  $4, 

Bv  paiil  Annuities 

By  paid  Dividends 3. 

By  Dald  iSnirendered  Policies  and  Addi- 

By  paid  (Commissions  (payment  of  cur- 

leut  and  extinguishment  of  fuxurel.. 

By  paid  Con  clnKent  Guarantee  aocount. 

By  oaid  Expenses  and  Taxes 

1  Balance  to  New  Account _ 


,459.468  63 

24,ull  49 

701,700  34 


t  5.319,785  21 


79 


679,967  ASf 

56,160  85 

664.302  35 

526,900  87' 


Total. _ $95,429.88713 


Dr. 


BALiANCB    »tHEBT. 


Cr.    \ 


To  Reserve  at  lour  per  cent 

T  I  I  laim-j  bv  uea'h.  uot  .vet  duo 
To  Premiuoi-t  paid  in  advance... 
To  Coiitiuiitnt  tiuarjntee  Fund 
To  Surplus  toe  Divisiou 


T 


..$77,502,062  00 
6 1. ',760  Oii 
24,;^72  43 
654,84'2  69 
3,666,161  67 


TotaL $a'.i.360,l88  59 


By  Mortgages  on  Real  Estate $60,856,200 

Ly  Dm ced  states  and  estate  Bonds,  JLC.   12,673,596 

By  Real  Estate 4,246,246 

uy  t'a-n   ia   Banks    and  Truat  Com- 
panies at  interest '.     2,183,001 

By  luterejt  accrued 1,3:^2,294 

By  Premiums  deferred,  quarterly  and  , 

semi-annual 923.832  991 

Bv  Premiums   in   transit,    principally 

for  December.... 137.195  10 

Balances  due  by  Agents :....  18,849  70 


— ^ 

331 
4Q| 

78 
IS 


Total... .' $82,360,188  59 


Premiums  deferred  and  in  transit  in  the  foregoing  Balance  .Sheet,  have  been  subiected  to  a  deduction  of 
twent.^  -fi  vf  per  cent,  bj  tho  Insurance  Department  for  the  estimated  c  ost  of  collecting  the  same.    Bee  Official. 

NOTE.— It'  the  New-Tork  Standard  of  four  and  a  half  par  cent.  Interest  bo  used,  tbe  Surplus  is  $10,262,829  44J 
Froui  the  hurplUa  f jr  Divisiou,  as  appenri  in  the  liaiauce  Sheet,  a  Dividend  will  be  apportioned  to  eash  Poucyi 
which -shall  be  in  lorce  at  its  anniversary  in  1877. 


I  have  carrfun.y  examined  the  foregoing  Statement,  and  find  the  same  correct 


January  17,  1877. 


WM.  J.  EAST05.  AodltOE. 


NOTE.— By  act  of  tbe  Truatees,  the  membership  of  this  Company  is  limited  to  one  hundred  thousand  insured 
hves. 


TRUSTEES. 


Frederick  S.  Winston, 
Jonn  V.  L.  Pruyn, 
It.  H.  McCurdy, 
William  betie, 
Samuel  E.  Sproulls, 
Samuel  M.  <  ori.ell, 
Lucius  KobloBun, 
W.  Smub  Brown. 
William  U.  Popaam. 


Samuel  D-  Babcock, 
heurv  A.  Smythe, 
William  E.  DoJgo, 
Ge  rae  S.  Coe, 
Wm.  M.  Vermilye, 
JonnE.  Develin, 
Martin  Bates. 
Wm.  A.  Haines, 
Se.vmour  t.  Husted. 


Oliver  H.  Palmer, 
Heorv  K.  Daviea, 
Hichd.  A.  McCurdy,  a 
Francis  Skidd.y,         ^• 
James  (J.  Hoiden, 
Herman  C.  Von  Post,  . 
Geo.  C.  Hichardsoa,    ,- 
Alex.  H.  Rice,' 
W.  F.  Babcock, 


R.  Batehfbrd  Starr , 
Frederick  H.  Cosaitt, 
Lewis  May, 
uiiver  Harnmau. 
Tbomae  Dickson, 
Henry  W.  Smith, 
Jobn  H.  Sberwood. 
Igisto  P.  Fabbri, 
Georze  H.  Andercon. 


TO  THE  TRUSTEES  OF  THE  MUTUAL  LIFE  IN8DEANCE  COMPANY  OP  NBW-YOEK: 

The  uudersigned,  the  Annual  Committee,  appointed  pursuant  to  the  By-Laws  of  the  Company,  on  the  20th 

day  of  December,  1876.  to  examine  at  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year,  the  aceoun.s  ana  assets  of  the  Company, 
Reeoectfuiiv  Report.  That  they  have  oaretully  examined  all  the  assets,   investments,  and  securities  of  the 

^ihaiix,  had  ou  the  Ist  day  of  January,  1877,  stocks  in  the  torm  of  Bonds  of  the  United  States,  and  of  yew- 
York  and  other  citi -8,  amouotiue  in  pur  value  to  $12,063,550,  aad  in  market  value  to  $12,673,569  33,  and 
that  tul»  laiter  sum  is  immediately  convertiole  and  available  in  cash.  That  of  these  securities  $7,473,550  are 
in  United  tatoo  regis .ered  oondB.  and  $4,59. »,00U  chiedy  in  city  bonds.  They  are  all  snecified  in  the  accom- 
panyms  schedule;  "are  aU  gepuine,  and.  in  the  opinion  ot  the  Committee,  are  all  judicious  and  perfectly  secure 
iuyeB(meut.-t. 

The  Committee  further  report:  .'>.„.        .„  ,^..,..     ._,..  ^ 

ThatouJau.  ),  l577,  the  Lomoany  had  invested  m  Bond  and  Mortgage  upon  real  estate  in  fee.  Vhich  wa« 
aporais  jd  at  ttie  ttme  of  each  investmeat  to  do  wortn,  at  least,  twice  tlie  amount  loaned,  the  sum  of  $6S,d3S.- 

The  Committee  have  examined  each  Bond  and  Mortsage  and  find  the  same  correct,  as  stated  on  the  books 
of  theCom-j  inv  The  committee  fliid  that  the  interest  oa  these  hoods  has  been  paid  vrith  threat  punctuality, 
itnd  tnat  the  arroars  of  iniercst  lor  the  last  six  months  axe  ooly  a  very  small  par  centajre  on  the  amount  Que. 

In  adilition  to  thesecuriiy  oi  the  l^ind  coverea  oy  the  Mortgages,  the  O.impany  bolus  insurance  on  the  ouUd 
incs  tbereuii,  as  collateral,  vx  bolvent  and  responsible  Fire  Insurauce  Compaoiea,  amouuting  to  the  aum  ol 
434,000,000. 

1  ho  committee  further  report:  ^^^.^-t...         ..«,  _t  x  .......... 

Tu,tt  lUe  Companv  now  holds  property  pledged  to  It  in  Bonds  ana  Mortgages  to  protect  its  inyestments 
therein  to  the  extent  of  $8.19,534  49.  and  f  liat  this  is  the  total  amount  of  all  property  purchased  bv  it  sliica 
itsorea'uizaiionon  Fort-closutes,  and  held  by  it  at  the  close  of  the  last  fiscal  .ye<ir,  and  the  Committee  hehev* 
iliat  ihis  prop -riy  will  be  sold  with  jut  incarrin^  any  oonsidsrable  deficit.  This  sum  bears  a  smaU  ratio  to  the 
totulamouut  of  the  cocnpaoy's  assets,  beiui  leas  thau  oue  per  cent,  thereof.  .,„..,.. 

landQiiiontothib  Real  Kstate.  the  Cora  paoy  owns  tor  the  transaction  of  its  Ousmess  id  tne  Gttiea  or  aew-Tork, 
Bos  on  aad  PniL»cleiphi'»,  valuaule  re^i  esiat",  costm?  the  stun  of  $ci,4lo,45i  84.  The  huildinK  in  New-fork 
pa\  3  S  per  Crnt  on  its  cost,  charging  a  fair  rant  lor  f  ue  part  occupied  by  liie  Company.  XnM  in  Boston  is  in- 
complete, ana  that  ia  I'hiladeiphia  has  receotly  been  finished.  _  *„,oo  ««,..« 

The  Committee  have  ascertained  that  the  cash  on  hand  on  the  Ist  day  of  January,  1877,  was  $2,183,001  73. 
This  sum,  auued  to  tne  securities  immediately  oouyertible  into  cash,  maces  a  total  of  caah  ae:ietB  equal  tc 
$14,699,016  47  immediately  available.  ,  ^    ^  .  .....v,  ,  _.._ 

We  have  ascertained  that  the  expenses  ot  tbe  Company  for  acquiring  its  business  are  nearly  a  qtiarter  of  one 
(  ""38)  per  c«nt^  upon  the  sum  lusured.  and  the  exp>eu«e8  of  conducclns  the  business,  wuich  muludwexpenaee 
iiTeverv  kind  except  claims  by  death.  IS  less  than  one-quarter  or  one  percent,  on  the  same,  which,  in  »>!,  ia 
less  tlianon»-"haif  of  ;.i!J62)  one  p^r  cent,  upoa  the  Bum  insured,  (.4425,)  and  ia  six  and  aevea-twiths  (8.701) 
per  c»ut.  upon  the  income  of  the!  year.  ^^.._  ,     ^    ,j.-l.    t  t^_i        .,._......  .w. 

'W'hili*  the  Commitiee  were  making  investication,  the  Superintendent  or  the  insaranoe  uepartment,  ^ntn  Wa 
Deoutv  Assistants,  and  Experts,  was  al»o  engaged  iu  examiuing  the  affiirs  of  the  Company  aa  reqtiired  b.y  Uw. 
He  IB  still  at  wor  <  examiuing  not  only  into  tbe  liabluties  of  the  Cooipany,  Out  likewise  into  the  mathematical 
DnneiDlcs  upon  whUh  its  business  is  conduct-d  aad  its  liabilities  «re  V.etermined.  fhis  examination  will  be 
tborougb  andexhauBUve.  ana  its  resalts  presented  la  a  renoct  which  will  be  pabiUhed  in  due  time  and  to  whlck 
tbe  Cummnteeiefer. 

All  01  which  18  respectfoily  submatted. 

Dated  January  17,  ia77.  ^3  ^  HENBT  E.  DAVIES. 

GEOUUE  S.  COfc:, 
SAMUEL  SL  COdNELL, 
WILLIAM  H.  POeUAM. 
H.  C.  VON  POST, 
GEORGE  H.  ANDREWS. 


MXJTUAL.  ULFE  INSURAJi^CE  COMPAUTT  OF  NEW-YORK. 

The  Report  of  tbe  Bxamlnation  by  tbe  Insurance  Department. 

AiBAST,  Febmarr  2, 1877. 

To  the  Editors  of  the^  ^^'"^y„'^°"^"'![li 

Gbk  "  ^  " 

.Mutual  i-iieiuoi.L»..<^---j--...^Yti,n  the  .icting  SuperiiiieDaent  has  also  persouaUy  participated,  J  deem  U  t(W 
?^rnu  ,  ic  inier'eits  that  the  result  of  said  investijjatiou  shoulu  be  puollahed. 
^^7ui.retore  inclose  the  same  for  puoucation.  respectfuUy, 

WILLIAM  SMYTH, 

AcUuK  Superintendent. 
ALBAyy,  February  1, 1877. 
Hon.  William  Smyth,  Acting  SuperinunderU  Nev,  Insurant  Department  : 

T„  „„«„..,iiin<.«  with  instructions  received  from  you  under  appointment  Number  363. 1  report  the  completloa 

In  accoraance  wJiu  lu  .^^  ^^  ^^^^  .juluil  Inioraace  Company  01  .New-lforK. 

"^^'i?  H»"i?ltimBW  en  the  annual  investigatiou  by  the  Tra»tee8-ai  called  for  by  the  Companys  chart*-*- 

^t^irtaH  tue  work  was  conaderibiy  facilitated  by  each  department  reprisentative   acting  •with  one  of 

was  '''il'T^^^e^a^  thus  giving  a  do.ibie  force,  with  a  check  that  was  invaiuahie  as  to  the  correctneas  of  tne  labor, 

periormed.  of  the  Policies  in  force  have  been  made  in  the  Department  under  the  anperrinon  of  Mr.  D-  H. 

t  "^"oitt  Actuary ,  and  havo  occupied  his  attention  with  ihat  of  tne  rest  of  our  actuarial  force  not  engaged  ia 

New-York.       .       ^.  ^f  tbe  Companv,  with  other  admissible  assets,  make  a  total  of  $92,076,706  87. 

Th!t  ti^P  .  lomn  nv  has'heeu  successlully  managed  i*  everywhere  conceded;  and  it  Is  very  necessary  that th» 
Ihai  tne_uo^^    j  ^^^^  Bhimid  b  ^  men  emluon.ly  cjiupete.iD  to  eaard  saalously  the  moneys  that  in 

^h**?  ture  affold  the  proiectioj  guaranteed  by  contiaots  with  the  holders  of  nij»ety-two  thouaaud  one  himdrej 
and  twenty -five  poiicie  J.  indorsement  by  the  Department  than  is  sho'wn  In  the  assets  and  ha.' 

>,M'^^%^!'nmeraTedTelow  exDibiting  a  surplus,  as  regards  poUcy-noiders  of  $10,262,879  44,  "*' 

bilita>-8  f°'^,"»'^'^°i'"'"iu  retail  tne  informatio,.  necessary   tor  valuitfon  of  property,  verihoacioa  of  title,  to,,  of 
if„f  rhK  R«vSnlutii?-mioa6  hundred  .lud  fif.y-six  (7  150)  m  .itg.v:e8.  has  been  compiled,  aud  wica  a  iui  of 
each  ot  tbe  s^JJ"  \"".^^  nremm.us  is  uow  ou  fl'.e  iu  th<5  Department. 
^'''C tuowfnrwas  tte'cTaUlon  of  the  compiny  on  December  31,  1876: 

ASSETS. 

„     ,      .   .,  «4,246,845  4t 

Eeai  estate ■••■ 60,866.2o0  IS 

Bonus  aud  mortaages.... iar- Value.  Market  Value.       •'"^''■'^  ^« 

Siootsauo  ri-'iuis.  $7,47^,550  $7,a07,S40  62 

Onifd  blates  ooudB.  resistered.   -• u  4'Jo,000  2  4i'J  567  50 

i^cw-Yor^  ^^'yK''"j;u%?a1«i^^^^^^^^                    oOu.OOO  566:250  00 

Boston  Water  bunds.  r^gi«iei|d.,.^.           _ ^^^  q^^  637.500  00 

Providence  itt.L)  bonds^rejnsiereu..--.--            5   .OOO  6u,i>00  OO 

Cherrv  Valley  iowu  bonds - I18.OOO  128  U50  OO 

City  of  Yoofcrrs  bonds. 140,500  145.417  50 

Buff.uo  City  bonus 66.0OO  57,435  00 

f.luiua  >.  iti  bou  S. 215,000  225  0^5  00 

MjBBoari  .->tale  bonds. _  69.  ,0O0  6S7.5v;8  71 

bsni'ianciscobouda..--. : 14,000  14,736  00 

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fidittfiBidlN.  J.)  bonofl ; 

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Inteiest  due  and  acorueu • ^aZiZ-M 

Net  uucollec.ed  and  ueierred  premiums 795,3t»o  07 

Total  aumitted  assets $82.07*1.706  87 

^  LIABIUTIES. 

Net  value  of  outstanding  policies  and  ^dltion^. - ^''^^f^m^ 

Unpaid  losses  auo  endowments  not  yet  due ;"::::::::  111:: ::::::::::;:::::::::::::::::::     uiy'i  2s 

tremiams  made  in  advance - - ^%.ai£  ts 

Totalliabilities ^o  Ifi^'l7fl  11 

Surplus  as  rejrardspoUoy-hoiders 10„^62.879  44 

Aggregate y-'r-i^lAl ' $8^.076.7ot>  «7 

AU  of  whicu  is  respectfully  submitted,  ^^^^^  ^  mcCALL,  Jr., 

Deputy  Superintendent. 

_-^     «       -.4  _.!««+  in  Tjprson  ■was  present  during  the  examination  of  the  United  States  securities,  bonds 
The  Superhitendent  inpersou    ^  ^^I'^^^^^^j         j^^^.^^   ^^^  ^^  ^^^^  ^^    ^  ^^^  examluaUon.    iie 

and  morteajres.  .^"'^  °J'',?,_,,"t  i„  asaurimi  the  public  that  the  system  of  manapameul  aiwi  aoourHoy  of  da:«il.  u 
desires  to  join  with  Ills  o^pui.w  -^^j^j^^^^  person  who  has  anything  to  do  with  tbe 

■well  as  th.icueck8  af,'^„Xnaa  of  the  company,  comm.ind  his  most  hearty  approval.  The  Prrsldent  and  all  other 
loaning  or  investing  lue  i""""  "*  nrompt  and  courteous  in  afl'ording  every  luiormation  :  while  so  peiftsot  Is  tbe 
offlcL-rs  of  the  V^'^u  H-^T^/mpLt  tuat  any  sueoiiil  item  renuired  was  at  once  furnished,  with  all  its  neceaaary  and 
orgauiaatlou  of  each  <iepaximeu  ^^^^^  ^^^  ^^^  j^j  ji^^j;  ^  corparationof  such  vast  maioitnae  and  importance 

**%***b'iaiil'^'«md  satisfactorily  exammed  in  a  tew  under  oromary  circumstances,  would  have 

requited  as  many  mouths.  WILLIAM  8MTTH.  Acting  Snpcrintendwit. 


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WASHINGTON. 

♦ 
TILDEH'S  CAMPAIGN  OF  CRIME. 

.  /rNBLUSHING  ATTEMPTS  TO  BUT  ELECTORS 
AND  STATES  TO  VOTE  FOR  A  MAN  BE- 
JECTKD  BY  THE  PKOPLE — THE  PLOT 
OP  ni8  AGENT  FIELD  TO  FIX  TILDEN'S 
CRIMES  ON  THE  LOUISIANA  BOARD — THE 
CROWNING  OFFENSE  OF  FIELD'S  COM- 
MITTEE,   WHO    REFUSE     GOV.   WELLS  A 

HEARING. 

Special  IHtvatch  to  tlie  Ifeto-Torlt  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  4. — The  committee  of 
the  House  of  -which  Mr.  David  Dudley  Field  is 
'  the  leader  has  lor  several  days  past  been  try- 
ing to  prove  that  ex-Gov.  Wells,  of  the  Louisi- 
ana Returning  Board,  desired  to  make  money 
oat  of  the  position   he   occupied   in   the  State 

Darned.    To  prove  that  such  was  the  ease  two 

witnesses  have  been  produced.  One  of  them  was 
Mr.   MaddoT,  a  disgraced  adventurer,  and  the 

Other    Mr.     Pickett,     a   claim  agent,    who 

at  all  times  was  ready  to  go  into  all  sorts  of 
disreputable  epeoulations.  These  men  have 
sworn  that^they  thought  they  could  buy  the 
Louisiana  Returning  Board  for  fl,000,000,  and 
that  for  that  sum  they  hoped  to  secure  the 
vote  of  the  State  named  for  Tilden  and 
Hendricks.  In  support  of  their  statement 
they  have  brought  no  proof,  at  least  none 
■which  would  be  accepted  in  a  court  of  law. 
As  to  their  own  testimony,  it  is  valueless,  tor, 
according  to  the  confession  of  Maddox,  they 
hoped  to  profit  largely  by  the  crime  which 
they  wished  Wells  and  his  associates  to  com- 
imt.  On  the  other  hand,  Gen.  Anderson,  of 
the  Returning  Board,  has  sworn  positively  that 
he  never  had  10  minutes'  conversation  with 
Maddox   in   his   lite;    that    he  never  had   any 

intimation  that  he  was  authorized  to  Duy 
the  good  ofBces  of  the  Returning 
Board  for  Tilden,  and  that  if  he  had  been  so 
authorized  he  would  not  have  succeeded. 
Farther  than  this.  Gen.  Anderson  has  sworn 
that  he  was  offered  $200,030  to  have  the  Elec- 
toral vote  ot  Louisiana  counted  for  Tilden,  and 
that  he  refused  the  offer.  The  proposition  was 
made  to  him  by  Dr.  Robertson,  a  Democratic 
State  Senator,  and  one  of  the  best-known  Til- 
den agents  in  the  South.  Regardine;  the  story 
that  Gov.  Wella  wrote  to  Senator  West  to 
have  him  raise  money  to  secure  the  vote  of 
Louisiana  for  Hayes,  it  can  only  be  said  that 
Gov.  Wells  never  made  any  such  proposition. 
He  does  not  deny  that  he  wrote  the  letter  to 
West  mentioned  by  the  witness  Maddox,  but 
he  does  deny,  in  the  most  empnatio  terms,  that 
he  intended  it  as  a  black-mailing  docu- 
ment. His  explanation  of  the  paper  is  as 
follows:  Some  time  before  the  counting  of  the 
Electoral  vote  of  Louisiana,  he  was  approached 
by  a  number  of  Democrats  who  intimated  to 
him  that  he  could  make  a  fortime  if  he  would 
secure  the  State  for  Tilden  and  Hendricks. 
Among  those  who  so  approached  him  was  Dun- 
can F.  Kenner,  one  of  the  best-known  Demo- 
crats in  New-Orleans,  who  told  him  distinctly 
and  in  exact  terms  that  if  he  would  have  the 
State  counted  for  Tilden  he  would  be  paid 
$200,000.  This  offer  Gov.  Wells,  who  it  may  be 
yell  to  state  is  a  man  of  large  property,  re- 
fused in  the  most  positive  terms.  After  it  was 
,nade,  however,  he  b«oame  alarmed  for  the 
jafety  of  the  Republican  cause  and  the  triumph 
of  justice  in  Louisiana,  and  he  sent  by  Maddox 

to  Senator  West  the  letter  produced  yesterday, 
to  warn  the  latter  gentleman  of  the  eft'orta 
which  the  Democrats  were  making  to  illegally 
capture  the  v»te  ot  the  State.  This  was  his 
only  object.  It  will  be  noticed  that  Gov.  Wells 
yesterdav  sent  to  Mr.  Field's  committee  and 
asked  in  strong  terms  that  he  might  be  allowed 
to  testify  to  these  facts,  and  to  contradict  the 
lying  story  told  by  Maddox  alrd  Pickett. 
This  privilege  was  denied  him  by  a  strict  party 
vote,  every  party  friend  of  "  Tilden's  man  Fri- 
tay"  voting  in  the  negative.  They  were  afraid 
!>f  the  truth,  and  like  good  Democrats  they 
osed  their  power  to  suppress  it.  To-morrow  or 
on  Tuesday,  however,  they  will  be  obliged  to 
listen  to  some  disagreeable  testimony,  for  the 

Republicans  are  fuUy  prepared  to  show  that, 
having  failed  to  buy  either  Gen.  Anderson 
jr  Gov.  Wells,  Mr.  Tilden's  friends  and 
agents  in  New-Orleans  offered  Mr.  A. 
B.  Lavisse,  one  ot  the  Hayes  Electors, 
^100,000  to  cast  his  vote  for  "  the  great  Re- 
former," and  his  soft-money  partner,  Mr.  Hen- 
dricks. Perhaps  the  Democratic  members  of 
Mr.  Field's  commitee  will  be  able  to  overthrow 
this  testimony,  but  before  doing  so  it  wouIq  be 
well  for  them  to  dispose  of  the  evidence  of  State 
Senator  Beverly  Nash,  •f  South  Carolina,  who 
swears  positively  that  Mr.  Childs,  Tilden's 
agent  in  South  Carolina,  offered  him  $50,000  to 
cast  his  vote  as  Elector  tor  the  candidates 
named.  Poor  old  Mr.  Field  has  made  des- 
perate efforts  to  injure  the  cause  of  Republi- 
canism, justice,  and  law.  But  he  has  n»t  iuc« 
ceeded.  He  is  not  so  strong,  either  mentally 
>r  physically,  as  he  was  when  he  supported 
Cardozo,  Tweed,  and  the  New- York  Ring. 

A  PETTIFOGGER  IN  CONGRESS. 
IJRICKS  WORTHY  OF  THE  COUNSEL  OF  THE 
ERIE  SWINDLERS— GROSS  VIOLATION  OP 
THK  PRIVILEGES  OF  THE  HOUSE — AT- 
TEMPT TO  FOIST  GARBLED  TESTIMONY 
UPON  THE  ELECTORAL  COMMISSION — 
PROCIOR  KNOTT'S  NAME  IMPUDENTLY 
USED  TO   COVER  FRAUD. 

special  lAtpatch  to  the  New-York  Timet, 

Washington,  Feb.  4. — There  has  been  a 
gross  violation  ot  the  privileges  of  the  House, 
and  a  violation  of  all  the  principles  of 
honor  and  of  common  decency,  which,  so  far 
as  appears  on  the  face  of  the  affair,  is  traceable  to 
David  Dudley  Field.  A  pamphlet  has  been  pri- 
vately printed  oontainine  146  pages,  which  bears 
the  following  announcement  on  the  titie-page  : 
••  Testimony  relating  to  Florida,  taken  before 
the  Committee  of  the  House  of  Representatives 
on  the  Powers,  Privileges,  and  Duties  of  the 
House  of  Representatives  in  Coimting  the 
Electoral  Vote,  Hon.  J.  Proctor  Knott.  Chair- 
.  man."  The  pamphlet  is  said  to  have  been 
smuggled  before  the  Electoral  Commission, 
Along  with  Fields'  objections,  an^  to  be  a  part  of 
the  evidence  which  Hon.  Charles  O'Conor  is 
trying  to  induce  the  Commission  to  consider. 
The  testimony  before  the  Fields  committee,  of 
■which  Knott  used  to  be  Chairman,  has  not 
been  reported  to  the  House,  nor  any  part  of  it. 
No  member  of  the  committee  has  any  rights  in 
regard  to  the  use  of  it  which  is  not  posseseed 
by  any  private  citizen,  but  some  one  has  culled 
out  of  the  mass  of  the  testimony  taken, 
luoh  parts  of  it  as  relate  to  Florida 
md  suit  the  Democratic  case.  For  in- 
stance, there  are  mcluded  oarta  of  the 
testimony  of  the  telegraph  operatsrs  without 
the  cross-examinations ;  in  all  oases  only  tbosa. 
extracts  are  made  which,  unoontradiot«d.  or 
unexplained,  are  supposed  to  aid  in  some'  way. 
the  Demooratio  oattse.  There  are  parts  at  Sec- 
retary Chandler's  testimony  and  lb©  he«My 
itories  and  bogus  telegrams.'  The  whole  thittgi 
bears  the  impress  of  David  Dudley  Fiel^  avd 
it  is  stated  that  he  is  having  asimllar  pan^et 


Florida  document  he  has  introduced  a  part  of 
the  evidence  of  Louis  M.  Kenner,  of  the  Louisiana 
Returning  Board,  showing  his  occupation,  and 
something  about  the  -Vernon  Parish  return.  No 
su«h  indecent  abuse  of  the  powers  of  a  com- 
mittee— not  of  its  rights,  for  the  committee  has 
no  suoh  right  over  the  evidence — ^has  ever  been 
attempted  by  any  member  of  Congress.  The 
Republican  members  of  the  committee  appeared 
to  be  thoroughly  soared  and  overawed  bf 
Field,  hut  tbey  ought  to  sHrnmon  courage  to 
have  this  business  investigated,  and  bring  it 
before  the  House,  to  find  out  whether  the 
Democratic  m^ority  will  sustain  sueh  a  pro- 
ceeding. 

THE  ELECTORAL    COMMISSION, 

TO-DAY'8     arguments— MR.     F.VART8     AND 

MR.    O'CONOR   to     CLOSE     THE     FLORIDA 

CASE   —  THE         DECISION**    ANXIOUSLY 

LOOKED  FOR— THE  DEMOCRATS  RATHER 

UESPBNDENT. 

Spttial  biSDotcMo  the  New-Torlt  Times. 
Washington,    Feb.     4.— The     Electoral 
Commission   ■will  have  three  hours   of    argu- 
ments to-morrow  on  the  question  of  admitting 

evidence  in  the  case  of  Florida.  The  first' 
hour  and  a  halt  will  be  occupied  by  Mr.  Evarts, 
amd  Mr.  O'Conor  is  announced  to  close 
for  the  Demooratsy  Mr.  Evarts'  speech  is  ex- 
pected to  be  the  CTeatest  event  ot  the  trial,  as 
it  is  known  that  heVhas  made  careful  prepara- 
tion. The  proceedings  of  the  Commission  are 
rather  difficult  to  predifet,  as  there  are  no  very 
definite  rules  by  which  they  are  governed. 
It  is  supposed,  however,  that  after 
the  conclusion  of  the  arguments  they 
will  enter  upon  the  consideration  of  the  ques- 
tion of  receiving  evidence,  and  will  first  decide 
and  announce  to  the  counsel  the  decision  upon 
that  point.  This  announcement  will,  it  testi- 
mony is  taken,  open  the  case  anew  to  a 
considerable  extent,  but  it  the  Commission 
should  decide  not  to  receive  evidence 
leading  into  an  examioatiou  of  the  election  of 
Electors,  the  case  would  be  practically  closed 
to  arguments.  The  question  of  law  may  arise 
as  to  the  powers  ot  the  Florida  Returning 
Board,  and  may  lead  to  a  further  bear- 
ing ;  and  there  may  be  a  decision 
that         evidence         shall  be         received, 

if  offered,  as  to  the  regularity  and  authen- 
ticity of  the  Governor's  certificate.  The  Com- 
mission may  decide  all  questions  arising  here- 
after in  this  case,  without  further  arguments. 
There  continues  to  be  a  great  deal  ot  anxiety, 
of  course,  about  the  action  of  the  Commission. 
The  Democrats  are  privately  very  much  de- 
pressed, and  Jcre  Black  and  Mr.  Beck  are 
said  to  be  very  muob  discouraged  and  hopeless. 

THE    SPECIE  PAYMENTS    MESSAGE. 

INDISPOSITION  OF  CONGRKfiS  TO  CONSIDER 
THE  SUBJECT  SERIOUSLY — ATTENTION 
FULLY  OCCUPIED  WITH  THE  PRESIDEN- 
TIAL QUESTION — MASTERLY  INACTIVITY 
THE  PREVAILING  POLICY. 

Special  Disoatch  to  the  New-  York  Timet. 

Washington,  Fob.  4. — The  President's 
Message  on  the  subject  of  specie  payments 
came  to  Congress  in  a  rather  unfortunate  time 
to  eet  any  immediate  and  considerate  atten- 
tion. It  was  late  Saturday  afternoon, 
and  the  House  was  thin,  the  argu- 
ments before  the  Electoral  Commission 
absorbing    the    attention    of    everybody    in 

the  capital.     The  substance  of  the  Message  was 

also  kno^vn  beforehand,  and  interest  in  the 
recommendations  had  been  previously  satisfied. 
The   Message   -was   read   and    referred    to   the 

Committee  on  Ways  and  Means,  after  a  curious 

proposition  from  Mr.  Bland,  of  Missouri,  to 
refer  it  to  the  Silver  Commission.  The 
Message  does  not  contain  the  suggestion 
expected,  that  provisiens  be  made  for  imnedi- 
ate  resumption.  This  modification  ef  the  in- 
tention of  the  President,  which  he  was  under- 
stood a  few  days  a^o  to  entertain,  and  which 
was  manifested  by  an  inquiry  as  to  whether 
existing  la'w  would  not  permit  him  to 
direct  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasur?^ 
to   take  immediate  measures  for  resumption 

■was  caused,  no  doubt,  by  the  considaration 
that  action  by  Congress,  during  this  session, 
tor  such  an  object  could  not  be  hoped  for.  The 
change  of  law  which  he  recommends  would 
undoubtedly  bring  the  country  very 
speedily  to  specie  payments  by  equalizing 
the  value  of  gold  and  greenbacks.  The  propo- 
sition would  be  at  once  taken  up  by  a  strong 
party  in  the  House  except  that  the  Presiden- 
tial question  overshadows  everything,  and  pre- 
vents even  the  careful  consideration  of  the  Ap- 
propriation bills.  The  recommendations  meet 
with  opposition  trom  the  silver  money  people 
generally,  because  they  intend  to  force  the 
dollar  of  our  fathers  into  circulation,  when- 
ever there  is  any  legislation  affecting  resump- 
tion. The  larger  number  of  Congressmen  who 
discuss  the  subject  at  all  are  indifferent  as  to 
present  action,  and  say  that  they  think  it  bet- 
ter on  the  whole  to  defer  legislation  till  the 
natural  operatians  of  trade  have  had  a  further 
time  to  w»rk  out  a  result.  They  seem  to  expect 
that  greenbacks  -will,  in  a  few  months, 
be  as  good  as  gold,  and  when  that  time  comes 
there  -will  be  less  difficulty  in  securing  neces- 
sary legislation  to  maintain  the  condition.  In 
short,  it  must  be  said  that  the  disposition  of 
Congress  seems  to  be  to  assume  a  policy  of 
masterly  inactivity  in  dealing  with  the  financial 
question. 

THE  APPROPRIATION  BILLS. 
PROSPECTS   FOR  THE     PASSAGE  OF  ALL    BE- 
FORE MARCH   4 — PRESENT  PROGRESS  OF 
THE    LEADING    BILLS — THE    RIVER  AND 
HARBOR  APPROPRIATION. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  New-  York  nntfi. 

Washington,  Feb.  4. — Mr.  Holman, 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Appropriations, 
is  confident  that  he  will  be  able  to  have  passed 
in  good  season,  before  March  4,  all  the  gen- 
eral Appr«priation  bills.  Of  the  12  regular 
Appropriation  bills  only  one — the  Pension 
bill — has  thus  far  been  passed  by  both  houses, 
and  received  the  approval  of  the  President. 
Of  the  others,  the  Fortification,  Military 
Academy,  and  Consular  and  Diplomatie 
bills  have  passed  both  houses,  and 
are  awaiting  adjustment  by  committees 
of  conference.  The  differences  between  the 
two  houses  on  these  bills  are  not  material,  and 
•will  be  readily  adjusted.  The  Post  Office  and 
Indian  bill  have  passed  the  House,  and  are 
now  -with  the  Senate  Committee  on  Appropria- 
tions. The  Legislative,  Executive,  and  Judi- 
cial bills  passed  the  House  yesterday,  and  will 
be  referred  to  the  Senate  committee  early 
next  week.    The  Deficiency  bill  is  now  before 

the  House,  and  is  the  next  appropria- 
tion bill  to  be  considered  by  that 
body.  The  Army.  Navy,  and  Sun- 
dry Civa  bills  are  now  being  prepared 
by  sub-committees  of  the  House  Committee  on 
Appropriations,  and  will  be  reported  to  the 
Bouse  some  time  this  week.  The  River  and 
Harbor  bill  is  being  prepared  by  the  Hoose  Com- 
mittee on  Commerce,  and  will  be  ready  to  re- 


port before    the  other  bills   ar»  disposed  of. 
ii»^'^'^i»Viawo*teI*<>'ji^Pfc  .:»<%•  J  Hwetofow.    the   Blvar  and  Harbor  bill   ha. 


been  a  kind  of  "  omnibus"  for  all  sorts  of  lobs 
for  Congressmen  ambitious  to  maintain 
themselves  in  public  life  at  the  expense 
of  the  pnhbo  Treasury,  and  more 
interest  has  been  manifested  In  it  than 
in  any  other  of  the  regular  appropriation  bills. 
The  action  of  the  President,  however,  with  ref- 
erence to  this  appropriation  last  year,  has  acted 
like  a  decree  of  divorce,  and  backwoods  states- 
men are  not  now  manifesting  the  same  degree 
of  interest  in  the  improvement  of  mountain 
streams  that  they  have  hitherto  manifested. 
There  is  no  reason  to  suppose  that  any  of  the 
regular  appropriations  wiU  fail  for  lack  of  time 
to  pass  them ;  but  should  any  one  of  them  so 
fail,  it  will  be  the  River  and  Harbor  bill.  The 
Senate  Committee  on  Appropriations  -vrill  take  up 

the  bills  now  before  them,  and  will  report  them 
to  the  Senate  without  unnecessary  delay,  and 
in  ample  time  to  permit  them  to  be  finally  acted 

upon  before  March  4. 

ALEXANDER  H.  STEPHENS. 
AN  UNFAVORABLE  CHANGE  LATE  LAST  NIGHT 

— GROWING    WEAKER. 

Washington,  Feb.  4.— At  a  late  hour  to- 
night a  change  was  announced  in  Mr.  Stephens' 
condition,  and  the  reports  were  not  so  en- 
couraging as  early  in  the  evening.  His  mmd 
is  clear,  but  his  voice  is  so  weak  that  he  can 
scarcely  articulate.  Among  the  callers  on  Mr. 
Stephens  to-day  were  Judge  Davis,  of  the  Su- 
preme Court,  and  Senators  Bogy  and  Norwood, 
to  whom  he  expressed  the  opinion  that  he  was 
growing  weaker. 

THE  MISSISSIPPI  JETTIES. 

OPERATION  OP  THE  SYSTEM  SHOWN  IN  THE 
RECENT  FLOOD  FROM  THE  OHIO  RIVEB. 
Washington,  Feb.  4. — Mr.  Eads  received  a 
diepat«h  to-day  from  £.  L.  CortbeU,  "esidenc  en- 
gineer at  the  jetties,  that  the  channel  through  the 
shoal  at  the  head  of  South  Pass  is  now  22  feet  deep, 
and  that  the  least  width  in  which  30  feet  depth 
is  found  is  110  feet.  The  principal  works 
to  Improve  this  shoal  were  oonstraoted  daring 
the  last  six  months.  The  low  stage 
and  feeble  carreot  of  the  river  has  delayed  their 
effect  until  the  recent  flood  from  the  Ohio  reached 
them,-and  toe  problem  of  deepening  the  shoal  was 
folly  solved  by  the  rapid  •coming  away  of  the 
obstmction.  Tbe  dispatch  states  that  the 
channel  is  straight  and  deepening  rapidly. 
Tbe  channel  throngh  the  jetties  at  the 
mouth  of  the  piss  is  21  feet  deeo,  with  a  least 
width  of  200  feet,  in  which  no  depth  less  than  20 
feet  is  fonnd.  The  entrance  from  the  sea  throaeh 
the  jetties  is  1,000  feet  wide,  and  through  the  works 
at  tbe  head  of  the  pass  SCO  feet. 

NOTES  FROM  THE  CAPITAL. 


Washington,  Feb.  4.— Yest:rday  a  review 
and  brigade  drill  of  the  troops  stationed  at  the  ar- 
senal took  place  in  tbe  presence  of  tbe  Secretary  of 
War,  the  General  of  the  Army  and  his  stafEl 
Upon  tbe  arrival  of  the  officials  at  tbe  croands,  tbe 
guard  at  the  gate  was  paraded  and  tbe  bngle 
sonnded  in  honor  of  tbe  General,  while  a  salute  of 
15  guns  from  a  fl^ld  battery  commanded  by  Capt. 
Randolph  of  the  First  Artillery,  was  fired  for  tbe 
Secretary  of  War.  The  party  proceeded  immedi- 
ately to  the  parade  groanda,  where  the  brigade, 
nnder  Gen.  B-irry,  was  drawn  up  m  line.  The  bri- 
gade consisted  of  three  battalions,  tbe  first  com- 
posed of  companies  ot  the  Artillery  School ;  tbe 
second  composed  of  five  companies  of  the  Second 
and  Third  Ariillerr,  oommanded  by  Capt.  Frank  B. 
Hamilton  of  the  Second  Artillery  ;  the  third  com- 
posed of  four  comD.inies  of  the  First  Artillery, 
nnder  command  of  Capt.  Frank.  £.  Taylor,  of  the 
First  Artillery. 

Charles  O'Conor,  In  company  with  Secretary 
Fish,  called  upon  President  Grant  to-day. 

The  Ohio  Senators  and  Representatives  have  re- 
ceived copies  of  tbe  resolutioni  of  tbe  Cincinnati 
Cbamber  of  Commerce,  hfiartlly  approving  of  the 
bill  appropriating  150.000  for  the  expedition  to  the 
North  pole,  on  tbe  plan  suggested  by  Caot,  Bow- 
gate. 

A  petition  was  lately  presented  to  tbe  Senate 
trom  persons  representing  themselves  to  be  lineal 
descendants  and  beirs-at-law  of  Col.  Weissenfels,  of 
the  Bevolntlonarv  Army,  who  was  entitled  to  2,000 
acres  of  land  nnder  an  order  of  Council  and  royal 
proclamation  of  October,  1763,  but  lost  the  land  by 
bis  participation  in  the  rebellion  of  tbe  colonies. 
Tbey  represent  that  bo  rendered  distingoished  and 
valuable  services,  and  that  as  be  was  never 
Indemnifled  for  hia  loss  hit  htirs  ought 
to  receive  tbe  comnensatioo  to  which  be  was  en- 
titled. Tbe  Committee  on  Revolntlonary  Claims 
report  that  tbe  claim  is  so  ancient  that  tbe  facts  in 
regard  to  Col.  Weiasenfols  cannot  be  a<icertained,nor 
proofs  produced,  bat  aay  if  it  clearly  appeared  that 
he  had  taken  every  atop  nocessarv  to  obtain  toe 
land,  and  it  had  been  granted  to  him.  and  he  had 
lost  it  by  adhoriag  to  the  colonies,  still  there  is  no 
law  to  compensate  bun  or  his  beira,  and  if  It  is 
done  It  will  be  a  mere  gratuity.  Tbe  claims  of  Col. 
Weisaonl'els  are  not  superior  to  tbose  of  many 
other  patriotic  men,  who  were  willing  to  risk  all 
tbey  hid  in  tha  service  ot  their  country,  and  who 
found  their  Indemoltv  in  the  triumph  of  tbe   cause. 

Previona  to  the  President's  Message  of  yesterday, 
a  number  of  members  of  Congress  with  whom  ho 
bad  conversed  favored  tbe  funding  of  tbe  4  per 
cent  bonds.  The  sabjsct  will  ha  oonsiderea  by  the 
Appropriation  Committee  of  eich  hoawe. 

Mr.  J.  C.  Hopper,  Secretary  of  tbe  National 
Revenae  Reform  Asaociation  of  New-Tork,  has 
delivered  to  Representative  Willis  bis  reriMon  of 
tbe  tariff  and  collection  laws  applied  to  the  present 
Revenue  Statntes  of  tb«  TToited  States,  prepared 
under  the  anspioasof  the  New- York  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and  tbe  Imoorters'  and  Grocers'  Boara 
of  Trade.  It  does  not  affect  the  rates  of  duties,  bat 
removes  all  doabta  In  order  to  avoid  the  conntant 
litigation  with  tbe  Government. 

A  number  of  banRers  will  be  beard  by  the  Com- 
mittee of  Ways  and  Means  on  Wednesday. 

The  Morrison  Lo.nlsiana  Investlgntiag  Committee 
have  flalsbed  tnoir  sxaminatton  of  witnesses,  and 
will,  it  is  expected,  make  their  report  to  the  House 
ta-morrow.  Gen.  Hnrlbut  will  present  a  minority 
rsport  on  the  part  of  tbe  Republican  members  of 
this  committee.  Senator  Howe's  committee  will 
also  make  their  report  to  the  Senate  to-morrow  rela- 
tive to  the  Lealsiana  election. 

A  number  of  persons,  directly  and  indirectly  con- 
nected with  the  LoaiaisnaRettirning  Board,  have  ar- 
rived here,  among  tbtm  Messrs.  MoCormack,  Davis, 
and  Eaton,  who  were  summoced  at  the  request  of 
the  Republican  members  of  this  committee,  and  bv 
whom  tbey  expect  to  break  down  the  teotimony  of 
Littlefleld.  Toe  Demscmts  rely  on  Mr.  Abell,  the 
Chief  ClerK  of  tba  Returning  Board,  and  others,  to 
auAtain  Littledeld. 

Judge  Campbell,  of  New-Orleana,  arrived  here  to- 
night ou  political  bnsiiiess  affecting  Loaiblana. 

A  man  named  Bennett,  connected  with  a  silver- 
plating  establisbment  here,  came  to  a  sudden 
death  to-day  from  the  effects  of  drinking  acid  used 
in  sacb  business,  mistaking  it  for  wat«r. 


THE  ASHTABULA  BRIDOE. 
Cleveland,  Feb.  4. — The  Coroner's  Jury  at 
Aabtabala  yesterday  examined  George  H.  Carpen- 
ter, wbo  testified  that  at  the  time  the  bridge  was 
built  he  was  employed  m  the  Lake  Shore  Railroad 
shops  at  Cleveland,  but  afterward  had  charge  of 
the  raising  of  tbe  bridge  with  Mr.  Rogers  under 
hia  direction ;  when  tbe  braces  were  sent  from  the 
shops  to  the  bridge  they  had  no  marks  on  them  to 
show  where  thev  belonged  ;  after  tbe  bridge  was 
erected,  Mr.  Stone  expressed  himself  well  satisfied 
with  the  wark.  and  said  it  had  been  well  done ;  he 
doos  not  consider  the  system  of  lateral  bracing  In 
this  briage  good  for  anything. 

THREE  OEILDBEN  DROWNED. 
Boston,  Feb.  4— Minnie  and  Annie  Striley 
and  Kellie  Toorhnae,  aged  five,  eight,  and  ten 
years,  ware  drowned  at  Salem  on  Saturday  evening 
oy  breaking  through  the  iee  at  the  foot  of  OsgMd 
street.  

TEE  ICE  IN  THE  SUSiiUEHANNA. 
CoisuuBix,  Feb.  4. — The  fears  of  an  iee-g*rge 
in  the  Sasqnebanna  Biver  at  this  point  are  rapidly 
dUappearing,  and  fton  present  appearances  the  loe 
will  pass  away  with  little  or  no  damage. 

Air  ATTEMPT  TO  BKEAK  JAIL. 
Lbbajton,  Penn.,  Feb.  4 — Five  prisoners  at- 
tempted to  escape  trom.  the  I<ebmon  Jail  last  even- 
lose,  hut,  ttutv  ware  dlscoTeied  anil  laokMl »» 


LATEST  NEWS  BY   CABLE. 


THE  EASTERN  COMPLICATIONS. 

CIRCULAR     OF    PRINCE     GORT6CHA,KOFF    TO 
RUSSIAN  BEPRESENTAtlYES  ABROAD  IN- 
6TKUCTING    THEM    TO     ASCERTAIN     THE 
COURSE  THE  POWERS  MEAN  TO  PORSUB 
TOWARD     TURKEY — TURKISH    NEGOTIA- 
TIONS wriH  BE  B VIA. 
St.   Petersburg,  Feb.   4. — Prince   Gort- 
schakoff 's  circular  note,  which  is  addressed  to 
the  Bussion  representatives   at  the   Courts  ot 
the  other  guaranteeing   powers,    is  published 
n     the    Official   Gazette     to-day.     The    note 
first    calls    to    mind    the    fact     that    through 
Russia's  initiative  .an   understanding   between 
the  great  powers  was  brought  about  at  the 

beginning  of  the  Eastern  crisis.  This  agree- 
ment was  disturbed  by  the  rejection  of  the 
Berlin  Memorandum,  but  was  shortly  after- 
ward     restored      on      the       hasis       proposed 

by  England.  The  powers  at  the  con- 
ference unanimously  submitted  their  de- 
mands to    the    Porte,    which    declined    them. 

Prince  Oortsohakoff  considers  that    £arope 

by  its  tmited  diplomatio  action  has  proved  that 
it  IB  deeply  interested  in  tbe  maintenance  of 
peace  in  the  East,  aad  that  it  recognizes  it  to 
be  its  duty  as  well  as  its  right  to  oo-operate  for 

that  end  on  hehali  of    the  general  interest. 

The  Russian  Government,  being  guided  by 
the  desire  to  maintain  European  aceord 
in  the  new  phase  of  the  Eastern  qwestion,  has, 
before  coming  to  any  decision  in  the  matter,  in- 
structed its  representatives  to  ascertain  for 
certain  what  course  the  Governments  to  which 
they  are  accredited  mean  to  pursue  in  view  of 
the  refusal  of  the  Porte  to  accede  to  tbeir 

unanimous  wishes. 

London,  Feb.  5.— A  special  dispatch  from 
Frankfort  says  the  treaty  between  Roumania 
and  Russia  is  on  the  point  of  coming  into  opera- 
tion. The  Russian  army  reoeived  orders  on 
Saturday  to  be  prepared  to  cross  the  Pruth  if 
the  Porte  concentrates  troops  on  the  Dalmatian 
fi'ontier. 

A  telegram  from  Bucharest  says  another 
Turkish  band  has  invaded  Roumanian  terri- 
tory and  been  repulsed  by  the  frontier  guard. 
One  of  the  Turks  killed  two  prisoners. 

The  lYrne*' dispatch  from  Belgrade,  Sunday, 
says  reports  that  the  peace  negotiations  be- 
tween the  Servian  Agent  and  the  Turkish  Am- 
bassador at  Vienna  have  been  broken  off  in 
consequence  ot  the  Porte's  persistence  in 
demanding  guarantees  the  nature  of  which 
it  refused  to  specify.  The  Time*  cor- 
respondent says  it  is  quite  probable 
that  the  Turkish  proposals  to  Sema 
and  Montenegro  were  more  the  result 
of  a  desire  to  appear  mngnanimous  in  the  eyes 
of  Europe  than  of  anxiety  far  peace,  as  the 
Porte  undoubtedly  believes  that  in  the  event 
of  a  Russo-Turkish  war,  Russia  will  make  use  of 
Servia  in  spite  of  any  treaty  which  may  have 
been  concluded  between  Servia  and  Turkey. 
It  peace  is  not  made  with  Servia  before  March 
1,  the  Turks  intend  to  inarch  in  converging 
columns  on  Kragujevatz,  the  former  capital, 
and  call  together  a  Servian  Assembly  there 
which  shall  overturn  the  present  Government 
and  make  a  satisfactory  treaty  with  the 
Porte.  Should  this  be  accomplished, 
and  Prince  Karaeeorgevich  be  placed  on 
the  Servian  throne,  Austria  would  undoubtedly 
favor  the  movement  strongly.  A  good  many 
Servians  also  would  not  oppose  such  a  ohaniie 
very  streuuously. 

A    Times    dispatch     from    Vienna,    of 
same        date        as       the        foregoing, 

the     Porte,     although     it     bas      not 

informed  Servia  of  the  nature 
the  guarantees  it  demands,  has 
fidentially  communicated  them  to 
powers,  and  the  latter  have  expressed  an  unfa- 
vorable opinion  of  them.  All  the  powers, 
however,  seem  most  anxious  not  to  quit 
their  present  attitude  of  reserve,  or  offer  one- 
sided advice.  So,  if  it  is  possible  that  the 
Porte  made  the  communication  to  elicit  some 
suggestion  from  the  powers,  tbe  attempt  has 
failed. 

The  Times  says  :  "  Russia  having  apparently 
determined  to  weaken  Turkey  by  prolonged 
armaments,  it  is  expected  that  a  new 
and  menacing  diplomatio  camoaign  will 
be  undertaken.  As  to  the  rumor 
that  Russia  is  on  tbe  point  of  bridging  tbe 
Pruth,  the  Times  is  of  the  opinion  that  opera- 
tions in  that  quarter  wi]l  be  almost  impossible 
until  Summer. 

The  Kme**  Berlin  correspondent  sketches  the 
guarantees  required  of  Servia  by  Turkey. 
Uo  sa^fs  that  Turkey  will  not  lestore  to 
Servia  all  her  fortresses  while  the 
Russians  remain  on  the  Prutn.  The  Porte 
seems  to  regard  a  resumption  of  the  Servian 
war  advantageous  to  Turkey,  as  it  may  force 
Russia  to  take  the  field  before  Turkey  is  ex- 
hausted by  dslay. 

The  Vienna  correspondent  of  the  Times 
points  significantly  to  Gen.  Ignatieff's  re- 
turning home  by  way  '  of  Vienna, 
coupled  with  the  remarkable  attitude 
of  the  German  semi-ofhcial  press, 
which  bas  lately  been  urging  Austria  to  come 
to  an  uuderstanding  with  Russia.  The  Alle.- 
gemeine  Zdtung  says  this  uuderstandiug  should 
not  only  extend  to  what  is  not  to  be  done,  but 
to  what  is  to  be.  The  allied  Emperors 
must  prepare  resolutions  to  show  that  the  three 
mighty  sovereigns  have  not  joined  bands  only 
tor  theoretical  speculationa  and  festive  meetings. 

The  Times  in  its  leading  editorial,  says: 
"  Prince  Gkirtschakoff's  circular  vrill  not,  we 
fear,  tend  to  lesson  the  distrust  with  which  Rus- 
sia is  viewed  in  England.  It  will  be  regarded  as 
an  invitation  to  begin  war  from  which,  if 
Turkey  had  no  allies,  Russia  would  certain- 
ly profit.  The  English  Government  will  cer- 
tainly reply,  with  the  approval  of  Parliament, 
that  England  will  hold  herself  free  to  guard 
her  own  interests  and  the  general  in  forests  of 
peace.  England  will  await  events.  If  Russia 
is  more  precipitate,  she  must  act  on  her  own 
responsibility." 

The  dispatch  from  Belgrade  also  says 
that  on  Saturday  400  men  left  Belgrade 
for  Gladova.  From  4,000  to  6,000  volun- 
teers, mostly  foreigners,  are  stationed  op- 
posite Tumssverin,  and  will  proceed 
to  Gladova  as  soon  as  tbey  receive  supplies 
of  new  clothing.  This  concentratiou  of  troops  at 
Gladova  strongly  indicates  prospective  co-opera- 
tion with  foreign  forces,  as  the  troops  can  be  of 
no  possible  use  at  Gladova  except  to  hold  tbe 
crossing  of  the  Danube  between  Roumania  and 
Servia. 

FRENdH  AND  GERMAN  POLITICS. 
THE  COUNT  OP  CHAMBORD    AT   VERSAILLES 
INCOGNITO — ^THB    GERMAN    LAND8TUB1VI 
—SIGNIFICANT  PRESS  DECLARATIONS. 

Pabis,  Feb.  4. — Tbe  Oauloia  asserts  that 
the  Count  of  Chambord  is  staying  at  Versailles 
incognito. 

LoNBOir,  Feb.  5. — Renter's  Paris  diajtatoh 
reports  that  the  Bepablioan  press  is  greatly 
exoited  because  the  Court  of  Cassation  has 
given  a  decision  affirming  the  Jadgnaent  of  a 
BManOOn  ooart  lu  a  lihal  ani^  whiah  haa  wx 


the 
says 

yet 

of 

con- 

the 


important  political  bearing.  The  suit  was 
brought  by  a  former  member  of  one  of  the 
Mixed  Commissions  which  were  established 
after  the  coup  d'etat,  and  tbe  decision  involves 
a  declaration  that  those  tnbaaals  were  legal. 

Berlin,  Feb.  4 — ^The  reports  of  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Landstrum  are  denied  in  official 
circles  here. 

The  North  German  Gazette  reverts  to  the  anti- 
German  articles  in  the  Revue  des  Deux  Mondes, 
and  says :  *'  These  expressians  are  significant 
in  France,  because  tbe  renewal  of  war  agamst 
Germany  is  considered  by  every  one  only  a 
question  of  time,  and  eonstitutes  a  permanent 
factor  in  all  political  calculations."  ' 

MISCELLANEOUS  FOREIGN  NOTES. 
RESIGNATION  OF   THE    COMMANDER   OF  THE 

PAPAL    ARMY — DEATH    OF    AN    ENGLISH 

PATRON  OF  THE   TOBF. 

LoNDOS,  Feb.  5.— The  StandarePs  dis- 
patch from  Rome  says  Gen.  Kansler,  the  nom- 
inal Minister  of  War,  and  commander  of  tha 
Papal  Army,  has  resigned  in  consequence  of 
differences  with    Mousignor  Timeout,  the   nevr 

Cardinal  Sooretary  of  State. 

Mr.  Merry,  tbe  owner  of  Donoaster  Thor- 
manby,  and  other  famous  horses.  Is  dead. 


THE  EXPLOITS  OF   "TORPEDO  BET." 


THE  DISTINGUISHED    GUKST  OP    GEN.   NEW- 
TON  AT  THE    HELL     GATE   EXPLOSION — 
A    BOGUS    DRAFT    PALMED     OFF     ON    A 
BANKING  FIRM — THE   WHEREABOUTS  OF 
THE  ENTEBPRISING     "TORK"    UNKOWX. 
Tbe  exposure  of  tbe  swindling  operations  of 
Col.  H.  B.  Edlnboro',   alias  "  Torpedo   Bey,"  pub- 
lished in  The  Tihbs  of  yesterday,  has  exoited  much 
attention  in  the   fashionable  circles   of  which  that 
disiingnished  "Turk"  was  until  recently  a  shining 
ornament.    Fresh  victims  of  this  man  of  many  na- 
tionalities are  tnrning  np  daily.    Gen.  John  Newton 
invited  bim  to  tbe  Hell  Gate    explosion  of   last  An- 
tamn,  at  which  the  "Bey"  figured  as  one  of  the 
mostnated  guests.    Capt.  Doty,  of  Waahington,  D. 

C,  tbe  anther  of  the  improvea  light-house  system 
DOW  being  introdnced  in  Europe,  wa^  one  of  tbe 
first  to  tall  a  victim  to  bis  winning  ways.  The 
Boble  "Turk"  mapped  oat  a  magnificent  scheme — 
something  after  the  pattern  of  Col.  Sellers'  eye- 
water— ^by  which  the  light-houses  could  be  iotru- 
dnced  at  an  immense  profit  in  Tnrkev,  China, 
and  .Japan ,-  in  fact,  thronzhout  the  entire 
East,  and  solemnly  pledged  Col.  Doty 
that  as  soon  as  be  could  commnnicate 
with  his  friends  at  the  various  Oriental  conrts,  Ihe 
plan  would  he  carried   oat  at  once.     Hon.  Charles 

D.  Poaton,  now  stopping  at  the  New-Turk  Hotel, 
sayH  that  be  was  first  Introduced  to  '-Edinboro' 
Bey"  several  years  ago,  at  a  private  dinner  parry  in 
London.  The  latter  was  than  flearlng  as  an  agent 
of  the  Chinrse  Govsmment,  on  an  imnortant 
roiaaion  to  England.  He  was  an  intimate  friend  of 
Gon.  R.  S.  Ripley,  and  also  of  the  Cbluese 
Customs  asent  in  London.  In  this  Cit^-, 
••  C;ol.  Edlnbnro'  "  was  Introduced  into  the  Travelers' 
Cluh,  and  to  many  well-known  men,  into  whoto 
bank  accounts  he  managed  to  make  coustderaUle  in- 
road*. On  tbe  occasion  of  the  explosion  at  Hell 
Urate  be  represented  himself  as  having  come  all  thu 
way  from  Turkey,  partly  to  witness  this  explosion, 
ana  talked  learnedly  of  tbe  effect  of  a  dynamite  bat- 
tery in  the  Dardanelles  and  tbe  Bosphorug  far  the 
pnrpose  of  annihilating  the  fleets  of  Russia  and 
other  powers  boatile  to  bis  royal  master,  the  Sultan. 
The  "Bey's"  views  on  this  and  other  uhases  of  the 
Easteru  question  were  pabUshed  at  the  time  in  sev- 
eral City  papers.  One  ot  bis  performances  con- 
sisted of  netrotiating  a  foocaa  draft  ou  Brown  Bros. 
&.  Co.  for  £175  sterling,  on  which  be  obtuiurd  {600 

in  gold.     When    the    dealt   reached    Brown   Bros,  it 

was  found  that  there  wci'O  no  funds  to  meet  it. 
Scores  of  other  episodes  in  which  tbis  dashing  geu- 
ileman  flzared  to  rqnal  disadvautaee  ooald  be  told. 
The  proprietor  of  the  St.  Omer  Hotel  has  signed  an 
affldavit  at  the  request  of  Mr.  Cranston,  ot  the  New- 
York  Hotel,  statiug  the  facte  connocted  with  the 

tbreu  $1,000  cold  ceriiQcates  meniioned  in  Tub 
Times   of  yesterday.     No    trastwortby  latormatiou 

has  yet  been  Obtained  regarding  the  "Bev's"  pres- 
ent whereabouts.  It  was  rumored  yesterday  that 
he  had  gone  South,  and  several  gentlemen  whom  he 
has  Tiotimized  have  annooncea  tbeir  jTitancion  of 
following  him  to  New-Orleans  ond  inflicting  per- 
donai  chastisement  on  him. 


LOSSES B¥  FIBE. 


.MARVIN'S         RAFK      WAREUOU8B       BURNED — 
THREE  FIREMEN    AND  SEVEBAL    OTHER 
PKR80N8       INJURED — THE      LOSS       ESTI- 
MATED AT  $30,000. 
At  9:50  o'clock  last  night    John    Loet,   the 
Janitor  of  the  building  No.  265  Broadway,  tbe   first 
flsor  of   which  is  oocapied  by    the    Marvin  Safe 
Company,      and      the      upper      floors      as      law 
offices,      while      going       throngh       the      premises 

was  attracted  bj  the  smell  of  smoke  coming  from 
the  lower  portion  of  the  bailding.  On  investiga- 
tion be  discovered  a  fire  barniag  in  the  workshop 
of  the  Safe  Company,  which  is  sitaated  in  the  rear 
of  the  basement.  He  ran  Into  the  street  cryinu,  "firet" 
His  cries  brought  an  oflioer  of  the  Fourth  Precinct 
to  the  spot,  and  au  alarm  was  immediately 
sent  out.  Several  steamers  and  trnoks  ar- 
rived promptly,  and  when  tbe  doors  were 
bust  open  It  was  found  that  the  en- 
tire basement  was  enveloped  in  flames.  The 
smoke  was  so  dense  that  tbe  firemen  were  unable 
to  enter  the  cellar,  and  as  tho  streams  ot  water 
coald  not  reach  the  body  of  the  fire,  which 
was  in  the  rear,  the  flames  made  raola  headway 
and  soon  exiended  to  the  first  floor,  which  is  nsed 
as  an  office  and  sales-room.  Fearing  a  diaastrona 
confiaeration,  the  offleer  in  command  of  the 
flremen  sent  out  a  second  alarm,  which  bronght  to 
the  scene  of  the  conflagration  a  reintoroement.  The 
dames,  liowever,  despite  the  efforts  of  tbe 
flremen,  burned  fiercely,  and  as  the  beams 
sapporting  the  floor  were  barued  through,  tho  floor- 
ing gave  way  under  the  great  weight  of  safes  scored 
there,  and  almost  tbe  entire  stock  of  safes, 
about  50  In  namber,  tell  through  to 
the  cellar  with  a  loud  crash.  The  meter 
through  which  tbe  gas  for  the  entire  bnilding  Is 
supplied  was  situated  imderneath  tbe  front  win- 
dow, and  when  the  flames  reached  that  spot  the 
leaden  Kas  Pipe  melted.  Tbe  escanlng  gas 
exploded  with  a  load  report',  comnletely 
demolishiag  ,tbe  large  plate-glass  window*,  and 
coverinK  the  sidewalks  with  debris.  A  namber  of 
firemen  who  were  in  the  building,  and  several 
ofthe  bystanders,  were  injured  by  the  fragments. 
James  Brady,  John  DrlsooU,  and  James  Camp- 
hell,  members  of  Enslne  Company  No.  7,  were 
thrown  down  by  tbe  explosion  and  severely  in- 
jured. Thay  were  removed  to  tbe  Chambers  Street 
Hospital,  where  their  wounda  were  dressed.  The 
other  persons  iniarod  Anly  reoeived  slight  wounds. 
Tbe  fire  was  confined  to  tbe  basement  and  firat 
fioor,  and  by  midnight  was  entirely  un- 
der control.  Tbe  loss  of  the  Marvin 
Safe  Company  is  estimated  at  tSS.OOO  on  stock  and 
fixtures ;  insured  for  110,000.  The  bnlldlne  la 
damaged  to  the  amount  of  95,000.  The  occapants 
of  tbe  offices  on  the  upper  floors  did  not  sustain 
anv  material  damage.  It  was  impoesible  to  ascer- 
tain the  cause  ot  the  fire. 


A  RAILROAD  PAINT  SHOP  DESTROYED— 
LOSS,  $200,000. 
A  disastrous  fire  occurred  in  Trenton,  N.  J., 
last  evening.  A  short  distance  north  of  the  Penu- 
sy  iTania  Railroad  Depot  stood  a  long  bnilding  known 
to  railroad  employes  as  the  TrentQO  Faint  Shop.  It 
was  used  mainly  as  a  cover  for  engines  and  other 
rolling  stock.  At  about  five  o'clock  last  evening 
flames  were  dlseovered  issuing  from  one  of  the 
windows.  An  alarm  was  at  once  sounded,  and  ths 
Fire  Department  responded  promotly.  Tbe 
fiames  burned  with  such  rapidity  that  it 
was  fonnd  imposaible  to  get  ont  any  of 
tbe  rolling  stock  in  the  bniUing,  and  not* 
withstanding  the  efforts  of  the  flremen  the  struct- 
ure was  entirely  onosnmed.  There  were  eight  loco- 
motives and  two  or  three  oars  In  the  shop.  They 
were  homed  so  as  to  be  almost  valueless.  The 
loss,  it  is  estimated,  will  reach  $900,000,  and  it 
may  prove  to  be  larger.  The  cause  of  the  fire  is 
not  known.  Various  theories  are  advanced  in  ex- 
planation, and  it  IS  suspected  in  some  quarters  that 
it  was  the  work  of  an  incendiary.  • 


SUPPOSED     INCKNUIAEISM     IN     CATHARINE 
STREET. 

Shortly  before  6  o'clock  last  evening  a  fire 

broke  oat  In  the  elotiilag  store  of  Isadore  Cohen, 
OB  the  first  floor  of  tbe  bailding,  2f  o.  94  Oatnanne 
Street.  Tbe  flames  also  extended  to  tbe  second 
and  thud  floors  of  .the  building  whioh  were  ocoapiMl 
as* dwelUnc  by  Hr.  Cshan.  and  before,  tbe  flamaa 
oonid  ha  eztuunlahed  a  loss  of  Uaooo   had  bee» 


caused,  whioh  ia,  however,  fully  corerad  by  insar- 
ance.  Tho  fire  had  a  very  snspioions  appearance 
and  Capt  Murray,  of  the  Fourth  Precinct,  on  mak> 
Ing  an  iDvestigatios,  learned  that  Mr.  Cohen  and 
his  entire  family  were  absent  when  the  fire  broke 
out.  Patrick  H.  Welsh,  of  No.  67  Catharine  street, 
informed  tbe  Captain  th.it  Chellsw  Jenkins,  of  No. 
83  Madison  street,  a  clerk  employed  in  the  store, 
was  seen  to  leave  tbe  premises  a  few  minutes  before 
tnaftre  waa  discovered,  and  that  be  walked  rapidly 
away  with  his  hatarawn  over  his  eyes  as  tnoagb 
he  wished  to  avoid  recognition.  Jenkins  was  soon 
alter  arreated,  and  en  being  questioned  said  that 
he  had  not  been  in  tbe  store  since  noon.  He  was. 
however,  detained  for  examination.  Fire  Marshal 
Sheldon  has  been  notified,  and  will  thoroughly 
investigate  the  matter. 


OTHER    FIRES. 


At  4  o'clock  yest«rday  morning  a  fire  oc- 
curred in  tbe  basement  of  Vosbore's  shoe  store,  in 
the  HiDcbman  Hoase,  at  Llctle  Falls,  N.  Y..  and 
the  hotel,  with  Its  contents,  was  destroyed.  Tbe 
occupants  of  the  house  escaped  with  great  diffi- 
caltv,  and  with  scant  apnarel.  The  bnilding  was 
otFoed  by  tbe  Hlnobman  heirs,  was  valaed  at 
(30,000,  and  innared  for  tlO,0()0.  Bridenstein  &  Co., 
the  hotel  proprietors,  lose  aboat  {11,000,  which  is 

covered  by  ao  inaarance  of  $3,500.  C.  E.  VosbnrK'a 
total  loss  la  unknovrn,  bnt  la  covered    bv  an    iosur- 

ance  of  f3.000.  Antone  Oppoel,  a  jeweler;  W.  &  C. 
Nelson,  Mrs.  Wilklns,  a  milliner;    W.  J.  Groom,  a 

tea-dealer,  eaeh  suffered  to  a  sliirbt  extent  by  dam- 
ace  from  smoKe  and  vrater.  Tbe  fire  is  supposed  to 
have  been  ot  accidental  origin.  Mr.  Yosborg  was 
nearly  dead  from  snifooatlon  when  rescned. 

A  fire  broke  out  yesterday  afternoon  in  a 
bnilding  used  for  bousing  locomotive  engines,  on 
the  main  track  of  tbe  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  at 
Trenton,  N.  J.  Tbe  fire  is  snoposed  to  have  been 
communicated  to  the  roof  from  sparks  from  one  ot 
th  e  locomotives.  There  were  eight  first-class  loco- 
motives in  ihe  bnilding  at  the  time,  all  of  which 
were  more  or  less  injured.  The  damage  is  esti- 
mated at  from  fSO.OOO  to  (100,000, 

The  loss  by  the  burning  of  the  Valley  Falls 
Cotinn  Mill  at  Bookville  on  Saturday  is  estimated 
at  (8,000,  and  is  covered  by  an  Insurance  of  $3,000. 

TRYIKG    TO    SECURE    THE   OFFICES. 


THE   EFFORTS  OF    NEW-JERSEY  DEMOCRATS 
— IHEY   WANT  THE     NEWAEKAND   JER- 
SEY  CITY  LOCAL   OFFICES — CANDIDATES 
FOR  THE  STATE  CONTKOLLERSHIP— THE 
MORKISTOWN   INSANE   ASYLUM. 
From  Our  Own  CorretponOent. 
Trenton,  Sunday,  Feb.  4,  1877. 
Tbe  State  Senate  will  be  asked  to-morrow 
evening  to  concur  in  the  resolution  passed  by 
the    House    last    week,    designating    Friday, 
March  2,  as  tbe  day  for  the  final  adjournment 
of  the  Legislature.    It  is  not  likely  that  the 
session  will  be  prolonged  beyond  the  day  men- 
tioned in  tbe  resolution  ;  but  it  is  hardly  prob- 
able that  the  Senate  will  consent  immediately 
to  the  adoption  ot  the  resolution.    A  speedy 
adjournment  is  regarded  by  tho  Democrats  as 
hut  a  device  on  tho  part  of  the  Bepublicans 
to  cut  off  a  joint  meeting  at  which   a   State 
office  and  some  local  offices  are  to  be  filled.  Tbe 
Republicans,  as  a   body,  have  as  yet   taken  no 
steps  either  for  or  against  joint  meeting.     An 
efi'ort  is  boing  made  by  the  Democrats  to  hold 
the  meeting  this  w«ek.  and  it  is  probable  that 
both  parties  will  take  the  subject  into  caucus 
to-morrow  or  Tuesday  night. 

Meanwhile  the  thousand  ana  one  Democrats 
who  are  seeking  the  10  offices  within  the  gift  of 
the  houses,  go  on  with  their  wire-pulling  as 
vigorously  as  though  the  quostioo  of  joint 
meotine  had  been  definitely  settled.  The  rriain 
Struggle  is  for  the  position  of  State  Controller, 
which  is  now  held  by  A.  S.  Runyon.  There  are 
no  less  than  20  Democrats  in  the  field  for  the 
place.  But  the  struggle  is  practically  nar- 
rowed down  between  three  dr  tour  of  them, 
McMichacl,  of  Burlington,  seems  to  be  in  tho 
lead,  though  the  Stato-house  King,  notwith- 
standing their  signal  defeat  in  the  Senatorial 
fight,  have  entered  the  liste  against  him.  The 
IJurlington  candiclato  lenderea  eooU  service  t« 

Senator  McFherson  in  his  triumph  of  two  weeks 
ago,  and  it  is  likely  that  tho  Senator  will  recip- 
rocate in  the  proper  way.  liobert  Stockton,  a 
brother  of  ex-Sonator  Stockton,  is  McMiohael's 

most  formidable  competitor,     rbe  other  offices 

t«  be  filled  in  joint  meeting  are  local  offices, 
and  the  war,  as  to  them,  is  confined  to  the  dele- 
gates rcpreseuting  the  counties  m  which  the 
offices  are  located. 

Besides  the  appointment  for  Clerk  of  the 
Supreme  Court,  t.^j  Gk)vernor  will,  with  the 
concurrence  of  the  Senate,  fill  several  vacancies 
on  the  benches  of  the  County  Courts,  and  ap- 
point several  District  Attorneys.  The  Senate 
has  so  long  been  controlled  by  the  Republicans 
that  most  of  the  lay  Judges  ot  the  several 
Courts  of  Common  Pleas  are  now  occupied  oy 
Kepublicans.  Gov.  Bedle  has  concluded,  it  is 
understood,  to  name  for  tbe  vacancies  none  but 
Democrats.  He  sent  to  the  Senate  on  Wednes- 
day last  the  names  of  four  candidates  for  tho 
county  benches,  all  of  whom  are  said  to  be 
Democrats.  Among  the  District  Attorneys 
whose  terms  are  about  expiring  is  Col.  Abeel, 
the  Prosecutor  ot  the  Pleas  ot  Essex  County. 
He  bas  proved  himself  an  able  advocate  ;  but 
the  fact  of  his  being  a  Republican  may  prevent 
bis  reappointment.  His  position  is  one  of  the 
most  responsible  of  its  class  in  the  State.  He 
is  himseli  ver.y  sanguine  of  reappointment. 

Among  the  bills  on    tbe    Speaker's    calendar 

for  to-morrow  evening  is  that  of  Droban's,  for 
the  turning  over  by  the  Republicans  to  the 
Democrats  of  the  local  government  of  Jersey 
City.  All  hope  of  its  passage  has  been  aban- 
doned, and  It  IS  not  unlikely   that   it  will  be 

withdrawn.  Drohan,  who  is,  in  his  eftorts  to 
oust  the  Republicans,  making  a  large  bid  for 
the  next  Democratic  nomination  lor  Mayor, 
contemplates  the  introdaotiun  of  another  bill, 
transferring  tbe  functions  of  the.  present  Board 
of  Works,  to  the  Board  of  Finance,  of  which 
he  is  President.  All  of  his  schemes  are  de- 
signed for  his  own  personal  advancement,  and 
all  consequently,  look  to  tbe  making  of  the 
Finance  Board,  the  most  important  of  tbe  local 
boards.  Uis  bills  have  not  met  with 
any  favor  even  among  bis  Demo- 
cratic confreres  from  Hudson  County. 
A  bill  will  probably  be  introduced  into  the 
Senate  this  week  leaving  the  maehinery  of  lo- 
cal government  as  it  is,  with  the  exception 
that  tbe  Commissioners  of  tbe  seveahl  boards, 
who  are  now  selected  by  the  Legislature  in 
joint  meeting,  shall  hereafter  be  ulected  by  the 
people.  Such  a  bill,  giving  tbe  Republicans  an 
equal  chanca  with  tbe  Deatocrats  in  the  race 
lor  offlte,  would  probably  find  some  favor  with 
the  Republican  members,  many  of  whom  are 
heartily  disgusted  with  tae  system  ot  legisla- 
tive commissioms. 

Of  a  piece  with  the  efforts  to  secure  tbe  con 
trol  of  Jersey  City,  but  more  cheeky  because 
Newark  is  a  Republican  city,  is  the  effort  of  the 
Newark  Democrats  to  gain  possession  of  the 
Newark  Fire  and  Police  Departments.  In  that 
place  election  of  Commissioners  by  the  people 
would  not  please  the  Democratic  heart,  and  a 
bill  bas  been  proposed  emi>owenng  the  Gov- 
ernor to  appoint  the  boards  for  the  control  of 
the  two  departments.  The  Common  Council, 
at  tbeir  meeting  held  Friday  evening,  de- 
nounced the  bill,  and  there  is  no  chaase  ot  its 
passage. 

It  is  stated  that  the  Morristown  Ihsana 
Asylum  Commissioners  intend  to  apply  to  the 
Legislature  for  another  appropriation  of  |100,- 
000.  The  money  is  needed,  it  is  said,  to  cover 
an  existing  deficiency,  to  complete  the  main 
portico  of  the  building  as  origmaily  intended, 
to  erect  additional  outbnildings.  and  to  improve 
the  grounds.  Tbe  Legislature  two  years  ago, 
when  tbey  made  ail'appropriation  for  the  btuld- 
ing,  did  it  upon  the  express  understanding  that 
no  more  should  be  asked.  The  Commissioners, 
however,  asked  last  year  for  an  additional  ap- 
propriation, and  upon  the  assuranee  that  it 
would  be  the  last  outlay  needed  to  complete 
the  work  according  to  tbe  original  design,  it 
was  granted. 

THE  ELEVENTH  WARD  BANK,  OF  BOST,ON. 
Boston,  Feb.  4. — ^The  Journal  says  :  "  Mrs. 
Drew,  wife  of  the  late  President  of  the  Eleventh 
Ward  National  Bank,  has  paid  in  a  large  sum  from 
ber  personal  estate  toward  osaoellog  her  husband's 
indebtedness  to  the  bank.  Its  resources  are  now 
ample  to  meet  all  calls  of  tbe  depositors,  and  tho 
busmesB  of  the  bank  will  l}e  oontinned." 

TRAIN -WRSOKBR8  AT  WORK. 

Baltimobb,  Feb.  4.— An  attempt  was  made 
last  night  to  wreek  *  train  on  the  Western  Mary, 
land  Railroad  near  Caaetown,  Waafalngtoa  County. 
The  •Dglne,  teiMtsr,  ana  baggagv.oar  were  throws 
trom  the  track.    TSo  .venoa  waa  uJara^ 


A  FALSE  WIFE 


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STABBED  BY  AN  A^fORI  miSBAIgB 

SHE  ESCAPES  FROM  HER  ROOM  T^  BE  STIUCrCK 

DOWN    ON   THE   SIDEWALK     IN     CKOSBT 

STREKT — THE  UNHAPPY  CIRCnMSTA3rCE0 

LEADING  TO  THtC  TRAGEDY — ESCAPS  Ol 

THE  MURDERER. 

Between  6:30  and  7  o'clock  yesterday  moxn 

ing  as  Patrolman  Conway,  of  the  Fourteaiath  Pra 

cinot,  was  standing  at  tbe  sorner  of  Cnofby   antf 

Howard   atreets,  be   was   aoooated  by  ma  exalted 

Italian,  who  gave  him  to  unaeratand  that  a  woman 

bad  been  murdered  in  front  of  the  tenement-taonse. 

No.  SS  Crosby  street    The  polioeman  hastened  to 

the  house   indicatea   by  bis  informant,   and  on  th» 

threshold  ot  the  front  ball  door  he  found  tbe  body; 

of  a  woman,  in  a  semi-nude  condition,  lying  in  • 

pool  of  blood.    What  little  olotbine  the  w^oman  had 

on   was   saturated    with  blood  whioh  bad,fiowa(L 

from  a  ghastly  stab  wound  in   the   right   breasUj 

When  the  officer  arrived  tba  w^oman  was  ia  a, 
dying  condition,  and  befors  be  couU  prooaro' 
assistance   to  remove   ber  to    the  station-houaa. 

sbe  expired.  A.  stretcher  was  sent  for  and  carried 
by  tonr  policemen.      Tbe  body  was  taken  to  tba 

Mnlberry  Street  Police  Station.  Thereihe  remains 
were  identified  as  those  of  Mrs.  Mary  Flood,  who 
bad  formerly  lived  at  No.  S3  Crosby  street.  Capuj 
Allaire  and  Detective  Wade  immediakely  repaired 
to  tbe  bouse,  and  learned  that  Mrs.  Flood  had  I^een. 
murdered  by  her  biuband.  who  had  escaped.  an4 
sufficient  evidence  was  obtained  to  indicate  that 
the  murder  bad  been  deliberately  planned  and  wma 
the  result  of  domestic  Infolicitv. 

From  the  inmates  of  the  house  a  TnCBS  reporiae 
learned  that  Mrs.  Flood  was  a  native  ef  East  Lynn, 
Maas.,  and  was  about  35  years  of  age.  Her  maiden' 
name  was  Page,  and  her  father  is  a  foreman  or  ma- 
chinist in  a  large  shoe  factory  in  Lyan.  He  is  oaid 
to  be  a  very  reepectable  man,  and  Is  possessed  of  , 
some  means.  Before  her  marria^  she  waa'  em-i 
ployed  in  the  same  factory.  Among  tbe  mai»  em- 
pIoy6s  was  James  Flood,  a  native  of  New-England, 
of  Irish  parentaee,  at  that  time  about  SS  years  of 
age.  Miss  Page  and  young  Flood  met  qmte  tT«. 
qnently,  and  soon  became  fast  friends.  After  # 
short  courtship  they  were  married  in  Lynn, 
and  immediately  tberealter  came  to  this  City. 
This  was  about  five  years  ago.  The,  eonplsi 
were  not  olessel  with  children,  and  their  'married! 
life  was  not  happy,  Mrs.  Flood  received' 
numerotis  male  visitors,  and  also  became  somewhat 
intempeiate.  Flood  believed  tbat  his  wife-was  un. 
faithfnl  to  ber  marital  vows,  and  frequent  qaarrels 
were  the  eonseqaence.  About  a  year  ago  the  con> 
pie  took  rooms  on  the  first  floor  of  No.  52  Crosby 
street.  Flood  went  into  the  cotmtry  to  work, 
where  be  remained  for  several  months.  He  r» 
tamed  to  this  City  la  October  last,  and  found  that 
a  sister  ot  his  wife,  a  young  unmarried  woman,  had; 
established  herself  in  their  apartments.  In  a  few 
days  Flood  became  disgusted  with  the  conduct  of 
his  sister-in-law,  owing  to  the  great  number  of  mala 
visitors  received  by  her  at  unseasonable  hours,  and 
be  orflered  her  to  leave,  which  she  did.  The  stream 
of  visitors,  however.- continued,  ana  Flood  diacov* 
eied  tbat  many  of  them  came  to  s«e  his  'wife.  A 
bitter  quarrel  ensued,  the  result  of  whioh  was  thai 
tbe  couple  separated  and  abandoned  the-rooms. 
Since  that  time  Mrs.  Flood,  it  is  asserted,  has  led 
an  abandoned  life.  About  three  weeks  ago  she 
railed  on  a  former  friend  at  No.  52  Crosby  street, 
and  remained  there  a  few  days.  Sbe  then  said  thai 
she  was  working  in  a  laundry  in  Thompson  street, 
and  boarded  at  No.  22  Grand  street.  Her  appear- 
ance at  that  time  indicated  that. she  had  beooma 
very  dissipated. 

It  has  hot  been  definitely  ascertained  what  het 
husband  was  doine  during  this  lime,  and.  all  efforts 
to  trace  his  movements   since  the   separation  have 

provert  nnsncce-ssful.    Yesterday  morning  at  abonii 

6   o'clock   be   -was   in    tbe    drinking  saloon   No.   itTI 

Bowery,  where  he  met  an  acqoaiotance  named 
Joseph  Morrison,  whom  he  requested  to  accompany 
him  to  Crosby  street.  Flood  must  hav«  b*en  well  in- 
formed in  regara  to  the  movements  of  his  wife,  for 
he  went  directly  to  the  grocery  store  of  J.  D. 
Meyer,  No.  55  Crosby  street,  where  the  woman  had 
spent  the  night  m  company  with  William  Arfke,  a. 
young  German  who  is  employed  as  a  clerk  in  thw 
store.  Arfke  and  Mrs.  Flood  occupied  a  small' 
bed-room  in  the  rear  of  tho  store,  from  whioh  a  doo» 
leads  into  the  hallway  of  the  tenement-house  above. 
Flood  asked  Morrison  to  remain  outside  while  ha 
went  into  this  hallway.  He  rapped  loudly  at  tha 
bed-room  door,  at  the  same  time  calling  "  Mary." 
"Mary."  Mrs.  Flood,  who  was  in  bed,  was  aroused 
by  the  knocking,  and  recognizing  ber  husband's 
voice,  became  greatly  frightened.  She  sprang  from 
tbe  bed  in  her  chemise,  and  seizing  her  dress,  which 
was  lying  on  a  chair  heiide  tbe  couch,  wrapped  i< 
about  her  and  made  her  way  to  the  front  door,  on 
Crosby  street.  She  unlocked  tbe  door  and  ran  on( 
into  the  street.  She  ran  across  the  street, 
followed  by  her  husband,  who  overtook 
her  as  she  reached  the  foot  of  the 
steps  leading  to  the  front  door  of  the  honse  No.  59 
Crosby  street,  where  she  evidently  intended  to 
take  refuge.  Flooa  seized  his  wife  by  tbe  sbonldec 
and  turned  her  round.  "For  God's  sake,  Jimmy," 
screamed  tbe  terrified  woman,  "don't  strike  me." 
The  inturiated  husband  made  no  reply,  but  drawing 
a  sharp  poniard  from  hiei^pocket  he  plunged  It  into 
his  wife's  breast.  As  he  drew  the  weapon  from  tfaa 
wound  a  stream  of  blood  followed  it,  spurtmg  over 
the  murderer's  hand.  The  woman  gave  one  shriek, 
and.  grasping  the  railing,  staggered  up  the  stoop.  At 
she  reached  the  top  step  she  fell  senseless  ana 
almost  lifeless  across  the  threshold,  and  in  a  few 
moments  had  breathed  her  last.  The  murderer 
threw  the  weapon  into  tbe  street  and  walked  coolly 
off.  He  was  seen  to  go  to  Spring  street  and  tbroueb 
Spring  street  to  Marlon  street,  where  he  disappeared. 
The  weapon  with  whioh  the  murder  waa  com- 
mitted was  fonnd  in  the  street  in  front  of  the  honse, 
between  the  gutter  and  the  railroad  track.  It  ii 
simply  a  piece  of  pointed  steel,  about  12  inches  Ions, 
with  four  sharp  edges,  and  is  a  tool  known  as  i 
■■  reamer,"  nsed  by  iron  workers.  It  is  a  terrible 
weapon  and  indicts  a  savage  wound. 

Coroner  ElUnger  waa  notified,  and,  accompanied 
by  Dr.  Goldschmidt,  went  to  tho  Mulberry 
Street  Police  Station,  and  assumed  charge  of  tho 
case.  Dr.  Groldschmidt  made  a  superficial  exam- 
ination of  the  body  of  the  murdered  woman,  and 
found  a  stab  wound  in  the  ohest,  to  tbe  right  of  tho 
median  line,  abont  two  inches  below  the  olaviote. 
From  the  suddennesa  with  whioh  death  ensued  it  it 
supposed  that  tbe  aorta  was-severed.  The  rematna 
of  tb*  deceased  were  removed  to  the  Moreue,  where 
an  autopsy  will  be  made  to-day.  Momson  was 
arrested  and  committed  to  the  House  of  Detention 
as  a  witness.  He  says  tbat  be  bas  known 
Flood  for  nearly  a  year,  during  which  tinae 
he  worked  as  a  steam-nlpe  fitter.  Shortly 
after  6  o'clock  yesterday  morning,  whira 
he  was  dosing  near  tbe  stove,  in  the  porter-house  at 
the  comer  of  Houston  street  and  tbe  Bawery,  Flood 
entered  and  awoke  bim.  Be  indnced  him  to  co 
with  bin  to  tbe  grocery  store  in  Crosby  street. 
There  Flood  told  htm  to  go  in  and  see  if  there  waa 
a  woman  uiside.  He  found  tbe  door  looKed,  and  in 
a  few  moments  tbs  door  was  opened  from  the  in. 
side,  and  tbe  woman  rushed  pass  him  into  the  street, 
followed  by  Flood,  who  came  out  of  the  hallway  ad. 
Joining  the  grocery  store.  He  heard  a  scream,  and 
saw  the  woman  fall,  and  be  then  walked  away. 
Morrison  gave  his  statement  with  great  relootaacw, 
and  it  is  the  opinion  of  the  Police  that  he  knows 
more  about  the  tragedy  than  he  is  willine  to  telL 
A  general  alarm  was  tient  to  all  the  Police  stations  la 
this  City  yesterday,  directing  the  Police  to  make 
diligent  search  tor  tbe  fugitive  murderer.  He  ia 
described  as  about  30  years  of  age,  five  feet  eisbt 
Inches  in  height,  liebt  complexion,  sandy  hair,  and 
moustacbe,  and  a  broken  nose. 

On  Inqoiry  at  No.  23  (rrand  street,  where  tha 
deceased  had  boarded,  it  was  learned  that  sne  had' 
bean  living  there  for  several  weeks,  bnt  tha  peoplo 
did  not  know  anything  about  her  pievions  history. 
William  Arfke,  the  young  clerk  in  whose  sodaty  th« 
unfortunate  woman  passed  Saturday  ntsh-. 
refuses  to  oonverse  about  the  matter,  and 
will  not  make  a  statement  until  called  before  thi 
Coroner.  A  yonns  x.'oman  called  at  the  Mnltterrv 
Stre«t  Police  Station  yesterday  afternoon  and  rapre. 
sented  herself  as  the  only  sister  of  «h«  deceased. 
She  knew  nothing  about  the  details  of  tha  tragody, 
and  (did  gnot  appear  to  be  imprasaod  with  ths 
terrible  Cate  of  her  sister.  Sbe  refoaed  to  give  th« 
Police  her  nam*  or  address,  and  was  aUowod  to  de* 
part  without  Impardne  the  muoh-aeedMl  )iiforffla> 
tion  in  relation  to  Flood,  whioh  she  is  donbtlosa 
able  to  Kive.  At  a  late  boor  laat  nlgbt  Viced  was 
.atiU  at  Jacge.  and  tber*  eppeata  to  b«  bat  UMo  w«o> 
poet  of  hia  aantnra  <kOvt)M»a. 


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aORIDA  HUNTING  NOTES. 

EXCELLENT  SPOKT,  IN  THE  INDIAN 
ItlVEB  COUNTRY. 

<MaCBN8B  KCllitBBBS  OS".  DUCKS,  QTTAH^  AND 
OTHER  OAMX — A  VifllT  TO  THB  SCOBIE 
MANSION — THK  KFirKCT  OF  BANJO  MUSIC 
— "cracker"  HUNilSRS  AND  CUE  DOGS 
— ^A  SOSTOSFTAN  WHO  ZJKED  THK  COCN- 
.XBT  BUT  CaWD  XOT  STAND  SOJUTUDB. 

An  occiHUonal  coirespoDdent  writes  ns 
from  "  In  oamp  at  the  head  of  Indian  Rirer, 
Florida,"  uiider  date  of  Jan.  23,  as  follo-ws  : 

Tiie  met^oroloKi^  conditlosi  for  whicfa  we  had 
been  waitinK  caiqe  at  last  on  Thursday  moroinn. 
the  4th  inst.  A  £ent1e  hreeee  waa  hlnwingfrom 
the  northwest  at  ranrise,  and  the  sky  graTe  every 
Indication  ot  steitdy  dear  weather.  Sven  old 
UdcIb  Sam,  irhoae  prognoaticatioos  .«re  fteoerally 
ealoolated  to  drive  a  piooio  pK-ty  crazy,  said : 
"  Gwine  to  be  fine,  boss."  and  pottered,  estenta- 
tiooaly  down  to  the  boat  with  aaoh  amall  artiolea.of 
camp  eqaipaee  as  he  could  lay  his  venerable  hand* 
on,  in  the  expectation  of  being  rewarded  with  a 
glass  of  "No'the'n  sperrita"  or  a  S25  cent  ahln- 
plaater.  An  early  breakfast  dispatched,  we  booo, 
with  Sam's  as8istanc^  bad  the  Skylark  loaded  as 
full  as  she  woald  hold  of  boxes  and  bs^s  and  gnna 
and  fishing-tackle,  and  all  the  other  requisites  of  a 
lone  oxunplnir  trip.    Oar  party  eonsisted  of  three— 

a  Now-Yorker  besides  myself,  and  McXjeao,  a  canny 

Boot,  wbo  resides  near  the  Inlet,  and  who  came 
aloDs  to  enjoy  the  aport  pending  the  arrival  of  his 
onatomers  from  the  North,  two  Philadelphia  men, 
who  are  expected  on  the  1st  proximo.    *    *    • 

About  1  o'clock  we  reached  fiissec's  Grove,  a  high 
moond  uovered  with  wild  orange  trees,  oak,  pal> 
mettOi-and  vines,  on  the  main  shore,  near  the  en- 
trance t«  the  lagoon.  We  beached  the  boat  on  the 
oyscer  shells,  and  C.  and  I  took  onr  guns,  and, 
climbln;;  the  monnd,  made  onr  ^ay  toward  a  fresh- 
water creek  that  rnns  in  behind  it.  A  awarm  of 
flacks  sat  on  Us  glistening  water,  while  in  the 
marsh  beyond  stood  a  large  gannet  and  twenty  or 
more  white  and  bine  herons  of  great  stature,  near- 
ly all  of  wtiicb.  we  conld  see,  had  plnmes.  These 
plames  begin  to  grow  on  their  backs  about  this 
season  of  the  year,  falling  off  in  the  FalL  They 
are  very  beantifal,  and  as  they  sell  at  good  prices, 
nnmbora  of  birds  are  slaughtered  annually  for  the 
plumes  alone.  Wo  hesitated  a  full  minute  what  to 
do,  bat  at  length  concluded  to  pick  out  the  gannet 
and  the  largest  snowy  heron  for  onr  first  shot,  and 
give  the  ducks  the  remainins  barrel  as  they  rese. 
Accordinsly  wa  crept  slowly  down  through  the 
thicket  until  we  bad  almost  attained  the  water's 
edge,  and  took  aim  from  behind  a  tangle  of  vines 
and  bn&bes  ttiat  hid  us  completely  from  our  unsus- 
pecting victims.  At  a  low  signal  two  reports  rang 
out,  and  then  two  more  as  ducks  and  berons  rose 
screaining  into  the  air.  At  the  same  instant  a 
startled  buck  sprang  from  the  bushes  not  10  feet 
to  the  left  of  ua,  and  dashed  splashing  tbroagh  the 
creek  acd  out  of  sight  into  the  scrub  beyond 
before  we  coulit  reload.  Five  minuies'  wading 
gave   u3   four    ducKs,    the  eaiinet,    and   the  heron, 


which  latter  we  haft  to  shoot  again,  and  thus  laden 
we  reclimbed  tbe  ridge  and  did  j^UHtice  to  the  tempt- 
ine  meal  that   Alr.c'a  culinary  skill   bad  meanwhile 

firopareu  for  as.  CmbRrkiog  again,  weapedswift- 
y  down  the  lagoon,  our  view  no  longer  ottscmoted 
by  islands.  Alar  off  we  saw  a  great  white  peUcan 
mat  sac  eiavdly  on  the  water,  slowly  turning  his 
bead  from  aide  on  toe  lookout  for  a  finnv  meal.  The 

,  white  pelican  is  a  rare  bird,  and,  it  is  aald.  is  only 
found  in  these  waters.  This  one  bad  bis  back  to 
us,  ana  cooseixuently  allowed  us  to  approach  qnlte 
near  t>efore  snowing  signs  of  alarm,  for  folly  10 
minutes  we  had  been  stretcbed  forward,  linger  on 
trigger,  watcliing  him.  Ad  he  rose  a  rifle  bullet 
aua  18  Imcksbot  sped  in  his  direction.  He  tumbled 
like  a  los,  splaabiuz  the  water  to  the  height  ot  aev- 
eral  tee!.  We  aft«rward  saw  a  number  of  others  in 
a  row,  toward  (be  shore  uceanward,  looking  like 
lamvs  «f  chalk  asainst  the  ereen  background,  but 
they  were  too  far  off  for  even  rifle  praotice. 

It  was  nearly  5  o'clock  wheu  we  ran  in  alongside 
of  the  lemains  of  Swifi-'s  wharf,  a  log  pier  faily  a 
quaiter  cf  a  mile  long,  at  the  end  of  which  live-oak 
tvas  torinerly  embarked  for  the  use  of  the  Navy.  It 
bos  gone  sadiy  to  decay,  and  in  places  a  board 
thrown  loosely  across  the  rents  that  time  has  made 
alone  rendors  it  passable.  At  the  land  end  of  the 
pier  we  were  welcomed  by  Bill  Scobie,  a  seven-foot 
darkey,  black  as  the  ace  of  spades,  whose 
energy  and  thrift  haye  placed  him  on  a 
par  witn  his  white  neighbors,  so  far  as 
possessions  and  standing  are  concerned.  Bill's  mas- 
ter in  iint"-war  times  was  a  Massachusetts  man 
samed  .'^cobio,  who  resided  in  iioston  and  hired 
Bill's  services  out  to  the  planters  in  thia  region  at 
BO  much  our  year  and  bis  keep.  We  unloaded  onr 
trai'S,  and  with  the  assistance  of  Bill  aAd  his  elder 
boye,  suuu  had  our  mast  nnsnipped  and  the  Sk}'- 
l&Tk  snugly  drawn  up  under  ibe  ample  boat-shed. 
Bill's  hoDso  is  a  very  substantial  one  of  thick,  un- 
Tiatnted  pitch-pine  logs.  It  has  the  usual  csntral 
passaec-way,  oa  the  right  of  which  is  a  long  un- 
rcroisned  room,  into  which  we  were  ushered.  Mrs. 
Ecobie  overhauled  our  provisions,  and  soon  had  a 
tempting  but  snnper  laid  for  us  on  a  table  which' 
sne  took  care  to  cover  with  a  snowy  cloth.  It  taxed 
the  resource*  of  tiie  establishment  to  supply  us 
\\'ith  chairs,  but  a  little  huntimg  developed  an  old 
camp-stool,  which  was  given  to  ths  man  with  the 
iuncest  back,  tiopper  over  and  tbe  cloth  removed, 
Ikira.  Scobie  plact^d  a  dish  of  tempting  oranees 
on  the  table,  and  left  as  to  our  pipes* 
C-  then  uncovered  his  banjo,  and  b^an 
tnrumming  a  tnae.  There  was  a  sound  of  pattenng 
feet  in  the  hallway,  and  presently  the  Scobie  family 
began  to  sidle  into  tbe  room,  antil  eight  children, 
laniring  from  a  toddling  pioaninny  to  a    tall  lad  of 

'  so  years.  stood  basbfnJly  in  a  row,  in  the 
shadow  along  tbe  further  wall.  As  the  music  grew 
faster  the  16  feet  began  to  shuffle,  and  in  a  very 
few  minutes  the  entire  lot,  baby  and  all,  were  danc- 
iuji  swuy  like  mad.  Tbe  little  thins  could  hardly 
do  more  then  sway  from  one  foot  to  another,  and 
swing  half  round,  but  it  stood  oat  in  the  middle  of 
the  floor  and  kept  time  with  the  lesb  of  them.  And 
how  tbey  c;id  oojoy  it  ^  Tbey  laughed,  and  chnckied, 
and  pegged  away  as  thoaeh  tbey  would  nerer 
tire.  (J.  brushed  up  his  masical  memory,  and  rat- 
tied  off  plantation  tune  alter  tune,  and  tbe  faster  he 

'played,  the  faster  tbey  danced,  until,  floally,  at  10 
b,cluck,  bis  fingers  gave  out  exhausted,  while  their 
feet  were  still  bard  at  work.  Xbo  scene  was  a  high- 
ly amusing  one. 

While  at  breakfast  the  next  morning,  two  wood- 
ducks  flew  up  and  alighted  in  a  tree  above  otir 
beads,  and  a  flock  of  paroquets  sailed  past  us 
screaming,  from  tbe  cypress  swamp  lu  which  they 
bad  been  roosting  all  niKbc  We  let  them  go.  Not 
BO,  however,  four  pintails  that  came  along  after  we 
bad  finished.  A  double  volley  laid  two  of  then  low. 
About  9  o'clock  the  clouds  dispersed  and  the  sun 
came  out.  At  the  same  time  some  turkeys  began  to 
cluck  across  tbe  pood  In  a  bamiiuock  which  lay  some 
distance  beyond.  Mac  and  I  diopoed  our  tiooks  and 
want  for\h'6in.  We  got  around  the  poud,  startling 
an  alligator  and  numerous  coots,  anu,  creeping  up 
Lo  tbe  edje  of  tbe  hammock,  imitated  tjie  call  of  the 
beu  turkey.  For  a  long  time  we  Were  unrewarded, 
but  at  ]|^ugtb  til*  bead  of  an  old  gobbler  apnearea 
above  a  clump  of  saw  paUnettoos  aooui  41)  y^trdi  oS, 
and  I  let  fly.  Almost  at  (he  same  instant 
Mac  banzed  away  at  a  pair  of  red  legs  he  saw  be> 
lieath  another  bush.  As  we  ran  up  we  saw  one  of 
the  birds  fluttering  along  badly  pounded.  We 
gaTe  chase,  and,  after  an  exciting  race,  captqred  it. 
Wa  could  And  no  vestieo  of  the  other.  Ketraoiug 
Dur  steps  we  aoon  had  onr  fill  of  quail  shooting,  a 
euvey  rising  at  every  doaen  steps  all  tbe  way  to 
camp.  From  where  one  flock  got  tip  Mao  fired  his 
eecond  barrel  into  a  black  snake  that  meakured  at 
least  10  feet,  breaking  its  back.      After    dinner   we 

dispatcbed  ilylass  to  Rideont's  hooie,  the  neareal 
Post  Office  station,  for  onr  mail  and  an  additional 
supply  of  coflee,  which  was  running  short,  and 
■gain  broke  up  into  two  parties — C.  and  Mao  quail 
shooting  near  camp,  and  Couner  and  I.  armed  with 
rifie^  going  ofcer  deer.  We  went  northward  about 
a  mile  and  a  half  until  we  found  ocrrselves  in  a  nar- 
row stiip  of  pine  woods,  edized  on  one  side  by  a 
palmetto  liammook  and  on  the  other  Ity  a  "  bay  "  of 
j-oung  cedars.  Fresh  tracks  being  very  numerous 
aere,  Conner  placed  me  behind  •  giant  pme,  wita 
Instructions  to  watch  the  "bay"  closely,  and  pro- 
ceeded himself  farther  on.  His  theory  was  thatb  it 
being  near  sundown  and  just  before  tbe  rising  ot 
the  moon— a  combination  of  favorable  oiroumstauoca 
—tbe  deer  would  come  >uat  of  the  bay  to  feed. 
It  seems  that  they  sleep  all  day  in  some  oonvenientj 
thicket,  or  m  the  largest  olump  of  boshes  they  can 
And,  and  feed  and  travel  by  night,  their  meal- 
times being  very  irregular  accordUig  to  the  vaga- 
ries of  tbe  moon.  Xh6y  are  credited  with  e«tisg 
only  half  au  hour  at  a  time,  but  my  obaemation  is 
that  they  make  an  all-night  job  of  it  I  had  waited 
patiently  for  some  time,  and  was  lust  lighting  a 
pipe  to  drive  oft  the  mosqailoe^  wJienl  hearda 
^ighi  rustling  iu  tl^e  bnsbes,  and  peering  that  way 
was  almost  thrown  into  «  fl.ti  by  the  sight  of  two 
deer— a  large  doe,  asd  a  balt-gi;own  hack — walking 
unconcernedly  toward  me.  and  acopping  every  now 
and  then  to  nibble  tbe  grass.  TrembliBg  with 
eagerness  I  lifted  my  n  fie  sottly,  a^d  stea6}:iDg  it 
against  the  pine,  took  deliberate  aim  at  the  doe.  I 
waa  so  nervous,  however,  that  every  tiase  I  at- 
tempted to  puU  tbe  trigger  the  fear  of  misaiiic  be- 
oame  <7verpowering,  and  I  stopped.  At  length 
the  doe  was  directly  broadsida  .to  me.  It 
-was  now  or  never.  Branag  myself  as  rigidly 
as  possible  I  cast  my  eyes  onpe  more  iiJong 
(he  bai-rel  and  fired,  ifba  doe  tbre»  up  her  bead, 
dropped  her  tail,  and,  leaping  high.  Into 
tbe  air,  crashed  luvo  the  haahes  toward 
'  the  bamn^ook  st  lightning  speed.  At  tho 
same  moment  anothec  report  rang,  oat,  and  the 
yearling,  which  had  cummenoed  retreating  ia 
another  direction,  dropped  in  it*  trasks,  Xhe 
■eooud  shot  was  ^od  oy  Conner,  who  had  erept  up 
stealthily  behind  me  and  faau  witnessed  the  entire 
performance.  I  began  coutbunding  my  husk,  where- 
at Conner  expressed  aorprlse  ana  congzatolated  me 
on  the  accuracy,  of  my  aim.  Sure  eaoogb,  oh  gidng 
to  look  we  raadUy  found  tbe  doe  gasping  <mi  tue 

grouno.    tib*  had  a  bnJlet-hole  throagb  and  ihroniEh 
er  breast^  and  had  raa  only  about  aO  yanta.     Xhe. 
vearling  was  Btoi(e.dead,  haviag  beam  »t>M  tbioagb 

Xhe  eatiei  partf  ■■jt^oiu  togettMr.  m.  %a«rth. 
^r  iijetattim,    and.  aJtw.    waUbi*.  tktM  a^iaa, 

tUatbMni^ 

ffttVJfH  m!n,iuSL  di;MlUg»»<» 


^«  «ir«Mt(Ni,    and.  aJtw    walkbi*.  t«tM  a 
MwatMl.  HM:  audi  0»  etoMing  •.  (H»  <iiiatt 

«im«B.   BmHBdT,w«<«BMMiia:Ucb,tUak,« 


near  a  blasted 'pIne  which  commanded  the  SCTub  on 
all  sides,  Conner  plunged  in  with  a  view  to  rdnsttng 
out  a  deer.  He  was  not  suocessful,  bowe'vasr,  althongn 
tbe  fresh  tracks  in  all  direotiona  indicated  that  the 
place  had  swarmed  wilh  deer  on  the  pi;eyiou8  nig^t. 
We  proceeded  a  mile  and  a  half  farther  through  aU 
kinds  of  scrub,  beating  it  carefully.  Tbe  signs 
seemed  to  Deoome  more  abundant  at  every  step,  yet; 
singular  to  say.  we  could  Jump  nothing.  Cfonner 
was  puzsted.  Cooclading  that  it  was  possibly  too 
cool  in  the  open,  we  plunged  into  the  swamp  on  our 
right.  There  w*s  sb  mudh  water,  and  the  trees  and 
Vines  grew  so  thickly,  that  walking  was  very  diffi- 
cult until,  after  working  otir  way  for  a  luarter  of  a 
mile,  we  struck  an  abandoned  road.  Here  the  water 
was  not  so  deep,  though  about  as  equally  dis- 
tributed, and  there  was  less  vegetation.  We 
trudged  mile  af cer  mile  amid  a  stillness  so  profound 
as  to  draw  froiuGonner  many  exclamations  of  aston- 
ishment and  disgust.  Wild  orange  trees  were 
abuiidaut,  and  pumpkins  littered  the  ground  at 
intervals.  Finally,  when  a  large  woodpecker  flew 
chattering  across  the  path  Couner  aaw  me  ahuotic 
without  a  sign  of  diaapproyal,  and  a  little  further  on 
he  even  called  my  attention  to  two  sanirr^,  one 
climbing  a  tree  and  tbe  other  mnning  along  a  log, 
and  appeared  delighted  when  I  bagged  both.  Once 
only  did  be  »top  excitedly  and  tioid  out  his  band. 
T^bere  was  a  tremendous  splufaing  in  the  water  on 
our  right.  Conner's  eyes  biased  as  be  uoalung  his 
rifle  and  muttered:  "A  bear,  by  gracious!''  A 
moment  later  the  bellowing  of  a  bull  resounded 
over  the  switmp.  Conner  shouldered  his  gun 
MMon,  w:o  both  smiled  and  passed  on. 

Two  luomings  later  w*  {struck  oamp,  and  le- 
turned  to  the  creek  at  the  head  of  the  river.  We 
found  nearly  a  toot  more  water  on  the  road 
than  when  we  passed  over  it  prevlunsly,  Oa  one 
palmetto  tree  we  saw  the  resent  scratches  made  by 
the  claws  of  a  bear  which  hod  climbed  after  the 
ripe  berries^snd  there  were  nxuueroas  ttirkey  signs 
in  every  drv  spot.  We  loaded  the  canoe,  and  seat 
Mao  on  with  it  Goaner  was  lying  asleep  on  the  site 
of  oar  first  camp.  C.  and  I  were  seated  at  the  edge 
of  tbe  hammock  reading,  and  Mylaas.  Connor's  man, 

bad  gone  bacjc  with  tbe  c^rt  lor  some  of  oar  traps, 
whan  aaddeply  we  were  startled  byafurlonssplasb- 
Ine  in  tbe  water  of  a  brook  mentioned  in  a  former 
letter.  Looking  ap,  we  saw  one  of  the  moat  beau- 
tiful sights  I  ever  witnessed.  Five  bucks 
were  plunging  through  the  brook  at  the 
top  of  their  sneed.  having  evidently  been 
frightened  at  something.  They  bounded  along 
until  they  winded  Conner,  wheu  the  entirei  five 
stopped  abreast,  their  graceful  bodies  curved,  their 
necks  arobed,  and  their  ears  and  noses  throat  for- 
ward in  the  attitude  of  Intense  bsteniDg.  A  rifla 
ballet  sped  irom  where  we  sat  would  probably 
have  passed  through  tbe  five  bodies,  but,  of  coarse, 
our  arms  were  out  of  reach.  They  stood  a  moment 
only,  then,  turning,  tbey  dashed  swiftlv  into  tho 
tbisket  and  disappeared.  When  Mylass  returned 
he  reported  having  seen  two  doea  In  the  prairie. 
Mao  soon  got  back  and  we  embarked  and  were 
paddlpd  down  to  tbe  old  landing  plase  on  tbe  prairie 
opposite  Conner's.  On  the  way  I  killed  a  great 
blue  heron  that  dew  broadsioo  to  the  boat  in  an 
tunsuaUy  tempting  manner,  and  two  snowy  berons, 
both  of  which  had  plumes.  *  ■•  *  Soon  after  this 
I  tumbled  plump  Into  an  alligator  hole,  which, 
fortanately,  was  not  very  deep.  These  holes  are 
dug  in  tbe  edges  of  ponds  and  are  neatly  thatched 
over,  though  for  what  purpose  I  cannot  Imagine;  it 
certainly  cannot  be  to  keep  out  tbe  wet  The 
farther  South  yuu  go  the  larger  the  holea  become, 
and  tbe  larger  che  'gators. 

We  struck  tbroagh  the  hammock  at  random,  and 
by  dint  of  much  shouting  found  the  tent  pitched  on 
the  hifchest  point  of  a  high,  dry  mound,  amid  tall 
palmettoes.  It  was  the  perfection  of  a  camping 
spot.  The  mosquitoes  were  very  thick  outside  the 
radius  of  the  tire,  and  after  sapper  we  put  up  our 
mosquito  bars  for  tbe  first  time  this  Winter.  We 
were  maeh  amused,  while  iuanging  before  the  fire 
smoking,  by  the  antics  of  seTsral  little  chameleons, 
which  darted  blthnr  and  tbitber  with  lightning 
rapiditr,  catching  one  of  the  posts  at  every  leap. 
One  of  Conner's  dogs  afiorded  us  some  excitement 
by  ciiasmg  a  wild-cat  throngh  tbe  camp.  We 
snatched  our  rifles  and  scampered  after  tbe  var- 
mint, but  tbe  nieht  was  too  uark  and  our  sbins  too 
tender  fb  tempt  tbe  palmetto  roots  and  fallen  logs 
very  tar.  Just  before  bed-iime  there  wad  a  myste- 
rious crashing  In  the  bushes  behind  tho  tent.  We 
gathered  a  quantity  ot  dried  palmetto  lans  and 
threw  them  upon  the  fire,  making  a  blase  many  f^et 
in  heigut,  and  by  the  aid  of  its  light  explored  the 
woods  in  all  directions,  without  discovering  the 
cause  of  the  disturbanse.  Tbe  scene  at  this  time  waa 
of  unexaMpled  ueanty,  tbe  bright  glare  penstratiog 
the  darkness  for  several  hundred  yards  In  a  circle 
and  enveloping  tbe  tropical  vogetauon  in  a  halo  of 
romantic  glory. 

It  is  a  singular  fact  that  tbe  climate  of  Florida, 
while  exercising  a  beneficial  effect  upon  tbe  human 
longs,  has  a  directly  c«ntrary  tendenay  wh«re  dogs 
are  concerned.  Very  few  dogs  in  this  country  live 
to  any  age  without  becoming  tflllcted  with  a  bad 
sough.  There  are,  en  the  other  h.in(1,  two  instances 
on  record  iu  Smyrna — one  of  a  negreas  and  tbe  other 
of  a  white  mah,  both  natives — who  contracted  the 
fell  disease  on  tbespet,  and  tell  victims  to  it.  Tbe 
evidences  in  tbe  oases  of  both  humausand  canines 
seem  to  me  to  point  to  neglect  and  starvation  as  the 
indirect  aud  oVerheatinz  followed  by  dampness  and 
chill  as  tbe^direct  cause  of  tne  disasters.  *  •  * 
Tbe  baying  nt  the  hounds  grsw  loader  every  instant 
nntil  at  length  they  came  in  aiebt  around  a  tree. 
We  looked  no,  and  Conner  pointeu  oat  to  me 
a  savage-looking  wild-cut  crouching  on  a 
branch,  his  yellow  eyes  glistening  in  the 
sunlight  I       gave      him       ooth      barrels      of 

buck.  He  clang  an  instant  and  tumblea  beadlontr, 
and  the  dogs  pounced  upon  him.  Conner  skioucd 
him  in  a  triec,  and  calling  tbe  dogs  ofi^  we  lett  his 
carcass  to  the  buzsarda.  Another  wild-oat  fell  a 
few  minutes  later  to  Conner's  breecb -loader,  and 
the  hounds  ga\e  tongue  twice  after  gams  that  we 
did  not  see.  From  tbe  tracks,  which  were  numer- 
ous, we  concluded  that  they  were  deer.  A  short 
walk  brougbt  us  to  an  old  sugar-cane  field,  dislj^- 
gnisbable  from  the  rest  of  tha  hammook  only  ny 
the  comparative  thinnees  of  tbe  UBderbruab  and  tbe 
smaller  sisa  of  tbe  trees.  At  one  end  of  it  was  a 
banal  mound,  into  which  some  one  had  been 
digging  for  rslici.  Humaa  teeth  and  fragments  of 
l>ones  and  bits  of  ancient  Indian  pottery  lay  scat- 
tered throngh  the  brown  sand.  In  the  field  we  saw 
tracKB  wbicb  Coaner  pronounced  those  of  a  wild 
sow  and  her  young  one,  and  he  promised,  should  he 
meet  them,  to  give  us  roast  pig  for  supper.  A 
large  biaok  snake  glided  mto  the  basibes  in 
front  of  me,  ana  two  large  black-billed 
woodpeckers  flew  tfaroueb  the  trees  above. 
Further  on  we  came  to  a  taalf-finished  log  abaniy, 
part  of  whose  roof  was  neatly  thatched  with 
palmetto  faas.  Conner  gave  as  its  history.  A 
vouug  Boston  drv  goods  clerk  came  down  to  found 
a  homestead.  He  worked  bravely  for  a  while, 
made  himself  Mack  and  blue  all  over  hauling  logs, 
and  theu  went  back  home,  saying  that  the  ocuotry 
suited  him  and  all  that,  bat  he  eonida't  stand  the 
Bolitade. 

Wefcundoneof  our  paroquets  dead.  Tbe  little 
fellows  bad  become  quite  osod  to  as,  aod  would  eat 

and  drink  from  our  hands.  We  cot  small  saplings 
and  stuck  them  into  tbe  earth  near  the  tent  while 
camping,  and  put  the  birds  to  roust  on  tbem.  There 
they  would  remain  all  nay.  At  night  we  placed 
them  under  a  oox.  On  tha  march  they  sat  on  our 
bate,  as  grave  as  owls,  paying  no  attentlou  to  oar 
shooting,  and  squawking  angrily  only  when  a  twig 
oame  too  nesr  tuem  or  the  spray  from  a  paddle  hap- 
pened to  fall  upou  their  feathers.  We  gathered 
tbem  palmetto  berries  and  pine  cones,  and  gave 
tbem  a  liberal  supply  of  com,  soda  biscuits,  and 
anything  else  we  tuoaght  tbey  would  relish.  As 
soon,  however,  as  his  comrade  died,  the  sur- 
vivor m  once  erew  astonishingly  tame.  Ue 
followed  us  down  to  supner,  and  immedi- 
ately mads  an  attack  apoa  a  piece  of 
raw  bacoB  that  was  banging  on  a  pole.  He  then 
flew  down  to  our  table,  and  went  about  tasting  of 
ttiis  dish  and  that.  Some  pork  gravy  struck  bis 
fancy,  and  be  drank  several  swallows  of  It  Seeing 
me  picking  the  legbf  a  snipe,  he  coolly  took  it  out 
of  my  hand  and  gnawed  it  clean.  A  piece  of  cheese 
that  I  bad  Just  takeo  in  my  fingers  was  also 
snatched  away  and  eaten  with  evident  relish.  But 
the  molasses  proved  bis  weakness.  He  sipped  and 
Sipped  uniU  we  tboaght  he  wonld  burst  After 
that  he  would  let  any  of  as  handle  him  as  we 
pleased  witaont  making  tbe  least  attempt  to  bite, 
would  sit  on  our  shoulders  or  hats  or  knees  all  day, 
and  wonld  squawk  loudly  if  left  alone  ior  a  mo- 
ment   He  has  become  a  ttreat  pet.  L.  F.  E. 


PIGS  BITTEN  BY  A.  MJ.D  DOQ. 
An  extraordinary  oasa  oama  before  Mr.  J. 
Stewart  Hardy,  laember  of  Farliaaent,  reoeatly, 
at  the  West  Kent  Quarter  Sessions,  Eogland,  la 
which  Samuel  Edwards,  butcher,  and  Jasses  Staoey, 
laborer,  were  Indtoted  for  stealing  the  oaroaaee  of 
three  pigs,  the  property  ef  Sir  William  Hart  Byk^ 
member  of  Parliament,  at  Lnlllngstone,  oa  tbe  6tii 
of  December.  It  appeared  that  on  the  day  men- 
tioned three  pies  beloaging  to  Sir  William  Dyke 
were  bitten  by  a  mad  nog,  aod  Sir  William  at  once 
oxdered  tftem  to  be  shot  and  buried.  £dwards  was 
present  at  the  interMent,  and  pat  some  orakes  over 
and  under  the  piss,  remarkiag  that  Mr.  mover,  tee 
•tewi^d,  had  tuld  him  "  to  bury  them  clean  and 
deceat"  On  the  following  momiag  it  became  evi- 
dent, from  the  disturbed  state  of  ths 
grouad,  that  the  pigs  had  bem  meddled 
with,  and  evldesce  was  speedily  forthcoming  to 
show  that  Edwards  and  Stacey  bad  taken  tbsm  over 
niaht  to  tba  By asford  station  and  dispatched  tb«m 
to  Xiondon.  A  oiaughterman  in  the  Metroptdltaa 
Mwket  letobea  the  pigs  from  Holborn  station,  but 
upon  proceeding  to  dress  them  he  found  they  had 
heeoshotin  the  head.  He  thereupon  handed  them 
tothelnsoeotor.  Mr.  Douglas  Kingsford.  on  be- 
half ol  ths  prisoners,  contended  that  Sir  William 
Dyke  bad  abandoned  bis  property  in  tbe  pigs,  that 
they  had  become  part  af  the  soil,  and  that  there- 
tore,  the  ebarge  of  larceny  ooald  not  bo  sostained. 
On  tJua  point  which  the  learned  ooansel  stated  was 
as,  eattreiy  new  one,  tbe  CtiaitHMn  granted  a  case, 
and  ih*  ptisoaers,  who  were  tuiuid  gailty  by  tbe 
J«ry«  were  liberated  oa  baiL  On  tiie  charge  of 
Sailing  the  meat  ao  evidence  waa  offered. 

VNOOMUOIf  LIBEBALITT. 
Th9  lodlanapolis  Journai  of  Wedneiday  saj'a: 
"  On  the  night  of  tbe  Aoademy  of  Musio  fire,  four 
dtivera  oa  tb^Ulinois  street  car  lioe,  being  cut  off 
from  the  stables  bv  hose  across  tbe 
track,  voluntarily  made  trips  north  until 
%  olulook  lu  the  laornug,  taking  iu  115  or  |80 
extra  for  the  company.  The  management  mnul- 
'ftoeatly  rewarded  the  enterprising  drivers  for 
th^idc  work,  by  aidd|ng  1&  cents  to  the  weekly  pav^  of 
eaob.  One  of  the  poor  fellows,  overwhelmea  at 
Sueh  liberality,  begsed  to  be  allowed  to  take  the 
aKooatin  insti^Unenta.  He  was  aftaid  be  could  not 
stand  pcoaperi^. " 

—- *P 

BsaoNH  Qsojns  o»  eaje. 

The  Fall  Biver  (Masa.)  Newa  sajs:     "Mrs. 

Hannah:  Bpooaei^  of  Bast  Freetown,  n*w  in  her 

t94tiL     j^ar,      w«fc     pr«atrai«d    by     a     asrare 

lUiWM  almtf .  a  jttf^  •inMb,aa4.  h«r  kalr  entirely 

6ft    After  sjb*  MOHne  donvaleaoent  indioa- 


,ti«tiS:Of<»  aMsnd  iprawtii  wffmwnAi  and  now  sb*' 
>lisSA.pr«fiMte«ofjiiiiie«iK{7  hatror  wMota  •jroang 
iM7  M«  aiac«efr«^iMC-9««c»ByiCb^v#lH««c«««t^ 


RAPID  TRiNSlT. 


ELEVATED  fijJLWATS  DENOXfNOBD. 
OBjKcnoNS    TO    crrr    manauebcent  of 

RAILROADS — THK  XUCYATBD  RAILWAY 
SCHBBIB  DENOUNCED  AS  AS  A  FRAUO^ 
PROI^SRXT  RGIN«D  FOR  SSNBOUI.ATZTE 
PURPOSES— THE  FINANCIAL  ASPECT  OF 
THE  CASE^HOW  RAPID  TRANSIT  CAN  BE 
ACCOMPLISHED. 
To  th*  Sd%tor  of  the  New-  Tort  rtoie*  ; 

Notwithstanding  all  that  has  boen  scdd  and 
done  In  oonneotion  with  the  subject  of  a  more 
speedy  cojnmualoatioa  between  the  jtwo  extremes 
of  the  Oi^  ef  New-York,  there  still  remains  a  great 
deal  of  misoonoeption  in  the  public  mind  us  to  the 
retd  merits  of  the  questions  involved,  and  scores  of 
individuals,  otherwise  intelligent  find  it  utterly 
impossible  to  form  any  idea  as  to  what  is  really 
needed  or  what  plan  or  plans  are  tbe  most  practica- 
ble and  rational.  The  recent  action  of  an  asssoiation 
of  persons  In  Westehester  County  baving  in  view 
the  porobsse  by  the  Cltv  of  certain  street 
railways,  and  a  similar  movement  on  the  part  of 
a  nnmhec  of  individuals  doing  business  in  the  lower 
part  of  the  City  looking  te  thest^ue  end,  both 
claiming  that  this  is  one  of  the  means  to  accomplish 
rapid  transit  is,  to  say  the  least  a  very  aingalar 
procee4iag.  Why  the  City  of  ^ew-York  should  be 
called  upon  at  this  time  to  go  Into  the  street  rail- 
way   basiness,    and    why  saoh    persons  as    Brown 

Brothers  &  Co.,  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.,  Horace 
B.  Claflin  tc  Co.,  should  lend  their  names  to 
such  a  snxgesllon  is  to  my  mind  incompretaenaible. 
Tbase  parties  petition  the  Board  of  Aldermen  to 
avail  themselves  of  certain  privileges  which  they 
are  said  to  legally  possess  to  purchase  those  street 
railways  for  tbe  City  of  New- York.  Let  us  imagine 
the  Board  of  Aldermen  going  into  a  Committee  of 
the  Whole  of  the  manazement  of  the  horse-cars, 
after  appropriating  several  milliois  of  dollars  for 
their  purchase.  Consider  for  a  moment  the  duties 
devolving  upon  these  over-worked  servants  of  tbe 
people  by  this  new  deparlnre  In  municipal  govern- 
ment. For  instanoe,  the  committee  on  purchasing 
horses  would  be  compelled  to  spend  most  of  their 
valuable  time  on  the  boulevards,  testing  ths  speed 
and  metUe  of  the  steeds  that  were  to  be  porobased. 
Tbey  would  there  be  exposed  to  all  the  tamotations 
of  tbe  numerous  refreshment  salooni  which  there 
abound.  The  committee  on  supplies  would  have 
to  spend  a  great  deal  of  time  in  Chicago  watching 
the  market  for  oats.  Cbicaso  is  also  a  dangerous 
place  to  nnsophiatioated  Eastern  people.  Then 
think  of  the  pressure  from  their  eonstituents  for 
positions  as  condnotora  and  drivers  at  salaries  of 
(3.0U0  or  (3,000  a  year,  with  a  possible  demand 
for  IncroasAd  compensation  every  year  or  two.  I 
do  not  think  that  Messrs.  Brown  Brothers,  Drexel, 
Morgan  &  Co.,  and  Claflin  k  Co.  could  have  taken 
all  these  things  into  consideration  when  they  signed 
that  petition,  and  therefore  I  think  that  they  mis- 
conceived this  question  of  rapid  transit  I  do  not 
think  that  Mr.  Claflin,  if  he  wrote  that  petition, 
and  who  lives  ovei  in  Brooklyn,  reflected,  in  bis 
great  anxiety  for  the  weltare  of  the  City  of  New- 
York,  that  there  was  a  limit  of  endurance  to  the 
capacity  even  of  a  New- York  Alderman,  and  that  to 
impose  upon  h'.m  the  addltioaal  duties  involved 
in  mnning  horse-oars  would  be  an  act  of  unne- 
cessary cruelty — none  tbe  less  paiofal  from  being 
eu  ggested  by  a  resident  if  another  city. 

But  these  gentlemen  went  further  thaa  this ;  they 
Insisted  upon  it  that  all  obstacles  should  at  once  be 
removed  that  have  hitherto  prevented  certain  in- 
dividuals of  a  speculative  turn  of  mmd  from  taking 
X>os«esslon  of  the  leading  oommoroial  avenues  of 
the  City  and  converting  them  Into  steam  railway 
routes.  It  is  possible  that  they  may  not 
have  Isborsd  under  any  misconceptioa  In 
making  this  last  suggestion ;  that  depends 
entirely  upon  how  much  property  they  own  in 
Westohoster  County  aod  la  Brooklyn.  By  the 
wholasale  deatructioa  ot  property  valuos  in  the 
City  of  New-York,  whloh  would  fellow  tbe  Intro- 
duction  of  steam  railways  into  the  principal  ave- 
enaes,  property  In  Brooklyn  and  Westchester 
woald  undoubtedly  be  increased  in  value  to  an 
enormous  .  extent  as  both  business  and 
residence  woald  be  forced  into  a  change 
of  location.  Bat  hew  is  it  with  the 
unfortunate  victims  whose  property  is  deatreyed, 
and  whose  only  crime  is  that  of  being  residents  and 
tax-payers  in  New- York  instead  of  Westchester 
and  Brooklyn!  These  gentlemen,  in  their  seal  for 
publio  imprevemeots  and  the  public  good,  have, 
however,  gone  a  step  further — which  is,  if  possible, 
more  serious  thau  the  other  two  propositiona  they 
make — and  they  unqualifiedly  indorse  the  "rectioa 
in  all  these  leading  avenues  of  certain  iron  struo- 
tnres  called  "Tbe  Crilbert  Elevated  Railroad  "  and 
"The  New- York  Elevated  Ksilroad."  New,  will  Mr. 
Claflin,  Mr.  Brown,  or  Mr,  Drnxel,  or  any  of  the 
memt>ers  of  the  associatloa  la  Westehester  Coanty 
that  has  bMa  referred  to,  give  to  the  publio  of  their 
own  knowledge  a  desoription  ef  either  of  these 
Btrnoturesl  Will  they  eertify  to  tbe  publio  that 
tbey  are  oonstrncted  npsu  correct  eagineering 
priuclples,  or  in  aesordanoe  with  any  principles 
governing  the  useof  this  materialt  Will  they  gaar- 
Butee  that  by  means  of  these  structures  rapid  transit 
will  be  secured  T  Will  they  insure  the  lives  of 
those  wbo  venture  upon  these  contrivances  I  Will 
thej  deay  that  m  tbe  erent  of  these  erections  be- 
ing permitted  and  their  avenues  transformed  into 
steam  railway  routes,  the  property  will  depreciate 
from  135,000.000  to  $50,000,000!  Finally,  when  they 
indorsed  these  constrnotions,  did  tbev  know  any- 
thing at  all  ib|0Uf  them,  or  did  they  give  their  in- 
dorsements  at  tho  suggestion  and  request  of  persons 
pecnaiarlly  ipterosted  in  the  success  of  the  schemes  t 
From  my  knowledge  of  these  gentlemen,  and  the 
character  thsy  h»ve  hitherto  borne  for  respectabili- 
ty and  intelUicenoe,  lam  constrained  to  believe  that 
they  have  failed  to  comprehend  the  preclae  charac- 
ter of  the  qusstiuns  at  issue  as  oonneotei  with 
rapid  transit,  and  have  committed  themselves  to 
a  line  of  policy  which  is  calculated  to  defeat  the 
ends  they  have  in  view. 

A  •'  BIQ  BONANZA  "  IN  RAPID  TRANSIT. 
If  rapid  transit  is  ever  to  l>e  aooomplisbed.  It 
mast  be  by  the  consent  and  co-operation  of  the 
whole  City,  inoladmg  ths  great  body  of  property- 
helders  and  tax-payers,  who.  in  spite  of  a  very  gen- 
eral impression  that  has  obtainea  to  tbe  contrary, 
have  rights  that  mast  be  respected.  The  assump- 
tion that  the  street  railway  companies  are  the  ob- 
stacles that  stand  in  the  way  of  rapid  transit  Is  en- 
tirely erroneous,  and  the  Idea  that  by  attacking 
these  companies,  under  the  head  of  "  War  on  Mo- 
nepoliee,"  rapid   transit  Is  to  be  aoceaspliabed.  Is 

simply  abiord.  Tbe  troth  ia  that  the  rapid  troa- 
sit  schemers  are  themselves  the  obstacle  to  the 
acoomplishment  of  ttils  great  deaidsratum,  and  this 
fact  can  be  easily  demonstrated  to  the  entire  satis- 
faction of  any  oltisen  who  will  take  paias  to  look 
into  the  subjeet.  Qalok  traaait  tn  the  City 
of  New-Tork  ia  a  present  necessity  which 
time  will  increase  until  it  becomes  an 
Bocompllsbed  faot  Thia  nesessity,  arising  from 
the  peculiar  topographieal  location  of  tbe  City,  has 
been  long  recognised  by  every  intelligent  oicisen, 
and  the  idea  has  vividly  presented  itself  to  tbe 
minds  of  astute  speculators  for  a  number  of  years 
that  there  was  a  "big  bonanza"  in  tbe  Job.  So 
great  have  bosa  these  psouaiary  allutem^ti  that 
very  large  sums  of  money  have  I'rom  time  to 
time  been  expended  by  oredntous  and  confiding  spec 
ulators  to  secure  the  csntrol  of  vested  rights  under 
whi^  a  monopoly  of  quicK  passenger  transit  could  be 
obtained.  Probably  not  one  in  10,000  ef  our 
oitlsens  is  aware  of  the  Auit  that  the  statate  books 
oonUiin  at  this  time  legislative  enactments  by  which 
tbe  finest  arenaes  of  tbe  City,  gad  aearly  all  of 
tbem  at  thar,  are  devoted,  from  the  Battery  to  the 
Harlens  Biver,  to  steam  railway  traffic,  and  con- 
verted from  oommerolal  purposes  lato  steam  railway 
routes.  Now,  tbe  most  casual  obserrer  who  has 
passed  through  any  city  of  the  United  States^  or 
any  city  in  tbe  world,  intersected  by  steam  railway 
aveaoasi  oannot  fail  to  have  recogniaed  ths  tact 
thatprmerty  along  tbose>  avenues  reaches  iavatiw- 
bly  the  low«st  limit  of  dq>reoi»tion.  The  biuldinia 
aiueg.  theaa  steam  railway  route*  ar»  the  arobi- 
teotacal  aoras  of  atherwise  w^-baiU  cities^  sad  it 
is  tbe  genocal  complaint  that  tounata  smd  railwi^ 
tcaveleta  genecally  see  the  worst  leatores.  of 
every  oitv  fr»m  the  railway  oars.  If,  passing 
item  these  avennes  in  aa;:  city,  we  go  to 
tbe  tax  ofQoes  and  exaatine  the  assessment  books, 
we  find  that. thU.  deareciatioB  of  value  la  ofhoially 
reoognized  te  sush  a  degree  that  in  8:>me  instanoes 
the  difference  in  assesasd  value  between  this  prop- 
erty and  that  ef  acUoining  avenues  is  as  high  as 
90  per  eeot  Is  it;  then,  a  nvatter  of  sarpnse  that 
tbe-.owaera  of  two  or.  three  buadred  miUlaas.  of 
propartj,  cassprlsing,  the  most  valuable  aad  most 
blghly-imvtoved  part  of  tbe  City,  should  protest 
mgiJumtm  aeedlaaa  raadaUbm.  and  should  straggtb 
;  ta  sav«.  teeir  psaoertyr  ttoaiKlastrootion  sod  tU«a» 
selves  froas  peeaoiaij  rola  t 

The  only  dear  aad  positive    demonttratioa  of 
Lal»wlatatwk[-tfaasirl*-f«uid'  lift-flk»'  uttcnMaund 


rioaevst^m  of  the  CLtv  of  Loadon.  That  M-lie  aay, 
6>)  mileB  an  hour— 1,900  traiJrt  «  daj,  three  ndnutil 
apart  on  a  solid  road  tktt,  75i,900,MO  patsennra  # 
year.  Our  atreet  railways  a»ove .  ie&.OM,09|  pM* 
sengers  f  yejair  in  oars  two  lUlbotes  gpu^ 
bat  only  at  six  mils*  ah  hour.  Thl^  is  v>» 
difference  between  New- York  and  London 
transit  We  carry  doul^e  the  namber 
of  passengers,  but  tbey  carry  tbem  10  times  faster 
than  vie  do.  How  oan  we  reach  GO  miles  an  hour  f 
Evidently  not  by  tbe  affair  now  Ip  operation  in 
Gieenwiob  street  and  Ninth  avenue,  or  anything 
similar  to  it  That  can  only  move  about  10  miles 
an  hoar,  a  very  little  faster  than  the  horse  cars, 
has  a  limited  capacity,  aod  is  attended  with  too 
much  risk.  As  a  tender  to  a  branch  of 
tbe  Hudson  Elver  Sallread  at  Thirtieth  street 
it  has  been  a  certain  coavenisnoe  to  the  possepgers 
by  that  branch  line.  An  extension  of  this  strueture, 
with  .an  extra  track,  and  the  erection  ot  a  similar 
one  tbroagh  the  SixUi  and  Third  avenues,  are  the 
means  proposed  to  arrive  at  the  requisite  element 
of  speed  in  New- York  transit.  This  Is  tbe 
present  status  of  fbe  rapld4ran9it  question.  By 
what  peouhar  process  it  has  arrived  at  this  point 
and  under  what  intlaencee,  it  is  perhaps  not  neces- 
sary at  this  time  to  aiscuss.  It  is  sufficient  for  tb« 
present  purpose  to  recognise  the  fact  that  certain 
parties,  (how  soon  they  will  be  called  grasping  mo- 
nopolists is  mersly  another  question  of  time,)  claim 
the  right  to  convert  tbe  flnest  avennes  in  the  City 
into  steam  railway  routes,  under  and  by  virtus  of 
legislative  enactments  having  in  view  ostensibly 
the  obieot  of  securing  rapid-transit  ttom  one  ex- 
tremity of  the  City  to  the  other.  Tbe  destruction 
of  property  values  consequent  on  the  conversion  of 
these  floe  avenues  inta  sceam  railway  routes  does 
not  seem  to  be  questioned  :  but  ii  Is  assumed  that 
this  is  a  necessary  saorifloe  of  private  rights  and 
private  interests  to  the  publio  good. 

THB  KiaHTS  OF    FROrEBTT'OWNERg. 

Of  coorie,  it  would  be  a  dlffioalt  matter  to  per- 
suade any  unfortunate  citizen  whose  property  is 
thas  ruthlessly  destroyed  to  take  this  extremely 
liberal  view  of  things ;  bat  it  U  well  to  oonaider 
whether  this  question  of  individual  rights  doea  not 
concern  every  citizen  as  mucb  as  it  does  those  who 
are  immediately  wronged.  It  is  estimatod  that  tbe 
property  alonor  tiie  routes  which  it  is  proposed 
shall  l>o  converted  into  steam  railway  lines  is  worth 
mere  than  $400,000,000.  Now,  a  careful  examination 
of  property  values  Id  different  cities  which  have 
steam  railway  lines  running  through  some  of  their 
avenues,  shows  a  deprosiation  in  propertv  values 
m  some  instances  as  bigb  as  90  per  cent.,  wbile  in 
no  instance  has  it  been  found  to  be  less  than  50  per 
cent.  Applying  the  Usser  rntie  of  depreciation  to 
the  property  which  is  to  be  effected  by  steam  lines  In 
New-Ysrk,  we  have  a  first  cost  ef  right  of  way  to 
be  p.iid  by  iudiyiauals  in  actual  loss  of  values  of 
over  150,1)00,  oeo.  But  this  U  not  all;  the  property 
east  and  west  of  these  lines  will  be  affected  almost 
as  much  OS  if  a  Chinese  wail  divided  it  from  the 
rest  of  the  oity.  Carriages  vrnnld  avoid  passing  be- 
neath ttiese  stmctnires,  and  the  better  class  of 
pedestrians,  especially  females,  would  regard  tbe 
iaevitable  injury  to  their  garments  from  oil 
and  falling  cinders  as  a  necessary  exclusien  from 
the  outlying  territory.  A  natural  result  would  be  a 
widessread  depreciation  of  property  ever  a  large 
are^  of  tbe  City,  thus  at  least  doubliag  tbe 
loss  to  iBdividnals,  makme  the  first  cost  of  thin 
enforced  Ux  flOO.OOO.OOO.  When  this  depreciation  of 
value  comes  to  be  considered  by  tbe  Assessors  there 
will  be  aa  enormous  redaction  in  tbe  reveuaos  of 
the  City,  which  will  represent  tbe  annual  tribute  ef 
the  City  at  large  to  this  oolesssl  fraud. 

Suppose  that  the  people  have  submitted  to  this 
outrage  aud  the  structure  as  proposed  is  completed, 
what  will  it  be  t  It  will  be  sometbinK  that  no  en- 
gineer in  tho  world  bos  ever  dreamed  of;  something 
tbat  no  engineer  wbo  knew  his  basiness  would  ever 
coustract,  and  some;hiog  that  no  man  uninfluenced 
by  cupidity  would  ever  offer  for  publis  use. 
In  the  flrstplaee,  it  IS  nothing  more  er  less  than  a 
continuous  iroa  oridge,  but  without  abutments  or 
piors,  ihu  t  having  no  snbscaoHai  leundation  what- 
ever. Even  tbe  Asbtabala  bridge  had  a  firm  foun- 
daiion,  and  is  net  tbat  holooaust  enough  for  one  gen- 
eration to  offur  an  t  The  meager  supports  tbat  are 
tbe  substitutes  tor  piers  sre  coastruoted  in  utter  dis- 
regard of  every  principle  goveraing  tbe 
use  of  iroB  as  a  building  material. 
They  are  weak  sad  Dasuiistantiil  in 
character,  and  bear  no  relation,  either  practically 
or  theoretically,  to  tha  other  parts  of  the  sti nature. 
More  than  all  this,  the  material  tued  bears  with  it 
always  the  elemests  of  its  own  destruction,  that 
netbing  short  uf  a  miraale  can  prevent  It  oannot 
secure  the  element  ot  speed,  and  it  will 
thus  become  an  absolute  Impediment  to  rapid 
transit  It  stands  tn  the  way  of  what 
the  City  needs.  It  wonld  only  be  put  up  to  be 
taken  down,  like  tbe  Broadway  bridge.  It  cannot 
sustain  tbe  weight  of  an  engine  Riifficlently  power- 
tul  to  accomplish  rapid  trausit  and  would  at  the 
best  be  a  very  poor  substitute  tsr  tbe  horse  cars, 
which  have  tbe  merit  of  very  great  ooavoutence, 
wbicb  a  railway  in  tho  air  could  not  possibly  have. 

It  has  been  urged  that  tho  Oreenwioh  street 
elevated  road  Is  succesaful  ratid  transit,  but  it  oan- 
not surely  l>e  supposej  for  a  moment  that  the 
citiseua  ot  New-York  are  to  be  content  with  10  miles 
au  kuur  for  the  solution  of  this  problem.  The 
Oreenwich  street  road  iu  reality  bears  tbe  same  re- 
lation to  a  true  system  of  ritpid  transit  as  the  tight- 
rope walker  doe*  to  the  ordinary  pedestrian.  It  is 
an  absurdity— every  way— and  when  compared  to 
London  quick  transit  is  a  more  nonsensical  toy. 
The  chanjfes  that  are  eonstantly  goini;  on  in  tbe 
internal  coodiiion  of  iron  under  such  use  as  causes 
it  to  vibrate  sooner  or  later  destrsys  its  tenacity 
entirely,  aud  it  falls  in  pieces.  This  is  a  law  which 
gsveros  it  as  absolaiely  as  the  laws  that  eovern  tbe 
motion  ot  tbe  planets,  and  it  is  sheer  madness  to 
eniice -people  on  such  a  structure  where  death  is 
constantly  staring  them  la  the  face. 

RAPID  TRANSIT  FINANCIAL  MANAGEMENT. 
But  the  worst  features  ot  ibis  reckless  ssheme 
are  the  inner  workings  of  its  financial  management. 
It  will  be  borne  iu  mind  that  the  Rapid  Transit 
Commissioners  intiiaated,  or  rather  stated,  in  their 
report  that  tbey  were  forced  to  f«regosome  Imper- 
tant  considerations  in  order  to  secure  tbs  eo-opera- 
tion  of  capital;  or,  in  other  words,  that  stabilitx 
must  be  sacrificed  te  econemy  ef  straoturp,  to  induce 
parties  te  supply  the  means  ot  building  it.  Per- 
nicious as  this  Bssumptiou  appears  on  the 
face  of  it,  it  faas  in  its  practical 
working  developed  into  results  that  seem  to  rival 
in  their  character  the  extraordinary  financial  man- 
ipulatiuns  ot  tbe  iofamuus  Credit  Mobiller,  under 
the  aiupices  of  wblch  the  Pacific  Railway  was 
built  with  millions  of  the  peonle'a  money  and  land 
enough  to  found  an  empiro,  yet  leaving  it  in  tbe 
binds  of  a  few  speculators  who  never  pit  one 
honest  dollar  into  the  enterprise.  Is  this 
to  be  repeated  in  tbe  Metrooolis.  under 
the  guise  of  rapid  transit  t  Let  a.s  see.  By  tbe  tes- 
timony before  the  Supreme  Court,  it  ap(>ears  ttiat  an 
organization  of  individaals  calling  themselves  "The . 
New-Tork  Loan  aod  Improvement  Company,"  have 
purchased  from  one  "Dr."  Oilbert.  his  patent  rights 
and  other  ooatrivanees,  to^etber  with  certslu  priv- 
ileges be  claimed  to  possess  for  occupyiog  the  streets 
aud  avenues  of  New-fork  with  these  oateot  con- 
trivancL's,  under  tbe  name  of  rapid  transit.  This 
Loan  and  Improvement  Company  occupies 
the  same  relation  to  rapid  transit  tbat  tbe  Credit 
Mobilier  did  to  tbe  Paciflo  Railway.  Having  con- 
tracted with  a  concern  iu  Delaware  or  Maryland  to 
erect  a  structure  mostly  of  sheet-iron,  at  some- 
thing less  ttaau  $310,000  per  mils,  tbey  arrange  to  is- 
sue securities  to  the  modest  amount  ef  (2.500,000 
pur  mile,  vis.:  91,100.003  first  mortgage  bonds; 
11,000,000  secured  mortgage  bonds,  anu  1500.000 
in  stock;  tbat  is  to  sav,  if  the  road  is  10  miles  long. 
tbey  will  bulla  it  for  $3,000,000,  and  have  $33, 000,0*0 
to  pay  for  it,  or  a  profit  ot  933.000,006.  Truly  a  "big 
bonanza."  Ths  serious  questions  which  here  arise 
should  claim  tbe  attention  of  every  rlgbt-mindea 
citisen  t>f  Nww-York.  Shall  ths  property  of 
our  cltiseus  be  thus  ruthlessly  sacrificed 
in  tho  sole  Interests  of  private  speculation  t 
Shall  toe  masses  of  ear  people  pay  a 
tribute  of  $25,000,000,  for  what  oosls  but 
$3,000,000 1  Shrill  a  contrivance  tbat  can  never 
atfjrd  rapid  transit  be  ereoted  that  will  prevent 
the  construction  of  a  proper  and  actual  rapid 
transit  road  ?  Sboll  tbe  citizoos  of  Ncw-Yurk  lend 
taemselves  to  a  scheme  that  baa  no  merits  beyond 
that  of  SB  aadaoiou.<«  specoLatioa  opou  che  necessi- 
ties of  tbe  Metropolis!  For  $2,300,000 
per  mile  a  road  oan  he  bailt  that  will 
pay  for  all  damage  to  property  !  wiil  not  interfere 
with  oomcaeroe  or  residence  ;  will  carry  passengers 
at  a  miQimam  rate  of  cost,  aud  at  a  msximum  race 
of  speed,  wilh  comfort,  safety,  and  oouvenienee. 
Capitalists  are  ready  to  invest  their  money  in  this 
plan  as  soon  as  tbe  obstaeles  which  speculators 
tiave  placed  ia  the  wav  shall  be  removed  by  the  fiat 
of  the  law  and  the  voice  of  publio  epinien. 

A  CITIZEN. 

ANOTHBR  0S.1LD  ROBBMD. 

The  Philadelphia  Pre$B  of  tbe  3d  inst  asya  : 
"  About  10  o'clock  on  Thursday  morning,  Kate  But- 
ler, aged  nearly  4  years,  residing  at  No.  435  Pine 
street  Camden,  was  missed  from  her  home,  and  a 
vigorous  search  ftiled  to  reveal  her  whereaboirta 
until  late  lu  the  afternoon.  In  the  morning 
the  child  vras  sent  to  a  store  in  the  neighborhood 
to  purchase  some  oandv,  and,  after  doing  so,  was 
seised  by  two  large  girls,  who  saw  her  go  in  the 
store,  and  took  tha  sweetmeats  from  her.  She  was 
then  dragged  along  tbe  street  and  a  long  distance 
on  Fifth  strest,  into  North  Camden.  Here  the  girls 
were  observed  by  a  lady,  who  was  passing,  to  beat 
and  shake  the  child  in  a  cruel  manner.  The  young- 
ster was  weeping  bitterly,  and  the  lady  remoa- 
atrated  with  the  girls,  wbo,  seeing  that  they  were 
to  be  interfered  With,  let  the  child  go  and  ran  away. 
After  considecable  trouble,  the  rescuer  of  tbe  little 
Uus  Batler  learned  from  the  frightened  child 
where  her  parents  resided,  and  then  she  took  the 
child  home.  Tne  girls  bad  kettles  with  tbem  filled 
with  sonp,  which  indioated  tbey  had  been  to  tbe 
souo-honse.  They  took  tbe  ribbons  from  the 
child's  hair,  and,  it  is  saoposed,  intended  to 
take  her  to  their  dwelling,  where  sne  wbuid  liave 
been  robbed  of  her  clothing,  and  then  turned  loose, 
or  else  used  for  begging  purposes.  A  desoription 
of  the  girls  oonld  not  be  obtained,  but  one  is  de- 
scribed as  tall,  and  tbe  other  medimn  height  and 
thsy  were  very  shabbily  dressed." 

A  DBFAXTLTBR  SSST  TO  PRISON. 
The  Milwaukee  (Wis.)  SenHnd  of  the  tst  inst. 
says:  "  Qeerco  M.  Wheeler,  ths  dufkultlng'  banker 
of  La  Crossa,  waa  sentenced  yesterdi^  to  five  years 
in  the  Penitentiary.  Less  than  two  years  ago  this 
num  stood  high  in  biuinesa  oiroles^.and  was  a  social 
leader:  hia  capital  was  fictitious,  however,  from  the 
beginning,  and  when  the  exposure  of  his  hollowness 
aaaibastuemman  approaebed,  be  became  a  thief. 
Noaaof  tbaayiai>atby  oae  feals  fa«  an-  honest  laao 
who  tails,  or  lor  a  wsU-Buaning  but  weak  msa  wbo 
•aeeamba  M  a- momerftary  wtvng  ttapulse,-  <s«tf  be 
«xiendaa«»<blai.  He  war  wtUfulIr  badv  a  aaasafr  by 
oboloerand  tberrwillbe  foand- aa  one  to  ua  bto- 
jROtaoM  la  too  ■^ratk" 


TBE  CITY  SAYIN6S  Bjyp. 

FDETHEB  EBPORffS. 
SnXNBIX)  B^ffWlSOt  OF  THE  OLD  BOWmtT 
BANK— K^^T  $15,000,000  IN  DNITBD 
STATES  ISONDS— EXHIBIT  OF  THE  SMALL- 
ER BANKS— ONLY  6XTEN  MOBR  SASXS 
TO  HEAR    FROM. 

From  Our  OiM  CvrmpOMtM, 

XiAJOFt,  teaday.  Fab.  i  \m. 
Tbe  fp^owlog  vf^  apine  «i44^tiQni|l  reports  of 
the  City  savings  banks.  Upoa  the  receipt  i^d  cor- 
rection of  the  remaining  seVsa  tbey  will  be  traas- 
aiitted,  together  with  a  talj^e  of  aggregates,  which 
oaanot  fail  to  be  of  interest  to  the  depositors  la 
these  institutions. 

BOWERY  SAVINGS  BAJf?. 
Samuel  T.  Brown,  President:  Oiles  H.  Coggeshall, 
eecretary.     Bos-  128  and  180  Bowery.    Inebrporatea 
1834. 

iiesourflM. 

Bonds  and  mortgages ^,U12,8$8  00 

Kioek  investments,  via.: 

United  States $14,886,953  49 

Hew-York  State 095,lii8  37 

^«w-Jersey. 26.6'Jli  OQ 

Ohio 27^,108  00 

CoDneoticni 102.49U  00 

Rhode  Island 71,000  OU 

Maine 807,880  00 

»ew-HampBhtre 170,133  60 

Kansas 13.620  (lO 

Ulssouri 602,180  60  y 

Minblgau. 9,fi90  00 

Indiana 212,5(»0  00 

Massachusetts 616,000  00 

Cities  in  tnls  State...  6,207,680  60 
OuUDtles  tn  this  8t<iie.  23(3.4U0  OU 
Towns  in  tblsbtate.. 82,00(M>0-?4,8W,168  86 

Amount  loaned  on  stocks  as  authorised 

bylaws  of  1876 1,236.400  00 

Bsoking-boa-e  and  lot,  at  cost.....'....  800,939  84 

Other  real  estate,  at  cost 81,620  83 

Cash  on  dano»lt  In  banks  or  trust  com- 
panies    666,915  49 

Cash  on  hand 861,078  83 

Excess  of  marlcet  value  ofstoolc  Invest- 
ments over  cost.. « 828,668  13 

Interest  due  and  accrued... 126,201  99 

Total  resources $33,892,030  97 

UdbilUie*. 

Due  depositors $29,268,461  74 

Bxoessof  asaetsover  UaUlUtlea 4,624.179  23 

Total  Uabtlitles $33,892,630  97 

iSuppIcmmtery.— Number  of  open  accounts  Jan.  1, 
1877,  69,46u ;  amount  deposited  during  1876,  loclnd- 
iog  interest  eredited,  $9,019,229  63  ;  amoimt  with- 
drawn durins  1876,.$7,042,7u7  52  ;  expenses  for  1876. 
incln<iine  salaries,  $9:{,05&  21;  largest  amount  due 
any  one  depositor,  exoluilve  of  interest,  $6,000  00 ; 
average  amountof  eachacconnt  Jan.  1, 1877,  $492  23: 
Kates  Ot  interest  paid  depositors  during  1876,  6 
aud  6  per  cent. 

This  bank  roported  Jan.  1.  1876  :  Dae  depositors 
$28,192,129  73;  surplus,  $4,834,818  28;  number  of 
open  accounts,  66,6^7. 

SIXPENNY  SAVINGS  BANK. 

Willism  Ulles,  President;  Alexander  0.  Collins,  See- 
re  taiy,  Ma  744  Broadway.     Incorporated,  1863. 
RMOurce*. 

Bonds  and  mortgages $896,003  62 

Stock  iuvestmeuts,  viz. : 

Ciilted  States $256,637  60 

Tennessee 2,660  00 

Texas 140  Ol) 

Arkansas 1,700  00 

North  Carolina 21,840  00 

Cities  In  this  Siate 634,176  00 

CouutlssinthlsMtate 100  00 

Villages  in  this  State....  6,025  00—  822,267  60 
Amount  loaned  on  stocKs  as  authotized 

bvlawof  1876 88.660  00 

Real  estate,  other  than  bunxing-bouse, 

atcost 80,171  98 

Cash  on  deposit  In  two  Its  or  trust  com- 

^pauies 84,868  12 

Cash  on  hind 39.763  aO 

Amount  loaned  ou  oollaterais 42,01t>  24 

Kxcesa  of  market  value  of  stockinvest- 
meuts  over  cost 65,562  40 

Bauking-house  lease l'J,467  11 

Interest  due  and  accrued 63,u26  46 

Furniture  unU  fixtures ..., 6.000.00 

Other  assets 86a  80 

Total  resources $2,139,040  5'3 

UabHUUt, 

Due  depositors $2,011,803  S4 

Estimated  interest  tor  six  months,  end- 
ing Jan.  1, 1877 86,626  68 

Bxoess  of  assets  over  llabtiities ; 91,620  21 

Total  liabUities $2,139,049  63 

Supp{«meH(ary.— Number  of  open  accounts  Jan.  1, 
1877,  3:^,630:  amount  depositeu  during  1876,  incla- 
dlug  interest  credited,  $^.d46.920  18;  amount  with- 
drawu  during  1876.  $-^.945,674  70 ;  expenses  tor  1876, 
including  salaries,  $37,038  25;  largest  amount  due  auy 
one  depositor,  exclusive  of  interest,  $29,830 ;  average 
amount  ot  each  account,  fan.  1,  1877,  $61  84;  rate 
of  Interest  paid  depositors  dariuK   1876,  6  per  cent. 

This  uank  reported  Jan.  1.  1870:  Dae  denosttozs, 
$2,311,45{i  16:  sarplua,  $68,648  80;  number  of  open 
accounts,  33.004. 

TEUTONIA  SAVINGS  BANK. 

Jaceb  Scheaermann,  President;   Hlobael  Hahn,  See* 
re  tar; ;  ^•.  26  Avenue  A;  Incorporated  ISOd. 
JRcsouroc*. 

Bondsand  mortgages $691,300  00 

SlocIc  iiivestmeuts,  viz.: 

United  States $74,626  00 

Cltie>uithis  State 271,764  u7 

Towns  in  this  r>tate 362,409  6 IJ        708,688  69 

Bsuame-house  and  lot  at  cost. 60,441  20 

Otb<ir  real  estate,  atcost 23,681  71 

Cash   on   deposit   lu   banks   or   trust 
compauies 209.100  01 

Cash  on  hand 33,836  69 

Loaned  OQ  collaterals 400  00 

KxcesB  ot  market  value  of  stoek  invest- 
ments over  cost 13.806  06 

Interest  due  and  accrued 55,670  24 

Vuroiture  and  nxtarea..... .......... 6,40693 

Total  resources. $1,796,128  43 

UabUMtt. 

Due  depositors (1,302,928  09 

Iioansand  accrued  Interest  thereon....  -       417,703  85 
bxoess  Of  assets  over  UaMUnea 74  496  30 

Total  liabilities $1,795,128  43 

AKy)>i«men<ari/-.-Number  of  oi>en  aceoAnts  Juk  1, 
1877.4,170  ;  amount  deposited  auring  1876.  IncJudiog 
interest  credited,  $1,118,743  33;  amount  withdrawn 
duriD2  1S76,  $1. '7 18. 138  49;  expenses  fiir  1876,  in- 
clndlne  salaries,  $X6.749  87  :  largest  amount  due  any 
one  Cepositur,  exi^Iusire  of  Interest,  $9,912  37;  aver- 
age amount  Ot  eaeh  oceouot  Jan.  1,  1877,  $312  ttS; 
rate  uf  liitexest  paid  depositors  during  1876,  6  per 
cent 

This  bank  reportea  Jaa.  1,  187Si  Due  deposttora, 
$1,902,323  25 ;  sarplos,  $45,696  46 ;  number  of  ooan 
accounts,  6,203. 

NORTH  RIVEB  SAVINGS  BANK. 
Henry  D>  Banney,    First  Tice    President;   W.  B. 
StaSord.  beoretary ;    No.  478   Eighth  avaaue  i  incor- 
porated  1866. 

Rcsoiirees. 

Bonds  aad  mortgages $317,360  00 

block   Investments,   beiog    bonds    ef 
cities  and   towns  in  tnts  State 360,859  21* 

Amount  loaned  on  stocks,   as  aaibor- 
ised  by  laws  of  1876 8,400  00 

Real  estate,  other  than  baa&ing-bouse, 
at  cost 4,164  72 

Cash     OU    deposit   In  banks   or  troat 
compuales 27,796  17 

Cash  on  baud 12,u7:i  16 

Kxcess  of  market  value  ot  stock  in- 
vestments aver  cost 29,600  79 

laterest  due  and  accrued 13,.'<76  6i< 

Total  resources, $668.409  74 

X^afttMifs. 

Due  depoeliers $690,567  20 

/fceraedrent 366  67 

Bxoess  of  as B*ts  over  UaWhtiea 67.476  87 

Total  noblllttes - $6o8,409~74 

tjupplnneatarv.— Number  of  open  accounts  Jun.  1, 
I&7V.  3,81u  ;  amount  oepoBlted  daring  1870,  tnoludtng 
interest  creiiitecl,  •710, eeO  08 ;  amsunt  wlthdrawu 
during  1876,  9896, 879  77 ;  expenses  for  1876,  in- 
cluding sal><rie8,  $9,8U3  29  ;  Iwgest  amount  dne  any 
one  depositor,  1^5. 7o2  26:  average  amomit  of  each  ac- 
coautJon.  1,  1877,  ailoi>  :  rate  at  laterest  paid  de- 
positors (luring  1878,  6  per  oent. 

This  bank  reported  Jan.  1,1876:  Dim  depositors, 
$776,4S6  29:  surplus,  $65,2;i0  63;  number  of  open 
accounts,  4, 407.  _____ 

OKEENTAL  SAVINGS  BANK. 

Manning  Merrill,  President;  B.  B.  Kennedy,  Secre- 
tory ;  Ho.  430  Grand  street;   incorporated  1869. 
.fienmroat. 

Bonds  and  mortgages $104,85$  00 

Stock  Investmeuts,  belna beads  of  tiie 
Doited  states   and  ot  sities'  in  ttila 

State -  .-; 83,870  43 

Rest  estate  other  than  banklng-houae, 

atcost 84,709  73 

Cash  on  deposit  in  banks  or  trust  cod- 

Dauies 7.128  10 

Cashou  hand 17,600  64 

Excess  of   market   value  of  stOCK  in- 
vestments over  cost 2,601  07 

Interest  due  aod  accrued 4,481  76 

Fumltore  and  fixtures , 6,178  29 

Rent  Que  and  cupald. ............ ...... 407  7o 

Total resonxoes... « $36£,734  «6 

LidbOiOet. 

Due  depositors $264,598  95 

Kent  and  taxes  due  and  unpaid 1.845  76 

Excess  of  assets  over  llabiritlea. 6.280  95 

Total  UabiUtles $261,734  66 

/>t<i>D(«nicn(ary.— I'omber  of  open  accounts.  Jan.  1, 
1877,  7,830;  amount  deposited  daring  l'87tlr  iKOlud- 
lua  interest  credited,  $172,804  65 ;  amotmt  with- 
dr»wn  during  1876.  $203,977  73:  expenses  Ibr  1876, 
inoludiDg  siOarles.  $6,981  40;  tarcest-  omdnnt  crae 
auy  one  depositor,  exoluslve  of  luterestjK$7,b76  96  ; 
avsrageamouutoreaoh  account  Jan.  1,  l(PJ*TJ0Si  02: 
rate  of  interest  paid  deaosltors  daziac  1^8r«r4.  lod 
6  per  cent. 

This  oaalr  reported  Jan.  I,  1876:  Due  depositors. 
f876,734  85  ;  surplus,  84,481  49 ;  nnmberi  ot  open 
oocoimtB,  7,963.  

ELEVENTH  WAEI>  SAVINGS  BANK. 
Charles  B.  toew.  President;  John  H.  Tnsmennan, 
Secretary.   Xio«  lv6  and  108  Avenue  U.    Inoorporatea 
1860.  _ 

Bondsand  mortgage* $1^879  00 

itlock  iovestmentst  Vis.,  tewnS'lnthla 

biate 10.020  00 

Ca^    on    deposit  tn  tianb'  or   tarinrti 

eempanles <........ .^ 6,763'  74 

Cash  onband ZX^H»  9» 

Loaned  on  collaterals......... 474  67 

}jxc«:ss  of  moi'ket  vaioe  ot  stock  in- 

Tesrmeutaover  cost 1,080  00 

Interest  due  aod  aeorued^.. ..^  6,200  00 

Accrued  rent.. 76  oO 

Total  resources (201,127  74 

nobfttticK 

Dne  depositors „.. ,      $360,0$6  20 

Bxoesa  of  aasets  over  UalliUlles 1,043  64 

ToMfl  ISaiMttMlBe. w... .t      llfl«l,127  74 

Bmv$xm:tmmi »— Itwwbww  ef  •■«»  aesdawts-  Smk.  l,. 
Ia77. 2,608;  attewrt  deposited  doAoftlSTO,  inelnaiac^ 
to«ere««  egJMwtJ«U^«W »<^J»2»79«?** 

<iiums..xfin;  twNtssv'oV;  eflNUMS  ftr  ttifk  Hb*. 


Mil 


SKW 


ailea,  $8,540  68i  largest  aaioaat  due  any 

Itsr,  exoluaive  of  Interest,  $6,940  81 :  aver^ 

„Bt  or  eaob  aeconnt  Jan.  1,  1876,  $101  35: 

ittteiest  paid  deposlt&rs  during  1870.  0  per 

"TSta  bank  reported  Jan.  1,  1878 :  Bne  depostters, 
iSS6.488  36!  surplus.  $20,657  68;  number  ef  op«a 
accounts,  2,971. 

CLAIBMONT  SAVINGS  BANK. 
«S^^a^S^^^'la^5^t&^fi^ 


BsfonreM. 

Bonds  and  mortgages 

Stoek  iovsetmeirtti  being  ketda  ef  tbe 

OnitM  States. x—r—. 

Aaenat  loaaea  09  steeka.  as  aathaztaed 

^\ 
Cask 


l)yl||,wspf  18«...,. 
isb  ea  aepesis  la  boal 


Milks  or  trast  eoai- 


•50,080  op 
9,938  00 

saepoo 

^:%if? 

Losaed  ea  poes-fasoks  of  tbisbaak 12,045  00 

Interest  doe  apd  tfitifw^ 1.961  99 

Tet^  resources $117,647  19 

rioMUMsa 

Dne  dMositOTS ^16.899  88 

Excess  of  assets  ov«t  UeWUtief 2.48»  31 

Total  ItabiUties.. ...... 

Btapkmentart.  ,  ^.^  - 

1877, 1,081 :  amount  deposited  auriBg  1870,  including 
tuterest  credited,  $1,886,363  69 ;  amount  withdrawn 
during  1876,  $1,874,811  7S:  expenses  for  1876,  in. 
elnding  salaries.  $8,742  88  :  largest  amount  due  any 
one  df nositor,  exclusive  or  interet^  $8,000 ;  average 
amotui  ef  each  account,  Jan.  1,  1877,  $109  36  ;  rate 
of  Interest  paid  dsoosltors  dunnc  1876.  pot  stated. 

Tbis  bank  reported,  Jan.  1.  lS7H:    Due  depositors, 
$1,782  66;  number   ot   open 


$117,047  19 
-Number  of  epen  accounts   Jan.  1, 


$103,171  12;    sarolus. 
accounts,  1,000. 


A  PIONEER  EDIXOB. 


qnXBB   OHABAOTXBISnCS   OT   ONK   OV  THE 

KOTKD    MBS     OI*     CAUFOBHIA'S     BABI.Y 
DAY. 

From  the  Viroinia,  (Nevada,)  MnUrpptte.  Jan.  97. 
We  notice  by  the  Bene  papere  that  John  K. 
Love]Q.T  died  at  hia  home,  aear  Verdi,  in  Waahoe 
County,  on  Thursday  last  Many  an  old  Catlfomian 
will  stop  to  think  tor  a  moment  as  they  read  the  no- 
tlee.  J.  K  Lorejey  waa  a  oharacter  ia  bis  inj.  Me 
was  a  printer  by  trade.  He  came  to  California  in 
18*9  or  1850,  and  after  a  few  years'  trial  at  mining 
he  cemmenoed  the  pablieation  ot  a  jouraal.  The 
MoiaUain  Meuenger.  we  believe,  In  Downieville, 
Sierra  County.  It  was  a  wonderfully  spiey  sheet, 
without  a  blemish,  save  tbat  it  was  sometimes  a 
little  too  coarse  for  ears  seosatively  polite.  It  rep- 
resented the  tameless  energy,  the  roliekiag  humor, 
theextravogant  acts  and  moaners  of  the  Cailforni- 
ens  who  peopled  the  mountains  of  California  before 
the  placers  began  to  fail,  and  before  ladies  were  over 
plenty,  better  probably  than  any  other  sheet  tbat 
was,  ever  published  oa  the  ooast  From  Sierra 
Luvejoy  waadered  to  Plumas,  aad  for  some  time, 
vie  believe,  pablished  a  paper  in  Qutney.  "Etom 
Pltunas  be  eame  to  Washoe  County  ia  1859,  He 
was  a  member  ef  the  Territorial  Legislature  at 
Carson,  and  also  a  member  of  tbe  Constitutional 
Convention.  When  Qen.  Allen  died  in  Washoe 
Ciiy,  Lovejoy  sucoeeded  bim  in  the  ooadnot  of  tbe 
Washoe  limxee.  He  changed  tbe  name  to  The  Old 
Piute,  and  soon  moved  it  10  this  city.  It  was  run 
on  tbe  plan  of  the  Downieville  paper,  except  that 
It  was  coarser.  This  latter  characteristic,  Joined 
with  all  wont  of  business  ability  on  the  part  of  the 
managers,  caused  the  paper's  suspension  after  a 
tew  months.  Lovejoy  then  returned  to  Galena,  in 
Washoe  County,  where  he  bad  large  timl>er 
Interests.  Gov.  Nye  made  him  Assistant  Indian 
Agent  and  we  believe  tbe  Central  Pacific  Company 
gave  him  some  sinecure,  so  tbat  wheu  tne  road 
reached  Verdi  be  removed  to  a  little  farm  near 
there,  wbere  he  remained  until  his  ds&tb.  There 
was  never  just  such  another  man  in  all  the  world 
OS  J.  E.  Lovejov.  He  was  a  near  relative  of  that 
L  ivejoy  who  was  |in  Congress,  and  of  that  other 
Lovtjoy  wbo  was  killed  by  a  pro-slavery  mob,  and 
had  iinnch  of  tbe  native  genius  which  was  charac- 
teristic of  the  family.  He  was  a  man  ef  aoiok  and 
generous  impulses,  reckless  and  improvident  be- 
yond all  calculation,  with  a  love  of  fun  and  hilarity 
so  meaatirlesa  that  after  tie  was  almost  three-score 
years  old,  he  woald  walk  10  miles  and  manoauvretor 
tbrse  days  to  perpetrate  a  practtsal  Joke  upon 
a  fnend.  He  was  forever  full  of  contradic- 
tions. His  practical  and  visionary  ideas  ran  to- 
eether  so  that  no  one  knew,  when  he  opened  his 
moulD,  whether  he  was  going  to  talk  sense  or  the 
veriest  nonsense.  He  could  pass  from  grave  to  gay 
and  back  again  in  a  momoit.  We  have  seen  him 
one  day  crying  over  the  oier  of  a  dead  friend,  and 
the  next  day,  robeu  in  a  boopscirt  outside  of  his 
coat,  going  from  one  saloon  to  anotber,  with  all 
the  children  in  town  laughing  and  all  the  dogs 
barking.  VvheB  condtioting  the  paper  in  Downie- 
ville, being  in  need  ef  funds,  be  started 
out  through  the  mountains  and  down  to 
Marvsville  to  get  subscribers.  He  was 
gone     two     weeks.         Whmi     b«     returned     he 

fassed  bis  subscription-book  over  to  his  partner, 
t  showed  a  list  of  subscribers  with  sums  set  op- 
posite amounting  to  some  (3,500.  Ail  the  sabsorip- 
tlous  were  marked  "|»id."  The  partner  was  re- 
joiced, and  told  Lovejoy  how  timely  the  money 
would  be.  "  What  money  f"  asked  Lovejoy.  "Why, 
this  naoney  that  is  subscribed  here,"  was  tbe  nqply. 
"That  money."  said  I^ovejey;  "why  I  used  all 
that  up  in  expenses,  and  had  to  borrow  money  te 
cc^e  heme."  Years  after  we  asked  Lovejoy  if  the 
story  was  true.  "Well,  it  was,"  he  answered.  We 
then  asked  what  the  result  was.  "  I  believe,'*  was 
the  reply,  "that  tbe  institution  burst  up  soon 
alter,"  iPlve  or  six  years  ago  he  bet  a  new  coffla 
with  a  neighbor  that  he  would  Hve  over  a,  year.  He 
saad  to  as  afterward :  "  It  was  a  good  Dt|C.  I  ahall 
wont  ths  wooden  overcoat  before  long,  and  it  will 
be  bandy  to  have  it  around."  Ue  came  to  tbis  coast 
an  abolitionist  "When  the  rebellion  oame  and  the 
majority  clamored  for  universal  emancipation,  he, 
true  to  bia  own  coutradictory  nature,  turned  Demo- 
crat. Had  he  possessed  a  little  more  culture,  and 
not  q^ulte  so  much  devil-may-care  be  woulu  have 
been  a  great  writer.  Had  there  been  juat 
a  traee  less  brain  and  a  Kttle  more  of  the  rowdy  in 
bis  eohiposition  he  would  have  perished  In  eome 
frolie  years  ago.  Ue  must  have  been  -within  two  or 
three  years  of  aevenly  when  he  died,  and,  from 
what  we  know  of  him.  If  he  waa  eonsciutu  aa  the 
end  drew  year,  we  expeot  he  was  congratulating 
bimsalf  upon  baving  "stood  off"  the  !King  of  Ter- 
rors so  nueh  longer  thaa  any  of  his  trieads  tboneht 
he  could.  He  was  a  native,  we  believe,  of  lilinois, 
but  spent  the  most  of  bis  lite,  prior  to  bis  removal 
to  this  coast  in  Indiana,  \ 

A  PLCCKY  LITTLE  BOY. 


HOW  HE  FELL  INIO  A  WELL,  AND,  AFTER 
BBTBRAX.  EFFORTS  TO  ESCAPE,  WAS 
RESCUED  THBBE7BOM. 

The  Des  Moines  (lowa)  State  Btgitter  of  Jan. 
31  soys  :  "The  family  of  Mr.  John  Beekwith,  the 
Assistant  Postmaster  of  this  city,  had  a  real  sensa- 
tion the  day  before  yesterday.  The  pump  in  the 
well  of  the  house  nod  been  token  out  to  be  repaired. 
Little  Willie,  aged  8  years,  wbile  out  doors  alone, 
concluded  to  draw  some  water,  and  with  the  rope 
and  bucket  temporarily  used  proceeded  to  do  so. 
Ice  had  formed  around  tbe  well,  and  as  he  was 
drawing  up  tbe  water,  his  teet  slipped  out  from  un- 
der him,  and  he  was  precipitated  head  first  down 
the  well,  28  feet  deep.  There  was  nearly  five  feet 
of  water.  The  Uitle  fellow  went  clear  tu  the  'oet- 
tom,  bis  head  striking  tbe  earth,  aqd  bis  mouth 
filling  with  mud.  8matl  and  young  as  he  was,  be 
had  rare  presence  of  mind,  aad  at  once  eomaienoed 
to  get  out  of  the  water,  which  be  did  by  getting 
hold  of  the  rope  aud  puiilne  himself  un.  Finding 
he  could  poll  up,  hand  over  hand,  be  kept  on 
olimDing.  helping  hia  baaids  with  his  feet  whea 
he  could  touch  the  waiL  He  finally  got 
etose  to  tbe  top,  but  the  ice  had  formed 
SO  aroaad  thO'  orifloe  tbat  he  could 
not  get  oat  Finally,  when  the  brave  little  fellow's 
strength  was  exhausted,  be  had  to  fall  back  into 
the  welt  But  ogatn  he  had  the  presence  ot  mind 
to  keep  hold  of  the  rope,  thus  breaidng  his  fall,  al- 
tbongb.  He  aald,  it  felt  like  tt  waa  going  to  barn  bia 
hands  off.  After  waiting  awhile,  he  again  climbed 
close  to  the  top,  and  again  had  to  let  eo  and  eo 
down  again.  Still  not  daunted,  the  little  hero, 
after  resungat  tbe  bottom,  again  started  up,  all  the 
time  eallisg  for  help  as  loudly  ae  his  fail- 
ing strength  would  permit.  JCt  was  when 
he  was  Intlf  way  ap  the  third  time  that  his 
mother,  going  out  to  see  where  he  woe,  be- 
fore starting  to  town,  heard  hia  ,voiae.  She 
thought  it  soanded  as  if  be  was  back  of 
the  barn,  but  not  finding  him  there  grew  fairly 
frantic  in  trying  to  follow  up  bia  voice— finally  flud^ 
lag  bimw  the  wrtk-  With  oqual  presence  of  mind 
with  ber  imperiled  little  boy,  Mrs.  Beekwith  reaa- ' 
sured  bim,  and  telling  him  to  hold  fast  to  tb^  rope, 
drew  biB  np.  As  soon  as  he  was  out,  but  not  tilt 
then,  tbe  beroie  little  bey,  wbo  had  mode  so  eallaut 
a  fight  for  his  life,  gave  np,  and  his  strength  was 
eonipietely  gone.  He  was  earned  to  tbe  house, 
when  it  was  found  he  was  pretty  badly  bruised. 
But  bruises  were  nothing  since  his  lite  had  been 
saved."  _     

THE  CATHEDRAL  AT  BREIMB. 
The  Minieter  of  Publio  Works  has  author- 
ised an  expenditure  o*  |400,000  upon  the  restaration 
of  Rbeims  Cathedral,  which  is  classed  among  the 
btitorioal  moavaents  of  I'ntnee.  The  present 
buildingwas  began  in  the  year  121%  upon  the  site 
of  the  old  eatbedral,  bnlt  in  tbe  ninth  oentrury, 
whiehhadbewi  destroyed  by  fire  the  year  befere, 
the  arckiteet  being  Kobert  de  Coucy.  Tbe  roof  of 
tbe  new  cathedral  was  burned  in  1421,  and  though 
i»  wae  replaced  by  another  roof  shortly  afterward, 
the  baikliBg  has  since  been  mutilated  ia 
several  parts,  and  it  will  be  no  easy  mat- 
ter CO  restore  It  to  it«  primitive  aplendor. 
Sheuna  Cathedral  ia  457  feet-loag  by  100  feet  broad, 
the  traasepta  having  a  total  width  of  165  feet  Tbe 
height  of  the  root  fs  110  feet.  The  stained  i^ase 
wla«towa,  dsth^  £rem  the  tbirtseatb  eealiiry.  are 
still  in  a  perfect  state  of  pt eservstloa.  The  wia- 
dowa  In  tbe  caolr  each  eontaia  ponraita  of  two , 
-  French  Kings  and  two  Arohbisbeps  ef  Bhetois, 
while  the  ruse  window  in  tbe  southern  tranacpt- 
represeate  the  18  Apostles.  The  reatontioa  of  ti» 
<  ireoffwevlE  aad  earwing  ef  the  latevlei  will  eoat  a 
,  l«rg)»  suuEi  tbe  orgaa  plaeed  la  tbe  cathedral  la 
UMi  »  stal  la  an  exceueat  atafe  of  preserratloa. 
ftheftM  eadMdral  peeseeeee,  MSt  «»  Parian  tbe. 
rialBse»  eelleetio»  aC  geld  aad  aUvea  mtawmmXtid 


RITOE  DES  DEUXMei^DEa 

m 

BBMUflSCENCES  OF  J.  LAZE  PASIA 

PUBL18REB. 

A  TBBT  DISAGREE  ABLE  MAX  —  HOW  Bl 
TBXATBD  THOSE  WHO  WROTE  FOfc  fiOfl 
UVXBW  — WHY  His  FUXERAZ.  WAS  AT- 
'TPVDEI>— WHITB  SLATES  CRSATBS  KX* 
PRSSSLT  TO  TOIL  FOR  HIS  PROFIT. 
Edmond  About  wntes  trom  Paris  to  tbe  Aih» 
iMVum  aa  follows:  "The  founder,  the  maaafer, 
the  executioner  of  tbe  Remit  dee  Dna  JfondlMUg 
Jast  died  la  bis  74tb  fyear.  He  closed  bu  oae  eye 
and  resigned,  in  default  of  esprit;  the  Tlgorona. 
breath  that  used  to  animate  bim.  It  is  possible  to 
be  deetttute  of  etjmt,  and  yet  be  no  common  ««« 
Alexandre  Damoo,  the  moat  tpiritua  aad  tbe  most 
truly  gay  man  of  our  day,  a^mnoed  himself  for  some 
time  by  dating  all  his  letters  in  a  style  very  insult- 
ing to  Bales.  Be  used  to  write  'Jfarteills,  d260  linu$ 
dseetimbieilede  Bviot:'  'Stratbourg,  d  12S  Uetttede 
eet  imbieile  de  Bidoz;'  and  France  used  to  laugb, 
beartily,  for  sbe  never  liked  Bales.  But  Bulos, 
though  without  esprit  was  no  tool ;  tbe  saooass  of 
his  Bfvue,  and  tbe  millions  he  leaves  behind  him, 
have  amply  shown  tbat.  This  Fran $ois  Bn los  had 
a  character— 4  bad  obaraoter  if  you  will,  but  a 
character.  Like  M.  de  Camors,  whose  story, 
written  by  Octave  Fealllet,  be  pablished,  Baloi 
had  more  faults  than  merits,  fewer  virtues  than 
viees  ;  bat,  good  or  bad.  he  was  a  man. 

Almost  all  the  authors  wbo  bad  to  do  with  blai 
fonod  bim  rapaoioiu,  rude,  and  worse ;  bat  who 
knows  w&etber,  if  he  had  been  a  gentleman  and  a 
scholar,  his  £«rus  would  oouat  to-day  20,000  aab- 
aoribers  t  He  has  not  left  a  friend  that  I  know  of; 
and  moat  of  those  who  attended  his  funeral  on 
the  15th  of  January  did  so  in  order  to  matte  sure 
that  the  grave  was  securely  closed.  But  he  leaves 
a  work,  a  solid  monument,  whloh,  good  or  bad, 
will  long  survive  him.  Let  ue  not  forget  that  la 
made  efforts  worthy  of  all  admiration  between  I8SI 
and  1838  to  impose  on  France  and  Europe  this 
miseellany,  generally  undigested,  and  aometimea 
unreadable.  JSe  ran  into  debt,  be  got  himself  put 
into  Clioby  prison,  rather  than  abandon  his  Reiue. 
It  was.  no  doubt.  In  those  times  of  difiieulty  that 
he  acquired  the  habit  of  fleecing  and  naymg 
writers,  and  it  was  the  ingenuity  and  ferocity  bom 
ot  poverty  that  snseested  to  bim  the  iuea  of  refus- 
ing to  all  debutants  tbe  price  of  their  work.  As 
time  went  on,  when  he  was  rich — very  rich— .he  yet 
preserved  this  habit  as  a  sort  of  droit  du  teigneur, 
and  I  lately  told  you  of  the  iniquitous  way  lu  which 
he  treated  an  authoress  of  great  merit,  Madams 
Henri  Glr^vllie.  Not  oaly  did  be  make  it  a  princi- 
ple to  buy  without  money  the  first  work  of  a 
writer,  but  he  took  a  fierce  pleasure  in  mutilating 
it,  in  spoiling  it  by  omissions  and  corrections  often 
foc^sb.  Kever  did  a  more  commonplace  mind  wage 
more  cmel  war  against  an  author's  oritrlualit^.  A 
contemporary  of  tbe  stififest  and  most  ponderous  ol 
the  Doctrinsires,  he  formed  upon  their  model  a  sen 
of  uniform  pattern  to  which,  whether  he  Used 
It  or  not,  every  writer  must  adaot  his  article. 
Bnng  a  new  idea,  an  original  view,  a  traehly- 
hatobed  discovery:  you  were  not  permitted 
to  mention  it  in  the  Revue,  unless  you 
started  oif  with  a  long  nonsensical  preamble, 
crammed  with  platitudes  that  often  hau  no  sort 
of  connection  with  tbe  subject.  When  you  came  to 
the  actual  matter  in  band  yon  were  forced  to  de. 
velop  it  in  long  periods,  wavy  and  vague,  to  avoid 
tbe  right  word,  to  indulge  in  reriphra^es.  and  to 
ooncluae  with  one  of  those  cloudy  perorations  in 
wblch  the  reader  gete  bewildered,  loses  himself 
and  goes  to  sleep.  Some  of  our  most  original 
writers,  after  vain  efforts,  have  jumped  out  at  tbe 
bottom  of  this  Procrustean  beo.  ,1.  J.  Weiss,  for 
example,  and  Pr6vost  Paradol  lost  mouths  in  cob- 
bling unhappy  articles  with  wliiob  Buloz  was  never 
satisfied,  and  which  he  ended  by  returniag  to  them 
with  an  ugly  grimace  and  a  bad  compliment  for 
their  sole  payment. 

The  novelists  were  a  little  freer,  not  because 
Buloz  had  a  great  respect  for  them,  (he  respected 
nobody,)  but  because  tbey  bad  a  refuge  lo  the 
feuiUeiont  of  the  newspapers.  ISow  tbe  news, 
papers  used  to  pay  as  well  as  the  £«t>t<«  paid  booly. 
I  pablished  my  first  novel — ToHa — ^in  1854,  in  this 
estimable  Revue,  and  I  am  probably  the  only  one 
of  my  contemporaries  whom  BuN^z  did  not  rob  of 
bis  first  earnings.  This  Is  how  I  escaped  the  droif 
dtti  eeigneur,  less  from  love  of  mischief  than  inno. 
cence,  or  rather  poverty.  I  was  young;  I  had  no 
private  means,  and  no  situation;  and  1  was  living 
by  my  work  from  day  to  day.  When  tbe  fitst 
fourth  of  ToUa  appeared  in  the  Revue,  I  hurried, 
with  an  excitement,  alas  I  too  Juiitiflable,  to 
the  cashier  of  M.  Buloz.  'I  have  nothing  tor 
you,'  he  said,  and  referred  me  to  his  master.  M. 
Buloz  received  me  with  that  bad  grace  wbicb  never 
failed  bim  a  single  day  in  his  long  life.  I  shouted 
my  complaints  at  bim  (vou  know  be  waa  usually 
deaf,  and  «iways  particularly  deaf  when  he  was 
asked  for  money.)  Ue  answered  in  a  shrill  tone, 
'  I  make  a  principle  of  never  paying  for  the  first 
article.'  '  AjoA  I,'  I  retorted,  '  make  a  principle  of 
never  giving  the  second  when  X  am  not  paid  for 
tbe  first.'  Ue  underatood  all  the  injury  he  would 
be  doing  himself  if  he  stopped  the  publication  of  a 
tale  which  be  thought  interesting,  and  so  he  yielded 
with  a  growl.  But  he  took  bis  revenge  iu  the  end, 
for  be  managed  to  deduct  100  francs  from  tbe  mod- 
est total  of  1,500  which  he  owed  me  for  a  volume  uf 
160  pages. 

It  is  ft;matter  of  pablio  notoriety,  and  I  can  con> 
firm  it  from  personal  experience,  that  M.  Baloz  was 
as  stingy  of  his  compliments  as  of  his  money.  Oa 
the  other  band,  if  he  chanced  to  bear  somt 
disagreeable  remark  on  your  work  or  your 
appearance,  he  took  a  real  pleasure  m  repeating 
it  to  you  as  soon  as  iKJSsible.  Endowed  with 
these  EracioDS  ways,  be  maintained  that  peoule 
remained  faitbftil  to  bim,  and  that  tbey  did 
not  write  a  line  in  any  other  penodicoL  Tbis 
Swiss  was  a  close  rslatiou  of  a  certain  publisher 
of  the  eighteenth  century,  w^bo  usea  to  say,  '  Si 
je  tenaie  Id-haut  done  trait  petite*  chambree,  MM. 
VoUaire,  Diderot  et  Rousseau,  cat  moi  qui  let 
forceraia  Men  de  produire  des  chefs-d'oeuvre  I' 
He  had  in  this  fashion  in  his  pay  aua  at  bia 
mercy  some  unlucky  men  of  talent,  like  GuSiUve 
Planohe,  who  died  in  the  midst  of  poverty  and 
fiUh,  after  having  served  and  done  credit  to  tbe 
Bom*.  Those  wbo  revolted  aeainst  an  intolerable 
r6i:ime.  and  carried  their  prose  to  tbe  newspapers, 
were  crnelly  punished  by  ao  anoDymoos  assailant. 
Poor  G-eorge  iSand  spent  30  years  of  her  life  iu  hear- 
ing ber  praises  sune  by  M.  Bulcz's  men  when  she 
gave  bim  her  novels,  and  seeing  dragged  on  tbt 
hurdle  those  which  she  hod  not  given  to  him.  Wee 
to  the  rash  young  men  who,  like  Hector  Malot  or 
Alpbonse  Daudei,  refused  to  write  in  the  Revuie 
oaM.  Baloz's  terms!  Ue  put  them  in  tbe  plUory. 
In  tbe  eyes  of  this  editor  ttie  only  Freocb  writers 

were  those  wbo  toiled  to  make  hie  fortune,  and 
be  esteemed  tbem  tbe  more  tbe  less  he  had  to 
pay  tbem.  Ifotbing  was  so  terrible  to  him  as 
parting  with  bis  money.  He  used  to  promise  tbe 
Academy  to  everybody ;  and  tbe  truth  is  that  he 
did  introduce  into  it  a  round  dozen  of  medioc^ties, 
such  as  M.  De  Carii^.  M.  Caro,  and  M^  Saint  &on4 
Taillandier.  It  is  said  that  one  day  in  tbe  south  of 
France,  afier  baving  been  sumptuous]  p  entertained 
by  one  of  his  autbors,  M.  De  Pont  Martia,  Buloa 
said  to  him,  in  taking  leave,  'When  you  have  such 
a  fine  park,  you  ought  not  to  a&ic  me  to  pay 
for  your  copy.'  1  have  said  advisedly,  '  one 
of  bis  authors.'  He  looked  upon  tbe  con- 
tributors to  tbe  Remue  aa  wliite  slaves, 
created  expressly  to  toil  for  hit  profit.  Every 
hour  of  the  day  belonged  to  him.  Mom- 
iag, noon,  and  night,  he  kept  sending  one  of  his 
SOBS  or  bis  sub-editor  to  their  houses,  to  find  out 
what  thev  were  about — ^if  they  had  been  working — 
what  they  could  possibly  mean  by  wasting  tbeir 
time  laatead  of  writing  for  the  BrnxMi.  Strange 
nersecutioB.  in  which  the  hangmen  were  not  more 
happy  than  their  victims.  Tbe  eldest  son,  Lonia 
Bolos,  a  lovable  aud  excellent  young  teliow,  died 
of  drudgery.  Some  day  tbe  long  martyrologr  of 
the  Bub-ediiors  will  be  written,  from  V.  de  Mara 
down  to  the  youthful  volontaire  d'un  an,  who  used 
to  say,  "Military  life  seemed  to  be  a  mild  affiui 
after  the  aervioe  of  M.  Buloz." 


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Xssnoe.   It  aii^  be  added  tbat  Cbaxiee  X.  woe  tbe  ^  selyee  with  tae  ayrap,  after  whioh  the  heaa  waa 

'  rest  jRfaaMb    aoveEefgra    awarae*   t»M%      Leato'  .twokea  eat  to  obtaia  the  sugar.     Tfais  doae  tbera 

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,  B«pcnr»  XTanatoaa  ItL  vee  eMwaeA  oc  Hotr*.  praaerred  rata.   He  regarda  thia  aa  tb«'voak««eM 

^*»—        ^^  1\uitl$&iits«nrlM>i««T«riB$tet'' 


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ESOLISS  TASTE  IN  RELATION  TO  AST. 

From  the  Spectator. 
Lord  Granville,  in  distributing  the  prizes  to 
the  Dover  School  of  Art,  on  W  ednesday,  expressed 
his  strong  disagreemenlr  with  Sev.  Mark  Patti< 
son's  views  as  to  the  deie^ieratlon  of  SogUah  taste 
lu  relation  to  art.  He  admitted  thafr  there  was  an 
increase  in  vulgarity  of  taste,  as  in  our  numbers, 
but  in  proport-itm  to  the  mcreasing  wealth  and  the 
increasing  population  of  the  country,  he  believed 
that  the  improvement  iu  our  taste  was  very 
noticeable.  Coiild  the  churches,  for  instance,  built 
by  the  dififerent  religious  denominations 
30  years  ago,  be  compared  for  an  iastaat 
with  those  of  the  ,  present  day  t  Were 
we  capable  of  inscribing  on  permanent  tablets,  as 
our  forefathers  had  done,  not  only  wbo  had  restored, 
but  who  bod  "  beautified "  tbe  buildings  so  re- 
stored I  Thirty  years  ago  Mr.  Minton,  the  great 
porceisdn  manufaoturer,  bad  asaared  aim  ttiat  be 
could  not  sell  bis  finest  tbines  at  all,  but  tbat  there 
was  a  veiy  great  demand  for  things  of  which  he 
was  bearUly  aabamed.  Kow  Mr.  Mlntoa  would 
certainly  not  complain  of  baving  no  purchasers  for 
the  more  beautitul  of  his  prodactfous,  whatever 
be  might  say  as  to  tbe  demand  for  those  of  tbe 
kind  he  did  not  approve.  Again,  Lord  Gran> 
ville  found  ladies  much  less  disposed  to  dis- 
guise  themselves  with  powder  and  rouge 
and  ba»-aye«  than  tbelt  grandmothers, 
and  both  they  and  tbeir  poorer  neigh- 
bors dreased  fa  bettor  taate.  Espeoully  Lord  Gran- 

ville  tbought  the  art  shown  in  children's  books 
greatly  improved,  and  be  told  an  amusing  story  ol 
some  lltle  girl  to  whom  he  gave  a  book  not  very 
w^  illnstrated,  who  en  looking  over  it  dropped  it 
into  the  waste  paper  basket,  while  she  dropped  him 
a  courtesy.  But  though  that  may  have  shown  tbe 
Imptovemeat  ia  ebiWren's  taste  for  the  beHUtifui  in 
art,  it  certainly  showed  no  improvement  in  that 
sense  of  tbe  beautiful  in  life  whioh  should  grow 
with  it,  if  tbe  life  of  art  is  to  t>eoome  identified  with 
tbe  art  of  life.  Lord  Granville's  little  friend  had 
clearly  never  appreciated  the  ungiaciousoess  sa^ 
ungraoefnlneas  of  trying  gifts  not  by  the  feeling  C 
the  deoor,  ImU  by  tbe  intrinsic  value  of  the  gift  to 
the  receiver^ 

FLArOBED  MOLASSES. 

TheliBwiBtOD  (Me.)  J0umal  aaya:    "A  saiw 

dsgr&eiaoe  a  peiaea  wtabiag  aa  empty  hogshead 

droT*  a  trade  with  a  trader  for  one^  paying  an  extra 

,  Vtiee  fiK  the  supposed  deposit  of  sugar  in  the  boti 

Xakiag  it  home  the  fimil^  fT^^.^  ^* 


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TBUAtCPUL  BtOSSOS.  A  BomraiM  Of  tli«  loiwrft 
1779.  fiy  Brit  Haktb.  niutrftted.  Bmm&i 
Jax aa  R.  Omood  fc  Oou    1877. 

It  is  Bometbiag  of  an  event  wlien  a  "writer 
ef  the  reputation  of  Mf^  Href  Harte  oomea  oat 
"With  a  nev  tale,  especially  -when  it  iff  or  cen* 
tennial  story.  Bat  is  it  poMible  for  tuybedy^ 
ia  oold  blood,  to  sit  domi  atid  write  a  lAtis- 
faotory  romanoe  whioh  shall  bnne  ttf  this  end 
ofthehiwdred  years  the  events  and  onatoms 
of  that  ?  Ia  some  snob  donbtine  spiritj  then, 
do  we  open  Thankful  Blouom,  already  oongid* 
erably  myatiied  by  the  name  itself.  Part  first 
begins  with  all  of  the  old  exact  condensation  of 
Bret  Harte's  best  stones.  He  is  painting  with 
atinrplioity  that  smacks  sometimes  of  the  in- 
tantionally  severe  the  background  of  hla  pio- 
t*re  in  a  few  terse  pages.  There  are  feW  writ- 
BW  who  ean  do  this  so  enerjjetioally  and  welL 
Mr.  Harte  is  evidently  a  close  observer  of  na- 
tore  in  particular  seasons,  even  If  he  be  not  by 
eharaotsr  a  student  of  landaoaps.  Presently 
enters  on  this  well-drawn  scene  a  horseman  who, 
■while  still  "  viewless,"  is  beard  in  Impresations. 
The  eharaoter  oi  Brewster,  the  Connectioat 
Colonel,  ia  indicated  from  the  start ;.  he  is  the 
villain  of  the  piece.  A  love^cene  with  a  pretty 
girl  informs  as  that  he  is  a  selfish  dog,  and 
that  Thankfal  Blossom  Is  the  name  of  his 
inamorata.  Comedy  in  a  low  kev,  not  Witboat 
an  edge  of  spitefolness,  is  broaeht  to  bear  on 
Brewster.  He  has  ridden  over  frost  Washine- 
ton's  eamp  on  the  sly,  and  has  accepted 
from  Thankful  certain  chickens  and  other  eat- 
ables which  the  eirl  has  providently  broottht 
with  her  from  the  neighboring  farm-house — her 
home: 

•"1  think  not  of  myself;  Ims,' he  said,  pnttlng 
the  ezzs  in  his  Docket,  and  battonins  the  eblokens 
Within  his  martial  breatc  'Ithi»knotof  myself, 
and  parhaps  I  often  spsre  that  counsel  wbidh  is 
but  little  heeded.  Bat  I  have  a  duty  to  my  men— . 
to  Connecticut.'  (He  here  tied  the  marmalade  up  in 
his  handkerchief.") 

They  separate,  and  presently  Brewster  is  ar- 
rested by  order  of  Gen.  Washingten  for  sedi- 
tieus  languac;e,  and,  in  order  to  cover  him  still 
further  with  rtdioule,  the  e.3;gs  are  broken  m 
his  pocket  at  the  momeat  of  his  greatest  theat- 
rical effort. 

Part  seoond  begins  with  another  ot  Mr. 
fiarte's  delightful  bits  of  desoription.  Thank- 
ful glides  home  through  the  orchard,  lingering 
a  moinsnt  under  each  tree  "  as  a  trout  liogenf 
ia  the  sbadow  ef  a  bank  in  passing  a  shallow." 
She  meets  her  father,  and  the  plot  begins  to 
thicken,  for  there  are  tw*  forelgaers  in  the 
house,  one  of  whona  Father  Blossom  appears 
not  averse  to  securing  for  a  son-in-law.  The 
great  frankness  and  truthfulness  ot  Thanlcfal  is 
insisted  upon,  while  she  is  described  as  effacing 
the  rumpled  condition  of  her  hair  after  her 
lever's  embrace  in  preparation  for  a  httle  con- 
tingency from  seme  one  else.  She  then  pro- 
ceeds to  accept  the  kias  of  one  of  the  foreigners , 
although  she  colleets  herself  safBoiently  after- 
ward to  hex  his  ears.  At  this  place  Mr.  Harte 
snakes  one  of  his  good  points : 

"Mistresa  Thankful  and  the  Baron  had  walked 
to  the  rear  door — the  Baron  with  a  slight  tropic  al 
shadder — to  view  this  ineteorological  change.  As 
Ifiatresa  Thankfnlifr  looked  over  the  anowv  land- 
•oape.  It  seemed  to  her  that  all  record  of  ner  oast 
ezperleuce  bad  been  efEacad ;  her  very  foot-prints 
of  an  hour  before  were  loat ;  tbe  gray  wall  on 
which  she  leaned  'was  white  and  spotless  now ; 
even  tbe  familiar  £arm-shed  looked  dim  and 
Strange  and  ghostly.  Had  she  been  there  I  baa  she 
seen  the  Colonel  t  was  It  all  a  fancy  I  she  8C*roely 
knew."  ^ 

The  foreigners  leave,  and  Major  Van  Zandt  ar- 
rives to  tell  Thankful  of  the  arrest  both  of  her 
father  and  Col.  Allan  Brewster.  As  she  insists 
on  riding  straight  to  (Jen.  Washington  to  pro- 
test, M^jor  Van  Zandt  manages  clumsily 
eneugh  to  hold  hsr  horse  while  telling  her 
something  in  a  kindly  spirit,  so  that  she,  fancy- 
ing he  wishes  to  detain  her,  strikes  him  with 
her  whip.  She  is  thinking  hard  while  she 
rides: 

"  And  laatlv  she  tboaght  of  her  father,  and  began 
to  bale  everybody.  But  above  all  and  throsgh  all, 
In  her  vague  fears  for  her  father,  in  her  passionate 
indignation  acalost  the  Baron,  in  her  frettol  impa. 
tience  ot  Allan,  one  tbin^  was  ever  dominant  and 
obtrusive,  one  tbing  she  tried  to  pnt  away,  but 
ooald  not — the  handsome,  colorless  face  of  Mi^or 
Van  Zandt,  witti  the  red  welt  of  her  ildiog-wbip 
overlying  its  cold  outlines." 

Of  course  she  marries  Van  Zandt  alter  that. 
The  Baron  and  his  friend  turn  out  to  be  Spanish 
Ambassadors  in  some  peculiar  way,  and  one 
perishes  miserably,  without  adequate  reason, 
ot  typhoid  fever.  Thankful  interviews  the 
Father  of  his  Country,  and  finds  him  decidedly 
affectionate.  In  fact,  while  Mr.  Harte  takes 
pains  to  show  him  personally  in  tbe  shape  of 
"  a  King,"  the  highest    of   an    aristocraoy,   he 

loses  no  occasion  to  hint  at  a  reverse  side  of 

Washington's  moral  eharaoter.  He  even 
Bakes  him  indulge  in  something  like 
a  lie— probably  to  eounter-balance  the  hatchet 

story.  Brewster's  manifest  ourrishness  cures 
Thankfal  of  her  love  for  him.  She  is  treated 
with  great  kindness  by  the  Washingtons,  and 
In  Part  IV  returns  home  to  discover  her- 
•elt  in  love  with  Mi^or  Tan  Zandt.  The  crisis 
is  reached  as  she  rescues  him  after  a  most  im- 
probable fashion  from  soaae  boggy  hole  into 
irfaich  he  falls  while  they  take  a  walk  throigh 
the  meadows  in  Spring.  Bat  CoL  Brewster  is 
hrought  to  the  farm  as  a  prisoner,  and  in  order 
t*  get  her  letters  back  and  break  her  engage- 
ment to  or  ougbly,  Thankfal  assists  him  to  escape. 
On  telling  this  to  Van  Zandt  she  suddenly 
4iseovers  that  she  has  spoiled  everything,  tor 
he  will  not  be  able  to  forgive  her.  Thereupon 
■he  sends  him  after  tbe  first  fugitive  lover  on  a 
faster  horse,  which  she  has  providently  oon- 
eealed  from  Brewster.  Van  Zandt's  horse  falls 
dead  of  fatigne  at  Springfield,  and  as  he  him- 
■elf  at  once  flails  ill  of  small-pox,  (t)  it  is  well 
that  Thankful  has  followed  on  his  heels'  in 
order  to  become  his  nurse.  His  face  is  pitted 
for  life,  but  she  heroically  takes  him,  and  the 
play  ii  o'er. 

A  play  the  whole  story  is.  The  language  and 
plot  are  cast  like  something  meant  eventually 
for  the  stage.  It  is  outside  work  from  begin- 
ning to  end  ;  hardly  a  bit  of  it  oensista  ef  char- 
aeter-drawing  or  anything  but  surface  action 
between  persons.  Toward  the  end  this  is  dis- 
agreeably apparent,  for  Van  Zandt  and  Thank- 
ful hurl  sentences  at  each  other  in  a  manner 
truly  melodramatia  Yet  this  may  possibly 
eome  from  the  slightly  stilted  language  where- 
with Mr.  Harte  has  wished  to  give  a  tinge  of 
Bevolutiooary  times.  It  is  ^  ^''^ely  perform- 
ance throughout,  and  soon  read.  Yet  one  feels 
that  Hr.  Harte  is  irritated  at  something  while 
(me  reads,  for  there  is  a  very  different  tone  m 
tiua  story  from  that  im  the  first  prose  tales  wQ 
have  from  him.  After  all,  does  not  his  genius 
lie  in  the  West  1  It  1b  said  ^at  people  who 
have  lived  long  in  the  West  cam  seldom  sup- 
port the  habits,  the  imperoeptibla  differences 
of  air  and  life,  in  the  East.  Perhaps  Mr.  Harte 
is  suffering  from  nostalgia,  both  personal  and 
literary,  and  perhaps  he  does  not  know  it. 
Yet  it  would  seem  that  his  place  is  where  hu 
beet  work  has  been  performed.  2%an%fK{ 
£louom,  while  it  shows  no  advance  on  Mr. 
'  Harte's  past,  is  still  well  worth  a  reading. 

— ^The  School  and  Home  Journal  ia  the  title 
of  a  new  weekly  pnblioation  treating  of  ednoa- 
timial  and  cognate  Subjects  m  a  broad,  liberie, 
and  enlightened  spirit.  Tbe  number  before  as 
(seoond)  oontatns  a  great  variety  ef  Jndieieaelj 
■eleeted  matter  fai  prose  and  venej 
bat  while  these  lend  variety  and  eharai, 
the  permanent  raeoe«s  of  snoha  pttMiMrtAoB 
must  mainly  depend  on  the  tone  and  aMUty  «if 
the  editorial  and  original  eontribntiflM.  Ia 
tills  d^itftment  a  few  af  the  artielea-  are 
worthy  of  special  notieeb  The  editorial  «M»a- 
ments  on  the  rednotion  of  I3ia  grant  lor  adaaa- 
tisnai  pupoaas  lia  tha  C^  are  Ham^., 
tempatato,  aad  to  ifaa  p$iaM,  nor*  (b 
alsa  an  ahay  miMaa  avtlela  on  **yNtk^ 
amntfi*  aad 


^nte»  «ft:|kK.«M^ 


York.  In  fhe  isfertft  of  HtPttA  Btsnfni  iiid 
edaeaUonkl  pr^trese  w«  trlak  (ba  BOm  mt 
.ffemaJeuffiol  ■aee«t8^___ 

tH8  FLSBTS  OP  TgS  WORI^  fS#  ChtBil  PslWd. 
By  Vfixtuaj.  A.  PABKnu  Msw-Todk  t  O.  Tam  Ke»- 
ntAiw.    187&' 

If  .old  ndlen  ]aio#  bow  io  spin  iinny 
pleatcst  yarm^  e«e  Aiaar  etpecit  *  G^nnaodore 
of  th^  United  states  Kavy  to  wr  «  a  good 
boak,  the  diflefttnoe  between  firteUeots  kiep> 
inff  paee  with  that  between  TtaakM,  Costmo- 
dore  Parker  is  already  an  author,  althangh  an 
author  of  naval  text-books.  One  is  Me«t 
Taetiea  under  SUmm;  another.  The  Binmtaer 
Afloat;  another,  27m  BowitMtr  A$hore,  and  stUl 
another,  Squadron  Taeiiea,  although,  prob- 
ably, few  bedded  naval  stadents  know 
mtroh^  of  ihffh  teohnliisal  publtosttaitB.  Is 
The  JFlme  tf  ihe  Wertd,  hewsver,  the 
gallant  Commodore  launohea  his  bark  &li  the 
general  sea  ef  Itteratnre,  and  has  good  nsasoiar 
to  hope  that  every  one  fend  of  reading  about 
stiff  sea-fights  will  be  pleased  with  his  work. 
As  the  title  indicates,  the  present  volame  is  a 
preliminary  to  further  investigations  in  the 
same  line,  and  merely  comprises  a  review  of  the 
fleets  of  the  world  which  were  made  up  of 
galleys,  and,  therefore^  existed  in  an  age  when 
historical  records  were  not  abundant.  From 
the  earliest  instances  which  history  records— 
from  Chinese  navies  as  mentioned  in  their 
earliest  annals— Commodore  Parker  brings 
his  subject  in  the  course  of  the  present  volume 
down  to  Sir  Francis  Drake  and  .  the 
Spanish  Armada.  The  claims  ef  China.  Egypf^ 
and  Phoeniela  to  recognition  are  quickly  dis- 
posed of ;  only  when  Greek  history  is  reached 
do  the  records  become  full,  and  we  enter  on  a 
wide  ranga  of  subjest  matter.  It  is  at  this 
point  of  the  history  that  a  first  illustration  rep- 
resents the  bow  of  Qreek  or  Boaiau  galley ; 
it  is  drawn  by  Albert  Boss,  United  States 
Navy,  from  a  painting  in  tbe  National  Mnseuni 
at  Naples,  as  are  also  the  other  illustrations. 
After  aeeomits  of  the  most  celebrated  naval 
engagements  of  Greece,  ef  Rome  against  Car- 
thage, sad  of  Romans  against  Romans,  Commo- 
dore Parker  follows  the  checkered  career  Of  Ve- 
netians, Genoese,  and  Turks  daring  their  strug- 
gles for  the  supremacy  of  the  Mediterranean. 
With  the  battle  of  Lepante  and  tbe  destruction 
of  the  Turkish  naval  strength,  he  leaves  the 
Mediterranean  for  the  North  Sea.  But  he  does 
not  allow  these  scenes  of  classic  naval  prowess 
to  pass  wittaout  oomnietrt  designed  to  instruct 
naval  oficers  of  th4  present  day.  The  contests 
of  Athenians  and  Corinthians  point  the  axiom 
for  squadrons,  that  r  "  Under  all  circumstanses 
afloat,  the  oirols  formation,  as  a  defensive 
■tier,  in  itself  involves  defeat." 

The  naval  wars  between  Carthage  and  Seme 
are  made  to  yield  the  following  application  to 
modem  times : 

"  A  careful  study  of  this  great  sea-fight,  Ihetweea 
tbe  Consuls  Msaiios  and  Rezotas  and  Hamilear,  j 
in  all  Its  details,  can  not  fail  to  prove  instraetlve 
fo  tbe  naval  offic^ra  of  the  prsaent  day,  when 
steamers  have  takes  tbe  place  of  the  ancient  war 
ealleys,  and,  with  proper  tamlnz-power,  (wlthoat 
wbtch  a  nSD-ot-war,  whatever  ner  speeo,  arma- 
ment, or  armor,  is  unworthy  of  a  place  In  the  line 
of  battle,)  may  and  should  be  maiKsavred  on  pre- 
ciaely  slimlar  prinoinles." 

After  tbe  Mediterranean  some  the  Baltic  and 
North  Seas,  with  Soandiaavian  pirates,  vikings 
and  sea-Mngs.  Through  them  tbe  transition 
to  the  English  Navy  is  easy,  and  the  book  ends* 
with  tbe  dispersal  of  the  Grand  Armaua.  Com- 
modore Parker  can  hardly  be  said  "to  have  his 
sealegs  onhim"  as  a  historian,  but  his  purpose 
Is  an  excellent  one  and  his  manner 
of  telling  his  story  direct.  The  subject 
is  so  large  that  he  cannot  do  more  than  take  a 
choice  of  the  greatest  aad  most  Important  naval 
engagements  and  let  the  minor  affairs  go.  Per- 
haps as  he  resehes  modem  times  his  method 
vnll  be  more  concentrated.  Tbe  naval  history 
even  of  the  United  States  would  afford  scope 
for  more  than  one  careful  volame  by  a  nan 
who  should  seriously  apply  his  time  to  tbe 
work,  and  the  present  Work  suffers  from  a  want 
of  limiting  tbe  subject  to  certain  specific  heads. 
The  illustrations  are  also  oi  iaferier  quality. 


CBAMBSaS'S  CrCLQPiBPlA  07  BITOLI8R  IiITBBA. 
1  tR3.  Edinburgh  :  XV.  Jt  R.  Cujlmbmr*.  Hsw- 
Tork:  B.  WobtbivstoV.  FkiladeiDhI*:  J.  BL 
Limxcorr  k.  ool 

Of  the  many  valuable  works  issued  by 
W.  St  R.  Chambers,  tbe  Oyelopeedia  of  Eng- 
lith  Literahtr*  has  no  equal  in  the  estimation 
of  thepublie.  It  was  a  "new  idea"  in  1845, 
when  the  first  edition  was  printed,  andalthoagh 
many  bloaders  crept  into  the  work  when  it  ap- 
peared first,  it  was  eagerly  bought  ap.  The 
duty  of  nakicg  the  selections  from  the  great 
English  olassio  writers  was  intrasted  to  the 
late  Robert  Chambers.  Previous  to  the  pub- 
lication of  the  Cyolopsedia,  Mr.  Chambers  had 
issued  in  a  cheap  form  selections  from  tbe 
writings  of  illnstnons  and  clever,  but  obscure, 
Scotch  poets,  with  notes  and  biograph  ical  and 
eritieal  remarks  added.  It  was  the  success  of 
this  series  of  publications  which  emboldened 
him  to  enter  upon  the  wider,  but  still  nnec- 
cupied,  field  of  giving  to  tbe  world  a  regula  r 
chronoiogioaUy-arranged  ojclopsBdia  of  Eng- 
lish literature.  The  work  has  gone  through 
four  editions,  the  last  having  just  been  is- 
sued. The  new  edition  has  been  thoroughly 
revised  by  that  great  literary  veteran,  Mr. 
Carruthers,  of  lavemess,  and  for  the  first  tisse, 
biographical  sketchbs  of  American  authors,  to- 
gether with  extracts  from  their  works,  have 
been  added.  The  new  light  which  ha»  been 
thrown  lately  on  early  English  literature,  more 
particularly  the  early  Bnglish  draaaa,  by  the 
researches  of  Halliwell,  Collier,  Hazlitt, 
(Carew.)  Arber,  aad  others,  has  rendered  neaes- 
sary  the  alteration  of  tbe  text  in  several 
places.  This  work  has  been  oompetentl  .y  done 
by  Mr.  Carruthers,  aad  the  eyolopsedla  is  a  most 
valuable  miniature  library  of  Eng  lish  litera- 
ttire.  We  notice  that  the  small  engravings  of 
plaees  made  famous  by  great  men  and  many 
of  the  portraits  have  not  been  retained  in  this 
new  edition.  Instead  of  these,  a  few  pages  of 
portraits  only  have  been  inserted  in  appro- 
priate places.  On  the  whole,  the  work  is  in- 
valuable to  all  students  oi  English  literature. 


TAIiBS  TBOII  TWO  HEMISPHEBES.  By  HJAiaAK 
Ujostr  Bevasav.  Boston:  J^aaa  U.  Oseooo  k. 
Co.    1877. 

It  is  some  years  since  Mr.  Boyesen  won 
all  hearts  by  his  fresh  little  novel  of  Norwegfa^ 
lite,  under  tbe  title  of  Chtnnar.  Since  then  he 
has  published  A  Nereeman'a  IHlffrimage — a 
novel  in  which  the  young  Scaadmavian  is  on 
his  voyage  to  foreign  coantries.  and  comes  in 
contact  with  Americans.  Mr.  Boyesen  Uas  al- 
so been  writing  for  all  the  leading  magazines, 
and  in  the  present  volume  has  Collected  to- 
gether some  six  of  ids  shorter  stories.  In 
aU  that  he  has  written  outside  the 
eharmlng  influence  of  NorWav  we  confess  to 
«i<acing  some  of  the  freshUBSs  and  grace  that 
made  Ounnar  so  attractive.  But  the  surest 
foundation  of  that  little  story  consisted  m  a 
oleanliness  and  wholesomeness  of  tboaght  that 
has  not  deserted  the  later  products  of  Boyesen. 
Though  their  author  is  not  in  any  way  a 
professed  moralist  ner  one  who  strives 
after  a  moral  purpose,  tbe  tone  of 
tnese  stories  is  elevated  without  effort ;  Chey 
move  in  a  high  atmosphere  of  unoon- 
solouslv  good  morals.  In  respect  to 
style,  Mr.  Boyesen  ha*  tbe  faculty  of  keeping 
hinufllf  oat  of  hia  stories,  notwithstanding 
that  he  may  be  dimly  picturing  some 
ot  hifl  own  adventures.  His  favorite  field  it 
Scandinavia  in  America,  er  the  trials  and  sno- 
eess  ot  Scandinavian  men  in  the  United  States. 
But  the  personal  unobtmsiveaess  to  whioh  we 
atffiBr  is  semethlng  less  general ;  it  relates  te 
<gf|  aianner  of  zeoonnting  his  storie*.  Having 
mirtatopd  tihat  the  poiat   (af  fha  stny)  it 


mWUta  '  Or  tinS^SS^  fk  tVi'  f£H  ati  dWA 
pMsciialF^— Ids  own  hnpreiKtenaii  Kcinoe 
^  doia  n«t  tronble  na  wita  hts  vvrn 
ttaai^rt*  ihd  fedtnge  about  ther  eoon»  of 
eventSf' after  the  fiitrospeetive  and  oonsoious 
manner  jof  some  writers.  With  all  these  good 
things  Mr.  Boyeson  has  need  to  live  longer  in 
the  United  States  before  he  can  hope  to  deal  as 
pbwairtuUv  with  Aaierican  characters  as  with 
Scandinaviah.  llafvels^ns  as  his  adaptability 
is.  If  wontd  b&  little  shor^  o/a  mifaele  if  he 
did  not  o'cflBsidnaily  fall  short  in.  some  trifliog 
dittSt  ifhieii  diitorbs  the  edlot  of  a  stoiy  a  lit- 
tlCb  As  ii  iS;  he  is  deing  excellent  work,  s!nd 
appears  to  bave  plenty  of  fire  and  hope,  plenty 
ef  desire  fe^  improvement  in  him,  and  that  is 
something  which  evn  be  said  of  bow  many  of 
our  own  native^bem  writers  I 

The  tales  which  are  called  ot  two  hemispheres 
consist  of  The  Man  WTto  Zest  hie  Name,  tho 
bero  at  which  is  a  yeung  Norwegian  in  New- 
York,  the  Story  of  an  ChUeatt  is  a  powerful  tale 
of  Norway  and  America,  whioh  treats  of  aon- 
morai  topioein  the  elean  way  we  have  already 
noted.  A  Oood-for-nothtng  and  A  SHenHfio 
VagcOiond  axe  good.  The  first  eiibodieB  with 
a  good  deal  of  delicacy  the  faet,  of  doubtless 
frequent  ocourrmde,  that  the  girl  one  leaves 
behind  one  stands  still  where  she  was,  and 
that  the  young  pilgrim  who  has  seen  the 
world  often  tetums  te  find,  with  a  shock,  that 
the  beloved  face  is  a  mere  memory  of  love. 
Most  pleasing  is  Irult,  the  Jfametess,  which 
deals  exclusively  with  Norway,  and  has  the 
chiirm  of  Gunnar,  with  tragedy  added.  Almost 
as  (tood  will  Atdthor's  Vengecmee  be  found,  and 
that,  too,  rtms  its  course  m  the  old  country. 
Mr.  Boyesen  has  two  dangers  to  face  in  stories 
bf  American  scenery,  one  that  he  is,  after  all, 
foreign-bora,  and  the  other,  that  to  Americans 
the  author's  motherland  affords  a  pieturesque- 
ness  we  have  not  yet  learned  to  discover  in 
enr  own  oountry^^ 

LITERARY  NOTES. 


^^£^1 


^m&.v, 


—lAfpineotfa  Magadne  is  seeking  an  English 

andieooe. 

—MM.  Fenillet  and  Cherbniiez  are  both  en- 
gaged upon  new  novels. 

—  The  ninth  and  tenth  volumes  of  Longfet- 
low's  Fotnu  of  Ftaeet  Are  devoted  to  France  and 
Savoy. 

— It  sounds  odd  to  read  the  title  of  Dr. 
Hollies'  Autocrat  of  th*  BrtakfaH  TabU  in  Oermaa 
ss  Btr  Titeh-DupoL 

— Capt.  Markham,  of  the  Royal  Navy,  is  con- 
tnbutlng  to  Qood  Word*  a  aeries  of  articles  on  "  Our 
life  in  the  Afotto  RAglons." 

—Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  Davidson,  of  Halle,  is  the 
anther  of  a  new  treatise  on  Th*  Canon  ^  the  Sibl*, 
it$  Fermation,  HUtorjf,  and  Fluctuationt. 

— The  AutohiograpJiUsal  Beeolleetiona  of  Sir 
John  Boioring,  edited  by  Lewln  B.  Bowilag,  is  one  of 
Henry  S.  Kfng  8t  Ca's  forthcoming  books. 

—The  new  library  edition  of  Tennyson,  in 
six  d^ay-ootavo  volnmes^  la  said  to  b*  the  haad- 
•iiaest  style  In  Which  tho  poet's  works  hsvs  yet 
been  publiabed. 

— The  late  Alexander  Bain  has  an  article  In 
the  January  number  of  iftnd  on  "Eduoatioa  as  a 
Science,"  and  H.  Sidgwlok,  the  author  of  "  The 
Methods  of  £ctnos,"  Writes  apoa  "Hedonism  and 
the  Ultimate  C^ood." 

— Misa  M.  Beltram-Ed wards  is  engaged  upon 
hand-t>ooks  of  Germaa  and  Vrench  literature, 
adapted  to  tiie  wants  of  ordinary  students  sbd  yet 
almple  enoash  for  the  as*  of  jonng  people  In  pre- 
paring for  examinatlona. 

—A  literary  curiosity,  of  which  only  30 
ceplsa  will  be  printed,  is  Mr.  Edmund  Chester 
'NVaters*  etnecOogieal  Mtmoin  of  the  Kindred  Fam- 
iUanfThomai  Orannier,  Arehtiihop  of  Oanturiurv, 
1533-M,  and  JhomM  Wood,  Bishop  of  LiehJUld, 
1871-9a. 

— Richard  Shute,  Lecturer  on  Philosophy  at 
the  University  of  Oxford,  is  the  author  of  a  new 
metaphysioal  treatise  against  the  sensational  achool 
of  philosophy  as  represented  by  i.  8.  Mill.  Mr. 
Shute  baaes  hla  vlewa  upon  Looke,  aad  entitles  his 
work  A  Diteeurie  of  Truth. 

— Mrs.  Oliphant  has  been  suooossful  in  fiction 
and  biography,  and  now,  in  default  of  otber  worlds 
Of  literary  venture  to  eonquer,  announces  her  pur- 
pose to  edit  a  series  of  Foreign  Clattici  for  XngKth 
Beadore,  which  Soribner,  Armstrong  A  Co.  purpose 
to  rsprodaoe  ia  this  conn  try. 

—The  Life  ofJeeue  ChrUt  for  the  Young,  by 
Rev.  Dr.  Richard  Kewton,  to  be  publiabed  la  40 
monthly  parts  at  35  sents  each,  and  to  be  fully  Ulas- 
trsted  with  steel  engravinga  and  wood-cuts.  Is  one 
of  the  latest  ventures  in  serial  pnbUoaMon,  by 
a«tbMe  ic  Barrle,  Philadelphia,  but  ia  a  very  eostly 
way  of  lamishiag  yoang  people  with  good  religions 
reading. 

— ^Messrs.  Sampson  Low  &  Co.  are  to  have 
a  monthly  perlodioal  of  their  own,  entitled  Strett 
X^e  in  London,  the  Joint  prodnotloB  of  Mr.  J. 
Taotoeoo,  author  ot  lUuttrationt  of  China  and 
«•  Ftoplt,"  and  Mr.  Addphe  Smith.  An  intetsst- 
lag  featore  of  the  raagazloe  will  bo  monthly  a». 
ooants  of  aome  phases  of  London  life,  illustrated 
by  photOKraohs  apeolally  taken  for  the  work. 

— Fresh  topics  are  largely  wanting  in  the  cur- 
rent Biinburgh  and  ^»arf«r{ir  Rniewt.  "  Tbe  Geo- 
graphical sod  Sdentifio  JEUsults  of  the  Arctic  Ex* 
poditlon"  Is  tbe  most  notable  article  la  tbe  Qumr- 
terlf,  and  the  Bdinlmrgh  discusses  the  same  suttjsot 
under  the  head  of  "  New  Arctic  Lands."  Both  re- 
views discuss  tbe  "  Eastern  Qusstlon"  up  to  date, 
and  are  largelv  oeeapied  with  srtiolea  of  a  strictly 
literary  character. 

— A.  S.  Barnes  &  Co.  have  nearly  ready  an 
lUuttrated  Flant  Seeord  prepared  by  Alpho.aso 
Wood  for  tbe  use  of  students  in  recording  botanical 
aaalyaes  ot  all  apecimena  observed.  They  have  in 
preparation  a  valuable  compilation  of  references, 
interleaved  with  blanks  for  tbe  rsader's'own  use,  en- 
titled Fox'e  CommonrPlaet  Book,  and  a  CritieaX  His- 
tory of  th*  Ua*  Oivii  War  in,th*  United  Stat**,  by 
Rev.  Asa  Haban,  J).  D.,  flrat  President  of  Oberlin 
College,  and  now  resident  in  London. 

BOOKS  RBOEIVED. 
—Madcap  VioleL  A  Novel  .Sy  William  Black. 
New-York:  Harper  &  Brothers.     1877. 

—The  Wine-b}Sbf^»>.femperane6  Society.  Bos- 
ton I  Lee  &,  Shepat(|i,4*ablisher8.    1877. 

—Mark  2Spain*mja>Htent  Self-Paeting  Scrap- 
hook.    New-York:  Slote.  Weodman&Co.    1877. 

—A  PrineetM  of  !^ule.  A  NoveL  By  Wil- 
liam Black.    New-York ),  Harper  4^  Broihsra.    1877. 

—The  Pap*u:y  and  the  Civil  Power.  By  B.  W. 
Thompson.    New- York  -.t^^pat  &.  Brothers.  1876. 

—The  SunrMaid.  A^lMianoe.  By  the  au- 
thor of  Artitt*.  New-Yorie-f^Harper  k,  Brothers. 
1877. 

— Tharikfid  Slotaom.  A  Romance  of  the  Jer 
eeys.  1779.  By  Bret  Harte.  lUusimted.  Boston  i 
James  R.  Oagood  &  Co.   1877. 

—Central  Africa ;  Naked  Truths  of  Naked 
FtopU.  By  CoL  C.  ChslII6  Long,  of  the  Eeyptian 
BtaiK    New- York :    Harper  St  Brotbera.    1877. 

—Potme  of  Placet.  Bdited  by  Henry  W. 
Longfellow.  VoL  L,  France.  Vol.  IL,  France  and 
Savoy.   Beaten :  James  R.  Osgood  &  Co.    1877. 

— Chamberifa  Cydopcedia  of  Englith  Literature. 
Third  edition,  revised  by  Robert  Carruthers,  LL.  I). 
In  two  volumes.  Fur  sale  by  J.  B.  L  ppincott  & 
Co.,  Philadelphia,  Penn. 

— Our  National  Oentenntal  JttbUee.  Orations, 
addressee,  and  poema  delivered  on  tne  Fourth  of 
July,  1876,  in  the  several  States  of  the  Union.  Ed- 
ited by  I^ederick  Saunders,  A.  SS.  New-Yofk :  B. 
B.  Treat,  No.  603  Broadway.    1877. 

OUB  COMPANY  JH  MISERY. 
The  Philadelphia  Pren  of  Saturday  says : 
Is  it  not  about  time  the  geutlemen  who  have  taken 
contracts  for  oleanlng  the  streets  ceased  hibemat- 
iag  and  paid  seme  atfehtlon  to  the  condition  of  our 
thOTOOghfaresf  Within  the  past  few  days  the  ex- 
oeptlonal  moderatioa  in  the  weather  tus  made  it 
poaaible  for  oitisens  to  loosen  tbe  heretofore  improK- 
aabla  fCrtlficatloas  of  ice  aad  snow  along  the  viuri- 
oaa  onrbs,  and  the  oonseqneooe  of  this  is  that  many 
of  the  crossfntrsare  covered  with  water,  while  the 
roadways  are  filled  witb  ohnnks  of  loo  fioasiag  ia 
atush.  In  aome  parts  of  the  oity  the  sewer  inlets 
■re  oompletely  bleeked,  and  in  others  so  nearly  so 
that  the  waste  water.  Inatead  ef  qniokiy  esoaping 
remains  standug,  and  should  the  mercury  again 
dasOeiMl,  will  freeae  so  solid;  that  Ita  dtalodgoient 
will  be  praotioally  Imposalble.  A  little  care  at  oom- 
paiativel/  small  ccnense  at  this  soasoa  will  be  of 
tasedag^Qle  beaeiti  to  tetf  deata  aad  Bo  aae  shoiiid 
bo  lost  la- she  effort  to  tsmsdy  aa  evU  alieady  saP 
tmni  to  saut  aiaait  toaaer  taaa  neesasacr**! 


IlHASdlAl  AJ^H'AlUB, 


ttLUM  At    TBB    dtOOE    axCHA.<ai)— VBB.-a 

aajts  FBoa  X:39  to  s  f.  a. 

1000  Lake  Shore. 

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5.000  D.  ot  c.  aessi  Vi^ 

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....  11 

MoNSAT,  Feb.  5— A.  M. 

The  statement  of  the  Associated  Banks, 
issued  from  the  Clearing-house  on  j^aturday 
last,  shows  a  decrease  in  specie  of  $1,881,900, 
which  is.  doubUesB,  in  part  due  fo  the  opera- 
tions of  tbe  syndicate.  The  continued  flow  of 
currency  to  this  centre  is  reflected  in  the  gain 
of  $1,053,900  in  the  legal-tender  item.  Tbe 
other  changes  are  an  increase  of  $855,700  in 
loans,  and  of  $466,100  in  deposits,  and  a  de- 
creaaeof  $67,600  in  circulation.  The  movement 
for  thei  week  results  in  a  loss  of  $944,525  in  sur- 
plus reserve,  and  the  banks  now  hold  $23,887,275 
in  exeese  of  legal  requirements. 

The  following  shows  tbe  condition  of  the 
banks  on  Saturday  last,  as  compared  with  the 
previous  statement,  and  with  the  etatement  for 
the  corresponding  week  last  year : 

Jan.  27.  Fob.  3.       Fsh  6. 1876. 

Loans fKU.lSe.lOO    f254,011,800    $266,067,400 

Specie 40.187.000        38,305,100        23.5'i0,8i)0 

Legal  tendera.     42.25t.200        4J,305.1CU        47.356.200 

Deposiu 230,625,600      231.091.700      234,509,100 

Circulation...     15,495,900         15,563,500        17,449,300' 

And  the  following  tbe  relations  between  the 
total  reserve  and  total  liabilities  of  tbe  banks: 

Specie 140.187.000  138.303,100  Dec.  fl.881.900 

Leeal  tenders..  42.251,800  43,305.190  Inc.  1,053.900 
Total  reserve.  ..ti^2, 438,200  $S1,6;0,200  Dec.  $838,000 
Rea've  reqaire<l 

aet.daposlta..  57.656,400    57,773,925 
Excess  of  res've 
above  legal  re- 
quirements... 24.781,800    33,837.275  Dec.       94453S 

There  was  no  change  in  the  monetary  situa- 
tion, and  rates  were  very  steady  throughout 
tbe  week.  Tbe  supply  of  loanable  funds  has 
been  augmented  by  tbe  steady  influx  of  cur- 
rency from  the  interior,  and  tbe  banks  and  trust 

companies  haro  foand  it  diiBcult  to  lully  em- 
ploy their  surplus  money.  The  banks  have 
now  on  hand  fully  $4,000,000  more  legal  tenders 
and  nearly  $15,000,000  more  specie  than  at  this 
time  last  year.  The  rates  for  call  loans  ranged 
from  3  to  5  per  cent,  with  4  per  cent  as  the 
ruling  rate.  Coaimeroial  paper  was  m  good 
demand,  and  business  was  quite  active  among 
the  note  brokers.  Sales  were  at  X'Hi^  per 
eent.  for  prime,  and  5^6  for  names  less  known. 
The  supply  of  paper  in  the  market  was  small. 
The  foreign  advices  were  not  especially  im- 
portant. In  the  London  market  Consols,  as 
usual  of  late,  were  influeoccd  by  the  vaiious 
reports  in  regard  to  the  peace  negotiations,  bat 
tbe  changes  were  compassed  within  a  narrow 
range,  the  closing  quotations  being  ^  ^  cent, 
below  those  of  tbe  previous  week.  United 
States  bonds  were  firm,  and  prices  were  well 
supported.  The  Bank  of  England  lost  £580,000 
bullion  for  the  week  ending  Wednesday.  On 
Thursday  £80,000  went  mto  the  bank,  but  the 
withdrawals  since  then  amounted  to  £234,000. 
At  Paris,  Rentes  closed  at  106f.  30o.,  against 
I07f.  3dc.  on  the  previous  Saturday. 

The  sterlug  exchange  market  was  strong 
under  the  influenee  of  a  small  supply  of  com- 
mercial bills,  llie  prices  lor  cotton  at  Liver- 
pool continue  below  those  at  New- York,  and 
shipments  ot  the  staple  have  not  been  suffi- 
cient to  keep  the  mah.3t  supplied  with  bills. 
The  leading  drawers  advanced  their  rates  to 
$4  85  and  $4  86V«  for  long  and  short  sterling 
respectively,  with  actual  business  plese  on  to 
these  figures. 

Speculation  in  the  Gold  Room  was  active  at 
intervals.  Tbe  price  declined  from  106  to  10471, 
tbe  lowest  point  touched  since  June  12, 1862. 
Tbe  fall  in  the  premium  was  chiefly  due  to  dis* 
patches  from  Washington  that  President  Grant 
would  send  a  Message  to  Congress  urging  tbe 
resumption  of  specie  payments  at  an  early  day. 
This  caused  conaiderable  selling  for  short 
account,  and  when  the  bears  commenced  to 
cover  there  was  an  upward  reaction  to  10546, 
the  final  sales  having  been  at  105\i.  Cash 
gold  was  easy  at  3  to  5  ^  cent,  for  carrying. 

Government  bonds  declined  V4  to  1^  V  eent. 
in  sympathy  with  gold,  and  advanced  V^  to  ^ 
V  sent.,  wuen  the  latter  recovered.  Thetrans- 
aotlons  were  moderately  large,  a  good  demand 
having  prevailed  during  the  greater  portion  of 
the  week.  Railroad  mortgages  were  irregular. 
Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  issnes,  whioh  were  con- 
spiouons  for  weakness  last  week,  recovered 
from  79^  to  82Mi  for  Consolidated  Sinking 
Funds,  and  from  96  to  97Mt  for  La  Crosse  Di- 
vision. The  New -Jersey  Central  issues  de- 
clmed  1  to  3  ^  cent.,  First  selling  down  to 
101  Vi  ex  interest,  75^  for  Consolidated,  and  72 
for  Convertibles.  Tbe  final  sales  were  at 
104,  76^,  and  74  respectivelv.  Lehigh  and 
Wilkesbarre  Consolidated  declined  from  55  to 
54,  and  rose  to  56.  Toledo  and  Wabaah  bonds 
foil  off  2%  ^  cent,  for  Firsts,  to  1021,4  ;  2  for  St 
Louis  Division,  te  80V<i  ;  Mt  for  Seconds,  to  75, 
and  5^  for  Consolidated  Convertible,  to  50^. 
Great  Western  Firsts  declined  from  105V4  to 
103,  and  Seconds  from  75  to  72,  the  latter 
closing  at  7a  C,  C.  &  L  C.  Firsts  fell  off  &om 
36  to  34^,  and  later  rose  to  36Mi.  The  Pacific 
issues  were  firm,  and  advanced  V^'^l^  iP*  cent, 
closing  at  tbe  best  figures.  State  bonds  were 
firm  on  a  fair  business. 

The  busineas  on  the  Stock  Exchange  was 
moderate  in  volume.  The  dealings  in  tbe  coal 
shares  were  at  times  attended  with  consider- 
able excitement,  and  the  fluctuations  in  the 
prices  of  these  stocks  were  wide  and  frequent. 
Early  in  the  week  it  was  reported  that  New- 
Jersey  Central  was  in  hopeless  finaneial  trouble, 
that  a  default  on  its  interest  was  certain, 
and  that  the  company  was  about  to  pass 
into  the  bands  of  a  Receiver.  These  reports 
caused  a  heavy  decline  in  the  stock,  and  toe 
price  droppea  from  30  to  21  Vi,  Later,  when  it 
was  ascertained  that  some  of  the  leading  share- 
holders had  agreed  to  take  up  $3,000,000  cer- 
tificates of  indebtedness,  and  thus  enable  the 
company  to  tide  over  its  difficulties  for  the 
present,  tbere  was '  a  partial  recovery  in  the 
price.  Delaware  and  Hadson  Canal  declined 
from  659ft  to  56^,  and  Delaware,  Laekawana 
and  Weatera  trom  7241  to  67Mi,  with  dosiag 
sales  respectively  at  61  and  69^.  The  great 
dullness  in  the  canal  trade  is  one  of  tbe  cbief 
influeaoes  affeotins  adversely  tiiese  stocks.  It 
was  statea  at  the  elose  of  the  week  that  only  a 
very  small  portion  of  .the  coal  disposed  of  at 
the  reoent  sales  had  been  taken  away  by  the  par- 
.ahaaers.  TharaaxIat^aareatanzwtroBthepart 


of  ih'ai^olderl^  iiie  tfiS^xiM'eoSL  ooApattieai 
to  leam  the  actual  financial  condition  of  tne 
several  eorporations,  so  that  their  prdj^eri^ 
may  not  be  the  tootb^l  of  speonlaion ;  hot 
the  Directors  thus  far  make  manifest  no  dis- 
position to  grati^r  this  very  reasonable  desire. 
The  weakness  in  Illinois  Central  continoes,  and 
the  price  felt  off  from  55^  to  50^,  with  dosing 
transactions  at  a  recovery  of  2  i**  cent  The 
reports  in  regard  to  a  docline  in  the  company's 
earnings  are  reiterated.  Tbe  fluctuations  in 
the  other  shares  were  IoeSi  important 

COtTBSEi   OF  MARKBT— TSK  WjtEE. 

Cloalog 
Satnnlax. 
BiKbest.    Lowest.  Feb.  6,  '76. 

American  gold lOS  104^8  H^'^s 

Un1t6dStatea58.'8LcoAp..ll0l%  llOifl  II713 

UnHed  Statea  5-S0a.'«7,O.H3'8  112»a  181^43 

New-York  Central 10238  100^  111% 

Kockliland 102i8  lOl^*  108% 

PacidcMail 2588  24%  35ie 

Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul..  19ii  17%  42i8 

Milwaukee  &  StPaul  Pf.  49^4  481^  77% 

LakeShore 555^  54%  66% 

Chicaeo  &  North-west. ..  35%  3488  ^^°k 

Chicago  &  North-weatPt  56%  5:>%  63% 

Western  tTnlon 77  75%  76% 

TTnionPaclflc 66%  64  68% 

Toledo  &  Wabash 8%  6%  6% 

Del.,  Lack.  tWeatern...  72%  67%  118% 

D.&H.  Canal 6589  56%  120 

Morris  &  Bsoex OlOg  89%  102% 

New  Jersey  Central 30  21%  109 

Panama 123  133  133% 

Erie 9%  SHj  ICSs 

Ohio  &  If  isalsalppi 7%  6%  21% 

C,  C.  &Ind.  Central....    3  3  5% 

Harlem 140%  140%  136% 

Hannibal  &  St  Jo IS'a  H  ^4  90% 

Hannibal  &  St  Jo.,  Pre£    29  S4%  30% 

Micblgan  Ceatral 48%  4«%  60i% 

lUtnoia  Central 55%  50%  97% 

Missouri  Pacific 3  3  1338 

RANGE    OF    PRICfi:S    AND    ClOSINa    QUOTA- 
TIONS—FEB.  3. 

— CloBlnz — . 

Highest.    Lowest  Bid.    Asked. 

New-York  Central.... 102%  101%  101%  102 

Harlem --  140%  141 

Ene 9%           O^a           9%  8% 

Laire  Shore 54%  54%  54%  54% 

Wibaab ..              7%  8% 

North-western 35  35  35  35% 

North-wostemPref...  55%  55%  53%  557e 

Rock  Island 101%  101%  101%  101% 

FortWavne ..  100  101% 

Milwaul[eB&St.PauI.  19%  18%  19  19% 

Mil.  <feSt.Panl  Pret..  49%  4838  49%  49% 

Pittsburg ..  92  92% 

Del, Lack. &  Western.   6958  68%  69ie  69=8 

New-Jersey  Central..  27  25  2868  86% 

Del.  &  Hudaoa  Canal.  6U%  60%  61  Sl% 

Morns  <k  Eaaex .  89%  90% 

Michigan  Central 47%  46%  47  47% 

IlllnoiB  Central 32  50%  51%  52% 

Union  Pttcilic 66%  66  66  66% 

C,  C.&Ind  Central..    .                          2%  3>4 

Han.  &8t.  Joseph....  13  11%  12%  13 

Han.  &  St.  Joseoh  Pf.  26%  24%  26  26% 

Obio  &  MisHiaaiopi...    6%            6%            6%  7 

WesternUnion!!.".'.*.'.'  76%         75%         70%      70% 

At.  &.  Pac.  Tel 15%         15%         15%      15% 

Pacific  Mail 2508         24%         25%      25% 

Quicksilver 15%  15%  15%      16 

Qaicksllver  Pref ,     ..  21%      23% 

AdamaExprees ..  104        104% 

Wells,  Fargo  A  Co -.  84         85 

Ajn.  Mer.  Union  Kx...  59  58%  69  59% 

United    States  Ex ..  51%      52% 

The  following  are  the  returns  of  the  foreign 
commerce  of  the  port  of  New- York,  and  tbe 
operations  of  the  United  States  Sub-Treasury, 
here,  for  the  week  ending  Saturday  last,  and 
since  the  beginning  of  tbe  year,  compared  with 
the  return  for  the  corresponding  periods  of  last 
year: 
Imports  of  Dry  Goods  and  Oencral  Merchandise. 

Week  ending  last  Saturday J6.499.787 

Correspondlni:  week  last  year 6,756,290 

Since  Jan.  1  thiayear 29,592.379 

CorrespondiDc  ppnod  last  year. . 34,274,836 

Gold,  Feb.  3,  1877 105% 

Gold.  FeD.  5,  1876 m'a 

Exports  of  Domestie  Produce. 

Week  ending  last  Tuesday f5.585,160 

Corresponding  week  last  vear 5,093,396 

Since  Jan.  1  tnls  year 29,348,662 

Corresponding  period  last  vear 24,940,937 

Exports  of  Gold  and  Silver. 

Week  ending  last  Saturday (228.486 

Correaponding  week  last  year .... 387.746 

Since  Jan.  1  this  year 1,206,703 

Corresponding  period  last  year 2,363,836 

Receipts  for  Customs. 

Week  endihg  Feb.  3,  1877 (2182.975 

Wosk  ending  Feb.   5.  1S70 2,308,499 

From  Jan.  1  to  F«D.  3.    1877 9,831,059 

From  Jan.  1  to  Fob.  5,    1876 9,230.108 

Gold  Interest  Paid  out  by  the  Sub- Treasury. 

Week  endina  Feb.  3,  1877 «2,325,300 

Week  ending  Fob.  5,    1876 2,014237 

From  Jan.  1  to  Feb.  3.    1877 8,360.105 

FiomJan  1  to  Fob.  5,  1876 9,804980 

Tho  Commercial  and  Finaneial  Chronicle,  in 
its  issue  of  Saturday  last,  publishes  the  follow- 
ing table  of  railroad  earnings : 

Latest  eamiogs  reported. , 

1877^or  1870  or 
1878.  1»73. 
Atob..  T.  &S.F6..2week8  0fJan...  «58,97i  156.434 
B.,C.R.&North..2dweekofJan...  15.427  22.232 
CairucbSt.  Louis.. 2d  week  of  Jan..  2.853  6.130 
Canada  Soutb'rn... 2d  week  of  Jan.  25.024  34707 
Central  Paciflo... Month  of  Dec... 1,411,000  1,338.209 
Cbicago&.  Alton.-SdweeKof  Jan..  92,455  67,478 
C,  B.  &  Quinov... Month  of  Nov.. 1.026.817  1,040.538 
C.  M.&Sr.  Paal..3d  weekof  Jao..  7a000  137.055 
Chic.&Northwe8t.Monthof  Deo...  909,643  93,339 
Chic.  R.L  &  Pac. Month  of  Nov.  506,523  606,345 
Cin..  Laf.  &■  Cbio..  .3d  week  of  Jan.  5.753  9  360 
CI..  Mt.  V.<t  DeU.Month  of  Dec..  27,693  32,680 
Denv.  &K.Gr'de..3(lweekof  Jan..       4660        6,i77 

H«D.  &St.Jo Month  of  Nov...    178,401     lf9.639 

Uoost.  &  Tex.  C. .  Weea  end.Dec.22  93.258  96,047 
IllinolsCentral... Month  of  Deo....  503.149  679,434 
Indian.,  BI.&  W.. 31  week  of  Jau.  21.206  31,330 
lot.  &Gt.ilorfh..3dweek  of  Jan.  35,321  2'>,332 
Loui8V.,C.<fcLex.. Month  of  Deo..  96,350  98,908 
MlchiKauCent'1...2d  weekof  Dec.  122.093  139037 
Mo.,Kans.  &Tex..3d  week  of  Jan.  52.381  59.385 
St.L.A.&£.H.(0.>. 3a  weekof  Jau.  15.389  9,001 
St.L.,  I.  Mt.  <feSo..3d  week  ot  Jan.  102,700  94,333 
St.L.,E.C.&><or... 3d  weekof  Jan.  5<3,5U  S9;o64 
St.L.&Soutb-east.2i  week  of  Jan.  18370  S0.526 
St.  P.&S.Clty,&c.Moithof  Dec...  64.477  107,562 
Tol.,P.<fcWar8aw.3d  week  of  Jan.  18.073  25.339 
Tol.Wab.&West-.MontJi  ofDeo...  377,221  359,284 
Union  Pacific Month  of  Deo...    952,852    903,151 


TBE  LEOAL  FRATEBNITT  IN  FBANCM. 
From  th*  London  Timu. 

Unlike  our  Bar,  that  of  France  is  composed 
of  two  distinct  parts — the  advocatea  who  serve  the 
public  and  tbe  advocates  who  represent  the  State. 
Those  who  take  their  place  among  the  ordisary 
defenders  ot  prisoners  do  so  with  the  intention'  of 
remalDing  advocates  for  life  or  of  going  Into  Par- 
liament. Tbe  moac  Illustrious  advocatea  never 
dream  of.  acceptinii  a  place  on  tbe  Benoli.  Men 
like  Berryer,  Jules  Favre,  and  Dufaure  are  almple 
advocatea  from  firat  to  last,  imless  they  beosme 
Farliamentarv  leaUets  or  Ministers.  An  entirely 
different  career  is  opened  to  those  coimsel  who 
aspire  to  places  on  the  Bench.  At  tbe  very  out- 
set of  their  career  tbey  may  enter  the  service 
of  the  State,  and  tbenoeforth  they  do  Ita  work 
alone.  Forminir  part  of  the  official  Bar.  tbey 
may  be  made  Jngea  de  Paix  or  Judgea  in  tbe  Tri. 
buniils  of  First  Instance,  and,  perhaps,  t>e  kept  in 
those  subordinate  positions  all  their  lives.  Or  they 
may  be  promoted  to  the  Courts  of  AppeaL  If  they 
show  talent,  they  enter  the  ranks  of  the  Avooata- 
G^D^ranx,  and  in  course  of  time  they  may  become 
Prooureurs  G6oeraux,  Preaidents  of  tbe  Judfbial 
Chambers,  first  Preaidentp,  or  ohiet  of  tbe  Cour  de 
Cassation.  Tbe  result  of  that  syst«m  is  to  make 
tbe  Judges  as  a  bod  v  farjnferior  to  the  leaders  ol  tbe 
Bar.  A  distingulabed  French  writer  has  troly 
said  that  if  tbe  father  of  two  sons  uestlned  both 
of  them  for  the  profeasien  of  the  law,  he  would 
send  the  more  brilliant  to  the  open  .  Bar 
and  make  the  leas  able  one  a  candidate  for  a 
place  m  the  Magistracy.  He  would  do  ao  partly  be- 
cause promotion  in  the  ranks  of  the  Magistracy  de. 
penda  on  tbe  Minister  of  Justice,  and  partlv  be- 
cause tho  legal  offices  ot  tbe  State  are  badlv  paid. 
A  man  who  would  scarcely  got  a  Hingle  brief  if  he 
were  a  mere  advocate  may  oe  advanced  from  one 
post  to  Kuotbor  by  tbe  favor  of  th*  Goverai&ent. 
If,  on  tbe  other  band,  aa  udvooate  ia  gifted  with 
high  forensic  abilities  and  correspondine  ambition, 
he  disdains  to  be  content  witb  the  sssall  rewards  of 
the  State.  He  prefers  tbe  free  exercise 
of  hia  eloquence  and  hia  learning.  AVealtb, 
popular  lame,  a  seat  ia  tbe  Chamber 
of  Deputies,  a  place  in  rhe  Mltnristry.  the  power  of 
a  Berryer,  and  tfao  political  oareer  of  a  Martlgnac, 
all  lie  open  to  tbe  Bar.  Toe  rewards  of  the  State 
aie  msignifioant  when  cotupared  with  these  prizea. 
There  are  nearly  3,000  Jngea  de  Paix,  but  more 
than  2,000  of  them  got  only  tbe  paltry  ealary  of 
£72  a  vear.  Tbere  are  nearly  2,500  Judges  of  First 
Instance,  and  thair  pay  ranges  trom  £96  to  £320. 
The  members  even  ot  t,he  Courts  of  Ap- 
peal draw  email  incomes — tbe  remuneration 
of  those  in  the  tbirU  claas  being  £900  a 
year,  and  those  in  the  tlrst  £440.  The  Presidents 
of  those  trtbuDals  are  oatd  ft-um  £600  a  year  to 
£1,000.  Nor  is  the  remuneration  much  higher  even 
in  tbe  Cour  de  Cassation,  tbe  Presidents  in  the 
three  chambers  drawing  £1,000  a  year,  aad  the 
first  President  £1,200.  The  Procnreur  G6aeral  of 
that  court  has  to  accept  tne  same  modest  snia  as 
the  first  President.  A  comparlaon  of  these  incomes 
with  those  of  our  own  law  offloers  and  /udsea  will 
make  it  easv  to  understand  why  tho  French  maois- 
trates  are  inferior  to  the  Bar,  and.wby  the  greatest 
advocates  of  France  would  disdain  to  sooept  such 
Judicial  posts  aa  are  coveted  by  the  grealosl  advo- 
catea of  Ensland. 

YEBMONT SCHOOLS  IN  LUOK. 
The  St  Albans  Messenger  of  the  3d  nst. 
says :  "  Arunata  Huntington,  of  BsUfocd,  P.  Q., ' 
who  died  aboot  three  weokssiaee^  left  to  the  State 
of  Vermont,  to  bo  used  as  a  faad  tor  the  beaeflt  of 
the  ootsmoa  aehoelsi  an  estate  ot  1109,009,  as  shown 
by  aa  iavaatory  attaohod  ^  the  .WltU  Mx.  Hoat. 
iaatMi  was  a  aativo  sO:  Venaeat." 


(jcfiiimttotAii  A^AiM^ 


^^  ff«w-^diax.  SaitmrdaV,  Al*.  8.  1877. 

The  receipts  of  the  principal  icluds  ot  Fzodoos  siaoe 
our  liist  have  been  as  loitnwir 


Aahea.  pka... 
Ballion.  bars. 


7* 
1.166 


HUEps,  bales......... 

Leather,  aiaes....... 

(•ead,  PUS............ 

MolasseB.(a.O.,)bbls 

Ofl.bbU...... - 

OU^akB.^  pks. 

Porit.  irtcs... 

Out-meats,  pks . 

Qrea«».  pks". 

dard.  Oka....... 


6X,O4:0J8tearii)e.  pks 

Batter.  Dks -. 

Cheese,  pks.. .. 

Tallow,  Dks 

Oressed  Hogs.  Ko... 

Speltel^,  pes 

StttruB.  bay . 

8kias.  balea 

Tobacco,  abds....... 

Tobacco,  bxs.  11  ca.. 

«n>lak7,  bUa. 

Wool.  Dales 


Beans.  bhbL. 880 

Cotton,  bales. 13,98 

Cott«a-aeed01I,bbU.        60 

Copper,  bbls.. Id 

tnrfedFrdit,  pks 394 

KagB.bbiB. „ 19 

Flour,  bills 8.34,0 

Wheat,  bushels......   2,800 

Corn,  busbeli. 

Oats,  buaheia 26iO<iO 

aye.  huahels 4,684 

Malt,  bushels........  6,600 

Barley,  bushels 6,000 

Peas,  bushels 1,700 

Orsaa-seed,  baKS....   1.443 

Flax-seed,  oa^rs 19a 

Corn-meal,  bbls 1,400 

B.  W.  Flour,  pks....      339 
B.  W.  Flour,  bushehi      40U 

Uops,  bales 4*.!i 

Hides.  So 881 

COFPBE— Very  quiet;  quoted  SS  before...    . 

C6TT01f— Has  been  quoted  oft  1-lBo.  ^  ft.  for  early 
deUvery,    on   Mifhter  offerings,   tbon^  tbe    demand 

was   less   actiye. Ordinary  quoted  to-dav  at  llVio. 

■am^c;  Low  UiddJinr,  IvJ  7-16a®12  9-16a!  Mia- 
dlinit,  12  15-16c.®13  l-lbc... .Sales  irere  offlclallv 
reported,  lor  promot  delivery,  ot  27b  bales,  (of  whioh 
6U  bales  were  ou  last  eTealDC)  iscladlng  228  bales 
to  spinners  and  61  bales  to  Speculators....  A  no 
for  forward  delivery    buainsBS  wss  on  a  restricted 

Scale  at,  however,  higher  prices Sales  nave  been  rer 

portea  since  our  last  ot  S2,30O  bales,  ef  whioh  8.600 
bales  'nrere  on  last  erenma,  and  23,70U  bales  to-dav. 
witu  500  bales  on  the  calls,  on  tbe  bams  of  Middling, 
witD  Februarr  options  closins;  at  12  29-32c.'3>12 16-100.; 
March.  13  3-32C.;  Aoril,  13  9-3/0.313  6-I60.!  Mav. 
13  16-320.31.1  »90.:  June,  13  2i-32c;  Jul.V,  18  26-32ax 
Auirast,  13  18-10c®l3  !27-3a«.;  Bepteinher.  I'd^i.'A 
13  0-lCe.;  Octooer,  18  3-16o.t  November,  12.15-180. 
®12  31-320.;  December.  12  15-16c®l2  31-82C.  ^^lb., 
showiue  an  advanoe  ot  3-32o.  S>3-16o.  ^  0>.,  dosing  dm. 
....The  receipts  at  this  port  to-dav  were  1,389  bales, 
and  at  the  shluDing  porta  27,471  bale;!,  against  25,187 
bales  same  day  last  week.  The  week's  exports  hence 
have  beeu  7.653  bales,  ioeludtnz  7,517  fcaltjs  to  Liver- 
pool and  36  bales  to  Havre.  The  exports  Irom  all  the 
ports  since  Sept.  1.  1876,  have  been  1,858.076  bales, 
of  which  1,244.693  bales  were  sent  to  the  Britlili 
ports  and  613,383  bales  to  the  Continent. 

OloBina  Priee*  of  Oonon  in  X*y>-tort. 

UpiandSi  Alabama     IT.  O.       TexSa 

OriUnarv 11^         ll'*  11% 

Stnct  Ordinary.. .11"%         ll^s  11'4 

Gooa  Oraiii»rT...12  12  12^8 

Strict  Oood  Ord...l2»4  12\t  12% 

Low  !ttlddlln«....l2  7-16  12  7-16    12  9-16    12  d-16 

Strict  LowiMid.... 1211- 16  12  11-16  1213-1612(13-19 

Middling 1315-1612  16-16  13  1-16   13  1-16 

(jood  Middling.. ..13  3-16  13  3-16  13  5-lb  13  6-16 
Strict  Good  Mid.. 13  7-16  13  7-14  13  9-16  13  9-16 
Middling  iFalr..... 13  13-10  13  1M6  13  15-16  13  16-16 

Pair. 14  9-16    14  918     14  11-161411-16 

StamedL 


1218 


Good  Ordinary lO^jLow  Middling....!  1  13-16 

StrlctGood  ord ll'aiMlddhng 1^    6-16 

FLOUR  AND  MEAli— State  ana  Western  FIOUT  was 
lasa  fieely  dealt,  in  to-day,  at,  ai  a  rule,  essenUaUy  un- 
altered quotations,  though  some  lota  w^re  closed  out 
at  a  shade  easier  flsures.  The  most  important  pur- 
chases were  again  on  West  India  and  South  American 

account,       chiefly       ot    City      mil.      product Sales 

have  t>een  repurteu  since  oiir  la«t  ot  10,600 
bbi8.  Of  all  grades,  iuoiuoing  unsound  Flour  at 
$3  60®$6  75  ;  Hour  Flour  at  S4  50®$8  65, 
very  poor  to  chofce,  .No,  2  at  $4  :s5®$o  ;  very  Door  to 
very  cuoice  HuperQne  Wescern,  85  45®$o  SO,  ma'olv 
at  $5  60^S5  75;  piior  to  fair  Extra  dtate,  tS  8u3>$6; 
fair  to  choice  da  at  90®:Sd  35;  Cltv  Mills  Extra, 
shioping  grades,  $5  90®$7  20,  mainly  for  West 
Indiee,  on  the  basis  of  $0  75^7  20  for 
good  to  very  choice.  (with  higher  rates 
named  for  small  lots  of  fancy,)  and  quoted  at 
$8®j>8  50  tor  aooui  cuoice  to  very  choice 
for  toe  South  Amencap  trade,  and  quoted  at 
$0  9U  for  brands  suited  to  the  English  trade: 
(of  which  latter  500  bbU.  sold  : )  very  interior  to  fair 
shipDlug  Kxtra  Westers.  $5  752>$(i ;  fMx  to  choice  do., 
$Oi^$t>  30;  and  oiber  ersdes  witbta  the  previous  range. 

Included    lu    the    sates 'have    been    6,450  bUla. 

shipping  Extras,  of  wbich  4,250  bbls.  City  MllU, 
6UU  bbls.  Miuuesota  clear  and  straight  Extras; 
850  bbls.  do.  Patent  do.;  7&0  bbls.  Winter  VVIieatExtras. 
(lor  shipment;)  alf7'd>$8,  mainly  at  $7  o0'9$8  ;  700 
bbls.  Siiperhne  and  45U  bbls.   No.  2  at  tbe  ouoted rates 

Southern  Flour  wa*  quiet  to-day  at  lormeYpnoes. 

Sales,  776  bbls.,  maiuly  Kxtras,  wlthiu  the  range 

of  $7   25'S$8   25 Of  Eye   Flour,    226   bols.    aold, 

iu  lots,  chiefly  at  $4  76'®$5  tor  about  fair 
to  good  Superfine  t>tate,  Hud  up  to  S3  10® 
$5    2U   fbr   cuoloe    to    very  cboise ;     $4    e6w$5    for 

Western      and      Henna.vlraaia :      market      quiet 

Of  rum-meal,  1,175  bbls.  sold,  lu  lots,  including 
975  bbls.  Yellow  Western  at  $3®$3  10,  (of  which  275 
Ubls.  Bisiog  tjun  at  $3,  aad  600  bbls.  1^120  Medal  at 
$3  10.  the  latter  delivered.)  sud  Brandrwine  at  »3  60: 

msrlcet  brisker Coi-u-meal,  in  ba^LS,  iu  more  demana 

withiu  tbe  rargeof  91®$1  45,  as  extremes,  ^  100  fi). 

Of  the  stlSs  were  26,100  bags  coarse,  mostly  on 

the  bMts  of  SI  12  for  Ciiv  MiUg  ;  $1  for  Baltimore,  (of 
which  Utter  70U  bags  sold  from  dock ; )  and  $1  46   lor 

bolted  Yellow   Baltimore Bnchwheat   Flour   duil ; 

quoted  to-day  at  S3  90'3>$4  40  for  ordinary  to  very 
choice  State  and  Peuusylvauiit. 

OR.4IN — Very  limited  dealings  were  reported  In 
Wheal  to-day,  with  Spring  eraues  quoted  off  about  2c. 
a  bushel,  and  dull,  aud  Wlntsr  nomuially  unaltered. 
Oemand  to-day  wholly  from  shippers  aud  mtUers, 
whoiie  rcqalremenis  were  quite  moaerate... .bales 
were  reported  of.35,00U  bushels,  Inoiudlng  Bed  Weat- 
eru,  I.Oju  bushels,  at  $1  60 ;  No.  2  Chicago  bprtng, 
in  aturu,  8,0i>0  bushets,  at  $1  41 ;  Nos.  'i  and  3  Mu- 
waukee  do.,  new  crop,  iu  store,  mixed,  9,000 
bushels,  to  a  local  miller,  at  $1  37  >2;  ^ud 
ungraded  Spring  at  $1  20'd>Sl  44,  of  which  12,000 
bushels  Cblcago.  afloat  for  expurt.   at  $1  20,  aud  odd 

lots  at  $1  SICS^I  44 Coru  more  acti ve ;   chiefly  lor 

shipment  at  firm  priees  tor  old,  but  in  instaaces  at 
rather  easier  rates  for  new.'... Sales  have  beenreoorted 
since  our  last  of  115,000  bushels,  mcluding  New- York 
No.  1,  old  aud  new.  at  61c ;  New- York.steamer  Mixed  at 
t>Oc.@eO*2C.;  New-York  itteamer  Yellow  atOlHjo-;  New- 
York  uo  grade  at  o9c.®o93^c.,  mostly  at  bQ^<u'3>59\C.; 
new  crop  Mixed  Western,  car  iutd,  at  5vo.'S60'^c.; 
Wulte  nresteru  at  62o.;  ungraded  sailiug-vessei  Mixed 
Western,  old  crop,  (nomiaal,)  at  69o.®62c.;  prime  Jto. 
2  Chicago,  iu  store  and  afloat,  at  6l)c.'2'63o.,  joC  which 
about  70,000  bushels  reported,  in  store,  for  export, 
ou  the  basis  uf  6uc.;)  csoatQera  Yel.ow  at  69c.®ii2c., 
from  oouk  :ind  afloat,  (of  which  6,500  busbels.  afloat,  at 
61c.;)  Southern  Whit«,  afloat,  1,500  bushels,  at  6:^c... 
fiye  steady  and  in  request,  in  good  part  for  home  use. 
aales  reported  of  lO.OUo  bushels  Estate,  to  arrive  first 

wotk  in  March,  at  92c Of  Bar.ey,   1,000  bushels. 

Feed  stock  sold  at  50c.,  and  reported.  bJ.OOO  bushels 
do.    OQ    priTute  terms;    market    geueruUy  doll    and 

beav.y Barley-malt  and    Peas   as   last   quote'.      Of 

But^tcwheat.  a  our-!oad  oitui  8tate  sold  at  .98c 

-Oats  have  been  much  more  active  at  lull  oriocs  for  the 
i>etter  qualities,  but  at  somewhat  weaker  figures 
for  the  poorer  grades.  Demand  mostly  tor  local  traile 
purposes,   though    in     pan     for    New-York     grade«\ 

ou   speculative   account Salea  reported  of  53.000  \ 

bushels,  including  White  Western  at  40c.'3i49o-,  as  to  ' 
quality,  (of  which  7.S00  bushels,  taic,  at  4Jc.®15'au.; ) 
NVhlto  State,  poor  to  strfctiy  choice,  -wlthia  the  range 
of  49o.®56u..  from  trat^k  and  afloat ;  Mixed  Western  at 
40c,®4t>c.,  as  10  quality;  damaged  do..  3,000  bushels 
at  31o.®3»o.;  New-York  Ko.  \i  Wldte,  750 
bushels,  at  46o.  ^ew-l'o^k  No.  3  White  at  44'ac.i 
New- York  »o.  1, 51>aC.;  New-York  No.  2,  1.500  bushels, 
Ht44'3C.;  New-Yor)L  No.  3,  about  13,000  bushels,  at 
4fc.:  (of  whicti  about  10,000  busbsls  representeu  as 
having  beeu  taken  on  speculation; )  New- York  Re- 
jected, at  39c.,  and  by  sample  40c.;  uumerohautable, 
2,2»0  bushels,  at  51'420.;  and  Mixed  State,  at  49c.'9 
64  "nc.  lor  poor  to  very  choice  (of  which  10.000  bushels 

very  choice  reported' at  64'aC.).4P' bus'hel Feed  has 

beeu  more  freely  dealt  In,  with  values  of  the  pilucipal 

kinds  quoted  generally  stead.y We  quote  :  40-fi}.  at 

)iil8  50a>$19  uO,  chiefly  at  $19,  (ou  sales  of  2,4o0 
bags;)  6u-ItS.  at  $19  -Jd®;^iO  60,  (of  which  800  bags 
sold  at  $19  40®$19  75;)  100-ID.  at  $20  •ZaCBi'ii  50. 
(of  which  1,300  bags  at  $20  40®$21  60.)  the  latter 
for  choice:  Kye  Feed  at  $22'®$23;  Bharpa 
at     $23'S>$'i6,      the      latter      for      very     choice, 

delivered Clover-seed  bos  been  iu  more  request  far 

ohipment  at  comparatively  firm  rates,  witU  prime 
Western  quoted  at  I60.;  good  to  choice  State  at  lebc 
'gJLTc..  Sales  reported  since  our  last,  in  lots,  of  600 
bags  Western  at  li$C..  aud  -ilo  bags  State  at  16^40.® 
17c;  Timothy  was  quiet  withiu  the  range 
of  $1  96'fii>$Vl  10  for  prime  to  very  choice..., 
Orher    Seeds    dull    but     quoted     about    as    before. 

Biile  Hay  has  beeu  less  urgently  sought  after,  with 

shipping  qualities  quoted  weaker  Within  the  range  of 
65c.'a'75c.,  anil  retailing  qualities  ut  S0c.'ci$l  05,  the 
extreme  figure   for   choice,  ^  100  lb.;  Clover,  70c  d 

76c.:  baltHar.  50c.'S>d5o straw  has  beeu  in  rather 

slack  demand,  iuc'udiug  Bye  Straw  within  the  range 
of  05o.®85c.;  Oat,  56c®88o.  4>  lOO  tt> TUe  week's 


export  clearances  bence  for  KuroL-.eau  ports  included 
6,631  bbls.  Flour,  05,551  bushels  Wheat,  474.005 
bushels  Corn.  2,641  bushels  Barley,  (for  Liverpool  ) 
34,314  bushels  Rye,  *J3.3d5  busuels  Feas,  and  188 
bushel  Oats. 

(iUNNY  BAGS  AND  BAGOIN'O— Of  Domestic  Cloth. 
1,0*0  rolls  sold  at  12^io.;  market  otherwise  duU. 

KEMP— Quiet  but  steady  ;  sales  to-day,  l.UOo  bales 
Jute  Butts,  February  shipmeuts,  at  3  3-16c.,  gold, 
time;  and  100  balea  Jute  le^eoUoua  at  39«c.,  our- 
rencv. 

HIDES— Have  been  in  fairdemand  irf  steady  rates 

The  week's  receipts  have  been  68,93/  Hi<les,  sajea. 
60,105  Hides  aud  69  bales  do.,  the  sales  Includiug, 
according  to  Messrs.  Pickard  &  Andreaeu,  6,6(10 
l>ry  Buenos  Avres,  22*3  to  26  tb..  part  at  '.22>20.  gold, 
tour  months,  usual  selection;  1,010  Dry  Entre  Bios,  22 
lb,,  at  Vi^fi.,  gold,  four  months,  usual  selection;  5,000 
suuta'l''^,  21  >a  lb.,  at  310.  gold,  four  mouths,  usual 
selection  ;  3,600  Dry  Corrientes,  21  to  21»4  lb.,  at 
20i40.®2034C.,  gold,  four  months,  usual  selectioo; 
7,115  Dry  uriuooo,  Vil  to 'i;2  Its.,  ualvate  terms;  6,80S 
Dry  Central  American,  20  to  22  lb.,  at  19*20.  gold, 
80  days,  selected ;  2,385  Dry  Eueador.  20  to  21  tC.. 
prlviiti  tirms;  3,»74Dry  Mexican.  1«  to  23  tb..  pri- 
vate terms;  1.500  Oiy  Bogota.  25  OS.,  at  20o.  gold,  60 
dava,  s.-leeted;  3.600  Dry  Mnzatian,  22  to  23  VS.;  11.- 
OUO  Dry  Atrtuan,  18  Vi..  aud  80U  Dij  dUirornia  Kips, 
10  B>..  ou  private  terms ;  4.(J95  Dry  Texas,  22  tu  24  tt)., 
at  20c.  to  vsic,  curreucy.  iiO  d.tys,  selected  :  l,40u  i>ry- 
salted  Texas,  34  to  35  Id.;  820  I.>r7-salted  Matamo.-os, 
82  to  33  tb.;  1,446  Wet-.aitcd  Te±ns,  60  to  66  16.;  650 
City  Slaughter,  70  tb.,  auu  09  bales  Calcutta  Cuw,   11 

Si.,  ou  private  terms Stock  iu  first  banda  to-day, 

108,300  uldes,  and  10  bales  ao.,agalaat '88,600  Bides 
and  1.19S  bales  do.,  same  time  last  year. 

MOLASSStJ — New-Urleaus  .  nas  iMieu  In  llgAt  .re- 
quest at  from  47c.'Si67c.  for  good  to  fancy. ...Mar- 
ket otherwise  nominally  unobanced.  ' 

NAVAL.  STOBkS— Resin  has  Seen  very  moderately 
sought  after;  qaOtsd  v^eak  eu  tbe  basis  or  $2"  XO'a 
£2  x6  fcr  common  to  good  Strained,  ^  l!80  Qs.  Sales 
reported   of  1,600'  bhla,   various   grades,   for    ship. 

meat,     on    private      terms Tar     aud     Piloh     aa 

last    quoted Spirits    TurpentluS    lUabttve,      with 

m  erchaniabie,  for  prompt  delivery,  at  tbe  dose,  44o. 
^  gallon.  A ' 

oiL-CAKB^Haa  been  dull  and  beavy.  with  Weatera. 
in  b>g8.  quoted  at  $36a>$3a  60.  onrreucy;  City,  nomi- 
nal  BxpoM*  Jor  the  week,.6,72«>plia..  to  Liverpool, 

London,  aud  Bristol.  ^' 

Pkii'UOLlsDM — Crude  quiet  aud  heavy,  quoted  nomi- 
nally at  IZi^caiS^AC.  iu  bulk,    and  Xfi^ac^ie'^c. 

in  a  hipping  order Uleflned   dull:    quoted   h.v   renn- 

eis    at  2tt'4e..    axfd  irom    secoud    hands,    in    small 

lots,    at     aae.     for     early     delivery Kefiued,     ia. 

casea.  qnoten  at  80o.®8l'90....City  Naphttaaqnoted 

at  140 OfBeaidnnm,  9.000  hbia.  reported  sold   at 

9e At  PbilaaelptiU.  Jfieflasd  Petroleum,  for  early- 
delivery,  quoted  at  'M'jfi.,  and  in  small  lots  at  22o 

At  Baltimore, 'quoted  for  early  delivery  by  refiners  a» 
.ta»  and  at  Fhiiadelpiiia. 

PKO  VISIONS— Western  Mesa  Pork  baa  l>een  In  more 
demand  fbr  eaatly  debverv.  chiefly  for  shlpmeat,  at 
about  previous  prices. ...Sales  reported  of  small  lota 
of  uniaap*«ted,  at  $14  eV^aSSlf  79;  850  b61a  in- 
apectod  at  916  90;  and  Sua  bbla.  do.,  brand 
spe«illi9d  lu  eontcMt.  «t  $17  12*9F.... Otber  Idoda 
very  dull;  l!.xtra  Prime,  inspected,  quoted  ac 
$13  75^^14;   Weetem  Friibe  Meas  at  $ie®$16  26. 

And    lor   furrard  delivery,   here,  WqateTn  Mess 

lias  been  is  moderate  demand;  quoted  for  Feb- 
maiT  at  tbe  otoae  namlnai;    Karob.  416  flOSdS  60: 

April,     $16   6U9$16  7U sales     reported    of    760 

bbls.,  UaTCh,  at  $16  OO....DNStod  BOffa  hav»  b««a 
moderately  active,  with  Western  qno  «d  as  olqainir 
weak  at  7Hio.,  (at  which  rate- al^ei  wete  made  of  7 
car-loads;)  ctty  quoted  at  7^99^....Ca*-Bifotc 
have  been  very  doll  at  t«BSerAt«a....Bal«ii  Ineladai 
small  lots  PloaHtBeWkta.  Iateik«uat9ei»6%e..  aa£ 
suoaiT  smairiots  of  OHiot  City  hulk  at  sroBortlsBte 


with  Btt  totpd^MaiiW  r«^>twi..-..WAiterttN2«f 
£Krd  has  beoa  aMdacaMly  aoagbt  after  far  ^aTtr  d»- 

ntuff.sK  «BBar  fsraar  fifm.s...x.t  w<««-n  .^fea^ 

lOr  early  deltten^eta.  aatoa  i^Live  b^^  imported  m 
300  toa.  prtato  MflO  97>i«$f  1,  eloMug;  at  «10  969 

$11 Aud    for    lonrard    delivery      bore,     Weab- 

enr  Steam  baa  yxria  S7od«r4teiv  aoi 
tive,  with..  v«(»aes_^  ^owlug  U*U*i  aitui-ktion..., 
Weatern  Steam.  Ibr  February,  ouoted  at'thuclossM 

gvm^JOi^Ai,  March,  $11  ia>«asil  15;  autU, 
iSsmil  27>ai  «^.  «11  36®$11  ?7'3....Sal3 
vrekiaieBorteft  etw«sten9%eam  to  the  orient  of  2,250 
tea.,  March,  at  $11  12>39$lt  16;  and  2,500  tea., 
AprU.  Mt  $11  26®S11  SO.. ..City  Steam  su-i  Kettle 
iaaottvei  quoted  at  $10  609$10  75;  sales,  YO  tea., 
chiefly  at  $10  76....And  Bo.  I  (laqte^  at  $10  37 •& 

EefihM     Lard   hala    been    very   qiflet    to-day^ 

quoted  for  the  OontlneDi,  for  eariy  deUvery.  at$ll  2.>, 
and  for  the  Weat  ladiea  at  99  7S-m$&  87>9....Beef 
inactive  at  naobanged  raiea  i  aalea  100  tcs.  City  Extra 
India  Meaa  on  private  tenna....Beef  Bamadull;  quoted 
at  $24  60  for  ehoioe  Western. ..Butter  baa  been  ofterel 
with  moM  argeney.  aaa  rufe,  and  quoted  weas  in  prices 
en  reafeeloted  &6ilmgB....we  quote  State,  tuoa,  fair 
to  choice,  26c®38o.|  do.  Weldi  tuba  20c. 926c.;  do.  fir- 
kina.  fair  to  fancy,  at  SOo.928c;  State  Batter,  whole 
ffatnea,  fkdr  to  otaeiee,  iSc^SOc.-,  Weataru  polls,  fair 
to  very  choice,  26o.'93ejXi  do.  tubs,  eommoa 
to  atriotlv  choice,  14o.®25c.;  da,  strictly  tail 
to  vrime.  In   ftrktoe,   14o.'<^l&o.;  rolla,  fair  to  very 

choice.        17o.'2>24o Oheesa       has   '     been      lesa 

sought  after,  and   rather  less  firm  as  to  values Wa 

quote  State  Factorv  at  14c'915a  for  choice  to  strictly 
fknoy,rwith  a  shade  higher  figurea  iK>te<i  for  very  fiao- 
oy,  and  llc.'314o.  for  fair  to  choice,  and  ie.tiSe.  fos 
Skuamed  and  Weetom  F»ctory  at  10^o.®14i«o.  fo^ 
taiT  to  strlotly   fancy  ;  State,  dAlry-made,  poor  to  veryt 

oboloe.  8o.'®14o Eggs  have  been  In  less    zeqnesat 

•t  depressed  and  dropping  prices We  queta  ireeb 

Eggs  within  the  range  of  28c.'®35c.  for  f^ir  to  fancy* 

aiarks Inquiry  mostly         for        gsod         to 

choice  at  from  SOo.'@32o.  In  round  lots  HP'  dozen.. 
....Tallow  has  been   more    active,  at  about   formev 

rates Sales  190,000  fii.  very  good  to  choice  at  80.9 

8'ia;   of  100,000  16.  cboloeCityat  814c Stearine 

has  beeu  lu  more  demand  and.nrmer;  choica 
CItyinhbds.  quoted  at  $11 12>a:  prime  Western  in 
tea.,  at  $ll;  a^es  140  tea.  ptime  Western  at 
Sll;  and  100  tea.  choice  City  at  $11  12 "a.... 
Domestic  Bice  has  been  In  moderate  request,  at  ua- 
ohanged  rates.  We  quote  lair  to  strictly  choice  Car. 
•Una.  in  Job  lots,  at  $5  25®$7;  Lou  siana  at  $4  25i 

®$6^100  tb Bast  India  Rice  has  beeu  quiet,  with 

Rimgoon  quoted  at  $3  l;^'a'S$3  V5,  gold,  in  bond; 
Fatiia  at  $7  £0$7  25,  currency,  firee,  and   lu  bond  at  $4. 

gold,  if  100  nj The  week'a  exports  to  Europe  have 

beeu  2,781  pks.  Pork,  2,731  tcs.  Beef,  26,048  bxs. 
BaooB,  13,242  pks.  Iiard,  17.597  bxa.  Cheese,  3,3X4 
pks.  Butter ;  also,  807  pks.  Tallow. 

8KTK9— Deer   has   been    more     active    and  quoted . 

steady  in  pries Tbe  week's  receipts  have  been  78 

bales:  aaiea,  6,000  ID.  Central  American,  4.1^00  tS. 
Porto  Cabello.  4,000  lb.  Manuihain.  and  3,000  01.  Mata* 

moras  on  private  terms Goat   has  been  firm  and  11^ 

fkir  request ;  receipts,  54  bales ;  sales.  200  bales  Mex. 
lean,     100     balea     Curacoa,     and    60   bales    Mara< 

oalbo    on    private    terms We    uuote   Deer   tbust 

Vera  Cnuf,  32*00.;  Quatemala,  X5c;  Para, 
32'ae.®35c;  Sisal,  SOc:  Puerto  Cal>eUo,  30o-t 
Honduras,  3219C.;  Central  America,  30c.®32>flC  ^  Is. 
.  ..And  Goat  thus:  Tampico.45c.'S>47'^]C.;  atiutamoras. 
45c.®47>i2C.;  Vera  Cruz.  45c.®47'sC.,  gold;  Buenoa 
AyroB,  50c.®52»ac;  Puyta,  ,47c.®5Uo.:  Curaooo,  8«>« 
lected.  55a@57isc.;  C»i»e,  S5c.;  Madraa,  66c,'®5/ Vs-i 
Patna,4Ue.'942><]a 

SPICi^S — A  moderateraovementhas  been  note!  In  tba 
jobbiua  Ifne,  with  Mace  at  8ua'S»90c.:  No.  1  Nutmegs, 
85c.'a.05o.;  Cussia,  21>2C.®v!3c.;  Cloves,  39c.'a>i2^i:.i 
East  India  Pepper,  14c.®1434C.;  White  Pepper,  23c.  3 
23>*c.:  Pimento,  12i3«.®13i4C.;  Qinger.  e^^cSSc. 
gold.  9'  Bs. 

SUOAKS — Raw  have  been  firm,  but  inactive,  witU 
feir  to  good  Reflolng  Cuba  quoted  at  9'4a-  '"H^'so-  ^  tO. 
Sale*  riePorti'd  here  ot  600  bags  CentrituKal  at  lo^au. 
Aud  at  Boston,  34.000  bags   Manila  at  S^bC-,  and  l.o.  0 

baskets  Java  at. 10^^ Refined  Sugars   have   been  la 

talr  request,  with  prices  quoted  firm. 

WHlaKY— Sold  to  the  exuiot  of  150  bTils.,  in  lots,  at 
$1  08.  and  50  bbla.  at  $1  07^4  ^  gallon,  olouugwealc 
at  $1  08  regular,  asked. 

FaGIGHTs— Eusluess  In  this  line  iu  the  local  market 
was  very  dull  to-dar,  as  a  rule,  -natb  rates  quoted  weale 

throughout.      Charteriug      movement   limited For 

Liverpool,  the  engagements  rcporttrd  siuCL"  our  last 
have  been  by  steam,  1.900  bules  Cottoo  at 
i^d.  ^  tb.,  nearly  all  as  -it  ruDS;  30.. 
000  bush«is  Corn  at  A^i.  ^  60  tb.;  1^50 
pks.  Butter  at  40s.  ^ton;  460  bbls.  Apples  at  4s. 
^bbl.;  500  bbls.  Refined  Sugar  (rumored)  at  30s.;  100 
hhds.  Tallow  on  private  terms,  quoted  at  25s.  bid  ; 
150  tons  Measurement  Goods  ou  private  terms:  uO 
bales  Hops  also  on  private  terms  ;  aud  (uf  recent  ship, 
meut)  2.400  Staves  at  market  rates.  And,  or  steain^ 
from  fbitadelpbia,  100  tcs.  Beef  at  7s.  6d.  ^  tierce. 
,  Alio,  a  ship,  with  Grain,  iu  ship's  bags, from  Bultlmure, 
reporloU  (as  chartered  tbere)  at  G'ad.  ^ 
b|UlheI.':..For  Loudon,  b.y  steam,  4.300  Staves 
(of  recent  shipment)  ou  private  terms  ...Kor 
Glasgow,  b.v  steam,  8.000  butshuls  Gmiu,  at  44I.  ^ 
bushel;  1.100  pks.  Provlsious.  part  reported  ut 
Sis.  6d.®t6s. :  100  hhds.  Taiiow.  reported  at  323.  6a. 
^toii ;  250  bbls.  Apples  at  4s.  ^  bbl. ;  and  (of  receiil: 
shipments)  6.000  cases  Canueil  Goods,  and  7,°.:!oO 
btaves,  ou  private  terms.  Also  h  bark,  with 
Grain,  in  ship's  bazs.  trom  baltimore,  reported 
(OB     charterea      t.Uerel      on     the       ba.i)s      or     6*20. 

^      bushel For     Bristol,     by     steam,     equal     to 

about  200  tons  Provisions,  iu'lots,  reported  within 

the  ranire  of  35s.'340s. 'j^  ton For. Cork  aud  orders, 

a  Britiali  bark,  witb  About  G.OOO  quarters  irraln.  Irom 
Philadelphia  (chaiterud  ther: )  at  os.  U.i.  ^  qutirter, 
(witb  tonnage  for  gran quoteil here,  and  at  Bolcimore 
essentialiy  as  iu  our  last,  without  lurther  movements.) 
....For  a  French  port,  direct,  a  Norwegian  bng,  "271 
touB,  hence,  witb  about  1,000  bbls.  Crude    Petroleum, 

at  5s.  ^   bbl For   the   Continent,   a   Uriiish   ship, 

1,343  tons,  with  about  9,00 J    bbls.  ReSned  Petroleum, 

from  Baltimore,  at  Sa.  9iL  4F*'bbl For  Lisbon,  a  Swed. 

Ish  bark,  470  tons,  win  about  3,00U  quarters  Gram, 
In  bsj^s,  from  Philadelphia,  at  17  >2C.  ^  butkel ;  a  .d  a 
Swedidh  brie,  304  toui,  with   L'cutenuiai  Goods,  from 

Philadeiyhia,   reported  at    £600 For   Bremen,    by 

steam,  fuvther  recent  contracts  were  for  100  bales 
Cotf«u  at  3.30  relchmarks;  14,700  bushels  Rye  at 
L26  00.^  460  pks.  Tobacco  at  4o  do.  for  hhd;.;  i^Q 
baes  Clover-seed  at  $1  80  do.:  1.000  p'-cs.  Provisions 
at  3c.  do.;  and  Sundry  small  lots  of  general  cargo  a« 
proportionate  rates..  ..For  Earn Uuig,  further  late  eu- 
gagemcuts  were  of  3,000  pks.  Lard  and  Bacon  at  2 
relchniarlrs,  and  sundry  lots  of  Measurement  Goods  aa 

90c. ®$1  do For  Aarbuu*,  a  Russiau  bark,  440  runs, 

hence,  with  about  3,000  quarters  Gralu,  at  5s.   9d.  ^ 

quarter For  Gibraltar   aud   Mnbt;:a,    a  barji;   irom 

Palermo,  au  American  schooner,  298  to.-is,  with  general 

cargo,  reported  at  $4,750 For    Bordeaux,  a  brig. 

with  al>out  2,800  quarters  Grain,  from  Baltimore,  re> 
ported  (aa  cnartered  tliere)  at  68.  per  quarter.... 
For  Rib  Janeiro,  a  Brittsb  bark,  290  tons,  with  Flour, 
from  Baltimore,  on  private  terms;  and  a  burk,  heuce, 
with  do.,  reported  at  about  $1  per  bbl For- Stock- 
holm, two  German  barks,  275  and  255  tons,  hence,  vrita 
Bacoo,  (contracted  for  several  w.eks  siacc:.)  reported 

ou  tbe  basis  Ol  40s.  iter  ten For   the   Kiver  t'lstte, 

an  Amencau  bark.  506  tons,  with  lumber,  from  Port* 

land,     reported     at     $15    60 For   Guadnioupe,    a 

schooner,       with       Shoolcs,         from        fhiladelphia,. 

at   30'9400 For  the  uurth    side  of   Cuba  and  baci^' 

north  of  uatteras.  touuage  for  sugar  was  mora 
eougbt  after  on  tbe  ba«ls  of  £5;  and  for  tho 
south     aide    ot    Cuba    and  back,  ou    the    basis    of 

$5  d0®5    7d For  Halifax,  a  schooner,   with  aboul 

10,000  bushels  Corn,  from  Newbern,  reported  at  9c  # 

bushel For  Cardenas,  an  American  bark,  with  Goal 

and  Cooporage  stock,  from  Baltimore,  reported  on  the 

basis  of  $1  75   ^  too For  points  uortli  uf  Hattrraa, 

three  vessels,  with   Salt,  from  Cadiz,    reported  at  lOo. 

^bushel For  Kew-Vork,  a  achoouer,  \ritb  Lumbea 

trom  Jacksonville,  at  $t5.  Coastwise  trade  geuerallj 
.  dull;    quotations  essentlaUv  as  before. 

THE  STATE  UE   TRADE. 


Boston,  Fob.  3. — "Wool  in  fair  demand :  holdot^ 
very  iudifiereut  about  selling,  being  confident  that 
prices  will  be  sustained.  The  prices  of  Fleeces  contin- 
ue to  be  maintained,  but  the  sales  have  uot  been  to 
any  extent.     The  siles  of  Uhio  and  Peansvlvania  have. 

been  115,oO<)It}.,  Includmg  XX  anda^ove,  at  about  48«. 
'3>50c.  A  lot  ef  selected  X  Ohio  was  sold  at  46c.  There 
was  Very  little  doite  in  Western  and  other  Fleeces, 
with  sales  priucipally  at  39c.'&4l'3C.  Combiug  ana 
Delaine  quiet;  safes  71,O00  tb.:  choice  Domestic  Comb* 
ing,  64c. '(255c,;  flue  Deluine,  47c.  The  sales  of  puUed 
were  1(55,000  IB.;  Super  and  X,  SBCo-aOc;  combing 
pulled,  4&a'3>46c.  California  mors  active;  Fall  sahtble 
only  at  lowprlces,but  tlieiebasbt>eu  moreiuquiry  than 
there  was  last  week;  sales  ot  this  description,  272,000 
lb.;  principally  at  16c'S18c.,  some  good  lots  selling  at 
;^0g..  and  poor  lots  as  low  as  lOo.;  sales  ot  Spring,  178,« 
600  Ss..  mostly  iu  the  isuge  ot  28c  <zi34c. 

DETBorr.  Feb.  3.— Flour  dull,  but  steady.  'Wbeal 
held  higher,  little  dolag ;  Kxtr»  White  Michigan  uoml< 
uallr  $1  58;  milliog,  $1  51  bid;  Ko.  1  White  Micbh 
gani  $1  49V<2$1  49^;  milling.  $1  44^4:  Na  1  Ambei 
Michigan,  Kl  43  bi<L  Corn  stroog.  with  a  lair  busl' 
uess  i  High  Mixed,  48  \K!.;  No.  1  Mixed,  48c,  ou  track. 
Oats  steady;  Mo.  1  Mixed,  4lc.,  February.  Reoelpta-' 
Flour,  660  bbla.;  Wheat.  3.434  bushels;  Corn,  19,363 
bushels;  Oats,  3,891  bushels.  Kbipmeuts — Flour,  4o3 
bbls.;  Wheat,  3.010  bushels;  Coru,  6,872  bushelsi 
Oats,  4,386  buahals. 

Chicago,  Feb.  3 — Cattle — Eeoolpts,  570  beadt' 
shipmeuts,  2.300  head ;  market  dull  aud  weak 
CovfS  and  stock  Steers.  $3  10'i£$3  25;  fair  to  good 
Steers.  $4  80Si$4  45.  Horb— Receipts.  4,800  head; 
shipments,  3,20<) head ;  market  dull,  weak,  and  5c  9 
lOc  lower;  culls,  £5;  common  to  good  light  snip, 
ping,  $5  6O'<0$U;  choice  to  extra  assorted  do.,  $0  60 d 
$8  85.  Sheep — Receipts,  90  head;  market  weak  and 
lower  all  rouud;  saies  at  $394  60. 

WnjaKOTON.  Feb.  3.— Spirits  of  Tarpeatiue  firm 
at  42c  Besin  firm  at  $1  7a  for  Ktraiaed.  Crude  Tur- 
pentine steady  at  $2  for  ba'<d  :  $3  for  1: allow  Dip  ;  $3 
for  Virgui.    Tar  stead  y  at  $1  OU 


TEE  COTTON  MAMKETS. 


Gal'Vestom.  Feb.  3. — Cotton  nominal ;  Middling, 
12e.;  Lovr  Middling,  ll'tiC;  Good  Ordinary,  lie;  net 
reoetpts,  965  bales;  exports,  to  Great  Britaiu,  800 
bales;  to  tbe  Continent,  :2,017  bales  ;  coastwise,  2.628 
bales ;    aales,  282  bales ;    stock,    Sii,844  bales. 

Savankah,  Feb.  3. — Cotton  steady;  Middling, 
12^'.;  LOW  Middling.  IIV^;  Good  Ordinary,  lliso-l 
net  receipts,  1 ,749  bales  ;  exports,  to  Great  Britain, 
4,982  bales ;  coastwise,  214  bales,  sales,  SoO  baleai 
stock,  66,438  bales. 

Mobile,  Feb.  3,— Cotton  finvi  UiddliuiiB,  lSc| 
Low  Middling,  ll<^c.;  Good  Ordinary,  14^c.:  net 
receipts,  4.27o  bales;  eiporta,  to  the  Continent, 
2,600  bales;  to  the  Chamiel,  1,570  bales;  coast* 
wise,  61  bales ;  sales,  l.OOO  bales  ;  stook.  71,739  bales, 

IfBW-OBLBAHa.  Feb.  3.- Cotton  ateady;  Mid. 
dliog:,  12c;  Low  Middling.  11*30.;  Good  Ordioary, 
He;  net  receipts,  13,285  bales;  gross.  14,0.^3  bales: 
exports,  to  Great  Britain.  7,753  bales :  to  Prance, 
i:,421  bales;  ealea,  7,000  bales;  stock,  290,894 
bales. 

Chablbston.  Fob.  3.— Cotton  uaiet;  Mlddlintc, 
12«8C:  Low  Middlfug,  12Vc.:  Good  Ordinary, 
lis.ic'312c;  net  lecelpts,  1,251  bales;  exports,  to 
Grsat  Britain.  1,587  bales:  coastwlsa,  407  baleai 
aaiea,  2U0  baleai  atook,  62,1^4  balea. 


HAVANA  WEEKLY  MARKET. 

IZavaka,  Feb.  3, — Sofrar— Markst  active ;  pricea 
ancbang'd  ;  yield  improTlsg  ;  stock  In  wsrehouse  a{ 
Havana  and  Matanaas,  4t>,uOJ  bxs.  aud  18.000  hhda.| 
receipts  ol  tbe  week,  13,280  bxa.  and  700  hhds.;  e» 
portadaring  the  week,  3,70>i  bxa  and  5,000  hhds.} 
to  the  United  States,  3,2o0  bxs.  and  4,700 
lihd's.  Moiaasea,  6iad5>4  reals  ^  kegm.  gold. 
Masoovado  Sugar.  inferior  to  fair,  8  reals 
f(Hdrf''*''oba;  common  to  fair,  8*3  reals.  CentrUugai 
Sacara.  lO^C^ll  reals,  gold,  ^  arroba.  Baeou, 
9S'i  6«®*87  50  ^?'cwt.  Buttt^r,  ft70®«78  ^  quintal  foi 

,  superior  Aiaerloau.    FUmr,  $35'3>i£S7  f*  bbl.  'for  Ameri. 

'  eaXL  Jerkoi  beef,  $6  6uw|6  <P  arruba  Hams,  $39 
4^47  ^  quintal  t<a  American  Sngar-cnred. 
Lard,  In  kegs,  $37  75®$38  ^  quintal;  in 
tins,  S43  ev^i  Sa  Fottktoes,  $i3^»$14  50 
^p■  bbl  Wax— Yellow,  $16a$17  ^  arroba. 
Onions,  $16 a$IS^  bbl  for  Amertcan.  coal-oil  dull. 
Empty  Hogsheads,  S4  26,  gold.     Lumber   nominal: 

■  WbUe  Fine.  $34  9'  M^;  Picoh  Pine,  $28  if  M.  Bhooka, 
box.  S'v^S^teaia.  White  Navy  Beans,  ifi8'328  reals 
V'srrobs,  Corn,  10910>a  reals  ^  afroua.  Fndgbta-^ 
Uregalac  deaumd;  satea  aochuced.  Tobaoeo  mora 
aefiva;  2.000  Klea  Beqaedloa  Filiera.  tar  Ifew-York, 
tcHmtMtAiFvaiiuM,  Bpnaiaa Oald.  lsa912K'a  av 
aliaaffe.flna. 

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AMV&£MJIIiIS  THIS  EYBSINO. 


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B.  Tborae,  Mr.  W.  R.  Flo^d,  Uiaa  Kathenne  Bogeri, 
HIM  Fumy  KOTSBt. 


Park  THBATSB.— Ous  BoiUU>iNa  Hodsk— Mr.   Btuaxt 
Botson,  Ur.  W.  H.  Crane.  Urn.  A.  K  Baker. 


WALLACK'S   THEaTBE.— Ai.l    vok  Ubs— Mc    Leater 
WsUs«k,  Mr.  S.  Mackaje.  Mlaa  Ada  Uyas. 


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SAGLBTHEATEK— La  JoLiB  PAKiVMSusK-MUe.  Marie 
Alm^e. 

BOOTH'S     THBATBB.— FirrH    Atcnvi— Mr.      Geoigtt 
Blgnold,  UiM  ill  aud  G  ranker. 


BBOADWAT  THSATBB.— iUsTOir,    La    Joi,i«    Booua. 
Tiasa. 


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Muaic.  Aim  UcMOK— Mr;  Robert  HelleF.   Miss  Heller. 


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Mr.D.  D.  Field  is  to  be  congratulated  on 
the  quality  of  his  witnesses — Maddox, 
LiTTLKFiELD,  and  Pickett.  These  crea- 
tnwjs  are  depended  npon  to  establish  an 
alleged  conspiracy  in  Louisiana.  There  is 
nothing  for  Field's  case,  direct  or  circum- 
Btantial,  except  what  these  three  persons 
contribute.  Mai>dox,  by  his  own  tes- 
timony, is  a  professional  stool-pigeon 
and  informer.    His  story  is    one  of  innu- 

«ndoes.     Ho   is   one  of  those   fellows    who 

could  tell  terrible  things  if  he  would.    But 

he  never  does.  Ljttlkfikld's  autobiogra- 
phy is  even  more  entertaining.  He  says  he 
is  a  gambler,  a  hanger-on  about  livery 
Btables,  an  immoral  person  who  has  lived  for 
years  with  "  a  lady "  who  is  not  his  wife. 
■  His  comrades  were  men  who  made  promises, 
as  he  says,  when  they  were  drunk,  which 
they  repudiated  when  sober.  Pickett  caps 
the  climax  of  dissolute  adventure.     He  says 

that  he  has  always  been  a  sort  of  political 
swashbuckler,  alternately  in  the  cause  of 
the  Confederacy,  Cuba,  Mexico,  Nicaragua 
WAI.KER,  and  the  Tilden  Democracy.  He 
is  I  a  man  who  confesses  to  no  such  weak- 
ness as  that  of  principle.  These  are  Field's 
"Witnesses.  On  the  unsupported  word  of 
vuch  adventurers  and  conscienceless  vaga- 
Tjonds  the  great  criminal  lawyer  proposes  to 
•stablish  Tilden's  claim  to  the  Presidency. 


The  Democratic  newspapers  pass  very 
lightly  over  the  fact  that  Gen.  Akj>ebson', 
of  the  Louisiana  Returning  Board,  posi- 
tively testifies  that  $200,000  was  offered  for 
the  purchase  of  the  Electoral  vote  of 
Louisiana  for  Tildbn.  There  is  no  attempt 
to  discredit  or  breakdown  this  evidence. 
Whose  money  was  this  f    Whose   but  his 

who  had  previously  sent  thousands 
*f  dollars  to  assist  the  weak  Gkovkr, 
of  Oregon,  and  other  thousands  to 
buy  the  vote  of  a  Hayes  Elector  in 
South  Carolina?  Let  us  hear  less  about 
the  so-called  ^'  startling  exposure  in  Louis- 
iana," where,  as  all  agree,  no  money  was 
receivBd  by  any  officer  of  the  Hetorning 
Board  for  any  dishonest    purpose.       Until 

the  Democrats  have  explained  how  it  was 

ths,t  one  of  Tildbn's  Louisiana  agents 
baldly  offered  a  bribe  to  secure  an  Electoral 
vote  for  him,  they  waste  their  breath  in 
vociferatiug  about  reported  plans  of  fraud. 
Who  authorized  Dr.  W.  A.  Robertson  to  offer 
Gen.  Andbrson  $200,000  to  insure  Louisiana 
for  Tiu>EN  t 


~  Of  the  twelve  great  annual  appropriation 
bills,  only  one — that  providing'  for  pensions 
— ^has  passed  both  houses  of  Congress.  This 
one  is  in  the  hands  ot  the  President.  Three 
others — the  Fortifications  bill,  the  Military 
Academy>'bill,  and  that  making  appropria- 
tions for'  the  consular  and  diplomatic  ser- 
vice— are  in  the  hands  of  conference  com- 
mittees. Two  other  bills  have  passed  the 
House  and  are  now  in  charge  of  Senate 
committees,  and  the  rest  are  yet  in  pro- 
cess, of  incubation  by  House  committees. 
It  ia  gratifying  to  learn  that  the 
baickwoods  members  are  not  nearly  so 
much  interested  in  the  Biver  and  Harbor 
Appropriation  bill  as  formerly.  This  meas- 
ure has  usually  been  a  huge  Job.  When 
fS,000  has  been  appropriated  for  the  im- 
provement of  a  trout  stream  in  West  Vir- 
ginia, the  money  has  gone  into  the  pockets 
of  some  Democratic  statesman  who  took 
this  metms  to  re-elect  himselfl  The  Presi- 
dent exercised  his  legal  prerogative  last 
year^.aDd  expended  only  what  seemed  to  be 
seeded  Xor  the  legitimate  improvement  of 
tlvcnimd  harbors.  The  trout  strdams  anf- 
fand  aa  imeKpeoted  drought;  and  if  the 
MB:  ijuMi  not  hagpcB  to  n—  *t  this  smkoiv. 


navigation  on  Pokopunk  Creek    and   the 
Kanawha  will  not  materially  diminish. 

A  good  example  of  the  way  in  which  the 
Democratic  ease  is  to  be  managed  before 
the  Electoral  Commission  is  afforded  in  a 
pamphlet  on  the  Florida  ease,  prepared  by 
some  expert  shyster.  It  is  a  judicious  selec- 
tion from  the  testimony  of  various  witnesses 
before  Field's  (lat«  Knott's)  committee  of 
the  House.  Cross-examinations  and  re- 
butting testimony  are  left  out,  and 
a  mass  of  half-truths  is  sent  forth 
with  a  q\imi  official  sanction  to  it.  No 
such  report  has  been  made  to  the  House  ; 
no  such  report  has  been  prepared  for  any 
purpose  but  that  for  which  it  has  been  used. 
It  is  in  effect  nothing  more  nor  less  than 
an  impudent  forgery.  The  Electoral  Com- 
mission, we  take  it  for  granted,  will  sum- 
marily throw  it  under  the  table.  If  the 
House  has  a  particle  of  dignity  left,  it  wiU. 
demaad  by  what  authority  this  insolent 
theft  was  committed  upon  the  evidence  be- 
fore a  committee,  and  inquire  who  is  re- 
sponsible for  the  premature  publication  of  a 
garbled  report  upon  matters  wholly  within 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  House. 


The  bill  for  the  abolition  of  the  Marine 
Court  in  this  City  has  naturally  excited 
mnch  comment  among  lawyers,  to  say  noth- 
ing of  the  considerable  number  of  persons 
whose  livelihood  depends  upon  a  continu- 
ance of  the  institution.  The  interesting 
sketch  of  the  origin  and  history  of 
the  court,  which  we  print  to-day, 
shows  that  the  gradual  changes 
which  have  been  effected  in  this 
peculiar  tribunal  have  thoroughly  and  radi- 
cally modified  it.  The  original  intention  of 
the  act  of  1797  was  to  make  this  "  a  jioor 
man's  court,"  corresponding  in  most  of  its 
features  to  the  Justices'  Courts  of  Massa- 
chusetts. There  is  no  longer  a  vestige  of 
this  old-time  characteristic.  If  the  Marine 
Court  be  not  abolished.  It  should  certainly 
be  reorganized  in  such  a  way  as  to  make  it 
accomplish  the  purposes  for  which  it  was 
designed. 


Our  Washington  dispatches  state  that 
the  advocates  of  the  silver  dollar  are  bent 
on  re-establishing  that  coin  as  legal  tender 
whenever  anything  is  done  with  reference 
to  resumption.  Probably  with  that  view  Mr. 
Sherman's  bill,  to  which  we  have  already 
paid  some  attention,  may  be  pushed.  It  is 
a  bad  bill.  The  silver  party  has  conveyed 
the  impression  that  the  measure  authorizes 
the  issue  of  the  silver  dollar  only  for  the 
redemption  of  legal-tender  notes,  but  the 
language  of  the  bill  does  not  bear  such  a 
construction.    It  is  as  follows  : 

''That  there  shall  be,  from  time  to  time,  coined, 
at  the  mints  of  the  Uulted  States,  silver  dollars  of 
the  weiebl  of  412>j>  eralos  standard  silver,  in  the 
mode  provided  in  title  37  of  the  Bevlaed  Statutes 
of  the  TTnited  States,  the  bniUon  for  which  sball  be 
purchased  with  the  bullion  fund;  and  said  dollar 
•hall  be  a  ieKal  tender  to  the  same  extent  and  for 
tbe  same  purposes  as  United  States  notes,  and  shali 
be  luued  in  redemption  ot  United  States  notes 
on  tbe  demaad  of  tbe  holder,  under  general  re<!ula> 
tions  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasary.  And  tbe 
United  States  notes  redeemed  under  this  act^  shall 
be  canceled,  and  be  held  to  be  a  part  of  the  slnklni; 
funa  providea  for  by  exlstios  law,  the  interest  to 
be  comouted  thereon  as  in  the  case  of  bonds  re- 
deemed." 

It  will  be  seen  th{^t  the  law  directs  the 
issue  of  the  silver  dollar  for  the  redemption 
of  the  notes,  but  not  for  that  purpose  only, 

while  it  is  made  legal  tender  for  all  the 
debts  of  the  Government  except  interest  on 
bonds  and  the  principal  of  bonds  expressly 
payable  in  gold. 


THB    FISESIDMNT'S    RECOMMENDA- 
TIONS. 

The  business  men  of  the  United  States 
will  turn  with  relief  from  the  labored  dis- 
cussion of  the  law  and  the  Constitution 
before  the  Electoral  Commission  to  the 
President's  brief  but  important  Mes- 
sage on  specie  payments.  'Whatever 
anxiety  there  may  have  been  concerning 
the  immediate  effect  of  the  Presidential 
trouble  on  business,  it  has  now  passed  away. 
It  never  amounted  to  much,  and  people 
who  thought  that  it  did  were  not 
only  m»re  frightened  than  hurt,  but 
believed  themselves  more  frightened  than 
they  actually  were,  as  was  shown  by  the 
fact  that  there  was  not  enough  real  fear 
to  keep  the  legal-tender  notes  from 
steadily  advancing."  At  the  present  mo- 
ment even  imaginary  fear  has  van- 
ished, and  the  Presidential  question  does 
not  stand  remotely  in  the  way  of  business 
calculations.  The  Message  of  the  President, 
on  the  contrary,  relates  to  a  matter  of 
great  immediate  interest  and  of  permanent 
importance. 

No  better  time  could  have  been  chosen 
for  bringing  the  financial  questioa  clearly 
before  Congress,  and  whether  or  not  Con- 
gress is  sufficiently  awake  to  tbe  duty  it 
owes  the  country  to  give  the  subject  atten- 
tion, the  service  performed  by  the  Presi- 
dent is  a  substantial  one.  The 
maim  objection  which  has  heretofore 
been  urged  against  any  positive  and  direct 

action  by  Congress  witk  reference  to  tbe 
currency  has  been  that  no  one  could  foretell 
its  effect  on  the  business  of  the  country 
with  enough  certainty  to  make  it  safe. 
This  is  the  only  obiection  which  has  had 
any  practical  value,  and  the  only  one  which 

has  divided  those  who  wore  on  the 
whole  in  favor  of  a  sound  cur- 
rency. Of  course,  it  has  been  plain,  to  those 
who  have  paid  close  attention  to  the  sub- 
ject, that  a  sound  currency  could  not  be 
reached  without  more  or  less  embarrassment 
and  insonvenifluce,  but  it  has  been  supposed 
that  these  conditions  would  follow  on  the 
passage  of  some  law  looking  to  resump- 
tion. 'It  has  not  been  generally  anticipated 
that  they  might  come  by  the  natural  course 
of  events,  and  that  the  time  was  near  at 
hand  when  a  law  leading  to  resumption 
might  be  passed  with  perfect  security,  and 
without  any  apprehension  of  injury  to  busi- 
ness. 

This  state  of  things  has,  however,  come 
to  pass.  It  is  as  safe  now  to  predict  what 
would  be  the  effect  of  the  principal  measares 
recommended  by  the  President  as  it  could 
be  to  predict  anything  whatever  in 
financial  affairs.  We  know  that  these 
measures  would  not  involve  any 
indefinite  obligation  on  the  part  of  the 
Treasury  which  it  might  have  difficulty  in 
meeting.  No  blow  to  the  public  credit,  and 
no  injury  to  business  that  would  necesiari- 
ly  follow,  can  be  looked  for  from  a  gradual 
accumulation  of  gold  by  the  sale  of 
4l%  per  cent,  bonds,  or  firom  re- 
qxiiiing  the  banks  to  hold  a  pcctiou 
of     thsir     MMKv*     in     sold.     «c     ttom 


funding  the,  legal  tenders  in  a  long  4  per 
cent.  bond.  On  th&  contrary,  each  of  these 
measures  would  unqualifiedly  strengthen 
^e  public  credit,  give  stability  to  the  Gov- 
ernment securities,  and  impart  a  feeling  of 
confidence  touching  the  relations  of  the 
Government  to  the  money  market. 

In  the  same  way,  we  may  disregard  the 
apprehension  which  many  very  sincere 
friends  of  hard  money  have  felt  that  posi- 
tive legislation  toward  resumption  would 
cause  a  violent  change  in  the  currency, 
first  by  direct  contraction ,  and  second  by 
the  exaggerated  impression  of  con- 
traction produced  in  the  public 
mind.  There  was  some  cause  for  this  fear 
a  few  years  since.  When  speculation  was 
rife,  and  the  demaad  for  currency  was 
active  and  often  feverish,  an  impulse  in 
this  direction  might  easily  have  led 
to  unpleasant  consequences.  We  have 
loBg  held  that  hardly  any  price 
would  be  too  much  to  pay  for  relief  from 
the  desperate  disorders  of  our  currency,  and 
that  the  inconveniences  following  the 
remedy  would  be  less,  and  would  be  more 
easily  recovered  from,if  we  had  the  courage 
to  take  decisive  action  than  if  we  waited 
for  the  slower  but  equally  sure  working  of 
natural  forces.  But  that  question  need  not 
be  discussed  now.  We  did  not  administer 
the  remedy,  and  we<did  wait  for  the  censu- 
quenoes  to  come  without  our  own 
act  There  is  nothing  more  to  fear. 
Three  years  ago  the  country  was 
vexed  with  heated  argument  as 
to  whether  its  business  could  stand  con- 
traction. We  have  had  contraction  ;  it  has 
done  its  worst  and  its  utmost.  It  only  re- 
mains to  seize  the  opportunity  which  is  of- 
fered to  us  and  to  reap  the  benefits  which  we 
would  not  take  any  steps   to  bring  about. 

One  thing,  however,  should  be  distinctly 
borne  in  mind.  The  present  situation  calls 
for  only  two  kinds  of  measures — one  looking 
to  the  gradual  and  easy  reduction  of  the 
legal-tender  notes,  which  can  be  effected  by 
funding  ;  the  other  the  gradual  strengthen- 
ing of  the  coin  reserves  of  the  Government 
and  the  banks  with  reference  to  main- 
taining the  value  of  our  paper  at  a .  level 
with  that  of  coin.  It  does  not  call  for  any 
action  with  reference  to  silver  in  any  form 
or  for  any  purpose.  The  action  of  economic 
forces  which  cannot  be  resisted  has  made 
our  paper  nearly  equal  to  gold.  If  wo 
choose,  we  can  make  it  wholly  equal,  aad 
can  keep  it  so.  But  this  is  a  matter  with 
which  the  various  phases  of  the  silver 
question  have  no  connection  whatever. 
We  may  believe  what  we  will  about 
tbe  virtues  of  the  "double  standard," 
or  about  the  advisability  of  restoring  a 
silver  legal  tender.  It  is  plsjin  that  we  do 
not  need  a  silver  legal  tender  to  enable  us 
to  reach  the  redemption  of  our  notes,  and 
th:it  any  complication  with  regard  to 
such  a  measure  would  only  bring 
confiision  and  injury  to  business.  Paper 
has  approached  as  near  as  it  now  is  to  par 
in  gold  without  any  help  from  any  of  the 
schemes  for  remonetiziug  silver,  and  whether 
that  metal  is  or  is  not  to  be  used  again 
by  civilized  commercial  nations  is 
a  question  of  the  remote  future.  As  far  as 
our  own  immediate  exigency  goes,  it  is  a 
question  of  lunar  politics.  We  notice  with 
regret  that  the  President  introduces  this 
matter  indirectly  in  his  Message  by  stating 
his  estimate  of  the  total  increase  of  silver 
as  well  as  of  gold  as  one  of  the  grounds  for 
his  suggestions,  and  by  a  wholly  irrelevant 
and  unsupoorted  recommendation  for  tbe 
repeal  of  the  limitation  on  subsidiary  coin- 
age. These  suggestions  need  not  be  consid- 
ered in.  the  present   emergeacy.     The  clear, 

euipliatic  question  now  forced  on  Congress 

is  this:  The  diacoant  on  our  notes  is  very 
small.  Shall  it  be  wholly  wiped  out  by 
funding  the  surplus  notes  or  not?  That 
simple  demand  answered  rightly,  everything 

else  will  follow. 


A    WISE  MEASURE. 

We  wish  that  there  were  some  ground  for 
hoping  that  the  altogether  admirable  bill 
"  to  reform  the  civil  service  of  the  United 
States,"  introduced  in  Congress  the  other 
day  by  Mr.  KrcK,  might  become  a  law.  It 
was  referred  to  the  Committee  of  Ways  and 
Means,  and  will  doubtless  sleep  the  sleep 
that  knows  no  waking.  But  it  is  so  admir- 
ably and  clearly  drawn,  and  shows  so 
thorough  a  comprehension  of  the  evils  that 
infest  the  service,  aud  of  the  proper  remedy 
for  them,  that  we  cannot  refrain  from  call- 
ing public  attention  to  it.  Mr.  EiCR  is,  we 
believe,  a  Democrat,  but  no  Republican  need 
for  that  reason  fear  to  support  the  wise  and 
t(^-mperate  measure  which.he  has  introduced. 
We  do  not  know  whether  Mr.  Bice  is  the 
author  of  the  bill,  or  whether  it  has  been 
merely  submitted  by  him  at  the  request  of 
some  ether,  but,  whoever  the  author,  it  is 
plain  that  he  has  given  earnest  thought  and 
study  to  the  solution  of  the  problem  of 
civil  service  reform. 

The  preamble  of  the  bill  recites  in  forcible 
language  tbe   evils   to    be    corrected.     The 

words  Will  bear  quotation  in  full : 

"The  various  departments  of  the  oiTll  serTice  of 
the  United    Slates    are   saffdring    loss    and    iujarj 

from  the  appointment  of  iDcompetent  sod  unfaith- 
ful employes,  and  also  from  tbe  temporary  and  un- 
certain tenure  of  office  which  now  prerails,  by 
which  valuable,  sxperienoed,  and  reliable  pablie 
serranta  are  suddenly  dismissed  without  cause,  and 
ignorant  and  incompetent  persons  appointed  from 
merely  political  motives,  to  the  detriment  and  nun 
ot  the  public  service.  Men  of  steady  habits,  pru- 
dence, and  experience  are  discouraged  from  makin;; 
the  civil  service  a  profession,  because  of  its  Uiicer- 
taiuty.  and  are  compelled  to  regard  it  merely  as  a 
temporary  resource,  to  be  abandoned  at  tbe  first 
opportunity  of  obtaining  mere  reliable  engage- 
ments.  This  uncertainty  of  the  tenure  of  oflBce, 
and  the  constant  liability  to  sudden  and  insulting 
aismissal  without  cause,  have  a  direct  tendency  to 
destroy  all  selt-reipect  on  tbe  part  of  employes, 
and  to  diseourage  honesty  aud  faithrnlness  in  the 
discharge  of  their  most  important  duties,  when 
placed  in  positions  of  respoasibillty  and  publie 
trust." 

We  have  not  often  seen  a  more  complete 
and  truthful  picture  of  the  enormities  of  the 
spoils  system  than  this.  It  is  an  encoura- 
ging sigu  that  even  one  member  of  Congress 
has  so  clear  a  conception  of  evils  to  which 
most  of  his  brethren  resolutely  shut  their 
eyes. 

The  remedy  proposed  is  quite  as  excellent 
as  the  diagnosis  of  the  disease.  The.  bill 
provides  for  the  appointment  by  the  Presi- 
dent, subject  to  confirmation  by  the  Senate, 
of  five  persons,  ''  eminent  for  learning, 
ability,  and  character,"  to  constitute  a  Board 
of  Examiners  to  examine  all  candidates  for 
admission  into  or  promotion  within 
the  civil  service  of  the  United  States,  and 
to  hold  ofiice  during  good  behavior  and 
efficiency.  They  are  to  hold  examinations, 
fiftoi'  doe  advortueuest  ^^  lAcucfc  Onax  fanrm^ 


a  year  in  Washington,  and  annually  in  six 
of  the  most  populous  cities  of  the  Union 
situated  so  as  to  be  conveniently  reached 
by  citizens  of  all  sections.  Ail  citizens  of 
the  United  •States  of  good  moral  character 
are  to  be  permitted  to  compete  in  the  ex- 
aminations on  equal  terms.  The  subjects 
prescribed  for  the  examinations  for  entrance 
to  the  service  are  reading,  writing,  spelling, 
arithmetic,  English  grammar,  geography, 
American  history,  and  elementary  drawing; 
not  a  very  formidable  catalogue,  certainly, 
but  sufficient  to  test  the  qualifications  re- 
quired for  the  minor  positions.  The  suc- 
cessful candidates  are  to  receive  certificates 
of  fitness  for  the  probationary  class  of 
clerkships,  or  other  primary  employments 
in  the  civil  service,  at  a  salary  of  not  moiya 
than  |75  a  month,  and  their  names  are  to  be 
placed  on  approved  lists,  from  which  ap- 
pointments are  to  be  made  irom  time  to 
time  in  the  order  of  merit.  Persons  so  ap- 
pointed are  not  to  be  eligible  for  promotion 
until  after  four  years  of  faithful  service, 
when  they  shall  be  advanced  to  clerkships 
at  salaries  of  $100  a  month,  and  for 
every  five  additional  years  of  fiaith- 
ful  service  their  salaries  shall  be  increased 
10  per  centum,  until  they  reach  $150 
per  month.  All  promotions  are  to 
be  based  upon  public  competitive  ex- 
aminations, and  are  to  be  made  one 
grade  at  a  time.  Special  examinations 
are  to  be  held  for  both  entrance  and  pro- 
motion whenever  required.  All  examina- 
tions are  to  be  duly  advertised,  and  "  to  be 
open  to  the  public,  and  conducted  in  a 
spirit  of  fairness  and  strict  impartiality, 
without  political  bias  or  personal  favor  or 
affection."  The  provisions  of  the  act  are  to 
apply  to  all  positions  in  the  civil  service,  of 
whatever  nature,  throughout  the  United 
States,  the  salaries  of  which  are  more  than 
$60  and  not  more  than  $150  a  month. 
A  further  excellent  provision  is  that 
all  civil  servants  may  be  retired  on 
half-pay,  after  ten  years  of  faithful 
service,  on  reaching  the  age  of  70.  In 
brief,  the  whole  spirit  of  the  measure  is 
to  elevate  the  civil  service  to  the  dignity  of 
an  honorable,  independent  profession,  the 
members  of  which  shall  be  capable  and  self- 
respecting  men,  and  not  tbe  mere  creatures 
and  toadies  of  politicians. 

Such  is  a  meagre  outline  of  what  we 
believe  to  be  an  eminently  wise,  fair,  feasi- 
ble, and  necessary  measure.  The  only  criti- 
cism which  we  have  to  make  npon  it  is  that 
its  scope  is  too  limited.  It  should  be  so 
extended  as  to  take  in  all  grades  of  officers 
below  those  who  shape  the  policy  of  the 
Government,  and  who  should  therefore  be 
in  sympathy  with  the  party  in  power.  Wo 
have  called  attention  to  its  provisions  be- 
cause we  believe  that,  in  the  event  of  the 
inauguration  of  Gov.  Hayics,  such  a  law 
will  be,  if  not  indispensable,  at  least  highly 
helpful  to  him  and  his  Administration  in 
carrying  out  the  policy  of  reform  to  which 
he  is  pledged  both  by  the  •  platform  of  his 
party  and  by  his  own  voluntary  assuraaces. 
We  regard  it  as  necessary  to  the  success  of 
that  policy  that  the  new  Administration 
shall  be  equipped  at  the  very  outset  with 
the  moans  of  resisting  the  torrent  of 
selfish  influences  which  will  be  directed 
against  it.  There  must  be  no  temporizing 
with  the  corrupters  of  the  civil  service  and 
the  enemies  of  its  reformation,  >>ut  they 
must  he  made  to  understand,  from  tbe  very 
hour  that  the  President  assumes  his  ofiice, 
that  the  days  of  their  power  for  evil  are  at 
an  end.  If  he  can  be  aided  by  legislation, 
it  wlU  t»e  a  great  help ;  if  Bot,  he  must  fight 

the  good  fight  armed  only  with  the  weapons 

which  the  Constitntion  places  in  his  hands. 


'M. 


t-'s^-'SiS 


LEGISLATIVE  ENCROACHMENTS. 

"  Parliament,"  says  Thomas  Erskinb 
May,  in  his  Constitutional  History  of  Eng- 
land, "his  no  direct  control  over  any  single 
department  of  the  State."     According  to 

the  accepted  theories  of  &  majority  of  our 
rulers  at  Washington,  the  American  doc- 
trine is  that  Congress  has  direct  control 
over  every  department  of  the  State.  It  has 
proceeded  at  length,  by  virtue  of  the  om- 
nipotence of  its  legislative  will,  to  absorb 
all  the  powers  of  government. 

It  has  reached  in  the  process  of  unifica- 
tion of  "power,  the  conceutratiou  of  all 
power  in  one  set  of  men,  or  Congressional 
centre.  This  practically  omnipotent  Legis- 
lature has  appointed  ten  of  its  members, 
each  one  of  whom  is  prohibited  as  an  officer 
of  the  United  States  from  voting  directly 
•or  a  President,  to  decide,  virtually  witheut 
appeal,  who  shall  constitute  the  executive 
head  of  the  nation,  thereby  controlling, 
through  ten  legislators,  the  Executive  De- 
partment of  the  Government  for  four  years. 
It  has  taken  five  Judges  of  the  Supreme 
Court,  each  also  constitutionally  disqualified 
to  vote  as  an  Elector  for  President, 
to  aid  in  selecting  the  Executive,  thereby 
disabling  the  highest  court  from  passing 
judgment  upon  the  constitutionality  of  its 
own  unwarranted  legislative  act.  Having 
silenced  the  Judicial  Department  by  taking 

a  majority  of  the  Justices  from  the  bench 

of  tbe  supreme  triliunal,  and  placing  in 
their  hands  the  joint  and  several  powers 
aud  duties  of  all  the  members  of  Con- 
gress and  all  the  Presidential  Electors, 
this    unehecked  Legislative    Department, 

with  a  coolness  that  is  unapproachable, 
strips  the  second  highest  officer  in  the  Ex- 
ecutive Department  of  his  powers  and  pre- 
rogatives, without  leave  or  license,  having 
first  rendered  an  appeal  on  his  part  from 
the  unconstitutionality  of  their  legislation 
useless  and  without  possible  result. 

It  has  heretofore  been  supposed  that  the 
authority  of  the  American  Congress  was 
extremely  limited  compared  with  that  of  the 
British  Pariiament.  Since  this  last  feat  of 
legislative  legerdemain,  the  received  opin- 
ion must  be  reversed,  and  Parlia- 
ment must  be  deemed  a  body 
of  restricted  powers  compared  with 
Congress.  The  former  has  not  yet  been 
able  to  virtually  muzzle  the  Judiciary  of 
England,  or  to  determine,  without  popular 
approval,  who  should  be  the  executive  head 
and  personal  representative  of  the  sove- 
reignty of  the  United  Kingdom.  Our  Con- 
gress finds  no  difficulty  in  making  whom  it 
pleases  the  Executive,  nor  in  disposing  of 
the  pretensions  ot  the  Judiciary  Department 
to  sit  in  judgment  upon  its  acts,  or  judge 
r«f  the  validity  of  its  proceedings  while 
creating  for  the  people  an  Executive. 

This  is  a  superlative  stretch  of  power,  it 
must  be  conceded,  yet  it  is  but  a  small  part 
of  what  the  lower  half  of  the  present 
extraordiBary  Congress  I^as  assumed  or 
attempted.  Assuming  that  it  carries  the 
'vetsthtr  reaitonaibilitiea  of^  tha  three  sxeafc 


departments    of  the  Goveriiment  ~  of  the 

United  States  upon  its  ahonlders,  it  has 
commanded  Cabinet  Ministers  and  the  prin- 
cipal officers  of  the  Executive  Department 
to  make  known  to  it  under  oath  the  mode 
and  manner  in  which  they  have  severally 
discharged  their  executive  duties. 

This  retiring  House  has  modestly  re- 
quested the  Commander  in  Chief  of  the 
Army  and  Navy  to  inform  it  what  reasons 
or  what  business  he  had  to  send  a  company 
of  artillery  or  regiment  of  infantry  to  one 
part  of  the  country  rather  than  to  another. 
The  airiness  of  this  request  will  be  ap- 
preciated when  it  is  remembered  that  if  the 
President  of  the  United  States  sees 
fit  to  order  every  soldier  in  the 
Army  and  every  vessel  in  the  Navy 
to  Eastport,  Maine,  or  to  Galveston,  Texas 
that  is  his  own  affair,  and  strictly  within 
the  scope  of  his  authority.  This  meddle- 
some House  has  arrested  and  imprisoned  in 
the  common  jail  private  citizens  for  refusing 
to  reveal  the  contents  of  their  ledgers  and 
secrets  of  their  private  business.  It  has 
dragged  across  the  continent  citizens  and 
officers  of  distant  States,  deprived  them  of 
their  liberty,  and  treated  them  with  con- 
tumely, because  they  would  not  produce 
before  a  sub-committee  of  the  House  books 
and  papers  used  in  the  discharge  of  a  State 
duty,  which  official  record  had  actually 
and  legally  passed  out  of  their  control  and 
possession.  It  has  ransacked  and  rifled 
telegraph  offices  in  the  maintenance  of  tbe 
monstrous  doctrine  that  no  citizen  has  a 
secret  so  sacred  that  it  cannot  be  given 
by  the  House  to  the  whole  world. 
Its  committees  have  compelled  telegraph 
operators,  who  perform  their  duties  under 
solemn  oaths  of  secrecy,  to  violate  their 
oaths,  thus,  while  acting  as  law-makers, 
being  guilty  of  the  crime  of  the  suborna- 
tion of  perjury.  Not.  content  with  suborn- 
ing witnesses,  this  House  has  encouraged 
its  committees  to  make  indecent  assaults 
upon  the  public  and  private  characters  of  all 
citizens  who  stand  in  its  way  to  power,  and 
have  put  forward  the  advocate  and  defender 
of  an  infamous  public  thief  to  bully  and  in- 
sult honorable  men  who  testify  against 
either  this  brazen  attorney's  convicted  client 
or  the  one  not  yet  brought  to  trial  and 
justice. 

Whether  such  a  House  should  enlarge  its 
jurisdiction  so  as  to  permanently  possess  the 
power  of  appointing  not  only  the  Presi- 
dential Electors  find  the  President,  but  the 
Chief  Justice  and  other  State  and  national 
officers,  or  whether  it  should  limit  its  range 
to  legitimate  legislation,  it  is  not  difficult  to 
determine.  In  fact  the  people  have  already 
decided  this  question  by  changing  the  politi- 
cal and  personal  character  of  its  member- 
ship and  consigning,  by  their  votes,  some  of 
its  most  expansive  statesmen  to  the  narrow 
jurisdiction  of  a  political  grave. 


IS  THE  EUROPEAN  CONFERENCE  A 
FAILURE? 
There  seems  no  doubt  that  the  Russian 
volunteers  have  had  orders  from  St.  Peters- 
burg to  leave  Servia,  and  that  this  Princi- 
pality is  inclining  to  separate  negotiations 
with  Turkey  to  close  the  war  so  far  as 
her  own  parricipation  is  concerned.  Russia 
herself  appears  occupied  in  gaining  time, 
and  is  reported  to  have  already  made 
propositions  for  further  conferences  of  the 
European  powers,  and  for  other  negotia- 
tions with  the  Sublime  Porte.  Turkey  has 
shown  a  remarkable  firmness  in  the  delib-' 
erations  of  the  conference,  and  something 

of      the      old      dignity     of     a     conquering 

race.    Even  in  her  weakness  and  dotage,  she 

has  declined  all  propositions  which  looked 
toward   infringing    on   her   imperial  power 

with  almost  as  much  pride  as  Othman  or 

AMURA.TH  might  have  exhibited.  As  though 
her  European  provinces  had  not  been  for 
generations  a  byword  for  misrule,  oppression, 
and  misery,  she  has  haughtily  refused  tbe 
three  various  suggestions  of  the  conference 

— of  their  police  control  by  an  international 

gendarmerie,  by  a  Russian  Army,  or  by 
native  troops  under  European  direction. 

The  ofi'er  of  introducing  modern  Euro- 
pean reforms  has  been  triumphantly  met  by 
the  production  of  the  new  Constitution  of 
December,  which  is  (on  paper)  all  that  the 
most  liberal  could  demand.  Any  sngges- 
tious  in  regard  to  taxation  or  equal  repre- 
sentation of  Christians  and  Mohammedans 
in  courts  of  justice  or  provincial  assemblies 
are  diplomatically  answered  by  this  same 
nominally  liberal  reform.  In  fact,  if  this 
is  all  of  the  conference,  Turkey  has  merely 
put  out  another  iradS  or  Constitution, 
which  will  be  like  the  several  before,  and 
has  retained  her  position  in  her  6wn  prov- 
inces, leaving  the  "  Eastern  question"  very 
much  as  it  was  before.  In  maay  points  of 
view,  it  might  be  called  a  diplomatic, vic- 
tory for  the  Turks.  But  it  must  be  bomein 
miud  that  the  main  objects  of  the  Rus- 
sians may  have  been  to  put  themselves  in 
the  right  before  the  European  powers,  to 
insure  their  neutrality  in  case  of  war,  and 
to  gain  time.  Besides,  it  could  never  be 
known  beforehand  how  far  the  Turks 
might  yield  to  the  demands  or  wishes  of 

united  Europe. 

If  the  firmness  of  the  Sultan  has  been 
unexpected,  it  must  be  because  the 
Turkish  character  and  history  are  not 
known.  The  house  of  OrnMAK  has  the 
pride  of  perhaps  the  oldest  family  of  Kings 
in  Europe,  and  it  is  a  race  which,  however 
effeminate,  has  never  been  cowardly.  It 
has  known  how  to  conquer,  and,  though 
miserably  changed  from  that  hardy  chief- 
tain who  entered  Europe  in  1389,  it  has 
been  one  of  those  soldierly  races  qui  savent 
mourir — who  know  how  to  die.  As  it  entered 
Europe  with  fire  and  sword,  so  it  would 
choose  to  leave  its  old  possessions — not 
peacefully,  under  diplomatic  impulse.  One 
important  fact  appears  developed  by  the 
conference,  that  a  secret  bond  or  alliance 
holds  tbe  Empires  of  Germany  and  Russia. 
The  influence  of  VoN  Bismarck  has  been 
decidedly  thrown  in  favor  of  Gen.  Igna- 
TIEFF,  and  toward  a  strong  demand  of  Eu- 
rope upon  Turkey  to  submit  to  Muscovite 
demands. 

The  French  press  explain  this  charac- 
teristically by  the  amiable  supposition  that 
Bismarck  wishes  to  exhaust  Russia's  re- 
sources or  draw  away  her  attention,  so  that 
her  alliance  might  not  be  offered  to  France 
when  the  next  Gterman  invasion  shall  come. 
We  may  more  rationally  suppose  that  the 
Prussian  Chancellor  prefers  to  establish 
that  relation  between  the  two  Empires 
which  will  secure  the  rear  of  Germany,  in 
case  of  the  always-expected  collision  with 
Franoe. 

What  is  precisely  Russia's  policy  oolv  is 

■AmanrhAt  diffianlt  to  datttcmins.     There  are 


alw^ys^two  elements  of  the  problem  to  con- 
sider— ^the  peaceful  sentiments  of  the  Czar, 
sand  the  war  passion  of  the  people. 
Then,  as  war  approaehes,  come  in  all 
the  disasters  to  business  and  the 
hardships  of  mobilization  and  filling  up  of 
regiments.  The  thirst  for  the  conflict  may 
well  be  somewhat  slaked  now.  and  yet  the 
desire  burst  forth  later.  So  far  as  one  can 
judge  from  the  traditions  of  Bussia  or  any 
other  military  despotism,  the  Emperor 
could  not  retain  his  crown  a  month,  if  it 
were  discovered  by  the  people  that  when 
the  emergency  came  for  which  all  this  mil- 
itaiy  administration  existed,  it  had  failed 
and  Russia  was  beaten  without  a  battle. 
Such  Empires  live  on  prestige.  To  brave 
their  old  enemies  the  Turks  and  make  this 
grand  preparation  all  for  nothing  would 
create  a  disturbance  and  discontent  in  Rus- 
sia itself,  which  might  well  shake  the  Em- 
pire to  its  foundations.  A  few  weeks  will 
determine  whether  the  Czar  is  waiting  for 
Spring  to  open  the  military  campaign,  or 
whether  he  proposes  only  a  war  of  diplo- 
macy. 


OUR   DESERTED    VILLA t^ES. 

A  short  time  since  a  correspoBdeat  of  a 
Western  paper,  in  speaking  of  the  predicted 
extermination  of  the  old  Puritan  element  in 
this  country,  called  attention  to  a  curious 
and  melancholy  instance  of  this  change. 
This  was  that  in  a  small  town  on  the  coast 
of  Maine,  of  some  eight  or  nine  hundred 
inhabitants,  there  was  not  a  single  person 
residing  who  lived  there  fifty  years  ago, 
nor  even  a  solitary  descendant  of  those  dwell- 
ing in  the  town  at  that  period,  although  it 
then  had  even  more  inhabitants  than  it  has 
to-day.  As  the  name  of  this  ill-fated  town- 
ship was  not  given,  we  are,  unfortunately, 
not  able  to  verify  the  statement ;  but 
whether  it  is  exaggerated  or  not,  it  is 
merely  a  strongly-drawn  illustration  of  a 
well-authenticated  course  of  events  that 
has  slowly  changed  the  character  of  the 
population  in  several  of  our  New-England 
States.  It  is  open  to  any  one  to  ofi&et  this 
by  pointing  to  what  might  be  termed  the 
Newer-England,  which  is  to  be  found  in  the 
Valley  of  the  Mississippi,  or  west  of  the 
Rocky  Mountains  ;  but  we  have  no  inten- 
tion of  elaborating  theories  as  to  the  de- 
cadence or  emigration  of  raoes  ;  our  inten- 
tion is  merely  to  note  a  few  of  the  minor 
features  of  this  change,  which  we  strongly 
believe  is  fast  becoming  a  thing  ef  the  past. 

Half  a  century  ago  there  were  numerous 
small  seaports  scattered  along  the  coast- 
line of  Maine,  New-Hampshire,  and  Massa- 
chusetts, which  were,  in  their  way,  im- 
portant commer«ial  centres.  Though  the 
ancient  maritime  fame  of  such  places  as 
Nantucket  and  Salem  still  lingers  in 
memory,  that  of  smaller  towns  is  forgotten, 
although  they  were  interested  in  foreign 
trade  to  an  exteit  which  now 
seems  hardly  possible.  Vessels  were  built 
there  and  sent  to  the  East  Indies  and  South 
America,  and  not  infrequently  brought  their 
return  cargoes  direct  to  the  home  port,  in- 
stead of  going  to  New- York,  or  possibly 
to  Boston,  OS  would  now  be  the  case.  This 
gave  to  these  places  a  business  standing 
out  of  all  proportion  te  their  size  or  wealth, 
and  also,  we  may  add,  gave  to  the  social 
life  a  certain  tone  which  seens  te  be  in- 
separable from  travel  and  varied  expe- 
rience. The  necessity  of  manning  the 
vessels  furnished  employment  to  all 
the  young  men  who  cared  to  become 
sailors,  and  this,  as  we  have  said  above, 

bronght  them  back  to  tkeir  homes  at  stated 

intervals.  The  concentration  of  the  ship- 
ping trade  has  changed  all  this.  Vessels 
are  now  built  at  these  places,  and  may 
sometimes  be  seen  in  the  docks  of  this  City, 
bearing  the  name  of  their  birthplace ;  but 
the  title  is  purely  visionary,  for  they  never 
again  see  their  home  port  after  their  keels 
have  once  left  its  waters.  The  young  men 
who  would  formerly  have  found  em- 
ployment in  the  various  warehouses, 
or    on    the     ships,     have    been     forced 

to  look  elsewhere  for  support,  and  as  a  rule 
have  sought  it  somewhere  in  the  Western 
States.  It  is  this  that  has  given  to  many 
of  these  towns  a  death-in-llfe  appearance 
somewhat  analogous  to  that  ef  abandoned 
mining  villages  in  Nevada  and  California  ; 
but  if,  as  is  often  the  case,  the  place  has 
been  selected  by  some  manufacturing  cor- 
poration as  a  site  for  their  works,  the  elim- 
ination of  the  Original  inhabitants  has  soon 
followed,  for  an  inroad  of  French  Canadian 
and  Irish  settlers  does  not  add  to  the  at- 
tractiveness of  any  place  of  residence. 

Perhaps  the  chief  inisfertune  in  these 
business  transitions  has  been  the  rupture 
of  those  home  and  family  ties  that  give 
strength  and  character  to  all  communities, 
great  or  small.  It  is  absurd  to  suppose 
that  people  can  dwell  contentedly  in  a 
place  where  there  exists  an  extreme  dis- 
parity in  the  number  of  the  sexes,  and  in 
times  past  this  has  been  found  to  an  aston- 
ishing extent  in  scores  of  the  small  towns 
on  the  coast  ef  Maine,    or  among    tbe  hiHs 

of  New-Hampshire.  The  young  men  who 
left  these  places,  like  the  wandering  Israel- 
ites, found  wives  for  themselves  among  the 

Philistines ;  and  the  dull  monotony  of  a  life 

that  seemed  almost   purposeless   made  any 

change  appear  a  desirable  one  te  the  young 
women  who  were  left  behind.  More  than 
this,  they  were  stimulated  to  seek  some- 
thing different  from  what  they  knew  by 
minda  excited  by  the  faiv^iful  successes  of 
serial  heroines.  It  is  not  our  iBtention  to 
push  this  further,  but  it  may  not  be  out  of 
place  to  state  that  the  conclusions  that 
would  naturally  be  drawn  from  such  a  eoa- 
ditiou  of  affairs  are  in  this  instance  correct. 
The  towns  of  New-Hampshire  abandened  by 
agriculture,  and  those  of  Maine  deserted  by 
commerce,  have  for  the  past  twenty-five 
years,  according  to  the  Police  statistics  of 
Philadelphia,  Besten,  and  this  City,  fur- 
nished a  largely  disproportionate  quota  ef 
instances  of  female  depravity.  Indeed,  it 
could  hardly  be  otherwise,  when  account  is 
taken  of  the  immense  number  ef  young 
women  who  during  this  period  have  left 
their  homes  in  these  two  States. 

Unquestionably  this  is  an  evil  which  time 
will  correct,  and  already  the  worst  is  over ; 
for  in  revolutions,  either  of  trade  or  politics, 
the  ruin  aud  distress  created  is,  for  the 
time  being,  more  apparent  than  the  odvan-, 
tages  gained.  Most  of  the  New-England 
towns  have,^y  freeing  themselves  ef  their 
surplus  ef  population,  adjusted  themselves 
te  suit  the  new  order  of  things ;  and  eaeh  is 
now  striving  to  become  a  i»anufacturing 
centre.  The  tide  of  emigration  which  dur- 
ing the  liv^es  of  two  generations  has  carried 
}>iui(lrads  of  thoniwindB  of  Neiv-£aadanderB  to 


the  South  and  West  has  to  a  considoiable 
degree  abated,  and  is  not  likely  again  to 
exercise  so  strong  an  influence  for  some 
years  to  eerae. 

A  PLEA  FOR  BIGAMY. 

The  apologists  for  the  great  prophei^ 
Joseph  Smith,  and  the  denouncers  of  his 
business  manager,  Bbigham  Youmo,  main- 
tain that  polygamy  did  not  enter  into  the 
calculations  of  the  Mormon  fiatbers.  That' 
patriarchal  institution  they  aver  to  have' 
gradually  arisen  under  the  stress  of  the' 
naughty  desires  and  through  the  unbounded 
powers  of  the  elders  of  the  Church.  Wan- 
dering Englishmen  of  a  soft-headed  variety, 
and  a  nature  prone  to  exaggerate  the  at- 
tractions of  a  multiplicity  of  wives,  seldom 
failtovisitthegreat  BRiOHAMin  hisseiaglio, 
and,  after  being  duly  impressed  with  the 
force  of  his  vulgarity,  to  astonish  the  na- 
tives of  London  by  their  liberal  admiration 
for  the  Emperor  of  Mormondom.  But  the^ 
do  not  perceive  that  Bbigham  is  shrewdly 
taking  advantage  of  their  want  of  penetra- 
tion. "  Look  at  me,"  says  Brigham  ;  "  her« 
I  am  with  so  many  wives  and  so  many  chil- 
dren, and  we  are  all  a  happy  family  ;  nc 
fuss,  no  fighting  among  us."  Is  it  to  be 
wondered  at  that  the  addle-pated  Lord 
should  rush  home  and  applaud  the  Turks 
for  one  more  domestic  virtue  which  they 
share  with  Mormons — the  Biblical  systeoi 
of  polygamy  t 

Travelers  in  Utah  have  missed,  it  is  only 
too  apparent,  the  real  distinction  which 
separates  Bbigham  Young  from  the  ranks 
of  reformers,  which  degrades  him  from  the 
position  of  a  statesman  (where  addle-patea 
would  have  him)  to  the  comparatively  un- 
important status  of  an  animal.  Had  Brig- 
ham  seen  fit  to  draw  the  line  at  number  two, 
he  would  have  headed  the  list  of  benefactors 
of  his  race  ;  since  he  failed  to  be  satisfied 
with  a  brace  of  wives,  his  memory,  so  long 
as  it  may  survive,  will  only  excite  contempt. 
Shoidd  any  persons  ask  why  there  is  this 
gulf  fixed  between  the  numbers  two  and 
three  when  it  comes  to  wives,  the  answer  is 
that  they  have  never  allowed  their  imagina- 
tions to  rove  fondly  on  the  pleasures  and 
exemptions  to  be  found  in  the  life  of  a  biga- 
mist. If  they  had  examined  the  Mormon 
question  carefully,  they  ought  to  have  per- 
ceived that  all  the  harmony  and  domestio 
peace  attributed  by  Bri«ham  to  polygamy 
applies  equally  weU  to  bigamy,  whence  the 
stem  deductions  of  logic  at  once  draw  the 
conclusion  that  all  beyond  bigamy  is  mere 
wickedness,  and  not  a  striving  after  that 
ideal  family  life  which  the  sin-scarred 
prophet  would  have  us  believe. 

For  on  what  grounds  does  the  polygamist 
explain  the  quiet  of  his  home  ?  Manifestly 
— whenever  he  cares  to  be  a  truthful  polyga- 
mist—on  the  ground  that  one  wife  counter- 
afits  the  other,  holds  the  other  in  check. 
The  favorite  herself  has  to  beware ;  for  those 
who  are  not  favorites  may  become  so  on  the 
slightest  tripping  up  of  her  influence  ovei 
the  patriarch.  Therefore,  though  her  fingera 
yearn  ever  so  vindictively  for  the  solid  to- 
mato-can,  and  her  nails  long  to  furrow  the 
placid  spaces  of  her  patriarch's  face,  yet 
must  she  restrain  herself  and  smile  and 
smile  and  be  a  favorite.  But  no  English 
Lord  has  yet  exposed  to  Brigham  Young 
and  the  world  that  the  same  line  of  argu- 
ment would  apply  to  bigamy,  and  that  a 
third  wife  is  a  superfluous  expense. 

When  one  comes  to  regard  this  question 

in  the  broader  light  of  American  history, 
the  want  of  statesmanship  of  Brigham 
YoiTNG  can  only  be  paralleled  by  the  gross- 
ness  of  his  tastes.  Had  he  not  the  Consti 
tution   of   the   United  States  before  hia 

as       a       model,       and        could        he       noi 

have    imitated   that   most    perfect    io' 

strument  of  our  modem  civilization  t 
Everybody  agrees  that  the  State  is  founded 
on  the  family.  Heretofore  there  have  been 
Elings   who  commanded    and  enjoyed  like 

husbands,  and   nations   who    obeyed  and 

were  chastised  like  wives.  But  the  modern 
Republic  changed  all  that.  The  President 
may  be  ruler  and  husband,  but  he  no  longei 
has  the  nation  for  a  wife  and  slave.  The 
nation  now  appears  as  two  wives  in  the 
shape  of  Senate  and  House  of  Representa- 
tives. At  first  blush  it  appears  that  these 
two  are  meant  to  limit  and  circum- 
scribe his  authority.  They  do  so  in 
many  ways,  but  he  is  amply  revenged  by 
the  freedom  they  are  forced  to  allow 
him.  For  while  they  are  fighting  or  regard- 
ing each  other  through  the  mist  of  a  hollow 
truce,  he  goes  off  to  Long  Branch  and  has  a 
good  time.  "Just  here"  Brigham  Y©UXQ 
failed  to  apply  the  lesson  of  the  Constitu- 
tion to  his  family  life.  Had  he  been  con- 
tent with  being  a  consistent  bigamist,  he 
would  not  only  have  lived  the  happy  fathez 
of  a  comparatively  rational  number  of  chil- 
dren, but  he  would  have  succeeded  in  at- 
tracting tbe  major  part  of  the  aristocracy 
of  'England  to  exchange  the  gilded  halls  ol 
luxury  and  one  wife  for  the  homely  delights 
of  Utah  aud  two  evenly-balanced  spousep 
each. 


GROWTH  OF  THE  EARTH. 
A  London  newspaper  says :    "  In  the  inter* 

estiuK  course  of  lectures  on  astronony  which  Mr.  & . 
A.  Proctor  baa  been  dellvenog  In  tbe  theatre  of  the 
Society  of  Arts,  for  the  especial  benefit  of  young 
persons,   bis    aubiect    last    evening  was    'Meteora, 

Comets,  and  Stars.'  In  speakint;  of  meteora,  he  de- 
veloped at  some  Uugth  the  thought,  which  will 
strike  many  as  a  novelty,  that  tbe  earth  la,  has  al- 
ways bean,  and  so  long  as  it  shall  exist  as  a  part  of 
our  cogmioal  system  must  ever  continue  to  be,  grow- 
ing in  size.  Meteors  are  bodies,  composed,  of  extra- 
terrene  matter,  wbieh  travel  in  vast  belts  and  la 
highly  eooentrio  orbits  round  the  sun.  These  belts, 
or  systems  of  meteors,  are  very  numerous,  and  when 
their  orbits  intersect  that  of  the  earth  tbey  are 
bronght  within  tbe  influence  of  its  gravitation,  and 
on  entering  our  atmosphere  become  luminous  and 
fall  to  the  surface  of  our  planet  in  tliosa 
periodical  showers  of  abooting  stars  which  are  so 
well  known.  Not  a  night  passes  in  which  soma  fall- 
ing stars  are  not  seen,  aad  In  certain  months  and  on 
particular  nights  the  golden  rain  is  Inoessant.  Of 
course,  too,  meteors  fall  in  the  daytime,  altbongh 
unseen.  It  is  computed,  said  the  lecturer,  that 
hundreds  of  thousanda  of  these  extra-terrene  bodiea 
become  hicerporated  with  the  earth  every  84  hours, 
and  400,000,000  in  the  course  of  each  year.  Tbey 
may  vary  in  weight  between  a  few  grains  and  a  ton. 
One  is  known  to  have  fallen  in  South  America 
which  weighed  15  tons.  Yet  these  small  accretions 
to  the  earth's  matter  would  take  many  million*  of 
yaaps  to  add  a  single  foot  to  its  diameter.  It  bad 
Iteen  shown  that  one  of  these  meteoris  systems  tol- 
lowed  in  the  track  of  a  small  telescopic  corset,  al- 
though not  te  be  confounded  with  its  tail,  and  it 
was  now  tbe  general  opinion  of  astrooomers  that 
all  these  belts  of  meteors  were  similarly  related  to 
comets.  Hr.  Fraotor  then  proceeded  to  speak  of 
eonets  end  atara." 


A  CARD  FROM  MR.  OLEWS. 
To  the  Editor  of.  the  New-York  Timet: 

Tbe  Statement  referring  to  my  late  finn 
which  appeared  in  your  columns  yesterday  was  en- 
tirely ex  parte  and  not  in  acoordaaoe  with  the  faers 
io  the  ease.  Hennequin  it  Co.  have  no  olaim  what- 
ever. Xhey  were  settled  with  in  fall  several  yeati 
einoe.  HEITBY   CLBVO 

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THE  PAST. 

ItrSBSTEB  AND  THS  COUPBOMISBS  OF  1850 
— A  PASSING  OLANCK  AT  TIHON  OV 
ATHXKB— A  VISION  OS*  A  CONGEALED 
COKORE8S— THE  DBHOCRATIC  HOB— 
THE  XEGRO'S   CHICKEN. 

Washinoton,  Tuesday,  Jan.  30, 1877. 

I  heard  every  word  of  Mr.   Conkling'a 

tight-hour  speech  on  the   Joint    Commission 

plan — one  great  argument  friren  in  two  inatall- 

ments — and  tbough  I  feel  more  and  more  that 

life  is  too  short  for  such  things,  I  am  not  sorry 
that  I  hAve  heard  all  that  could  be  said  on 
that  side  of-  the  question— 7liave  seen 
all    the   reasons    and    preosdents   skillfally 

and  powerfully,  if  not  persuasively,  put. 
Notwithstanding  the  length  of  bis  effort,  not 
only  Mr.  Conkling's  associates  but  his  late  op- 
ponents paid  him  the  compliment  of  a  close 
attention  tlironghouc.  More  than  one  Demo- 
cratic cooutenaAce  glowed  -with  generous  ad- 
miratioa.  I  noticed  that  Mr.  Bogy  seemed 
ready  to  exclaim,  "A  Daniel  come  to  judgment; 
yea,  a  Daaiei ;"  and  when  he  was  most  eloquent 
and  impressive  I  saw  Mr.  Thurman  glance 
from  the  soeaker  to  Senators  Cameron,  Morton, 
Sherman,  andWSargent  with  an  expression  that 

reminded  me  of  Timou's  indorsement  of  Aloi- 
biades. 

I  was  also  reminded  on  that  day  of  a  scene  in 
the  old  Senate  chamber,  which,  one  hot  Summer 
morning,  -w^as  packed  to  its  utmost  capacity,  by 
B8  eager  a  crowd,  assembled  to  hear  Mr.  Web- 
iter  in  his  last  solemn  utterances  m  favor  of  the 
compromise  measures  of  1850.  Near  Mr.  Conk- 
Img  aat  a  man  who,  from  a  Beat  similarly 
situated,  listened  to  and  watched  with  restless, 
gleaming  eyes  the  great  expounder  on  that 
memorable  occasion— Henry  S.  Foote.  The 
snows  oi  77  Winters  show  in  his  hair,  and  have 
doubtless  cooled  his  hot  head,  but  he  is  mar- 
velously  alert  still ;  interested  in  and  epjoying 
Bverything  as  it  somes.  Age  has  onI;v  iced  the 
champagne  of  life  for  bin).  Among  all  that 
"  eload  of  witnesses"  there  was  but  one  other — 
honest,  steadfast  Hannibal  Hamlin — who,  to 
my  knowledge,  had  beheld  that  other  com- 
promise struggle  and  shared  in  the  conflict. 
Then,  as  now,  the  Republic  was  in  deadly 
perU.  Then,  as  now,  a  patriotic  contri- 
vance was  said  to  have  saved  it.  It 
eives  me  a  melancholy,  or  what  is  the 
same  thing  for  a  woman,  a  venerable,  feeling, 
to  remember  how  many  times  X  have  seen  the 
Bepublic  lost  through  corruption  and  retricTcd 
through  compromise.  Liberty  also  I  have  of- 
ten and  often  beheld  quite  o'erthrown.  But 
Bfae  always  comes  up  livelier  than  ever— seems 
to  thrive  on  falls — ^is  a  sort  ot  female  Antseus. 
In  tbat  time,  as  in  this,  commerce  and  trade 
made  a  great  outside  pressure.  Both  the  mer- 
chant and  the  Jew  came  into  court,  and  there 
was  a  charge  of  yard-sticks  on  the  eneaiies  of 
compromise.  Mr.  Morton  rowed  stoutly  against 
the  heavy  seas  ot  opposition  and  the  stiff  head- 
winds of  pame,  but  the  boat  was  scuttled.  Mr. 
Sherman,  Mr.  Sargent,  and  Mr.  Blame 
were  aMe  to  do  little  more  than 
put  themselves  eloquently  on  record 
as  good  men  and  true,  fearless  and 
independent.  Mr.  Cameron,  the  Nestor 
of  the  Senate,  in  his  brief,  terse,  sj^eeoh  was 
most  impressive.  I  hope  the  party  he  has  so 
l«ng  served  may  not  see  hia  predictions  ful- 
filled aad  know,  when  t«o  late,  that 

"  'Tis  the  suBsat  of  lire  gives  na  mystical  lore." 

Speaking  of  sunsets,  among  the  spectators 
who  eame  in  from  the  House  to  see  the  vote 
taken,  1  noticed  Mr.  S.  S.  Cox,  whose  face 
wears  perhaps  a  Bore  expectations,  but  hardly 
a  more  vivacious,  look  tham  of  old.  Ho  has 
been  the  Marie  Tapley  of  the  Democracy 
through  all  its  dark  days.  A  wit  in  the  House 
is  a  well-spring  of  jollity,  whichever  side  he 
jokes  on,  and  if  worst  comes  to  worst,  and  Mr. 
Hayes  is  counted  out,  I  hope  I  shall  be  a  good 
.  Christian  enough  to  rejoice  with  the  Coxes  who 
do  rejoice,  as  well  as  to  weep  with  the  Gar- 
fields  who  weep. 

I  heard  only  the  few  last  hours  of  the  debate 
in  the  'House.  Shortly  alter  1  entered  the  re- 
porters' gallery,  where,  all  other  places  being 
tilled,  I  was  graciously  accorded  a  seat,  the 
management  settled  on  the  time  for  taking  the 
vote  and  the  momentcus  moment  was  an- 
nounced. It  was  kind  of  them  to  make  this 
proclamation  that  the  undecided  should  harry 
up  to  a  decision  ;  but  it  reminded  me  of  an  old 
classic  story  :  A  tamous  Greek  cynic,  that  same 
Timon  of  Athens,  oace  ascended  tbe  tribune 
and  amid  the  breathless  silence  of  curious  and 
eager  expactation,  said :  "  Athenians^^I  have 
a  small  field,  and  m.  this  field  a  fig-xree,  on 
which  many  citizens  have  already  hanged  them- 
ulves.  I  intend  now  to  build  a  bouse  on  this 
■pot,  and  I  wish  to  give  you  notice  beture  I  be- 
gin, in  order  that  if  there  be  any  more  of  you 
who  intend  to  hang  yourselves,  you  may  come 
before  the  fig-tree  is  sut  down." 

I  was  especially  deUgbted  by  a  plucky, 
pithy,  pointed,  genuinely  witty  speech,  by  eld 
Martin  1.  Townsend,  of  Tr*y,  a  man  wno  re- 
minds me  somewhat  of  Josltua  fi.  Giddings. 
His  best  hits  were  a  characterization  of 
Mr.  Watterson  as  tbe  "  Marat  of  our 
Constituent  Assembly,"  and  of  the  then  un- 
known fifth  Judge,  as  the  Colossus  of 
Bhodea,  spanning  the  great  gulf  between  the 
two  parries."  Soon  after  the  veteran  came  Mr. 
Field,  "With  his  maidttn  speech — a  trim,  dainty 
little  maiden,  Irom  the  neat  chuusaitre  of  a 
modest  exordium  to  the  pretty  ton-kiiot  of  a 
poetic  peroratiuu.  I  was  pained  to  miss  Irom 
his  seat  Alexander  H.  Stephens,  in  tbe  dying 
embers  of  whose  genius  glows  more  vital  heat 
thtui  flashes  and  crackles  in  the  brief  bonfires 
of  all  the  young  orators  about  him.  One  of 
these,  who  is  accounted  very  eloquent,  and 
doubtless  is  so  at  times,  J.  Young  Brown, 
spoke  like  a  very  young  Btown,  I  thought, 
indulging  in  fanlaronade  more  or  less.  "  One 
month  ago,"  he  said,  "  I  despaired  of 
tbe  Kepublic."  I  remember  feeling  mys- 
teriously depressed  about  that  time  myself.  It 
may  be  Brown's  despair  was  in  the  air  and  1 
bad  an  attack  of  it.  But  I<took  it  for  dyspepsia. 
I  did  not  hear  Ben.  Hili,  but  I  heard  Tom  Jones, 
Frank  Hurd,  and  lots  of  the  other  boys,  all 
speakmg  their  httle  pi«ces  in  the  midst  of  ever- 
increasing  noise  and  confusion.  It  was  in  vain 
the  Speaker  exhorted,  appealed  and  threatened 
— the  tumult  was  arrested  tor  a  moment,  only 
to  gather  new  force.  Voices  ot  the  Demo- 
cratic crowd  in  tbe  rear  of  the  seats  kept  up  a 
multitudinous  murmur  which  almost  amounted 
to  a  roar.    It  was  gavel  against  gabble. 

The  galleries  and  even  tne  door-ways  were 
paokea  with  spectators — many  of  them  young 
girls,  who  even  in  these  :Last  and  lorward 
cimes,  could  by  no  possibility  have  understood 
the  bewildering  qaestious  and  momentous  is- 
sues in  deoate,  but  who  evidently  enjoyed  in  a 
coulBSbd  way,  the  sxciteaaent  and  turmoil  be- 
low. It  was  a  mild  form  of  gladiatorial  show, 
an  seathetio  buli-liglit,  for  them.  As  I  looked 
over  the  vast  assembly,  and  down  into  that  pit 
of  agitated  humanity,  all  confused  movement 
and  hurry,  like  a  big  aat-idll  through  which  a 
turrow  has  been  run,  the  thought  which 
always  comes  to  me  in  a  crowd,  smote  upon 
my  heart.  Where  will  we  all  be  60  years 
hence)  "What is  life  that  we  should  tret? 
Why  make  we  such  ado )"  Instantly  the 
great  uproar  was  wrapped  in  a  greater 
Bilenoa — tier  after  tier  of  faces  in  the 
long  galleries  seemed  to  disappear  in  funereal 
shadows,  while  the  floor  below  ssemed  paved 
With  memorial  slabs  and  honeycombed  with 
graves,  to  paraphrase  an  eminent  Senator.  It 
may  be  that  that  little  portion  of  probation, 
that  imperceptible  point  on  tbe  great  dial- 
plate  of  time — half  a  century — will  be  allowed 
to  none  of  tis:  that  some  stormy  night  God 
may  forget  ua,  as  we  deserve  to  be  forgotten ; 
tuat  the  supports  of  his  laws  may  give  way 
under  the  circular  track  of  our  blindly-rushing 
world,  and  we  go  plunging  down  into  wild 
abysses  of  flood  and  flame,  terror  and  dire  de- 
struction. Or,  in  some  celestial  collision, 
our  sun  may  be  ^uite  put  out,  and  a 
tidal  wave  of  unimagined  cold  whelm 
our  round  earth  m  the  twinkling  of 
an  eje  and  freeze  us  all  in  our  tracks — toiling 
or  tradiog,  daneing  or  debating.  A  frozen 
flag  would  float  above  a  silent  Capitol  till  tbe 
^oor  winds  ot  a  darkened  heaven  snould  divide 
it ;  the  frozen  arm  of  the  Speaker  would  hold  a 
£avel  forever  uplifted  ;  the  frigid  lips  of  the 
orator  would  refuse  even  to  ask  permission  to 
have  the  arrested  speech  published,  iu  the 
Uteord  ;  limp  knees  and  hot  brains,  the  lique- 
fied and  oozing  courage  of  Uepmbhcauism  and 
"  tho  staoreleaa  fire-lava  of  Demeoracj"  would 
alike  stiflKm  into  adamantine  ice,  and  a 
congealed  Congress  wculd  remain  in  bonibte^ 
but  harmless,  session  till  the  crack  of  doom 
Should  announce  the  great  thaw  ot  the  4iie«  tree 
and  the  flnal  adjournment. 

Speaking  of  flgyptiau  darkness  and  byper- 
horeaaocid,  deetraotion,  and  judgment,  when 
I  faoe  tbe  fitct  of  tbe  possibility  of  tb«  de- 
teat  of  oar  side— of.  the  Democracy  saillnit  In 
between  t&e  legs  of  Mr.  Xownscnd^s  CoioHvia, 
HUd  proceeding,  like  Wierd  Sister  ^o.  1,10 
"  do.  and  do,  and  do,"  I  ask  myself,  will  tba  din- 
Sster  run  or  rally  tbe  Bepablioan  Partgri 
UortMSlTi  ix  that  ovKUUsauou  bare  u  it  «ma 


"a  little  leaven"  pf  the  grand  old  principles  on 
which  it  was  founded,  it  will  rise  again.  There 
is  too  much  hluster,  threatening,  and  bravado 
about  modem  Democracy,  as  represented  in 
Congress  at  feast,  for  it  to  triumph  long,  for  the 
day  for  such  things  is  past.  It  has  still  clever 
and  oouragedus  leaders,  it  has  its  old  crafty 
and  rtM^polioy ;  its  vital  principles  have  not 
been  all  compromised,  but  its  elements  are 
more  incongruous  and  rebellious  than  of  old ; 
it  lacks  the  old  discipline ;  it  is  more  of  the  na- 
ture of  a  mob,  and,  as  Emerson  says,  "  a  mob 
cannot  be  a  permanency."  He  says  also  that 
"  foolish  legislation  is  a  rope  of  sand,  that  per- 
ishes in  the  twisting,"  If  the  incoming  party 
does  wickedly,  or  unwisely — and  its  wicked- 
ness and  unwisdom  must  be  very  pronounced 
to  exseed  that  of  the  out-goers^lts  lease  of 
power  will  probably  he  brief,  and  the  younger 
party — okild  of  fireedom  and  justice,  bom  in  a 

troubloos  bat  glorious  time,  receiving  a  dread- 
ful baptism  of  heroic  blood,  but  growing  up 
somewhat  too  proud  and  overbearing,  and  dis- 
posed to  squander  its  rich  inheritance  on  mis- 
creants and  mercenaries— wiU  come  back,  ohae* 
tened  by  tribulation,  taught  in  the  stem  sohool 
of  adversity,  and  prepared  to  run  a  nobler  and 
a  happier  career. 

In  the  House  that  day,  as  in  tbe  Senate  the 
day  before,  there  was  an  appearance  of  beau- 
tiful accord,  any  amount  of  "  peace  and  good- 
will," between  the  Democratic  and  Bepuhliean 

advocates  of  tbe  great  Millennial  Measure. 
The  newly-elected  Senatorial  lion  of  Georgia 
seemed  disposed  to  snuggle  dows  by  the  new- 
ly-elected Senatorial  lamb  of  Massachusetts. 
They  were  all  weady  and  eager  to  sacrifice 
their  prejndlees  and  even  their  scruples  to 
tranquillity  and  brotherly  unity.    They  sank 

the  partisan  in  the  patriot.  Under  that  name, 
"too  often  pro&ned,"  they  were  content  to  be 
comprised  and  compromised  together.  The 
Democrats  now  speak  of  the  measure  as  "  a 
mutual  concession."  a  little  leaning  to  the  Hayes 
side,  "but  fair  upon  the  whole."  Apropos  of 
this,  I  heard  last  night  a  little  story,  which  I 

hope  will  not  prove  ancient  to  your  readers,  as 
an  illustration :  An  honest  old  Georgia  negro 
on  bis  way  home  from  market,  where  he 
had  been  to  sell  chickens,  and  where  he 
bad  sold  all  of  bis  lot  except  one, 
encountered  a  shrewd  white  acquaintance, 
who,  lookmg  on  tbe  chicken,  and  finding  it 
goodly,  coolly  proposed  to  the  owner  to  put  it 
up  to  be  played  for  in  a  game,  of  euchre.  The 
owner  being  a  guileless  and  pious  African — 
"hoping all  thmcs.  believing  all  things" — as- 
sented. They  had  a  small  game  and  the  black 
man  lost.  As  he  took  the  stake,  a  fine  lat  pul- 
let, rather  reluctantly  from  his  basket  and 
banded  it  over  to  the  winner,  the  latter  eheer- 
ily  remarked  :  "  It  was  a  fair  game,  you  know. 
Uncle."  "  O  yes,  Sar,  I  'spect  it  was,"  replied 
tbe  bewildered  Icser,  scratching  his  head,  "a 
far  game— but  den,  'pears  to  me  you  didn't  put 
nothin'  up  agin  dat  dar  chicken." 

Grace  Gbbenwood. 


AMUSEMENTtS. 


LOCAL  AFFAIRS. 

f  "  The  Danichetta"  will  be  brought  out  at  the 
Union  Sqnare  Theatre  to-night. 
A  novel  programme  will  be  ofiered  by   Mr. 

Heller  at  hia  Wooder  Theatre  this  eveoing. 

"  Marton,  la  Jobe  Bouqueti&re  "  is  to  be  the 
attraction  at  Wood's  Museum  this  eveniag, 

Mr.  Kowe's  new  play,  called  "  Filth  Avenue, " 
is  to  be  piodnoed  thi^  eveniag  at  Booth's  Theatre. 


NOTES   FROM    ABROAD. 

The  Abb6  Colin,  Hon.  Canon  of  St.  Brieuc, 

and  a  well-known  patron  of  muaio  aad  the  arts,  is 
dead. 

Nearly  17,000  francs  was  collected  for   the 

beaefll  of  M.  Laar»nt,  late  of  the  Paris  Op6ra 
Comiqne. 

The  composer  Vic  tor  Jonci^res  has  been  made 

an  officer,  and  Lbo  Delib^i  s  Knight  of  the  Legion 

ot  Honor. 

Hocmelle,  the  French  organist,  has  married 

Mile.  Josephme  Goethe,  a  descendant  of  the  author 
ol  '"Faust." 

Tbe  first  25  performances  ot    "  Paul  et  Vir- 

elnie  "  at  tbe  Paris  Lyriqne  produced  an  average  of 
over  £460  a  repreaeDtation. 

A  new  drama,  called  "The  Queen  of  Con- 
naught,"  has  been  produced,  with  pardal  aaocess 
only,  at  tbe  Olympio  Theatre  in  Loudon. 

The  stars  for  the  Italian  opera  season,  com- 
meDcmg  Feb.  36,  at  the  Berlio  Eroll  Theatre,  are 
D'Angeri  and  Marini,  of  Coveat  Garden. 

Since  the  Berlin  opera  opened  for  the  season, 
on  Sept.  1,  to  the  eod  of  tbe  year,  95  perturmanoes 
of  38  works  by  22  oomoosera  were  given.  Two  of 
these  works  were  novelties. 

M.   Vizentini,  father  of  the  Director  of  the 

Paris  Theatre  Lyriqne,  iras  to  have  a  farewell  bea- 

eflt  at  that  theatre.  He  has  been  45  years  a  mem- 
bar  of  the  theatrical  profeasioo. 

The  new  opera  by  the  Bussian  composer, 
Tcfaulkowak],  called  "  Yakonl,  the  Blacksmith." 
has  been  produced  with  signal  snccesa  at  tbe  St. 
FetersDurg  Theatre  Maria.  The  libretto  Is  based 
on  a  novil  b.f  Nicolas  Gogol.  * 

Mile.  Dica-Petit,  who  recently  poisoned  her- 
self by  accident,  contmaes  in  a  vary  precarious  con- 
dition, and  allhongh  no  immediate  danger  was  an- 
ticipated, it  waa  tboaebt  she  woald  n«t  be  i»ble  to 
make  her  rentrea  at  the  Od6oa  fur  some  considera- 
ble time. 

Signer  Verdi  has  contributed  £20  toward  tbe 
fond  now  being  raised  in  Vienna  tor  the  erection  of 
a  monument  to  Beethoven.  A  ooocerc  is  to  be 
given  in  Milan  to  aid  the  snbsoiiptton.  The  fir«t 
attempt  to  recognize  tbe  geoius  of  BaetboveD  after 
bis  death  was  made  in  London  ov  the  lateEirl  of 
Westmoreland,  the  founder  ut'  the  Koyal  .Acailemv 
of  Music,  who  gut  ap  a  concert  in  Drury  Lane 
Theatre.  It  was,  however,  Dr.  Liizt  wbo  m<Mlo 
sacb  a  large  8.tcnflue  of  time  and  money  for  the 
teaiival  at  Bouu,  where  the  statue  of  BueCnoven  was 
erected. 

An  opera  by  Signor  Lauro  Bossi,  called 
"Bioro,"  and  founded  as  to  Us  story  upon  "Mac- 
beth " — tbe  venne,  however,  being  tranaferred  to 
Korway — haa  been  brooght  out  at  the  Qaeen'it 
Theatre  in  Loodoa.  Tbe  Athtnoeum  aays  :  "Signer 
BoBsi's  score  is  not  at  all  difficult  to  analyze,  for  it 
is  utterly  unpretentious.  It  is  qaiie  free  from 
intrioaoy;  u  has  no  subtle  meaning  ;  it  individ- 
ualizes no  character ;  it  is  neltncr  uncouth  nor 
ugly;  it  IS  not  learned,  much  less  severe  ;  It  la,  in 
lact,  an  opera  of  the  pnre'y  modern  school,  full  of 
tune  trom  beginning  to  end,  aad  can  be  converted 
mto  exhdaraliog  qoadrillea  and  waitzea  tor  tbe 
ball-room,  while  it  will  aupply  some  cbdrming  aira 
for  the  concert  balla  anS  for  the  drawing-room. 
There  were  all  the  elements  for  a  ancceaa  for 
'Biom,'  had  the  east  of  the  principals,  with  the 
honorable  exceptions  relerred  to,  been  up  to  the 
ipark."  _ 

THE    WEATHER. 


INDICATIONS. 

WASHiNGTOif,  Feb.  5—1  A.  M. — For  Neto-Eng- 
land,  fatting  baromettr,  veiUrly  vindt,  and  warmer, 
clear  or  hazy  toeather. 

For  tht  Middlt  StaU*,  falling  barometer.  inerea:ing 
eUmdinest,  and  in  the  northern  portiom  wetterlg 
windt,  with  colder,  followed  by  taarmer  weather  ;  but 
in  the  touthem  portion*,  south-east  urinds,  warmer 
and  possibly  rainy  weather. 


METEOROLOOICAI.    BBPORT. 

The  following  is  an  abstract  of  the  report  of 
the  Central  Park  Meteorological  OUaervatorv 
for  the  week  ending  1  P.  M.  Feb.  3:  Barometer 
— Mean,  30.126  Inchea;  maximnm  at  7  P.  M. 
Jan.  30,  30.409  inchea;  minimnm  at  13  P.  M. 
Feb.  1,  29.900  inches;  ranee,  .509  inch.  Ther- 
mometer— Mean,  38.6°:  maxim  am  at  4  P.  M..  Feb. 
1  53° ;  minimum  at  8  A.  M.  Jan.  30,  39.° ;  range, 
34°.  Bemarku— Jan.  31,  rain  from  10  P.  M.  to  13  P. 
IS...  amount  of  water  .03  inch;  Feb.  1,  tain  irom 
3  A.  M.  to  3:30  A.  M.,  amonnt  of  water  .01  inch  ; 
Feb.  2,  rain  from  1:15  P.  M.  to  13  P.  M.,  amoun  o  of 
water  .51  inch ;  Feb.  3.  rain  from  0  A.  M.  to  1  A. 
H.,  amoimt  of  water  .04  inch ;  total  amount  of 
water  for  week,  .59  iacb.  Distance  traveled  by 
the  wind  during  the  week.  649  milea. 


Jj^WOHUB/S  FOILED. 

A  telsgram  from  Marlin,  Texas,  Jan.  30,  to 

the  Galveston  Newt,  says :  "  Laat  night  after  mid- 
night abont  40  masked  men,  mounted  and  armed, 
surrounded  the  )ail  for  the  purpose  of  taking  out 
one  or  more  prisoners,  whether  to  lynch  or  reaoae 
them  is  not  certainly  known,  but  It  waa  probably  to 
lynch.  The  jailers  promptly  gave  the  alarm,  and 
officers  and  citizens  came  to  their  support  with  pis- 
tols and  shot-gona.  A  few  unarmed  citizens  talked 
with  the  mob.  stronely  urging  tham  to  aesist  from 
their  Tiolent  purpose.  Deputy  Sheriff  Sam  A.  Kead 
took  his  stand  in  front  of  the  Jail  door,  and  told 
them  plaint  that  the  first  man  who  nnderiook  to 
break  tbe  door  woald  be  shot,  be  the  conseqaenoes 
what  they  might.  The  firm  and  gallant  ooudaci  of 
Deputy  Sheriff  Itead,  backed  by  Jailers  J.  M.  Jolly 
and  K.  D.  Fmaen,  City  Marshal  Gammlll,  and  a 
number  of  spirited  oitizans  so  impressed  tha  mob 
that,  after  variona  threatening  demonatrationa  con- 
tinning  more  than  an  hour,  they  withdrew." 

BREA.D  ON  TSU  WATEXS. 
The  Meriden  (Conn.)  JSeptibliean  says  tbat 
John  C.  Chapman,  of  Xew-Havan.  wbo  has  been 
•eooatoiaed  to  sapply  postage  atao^a  to  letteia 
awiled  in  that  city  without  chem  is  not  to  go 
Bsrewsrded.  <Aii  nnknowi  person  of  Bositon,  who 
kaa  been  beaelited,  baa  aent  him  a  painilog  of  a 
■Mp  of  the   line  nnder  fnll   eanvas,    tho   work  of 


NEW  IMPLEMENTS  OF  WAR. 


THE  SCIENCE  OF  DESTRUCTION. 
GUN-COTTON  A8  AN  KXPL08IVK  VORCE— 
ITALIAN  KXPERIMBNTS— AN  IMliXNSB 
CANNON  TO  BB  BUILT  IN  BNOLAMS — 
MOUNTBD  nONBBBS  IK  THB  BBITI6H 
CAVALRr. 

nvm  Omr  MUitam  Correspondent 

LoNDOK,  Friday,  Jan.  19,  1877. 
Many  people  have  arguBd  from  purely 
homane  feelings  that  the  greater  tbe  powers  ot 
destruction  of  eur  warlike  implements  the 
greater  wUl  be  the  chance  of  a  speedy  conclu- 
sion to  wars  themselres  and  of  the  laaintenanoe 
of  peaee  generally.  Such  humanitarians  should 
r^oice  at  the  prospect  ot  the  wholesale  butchery 
of  our  fellow-oreatures  which  future  conflicts 
between  the  greater  powers  promise  to  entail, 
tbat  is,  if  the  new  weapons  are  attended  with  the 
success  ptedioted.  Maay  persons  may  recol- 
IcQt  the  abhorrence  manifested  by  the  world  at 
large  for  the  offer  made  by  the  late  Lord  Dun- 
donald,  to  reduce  the  fortresses  of  Cronstadt 
and  Sevastopol  without  losa  of  life  to  the  be- 
siegers. As  his  noble  and  truly  humane  offer 
was  not  accepted,  hia  secret  died  with  him, 
but  it  is  supposed  to  have  consisted  in  striking 
down  the  garrison  by  means  of  noxious  gases 

introduced  b.y  some  novel  method  of  his  owb. 
It  is  aoubtfnl,  however,  whether  the  cold- 
blooded means  devised  for  the  speedy  reduc- 
tion of  garrisons  ootild  be  regarded  by  prac- 
tical man  as  being  more  devoid  of 
ohivalrio  and  humane  feelings  than  tbe  use  of 
weapons  which,  when  brought  to  bear  upon 
floating,  and  to  all  appearance  impreznable, 
fortresses  garrisoned  with  perhaps  700  or  890 
men,  can  send  the  whole  to  the  bottom  of  the 
sea  within  fire  nunutea.  This,  tbe  latest  tri- 
umph as  a  depopulator — the  100-ton  gun  at 
Spezzia,  Italy — ^has  fully  proved  its  power  to 
effect.  No  vessel  new  afloat  eould  withstand 
this  weapod  at  even  1,000  yards'  range,  and  iu 
the  trials  which  have  recantly  taken  place,  it 
has  not  only  demonstrated  that  we  have  no 
vessels  at  present  to  cope  with  it,  but  also  that 
tbe  adapted  method  of  construction  is  radically 
wrong. 

It  is  well  known  that  most  armor-plated 
shins  are  constructed  upon  what  is  known  as 
the  sandwich  system — that  is,  tbe  side  of  the 
vessel  represents  alternate  layers  ot  iron  aad 
wood,  (oak  or  teak ;)  but  tbe  experiments  un- 
der the  supervision  of  the  Italian  artillerists 
have  proved  the  fallacy  of  this  method  of  re- 
sistance. With  a  charge  of  353  pounds,  when 
firing  against  a  target  composed  of  two  iron 
plates  of  12  inches  and  10  inches  thick  respect- 
ively, separated  by  12  inches  of  teak,  the  pene- 
tration of  the  projectile  (a  solid  shot)  extended 
through  tbe  12-inoh  plate,  tbe  teak  backing, 
and  7  inches  ot  the  second  plate  ;  but  when 
turned  against  a  target  coMposed  ot  22  inches 
of  solid  iron,  it  did  not  penetrate  above  15 
inches  in  all,  and  no  serious  bulge  was  found 
on  the  interior  side  of  the  plate.  With  a  pow- 
der-charge increased  to  349  ponnils  ot  Fossano 
powder,  the  2,000-peund  proleotile  pierced  the 
22-tnch  solid  iron  target  and  showed  a  consid- 
erable amount  of  surplus  energy  to  spare. 

The  Italians  have  partially  succeeded  in 
adapting  gun-cotton  as  a  bursting  charge  for 
shells,  and  should  the  success  of  the  experi- 
ments be  assured — that  is,  an  immunity  from 
premature  explosions  be  perfectly  provided 
against — they  will  obtain  the  credit  of  having 
succeeded  where  the  expsujiva  experimantal 
branch  in  this  country  has  failed.  As  an  ex- 
plosive, gun-cotton  wi'l  be  considerably  cheap- 
er than  gunpowder,  and  its  destruotiva  power 
infinitely  superior.  From  its  violent  explosive 
actioo,  it  la  better  adapted  for  a  bursting 
charge  than  when  the  combustion  is  gr.idual, 
as  in  gunpowder,  and  what  is  known  as  a 
"common  shell''  would  be  rendered  a  more 
destruetive  missile,  under  certain  conditions, 
than  either  a  shrapnel  or  segment. 

The  experiments  in  this  country  with  tbe  80- 
ton  gun  are  not  yet  completed,  the  final  stage 
being  arranged  for  next  week,  when  the  pon- 
derous target  of  32  inches  of  iron  and  13  inches 
of  teak  will  be  fired  at  The  fissure  in  tbe  steel 
tube,  which  was  recently  discovered  after  firing, 
is  attributed  to  the  strain  produced  by  using  ^ 
charge  of  370  pounds,  instead  of  350  {founds,  as 
first  contemplated,  aud  also  to  the  reduction  in 
strength  caused  by  tbe  enlargement  of  the  bore 
from  16  inches  to  18  inches.  Many  rounds  could 
still  be  fired  before  tbe  gun  tteoam*)  useless.  A 
tolerably  satisfactory  trial  to  test  the  destruc- 
tive power  of  shrapnel  shell  against  wooden 
vessels  has  been  made  with  this  gnu,  the  only 
drawback  to  complete  success  being  the  action 
of  the  paroussion  fuse.  Sucb  a  perfect  adjust- 
ment of  the  detonation  is  required  that  the  few 
rounds  which  have  bean  fit-ed  with  these  large 
shell  have  not  been  sufficient  to  enable  the  Expto  - 
sives  Committee  to  determine  upon  the  best  form 
of  manufacture,  but  certain  it  is  that  an  altera- 
tion will  have  to  be  effected  in  tho  fuse  when  it 
is  used  with  projectiles  for  the  extremely 
heavy  guns,  for  the  gradual  combustion  of  the 
powder-charge  has  been  found  insuffloient, 
when  the  shell  is  propelled,  to  create  that 
Bhook.of  discharge  necessary  to  release  the  de- 
tonator, which  on  the  first  resistance  met  by 
the  shell  plunges  forward  and  fires  the  burst- 
ing-charge. Unless  tho  detonator  is  released 
when  first  the  projectile  is  moved  trom  its 
"seat,"  it  follows  that  tbe  shell  will  oe 
"  olind,"  and  consequently  useless  for  the  pur- 
pose for  which  it  is  intended.  Contrary  to 
expectation,  the  time  fuses,  although  used  with 
the  gas-che«k,  were  found  to  answer  admirably, 
thus  proving  that  the  windage  in  muzzle-load- 
ing guns  can  be  but  imperfectly  counteracted 

The  New-Tobk  Tiicxs  was  one  of  tbe  firs  t  jour- 
nals on  either  side  of  the  Atlantic  to  record  the 
intention  of  the  British  Government  to  build  no 
a  gun  ot  200  tons,  giving  general  details  of  its 
eonatruotion.  The  preliminary  steps  have  now 
been  taken  to  purchase  the  aecessary  plans, 
the  outlay  being  estimated  at  $1,300,000.  This 
amount  will  inclode  the  expense  attending  tha 
enlarged  carriages,  heavier  projectiles.  Sec,  the 
cost  of  the  gun  itself  being  about  $45,000.  The 
first  gun  will  not  be  completed  for  upward  of  12 
months.  The  large  iron  works  on  the  Conti- 
nent, such  as  Sohneider'a,  at  Creuzot,  and 
Krupp's,  at  Essen-,  are  now  constructing  homo- 
geneously-cast steel  gdhs  of  160  tons  and  133 
tons  respectively.  Tbe  former  should  be  able 
to  produee  residts  equal  to  the  wrought-iron 
gunot  200  tons  Just  mentioned.  We  are  evi- 
dently not  se  much  in  advance  of  foreigners  as 
was  at  first  supposed. 

The  great  increase  in  the  size  of  ships'  guns 
haa  led  to  the  supposition  that  tbe  days  of 
armor-plated  vessels  are  numbered,  and  that 
the  fleet  which  eame  into  a  combat  without 
armor  would  stand  tbe  best  chance  of  success, 
for,  it  is  agreed,  a  shell  would  penetrate  both 
sides  of  a  woodan  vessel  without  injury  to  the 
crew,  and,  being  more  handy  than  their  oppo- 
nents, would  be  better  adapted  for  offensive 
purposes.  Experiment  has,  however,  proved 
tbat  tbe  fuse  oaii  be  made  sutUciently  sensitive 
to  burst  between  decks,  and,  so  long  as  this 
contingency  is  liable  to  take  place,  tbe  natural 
protection  to  the  ship's  sides  can  never  be  dis- 
pensed with.  Of  course,  the  erection  of 
iron  screens  might  partially  localize  tbe 
efl'eot  of  the  splinters,  but  ^t  is 
doubtful  whether  the  huge  splinter^  of  a  com- 
mon shell  fired  from  the  80-too  gun  could  be 
effectually  guarded  against,  so  as  to  justify 
what  would  now  be  considered  an  innovation. 
Tbe  target,  composed  of  33  inobes  of  iron  aud 
15  inches  of  teak,  Will  represent  tbe  sides  of  the 
Inflexible,  which  yesBel  it  is  pvopoied  to  arm 

with  four  80-tOn  guns.      The   plans  lor  another 
tesal    uf  even   more    formidably    orouortions 


are  now  being  prepared,  c^on  which  will  be 
plaeed  four  guns  of  160  tons  eaoh. 

An  introduction  has  lately  been  made  in  the 
Brituh  cavalry  of  aiounted  pioneers.  Two 
men  from  «aoh  troon  will  be  instructed  in  the 
duties,  and,  in  addition  to  tbe  usual  equip- 
ment, will  be  provided  with  slabs  of  gun-cot- 
ton, and  suitable  means  ef  igniting  tbe  same. 
I  believe  the  idea  of  mounted  pioneers  is  de- 
rived £rom  America,  where  tbe  system  was  in- 
trednced  by  the  Northern  Army  during  the 
late  war.  _ 

THE  MONTROSE  DEFAULTER. 


ASTONISHMENT  OT  HIS  TBUSONQ     FBLLOW- 
CITIZBNS — THB  AMOUNT    OF    HI8  P«CU- 
LATION  (90,000. 
From  the  Seranton  (  Perm. )  Republican,  Feb.  3. 

The  news  of  Nathan  L.  Lenheim's  enormous 
delkloatlona  fell  upon  our  neighbors  of  Montrose, 
Snaqnehanna  Coonty,  tlie  other  day,  like  a  dap  of 
thunder  from  a  elear  iky.  He  was  a  young  msn 
who  moved  in  the  best  aociety  in  the  place.  api>a> 
rently  a  devoted  member  of  a  Charch,  beloved  and 
estesmsa  by  all  who  knew  him,  the  Cashier  of  a 
bank  in  wbioh  tha  wealthiest  men  of  the  town  were 
interested,  besides  being  well-to-do  himself — all  this 
at  the  age  of  24.  With  sncb  brilliant  prospects  be- 
fore him  he  dashed  them  all  to  the  ground  in  a 
single  day,  oonfoandad  the  oommanlty  in  which  be 
lived,  and  left  the  people  of  the  place  almost  panic- 
stricken. 

Bat  a  few  days  ainoe  he  left  lion  troae  without 
stating  a  word  of  hia  affairs  to  any  one,  and  a  week 
ago  to-day  he  was  arrested  in  New-York  for  pre- 
senting a  forged  note  fur  tbe  sum  of  flO,000,  to  be 
diacoonted  at  tbe  Importers'  and  Traders'  Bank  in 
that  City.  Tne  forged  note  waa  alleged  to  have 
been  drawn  by  B.  T.  Stevens,  and  indoised  by  Mr. 
8.  Eessler,  of  Easton,  wbo  Is  known  to  be  worth  at 
leaat  $1,000,000.  Fortunately,  however,  the  bold 
trick  waa  detected,  and  the  torger  taken  in  oharKe 
by  tbe  authorities.  The  receipt  of  the  staitling 
news  completely  sbooked  tbe  people  of  Montrose, 
and  especially  the  atockholdera  of  tbe  First 
National  Bank,  of  which  Mr.  Lenheim 
was  Csshter.  Accordingly  an  investigation 
was  made,  and  it  was  discovered  tbat  his  bank  de- 
ialoanons  reached  tbe  enormona  sura  of  190,000  of 
money  he  bad  squandered  in  vanoas  waya.  All 
efforts  to  ascertain  bow  he  bad  invested  this 
plunder,  or  into  what  ohanuels  be  could  have  di- 
rected it,  have  so  far  proved  truitleaa,  and  tbia 
portion  of  tbe  transaction  must  remain  a  mystery 
until  the  dark  sequel  of  th^  bold  crime  is  rerealed. 
Of  Ibis  amount  120,090  bad  been  torged  on  the 
bank,  and  the  real  waa  taken  in  various  ways,  for 
Mr.  Lenheim  bad  full  control  to  discount  notes  and 
transact  otber  businesa  of  tbe  bank  at  will,  and  ap- 
parently without  consulting  any  ot  tbe  offloera  of 
the  inatitntioa. 

We  bave  aacertaiued,  however,  tbat  the  default- 
ing Caabier'a  bond  ia  good  lor  the  greater  part  of 
tbe  money  atolon.  and  ihat  the  moat  the  bank  will 
lose  will  be  abont  |24,000.  Tbe  confideuoe  of  tbe 
people '  in  iia  atabiliiv  la  aiill  unshukeo,  and  up  to' 
Thursday  noon  there  waa  double  tne  amonnt  of 
money  dapoaited  tbat  waa  drawn  oat.  Ou  Wednes- 
day laat  the  bank  was  closed  for  an  invea- 
tiicatlon,  and  for  tbe  adjustment  ot  matters 
that  had  been  deranged  by  the  auddeo  disap- 
pearance of  the  Caauier,  bat  it  waa  opened 
yeaterdav,  tranaaotiDg  buaineaa  aa  usual.  Tbe 
atockbolders  bave  eiven  tbe.r  note  tor  $40,000  to  re- 
plenish tbe  depleted  truaaury  and  meet  oreseot 
emergencies.  They  are  all  man  of  aonnd  flaancial 
standing,  aud  no  extraordinary  riiu  ia  anticipated. 
In  tact,  one  party,  to  ahow  bia  talth  in  tbe  stable 
oburacter  of  thd  concern,  deposited  S5,00u  in  it  on 
Tuesday,  and  others  bavo  testified  their  confidence 
la  it  in  a  similar  aubaiantlul  manner.  Tbe  liabili- 
ties are  aucured  by  sound  notes,  and  no  audi  thing 
aa  a  failure  la  exuecied. 

Tbe  b'irat  National  Back  of  Montrose  came  into 
existence  about  two  years  atEO,  aod  ever  aiuoa  its 
looeptlun  Mr.  Nathan  L.  l>eiihelm,  tbe  forger,  haa 
t>eau  it«  Caahier.  At  tbe  cloae  of  the  fliai  vear'n 
busiueas  Mr.  I).  J).  Searla,  the  Ylca  President,  ex- 
preaaed  a  good  deal  of  dissatisfaction  over  the  fact 
that  the  oilzinal  plan  of  reterrine  all  loaus  to  a  com- 
mittee before  Ueiue  negotiated  waa  not  carried  one, 
and  tbat  Mr.  Leubeim  was  negotiating  paper  with- 
out the  iuatructioDs  of  any  one.  This  gave  nae 
to  such  a  aiata  of  teeliog  that  Mr.  Soarie 
aaid  he  would  eitbar  aeil  bia  atocfc  or  buy 
out  Mr.  Leobeim'a.  The  conaequence  was  tbat 
Mr.  bearie  sold  out  >ii8  tl5,0tiO  worth  tor  a  margin 
ul  20  per  cent,  and  retirou  trom  the  bank,  receiviug 
93,000  in  cash,  and  toe  stock  (whicu  beatill  bolds)  a* 
sfvurity.  Mr.  George  V.  liently  waa  chosen  Vice 
Pieaideut  in  bis  stead,  and  Mr.  William  J.  Tnrrell 
ia  President.  Tbe  First  Katioual  la  the  obiy  ua- 
tioual  Dank  in  town.  There  ia  another  banking 
boase  there,  that  of  Wll  iim  H.  Cooper  it  Co., 
which  haa  baen  in  existence  fur  SO  years,  and  is 
above  ruorotcb. 


LETTER  TO  THE  EDITOR. 


HOBBLNG  PETER  TO   PAY   PAUL. 

To  the  Editor  of  the  New-York  Times: 

Your  strictures  on  the  bill  presented  in  the 
Legislature  yesterday  by  Mr.  Lingbein  for  tbo  re- 
lief ot  the  aasesameot-payera  m  thia  City  ia,  it 
seems  to  me,  to  say  the  leait  of  it,  very  ungenerous. 
You  must  be  aware  that  between  taxes  and  assess- 
ments nuproductive  property  is  rapif  ly  being  eaten 
up.  I  will  give  you  a  plain  statement  ot  a  tew  tacts 
in  relation  to  a  piece  of  property,  almost  nnoro- 
ductive,  in  the  Twelfth  Ward,  wbioh  I  think  will 
fully  verify  the  above  auertion.  The  As^easois' 
valuatiun  of  the  property  to  which  I  refisr  was,  1  n 
1850,  16.700,  and  tbe  taxes  were  $62  33.  In  1850  the 
valuation  of  tbe  aame  prpprriy  was  $31,323,  and  the 
taxea  were  $336  54.  In'  1870  the  valuation  of  tbe 
same  property  was  $42,500,  aod  the  tax>s  were  $956  23. 
In  1876  the  valaaiioo  Of  the  same  property  was 
ITT,  DOO.  sod  the  taxes  $2,170.  Nuw.  bad  the  aaaasa- 
ments  for  tbe  so-called  improvements  baen  paid  for 
out  of  tbe  tax  levy,  aa  I  think  they  abould  bave 
been,  I  could  bave  understood  how  the  enormous 
Increase  In  taxalioo  happened ;  but  sucb  is  not  tbe 
case.  For  all  tbe  improvements  tbat  have  been  made 
tbe  oast  haa  been  aasessed  on  the  adjoining  prop- 
erty, aod  the  City  has  not  paid  tbe  first  cent  uf  it. 
Within  a  very  tewybarsthero  have  been  aaseaaroenta 
paid  on  the  above-meuttoned  property  amonatlng 
to  138,587  45,  and  there  ^e  now  assossmente  levied 
on  the  aame  pr^pertvaihpantlnz  to  tl4.026  37,  and 
there  will  be  very  aoop^bout  $3,090  more,  making 
in  all  upward  o{  i}§JbJO  unpaid. 

OurlmprovcfMenis  bave  cosk  too  much.  Oa  ao. 
count  of  the  iuflated  rate  of  wages  tbe  City  waa 
paying  f>r  latter  at  the  time  the  improvements 
were  made,  the  property-ownera  were  obliged  to 
pay  two  or  three  time*  more  for  the  Improvemeots 
than  tbey  were  worth,  and  on  account  of  the  length 
of  time  the  contractors  were  allowed  to  do  the 
work  af.ar  the  time  fixed  la  their  contracts  had  ex- 
pired, all  tbe  benefit  expected  to  he  derived  from 
the  expendiiare  waa  lost.  I  will  trouble  you  with 
but  one  inatance:  The  contract  for  grading  the 
Ninth  avenue,  between  Eightv-aixtb  aod  One  Hun- 
dred and  Tenth  atreeta,  « as  given  out  in  18ti9,  and 
the  time  fixed  to  fluish  it  up  was  two  years,  but  It 
took  six  years  ;    it  waa  not  finished  till  1875. 

Aootber  contract  was  given  out  in  1870.  and  tbe 
time  tor  doing  tbe  work  waa  ane  year  ;  it  was  cot 
flnlsoed  till  1874.  Had  tha  oontractora  been  com- 
pelled to  cumulate  their  conlractain  the  time  agreed 
upon,  tha  ownera  micbt  have  been  able  to  diapoae 
of  part  of  tbuir  property  at  fair  priofs  aod  pay  for 
tbe  improvementa.  But  the  craah  came  long  before 
the  work  was  dune,  and  tbe  property  was  then  uu- 
aalable,  and  to-day  it  is  doubtful  if  it  could  be 
aold  for  caaU  at  the  Assessors'  valuation.  Now, 
if,  aathe  Controller  aaya,  there  are  ii^bout  $18.0UO,000 
of  taxes  io  arrears,  bow  ate  tbe  $31,500,OJU  ol  as- 
sessments eoing  to  be  paid  I  In  tbe  present  state 
of  the  real  estate  market  it  la  impossible  ;  but  were 
tbey  allowed  to  pay  tbe  iotareai,  un  tbem,  I  believe 
an  effurt  would  be  made  to  do  It,  and  the  City  wotdd 
receive  more  money  and  oamse  leas  misery  than  it 
is  doing  now  under  the  present  system,  and  no  in- 
justice would  be  dune  to  thuae  who  bave  paid  their 
aasesamenta ;  fur  if  tbe  City  received  7  per  cbOt.  aud 
boiTowed  money  at  5  per  cent,  it  would  oe  the 
gainer.  M. 

New- York.  Wedneaday,  Jan.  31,  1877. 

$5,000  DAMAGES  AOS INST  HER  FATHER. 

Tbe  case  of  Catharine  Flood  agaiast  David 
Moore,  an  action  brought  oy  the  plaiutiff  against 
her  father  for  mfiioting  injaiies  upon  her  basbsad. 
wblcb  it  is  alleired  caused  tbe  latter's  death,  occu- 
pied the  attention  ht  the  Suprems  Court  at  Albany, 

Judge  Weatbrook  presiding,  last  weak.  The 
case  has  been  heretofore  tiied,  and  the  Jurydlii- 
agreed.  Bminaut  aounael  were  engaged  un  tKith 
sidea,  and  tbe  salt  has  beea  warmly  contested. 
A  deciaiun  haa  been  finally  reached,  which  the 
Albanv  rifiM*  of  Thnraday  eives  aa  toUows:    "Tbe 

jury  C4me  into  court  at  1  o'clock  aod  rendered  the 
loUowing  verdict :  'Weaajurura  on  this  suit  bave 
excbauKed  views  on  this  impurtant  case  between 
Catharine  FiOud  and  David  Muore,  anu  caret  ally' 
wt-izblng  the  evideace  produoad,  candidl.y,  fairly, 
anu  impartially,  hava  arrived  a;  the  folluwing  ver- 
dict:  We  find  tor  plaintiff  15,000.  John  W.  Coach- 
man, foreman.'  £xtra  allowance  of  5  per  cent,  was 
grafited  plalutiS.  btay  of  60  days  waa  granted  to 
make  a  oaae  aud  exceptions  alter  judgment." 


A  PBE8ENT-TAKIJS0  GOVERN  OR. 
We  tremble  for  the  peace  of  mind  of  the  Dem- 
ocrata.  Oav.  Zebulon  Yauoe,  of  Narth  Carallna, 
haa  received  and  accepted  a  present  ot  a  wild  tur- 
key, and  from  a  colored  man,  at  that.  Moreover, 
be  has  written  tbe  following  grateful  letter: 

EXECUnVB  DSPABTUXKT,       f 
Balkioh.  N.  C.  Jun.  31.  1877,  5 
Ur.  D.  Jf.  Let.  eoL  s 

Dkas  aiB  ;— Yonr  letter  with  tbe  tarkey  which 
you  Ware  ao  kind  as  to  send  ma  have  both  t>een  re- 
ceived with  great  pleasure.  I  accept  them  as  a  tes- 
timonial of  your  good  will,  and  earnestly  hope  It 
betokens  an  era  of  kind  feeling  suon  to  be  estab- 
lished between  tbe  white  and  black  oltlxans  of 
North  Carolina^  I  aaaure  yoa  tbat  notbinx  ahall  be 
wantmg  on  mv  part  to  biing  abont  ssoh  a  state  of 
things.  Thanking  you  both  for  your  [iressut  and 
your  letter.  I  am,  very  sinoerel/  yoot  fri«nd. 

•  Z.  iJ.  VANCIE. 


THE  QUESTION  OF  DIVORCE. 

AN  ATTACK  UPON  THE  FRENCH  LA  W. 

BOW  THS  CODE  KAPOLEOIT  WAS  AMBia>BO 
— fDlFFICULTY  OP  SKCURINO  A  DIVOKCK 
IN  MOST  CATHOLIC  COUNTRIES— EVIL 
BrnCTB  OF  SEPABATION — HOW  THB 
CHURCH  BXVUSES  CONSENT  TO  A  LEGAL 
DIVORCE. 

Frovi  Our  Oian  Corresvondent. 

Paris,  Friday,  Jan.  19, 1877. 
The  Republicans  are  making  some  vigor- 
ous attacks  upon  the  old  order  of  things  in 
France,  whether  for  good  or  for  evil  I  will  not 
pretend  to  say,  and  among  other  things,  are 
now  agitating  the  question  of  divorce.  Tbe 
nrinoiple  exists  in  tbe  laws  of  most  of  tbe  civ- 
ilized nations,  and  divorce  is  possible  in  Bel- 
gium, a  Catfaolio  country.  When  Naptleon  I. 
founded  ttie  Empire  and  devised  those  statutes 
known  as  tbe  Code  Napoleon,  his  object  was  to 
engraft  upon  the  ancient  system  all  that  the 
revolution  had  in  it  of  good.  For  tbe  first  time 
the  people  of  France  enjoyed  tbe  benefits  of 

equality  before  tbe  law.  '  And,  among  otber 
things,  that  powerful  genius  saw  the  necessity 
of  admitting  into  the. code  tha  principle  of  di- 
vorce. It  was  then  written  in  tbe  statutes  be- 
side tbe  "  separation  from  bed  and  board"  pro- 
nounced by  the  legal  tribunals ;  but  with  the 
Eestoration  came  a  Catholic  reaction,  aud 
the  principle  was  expunged  trom  the  code  at 
the  demand  of  the  Church.  It  has  always  op- 
posed the  principle  of  divorce,  for  a  reason 
tbat  can  readily  be  understood,  but  not  easily 
defined  in  words.  It  is  partially  embraced  in 
the  phrase  generally  employed  :  "  What  God 
has  joined  together  let  no  man  put  asunder." 
The  clergy  pretend  to  act  in  the  name  of  the 
Supreme  Being,  and  when  attacked  themselves 
take  relnge  behind  Him  from  whom,  tbey  say, 
their  authority  comes  by  virtue  of  ordination. 
The  Chtu'ch,  therefore,  pretends  that  it  alone 
has  the  right  to  undo  what  has  been  done  in 
God's  name,  and  makes  formal  opposition  to 
the  introduction  of  the  principle  of  divorce  into 
tbe  civil  code.  Tbe  Pope  alone  claims  tbe  right 
in  Catholic  countries  of  pronouncing  tho  de- 
cree of  divorce,  and  it  is  sparingly  exercised. 
Only  persons  of  great  influence  can  hope  to 
procure  a  dispensation  ;  it  was  refused  even  to 
the  Prmcess  de  Baaufi'remont,  and  sue  was 
obliged  to  get  herself  naturalized  in  a  country 
where  divorce  is  recognized,  in  order  to  consum- 
mate her  second  marriage. 

Louis  XVIIL,  acting  under  the  influence  of 
the  clergy,  erased  tbe  principle  of  divorce 
from  the  French  code,  but  left  the  separation 
from  bed  and  board.  And  what  has  been  tbe 
result?  A  deplorable  degradation  of  public 
morals.  At  every  step  the  regulator  has  to 
take  account  of  human  nature,  aud  not  expect 
too  much.  Christianity  has  hitherto  exercised 
a  powerful  influence  iu  favor  of  virtue,  but  its 
bold  seems  to  be  weakening  from  gone  cause 
or  other,  (probably  the  disseusions  among  Chris- 
tians and  the  prevaleuce  of  sects,)  and  all  can 
Bee  the  time  approaching  when  tbe  civil  author- 
ity regulating  society  must  bo  sufficient  in  itself, 
and  not  obliged  to  count  upon  this  auxiliary. 
Perhaps  we  ahall  have  to  count  upon  human 
interests  instead,  and  regulate  marriage  in  tbe 
beat  possible  way  for  the  interest  of  the  two 
sexes,  of  the  family,  and  particularly  of  public 
morali'.y.  For  the  present  it  is  conceded,  I 
think,  that  the  latter  has  muoh  to  gain  by  ad- 
mitting tbe  principle  of  divorce,  uuder  proper 
restrictions,  which  tbe  law  can  provide  ;  but 
the  Qhurch  refuses  its  consent,  because  the 
privileges  of  the  auointcd  are  thereby  attaint- 
ed, llie  civil  authority  steps  in  between  the 
clergy  and  the  Supreme  Being. 

The  results  of  the  French  system  of  separa- 
tion de  corps  has  been  deplorable  indeed.  I 
think  that  it  has  been  sufliciently  shown  in  the 
case  of  Mme.  De  Beanffremont.  but  it  is  made 
clearer  by  the  case  of  Mme.  De  Germiuy. 
There  we  have  a  young  and  beautiful  Countess, 
having  children,  tied  for  life  to  a  man  con- 
victed of  one  of  the  most  infamous  crimes  im- 
aginable. She  cannot  bea^  her  own  name 
without  dishonor,  and  she  is  forbidden  to 
change  it.  Slie  must  weSr  her  degrading 
chains  through  life.  Evidently,  here  is  a  case 
where  divorae  would  be  mercy  as  well  as  jus- 
tice, but  the  French  law  refuses  it  to  this  poor 
lady.  Her  case  comes  now  to  strengthen  the 
Republicans  in  their  efforts  to  get  the  principle 
admitted.  They  show  that  many  thousands  of 
eeuarations  are  annually  pronoiiuced,  and  that 
ibe  tribunals  thereby  give  oirect  cncoura>;e- 
ment  to  prostitution,  tor  an  honest  woinau  is 
not  permitted  to  estatilish  herself  again  iu 
an  honest  luauner  ;  while  the  honest  men  who 
have  bren  shuiueluUy  treated  ouiy  go  to  a  well 
the  ranks  ot  the  Lovelaces  who  are  constantly 
on  the  lookout  tor  bonnes  aventurcs. 

It  seems  to  me  the  marriage  contract  ought 
to  be  a  civil  ceremony,  and  the  rights  of  both 
parties  protected  by  the  civil  law  as  property 
now  is.  Dumus  was  not  wreng  when  he  spoke 
of  a  young  girl's  beauty  and  chastity  as  "capi- 
tal," aud  when  we  come  to  think  m  this  way 
we  can  make  Ihws  that  will  give  the  people  pro- 
tfctiiin.  The  idea  of  the  Cnurch  in  admitting 
sepai-aiions  is  that  tbe  parties  will  make  up 
their  quarrels  and  come  together  again  alter  a 
time;  but  experience  shows  that  only  a  small 
percentage  ot  the  sooaratious  end  iu  this  way. 
The  large  majority  turn  toward  u  lite  of  dis- 
order, to  use  the  mildest  term,  and  tbe  worst 
of  it  is  that  only  one-halt  are  really  to  blame. 
Tne  other  half  are  martyrs  to  a  social  condi- 
tion tbat  should  not  exist,  and  which  does  not 
exist  in  countries  where  divoree  is  admitted. 
Here  we  are  lold  that  divorce  is  not  possible  on 
account  oi  the  State  rcliuiou,  but  at  the  sumo 
time  the  autboniies  allow  civil  burials  which 
are  not  allowed  by  the  Church,  and  do  a 
score  of  things  whieh  could  not  be  done  if  that 
religion  were  really  respected.  This  is  a  topic 
which  is  now  being  brought  prominently  lor- 
ward. and  the  liepubliuans  intend  to  lorce  it 
upon  the  Chamber  at  no  distant  date. 

Gen.  Tchernayeff  has  arrived  in  Paris,  and 
has  been  already  •'interviewed"  bv  several  of 
the  local  reporters.  The  lieneral  principally 
confined  himselt  to  an  account  of  his  adven- 
tures at  Prague,  from  which  city  be  was  sent 
at  an  hour's  notice  by  order  of  the  Police.  The 
Uxavs  wanted  to  give  him  an  ovation,  but  the 
German  element  resented  it  and  raised  a  not 
iu  the  streets.  One  can  see  bow  rapidly  the 
German  element  bos  grown,  when  it  Ciin  do  this 
in  the  very  capital  oi  Boheiuiu.  The  General 
says  tbat  be  snail  remain  but  a  low  days  in 
Paris,  and  expects  soon  to  enter  the  field, 
though  nut  iu  bervia. 

Another  member  of  the  Municipal  Council  of 
Paris  has  come  to  griet — M.  Yves  Guyot,  editor 
ot  Les  Droits  de  I' Homme,  A  short  time  ago 
he  wrote  a  series  of  articles  upon  the  police  of 
public  morals,  and  was  prosecuted  for  them. 
The  court  condemned  bim  to  six  months'  im- 
prisonment and  to  a  fine  of  5,000  trancs.  This 
judgment  causes  tbe  loss  of  all  political  rights 
lor  a  period  ot  five  years,  and  M.  Guyot  ceases 
ipso  facto  to  be  a  member  of  the  City  Council. 

A  FISa  UTOHX  FROM  TROT. 
The  Troy  Press  of  Saturday  evenmg  tells  the 
following :    "Our  readers  cau  rely  on  the  lollowing 
rather   curioas  fish  atory.  and  if  any  of    them  donbt 

its  credibility  we  can  only  refer  them  to  the  parties 
who  have  the  curioua  apecimen  ot  nature'a  creative 
power,  and  wbo  will  abow  the  phenomenon  to  the 
curious.  Mr.  iScott,  at  tbe  residence  ot  Dr.  P,  T. 
Heartt,  of  "Watcrford,  baa  for  aome  time  been  af- 
flicted with  sore  eyes.  Itather  more  than  a  month 
ago  he  determined  to  try  tbe  curative  powers  of 
aait-water  bathing  for  tne  offc-oted  opticd.  For 
thia  purpoae  he  prootlred  a  quantity  ot  clear 
snow  and  melted  it,  atter  wutch  he  filtered 
it  oareiuUv  aud  pouriag  it  Into  a  tumbler 
put  into  it  a  small  quantity  of  rock  salt. 
Tne  salt  dissolved  and  every  morning 
and  evening  for  a  moutb  a  small  quantity  of  the 
wash  waa  used.  Yeaterday  morning  Mra.  tScutt  con 
ceived  tbat  too  mach  dost  had  settled  in  tbe  glasa,- 
aud  advised  throwing  it  away  and  rinsing  the  glass. 
Betore  puttmg  this  prelect  into  axecutiun  she 
Bcauaed  the  gloas  more  closely,  and  waa  aorprised 
10  aee  swimming  about,  in  a  lively  manner,  a 
dimlnntive  fish.  A  olose  examinatiun  follawed, 
and  there  surely  was  a  small  fish  about 
ihree-fourtha  ot  an  inch  in  length,  with 
bright  projecting  bead-like  black  eyea,  and 
in  formation  closely  resembling  a  *  ball-head.'  The 
dimlnative  craatureia  transparent,and  can  easily  be 
seen  throngb.  Tue  vertebre  ot  the  orvaiore  la  plainly 
marked  throughoat  its  entire  length.  Tbe  flab  has 
been  placed  in  a  bottle  and  Is  carefaily  preserved. 
It  awitoa  about  Iu  tbe  watery  element  us  tbousb 
bi^Uily  emoying  us  saline  bmux.    It  ia  of  a   nrattv 


pearl  color  and  la  daily  growing.  The  question  ia 
jarbat  is  tbe  embryo  flah  f  AVhere  did  it  cumo  fromf 
Certainly  there  could  have  been  no  germ  of  life  in 
the  snow  that  liad  been  melted  by  artificial  beat 
and  afterward  filtered;  neither  oould  there  havo 
been  any  in  tbe  coarse  particles  ot°  salt  that  had 
been  placed  into  it.  The  future  aevelopmente  of 
this  natural  ourioaity  will  be  looked  forward  to 
with  interest  Again  we  say  to  the  skeptical,  go  to 
Dr.  Heartt's  residence  and  see  for  yourselves  this 
tiny  waif  of  nature's  creation. 


MARYLAND  JOCKEY  CLUB  RACES. 


THE  SWEEPSTAKES  TO  CLOSE  BOON — PRO- 
GRAMME OF  THE  SPlllNG  MEETING — 
AN  EXCELLENT  LOT  OF  FLAT  AND  OTHER 
RACES. 

A  printed  list  has  been  sent  The  Times  of 
the  sweepstakes  now  open  and  to  close  March  1, 
also  the  programme  of  the  Spring  meeting  of  the 
Maryland  Jockey  Club.  The  time  for  the  meeting, 
which  is  of  course  to  take  place  at  Baltimore,  Is 
fixed  for  May  22  to  tbe  25th  inclosire,  thus  conclud* 
ing  a  week  before  the  commencement  of  the 
season's  sport  at  Jerome  Park.  For  the  Spring 
meeting  there  are  four  stake  events  yet  to  close,  as 
follows:  Handicao  stakes,  mile-heats  for  4vear 
olds,  {50  each,  half  forfeit,  and  only  $10  if  deeiared 
out,  club  to  add  fSOO  for  tbe  first  horse,  and  1100  for 
seooBd,  weichts  to  ha  annonnced  March  S4,  and 
declarations  to  be  made  on  or  before  April  14; 
sweepstakes  for  3-vear  olds  tbat  have  not  won  in 
their  2-ye*r  old  form,  of  t25  each,  p^ay  or  play, 
colts  to  carry  100  ponndt,  fillies  and  geldings  9^ 
pounds,  club  to  add  (500,  of  which  $100  to  the 
second  horse  ;  Baltitoore  Cnp,  fur  all  ages,  t'wo  and 
a  quarter  miles,  |50  subscription,  half  forfeit,  club 
to  add  {1,000,  of  which  1200  t*  the  second  horse,  tbe 
third  horse  to  save  his  stake  ;  Grand  Steeplechase 
Post  Stakep,  of  (50  each,  half  forfeit,  club  to  add 
1600  for  tbe  first  burse,  (100  tor  the  second,  and  $75 
tor  the  third,  five  or  more  anbacriberd  to  fill,  welter 
weizhts,  abont  two  anaa  half  mites  over  the  regular 
steeple  course.  The  otber  even ta  to  close  March  1 
are:  For  tbe  Fall  meeting  of  18T7,  the  Breckin- 
ridge iSrakes,  for  3-year  olds,  to'  be  run  for  on 
the  last  day  of  the  meeting;  (300  subscription; 
(100  forfeit ;  winner  of  the  Dixie  Srake.s  five  pounds 
extra ;  club  to  add  $1,000,  of  which  8SU0  to  tbe  sec- 
ond horae,  the  third  horse  to  save  his  stake;  two 
miles;  and,  for  the  Fall  meeting  of  1878,  the  Dixie 
Stakea,  for  colts  and  fillies  then  3  vears  old,  to 
be  run  for  on  tbe  first  day  of  the  meeting;  two 
miles;  (100  subscription,  half  fort'eit.  club  to  add 
(1.500,  of  which  (500  to  tbe  aeaond  horae,  tbe  third 
horae  to  save  his  stake. 

Tbe  prugramme  anakes  mention  of  no  less  than 
18  races:  five  in  the  first,  four  In  the  second,  five  in 
tbe  third,  and  four  in  the  last  day  of  the  meeting. 
The  shortest  run  is  to  be  a  contest  of  naif  mile 
heats  lor  gentleman  naera,  and  tne  next  aborteat  a 
dash  of  three-quarters  of  a  mile,  for  maidens  of  bU 
aces.  Tbe  loudest  race  Is  the  grand  Sieeplecbaae 
Post  Stakes  event  of  abont  two  and  a  half  miles. 


STRANGE  SEA  MONSTERS. 


WHAT  PROF.  RICHARD  A.  PROCTOR  HAS  TO 
SAY  ABO0T  THliSI. 
Prof.  Itiahard  A.  Proctor  writes  to  the  Echo  : 
"  The  sea-serpsnt  has  loaz  bean  regarded  by  most 
oersons  as  simply  a  gigantic  fraua.  Either  the  objeo  t 
which  appeared  like  a  sea-serpent  was  something 
altogether  different— >  fixating  tree  entangled  in 
aeaweed,  the  aerpenline  outline  of  distant  hills  half 
lost  under  a  scndding  haze,  a  row  of  leaping  pur- 
poises,  or,  if  a  ainele  living  creature  at  all,  then  one 
of  a  known  species  aaeu  under  annsual  and  decep- 
tive conditions — or  else  the  circmmsiantial  accounts 
which  could  not  be  thus  explained  away  were  con- 
coctions of  falsehood.  Tet.  as  the  naturalist  Gusse 
long  since  pointed  out,  in  bis  carious 
essay  on  "  Tbe  Great  Unknown,"  it 
is  altogotber  unlikely  that  men  know 
all  tbe  fjrms  of  animals  which  exist  in  tbe  ocean, 
and  the  antecedent  probabiliiy  against  the  theory 
uf  the  existence  of  creatures  such  as  ths  great  aea 
serpent  haa  been  described  to  be  is  not  sufficient  to 
outweiirb  the  evidence  which  has  been  given  re- 
specting such  crea.taro3.  No  oae  who  has  read  tbe 
accuunt  given  bv  tha  officers  and  men  of  tbe  Daeda- 
lus, for  ioatance,  can  for^^mument  suppose  tbat 
tUev  were  deceived  in  any  one  of  the  waya 
ingeniously  iuiazined.  We  mast  assume  tbat 
they  all  told  untruth:!  before  we  can  reject  tbe 
belief  that  aume  as  jret  uuknuwn  sea  creature  was 
aeeu  bv  tneni.  That  creature  mav  quite  possibly  not 
have  been  a  aerutut  properly  su  cailnd,  the  piciure 
drawn  by  one  of  tue  midsaipuien  may  have  been  in* 
coirect  lu  uetails,  (ub  Prof.  Uvveu  insisted  it  mu^t 
bave  been);  but,  iialeaa  the  wbule  afi'air  was  a 
fraud,  a  sea  animal  was  seen  which  bad  all  the  ap- 
peatanvu  of  a  gigaunc  serpent.  And  the  idea  ot 
iruuii  in  such  matters  is  not  nearly  so  reasonable  as 
many  seem  tuiuagiue.  Travelers  are  som^'times 
Baid  to  tell  marveluus  stories  ;  but  it  is  a  notevror- 
t.hy  fact  that  in  nine  cases  out  of  10,  the  marveluus 
sturiea  of  travelers  have  been  caudrmed.  Men 
lijicuied  tbo  tale  brought  back  by  tho.-<e 
whu  bad  Bailed  far  to  tbe  South 
that  the  sun  there  moves  irora  rigut  to  left,  instead 
ot  from  left  to  riebt,  as  yon  fice  hid  noon-day  place; 
but  we  know  tbat  those  travelers  told  the  truth. 
Tne  hrst  accouat  of  tbe  giraffe  waa  lau^ibed  to 
scors.  and  It  was  satiafacturily  proved  that  no  such 
ci-eatm-e  could  possiblv  exisu  The  gorrilla  would 
have  been  jeered  nut  of  existence  but  for  the  fuciu- 
■  ate  arrival  of  a  skeleton  of  his  at  an  early  stage  of 
our  acquaintance  with  tbat  preposaeHsiug  cousin  of 
outs,  j^lonatrons  cuttlefish  were  tboui;bt  to  be 
munstnius  lies,  till  tbe  Alecton,  in  IkfOl,  came  upon 
oDe  and  captui-ed  its  tail,  wou-je  neigui  uf  40  poonus 
li^ii  naturalista  to  estimate  the  entire  wei;:ht 
uf  tbe  eieature  at  4,000  puunds,  or  neaaly  a  couple 
ot  tons.  In  1873,  uuain.  two  fisoermen  encountered 
a  gieantic  cattle  ib  Cuneepiiwu  bay,  Newfound- 
land, whose  arms  ware  about  35  leei  in  leogin,  (the 
fi-<ao.''meii  cut  off'  Irom  ooe  arm  a  piece  25  teei  lout;,) 
wliile  its  boUv  waa  eslimaced  at  60  ieet  in  leD>;tu 
and  5  feet  in  diameter — so  that  tue  devil-iish  of 
YiCtor  Hugo's  famous  story  was  a  saere  babyuuttle 
by  cumpuTiajn  with  tke  Newfoundland  mouster. 
Tue  mermaid,  again,  has  been  satistactonly  idonti- 

fied  with  tho  manatee,  or  '  woniau-flsb,'  as 
luo  Portnjuese  eali  it,  which  assumes, 
aaya  Cnpt.  Scoreaby,  '  such  pusitiona  mat 
ti^e  human  appearance  is  very  closely 
imitated.'  As  for  atories  of  aea-serpeots,  naiural- 
ists  have  beou  far  less  disposed  tu  be  iuaredulaas 
taan  the  gt-neral  public.  Ur.  Andrew  Wilson,  for 
iuaianee,  atter  speaking  of  the  rucuided  observa- 
tions in  much  sues  terms  as  I  have  used 
above,  says  :  '  Wo  may,  thea,  affirm  eaiely  that 
tbsie  are  many  verified  pieces  of  evidence  ua  lecord 
uf  strange  Marine  forms  having  been  met  with, 
which  evideucss.  Judged  according  to  or- 
din.iry  and  cammon  sense  rules,  ao  to 
prove  that  certain  hitherto  undeaaribed  marine 
•rganisms  do  cnriainly  exist  in  the  sea  depths.'  As 
to  the  support  wbica  natural  bisturycan  give  to  tbe 
above  proposition,  'zoolugista  can  but  aJmit,' he 
proceeds,  '  the  correutnea-t  of  the  observation.  Cer- 
tain ureanisms.  and  tspecially  those  ot  marine  kind, 
(e.  g.,  cer.aiu  wnalcs.)  are  kijowu  to  be  uf  j  ixceed- 
iiiK'y  rare  occurrence.  Our  kuowledge  of  marine 
reptiliai^  confessedly  very  small ;  and,  beat  of  all, 
(hero  is  no  counter  objection  or  feasiole 
argument  which  tbe  naturalist  cau  offer 
by  way  of  denying  the  aoove  proposition. 
He  Would  be  forced  to  admit  the  exist- 
ence or  purely  marine  genera  of  snakes  which  pos- 
sess compiesaed  tails,  adapted  fur  swimmiofr,  and 
other  puluta  ot  organization  admittedly  suited  fur  a 
purely  aquatic  existence.  It,  therefore,  ere  admit 
tbe  pi'asioility — nay,  even  tbo  reasonable  probaollily 
— that  gigantic  members  of  these  water-snakes  may 
occasionallv  be  develaped,  we  shbuld  state  a  power- 
ful caae  for  the  asaomed  and  pcubable  eziatence  of 
a  natural  '  aea-aerpeut.'  We  coufess  we  do  not 
well  ses  how  such  a  chain  sf  probabilities  can 
be  readily  set  aside,  supported  as  tbey  are 
in  the  possibility  of  their  occurrence  by 
zcological  science,  and  in  tbe  actual  details 
of  tbe  case  by  evidence  as  trustworthy  in  many 
cases  as  that  received  in  our  courts  of  law.'  When 
we  remember  bow  lew  fish  or  other  inhabitants  of 
tbe  aea  are  ever  seen  compared  with  the  countless 
nillions  which  exist,  that  not  use  specimen  of  some 
tribes  will  be  seen  for  many  yearj  lu  succession, 
and  that  some  tribes  are  only  known  ts  exist  be- 
cause a  ainsl*  specimen  or  a  single  skelntun  has 
been  obtained,  we  may  well  balievo  that  in  tbe  sea, 
as  in  heaven  and  earib,  there  aramore  things  'than 
are  known  in  sor  pbilusophj.'  '    ' 


A    UOU^Ji   HESIEQED. 

Tbe  Beston   Transcript  of  Friday  evening 

aaya  :  "Oa  the  27th  of  September,  1876,  the  proper- 
ty known  as  the  'Loobman  estate,'  situated  at  the 
head  of  Summer  street,  Maiden,  was  sold  by  order 
of  the  mortgaireea,  and  bought  by  Hun.  George  O. 
JBrastow,  of  Somerviile,  who  finally  deeded  the 
propeity  over  to  George  S.  Lochman,  of  Maiden. 
Mr.  Thomas  J.  Balano,  Jr..  ana  family 
were  then  occupying  one  of  tbe  four  houses 
belonKing  to  the  estate,  and  waa  induced 
to  remain,  and  bave  the  tUU  charge  of  af- 
fairs after  it  came  in  possesiiion  of  Locnmsn. 
Some  months  since  a  dispute  arose  betwaen  these 
two  gentlemen,  and  Lochman  ordered  his  teuant 
to  vacate.  A  verbal  notice  was  served  upon  the 
tenant,  but  the  latter  heeded  it  not  aod  still  re- 
mained in  poaaesaioo  of  the  dwelling.  Mr.  Loch- 
man was  determined  to  eject  him,  and  hired  the 
serviees  of  Constables  U.  O.  Blancbard,  W.  W.  H. 
Howe,  Messrs.  J.  B.  L.  Pierce,  l,evi  L.  Liboey, 
Henry  Lutz,  and  Archibald  Baruea.  The  Chief  ot 
Police  refused  assistance  because  tbe  proceedings 
were  not  conducted  according  to  law.  Wednes- 
day morning  the  posse  stormed  the  house, 
took  tbe  aide  door  off  ita  hinges,  and 
gained  possession  of  tbe  kitchen.  The  mistress 
of  tbe  bouse  apoeared  and  drove  tbem  off 
with  a  revolver.  Mr.  Delano  arrivlug.  asked  Mr. 
Blancbard  for  his  authority  to  enter  tha  bouae,  and 
found  tbat  he  bad  none.  Tbe  storming  party  re- 
zained  possession  of  tbe  kitchen  and  a  keeper  re- 
mained in  the  room  over  night  and  yeaterday.  Toa- 
terday  morning  Mr.  Lochman  vialted  the  Bistriot 
Court  room  aud  asked  for  a  warrant  for  the  arrest 
of  Mra.  Delano  for  an  aasanlt,  but  the  Jadge  refused 
to  iBsue  one.  Last  evening  both  parties  remaiaed 
in  peaceful  possession  of  their  respective  portions 
of  ihe  premises.  Tbe  final  straggle  is  ezoeoted  to 
take  place  to-dav.  Both  parties  are  aociug  under 
advice  of  ooonae^'' 


Fin  EST  OLITE  OR  SALAD  OIL 
Ever  imported.  Selected  especially  for,  imr- 
ported  and  bottled  bv,  Caswell,  Hazard  «Co.,  drug- 
gists, FlPTH  AVENUU  HOTEL  BUILDINO  and  Si  nth 
avenue,  corner  ot  Thirty-ninth  street;  also  No.  133 
Thomas  street,  Newport,  K.  L  Oar  oidy  places  of 
business  are  as  above. — Exchange. 

"Tbongfats  are  bnt  dreams  till  their  effects  are 
tried,"  and  InTentlona  but  experiments,  till  thev  are 
Juatified  oy  use.  But  B.  T.  Babbitt's  Toilbt  Soap. 
tbouah  newlv  placed  on  the  market,  la  already  an  ac- 
oomplisbed  lact  in  pnblic  favor.  Its  values  of  hygienic 
pnrity.  of  agreeahleoess  in  use,  and  pleasant  fragrance, 
make  It  tbe  flrat  of  its  kind.— .^d(irr(it<metU. 


Flsitbist  Pains,  and  all  Asthmatic  and  Broo* 
chlal  affectiouB,  are  soon  relieved  by  tbat  certain  rem* 
edy  for  concha  aud  colds.  Dr.  Jaxitb's  Eapkotokabt.-^ 
AdvertisemeM.  ^ 

FOB  Immediate  Kklief  op  Coughs  aiO)  Colds 

use  the  popular  remedy,  Portbb's  BilIAAII.— Advertise. 
ment. 


To  the  Comnmotlve WILBOR'.s  COMPO0ND  OP 

COD  LIVER  Oil.  A.SD  LIME,  witbout  poaaeaaing  the 
very  Danaeatini;  flavor  of  the  article  as  heretofore 
used,  la  endowed  by  the  phosphate  of  lime  with  a  beat- 
log  property  which  renders  tbe  oil  doubly  efiBcacions. 
Remarkable  teatimoalaU  of  jta  efficacy  can  be  exhil>. 
ited  to  those  wbo  deaire  to  aee  tnem.  Sold  by  A.  JS 
WILBOB,  Chemiat,  Boston. 


Holmes'    Rnrglar    Alarm    Teleirrapb    Com* 

PANY.  J«a  571  Broadway.  Within  a  few  looatlis  -we. 
have  arrested  two  burttlars  in  the  store  of  J.  i  horn- 
ton.  Walker  st,:   one  in  Bacon  it  Eaton's.  Walker  at., 

and  two  in  U.  B.  Clafiin's.  We  never  fail.  We  Jin?l« 
no  bell  at  oar  door.  We  eppropriate  no  000  uamet- 
trom  otber  parties  to  our  circniara. 

The  Breath  la  Rendered  Offensive 

By  aonmess  of  tbe  stomach.  MILK  OP  MAQNEsIA  ob 
viatea  both  cauae  ana  effect. 


Narore  slves    a   hannonizins   Color   to   th« 

Hair  which  a^e  and  slclcness    turn  to  srav.    FARKEB's' 
UAiB  B^lLSAM  renews  tiie  color  and  life. 


Pomeroy's  'I'msses— By  far  the    Best  in  C8e« 

Ask  your  phx-slcian.  POJIREtOY  rEUSS ''C,  7-46  B'WTiy. 

IDIED. 

BOOROM.— On  Snnaay  evening,  4th  inst.,  Cathab- 
ISB  LowB  BooRtm,  aged  73  yeara. 

Funeral  services  at  her  lat?  residence,  No.  206  Adel- 
plii  at.  Brooltiyn,  Wednesday.  7tb  Inst.,  at  4  P.  M. 
Belatives  andfrleads  respectfallv  Invited. 

BROCK.— Suddenly,  on  Kridav,  Feb.  2,  UORToa 
Brock,  In  the  Clat  vear  of  his  ase. 

Fneuds  and  relatives  are  invited  to  attend  his  funer 
al  irom  the  Ohurch  ot  the  Intercession,  158th  at.  and 
Graod  Boulevard,  on  Monday  afternoon  at  2  o'clock. 
Train  leav«-8  Thirtieth  Street  Depot  Hudaon  River  Rail- 
road at  1  o'clock.  Carriagea  will  be  in  waiting  at  One 
Hundred  and  Fitty-aeoond  Street  Depot. 

BiiODiVEK.— In  Brooklyn,  Feb.  2,-  BuTB  BROtrKRB. 
dautrhtfr  of  Rev.  Jacob  U.  Brouner,  deceased,  in  the 
4tith  year  of  her  aee. 

Relatives  aud  firieuda  are  respectfully  Invited  to  at- 
tend tbe  tuiieral  from  tbe  residence  of  Glloert  Tooker. 
No.  434  Pulaski  St.,  Brooklyn,  oa  Monday,  Keb.  5,  at 
2:30  P.  -M. 

CLOSE.— On  Friday,  Feo.  2,  Ella  M.,  daughter  of 
David  and  Harriet  A.  Close. 

linneral  services  at  the  residence  of  her  parents, 
No.  lis  West  43<l  at,  on  Monday,  Feb.  5,  at  4  P.  M. 
Relatives  and  friends  are  invited  to  attend. 

Garcia. — on  tjatuiday.  the  3 J  inat..  at  hia  late  rest, 
dence^  No.  123  Madison  av.,  Raicon  Uabcia,  of  Cadiz, 
Spain,  aeed  65  yeara. 

Uia  triendg  and  thoae  ot  hia  son  John,  also  those  of 
broibera  Miguel  aad  Johu  Garcia  are  respectfallv  In- 
vite.l  to  attend  hia  funeral  on  Monday,  tbe  dth  iuat.,  at 
lUo'clocK  A.  M.,  from  Si.  Patrick'a  Cathedral,  Mote 
at.,  where  a  aolemn  high  maaa  oi  requiem  will  be 
offered  for  the  repose  ot  bia  aouL 

GALES. — On  Friday,  Feb.  2,  at  San  Antonio,  Texaa, 
Wkston  Spies  Gales,  of  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  eldest  son  ol 
Mary  Spies  and  the  late  Weston  R.  Galea,  aged  Slyeari 
and  8  months.    Interment  at  San  Antooio. 

^^Kaleigh  (N.  C.)  p  ipers  pl^-ase  copy.  . 

HUNTER.— In  Brooklyn.  iSatnrday,  Feb.  8,  1877, 
James  L.  Hostek,  in  his  70th  year. 

Fnenda  an  .  relatlrea  are  invited  to  attend  the  fu- 
neral on  Tueaday  muruinK  at  11  o'clock'  from  hia  lat« 
residencee,  No.  808  DeKalb  av. 

MEKRlxr.— At  South  Norwaik,  Conn.,  Friday,  Feb.  2, 
JoBN  T.  Mbbbitt,  aeed  63  yeara. 

Funeral  services  at  his  late  residence  on  Uondav, 
Feb.  5.  at  2  o'clock  P.  M.  Relatives  and  friends  in- 
vited to  attend  witbout  further  notice. 

PLATT.— .Suddenly,  on  Sunday.  Feb.  4,  1877,  at  her 
late  residence.  No.  305  Eoat  2utn  St.,  Matilda  u. 
Platt.  only  daughter  of  the  late  George  and  Maria  T. 
Piatt. 

Notice  Of  funeral  berea.fter. 

PREVOST.— On  Friday,  2d  innt..  at  Fort  Washtneton, 
Louise  Bkbault  de  St.  MAtrRiCB,  wite  of  Victor  Pr^ 
Tost. 

Rvlativea  and  friends  oi  tbe  family  are  respectfully 
invited  to  attend  tbe  Funeral  services  at  et  fiuz> 

beth's  Church  on  Momiay,  5th  lost,  at  11  A.  M.  Car- 
nages will  be  in  ■waiting  at  Port  Vvashington  on  ar' 
rival  of  10:30  train  trom  3oth  at. 

RUE.— At  cornwall-on-the-Hu  laon,  N.  T.,  Feb.  2,  Ep. 
WABD  P.  Roe,  Jr.,  infant  son  of  Edward  P.  and  Anna  P . 
Ko-.  aged  1  year  and  ^6  dave. 

TA^  LOR.— un  Filday.  Feo.  2,  Roberts  R.  Tatlob. 

Keiatives  and  frieiid.s  are  Jovitpd  t-j  attend  bisfu 
ner.il  from  liia  l.<ti-  residence.  No.  204  KUiaonat.,  Pater 
aon,  N.  J.,  Monday,  Feb.  5.  ot  2  P.  M. 

VVUlTTAKKrf On    Sunday,    Feb.    4.     Cbarles  ;.V. 

youopeat  aon  of  William  a.  and  Helen  M.  Whittaker 
agi'd  23  years. 

Funeral  services  at  the  resilience  of  his  parents,  Na 
2J8  vyest  34th  at.,  on  Tuesday.  Feb.  B,  at  11  A.  M. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


OFFICES    TO    LET 

XN   THE 

TiaiE8  BUILiDINO. 

APPi^Y   TO 

UBORGB  JONBS, 

Tunes  OFFlce 


art:  sal.kJ>) 

the  messes.  leavttt,  auctionbees. 

monday  evening,  feb.  5, 

At  Clinton  Hall  aud  now  on  exhibition, 

PERKMPTOltT    SALE 
Of  a  large  coUecti.in  ol  Oil   i'aintines,  Water  Colorr^ 
l>r»wi..ga,Sj.c.,  by  Ameriean  and  foreijn'  artista.     Also  a 
nuDiber  of  copi.  s  from  ce  ebrated  masters. 

POSir  OFFICE  NOTICE. 

Theforeijm  maiis  lor  rbe  week  ending  FeD.  10^ 
1877,  wnll  close  at  this  offire  on  Tuesday  ut  9  A.  M., 
for  Eurooe,  by  bteam-shiu  Wyoming,  via  Queenatown; 
on  Wedut-adav  at  9  A.  .H.,  for  Europe,  by  steim-ahip 
Algeria,  via  Queeastown;  on  Thursday  atll:aO  A.  M., 
for  Kurope,  by  eteam-sbip  Kri^ta,  via  'Plymouth,  Cher- 
bourg, and  Uambuig;  on  Saturday  at  11  A.  M..  tor 
Scotland  and  the  North  of  Ireland  by  Steam-ahip  Bo* 
livia,  via  Movi.le  and  Gliiagow.  aua  at  XliHO  A.  M.,  for 
Germany,  by  steam-ship  Rbine,  via  soutbamoton  and 
Bremen,  (correapondence  for  Great  Britain  au't  France 
to  be  forwardeu  by  this  steamer  must  be  apecially  ad- 
dressed,) and  at  12  .\1..  tor  Europe,  by  steam-ship 
Adrinvc,  via  Queeiistown.  (corresDondence  for  Ger- 
many and  France  to  by  forwarded  by  this  steamer 
must  be  specially  aduressed,  I  andat  12  M.  for  Fiance dl 
rect,by  steam-ship  Labrador, via  Havre.  The  steam-shipf 
Wyominsr,  Ai'ie.ia,  and  Adriatic  do  not  taBe  mails  foi 
Denmark,  Sweden,  and  Norway.  The  mails  for  Nas- 
sau. N.  P.,  will  les^ve  New-Vort  Feb.  14.  The  maila 
for  the  West  Indies,  via  Bermuda  and  St.  Thomas, 
•wlU  leave  New-Jork  Feb.  \n.  The  mails  for  China 
and  Japan  will  leave  san  Francisco  Feb.  16.  The 
maiia  tor  Australia,  kc,  will  leave  iSan  Francisco  Feb. 
28.  r.  L.  JAMES,  Postmaster: 

Nbw-Yobk,  Feb.  2, 1877. 

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convevapcing,  aad  City  ana  county  collecuon. 

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AND  LIVERWORT  liXPKCTOaANT.     Hold  by  aU  drug- 

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POLITICAL. 

AMONTB Cy^V^BI^^ISg'oV^AK  VlVLsi 
Assembly  District   Republican  Assooiatloa  will   b« 
beid  at  the  head-qoartera,  No.  152  Franklin  st.,  THIS 
EVENING,  at  8o'elock.    JOaN  ROBINSON,  President 
WirLiAM  U.  Bakbr,  Secretary. 


THIRD  i>l9iTRlCT  REPUBLiICAN  ASSOCI- 
ATION.—A  regular  meeting  will  be  held  at  Diatriot 
Uead-quartera,  No.  '205  Grand  st,.  THIS  (Mondayf 
EVENING  at  8  o'oook. 

JAMES  FLSMMIHO,  President. 
Jaxss  Daltox,  Secretary. 


SEVENTH  A.'SSKMBl.V  DISTRICT  JtBPtJB* 
LlOA.f  AKSOCIATION.— Regular  montblv  meetlna 
THIS  (Monday)  EVENING  st  7: SO  o'clock.  Head? 
qnarlers,  Na  12  University  place. 

COttNKLltJS  VAN  COTT,  President. 
William  Tsafttrin.  Secretary. 


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NINTH  ASSKinBL.V  D1.STRICT  RBPURi.1* 
CAS  A'<8l)CIaT10N.— Regular  monthly  meeting  at 
bleeoker  Building  THIS  (Mooday)  RViiMHO,  Pteb:6, 
at  8  o'clock.  GILBERT  J.  BPuMTKS,  PiMdM^^t.      i 

QaoBsa  W.  LncEKZ.  Beoceta*^  * 


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XSSOAOO,  Jerh.  d— Floar  gteAdy  mnd  flna,  Wheiit' 

April  J  K6.  S  dOw,  »1  t6»«l  17.  Coru  qtilet;  »>«t 
firm;  42i«o.,  caab t  4S^c  bM^  HarelM  &I'9li&  Md. 
ttsy.  Oats  ea«ler;  HA^.SMlii  86Ve..Ap.n.  Rr« 
mUland  Ia^«r»t(i8«,  tiarUT  diUl  «wl  (»ir«r»t  »8o. 
Pork  Htruus  and  iilshar($16»9ult:  CuT 2U«|1S22>9. 
<V»ei>.  tili  4u9«iH  1219.  AprlU.   liwNl  In  fiiff  dainai^ 

tMrhax;  flO  63,  ciitht  1^19  7S9slO  77'4>  K-%rcti; 
7  >sWtlU  »U.ipfk  BHlk-m^ati  »ie»il:t,  t^tKk  mt 
t>d.  Dresuid  auia.qUBt4  iaXvi*ti6  7i9Se87^ 

M.UUw  bualitis;  coin.  7^.0i>0  btUbers;  OaU.  I8,UUU 
WuiiftU;  a.te,  l.'fOO  BonelS;  ffiirKy,  O.OuU  bosQela. 
;jao|>iaenti— Floa  .  B,5u0  bbla:  Vma^t.  13,001)  biiklitfli; 
^rii.  ^4.0U0ttasheIa:  Ooti,  8,000  boaaalai  Bye,  400 
-Vttalialai  Barlfey,  8.500  bnahei*. 

__St.  Louis,  Feb..  3.— Flpar.flrm  Aod  undfiingia. 
^Hieftt  dull  fur  best  gtndef :  iffa  Oed  Kali.  $1  44  bid, 
e*>b;  $1  48>9<*$1  4b«4.Uiirc%;  Ho.  8  do.,  £1  37^ 
91  HS.  caah.  V  orfl  abileUled;  Ko.  2  UtkM,  SS'fC.O 
'WV..  Febraarj?;  40 Vi..  Marcb.  Oaia  firm:  N<w  8,' 
94a4(!.S8&c  Kre  steadr:  to  Mod  drimuidM  e8«;9 
two.  Batl«T  qnlQt  aud  anctaanged.  'Wuitky.ateady  at 
jp  o-\  PorV  ilrdiex'.iit  «r6  KT"**!  *l9  «>  dSl. 
'Kaj,&.  Larddail,  doA&Ki.  BnUi-me^ta  Araiet;  a^ltt 
OTj-r  x.oOO.uoo  »,  «t  6^*86..  g^SSJiic.,  ittidii%dL 
5WJ40.  lor  Sboulila  t  Cie4r  Bt.,.  «dI  Clettr  Stdef 
iMtouu,  7e.,  9^c.98a^.,  anit  S'sCaO^.  tor  Khodl- 
ofera,  i;iear  Klo.  aaa  i  lear  bide*  biTe  boga  nomiaaUr 
iiilatianipMi;  LO'lituK  dolnt.  Cattle  galei.dncbaDxedt 
JitI  le  uuiag.  KeceiptB— 2,600  bblB.  Flour,  2,500  bushels 
WU.-at,  -iO.OiiO  bustaeU  <;orii,  l.OOO  busbe^a  Oats, 
e^oOo  btubeli  Bia.ey,  SUObeM  UOxx,  2UU  beiaa  CattlS. 
CiXClNNATi.  Feb.  3— l!"loar  qmet  and  anchanjjed. 
wheat  acarue  and  fl.nl;  Rtd,  $1  40'ai$l  48:  Cora 
auiet  at  40c.'3'44^]C  Oats  qulftt,  bat  si  adj,  at  33c. 
ctjaOo.  Rye  dull,  ul  80c»®8id.  Bar.ey  ault  acia  iin- 
■«lau<»ed.  Pork  quiet  it  *i 6  73.  Lard  steady  ;  Steam 
romler.d.  10»ao.;  i?tt!e,  lld.'SII^c.  Bulfc-moffta 
Rulec;  .boQJdv**.  (Jc®6Jfie.;  8h..rtEib»,  S^.^d'sc, 
^poi ;  £8  9jM»  95,  Seller  April ;  $9  10,  seilbt  Mayi 
bhorl  (JWJ  SlJea,  834C.<2)a'80-  Bacou  quiet,  but  ftrm; 
■UiuulJen,  7i«c.:  Clear  ai us.  UHto.;  Clear  tiMea,  8<^««. 
nbiiiky  aiea.:;,  wltQ  a  fair  ,1  mand  at  £1  U.^.  t>U[tt>r 
■doll  iiaU  oacbaugfd.  iiotc^  quiet:  comooa,  £o'9$d  qU: 
.lair  to  good  liKbi.  $o  aobdj  Sot  pactlaf.  43  909 
Sd  16  i  ijeav.r  uaccberA  $8  -JOAi^a  40;  recelpta.  67(1 
bead:   auipmauta,  t>uO  Beiid. 

UUWALO,  Eoo.  3.— Receipts— Flour,  4  9D0  bblg,j 
wbua»,  l:^.8uii  busaeis;  Com,  22.400  bushels;  Oata, 
14ti'Uo  Liusbols;  Barley,  4./v>  busheU;  Bye,  2.UU0 
Dostiel.*.  bblpmeuts— Kluur,  <.Siu  ouu.;  vvlieat,  1*2,- 
Ouu  buahela;  (,ora,  18.2>'>  busHels;  Oat^,  14,  >0O 
buAhelkt  uuriey,  4oo  oathela,  tLi;  S.Ooo  bushelji. 
Iberaisa  modei-ate  deuttitd  idr  >>h(wt.  Floor,  and 
Ciiru.  MeWvoruU  In  lisQt  susply;  bales,  OUU  buis. 
Flour:  pnvesaaoiiaaxeU.  vvbea'.-.oales, 3,i>J0  buslielii 
Br«M9D  B^<y  aprtiivat»X  48;  uar  Nu.  1  Wblte  at  $1  oS^ 
tV  >o.  1  Nurtii-xeott-ru  at  SI  4:i:.  Cora— oaies,  8  cara 
De>ra(  53cS3SH20.;  3  ojrs  da  at&4c.  0.tt>— dales. 
2.200  busbti.s  Waatera,  ou  ibe  irauc.  at  4^0.  iitbcr 
ar.h'lesquwtoua  ouciiaDgdd,  UaliroMd  Preicata  an- 
BbanK«|d. 

XoLSDo.  Peb.  3.--TlQttp  itpadr.  "Wbeit  steady; 
SOi  a  whUf  Wabaab  held  at  $1  48:  No.  1  VVhtte  MioD- 
lgaQ,$l  48:  r.xura  >,o.,  ii.  5'Ji  Amber  9I!ohi;(an,  Spot 
avti  HebruarT,  ;bU  CO'a;  Uarch.  $1  4»>4;  Jtlay, 
$1  341a:  no.  a  Red  v»Iii!«r,  spot  and  Febi-uary,  *1  44  : 
Much.  SI  47:  So.  H  Ked.  3>i  .iS.  corn  dall;  Hl^b 
Silxeo,  iprll.  47*40.:  Mav,  49'<a;  .vO.  2,  spol,  44»4C; 
March,  48c;  April.  479*c.;  May.  49o.;  E.Jec  ed.  43*4C. 
Oa.adu.i;  Wt\ito,  41^u.  LiorJ  quiet  Be  ;S9  30.  Iie- 
c  ipts— 5,uOj  oosheU  rt'heat.  Huiocneots— dOO  bola. 
Fluur,  X.90O  buaheia  Wheat,  17.000'  bdsueis  Cdtd,  7dO 
Vosba.s  OaU. 

JaiLWACKKS.  Feb.  3.— Flour  quiet.  "WTieat 
steauy,  druj;  No.  1  Uilw  okef,  CI  38:  So.  3  40., 
$1  iiU\t:  .uurch.  $131^;  AprU,  $13^^(:  sa.  3  do., 
CI  :j J.  Coru  steatky  as^  drtu ;  xf <>.  iS,  oominally  43  'are. 
Oats   we  .k,    e  sieir;    Nu.  .i,  33>a:•.'^>^t3^t>  .     Rye  WSAK; 

So.  J,  eo^^c, 97X120.  tjatlcy  neaoy,  iu  £sirdem.uid; 
>ia  2  opnug,  7bo.'(v78e.;  Aa  3  do..  36c.  froTisuius 
duU.  Mess  r-uzK,  shade  firmer  ac  Si3  8iJ.  Prime 
Lsrd.  numLiaily,  lil'^o.  Urussea  Uosa  at  $6  aO. 
K«eeipi»— CkOOu  obis,  rlonr;  1  i.uOO  uosheis  vvt^eat. 
Ibi).meuta— 3,j0O  bb.s.  Flour;  8,ftoo  buahela  A'beM. 

Kbw  OSLBASS,  Keu.  3.— Day  iu  fair  demand  and 
AlKucr;  pnu  ,  :^18:  cbolee,  $18.  Bolli-meats  dull, 
'Weak,  anu  l.,wer;  Sbouid^-rs,  louse,  O^aC;  ule^r  Ulus. 
^''tc;  Clear  blues,  9^.\  erogor  in  fair  dtfuiaud  ana 
firm:  interior,  Bo'S'ti^c.;  coinm*  n  to  goO:!,  7a  97340.; 
iJUr  to  foiiy  fittf,  8o.-aio%e.;  laluie  to  cUijioe,  8'4i.a»<Si 
Ceutruugul.  834C.®i'V-f  fdiovr  t-lariueJ.  Q^aCV 
10>40.  Aoiassea  eusipr ;  Ceotrifaiial,  2jo.(»40e.;  com- 
mon. Suo.'<*8wiia<J-;  Mr,  3Jc».i7c.j  prime  to  oboioe, 
41u.347c.  OUier  articea  anoaaoKeO.  bxeha.ige— .S«w 
Xorlc  aiicbc  >s  prt^ouam  ;  bteriizia,  ^  XI  lor  tbe 
Banic.     uo.d  l\jd^^i.u5^ 

Lowsvnxx,  Feb.  3.— Flour  dull  and  nnchanewl. 

Wuo»t,iaiau-  (leinand)  Ked,  #1  45;  Am'^e*.  91  50; 
whit*-,  *1  OO'S'^ll  i>d.  Cora  uomiuailv  nachanarud. 
By«,  BOc  V  at»— White.  4ao.;  siliod.  39<J.  Provt,ioB» 
firmer.  Pork,  $i7.  Bulk-mea,*— BhouiUers,  ti-^CSi 
«>^;  Ciatr  Ribs,  8  V;  a>o^4C.:  clear  ^^ides,  8'«cV«9«j. 
Baoun  aasettird ;  douulaem,  7^u.;  Clear  lli..s,  tf  lou.- 
Clear  ttiaos,  9^«c.  ^u«ar-cured  Hams,  lifi^cdlde. 
Laid-Xieroe,  lliac.9ll\a:  Ka«,  I80.  Whiasy  flxm 
at«i  06. 

OsWKGO,  Feb.  3.— Flour  Qnohanced :  sales. 
l,4ao  uois.  TVbeat  steady;  ealea  of  So.  1  Mll- 
yan<ee  Ciub,  91  CS;  Mo.  2  oo.  hid  at  $1  6o- 
So.  2  Bea  Wabash,  «1  56;  Hi  a  1  White  ^icoiiran, 
Cl    U-J;     extra   du.,    91    68.       Com    steady;     galea    of 

weatem  Mixed  at  60a     Barley  quiot;  Wu.  1  Canada 
beiu  ,it  $1  u2;  Ho.  ;s  do.,  9^a    Curu-mual  anobaoxed. 
uiiouaaxed.       BaUroad    ttblpmeuis— Fionr, 


k>ll.-fe«Ki 
l,3ut>  bOls. 


PBOvujitNCK.  Feb.  3.— The  market  for  Printing 
Cloths  Qas  oeea  aciire  duriag  tbe  we«-lc,  tbe  nleifoot* 
ant  up  24-.i,000  pieces  ;  prices  at  tbe  close  were  firm 
it  J  lai:.  e^6  i«c.,  cash  to  30  days,  for  standard  and  extra 
*4xii4  Ctouis  i  maixet  atmuc  bare  oi  spot  guoda. 

OOJIRI  OALEN DASa—IBla  DA.I. 

SU7BXltB    COCBT— OHAICBBBS. 

Beld  bf . 

First  Uoaday  motioa  calendar,  court  opens    at  10  A. 
V.    For  ex  parte  boaiueas,  calendar  ealled  at  — v 
B07BKUB    COURT — SPSCIAL  TfiBlL 

£ci<f  l»i  ran  rorst.  J. 
f  OS.  Noa. 


Demurreri. 
1— Ki-ily  Ts.  Xha  JUjrar, 

fcc 
2— Blvbmond      ts.    Tbe 

Mayor,  ho. 
8— DaTla  ri.  I'ue  Kayot, 

he. 
■    4— Seery  ts.  The  Mayor, 

fca 
5— Iiong  TS.  Tbe  Mayor, 

ko. 
^-Dem^trest     ts.      Tb« 

Mayor,  &o. 
7— Plnoaney      Tfc     Tbe 

it  ay  or,  ho. 
8— OalpiD  Ts.  aray  «t  al 
S^Waies  TS.  califsmla 

fet.Ca 
10— Cudiipp  TS.  Attorney 

Beuerai  8tata  ».  T. 
IX— .9^  o'llsey  TB.  tiMae  et 

a. 

la-The    World  C*    ya. 

Urpen. 
18— Meeks    Ts.   Bzlolear- 

ho£ 
14— Biaiuerd  tsl  Bertram 

etaL 
15— Same  ra,  Same. 
18 — tSnilta  TS.  dmlih  et  ai. 
17— Uaitfiit  TS.  u'Oonaeil 

etaL 
18— Ba.l  et  aL  ta.  Beldan 

etal. 
19— Oi-eei  TS.   Lfppinoott. 
So— Thurber     et   aL   t«. 

Breia  et  aL 
21— Labucaii  TS.  Oelatoni 

etal. 
22— Grant  Ta,  Anderson. 
23— BeirUiga  va  Hoytet 

at 

Law  and  Fact, 
eefr-bicks  Ts.Ataitla,  exfr. 
t!79— LuOdiagtou  Ta  8iaa- 

toii  et  ai. 
46— Ford  Ta.  Conner  et  al. 
47— Keiily  Ta  DU'eo  et  aL 
<)4— Hslioy  \ a  Vaauerbut. 


6o— im.  Female  O'd'n  So, 

Ta  TMe  Mayor,  ha. 
100— Fowler  ts.  Mehruach 

etal. 
102— Miles  et  aL  tb.  Tltns 

etaL 
103— Locke  vs.  Looke  et  aL 
1U&— The  dariem  Bank  Ts. 

Lteotcer  et  aL 
106— Dunne  ti.  Qrattoa  et 

aL 
50— De  Z«TaiaT«i  Bart  at 

ai. 
118— ■'<eamaa  ra  Wiffi  etaL 
llt^Bemheliuer  et  ai.  Ta 

Wtiits  el  aL 
191— Hat.  Park  Bank  ta. 

Dwignt. 
123— BneUng  ya  Hanselt 

•taL 
137— Bt  Joha  Tfc  MaLen 

etaL 
138— OrUsler    efr    at.   tk 

Powera 
130— Jones  Ta  Joaea. 
133 — HnaittedTSk  Uoateed. 
136— Jacobs  vs  Miller. 
18d-LeTeutbal  rs.  Ward. 
139— Stecoriiy  Bank,  5.  T.. 

T^  Warren. 
141— Steinbrsoher  Ta.  Bey> 

eretaL 
143— Onldet  Ta  Brown  pt  al 
143— Lyues  TaBrauder,Ji. , 

et  aL 
145— Ger.    am.   Bank   tb, 

VUmar  et  aL 
148— Hateu  ts.  Atiantlo  h 

Pac  TeL  Co. 
150— JOdrph'bal  et  id.  TB, 

etc  Sto  etaL 
132— MoNoiil  Ta.  blsaelL 
306— HeeLia  et  aL  t*.  ^»- 

Tmetal. 
381— Nlooa  T3.  Scrymset 
114— Claiiey  tb.  l^ohen. 
1 15— Kiuney  ra Beach  etaL 
288— .ipeuo«  Ta.  WtlU. 
3a9— liDeucer  ts.  Van  Doren 


BX/rSRIOB  COUBT — BFBCIAI.  TSBIL 
HtlA  by  *4gwioM.J. 


Voa. 


Demnrretia 


1— Vsnablej   ts.   tbe  Hla- 83— Swartwont,  Rec'r,&&, 

'     "  '   ■'     ,    __  »s.  KaTanajih  e»  »L 

3*— The  Slooia.r  B.-etttyfng 

Machine     Co.     ts. 

Refold. 
35 — Frazee  Ta«Woodln. 
38— .^mlth  TS.  Toner. 
37— HarrtUMi  rm.  Began. 
o8— Mills  et  al.Ta. CoiauMB 

etal. 
39 — Bloxain  ts.  Long, 
40— Fowler  Ts«  Batterl^. 
41— Benaer  TauuoiOBetaL 
42 — 8oliaier  va.  The  Ger- 

maola    Blc    of   tue 

CttyofiVew-York, 
48— Blackweil    et    aL   tb. 

Bou;tb  et  aL 
44— Shaunon  vs.  Stafford. 
4.1 — Hatch  vs.  ulllouei  al. 
48— Woodruff  T»,  Boydea, 
4/  -Clan  Hoiiatd  ts.  Pitt. 
48— Murray  tb.  MoClarraat 


sourt.    Kansas 

1  ezas  R.  a.  CO. 
it— Armstrong  Ta     Gold- 

man. 
8 — Phyr.-  tb.  Vinton  et  at 
4— eniith  ts.  Macdoaaid. 
ft— Kocn  et  aL  va  Wlute- 

house  et  aL 
e— The   Nat.   State  Bk.  of 

Newark  tb.  Boylan 

7-llileBetaLys.TUaa. 

issnea  ot  Faot. 
8— Fienung  Ta  Cona.Vniit 

Jar  v'o. 
9— Arnold  et  aLva  An^elL 
Xo— bbetban  et  aL  T«  J»> 
CO  Us. 

il— Uand.e  ts.  Bromer. 
3— Atk  it  Pac  TeL  Co.  Ta 

frescetl  Bt  al. 
13— Andrews  Ta  Bluhards 

et  ai. 
14— Vaadrnoarsh  Ta  If.  T. 

iue*atea  kL  B.  Co. 

etaL 
15— Boasiter  et  aL  Twsns 

v%loka. 
30— Oakley  Ta  Hyatt. 
17— Maiiies  tb.  Markbam. 
18— uffinger  et  a^  Ta  i>e 


19— Sttsvhtte  Tb  OOIein  et  57- BTaos  ts.  Kthds^ 


BO— Wbltaey  tb,  Vartlnaw, 
Kl— Iwyl*  et  aL  Ta.  l^U, 

Jr. 
B2— 1  be  Bo  wexT'^V'-  Bk^Ta 

Mattu  tt  at 
eS— Batter  TB.  Bailazd  et  al. 
1:4— ArnMtroug  rs.  Aull  et ' 

at. 
P5— SV.n  TBk  Uuen  et  aL 
jBd— Jlraiifurd  tb.  BUb«U  et 

aL 
^7— Commtngs  et  aL    tb. 

caskiiiy  et  aL 
28— Mnt.  Liia  tna.Co(.of  N.l. 

Ta  Darts  et  aL 
29— «aiiaRAer  Ts.l'he  K.  X. 

hi.  Tated  K.  &  Co. 
80— Jos^BTa  Cent  et  aL 
81— iiocneily.  T!)L  uerae>i. 
.  IK:!— ihtf  rr..aiM»  Bk^uftbe 

Ctwy    ot  S.  X.   Ta 

Morten. 


Bea 


19- Potter  Ta  Grace  V  et  al. 
jV — dryer  et  aL  rs.  Reaa 
jl— Unuait  vs.  VUmar  at  aL 
a'4 — Reed  ts.  Llr  nmtoc^ 
o8— Borrrtt  ts.  Wulker. 
61— Soidy  Ta  Tildeae«aL 
35— Uagt-r  Ta.  Uuey. 
50— sil»ceharilng  ts^    Tan 
Wmaie  etaL 


38~i>i«.B  ta  Fansfa. 
St^-Manniag  et  aL  TersQB 

Ktero. 
60— Corraru  t».  Mclntyre. 
81'.— rh».^B  iral  Cross-  tu  wn 

a.  R.  Cd  01  h.  r.  TB. 

The  33d  at.  B'way 

Co.  etaL 
02— Johnson  Ta  Sloan. 
6S— Alottiflter    et   aL  TS. 

BobertB,  Jr. 
d4— Kiluank  Ta  rh«  Bat. 

Bk.  oiMorwalk. 
85— Weatezmau  ya  Bem- 

Ing^Q.  Jr. 
(56— Zeimer  ts.  LeTy. 
87^Willara  ts.  8tabMa» 
do— WeU  Ta  Flsoker  et  ad. 
68^BwM>oek^   Aiink'r,    tb. 

BoaaeU.  Jr. 
70— Mnlta^Tfc  Bwanadaid 

et..L 
71— Wbttnayet  aL  TV.  Ceia 

B.icCo.ofB.  J. 

BUnCBIOB  COUBT— TBIAL   T>Blt-4AJIT  L 


torn. 


475— KorcaiK  Adm'iQ 

MoVleaaretaL 
489— Tan       haath 

Buuraam. 
878— itait.  aud.  BaUde«a> 

Paak  Tat  PtatKvatm 
US— KUrkii'  vs.  Bi»w««»' 

UM<i  MiUateea'  larCOi 
UKS—Ci'Sj  Ta    Lord,  Jz;. 

trtmu.  Ataifr, 
817— bu.ilTau  Ta,  a  aaia. 


iJfea 


■■'St' 


4ft»-Baci«Ta.  FlMetat 

40st— Laadvu  Tfc  .  (jKMk 
40<^-Kneeft»ad  Ta.  aptta- 

477--4)wMr   •!>  bL  TB. 

r>mUh. 

jmnliiiiwa  Tft  .  uW£ 

■Oop    fir  a»«a«Mi 


4oS-TWrar  tb.  Fed<«rke> 
4aid~MksiMt  TB^  Leatbani. 
T«  Vd6— OiamontTa  tVitfta. 
81S—fie>  aac  Ta  LegaaoM 

et^aL 
S96— Payne  et  ^  -rm  Oon- 

Si^i  Bhmff  ■ 
440— Boyd  Ta  mienixZaa, 

Oet  of  tiartfi>Td. 
8I8^Tffiomhigt<ui.  tmpi'd, 

Ta  Forty.flMi>&d  It 

Grand  aC  F.  R.  R.  Co, 
480V-tHmm»as  et  aS.  Ta 

wabj. 
9M— BBantgao.  ACn'x.  tb. 

Cmunlns  et  aL 
lA^-^oIita  «t  «aL  TB.  iaa» 

'ni>  iiilafltord.  AJitfz,  Tfc 
N.  V.  U  k  ti.  8.  R. 
aUBaa  Tfc.Xitu> 


Km.' 


;r^ti^.Tfc,|»%ynjk^ 
nt,»ayaaJ 


......  .^a  f«ti 

.jdilial  TbI  Cliap^ 
.    MJ»n  et  aL 
8B<-8«BflbrdrAdi|f>Xj  tb. 

-    b;6&    . 

1147— Bragne  Ta  Lord  et 

«L,  KT»rB._. , 

spftrHupt  TB.  UoCUTe. 
5X9-W<Mlda     e«     *L  Ti. 

Power. 
Ml— Smljtb   TB.    Idndley 

Bt  aL 
613— Ht-naeaay  Ta  Jaok- 

son. 

Bli— Coleman  tb.   Stew- 

jt _»rt._ 

fI8-i^TKC  Onmit  Bknklnf 
Ca  TB.  81g«L 


S19—tMtlkn  iif  00.,  "^Mi 

Ta  Bipn.  AdBL'x, 
630— Sebsatdac  MaLTa. 

i Tiuurtsr. 

521- l^rdet  4.  t«,  AUan. 
528-H.6t£etar.TB.  Oa'fts. 
534— Leighton  et  aL  Ta 

.   ,    Iflsonet  »L  .,  . 
8'>6— tfohi  Ta  Pi^eUe. 
527— Cjpggshail  tb.  BIoob 

628— Punke    et    aL  ts. 

FarrplL    ,  ^ 

82V^Wblte  at  al.  TC  1^ 

8S0-'R^SSSsP«)^    i.    P. 
MTg  c&  TS.  fitbby. 

SM  ti  <SirH$,  a.  J. 
Kciii. 

1177— CaitTB.  auyer,  Ite. 
581— Cbatterton  ts.  MiO- 

f.>rd. 
583— Codk  T<   Brctftdway 

*  7th  ttT.  R.  B. 
683— Borrda^b    vs'.    Cen- 
tral R.  R.  of  N.  J. 
635— LsTln  ya  Wood. 
536 — Fret-ioan  tb'  Garner. 
637— Piirst  i  Ti.  Tbe  May- 
or, be 


6S»— Fora  TS  Siaga. 
589^siin«  TC  Qairabtir. 
640— S  mftTk  Same. 

541- Fel.du  ye.  MeUIaT*. 
5«3-rMtaTens  Ta  Bald'wiii 

•taL 
648— White  TS.  Soloison 
A44-M4ngati.  tB.  Alllseu. 
540— Musaoa  Ta  Traak. 


Boa. 

046— Seb-^arxbtt  TB.  H0< 

Bride. 

647-Aoi#  Ta  ThnzatoC 

impUaded. 
648— Cunalnabam  tb.  2d 

aT.  tf.  bTCo. 
549— Flood.     Adao^r,     tb. 

Ceuiral   Crosatown 

R.  ft. 
650— Jones  TB.  SteTens. 
551 — Her  mail  Ta   Conner, 

Sherilt 
69'^— Bonn  ts.  Mtn*  Ins. 
,    (;o.  of  Haitfoid.   . , 
563— Butler     et     at    Ta 

UodKeS  et  al 
564— Dona  ts.    'WllUamf- 

bBgCltyP.  rn».Ca 
.les— Uurpby  tb.  Beokar. 
506 — 'I'eik  Ta  Ora£ 


•UPBBHB  OOUBT— CtBOUrr— TABT  L 

AfZd  fry  ^aii  Fdrtt,  J. 
Nos. 


KM, 

4888-.Simms.TB.  Coben^ 
3d48-^Leckey  et  aL  va  Tbe 

^     Maybf.  ko. 
8788— Oorig  ts.  erodie  «t 

sL,  Adminlstratora 
2:^11- Boiman  tl  Slag. 
378a^-3o:omoa  T8.CenaBr. 

^taerift; 
18351^— Dnrye«    Ta    The 

Muyor,  it<<. 
2677— LlTtjgs  on  et  aL  TB. 

Ci<mell  «it  aL 
371»'^H>  eu    et    aL    Ta 

Coleman. 
3731— Tbeieman,  Jr.,    Ta 

bmaptteL 
3725— Strauss  va.  WoI£ 
273rvi:-Haai<'  ya  KToch. 
4290— Fiuu  T8.  Mayor,  hO. 
4291— .«c'.irath     ts.     The 

Mayor,  Jte. 
254»— KeUr  Ta  iha  May- 
or, he. 
19(58— Krwm.  AdraioUtr'x, 

Ta  Tue    .'teTersia. 

^»eamboat  Col 
2391— Gill  ft  aL  tb,  Conncir 

SbeViS 
2637- Picard     tb;      Bein- 

heiiueT. 
1993— Fltts  et  aL  Ta  Co- 
de ilOUiC. 

l—Iiatour«(terT&  Clark, 
3589 — Bord  ts.  Jackson  ei 

aj. 
777— SicHarg  TB.Sttattoo 
1513— Br  wd  TSL    Oeeicer. 

impleaded. 
2091— Carroll  Ta  Cassidy. 
2817— VrfU«v>-,   Admr.,  Ta 

Anu-ad  et  aL 
2864— The    Bxcelstor  Pet. 

Co.'Ta.Fowlerimold. 


3573- Besson-  tb,   Cennar, 

SberiS: 
2863— Prodoee    BsMlc    TS. 

Htm^e  et  ai. 
2667— '^ame  Ta  Same. 
3A87— Deoicer  ra  Brown. 
3706- Bowman    Ta    Mat- 

thdwa 
1111— Wilkinson  et  aL  Ta 

Noole  et  aL 

9<)3itf^UenltnT8.  Powers. 

4^97— Gr.iy  et  aL,  Bxeou- 

t>rs,  TS  Jouea 
274 1—  ailderlterger  TaTha 

Ge  man  Cb'h.  B.  V. 
3399— Kngler   tb.   Luomla, 

impleaded. 
2401— Dawes    et   aL    Vs. 

Sdhle. 
4391— Remiugton.  Jr.,  tb. 

Westvrmunii 
1657— Goldsmith  tb.  Daty 

et  aL 
8749— Kaltner  Ta  The  May- 
or, fco.,  New-rork. 
2751— Bcaumoat  et  aL  vs. 

Newoian. 
2736— Nortoa       Ta      The 

Amerlean  R.  Co. 
8737— Corbett    Ta    Trow- 

bridg". 
2759-^horwood  Ta  Globe 

Ins.  Co.  or  Chtcagou 
2761— WUbnr  Ta   Loft 
376;*— Hluer  ts.  Loft, 
2767- Sanger  Ta  Colby. 
i57e9— Voa  Ta.  Third  atb- 

Que  Railroad  <  o. 
V!773— Rynes  Ts.  Mayor,aie. 
2777 — CjssnoTa  TaHariem 

RlTur  b  P.  R.  R.  Ca 
2779— Martin    Ta    Benen* 

dorS 


BUPBXMB  COUBT— CIBCUIT— PART  O. 
Beld  bt  Latorme*,  J. 


1398— U.  8.  Spring  B.id  Co. 

TB.  ConuBr,  Bherlff 
1096— UawiStc    Ta    Wood 

et.  al. 
1742— The  Grader  Cotton 

G.  Mfg.  Co.  Ta  M.  y. 

cMtouMlk.  Co. 
8488 — Wtiltemaa     et     al. 

Ks'ra,Ta  tbe  Mayor 

be. 
163ft-iichelley  ti.    Diebl 

et  al. 
380— Lynch,    SheriS^  ts. 

Butier. 
173»-Ka  wards  Ta  Soott.et 

al.,  Kx'rs. 
1768-I(ichols    et     d.    TS. 

IfeTlin  et  aL 
1784 — Bteonan     Ta      the 

tfavor,  fc& 
1794— Blliott  vs  Westehes- 

ter  Fire  Ins.  Ca 
1822— Morns  Ta  lUho.t. 
ISM^t-iiiulth  TS.  Wri^t. 

Uiipl'd. 

SUFBBMB   COVBT^^IB  CUR — FAST  HL 

Bttd  bw  ran  BnuU,  J. 
Koa  Nos. 

8036— FoUer  et  ^  tb.  Hnot  540  >•— Amerioao     Medleal 
et  al.  I  '  o.  Ta  Zorger. 

Pbenlx  151ia-Hu(artTai'heMay. 


182&-!)allaTd  ya  Sobsok- 

elMTd  et  aL 
1838— Tbn     Brett     Lltho* 

§r3pbio    Co.  T*.  tbe 
rap  bio  Ca 
1834— CuUias    Ta  Piarson. 
1588— Roth  Ta  Mora. 
10U4— UiiboeU   ts.  the  Fa. 

clfle  >1.  L  CO. 
1626— hu»beliTa8abco«k. 
3444— Llth:tiier  TaCo&uer, 

eberlff 
3216— ikaidliuff    Ta      tbe 

uavor,  lie. 
4338— Tbe  People,  Jt«..  Ta 

Comau  et  aL 
4238 — OeTila    Ta    Brown, 

Kl*x, 
3102— Ueorew    Fiee    Sob. 

abs'u  rathe  Msyor, 

bo 
4202— Wallenbaas   rersiu. 

Kletn  et  aL 


378— heck    ra 

Fire  (na  Ca 
2089— MrKnight,  Kz'r,  rs. 

DeTiln  «t  aL 
8023— Maek  ra  D.  D..B.  B., 

and  B.  R.  C". 
631— Arerill  ra,   Webster 

etaL 
1316— Gilnesra  GilL 
8B49— Wood  ra  Tue  May- 

1885 -Feck  et  al.  rs.  Salia- 
bnrr,  jr.,  ei  aL 
87— Blaek  et  aL  ra  Con- 
oeiital  ^et.  Baofc. 
718 — Wann  ts.  AabteT. 
8161— DoooTanra  Conner, 

Sberiit 
1350— Fartrtdgw  ra  Thayer 
4M7— Bradford  ra.  TUton. 
1177— Robi-zt  ra  HilL 


or   ba 

3377— Delaiuater  et  al  ra 
Amerleaa  and  B  C, 
Kgg  Co. 
1549V-uiokeT    ra     Tbe 

Mhvof,  bo. 
114&-LoaHbran,   Jr.     tb, 

MaittaewB. 
4187— Cution  ra  TBe  liay- 

or.  he 
2287- Blake  et  aL  tb.  Ob- 

rlgbt  et  aL 
638— DaTlson  et  at   TB. 

WiiiettsetsL 
1741>!i— Fiirthee  ra    Ham- 

mnnd. 
808  >a-JftaM  tsl  Tbs  If  ay. 

er,  be. 
669— Lyaeb    ra  '**""*n 


CMOIOV  PUUB— TBIAL  TBSlt— FAST  L 
BtUi  ftp  Fisn  2'ocseis,  J*. 


Vos. 
808— Walker      tb.     Ifew 

Central  Coal  0«  oi 

Maryland. 
1004— Lam  uertl  ts>  Mente- 

tfaaia 
610— Corcoran  tb.  The  X. 

T.  Ceuu  k  H.  B.  B. 

B.Ce. 
877— WUsoB  TB.  Pme. 
683-IIoward.  Jr..  ra  Me 

Cuiloagb. 
871— BooCb  Ta  Pergoson. 
896— PbitUps  TB.  UamU- 

Ton. 
lOSft^Cwetll  ra  Bnrme. 
728— <yOonnell  Ta  N.  T. 

Haziem  R.  a.  Ca 
690— Drayton  rs  Cro  >by . 
959 — Ue.'fdeeKer  TS.0  mp 
1048— Lvweaeteln   rerans 

Jacbsoo. 
837— Herman  ra.  Flske. 
733— BteTenson  tb,  Hop- 
kins. 
783— Mulry,    Bee'r,     t* 

Raigera        Female 

College. 
1180— Trask  et  aL  tb.  Sot- 

onon. 
34)9— Ca8sid.y  ra  Leetch. 
657— Bpoflurd  ra   Morth' 

run. 


Pf I  iTzh  etm  er. 
980— Bttrxtss     Ta 


Bur- 


780—^4 


t««tTB.TneMay- 


1 1 39— Min-r  ra  StndwelL 
714— Farley  ra  S.  Y.  C. 
b  H.  B.  K.B.  Ca 
1163— Brig^sra  Berdaa. 
1113— Alex  Ta  Alsx. 
1281— Demarest    ra    The 
Mayor. 
893— Shaneiey    ra    The 

Mayor. 
900— Moc  ormack  ra    S. 
Y.   O.  b  U.  B.  B.  B. 
Co. 

683— Wellington  ra  Sew- 
too. 
1156— Sellgrnan  ra  South 
b  North  Alabama  R. 
B  Ca 
844— Klnealand  Ta  Fnl- 
lertoB. 
1135— Jh  agar  ra,  Cnaniag. 
ham. 
394— Ketobam  ra   IteT- 

eaa 
786— mx^e  ra  Bidder. 
8*20— Bei-nitain,  byG'dfl, 

TS.  JaokBOu. 
703— MoOlnley  ra.    a  a 

Lire  Ids:  Ca 
1163— Baicerra  Sbarpe. 
12u6— Fenn.   Uor.    Boeiety 
TS.  Webster. 
470— Biaai  ts  Fleiscta. 
937— KUppenhelm  rersna    906— Amsdell  rs.  Garde. 


1213— Mteers,    Surr'r,    ra 
Beitz. 
76— Dancby  ra  Draka 
998— Hogg  ra  Bleach  et 
aL 
1343— Broadway  StableCa 
ra  Cocuer. 


OOMXOB    FUEA8— TBLkL  TBBH- FABT  U. 

MtUt  by  Lairremort,  J. 
Nos. 


Koa. 
708MJlark*  rs.    Ceatoal 
Paik.  N.  k  B.  B;   B. 
B.Ca 
1098— Ronenbnrg  ra  Tre- 
no. 
497— Brown    ra    Patter- 
Sou. 
785— Donnelly    ra    The 

Mi»j  or. 
847— Sleili-r  ra   Rloonnt. 
1222— Trier  va  Bottaer. 
102n— bfaermaa  ra  uootb. 
10^7— Same  ya  Same. 

502 — Lyons  rsi.  Rlsnarda 
lOSii — i/Olin  Ta  Conner. 
1067— Thompson  TS.  QiAj. 
1072— Keys  ts.  Uavkin. 
880— Bengsbnrg  ra  Uoid- 

siein. 
1091— Mer#ioh    ra    Obi 

weiiar. 
1097— Dilmaa  ra  Hayman. 
li'bS — ttaidlpy  ts.  Shaw. 
1123 — UraufdMer  et  aL  ts. 

Co  ben, 
1126— MoGo^ran.'   rs.    Mc- 

Uo'wao. 
1139— BrtfWn  tb.  FreemBn 
1131- CoBToy  ra  Boyoe. 
1138— Li  Ty  ra  Potsdam. 
1137— Pauiflioe^  ra    Com 

vresaiuit  Co. 


897— Waalden  ra  8ehaa£ 
10/3— Fries  ettTB.  KIcbola 

143— Hunt  ra  Roberts. 

798— Brown  ra  Melchor. 

916— Bount  va  Cutrk. 

786— ttcboedor   ra    Lea> 
butcher. 
1193— Bace  vs.  Yfor. 
1311— Haiihaitan    Qas-L't 
Co.  ra  rhe  Mlayor. 
1169— Fitoh  ra  Bergen. 
1 1 97— syl  Tester  rs.  Bem- 

Bb'IO. 

659 — Folsora  ra  Fischer. 
660— iiheli.y  ra  Yard,  Jr. 
9J7— Schemerhom      ra 

Devlin. 
1090— UanoerC  ra  Lersh. 
739— Smitli  rs.  Bfaolar. 
176— Be  wilier     tb.     Qer- 

mania  Fire  laa  <  o. 
740-NeTiile     rsi     Third 

Areone  R.  R..  Ca 
604-N.  Y.  Lifto   Ina  Co. 

ra  Crosier. 
934— Delteibaob  rs.  Ber. 

ens. 
016 — Milone  ra  Derbr. 
.  454— Towlera.  Tbe  Mbyor 


Itoa. 


iMdaaoiMtki: 
tt«t 


rJimttttaL 

iti:  netrnM. 

iJfi  aL   TS.  B«w>- 
wAaa. 
4r^nak(ia«iiBr  tfc  Dmi^ 

0-I^en&  ta;  Wftlifi 
§-Kley.ya  BeaUy^ .    .. 
7— Oarp«ntitr  f*  fliikir* 


23 — Kewman  T^.Eshap. 
24— Howe  Ta  bebond  Aren- 

tifc  B.  8.  Ca 
33— nimar  ra  Patterson. 
2o— Teiiables  ra  Stalpman 

•t  aL 


OOMMOIF  FLEAS    TKIAL  TBBX— FAST  UL 

B*Ulty  J.  r.  Holy,  X. 
Voa. 


Koa, 

827— HoidlokTa  Boyd. 
1316— Fosgate,  Jr.,  vems 

<y  Connor. 
1318— Dtekbant  ra    Diek- 

hanti 
IStO— ParkBTB.  Pelton. 
1079^-iipfeooer  ra  o'Bzlen. 
1084— Oppeabafmer      ra 

KBdHeb. 
1089— MaT«r  t*.  Bedlieta. 
,589— Awdon,  b.rGuarfbi 

ra  (MdslialML 
114»->WynMi   TB.    Sflbap' 

nertz 
1144— Miritngboff  TB,  Tbe 

Mayi^,  dse. 
1146— Coluns  TB.  The  May- 

or,  bo. 
730— Rotf  et  ^Ta.Broi>fay. 
XU<A— Tbouiaea  tb.'  Mebol- 

bOD^ 


TS.  Laasoa.^ 
1060— TnrfefiU>r«^  tb.  Taa 

llt4-.<luB<h>da"Ta^  Ftood. 

lP9t— Wi»rdBnsbiac-t«(»Bs 

etawBlaic 

18S8>^FbHat*!  Ta  Spsaeeit 

1854— *«lie«*^    TB.     Le««h 

imtoBMtid  M  .  Ca 

•81— Kaaa  Ts.  a.  t,  b  M. 

M.  ife  B.^C«. 
478^-1^1  TS.  a.  7.  UU 

fit- mSwF 


Ths 


430^obnBOS    TBi^^ 

Mayor,  be. 
aj7— Walsh  T».  jy.  T.  FFg 

Dry  Doelr  Co: 

641— Sob  lag  ra  Schlag.. 
843— Hecond  Rat.   B'k  of 

Paterson    ra     Por- 
ter et  a  I. 
18— Goiererfiian  rs.  LIT- 

erpooi  and  S,  7.  8. 

Hi  Co: 
1169^Martin     Ta     OalU^ 

ghoR 
951— WoUey  ra-  Stoaaa, 
608— ticbmnek  f*.    Una' 

ainger. 
733— i.:uamberlln    Tenna 

Enapp. 
42— Longbr.m  rs.  Kelly. 
9^9— Cook  ra  Clare: 


U^t*— Oakley  TaBaroB. 
411— Tb«  Paopie.  Im,.  of    821— saiH«'Ta  SaBiik 

the  State-  vt  tf.  i.  1L80-— Mnunan.  aC    aL    Ta 


Tb* 


Bpbniuii 
942— HawMao'  Tfc 

1194-^idliac   ra 

tfaiof,  bb. 
67'(^lBraei  et  aL  TdrMl' 

BibbolBOK 
lfiO>^-Fn«M  et  at  rtriut 


■^J5* 


71d— Uttpaten    tbt  Fta^ 
tOS-^M&y  Va,  8«i 


9— Goldsmith  ra   Patter- 

s^in. 
10— Schmitt  t4  ie9^tlit^tk. 

14— Be.Td.TBi  Phyfe.  ^ ,...,. 
14— McCattby  ri.  MeUat- 

«By. 

WAiam  ooun— TBiAL  tibm— FA«t  c 

BtU  bf  AOUff.  J, 

4WT— PalifijhfTt  itiiiuiL 
5443— apgen  4n  .aL    :iTa 


iS-QoWUihMa  TS.  UrfMt 

f  0— BiMmeS  f*.  Y oniw. 
ii-i-WlMer,     Jr.,     -TersoB 


rtl^-FWhynSa^'cbi'T 


iUeo.       . 
-Badklntoeh 


Tt 


(ibSi— BxbokB     -rt.   ObeitS: 

:.:    .    etaL     .-..,...-... 

7398— Kniffln  ysMcArthnr 

6^94 -.ftliititB  ra  Oonnor. 

4709— Patsiin     et    aL    ra 

Rbeintitrdt 
7661— Fnrclit  *B.Zittk  etaL 
3937— 'Itwlesmeu's    .  Fitfi 

la's.  Co.   TS.  (FStteik 
3933— B  own  ra  Taylor. 
5064— Mott  et  aL  ra  Bern. 

bardt 


6768— Badklntoeli    et    aL 

TS.  Bogars  et  At 
6330— Crawfbrd  rr.  Ulnea 

etiTI. 
9075— Pbelan    et    al.    ys. 

Steyenson. 
8296- MuOibiUri.  Connor. 

KABIBB  OOUBT— TRIAL  TBBlf— PABX  XL 

BtU  by  GosDp.  J. 

Nob. 

743S — Cle'tuept  ts:  Mbran. 
7436— 3ams  rs,  Kame. 
7692— Arnold  et  aL  ra  Ai- 
led. 

o902 — Tauaett  ts.  Osborne. 
4677— cohn  ts.  A«Shi. 
6574r-F9tter  ya  O'Brien 
6629— Leazy  ek  bl  ra  Kra- 

aser. 
6989— Wittemeyer  rersos 

Uarion  Watch  Co. 
7<I80— Ap  >ell  TB.  (;onner. 
7482— Brown.  Jr.,  ra  Con 

1  er. 
56U9— Siiaw  ya  Collins  et 

sed2— Kbeller  tb,  Toung  et 

aL 
6703^^Iiaw  ra  Colilna 
7187— Steams     Ta     Phll- 

biook 
6710— WetBfel  tB.  Sehati: 
7196— Spuflori  rerans  Mo- 

CTeadty. 
5638— Cnrry  tb.  Farley. 
4H16— Davis  ra  White, 
29:i7— Datcii  ts.  Dor.>ey. 
80.H9— Perbyn  Slate  Co.  ra 

Meyer. 
6714— Moff  it  ra  Mtfllory. 
6743— Kaytor  ra  Covert  et 

aL 
5746r-dhayne  ra  Bert^en. 
6762— Reeres  ra  Wotdle. 
5604— Dunbar  ra  Dieih  et 

sL 
6607— Handellck  rs.  Sand- 

era 
6768 — Mouaury  ra  Hotter. 
6813-Pretzfelaer  rs  Soiir- 

honse. 
1589— HowfU  ra  Paul. 
9173— Brook.ya   Bank  Va 

Menard  et  aL 

5748— Colt    TK    titerens. 

Unpl'd.  ba 
60d&— BliU   et   al    rersns 

Scbenck  et  aL 

■ABXBB  COUKT— TRIAL  TKBK— PABT  HL 

BlU  by  Sinnott,  J. 

Noa  iNoa 

503  J— CttTintnghim        ra  1 674Z— Bewes  et  aL  TS.  Hop- 


5ns-     _^  .  .         _ 
5847— iWge  rs.  BitrC: 
5858— KrQ«Bga«»rd  ra  Knt- 

roJDretdL  . 
5860— Wuiid^rlleh    rertfus 

Knut. 

6<^60^8ayiaril  rs.  Cnhen. 
6908— Crtmmen  ys.  Dolt  et 

aL 
6010— Bub  Pnbliiliizig  Co. 

TS,  Hnrn. 
5918— McCue    et    4L   tb. 

Su  dam,idipPd.  ha. 
5814— Weatoolt  ra  Smith 

etaL 
5915— Ferrier  TS  DIeic. 
.')9l6-Kiuf;Ta  Wattera 
69  7— Peetson  ra  BiveJa. 
3918— M.!Gu1re   ft   aL  ra 

Tandurbiit. 
.'i921— Meyer  va  cbnelder. 
5926-M>.bBnic8'  .Nat.  Bk. 

TS  Shaw  et  SL 
3938— Stlokel    et     aL   ra 

Licht. 
6934— Anderson  ra  Skebor 

et  »L 
8943— Tfaaiier  ra   eimoB<^ 
-  son, 

5944— Mayer  tb.  Conner  et 

i»L 
5945 — Bromberger  ra  Con- 
ner et  Bl 
3946— Rabenstoinra  Bren- 

n.ui. 
5947— McGregor   ra    Con. 

ner. 
5943— Haa'B  rt.  Conner. 
:'i949-^aber  r*.  Conner. 
59jd— JfcCallnm   et  aL  ra 

Brentia^n,  lmpPd.be. 
6251— Hnerstel  ra  Tilwan 

et  nl. 

69:12— Same  ra  Same. 
5933— Hoopes   et  al.  ra  Bl 

KnpisS  Pnnttng  b 

Pub.  Oo. 
3966— Sbeebau  ra  Boiar. 


Caro  et  al 
6701— Shaw  ra  Sesnon. 
5719— COwyerrs.  Hnnter. 
e7!19— Lloyd  va  B  Iton. 
5397- Hatan  ra  Caden. 
5773— Vaiidorer  ra  Boa. 
6797— Srlnekernoff  ra  V  an 

CleaTB. 

6801— Sqott   ra   Pottberg 
etaL 


kins. 
6793— Solomon    et   aL  rs. 

Hamiiurz. 
6B92— Ami>ld  ra  Conner. 
6969— U^iy  wood  ra  Bmm- 

mer. 
5834— Hiiwes  rs.  Le  Baron. 
69130— Zink  ra  Oeut. 
,803- Beekm.u  et  al.  ra 

MoCUre.lmpl'd.fcd. 

COUUT  OF  aSKBBAL  SBSSION^— FABT  L 

Bel*  by  aOdtrgtav*.  J. 

Michael  Wdlf.  felontons  as-  .John  Ford  and  James  Me- 

sault  and  battery.  Glao,  burglary. 

Willtam  Oosa,  bnritlary.         Ann  3  i.ltb,  urund  larcenr. 
James  Hurray.  Ki  »  Law-  Samuel  Beustsie,  grand  Isir- 

BOn,CbaTies!ilo»n,  James     ceuy. 

Barry,  akd  John  liowney.  iJoim  Ryan,  grand  larceny. 

bnr:[iarr.  |l-:i\)ab  M.    Uougbtoa,   fur- 

William  Lee,  tmrglary.         |    gery. 

COUBT  OF  OENKRAL  SKSSTONS— FAST  O. 

Beld  by  liutJterland.  J. 

Mary  Btoart,  peijory.  William  Parker,    bnrglarr. 


WUliaia  Uurphy,  Comeiins 
Farnin,  Jobn  MeOilroy, 
burglary. 

JobD  r.  toang.  bnrglary. 


i'bsrlcB  Bold,  feloulons  as 

Bsnlt  and  oattery. 
James   Gieason.    felonious 

assault  and  battery.  ..... 

James    Angeot,     felomnoslJames  A.   Lane,  taise  pre- 

assanlt  and  bactery.  i    teusea 

Jam  s    Boylan,    fulunioasl 

assault  and  battery. 

NXW-TOUK  OTXB    AND  TBBMIHEB. 
Btid  by  BarreU,  J. 
James  BlaVe.  bomicida         .John       Spellmao,        man- 
jaoies  Rice,  nomluide.  I    stauxhier. 

tiooertOartty,  homicide.      iCometti  Kosal  and  Baphael 
AUKUstuB  Ross,  liomicide.    |    berepbino.manslaugbter. 


TEE  REAL  ESTATE  MARKET. 


'Fho  follo-wiog  btifliness  was  transacted  at 
the  Bxehanp:*  on  Sa'.urday,  Feb.  3. 

R.  v.  Harnett,  by  order  of  the  Supreme  Court 
tir  forecloenre,  Oeorge  Wtngate,  Xsq.,  Referee,  sold 
the  foinr-i^tory  bttek  store  and  dweUipg,  with  lot 
35  by  109A  ^o.  318  West  17ih  at.,  south  side.  325 
feet  weat  of  7ib  ar.,  f  jt  $14,000  to  Bank  of  Sariags, 
olaintlA  Tbe  same  aaoil-joeer,  under  similar  ooart 
order.  A.  Cs,tki,  Esq.,  Baf.:ree,  dianoeed  of  a  briok 
factory  with  seren  lota,  together  In  stsa  139  by 
98.10.  on  Qoerck  at.,  north  side,  81.3  feet  east  of 
Stanton  at. ;  alau,  two  lota,  each  90  by  100,  on  Uan- 
gin  at.,  south  side,  81.3  feet  east  of  Stanton  st.,  fef 
139,900  to  John  Boaeh,  defendent  in  the  legal  pro. 
ceedlngs. 

Siackwell.  Biker  St  Wilktna,  by  order  of  the 
Supreme  Court,  in  foreclosure,  Albert  Stlokney, 
Bsa.,  Jftefereo,  sold  one  lot,  37.1  by  100,  oo  Bast 
124tb  St.,  ni>rtb  side,  93  feet  east  of  1st  ar.t  also  m 
plot  of  lasd,  110  by  100.11  hj  85  by  111.10,  on  West 
123:h  sL,  south  side,  100  feet  east  of  1st  ar.;  also  a 
plot  of  land,  247  by  30S.1  by  201.11  by  103.1,  Iroat- 
ing  en  Harlem  Rirer,  between  ia4th  and  133th  sta.. 
for  #158,000,  to  John  Rosa,  plaintiff  in  tbe  legal 
acttnn. 

Jamee  M.  Miller,  under  a  Supreme  C^urt  fore- 
cloenre order,  Qeorge  A.  Halsey,  S^q.,  Reforee,  sold 
a  three  storr  and  baeemeat  brown^tone-front 
hoose,  with  lot  18  by  103.3,  on  EMt  78th  St..  south 
Bide,  224  feet  east  of  4t.b  aT.,  for  18,000,  to  Solomon 
Loeb,  plaintiff  in  tbe  legal  action. 

A.  J.  Bleeoker  Si  Son,  also  under  a  Supreme 
Coart  foTeoltiBure  decree,  C.  C.  Bigslow,  Etq..  Bef. 
eree,  aetd  one  lot,  19.5  by  73.10.  on  Weat  ISSth  st., 
north  side.  230  feet  east  of  10th  ar.,  for  tl,500,  to 
Uarrteii  A.  Walters,  plaintiff. 

'i'be  total  vaioa  of  Ciiy  real  estate  sold  at  tbo  Ex- 
change for  Che  woek  eaaiag  Saturday.  Feb  3.  was 
t606.u7S  as  against  8763.647,  the  figures  lur  tbe  week 
ending  Jan.  37. 

The  agicreg  ite  anotion  sales  for  tbe  month  of  Jan- 
uary were  $2,023,530. 

THIS  WBBK'S  AUCTIONS. 

For  the  present  week,  at  tbe  Exchange,  unless 
otherwise  noted,  the  following  aaotioa  sates  are 
annoonoed : 

To-day,  (Monday,)  Feb,  5. 

By  B.  v.  Haruett,  Supreme  Court  foreoloaure 
sale,  U.  B.  Sahaf<-r.  Esq.,  Raferee,  of  tbe  bntidlng, 
with  lot  31.3  by  57.6.  No.  3  JPeok  slip,  eust  side,  be- 
tween Pearl  and  Water  ste.;  aiso,  similar  sale,  A. 
Gsaki,  Esq.,  Buferee,  ot  a  bouse,  with  lui  33  by  68.8, 
eo  1st  av.,  east  side,  46  t^et  south  ot  Slat  st.;  also,  a 
bouse,  with  lot  37  by  69.  ou  East  21st  st.,  eoatb 
side.,  69  teei  east  ot  1st  av.;  also,  similar  sate,  Tbeo- 
dotus  BurwelL  Esq.,  Reteree,  of  a  hounu,  with 
lot  35  by  100.5.  ou  E^t  43.h  St.,  north  aide,  300  feet 
east  ot  'ii  ar. 

By  E.  A.  Lawrence  4t  Co.,  Supreme  Court  fore- 
closure aale,  B.  C.  Cbetwooii,  E^q.,  Referee,  of  tlie 
building  with  lease  of  lot  24.9'  by  13T6  by  83.0  b.y 
^SLfi  by  115.0,  2To;  734  Broadway,  east  side,  beLween 
WarerleT  and  Astor  places,  leaded  MUroh  14,  1873, 
term,  21  yeara. 

By  William  Eennelly,  Supreme  Court  foreulosure 
Bale.  E.  I>.  G«ie,  E:iq..  K.foree,  of  a  plot  or'  land,  44 
by  204.4  by  38  by  lU-i.3  by  3J  by  102.2,  oo  BASt  70  Ji 
BC  uonh  side,  extending  tbrougu  tu  SOoQ  at.,  156 
Ueet  weat  of  3,1  av. 

By  J.  L.  Wells,  Supreme  Court  foreoloaure  sale, 
W.  ii.  Kjic,  Ejq.,  Reieree,  ot  two  lots,  eacb  35  by 
9t  9,  on  i£ioi!'e  Biiage  road;  soaib  side,  60  feet  nrest 
oi  ilawt*iurue  St.;  also  one  lot,  23  by  147,  on  King's 
Bridge  road,  sooth  side,  wlJaiDiug  aOore,  also  four 
Iota,  each  23  by  100,  un  llawiborue  St.,  south  side, 
.  100  feet  nor-.b  of  Verotilyea  ar,,  part  of  toe  eataM 
of  Isasw  I>yokmau;  , 

JVwdOFi  Feb.  6. 

By  Seott  9c  M'vera,  Sopreme  Ooart  foreoloeare 
sale,  W.  A.  Boyd,  Esq.,  Heteree,  of  a  house  witb 
lot  20  by  lUO.S,  on  east  431  St.,  north  side,  343  feet 
«Mt  of  31  «T.  _^ 

By  Black  well.  Biker'  A'-wilirinfl,  Supreme  Coott 
fSreoioaure  sale.  Francis  Forbes,  Esq.,  Reteree,  of  a 
house,  wtti)  lot,  16  by  80.5  on  East  63d  St.,  south 
eaac  comer  4tb  av. 

By  WiiliwuKenDellT,  Supreme  Oonrt  foreelosura 
aale.  E.  D.  dale,  Esq.,  Beferu,  of  a  plot  ot  land  1S5 
br  148.9  uy  5u  by  49.4  by  98,9  on  Ba«t  40ib  st.,  south 
weat  uornor  let  av.;  also,  similar  sale,  J.  Ot.  Sinclair, 
EsQh  Raibree,  of  four  loVr,  9S  by  80.5  un  East  49«h 
at.,  aortb  east  somer  Beekman  ptaee. 

BjiR.  T.  Uanetii  lotwslosure  salu,  by  order  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas;  R.  M.  Henry,  E^.,RMfenSi 
of  bouses  with  lots,  90  by  80,  on  3d  aT  ,  eastbidM, 
va  leec  north  of  74cb  st.  Atsd  one  luc,  90  by  8%  a»S'J- 
ar.,  eastBidei  63  reetuorUrvf  74tb  at.  Also  simitar 
sale;  Sdme  SefureOi  of  a  bouse  with'  let  14  6  by 
98.9  hyr  17^6  uy  74^  un  WestaSth  St.,  north  side;  73 
tb««  w«acoir9ih:aT'.  AlsOaioniar  aale,  same  Rofr 
eieei^  of  a  bouse  with  lai;  35'<98e.9r  on  JCaBt  38(11  eti^ 
.nortoBUe,  130ifeet««B«of  3J  ar.  Also  tftipreni« 
Conrt  ioreota«nre  sBle,  P.  J.  Joaehimsen.  Esq.. 
RdtacMv  of  Bis  lotB;'eaen^M.8t>y  99 11,  on  W««t  ^SO* 
SB.,  sdhlfi  sidM,-  ITS  t«et  we«C  efSd'aiT. 

Bv  A.'iF.  BMBOiker  4^  chmk  Shpreme  Oodft  fdi^ 
<dosm«imlf<,  Xt  'O.littim,  Beq.  lBa(V>fe«;  of 'biie  iWf 
96  uy  lOOrOn  Sth  a^.'.ynBt^std^  9;S  fedt  e«»atb  of  TSOi 
a&' 

Br  JamsiB  iC  ICHler,  fot«dla«nre  sale,  hy  order  of 
<ttB  Cotftt  at  CMUttM-JftBOk  JfisttdoUur  B.  IdairUua. 


aldflv  74.11  feet  sdbti»*M«&'s£^-      --  -     - 

*    J&f.  £i,  3rallaiJo?ioio«ue,«lk.1qt0nlf*0i«ba 

5>*fit  of  C^nivtiPUBk^  .»«?, 

MlB,  Wtliia^  »pUif.  E^i  J»ftir^  of  I  plot  ot, 
lafid,  j|L0.1«  by  SOiLSdn  STli?.,  wSS  Ad^  i^idlb  freut 
I  betneei  intKihd  littth  ate. 

'    3y  Bndtt  K.  Caaii),  SitiHrSme  Oonrt  fsreiBloMfi« 
\  Me.  VUhaiii  Bt^Dttua..  .EiM|s  JSefetmL  df  »  xOot  of 
;  land,  201.5  bv  650,  on  the  blooK  bounded  by  9th  and 
lOtb  BTs.;  95£h  end  06th  nta. 

By  EL  II.  JLodlojv  db  Ca.,>t  the  CUy  HaU  ,,at  11 

i  o'olooR,  ITaiiiea  Stateii  Loan  Omaifilfeiifbna^'i  sale  of 

tbe  fol  lo wing-described  nropar^ :    One  plot  of  land, 

i  lOfr^SLO  by  100  by  65.8,  West  63d  st„  ^ortb  aldq^ 

I  Siu  feet  wea    of  lOth  ar.;    three  lofs,  each  3S  hy 

100.5,  West  58th  St.,  sodlh  side.  SOD  feet  wiUt  of  9th 

av.;    three  lots,  each  25   by  102.3,  on  Bast  77th  at, 

south  aide.  103  feet  weHt  of  3d  ar.t    fon^  lots,  each 

'  SS  tfV  lOQ.S.  on.  Weat  83tb  at.,  notth  side,  383  ftot 

2 est  of  lOth  av.;  five  Ipts,  each  20.5  by  lOO.U..  on 
.tilt  fifth  st,  north  side,  395  9  feet  eilUt  tif  A-i^efine 
A;  two  lots,  each  35  by  09.11,  on  We^C  I36,b  si., 
north  side,  US  teet  wast  of  7.b  av.i  one  plot  of  hnd, 
35  by  99.11,  un  E^st  131st  st,  south  side.  i&  feet 
west  ot  4tta  ST.;  two  lots,  eikch  25  by  99.11,  oil  East 
133d  St,  nortb  side,  140  feet  We»t  of  4  b  ST.;  onO 
lot,  25  by  100,  op  Stb  ar.,  east  side,  49.11  feet  aou^b  of 
148(h  at;  oue  plot  of  land,  100  by  330,  on  Buuleyard, 
west  si^ie,  200  feet  north  uf  Sbernian  ar.,  and  one 
plot  of  land,  100  by  100,  ou  Sherman  iv.,  hOrth-west 
coraier  of  Aoadeiny  st 

If  «(rn<^ddp,  ii'eb.  7. 

ByS.  A.  Lawrence  Si  Co.,  Supreme.  Court  fore, 
closure  sale,  B..C.  Cbe.rwood.  Esq.,  Ral'e^ee,  of  a 
house -with  lot  24.9  by  80.6,  on  West  15ib  st,  south 
side,  397.1  •'eet  west  ot  7m  %r. 

By  William  Eanoelly.  Supreme  Coart  ferdelMTiro 
Bale,  J.  if.  Low.  Esq..  Referee,  iif  a  house  wliii  lot 
84.8    br  78,  So.  304    &  ist   BrOAdway.  south   side,  73  . 
feet  east  of   ijoammel  si. 

By  D.  M.  CiarluoD,  Saprene  Coart  forecloaoro 
aaie.  A.  T.  Ackert  Enq.,  Referee,  of  a  beuae  with 
lot  13.6  bv  96.9  un  We«4,33a  st,  south  side.  900  teet 
west  ui  9tu  av. 

By  R.  V.  Harnett,  Supreme  Court  foreclosare  sale, 
Samnel  B.  Hur  J.  Eiq.,  Rstere^.  of  a  hotue,  with  lot 
SO  'ly  IJO.  on  Emi  43i,ti  sr.,  north  side,  80  feet  west 
of  iBt  av.  Ala  >,  turcoiosure  8.Je,  by  order  of  Court 
of  Common  Plea^  R.  M.  Heury,  £<q(.,  Beferee.  of  a 
house,  witb  lot  21  bv  98.9,  on  Bast  30th  at,  soutb 
sine,  328.3  feet  east  ot  31  av>  Also,  similiur  sale, 
same  Reieree,  of  one  lot  85  ov  100.5,  ou  Eaat  64cU  st, 
seath  side,  43  leet  wesi  of  MaOiaju  av. 

By  Louis  Me-ilez,  foreclosure  a.ile,  by  order  of  the 
Court  of  Cummjo  Plea.<<,  S.  EL  Olin,  Esq.,  Referee, 
uf  two  lots.  621011  30  oy  80,  on  3J  av.,  east  side,  40.10 
feet  Bonth  ot  116ib  st. 

Thurtdajf,  Feb.8- 

By  ]£.  A.  La^wrence  dt  Co..  Supreme  Coiirt  fore- 
closure 8ule.  E.  D  Gale  £~q..  Referee,  of  toe  heuse, 
■with  lot  'J3  uy  94,  No.  lI'S  Wosi  4th  st.,83.9  feet  east 
utSlbay. 

By  V.  Bl  Steveniifin,  Jr.,  Sujirsoie  Court  fore- 
closare sale,  Alfred  Mclut.yre,  Esq.,  Eefaree.  of  a 
boiue,  w'ltb  lot  35  by  98.S.  oii  west  39ih  it., 
aonib  Blue,  350  feet  went  of  lOtb  av. 

By  Peter  F.  tievei,  Suoreme  Court  fofeolosure 
sale.  J.  p.  Le  iwlib,  £iq.,  "Betereie,  of  three  hpnses, 
witb  lots  each  16.8  by  luu.  on  EMt  6Sih  si.,  north 
side,  100  feet  eusi  ut  Madison  avenue.  . 

B.y  Hu2h  K.  Camn.  partition  sale  of  the  follow'inir 
prouerry  :  The  buildiiign,  with  plot  of  laud  154  by 
159  9  bv  79  by  75  Uy  142.10  Noa.  43  to  53  (inclusive) 
Beiuuuesu,  eoutosido,  81  teet  vrest  of  Was1iin(;- 
tou  Bt|  also  building,  witb  lot  20.4  by  97.6.  No. 
149  Bunk  St.,  north  side,  143.1  feet  east  of  Wasb- 
iugiou  St. 

By  William  Eennelly,  foreclosure  sale,  by  order 
otibe  Court  ot  Common  Plesa  O.  H.  Fountain, 
Esq ,  Referee,  ot  a  ptuc  of  Innu,  31  by  94  lu  by  37  by 
lot),  on  9tb  av.,  east'  oide,  35.8  teet  north  ol  83,i  Sf. 

By  R.  Y.  Uarnett  iiiopreme  Court  foreoloiturd 
aalei,  George  K.  Sedgwick,  Eiq.,  Referee,  of  hve  lota 
each  35  by  100.8..  on  Waa.  Sdta  at,  south  aide,  100 
feel  West  uf  llih  av. 

By  A.  H.  M  aller  St  Son.  puhlio  auction  sale  of 
three  lots,  eacb  33  by  100  5.  ou  West  OSJ  st,  335  feet 
eaat  of  lOib  av.  A.lao.  Sapreme  Court  toreolosure 
sale,  B.  C.  Checwxiu,  Esq.,  Refere  ,  of  one  lot,  S5.6 
by  100.8,  on  Bust  91-it  st„  not<h  aide,  330  feet  east  ut 
Stb  av.  AI.10,  similar  sale,  same  Rureree,  of  a  boa»e. 
witb  lut  13.6  by  100.11,  on  East  134«h  at,  aoutn  side, 
79.6  teet  west  ot  3a  av. 

Friday,  Feb.  9. 

By  X.  A,  Lawrence  Sc  Co.,  Supreme  Court  fore- 
closure sale.  £,  J>.  iiale,  £tq.  Referee,  ot  a  b03S<% 
with  lut  35  by  103.3.  ou  E.ist  14ia  st,  aouth  aide,  195 
leei  west  ut  Aveune  IL  Aieo,  a  aiinilar  eale,  aame 
Referee,  ot  a  bouse,  with  lot  18.0  by  102.3.  on  Bast 
78(h  at.,  suath  side,  3C3.6  teet  west  ot  3J  av. 

By  Scott  St  Myers,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  C  W.  Dayton,  E-iq.,  R>lereo,  ot  a  bnute.  with 
lot  33  u>  99.11,  UU  East  133. b  at.,  north  aide,  165  leet 
west  uf  4.0  av. 

By  y.  K.  Stevenaon,  Jr.,  Supreme  court  fore- 
closure sale,  Jobn  Lliidley,  E.iq..  Referee,  of  a 
house,  witb  lot  27  by  100,  un  5i.u  av.,  east  sine,  46.5 
fcetuiirth  ui  48i,u  si. 

Haturday,  Feb.  10, 

B.y  Hugh  N'.  Cam'u,  Sapreme  CoUrt  fereelosure 
sale,  G.  1  Wiiitehesd.  E  q.,  Ket'eree,  of  a  building, 
with  lot  33.7  by  99  oy  23.9  by  101.10.  No,  228  Pearl 
St..  souib  Side,  betweoii  I'laii  sr.  and  Burling  slip. 
Also  foreclosure  s.Me,  ity  order  of  ihe  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas,  R.  M.  Henry,  Esq.,  Reieree.  of  a  bouse, 
wiih  lot  30  by  Sd,  un  31  av.,  e  .st  side,  43  feet  north 
of  74tb  sl.|  aI»o  a  bouse,  with  lo;  20.2  by  80,  on  3d 
av.,  east  side,  83  teet  uurtn  of  74i.b  at. 

By  Seott  St  Myers,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  Ubarles  X.  .uiddlebiuuk,  £  q..  Raferee,  uf  a 
bouse,  wirb  lot  19.6  by  74.  ou  £s»\.  40vh  st,  nortb 
side,  200  leet  east  cf  3i  uv. 

By  V^^lliam  Keoueily,  Snperlor  CoUrt  foreclosure 
•ale,  Aifre<l  Erbe.  Esq.,  U^reme,  of  a  plot  of  land, 
125  by  154  3  by  1207  b>  13ll 9.  ou  East  531  at,  aouth 
aide,  1S5  teet  sxeSC  ut  lit  aV. 

By  H.  V.  Uari:ett  f  ireoioBure  saTe^  by  order  of  the 
Couri  of  Common  Pieas,  R.  M.  Henry.  Esq..  Referee, 
of  tbreo  houses,  witb  iota  each  ttO  by  lOd.  on  Weat 
S7(b  at.,  south  side,  115  reel  west  uf  6iQ  ar. 

By  A.  J.  Bteecker  A  S  u.  Sapreme  Court  fbre- 
c:o-<ure  aa.e.  C.  C.  BigeloW,  Esq.,  Rsteroa,  of  two 
lots,  eacb  35  by  100,  on  Sobuyler  st,  south  side,  ISO 
feat  west  uf  Cor.laudt  av.,  If  jrrUaala. 


FXOBANOM  SALJSH—HArirSDAT,  FMB.  3. 

SKW-TOBK. 

By  H.  V,  Barneti. 

1  fhnr-slory  brick  store  and  dwelUng.  w:tb1ot 
Na  2i8  West  .l/lh  St.,  a  a,  225  ft.  w.  or7tn 
av..  lot  26x109.3 $14,600 

1  bnokfaouiry,  wi.b  7  lots.  Ooerek  st.   n.  a, 
81.3  It  e.    of  6tantou  st,  lots  together  iu 
si^  180x.)8. 10:    aisa  two  lots,  .dangin   st, 
a  s..  81.3  ft  a  of  Btautoii  sL,  eaob  -JuxiOO'..   89,900 
By  tiiaekvtU,  Mker  d  WUKiM. 

1  lot.  Bait  124th  st,  n.  s..  9S  ft,  e.  ol  I'st  av., 
27.1x11)0;  also  a  plot  ot  land.  B:ist  l2.<th 
st,  s.  a,  lOu  fi.  e.  kf  Ist  av.,  lluzioo  llx 
Bo.2zlll.10:  aiso  a  piot  of  land,  fronting  on 
llarlam  River,  be. ween  l;:4tu  and  123ib  sta. 

347x.<O0. 1x201  11X1U5.1   SIS^.OOO 

By  JaMte  M.  MUler. 

1  threc-atoiy  and  bost^ment  browu-stone-front 
bouse,  with  lot,  Bus.  78ih  st,  a  a.  22-.  it  e. 

ol4ibav.,lotl8xid2.2 $8,000 

By  A.  J.  BleteMer  <e  Son. 

1  lot,  Wost  125tn  St.,  n.  s  ,  25U  ft  e.  of  10th 
av.,  19.5x72.10;  Harriet  A.  Waltera $1,600 


tl50 
14,000 
14.000 
7,500 

7,000 

nom. 

18,809 


0,400 


600 


BSaORDBD  XSAL  BSTAIli  TRANaFSRS. 
neW-yobic 
FHday,  Feb.  2. 
11th  st,  s.  a, 108  tt  w.  of  Arenns  C.  50x949 

Heinrica  B  ybl  and  wife  to  J  seph  Lebner.. 
38tb  St.,  a  B.,  Nu.  264  West,  25x9d:  Aorubam 

Odeil  to  SuslB  F.  Woodward 

38th  st,  W  st,  Na  234  ;  libeueaei  B.  Woodward 

to  Abrahsu  Udell 

Cliff    st,    n.  a,  iSa   6^,  2i).7alO2.10;  tvnueb 

Kctcuam  and  wits  to  Geoi«e  W.  Ketchum.. 
49tb  st,  n.  a,  205,8  w.  tf  Olb  av. .  19.4xlOd.  >; 

William   M.  Layster   and  'wile  tu    Coraeiius 

W.  LUyster 

Carlisle  st,    ^a    4;    Uuphia   Uiofe   to  Jobn 

Orele 

Grand  St.,  So.  »8t.  -25xlOU;  Helen  Burnet,  Bx- 

ecutrix,  tu  Jueoo  C  Wlaaus... , 

CUntonst,  Mos.   182,   la4,  and  18lj;s.imete 

same 16,700 

Attumey  st,  Nos  13  aud  16:  same  to  same...   16,200 
boston  roao,  s.  e.  a,  '^Sd  Ward:      also,     j.oro 

av.,  B.  e.  cor.  Onio  i  av.:    Anna  R.  Whitney  to 

WillJnmCajldwell -  

Union  nv.,  w.  a..  25  ft  aof  Cedar  at  26x113.2; 

ala-j,  i.eda.  st,  s.  e.  cor.  llnton  av.,  zSxiOd; 
'  also,  Tinton  av.,  e.  s.,  li/O  ft  a  ot  (  ediir  st, 

3o.4XlOOi    also,  rtatoa  av.,  e.  a,  123  it  a  of 

Codur  st,   23x100,   24tb   Ward:    Horace  P. 

Whitney  and  wlie  to  William  Caulawell  and 

others — 

Wesioiiester  av.,  w.  s..  a  of  Union  av..  82.1x 

luO.6;  als>,  Westchester  av,.  w.  ».,  75.10ft 

a  of  Onion  av.,  25x107;  also,  Wesicbeater 

av.,  w.  a,  42  tt.  a,  ot  (Jmon  av.,  26xl3u;  also. 

UoiOn  ST.,  w.   a,   6l)   It  s.  of  Cedar  st.  liSx 

1L3.2;    also.    Wes'oliestcr  ar.,  109.7  ft  a  ot 

Union  ar.,.  40.Ui8i;  hh».  Union  ar.,  a  w. 
coruer  uf  Cedar  »t.,  24th  Wara;  same  to 
same 

Bro.dwav.  s.  s..  l'J.6  ft  a  ot  o7tb  su,  Ol.Ux 
60.6;  M.  A.  Mott,  Refetee,  tu  Thumaa 
Tbacber 

67!b  st,  s.  a,  lOu  It  w.  uf  4toav..  lTbxlOO.6: 
William  U.  Btewst-t  and  wife  to  Cha  les  Dm;- 

Centre  block  between  54tu  and  6etb  sti^) 
II4.IIS4  ft  e.  01°  3d  av,  Irregular:  Adam 
K.  Beha.s  and  wife  to  Susanna  achats. 

Centre    block  between    54iU    and    55tn     sts., 

114.1 1>4  tt  e.  of  3d  av.,  Irregular;  Albert 
Uambreis'<t  and  wlf^  loA.  E  Scbats 

7th  at.,  n.  coAier  68tii  st,  25x77 ;  Matbew 
Fxnnlua'TO  Susan  Hirffmao 

117tb  St.,  a  a,  143: 11  fu  w.  of  Aveuue  A, 
20. 11x100. Hi  William  P.  Uver  aiid  wif^  to 
Heury  L.  Byer 

12-.jd  St.,  u.  a,  100  ft  w.  of  Arenue  A.  20z 
10 J.  10 :  Frunois  U.  Weeks  anu  Wife  to  Sarah 
H.  Humphrey 

Railroad  ar,  e,,  s.,  lOS  ft.  u.  of  ihott  a  .,  23x 
lOU,  24th  VVard:  als  >  Washington  av.,  w.  a, 
108  ft  n.  of  dott  at.,  26xl(i0;  Hiram  Tar- 
boxandwlfe  to  chariea  W.  T.irbox ,. 

Utb  St.,  n.s.,  between  AVenaes  Bandc,  26x 
0-2.3;  Fraok  Uoffmau  and  wife  to  Matbew 
Fanning 

67th  St.  a  a,  294.7  It, w.  of  Lexlugiouav.,  20.6 
xlUO.5;  Qeorge  B.  Cfitudldr  aud  wife  to 
AmoBJceae  Nhttonai  Banlc 36o*0<i 

Cebtze  blcek,  34tb  and  Oath  scs..  109.1134  it 
»  of  8d  iiv.,  26X26:  Susauaa  Bobats  and^ 
hoBband,  to  Jaceb  Hoffman.... ,1 2,760 

Mudsuu  st,  e.  a,  88  :t  s:  of  Charles  St.,  20x 
JKtl ;  Wlinaur Loved  and  w:fs.  to  K3wld  W. 
Lorell. , 

llOth  St.,  a.  a,  86J  ft.  w.  ot  lOth  ar.,  irregu- 
lar- cbartes  W.  Batea^ddwiid;toBeijaaun 
Fraker.... ; 

61st  St.,  a  a.,  325  ft  e.  o'  ilsh  av.,  3&xl..>Ui6': 
BUTraid  cunidgbant  and  Wife,  to  Brbsget  J. 
Foran^.. .- ...   18.000 


700 


16,960 


9,800 


nom. 


nom. 


..    8.700 


6  000 


8,000 


nom. 


10,000 


8,000 


CnX  KEAL  JfiSSTATiS. 


.  ...tntr  ife^Aii  J!«^4::f'jfi. 


TO  «iT£A^»ktiIIIfi^CH»SfPANlB!<l, 

GBO^BD,  BOUADBD  BT  PXBB  INO.  84   JIOBTU  AND 
BASTt 

*wf«i 


the  bldek  of ' 


>ttl!tclheiM  4hd  riparian 
tight*  J>nttee.Baa»:  BUs^  KemiJoi*,.  luclndlng  bjIo, 
pier,  ba,  formerly  part  of  Smith  h  Dlmon'a  Ship-yard, 
a^dWMCMoi^lad  Mthei'^attSifLTMhlaCdai  Company, 
bounded  by  Lewis  at,  between  4th  and  5th  sta,  and 
bounded  by  Pier  Na  64,  Bast  River,  north  and  east, 
xnnnlng  to  balkl!aaiLa.od4llp..  Fez  -full  oarticulars, 
aoVKR  30G»Air.  m  a  Pln«  tt,  New-York. 


qpOK  aHl.Ei-Ail  BtSiGIAIlt  FULL,-:lZ.iD  tlGUlK 
jD^^AB«adfut«ac48Th  at,  dose  to  5tB  at- .prtde 
zeaia^aofe.  Apjdy  tomoMjtRMQKG&N.  {|p.  3. Fine  at 


SALE  AT 
time,  this 


XSa  awt4>az)taUi,  J|.  panthMed  at  thU 

niagulfi.<int  plot  of  Broadway  property  on  th  j  north- 
east odroe^  of  88cfa'  al .  atts  98x  1 40.  Its  conimanalng 
peaition  ■warraatsJtny  Uudof  permanent  and  eubstanp. 
tralfmprbVementa:.  Ap'pSy  to  JO:JlAil  IdX,  Na  1,236 
Broadway. 


F 


,aB.  n&iM-oii  6ita.  »e.,  i^t/TAHii  lkzing- 

^  ton.and  4tli^va,  t^  tourw  house  from  4th  av.. 
n<>rtti.ii''e;  a  tirst-obuia  Srowu-stons  b.o  se,  size  2iix 
60,  tiiree  stories,  DaaSment,  and .  under-celiar  ;  parlor 
and  basement  rtniabed  In  bard  wood,  and  complete  in 
every  partlodlari  price,  0Vt.OOO.  Apply  ut  No.  199 
Sdav.  JUHN  D.  vTTIWtLIi. 


M^NEVV  Ll»t  Of  HOU.stE^-i  F«»tt  SALE, 
with  the  reduced  prises,  cau  be  had  upon  appli- 
cation. ISAAC  UONIG.  Na  HI  Broadway.  Rooms  G 
and  U.  basdment. 


<Ui«>K  l^nn  WjHiL.FURCHASK.AMiiDlOM- 
WiueF^Vfl/vfsUed  four-story  high-stoop  brown- 
s.imo  hsuse  In  West  45tb  st.,  close  to  6th  av.  Apply 
to  HOMER  MORGAN,  No.  2  Plue  st 


AKUU   ASD  3MALL    UUCSBS    AT    SPKCULLT 
iieduoed  prlcea  T.  E.  iSTiiVRNSO.-^,  Jk., 

4  Pine  and  33  Kast  17th  at 


T7IU.9  t^Al.E.— A  FINR  TdRKB-srORf  A.ND  BA8B- 
JS  meat  bruwn-dcone  bouse :  all  modem  improve- 
meiits.     Inquire  ou  the  premises.  No.  131  Bast  7ath  s't. 


,  iSuuKtoeStateaaadliiatltattonB  fitr  sale  or  laat  at 
IJmw sa«4s,  ^JMwlAVji  F.  FAGB. M^  48  Jiast  BSAaBi  .. . 


jDOOTTTO^JiEAJjJ^ATE^ 

O^^^TtANGETI^r  J.-couFiRY  HouSKsT^TANDit 
HhiiV.l.aiM  Hits  lor  sBie:  a  zi  e<tt  variec.r.  .uam 
liiniislietl  and  unfuruiahed  nouses  ru  let  tor  aeasou  ot 
jeirr  bv  VVALlKa  R.  .^MlT^.  loruier  .v  Blaukwe,.^  k 
>ii.iil'.«'r<iiae.  <-(iriii'r  uf  Unln  im)    -'oiiestn. 


NlCc:,    I'liUAsANf,    LOW>i.'KlCiiU  HOMBS 
oa  installment  ouu  ;  less  tliau  forty  lUlantes  from 
city,  at  Bliaabethport,  N.  J.    See  oircdiars. 

KifLLUGG,  Na  3  Broadway. 


REAL  ESTATia  AT  ACTOTIQN. 

AoRiAir  U.  Mui.t.i«R,   .luctioueer. 

ACCTIif.N  sAI.E-uF  rattEU  valuable  LOTS, 
norih  si  le  6.^dst.,  3;i:5  teetea-it  of  li'tb  av. 
On    THUttjDAY,    Feb.   8,    at    13  o'clock,  at  the  Bx- 
obange  i:>ale8roum,  No.  Ill  Brundw.iy. 

ADBlA.'J  H.  MDLliBB  t  SOV. 

Auetionedis,  No,  7  Pine  at. 


A  LiAttUB  A^!!iUArini{!N'r  ok  pattNisuRO  and 

ja.uuiuruiahed  houiea  at  red  aoed  rents. 

V.  K.  uTEVtiSSOS.  Ja.. 
4  Pine  an  I  ::t;5  Kast  1 7th  st 


rf\au.HH-ticou.v    HGH-b ruup   Hii(»\VM. 

I     Ktoue  house  to  let;    Kavt  48th  at.;  fl,je  loi-atiouj 


:ent    $1,2UU;     oihers. 
Ho.  U8  Bruaidway. 


B.    A.    CRUlKBti.il<K    b    CO., 


SIX )li Hits,   &G..    JO   l.El. 


OFFICES  TO  L.BT 

IN  THE 
TIAIBS  BVIIjDINO. 
BPl'lir  TU 

OAOROB  JOMB4, 
TlMBei  OFFICE. 


TO  LiHT— O.V  WBs.r  ST..  JiKf  WKKN  VBSl'BI  A.lD 
uesorosses  sta,  a  five-:>tory  warehouse,  44  b.v  85 
feet,  suitable  for  storage  or  ft>r  a  manufactory  lor 
heavy  gooda 

Apply  to  H.  H.  GAMMANN. 

Ho.  23  Floe  st 


BDIIUIHMU  TO  l.&V  ON  WAi'K.v,  TiUAB, 
Market  St.:  25xUi):  very  cheap;  Si.OUO;  four  stories 
biga  aud  suitable  for  any  buiduess.  K.  A.  CUUIK- 
HHA.'iK  b  CO.,  .NO.  tid  Broadway. 


BROADWAY    MTOKE    TO    l.KT,    COKNER 
•VAVKiiLtiY  kLA   B.  -Reaaonabls  to  gooti  tenant ; 
also,  other  stores  and  lofts  on   Broadwav  cheap. 

K.  A.  vI^UlKJtll.^^K  b  CO.,  no.  08  Bioadwa.v. 


BKOAUVVAV,  NBAK  Ftlji'tl  »-.Pi^Elt  FART 
to  let-   rurv    reasonable,  ^ultable   for   offices   or 
busiuess.    —  a.  ciiUIhLsU.^NK  b  CO.,  No.  US  Broadway. 


OTEAJl  POWEiCAf^U  MfltiHV  KLiOali  ANU 

Ocellur.  di^xSu  feet,  -Noa  188  aul  19  J  UousLoa  st    In- 
quire Hi  tue  corner. 


DUAMiST.,  t<lFb«.'<TOKV  8TOrtKTt»  LiKT 
cbeap;   Vi3x40.      K.    A.  CbUlK^HANlL    b  CO.,  Ho. 
bS  Broadway. 


WANTEO— TO  PURCHASB  P.)R  CASH  A  SMALL 
ueat  bouse  (English  oasem»nt  preferred)  between 
2uth  aud  4uth  st.,  Madison  and  6th  ava.  Address 
MA^TliK,  So.  394  ti'h  av.,  corner  24th.Bt,  stating  lo- 
cution and  lowest  prlca 


w 


ANTKU   l.tl.TIItUI A TEJjy  —  UNFURNISHBI) 
bouses  to  real  al  tblsolBce;  great  demand. 

JOblAU  JivX.  No.  1.235  Brotdway. 


Collegiate    Institute, 

No.  40  WAam.NUl'O.^    SQUARK,   NiiW-tJRiC  ClTf. 

GKO.  W.  CLARKK,  Pb,  D.,  Prinjlpjl. 
Prepares  pupils  of  all  a^es  for  bttsineu  or  college. 


At'  9<>— OOI.UUAU^-4  HA.->ll-rRAl,M,-SU, 
Ho.  1,193  ..roadway,  removes  stiffness,  craoiplug, 
ur  tremb  ing.  anil  makes  bUiinesa  peumen;  privatelr, 
$16 :  lKK>k-KeepIng  and  busiuess  ufi^drs  taught  practi- 
cally. 


ClIAUi.lKtt.  !.>.-<  riruTic, 

CB.VlBiL   PARK,     NBvV-VOKK. 

Boarding    and    Day   -->ohaal    for    bo.ys     from  seren  to 

tWjuty.vau'i  old. 


DKIiWtiExdiNAltV    AND  F,.MAlB   C.LLtiGB, 
<  arm-1,  N.  Y.— For  both  sexea     R,ites  reasons  ble. 
A  school  far  eaiuest  wo'ric.     !Spiiu<  sessiaa   Fej.  19. 
aao.  C.  SMITH.  A.  Si. 


FORT  WASHINGTON  FRENCH  ANI>  BNG- 
LIoU  Institute,  17ist  Kt  and  Ki nil's  Bildge  Road, 
N.  1.  City. — '.^2  I  year,  2u  sessiou.  opens  Feb.  1.  Puoils 
prt'pnrert  tor  college  or  bu^ioes!!.  V.  Prevo.,i,  Princip  iL 


ST.  VAVL*i*  HCHOOL,  NEW-VOKK,  LBWIS- 
.>UKO,    WB3T0aii;BTGtt    COUNT  I A   small    home 

.School  f-ir  children,     rerins  nioderate.    Address  Friu- 
oipalB.  ReT.  aud  Mrs.  K.  BObTO.'l. 


MRS.  PARKS*  BOAUDI.VG  ANO  DAV 
8cho>>l  tor  .young  Lidles,  New-drunswiclc.  M.  J., 
ope..s  its  next  •es»luu  Fea  5.  Circulars  sent  if  desired. 
Terms  moderate. 


Hi3:il>BNKfcl.ll  INSTITUre,  no.  832  LBX- 
ingtonar.,  north- west  corner  of  03d  st- bugUsh 
Slid  Q  rman  day  and  boarding  school;  new  sessiou  be- 
gins Feb.  7. 


t;eagblers^ 

AGEN  I'MiO'lAN  OF  CLiASrSiCAL  KDUvA- 
tion,  formerly  Professor  of  ivlocutioa  iu  brauoe, 
wisbes  to  give  lessoiu  id  tha  Frenoli  laiufuage.  prl- 
raiely  or  in  bchools  ;  te.ms  moderate;  unexo-ptiona- 
bie  I'uterebcee.  Address  FR^FK/JdOR,  care  of  Mr.  M. 
J.  Palilard.  No.  680  Bcuadway. 


WANTJEO.— BY  A  YOGSQ  LADY  A  POSITION  AS 
govui-ness  lor  Enjrlisb,  French,  music,  and  draw- 
ing; bigfaent  teistinivniais  and  leteronce  ;  salary  no 
•  .IJjci,  Address  Grace.  Box  iJo.  288  TLMttS  UF-TOWN 
O.FlcE,  NO.  l.v:o7  UROAUWaY. 


AN  KXFKtilKNCt::U  G<£RMAN  ANU  Cl^ASmCAL 
tutor  (Haoovertau)  iles)res  a  few  more  pupils: 
best  ruiereoces;  terms  moaerate.  Address  K.  e,  B>>x 
310  lIMliS  C-IOVVN  OFFU  K,  NO.  l.-zo7  BROADWAY. 


JJOiSlUAL. 

A  GREAT  OFFER! lthe\^e%a'*.TXl 

dispose  of  lOU  PiANi.s  ciz.  Oii.GA.M.?,  uewand 
aecoad-Uaiud.  of  flrat-clase  makers,  inclndiuK 
\v  A  tHii-si^.titibWee  priOBB  for  caaii  or  iiistall- 
meaCM  or  to  let  nacii  vaid  tor  tuau  ever  before 
oUered.  WatukS'  txiCA.Ni^  e<QU.«iti^  and 
t  .-nloinT  PlA;vOS  *  ORGAN**  are  the  rth.-^  i' 
fl1Al>i<:.  .r..GE.NTS  \VANr«:I>.  Illustr^ced  Uat- 
alOctrea  .'Hailed.  A  liberal  rfisc'ounc  i"  reac.iera, 
Jf  ntsrers;  CAuic.ks.  etc.  :«beet  muaic  at  ball  price. 
UokAUE  tVAl'ditCS  <}£  iHtn.-i,  iilauufctr<«.  and 
Veaierit^  40ii.a8t  I4th,r>t.,  Uftion  SQtiare,  IS.  1^. 


AJLiKN  boOVVORTHr-S    DANCING    SCHOOL 
BBltfOVKD  10  NO.  o81  5m  AVENUE, 
Now  open  fbi-the  ivceptlon  of  pupils. 
For  particulars  send  for  circular. 
Private  lessens  every  dav. 


OE   GARStOm 

raiVATE  DANCI.VQ  ACADEMY, 
Ma  7  West  33d  st.  two  doors  from  5th  ar. 


XiARTNER  WAN'r!ri»-lN  A  GOOD,  WELL- 
AT  established,  and  prefitabie  bnalnes*,  oentrady  lo- 
cated in  tne Citr  of  Eounester,  corapilslag  stoves,  tin, 
and  sbieet-lrou  ware,  houae^tiirnishlnir  goods,  and  geu- 
tnaljobblngwerlc  Acapical  of  $8,O0O required.  Ad- 
dress B.,  liox  .Na  143  i^ntes  oflloe,  or  BUWaRi)  J0NB3, 
BoChoBter;  No.  16  Benth  Bt  Paul  Bt. 


CBURCttOFTUE  £lUl>ir  TRIMTV,  MAD- 
won  ar.  and  438  St — Opeui'  efrelty  eve.iing  except 
SatorUav.  Rev.  Joseph  .  'deu,  »' Brooklyn,  will  preach 
^IB  evening  at  7:45-    '^1  are  lurited. 


IQB-OREAIVL 


T]MJ.*^KL.L'i$  tOB  CitEAM.-TWBNTT-Pl-VB 
JD  oeuta  per  quart  torennrenea  and  large  partea ;  char- 
iettaRoMe,  la  boxea,  to  eater  hataei  iiwttt  tvtee  a  da»^ 
.««.  IBMbM  Oaaso- 


SiTITATlDlfS    WANTED. 


THB  VP-TOWN  UFFIOB  OF  THfi  TUIfid. 

The  u|i-town  office  of  THB  TIMBS  U  located  at 
fio.  TASr  BTOkdwtty,  h«U  31st  Sdid  Sbtd  Btii. 

Opeii  daity,  Sundays  meltided.  from  4  A.  M.  to  8  P.  M. 
BnbsctlM<ms  rec^ved,  and  eo^  cii  f  Hb  tt^Hd  for 

sihe, 

Ap^BBfiliftWJNTB  KECEIVBO  UNTTL  9  P.  *. 


CeAinBSlU.1iAiO.:^BT  AN  AMKHICAN J-BOT- 
eatapt  Jiri  as  ohambarrmald  and^AUtesi  ta  ^  pxi* 
vate  jfinnllyl  .i«mng.to  aajllat  If  tfaafiln^ jiiij ffipnini  s' 
ht«rhly  re'cottunrfttded.  Aadreai  P.  M..  Box  Ifo.  391 
TIMK'SCP-TOWH  OFFICE.  NO.  1,257  HEOaUWAT. 


namBmiiiiAUi.-tj 

V^cbambHr-iiiaid.  and  laundn 


A  tOU.'<  i  GIRL  AS 
Ireai;  is  thbrouitbiv  com- 
petent willing,  and  obliging;  five  .veara!  (^y  refer- 
enoe^mlaatlempioyeE,  Call  at  Ba  119  Weat  46th 
at.,  second  floor. 


CBAAlBMRi.,UA10.'BY  A  TOU.'iG  UIRL  AS 
nurae  ;  wtlkqg  to  make  her-alf  uaeful;  or  cham- 
ber-work,  and  waltihg  in  a  amall .  family ;  wiilassist 
with  washing;    Cll^  refirenoe.     Call  at  Na  14D  West 

2Bth  ei 


HA'j»lBBfi:..irAtt]>.— BT  A  aB.SEBcT4Bj.«  FJltbT- 
estiin  t  young  gir •  aa  chamber-m-' id  aud  seamstreas  r 
iBwillinjiand  bbiiglttS;  beat  of  City  reference.    Call 


at  Na  230  Boat  2  2d  at.' 


ClHAAlilEtt*MAiD  AND  VVAITKBSS.-BT  A 
./competent  young  wom^tn.  or  as  ohamber-maid  and 
assist  'With  washins;  aood  reference;  Citv  or  country. 
Call  at  No.  186  Uaat  28th  st,  second  floor. 


CIHAMBKR-MAIO.- BY  A  YOUNG,  ACTIVB 
/Protestant  girlaa  ctiamb^r-msld  nod.  ts  assist  'with, 
tbe  waahipg;  the  very,  best  reference  from  her  last 
place.    Call  nt  No,  248  West  HOth  il7 


C^IlA:nBBIt..VIAIU— Bl    A  RUSPIiCTABIill  OIKL 
vaa  chaaiber-matd  a^id   waitre><s.    Call  for  two  days 
at  No.  317  Bast  37tb  st..  second  florr,  B  Mim  No.  6. 


CHAALBRR-flAIJ).— BY  A  RBtJPr.CrABLB  GIBL 
as   chamber  maid    and   'waitress ;     Ciiy  reifereuoe. 
can  at  Jig  346  Bits:  34th  st 

ClOOla.— uT  A  RESPECTABLE  PROTESTANT 
/woman  as  first-class  cnok  ina  prtviite  family  or 
boarding-bouse;  anneretauds  her  tmslness  in  all  its 
tiranches;  best  City  referenoa  Cvll  at  No.  67  West 
IJtnst 


/-lOOK-CHAMBEUOUlU  ANO  WAITRESS.- 
V./By  two  sl-tera  in  one  houae ;  both  good  Uun- 
dresaea;  -will  do  the  work  of  a  email  family,  if  re- 
quired: flrsl-clasa  City    referencea     Call  at   N&  40 

haet  4Iat  st 


COOR.— Bf  A  RK8PBCT.\B<jB  GIRL  A3  PIUST- 
Class  ooek;  willing  to  aaslat  i^  h  'waabing;  good 
baker;  inakes  all  kiiids  of  soups:  good  reference.  Ad- 
drexsD.,  Box  No.  290  TlMiib  UP-TOWN  OtFlCd,  No, 
1,257  BROADWAY. 

COOK.-BY  A  YoU.^O  GlE..  AS  FlRST-CLiSS 
cook;  understands  French  cooklns:  all  kinds 
aouiiB,  game,  and  fancy  de  serte  ;  best  City  reierence. 
Aildrese  F.  C,  Box  No.'SOO  TIMES  Di'-TOWN  OFFICE, 
HO.  1,257  BROADWAt. 


COOK Bf  A  RESPB  'Table  GIRL  AS  COOK  OE 
bonae-work.  iu  a  Mnall  fauiily.  Addreaa,  lor  two 
dnya.  A.  C,  Advertisement  Office,  No.  554  3d  av.,  near 
37th  at 


COOK.— BY  A  RKSPriCTABLK  PROTK.slANT 
woman  as  firat-class  cook  in  a  private  family  ;  best 
City  reference  Address  Cook,  Advertisement  Office. 
No.  554  3d  av.,  near  87th  st. 


CIOOK.- BY  AN  ENGLISH  PROTECTANT  AS  FltST- 
.'class  cook  in  a  private  family:  good  Cit.y  refer- 
ence ;  City  or  country ;  ■Will  oo  the  coarse  washing. 
Call  at  No.  652  2d  «v. 


C100K.— BY  A  RKfiPSCTABLB  FBKNCH  WoMAN 
.'in  a  private  family;  <  ity  or  country;  good  refer- 
ence. Call  or  aildress  for  two  days  No.  2^6  West 
Slstat.,  basement 


C100K BY  A  RESPECTABLE  COLORED  VJOMAN 
ylii  a  private  £inillv  or  boardSng-honse;  first-class 
City  reference.  <  all  or  address  Mrs.  J.  T.  B.,  Na  151 
West  24th  St.,  top  floor. 


CIOOK.— BY  A  ^SPECTABLB  WOMAN:  FIEST- 
yclaas:  excellent  bater ;  no  obj-ction  to  boarding- 
house  ;  best  City  refere-ice.  Call  for  two  days  at  No. 
434  West  45th  at,  one  fllzht,  back  room. 


COOK.— BY  A  COUFliiKNT  WOMAN  IN  A  HRI- 
vate  famil.v;  understands  family  baking;  -will  do 
coarse  washing:  good  reicreiiee.  Call  at  No.  162 
West  28tb  St..  rear,  Room  N  >.  6. 


riOOK.  AND   A-s.l"<T    »VJTH    WASHING.— 

KJBv  a  respectable  giri;  Citv  or  country ;  three  years' 
excellent  reference.  Call  at  No.  306  Eaat  30tb  st, 
one  ataira  up,  baclr. 


COOK.— BY  A  PROTESTA-N'T  WOMAN  A8  PlRilT- 
clasa  famiiv  cook  and  baker;  n<>  ottJection  to  the 
oouDtry;  six  years' re. erence.  Call  at  No.  134  Meat 
17  tb  St. 


CtlOK..— BY    A  RKsPECrABLE  WO.MAX   AS  COOK  s 
underscanda  all  ki  ids  of  fiiat-clajS  cooking;  beat 
City  reiereuce.    Call  at  No.  2 1 1  Eaat  40tb  at 


COOK.— BY  A  RkSPECTABIjE    WOMA.N'   AS  COOK 
In  a  private   lamil.y;    \toali1  assist   ■with  WHshing; 
best  City  reference.    Call  ac  No.  244  West  Slst  st 


DRES>-.>IAK.ER.— PERF  CT  FITTER  AND  6Tr- 
llsh  trimmer  ;  will  make  the  itrical  costnmss:  re- 
niO'Jelfn" ;  will  go  out  by  the  day  nt  $1  60,  or  work  at 
home;  French  svstem  of  dresa-cnttlog  taught;  refer- 
ence. Call  or  address,  all  week,  V.  B.,  No.  839  6tli  ar., 
second  floor. 


DRESS-MAKKR.- BY  AS  K.NGLI3H  WOMAN; 
perfect  cutter  of  family  cloihln?;  works  all  msk- 
cliines :  SI  Per  dav  :  15  yflars'  reler<-nee.  Address  K.. 
Box  No.  2'74  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1.257 
BROADWAT. 


DRBSS<-.>1AKKR,— AN  EXPERIENCED  DRB.SS- 
macer  wishes  a  few  customers  at  ber  home;  a  per- 
fect fit  euaranteed.  Call  at  Na  21  Clinton  place,  be- 
tw-en  Univers'ty  place  and  Broad wav. 


DRB!«S-.>1AKKR.— By  A  FtHdl-CLASS  DKhSS- 
maker;  engagemente  l>yday;  all  kinds  of  white 
work  done  op  machine.  Address  Ureaa-maker,  No.  119 
Macdougal  at 


DKESS-iHAKBK.— BY  A  BGSPRC  TABLE  PROT- 
ea'aot  girl  aa  dress-maker  :  no  objection  to  take 
care  of  a  grown  child:  good  .reference.  Call  for  two 
dHj-8  at  No.  246  Weat  20th  sty 


UOUSE-WORK.- 8Y  A  BR  PEOTABLi?  GIRL 
for  general  lionse-woik  in  an  .\merIoan  £imily  ; 
good  reference  if  require  a.  Call  at  Na  1,194  2d  av., 
in  the  store. 


HOUSE-VVORK Bf  A  RESPSCTABLE  YOUNS 
woman,  lately  lauded,  in  a  private  family;  City  or 
country;  -wiliinz  and  oiill^ng.  Call  at  Na  180  West 
19tb  St.,  second  floor,  back. 


HOl!SK-WOKK. BY  A  YOUNG  WOMAN  IN  A 
small  family,  or  na  cook,  washer,  and  ironer ;  City 
or  country;  aood  Cit.y  teterence.  Call  at  Na  126 
West  30i  h  st 


HOlJ!'«K-WOK.K.— BY  A  CoMPKTEjNT  MIDDLB- 
aged  woman  to  do  light  boUde-wetk.  or  would  take 
C'ire  oi  an  iivaltd  i  City  or  country;  good  t'Hty  refer- 
ence.    Call  at  .N'a  143  West  49'h  st 


HOL'SE-WORK.— Bf  A  HRSpM.CTABLK  WQ.M- 
ap ;  Is  a  good  plain  c>>ok  and  flrst-ciaaa  lanndrea*  - 
Jour  years'  reierence.  Addreas  L.  B.,  Box  No.  267 
TIMES  UP-T,>WN  OFFICE,  NO.  1.257   KROADWA\. 


HOUSK-WOrfK.-BY    A   TOUNG    GIKL  TO    LO 
light  house-work  in  a  small  tamilv;     willing  to  do 
anything.    Call  for  two  days  at  Nii.  i.'52  8d  av. 


HOCSE-VVORK..— BY  A  PROTESTaST  GIttL  lA  A 
small  iamily:    City  or  country;  good  referenee. 
Call  at  No.  131  West  I9tb  st 


LADY'S  IWAID.— BT  A  COMPETENT  PERSON  AS 
ladv'a  maid;  la  a  tfnod  seamstreas  and  hair-dresaer; 
best  City  refei«nce.  Adoresa  .M.  S..  Box  No.  274  TIMES 
bP-TOWN  OFFICE  NO.  1,257  BBO.^DWAY, 


LAUNDRBS.-i.— BK  A  PROT88TA.^T  GIRL  IN  A 
onvate  family  ns  laundress;  willing  to  assist  ip 
chamber-work;  competent  iu  both  capacities:  refer 
encei  from  last  employer.    Call  oi  address  329  7tii  av. 


LADNI»RK«»S.— BY  A  RELIABLE  Y<>U«.Q  WOMAN 
as    chomiier-maid   and    laundress;      councrv     pre- 
ferred; good  City  reference.    C^ll  at  1 .386  Broadwa.y. 


AUNDRKSS.— bTAKK8PK<;TdLK  YOUNG  GIRL 
iislau  idresa     Apply  at  No.  238  EHst  24th  st 


NIIRSE.— Bt  A  COMPETENT  NU8SK,  KI  D  AND 
attentive,  to  take  charge  of  a  sick  person  or  in- 
ralld:  has  no  oijectiou  to  the  couutr.y :  good  City 
reference.     Call  ac  No.  691  Bth   av.,  se.cona  floor. 


NURSE  ANO  SEA.VISTKKSS BY  A  Ri-..'-P..Cr- 
ftblo  young  girl,  Protest  nt:  beat  <  uy  references. 
Address  J.  W..  Box  No.  -.iSS  TIMES  UP-TO  AN  OFP.CB, 
NO.  1,,!57  Broadway. 


NURSE.— BY  A  RESPECf  ABLE  GIRL  AS  NURaE 
and  seam:<trea3;  Is  capable  of  tailing  care  of  a 
young  infant;  can  cut  and  nt  child  en's  clothes.  Can 
be  seen  at  present  employer's.  No.  236  W^at  34Lh  at. 


■VURSE.— BY  AN  KXfEllIKNCBi)  PROTESTANT 
Xl  person  .aa  nurse,  who  uiideratiinda  tbe  bringing  up 
ofanin'unt  on  tlie  bottle;  excellent  City  reference. 
Call  at  No.  1 13  West  11th  St. 

LIRSto.— Bf     A   YnUN.i    GIRL    AS    NUBSK    A.\D 
seamatress ;  Would  be  willing  to  aaslit   with  tbe 

ch.imber-work  ;    baa  tbe  best  of  City  reference.     Call 

or  addiess  No.  29  West  13th  st. 


NURSli.-BT   A   EtiSFECr.lBLE   SCOrciI    PrfOT- 
estaut  girl  aa  utrrse ;  will  do  plain  sewing ;  best 
City  reference.     Call  at  No.  15H  West  a3d  st. 


NURSE.— BY  A   CO.\IPKriiNT  NURSE  AND  bEAM- 
^    etresa    Call  at  prcseni;  employer's,  No.  58  Weat 

3Gth  at. 


SEA,>ISTRKSS  AND  NURSE  TO  GROWING 
Children. — Cuts  and  fits  caiidren's  clothes,  operates 
Grover  b  Baker,  Wilicuxb  Gibb's  maobiaes;  City  or 
country ;  first-class  references.    Call  at  No.  116  West 

17tll8t. 


SUAAI.'i'i'RESS.-.BT  aN  E.'^GLiSa  WOMA.S  AS 
seamstress,  or  would  take  osre  ol  ehi  dre.i ;  can  cut 
and  fit  for  cnildren  ;  is  a  good  opentcor ;  good  reter- 
ence.    Call  at  6U7  6th  av.,  between  28th  and  29th  sta 


WAII'RESS.— BY  A  PitOlESTANT  GIRL  AS 
waitress  and  chamber-maid ;  three  years'  refer- 
ence from  last  place.  Call  lor  two  days  at  Na  123 
West  lijtb  St.,  rear. 


WAITRESS.— BY  A    COMPETENT  YOUltO  GIRL 
as  waitress :  capable  of  taking  a  man's  place ;  best 
of  reteredces.    Call  at  No.  164  West  25th  st. 


Ari'itESS.— FIRST-CLASS;  (J.NDEBSTAND.i  ALL 
kinds  ot  saiada    Call  at  piesent  employer's.  No. 
63  Weat  3titb  st. 


WAlTRE^oS.— :>Y  A  FlRSF-CLAttS.  COMPETENT, 
trustworthy   person,    ■with    l>eat    City  reference. 
Call  at  Aa  270  tith  av.,  near  17tb  »t. 


WASHING — BY  A  FIRSr-CLA9S  LtUNDRBSS, 
to  gv)  out  by  the  day  or  take  sitnatian  tn*  ttie 
month ;  can  do  all  kinds  of  fiuiiug,  luces,  and  fine 
work ;  ia  wllliiig  and  obliging ;  hns  the  t>est  ot  tefer- 
ence  firom  last  eanloyer.  Call  at  No.  320  Bast  86th  St., 
first  floor.  • 


WTASHlN^^  —  BT   A   PIitST-CLA38   LAtTNuRBSS 
TT  iadiea'  and  gentiemen'a  washing;     understands 
ail   kinds  fining  and    fine    washioKt    6,/e.  to  75e. 
per  dosen;  beat  city  reierence.     "■  " 

Malone.  Ba  113  West48ib  st 


Call  or  addreaa  Mra.. 


WASHING.- BY  A  B,.SPECTABLB  WOMAN  IN 
beriwn  noma  the  waahinx  of  a  fiunlly  er  single 
Iadiea?  or  gent.emen'a  waablug,  will  be  done  up  in  tne 
best  ot  Btyle :   best  reference.    AddftfSS  Ra  763  6rh  Bv. 


TtTASfiHNG.— BK    A    GtK>D   LAUMUIKSS  GBATB' 

y T  or   ram;iies'    ■washing:  firBt.«laaB  Cl^  rererenca 

Address  Mrs.  Leror.  Aa  iu7  Weat  ^Bth  at.  thUd  fiae«. 


SIT  WTioM  "WMfMiy- 


and  ironing;  geiod  zeference. 
00th  St. 


CaU  at  Na   213  Wea 


WASUINO^BY  A  OOMPETEgNr,  LADNDRSSS: 
oaa  do  aU  kinds  of  fide  ireulilg  ;  T6ty  beft  of  ref* 
erence:  .no  obj::otlo9  to  tbe  country.  Oali  tor  rwo 
daya  at  No.  603  Stii  av.  _ 

— '   •''■■      '  •-""•■    :•"        ^    -  ■  '■-'■  -■-"-■>         » 

mALiKa. 

0DtCBiL^St"A^ODSG?MAN,  A  Sa-TIVE  OF 
. .  England,  who  baa  lived  as  head  waiter,  single- 
banded,  in  pHvate  families;  guod  expeitenee  ;  baa 
^J'iJ^^f  reierence  given.  Addzea^  Q.  L,.  Box  N& 
300  tIMgs  OP- rows   OFKICK.  1.2 j7    BgOADWAt^ 

ttACHlflAN  AND  GARDEN ER.-BY .4  SINGL^ 
young  man,  who  nn  lerstuids  the  proper  care  of 
horaea.  hirneas,  aod  carrlag' s;  is  a  good  groom  aa4 
cSrefdl  driver;  can  milk:  1,  not  afr  Ij  of  work;  besf 
referenefs.  Address  fur  three  days  W.  B..  Box  Na  814 
Ti-tnet  Office. 

COACH !tt AN.— BY  A  Sl.v-GLB  MAN    WHO   TBOSl^ 
ongoiy  nuderStHttds  the  caie  of  horses.  carrlageiK 
and  barueas;  careful  City  driver ;  oast  City  refereneet 
can  be  seen  at  breseut  ( mployet'a    Call  on  or  addreaa  ' 
So.  163  Weat  POth  st,  private  st«bla 

C'iOACHMAN— OF  Ru.P0riD  MiiRIi",  WHO  HA^ 
/a.  commauding;  control  of  tbe  geuf  ral  buitnesa  iu 
everv  p^irticnlar,  and  muat  highly  recommea.ieJ  from 
laat  employer.  Call  or  addreBB  Alexaudrla,  Na  2-2 
Eaat  39Lh  at 

uach.uAn  and  grooiml.-bj:  a  PRoiuaT- 

ant  ai;ii;Ie  man  as  cuachmah  aud  groom,  and  be 
trenerally  useful  :  can  mUk;  has  some  of  the  verr 
best  Citr  reference.     Address  Coachman,  Box  No.  210 

limn  Office. 

i»ACHJlAN.— BY  A  BLNUlB  YOUNG  Ma.n  WHO 
thoioOj^hly    iioderst.<nda      bis    business     -will     ba 
found  'wlllini;  and  obliging  in    every  respect ;  good  rei- 
erence.   Call  or  address  Coachman,  private  stablci 
No  6  West 44th  at 

COACU.tlAN    AND     GROOM.— Bit    A    SINULB 
man  with  good  City  refereuca    Address  P.  B..  J.  B. 
Bre water  b'Co.,  No,  l45  oth  ar. 

AR.tlKRS.— BY  A  MAR-OBD  MAN,  THOROUOdLt 
uuderatands  farming:  also,  tbe  care  and  manage- 
mentbf  all  kiuda  oi  atock:  capable  of  takihz  charge 
of  gentlemau'a  place:  ■w.ile  nnderaianis  dairy  and 
ponllrv;  flrst-claas  refAreuce.  CaU  or  address  P.  JL, 
No.  876  Broadway,  .-^eed  Store. 

t^ARiUKK    0(t  GARDHNRR.— BT   A.S  AMESf- 

Jl  can,  wi.th  flret-cl'.as  referencea,  aa  farmer  or  gajy 
deuer;  one  ><no  thoroughU-  understauda.  the  care  oil 
st'Ck;  engAgem°nt  destreii  bv  tne  lat  of  April  Ad- 
dreaa M.  H.,  Orange  Post  (office,  New-Jersey. 


FAR.UiCR BY  A  PR.-iCTICAL  FARMKR;  UVIiBR- 
Btanda  gardening,  can  build  fences:  unders  auds  all 
kinds  of  stock:  competent  to  take  care  ol  aucutle- 
man'a  plaoa    Addidas  B.,  Box  No.  2U0  Timet  Office. 


GAai>cNt<rC.— ^Y  A  GoIBMaN  vtARDENijIR  a;^ 
ea.;asement  especially  with  a  private  genclemau: 
thoiougbl.y  educated,  uud  iiaving  un  experience  of :a 
serifS  of  yt-ars,  he  will  be  able  to  give  lull  satiatocticia 
in  a. I  branches  of  hor.icuKu  e ;  UlIMI  lately  he  had 
the  m»ua;{ement  oi  tbe.  greea-bouse  deoartoient  o( 
Central  Park;  he  has  references  of  tbe  highest  char- 
aCrer.    Add  ess  Gardener,  Box  No.  2i-i  ZVmes  Office, 

ARUKNliK.- sYAtiCorCUMAN;  THoUODGHLT 
profesBl  nj.!  iu  all  tirancbes,  and  well  qu  illded  to 

ovei  sec  and  mniiage  the  affalra  ot  a  geutleman'a  place; 

first-ciasa  ret^rence  sa  to-ability,  boneaty,  and  sobriety; 

is  married,  one  child  ;  still  iu  his  present  place,  bus 

ioflvea  on  account  of  deata  in  the  &mily.    Address  U 

W.  K.  Box  .-^o.  2^5  r.roes  Office. 

/'^ARUKNBR.— Bf  A  MARRIED  MAN;  NO  IN. 
VTcumbrancc;  understands  care  of  gree.nhouse  auji 
cnltlvsttou  of  vegetables  tborougblv ;  aiso  farmiuA 
care  of  aiock,  and  all  work  pn  a  genileman's  plane; 
-wife  understands  dairy,  raising  and  care  of  poult^; 
good  reference.  Address  W.  B.,  Box  Na  'jiSi  Tuket 
Office. 


GARDF.NUR UY  A  MARRIEU  MAN:  ENGLISH; 
uo  family  ;  has  '.i:0  years'  succe.sstul  experieoee  ta 
greenhouse,  graperies,  truiCs,  flowers,  and.  vegeta- 
bles ;  tbe  oare  and  mana^iemeiit  of  stock  farm,  b:^; 
■wiie  is  fully  comf  eteut  to  take  charge  of  dairr,  pdul- 
t  y  ,  Stc;  best  of  reference.  Address  J.  B.  C,  liox  :*o. 
2v>o  TIMES  OP-TOUiS  OFFICK.  1.'J.'.7  BROAD>yAY. 

ARi><£NliR.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  FRB.nCH  GaB-' 
dener.    competent  in  all   braublies ;    of   long  ez- 

perl,*nce  in  the  cuuDtrv.     Call  at  or  address  A.  s}.  Jaidl- 

nier.  No.  l;-i6  B.ee.cket  st 

ARDEN£.lt.-Ooi  A  SMALL  PLaCS,  03  SECO.ND 
on  a  larse  establis   meat:   Enxllsh ;    good  refar* 

euce.    Address  J.  H.,  care  uf  B.   K.   i^liss   b  Sous,  Na 

34  Barclay  at 

GARUKnKR  ANU   FARMi^R.- BY  A    ¥O0N<^ 
German  as  gardener  end  hiirmer;  best  fefereuces; 
Address   W.  J.,  Wiiliamsbrld^e    Post  Office,  >ew-Vork. 

URSE.— BY    A    COMPETENl'    AND  Ti.MP  -RaTB 
man  as  nurse  or  atteodauc  to  a  sick  or  invalid  gen- 
tleman; oood  Clcv  reterenoo.      Address   Hervey,    box 
265  TIMES  UF-TOWN  OFFICK.  KO.  1,267  BRQADWAi'. 

PHOliSTERER.  —  TdOaoUGHLY  .  UN./EU- 
stands  decoration,  ha-vlng  bee:i  working  io  first- 
ci  >8S  houses  in  Paris  HUd  at  Mr.  Marout's,  New-yo.k : 
dBy  or  Jub  work;  decoration  aud  Linoy  woik  a 
8p(  cialty ;  charges  moderate.  Address  V.  B.,  No.  97 
West  Houston  st 

Al..Br,— liY  A  Fa...VCU.dAN  AS    SiiRVANl'  I'O  A 
gentleman  or  waiter  iu  a  private    family ;    good 
references  fiom  bis  last  and  present  employera    Ad* 
dTd&s  Frenchman,  No.  101  vVe8t4l8t  at.,  oasemeut 

Al  TKR.- BY  A  eOMP.iTBNT  AHD  UELIaBLE 
coiored  man  ua  tiriit-clasa  waiter  iu  a  flisi-clasa 
private  family,  ana  la  aLso  eapao  e  of  tildug  the  posi- 
tion of  a  U:'st-class  head  waiter;  can  giVd  tiie  best  of 
City  retereuce.  call  or  address  x^a  138  West  lath  at, 
aecotid  floor,  front 

AITER.— BV    A    YOUNG    E.\GL,lSilMAXr    IN     A 
private  family ;    is    Thoruu»;hly   comp^tehl :    la 
williug  and  obii;;in£ ;  good  City  leferencea.    Addreaa 
T.  H..  a.  otbecary's.  No.  672  tith  ar.,  corner  b9tb  st 


WAIjKR.— BY    A     Rii8FficrABL,B     tOUNG    E.SG- 
Ushmanaa  -waiier;  best  Citr  reference.    Addreai 
W.  G.,  NO.  2»1  Weat  26cb  et 

'  "    ■1'—^ 

WANTED.  — BT  a  PRlVAfE  FAMILY  IN  THIEI 
City  a  proteatant  Bngiisoman  as  second  waicer; 
wages  $3  J  a  mouLb,  'wicu  livery.  For  all  parucuiari 
apply  with  City  retereuces  at  Mis.  Sanders'  Na  49  3a 
uv.  uetween  11  A.  M.  aud  1^  M. 

VBTANTKU— A  Fiasi-CLASS    COT  I'ttLNTiitt,  P*a 

T  T  fectly  tsmUlar  -with  the  Adorns  and  Stop  Cylindei 

Preasea;  oniy  those  ■with  the  very  beat  refereocea  need 

apply.    Audreaa  Post  office  Box  ^u.  1,014,  New-Yorlr 


J?i 


WANl'ED— A    COMFETESX    WOMAN    AS    WAIT- 
ress  and  chamber-maid ;  muat  have  best  City  ref 
erence.    Apply  at  No.  6  Eaat  18th  sL 


DRY  GOODS. 


R.H.MACY&OO. 

SPBCULTlEi 

DRESS-MAKiJfG. 

BLACK  DSEbS  SIL&.    BOXS'  CLOTHING. 
UNLIKE  an.v  other  estaDlishment  in  tne  conntrjv. 
FOREIGN  DRY  GOODS,  FANCY  GOODS,  and  NOVEtk 
TIES  by  every  EUROPEAN  STEAMER. 

ORDBBS  BT  MAIL  RECBITB  SPECUL  CABS. 
CATALOGUES   Ii-BEE. 

14TH  ST.  AND  6TH  AVENUB,  N.  X. 
■  I  '  -^ 

To  Manufaotufers  of  Fertilizers. 
FOR  SALE, 

AMMONIACAL  MATTERS, 

In  fine  medhaulcal  condifioh.  and  cohtniniag  &om  13 
to  14  percent,  ammonia,  at  $2  25  per  unit  0!*  ammo- 
nia per  ton  of  '.2,Ui)U  poands.  free  oa  b  >ard,  at  Baltl 
more,  bnyern  fuml^iug  UAgs.     Addresa 

AMOE  SMITH  k  SONS, 
Post  Office  Box  No.  38.  Baltimore,  Jid. 


TO    CONSIGNORS    OF    lUEAT. 

Mr.  T.  B.  BLACK  begs  to  Inform  cirnaienora  of  meat 
to  the  Engliab  market  that  ail  conaigumeuts  lorwarded 
to  him  ■will  receive  prompt  iitieotiun.  and  no  paina  will 
DO  spared  to  aeoure  the  best  price:<. 

T.  B.  BLa,  K,  Commiaaion  Saleaman, 
No.  102  Central  Meat  Market,  London. 
EaTABLISHrJO  1850. 


IMPORTANT  TO  THE    INSDRBD  AND  TBt 
uninsured.    Call  on  W.  W.  CAUT,  >o.  178  Broadway, 
'^ew-Yurk.  or  aend  addreas  and  receive  (free  uf  cost}! 


E 


PI'S' COCOA.— GRATKFUL  AND  CO  dPJttl'l.O; 
XJea  lipaorfetisltb-lle.l.  JAMiiJ  KFFS  b  C  >.,  Hom-«T 
upatnic  Chemists.  No.  43  Tlueadoeedle  st  and  No.  170 
Piccaoillv,  1,0a  lOh,  England.    .New-Yora  l>epi>t  SMl  I'fl 
b  VaNDBRBKKE.  Parte  pl^e. 


^___J^EGAL^NOTIOEa__^ 

UMTEll  STATES  OB^AiStAWAT'^^ 

MassacbUsettS  Dlstriet,  1  .. 
beaL  J  "^ 

Bostob.  Februatjf-  Sd.  187», 

PuTBuant  to  a  monition  to  uo  directed,  I  hereby  give 
notice  to  all  peisons  coacerned  thac  a  libel,  01  p,-ri- 
tiOD,  is  filed  before;  the  Uon  John  lrf>weTl.  Julge  of  the 
District '.ourt  for  baid  diatliCt,  bf  wf.  Frederick  Nicit- 
eraon,  Fred°rlek  VV.  Nickeraon,  Alfred  A.  Nlctereoa, 
and  Klkanah  C  t^rosbv,  partteia  under  thettroi  ot  F. 
Nie^ersun  and  Company ;  Uarriaou  Luring,  Joseph 
Mokereon,  and  WluL-im  T.  U.ldden.  ow.iers  of  t>>e 
stedm-ahip  "Seminole,"  her  machinery,  1  ackie, apoareL 
and  fnmltnre,  a  id  freight,  agaiast  Jobn  Majruire, 
claimiiig  to  be  the  late  owner  of  the  steam-BMip  "Mi>nt- 
gomery^ "  and  all  persona  ^making  or  alleging  any 
elaim  against  amd  aieam-jhip  in  a  cause  ot  collision, 
Ci'vii  aud  maiittme.  wherein  ahc  Whereby  said  owners 
claim  tbe  beaefit  ol  limiratlen,  uf  liaoUity,  as  by  iBW 
providea,  aud  upon  the  faois  and  circumstsncrfs  aeC  - 
iurtb  in  eald  libel  or  petiiion ;  said  collision  b,  lot  al- 
leged to  liaVe  odedrred  between  1  be  sti'd  stetm-ablp 
"Moatgemery"  and  Said  ateiiih-ehip  -'  Semicole."oa  tbe 
morning  e( bnaday,  tbe  aereutbdity  ot  Jauoai-r,  now 
bst  past;  aad  pursuant  to  said  momtioo,  I  cite  aU 
veiaona  olaiminc  damagea  for  any  lose,  destmotiOii, 
damage,  or  Injury,  t>y  r,.a8on  of,  or  caoaad  by.  or  uns- 
ing  out  et  Baiti  coiiiBwn,  to  appeal  betere  said  District 
court  at  the  United  States  Court  houne,  in  Bestua.  la 
Said  dlstiiut  of  Maesaohusetta,  ou  or  before  the  fin* 
davotJrjie  hext  at  10  e'uiock  A.  M..  anu  make  doe 
proof  of  their  reapeottve  olalms. 

StiLAND  G.  UHUiiB,    United  SUtes  MartfiaL 

f4-l-aw8wM 


PEBSOjSrAL. 

Y^Oi^M   AltIfiPHT-^PLRA:>B    CALL    AT    HO. 
V.4^*  WM*  SUft  St.  U  ceiMiaa  M  actttlaa  a«oiBSL_ 


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eBNARi^  ims.  &  ft.  A  M.  u,  %  f.  m 

tli««t»aiDers  oi  tbis  Kne  tak«  x  speu<fled  o«ui;ie  xar  ^i 

-"Wb  t>e  <Mitwanl«-MiMce  tom  Qumiu^vji  to  i.ojr- 
f ork or  Bonton,  cmsMixraisridUaorSU  at  4^l«tl64ls. 
flrwatbhiK  to  thi' not^flf  A3. 

(( i«t4'^.nr  nothinartofeha  north  of  H. 

ALO^RM WKR.  Kejfc  7iCHIKA W^..  F^h  21 

PABTaivi..-VrEU.  Feit  J4lBATAyU..-WBb..Peb.  M 
fitaxm^rs  markba  '  ao  notf-Arrv  scesrase  p»eseiutenL 
Cabin  psssaer,  «80,  $100,  anl  *i33,  tfn1  J,  ancaiai>ii( 
MMCOmpiottatfon.  H«tarD>:lcfcetso<i  l^r(v:Ab}etec^s. 
'  8toer4«re  tiolceta  to  an  1  from  kll  oai^sfw  Barpiteat 
parv  low^^en.  Frei^lit  a»a  dmsa^s  olRoe,  Na  4  BbwV 
mcKTsen.  CHAS.  a   PaANOKtVN.  AsenL 


WHITR  8TAR  IJNh. 

FOB  QDBBN'.xTOWS    ASD    UV8RP00U     CABBSUia 
DNITKI)  STATES  MAIU 

The  stoamAra  of  tMsiiuataBa  ttis  U*ti'»  Ront-^trv 
•amnen^  by  Ueut.  M.»ary;  U.  3.  jr..  eoln^  soathof 
tha  BanKs  on  the  passage  to  Qaeenstowaau  thnyaar 
wtsnd. 

ADRIATIC 8ATUKDAT.  Feb.  10.  atSP.  JC. 

BajTANNIC..; SATOaOAY,  Feb.  2)1.  2  P.  ST 

CELTIC SATDKDAI.  »laroh  la  at  2  P    .VL 

OWMAOTC _  .SATOBDAT.Jtfareb  17.  6:30  A-  M. 

J^m  Wfiute  star  Dock.  Plsr  No.  53  Sortb  .=11  /»r. 

Tbesi-  stftRODers  -wt*  onlfotm  in  8lz3.aad  iiiwi;ro»s»9il 
to  appointm"at8.  The  sulooin.  gt*t9rooai».  smotaai 
ftw  Pfvth  rooms  are  ApilJ»biM-  irhera  th»  jiolsa  noa 
(Dotion  arr  least  felt,  aSbrdlaK  a  decree  of  i;itaxfoct 
Uthprto  amtttainnhle  atins^ 

9ate9— SbIooti  ${J0  "hil  *lQO,  r»li:  reuirn  Uokats 
onfa'rorabls  t«rms:    steerasn,  5Ji 

Vot  Inaoectlon  of  plans  nnd  othv   mformatloii  appi  r 

'  R..I.   ilOiTlS.    ««60t. 


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aTI^AH  MAXI.  UMt 

BT.^ONTaii1f      SBRTIOB      CO    JA*Vl<J\.      «A.Tr«. 

IX>U)tfBIA.  Mid  (8PINWAUU  and  tie  PAar&.Vt  Mi 

-  EODTHPACIKIO  POilT.<(  (rla  Asalairill.)    ViiiS'alMt 

tnll'potrered  Iroa  scrdvr  stjvtmau,    frpjo  Ptjr      JIo.  61 
I  Korth  Kiver; 

KorKINOflTOS  (JauLt  ana  AT7Z  OATEjS. 

ATLAiS _ Feb,  8 

>0T  HAITI.  COLO^fBlA,   LSrHHOH    DKPiNAilA,     »ilP 
SOOTH  PAOIKIO  POUTS  (vli  A83in<rall.) 

fcNDKS FeM4 

AXiPa Feb.  28 

»npertorlriNalv«  o*n->i  tJf  mootmi3l'»tl'n. 
PX\L  PORWOOD  Sl  Oa.  Asentv 
Na  5(>WaTliw 

'].JV£KPOOL    AND    »RRAT    WKS'fURM 

MTaAM  Ca.VlPANy.     (UMrrSD.» 

LIVEEPOOL.    (VlaQae«DSt'>\vu,) 

CARBIING  THK  UKITKU  STATHS  U.\IW 

TUESUAV. 

Z(«aTlng  Pier  Ro.  46  Korih  Blrer  aa  fbHovft 

*TOS|ISG FBbwB.  at  noon 

DAKOTA Feb.  13,  at  3  P.  M. 

SBVA-DA Feb.   20.  at   IDA.    M. 

IDAHO Feb.  27,  at  3  P.  M. 

UOSITA^VA March  6.  at  10  A.  M. 

mSCOSSIS March  13,  at  3  P.   M. 

B.>TES  OK    PASSENQKB3    REDDCKO. 
Steerage,  $26:  intermeiUate.  $iO;  cabia.  $-j5  to  $30. 
Mooidlng  to  state-room.     Offloss,  Ho.  29  Broadw^. 
'   "         WU.I..IAm.-i  «fe  liUIOM. 

STATE  LINE. 

^BW.YORK     JU    GI.A3UOW,     LtVKRPuOL.     ODBtUI. 

BELPAtT,  AND  boSD'iNDaJBt 

Theae  Hrat-cl'iss  lall-'jotrerel  stiaiinrs    will  laii  from 

Pier  So.  43  "JorUi  "trar.  foot  of '^in*!  't 

BTATh  OP  PHNNSTLrVANlA TbiirsdliT.  Fea  8 

MAT-   OF  VIEGINIA.......,^ Thnrsda.v.Fch.  32 

6TATBOK  .VEV    DA Thu-giar.  March  1 

Fir»i  cabin.  iFPO,  fro.  and  *70,  necovMnf  to  aroono- 
modaiions  return  tickets,  f  110.  S12&  6ecnn-l  cabin 
ff4.V  retari>  ilcicets.  itSO.  Stferage  »<  lowest  rates. 
Awtyci 

Ai;.STI.N  BAI.D'WiN  iSe  Ofl..  Asentv, 

Ko.72  Broadway,  lie w-Tork. 
STKtsSAGK  desets  at    No^ -U  Braaawtr.  lAd  at  the 
fpmMDv's  oier,  foit'tf ''-aaiKV.   Sorti  tivst. 

GREAT  SOUTHERN 

FRBIGHT  A>JI>  I'A.HMUNUBR  LINK. 

8AIL1.NQ  FR'lM  PIKR  XO    29   SO«Td   RIVSEt, 

WKUNFSDAYSanaSATOaiiATS  at  3  P    M.. 

rOR  CHAI{LEr'*TO>,  S.  r.,   F1.0UII>.A.  TUB 

SOl.'TH.  AND   m»lCTH-WE!*T. 

GOLFSTkKw ;Wt:u\   ,.daY Feb.  7 

C1T<    Oy  ATLA^TA SATURDAr Feb.  10 

BUPKKIOR  PA^SKNGKlt  AO"OJillODATU>.S!V 

Insorance  to <l'>'<ctn'iU'ia  iti>^iklt>;  oi»  p'ruent. 

Goofls  fi)rw:>rde"l  IPRe  i'  cam  nisjlon.  Passenior  cion. 

ttf Hnrlbllis  ..Maainsis^U'il  'lal  si^nsl  <»6  th^  oflcoif 

JA.1]I£.<«  \V.  QOINTARO  Jt  Cl>„    Asents, 

Ko.  177  West  <c.,  corner  Warreo- 

OrW.  P.  rfiTDB  Ji''0..  No    ri  Bnwlin?  jr^iea 

Or  BKri'LEY   0.    HA^^TJLfi,  General    A«enl 

Prfat wontaer  I  tfeeiitiil  L.iae.  3J  7   Broadway. 

AACHUii  LfNfi  L.  »,  .MAil.  hTKADlKRl^. 

SEW-rORK  AND  OLAaHOW 
rollTla....Feb.   10.  2  i'.  U  I  Aiichoil:i..Keb.  24,  2  P.  tt. 

AisatlR Feb.  17.  8  A.  M.  I  inhforuiH.     ar<-b  .S,  8  A.  M. 

TO  GLASGOW.  LIVKEPOOL,  ORDBRKt, 

i^btua  $t)3  to  SriO,  ac-corilin?  to  accommi  latiua};      lo- 

tpnnertiate,  $35;    SteeraRp  *28. 

SKW-YORK  AND  LONDON. 

Italia FPU.  10.  a  i'.  M.  I  Cfooia  reb.  24.  2  P.  SL 

Cabins,  i->i  to  S7U  Steerage,  *2».  »'abln  excur- 
sion tickets  Rt  rfilaceJ  rates.  lirifU  issued  lor  any 
Sniuuut  at  carrent  r.kCai.  Oomoanv's  Pirr  Nos.  '^dUautl 
tl.  North  River,  i.  V-  HBXiiiiRdaN  BR'fHliBS, 

Aireucs.  .No.  7  BowiinsGieen. 

MOKTH    UBRJnAN   I.I.OVI). 

BTKAJJ-SHiP     LfSE    BETWEKN    jTEW-YORK.   BOUT8- 

AjUPTO.n.  and  BRKJIEN. 

rompiiny'a  Pier,    toot  ot  UJtt.    di>aolieii. 

«HEIN. Sat.  Fell.    ...  I  hEtiJj.iSN...Sttt.,  Feb,  24 

OUKB d.it,.  j-ec.  17  I  .si-.<  K   R..  .Sat,,   March  it 

KATK-s  i}!*   |-A.-<3AOtt  FltOil    NKVV-YORK    ri>  SOOfd- 
AMPIU^i    HAVKB,   on  BdKJlB.S: 

Virst  cuAm .S100»iiiA 

bevond  <-.a,>>iii 60?ald 

fctferiue.. '.'.'.'.'.'.     bl'oarren»T 

RecoTD  tii;k«t3  it  i6<lucHdrt»,'«i.  PreDaiil  sceerasra 
rertincates,  i32  currency.  Por'rjiji;  nr  p.t8sai;H  ap 
plyt'> OcLKIOaaic  'X.  ■in.  2  iowlim  Green. 

ATlW.NAt,   U.N  E— Piers  44  and  51  Sonh  BiTcr. 
FOR  Li'.VDuN. 

CASADA Thnradav.  Feb.  8,  st  18  M. 

FOK  OUKKNSTOWS   AMD  LIVEltPOOL. 
HclT(tia..Feb.  10.  2  P.  il.  I  Ingiund.Fe'..  17.  7:30.a.1!J. 
Cabin  and  gteera^e  passage,  und   drafta  from  £1  up- 
ward, issnea  it  very  low  rates.    Comp/iuv's  efficea  Wo. 
69  Eroaaway.  t.  W.  J.  UURbT.  MundKer. 


Ift.UAS  I. IMS — ^UAINSTKA.tlKU^i. 

>0K  OHEUiXSTOWJ    AIT   LIYKaPOOu. 
CITTI  OF  CH  ESTER.  Saturday.  Feb.  17.  at  7:  JO  A.  M. 
tia^l  Oh  RK'HilOMi.  .Saturday,  iiarch  3.  at  8  AIL 
ClTl  OF  iiRU^-EL'.. Saturday.    Morcu  17,  »>:J0  A.  M. 
From  Pier  4.^  .North  tUr.ir. 
CABIN,$&1)  and  $100.ii.jll.    aacurii  '.i<JCiti   onfv 
TOrable  teruia.      srBHRAGE.    ^2i.    Uar-t>no7      UrifB* 
at  Inweat.-^iii. 

Saloons,    stau'vrooTnj,      smokinjt,    and    Batb-rooioa, 
luidsiiit^  joay  0.  DALK  Ageot, 

Kos.  1 5  and  ,i3  Broadway.  H.  1. 


OWIvV  l>IRii(JT  l.l.\iC  '!•«»   KKArnClS. 

THE  GENERAL  TRi.N3ATLAJJTrO  CDdPA.lIM    «l.UL 

STKAMERSBKTWBEK.NEW-YOaKASUHA^^aa. 

CaliiuKat  PliYMOUTU  (0.  !i.)  t'ur  tha  laiUla;  »C 

PassenKera. 

Will  sail  from  Pier  yo.  42  Horth  Riren  foe«3t  Morton 

It.,  every  alternate  Saturday,  begtnnlna  wilh: 

LABE^UOK..  aau^lier Satordav.  FeD.  10,  3P.  M. 

For  particulars  ad  drees 

LODIS  UE  BEBlA.V,  Agent,  No.  55  Broadway. 


FOR  SAVANNAH    QA., 

TjSK  FLOaiUA  PORTS.  ' 

AND  THE  BOOTH   AND  SOOTH-WEST. 

AEBAT  SOUTHERN  KBEIQHT  AJ?T)  PASSHNQBB  LIMR 

CENTRAL    RAILROAD  OF  OBOROIA.  AKD 

ATLAJJTIC  AND  GULF  ftAlLROAa 

WEDNKSDATt  ArH)  8ATDBDAY. 
GBNEBALBABMBa,  Capt.  CiiaasifAa,  WBDNBBDAY, 

reb.  7.  fler  16  East  Rivei;  B  P.  jl  UDREAY,  FEBEl j 
CO..  Aj(ts-  &'■£  Soutb  St. 

HAM  JACIMio,  i«pO.  HASAas,  BATORDAY.  Feb. 
10.  Pier  43  Mortn  Biver,  3  P.  itt.  GEU  lOiNQB,  Aat. 
409  ttroadwav.  ■ 

tu  LdVlAQSTOA,  Cape  Maxxobt,  WBOKESDAl,  Feb. 
14.  Pier  ao.  43  Nortb  River.  3  P.  U.  GkO.  YOflOB, 
AKent.  Na  4Ui>  Broadway. 

BAN  SALTADOK.  Capt.  NioxsKSOK,  BATDRDAY.  Feb. 
17.  Pier  43  Wortll  River.  3  P.  AL  UKa  YOiNQE,  Act. 
t09BBoadwa.y. 

Inaurance  ONE-HAlbF  PBB  CBCTT.  Superior  acoom- 
piodabons  for  passeofrera.  Thron^b  rates  and  bUla  of 
UdtoK  in  ounneotlou  with  (Jeutral  R.  R.  of  Geurgia, 
\tiantic  and  Unit  Railroad,  and  Florida  steamers 
lity  Point  and  Dictator  also,  with  the  steamer  J. 
X  SCniLEB,  which  bas  been  placed  on  tiiu  inside 
;oate  £rum  Savannah  to  Florida,  and  oO^a  oosurpMsed 
ftocommodationflb 

C.  U  UiVGNS.  OEOBQB  YO.NOB, 

Agent  A.  it  O.  R.  B.  Agent  C.  R.  R.  of  Oa^ 

N&  315  Broadway.  No.  409  Broadway. 

FiiURlUA.  '■ 

Caution  to  travelers  t  Great  redaction  in  bfavia 
the  inland  ^roate  firom  Barannab  to  all  Florida  ports. 
Only  AS  to  Jaokaonyllla.  Meais  and  state  rooma  extra, 
rbe  elefiant  ateamei  J.  B.  BOHUYLBB  makes  cluae  eon- 
neotioa  with  all  Savannah  steamers,  thna  forming  tbe 

§'cke«t  and  meat  agreeable  ronte  as  well  as  tbe 
est  m  fare.  Accommodations  Cor  paasengers  on- 
passed.  Travelers  ara  cautioned  againat  purchas- 
I  brough  ttoketa  via  any  other  ronte. 


f?^*^  STEAMSHZP  LINES, 


\mk 


fOBCALlFOBinA,JAPAl»,OHI!«A,AnSTBALU.  HKWV, 
BBALAKD.  BKmsfl  OOLDilBIA,  OBBGON.  fca 

SalUug  from  Pier  Ko.  42  North  Riven 

For  SAN  FBA.SOISCO,  vi»  WTHMOd  OF  PAKAMA. 

Btaam-atUD  vmxtOh Tbmrsday,  Febk  IB 

conneotlng  lor   central    Amerioa   ana  South   PaolBo 
pottlk 

From  SAN  FRAN0T8CO  to  JAPAN  aad  CHINA. 

StMm-flhip  CITH  Olf  TOKIO Thntaday,  March  1 

Fkom  San  Franclaco  to  Siutawlob  lalandi,  Aiutrali% 

and  New-Besdand. 
Bteam-ahip  CITY  OF  SYDNBY Wedneaday,  FeK  28 

For  ftaighi  or  passage  apply  to 
WM.  P.  CLYDE  fc  CU,  or  H.  J.  BITLLAT,  Snperinteadent, 

Na  6  Bowling  Green,  Pier  No.  42  N.  R. .  foot  Canal  at. 

|iBW-TOBK.aAVaNA.ANDUBZtCAA HAILS.  4.  (ilSS. 

Steameia  leave  P>ar  So.  S  ^ortb  ><1  t-it  »s  i  f.    H, 
K<>R   liAVANA  UIRBirR 

Cmoir  ABW'YOlUu. Wedneedav.  Feb.  7 

cm  OK  HAVANA 8attinia.y,  Feb.  17 

eiTX  OF  VKBa  CBDZ Wedne8na.y,  Feb.  21 

FOR   VK&A    VH.VA    ANU    NRW-URi.&t.N!^ 

VU   UitvaAa,    ProjCTaa>*>  «l»ia,>eaatiT    Tas»a^      aad 
lampicOi 
CITY  OJ-  HAVANA. -Satarday.  Fak  17 

steamers  win  teave  New->>rieans  Feia  28  apd  Mtreh 
X6  lor  Vera  cms  aim  1M  trie  d  uoye  unr&v 

Forfraicnt  or  passage  %poiyt  J         ^..i, 

F.AL  KX A  N  DRg  &aoifa>.  -Noj.  ^1  aad  3 J  Braylw^. 

NEW-YOBKANJ>  HAVANA 

DIJCBOT  MAIL    LINE. 

These  iirstF«laa8„steamsblDS  satt  xapuarir 
Lat  3  P.  M.,ttom  PlerNa  13  Nftcttl|ii9rM 

COLOalSc!"?!!!: WBDSFBBAl,  tM^  14 

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*•;•'''*—.-.... ......Feb.  8iP01QiRHAKU.....J'eD.M 

liKLLK.i.T. r....Feliu   ^6i^<DEVlA Mareh  I 

Batea  or  pMs%fa  to  Piymoitth,  LondiHi,  OJiarhonrc, 
.UMnJtoig;  aofl  ui  points  in  BagianL  First  ('abin.  «1>^ 
<^  .W^fPiS&  <^^i  n.  i&a  20)  d:  .staerago.  i.HP,  eqxTenfiy 


JBAILROADS^ 

p]^fSsyLyAisiA  BAnSoiS. 

«i&£AT  TKUNK.  MNfi 

AND  UNITED  STATES  MAIL  BOUTa 
Tialna  leave  .New-Yorir,  via  Desbrosses   aad     Cort* 

landk  Streeia  Ferries,  as  f.)ilow$ 

iixnresd  pat  Uarrisborg,  Pittabfirg,  the  Weat  and 
Bouth,  with  Pnllman  PnUce  Oars  at^bed,  8:39  A. 
M.,  Biuitt  8:80 P.  M.,  dalty. 

For  WiliiAinsport,  Lock  Haven,  Oorry,  and  Brie,  at 
8:30  P.  M.,  cuonectlns  at  Oorry  tbrTltnsville.Petlo. 
lenm  Centre,  and  tbe  Oil  Regions.  For  Wllllam> 
pdrt  and  Look  Havea.  8:30.  A.  M. 

For  Baltun.>Te,  Wastainirton,  and  the  Bonth,  "Um- 
ited  Wasniatcton  Express"  of  Pullman  Piulpr  Cai^s 
aaily,  except  Sunday,  9:30  A.  M.:  arrive  Washluc- 
ton4:10  P.  M.  Beiralar  at  8:40  A.  M.,  1.  6,  and  8 
P.  H.   Sunday,  6  and  9  P.  M. 

Express  for  Pulladelpbia,  7:  30.  8:30,  8:40.  (9:30  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4,  6,6,  7,  8:30,  9  P.  M.,  and  12 
ntabt.  Sunday,  8:30  A.  M.,  6,  6,  7.  8:30,  and  8  F.  M. 
Emigrant  ana  second-class,  7  P.  M. 

Accommodation  <or Trenton.  7  A.   41.,  2  and  4:10  P.  M. 

For  tr  lins  to  Newark.  Elizalietli.  Rabway,  Prlnoeton, 
Trenton,  Perth  Amhoy,  Flemmgton,  Belvlder?,  aiia 
other  points,  see  local  schedules  at  all  Ticket  Of- 
fleea 

Trains  hrrlve:  From  Pittsburg.  6:20  and  10:30  A.  M., 
and  10:30  P.  M.  daily;  iO:li)  A  M.  and  6:50  P.  id. 
daily,  eiOBDt  Monday.  Prom  Washington  and  Bal- 
timore. tj:30,  9:50  A.  M..  4:10,  6:10.  and  10:21)  P.  M. 
Sunday  6:30.  9:50  A.  U.  Prom  Philadelphia,  5:05, 
6:20,  6:30,  9:50.  10:10, 11:50  A.  M.  2:10. 1:10  5:10, 
6:50  S:40.  lii:10,  and  10:20  P.  M.  Sundav  6:05, 
6:20,  6.30,  9:50,  11:50,  A  M.,  6:50,  10:10,  and  10:20 

Ticket  Offices,  Noa  626  and  944  Broadway,  No,  1 
Aator  Uoose,  and  foot  of  Desbrosses  and  Cortlandt 
streets;  N...  4  Court  street  Bvooklva  Nos.  114,  116, 
and  lis  Hudson  street.  Uobokon:  Depot.  Jersey  City 
Emigraot  Ticket  Office,  No.  8  Battery  place. 
FB4MKTH031SON.  D.  M.  BOYD,  Jb., 

General  ^danaser.  Oenfriil  Passenger  Agent. 


TU    PHILADBIiPHlA 

PENNSYLVANIA  RAILBOAD. 

THE  OUVBSTABLIBHED  ROUTB  AND    SHORT    LINE 

between 

MCVV-YORK    AM>    PHlL.ADJSJUrHlA. 

14  Throngh  Trains  each  way  daily :    8  Depots  In  FhUa- 
delphla.  2  In  It ew- York. 

4  Titkoks,  the  most  ImprovMi  Bqulpment,  and   the 
Fastest  Time  consistent  with  absolale  safety. 

Bxnress  Trains  leave  New-fork,   via  Deshrossea  wad 

Cortlandt  .^treets  Ferries,  as  follows: 
7:30.  8:30, 8:40.  (9:30  Limited.)  10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4,  6,  6: 

7,  8:3ii.  9  P.  U.,  .'ind  12  Midnight    Sunday.  8:30  A. 

M..  6,  6.  7.  8:30.  and  9  P.  M. 
Returning,  trains  leave  Phiia-lelphla  3:20,  3:30,7,  7:30, 

8:30,  and  11   A.  M.,  (Limited   Kxpress,   1:36  P.    ».,) 

1:4!).  4.  5:30,  7.  and  7:35  P.  H.,  and   12  Midnight 

On  Sunday,  3:20.  3:30,  7,  8:30  A  M..  4,  7,  7:36  P.  M., 

and  V^  U-dalRht. 

licker  Officer,  Noa  626  and  944  Broadway,  Na  1 
Astor  Hoose,  and  loot  of  Desbrosses  and  Cortlandt 
sts.;  No.  4  Court  st,  Brooklyn  Nos.  114,  116.  a^d  118 
Huason  st..  Hoboken;  Depot.  Jersey  City.  Emigraul 
Ticket  OfH.  e.  No.  8  Battery  place.  ' 

FtUNK  TriOMSOX.  D.  M.  BOYD,  Ja., 

General  Manager.  General  Passenger  Arent 


TW-RW-YORK      CKNTRaL.     ANO     HUDSON 

X^aiVKR   RAILROAD i  ommenon^  Dec    '.iU,    lS7a. 

throuKb  trams  will  leave  Grand  Central  Depot: 

7:. 5  .\.  .>!.,  vv saltern  and  Northern  Exuress.  with 
crawioK-rooua  cars  to  Canan  iuigua. 

^:30  A  ftL.  spt^dal  C^icaeo  aad  St.  Lsnts  Express. 
wiiQ  drawing-ruum  cars  to  Bochester  and  BuOaio. 
Also.  throu.;h  Ctr   o  Sc  Louis. 

11:00  A  U.,  North-rn  and  Western  Express. 

3:oOP.  M..  special  Alb:Mi7.  Troy  and  Weatem  Bx- 
prosit  HiTives  ac  Bulf.*  o  7: 10  A.   VI. 

6:00  P.  d..  Kxpress.  with  slortploT  cars,  for  W^ter- 
town  and  Caaand^Ljiua.  Alagt'jr  UoutrdAl  via  Platts- 
liurg.  r 

8:.iOP.  H..  Paciflo  KxpresN  daily,  with  sleeping  oara, 
lor  Riicheatec  .Siagara  FrIIa  Buffalo,  Cleveland,  la- 
nianapolis,  and  i  ou  ovi.le.  Alito  for  Cblcaxo,  via  t>oth 
T'  -V  and  U.  O  Baiiroads,  anu  tu  Montreal  via  St  Al- 
bans. 

11:00  P.  M..  Kxoresa  witb  sleepinz  oars,  for  Albany 
and  Troy.     Way  trains  as  p«<r  local  lime  TubleSL 

Tickets  tor  sain  at  Nos,  232.  :  61,  and  413  Broadwa.v, 
and  at  Weatooci  Express  (/Ompanv's  offices.  Nos.  7 
'Park  oUce.  786  and  94:^  •BroadwaV  New-Yurk.  and 
333  Washmctuii  sL.    Brooklyn. 

C  B.   UKEKE.t  General  Passeneei  Agent 


ERIE  RaJL,WA%. 

Winter  Arrangement  oi  through  trains.  From  (Tham- 
biTs  btreetUepo  .     (For  23d  at.  s.^  uota  below.) 

9:00  A.  il.,  diulv,  except  Bundavs,  Cluclnnatl  and 
Chicago  DavKxuress.  Urawlng-r  >om  conches  to  Buflala 

li  :45  A.  M.,  daily,  except  bonaavs.  Express  Mati  for 
Boj&in  and  the  vVe^t.     >leepia,;  cojon  to  Birff  .la 

7:00  P.  M..  dali.v.  Paciflo  Hxpres-i  to  the  West,  cieefv- 
iiig  coaches  through  to  baffaio.  Xiaeara  Falls,  Cluoln- 
uati,  and  Chicaiio  witbou.^  change.  Hotel  dlnin^- 
coaches  to  Chicago. 

T:OU  f.  M..  except  .Saodars,  Western  BmUcrant  train. 

Above  trains  leave  Tw-ntv-thir.l  Street  Ferry  at 
8:45  and  10: 15  A.  M..  and  6:45  P.  M. 

For  local  trains  see  time-tables  and  cards  la  hotels 
and  depots. 

J. NO.  N.  APBOTT.  General  Passenger  Agent 


NEW-YUKR.    NKW-UaTEN,    AND    HART- 
IfORU     RAIr.ROAD. 

After  Dec.  10,  18^6,  trains  leave  Grand  Central  De- 
pot (42d  rt)  for  New-Caanan  Raiiroad  at  8:05  A.  M., 
J,  4:40  P.  il,:  Danbu  y  andNorwalk  Railroad  at  M:05 
A.  M.,  1,  aud  4:40  P.  M  ;  Naajatuck  Rallr.K.d  at  8:05  A- 
M.,  and  3  P.  M.;  Uoosatonic  R.iilroaa  at  8:05  A.  M., 
and  3  P.  M.;  Mew-Haven  a  .d  Northampton  Railroad  at 
8:05  A.  M..  and  3  P.  M.;  lor  Newport  at  8:05  A.  M.  and 
IP.  M.;  Boston  and  Aiiiany  Railroad  at  8:05  and 
II  A.  M  ,  3  and  9  P.  M..  (9  P.  id.  ou  Sunday ;)  Boston. 
(vl;i-  Shore-.  Liiie.i  at  I  and  loP.  M.,  (lu  P.  M.  on  Sun- 
days.! l>o«ton  and  ^ew-l'otk  Air  Line.  8  A.  M.,  1  and 
11:35  P.M. 

Way  trains  as  per  local  tims-tal>Ie<k 


LEHIUH  VALIiEV  RAILROAD. 

AREASQEMEST.        PASShNGEE  TRAINS.         JAN.  1. 

1877. 
Leave  depots  fiot  of  Coiclaadt  and  Di-brosse3  sts.,  at 

6:30  P.  .VL— Siaht  Express,  dailv,  f..r  Eaatoo,  Bethle- 
hem, AUeniown,  Mauch  cb  uk.  Wilk3b.ixre.  Pittstoa, 
Sa.Tre,  Blmin*,  Ithaca,  Auburn,  Eucbeater.  Budiio, 
Niaeara  Fails,  and  tbe  West  PuUoian's  sleeplui( 
coaches  attached. 

General  Sssiern  office  corner  Church  and  Cortlandt 
sts.,  CHARLES  a.  tUMMI.NGi.    A^.)t 

ROBE  (T  H.  SAiTKB.  eaperinteoaeut  and  Engineer. 

M°Kl'«tRU  RAI  I.ROAU  ROU  PR  TO   Niivr- 
PORT,  R.  I.— Passengers  lor  this  hna  take  8:05  A. 
5L  and  1  P.    il.   express   trains    from   Grand   Cntrai 
Depot,  amvioK  at  4:18  and  8  P.  M.  at  Newport 

TUBOUOUo  WARBEN,  Superintendent 

STEAMBQAT& 

STONINGTON  LINE 

|fOR     B08T0N     A.ND    AliL.    POINT.-^     EAST. 
KBUL'CED   FARE. 

Elegant  steamers  leave  Pier  No.  33  North  Biver. 
f.iot  of  Jay  st ,  at  4:30  P.  3C 

Tickets  for  sale  at  vli  orinolpti  tiolcetofloas.  Htat> 
rooms  secnre.l  at  nfficeso'  Wostcutt  .itprass  Company 
aud  at  .No.  .S63  Broadway. 

PROVIOBNCK    IJNH. 

Freicht  only,  steamers  leave  Pier  No.  37  .'(arth 
River,  foot  ofPark  place,  at4  P.  lA.  Freight*  via  either 
dnetakeuat  lowest  rates. 

D.  6.  BaBCOi:K.  Praa.       L.  W.  Pitsisri.  <j.    p.  Acent 


FALL    RIVER   LINE 

FOR 

BOSTON  AND    THE    EAST. 

ITARES  RRUUCEII. 

Leave  New- York  dally,  (Sundav  excepted.)  ftomPiar 
Bo.  28  North  Blver,  foot  of  .dorrav  st.  4:30  P.  M. 

BORDEN  it  LOVELL,  Agents. 
6B0.  L.  CONNOB.  (ieuerti  Paaaeneer  A;;ent. 


'KTUW'UAVEN,  HAKTFURO   AMD  TUB   NURTB 

X^  Steamers  leave   Pei  k  slio  tor  New-Hnven  at  3  P.M., 
(except  tlundays.)    connecting   with  roaiL 


■jiORBKiUGKI'ORTA.^'O  AL.I.  POINTM    ON 

I/Housatomc   and    .Naaxatuoic    ttailroad.— 7*rik     %\, 
Aeamera  leave  nstbariiie  silo  ti.  1  l-3d  .1.  t. 


ELEOTIONS. 


OVnCB  0»  TBB  COMSOLIDATIOir   COAI.  CoaFAICT  OV 

Mabtlaso,  No.  71  Broadwat, 

Naw-lToaK,  Feb.  2,  1877.  y 

TBB  ANNUAL  lUBKTI.NI^  OK  fak  BTOUS- 
Doidars  of  this  companv  tor  the  election  of  Presi- 
dent and  Directors,  aud  transaction  of  other  tiusl- 
aesa.  will  beheld  at  uoon  on  WKUNBSDAY,  the  21it 
inst  Tbe  traai^T-books  will  close  at  2  o'clock  P.  M., 
Oa  the  lOtb  Inst,  aud  reopen  on  tbe  23d  inst 

_      H.  c.  HICKS,  Secretary. 


THR   ANNUAL      .tlRRTlNG     OF     8TOCK. 
BOLDERS  of  tbe  Hiarylaad  Cool  Company  tor  the 
election  of  a  Piesideot  aud  tea  IHreotora,  ana  for  such 

other  business  as  ma.v  oome  before  the  meeting,  will 
beheld  at  the  comuany*8   office,    ^o.  111  Broadway, 
Feb.  6.  at  11  A.  S.    PoUa  open  fiom  12  Hi.  tiU  1  P.  M. 
S.  T.  BOS  i.  Secretary. 


T  BE  ANNUAL  ELECTKI.N  FOR  THlKTfiEN 
Directors  of  the  bixtb  Avenue  Railroad  Company 
wiU  be  held  at  the  Depot,  6ta  av.,  comer  of  43d  st,  on 
TUESDAY,  Feb.  13,  1877,  from  12  to  1  o-oloek. 

H.  S.  MOOB^,  Secretary. 


OOPAgTNERSmP^NOTIOEa 
^  "TmssoiXai^oNl! 

The  firm  of  JAUBS  L.  SHARP  It  CO.,  is  this  day  dls- 
aolved  bv  limitation  and  mutual  consent  Either  party 
la  authorised  to  sign  In  liquidation.  Friends  are  earn- 
estly requested  to  settle  aeeounts  as  speedily  as  possi- 
ble. 

Mr.  BHABP  has  removed  to  No.  78  Beekman  st, 
where,  with  greater  ttcilitlea,  ha  will  continue  the 
manufacture  of  Gas  and  Oil  Stoves.  Wliile  thanking 
yonior  .your  kind  patronage  in  the  past  aad  eoiicittng 
your  favors  m  the  ^atnre, 

We  remain  respectrally  yours, 

GILBBBT  Q.  WOOD. 
JAMba   L.  8HABP, 
No.  1986th  av.,  New-York,  Feb.  l,  1877. 


TBB  OOFARTNBR0BIP  BKRBTOFURK 
existing  between  tbe  subsoritters  und$r  the  name 
ot  FULlBR,  LoBD  k  CO.  exftred.  pnranant  to  agree- 
ment, on  the  31st  of  Jannarr,  1877,  and  bsa  oeaaedto 
exist.  Tha  bqsioess  oj  ilie  subacriuers  will  hereafter 
b«  carried  on  at  Vo.  1 39  Greenwich  st ,  under  tbe  part- 
nership name  Of  FULLBt  BBOTHBRB  4  CO. 
New-1«r*.Feh.  1. 1877.        Geo.  FDLLBB. 

HOBACH  W.  FULLEB, 
CHABLKB  O.  FDLLBB. 


FRANC1.H  EVRRUEA<L  BBOOOlKai  A  PABf- 
ner  In  our  Arm  this  day.  Tbe  business  of  label  and 
color  printers,  lithographers,  and  stationers  at  Ho. 
li»4  Voiton  st  will  i>e  ooniinued  as  heretofore  nnler 
the  eld  Ann  name  by  HENRY  BVERDEUi  andFBAS- 
GiD  EVBBDBLIi. 

WTLUAM  BYBBDBIiL'S  BONB. 
Baw-TORX,  Fah^  1.  18T7. 


0FFICB9  TO  IiBT 

BfYHB 
VIMB8  0VIJUD||<l»' 


^mmoiM*. 


bankehs 


14  and  IS  Kuaman.  «t^  IVe<«r*Torlc. 

mAusfotu  ax^^i^^w  flOYjBuupiyrr 

«8W.TORKCFrT 

WfAnuS^ovi  cos&nsio^i 

RAILU^AY  Kl'UCKai.    RONUS,  AN*   4>OLD. 

INTEREST  OM  DEFOmns. 

JAK.  A.  TBOWBBIBO*.  DONaLD   RAOKAT 

LATHAM    A    FISH 


CHASE  &  ATKHS, 

BANKERS  AND  BROKERS, 

NO.  18  BROAD  8TREBT.  NBW-YORK. 

INTERBST  ALLOWED  ON  DEPOSIT  A0C00HT8 
SOBJBCT  TO  DRAFT  AT  8I0HT. 

GOLD.  GOVBBNMHNT,  STATE,  RUHICIPAI,,  AKD 
BAILROaD  SBCURITIBJ  BOUGHT  AMD  SOLO  ON 
COMMISBION  FOB  CASH  OB  UFO.'i  RABQIIL 


TO  THE  HOLDBBS  OF 

Alabama  State  8  per  cent.  <S0ld, 
Bonds  of  1870, 

ISSUED  TO  THE  ALABAMA  AND  CHATTANOOGA  B,  B. 
Saw -York.  Feb.  1,  1877. 

Having  been  appointed  by  tiis  English  Committee  of 
Bondholaers  agents  for  the  United'  States  to  receive 
the  deposit  of  Bonds  accompanied  by  a  oontribatlon 
of  Ten  Dollars  Gold  for  each  b<ind,  we  respeotfally  re- 
quest holders  to  depo'lt  wlih  us  at  our  office.  No.  61 
William  st,  their  Bonds  and  the  stated  contribution, 
for  which  proper  reoelots  will  \it  luned. 

Printed  iorm^  for  deposit  of  Bonds  and  coplea  of  the 
resolution  under  frbtcn  tbe  said  Committee  act  will  be 
furnished  on  applloatii>n  at  our  office. 

PLOCK  <t  CO. 


THE  NEW.YORK    MINING    8T0C&     EX- 
CHANGE, 

No.  IB  Broad  sr.  Organised  In  1864. 

This  aasooiatiou  has  been  reorganised  fur  the  pur- 
pose of  frtCliltating  dealings  in  the  ttacks  of  the  promi- 
nent mlninic  o  mpamea,  and  thna  meeting  toe  de- 
ma. .cla  dt  l;asiiiess  arisinit  tiota  the  increased  develop- 
ments and  growlcK  importauCH'  of  the  mluing  int°rests 
01  the  oouatrv  ;  135  ot  its  members  are  a)s.>  members 
i.f  tne  NKW-yOHK  »TOlK  KXCHANGK;  60  of  Ita 
memuers  are  also  membeis  of  the  NEW-YOEK  <30Id) 
EXi  HANUE. 

Parties  desiring  Information  relative  to  the  hnslaesa 
of  the  Exchange  or  membership  therein,  may  apply  to 
the  Secretary.  J.  WYttAN  MOBRId,  at  lt<  temporary 
rooms.  No.  19  BROAD  SI'. 

JOHN  STANTON.  J«..  Preslaent 


WABApiB   RAILWAY    COaiFANY. 

NOTICE   TO    aONOaOLOBRS. 

Tbe  holders  of  the  tollowing  First  Mortgage  Divisional 
Bonds  of  the  Wa..aBb  Railway,  via: 

Toledo  and  Illinois  Raiinad  Companv, 

Lak"  Erie,  Wa.mgh  and  sc  Louis  Stailroal  Company. 

Great  Western  B»iIro,Ml  Companv. 

Illinois  ana  Soutuern  Iowa  ilavlroad  (Tompany. 

Cm  pre^entatioo.  on  Feo.  1,  of  the  past  due  ana  cur- 
rent coupons  t.i  tne  M'tro  olitan  i.\at1onal  Bank,  will 
reoKive  tbe.-efor  cash  for  the  conpona  due  Feb.  1. 
1877,  and  a  oeriiflcate  ofdeposit  t>e»rlng  Interest  for 
those  past  due. 

For  further  Infoiih  I  tion  and  particulars  In  regard  tp 
all  classes  of  bonds,  ioouiry  ma.y  be  madeofJAdKS  A. 
ROOSEVELT,  Presideui  vvubjsli  ttailway  Company, 
.No.  32  Pine  sc,  or  of  tbe  Purohasiag  Committee,  No. 
62  Williuni  St..  .>ew-i.'ork. 

Nbw-iork.  Jan.  'i.6.  1877. 


THE4^0LU  .nORT(JAUHHONl»UOLOKRM 
Commitiee  are  now  prenarad  to  pnrcbaan  all  or  any 
I  ortion  of  the  nurstauolog  tbiriy-iwo  Gold  M'^rtgage 
Bonds  of  tbe  Toledo,  Wabash  and  Westero  B.iiwa.y 
Compan.y,  for  the  sum  or  $68.1  68  per  bond,  wbieh  i* 
tbe  amuu  It  of  tbe  diTidend  in  cash  arisluK  from  the 
s.ile  under  the  foreclosure  proceedings.  Or  if  the 
holders  of  an.v  at  these  tx>nas  wish  to  Join  tbe  other 
oondno  ders  an  I  share  in  the  sale  made  toiheo..-w 
parries,  tliey  may  do  so.  provid.  d  the?  notiiy  us  by  tbe 
15th  of  Febmar.v.  Apply  lo  W.  A.  V.  POlT.  rteuretarv 
of  tbe  Foreclosure  Commitiee.  at  tbe  office  «>f  Perkins, 
Livincstoii,  Piist  it  Co.,  No.  23  Nassau  Bt 
Naw-YoKX,  Jan.  27.  1S77. 


OrnoB  nETROFOLiITAN  I.NiiURAhCR  CO..  ) 

Na  lo8  BaoAPWAT,  Mew-iorx,  Jan.  29,  1877.    1 

THE  UNOKRMIG.VED  11  As*  MADB  AN 
arrangement  with  the  CONl'INKNTAL.  IN. 
f<UKA>CH  t-O.^II-ANV,  No.  1 02  Broad w..t.  assets 
over  1^,000.000,  whriei.y  that  compaor  will  ■nbetl- 
tnte  its  Odllci.  s  in  plucr  of  ihcae  Issned  i>y  the  Me- 
troiK>litan  Insurance  Compaoy.  to  take  effect  lu  each 
case  upon  tne  surrender  ot  the  policies  uf  this  com- 
oany. 

PoHoy-boldera  are  lnvit«'d  to  und  la  their  policies 
for  such  substitution  at  onoe. 

CHARLES  B.  APPLEBY, 

Recetvar. 


OCEAN   NATIONAL  BANK. 
ASSETS  AT  AUCTION, 

MARCH  27,  1877. 
For  catalogue  apply  to  ADRIAN  H.  MULLBB  k.  (X>., 
No.  7  Pine  st,  pr  to  the  Beceiver,  No.  21  Naasan  at 

THEODORE  M.  DAVIS.   Beceivex. 


MUNIClPAIi  BONOa,  OUB  IttOe.    A  LIMITBD 
AMOUNT  FOB   BALE  BY 

KUDNtLOEB  &  CO.,  NO.  SI  NASSAU  ST. 


Nkw-Torx,  Jan.  SO.  1877. 

NOTICE   IX   HERKDY    tilVKN    THAT   AN 
application   has    l>een   made   t-o  the  Lesialatnre  of 
this  Siate  to  amend  the  chi«rter  of  ttie  LafaveiCe  Fire 
Insurance  Comoaiiy  of  Brooklyn. 
By  order  of  tha  Board  of  Oirectors. 

GEO.    N.  HO.ST,  Secretery. 


OHITBP  STATBS  KxPRBSS  COMPA:fT,  ] 

TBBAstTRBR'i  OFFica,   ^o.  82  Broadwat,  > 
Nbw-Yori:,  Jan,  27,  1877.     > 

THE   TRANKFER.BOOR.:^    OF    THIS  COM- 
pany  wlil  be  closed  Feb.  3.  at  2  P.  M.,  and  reopened 
Feb.  16.  TUEO.  B.   WOoii,  Treasurer. 


T 


OlNYBaTOR8.-»I&,000AT8BYBNPBa0BNT., 
fur  three  years  or  more,  wanted  on  a  flrst-claai 
bond,  seen  red  by  first  mortgage  on  valuable  store,  on 
favorable  Tnoity  leasd,  torepiace  asimilar.  long-etand- 
ing  mortgage  abunt  to  i>e  settled  in  partitioa  o'  an  ■»■ 
tate.    Address  UBECHANT,  Box  No.  183  nines  Office. 


AC.  BUR^UA!»I,  NO.  33  PINK  ST..  NEW-YORK. 
•—Investment  securities  oaying  eight  to  ten  per 
cent,  tor  sale.  Western  mortgages  a  specialty  tor  six- 
teen yoars.  Kefereaoes  in  New-York,  Boston.  Hart- 
ford, and  Philadelphia.    Send  for  lists. 


BROWN  BROTH ER.H  4r  CO.. 

NO.  69  WiLL  :<i"., 

iHflDls  COMMKBclAL  and  TBAVELKU9    CBaDm 

AVAILABLE  in   a'l  PAtiTS  of  tbe  WOBLI). 


dftOAA   £\(\(\  I"**   LOAN   ON    BOND  A.NO 

tJP^V/vF.vFvLF mortgage  on  Mew-York  Caty  Im- 
ptoved  propcrt.y.    Apply  to 

GRANT  BROTHERS,  No.  2  Exchange  court 


WABAI-iK  KAILWAY'COAlPAiNY HBTBO- 
poiitan  National  Bauk's  CertiAoates  of  Deposit  lor 
coupons.  pUTobased  b.v 

W.  U.  Da'KINSON,  No.  14  Wall  st. 


FIRE    INe^URANCK   iSTOCHd 

BOUGHT  AND  SOLD  BY 
E.  S.  BAILEY,  No.  (16  Wall  st 


^rviDENm. 

Fiftieth  IHvidend, 

CLINTON 

FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

«0.  156  BROADWAY. 

Nkw-Yobx.  Jan.*.  1877. 
Thenanal  seml-anntial  Dividend  of  TEN  PBR  CENT, 
is  payable  on  demand.  Q.  T.  PATTXBBOi<i,  Jr.. 

BecretatT. 


OWIOBOP  THB  NbW-YoKK,  PrOvidRKOB  ANn   BOSTON) 

KAtLaoAS  CoMPAin,  (SToiriHeTON  Railsoad.)     > 
Nbw-Vobx,  Jnn-  25, 1877,  > 

A  QUARTERLY  DIVIDEND  OF  TWO  AND 
oTe-HALF  per  CENT.,  out  or  the  eamlnKS  of  tha 
Saat  three  months,  will  be  oald  at  the  office  of  Hesara. 
L   Morgan's  Sons,  Na   88   William  at.,  Aew-York.  on 
the  10th  day  of  February. 

The  transfer- book*  wilt  be  closed  ftom  the  1st  to  the 
10th,  both  inclusive.  F.  B.  K0YK8.  Seocetacj. 


Tbb  St  NtCHOiuis  National  Bank  ov  Nbw-  York,  1 
No.  7  Wall  at     »NkwYork,  Jan.  .SO,  1877.     J 

DITIDBNO.— A  SEMI-ANNUAL  DIVIDEND  OF 
Four  per  Cent,  has  been  declared  by  the  Direc- 
tors o(  this  bank,  payable  on  and  after  the  12tli  day 
ofFebmary  next  Tbe  transfer  booka  will  be  closed 
trom  the  1st  to  13th  proximo. 

A  FABKHURST,  Cashier. 


Missouri  Paoivio  Railwat  Cobpa^tt,  ) 

Owncm  Na  6  Bowuma  Orbbb,       > 

Nbw-York,  Jan.  25,  1877.  > 

THE  COUPONS  DUE  FEBrt,  1877,  O.S  THB 
first  mortgage  bonds  of  the  PaclBc  Raiirond  Com- 
pany (of  Missouri)  will  be  paid  ou«nd  after  tliat  data, 
at  the  office  of  this  company. 

C.  it  GABBISON,  President 


BosTOH  Airn  Nbw-Vork  Aia-Lnra  Bailroap  Cofaiit, 
TBXAsnKBB's  OFrina,  Na  12  Waxl  st., 

Nbw-iork,  Jan.  26, 1877. 

THB  INTEREST  DUE  FKB.  1,  1^77,  vi^ 
tbe  First  Uortxage  Bonds  ol  the  Bloeien  and  New- 
York  Air-Line  Railroad  companv  -will  be'  paid  at  tlie 
office  of  Hatch  k  Fuote.  Mo.  12  WnU  st 

p.  B.  HATCH.  Tc«aaQf«T. 


"•J 
77.) 

r,  UN 


TXB  NATIOXAa  BaBK  0B  THB  BbPVBUO.  I 

Mw-YoBB,  Jan.  hi.  Idn.     I 

A  DIVIDEND  OF  THREtt  AND  A  HALF 
par  Cent.,  Ine  of  tax.  h*n  thla  .day  beea  dee^iad. 
payable  Fea  8,  proximo,  tUljWbich  date  the  tranater- 
books  are  closed.  H.  W.  FOBD.  Cashier. 


T  08T 


LOST  MP .  yoijyPr 

OST  OR    STOI<BN.-THB   FOLLOWL^O   CSB^ 
taflcatoa  of  Stock  in  the  Mlehlcan  Oantial  BaUroad, 

...I  Na  10,885.  dated  Maiea  iS,  1872,  twenty.flve 

•haxea:  Ba  18,0Sa.  datea  Jan.  27,  lg7S.  one  ahue. 

'Hte  anovA  wece  loatin  tike  caatt  or  ato)en  Jan.  2&.  1^7. 

AlipfsaoDaam  haiabv  e^vttoned  ai^awM  saaatl 


AXIC^^^ 


iSsONVIbLc:,  PENSACOLA  AJTOKOBlZiB  tKitoti«At>. 

— WnptsAs,  hyaaaoc  at  tto  taglalatiHB  of  the  State 

?forSf^t«1^-'-^.^.5Sv^  J«^.^^S 
the   aeveral     acta     aaoafidatMy      tneceto^      it      ia 

.•tutliMlMMj  Aither  nrtnoipa}  ,or  lAtena».  qT  tha 
^bdfwttMr^  thd  taid%6mpin)r,  under  B&d  by  virtoa 
.pCthfiMill.aat,  or  anf  pa^  OffaMtL  tat  tfiBira  months 
titt  ina  sAme  ahlul  beeo'me  due,  it  shall  be  Uwlhl  fbr 
<a»  Qvtmtn  to  M>»r  wpaa  >t>d  «a>e  poaaegalcin  of  the 
mopf^r^r  •ad.ftuchisas  of  tbewid  ^lup^ajr,  andMii 
WvMmealr  ptfotlC  aacttoA.'  tinet  Iiav^g  Brstf  gfven 
mnetr  Am^.W^^J  pubhc  advertiaemeQt,,foEl«w|u 
mener  mthe  united Statea  and  for  nothug  else;    a&d 

VrtMreM.  The  aaid  JaekionvUto,  Femaeola  vid 
RpbUe  (.^MBPMy  baa  tailed  ^BS/.thelateceat  dpAoa 
Ui  aald  bonds  fdi  twelve  moatba,  after  tbe  aaihe  be- 
aaAA'dae;  niow,  there  ora 

1,  Mfueluu  L.  StearuB.  Goremor  pf  the  Ata(e  ot 
Florida',  In  acisordahoe  with  the  saiid  act  have  enurM 
qpou  aad  tikkensosaeasion  of  the  JaciBMmviUh,  Pcoa*- 
.«»la  aadJUoblla  JUilmad,  extending  tximJUalko  i^tr  to 
the  Aj><qabhlcola  Blver,  with  iU  hrancua,  dndAlTthb 
piooerty,  real  and  petaonal,  appertalot&g  tbeteto,  t>0- 
gether  ,>nth  au  the  xlghu,  branchiae*,  a^td  powers 
thereto  belonging,  and  hereoy  aive  public  notice  that 
1  wUl  oaoa^  the  aame  to  bo  sold  at  pubUc 
auotlQn.  lor  lay-ful  money  of  tlie  United  btates, 
at  tlie  prioolpa!  office  of  the  oompauv,  In  the  City  cf 
^allabaasee,  on  JAenday  .the  2d  day  of  ApgU.  A.  U. 
1877,  at  12  o'clock  U.;  it  beintr  understood,  aodiuitica 
being  hereby  given,  that  the  said  road,  piroperty.  Smd 
frauoblses  will  be  sold,  auhtect  to  (he  ve, dot's  lien 
held  hy  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Internal  Im- 
provement Fund  of  the  State  of  Florida,  fur  theuopaia 
purohaae  money  due  for  said  road 

Oivenat  TalhUiassee,  the  Capital,  tflta  30th  day  of 
Decemoer,  A.  D,.  1876. 

MABChLLUS  L.  STBAANS.   (ioveroor. 
BTA,TBOFFLORIUA,  MALE  OF  TH.<   FLOBIDAOEN- 
TBAt  BAILHOAA 

Wbaraga.  The  Florida  Central  Railroad  .Clompiuiy  ha« 
Allied,  for  more  than  twelve  mouths,  to  pi..v  tbemter- 
est  dne  on  the  bonds  lasue.l  by  said  company  In  ex- 
ohasge  for  bonds  of  the  State  of  Florida,  under,  and  by 
Tirtae  of,  an  jsct  of  tbe  Legislature  of  the  State  of 
Florida,  entitled  '  An  act  tu  perlrct  the  puoBo  works 
otXbt)  St^te,"  apnroved  June  24, 1869,  ftod  tbe  several 
acta  apieodatbry  thereof;  atid. 

Whereas,  demand  has  been  made  bv  bona  flde  hol^ 
era  of  the  State  bouUa  su  exchanged  uopu  toe  Gov- 
ernor ox  the  State  for  tbe  euloroement  ul'  the  lti>n  od 
said  ratli'oad.  now,  therefore,  I,  Maroellut  L.  Btearos, 
Oovernor  of  the  state  ot  Florida,  andur  aud  oy  vlrtao 
of  the  antnorit.y  vested  lu  tbe  Goveruor  by  the  said 
aots.'bave  entered  upon  and  taken  possession  of,  all 
and  alngnlar,  the  railroad  and  nroperty  of  tbe  Florida 
Central  Railroad  Company,  l.vfo^  Itetweeu  Lake  City 
and  Jacksonville,  and  hereuy  give  public  notlae  that  1 
will  cause  the  same  to  be  sold  at  public  anntlon,  for 
lawfo)  monev  of  the  United  States,  at  the  ratiro.-id 
depot  at  Tailahaasee,  on  tfo.iday,  the  second  day  of 
April.  A.  D.  1877,  at  12  o'clock  il 

Qlven  at  Tallahassee,  this,  the  tli(rtleth  day  of  De- 
ceiiiber.  1876r  RaB(;ELLUS  L.  STBAR.NS, 

Governor. 


IN  BANKRUPTCY.— IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT 
of  tne  United  States  for  the  Bouthern  Oistrlot  of 
New-Voxk.— Inthe  matter  of  JOHN  M.  AT  WATER  and 
UABBY  JR.  ACWATKB.  bankinpta.— Notice  is  hereby 
Kiven  that  a  petition  has  been  iUeu  in  said  court  oy 
Jobn  AI.  Atwacer  aud  Harry  E.  A'wAter,  in  said  dis- 
trict, duly  declared  itanluuiitd  nudec  the  act  ot  Con- 
gress of  March  2.  18b7,  <>Dd  tbe  acts  amelidacory 
thereof,  for  a  disuhariK  and  eertiSoate  therof  from 
all  their  debt*  aon  other  claims  provable  ntidor  said 
act,  and  that  ibe  twentieth  day  ot  Febiunry,  1877.  at 
two  o'clock  P.  M.,  at  the  office  of  Edgar  Ko  chum, 
Esq.,  Regiaterin  Bankruptcy,  ha  129  FnLon  street, in 
the  iMty  of  New-York,  is  assigned  for  the  hearing  of 
the  same,  when  and  where  all  creditors  who  have 
proved  their  debts,  and  otiier  persons  in  interest,  may 
attend,  and  show  cause,  if  aii.y  they  have,  why  the 

grayer  ot  the  said  petition  should  not  be  granted. — 
ated  New  York,  on  tb«  2;th  day  of  Janu  iry,  1877. 
GkO.  F.  KKTrs.  Clerk. 


1NBA>RuUPTCY.-ii<  ruE  ul  TBIi;l'  C./URT 
aftue  United  States  for  the  Southern  District  ot 
.»ew-York.— In  tbe  matter  of  i^ AVID  VVaRWICK,  bank- 
rupt. No  Lice  IS  her  bv  g.veuthsta  petlDon  bus  oeeu 
fl.edins  id  court  by  D,>vlii  .varwick,  i.i  said  diHtnct, 
dnu  deolHred  n  bankrupt  nuder  the  Act  of  Jong.esa  of 
Jilarch  ^^,  1867.  lor  a  dliob^trgu  and  certiflu.ite  Uie>.e/t 
trom  all  his  dents,  aod  other  claims  provable  under 
saidaot,  audtnattoe  :.i4th  dav  ot  Februar.y,  1877,  at 
11  o'clock  A.  »'..  at  he  office  of  henry  Wilder 
Allen,  Register  in  Bankruptcy,  Wo.  162  Broadway,  in 
the  City  of  New-York,  is  Hssicned  f.  r  the  hearing  of 
the  sauie,  when  aud  where  all  creditors  who  have 
proved  tueir  debts,  and  other  persons  in  internet  may 
attend,  ind  show  cause,  if  ao.y  the.v  Have,  whv  the 
nrayer  of  the  said  petilion  ahoula  not  be  granted.— 
oated.New-YuTA,  on  the  26tb  dav  of  Janua.y,  18(7. 
J2»-iivw3wtt»  GEO.  P.  btrrs.  Clerk. 


rpHlS  IM  TO  UIV^  Ni»TICK— rBAl'  ON  TBB 
JL  28d  day  of  Januarv.  A.  D.  1877,  a  warrant  in  bank- 
ruptcy was  issned  aealnst  the  estate  or  ihojIA''  It- 
AONgW,  ol  tlieCit.rof  New-York,  lu  toe  i  onnt.rof  New- 
Yurk,  and  State  oi  .^ew-Vork,  who  bus  been  adjudged  a 
baukiupt  ou  blsown  Detttiou;  (oat  tbe  piymeui  of  any 
do. .Is,  aud  delivery  ox  aay  property  belongiipi  to  sncn 
bankrupt,  to  him  ..rfor'hls  uite,  and  tbe  transfer  oianv 
property  by  faioi  are  forbidden  bj  law;  that  a  nieecliiKot 
the  creditors  of  said  bankiupt  lo  prove  their  debts 
and  10  eboose  ooe  or  more  A&aigaees  of  Us  estite  wiU 
be  beld  at  a  Court  ot  UsDfciuptey,  to  be  holden  at 
Na  l'i!0  FuliuD  street,  in  tbe  City  of  New- 1  ork,  before 
Edgar  Ketcbnm.  Esq..  Register,  on  tbe  15ib  day  of  Feb- 
uary,  A  U.  1877,  at  twelve  o'clock  M 

* 'LIVER  FISi&B 
Unlte41StatesMazahsl,asUesseBger,  Soutbera  Disuloi. 
ol  New-York. 


DIt>iTUlCT  CUURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
tttutea  tor  tbe  Soutl.«rQ  Di.triot  of  New- fork. — 
lu  the  matter  ot  HENRi'  A.  S.nALLEY,  i>ankrupt.— 
In  Baokruptc.y.— A  warraijt  in  Bankruptcy  haa  been 
issned  l^  said  eoort  against  the  estate  of  Henry 
A.  Bmollev,  of  thu  County  of  New- York,  of  tne  State 
ul  Ac  w- York,  10  said  district,  adju  i;;ed  a  bankrupt  npoo 
the  petitiiiu  III  his  crouitors,.  aud  the  payment  of  au.v 
debts  aad  tbe  delivery  of  any  pioperty  aelongiug  to 
said  binkmpt.  to  him  or  to  his  oar,  and  the  trun.Dpr 
of  any  property  by  bim,  are  lorbiddeo  by  law.  A  meet- 
ing of  ue  creditor,  of  said  bankrupt,  to  prove  their 
(loots  and  choose  one  or  more  Aksigoees  of  his  estate, 
will  be  he  d  at  a  Court  of  Bankruptcy,  to  be  holden  ar 
Na  153  Broadway,  in  tbe  Citr  of  New-York,  ia  snid 
district,  on  tlie  17tb  day  of  Febmiry,  A.  D.  1877,  at 
tweJre  o'clock  M.,attue  office  of  Henry  WjiaerAllea, 
Baq.,  one  ot  the  Regl.'iters  in  Bankruptcy  of  said  court. 
OLlvBB  FlaCit,  Uarsnal— Messencer. 


iN  THEDISTRICT  COURT  OF  I'tlE  UNITED 
BUtos    for  the  Southern  District  of  New-York.— In 
e  matter  of  CORMrfUUS  C.  SULLIVAN  aad  Fi^O- 
BRICK   MIMRR,   bankruota.— In    Bankruptcy.— Betore 

laalab  T.  Wlidama,   Uedster To  wham  u  may  con- 

eera :  The  uadarsianed  hereby  gives  notice  Ot  his  ap- 
P' liitment  as  Asdguee  of  tbe  estate  of  CoraeiinsC. 
Snllivaa  and  Frederick  Miner,  heretofore  earrvin^  on 
business  in  the  CIt.v  of  New-York,  in  tbe  County  of 
New-Vork,  and  State  of  New-York,  within  the  said  Vt*- 
tnet,  wtio  have  been  a<jjndged  t>aaknu>ta  upon  the 
petition  of  their  creditors  by  tbe  District  Court  oi  said 
District.- Dated  at  New-York  (2itr.  the  27th  day  of 
January,  A.  D.  1877. 

C.  OODFBBY  PATTBBB05,  AssigBO*. 
J39-law3wM*  No.  160  Broadway.  New- York  City. 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  i'UK  UNITED 
States  tor  the  District  ot  New-Jersey.— in  the  mat- 
ter of  WILLIAM  A.  DOAN,  bankrupt.— Tbe  said 
bankrupt  having  applle.l  to  the  court  for  a  discharge 
from  bis  oebts,  by  order  of  the  enurt  notioe  is  hereby 
given  10  all  creditors  who  have  proved  their  debts, 
anil  otitsr  persons  in  iotersst,  to  appear  before  the 
said  court,  at  the  State-house,  in  the  city  of  Trenton, 
ia  said  district,  on  tbe  twentieth  day  of  February,  A  D. 
1877,  at  10  o'clocic  a.  Id.,  aud  show  cause,  if  auy  they 
have,  why  a  discharge  should  not  be  granted  to  the 
said  banfempt  W.  8.  BSLVlLL^  ClarB. 

Ja29-law3wM 


IN  TBB  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  U.^ITBD. 
States  for  the  Southern  District  of  Mew- York.-. 
In  the  matter  of  ROBERT  A.  WILLIAMS,  bankrupt— In 
Bantunvfoy.— No.  4.803.— Before  James  F.  Dwlghl.Bty- 

ister, — To  whom  it  may  courero  i  The  undersigned 
hereby  gives  notice  of  ois  sptxtlntment  as  Assiirnee 
Ot  Babert  A.  WllliumB,  of  the  City  of  New-York,  in  tue 
County  of  hew-lfork,  and  WUte  of  New-York,  within 
aaid  dlatrict.  who  has  l>een  adjudged  bankrupt  upon 
tbe  petition  of  bis  creditors  by  the  Dutriet  (Jourt  of 
said  district— Dated  at  Kew- York,  the  6th  day  of  Jan- 
uary, a.  D.  1877.  ~    J.    —   .     . 

fsb4'law3wAl* 


JOHN  H.  PLATT,  Assignee, 
Ho.  40  Wall  st.  New- fork  Citv. 


IS  THE  DIS I'UXV  V  COURT  OF  TUE  D>SirBO 
States  for  the  Oistrict  ot  New-Jersey.— In  the  matter 
01  Oi^OBQE  Mo.>iAB,  bunkrupt— The  said  bankrupt 
having  applied  to  the  court  for  a  disobarga  frpm  bia 
debta,  by  order  ol  tha  con.  t,  notice  ia  bereo.v  Kiven  to 
all  creditors  who  nave  proved  their  deots.  and  other 
persons  in  Interest,  to  appear  before  tbe  said  court,  at 
tbe  titaa'-hou«e,  in  tbe  City  ot  Trentou,  In  said  die- 
tJlct,  on  the  sixth  day  of  Feoruary,  A.  D.  J877,  ut  10 
o'clock  A.  M.,  and  show  cause,  if  any  th'>y  hare,  why 
a  discharge  should  not  be  granted  to  tne  aaid  bank- 
nipt.  W.  a,  BBLVXLLB,  Olerk. 
jA22-law3wM*  ' 


UNITED     STATES     DISTRICT     COURT. 
doathem  Distriot  of  Kew-Yort. in  Bankmptcj.— 

Southern  Distriot  ot  Mew- York,  ss  :  At  tbe  City  of  New- 
Tork.  the  tbiny.flrst  day  ol  January,  1877.  The  un- 
deralgued,  Bdward  v.  B.  Dodd,  bei-eby  givts  notioe  of 
his  aipolntment  as  Asslgmee  of  the  LUCIUS  HABF 
MANUFACTUBIMQ  COMPA  NY.  of  the  City  of  New-York, 
lu  tha  CotiLiv  ana  State  of  New-York,  within  said 
dtatriot,  a  corpoiation  which  has  beea  adjiulged  % 
bankrupt  upon  the  petitioa  of  its  creditors,  by  tbe 
District  Court  of  said  district 

EDWARD  v.  B.  DOOD,  Assignee. 
Jakbs  S.  8TBABX8,  Attorney,  Mo.  7i  Broadway,  Mew- 
York. 
15-Iaw8w«* 


UNITBD  STATES  DISTRICT  COURT, 
Southern  District  of  New-Xnrk.— In  Banitruptejr.— 
Sontbem  Distriot  of  New-Vork,  es  i  Tbe  umiersliroed 
hereby  gives  Doitce  ot  hii  appoiotujent  as  Assiirnee  ol 
OUABLKS  UOBBB,  of  the  i;ity  of  New-York,  la  the 
countygand  State  or  Mew-York,  within  said  district 
who  has  been  adjudged  a  bankrupt  upon  the  petition 
ot  hia  craditora,  b.v  the  District  Court  of  said  district- 
Filed  Hay  12. b,  1876.  -Dated  Jan.  2uth.  1877. 

MARMADUKE  BIOHARDSON,  Asslgnea 
(•32.  lawSwM'  «  a  47  M  Msau  st .  N  e w- Yor k. 


pugwojroTioEa. 

PROCLAMATION 

BY  LUCIUS  ROBINSON,  GOVBBNOB, 

Whereas,  a  vacancy  exists  In  the  offloe  of  Member  of 
Assembly  mr  the  First  Assembly  Disirict  of  the  (^itr 
aon  Uouutv  of  .\ew-York,  in  consequence  of^  the  death 
of  James  HoiOe.y: 

NOW.  THBBKFORB,  by  virtue  of  the  anthority  vest- 
ad  in  me  by  law,  I  do  hereby  order  that  a  special  eleo- 
tioH  be  held  In  and  for  tbe  First  Assembly  ulst.  lot  of 
thefity  aad  County  of  New- York  on  WrfDNUSDAf, 
the  ftmrteeuth  dav  or  February  next,  for  the  purpose 
ot  choosing  a  Member  of  Aiisembiy  lu  piaoe  of  t{)esa1d 
Jamea  Healey.  whose  term  uf  omoe  began  on  the  Brat 
day  or  January  instant  and  will  expire  on  the  thirty- 
first  da.v  of  December.  In  the  year  one  thausand  eight 
hundred  and  seventy -seven. 

In  wiinesa  wkaraof  l  have  hereunto  sixaed  my  name 
and  sfBxed  (ho  privy  seal  of  ibe  State,  at  Uie  Cap- 
Hat,  in  tbe  citv  at  Albauy,  this  tweuty-thltd  day 
of  January,  lo  the  year  one  thousand  eight  bund.ad 
aud  seventy-seven. 

1.  B.}  L.  kOBINBOK. 

ij  the  Governor. 

Davip  C.  RoBixaoif,  Private  Secretary. 
ataU  of  A  auYork,  Offim  oj  lAe  Stcrttarv  V  9taU,  a*.— 
I  have  enmpared  the  preceding  copy  of  I'rooiamation 
with   the  original   thereof  fl.edin  this  office,  and  do 
luitahf  eertU>  the  aame   to  be  a  correct   tranacrlpt 
tberomm  aoo  of  tbe  whole  thureot 
Witnaaamy  hand  and  the  seal  of  office  of  the  Secretary 
ct  State,  at  the  Citv  of  Albany,  this  tw.  niy-thlrd 
day  of  January,  in   tbe  year  one  thoaaand  eight 
honored  and  aeventy-seven. 

JOHN  BlOEbOW,  aeeretary  of  Stale, 
RVBairVa  OfviOR.  Oitt  abb  oetrKvr  or( 
Jixw<y<«K,  Jan.  39, 1877.    5 
lawMfir  that  the  ftmgotv  laa  tnuaopvcf  (be 
Fra^towaWaw  received  by  naa  thla  dav  flcom  tbasaen- 

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Thp  wH^^irn  pA<y  of  tBM  iiyi9  Js  Vm^  ■« 

^.  1^7  Pfepf^w^r?  ^Pf-  91i#  f94  aaf  tt^ 

<V|pen  daJ'y,  Sundaya  laciaded,  (Torn  4  A.  M.  ia  i't.'m, 
Nbtoriptions  iMetved,  aitA  eopiles  of  THB  tlMBS  tot 

^DTf  fTU^nCBBTB  BlfOXirB99  UNTIL  9  P.  ^ 


FIFTH  AY.,  NO.  aOS.— OUBSTtfRFIBLD  BOU8B| 
the  party  ooonpyidg  tha  second  floor  iHil  let  their 
»par«geitts»^  gaasfpabla  % ^.re*  .»M«bj!^ fjth 
or  witnoiu  boaird ;  a  paiV>r  and  oedroom  with  board, 
J.  P.  WoreteTl.  f 


OS.  SI  ANDff.1  XtKtVf  'i5TH   HT.-NBAX 

Hadlaoh  aoiiaxe.  j^Uwtly4kundsbad  rooms  oi^ 
>nd  and  parlor  iSoor;  private  lAble  If  reqnired; 
lae,  table,  ^c,  stnotiv  flrat-efaaa. 


HARL^m.-A  LARGE  FURNISSBO  ALCOVC 
rdom,  with  boMd,  la  private  famlLvi  dAiirhbl* 
jtoeatlon:  referaao*  exchaajted.  Na  6S  Weat  187t^ 
at,  between  61h  and  0th  avf. 


-KTRWLY   FURNISHED  APARTAIENTS   IV 

.PC^Tlie  Hamilton,"' 12Bth  at  and  8th  dv.,  with  ot 
wtiAout  board,  at  vorr  low  rates,  inqnlre  on  prem- 
iaes. 


FIFTH  A  v..  NO.  4A-BBTWBKM  llTH  AtTlj 
12tb  ats.— Spacious  suite  of  well-fUrnlsbea 
apartments  on  parlor  Boor,  witb  or  without  private 
4«ble. 


GKNTLBNBN  OF  UNDOUBTBO  FOBITIUN  OAV 
And  a  very  feasant  home  witb  board,  by  addreas- 
Inv  Qiilet,  Box  No  260  TI«BS  CP-TOWN  OFPICB.  NO. 
1,267  BBOADWAY. 


."DOARD  FOR  ONE  OR  TW<I   tIBRSONS  IN 

fjtk  private  American  AupUv  i  terms  reagonable  to 
plain  people  Hesltlpga  bpnifortabie  home;  location 
good.   7<o.  90Barro1ret. 


APirVATB  FAMILY  IN  440  ST.,  MBAB 
Broadway,  hive  a  large  aonav  front  room  an  tbe 
fourth  floor  to  rent,  wU^fliyt-olagB  bO|ud.  Address  K,, 
Box  No.  122  Timet  Office.  ' 


BECOND  FLOOR,  WITH  PRIVATE  TABLE. 
-Large  hnndsomis  rooms,  en  snlteib-ith,  td,,  va- 
cated by  fatuUy  going Boatbt  refecencea.  Mo.  14  Eaat 
82d  st,  between  &th  and  Madison  ays. 


TWENTY-TBIRD  ST.,  NO.  1B«  WEST.— 
Handsome  tbird-stbry  large  room;  table  and  aeeom- 
inndatiima  fliat-olaas;  referencea  exchanged.  Mra. 
8TEBBINS. 


NO.  28  WEST  81ST   ST.— PLEASANT  BOOMS 
to  let,   with  board;  unexpectedly  vacated;  reter- 
ences. 


N4».  40  IRVING  PLACB,-BACK  PABLOBAND 
extension  ;  also  other  rooms ;    board  if  desired; 
private  family ;  reforence. 


NO.  46  WEST  3'.iD   AT.- DESIRABLE   tltlBb 
story  trout  rooms,  with    board ;  tranalenUy  or  per- 
manent: terms  low. 


N4).  3   WEST  30TH   ST.— IfBH.    WILLIS    HAS 
handsome,  snug  iroht  rooins  to  let,  with  board ; 
referrncee. 


O.  7  GRAMBRCY  PARK.-TWO  DR^lRABLE 
rooms,  tnrulshed  or  «nf omlabed,  and  witti  ot  with- 
out board. 


Wr 


IVrO-  30    EAST    33D  »tT.— WITH    BOABO.   PAB- 

li  lor  and  b<?>droom,  fir-^t  floor;  parlor   ani  bedroom, 
third  floor ;  sunny  exposure,  single  rooms. 


FORTY-FIFTH    ST.,     NO.     175     WE-T.— 
Rooma.  with  excell  -nt  board,  at  reduoed  ratea,  to 
desirable  people  only ;  referenoea. 


NO.    0    KAST    4.0  ru     MT.— WELL-FCBHISHBD 
aeo'ud  floor,  with  board;  also  extra  lafK^roontpn 
fourth  flo  .r;   referencf. 


rf-^WKNTY-FI  STST,.  NO.34.  EAwT.— HaBD- 
JL  somely  fornihea  rooma.  with  or  wltaoot  board: 
references. 


NO   41  WK^T  SOT  11  r*V,-Ot(*  MBDIUR-SIZBO 
pxteosion  room;  third  floor;   full  board;  moasrate 
terms-  references  i-xob  nxe.i. 


wmmmsm 


|*iSI^»«M»«^MM^y 


.a3^S1MBNTS, 


Undar  tba  aaaptees  Of 
VVPB  HBW-TARK IPKBP*  ^VW 

AT 
iniHirFAT  HALL.  T17B«DAT«  Fttb.  0^  ^j^ 
Una.  StWUnOB  PAFFBVHEIX.  BopnuA. 
Mme.  ZBLDA  SEQUIN,  C|ontraUa 

ikUU  TWAUr.  (8.  L.  Cinaeag.) 

A.  P.  BUi^ANK,  Eloon^onlat. 

CHABLB8  ROBBBXS,  J%.,  SleeB«Mteti 

^yjWJAJi  C45;r^«.  Tpow. 

TOBOB  WBBEENKATH,  TenoK 
WILLIAM  0ABLTrO!r,Bartt«ne. 
I  JULBd  G.  LUMBABO,  Ba(p>a. 

.    Et«^  F.  BOSOOVm,  Pianist. 

;rju  ^w-xoBK  olbb  ash  vjsaiiuh  qiip. 

TBB  TOUBO  APOLLO  CLUB. 
ScBer.  B.  MABZO,  Conductor  and  Ac4SomMUdaA. 
TXckcta,  witb  raserved  aeata.  $1 50  and  01.  aoeordlng 
to  Ipeatloa.  For  aa'e  at  the  ball.  General  a^mlaslon,  91 


BOOTa^  THEATRE 

JA&BBTT  k.  PALMBB 


TB  B  NEW  LOCAL  PLAT. 
...Leaaeea  and  Ranager. 

"fiftpTybnob.** 

9BpBaB  FAWCBTT  BpWBTS  QBBAT  FLAT. 

Rettim  of  tbe  popular  «ot«r,  RR. 
GEORGE    RIGNOLD. 

%*  ^eplfj  itbonnds  wlih  lllnstratWM  of  the  peea- 

Bar  i^iaaes,  tiirlUlng  Incidents,  and  sansatlonal  Monr- 

reneaa  of  LIFB  IN  TAB  QBBAT  HBTBOFOLU  aa  tt 

wag  iB  1863. 

ACl'  L 
Pictnxes  the  BIKBJNQ  OF  AN  OCBAN   STBARBB  0n 
the  banks  et  Mewfonndland.    Bxoltthg  efforts  to  xasQae 
the  paaaengers.    1862. 

ACT  n. 
Plotares  B0BMB8  I!V  WALL  BtBBBT.    Stormy  n««ttBC 
o<  stockholders.     1863. 

ACTm. 
Pictures  the  LAUNCHI.vG  OF  TBS  ROMITOB.    186S. 

ACT  IV. 

Sctores  Fifth  avenoe  by  night,  and  the  MUBDBR  OF 
a  S6HUZLBR.  the  banker.    A  thriUtag  scene.    1863. 

A';t  v. 

Pictures  the  return  of  the  gallant  Seventh  Beglnient, 
and  their  conflict  with  the 

RIOTERS    OF   1883. 

*«*  The  east  la  a  powertal  one.  The  so*aerr  aae- 
ptacent.  Seata  can  be  aecuied  from  8  A.  U.  to  10 
P.  «. 


\0.  lIBKAi^T  ai'^T  ST.— QRAMBRCT  PABX— 
One  large  room  and  hali  rojm;    llzat-elaaa  board  ; 
reCsreaeea. 


TWO    HAND.HOiUE    R'MIMH     TO     LBT,  To- 
gether or  sepamt«iy.  w.tb  0"ard;  referancea  re- 
quired.   Anply  ar  Mo.  104  West  38th  at 


1711 KTH    AV.,  NO.  607«  HANDAOMR   BOOM  AMD 
first-class  board  for  aini^e  gentleaaan;  alae  table 
l>oard :  retrrenoe  required. 


I^U.  lis  WBHT  49 rH  ST.— TO  LBT  WITB. 
Iv  board,  single  aud  double  rooms;  terms  moderate; 
reference. 


]\rO.  33  WEST  33B   HT.,  NEAR  tf  TH  AY.— 

Iv  Snnuy  front  s«eond-floor  anita;    eaperior  board; 
tern  a  reasonable. 


FIKTH       AV.,      NO.      391— UANDSOVBLY-POR- 
nished  ani  e  and  single  r  >oiaB ;  exoellent  tablj  and 
attendan  e;  moderat°  tmns. 


T 


WtCfill'V.'l^lRD    etT..     NO.    SO    EAMT - 

Ald'geaDd  smal  room:  good  board  ;  refcrenees. 


N 


O.  Il4  SVUHTjAO  ST.- a   PUBA.'AaT  BOoM 
wit.,  board  ;  crate  Or*  ;  terms  moderate. 


PLEASA.NT  ROO.^IS.  WITH  BOARD  i  BtF- 
erencea    Mo.  116  West  4Sth  st 


N 


41.    0    WEsiT   41-jB   «iT.— HAMDSOMB    BOOMS 
w  th  board :  reference  exchauged. 


N 


O.  0  WEioT  16TH  HT.— THBKE  LAUOB  ROOMS 
to  let,  with  or  without  board  ;  references. 


N 


O.    IB   EAST    46 IH   ST.— BOORo   TO   LBT, 
a  ita  buard ;  rcf..-i«uoes  exchanged. 


WANTED— A  HOME  IN  A  QUIET.  CHBIBTIAN 
fismily,  where  there  are  ao  youug  people,  and 
where  board-moaey  Is  less  an  oi)|ect  than  the  aooiety 
of  a  home-Ioving  person  of  refinement,  by  a  young 
American  gentleman  of  caltare  and  travel,  aged  22, 
wfaoae  clrcnmstaooes  ore  nut  of-  tbe  best;  bo  ootloe 
will  be  taken  ufenswera  not  etaiinc  they  emanate  from 
•  atnctir  privste  faoaiy.  Addrew  FAITHFUL.  Box 
Ma.  16-.<  Ttmu  Office. 


__JKMDTt^lSHED^K^^ 

A  YOUNG  I.AUY  ENGAGED  IN  STUDY 
would  share  her  room  with  1  idy  of  aimilar  taste  ; 
references  exchanged.  Address  STUOBNT,  No.  65  West 
28th  St. 


FIFTH  AT.,  NO.  511,  CORN  BR  43B  ST.— 
A  furnished  apartmeat  will  be  vaeattMi:    Freneh 
hible  d'hote;  ftppolntmenta  atrletiy  Brat-eiasa 


AHANDSOinBLT   FURNISHED  ROOM  TO 
let  to  a  gaBttemaa,  wlUient  board,  in  a  private  &• 
milLv.    No.  37  East  19th  st.  near  Broadway. 


BOOMg^WAgrm 

WANTED  —  FUBSISHBO       BOOM.      WITHOUT 
board.    Address,  Tt*>ing  terms  and  loeatldn,  H.  J., 
BozNa  163  rimes  office. 


HOTELS. 

THE  ROYAL  VIL*TORIA  H<*TBL, 

MA08.AU,  BAHAMA  ISLANDS. 
For  fall  lafetmatioa  apply  to 

JAMES  t.lwaBSWOOO  k  ca, 

Ka758  Broadwty.  Bev-Tork. 


OTEL.    UU YAL..    RUisliRVOIR    t»<|UARE 

and  40th  st. — A  quiet  select  family  fastei  on  the 
European  plan,  with  restuarant  of  uasnrpasaed  excel- 
lenoet  jwioes  moderate:  liberal  arraagadMata  made 
with  familiea. 


PKOPOSALS^ 

BOARD  OF  ROUCATION. 

Sealed  proposals  will  be  received  by  Aa  Board  of 
Bcboal  Trastees  ot  tbe  Mneteeath  iVatd,  at  the  ball 
of  the  Board  of  Kducatloa.  corner  of  Oraad  and  BIm 
au.,  unt^  rUEcDAY,  Feb.  13.  Is77.  and  aatil  4  o* slock 
P.  M..  of  said  day.  for  faruiahlne  siloing  door*,  (to.,  in 
Urammar  tjchaoi  house  No,  IS.  on  East  61st  st.  nea^ 
Lexiogton  dv. 

Plans  and  spadAcatlona  may  be  aeen  at  the  cffloe  of 
the  Superintendent  of  School  Bulldluga,  Mo.  146  Grand 
at.,  thlra  floor. 

Two  respanalble  and  approved  sureties,  reaideots  of 

this  City,  will  be  reqaircd  from  ths  suooeasiul  bidder. 

Tha  party  submitting  a  proposal    aud  tha  parties 

propoaing  to  become  sureties,  muit  each  write  Ida 

asms  and  place  otieaideoca  uo  said  propoaaL 

Tbe  Trustees  r;iserv&  tha  right  to  refect  any  or  all 
of  the  proposals  submitted. 

J.  O.  ALSTON. 
F.  T.  UOt'KIN& 
K.  H.  POMEROY, 
M.  THALME:<SiMOBB, 
JOHN  C.  DOBNBULT, 
Board  of  School  Ti-usteea,  Mineteonth  Ward. 
Dated  Naw-YoRK.  Jan.  31.  1877. 


CBJLCILERING  BALL.  ABBOTt- 

WED.NBSUAT  KVENINO,  Feb.  7, 
D.  de  Vivo  haa  tbe  honor  to  aanoanae  tba 
DEBUT  OF  MISS  BRMA 

ABBOTT, 

Aastated  by 

BBIONOLI.    FBBBANn.    CA^,   PBAJT,    aad 

GRAND  OBCBSSTJU. 

Under  Cleectlon  of. MAX  RABBTZBK 

FBIDAT,  Feb,  9— <laoood  ABBOTT  CONCUR'". 

SATURDAY,  Feb.  10-  'nlv  aB  iOTT  AATINTH. 

Admission,  $1 :  reserved  seats.  6ii  cents  and  $1  ex- 
tra, according  to  location.  Mating  Pciees-.-Admis- 
slon,  91 :  res  rved  seats,  60  cents  extra,  Y>cket»  for 
sale  at  toe  Sox  Office,  Cbiekerli.g  Hail;  Bchnbeith'a 
Na  V.8  Union  aquare,  ^id  Botlmaaa's,  Ao.  Ill  Bread* 
way. 

M.  B — First  eoncert  BBNBFIT  of  tba  fliapia  HonWb 

Ohiekcri'ig  pianos. used  at  all  Abt>ott's  ctmoeria. 

WALLACK.*-.         

Praprletor  aad  Manager Mr.  LEoTBB  WALLACE. 

LA8T  dWO  BiGHTS 

of 

ALL  FOB  HER. 

RE.  I.ES  fBB  WALLACK 

HUGH  TttEVOa 

To  sncceed  the  present  en'ertainment  a  series  of 

liRILLIANT   LBGITIMATB  OOaKOlBS, 

most  oareftillv  and  completely  prodooed,  the  first  of 

wbieh 

ON  WBDBESDAY,  FBB.  7. 

Will  be  Dance's  Comedy, 
A  eftOBNIMO  CALL, 
and  Bnekstone's  three-act  c  imedy.  so  inlmalelr  asse- 
olsted  with  tbe  artistic  triumphs  of  this  theatre,  enti- 
tled 

HARBTKD  LIFE. 

an  entertainment  foil  of 

MIRTH  AND  M,e.KaiMlttTT. 

In  which 
MB.  LESTER  WALLACE. 
Mr.  JOmr  aiLBSST,  Mr.  HARRY  BKCSiiTT.  Mr.  B.  AB- 
KOTT.  Mr.   CHaBLES  STEVBNSO  ',  Mr.  J.  W.  SHA!!. 
MON,  tttos  ADA  DYA&  Miss  EFFISOKBMON.  Vlme.  PO- 
NIM,  Riss  ROSE  WOOD,  Res.  JOHN  SBFfON  aad  Mist 
Eats  BARTLBTT  win  appear. 
Box-lioolc  open  two  weeks  In  advance. 
DouKS  open  at  7:80,  comraenoe  at  8. 


NOW_OPEN 

THK  TBBTB  annual  EXHIBmON  OF  THB 

AMERICAK   SOCIETY  OF   PAINTERS 

IN 

WATER  COLORS, 

AT   THE 

KATIOKAIi  AOADEarr  OF  SBSiaK. 

C*m«r  of  4cta  ar.  aa4  ttSd  at.. 

From  9  A.  M.  w^U  6  P.  M.,  aad  from  7  natU  10  P.  iL, 
SnndRTS  excepted. 


GBRRAN  LISOBRRRAMZ. 

AT  THK  ACADEMY  OF  MUflia 

OBANU  MASQUERADE   BALL, 

TfaUaSDAY.  FEB.  8.  1877. 

Tiakets,  at  the  asnal  aiiaa  and  under  tba  nsnal 
reetrirtioas,  aan  ho  ha  I  fTo.n  tbe  folio  winggentiemeni 

William  Steinway.  Steliiway  HalL 

Eaifl  Uager,  Na  60  Park  plaoe. 

Herman  Uhl,  New-York  Staatt-Zeitung. 

Slg.  Kaufman,  Na  89  Nassau  st 

L.  KaeeMnerer,  N  n.  108  Grand  at 

W.  Basmua,  Na  49  Bxchangn  place. 

H.  c.  F.  Koob.  eemer  ?Oth  st  and  6tb  av. 

J.  Windaaaller.Oemsao  Bavlacs  Baok,  14tb  at. 

L.  A.  Ora>-s,  No.  136  Chambers  et 

Peter  Braenwciia,  No.  I4'3  Nassau  st 

Boxes  aad  tioketaaold  by  C.  Gadfiey  Onather,  No.  25 
Union  square,  and  Schmidt  &  Curtin*,  Mo.  S3  Broad  st. 


WaC  A.  PON»  «Se  co.'.s  nbw  publica. 
TIONS.- "What  were  all  the  World  vvitnout 
TheeP'  Dank's  best  song.  30  cents;  "  Fl.ying  Dntcb- 
■um,''  ananged  by  H.  a.  Woilennauot.  91  25;  "An 
Easy  Arrangemeai."  by  H.  Maflatb,  50  oeats;  "  Bll. 
low  9t  Fire,"  P.  P.  Biiaa,  30  c>utai  ^Bnrlesqae 
Polki,"  by  Offenbach,  (with  portrait)  50  oent>; 
"What  Flower  is  This  f  EAens.  35  cents:  "Goals 
my  Strong  Aaivittioa,"  Wneaer.  arranged  by  Holden, 
40  cents.  Easter  ABtbema,  Hymns,  aad  Carols  now 
ready.  Pianos  t^udergaoaio  rent.  WH.  a.  PO.Nh  k 
CO.,  Mo.  547  Broadway,  branch  store  Mo.  39  Union 
aquare.  New-Tork. 


(NEW  BROADWAY  THEATiiB, 

Bnadway  aad  80th  at 

MONDAY.  FEB.  6. 

EVERT  EYBNIMO  at8:  Matindes  WBONBSDAT  and 

SaTURDaT  at  2. 

Will  be  produced  the  masleal  comedy, 

MaRTON, 

LB  JO  LIE  BOQUaTIEBB. 

With  a  powerful  cast 


ASSOCIATION  HALL.  280  ST. 

IRFBBSONATIOMS  A27D  BBADIN08. 

MR.  A.  P.  BURBANK, 

The  calesrate    etncatloalst^ 

MBW  ANDATTBACTlVB  PBOGBARMB. 

TUESDAY  BVrtSlNU.  FBB.  6. 

Tickets  at  tba  door,  60  caats. 


SAM   KkANCISCO  illJNnTRKLS. 


BOARD  OF  BllUCATION. 

Sealed  proposals  will  oe  received  by  the  Boardof 
School  Trustees  of  the  Twelfth  Ward,  at  the  Hall  ef 
Cb«  Board  ot  Bdnuation,  earner  of  Grand  aad  Kim  sta., 
aatil  T0B8I) AY.  the  bth  day  of  Febraary,  1877,  and 
until  4  o'clock  P.  M.  on  said  day,  tor  altering  aad  fit- 
ting up  ttie  premises  on  the  nortn-east  oornsr  of 
Avenue  A  and  llStU  st  for  school  purposea 

Plans  and  apeoifloations  may  be  seen  at  the  office  of 
the  Superiiiteadent  of  School  Buildings,  Ma  14S  Graud 
at;,  third  floor. 

Two  responsible  and  approved  sureties,  lesldents  of 

tbis  City,  will  be  required  from  tbe  suoeessral  bidder. 

The  puty  aabmltUng  a  proposal,  and  the  parties 

proposlog  to    become  anreiiea  nfust  each   write  bis 

name  and  place  of  lesidenue  on  said  proposal. 

'Tbe Trustees  reserve  the  right  to  reject  any  or  aU 
of  tbe  propasals  aubmitted. 

ROSWRLL  G.  ROLSTON, 
DAVID  H.  KNAPP. 
CUABLK8  CRART. 
JOHN  L.  TuN.NBLI, 
GERMAIN  HAOSCHBLL, 
Board  of  School  Tmstees,  Twelfth  Ward. 
Dated  Nbw-Yokk,  Jan.  23,  1877. 


DOMINION  OF  CANADA, 

CI1-Y  OF  MOMTBBAL. 

BTBBBT    RAILWAY 
PBIVILBOES, 

SEALED  TENDERS,  indorsed  "TENDER  FOB 
STREET  BAILWAY  PBIViLEOi^B,"  aad  addressed  to 
thn  imdersigned.  will  be  received  at  the  City  clerk's 
<}fflee,  Citv  Hall,  until 

FBIDAT.  THE  18T  DAY  OF  JQ^B  NEXT, 
for  the  privilege  of  laying  rails  aqd  ritniiing  cars  In 
•ertain  atreata  or  aeetlona  of  atraota  tn  this  eity, 
under  aertala  eondttloas  aad  atinaiatlot^,  as  detailed 
In  tbe  printed  apeclflcatlons  adoptedby  the  (hty  Coun- 
cil, a  copy  of  watch  may  be-obtaiaed  oa  apaUeatloa  to 
the  undersigned,  by  auy  person  who  may  desire  to 
tender.  (By  order.)  CHAS.  GLACKMh-YEE,  City  Clerk. 
CiTx  (Xaax's   OrBiOB,  Citt  Hax.i,  HconraaAi;.,  Bab.  I, 

1877. 


MEETINGS. 


AMRRIOAN     INSTI  t'VTB,  -  THB      ABIIOAL 
aleetiaa  tar  TMAdaa  and  Kaaagaca  vrtB  ba  asM 
attunooKt  la  th&  OooparBolMttic  oa  T<mRAi»AY. 


the^8th  dav  of  iff/K^nj.   '^V»£^  b*  a»«ie«  ii 


Tba    "EHWABD  OF  UERIl^'— SUCUS^ 
Tha  aew  Opera  Booffii.  Music  bv  OOtebach 

TAB  HAPPY  ROK^,  aad  a 
GOBOEOUS  JAPAN  B8B  OIOBaMIC  Bcena 


Opera 
Bonse. 

Broadway. 

and  2inh  st. 


MaTIMBB  SATUROAt  AT  2.    Seats  aeonred. 


Dreaming  iolantbb^ 

"TOT  OKNTBMinAL  BUTTER  HEAD.* 

MBXT  TO  NEW-YORK  AQUABIUM. 

ADMISSION  26  aZsX*. 

FOB  A   gtiyr   DATS   ONLT. 


FIlfE  AUTS. 


ART. 
MOW  ON  EXHIBITION  AT  THB 

0OHBNCK  ABT  GALLBBT, 
Ka  60  Liberty  st 
An  important  collection  of  High  Class  AMBBTOAN 
AND  FOBEIOH  OIL  PAINTINOS.  several  of  which  are 
from  the  last  Paris  Salon  Exhibition  In  Paris,  and  fbe 
Amenoan  direct  trom  the  studios  of  our  best  artists, 
to  be  sold  at  anotioa, 

.OMTHDBSDAT  AlTOFftlDAr,  FBB.  8  ANOB. 

at  12  o'clock  each  day.  , 

BDWABD  SCHB.<f  CK.  Aaotloaoer. 


ARTIST'H  l»ALE. 

BABKBB  k  OO.,  NOd.  47  and  49  LIBBBTT  ST., 
spli  OB  WBDMBbDAT,  Feb.  7,  tha  studies  aad  atodio 
effects  of  a  promiaeut  artist,  eoiiaiatiag  of  dr  twlnas 
from  the  nnda.  sketches  is  •  IL  easels,  lay  ilgara,  crnei. 
fix,  portraits,  and  nalatinga,  with  aad  with  ut 
frames.  Oat-door  sketcblag  apparatus  complete,  e  url- 
aus  and  Intereating  to  artists  and  aoiateurm.  Also 
broBSe  medatUons,  InkataiMis,  asateb-aafes,  paiat- 
biTiabea.  h*.  O.  L  BAKKs,  Aiaefioaarav 


HOlifciES  AND  GARiUAGiDS. 


THE  UP<^OWN  OFFICE  OF  TRUB  TlillBM. 

The  no-town  office  of  THB  TIMS3  is  ioeated  at 
M«.1.2a7  ftr»adwa,r,  l^et.  SlaC  aad  39M  ats. 

Open  daily.  Saadays  tneladed,  fcom  4  A.  H.  to  9  P.  M. 

SobaarlptioaB  recalved.  aad  ooptesaC  THB  TUIOB  tec 

•ata 

ADVBBTIBBlfBNTS  BBOEIVBO  OBTIL  9T.  %, 


A    -OMR  OLARKMCB, MRABbV  »KW,  MABB 

.Aabj Bt«(vat«r«t Cskt  aaeeaaMTaaapaakpfiaatoa, 
eua  Awrtor'aBbaatpB. aad  aaa slde-baa  «an«aoaa,  lAa 
sa  oatsM.   Ta  ba  aaaa  at 
iiutik  Si;,  aatr  4tk  ««i 


4:;'  .t:TA.iii^t-':t,tiisi^iaav;^^^O^^S^!i!e^^^tSsii££d^  j:XixiJ^^S^^ 


4M7SBj5!lnyg& 


l*»9P^.- 


VMIDN  H^tJARE  THSATRB. 

jMx.  IHBIZOAX  SSMi 
......JCb.  a.  R.  PALinB 

Tba  wiinaawmant  take  great  plaaassaia 
aivinwn^aB  that  ^la^  ^  jkiadnse  qa 

|ipHOAX  STKBIf  0.  HWk.  (», 

a^^mAiofMiefclaiheacsal  Mdal«b» 
rate  pnsparatloa  In  the  seenlo  departmant 
Ota  Bwst  liipnrtHat  Braaiatle  work  of  tba 
ifKt  Paf^tan  and  prasattt  Loadaa  aqaairo, 

THB  DAMI£bRFS«, 

A  ramantto  pl^y  tn  fonr  aotgi 


Obaraeten  as  fbUowai 

Oatp,  aserf. .....Kr,  a  JL  Thome.  J» 

▼hkdlmlr.  Count  Paidohaff. Mr.  James  0;;Be(ll 

Ecger  de  TaUe,  a  French  Dtplomat Mr.  W.  B.  Floyd 

(His  first  appearance  here.) 

Bakamff.  an  ex-sen Mr.  3.  H.Steddazt 

Prince  Walanoff,  tather  ot  Lydla Mr.  J.  BL  Paraalie 

Paul  DaniblieV ....Mr.  H.  W.  Hootgomery 

Father  Andre,  a  Priest  lu  ttip  home  of  the  DamcbH&t 

Mr  H.  F-  Uaty. 

lOkifor.  a  Koaslan  soldier Mr.  W:  H.  Wilder 

Dr.  KoureC  tba  sleeping  doctor Mr.  John  idatbem 

Ivan,  M^or  Dome  In  the  bouse  of  the  Cpunteia. 

Mr.  Lvssinder  1  iiomnaoa 
aerrLlnder,  BatbaUB'smnsio-teacber..Mr.  H.  Ramgai 

Phncess  Lydla  Wal  aott. Mi^s  Katharine  Rogata 

The  Coiinteaa  Danioheff Mia-  Kanuy  Mo'raak 

AnaaHlvan^wna,  a  aert  girl Miss  Sara  Jewatil 

The  Baroness  Dos?ne Miss  Idi  Vemoa 

AnHssa,     I  old  serfs  In  the  Uani.  (  Mrs.  Mans  WUktlii 
Mailuaa,  )        oheff  £tmll.r.        X  Ura.  Farren. 

Malhalie ....Miss  Li'tan  Clevqs 

Mme.  Germalne Mrs.  Seymodi 


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Tbe  seaajBrv.  all  of  wbieh  Is  of  tbe  ao«l 
ma^Bceat  description,  has  been  daslghad 
and  painted  expressly  for  this  play  br  Ma 
Richard  Maraton,  andcompriaea  the  folloir 
Ing: 

ACT  L-THB  HOME  OF  THB  DAVXCHBFFi 
BBAB  SOHAYA 

ACT  2,-THK  BALOM   OF  THB   PBINOBSf 
LYMA  IN  MOSCOW. 

ACT  &— THE  HOME  OF  OSIP  AND  ABBA. 

ACTA.— THB  BOMB  OF  THE  DANICREFFB 

The  mnsie  eompoaed  aad  arranged  by  Ma 
H.  •Itsaingfon. 

The  fnraltore  aad  bangln(B  by  Ma  O 
Oroyer  Stoekley. 

Tbe  oostnmes  by  Mr.  T.  W.  Laaeoetta 
The  Properties  ny  ,Mr.  W,  Hearv. 
Tbe  muaical  effecta  by  Mr.  G.  B.  Wtnna 
Tbe  gas  aad  lights  by  Mr.  Charles  Jln.Ta]i 


BATUBDAT,  FE&  10,  FIRST  MATINEE  OF 
TBE  OAiriCHEFFS. 
Beats  aay  be  aeonred  10  day«  in  advaoee. 


DALY'S  FIFTH  AVENUE  TfiBATRfio 

Lei  thoae  sow  LAUGH 
Who  never  LAUG  lED  before  I 

Aad  those  who  aiwava  LAO&Hfi) 
Xow  LAUGH  the  more  I 

ETBRY  NIGHT. 

Begiantng    at    8.    terminating    at  KhSO,    Angasl^ 
Ual#'a 

NEW  CONIC  sensation: 

LEMONS. 

TOB  BIT  OF  THE   6BAS0N. 

A  LAUGH  FOR  EVERYBODY. 

MATINBB  SArUROAY  AT  2. 


ACADE.'UV  OF  MUSIC. 

KELLOGii. 
Mr.  C.  D.  HUBS JNreeCoi 

POSITIVELY  THE  LAST  PRRFoBHANCfCB 

Laat  appearances  m  New-Yor.i  this  season  of  Amailea'l 

Kreat  prlmn  d-.nna, 

MISS  CiLARA  U>IM3E  KcLLOGG, 

THB  KELLOGG  GRAND  KNOLLSH  '  PKRA  COMFANT, 

ia  the  follorfinc  highly  attractive  repertoire. 

TUBBDAY  EVE51^Q,  Keb.  6.  Douiaettt'a 

LUCIA  Dl  LAMMERJIOOK. 

MISS  CLAR.<*   LOUISE  KELLOGG. 

MBKaR.<.  MAaS.  C.'BXiETuN.  CONLT, 

TURNER    &o..  in  the   cndt 

WBIHTBBDAY  8V£NI.\0.  Ixatrenre'entatinnoftbegisat 

aohievement  af  tbt  eeiaon.  w^wnet's 

FLY  NU  DUT.ihuaN. 

TBIOAT  SVBNUlO,  BRNEFIT  OF  MISS  CBLLOOI}, 

MIONON. 

LAST  GBAKD  HaTINBR  ON  8ATUBUAY. 

flaeare  snsts  at  Bchirmer's.  Mo,  761  BreA<lway,  at  tbt 

Aosaemv  of  Mbs>c.  und  &«.  Ill  tiroadway. 
THE  GREAT    NEW-VORR  AQUARIUM 

Broadway  and  S5thet 

OosB  f^m  9  A  M.  till  1 0  P.  M..  (Sundays  excepted.) 

NBW  AMD  SPECIAL  ATTBACTIONS  WBBKLY. 

BEAUTIFUL  AMD  IMTBBt«TIMG    BNTBBTAINMENti 
Rias  VIRBINE  LUSIN.     |  Capt.  QOIGLKY. 

THE  WAlhR  NYMPH,    J  tue  wonderfui 

remains  under  water  with-       SUBMAuI.NE  DIVER, 
eat   meebaale;vl   aid   fromlllluat  ates   the  workings 
Va  to   3    minutes,   catinx  tbe  diver's  suit  in  the  largi 
and  drtuklng  whiie    snu-ltank,      remaining     under 
Biwged.  'wa<«r  forty -five  minuiea. 

MAKVBLOU6  FISH.HATCaiNG  DEPARTMENT. 
Mllliena  of  egxs  undergoiug  the  mysierloas  operatioi 

of  Inoabatlon. 

AITBBNOON  AND  EVENING  CONCEBTS  AND  THOO^ 

SANDS  OF  OTHER  ATTRAOTIONB. 

PARK.  TiiEATtlE.  uUR  BviARUii^tr-HOUSB! 

BROADWAT  AND  22D  .ST. 

BBNBY  B.  ABBEY. Lessee  and  Managei 

AcMIURED  sue  Ei<3 

CBOWDBD  HOOoKS  MGHTLY  ORLIQhTBO 

with  Leonard  Grover's  American  comedy  ia  lotir  acta 

OUR  BOARuuvO-HOUSB. 

OUR  BOARDINC^HoU-'tt. 

OUR  BOARDING-HOUSB. 

OUR  BOARDIKU-HOUSB. 

OUR  iiOARn  NO-HOUSd. 

OUR  KOAEDlXG-llOUSR. 

A    POPULARLY     APP-tOVhD    COMBINATION    CAB» 

8ECUBE    YOUR    SElTS    IN    ADVANCE —Beserveii 

seats  in  balcony,  60  cenrs;  lu  dre>6  olrc'e,  $1 ;  In  oi« 

cheetra.  9i  SO;  admission.  60  cents  and  Si. 

EVERY  EVEN  NO  AND  S.tTUROAY  MATINEE. 
FREE  LIS.    AB.SOLUTElY  SLSPit.\DBD. 

BAtxLA.  THKA'l'REii        BROADWAY  AND  S^fD  6t! 

Proprietor Mr.  JOSH  HART 

TUE  AIMBB  OPERA  SEASO.<f. 

Maaaaar .Hr.    MAURICE    ORAU 

TO- NIGHT.  Feb.  5,  positively  last  time  this  season  ot 

-  LA  JOLIB  PAttFUMEUaB. 
in  which  Atmi^  Will  introduce,   for  the  laat  time  tbla 
teasou,  ber  worl.l-iamous  English  Song  and  Dauoe, 

"PRfiTTYAS  A  PlOTDiiE." 
TO-MORBOW  (IDESDAY)  BVENI.VG.  e'eb.  6,  a  new 
<^pera,  first  time  here,  with  entirely  new  scenery,  cos. 
lam^  Hnd  accessoiies..  and  st  au  outlay  of  over  five 
thousand  (#3.00O)  dollars,  tue  last  c^uropean  Uiusieal 
eeusation,  Lecocq's  laiit  aud  most  sucoessiul  Opera, 

LA  PETITE  MARIEB. 


NIBLO'S    GARDiiN. 

CBALFT  BROTflBRB Lessees  and  Managen 

Co  bounded  Success. 


ABOUND 

THB 

WORID 

IN  80  DAYS. 


Every  evenlnir  nnd  Saturday  matinee,   ceata  seoureA 
two  weeks  in  advance. 


METROPOLITAN  MUSEUM  OF  ART. 

The  CANTBLLANI  OOLLSCTION  loaned  lo  tbe  Ma. 
seum  b.v  Signor  A.  Castellani,  consisting  of  MAJOLICA, 
GOLD.  BRO^ZS,  STAPUAEr,  and  oTrf.-;it  A-NTIQOI- 
TIBS  of  QREngi.;  and  ITALY,  will  be  opened  (o  tba  pub* 
lie  on  and  after  TUESDAY.  Feb.  6.  i^m  10  A.  M.  to  6 
P.  M..  and  from  7  SO  P.  11.  t..  IJ  P.  M. 

N,  B.^-Adtuiesion  t^  the  Huseam,  26  cents;  to  tha 
Castellani  Cojleclloa.  25  cents.  This  additional  charica 
It  made  on  secum.tof  the  agreement  to  aero te  the 
proue.-d8  to  fh°  purchase  of  tbe  collection,  if  i  e.iu  be 
effected.  The  fr.re  days  to  the  Museum  are  Mob  DAYS 
and  THUR  DAYS. 


OLYMPIC  Theatre.      no.  6.^2  broadway. 

FaO.vOUNCED  AND  POSITIVE  SUCCESS 

ef  the 

FIFTH  AVENUE  TRAVELING  COMPANY 

IN   ME.    AUGUSTIN  DlLY'S  FAMOUS  COMEDY, 

TUB       TA&  BIG  B0NAM7,A THK 

BIG        THK  BIG  B0.NAN2a BIO 

BONANZA     TiiE  BIO  BONANZA BO.VAN'ZA 

POPUL.AE  PBICBM  of  AdmiMiou— 2Sa.d'c.,  and  $1. 
MAII.lEES  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATUE.iAY. 

STEINWAY  HALL.  ESSIPOFF  BBTURS; 

THEhK  GOAWD  r?OWlJKRT3. 
T0B8DAT  AND  F«II)A1:  KVENINQb,  Ki-B.  13  «ND  18. 
(SATURDAY  HATINBE,  F.vB.  17.  MMB.  ANx^TBTTB 
RSSIPOFF,  THE  ILLUNTRiOU.S  PIANiSl',  aaalaiei  oy 
MI>  8.  PAL  4A,  MdNS.  VIVlBM.  Mo.v  .  UOLCKgS. 
Admtsaian.  91.  Beserve)  seats  SI  60.  Sale  of  seats 
Tbnrsda;  at  steinway  Hall,  bchnbcrtb'a  aaa  Mo  111 
BroH.iwsy. 

THUBSOAT   BVXNINO,   FBB.    16.  CHURCH  EDIFICE, 
BRui  KLlN. 


BBLLEU>S  WOiMliiR  TilRATRJfi. 

BV6RT  EVBMI.tQ  AT  8. 

BNTIBB  CHANG  E  OF  PROGR AMRB. 

Beiag  tbe  Third  Series  «f 

HELL  HE'  8   W  O  N  D  E  R  8. 

SIX    KRW    AND    STARTLING    .NEi  BOMATIO  WO*. 

DEBS,  Inohiding  Lnolier's  Puooh  Bowl,  Cupid  and  tb« 

Bases,  the  Cii  balls  ic  i  lock. 


Tbe  fiamoua  EX,.o»e.  known  aa  the 
PIANO  PRACTK^B  Of'  A  BOAItDING-BCBOOL  MISS. 


Bew  wonders  developed  in  tbe 

sEOO.ND  .^IG^r  UrSTBRY. 


And  an  eilgiaal  Opticai  narvel,  ea.ltled  IIVI.vU  PtO< 
TURBS:  Mias  HKLLBBfS  face  m  seen  in  a  picture  twv 
teet  sqnara  There  are  uv  vurroun  iinga;  n-verthelea# 
the  lady  barae.f  is  not  within  20  reet  of  the  e^ovaa 

MATINBBS  WBUNESDAf  AND  csATURDaY  A1'  & 
Cnlldren  half  iirlce  to  idatinSrs. 


YODNM   MRN,  ao  TO.NiadT    T.>   OB.    LlRnCT 
private  lllnstrated  lectiue.  Science  Hall,  14 1 8ih  st. 


LEOTUBES. 


AMBRAOAN    GEOGRAPHICAL    SOGlETki 

MBBTIMa.  TUESDAY   EYBNINO.   FEB.    6,  1877.  AT 
8  O'CLOCK, 
AT 
CHICKBRINO  UaLU 
TBI  VOLCABOBS  OV  THa  U.V.TBO  SrATBS,  FAOIKO 
COAST.  , 

AB  ACCOORT  OF  HI.J  RZPLOBATIOtlS. 
By&F.  hMMO^d.kaa 
evvalna.  Fe».  B.  1977  a«  8  9«ilea1c,  at  Ba  ll 
•a.  Capt,  NortoB'a  axpnattwn  at  Ma  phka  si 


wsat  .      . 

Aiada  apb«*tioa,  and  Ma  Bevl 


'•^anphsaatlaa  af  te 


laaablBa,  sbsnrlag  aaanhsalBaliy  Om  peeflisiaa  af  Mm 

— . fijlAB  *.  HkUt. 

laateAaa  BaontSc^ 


'?i<,',rt;yi4.'...r--.it.^><*S-fr-i::;v-.i".4^  ^'■^.-^niv-'i"' 


%'  ^j 


-M\ 


IS 

4 


A  COURT  TO  BE  ABOLISHED. 

jrUDIClAL  INCOMFETENCT  EXPOSED^ 
flENATOR  BIXBY'S  BILL  FOR  THE  ABOLITION 
OP    THE    MASIXE   COURT — INKffFIClKNCY 
OF    THE    TRIBDNAL  AS  AT  PRESENT  OR- 
GANIZED  HOW  THE  COUHT  HAS  DEGEN- 

ERATKD — A  NEW  CITY  COURT  TKOPOSED. 

The  bill  introducea  by  Senator  Bixby  m  the 
^tate  Senate  recently,  wbicti  has  for  itn  object  the 
abolition  of  tihe  Marine  Court  of  th:»  City,  seems  to 
meet  Willi  favor  a&onK  lawyers  eenerally  for  vari- 
«Q»  reasons,  the  principal  of  which  is  that  the  prea. 
«nt  Marine  Court  not  only  fails  to  accomplisn  what 
It  ahoalct,  Wnt  really  does  very  little  work  of  any 
kind  and  costs  mach  money.  Indeed,  it  is  said 
that,  so  far  as^tbe  cases  tried  by  tlie  coart  in  1876 
are  concerned,  it  wonld  have  been  cheaper  tor  the 
City  to  have  paid  the  litigants  the  whole  amount  of 
their  claims  rather  than  keep  the  conrt  in  opera- 
lion.  The  inefficiency  of  the  conrt,  though  in  great 
xneascresaid  to  be  One  to  the  indolence  or  incom- 
petency of  most  of  the  Judges,  is,  perhaps,  prima- 
rily owing  to  a  cause  which  lies  deeper  than  this, 
this  primal  cause  arises  from  the  fact  that  the  court 
»&«  departed  altogether  from  its  original  paipose, 
ivhiob  was  to  give  the  poorer  classes  of  litisants  an 
opportunity  of  having  their  cases  tried  more 
ipeeiily  and  with  lees  coste  than  they  would  have 
*  the  caaes  were  Drought  io  one  of  the  higher 
•courts,  such  as  the  Supreme  or  Superior  Court,  or 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas.  A  few  facts  about  the 
origin  and  general  history  of  the  Marine  Court  may 
^erve  to  illustrate  the  point. 

OBIGIN  AND  HISTORT  OF  THE  COURT. 

The  court  is  one  ot  the  oldest  of  the  State,  and 
ewes  its  origin  to  the  act  passed  in  February,  1797, 
which  abolished  the  Assistant  Justices  appointed 
Under  the  act  of  1787,  and  created  in  their  place  Jus- 
tices of  the  Peace  for  the  City  and  County  ot  New- 
tork,  unlimited  in  number,  but  with  the  same  juris- 
liclion  formerly  possessed  by  the  Assistant  Jus- 
ttcea.  The  new  Justices  were  constituted  a  single 
»ourt,  and  it  was  provided  that  two  of  their  number 
Ihould  sit  in  rotation  at  the  City  Hall-  They  were 
empowered  to  hear  and  determine  ail  causes  where 
the  amount  claimed  did  not  exceed  £10,  and  enjoyed 
all  the  powers  and  privileges  of  Justices  of  the 
Peace.  Thecourt  thus  created  was  afterward  known 
as  the  Justices'  Court,  and  is  now  called  the  Manne 
Court.  Changes  in  the  court  were  made  In  1804 
and  180€,  and  finally,  in  1807,  an  act  was  passed 
creating  the  Justices'  Court,  consisting  of  three 
Justices  who  had  lurudiction  over  actions  of  debts, 
detinue,  accounts,  covenants,  trespass  on  case,  and 
trespass  wherein  the  amount  demanded  was  over 
J25  and  did  not  exceed  $50.  In  1813,  by  the 
revision,  the  court  was  continued,  and  the 
Governor  was  empowered  to  appoint,  by  and 
iwith  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Council 
nf  Appointment,  three  proper  and  discreet 
persons  as  Justices  of  the  court,  whOEe 
commissions  were  to  be  for  three  years.    In  1817 

the  Justices'  Court  was  given  jurisdiction  in  arreot- 
Ing  snips  and  vessels  for  debts  contracted  by  the 
Diaater,  owner,  or  oocsignee  for  euch  ships  or  vfs- 
aels  In  this  State.  The  name  of  the  court  was 
cbaniced  to  the  Marine  Court  in  1819.  From  this 
time  forward  the  court  was  separated  absolutely 
Crom  tne  Assistant  Justices'  Court,  which  is  now 
known  as  the  District  Court.  The  act  of  1819  took 
away  from  the  latter  court  the  jnriadiotion  to  try 
suits  lor  seamen's  wages.  The  Jurisdiction 
of  the  Marine  Court  was  increased  from 
time  to  dme  until  now,  when  it  has  the  right  to  try 
caubea  in  w^hlcb  the  amount  demanded  is  as  mach 
as  f-2,000.  In  oases  of  suits  foi  pvrsonal  injuries  it 
has  jarisdiction,  no  matter  bow  large  theamonnt 
eued  for.  The  court  has  also  been  made  a  court  of 
record,  having  its  Chief  Justice,  its  General  Term, 
and  all  the  other  paiapberDaUa  which  characterize 
the  higher  courts.  The  costs,  too,  have  been  in- 
creased in  a  preposterous  way,  by  making  them 
equal  to  those  ob'ained  in  the  Snoreme  Conrt.  The 
eifect  of  all  these  changes  baa  been  mischievous  in 
the  extreme. 

Fromj  the  history  of  the  court  as  above  given,  it 
will  be  seen  that  the  purpose  of  the  law-makers  in 
creating  it  was  to  make  it  emphatically  the  poor 
man's  tf:ourt.  When  lis  foundation  was  laid,  cases, 
like  that  or  Jarndyoe  against  Jarndyce.  which  con- 
sumed in  their  progress  more  time  than  is  lunally 
allotted  to  the  span  of  a  hnman  life,  were  not 
altogether  anomalies  even  in  the  Empire  State. 
The  law's  delay,  so  often  and  so  bitterly  referrea 
to  and  reflected  on,  which  might  be  borne  with 
'■ome  degree  of  equanimity  and  fortitude  by  the 
well-to-do,  bore  most  heavily  and  cruelly  on  the 
poor  persons  who  sought  redress  by  the  law  of  the 
land  for  wages  wrongfally  withheld,  or  for  iiya. 
Ties  to  their  persona  or  small  mites  of  property. 
3?he  Justices'  Courts  of  those  early  days,  oftentimes 
presided  oyer  by  persons  of  little  if  any  legal  edu- 
cation, were  not  felt  to  be  proper  places  for  resort, 
as  the  cases  ot  real  consequence  were  not  apt  to 
receive  m  such  tribunala  the  consideration  which 
was  properly  their  flue.  The  higher  conrts  were 
too  high  for  the  poor  to  resort  to.  Besides  their 
delays,  their  litigations  were  very  costly.  A 
poor  laborer,  servant,  mechanic,  or  seaman 
■waa  hardly  willing  oo  rua  the  risk  of  bring- 
log  a  suit  which  might  last  for  a  long 
time.  And  which  might  result  in  saddling  blm  with 
more  cbQSts  than  tbe  amouat  of  his  claim.  So  the 
Marine  Court  came  into  being  as  a  kind  of  inter- 
znealate  siep  between  tbe  Conrts  of  Justices  ot  the 
Peace,  and  tbe  high  courts  of  common  law  and 
equity  jurisdiction.  Por  years  thecourt  did  good 
■work.  Its  Justices  were,  in  general,  competent 
men,  and  they  were,  baaides,  good  working  men. 
Caaes  were  reached  and  disposed  of  i  within  a  few 
weeKs  after  issue  was  Joined,  and  trials  were  short 
and  decisive.  If  an  action  warranted  it,  an  appeal 
was  taken  from  the  decision  of  the  coutii.  to  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas,  and  thence,  at 
times,  to  the  highest  appellate  tribunal.  Tbe 
costs  were  very  moderate  to  the  litigants,  and  the 
expense  of  running  tbe  court  itseK  was  very  small. 
But  the  times  changed,  and  with  the  addition  of 
Dew  powers  and  more  Judges  to  the  conrt  it  seems 
to  have  fallen  aw.-^y,  step  by  step,  from  the  objects 
and  purposes  which  it  should  have  attained.  In 
spite  of  its  increased  powers  it  became  lowered  in 
public  respect.  It  was  in  this  court  that  an  honor- 
able Judge,  as  It  is  said,  presided  la  the  trial 
Df  causes,  having  before  him  on  tbe  bench  bis  ' 
Klass  of  beer  and  his  pretzel,  and  it  was  in 
this  coart,  and  at  not  a  very  remote  date, 
that  another  honorable  Judge  took  tbe  liberty 
of  deciding  a  case  against  and  in  the  teeth  of 
a  decision  of  the  highest  tribunals  of  the 
State  and  nation.  There  have  been  some  Judges 
in  tbe  court  of  late  years  who  have  betrayed  a  most 
remarkable  ignorance  ot  the  laws  they  were  called 
on,  by  virtue  of  their  oflicex,  to  execute.  Caoes 
which  should  have  been  disposed  ot  in  an  hour 
have  been  allowed  to  drag  tbeir  weary  ienctb  along 
for  several  days.  Judges  have  been  absolutely  idle 
for  months  ao  »  time.  One,  two,  or  three  trial 
terms  of  tbe  court  have  been  kqpt  running  tor  por- 
tluDS  only  of  a  term,  and  frequent  adiournments 
have  been  had,  when  four  trial  terms  should  have 
been  held  continuously  daring  each  month. 
Q:ben,  too,  came  tbe  act  of  the  Legislature  in- 
creasing tbe  costs  which  can  be  recovered 
In  the  court.  According  to  this  latter  act, 
which  is  now  in  operation,  there  would  be 
about  $110  of  costs  in  a  case  in  which  no  more  than 
§73  were  involved.  A  large  nuosber  of  scalawag 
lawyers,  on  finding  out  about  the  increase  ot  costs 
In  toe  court,  brought  all  kinds  ot  netty  actions 
which  should  have  been  brought  in  the  district 
courts,  where  tbe  costs  are  very  light  comparative- 
ly. The  existence  oi  the  General  Term  of  the 
Marine  Court  is  put  forward  as  one  reason 
why  the  trial  terms  should  not  be  in  session  during 
the  whole  ot  a  term,  as  the  Jndtrea  maa:^  prepare 
rhemselves  for  their  dutiea  at  tbe  Greueral  Term. 
fWithout  commenting  on  the  weakness  of 
this,  it  must,  nevertheless,  be  stated  as 
a  fact.  that  bv  ressou  of  tbe  labk 
of  ability  or  energy  or  work  at  tbe  trial 
iterms,  bv  reason  of  the  great  influx  of  petty  causes, 
.and  because  of  tne  long-continued  spells  ot  idle- 
ness on  the  part  of  the  Juaeea,  the  calendars  of 
the  court  have  become  so  overbordeoed  that  causes 
can  be  brought  to  trial  only  alter  very  long  delays 
and  annoyances,  and  the  court  itselt  fails  utterly  to 
accomplish  the  purposes  for  which  it  was  designed. 
Taking  ihij  record  of  the  work  done  by  the  conrt  in 
1876,  the  following  result  is  shown  as  far  as  the 
number  of  trials  In  each  month  is  concerned  : 


mm. 


Number 

Number 

of  Trials. 

Month. 

of  Trial*. 

79 

Jniy 

2 

78 

August 

0 

60 

septrmlier... 

1-2 

37 

October 

22 

60 

Kovember 

10 

...:..  53 

December 

10 

...415 

Month. 
January 

c.i  February 

S^:     .         UarcU .'. 

Anrll.. 

May 

lune 

Total 

As  there  are  six  Judges  to  thecourt  this  gives 
«acb  Judge  an  average  of  69  case*  tor  the  year,  or 
Utile  more  than  one  case  per  weet.  Some  of  this 
apparent  lack  of  work  is,  of  course,  due  to  the  fact 
Bf  Judge  Spaulding's  death  danng  the  year.  But 
DO  reason  is  given  why  certain  of  the  other  Judges 
atanald  have  vsoaiions  of  shree,  four,  or  five  montba, 
and  tnon  transact  business  only  during  portions 
Df  the  other  month^.  No  better  evidence  need 
begivem  of  tiw  locAmseteBcy  of  the  ooort  as  at 

';^---  -      />  -  ' 


nresent  constitmed  than  tbe  statement  of  the  fact 
that  during  1876  2,713  causes  were  out  on  the  oaldn- 
dar  and  only  415  disposed  of  TTnder  these  ciroum 
Btaneea  the  court  must  be  contiDaally  fallloe  be- 
hind Its  calendar.  After  the  convening  of  the 
Legislature  the  Judges  seetaed  to  think  some  action 
was  necessary,  and  they  realized  that  the  coart  was 
not  keeping  Dace  with  the  requirements.  So  during 
last  month  208  causes  were  disposed  of.  In  justice, 
however,  it  must  be  said  that  in  general  a  great 
deal  ot  work  has  been  done  in  the  chambers  of  the 
court,  but  in  this  branch  by  a  kind  of  common  con- 
sent the  same  Judge  has  been  Rent  tor  months  in 
succession  during  tbe  busy  seasons  ot  the  year,  and 
the  fact  of  bis  worklne  cannot  be  urged  as  any 
reason  why  the  others  should  ne  less  active  nor 
why  he  should  have  been  given  so  IodsI  a  vacation 
as  be  received  by  the  vote  of  his  brethren  of  the 
bench.  The  cost  of  the  conrt  is  about  JliaiWO  per 
year.  To  this  may  be  added -^bout  $13, QUO  rfcelved 
tor  lees,  and  the  total  is  «125,000.  Aa  only  415  cases 
were  really  tried  during  last  year  this  would  make 
over  $300  each  ;  19  out  of  20  of  the  cases  involved 
less  than  $300. 

SENATOR    BIXBT'S  BILL. 

The  bill  intreduoed  by  Senator  Bixby  proposes, 
after  doing  away  with  the  Marine  Court,  to  substi- 
tute in  its  stead  a  court  to  be  known  as  the  "  City 
Court  of  New-Tork."  Tbe  latter  tribunal  Is  to  con- 
sist ot  four  Judges,  to  be  elected  in  November  next. 
The  Oudttes  are  to  be  classified,  and  are  to  hold 
office  respectively  until  1881,  1883.  1885.  and  1887. 
One  Jndge  of  the  court  is  to  be  balloted  for  in  18d0, 
and  every  two  years  thereafter,  and  every  sucn 
Judge  elected  ia  to  hold  office  for  eieht  years.  The 
Mayor  is  to  have  power  to  mi  vacancies.  No  person 
is  to  be  a  Judee  of  the  court  who  has  not  been  an 
attorney,  for  10  yeas  a.  The  junadicrion  of  the  court 
is  to  be  runuced  to  money  actions  involving  legs 
than  |1,000,  mechanics' lien  cases,  and  > he  present 
courts  marine  jnriitilotion.  The  practice  and 
procedure  of  tte  new  court  are  to  be 
made  to  conform  to  those  of  the  other 
Conrts.  In  cases  where  the  recovery,  exclusive 
of  costs,  shall  not  exceed  <2ri0,  exceptinu  in  replevin 
Sluts,  or  actions  tor  unliquiuated  damages,  no  more 
costa  are' to  be  allowed  than  are  allowed  in  the  dis- 
trict courts,  unless  the  case  is  such  a  one  as  the 
latter  courts  have  not  jurisdiction  to  try.  Three 
trial  teima  of  the  court  are  to  be  held  in  each 
month,  excepting  the  months  ot  July  and  August. 
Tbe  terms  are  to  begin  on  the  first  Monday  ia  each 
month,  and  to  contiuue  from  day  to  day.  Saturdays, 
Sundays,  and  established  bolldays  excepted,  until 
and  including  the  Friday  precoaing  the  first  Mon- 
day in  the  following  menth.  The  sessions  of  the 
court  are  to.  begin  at  10  A.  M.  A  special  term  tor  ex 
parte  mattersia  to  be  neld  each  month.  Thcreiatobe 
no  General  Term  of  thecourt,  butappcala  in  prop- 
er caaea  are  to  be  to  the  General  Term  ot  the  Court 

of  Common  Pleas.    The  Cleric  of  the  court  is  to  be 

appuiutttd  by  the  Judge.<t,  and  is  to  held  otbce  for 
four  years,  aud  is  to  eive  bonds  m  SSO.OOO.  He  ia  to 
have  power  to  remove  deouiy  ClerKs  aud  attend- 
ants. An  interpreter  aud  three  sienogranhers  aie 
to  be  attached  to  the  court.  All  tees  received  by 
toe  Clerk  will  have  to  be  paid  into  tne  City  Treaa- 
ury,  and  an  account  under  oath  rendered  of  such 
lees.    The  Ciork  is  to  receive  no  salary   tor  any 

month  uutil  the  fees  of  the  month  are  paid  over  to 
the  Chamberlain.  The  Judged  are  to  receive  J7.500 
per  year,  the  Clerk  H  000,  the  Deputr  Clerk  ^.000, 
toe  Docket  Clerk  $2,500,  the  assistant  clerKs  and 
the  General  Clerk  each  $1,800;  each  Btenoi>rapber 
$1,500,  eaih  interpreter  $l,atJO,  and  each  attendant 
$1,000.  The  abolition  of  the  Marine  Court,  Hcoord- 
lug  to  the  aot,  is  to  take  place  on  Dec.  31, 1877,  and 
th»  new  City  Court  is  to  begin  its  labors  on  Jan.  1, 
1878. 

Under  this  system,  its  advocate*  claim,  tbe  new 
conn  can  be  carried  on  at  a  cost  of  no  more  than 
$64,000  per  year,  instead  ot  the  *112.000  wbich  the 
Mitrine  Conrt  costs.  Besides  this,  iob  Clerk  of  the 
City  Court  will  be  compelled  to  turnover  to  tbe 
City  Chambensia  all  the  leea  and  other  perquidiiea 
received  by  him  and  nia  aaaistanta.  This  is  a 
matter  which  gave  ex-Con  troUer  Green  much  un- 
easiness. The  new  proviitioos  concerning  the  costs 
in  action*  which  might  have  been  Drought  in  the 
District  Courts  will  have  the  efiect  of  fiiviai  to  tbe 
latter  buaiueaa  wliioii  tney  ouKbi.  to  do,  aud  which 
they  do  not  do  now.  As  it  is,  one-half  of  the  causes 
now  on  the  Marine  Coart  calenaar  should  have 
been  brought  in  the  District  Courra,  where  thej- 
wouid  have  been  disposed  of  apeedily.  Tbe  aboli- 
i:ou  of  a  General  Tern  will  also  nd  the  City,  among 
otber  ihiogs,  of  cbe  burden  of  paying  tbe  Clerk,  a 
son-m-law  of  Judge  Alker,  a  salary  ot  $2,000  per 
year  lor  doing  about  10  weeks  of  actual  woiK.  The 
bill  in  regard  to  the  new  City  Conrt  is,  however,  de- 
fective in  not  limiting  the  number  of  assistant 
clerks  and  attendanti*. 


THE     PROBABLE     ORIGIX    OF     THE     MARINE 
COtJRT. 

To  t?u  Editor  of  the  yea-  York  Timet: 

Once  upon  a  time,  not  within  the  memory 
of  tbe  present  generation,  a  Tammany  Boss  had  a 
mental  emotion,  or  what  people  more  used  to  it 
wonld  call  an  idea.  He  knew  no  judiciary  was 
g«od  for  anything  except  to  make  oitiiena  and 
voters  ot  feliow-cxiles  from  the  Emerald  Isle.  He 
contemplated  in  his  sovereign  mind's  eye  a  half- 
dozen  Juatices  of  the  Peace  wasted  and  completely 
inutilized  because  the  invidious  statute  law  denied 
them  those  honors  and  emoluments  which  his 
friends  Barnard  and  McCnnn  earned  as  naturaliza- 
tion mills.  He  knew  the  party's  ever-increasing 
need  for  real  voters,  which  time  and  improving 
public  sentiraeat  would  still  increase,  like  Oliver 
Twist's  appetite,  and  which  repeating  and  count- 
ing could  never  obviate  absolutely.  Samuel  Jones 
Tilden,  aged  19,  was  in  those  days  freshly  arrived 
from  the  country  districts,  and  had  whispered  the 
above  and  more  sly  suggestions  in  the  ear  of  onr 
hero.  And  then,  in  their  prophetic  minds,  they 
foresaw  the  present  emerKeocy,  and  the  troubles 
Little  Samuel  would  grow  up  to  in  these  latter 
(lays.  And  thinking  to  utilize  Sinnott,  then  Mr. 
Tilden'e  guileless  ofiice  boy.  and  to  have  him  grow 
UP  to  be  a  Justice  of  tbe  Marine  Court,  and  to 
write  campaign  letters  defending  his  employer, 
thus  those  two  vainly  plotted  against  fate.  The 
Boss  said :  "  We'll  put  those  six  '  squires '  together 
and  make  a  conrt  out  ot  them,  and  have  them 
naturalize.  I  know  Capt.  Jinks.  We'll  name, 
name  it  after  hira,  the  Marine  Court."  Mr.  Tilden 
said  "  amen  "  to  his  Boss ;  for  tbe  hearts  of  those 
two  always  beat  together  as  one. 

Thus  originated  a  court  whose  jarisdiotion,  from 
small  beginnings,  has  been  raised  and  broaoened  in 
almost  all  classes  of  civil  actions,  by  successive  Le- 
gislatures, until  it  has  more  power  and  fewer  re- 
strictions from  the  statutes,  m  some  respects,  than 
any  court  in  the  State,  excepting  only  that  It  can 
enter  no  one  judgment  for  more  than  $2,009.  Our 
chronology  and  onr  cosmogony  may  not  be  strictly 
histaricai.  May  be  Darwin  would  sooner  evolute 
tbe  Manne  Court  out  of  a  sailor,  or  say  a 
land -pirate,  than  from  the  "Marines." 
In  process  of  time  the  snperioritv  ot 
modem  invention  has  rendered  this  court's 
power  of  naturalization  altoeetber  a  useless  and 
forgotten  fact  In  history.  We  only  need  to  know 
that  Tammany  Hall  was,  and  always  has  been,  its 
fountain-head  and  f.ater  spirit,  and  never  elected  a 
Republican  to  its  bench.  Toe  portrait  of  its  reign- 
ins  Boas  stands  on  the  centre-table  in  Its  office*,  in 
plush  and  gilt  trame.or  bangs  high  on  its  walls;  like 
tbe  Mariner's  guardian  angel  aloft, 

"  There's  a  sweet  little  cherub  that  aits  up  aloft, 
'  To  keep  watch  '  for  poor  Jack." 

The  sameness  of  the  origio  will  explain  to  tbe 
unsatisfied  that  our  court  was- modeled  after  that 
other  in  Hades,  where  Mr.  Justice  Rhadamanthus 
sat  at  Trial  Term,  and  held  a  General  Term  with 
his  colleagues.  Jus  ices  Minos  and  Ma*aB.  Never- 
theless, for  the  sake  of  the  condemned,  it  is  oar 
trust  that  there  were  never — not  even  after  such 
general  massacres  of  Southern  -Democrats  by 
negroes  aa  the  W^orld  tells  us  of — so  many  as  5.000 
caaes,  and  twice  as  many,wretched  suitors,  waiting 
year  in  and  year  out  for  trial  at  the  judg- 
ment seat  of  Purgatory.  Tbe  nether  tribunal 
could  not  procure  in  all  its  precincts  such 
clerks  as  the  Tammany  General  Committee  provides 
our  conrts  with.  We  trust  there  neyer  cimld  be 
there  below  such  coninsion  and  delay  of  jastice, 
which  is  worse  than  prompt  iujastics,  aud  thus 
such  a  field  for  ahyatera  and  aberifis  and  ioianitous 
debtors.  There  are  causes  in  the  Marine  Court 
which  have  waited  in  vain  over  a  year  to  be 
reached  for  the  first  tine.  There  are  causes  which 
nave  been  reached  and  lett  lineerme  on  tbe  day 
calendar  a    year    before    trial.     Tnere    are    cansea 

which  were  argued,  trie  i  and  sabmitted  over  a  year 
ago,  in  which  no  decision  has  ever  been  rsndered. 
There  are  action.t  ordered  on  last  April  for  immedi- 
ate trial,  wherein  the  orders  have  never  been  obeyed. 
Tbere  are  trifling  appeals,  orought  for  delay,  and 
pending  beture  iho  Genera  ITerm  .some  delayed  six 
montba  tiefure  argument,  and  others  waitine  six 
mooihs  or  nearly  a  year  after  argument  for  an 
"ooinion." 

The  contempts  of  tbe  orders  ot  court  are  as 
numerous  and  continue  aa  ridiculous  hs  in  the 
court  of  the  Orand  Duchess.  Two  of  tbe  Judees, 
who,  with  their  most  recent  colleague,  seem  deter- 
mined to  do  their  individual  part  to  reform  these 
matters,  have  lately  apotcen  plainly  about  them — 
one  from  the  bench,  and  tne  other  in  a  letter  lo  the 
press;  still,  their  hands  Are  tied  by  tbe  powers  be- 
hind them.  We  can  eattily  believe  that  tbe  Judges 
would  have  as  efficient  a  cleiioal  staff  In  their 
courts  »s  in  their  private  offices  if  allowed  to  Choose 
for  themseive!*.  Pew  of  them  have  the  daring  or 
the  appreciation  of  the  publio  approval  to  follow 
the  course  Recorder  Hackett  toek  when  Tammany 
undertook  to  dictate  to  mm  wno  should  be  the 
officers  of  his  court. 

The  Bar  Association  were  very  zealous  some 
years  ago  to  estAbliah  wbat  they  called  the  Mu- 
nicipal Court,  and  possibly  to  dispense  thereby 
with  the  Manne  Conrt.  They  bad  a  bill  for  some 
such  purpose  and  a  committee  to  present  it  to  the 
Legislature.  They  honored  themselves  by  appoint- 
ing Mr.  Peter  B.  Oiney  the  cnalrman  of  that  com- 
mittee. Still,  Mr.  Oluey  is  an  officer  of  Tammttny 
and  a  friend  of  the  present  Boss.  The  lawyers 
Wore  not  sagacious  in  choosing  one  of  the  proprie- 
tors to  clean  out  the  Ausean  stables.  The  Bar  As- 
sociation has  been  hibernating  since  then,  and 
nothing  has  been  heard  of  tbe  bill.  They  will  do 
well  for  themselves  and  their  clients  to  rouse  them- 
selves again  and  to  recommend  their  bill  or  some 
other  vigorous  remedy,  likely  t«  enforce  and  to  ex* 

{teoite  justioe,  to  the  present  Repnblican  Legia- 
ature,  which  laat  can  in  no  way  better  credit  its 
party  than  by  afiording  speedy  relief  to  the  thou- 
sands of  distressed  creditors  whosO  money  is  kept 
from  them  or  finally  lost  to  them  by  the  delays  of 
the  MM'ln*  Cout  t.  If  the  bill  Senator  Bixby  baa 
-proposed  has  objeotlona,  some  otber  can  be  origi- 
nated  without  tham«  LBX- 


NEW  CHURCH  DOCTfilMS. 


THE  DEATH  OF  THE  SOUL. 
bB.  CHACM<iET  QlLBS'  SECOND  LECTDRB  ON 
THE  SWEBBNBOROIAN  TflEORIES  OF 
DEATH  AND  THE  BBSUBRECTION— THE 
NATORE  AND  ATTRIBUTES  OB  SPIRITUAL 
DEATH. 

Dr.  Cbaonoey  Giles  last  evening  delivered 

the  second  ot  his  series  of  lectures  on  "  Death  and 
the  Resurrection"  at  tbe  Church  of  tbe  Kew- 
Jernsalem,  (Swedenborgian),  in  East  Tbirty-flfth 
street,  between  Park  and  Lexington  avenues.  Tbe 
lecture  was  entitled  "Tbe  Death  of  the  Soul,"  and 
was  devoted  to  tne  consideration  of  the  Sweden- 
borgian theory  that  while  tbe  death  of  the  body,  or 
material  death,  was  simply  a  step  toward  the  at- 
tainment of  man's  higher  life,  and  not  a  punish- 
ment lor  sin,  the  death  of  tbe  soul  reaulted  directly 
from  the  disobedience  of  God's  laws  of  life,  the 
violation  of  wbich  constituted  sin. 

In  opening  tbe  lecture.  Dr.  Giles  briefiy  referred 
to  his  previous  discourse,  which  had  been  devoted 
to  a  demonstration  of  tbe  fact  that  tbe  dissolution 
of  the  material  body  was  not  caused  by  sin,  but  was 
a  provision  of  the  Divine  economy  for  the  beneBt  of 
man,  a  provision  by  means  of  wbich  he  attained 
tbe  higher  ends  of  his  being.  This,  said  Dr.  Giles, 
is  the  material  death;  but  there  Is  another  death 
wbich  is  the  interruption  of  the  Divine  .order  and 
tne  destruction  of  every  human  element  in  man's 
nature  aud  every  possibility  of  human  happiness. 
This  is  the  spiritual  death,  which  takes 
place  before  the  dissolution  of  the  body. 
As  this  splntnal  death  is  a  question  wbich  touobea 
every  human  interest  for  time  and  eternity,  the 
snbjeot  is  worthy  of  our  careful  and  patient  thought. 
Soirltual  death  is  ust  a  subject  which  lies  upon  tbe 
suiface  of  onr  knowledge,  but  it  involve*  radical 
distinction*,  and  is  based  on  the  fundamental  ana  in- 
terior principles  of  man's  nature  and  relations  to  tbe 
Lord.  There  is  only  one  way  of  learning  with  abso- 
lute certainty  what  it  is,  and  of  understanding  wbat 
the  Lord  has  revealed  to  us  upon  the  anbleot  in  tbe 
Scriptures.  In  order  to  understand  spiritual  death 
we  mast  first  understand  spiritual  life.  In  the 
whole  of  tbe  Sjcripturea,  from  GeneBis  to  Revela- 
tion, the  Lord  teaches  na  that  soiritnal  life  con- 
sists essentially  in  tbe  capacity  of  lovijiK  Him  and 
oar  neieubors.  There  may  be,  said  the  speaker,  a 
vast  development  of  man's  natural  mind  without 
that  development  being  accompanied  by  a  particle 
of  love  of  God,  or  ot  unselfish  love  of  man.  The  life 
of  every  created  being  is  love,  and  tbe  love  wbiob  any 
created  being  receives  and  exercise*  is  the  measure, 
botb  in  degree  and  quality,  of  that  being's  life. 
Heavenly  love,  which  is  tbe  love  of  the  Lord  and 
tbe  neighbor,  is  therefore  spiritual  life,  and  the  pos- 
seasion  and  exercise  of  it  by  man  constitute  his  ha- 
manity.  Consequently,  the  Lord  in  all  Hlsrelations 
to  man  seeks  to  imbne  him  with  this  love.  The 
first  commandment — first  in  time,  first  in  place, 
and  first  In  importance— is  "Thou  shalt  love  tbe 
Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy  heart,  soul,  mind,  and 
strength,"  and  the  second,  "Thou  shalt  love  thy 
neighbor  as  thyself."  Luve  is  the  fulfilling  of  this 
law,  and  the  while  Bible  testifies  that  apiritual  love 
is  the  life  of    the   Lord  Himself,  the   life  of   everv 

angel,  and  tbe  life  of  every  man  and  woman  who 

baa  begun  to  live.  If.  then,  the  love  ot  the 
Lord  is  spiritual  lite,  tbe  absence  of  such  love, 
or  its  willl'nl  perversion,  is  spiritual  death.  When 
his  love  of  the  Lord  is  changed  to  love  of  self,  and 
bis  love  of  bis  neighbor  to  the  lovo  of  tbo  world, 
man  tails  from  lite  to  death.  The  higher  principles 
which  eonstituto  the  esseotiitl  elements  ot 
his  bumauity  perish,  and  he  lives  only 
on  the  natural  plane  of  bis  facul- 
ties. The  spiiitual,  the  human,  are  dead. 
Spiritual  death  is  a  state  of  tne  human  soul  in 
which,  the  higher  faculties  having  oled  out,  the 
natural  faculties,  too,  have  loat  tbeir  control  and 
guiianoe.  They  thus  become  perverted,  aud  rush 
into  every  evil  and  falsity.  Those  that  are  nnder 
the  supreme  control  of  these  diaorgunized  principle* 
are  dead,  however  active  they  may  be  in  the 
natural  plane  ol  their  facultiea.  They  are  dead  to 
all  the  activities, perceptiou8,and  joys  of  a  heavenly 
life,  just  as  tbe  mstsrlal  body,  when  the  spirit  baa 
left  It,  is  dead  to  all  tbe  activities,  sensations,  and 
deliiitits  of  this  world. 

Having  ascertained  wbat  constitutes  spiritual 
death,  the  next  step,  said  the  speaRer,  is  to  discov- 
er it*  cause.  Go  this  point  the  Bible  teaches,  as 
clearly  as  words  can  express  any  irutb,  that  it  is 
caused  by  disobedience  of  the  laws  which  govern 
man's  spiritual  nature  And  ois  relations  to  his  God. 
These  laws  are  always  in  force,  whether  expreaaed 
in  language  or  not,  and  the  penalty  of  their  viola- 
tion, whether  stated  or  not,  will  snrelj  follow,  all 
God's  laws  being  aelf-executlDg.  Keeping  this 
idea  in  the  mind,  it  is  easy  to  see  why  disobedience 
of  them  resulted,  and  must  inevitably  result,  in 
man's  spiritual  death.  They  were  the  laws  of  life, 
and  the  constituents  of  man's  nature,  and  conse- 
qneutlv,  when  tbev  were  disobeyed  man  began  to 
uie.  The  violarion  of  these  divine  laws  aa  embodied 
1n  man's  nature  being  sin,  spirittial  death,  there- 
fore, comes  by  slo.  Tbe  Lord  does  not  cause 
this  death,  although  the  idea  that  He 
does  is  frequently  expressed.  It  is  simply 
tbe  result  ot  disobedience  of  the  laws  of  apiritual 
life,  which  is  followed  by  tbe  same  penalty  as  tbe 
disobedience  ot  the  laws  of  tbe  natural  lite.  This 
spiritual  death  has  ita  delights,  wtich  are  enjoyed 
by  those  who  are  spiritually  dead.  A  human  Deing 
spiritually  dead,  trom  the  absence  from  bis  nature 
of  the  principle  of  spiritual  lite,  has  still  what  he 
culls  life,  and  what  seems  to  him  the  only  life  worth 
possessing.  It  is  a  life  of  strong  afTeciions,  great 
iuieliectual  endowments  and  power,  and  intense 
activities.  All  the  animal  delights,  all  tbe  pleasures 
ttiat  are  derived  from  taste  and  feeling,  when  tbey 
are  not  controled,  regulated,  exalted,  and  directed 
by  love  of  God  ana  man,  are  tbe  delights  Of  the 
spiritual  death,  and  these  delights  are  conceived  to 
be  the  highest  ideal  ot  human  happiness 
by  multitudes  of  men  and  women.  This  ideal 
ranges  ibrougb  all  degrees,  frsm  the  savage  to 
those  who  exhauit  human  skill  t«  compound  delica- 
cies t«  atimulai*  and  gratify  tbe  taste.  There  is 
no  spirituality  in  tbeir  enjoyment,  however.  There 
1.4  no  spiritual  life  either  it}  the  active,  pushing, 
shrewd,  tireless,  circumspect  men,  who  devote 
their  eneraie*  to  the  accumulation  of  riches.  It  is 
merely  a  perverted  afiection,  with  no  sool  of  good- 
ness, no  love  of  God  or  man  in  It.  The  joys  of 
spiritual  death  are  seen  also  in  tbe  amusements  and 
eaieruinmenta  of  social  life.  There  are  men  and 
women,  highly  cultivated,  gracetul  and  pleasing  in 
manners,  elegant  in  attire,  charming  in  conversation, 
whose  only  ambitioa  is  U)  shine  in  the  circle*  of 
'good  society,"  to  be  admired  for  taste  and  beauty 
and  taahionable  aocomplishmeuts— to  whom  this 
charmed  sirole  is  heaven.  Bat  these  oreaturea,  with 
all  their  graces,  rich  attire,  and  brilliant  accomplish- 
ments, are  dead  in  tbe  eye  of  the  Lord  and  the 
aosels,  aud  when  measuredi  bv  tne  only  true  and 
immutable  standard  have  no  more  geonine  life  than 
skeletons  whose  flesh  has  lamed  to  dust. 

Many  human  beings  regard  high  intel- 
lecio&l  development  as  the  exponent  of 
the  true  aud  noble  life  in  its 
highest  forms.  But  is  it  so  1  The  high  develop- 
ment of  the  InttiUeotual  taonlties  may  be  possible 
without  a  particle  of  splntnal  and  true  life.  Many 
of  our  great  scientiats  cannot  see  God  in  man  or 
nature.  They  dscompose,  analyze,  and  reconstruct 
forms  of  matter,  but  they  cannot  find  the  evidence 
of  Divine  existence  in  any  of  tbeir  finely.spnn 
theones,  and  with  the  consummate  wisdom  of 
spiritual  death  inter  that  there  is  no  Divine  exist- 
ence. They  have  no  spiritual  sight,  and  conse- 
quently they  can  see  nothing  spiritual  or  divine 
either  in  nature  or  in  man.  But  they  have  their 
Joys.  Tbey  are  giants  in  their  own  estimation,  and 
looK  down  with  pity  upon  the  deluded  beings 
who  see  tbe  Lord  in  nature,  and  who  feel 
the  quickening  breath  of  His  love  in  tbeir  hearts. 
So,  the  speaker  continued,  we  might  go  through  all 
ages,  examine  all  occupations,  weigh  all  hnman 
attainments,  and  investigate  all  forms  of  society, 
and  we  would  find  these  spiritually  dead  every- 
where. There  is  no  breath  or  poise  of  true  life  in 
them,  and  their  higher  natnre  is  withered  and 
wasted.  It  ia  a  noble  city  buried  in  ruins  beneath 
the  ashes  of  a  moral  volcano — a  paradise  blasted  by 
hot  lasts,  wilb  its  beauty  and  innocence  destroyed. 
It  is  populated,  it  is  true,  with  wbat  are  called  hn- 
man beings,  bat  who  are  merely  ghoats  of  the  people 
who  dwela  in  the  fair  City  ot  God,  and  wbat  men 
call  beauty  has  grown  out  of  its  accumulated  dust 
uf  generations  of  sin.  But  it  ia  tbe  fading  beauty 
of  spiritual  death. 

It,  then,  the  apeaker  conclnded,  this  death  has  it* 
bopes,  sna  delights  aod  satistaotioas,  what  is  tbe 
great  difEereuce  between  it  and  life,  and  what  la  the 
loss  thai  tbe  spiritually  dead  sustain  I  Tbe  loss  is 
greater  than  can  be  estimated.  These  Jovs  and 
Pleasures  are  full  of  torment,  for  they  are  all  nnsat- 
istactory  and  illnsionary.  There  Is  a  prison  in 
every  frait  of  spliitual  death  that  breeds  fearii  and 
anxieties,  feverish  excitements  and  wrenching  ago- 
nies. It  reqiures  no  wrath  of  God,  no  omnipotent 
band  to  inflict  those  torments.  Their  seed  is  in 
the  condition  of  spiritual  death  Itself.  'Tbey  nre 
the  eifect  of  tbe  discords  and  collisions  of  a  nature 
at  war  with  itself  and  with  all  tbe  sonrces  of  its 
life,  drittine  aimlessly  away  from  its  anchorage  in 
the  eternal  principles  ot  the  divine  order  into  dark- 
ness without  pilot  or  helm. 

The  next  lecture  on  "Spiritual  Besurreolloa" 
will  be  delivered  on  the  evening  of  Sunday  next. 


FUNERAL  OF  MRS.  ANTSON. 
The  funeral  of  Mrs.  Emilia  Anthoo,  wife  ol 
the  late  Rev.  Henry  Anthon.  D.  D.,  Beotor  of  SL 
Mark's  Episcopal  Church,  took  place  yesterday  at 
the  above-named  ohnrob  at  3  P.  M.  There  were  no 
floral  offerings,  aa  It  had  Deen  esoeolally  requested 
that  none  be  senL  Rev.  Dr.  Rylance  offi- 
ciated, assisted  by  Dr.  Jteet  and  Dr. 
Newton,  botb  of  Anthon  Memorial  Cborcta. 
Tbe  coffin  was  borne  into  the  ohnrob  on  the  shoul- 
ders of  four  pall  bearers,  and  deposited  directly  in 
front  of  tbe  leotum.  On  tbe  lid  was  a  plate  bearlne 
tbe  simple  inscription,  "  Emilia  Anthon,  aged  83 
years,  died  Feb.  1,  1877."  Dr.  Beet  read  the  Uason 
from  the  first  epistle  of  St.  Paul  to  the  Bamans. 
commencing  at  the  80th  verae,  ann  from  St.  John- 
11th  chapter,  25th  and  96ib  ▼erses.  beginning,  **  I 
■aaa  the  icaurreotioii  and  the  Ufa,"  »fl«it  whioh  tha 


^ohoiraang  "Nearer,  my  God,  to  Thee."  Rev.  Dr. 
jlTewtoii  delivered  the  oommittKl  servloei,  and  then 
l,oflbred  ap  ■  abort  prayer. 

THE  TOMBS  OOSFEL  MISBIOy. 


A  PUBLIC  MESTIIfO  IR  DB.  CROSBT'S  CHUBCH 
— THE  OBJECTS  OF  THE  MISSION  EX- 
PLAINED—WORK ALREADY  PERFORMED 
AMONG  THK  PRISONERS  IN  THE  TOMBS. 

The  first  pablio  meeting  of  the  Non-denomi- 

natioifal'  Gospel  Mission  to  the  Prisoners  of  the 
Tombs  of  New-York,  was  held  in  the  Fourth 
Avenue  Presbyterian  Church  last  evening.  Tbe 
prooeedings  were  begnn  by  the  singing 
of  a  hymn  by  the  oboir  and  congregation,  and  a 
prayer  appropriate  to  the  occasion  by  Bev.  Dr. 
Howard  Crosby,  tbe  Pastor  of  the  charch.  Dr. 
Crosby  then  made  a  brief  address,  explaining  the 
Objects  and  purpotes  of  the  mission.  He  said  that 
for  many  years  the  Tombs  Prison  had  been  placed 
In  the  care  of  the  Pastor  in  charge  of  the  Sixth 
Ward,  enpported  by  the  New-York  Mission  and 
Tract  Society.  On  Jan.  1,  1876,  the  City  Mission 
gave  up  its  ministerial  work  in  the  Tombs,  and  on 
the  same  date,  Bev.  J.  B.  Betker,  who  bad  had 
charge  of  the  Tombs,  and  who  had  been  sustained 
by  this  society  for  three  years,  resigned  his  position. 
It  was  his  attention  to  seek  some  other  pastoral 
charge,  but  when  be  found  the  Commissioners  of 
Charities  and  Correction,  toatether  with  the  Warden 
and  Keepers  of  the  Tombs,  and  all  the  male  prisoners 
petitioning  the  New-York  Presbytery  for  the  con- 
tinuanoe  of  his  labors,  be  decided  to  re- 
main. Since  Janaary.  1876,  a  few  generous-hearted 
Christians  bad  contributed  to  his  support.  Mr. 
Betker  was  now  filling  the  place  vacated  by  the  City 
Mission,  and  wai  prepared,  when  fully  sustained, 
to  give  bis  whole  time  to  the  work.  With  a  view 
to  sustain  this  work  and  to  secure  to  Mr.  Betker  an 
adtquate  vupport  as  Chaplain  of  the  Tombs,  a  com- 
mittee of  clergymen  and  laymen  bad  taken  in  hand 
the  supervision  and  direction  of  the  work.  Follow- 
ing are  the  names  of  the  centlemen  composing  the 
committee:  Clergymen — President.  Bev.  Howard 
Crosby,  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  the  Fonrth  Avenue 
Presbyterian  Church  ;  Vic*  President,  Rev. 
E.  P.  Rogers,  D.  D..  Pastor  of  the  South 
Fifth  Avenue  BelOrmed  Dutch  Church ; 
Bev.  John  Kltkpatriok,  Pastor  ot  tbe  United  Pres- 
byterian Church;  lie V.  William  T.  Sabine.  A.  M.. 
Pastor  of  tbe  lladison  Avenue  Reformed  Episcopal 
Church;  Bev.  Charles  H.  Payson,  Pastor  of  Me- 
morial Chapel,  Thirtieth  street ;  Bev.  Stephen  H. 
Tvni?.  D.  D.,  Pastor  of  the  Cburcb  of  the  Holy 
Trinity,  and  Rev.  Halsey  W.  Knapp,  D.  D.,  Lsigbt 
Street  Baptist  Cburoh.  Laymen— Mr.  E.  L.  Len- 
tilhon,  SeoretAry;  Mr.  George  £.  Sterry, 
Treasurer;  Mr.  Birdseye  Blakeman,  Mr. 
James  Little,  Dr.  Thomas  T.  Sabine,  Mr. 
Lewis  TiDuals,  and  Mr.  Walter  Edwards. 
Dr.  Crosby  then  spoke  of  the  fitness  of  Mr.  Betker 
for  the  position,  and,  after  saying  that  be  did  not 
propose  to  take  up  any  collectiou  in  aid  of  the  asso- 
ciation at  present,  and  that  the  object  of  tbe  meet- 
ing was  simply  to  laancb  the  enterprise,  as  it  were, 
Intioduced  Mr.  Betker,  wbo,  ne  anid,  waa  moro 
able  than  he  was  to  itive  a  clear  idea  of  tbe  charac- 
ter of  tbe  work  to  be  performed  in  the  Tombs. 

Mr.  Betker  then  made  a  brief  address,  in  which 
he  said  that  more  than  30,000  peraou*  were  impris- 
oned in  the  Tombs  each  year,  some  ot  them  guilty 
and  tome  innocent  of  the  onmes  with  wbiob  they 
were  charged.  He  dwelt  upon  tbeir  need 
of  spiritual  advice  and  religions  ooasolation, 
and  gave  several  instances  of  the  gopd 
tbat  bad  been  accomplished  by  missioaary  work. 
-Rev.  Dr.  S.  Irenaeas  Prime  and  Rev.  Dr.  £.  P. 
Rogers  also  spoke  briefiy  in  favor  of  the  enterprise, 
and  appealed  to  tbe  congregation  tor  aid  in  tbe 
work.  A.t  the  request  of  Dr.  Crosby,  Mr.  Sterry, 
the  Treasurer,  made  a  statement  of  the  peconiary 
condition  of  ihe  aaaociation.  He  sud  thai  about 
$4:23  had  been  contributed  thus  tar  to  the  support 
01  the  mission,  and  that  abuat  tl,e00  were  naces- 
ary  to  keep  it  up.  This  sum  was  needed  fur  the 
supt>ort  of  the  Pastor,  and  to  pay  for  tbe  service  of 
an  orKaoisi,  and  for  printing  A  hymn  was  then 
sang,  tbe  benediction  was  pronounced,  and  the 
congregation  ware  dismissed. 

THE  BALL  6EAS0N. 


Tbe  second  annual  charity  ball  for  the  benefit 
of  the  S.  B.  Smith  Infirmary  will  be  held  at  tbe  Ger- 
man Ciab  Rooms.  Staplaton,  Staten  Island,  next 
Thursday  evening.  Xbl«  entertainment  is  tne 
chief  event  on  the  Island  during  the  Winter  season, 
and  is  patronised  by  the  eiite  of  that  locality. 

Tbe  tenth  annual  ball  of  the  Benevolent  Pro- 
tective Order  ot  Elks  wul  take  place  at  Irving  Hall 
next  Thursday  evening. 

The  Blooming  Grove  Park  Association  will 

hold  its   annual  oinuer  aud   ladies'  reoeptlon   at  the 
Hoffman  House  on  Tuesday  eveolag,  Feb.  13. 

The  seventh  annual  reception  of  the  M.Cregan 
Associauon  will  be  held  at  Irving  Hall  next  Friday 
eveniag. 

An  entertainment  and  seirde  for  the  benefit  of 
the  Industrial  Sooool  of  tbe  Ladies' Bikar  Cbulim 
Society  will  take  place  at  Ferrero's  Assembly  Rooms, 
iu  East  Fourteenth  street,  on  Thursday  evening, 
Feb.  15. 

A  oalico  masked  reception  will  be  held  by  the 
Farim  Association  at  Delmonico's,  on  Thursday 
evening,  March  1.  Aithongo  guests  are  expected  to 
provide  fancy  costumes,  they  will  be  allowed  the 
privilege  af  suiting  iheir  own  tastes  in  regard  to 
toileu. 

The  St.  Valentine  Kettledrum,  in  aid  of  the 
"Samaritan  Home  for  tne  Aged,"  will  be  held  in 
the  armory  of  the  Twentj-seoond  Begiment,  next 
Friday  from  iJ  P.  M.  until  li  P.  M.,  and  on  Saturday 
from  10  A.  M.  until  12  P.  M.  Lanob  will  t>a  served 
at  2  P.  M.,  tea  at  4  o'clock,  and  supper  at  11  P.  M. 
A  model  Punch  and  Judy  will  be  exhibited. 

The  Ninth  Retciment  will  held  a  promenade 
concert  and  hop  at  its  armory  on  Tuesday  evening, 
Fob.  20. 

The  SeTenty-flret  Begiment  will  hold  a  reoep< 

tion  at  Gtlmore's  Garaen  ou  Thursday  evening, 
Feb.  22. 

'fhe  Twelfth  Begiment  will  bold  a  social  re- 
union at  Its  armory,  comer  ot  Forty-fifth  street  and 
Broadway,  on  Tuesday  eveniue,  Feb.  13. 

BUFFERING  EMIORANTS  IN  BRAZIL. 
The  colonizatien  of  Braeil  is  not  likely  to  ad- 
vance at  a  veiy  rapid  rate.  If  the  story  related  by 
Thomas  DiUer.  who  is  now  at  Cistle  Garden,  is  to 
be  believed.  He  narrates  the  experience  of  a  party  of 
Germans,  who  emigrated  in  tbe  Spring  of  1874,  from 
Nuremborg  to  the  colony  of  Tierra  del  Oro.  The 
emigrants  bad  signed  articles  prssented  by  a 
Brasilian  agent,  who  had  stated  tbat  the  oolooy 
which  be  represented  waa  in  good  order,  that  the 
land  was  under  culdvaiion,  and  that  blook-houses 
had  already  been  erected  in  the  colony.  When  tbe 
misguided  Germans  reached  the  colony  they  found  It 
uncultivated,  and  in  it*  place  a  wildemeas  filled  with 
vipers,  tigers,  chattsnng  monkeys,  and.parrots.  A 
party  ot  colonists  who  had  preceded  them  were  sick 

and  living  in  rudely  constructed  bnts,  and  many 
had  already  died.  The  rain  fell  steadily  for  tbre^ 
months  alter  their  arrival,  and  over  300  died  during 
the  first  month  ot  their  residence  In  tbe  new  colony, 
and  between  the  time  of  the  arrival  of  Diller's  party 
in  July,  1674.  antil  its  departure  in  tbe  followinE 
Deoemuer,  1.830  of  the  4,000  colonists  died.  Bsron 
Mnnls,  of  Bahia,  surrounded  the  colony  with  a  de. 
tacnment  of  500  Police  trom  Bahia,  and  prevented 
the  departare  of  those  emigrants  wbo  attempted  to 
make  their  escape.  Several  of  them  were  shot  by 
the  guard,  but  ultimately  four  men  succeeded  in 
reaching  Cumandal*,  where  Julius  Meyer,  the 
Assistant  German  Consul,  resided,  aod  the  latter, 
after  hearing  the  stories  of  the  cruelties  practiced 
noon  his  niuortunate  countrymen,  demanded  tbat 
they  should  suffer  no  further  molestation.  Opposi- 
tion by  the  Brazilians  then  ceased,  and  the  Ger- 
mans began  to  leave  In  crowds.  Some  of  them 
came  to  this  conntry,  but  the  majority  of  them  re- 
ttimed  to  Europe. 


TEE  BROOKLYN  8IRIKB. 
A  reserve  foree  of  policemen  was   stationed. 
at  Polloe-Headqaartera,  inBrooklyn,  all  day  yeater- 

day,  to  be  in  readiness  in  case  of  an  emergency 
arlslne  In  reference  to  the  strike  among  the  grain 
shovellers.  Inspector  Waddy  was  informed  that 
threats  had  been  made  against  him  by  some  of  tbe 
more  violent  of  the  strikers,  who  said  that  if  it  had 
not  been  for  hi*  Interfarenee  the  trouble  between 
themselves  and  their  employers  wonld  have  been 
settled  soon  after  it  oricrinated.  The  strikers 
loitered  aboat  the  docks  yesterday  morning,  and  in 
the  afternoon  gathered  In  knots  to  talk  over  the 
situation.  They  were  constantly  ander  the  snr- 
veillance  of  the  Police,  and  Detectives  Zundt  and 
Looney  closely  watched  their  movements.  Super- 
intendent Campbell  said  last  evening  that 
be  tbougtit  It  probable  that  something  definite 
would  be  done  to-day,  resulting  either  in  a  settle- 
ment or  a  widening  of  the  breach.  The  Police 
force,  he  said,  would  oontloue  on  duty  to  protect 
the  men  at  woik,a  nd  to  prevent  any  disturbance 
among  tbe  strikers.  The  Superintendent  bad  a 
oonsaTtatlon  last  evening  with  Inspector  Waddy 
and  some  of  the  Police  Captains  to  make  arrange- 
ments for  reserves  to  b»  ready  at  all  the  station- 
booses,  to  be  called  upon  at  a  moment's  notice. 


ALLEGED  FELONIOUS  ASSAULT. 
On  Dec.  18  Charles  Cuff  was  shot  in  the 
aide  by  Thomas  King  in  an  aA-ay  on  the  corner  of 
Houston  straet  and  Broad wa.y.  No  arrests  were 
made  at  the  time,  and  Cuff,  wbo  was  badly  hurt, 
w^M  carried  to  his  lodgldgs.  Coroner  Woltman, 
having  been  informed  that  tbe  wonnded  man  was 
expected  to  die,  called  on  him  in  order  to  take  his 
ante-mortem  depositloa,  bnt  Cuff  refased  to  say 
anything  in  regard  to  tbe  matter.  On  Friday  last, 
however,  having  recovered  snfflciently  to  tie  able 
to  leave  bis  room,  be  appeared  before  Justice  Flam- 
mer,  at  the  WasblngODU  Place  Police  Conrt,  and 
made  a  charge  of  felonious  a-saalt  against  King. 
A  warrant  was  Isaned  and  £ing  was  arrested,  and 
an  examlnatioii  waa  held  by  the  Justice  yesterday. 
Cuff  waa  sent  to  the  House  of  Detention  iti  default 
of  #1,000  ball  for  his  appearance^  aod  King  was  re. 
-^ '  ~L(ted  for  fonher  examination* 


OITY  AKD  SOBORSsMi  PWS. 


SEW-TOBK,       . 

A  programme  f  f  English  glees  win  be  oer- 
formed  at  Ckukering  Hall  on  Thoisday,  Feb.  15,  at 
8  P.  M. 

The  annual  remUon  of  the  AIwbdI  of  Bowdoin 

college  wlU  take  place  at  the  H^t^  Brunswick  on 
Tuesday  evening,  Feb.  13. 

Sergt.  Plandreaa.  of  the  Tbirty-seoond  Pre 
olnot,    whose    death  waa    annooaoed  by  mistake 
about  a  week  ago,  died  yesterday. 

A  sparring  exhibition  will  take  place  be- 
tween Prof.  John  Long  and  W.  J.  Gould,  for  a  purse 
ot  ILOOO,  at  tbe  Coitral  Park  Garden  this  evening. 

Bey.  Howard  Crosby,  D.  D.,  will  deliver  a 
lecture  entitled  "  Ancient  History  in  its  oonneotion 
with  tbe  Old  Testament,"  at  Aeaociatlon  Hall,  this 
e  voting. 

Mr.  A.  P.  Borbank  will  give  a  reading  at 
Dodworth's   Hall,    corner   of    One   Hundred   and 

Twenty-ninth  street  and  Fonrth  arenne,  at  8  o'dook 
this  evening. 

The  order  of  United  American  Mechanics 
will  celebrate  Washington's  Birthday  on  Thursday, 
Feb.  S3,  by  exercises  at  Cooper Institnte,  oommeno- 
ingatlP.  M. 

During  tne  past  week  14,442  money-orders 
were  paid  in  the  Post  Office,  representing  a  value  o( 
fl22,477  75:  l.SOO  money -orders  were  issued,  amon  nt 
ingto|3I190  39. 

Mr.  W.  C.  Bommel,  late  of  Helena,  Mon- 
tana Territory,   delivered  a  lecture  before  a  large 

eongregation  of  street  boys  at  tbe  Bivington  Street 
Lodging-house  last  night. 

A  large  number  of  entries  hare  been  made  in 
the  amateur  athletio  contest  to  be  given  by  Mr.  J. 
Marion  Pollock,  at  the  Metropolitan  Biding  Aoad- 
•my,  on  Thursday,  March  1. 

'Ten  bags  of  sheet  musio  received  by  mail 
from  Europe,  and  addressed  to  various  mtuloal 
firms  in  this  City,  have  been  sent  to  the  Appraiser's 
stores,  wbere  duty  will  be  imposed  upon  them. 

Prof.  Moses  Coit  Tyler,  pt  the  University  of 
Michigan,  will  read  a  pap »r  entitled  "The  Humor- 
ous Element  in  the  American  Revolution"  before 
tbe  New- York  Hlstoncal  Society  on  Tuesday,  at  8 
P.M. 

"  Recent  Discoveries  in  Palestine,"  Is  tbe 
subject  of  a  lecture  to  be  delivered  by  Rov.  Boswell 

D.  Hitchcock,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  at  Dr.  Bogers'  Cburoh, 
comer  of  Fifth  avenue  and  Twenty-first  street,  this 
evening,  at  8  o'clock. 

A  meeting  of  the  Academy  ef  Sciences  will 

be  held  at  Ko.  64  Madison  avenue  this  evening,  at 
which  a  paper  on  "Prehistoric  Bronse  or  Copper 
Bells  lately  Exhumed  in  Japan"  wUl  be  read  by 

Mr.  Henry  S.  Muuroe. 

Mr.  S.  F.  Emmons  will  read  a  paper  giving 
an  account  of  bis  exolorations  among  tbe  volcanoes 

of  the  United  States,  along  the  Pasiflc  coast,  before 
the  American  Geographical  Society,  at  Chickering 
Hall,  to-morrow  evening. 

A  meeting  of  the  grain  trade  will  be  held  at 
No.  33  Pearl  street  to-morrow,  to  take  into  aonsid- 
eration  tbe  feasibility  of  ooutlnning  the  zradlng  of 
grain  in  accordance  with  tbe  rules  estaolished  by 
the  Grain  Committee  last  year. 

Tbe  funeral  eerTioes  over  the  remains  of  the 
late  Mr.  Frank  Bartlett  will  be  held  iu  the  "little 
Church  around  the  corner,"  at  4:30  o'clock  this  af- 
ternoon. The  body  will  subsequently  be  removed 
to  Plymouth,  Mass.,  for  interment. 

Dr.  Edward  C.  Bpitka  will  dehrer  a  lecture, 

lllostrsted  by  specimens  and  drawings,  on  "  The 
Psychological  Pathology  of  Progressive  Paresis," 
before  the  Neurological  Society,  at  No.  13  West 
Thirty-first  street,  this  evenmg  at  8  o'clock. 

The  mail  matter  sent  from  the  Post  Office  on 
Saturday  consisted  ot  71  bags  of  letters  aud  96  bags 
of  newspapers;  684  registered  letters  were  dis- 
patched in  these  mails,  and  the  amount  of  extra 
foreign  postage  collected  amounted  to  1114  55. 

On  the  return  of  Capt.  Lowery,  of  the  late 
Sixth   Precinct,  sent  to   Superintendent  Walling 

yesterday  morning,  there  was  bnt  a  single  entry,  as 
fallows:  "  I  am  in  sole  oommandof  tbe  late  Sixth 
Precinct  Station-house,  without  any  command." 

The  sale  of  the  raoing-stable  belonging  to  the 
estate  of  tbe  late  Mr.  Crawford  will  take  place  at 
the  Valley  Brook  Farm,  Rutherford.  N.  J.,  next 
Wednesday,  at  noou.  1:00  catalogue  includes  19 
blooded  animals,  one  of  wbich  u  tbe  celebrated 
stallion  Karragansett. 

A  meeting  of  merchants  and  manofaoturera 
waa  held  at  the  Union  Square  Hotel  on  Saturday 

eveaing,  for  tbe  purpose  of  making  preparations 
for  a  grand  carnival  on  Shrove  Tpeeday,  Feb.  13, 
and  a  ball  at  the  Academy  of  Music  and  Irving 
Hall  on  Easter  Monday,  April  S. 

The  third  ballad  concert,  for  the  benefit  of 
the  destitute  poor  of  this  City,  will  be  given  by 
Miss  Arabella  Boot,  at  Chickering  Hall,  on  Friday, 
Feb.  10.  The  programme  will  be  entirely  different 
trom  those  previously  Interpreted,  and  a  change  of 
the  artists  participating  In  the  event  has  also  been 
made. 

The  Apprentices'  Library,  No.  472  Broadway, 

issued  19.000  volumes  to  aabscrlbers  daring  the  past 
month;  3,500  volumes  were  added  to  the  library 
dunng  the  same  period,  and  the  library  now  con- 
tains .'>6,300  volumes,  embracing  the  topics  of  science, 
art,  and  literature.  The  institution  is  open  free  to 
all  working  boys  and  girls. 

BROOKLYN. 
Gleorge  Abendschoven,  aged  42,  of  No.  104 
Snydam  streett  was  arrested  early  yesterday  mom. 
ing  on  the  obarKO  of  giving  a  fraudulent  deed  of  six 
lots  of  land  in  Lakeland,  Long  Island,  to  John  Hart, 
man,  of  New-Tork,  m  exobange  for  the  honse  in 

which  Abondscnovan  resides. 

Biohard  MoNair  Coobran,  aged  48,  of  No.  73 
Morton  street,  who  left  his  home  on  Friday  even* 
ing,  and  a  portion  of  whose  clothing,  spotted  with 
blood,  was  found  on  Saturday  morning  nnder  a 
stoop  in  North  Tenth  street,  returned  home  on 
Saturday  evening.    He  had  been  on  a  spre*. 

William  Gerity,  aged  20,  feloniously  assaulted 
Prof  John  A.  Lipps,  of  D»  Ealb  avenue  and 
Sohenek  street,  striking  him  on  the  head  with  a 
Stone  and  seriously  wounding  him,  on  Jan.  84,  1675, 
while  the  Professor  was  endeavoring  to  have  him 
arrested  for  breakiuE  a  window.  He  fled  to  Cali- 
fornia, but  Capt.  Leicb,  of  tbe  Fourth  Precinct, 
finding  that  be  bad  recently  returned,  arrested  him 
late  on  Saturday  night,  and  he  has  been  held  to 
answer. 

Mr.  Beeoher  preached  a  fareweU  sermon 
yesterday,  prior  to  hia  departure  for  the  West  on 
a  lectnilng  tour.  He  will  leave  to-day,  and  expects 
to  be  absent  tmtil  the  24th  of  March.  During  his 
tour  he  is  to  preach  twice  in  Chicago,  and  once  in 
St.  Louis.  He  announced  that  the  following  minis- 
ters, in  the  order  named,  wonld  occupy  the  Ply- 
mouth pulpit  during  his  absence;  Bev.Dr.  Robin- 
son, of  Troy ;  Rev  Dr.  Noble,  ofNew-fiaveD; 
Rev.  Dr.  Parker,  of  Hartford ;  Rev.  Dr.  Bridgeman, 
Ot  Albany,  and  Bev.  Dr.  Duryea.  of  Brooklyn. 

NEW-JERSEY. 
William  King  and  John  Mellon,  sneak 
thieves,  wero  arrested  yesterday  as  they  were 
leaving  the  apartments  of  Mrs.  Cummings,  of  Ko. 
773  Broad  street,  Newark,  with  a  quanuty  of  stolen 
eluthlLg  in  tbeir  possession. 

In  a  rough-and-tumble  fightinfrontof  Joyoe's 
saloon,  on  Steuben  street,  Jersey  City,  early  yester- 
day morning,  JefiFrey  W.  Collins,  a  notorious  rough, 
was  stabbed  in  the  lett  aide,  neck,  and  right  arm  by 
a  stranser  whom  he  assaulted.  Edward  King,  who 
was  with  Collins,  was  cut  in  the  head  with  a  Droken 
bottle.    No  arrests  were  made. 

Eighty  iiat  "aizera"  in  the  employ  of  Mr. 
Crosslev,  whose  factory  is  at  No.  18  Front  street, 

Newark,  struck  work  on  Saturday  night  They 
hail  been  peoeiving  Sl  44  per  doaen  bata.  bnt  con- 
cluded to  demand  91  68  per  doseu.  A  oommittas 
was  sent  to  inform  the  firm,  but  their  employers 
refused  to  accede  to  their  demands.  The  men  as- 
sembled arouno  the  faoteiy,  and  for  a  time  were  so 
threatening  in  tbolr  deaeanor  tbat  it  was  found 
necessary  to  call  in  the  Police.  They  quietly  dis- 
parsed,  however,  when  ordered  to  do  so  by  tbe 
ofiSoers.  .  The  strike  throws  nearly  360  oersous  out 
of  employment.  ' 

SUNDAY  UOBNlNd  AT  TffE  TOMBS. 

At  the  Tombs  Polloe  Court,  jasterday  morn- 
ing, before  Judge  Kilbreth,  Michael  Burke,  of  No. 
183  Elizabeth  street,  and-  Thomas  Johnson,  of  No. 
357  Seventh  avenue,  were  arralgtfed  on  a  charge  ot 
attempying  to  steal  a  coil  of  rope  valued  at  |25 
from  the  store  of  Jacob  A.  Mittnaobt,  No.  24  Spring 
straet.  The  prisoners  were  arrested  at  11  o'clock 
on  Saturday  evening  by  Officer  Begley,  of  tbe 
Fourteenth  Preoiuctv  wbo  deposed  that  he  found 
them  making  off  with  an  express  wagon  containing 
the  property  in  question.  The  aoonsed  were  held 
to  ball  in  92,000  each. 

Peter  Boag,  of  Na.  864  Thirteenth  street,  Jersey 
City,  was  arraigned  on  a  ciiarge  of  attempted  black- 
mail. Tbe  complainant,  Robert  Garaier,  superin- 
tendent ot  a  mannfaotorinE  honse  in  this  City,  tes- 
tified tbat  on  Saturday  evening,  at  7  o'clock,  he  met 
tbe  prisoner,  who  was  imknown  to  bin,  on  a  Grand 
street  oar,  and  tbat  when  the  oar  reached  tbe 
Courtlandt  Street  ferry,  the  prisoner  charged  him 
with  picking  his  (the  prisoner's)  pooketof  (18. 
Boag  offered  to  compromise  the  case  if  Mr.  Gamier 
wonld  pay  htm  the  |ie,  but  the  latter  re- 
fusing to  do  this,  and  ehallenging  an  in- 
vesilgatton,  a  pollcaman  was  called  and 
tbe  party  prooeedeu  to  tbe  TwehtT-aarentb  Pre- 
einot  Sutfon.  Here  both  men  were  aearehad  by 
the  Caotain  aod  Dete«tlTe  Thomas  Mairey.'  'WllTe 


Boae  waa  beinc  axamlaed  a  roll  of  bllla  waa  aeon  to 
deep  from  his  hip  pocket,  wbleb  proved  on  inTosH- 
gation  to  be  the  precise  sum  be  had  ohaiged  Mr. 
Oaroier  with  taking.  The  Captain  adyjlaed  tka  lat- 
ter to  brine  a  ebarga  of  blaok-maillng  agatasv  Boag, 

wbieb  was  aooordlogly  daut,  and  Mr.  Garnier  was 
released.  At  tbe  hearing  yesterday,  Boag  claimed 
tbat  he  had  made  the  charge  imder  a  false  imprea- 
■ion,  and  admitted  tbat  Mr.  Gamier  was  entirely, 
innocent.  After  a  caraful  exunlnaiion  of  the  faota. 
Judge  Kilbreth  released  the  prisoner  on  his  own 
reoognisanca,  at  the  same  time  censuring  him  for 
bis  haaty  action  in  preferring  such  a  groundless 
charge  afpdnst  an  entirely  repatable  oitlzen.  His 
Honor  hinted  tbat  the  case  savored  strongly  of 
black-mail,  butas  the  evidenoe  was  not  entirely  sat- 
Isfaotory  on  that  pout  he  wonld  give  the  prisoner 
the  benefit  of  the  doubt.  . 

Thomas  Boaoh  was  arraigned  on  a  charge  of 
stealing  one  dime,  "  of  the  valae  of  ten  cents,  law- 
ful money  of  the  United  States,"  from  Robert  Jack- 
son, a  negro,  with  whom  he  bad  passed  the  evening 
Srevious  in  the  Fonrth  Precinct  Station-house. 
Inrtng  the  night,  Jackson  missed  tbe  monev, 
whjoh.  on  a  subsequent  search,  was  found  In  the 
month  of  the  prisoner,  ^oaoh  was  held  in  t500  bail 
to  await  trial,  and  Jackson  was  held  in  the  same 
amount  to  secure  liis  presence  as  a  witness. 

POST  OFFICE  CHANGES. 


Wabhingtoit,  Feb.  4. — The  following  were 
the  Post  Office  changes  during  tbe  week  ending 
Feb.  3,  1877 : 

New-England.— Ot&ca  Established— Princeton  De- 
pot, Worcester  County,  Maes^  George  F.  Weth- 
erbee.  Postmaster.  Postmasters  Appointed— Mel- 
vin  W.  Morgan,  Ornevllle,  Piscataquis  County,  Me.; 
Charles  R.  Ireland,  Stetson,  Penobscot  County.  Me.; 
J.  Wesley  Gil  bam.  West  WatervlUe,  Kennebec 
County,  Me.;  Mrs.  Martha  Mooe,  Morgan,  Orleana 
County,  Vt.;  Miss  May  P.  Anstin,  Grantvilie,  Nor- 
folk County,  Mass.;  George  Alderman,  Rnsaell, 
Hampden  County,  Mass.;  Nathaniel  A.  Walters, 
Stockbridge,  Berkshire  County,  Mass. 

NetB-Tork. — Office  Diaoontinned — Stanwlx,  Oneida 
County.  Postmasters  Appointed— Jeremiah  Car- 
roll, Coleman's  Station,  Dutchess  County  ;  Seneca 
A.  Reward,  East  Springfield,  Otsego  County ;  Lafe 
C.  Cox,  Sea  Cliff  Grove,  Qaeena  County  ;  Asa  M. 
Smith,  Tyre,  Seneca  County  ;  John  J.  ConkUn,  West 
Newark,  Tioea  County. 

New-Jersey. — Offices  Established — Repaupo,  Glou- 
osster  County ;  Mrs.  Ann  L.  Cooper,  Postmistress  ; 
Rustic,  Morris  County,  John  H.  Lowe,  Postmaster. 
Office  DisoSfatlnned — ^ttnioo  Valley,  Passaic  County. 

Pennsylvania.— OSLces  Established — Demmler.  Al- 
legheny County,  Herman  Heren,  Postmaster ;  Hec- 
tor, Potter  County,  Alonzo  £.  Ssinner,  Postmaster. 
Names  of  Offices  Changed — E.tng'8  Bridge,  Lan- 
caster County,  to  Wliite  RooK,  and  Vincent  K. 
Alexander  aopointed  Postmaster;    Maple  Bidge, 

Tiotsa  County,  to  Jackson  Summit,  and  Edwin  P. 
Sherman  appointed  Postmaster.  Oak  Shade,  Lan- 
caster County,  to  Fairmount,  and  J.  Leeper  Walker 
appointed  Postmaster.  Postmasters  Appointed — 
James  Dean,  Donegal.  >7e8tmoreland  County; 
Jacob  Dlehl.  Jr.,  Felton,  York  County ;  William 
Galloway,  Lyoippns,  Westmoreland  County ;  Mag- 
gie Hogue,  Madera,  Cleaifleld  Gonntv;  Jacob  F. 
Kern.  Muddy  Creek.  Lancaster  County  ;  William 
P.  Green,  New-Salem,  Fayette  County ;  Josephine 
Weimer,  Northumberland,  NorthumberlanJl  Coun- 
ty ;    Angustus  Denger,  Oriental,  Juniata  County. 

ifarykmd. — Postmasters  Appointed — Jotm  L. 
Bradford,  Coteaville,  Montgomery  County  ;  Francis 
A.  Hardy,  Gallant  Green,  Charles  County. 


TSE  PEOPLE'S  KBADINQ-BOOU. 

To  the  Editor  of  the  New- Fork  Timet  : 

It  is  a  rather  extraordinary  inconvenience  to 
compel  the  poor  working  class  of  our  citizens  to 
send  tbeir  children  to  public  schools  at  great  sacri- 
fices, and  then  deprive  them  of  the  privilege  of  at- 
tending the  only  publio  reading-room  iu  the  City 
merely  because  they  are  not  well  dressed  or  soru- 
pulously  clean.  An  eminently  benevolent  citizen 
has  establiabed  in  the  institution  which  bears  his 
name  a  spaoioos  hall,  well  lighted  and  comfortably 
heated,  where  the  poor  can  have  the  literary  advan- 
tages whion  are  enjoyed  by  tbalr  richer  feilow-oiti- 
zens  in  other  well-favored  library  institutions  for  a 
pecuniary  consideration. 

It  is  now,  however,  suggested  that  these  poor 
searehera  after  knowledge,  who  have  had  the  good 
fortune,  either  by  choice  or  compulsion,  to  obtain 
an  elementary  education,  and,  perhaps,  to  have  a 
propensity  for  knowledge  and  information,  shall 
not  have  tliat  propensity  gratified  unless  their  gar- 
ments and  person  are  pleasing  to  the  cnltivated  eye 
of  the  better  dressed  habitues  of  tbe  Cooper  Insti- 
tute. This  looks  very  muoh  like  a  determination 
among  certain  classes  in  this  City  to  debase  the 
poor  and  toiling  classes  by  keeping  them  In  a  state 
of  iinioranoe. 

The  Astor  Library  is  a  free  institution,  founded 
and  established  ostensibly  to  give  gratuitous  knowl- 
edge to  the  industrial  classes  who  may  be  in  limited 
circumstances,  but  opened  tor  admission  at  an  hour 
after  the  industrial  classes  are  gone  to  work,  and 
closed  at  an  hour  before  they  return  trom  it.  They 
are  consequently  shut  out  from  the  privilege  of  it 
at  all,  and  suoulu  tbe  suggestion  that  those  who  are 
not  scrupulously  neat  and  well  dressed  be  excluded 
from  the  advantages  of  the  reading-room  prevail, 
there  will  be  no  place  of  literary  resort  left  accessi- 
ble to  the  poor  and  industrial  classes.  This  is  a 
system  of  republican  aristocracy  which.  I  trust, 
will  never  ba  tolerated  in  this  free  and  independent 
country. 

THOMAS  STBITCH,  No.  161  Mott  street. 

Nkw-Yobk,  Monday,  Jan.  22,  X877. 


NOT  AN  INDIAN'S  DAUGHTER. 
'rhe  Boston  Journal  prints  a  note  £rom  a 
local    correspondent    to    the     following     purport: 

"  Haying  read  the  letter  of  yoar  New-Tork  corres- 
pondent I  was  surprised  at  hia  remarks  about  the 
wife  of  Dr.  J.  C.  Lord,  of  Buffalo,  and  am  at  a  loss 
to  imagine  where  be  should  have  obtained  such 
erroneotis  ideas  as  to  the  lady  mentioned — at  the 
aame  time  do  not  doubt  that  he  thought  his  infor- 
mation correct  Instead  of  being  an  Indian,  she 
was  the  daughter  of  Dr.  Johnson,  of  Buffalo,  who 
was  One  ot  the  wealthiest  citizens  of  that  place 
and  the  first  Mayor  when  the  town  was  made  a  city, 

in  1833.  Dr.  Johnson  had  an  elegant  homestead 
with  deer  park  and  miniature  lake.  As  a  eirl  Miss 
Johnson  had  a  pair  of  Shetland  ponies  and  other 
animal  pets,  formmg  a  fondness  for  their  like, 
which  has  continued  to  the  pieaent  time.  Bev. 
Dr.  Lord  was  a  lawyer,  and  eloued  with  Miss  John- 
son, leaving  a  note  behind  saying,  '  The  Lord  gave 
and  the  Lord  has  taken  away.'  Sabseqnently,' 
during  a  season  of  revival,  he  became  a  convert  and 
finally  Pastor  of  the  Central  Presbyterian  Church 
ot  Buffalo,  and  one  of  the  ablest  preachers  of  that 
denominaiion.  Mrs.  Lord  wii»  a  peculiar  woman, 
and  as  I  said  before,  exoeediuEly  fond  of  Shetland 
ponies,  a  number  of  which  she  always  kept.  At 
the  same  time  she  always  took  great  Interest  in 
church  affairs,  and  nearly  always  drove  the  Doctor 
about  on  his  pastoral  visits.  Their  handsome  country 
home  was  frequently  tbe  scene  of  Sunday-sobool 
and  church  picnics,  many  of  which  the  writer  has 
attended.  On  snoh  occasions  Mrs.  Lord  always 
took  great  pleasure  in  eutertaining  the  boys  by 
bringing  the  ponies  out    for  their  use." 

IMS  CIVIL  SERYIOE  IN  CANADA. 
TheMontrealTTttTteM relates  the  following: 
"Today  a  French  Canadian  called  upon  a  leading 
Alderman  and  asked  him  to  sign  a  lequisition  favor- 
ing his  appointment  as  mail-oamer  at  the  Post 
Office.  A  number  of  infinential  names  had  already 
been  appended  and  the  man  seemed  anxious  te  add 
to  the  list.  'Please  read  the  doenment  over  to  me.' 
politely  requested  the  gentleman,  whose  knowledge 
of  men  is  varied.  The  prospective  mail-carrier's 
faee  reddened,  as  he  replied,  I  '  don't  read  writing 
very  well.'  "Oh,  yon  don't?'  responded  the  gentle- 
man, and  vet  you  are  seeking  a  situation  where  the 
ready  reading  of  writing  is  an  absolute  necessity. 
'  Will  yon  kindly  write  a  little  for  me  V  'Well,  I 
would  lather  not,'  stammered  the  now  thoroughly 
oonfiued  applicant;  'I  never  tried  anything  but  my 
own  name.  Exit  applicant  without  the  signature, 
bat  with  tbe  prospect  of  getting  his  requisition  filled 
UP  by  thoughtless  cltiaena,  the  infiuenoe  ot  whose 
names  wilt  cause  tbe  Post  Office  Department  to  put 
a  totally  incompetent  man  in  a  responsible  posi- 
tion." 


Chatbau  Laqabobsb,  pure  delicate  Clarets  in 
Iti.,  pts.,  and  casks.  VICIOK  E.  HADGBB,  No.  110 
(leade  6\,.—Aivertisemera. 


PASSENOEJiS  ARRIVED. 

In  sttam-thip  Canada,  from  London.— Mr.  and  Mrs.  J. 

B.  (Sherman  aud  son,  Miss  Luck,   Mrs.  Bailey  and  son. 

Miaa  K.  Foland,  Miaa  Hester  Cotton.   H.   W.  j'obnson,  V. 

C  tsecor,  F.  W.  Ultohcock,  D.  Mayer. 


MINIATURE  ALMANAO— 2  HIS    DAT. 
Bun  rises. ....7:06  I  Sun  sets.... 5: 23  I  Moon  rises.. 1:10 

HlOa   WATBB— THIS   PAT. 

Bandy  Book... l:Oe  |  Qov.l8land..li66  |  Hell  Gate....S:17 


MARINE    INTELLIQENC  E. 


MEW-TOBK SDNDAIl,  PER  4. 


ARRIVED. 


Steam-ahip  Canada.  (Br.,)  Bumner,  London  Jan.  19, 
with  mdae.  and  pasaensera  to  F,  W.  J.  Hurat. 

Bteam-ship  Wyanoke,  Conch.  Kicbmond  ana  Norfolk, 
with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Old  Dominion  8tean)-Bhlp 
Co. 

steam-ship  Benefactor,  Joiies.  Wlimlngton,  If.  C 
Feb.  2,  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Wm.  P.  Clyde 
feCo. 

Bteam-ship  City  of  Austin,  Stevens,  Galveston  Jan. 
27,  via  Key  West  29th.  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to 
C  B.  Mallory  k.  Co. 

Bteam-ship  Agnes.  Burdlok,  Philadelphia,  wxthmdae, 
and  passengers  to  Bogart  k.  Horsan. 

fiteam-sh^  Dakota,  0(Br.,)  Price,  Liverpool  Jan. 
24,  via  Queenstown  25th,  with  mdse.  and  passengers 
to  w  illiams  fi  Qnlon; 

Steam-aJulp  lieptune,  Berry,  Boston,  with  mdse:  and 
passengers  to  Metropolitan  Bteam-ship  Co. 

BhipColdstream.  Salter,  Liverpool  49  ds.,  with  salt 
to  F.  D.  Moulton  k.  Co. 

Bark  Aanes.  (Morw.,)  Foss,  Bristol  BO  da.,  in  ballast 
to  Louts  Tetens. 

Bark  Jenny.  (Ger.,)  Grot^  Hambnrg  62  ds.,  with 
empty  barrels  to  order. 

Bark  Hmnie  Allen,  (of  Bostoo.)  Soper,  Botterdam  62 
da.,  with  empty  barrels  to  order. 

Bark  Anna.  (Norw.,)  Larsen,  Amsterdam  86  ds..  In 
ballast  to  Punch,  Bdye  k.  Co. 

Bark  Ceaer,  (Oer.,)  KobUlB,  Brsnsan  76  da,  with 
mdse.  to  B.  Koop  k.  Co. 

Bng  Water  IMi,  Tewksbnnr.  Bio  Gxaads  do  0al  fi7 


ds.,  with  hldaa,  fee.,  to  Fraaeis  KegBii    vnwa I  to  O.  M> 

flmlth. 

BrigBoeinaC,  (ItaL.)  Caeace,  Tlesta  96  da.,  uta 
brimstone  to  order— veaael  to  maater. 

Bris  Aaenoxa.  (of  Ponland.)  Watts.  Vatawaaaia  da., 
witb  sugar  to  BavemeTBr  k.  Blder— vaaael  to  J.  &  Wia- 
cheater  fc  Oa  ^.     «_ 

Brig  Temi.  (Aoat.,)  Tomaaalcb.  5eweaatle,  Enc.. 
Hov.  29.  with  soda  ash  te  Bdward  HUl— reasel  to  Sib. 
eovioh  k  Oa 

Brig  Carrie  Berths,  (of  Portland,)  Hall,  Matanaas  12 
ds..  With  sugar  to  B.  H.  Howell,  Sons  It  Ca— vessel  to 
Brett.  Son  fc  Co. 

Bri«  EUrry  Jobnson,  Demerara  33  da."  with  aogar  to 
Leaycraft  k  Co.— vessel  to  Btmpson,  (Tlapplt  Ca 

Schr.  Wm.  H.  Keeny,  Beers,  Mlnlatitlan  20  da.,  wlfb 
eedar  and  hides  to  P.  Probst  It  Ca— veiael  to  Vai 

Brunt  k  Bro. 

Sebr.  Hary  A.  Predmore,  I?lsh,  Providenoe,  fOr  Port 
Johnson. 

Schr.  S.  8.  Tyler,  BushneB.  Providence,  Car  Po# 
Johnson. 

Schr.  W.  T.  mmer,  Trlbblo,  Bew-I/ondon. 

Schr.  Mary  and  Carrie,  Hall,  New-London. 

Schr.  Warren  Gates,  Smith,  MUistone  Point. 

Bcbr.  William  Farren,  Undsley.  New-Haven,  for  B«( 
timore. 

Schr.  Bodney  Parker,  Parker,  Hew-Haven.  tor  Balti- 
more. 

Schr.  Alfred  Bradbrook,  Little,  Bew-Haven,  fOr  Baitt 
more. 

Bohr.  8.  P.  Goodwin.  Uorrell.  Stamford. 

Bcbr.  Uall,  Rich.  Greenwich. 

Schr.  Fanny  Glvan.  (of  Wiudsor.  N.  8.  J^ Potter,  Com 
wallis,  N.  a.  13  ds.,  with  potatoes  to  tv.  B.  Dnryea- 
vessel  to  master. 

Bchr.  Volant,  (of  Montreal,)  De  Oesgerdans,  St. 
John's,  S.  F.,  Dec  29,  with  4ah  to  H.  E.  Greon  k  Cut- 
rie— vessel  to  miister. 

Bohr.  Wm.  .vicLoon,  (of  Thomaston.)  Rogers,  St. 
Pierre  12  da.,  with  sugar  to  order— vessel  to  R.  P.  Buck 
kCo. 

Schr.  Frances,  Paterson.  Georgetown,  S.  C.  6  ds., 
with  naval  stores  to  Johnson  k  Benoan- vessel  to 
Woodhouse  k  Sndd. 

Schr.  John  W.  Hall,  Jr.,  Green,  Blizabetb  C^tr.  K.  C. 
6  ds.,  with  com  to  Slaebt  fc  Petty. 

Schr.  ChiUon,  (of  Luaenburg.  N.  8.,)  Babn,  Milk 
Biver.  Jam.,  IS  ds.,  with  logwood  to  G.  Weasels. 

Schr.  Bddie  t^ohlaefer.  Deakin,  Richmond. 

Bcbr.  J.  M.  Harlow,  Bopei;  Virginia. 

Bchr.  Henry  '1.  Wood,  Onrlea.  Virginia. 

Schr.  M.  H.  Burrows,  Taylor,  Virginia. 

Schr.  Eebeccii  Knfght,  Leek,  Vlridnla. 

Bchr.  H.  D.  May.  May.  Philadelphia. 

Bohr.  H.  !^.  Brooks,  Snlrley,  Philadelphia. 

Schr.  W.  G.  Tufts,  Jollne,' Philadelphia. 

Bcbr.  Julia  E.  Pratt,  Pratt,  Philadelphia. 

Schr.  James  Phelpa.  KookweU.  Philadelphia. 

Sehr.  Samuel  Cascner,  Hall,  Boatoo. 

Scbr.  L.  c.  Levering,  Corson.  Boston. 

Bchr.  IAilS.  Latham,  Potter,  Boston. 

Schr.  Sylvester  Hale,  Coleman,  Somerset 

Bcbr.  Tunia  DepKw,  Baker,  hew-Bedfbrd. 

Schr.  Nettle  Cushing.  Robinaon.  New-Bedford. 

Schi-.  R.  u.  Dean,  White.  New-Bedford. 

bchr.  Harriet  Lewis,  Cusbman.  Newport. 

Bohr.  Oliver  Amee,  Babbitt,  Fall  River. 

Bcbr.  Annie  K.  Scevena.  Rich.  Providence. 

Bchr.  Henry,  Anderson,  Providence. 

WIND— ,>iunaet,  moderate,  N.  K.;  clear. 


SAILED. 
Steam-ablp  Sidonlsn,  for  Bristol ;   barks  Chaaea.  tat 
Melbooroe;    Emeiia  Ciampa,   for  Valencia;    Ooldef 
Fleece,  tor  Barbados  ;    Norena.  lor  Havana ,    Wm.  B 
Genu,  for  Uatanzas ;  bng  Bhaimon,  for  Havana. 


MARINE  DISASTERS. 

Est  West,  Feb.  4. — The  schr.  Wm.  M.  Jones  stmeh 
on  Pulaski  Shoal  on  tbe  24th  alt.  BUe  was  bound 
from  New-Orleans  for  New- York,  and  was  loaded  with 
sugar,  rice,  and  molasees.  The  vessel  u  a  total  losa, 
but  the  careo  waa  partially  aaved. 

Phiuldkij-hia.  Feb.  4. — Tbe  achr.  White  Sea,  ftom 
Darlen  before  reported  ashore  on  Brandywlne  Feb.  2, 
lull  of  water,  was  hauled  off  and  towed  to  Philade> 
phia  for  repairs. 

BP  CABLE. 
LoiTDOir,  Feb.  4.— Sid.  3d  inst.,  Adda  J.    Bonner,  fbr 

St.  Thomas ;  4th  inst.  Rhine,  Mima,  for  Wilmington, 
N..  C;  .Skerryvore,  Mandslle,  for  Tybee  ;  Noah,  Capt^ 
Balvesen';  Laura,  for  Delaware  Breakwater;  Under- 
writer, for  Tybee;  Banta  Clara,  for  New- York. 

Arr.  3d  inst.,  Lucy  A.  Nickel,  Bedfordshire,  Belgium, 
liana  tjtoneman.  Gr&nvlUe  Belle,  Razaar,  Corsica; 
4tn  inat.,  Caama.  Viva,  Bereas,  A  bbey  Oowper,  Btella, 
Johnny  Smith,  at  Queenstown;  Zurich. 

QuKXKgTowx.  Feb.  4.— The  Inman  Line  steam-ship 
City  of  Berlin,  Capt.  A.ennedy,  trom  New-Tork  Jan.  21, 
arr.  bere  at  1  o'clock  tuis  morning. 

S9tTEBNxTowis.    Feb.   4 — Tbe   American   Line  steam- 
ip  ublo.  Cant.  Morrison,  trom  Fbiladeipbia  Jan-  26, 
has  arr.  here. 

UAVAitA,  i'eb.  4.— The  brie  Morning  Star,  ftom  New- 
Tork.  has  arr.  at  Santiago  de  Cnba. 


Twenty-sixth  Annual  Reporlr 

OF  THE 

MANHATTAN 

LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY 

OF  NEW-TORK. 

XJSCOaiB  FOR  TH£  VEAR  1S76. 

Premiums $1,286,381  18 

Interest  on  bond  and  mortgage  loans.  321,994  71 

Interest  on  premium  notes  and  other 

securities 230.868  77 

Interest  accrued. 265,386  88 

Total $2,098,581  52 

DISBCJISEMBNTS.  ^ 

Paid  claims  by  Ueath  and  matured  oa- 
dowments,  and  payment  of  annoi- 
ties.  (see  detailed  statement) $774,413  10 

Paid  dividends  and  purchased  poli- 
cies   578,701  S# 

Faia    salaries,     o£9ce.  ) 

agency >  $104,267  28 

And  other  expenses. ) 

Taxes 8.931  51 

Medical  Exammer's  fees        9,226  00 

Commissions     and    ad- 

vertisUig. 131,139  45  —  $258,564  24 

Total $l,6()6,67T6fi 

ASSBT».  * 

Cash  on  hand $1,686  03 

Cashinbank 67,459  04 

Cash  in  Trust  CQmpcin.y 

drawtne  interest 175,000  00 

Bonds  and  Mortgasres 
aud  Interest  accrued 
on  same,  secured  by 
Real  K  state,  worth 
double  the  amount 
loaned,  and  protected 
by  Fire  Insurance  Pol- 
icies held  by  the  Com- 
?any,  In  amount  of$3,- 
00.000 6,040.160  80 

Loans    on    Policies    in 

force 2,014,814  38 

(Tbe  reserve  on  each 
Policy  on  which 
loan  exists  exceeds 
largely  the  amount 
of  note  on  the 
same. ) 
United  'States  and  New- 
Tork  State  Stocks 1,281,684  25 

Real  Estate  at  cost 206,85156 

Quarterly  and  semi-an- 
nual premiums  defer- 
red, and  premium  and 
interest  in  course  of 
coUeution    and   trana- 

mlssion 206,880  86 

Temporary     Loans     on 

Stocks  and  Bonds 818,147  90 

(Market  valne  of  the 
seoaritiei,  $1,020,- 
212.1 
Interest  due    and    ac- 
crued,  and   all   other 

property 292,965   28 

Gross  Assets 10,055,148  4i 

Claims    by     death,   not 

yet  due $260,431  89 

Dividends   unpaid,    and 

all  other  liabilltv 95.161  47 

Reserve  requlrea  on  aa 
Policies  in  force;  com- 
bined experience,  4  per 
cent.,  (Alassachusetts 
rule  of  valuation.). ...8.318.109  00—  $8,673,703  36 


Surplus  as  to  Policy-boldera  Uassa- 

chnsetts  4  per  cent,  valuation $1,381,446  13 

Estimated  surplus  by  New- Tone  4 >3 

percent,  vaiuation $1,900.000  09 

HENRY  (STOKES,  President, 
C.  T.  WEAIPLE,  Vice  Preaident, 
J.  JL.  ilALSET,  ^Secretary. 
S.  N.  STEBBINS,  Actnary. 
H.  T.  WKUPLB,    ) 

>Aea't  Secretaries. 
H.  B.  STOKBS.      5 


HENBT  STOKES. 
JAMKS  HcLBAN, 
AUGUSTUS  SCHELL, 
EDWIN  J.  BROWN, 
EDWARD  HAIGHT, 
DENTON  PEARSALL, 
W.  J.  VALENTINE, 


DIRECTOBB: 

C.  NORWOOD, 
JOHN  W.  HUNTER. 
WM.  K.  HINMAN, 
S.  B.  COilSTOCK, 
C.  T.  WEMPLE. 
JOHN  D.  RDSS. 
P.  VAN  ZANDT  LANS, 


AMBROSE  C.  KIN G»LAND,  JACOB  L.  HAL8ET. 


JOHN  B.  HABRIS, 
WM.  A.  SBAVEE, 
R.  C.  FELLOWS, 
EDyUMD  COFFIN. 
JOHN  T.  TERRY, 
JAMES  STOKBS,  Jb., 
B.  A.  WALTON. 
COB.  VANDBRBILT.  Ja., 
GEO.  W.  QDINTAED, 
EDWARD  SCHEbL, 


JAUiiS  a.  TBATMAN, 

St  Louis  ( 
N.  K,  MASTON, 

Ssm  Franoisco) 
JACOB  NATLOEl, 

Philadelphia; 
BETH  TURSKR. 

BostOV 
EDWARD  KING. 
JOHN  H.  WATBON. 


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UTUAl  LIFE 


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CLOSE  OF  ARGUMENT  02i    FLORIDA. 

BPEECHK8  OF  MESSRS.  EVART8  AND  O'OONOR 
— THE  BIGHT  TO  60  BEHIND  THE  CERTI- 
FICATES OF  THE  STATE  AUTH0EITIK8 
THE  CHIEF  POINT  OF  DISPUTE — A 
CROWDED  AND  ATTENTIVB  COUET-ROOM 
—HALF  THE  AUDIENCE  STANDING  DDRING 

THREE  HOURS — SESSIONS  OF  THE  COM- 
anSSION  FOR  CONSULTATION — ^NO  PUB- 
LIC  SESSION    TO-DAY. 

SpteUU  lAmntelt  to  tlte  New-Tork  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  5.— The  Electoral 
Commission  has  now  reached  a  most  critical 
point  m  its  dehb  orations,  wbioh  involves  the 
principles  upon  which  all  the  Electoral  dis- 
putes must  be  decided.  The  arguments 
are  ol»3ed,  and  the  Commission  must 
now  determine  what  its  own  powers  are 
in  raspect  to  hearing  testimony  and 
investijrating  the  facts  of  the  election.  The 
dosing  arguments  upon  this  great  preliminary 
question  attracted  a  crowd  to  the  Capitol,  but 
most  visitors  were  doomed  to  disappointment, 
far  the  Supreme  Court-room  will  not  hold, 
when  packed  as  it  was  to-day,  above 
350  persons,  including  the  Commission- 
ers, its  oflBcers,  and  the  counsel. 
To-day  Attorney  General  Taft  sat  through  the 
arguments,  Secretary  Robeson  was  present  for 
3k  time,  and  Secretary  Pish  came  in  during  Mr. 
Evarts'  speech  and  remained  till  the  end  of  the 
pubUo  hearing.  There  were  nearly  20  Sen- 
ators and  perhaps  twice  as  many  Mem- 
bers of  the  Hooxe  among  the  audi- 
ence. Many  ladies  obtained  admittance. 
Nearly,  or  quite  hilf  of  all  those 
present  stood  up  dorine  the  three  boors  of 
speeches.  There  was  nothing  striking  or  dra- 
matic in  the  proeeedinss.  Some  imaginative 
persons  have  suggested  some  resemblance  in 
this  proceeding  to  the  trial  ot  Warren  Has- 
tings, the  issue  here  being  of  greater  impor- 
tance and  engaging  the  powers  of  the  greatest 
lawyers,  Judges,  and  orators  of  which  the  nation 

can  boast.  Possibly  50  years  henoe,  when  the 
action  of  this  Commission  has  become  history, 
and  when  men  now  not  regarded  as  great  have 
become  famous,  and  when  the  glamor  of  dis- 
tance has  settled  over  the  scene,  some  future 
essayist  mav  write  aa  dazzHng  a  description 
of  the  tribunal  as  Macaulay  has  given  iof 
the  spectacle  when  Borke  impeached  Warren 
Hastinga.  At  present,  it  must  be  confessed,  one 
can  see  but  little  in  the  affair  that  is  unusaal, 
unique,  picturesque,  or  dramatic.  And  yet  15 
men  are  deliberating  upon,  and  will  soon  de- 
cide the  greatest  constitutional  question  that 
has  ever  agitated  the  coantry,  except  the  ques- 
tion of  the  right  of  secession,  which  was 
decided  by  a  civil  war. 

^ar  more  important  than  a  decision  between 
fiayes  and  Tilden  for  the  Presidency,  is  the 
question  whether  Congress  can  go  back  of 
State  action  and  canvass  tbe  ballots  cast  in  a 
State  for  Presidential  Electors;  for,  if  the 
Commission  decides  that  such  power 
exists,  the  theory  of  the  Constitution,  which 
has  prevailed  during  the  first  century  of 
the  Republic  is  overturned,  aA  the  election 
of  the  Executive  is  revolutionized.  The  ques- 
tion to  which  public  attention  is  turned,  how- 
ever, is  the  determination  of  who  shall  now  be 
President.  Excitement  is  now  suppressed, 
as  it  is  in  the  course  of  a  trial 
by  jury  when  the  verdict  is  under 
consideration    and    not    yet    returned.     When 

the  decision  of  the  Commission  la  announced, 
there  will  be  a  change  from  the  present  appear- 
ance of  calmness  in  political  affairs  ;  and  par- 
ticularly it  the  disputed  States  should  be  given 
by  the  Commission  to  Hayes,  there  will  be 
lor  a  day  or  two  the  wildest  excitement.  If 
there  is  nothing  worse  than  excitement  to  mark 
Uie  occasion  it  will  indeed  be  fortunate. 

The  closing  argument  of  Mr.  Evarts,  to-tfay. 
was  listened  to  with  great  attention.  It  was  a 
alose  legal  argiunent  for  the  most  part,  and  un- 
jmamented.  Mr.  Evarts,  with  excellent  good 
judgnmnt,  spoke  for  tbe  Commission 
and  not  for  the  audience.  He  was  not 
on  that  account,  dry  and  unin^resting, 
but  be  appealed  to  no  teeling  and  aroused  no 
passion,  as  many  seemed  to  expect  he  would. 
He  first  discussed  tbe  question  what  evidence 
Is  now  before  the  tribunal,  and  in  a  few  sen- 
tences showed  that  there  was  nothing  save  the 
sertificates  and  papers  attached,  transmitted 
by  the  President  otthe  Senate,  In  respect  to  the 
power  ot  the  Commission  he  made  the  point 
that  it  could  not  undertake  a  judicial  examina- 
tion of  the  election  without  plenary  judicial 
powers,  which  Congress  could  only  confer  upOn 
oourte  inferior  to  the  Supreme  Court,  and  could 
not  confer  upon^such  a  commission  as  this.  He 
^ftlBOcliiJaied'  thait  if  the  proceeding  was  like 
a  qw>  warranto,  the  Constitution  gave  the 
ri^ht  of  a  jury,  which  must  be  introduced  into 
the  ease.  He  made  a  good  hit  at  one  absurdity 
of  the  bill,  in  remarking  that  to  prevent  the 
appearance  of  delay  in  the  case,  the  sun  and 
moon  had  been  made  to  stand  still.  The 
record  of  Congress  shows  that  all  the  proceed- 
ings since  the  first  joint  meeting,  are  of  the 
date  of  last  Thursday. 

Mr.  O'Conor  made  a  rather  labored  and  dis- 
jointed speech,  but  on  one  or  two  points  his 
argument  was  exceedingly  specious  and  ingeni- 
ous. Especially  was  this  the  case  in  meeting 
the  Republican  argument  concerning  the  acts 
of  de  tacto  oiSBcers.  Mr.  O'Conor  claimed  that 
in  this  case  there  had  as  yet  been  no  result 
from  tbe  acts  of  the  Hayes  Electors 
in  Florida,  and  that  their  right  to 
the  office  had  been  determined  before  their  act 
had  produced  any  result  for  the  law  to  upheld. 
In  respect  to  the  quo  warranto  suit,  it  should 
be  noted  that  Mr.  Evarts  unearthed  a  Florida 
statute      which      shows    that     this    suit    was 

a  private  salt,  not  brought  in'  be- 
half of  the  state.  This  is  an  important 
faot,  upsetting  the  Democratic  argument 
that  the  State  of  Florida  had  begun  the  pro- 
ceedings to  invalidate  the  certificate.  Mr. 
O'CoDor,  in  closing,  indtilged  in  some  Donsense 
and  claptrap  about  frauds  and  the  admission  of 
all  mankind  that  Florida  had  voted  for  Tilden, 
which  would  have  been  unpardonable,  except 
in  an  old  man  not  entirely  asoountable  for  his 
words.  .At  the  close  of  his  speech  the  Commis- 
sion took  a  recess  of  45  minutes,  and  then  began 
the  secret  consideration  of  the  questions  be- 
fore it. 


^HB     QUESTION     OP   THE     ADMISSIBIUTT  OF 

EVIDENCE  TO  BE  DECIDED  TO-DAY— THE 
CLOSING    AftaOMENTS    IN.    THE  FLORIDA 

CASK— THE    Next   joint   seIsSion   of 

C0NGRF,S8    not    TO    BB    HHLD\  BBFORB 

THURSDAY  OK  FBIDAT.  \ 

Si>eeial VispatcAto  theNew-Toi*  JUm- 

Washington.  Feb;  5. — ^The  Coogiimission 

meets  again  to  morrow  at  noon,  and,  by  an 

agreement  made  this  afternoon,  tber©  will  be 

no  adionmment    till     the    preliminary  i  qoes- 

■aon  regardmg    the    kind    and  extent-  ^   the 

evidence    to     be    received    and    conuderad 

■•  decided.  .Ther*  was    a  report   to-nlgbt  tlM|t 

fcjjy  Coinhuuina  iiad'clebidAd.  lur'a  Tota  oi  IX 


4,  to  admit  all  the  testimony  offered  by  Mr. 
O'Conor,  and  the  names  of  those  voting  in  the 
negative  were  given.  This  rumor  is  like  many 
curious  stones  that  get  afloat,  nobody  knows 
how  ;  aB>  for  instance,  on  Saturday  it  was  quite 
widely  reported  that  Mr.  Tilden  was  in 
town.  The  Commission  is  no  doubt  ready  to 
rote  on  the  question  of  evidence,  except  that 
it  ia  desirable  to  hare  a  previous  interchange 
of  views,  and  some  members  may  desire  to 
make  rather  long  speeches,  though  the 
temptation  is  removed  very  considerably 
by  the  absence  of  reporters.  The  next 
public  meeting  of  the  Commission  will  be  on 
Wednesday  morning,  when  the  announcement 
of  the  decision  respecting  the  admissibility  of 
evidence  will  be  made  under  the  rules.  Four 
hours  more  of  arguments  on  the  Florida  case 
will  be  allowed  to  counsel.  The  arguments 
that  have  been  concluded  were  provided  for 
by  special  rule,  not  intended  to  interfere  with 
the  general  regulations.  Thus,  the  whole  of 
Wednesdav  will  be  consumed,  and  it  will  oer^ 
Ibinly  be  Thursday,  and  possibly  Friday,  be- 
fore the  next  joint  meeting  of  the  two  houses. 

PROCEEDINGS    BEFORE    THE     COM- 
MISSION. 


Washington,  Feb.  5.— The  Commission  met 
at  11  o'clock,  the  question  pending  being  what  evi- 
dence, if  any,  ia  before  tbe  Commiasion  relative  to 
the  vote  of  Florida  u.  tbe  recent  Presidential  elec- 
tion, and  what  are  the  powers  and  duties  of  the 
Commiaaion  in  the  premises.  Mr.  Evarts,  for  the 
Bepnblioan  side,  said  : 

ARGUMENT  OF  MR.  EVARTS. 

Mb.  Vrebident  and  (tentlemen  of  thb  Commis- 
sion: Tbe  order  uf  ibe  Commission  iu  uirecUug  the 
aitentioo  of  coanael  laya  oat  for  their  oonaideTation 
three  topice  :  First,  whether,  under  tbe  powers  pos- 
sessed by  tbe  Com  mission,  any  evidence  can  be 
received  beyond  that  disclosed  in  tbe  three 
certiflcates  from  the  State  of  Florida,  -trhioh 
were  opened  by  the  President  of  tbe  Seiiate. 
in  the  presence  of  tbe  two  houses  of  CongresH,  and 
wbicb,  under  the  authority  of  tbe  recent  act  ot  Con- 
ereia  are  transmitted  to  this  Commiasion  ;  aeooud, 
if  any  oau  be  received,  wbai  that  evidence  is  ;  and, 
tbiraly,  what  evidence,  other  tbaa  the  certifi- 
oatea,  if  any,  is  now  before  tbe  Commiaaion. 
I  -will  dispose  of  tbe  last  question,  under  ihe  order 
Of  the  CommissiuD,  first.  It  requires  but  brief  at- 
tention to  express  our  views,  and  will,  I  tbmk,  re- 
quire bat  little  consideration  in  lime,  however  im- 
portant it  may  be  in  snbstance,  from  the 
Commission.  It  is  sngsested  that  certain 
packages  of  papers,  which  were  borne  Ipto 
the  presence  ot  the  Commission  by  tbe 
messenger  that  broncht  tbe  certificatea  and 
objections  here,  are  alreadv  evidence  in  the  poaaea- 
sion  of  the  Commission.  What  tbeae  packages  con- 
tain. 'What  degree  ot  autbentieiiy,  or  what .  suope  of 
efficacy  is  to  be  given  to  them,  asjpartioalar  matters 
of  evidence  and  particnlar  forms  o(  prool,  are  na- 
known  to  us,  and  unknown  to  the  Commiasion. 
The  proposition  upon  which  it  is  claimed  that  this 
evidence,  whatever  it  may  be,  la  "  subject  andonbt- 
ediyto  discussion  and  to  rejection  by  tbe  UoAimis- 
sion  as  not  pertinent  and  not  important," 
and  which  is  mentioned  in  one  of  tbe  objections  la- 
terpoaed  againat  the  first  certiiicate  aa  matter  on 
which  tbe  ob)ection  was  founded,  instead  ot  being  a 
warrant,  as  it  were,  to  the  objector  on  which  he  oo- 
Jeots.  ±le  (tbe  objector)  thereby  make*  s  part 
of  the  evidence  before  tbo  CommisaiOD,  and 
our  learned  friend,  Judge  Blaclc,  has  pruoosed 
that,  except  aa  aeainst  objectors  that  prevail  in 
their  acts  and  efiorts  in  couimon  law  courts,  and 
whom  he  bas  been  good  enough  to  deaignate  as 
"snapperadoes,"  this  evidence  is,  by  aathentio 
principles  of  jtirianmdence,  made  evidence  by  this 
attachment  to  the  certificate.  He  instaoces  bills  in 
e^oity  which  may  have  attendant  ex- 
hibits, and  whicu,  of  course,  bring  the 
exhibits  aa  a  part  of  the  case  inio  the  possession  of 
tbe  court.  If  there  were  nu  objection,  tbe  case  said 
to  be  provided  for  the  exerciae  uf  yuur  authority  is 
not  produced.  If  tbe  objection  is  made,  (however 
inartificial  or  imperfect,)  the  case  has  arisen, 
but  the  objection  narrovdb,  and  limita  and  urovides 
the  Issue,  and  tbe  law  upon  which  your  Junadiotion 
attaches  is  a  pure  fabrication  out  of  utterly  unsub- 
stantial and  immaterial  soirgestions  ia  the  law. 
Cenrtainl.v,  if  volunteer  objectors  on  one  side 
or  the  other  were  oermitted  to  lay  down 
tbe  issues,  and  addnce  tbe  evidence,  and  make  up 
tbe  packages  uf  tne  evidence,  it  would  be  a  strange 
commitment  of  a  great  authority  to  casual,  to  raab, 
to  disin^feuions  sugg^iions.  So  much,  I  think, 
entirely  disposes  of  iho  question  of  what  there  ia 
in  evidence  here.  The  other  qaestion,  as  to 
wbetbur  evidence  id  possession  of  either  boose  or 
both  houses  of  Gongross,  in  tbe  shape  of  committee 
reports,  or  conclasious  of  either  of  tbeae  great 
bodies  in  any  term,  is  traasmiasible,  and  mav  be 
accepted  and  received  by  It  alter  it  is  unfolded,  af- 
ter It  is  understood,  after  tbe  claim  is  scrutinised 
and  opposed,  ia  a  qoestioo  that  ia  but  a  subordinate 
part  ot  tbe  mam  question  whether  any  evidence 
bcyon.d  tbe  certificates  can  be  received,  I  wish  to 
preclude  at  the  outset  anything  to  impress  or  to 
cany  lor  a  moment  the  impression  that  there  bas 
been  overpast  by  some  asiuteneaa  and  aome  dili- 
gence tbe  qaestion  what  yon  receive  and  what 
you  reject.  I  find  myself  then  unimpeded  in 
the  inqiury  as  open  to  me  aa  to  you 
whether  any  evidence  can  be  received,  and,  if 
any,  what,  bevond  tbe  certificates  opened  bv  the 
President  of  the  Senate.  On  that  question  I  shall 
tnink  it  qmite  attentive  to  the  inscmction  of  tbe 
Commiasion,  and  much  more  suitabIe,to  a  practical 
aud  dehDita  dlscusaiun,  and  a  practical  and  definite 
determination  Of  this  Commission,  that  whatever 
of  general  principles,  aud  however  far-reaching  the 
deciaion  on  those  general  principles  in  this  matter 
of  evidence  may  be,  tbe  evidence  that  it  is  proposed 
eboald  be  taken  as  tbe  apparent  limitof  tbe  inquiry 
wuetber  that  evidence  sbonlc  be  received,  not  from 
any  particular  discord  as  to  the  form  or  manner  of 
proffer,  bnc  ~as  t«  whether  it  falls  within  tbe 
evidence  that  may  be  received  extraueous 
to,  m  addition  to,  tbe  Vice  President's  oeriifioite* — 
those  opened  by  bim— and  1  am  enabled,  by  lbs 
memoiandum  presented  oy  the  learnea  counsel 
[Mr.  O'ConorJ  fonnd  on  the  forty-sescnd  page  of 
tne  Congretsional  Meeord,  ot  Satnrday,  to 
present  tne  quality  aud  character,  the  office 
and  effect,  of  extraneous  evidence  that  It  is  sup- 
posed might  be  (within  tbe  powers  of  this  Commis- 
sion) reserved  and  entertained  by  it.  In  tbe  first 
place,  be  exciudes  from  the  area  of  consideration 
one  of  tbe  certificates,  tu  wit :  tbat  which  contains 
the  vote  of  tbe  Tilden  Blectora  :  that  they  need  no 
otner  proof  conceruing  it;  and  it  is  mentioned  only 
tbat  it  mi>v  be  excluded  ;  secmdly,'  there  are  state- 
ments coQcemint:  the  quo  warranto  sait  in  Florida, 
commeuced  on  the  6ch  uf  Deeember,  and  ending  on 
the  ISth  of  January,  and  in  regard  to  that  (ihe 
record  being  anpposed  to  contain  in  itself  the  op- 
portunity and  means  of  its  use,  according  to  es- 
tablished rules  of  jurisprudence  as  a  record  or  an 
anthuritv.)  it  >s  suggested  that  extraneous 
proof  only  would  need  to  reach  the  pomt 
of  proving  tbe  precise  honr  of  tbe  day 
on  the  sixth,  on  which  tbe  writ  commencing  that 
action  was  served,  and  on  our  part,  perhaps,  prove 
that  an  appeal  bad  been  taken  and  was  p«nding 
from  that  judgment;  then  are  enumer- 
ated some  'other  matters  that  require  no 
proof,  as  aoppoaed.  Again,  tbe  actions 
uf  the  Leqnslature  are  public  acts  and  matters  of 
record,  and  it  is  supposed  tbat  thev  are  regularly 
before  the  Commiasion,  so  far,  at  least,  as  they  ap- 
pear in  tbe  third  certificate,  by  virtue  of  that 
transocission,  and  besides  I  suppose  that  thev  are 
matters  of  public  record  as  tbe  action  of  ihe  Legis- 
latrure  of  tbe  State. 

CHABACXEB  OF  THB  OBJECTOBS'  SVIDENCB. 

Mr.  Evarts  here  read  tbe  memorandum  of  Mr. 
O'Conor  already  referred  lo.  as  follows  :  Fifthly — 
The  only  matters  which  the  Tilden  JEleccors  de- 
sire to  lay  before  the  Commission  as  evidence  ac- 
tually extrinsic,  will  now  be  stated  :   Tbe  Board  of 

State  Canvassers,  acting  on  certain  erroneous 
views  when  making  their  canvass  by  which 
the  Hayes  Electors  appearea  to  be  chosen,  rejected 
whoilv  the  retnrni  from  the  County  ot  Manatee, 
and  parts  of  letarna  from  each  of  the  loUowiog 
counties,  (naming  them.J  In  so  doing,  toe  said 
State  Board  acted  without  jurisdiction, 
as  tbo  Cirenit  Court  and  Sapreme  Conrt 
in  Florida  decided.  Tbat  is,  tbe  re- 
cent lodgment  in  mandamus  and  quo  warranto. 
[Continue*  reading :]  "It  was  by  overruling  aud 
setting  aside,  as  not  warranted  by  law,  tbeae  rejec- 
tions, that  the  courts  of  Florida  reached  their  re- 
spective conclaalon*  that  Mr.  Drew  was  elected  Gov- 
ernor and  tbat  tbe  HayeaElectsrswsre  doly  ehosen. 
If  o  evidence  tbat  in  any  view  could  be  called  ex- 
traneons  is  believed  lo  be  needf  al  to  establish  the 
conclusions  relied  npon  by  tbe  TUden  Electors,  ex- 
cept duly  authenticated  copies  of  the  State  caa- 
vass."  That  is,  as  Mr.  O'Conor  adds,  "  The  er- 
roaeoos  canvass,  as  we  consider  it." 

Mr.  O'Cunor— Tbat  is  your  canvasa.  I  said,  "the 
erroneous  canvass,  as  we  consider  It*" 

Mr.  Evarts — I  ao  nnderatand.  I  was  using  your 
language.  Toa  interposed  that  remark  verbally  in 
addition  to  the  written  pwt. 

Mr.  Evarts  finished  the  reading  aa  follows: 
"  And  of  the  returns  from  ths  above-named  four 
oeunties,  one  whoUy  and  the  others  in  oart,  re- 
jected by  said  State  Canvassers."  Now  it  is  pro. 
posed,  therefore,  as  the  matter  extraneous  that  it 
is  desired  to  introduce,  and  tbat  Is 
elalmed  is  open  to  your  consideration,  not 
that  the  certificate  of  Gov.  Steams  falsifies 
the  fact  he  has  to  certify  to,  not  that  it  falsifies  tbe 
record  that  makes  the  basis  of  the  fact  whlob  he  is 
to  certify  to,  but  that  the  record  at  the  ume  on 
which  by  law  he  was  to  base  his  certificate,  depart- 
ing ttom  which  his  certificate  would  bo  falser  is  iU 
•elf  to  be  penetrated  or  surmounted  by  ex- 
jtcaneoas  proof  sbowmg  tbat  by  mat- 
ter of  substance  in  the  progrew  of 
the  election  errors  or  f^nda  were  made— 
tkat  is  to  say,  that  somewhere  in  ths  steps  between 
the  depoait  of  the  ballntin  the  boxes  at   the  pre- 


of  those  boxes  there,  and  the  transmission  to  a  nor- 
rective  canvass  in  a  oonntlng  of  tbe  nreolncts  thus 
canvassed  at  their  own  ballot-boxes,  or  between  the 
returns  of  the  county  canvass  to  the  State  Canvat>a- 
era,  or  lii  tbe  action  of  tbe  State  Canvassers 
in  the  final  computation  of  the  aggregates,  to 
aeaertain  the  plnrality  of  votes  as  tor  one  or  the 
other  candidates,  and  so  declare,  and  so  make  rec- 
ord of,  aiid  so  fix  the  baala  of  the  Governor — wheth- 
er tbat  act  was  right  er  wrong  on  their  part,  fraud- 
ulent or  erroneous  in  law  or  in  fact— tbat  some- 
where in  tbe  process  of  the  election  itself  from 
stage  to  stage,  on  tbe  very  matter  of  right  anA  tbe 
question  of  rlghtfut  title  or  tlue  de  .lure, 
there  uss  occurred  matter  for  judicial  oocsidera* 
.tisn;  for  I  need  not  say  that  however  simple 
and  however  limited  tne  step  to  be  taken  beyond 
the  record  of  tbe  State  canvass  to  serve  the  needs 
and  to  accomplish  the  jastice  as  proposed  by  tbe 
learned  eoansel  for  tbe  objectors  against  the  Hayea 
certificates,  the  pimclple  unsn  which  it  is  offered, 
if  there  were  occasions  requiring  it,  if 
jnstice  required  it,  if  the  powers  of 
this        (Commission  tolerated        it,        would 

carry  It  to  whatever  point  this  correcrlsn  or  this 
evisceration  of  the  final  canvasa  is  to  be  attempted. 
I  am  at  once,  therefore,  relieved  from  any  discaa- 
sions  so  practical  in  this  case,  except  so  far  as  illus- 
tration of  argument  may  make  it  useful,  pro  or  con, 
of  any  consideration.  I  aav,  whether  a  Gsvernor's 
certificate  could  be  attacked  as  iiaelf  being  not  a 
Governor's  certificate,  but  a  forgery,  that  is  not 
going  behind  a  Governor's  certificate  ;  tbat  is  com- 
ing in  front  of  a  Governor's  certificate  and  break- 
ing it  down  as  no  Governor's  certificate. 
Tbat  IS  not  the  question  we  are  to  consider  here. 
There  ia  certainly  nothing  in  tbe  principle  tbat 
when  a  Governor's  certificate  ia  required  for  any 
form  or  solemnity  or  conclosiveness  of  authentica- 
tion, a  forged  j^aper  ehonld  be  called  a  Governor's 
certifioate.  Bnt  this  introduces  here  no  in- 
quiry, in  that  proposition,  as  to  whether 
the .  certificate  is  the  Governor's  certi- 
ficate that  the  act  of  1793  nqnires. 
Neither  does  their  proposition  suggest  any  uebate 
as  to  whether  the  fact  to  be  certified  by  tbe 
Governor  (tbe  substance  tbat  hia  ceriifioate  is  to 
aathentioate)  is  to  be  made  tbematler  of  extraneous 
evidence  to  show  tbat  the  faot  to  be  certified  is  dis- 
cordant with  the  certificate,  and  that  the  fact  must 
prevail  over  the  interpolated  lalse  certificate  ot  the 
fact.  There  can  be  no  escape  Jtrom  that  proposi- 
tion, unless  onr  learned  opponents  ask  vour 
assent  to  this  claim,  that  when  the  act  of 
Congress  requires  this  certificate  as  to  the  list  uf 
persons  who  have  been  elected,  tbey  required  from 
the  Governor  a  certificate  that  every  stage  aud  step 
ot  the  process  of  the  election  has  been  honest  and 
true  and  clear  and  lawml ;  because,  unless  you 
make  that  tbe  fact  tu  be  certified,  you  get  no  oppor- 
tnnity  to  introduce  evidence  on  tbe  basis  of  discord 
between  the  faot  to  be  osrtifled  and  tbe  faot  which 
has  been  certified. 

THE    OBJECTIOMB  TO   HUMPHREYS    DISPOSED  OF. 

Witboot  disgoise.  therefore,  tbe  proposition  is 

whether  or  no  there  mieht  be  occasion  tor  extran- 
eous proof  to  falaiiy  a  Governor's  certificate,  either 
on  the  groimd  of  its  own  spurious  character  or  on  tbe 
ground  of  its  falsely  reproducing  the  fact  protessed 
to  be  stated.  Admitting  the  Governor's  certificate 
to  be  genuine,  admitting  tbe  canvass  as  of  record 
on  which  he  was  to  discharge  this  ministerial 
function  to  accord  with  his  didoharge  of  it,  and 
that  yon  are  at  a  stage  of  inquiry  and  on 
right  of  inspection  whiob,  treacine  the  Gov- 
eiuor's  certificate  as  actual  and  as  rightful 
on  tbe  record  before  him — to  wit,  the  completed 
election — yon  are  now  to  investigate  the  election 
itself  as  matter  of  proof,  by  such  metnods  as  tbe 
law  permits  and  with  adeqaate  powers.  There  is 
one  other  auggestlon  in  tbe  objectlou,  and  that  is 
about  "extraneous  proofs,"  tbat  Mr.  UumpUreys, 
one  of  the  Hayes  Slectors,  held  office  under  the 
United  States,  and  in  our  behalf  it  is  then 
sngzested  b.v  tbe  learned  counsel  that  we  might  in- 
troduce evidence  that  Mr.  Humpbrevshad  reuigned. 
The  interposition  of  tbia  objection  was  a  suriiriss 
to  us,  for  It  was  a  matter  of  inquiry  before  tbe  Flor- 
ida State  Canvasaing  Board  un  tne  4th  dayofDa- 
oember,  1876.  antecedent  to  their  final  and  conclusive 
canvass  ou  evidence  then  taken.  I  am  able  to  read 
from  page  33  of  tbe  Keeord,  ot  Saturday,  in  (be  re- 
port of  the  minority  cumiuictee : 

"  Kxtract  from  testimony  before  the  Florida  State 
Canvassing  Board,  Monday,  Dec._4,  1876: 

Mr.iHumphrevs  sworn. 

Q. — Are  you  Shipping  Commissioner  for  the 
Fort  of  Pensacola  I     A. — I  am  not. 

Q. — Were  you,  at  one  tune  t  A.— I  was  at  one 
time. 

8. — When  f  A. — Previous  to  the  7th  November. 
. — What  time  did  yon  reaign  t  A.— The  accept- 
ance of  my  resignation  was  received  by  me  frum 
Judee  Woods  about  a  week  or  10  days  before  tbe 
election,  which  I  have  on  flls  in  my  office;  laid 
not  tbiak  of  its  being  questioned,  or  I  would  have 
It  here  ;  be  stated  In  hu  letter  to  me  ihat  tbe  Col- 
lector of  Cusioma  would  pertorm  the  duties  of  tbe 
office,  and  tbe  Collector  of  Customs  has  since  done 

80." 

Kow,  on  the  nature  of  an  objection  for  4isqn«lifi- 
cation  as  a  aubieot  of  proof  requiring  lis  proUuc- 
tiun.  in  order  tbat  the  two  bousai,  or  tne  President 
of  the  Senate,  iu  either  attribution  of  authority, 
under  the  clause  of  the  Constitution  governing 
rbeir  Joint  meeting,  a  word  needs  to  t>e  said. 
I  will  attempt  to  answer  tbe  suggestion,  in  the 
form  of  inquiry,  made  very  pertinently  and  forcibly 
by  Mr.  Commissioner  Thurmau  the  other  day.  As 
I  nnderatand  tbe  matter — and  I  will  nut  repeat  or 
anticipate  a  diacossiun  that  mast  come  later  in  due 
form  on  my  part  in  this  argument — there  is  a  con- 
sidsratlon  In  this  case  of  whether  the  houses  of 
Congress,  in  the  matter  of  the  count,  or  tbe 
President  ot  the  Senate,  it  he  have  authority 
at  the  time  of  their  meeting  for  the  consti- 
tutional dnty  of  opening  and  counting  the  votes, 
has  any  power  accorded  by  law  for  any  intervention 
of  the  motbod3  ot  proof.  Whatever  may  be  thought 
on  tbe  question  ot  whether  this  snbjeok  of  ditquali- 
ficatlon  of  this  nature  was  proper  lur  the  sciuclny 
of  tbe  votes  to  be  counted,  aud  however  proper  it 
might  have  been  for  the  booses  of  Congress  to  pro- 
vide for  the  production  of  nroof  in  that 
transactioB  and  for  the  manner  in  which  it  migfet 
be  adduced  and  considered,  there  is  no  act  of  Oou- 
gress  on  the  subject ;  and  our  proouaition  is  that  at 
that  stage  of  tbe  transaction  of  the  election,  Con- 
gress, the  two  houses,  and  tbe  President  of  tne 
Senate  cannot  entertain  tbat  subject  of 
proof;  that  the  process  most  go  on  of 
coimtiog,  and  that  if  a  disqaalified  Elector 
bas  passed  the  observation  uf  the  voters  iu 
the  State,  passed  the  observation  of  auy  sentinels 
or  guards  tbat  may  have  been  provided  in  tbe  law 
for  excluding  from  actual  election,  or  tor  aunnlling 
of  an  apparent  right — if  this  diaqualldcatlon  sbonld 
be  made  to  appear,  tbat  when  the.-'e  are 
all  over  and  past,  and  tbe  vote  stands  op 
the  presentation  and  authentication  of  tbe 
Constitution  which  is  the  certificate  of  the 
Electors  themselves,  and  on  the  act  of  Congress,  it 
mnai  stand  unchallengeable  and  unimpeachable 
there.  Of  course  the  provisional  means  of  inquiry 
at  that  stage,  of  Congresa  it  tbey  bad  thonght  nt  to 
provide  any.  would  have  Involved  the  delays  of 
such  an  inquiry.  The  proof  of  the  infirmity  and 
tbe  proof  of  its  removal  are  matters  ordinarily 
manageable  ;  perhaps  in  point  of  time  not  leading 
to  prolixity,  bat  in  abpposable  cases  invulviog 
the  contradiction  of  witnesses  and  discussion  as  to 
the  effect  ot  testimony. 

THE  state's  BECOUD  OF  ITS  ELECTIOK  FINAI,. 

Now,  Mr.  Commissioner  Thurmau  asks  the  ques- 
tion :  Suppose  the  Electoral  return,  when  opened, 
discloses  the  fact  that  the  fotir  Electors  then  prea- 
ent  were  members  of  Congress,  and  had  been  so  at 
the  time  of  the  appointment)  That  involves  an 
element,  you  perceive,  not  touched  by  the  consid- 
erations tbat  belong  to  proof,  That  impeachment 
of  qualifications  in  the  Electors  snppoaed  is  of  ocu- 
lar and  personal  observation  at  all  times, 
of  the  President  .  of  the  Senate  and  ot 
tbe  two  bouses  of  Congress,  and  of  the 
record  of  the  nation  at  theCaoitol;  and  if  the  in- 
stance is  merely  tbat  of  a  member  of  Congress, 
excluded  in  tbe  list,  and  not  presently  a  member, 
involving,  by  extraneous  proof,  whother  or  not  at  a 
certain  date  there  had  been  completed  an  act  of  his 
retirement  from  tbe  office,  so  that  tbe  diaqualifioa- 
tion  did  not  exist  in  fact,  then  the  case- in  which 
the  Congreaaman  is  used  as  an  instance  falls  back 
into  the  class  of  cases  w  here  there  has  oeen  no  pro- 
vision for  extraneous  proof;  and  while  the 
office  accordea  to  the  Goveroot's  certificate  i«  not 
required  to  be  overpassed  by  extraneous 
proof  to  bis  certificate,  but  bv  transcendent  and 
present  evidence  of  tbe  disqualification  of  the 
members  of  Congress,  there  is,  as  we  suppose,  no 

safe  rule  except  to  say  that  this  injunction  laid 
spon  the  States,  that  they  shall  not  Include  In  their 
appointments  tbe  proscribed,  excluded  peraouf, 
does  not  execute  itself  under  tne  Constitution,  and 
if  unexecuted  in  tbe  law  of  the  State,  Is 
only  to  be  executed  by  tbe  laws  of  Congress  pro- 
viding a  means  of  time  and  place  of  execntion. 
Now,  I  have  said  tbat  this  tribunal  cannot  receive 
evidence  in  addition  to  tbe  certifioatea,  of  the  na- 
ture of  tbat  which  ia  offered— that  is,  evidence  that 
goes  beyond  the  State's  record  of  its  election,  which 
has  been  certiUed  by  tbe  Governor  as  resulting  in 
the  appointment  ct  those  Electors.  One 
reason  of  this  proposition,  and  on 
which  sufficiently  it  rests,  is  tliat 
there  is  a  Juoicial  Inquiry  into  tbe  very  matter  of 
right,  the  title  to  office;  for  it  accepts  as  its  func- 
tion the  prevaieaoe  of  the  former,  the  certificated, 
the  reeorded  title  of  tbe  Electors,  and  proposes 
thea  to  inquire  as  inUr  partes,  and  the  mat- 
ter of  right,  ■  wbicb  of  the  two  competi- 
tors are  really  elected  on  an  honest  and 
searehlng  investigation.  It  undertakes  an 
office  that  is  judicial,  and  tbe  powsrs 
for  its  exercise  are  attempted  to  t>e  invoked  m  favor 
of  those  who  support  tbat  view,  by  the  necessity  of 
the  exerciae  of  tbe  impoted  power  requiring  ade- 
quate meana  What  are  adequate  means  ?  Ade- 
qaate «MMis  for  tbat  mveatlgatlon  are  plenacv 
means-  There  are  no  means,  ludicial,  that  are 
adeqiute  for  that  inquiry  tnat  are  not 
plenary,  and  no  plenary,.  Indioial  powers 
can  be  eommonloated  under  our  Constitution 
bv  Congress,  to  say  nothing  of  minor  powers 
tliat  are  judicial  in  their  nature,  except  to  tribunals 
that  are  courts,  tribunals  that  are  inferior  to  the 
Supremo  Court,  and  that  are  filled  by  Judges  ap- 
pointed by  the  President  of  the  United  States  and 
oonfifmed  by  the  Senate.  Will  any  lawyer,  expert 
or  inexpert  mention  atopic  or  method  of  Jadicatnre,- 
ot  JnTisiyraaenoe  that  involves  tbe  pirssession  of 
laigiBr  means  of  reach  and  more  complete  control 
of  powers  and  methods  than  the  trial  of  a  quo  war- 
ranto for  an  offlee,  tb*^  is.  to  seaxchfan  election  t  But 
not.  only   |s  it  beyond  tbe  power  of  Congress    to 

taaifer  the  powtn  of  tUa  Uv  tatum  finmmi— wn. 


tbe  powers  of  a  court  of  this  plenary  reach 
and  efficiency ;  but.  on  the  top  of  quo 
warranto,  to  try  the  title  of  an  officer, 
tbey  would  find  a  eabject  in  regard 
to  which  the  Constitution  bad  Interposed  an  insur- 
mountable barrier  to  the  constitution  of  a  oou^ 
like  this.  The  quo  warranto  is  a  matter  and  an 
action  of  the  common  law  ;  it  mvolves  as  a  matter 
of  right  the  introduotion  ef  a  jury  into  its  methods. 
No  case  of  contei^ted  election  .was  ever  tried  under 
the  sense  of  the  State's  uie  ef  the  oroper  tribunal 
without  a  Jory,  but  the  oroviaion  here  is 
that  in  every  action  of  a  certain  amount 
of  dignity  the  right  of  trial  by  Jury  shall  exist,  and 
the  verdict  shall  never  be  examined  except  by  the 
rules  of  common  law.  Now,  can  it  be  said  that 
Judicial  power  here  and  Judicial  power  originating 
undsr  Congressional  authority  to  make  courts,  is 
the  source  of  this  authority  olaiihed  1  These  are 
impediments  that  cannot  be  surmounted. 

THE  EFFECT  OF  QUO  WABBANTO. 

I  will  ask  your  Honor's  attention  in  coimection 
with  tbe  topio  tbat  I  last  discussed  and  in  pertinent 
relation  to  tbe  present — to  the  case  ol  'Groome 
aeainst  Gwyn,  in  the  Forty-third  Maryland  He- 
porta,  beginning  at  page  572 ;  the  subjects  interenr- 
ing  here,  and  especially,  begin,  I  think,  at  page  634, 
to  show  tnat  this  argument  that  a  duty  supposed  to 
exist  by  attribution  ot  law  or  tbe  Consti- 
tution, must  carry  to  itself  in  the  fanctionary 
charged  with  its  exercise  all  tbe  powers  neceaaary, 
(upon  tbe  argument  tbat  the  duty  mtist  involve  the 
powers.)  finds  no  place  m  onr  jurisprudence.  Tbe 
argument  bas  to  bo  the  other  way.  It  the  func- 
tionary of  the  Commission  has  not  been 
clothed  with  those  anthorities,  then  the 
duty  is  not  accorded  or  tbe  means  of  its 
exercise  are  not  lurnished,  and  so  it  cannot 
be  discharged.  In  tbe  caae  of  Groome  against 
Gwyn,  tbe  Governor  had  by  tbe  Constitution,  as 
was  claimed,  (and  was  held  bv  tbe  majority  of  the 
cunrt,)  the  power  to  determine  the  contest  for  the 
office  of  Attorney  General  for  the  State  of 
Maryland  :  and  tbe  Governor,  finding  by  his  own 
inspection  ot  tbe  testimony  that  he  lacked  tbe 
means  of  carrying  out  tbe  scrntiny  tbat  must  de- 
cide, held.tbaKi  he  could  not  exercise  ir,  and  hs 
would  not  exercise  it  tmlesa  Judicial  authority  im- 
posed it  upon  bim  ;  and  assuming  that  tbe  claim- 
ant against  the  final  canvass  bad  the  mere  right, 
and  that  the  Governor  was  made  an  authority  to 
conduct  a  contest,  be  had  no  powers  of  subpoena 
and  had  no  provision  for  taking  proof,  and  tbo 
Court  of  Appeala,  on  an  application  for 
mandamus  to  compel  tbe  Governor  to  uifdertfkke 
that  constitutional  duty,  held  tbat  he  was  vested 
by  tbe  Cunstitation  with  an  authority  to  be  the  oun- 
testing  fnnononary.  but  tbat  the  laws  of  Mary- 
land had  not  executed  tbe  Constitntion  tofuruieb 
him  With  powers  to  perform  the  duty  assigned 
to  him,  ana  that  tbe  mandamus  must  go  against 
him  to  deliver  the  certifloa'e*  to  tbe  man  who  on 
the  corrupt  canvass  was  returned  as  having  tbe 
miijority,  and  tbat  the  preliminary  contest 
that  might  have  been  made  effectual  to 
exclude  tbe  wrong  man  because  of  .  a 
wrong  canvass,  must  De  proper  to  the 
Judiciary  powers  of  tbe  State,  lodged  in  the  courts 
in  the  shape  of  a  quo  warranto  on  a  dispute  with 
the  inducted  candioate,  that  the  (xoveruor  might  or 
would  have  decided  not  to  be  entitled  r«  the  office. 
This  bears  upon  both  branches  of  the  consideration. 
First,  upon  your  assumption  of  your  powers  from 
your  having  a  general  duty ;  second,  upon 
the  consideration  of  whether  a  duty  assigned 
to  tbe  Governor,  as  ot  his  official  trans- 
action ministerially,  will  not  be  compelled  always, 
as  it  was  there,  by  courts  of  Justice  to  lay  the  foun- 
dation Of  the  discussion  of  tbe  writ  m  the  courts  of 
Jnstice.  I  find  in  this  act  of  1877  no  such  purpose 
in  tbe  arrangement  of  powers  as  lo  make  it  a  court 
under  the  ConstitotioQ.  I  find  no  appointment  of 
these  Judges  to  this  court  under  the  powers  of  the 
Constitution.  I  find  no  means  for  writs  ana  their 
enforcement,  nor  tor  the  methods  ot  trial,  that 
must  b(  l.>ng  to  a  discussion  of  a  quo  warranto. 
Now  I  understand  thatf  tbe  proponente  uf 
this  proof  lav  out  as  tbe  end  and  the 
limits  ot  your  inquiry,  and  of  your  duties  and  you  r 
powers,  tnat  of  a  judicial  investigation  upon  a  writ 
of  qtu>  warranto.  Mr.  Kcpiesentative  Field  as- 
signed to  you  wliat  be  described  as  powers  at  least 
as  great  as  that  of  a  court  on  a  quo  warranto,  and  of 
cours*  in  tbat  nature  Mr.  Merrick  claimed  tLu  same. 
Judge  Black  did  nut  In  terms  do  »o  ;  yet  in  assigning 
the  nature  and  tne  searching  character  of  tbe  trans- 
action that  yon  execute,  he  gave  it  tbat  character 
and  implied  that  demand,  and  tbe  brief  banded  in 
(in  tbe  appraise  of  which  I  am  happy  to  join  with 
tbe  learned  associates  of  Mr.  Green,)  makes  the 
claim  distinc.ly  that  you  are  not  adequate  as  a  re- 
vising canvassing  t>oard,  but  you  must  have  the 
powera  of  acourt  on  quo  warranto.  And  why  this 
claim  ot  anything  less  magnificent  and  anything 
less  intolerable  could  have  been  found  suttioient 
in  the  area  fur  your  action  aa  desired  is 
because  in  the  methods  and  machinery  of  elections, 
aa  he  insists,  tbe  steps  ate  onward  of  Canvasaing 
lioards,  and  if  yuu  are  mads  a  anoeriot  Canvassing 
Board  lo  determine  whether  Gov.  Stearns' 
certificate,  to  tbe  effect  that  those  Electors 
were  apooloted  is  valid,  and  yon  are  nothing  but  a 
Ketuming  Board,  surmounting  the  fiusi  Return- 
ing Board  to  see  whether  their  return  jus- 
tifit^s  that  certificate;  tbat  at  once  you  find 
tbat  it  does,  that  tbe  de  facto  title  and  pos- 
session is  complete,  and  that  nothing  but  a 
Jurisdiction  that  consists  of  do  facto  title 
aud  possession  can  begin — can  find  tbe  case 
for  beginning  the  consideration  of  tne  question  of 
right.  This  quo  warranto  suit,  if  it  becomes  a  sub- 
ject of  evidence,  is  a  matter  of  evidence  that  de- 
clares absolutely  on  tbe  petition  ot  the  Til  - 
den  Electors  that  the  Hayos  Electors  are  In 
possession  of  the  faculty,  the  office,  (or  what 
not  it*  may  be,)  and  are  exercinng 
it,  and  they  ask  that  an  inquiry  may  then  proceed 
in  due  course  of  law,  bringing  them  in  only  by 
process  on  the  18th  of  December,  lorn;  after  their 
vote,  to  Inquire  whether  that  possession  and  tbat 
exercise  as  matter  ot  right  between  them 
and  the  Hayes  Electors  is  or  lo  not  accord- 
ing to  law  and  irntn.  The  Commiasion  wilt 
be  good  enough  to  look  at  an  act,  not 
reprinted  in  the  little  ooUoction  of  acts  so  nsefuUy 
laid  before  us,  (and  naturally  not  to  be  reprinted 
in  that,)  an  act  which  otherwise  mav  escape  atten- 
tion, or  take  some  labor  to  find.  It  is  toe  act  o; 
Feb.  3,  1873,  in  the  laws  of  Florida 
(session  laws,  page  28,)  in  relation  to 
the  proceedings  on  writs  of  quo  warranto. 
The  general  statutes  that  yon  find  in  the  collec- 
tion exclude  any  possible  writ  of  quo  warranto,  ex- 
cept by  tbe  States  through  the  act  of  (be  Attorney 
General,  and  this  quo  warranto  reported  here  begins 
b.y  evidence  that  the  Attorney  G.neral  refused 
to  bring  tbe  writ  for  the  State.  That  led  to  an  in- 
quiry how  it  happened  that  it  was  brought,  and  I 
loimd  this  law,  which  I  will  briefly  state, 
as  providing  to  this  tffect,  tbat  when 
tne  Attorney  General  refused,  then  claimants 
may  make  themselves  relators  and  tue  the  name  of 
the  State,  but  that  tbat  shall  be  a  mere  private  suit 
that  shall  be  good  between  tbe  parties  and  nob 
afieot  the  public  or  the  State.  It  *s  in  terms  so  pro- 
vided, and  it  Is  nrovlded  tbat  the  Judgment  shall 
not  be  a  bar  to  tbe  salt  by  tbe  Attorney  General  in 
the  public  right.    So  much  to  explain  that  siiuation. 

FLORIDA  LAWS  ON  THB  -CASE. 
NoWi'there  ia  out  one  other  point  to  which  Ivrish 
to  call  the  attention  of  tbe  CommissioD.  In  (he 
lecialation  of  Florida — for  I  can  spend  no  time  to 
rehearse  the  statutes — ou  page  53  of  this  pamphlet, 
wbicb  has  been  printed  for  tbe  use  of  the  Com- 
misslun,  there  were  found,  sections  31  and  32,  one,  a 
provision  that  tbe  Secretary  of  State  shall  make  and 
transmit  to  each  person  chosen  to  any  State  office 
Immediately  after  the  canvass,  showing  that  tne 
canvass,  as  completed,  is  the  basis  of  the  State's 
.authentication  of  the. right  of  every  State  officer, 
"  a  certihcate  showing  tbe  number  of  the  votes 
east  foreaob  person,  whieh  certificate  shall  be  prima 
fac^e  evidence  of  bis  election  to  sacn  office." 
That  gives  him  the  office.  Subsequent  inquiry, 
is  as  to  tbe  right.  Section  32  says  :  "  When  any  per- 
son shall  be  elected  to  the  office  of  Elector  of  Presi- 
dent and  Vice  Preaident  or  Representative  in  Con- 
gress, the  Goveraor  shall  make  out,  sign,  and  cause 
to  be  sealed  with  the  seal  of  the  State,  and  trans- 
mitted to  such  person,  a  certificate  of  his  elec- 
tion." Tbat  is  the  State's  final  determination 
of  the  man  that  has  been  aop6int«d  Elector  tmder 
the  Constitution  of  the  United  States.  Have  these 
contestants  any  such  authentication  of  tbe-rigbt, 
and  have  they  proposed  any  such  evidence  of  their 
title  on  the  6th  of  December )  And  the 
question  of  completeness  of  tbe  warrant  of 
the  Hayes  Electors  to  attend  and  disoharge 
their  daty  but  robed  the  vote,  when  cast,  with  tbe 

complete  qualifications  under  the  State  laws  and 
the  State  action  to  pass  tbe  vote.  We  have  tbe 
Governor's  certiflcato  (as  be  is  the  very  man  that 
passed,  tor  tbe  State,  on  tbat  qaestion,  whieh 
furnishes  the  right  to  meet  aud  act)  that  this 
Is  the  list  of  men  that  were  appointed. 
These  certificates  under  tbe  State  law  form  no  part 
of  tbe  return  to  the  President  of  the  Senate,  but 
when  tbe  same  Governor  exeontes,  under  Federal 
law,  tbe  same  duty  under  the  same  evidence,  we 
have  the  certificate  without  tbe  pruduciion  of  the 
antecedent  one.  Now  we  come,  under  a 
pretty  brief  period  of  discussion,  to  the  general 
doctrine  as  to  what  the  powers  and  what  the  ar- 
rangement and  disposition  of  those  powera 
are,  under  tbe  Constitntion  of  tbe  United 
States,  in  the  transaction  of  choosing  a  President. 
In  the  first  place,  the  only  transaction  of 
choosing  a  President  tiegins  with  the  deposit,  so 
to  speak,  in  the  Federal  office,  of  the  votes  of  cer- 
tain peraons  named  and  described  in  the  Constlta- 
aon  as  "  Electors.''  From  the  moment 
of      that       deport      the      sealed      vote       lies 

firoteoted  against  retraction  or  corruption 
n  tne  depository  provided  for  it^  the 
poasession  of  tne  Federal  officers  in  tbe  Federal .  of- 
fices. The  next  step  after  tnat  la  the  opening  of 
those  votes  and  tbelr  counting,  and  that  succeeds 
the  deposit  of  tbe  votes  by  tbe  Electors,  and 
relates  to  their  getting  the  qualifications  which 
the  act  of  Congress  prwcribes.  Those  qualifioatioas 
are  nothing  but  appointments  by  the  States,  and 
beyond  that  tbe  act  of  Consress  and  the  Federal 
Constitution,  with dne  regard  to  the  Stat«  authority, 
does  not  intrude.  It  has  provided,  nnder  a  rule  uf 
prudence,  tnat  they  shall  ba  appointed  on  the 
same  day  in  all  the  States  ;  it  has  provided  that 
they  meet  and  oast  their  votes  on  the  sjme  day  ; 
the  latter  is  the  method,  term,  and  prescribed  dace 
In  the  transaction  of  voting  for  President :  the 
other  is  the  only  intrusion  upon  State 
authority  In  the  alMolnte  ofaoioe  of  time  and  man- 
ner ef  appointment,  that  Omgtess  mav  prescribe 
the  time,  and  Coagresa  bas  prescribed  it.  Now, 
what  are  we  to  gather  .in  reapeot  to  tbe  stage  of 
;.  thia  iranaaction  whioh  we  hav»  now  reaoheci— tbe^  i 

I 


deposit  of  the  Federal  vote  for  President  by 
the  qualified  Electors?  It  is  tbelr  owm  vote. 
Tbey  are  not  delegates  to  make  a  vote 
according  to  the  Instructions  of  their  State.  Thev 
are  not  deputized  to  perform  tbe  will  of  anybody. 
They  are  voters  who  exercise  the  tree  choice  and 
authority  to  vote  or  rettain  from  voting,  (of  course 
neglecting  a  duty,)  and  to  rote  lor  whom  tbey 
please,  and  from  the  moment  tbat  their  vote  is 
sealed  and  sent  forward  toward  the 
seat  ot  Govemmeot,  no  power  in  a 
State  can  touch  it,  arrest  it,  reverse  Itw 
corsnpt  It,  retract  it.  Nothing  is  to  be  dons  except 
count  it,  and  count  it  as  It  was  deposited.  Those 
Electors— at  thei  present  election  369  citizens  in 
number — have,  by  the  Conatltntion,  made  for  them 
qualifications  dependent  upen  the  action  of  tbe  State. 
If  the  State  does  not  act,  there  are  no  qualified 
Electors.  If  ths  State  does  act,  in  whatever  is  the 
"  be  all  "  and  the  "end  all"  of  the  State's  action 
up  to  the  time  that  the  vote  is  oast,  that  is 
the  "be  all"  and  tbe  "-end  all  "  of  tbo 
qualification  of  the  Elector.  He  is  then 
a  qualified  Elector  depositing  bis  vote  to  accom- 
plish a  purpose,  and  that  vote  is  to  be  counted  when 
the  votes  are  collected.  Now,  our  ancestors,  whom 
we  revere,  were  not  wanting  either  in  forecast  or 
circumipection.  In  tbis  provision  every  solicitude, 
every  safeguard  that  a  not  over-credulous  view  ot 
human  nature  exacted  or  could  exact  for  the 
supremacy  ot  the  (Constitution  in  this  supreme 
transaction  nnder  it  was  provided.  At  the  bottom 
of  everything  was  a  determination  that  this  business 
should  proceed,  (to  fill  the  office,)  that  that  terror 
of  monarchies  and  republics  alike,  a  vacant  or  dis- 
puted supremacy,  (in  the  sense  of  the  occupation  of 
tbe  chief  magistracy,)  should  not  possibly  exist. 

QUO  WABEAHTO  A  BETABDINCI  OPEBATION. 

Let  m«  define  for  .yon  this  limitation  in  quo  war- 
ranto to  cover  investigations  into  thirteen  or  into 
ibirty-elebt  States  :  Tbat  lbs  second,  the  substi- 
tuted election  on  the  failare  oT  the  first,  must  end 
by  the  4th  of  March ;  and  w  hoover  interpolates  in  any 
stage,  from  the  deposit  in  the  primary  ballot-boxes 
in  the  State  up  to  the  termination  of  the  scrutiny 
which  declares  a  President  elected  or  the  failure  to 
elect,  upon  which  the  States  resume  their  control 
through  tbelr  delegates  in  the  lower  Honse  of  Con- 
gress npon  the  basis  of  State  tsquality — that 
sabstitution  must  come  to  an  end  by  the  4th 
ot  March,  and  wboevei  introduces  Judicial 
quo  warranto  anywhere  in  the  transac- 
tion introduce*  a  process  of  retardation, 
of  baffling,  of  obscuring,  of  defrauding,  of  defeating 
the  election,  and  gives  to  the  Senate  tbe  more  de- 
lay, tbe  present  filling  with  an  acting  officer  of  the 
great  office,  and  compels  a  new  election.  That 
mnob  for  delay.  Mow,  it  ia  an  absolutely 
novel  proposition  that  judicial  power  can  put  its 
little  finger  into  the  political  transaction  of  choos- 
ing anyoody — bnaging  into  otfioe  a  President; 
bringing  into  office  a  Governor;  bringing  into 
office  aay  of  tbe  necessary  agents  of  the  State. 
Who  does  not  understand  that  if  Judges  and  courts 
are  uoirae  at  the  stages  tbst  are  to  be  passed  to>fill 
the  ofQoe — so  that  there  shall  be  no  vacancy- and 
no        disputed        .sneoessiou  de         facto — ^wno 

does  not  see  that  by  placing  it  in  the 
hands  of  Judges  you  intrndace  the  means  of  de- 
frauding and  defeating  political  action  entirely, 
and  turning  It  into  a  discussion  of  the 
mere  ilgbt,  tbat  should  leave  the  office 
vacant  uniil  tbe  mere  right  was  determined! 
Now  it  is  an  absolnte  novelty — unknown  in  the 
States,  unknown  In  the  nation — that  judicial  Inqui- 
ries can  t)e|lnterposed  to  stop  the  political  action  that 
leads  to  filling  a  magisiracy.  The  interest  of  the 
State  IS  tbat  it  shall  be  filled.  Filling  It  ia  the  <ix- 
ercise  of  a  politioal  right,  the  discharge  of  a  polit- 
ical duty,  with  such  safeguards  about  tbe  first  can- 
vass, the  second,  the  third,  and  tbe  fourth  canvass, 
the  final  counting  be  lore  tbe  two  houses,  aa  are 
suitable  to  see  tbat  there  is  a  progress 
Udder  authority  the  perversion  of  which 
is  punishable  by  ths  State  or  by  the  nation  as 
within  the  sphere  ot  one  or  tbe  other,  and  that  shall 
not  retai-d  the  progress  to  tbe  end.  'These  are  pro- 
vided; these  are  useful;  but  you  do  not  stop  with 
a  jndicial  investigation  into  a  ballot-box  npon  a 
suggestion  that  it  has  been  stuffed,  and 
stop  the  election  until  that  quo  warranto  is 
finished,  and  then,  when  you  get  to  the  first  Can- 
vasser, stop  this  count  from  going  on  because  it  is  a 
faille  eount,  and  have  a  court  decide,  and  so  with 
the  County  Cauvasaers — stop  tbelr  transaction  in 
the  rapid  progress  to  the  result  aimed  at,  to  wSt, 
tne  filling  of  the  office  with  a  quo  -warranto 
there.  and  then  in  tbe  State  Canvass, 
then  and  tnore.  It  is  an  absolute  novelty.  Attempts 
have  been  made,  but  no  Judicial  action  has  over 
been  accepted  and  followed,  except  of  mandamus  to 
compel  officers  to  act — nothing  else.  That  was  not 
retarding ;  that  was  accelerating  :  that  was  compel- 
ling ;  that  was  discarding  delays  on  the  question  ot 
right.  In  our  Supreme  Court  of  New-York, 
not  very  many  years  aeo,  an  attempt 
was  made  to  obtain  an  ipj  unction  against  Inspec- 
tors eanvasiing  tho  evidence  at  the  primary  de- 
posit of  tbe  ballot-box  of  their  election  district, 
begause  they  had  been  sworn  on  tbe  Directory  and 
not  ths  Bible.  Now.  they  bad  no  right  to  dlsoharge 
their  function  without  swearing  on  the  Bible, 
the  preliminary  oath  the  first  conditional  observ- 
ance to  the  duty.  Tbe  conrt  discharged  it  neces- 
sanlv.  However  mooh  that  may  find  place  on  a 
ftto  warranto  reinvestigation  of  tbe  whole  transac- 
tion bv  piecemeal,  inaulries  cannot  be  made  and  no 
Injunction  of  a  conrt  can  Intrude  Into  a  political 
act.  Now  let  me  call  your  attention  to  a  provision 
iu  the  act  of  Congress,  tbeapplicatien  of  which  may 
not  have  attracted  ooservatlon.  It  isproytdedin  tbe 
act  tbat  if  the  State  shall  nave  failed  to 
appoint  on  tho  day  for  appointment,  it  may  make  i 
subsequent  appointment  as  tbe  Legislature  may 
please.  It  was  not  intended  then  tbat  the  process 
of  finding  out  whether  there  had  been  an 
election  or  not,  should  by  Its  method  and 
its  regular  action  be  exposed  to  a  frus- 
tration, or  tbat  the  failure  Itself  disclosed 
by  the  political  canvass,  being  the  basis  of  the 
writ  by  which  the  State  was  to  exercise  Its  f  nno- 
tiun  in  time  for  transmission  here.  You,  in  tbis  act 
of  Congress,  a  provision  which  shows  that  they 
recognize*  that  the  method  of  progress  in 
result  was  to  be  chentfbed  above  all  others, 
that  its  success  might  end  In  time  to  ooa- 
fer  the  qualification,  or  its  failure  in  time 
that  tbe  substitution  appointment  reserved  to  the 
State,  should  be  accorded.  Now  it  is  said  that 
failure  of  election  is  to  be  retarded  in  its  declaration 
to  deprive  a  State  of  its  power  to  act  npon  that 
failure,  and  it  is  said  ttiat  by 'the  act  of  Coogresa 
contemplated  either  ascertainment  may  involve  Ju- 
dicial proceedings  in  the  State.  Wbv,  if  there  be 
anything  that  in  election  laws  is  provided  in  ever.y 
State  it  is  tbat  there  shall  t>e  no  reconsideration,  no 
steps  backward,  no  delays  except  the  ministerial 
and  apparently  e^sy  duty,  and  if  discretion  is 
given  by  departures  from  that  general  policy  In 
particular  States,  it  is  always  found  to  haye  its  ori- 
gin in  a  mischief  p«r  te  to  arrest  a  greater  mischief 
for  which  It  is  designed — an  abnormal  condition  of 
tbe  body  politic  that  requires  a  departure  from 
the  general  method  of  an  absolute  ministerial  trans- 
astion. 

Now,  our  proposition,  as  has  been  nid  down  so 
well  by  my  learned  associates,  is  that  under  the 
State  law  of  Flotiaa  that  is  the  method,  that  is  the 
action,  and  tbat  every  act  and  stage 
of  that  action  rightly,  wrongly,  honest- 
ly, purely,  or  fraudulently,  has  conferred 
qualinsatlons  such  as  tbe  Federal  Constitation 
requires  in  the  appointment,  by  the  State,  through 
tbe  methods  that  it  has  provided.  One  word  ou  the 
point  that  the  line  Of  demarkation  between  the  in- 
ception of  tbe  Federal  authority  and  onlmiuatlon 
and  consummation  of  the  State's  action  preclndes  an 
inquiry  at  the  furthest  beyond  the  fact  certified  as 
of  record  and  the  accuracy  of  tbe  certificate,  is  to 
be  found  In  the  legislation  proposed  in  the 
Congress  of  1800,  when  tbe  wisdom  of  tbe 
fathers  was  still  enlightened  by  the  working 
of  tbe  great  scheme  they  had  framed.  It 
is  there  shown  that  the  demarkation  shocdd  be 
observed,  and  that  tbe  powers  should  not  include, 
or  be  deemed  to  Include  any  inquiry  Into  the  votes 
as  cast  in  tbe  State.  Tbe  novelty,  as  I  have 
said,  of  tbe  situation  produces  strange  re- 
snlta.  Never  before  has  there  been 
a  retardation  of  the  political  trans- 
action of  ounntlng  an  election,  and  to  aopompUsh 
that  almost  a  miracle  has  been  needed,  for  the  sun 
and  moon  have  been  made  to  stand  siiU  inuch  longer 
than  tbey  were  for  Joshaa  Iu  bis  con- 
flict in  Jnaea,  and  yoa  will  find  tbat 
the '  attempt  to  bring  Judges  (I  do  not 
now  speak  of  Judges  in  the  ofiioial  capacity  that 
sonfb  portion  of  this  bench  occupy  in  the  iSupreme 
Court  but  I  mean  Judges  In  nature  of  function  and 
exercise)  into  the  working  of  tbis  scheme  ef  popu- 
lar sovereignty  in  its  political  view  w^ill  make  It  as 
intolerable,  will  defraud  and  defeat  it  (bv  tbe  na- 
ture of  that  iaterveotioD,  not  the  character  of  the 
particular  transaction  of  the  Judges  ;)  till  the  Gov- 
ernment of  the  Judges  will  have  superseded  the 
sovereignty  of  the  people,  and  there  will  be  no  cnre, 
no  resort  but  that  which  tbe  children  of  Israel  had 
tdpray  for— a  King, 

Mr.  Evarts  referred  the  Commission  lu  dosing  to 
tbe  foUowing  cases  :  Dickey  against  Reaves,  in  the 
7dth  Illinois  Reports,  pages  267,  268.  and  S60;  a 
ease,  title  not  given,  in  tbe  SSth  Maine  Reports, 

5 age  566,  containing  an  opinion  ot  the  Supreme 
udicial  Conrt  of  the  State ;  and  to  oases  in  the 
38th  Maine  Reports,  page  598;  53d  New-Hampshire 
Reoorts,  paee  640,  ana  a  recent  ease  called  the 
CsBsar-Griflln  case,  in  the  District  of  Virginia,  pub- 
listaed  in  Johnson's  Report,  page  64. 


ARGUMENT  OP  MB.  O'CONOR. 

Mr.  Charles  O'Conor,  of  New- York,  then  ad- 
dressed the  Commission.    He  said  : 

Mb.  Pbbbidbn^  and  Gbhtlbmek  of  the  Coiuiis- 
BlON :      I    will     not     say    protiaoly,    because      it 

may  be  said  most  certaialy,  the  most  im- 
portant case  that  has  ever  been  pre- 
sent«)d  to  any  official  authority  witbln  these 
United  States  is  now  Drought  before  this 
honorable  Ommlsslon  for  its  investigation  and 
decision.  It  is  brought  tmder  circumstances  titiat 
give  absolute  assurance,  so  far  as  absolute  assnr- 
aace  can  exist  in  human  things,  of}a  ssund,  upright, 
and  intelligent  decision,  which  will  receive  the 
approbation  of  all  just  and  honerable 
men.  The  great  occasion  which  has  given 
rise  to  the  oonstructlon  of  this  tribunal  has -at- 
tracted tbe  attentioB  of  every  ehligbtened  and  ob- 
serving individual  in  the  oiviliieid  world.  This 
oommission  acts  aoder  tbat  observation.  Tbe  oon- 
olovon  atwhicb  It  may  arrive  nsust  necessarily 
pass  into  history,  and  from  tbe  deeply  Intereatlng 
otaaraoter  (in  all  its  ^apeeta)  of  ihe  proceedings 
bad.  and  of  the  Jadsnient  to  .be  pvonoonoed, 
:.tbat  bbrtoix^wUlattnot  the  attenttoa  of  sMuleBta/ 


aod  observers  and  men  of  intelligence,  or  of  any 
literary  culture,  as  long  as  as  oar  country  shall  be 
remembered  ;  tor  It  shall  not  be'  supposed  that  a 
questloh  ever  will  arise  to  be  determined 
in  a  manner  at ,  all  •  similar  .to  this, 
which  by  its  superior  magnitude,  importance, 
delicacy,  and  interest  will  tend  to  obstruct  this  or 
cause  it  to  be  overlooked.  Tne  selection  of  mem- 
bers for  this  Commission  is  made  by  a  choice  of  five 
individuala,  eot^l,  assumed  to  be  equal,  pronounced 
to  be  equal,  if  not  superior,  to  any  other  individnals 
in  the  House  of  Representatives,  and  a  similar  se- 
lection of  similar  individuals  has  been  made  In  the 
Senate,  thus  presenting  tbe  entire  legislative  repre- 
sentation of  onr  whole  country  to  tbe  otwer- 
vation  .of  present  and  fntnre  times  m 
what  they  are  here  to  do.  To  them 
is  added  a  selection  from  the  highest 
tribunal  known  nnder  onr  Constitntion  and  laws, 
and  certainly  a  tribunal  equal  in  majesty  and  power 
to  any  judicial  tribunal  that  ever  existed.  Ttiis 
selection  was  evidently  (from  the  whole  form  of 
procednre)  made  with  an  earnest  Intent  and, 
it  may  be  said,  with  a  fixed  resolve  to 
have  here  represented  whatever  of  perfeet  im- 
partiality and  fairness,  wliatever  ot  purity  and  in- 
tegrity our  country  can  afford ;  and  this  i.-«  a  pnblic 
act  of  the  highest  authority,  to  exoress  tbe  will  of 
ths  people  of  the  United  States  of  America.  The 
questions  to  be  considered  are  of  a  pnblio 
nature,  and  of  a  Judicial  nalnre.  Every  member 
appointed  to  this  Commission  has  been  a  Jurist  by 
nrotession  all  his  life,  and  has  devoted  his  time  and 
bis  studies  to  tbe  apprehension  and  the  oom- 
prehenalon  of  this  class  of  qaestions. 
It  was  said  by  a  great  English  Judge  and 
a  great  writer  and  historian,  in  the  highest  court 
of  appeals  in  that  coantry,  in  an  eminent  case,  that 
Jurisprudence  was  the  department  of  human  knowl- 
edge to  which  our  brethren  of  the  V  nited  States  of 
America  had  chiefly  devoted  themselves,  and  the  one 
thing  in  which  thev  had  chiefly  excelled  .us.  With  all 
these  elements  affording  guarantees  of  the  result,  I 
'  think  it  may  confidently  be  asserted  that  the  re- 
sult cannot  be  other  tban  such  as  tbe  great  voice 
of  intelligent  judgment  in  present  and  future  times 
will  approve.  With  tbat  assarance.  and  with  a 
deep  sense  of  my  (own  incapacity  to 
meet  tbe  argument  of  the  great  question 
presented  to  yoa,  but  with  tbe  confidence 
tbat  onr  detects  will  be  supplied  by  the  learning 
and  the  Judgment  of  the  tribunals,  I  proceed  to 
ley  before  your  Honors  what  may  be  said  on  our 
part  in  respect  to  the  Issues  that  have  been 
raised  for  consideration  by  the  resolve  adopted 
by  the  Commission  on  Saturday.  The  ques- 
tions, in  short,  (without  repeating 
them  in  detail)  are.  what  powers  have  been  vested 
in  this  Commissionifor  tbe  purpose  of  enabUog  It  to 
guide  to  a  deternaination  the  action  of  tbo  political 
anthorities  of  this  country.  And  here  let  me  observe 
that  what  has  been  said  in  reference  to  tbe  court 
on  our  part  on  Saturday,  as  prescribing  limits 
or  giving  onl  riews  of  some  limits  to  the  pewer 
and  authority  of  this  Commission  is  founded  on  a 
mistake.  That  paper  was  designed  lor  no  such 
purpose,  and  expressed  no  snob  idea,  bat  was  pre- 
seuted  with  a  view  of  facilitating  the  action  of  the 
court  in  tbe  very  narrow  range  of  Inquiry  into  tbe 
matters  of  fact  which  would  actually  Become  neces- 
sary. 

POINTS  OP  DIFFEBENCE  OF"  THB  TWO  SIDES. 

In  reference  to  the  question  what  elements  ot 
inquiry  are  within  the  reach  of  this  Commis- 
sion, the  counsel  on  opposite  sides  stand 
in  direct  cunfliot,  and  the  issue  formed 
between  ns  is  this:  We  maintain,  as  representing 
what  are  called  the  Tilden  Electors,  that  this 
tribunal  has  full  autboi-ity  to  investigate, 
by  all  judicial  ana  legal  means,  the  very 
fact,  and  thereby  to  ascertain  what  waa  the 
vote  of  Florida.  On  the  other  band,  it  is 
claimed  tbat  this  learned  Commission  is  restricted 
merely  to  a  determination  of  what  may  lie  the  just 
inference  from  tbe  documents  returned  to  the 
President  of  the  Senate  trom  the  8tate  ot 
Florida,  mainly  reposing  themselves,  how- 
ever, on  the  proposition  that  they  are  officers 
de  facto,  witbunt  right,  but  only  the  color  of 
it.  The  advocates  ot  ttie  Hayes  Electors 
claim  that  inasmuch  as  these  individuals  ca»c  their 
votes  when  possessed  of  some  document  which  gave 
to  tbem  the  color  ot  a  claim  and  of  a  nght  to  that 
office  and  to  tbe  uertormance  of  that  duty,  tbe 
fact  tbat  tbey  acted  on  this  color,  and  did  cast,  of 
their  own  motion,  of  their  own  personal'  will, 
through  their  own  fight  or  soiection.  votes  (whto^ 
are  sent  here  as  tbe  votes  of  the  State  ot  Florida, 
oompletely  precludes  all  inquiry,  and  that  it  is  im- 
possible for  any  earthly  tribunal,'  or  any  individual,' 
to  investigate  into  or  determine  the  invalidity  of 
their  claim.  This  issue,  (thus,  as  I  trust,  not  too 
narrowly  stated)  gives  rise  tu  the  question — What 
are  the  powers  of  this  Commission f  Those  powers 
are  distinctly,  and  fully,  and  briefly  expressed 
In  this  admirable  document  ■  (tbe  Electoral 
bill)  destined  (to  tbe  immortal  boaor 
•f  those  concerned  in  its  preparation) 
to  pass  into  history  with  your  act;  they  are  ex- 
pressed in  lines  78  and  79  of  the  Honse  bUl :  "  The 
same  powers,  if  any,  now  possessed  far  tbat  onr- 
pu«e  by  tbe  two  bouses,  acting  separately  or  tu- 
getaer.''  You  have  thus,  and  this  is  tbe 
test,  all  the  powers  of  those  two 
bouses  which  conld  possibly  exist  under  tbe 
law,  as  fixeil  iu  the  Consllluiion  and  in  pre-exist- 
ing statates,  for  the  purpose  of  your  determination; 
and  this  brings  us  to  the  qaestion,  what  powers 
are  possessed  by  the  two  houses,  separately  or  to- 
gether, in  dealiag  with  the  whole  of  this  question 
touching  the  election,  as  it  arises  on  facts  wnich  ex- 
ist, or  which  may  exist,  and  may  be  proven  f 

THE    POWEBS   OF    CONGEES8   AXD    OF    THB    COM- 
MISSION, 

This  calls  upon  ns  to  say  what  those  powers  are, 
and  gives  rise  at  once  to  tne  quesiioo,  whether  in 
relation  to  the  act  that  has  been  called  counting, 
the  powers  under  existing  laws  at  the  time 
this  bill  was  passed — which  were  needed  for 
a  proper  decision  of  tbe  question — resided  in 
President  of  the  Senate,  sr  in  the  two  houses,  or  lu 
the  respective  bouse  acting  separately.  Now,  tbat 
nu'power  of  any  description  deserving  the  name  of 
a  power  to  investigate  and  decide  resided  in  the 
President  of  the  Senate  is.  most  palpable 
on  the  very  words  of  the  Constitution,  fie 
is  autborlEed  to  receive  certain  packets;  he  bas  no 
authority  wnatever  by  the  Constitution,  save  and 
except  only  to  present  himself  to  the  two  houses 
and  before  them  to  open  those  packets,  (the  word  is 
"certificates."  but  it  means  tfat-se  packets.) 
He  has  no  right  to  open  tbem  at  any 
previous  time.  He  has  no  power  of  investigation 
whatever.  He  has  no  means  of  takine  testimony. 
He  bas  no  right  to  Judge  of  anything,  and  is  posi- 
tively precluded,  not  only  by  the  Constitation  but 
by  the  physical  laws  of  nature,  from  knowing 
what  may  be  within  any  packet  thus  received 
by  him  until  the.  moment  when  he  opens 
that  packet  in  presence  of  tbe  two  bouses,  an<l  the 
packets  which  he  is  thus  anthoriEed  to  open  are  to 

g resent  the  material  of  subsequent  action.  Noth- 
ig  further  is  prescribed  to  him,  and  I  humbly  sub- 
mit that  it  is  most  manifest  that  he  has 
none  but  tbe  merest  clerical  powers,  nor  any 
ability  to  do  anything  except  to  open  the  packets  at 
tbat  time,  at  that  place,  and  in  tbat  presence.  He 
cannot  even  know  what  is  in  them  antil  he  opens 
the  packets,  and  the  packets  which  he 
tons  opens,  (it  is  said,)  being  thus 
opened,  a  preliminary  is  efieoted  on 
which  a  count  must  take  place,  no  person  or  func- 
tionary being  specially  pointed  out  as  having  power 
to  make  that  count.  A  good  deal  bas  been  said 
which  I  consider  not  very  applicable,  nor  very  in- 
structive, In  regard  to  ibis  word  r'count,"  a^iflt 
was  the  operative  and  principal  word  here,  and  as  if 
it  was  used  to  determine  the  laoulty  and  to  point  out 
the  powers  ot  those  who  must  count.  I  humbly 
present  to  your  Honor's  consideration  that  tbe  count 
Itself  Is  so  purely  and  simply  an  arithmetical  fact 
and  reenit  that  In  regard  to  it  there  can 
be  no  possible  difference  of  opinion  any- 
where or  among  any  persons.  I  bold  that 
there  is  a  word  in  this  constitutional  provision 
Which  ought  not  to  be  overlooked.  The  Yioe  Presi- 
dent is  to  receive  these  packets  or  certificates. 
They  are  to  have  no  note  or  earmark  of  any  de- 
scription to  Indicate  what  they  are,  and  be  can  oalv 
learn. by  external  Inquiry  that  they  are  ofiered 
by  persons  pretending  to  be  Electors  of  President 
and  Ylce  Presidents  Tbe  Constitntion  (proceeding 
to  dedsre  his  duty)  says,  that  "  he  shall  open  all 
the  certificates."  'The  word  "al!"  would  per- 
form no  fonction,  would  be  entirely  useless. 
If  It  were  to  be  confined  to  indicating 
tbe  eertificates.  wbicb  were  absolutely  oonclosive, 
and  whioh  must  be  ooaotecL  In  that  case  tbe 
simple  phrase,  "He  shall  open  the  certifieates," 
would  suffice;  bnt  he  has  to  open  all  the 
oertificatea,  and  this  provision  of-  the  Cooatitn- 
tion  (not  granting  powers,  bnt  dealing  with 
facts)  declares  tbat  he  shall  open  all  the  oertifloates 
that  come  to  him  under  color  of  being  such  ctetiti- 
cates  as  the  Constitution  refers  to,  and  there  ends 
his  duty.  But  when  we  come  to'  the  pre- 
scriptlOQ  that  there  shall  be  a  count, 
we  are  not  told  that  there  shall  tie 
a  count  ot  all  tbo  certificates,  or  of  tbe 
certificates,  or  of  anything  in  the  certificates,  bat 
that  there  shall  be  a  ooimt  of  the  votes.  This,  I 
humbly  submit,  introduces  an  implication  ttiat 
some  now,  or  b>  somebody,  from  tbis  mass  pro- 
duced and  pbyaloalty  laid  before  tbe  bouses, 
there  will  be  an  Investigation  which 
the  nature  of  tne  case  may  seem  to  require  in 
order  to  determine  what  are  the  votes.  There  is  a 
preliminary  inqtiiry,  and  whether  you  denominate 
it  Judicial  or  minuterial  or  executive,  it  la  to  bean 
inquiry,  and  tbe  power  to  Instltmte  or  to  carry  on 
the  inquiry  is  neither  granted  in  terms  nor  pro- 
Tided  with  any  possible  means  of  exercise 
so  far  as  the  President  of  ,tbe  Senate  is  obnoemed, 
and  is  left  to  an  implication  that  it  is  to  be  exer- 
cised  by  those  who    may    have    occasion    to    act 

o£3ctally  on  the  resnlt.  Now  who  are  tbey 
who  are  to  act  offlcialty  by  the  terms 
of  the  Constitation  and  in  performance 
of  duty  on  the  count  of  these  votes  f  The  Consti- 
tution Is  plain.  The  votes,  meaning  of  aonrse  the 
legal  votes,  are  to  be  counted.  The  oonnt  Is  the 
merest  of  idle  ministerial  eeremsnies  in  itself;  bat 
the  ascertainment  of  what  votes  there 
presented  as  claimant*  to  the  power  of 
being  recognized  in  the  selection  of 
President  and  Vice  President  are  valid  neoesaanly 
devolvM  upon  tbat  body  or  functionary  whieh  U 
obliged  to  act  npon  that  which  is  produced  as  % 
result  by  the  oonnt.  Now,  unqnaaflonably, 
the  first  and  primary  dnty  of  each 
of  tbe  housea.  If  there  la  a  plain  oonnt  showing  tbe 
election  of  a  person  to  thePresidency  and  ot  another 
person  to  the  Vice  Presidency,  is  to  recog:hise  tnat 


CAPITAL    INYESTIGATIONS. 

♦  ' — 

TESTIMONY  OF  THE  LOVISIAIU  SB 
TURNING  BOARD. 

PBESTDENT  WKLLS  AND  MB.  CA8ANAV1 
BEFORE  TflB  HOUSB  COMKITTEE— 
STRAIGHTFOBWABD,  HONEST  6IAT& 
MENTS — ^HOW  GOV.  WKU.S  STOOD  UJ 
FOB  REPCBLICAN  FRINCIPi:.BS — ^A  WIT' 
NESS  WHO  WOOLD  NOT  PEBKIT  HOC- 
BBI.F  TO  BB  BULLIED  BT  A  FBZXV 
FOGQEB. 

Opeeial  JMapaUA  to  the  UTew-  Fork  X%a%et. 

Washington,  Feb.  5. — This  momine,'  Mft 
David  Dudley  Field  and  hie  Demooratio.a8ao< 
ciates  of  the  Committee  on  the  Privileges  of 
the  House  consented  to  hear  the  testimony  ot 
Messrs.  Wells  and  Casanave,  of  the  liouisians 
Betuming  Board.  The  latter  gentlemav 
swore  that  he  did  not  know  tbt 
witness  Maddox  who  wanted  to  bnj 
the  board  for  Tilden.  He  had  never  ipoken  « 
word  to  him  in  his  life,  and  had  never  spoken 
with  any  man  as  to  how  or  for  whom  ihe  Tot« 
of  Louisiana  should  be  counted.  To  th( 
best  of  his  knowledge  tho  caavasa 
was  made  and  the  result  declared 
m  accerdance  with'  the  law  and  the  facta,  an« 
without  any  reference  to  the  interests  of  anv 
party  or  any  candidate. 

At  the  conclusion  of  Mr.  Ciisanave's  teati* 
mony.  Judge  Lawrence,  a  Bepublioan  member 
of  tbe  eommittee,  who  seems  at  last  to  havie 
become  awake  ta  the  rights  and  duties  «{ 
his  position,  called  the  attention  of  his  col- 
leagues to  tbe  garbled  report  of  the  testimoay 
taken  before  the  committee,  and  printed  tn.  a 
private  establishment,  without  the  consejtt  or 
knowledge  of  the  minority.  To  diaoni;n  tha 
matter,  the  comniittee  went  into  executxve  ses- 
sion, and  then  both  Procter  Knott  and  Mr. 
Sparks  sided  with  Judge  Lawrence  in  denonno* 
ing  the  printing  of  the  testimony  as  described, 
and  discialBed  all  knowledge  of  how  or  by 
whom  it  was  done.  Being  thus  deaerted/by  hia 
party  friends,  Mr.  David  Dudley  Field 
•became  very  much  embarrassed,  and.-plainly 
indicated  tbat  bo  was  the  culprit. 
He  confessed  at  length  that  he  had  seoured 
the  printing  of  the  testimony,  a  ad  that  he  was 
not  aware  that  he  had  done  any  wrong.  It 
such  was  the  case  he  was  exceed- 
ingly sorry,  and  hoped  the  commit- 
tee would  pardon  him.  This  apology 
was  accepted,  and  tbe  Republican  members  of 
the  committee,  with  that  somewhat  extraordi- 
nary courtesy  for  which  they  have  becomo 
noted,  allowed  Mr.  Field  to  have  all  the  evi- 
dence of  his  little  trick  stricken  from  the 
record.  Everything  considered,  this  secret 
session  was  more  interesting  than  any  of  tha 
public  sittings.  Prof.  Seelye,  who  hae  been 
growmg  indignant  day  by  day  at  the  course  of 
David  Dudley  in  rimning  the  entire  investiga-, 
tion  and  "bull-dozing"  witnesses,  teok  ooofb- 
s^n  to  free  his  mind  in  a  way  that   is  said  to 

a've  startled  the  counsel  of  Tw^ed  and  Tilden. 

Shortly  after  the  committee  went  into  open 
session  again,  and  J.  Madison  Wells,  Preaident 
of  the  Beturnjng  Board,  was  called  to  the  atancL 
His  appearance  created  a  marked  sensation,  aa 
did  his  testimony.  He  swore  positively,  and 
in  a  clear,  straightforward  manner,  which 
carried  conviction  with  it,  tbat  the  stories 
told  by  the  adventurers  Maddox,  Pickett,  and 
Liittlefieia,  \rere  false  in  substance  and  m  de- 
tail. Regarding  Littlefield  he  was  particularly 
outspoken,  donouncmg  that  pet  agent  of  Mr. 
Field  as  an   unmitigated  liar.     His  testimouy 

and  the  corroborative  proof  whioh  he  brought 
to  support  it  fully  jtistified  Gov.  Wells  in 
using  this  expression.  It  will  be  remem- 
bered that  Littlefield  swore,  among  other-things, 
that  at  the  request  of  Wells  the  original  tally 
sheet  from  Vernon  Parish  had  been  destroyed. 
This  tbe  Governor  denied  in  the  most  -emphatifl 
terms,  and  produced  the  official  report  of  ths 
proceedings  to  show  that  no  suol 
papers  as  those  deseribed  '  ))y  Little- 
field  had  ever  been  in  the  possession 
of  the  board  or  any  member  of  it.  In  reply  to 
the  question,  "Did  you  ever  enter  into  an 
agreement  with  Mr.  Maddox  er  any  other  person 
to  count  the  vote  of  Louisiana  for  Ha.ves,  and 
to  do  yeur  duty  to  the  Republican  Party  V  Gov. 
Wells  startled  the  committee  and  the  spectatora 
by  exclaiming,  "No,  Sir:  never!  I  was  a 
Union  man  during  the  war.  I  -was  pursued  for 
my  life  and  persecuted,  but  I  did  not  flinch 
during  tbe  war.  I  feared  no  '  Confederate  sol- 
dier, and  since  I  have  braved  death  more  than 
once  because  1  was  true  to  the  Repablioan 
Party,  it  is  not  likely  that  after  all  this  I 
would  go  to  Mr.  Maddox  to  ■  get  money  to  do 
my  duty  to  the  party." 

For  nearly  three  hours  after  this  Got.  Wells 
was  cross-examined  by  Mr.  Field,  but  his  testi- 
mony was  not  impeached  in  any  way.  He  "waa 
more  than  a  match  for  that  eminent  pettifogger, 
and  told  him  very  plainly,  in  the  commence- 
ment, that  he  would  not  permit  him  or  any 
other  man  to  bully  him,  or  treat  him  with  dis- 
respect After  this  David  Dudley  Field  was 
tame  as  a  lamb,  and,  finaing  that  the  witness 
was  not  afraid  of  him,  he  gave  up  the  examina- 
tion in  despair,  and  the  investigation  was  ad* 
jourhed  until  to-morrow. 

Gov.  Wells'  testimony  is,  eTOrything  con- 
sidered, the  most  important  that  has  yet  been 
taken  by  the  committee.  He  proved  beyond  all 
question  that  his  letter  to  Semator  West  was 
written  to  warn  him  of  the  efforts 
which  were  being  made  by  '  the  Democrats  to 
secure  the  vote  of  the  State.  He-proved  further 
that  Dtmoan  T.  Kenner,  one  of  the  best  known 
and  wealthiest  Democrat  in  New-Orleans, 
had  offered  him  $200,000  if  he  would 
have  the  State  cotinted  for  Tilden. 
Thin  offer  he  indignantly  refused.  'The 
eendral  impression   to-night   is  that  the  eri> 

dence  given  by  Gov.  Wells  completely  disposes 
of  and    overthrows    the   testimony    given    by 

Littlefield.  Tbat  person  was  before  Senator 
Howe's  committee  tbis  afternoon,  andsuooeeded 
in  proving  to  the  entire  satisfaction  ot  every 
one  who  heard  bim,  that  Gov.  Wells  was  not 
tar  wrong  when  be  denoutioed  him  as  "  an  iia« 
mitigated  liar." 

DispatA  to  the  AstoeialedPrus. 
The  Committee  on  the  powers,  privileges,  amd 
duties  of  tbe  House  in  counting  tbe  Electoral  vote 
met  this  morning.  In  consequence  ot  the  promised 
explanation  by  Gov.  "Wells  «f  the  correspoodenoe 
submitted  by  Maddox,  and  of  LittleAeld's  testimony, 
tbe  committee  room  was  crowded  with  expectant 
auditors.  The  programme  of  prooedore  was 
changed,  however.  Inasmuch  as  Gov.  Wella 
was  not  pat  upon  the  stand  as  the 
fiist  witness,  as  agreed  npon  on  Satnrday. 
Tbe  first  witness  Examined  was  Q.  Casaaavey 
of  the  Betuming  Boa:  d.  He  testified  that  he  had 
no  knowledge  of  any  alteration  of  the  returns  from 
Vernon  Parish,  and  bad  seen  none  on  any  paper 
laid  before  the  Board ;  he  had  no  acquaintaooe  with 
Maddox,  and  bad  no  knowledge  of  hla  having  any 
eonveraation  with  Gov.  Wells  in  regard  to  the  elee. 
tion;  Got.  Wells  nersr  suggested  to  witaeas  to 
take  any  money  or  other  valnable  conaWawitioa  to 
affect  the  result  of  tbe  .election;  did  not  know  abeut 
Maddox  bavine  aay  conversation  en  that  sabjeol 
with  Wdlat  bad  no  knowledge  of  the  retams  aa 
Precinot  No.  8  from  Vemoa  Panab  beini 
burned ;  bad  no  knowledge  of  the  resalt  of  the  eleo 
tion  until  .after  the  retuma  had  beea   rsmsasnilj 

^aa  iiBaen»k»c.hor*de  jnt  anixrfwfrt.—  thu 


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board  in  1873;  then  wa«  ft  Tioaooy  on  the  board  in 
1875  and  1878,  caused  bj  the  reslKnatlon  in  1875  of 
the  Democratio  member;  it  waa  nerer  filled :  Dr. 
Kennedy's  name  m*  etteeeeted  hr  a  letter 
from  member!  of  tne  Demooratlo  Party ;  doea 
not  know  who  laid  the  letter  before  the 
bouA;  does  not  know  whether  thla  was  done  before 
or  alHer  the  canvass  commenced  ;  the  first  meetins 
the  board  bad  reheard ing  the  late  election  was  on 
Not.  16  or  17  ;  did  not  believe  they  began  the  can- 
▼ass  until  Kov.  19  or  20:  thinks  the  receipt  of  the 
tatter  saKjtesiiQe  Or.  Kennedy's  name  waa  men- 
tiooed  la  the  mlnucee  i  [oo  looking  over  a  printed 
copy  of  the  mlflatea  handed  the  witness 
by  Ur.  Ji^eld,  he  said  he  oonld  not 
'find  anv  mentlon.of  the  letter  i]  he  did  not  Know 
what  WoUu  said  when  he  oressnted  the  letter :  did 
not  know  anvtbiDiE  about  Dr.  KannedT's  standing 
in  Kew-Orleons  ;  be  did  not  know  as  a  uct  that  the 
reason  whv  Kennedy  was  not  elected  wsa  beososa 
the  Kepnblloan  memlsera  ot  the  Board  did  not  want 
a  Democrat  to  watch  them  i  did  not  think  it  pari 
of  bia  duty  to  propose  Kennedy's  election  to  fill  tba 
racanoy  ;  the  VisitinK  Committea  ware  present  at 
ail  the  deliberatipna  and  meatlnss  of  the  board  ex- 
cept at  the  sspret  sessions  ;  m  these  the  dispute^ 
eases  were  settled,  the  retoros  com- 
piled, and  the  resalts  deolsred;  witness' 
BODstmctlon  of  the  laoena^e  ot  the  resolation  of  the 
board  invitins  these  committees  "to  be  present  at  the 
oanvaasing,  compiling,  and  deolarluK  the  result  of 
tne  returns  "  was  in  consonance  with  ths  action  of 
the  board  in  exclading  tbem  from  the  aeczat  ses- 
sions; hid  no  reoolleetion  of  tne  United  States 
Supervisor  beins  refused  permissloa  to  ftp  pres- 
ent; in  the  secret  sessions  &en.  Ander- 
son and  Mr.  Kenner  generally  did  th« 
fianring;  Mr.  Kenner  kept  a  memoraBdnm 
of  tbe  secret  sessions  for  bimself  and  witness ; 
be  stated   tbat,  tn   rpJectloK  any  precinct  Or  poll, 

they  aot«d  upon  the  eridcnoe  befora  them ;  li  post* 
tive  that  there  were  sffldavlts  or  a  protest  from  tbe 

Bapervisor  in  the  casa  ot  either  West  or  East  Baton 
Rouge;  wimeas  stated  that  he  waa  post Uve  that 
iffidayita  were  before  the  bOKrd  in  exeoatiye  b«s* 
iiiin,  but  he  could  not  remember  whether  900  or 
10,000  preciuota  were  tbrewn  out 

THE  BBSITLT  TTNKlTOTnr. 

Q. — As  the  retftms  came  in  flrat,  were  ths  retnraa 

/or  the  Hayes  or  the  XUdea   Blectorsi     A I  really 

cannot  remember. 

Q.>-Had  yon  any  oooTwaatlon,  dnrlne  tha  time 
the  retoros  were  caayassad,  with  anybody  regvd- 
Ing  the  majority  f    A. — With  nobody  in  the  world. 

Q. — And  yoa  did  not  known  anything  about  tbe 
result  of  tbe  election  ualil  after  the  eanyaas  waa 
Completed!    A. — No.  Sir. 

Witness  stated  that  they  dompleted  the  oasTass 
Cor  I>reaidential  Bleotora  en  Dso.  S,  bat  then  oor- 
reeled  himself  and  said  tbat  be  did  not  remember 
tbe  date,  he  beliersd  it  was  m  Jaomary ;  it  was 
sbont  0  o'clock  in  the  morning  ;  all  four  members 
were  present,  and  he  thought  the  return  waa  signed 
byalL 

Q.— Dtd  -TOO  open  tbe  retonu  in  Morat  sesiloa  1 
A.. — Yes — ^no;  we  had  one  paper  in  secret  seasion — 
the  what  yon  may  call  it  I  I'  forget  the  name.  It 
waa  only  one  paper — Che  ooniabulatea  atatement— 
the  whole  of  it. 

Q.— In  whose  handwriting  was  thist  A.— la  that 
of  lae  Supervisor. 

Q.— What  Sapervisorl  A — The  BaDerriior  of 
ISltsctions. 

Mr.  Borohard— He  means  the  eonsolidated  atate* 
nent. 

Toe  Witness — That's  it:  that's  what  I  mean. 
When  I  said  contsbalated  I  meant  consolidated. 

Q.— What  has  become  of  thai  paper  I  A.— I  do 
noi.  Know  what  voa  mean  by  that. 

Q. — What  was  done  with  these  statem<>nte  t  A.— 
Ihuy  were  givon  back -to  tbe  clerks,  and  finally  filed 
in  the  ofiice  of  tbe  (secretary  of  State.  The  witness 
stilted  tbat  be  did  not  koow  auy  instance  in  which 
affidavits  regarding  any  retams  came  in  after  these 
retams  had  been  receued,  nur  iu  which  reton^p 
were  throwp  out  without  any  protests  or  affldaviti. 
He  remembered  nothing  about  the  re- 
turns from  the  parish  of  Onaobitu,  nor 
aboat  a  letter  from  the  Snueryisor  thert 
tr^usffiitting  Eliss  Fmicston'a  testimony,  and  say- 
ing that  he  had  received  it  too  late  for  filing  it  with 
tbe  other  tescimouy  accompanying  his  reiurna.  Ur. 
Cssaoave  was  interrogated  eoncerning  the  original 
retaru  from  Veruoo  Parish,  and  stated  that  he  did 
not  believe  the  word  "compiled"  written  on  the 
same  waa  in  Mr.  Kenner's  handwriting.  Tbe  word 
"oompilua"  indioaced  that  the  return  was  passed 
apon. 

Q. — L.ook  at  the  paper  marked  "A"  and  the 
biaok  hoes  opposite  the  Parish  ot  Vernon,  and  ^- 
piaMi  bow  it  18  Chat  there  are  three  preoincte  thrown 
aut,  when  the  original  retntn  had  been  accepted 
tscoixccc?    A.— I  kuow  nothing  at  all  about  that. 

Q.— 'Well  that  looks  aa  if  some  (rand  had  been 
Bouimitted,  does  it  not  I    A. — Tes,  Sir. 

Q  —Do  voa  know  who  had  to  do  with  that 
fraud  t    A. — I  do  not. 

Q.— Xow  look  again  at  the  original  return  and 
see  wbeiher  yon  can  tell  where  it  has  been  altered  t 
A. — I  uanuoi  see  where  it  has. 

Q. — Look  at  tbe  paper  marked  "B"  and  see  how 
mauy  votes  wt-re  cast  for  tbe  Uayes  £lect«rs  in  Ver- 
non Pansb.  A — Two  votes  lor  six,  and  one  vote 
lor  two  of  the  Klectors. 

Q. — Now  look  St  vhe  paper  marked  "  C  "  and  see 
huw  on  that,  tbe  final  return,  the  vote  stands.  A.— 
Tbtre  are  170  votes  for  three,  and  108  voies  fur  the 
other  E:ecti>r8. 

Q. — J'oat  shows  another  fraud  does  it  not  t  A. — 
Tiiat  paper  shows  a  fraud. 

Mr.  Burchard — You  do  not  know  anything  about 
the  correctuesa  of  tbese  papers  t    A. — I  do  not. 

Q. — Yon  never  saw  them  before)    A.— I  have  not. 

!iur.  Liwrenoe — You  dou't  mean  to  say  that  a 
fraud  watt  co-Timitteil  t  A. — Ho,  Sir;  I  know 
nothing  about  tbe  matter. 

Q — Do  you  know  anything  about  a  transfer  of 
Votes  in  Vernon  Parish  i    A. — 1  do  not. 

DAVID  DUDLET  FIKLD  BEBUKBD. 

Discussion  arose  iu  regard  to  printing  the  testi- 
(Souy  by  the  committee,  when  Mr.  Lawrence  said — 
I  have  no  ubiection  to  ihs  testimony  so  far  as  we 
have  it  beine  printed  for  tne  use  of  the  committee  ; 
^nt  I  shall  object  tu  the  general  nnnting  notil 
We  have  all  of  it.  And  now  I  wish 
to  say  this :  We  are  a  committee  to  inquire  into 
tbe  powers  and  prlvileices  ot  the  iionse.  I  think  it 
might  be  well  to  inqnire  into  the  powers  and  privi- 
leges of  the  committee.  Here  is  a  pamphlet  contain- 
ing a  stenographer's  report  of  •  the  testt- 
louoy  of  this  committee  in  the  Flori- 
da case,  aod  printed  by  Judd  &  Detwiler,. 
private  printers  of  this  city,  1  want  to  say  that 
no  member  or  officer  of  this  committee  liaa  any 
riiiht  to  eive  any  teatimdny  to  outside  parties  for 
publication,  and  'doing  so  is  a  gross  and  palpable 
yiolacion  of  tbe  rules  governing  committees. 

Mr  Field — Why,  you  have  given  access  to  mem- 
bers of  the  press  to  our  meetings,  have  you  not  t 

Air.  Barohard — Yes;  to  report  what  tbey  hear. 

M.r.  field — Well,  can't  they  report  every  word,  If 
they  see  at  > 

.U-r.  IjawTODce— Does  anybody  know  how  this 
pamphlet  came  to  be  printed  ) 

Several  members  of  the  committee — This  is  the 
first  1  have  seen  of  it.  At  this  point  the  committee 
deemed  it  advisable  to  have  a  private  conference, 
tad  the  room  was  accordingly  cleared. 


GOV.  WELLS'  TESTIMONY. 

When  the  doors  were  reopened.  Gov.  Wells,  of 
the  Ketumtng  Baard.  was  put  upon  the  stand  and 
examined  by  if  ttdge  Lawrence,  lie  handed  to  Gov. 
Wells  the  biief  note  to  Maddoz,  of  Nor.  20,  and 
asked  him  to  state  what  led  to  the  writing  of  this 
note.  The  witness  said — Betoie  answering  this  ques- 
tion I  should  like  to  ask  the  (;ommittee  that  a  let- 
ter of  aboat  four  pages,  written  by  Mr.  Maddox 
himself,  commendaiory  of  bis  oonduot  as  an  officer, 
and  addressed  tu  tbe  X'reisident  of  the 
United  States,  and  signed  by  me,  be 
produced,      becanse      this      note      stands      in 

Mr.  Lawrence  then  handed  the  witness  the  letters 

writceu  by  tbe  latter  to  Maddox,  and  the  one  to 
benator  West,  and  requested  him  to  make  any  ex- 
planation be  might  desire  conceroing  tbem. 

At  this  point  Mr.  Maddox  entered  the  room,- and 
•was  aaked  to  produce  tbe  letter  referred  to  by 
Wells  as  being  written  by  Maddox  himself,  but  de- 
nied baviDg  Buch  a  letter  or  baviDK  ever  written 
lucn  a  one.  Mr.  Wells  then  said  :  I  met  with  Mad- 
Box  in  this  city  about  two  or  three  years  aco ; 
did  not  meet  mm  again  until  ITov.  18,  when  he  came 
to  my  room  in  Kew-Orleans  and  told  me  tbat  he  was 
en  agent  of  tne  Government,  and  sent  down  there 
to  look  into  the  politli-al  aitnation  ;  ha  asked  me  for 
my  views  ;  said  that  he  bad  had  a  good  deal  of  con- 
versation with  persons  of  both  parties ;  tbat  the 
people  were  a  good  deal  exasperatedagalnst  me  and 
against  the  Paclcaru  Goverumeoc,  and  would  not 
sabmit  to  its  ruiing  if  it  were  snstainea;  I  told  him 
it  that  were  so  he  ought  to  go  at  once  to  Wasoing- 
ton  and  make  a  corresponding  report;  on  Monday 
morning  before  the  meeting  of  the  board  be  came 
to  my  office  afld  said  be  was  going  to  Washington ; 
1  told  him  I  waa  glad  of  it;  be  then  laid  down  be- 
fore me  a  Isng  letter  addressed  to  the  Preaidentt 
%n\i  commendatory  of  his  conduct  as  an  officer, 
which  he  requested  me  to  sign,  and  I  did  so ;  be 
then  aaked  mo  to  write  a  further  letter,  giving  a 
description  of  the  condition  of  affiirs ;  this  I  de- 
clined to  do,  but  tWd  him  I  would  give  hlpi  a  note, 
giying  him  tbe  entree  in  Washington  ;  hfi  note  did 
not  satisfy  him,  and  then  I  wrote  the  other  letter 
of  credentials;  he  then  withdrew  from  the  room, 
saying  he  was  going  that  attemoon  at  5  o'clock ;  the 
next  morning  M>.  Maddof  entered  my  room,  and 
when  1  expressed  my  surprise  at  seeing  lUm.  he 
eaid  tbat  be  had  not  been  aole  to  get  off  the  after- 
noon previous  ;  I  then  wroie  the  letter  to  Senator 
W  est,  and  gave  it  to  him,  saymg  that  I  had  iatended 
to  send  it  by  mail.  Witness  said  he 
wrote  the  letter  while  the  room  was  full  of  persona; 
Maddox  then  withdraw,  and  witness  saw  no  more 
of  him  until  the  7th  of  December,  when  he  returned 
end  said  he  wAs  going  np  Bed  Biver;  Maddox  eame 
back  a  day  or  two  afterward,  and  immediately  on  ' 
entermg  tbe  room  told  witness  be  wanted  to  par- 
Ohase  a  certain  plantation  and  malce  Irouislana  his 
Ikome;  he  asked  witness  to  see  the  owner,  a  Mr. 
Uarris,  In  regard  to  its  prioe,  ite.;  witness  bad  not 
seen  Maddox  from  that  tune  until  his  [witaess'J  ar> 
rjyU  here. 

SUDDOX'8  TMTIMOirr   COHTBASICTES. 

Q._State  what,  it  anything,  you  said  to  Mr.  Mad- 

iox  in  relation  to  procuring  money,  or  anything  else 

ot  value,  for  you  or  other  members  of  tne  Betarn* 

ins  Board  of  Lunisiana,  In  order  to  declare  the  re- 

r  B  Jt  of  the  eleoiion  either  m  favor  of  the  Bepabliean 

I  candidates  or  the  Demooratto  candidates.      A.— I 

'  had  BO  conversation  with  Mr.  Maddox  nptm  tbat 

•abject ;  none  wbatovet;  _,,^         - 

Q.— Did  he  say  anything  to  yoaf  Wltneaa— lo 
xegard  to  it  f  ...        . 

Q  —In  regard  to  procuring  money  or  anything  or 
rat ue  for  yon  or  any  memoei  of  the  Board  I  A.— He 
did  not.  Sir.  .  ,  j  ^      » 

Q— -Did  you  «av  to  bim  in  any  form,  or  intimate 
111  any  form,  that  yon  desired  him  to  procure  money 
or  any  thing  of  value  for  you  or  any  member  of  the 
board!    A.— LxUd  not,  Sir.       ^     ,  ^.     .„ 

Q ^Did  be  say  anythiiMt  about  tbe  Demootata 

having,  or  Intending  to  uke  money  to  prooore  a  dec- 
laraUon  of  tne  •  result  of  tiie  eleocioa  I  A.— He  oM 
»oU  Sir  1  I  will  tell  yoa  tbat  whea  It  eiNDes  «p,  and 
I  will  give  it  trom  a  yeiy  respoosltte  seotg*-*  maa 
wJols  worth  a  mlliloti  and  a  half  of  doBaw. 


Treasorr  .Bepartmentl  A.— That  was  luatateii* 
tentioD,  Sir ;  ne  said  that  he  desired  to  do  so,  bat 
did  not  fix  a  time  for  his  change  of  positton  from 
here  to  NewrOrleans. 

Q.— What  did  he  say,  if  anything,  aa  to  Us  oUeot 
in  procuring  these  flrat  two  letters  abent  whtoh 
yoa  hare  testified  f  Q.— To  pnt  the  real  eonditloa 
of  the  sentiments  of  the  people  of  Louisiana  in 
possessinn  of  the  President 

Q.— Ton  have  said  that  he  wrote  a  long  letter  mid 
requested  you  to  slen  it  I    A— Yeo,  Sir. 

Q.--SUte  whether  you  signed  it,  and,  if  so,  what 
you  did  with  It  f  A.— 1  signed  the  letter,  and  Mr. 
Maddox  folded  it  ap,  pat  it  m  an  envelope,  and 
toolc  the  letter  himself;  its  superscription  was  in 
his  own  bandwntiDC ;  he  addressed  it  to  tbe  Presi- 
dent himself;  I  have  never  seen  the  letter;  Mr. 
Maddox  read  it  to  me. 

Q.— What  was  the  snhstanoe  and  obieot  of  It,  if 
you  Ban  state}  A — The  sabstanoe  and  oMeot  of 
tbe  letter— 

Mr.  Pield— Tbe  sabstanoe  and  ob]eot  are  two  dif- 
ferent things. ' 

Tbe  Witness— I  eanaet  tell  the  obleot ;  I  will  tell 
yoa  the  sabstaooe]  tbe  sabstenoe  was  commenda- 
tory of  himself  as  a  public  offleer. 

Mr.  Lawrence— Did  he  state  what  his  object  was  f 
A. — He  then  stated  his  object  wai,  if  be  was  favo^ 
ably  received  and  things  were  all  right,  that  he 
would  try  to  get  bimseif  tranaferred  frook  washing- 
ion  to  New-Orleans. 

Q. — Did  he  state  why  he  desired  to  be  so  trans- 
ferred f    A.— I  don't  think  he  did.  Sir. 

Q.— Are  you  acq  aain  ted  with  C.M.Calvert,  Ho. 

170  Oustom-houie  street,  New-Orleans  I    A I  sm. 

Sir.  • 

Q. — ^Wbat  relation.  If  any,  does  he  now.  or  did  be . 
at  any  time  dating  the  last  year,  loatain  toward 
you  I  A.— Well,  Sir,  in  the  election  of  187C  Mr. 
Calvert  aided  me  in  the  Parish  of  Bapides  in  eet- 
tiog  the  people  to  polling  places  ;  Mr.  Calvert  him- 
self JA  a  Domoorat,  ana  voted  for  Mr.  Tllden  and 
Mr.  Hendricks,  and  for  Mr.  Nloholls  and  Mr. 
WiitB,  bat  be  voted  tbe  pansh  ticket  for  tbe  Be- 
publiean  Party. 

THB  BUBJICT  OJ-   P80CUBWO  MOHBT. 

Q. — Here  is  a  telegram  ^aken  from  the  testimony 

of  jtir.  Pickett:     "C.  M.  Calvert,  Ko.  170  Custom- 

hoasestreot.  {Tew-Orleaos.  Hold;  will  telegraph  yoa 

Monday  eveninft.     Josefb  Hancock."    Did  yoa 

ever  see   tbat  oriidDal    telegram  I     A. — I  never  did. 

Q. — Did  yoa  ever  hear  of  it  aotil  it  was  disclosed 
in  the  testimony  here  I    A— I  never  did. 

Q.— Did  yoa  bare  any  conversation  with  Mr.  Cal- 
vert in  relation  to  U  f    A. — I  never  did. 

(j. — Did  you  l^ave  any  cooversatluu  with  him  on 
the  subject  of  proounng  money  1    A No,  Sir. 

Q. — Did  he  act  in  any  capacity  as  your  friend  to 
proonre  money  or  other  tuing  of  yaiue  t  A.— He 
did  not.  Sir. 

Q.— D>dyoa  have  any  arrangement  or  under- 
staaoing  with  bim  tbat  Mr.  Maddox  should  tele- 
graph to  him  tor  yoa.  either  over  bis  own  name,  .or 
over  tbe  name  of  Joseph  Hancock,  or  any  other 
jBsmet  A.— .Mr.  Maddox,  io  leaving  my  office  alter 
writing  this  note  to  Mr.  West,  stated  u  bisbaslaess 
was  received  or  he  was  received  properly  at  Wash- 
ington, ttiat  he  would  telegraph  me  back  that  it 
was  all  right;  I  stated  ^o  Mr.  Maddox  that  I  want- 
ed (the  board  wns  then  just  comiuenciniz  its  labor,) 
I  wanted  no  oommnnicaUoo  by  telegraph,  or  any- 
thing else  during  the  meetings  and  operations  of 
the  board;  I  received  no  telegrams  whatever;  Mr. 
Calvert,  I  think,  received  a  telegram  from  Mr,  Mad- 
dox tbat  all  was  ngbt,implying  that  bis  application- 
Mr.  S'ield — Do  not  say  what  waa  implied,  because 
I  think  we  o»n  do  that  as  well  as  yon. 

The  Witness— Very  well.  Sir. 

Mr.  Lawrence— Did  yoa  see  tbe  telegram  f  A.— 
I  did  not. 

Q — vVhat  was  the  arrangement  with  Mr.  Maddox 
aboat  telegrspbing  tbat  "  all  was  right  f"  A.— If 
he  was  successful  in  his  moven  in  regard  to  soing  to 
the  City  of  Kew-Orleaus  as  a  Governmeat  officer. 

Q. — Did  you  have  any  ariangement  with  Mr. 
Calvert  that  he  was  to  deliver  any  telegram  to 
yout  A. — None.  Sir,  none;  nothing  more  than  to 
tell  me  the  result  .of  Hr.  Maddox's  telegram,  that 
he  might  receive. 

Q— Did  you  have  any  knowledge,  was  there  any 
cotresponaenca  or  conference  with  Mr.  Pickett  in 
relation  to  proennng  money?  A. — I  never  knew 
Mr.  Pickett — never  saw  hioi — never  beard  of  him 
until  I  saw  his  teetimoov;  1  dian't  know  tbat 
there  waa  a  man  by  that  name  in  existence. 

Q.— After  Maddox  retarued  to  Kew-Oileans  did 
he  give  yon  any  information  that  he  bad  been  in 
conference  or  correspondence  with  anybody  in  rela- 
tion to  procuring  money  to  afi'ect  the  result  of  the 
election  ?    A. — He  did  not.  Sir. 

Q  —Did  he  give  you  any  intormatian  that  he  made 
anv  efiort  to  procure  money  for  you  or  for  any 
member  of  the  board  t    A. — He  did  not.  Sir.. 

Q. — Did  von  have  any  knowledge  tbat  Mr.  Pick- 
ett or  Mr.  Maddox  was  telegrapbing  or  correspond- 
ing on  tbat  BUDiuct )  A. — tiot  at  all.  Sir,  not  the 
slightest  in  tbe  world. 

Q.— Who  is  Col.  ¥.  C.  Zacbsrie,  of  New-Orleans  I 
A. — He  is  a  lawyer  there.  Sir. 

Q.— A  Democrat  or  a  Bepabliosn  ?  A.— He  is  a 
Detuocrar,  Sir. 

Q. — Did  you  have  any  intormatton  of  any  telegram 
sent  to  him  by  Mr.  PtokettI  A. — Kone,  Sir,  what- 
ever. 

Q.—Herd  is  a  telegram : 

WASAiNQTOif,  Dec.  1.     > 
1,330  NkwYork  Avenue.  > 
Col.  F.  0.  Zaekarie,  Htw-Orleang: 

A  donble  game,  but  if  well  informed  you  might 
trust  person  1  wrote  about.    JOHN  T.  PICKETT, 

Did  yon  ever  see  or  hear  of  that  telegram  until  it 
was  produced  in  testimony  before  ,  this  committee  I 
A. — I  never  did.  Sir. 

Q. — Here  is  a  telegram: 
Jottph  Bancoek,  Jfo.  I3i Bienville  ttreet.  Kew-OrUant : 

Telegraph  as  desired  ;  damn  my  interests ;  think 
ot  the  tieet  interests  of  forty  millions  of  people. 

JOHN  T.  PrCKBTT. 

THE  UEETn^O  WITH    UADDOZ. 

Did  you  know  tbst  encn  a  telegram  as  tbat  was 
sent  IO  Mr.  Maddox  uoder  tbe  name  of  "Joseph 
Hancock  "  or  any  other  person  until  it  wasprodaced 
in  evidence  here  I    A. — Never;   1  never  heard  of  it. 

Q. — Did  voa  ever  request  Mr.  Maddox  or  any 
person  to  negotiate,  or  confer,  or  correspond  with 
any  person  in  relation  to  procuring  money  or  other 
thing  of  value,  tor  you  or  anv  other  member  of  the 
BetnmiaK  Board  f    A. — I  never  did.  Sir. 

Q, — Mow  many  times  bad  you  seen  Mr.  Maddox  be- 
fore you  wrote  tbese  two  letters  tbat  have  been  put 

in     evidenee  I      A I     aaw      Mr.     Maddox     oo 

Saturday  evenine,  tbe  13th  day  of  November  j 
I  left  my  plantation  on  tbe  16(h  of  November, 
and  arrived     in     New-Orleans  on    the  eveuing 

of  the  15th  or  the  morumg  of  the 
16th  i  I  appeared  at  court  and  was  sworn  into 
otSce  the  morning  of  the  i7th  ;  the  board  met,  but 
the  rooms  were  small,  and  we  adjoamed  over  to 
meet  on  Saturday,  tbe  18th  ;  we  met  on  the  18rh 
and  passed  resolutions,  lutrodooed  by  Mr.  Ander- 
son,  inviting  five  of  the  gentlemen  who  had  gone 
there  on  each  side  to  witness  the  canvassing 
of  the  vote;  tbe  board  adjourned  aboat 
3  o'clock  In  tbe  afternoon  and  tbat  eveulng  after 
returning  from  my  dioner,  where  I  generally  took 
my  meals,  at  the  City  Hotel,  some  eight  or  10  blocks 
ofi  from  where  my  room  was,  Mr.  Maddox  came  in, 
and  that,  as  I  said  before,  waa  tbe  firat  time 
I  had  seen  him  la  three  years,  and  I  did 
not  see  him  again  until  Mtnday,  the  :20tb,  when  I 
wrote  these  letters,  with  tbe  exception  of  tbe  letter 
to  Senator  West,  which  is  dated  the  21st,  and  was 
written  ou  Tuesday  ;  I  intended  to  have  sent  tbat 
letter  by  mail ;  but,  as  I  said,  Mr.  Maddox  appeared 
in  my  office,  and  1  remarked  tbat  I  waa  astonished, 
that  I  thought  he  had  gone,  but  that  I  was  glad  he 
was  there,  and  would  write  the  letter  to  send  by 
him. 

Q.— How  long  had  voa  been  acqaalnted  with  Mr. 
Maddox  1  A— I  think  my  first  acquamtance  with 
him  waa  about  1847 ;  he  was  a  soldier  in  the  Mexi- 
can AVer,  and  was  disbanded^  I  think  ;  and  having  a 
large  connection  of  people  living  in  Kapides,  be  re- 
mained there  and  married  there ;  I  think  it  was  in 

1847  or  1848. 

Q. — When  Maddox  rottimed  to  New-Orleans  from 
Washington  did  he  tell  you  that  be  had  not  deliv- 
ered  the  letter   which   you   addressed  to  Senator 

Westt     A. — He  did  not.  Sir. 

Q. — Did  you  express  to   bim   at  any  ^me  your 

sttistaction  that  be  had  not  deliveied  the  letter  I 

A.— I  did  not.  Sir. 

Q. — ^Did  he  say  anything  about  what  he  had  done 
with  the  letter  to  Senator  West,  or  did  yoa  inqatre 
of  himt  A.— I  did  not  inquire,  I  presumed  that  it 
was  delivered. 

Q. — Xnd  you  nave  any  conversation  with  Maddox 
the  evening  before  tbese  two  letters  ot  Nov.  20 
were  written  t  A.  I  did  not,  Sir ;  that  was  Sun- 
day, 19tn ;  Saturday,  the  18tb.  after  the  adlonm- 
ment  of  tne  board,  1  went  to  dioner  ;  I  met  a  aen- 
tlemaa  at  tbe  stairway  as  I  was  going  into  my 
dinner ;  he  said  to  me  that  he  wanted  to  haye  a 
conference  with  me  :  that  we  were  l>oth  old  citizens 
of  the  State,  and  he  hoped  tbat  Louislanlans  would 
work  together,  and  when  could  he  have  an 
interview ;  I  stated  to  him  tbat  I  was  very  busy 
and  engaged  with  the  board,  and  I  coald  not  fix  a 
time  tbat  afternoon ;  it  was  impossible  for  me  to 
do  so,  and  I  therefore  could  not  say  when  I 
eould  give  him  this  interview;  says  he,  "Can't 
you  eome  to  my  office  to-morrow,"  (which 
was  Sunday,)  "at  10  o'clock  1"  I  told 
bim  I  hsd  an  engagement  to  go  ont 
to  the  park  (which  is  some  two  or  three  miles  from 
the  city)  and  dine  with  a  friend  ;  that  I  did  not 
know  whether  I  could  do  it  or  not,  but  I  presumed 
I  might;  that  I  would  not  leave  my 
room  until  about  13  or  1  o'clock  to  go 
ent  to  ■  dinner  ;  "  Well,"  says  he,  "  won't  you 
oome  at  10  o'clock,  that  will  give  you  ample 
time,  and  yon  can  then  fill  (your  engagement  Sun- 
day evening  t  "  I  told  him,  "  Oertainl.r,  Sir,  I  will 
go ;  I  will  meet  you  at  yout  office ;  '*  on  Sunday 
morning,  after  taking  my  breakfast  at  10  o'clock, 
I  lepaired  to  the  gentleman's  offloe  and  had  a  con- 
ference with  bim.  until  about  nopn,  when  I  retired 
to  my  room  and  there  met  tbe  carriage  of  the  geu- 
tleinao,  which  I  entered,  waa  driven  oS.  spent  the 
day,  and  did  not  return  until  10  o'clock  at  night ;  I 
bad  no  oDnvaraatlon  with  Maddox  from  Saturday 
until  MMiday.  ^  .       ^^-^  ,^^   . 

(i..i-Dld  yoa  see  him  on  the  evening  of  the  19ch  at 

1  %    A.— I  did  not ;  I  could  not  have  seen  him ;  I 


all .    —  -  .    ^ 

waa  three  miles  from  the  city. 

n When  he  eame  to  your  office  on  the  morning 

of  the  90tb,  had  yoa  written  either  ot  these  letters  t 

j^, ^NotsnOiSir;  I  wrote   tbem  right  there  ;tbfl 

room  waa  filled  with  genttemen  ■  I  had  bat  an  boar 
or  two  to  stay;  I  bad  to  repair  to  tbe  office  to  oom- 
menoe  oar  labors  at  about  10  or  10:30  o'clock,  and  I 
bad  only  from  about  &  30  nntil  that  time  to  trasaot 
my  offiee  bosinesa,  and  I  sat  down  and  wrote  thia 

(^.-^Uid  yoa  say  to  bim  that  yon  wanted  11.000.- 
000,  or  any  other  sum  of  ,money  f  A.— No,  air,  I 
did  noL  . 

<).— Did  yon  reaaeat  tbat  Maddox  ahould  proceea 
to  Washington  t  A.— I  did  not;  be  suggested  it 
Uniself,  aadl'told  bim  I  thought  it  was  his  duty  as 
an  offleqr  to  apprise  the  Government  of  what  he 
beilevea  to  be  the  condition  of  things  there  {  that  1 
Alt  myself  tbat  thlnga  were  not  altogether  right, 
^om  what  I  aaw  and  from  my  intercourse  with 
people. 

ruaaornsD  as  a  ukiov  slut. 


Q^>J)ttt  yoa  say  ta  him  tbat  yoa  wanted  to  serve 
yeuMxty,  hmt  aid  not  waak  ta  ran  the  nac  nsleas 


u^ft«ml98»4o  the ptesant time;  Inassed  ihreogh 
the  whole  war,  peraeented  as  »  Union  man;  I  never 
flindbed  from  aay  positioB  wlien  I  Waa  snnonnded 
with  tike  Confederata  soloiera  "wbo  were  parsaisff 
me  for  my  Ufa,  and  I  oeriainly  wonld  not  tell  Mr. 
Maddox  to  pro^re  a  stim  of  money  for  me  to  stantf 
firm  to  the  principles  wbtoh  I  bad  entertained  be- 
fore the  commenoement  of  tbe  rebelUon. 

Q. — ^Dld  you  say  to  him  that  the  vote  was  "very 
heavy  "  for  yoa  to  handle  f    A.— I  did  not,  Sir. 

Q. — That  if  it  had  been  smaller  you  might  have 
aocompllybed  the  deeired  rssnlt  by  throwing  oat 
New.Orleans  f    A I  did  not.  Sir. 

Q.— Was  any  part  of  the  vote  of  New-Orleans 
thrown  out  ?  A. — Not  to  my  knowledge ;  not  by 
aetlon  of  the  board.  If  It  was,  it  must  have  been 
by  other  nartlee. 

Q.— Was  there  any  proposition  before  the  board 
to  throw  ont  New-Orleans t  A.— Tes,  Sir;  there 
was  a  proposition,  but  it  was  a  proposition  in  a  pro- 
teat  of  tbe  ooantlng  of  tbe  natiinllzed  votes,  and  I 
gave  the  attorneys  on  each  dde  an  boor  to  diseuss 
the  question,  and  after  the  dlsensslon  I  concluded, 
or  the  board  eoncluded,  that  they  had  not  power  to 
doit. 

Q. — Waa  ttiere  any  proposition  to  throw  ont  the 
enilre  vote  of  ths  City  of  New-Orleans  1  A.— None, 
Sir. 

Q — Did  yon  say  to  Mr.  Maadox  tbat  be  shoal d 
eome  on  to  Washington  and  see  Inflaentlal  men, 
and  get  proteotioo  and  the  money  you  wanted,  or 
anything  of  similar  import!  A. — No.  Sir;  I  merely 
said  to  Mr.  Maddox  that  I  would  be  very  glad  If  he 
would  make  a  statement  of  the  oondition  of  things 
when  hp  eot  there,  and  he  said  that  was  his  object 
and  he  iatended  to  do  so ;  tbat  he  bad  been  sent 
down  for  tbat  purpose. 

Q.— Od  the  SOth  of  November  bad  these  gentle- 
men, who  represented  tbe  Bepnblioan  and  Demo- 
cratio parties  from  the   ^ortb.    Senator   Bberman, 

and  others,  on  one  side—  A.— (Interrupting) 
—Yes,  Sir ;  they  were  there  \  tbev  most  biive  art 

rived  about  the  Thursday  prior  to  that,  which 
would  have  been  aboac  the  15th  or  IGtb,'  and  as  I 
have  Stated,  on  Saturday  redolntiona  were  offered 
to  permit  taese  geiitlemeo  to  oome  before  tbe  board, 

and  letters  were  dirpcted  to  them  apprising  them 
of  (he  aotton  of  tbe  board  in  regard  thereto. 

Q. — Had  yon  any  facts  to  induce  you  to  snppose 
tbat  Democrats  intended  to  use  money  in  proooring 
testimony  and  counsel,  and  other  things  to  be  tisel 
before  the  board  with  a  view  to  present  the  Demo- 
cratic side  of  the  question  as  strongly  as  possible  f 
.A.— Tbat  bad  been  done;  thev  were  there.  Sir, 
using  it ;  tbey  appeared  botore  the  board. 

HOW  DBMOCBAXa    USED  MONET. 

Q.— Do  you  know  whether  money  was  expended 
in  emoloying  counsel  and  procuring  testimony  t  A. 
— ^Let  me  onderstaoa  yonr  qiiestloo  ;  doea  tbat  ap- 
ply to  any  of  tbe  gentlemen  who  were  there,  or  the 
attorneys  in  the  city  1 

Q— To  the  attorneys  in  the  city.  A.— I  do  not 
icnow  the  workings  of  tbe  Democratio  Party  of  the 
City  of  New-Oi  leans  in  regsrd  to  these  things,  but 
I  presnme  mooey- 

Mr.  Field— (interrupting)— I  beg  you  will  not  say 
what  yon  presnme. 

Mr.  Lawrenee — State  how  It  was  commonly  re- 
ported. A. — It  was  generally  believed  that  money 
was  there. 

Q. — It  was  generally  hslieved,  on  or  prior  to  the 
SOtn  ot  Noyember,  tbat  the  Democrats  were  using 
money  in  tbe  employment  of  counsel  snd  procuring 
of  teatimony  witb  a  View  to  the  presentation  of  the 
Democratic  side  of  the  question  as  stronely  as  pos- 
sible to  the  board  f    A — I  ptresume  so.  Sir. 

(^. — State  whether,  in  consequence  of  rhst,  toe 
Beonblioans  also  employed  counsel  and  expended 
money  in  procurine  testimony  t  A.— :They  did.  Sir; 
I  will  quality  that  by  stating  that  the  attorney  for 
the  board,  Mr.  John  Bny,  was  feed  (he  has  not  got 
hiemonev  yet,  but  ho  has  the  promise  ot  it,)  to  at- 
tend to  the  interests  ot  tbe  Bepubliean  party  ;  what 
the  other  attorneys  obarc;«d,  or  whether  tbey 
charged  anything,  I  do  not  know. 

Q. — There  were  ilawysrs  employed  on  both  eldest 
A.— On  both  sides. 

Q. — And  both  sides  took  testimony  t  A. — ^Tes. 
Sir ;  both  sides  took  testimony. 

Q. — All  of  which  required  tbe  expenditure  of 
money  I    A — Yes,  Sir  ;  ueceesanlv  so. 

Q. — And  you  deemed  it  important  that  the  lead- 
log  Bepublicans  in  Waablogtou  ahoold  understand 
tbe  sitaatiOD  I    A.— Yet,  Sir. 

Q. — Well,  was  there  any  disenssion  en  any  form 
between  yoa  and  Maddox  in  relation  to  a  resicoa- 
tion  of  any  of  tbe  Bepubliean  members  of  tbe 
board  t    A.— None,  Sir. 

Q. — Neither  as  a  means  of  ensbling  the  Demo- 
craiB  to  set  in  and  control  tbe  board,  or  otherwise  t 
A.-No,  Sir. 

Q.— Did  yon  have  any  understanding  with  Mr. 
Maddox  prior  to  the  time  be  loft  New-Orleans  as  to 
what  tne  word  "  bold  "  should  mean  if  he  shoald 
tetsgraph  that  to  New-Orleans  to  anybody  t  A.— 
Not  a  syllable.  Sir. 

Q — Were  you  famished  with,  or  did  you  know 
of  the  exlstance  ot  any  oyoher  by  which  telegraph- 
ing was  to  be  done  I    A. — No,  Sir. 

Q.— Did  you  say  to  Mr.  Maddox  that  you  wanted 
at  least  1200,000  for  yourself,  and  a  similar  sum  lor 
Mr.  Anderson  I    A. — No.  Sir. 

CENTLEUEK — KOT   "  NI00EE8." 

Q.— An'u  a  smaller  amount  for  tbe  ''niggers!" 
A. — No,  Sir:  I  never  use  the  word  "niiteer"  to 
tbe  gentlemen  who  are  with  me  on  tbe  board;  I  do 
not  consider  tbem  niggers;  thev  are  colored  people, 
and  thoy  are  gentlemen. 

Q. — Have  you  been  iu  tbe  habit  of  nning  that  ex- 
pression— "nikgors"!  A. — No,  Sir.  I  have  not 
since  liio  war;  I  used  to  use  it  when  I  owned  them, 
bat  they  are  now  citisens,  and  I  treat  tbem  aa  i^acb. 

Q. — Did  Maddux  say  to  you  in  New-Orleans  or 
elsewhere  tbat  tbe  negotiations  m  New-York  bad 
failed  !    A.— He  did  not,  Sir. 

Q.— Did  he  sav  snytbiug  to  you  upon  tbe  subject 
ot  ioe  uegotlatioos  t  A. — Not  at  all,  Sir;  he  never 
did. 

(j.— Did  you  say  to  Mr.  Maddox  at  noon  of  the 
6tb  of  December,  or  about  that  time,  that  the  ma- 
jority foe  the  Hayes  Electors  would  be  about  1,200 
to  1, soot  A. — 1  nave  nu  recollection  of  any  con- 
versaiioQ  with  Mr.  Maddox  on  tbat  subject  either 
before  or  after  the  6(.b ;  but  I  will  state  this, 
tbat  on  the  evening'  of  the  Sib  the 
board  had  arrived  at  its  conclusion,  and 
on  tbe  morning  of  the  6tb  the 
promulgations  of  the  election  were  made  in  tbe 
publlo  papers  of  New-Orleans,  and  tbe  result  of  tbe 
election  eould  have  been  known  to  Mr.  Maddox  on 
on- tbe  8th.  In  tbe  morning,  and  would  have  been 
known  to  him  as  having  been  3,400  or  3,500  for  Mr. 
Hayes. 

Q.— Did  you  have  a  key  to  any  cipher,  so  tbat 
you  might  undersinnd  dispatched  that  shonld  be 
sent  to  you  by  Mr.  Maddox  or  any  other  person  I 
A.— I  did  not,  Sir. 

Q.— Did  you  have  any  conversation  with  Mr. 
Maddox  in  relation  to  a  cipher  or  key  to  a  cipher  f 
A. — I  did  not,  Sir.  more  than  what  I  stated  a  while 
ago ;  that  if  be  was  soocessfnl  and  sent  his  tele- 
gram to  Mr.  Calvert  in  regard  to  his  own  affairs 
tbat  It  was  all  right;  it  was  ail  right  I  supposed. 

Q. — Were  you  acquainted  with  tbe  Adjutant 
General  of  Louisiana  f     A.-   Mr.  Jack  Wharton  t 

Q  — Yes.    A.— Yes,  Sir ;  I  know  him  very  welL 

(j. — Did  he  ever  tell  you  he  had  possession  of 
those  letters  or  any  of  them  !  A. — Ue  never  did. 
Sir. 

Q.— Did  you  have  any  knowledge  tbat  be  bad 

them  t    A 1  never  had.  Sir ;  I  was  frequently  in 

the  room  where  he  lodges. 

Q. — Did  you  ever  make  any  inquiry  as  to  what 
had  become  of  thuse  letters  I  A. — I  never  did,   blr. 

Q. — Did  you  over  have  any  conversation  witti 
Senator  West  in  i  elation  to  tbe  use  of  money  to 
effect  the  result  of  the  eleution  I  A.— I  never  did. 
Sir. 

Q. — Or  with  regard  to  obtaining  money  tor  yoar- 
seli  or  any  member  of  tbe  board  t    A.— I  never  did. 

LLBEBIIES  OF  AN  AMEBICAN  CITIZEIT. 

Q. — Were  any  ot  the  returns  from  Vernon  Parish 
buiued  la  yonr  presence,  or  with  yoar  knowledge ! 
A— With  dne  regard  to  tbe  committee  and  to  the 
Cbalnnau  of  ibe  committee,  I  will  atatetbaci  am  not 
wllllns  to  be  catecbised  uiKin  any  of  tbe  results  ot 
tbe  election,  with  (be  exception  of  Vsmon  Parish, 
nntlll  have  beendiscbargeduf  tbecontemptcbarged 

UDon  me  before  tbe  House  and  my  liberties  as  an 
American  freeman  are  allowed  me  ;  I  will  go  on  in 

order  to  place  before  tbecoramUtee  everything  In 
relation  tn  Vernon  Parish  tbat  1  know,  bat  ouieide 
of  that,  in  regard  to  the  election,  I  must  deciine 
most  respectfully  antll  the  punishment  which  I  have 
been  adjudged  shall  have  been  carried  ont  or  I  shall 
have  been  relieved  of  it.  Now,  Sir,  I  am  ready  to 
answer  yonr  question. 

Q. — Ton  may  state  whether  polls  two  and  nine, 
or  itny  other  polls  from  Vernon  Parisb,  were  burned 
or  otherwise  destroyed  in  your  presence  or  with 
your  knowledge  I  A. — None,  Sir,  whatever  ;  and 
the  man  who  has  sworn  to  it  is  an  unmitigated  liar. 
Pardon,  gentlemen ;  I  don't  mean  to  offend  the  feel* 
logs  of  the  committee,  but  tbe  outrage  upon  my 
rights  excites  me,  and,  as  a  matter  of  course,  it 
brings  from  me  languase  which,  perhapa,  I  ought 
not  to  nse  befora  this  body. 

(^.— Did  you  make  any  request  or  give  anv  direc- 
tion for  the  destruction,  in  any  form,  of  any  pai>er 
returned  to  tbe  board !    A— 1  never  did.  Sir. 

<^— Or  any  paper  relating  to  the  elections  I  A- — 
I  never  did.  Sir. 

Q.— Did  you  have  any  knowledge  of  the  destmo- 
tiou  ot  any!  A — I  did  not;  I  will  maka  a  state- 
ment now  in  oonnection  with  that  matter;  the  com- 
piled returns  by  the  Supervisor  of  BegistraUon  of 
the  Parish  oi  Vernon  was  transmitted — a  single 
sheet — to  tbe  Betnming  Board  by  mail,  a  route  of 
400  miles;  it  was  opened  in  the  presence  of  the 
gentlemen  who  were  there  from  the  North  for  tbe 
purpose  of  witaessing  tbe  connt;  there  was  bnt  a 
single  paper  in  tbat  return,  tbe  eempiled  statement 
from  the  Supervisor  of  Beglatration ;  there  was 
a  general  protest  by  all  of  the  Hayes 
Electors,  and  I  think  other  protests,  bnt  there 
was  no  poll  list  or  tally  sheet  from  Vernon ;  there 
were  no  each  documents  returned,  and  therefore 
none  to  be  bnrnetL 

Mr.  Lawrence  here  called  tbe  attention  of  tbe 
witness  to  the  Senate  document  containing  the  let- 
ter of  Senator  Sherman  i«  the  President,  and  the 
accompanying  proceedings  of  the  Betnrniog  Board 
confirming  tbe  statement  tbat  there  waa  no  tally 
sheet  received  from  Vernon  Parish. 

In  response  to  further  questions  the  witness  tes- 
tified: lam  not  acqaalnted  with  Littlefield;  I 
never  saw  him  nntil  tne  SOch  of  November  ;  1  did 
not  know  bia  name  for  a  week  after  be  was  a  Clerk 
for  the  board;  I  never  have  spoken  IS  words  to  him 
In  my  lite ;  I  never  requested  or.  curected  him  to 
mak«  an  alteration  In  tbe  return  l^m  Vernon 
Pansti,  or  any  other,  ana  never  haa  any  conversa- 
tion With  bim  about  his  duties  aa  Clerk.  The  com- 
mittee then  took  a  reoeas. 

A  BEOBSS  TAKKK. 

Hoon  the  reassemblmg  of  the  oommittee,  at  3:90 
F.  M.,  Gov.  Wells  waa  eross-examined  by  Mr.  Field 
M  foUows: 

Q. — Look  at  the  letter  to  Senator  West,  and  say 
whether  it  is  in  your  handwriting.  A.— Yes,  Sir, 
that  la  in  my  handwriting. 

Q.— Where  did  you  write  It!  A.— I  wrote  it  iq 
the  City  of  New-Orleaas. 

Q.— In  what  part  of  it!  A — In  tbe  Custom' 
bouse,  in  my  offlae^ 

Q.->Waa  It  aiotated'to  yoa  by  anybody  t  A.— 
STuDodT.  Sir. 

Q.— Was  it  sogKested  t«  joa  by  anybody  t  A.— 
It  waa  nott  Sir. 

--_...-.      .....  aad^tasrsfL 


yotK  attontlna  to  tbe  firat  paragnph:  "I  r«gm 
mnoh  not  aeetag  yen  wWm  hue.  I  wasted  «e  say 
nnch  to  yon  whieh  would  be  fit  leas*  improdsBt  tP 
put  apon  papier."  What  was  n  that  rea  wished  as 
say  whioh  wonld  be  iaprndent  to  put  upon  paper  t' 
A.— Nothing  pertaining  to  the  snbjeot  matter  be 
fore  Chis  oommittee. 

Q.— What  was   it!    A It  was  this:    I  was  a 

fHend  of  Senator  West  and  I  was  anxious  to  h<tve< 
him  re-eleoted  to  tbe  Senate,  and  there  was  a  oora- 
bination  of  my  own  iiarty  to  defeat  him,  and  I  did 
not  propoee  to  insert  In  that  letter  the  names  of 
par' lea  whcwere  opposed  to  him. 

Q.— And  that  paragraph  had  reference  solely— 
A.  (interrnptingly) — Solely. 

Mr.  Tteld— Tou  bad  better  hear  my  question  nn- 
less  you  can  divine  my  thoughts. 

The  Witaees— Oo  on.  Sir;  I  don't  want  to  bother 
your  ihongbts;  go  right  ahead.    |Lsugbter.] 

Q.— Your  first  paragraph  then  bad  relation  to 
nothing  but  Benator  West's  election  f  A.— Yes, 
Sir. 

Q. — "  Oar  dntlee  as  Betamlng  offleers  have  aug- 
mented to  tbe  magnltudc'^to  the  destiny  of  the 
two  great  parties ;  may  I  not  say  the  nation."  May 
I  ask  what  did  you  mean  by  that  I  A— I  meant  by 
that  that  the  Prenidential  eleetion  hinged  apon  tbe 
result  of  the  election  in  Loaisiana. 

Q.— (Beferring  to  the  former  testimony  of  the 
witness  before  the  committee)— Hare  yoa  stated 
repeatedly  in  this  examination  tbat  you  did  not 
know  what  parties  had  secured  the  State  in  the 
first  instance' !    A.— I  did. 

Q — Have  yoa  stated  that  you  did  not  know  what 
parties  had  carried  the  State  at  last,  antil  yoa 
actually  made  tbe  returns  I    A.—  But  I — 

Mr.  field — You  had  better  answer  the  question. 

Witoesi— 1  wiU  answer  yoar  qaestioo,  but  I  will 
answer  it  my  own  way. 

Mr.  Field— Well,  dou't  answer  any  more  than  my 
question. 

Tne  Cbglnnan— Aniwer  tbe  qaestioo. 

The  Witness — I   will  answer  the  que 


question,  but  I 

I  style. 

That  is  the  kind  of  style  we 


must  answer  it  in  n^  common,  plain  'style, 

The  Chairman— Yes    " 

want 

Mr.  Field- Have  yon  stated  that  yon  did  not 
kuow  what  parties  had  oimed  the  Slate  at  last,  nn- 
til you  actually  made  the  returns  f  A. — I  have 
said  so;  I  will  sxplain:  Tbe  resalts  throughout 
tbe  StAtes  had  not  been  known  ao  far  as  those 
States  were  conoemed  where  there ,  was'  no 
trooble  or  dlffioalty.no  mnrdering  of  people  be- 
canse they  bad  attempted  to  vote,  and  tbe  whole 
matter  in  regard  to  those  three  Southern  Stales 
was  iu  doubt. 

A  WITNEBS  WHO  KHEW  HIB  BI0HT9. 
Mr.  Field   liere  made  an  inquiry  of  the  stenog- 
rapher.    The  witness   interrupted,  npon  which  Mr. 
Field  reprimanded  bim. 

The  Wilueea— I  have  a  rlgbt  to  speak  In  defspse 
of  myself. 

The  Chairman  to  the  Witness — Keep  oool. 

The  Witness- Well,  protect  me^  or  1  will  protect 
myself,  and  that  very  quick. 

Mr,  Field— Do  you  now  mean  that  the  result  of 
the  Presidential  sleotlon  hinged  on  the  result  in 
three  Buucbern  Staiea  I  A — I  mean  Louisiana, 
together  with  tbe  other  two  Southern  States. 

Mr.  Field.— Ah,  yes. 

Tb» Witness  (interruptingl  ,Mr.  Chairman,  lam 
not  a  lawyer,  and  I  do  not  wish  a  gentleman  to  say 
for  me  what  I  did  not  want  to  say  myself ;  lam 
not  a  sharp  practitioner,  and  I  want  no  sharp 
practice  upon  me  on  this  committee  j  I  ask  to  be 
protected,  and,  it  the  oommittee  does  not  proteot 
me,  I  will  proteot  mvself. 

Tbe  Chairman— Just  answer  the  question.  Do 
you  mean  that  answer  which  you  made  a  while  ago, 
that  the  election  hinged  upon  the  result  in  Lonis- 
iana,  was  trne  or  not !  Ai — I  mean  that  tbe  result 
^t  the  Presidential  election  hinged  upon  Louisiana 
wiih  other  Soutbem  States. 

Q — Whioh  otbersl  A — Florida  Is  one.  Sir,  and 
at  that  time  Souib  Carolioa  waa  one  also. 

Q — Then  when  yuu  said  in  this  letter,  "  Our 
duties  as  Befarning  OSS'ters  have  augmented  to  the 
magnitude  of  the  destiny  of  tbe  two  great  parties- 
may  I  not  say  tbe  nation  t"  did  you  mean  thai  the 
''desdnyof  toe  two  great  parties " 

Witness  (loterroDtlng) — Stop,  Sir;  do  not  pat 
yo«r  meaning  apon  what  I  write. 

Cbairman — Witness,  yoa  must  not  interrupt  the 
examiner.  Just  answer  bit  qaebtioos,  and  if  you 
oolect  to  any  one  ot  them,  ask  tbe  committee  if  yoa 
are  obliged  to  answer.  ' 

Q — When  you  wrote  what  I  have  Jnat  read  did 
you  mean  that  the  destiny  of  the  two  great  partiea, 
not  to  say  tbe  nation,  depended  upon  Louisiana, 
Florida,  and  South  Carolina  1  A. — So  far  as  had 
been  ascertained. 

Q.— Uow  did  your  duties  as  Betamlng  Offleers 
"  sngment"  to  anunagnitude  !  A. — There  waa  a 
very  great  qaostit>in>efurs  us  that  we  bad  to  de- 
cide, as  to  tbe  re^nlt  of  the  vote  of  Loulslans. 

Q. — lint  vou  derided  according  to  the  law  and  Jus- 
tic«)  of  the  case,  did  you  not ;  withoot  reference  to 
its  effect  upon  parlies,  did  you  not!  A— Most  as- 
suredly. <* 

THE  RESPOKSIBIUTT  OF  THE  BOABD. 

Q. — Then  will  you  tell  as  how  yonr  duties  were 
"uugmeuted"  to  the  destiny  of  tbe  nation  !  A. — 
As  responsible  men  for  the  result  of  our  findings 
we  were  responsible  to  the  nation  and  to  the  people 
uf  Louisiana,  and  we  lelt  ourselves  so. 

(J.— Besponsible  tor  what!  A.— Bespoaaible  for 
an  nonest,  fair,  and  upright  decision  upon  the  re- 
sult of  tbe  election  in  Louisiana. 

Q. — Then  you  meant  merely  that  toe  destiny  of 
thu  nsUon  depended  upon  the  honesty  of  the  dis- 
charge of  your  duties,  did  you  I  A.— I  did  not  mean 
that.  Sir. 

Q.— What  do  you  mean  beyond  that!  A.— I 
m>vito  Just  what  I  have  said. 

(^ — Did  yoa  mean  tbat  the  destiny  of  tbe  nation 
or  of  the  t>to  ereat  parties  depended  upon  anything 
more  than  tbo  honest  discharge  of  your  duties  as 
Ketaruing  Officers  \  A.— As  a  matter  of  coarse  I 
did  not. 

'Q. — (Beading)— "  I  fully  eomprebend  tbe  sltna- 
ttou."  What  did  vou  mean  by  that  t  A. — ^I  meant 
tbe  political  situation  of  the  country,  of  tbe  im- 
portance of  it,  the  distracted  oondition  in  which  the 
people  ware  in  resard  to  tbe  contest  then  pending, 
which  was  not  over  even  after  the  vote  was  over ; 
tbo  people  were  excited  upon  it. 

Q. — Do  yon  mean  to  aay  tbat  the  Importance  of 
thut.  affected  in  any  way  tbe  honest  diacharge  of 
your  duties  i    A. — I  do  nut,  Sir. 

Q.— You  also  say  hire,  "  As  well  as  my  doty  to 
tbe  greatest  living  General— U.  6.*  Orant." 
What  duty  had  yoa  as  Betamine  Officer 
to  Geo.  Grant!  A.— (^n.  Oraot  bad 
sent  or  Nflueated  gentlemen  to  go  down 
there  and  witness  the  eouot,  aad  I  felt  it  my  duty 
to  make  a  fair  legal  iuvestlsation  and  count  of  tou 
entire  vote  of  the  State  of  Louisiana  in  tbe  preseaoe 
Of  those  gentlemen  to  saiisty  them  that  tbe  board 
was  correct  in  regard  lo  its  aoiiens,  if  it  should  not 
happen  to  tie  pleasant  to  tbem — let  the  detuston  tall 
as  it  might. 

Q.— But'  bow  was  tbat  a  dnty  to  Oen.  Orant! 

A From  the  simple  fact  tbat  he  had  invited  tbese 

gentlemen  to  go  down  there  and  see  whether  this 
connt  was  going  to  be  fair  or  not.  It  was  a  duty  to 
him  as  tbe  head  of  the  nation  sending  those  gentle- 
men down.  It  was  a  dut.r,  to  be  sure,  that  I  owed 
to  Gen.  Grant  as  well  as  to  tbe  puople  whose  head 
he  was. 

BULLTIHO  THB  WITNESS. 

(^— Do  yon  mean  to  say  tbat  your  dnty  to  Gen. 
Grant  was  any  greater  than  your  duty — 

The  Witness  (interrupting)- Not  at  all. 

Mr.  Field— You  know  what  1  was  going  to  say,  of 
coarse ! 

The  AV^itness— No;  I  did  not  know  yoar  thoughts. 

Mr.  Field — Why  Old  you  answer,  then  I 

The  Witness — Well,  1  perhapa  answered  a  little 
too  quick. 

Mr.  Field— Not  at  all.  if  yoa  knew  exactly  what 
I  was  going  to  say. 

Tbo  Witness— I  did  not  know. 

Mr,  Field— Then  you  bad  better  wait  nntll  you 
do. 

The  Witness — Then   I  will  answer  yoa>when  I 

pleaiiM. 
Mr.  Field—You  will  answer  me  when   I    am 

throngh  with  my  qaesLion. 

Ths  Witness — Well,  tbat  is  a  question  to  be  con- 
sidered I  if  roa  put  a  proper  question  lo  me  I  will 
answer  it;  if  you  don't,  I  won't. 

Tne  Cbairman — Answer  the  question. 

Tbe  Witness— X  mean  no  disrespeot  to  the  oom- 
mittee, but  I  mean  to  deleud  myseU. 

Mr.  Field— You  had  better  wait  until  yoa  are  at% 
tacked. 

The  Chairman — The  best  way  to  defend  yoar- 
self  Is  simply  to  answer  the  questlsns  that  ar^pat 
to  you. 

Mr.  Field— Do  yoa  mean  to  say,  then,  that  yoar 
duty  to— 

Tbe  Witness  (again  interrupting)— Ko,  Sir. 

Mr.  Field— May  I  be  permitted  to  finish  the  ques- 
Uon! 

The  Witness  (condescendingly)— Oo  on  with  yoar 
qaestioo,  go  on.  Sir,  then  the  oommittee  will 
■  aeoide.    [Laoghter.J 

Mr.  Field- Now,  uo  yoa  mean  to  say  that  your 
duty  te  Gen.  Grant  was  any  greater  tnan  your  duty 
to  ths  nation  t    A. — No,  Sir  ;  I  do  not. 

Q.— Or  any  ereaier  than  your  duty  to  tbe  people 
of  lAiaislana  1  A— No,  Sir,  nor  greater  than  to  any 
individaai  voter. 

Q.— I  read  further  from  Ibis  letter  t  "And  not 
wun  my  consent  shall  this  oppressed  people  be 
governed  by  his  paroled  prisoners,  aided  by  tbe 
white-livered  cowards  ot  the  North  "—what  had 
tbat  to  do  witb  yoar  duties  as  honest  members  of 
the  Beturnug  Board !  A.— A.b,  it  had  a  good  deal 
to  do  witn  it. 

THE  BALLOT  INSTEAD   OF  BULLETS. 

Q. — ^Bxpialn  iu  A. — The  oonaition  of  our  South- 
ern country  is  very  different  from  tbat  here.  The 
people  are  forced  with  tbe  bullet;  the  ballot  is 
swapped  for  tbe  ballet,  and  I  determined  where- 
evee  that  was  done  that  It.sbould  not  be  tolerated, 
If  I  had  a  voice  in  the  matter ;  I  |aid  there,  "  his 
parolsd  prisoners;"  by  tbat  I  xdeant  tbat  the  Con- 
federate aolaiers,  together  vrith  their  associates, 
shonld  not  control  the  destiny  of  the  oppressed 
people  by  violence  and  tntimldauon.  That  is  my 
answer. 

Q. — But  what  had  that  to  do  with  your  duties  as  a 
member  of  toe  Beturning  Board !  A. — Well,  this 
was  merely  writing  a  letter  and  these  iaeas  going 
in  as  a  matter  of  course,  transnutted  to  papsr. 

Q. — That  Is  to  say,  yoar  ideas  of  yonr  duty  to 
Geu.  Grant  and  to  tue  nation  came  in  in  dlreot  and 
proper  connection  with  your  declaration  tbat  yoa 
would  not  consent  that  this  oppressed  people  shuuld 
be  governed  by  nis  paroled  i>risouers  f  A. — ^1  have 
answered  tbat. 

Q ^Wbat  had  th«t  to  do   with   your  making  an 

honest  count  of  tbe  votes  t  ^— It  had  nethug  to 
do  with  an  htmest  count. 

Q.— Then  wby  were  the  two  thlnga  brought  into 
oouaection  in  this  way — ^yonr  duty  to  Gen.  Grant 
and  yoar  unwillingness  to  faftve  Loaisiana  put  an- 
der the  domlnauoa  of  certain  persons !  A.— In 
tbia  way:.  I  did  not  piopose  that  these  people  anoald 
be  held  la  the  oondition  that  they  were  in  by  foroe 
of  tbe  bulleti  I  proposed  to  proteot  tne  m^  whom 
yoa  eentleoMn  have^emancipated  and  eafiranotaisedk 

<^— Yen  meant  the*  that  it  was  yonz  duty  to  pro- 
teot them !  A.— It  waa  my  parpoae  .to  pxoteoc 
tnem  ao  br  as  the  law  applied  to  ttie  elscttsas  in 
the  State. 

Q. — ^Did  yon  mean  tUs,  that  nerer  wldi  yoar  ooa- 
aaas.afcenld  ths  SUU  «C  Trtnliiaas-fca 

':/ 


sa  ss  to  giye  the  eonirol  of  fb«  ttste  to  tii«M 
paroled  prlsoBeiy  tbat  yoa  speak  <«f1  A.— That  is 
yoar  meaaiisg. 

Q— lask  yoa  if  tbat  is  yonrst  At^-lTe^slri  Ir 
was  not  my  mea«iog.  v  , 

Q.— WfistI  was  year  meaning  t  A^— My  oieanfag  f 
was  that  whersTOr  the  law  waa  followed  out  strlotlyl 
to  decide  aocordingly. 

Q. — Was  there  hny  idea  In  yout  mind  that  yonr 
consent  was  needed  for  anything!  A. — My  consent 
was  needed  for  nothing. 

Q.— Then  wby  dtd  yoa  speak  of  your  eensent  la 
this  letter  L  A.— To  sav  that  I  wonld  not  approve 
anything  tnat  I  conceived  to  be  illegal  or  improper. 

DBXOCBATIO  BBJBBST  ATTBXFTSIt. 

Q.— Had  any  such  thing  been  proposed  !  A.— I 
aBtioipated  it.  Sir. 

Q.— Nevermind  antleipstiag  i  had  any  Snob  thing 
been  proposed!  A.— Br  Hon,  Duncan  F.  Kenner, 
a  very  wealthy  gentleman  in  the  State  of  Lonlslaaa. 

Q. — What  did  be  propose  I  A. — He  proposed  to 
five  me  $800,000  to  change  the  vote  for  Mr.  Tilden  ; 
ne  made  the  propomtien  in  hts  ownofflee,  ob  Sanday, 
the  lOtb  of  November,  between  10  and41  o'clock  in 
the  morning. 

Q— After  the  board  had  begun  to  eanvass  t  A.— 
The  board  didn't  begu  to  eanvass  until  the  30th  i 
this  waa  tbe  lOtb. 

Q.— It  was  in  oonssqneace  of  that  offisr  that  yoa 
wrote  to  Senator  West  thkt-  never,  with  your  eon- 
seat,  shoald  the  State  be  delivered  ever  to  the 
"  paroled  prisoners  I"  A.— If  it  had  been  done  oy 
purchase. 

Q.— Yon  didn't  add  ibis!  A.— No;  but  I  add  it 
now  because  it  Incidentally  eomes  in. 

(j. — It  was  Id  consequence  of  a  bribe  offered  to 

yoa  that  yoa  wrote  lo  this  letter  to  ttooator  West 

that  the  State  of  Loaisiana  should  never  with  your 
consent  lie  delivered  over  to  the  paroled  prisoners, 
was  it  1  A.— No :  it  was  In  this  way— that  I  never 
woatd  consent  that  by  bribery,  which  wfts  ao  lll^ 
gal  aet,  tbese  parties  shonld  control  tbe  State  i  I 
knew  vositively  that  the  Bepablioans  were  about 
15.000  stronger,  and  tbat  the  only  way  the  State 

could  be  controlled  by  the  other  slee  was  throot;)i 

mone.y. 

Q. — Yen  had  bad  this  intimation  or  offer  fto» 
Mr.  Kenner !    A. — Yes,  Sir. 

Q.— Was  that  the  reason  why  yon  said  tbat  yoa 
would  not  csnsent  to  deliver  over  Loaisiana  to  tbe 
paroled  prisoners  t 

The  Witnsss— My  roawns,  Sir! 

Mr.  Field— (Jan't  yoa  answer  me! 

The  Witness,  (emphatically) — No  ;  I  won't  do  It  ! 

Mr.  Field— You  won't  do  it  t 

The  Witness — I  won't  do  4t ;  I  will  answer  it  my 
own  way  ;  you  will  have  It  my  way  or  yoa  woni 
get  it  at  all. 

Mr.  Field — 'W'ell,  rfve  it  your  own  way. 

The  "Witness — Very  well ;  my  meaning  was,  as  I 
Stated  before,  tbat  if  the  election  was  fairly  ouo- 
ducted,  and  there  was  no  bribery,  no  intimidation, 
and  no  frauds,  then  X  had  no  otjeotioa  to  either 
party  controlling  it- 

Q.— Bad  there  been  any  proposition  In  yonr  board 
that  there  shoald  be  any  bat  a  legitimate  count! 
A. — Certainly  not,  bat  when  a  proposal  was  made 
to  buy  the  count  with  money  there  was  illegitimacy 
there. 

Q.— Tbat  is  to  say,  you  thought  that  though  you 
could  not  oe  bribed  yonr  associates  might !  JL — 
No,  Sir. 

THB  »BW-TORK  WAT  PISABED. 

Q.— I  want  to  get  at  your  meaninz.  What  was 
th«  danger  so  long  as  the  result  depended  apon  yoa 
foar  honest  men  coimting  the  rotes  !  A. — I  don't 
say  tbat  any  of  tbe  board  might  be  bribed,  bat  I 
didn't  know  what  influence  money  would  have. 
Ton  kuow  it  bettor  than  I  do,  beoaose  all  New- York 
politicians  know  exactly  bow  tbe  City  of  New- York 
IS  carried,  and  it  is  carried  generally  by  money. 

Q. — Then  you  thongbt  that  the  New-Yerk  way 
of  aealine  witb  elections  would  be  followed  in 
Loaisiana!     A. — Exactly,  Sir. 

Q.— Had  you  any  distrust  ot  either  of  your  asso' 
ciaies  on  the  board!  A. — I  had  pot.  Sir;  I  believe 
tbem  to  be  all  honest  and  honorable  men,  but  I 
don't  know  bow  far  money  would  go  with  anybody  t 
It  'is  said  tbat  all  men  have  their  price,  and  I  didn't 
knew  whether  my  friends  and  associates  on  the 
board  had  their  price  or  not. 

Q Yon  say  tanner  in  tbia  letter,   "Let  me,  my 

esteemed  friend,  warn  you  of  tbe  danger."  Wba( 
was  the  danger  which  you  were  warning  him 
against!  A. — There  was  said  to  oe  an  immense 
quantity  of  money  tbat  had  been  sent  there  for  the 
purpose  of  idflaenetng  tbe  election,  and  furtbermore, 
the  people  were  very  much  exasperated,  and 
it  was  mmpred,  with  some  semolanee 
of  truth,  tbat  tbe  people  would  rise 
and  with  this  iuflaence  of  money  wonld  do  bodily 
harm  to  the  Beturning  Officers  and  would  destroy 
the  returns,  and  I  wanted  prompt  action  by  the 
Government  for  eur  protection  by  the  military,  and 
to  assure  the  people  of  Louisiana,  who  were  crushed 
aod  murdered  every  day,  that  the  Government  was 
going  te  protect  them  from  any  further  harm. 

Q.— If  I  understand  you,  the  danger  ytm 
feared  was  that  the  money  wonld  corrupt 
the  mob,  who  would  then  make  an  assanlt  upon  (be 
Beturning  Board  and  destroy  the  reoordt.  A. — 
Yes,  sir. 

Q.— Now,  sir,  do  you  really  think  that  the  excite, 
meat  of  tbe  people  of  Louisiana  against  yonr 
board  or  against  yoar  party  was  csnssd  by  money 
circulated  among  tbem  t  A. — By  no  other  cause  in 
in  tbe  world. 

Q.— None  at  all !    A.— None. 

Q. — Their  honest  convletions  are  not  at  all  against 
your  preseediuEs !  A. — No,  Sir ;  it  is  the  politi- 
cians who  are  creating  the  whole  thing. 

Q. — Wns  there  not  great  excitement  among  the 
people  of  Lonisiana  over  the  canvass  of  tbe  votes  I 
A. — Tnere  was  great  exoitemsn  t  in  the  City  of  New- 
Orleans,  but  that  is  not  tbe  State. 

Q.— Do  you  say  tbat  tbat  was  caused  by  money ! 
A. — The  desire  to  obtain  money  and  cimoe  j  the 
losfers  would  excite  the  good  people  tn  order  to  get 
themselves  into  power. 

Q.— Did  nut  the  people  of  Loaisiana  feel  that  the 
lawful  vote  of  the  Stale  was  la  dsuger  of  being 
taken  from  them  by  fraudulent  canvassing  and 
counting  I  A.— Not  the  people  ;  a  minority  of  tbe 
people,  who  bad  attempted  to  take  the  vote  of 
Louisiana  by  vlolenee^  were  offended,  and  feared  the 
result  of  their  violence. 

Q.— You  say  millious  have  been  ssnt  here;  who 
told  yon  tbat!  A. — Tbat  was  common  rumor  oa 
the  streets  ;  I  cannot  designate  any  individual, 

TAMFERIKG  WITH  THB  WILL  OF  THE  PioPUE. 

Q. — Yoa  supposed  when  you  said  that  millions 
hau  been  sent  there  that  the  millions  had  been 
Ben  t  there  to  inflaeaee  your  Beturning  Board  I  A.— 
Yon  may  say  it,  bn^  I  don't. 

Q. — Can  you  tell  as  whose  inflaenee  was  to  be 
efiiMSted  by  millions  of  money  !  A. — Some  Bepubli- 
ean, as  a  matter  of  course. 

Q.— On  what  board  or  in  what  o€9ce  f  A.— I  don't 
say  upon  tbe  board,  but  to  change  the  result  In 
•ome  manner,  shape,  or  form. 

Q. — Uow  could  it  be  obauged  except  through  your 
board  I     A.— In     tbe     event     of     tbe     vote    of 
the    State      being      cast     for      Uayes,     would    it 
not    give    an    opportnolty    for    them    to    tsmotr 
with  some  one,  and  woatd  nut  this  money  give  an  , 
opportunity  to  hire  mobs  to  destroy  the  pspers  and  ' 
assaasiaate  tbe  lioard ;   in  1874   there  was  an  aasas-!. 
sin  sent  to  assassinate  me  ;  he  sat  by  my  side;  I  had 
him  rushed   oat  of  the  room,  and  the  Demooratlo ' 
lawyers,  when  I  hiA  him  turned  out  by  a  Police 
officer,   pursued   him  and  said,    "  Let  us  protect 
him  i"  Mr.  Zacbarle  is  one  of  the  gentlemen   who> 
made  that  exclamation.  ' 

Mr.  Field— Tbe  witness  outrages  all  lieense  of 
witnesses,  and  I  mast  ask  yoa  to  request  him  to 
answer  my  questions,  and  answer  no  more.    At 
this  point   tbe  witness  Interrupted  Mt.  Field,  who, 
sharply  ordered  him  to  "stoo." 

Tbe  Witness— Mr.  Cfaaiznuin,  has  the  gentleman, 
a  right  to  order  me  to  etop,  and  do  it  in  an  abrupt , 
manner  t  ' 

The  Chairman — The  gentleman  has  a  right  as  a 
member  ot  tbis  committee  to  atop  a  witness  from 
interr anting  bim  when  be  is  addressing  the  oom-^ 

mictee  or  aadressinj;  the  Cbairmaa. 

Tbe  Wituees — Is  he  allowed  to  go  out  of  the  pale,. 
of  agentlemau  todo  it! 

The  Cbairman— Mr.  Witness,  your  plain  daty  is 
to  wait  until  questions  are  asked  you,  and  then  to 
answer  them,  and  tell  the  truth  in  yoar  answers.      ' 

The  Witness— I  Intend  to  tell  tbe  iiath,  Sir. 

Mr.  Field — Ton  say  further  "and  onless  some 
oonnter  move."  Wbat  did  yoa  mean  by  a  ooant«r  - 
move !  A.— The  counter  move  was  tor  tbe  Presi- 
dent to  say  to  me  people  of  Loaisiana,  "  We  stiall 
have  a  fair  election,  and  yoa  shall  all  be  protected 
from  the  violence  of  mobs."  ' 

THB  tSTZCn  OF  MOB  TIOLEKCa. 

Q.  —Then  by  a  oounter-move  against  these  mll- 
liovs  of  money  yoa  meant  a  movement  of  troops! 
A. — ^I  meant  a  movement  against  the  mob. 

Q.— I  read  tbe  last  part  of  the :  sentence  now  i 
"And  unless  eome  ooanter-move,  it  will  be  lmpoeoU> 
ble  for  me  or  any  other  Individaai  to  arrest  its  pro- 
amotive  results  1"  A.— Tbat  is  not  the  word  I  used, 
or,  if  it  is,  it  is  a  mistake  {  it  ought  to  be  "de- 
stmotive." 

Q.— Destructive  resalts  bn  what !  A.— The  lives . 
anu  property  that  generally  suffer  by  a  mob. 

Q. — At  the  time  you  wrote  this,  referrioir,  as  you. 
say,  to  the  movement  of  troops,  were  there  not, 
troops  in  New-Orleans  ?  A.— There  were  troops ;; 
there,  but  1  did  not  think  them  a  sufficient  number.  ' 

Q. — Tbe  flrst  part  of  tbis  letter  referred  to  Mr.; 
West's  re-eieution,  you  say  !    Yea,  Sir. 

Q.— 1  now  read  the  last  sentence,  "  The  gentleman 
presenting  this  is  fully  aware  of  the  moves."  Who 
was  tbe  gentleman  !    A.— Mr.  Maddox. 

Q.— Did  Mr.  Maddox  oome  here  to  get  Senateor 
Wedt  re-elected  I  A — No,  t»ir;  Mr.  Maddox  oever 
was  mteoded  to  have  seen  that  letter  or  anybody 
else  but  Senator  West. 

Q.— But  you  inteoded  that  Maddox  ahould  eom- 
munioate  with  aim !  A.— Yes,  as  to  the  ooaoUion 
of  the  peeple  down  there. 

Q.— You  say  "ana,  if  yon  allow,  will  emnmoni- 
cate  freely."  Was  tliece  anything  in  tbat  that  re- 
quired aecrecy,  or  which  should  prevent,  Mr.  Mad- 
oox  irom  oommunicating  freely  that  there  waa  an 
excited  feeUug  in  New-Orleans  !  A.— Mr.  Maddox 
was  sent  there,  as  be  stated,  to  look  into  tke  teeing 
sod  the  mental  ooaditaon  of  tbe  people. 

Q.— Was  the  free  oommnnioation  (hat  he  was  to 
maAe  a  consmunloatien  that  you  had  witn  hla! 
A No,  Sir. 

Q.— What  was  tue  commnnioatwn !  A.— The 
mental  conditioa  of  tbe  peeple  that  he  bad  diseov- 
ered  for  himself  in  his  mtereourse  there. 

Q. — Have  you  act  Joat  sight  ef  the  expression  "if 
you  allow; "  had  yoa  anvcaasen  to  suppose  that  Mr. 
West  wonld  botonwUliBg  to  secelve  a  oommunloa- 
tioa  about  the '  mentsri  eondltlon  of  tbe  peepie  of 
Xenial  ana!    Av-^f  had  not. 

Q.— Then  why  din  y«a  say,  "if  you  allow,"  Mr. 
Maddox  will  eommunieata  Ireely  !  A.— Well,  tli*t 
is  Incidentally  m<the  letter. 

FBiBjnw  or  THS  soirra.      ^         ^ 

(2.-^1  read  f urttaier.  "  Sea  onr  friends  i"  who  were 
"  our  friends  "  tbaa  be  was  to  see  t  A.— J^eadiag 
Bepoblioaaa  in  the-eity. 

Q.— Wbo  were  tbey  I  A.— I  oon't  kaaw  vba  they 
were;  Bepablioans  iwMcaUy,  ana,  if  aeaasaary,  the 
beads  of  uepactmenot 

Q.— Ton  say  "  aet  sBnamtfy  i*'  what  was  tba  aead 
of  prompt  aoUoa  t  A.-»Xo  gaanmea  as  gwtsstloa 
agidast  Tt^eneeb 

<^— If  taerewasa -sMdotUyef  ▼dtesaasatnnnA     

««•  Tsfi— s.waT«i>uftisiiiii  ffmi—^wifcifaafcJlJitMtBwwr toitg  JislWsaW  jstti 


otilsat  innild  tbat  narty  have  In  deetroying  tbe  r^ 
totiw  t  'lA— Well,  in  the  flrat  place,  it  u  more  ap> 
I^hBabl*  to  the  State  Government  than  to  tbe  Sleo- 
toraKMlege.  . 

Q,»Was  it  In  referenoe  to  the  State  Oovenunenn 
ttKUt  ymi  made  nse  of  this  expreesion :  '  "Our  duties'! 
aa  Betorning  Offleers  have  augmented  to  the  mag* 
nitnde  of  the  destiny  of  the  two  great  parties  i  may^ 
I  not  aay  tbe  nationf "  A.— I  have  answered  that^ 
queetion ;  I  said  that  I  oaderstand  myself  that' 
the  greater  portion  o(  it  would  apply  to  the  State' 
Ooremraea^  bnt  it  oomblned  both  State  and  Fed- 
eraL 

Q.— Was  not  the  Tilden  party  sastaiaed  by  the 
same  general  vote  as  tba  Nloholls  party  I  A.— 
.  They  were  pretty  much. 

TOB  TOTB  or  nu  vtAxn  AaAcraT  tooxr. 

Q.— .Then  wbat  would  lie  the  motive  on  their  part> 
for  destroying  tbe  returns  as  t9  tbe  State  ofiioers ! 
A.— Well,  theTruden  party  did  not  haye  a  mifjorlty 
of  theTote;  the  votooftbeSteta  had  been  oaatagainst 
Mr.  Tilden  aod  aninat  Mr.  Nloholls ;  I  went  for 
Hayes  in  the  panshes  where  there  waa  nd  intimida- 
tion, and  whera  tba  law  gave  the  power  to  oorreot) 
the  result  reached  by  InttmidMioa  it  was  exeroleed. 

Q.— Innderstand;  bnt  taking  in  the  other  par- 
ishes and  the  whole  Stota  together,  was  the  total 
result  of  the  ballota  as  oast  In  favor  of  Hayes  or  of 
Tilden!  A.— Wedldnpt  coont  the  whole  of  the 
ballots. 

Q— But  if  ttiey  bad  been  aonated  as  retamed 
to  yon!  A.— Thev  were  not  aU  returned  to  us. 
Q.— Taking  all  those  that  were  returaed,  was  the 
inaiarity  in  fav<«  of  Hayes  or  of  Tilden  I  .A— I 
think  they  wer«  in  favopof  Mr.  Hayes. 

Q. — And  because  the  minority  was  in  favor  of 

HaTMyoathooghttbeTilasniHtrty  would  hire  • 
mob  to  move  en  the  board  and  destroy  the  returns  ! 

A 'res.  Sir. 

Q.— If  the  mi^orftv  was  In  fkvor  ot  Mr.  Hsyee 
toll  OS  why  yon  threw  ont  10,000  Tilden  rotes  f 
A.— We  threw  out  Tilden  votes  and  Hayes  votes 
too. 

Q.— Did  yoa  throw  out  TUde^ rotes  I  A.— Yes, 
Sir.         ,    ■  .-^ 

a.— How  maay  !    A. — I  don't  know  exactly. 
.'—Ten   tbonsand  !    A.— I  don't  know  whether 
we  threw  out  10,000  i  we  may  have  done  so,  or  we 
may  faiave  not. 

Q. — To  the  best  of  yenr  reoolleetion,  did  ^on 
throw  out  10,000  t  A.-^I  cannot  eay  i  perlii^e  It 
was  10,000. 

Q.— What  was  the  actual  malorlty  for  Hayes,  as 
reported  by  your  board  !  A. — Three  thousand  four 
hundred  or  3,500,  I  think. 

Q.— Explain,  then,  how  it  happened  that  there 
was  a  malority  of  only  3,400  for  Hayes  when  you 
thiew  out  10.000  Tilden  votes,  and  when,  as  yoa  say, 
there  was  originally  a  m^ority  for  Hayes  I  A. — It 
was  by  the  rejectioo  of  the  vote  la  the  parishes 
where  there  was  fraad  a^d  Intimidation. 

Q.— But  you  have  stwted  that  originally  before 
you  threw  out  anv  Tilden  votes,  the  majoiity  waa 
for  Hayes.  A.— I  say  the  malority  waa  tor  Hayes 
in  parishes  where  tbne  was  a  peaceable,  quiet 
election. 

Q— Yoa  did  not  say  that  A — ^Well.  If  I  said 
the  other  it  mask  be  corrected. 

WHY  AN  ATTOENEY  WAB  BBTAIIIED. 

Q — You  have  said  tbat  Mr.  John  Bay,  an  at- 
torney, of  Loaisiana,  received  a  fee  from  the  Bepab- 
lioans.   A The  promise  ot  a  fee. 

Q.— W^Do  retained  bim  f  A.— The  beard  retained 
him  and  the  party  together.  The  board  retained 
bim  for  bis  services  to  the  board,  and  tbe  party  re- 
tained him  to  be  present  at  the  ooantlng  of  (he 
rotes. 

Q. — And  this  Mr.  Bay,  who  received  or  waa 
promised  a  fee  from  tbe  Bepoblioans,  was  the  only 
Iisrsoo  allowed  to  attend  tbe  secret  sessions  of  yoiir 
board,  was  be  not  I    A.— Yes,  Sir,  tbe  only  person. 

(j.— Do  yon  mean  really  to  say  tbat  you  allowed 
the  retained  oouosel  of  one  of  the  partiea  to  attend 
yeor  secret  sessions !  A.— No,  Sir,  I  don't  mean 
any  snob  thing ;  I  mean  that  whenever  the  board 
reqaired  legal  information  Mr.  Bar  was  bronght  in 
and  the  subject  matter  was  submitted  te  bim. 

Q.— Did  you  emnloy  any  Democratic  counsel! 
A.— Ns,  Sir,  we  did  not. 

Mr.  Field  called  attention  to  the  paper  pnrportine 
to  be  the  original  return  firom  the  Parish  of  Vernon, 
bnt  the  witness  "professed  to  be  unable  to  identiry 
it,  or  to  dlsoorer  that  any  ehange  bad  been  made  in 
the  flgaros.  On  being  shoym  tbe  traaspost- 
tlon  of  178  votaa  frem  tbe  Demooratlo  to 
the  Sepublioan  side  he  admitted  that  it 
mast  have  been  done  for  a  fraudulent 
purpose,  but  denied  that  he  had  any  knowledge  as 
to  how,  or  wpere,  or  when  it  was  done;  he  ad- 
mitted tbat  Calvert,  to  whom  Maddox  telegraphed, 
was  an  eld  and  Intimate  friend  of  his,  and  had. 
while  in  New-Orleans,  occapied  a  room  in  the  same 
house  with  him. 

The  cross-examination  will  be  continued  to.mor- 
row. 

MORE  OF  LIITLEFlMLiyS  STOEIBS. 

THE   WITNEBS     AB8KNT    WITHOUT    LEAVE — 
HE   FINALLY  APPEABS,  AND  TELt.8   HOW 
HE    SAW    PBOMESENT   DBUOCBATIO  VIS- 
ITOB8  AT    A  NEGBO  BALL — THE  VEBNOK 
RETURN — ■WrrXKSS'   VI8IT  TO  NEW- YORK 
—A  "  PUT  UP  JOB." 
Washiiiotoh,  Feb.  5. — The  Loaisiana  Sub- 
committee of  the  Senate  Committee  on  Privileges 
and  Eleetions  met  this  morning  at  11  o'clock,  Sena- 
tor  Etowe  presiding.    Senator  McDonald  offered  the 
following  for  the  consideration  bt  the  committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Secretary  of  State  for  the  State 
et  Loaisiana  be  required  by  proper  orooess  to  pro- 
dace  to  the  sub-committee  for  its  information  and 
inspection  tbe  original  returns  made  by  the  Super-, 
visors  of  Begistratloa  of  several  parishes  to  the  Be- 
tnrnine  Officers  of  said  State  of  the  eleoMon  held 
ou  the  7th  ot  November,  1876,  and  the  state- 
ments made  by  the  said  Beturning  Officers  in 
rejecting  any  of  the  said  polls  in  said  parishes  in 
the  canvass  and  xetam  made  by  tbem.  The  said 
parishes  are  embraced  in  Exhibit  B,  and  are  as 
follows :  East  Batoa  Bonge,  Franklin,  De  Soto, 
Caldwell,  Bossier.  Morsfaouse,  Ouachita,  Bichiand, 
Natchitoohss.  West  Feliciana.  Webster,  Vernon, 
Catahoola,  St.  Charles,  St.  Landry,  Tvigipahoa,  La 
Fayette,  Claiborne,  Iberia,  LivtngBtoa,  East  Feli- 
ciana, and  (jxant. 

The  committee  considered  the  subject  in  secret 
sessian  and  adopted  it. 

jr.  F.  Littlefield,  whose  examination  was  to  be 
eontinaed,  did  not  pat  In  an  appearance,  claiming  to 

be  at  present  a  witness  of  the  Hotue  CommUte^ 
and  under  their  orders.  Mr.  Christy,  Assistant  Ser- 
geant at  Arms  of  the  Senate,  having  been  sent  in  quest 
of  Littlefield,  reported  tbat  he  had  met  him  in  tbe 
corridor  of  the  House,  waiting  on  the  House  Com- 
mittee on  Powers  and  Privileges,  and  informed  him 
that  the  Senate  Loidsiana  Sub-Committee  were 
waiting  for  him.  Littlefield  replied  that  he  could 
not  leave  the  House  Committee.  Sabsequently 
Christy  was  again  sent  for  Littlefield.  and  retarning 
at  13:90  o'clock  reported  that  be  had  searched  the- 
Capitol  building  and  could  not  find  him.  The  sub- 
committee, after  oonsultation.  decided  te  report 
Llttlefleld's  absence  from  the  committee  'without 
leave  while  under  subpoena  te  the  Senate,  and  took 
a  recess  untii  3  o'clock  P.  M. 

The  committee  resumed  ito  session  at  3  o'clock. 
Mr.  Littlefield  being  present  was  examined  by  1^. 
Wadlelgh.  Saw  several  of  the  Democratio  vis- 
itors at  New-Orleans  daring  the  eouating  of^ 
the  Electoral  vote  bv  tbe  Betorning  Board; 
uaw  Gov.  Palmer  and  Judge  Tnunbull ;  saw  them 
at  varlons  places,  whlcb  the  witness  named,  amonz 
others  at  a  ball.  The  witness  was  aaked  where 
the  ball  was  held  at  which  he  met  those 
gentlemen.  He  declined  to  answer,  and  ap- 
pealed to  the  Chairman  to  protect  him. 
It  was  decided  tbat  the   witness   must   answer,  and 

he  atated  that  tbe  ball  was  given  by  a  colored  wo- 
maa  named  Patiarsoo  i  the  women  present  may 

have  been  colored  women  i  this  was  before  Gov. 
Wella  asked  witneas  to  forge  tba  Vernon  returns; 
Witness  has  no  knowledge  that  Trembuli  and  Palmer 
met  Bpeanng  at  Mrs.  Martin's  hoase,  where  Spear- 
ing boarded  ;  aad  witoess  nevsr  told  anybody  tbat 
Mrs.  Martin  had  told  him  that  Speariag  and  Xrum- 
bull  and  Palmer,  or  either  of  tbem,  had  consnited 
together  about  baying  an  Eleeterai  vote; 
witness  never  kept  a  (tamblmg  honae:  he  kept  a 
billiard-room  aad  a  pool  eame,  but  these  games  are 
not  necessarily  gambling  games,  though  persons 
often  bet  upon  pool;  Spearing  was  also 
a  Hay  Inspector;  Doth  were  afterward 
removed,  when  Spearing  and  witness  went 
to  New- York  I  talked  with  no  one 
about  this  Loaisiana  matter  while  there,  except 
Spearing,  and  Murpby  of  Iowa ;  witness  .  had  no 
idea  that  Spearing  asd<Mnrphy  were  |in  New- York 
to  see  th^Demooratic  leaders,  and  pat  ap  a  Job  to 
get  witness'  testimony  before  Coneress  ; 
was  Clerk  of  tbe  Betnming  Board  when  the  vis- 
iting oommittee  were  there,  and  saw  the  retains 
opened ;  'witness  knew  generally  that  all  returns 
were  opened  in  the  presence  of  both  the  Demooratlo 
and  Bepublicaa  Committees ;  the  witness .  never 
thought  that  the  Beturning  Board  coald  or 'would 
add  B^ublican  voteo  to  tne  returns  where  there 
were  no  Bepablican  votes  oast  ontil  after 
he  received  instrucUona  te  alter  the  Ver- 
non retomi  after  that  witness  roAllsed  that 
thev  eould,  would,  and  did  do  it;  witness 
tboagbt  they  eould  do  what  they  pleased  about 
throwing  out  Democratio  votes  after  he  saw  wbat 
power  they  asstuned  ;  when  witness  went  on  tbe 
board  it  was  at  the  instance  of  Mr.  Abel  I ;  Abell 
teld  witness,  and  all  et  us,  that  be  had  selected  the 
olerka,  uid  while  he  knew  the  board  would  not 
object,  he  had  to  sabmit  Us  action  to 
the  boud  tat  their  approval;  witness  was  told 
that  Kenner  objeoted  to  his  serving  oa  tbe  board, 
and  that  Abell  had  laaghed  away  tbe  obtoctiou; 
wttneas  began  the  forging  on  Sanday  nighty  and 
worked  as  long  aa  the  clerks  remalnea  In  the  ofBce; 
made  a  number  of  eraeores  that  aight;  the  exaaing 
was  done  by  witness  at  a  small  desk 
in  a  corner  of  the  room  near  Mr.  -  Abell; 
daUng  that  time  Woodward,  Eaten,  Davu 
and  MeCormaok  were  there,  and  Abell  was  jost  in- 
side the  inner  door:  all  the  clerks  eouH  have 
seen  witness  at  work  erasing  if  tbey  had 
looked;  Abell,  Davis,  and  Baton  all  knew 
what  witaeas  was  doing,  and  by  whoAe 
Instraetitms  it  was  l>ein(  done ;  aboat  three  or  tour 
days  after  the  offielU  promulgation  Wells  inti- 
auuced  W  wibieas  ths  dasftuction  of  tbe  altered  re- 
.  tataa  i  the  etatemeoto  of  votes  ot  the  Commission- 
Itt*  had  then  bean  destroyed ;  they  had  been 
Meaoeyad  eevsEal  days  beibra;  witness  had  not 
flieard  at  that  time  that  tbe  yisiting  delegattons  had 
xtaken  full  atatemente '  of  these  returns  aad  paa- 
lished  them  to  the  world ;  Daris  saw  witness 
making  tbe  erasuree  in  tne  Vernon  return,  and 
brought  witneaa  a  piece  ot  rubber  to  aasiat  in  mak- 
ing tbe  alterattonsi  the  work  of  flaishing  the  sd- 
teM^taniwae  ooacladed  en  Monday;  Jodgo  Davis 
assistad  witness  to  make  tbe  oopy  or  turged  return ; 
wtOieeabadlMOwfeenhe  left  firew-Orleans ;  bad 
aatbing  else ;  bae  received  |40  staee  i  notwltb- 
ataada«  «>is,  witness  xefosed  to  bare  anytblag 
«•  no  with  my  pioposltloa  te  take 
tlpMOO   from    the   Boenilaty   of    tbe   Katianal 


saw  StepbensM,  aeeompwled  by  two  ot  ttane  oth- 
ers of  the  SepubUoaa  rlaltors,  at  tbe  ball  wbava. 
Palmer    and     Trambnll     were  j     the     wir 
thinks      that       be      faeasd       the      u 
Mr.      Kelley,       of       Philadelphia,       a 
as  one  of  tbe  Bepnbtloan  visitors  at  tbe  ball] 
witness  did  not  see  the  original  Yemon 
opened !  saw  a  statement  of  votes  from  each  of  tb 
10     polls     of     Vernon   Parish   after    tbey 
opened ;       Davis      and      witness      used     eigh 
of      the  .    original       ton       polls       retams       1 
making  up  thenbrioated  returns.    Witness  kept 
bilUsrd  saloon  two  men  ths ;   was  not  gambling,  ba^ 
let  the  tables  to   visitors  at   so  much  a  game; 
taming  Officer    SCenner   keeps  a  billiard  aal 
and    pool     Uble,     and     a     bar-room     and     pii» 
vate    rooms    up   stain,    whioh  'witness    has  beeq 
teld  are  used  for  gambling  purpoaee,  though  'wit4 
ness  never  visited  these  rooms.      The  witness  WW 
then  excused  tmtll  to-morrow  at  10  o'elo<^ 


Sn  OS  THXl 
IKUTT,  1 

I).  5, 1877.    J 


THB  STATUE  OE  LLBEBXT, 
m 
AK  ADDBES0  FBOH  THE  COMMITTBE  OV  CZTX* 
ZENS  —  C0NTBIBUTI01T8  SOLICITKD  Tol 
AID  IN  CABBTINO.-OUTTHB  PROJECT-^ 
THI  i  OBIQIN  AND  i  PBOPBrBTT  OF  THB 
IDEA — ^PBOSPBCrs  OF  ITS  SUCOBSOruii 
FULFILLMENT. 

■  The  following .  address  to  the  people  ot  th« 

"United  States  has  been  issaed  by  tho  Ooaunitieal 
on  the  Statae  ot  Liberty  to  be  erected  on  Beoloe'^ 

Xslandi 

Akebicas  CoKMrrTsn  os  thx 

bTATtra  OVLIBKUTT, 

HmnciFAL  Halii,  No.  67  Madiboit 
Ubw-Yobk,  Feb 

To  the  PtopU  <ff  the  United  Statet  : 
It  was  proposed  during  tbe  last  year,  by  a  Boeiet« 

oallingiuelf  the  "Union  Franco- Amerfoaioe,"  off 
France,  to  commemorate  the  hnndredth  anniver-' 
sary  of  American  Independence  by  erecting  in  thai 
harbor  of  New- York:  a  colossal  statae,  entitled 
"Libettv  Bnlightoping  the  World."  ■  The  society 
was  loaugorated  in  Paris  by  a  baoquet,  at  which 
eloquent  speeches  were  made  by  several  of  the 
most  distinguished  citizens  of  France,  recalling  the 
ancient  alliance  oi  tbe  French  and  American  people, 
and  the  grand  resulte  which  have  made  it  so  mem- 
orable in  modem  civilization.  Mr.  Bdooardj 
Lsboalaye,  ,  the  eminent  writer,  whose  pei^ 
has  been  so  often  employed  in  tbe  servloa 
of  liberty  and  progress,  was  chosen  Presll 
dent,  and  amonK  the  members  enrolled] 
were  founa  the  names  of  Oscar  de  Lafayette,  tbel 
Marquis  de  Noailles,  the  Marquis  de  BocbambeaiiTi 
Count  de  locquerille, Cornells  de  Witte,  Henri  MarJ 
tin.  Pan!  de  B^musat,  and  others,  whose  anoestorsl 
parcloipatea  in  the  momentous  stragelea  of  ouxl 
Berolutlon.  or  wbo  have  sinoe  ,)royed  tbemseiveaj 
the  earnest  admirers  and  steadfast  friends  of  our. 
country  and  her  institutions.  In  their  first  appeall 
to  the  Freaeh  people,  thase  gentlemen  said:  "  Oan 
design  Is,  in  remembrance  of  a  glorious  anniversary,' 

to  raise  an  exceptional  monument  We  propose  td 
erect  in  the  imequaled  harbor  of  New-'York,  on  aa< 
ialand  belonging  to  tbe  States  of  the  Union,  facing 
Long  Island,  where  some  of  the  esrlitMt  battleao] 
independence  were  fought,  a  gigantio  statue,  whose 
frame  on  the  horizon  shali  be  the  great  cities  oi 
New- York,  Brooklyn,  aad  Jersey  City.  There,  oa 
the  threshold  of  the  continent  so  full  of  a  new  llfeJ 
Where  yessels  from  all  parts  of  the  world  are  con^ 
stantly  passing,  it  will  rue  from  tbe  bosom  of  thw 
waves,  and  represent  Liberty  enlientening  thel 
world."  It  was  a  noble  and  beantiful  conception,! 
and  the  appeal  on  its  behalf  was  so  generoasly  aa<{ 
swered  from  all  parts  of  France  that  the  work  waai 
at  once  put  into  tbe  hands  of  the  eminent  French' 
soolptor  M.  Bsrtholdl,  whose  design,  after  receiving 
the  approval  of  many  competent  artists,  is  already 
in  process  ot  practioal  exeonlion.  Visitors  to  the 
Centoiinial  Exbibliion  will  readilv  recall  the  enor^ 
motis  band  in  bronze  which  is  to  form  a  part  of  this 
imposing  work  of  art. 

It  only  remains  fur  the  American  people,  in  re* 
sponse  to  thia  generous  movement,  to  provide  foi 
the  reception,  location,  presentation,  and  Inauira.. 
ration  <>f  tbe  scasue,  which  will  be  more  than  lOtf 
feet  in  height,  eurmounticg  a  pedestal  of  nearly 
equal  height,  and  wnich  will  not  only  form  an  im- 
pressiTe  ornament  to  tbe  en  trance. of  tbe  commer' 
cial  Metropolis  of  the  Union,  but  answer  a  nseflal 
purpose  as  a  beacon  or  a  signal  station,  and  provt 
an  endnrine  record  of  the  early  and  lasting  friends 
ship  of  tbe  two  great  Beonblics  of  the  nineteenth 
century.  Tbe  undersigned,  a  committee  appointed 
at  a  meeting  of  citisens  held  at  the  Century, 
Club  on  tbe  2d  of  January,  1877,  are  charged 
with  the  dnty  of  presenting  tbe  projeon 
to  the  '  concarrenoe  and  co-operation  of| 
their  fellow-countrymen,  and  in  pursuance  of  thelrj 
task  will  circulate  in  all  the  great  cities  and  towna; 
of  the  United  States  a  series  of  sabscription  papers,! 
In  order  that  all  classes  of  citiEens  may  be  enabled] 
to  take  part  in  this  grand  patriotic  enterprise.  SntH 
sorlptions  to  any  amount  ■will  be  received,  rrom  lOj 
centa  to  tlOO  and  over.  Chambers  ot  commerce^) 
boards  of  trade,  exchaoges,  tradesmen's  and' 
mechanics'  associations,  clubs,  and  other  re£:nlae 
organisations  are  particularly  requested  to  interest 
theihselves  in  the  tortherance  of  oar  object.  Tho. 
committee  feel  assured  that  the  American  people 
will  be  only  too  eager  to  recognise  the  friendliness 
of  tbis  mnoificent  offer  on  the  part  of  the  French 
people,  and  to^eciprocate  tbe  kindly  and  liberal 
sentiments  In  ^bich  it  originated  by  a  prompt  ao- 
oeptenoe  of  it,  and  an  active  prosecution  of  the 
labors  that  may  be  needed  to  carry  the  purpose 
tn  a  successful  completion, 

W.  M.  Evarts.  Chairman,  James  W.  Finohot,  Trea^ 
Edwin  D.  Morgan,  William  H.  Appleton, 

John  Jay,  Clark  Boll, 

Williatn  CuUen  Bryant,     Theodore  Weston, 
John  T.  Denny, 
Anson  Fbelpa  Stokes, 
Samuel  P.  Avery, 


ParKfi  Godwin, 
Samuel  D.  Babcoek, 
William  H.  Wickham. 


John  Taylor  Johnston,  -  J.  Seaver  Page, 

Henry  F.  Spaulding,  Worthington  Whittredg^ 

Theodore  Boosevelt,  Bichard  Butler,  Sec'y, 
Frederick  B-  Coudert, 

SMUGGLED  SUGAR. 


A  POBTUGUESE  CAPTAIN  AND  A  JTTKESHOP 
KEEPER  IN  TROUBLE — AN  EXAMINATIOK 
BT  CAPT.    BEACKETT. 

For  Bome  time  past  oomplainta  Iiare  been 

made  to  Capt.  Braokett,  Special  Agent  of  the  Treaoi 
ury  Department,  that  laige  quantities  of  sugar  havs 
been  smuggled  from  vessels  lying  in  the  docks  at 
Bed  Hook  and  in  Atlantic  Basin.  To  ascertain  ths 
truth  of  the  matter,  Capt.  Brackett  assigned  lot 
spector  Jackson  to  wateb  ths  vessels,  and  on  Satur- 
day that  officer  saw  a  cartman  drive  rapidly  up  to 
the  Portuguese  brig  Gomes  de  Castro,  where  he 
hurriedly  took  up  seven  bags  of  sogar,  placed  them 
in  his  wagon,  and  drove  rapidly  away.  He  waa 
"shadowed"  by  tbe  Inspector,  who  followed  bim  te 
a  Junk  shop  in  Atlantic  street,  near  the  river,  and 
saw  him  tinloaa  bis  wagon  and  'carry  the  bags  oi 
sugar  in.  On  entering  snd  facing  him,  the  keepei 
of  the  junk  shop,  Michael  Costello,  acknowledged 
that  he  had  bought  tbe  sugar  tor  5  cento  a  pound 
while  it  was  worth  7  cents.  A  search  of  the  shoo 
revealed  about  3.300  pounds  more  of  sngar,  which 
CosteUo  claimed  to  have  bought  in  a  legitimato  way. 
The  shop,  however,  was  immediately  placed  andei 
aeisnre,  and  yesterday  Cspt.  De  Sacramento,  master 
ot  the  brig,  her  mate  and  second  mate,  and  several 
others  of  the  ship's  ocmpany,  were  before  Capt. 
Braokett  for  examination.  A.  Portacruese  inter- 
preter was  eneaf  ed,  as  the  Capuin  coald  not  speak 
Enghab,  and  the  teatimony  was  traoslated  as  taken. 
The  Captain's  story  differed  in  many  essentials 
from  that  ot  the  mate.  .&.t  first  he  said  tbe  snzar 
was  token  on  at  Bahia  witboat  his  knowledge  ;  af> 
terward  that  it  was  the  properly  of  the  crew,  and 
that  it  had  been  bonght  by  tbem.  Tbe  mate  tosti* 
fled  that  it  waa  bought  by  the  Captain,  and 
that    it    was    sold    by    him     to    Costello.       There 

was  DO  safflcieDt  ezpianauon  giren,  however,  of 

the  irregular  landing  of  the  sugar,  and  enongh  testi- 
mony has  been  taken,  it  is  said,  to  make  tbe  case 
aafflciently  strong  against  the  accused  to  compel 
the  payment  of  the  penalty,  which  will  amount  to 
about  1400.  Costello  will,  it  is  said,  be  proceeded 
against  for  receiving  smtiggled  goods. 

TWO  PEILAMSROriSTS. 
About  three  weeks  ago  the  Board  of  Appos> 
tlocment  granted  $1,000  to  Valentine  Hammann  and 
Greorge  H.  Stoat,  President  and  Secretary  respeo- 
tively  of  an  institutloa  at  No.  41  West  Thirtoentb 
street,  claiming  to  be  "  The  Free  Dormitory  for 
Women."  Tbe  application  made  by  Hammana 
and  Stoat  to  the  Board  of  Apportionment  clearly 
intimated  tbat  "  Tbe  Free  Dormitory  for  Women  " 
was  the  same  institutloa  which  wai  former* 
ly  so  well  managed  by  members  of  Dr. 
Deems'  Church,  and  which  suspended  op 
orations  some  time  ago.  In  their  application 
they  alluded  to  the  great  good  effdoted  by  the  "  Fret 
Pormltory  for  Women,"  and  said  that  "in  view  oi 
the  prevailing  destitution,  tbe  Free  Dormitory  will 
reenme  opeiations  at  once."  As  already  stated, 
11,000  was  appropriated,  and  the  clerk  having  tlu 
matter  in  charge,  seeing  that  the  apprupriaeion 
was  made  for  the  Free  Dormitory,  oommaoioated 
that  fact  to  Rev.  Dr.  Deems,  witboat  looking  at  the 
names  sign  d  to  tbe  application.  Dr.  Deems 
wroto  back  stoting  that  he  had  not  applied 
for  aay  appropriation,  as  tbe  Dormitory  had  sus- 
pended operations  a  long  time  ago.  The  money  appro- 
priated, however,  was  paid  over  to  Hammann  and 
Stout  witboat  any  investigation  being  made 
into  tbe  claims  of  the  alleged  assoclatiation  repre- 
sented by  them.  These  gentlemeo,  having 
already  seoared  $1,000  for  their  Dormitory,  think 
it  entirely  too  small,  'and  they  have  made 
a  second  appUeation  for  a  farther  appropriation  of 
$5,000.  Before  granting  this  application  it  wonld  be 
well  to  have  an  investigation  into  tbe  merite  of  the 
Dormitory  represented  by  the  applicants. 


B^pisbliaaa  0— mHtae  ta  wtpprass  whaa  he  knew.  Habeeboe  of  a  i 


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A  EEXBOLBVM.  ASSOC LATION. 
The  case  >  of  George  H.  Bradford  against 
Qeorge  H.  Bissel,  Sutherland  M.  Sealy,  Frederick 
Prentice, ,  and  Wedworth  W.  Clark  was  bronght 
before  Judge  Sedgwick,  in  the  Snnerlor  Court,  Spe- 
cial Term,  yesterday.  Tbe  platnttfi  and  the  defend- 
ante,  it  appears,  were  associates  in  the  United  Pe- 
troleum Farm  Association,  which  was  organized  with 
.a  capital  of  t8.99S,000  in  1864.  Tbe  object  of  the  as- 
sociation was  tbe  prodaclng  of  oil  by  bonng  wella  in 
oertatn  portions  of  Pennsylvania.    The  defendanta 

Sarobased  tbe  land  and  managed  the  aasoctatioo. 
'nly  one  drvldend,  it  is  clslmed,  bas  been  paid.  The 
plaintlfir  alleges  that  the  defendants  have  made 
^rfe  prafita,  bat  have  not  distributed  tbe  money 
tcieeived  as  tbey  shoald  have  done.  He  aaks  for  an 
aeeounllng,  &c.  Tbe  defendants  deny  his  allegi^ 
ttou.  The  latter  made  a  motion  yesterday  for- • 
<poatneBament  of  the  trial  of  the  case  beoanee  of  tU 
^abBMoe  of  a  ntatt-n*!.  witoess.  «»Xbia-«nalieatta» 


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A  BATCH  OF  CITZ  SVITS, 

AX      ALDBRMAZl'S     SALABT— DAMAOIS     VOB 

TBS  NBGUaiKCB   OV  XHB  DEFABTHSNT 

07     BUILDINOS — ^AK    ACTION     OK    OOR- 

TRACT  AXD  OKB  VOB  8UPPI1T«  OX  XCC 

A  number  of    nuta  agamst  th«  City  irer* 

bafore  the  oonrta  vesUrdftr.    Xhe  o«se  of  Ssery 

aeainst  the  MAyor,   Ste^  wm  arcne«  before  Jndse 

"Van  Voret  In  Sapteme  Covat,  SpecUl  Term.    The 

plainaff  was  ea  Alderman  prior  to  1870,  aad  «•• 

lectaiated  out  of  offlee  by  the  charter  of  that  yeaz. 

He  clainu  that  the  charter  waa  nnoonatltatlonal, 

beoaose  it  did  not  terminate  the  office,  bat  merely 

pnt  an  end  to  bia  official  life.    He  aaea  for  aaUry. 

The  City  demorred  to  the  complaint^  and  Jadsa 

Van  Vorst  anatained  the  dennrrer,  glTlng  Jadg* 

ment  for  the  City. 

Bden  Kelly  vaa  one  of  the  persons  injured  by  the  . 
falling  in  of  .the  roof  of  St.  Andrev'a  Chnrob,  In 
•Doane  etreet,  and  lias  broogbt  salt  aeaiaat  the  City 
jtorecoTer  |10,000  danuges.  She  claima  that  the 
pepartment  of  Buildings  did  not  do  its  duty  in  the 
'matter,  and  that  the  aeoldent  was  owing  to  the 
aegligenoe  of  the  department,  for  which  the  City  is 
responsible.  The  City  demurred  to  the  complaint, 
■ad  the  case  was  brought  before  Judjre  Tan  Yorat, 
to  the  SuDreme  Court,  Special  Term,  yesterday.  D. 
J,  Sean,  who  appeared  for  the  Citr,  claimed  that 
the  City  was  not  responsible  for  the  >ieslif;ei}ce  of 
the  DepMrtmeotof  Baildinga,  since  any  pablio  oCBcer 
kpf  oiuted  to  do  a  pabiio  duty  not  specially  for  the 
advantage  of  the  City  as  a  corporation  is  not  such  a 
serrant  or  afceot  of  the  CitT  ae  to  make  the  latter 
responsible  for  his  acts  of  negligence.  Judge  Van 
Vorst  reserved  his  decision. 

The  General  Term  of  the  Conrt  of  Common  Pleas 
rendered  a  decision  in  the  case  of  Tone  afntinst  the 
Mayor,  &o.  The  plaintiff  sued  on  a  contract  for 
the  regnlating  and  gradine  of  One  Hnndrsd  and 
Twenty-third  street.  The  City  defended  on  the 
groona  that  it  was  a  condition  precedent  in  the  con- 
tract that  no  sum  was  to  be  due  thereon  uniU  the 
confirmation  of  an  assessment  for  the  work,  aod 
that  there  hiad  been  no  each  conflrmatioa  when  the 
action  was  brought.  At  Trial  Term  the  oomoialnt 
was  diamiaaed,  and  tbia  rulinz  ia  auatained  by  the 
General  Term.  J.  B.  Strahan  appealed  for  the 
plamtifE  and  A.  J.  Requier  for  the  City. 

In  Battersby  sgaioat  the  Mayos,  ito.,  the  plaintiff 
sued  to  recover  damaees  on  aeeoont  of  personBl  ln> 
iuriee  receired  by  him  in  sllpnlatcon  a  piece  of  ice 
in  OToasiDK  Nassau  street.  Els  complaint  was  dis- 
missed on  the  croand  thst  qo  neclieence  was  shown 
on  the  part  of  the  City.  The  General  Term  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas,  Caief  Jostice  Daly  deliv- 
ering the  opinion,  hss  sustained  this  decision.  Wil- 
lism  C.Reddy  appeared  for  the  plaintiff  and  Francis 
Lvnde  Stetson  for  the  City. 

The  suits  of  Kicbmood  and  Bavis  against  the 
Mayor,  &c.,  which  were  brouKht  before  Judge  Van 
Vorst  in  Supreme  Court,  Special  Term,  yesterday, 
were  to  recover  the  amount  of  assessments  which 
were  levied  fo^  the  paving  of  Fifth  avenues  from 
One  Unodred  and  Twenty-fourtt*  street  to  Due 
Hnndred  and  Thirtietn  street.  In  one  case,  $5,000 
Were  txald,  and  Jn  the  other,  $1,500,  after  the  prop- 
erty of  the  plaintiffs  had  been  advertised  for  sate 
for  non-pa.y.ment  of  the  assessments.  The  plaint!^ 
claim  that  the  resolution  authorizing  the  work  was 
not  aovertised  properly,  and  also  that  they  paid  the 
amounts  of  the  assessments  under  coercion.  On  l>e- 
balf  of  the  City  it  was  claimed  that  there  is  no  co- 
ercion where  a  threat  is  made  to  sell  real  estate, 
and  that  the  payment  by  the  plaintiffs  of  their 
assessments  wss  voluntary,  and  they  cannot  re* 
cover.    Dsolsion  was  reserved. 


SALE  OF STEPOHILDBEirS PEOPERTT. 

C.  August  Schuster,  in  1865,  married  a  widow 
«Aamed  Maria  F.  Bosch.  The  latter  had  three  minor 
children  at  the  lime.  Mrs.  Schuster,  ahortly  after  her 
marriafce,  moitfcased  her  houae  at  No.  60  Sldilde* 
street  to  a  Mrs.  Maria  H.  Brush  for  f3,000.  The 
formerdiedinMay,  1866,  and  gave  by  will  all  her 
property  to  her  children,  hut  appointintc  Mr. 
Schuster  as  Admittistrator  of  the  property  until  the 
children  became  of  age  or  married.  Schuster  flletf 
mo  inventory  of  the  property  with  the  Surrogate,  but 
iliTed  on  the  premises  for  about  10  years,  during 
which  period  he  paid  regularly  the  interest 
oa  the  mortgage  to  Mrs.  Bmsb,  Schuster, 
becoming  rather  nettled  at  a  proceeding  which 
was  begun  for  the  purpose  of  compelling  him  t«  file 
the  inventory  with  the  ^ztrogate,  instigated,  aa  is 
charged,  a  proceeding  on  the  part  of  Mrs.  Brush  to 
foreclose  tne  mortsage  on  the  prooerty.  He  then 
filed  an  invent-ory  which  showed  only  $53  assets. 
He  also  made  an  accounting,  wbioh  seemed  to 
abow  that  the  children  were  indebted  to  him  to  the 
amount  of  $6,494.  This  accoanting  was  objected  to. 
The  guardian  who  was  appointed  for  the  children 
wished  to  have  the  mortgage  assigned  so  as  to  save 
expenae;  bat  this  was  refused,  and  the  loreoiosure 
Buit  was  proceeded  with  to  iadgment.  Tbe  mort- 
gaged property  was  sold  in  Kovember,  1867,  for  $4,410 
to  Schuster,  who  then  executed  a  $4, 000 mortgage  to 
Mrs.  Brush.  Judge  Uonobae,  in  Supreme  Couxt/> 
Chambers,  yesterday  granted  a  motion  for  the  resale 
of  the  property,  it  appearing  that  there  are  persons 
who  are  willing  to  pay  $7,000  for  the  same,  and  it 
being  shown  that  tbe  foreclosure  proceedings  were 
Intended  for  Schuster's  beoetit,  and  that  he,  by  his 
icondnot,  prevented  the  obtaining  for  the  jooperty 
las  high  a  price  as  it  should  iiare  brouglu. 


IBS  LA  W  OF  ARUESia. 
A  norel  and  interesting  question  was  argae^ 
|t>efor*  Judge  Barrett,  in  Supreme  Court,  Chambera, 
i7e«terday,  in  the  case  of  Lingsweiler  against 
.''Webster,  which  came  up  on  a  motion  to  vseste  aa 
■order  of  arrest.  The  defendant  has  been  confined 
in  Lndlow  Street  Jail  since  last  February.  The 
•alt  against  Iilm  was  fur  goods  sold  and  delivered. 
The  catue  of  arrest  was  for  fiaudulsntly  contract* 

Ing  the  debt,  and  it  was  distinct  from  the  cause  of 
action.  The  defendant's  then  counsel  omitted  to 
move  to  vacate  the  order  of  arrest,  and  Juag- 
ment  by  default  was  entered  against  tbe  defendant. 
The  case  is  one  of  those  where,  by  section  233  of  the 
code,  an  execution  against  the  person  can  be  issued 
only  where  an  order  of  arrest  was  served  before 
ludgment.  By  section  204  of  the  code  an  order  of 
arrest  can  be  vacated  only  before  Judgment,  and 
there  seemed  In  this  case  no  prospect  of  getting  the 
defendant  out  of  Ja^-  It  was  claimed  by  tbe  de- 
fendant's counselV,p^ever,  that  the  order  of  arrest 
was  a  nnllity,  the  afiBaavit  on  which  it  wu  granted 

set  having  been  sufficient  to  ■  confer  )nrisdlctlon 
i^IKin  the  Jadze  who  granted  it.  Judee  Barrett 
Wok  the  papers  and  reserved  hia  decision.  J, 
Alexander  Koooes  appeared  for  the  motion,  aad 
Azihnr  J.  Delaney  in  opposition. 


Ay  ORDER  OF  ARREST  YAOATID. 
Jadge  Lawrence,  in  Sapressa  Court,  Cham- 
bera, yesterday  rendered  a  decision  vacating  an  or- 
der of  arrest  sgaiust  the  defendant  in  the  suit  of 
fiichard  K.  Scott  agaiiiat  Hardy  Solomon.  The 
Mrties  to  tbe  action  are  residents  of  Columbia, 
8.  C.  In  Jtine,  1876.  Scott  lent  to  Solomon  $5,000  in 
money,  and  bonds  worth  $10,000.  The  latter  was  at 
this  time  President  of  the  South  Carollaa  Bank  and 
iTrvst  Company,  and,  as  claimed,  owned  nearly 
all  of  its  stock.  Scott  alleges  that  Solomon 
gave  him  a  certificate  of  deposit  on  the  com- 
pany as  security  for  tbe  $5,000.  This  was 
none,  according  to  Scott's  story,  for  the  purpose 
tat  defrauding  hun,  Solomon  Intendmz  to  run  tbe 
oomnaay  in  such  a  way  as  to  render  the  certificate 
worthless.  Scott  says  that  Solomon  disposed  of  his 
property  and  closed  the  doors  of  the  company  on 
July  2,  1875.  Scott  also  charges  Solomon  with  con- 
verting to  his  own  use  tbe  proceeds  of  the  $10,000 
bonds.  On  such  allegations  Solomon  was  arrested 
in  this  City  last  Summer,  while  returning  with 
Scott  from  a  trip  to  Saratoga.  Solomon  moved  to 
have  tne  order  of  arrest  vacated.  -  He  claimed  that 
the  money  and  bonds  were  leal  to  the  bank  and  not 
•to  him  individually.  Judge  Iiswrence  vacated  the 
vrder  of  arreat. 


trmuvaw,  •&« 


e 

jjsojsxoirs. 
lOPtiKc  covnt—cajjutu. 

Bt  JMagt  Barrett 

'*«waa  «a  AwMk.— Doder  the  ameodaienS  wbteh 
permits  the  injured  party,  who  ts  an  actual  iobabitant 
of  this  State  at  the  time  of  the  commlMlon  of  the  of- 
fisncf,  andofexUlbttlns  the  bill  t«  piooeed,  tbe  re* 
port  should  be  oonfinaed  and  Iadgment  of  divorce 
granted. 

Fm  raUttiUmrgh  n.  JDooHOJc-Opinian. 
JBt  Judge  Lawrentt. 

Ordtn  0niii(adL->Fhuniaer  vs.  Belde*)  Sebbs  va^ 
Reynolds. 

MoMe*.  Ailoaum.— The  motions  to  vseate  the  0tder 
of  aoast  are  gsanted,  with  costs.    Optnhnu 
■Bn  Jiulfft  Donahue. 

Jtmieton  vs.  JamfMoa,— $16  per  week  allowed. 

M»tter  <if  Iitonard.—Pii»onei  dlsebarged, 

Jfevett  V*.   IftweU.  — Or^er  granted. 

Oxtititg  vs.  Stevetu.—Ko.  1.— Report  eonflmed,  fce. 

BruAve.  Bchu*t*r.—U.otian  granted.    Metnorandum. 

JfbfteiM  0raH(«il— «hase  vs.  Bperlinj;  The  Oeean 
4[attenal  Bank  vsk  Walbrldge:  The  Teoto  Vattoaal 
^ank  vs.  Lewis. 

IFootfva  £ocykieeoil-.MeinorandiUB. 

TomueiUl  vs.  Moonsy.— I  think  tlie  taxation  Is  oor- 
rect. 

GrunUA—Ktay  et  al.  vs.  Cottei  Whitehead  vs. 
Whitehead;  Black  vsl  The  Contlnestal  HathmalBank. 

MeKavvi.  JosMMoa-JCotion  granted  so  Aur  M  to 
•ompel  plaintiif  to  state  causes  seoarately. 

Oor»  v«  Jbrd.— The  parties  are  dlreoted  to  attend  » 
resettlement  of  erdex  on  Peb.  6,  at  10  A  K. 

BUFBUCB  CODST— SPBCUIi  TBBIC 


Bv  J%idot  LawrMLBi. 
OrOtn  AlHsd.— MeSpadon  vs.  the  Mayor,  fce.; 


The 


-BeargimiiiBnt  ordered.  Opinion 


ITSW  BULBS  nr  BANKBVPIOY. 

The  following  roles  in  bankruptcy  have  baea 
adopted  by  the  United  States  Circuit  Conrt  \ 

In  actions  at  law  a  consent  to  a  referenee  of  the 
whole  issue  must  likewise  contain  proviaioa  that 
ludgment  shall  not  be  entered  until  after  10^  days' 
nouce  of  the  filing  of  t^e  report  of  the  Seferee,  aad 
sf  the  iadgment  propo^d  to  be  entered  tliereoa. 

After  a  reference,  at  any  time  before  tbe  entry  of 
judgment,  either  party  may  move  for  a  new  trial 
npon  a  case  or  exceptions,  and  if  such  motion  be 
denied,  tbe  motion  uid  the  questions  involved  >a  Is 
nay  t>e  entered  on  the  record  as  if  it  had  been  a 
rallng  made  upon  a  trial  by  the  Judge  without  a 
jury,  and  excepted  to  in  like  manner. 

W  hen  a  motion  for  a  new  trial  Is  iatended  to  be 
made,  the  court  may  extend  the  time  for  ^tenng 
judgment  upon  the  application  of  the  moving  party, 
%A  may  stay  all  other  proeeedlnga  tuitU  the  deel- 
vea  Oif  the  aotioo. 


vruwrm  oeiiMo. — ja,aBp8aoa  vs.  loe  stayor,  «e.i  ins 
University  of  the  City  of  New  Cork  vs.  the  Mayor,  fco. 
B»  Judgt   Barrett. 

Bart  vs.  JCsilcy.— Tbe  eviUraoe  is  tnaolBoient  «o  Jiurti* 
ty  my  finding  that  aU  tbe  sums  claimed  by  the  doTend- 
ant  <exaept  the  item  of  $235  natd  Jan.  28, 1876) 
were  paid  out  ot  the  proceeds  of  the  mortgage.  Judg- 
ment aeeordiDgly.  ^^ 

Bieta  v*.  tlu  Xfiuitable  Ufe  Aemrvmot  Soetetv  uf  tJte 
xnntea  <Hla(«*.-..JudKfflent  for  the  defendant  upon  thn 
demnnrer.  with  eosts.  and  with  leave  to  the  platntifl 
to  amend  witbta  20  days  npon  payment  of  aneh 
costs.    See  memorandum. 

Devlin  vs.  SAonnon.— Judgment  of  lorecloiiira  ftnd 
sale.    See  memorandum. 

Bv  Jydge  ram  Vorst. 
Biggi  ^L  ««.  PvrceU  et  oi— Case  settled. 

Bv  Judge  Speir. 

WUtKmter  vt.  (TrMn.— Motion  that  InJnnotion  be  eon- 
tlnued  denied,  without  costs.   Memorandum. 

Metlant  denied  viUhout  Co»u. — Wilson  vs.  Davis,  aad 
Buppertvs.  Davison.    Hemorandum. 
By  Judge  Sedgviek. 

Kliekmaii  vs.  Cob.— Order  graotmg  additioaal  allow- 
anoe  to  plsintifll 

TheBovery  Savinge  Bank  v*.  5mM  e(  at,— Order  va- 
eating  order  of  reflsrenoe. 

Wttmore  vs.  I>itf. — Heference  ordered. 

BrmuetU  et  al.  ve.  Sear*  et  al. — Older  dismissing  plaia 
tiff's  eumplaint,  with  coats,  and  $10  costs  ofthe  mo- 
tion. 

BlatntifV  CbmpteMs  /Msmteied,— imstela  vs.  Oeld. 
man ;  Cummings  vs.  Caasldy. 

COUUON  FLXA8— OKKERAL  TBSK. 
JBV  CMef  Judge  C.  P.  Daly.  Judgee  Robineon,  V«m  Boete», 
Larremore.  and  J.  T.  Daly. 
TToKses  vs.  Long. — Judgment   alBrmea.    Opinion  by 
Chief  Jostice  C.  P.  Daly. 

Ultz  vs.    Grirt-. -Judgment    reversed.      Opinion  by 
Chief  Justice  C.  P,  Daly. 
Btorey  ve.  Solomon  ;  Orfffin  vt.  Solomon.— The  court  re- 

Strds  the  questions  of  stuDcient  Importauce  to  call  fbr 
e  pxpression  of  the  Court  of  Appeals.    Opinion  by 
Judge  Robinson. 

TJu  People,  die.,  ve.  Ifeleotket  at.— The  prisoner  can 
again  appear  in  ooart,  submit  to  a  trial,  and  after  his 
trial  the  surety  will  be  in  a  posltloa  to  apply  tot  tallst 
Opinioo  per  curiam. 

Motion*  tfrenud.— People,  Ito.,  vs.  Geoghegaat  People, 
tc,  VI.  PauretaL  — •— »  r-» 

OonmaUv  vt  Bmalta. — Jodsment  alBrmed. 

Judgment*  .Asvcrssd.— Johnson  vs.  Cbappel ;  Byraet 
vs.  Montgomery. 

Whtuhead  vs.  Xtasfify.— Motion  for  rsargument 
granted. 

imAorst  vs.  Burite.— Judgment  reversed;  new  trial 
ordered;  costs  to  abide  tne  event  Opinion  per 
curiam. 

Bremwter  vs.  Wileon  et  at.— Judgment  reversed;  new 
trial  ordered;  costs  to  abide  erveat.  Opinion  by  Judxe 
YanHoesen. 

f^et  ve.  The  Second  Avenue  Raitroad  O^mpatiy.— 
Motion  for  new  trial  denied  and  Judgment  afflraed. 
Opinion  by  Chief  Jxutioe  C.  p.  Dalv. 

Jlford«oai  cs.  Wetmort. — BearamniBi 
by  Judge  Van  Hoesen. 

Paiener  vs.  Zxmiol —Judgment  reversed;  new  trial 
ordered;  coau  to  abide  event.  Opinion  b.v  Judge  Tan 
Hoesen. 

Aifre  et  al.  ve.  Rue\ton. — Jodgment  reversed;  new 
trial  ordered,  costs  to  abide  event.  Opinion  ay  Judge 
J.  F.  Daly. 

Crow,  Se.,ve.  Cotton. -Judgment  reversed  ■  new  trial 
ordered,  coats  to  abide  event.  Opinion  by  Jtidge  Tan 
Hoesen. 

Tonev*.  TheJ£avor,  4a— Judgmeot  Sfilrmed.  Opinion 
per  enrtam. 

Wright  vs.  WrigKL—OrdoT  reversed,  with  costa. 
Opinion  by  jnrlge  Van  Hoeseo. 

Funcieve.  Pheenix  Siek  .de*eeiation.—!iotiim  for  re- 
Argument  denied  with  costs.  Opmlon  by  Judge  Bob- 
Inson,  Chief  Justice  C.  P.  Daly  coucurring. 

Lauteroaoh  e*.  ra6<t<  <e  Be/tnett—lTmo  eases)— Judg- 
ments aiflrmed,  and  perpetual  stay  9t  execution  or- 
dered on  terms.    Opinion  by  Judge  Boblsson. 

Tliome  vt.  'Jhompton. — Beargument  ordered.  Opin- 
ion by  Judee  Botilnaon. 

Dale  ve.  jBrinefterAoiT.— Judgment  of  General  Term  re- 
versed, and  the  Judgment  of  the  Special  Term  »illrm- 
ed.    Opinion  by  Chief  Jostice  C  P.  Daly. 

The  Coneolidated  Bruit  Jmr  Company  vs.  Maton  et  at— 
Judgment  affirmed,  with  costs.  Upinion  by  Judge 
Bobinson. 

jtUen  vs.  Jamet  et  at:— Judgment  reversed;  new  trial 
ordered,  costs  to  abide  the  event.  Opiniou  by  Judge 
Boblnson.  Chief  Justloe  C.  P.  Daly  eoncurring. 

Cwley  vs.  Tomlineon Motion  for  reargument  denied 

witli  costs.    Opinion  by  Judge  Boblnsen. 

Sruee  v*.  Carter.— Jndjnnent  alfirmsdwith  costs. 
Opinion  by  Judge  Robioson. 

Batteriby  vt.  Tht  Mfayor.  ^«l— Judgment  diamissiBC 
complaint  affirmed.  Opinion  by  Chief  Justice  0.  P. 
Daly. 

Jn  the  matter  of  Davit,  4c,— Order  modified  by  striking 
eat  portion  appealed  th>m,  and  report  of  Referee  con- 
firmed in  all  rrspecta,  except  that  requiring  the  plain- 
tur to  deposit  $3,013  70  as  security  for  the  attorneys 
claim  hi  the  other  raits.  Opinloa  by  Chief  JnstiaeC. 
P.  Daly. 

Wright  vt.  Wright. — Jadg^nt  afirmed.  Optaioa  by 
Judge  Boblnson.  • 

.^6raAamvs.Boifd— Older  afflnaed  with  cofcta.  Oviaiea 

by  Judge  Boblnson. 

The  Cfemian  Bxchan^  Bank  vt.  Sevtmrdt  et  aL— Order 
affirmed  with  costs  and  disbursements. 

The  People  de,  vs.  i>evlin.  (Ave  cases.)— Motioas grant- 
ed.   Opinion  by  Chief  Justlcv  0.  P.  Dalv. 

Southard,  Jte.,  vs.  £enti«r.— Judgment  affirmed  with 
eoata.    Opinion  by  Jadge  liarramore. 

Levy  et  dk  vs.  OaU¥^ger. — Judgment  affirmed.  Opmion 
by  Judge  Itarremore. 

Del^ervt.  Tfods.— Judgment  reversed;  new  trial 
ordered ;  eosts  to  abide  event.  Opinion  by  Jiidgo  J. 
P.  Daly. 

Haxard  vs.  Contltn. — Judgment  reversed  ;  new  trial 
ordered ;  costs  to  abide  event  Opinion  by  Judge  J.  P. 
Daly,  Judge  Larremore  dissentlne. 

LtntM  ve.  ButUrJttia. — Judgmaat  reversed-  Optatoa 
by  Judges  Bobinsoa  and  Larremore. 

'Segdeeier  vs.  Z«ai&«rA— Judgment  afllnaed.  Oplnioa 
by  Judge  Larremore. 

The   People  4e.,    ••.  Laughltn   et    al Judgment   dis- 

cbareod  on   payment    of   bherilTa    tecs.      Opinion  br 
Chief  Justice  C.  P.  Daly. 

Tk*  PtopU,  etc..  •*.  Wiitig  (f  ai.— JudcmentdlsAarged 
on  pa^^ment  of  any   costs  incurred  by  entering  it  api 

Optntan  by  ChiatJuaties  C.  P.  Daly. 

The  PeopU,  dtc ,  v*.  uarptnttr. — Motion  granted. 
OploKmbyChlef JnsUeea  P.Daly. 

COIOIOB  PLEAS— eFaCIAL  TBSIC 
By  Judge  Van  Brunt 
Matthewa  ve.  Irieh  et  at. — See  memoranduax. 
Solomen  ve.  Moral. — Coauaitmeat  signed. 
.^Itse^t  va  lowerv.— Reference  ordered. 
Mom*  vt.  Biter. — Motion  denied.    -Sea  epialoa. 

By  Judge  J.  F.  Daly. 
Smith  vs.  Lane  et  at.— Cummission  to  issue,  but  no  stay 

granted  if  plaintiff  sopalate  aa  to  aami^  deaeritied  in 
111  ot  particulars. 

Same  V*  tame. — Caiue  set  down  for  third  Monday  of 
February  for  trial. 

Setm*  vs.  sanie.- Hotioa  fbr  refSreaee  denied;  no  eoats. 

iMngbein  vs.  Roltwagen. — Hotioa  denied  wlUi  $10 
costs  to  defendant  to  abtae  event 

Ooduremv*.  £u«oo<.— Motion  granted  on  payment  ef 
$10  costs.   Judgment  to  stand  as  security. 

Ooodwtn  ve.  Bulger, — ^Memeraadnm  for  eoaaseL 

In  tkejfatter  of  QvuMt.— order  aigaed. 

HABDTS  OOUBT— CHAMBKBI. 
By  Judge  MeAdamt. 

Opfnions.— MlUei  vs.  Friedberg;  Blake  vs.  Pattison. 

Jii*on  VI.  IfatAot— Motion  graated  for  Feb.  16 ;  ae 
costs, 

Jifottons  <7rant«f.— Tripp  VB^.  Walton ;    HoKiUop  vs. 

Oscsam ;  OoMmeyer  vs.   Kop^    Dowling  ▼■.   Carrie ; 

Disbrow  vs.  The  National  Burglar  Insunmoe  Company  t 

fitebbigs  vs.  Van  Banstj  Hofener  vs.  Uolener  ;  Beyman 

^ns.  Pindskorf ;  Conner  vs.  Smyth  ;  Roek  Valley  Paper 

pCompasy  vX  Binns  i  Bogen  vs.  Wirdnam. 

2\ieka  vs.  firman. — Oxder  to  pay  over  moneys  granted, 

Comptm4t%U  J>tjnMiis&— NieholB  vs.  BeiUy;  Qaza  va. 
Helmer;  Hmith  vs.  Dtctcersen. 

Martton  vs.  .^reutarlus.— Sectirity  for  eosts  ordered. 

Omntrell  ve.  f^srt— Kdward  Jacobs  appointed  Ke- 
celvec. 

Brader  v*.  3felvin. — Attachment  vacated. 

Kiehardton  va  Jtortes.— Seceiver  ordered  to  nay  ovw. 

MoyUin  vt.  Z««tMa.— Judgment  for  plaintiff  $2,000. 

Order*  Grantect- Bowland  vs.,  Brooke ;  Kf  antromitS 
va  Busted;  Peterson  vs.  Dinkerly ;  Veraranni  va.  Con- 
ner; 'Twomblv  vs.  BiUingt;  O'Dwyer  vs.  Mnrtaugh ; 
Bugler  vs.  Freemau;  NelvlUe  vs.  Armoux;  Josnesvs. 
Eveiart;  Heppe  vs.  Krone;  Bichardson  vs.  7ort>es: 
Oaclesta  vs.  fltelnhardt 

OOXTBT  OALBJf  DABS— THIS  DAT. 

atlPBBMB,  COCBT — CIBCTIir — ^FABT  L       ' 
EM  by  Donohu*  J. 
Sos. 


•  GOV  ST  OF  APPSAIiS. 
AlMAKT,  Feb.  &.— In  Conrt  oC  Appeals  to- 
Aaj  the  fbliowing  proeeedlnga  were  tranaaotod-i 
prob  131— Johnstown  Cheese  Company  vs.  Tsghte  ( 
pigaaieat  resumed  and  concluded.  Ko.  141 — Lewis 
rra.  Bedfleld ;  argued  by  George  7.  Dan  forth  fbr 
feppellant,  W.  7.  Cogswell  for  respondent;  case 

^■tlllOB. 

[_  The  day  oalendar  for  Tuesday,  Feb.  6.  is  as  fel- 

Vwit  Sos.  in^a  189, 168;  190,  73,  84is,  84^  ana  la. 

» 

QSir.  WILLIAMSON'S  WILL. 

Qen.  Gleorge  W.  WilliamBon.  an  ac;ed  i;«ntle- 

jjaau,  w(ll  known  in  XTew-Tork  an4 1^  Beatbera 

States,  died  tn  this  City  oa  Jan.  7.  Isav^aa  eeftate 

▼aloedat  9150,000.     Several  years  ag»>e  wadaa 

will,  which,  npon  being  opened  after  lua  daatk,  was 

fonad  to  bequeath  to  his  widow  aa  anaalfrf  ef  $KM$ 

aad  to  devise  the  hulk  of  his  estate  to^s  %oa  bf 

his  first  wife,  David  SL  Willlamsoa.    The  lasCni- 

ment  atipalated  that  if  Ura.  WiUiamsoB  taicMad 

apoa  having  her  portion,  as  a  wife,  tbe  beueat  of 

the  ananitv  aheald  be  nnUlfled.    ICrs.  Winmeaa 

now  oonteats  tfae  win  oa  the  gronads  that  tb*  tfaMir 

tor  was  andi^  inilneaeed  la  ity  making,  that  tnmitL 

VM^raeboM,  apd  l^t  Qea.    Viiliainiott  ijM 


If  OS. 

8849— Leckey  et  al.  vs.  The 

Mayor.  <tc 
3786 — Obrig  vs.  Brodie  et 
aL,  Admtnistiators. 


2011— Bodman  vs.  Kio^ 
■  ~  Th 


i828>a— Duryea    va.    The 


2677— Livings  ton  etaL  vs.  , 

Cornell  et  at 
271$— Haaea    et    aL    va 

C(^n>an. 
8721— Theieman,  3r.,    vs. 

BmanaeL 
2723— Strauss  vs.  Wolf 
2735— Hang  vs.  Koch. 
4291— Kan  vs.  Mayor,  be. 
2691— OiU  et  aL  vs.  Coimet, 

8heri£ 
2687— Pecard   vs.     Bern- 

heimer. 
1993— Pitts  et  id.  vs.  On- 

derdonk. 
1— Latoureite  vs.  Clark. 
2689— BordvB.  Jackson  et 

aL 
777— McHarg  VB.Stratton. 
1018— Brown  vs.    Decker. 

ka. 
2091— Carroll  vs.   Cassidy. 
2864— The  VxeelBlor  Pet 

OOb  vaJowler  tmpld. 
1111— Wfikinsoa  et  aL  vs. 

Koble  et  al. 

902V-UeaUavs.  Powers. 

4197— Gray  et  SL.  Bxecn- 

tors,  vs.  Jooes. 
Wn^-rtimn  va.  Tbe  May- 
or. Ita 


tailr  iaeapaoitsted  from  making  a  traafA     tmi  auauuwe  staL  vs.  28$8— Vtwrva  VevetSb 
n*  eaaeeaiBemftr  trial  befte*  SarrecateOaMM  aoMmaa.  sae6H>wae  v*  XaMi 

fmtmivt M4,$$WWl ^imm-^mn uaada»LWhJ^ffnfl  9iuu m Oettn ., liiiT  %mm y^, ovUHk.  , .ti 


2781— Brown  vs.  Kesa. 
2795— Drew  TS.  Harrison. 
2797— Clement  et   aL   v*. 

Farreli.  " 

2803— L.  fc  B.  Powder  Ca 

vs.  Gallaudet. 
2806— Van  Akin  vs.   Van 

Akin. 
2809— Tradesmen's      Bst 

B»nJc,vs.Kalb$eisch 
2811— Smith  vs.  Jennings. 
281S— Island  City  Bank  vs. 

Haylor.Jr.,  staL 
2817— SchlossetaLvs.NeaL 
2819— People's    Bank   vs. 

Bogait  et  aL 
2821— Forth  va.  Tm  May- 
or, kc 
2825— Clark,  Jr.,  vs.  Baa 
2827- Leaiie  va.Maokensle. 
i))31— Bmerson,    Im).,     vs. 

O-Beilly. 
2837— Sogers  v«.  Baedly. 
2841— Valiey  W.  M.  Ca  of 

Pxavldenee.    B.  S„ 

va.  Bamberger. 
2848— Kelty  vs.  Cortolyou, 

ko. 
2846— 42ninugamend    Bat. 

Bank  va  sewtag  M. 

BnglaeOQ. 
2849— Prane  vs.  Dslawara, 

Lack.  It  West  B.  B. 

Ca 
2861— l4>nghiaa  va.  Oham- 

beriain. 
285»-^Cldd«taL  s»Ba^ 

ard. 


^- gjte^        0X3mf 


^ibrnWCQiif  1871, 


WWW^'^y^m^^w^^y^^y^^^^' 


■^ 


•oPBBKa  ootnrr— osoniT-^Ajtsn; 


1898— a  8.  Spring  Bed  Ca 

VS.  Conner,  ka. 
1743»-Th«  Otader  Cotton 
O.  Mfg.Cavs.Ii.T. 
„»»     Cotton  Mlto  Oa 
S80— Lynoh,  lie.,  vs.  But- 

1708-.Ba  wards  va  Soo^  et 

a).,  fca 
ITeS-Nlohols  et    aL    vs. 

DevUnetaL 
1784F>BrenBan    vs.    The 
,„^    Mayor,  4c.  . 
IfM-Merris  vs.  BIMott 
Isae-Ballard  vs.  Sehack- 

ellii>rdea.aL 

1686— Both  va.  Mora. 
SlOS-^ebrew    Ptee  Beh. 

Ass'n  vs. the  Mayor, 

ko. 
ITSO-Hall  vs.  TatUa 

328— Boss  vs.  Cross  et  aL 
148B— Berriok  et  aL    vs. 

Smith. 


Kee. 

1678-Bepi.  •f.Muieo  va. 

Am.  aiid.  «ez.  E.  B. 
'  Ca  et  aL 
1478— SKldmore  vs.  Fuller. 
1468— Hyatt  et  aL  va  Tot- 

ten. 
17S6— Spilsbacr  vaSohoen* 

berget  aL 
8060— Oammaa.     kc,    vs. 

Wemplik 
8682— Blnget  sL  vs.  Tne 

Ma,yor,  kc. 
1888— Mull  et  aL  vs.  Man- 

1840-ll^nt  Hat  Bank  vs. 

Conner,  ke. 
1842— Barnes  TS.  Conner. 

kc 
1844— Durkin  vc  Allerton 

et  aL 
1848— OkrMfaa  DslMtPnb. 

Ca  vs.  Bothscblld. 
1050— Pallenbee  vs.  Silver- 

stoae,  be. 


SyPSXUS  OOUBT— OBOUIT— PAB  T  m. 

BtU  «v  roa  firiMl,  J. 
Nos. 
636— Davtaon  et   aL   vs. 

WlUetts  et  aL 
1741>9— Failhee  va   Ham* 

mond. 
418— MoCombVB.  The  Ex- 
celsior Manuf  g  Oa 
410— MoComb  vs.  Jonea. 
2669— The  Mayor,  ko.,  vs. 

Bart  et  aL 
1809— Meody  et  aL  va.  PelL 
11601a— Hlgglns    vs.    The 

Mayor.  Ite. 
1122— Oscayan   Tt,   Mao* 

ken£a 
3000— Heath     at     al.    va. 

Uahoney. 
2191-M«Btea  vs.  Fowler. 
1069— Bckert    et  aL     vs. 

atory  et  al. 
1097— Morton    vs.    Bnoky 

at  aL,  ka 
4409— Covel  vs.  CoveL 


Acs. 
a76-Beck    vs.    Fhsaix 
Fire  Ins.  Ca 

S028-Msek  vs.  D.  D..B.  B.. 

and  B,  K.  Ca 

091— Averin  vs.  De  Mott. 

1886— Feck  et  al.  vs.  Salis- 
bury. Jr.,'et  aL 
71B~\ftma  vs.  Ashler. 

1850— Partridge  va.Thayer. 

,437— Bradford  va.  TilW 

649  >a— American  Medical 
<  a  vs.  Zoreer. 

Ul>r-Hagart  vs.Thq  May- 
or, ka 

9277— Delamater  et  aL  vs. 
Amerteaa  and  B.  O. 
Bgg  Co. 

1148-Loughran.  va  Mat- 
thews et  aL 

2287— Blake  et  aL  vs^OIh 
rlfbt  et  aL 


BtTPBHUB   OOCRT — CHAHBKBS. 

Stld  6v  Airr e((,  J. 

If  OS. 


Hoa. 

117— Miohenfelder   versus 
Datley. 
13— Petti  bone  va   Mass. 

Mut  Life  Ins.  Ca 
88— Baohmsn  vs.  Qreat- 

singer. 
84— The  Tenth  Hat  Bank 
vs.  The  Bank  of  H.  T. 
Call  up  to  and  including  Ha  176. 

•CFBIMB   COUBT— 8FICIAL  TBBM. 
BeUl  by  Van  Vor*t,  J. 


47— Femgan  vs.  Mnllins. 

69— Ollive  vs.  Bmmjes. 

72— Burchell  va  Stafford. 

73 — Same  vs.  Same. 

91— Ames  va.  Stevens. 
110— De  Camp  vs.Dempser. 
118-DoU  va^nnesa 


N^ss. 

968-BiokBvs.Martln,  ka 
279— Lnddiagton  va  Siau- 

soD  et  aL 
46 — Ford  vs.  Conner  et  al. 
47— Bellly  va  DU>on  et  aL 
64— Malloy  va.  Vanderbllt 
66— Am.  Female  G'd'n  Ho. 

vs.  Tne  Mayor,  Ito. 
100— Fowler  va  Mehrbach 

etai. 
103-^iles  et  aL  vs.  Titos 

etsL 
106— The  Hariem  Bank  va 

Decker  et  al. 
106— Dunne  va.  Oratton  et 

aL 
60— De  Zavala  va  Hart  et 

ai. 
118— Seaman  vs.  Wall  et  aL 
119— Bemheimeret  aL  va 

WiUis  et  aL  , 

131— Nat  Park  Bank  va 

Dwignt 
123— Bucking  va  Haasslt 

ctaL 


Koa 

127— St  John  va  McLean 

etaL 
128— Orissler     et     aL    va 

Powers. 
130-^ones  vs.  Jonea 
138— Busteedva  Busteed. 
l.<)6— Jacobs  vs.  Miller. 
186— Leventhal  ra  Ward. 
139— Security     Bank    va 

Warren. 
141— Steinbreeher  va  Bey- 
er et  au 
142— Otildet  vaBrown  et  al 
143 — Lyoes  va  Brauder,  Jr. , 

etaL 
145 — Oer.    Am.    Bank    vs. 

Vllmar. 
148— Hatcb  va  Atlantic  k 

Pac.  TeL  Oa 
162— MoNuiUva  BlsselL 
205— Heelas  et  aL  va  Sle- 

vin  et  aL 
281— NlcoU  TS.  Scrymser. 
114 — Kinney  va  Cohen. 
1 15— Kinney  vaBeach  etaL 
288— Hpenoer  va  Wella 
2ti9 — gpenoer  va  Viui  Ooren 

BUFBIKB  COUn^-OXraSAL  TXBK. 
AdJouraed  sine  dia 

SOnUUOR  COUBT — OKMKRAL  TEBM. 

AdJoomed  anttl  first  Monosy  of  Msrch.  1 877. 

■UPxklOB  COUBT— aPBCIAL  TBBM. 
Btld  by  dedgwUk.  J. 

Boa  jNos. 

19— Xitschke    va.  Cnelll  5&-Mltxsoberllng    versos 

et  aL  I  Van  Winkle  et  aL 

41— Benner  vaDneios  etaL|66 — Zeiraes  vs.  Levy. 
52— BeedvaLivlogaton.      18— Offinger  et  aL  va  De 
64— Boody  va  Tllden  at  aL|  Wolf. 

BUPBBIOB  COCBT— TBIAL   TBBIC— PAST  L 
Btld  by  Bpeir,  J. 
Hoe.  Noa 

436- Van       Raath       va 

Booraem. 

376— Man.  and  Buildera' 

Bank  vs.  Pangbura. 

485— Marks  vs.  Brewers' 

and  Malsters'  ln.Ca 

1058— Cair*  va  liord,  Jr., 

etal. 

817— SuiUvaa  va  O'Hara. 

kc. 
460— Barieva  Flak  etaL 
402^Landon  va  Mmon. 
406— Koeeland  va  Spita- 


477— Coeper     et    aL    va 

finith  et  al. 
813— Thoaias  va  Rnlght 
178 — Moore  va  'I'owrr. 
468— Wray  va  Fedderke. 
865— Diameat  va  White. 


318— Selling  va  Lsgeadre 

etalT 
4801a— Slmmoas  et  aL  va 

Webo. 
824— Hannigan,  Adm'x,  va 

Cmnmins  et  aL 
687— Farman  va  lltaa 
291— McElereys  va  Lode- 
wick. 
214— Bteubing  va  Bhas. 
264— Bhas  va  bteabing. 
248 — Cooper  vk   Updyke 

et  aL 
1095— Corowan    ya    Mllla 

etaL 
65 — Copelaad    va     Blla- 

worth. 
619— Cleary  vaOamhliag. 
300>3— Sparman  vs.  Keln. 
319 — Mayor,      Aldermen, 

kc,  va  Duryea 


Roa 


BUFBBIOB  CODBT— TBIAL  TKBM— FAST  H. 
^  Held  by  fteedman,  J. 
Noa 


10(>9-Qnlnn  va  Van  Pelt 
5V6— Mobr  va  Parmelle. 
557— i<enlly  va  Bandera. 
668— Murphy  va  Miner. 
OOi^Pler  va.  Amory. 
654>*-8iegel  va  UarpeL 
605— Faehelman  va  ghr- 

lich. 
666— Pocd  vs.  SenelL 
507— Tanderpoel  va  Tel 

ler, 
M8-Loatzel  vs.  Walden 

b^—^  \t  al.  va  Adri 

ance. 
570>»— Ologgaer  va  Ber- 

572— Burisoa  va  Beford 

etaL 


573— Harrisoa  va  Boaa 
577— Vlbune  Association 

va  Smitli. 
678 — Cruse  va  Bode. 
679— Smith  vs.  Brown. 
58U-Voikeniog    va     De 

OrslTetaL 
683— Wehner  va  MiUler. 
ess — Ricbards  ra.    Qould. 

688-Torryva  Grant  Lo- 
comotive Worka 

687— Van  Bmbargh  va 
Drew. 

089-Bunneti  va  Mayer. 

580— Tate  s  et  aL  versus 
Smith,  lie. 

691— Acymonr  va  Fal- 
lows, k& 


•OrXBlOB  OOnBr-TBU.L  raBK— PAST  m. 
JZsM  by  CurtU,  O,  J. 
Hos. 


610— Oiles  va  Simon. 

(ill— Barnnm  vs.  DeL,  L. 
a  w.  R.  a.  Co. 

613— Burgess  va  Von  UofT- 
manet  aL 

61 S— Wood  va  Mayor,  ka 

6X4— BaUanoe  va  Bain- 
bridge.     • 

616— Stroock  va  Altmerec. 

616— Lorii  va  Mayor,  lie. 

6iT — Dickerson    va.  Aldeu. 

618 — Oowdy  v».  Poullalue. 

620— MaUonal  Park .  Busk 

vs.  Erie  Ballwaj  Ca 
620<e    Savery  vs.  Feyb. 
621-^Miool  et  aL  va   Fasb 

etaL 
623— Newcastle  Chemical 

Works  Ca  vs.  Beed 

etaL 
624— Alien  vs.  Mackia. 
625— Voigh  va  Brooaier. 
626— Qulgley  va   Connor, 

lie. 
627— Stafford  va  McAmey. 


Hoa 

646 — Husson  va  Trask 
692— Klcol  Ti.  Oreen. 
693— Mitebeil  va  Connell, 

ka 
694— Morgan  va  Stroock 
696 — Mooie  va  Jamea 
698— ForstmaB  vs.   Leven- 

eoa 
597— Machads  va  fiandsrs, 

Jr.,  ko. 
698— Weldlio*  va  Bailey. ' 
699 — Herman  va.   Bennea- 

sey  et  aL 
600— Beeckman  vsBonlta- 

ble  \Mb  Sssur.  So«. 
601— Bin  va.  Morton. 
HOS— Silberstein  vs.Sehieff. 
008-Htyman  va  Marr. 
604— CarroU  vs.  H.  T.  Life 

Ina  Oa 
606— Garaide    va    Connor, 

lio. 
606— Thurber  va  Hughea 
607— Fredericks  va    Klein 

et  aL 
608— Kniekerbocker  L.  Ina 

Co.  va  Patterson. 

COMMON    FLKAS — OEmCBAL  TXBM. 

Adjourned  until  first  Monday  of  March,  1877. 
COMMON  FLBAS— gQHrrr  TBBM. 
.Of  t<t  by  BokULtcm.  J. 
Be  day  calendar. 

dOMMOH  PLBAS— TBUL  TBBM— PABT  L 
H«t<l  by  Fan  Boe—n,  J. 
Kos.  Noa 

868— Walker     va     Hew  1281— Demarest 
Central  Coal  Co.  of 
Maryland. 
1004— Lambertlva  Monte- 
gasja 
877— Wilson  vs.  Pina 
688— Howard,  Jr..  va  Mo- 

Cuilougb. 
870— Beynolda  va  Brie  B( 
^         H.  Co. 

871— Booth  va  Feiguson. 
895— Pbilhps  va  fiamU- 

ton. 
959— Ueyaecker  vaCamp 
840 — Cassidy  va  Leech. 
789— Onldet  vs.   Mayer: 
lil2— Alex  va  Alex. 

COMMON    FLEAB— TBIAL  rBBM— PABT  H. 

Etli  by  Leuremgrt,  J. 
Hoa 

1311— Manhattan    Oaa-L't 
Co.  va  Tbe  Mayor. 


va    The 
Mayor. 
892— Shandley    va    The 

Mayor. 
600— MoCormaok   va    H. 
Y.  C.  k  U.  B.  B.  B. 
Ca 
693— Wellington  va  New- 
ton. 
1166— Seligman  va  South 
li  North  Alabama  B. 
E-Ca 
13U6— t'eaii.  Hor.    Bootety 

va.  Webstar. 

1342— Broadway  StableCo. 

va  Conner. 

661 — Kalman  va  Connor. 


Hoa 
708— Clark    vs.    Central 
Park.  H.  k  B.  B.  B. 
K.Ce. 

1098— Booenborg  va  Tre- 
no. 
847— Siegler  va   Slooum. 
602— Lyons  va  Bloliards. 
1072— Keys  vs.  Haskia. 
896— Sellgsburg  va  Uold- 
stein. 
1181 — Conroy  va  Boyoa 
10d5— Friesien  va  Hlohola 
148— Hunt  va  Boberts. 


1169— Fitch  va  Bergen. 
1197— Sylvester  va  Bern- 
stein. 
'  669— Folsom  va  Fischer. 
660— Shelly  va  Yard,  Jr. 
175— Newltler    va    Qer- 
mania  Fire  Ina  Co. 
954— Dettelbach  vs.  Ber- 

ens. 
510— Malone  va  Derby. 
1454— Towle  va  The' May  or 


OOMMOS  FLBAS— TBLU.  TEBK— FAST  HL 
a*ldby  J.  K  Daly,  J, 
Nos. 


Hoa 

951— Wooley  va  Sloana 
1216 — Fosgate.  Jr.,  versus 

O'Connor. 
1084— Oppeaheimer       va 

Beulich. 
1086— Mayer  va  Bedlich. 

588— Aaron  va  Godsband 
^1144— Bnrllnghoff  vs.  The 

Mayor,  ka 
1146— CoUias  va  The  May- 
or, ko. 
478  -Barie  va  H.  T.  Uie 

Ina  Ca 
647— Jtmwiael     va     Tbe 

'  Mayor,  ka 
480— Johnsoa     va      Tbe 

Mayor,  ka 
920— Oakieyva  Baron. 
921— Same  va  Saaie. 


8am- 
Tbe 


842-pHewisoa   vs. 

uels. 
1194— Weldhng    va 

Mayor,  aa 
670— Israel  et  aL   versua 

Mioholson. 
1221- Brink  va  Fay. 
1179— Nessel   versus   The 

Mayor,  ke. 
493 — Brown  va  Dayton. 
1246— FuoK  va  Lord.  Jr. 
1247— Dunn  va  Ueaerola 
1248— Siebert  vaBeringer. 
1249 — Nnasbanm  vaLyuns 
1250— Doaen  va  NiehoUa 
1251— De  La  Fevre  versus 

KellogK. 
1252-^Dowley  va  Msrritt 


OOVBZ  or  OXNBBAL  BBSOIONS— PABT  L 
£«tsl  by  aa*kea,  Btcorder. 


Wolf  Openheimer,  Jobn 
Theaaas,  aad  Lewis  Opcn- 
hehaer,  assaalt  and  bat- 
tery and  forgery. 

PatHok  Fogarty.  faloaloas 
smsmUs  aad  battery. 

Jaaee  Pewnr.  msyheaa 

Jeba  Bowv  musi.ry. 

oomtr  cv  SBNUAL  siMiom-^^ar  n. 

I  JBsM  by  mmkmrimnd.  A^.  ,:>      , 

ItttleBtfeMlflMi  'Stetan  gee4b  '•*     ' 


Nellie  Osbom.  Edward  Mo- 
Leon,  aad  Frederlek 
Brown,  grand  larceay. 

Umi»  LivlngBtea  and  BUsa 
Wheeler,c(and  lareeay. 

Thaddeaa  KTWhatoek,  aUa- 


SMJJTOULL  AjrFAJMISe 


BALSa   AT    TSB    STOCK    KXOHA!COB — FEB.   6. 
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do 27 

iOO 

do 27% 

200 

do s3.  27% 

300 

do 27% 

400 

do 27  Hj 

lOO 

do s30.  27 

300 

«lo 27% 

200 

do 27 

100 

do 26% 

300 

do 26% 

100  ChL,    M.    It.  6t  V. 

Pf b.e.  49% 

100  do s3.  49 

600  da b3.  49% 

2400  do _  49% 

12  0..  C,C  ,lil.b.&  32 

lOCbL.  B.  k  g..b.all7 

lUOMor.  k  Bs....b.c.  89% 

•JiiO  de. 90 

73  ChL  k  Alt...b.c.l02% 
lOOU..  UkW.  


100  N.  T.C.Ii  Hud. he  102 

10'2% 

102 

...c.102% 

IO214 

..S3. 102% 

102% 

102 


10 

do. 

100 

do. 

200 

do. 

67 

do. 

76 

da 

100 

do. 

UOO 

do. 

.b.a  60% 

do 60% 

do 69% 

do 70 

do bS.  70 

CO 70% 

do 70 

do an.  69% 

do 85.  09% 

do 69% 

uo aS.  69% 

do 70 

do 70% 

Uo 70% 

do 70% 

do 70 

do fi9% 

do 69% 

600   .        do ««% 

50  P.,  PL  W,    k  C. 

gd. b.cc.101% 

100  H.  b  bi.  Jo..b.ao.  12% 
100 Ohio  tM.....b.a     6% 

223  B'kofCom 110 

5  Am.  Bxoh.  Bank.  109 


100 

600 

2100 

600 

1000 

1000 

100 

100 

200 

100 

600 

100 

400 

200 

100 


74%'600 

74%{l4uO 


SALSS  BBVOUS  TUB   CALL— 13:30  P.  M. 


$5,000  U.  S..5-20C.,  100 

'67 118% 

5,000       da 113% 

7.000  U.8.10-40C...114»8 
8.OO0U.  B.  6s.  Cur..  123% 
8,000  T.  k  W.  Ist,8t 

L.  Div 82 

S.OOO Un.Paa  a  f..  98% 

6,000  D.  P.  L  K. 103 

100  AtL  liPaa  Tel...  16% 

400  do 16% 

llOOWaetUn 74*4 

1700  do 74% 

600  do S3.  74% 

400  do b3.  74% 

920  do 7434 

lOAmer.  Ex.  60>4 

200Psclflc  Mail •i;5% 

100  N.  Y.  Cea  li  U....101% 

21)0  Un.  Pac 68 

160  do 67% 

500  Mich.  Cen 4U% 


Shore. . 

300  do 

1600  do 

200  do 

100  Nortta-w«st.. 
100  Cen  olN.  J. 

300  do 

100  Book  Islaud.. 

100  do 

lOOD.,  L.  k  W.. 

60C..B.  &.Q.... 

60  do 

lOOObio  ii  M.... 

60  bt  Paul 

100  do 

1300  St  Paul  Pf. 

400  do , 

ICOO  do 

400  do 

300  do 

100  do 

200  do 


.bS.  54% 

54% 

54% 

..ai.  54% 
.S3.  36 

26% 

20% 

....101% 
....101% 
..83.  09% 
....110% 
....116*4 
....      6% 

10% 

19% 

..b3.  49'a 
..s3.  49 <a 

49% 

49% 

49% 

.bS.  49% 
49% 


OOVKBNMXNT  8T0CKB— 2  P.  H. 

S20,000U.   &6a'Sl. 

R 113% 

3,50011.  «.  6s. 'SI, 

0 114% 

3,000      do 114% 

10,000  D.  ^(.  b-2u  C. 

65  N 110% 


$20,000  U.  S.  5-20  B., 

•67 113% 

1,000       do 113% 

10,000  D.  3.  bs,10-4u 

C... 114% 

30,000  D.  a.    6a  '81. 

B Ill 


10,000  U.  s.  5s,   '81,  121,000      da IIO^W 

C 111%| 

BKCONU  BUABD— 1  P.    M. 

S.OOO  C.  k  Alt.  lst.lie%|100  Biich.  Cen.babS.  46% 

1,000  N.J.  Clstcon.  76%  100  do 40% 

2.000  N.  W.  C.  C.  Q..  92%'l00  L.  8.  kM.8.b.c.b3.  64% 

l.OOOC.C.i'.aLlat.lOO      V!0U  do aS.  64% 

4.000  Mor.kBs.  1st..  117%  600  do 64% 

4.000  M.kJi.7s,'7L  102     200  oo bS.  64% 

1,000  C,  B.  k  U.7s. 110      1200  do a3.  64% 

1,000   _   do........„110%|100C.  fcN.W.Pf...«>.o.  bf, 


4.000  N.  y.  C.  lst,C.117% 
6,000  N.T.  r.«s.'83.l05 
8,000Py  K.  W.kC.  1st.  120 

7,000  0.  P.  1st 104% 

6.000      do 104% 

6,000  Pac.  ofM.  2d..  89 
6,000  Cea  Paa  1st 

C.  k  <).  b'h.  90 
1,000  Tol.k  W.  2d...  74% 
4.000  Har.  lst7a.C.120% 
1,000  OtW«»t  Vd...  73^3 
•,J,000  W.  D.C..19o0.104»4 
5.0U0  M.  k  S.  P.  1st 

La  a  Oiv.„.  98% 
SB'kofOom 110 

800  West  On.. ...b.c.  74% 

500 


100 

do 

100 

do 

100 

do 

100 

do 

100 

do 

100 

do...  ». 

400 

do....T: 

000 

do 

700 

1500 

1700 

0<K) 

2600 

&W} 

20  Amer. 


200C.  otN.  J b.a  26% 

....  26% 
83.  20% 
....  26% 
....  27 
...  MTa 
....  27% 
....  '27% 

....  2711 

61  nt  Cen D.C.  61% 

lOO  do 61% 

l50bL  kR.l....b.alUl% 

5  do 101% 

100  do 101% 

123  do 101»4 

.  100C..M.k.st.F....b.a  19% 

do S3.  74*41400  do I914 

uo b3.  74%2O0aM.k8l.P.Pt.b.a  40Si 

do Z^V?*??^  <•<» ♦O'b 


.b3.  7 

do S3.  74'ii 

do 75 

do b3.  76% 

Bx 60 


100  Adams  Bx. he. 03. 104% 

15  do 104% 

10  U.S.  Kx b.c  64% 

100  Pac  MalL.U  ab3.  25% 

23  N.  r.  OliHud.b.al02 
300  Erie  Bailway.ha     9S4 

100  do 9% 

100  Hariem. b.c.140% 

100  do 140% 


1400  00 49'i 

100  do 495^ 

300  Wab.  Pur.   «  om. 

Bee'pia b.c.      8 

6  Oo 7% 

100  PitU..  PtW.  to. 

Qt'd 101 

30  do b.clOl 

100  a,  L.  k  W.b.cs3.  69% 

800  oo 70 

400  do 70% 

30O  do 70% 

300 Pac.  or  Mo....b.a     3 
100  CD.  t<i Uall6% 


BALES  FBOM  2:3<)  TO  3  P.    M. 


$5,000  D.  ot  C.  3.65s.   72 

6,000  Lou.  Con U3% 

10,000  W,  U.  C.  1900.104% 

4.000  U.Paa8.F 98% 

6,000  Mil.  k   St  P., 

aaf. 84 

600  H.  T.C.t  H. 101% 

400  WestUn. 75 

100  do b3.  75 

70y  do 74% 

2000  do S3.  74% 

800  do 74% 

1700         do 74% 

600  Lake  Shore 64% 

100  do b3.  5434 

100  On.  Paa 67% 

100  do 67% 

50  111.  Cen 61% 


100  0.  of  .V.  J... .810.  27% 

300  do 27% 

100  do 83.  27% 

100  do 27% 

200  Mich.  Cen 46% 

400  St  Paul  PL.... sS.  49% 

300  do 49% 

300  do b3.  49% 

800  do 49% 

100  Bt  Paul bS.  19% 

loo  do 19% 

300C,,B.  kQ 117 

100  do 116% 

400  D.,  L.t  W 70% 

100  do 70% 

100  do s5.  70 

700  do 70% 


Monday,  Feb.  5— P.  M. 

On  the  Stock  Exchaoge  the  week  opened 
with  a  rather  dull  market  Western  Union  at- 
tracted tbe  largest  share  of  attention  from 
specalatore,  the  dealings  in  the  stock  figuring 
for  more  than  half  of  tbe  entire  business.  The 
speoulation  in  the  stock  was  oharaoterized  by 
weakness,  tbe  price  dropping  ,  Irom  75% 
to  74^,  Bubsieqaentlj  recovering  to  75V6,  and 
afterward  reacting  to  74^,  which  was  the 
closing  quotation.  lu  conneotioa  with  the 
weakness  of  the  stook  two  stories  obtain  on 
the  street,  one  to  the  effect  that  an  effort  re- 
cently made  to  seoore  for  the  Western  Union 
a  controlling  interest  in  the  Atlantic  and  Pa- 
cific Company  ha4rre8alted  in  iJEulure,  and  the 
other  that  the  members  of  the  pool  ooutinae  to 
oonstitate  a  by  no  means  happy  family,  and 
that  each  individual  is  doing  all  in  his  power 
to  protect  himself ^  regardless  of  the  fate  of  bis 
associates. 

The  entire  transactions  aggregated  111,014 
shares,  which  embraced  57,660  Western  Union, 
14,800  Delawaire.  Lackawanna  and  Western, 
13,500  Lake  Shore,  13,650  St  Paul,  8.050  New- 
Jersey  Central,  and  3,406  Michigan  CentraL 

The  coal  shares  were  firm  and  higher,  the 
reason  aangaed  for  the  strength  of  these  shares 
being  the  XaTotable  adTioes  firom  Philadelphia 
in  regard  to  tbe  financial  prospects  of  the 
Beading  Company.  Delaware,  Lackawanna 
,  and  Western  fell  pff  to  G9V6  at  the  openiug,  but 
subsequently  rose  to  70^,  and  closed  at  70H. 
New-Jersey  Central  deetined  to  36^,  advanc^ 
to  2r^,  reacted  to  S6Vi,  and  closed  at 
97%.  Ddaware  and  Hodson  ranged  between 
aVi  aiad  a%.  Meizis  aad  Essex' 
$oidBt90.  Unk>n  Faoiflo  rose  to  66  and  dosed 
«t  87%*  ogainat  66^  on  Satarday.  lUiiMis  Oen-  _ 
t>$llldTMO$diNBBfiB«$«^$Bd  tot«K  tell  off  JL^tttsMtt 


to  sm.  ZTew-Tork  Central  adTwwed 
to  103^  And  olo$ed  at  •  reaction  of 
^  V  oent.  Lake  Shore  fell  off  '  ttom 
5444  to  54%,  and  Michigan  CentraU  from  47  to 
46%,  with  final  sales  at  54%  and  46%,  respeo- 
tlyeiy.  St  Paul  Common  rose  from  19  to  19^, 
and  tbe  preferred  from  49  to  49%,  bat  tbe  last 
named  deolined  later  to  49>«.  Rook  Island 
fell  off  from  101%  to  101  %.  Faoi&c  MaU  closed 
at  2^V^,  after  selling  dovm  from  25%  to  9$^. 
Fort  Wayne  sold  at  101,  and  Pittsburg  at  92^. 
Atlantic  and  Pacific  Telegraph  adranoed  ^om 
15Vb  to  I6M1.  Express  shares  were  firm,  es- 
pecially for  American  and  United  States.  The 
former  adranoed  to  60  and  the  latter  to  62,  ex 
dindend. 

The  report  of  the  Directors  et  the  Illinoi> 
Central  l&ailroad  Company  lor  the  year  1876 
jnst  issued,  seta  forth  that  the  working  of  the 
property  lias  been  affeoted  by  restriotire  legist 
lation,  and  the  tailare  of  the  wheat  harvest  in 
Iowa,  the  serious  iugory  to  the  oom  crops  of  U' 
Unois  by  the  eopious  rains  of  JuIt*  and  tbe 
competition  of  tbe  trunk  lines  in  extending 
the  ooi^test  for  'Western  business  to  points 
upon  and  west  of  tbe  road.  The  working  of 
the  leased  lines  resulted  in  a  loss  of  $277,142  63i, 
A^cer  alluding  to  the  loss  of  the. control  of  the 
grain  trade  by  Chicago,  tbe  report  states  that 
the  result  of  the  operation  ot    the  lllinoia  line 

down  to.  June  30,  last,  was  as  follows :  Gross 
earnings,  $2,680,166  77  ;  operation  expense  and 
tax,  $1,607,303  69 ;  showing  net  profit  of  $1,072,< 
885  08,  whioh  was  $47,865  70  above  that  of  \ix9 
corresponding  penod  of  1875.  The  report  then 
continues : 

'-  In  June  last,  when  the  dividend  of  Aug.  1  was 
declared,  the  Directors 'did  not  antlolpate  tbe  full 
eftoct  of  toe  loss  of  traffic  in  tbe  Autumn  months. 
Soon  after  the  payment  of  the  Auirust  dividend, 
these  causes  affecting  our  revenue  devel^ued  them- 
selves, and  tbe  absolute  loss  in  erees  earnings  la 
Illinois  during  the  last  six  months  ot  1876  was  ^1,- 
566  59,  which  oroneht  the  net  result  for  the  year  on 
tbe  whole  line  down  to  13. 144,766  31,  being  $525,305  61 
less  than  the  net  result  for  the  year  1875.  In  the  gen- 
eral acooDDts  ot  tbe  company,  tbe  two  dlvidendB  of 
February  and  Augas(.  1876,  are  charged  in  the 
year%  accounts,  while,  in  fact,  tbe  August  dividepa 
and  that  of  February.  1877,  correspond  to  the  net 
result  for  the  year  1876.  This  net  result  justified 
the  2  ^  cent  dividend  declared  by  the  board  pay- 
able ou  Feb.  1,  1877,  on  the  basis  of  the  following 
flsures : 

Interest  on  funded  debt. . .  $616,793  01 

IMvjdend  of  Aug.  1,  1876.. 1,160.000  00 

Dividend  of  Feb.  1,  1877...    560,000  00-43,356,792  01 

Balance  to  credit  of  inoome 
account  from  1875 109,023  56 

Net  reettlt  ttom  operations 
in  1876 2,144,778  31 

Receipts  from  Land  De- 
partment     143.837  69—12.307.637  56 

The  cash  balance  covered  the  dividead  declared. 
The  indebtedness  of  tbe  company  is  confined  to  its 
funded  debt  of  $10,663,000,  upon  whloh  the  interest 
was  last  year,  with  premium  on  sold.  {610,792  01, 
belni[  less  than  one-third  of  the  net  revenue." 

The  week  opened  with  the  money  market  ex- 
ceedingly easy,  and  with  a  tendency  to  even 
lower  rates  tlian  those  current  of  late.  Nearly 
all  tbe  business  to  Stook  Exchange  borrowers 
wasat3Mi®4^  cent.,  the  Government  bond 
dealers  being  supplied  at  3  ^  cent  Prime 
mercantile  paper  sold  at  4'34V|,  and  "  gilt- 
edged  "  at  3\i  V  cent.,  the  demand  being  active 
and  the  supply  offering  light  The  national 
bank  notes  received  at  Washington  for  re- 
demption amounted  to  $600,000.  The  following 
were  the  rates  ot  exchange  on  New- York  at  tbe 
undermentioned  cities  to-day  :  Savannah,  buy- 
ing, par ;  selling,  %  ®  ^  preminm ;  Charleston, 
nominally  3-16 dV6® par;  Cincinnati  quiet; 
buying,  par  ;  selling,  1-10  premium;  St.  Louis, 
par '2)25  premium ;  New-Orleans,  commercial, 
par ;  bank,  ^  premium,  and  Chicago,  par. 

The  foreign  advices  reported  a  firm  and 
slightly  higher  market  at  London  for  British 
consols  and  American  securities.  Consols 
closed  for  both  money  and  the  account  at  9576 
-396,  against  95% '2)95^  on  Satuiday.  There 
was  an  advance  of  ^4  per  oent.  each  in 
1865s  aad  new  5s,  whioh  closed  re- 
spectively at  105%  and  107%.  The 
closing  soles  of  1867s  were  at  110®  110%,  and 
of  10-40s  at  110%®110%,  being  an  improvement 
of  1-16  per  cent,  in  each  instance.  Erie  and 
New- York  Central  were  without  change.  At 
Frankfort,  New  Ss  were  quoted  at  103^4.  The 
Bank  of  England  lost  £74,000  on  balance  to- 
day. Bar  BUver  sold  in  the  London  market  at 
57  %d.  per  ounce. 

The  sterling  ezohange  market  was  firm,  with 
business  at  $4  84%-2>$4  84%  for  bankers'  leng. 
and  at  $4  85%®$4  86  for  demand  billa 

Tbe  gold  speeulation  was  fairly  active,  and 

the  price  advanced  from  105^  to  105%,  closing 

at  the  latter  figure.  Tbe  rates  on  gold  loans 
ranged  from  2  to  5  ^  cent,  for  carrying.  The 
specie  imports  at  this  port  for  the  week  ending 
last  Saturday  amounted  to  $196,164. 

Government  bonds  were  strong,  and  prices 
made  a  further  advanoa  of  %  to  V^  V  cent, 
partly  in  sympathy  with  the  rise  in  gold. 
There  was  a  good  demand,  and  considerable 
amounts  were  taken  for  investment  by  capital- 
ists and  financial  institutions.  New  1865s  ad- 
vanced to  111>«,  1867s'toll3M!.  lS68s  toll6%, 
new  6s  to  111%,  and  6s  ot  1881  to  114%— all 
coupon.    Registered  1867s  were  taken  at  113% 

'S113%,  6s  of  IS8I  at  113V4®113%,  and 
new  5b  at  110% '3111.  Bailroad  mort- 
gages were  generally  strong.  Toledo 
and  Wabash  fHrsts,  St.  Louis  Division, 
and  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Consolidated  Sink- 
ing Funds  were  eaoh  I'li  ^  cent  higher,  the 
foraaer  selling  up  to  82  and  tbe  latter  to  84. 
Union  Pacific  Sinking  Funds  rose  to  98%, 
Morris  and  Essex  Firsts  to  117%,  Milwaukee 
and  St.  Poul,  La  Crosse  Division,  to  98%,  Har- 
lem coupon  Firsts  to  120%,  and  Chicago  and 
North-western  consolidated  gold  coupons  to 
92%.  New-Jersey  Central  Firsts  opeaed  1  •  V 
cent,  hicher,  at  105,  but  the  succeeding  sale 
was  made  at  104.  New-Jersey  Central  Con- 
solidated Firsts  sold  at  76%® 77,  and  do. 
Convertibles  at  74.  Some  of  the  high 
prioSd  issues  were  in  request  at  full  prices. 
New-York  Central  coupon  Firsts  117%,  Chicago 
and  Alton  Firsts  115%,  C,  C,  C.  and  L  Firsts 
109,  Chicago,  Buriiugtou  and  Qulncy  oonsol- 
idated  7a  110 -si  10%,  and  Fort  Wayne  Firsts 
120.  In  State  bonds  Georgia  7s,  new,  sold  at 
106,  and  Missouri  Funded  of  1894-5  at  105%.  A 
sale  of  District  Columbia  3.65s  was  made  at 
72. 

Ukftbd  SraTBS  TasasuBT.     \ 
Nkw.Yobk.  Feb.  5.  1877.  $ 

Gold  receipts »B55.031  40 

Uold  payments 570,284  67 

Gold  balance 68,804,943  83 

Cnrreoor  receipts 539.831)  85 

Curreoov  payments.-.. 515.300  88 

Correnoy  balance 43,361.808  09 

Customs 243.000  00 

CIX)eiKa   QUOTATIONS— FBB.  5. 

Satnrda.r.  Mondar. 

American  gold 105%  105^ 

United  Staces  5s.  1881,  oonp 110^  111% 

UoUedSUles  5-aOa  1857    coup 113%  11388 

Bills  on  London.. .. 14  84%®t4  84%    C4  84%'3|4  84^1, 


New- York  Central 101  Is 

Rook  Island 101 14 

PaoiBc  MaU .' 525^8 

Milwaukee  and  St  Paul 19 

MilwankeeandSt.  Paul  Pref 49% 

Lake  Shore 54'e 

Chicaeoand  North- weatero 35 

ChicaKO  and  Norch- western  Pret 553^ 


aostem  Union 
lionPaeiUo. 

Delaware.  Lack,  and  Western. 

New -Jersey  Centra! 

Delawaro  and  Uudeon  Canal.. 

Morris  and  Essex '. 

Panama 

Erie 

Ohio  and  Miaaiaaippi.. 

Harlem 

Hannifasii  andSt  Joaepn 

Hannibal  and  St.  Joaeoh  Pref. 

Michigan  Central 

IlhnoM  Cenrra) _  52 

Tbe  extreme  range  of  pricesx  In  steeks  and 
thenumber  of  shares  sold  are  as  follows 


76»« 
.  66I4 
.  «<S8 
.  263i 
.  61% 
.  90 

.  9ifl 
.  fa 
.140% 
.  IS 
.  36% 
47 


101% 
101% 
35% 
19% 
49% 
5i<8 
35 

7468 
67% 
70% 
27% 
61% 
90 

1S3 
9% 
6% 

140% 
13% 
S6 
4608 
51% 


New-  y  ork  Central. . 

Harlem .' 

Erie 

Lake  Shore 

IVabasb 

North-weatem.. ..-.-.... 
North-westoxh  Preferred 

Sook  Island.. 

MiLAiSt  Paul 

Mil.  *  St  Vaal  Pret.... 


Hlshen.  Iioweflt 


1  •••*«••*•••■«] 


,.102% 

140% 

9% 

,-.  54% 
...    B 
...  35 

..  ss'a 
..101% 
...  19U 

...  nn 


101% 
140% 

»J% 

543*9 

8 
35 
55% 

101% 
19 

« 


Ho.  of 
bhMrea 

1,665 

900 

500 

13,500 

300 

100 

300 

m 

950 
U,700 


Dei«  iMk.  tt  Wesi«m....rAo  , 

Hew-JeraevCentiaU.........  S7% 

DeUware* Bud.  Canal.....  61% 

Morris  &  Essex 90 

Mlchiean  Central 47 

Illioois  Central... 53% 

Union  Pacific.., 68 

Chic.  Bur.    &Quinoy 117 

Misj-Miri  Paafle*. 3 

Hannibal  and  St  Joseph 13% 


Ohio  &  MlssiseipDl 6% 

Western  Union.... ,, 757o 

Atkntic  Sc  Padflo  lel 18% 

Pacific  Midi KS% 

Adams  Express .,-..104% 

Amer.  Mer.  Union  Express..  60 

•Unltsd  States  Express 68 

Total  ssles.., , 


li  liewisft. 

26% 
61% 
90 

Wa 

51% 
67 

116^8 

3 
12% 
6-^ 
T4% 
15% 
86% 

104 19 
60 
S3 


K<uar 

MSM 

8.0SQ 

900 

soo 

3.400 
811 

1.300 
SOO 
SOO 
100 

:  2()o 

67.000 
600 
9,400 
115 
200 
100 


.1U.014 


•Ex  dividend. . 

The  following  table  shows  the  balf-hoorl  7 
fluctuations  in  the  Gold  market  to-day: 

10:00  A.  M 105%,l:00P.  M. 105% 

lOsSOA.  M.; 105%'ldOP.  M. ..,105% 

U;00  A  M „.105%'|:00  P.  M. 105% 

11:30  A.  M ....10S%l8:30P.M... .:.:.. ...105% 

12iO0M, „.,... .105%  S;90P   M. ,105% 

12:30  P.  M 105%; 

The  folio  wing  were  Che  Closing  quotations  of 
Government  bondK 

„  Wd. 

United  States  currenov  6a ,...1523^ 

United  States  63,  1881.  recistered 113% 

Uoited  States  Oa  1881.  ooudoqs,  ...,„U4% 
United  SutAs5-20a  1865.  retnstered-.lOSSs 

United  States  5-3Ua  1865.  oonpooa 108i% 

United  Slates  S-20a  1865,  new,  res,...  110% 
United  States  5-SOa  1865,  new,  coap...ll068 
United  States  5-2U8.  1867.  regis tered..  113% 

United  States  5-20a  1867,  coupona llS^e 

United  States 5-30a  1868,  reg)sterea..ll6% 
United  States 5-90*.  189&  ooapoos.....ll6% 

United  States  10-40a  reeiatered IIII4 

United  States  10-4Ua  cooooas 114% 

United  Sutes  Ss.  1881,  reinstered.....ll079 

United  States  5a  1881,  coupons ...111 

Un ited States  4 %8.  1891,  rAelstered-..107% 

The  Sab-']C>%asurer  disbursed  in  gold  ooiq 
|450,000  for  interest,  $69,000  for  called  bonds, 
and  $5,100  silver  coin  in  exchange  for  fractional 
currency. 

The  following  were  the  gold  clearings  by  the 
National  Bank  of  the  State  ot  New-Tork  to- 
day: 

ti^old  cleared 131.996.000 

Gold  balances , 1,415,909 

Currency  balances 1,511,410 

The  following  is  the  Clearing-house  state- 
ment to-day: 

Currencv  exobaBCaa 179.343.206 

Onrrencv  balances 2.737,348 

Ctoldexchanees 19,711,050 

Grold  balances 996,978 

The  following  were  tbe  bids  for  the'variotw 
State  securities; 


Asked. 
183% 
113% 
114% 
109 
109 
111 

noTe 

113% 

1131s 

117 

>1«% 

111% 

114% 

111% 

111% 

107% 


Alabama  5s.  '83 33% 

Alabama  5s. '86 33% 

Alabama  84, '86 83is 

AlabamaSs. '92. 17 

Alabama  8a  '03 17 

Ark.  68.  funded 27 

Ark.78,L.K.<fcF.S.is..  8 
Ark.  7a  Mem.  &  L.  K.  8 
A.78.L.K..P.B.AN.O.  6 
ArK.78,M.O.&&.Biv.  8 
Ark.  78.  Ark.  Ceu.R.  8 
Connecuout  68..,,,-lH 

Georgia  OS 06 

Geor(ji»7s,  n.  b 105% 

Georgia  7s.  sold  bds.lOSia 
Illinois  conn.  6s.'79..10a 
Illinois  War  Loan.. 103 

Kentucky  68 102 

Louisiana  6s 40 

LooisiauaOs,  n.  b.,,.  40 
La  6s.  new  Fl.  Dbt.  <0 
La.  7s,  Penitennsrv.  40 
La  8s,  Levee  bonds.  40 
La.  88.  UB»,  of  '75..  40 
La.  78.  Consolidated.  63% 
Michigan  68,  -78-79. 1,101 

.Miobi2an6s.  '83 104 

MlohlKau  78,'  90 112% 

Mo.  6s.  due  in  '77..  ..100% 
Uo.  6a  dueln'7iL,..i01 
Fund.  08.  due  -94-5 ..  104  % 
Lone  1)8.. '83  to  "90  in.  105% 
E.  &  StJc  dae  '86.105% 
H.&St  d..  due '87..  105 


N.  Y.  6»,Cfln.L'n. '77,106 
N.  0.6.^  old. J.  &.J..  21% 
N.O.  6s.  A.  &0.....  21% 
N.C.68,N.C.B..J.<tJ.  66 
N.C.«8,N.0.R.A.«sO.  66 
N.C.6«,do.c.ot£J.j;i^.  45 
N.C.Os.do.c.olfA.&0  45 
N.C.68,  Pd's  Aei  '66.  14 
,Nr.  C.  new  bds. J.ic  J  11 
N.C.newbds..A.&0  11 

N.C.S.T.  class  1 2 

N,  C.  a  T.  classa....  2 
N.  C.  8.  T.  dassS...    3 

Obio6a  '86... Ill 

S  C.  6s 36 

S.  C.  68.  J.  &J 36 

S.  0.  68,  A.  &0 36 

S.  C.  68.  F'c  Act '  66.  36 
S.C.  L.C.."89.  J.&J.  45 
S.  C.  L.  C '89,  A.*0.  45 

S.C.  78,    '88 35 

S.C.  Non-  F.  ba 2% 

Teno.  6s,  old 43 

Tenn.  68,  n.  b 43% 

Tennessee  Os..  n.  s..  42% 

Virginia  6j.  old 30 

7irt£iaia6s.n.bds.'66.  30 
Vir£inia  (>8.u,bda'67.  3U 
Va.  6s.  Con.  Bonds.  79 
VirginiaSs.  ex  m'a  0.  67% 

Vs.  03.  Con.  2d  S 37% 

Virginia tf8.del,  Dds.  7 
DU.  of  C.  3.65a  1924.  72 


Dis.  ofC.  Bee 70 

And  tbe  following  for  City  Bank  shares: 


America : . .  .130 

American  £xchanee.l09 
Baks.'&Brk8.'Ass'n  80 

Central  National 100  % 

Commerce 110 

Continental 68 

First  National. I 

Fourth  National 100 

Fulton 150 

Fifth  Avenue 213 

German-Amenoao..  70 
Hanover 89 


Leather  Manutisct's'.160 

Market 110 

Merchants' 116 

Metropolitan 131 

New- York ....116% 

Park 109% 

..200%  Phonix 91 

"      Renablio 95 

Shoe  and  Leather... 132 

Xraueamon's 130 

Union ,...130 


paiLA,oi£LPaxA  ai'ocK  PBfcsa — f^b. 

Bid. 
.112% 
.139 
46^4 


Citv68.  New 

United  Kailroads  ot  ljew.jerse7.... 

Pennsylvania  Kailroad. '. 

Readins  Railroad 

Lehicb  Vallev  Railroad 

Catawiesa  Railroad  Preferred 

Philadelphia  and  Erie  Railroad 

Schuylkill  Navigation  Preferred 

Norlhern  Central  Railroad... 

Letiiffa  Navigation , 

Oil  Creek  and  Allegheny  Railroad.. 

HeBtonvllle  Rail  way.... 

Central  Transportation 


15% 
43 
34 
13% 

9 

25% 
88% 

7% 
17% 
38 


5. 

Asked. 
112% 
139% 
46% 
15% 
48% 
36 
14 
10 
26 
429 
8 
18 
38% 


OALJFORJilA  MINING  8T00KS. 
San  Framcisoo,  Feb.  5.— The  following  are 
thecloeing  official  prices  of  mining  stocks  to-day: 


Alpha. 

204 

Kossuth 

1 

Belcher 

Hh 

iventuck . 

8 

Be«t  aod  iielcber.... 

3b  ^ 

U«op»ril.. ......  ...... 

aifl 

Bullion. 

L6Kt. 

ilexican . .... 

\HH 

Consol.  Tir^uia 

6(1 

Northern  Belle 

Vb^ 

Oalifornla 

47  m 

Overman. 

Ml 

Choli..r 

69 

Ophir 

26»4 

Coniitleno«„ 

«»* 

Uaymood  aad  ¥17 

5H> 

CalcduDio. 

»"* 

rillTerUiU 

7 

Crown  Point 

y 

Savaxe  

8^ 

Excheauei» 

7 

Seg,  Uelcher 

62 

Gould  and  Currv . 

12 

8i«rra  Nevada 

H\l 

Hale  aud  Norcrbss... 

^^ 

Uqioq  Coaaolidated,- 

10 

imperial 

2*4 

Tellow  Jacket. 

16 

Julia  Consolioated. . . 

B'B 

Bureka  Consolidated. 

30 

lustice 

14 

THE  LIVE 

STOCK  MABKRTS. 

Ksw-YoaK,  Monday,  i^eb.  5,  1877. 
On  this  forenoon  trade  in  homed  Cattle  was 
Steady,  but  Blow ;  priossdldnot  advance.  The  herds 
to  hand  ranged  from  rough  to  good,  and  were  all  aold 
off  at  noon,  tne  zun  btsixi?  xuodacate.  At  Sixtieth 
street  Yards  prices  were  8i3C@12c.  igf  lli^weijrnts 
eip  to  9  cwt.  At  Hflrsioios  Cove  sales  were 
effected  from  7J<c.^l2c.  ^P'  ft.,  weifihts  5^»  to  13 
cwt.;  trotn  EV5  to  58  lb.  has  Oeen  allowed  nst  tfiloh 
Cows  sold  at  $56®$80  ^  boad.  Calres  locluUed.  Veais 
not  quoted,  Coarss  quality  Calves,  part  meal-fed,  80. 
^Va.  Sheep  the  same  as  our  last  quotationa,  wilha 
dull  tride;  prices 4 <^.® 7c.  ^  lb.  Lambs,  7%o.  V"  lb 
Uve  Hoes,  6<^.#  lb.;    City  PresasO,  8«d8%o.  V  Is; 

bIlks. 

At  Sixtieth  Street  Tard*—T.  C.  Eastman  sold  for  self 
40  cars  01'  horned  Cattle ;  srtles  as  follows  :  117  com- 
mon Illinois  Steers  at  9>3C.  ^  tb.,  wei£bt  7^t  owt: 
64  common  Illinois  Steera  at  9^c.  ^  &..  weight  7% 
cwt:  3U  £Ar  miuois  Steers  at  luHic  ^  tb.,  with  60e. 
on  4^  bORd.  weifcht  8  cwt;  lllllllnuis  Steers  at  10 130- 
■^  m.,  weight  8^4  cwt.;  110  a(KMl  IlUooia  Steers  at 
11 V'.  ^115..  weight  8  "a  cwt:  28  good  Illinois  Steers 
at  1  l>ao.  <^  ft..weiti:ht  8»4  cwtt  62  eood  Illinois Bteers 
at  I2c.  *-  ».,  welKht  9  cwt  O.  W.  Vail  sold  for  self  64 
Illinoiii  Steers,  from  fair  to  fiood.  from  eatc'911>ae.4>'  ft., 
weight  734  owt,  scant  H.  Llviiurstoue  sold  for  self 
and  Waixel  68  common  Ilttnols  tsteers  at  9>3C.  4^  Bs., 
weight  6  >a  cwt.;  81  fair  Iilluels  8  teem  at  10a  4P'  lb., 
weight  7^  cwt:  Seigel  k  Myei-  sold  for  selves  68  com- 
mon Missouri  itteers  at  9>«c.®10c  4P'  91.,  weight  0^ 
cwt;  22  fair  Missouri  Steers  at  Os^o.  9"  tb..  welsh c 
7  cwt,:  31  fair  IlUneia  Steers  at  10>9C  f'  m.,  weight  7 
cwu  II.  F.  Burchard  sold  tor  Rankin  k  Thompson  32 
K(<neraU.T  good  Illiaots  RtP4jrs  at  lOiac^llc.  tf  lb.,  with 
$1  on  4P'  head,  weight  7  cwt..  strong  ;  15  Ililnois  Steers, 
fW>m  fair  to  good,  from  10i»c.®12c  ^  lb.,  weight  7 >* 
cwL.  strong  Coon  k  Thompson  sold  tor  Roukm  k 
Thompson  17  common  lilluois  Steers  at  9c.  ^  tb., 
welaht  6^4  cwt,  with  $1  on  *■  tiaad.  weijrht  6»4  cwt.j 
29  good  llliaols  Steers  at  ll^ic  ^  Bs.,  weight  8l»  cwt 
Clery  k  Cary  sold  for  selves  1 39  Western  steers,  from 
common  to  fair,  from  9^.®Hc.  f>  IB.,  weights  7 ig 
cwt,  Btrone.  to  7*4  ewt  T.  M.  OilUse  sold  tor aelf  83 
common  Illinois  iiteers  at  Oc.  ^  S>..  with  $1  on '!>' 
bend,  weiebt  6^2  ewt:  16  rommon  Illinois  Steera  at 
914C  ^I&..wiih$loa4i>'beadou  17  head,  weight  7% 
owt;  60  fair  llliuois  Kteers  at  gs^c.  ^  lb.,  weight  7 
cwt;  2  Illinois  Oxen,  live  wdjAt,  31,0U0  Bs., 
et  434c.  ^  tb.  C.  Kajiu  sold  fur  J.  Becker  and 
I.  Brovu  8  Kemnekr  Suils,  hve  welzht  1,518 
Us.  ^  head,  at  4c.  ¥'  lb.  For  O.  Becker  15  KeU' 
tuokv  Oxen  at  8%e.  ^  tb.,  weight  8^  ewt 
44  Kentucky  Oxeo,  at  SM.  ^  tb..  weight  6^  ana  8^ 
owt.  scent;  26  fair  Kentncky  Steers,  at  9\o.  ^9s., 
weight  iHt,  cwt,  aeant;  for  I.  Krown  19  eom- 
mou  Kentucky  Steers,  at  9'4C.  ^  Bs ,  weight 
6^      cwt.       15     common    Keatocky    bteers,  O'so. 

f'  Ss., '  weight  634  cwt;  Hume  k  Kiliott  sold 
53  Hicfaisan  Shuep,  weiabt  13.030  ft.,  at  S^ao. 
¥■  ft.:  39  Miohisun  Sheep,  weight  3,280  ft.,  at  5J<sc  '^ 
ft.:  183  State  Ibeep,  weigbt  16.740  ft.,  at  5>c.  »  ft.1 
4780hioSheep.  weight 45.720  ft.,  at  6>ae.f^as.:  337 
Ohio  Sheep,  weight  8.960  ft.,  at  Oc.  ^  ft.:  1U3  Ohio 
Sheeo.  weight  9.860  tb,  at  SSgc  f^  tb.  Sold,  for  week 
ending  Fi^b.  3,  1377.  6.353  Sbuep  and  Lambs,  at  $6  89 
aver«ce  ^  head ;  64  Cmv«s,  nt   tlO  average  V  bead. 

At  Porty-eighth  Street  bheep  Market— J.  Kirhy  sold  207 
Uiefaiean  Sheep,  weiirht  16,700  ft.,  as<5  20  ^owt.: 
177  Micbiean  Sheep,  weight  15.330  ft.,  at  5^^  i^  ft.; 
204  Ulotalgan  Sheep,  w^ht  16.890  B.,  at  6*40.  ^  ft.; 
180  Michigan  Sheep,  weucht  16.01P  ft.,  at  5%(>-  ^  ft. 
0aTls  k  Hailenlseok  sold  166  IIHnois  8be«p,  weight 
13.920  ft.,  at  4%c  » ft.;  146  Penna/lT«ob»  Sheee, 
weight  15,280  ft.,  at  5>«c.  ^  ft.;  66  Uichigan  Sheep, 
weiKhc  6.680  ft.,  at  6^^  if  lb.:  167  State  Shesv, 
weight  16.780  ft.,  at  6c.  V  ft-:  19  State  Mieep,  weight 
2,100  lb.,  at  6>ee.  4^  ft.;  1S4  State  Sheep,  weighs 
13.710  a.,  at  3>d  06>a  ^  cwt;  x21  Canada  Sheep. 
weisfat  11.950  ft.,  at  fO  40*'  cwt;  ISO  Oaoada Sheen! 
weight  16,740  ft  .  at  7a  if  ft.;  17  State  Lambs,  weight 
1.330  ft..  St  7c.  if  to. 

At  Fortieth  Street  Bog  Fdrals-^eorRe  Beld  sold  132 
Ohio  Moga  live  weight,  175  ft.  ^f  head  at  6%e.  ^  ft. 

Ai  Bartimu*  Voot  xardt'-emt^j  k  MePheraon  sold 
for  Sadder  k  Oo.  16  IlUnois  Steers,  from  fair  to  good, 
f^om  10>«a911%o.  W  tt*.  vetidat  H  cwt..  somC  fot 
Louudes  tL  Co.  16  Kentucky  Steera  from  flairto  good, 
troia  10c.®ime.  *■  ft.,  weight  8  ewt:  tor  K.  Dew- 
ton  16  Ohio  Steers,  from  fair  lo  good,  firom  10 'oo.  i^Uo. 
if  ft.,  with  $1  off  if  bead,  weiafat  8%  owt.-;  'tor  P. 
Qolgly  15  fair  l>en&sylr»Bta  Steers  at  ifc^lle.  V*  Bs-, 
weight  0  cwt.;  for  Vrimtt  k  Co.  70  iftized  Ohio 
Cattle  at  9e.'S>il%a^ih.,welgats  6  to  13  owt,:  for 
(Justine  &Cu.  17  fair  KentuoSjr  Steera  at  lOo.'^llc.  «' 
ft..  waUbt7^ewt;  cor  J.  Uolaaea'U  :~  -  '  ' 
Kteers  at  8^40.  jp*  tb-.  welgbt  OU  owt:  li 


'3 


eemuminiBOisStaesf  at  Oo.«9>oo.  if  ft.,  with  IS  hsaA 
sou  at  »3,a..  aadf  Isi^  hMd,  w«tgh^  •  to  6%  ««& 


KUrtitl.Fli)%r*C«,  sdM  ibr  seltse  iTsammen  OWe 
Steers  at  be.  ^  ft.,  with  tl  on  »  head,  weight  6** 
«wa  a.  Oc  Ooaaall  sots  for  Walsai  fc  Allsrten  lUlHi- 
nots  steers,  lire  weight  1,090  ft.  ¥•  hea^  at  43«e.  H^ 
n.:-16aommoB  Ildoeia  Sistrs  at  8 Vs.  ^  ft .  weight 
6>a  cwt;  i(6  oommuu  lllinoLi  i>teers  at  Uc.9<.>'«c.  if  ft., 
wtth  ^  oa  if  be*d  un  li  baad  soUl  axD^c.  ^>B.. 
weights  ti\  to  7  0<rt     S.  W.  Sh«rBi«B  sold  for  VVatxul 

Jt  Allerton  48  common  Illinois  Steers  at  8>4a99c.  if  ft., 
welchts  &%  to  6^  owt  It.  Watzel  sold  for  Allcriou  k. 
Watxel  184  littaau  Stasra,  tiom  eemmon  to  fiUr.  rrooi 
9e^  with  91  on  if  heaA  oa  2A  bead,  at 
9^e.  if  U..  with  fl  oil  iP"  hean  on  40 
bead,  weights  6>a  10  7>s  owt  L.  Bergenstein 
asld  fox  sdl  sod  Myera  S4  fair  UUatfia  Steera  at 
9%o.  #>  ftrweiahts  0%  to  7  «wti  40  ftelr  liltao-a 
Steers,  at  lOc.  ifb.,  with  91  oa^nead,  weight  7  >« 
cwt;  20  fair  lllinoia  iUeers  at  lOV-'WHc  Jf  ft., 
weights  7%  to  8%  ewt  H.  OoUUehmtdt  sold,  for  waixel 
It  AUerten,  b  llUjuis  Bi^lis,  Uve  weight  1,586  ft.  ^ 
bead,  at  4e.  9"  ft.:  101  eommon  lllinoia  Steers,  at  SHic 
99c.  ^  ft.,  weight  6-owt  U.  aoldscbmidt  aold  for  jm. 
Morris,  16  fair  Illinois  Steere  at  lOo.  if  ft.,  weight  6>i 
ewti  for  H.  Uoafer,  117  fWr  Mlseouri  Bteers  at  lO^c. 
'anO\e.9tt.iiuh  $10  off  oa  15  head.  andtlOon 
on  15  head,  welghU  7  to  7'a  owt;  for  Saddler 
k  Co.,  15  good  lUmoU  Steers  at  He  •<*'  lb*, 
weight  Sewt;  for  Cronnae  k  lUrtin,  30  fair  Qhlo 
Steers  at  10  ioe.  ^  ft. ,  weight  7^  ewt. ,  scant  F.  Sam* 
neis  sold  for  N.  Morris  15  Illinois  Bulls,  live  weight 
1,530  ft  .  at  $3  9U  iP*  cwt:  65  coaunon  Illmois  Steera 
at  9e.  f*  ft.,  with  $1  otl  9  head  on  23  bead  and  50c  off 
if  hes<f  on  24  bead,  weight  6U  ewt.;  48  Illinois  Steers, 
from  eommon  to  fair,  from  8140.99^40.  if  ft.,  weights 
0%  to  7  cwt  W.  G.  DndlCT  sold  for  .x.  Morris  05  eoox 
moo  lUinois  Steers  at  9c  #.  fe.,  with  50c.  on  4P' head 
on  17  head,  weights  6>4  to  6  "a  cwt;  32  common 
Illinois  liteers  at  9>2e.  V  ft.,  with  $10  off  the 
hefd,  weight  7  ewt  Toppey  k  Sons  seld  for  S.  Morria 
66  common  Ililnois  Steers  at  8c,  ^  ft.,  with  $1  off  9 
head  on  32  bead,  weights  6U  to  Q^  cwt.  K.  Vogel 
sold  for  N.  Morris  178  IlUnois  Steeis,  from  common  ta 
fair,  firom  9>«e.,  with  91  ou 4^  neaaou  4UheaU,at9'9C., 
with  sue.  on  f  heu'l  on  32  head,  at  9^40.  if  ft.,weight«  ' 
6^3  to  7  cwt.;  for  A  .Vogel  82  fair  Ijlmois  Steers  at  OStC 
f  ft.,  weight  7  ewt.;  tar  Movers  k  Kegensteiu  50  com.  . 
mou  Illinois  Steers  at  9e.  if  ft,,  wel^dit  6>a  owr.;  for  H. 
Klopter  51  common  Missouri  citeersat  S^iu.  if  ft.. weight 
B'^owt.  Ease  k  Pidcock  sold  183  Ohio  Sheep,  weizbt 
16,160  ft.,  at  96  20  #-  cwt.;  li^4  Ohio  bheep,  weight 
15,760  tt.,  ot  So  \b  if  <-.wt.;  163  Otilo  8heep,  weight 
13,850  Bs..  at  o^sc.  if  ft.;  80  Ohio  Sheep,  weighs 
8,560  ft.,  at  $0  84  if  owt.;  76  Ohio  Nheep,  weight 
8.260  ft.,  at  Bhc.ifOi.  fiowton  &  Holmes  sold  352 
Ohio  SUeep.  weight  lUU  ft.  ^  head,  at  5^.^  ft.:  100 
Kentucky  Sheep,  weight  102  ft  ^head,  at  6Htc.  if  ffi.t 
47  Illinois  Sheep.  we7;;bt  88  ft.  if  heal,  at  i|!o  Oo  if 
cwt.;  121  Michigan  Sneep,  weight  102  tb.  ^  head,  t>t 
$6  OGVi  if  cwt.:  a2  Miotaigaa  bbeep.  weight  103  ft.  if 
head  at  e%c.  ^  ft. 

RECEIPTS. 

Gross  arrivals  at  Sixtieth  Street  Yards  for  week  en(l< 
ingVeb.  6.  1877:  2.841  head  of  horned  Cattle,  20 
Cows,  354  Calves,  3,337  Sheep  and  Lambs. 

Gross  aiTivals  at  Korty-eicbth  Str'-et  Sheep  lards 
for  week  ending  Feb.  5,  187'7  :  .'),'297  Sheeo  aod  Lambs, 
62  Cows,  37  Calves,  2  Bulls,  11  Vearlioga 

Gross  arrivals  at  fortieth  Street  Hog  Yards  for  week 
ending  Feb.  3,  1877 :  8,649  Hoga  Fresh  arrivals  a| 
aame  yards  tor  yesterday  and  to-day:  1,578  Uogs. 

Gross  arrivais  at  ilnrsimus  Cove  Yards  *or  week  end- 
ing Feb.  3,  1877 :  5,062  head  of  hofned  Cattle,  49 
Cowa,  10,0'77  Sheep  and  Lambs,  12,611  Hoga  Fresh 
arrivals  at  same  yards  for  ycuterday  nua  to-day  :  1.199 
bead  of  bomea  Cattle,  14  Cows,  1.8i£3  Sheep  and 
Lambs,  4,366  Hoga  f 

East  LiBEKTT, '  Penn.,  Feb.  6.— Cattle— Receipts 
for  the  week  euding  this  dny,  178  cars  of  throajih  and 
13."^  cars  of  yard  stoclc,  or  .0,321  bead,  against  311  cars 
of  throuj^h  aud  154  cars  of  yard,  or  7,7u3  head,  for  the 
week  betoie.  Kotwithstaudiug  the  llpht  run,  the  ds- 
mand  was  light  at  the  nrioes  asked,  and  the  bulk  of  tba 
offerings  were  shipped  oa  lu  first  hands;  wh^t  wera 
sold  brought  a  little  short  of  last  week's  vriees;  tbe 
market  has  not  yet  oitened  for  tiie  weulc  :  the  KU.]p<r 
is  &ir  so  far,  but  reliable  quotations  cannut  be  civea 
until  to-morruw.  Hogs — Beceipta  fur  the  we.-k,  17,lUft 
head,  against  IG. 775  head  tor  tbe  week  b -fore;  York- 
er* at  90  8U@$6  25;  Fhlladelphi'as  at  $6  9Ud^  15. 
($ueep — Receipts  for  the  week,  11/.900  bead,  ngainst 
19,400  head  mr  tbe  week  before  ;  selling  at93®J(5  25. 

Chicago,  Feb.  5.— Cattle — Receipts,  1,500  head: 
shipments.  1.100  head;  market  dull  aud  nearly 
nominal;  common  and  inferior.  $2  50a>.i>3;  mudlum  to 
good  Cows.  $S  25®$3  75;  Btockers  and  feeders,  $3  75 
®$4  50;  coerce  to  extia  shippiu<r,  $4  86^$&  75.  lloes 
— tteceipts.  6,50U  head;  sbipmeuta.  2,800  bead;  mar- 
ket active,  firm,  and  higher;  liaht,  $5  til>'a>$5  9ii; 
heavy  packmg,  S5  75S<$6  25;  good  to  choice  heavv 
shipping,  1^6  40®$6  60.  closing  steady,  with  all  sold. 
Sheep— Receipts,  430  head;  murket  quiet  and  weak; 
qnotatiouB  uomlnaL 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  6.— Cattle  dull,  and  pnces 
rather  lowor:  sales,  2.300  bead  extra  FeuDsylTauia 
and  W^estern  steers.  (i^c^GHtc;  fair  to  good  do.,  ocS 
Oc;  eommon.  4c.®4!^c  Sheep  in  fair  dsmand:  sales, 
8.500  head  tft  iho.'w'fc.  Hogs  unchanged;  sake,  3,000 
head.  _ 

THB  STATIC  OF  TRADE. 


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Steers  at  lOe.  9  K.  ird^t  «f%  swt ;  tot  nTlKeiiA 


rir  Ohio  Steeis  at  7%a97<, 
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Obicaoo.  Feb.  5.— -Flour  pominally  nnchaneed. 
Wheat  active,  firm,  and  higher :  No.  2  Chicago  ^priag, 
$1  28%  cash;  $1  29i«,  March:  «1  »U»4.  April;  ^o. 
3  da,  #1  17;  r^ected,  99a.-S>$l.  Corn  in  f;ur  de- 
uiaod  and  hl^uer  :  42^40  ,  cash  i  43^^.  March:  47^80. 
bid.  May ;  relected.  :-S9u.'a'4Uc.  Data  dull  and  nomiu»L 
Rye  firm  at  ^c.  Barley  firmer  at  .'i9c.®60c.  Fork  ao 
tive,  firm,  aud  liigher;  916  30®$lti  40,  cash:  816  4o<i  ' 
$16  47  J»  March:  $18  b53'*i6  07  >a.  April, 
Liard  in  good  demand  aud  a  shade  higher; 
910  82'-j®ii0  85.  cish;  $10  92-2®$ 1 9  95,  March i 
$11  06&911  07^,  AprlL  Buik-meats  in  fair  demaoaau4 
higher  ;  Shoulders,  6c.;  Short  Elbe,  x^c;  Short  Cleai 
Hides,  8^80..  ail  boxed,  cash.  Dressed  Hoicd  in  cood  de- 
Bsaud  and  higher  ;  sales  at  S6  S5'S>j-7  lU  ;  mixed,  il. 
Whisky,  steady  and  unchanged.  Keompts — Piour.  10.. 
UOO  bbU.:  Wheat,  15,U0U  bushels;  Corn.  124.UU0  busa* 
els;  UaiB,  18,000  bushels ;  iiye,  1,50U  bushels;  Hup 
ley.  8,500  bushela  Shipments— Flour.  8,5u0  hbia 
Wheat.  7,000  bushels:  Coru,  40.000  buahels:  Oats,  14,. 
OOO  bushels:  Bye. 785  bushels ;  Barlev,  6.500  bu.iU«ia 
At  the  afternoon  call  of  the  board  Wheat  firmer; 
$1  as'*,  February;  $1  SOSg.  March.  Corn  hi;:her; 
43c.  casa  ;  47  \ec..  May.  Oats  and  Froristons  unchaneedl 

NewOblkaks,  Feb.  5.— Flour  quiet  hut  st.^a'lvj 
Superfine.  s>5  759'SC  ;  double  Extra.  $Glio@tC50;> 
treble  do.,  $6  653'S7  75:  high  grades,  ^a'di^ti  50. 
Com  steady,  with  a  tair  demand  at  Ci6c'£5Uc.  O^ts 
easier  at  44e.'3>46c.  for  Bt.  Louis;  48c.'<995uc.'r()r  Ua- 
lena  Corn-meal  oulet  and  weak  at  $2  b5.  Pnric 
gmet  but  firm  at  917  50.  Lard  quiet;  jobbing  at 
11^&  for  tierce;  kegs,  12c.'S12'^o.  Bu  k-me:tcs 
quiet  but  firm  ;  Shoulders,  loosr,  bi^c ;  packed,  S'sc.  l 
Clear       Rihs,      S'sc.;         clear       Hldea       Oc  Ha- 

cou         quiet        aud         unchanged;  Sugar-cured 

UaniB  dull  at  12c.®  13a  Whisky  weaker  ut  a^l  US. 
Coffee  steady  and  firm:  Rio  carjfooa,   18*40. a)2u34?., 

fold.  Sugar  in  good  demand  at  lull  pricesi;  inferior. 
cSSs+c;  common  to  good.  7c.Sl^''^<i.■,  fair  to  fully 
fair,  8o.®d»B0.!  prime  to  choice,  8'ai.®9c.;  Centrifu- 
gal. 834C®il^4C.;  Yellow  Claritied,  ii^c.'ailOXic.  Mo- 
lasses quiet  and  weak;  Ceotrlfuiial,  25c.®4Uc.;  com- 
mon, 3oo.®3'.i'ac;  fair,  Soc'Si.-iTc.;  .prime  to  choica, 
42o.®48c,  Blcs  quiet  but  steaay  at  4'3C.'96c.  BrdO 
easier  at  85o.  Exobsiige— .Vew-¥ork  sight.  ^  premium; 
sterling,  $6  13  tor  the  Bank.     Gold,  lud. 

St.  Louie,  F'eb.  5. — Flour  firm  aud  nnohcuiged. 
Wheat— >o.  2  Red  Fall.  $1  46  bid,  coob;  sales  at  $i  51 
'S>$L  51^4,  March;  So.  3  do.,  £1  39  bid,  cash;  sales 
at  $1  44-^  March.  Corn  quiet  and  uachauzea.  Oats- 
No.  2  SScffiSSHjc  Rye  inactive  at  G7c  Barley  quiet 
aud  uuchaneed.  Whisky  rtsaoy  at  $1  UO.  Fork, 
$16  50,  cash  and  bid,  Maoi.  Lard  dull  and  UU' 
changed.  Hnlit-meats  firmer:  large  sales  ot  Cleas 
bides  on  private  terms;  supposed  to  oeS^c  or  a  shade 
OTer;  XiOng  Clear  Middles  sold  ut  8Hc.,  buyer  to 
March  lU.  Bacoo,  7140.,  0^iC2>9'3C.,  and  9 :%c -99 34c. 
for  Shoulders,  Clear  ElO.  and  i.'lear  Sld«8;  Cl.arSide*, 
9ige.,  March.  Live  Hogt  quiet  and  uupbanged.  cat* 
tie  steadv :  demand  tkir;  choice  Steers,  $5'3i$5  25: 
good  to  prime  do.,  £4  in^'Hi^tii  87  >9;  liaht.  $3  759 
$4;  fair  to  choice  Cow.'i  acd  Heifers,  $3  12'3®$4; 
corn-fed  Texans,  $3  25®$4.  Iteceipts— 2,400  ooii. 
Flour,  2,000  bushels  Wheat.  S4,UiiU  bushels  Com, 
6.000  bushels  Oats,  l.OUO  bosheis  Rye.  4, SOU  bushela 
Barle.y,  :«,400  head  Hogs,  76U  head  Catlle. 

Buffalo  Feb.  5.— Receiot'i— Flour,  6.600  bbls.; 
Wheat,  16.800  bushels  ;  Com,   20.800  buahels ;  UaU. 

12.0UU  boahels:  Barie.r,  2,OUU  busheU ;  Bye,  '2.i»UU 
bushels.  ishipmentB — Flour,  S'.48t^i  bbls.;  Wheat,  14,- 
800  bushels;  cdrn,  23,200  busneis;  oati,  11,90(1 
bushels;  Barley,  2,U00  bushels  ,  Rre,  2.800  bushels. 
Market  quiet  Corn  in  good  demand  lor  new  supoly 
with  light  sales;  12  cars  new.  ou  track,  at  53®5^igc. 
Wheat— Sales,  2,60U  bushels  Greeu  Bav  Clubat  SI  50; 
5U0  bushe's  NuTth-»eetera  Cluu  at  $1  4'0 ;  500  bushels 
No.  1  White  Mlcbig«u  at  $1  60:  1,000  bushels  do.,  by 
sample,  at  $1  60.  Ojit»— Sales,  l.UUO  bushe.s  No.  2 
Toledo,  at  42c.  Barioy — iiules,  1,500  bushels  Caoada 
at  SOc-i  1,000  bushels  two-rowed  State  at  tiac.  t>tbec 
articles  quiet  anu  unchanged.  Kailroad  Freights  un- 
chaageo. 

iNDLAKAFOua  Feb.  5.— Flour  dfill  and  unchuured. 
Wheat  dull  and  nomiual.  Com  steadv  and  uaohanged. 
Provisions  firmer.  Bulk-meats— Clear  Ribs,  S'^c-t 
Clear  tildes,  8''4e.;  Shoulders,  tic.:  Mess  Pork,  $lt)  60, 
lobbing.  Hogs  quiet,  at  $5  50395  80;  receipts,  1,10V 
oead ;  shipments,  uoue. 

Pbovidbwck,  Fob.  5 — The  Printing  Clotha 
marltet  is  quiet  at  onoiiaiiged  prices,  with  a  llgfal 
stock  oo  the  market        ^^^ 

THE  COTTON  MARKETS. 


Chablbstov.  Feb.  5.— Cotton  dull ;  Mlddllne, 
12V5-:  I'OW  Middling,  12>4C.;  Good  Ordl  lary. 
Xl^^/a-teXic;  net  leoeipts,  1,727  bales;  exports,  to 
Great  Britain.  2.814  bales;  to  the  Continent,  630 
bales ;  coastwise,  1,462  bale*;  sales,  500  bales;  stock, 
49,075  balea 

BAVA5NAH.  Feb.  5.— Cotton  dull ;  Middling,  13%o.| 
Low  Middling.  Xy^a.-.  Good  Ot-dinory.  ll^ac.  :  nef 
receipts,  2,281  bales;  gross,  2,289  bales :  exports  t/ 
areat  Brit.iio,  4,287  bates  ;  coastwise,  l,80f  balea, 
aalea,  300  baieS;  stock,  6,571  bales. 

Mobile,  Feb.  5. — Cotfbn  weak  and  irregular;  Mid. 
dllDg,  120.:  Lew  Middling,  11  O-lOc;  Good  Ordinary, 
17  Hc-i  net  receipts,  1.009  bales;  exports,  coast 
wise,  iQi  bales;  sates.  600  bales;  stock,  73.287  balea. 

, wmm 

FOREIGN  MABKETS. 


lAirDOX,  Feb.  5.— 1-2:30  P.  M — Consols,  93%  foi 
ooth  money  and  tbe  account  United  States  bonds, 
new5s,  107H-    New- Yora  Central,  99. 

1:30  P.  M.— Pans  advices  state  that  5  if  cent  Uentes 
opened  at  106f.  for  the  account 

3:3U  P.  M.^-Conaots.  05  11-16  for  both  money  and  the 
aceoimt  Tbe  amount  of  bulUou  withdrawn  ttojt 
the  Bank  of  Uqglsod  ou  balance  to-day  ts  £74,000. 

4  P.  M.— United  sutes  bonds,  18058,  105S4;  newCa 
IO7S4- 

Frakkpokt.  Feb.  6 — United  States  Bonds,  new  5a 
103  Jq. 

Pakis.  Feb.  5 — Bxehange  on  London,  25£  12iac.foi 
short  sight 

LrvKBPOOL,  Feb.  5—12  M.— Cotton— Tlie  receipts  to. 
day  were  9.10O  bales,  of  which  l,2UO  bales  were 
American.  Futures  opened  with  buyers  ofFeriug 
l-32d.  hisher.  but .  the  advance  has  since  been 
lost;  Uplanda  Low  Middling  chuise.  February 
and  March  deliverv.  6  21-32d. ;  also,  sales  3f  tbe  same 
at  6^1-;'  Uplands.  Low  Middling  clause.  March  aud 
Aurll  deUverv.  S*4fl..:  Oplanda  Low  Middling  cl^iuse, 
Amil  and  Hay  delivery,  O?^.;  CplaBda,'Low  Miiidlmg 
ciauae.  May  and  June  delivery,  6  15-160.:  Uplands,  Low 
WUMHug  o4aua«.  June  and  Jaly  delivery,  7  l-32d4 
also,  sales  ofthesameat  7d. 

1:90  P.  ■ — i;otleo— Oj^Dds,  Low  Middling  clanae. 
Vay  and  June  delivery.  6  29-32d. 

if!  PrK.— cotton- Opiande,  Low  Middling  Clanae, 
Fehrosxy  and  March  delivery,  6 19-8vd.;  Uplanda 
Iiow  Middling  OJauae,  June  and  July  deilvery, 
fiSl'39d. 

8:30  P.  M.— Cotton— Of  the  aalea  te-day  7,600  bales 
vexe  Amerleaa. 

4  P.  M.— Cotton— Uplands  Low  Middling  clause,  Feb- 
xnary  and  Harch  delivery,  6  9-16d.;  Oidands  Xow  Uid- 
4iinj[  clause,  March  and  April  delivery.  6  ll-ltML:  Di^ 
lands  Low  MiddUag  clause,  April  and  May  deKvery. 
6  13-lOd. 

5  P.  U— Cotton— Futures  steady;  Uplands  Low 
Middling  clause,  March  aad  Apnl  deUvMT,  d  98-S9d4 
also  saleaot  the  same  at  6  ll-j.6d. 

LMntoa,  Fab.  O-^kSO  P.  M.-~4>roanee  .«eOaed  Pe> 
trolenm.i6>i^f27f  r<*Uoft  -»v~o  i-e- 

Awrwanr,  VsV.  6<-r«tt«l99i9— 00£  ibr  flaa  Pale 
AvatiosD. 

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ME^^-YORK,  TUESDAY.  PER  6,  1877. 


AMUSBUMHTS  THIS  STESINO. 

ItmfWAT  HAUi.— HvaioAi.  B>ts»tai»bbt,  R>a»> 
ni«,  ko.— 9fmo..K.  Paopeulielm.  Ura.  Zelda  Sfgoln, 
Mark  Twain,  Mx.  «.  P.  BuiMuik.  uut  otlien. 

iOASBMT  or  HUSIC— LuoiA  di  Lamxkxhoor   (Bag- 
Ush  Open)-JfaM  0.  L.  Kellogg,  Mr.  Haaa,  Mr. 
r     Caxlston. 

OinOS  8QUABB  THKATEB.— Th«  DAnCBBirM— Mr.   C. 

R.  Tboroe,  Mr.  W.  R.  Floyd.  Mlsg  KaUienue  Bogeri, 
MlM  Fumy  Moraat 


PABK  THBATKR.— OuK  Boaebws  Houib— Mr. 
BolMoii.  Mr.  W.  H.  Crane,  Mrs.  A.  V.  Baker. 


(^AIxlcK'S   THBATBB.— Au.    voa  b>a— Mr.    Lester 
Wallaok,  Mr.  8.  Mackaye.  Mlas  Ada  Uyas. 

FtPTH  AVENOB  THBATBB.— Lbmoxb:     or.  Wbdmck 
»OB  SsTwr— Mr.  C.  P.  Coghlan,  Mias  F.  Darenport 


BOOTH'S     THKATEB.— FwTH    AT«3ro»— Mr. 
Sixnold,  Misa  Maud  Granger. 


George 


BROADWAT  THEATRB.— Mabtos,    Urn    JouB    Boona- 

TIUU. 


BELLER'S    WONDBR    THBATEE.— PsRSTiDiaiTATioir, 
Musio.  Asn  HntOH— Me.  Robert  aaller,  Alias  Uellen 


fflBtO'S   OABDBN.— Arouki>    thb   Wobii>  -ur  Eiobtt 
Bat«  (Spectaoolar)- Kiralfy  Brotbera. 


CAQLE  TBEATEE,-LAPKTiTa  Hariu  (Opera  Booffe) 
MUe.  Maiie  Aimee. 


OLYMPIC  THBATRB.— Thb  BisBonasxa. 


KEW-YORK  AQOARIUM.— Rarb  aiid  Cubiocs  Fmb  ahb 
Mamjiaua,  Statuast.  &a — Day  and  erenlDH. 


METEOPOllTAN  MU8BDM   OP   ART,-Exhibitiow  of 
AxatKST  BVATUABi.  PAiHTiRsa.  &0.     Bay  only. 


BAN  FRANCISCO  MINSTRELS.— MiHixatUT. 
andMKOKO  Cojucautiks. 


FlXO^ 


Rational  aoadbmt  of  dksiqk.— EzHiBrnoir 
Watcr  Coloks.    Day  and  evening. 


ASSOCIATION  HALT,.— TxPBKaoiTATioira  Ain»  RxAj>iNSa 
by  Mr.' A.  P.  Borbank. 


Kepablicans  at  Washington  are  getting 
,jOO  much  acoustomed  to  the  mental  attitude 
of  sarrender.  Mr.  David  Dudley  Field 
has  been  permitted  to  bully  witnesses  b«- 
fore  the  LoalBiana  Committee  with  a  brutal 

.Tiolence  -wBrthy  of  Jeffriks,  -writhout  a 
protest  from  the  Republican  raiRority. 
fThese  mild-mannered  geatlemen  even  ap- 
ipear  to  have  found  some  difficulty  in  pluck- 
ing Up  courage  enough  to  protest  against 
•the  very  impudent  trick  by  which  Field 
contrived  to  get  before  the  Electoral 
Commission  a  garbled  report  of  the 
testimony  taken  by  the  -  committee,  and 
jwere  only  too  ready  to  allow  the  Ring  coua- 
selor  an  opportunity  to  back  out  from  the  re- 
sponsibility for  this  proceeding.  The 
Bnpineness'of  the  minority  in  the  House  has 
iteen  talcen  advantage  of  by  the  Democratic 
leaders  to  subject  two  of  the  members 
of  the  Louisiana  Beturning  Board  to  indig- 
nities, against  which  a  common  felon  would 
have  been  secure.  If  Congress  possesses 
the  power  to  put  State  ofiGlcers  who  may 
differ  from  it  on  questions  of  jurisdic- 
tion in  dark,  damp,  and  ill-/entilated 
dungeons,  the  sooner  some  restrictions 
are  placed  on  the  exercise  of  such  authority 
the  better.  If  that  power  is  being  used 
without  a  shadow  of  legal  or  judicial  au- 
fehority>  somebody  ought  to  be  called 
sharplry  to  accaunt  for  a  piece  of  monstrous 
Qsurxjation  and  a  gross  exhibition  of  partisan 
mal7.ce.  There  was  a  time  when  a  section  of 
the  old  Whig  Party  was  chiefly  remarkable 
loir  the  amount  of  lacking  it  could  bear  from 
Wie  slave-holding  oligarchy.  If  any  con- 
considerable  number  of  Republican  Con- 
gressmen are  disposed  to  take  insults 
meekly  at  the  hands  of  the  Democratic 
bullies  of  to-day,  they  may  fairly  expect 
some  supplementary  and  still  more  vigorous 
kicking  from  their  couBtituents. 


£3;-Grov.  Wells,  the  Chairman  of  the 
Louisiana  Returning  Board,  contradicts  the 
te8,tiiBony  of  Maddox  in  every  essential  de- 
tsrlL  He  had  no  conversation  whatever 
'v/ith  MaddoX  in  regard  to  the  use  of  money 
%o  influence  the  result  of  the  election  ;  he 
Bent  no  such  telegrams  as  those  attributed 
to  him ;  he  never  intimated  that  he 
wanted  a  millivn  of  dollars,  or  any 
other  sum,  to  count  the  vote 
of  the  State  for  Tildes  ;  and  he  never  met 
or,  indeed,  knew  of  the  existence  of  Col. 
Pickett  as-a  ooadiutor  of  Maddox.  Com- 
pelled to  choose  between  the  testimony  of 
Mr.  Wklls  and  that  of  the  pair  of  self- 
convicted  scoundrels  who  are  his  ac- 
cusers, there,  can  be  but  little  hesitation 
as  to  winch  ought  to  be  accepted.  It  does  not 
requiro  a  belief  in.  the  immaculate  virtue 
of  the/ Chairman  of  the  Louisiana  Board  or  in 
thatrt>f  his  associates,  to  refuse  to  condemn 
theni  on  any  such  evidence  as  that  which 
has' been  trumped  up  for  Democratic  use. 
The  meanest  criminal  would  not  be  con- 
victed on  the  testimony  of  rascals  by  pro- 
ftission  like  Maddox  and  Pickett,  and 
Whatever  people  may  think  of  the  general 
credibility  of  the  members  of  the  Louisiana 
Beturning  Board,  they  are  entitled  to  the 
full  benefit  of  the  very  explicit  denials 
with  which  they  have  met  the  assertions  of 
David  Dudley  Field's  pet  witnesses. 


The^contradlction  of  Littlefield's  tes- 

dmony  by  Gov.  Wells  was  equally  em- 
phatio.  That  person  had  succeeded  in  rais- 
ing quite  an  imposing  structure  of  fiction 
baa«d  on  the  assertion  that  the  original 
taUy-sheet  from  Yemon  Parish  had,  at  the 
request  of  Qov.  Wells,  been  destroyed. 
The  official  report  of  ttte  proceedings  was 
produced  to  show  that  no  such  pa- 
"pers  as  those  described  by  Littlefield  had 
ever  been  in  the  possession  of  the  board-or 
of  any  of  its  members.  Mr.  Wells  de- 
nounoed  Littlefisld  as  "  an  unmitigated 
liar,"'  and  he  certainly  ought  to  know  some^ 
thingr  of  the  character  of  the  ex-elerk  of  the 
board.  Only,  it  must  be  admitted  to  be  a 
little  unfortunate  that  the  failings  of  this  ia- 
ganioDs  pAj^urer  were  not  discovered  sooner. 

Accounts  from  Mexico  show  that  the 
Presidential  election  is  going  in  favor  of 
Diaz.  This  is  like  saying  that  the  Dutch 
have  taken  Holland.  Diaz  ruled  out  all 
possible  oonteetants  as  ineligible,  and  if  he 
is  sot  unanimously  elected,  it  will  be  be- 
eaus*  some  of  the  voters  have  amused 
themselves  by  choosing  electors  pledged  to 
candidates  who  could  not  be  elected  in  any 
event  whatoTer.  But  while  the  election 
goes  on  prosperously  for  the  sole  candidate, 
a  connt«x;;c«Tolation  ia  organised  at  the  cap- 
ital. It  Is  necessary  that  Diaz 
•ibonld  hurry  back  to  the  City 
of  Heodeo,  In  order  to  prevent 
hu  OoTenmunit  from  faUlng  to  pieces. 
Tho  Oatmial^li  tirvn.  by  dissensions,  and 
fbo  aMmoy^Utodem  are  roady  for  a  change  ot 
*daiof«tnti|OB.  Be  te,  th«  United  StotM 
aoT«nuB«tti Juw  WTvUMl  mt  asssisity  for 


threatened  change  in  the  Mexican  Legation 
at  Washington  will  compel  the  State  De- 
partment to  decide  whether  Lrrdo's  ap- 
pointee, or  a  Tepresentative  of  Diaz,  is  the 
authorized  diplomatic  agent  of  the  Mexican 
Republic. 

MmuAT  Pasha,  Grand  Vizier  and  inventor 
of  the  Constitution  for  the  Ottoman  Empire, 
has  been  dismissed,  and  Edhrm  Pasha  is 
appointed  in  his  place.  When  Midhat 
was  made  Grand  Vizier,  Edhkm  Pasha  suc- 
ceeded him  as  President  of  the  Council  of 
State.  He  now  follows  him  into  the  high 
office  ot  Premier.  Edhrm  was  the 
Turkish  Plenipotentiary  to  the  confer- 
ence, though  Safvet  Pasha,  as  Minister 
for  Foreign  Affairs,  was  a  more 
conspicuous  figure  during  the  sittings  of  that 
council.  The  latter  official  was  concilia- 
tory and  evasive,  as  .was  Midhat,  until  the 
final  decisive  moment  arrived.  Edhem,  on 
the  other  hand,  was  belligerent  and  openly 
hostile  to  every  proposal  offered  by  the  for- 
eign powers.  The  present  change  indicates 
no  relaxation  in  the  lately  vigorous  policy 
of  the  Sublime  Porte. 


The  Assembly  Committee  on  Cities  ought 
to  reach  at  once  some  decision  on  the  Salary 
bill  and  the  charter  amendments,  intro- 
daced  by  Mr.  Fish.    The  Senate  has  already 

given  very  convincing  proofs  of  the  sincerity 
of  its  desire  to  do  something  for  the  relief 
of  New-York  tax-payers,  and  the  Assembly 
cannot  afford  to  repeat  the  game  of 
procrastination  by  which  the  people 
of  this  City  were  cheated  out 
ofreform  legislation  last  year.  Mr.  Fish's 
committee-  have  had  ample  time  for  delib- 
eration over  the  principal  City  bills  now  be- 
fore them,  and  they  can  have  no  excuse  for 
misapprehending  the  drift  of  public  senti- 
ment in  regard  to  these  measures.  It 
will  be  well  for  them  to  remember  that 
the  Tammany  Republicans  in  this  City 
have  interests  and  alliances   which    run 

directly  counter  to  the  public  demands, 
and  that  the  less  they  complicate  their  de- 
liberations by  any  consideration  of.  the 
"  claims "   of   the   hungry    crowd    of    tax- 

eaters  of  either  party  the  more  faithfully 

w^ill  they  be  able  to  discharge  their  obliga- 
tions to  the  tax-payers. 


The  famous  Castellani  collection  of  an- 
tiques is  now  open  for  exhibition  at  ths 
Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art,  and  invites 
such  leisurely  inspection  as  was  not  practi- 
cable at  the  Centennial  Exposition.  It  is 
hardly  necessary  to  odd  a  word  te  the 
full  deseriptioDS  of  this  rare  array 
made  in  the  columns  of  The 
Times..  There  are  really  two  groups  in 
the  collection,  one  being  of  gems,  marbles, 
personal  ornaments,  &c.,  from  prehistoric 
times  down  to  the  sixteenth  century.  The 
other  is  of  ceramics,  the  objects  being  ar- 
ranged so  as  to  form  a  complete  historical 
record  of  the  art  from  the  time  of  the  Arabs 
to  the  seventeenth  century.  It  is  desirable 
that  this  last-named  group  shall  be  bought 
for  our  museum  ;  so  much  of  the  purchase 
money  as  can  be  raised  from  admission  fees 
will  be  applied  for  that  purpose. 


THE  AUG UMENTS  BEFORE  THE  ELEC- 
TORAL COMMISSION. 

By  the  operation  of  the  rules  of  the  Elec- 
toral Commission,  the  arguments  before  it, 
though  not  in  form  touching  the  merits  of 
the  case  referred  to  it — that  of  Florida- 
have  become  exceedingly  important,  and 
the  decision  upon  them  may  determine 
the  main  question,  not  only  as  to 
Florida,  but  as  to  the  other  disputed 
Southern  States.  Messrs.  Evarts  and 
O'CONOR  yesterday  discussed  the  question 
of  the  evidence  which  the  Commission  may 
receive -or  has  already  received.  It  was 
held  by  the  Democratic  counsel  that  the 
Commission  already  had  before  it,  by 
virtue  of  the  statements  made  in  the 
written  objection  to  the  Hayes  certifi- 
icates,  various  proceedings  ot  the  courts  and 
Legislature  of  Florida,  tending  to  overthrow 
the  authority  of  the  Republican  Electors. 
It  was  farther  held  that  the  Commission 
might  receive  additional  evidence  going 
to  prove  that  the  Hayes  Electoirs 
were  not  in  fact  elected,  but  that 
the  Tilden  Electors  received  a  majority 
of  the  votes  in  Florida  in.  November. 
The  power  to  take  this  evidence  and  to  act 
on  it,  on  the  part  of  the  Commission,  was 
maintdkied  to  be  of  like  nature  and  extent 
with  the  power  of  courts  in  respect  of  a 
writ  of  quo  warranto,  or  an  inquiry  into  the 
right  to  office.  It  will  thus  be  seen  that, 
on  the  threshold  of  the  first  case,  there 
arises  the  very  essential  question 
of  the  powers  of  the  Commission, 
and  since  these  are,  by  express  provision  of 
law,  the  powers  of  Congress,  the  discussion 
takes  a  wide  range,  and  necessarily  goes 
back  over  much  of  the  ground. covered  by 
the  Congressional  debates. 

Mr.  EVABTS  presented  the  objections  to 
the  Democratic  view  of  the  powers  of  the 
Commission  with  his  customary  acute- 
ness  and  dispassionate  calmness.  Prob- 
ably no  lawyer  of  our  day  pos- 
sesses a  more  penetrating  intellect, 
or  is  capable  of  presenting  more 
perfectly  the  bearing  of  the  principles  of 
constitutional  law  upon  a  question  of  the 
intricacy  and  scope  of  that  argued  by  him 
yesterday.  Certainly,  none  would  treat  the 
matter  with  greater  breadth.  The  report  of 
theAssociated  Press,  though  doubtless  made 
with  the  desire  to  be'  literally  accurate, 
is  extremely  coufnsed,  and  we  regret  that 
our  readers  will  be  in  part  deprived  of  the 
pleasure  of  seeing  Mr.  Evarts'  argument  in 
its  best  form,  and  exactly  as  it  waa  made. 
Mr.  EVABTS  dismissed  with   brief  exposure 

ff  its  absurdity  the  Democratic  claim 
i(bat  everything  mentioned  in  the  ob- 
jlbctions  to  the  votes  was  already 
before  the  Commission.  To  admit 
that  would  be  simply  to  turn  the  settlement 
of  the  powers  of  the  Commission  over  to  the 
Senators  and  Representatives  who  chose  to 
put  in  objections.  If  the  Commission  were 
to  go  behind  the  certificates  and  the  papers 
sent  with  them  from  the  meeting  of  the  two 
houses,  it  must  do  so  on  the  formal  adjudi- 
cation of  its  own  powers.  The  suggestion 
that  it  could  be  nompelled  to  do  so  by  the 
iM^on  of  "volunteer  objectors"  in  Congress 
was  of  the  nature  of  a  trick,  and '  one  to 
which  the  Commission  will  havdly  give 
■erioos  attention. 

Obyibnsly,  if  tho  Commission  is  to  go  be- 
hind the  oeirtifloate,  it  must  be  to  dispute 
its  correctnoM,  and  if  It  does  this,  it  cannot 
•top  ihort  of  the  ballot-box,  and  mast  in* 
Tsstlgafto  OTMj  Intormodlato  stop.  It 
if   tt»  0tott   oanTasMn 


acted  lawfhlly  on  the  county  returns, 
and  .  if  the  county  officials  per- 
formed,  their  |lnty  with  reference  to  the 
district  returns ;  if  the  district  officers  were 
proper  in  their  dealings  with  the  votes,  and 
if  ahQ  voters  were  themselves  qualified. 
Such  an  investigation  is  entirely  per- 
tinent in  a  quo  warranto  proceeding,  and 
would  be  so  for  the  Commission  had 
the  *  latter  .the  character  of  a  court 
entertaining  an  application  for  such  a 
writ.  But  Mr.  Evarts  pointed  out  that 
Congress  has  not  given  the  writ  of  quo  war- 
ranto in  the  case  of  President.  It  might  do 
SO,  but  as  a  matter  of  fact  it  has  not.  No 
tribunal  exists  with  the  power  to  take  such 
proceedings.  Least  of  all  is  the  Commis- 
sion such  a  tribunaL  Congress  'has  no 
power  under  the  Constitution"  to  give 
it  any  such  powers.  Congress  could  give 
them  only  to  courts  inferior  to  the  Supreme 
Court,  constituted  of  Judges  nominated  by 
the  President  and  confirmed  by  the  Senate. 
To  no  other  tribunal  could  Congress  give 
judicial  powers  such  as  the  Democrats  claim 
for  the  Commission. 

There  are  other  reasons  why  Congress 
could  not  authorize  the  Commission  to  do 
moreithan  decide  which  are  the  proper  cer- 
tificate fixim  Florida.  It  did  not  itself  pos- 
sess any  iurther  authority  than  this.  After 
the  certificates  were  opened  the  votes  were 
then  to  be  counted,  and  Congress  was  sup- 
posed still  to  be  continuing  the  session  of 
last  Thursday.  The  process  must  be  summary 
and  deoljjive.*  To  interpose  a  trial  by  a 
court  with  judicial  and  plenary  powers  and 
duties,  authorized  and  required  to  settle  all 
questions  that,  may  arise,  by  the  ordinary 
processes  of  collecting,  comparing,  sifting, 
and  weighing  levidence,  would  be  simply  to 
prevent  any  election  whatever.  The  votes 
must  of  necessity  be  counted  by  the  4th  of 
March.  If  they  were  not,  the  President  of 
the  Senate  would  become  Acting  l*resident, 
and  there  mu^  be  a  new  election.  There 
was  nowhere  any  authority  given  to  Con- 
gress to  set  up  a  special  tribunal  with  the 
power  to  produce  such  a  result. 

The  reply  of  Mr.  CConor  to  these  argu- 
ments was,  especially  in  its  opening  and  lii 
its  close,  marked  by  a  good  deal  of  partisan 
heat,  from  which  all  the  remarks  on  the 
Republican  side  have  thus  far  been  entirely 
free.  The  essential  part  of  the  argument 
was  that  there  need  not  result  any  incon- 
venience from  the  scope  sought  to  be  given  to 
the  Commission's  powers,  because  the  Com- 
mission could  use  them  so  as  to  prevent  it. 
This,  of  course,  does  not  touch  the  sub- 
stance of  the  objection,  which  is  that  Con- 
gress has  no  right  to  place  it  within  the  dis- 
cretion of  a  Commission  to  produce  such  re- 
sults. Moreover,  it  fails  conspicuously  to 
reach  the  constitutional  limitations  on  the 
power  of  Congress  itselfl 

We  have  pointed  out  that  thesa  prelimin- 
ary arguments  touch  the  broad  question  of 
the  powers  of  the  Commission ;  but  they  do 
not  exhaust  it,  by  any  means.  It  will  be 
again  taken  up  on  the  discnssion  of  the 
merits  ol  the  Florida  case.  Meanwhile,  the 
Republicans  are  not  seeking  to  con- 
fine the  Commission  within  the 
strict  limits  imposed  on  it  by  the  Constitu- 
tion from  any  fear  of  the  trnth.  If  the  Com- 
mission decide  to  open  up  evidence  as  to 
the  election,  the  Republican  counsel  prom- 
ise to  show  that  the  actual  legal  vote,  some 
of  which  the  canvassers  could  not  reach, 
was  heavily  for  Hayks, 


PACIFIC  RAILROAD  IJS3EBTEDNESS. 

An  evening  contemporary,  reporting  Wall 
street  matters  yesterday,  says  that  "  Union 
Pacific  stock  has  been  steadily  advancing 
of  late,  until  68  was  made  to-day.  Good 
parties,  not  v\  close  relations  with  the  Dil- 
lon-Gould management,  but  believers  in  tne 
road,  are  talking  well  of  the  stock."  The 
holders  of  this  stock,  with  "the  Dillon- 
Gould  management"  at  their  head,  are 
heavily  indebted  to  the  Government,  and  are 
doing  their  utmost  to  prevent  an  arrangement 
by  which  it  may  be  protected  against  loss. 
Within  the  precincts  of  the  National  Cap- 
itol they  plead  poverty  as  an  excuse  for 
the  non-payment  of  their  debts.  The  road, 
they  declare,  is  not  able  to  bear  the  burden 
of  a  sinking  fnnd  equivalent  to  the  extinc- 
tion of  the  indebtedness  to  the  Govern- 
ment, whose  munificent  liberality  is  the 
source  of  whatever  strength  the  com- 
pany possesses.  In  Wall  street  the  same 
people  adopt  a  very  different  tone.  They 
expatiate  on  the  resources  and  fu- 
ture of  the  road.  They  "bull"  the  stock 
in  spite  of  the  {>os8ibilities  of  adverse  legis- 
lation, and  in  spite,  too,  of  the  debt  which, 
if  not  soon  provided  for,  will  ultimately 
crush  the  stock  out  of  existence.  They 
point  to  the  payment  of  dividends  as  evi- 
dence of  prosperity,  and  in  one  way  or  an- 
other contrive  to  give  an  upward  inovement 
to  a  stock  which,  judged  by  the  company's 
representations  at  Washington,  can  have  no 
intrinsic  value.  That  these  roproaentatlons 
are  false,  and  that  the  company  is  able  to 
comjfly  with  the  requirements  either 
of  the  House  bill,  passed  last  Sum- 
mer, or  of  Mr.  Thurman's  bill,  reported 
frpiQ  the  Senate  Judiciary  Committee,  a 
fact  set  forth  in  the  last  report  of  the  com- 
pany clearly  proves.  More  than  fifty  per 
cent,  of  the  gross  receipts  on  the  last  year's 
business  were  profit,  the  total  having  been 
$12,113,990,  while  the  expense  of  operating 
the  road  was  $5,447,819.  It  is  preposterous 
to  pretend  that  a  company  whose  net  earn- 
ings were  $6,666,171,  cannot  annually  pay 
the  $750,000  in  addition  to  the  5  per  cent, 
and  the  money  earned  from  the  United 
States,  as  provided  for  in,  the  House  bill, 
or  th6  million  and  a  half,  in  addition  to  half 
the  eamin^s^for  Government  transportation, 

as  cOBtempIated  by  the  Judiciary  Commit- 
tee. A  management  which  finds  money  to 
divide  as  dividends  for  the  purpose  of  im- 
parting a  fictitious  value  to  the  stock,  and 
which  will  not  forego  immodiate  gain  m 
order  that  an  ever-increasing  indebtedness 
may  be  secured,  is  not  an  honest  manage- 
ment, or  one  th4t  is  entitled  to  considera- 
tion at  the  hands  of  Congress. 

The  Central  Pacific,  which,  besides  being 
a  huge  debtor  to  the  Government,  is  always 
ready  to  bring  its  infiuence  to  bear  in  favor 
of  corrupt  legislation  on  railroad  questions, 
has  even  less  excuse  than  the  Union  Pacific 
for  leaving  its  indebtedness  unadjusted. 
Its  sixty-two  millions  of  capital  stock  is 
divided  among  a  **  ring "  of  ninety-five 
individuals,  and  not  a  share  is  ever 
heard  of  in  th!i  open  market  It  is  a 
close  corporation — an  arrogant  «nd  practi- 
callj  irresponsible  monopoly— and  only 
the  imtiatod  know  Its  actual  gains.  What 
IM  do  knov  iii  that  of    the     ai4.610.400 


gross  earnings  of  the  last  business  year,  no 
less  than  $7,720,4S4  were  net  earnings.  As 
the  company'ti  entire  bonded  indebtedness 
—exclusive  of  the  $27,855,680,  with  ac- 
cumulating Interest,  on  account  of  the  Cav- 
ern ment  bonds-^is  only  $33,604,508,  a  mar- 
gin remains  on  the  net  income  amply  suf- 
ficient to  yield  the  annual  contribution 
ealled  for  by  either  of  the  measures  we  have 
referred  to.  The  House  bill  fixes  the  amount 
at  $568,210  beyond  the  sum  earned  for  Gov- 
ernment transportation,  and  the  5  per  cent, 
stipulated  for  in  the  original  act— 
an  amonnt  unreasonably  small  compared 
with  that  to  be  exacted  from  the  Union 
Pacific,  bearing  in  mind  the  relative  finan- 
cial strength  ot  the  two  enterprises.  Mr. 
Thurman's  bill  proposes  the  same  terms  for 
both,  coupled  with  a  proviso  which  would 
disarm  any  opposition  not  intent  upon  evad- 
ing the  payment  of  just  debts.  It  is  that 
the  specified  contribution,  together  with 
the  half  of  the  Government  earnings  and 
the  5  per  cent,  on  the  net  earnings,  shall 
not  exceed  one-fourth  of  the  total  net 
income  of-  the  company.  Looking 
at  the  figures  we  have  cited, 
it  is  apparent  that  enough  would  still  be 
left  to  provide  for  all  the  legitimate  re- 
quirements of  the  road,  and  to  yield  some 
dividend  on  the  stock.  The  latter  circum- 
stance is  not  one  that  should  haVe  great 
weight.  The  first  duty  of  a  corporation  is 
to  provide  for  its  debts,  and  a  company 
like  the  Central  Pacific,  whose  stock  is  so 
valuable,  and  is  held  so  tightly  that  not  a 
share  has  been  publicly  sold  since  the  open- 
ing of  the  road,  forfeits  all  right  to  the 
forbearancg  of  Congress  when  it  resists  at 
every  stage  propositions  which,  at  the  best, 
willln  the  end  only  avert  from  the  national 
Treasury  serious  loss. 

The  outcry  raised  in  behalf  of  these  com- 
panies might  convey  to  those  who  have  not 
watched  the  progress  ofthe  controversy  the 
idea  that  some  scandalous  wrong  was  about 
to  be  inflicted  upon  struggling  and  meritori- 
ous corporations.     The   outcry  could  hardly 

be  louder  if  the  companies  were  called  upon 
at  once  to  pay  arrearages  of  interest  due 
the  Government,  and  at  the  same  time  to 
form  a  fund  for  the  redemption  ef 
the  (Government  bonds  at  maturity.  The 
two  companies  are,  however,  on  their  ottu 
showing,  prosperous.  They  have  the  com- 
mand of  so  much  money  that  they  can 
afford  to  divide  large  sums  amoag  the  stock- 
holders. They  are,  therefore,  debarred  by 
their  own  acts  from  pleading  poverty.  Nor 
can  they  with  any  better  grace  fall  back 
upon  the  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
based  upon  an  ipterprotation  of  an  agree- 
ment which  by  its  own  terms  reserves  to 
the  Government  the  right  of  so  amending  the 
provisions  as  to  protect  the  public  interest. 
The  House  has  decided  that  this  right  shall 
now  be  exercised,  and  the  Judiciary 
Committee  of  the  Senate  have  placed 
the  right  itselt  upon  a  solid 
foundation  of  equity.  The^  expediency  of 
the  case  scarcely  needs  elucidation.  Why 
should  the  Government  go  on,  year  after 
jear,  paying  out  the  tax-payers'  money  fbr 
the  accommodation  of  dividend-earning 
r.-ulroadsT  Why  should  there  be  delay  in 
effecting  a  settlement  which  will  be  more 
difficult  the  longer  it  is  deferred,  and  which, 
if  postponed  until  the  bonds  reach  maturity, 
would  be  impossible  save  on  one  of  two 
conditions — the  assumption  by  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  roada,  or  the  sacrifice  by 
the  Gtiverament  of  a  part  of  the 
debt  to  secure  the  remainder  f  Nothing 
less  than  legislative  coercion  will 
bring  the  companies  to  reason.  Their  pro- 
posal, as  embodied  in  the  bill  reported  by 
Mr.  West  from  the  Railroad  Committee,  is 
so  absurdly  inadequate  that  it  ought  not  to 
be  entertained.  Its  main  feature  is  the  sale 
to  the  Government  of  millions  of  acres  of 
the  land  which  the  Government,  in  the  first 
instance,  gave  to  the  companies.  The  choice 
of  the  Senate,  then,  really  lies  between  the 
House  bill  and  Mr.  Thurman's  bill,  and  we 
hope  tUat  one  or  the  other  will  become 
law  this  sessioB. 

The  country  will  suffer  heavy  loss  from 
the  obligations  incurred  in  behalf  of  the 
Pacific  railroads  whatever  action  Congress 
may  take  on  the  general  question.  The 
Kansas  Pacific,  after  a  long  struggle  with 
its  embarrassmonts,  recently  passed  into 
the  charge  i  '.  of  Receivers,  and  will  al- 
most certainly  share  the  fate  of  bankrupt 
enterprises.  Its  bonded  indebtedness  to 
the  Government  is  $6,303,000,  with  about 
two  millions  more  on  account  of  interest 
past  due.  As  the  security  held  by  the  Gov- 
ernment is  only  that  of  a  second 
mortgage,  while  the  first  mortgage 
bonds,  now  in  default,  amount  to  up- 
ward of  twelve  millions,  it  is  morally 
certain  that  the  impending  foreclosure  will 
result  in  a  total  loss  of  the  advances  made 
by  the  Government,  and  of  all  the  principal 
and  interest  hereafter  to  be  paid  on  its 
bonds.  On  general  grounds,  the  impolicy 
of  the  aid  rsndersd  by  the  Government  to 
roads  of  the   class  of  the   Kansas   Pacific, 

the  Sioux  City  and  Pacific,  and  the  Central 

Branch  Union  Pacific,  is  now  manifest.  For 
groat  trunk  roads  across  the  Continent, 
strong  arguments  have  in  times  past  been 
available.  The  minor  roads  we  have  enu- 
merated never  had  any  title  to  national  as- 
sistance, and  the  people  will  pay  dearly  for 
the  recklessness  which  afibrded  it.  Not  one 
ofthe  three  will  ever  discharge  a  dollar  of 
its  indebtedness  to  the  Government. 


A  FOOLISH  EXPERIMENT. 

Thefe  is  some  talk  of  organizing  a  car- 
nival in  New- York.  The  bare  statement  of 
this  fact  is  ludicrous  enough.  It  is  an  at- 
tempt to  introduce  a  custom  of  Southeru 
Europe  under  the  unpropitious  conditions  of 
our  Nprthern  climate.  The  experiment  has 
been  tried  in  New-Orleans,  Memphis,  and  a 
tew  other  South-western  cities,  but  with  in- 
difiereut  success.  Whether  as  mardi  gras 
or  carnival,  the  public  celebration  of  the 
reign  of  foUy  has  never  been  received  with 
kindly  appreciation  in  this  country.  Our 
people  are  too  utilitarian,  too  intensely 
practical,  to  enter  into  the  spirit 
of  the  saturnalia  which  the  institution 
originally  was.  Even  in  Rome  and  Venice, 
where  the  carnival  was  bom,  the  people  an- 
nually complain  that  the  celebration  is  losing 
its  brilliancy  and  abandon.  In  the  good  old 
time,  when  absolutism  relieved  the  people 
of  all  political  care,  and  gave  them  gilded 
trifles  to  amuse  themselves  withy,  the  mad 
frolic  of  the  carnival  suited  the  humor  of 
the  populace.  It  furnished  them  an  ex- 
oitemei^t  which  acted  as  a  safety-valve, 
and  prevented  them '  firom  thinking  too 
,  modi  of  serious  (Uuffs.    It  wm  a  oameant 


of  fun  and  folly,  "i^ether  the  world  has 
grown  wiser  or  not,  it  has  certainly  grown 
too  serious  for  the  camivaL 

But  a  street  "carnival  in  New-York ! 
What  could  be  more  utterly  -  absurd  f 
Imagine  the  melancholy  of  a  fantastic 
pageant  under  our  cold  skies,  with  a  flurry 
of  snow  m  the  air,  and  the  pavements  half- 
covered  with  the  unutterable  filth  and 
paleocrystic  layers  which  the  Street-clean- 
ing Bureau  permits  us  to  endure.  It  would 
be  like  Christmas  beef  in  the  tropics,  or 
a  njidsuifimer  picnic  in  the  open  Polar  Sea. 
To  be  sure,  we  have  "  carnivals  "  of  all  sorts, 
according  to  the  penny-a-liners.  There  are 
carnivals  of  crime,  billiard  carnivals,  and 
even  carnivals  of  the  fire-fiend,  in  the  dialect 
ofthe  industrious  gentlemen  whose  business 
it  is  to  gamisb  with  big  phrases  the  common- 
est events  of  everyday  life.  In  this  free  and 
easy  community  there  is  no  such  thing  as  a 
farewell  to  meat ;  therefore  there  is  no  cami 
vale,  and  the  very  meaning  of  the  word  has 
no  value  or  is  forgotten.  But  to  make  a  real 
carnival,  that  is,  as  real  as  one  coald  be  in 
this  latitude,  would  requilre  more  courage 
and  audacity  than  we  give  our  people  credit 
for.  When  Smith,  Hobson,  or  D9bson, 
honest  artisans  or  tradesmen,  array  them- 
selves as  medisBval  cavaliers  or  punchi- 
nellos,  they  slink  into  the  masked  ball 
under  a  cover  of  some  kind,  and  are  melan- 
choly until  they  find  themselves  in  company 
with  a  multitude  of  similarly  disguised 
merry-makers.  If  one  of  these  hilarious 
harlequins  strays  into  the  street,  he  is  a 
target  for  the  violent  wit  of  the  street 
lounger  and  the  lawful  prey  of  the  police- 
man. The  masker  does  not  bloom  well  in 
the  bleak  streets  of  New- York,  however  he 
may  flourish  in  New-Orleans  and  Memphis. 

The  Roman  Corso,  crowded  with  gor- 
geously-dressed figures,  lined  with  lofty  and 
decorated  buildings,  and  alive  with  the  un- 
bridled gayoty  of  an  Italian  populace.  Is 
not  to  be  transplanted  to  New- York.  It  is 
complained  that  the  masked  balls  give  ten 
unsympathizing  spectators  in  the  boxes  to 
one  masker  on  the  floor.  A  procession  of 
carnival  merry-makers  on  Broadway 
would  be  regarded  with  cynical  disdain,  to 
say  the  least,  by  that  relentless  majority 
which  is  usually  known  as  the  Sidewalk 
Committee.  Nevertheless,  the  show  would 
be  eagerly  entered  into  by  our  enter- 
prising tradesmen.  The  lager-bier  wagons, 
blazoned  with  advertisements,  would  ap- 
pear in  full  force.  Rival  corn-doctors  would 
air  their  liveries  and  their  surgical  achieve- 
ments, and  the  unending  war  of  the  piano- 
makers  would  break  out  with  redoubled 
fury.  Independence  Day  and  the  22d  of 
February  are  not  secure  from  the  free  ad- 
vertising of  our  thrifty  citizens.  Let  those 
who  propose  to  try  the  hazardous  experi- 
ment of  setting  up  a  carnival  pageant  in 
Broadway,  think  twice  before  they  invite  a 
mountebank  trade  show. 

It  is  a  common  saying  that  we  do  not 
have  holidays  enough,  nor  fun  enough,  in 
this  country.  It  is  to  our  discredit,  possi- 
bly, that  we  take  our  few  pleasures  sadly. 
But  this  is  true  of  the  race.  The  Anglo- 
Saxon  is  not  much  given  to  merry-making. 
The  American,  or  Briton,  in  Rome  or  in 
India  looks  on  the  fun  with  a  certain  sense 
of  amusement.  But  it  is  the  amusement 
which  he  has  in  watching  a  cage  of  sport- 
ive monkeys.  Secretly,  he  despises  the 
merry-makers,  and  thinks  that  a  despotic 
Government  and  a  public  opinion  without 
newspapers  are  good  enough  for  them. 
The  reproach  fhat  we  are  dull  and  unsym- 
pathetic in  respect  of  pleasuring  will  never 
be  taken  away  until'  the  race  is  made  over. 
And  even  careless  and  sunny  Italy  is  no 
longer  so  careless  and  sunny  as  it  was. 
Politics,  routs,  taxes,  and  popular  rights 
unfit  any  people  for  carnival-keeping  and 
an  absolute  abandonment  to  folly.  Since 
we  have  carried  street-cars  and  constitu- 
tional freedom  into  Turkey,,  it  would  be 
mere  foolishness  to  try  to  engraft  a  pagan 
Roman  festival  upon  the  rude  stock 
of  American  civilization.  Some  of  our 
fellow-citizens  from  the  Old  World  have 
tried  the  experiment  of  reviving  here  their 
picturesque  customs  and  open-air  pageants, 
before  now.  The  result  has  been  most  un- 
satisfactory. Gradually  these  homesick 
enthusiasts  have  given  over  their  feeble 
attempts.  Tb^re  is  something  in  the  atmos- 
phere which  chills  them,  and  they  admit 
that  they  are  "  Americanized."  Perhaps, 
this  is  a  pity.  Nevertheless,  it  is  true.  There- 
fore a  New- York  carnival  w^buld  be  a  ghastly 
mockery. 


STILL  ANOTHER  SHOWER. 
After  the  showers  of  snakes,  frogs,  hash, 
and  Qther  remarkable  objects  which  have 
recently  occurred  in  this  favored  land,  we 
ought  not  to  be  astonished  at  anything  of 
the  sort,  except,  perhaps,  a  shower  of  extra- 
sized  elephants,  with  their  tails  tied  up 
with  blue  ribbon.  Nevertheless,  a  shower 
occurred  the  other  day  in  Oshkosh,  or  some 
other  Western    city    to    the    same    effect, 

wbicli  nearlj  created  a  terjrible  and  fatal 

panic,  and  indeed  did  result   in  serious  in- 
jury to  at  least  one  estimable  citizen. 

It  took  place  in  a  meeting-house  on  Sun- 
day morning,  and  its  area  was  restricted  to 
the  region  immediately  under  the  organ- 
loft.  It  is  a  noticeable  fact  that  the  area  of 
abnormal  showers  always  is  extremely 
small.  The  recent  snake  shower  in  Mem- 
phis, for  example,  was  confined  to  two  va- 
cant lots.  There  is,,  then,  nothing  in  the 
]im.ited  extent  ofthe  Oshkosh  shower  which 
need  create  any  doubts  as  to  its  actual  oc- 
currence. Of  course,  its  area  might  have 
been  coincident  with  the  entire  length  of 
the  galleries,  but  it  is  not  our  place  to  sit 
in  judgment  upon  the  operations  of  nature 
and  dictate  the  precise  area  of  this  or  that 
variety  of  shower. 

Now  that  the  shower  is  over,  It  is  very  easy 
for  the  critical  Oshkoshian  to  claim  that 
young  ladies  ought  not  to  be  allowed  to 
occupy, the  organ  gallery.  It  will  not  do, 
however,  to  thoughtlessly  admit  this  claim. 
Its  advocates  could  with  equal  justice  in- 
sist that  new  bonnets  ought  not  to  be  ad- 
mitted to  the  body  of  a  meeting-house,  and 
that  Deacons  should  be  compelled  to  wear 
fire-helmets  while  on  duty.  It  is  true  that 
were  those  precautions  to  be  taken,  tbe  re- 
currence of  the  shower  would  become  eiiher 
impossible  or  at  all  events  harmless;  but 
radical  changes  like  these  should  not  be 
lightly  made  in  any  church.  The  proposal 
to  spread  -a  large  net  immediately  under  the 
front  ofthe  organ  gallery  is  also  objectiona- 
ble, since  it  would  rapidly  become  a  recep- 
ticle  for  hymn-books  and  sandwiches,  and 
wonld  onlv  oartUUr  an«st  the  danicer  of  a 


sudden  shower  of  the  kind  in  question. 
These  proposals  are  akin  tothoee  of  prevent- 
ing panics  in  theatres  by  chloroforming  the 
spectators,  and  of  rendering  the  latter  safe 
against  fire  by  soaking  them  in  tungstafce 
of  soda.  In  each  case  the  desiredend  might 
be  partially  secured,  but  only  at  a  sacrifice 
of  comfort  too  great  to  be  thought  of. 

The  shower  descended  just  as  the  minister 
had  reached  the  most  eloquent  part  of  his 
sermon.  It  is  all  very  well  to  say  that  the 
audience  ought  to  have  kept  their  eyes  fixed 
on  their  Pastor,  and  their  ears  deaf  to  all 
sounds  save  that  of  his  eloquent  voice. 
There  are  circumstances  in  which  the 
strongest  men  lose,  momentarily,  their  self- 
control,  even  when  in  church.  When  pre- 
liminary shrieks,  followed  by  a  heavy 'crash, 
and  the  cry  of  some  strong  Deacon  in  his 
agony,  drown  the  minister's  voice,  only  the 
soundest  sleeper  can  avoid  being  startled. 
In  this  particular  instance  the  minister  him- 
self abruptly  paused  in  his  discourse  and 
turned  deadly  pale,  and  we  cannot  wonder 
that  his  hearers  sprang  to  their  feet  and  be- 
gan to  rush  wildly  to  the  door.  Those  who 
witnessed  the  shower  were  under  the  im- 
pression that  it  was  a  rain  of  purple  and 
fine  linen  mingled  with  barber's  poles.  A 
meteorological  phenomenon  of  this  Jdud 
would  naturally  have  a  blood-curdling  effect, 
and  the  wonder  is  not  that  a  panic  occurred, 

but  that  it  was  checked  by  the  timely  efforts 
of  two  or  three  calm  and  determined  men 
before  any  one  had  been  trampled  to  death 
or  seriously  wounded. 

It  woald  be  a  hopeless  task  to  attempt  to 
eradicate  an  interest  in  bonnets  from  the 
female  soul.  Theoretically,  a  church  soprano 
ought  to  give  her  whole  attention  to  her 
vocal  dutiesj  except  when  courteously 
listening  to  the  bumble  efforts  of  the  Pastor 
to  fill  up  in  an  attractive  way  the  intervals 
between  the  hymns.  But  we  must  not  lay 
upon  any  church  singer  burdens  heavier 
than  her  sex  can  bear.  If  during  the  ser- 
mon a  new  bonnet  of  remarkable  architectu- 
ral  merit   enters   the    church,  tbe    soprano 

will  inevitably  look  at  it.  We  might  as 
well  attempt  to  abolish  the  law  of  gravita- 
tion  as  to    abolish   this  feminine  instinct. 

Either  remedy   would,   of    course,   have 

prevented  the  Oshkosh  shower,  could  it 
have  been  employed,  but  it  is  idle  to  talk  of 
repealing  the  fundamental  laws  of  nature. 

The  Deacon  was  severely,  but  not  fatally, 
htirt.  He  was  struck  directly  upon  the 
back  of  the  neck,  where  two  indentations, 
of  the  general  size  and  shape  of  small 
boot-heels,  are  still  visible  to  attest  the 
violence  of  the  shower.  It  is  unnecessary 
to  repeat  the  exact  words  which  he  is  said 
to  have  used  at  the  moment  when  he  first 
felt  the  blow.  Very  possibly  he  never  said 
anything  of  the  kind ;  but  if  he  did,  it  should 
be  remembered  that,  under  the  influence 
of  sudden  surprise  or  sharp  agony,  a  good 
man  m.ay  sometimes  express  himself  in  a 
brusque  manner.  Moreover,  it  has  yet  to 
be  established  that  "Jerusalem"  is  a  pro- 
fane expression.  The  Deacon  may  have 
intended  to  repeat  the  first  lines  of  tbe 
hymn — "Jerusalem,  my  happy  home."  If 
so,  his  intenti^on  was  unquestionably  devout 
rather  than  profane. 

It  may  be  safely  assnmed  that  she  will 
never  lean  over  to  look  at  another  bonnet, 
at  least  in  that  particular  church.  She  was 
not  seriously  injured,  for  the  Deacon  was 
soft  and  elastic,  at  least  for  his  years  ;  but 
she  resigned  her  position  as  the  church 
soprano  early  in  the  following  week. 
Ttere  waij  a  general  feeling  among  the 
church  members  that  she  was  not  condu- 
cive to  the  solemnity  which  ought  to  char- 
acterize the  services,  and  that  the  Deacons 
must  be  protected  at  any  cost.  Especial 
stress  was  laid  by  the  elder  ladies  of  the 
congregation  upon  the  essentially  worldly 
nature  of  alternate  red  and  white  stripes. 
The  upshot  of  the  matter  was  that  the 
soprano  withdrew  permanently  from  the 
organ  gallery,  and  the  Deacon,  after  having 
been  carefully  repaired,  Was  provided  with 
a  pew  in  the  exact  centre  of  .the  church. 

Of  course,  this  shower  was  not  predicted 
by  the  Weather  Bureau.  No  shower  of  any 
real  merit  ever  is.  Very  likely  it  will 
be  repeated  in  some  other  church  at  some 
future  time,  but  it  will  fall  upon  the  jnst 
Deacon  or  the  unjust  small  boy  without 
being  previously  announced  by  "Proba- 
bilities." The  story  of  the  Oshkosh  shower 
ought,  however,  to  be  widely  published,  for 
the  sake  of  its  moral,  though,  so  far,  it  does 
not  appear  altogether  clear  precisely  what 
its  moral  really  is. 


THE  CASTELLANI  COLLECTION. 


metbopolitan  museum  of  art. 
Firit  Notic*. 
Yesterday  afternoon,  by  special  invitation 
extended  to  the  members  ot  tbe  press  by  Sienor 
CastellaDl  and  tbe  Tmsteea  of  tbe  Metropolitao 
Musenm  ot  Art,  tbe  Castellani  oolleotlon,  consist- 
ing  of  stataea  and  basts,  with  bronzes,  iyories, 
jewelry,  and  engraved  gems  of  Iialo-G-Teoian, 
Etra^can,  Greek,  and  Roman  periods,  with  tbe 
maioUca,  was  open  for  Inspeotioq.     Tbis  ooUeetion, 

wbtch  was  the  great  centre  ot  attrdotlon  in  Memo* 
mortal  Hall  at  the  Centennial,  earns  immensely  in 
its  new  aoanere.  In  Philadalphia,  notwlttastiuid- 
Idk  tbe  moit  jndloious  disposition,  tbe  space  given  to 
tbb  collection  was  restricted.  Tbongb  roominess  la 
not  exactly  necessary  for  the  exhibition  ot  Jewelry, 
when  statues  are  to  be  appreciated,  low  oeilinKs 
and  adjacent  walls  destroy  all  effdots.  Tbe  old 
galler.v  in  tbe  lioBeam,  baving  bad  all  tbe  pictures 
removed,  baa  been  especially  redecorated 
ajid  arranged  for  the  Castellani  eoUec- 
tloD,  and  tbis  spacious  room,  with  Ita 
softened  lights,  forms  an  admirable  receptacle 'for 
tbe  newly-acqoired  treasures.  To  the  ricbt  and 
left  on  entering  are  ranzed  the  statues  and  boats, 
some  S3  la  nnmber;  here,  in  namerons  glass  oases, 
are  tb^antiqae  gems,  the  AMrriao  cylinders,  the 
PboQaioian,  Etruscan,  and  G-reek  wonders  of  the 
glyptic  art,  and  the  cistffi,  the  bronzes,  with  tbe 
delicately  ensravea  Bcraaoin  mlrrura.  In  sereral 
long  cases,  piactd  at  a  oonvenient  height  from 
the  floor,  are  exhibited  in  trays,  all  the  miracles 
of  the  ancient  Jewelers'  art,  where,  in  perfect 
seqacnce,  commenciog  with  tbe  bronze  and 
umber  ornaments  of  preMstorio  times,  the  whole 
history  of  personal  ornamentation  can  be  fol- 
lowed down  to  the  period  of  tbe  Crasadea. 
In '  cbronologioal  order  there  la  also  shown  a 
collection  of  rings,  some  352  In  nam ber.  Against 
tbe  wall  at  tbe  back  of  the  room  and  on 
the  sides  are  placed  tbe  masterpieces  of  Italian 
ceramic  art.  Tbis  collection,  beginning  with 
tbe  earliest  prodaotiona  made  by  tbe  Arabs 
in  Sicily,  wbe*e,  to  a  faint  metallic  lus- 
tre were  onited  i>eoaIiar  Arabesqae  designa, 
llluatrates  ibe  very  beginnlne  of  Italian  art,  until  it 
expanded  almost  miraoolonsly  loto  the  Hae  orea- 
tlons  of  Lnca  della  Bobia.  Now,  aQ  in  '»  blaze  of 
glory,  gliatenins  with  iridescence  of  color,  fairly  on 
fire,  aa  if  tbe  plates,  onps,  and  salvers  were  burning, 
this  coUectiOD  exhibits  the  wonderfol  productions 
of  Maestro  Giorgio  Andreoll.  In  the  quantity  of 
thla  higbly-priaed  Gabblo  ware  the  Caaiellani  ool- 
laotion  Ip  laviablv  rieb,  there  bislog  no  lesa  than  130 
pieces.  "Here  ate  wbole  oompartments  of  this  lu». 
trwos  work,  with  all  their  oormaoating  flashes  of 
ooliogm.'  Qen  mt»  kbs  UuM  and  xeda  aad  maai  tiaita. 


oven  those  rare  green  Area  wbleli  eaeape  deooripBon. 
Batlt  IS  not  these  metallic  Instoaa,  used  for  oeooraiivt 
pnrpoaes  alone  which  render  maiolica  ao  higbly 
prized.  These  objects  evince  m  thslp  tt»atin«^ 
a  strength  and  vigor  of  drawing,  •  certainty 
of  ontline,  that  power  produced  by  th» 
proper  ai^astmeiit  of  colors,  and  with  sH 
these  advantages,  the  daintiest  coooeita  em- 
ploye d  In  ornamentation.  Of  tbe  later  scbooi 
of  Italian  fictile  work,  some  very  few  example*,  al- 
most to  be  eoanted  on  one's  fingers,  are  to  be  fonnd 
in  the  TJoited  States,  bat  of  tbe  most  briUi«nt  speel- 
I  mens  belonging  to  tbe  best  penod  we  de  not  kaoir 
of  any  at  alL  Tbia  Castellani  ooUeotion  of  maioli- 
ca is  then,  as  a  revelation  to  ua  in  tbis  oonntry,  It* 
InsiratiTe  of  a  period  of  art  most  of  us  were  never 
acqaaicted  with.  There  may  be  fonnd  in  this  col- 
lection those  specimens  of  Medioean  porcelain 
which  mast  oblige  ns  to  alter  oar  tert-book  and' 
antedate  porcelain  some  100  yean  or  more.  Botcber 
wiU  bave  to  be  dethroned.  Some  years  ago  .Dr. 
Forest  fonnd  certain  Florentine  manascripts,  indi- 
cating that  Duke  Francis  L  had  made  porcelain  in 
1585.  Here  was  at  least  docnmentary  evidence. 
Now,  as  two  pieces  of  tbis  Medioean  porcelain — a 
"  lavabo  "  and  a  plate — belong  to  this  collection, 
there  can  be  no  doubt  about  it.  Tbe  claim*  of 
France,  England,  and  Germany  must  be  put  aside, 
tor  it  IS  to  luly  that  tbe  merit  of  first  makiag 
porcelain  m  Enrope  is  doe.  ^ 

Having,  in  a  rapid  way,  described  the  general 
character  of  tbe  collectioa  ;  it  may  be  well  to  call 
attention  to  some  of  tbe  most  remarkable  of  the 
maoy  objects.  This  Is  br  no  means  ao  easy  task, 
as  there  is  scaroely  a  single  group  of  subjects  whicn 
would  not  furnish  ample  matertel  for  an  elaborate 
article. 

Id  tbe  United  States  anythinff  like  a  perfect  col- 
lection of  antique  marbles  bias  in  realit.y  never  boeo 
groaped  together.  That  general  accent  of  admira- 
tion which  follows  stataes  or  basts  andoubtedly  an- 
tique is  of  rather  an  indiscrimiaate  cbaruot«r. 
Mostly  it  is  enthusiasm  wasted..  Proper  discrimin- 
ation between  what  is  arcbsologlcalry  of  priceless 
worth,  and  what  is  sestfaetioally  beantifal  is  hardly 
observed.  And  old  torso — a  head — is  exhumed  from 
Greek  or  Boman  soil ;  is  S.OOO  rears  old, if  yon  please. 
It  may  be  simply  curioas,  but  not  necessarily  bean- 
tifoL  Why  are  we  to  eappioae  thac  tbe  geuios  ol 
Praxltalea  was  transmitted  to  every  ancient  sculp- 
tor? There  were  undoubtedly  in  those  times,  aa 
there  are  to-day,  and  mustbe  always,  floe  artists  and 
Inferior^nos.  Propitious  accidents  do  not  always 
spare  tbe  beat  works  of  old  art  for  oar  iuspecdoo 
to-day.  We  dig  up  the  good,  tbe  madiccre,  and  the 
bad  indiffereptly,  and  though  werigbtiy  prize  them, 
we  are,  too  often,  prone  to  sappose  tbat 
genltu  was  coramnnistlo  in  aU  the  peri- 
ods which  have, gone  before  us.  Those  won- 
derful statues  In  *  tbe  Cesnola  ooUeotion  fatly 
illastrate  what  we  mean.  Immensely  valuable, 
priceless,  as  itlaatratine  txow  art  conizaenoou,  *Aty 
explain  ethnological  facts,  permittiug  as  to  road  as 
ins  t>ookof  race  distinetiens.  Biit  handsome  they 
are  not.  Any  emutional  sensation  save  of  awe, 
somethine  qaite  diotincUve  trom  the  aopreciatlon 
of  the  beantifal,  is  rarely  awakened  by  tbene 
Cesnola  statue*.  Only  with  marbles  of  the  best 
periods  ot  Greece  or  Kome  there  is  produced  the 
doable  effect  of  both  tbe  sestbetloand  arcbteuloeicat 
impulse.  First,  as  would  be  natural,  comes  tnat 
feehog  of  infuse  delight  which  a  form  of  true 
beanty  ever  conveys,  and  then,  later,  we  measara 
tbe  infinite  period  of  time  which  bas  elapsed  since 
the  masterpieoe  lefc  the  workshop  of  tbe  Greek  or 
Boman  sculptor.  To  be  doctrinaire  on  the  subject 
of  aotiqae  scaiptnre  is  to  bu  butn  Wearisome  and 
incomprehensible.  Still,  there  is  a  word  uf  eood  ad- 
vice to  be  given  to  those  who  wish  to  study  antique 
work.  We  are  too  proi.e  to  care  for  what  is  ttilitid. 
and  to  seek  for  it  and  it  o£ly  in  the  antiqae.  Bandy 
ApolloB  and  coqaettiah  Dianas  have  bad  tbeit 
time.  To-day,  with  a  better  and  more  natural 
return  of  taste,  the  appreciation  of  what  la 
realistic  in  ancient  art  delights  as.  It  is,  then,  mosc 
pleasant  to  find  eo  many  objects  of  study  in  Uia 
Castellani  collection.  There  is  tbe  Spinario.  It  is 
a  subject  well  known,  and  has  been  copied  for  as 
tbousaods  of  times.  Here,  as  exhittited.  It  is  real- 
lam  itself,  but  conceived  in  its  very  t>e*t  mood. 
There  is  no  search  for  what  is  crudest  or  ugliest  in 
nature.  The  Spinario  is  simply  a  boy  uf  10  or  12, . 
supple  in  every  loint,  who,  seated  on  a  rock,  twisia 
in  a  second  of  time  one  leg  over  tbe  other  and 
plucks  tbe  thorn  from  Ms  foot.  If  there  has  been 
an  impression  of  pa>n  for  a  moment  before,  (you 
can  see  that  in  the  sligbtlv  knitted  brow,)  the  sen- 
sation has  passed  away,  for  aa  quick  as  can  be,  now 
tbat  he  has  told  his  message  to  the  Boman  Senate, 
oat  will  come  the  thorn.  The  skill  of  the  artist  is 
shown  in  the  pose,  in  the  grace  of  the  arms,  and  la 
the  ease  of  the  carves.  Peer  into  tbe  face.  Why 
look  fur  sentimentality  there  t  By  a  littl*  de- 
vice of  Signor  Castellani,  a  mirror  concealed 
in  the  bottom  of  the  case  throws  a  fains 
ray  of  light  on  tbe  head.  Those  are  sturdy 
lineamenu.  Should  a  wolf  come  and  try  to  fiicb 
a  lamb  from  tbis  shepherd,  that  boy  would  not  turn 
and  ran,  bat  would  face  tbe  brute.  Tbe  gods  and 
goddesses  of  antiquity  may  be  things  to  look  at 
with  reverence,  tor  who  cajQ  deny  the  powerful  im- 
pressions they  convey,  but  it  is  deligbttal  to  be  pat 
in  iuxtaposition  with  the  men  and  women  of  Greece 
and  Borne — to  shake  hands  with  them,  to  nod  to 
them,  and  to  almost  expect  a  returning  salutation. 
There  is  a  curious,  deep-lmplanted  instinct,  a  crav- 
mg  ot  fellowship  in  tbe  human  race,  which  Uaw- 
tboroe  indicated,  whicb  wants  to  be  especially  sati» 
fied  as  to  the  appear.'uice  of  the  people  who  bava 
gone  before  na.  Here  is  a  portrait  of  a  Boman 
Empress.  It  mast  have  been  a  truthful  one.  Ff— j 
are  no  finicking  graces.  There  is  a  breadth  ol 
treatment  and  that  lodescribable  technicality  aboai 
it  Which  Btampa  it  as  a  wors  ot  antiqaity.  Yoa 
eaze  at  It,  and  find  oat  that  it  is  an  old  acquaintunce. 
Tou  wonder  where  you  saw  htr.  You  cudgel  your 
brain.  Such  a  head  attached  t«  a  portly  figure  you 
talked  to  not  'six  months  ago.  She  was  a  woman 
with  no  nonsense  about  her.  A  strict  disciolina. 
rian,  she  maae  her  children  mind  her,  and  did  her 
duty,  strictly,  impartially,  lovingly.  Here  Is,  too, 
tbe  bead  of  a  Roman  geLtleman.  He  may  be  Just 
30,  though  his  hair  is  thin  on  the  top  ot  his  bead. 
It  M.omsen  had  transmitted  to  as  the  name  ot  some 
rich  banker's  son,  this  would  have  been  his  living 
portrait.  He  is  a  oool  and  elegant  man,  and  abso- 
lutely d  la  mode.  If  he  studies  the  creases  in  hit 
toga,  be  discards  the  petit  Tnaitre  folds  of  tbe  mod- 
ern Greek  style,  and  such  few  lings  or  bulleaa  be 
may  wear  are  of  the  simplest  style.  He  may  like 
gladiatorial  fights,  tUongb  be  apnlaads  bat  rarely, 
and  then  in  >  listless  way.  Boman  I  Why  we  met 
tbis  man  a  fortnight  ago'in  some  drawing-room,  and 
we  chatted  on  art  and  politics  with  him,  and  though 
we  thought  he  was  ja«t  a  trifle  bored,  he  was  emi- 
nently well  informed  and  conservative.  Would 
yoa  have  the  purely  sentimental,  but  conceived  la 
in  tbe  true  idealism  of  art,  with  nothing  Frenohy 
aboot  itf  Look  ac  that  Capid  and  Pachyeot 
the  school  of  Praxiteles.  Heavens!  how  wpjinva 
retrograded  since  then.  What  a  dainty  darling 
P^chye  is.  and  how  gently  loviug  she  looas  1  And 
Cupid,  "with  his  love-lock  tressedl"  What  quiet 
sentiment  ihese  two  small  heads  are  atoepeu  ini 
Alas  t  Their  bodies  never  have  been  found.  Cen. 
luriea  ago  their  rounded  limbs  were  ground  into 
dust  or  absorbed  in  the  soil,  or  may  be  Alario  aiuv. 
ered  them,  and  the  barbarians  buUc  the  fragments 
Into  a  horse-stable,  bat  all  tbat  is  best  of  tbem,  tbe 
spirit,  the  seal  of  the  artist  who  created  them,  re- 
mains.    ^^ 

In  the  heroic,  grand  style,  the  Castellani  colleoi 
tion  contains  a  colossal  Indian  Bacchas.  Apart 
from  its  amazing  state  of  preservation,  it  is  of  aar. 
passing  bsauty.  Its  wonderfol  condition  is  attrib- 
utable to  the  fact  that  the  statue  was  found  by 
Signur  Catttellani  two  years  ago  at  Posilippo,  with  . 
its  lace  downward  in  a  bed  of  dry  voloanlo  iidorls. 
Save  tbat  the  knot  of  hair  on  tbe  top  of  tbe  honi 
and  an  ontstretehed  right  arm  are  gone,  the  very 
surface  of  the  marble  as  tbe  artist  left  it  is  visible. 
This  Bacchas  has  the  doable  forehead,  that  appei 
dome  of  brain,  which  tbe  Greek  artist  couyention. 
ally  gave  bis  deities.  By  some  wonderful  power  ol 
art  this  exaggeration  to  eyes  unaccustomed  to  such 
cranial  developments  is  not  a  bit  distastef oL  aXI 
this  statue  be  a  sopy  of  the  Liber  Pater  Plinv^fi 
scribes,  what  wuald  have  bean  tbe  august  ■T^'^ltMi 
irom  the  hands  of  a  Praxitels?  The  Bat^hus  Is  a 
wonderfully  impressive  work  ot  aotique  ait,  as 
with  serene  and  placid  gaze,  unruffled  and  un- 
moved, be  mysteriously  looks  down  uu  a  world  ol 
day,  of  which  be  la  not  and  with  which  he  has  no 
sympathy.  There  was  only  one  man  ot  our  times 
who  might  have  described  this  B.iCohu8,  and  thai 
was  Heine,  when  he  placed  him  on  earth  to-divf  •> 
one  of  the  eods  im  exile. 


RAPID  TBA^alT  PLAJHS. 

T»  the  JSdUor  ofthe  New-  For*  Timu  : 

Tbere  were  certain  statements  published  lit 
connection  with  tbemeetioQat  the  Mayor's  ofiae  oa 
the  Slst  lilt,  of  the  committee  of  Sixth  avenue  pr» 
perty-ownera  in  relation  to  rapid  transit  that  I  t>eg 
a  Umited  spaee  in  the  Toms  to  correct.  It  has  been 
stated  that  the  property-owners  did  not  appear  b'v 
fore  tbe  Bapid  Transit  Comnussioners^  protest 
against  their  action.  If  the  property-owners  had 
aupposed  for  a  moment  that  tbe  Bapid  Transit 
Commission  was  merely  intended  from  the  tMgiaoln] 
aa  an  extra  official  indorsement  of  the  elevated 
railway  schemes,  which  had  tutil  then  been  looked 
npon  by  all  intelligent  people  as  crude  aksurdlties 
that  would  never  attract  the  serloos  attentlom  ot 
capiUUste,  they  would  have  contested  with  the  ate 
most  of  their  power  the  very  appointment  ot  snob 
a  board.  But  tbe  prooeedinga  of  this  board  wer* 
actually  sprang  upon  the  pubUe  In  a  period  of  tim« 
too  brief  even  for  remonstrance,  much  less  for  do- 
lil>eration.  It  kas  been  said  that  the  property, 
owners  are  merely  an  eobo  to  tbe  oppoaition  of  lbs 
Sixth  Avenue  Ballread.  On  the  oontrary,  that  com- 
pany took  no  action  whatever  until  long  attei 
the  property-owners  baring  become  alarmefl 
at  tbe  Jeopardy  in  wbioh  their  rights  and  property 
had  been  placed,  organised  for  tbe  protection  oi 
their  interests;  and  they  have  only  co-oi>erated 
with  the  Sixth  Avenue  Comoany  in  so  far  as  tb< 
rights  of  each  were  endangered.  It  was  furthei 
stated  that  bat  a  small  amount  of  property  oo 
Sixth  avenue  was  represented.  One  member  ot  the 
committee  represented  his  own  interest  of  more 
than  MOOjOOO,  while  tbe  ageregate  amount  wai 
maoy  miluoaa.  Mr.  B.  A  Wiltbaus,  wno  is  man- 
tioned  as  the  property  owner  who  ufiiered  t»  g1v« 
tlO.OOtf  tor  every  depot  erected  near  nia  property, 
dues  not  own  a  single  foo:  on  tbis  avenue.  In  con> 
elusion,  I  desire  to  state  that  tbe  naml>er  present 
at  tbe  Mayor's  office  was  limited  to  the  oapaoity  ol 
tbe  room,  but  they  represented  tbe  almost  unani. 
moos  sunnnent  of  the  owners  and  residents  ol 
Sixth  avenue,  iu  opposition  to  a  scheme  of  randalisn 
and  public  wrong  never  before  perpetrated  apoi 
any  community,  ana  they  will  resist  it  to  the  eo< 
bf  alt  tbe  means  wbioh  they  possess.  At  tbe  samt 
time  they  are  lo  favor  of  and  will  gladly  snupoil 
Hod  enooarag*  any  rational  and  proper  plan  of  raoU 
/vrannt.  Ea)WABD  A.  MOEEISON, 

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Owiiors. 

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AIIEEICAN  CITIZENS  OUTBAOSD. 

^HK  XAKNER  IN   WHICH    3CSMBKR8   OV    THS. 

L0UI8UNA      BBTURNUra     BOiJtD     ABE 

TBBATED. 

,  SpeeM  Dttfioteh  to  Ot  ir$W'Tort  Ttoui. 

W^BBXScnon,  Feb.  6.--The  manner  in 
-whioh  Messrs. --Wellg  and  Anderson,  of  tbe 
Looiiiana  Setntning  Board,  are  treated  by  tbe 
Serjeant  at  Arms  of  the  House  is  an  outra£(e 
apoa  individual  rtglits  and  common  de- 
sency  which  would  not  be  toleratea 
by  the  lowest  Police  Court  In  Amer- 
ica toward  the  meanest  vagrant  charged 
with  orime.  The  officers  ot  the  House  having 
these  two  men  in  custody  seem  to  make  it  a 
itady  to  put  every  possible  indignity  ui>on 
them,  and  t\iere-are  good  grounds  lor  stating 
ihat  tbu  is  done  by  direction  of  leading 
t>emoorats  like  Field  and  Hewitt,  who 
atre  cendveting;  the  prosecution  of  Wells  and 
-  bis  associates.  Kenner  and  Casanave,  the 
oolored  members  of  the  beard,  are  provided 
With  comparatively  comfortable  quarters,  be- 
r.f  "  ''■  ■  bkg  oon&ned  ;m  the  room  of  the  Committee 
•n  Territories.  Wells  and  Anderson  are  in  a 
dungeon  in  tlie  crypt,  shut  out  from  all  sun- 
light, with  closely  barred  windows,  through 
';'  which  no  pure  air  ever  penetrates.    The  walls 

are    damp    and    slimy,    and   the    air    is    foul 
h  and  naaseatlag  by  reason  of  gas  escaping  from 

'  broken  pipes.    This  inhuman  treatment  is  ag- 

gravated l>y  'the  fact  that  Mr.  Wells  is  a  man  of 
over  70  years  of  age.  No  one  is  allowed  to 
commnnioatK)  with  the  prisoners,  and  they 
are  goardeKl  as  ^tnotlV  as  tbquKh  they 
were  felons  awaiting  capital  punishment. 
On  Saturday  last  Mr.  Wilson,  a  member 
of  the  House,  from  Iowa,  hearing  of 
this  cruel  treatment,  concluded  to  visit  Wells 
and  Anderson  to  ascertain  if  the  story 
of  their  imprisonment  was  true.  Upon  reach- 
ing the  dungeon  lie  was  denied  admission  by 
i,'.  the  jailer.    He  then  visited  the  office  of  the 

Sergeant  atiArms,  and,  in  company  with  the 
chief  Deputy,  again  repaired  to  the  dungeon  in 
which  the  prisoners  are  incarcerated.  The 
jailer  refused,  him  permission  to  see 
them,  after  wtach  Mr.  W^iUon  waited  upon 
Speaker  BandaS,  informed  him  of  the  outrage 
being  permittednnder  his  authority,  and  de- 
manded that  peirmission  be  grantea  for  him  to 
visit  Mr.  Wells.  Speaker  Sandall  professed  to 
be  surprised  atrthe  intellieeace  conveyed  to 
bim  and  gave  a  peremptory  order  tor  Mr.  WiL 
son  to  be  admitted  to  see  the  prisoners, 
and  promised  to  have  them  removed 
to  more  oomfbrtabl*  'quarters.  This  promise 
however,  up  to  to-night,  has  not  been  fulfilled. 
Until  yesterday  Mr.  Wells  had  not  been  per- 
*  mitted      to     leave    '  bis      cell,      except       to 

go  to  the  committe-room  in  obedi- 
ence to  the  summons  of  Mr.  Field. 
Yesterday,  in  consequence  of  the  protest  Qf  oqe 
of  Mr.  WeUs'  iriend8,.Sergeant  at  Arms  Thomp- 
son issued  an  order  to  i>ermit  him  to  walk 
around  the  Capitol  grounds  in  company  with 
hia  jailer,  this  being  the  onlv  opportunity 
offered  him  for  eivjoyinc  fresh  air  and  exercise 
since  his  confinement. 

Mr.  Wells  and  Anderson  are  guarded  so 
rdoeely  that  all  letters  addressed  to  them  are 
irithbeld,  and  even  while  in  the  oommittee- 
rooa  no  one  is  permitted  to  speak  to  them  on 
tny  snljeot,  excepting  in  the  pres- 
tnoe  and  hearing  of  a  Deputy  Sergeant  at 
knaa.  The  Bepublieans  have  just  learned- 
of  this  outrageous  brutality  on  the  part  of  the 
ftffloers  of  Congress,  and  it  is  probable  it  will 
be  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  House  and 
theoanntry  t«HBorrow.  It  is  quite  certain  that 
Sergeant  at  Anna  Thompson  would  not  treat  the 
persons  in  the  manner  described  unless  by  in- 
itmotlen  from  proaainent  leaders  on  the  Demo- 

•  nratio  side.  Tbe  counsel  for  Wells  and  Ander- 
son talk  to-nieht  about  applying  to  the  courts 
for  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus. 

A  WITNESS  FIKLD  WILL  NOT  CALL. 

IHB  PBOPOSITIOWtTO  CALL  KX-GOV.  M'COR- 
MICX  D&OPPBO) — APPREHENSION  THAT 
TUDEK'S  BAKK^ACCOUNTS  mat  be  £X- 
AHINXD. 

aptalaX  Ditpatth-to  the  N*w-  Tork  Tlmeg. 

Washinoton,  Feb.  5. — It  has  recently 
Seen  discovered  that  Mr^  David  Dudley  Meld, 
Who  seems  determined  to  be  nothing  if  sot 
notorious,  sent  secretly  to  New-York,  and, 
thtough  the  Cashier  of  the  Seeond  National 
Bank,  secured  a  transcript  of  the  bank  account 
kept  there  by  Messrs.  Chandler  and  McCor- 
miek,  the  President  and  Secretary  of  the  Na- 
Honal  Bepubliean  Committee.  Mr.  MoCormick 
heard  of  this  little  transaction  a  day  or  two 
■inoe,  and  asked  Mr.  Field  if  he  desirfd  to  ex- 
amine him  about  the  accounts.  "Did  you  send 
ftny  money  to  the  South  since  the  7th  of  No- 
vember 1"  asked  Mr.  Field  m  reply.  "No,"^ 
said  McCormloJc,  "neither  since  nor  before." 
**  Well,  then,  I.  don't  think  we  will  examine 
fon,"  said  Field,  and  so  the  convsrsation 
snded.  It  is  now  beheved  that  the  reason  why 
llr.  Field  does  not  go  into  an  investigation  of 
|he  accounts  is  that  he  fears  a  counter- 
Ixamiiiation  of  the  financial  transaotions  ot 
llesars.  Hewitt  and  Bamnm,  the  Chairman 
and  Treasurer  of  the  National  Demoeratic 
Committee,  would  be  gone  into  by  Senator 
Korton.  There  is  a  great  deal  of  dissatiafao- 
Uen  among  Bepublieans  because  such  an  in- 
vestigation ol  Mr.  Tilden'a  agents  has  not  yet 
bean  made,  and  it  is  possible  that  Mr.  Mor- 
ion's eommittee  may  be  co  mpelledto  take  up 
'       the  subjeot  this  week. 

tycoNosraABTj&B  of  the  president. 

tSUOBS  OF  AN  APOIiOGT  FROM  THB  FOBMEB 

FOB   HIS  FO UL-ICO  UTRED  I.BTTER. 

SpeeUa  DispateK  to  th*  Niw-  York  TisiM. 

Washinoton,  Feb.  5. — Tbere  has  been  eon- 

ilderable  oomment  to-dav  concerning  the  report 

It  an  apology  by  Charles  (yConor  for  the  Ian- 

piage  he  used  some  time  atro  in  a  published  let- 
ter regarding  President  Grant.  The  details  of 
the  arrangement  of  the  visit  to  the:  President 
are  not  fully  disclosed,  but  it  ia  regarded 
M  remarkable  that  the  President  should 
have  received  into  his  presence,  at  this 
lime,  a  man  who  had  used  such  intemperate 
Md  brutal  words  in  characterizing  him,  unless 
a  written  apology  and  retraction  had  first  been 
nnoondltionaUy  offered.  It  la  stated  in  expla- 
tatien  that  the  President  nevert  saw  O'Conor's 
•tter  and  was  not  aware  of  the-grossneas  of  it, 
md  he  is  reported  to  have  recetved  O'Conor  as 
f  the  latter  had  been  guilty,  -in  a  passion,  of 
lome  hard  words  only,  instead  «of  writing  de- 
iberately  tf  the  President  in  the  louiest  and 
%ost  offensive  terms. 


A  SOLDIER  DISIf&ACED. 


WASHKaron,  Feb.  5. — Qen.  John  M.  Corse,  of*^ 
Ibicazo,  111.,  was  before  the>SeDat«  Committee  on 
Mvileges  and  Eleotioos  this  mominK.  In  reply  to 
iMtator  Mitohell,  he  teatifledfthat  Col.  W.  T.  Pelton. 
f  New-Yorc,  telegraphed  him,  aboat  the  18th  of 
loTsmber  Isst,  askiog  him  to»go  to  Otegoo  and 
^k  after  sn  ineligible  Sleooor.  WitMsa  rarlied  to 
Peltoo,  saying  that  he  weuld^^o^  but  it  woald  take 
B  da*:*  for  him  to  get  tos  Orecon.  pad  wisaeas 
fcoaght  It  better  that  soine«ne  should  go  froB  SA' 
rhuunsoo.  The  witness  admitted  sendlag  the  fol* 
rwlBg  diapatohee :  _ 

cmcAoo,  Kov.  u;  urm. 
k  W.  T.  Pdton,  EurOtEoutt,  UnthTork  : 
Xbe  iseaeral  impreasian  U  Uwt  Bapabiioana  will 
bt  aUow  TUden  to  be  counted   la.    We  aaa  jx«- 
ireu  10  xesist  any  fraud.  J.  ,M.  COBSS. 

Cbioaoo,  Nov.  15,  MM. 
b  Pwrv  M.  9mUK  St.  Charts*  UoUl,  Now-ihimmo : 
It  Iioulsuma's  Bleefioial  vote  u  atolaa  fros  ••, 
ft  WiU  get  CallfoiaU  and  Oregon.  We  have  169.M9 
K.soldieta  now  enroUed.  Tast  onmhsrs  ot  BeMk- 
tevis  wltlt  u*.    Staad.flcm.  COBSX. 

CmCAOO— Vo  data. 

tan.  f.  M.  Futmtr,  Htmo-OrUamt : 
Xw  hosdcaA  Til — Tnri   ev  TTaViB  aeloiara.   •■•» 


bfieinff  thoasands  wbo  voted  ftor  Hayes,  snstala 
yoa.  It  Tllaan  ia  ftaadulaotly  oonnted  oat  in  laoo* 
isiana,  tbe  end  is  not  yet.  Yon  have  Illinois  beblnd 
TOO.  COBSS, 

CAMERON. 

Wltaeea  rceelTed  the  foUowlnK : 
Jo  0«n.  J.  M.  Ovru,  Ohieago:  IlL 

If  yon  think  it  iiscssaary,  yoa  ran  ptyifatw>nat 
DemoortU  two  hundred  and  draw  on  ne  at  alcbt, 
aadthakohMe.  W.  T.  PBLTON. 

This  referred  to  the  paylni;  of  a  bill  for  printing. 
The  KcOiofuU  I>omoerati»  a  German  newspaper, 
pabliabed  at  Chicago.  Tbe  following  diapatobea 
were  also  offaied  in  evidence  by  Senator  Miiohell: 

,  Nov.  8, 1876. 

To  W.  T.  Pctton.  Xvorttt  Bouae.   Kero-Torh : 

<3en.  Uorae  left  for  Wisconsin  as  you  req  nested. 
He  desired  me  to  say  tbat  we  have  entertained  an 
apprehension  that  aa  efiort  would  be  made  to  de- 
feat Oov.  Tilden  in  oaaa  of  a  olooe  election,  and  tbat 
we  are  fully  prepared  for  aach  emerjreDoy.  Over  a 
hundred  thousand  ex.sotdiers  are  enrolled  in  tbe 
"North  in  hia  behalf,  and  from  present  indicatioDS 
with  tbat  number  we  can  oaU'to  oar  aid  a  lialf  mil- 
lion. Nortb  and  Somh,  pro/ided  the  oppoaiMon  nn- 
dertaxeto  deprive  bim  ot  bis  seat  aa  chieiT  maeistrate. 
DANIEL.  CAMBBOK. 

I  Cameron  is  the  private  Secretary  of  MoCormiolc. 
Chaiiman  of  tne  Illmois  Demoorstlc  Committee.  | 
San  Francisco,  Hov.  17. 
To  Bon.  A.  8.  Bewitt,  Ntw-Iork  : 

Senator  Kelly,  Oregon,    la    here.    Telegraph  him 
to  return  there  immediately.        E.  CASsBBLY. 
Nkw- Tonic  Nov.  17.  1876. 
To  Bon.  JameM  A.  Kelly,  San  Franeuco,  Cai.: 

Circnmstanoea  require  joar  immediare  r-'tom  to 
Oregon  to  consnit  Governor.         A.  S.  HEWITT. 

No  more  testimony  will  be  taken  m  connection 
with  the  Oregon  cate  unlesa  Senatcr  Keman  shall 
desire  to  reeall  aome  of  tbe  witneaaes  who  have 
previonaly  testified.  Tbe  fall  Committee  on  Privi- 
leges and  Elections  were  in  secret  session  thia 
mominc:,  and  tbe  Oregon  case  was  tbe  aabjeot  un- 
der diaoiUBlon.  

CONDUION  OF  MB.  STEPHHIfS. 
WASEDtHGTOH,      Feb.      5.— Mr.       Alexander 
Stepbena  improved  somewhat  dating  the  morning, 
and  thia  afternoon  he  feela  a  little  atroneer. 

A  STEAM-SBIF  WRECKED. 


THE  EIECTORAL  TRIBUNAL 


CLOSE  OF  ARGUMENT  ON  FLORIDA. 


THE  GEORGE  WASHINGTON,  OF  THB  CBOM- 
WELL  LINE,  TOTALLY  WBKCBBD  OFF 
CAPB  BACK — THK  CBEW  AND  PASSEN- 
GERS, KUMBKBING  TWENTT  -  FIVE, 
DROWNED — NAMES  OF  THB  VICTIMS. 

Halifax,  Feb.  5. — ^The  steamer  George  Wash- 
ington, of  the  Cromwell  Line,  bance  Jan.  18,  for  St. 
Jobn'a,  N.  F.,  went  asbore  at  Cape  Baoe  and  baa  Da- 
ooxie  a  total  wrecK.  All  handa  were  drowned. 
Fourteen  bodies  »have  been  washed  aahore.  It 
is  aapposed  abe  went  aabore  during  tbe 
anow-storm  on  Jan.  21.  Intelligenoe  of  the  disas- 
ter only  ipacbed  St.  Jobn'a  to-oay.  She  had  a  cen- 
tral oargd,  and  two  paaaensera.  The  crew  were  all 
Amerieana,  belonging  in  New- York  and  vicinity. 

Tbe  offloers  and  crew  of  the  George  Waabington 
were  as  follows: 

Coptotn— Jamea  Whitehead.  Brooklyn. 

Firtt  OJUer—J.  Ktapp,  Brooklyn. 

Heeond  t>^lc«r— Charles  Dunn,  New-York. 

^h^«rt«mwMMr— Bernard  Peterson,  New- York. 

Jittittant  ^uartemMMUr— Lewia  Jonei,  New- York. 

ChUf  Jinsfineer—Ricb»Til  Uopper,  New- York. 

IHrtt  Attittant  Mnffineer—<h>org»  L.  Denton, 
Brooklyn. 

Steward— James  Lammood.  Brooklyn. 

George  PheliUi,  seaman,  New-Yurk. 

Thomas  Nelson,  Jr.  seamau.  New-York.^ 

Bobert  H.  Barrv.  seaman.  New- York. 

J.  H.  Berryman,  seaman,  Jersey  City. 

Booert  Smith,  seaman.  Brooklyn. 
.■  John  Sbeebau,  seaman.  New- York. 
'°^-.  Bichard  Halpin,  aeam&n,  New-York. 
\  James  Batbbarn,  seaman,  New- York. 
S  Jerry  Biley,  seaman,  New-York. 

■Joseph  Welsh,  seaman,  New-York. 

Pattiok  Canlfleld,  aeamaa,  New- York. 

William  Estman,  seaman,  New-Yoric 

Henry  Whitman,  seaman,  New-York. 

William  O'Neill,  seaman.  Brooklyn. 

Amelia  McDunald,  Brooklyn. 

\  The  passengera.  two  in  number,  were  as  follows  : 
f  W.  Archibald,  Halifax,  cabin. 
James  Powers.  HalUax,  steeiage. 


At^the  o£ELoe  of  Clark  &,  Seaman,  ia  this 
City,  )  it  was  learned  tbat  the  cargo  taken 
from  this  '  port  to  St.  John's  conaisted  of 
2,700  barrels  of  flour,  800  barrels  of  beef  and 
pork,  1,345  bags  of  wheat,  300  sides  of  leather, 
and  35  paokagea  of  sondries.  A.t  Halifax  abe  took 
40  packages  of  leather,  62  packages  ot  furniture, 
300  packages  of  fish,  190  packages  of  proviitiona,  and* 
160  paokagea  of  aondriea.  Tbe  veasel  was  built  in 
tnis  City,  in  1863,  and  was  for  a  long  time  em- 
ployed on  tbe  Cromwell  Line  in  tbe  New.Urleaos 
trade.  She  was  184  feet  in  length.  30  leet  breaub 
of  beam.  18  fvet  6  iuobca  in  depth,  brigantine 
rigged,    and  propelled  by  a  screw.    Sue  was  u(  neo 

tous  burden,  and  wu  coaiidered  lo  be  id  liood  cuu- 

dition,  baTini;  recently  paused  an  inspeotion.  She 
-was  rated  1^  Her  priocioal  owners  were  Claris 
ic  Seaman,  ana  she  waa  insured   by  ibem,  bat  tbe 

amount  ot  the  Inaiuaoce  could  not  be  asoerUioed 

last  evenine.  The  cargo  waa  aaid  to  be  In- 
sored  by  ttie  shippers,  bat  at  tbe  office  of 
tbe  Atlantic  Mutual  Insurance  Company,  al- 
though it  was  admitted  that  a  small  amoant  had 
been  placed  by  tbat  company  on  tbe  George  Wasb- 
incton,tbe  entlreiusarancecoaldnot  l>e  ascertained. 
In  the  abseooe  ol  both  members  of  tbe  firm  trom 
the  office,  not  even  an  approximate  estimate  of  tbe 
value  of  the  veasel  could  be  obtained,  Caot.Wtiiie- 
haad  is  spoken  of  as  an  estimable  man,  an  experi- 
enced and  able  master,  and  has  long  been  in  the 
employment  of  tbe  Cromwell  Line. 

On  ber  last  trip  from  St.  John's  to  Halifax  on  Dec. 
30  last,  the  George  Washington  met  with  heavy 
gales,  durtog  which  aha  was  driven  oat  of  ber 
course  and  waa  very  uinch  delayed.  Her  fuel  be- 
coming exbanatea,  the  bulkheads  were  broken  up 
to  supply  the  turaaces,  sod  13  barrels  of  pork,  a 
part  ot  ine  cargo,  were  used  for  the  same  purpose. 

The  George  Cromwell,  of  the  same  line,  ia  now  34 
days  out  from  Halifax  for  St.  John's.  She  was  com- 
manded by  Capt.  Bauun,  of  Brooklyn,  and  her  other 
officers  were  Mr.  Calkins,  first  officer,  Brooklyn  ; 
Mr.  Bacon,  (broiher  to  the  Captain,)  aecond  officer, 
Brooklyn  ;  Mr.  Wade,  chief  engineer.  She  carried 
as  passengers  from  New- York  to  St.  John's,  William 
Skinner,  New-Haven  :  Frank  Archibald,  Brooklyn, 
steerage;  from  Hslitax  to  St.  John's,  W.  H.  Boper. 
F.  fl.  Joroan,  Charles  E.  Taylor,  cabin,  and  E. 
Kent  and  John  Dooliug,  steerage.  Tae  offloers  and 
crew  numbered  24  all  told.  The  Cromwell  was  sur- 
veyed  in  Aagasu  1872.  The  Cromwell  and  Wash- 
isgum  were  mates,  ■varrinii  bat  little  In  tonnage. 

THE  KIEBE  MUEJfEB  IBIAL  BEGUN 

AS  ^IMPORTANT     WITNESS      WANTED — POST- 
PONEMENT MOVED  FOR — SEVEN  JURORS 

OBTAINED. 

aoecialDteitate/ito  t^t  tTiiB-Tork  Tiimi, 
HtTDSOX,  Feb.  5.— The  case  of  John  V.  Eiere 
and  Blanora Kiere,  bis  wit's,  folntly  indicted  lor  tbe 
murder  of  Cbarles  H.  Thompson,  alias  Charles  H. 
Hermance,  in  this  city,  on  Dec  33,  1376,  was  called 
m  the  Oyer  and  Terminer  this  af  lemoon.  Justice 
A.  M.  Oibo'm  presiding.  District  Attorney  Ger- 
shorn  Buckley,  assisted  by  Hon.  J.  H.  Longley,  ap- 
peared for  tbe  people,  and  Hon.  Charles  L.  Beale 
and  J.  Byder  Cady  for  tbe  urisoners.  An  exlra  panel 
of  100  Jurors  had  been  summoned,  and  sll  bat  four 
answered  to  their  names.  Mr.  Cady  moved  post- 
ponemeDttill  Tuesday  momlag,  tn  consequenaa  of 
the  inability  of  tbe  defense  to  subpoena  James  Car- 
roll, a  material  witness,  who  was  reported  to  be  In 
Bondout.  Mr.  Cady  stated  tbat  an  officer  bad  bean 
dispatched  for  Carroll.  The  court  denied 
the  motion  without  preindice  to,  the  defense, 
wbo  will,  in  tbe  event  of  Carroll  not  being  fonod, 
renew  it  in  tbe  moining,  when  they  will  ask  tor  a 
postponeaaeot  over  the  term.  The  court  thereanon 
proceeded  to  impanel  a  jory,  and  at  6  o'clock,  at 
Which  time  the  court  adjourned  till  Tues- 
da.y  at  10  A.  M..  bad  seoared  the  fol- 
lowing jurors :  Bufus  Millrr,  Harvey  Yandeaaen, 
Biking  Decker,  John  A  Snyder,  William  H.  Gould, 
Nelson  T.  Gates.  Henrv  O.  KittelL  Kiare  and  hia 
wife,  accompanied  by  their  little  daugbter,  a  child 
of  5  years,  were  provided  with  seats  with- 
ia  tbe  Bar,  and  were  the  objeota  of 
the  curious  gaze  of  a  crowded  court- 
reom.  Both  Eliere  and  his  wife  are  rather 
prepossessing  in  tbeir  sppesranoe.  The  Jurors 
called  betrayed  no  relnctaoce  to  serve,  and  tbe  de- 
fense were  oliUged  to  exbauac  15  of  thalr  peremp- 
tory challenges  to  prevent  iarors  with  evident  bias 
againat  the  prisoner  getting  in  tbe  box.  The  feel- 
ing against  &iere  is  quite  perceptible. 

•       THE    WEATHES. 


INDICATIONS. 
WASHnTOTON.'Feb.    6—1  A.  M- — for  the  Mid- 
dl*  JSUtta,/aaing  barometer,  ioarmer.iouthivett  winds, 
cloudy  and  threatening  weather,  except  dear  in  the 
fiddle  Atlantic  States. 

For  New-England,    falling    barometer,  wanner, 
southerly  winds,  partly  cloudy  weather. 

TBU  SOUTBJtSy  DEBT, 
apeetal DinaUk  to  (JU  Ktia-Torlt  Time*. 
FHlLADSirHiA,    Feb.  5.^A  committee,  con- 
slating  of  Measra.  George  S.  Coe,  Freaident  of  the 
x^s^nmrt  BxobaDge  National  Bask;  J.  D.  Veimilye^ 
of  the  HerohanU'  Natimial   Bank ;    Beigamin   B. 
Sherman,    of     tbe     Merohanta'    National    Bank 
of     New-York  f    B.     B.      Comegye.      President 
of     tbe     Fhiladeiphia      National      Bank,     and 
Thi — *-    Pratt,    of    the    Bsltimore    Farmers'    and 
nawtnrs'  National  Bank,   met  at    the  ContlnenUl 
Hotel  to-nght  for  the  purpoae  of  oonsiderlog  mss- 
MU«a  tbr  the  payment  of  the  debu  of  the  Southern 
kStMca  whtoh  have  defaalted.    The  eommittee  or' 
'teaMwd  with  Mr.  Coe  aa  Cbainaan,  aad  a^J'oroed 

I  io^Mil  at  the  Fifth  Avanne  Hotel,  la  Kew>¥oik. 


ABGUMENT  OF  MR.  O'CONOB. 

Cohtinusd  from  First  Pags. 
oo-ordinate  department  of  the  (rovemment.  the 
Executive.  All  tbe  world  may  count.  No  mortal  man 
can  doubt  about  the  count.  But  the  world  ia 
not  called  upon  to  act  In  reiailen  to  the  oonnt  nntil 
that  count  has  been  recognised  by  some  body,  and 
officially  recognized,  and  it  is  the  duty  of  tbe  Hoose 
ot  Bepresentaiives  at  that  point  of  time  to  deter- 
mine whether  an  exigency  has  arisen  which  renders 
ititadutyto  recognize  tbat  a  perion  is  Preatdent 
by  force  of  a  majority  of  the  legal  votes,  or  whether 
tbere  baa  been  a  failure  to  elect  by 
reason  of  a  tie.  and  in  tbat  .  event,  if 
it  occnrs,  tbe  Eonse  of  Bepresentaiives  is 
bound  at  once  to  act  sad  elect  a  Pieaident  itsel£ 
The  same  ottseryatlon  applies  to  tbe  Senate  in  ref- 
erence to  tbe  Vice  Presidency,  and  on 
that  subject  the  Senate  is  called  npon  in 
like  manner  to  recosnise  -  tbe  fact  of  an 
electlob,  to  allow  it,  admit  it,  and  accept  it  as  a 
tact,  or  to  deny  it  and  say  that  it  is  nut  so,  and  then 
Itself  to  procsed  to  elect  a  Vice  President.  I  attach 
no  importance  to  the  word  count,  but  I  attach 
importance  from  tbe  very  nature  of  tbe  thing, 
from  tbe  laws  inwrought  into  the  conatitatioo  of 
human  beings  and  ot  hasian  courts,  to  the  fact  that 
those  who  have  to  act  officially  are  the  perauua 
wbo  must  do  whatever  may  be  neaded  for  tbe 
purpose  of  enabling  them  to  coant  and  to  act  in  tbe 
one  direction  or  tbe  other,  as  the  case  may  require, 
in  conformity  with  that  count  founded  upon  their 
preliminary  investigation  so  far  as  any  lavesti- 
gatlun  may  be  neceasary.  Now  the  result  of 
this  conatrnotion  is  that  ttus  officer,  who  has  no 
powers,  1«  set  aside,  and  confined  in  tbe 
exercise  of  any  fauciions  be  may  have  to  the  nar- 
row limits  prescribed  to  him  by  (be  Constltutiou, 
and  tbat  tbe  auty  of  exercisiug  any  higher  fuDotlon 
preliminary  to  tbia  mere  formal,  indisputable 
sort  of  act,  the  coantiog  is  devolved  upon 
those  wbo  must  take  notice  of  tbe  count. 
But  no  man  or  no  body  la  aathorized  to  make  or  tu 
declare  tbe  count  tmlesa  it  be  these  two  bcKtiea  re- 
spectively. And  thus  a  power  is  introdaoed,  not  by 
implication  of  any  forced  nature,  but  trom  the  ab- 
aolnte  necessity  of  tbe  case ;  abd  consequently  we 
claim  that  the  power  waa  in  those  houses.  Now  it 
is  not  to  ba  dUputed,  nor  shall  we  question  it  here, 
nor  make  a  special  point  about  it,  thst  Congress 
might,  by  nuited  action,  have  oonstiiuted  some 
body,  or  placed  in  some  individual,  a  fanction  by 
means  of  which  this  inveatigatiuu  might 
have  been  made,  and         how         lar 

Congreas  might  have  gone  to  make  tbe  action  ot 
this  body  obligatory  we  need  not  inquire.  It  is 
enough  tbat,  if  the  tiro  housca  bad  the  power,  they 
did  not  exercise  it  prior  to  tbig. occasion,  and  have 
not  otberwise  exercised  it  than,  subsequently  to 
this  difflcalty,  by  the  cooititutioa  of  this  tribunal, 
and  in  exercising  it  and  vesting  that  power  here 
tbe  two  houses  have  reserved  to  themselves  tbe 
privilege  of  eoming  by  a  concurrent  xote  to  a 
different  determination  trom  what  may  be  here  ar- 
rived at.  Now.  It  is  to  be  noticed  tbat  each  of 
those  bodiM  baa  complete  power  of  iovestigatiou, 
adequate  power  to  take  proofs,  tbroagh  oom- 
mitkeea  or  otherwise,  on  any  matter  on  which  it 
may  be  obliged  to  pass,  either  befuro  or  after  tbe 
opening  of  the  Blectoral  votes.  They  can  investi- 
gate, tboagh  not  with  tbe  tormalilies  of  a  jury  nor 
under  the  precise  forms  of  a  .{ndicial  prooeeding. 
But  they  can  investigate,  as  political  or  legis- 
lative bodies  may,  .  all .  tae  f.tcts  ana 
circumstances  that  are  necessary  to  be 
known  lo  order  to  enlighten  tbeir  Judgmeut 
and  to  guide  them  to  a  lost  and  righteous  decision. 

IKCOIiySMIBKCE  OF  INVESTIQATION  AS  AN  ABGD- 

Oar  construction  thus  vests  in  these  two  houses  by 
a  necessarv-  implication,  on  saoh  u contingency  aris- 
ing as  is  here  presentea,  the  power  to  do  wbatover 
may  be  needful  for  tbe  ascompbsbmeni  of  {us- 
tice.  What  la  tbe  objection  to  tbat  coustror^ 
tlonf  Tbe  whole  argument  agaiost  it  re- 
solves  Itself  simply  into  tbe  common  everv-day 
argument  uf  the  inoonvei:ient  -tbe  ar^7n«ntum  a<^ 
ineonvenientuum.  Those  who  would  ^eek  to  grattp 
auu  bold  office  oy  illegal,  irregular,  unlawful,  itaud- 
ulent  means,  claim  ttiat  it  would  be  inconvenient 
to  take  ao  much  trouble  aa  might  be  neceasary  in 
order  to  investigate  and  ngbtly  deierminu 
on  proofs  the  question  of  tbeir  dehaquoncy 
and  tbe  iaisity  of  their  claim.  Tnu  is 
tbe  common  plea  of  all  the  persons 
who  set  up  a  talaaly  or  fraadalently  contrived  titli-, 
when  an  effort  Is  nude  to  striu  them  of  their  pre- 
tended authuiily  by  debounciag  before  a  court  or 
appropriate  tribuoal  the  fallacy  of  tneir  claim  and 
the  necsssity  to  tbe  end  ol  joatice  of  having  that 
tailacy  declared  and  ibeir  pretensions  set  aside.  It 
ia  tbe  only  argument  which  such  parties 
are  ever  able  to  offer;  and  now  let 
us  see  wbsre  stands  tbat  aigument. 
tested  by  the  ordinary  pnudplos  which  we  m,iy 
gather  trom  tbe  experience  ol  mankina  and  from 
our  general  knowledge.  It  is  suggested  tbat  it 
might  lead  ,  and  if  entered  upon,  mu^t  neceasaiily 
lead  (it  the  parliea  see  &i  to  do  it>  to  an  luvesiiga 
tiuu  ot  the  personal  qoaliflcaiion  o(  every  oue  of  ia» 
Electors  among  45,u00,000  people,  and  if  you  lay 
down  the  rule  ana  aaopt  uie  principle  tbat  you 
^ave  a  rljibt  to  invustigaie  at  all.  you  open  thu 
door  to  tbat  lucouveolsnt  and  bound. ess  aea  of  liii- 
gaiiou  so  that  the  misciiiofa  must  nevossarilv 
be  ao  great  that  it  is  belter  lor 
power  to  nnjustiy  permit  a  usuipur 
to  enter  by  the  most  unholy  of  sll  ayenues  (tbe 
aveane  of  palpable  sud  iDdisuatable  fraaa)  to  tbe 

high  seat  ot  tne  Presidency  ut  the  t7ai(ed  6tales  ; 
tbat  It  la  belter  to  sabmit  to  ull  ttiat, 
or  to  sny  other  more  eaormons  evil, 
(if   a    more    enuruiuas    oue   can    be   imagined,) 

than  to  sabmit  tu  the  shocking  and  moustroait  in- 
•onvenieoce  which  woald  result  trom  any  attempt 
loinqoire  into  tbe  validity  ot  tae  eleeiion.  Now,  let 
us  see  what  there  is  in  that  broad  presen- 
tation of  overwhelming  tncoovenienoe.  They 
say  it  ia  not  mateiial  ;  tbat  but  little  need  b»in- 
qaired  into  here,  bat  that  it  is  impouible  tu  tell 
what  smother  party  may  desire  to  offer,  (althoogb 
we  should'  limit  out  inquiries  very  much,  in- 
deed,) and  toat  m  laying  down  tbat  pnu. 
oiple  of  action  you  may  estsblish  the 
doctrine  ihst  this  species  of  investigation,  so  vexa- 
tious and  intolerable,  may  be  watrouied  by  law  and 
may  be  allowed  in  prastise.  And  it  is  so  said 
from  a  very  proper  analogy,  so  tar,  because 
in  a  writ  of  ^tio  warranto  in  tbe  inqairy  Into  tbe 
title  of  an  iuuivisaal  to  aa  office  you  mav  iovesti- 
gate  all  tbe  particulars  down  to  the  qualifloaiiou  of 
every  individual  voter;  and  inasmncb  as  you 
may  have  ia  queation  tbe  tact  wnetncr 
a  particular  voter  wss  disqualified  oy 
reason  of  being  an  alien,  you  mignt  tbere  raise  a 
question  of  identity  (it  being  asserted  that  some- 
tiody  else  gave  tbe  vote)  simil.ir  lo  that 
which  i^jok  place  in  tbe  Xlcoborne  case, 
where,  in  determining  a  quesiion  of  identi- 
ty between  two  souciUed  persons  a  wnole  year  was 
consumed;  and  that,  consequently,  if  tbat  question 
were  to  arise  la  the  great  state  of  New-Yark  aa 
to  the  eligiDihtv  of  a  Judge,  (aay  of  the  Court 
of  Appeal*,)  In  that  case  a  similar  soit  of 
Inqnlry  might  be  opened  in  regard  to  four 
houdiod  thousand  persons,  which  is  but  oue  halt' 
the  number  of  electors,  snd  m  presenting  tOis 
"raw  bead  and  bioody  bones,  "  which  is  to  frighten 
this  court  and  the  whole  country  from 
its  propriety,  we  might  suppose  tbat  in 
investigating  the  iiicht  of  each  ot  those 
400,000  eleotuia  it  would  take  it  400,000  years,  which 
Would  be  a  very  long  penodjor  auy  court  of  jus- 
tice to  be  engaged  in  trying  a  single  case.  fLaugli- 
ter.]  Now,  tbe  answer  to  .ail  tbat  is  as  simple 
ss  can  be  imagined.  The  objnctiou  you 
perceive  applies  as  much  t)b  tbe  ordloury  writ  oi 
quo  warranto  in  regard  ts  ordinary  officers  aa  Itdoes 
lo  this  loqtur}',  if  it  should  take  pluce  before  Con- 
gress, for  no  court  or  set  of  courts  could  ever  con- 
duct within  the  compass  of  any  human  litetliue  tue 
investigation  whion  might  be  necessary  iu  derermiu- 
liig  tbe  clsim  of  a  single  tffioer.  Theretore,  this 
argumtfntum  ad  inconvenientiam  is  as  fatal  to  the 
geueral  ptuoeuure  uf  courts  ot  Justice  in  usiious  ol 
quo  wajranto  as  it  is  to  tbe  proceeding  here  sug- 
gested. But,  if  tbe  learned  Cummlsaion  please,  tbe 
iuvestigatiou  that  may  be  allowed  to  take  place  be- 
fore either  house  of  Congress,  or  before  any 
Comraifsion  appointed  by  them,  would  be 
governed  by  the  same  piloctples  of  general 
Jurisprudence  tbat  apply  to  the  uoctriae  ol  pro- 
ceed mg  by  quo  toarranto^iid  oue  of  those  princi- 
ples IS  that  no  man  has  a  right  to  the  wnt  ot  qtio 
warranto  as  of  coarse  or  because  he 
SLuwa  an  apparent  title.  It  has  al- 
ways been  a  matter  ot  discretion, 
iiumerons  casea  are  cited  here  on  the  other  side  to 
sbow  that  it  has  been  alwsys  treated  as  a  matter  of 
diacretiun.  It  is  in  the  power  of  the  supreme 
tribunal,  acting  la  the  name  and  irajesty  ut  tbe 
people,  when  applied  to  for  a  writ  of  91x0  toarranto, 
to  allow  It  or  not,  as  under  all  the  circumsiauces 
may  be  thoagbt  most  consistent  with  the 
publie  loterest,  tbe  ends  ot  justice  and  tbe  conve- 
nience of  society,  and  Inconsequence  this  espanaed 
inquiry  can  never  tatoVpiace  on  a  writ  of  qui)  war- 
ranto. It  never  would  be  allowed,  no  oouit  would 
ever  permit  the  writ  to  issue,  sua  never  does  so.with- 
ont  a  statemeut  of  tne  po'iuts  intended  to  be  made, 
and.  If  it  Were  neoesaary  in  alltfwiog  tbe  writ,  tbe 
court  would  lay  a  restraint  on  tbe  party  as  to  wiiat 
point  iu  question  be  aiast  make,  so  tbat,  in  all  iu- 
veaiigaiions,  Jodicial  or  otherwise,  as  to 
tbe  right  of  a  partiouiar  individ- 
ual to  bold  or  exercise  a  .  public  office 
it  is  in  the  dincretion  of  the  triotmals  to  say  how 
far  they  will  go,  and  it  is  in  your  discretion,  aa  it 
would  be  in  the  discretion  of  eitber  bouse  of  Con- 
gress, actiog  fur  its  own  advice  and  direodoo  ai  to 
the  Preaident  and  Vice  President,  to  de- 
termine whether  it  woald  consent  to  per- 
mit an  utulerable  investigation  of  tbst 
description.  So  much  for  tbe  arffttmentum  ad  in- 
eonvenienliam;  it  has  no  application.  'I'bete  never 
would  be  found  a  necessity  for  it.  Standing  oa  the 
ancient  practices  of  the  law  tbe  autborliy  wiiioh 
might  be  called  upon  to  institute  so  inveailgauon 
woald  lo'ok  at  the  difficulty  presented,  and  say,  un- 
der tbe  inflaenoe  of  a  due  regard  to  tbe  argu- 
mentum  ad  meonvenientiam^  "  Xhiu  tar  you  may 
go ;  no  fu^tser  shall  you  ga" 

KO  LDOT  TO  THE  FOWEB  TO  INVS8TIOATE. 
Now,  ill  regard  to  tbe  legal  (question  presented,  as 
to  what  power  each  house  of  Congieas  had,  under 
exlaling  lawa,  and  what  powers,  conseqaei^tly,  this 
Commission  can  exerdse,  we  say,  as  tbe 
learned  manager  for  the  House  stated  in 
opemng  this 'case,  that  th»re  ia  no  technical  legal 
limit  or  barrier  to  it,  bat  that  yon  exerciae  the  same 
high  power  of  the  Crovernmenc  that  has  slwuys  been 
exercised  in  aucfa  questions,  even  in  the  conrti  of 
common  law,  to  which  application  ia  made  to 
obtain  the  writ  of  quo  warranto.  Yoa  exercise 
tbe  same  discretion,  and  you  iiinit  tbe  inquiry 
iwtien  tbe  point  arises)  within  those  Utmts  tiiat  are 
prescritied  by  necessity  and  aonvenience.  Thia  is 
our  view,  stated  as  lully  mm  it  is  iu  our  power  to 
state  it  m  tbe  brief  time  I  am  permit- 
ted to  occupy  the  attention  of  your  Aoiiors. 
We  say  that  there  Is.  no  limit  to  the 
power  ot  invesiigstion  for  tbe  purpose  of  reaching 
•iM  coda  of  Jostioe.  exceot  anah  a  One  regard  lor 


pobUe  eonvenlenee  and  the  inteteete  of  pvblle  Jos* 

tloa  and  of  society  at  Urge  may  impose,  in 
the  exercise  of  tbat  dlsotetiooary  authoritv 
What  is  our  condition  and  the  condition  of  all  esses 
of  this  kindt  Tbere  is  no  Judleial  court  in  tbe 
United  States  clothed  with  authority  to  deal  with 
the  premises.  We  assert  tbat  witboat  stopping  to 
Cite  books  and  to  prove  it  to  you  negatively.  It 
feems  to  be  conceded  that  if  anch  a 
power  migbt  have  been  created  It  has  remaiupd 
dormant,  and  has  not  been  eKerelsed,  and  ennse- 
onantly  we  are  told  that  here  we  acaiid,  in  the  sec- 
ond century  of  tblK  Bepubllc's  pxistence,  in  such  a 
oundltion  that  tbere  is  no  possible  remedy  against 
the  most  palpable  fraud'  and  Yorgery  that  can 
be  perpetrated,  or  sgainat  any  outrageous 
acts  in  violation  ot  tbe  rights  of  tbe 
people  of  the  respective  States  and  of  tbe 
whole  Union.  We  are  told  that  tnere  is  no  remedy  ; 
that  Congress  most  sit  by  bliodly  and  silently,  and 
permit  sn  alien  to  be  oonnted  into  office  as  Presi- 
dent of  the  'United  States  ;  mustsit  bv  and  permit  a 
set  of  votes  plainly  and  palpably  fraudulent,  (given 
by  individuals  not  only  disqualified  for  want 
of  baviog  been  chosen  by  tbe  citizens,  but  being 
themselves  abaolately  disqualified  by  tbe  Constita- 
tisn  from  acting  in  the  offioea,  or  from  casting 
the  vote,)  to  be  ooanted,  aud  must  permit  tbe 
usurpation  cmtemplated  to  take  place,  merely  be- 
eauae  our  wise  fathers  (one  would  think  tbst  the 
compliment  was  intended  as  sarcasm,) 
had  ao         chosen         to         oonatitate       .  tbe 

Government  which  tbey  ereat«d,  that  injus- 
tice, however  fiigitious,  might  be  perepetrated  in 
open  day.  without  the  formality  of  hav- 
ing auy  remedy  ar  ef  even  tittering 
decorously  a oomplainL  This,  we  hum blv  submit, 
cannot  be  tbe  Constitntlen  and  the  law.  Boason 
lorbids  it.  All  acts,  however  .solemn;  however 
sscred,  from  whatever  quarter  coming,  by  what- 
ever body  perpetrated,  are  liable  to  review  in 
some  manner,  in  some  Judicial  or  other 
tribunal,  so  tbat  fraud  and  falsehood  mny  shrink 
abashed  and  defeated  and  may  fall  in  the  attempt  to 
trample  on  tbe  right.  It  seems  to  be  virtually 
conceded  here  tbat  the  Goverooi's  certificate  is  not 
conclusive.  I  have  not  time  to  say  mach  about 
that.  It  is  not  required  by  the  Constitution. 
It  is  only  required  by  an  act  ot  Congress.  The 
Governor  cinnot  be  compelled  to  give  it;  many 
circumstances  may  prevent  hia  elving  it, 
and  be  may  have  given  it  under  circum- 
Btanoes  of  piaiuly  flagitioua  falsehood  with- 
out any  eleetion,  without  any  proceeding 
had  to  sanction  it  He  may  have  given  his  certificate 
to  bis  four  little  boys,  and  constituted  tbem  an 
Electoral  College.  and  tbe  vote  which 
they  gave,  pursuant  to  hia  bidding,  and 
bv  force  or  bis  certificate,  would  be- 
come absolutely  conplnstve  and  binding  on  all 
the  authorities  of  tho  United  States  wbo  had  any 
power  to  act  in  the  premi;.ea.  I  sabmit  to  your 
Honors  tbat  that  is  not  so.  and  1  beg  you  to  turn 
(when  you  come  to  consider  this  matt(>r)  to  the  cita- 
tion of  Armistead's  casein  Mr.  Green's  brief— 15  Pe- 
ters, 594 — where  tbe  Supremo  Court,  speakingby  the 
voice  of  Judge  Story,  pronounced  all  transiictiona, 
of  every  description,  however  solemn,  impeach- 
able for  iraud  and  capable  of  being  re- 
versed. In  the  case  of  tbe  State  of  Mich- 
igan against  the  Pboeuix  Bank  (33d  New  York 
Keports,  page  27)  your  Honors  will  *nd  tbat  the 
most  solemn  Judumeni  of  any  court  u.uy  be  over- 
hauled and  reviewed,  and  be  shown  to  bava  been 
procured  by  a  trick,  a  deception,  or  a  falsebuuti, 
and  may  be  oompUiely  reversed  and  deteated.  The 
inquiry  then  is  how  tar  are  we  to 
go  in  this  case  ?  The  Florida  lawa  to  which  you  have 
been  referred  show  that  it  may  not  bo  nocessaiy  lo 
go  further  (aud  we  bave  asserted  tbat  U  will  not 
be  necessary  to  go  tnitber)  than  10 
make  a  collection  of  tbe  unlawful  ex- 
tra Jurisdictional  sets  of  tbe  oanvasHine 
bosrd.'  You  may  not  (when  you  come  to  look  at 
this  law,  which  is  contained  in  a  little  document 
placet!  before  yon)  consider  tbat  there  is  auy  such 
sanctity  attending  the  action  of  this  State  Board 
as  is  supposed.  The  law  is  that  ''If  auy 
such  returns  (tbe  county  returns)  sUali  be 
shown,  or  shall  appear,  to  be  so  irregular,  false,  or 
fraudulent  as  tbat  tbe  board  Is  unable  to  determine 
tbe  true  vote  of  any  such  officer  or  member,  they 
shall  so  certify,  aud  sbail  include  sncb  re- 
turn iu  their  ueterminatlon  and  declaration, 
and  the  Secretary  uf  State  shall  preserve 
and  file  iu  this  office  all  such  returns,  together  with 
such  otlier  dosomeiits  and  papers  as  ma^'  bave  been 
betore  tbe  Board  of  Canvassers,  one  of  wnich  wi>l 
be  the  certidcate  of  their  action,  rejectiug  those 
returns."  Toe  law  itself  provides  for 
and  contemplates  an  investigation  of  tne 
aciion  of  tbe  Board  of  State  Canvaassts.  Turning 
back  10  tbe  law  in  relation  to  ibo  Board  of  County 
Canvaaaers,  you  may  flud  tbat  neither  of  these 
bodlea  hat>  any  power  whatever,  except  simply 
to  compute  and  rutam  tne  vute  asi  received. 
Such  13  tbe  case  aa  to  tb*  piimary  Board  of  Can- 
vassers, and  tbe  second  Board  of  Caovasaers  and 
the  last  and  ultimate  Board  of  Canvassers,  and  these 
very  limited  powers  they  seem  to  have  exer- 
cised only  in  regard  to  one  single  county.  They 
releoted  some  littlo  fragments  of  three  other  coun- 
ties, bat  did  not  exercise  the  power  of  rejectiug 
toe  whole  uf  these  letarns,  wbien  was  tbe 
ouly  power  that  thev  possessed.  In  regard  to  tbe 
one  sing'c  couuiv  tboy  seem  to  Dave  acted  by  some 
possibility  withia  the  limits  of  their  power  and  au- 
thority. It  mi^bt  be  supposed  toat  tbey  did  so. 
but  we  propose  to  show  that  they  did 
not  We  will  sbow  it  by  tlieir  own 
certificate,  which  the  law  compels  them 
to  mi'.  and        to        place  aloug  with 

tbe  couuts  whica  thev  made  and  which,  from  a 
Short  brief,  aud  simple  inqairy,  will  demonstrate 
tue  monstrositv  of  tbo  deud  whiob  we  nuek  to  sec 
aside.  We  claim  that  the  quo  warranto  is 
admissible.'    You  will   perceive   by  looking;  at  that 

same  statute  to  which  we  have  reierrcd  that  unless 

tbo  Sieotors  are  Staro  officers  this  CanTassius 
Board  bad  no  authority  whatever  to  deal  wi^h  toe 
suiijoct,  aud  you  would  be  called  upon  to  dis- 
regard   the  canvasi  wbicli  tbey   made    aud  lu 

look  at  the  county  returux,  which  tbu 
law  does  m  terms  aaiborizo  to  be  made  la  reter- 
ence  to  Presidential  Electors  as  well  as  to  State  offi- 
cers. Well,  if  Ike  Elect/urs  are  State  officers,  coi- 
taioly  tbey  were  subiect  toooriectinn  by  tbe  State, 
if  there  was  auy  means  or  contrivance  by  which  tbey 
can  be  corrected  atall.and  the  familiar,  ordinary,  reg* 
lar  course  of  proceediogs  bj'  quo  warranto  was  com- 
menced in  due  .leasiu  before  tbey  had  actually  cast 
tbeir  vote,  and  their  authority  waa  determined  to 
bo  Utterly  void  and  annulled,  and  tbat  toe  long  be- 
fore tbeir  vote  bad  reached  tbe  seat  of  Government 
or  could  possibly  have  been  subjeot  to  count. 
If  they  are  not  Suto  officers,  lueo  we  have 
done  with  the  canvass  ol  the  State  B.iard,  aud 
have  only  to  look  (in  case  you  psss  bv  the  Gover- 
uor's  certificate)  to  tbe  next  element  of  proot,  and 
that  is  the  whole  set  of  county  returns,  wbico,  be- 
ing fouted  up,  would  show  tbe  resait  to 
be,  as  we  cluim,  tbat  tbe  Governor's  cer- 
tidcate was  utterly  lalse.  Subsequcot  legis- 
latieu  has  beeu  presented  before  i.he  House, 
and  a  subseouent  Investigation  for  the  purpose  of  a 
reciinvaas  liaa  beeu  or  will  be  laid  belore  tbe 
Huuae.  Indeed,  it  is  (ilready  before  tbi»  Com- 
musion  in  the  original  document  opened  by  the 
I'rosidsnt  of  the  Senate.  Wo  claim  that  on  these 
principles  aud  00  these  prools,  aud  such  further 
proofs  as  may  be  offered  to  voa,  (subject  oniy  to  tbe 
restiaint  which  1  have  referred  to.  aud 
wblcb  voa  may  exercise  in  yuur  decision,) 
you  bave  thu  right  to  investigate  this 
matter,  and  to  determine  two  tbines — tlrsr,  whether 
the  Hayes  Electoral  vote  is  valid,  sud  second, 
whether  tbe  Xilden  vote  is  valid.  Tbe  tinal  de- 
cision at  which  you  mav  arrive  may  retecc  either, 
or  may  reject  both.  They  are  not  involved 
in  precisely  the  same  questions  nececessamy.  Dif- 
ferent questions  may  possibly  apply,  and  the  vote 
for  Mr.  Hayes  may  be  prououncod  invalid,  and  tbe 
vote  for  Mr.  Tildeu  equally  so.  I  have 
not  time  to  discuss  more  fully  the  quesiion 
as  to  settling  tbe  Tilden  vote  lu  case 
the  Hayes  vot«  may  be  rejected.  In  tbe  lUtle  time 
left  to  me  I  have  hardly  un  opportaniiy  of  saving 
a  word  in  regard  to  that  which  is  tbe  main  rellauce 
(if  the  other  side,  and  that  la  ibe  doctrine  uf  officer 
de  facto. 
Tbe  Presiding  Justice— You  have  35  minutes  left. 

THE  DE  FACTO  OFFICER. 

Mr.  O'Conor — 1  am  very  much  delighted  to  find 
that  I  have  so  much  time  lelt,  oecauseit  is  pr.bable, 
although  contrary  to  my  imeutions,  tbac  I  may 
have  exhausted  my  time  unuecessartly.  1  have  uo 
desire,  however,  to  ssk  tur  any  more  time,  tor 
I  feul  that  an.y  powers  wblcn  I  possess 
are  fully  taxed  in  fliliug  op  the  time  allowed  me, 
brief  tnuugb  it  be.  Now,  as  to  this  doctrine  of  an 
officer  de  lacto,  wnat  is  that  I  Tbe  best  definition 
ot  an  officer  de  facto  which  I  bave  fallen  in  with  is 
that  given  uy  Lord  EUeuborongb  in  the  case  01  the 
King  agaiust  tbe  (^orpuraiion  of  Bedlord  Level. 
(C  East,  368 )  An  olficer  de  facto,  be  nays,  13  one 
who  has  the  reputation  ot  being  tbe  otUcer  bo  seems 
to  be,  aud  .vet  is  not  a  good  ufficMT  iu 
point  of  law.  He  is  one  whu  baa 
cloined  himself  with  tbe  reputation  of  being 
an  officer,  lu  relation  to  tb^t  individual,  that  poi- 
son, tbe  law  with  its  wise  conservatism  has  de- 
clared thai  during  tbe  period  'n-beu  the  persoa  pre- 
tend log  title  1.0  the  office  was  in  apparent  pussesaiou 
of  all  tbe  powers  and  functions  sud  exercised  tbe 
unties  of  it  bis  acts,  as  respects  persons  wbo  in  tbe 
oH^inary  course  of  things  were  obliced  to  recognize 
him  and  to  act  under  and  iu  contormity  with  liis 
powers,  shall  be  esteemed  valid  ;  that  individuiiU 
must  not  be  deceived  by  tbat  species  offldisorder  or 
tempuraty  insiurectiuu  which  has  broken  iu  upon 
Ibe  t unctions  ot  government.  It  ia  the  duty  of 
iudividuals.  and  toey  aie  now  under  the  necessity 
also,  lor  ibeir  own  buslaeaa  puipusea,  if  tbere  were 
these  existing  authorities  having- this  color  of  right, 
and  if  these  sre  tbe  only  authorities  to  whicn  they 
can  refer,  to  refer  to  them,  aud  m  tbat  ac- 
tion of  theirs,  as  a,  reward  for 
their  bumble  obeuience  aud  respect 
for  order,  regularity,  and  tbe  apparent  law,  tbey  are 
held  to  be  entitled' to  protociin,  and  in  all  forms, 
ways,  and  places  tbe.v  are  protected.  That  tbat  is 
the  precise  relation  iu  respect  to  this  class  of 
officers  I  weald  take  leave  to  piove  bv  referring 
lo  Green  bgainst  Banker,  2Jd  Wendel,  5U3, 
where  tbere  is  a  very  able  opiuiou  written  by  one  of 
the  most  elaborate  in VcBtigatoi  a  of  legal  auihoiity 
that  I  bave  ever  kaown  or  beard  of — Judge  Cullom, 
formerly  of  the  State  of  JNew-York.  He  examined 
tbe  authorities,  and  what  be  says  Is  that  t|^b  cases, 
to  be  sare,  "have  gone  pretty  lar.  I  know,''  He 
says,  "  that  tbe  cases  bave  gone  a  good  ways,  but 
they  bave  stopped  with  preventing  mischief  to 
such  as  confided  ia  tbe  officers,  who  were  acting 
'without  right"  That  is- the  samming  of  the  author- 
ities and  of  tbe  principle.  Now,  what  is 
the  prupositlon  here  contended  fort  Tbat 
these  officers,  having  acted  nnder  color 
of  right,  and  having  completely  exercised 
and  perfected  tne  funolion  with  which  tbey  appear 
(It  is  said)  to  -be  aharged,  and  with  which, 
if  tbey  were  duly  eisoied,  tbey  were  charged, 
any  subsequent  attempt  to  set  it  uside 
wonld  be  coutraiy  to  that  principle, 
contrary  to  oonvenieace,  andmiscbievoaa  to  society.- 
Now,  is  tbat  so  t  Is  not  that  prmciplo  of  necessity 
confined  to  acts  affecting  private  persons  f  Is  it  not 
of  necessity  coottued  to  cases  where  the  act  of  tbe 
officer  de  facto  u  consummated  and  perfected, 
and  has  taken  effect  in  some  meaner  before  it  is 
ascartamed  that  he  is  not  entitled  to  bis 
office  and  he  is  ousted  1  Are  tbe  bank 
sotea     of    a     bank     Bcit   bavins   anttuuiij    (0 


iaane  them,   althongh   tigned,  and  perfect,  and 

fomi^ed.  and  pat  in  the  hands  of  an  agent,  vabd 
and  OTT^ntnal  nnder  this  principle,  until  some  person 
has  conflded  in  tbem,  and  has  received  them,  and 
been  thus  misled  by  the  appearance  of  right 
with  which  the  bank  had.  improperly  clothed 
itself.  Kow,  we  maintain  tbat  neither  the  pabllo 
good  nor  tbe  protection  of  men  from  deception,  nor 
any  rule  of  ooDveDieiMse  or  policy  requlrea  the  al- 
lowance of  pretended  Electors,  whose  title, on  investi- 
gation by  compet«Dt  authoritv,  betorcthe  votes  have 
been  opened  and  counted,  has  been  ascertained  to 
be  grouodleas.  Reterring  to  the  facta  of  the 
case,  what  do  we  find?  These  four  gentle- 
men sit  down  with  a  false  Governor's  certifi- 
cate, or  a  sham  certificate  from  a  Board 
of  State  canvassers,  and  they  of  their  own 
authority,  oeitifyina  their  acta  themselves,  cast 
four  votes  in  a  given  direction,  put  them  in 
a  packet,  and  seud  it  to  an  officer 
who  cannot  look  at  it  nntil  tbe  time  of  its  preseuta- 
lion,  for  tbe  purpose  of  being  considered 
and  counted.  Betore  thst  time  arrived  at< 
which  that  act  of  theirs  could  deceive 
auybody.  could  ^avo  any  oppoaition.  could  take 
efieo^,  oouldfrtg^^t^  into  such  a  condition  that 
its  preservation  and  maintenance  were  neces- 
sary for  tbe  cause  of  public  justice  or 
private  right  their  lack  of  title  was  ascertained  ; 
by  a  solemn  writ  of  quo  warranto  it  was  deter- 
mined tbat  tbey  were  usurpers  ;  tbat  tbey  had  no 
right  to  the  office,  and  tbat  their  acts  were  void.  Is 
tbere  any  such  principle  an.that  the  inchoate,  par- 
tial action  of  an  officer  de  facto  shall 
be  carried  forward  and  go  to  its  perfection  by 
the  accepttance  .of  tbe  act  as  a  due  and  valid 
act  after  ube  invalidity  of  that  officer's  claim 
has  been  established  ?  Whether  we  repose 
on  the  qtio  warranto  under  .your  Honor's  allowance 
or  repose  on  proof  which  mav  be  here  offered,  ad- 
mitted, and  passed  upon  by  vour  Honors  for  the 
purpose  of  showing  tbe  utter  invaliuity 
ot  those  gentlemen's  claims  to  tbe  offices 
of  Electors,  or  in  whatever  shape  this  matter  is 
presented  or  carried  forward,  the  act  of  these  offi- 
cers de  facto  fails  to  have  reached  the  point  where  Ic 
can  have  or  tase  any  'effect,  or  can  deceive  or 
mislead  anybody,  and  it  ia  shown,  and 
established  by  competent  means  to  be  an  act  of 
those  who  had  no  autlionty  to  perform  it  The 
position  of  the  thing  is  very  sinking  in  that  single 
aspect  which  tbe  other  side  has  assumed.  The  act 
of  an  undoubted,  undisputed,  convicted  usurper 
claimed  to  be  reeeived  and  to  have  an  effect  which 
it  has  aa  yet  never  bad,  because  at  tbe  time  t'icy 
perfected  the  initiatory  and  preliminary  step  which 
was  to  render  it  effectual  at  last  they  had  been 
shown  to  have  been  utterly  without  right  to  their 
office.  It  may  be  said  tbat  this  shaipened  arrow, 
aimed  at  the  heart  of  the  nation,  aimed  lor  the  pur- 
pose of  establishing  falsehood,  seating  an  usuoer. 
trampling  down  the  vote  of  the  State  and  of  the  nation 
wiis  fairly  placed  in  the  bow  of  tbe  usurper,  that 
adequate  force  and  strength  was  given  to  it  to 
carry  it  to  the  heart  which  was  to  be  wounded 
and  stucg  to  death  by  it  l>ut  it  can- 
not be  denied  (if  a  quo  warranto  is  ef- 
fectual, or  if  the  bhield  is  interposed 
between  the  wrongdoer  and  the  bosom  of  the  nation, 
by  Which  this  arrow,  steeped  in  the  guilt  of  fraud, 
destined  to  the  perpetration  of  injustice  and  tbe  con- 
summation of  atrocious  untruth,  has  been  diverted 
aud  divesied  of  ail  its  powers.  In  this  connection, 
under  this  strange  heart  of  a  claim  to  bavea  de  facto 
President  bv  fnrce  of  a  vote  of  de  facto  Eleceors,  I 
call  your  Hsnora'  attention  to  a  single  view  ot 
which  this  case  is  susceptible. 

TWO  ELECTOEAL  COLLEGES   IN  FLOEIDA. 

Now,  although  there  may  be  an  officer  de  facto. 
It  seems  to  be  lu  tbe  nature  ot  things  that 
there  cannot  bo  aa  uolawfnl,  nuauthor- 
izad  tribunal  or  body  de  facto  acting  without 
ngtt.  These  persons  coald  not  act  except 
by  oonstitnting  what  has  been  well  enough  called 
ao  Electoral  College,  of  which  tbey  wonld  be  the 
members.  They  undertook  to  constituie 
it.  It  was  an  Electoral  College  of 
their  own  wrongtul  claims  and  iutrusive 
persons,  and  thus  sought  to  create,  by  wrong  and 
without  one  single  element  of  right  a  lawful 
Electoral  Collet'o.  I  a'lk  your  Honors,  for 
the  purpose  of  showing  toat  this  dis- 
tinction IS  entitled  to  considerable  weiubt, 
to  refer  to  the  cases  of  HUdreth's  heirs  against  Mc- 
Intyre,  devisee  1st  J.  J.  Marshal's  Kentucky  re- 
ports, page  206,  when  certain  persons,  being  no  doubt 
de  facto  officers,  claimed  tbat  they  bad  established  a 
de  facto  court  and  tbe  determination  of  the 
fact  (which  1  submit  to  your  Honorc'  consider- 
alun.)  was  that  there  could  not  be  a  de  facto  court, 
although  tbere  mi^l)  be  a  de  facto  Judge,  or  a  do 
facto  officer.  And  we  say,  by  the  same  reasoning, 
that  there  coald  not  be  an  nnlawtul  de  facto 
Blectoral  College,  composed  of  mere  pretendere  to 
that  office,  wno  had  no  right  to  ir. 
Iu  this  counectlon  you  have  exactly  tbe  case 
wbicb  was  before  the  court  there,  which,  perhaps, 
exists  iu  other  States  in  this  Uuion  about  this  time. 
You  bave  the  case  of  two  distinct  bodies  existing 
at  tbe  same  time,  one  rightrul  and  the  other  wroog. 
ful.  I  mtiian  formal  bodies  which  were  aitempiud 
to  be  crcaied.  The  Tilden  Electors  who,  altnongh 
tbey  h:id  not  diicuTientary  evidence  to  establish 
tbeir  title,  had  actually  been  elected,  if  oar  evidence 
is  to  be  believed,  convened  their  Electoral  college, 
pertortuea  their  ceromotiios,  wnich  the  Con- 
stitu.ion  aud  lawa         of         the         United 

Stales  enjoined  upon  them,  and  which 
it  was  possible  ts  perform,  failiug  only  in  this,  thst 
thev  did  not  ootam  thu  certitic.ite  of  the  Governor. 
They  constituted  the  collojje.  Tuey  acied 
and  tbt-y  seut  forward  their  votes.  Thus 
you  have  two  lival  bodies  acting  at, 
to  be  sore,  the  right  time,  and  in  the  right  place, 
and  prescribed  by  the  lawa  bearini;  ou  the  subject ; 
two     rival      bodies,      one     of    which     was     com- 

poSied  Ot  persouB  nchtlnlly  aud  duly  elected,  and 

file  other,  which  wan  composed  cf  persons 
who  had  no  rictit,  oat  onlv  the  mere  colo.-  or  pre- 
tense of  right;  wbo  were  usurpers,  as  baa  been  as- 
certained in  one  lorm,  and  ffiU  be  ascertained  in 

any  other  tbat  may  be  satisfactory  to  yon,  if 
yoii  will  permit  lis  to  print  the  evideoce. 
Now,  this  IS  the  acinal  condition  of  thia  case.  The 
CousUtation  prescribes  no  lorm  save  such  as  has 
been  complied  with  by  the  Tilden  Eieciors.  Tbe 
law  ot  Uoiigress  prescribes  no  loriua  which  were 
nut  comolied  with  bv  tho  Tilden  Electors,  save 
and  except  only  that  tbey  cunid  not  obtain  the 
Governor's  certificate,  and  it  is  pretty  much 
conceded,  1  think,  that  tbe  Governor's 
certificate  is  not  absolutely  indispensable, 
and  may  be  gainsaid  and  contradicted 
even  if  it  bad  been  given  and  was  false,  so  that  iu 
this  case  of  rivalry  between  these  two  sets  of 
Electors,  it  appears  to  me  that  wo  present  the 
best  legal  title.  Tbat  we  have  the  moral 
right  18  tbe  common  sentiment  ol  all  mankind. 
It  will  bo  tne  judgment  ot  posterity.  Tbere  lives 
not  a  mao,  so  far  as  I  know,  on  the  face  of  the  earth 
wbo,  having  the  faculty  ol  blushing,  couid  look  au 
honest  man  In  tbe  taee  aud  assert  tbat 
the  Hayes'  Electors  were  truly  elected. 
And  the  whole  question  is,  therefore,  whether 
io  what  has  taken  place  there  has  been  such  ab- 
sence ot  lorm  as  is  to<ally  fatal  to  Juaiicd  and 
beyond  the  reacn  of  any  curative  process  of  any  de- 
Bcripiion  whatever.  1  tbiuk  tbat  1  nave  observed  as 
much  as  Is  in  any  way  needful  on  the  question 
as  to  what  evidence  Is  admissible  here,  and  I 
conceive  that  the  positions  which  wo  have  ad- 
vanced have  tbe  efiect  uf  enlitling  us  to  produce 
any  evldeuoe  here  wbicb  either  ot  the  bouses  of 

Conereas,  prosecuiing  an  investiKatliiu  ol  this  de- 
scription, mieht  lawfully  receive,  and  that  we 
are  sabject  here  only  as  much  as  we  would 
be  beiore  one  uf  the  hoases  uf  Concrress  tu  the  dii«. 
crelion  to  which  1  bave  before  referred,  by  wbicb 
vou  can  resirain  us  as  you  can  restrain  tbu  other 
parties  trom         going        into         interminable 

and  absurd  inqairi«R.  As  to  wuat  is 
actually  here  the  course  of  my  argument  has  tended 
to  establish,  and  has  been  intended  to  esiabiisb, 
and,  if  it  has  any  value,  has  eatabliabed, 
Ihat  each  House  of  Congress  had  Jurisdic- 
tion of  the  matter — each  of  tbem  at,  least 
of  (ftie  section  of  it.  and  therefore  that  all  evidence 
which,  according  to  the  cusroms  and  usages  of  leuis- 
lative  bodies,  eituer  house  has  taken  and  has  on  its 
tiles,  and  will  cousent  to  seud  in  _  here, 
or  has  sent  iu  here,  is  alread.y  evidence 
in  the  caae  ao  far  as  to  be  here  to  be  read  if  it  comes 
wiihiu  the  range  of  subjects  and  of  matters  of  fact 
which  your  Honors  allow  us  to  investigate. 

After  some  citations  of  law-points  by  counsel  ou 
both  sides,  tbe  Presiding  Justice  announced  that 
tbe  Commission  would  now  (2:30)  take  u  recess  for 
three-quarters  of  an  hour,  aud  that  no  other  mat- 
ters would  be  taken  up  to-day  in  pablio  session. 

After  tbe  recess  tbe  Commission  remained  in 
secret  session  sboai  20  minutes,  and,  alter  aathoriz- 
iug  the  annouscemenc  tbat  tbere  wonld  bene  pub- 
lic session  to-morrow,  adioarned  to  meut  at  12  noon 
tu.murrow  tor  cenaultation. 


THE  EASTERN  CO<UPL1CAIIONS. 


DISMISSAL  OF  MIDHAT  PASHA  A9  GRAND 
VIZIEK — EDUEM  PASHA  APPOINTED  IN 
HIS  PLACI£ — THE  PKINCE  OF  MONTliNE- 
GfiO     ACCEPTS     THE      PROPOSALS     FOB 

P^;ACE  NEGOTIATIONS    WITH    THE  PORTE. 

London,  Feb.  5. — Rpiuter's  Telegram  Com- 
pany has  received  the  following  dispatch 
from  ConstMitiuople:  "Midbat  Pasha  hne  been 
diimlased  from  tbe  office  of  Grand  Vizier 
and  loft  for  Syra  to-day.  '  Edham  P«i>ba 
I  probably  EJhem  Pasha,  tbe  Turkish 
Plenipotentiary  to  the  conference,  wbo  was  noted 
foi  his  violent  opposition  to  the  proposals  of  tbe 
Earopcan  powers]  has  been  appointed  Grand 
Viiier." 

A  dispatch  from  Baguaa  to  Beater's  Telegram 
Company  says:  "  Tbe  Prince  of  Mintonegro^ent 
a  disoatcb  to  the  Pone  yesterday,  stating  tbat  be 
accepts  the  praposals  of  the  Grand  Vizier  to  open 
peace  negotiations  and  ia  willing  to  treat  directly 
with  the  Porte." 

London,  Feb.  6.— Another  Benter  dispatch  from 
Constantinople  says  that  Midbat  Pasha  was  ordered 
to  quit  Constantinople.  Tbe  Turkish  Uinistry  has 
been  reorganitea  throughout.  Sadyk  Pasha,  the 
present  Ambassador  of  tbe  Porte  at  Paris,  has  been 
appointed  Governor  of  tbe  Vilayet  of  tbe  Danube. 

The  Standard's  correspondent  at  Constantinople 
gives  a  lung  summary  of  a  pamphlet  which  has  ap- 
peared tbere  containing  private  corrsspondence 
whiob  passed  between  Gen.  Ignatieff  and  tbe 
Bussisn  Ambassador  at  Vienna  and  between  tbe 
Bnssian  Consuls  In  Servia.  Bagusa,  and  -various 
parts  of  Turkey  and  tbe  Slavonis  Commistess.  Be- 
oant  Benter  telegrams  have  stated  that  the  Porte 
held  documents  of  this  description  and  was  about 
to  publish  tbem.     Tbe  Standard'i  correepoodpjit 


UTS     lio    liu     no    aonbt     tbat     tbe    doca- 

ments  are  genuine.  The  oerreapondeneo  ranges 
from  1871  to  187^.  Tbe  most  impsnant 
are :  One  from  the  Consul  General  at 
Belgrade,  stating  that  he  has  supplied  certain  emis- 
saries -Who  are  going  to  tbe  Vilayet  of  the  Danube, 

to  establish  branches  of  the  Omladiua,  with  faoda 
and  instmctiens  to  tbe  Consul  General  at  Busb- 
chnk.  A  letter  from  Ignatieff  to  the  Ktedive  of 
Egypt  urges  tbe  latter  to  prepare  for  war  and  oen- 
elude  alliances  against  the  Porte. 

The  Post's  Berlin  correspondent  telegraphs  that  a 
formidable  Russian  iron-clad  squadron  will  enter  tbe 

Mediterranean  earl.y  in  the  SprlDe.  The  Grand 
Duke  Conatantine  will  command  it,  and  Admiral 
Popoff  will  be  hia  Chief  of  Staff. 

The  Paris  correspondent  of  the  Times  says  a  Bel- 
grade telegram,  from  au  excellent  source,  annoaoces 
tbat  Servia  begged  the  powers  to  ask  tbe  Porte  to 
define  the  guarantees  it  required.  Tbe  pawers 
replied  that  tbey  were  convinced  tbe  Porte  only 
required  moral  guarantees,  and  advised  Servia  to 
consent  to  tbe  continuance  of  negotiationa  at  Con- 
stantinople..  Bervia  has  adopted  this  advice. 

Tbe  Times'  special  from  Belgrade  says  it  is  as- 
serted tbat  Magszinovitcb,  who  was  the  agent  of 
Servia  in  Constauimople  before  the  war,  will  be  Sent 
there  again  with  a  deputation  to  reooen  negotiations. 
M.igazinovitch  is  agrestfriend  of  Ignatieff.  The  latter 
has  already  requested  if  any  Servian  ageat  is 
sent  to  Constantinople  that  Magazicovitob  be  se- 
lected fir  tbe  raisslsn.  The  sending  of  tbia  agent 
to  Constantinople  would  imply  an  efiort  to  obtain  a 
two  months'  prolongation  of  tbe  armistice, 
aa  tbat  is  the  desire  of  tbe  Bnssian 
party.  It  is  evident  *  that  tl»e  Servian 
Government  relies  on  some  power  to  support  it  in 
case  no  agreement  is  reached  before  March  1,  as 
there  is  apparently  nu  apprehension  iu  Belgrade 
of  tbe  consequences  of  the  Servians  be- 
ing left  to  confront  tbe  whole  Ottoman  Em- 
pire. The  correspondent  adds  :  "  A  person  who 
is  tally  informed  of  the  acts  of  tbe  Servian  Govern- 
meui  infotms  me  tbat  the  Rudsian  Consul  General 
here  (Belgrade)  is  really  acting  as  tbe  agent  of  Bus- 
sian  political  societies.  It  is  perfectly  evident 
from  what  is  taking  place  here  that 
the  strngcle  between  the  BuasisB  Government 
and  those  societies  is  assuming  gigantic  propor- 
tions, and  that  tinless  this  antagonism  is  smothered 
in  a  common  cause,  such  as  a  popular  war,  sn  out- 
break is  extremely  probable." 

A  special  dispatch  ,to  the  Times  from  Pera, 
,  announcing  tbe  dismissal  of  Midbat  Pasha,  ends  by 
saying  that  Constantinople  is  as  vet  quiet. 

Tbe  Daily  Telegraph's  special  from  Vienna  reports 
that  tbe  Turkish  Embassador  in  Bome  has  notified 
the  Porte  that  arms  for  Crete  are  being  purchasad 
in  Italy.  Tbe  Turkish  garrisons  in  that 
island  have  consequently  been  etrengthened. 


THE  DIRECT  UNITED  STATES  CABLE. 


DEFEAT  OF  TBE  AMALGAMATION  SCHEME 
AT  A  MKETING  OF  TBE  SHAREHOLD- 
ERS. 

London,  Feb.  5. — The  meeting  of  the  share- 
holders, of  the  Direct  United  States  Cable  Company 
whiob  voted  on  Friday  last  on  a  resolution  of  the 
Amalgamation  Party,  for  the  appointment 
of  a  committee  of  abarebolders  to  confer 
with  tbe  directors  on  tbe  subject  of  amalgamation, 
reassembled  to-day,  when  the  scrutineers  of  the 
vote  reported  that  120  shareholders,  representing 
32,182  shares  and  2,494  rotes,  supported  tbe  amalga- 
tion  party,  while  315  shareholders,  representing 
20,338  ahares  and  2,434  votes,  opposed  it  The 
majority  for  the  appointment  of  the  committee 
was  apparently  40,  but  tbe  Chairman  stated  tbat 
tbe  scrutiny  was  taken  subject  to  objection.  A 
large  number  of  votes  were  objected  to  on  tbe 
ground  of  excessive  voting,  no  single  stock- 
holder having  the  right,  under  the  articles  of 
incorporation,  to  cast  more  than  100 
voles.  Tbe  Chairman,  therefore,  ruled  out  the 
votes  in  excess,  which  left  a  majority  against  the 
amalgamationista  of  ever  500  voies.  Tbe  Pender 
party  (the  amalgamationlets)  strongly  protested 
againat  this  ruliufi,  and  denied  that  tbe  report  of 
tbo  scmlineers  was  final.  The  Chairman  cecided 
that  the  protests  were  not  in  order.  He  said  the 
scrutineers  bad  made  no  deciaion  on  the  objections 
filed,  and  he  took  the  responsibility  ot  doing  so, 
le.iving  the  opposite  party  to  their  lezal  remedies. 
After  .a  heated  debate  Mr.  Pender,  wbo  is 
chairman  of  the  Globe  TelegTApb  and.  Trust 
Company,         pat      '  other      resolations        of      tbe 

amaigamationlsts,  which  were  defeated  on  a  sbow  of 
hands.  A  poll  was  demanded,  and  took  the  same 
course  aa  tbe  first  one.  The  meeting  then  adjourned 
for  one  month,  to  give  opportunity  for  testing  tbe 
legality  ot  tbe  Chairman's  rulings. 


VIOLATION  OF  UTATE  EIQRTS  DE- 
NOUNCEO. 
Providence,  Feb.  5. — In  tho  Rhode  Island 
House  efBepreseotatives  to-day,  resolutions  were 
introduced  and  ordered  printed,  protesting  that  the 
recent  arrest  aud  imprisionnieat  of  the  Lonisiaua 
KutuTniog  Board,  by  authority  of  the  National 
House  of  Bepresentaiives,  was  a  gross  violation  of 
the  reserved  rights  of  States. 


KLEOTloy  OF  EAILWAT  OFIIOERS. 
Providence,  -Feb.  5. — At  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  Providence  and  Worcester  Bailroad  Compa- 
ny tbe  old  Board  of  Directors  was  elected,  with  the 
substituiion  ot  Frederiok  Grionell  snd  Amos  D. 
Lock  wood  tor  Earl  P.  Mason  ana  James  Y.  Smith, 
deceased. 


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ffustioe,  Jan.  30.  187  /,  by  tbe  Right  Rev.  J.  K.  Yonog 
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First  Reeiment  of  Artillery,  United  States  Army,  to 
cAKA,  daughtet  of  CoL  John  1.  Bprague,  United  States 
Army. ^ 

BBACH,->On  Sunday,  Feb.  4,  Williax  Ekach,  in  the 
84tb  year  ol  bis  age. 

The  relatives  and  tnentis  of  the  family  are  la-viced  to 
attend  the  faueral  from  the  residi-nce  ot  his  sim-in-law, 
Ltonaid  H.  Oulliip.  No.  410  9ib  st,  South  Brooklyn, 
W  eanesday,  Feb.  7,  at  1  o'clock  P.  M. 

BIi]GA.\l.— .At  Carlstadt,  N.  J.,  Feb.  3,  HuraT  H.  Bio- 
OAM,  jl.  D..  la  tbe  2bi.b  year  of  his  ase. 

Funeral  trom  the  residence  01  Mr,  Henry  E.  Brinck- 
eriioff.  Wooilridge.  i>.  J.,  on  Tuesday,  reb.  6.  Rela- 
tives and  friends  are  Icviteo  to  attend  -without  further 
notice.  Train  leaves  New-Yorit  loot  of  Chambers  st. 
lit  1  o'clock  V  M.;  returmiig.  leaves  Woodridge  at  5:U9 
P.  U.    N.  J.  and  N.  T.  Bailroad. 

BROW.N.— .Suddenly,  in  brooklyn,  Feb.  4, 1877.  Ihci- 
IT  T.  Bro-wx,  wife  of  Clarencu  Bro-wn,  of  jBaltimoce, 
Mil.;  also  toeir  lutant  daughter. 

Ealadves  and  frienua  of  the   family  are  iuTitad 


to  attend  the  faneral  Imm  tbo  residence  of  ber  father 
William  Taylor,  .vo.  74  Bedford  av.,  Brookl.yn,  B.  D.,oll 
We»!iie»<1ar,  7tli  lust.,  a*.  1:30  P.  U. 

|7*MuiTurk  (N.  J.)  and  Baltimore  (HO.)  -papen 
pi  ose  copy. 

BUTLKB.— On  Sunday,  Feb.  4,  Lawbxitob  D.  Btnxa*, 
onlv  child  of  Dr.  George  U.  aud  Henrietta  L.  Butleii 
wrcd  2  veara.        ' 

The  relatlres  and  fctenns  of  the  family  are  respect" 
fully  invited  to  sttend  toe  funeral  00  Wednesday,  Feb, 
7,  at  1  o'clock  P.  ta.  from  Nc.  4'2  East  G6tb  st^ 

BOORU.vi. — On  i-unaav  evening,  4th  lost.,  CATHAa- 
IHR  LowK  BooRP*.  axed  Ti  years. 

Funeral  services  at  her  iat*  residence.  Mo.  206  Adel- 
phi  St.  iirooKirn,  Wednesday.  7tb  inst.,  at' 4 P.  If. 
Relatives  and  friends  reaoeotfully  Invited. 

DbAN. — Un  auDday,  Feb,  4,  CATBABmc,  reliot  oi 
EircoB  Draw,  s«ed  84  years. 

Relatives  and  firiends  are  invited  to  attend  tbettf 
neral  from  her  iate  residence.  White  Plains,  on 
Wednesdav,  7th  Inst.,  at  10  A.  M.  Camaeea  will  IM 
waiting  tbe  arrival  of  trains  which  leave  the  Grand 
Central  Depot  st  7: 46  and  8:30  A.  Jl.  Kemains  to  Of 
taken  to  Green- Wood  for  interment 

PRKEMA.N.— At  Woodbridge,  N.  J.,  Feb.  4,  1877. 
Ellis  B.  Frbkman,  M.  D.,  in  the  70th  year  of  his  ag*-. 

Funeral  from  his  latf  residence-  Woodbridge.  N.  J., 
Feb.  7,  at  1:30  o'clock  P.  M.  Triln  leaves  i.ortlandl 
tjjreet  nnd  Desbiosses  Street  Ferries  at  10  o'clock  A 
XL.  via  Pennsylvania  Railroad;  returns  at  4  P.  M, 
Kflativea  and  Mends  are  invited  to  attend  -without 
further  notice. 

UENCREL— Yesterdav  morning,  from  injury  to  thj 
brain,  John  Hkmcebi.,  a  native  ot  Germany,  aged  5S 
years  and  2  montba 

Fnneral  <>n  Wedoeadnv  at  11  o'clook  from  the  Catho- 
lic ApoBtnlio  Charch,  16th  St.,  west  of  tith  av. 

BiscOX— On  Hunday  eveuing,  4tb  Inst.,  Joair  S.  His- 
coz.  aged  SS.vears  and  8  montba 

I'Uiieral  irom  his  daughtrr's  residence.  No.  249  Bast 
121st  St..  at  11  o'clock  A.  M. 

UUKafa:. — On  .Moadny.  Feb.  6.  R-dsbrt  GTLKAir,  infaat 
son  of  Lemuel  W.  and  Cora  S.  Morss,    . 

Friends  are  invitel  to  attend  funeral  services  at  res- 
idence. No.  417  'iates  av..-  Brooxlyn,  Wednesdav,  Feb. 
7.  at  1  o'clock  P.  M.  Take  Putnam  or  Fuiton  Avenne 
cara 

PLATT.— Suddenly,  on  Sunday.  Feo.  4,  Miss  Matilda 

C.  PuiTT.  azed  69  -rears,  onlv  douehter  of  the  lat« 
George  and  Maria  T.  Piatt,  or  tlii"  City. 

Relatives  and  friends  of  the  famil.v  are  invit°d  with- 
out further  notice  to  attend  the  funeral  from  her  late 
residence.  No.  .H05  East. 20th  st,  on  Wednesday. 
7tli  inst.,  at  1  o'clock  P.  M. 

bXOTT.— Feb.  ft,  at  No.  296^  13th  St..  South  Brook- 
lyn. KitspBRiCK  Mamdk.t  8tott,  aged  8  years  and  6 
mouths,  oolv  son  of  Francis  (, .  and  Jennie  i^tott. 

Friends  of  the  family  are  invitod  to  attend  the  fa- 
neral from  All  Samts'  Protestant  bpiscopal  Church. 
7th  St.,  near  6th  av.,  Wednesday,  7th  inst,  at  3 
o'clock. 

WHITTAKER.— On  Sunday.  Feb.  4,  Charles  N., 
yonns-est  son  of  William  B.  and  ilelen  H.  Whittaker. 
aged  23  vears. 

Funeral  services  at  the  residence  of  hia  parents,  Na 
218  West  34 th  st.,  ou  Tuesday,  Feb.  (5,  at  11  A.  M. 


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inomaaBuafordMid  wUb  to  Bd-WBvdBtioaa        4B0 

4Dtb  ac,  a.  a.,  206.6  ft.  «.  of  tfthKV..  18.6x 
9&9;  »lio,  4Uth  st..  b.  •..  100  ft.«.of  6th 
»▼..  I7x03.tt:  aUo.  Bleaker  at.  n.  w.  eernar 

of  Wooa  er  at.,  25zlOO  ;  also.  Bleecker  at.,  n. 

■  a..   UiO.eV  ft.  w.  Of  Wooatur  at..  24.1x100; 

alio,  loti.b  at.  a.  a..  450  ft  w.  of  lUtb  »T , 

60z2ii0|  »la9.  luth  flT..a.  e.  ooner  of  160th 

at..  IrracQlar:    Anttioor    B.  Bsaka  sndwlfa 

to  Ciuirlfii  B»iika 103.000 

124th  at,  a  a.,  64  ft  ir.  of  3d  »t.,  15  68 
lOaU:  H-PeWeeia.  Beferee.  to  Mitchell 
Hart 2,736 

Slat  at^au  a..  200  tt.  w.  of  4tb  kr.,  iex>U2.2  > 
John  W.  Barboar,  Beferea,  to  Mnuliuttan  U£a 
InaBinBce  0omp»n7 14,700 

l?6th  at.  n.  a..  126  tt  e.  ot  tith  ar..  17xD9.11] 
William  A.  Boyd,  Buferae.  to  John  H.  UlRer..      6,600 

12Sth  at.,  n.  a..  7S  ft  e.  of  6th  »y.,  84x8911 ; 
aame  to  aame 13,600 

126tb  at,  D.  a.,  109  ft  e.  of  6th  »r.,  17x99.11; 
aameto  »me ., 6.600 

IStfa  at.,  n.a..  lotoNoa.  97, 98, 96.  deed  1863; 
William- tilnolidf,  Beieieo,  to  Jamea  0.  Ken- 
nedy      1,900 


^^■M^"^^ 


COMMJSRCIAL  AFiAIBSl, 


Stw-Toax.  lloudAT.  Feb.  0,  1877. 
fte  n««l9ts  of  the  pruoi  p«i  icluda  at  rtodawe  ainfta 
ov  laat  hare  h««n  m  louowa: 


Aataea,  pka. 70 

J«eo-w»x,  cka......         8 

Bnilioo.  bwa 779 

a.  B.  Peaa,  baca....         67 

Be«na,  bbia. 886 

Cotton,  uaiea. 8,682 

O.  8.Cak«;-hega.....      800 

C.  8.  Oii,-«bla 280 

Conoor,  bbla 97 

^e4  Prait.  i»ka....      ISB 

Km*,  bbia. 70u 

iU)ur.  tola 18.981 

Wbaaf.  btubeia 63.-.«U0 

Com.  Ouabel(......12^.64u 

Oate.   boabeia 46.8<f8 

ton.  buahrla ..10,000 

llalt.baabeu 8,210 

Btaiiey .  bnsbsla Hii.  lUU 

Peaa,  bnataela 9,80<> 

Graaa-aexd,  haita....  1.687 
€orn-me»l.  bbta ~74S 

B.  w.  Floor,  bu^ela       AOu 
B.  W.  Flour,  pfca....  SO 

O^t-nu-ai,  bUa .     100 

Hemp,  balea. ...      l45 

Bidea.  «o >  3,0Ud 

Hidra.  bales.........   1,0411 

l-eaioer.  8iae8.......m.  16^ 

Leao.  piea 1,000 

)lola8Bea,(N.U..)bl>la     670 

on,  bola....i 189 

Snlrio  Torp.,  bbia..       840 


rhrnde  Tnrp.,  bbla.. 

Tac,  bJWa 

tb-alD.  bbla. 

OilHMke.  oka. 

Porr.  oka .- 

Seer,  pka 

Ont-meaSa.  pka..... 

Greaaf,  oka 

Ukrd,  oka 

Iiaid.  kega 

■*'t«wii\».  pka 

Batter.  Dka 

CiiceB*.  olu.' ... 

TrUmw,  DKa 

Lara-oa.  bbla. 

LobfiMfK-oU.  bblR. 
ixeaaed  Horn.  No. 


190 

160 
S.86U 
8.818 
8,»64 

264 
7.987 

370 
2.862 

115 

87 

8.89U 

4.103 

308 

luo 
73 
1.816 


Pe»-anta.  bafca......    1,089 


Pecana,  pka 

Btce,  pka..........;. 

Uc»-ohaff,  liatta.... 

Sosar.  IN.  0.,>  bbds. 
Sbkvt,  bbla 

:Sp«ltor,  p«a 

Buruo.  bXB 

8kina.  bahta 

Bpooee,  btlea 

Tea,  baU  cta*ta.... 

Tobaooo.  hhda 

Tobacco,  bxa.  fcoa.. 

WbiakT.  bbla. 

(Vool.  balea 


287 
818 
U6 

788 

4bI 
9.880 

30 

2 

160 

833 

974 
486 


12  6-16 

12  5-16 

la's 

12hx 

123* 

I2S4 

13 

13 

13^4 

ISJ* 

13>9 

13  >a 

137s 

137, 

1*>H 

i4«; 

aun£... 

11»4 

t 

12^4 

COTTON— Haa  been  rerj  quiet  for  etrly  dellTory. 
at  a  reduction  of  l-lOo.  fr  to Ordinary  quoted  to- 
day at  11  3-16o.»ll  6-16«.i     Low  Middling.    ISV-® 

lii'^c;  Uicullmjc.    laTecSlSo Sales  were   oaioi»lIy 

reported,  tor  prumjt  delivery,  01  434  balea, 
(of  waich  139  baiea  were  on  Satnriay  eyenioe,) 
tDotudlng  3ti3  balea  to  apiDoera  and  171 
Mkies  \o  ap«calstoT8....Aiid  for  forward  de- 
flyery    boalneaa     haa    been      moderately    actiye    at 

lower  figurea Salea  1  aye  been  reported  aiace  our 

lasiQt  34.800  balea,  of  wtilob  7,200  balea  were  on 
Batnrday  evf Duur.  and  27.6UU  bales  to.day,  witu  BOO 
bales  on  th»  calls,  on  tbe  basiB  of  M1ddUn<r.  wita  Feb- 
rnary  optiooa  cioainx  Ht  124tc.:  Match.  12  29-82e.'^ 
1216-l(>tci  Apnl,  13  3-32o.®13He-;  May,  13  9-320.9 
1.H  5-I6C:  June,  13  7-16c.a'13  Ib-S'^c;  Jmy,  13  10-32o. 
ei3<^c.;  Au«nat.  13%u.913  21-3-Jo.:  Bepcember. 
13  11.3Jc.®13  13-32C.J  uctooer.  ISaatlS  l-32c:  No- 
yember,  12  18-iac'912  27-38.:  December.  12^6-320. 
■2-12  -457-820.  ^  a.,  ahowlns  a  dec.lne  ot  »80. 
w7-32c.  *"  B».,  eloslDg  quiet  but  ateady. 
....TUe  receiptaat  tbia  port  to-oay  were  9.632  balea, 
and  ai  the  sbioDluc  p.>rta  28,146  balea,  SKalnst  31,81o 
bales  same  da^y  last  week,  aad  ilius  flar  ibia  wrek  6d,- 
017  balea,  agaioet  67.002  balea  same  tlma  laat  week. 
....■Tdo  recelDia  at  the  sbipping  ports  aiooe  t^eot.  1, 
1876.  hare  beea  3.196,863  baleb.  against  8,102,665 
bales  tor  tbe  correapondiug  time  in  tbe  prrcanin^ 
Cotton  year....i.'on«olidAtea  exporta  (one  day)  for 
Ureat    Britain,  trom   all  the  ahipping   porta,  'J0,992 

bales  ;  tu  the  Concinant,  8.708  balea tttook  in  New- 

Vurk  to-day.  258,910  balea;  eonaulldated stock  at  the 
porta,  877,637  balea. 

inottna  Pncet  or  Ootton  (71  A'cio-rork. 

Uolaoda.  Xlobama.      N.  0.       Texas. 

Ordioary 113-18    11  S-ttf    115-16    116-16 

Strict  Ordinary...  11  3-16    11  9-16    11  11-16  11  11-16 
Goon  Oroinary...!!  16-16  11  lS-16  12  1-16     12  I-I6 
Strict  Oood  ura..i  12  3-16     12  3-16 
Low   Sliddlln«....l2^  12^ 

Btrict  bow  Mid....l20a  1^^ 

MiudUnit 12'»         12^8 

Good  ^ldiilln«....13i«  13>« 

Strict  Ouod  AIid..lHi«  lb% 

Middhni;  Fuii;....1334         I334 
Fair. 14»a         li^ 

StaxntdL. 
Good  Ordinary. .. .10  13-16iLow  ^dOUniC 
BtrlctGooa  ord....ll  7-16  iHlddhotr. 

FliODR  AND  MEAL— The  eeneral  moTement  in  State 
and  Wesceru  Klour  was  yery  tame,  tha  export  call 
baylnx  beea  aa  a  rule  limited,  and  tbe  borne  trade  in- 
quiry light,  aud  prices  were  quoted  weaker  anil  some- 
what  ir.esolar,  thougo  the  rutiorted  oLaugea  weru  not 
Important.  Moat  01  rne  bnaiueas  on  export  account 
wan  lu  C\ts  Millproauot  for  tbe  Weat  India  markcta, 
yery  little  trade,  eyen  in  thia  olaaa.  haying  peen  re- 
ported io>  South  America,  anl  no  tranaactiona 
tot  the  Eiigliab  iutereac.  Beeeiy..r8  wt^re  more 
urgent  in  their  oitierioga  of  inoat  deacriptioos.... 
Salea  haye  been  reporten  sinoa  otir  last  ot  8.200 
bbia.  of  all  sradea,  tucinains  unsound  Klour  at 
(3  eU'S'SO  75  :  8onr  Floor  at  $4  60®86  65; 
yery  poor  to  choice,  No.  2  at  $4  '.25'9$d.  (ot  wh  ch  lOu 
bbla.  cuoice  Winter  Wbeat  c-t.  Louis,  iromdock.at$ojj 
yery  poor  10  yery  cboice  (tup<'rtine  \^  eslero,  $5  4u9 
$6  80,  maiQlv  at  $0  o09$n  75;  poor  to  fair  Bxlra 
Dtate,  So  80'2z>$6;  iSair  to  choice  da  at  Sd'^iiti  36; 
City  Mills  Extra,  ahibpmg  crwlra,  C6  90®«7.  nearly  all 
toi  Weac  Indies,  on  tbe  baaia  of  $6  T5'w^f  tor 
EDod  to  yery  choice.  (with  higber  ratea 
luuned  for  small  lots  oi  yery  ohoica  tancy,)  aud  quoted 
at  $82>Ji8  60  tor  aoout  cooice  to  fancy,  for 
tne  boutb  American  trade,  aud  quoted  uominalLy 
at  $6  90  for  braoda  auited  to  the  Engli^  trade: 
yery  iiuenor  to  &ir  shipuing  hxtra  Weatern, 
(5  75^$0;  f,>ir  to  choice  do.,  H^'aS^  30: 
very  poor  t»  yery  choice  Weatera  TruOe  and  Family  Bx- 
tras,  ^!prinx  Wheat  atock,  $0  '£o'd)ifS  6U!iniaTioi  10  very 
choice  00.  da,  tied  and  Amber  vvincer  Wbeac  atock,  at 
$6  ■il'^Uti  5U;  pari  ror  shipment  at  $6  66^8.  (ol  wuub 
6du  bjis.  sold;)  ordinary  to  very  oboice  Wbite  Wbeat 
do.  do .  at  $1}  2b»i)i^  io ;  yery  poor  to  yery  fancy  ."it. 
Loois  lixtrad,  $6  .'5'S$9  75  ;  nxixu  Groesiie  at  $6  36  a) 
$7  5U;  yery  poor  tu  yery  cuoiot,  Miunesuta  clear  aud 
straight  islxtra*  at  $6  Z5®4>8  25,  cbieHy  at  S7  saSfS 
fur  tair  to  ebolce,  ana  np  to  iti8  26  for  yeiy 
choice,  with  np  to  $8  50  asued  loi  fiiaey  { 
and  Uiuneseta  ratcnt  Extras,  tair  ordinary  lu  yery 
fumy,  at  »7  85'3$Xu  30,  maiuiy  at  $9  2o'a'$10,  witb 

no   to     $10    T;}'<iX'x.    yei.    asked    tor    very    tanoy 

liiclnded  in  tbe  sales  haye  been  c,.90u  bbla.  auipping 
li^xtras,  of  which  3,(i0u  hols.  City  MiUa;  85u  bbla. 
Umneaota  clear  and  atcaight  Extras;  330  bbla. 
do.  Paceat  uo.:  t>60  bbla.  Winter  Wheat  Extras, 
(ior    abipm»nt;)       b-5     bb.a.     buperflue    and    450 

bbis.  ho.  2- at  tbe  quoted  lataa boa theio  Floor  haa 

been  more  freely   ueait  in.  pairtly   lor  ahipm<3ut  to 

Boutn  America,  at,    tiovreTer,  rachcr   easier    p. ices 

Sales  have  Deeu  reported  here  of  l,;i73  bbla.,  lu  lota, 
at  $5  6o'a<So  fur  pour  to  atriccly  ebolce  eoperhue  ; 
^  20®$7  aO  for  poor  to  very  choice  shipping  Kx- 
tras  ;  «^7  5Ua$9  5U  lor&ir  to  t'iinoy  trade  aud  fiunily. 
Tbe  deaUogs  were   mostly    in   Bxtr  a  al  from  $7  2a 9 

$8  26 Uye  Kiour  haa  been  very  quiet,  receiyers  re- 

purtiug  aaiea  of  only  odd  lotes  to  the  local  jobbing 

Interest,  ut  I'urmar  rates We  quote  at  fiom  i^  olroi 

ipb  2U  lor  pour  W^eeteru  to  yery  cuoice  citato  huper- 
Une,  and  )^3S$4  fur  poor  to  choice  l-'ine....6alea  re- 
ported of  186  bula..  fa  small  lota,  cuie&y  at  £4  75 
^$5    for    about    fair    to    good    Saperbae    Bt^te ; 

S5  10^$5  ;iO  for  ebolce  Co  very  choice ;  $4  70 
'SsSd    for  Peunsylyauia.    the    latter    tor  Lhoice    and 

$4  50®£5  for  ab->ut  fair  to  yery  ebolce  We«tcm 

Coiu-meal  has  been  in  linuted  danund  at  previoiu 

pjrices We  quote    at   S2  9i/3i^  16   for   inieiior   10 

veiy  obo  ce  Veilow  Weaiera  :  $2  76'3$8  iu  for  Teliow 
Jeiaey ;  $iS  50  for  Yellow  Baltimore  i  and  $3  t>0  for 
Biandywine.... Bales  uaye  bet-n  reported  ot  475  bbla.. 
inciuaiDg  '.^75   bols.  Trl.ow  Weateru,  in  lota,  ehiefl<  at 

£3,  and  100  bbla.  brandywioe  at  $3  00 ^Curn-mr-al, 

In  oaga,  has  been  modeiaieiy  Inquireil  for,  within  tbe 
raugo  o.  $I'3'£i  46  for  poor  to  yciy  choice  ^  lUO  Us. 
Moat  of  the  Bales  haye  been  ot  ooarae  lute,  at  $1  12  for 
City  Mills;   quoted  at  $1  o8ii$i  lu  for  Western,  and 

$1  lor  Baltioiore,  fromuoc.c Uai-meal    haa  been  sp.i- 

rlugly  uealt  iJi.witbiu  tb«  range  ol  $6  ■ib'WH  tor  talr  to 
choice  City  anu  Western:  yery  choice  to  fancy  held 

higher;  Canada.   $7®$7  5u tuckwbeat  Flour  has 

been  In  rather  slack  demand,  within  the  range  of  ii'cb 
$4  4u  ior  ordinary  to  cauice  State.  Jersey,  aud  Pean- 
•vlyaula;  taucy  held  higiier.  Moat  of  the  lota  sold 
irer<>  >t(  M  10'<t$4  35  lor  fair  oroinary  to  very  good  ^ 

luons. 

UuaI^— Wheat  waa  extremely  qnlet,  and  more  or 
lefts  numlu  il  as  to  price,  lilc  }e  iDouiry  uotod  frooi  any 
source.  TWO  car-losHls  of  rrjeetod  iprinx  reported  aolJ 
at  -$1  18.  Prime  >o.  2  ^pnug  ouo.tAi  nbmlniuly  Hi  43 
'^1  44  tor  Mo.  2  Milwaukee,  aftjat,  ana  «!  4^'(^1  42 
for  No.  2  Chicairo,  in  atota.  i^bh-  adyloea  unfayor^ole. 

Cblovgo      stron^iier      naOer      -pcculadTe       ouiitrol . 

Com  was  rather  less  active:  new  crop  ylelued 
ihffutly  on  free  offeriox*.  b«iaaud  partly  for 
shipu,enu        Out       held       hrsUy.      bnt      without. 

aium.iilao. Saies  hire  been  reported   sluee  our  last 

01  al.WMi  ba»be.8,  inelndlng  Mew-lor^  do.  1,  oid  ^nd 
new,  ut  tiOc O'OO '9C;  »ew-XuTkaieaaterUixedat59>KC. 
®5934C.;  New-york  steamer  Yeliow  at  Slc.'d^Ol'uC.,  the 
lai.tei.  fium  iSne  LracK;  »ew-lfork  ^o.  2  sVUlta,  oid.  al 
60c.;  New-York  unmerchantable  at  67c.;  Mew-iTorK  no 
giade  at  5ac.®oa^-.,  (of  wbioh  la.nOO  to  •i{),\)\iO 
bnahe. a  reported  tor  ahiyment;)  n  w  crop  Mixed  Weat- 
ern. car  iota,  a  58c9€Jc.:  Wtiiie  fVeswrn  at  6oc., 
Irom  doCK  ;  Tellow  iVeai.em  at  6jc.:  uugraded  adiiing- 
vessel  .dixed  Wesceru,  oat  crup,  (nummul.)  at  ftV^z.'S 
O^c.:  prime  Ao.  2  i,.uicago.  Id  store  and  afloat,  quoted 
at  6Uc'962c.;  oonthern  Veilow  at  SS'ac.a'eic.,  irum 
dock  aud  ufloat,  (ot  waich  io.'iOU  bnsbels.  afloat,  for 
export,  at   dOc.,  a.jd  7,7uo  ousbeis,  for  home  nse,  at 

^o^ac.)  and  ^uutnem   White     t  6ze..  Irom  doc k 

Kye  in  talr  request,  part  lor  sbipmeiit,  at  tirm  ra  es; 
prime  state,  10  arrive,  quoted  at  9io  bid Oi  Barley, 

■aies  were  reported  of  Xi^.lOU  bu  nets  slx-roweU  Stale 
at  >8e.;  and  600  bnsuels  Feed  stock,  at  480.:  mar- 
ket    generally    quiet     and    quoted     weak....bucK- 

wheat    and  Barley-malt    as    Ust    quoted Canada 

t'eaa.     In     bond,     mure      aonght     alX«r;       quoted    at 

OlcdO^^o.     f     bushel Oata    have     been    moder- 

«t«ly  sought  alter  at  hrm  rutea  lor 
atrietly  prime  lota,  which  were  scarce,  and  rather 
weaker    bgures    tor   loferlor,  which  were    in  ample 

Block iiuiea   reported  ot    25.0oU  bnsfaela,   inclaolng 

White  Western  at  4uc.949o.,  aa  to  quality.  White 
State,  poor  to  choice,  wicQi a  the  ran  <e  of  5uc.®.'i5c. 
from  track  and  afloat,  (of  which  v,750  bnsheis,  fair, 
at    54c;)  Mixed   Western  at  3&e.^4ti.,  as  to  quality. 

iof  wbicli  760  buabela,  averaging  18  lb.,  at  35c,  from 
iew-lork  Central  track;)  Mew-i^uric  No.  2  whlce,  at 
46c.;  .^•w•Vock  Mo.  2  at  44>gc.;  Maw-York  So.  1, 
M^ao.®52i9a.  (oi  which  1.500  buabela  at 51  Vc;  3.750 
buahcls  at  620.,  aud  2,250  busbe.s  ut  5:i!V>c.)  .sew- 
Tor<  Mn.  3  at  4oc:  Mew-Tork  Ueject<-d  at  38c.®39c^ 
and  by  sample  40c..  and  Utxed  Mate,  at  5oc.® 
660.  for  pour  to  choice,  (of  which  8O0 
busbela     choice.       m      store,    reported      at      66c) 

V      bnahel Of     Cloveiveed,     620      baca    choice 

btato,  reported  sold,  in  lots,  at  I7e.  Of  Bongb 
piax,  a  small  lot  of  prime  State  at  $170.  Seed  mar- 
ket otherwlae   quiet,  but  iirm..;.Haj  and  iitraw  aa 

laalqou.ed FeeO  in  l&ir  request  at  generally   ateady 

ratea.  Of  the  sales  were  9 -.^u  bags,  40  H).,  mostly  at 
81^;  40<1  bags,  60  Hi.,  at  819  bOa)$ZO;  auu  300  bags, 

loont.,  at  $20  &0'a'$21  60 The  stuck  oi  Qraiuln 

store  at  tbia  port  to-day  embracea  3.083,910  busbela 
Wheat,  2,302. -.^61  buthels  Com,  374,142  busheis  Kye, 
671,114  bushels  B.irley,  388,u05  bushels  Halt,  966,- 
114  busnels Oata  and  13,427  buabela  Peas ihe  ag- 
gregate of  Grain  In  store  is  7,786,075  ouahela,  as 
t gainst  8. 132,618  busbela  laat  Monday,  and  7,770,533 
nabola  on  Feb.  7,  187d. 

PttoYUiloMB— (Vestern'Meaa  Pork  haa  be«n  quoted 
higher  for  early  delivery,  with  more  inonlry  noted, 
olilefly  ft>r  shipment... .Sales  reported  uf  6obbls.of 
uninaprcted,  at  $10  76;    bO   bbla.  inspected  at  $17. 

Other    kinds   inactive;     Extra  Prime,   inspected. 

tuoted^at  $13  60^4)13  76;    Wobtem  Prime  Meaa    at 

il6  25'3$16  60 And    lor  furwaru    delivery,   here, 

Weat  am  Mesa  boa  been  in  lalrdHinand;  quoted  for  Feb- 
nifay  at  the  oloae  uomiuai:  Mnrch.  $16  80 ;  April. 
$16  g6....8alea    xenorted   of    75o    hols.,   March,  at 

$16   7o9$]8  80;     and  260    bbia.  April  at  $16  96 

Presaed  Boga  have  been  quoted  lower  on  a  faitly  active 
buaiueaa,  with  Weatem  quo  ed  as  cluaing'  weak  at  7>ac 
®7asc..   (at   which  rate    aiUea  were  made  of  l6   car- 

loada;    18  eara  at  7Asa: )  City  quoted  at  7>4e.38ieo 

Cut-meata  have  been  maetiva  at  tormer  ratea.. ..Halea 
iooiTide  amall  lota  Pickled  BeUiea,  In  bulk,  at  8a® 
9a80..aiid  aondry  amall  .Iota  of  ociier  CHy  onlk  witbln 
our  tango.  We  quote:  City  Plokled  Shonluera,  In 
buix.  at  7'ae.i  Pickled  Hama  at  lO'^e.^llc;  isimoked 
bhonldera  at  8>90.:  dmoKod  flams  at  12c'912a4C.; 
Weat«m  Oxy-aaltod  Khurt-ent  Kama,  20  to  16  lb« 
lu>3e.91ie,t  Weatom  PieUed  Bama.  in  tlexces,  at 
luBto.'Vll'^o.t  Weatem  Dry-aalt«d  Sbonldara,  boxed, 
at  To...  Alao46  bxa.  Clear  Belliej,  part  20  &>.,  average 
at  8^.I..Ba«oo  haalieon  In  vary  alack  demand;  with 
Weatrra  Loag  CUar  quoted  at  S^c-,  and  City  do.  at 
8a.99>to.i  Loog  and  utort  Claar,  early  deUvery,  at  80. 
..8aJ«a  unimportant;  and  for  Chioako  delivery. 
Xong  aud  Bboxt  Clear,  tut  aarisr  delivery,  at  S^sc, 
■without  reported  salea... .Weatern  Hteam  Lard 
baa  baon  qn  ted  flrm,  wltn  a  fair  inquiry  noted  for 

•ariT  dettveir Ot  Woatnin  CKeam  tor  early  deUvnry 

hare  aalea  hare  been  itRMrted  of  .400  los.  prime  at 
•I  1  Mil  06.  (of  tirUoh  800  tea,  forablpinent  at  $1 1 06.) 

«loal»E  at  $11^9)811   06 AnJ  fox   forward   daUv- 

•rr  herfc  Weatem  8taaa  baa  been  more  aorive.  iftth 
valnaa  abowiiMl  mote  flraB]|«aa....Wea|erai  8teain,^r 
-   -      -  - — "■"'=^1110iMa«)li. 

tthei 


Hale*  w«n  tvpttrtad  of .  Wiataca  Haskfi  tu  th 


0$11  88....ca«r  StMm  antf  Kettto  to  tnodenta  da- 
■aandt  quoM  at  $10  «8<a*$l0  7St  aalae,  116  toa,. 
chiefly  at  $10  76.. ..And  No,  l«uo^d  at  fiO  Wi 
....Signed  Urd  haa  been  in  acme  nqoaat  to-dHyi 
quoted  fbr  tb«  CohtlnaDt  Tsr  oarly  daUvarr.  at  ilL 
wd  lor  the  Weat  lodiea  at  $8  87>»  Balea  twoctd 
of  400  tea.  for  the  west  Indlerput  «rt  C987>i!?!!!Bpel 
hM  baas  in  Ucbt  Mq«aatirtihlBtbepr«TienanuiRa.... 
We  quote  Bazr«l  Bi ' 


at  $19®$20 ;  ~  India  Mesa,  new.  %il3^t2i\ 
City  Bztra  Inla  Mrss.  $88»I2S  80.... 
Beef  Bams'  have  been  in  leaa   dfitnaudrWilb  choice 

Weatem  quoted  at  $24'3$24  50  ^bbl Butter  and 

Cbaeaa  eaaantlally  aa  laat  qaoteii....Pnah  Kgnanoted 
aowo  to  27c.®33c.  fur  good  to  toncyTr-.Twiow  haa 

been,  in    more    demand,    at    steadier   rates Hales. 

SO.00O  81.  very  good  to  choiaa  at  Be. '98^0.; 
and  40  hbiB.  at  $8  12'9..,.8tearine  baa 
been  in  fiilr  demand  wd  firm;  choice  City 
m  hhds.  quoted  at  $11  X-^t  prime  Weatem  in 
tea.,  at  i$ll ;  sales,  200  toa.  prima  Waatam  at  Sll; 
aoil  100  tea.  oS-grade.  part  ar  $9. 

Wm.s&Y-^ld  to  the  azteat  of  100  hhU.  Bt  tl  07>fl, 
■bowing  »  deoliiie. 

FRBIOuTr* — Barth   ft«ight   movements'    were     on    a 
very  moderate  acalo  to-day.     Oralo  ratea  were  ouotaU 

«aa«iiti$1iy  «#  Df  oi«,  Uatee  oq  f  n^vlaiona  itao  pthtr 
general  oarg<>  were  farther  depreaaed.  Tha  eliftrter- 
Ing  boainass  was  very  quiet,  witlt  rates  qu  >ted  weak 
and  irregulartbrouKbout,  ...For  Liverpool  1  be  eogaffa- 
meuta  reported,-  since  onr  latt,  nave 
beitn.  by  ateara.  460  balea  Cotton,  part 
at  i4d.  ^  lb.  aa  it  raua:  24,000  boahela  Gndu  lit  4<ari- 
if  bushel :  1,0U0  bbls.  (tefloed  Knear,  on  private  terms; 
qootednomlnally  at  37s.  7d.a3pa;  1,760  boxes  Ba- 
con, «biefly  at  30i.:  1,600  boxes  Cheese,  raported  at 
S6B.;  200  baga  Seed,  aud  26  pkga.  Domestio,  on  private 
terms,  and  amall  lota  of  Leather,  at  60a.  Alao,  an 
ItaUan  ablp,  1,134  tons,  beoce,  with  Deala, 
rejiorted  at  £1,660.  Through  frei^Ait  ratea 
by  rail  and  ateam  from  tha  Weat,  were 
quoted  mnob  lower,  via  Porthtnd,  Boaton,  or  Pbiladel- 
nhia,  accommodation  for  Provlatona  having  been  re- 
ported aa  offered,  by  the  routes  namsd,  at  tbe  ma- 
teriallT'rediioed  figure  of  660.,  aa  against  76c  paid  10 
or  12  days  ago,  tbe  report  being  to  the  effect  that  tor 
tbroagta  freighta  the  rallroid  eompanies  were  again 
compotinK  at  the  best  ratea  obtainable,  wbicb 
Indicate  the  practical  ab)indonment  of  the  rsoent  con- 
tnuit  Bates  via  Naw-iork  were  reported  aa  kept  up 
to  abotU  obi  auotationa,  which  waa  viewed  aa  a  dia- 

crlmatton  against  New-Tork For  London,  by  steam, 

24,000  buabela  Grain,  at  5d.  ^P'buahelt  IJOOO  boxea 
cbeaaeatSSs.  ^  ton;  and  (via  Liverpool) 20o baias 

Hops  on  private  temia For  Qiaago w,  oy  steam,  amall 

lota     of     t^DVisi  <ns     at     Soa.    $>   too For    Hull. 

by  steam,  600  bxa.  Bacon  at  36s.  &  too,  (with  room  for 
Grain  quoted   nominaMv   at   Sd.'3)6M.   per     ouahe), 

askoiL) For  Cork  and   orders,  a  Oerman  bark.  688 

tona.  with  ;iboat  4,000  bhid.  BeflnedPetroloom,  from 
Portland,  at  6s.  to  tbe  Uuited  Kingdom,  or  5s.  3d.  to 
tbe  Uantinent,  jP'  bbl.  and  a  British  bark,  693 
tona,     with     about     4,300     quarters     Oraln,   from 

Philadelphia.       at      Ss.     6d.      ^      quarter For 

Lisbon,  a  Britiah  brig,  342  tons,  wltn  about  2.100 
quarters  Orain.  f^om  Pniladelphia,  at  ISo.  #'  bushel. 
...For  Bremen,  by  steam,  some  lots  4f  Oraln  to  complete 
cargo,  tapertaa  on  private  terms.. ..Vor  iuimborg,  by 
a^l,  50  tous  Uea^nrement  Good  at  S2a.  6d.  4^  ton  1 
also,  an  American  schoouer,  600  tons,  with  Onaiio, 
from  Wood's  Hole,  reported  on  iMvate  terms, 
(and  back  to  Boston  with  general  cargo.  a>so 
on  private  terms.).... For  Antwerp,  an  American 
brig,  4  l6  i  ens,  with  Pioriaions,  from  Boston,  reported 
at  3v2r.  6d.  ^  tou....Kor  Singapore,  a  German  bark. 
600  tona.  hence,  with  auont  20.000  caaea  Petroleum, 
on  private  tarms.  quoted  at  alxint  4oc  if  case....Kor 
Japan,  an  American  bark,  600  tous,(to  arrive,)  thence, 
with   general   cargo,   Incluolng   Petroleum  in   cases, 

reported   on   orlvate    terms For   Buenos    Ayres,  a 

Morwigian   barg,    486    tons,   hence,    with    general 

cargo,  rep  Mrted  ou  private  terms ror  Ulo  Janeiro,  a 

^orwegian  t>ark,  488  tons,  hence,  with  general  cargo, 

includlngFloui.repoi-ted  at  £1,175 For  Haytl   and 

back  to  Beaton,  an  American  brls.  200  tona,  with 
general  cargo,  re po  ted  at  $1,700.... Por  8t.  Domingo 
and  back  to  Boston,  an  Amerloau  schooner,  140  tooa, 
with  seneral  cargo,  reported  at  $1,460 For  Provi- 
dence, twobarka,  with  Cotton  from  Mew-Orleana,  xe- 
ported  at  <%c  ^  fl>.               _ 

TRE  KEAL  JtiiSlATM  MARKET, 


At  tbe  Exchange  yesterday,  (Monday,)  Feb. 
6,  by  order  of  the  Sonreme  Court,  In  partition. 
Theedona  Bumell,  Saq.,  Beferee.  &.  Y.  Haraett 
add  one-atory  frame  houae.  with  lot  SS  by  100.9^ 
on  East  48th  at,  north  aide,  200  feet  east  of  Bd  ar.. 
for  $2,650  to  P.  £.  Horgan. 

William  KaanaUy,  under  a  Snpreme  Oonrt  fore- 
eloanre  decrea,  E.  1>.  Oa»e,  Esq..  Beferee.  dlapoaed 
of  a  three-atorr  frame  houae  and  atable,  with  plot 
of  land  44  by  3044  by  32  by  103.8  by  S9  by  103.3;  on 
Eaat  79tb  at,  north  side,  extending  throngh  to  80th 
at..  156  leet  west  of  3a  av..  tor  113,000  to  XhomHa  P. 
I.  Goddard  and  othera.  Executors,  and  plaintiffj  in 
the  legal  action.  Under  a  aimilar  conrt  order,  W. 
H.  King,  Eaq.,  Beferee,  J.  L.  Wells  aold  two  lots, 
each  26  by  9T9,  on  King'a  Bridge  road,  aouth  aide, 
60  teet  weat  of  Hawthorne  at.;  one  lot  25  by  147, 
Kluga  Biidga  road,  aouth  side,  ac^oining  above  ; 
also,  four  lots,  eaob  35  by  lUO,  on  Hawthorne  at, 
west  aide,  100  feet  nurch  of  vermilve  av,,  part  of 
tiieeatate  ot  iaaao  Dyokman,  for  fl.lSO,  to  Cath- 
erine M.  Raymond,  plaiutid  in  tbe  ie^al  action. 

The  following  loreclosnre  salea  were  adionmed  : 
Sale  by  R.  Y.  Uaroetc  01  a  house,  wftb  lot,  on  1st 
av.  and  Slat  at,  to  Feb.  13 :  and  sale  by  aame  auc- 
tioueer  of  the  bnilding,  with  lot.  Ko.  3  Peck  Slip,  i>e- 
tweeu  Water  and  Petri  sts.,  to  Vuo.  19.  Ihe  lease 
of  toe  premliea  Xo.  734  Broadway,  near  Wavertcy 
plaee.  waa  withdrawn  oy  E.  A.  Lawrence  &  Co. 
to-dat's  auctions. 

To-day's  aales,  all  bat  the  last  mentioned,  taking 
olace  at  the  Exchange,  are  aa  follows: 

By  Scott  Sc  iivers,  Supreme  Court  foreoloauro 
sale,  W.  A.  Boyd.  £»q.,  Keteree,  of  a  hoase.  witb 
lot  20  by  100.5.  on  Eaet  43i  at.,  north  aide.  345  feet 
eaat  of  3J  av. 

By  Blaokwell.  Biker  &  Wilkins,  Snpreme  Coort 
foreclosure  sale.  Prancis  Porbea,  Esq.,  Beferee.  of  a 
hoaaa,  witb  lot  16  by  8U.5,  on  East  63J  at,  aoath- 
eaat  oumer  4th  av. 

By  William  Keonellv.  Snpreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  E.  D.  Oale,  Esq..  Beferee,  of  a  plot  ot  laod,  125 
bv  148.9  by  5U  by  49.4  by  9B.9  on  £,i.^t  40th  at.,  souih 
weal  corner  lat  av.;  aitso,  similar  sale,  J.  O.  sinolair, 
Esq.,  Keieree,  ot  lour  lota,  25  by  80.5.  on  East  49sta 
at.,  norih.eaat  corner  Beekmao  place. 

By  £.  v.  Harnett,  rorectosure  sale,  by  order  of  the 
C'  art  of  Common  Pleas.  B.  M.  Henry,  E^a.. Beferee. 
of  bouaes.  with  lots  30  by  SO.  on  2d  av ,  east  aide, 
23  leet  north  of  74:h  at.  Also  one  lot,  30  by  80.  00  SJ 
ay.,  eaat  side,  C2  teet  north  of  74lb  at.  jJao  similar 
sale,  Siime  Beferee,  of  a  bouse,  with  lot  14.0  bv 
98.9  by  17.6  by  74.  on  West  26ch  at.  north  aide.  73 
teet  weat  of  9th  av.  Also  aimilar  aale.  aame  Bef- 
eree, of  a  bonse  with  lot  25  by  989,  on  Eaat  30tb  st., 
north  aide,  150  feet  eaat  01  2J  av.  Alao  Supreme 
Conrt  toreolo»are  sale,  P.  J.  Joacbimsen,  E<>q., 
Beteree,  ot  six  lots,  each  10.8  by  99  11.  on  West  CZ3d 
at,  sooth  aide,  175  feet  weat  of  3J  av. 

By  A.  J.  BiOeoaer  4t  Sun.  Snprema  Court  fore- 
cloanre  anle,  T.  H.  Lane,  Esq.  Beferee,  of  one  lot 
35  by  100,  on  6tb  av.,  west  side.  51.3  feet  aouth  of  76th 
ec 

By  James  M.  Miller,  forectoanre  aale.  by  order  of 
the  Conn  ufComffloo  Pleas,  Kaodolpb  B.  Marline, 
E^q.,  Rereree,  of  one' lot  35  by  190,  on  10th  av.,  east 

aide,  74.11  leer  soath  of  14Jtb  st. 

By  J.  L.  Walls,  foreciosare  aale,  by  order  of  the 
(.;i)ari  of  Common  fl^ns,  KatiUolpbB.  .ilarUne,  Esq.. 
.  Bt^ieree.  of  one  lot,  25  by  lUO.  on  lOib  av„  east  side. 
99.11  leet  aonih  of  149tb  et^ 

By  B.  M.  Seaman,  Sapteme  Conrt  foreoloanre 
aale,  William  Sinclair,  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  a  plot,  of 
land,  310,10  bv  60S.5uu  3i  av.,  weat  aide,  whol4  front 
between  124Ch  ano  136in  sis. 

By  Huich  N.  Camp,  Snorems  Conrt  foreclosure 
sale,  William  P  Dixou.  Ejq.,  iCeferae.  of  a  plot  of 
land,  SOl.S  by  650,  on  the  block  boonded  by  9th  and 
loth  avs.,  95.  b  and  90' b  iita. 

By  E.  U.  X,udlow  &  Co.,  at  the  City  hall,  at  11 
o'clocK,  Uuiied  States  Loan  C  >mmis'«i(>aer's  aale  of 
the  foilowiog-duscribed  i>roparty :  Ojo  plot  of  laod, 
100  by  51.9  uy  100  bv  65.8,  Wea.  S3d  ac,  Dottn  side. 
525  faei,  wea  of  lOtb  av.;  three  lots,  eacb  33  by 
100.5,  Weat  58th  at,  aonrn  side,  SJO  feet  weat  ot  Stb 
i.v.;  three  lots,  Sdcb  25  by  102.3,  on  Eaat  77th  at. 
south  aide.  i05  fee:  weHt  of  2a  av.;  four  lota,  eacb 
25  bv  100.8.  on  West  8dth  at.,  north  side,  325  feet 
weat  of  lOtn  av.;  five  Lite,  eaob  30.5  by  100.11.  on 
Eiat  llStn  at,  north  aide,  395  9  teet  eaat  of  Avenue 
A;  two  lota,  each  25  by  09.11,  on  West  136  h  at., 
Dorth  aide,  125  leet  we^t  of  7.0  av.;  one  plot  of  land, 
25  by  99.11,  >.n  £  iSt  ISlit  st,  south  aide,  265  feet 
weat  ol  4cn  av.;  iwo  lots,  eacb  23  by  69.11.  on  East 
133d  St.,  north  sld",  140  feet  we>t  of  4  b  »▼.;  one 
lot.  25  by  100,  on  8th  av.,  eant  side,  49.11  feat  south  of 
14Sib  St.;  one  plot  of  land,  100  cy  250.  on  Boulevard, 
west  side,  800  feet  north  of  Sherman  av.,  aud  one 
plot  of  land,  100  uy  100,  ou  Shcrioau  av.,  north-west 
comer  of  Academy  at. 


EXOSANQE  SALES— JiONVAT.  lEB.  5. 

NKW-yOBK. 

Bit  R.  V.  Uarnett 
1-atory  frame  honse  with  lot,  Eaat  48th  at,  n. 

a.,  2oO  ft.  e.  of  2d  av.,  lot  20xiO0.6 83.660 

By  WUliam  Kenntily. 
1  three-story  frame  house  and  stable. with  plot 
of  laud     Bast    79tb   st.    n.    s..    extending 
through  to  bOth  at..  160  ft.  w.  of  3a  av.,  plot 

44x204.4x22xl0ii.2x22xl02.2. f  12.000 

SvJamaL.  Wtllt. 
3  lota.  King's  Bridge  road.  s.  s..  60  ft.  w.  of 
Bawthome  st„  each  26x97.9 ;  1  lot.  King's 
Bridge  roitd.  s.  a,  adjolniug  above,  25x147  ; 
also,  4  lota,  Hawthoiue  st.,  w.  s..  100  ft.  n.  of 
Termllye  av.,  each  ViSxlOO $1,160 


BBOOBDED  REAL  K8VAIE  TBANSrEBS. 

MXW-TOBK. 
Saturday,  Feb.  3. 

36th  at.,  n.  a.  104.10f .  w.  of  8ih  av., 23x5^4: 

Kaw.  rd  T.  Patteraoa  to  John  HoMns  .ii $300 

Boulevard,  n.  w.  comer  of  73d  St.,  2o.8z01.4; 
Beijaml..  Leiimalet  to  Bernard  opaoidia^...       nom. 

45th  St..  n.  a..  2.;0  it.  w.  ot  lat  av..  x  .uxlOU.4; 
Martha  M.  Wllli<ims  to  Johu  U.  Qiilig 12.000 

luthav..  s.  w.  corner  of  IbStb  st..  ;0;^xl00; 
B.  M.  Uenry,  Beferee,  to  Sarah  UHriia 25,000 

10th  av.,  n.  w.  corner  of  157th  st,  100x126  ; 
same  to  same 138,000 

Hudson  su,  e.  s.,  88. Ii*  tu  a.  ef  t  harles  sL, 
yO.o^xlol;  i^dnln  W.  Loveil  and  wife  to 
Bosauuah  LovrU 10.600 

40th  St..  -.  s.,  188  ft.  e.uf  6th  av.,  1 6.6x^^9; 
also,  Bleecier  st,  n.  a..  76.2i!irt  n.  of  »  eos- 
ter  St. '49.6x100;  alsa  Bleecker  et.  n.  s., 
124.9  ft,  w.  of  Wooster  St.,  25.9^x100  j  alao, 
Waabiugton  st,  e.  a,  G.4  fu  a.  of  W.-ttt  St., 
ia7>4x80i  also.Prince  at..s.  s.,80.2i4ft.  w.  of 
Qreene  at..  20.1>3X71.3 ;  alao,  luth  av.,«.  a., 
49.11*  a.  of  16oih  at.,  lo6.l0xUregular; 
Charles  Banks  to  Anthony  B.  Banks 102,000 

Uott  au,  w..  41.10  f u  n.  of  Worth  at.  22.4>ax 
51.1;  aachaelH.  UeJ;-a  ana  husband  to  Sut- 
ger  Fire  Inaurance  Compaiiy aoai. 

Aveuue  A,  e.  a..  23  it.  s.  of  ISth  st.,  23x76; 
Urnest  P.  Fxasch  to  Caroline  Fraaoh nom. 

Madiaon  av.,  n.  e.  corner  liotb  at.,  lOOxllo; 
Daniel  Uofftaan  and  wife  to  <.'ulieii  P.  Qrandin.  10,500 

Cth  at.,  w.  a..  677.8  ft.  a.  of  Jtorseav.,  125x125. 
aSd  Ward;  Uanry  B.  Uail.  Jr..  to  Alfred  B. 
HaU 1,7«0 

Avenue  A,  a.  e.  corner  87th  st.,  16.8x81;  Fran- 
da  J.  Twomey  to  John  K.  'iwomey nom. 

Same  property  j  John  F.  Twomey  and  wife  to 
(Catharine  C.  Twomey aooa. 

Lexington  av.  n.  e.  ooxuer  60th  at..  20.6x72 1 
Mananna  Soeta  to  Cbriatlna  U.  Hebaflder....  36,600 

Avenue  C,  w.  a.,  between  18th  ana  19t)i ata.,  8 
lota  I  (.harlea  B.  UoQoTem  aadwiia  lottenry 
Ok  Brookman 'aani. 

1384  at,,  lb  a.,i6on.o.!»i'8itn.av..  w4.tua(W.lii 
Mom  lb  MMkar  aad  vtia.  uTSam  > 


OITYJjffAL  ESTA^^ 

B^^^hoXdway'jSd'sSthI*^^ 
a  araat  bargain,  if  pnroh»ied  at  this  time,  tbis 
magnl^eeot  plot  of  BiofMlwsy  property  on  tb;>  nortb- 
eaat  ooroer  of  3Sih  st.  sue  98x1 4U.  Ita  commanalng 
poaition  warranta  any  kiuduf  permanent  and  aubatan- 
tial  improvementa.  Apply  to  jQiilAa  Ji^X,  Bo,  1,285 
Broadway. 


FIIB.  nXliB—US  04TU  ST.,  B8T1VKK.N  LKXlMljl- 
ton  and  4tb  ava.,  the  tourth  houae  froai  4th  av., 
north  al'ie;  a  flrat-elaaa  brown-atone  ho.se,  aise  2»x 
60,  three  atorlea,  baaemeot,  and  uuder-cellar  ;  parlor 
and bavement  tiniabed  lu  hard  wood,  and  complete  in 
every  particular;  price,  $20,000.  Apply  at  Ma  199 
3dav.  JOBS  D.  OTTIWKLL. 


FOtt  SALE— lt<  19TU   BT.,  JUST  WliST  OF  6TU 
av..  ausairable  brown-stoae  honse.  25  teet  wide; 
can  be  bought  low.  either  witb  or  without  the  tami- 
ture;  lot  half  the  bloci.'. 
K.  a.  LUDLOW fc  eg.  Wo.  3  Ploe  St. 

OK     INYBlSTMENT.— FOH    SALS.      OS     THB 

weat    aide  of  Madison  av..  on  the  crown  of  Uurrav 

mil.  a  fnll-siae  fuur-story  house.    Rented  for  five  .veara 

kt  8  par  oeot.  net  on  the  price  at  which  it  can  be 

bought.  B.  H.  LUDLOW  fe  CO..  No.  3  Pine  sL 


AirVljly-SlZa  FOUH-SHTURY  BKOWfl-8TOMB 
boose  for  aaie  on  32d  st,  near  6th  av.;   fraaooed 
and  in  good  order ;  price,  $37,500. 

P.  G.  k.  C.  8.  BBO^N,  »o.  90  Broadway. 


FOR  ttALB— AT  A  BAaOAIK— A  FIRST-CLASS 
tonr-story  brown-stone  high-stoop  house.  Mo.  160 
West  a$d  St.,  near  Broadway.  Keys  at  owuet'a.  So. 
141,  oppoaits. 


FOR      SALE— IN     WK8T    68TH     8T..    t;L08B    TO 
Otb  av..  as  elegant  riai-aia?d  honse.     Frlee   reoaon- 
(ible.    Apply  to  U0.V1KK  MOitQ.iN.  iNo.  2  Pine  at 


EUU    HAIiif— AM  BLiiQAHT   FDLL-HlZiU   U0D8B 
in  Weat  32d  at.,  oloae  to  5th  av.    Price  reaaouable. 
Apply  to  HOUBB  UOUOA^,  Mo.  3  Pine  st 


ALAitlJB  NUiVlBEa  OF  HO(J.<4Br9   BKLONQ- 
iDg  to  estates  and  iostitntlnns   for  sale   or  rent  at 
low  rates.     KiHOMaN  F.  PAQB,  No.  42  Bast  23d  st 


OUAMUK.  N.  J.-(X>0N1'RY  HOCSIB.  LABDIk 
aniivil.aint  mta  tor  sale:  a  neat  ranety.  \iaa. 
Ihrulalied  and  nafOniished  houaes  to  lat  for  aeaaou  oc 
year,  by  WAtlKit  R.  aMiTH.  lormer-y  Blackweii  k 
Hn.illi.Oi'aiiae.  corner  of  Main  and    •''ooeaia. 


REAL  ESTATE  AT  AOCTION. 

A8i^IGNKE>si  »AUB  IN  BANKUUPTCY.— 
lu  the  mauterof  JoHM  H.  ATWATUIt  and  HABUT 
Ii.  aTWaTKK,  cofflpritlng  tbe  flrm  of  AT\VATIiK  ft 
BRO.,  bankrupts.— Nutioe  la  hereby  given  that  I  will 
aeli  at  pnbllo  nuetloD,  at  the  Township  ot  Cranford, 
County  of  Union,  aud  8tate  of  New-Jera*y.  on  tbe 
premlsas  hcreloaAer  dcscnoed,  on  tbe  26th  Uay  of 
February,  A.  U.  1877,  at  11  o'clock  io  the  loreoooii.  in 
such  lots  or  parcels  and  upon  such  terms  as  sbjll  then 
be  determined  00,  all  the  right,  title  aud  iuterest  of 
John  M.  AiwaCer  and  Hairy  K.  Atwuter  iii  the  follow- 
ing-described real  property,  situate  in  tbe  township  and 
C'lnoty  afurvaald,  aud  more  particularly  deacrltted  us 
foUowa:  All  those  ceruin  Iota,  pieces,  or  pn reels  of 
lauda  situate,  lying  and  being  in  said  towusbip  of 
Cranfonl.  (.ooniy  of  L'dIod,  and  btate  o!  Mew-Jeiaey, 
described  and  set  forth  ou  a  oerta'o  map  oi  vi.la  aites 
of  Crantord,  N.  J.,  diawn  by  J.  W.  boper  li  Ca.  civil 
engineers,  1869,  aud  filed  in  the  offlue  or  tha 
Clerk  of  Coaatj  of  Unioo  on  tbe  26>h  day 
of  March.  1674.  said  lots  balne  numbered 
on  the  said  map  as  lots  4,  5.  6,  7,  8,  auO  V,  In 
block  1 ;  lota  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8  and  9  in  block  3  ; 
loU  1.  2, 3. 4. 13, 14, 15.  lt>,  and  17  Io  block4;  lots  1, 
2,  a,  4,  6,  6,  7.  8,  0,  111,  12.  18,  14,  15,  16.  17, 
19,  and  20,  in  block  6;  also  a  certain  plot  cootainlug 
ab'jut  one-half  an  acre.  Known  ami  dtatioeulabrd  nn 
aaiii  mav  as  plot  *'  C;"  aJao  a  certttn  other  plot  known 
aud  distiUKUiahed  on  aald  map  aa  plot  "  A,"  and 
contalniox  about  ooe  and  three-quarters  nores. 
Tne  above-deacnbed  oropert.y  i>elog  a  portion  of 
the  land   conyeyed    by   the   Ceatr.tl    R.illro»d   Com- 

5 any  of  New-Jera'y  to  Alexiuiler  Stewart  ard 
oha  M.  Atwater.  by  deed  dated  March  16,  1809. 
aijil  recorded  Io  book  No.  38  of  deeda.  In  tha  ol- 
dco  of  tbe  i.'lerk  of  Onion  (;onnty.  ac  pagei  376.  lie.;  the 
lotersst  of  the  said  bankrupts  being  ooe  equal  undl- 
Tided  ba.f  interest  In  the  said  plot..  Iota,  pieces,  and 
pa.-oeis  of  laud,  and  toe  saiuo  oeine  free  frum  iucum- 
brance,  exrepC  the  above-aieutiooed  lots  1.  2,  16, 
and  17  in  blocs  4.  and  lot  2  in  block  3,  which  are  sub- 
ject to  a  eertain  mortgage  for  one  tb^usand  dollars. 

made  and  exeeated  by  JoOu  M.  Atwaier  and  <larry  B. 
Aiwater  t?  Dharlea  H.  Benedict,  aud  the  right  of 
dower  of  the  respective  wires  <  f  suid  bankrupts  in 
said  property.  For  lurtber  particniara  apoly  to  the 
uudeialgned.  UB.nUY  M.  CUA.SOLKtl.  Aasucnee, 

So.  25i  Broadway.  New-York. 


AoaiAM  H.  MotLKR,  .Auotlooeer. 

AUCTION  bAI.B— OF  rtlttBK  VALUaBLB  LOTS, 
north  si>ie6,idsu,  325  I'eeteatt  of  loth  av. 
On    TUDK8DAy,    Feb.   8,    at    12  o'clock,  at  the  Bx- 
Cbange  ealesroom,  Na  111  BroadWnv. 

A1>B1A>  H.  UULLBa  k.  SOV, 

Anctionee.s,  No.  7  Pine  at. 


S'l'OKifiS,   CtU.,    JO   IvEl. 


OFFICES  TO  L£T 

I.N  THB 
TliUBS  UVIKDINO. 
IFi'LF  TO 

GBOROB  JONSS, 
TIAl£t»  OFFICE. 


TO    I<BA8B 

FOB  A  TBItU  OP  YRAR8. 

for  bar>1uess  purposes, 

tbedeairable  extra-Ase  lot  and   buildlnz,  aontb-aaat 

com  :r  of  14th  st.  aud 

O.xIV.KdiTX  PL4C8.. 

U£4ION  ^QOA».t. 

For  fall  particniara  and  perm  ita  apply  to 

R.  U.  LUDLO>v  k.  ■  u.,  .'Io.  8  Pine  st  . 


ram  LiiiT  ott  LiKASJi- IN  BA.^dAU  ar.,  clusk  ti> 
X  Plue  St.,  a  Urge  bankioK  ut&ie.  trith  extra  large 
vault  &e.;  alio,  aecond  atory.  suitnble  tor  lawyers, 
fine  auiie  ot  seven  rooms;  alaO,  iwo  auites  of  three 
rooms  each  on  the  third  story.  Pnees  to  suit  the 
times.  Alao,  aeveral  ofBces  on  Uroadway.  near  Wall 
St.  UOUiiK   UOdOVN,  N>.  2  Pine  St. 


ra^U  IjKr— TriEi  FIK3.-CLA^a  ^Tailii,  UadBMtiJNT, 
Xand  sul>-ocllar.  So.  601  Broadway;  alCe,  80x^00 
feet;  throngh  to  Mercer  St.  Tbe  above  is  one  of  tbe 
beatatorea  on  Broadway,    HOMiifC  McaUA.V.  2  Piae  st 


STUAiU  POWKUANU  tflUST  jKLidOK  AND 
cellar.  50x80  feet,  Koa.  188  anl  19 J  Uoustou  St.    In- 
quire In  tbe  coruer. 


_JUJALJKSTA/Jt^^ 

W^^NTBcTTolttBNT— 4(J  UNFUtlNISHBD  POUB- 
TT  story  bouse,  between  Madison  and  0th  avs..  and 
not  above  69ih  su;  rent  aoont  $2,000;  must  be  la  per- 
fect order.     Address  al.,  box  No.  121  iHmo  OlUoe. 


H 


OUMEei,  FUK.NJHBKII  ANO  UNFURNIBUEU. 
wanted  tor  immediate  occupation. 

K1NG>1AN  F.  PAOK.  No.  42  Bast  23d  st 


w 


A  N  T  K  U      IMMBDIATELY— FCKNiaaED 

houaea  to  rent  at  thIa  olBoe;  cousiderable  demand. 
JOblAB  JhX,  So.  1,235  Broadway. 


w 


ANTKO  IWiJHiOlATiit<Y  —  UiSFUaSlaUKD 
bouses  to  rent  at  this  offlce;  great  demand. 

JOiilAb  JkX  So.  1.235  Uroadway. 


DAJJfOLNG. 


AUjKH  DODWoaTH'M  DANCIMG 
BBMOVKD  ro  NO.  u81  5rU  AVB^UB. 
Bow  o|>eii  for  the  recepAon  of  papils. 
Forpartionlai'S  send  tbr  olrouiai: 
Private  lessoua  every  day. 


DE   GAB3iO>d 

PEIVATK  DANCI.VG  ACADEMY, 
N&  7  Weat  32d  st.  two  doora  from  6th  ay. 


PEESONAL.^ 

ARTHUR  K.  BOUL.T(IN.— TOUB  FATUBR  DIBD 
on  the  9th  of  May.  You  are  requeated  to  eommii- 
aicate  directly  with  your  f ilends  at  isydenhain,  near 
liondon,  England.  8hoaid  aoy  person  reatiing  this 
know  tha  andiesa  ot  tbe  aala  AHTuilU  B.  UUULTO.n, 
they  wUl  oblige  by  forwarding  this  advertiaemeat  to 
bJm.  Orahouid  anything  have  happened  to  htm.iii- 
foimation  may  be  given  to  Moasra.  1>4WBS  it  80M8, 
Bolicitora,  Ao.  9  Angel  Conrt,  Throgmorton  atreet, 
LoodoB,  Bngland.  When  laat  heard  o(,.  the  said  Ar- 
thur B.  Bouiton  waa  at  So.  716  Catherine  street,  PhU- 
adelphlo. 

JSHijaca'ar'TUB'littoLY'i^ttiM 

V^'iaon  ar.  and  43d  at.— Open  every  eveaing  exeept 
Saturday.  Bev.  Joseph  udell.  9'  Brooklyn,  wlU  preach 
(bu  arralog  at  7:45.    All  are  Invited. 

•lOE-CREAJVl. 

uSaSLL^O  ~  iCB       CUBA  >!  .-TWB»Xr-PlVK 

oannpeT  quart  to  ohurcnea  aud  Inrgepaiiea;  Char- 

MtM  Bnaaa.  to  ifoaes,  toaarar  hosac:  txeah  twleea  dar. 


SITUATIONS    WANTBID. 

yBaiALBW.      ' . 

ne  np-town  oiBoe  bf  TBB  TtlfBfl  la  loeated  at 
No,  l.SAr  Bromdtraur.  bet.  31jat  and  SSd  ata. 

Opes  daily,  Sondaya  netndod.  fHxn  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  IL 
Bqbacrtptlona  raoeivad,  and  ooptosof  THB  TIICBS  fbr 

aale. 

ADYBBTtSBMUNTB  BBCBIVBD  UHTII,  0  P.  Bf. 


CHAB-WOinANi-Br  A  YOUNG  COIiORBD  WOM- 
aa  to  take  bame  Waahlng  or  go  ont  by  the  day, 
or  do  any  kind  of  hooae-work.  Adilreae  Mary.  Box  No. 
316TIKB8  0P.TOWN  OPFICB.  NO.  1.257  BBOAPWAY. 


nBAR-W01l|AN.~BT  A  KBSPB(]TABLB  COL- 
vynred  girl  to  go  ont  washing  and  Ironing,  honse- 
cleaotng.  lus.;  Bood  Clry  refere  lee.  Call  at  Bo.  160 
West  20tb  ac,  second  floor,  rear;  B.  Wlisao. 


nlU9IBl{E-l)|<l|l>.-bY  A  KKSPBOTABLB  OIBL 
V>aa  ehamber-maid  ana  seamstre-s;  can  cut  and  fit 
ladles'  and    children's  dreaaes,   aod   aaw    00  any  ma- 

aiae ;  Willing  and  obliging ;  good  reiarenc*.    Call  or 
droaa  Seamitreat,  Na  ISii  Bait  58d  at. 


CBAMBRR».MAID.— BT  A  PBUTESPAMT  TODSO 
wonwu  aa  ebamlier-mald  and  lanndreaa  or  000k, 
waah.  and  iron  ;  firar-claaa  reference ;  Olty  or  country. 
Call  at  Na  lO  Weat  13th  at,  la  rear. 


CHA.'nBEH-.MAID.— BTABKSPKOTABLETODNQ 
girl  na  chaniber-mald  and  8!>amstress  :  can  ooerata 
on  v\  heeler  k  Wilson  aewing-machlne:  beat^  City  S9t- 
erenee.    <;all  or  addresa  Ho.  22il  Eaat  44th  at 


ClBAAlBEB..^IAin.  —  BT  A  BE8PBCTABLB 
/young  girl  an  enamber-maid  and  waitreas.  or  to 
take  care  of  children;  la  .very  wllUng  and  obliging; 
(Hty  reterencp.    Call  at  No.  234  Weat  30th  at. 


C^H  4»IBBfUMAIU.-BT  A  BBHPRCTABLB  9IBL; 
^Fgiist  With  the  ob»rae  of  children  1  wllilDg  and 
obliging ;  best  Clfy  reference.  Call  at  No.  402  Weat 
81st  st.  Urst  floor. 


CHAmBBK.MAID,  ANU  TO  0O  FINB  WABH- 
ing  and  Iroiiiog.— Oood  rafoxanee.    Can  be  aeea  at 

No.  242  East  41  at  at 


C^HAlUBER-MAID.-BT  A  RBaPBCTABLE  GlBt 
Jot  ehaml>er-matd  and  assist  with   children  :  can  be 
hignly  recommended.    Call  at  No.  333  Kaat  a2d  at 


CHAIMB    K..MAID.— BY  A  OIBL,  16  TBAB8  OLD, 
to  do  light  obamber-work,  take  care  of  children,  or 
would  do  waUlne.    Call  at  No.  222  Eagt  29tb  it 


COOK.  rnAMBEU-MAlD,  dfee.-BT  HOTHBR 
and  danghtfr.  in  a  small  private  family ;  mother 
as  cook  and  laundress,  aaught«r  aa  chamber-maid  and 
waitiesa :  <\an  come  well  reoommenoed ;  City  or  conn, 
try.    Call  for  two  daya  at  No.  94  Bast  4th  at 


CO(IIS.-CHAI>lBER-.MAlD  AND  WAITRESS.- 
By  two  si'terf    in   one   house ;    both  good   laun- 
dresses; will  do  the  work  of  a  small  family,  if  re- 
Sailed;  Srst-olass  City    referenoes.     Call  at   xia  40 
aat4Iatst 


COO<«.— BT  A  BE8PECTABLK  yOUNG  OIBL  AS 
good  cook,  waaher,  aud  Ironer  in  a  private  family ; 
firat-class  City  reference.  Call  for  two  days  at  Ho.  412 
West  26tb  St. 


C]00  4.— BT  A  COMPETBWT  WOMAN  Ah  FIE.ST- 
>^lnsB  Qook  in  a  private  family:  thornn'hly  Ubdnr- 
standaher  bnsineso;  iiest  refsrenoa.  Call  lor  two  dajs 
at  No.  161  East  31st  st 


COOH.— BT  AN  EXPBEIRNCED  WOMAN  AS  FIBST- 
r.laai  cook,  or  wonld  go  ont  br  tbe  weekt  beat  Oity 
reference.  Call  at  Na  234  Bast  41st  St..  second  flight, 
front  room.    No  cords. 


COOK.-BY  A  PIRST-OLAS'?  ENGLISH  PROT- 
est'^nt  cook,  with  good  references.  Addresa  K., 
Box  I7o.  203  TIMES  UPTOWN  OFTICB,  NO.  1,257 
BBOADWAI. 


COOK,  dcc.-BY  A  YOUNG  WOJl.lN  AS  GOOD 
cook,  and  to  assist  with  wasblne.  If  required  ;  gooA 
City  reference ;  no  oMect'on  to  a  short  distance  In  tbe 
country.    Call  at  No.  962  8d  av.,  Room  No.  8. 


COOK  AND  ASM! ST  IN  WAKHINO  AND 
Iroolng.— Is  an  excellent  baker;  good  City  refer- 
ence. Call  at-  No.  210  Bast  28th  St..  second  floor,  baok 
room. 


COOK.— BT  A  FiR8T-CLAS8  SNOLlSil  PROFKSSEI) 
cook  ta  private  fam  ly  ;  no  ol^Jectioa  to  conatry: 
l>eet  City  reference.  Address  H..  loz  No.  .<<03  TIMKS 
CP-TOWN  OPFICB.  NO.  1.267  BROADWaT. 


COOK.- BY  A  TOUNO  WOUAN  IN  A  PRIVATE 
ramily ;  will  assist  with  washing;  first-class  City 
rarerencu:  City  or  country.  Call  at  No.  608  2d  av.. 
between  28th  and  29ih  ata.-.  ring  bell  once. 


COOH,  WA.-4UBU.  AM)  IRONER.-BY  A  Rli- 
apr>otable  womuu;  will  take  charxe  of  milk  and 
butter ;  City  or  country  ;  irood  reCerence.  Call  at  No. 
£28  Bant  26th  sL.  basement. 


C^OOK.— BT  AN  BZCRLL3NT  COOK  IN  bHALL 
Jprlvatn  'amily  ;  no  oldeetmn  to  country  ;  uoder- 
Standa  milk  and  butter;  nrat-cla*t  reference.  Call  at 
No.  106  Eaat  6Utii  at.  between  L4>ilntrton  and  4th  ava. 


COOK,  vvathHEK,  ami  iko.nkr.— br  a  ek- 
*t>t>ctable  woman;  understand*  baking:  no  objec- 
tion to  a  abort  distance  In  the  country :  good  refer, 
ance.    Call  at  No    194  West 'Jbth  st.,  top  floor,  front. 


COOK.— BT  ACJMPBlKNT  WOMAN  A.S  COOK  IS 
a  private  family:  la  a  good  baker,  waaher,  and 
Ironer ;  good  City  r->terence;  conutry  preferred.  Call 
at  .No.  14'.^  West  '.^8th  St..  grocery  store. 


COOK.^BT  A  BliaPSCTABLK  PRBNCU  WOMAN 
in  a  private  family;  <  ity  or  country;  good  refer- 
ence. Call  or  addresa  for  two  daya  Mo.  2'^U  Weat 
Slat  at.,  oaaem^nt. 


C^OOK.-BY  A  EKSl'EUTABLE  WOMAN  ;  IS  WILL- 
>ing  to  aasut  with  the    wtishlng   if  required;  City 
refpreace.     Call  at  Na  411  Weat  44tb  st. 


COOH.— BV  APHUTiiBTANT  tVOMAd;    18  A  UOUU 
cook  and  baker ;   good  itty  reference.    Call  t.t  So, 
731  tith  av.,  in  tbe  shoe  store. 


COOK.— BT  A  UUOD  COOK  IS  A  HUALL   PBIVATE 
lainlly;  w  lUng  to  assist  with  the  washing;  good 
City  refereoce.    Call  at  >o.  142  West  28th  sc. 


lOUK.— .iV  A  FiriM-CLA.d  COOiv:    WILL  A.^bl»r 
with  washing:     no  obleotloa  to  a  boarding-bouse. 


Call  at  .No.  211  West  2iithsu 


COOK UTA  luUNU  WOMAN;  OUOD  BRKaU  AND 
biscuit  maaer;    assist  In  wasbiag,   ke-i    best  City 
refcrenco.    Call  at  No.  124  West  itttb  sL 


COOK— AND     To   A8MMT    WITH    WA:SHINO    AND 
Ironiug;    good  City  retarenceu    Call  at  Ba  462  8Ui 
av.,  io  the  rear. 


C10.»K.— 8YA    KBoFllOrAgLB  WOjIa;)    AS  PlRsT- 
/  olaaa  cook:  good  City  referance.    Call  at  Ha  825 
kaat  b4ih  at.,  top  flout. 


C100K.— Bf    A   BKafBCTABLK  WOMAN   A8  FIB8T- 
j  casa  conk  in  a  private  family;  bent  City  reference. 
Call  for  two  dnva  at  No.  14  1   Wesv  80tn  at. 


COOK.— UV  A  BB.'^PKCTAtfliK  WOtlAN   AS     OOOU 
cook;    Will  asaiai  Witb  waahing;    good  City  refer- 
ence.   I  all  f  >r  tw.>  days  at  No.  Sil  c,h»t  ;<!lat  at. 


C100K.— tiT  A    PHoTitdi'ANT  WOdAN    AS  FlKST- 
ycla«a   oQok,    baker,    aud   all   klnda  or  aweeta  and 
pastries:  best  refere. ict.  Andress  No.  455  West  42d  su 


C^OOK,    VVAsUKU,    ANO     iKONEtt.-BT    A 
^competent  nin;    Cii.y  or  country;  refbrence.    Call 
ak  >o.  L'Sl  Waverlr  phtce.  la  score. 


C1(»OK,  WAsHBitt.  A:\I>.IKONUK— CBAMBBK- 
.'mildaid  hue  W4ahiiie.-Uy  cwo  yi>mig  girli;  best 

Cltv  refareDce  uan  be  given.     Call  at  145  Bast  8'^d  st. 


ClOOK    AM>  As(!«la>l'    WITH     WA!4UlNo».— 
/inareaiieutable  private  family;  beat  City  reference 
gtyen.    Call  at  Na  <»89  7th  av.,  second  floor. 


C10UK,— AT  A  KK.>PB<JrAKLi{  WOViAJl:    WU.L  UO 
ywashiQg  and  lmul.jg ;  beat  Oity  reference.    Call  at 
No.  313  hast  75th  at. 


COOKl— BT  AN  BXHEBIBHCKO  WOMAN  IN  A  PBl- 
V!tielamiiy;  has  the  oest  City  references.      Cail  at 
So.  67  East  41  at  au 


C^OOK.— ^T  A  ttuiUPUCl'ABLK  U'oM  iN  A8  COOK; 
y Willi  m  to  asaisi  with  tuu  wasliiox  11  required  ;  beat 
City  laieieode.    Can  ut  No.  91o  3d  av.,  near  i>5tb  st. 


COOK.-BT  A  HOOD   COOK    AND   TO    ASSIST  IN 
washing  and  Itoiiinz;    best  of  City  refereoce.    Oall 
at  No.  321  West  4.'u  at. 


CMMIK.-BYa  YOU.>a  WOM.AN;  13  A  QOiJD  FAMILY 
/cook;  wlldng  to  assist  With  washing  and  iromng; 
City  leterence.    i'all  at  .no  114  West  33J  st- 


C^OUH.-BY    A    PHOl'EHTANl'    vVOdA.^i    Ui>)OER- 
/staiida  all  kinds  of  Amerlonu  and  French  cooking.; 
good  City  reierenc*.    Oali  at  No.  124  West  33d  st. 


C1.JOK.— BY     A    FIltSr-CLAoa    PKB-SOa     FAMILY 
ycook,  with  good  references.    Address  French,  box 
ho  aeariMii!!  OP-To»vN  Oi-FIOK,  1,267  BttOADiVAV. 


DKUliJ.-'-.UAHIfK.— PI!:BF  CTFIfTBtt  ANU  tjTH- 
liah  trimmer  ;  will  make  theatrical  costnmda;  re- 
moJelin<;;  will  go  ont  by  the  day  at  $1  DO.  or  work  st 
home;  French  syatem  of  dresa-outting  taught;  refer- 
ence. I  all  or  addreas,  all  week,  V.  B.,  No.  830  Uth  av., 
second  floor. 


DRUltti-MAKBR.-B\  AN  KXPBRIKNCED  CUT- 
ter,  ntter,  trimmer,  and  maker  over  of  dreaaes ; 
by  day  or  week ;  operates  Wheeler  k  Wilson  machine ; 
moderate  terms.  Apply  for  A.  B.)  T.  W.  C.  A.,  Bo.  7 
East  16th  at. 


DKKr»!$-.nAKBK.-BT  A  RESPECTABLE  PEK- 
son  aa  competent  dresa-maker;  good  references; 
work  by  tlie  day,  week,  or  month :  wages  moderate  ; 
wonld  go  HS  senmjtressln  a  good  family.  Call  at  No. 
203  East  eoth  at. 


DIf.Ea»r«*fYIAH.BK.— Ui  AN  hNGLI3U  WOMAN; 
pei'fert  cutter  of  family  clothing  ;  perfect  operator 
on  wheeler  k  Wilson's  maoliine;  $1  per  day;  16 
years'  rerereuue.  Address  iv.  Uox  No.  274  TIMBB  OP- 
TOWN  OPFICK,  NO.   1,257  BROADWAY. 


DUEMtS-.VlAKKK.-AN  EXPERIRNC8D  DKES8- 
moker  wislies  u  i  wcustomera  at  her  home;  a  per- 
fect fit  gnarauteed.  Call  at  Nti.  V2l  Clinton  place,  be- 
tween unlveralty  plaee  aud  Broadway. 


DUU!>l8..ViAKKK.r-WlStlE8    a.  FkW  MOBB  HH- 
gagements  by  tbe  day  or  weex.    Cail  at  iSo.  400 
Weat  29tb  at. 


HOUHEKBEPEK  OK  CO.MPANION.-BT  A 
lady  ot  eaucatlon  and  re-fluement,  tielooKlng  to  the 
Society  of  Krieaus,  who  is  practical,  energetic,  and 
eeonomical,  as  housekeeper  or  companion ;  wonid  road 
to,  or  travel  with,  an  invalid.  Addresa  Friend,  station 
F,  City. 


HOUSKKKKFKU.-BX  AN  AMERICAN  LAUT 
us  housekeeper  aud  companion  for  an  eloerly 
couple,  or  as  matron'  In  an  inatitttte  or  seminary,  or 
Itnen-room:  brat  retOrenee  given  aud  required.  Call 
or  addresa  M.,  Tou.ig  Womeu'a  Christian  Aaaooiatlon, 
No.  7  Eaat  15th  at.,  from  10  to  12,  tbis  weeK. 


HOilSEKUKPtiil Bf  A  Ub.8PECl'ABlJi  PBOT- 
eatitni  wouiau  to  wali  ok  an  invalid  lady,  orasaiat 
In  honaekeeping,  or  take  ohaige  of  an  infant;  beat 
City  reiierence.  Apply,  lor  two  uays,  at  No.  348  Weat 
26tb  at 


H<IUSi(S.EKir£it.— BI  AN  AMBBIOAN  MIDDLB- 
aged  widow  lady;  haa  a  kind  diapoattlon.  and 
ooaid  appreciate  a  pleaaant  home.  Addnsa  J.  Weed. 
Box  Ko.  02  Tonkera.  N.  Y. 


HOUHKK«iKPbiU.— BT  Ml0DLB-AQ8i>  WOMAN 
aa  worldag  bousekeep4r:  la  reliable  and  exper- 
ienced t  prefers  a  good  home  to  wagea;  good  Cltr 
raterenoe.    Call  av  N»  462  Weat  6vd  at. 

- . 


HOIJMK^BEfKit.— BT  A  BESPiiCTABLE  PBOT- 
eatant  to  take  cttarge  aahonar  keeper  or  leaae  ot  a 
teaeaient-houae,  long  experiesoei  good  cefOreoea. 
Call  at  S».  2U7  Beat  2tn1i  ac 


HOUeii£-WO&fi.r-BTA  KEB^ECTABLE  TOUNG 
girl  to  do  general  hoiue-work;    la  a  plain  ouok, 
3raaner.  and  Ironer  >    (^ty  (aPsreuoab    tnoi  at  <(•,' 1.5U 
-  U«a  a«i         . 


SITUATIONS  WAKTED. 

gBMALBa. 

House^^workT^^StToood.  STEADT,  BBNBI- 
ble  young  woman  fbr  general  honae-work :  City  or 
ooontry;  eaontnr  piefbxred.  Call  at  Mo.  804  Baat 
47th  at 


HOUMB-WORK.— Bi;  M  TOUliO  OBRMAN  QIRL 
to  do  foouae-work  in  a  amall  private  family;  haa 
good  City  refereuee.  Call  foctwo  daya  at  Ko.  840  Baat 
32dat 


HOITSB-WOR&.— BT  A  RESPBOTABLg  TOUNO 
woman,  tbr  honae-worlc  0^  chamber- work,  in  I'lty 
or  ooontry ;  baa  good  reference.  Call  for  two  daya  at 
So.  192  Eaat  Broadway. 


HI 


OfJSB-W^ORK— BT    A     KB^PBCTABLB     OIRL 
...-^for  gen«ral   lieuae-woik   in  au  American   Camlly  ; 

good  rcfetence  If  retnlntd.   Call  tt  No.  1,194  2d  a?., 
in  the  atore. 


HOUtSB-WtlKK..— BT    A    TOUNQ     QIRL  TO    LO 
light  honae-work  in  a  small  family;    wilUog  to  do 
anything.   Call  for  two  days  at  Nu.  1^2  8d  av. 


H«»U5E-W«»KK BY     A    BB8PHCTABLB    WOM- 
an;  IB  a fl' st-cias8  cook :  conn °ry  preferred;  beat 

rafereooe.   Gall  at  80.  444  Rait  2Uth  st 


yXO l).««g- VVOR.K.— BT  A  OIBL  TO  UO  OBNKBAL 
Xlbouse-worki  gooa  (Sty  refereuee.  CailskSNo.  231 
Bear  87  th  at. 


HOL8B-WOKIi.-BT  A  YOU.SG  WOUAN  ;  OB  A8 
oh  amber-maid  and  seamatr<:aa ;    good   xelbrenee. 
Call  at  No.  210  Baat  2tjth  at. 


LAUY'lS  MAID.-BY  A  PROTESTANT  lO.DNO 
person  aa  competent  maid  and  aeamatresa ;  uuder- 
atanda  hair-dreaalng ;  City  refereuee.  Addreaa  K.  8., 
Box  No.  V!86  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  SO.  1,267 
BROAUWAT. 


LA»Y»f*  jnAID.-BY  A  YOUNG  WOMAN  AS 
lady'a  maid ;  understands  dress-making  and  halr- 
dresstug  In  all  its  branches;  best  City  refbrenoe 
Riven.  Can  be  seen  at  No.  150  East  23d  at 


LILli\>li  MAIU.— BICAN  RXPK8IBNCKD  PERSON 
as  maid;  understands  hair-dressing  and  dreas- 
maklng;  willing  and  obliging.  Call  or  addreaa  for  two 
daya  at  No.  471  6th  av.,  in  the  mlUiaer'a 


LADV'Si  AlAIU.— BY  A  FUBNCH  WOUAN  AS 
lady's  maid ;  understamls  operating  and  hair- 
dressing:  City  reference.  Address  L  D.,  Box  No.  287 
TIMES  DP-TOWN  OPPIOE,  NO.  1,257  BRO.*D  WAT. 


LAUNDKBM.-^.-BT  A  F.R8T-CLA8S  LAUN- 
dress;  French  flotiug;  all  kinds  finery  and  Imeqa 
beautiiul ;  thoroughly  uuderstauds  her  business ;  City 
refereTicH.  Address  P.  .vi..  Box  No.  274  TIMES  UP- 
TOWN OFFIlE.  no.  1.257  BROADWAT. 


LAUMORESti.- BT  A  BE.PECTABLE  TOUNG 
woman  as  flrat-clans  laundress  ;  no  olijeotlun  to  the 
country :  best  of  reference  from  the  last  place.  Call 
at  No.  348  West  3Rth  at 


LACJNORBx)^.— BT  A  NORTH  OP  IRBLAN0 
young  woman  as  flrst-chiss  Inuiidress  and  chamber- 
maid ;  t>est  City  reference ;  City  or  country.  •  Call  at 
Na  114  West  BSdst.,  flrat  floor. 


LAUNDRES."*.- BY  A  COUPKTKNT  WOMAN; 
would  assist  with  chamber-work  If  required:  can 
come  well  recommended ;  country  preferred.  Call  at 
Na  123  West  iS4th  at.,  bell  No.  14. 

URlSKRY      GOVURNUMS.— AN       AMERICAN 

woman  wiabea  aome  position  (not  menial)  at  amall 

compensation;    is  an  experienced  naraery  goverueas 

and  lovHlid  unrae.    Inqmre  for   Mi8<i   L.,    at   Toung 

Women'a  Cbriatlan  Aaaociation.  No.  7  Eaat  IStfa  at. 

NURSE.— BY  A  RKSPKCTABL8  FRENCH  PROT- 
estant  girl  as  nurae;  wiUine  to  asaiat  with  np- 
ataira  work.  Address  N  iir«e.  Box  .Vo.  289  TIMES  UP- 
TOWN OFFICE,  NO.  1.267  BHOADWAT. 

URSE.— B\  A  KE8P-,CTAULE  WO.«AN  TO  NUH3E 
aniavalid;  can  brin^  up  a  baby  from  birth   on   the 

liottlo  ;  goou  testimonials  from  physiclana  and  ladlca. 

Callat  No.  315  East  .37tb  st. 

LTRr^R.— BT     A     BESPnCTABLE       PBOTE.TANT 
woman  as  infant's  nurse;  can  take  entire  charge 

Irom  olrth  ;  good  Cltv  reference.    Call,  for  two  days, 

at  No.  109  West  33d  st 

URSSE.— BT    AN  '  EXPiiRIENCBD    PrtOTESTANr 
person  ;  u  excellent  to  bring  up  an  infant  on  bottle 

from  birth.    Call  at  No.  459   West  21at  at.,  preaent 

employer. 

UK^E.— BY  A  PBarKSTVNT    FttKNCU  OIRtj  TO 
take  cart,  of  children.  aaiiUt  with  chamber-work  or 

§'aln  sewing ;  best  rel'ereuoos.    Call  at  No.  304   East 
Istat. •  

NLRdK.— BY  AN  KXPBRIKNCED  NURSE;  CAN 
take  entire  chnrge  of  a  baby  from  ita  birth  ;  beat 
City  reference.  Can  be  seen  for  two  daya  at  No.  273 
Otb  av.,  in  the  corset  atore. 

UR.«I£.—Bt  A  COMPETENT  NOBSK.    K(  .D    AND 
attentive,   to  take  charge    ofasiuk    i>erson  or   in- 
valid; has  no  objection   to  the    country :  good  City 
reference.    Call  at  No.  691  tith  av.,  secono  floor. 

URillJ.— BY    A    RKSPECl-ABLB  OIRL.  AS  NUR,3K 
noa    aeamitresa;   Is  capable  <if  taking  care  of  a 
young  Ini'anti  can  out  ana  Ht  childien'a  clothes.    Can 
be  Been  at  prevent  employer'a.  No.  i!85  W^at  34i,h  at. 

UR.'*B.-BY   A   8C:.)TCdl  PROTBsTANT    WOMAN 

as  child's  nurse:   is  capable  >>f  taking  the   entire 

cha<  ite  uf  un  infant  from  Ita  birtli ;    be^t  City  reference 

Call  at  Na  71o  Hthav  ,  in  the  milllnHry  atu.'e. 


NURSK  AND  *KA.M.'!*THE»8.-8I  A  KE8PECT- 
able  youag  Kirl,  Protestant;  be^t  Cicy  references. 
Addriaa  o.  W.,  Box  No.  289  TIMES  OP-TOWN  OFFICE, 
Ho.   1.257  BKOADWA  If. 


\ItU»E.-BYAPR>JTK8TANT  NOEsE  AND  SiiA.U- 
Llatrias,  one  who  la  kind  to  children;  good  City 
re:erenceii.    Callat  .No.  210  W,-»t  37ih  st. 


NUK."'»li.-bY  A  COMPSiE.ST  PElt.SON  AaNUKssE; 
can  lake  entire  charge   of  an   infant:    the  best   of 
City  reference.    Culi  a:  Ho.  40  East  41st  st. 


NLRSa.— MONIHLY     OR     INVALID;      ONKXCiiP- 
tiooable  reference,  medical  and  otberwiac.    Apply 
to  Mrs.  Tun  Nest  No.  3^5  West  lUh  sue 


NUKAK.— BY  a  YOUNG  B.^iULlSU  OIBL  A8  .NUKSK, 
and  to  do  llcbt  work:  good  City  reierence.    Call 
lortwodarsat  No.  94B>at4thBt 


N 


llRaiK.— uY  .\.N  A.MEB1CAN  GiBL  17  YEtUj  OLD 
as  nurs'*.     <  ail  at  No.  614  3d  av.,  thir-1  flisht,  Irout. 


N 


UKSiti:.- BY  A  EelayECTAOLh;  GIBL  A3  INFANT'^ 
unrse.    <Jall  for  two  dars  au  .no.  li>7  West  &AA  st. 


SEA.>ISTKKf*J*.— BT  A  cOMPKTE.VTaivAMTaRESS 
auU dress-maker;  underst  inds  cat.ing  and  fitting  ; 
op>-rates  ou  WheeUr  k  Wilson's  macbinu;  wyuid  wait 
ou  a  lady,  assist  with  chamuei^worK;  willing  to  make 
ht-r«eU  U8e;ul ;  uuoX  City  reference.  Call  at  No.  673 
2d  av,,  front  room.  uv?r  fivncy  store. 


SKA.lISTRfiSS.- CNUERsTA."fDS  DRS&S-MAKING, 
crimminx,  an:l  iili  kinds  ot  family  aewinz ;  is  a  good 
operator;  would  asaiat  tvUh  chamuer-work  or  chil.iren  ; 
good  ( ity  reiereuce  Irom  laat  place.  Call  at  No.  260 
West35lU  St. 


Sl£Ai>I.'<  i-RKsiSi aX  AN  E.\ULiSd  VVO.dAN  AS 
dc-amstrcsi,  or  would  take  onre  oi  chi  dro.i  ;  can  cut 
auufitfor  cnildren  ;  Is  a  gooa  operator;  good  refer- 
ence.   Call  at  du7  6th  av.,  between  28th  and  29th  sts. 


WAlTliIi."i!».-BY  A  Young  CIRL;  18  F1R8T- 
class;  will  assist  tne  cbamuer-maiil  in  a  private 
f  iiuilv;  City  reference  irom  lant  place.  Call  ac  So. 
704  Bib  av.,  near  4Hth  st,  second  bed. 


WAITRE  ■>."•.- BT  A  KIRjII-Cl.A  8.  COMPriruINT, 
troatwottliy  person,    with    ueat    City    refereuoe. 
Call  at  .^o.  t>12  -.iO  av. 


WAII'titV.'^S',— 8YA    Rd.3PECrFiJL    PbBiO.N,  A3 
wal  redS;  can  be  bigbly  recom  nended.    Apply  at 
No.  3J3  iSost  -J^jd  St. 


\JIJKnHl'S(f — BT  A  FIRsr-tLA8-i  LiUNDliBSo. 
J  J  to  gj  ou>  by  the  day  or  take  situation  b.y  tbe 
month;  can  do  all  kinds  of  fluting,  luoea.  and  fine 
w^ork ;  is  williugand  obliging;  n -s  tbe  bust  ot  lefer- 
ence  from  last  employer.  (;all  at  No.  SiQ  Bast  36th  St., 
first  fl'K>r. 


VI/iAStHlNU.  —  BT    A    PI.fST-CLAjS    LAUNiiRESi 

TT  ladies' .  and   gentlemen's  Waahiag  ;      nnderatands 

all    kii.ds    fluting    and     flue     Waoliin^;     b.c.   to    7oc. 

perdoSdu;  uest  uity  reieience.     Call  or  addreaa  Mra. 
Maloue.  No.  113  Weat  40ih  st 


WA."*Hl4\tx.— BY  A  tl««oFiSCTA8L<S  WOMAN, 
famlles'  or  gentlemen's  washij:  at  70  cents  a 
riiien;  best  relereucea;  fluting,  pumpg.  and  polish- 
ing. Call  ou  or  addresa  Mra.  builivan.  No.  42U  Eaat 
16ih  St.,  third  floor,  b>cK  r.iom. 


WASHINU.- .IT  A  RESPECTABLE  COLORRj 
woman,  gents'  and  ftmiiiej'  washiug;  50  cents  to 
$1  perlloajn  :  eood  reference.  Apply  at  No.  118  West 
20tn  at.,  near  tith  av..  buaeuent. 


WiSUI.NG.- UT  A  Ri:.8PECi'aBLE  WOMaN.  FAM- 
liles'  and  gentlemen's  wt-abing,  or  fine  washing 
and  flutius  done  up  neatly  and  aent  bom  -  uromptiy. 
Call  or  aduress  No.  115  West  H3d  at.,  t  .Ird  floor. 


WAa>IllINU.— BT  A'rlBVI-ULASS  LAU.NDRIiSS. 
gentlemen's  aud  lamllies'  waahing.  at  her  home, 
nr  will  go  out  by  the  day :  beat  city  rcterence.  Call  at 
No.  709  7th  av.,  third  floor,  back 


WASHI.NU.— aT  A  FIRdl'-CLiaS  LAUNDdKSS  TO 
talte  in  gentleiuen'a  or  family  waanlng  at  her  own 
house:  best  of  reference  can  be  given.  Addresa  No. 
417  West  32dat. 


WAasHlNdi.— LADIES'.  GENTLEMEN'S,  AND  FAM- 
ily  waahing  and  ironing  in  all  ita  brancbea  done 
in  a  superior  manner  by  Mrs.  B.,  No  308  Baat  49th  St., 
up  stairs. 


WAiSHIING — BY  A  R.iSPECTABLE  WOMAN  IN 
her  i-wn  horoe  the  washlnj;  of  a  family  or  single 
laaies'  or  geni.emen's  wasblng,  will  be  done  no  in  the 
bast  ot  etylu:    best  reference.     Address  No.  763  6rh  av. 


XXTASiHlNU.- BV    A    GuOD    LAUnDABSS   UENTS' 
TT  or    ♦"amines'    washing;  first-class  City  reference. 
Address  Mrs.  Leroy,  Na  1U7  West  2Uth  St.,  third  floor, 
RoomNa  11.  • 


WASiUlKG.- BY  A  CO.Mi'BTBNl'  LAUNDRESS; 
can  do  all  kinds  of  fine  ireulng  ;  ver.y  best  of  ref- 
erence: no  otatfjotion  to  the  country.  Call  for  two 
davB  at  No.  603  8tli  av. 


1>1AL.I£». 


.1. 


BUTL.ER.— BT  A  TOUNO  MAN,  A  NATIVE  OF 
liugland,  who  haa  lived  as  head  waiter,  alncle- 
lianded,  in  private  famides ;  guod  '  expexlence  ;  has 
above  dVj  reiereuce  given.  Addrest  G.  L..  Box  No. 
300  "nUiiS   UP- TOWN    OFlICK,   1,2j7    BROADWAY. 


COACHMAN  ANU  GARDK.NER.-BT  A  SOBER. 
indue- rious,  truatworthr  young  man;  thoroughly 
nndei-standa  both  in  their  various  oranches;  alao, 
management  gencieinan's  plaoi<:  not  atralu  to  work ; 
willing  to  make  bimsef  generally  useful;  terms  mod- 
erhte;  beat  City  reference.  Adaress  K.,  No.  15*Jobn 
at.,  store. 


SITUATIONS  WANTED. 

-TBAIAliBS. 

COACHMAN  AND  UAKDENSR^-BT  A  81B0LB 
Scotchman;  atrietiy aobor :  ftilly  nuderotands the 
•are  of  boraea,  carriages^  knd  ditvlng  i  ia  a  gooa  vegeta- 
biagaidener;  ean  mUk.  and  lawHUng  to  make  mm* 


-   .lieneraliy  uaefnl ;  beat  City  xefare&oe.    Addceaa  B. 
8.,  Box  JTo.  '238  rioMa  Oflloo.^ 


COAOBMAN  ANDOAEOKNKa.-BTA  BlBQIiE 
Proteataot  German;  fnlly  ondetatanda  the  care 
of  horses,  oarrlagea,  and  drtving;  atnctly  aober; 
can  millc  and  la  wi.iiog  to  make  bunaelf  geoeraUv  uae- 
fnl; beat  City  refetenoe.  Addreaa  D.  B.,  Box  Ho.  288 
ZViiwOlBefl. 


COACaMAN.— BT  A  SINGLE  MAN    WHO   THUB- 
ougniy  nuoerstanda  tbe  eate  of  horses,  oarrlagea, 
and  bameaa;  oarefal  City  driver ;  beat  Cltv  referenee ; 

can  be leen  atneseot eluplojref a   Oall  on  or addieu 
Na  163  Weat  5«th  at.,  private  atable.  


COACaMAM— OF   Bi^PUTkD    MBBir,  WHO     HAS 
a  commanding  eontrol  of  tha  general  bnalneaa  in 
ererv  p<irtlcalar,  and  moat  highly  recommended  from 

l^at  emplover.      Call   or  addreaa  Alexandria,  Mo.    22 
Baat  88th  at. 


COAOH-MAN  AMD  GRUoN.-BY  A  PSurB8T- 
ant  aiugle  man  aa  ooachman  and  groom,  and  be 
generally  uaefnl ;  can  milk ;  baa  aome  of  the  very 
beat  CitT  reference,  Addreaa  Coachman,  Box  No.  210 
Timet  Offloe. 


COAOHiHAM.-BT  A  SINGLE  YOUNG  MAN  WHO 
thoroughly  nnderatands  bis  biuineaa  will  be 
found  willing  and  obliging  in  every  reapeet ;  good  ref- 
erence. Call  or  addreaa  Coachman,  private  atabl^ 
No  6  Weat44th  st 


COACHBIAN.- BT  A  F1B»T-CLA88  MABRIBD 
man;  willing  and  obll^ng;  tan  hi  nighVy  recom- 
mended by  former  employer.  Addreaa  C'lmpetent, 
Box  Na  277,  T1MB8  UP-toWN  OFFICE,  MO.  1,267 
BBOADWAT. 


COACH  in  AN.— BT  A  PEOTBSTAN  T;  FIRST-CLASS 
Character  and  ability  ;  is  entirely  capable  to  take 
charge  ot  any  eatablishment :  good  groom  and  driver  s 
can  be  hiffhly  recommeaded  by  bis  laat  emplover.  Call 
or  address  L.  8.,  No.  1,452  Broadway,  near  42d  st. 


COACHlVIAN.-BY  A  TOUNG  MaHKIEO  MAN, 
without  incumbrance  ;  thoroughly  understands  his 
business;  has  the  best  of  City  references;  no  obtec- 
tloo  io  town  or  couni.ry.  Andress  T.  M.,  No.  7  West 
44th  at. 


COACHMAN.— BT  A  RBSPnCTABLB  PR0TE8- 
tant  married  man;  no  fbmliy;  (s  a  good  groom  and 
a  careful  driver ;  ia  willing  aud  obligiag  ;  City  or  coim- 
try  ;  City  references  Kiven.  Call  or  andress  O.  W.,  Na 
82  East  40th  at.,  private  stable. 


COACHMAN.— BY  A  PROTESTANT  MARRlBU 
tnaa  ;  fully  competent  in  every  respect ;  first-class 
vegetable  gardener  if  required;  City  or  country ;  nine 
years'  City  reterencea.  Call  or  addreaa  No.  22  Eaat 
30tn  st 


ClOACHMAN.-BY  A  GBilTLEMAN  FOR  HIS 
^coachman.  (  cotoh ; )  single,  strictiy  temperate,  and 
obliging :  no  objections  to  the  country.  Call  on  or  ad- 
dreaa C.  T.  C,  So.  34  Liberty  at..  Room  No.  4. 


FAR.UBRW.— BTAMAEtllBD  MAN,  THOROUQULT 
nnderatands  farming;  also,  tbe  care  and  manage- 
ment of  all  kluda  OI  stock:  capable  or  takine  charge 
of  gentleman's  place;  Wife  unilersiamia  dairy  aud 
ponitry;  firat-claaa  reference.  Call  or  addreaa  P.  I,., 
No.  876  Broadway,  Need  Store. 


FARAIBR  OR  UARDIiNRR.— BT  AN  AMBRI- 
can.  with  flret-clasa  references,  as  farmer  or  gar- 
dener; one  who  tboroughU'  underscanda  the  care  of 
stock;  engagement  desired  bv  tne  Ist  of  April.  Ad- 
dress M.  a.,  Orange  Post  OfiSce,  New- Jersey. 


FOOT.riAN.— BT  A  GOOD  USEFUL  FOOTMAN, 
who  can  drive  in  country,  wait  at  tablp.  or  work  in 
garden.  Address  O.  B.,  Box  Na  287  TIMES  UP-TOWN 
OFFICE,  NO.  1,267  BBOADWAT. 


GARDENER.— BT  A  SCOTCHMAN;  THO&ODGHLT 
professtunal  In  all  branches,  and  well  gnalifled  to 
oversee  and  manage  the  affairs  ot  a  gentleman's  place; 
first-clasa  reference  SB  to  abilitv^,  honesty,  and  sobriety; 
is  manieo,  one  chlia ;  still  iu  bis  present  place,  but 
lenves  on  account  ot  deato  In  the  umily.  Address  I. 
W.  K..  Box  No.  225  Timet  Office. 


/^ARUENER.- BY  A  MARRIED  MAN;  NO  IN- 
vTcumbronce ;  understands  care  of  greenhouse  and 
cultivation  of  vegetables  thoroughlv ;  also  iSarming, 
care  of  stock,  and  ail  work  on  a  gendeman's  place; 
wife  understands  dairy,  raising  and  care  of  poultry ; 
Bood  reference.  Address  W.  B.,  Box  Na  °i23  Hmtt 
Ot&ae. 


GARDENER— OOOH.— BY  MAN  AND  WIFE 
haviug  no  children,  the  man  ,as  gardener  and 
farmer,  understanding  the  care  of  horses  aud  cows; 
his  wile  as  tirat-rate  cook  ;  sood  bread  and  tibcuit 
baker;  coed  (ity  and  country  reference.  Adereaa  T. 
U..  Bux  No.  23U  rime*  office. 


COACH .>! AN  AND  GROOM.— HT  A  SINGLE 
young  man:  thoroughly  understands  his  business; 
careful  driver  and  good  groom;  unleratauds  the  man- 
agement and  care  of  road  horses;  no  objection  to  the 
eouatry ;  good  City  refereuCb.  Call  or  addresa  No.  521 
6tb  av. 


COACHMAN  AND  UKOOiH.-BY  A  UE8PECTA- 
ble  Protestant  Scotchman;  stnzlc;  thoroughly  un- 
derstands hia  busioesa;  careful  City  driver:. excellent 
groom;  honest,  sober.  wllUus,  and  obliging,  as  refer- 
enoes will  state.  Call  or  addreaa  Coachman.  Ma  111 
Weat  28th  ak,  private  atable. 


COACHMAN-  AND  OROOM.— BY  A  SINGLE 
yooog  Pcoteataot  man;  nnderatands  tbe  care  of 
fine  boraM,  hiunisaa,  and  earrlagea ;  good  groom  and 
aaretul  City  driver:  can  milk,  and  willing  to  make 
btmaialf  uaefnl ;  good  referencea.  Addreaa  J.  M.,  Box 
No.  216, iloMa  Offloe. 


COACHMAN  AND  GAa»ENBlt.-Br  A  SINGLB 
maa ;  can  milk,  attend  lurnoco,  and  will  make  him- 
aelf-usefal  upon  a  gentleman's  p. ace;  good  referencea. 
Addreaa  M.,  Box  Na  237  riaiM  OfBce. 


COACU.tl AN  ANO    OROOitf.'-BX    A    IINULE 
man  trfth  good  dty  lebrence.  .  Addlccaa  P,  B..  J.  9k. 

'^jKmn9w^^m  w  v9w  al^  4^w  WSM  a^r 


GAltUHfiHU. OP  hJCfESSIVii  PttACriCE  I.V 
.^reen-houaea,  graperies,  and  iu  laying  out  country 
piucea,  tie.;  ia  open  for  an  engagement;  haa  oeen 
awarded  several  prizea  by  the  Qmsena  County  Agricul- 
tural Society ;  flrst-claaa  relereucea.  Address  Compe- 
tent, Box  No.  2,J3  rt;n;«  Office. 

ARDENUK.— BY  A  PRACTICAL  MAN.  MARRIED, 

who  tborunglily  nnderatands  his  business  ;  is  lO'g 

years  in  tbe,  preaent  situation;    will  be  diaengaged 

the  Ist  of  March;  has  good  >  ity  relerences.    Addresa 

William  Orady.  Palisades,  N.  T. 


M  ^  AitDEMiU.— i^Y  A  FiRoT-CLAsS  bINULE  M  AN; 
vlTthoroiighiy  yersed  in  everything  connected  with 
eardeuing,  ereeu-hCvaes,  graperies,  and  vegetables; 
has  bpst  city  reierence.  Addresa  J.  K.,  Box  No.  238 
limes  ufflce. 

GARl)ti.NUU.-BYA  SC01'CiJ.VlAN;  TUoROUiiU- 
ly  understands  bis  buaines'i  in  ail  its  branches  ; 
niieeii  .vean' firsc-cKbS  refereucea.  Address  L.,  care 
of  Peter  deiiderson.  Esq..  Na  do  Cortlaudt  st. 

Al(Oii:M£R.— BY  A  FIttST-CLAoS  FRE.NCri  GAR- 
draer,    competent  in   all    braaehea :     of    hsog   ex- 

pcrlrnce  in  the  country.    Call  at  or  address  A.  8.  Jardi- 

uier.  No.  L.-iti  B.eecker  st. 

AUDEN(!:iC.— OS  A  SMALL  PLAOb'.  Ott  SECOND 
on  a  lai'ice  estnblls  .meut:  Enjilish ;    good   refer- 
ence.    Address  J.  U..  care  of  B.   K.   Xiliss   k  bona.  So. 
34  Barclay  at. 


GARUENER  ANU  EAKiVliliR.- BY  A    YOUNvt 
Germau  as   gardea,.r  and  faimer;   Oest  refereucea; 
Address  W.  J.,  Williamsbrldge   Post  Office.  New-York. 


GROOM.-BT  A  YOUNG  MAN  WHO  UNUEB- 
stands  tbe  care  and  maaagemeat  of  horses  ;  aatis- 
taclory  reierence.  and  weli  racommendeX  Apply  for 
W.  li.,  Robng,  saddlers'  atore.  No.  20  treat  13tn  at. 


^TCKSIi.- BY  A  CO.r.P4!;r..NT  AND  TEjiPBRATB 
I  man,  aa  nurse  or  attendant  to  a  sick  or  Invalid 
gentleman ;  good  reterencea.  Call  Or  address  Na  208 
West  33d  st,  for  two  oavs. 


T^rURSE.- BY  A  COMPETENT  AND  TKMPKRATE 
j0<  man  as  nurae  or  attendant^  to  a  sick  oi-  invalid  gen- 
tleman: good  Cit.v  reference.  Addi^as  Hervey,  Box 
205 TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  KO.  1,267  BROADWAY. 


UPHOL.!<TKRER.   —  TdORODGHLY        UNDER- 
atanda  decoration,   having  been  working  iu  firat- 
Gi  .aa  houses  m  Paua  and  at  Mr.   Marcot's,  New- York: 
day   or  Jjb    work;    decoration    and    fancy   work  a 
aprdalty  ;   cbargea  ffloderata     Addreaa  V.  B.,  Na  97 
at  Houston  at. 


'v^, 


U.-SbFUL,  itIAN.— WEbKLY    OR    MO.NTBLY    EM- 
pioymout,  with  or  without  board;    experienced 
8euo:ai  workman  and  good  Vegetable  gardener.     Ad- 
ress  P.,  gdrdenur.  NyacK.  tiooaiand  Cou.ity,  S.  T. 


VAIjtJT.— iiY   A  PB.>.SCU.dAN   AS    otKV.llNT   Tu'  A 
gentleman  or  waiter  iu  a  private    family;    good 
relereucea  f(om  bis  laat  aud  present  employerA    Ad 

drdbs  Frenchman,  No.  101  West4l8tst.,  oasemeut. 


WAI  rtlR.- uY  A  COMP.^TBNT  AUU  kMLIABLK 
co.ored  mau  aa  tirst-ciaiia  waiter  iu  a  firai-class 
private  family,  and  IB  abiu  cdpaueof  filliug  the  posi- 
tion of  a  ni'st-clasa  head  waiter  {  can  give  the  beat  of 
City  retrrence.  Call  oc  addresa  Na  laS  West  16  th  aU. 
eecoiid  floor,  front;. 


WAITER.— BY  A  YOUNG  ENQLLSHmA-^  IN  A 
private  lamily.  aingle  and  Pr  -testaut;  thoroughly 
uuderstanda  hie  buiueaa  iu  all  its  braucnes  :  can 
be  highly  recommended  by  his  laat  employer ;  no  ob- 
jection to  tbecounirv.  Addreaa  W.  B.,  Box  Na  270 
TtttiiS   UP-TOWW  oF^IOn.  NO.   1,257  BROAD -V AY. 


WAl'lEIt.- BY  A  RELIABLE  AND  COMPETilNT 
Proiestant  man  as  first-class  waiter  lu  a  private 
family  ;  haa  the  beat  City  retereuce;  no  objection  to 
City  or  country.  Addreas  G.  R..  Box  Ma  8i.o  TIMKS 
UP-ToWN  OFFICE.  «u.  1,257  BttOADWAY. 


WAITER.— BY  A  ItEdPECt'ABLiJ  COLOllED  uAN 
aa  waiter  In  a  private  lamlly;  thorou^^hiy  uniler- 
atouda  hia  boilness :  can  give  the  uest  ot  city  reter- 
enoe.  C«ll  or  address  E.  G.,  No.  130  Weat  I7tn  st., 
flrat  floor. 


WAI'J'EtC.— BY  A  YOONU  B.SGuISilMAN  IN  A 
private  f^ioiiy ;  is  thoroughly  competent ;  is 
willing  and  obiigiug ;  good  City  leferenceo.  .Vddresa 
T.  U.,  O;  otbecary'd.  No.  672  tith  av.,  corner  39ib'st.    - 


WAl  I'liU.- BY  A  YOU.nG  FttuLNCUMAN  Ad  FtKST- 
class  waiter  in  a  private  family;  best  city  refer- 
eucea. Call  or  addresa  M.  V.,  at  Salter'a,  No.  886 
Broadway. 


WAITISR.— BY  A  RESPtsCfABLE  COVOEBD  AAN 
In  a  private  fimily;  unders  auds  tne  taking  care 
of  uarlois  andailvei ;  williugand  ubllging;  g'oodclty 
reference.    Callttt  No.  44  East  23d  st.,  tor  two  daya. 


WAl'PMR.- BY  A  P80TE^TANT  ENGLISHMAN 
as  waiter;  Is  tboroUKh  in  his  duties;  beat  retrr 
ence  given.  Call  or  addreas  C  U.,  Na  152  Eaat  42d 
St.,  first  flour,  front. 


WA1TER.-BY  A  SINGLE  PROTESTANT  MAN  A3 
waiter  in  a  private  lamiiy  ;  wi.ltng  and  ob.ighig ; 
first-class  City  reference  ;  no  o.  Jectiou  to  the  country. 
Call  or  address  for  two  days  No.  I,i82  Broadway. 


WAIrER.-UY    A    YOU.SG    MA.<     AS     WAll'ER; 
good  City  refereuee.    Address  R.   H.,  Box  No.  281 
TIMliiS  UP-1'OWn  office,    no.  1.2o7    BBOADWAY. 


WAi'l'ER.- BY    A    EKLIAB1.K  AND  COMPiiTKNT 
man,  in    a  pnv.ite   ftimily ;  has  good   Olty   refer- 
ence.    Call  or  audi  ess  J.  U.,  No.  342  r.aat2lstst. 


WAITER.- BY  A  THORoOGn  COMPET8.>T  MAN; 
refers  to  his  laat  empiofer.aa  to  capabiiltlea.    Ad- 
dress Walter,  Na  398  4th  at.,  lu  the  fish  atom. 


WAITER.— BY    A    RbSPECTABuE    HOUNG    ENO- 
lishmun  aa  waller ;  beat  City  reference.    Addreaa 
W.  G.,  No.  231  West  26th  at 


WANTBD.— A  THOROUGHLY  COMPETENT  GAB- 
oener.  Addresa  E.,  Box  No.  108  rii»<«  Offiee,  giv- 
ing name  of  last  employer,  copy  of  reierence,  and 
stating  wages  expected. 


WAITED- A  GOOUBOOaKEEPER;    ON  a   THAT 
has  sood  references;    Addiess  W.  ltH..Box  Ba 

18D  ltm4t  office. 


WANTEU- MBN  WEIGHING    200    POUNDS    AND 
over.    Apply  ai,  OUmure's  Garden  np  to  Wednea- 
dav  noon. 


WANTEO— A   COMPBTBNT   WOMAN   AS   WAIT- 
reas  and  chamber-maid ;  must  have  beat  City  ref- 
erence.   Apply  at  Na  6  Baat  18th  at. 


MJBETINGS. 

-M-BW-YORK  HISTOalCAl.  80C1STV.-A 

Xi  atated  meeting  will  oe  held  at  the  duraxy,  en  TUES- 
DAY EVENING.  Feb.  6,  at  8  o'clock.  Prof  MOSES 
COIT  TYLhB,  of  Uie  Uaiveralty  of  Michigdn.  wlUroad 
a  {taper  on  "  The  Uumorona  Biement  lu  the  Amotleaa 
Bevolutlon." 

ANDREW  WARNBB,  Beoordtng  Secretary. 


AMERICAN  lNHVliUTK.-TaB  ABNOAL 
election  ^r  Troateeo  and  Kaoageia  will  b«  aald 
atitaxooma  in  the  OooperBollding  on  TiloaiOAY, 
the  Bth  dar  of  Febroary.  The  poll  wU  ba  oyaaad  at 
M  o'clock  A.  M,  and  eloaed  at  8  o^olook  P.  ML 


aORSBS  AJTP  OABKtAGBS. 

ThevD-town  offlea  of  THB  TllCU  la  loaated  »l 
N«.  l,99r  Broadway,  heu  31M  aad  394  Mi. 

Open  daily.  Itandaya  included,  from  4  A  M.  to  9  P.  R.; 

Subacriptiona  received,  andoopieaof  THB  TIMBa  for 

aak. 

ADVBRTI8BMBHT3  RBCEIVHD  PHTtli  9  P.  M. 

ILTOATtiAUit  SALE.— BT  VIRTUE  OB  A  CBaT- 
JXLtel  mort^'age,  I  will  expo><e  fbr  aale  at  pnwte 
auotlon.  on  TDESDAT.  Fab,  6,  1877,  at  8  o'olaok  A.  IL. 
at  JlTery  atable.  Na  308  Weat  68dat,  liew-Tork  Oitfi 

Btna  horaea.  aaddlea.  bianketa,  Ac 
JOHN  McPonouGH.Auetleoee*.  ' 

-OMECliARBNCB.NEAaLiV  tiUW.MkBi 

aby  Brewater  k  Cat  one  coap£,  cue  park  phMtoa. 
oue  doetor'a  nliaeton,  and  one  aide-bar  top-waooa.  at  a 
•acxifioa,  to  settle  tip  an  estate.  To  tw  sei  n  St 
M.  OURLBT'S.  Ba  109  Baat  13th  at.  near  4tta  ar. 

DRY  aOODS. 


R.H.MACY&CO. 

SPBCIALTIE|, 

DRESS-MAklNG. 

SLACK  DRESS  SILKS.    BOYS'  CLOTHINa 
QNUKB  any  other  eatapUabmwit  in  tne  oonntrx 
FOREIGN  DRY  GOODS,  FANCY  OO003,  and  NOVSk 
TIES  by  every  BUBQPEAN  8TBAUBEL 

0EDEB8  BV  UAIL  BBCBIVB  SPBCUL  CAKB. 

CATALOGUES  FBBB. 

14TH  ST.  AND  6TH  AVIKUB.  V.  1, 

_^BA^KB£PT_NO™Ea_^ 
SiijacT""cxml?r~oF""TH^ 

Statea  tor  the  Southern  District  of  J^ew-York.— 
In  the  matter  of  HENRY  A  SMALLBY.  bankrupt.-* 
In  Baukraptcv. — A  warrant  in  Bankruptcy  boa  been 
iaaued  by  aaid  court  againat  tbe  estate  of  Henry 
A  Hmallev,  of  the  County  of  New-York,  of  the  8tal« 
or  New-York,  in  aaid  district,  adja.iged  a  bankrupt  upon 
the  petition  uf  his  creaitors,  and  tbe  paymen'.  of  an.v 
debts  and  the  delivery  of  any  property  belonging  to 
aaid  bankrupt,  to  him  or  to  his  nee,  aiid  the  trauaSK 
of  any  property  by  him,  are  forbidden  by  law.  A  uieev> 
lug  of  the  creditors  of  SMid  bankrupt,  to  prove  th«>ir 
deota  and  cbooae  one  or  more  AMigaeea  of  his  eatat^, 
will  beheld  at  a  Conrt  of  Bankruptcy,  to  be  holden  at 
No.  162  Broadway,  in  the  City  or  New-Tork,  in  a;iid 
district,  on  the  17th  day  of  FebruAry,  A.  D.  1877,  at 
twelve  o'clock  M..  attlie  office  of  Henry  Wilder  Allen, 
Eaq.,  ooe  of  tbe  Reei^tei-s  in  BanfcmptcV  of  said  court. 
OLIVER  FlbKii,  Maianal- Meesen-rer. 

ISTRICT     CO  CRT     OF      THE      CNiT/iD 

Statea  for  the  j*outhem  Oisttlot  of  New-Tork.— In 
tbe  matter  of  HUGH  COFFEY,  baokmpt —In  Bank- 
ruptcy.—A  warrant  iu  Bankruptcy  lias  been  Issued  by 
aaid  court  against  the  esiafe  of  Hugh  Cofiey.  of  tha 
County  of  New-Yorit,  of  the  State  of  iivw-York,  in  said 
district,  adjudged  a  bankrupt  upon  fhe  petition  of  his 
creditors,  a^d  the  payment  of  any  debts  aud  tbe  de- 
livery ot  any  property  belonging  to  said  bankrupt,  to 
him  or  to  hia  use.  and  tbe  transfer  of  any  property  by 
him  are  forbidden  by  law.  A  meeting  of  tbe  creditura 
of  said  bankrupt  tu  prove  their  debts  and  choose  one 
or  more  Assignees  oi  hia  estate,  will  be  held  at  a  Court 
of  Baulcruptoy,  to  be  holden  at  No.  322  Broadway,  in 
the  City  of  New-Tork.  ia  aaid  distixct.  on  the  19th  oay 
of  Februaiy.  A.  D.  1877.  at  twelve  o'clock  M.,  -at  the 
offloe  of  Isaac  Dayton,  Esq.,  one  of  the  Begiatera  la 
Baokmptoy  of  said  Court. 
OLIVER  FlSKj:,  Marshal- Measenger. 

IN  BANKRUPTCY.- IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT 
otthe  Onited  States  tor  the  Sontbem  Diatriccof  New- 
Torlt.— In  the  matter  ot  CflARLKa  F.  DAVrNPoRT, 
bankrupt. — Notice  is  bersoy  givt-.n  that  a  petition  haa 
been  filed  in  said  coort  bv  Charlea  F.  Davenport, 
in  aaid  district,  duly  declaied  bankrupt  Under 
tbe  act  of  Consresa  ot  March  2.  1867,  tor  a  dia- 
o;;arge  and  certificate  thereof  &om  all  hi-i  debtsj, 
and  other  claima  provable  under  aald  act,  and 
ttnit  the  lOtfa  day  of  Fel>mary,  1877.  at  12  o'clock 
M.,  at  the  office  of  John  Fitch,  Eaa..  RegUtsr  in  Bank- 
ruptcy. No.  345  Broadway,  iu  the  City  of  New- 
Tork,  IS  assigned  for  the  hearing  of  the  same,  when 
and  where  ail  creditors  who  have  proved  their  dents, 
and  other  persons  iu  int,-r«8t  may  attend,  and  show 
cause,  if  any  they  have,  why  the-  prayer  ot  the  aahl 
peiltion  shoulanot  be  granted. — Dated  New-York,  on 
the  22d  day  of  January',  1877. 
Ja23-lnw;lwru  GEO.  F.  BETTS.  aerk. 

UMPED  JSTATEsi  DISTRICT  COJRT," 
Soutoem  District  of  New- York. — In  bankniptcy. — 
In  tbe  matter  01  WILLIAM  C.  mTKISKAMPF,  bank- 
lupt.— The  undersigned,  Assignee  of  the  estate  and 
efl^cts  of  the  above-uamed  bankrupt,  bereoy  given 
notice  that  he  will  sell  ht  public  suction,  at  Ko.  37 
Nassau  street,  iu  tbe  City  of  New- York,  ou  tbe  ninth 
day  uf  February.  1877,  at  12  o'clock  noon,  by  Toaia 
Jounsoo,  Auctioneer,  o..e  horse,  harness,  slciah.  one 
ton  bugg.y,  one  carriage,  lot  of  Loiiasfaold  iU.initur«, 
carpet-,,  chairs.  Ac:  one  malt  mill,  lot  otsbalting,  pal- 
leva,  belts,  kc;  one  billiard- 1  able,  cues,  rack,  and 
baaB.—Dated  New-Tork,  Jon.  19,1877. 

GKORGE  H.  TYLER,  Assignee. 

J.  R.  Ttlkr,  No.  167  Broadway,  Attorney  for  Aaalgnea 

ja23-  lawawTu* 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF. THE  UNHED 
jtatef  for  ihe  Southern  District  of  New-Torii. — la 
tne  mutter  of  JAME8  >..  SCHh.aMEEHOaN,  GKORGK 
M.  KKND.iLL,  aud  GKORGe  ilO.SGER.  bankiupta.— 
Before  Mr.  Henry  Wilder  Alien.  Kejsuterlu  Bankruptcy. 
— Southern  District  of  New-York,  aa.— At  the  City  ol 
Wew-York,  the  'Jvid  "lay  of  JaDair\-.  A."  D.  1877.  To  whom 
it  may  concern  :  Tbe  undersigned  hereby  gives  notice 
of  bia  appoiotment  as  Assignee  of  James  W.  tcner- 
merhorn,  George  M.  EendaUi-  and  George 
Jluncer,  of  New-rort.  in  the  County  of  New-Yoxlc 
and  titato  of  hPW-i'ork.  within  said  d.B''r1ct.  -who  Have 

been  xajudged  bankrupte  upon  tbe  petition  of  tfaeir 
creditors  oy  the  District  Court  of  said  diatrict. 
JOSEPH  J.  LITTLE.  Asaignee. 

.MTEO       STATES      DISTRICT      COURT 

for  the  Southern  Disirict  of  New-Yorlc.— In  Bank- 
ruptcy.—In   the  matter  of  BERAiARl)  BkRMaN  and 

ELlAK  OLKSICK.  Bankrupts. — Xotlce  is  hereby  even 
that  I,  as  Aasigoee  in  banlcruptcy  of  the  estate  and  ef- 
fects ot  tbe  aforesaid  bankrupts,  will  sell  at  public  auc- 
tion, on  the  10th  day  of  March,  1877,  at  half-past 
ten  o'clock  in  the  forenoon,  at  tne  office  of  Hon.  Iohoo 
Dayton,  Register,  iz.c,  at  No.  322  Broadway,  lu  Che  City 
Of  New-York,  certain  bills,  notes,  eiaims,  anl  other 
evidences  of  debt,  comorisin-^  all  of  the  property, 
assets,  and  efYeoti  of  the  estate  of  said  bankrupti 
now  remaining  In  my  hands  undisposed  ot^  A  sched- 
ule of  said  property.  «c..  Is  on  file  at  the  office  of  aaid 
Eeeieter.  GEORGE  CHAP.uAN, 

f6-law3wTu*  Aasignee. 

ISTRICT     COURT     OB      THE       UNITED 

States,  Southern  District  of  New-Voik. — In 
the  matter  of  JOHN  B.  TERRY,  bankrupt.— To  all 
whom  it  may  concern  :  Tbe  undersignc:d  hereby  givea 
notice  that  he  will  sell  at  public  auction,  for  cash,  by 
the  firm  of  I'leld.  Morrla.  Fenoer  3^  Co..  Aueriuneers,  at 
the  saie-i'oom  of  the  said  arm,  Nos.  405  and  467 
Broome  str^t,  iu  the  City  of  New-Tork,  on  tbe  Otli  uay 
of  February,  1877,  at  10  o'clock  la  the  forenoon,  tba 
atock  ot  goods  belonging  to  th°,  estate  ot  John  B, 
Terry,  bankrupt  herein.- Dated  Feb.  6.  1877. 

BEaNattD  TBAVIS, 

Aasignee. 
f.  E.    PKNiii.BToy,  Attorney  tor-  Asaignee,   Na   346 
Broidway.  .s.  T. 


IN  BANKRUPTCY.  — iN  THE  DlisTKlCT  COCBT 
of  the  Uolied  Statea   for    tbe  Southern   Diatrict c( 
New-YoTw— In    the    matter  of    PRhDnRICK     CHO- 

CBAKDT  and  LaWRE.VCE  WELLS,  BaiiitrupU— No- 
tice Is  here  bv  ^ven  that  the  uoaerai^ned,  Aasisnee 
herein,  will  file  bis  accunnts.  for  tbe  purpose  of  having 
the  aame  auJited  and  passed,  on  tbe  14ih  day  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1877,  with  John  Fitcb.  Esq..  the  Begiate^  In 
Bankiu  .tcy  in  charge  ol  these  proceedloas,  at  bis  office. 
No.  845  Broadway,  i.'iew-Tork  City.  Dated  .vew-Xorlr 
City,  30th  January,  1877. 

CHARLES  M.  FRT.  Aasignee. 
No.  48  Wall  street.  New-York  City, 
Castbb  &  Eatoit.  Attomevs  for  Asaignee. 
ja30-law3wT.  No.  346  Broadway,  N.  T. 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COORT  OE  THE  UNITED 
States  for  tb«  boniheru  bistrici  ot  New- York.— In  tha 
matter  ot  GODFREY  PIKB,  Dankrupt.— In  Baukruiiicy. — 
Beioie  Jnmea  F.  i.wicht,  Begister.  To  whom  it  may  con- 
cern: The  undersigned  hereby  pivea  notice  of  his  ap- 
poiotment as  Assienee  of  Godirey  Pike,  of  the  Cltv  of 
New- York,  in  tbe  County  of  New-York,  and  Stdte  of  lUew- 
Tork,  withiu  said  district,  who  has  been  anj  iid»red  bank- 
rupt upou  the  petition  of  bis  cvcditora  by  tne  District 
Court  of  said  district,  nied  on  4th  day  ol  March,  1876. 
—Dated  at  New-Tork,  tbe  19th  d.iy  of  April,  A.  u.  187(k 
JOHN  Q.  MaVNaEO,  A-signee, 
Na  39  Eighth  street,  New-Torx  Cltr 
jaSO-lawSwT* 


LEGALNOTIOES^ 

Suprehib  court  of  the  state  -op 
New-York,  City  and  County  of  New-York.- CtiABLES 
HAdN,  piaintifT,  against  uaMBL  EUERUaROi'.  as  Ex- 
ecutor of  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Ludwig  .Ved- 
die,  deceased,  and  aa  Executor  of  the  last  wili  and  tea. 
tament  of  Franc  Dengier,  deceased,  ApoUonia  Kopp, 
formerly  Apol.ouia  Neddie,  Louisa  BIchter,  ar  iufans 
under  the  age  of  fourteen  years;  Ottmar  Kapler- 
scbniidl;  Maria  Anns  Kupferscbuiidt,  Kiisabetha  Eup. 
fersohmidt,  Babina  Kupleracbmidt,  Resrina  Klnpter- 
schmidt,  and  tliaabetiia  Deugier.  deiendants.- Sum- 
moiiB — lor  relief. — (Com.  not  served.)— To  the  defend- 
ants above  named  and  each  of  them  :  You  are  hereby 
summoned  and  require*!  to  answer  tbe  eomplnlnt  ta 
this  action,  which  wUl  be  filed  in  the  office  of  tbe 
Clerk  of  tbe  Cityan'l  County  of  ^ew  York  at  the  Oonrt- 
house,  in  the  Cltv  of  New-York,  aud  to  serve  a  i  opy  of 
your  answer  to  the  aaid  complaint  on  tbe  subscrtoer  at 
hi.  offloe.  No.  11  AveuneA.  iu  tne  City  of  New-York, 
within  twenty  days  after  the  service  of  tbie  snmmona 
00  you,  exclusive  ot  tbe  day  of  such  service;  and  if 
you  tall  to  answer  tbe  said  complaint  wituin  the  time 
aforesaid,  tbe  piaintiCT  iu  this  action  will  apply  to  the 
couit  tor  the  relief  detoanded  iu  the  complaint.— 
Sated  New-York.  February  1,  1877. 

UD«¥aRD  F.  H^SSEY,  Plaintlfl'a  Attorney, 
No.  11  Avenue  A,  .Xew-Tork  City. 

The  eomplaintln  this  action  was  duly  filed  in  tbe  of- 
fice of  the  Clerk  of  tbe  City  and  County  of  New-Tork 
on  tbe  2d  dav  of  February,  1877. 

f6-law6wini*  tDWARD  P.  HASSET. 


SUPREME  COURT,  NBW-YORK  COU-.N^TT.—  1 
J.  OAQOEiT  HUNT,  plaintiff,  against  GSORGB 
O.  MULFORD,  defendant.— Snmmona  tor  a  monev  de- 
mand on  contract. — ixim.  not  served. —  I'o  the  defend- 
ant above  named, — Tou  are  hereby  summoned  ana  re. 
qnired  to  anawer  the  complaint  in  this  action,  wliicb 
will  be  filed  In  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  tbe  City  and 
County  of  New-York, at  the  Court-house,  Now- York 
City,  siudto  aerve  a  oopr  of  your  anawer  to  tbe  aald 
eomplalnt  on  the  subacriber.  at  his  office.  No.  1  Col- 
lege place,  New-Tork  City,  withiu  twenty  da.ya  after 
the  aervice  01  thia  summona  on  yon.  exclnalve  ot  tha 
day  of  anoh  aervice  ;  and  if  you  foil  to  anawer  tbe  aai.l 
complaint  within  the  time  aforeaotd,  t,ie  plaintiff  ia 
thu  action  will  take  Judgment  against  you  lor  tbe  suiu 
of  aix  hundred  and  aeventy-seven  16-!  Ol)  dollars,  with 
lotereat  fomiha  Slat  day  ot  October,  one  tbooaand 
eight  bundled  and  aeventy-five.  besides  the  coats  of 
this  action.- Dated  New-Tork.  January,  1877. 

BTBPHBN  B.  BR  AGUE.  PlalntifTa  Aitomey, 

No.  1  CirilMe  place.  New- York.      . 

The  oomplaiat  la  the  above  entitaed  action  waa  filed  ', 
In  the  ufiee  01  tbe  clerk  of  tbe  City  and  County  oC. 
New-Tork.  at  the  Conrt-honae  iu  the  City  of  Kaw-xora, 
ontheaeaonddojotFebmary;  1877. 

BTBPHbB  B.  BBaOOB,  PlaiatlS'a  Attomay. 

f8-7aw«wTu* 


-KTUTICIB  OB  ASSI«INitlKNT.--TAKK  NOTlUtt 
i^  that  tr  vlrtoe  of  a  deed  pf  aaalgnment  aide  to  ma 
omxbvMzwXiair  of  Fert>rnary,  A  O.  1877. 1  do  aaraby 
£ifuy  the  oreaitora  of  aEOBOS  V.  HAVBR  to  bring  Ur 
their  olaima  in  accordanca  wUb  tba  atatoae  la  a«i^ 
^aarj  jaado  and  provided. 
^^^  JT      JOHN  HtiDONALD.  Aaalgnaah 

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CUNARD  LINE  B.  &  N.  A.  R.  M.  8.  P.  GO. 


NOTICB, 

With  tn*  Tlew  of  almixushlngthf  oatinoea  ot  coUlnoa 
fh«ita«Mra  ot  thia  line  take  »  spefitfled  coane  fbr^a 
■MHUli*  of  t^n  yoAiV 

/On  tfte  ontWMdpviaMe  ftcopi  Ou««n»wmiito  N»w 
Mkor  BMton,  ernMioe  msritftAn  ofSU  at  4.4  latttg^Ia. 
ernotbiiiK  to  th»  north  of  43.  • 

On  the  homewaTd  p4«s>«7H,  orosslni;  cUs  menoiao  >( 
C(.Rt4-^,  or  nothing  to  bha  north  of  4'3. 

nOM    N»W-T»RK  FOR  UVUaPOOt   A!fD  QOm^WTTOW!!. 

itLGBBIA WKU..  Feb.  7iCHIirA......WWX.  P(>».  31 

PAETHIA...WKU,  Feb.  ]4lBATAVlA....WjSl>..Feb.  28 
Stexmers  marked  '  an  notiitarTt^  acesri^TO  pafseniera. 
CHbio  pasaa^o,  saO.  $100,  »a4  St.'td,  cM  t,  atuiorcUMSi 
toacoommodatinn.  Ketam 'lolrtta  o>i  farorable  tarns*. 
.  Staorure  tloket*  to  an  I  (tarn  vll  Da>^  nf  Boropaat 
-very  lowrate«.  Preisht  and  oMsa^  office.  No,  4  Bowl* 
nc'sreeiL  OHAS.  O.  RBaNCSLTII.  Aaenu 


■DAS^aKNGKKS     PBR     STBAM.SHIP     AIo 

JTQlKaiA  eipbark  from  the  Canard  whart,  foot  of 
BnaH  •%..  lents  City,  at  noon  on  WRDN  K,3DAT,  F«b. 
1,  XS77.  CHABLKS  G.  PRAKCKLTN, 

Sa  4  Bowline  Oraan,  Kew-Tork. 


.  WHITR  »TAK   I.INh. 

XW  QDtBJI«TOW!f    Axn    MVBRPOOU     CABaXlMG 
UNITKO  STATES  MAIU 

The  •teamorg  of  chu  iias  CEV>ce  ths  bauA  floiitn*  rv 
WOiniended  by  Lieat.  Vlaarr,  U.  3.  !f.,  colnz  aoabti  ->r 
ilia  Baa'ka  OB  tbe  paasase  to  Queenstowanu  tUayoar 
nasA 

^XIATIO SATUBDAT.  Feh.  10.  at  3  P.  M. 

BUTaNNIu ^ATUBDaY,  PeK  24,  2  P.  U. 

mlTIO SATURDAy.  March  10,  at  a  P    SL 

CT4MANIC 8AT0SDAT,  March  17.  618OA.  M. 

l»|t»n  Wtiite  star  Dock  Pier  No.  52  forth  Rl  '«r. 

Theif  steamers  Vf  rinif'itin  In  slj?  and  unsnroMte'l 
to  ai»oointin''nt8.  Th9  Mlo-^n.  aftteroami.  swakiiut 
VaA  Mtb  rooms  are  amMsbios-  whera  the  noisa  am 
nntton  ar»  least  felt,  afforjlnz  a  degree  or  comfort 
Utberto  nntttataable  »t  lea.  „  .    ^ 

Rates— Salonn  $80  "nA  -SlOO.'ou-  reinrn  Itokets 
BofllTorable  rerms-    atesr^s?,  ■S^i  ^ 

yor  tnaoertion  of  plans  ami  other  information  appi » 
%t  the  Company'a  offlc«».   Na  37  Broaii way   Ne w-Y'»ck, 


ikTLAf*  aiAtl,  LJMiC 

lIOIOtlTabI     SKRVCOB      VO   JlnvtDl,     «»Tr». 
COLOMBIA,  and  vSPlifnrAljti,  anl  >»  PASAHt  ani 
BOOTH PAUIKIG  PORT.i  (rla AaotatriLL)    Kirat-sltit 
InU-powered  Iron  aordxT  «B3*ii»3t3.   'mb  Pi»r     8*51 
ttorth  Kiyei; 

KorKIKORTO:!  IJam.)  nQ>l  AUZ  GATES. 

ATIiAt! Febt  8 

Itir HAITU UOLOX BIA.  ISPHMOJt    OK  PANAvlA.     aiKJ 
jjODTH  PACrVlO  POSTS  tvl*  A8pin*^»ll.» 

Ain>E8 '. 1 Fen.  14 

4i.r8 Feb.  28 

Knperlorlrat-olkii  ->»^*'»iT'ir  koouinnit'ktii  u 
PiM.  KORtVOOD  &  CO..  lirenti. 
NoL  5UWall)k 


liiySKPOOL    AND    ORRAT    WRHTBRN 

MTBAn  t;0.>IPANY,    (t^lMlTSa* 

LIVBBPOOL.   (ViaOoenostokwiU 

CARBXIliO  THK  UKITKU  SCATItS  4ilU 

TUE^UAV. 

l«aiing  Pier  Na  46  North  Birer  a*  foUowK 

•PTOMING Feb.  6,  at  noon 

PAKOTA Feb.  13,  at  3  P.  M. 

VKVADA •• Feb.  20.  at   10  A.   M. 

IDAHO ftib.  27,  at  3  P.  ¥. 

IIONTASA Mareh  8.  at  10  A.  M. 

WISCONSIN' ; March  l.S,  at  3  P.   M. 

E.\TE8  Of    PA38BNGKEW    RBDOCKa 
8te<>raKe,  S26;  latermedlats.  910;  eabia,  Hi  to  $80^ 
tcoording  to  state-room.    Offices,  No.  29  Broadway. 

\Vll.L,IADtS  <fe  UIIION. 


STATE  LINE. 

KKW-YOEK    10   GIjASUOW,     LIVKRPdOU    ODBLW. 

BBLPAMT,  ANO   L.OSD  'NDBitR!. 

Tbea« Hrst-ol^as  lalUoewerad  ataantar*    will  «ail  flrom 

Pier  5a  43  :f art')  "ixvde.  foot  ofOanMit. 

BTATk  OK  PK»HSHi7ANU Thtireday.  Feb.  8 

6TATK  OF  VIBOiNU Tbnraday.FHb,  22 

JTATEOK  NBV*nA Thnrsrtar.  March  1 

First  eabin,  f f  0,  f  05,  and  #70.  aoeordin?  to  aeoora- 
mod^rions  iPtujH  tickets,  $110.  S185.  SecbD't  cabia 
S45;  raturi"  tickets.  iSO.  SteersK^at  jowe^t  rates, 
♦pnlyto 

■  AUSTIN  BALDWIN  Os-iin.,  Asents, 

No.  72  Broadway.  New- Yorlc. 
STKuRAGK  ricRets  at  So.  45  Bro»dW47.  and  at  tbe 
fomoany's  pier,  foatof  i!an'«Ut..   Nurtu  Slyer. 

GREAT  SOUTHERN 

KRBIGHTInd  I'A.SMliNUBR  LINK. 

BAILING  FROM  PtKR  .VO    29    KOKTH   RIVBR. 

WKONK8pAY8»na.-<AT0RI)AY3at  .S  P    U.. 

ton  tHAKLBHTOIS,  .•<.  t;..  /LDHIDA.  TOE 

*  JiffuTH;  AND  HOUtH-VVEST. 

GT3lJSTHKA>i..i -WKDNksDAY Pel*.  7 

crr>  oy  atla»ta.., „sattjrdai Peb.  10 

BOPKBlORPASSKNGBIl  AC'50J(IMODAT10.S!\, 

Inanranee  tn  !l94Cla^tloa  lo-i-atlf  >i  oti'  p«cceot. 

Soofls  forwiirded  free  o'  eotnniasioB.  PaMan^er  tlon- 

^teand  bilia  of  iadlnzissuil  an  I  si»nel  at  ths  oificnjf 

JAMtC^  \V.  QCINTARD  tft  CO.,    Agents, 

No.  177  West^fc,  corner  VVarrep. 

OrW.  p.  <':iiTDK  fci.'O..  No    SBnwIinsQreeo. 

Or  BKMTLBY    (X     HASaLC,    Geoernl     Airent 

9reat.soataera  KreiicUt  i^iine.  31  7   Broadway. 

►— — ■  ■■  ■'■ 

ANCHOR  L,INB  L.  H.  .MAIL.  STBADIKRS. 

SBW-YORK  AND  ULASCiOW 
roliy1a...Feb.  10,  -.if.  Jt  I  Anchoria..Feb.  24.  2 P.  M. 
Aleatln....Feb.  17.  8  A.  M.  1  <  nhfoinia.  *!arch  3,  8  A.  U. 

TO  GLASGOW.  UVKRPOOL,  oaDRBEY,    • 
Calnos  $(>3  to  SSO.  ai:CDnliaz  Co  accomm^'laciuos;      lo- 
W'ru)edi3te,.$35;    Steerage  ^2&, 
SBW-TORK  AND  LO.VBON, 
ttaMa Ppli.  10.  2  i*.  M.  I  Utopia.  Feb.  24.  2  P.  BL 

Cabins,    955    to  $70       .>«teera»e,  S28.     tlabin    excnr- 
flon    [iolcets  nt   rf.ilace J    rates.     Dr^fta  issaed  for  any 
tmonnt  at  nurrent  r.vCe^.     Company's  Pu-r  Noa.  20  and 
11.  North  fllTer.  5.  t        HENDKRJJON  BRoTHBEfl, 
Aeents.  No.  7  Bowline  Green. 


NORTH     ljKKjn.A>    l..l.(IVI). 

BTKAM-SHIP*  L.1NB    BETWEEN   NEW-YOBK.  BODTB- 

AMPTOn.  and  BREMEN. 

r«mpauy's  Pier-    toor.  ot  ■iia..    dobakea. 

jRHEIN Kal.  Petj.   ii>  I  UBaMANN...t<at.,  Feb,  24 

ODBK Silt..  Ken,  IV  I  NK«:k»R Sat.,  March  3 

JLATK-S  Oi*  PASSAGB  KltOil    NKW-TOBK  TO  SODXd' 
AMPTOIi    HAVKIi.  OB  BUKHE^v 

First  oaoin $100ioH 

Second  cabin.... HOcold 

Kieerage Bt'dnrronay 

Eetnrn  tickets  At  reduced  rtt^i.  PrePaid  ateeram 
CertiHoat«s,  $82  cnrreney.  For  frtizbt  nr  passazn  ap- 
plTt.»  OKiiKlcas  St  iJO..  So.  2  Sowllnn  Green. 


imiAS  IJiNB.-AlAILSTKA.HUK^. 

>OKonEENSTOW»«  AffP  LIVHRPOOL. 
Crrv  OK  CHESTER.  Satnrrtay.  Feb.  17.  at  7::iO  A-  H. 
ClT"i  Ot  HICBUOHU.  Satunlsy.  March  3,  at  8  A M- 
ClTl  OF  BHU't^BL-i. ..Saturday,  .rmrch  17.  6:30  A-  M. 
From  nst  43  North  Rly-ir. 
CABIN, $811   and  SlOO.OilcL     Racaru  ti.itsti    onfv 
▼orablo  oerma.      srESSAGrB,    '>2i.    OjxronoT       Draft* 

at  luwastL.*iJt. 

Sftloons,    .S»:n-roara),      Smoking,    and    Batb-tooin^ 
anildsliii^  JOUN  0.  DALB.  AKeot, 

Koa  16  and  33  Broa<iww.  S.  I. 


ONLY  DiRBVT  LINE  TO  KKANCI& 

THKGKNEBALTRAN3ATIiANTrC  COjlPA.'ir'l   VlAlIi 

STEAMEHSBHTWEKN.vaW-YORK  ANUHA^aK. 

Calilufj at  PLYMOUTH  (G.  C.)tor  tho  laaaia;  of 

PaeseoRers. 

Will  sail  from  Pier  K*.  42  North  Ri^er,  fooiot  Morton 

It.,  every  alternate  Saturda.T,  beginning  with: 
.ABE\L>UU.  omi;4lier Saturday,  TeD.  10,  3  P.  M 

>'or  particniars  address 

lODIS  UE  BE31A.V,  Asent,  No.  65  Broadway. 


FOR  SAVANNAH    QA., 

Tflii  FLOaiUA  PORTS,  ' 

AHD  THE  SUUTH   AND  SOUTH-WEST. 

CBBAT  8O0THKRN  FREIGHT  AND  PASSHNGKB  LIRB. 

CBNTRAL    RAILROAD  OF   GEORGIA,  AND 

ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  BAILBOAU. 

WEDNKSDATi  AND  SATUBDAT. 

OBNSRALBABNKo,  Capt.  CBBKSMA.-r.  WBDNESDAT, 
/eb.  7,  Her  lU  Kast  Biyer,  if.  u.  UUBBAY.  FBBBLi 
fe  CO..  ARta..  U'J  Sonth  st. 

BAN  JACItlru,  oapt.  Hazaus  SATURDAY,  Feb. 
lo.  Pier  43  Nortu  birer,  3  P.  M.  GEa  \ONGB,  Agt. 
409  Broadway. 

tu  LlVinOSTO.N,  Uapc  UAi.i«aT,  WBDNBSDAl,  Feb. 
14.  Pier  ao.  43  Nunb  Biyer.  3  P.  M.  GEO.  YOAGB, 
Agent,  Na  40il  Broadway. 

SAN  SALVADOR.  Capt.  NiOKBRsoir,  8AT0ROAY.  Feb. 
37.  Pier  43  North  Biyer,  3  P.  JU.  UEO.  YOSGE,  Agt, 
AO0  Broadway. 

Inanrance  ONE-HALF  PEB  CENT.  Bnparlor  aoeom- 
Bodationg  for  paaseogers.  Thr.iueh  rates  and  bllla  of 
ludinc;  lu  cuDQuccioa  with  Central  R.  R.  of  Georgia, 
Atlantic  and  UnU  BaUroad,  and  Fiarida  steamers 
City  Point  and  Dictator  also,  with  the  steamer  J. 
3B.  SCUYLEB,  which  baa  been  placed  on  tbe  inside 
rente  firum  Savannah  to  Florida,  and  oifers  unsurpassed 
aocoBunodalions. 

C.  R  O^VENS,  GEOBQB  YO.N'GB, 

Agent  A.  &  0.  B.  B.  Agent  U.  B.  R.  of  Qa,, 

Na  31.5  Broadwar-  No.  409  Broad yr>y. 

FL.OJUDA. 

Caution  to  trayelers!  Great  rednotlon  in  fbreyla 
ibe  Inland  route  from  Sayanoah  to  all  Florida  ports. 
Only  t2  to  Jackson yllle.  Meals  ana  state  rooms  extra. 
Tbe  elegant  steamer  J.  B.  6CUUYLBB  maires  close  con- 
nection with  ail  Sarannab  steamers,  tbns  forming  tbe 
gnlckest  and  most  agreeable  route  as  well  as  the 
>we<[t  m  tare.  Accummodations  for  passengers  nn- 
anrpassed.  Travelers  are  cautioned  aKainsc  purchas- 
ing  tbroagh  tickets  tia  any  other  route. 


WIC  MAIL  Mil  film  WIT 

l^^;SrTJS7JLM-)SrJ2XP  LINES, 

FOB  CALIFOBNIA,  JAPAN,  CHINA,  AUSTBAIiIA,  HBW- 
KBaLAND,  BRITISH  COLUMBU.  OBBGON.  Jio. 
Baiilug  from  Pier  Ka  42  North  Biyet 
For  BAN  KRAXCISCO.  vi*  ISTHMUS  OF  PANAMA.     . 

eteHB>-snio  COLON Thursday,  Feb.  16 

eonnectuig  Mr   ceonal    America   anu  South   Paoiflo 
Borts.  - 

From  BAN  FBANCISCO  to  JAPAN  and  CHINA. 

jgteam-ebip  CITY  ok  TOKIO Thursday,  Mareh  1 

]>rom  ban  Fraaoisco  to  Saadwiou  Islands,  AuatraUSk 
and  New-Zealand. 

SteMwMpCITYOFSYD.NEV Wednesda.y,  Feb.  28 

For  freight  or  passage  apply  to 
VV.  P. CL YDE &. Co.,  ur H.  J.  BDLt AT,  Snperintendent, 
Ka  6  Bowtnie  Ureen.  Pier  No.  42  N.  R. ,  foot  Canal  st. 


iniW-YORK.HAVaNA,  ANUUEXlCAflUAlLi.1.  IilI4^ 

Btaamera  leave  Piur  .^ik  3  Norca  tl'-^r  w  i  f.    )L 

KOK  (lAVA.NA  UlUBCV. 

CITk  Ok-  ABW'YOKA.. Wednesday.  Fetk  7 

CITX  OF  HAVANA Satnrtla.y,  Feb.  17 

ClTX  OF  VBBa  CED2 ..Wednesday.  Feb.  31 

tntH.  VKRA   CHVA    ASH    N£W-ORI^AN!«. 
Via  Hay»a%    Progrea*  vlaiB>>«A«>u.r     Tuxitau.      aad 
I'ampioOL  I 

Vnx  of  HAVANA. -Saturday,  FeK  17 

Itteaoiers  win  leave  New-ortaans  reb.  'j3  ana  Mareh 
18  lor  VnraUrui  anil '111  tHB3i>oyei>iitcs. 

imir.yR^ETs^S^ll^g'/J'uaal  »  Bro.lw>, 


2fJS  W-  YORKAJSTD  MA  VAKA 

%f^^  DIRECT  MAIL   JJNB. 

I^^ki^      These  flrst-olaas  steamshlos  sail  regnlaciir 

|Kct\«t  si?  Suttom  PierNo.  13  North  ^Twe* 

IrVjLja^loWK  WBDNFBDAl,  FeU  14 

StH£  ...BATOBDA^,  -Feb.  44 

MOS^UHilT  tO'WM.   p.   OLTOB  k  CO.,  Na  «  gowlt^ 


AJWBRICAN  siTKA.n-SHfP'LINB 

Between  Phllad'a  Ic  LlveroooL  oalliag  at  Qneenstowo. 

Thnxedays  firom  Phllad'a,  Wednesliys  from  Uyerpooi. 

Steamers  to  aaU  tcnm  Philadelphia  as  follows: 

Peni^sTlvaaia Feh^  1 1  Illinois.... FeK  12 

*City  of  lnnerick...Feb.  8    'Lwd  cuye. March  1 

Indian^-.. Feb.  19  |  Ohio ..March  8 

Price  or  passage  in  currency:  ^^ 

Cabte,$76to$10a  Intenneoiate,  $40.    Steerage.  $38. 
fUTKR  WRIGHT  &  SONS,  Gen.    Agents,  Pliilad'a. 

Not  52  Broadway.  New- York. 
JOHN  MoDO'4ALD  No.  8  Battery  place.  New- York. 


HAMBLKU  Amencaii  PaoKet  ('omnxny's^Lioa, 
rorPLVUOUra.OKEBBonBa  and  HAM  BURG,  „„ 
SIA ...Feb.  SiPOMMKBAMa Feu.  22 

OKLLEtlT Feb.    ISlSCEVIA March  1 

Bateaef  pnss»>ra  C9   Piymoiieb,    London,  Oherbours. 

BunburKand^ll  points  In  8as!l»al   FirsI;  Oabin.  «liii) 

gold;  Seeoad  Cabin.  Sdi)  sold;   stesr%7e.  S!tO.  cnrreney 

KDNHABDTfcOO..  UB.   RICHARD  k  BOAS, 

General  Agents,  General  Passenzer  AzeaCL 

61  B»uad3li!7N.  T eiBroadwair.  N.X 

lyATlUNAL  LIN&-Pters44  andSlDorthRlyoi. 

CANADA, Batnniay.  Feb.  10,  at  2  P.  U. 

FOR  QUBENSTOWN  AND  LIVERFOOU 
Helvetia.. Feb.  10.  2  P.  M.  I  England.Feh.  17,7:30  A.M. 
Cabin  and  steerage  passaze,  and  drafts  from  £1  up- 
ward, issqed  at  very  low  rates.    Company's  offices  No. 
69  Broadway.  .         F.  W.  J.  HDRST,  Manager. 


V    BAILB0AD8w 

PENNSYLVANIA   BAILROAD. 

URBAT  TBUNa  UNE 

AND  UNITED  STATES  MAIL  RODTB. 
Trains  Isave.  J^ew-torv,  via  Desbroases   and     Cort- 

landt  Streets  Ferries,  as  tiUowx 

Express  for  UarrlsbnrK,  Pittsburg,  the  West  and 
South,  with  Pullman  PnUce  Cars  attached,  8:30  A. 
M..  6  ana  8:30  P.  M.,  daily. 

For  WilUamsport,  Lock  Haven,  Oorry,  and  Erie,  at 
8:30  P.  M.,  connecting  at  Corr.y  for  Tiinsville,  Petio- 
leum  Centre,  and  the  Oil  Regions.  For  Williams- 
port  and  Look  Haven.  8:30  A.  M. 

For  Baltmiiire,  WasbinKtoa,  and  the  South,  "Lim- 
ited WashinstoQ  Bxpress"  of  Pullman  Parlor  Oars 
natly,  except  Sunday,  9:30  A.  5L;  arrive  Washius- 
ton 4:10  P.  U.  Keitular  at8:40  A.  M.,  1,  6,  andd 
P.  M.    Sunday,  6  and  9  P.  M. 

Express  for  PuilaMelphla,  7:  30, 8:30,  8:40.  (9:30  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8:30,  9  P.  M.,  and  12 
night,  Sunday,  8:30  A.  M.,  5,  6,  7,  8:30,  and  9  P.  M. 
'  Emigrant  ami  seoond-olaas,  7  P.  M. 

Accommodation  for  Trenton.  7  A.    M.,  2  and  4:10  P.   U. 

For  tr  -ins  tu  Newark.  BlisA>>ethr  Bahway,  Priiteeton, 
iTenton,  Perth  Amboy,  Flemington,  Beivlder?,  and 
other  pointy  see  local  aehednles  aC  all  Ticket  Of 
flcea 

Trams  arrive:  From  Plttaburg.  6:20  and  10:30  A.  M., 
and  10:20  P.  M.  daily:  10:10  A  U.  and  6:50  P.  A. 
daily,  except  Monday.  Prom  Washington  and  Bal- 
timore. 6:30,  9:50  A  M..  4:10,  5:10.  and  1(1:20  P.  K. 
Hunday  6:30,  9:50  A.  H.  Prom  Philadelphia,  5:05. 
6:20,  6:30,  9:50,  10:10,  11:50  A.  M.  ^ilO.  4:10,  9:10, 
6:60  8:40.  H'rlO,  and  10:30  P.  M.  Bundav  6:05, 
6:80,  6.30,  9:50,  11:60.  A.  U.,  6:50.  10:10,  and  10:20 
P.  M. 
Ticket  Offices,  Noa.  626  and  944  Broadway,  No.  1 

Astor  Mouse,  and  fbot  of    Desbrosses  and   Cortlandt 

streets;     .N<>.  4  Court  street.  Booki.vo:     Nos.  114,  116, 

and  lis  Hudson  street.  Uobokeu:    Depot.  Jersey  City* 

Kmigrant  Ticket  Oflloo,  No.  8  Battery  place. 

FRANK  THOMSON.  -       D.  M.BOYD,  Ja., 

General  Manasrer.  General  Passenger  Agent. 


TO    PHILADELPHIA 

via 

PENNSYLVANIA  RAILEOAD. 

THB  OLD-BSTABLIBHED  BOUTB  AND   SHOBT   UKB 

between 

NBW.YORK    AND    PHILADELPHIA. 

14  Through  Trains  each  way  dally ;    3  Depots  In  Fblla- 
delphia.  2  in  lew-York. 

4   Tracks,   the  most   Improved    Equipment,  and    the 
F^test  Time  oonaisteut  with  absolu',^  safoty. 

Bxpress  Trains  leave  New-York,   via  Desbrosses  and 

Cortlandt  .streets  Ferries,  as  follows: 
7:80.  8:Sli.  13:40,  (9:30  Limited,)  10.30  A.  M..  1,  4,  6,  8, 

7,  8:3o.  9  P.  M.,  and  12    Midnight.     Sunday.    8:30  A. 

M.,  5,  e.  7.  8:30.  and  9  P.  M. 

Beturning.  trains  leave  Phii%<loiphia  8:20,  3:30,7,  7:30, 
8:30,  and  11  A.  M.,  (Limited  Kxpre8^  1:36  P.  U.,) 
1:40.  4.  5:30,  7.  and  7:35  P.  M.,  and  12  Midnight. 
On  Sonday,  3:20.  3:30.  7,  8:30  A.  M..  4,  7,  7:36  P.  M., 
and  X'i  Midnight. 

Iluket  Offices,  Noa.  626  and  944  Broadway,  Na  1 
Astor  Hoose,  and  loot  of  Desbrosses  and  Uortlandt 
sta;  No.  4  Court  st.  Brooklyn;  Noa  114,  116.  and  118 
Hudson  St.,  Hoboken;  Depot.  Jersey  City.  Bmigraul 
Ticket  Offlie,  No.  8  Battery  place. 

FRANK  Thomson.  D.  M.  BOTD,  Ja.. 

General  Manager.  General  Passenger  Agent. 


NEW- YORK     CBNTRAL     AND     UlIDSON 
RIVER  RAILROAD.— I  ommencin?  Dea    'iO,    1876, 
through  trains  will  leave  Grand  Central  Depot: 

7:15  4.  M.,  Western  and  Northern  Kxpross.  with 
drawing-room  cars  to  C'aaan:lai;;ua. 

<::30  A  m.  special  (Thlcago  aad  St.  Louis  Express, 
wiib  drawing-ruom  cars  to  Rochester  and  BoSalo. 
Also,  tbronsb  c:tr  lo  Sc  Louis. 

11:00  A  M..  North-rn  and  Western  Express. 

8:30  P.M.,  special  Albany.  Troy  and  Western  Ex- 
press arrives  at  BuffAio  7: 10  A.  M. 

6:011  P.  M..  Kxpress.  with  sleeptnz  oars,  far  Water- 
town  and  Canandai;ia^  Also  for  MoQtrsal  via  Platts- 
burg.  - 

8:30  P.  M.,  Pacific  Kzpresa,  dally,  with  sleeping  oars. 
tot  Bocheater.  .Niagara  F^Hs.  BaSalo.  Cleveland.  In- 
dianapolis, and  l.ou  aviile.  AUo  for  Chluaxo,  via  both 
T--  S.  and  M.  C  Railroads,  anu  to  Montreal  via  St.  Al- 
bans. 

11:00  P.  M.,  Express,  with  sleeping  oars,  for  Albany 
and  Troy.     Way  trains  as  per  loca'   Time  Tables. 

Tickets  tor  taXr.  at  Nos.  352.  -zei.and  413  Broadway, 
and  st  Wescoott  Kxpress  Company's  offlops.  Nos.  7 
Faik  place,  78a  and  9^z  Broadway  New-York,  and 
333  WashiugtuM  st..   Brooklyn. 

C  B.   MKEKUit.  UeiienU  Passenger  AgenU 


BRIB  BAILWAY. 

winter  Arrangement  of  through  trains.  From  Chara- 
btrs  Street  Uei>or.     (Kor  23d  at.  see  note  below.) 

9:00  A.  M,  daily,  except  Snndava,  Cincinnati  and 
Chicago  Dav  Rxoresa.  Urawitig-roora  conches  to  Bufialo. 

1U:45  A.  M.,  dally,  except  bnnaavs,  Express  Man  for 
Bnfiaio  and  the  West.    HIeeping  coach  to  Buffilo. 

7:00  P.  M..  daily.  Pacific  Kxpress  to  the  West.     81ee|>- 

Ing  coaches  through  to  Buffajo,  Niagara  Falls,  Clnoln- 
nati,  and  Chicago  wltbuuc  change.  Hotel  dlnlng- 
cosches  to  Chicago. 

7:0U  r.  M..  except  8undavs,  Western  Bmlgrsnt  train. 

Above  trains  leave  Twenty-thfrd  Street  Ferry  at 
8:45  and  lU:  15  A.  M..  and  6:45  P.  M. 

For  local  trains  see  time-tables  and  earda  In  botola 
and  depots. 

JNU.  N.  ABBOTT.  General  Passenger  Agent. 


NEW-YORK.    NEW.HAYGN,    AND    UABT- 
PORD    RAILROAD. 

After  Dec  lO,  1870.  trotna  leave  Grand  Central  I>»- 
pot  (42d  St.)  for  New-Caagan  Elailroad  at  8:05  A.  M., 
1.4:40  P.  M.;  l)»nbu>y  andNoiwallE  Ratlro^id  at  8:06 
A.  M..  I,  and  4:40  P.  M.;  Nanzatuck  Rallrund  at  8:05  A. 
M.,  and  3  P.  M.;  Uoosaconio  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M., 
and  3  P.  M.;  New-Haven  a>id  Northampton  Railroad  at 
8:05  A.  M..  and  3 P.  U.;  loi  Newport  at  8:05  A.  M.   and 

I  P.    M.;  Boston   and   A  many  Railroad     at  8:03   and 

II  A.  M.  3  and  9  p.  M.,  (9  P.  M.  on  «aJQday:)  Boston, 
(via  Shore  Line,)  at  1  and  loP.  M.,  (10  P.  SL  on  Sun- 
days.) ilostonandNew-l'ork  Air  Line.  8  A  M.,  1  and 
11:35  P.  M. 

Way  trains  as  per  leoal  time-tables. 


LEHIGH  YALIiEY  RAILROAD. 

ABRASGEMBNT.       PAS8KNGER  TRAINS.        JAN.  L 

1877. 
Leave  depots  fnotof  Cottlandt  and  Debrosses  sts..  at 

6:30  P.  M. — Nizht  Express,  daily,  fur  Eaaton,  Bethle- 
hem, Allencowu,  Maucll  Ch  lUk,  Wilksbarre.  Pittstoo, 
Ba.yre,  Elmira,  Ithaca,  Auburn,  Bocbeeter.  Bnftslo, 
Niagara  Falls,  and  the  West.  Pulloaan's  sleeping 
coaches  attacbed. 

General  Eastern  office  oornor  (}huroh  and  Cortlandt 
Bts.,  CUABLBS  e.  CUMMINGS.   Ageut. 

ROBBKT  H.  8AYKB.  Superintendent  and  Bngineer. 


\1TICH.P<>RD  RAl  I. ROAD  ROUTE  Ti»  NEW- 
I'T  POR'T,  B.  I.— Passengers  lor  this  line  take  8:06  A. 
M.  and  1  P.  .M.  express  trains  from  Grand  Central 
Depot,  arriving  at  4:18  and  8  P.  M.  at  Newport 

TflBODURd  WARREN,  Superintendent. 


STEAMBOATS. 

STONINGTON  LINE 

Vita.     BOHTON     AND    ALL    POI.NT.<H     BAST. 
REDUCED    PARE. 

Elegant  steamers  leave  Pier  No.  33  North  Btvar,    ' 
fiiotof  Jayst.  at  4t30P.  M. 

Tickets  for  sale  at  til  orinclpil  cloket  oBoes.  ■<*tats- 
rooms  secured  at  »ffluesol  Weatoutt  .ixpross  Oompaay 
and  at  .Va  363  Broadway. 

PROYIDBNCK    LINE. 

Freight  only,  steamers  leave  Pier  No.  27  ."«nrth 
River,  foot  of  Park  plaoe,  at4  P.  fL  Frelghu  via  either 
tine  taceu  at  lowest  rates- 

D.  6.  BaBCOi^K.  Pres.      L.  W.  Fn,gi«.  G.    P.  Agent 

FALL    RIVER   LINE 

FOR 

BOSTON  AND    THE    EAST. 

P4RB8  REDliCBO. 

Leave  New- York  dally.  (Sunday  excepted.)  (h>mPiet 
No.  28  North  River,  toot  of  Murray  st..  4>3o  P.  M. 

BORDEN  b  LOVBLL,  Agents. 
GEO.  L.  CONNOR.  General  Paaaengea  Agent. 


NAW-HAVEN,  HARTFOBD  AND  THB   NORTH.— 
.steamers  leave   Peck  slip  for  New-Haven  at  3  P.M., 
(except  Sundays;)    onnneuting  with  road. 


LilORBHIDOBHORTAiVD  ALL  PIIINT.H    ON 

fHonsatomc  and  .Nangatnoc  Railroad.— Para,  SL 
gteamers  leave  Hatharl'ie  sUd  4t  ll-3i)A  14. 

MISOELLANEQIJS. 

To  Manufax}tiirers  of  Fertdlizers. 

FO R  SALE 

AMMONIACAl  MATTERS, 

In  fine  mechanical  condition,  and  containing  from  13 
to  14  per  cent,  ammonia,  at  $2  36  per  unit  of  ammo- 
nia per  ton  of  2,000  pounds,  f^ee  on  baaurd,  at  Balti- 
more, buyers  fumijhing  oags.     Address 

'    ^  AMOR  SMITH  &  SONS, 

Post  Office  Box  Nu.  38,  Baltimore,  Md. 


■  jlPPt4»COCOA.— QRATKPULANDCOMFOaTINO; 
Jjieaih  packet  is  labelled,  JAM  K  J  KPFS-Ji  Co..  Homi*. 
•patblc  Chemists.  No.  48  Threadneedle  st  and  No.  170 


Kccadillv'.' LonaonLBngland.    Jfew-York  Depot.  SMITH 
h  TANDEBBEBK.  Park  place. 


A  GREAT  OFFER!  Itb^L'^VX?. 

\nrr2R»»»,atT«weT  prices  for  cash  or  laatail- 
M^iM  or  t»  let  pntii  paid  for  tiiaB  ever  before 
SUnradT  WA-rSuWlSkAND,  B«UARlJi  and 
|>?£lWHT  PlANOi«  Jfc  ORGANS!  are  the  BBsi  1' 
fMAm  AGENTS  WANTED.  lUMtrated  C»t- 
^^  »iMiaied,  A  Uberal  dlacouiat  to  JVaeker^ 
rt,  ChureKu.  ctA  Sheet  mnue  at  bjul  priee. 
>KACB  WATKRS  <Se  SUM.*,  Maaafctre,  aa« 
1, 40  Emit  14thSt««  UbIob  ■gmure.  W.  Y. 

«iNWAY     PlANO  ^OKSALBr-BQOABB: 

E  good  order :  alse   stoal  and   mnslc-stand. 
dT.  Box  Ma  i9d,  TUIB8  DF-TOWt*  ac«inj|.. 


ELIZABETH   CITY 

7s, 

AUTUBINQ  187S  10   ^SOO, 


FOA  «AUt  BT 


iDIIlYI  k  DL. 


IVoik    1«    sjigl    18    IVnM»v    St. 


WAUAi^H  RAILWAY   COAIPANY. 

NOTICB   TO    BONDHOLDERS. 

The  holders  of  the  following  First  Mortgact  Dtvlalenil 
Bonds  of  the  Wabash  Railway,  viz: 

.Toledo  and  lUinoia  Railroad  Company. 

X<ake  Brie,  Wabash  and  St  Lonis  RaUroad  Oompany. 

Great  Western  Railroad  Company. 

Ilhnols  and  Southern  Iowa  Railroad  (TompaaT. 

On  prasentation.  on  Feb.  1,  of  the  past  due  aad  ear- 
rent  ooupo.na  to  tiie  Metro  ..olitan  National  Bank,  irlll 
reoeiye  tlierefbr  cash  tor  the  coupons  due  Feb.  1, 
1877,  and  a  oertiflcate  of  deposit  bearing  Interest  for 
those  past  due. 

Fbr  further  information  and  particulars  In  regard  to 
all  clssse*  of  bonds,  Inaulry  may  be  made  of  JAuttS  A 
BOOSEVKLT,  President  Wabaab  Railway  Company, 
No.  as  Pine  St.,  or  of  the  Purchasing  Committee,  No, 
62  WiUiatp  st,  New-Vork. 

Naw-YoRK,  Jan.  26.  1877. 


OvFica  oy  thb  FAaxaaa'  Loam  Aho  lansr  CoKTAaT,  ) 
No.  26  KxcaAJcoa  placb,  coa:ras  WnxiAX  ST.,  > 
Naw-YeiuE.  Jan.  8,  1877. ) 
rwmS  FARMERS'  LOAN  AND  TRUST  COM- 
A  PANT  of  the  flty  of  New-York,  Tmstees  of  tlie 
alnkliig  fond  of  the  construction  and  equipment  bonds 
of  tbe  Cievreland  and  Pittsburg  Railroad  Company, 
hereby  glye  notice  that  In  aocordanoe  with  tbe  pro- 
visions of  the  said  slakins  fund,  they  bays  drawn  by 
lot  the  following  numbers  of  sixteen  of  said  bonds, 
vis.:  Nos.  56,  449,  684.  076.  709,  711.  739,  887,  883. 
888,  925,  945,  939.  dM,  1,100,  1,312.  and  tbft  on 
piesentation  and  delivery  to  them  of  said  sixteen 
bonds,  or  any  piirt  of  tbe  same,  they  wilt  be  redeemed 
at  par  value  theteof.  and  that  Interest  on  sll  of  tbe 
said  sixteen  bonds  not  pres'-nted  for  redemption  on  or 
before  the  lat  day  of  July  next  will  cease  from  and 
alter  thai  dace.  B.  O.  BUL.STON.  President 


THE  BANK  OF  MONTREAL 

IB  PRKRARXD  TO  ISSUE 

OmCUIiAB  NOTES 

AND 

LETTERS  OF  CREDIT 

TO  TBAVBLERS. 
avaliakle  InaU  parts  ot  ti<e  world. 

Ctl.VRLE.S  F.  8MITHBBB.  I  »__», 
WALTKU  WATSO.V.  J  **•»*• 

NOS.  59  AND  6t  WALL  8T. 


Omca  atBTROPOLITAN  INi^URANCB  CO.,  ) 

So.  Iu8  BxoAOWAT,  Rsw-KoRK,  Jan.  29,  1877.     S 

TBB  UNDKiktAlGNBD  HAM  SIADB  AN 
arrangement  with  the  CONTINBN.TAL  IN* 
bUKANCK  COniPANV,  Na  102  Broadway,  asseta 
over  93,000.000.  wbereSy  that  company  will  snbat}- 
tnte  its  nolicii's  in  place  of  those  tsaned  I'y  the  Me- 
tropolitan Insurance  'Company,  to  take  affect  lu  each 
case  upon  the  surrender  of  the  policies  uf  this  com- 

Pblioy-holders  are    Invitrd  to  send  In  their  pobeies 
tbr  such  substltuiton  at  ouce. 

CHABLBS  B.  APPLBBT, 

Receirer. 


[nciniiTi7^.n«iM 

jnUNIClPAL  BONDS,  DDE  1900.    A  LIMITBO 


AMOUNT  FOR  SALE  BY 


KUHN,LOEB  ft  CO,  NO.  31  NASSiV  ST. 


CANNBLTON  COAL  CO.tlPANY  OP  WEST 
VIRGINIA.— The  annual  meeting  of  the  Cannelton 
Coal  (Company  yrlll  be  held  at  the  office  ot  WilUaia 
Bemsen,  Na  5  WaU  St.,  on  TUB8DAY,  Feb.  6.  1877,  at 
2  o  clock  P.  M.  H  ENBY  REMSEN,  Secrttary. 


Nkw-Yorx,  Jan.  30. 1877. 

NOTICE   IS   HEREBY    GlYKN    THAT    AN 
application  has    been   mitde   to  the  Legislature  of 
thia  Siate  to  amend  the  ohiirter  of  tbe  Lafsvette  Klre 
Insurance  Company  of  Brooklyn. 
By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

OBO.    V.  HD.'»T.  Secretary. 


UHITBO  STATBi  KXPRBU  C0MPA5T,  ) 

TRXAsnaaR's  Orriop,    No.  82  Broapwat,  > 
Naw-Yoax,  Jan.  27.  1S77.      > 

THE    TRANSFER-BOOKaJ    OK    THIM  COM- 
pauT  will  be  closed  Feb.  3,  ai  2  P.  M.,  and  reopened 
Feb.  16*.  THKO.  F.   WOoO,  Tieasurer. 


BKttWN    BKOTHI£U.>*  dL*  CU.. 

NO.  S9  WAbb  ST., 

iWJUB  COMMERCIAL  and  TRaVELKKST  CRhDITS 

AVAlL.4BLEin    a'IPAHTS   of   ths  WORLIX 


QiOn.fi  AAA  TO  LiOAN  ON  BOND  A.NO 
«SP^UUsUUUmortgag8  on  New-York  City  Im- 
ptoved  proDtrt.y.    Apply  to 

GRANT  BAG  rUBRR,  No.  2  Bzchange  eonri. 


JMRE    IN!»URANCB    MTOCHSi 

BOGGQT  AND  BOLD  BT 
B.  S.  BAlLBY,  No.  66  Wall  St. 


office  of  the   HBW-YORK  FIRE  IN80RANCB  COMP'T, 
TKO.  7'2  WALL  8T. 

Kbw-Tork,  Feb.  6, 1877. 

76th  Dividend. 

A    6BMI-ANNUAL    DIVIOBND    OP    10    PER    CEST. 
baa  tnia  day  been  declared,  tmyable  on  demand. 

AUGU.sTm  t  otiSON,  secretary. 


OmoBO*  THB  Nrw-^ork,  Pro  losRCBAtrn  Bosrox) 

Raiiju>ad  Cokpajstt.  (STOKisoToa  Railroad.)     > 

.Naw-yoRK,  J«n.  26,  1877.  S 

A  QUARTERLY  DIVIDEND  OF  TWO  AND 
O^E-IULF  PER  CKNT.,outof  the  Mrnlnnof  the 
past  threi  montbs,  will  Iw  oald  at  the  office  of  Messrs. 
M.  Morgan's  Suns,  Mo.  30  WiLiam  St.,  Aew-York.  on 
the  10th  day  of  Feorusry. 

The  trdnafer-books  will  be  closed  firom  the  1st  to  the 
10th,  botli  inclusive.  F.  B.  NOYBS.  Secretary. 


ClLEyBL.AND  AND  PITTSBURG  RAIL- 
y/ROAD  Company.— Office  of  secretary  and  'Treas- 
urer, Cleveland,  Ohio,  Feb.  3,  1877.— TUe  regular 
guaranteed  quartet  ly  dividend  of  this  company,  at  tbe 
rate  of  Seven  per  Cent,  per  annum  on  the  new  suar- 
anteed  stooKg.  will  be  paid  on  and  alter  tbe  1st  March 
pro.rlmo,  at  tbe  otBce  of  the  Farmef  a  Loan  and  Trust 
Company,  No.  26  E  > change  place.  New- York. 

Ttie  transier-books  will  close   on  tlie  lOth  inst  and 
reopen  on  the  2d  March. 
.  G.  A.  INGRRSOLL,  Secretary.  ■ 


Tbb  St  Nicholas  Natiokai.  Bakk  or  Nbw-  Torx,7 
Ho.  7  WaU  st     New-York,  Jau.  .^O.  1877.     J 

DIVIDEND.— A  SEMI-ANNUAL  DIVIDEND  OF 
Four  per  Cent,  has  been  declared  by  the  Direc- 
tors of  this  bank,  payable  on  and  after  the  12th  day 
of  February  nexu  The  transfer  books  will  be  dosed 
from  tbe  lat  to  13tb  proximo. 

A.  PABKUUB.ST,  Cashier. 


Broapwat  Insurakob  CoaPAvr,     ) 
No.  168  Broapwat,  Jan.  16,  1877.  f 

CASH  CAPITAL $200,000 

SURPLUS,  upward  ot 300,000 

"ITIPTY-WISCOND    DIVIDEND. -TUB   BOARD 
X?  ot  Directors  have  declared  a  semi-annual  dividend 
ot  Ten  per  Cent,  payable  oq  and  after  Feb.  1,  1877, 
JOHN  WRAY.  Secretary. 


Missuimi  PACinc  Hailwat  Coxpant,) 

Officb  No.  b  Bowuxa  Grbbx,       > 

Nrw-York,  Jan.  25,  1877.  ) 

TBE  COOPONt^  DUE  I^EB.  I,  1877.  OS  THB 
first  mortgage  bonds  of  the  Pacific  Haiiro  id  Com- 
pany (of  Uiaaonrl)  will  be  paid  ou  and  after  that  date, 
at  tbe  office  of  this  company. 

C.  K.  GARRISON.  President 


Boszoir A«n  Nbw-York  Air-Luts BAibROAP  CoNPAin, 
Tbbasijrbr's  Oniflc,  No,  12  Wiu.  st., 

Nbw-Yobx,  Jan.  26,  1877.  y 

THB  INTEREST    DUB   PEB.  1,   1877.  ON 
the  First  Mortgage  Boms  of  the  Boston   and  New- 
York  Alr-Une  Railroad  (;ompanv  will  be  paid   at   the 
office  of  Hatch  k  Foote.  No.  Ivi  Wall  at 
• D.  B.  HATCH.  Treasurer. 

Thk  Natioital  Baitk  op  THa  Brpubuo,  I 
Nbw- York.  Jan.  31.  1877.     i 

A  DIVIDEND  OF  THREE  AND  A  HALF 
per  Cent.,  firee  of  tax.  h'<s  this  day  been  declared, 
payable  Feb.  8,  proximo,  tlll^whioh  date  tbe  traoster- 
books  are  olosedL  H.  W.  KORD.  Cashier. 


ELEOTIOm^ 

Offiob  or  TUB  CoNSOLiDATiox  CoAi,  CoapA5T  or; 

MARTtulXO.  No.  71  Broauwat, 

Nbw-York.  Feb.  2, 1877., 

TBB  ANNUAL  MBETX.MG  OP  THE  STOOS- 
noldars  of  this  oompany  for  the  election  of  Presi- 
dent and  Directors,  and  trausaotlon  of  other  busi- 
ness, vrill  be  held  at  noon  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  Slst 
liut  Tbe  trausfer-booka  will  close  at  2  o'clock  P.  U., 
On  the  10th  lust,  and  reopeu  ou  tbe  23d  Inst 

U.  u.  HICKS,  Secretary. 


THB  ANNUAL  .^IKBTING  OP  8TOOK. 
tiOLDERfi  or  the  Maryland  Coal  Company  tor  the 
election  of  a  President  and  ten  Dlrectora,  and  for  such 
other  business  as  ma.v  come  before  the  meeting,  will 
beheld  at  the  comuany'a  office.  I« o.  11 1  Broadway, 
Feb.  6,  as  11  A  S.  PoUs  open  from  12  M.  till  1  P.  M. 
8.  T.  ROS-i.  Secretary. 

HEANNUALBLBL"riON  FOR  THIRTEEN 

Directors  of  the  bixtb  Avenue  Railroad  Company 
yriU  be  held  at  the  Depot,  6tu  av.,  comer  of  43d  st,  on 
TUESDAY,  Feb.  13,  1877,  from  12  to  1  o'clock. 

H.  S.  MOOEiS,  Secretary. 

ANK^nJpT""8ALE""oF^H08IER^ 

FANCY  GOODS.— In  tbe  matter  of  JEREMIAH 
JOHNSON,  Jr.,  EDWARD  L.  EbQUA,  and  OBORGB 
WILCOX,  bankrupts. — The  undertiigned  will  sell  at 
public  auction  at  ths  nremises  latejy  ooonnied  by  said 
btmkmpts.  No,  61  Walker  street,  in  tbe  City  ot  New- 
York,  on  the  27tb  day  of  February,  1877.  beginning 
at  10  o'clock  A.  M.,  the  stock  of  hosler.v,  gloves,  sus- 
penders, buttons,  needles,  thread,  .yam,  and  other 
lanuy  goods,  late  of  the  bUtni'SS  of  the  said  bnak- 
rapts.  together  with  the  cohnters,  shelving,  office 
furniture,  and  other  fixtures  and  lumUnre  lately  used 
in  said  bnslneas.  JOHN  H.  PLATT,  Assignee, 

f6-law3wTn  No.  40  Wallet,  New- Yoik;    • 


NOTICE  IS  HEREBY  GIVfiN  THAT  1  WiLli 
cause  to  be  sold  at  nubile  auotioo,  at  No.  42  Spruce 
at.  New-York,  by  ALBBBi'il.  NXOOXiAT  fc  CO.,  Aao- 
tioneera.  on  TUESDAY,  the  6tb  daj  of  February,  1877, 
at  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  422  SIOKSOJT  80LB  LIATHBt. 
now  stored  with  J.  R.  Ptoat  It  Oale.  Na  42  Spruce  st, 
in  tbe  Ci^  ot  New-York  i  said  leather  b^ag  part  ot  the 
aasata  of  Beary  UoClelian,  la  bankruptcy. 
myW  TAiUWABX., 


PaOF08AI..8   iTOB   ADHBSlVB    FOSTfkGB 
bTAaiF««> 

Post  Omca  DRTAaxinarr,  \ 

9e«Ia4  mofpeaals  an  iavlted  firom  ateet-p^i*  «p< 
frareis  and  aiata  priatats.  4ad  irtll  be  feeelTsd  at  thta 
leparcment  natil  13  o'eloek  M.  on  Wednsadar,  tbe 
88Ut  dar  of  February,  1877.  for  ftamisblng  all  the 
Matafii  ataarta  wtaleh  «|iiB  AfVimtnt  vb»s  xe^ulre 
tor fmnUuMiaonelal use dnnug  » V«&i Mtwu yoMa, 
eoiamenetng  oa  tlie  1st  day  of  Bay,  1877,  Tls : 

L  Btantpa  lor  the  uao  af  tbe  *abHo.  ^.     ,      ^ 

%  Oflet»lata«p«lkrtbeua««f  tKe  eza«titiY«d«»wri- 
aieuts- 

8.  Newspap^  and  petlodleal  stamps.    - 
QUAIJTT  OF  STAMPS. 

The  stamp*  nnat  be  fumlshad,  aahjeot  to  the  ap- 
proval of  the  depfu-tment,  trom  ateel  plates,  engraved 
IB  the  highest  style  of  the  art  ot  $ieel  engraying,  aad 
prlBted  ra  anub  cMors  as  Biay  from  time  to  time  be 
selected  by  the  depantment.  In  the  best  and  mast  a^ 

SroTwi  mannar,  upon  paper  of  the  best  auallty.  snlta- 
le  tor  tbe  purpose  and  satistnotory  to  tbe  depart- 
mant,  thoievgbly  gummed  with  tbe  best  qnality  of 
a^bealye  gum,  pertprated  in  sncb  manner  that  each 
separate  atawp  oao  be  i(eadily  delaqned  and  u«ed,  the 
sheets  to  be  wed  pressed,  and  packed  so  as  to  prevent 
them  Irem  adhering  to  each  other;  tbe  same  to  be 
famished  with  all  reasonable  dlspatoh  in  suoh  qnaa- 
lltlea  as  owy  la  each  case  be  ordered  by  tbe  depart- 
ment daily  to  fill  requisitions  from  Postmaatera  and 
from  tbe  exeentlvu  denartmsnta  The  stamps  must 
be  printed  on  hand-roller  preasBa. 

DIES.  BOLLS.  AND  PLATES. 

The  dies,  roUs,  and  plates  from  which  postage  stamps 
are  now  printed,  beiog  the  property  of  the  United 
Btates,  iriu  be  nlacedf^in  the  keepiuji  and  custody  of 
the  oootcaptor  oo  or  bctore  tbe  first  da.v  of  May,  lti77. 
the  asme  to  be  held  subject  to  tbe  order  and  control 
of  uie  dei>artment,  as  berelnaftet  provided;  and  the 
conuaotor  will  be  reqnlred,  from  said  dies,  rplls.  and 
nl.tes.  and  from  such  rolls  und  piatea  as  may  be  oe- 
ccsssry  to  ba  reproduced  from  tbe  original  dies,  to 
haye  on  hand,  ready  fur  issue  on  the  day  the  oontraot 
tei-m  commences,  a  sufficient  stock  of  stamps,  of  the 
several  denominations  and  kinds  required,  to  fill  tbe 
eurrent  dally  requlsliions  from  the  department,  with- 
out hindrance  or  delay. 

Tbe  eontraetor  will  be  further  required  to  keep  la 
repair  #11  dies,  rolls,  and  plates  from  which  stamps 
may  be  pointed,  and  to  renew  the  same  whenever  re- 
qnl^d ;  t^od  aliould  new  designs  be  required  at  anr 
time  to  take  tne  plaoe  of  tbe  present  series  of  stamps 
ftir  the  use  of  the  public,  or  of  any  of  them,  or  for  de- 
nomiaaiioos  ef  stamps  not  now  iu  use,  the  same  shaU 
be  (nruished  and  engraved,  sut^ject  to  the  npproval  of 
tbe  Postmaeter  General,  upon  his  reqiieat,  within  a 
reasonable  time;  all  which  shall  be  dousaud  executed 
in  tbe  be.t  style  of  steel  engraving  by  the  oontraotor, 
apd  at  bU  own  expeuse.  No  cU|tnge  will  be  made  to 
the  present  designs  of  offiolsl  postage  stamps,  or  of 
newspaper  and  periodical  stasaps ;  but  the  eontraetor 
will  l^  reqatred^to  keen  la  repair,  and  reaow  when  re- 
Quiied,  tbe  dies,  rolls,  and  plates  for  these  stamps,  the 
same  as  for  the  stamps  for  tbe  usaof  the  public.  All 
dies,  roils,  anu  plates  made  or  used  at  any  time  in  fill- 
ing the  contract  shall  immediately  become  the  abao- 
inte  property  of  the  United  States,  and  shall  be  de- 
liyered,  lu  good  working  order,  to  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral or  his  authorised  agent  whenever  demanded. 
BUILDING,  PI^ACB  OF  MANUFACTURE,  ka 

The  sumps  will  be  required  to  be  m.»nufaotnred  In  a 
fire-proof  building,  and  In  separate  apartments.  dU' 
tliMit  irom  those  in  yrbtoh  any  other  wora  is  done  by 
the  eoi  tractor— the  whole  to  be  subject  to  the  aporoyal 
of  tba  departr.enir- and  when  fiulsoed  must  be  placed 
in  a  fire  and  bniglar-proof  sale  or  vault,  to  be  aprclally 

f>rovided  for  that  purpose,  and  constructed  to  the  sat- 
sflftctlon  of  the  department  The  oootractor,  his  em- 
ployes, and  agents  shall  ooi)foru  to  such  regulations 
as  the  department  may  from  time  to  time  adopt  fbr 
the  seonrity  of  ths  Government 

AGBNT- 0FFICB-R00M8— INSPBOTlON. 
A  resident,agent  of  the  departmenc  will  hare  super- 
vision  of  the  mnootaciurs,  sion»^e,  and  issue  of  tba 
stamps,  who  shall  at  all  times  have  full  and  fi'ee  a^. 
cess  to  tbe  aparwtsnts,  sates,  and  vanits  where  the 
siampi  are  manufactured  and  stored,  for  the  piir pose 
of  inspecting  the  same  ;  and  the  contractor  snail  fur- 
nish hun  and  his  clerks  suitable  office  and  desk  room, 
tor  the  transaction  of  the  ousineaa  of  bis  ageuoy, 
without  cost  tu  tbe  Government.  Tbe  Posimuster 
General  snail  also  bive  the  right  at  any  time  tu  cause 
an  inapectfou  to  bH  made,  by  any  ageut  or  agents 
wbou  he  may  apecially  designate  lor  the  purpose,  or 
tne  apaitdients,  safes,  ana  vaults  used  lor  the  maou- 
taotnre  and  storsge  uf  stamp*,  nnd  of  tbe  stamps  in 
course  of  mauufacture  or  In  stock. 

STOCK   OH  HAND. 

Tbo  contractor  shail  at  ail  times  keep  aa  hand  a 
stoca  of  the  seroral  denominatluns  and  kinds  of 
scamps,  suiject  to  ihe  control  of  the  Post  Offlse  D^ 
partment.  Its  roitaluly  tutoorlsed  agent,  orsuuu  other 
•gents  as  may  be  spediilly  authorized  by  tbe  I'ost- 
master  Gsaerai.  In  all  stages  of  manuiacture,  sufficient 
to  meet  a'l  orders  ot  the  dopartmcut.  and  to  provide 
against  any  and  ail  contingencies  tbat  may  M  Ukely 
to  occur  during  the  existence  of  tbe  contract,  so  that 
each  aul  every  order  ul  the  department  may  be 
promptly  filled,  and  tbe  department  snail  have  tbe 
right  to  require  the  contractor  at  auy  time  dmlng  the 
existenee  of  the  ooutract  to  furnish  an  extra  quantity 
of  stamps  not  exceedint  a  supply  for  three  montba 
PACKING. 

Stamps  to  1)0  transmitted  by  sea  routes  must  be  se- 
curely packed inhermolioaliy  sealed  tlu  oases,  wrapped 
in  strong  msnlla  paper;  all  otuers  must  either  be 
peeked  in  strong  biailei  s'-board  boxes,  bound  on  the 
edges  and  corners  with  muslin,  and  enveloped  in  two 
thtckoeases  oi  strong  mauila  paner,  or  inclosed  lu 
Strong  nianila  *nyeloi>es,  as  the  qnantity  to  be  trans- 
mitMU  may  require ;  lul  packages  to  be  so  'nolosed  as 
to  enable  the  agent  vf  tbe  department  to  officlAily  seal 
theni. 

DBLIVBRT. 

The  stamps  may  be  required  to  be  delivered  by  the 
contractor  in  separate  paokages.  as  above  provided 
for,  at  the  Post  Office  to  the  place  where  the  same  are 
manufactured,  or  at  such  other  Post  Office  in  the  Im- 
mediate yiclnlty  of  the  pisoe  of  manutaoture  as  tba 
Postmaster  Ueaoral  niay  direct ;  or  lu  snou  qantitles 
Kt  the  Ptist  office  Department,  Washington.  D.  C.  (each 
denuminatiou  and  kind  being  kept  sexiaraie,)  as  the 
Postmaster  General  may  direct 

BLANKS. 

la  addition,  the  contractor  will  be  reqmred  to  fttr 
nl>b  Igbela,  and  direct  the  sarao,  for  encu  package,  in 
aocordanes  with  the  daliy  lists  furnished  b.y  tbe  agent 
of  the  department,  tugeiber  with  ali  other  blanka  r»- 
qulred  to  oe  Inclosed  with  the  stamps :  also,  all  blanks 
lor  dally,  weekly,  monthly,  and  quarterly  returns  re- 
lating to  tbe  Bumbar  and  denumtnAtlona  of  stamps 
nirulshed. 

RKPOHTS. 

The  oontraotor  irlU  be  required  to  report  weekly:  un- 
der oath,  tne  number,  denomination,  and  kind  of 
Btanps  maaufaetured,  (tinlsbed,  uuflaished,  and 
Booiled.)  tbe  number  iB->ned  daring  tbe  wecK,  and  the 
numuer  aval. able  lor  issue;  all  si>oiled  scamps  to  Lie 
destroyed  by  the  agent  of  the  department  in  the  pres- 
ence of  the  contraotur  or  his  repn  aentatlre,  or  other- 
wise disposed  of,  as  the  Postmaster  General  nLif  direct 
AWARD. 

The  contraet  will  be  awarded  on  the  basis  of  the 
number  of  the  aeyerelkiiida  of  stamps  is^ioed  daring 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30.  1876,  as  loUows  i 

1.  Number  of  stamps  for  use  of  the  pnblio. 688,790.090 

2.  Number  of  offloiai  stamiia  tor  use  ut  the 
exavutlTe  departments 17,682,665 

3.  Nnmber  of   newspaper    and    penodloal 

Stamps , 1,290,847 

Total 717,772.102 

Bids  must  be  made  for  each  kind  of  stamps  sepa- 
rately, the  bidder,  stating  in  tbel '  protxxals  th»  price 
per  thousand  stamps,  inoladiag  every thiug  required 
to  be  done  or  I'urnlshed,  as  set  lorth  in  this  advertise- 
ment; and  the  contract  will  be  swarded  as  a  ahole  to 
tne  lowest  tespooslble  bidder  in  tbe  xggregaie,  tbe 
amount  of  a  bid  to  oe  ascertained  by  exi«nding  the 
above  lasues  at  tbe  prices  bid  ruspectiveiy.  and  then 
aggregating  the  amounts  of  the  tluee  several  items. 
It  must  be  nnderstood,  however,  that  proposals  made 
under  thta  adverttsement  shall  include  all  the  stamps 
needed  by  tba  department  during  tbe  oontraot  term. 
Without  reference  tn  the  aoeve  ia.ues.  bbonid  the 
tue  of  any  of  tbe  a!x>ye  kinds  of  stamps  be  discon- 
tinued during  the  contract  term,  toe  contractor  yrlii 
not  oe  entitled  to  damages  on  account  of  such  discon- 
tinuance. 

PR0P0SAi>8— AGRBEMBNT— BOND. 

Bach  proposal  mast  be  signed  by  the  Indlvldnal  or 
partnetstaip  making  it  and  when  made  by  a  partner- 
ship the  name  of  each  partner  thereof  must  be  ais- 
eioaedi  and  It  miut  be  accompanied  bv  a  gnaranty, 
signed  by  at  least  two  responsible  guarantors,  that  the 
bidder  shall,  within  ten  days  after  being  called  upon 
to  do  so,  execute  a  contract  to  lurniau  promptly,  and 
In  quantities  as  ordered,  the  article  or  articles  to  be 
furnished  by  biiu,  the  responsioUity  and  sufficiency  of 
the  signers  to  suoh  gnaranty  to  be  certified  to  by  the 
Postmaster  or  United  . 'states  Attorney  where  tbe  bid- 
der resides  ;  and  In  such  oontraot  the  oootractor  and 
his  sureties  shall  covenant  and  agree  that  m  case  tbe 
said  contractor  aball  tail  to  do  or  perform  all  or  any 
of  tbe  ooyeaan.s,  stipulations,  sad  agreements  of  said 
contraot  on  the  p.krt  oi  tbe  said  contractor  to  be  per- 
formed, ae  therein  set  jorth.  the  said  contractor  and 
his  sureties  shall  forfeit  ami  pay  to  the  United  states 
of  Amerloa  the  sum  of  two  hundred  tbuusano  dollars, 
for  wbicli  said  firielinre  tbe  said  contractor  and  his 
surelljs  shall  be  Jointly  an  J  severally  liable,  as  liqui- 
dated damages  to  ue  sued  tor  lu  the  name  oi  ttie 
United  Statea 

If  the  bidder  to  whom  the  first  award  may  be  made 
should  fall  to  enter  into  a  contract,  ks  herein  provided, 
then  the  award  may  be  annullad,  and  the  contract  let 
to  the  next  lowest  reaponalole  bidder,  if  nut  deemed  too 
higb  by  the  Postmaster  Ueoeral.  and  ao  on  until  the  re- 
qmreo  contract  la  executed;  aoo  such  next  lowest  bidder 
shall  be  required  to  fUifiil  every  stipulation  embraced 
herelnasif  he  were  the  original  party  to  whom  the 
contract  was  awarded. 

The  oontraot  will  alto  proylde  tb^ik  if  at  any  time 
during  Its  continuance  tn^  auietles  shall  dlear  be- 
come irresponsible,  the  Postmaster  General  shaQ  have 
tbe  right  to  reanire  additional  and  suffldeat  sureties, 
Which  the  contractor  stiali  fumiah  to  the  acceptance 
ot  tbe  Puetmaster  General  wlrhin  10  days  after  notice; 
and  in  oefatUt  thereof,  tbe  contract  may  be  aaooUed. 
EB8KEVATIONS. 

The  Postmaster  General  reserves  the  right  to  retJect 
any  and  ail  bids  1£  in  his  Judgment,  ths  Interest  oi  the 
Government  requires  it;  also  tne  right  to  annul  the 
oontraot  If^  in  bta  opinion,  there  shall  be  a  failure  at 
any  time  to  perform  faithfully  an^  of  its  stinniations, 
or  In  case  of  a  willful  attempt  to  impose  upon  (he  de- 
partment siamjKi  inferior  to  those  required  by  the 
oontraot. 

PAYMENTS. 

Payments  fbr  stamps  actually  Issued  and  deUreted 
will  be  made  quarterly,  after  prujier  examlnatlua  end 
adliutinent  otacoonnta. 

CONTRACT  NOT  ASSIGNABLE. 

The  ooatract  cannot,  in  auy  case,  be  lawfully  trens; 
forred  or  assigned. 

,  BXTBNSION, 

BhouM  the  Interest  of  the  Governmeot  require,  the 
ooniraet  may  be  extended  beyond  the  time  named, 
not  exceeding  tbree  months,  by  order  of  the  Post- 
master General,  and  tbe  contraot  prices  and  all  oon- 
dluons  herein  set  forth  shall  govern  In  sncl^xtended 
oontraot  ^ 

ADDRESS. 

All  proposals  must  be  made  on  the  blank  forms 
furnished  by  the  department,  securely  euvsloped  and 
sealed,  indorsed  on  the  back  "  Proposals  toi-  Postage 
Stamps,"  and  addressed  to  the  Third  Assistant  Post- 
master General,  Washington,  D.  C. 

JAMBS  N.  'rYNEB,  Postmaster  GeneraL 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

Sealed  proposals  will  oe  received  by  the  Board  of 
School  Trostees  of  the  Twelfth  Ward,  at  tbe  Hall  of 
the  Board  ot  Kdnuation,  corner  of  Grand  and  Kim  sts., 
until  TUESDAY,  the  «th  day  of  February,  1877,  and 
until  4  e'cloek  P.  M.  en  said  day,  for  altering  and  fit- 
ting up  tue  premises  nu  tho  portu-ea|t  corner  i^ 
Avenue  A  and  118th  st.  for  school  purpoaea 

Plans  and  specifics  tiona  may  be  seen  at  tbe  office  of 
the  Superlutepdentof  School  Buildings,  No,  146  Greud 
Bt^  third  floor. 

Two  responsible  and  approved  sureties,  residents  of 
this  City,  vUt  be  required  from  the  auccesatul  bidder. 

The  party  snbmittinic  m  proposal,  and  the  partiea 
proposing  to  beeome  soroiles  must  each  wrlto  hu 
nemo  and  ptaee  of  tosidence  oa  said  proposaL 

The  TrastecB  reaerve  thenght  to  r^eot  any  or  all 
of  the  pr^osela  submitted. 

ROSWRLL  O.  BOLSTOa;    . 
DAVID  «,  SNAPP. 

SHABLKit  CRASi: 
>BN  L.  ToNM^B. 
OBRMAIS  aA0iOBAIiI<, 

BoMcdef  Behool-imstoea.TireUlgiWaHk  . 


BOABfiTNO  AND   I/ODGCfa. 

grjBJi  VF^TOtVM  VWFWH  9B  TUB  TIAUM. 

ffteay^ewaoOeqefTBB  TOMS  la1eee«e«al 
N».  1,397  Broadwrn.?,  bet.  Slat  maA  8M  MB. 

Open  dailjr,  Sundaya  ineinded.  Atom  4  A.  M,  to  0  P.  IC 

Bnbcerlptlons  received,  end  copies  of  THB  TIMSS  fbr 

seloL 

ADVtsniinniiiTfl  rkctiyi^  vnthi  9  p!  m. 


FIFTH  AV.,  NO.  998,— OUBSTKKFtBLD  HOUSB; 
the  party  oeonpylA^c  tbe  seoood  floor  iriil  let  their 
apartments  very  reasonable  fbr  three  months:  Tflth 
or  witbont  board  >  apaiior  end  bedroom  with  boaitl. 
J.  P.  wobstblIw 


IKrOei.  91.  ANU  0:i  WBS' 

XiHsdleon    sor     ■ 

seeead  and  park     „ 

hoa«e,  tftble,  ^c,  atrietlr  flnt-eiaaa. 


NU  0:i  WEST  s^TH   tiT,-NI 

iqnare,    elegantiT-faruisned  rooms 
rler  fieor;   priyate  table  if  reemr 


NBAR 


oa 


eqidred; 


'KTO,  S3  IBVINU  Fii^OBi  TWO  OOUHS  F»OK 
JJl  Orameroy  Park.— Large,  pleasant,  desirable  iboms 
en  fourth  floor;  also  bell  room  on  aeeond  floor;  with 
board:  refbreaoea. 


NO.  140  WEST  44TH  MT.-PLBABANT  FRONT 
rooms ;  vacated  by  paxties  going  to  Europe  t  also 
ball  room. 


"KTit.  33  WEST  S3I>  Ht.-SLEGANT  SECOND 
X^  floor  suite,  front;  southern  exposure;  superior 
board;  reasonable  price. 


NINBTEKNTH     ST..    NO.   9S8     WBST.-A 
large  hall  room  to  let,  with  board ;  gas,  fire  j  tones 
moderate. 


■l\rO.  »8  WEST  3 1ST  ST.-PLKA8ANT  BOOMS 
i.1  to  let,  with  board;  unexpectedly  vacated;  refer- 
ences. 


Ni 


O.  46  WEST   34D    8T.-0BSIRABLB    THIRD 
story  front  rooms,  with  board ;  transleotlr  or  per- 

nAnt!   terms  low. 


manent;  terras  low. 


NO.  3  WEST  30TH   ST.— Mrs.    WtLLIS    HAS 
handsome,  nug  trout  room*  to  let,  with  board; 
references. 


NO.  9  ORAMBRCV  PARK.— TWO  DBSIRABLB 
rooms,  fnrnlsbed  or  qnfamished,  and  with  or  with- 
oat  board. 


NO.  2«   KAST   33D  «T.-WITa   BOAROv  PAB- 
ler  and  bedroom,  first  floor:  parlor   sol  bedroom, 
third  floor ;  sunny  exposure,  saigle  rooms. 


171 PTH  A  v.,  NO.  597  1  HANOSOMR  ROOM  AND 
'  first-class  board  for  single  gentlemaa ;  also  table 
board:  reterenoe required. 


V<*«  118  WE.^T  49rH  8T.-T0  LBT  <«1TH 
1^  board,  single  and  double  rooms;  terms  moderate i 
reference. 


N 


0.114  WE.ST-.«!iD  ST.— A   PLBASANT  BOOM 
wltii  board  ;  grgte  fire ;  terms  moderate. 


»LEASANT  ROOMS.  WITH  BOARD  t  BEF- 
erences.    No.  llBWest  46tb  st 


N 


O.   a    WBST   490   ST.-HANDBOMB    BOOMB 
with  board  ;  reference  ezchi^nged. 


N: 


O.    46   WEST   U3D    ST.— ELEGANT  BBt'OND 
flitorefthrea  rooms,  with  board;    terms  moderate. 


N 


O,  4S  EAST  ail  ST  ST,-LABGK  TUUtD-MTORT 
back  room,  sunny  exnosure,  to  let  with  board. 


N 


N 


U.  e  WBMT  lOTH  HT.— TURKE  LAUOB  BOOMS 
to  let,  with  or  without  board ;  referencea 

O.  19  EAST   46X'U   ST. -BOO Ma  tb  LET, 
with  bt>erd ;  references  exchanged. 


KUR:^ISHKD  KOOMS. 

A'^'^'^^^TmJNGTliADY  ENGAGEir'''lN''sTODr 
would  ahare  her  room  with  lidy  of  similar  taste  ; 
l«>ler»noe8  exotianged.  Address  STUUBNT,  No.  66  Wast 
»8th  it 


^TO.  ff-^  WBST»1ST  HT.— FORNISHBD  BBCONP 
I  floor,  two  rooms,  with  private  baths  and  Closet*, 
to  gentlemen,  without  meals ;  house  flrst  c)asa  and 
private. 


ABANDSUiMELT   FURNISHED  ROOAI  TO 
let  to  a  eenlleman,  witboat  board,  la  a  private  (s- 
millv.    Na  S7  Kast  19tb  st,  near  Broadway. 


board.   Addreas,  stating  terms  and  looatiun,  8.  J., 
Box  Na  163  Titnet  .offlea 


HOTELS^ 

THE  ROYAL  VICTORIA  HOTEL, 

NASSAU,  BAHABA  TSLANDS. 
For  fcll  information  apply  to 

JAMKS  LtUGBRWOOD  fc  Oa. 

Na  TBS  Btoadw^y.  New-Tork. 


JINSTRUOTIOK 

COARLiBR  INSTITUTE, 

CENTBAt  FABK,  NBW-VOBK. 

Boarding   and    Day   .Sbhool   ft>c    boys    from  saves  ta 

twenty  years  old. 


DEAN  COLLEGE  aND  OONSBRVArOKV 
OF  MUSIC  lior  young  ladies,  Binghamtoo.  M.  y.; 
«-iUO  per  year;  harp  extra.  Rev.  R.  A.  PATBR8UN, 
A-  M.,  President 


FORT  WASHI)iGTON  FRENCH  AND  ENG- 
LISH Institute,  T71st  at  and  King's  Bridge  Road, 
N.  1.  City.— 'J'Jil  yesr,  2d  session,  opens  Pebw  1.  Pnolls 
prepared  tor  collage  or  business.  V.  Prevoat,  PrlncipiiL 


MRS.  PARRS'  BOARDING  AND  DAY 
school  tor  young  ladies,  Vew-Brnnswiok.  N.  J., 
opens  Its  next  session  Feb.  6.  Circulars  sent  if  desired. 
Teriui  moderate. 


H 


KlUB.NVls^LD    IMSTfTUTB.    NO.    832    LBZ- 

ington  av.,  north-west  corner  of  63d  st — English 

»u4  German  day  and  boattUug  school;   sew  session  be- 
gins Feb.  7. 


KYE  SEiniNARY. 

Bje,  N.  Y.    For  partionlars  eddraaa 
Mrs.  S.  J.  liIFE. 


TEAGBLgBS^ 

M&.S.  MITCHELL  (DIPLOMEB)  SUPPLIES 
sutaools  and  families  with  reliable  gontlemea  lady 
teuchers,  governesses,  or  tutors  ;  gives  information  of 
good  schools;  f.imiiles  going  to  Europe  au'l  country 
will  find  competent  teacuera  to  accompany  them.  Mrs. 
MlTchBLL  o<tn  refer  to  tue  best  tanulieii  and  sobools 
in  New-Yurk.  Teachers' Bnxeau,  tto.  67  West  aoihst. 
Hoars,  Vi  till  4. 


M 


ISS     AI.     J.     YOUNG    RES^ECTiTlILLY 

i!U.taforms  ber  friends  and  tbe  ednaatlonai  pnolto 
that  in  ounseqaence  of  tbebankrnptoy  uf  J.  W.  Sober- 
uerbora  It  Co.,she  has  severeu  ker  couoectioa  with  tbe 
''American  School  Institnie."  and  will  open  ber  own 
•dncational  agenev  a^Na  *JS  Daioa  square  on  THUBli- 
DAY,  Feb.  8  ;  office  bonrs  from  9  A.  M.  to  5  P.  M.  — :* 


AGBNTLEOIAN  OF  CLASSICAL,  BUUCA- 
tion,  formerly  Professor  of  hlooutioo  in  (ranee, 
wishes  to  give  lessons  in  ths  French  language,  pri- 
vately or  in  schools  ;  teims  moderate;  unexoeptionar 
bie  roterenoes.  Address  PROFESSOR,  oare  of  Mr.  a. 
J.  Pall  lard.  No.  680  Broadway. 


NO.  SUBOTHAV.— FRgNCU  LESSONS.  WITH  A 
pure  pronnneiation,  given  in  private  families  or  at 
PruioisofB  residence,  by  M.  OaKEAC.  formerly  a  magis- 
trate and  member  of  the  University  of  Franca 


BUSI^E8S  CU Aff OJg& 

PARTNER  WANTBD— IN  A  GOOD,  WBLL- 
estabhahed,  and  profitable  business,  centrally  lo- 
cated in  tbe  City  of  RoubeateK,  comprislug  stoves,  tin, 
and  sbeet-iroo  ware,  nouae-fdmlshlng  goods,  and  gen- 
eraljobblng  work.  A  capital  of  $8,000  required.  Ad- 
dress B.,  Box  Na  146  Itme$  office,  or  BOWaRD  JONES, 
Boohester,  Na  18  South  St  Paul  st. 


PROPOSALS. 


TO   QUARRYAIEN  AND    GRANITE   DEAL- 
ERS. 

PROPOSALS  FOR  CUT   STONB. 

Orpica  OP  LioRT-RousB  baeareaa,  ) 

.    Thihv  Dutrict,  > 

ToapxwsTiLii,  lN.  Y.,  Jau.  13, 1877.     > 

Proposals  are  soilolted.  And  will  be  reoeived  until 
noon  of  Feb.  'i6,  1 877,  for  luroisblng  the  cnt  stone 
fbr  the  dwelling  and  tower  for  Stratford  Bhoals  ijigh^ 
house.  Long  islaud  Sound,  New- York. 

The  stone  (granite)  is  to  be  cut  uooordlng  to  plana 
and  specifloations.  whiob.  with  any  other  information 
desired  oooeerning  tlie  woric,  will  ue  furnished  to  bid- 
ders upon  applioaiion  to  the  undersigned. 

The  proposals  will  state  the  lump  sum  for  which  the 
stone  required  vrlil  be  delivered  at  tbe  hiirbor  of 
Bridgeport,  Coon.  Tbe  stones  are  all  to  Be  delivered, 
cut  and  dressed,  reiidy  tor  setting.  Tbe  labor  of  erect- 
mg  the  structure  will  be  done  by  the  United  States, 
and  should  not  be  included  in  the  proposeia 

Tbe  stones  are  to  be  delivered  iu  peroeia,  according 
to  sises,  and  the  order  In  wbich  they  wU  be  required 
for  use,  commenciaz  the  delivery  nes  later  than  the 
flrst  of  May,  1877,  and  the  entire  lot  to  be  delivered 
within  one  month  thereafter. 

Proposals  Will  be  la  duplicate,  with  two  svetles  ta 
an,  amount  equal  to  the  bid  attached  to  each. Indorsed 
by  eouie  officer  of  the  Government  known  to  tbe 
Treasury  Department 

They  will  be  aealeil  end  Indorsed  "  Propoaails  for 
out  atone  for  tbe  Stratford  Shoals  Light-bense,"  and 
addressed  to  the  undersigned,  who  reserves  the  right 
to  reject  any  bid  f  jr  prooar  cause. 

i.  O:  WOODRUFF, 
Colonel  of  Engineers,  United  btates  Army, 
Bngineer  Tblro  Ligbt-houso  Distriot. 

Post  Office  Box  Na  4,032,  New-York  City. 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

Sealed  ptoposaia  will  be  received  by  the  Board  of 
School  Tmstees  ot  tbe  Nineteenth  Ward,  et  tbe  hall 
of  the  Board  of  Bduoatiea,  comer  of  Grand  and  Elm 
sts..  unUl  TUBaDAY.  Feb.  13, 1877.  and  until  4  o'clock 
P.  M.,  of  said  day.  for  furnishing  sUolng  doors,  Ita,  la 
Urammar  Ucheoi  honse  Na  IB.  on  Bast  61st  st,  near 
Lexington  av.  « 

Plans  and  specifications  may  be  seen  at  tbe  office  of 
theSnpeiintendent  of  School  Buildings,  Na  i46  Grand 
st,  tbirc  floor. 

'iWo  responsible  and  approved  anretiea,  residents  of 

this  City,  will  be  reqnired  from  the  suficesstal  bidden; 

The  purty  submitting  a  proposal    and  the  parties 

proposing  to  become  aureties,  murt  each  write  his 

aanu  and  place  of  reeideooe  on  said  proposaL 

Tbe  Trustees  r^serre  the  right  to  reject  any  or  all 
of  tbe  proposals  submitted. 

J.  O.  ALSTON. 
F.  T.  HOi'KINS. 
K.  H.  POMKROY, 
K.  THALMBHblNGEB, 
JOHN  a  UONNKt,LT, 
Board  of  School  Traatees,  Nineteenth  Ward. 
Dated  Nbw-York,  Jaa  81, 1877. 


Tas  TapsTXBs  or  tbb  Nbw  York  Aira  Brooxktii  ) 
BXI0«B,  OmOB   No.  °^1  tVATBU  ST.,         > 
BRooKLTir,  Feb.  6,  1877.) 
TDLANS  AND  ESTIMATES  WILL    BE   HE- 
JrclilVhD   by  the  Tmatees  of  the   New-York   and 
UrooklTu    Bridge,   at  their  office.  No.  21    Water   at., 
Brooklyn,  until  Feb.  16.  lor  two  spiral  stairways  of 
iron,  to-exteod  from  the  docks  to  the  madwaya  of  the 
New-York  and  Brooklyn  towers:  helgntB,  about  4.gO 
fbet-  s 

Plana  of  tbe  towtn  on  be  aeen  at  tbe  Bnginoer'B 
Office 

Also,  estlmstes  are  requested  fTom  bmldexs  fbr  re- 
ducing tbe  roots  of  sevoMl  bulldlags  on  the  Uae  of  the 
Beat  Btrer  Bridge  In  both  eltlea,  end  dBraidiinc  Are- 
proof  rooik.  for  portienlara  epMr  to  P.  Oeuingwoed, 
at  his  office,  earner  Cherry  aad  Itovet  ats..  tiew-Terk, 
aad  at  this  elBoa 
•  ^.  A.  ftOSBUSa^CIMef  1IMIM«,  J 


mam 
^iJfU&aBMEKTS. 


OKAMO  laTBRARY 

AND 

MfrSIOAL  EKTEJBTATiynfHWT 

Oadar  tike  cosploaa  of 

TflOB  HfEW-TORK  P&ESS  CWB 

AT 
itaiVWAT  HA^Ii.  TQBflDAT,  Feb.  6,  et  & 
BVMu  leSiinv  PAPPBHaElM,  Bepiww. 
Kae.  CBLDA  «KGXnN,  CoatieUa. 
MASK  TWAIN.  (8.  h.  Clenaeae^ 
A  P.  BURBANE,  Blooutlonlst. 

CHA&LB*  BOBUTI^  Ja.,  BioeationUt 
IVItUAlC  CABTXiB.  Tenor. 

«BOBOB  WBRSBVEATH.  ttenOK 

WILUAM  CABLVrON.BwcMeM. 

JULPB  G.  LUMBARD,  Baaa 

Pzoi  P.  Boscovrrz,  pianist. 

TB>  NSW-IORK  OLBB  AND  MADBIGAIi  OLOB. 

THB  TOUNG  APOLLO  CLUB. 
Befior.  B.  MABZO.  Condnetor  and  AeoomBanlst. 
Tickets,  with  leserred  seats,  $1 60  end  $1,  aeeordlng 
to  location.  For  aa*e  at  the  hall.  Oeaerei  edalsaion,  9% 


CHlCKEttING  HALfL.  ABBOIT- 

WEDNESDAY  EVENING,  Feb.  7. 
D,  de  Tiro  has  the  honor  to  ennonooe  the 
DEBUT   OF  MISS  BMMA 

ABBOTT, 


AasUtod  bg 
BBIONOIiI.    PBBRANTI,    CASE,   PRATT, 
GRAND  OR0HB8TBA. 


aod 


Under  ^Irectlqn  of. 


..MAX  KABBTZBS 


FBIDAT,  Feb.  9— Second  ABBOTT  OONO^BT. 
SATURDAY.  Feb.  10— only  ABdOTT  M.ATINBB.         4 
Admission,  #1 ;  reserved  seats.  60  cents  aqd  fll  ex- 
tra, according  to  location.     Matinee  Prices— Admlo- 
slon,  $1:  reserved  seats.  SO  eents  extra.     Tickets  for 
sale  at  the  Box  Office,  Chiekering  Hail;    Sctaabeitb'a, 
Ha  itZ  Union  square,  and  Bollmenn's,  t>o.  Ill  Broad- 
way. 
N.  B — First  concert,  BBNgFTT  of  the  Cbepln  Homa 
Chiokering  pianos  used  at  all  Abbott's  conoerta 


DALY*S  FIFTH  AVENUIS  THBAT&B. 

Let  thoae  now  LAUGH 

Who  never  LAUG ;  I BD  before  I 
And  those  who  elwavs  LAUGHBD 

Now  LAUGH  the  more  I 

JSTERT  NIGHT,  / 

BactpataK    at   8,   terminating   et  10:8(t,    Anguatlp 

N«WCOIII|0  HENSATIOX! 

LEMONS. 

THB  BIT  OF  THE  SEASON. 

A  LAUGH  FOR  EVERYBODY. 

IHATINBB  8ATURDAV  AT  2. 


UNION  S«|l} ARE  THEATUB. 

Propzletor , ....'..Mii,  BBSSIDAN  SHOOK 

VMMKOr - Ml.  A.  IL  fALUHi 


THS  DAino^BFra. 


AN  BNOUMoUS    BUCOBi 

Will  be  girefi  every  night  aud  at  tbe  SataTdej  matlode 
until  ftirtber  notice,  with  its 
MAGNIFICENT  SCENERY  AND  GREAT  CAST, 
laelndlng  the  following  favorite  names: 

Messra  C.  B.  'i  borne,  Jr.,  James  O'Neill,  W.  B.  Floyd. 
J.  H.  Btoddart.  John  Parsalle,  H.  W.  Montgomtirr,  H  F. 
Daly,  W.  H.  wilder.  John  Matthews,  Lvsanner  Tbumo- 
son,  and  H.  Ramsay,  and  Misses  Katharine  Rogers, 
Fanny  Morant,  Sara  Jewatt,  Ida  Vernon,  Mra  Marie 
Wllklns,  Mia  Ferren.  Miss  LUliam  Cleves,  aud  Mra 
Seymour. 

8ATDRDAT,    Feb.   10, 

First  matin  ie  of 
THE  DANICHEFFS. 


THE  BEST  RB'^BRVEO  SEATS  AND  BOXS3 
for  the  CIppra,  ail  Theatres,  concerts,  and  BaUs, 
six  days  la  aoVance,  at  TYaON'S  Ticket  office,  Windsor 
HoteL 


GBRiUAN  LlEOERiLRANZ. 

AT  THE  ACADKMT  OF  MUSltt 

GRAND  MA^QURBADB    BALL, 
THURSDAY,  Fis,B.  8,  1877. 

Tickets,  at  the  usual  nrioe  and  nndtr  the  usual 
restnctloos,  can  be  bS'i  from  the  fallowing  gentlemen: 
William  Steinway.  Steinway  HalL 
Biail  Unger,  ^a  60  Park  place. 
Herman  Ubl,  New-York  5ftaai«-2M(sn(r. 
Elg.  Kauiman,  No  89  Nasssn  st 
L.  Baemmerer,  No.  108  Urand  st 
W.  Rasmus,  Na49  Exchange  piaoa 
H.  ('.  F.  Kocb.  comer  ?Oth  st  end  6tb  ar, 
J.  Windmnller,  German  Savinga  Bank,  lith  at. 

L.  A.  Oracs,  No.  138  Chambers  st 

Peter  Eineuweln,  No   148  Nassau  st 

Boxes  and  tickets  aold  by  C.  Godfrey  Onnther,  No.  25 

Union  square,  and  Submldc  &  Curtitu,  Mo.  83  Brogd  at. 


ASSOCIATION  BALL.  23D  ST. 

IMFEBBONATIONS  AND  BEADINOfl. 

MR.  A.  P.  BURBANK, 

The  celeorate^  elecuttonlat 

NBW  ANU  ATTRACTIVE   FROGRAMHB, 

TUESDAY   EVKMNG,  FEB.  6. 

"Tickets  at  tbe  door,  50  centa 


HAN  VRAXCISCO  .UIMSTUELS. 

The    "BfiWARD  OF    MERI T'- Snc;CS.3&  i       Opera 
The  new  Opera  Bouffe.  Music  bv  Oflienbach        Hotue. 

THE  HAPPY  MOKa,  and  a  Broadway. 

QOttaBGDU  JAPAN ueS  DIURAMlO Scene. land  2»tk»t. 
MaTINBB  SATUROAt  AT  2.     Seats  secured. 


TENTH  AN.SUAL  EXHIBITION  OF  THB 

AMBBICAN  MOGJKfY    OF   PAINTBRS   IN 

W^ATER-GOLORS, 

now  open  at  the  National  Aoademy  of  Design,  oomer  of 
4th  ar.  and  23d  it,  daily,  (Sundays excepted.)  firom  8 
A  H.  until  6 1".  M..  and  tron  7  until  10  P.  II. 


DRBADllNG  lOLANTBE. 

'THB  CBNIESNIAL  BUTTER  HEAD.' 

N£&T  TO  NEW-YORK  AQUARIUM. 

ADMISSION  26  GEaT.s. 

FOR    A    FEW    DAYS    ONL.T. 


VOCAL  AND  INSTRUMENTAL  CONCBKT- 
For  the  benefit  of  tbe  GEBMAM  ML^SIO.l.  at  tbe 
Cnapei  or  St  George,  16th  st.,  TO-MieHT,  commeooing 
at  8  o'clock.  Adnusstoik  60  cents.  All  tbe  friends  are 
luvited.  FLEISCHHACKtIB,  .Mioiatec 


MR.  CHARLES  ROBERTS,  JR.. 

WILL  BRAD  THIS  (TUESDAY)  EVENING,  FEB.  6, 

at  et  Peter's  Hall.  West  '.^oth  at.,  near  9th  av. 
Admission,  26  oenta 


¥mB  AETS. 


THIS  EVBNINO. 

Sale  of  the  entire  oolleotlen  of 

WATEB-COLOB  PAINTINGS 

of 

AIBS8RS.  M.  KNOBDLBB  Oe  CO., 

Successors  to  GOUPIL  fc  00.. 
consisting  ot  choice  specimens  ly  the  following  emi- 
nent Foreign  and  Amencaa  Artists: 

ALMA-TADEMA,    BOOGHTON,    BOOVIBB,    OOTTIN, 
COBTAZZO,  COMPTE-CALIZ,  DBTAILLB,  PORB,  DIB- 
DIN,    FORTDNT,    FILOSA,    BD.    FBERE,     QEROMB, 
KLIMSCa.  LBLOUt,  ROSSI,  SIMONETTI,  SIMONI,  VIR- 
BRT,  ZAMACOIS.  and  othera 
At  tbe 
KURTZ  GALLBRT,  NO.  6  BAST  3SD  ST., 
at  8  o'oiooK. 
BOBEBT  SOMBtiYILIiB,  AuotiooeeB. 


Mst's  Sale. 

MIl&CD..4U49LlfiTYST., 

sell  oa  WEDNESDAY,  Feb.  7,  the  studies  aad  stndlo 
effeeta  of  e  prominent  artist,  oonslsting  of  dr.iwlngs 
ttom  the  aude.'sketehes  in  oU.  easels,  lay  figure,  cruel- 
fix,  portraits,  end  paintings,  with  and  with  ut 
firamea  Out-door  sketching  apparatas  comnlete,  euil- 
ous  and  interesting  to  artists  end  amateura  Also 
bronse  medalUona,  inkstands,  roatcb.aafea,  paint- 
hnuhes,  Ita  G.  L  BANKi,  Auotloaeea 


ART. 

NOW  ON  BZHIBITION,  FRBB,OAT  AND  BVRNIMG, 

at  MINER'S  ABT  GALIiEBIBS,  No.  846  Broadway, 

.  ^^^    THE  OOLLBCTION  OF  WORKS  OP  ABT 

In  eU  aad  water  eolors,  of  the  late 

J.  P.  BBAUMONT,  BSQ,,  deoeased, 

Bmbractng  imi^rtatti  eximples  of  highly  esteemed 

and  eminent  artists  of  America  and  Europe,  to  l>e  sold 

et  auction, 

TUESDAY.    WBDNESDAT,   AND    THUBgDAl    BVBN- 

lAGS,  Feb.  18.  14.  and  16,  at  7:80  Colook, 

by  order  of  Executrix. 

HBNBY  D.  MINES,  Auctioneer. 

'  ART.      '^'       —————— 

NOW  ON  BXHIBITION   AT  THE 

SCHBSCK  ART  GALLERY, 

No.  60  Liberty  st 

An  important  ooilootioaof  High  Cbiss' AMBRIO/UT 

AND  FOREIGN  OIL  PAINJ'INOS,  several  of  which  are 

Untm  the  last  Perls  Balon  BxhlMtloa  ta  Puts,  end  tho 

Amenoan  direct  trom  the  gtudtoa  of  our  I»st  artists, 

to  be  sold  at  eaetlea, 

OHTHOBSDAT  ABO  FBIDAT,  FIB.  8  AMB0. 
eft  19  e'Oloek  eaeh  day. 

.VW4SD  BOfiUCK.  AMMlWWPk 


AJuusEJMBBrra 


H»OTH'8  THBATBBi 
JABBTfT  k  PAUCBB 


ANOTHER  TRIUMPB. 


*' FIFTH  AYkNU4.» 

taOBOB  FAWCBTT  ROWB'B  OBBAT  PLAX 

Betan  of  tbe  poealar  aeter,  IfiL 

WBO&GBKIOMOLO. 

^••nie^vebeBnas  withtilasaataanaeCtha  «•«» 
Uer  pbaaea,  thiUUaginoidenta.  end  aeaaetlonel  eeenr- 
leneee  of  LIFB  IN  THB.  GREAT  MBTSOPOIiU  ee  f. 
wao  tn  188S. 

Pletaraa  the  SINKINO  OF  AN  OCBAN  flrPBAlCBR  e« 
the  beaks  ot  Hewmnadland  BxatUaf  eflknta  to  raaeae 
the  peieengets.    1862. 

ACT  It 
Plotuxes  80BNB8  IN  WAJtL  STBBBT.    Btermy  aaeettog 
of  stookholdera     1863. 
-  ^  ACT  in. 

Flotuxes  the  LAUNCHING  OF  THB  RONITOB.    186& 

ACT  IV. 
Pletnres  Fifth  aTenne  by  night,  aad  the  MURDKB  OF 
MR.  BCHUTLBR,  tbe  banker.    A  thrtlllag  soeea    1868. 

ACT  V. 
Pictures  the  return  of  the  gallant  Seventh  BegtmentT 
and  tbelr  oonfliot  with  tbe  ■ 

RIOTERS    OF   18B3. 

*«*  The  east  Is  a  powerful  one.  The  seenenr  Bai» 
alfloent.  Beets  can  be  secured  ftom  SAM.  to  19 
P.  M. 


WALLACH.IS. 

Propzletor  aad  Kaaeger.. Mr.  LESTBB  WALLACK. 

NOVEL  AND  ATTBAOTIVB  PROGBaMMB 

for  tbe 

WBBK  BNI)  NG  FBB.  la 

TUESDAY. 

LAST  NIGtiT  BUT  ONI 

Of 

ALL  FOR  HRB. 

MB.  LESTER  WALLACm 

HUGH  TREVOR. 

ON  WBDNB'DAT  AND  THURSOtT  BVBNfifSt 

Two  of  the  first  of  a  teries  of 

BRILLUNT  LEQlTI!dATB  COMBDIBS. 

A  MoK NINO  Call 

end 

MARBIi::D  LIFE. 

MB.  LESTKB   WALLACK 

and 

BTBRT  MEMBER  OF  THB  OOMPANT 

will  appear  in  this  en  tertainmsnt 

FRIDAY,  LAST  SIGHT  Of 

ALL  FOR  UBR- 

Seturday  Bvening  and  Saturday  Matinee 

A  MORNISG  CALL 

nnd 

HARRIED  LIFTL 

KONDAT,  pcedneilon  of  O' Knees' s  greet  flreeet 

comedy  of 

WILD  OATS. 

wmmmm^  .  i  .  ..i..  i  I     i    ii    ^ 

ACADB.M  Y  OF  music. 

KBLLOGti. 

Mc.  O.  D.  HESS Dlreotea 

POKITIVBLT  THB  L.iST  PRRFOBMANCB8. 
Leet  appearances  in  New-Yor  Ji  this  season  of  Ameiioe'l 

great  prlm<i  d'>nna, 

MISS  CLARA  LoOISE  KisLLOGG, 

THE  KBLLOGU  GRAND  KNGLI8H  '  PEBA  C0MP4HI« 

in  the  following  hl«hly  attractive  repertoire. 

TUESDAY  ByBN1^0,  Ke3.  6.  Donixettl'S 

LUCIA  DI  LAM.MEEMOOR. 

MISS  CT-ARA  LOUISE  KELLOGG. 

MBseRS.  MAAS.  OaRIjBTON.  CONLT, 

TURNER    4ia.  in  the  cast 

WEDNESDAY  BySNI.'iG.  lustrepreientBtionofthegreA 

achievement  of  tbe  season.  Wagner's 

FLYNU  DOTUH.MAN. 

FBIOAT  BVBNING,  BENEFIT  0FMIS8  KBLLOOO, 

MIGNON. 

LAST  O&AND  MATINEE  ON  SA'HJBOAY. 

Beenre  seats  at  gcbirmer's.  No,  7U1  Broadway,  at  the 

Aoodemy  of  Music,  and  Na  111  Broadway. 

— ^ — . — ; x 

94GLE  THEATRE.      BROADWAY  AITO  330  S'C 

THK  AIAIEE    OPJiRA  SEASON. 

TO-NIGHT  THK   NEW  OPKRA. 

FIRST  PROUOCmoN  OF  LA  PhTlTK  MARIBB. 

FIRST  PRODUCTION  OP  LA  PETITE  MARIBB. 

To-mght  and  every  night  tbls  week. 

To-night  and  every  nleht  this  week. 

First  production  in  New-York  of  the  last  KuropeaB 

HnaioalDenaatioa,  Leoocq's  most  leoeutiy  succeed 

work 

LA  PETrrE  MARIEE. 
LA  PETITE  MARIEE, 

MUe.  AIMBB  (first  time  here)  as GRAZTKLLA* 

Grand  Chorus,  and  a  gif^at  cast.  Tbe  whole  pro- 
duced with  entirely  new  Ecenery,  rich  and  gorgeous 
costumes,  appropriate  acoessories,  and  an  eclipsing 
splendor  of  miae  en  sc&ne. 

SATURDAY    AFTERNOON    st    1:30,     GRAND    GALA 
♦      MATINS  R. 
Matinee  admission,  to  all  parts,  SOo. 

PARK  THEATRE.  OUR  BOARDlNtr-flOUSB, 

BROADWAY  AND  22D  ST. 
HBNBY  B.  ABBEY JLessee  and  Manage! 

ASSURED  Snc>  ESS. 

CROWDED  HOUSliS  -MSHTLif  DELIGhTBD 

with  Leonard  Grover's  American  conied.y  in  lour  acta 

"OUR  BOAttiUi^G-HOOSE." 

••OOa  BOARDlNG-HOU-iK." 

"OUR  BOABDISG-uOUSB." 

"OUR  BOARDISii-HUDSE." 

"OUR  BOABDING-HOU3S." 

"OUR  BOARDISG-HOOSK." 

A   POPUIAELY    APP.WVKO    COMBINATION   CASf. 

8BCUBE    YOUR    SEATS    I.S    ADVANCE —Eeserved 

seats  in  belcoa.y,  60  cents;  in  dre^s  circle,  $1;  in  ov 

Cbestra.  C 1  50  ;   admissiiin   50  cents  and  $1. 

BVBRY  EVKN.Mi  AND  SATURDAY   MATINEE. 
FREE  Liar  AB80LDTBLY  SCaPit.vDSD. 

THB  GREAT    NBW-V«>RK.  AQUARICBL 

Broadway  and  S6tb  st. 
Ooen  £rom  9  AM.  till  10  P.  M.,  (Sundays  exo«pted.l 

NEW  AND  SPECIAL  ATTRACTIONS  WEEKLY. 
BBADTIFDL  AND  INTlSaoiiTlJiG     ii.NTBKTAI.v'iliiNT. 
Ml8B   VIRRINE  LU8IN,     i  Capt.  QUIGLKY, 

THE  WAIKR  NYMPH,  tne  wenderfui 

remains  under  water  vrith-       SUBMARINE  DIVER, 
out    mechnnicnl    aid    fromlUlnstntes    the   working  a 
Uhi  to   3    mlnntes,    eating  the  diver's  suit  in  the  larg* 
and   driukine   wblie    suu-  tank,      remaining     undex 
merged,  at  3:30 ^nd  9  P.  il.  Iwacer forty-flve  minutes. 

MARVELOC<>  FlSa-HATCalNG  DEPARTMENT. 
AFTERNOON  MSI)  EVENING  (JO.'^CERl's  ANJ  THOU- 
SANDS OF  UTHEtt  ATTRAC-TIO.SS. 

BELLBR'8  WONDER  THEATRE. 

EVERY  EVENING  AT  8- 
BNTIBE  CUANU  b  OF  PROURAMMB. 

Being  the  Third  Series  of 

HRLLliR'8   WONDERS. 

BIX  STARTLING    NE«  ROMA.VTIO  WOHDEBB. 

New  wonders  developed  in  tbe 
bECOSD  smHT  MfSTBBTt. 

And  an  original  Optical  ><  nxTel.  <-ncltled 

IIVl.^GPlCTDRKsi. 

MATINBBS  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATUBDAT  AT  3. 

Children  bolt  price  to  Matin^eA 

NIBLO*S    GARUbN. 

PBALFT  BROTHERS Lessees  andMenegeB 

Unbounded  Success. 


ABOUND 

THB 

WORLD 

IN  8U  DAYS. 


Brery  evening  and  Saturday  matinee,  cfeets  aecutel 
two  weeks  tn  advance. 

filETROPOLITAN  BiasEUiH  OP  ART. 

The  CASTELLAN!  COLLECTION  loaned  to  the  M* 
senm  by  Kignor  A.  Cnsteliaiit  consisting  of  MAJObICA, 
GOLD.  BRUi>ZB,  STA  PUABY,  and  uTrfr.R  A.STIQDI- 
TIES  of  GREEC  li  and  ITALY,  will  be  opened  to  the  pub- 
lic on  and  after  TUKSOAV.  Feb.  6.  &um  10  A  M.  to  6 
P.  M,.  and  from  7  30  P.  M.  t-  1 J  P.  M. 

H.  B. — Admission  to  tbe  Miueum,  26  cents;  to  tbe 
Castellaui  Collection.  26  renta  This  additional  charge 
Is  made  on  accouNtof  the  agreement  to  ae  vote  ths 
proceeds  to  lb"  nurcbase  of  tbe  collection,  if  i  can  be 
effected.  Tbe  free  daya  to  the  Museum  are  MO&  DATS 
and  ThUR  DAYS. 

OLYMPIC  THEATRE.  NO.  6-22  BROADWAYS 

PRONOUNCED  AND  POSITIVE  SUCCESS 

of  the 

FIFTH  AVESDB  TBaV«:LING  COMPANY 

IN    MB.    AUGUSTI.N  DALY'S  FAMOUS  COMRDT, 

THE       TdK  BIG  BO.NAN?A THK 

BIG        THK  BIG  B0.N4AZA BIG 

BONANZA    TIE  BIG  Bu>AN2A BO.NAN'ZA 

POPULAR  PBICBK  of  Admission— 25a,  5'>c.,  and  $i. 
MATIi\EES  WED.NiiSDAYAND  SATUR.iAI. 

STEINWAY  HALL.  ESSIPOFF  BiiTURN. 

THBKB  GRAND  rONOBRTS. 
TUESDAY  AND  FRIDAi  KVKNINUS,  F -B.  18  «ND  16. 
SATURDAY  MATINBtS.  FuB.  17.  MMB.  ANNETTB 
ESSIPOFF,  THb  ILLUSTRIOUS  PIA.NiSf,  assUiei  oy 
M1^S.  PAL  .lA.MONS.  VIVIEN,  MON-.  DDLCKGN. 
Admission.  $1.  Reserved  seats  £1  60.  Sale  of  seats 
Thursday  at  Steinway  Hall,  bchuberih's.  aad  No  111 
Broil  way. 

TUUBSDAT    EVENING,   FEB.    16,  CHURCH  EDinCB, 
BRiK  KLfN. 


GILmOR£*S  GAitDBN. 

8HBEIDAN  SHOOK Lesse* 

E.  O.  GlLilORK ...Manager 

TO-MOBROW  (WEDNESDAY)  EVhNl.'fG.  Feb.  7, 

the  greatest  bltot  th*  season. 

THREE  GRAND  TROTTING  RACES, 

FAT  MKW'S  FOOT  RACK. 

ai  d  otner  s  orta. 

SATUBDAT  NIGHT— Au  immeuse  biO. 

BO  CENTS. ADMIa.>10N. 60  CBTT^ 


NEW  BROADWAY  THEATRE. 

Broedway  and  Sotb  st 
EVERT  EVSNING   at  8;  Ma<ln(6es  WBDNESDAT  aai 

8ATUdD>Y  at  2, 
Will  be  produced  the  musical  comedy, 
MAitrON, 
LB  JOLIB  BOQU  vTIERB. 
With  a  powerful  cast  . 


LECTURES. 


BB&JjL 


INTERNATIONAL  ACADEMY 
LECTURES. 

BO.  18   COOPER   UN10.1.  3:30  P.  M-— Oeologleal   lae 
turesby  H.  Lb  R.  FAIRCUILD.  B.8.,  New-York  Managea 
WBDNESDAT,  Fea  7— '  Gioders." 
THUB:«DAY,  Feb.  8— "CVirals  and  (Torel  Islaads." 
FBIDAT.  Feb.  9—"  BaTly  Lire  of  the  Earto." 
Ulnstrated  with  stereopiican  views,  drawings,  modela 
ftesails.  ite.     Admission,  ftOoenui    tednoed  rates  H 
schoola    Leecnros  every  afternoon. 


T  AOIES,   TO>OAY  AT  3  P.  M.,  GO  TO  DR. 

JULANDIS'  Illustrated  Lecture.  Science  Hall,  No.  141 
Bast  8th  at. 


COPARTNERSHIP   NOTICES 


THE  COPARTr^ERSHIP  HKRETOPORB 
existing  between  tne  suhscdbers  uuder  the  nataj 
Ot  FULLER,  LORD  k,  Co.  exiiiieu.  pnrsuaot  to  agree 
mant  on  the  Slst  ol  J:<nuarv,  1877,  and  h^is  ceased  tl 
exist  Tba  business  at  the  subai'ri>erB  will  hereaftM 
be  carried  on  ai  Vo.  .  38  Greeusrich  St.,  under  tbe  pen 
ner.hlP  name  of  FULLB  t  BROTHERS  L  CO. 
New-Yor<,  Feb.  1,  1877.         G  ko.  FULLER, 

HORACE  W.  FULLBB. 
.   CHARLES  D.  FULLER. 


TUB  OOPARTNERSHIF  UA(t£E'r«»FUK| 
eztotlng  between  •  ILiiAM  B.  bMITH  aai 
WILUAM  a.  WARREN  is  this  dey  dlasolred  by  mntua 
eoBsent.  AU  debta  wtU  be  ooileoted  ai.d  paid  bj 
WILLIAM  8.  WABiUBN,  who  wtil  eotttuiae  tbe   ^vi 

*-<<*.  ataaUnc  gMtac,  lto«  »««•.  ao5  WeetAOth at 


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i  RECEIYER'S  ACCOUNTS. 

4FFAIB80FTHB  CONTINENTAL  LIFE. 

IXAMINATION  iv  THE  REFEREE — ^IRREGU- 
lAR  TBAlSteACTIONS  BROUGHT  TO  LIGHT 
-HOW  BEK3BIVER  ANDERSON  TRUSTED 
DFTICrattS  OF  THE  COMPANY — ^AN  AI/- 
LEGED  "BAJBED"  MORTGAGE— WILU AM 
R.  GRACE  APPOINTED  BlECEIVER  IN 
IXJlCE  op  WB.   ANDERSON. 

The  liearing  beic>re  Mr.  William  Allen  Butler, 
Ate  Sefexee  appointed  by  iraafiee  Pratt  to  inqaire 
Isto  the  oonditlon  of  tfie  awets  of  the  ContUieatal 
Life  loBnranfle  Company  of  this  City,  and  to  exani' 
ine  ana  itasa  upon  the  'accounts  o(  the  Receiver, 
John  J.  Ajidereon,  was  Tesumed  yesterday  at  Xo. 
20  li'assaa  street- 

Mt.  G«oree  W.  Thomaa^  the  boolc-keeper  of  the 
eompany,  was  the  first  wi  tness  called,  and  was  pat 
thioogh  a  rigid  ezaminati  on  by  Mr.  Ira  B.  Warren, 
xepreseiitioc  several  pditsyboldera,  relatins  to  the 
transfer  of  stock  made  some  time  before  the  £e- 
(Beiver's  appointment,  by  Mr.  Wynkoop,  one  of  the 
:|^rectore,  to  John  O.  Hoyt.  at  whose  STiit  Jadee 
j^att  appointed  Mr.  Ajiderson.  The  transfer-booK, 
/which  conld  not  be  foaod  for  a  long  time,  was 
iianded  to  the  witness,  and,  in  response  to  ques- 
tions, he  stated  that  it  contained  no  record  of  a 
I^Dsfer  of  stock  from  M.  £.  Wynkoop  to  John 
j^.  Hoyt.  The  stock  ledser  was  produced 
4^h  the  same  result,  and  the  cer- 
tifioate-book  was  afterward  fri^en  to  the 
witness,  and  in  this  was  found  the  only  record  of 
the  transaction,  and  that  in  the  shape  of  a  certifi- 
cate, to  the  effect  that  John  O.  Hoyt  was  the  owner 
of  15  shares  of  stock.  The  oertiflcate,  wnich  was 
numbered  44,  the  witness  said  was  first  foand  at- 
tached to  ihe  stub  of  ITo.  66.'  On  the  back  of  it  waa 
the  indorsement,  "M.  B.  \yynkoop  to  John  0. 
Hoyt,"  in  the  haodwritjing  of  the  Secretary.  This, 
It  may  be  stated,  was  m  direct  violation  of  section 
28  of  the  company's  by-Jaws : 

Mr.  Raphael  J.  Hoses,  of  counsel,  stated  that  he 
desired  to  pat  in  eyidepce  the  certificate  of  incor- 
poration of  the  Paviiion  ana  United  States  Sprinz 
Company,  of  Saratov,  three  of  the  Directors  of 
which  were  also  Directors  of  the  Continental  Life 
Insurance  Company,  namely.  Lather  W.  Frost, 
Justus  Lawrence,  and  G.  Hilton  Scribner.  It  is 
stated  that  the  Coatlnental  had,  among  its  mort- 
gages, one  on  the  property  of  the  above-named  com- 
pany for  $25,000,  and  that  the  records  of  Saratoga 
Coanty  show  its  amonnt  to  have  originally  been 
only  $1,500. 

The  ne^iit  witness  was  Mt.  John  J.  Ajiderson,  the 
retirioir  Tieceiver,  who  handed  in  a  statement  of  his 
accoaats.  Mr.  Van  Pelt.  &8  oonnsel  tor  several  of 
the  pohoy  holders,  tbon  began  an  examination  of 
Mr.  Anderson,  la  relation  to  some  of  the  items  con- 
tained la  tJao  atatemea't,  daring  the  course  of  which 
be  saia  be  would  like  to  see  the  comp<tny's  mort- 
eagea.  Mr.  Anderson  left  the  room  to  get  them, 
and  retarnitre  m  a  lew  minutes  said  he  coald  not 
find  tile  key  of  the  safe  in  wtiicb  the  boous  and 
mortgaees  were  kept ;  Mr.  L.  T.  :jtyles,  the  Cashier, 
bad  it  in  bis  possessiun,  aud  bad  gone  oat.  The 
annooncemeut  ivas  then  made  that  Mr.  Styles,  who 
lives  in  Or<uige,  !N.  J.,  had  gone  home,  and  toe  key 
could  not  be  pzooorud.  During  the  examination 
that  followed,  Mr.  Anderson  stated  that  Mr.  Siylea 
bad  always,  since  be  [the  witiiesa]  bad  taken  pos^cs- 
B10O  of  the  company's  alfaira,  bad  the  key  or  the  ^afa 
in  bis  pussesdion,  and  was  the  only  one  who  kuew 
xae  comomation  of  the  lock  on  tne  vault  doors, 
the  mortifaees  being  contambd  in  a  smaller  inside 
eare.  This  created  consideraols  surprise,  and  af- 
Xurded  some  little  amasement  w  ben  the  Receiver 
Stated  that  when  he  wished,  to  enter  the  vaults  he 
was  obliged  to  eo,  if  they  were  locked,  to  the 
Cashier,  as  be  did  not  know  the  combination.  Mr. 
Muses  then  asked  that  the  name  of  Mr.  Styles  oe 
called,  and  li  he  failed  to  answer,  that  an  atcaob- 
ment  be  issaed  against  Mm,  but  this  was  not 
done.  The  mortgage-book  of  the  company  was  pro- 
duced, and  a  Use  of  the  mortjiages  made 
by  tbo  Receiver  when  he  entered  the  office,  was  also 
procured.  In  the  book  was  funnd  an  entry  of  a 
mortuage  for  f  17,500  from  Sarah  P.  and  G.  Hilton 
bcTibner  to  khe  Coaiiueutal  Lite  Inaorance  Com- 
pany, which  waa  marked  "not  here."  On  being 
luierrogated  as  to  the  meanine  ot  these  words,  tbe 
wiioess  stated  that  he  had  foaud  the  envelope  in 
which  the  mortgage  should  have  been,  but  the  in- 
etrtunenc  itself  was  gone.  On  tne  back  of 
the  envelope  was  an  indorsement  in  lead  pencil, 
"Empire  Stock,"  and  the  witness  said  he  had 
xna.te  mqniries  coDcemiog  this,  bat  was  unable  to 
ouiain  auy  satistactiun.  It  is  generally  believed 
and  the  Keceiver  gave  it  as  bis  upiijion  mat  the  in- 
duraeuieot  referred  to  s^ock  of  the  Empire  Lite  In- 
boraQce  Company,  absorbed  some  years  ago- by  the 
Couiineutal.  Tue  morteages  od  his  bar,  the  wit- 
iiess  «uted,  amoancea  to  11,016,000.  He  bad  a 
ioan  irum  the  company  of  #4,0OU,  wbich  he  nego- 
tiated wun  Mr.  Prose  in  Jaoe,  1875.  the  loan  being 
made  on  a  mortgage  for  $8,500.  Ke  bad  opt  paid 
interest  on  this  loan,  because  be  had  i)'ox  been 
called  apou  to  pay  u.  Tiie  loan  was  fiuaily  paid  in 
cash,  abU  the  mortgage  taken  ap  iu  May,  1^6. 

MI.  Van  Pelt  tUeu  examined  tbe  witness  aileneth 
reeaiauig  tbe  counsel  lees  he  iiad  paid  since  his  ap- 
poiutmeijt,  first  upon  the  list  being  G.  W.  Miller, 
xu  wbom  be  paid  $500.  Mr.  Miller,  he  stated,  had 
been  empluved  to  attend  to  the  mntters  of  the  com- 
pany in  Aibaoy;  Mr.  Daniel  Magoue  was  paid 
$I,ouU  tur  auenaance  in  the  same  case ;  William 
Ji'uiiertoa  received  $5,000.  for  attending  to  the  sams 
case  aud  for  tceneral  advice  ;  S.  A.  &.  I).  J.  Noyes 
receivud  ^783  75  for  attending  to  matters  gen- 
erail.y,  and  several  other  persons  received  divers 
amuuuis  tor  like  services,  the  total  being  ov<*r  $11,- 
OuO;  oae  of  tuese  iiems,  SSUO,  was  paid  tu  A.  Q. 
Xeasley,  ine  witness  siacea,  for  atteaaing  to  the 
loreclusore  ui  a  $30,000  mortgage,  which  was  first  m 
tbe  bands  of  &>.  A.  &■  D.  J.  Koyes,  and  vras  sent 
by  iht-m  tu  hioi^'  tbis  was  betore  .the  appointment 
«)[  the  witness  as  Receiver ;  tbe  mortgage  was  on  ihu 
propuTty  ot  the  United  States  Watch  Company ; 
jlv.  Keasluy,  tbe  wicuess  said,  bad  come  to  mm  and 
Btaieu  mat  he  wanted  ¥500  tor  disbursemunta  wbich 
he  wuuld  be  compelled  lo  make,  and  be  had  given 
him  a  check  lor  that  amount  without  consnlt- 
io{;  cuunsel,  believing  tnat  he  haa  a  right 
lo  do  so ;  Joan  L.  Hill  received  $1,100,  and  Messrs. 
tjeweli  ana  Pierce  $2,000  tor  attendance  to  basiuess 
geneiaiiy.  In  spoaKiiig  of  the  services  periurmed 
by  Mr.  Pulierton  the  witness  said  he  bad  brotieht 
Biiii  fur  him  against  the  2few-.lersev  Mutaal  Lifs 
[ustirauce  Company  tor  the  recuvery  ot  the  securi- 
ties Lraasterred  to  it  by  the  Contiueutal.  Tbe  wit- 
uess  cuiud  not  say  wbuther  the  suit  had  been 
■  bruugbt  in  this  State  or  in  New-Jersev, 
sud  W4S  nuD  sure  whether  or  not  he  liad  read 
tbe  papers;  the  amuant  sued  for  was 
-  t314,90u,  and  Mr.  Puliertpu  bad  informed  him 
lUat  he  bad  recovered  $102,000,  which 
be  was  at  present  holding  eablect  tu  the  order  of  tbe 
court.  Mr.  Van  Pelt,  pursuing  bis  examination. 
fcsiLed  the  Kecaiver  if  tie  did  not  know  wnen  he  em- 
ployed Sewell  and  Pierce  that  tbey  wtre  the  coun  • 
iiel  for  Jubu  O.  Uoyt,  at  whose  suit  he  was-ap- 
jjuinted,  and  be  replied  that  be  did  nut.  He  was  in 
•x>uri  wucu  the  appUcatiun  for  his  apoointmenc  was 
made,  and  engaged  thein  as  counsel  on  tbe  same 
ilay. 

Air.  Moses  asked  the  witness  if  he  remembered 
the  vault  having  been  opened  on  Saoday,  tbree 
•weeks  ago,  and  be  reolied,.  "No,  Sir."  "Doyou 
not  know,"  said  Mr.  Moses,  "that  tlie  vault  was 
opened  dtiring  your  absence  from  the  building  ?" 
d'o  this  Mr.  Anderson  replied  that  he  did,  oi-  at  least 
tliat  he  uiiderstood  such  was  the  case;  be  believed 
some  one  in  tbo  ofiice  bati  told  bim  of  it.  This  was 
» totall.v  unlouked  for  disdusure,  and  otxasioiied 
ounsiderable  sarprise,  besides  showing  the  oareless- 
BPbS  ot  me  Keueivcr  in  allowing  any  uf  ibe  former 
employes  of  tbe  concern  to  retain  the  keys  to  tbe 
sales  in  their  possession.  Mr.  Moses  continued  his 
.examination,  and  elicited  the  tact  that  Lather 
i-'W.  Prost,  the  former  President  of  the  com- 
)  i>au>',  Kuiua  C.  Prost,  Daniel  J.  Koyes,  an 
attorney,  aud  Styles,  the  Cashier,  togetner  with 
some  omers,-had  entered  the  vault  on  tbe  day  m 
questiou,  for  ttie  purpose,  as  had  been  explained  to 
lue  witness,  of  getting  some  private  letters  wbich 
were^ocked  up  there  ;  tne  witness  waa  very  inoig- 
Danc  at  tbe  time,  iie  said,  and  had  told  Mr.  Styles 
•  that  be  had  d-juo  a  very  "  imprudent  "  iblug ;  not- 
if  iibstandiog  tbis  iiaot,  be  had  since  allowed  him  to 
tetain  the  comblnasioo,  and  bad  unlimited  confi- 
asooe  in  ills  lutegrit.v.  Commenting  upon  tbe 
laot  that  Mr.  St.yle8  had  goiie  home 
HI  a  very  upportune  time,  Mr.  Moses 
ftsked  the  w^mess  if  he  was  not  aware  of  tbe  fact 
that  Mr.  Styles  bad  gone  to  bis  lawyer  to  consult  as 
to  what  answers  hi^ihoaid  make  at  the  bearing  then 
In  progress,  to  which  he  replied  that  he  did  not ; 
be,  ['.ho  witness,]  did  not  have  an  Interview  with 
bt>ics  a  Bhoi't  time  prior  to  the  meeting,  nor  did  he 
kLOW  whet  induced  him  to  go  away ;  he  never 
knew  Mr.  Styles  intimately  until  he  was  made  £e- 
ceiver ;  did  not  remember  exactly  what  explanation 
Mr.  Styles  had  given  him  regarding  the  clandestine 
visit  of  the  Messrs.  Prost.  to  tbe  build- 
ing; be  first  learned  of  it  about  a  week 
tgo,  he  thoaght,  but  Mr.  Styles  bad 
prubably  mentioned  it  to  him  on  tbe  day  following 
me  occurrence.  To  Mr.  Sewell  the  witness  stated 
tbat  tbere  were  no  secoriues  -in  tbe  sate- that  were 
transferable  by  delivery :  tbey  could  npt  have 
stolen  anything  that  would  be  of  any  use  to  them, 
sud  to  another  of  the  coucselhe  stated  tbat  there 
were  stock-notes  in  tbe  sate  wbich  were  not  put  in  as 
assets,  because  he  could  not  find  out  whether  there 
was  anything  due  en  them  or  net.  Tbe  hearing 
was  tben  aflljoarned.  ^ 

In  the  suit  of  John  O.  Hoyt  against  the  Conii- 
nental  Liie  Insurance  Company,  in  which  John  J. 
Anderson  was  appointed  Receiver  on  Oct.  25,  1876, 
iadge  Calvin  P.  Pratt  yesterday  made  an.order 
ITanting  tbe  prayer  of  the  Keceiver's  petition  tbat 
tiis  reaigna<ion  be  accepted,  and  a  Relerep  appointed 
*o  pass  bis  aocoanta,  and  appotnting  Mr.  wiliiam 
B.  Graoe,  Beoeiver.  ,"•*..  x, 

Mr.  William  E.  Grace,  the  newly  appointed  Se- 
leiver  is  tbe  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Wiliiam 
K.  Grace  &  Co.,  bankers  and  oom/nission  mercbanis. 
u  l{o  66  Pine  street,  Mr.  Grace  is  very  wealthy, 
and  stands  at  the  very  head  of  his  class  of  mer- 
tbants.  Tne  affairs  of  the  Coniineotal  Life  will, 
fchereiore,  doabtleas  ba  administered  m  a  way  tbat 
will  giye  satistaocioa  to  all,  which  tbe  retiring  Se- 
oeiTer  baa  foiled  to  ao. 

COLLISION  ON  TBE  'NE  W-JSBSET  OENTBAL. 
Two  trains  on  the  New-Jeraey  Central  Bail- 
way  coUidsd  yesterday  momiog  near  the  Commnni- 
«aw  Station,  butfortonately  the  accident  waa  net 
MttoBded  by  any  ioH  oC  btob  -B9th  tnina^^ooe  fcbjE 

AM' 


IS^ewark  and  the  other  tnm  Eiiubeth,  are  dae  at 

Commanipaw  at  7:25,  and  the  Ehcabeth  .engineeF 
baa  Instructions  to  lay  up  on  the  track  •  until  the 
Hewark 'train  passes  the  jonctloD.  Yesterday  the 
iDstruotioDS  were  not  thoaght  of,  and  the  trains 
kept  on  until  the  ianction  was  reached,  wheiktbe 
Newark  train  was  knocked  from  the  ti  ack.  Mr.  I*.  J. 
Bridgman,  of  Bergen,  a  passenger  on  the  Newark 
train,  and  one  of  the  brakemen,  were  the  only  per- 
sens  injured.    Tbe  damage  t9.  the  cars   was  about 

THE  STATE  LEGISLATURE, 


A  NUMBER  OP  BILLS  AN»  RESOI^UTIONS  IN- 
TRODUCED— THE  THIRD  DISTRICT  COURT- 
HOUSE— TAXATION  OF  BONDS  AND  MORT- 
GAGES. 

\BpteialIHspaieiiXo  the  New-Tori  nmea. 
Albany,  Feb.  5. — When  the  House  met 
this  evening,  the  bill  in  relation  to  tbe  office  •i 
Superintendent  «f  Public  Works  came  np. 
being  the  special  order.  The  House  was  thin, 
however,  and  Mr.  Baker  moved  thnt  the  oon- 
eideration  of  the  bill  go  over  till  Wednesday, 
whicl)  W&8  done.  In  a.  few  minutes  the  even- 
ing; train  brought  in'  a  crowd  of  member^, 
and  the  House  went  ou  'with  its  regular  bu^si- 
ness.  A  number  ot  bills  and  resolutions  wete  in- 
troduced. Mr.  Gilbert,  of  Franklin,  offering  one 
which  requires  the  Committee  on  Rules  to  in- 
quire into  the  expediency  of  amending  the 
rules  so  as  to  forbid  the  introduction  of  bills 
after  the  15th  of  March,  except  by  unanimoua 
consent.  Mr.  Bradley  offered  a  resolution, 
which  went  over,  that  tbe  daily .  eesaions  com- 
mence at  10  instead  of  11  o'clock  as  now. 
He  wanted  to  get  through  earlier  than  2 
o'clock,  since  the  committees  have  to  meet  at 
3.  The  bill  providing  for  the  completion  of 
the  Third  District  Court-house  wa»  sent  to  the 
Committee  on  Cities  with  orders  to  report  in 
Khree  days.  Tbe  recommittal  was  made  to 
allow  Mr.  Porter,  of  the  commission,  to  be 
heard  before  the  committee,  he  baying  de- 
sired to  make  a  statement.  Mr.  Hepburn,  of 
St.  Lawrence,  introduced  a  bill  in  relation 
to  the  taxation  of  bonds  and  mortgages,  the 
intent  of  it  being  to  prevent  tbo  double  taxa- 
tion of  property  which  now  exists  in  some 
cases.  It  jirovides  tbat  bonds  and  mortgaees 
shall  be  liable  to  assessment  aud  taxation 
where  the  property  is  situated,  and  not  else- 
where. Any  person  owning  mortgaged  prop- 
erty shall  be  entitled  to  have  deducted  from  tbe 
assessed  valuation  of  such  property  tbe  amount 
tmpaid  ui>on  an.y  mortgage  or  mortgages  that 
are  actuall.y  valid  and  subsisting  liens  upon 
said  property  at  tbe.  time  ot  the  assessment. 
The  remaining  section  of  the  bill  provides  for 
its  entorcement. 

In  the  Senate,  Senator  Wagstaff  introduced 
a  bill  authorizing  the  taxation  ot  stockholders 
in  banks,  and  tbe  surplus  of  savings  banks : 
also  a  bill  to  enable  Receivers  of  savings  banks 
to  put  their  causes  in  tbe  preferred  cal- 
endar ot  the  Supreme  Court  and  Courl^of 
Appeals.  A  bill  was  ordered  to  a  third  read- 
ing giving  to  tbe  Foundlmg  Asylum  ot  tbe  Sis- 
ters of  Charity  tbe  same  sum  per  month  for 
the  support  of  the  mothers  residing  at  the  asy- 
lum and  nursing  their  own  infants  as  is  now 
paid  the  New- York  m  tan  t  asylums  tor  similar 
inmates;  also  authorizing  the  asylum  to  pur- 
chase and  hold  real  estate  to  the  extent  ot 
$75,000  in  any  county  contiguous  to  New-York 
City.  • 

The  following  bills  were  passed  in  the  Assem- 
bly :  Autborizmg  a  tax  of  oue-third  of  a  mill 
per  dollar  to  provide  for  a  deficiency  in  tbe 
sinking  fund  ;  amending  the  act  relating  to  tbe 
oomDensation  of  Presidential  Electors;  an  act, 
making  it  tbe  duty  ot  town  and  ward  collectors 
to  receive  at  oar  county  orders  in  payment  of 
taxes  ;  amendint;  an  act  to  alter  the  Commis- 
sioners' map  ttt  the  City  of  Brooklyn:  amend- 
ing the  act  regulating  the  deposit  of  securities 
by  plate-glass  insurance  companies. 


IHE  NEW-JEEIStY  LEGISLATURE. 


PKOPOSED  ABOLITION  OF  THE  COMMITTEE 
FOB  THE  GOVKKNMENT  OF  CITIES — A 
BILL  FOR  THE  RELIEF  OV  TWO  CON- 
DEMNED MURDERERS. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  New-  York  Times. 

.  Trenton,  Feb.  5.— In  the  Senate  this 
evening  Senator  Ward  introduced  for  Presi- 
dent Abbett  a  bill  abolishing  tbe  legislative 
Committee  for  the  Government  of  Cities.  The 
bill  is  especially  designed  to  affect  Jersey  City. 
The  first  section  declares  that  tbe  terms 
of  office  of  all  the  Commissioners  sfiall  end 
ou  tbe  first  Monday  succeeding  tbe  next 
charter  election.  The  second  section  provides 
for  each  of  the  legislative  boards  wbich  now 
control  the  city.  Tbere  shall  be  a  board  of 
tbree  membeis,  to  be  elected  by  tbe  people  at 
the  coming  Spring  election,  and  to  hold  office 
for  two  years.  The  voters  of  tbe  city  at  large 
are  to  vote  for  only  two  members  of  each  board. 
Tbe  three  receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes 
are  to  constitute  such  board.  The  bill  went 
through  the  Committee  .on  Municipal  Corpora- 
tions in  about  five  minutes,  and  was  put- on  its 
second  reading.  Xt  will  be  called  up  and  passed 
to-morrow. 

Senator  Magie  introduced  a  bill  this  -evening, 
and  within  balf  an  hour  it  bad  passed  that 
body,  designed  especially  for  the  relief  of  Osoh- 
wald  and  Kyan,  the  murderers  of  Officer  Brock, 
for  whose  execution  in  Newark  on 
Friday  preparations  are  being  made.  Sen- 
ator Magie  is  one  of  tbe  counsel 
ot  tbe  doomed  men,  and  has  worked  indefati- 
gably  m  their  behalf.  It  will  doubtless  be. 
passed  by  the  House  and  signed  by  tbe 
Governor  to-morrow,  and  tbe  execution,  which 
was  to  have  taken  place  next  Friday,  wUl  be 
postponed  for  a  few  weeks. 

Mr.  Drohan's  bill  for  the  oustmg  of  all  Ee- 
publieans  from  office  in  Jersey  City,  was 
called  up  on  second  reading,  but  at  his  request 
was  recommitted,  and  will  probably  be  with- 
drawn. 

The  Sepublicans  held  a  joint  caucus  this 
evening,  and  concluded  to  agree  to  go  into 
joint  meeting  whenever  the  Demoorats  desire. 
Some  discussion  was  had  also  over  tbe  charter 
proposed  by  Senator  Abbett  this  evening. 


DANGER  ON  THE  SUSQUEHANNA 


immense  ICE-GOKGES  at  HAVRE  DE  GB\CE, 
PORT  DEPOSIT,  AND  OTHER  POINTS — 
RAILROAD  TRACKS  AND  OUTrHOUSES 
SWEPT  AWAY — A  GREAT  LOSS  OF  PROP- 
ERTY APPREHENDED. 

Svecial  Dispatch  to  tht  Ntvo-  York  Timet. 

Baltimore,  Feb.  5. — ^From  the  effects  of 
the  mild  weather  and  recent  warm  rains  the 
ice-fields  oi  tbe  Susquehanna  Elver  have  be- 
come weakened,  and  are  showing  signs  of  a 
speedy  dissolution.  The  fields  extend  &om  tbe 
bridge  of  the  Philadelphia,  Wilmington  and 
Baltimore  Eailroad  at  Havre  de  Grace  50  miles 
up  the  river.  At  Port  Deposit  the  greatest  dan- 
ger is  apprehended.  This  town  is  one  mil$ 
above  the  bridge  on  the  north  side,  fronting 
directly  upon  the  river,  with  a  high  bluff  in  the 
rear,  and  is  nearly  two  miles  long.  Its  situa- 
tion makes  it  peculiarly  liable  to  floods.  When 
the  ice  in  tbe  river  first  moved  yesterday  im- 
mense cakes  came  crashing  over  the  wharves, 
carrying  with  it  lumber,  small  ont-hoj^es, 
and  all  other  obstructions,  add  over  the 
ice  came  floods  of  water.  The  dwellings 
upon  the  lower  streets  of  the  town  are  partly 
submerged,  and  tbe  terrified  residents  are  mov- 
ing higher  up  on  th'e  hillside.  To-night  the  ice 
is  piled  on  the  wharves  hnd  on  tbe  tracks  of 
the  Baltimore  and  Central  and  Philadelphia, 
Wilmington  and  Baltimore  Eailroads  20  feet 
high,  while  the  water  is  receding. 
On  the  nver  front  masses  of^  jagged 
cakes  have  gorged  the  river  to 
such  an  extent  tbat  the  soutbem  shore  is 
obscured.  At  the*  first  signs  •f  the  break  the 
railroad  companies  removed  all  their  rolling 
stock  from  the  depats.  They  are  running  "no 
trains  to  the  town,  and  passengers  are  com- 
pelled to  walk  two  miles  betore  taking 
a  train.  The  tracks  of  the  Centred 
Eoad  have  been  torn  up  for  a  mile 
above  tbe  jeopardized  village  and  fax  below 
the  town.  A  large  force  ot  bands  have  been 
engaged  in  cutting  through  the  ice  piled  upon 
the  tracks  of  the  Philadelphia,  Wilmington, 
and  Baltimore  Eoad.  The  ice  is  trorged  heavily 
at  Hog  Bank,  five  miles,  and  Canal  Station, 
two  miles  above  the  town.  The  gorge 
from  which  the  most  danger  is  antic- 
ipated is  at  McCall's  Ferry,  25  miles 
above.  If  this  should  give  way  suddenly 
a  treaendbus  mass  of  ice  aud  water  will  be 
precipitated  upon  the  town,  which  will  un- 
doubtedly cause  an  immense  loss  of  property 
and  perbaps  life.  At  the  terry  the  ice  is  35  feet 
high,  and  still  massing.  On  the  opposite  side 
of  tbe  river — the  Harford  County  shore^ — tbe 
residents  of  Lapidum  are  also  much  alarmed, 
llie  water  and  ice  have  risen  above  ths 
(sanal  banks  20  feet,  and  the  county  roada  are 
flooded.  At  Port  Deposit  the  residents  are  busily 
engawaHixv—ating -their  dwelUaags  and  gamtY- 


tag  Aumiliore  imd  ralnables.   Tbe  gorge  in  tbe 

river  grows  nsore  formidable  every  hour,  and 
,the  anxiefty  and  fear  of  the  residents  increases 
in  anticipation  of  a  repetition  of  tbe  terrible 
floods  of  tS72  and  1875,  wb«9  Immense  damage 
was  done. 

MAXWELL   PUT  ON   MIS    DEFENSE. 


the  case  fob  the  PB08BCCTI0N  CLOSED — 
THE  MOTION  TO  DISCHARGE  DENIED— 
EVIDENCE  FOB   THE   DEFENSE. 

The  examination  in  the  case  of  George  L. 
Maxwell,  the  broker  charged  with  oomplioity  m 
negotiating  tbe  forged  check  for  |e4,!235  drawn  on 
the  Union  Trust  Company,  was  resamea  yesterday 
morning  at  tbe  Tombs  Police  Conrt,  before  Jnstice 
Dof^.  Assistant  District  Attorney  William  H.  Her- 
ring  and  Mr.  Wheeler  H.  Peokham  appeared  for  the 
prosecution,  and  Mr.  Clsreace  A.  Seward  and  Oen. 
John  A.  Poster,  for  Maxwell,  who  came  into  the 
coart-reom  supported  on  crdtcfaes  and  accompanied 
by  bis  brothers  John  D.  and  James  W.  Mr.  Peck- 
bam  called  Mr.  Theodore  M.  Bania.  Cashier  of  the 
New- York  Life  Insarooce  Company,  who  testified 
that  the  panched  figures  in  tbe  forged  check  dif- 
fered somewbat  from  those  made  in  the  genuine 
checks;  tbe  forged  check  was  shorter  than  the 
gonulae  checks. 

H.  A  Braohvogel,  a  clerk  of  the  New  York  Life 
Infrurance  Company,  called  by  Mr.  Peckham.  testi- 
fied as  follows:  I  have  known  Maxwell  for  some 
years;  Maxwell  and  Gen.  Johb  A.  Foster  came  to 
my  room  in  the  company's  o£Boe  between  D  and  11 
o'clock  on  the  morning  ot  the  3d  of  January ;  Gen. 
Poster  asked  me  who  was  Cashier  of  the  com- 
pany, and  I  told  him  that  Mr.  Banta  was; 
Mr.  Maxwell  asked  me  tbe  same  qaestion  ;  showed 
me  a  letter  signed  by  some  name  which  I  do  not 
remember;  he  asked  me  if  that  was  the  name  of 
the  Cashier,  and  I  told  liim  it  waa  not ;  the  letter 
was  folded  so  that  I  conld  not  see  the  top;  the 
name  shown  was  not  the  name  of  any  officer  of  the 
compauy;  I  saw  figarea  for  a  large  amount  on  the 
letter,  I  think  about  {50,000;  Oen.  Foster  said  to 
Maxwell  that  he  had  better  go  down  and  see 
"Franfclin;"  I  anderslood  Gen.  Foster  to  say  some- 
thing to  Maxwell  either  about  a  forgery  or  a  forged 
check  passed  npon  Maxwell. 

Morris  Franklin.  President  of  the  New- York  Life 
Insuraoce  Company,  called  by  Mr.  PecKhum,  testi- 
fied :  That  is  not  my  sitrnature  on  the  foriced  check ; 
I  did  not  know  Maxwell  until  he  was  poiDted  oat 
to  me  her* ;  be  never  made  any  inqoiriei  of  me  rel- 
ative to  tbe  ohook;  oar  compaay  never  bought 
gold. 

To  Mr.  Seward— The  Union  Trust  Company  did 
not  present  the  forged  check  tn  our  ofiice  aor  make 
any  iuqairies  about  it  on  the  2d  of  Janaary ;  I 
never  siifiied  obec^s  in  blank  ;  I  drst  saw  the  furged 
check  about  the  20th  uf  January;  my  attention  was 
called  to  it  by  Mr.  Banta;  as  soon  as  I  fouod  it  was 
a  lorgery  I  seat  word  to  the  Unioa  Trust  Company. 

Mr.  Peckham — That  is  our  cast. 

Mr.  ijeward  asked  for  the  discharge  of  Maxwell, 
on  the  ground  tbat  the  evidence  for  the- prosecution 
did  not  sbow  that  tbe  check  waa  ever  in  bis  punsea- 
sion,  or  that  he  had  any  reason  to  believe  tbat  it  was 
not  genuine. 

Mr.  Peckham  opposed  tbe  motion  to  discharge, 
saying  that  Maxwell  had  taken  an  active  part  in 
relation  to  all  the  transactions  about  tbe  check, 
and  had  received  150.000  of  the  proceeds,  of  which 
hs  had  £:iven  no  account. 

Judtioe  Daffy  denied  thn  motion  to  discbarge, 
holding  that  tbere  was  saificient  evidence  to  put 
Maxwell  on  hu  defeuse. 

Mr.  Seward  called  Mr.  Edward  Eiiig,  President 
of  the  Union  Trust  Company,  who  ident  fled  what 
Mr.  Seward  called  the  '•  alleged"  forged  cht^ck,  and 
testified  as  foitows:  Tbe  cert.flcatioDs  on  the  check 
by  tne  Secretary,  payioe  teller,  and  book-keeper  of 
tlie  trust  companv  are  gcuiiiue:  tbe  check  would 
not  have  been  good  ou  the  27ch  of  December  fur  the 
amount  It  calU  fur;  tbe  ualauce  on  deposit  in  tbe 
Union  Ttust  Company  oa  the  29tli  of  December  to 
the  credit  ot  the  New- Tors  Lite  iLsurance  Com- 
pany was  #181,361  85;  1  first  8  iw  tbe  forged  check 
ou  the  16th  of  Janaary,  in  the  possessiun  of  Mr. 
Banta;  I  never  «aw  it  while  it  wan  in  the  posses- 
sion ot  our  company  ;  Maxwell  and  Mr.  De  Witt  C. 
Hays  were  in  the  Uuiun  Trasi  Company  oflSce  on 
the  16th  of  January ;  Maxwell  came  at  the  Aqaest 
of  Mr.  Ha>s. 

Justice  bufiy  suggested  that  if  the  Intention  was 
to  give  what  Maxwell  said  at  the  Union  Traxt  Com- 
pany's ofiice,  Maxwell  himself  oaght  to  be  called  to 
testify. 

Mr.  Seward  did  not  accept  the  suggestion. 

Witness  resumed  :  Maxwell  came  twice  to  our  of- 
flee ;  Brown  eame  after  Maxwell  had  been  re- 
quested to  send  bim  there. 

William  Mair,  a  broker  at  No.  115  Broadway, 
called  by  Mr.  Seward,  testified :  I  know  L.  A. 
Brown;  1  have  kuown  bim  14  years  ;  he  was  an  In- 
spector ot  Annn  at  Windsor  Locks,  under  tbe  Gov- 
ernmeot,  in  1863  and  1864 ;  Browii  asked  me  whether 
I  could  handle  a  cneck  tor  (100,000,  to  purchase  guld 
or  seciuitles  for  an  instituiioi^  he  said  that  the 
order  would  come  to  me  from,  the  institution,  ac- 
companied by  a  Eenuioe  check,  and  that  the  pro- 
ceedii  ot  tbe  check  contd  bo  held  to  see  whether  It 
would  be  pronounced  a  forgery,  but  that  In  that 
case  probably  those  connected  with  the  institation 
would  have  the  matter  settled  in  some  form  ;  I  rt- 
plied,  "I  think  tbere  are  too  many  boles  in  that 
skimmer,"  and  I  declined  to  have  aoytbing  to  do 
with  the  hnsinesii. 

The  hearing  is  to  be  resumed  at  10:30  o'clock  this 
morning.  ^^^^ 

A  BREACH  OF  PROMISE  SUIT. 


A  YOUNO  yfOMAN  OF  27  ASSENTS  TO  MAR- 
RIAGE WITH  A  MAN  OVER  50 — SHE  GETS 
$1,000  DAMAGES   FROM  A  JUBY. 

A  suit  for  breach  of  promise  of  marriage 
was  brought  to  trial  yesterday  betore  Judge 
Alker  and  a  Jury,  in  Part  I.  of  the  Marine 
Conrt.  The  case  was  entitled  Mary  Palmer 
against  Aroold  Strauss,  and  was  brought  for  the 
recoverv  of  $25,000.  Tbe  plaintiff  is  a  yooDK  woman 
about  27  years  old,  aud  the  defendant  is 
a  married  man  of  over  50.  The  plaintiff 
testified  ttiat'she  resides  witti  ^r  mottier  at  No.  27 
Stancou  street ;  her  mother  advertises  herself  as  a 

ciairvorant;  In  March,  1870,  the  defendant  called 
on  ber  mother  to  make  sume  inqnlrien  as  to  a  loss 
in  his  business ;  be  made  a  second  call  abont  a 
wesk  later,  and  afterward  called  again  ;  he  asked 
her  mother  whether  she  had  any  obieoiions  to  his 
visiting  the  family ;  her  mother  said  she 
bad  none;  the  family  then  consisted  of 
tbe  plaintiff  her  mother,  and  ber  sister, 
Strauss  kept  calling  two  or  three  times  a  week.  On 
oae  ot  his  visits  he  made  a  declarauon-«t'  luve  thus : 
"Mary,  I  love  yon.  I  love  you  better  than  any 
woman  I  ever  met  since  my  wife  died.  Will  you 
have  me  I!'-  To  this  she  had  answered  "I  am 
willing."  He  asked  her  mother's  consent  and  ob- 
tained it.  Ue  used  to  visit  ber,  and  he  gave  her 
money  in  sums  of  15  and  |10  with  which  to  buy 
clothes.  He  also  gave  £er  a  ring  inscribed  "A  S.  to 
M.  P..  1871;''  a  day  was  fixed  for  the  marriage  in 
June,  1871;  when  the  time  came  he  asked  a  post- 
ponement on  account  of  family  troubles ;  he  said 
that  "a  slow  fire^onrDS  the  best;"  he  represented 
himself  as  a  widower  with  grown-up  children;  be 
coutlnaed  to  viHic  her  for  a  year  or  two  reautarly  ; 
then  his  visits  became,  less  frequent;  he  excused 
himself  beoatise  big  business  was  guing  wrong ;  In 
1874  tbe  visits  ceased  altogether;  he  ased  to  walk 
oat  witb^  bei'  in  ine  evening,  principally  on  tbe  east 
side  of  the  City. 

Tbe  plaiuufi''s  mother .  corroborated  this  state- 
ment. 

The  defendant,  when  called  as  a  witness,  said  be 
had  called  .on  tbe  plaiutifi''s  mother  to  make  in- 
quiries about  a  basmeas  matter.  He  called  at  the 
house  some  10  or  13  >imes  alter  ward.  He  took-an 
Interest  m  tbe  clairvoyant's  dauKbter,  and  lent  her 
about  flOO  in  small  sums.  Hs  never  expected  to 
get  tbe  money  back.  He  denied  making  the 
promise,  an'd  said  he  never  gave  bur  tbe  nug  .  She 
came  to  bi^  houde  on  one  occasion,  jast  after  her 
sister's  death,  to  set  some  mone?  toward  the 
payment  of  the  funeral  expenses..  Sue  was 
then  introduced  to  his  wile  and  fainily.  She  once 
asked  tum  to  elope  witn  her  to  'California,  but 
he  declined.  The  summing  ap  ou  tbe  part  of  de- 
fendant's counsel  was  exceedingly  tunny.  Tbe  law- 
yer is  very  fat,  and  spoke  Eugliah  with  a 
strong  German  accent,  and.<jnade  queer  laces  at 
the  Ju^.  He  admitted  that  bia  client  bad 
been  loolish,  but  said :  "  Yes,  gentlemen, 
morally  he  is  wrong,  bat  legally  he  is  right,  ana 
gentlemen,  yoa  are  not  going  to  puniso  a  man  for  a 
little  sometbiiie  out  uf  tne  way  morally  I  But,  I  caa 
assure  yon,  eentlemen  of  the  jury,  be  will  never  do 
so  again."  Tbe  Mttnael  grew  facetious  in  speaking 
of  the  forttme  tefcy  and  in  speaking  of  a  witness 
whom  be'  oalle^^ndifferently  Mrs.  Shoho,  Mrs. 
Shosho,  and  Mrs.  Shoosboo,  and  who  was  snpposed  to 
have  beard 'the  defendant  desoilbe  himself, 
according  to  the  caunsel,  as  a  "vidder."  Judge 
Alker  charged  that,  if  the  Jury  believed  that  the 
defendant  mnd^  (Ihe  promise,  concealing  the  tact  of 
bis  marriage,'  he  was  liable,  ihoagh  be  would  not  be 
if  the  plaintiff  knew  of  bis  bein;  .i^  married  man. 
The  jory  gave  thc|^aiatiff  a  verdict  for  tl.OOO. 

TBE  FBESS  OLUB  ENTERTAINMENT. 
An  attraoti^e  and  varied  programme  will  be 
presente'd  at  the  musical  and  literary  enteiiainment 
to  be  glvea  t^is  evening  at  Steiuway  Hall  under 
tbe  auspices  of  the  New-York  Press  Club.  Mme. 
Eiigente  PSppenbeim  will  sing  sn  aria  from  Meyer- 
beer's apeca  of  "  Robert  le  Diable,"  and  the  song 
"Waiting,"  by  Millard;  Mrs.  Zelda  Segain  will 
sing  ".The  Storm,"  by  Hnllah,  and  a  duet  fiom  "H 
Tro^tote,"  with  Mr.  William  Castle,  who  wilLhim- 
self  sing  the  soag  "CeJia;,"'  "Mark  Twun'rwill 
dsscribe  bis  .amusinK  encoaoter  with  an  "Inter- 
viewer." Four  fine  quartets  will  ke  suftg  by  the 
New- York  Glee  Club.  Gheprgo  Werrenrath  -  will 
sing  "AUa  Stella  Confidante,  "(Bright  Star  of  Love,) 
by  Eobaudi,  and  Bayard  Tayifr's  "From  the 
Desert  I  Come  tp  Thee;"  while  Mf.  Julias  G.  Lam- 
bard  will  render  the  pirate's  song,  "  Here  apon  my 
Vessel's  Deck."  A  chsrus  trom  "  Eroaoi.''  and  Spof- 
iorth's  ''Had  Smiling|Morn."  will  be  sung  early  in 
tbe  evening  by  t&e  ^oung  Apolio  Clab,  and,  later, 
Mf.  WUliam  Carieum  wiU  sing  Joseph 
Faure's  "  Les  Bamea^x."  Mr.  Frederiek  Bofuso- 
vltz,  the  pianist,  will  exeoute  "  The  Tillage  Bell.", 
a  piece  cumpdsed  about  the  year  ISSK),  and  aliio  the 
"  Steinway  March."  TTia  elooationists.  Mr.  A.  P. 
Burbank  and  Charles  Sokarta,  Jr.^  will  also  %p^*' 
pear.  Tne  last-named  wfll  deliver  Poe^s  "  Bells," 
and  tbe  farmer  a  bomoroos  selection.  A  pro- 
gramme ao  ezosUent  promises  au  aojoyabla  eyea- 
IsB**  enitctainmaiik  :. 


crry  ASD  sdbdrbm  news. 


NEW-YORE. 

There  is  little  or  no  ice  in  the  Sotmd,  and  the 
11  o'clock  night  boat  from  Feck  Slip  for  New-Ha- 
ven reanmed  ber  trips  last  night. 

A  regular  semi-mdnthly. meeting  of  the  New- 
York  Amateur  Press  Association,  a  aoolety  of 
young  jonmallsts,  will  be  held  to-morrow  evening 
at  Pythagorns  E^ll,  comer  Canal  street  and  Bowery. 

Judge  W.  F.  Biok  will  deliver  the  last  of  his 
series  of  lectures  on  "  India,  its  People  and  Cos. 
toms,"  in  the  Antbon  Memorial  Cburob,  Forty. 
eiKbtb  street,  near  Sixth  avenue,' .this  evening. 
The  lecture  will  be  illustrated  with  stereopticon 
views. 

John  Kennedy,  aged  42,  of  No.  65  Orange 
Orange  street,  Albany,  a  passenger  on  tbe  Atlantic 

Express,  lumped  from  the  tram  while  it  was  passing 
Tiinkers  yesterday  morning,  and  was  severely  in- 
jured. He  was  broueht  to  this  City,  and  oared  for 
at  Bellevue  Hospital. 

Mr.  Archibald  Alexander,  a  young  gentleman 
of  this  City,  who  eraduated  at  Princeton,  with  high 
honors,  in  187&,  was  yesterday  appointed  Adjunct 
Professor  ot  Moral  Philosophy  m  Colombia  Col- 
lege. Since  leaving  Princeton  Mr.  Alexander  has 
prosecuted  his  studle*  In  Berlin  and 'Vienna. 

The  committee  appointed  by  the  meeting  of 
bankers  and  merchants,  held  in  the  Cbambsr  of 
Commerce  on  Jan.  11,  to  object  to  the  excessive 
taxation  of  banking  capital,  will  go  to  Washington 
tonight,  aud  will,  if  nothing  prevent,  meet  tbe 
Committee  on  Ways  and  Means  of  the  House  of 
Eepresentatives  on  Wednesday  morning. 

It  was  expected  that  Robert  L.  Case,  Sr., 

President  of  the  Security  Life  Insurance  Company, 
would  appear  in  tbe  Dlstriot  Attorney's  office  ves- 
terday^nd  give  ballon  the  Indictment  found  against 
bim.  'Up  to  tbe  time  of  closing  tbe  office,  however, 
Mr.  Case  had  not  appeared,  but  it  was  annouhoed  by 
his  Uwyers  toat  be  weald  pat  la  aa  appearance 
in  a  day  or  two. 

The  Aldermanio  Comipittee  on  Public 
Works,  to  wbom  Mr.  Tuomey's  resolutions  charging 
Comraisiioner  Campbell  with  neglecting  bis  official 
duties  were  referred,  will  not  take  action  on  the 
snbjeot  until  tbey  receive  further  instructions  from 
the  beard.  Some  ot  the  membeis  appear  to  be  in 
doubt  as  to  whether  the  committee  or  the  Mayor 
should  make  the  examination. 

The  Epiphany  Guild,  an  association  formed 
on  the  plan  of  St.  John's  Galld,  to  relieve  poverty 

in  the  district  bounded  by  Third  avenue,  Forty- 
second  and  Eighty-sixth  streets,  and  which  extends 
its  aid  alike  lo  Jew  and  Gentile  believers  and  aa- 
believers,  aad  wbich  is  reoeiviog  the  assistance  of 
leading  families  in  this  City,  will  on  Saturday 
evening  next  receive  a  benefit  through  a  coacert  te 
be  given  at  Steinway  Hall. 

On  the  ist  inst.  John  Callahan  was  unable  to 
pay  tbe  rent  of  bis  apartments  at  No.  336  East  Six- 
ty-third street,  and  was  dispossessed.  His  fnmi- 
ture  waa  placed  on  the  sidewalk,  and  be  left  bis 
little  daiucQter  Aeoea,  aged  9  vaars,  in  cbarae  of 
tbe  chattels  while  be  went  iu  searcn  of  otber  lodg- 
ings, and  when  he  returned  tbe  child  bad  disap- 
peared, and  be  has  not  seen  ber  sinoe.  He  reported 
the  case  to  the  Police  yesterday. 

BROOKLYN. 

Rev.  James  McElroy,  Pastor  of  the  Soman 
Catholic  Church  of  Uor  Lady  of  Mercy,  died  yester- 
day at  the  pastoral  residence  in  Dubois  place. 

Tbe  Aldermen  met  yesterda.y  afternoon  at 
3  o'clock,  and  remained  over  four  boars  in  session 
without  effecting  a  permanent  organization  of-  the 
board. 

At  an  early  hour  yesterday  morning,  Mr.  L. 
C.  Somer's  two  sous,  his  housekeeper,  aud  a  servant 

girl  weie  rescued  from  tbe  barniog  bousb  No.  117 
Lawrence  street,  by  Biatrlct  Engineer  Farley  and  a 
party  of  firemen. 

The  Jail  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors recently  awarded  several  contracta  under  tbe 
old  s.vstem  of  "  balance  blading."  Under  this  sys- 
tem of  bidding  the  county  was  robbed  of  thousands 
of  dollars  by  tbe  old  Charity  Commisston. 

Superintendent  Campbell  received  a  dis- 
patch yesterday  from  Philadelphia  requesting  him 
to  arrest  Henry  S.  'Vonseda,  who  is  accused  of 
causing  the  death  by  orael  treatmeot  of  Henry  B. 
Harney,  tbe  son  of  a  deceased  veteran  of  tbe  war. 

NEW-JERSEY. 

Bev.  William  G.  Farringtun,  D.  D.,  Beotor 
of  the  Cb arch  of  the  Holy  Innocents,  West  OraoKe, 
has  been  called  to  tbe  onlpit  of  St.  Lake's  Episcopal 
Church,  Bloomfield,  vice  Bev.  J.  L.  Uanner,  re. 
signed. 

Tbe  engineer  in  charge  of  the  Hudson  Biver 
tunael  has  received  instructions  to  eo  ahead  with 
the  work  on  the  shatt  at  Fifteenth  street,  Jersey 
City.  At  present  the  shaft  has  only  been  dug  te 
the  depth  of  24  feet. 

Articles  of  Incorporation  of  the  Hudson 
County  Yacht  Club  were  drawu  yesterday.  Amoog 

the  members  are  Judee  Hoffman,  Sheriff  Laverty, 
Surro;:»te  McCogue,  Reeisier  Cleveland,  and  a 
number  of  other  county  officials. 

The  sizers  in  Charles  Crossley's  hat  faptory, 
Nos.  16  and  18  Front  street,  Newark,  struck  for  an 
additional  increase  of  wages  to  |1  93  per  dozen  for 
their  work  in  tuture.  Tbeir  demands  were  refused, 
and  the  men  declined  to  go  to  work. 

Bev.  Dr.  Rice,  of  Grace  Churob,  Jersey  City, 
has  arrived  at  Alexandria,  Egypt,  from  tbe  Upper 
Nile,  whence  be  shipped  tbe  body  of  Blakely  Wil- 
son, lata  President  of  the  Second  National  Bank  of 
Jersey  Citv.  The  body  is  expected  to  arrive  iu 
Jera^  City  this  we^. 

Mr.  Henry  Hann,  of  Newark,  was  thrown 
from  h'*  wagon  by  hu  horse  running  away  near 
Bpringfleld  on  Simday,  and  three  of  bis  ribs  and  his 
collar-bone  were    brok«o.       His    injartes    are    ex- 

Sected  to  prove  fatak    Tbe  horse  was  a  present  to 
Ir.  Hann  by  his  ancle,  who  died  from  Injuries  re- 
ceived in  a  runaway  with  the  same  horse. 

Gov.  Bedle  yesterday  informed  cotmsel 
for  Oschwald  and  B;an,  the  oonderoned  murderers 
of  Officer  Brock,  that  he  will  grant  no  further 
respite,  aad  the  penaltr  of  the  law  mast  be  earned 
oat  on  the  day  fixed,  Friday  next.  The  newawas 
imparted  to  the  men  in  the  afternoon,  nut  they  said 
nothing  except  that  thoy  were  innocent.  Senator 
Magie  yesterday  visited  the  oMDdemned,  and 
Oschwald  teld  bim  tbat  be  would  die  itu^fioent. 

One  of  the  braoes  supporting  two  immense 
pile-drivers  at  the  coffer  dam.  In  the  Ene  basin, 
Jersey  City,  gave  way  on  Saturday,  and  tbe  pile- 
drivers  fell  across  the  decks  of  several  canal  boats. 
Tbe  boatmen  thoasht  at  first  that  tbe  occupants 
of  the  boats  had  been  crashed  to  death,  but  after 
seveial  hours  hard  work  all  tbe  peraous  on  the 
l>oats  were  cot  out  aninjured.  Tbe  boats  injared 
are  the  John  Baker,  Clara,  Belle  Wbite,  and  Alex 
La  Pa.yne.   The  damaze  will  amount  to  about  11,000. 

In  the  Hudson  County  Oyer  and  Terminer, 
before  Justice  Knapp  yesterday.  Senator  Abbett, 
cotmsel  for  the  indieted  Freeholders,  moved  that 
the  cases  be  taken  up  on  three  indictments,  one 
against  tbe  ooard  collectively,  one  against  Director 
Halstead,  and  one  aeainat  Freeholder  Speer,  and 
upon  which  would  rest  tbe  decision  of  all.  Tbe 
Coart  allowed  the  writs,  aad  the  case  will  be  taken 
before  the  Supreme  Court  at  Trentcn  for  review. 
J.  F.  MaKce  made  application  io  the  case  of  the 
members  of  the  Jersey  City  Board  of  Works  in- 
dicted for  malfeasance  in  office  for  certiorari  to  the 
Supreme  Court  tor  review,  and  decision  was  re- 
served.   • 

FVNEBAL  OF  MB.  J.  FBANK  BaBTLETT. 

The  ttmeral  of  the  late  J.  Frank  Bartlett 
took  place  at  the  Charcb  of  tbe  Transfieuration,  In 
East  Twenty-ninth  street,  yesterday  afternoo;a. 
The  little  church  was  crowded  with  the  friends  of 
tbe  deceased,  among  wnom  were  delegations  of 
little  children  from  the  primary  schools  in  wbich 

MjT.  Bartlett  naa  been  a  music  teacher.  At  the 
head  of  the  .coffin  en  tbe  steps  of  tbe  altar 
was  a  large  numoer  of  fiurat  pieces,  presenteO. 
by  Primary  Sohouls  Nos.  13  and  26  and  personal 
friends  of  the  deceased.  Tbe  casket  inclosing  the 
remains  was  of  rosewood,  with  sliver  mountings, 
and  upon  the  lid  was  a  plate  bearinc;  the  name  and 
dates  ot  the  birth  and  death  of  Mr.  Bartlett,  and  two 
sprigs  of  acacia  crossed  and  tied  with  a  white 
ribbon.  Tbe  servioea  were  conducted  by  Bev.  Dr. 
Hooghton.  The  maslc  rendered  moluded  the  hymn 
entiued,  "Tbere  is  a  land  of  pure  delight^''  by 
the  choir  I  "a  soprano  solo,  "Angels  ever  briirbt 
and  fair,"  by  Mrs.  Martinez,  of  the  choir 
of  St.  Joseph's  Church,  and  '  I  heard  a  voice  from 
heaven,"  sung  as  a  tenor  solo,  by  Mr.  Charles 
Fntsoh.  The  pall-bearers  were  Col.  William  B. 
Hoy,  Maprs.  Harvey  Carr,  P.  H.  Charlock,  E.  Cool- 
ldge,.an«r  D.  Post  At  tbe  conclusion  of  the  ser- 
vl<:es  at  the  church,  the  body  was  reiuoved  to  the 
imdertaker's.  No.  236  Fourth  avenue,  where  the 
friends  of  the  deceased  were  permitted  to  take  a 
final  view  of  bis  features,  after  wbich  tbe  body  was 
removed  to  East  Marshall,  Mass.,  where  Mr. 
Bartlett's  mother  resides.  The  interment  will  take 
fi\c6  at  Plymouth,  Mass. . 

^E  MfjRDEJi^ifMABT  FLOOD.  . 
'  Coroner  Ellioger  impaneled  a  jury  yester- 
day In  the  case  of  Mary  Flood,  the  woman  who  was 
murdered  by  ber  basbaad,  James  Flood,  in  Crosby 
street  on  SuDday  morning.  Tbe  inquest  was  post- 
poned Indefliiitely  in  order  to  affiird  tbe  Police  an 
ooportuaify  to  capture  tt^e  murderer,  of  whose  pres- 
ent whereabouts  the  deteoiives  have  as  yet-no  well- 
foundwMlue.'-  The  autopsy  on  the  body,  dude  by 
Dr.  Leopold' Goldscbmfdt,  shewed  tbat  the  mur- 
derer indicted  two  stab  wounds,  one  in  the 
light  side  of  the,  oheat;  in  the  second  intercos- 
tal apaoavOVe  inch  long  and  one  inoh  and  a  balf 
from  tlHt^DKiian  line,  passing  obliquely  downward 
and  aiei«ly  Injuring  the-musoles  of  the  chest;  the 
ether,  a  Mnet/ating  abdominal  wound  in  the 
median  hhs,- iniurlhg  the  peritoneum,  the  mesen- 
tery, and  antall  inteatmes.  Death,  m  the  opinion  ot 
Dr.  &kldsobmtdt,  was  due  to  shook  and  hemorrhage 
waaittog  feom  the  wonnda  abo v dssart twd.  WilUaia' 


Alfke,  the  ptopn^tor  oX  the  growry  store  No.  55 
Crosby  a^t  Ih  tha  ttn'^  Dooak.  of  whl,eh 
the  wmna»«pens  SatardM'  micbt  In  the  eompanion- 
ship  ofAiflips  inftormed  the  Coroner  tbat  wfien  Mrs. 
Flood  ran  iBlo  the  street  the  man  Joseph  Morrison 
cried  out  to Kood,  "There  ahe  goes;  onwglveit 
to  ber."  This  brief  statement  will  probably  lead 
to  the  arrest  of  Morrison  as  an  accomplice.  He  is 
now  m  tbe  House  of  Detention  as  a  witness. 


LENHEIM'S  TRIALS  ACCUMVLATING. 


ALLEGATIOMS  OF  VOBOBRIBS  AMOONTINO 
TO  OVEB  |100,000— APPLICATION  FOB 
HIS  DETENTION  FOB  EXTRADITION  TO 
PENNSYLVANIA. 

Nathan  L.  Lenheim,  tbe  Cashier  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Montrose,  Penaiylvanii^  who  Is 
confined  In  the  Tombs  in  detenit  of  15,000 ball  toawait 
trial  on  the  charge  of  presenting  a  forged  promis- 
sory note  for  $10,000  to  the  Importers'  and  Traders' 
Bank  of  this  Ciry.  was  obarged,  at  the  Tombs  Po- 
lice Conrt  yesterday,  with  negotiating  a  ■imilar 
note  for  tSiSOO  at  the  First  National  Bank  of  this 
City.  An,  application  was  made  to  have  him  de- 
tained for  extraditiOQ  to  Pennsylvania,  to  be 
tried  there  for  forging  190,000  in  promis- 
sory notes  and  other  paper  neKotiated  by 
him  at  tbe  First  National  Bank  of  Montrose, 
by  taking  advantage  of  his  official  position  in  that 
Infetitation,  He  was  broogfat  up  from  his  eell  in 
the  Tombs  and  arraigned  before  Justice  Daffy,  and 
seemed  appalled  at  the  grave  charges  made  against 
bim.  '  He  Is  a  floe-looking  young  man,  and 
is  said  to  be  very  respectably  oonnseted. 
Cotmsel  for  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Montrose  has  been  very  anxious  to  prevent 
Lenheim  from  being  released  on  the  hail,  saying 
that,  if  he  was,  be  would  nndoabtedly  abscond  to 
prevent  prosecution  for  the  graver  forgeries  which 
have  just  come  to  light.  The  ^900  note,  which 
was  negotiated  by  Lenbeim,  was  Indorsed  "  Wil- 
Uam  H.  Cooper"  and  "N.  L.  Lenheim  "  and  was 
stamped  on  tbe  back  "Pay  George  F.  Baker,  Cash- 
ier, or  order.  N.  L.  Lenheim,  Cashier."  Mr.  La- 
throp  made  an  affidavit  that  the  note  was  a  forgery ; 
that  the  signatuie  was  a  good  imitation  of  his;  that 
he  was  in  the  habit  of  giving  to  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Montrose  notes  signed  by  himself;  that 
Lenheim  was  Cashier  of  tbat  bank;  tbat  be  be- 
lieved the  handwriting  in  the  body  of  the  note  was 
Lenbeim's,  and  that  Lenheim  uttered  the  note 
with  intent  to  defraud.  Justice  Dafijr  fixed  bail  at 
(10,000,  and  Lenheim  waived  an  examination  and 
waa  com  mitted  m  defaalt  of  bail  David  D.  Searles,  of 
Montrose,  Penn.,  applied  for  Lenbeim's  de- 
tention to  await  a  reqaisitloa  from  the  Governor  of 
Pennsylvania  for  tbe  foreeries  in  Montrose,  al- 
leging that  Lenbeim  was  a  f  agilive  from  the  State. 
Mr.  Searles  made  an  affidavit  that  he  is  the  'Vice 
President  of  tbe  First  National  Bank  of  Montrose, 
and  is  well  acqtuinted  with  the  signature  and  band- 
wrlling  of  Lenheim;  that  tbe  writing  in  the  body  of 
theforeed  note  for  $8,500  is  Lenbeim's;  that  tne 
indorsement  of  Cooper's  name  is  a  forgery, 
and  that  the  name  of  Lenbeim  on  tbe 
back  of  the  note  is  in  Lenbeim's  handwriting. 
Lenhein's  bail  tn  await  reqaisition  was  fixed  ac 
15,000,  whtch  he  did  not  offer  to  furnish.  On  being 
asked  the  usual  questions,  he  responded  that  ne 
was  2^  years  old  ;  was  b«m  in  Great  Bend,  Penn.  ; 
resided  at  ^ontrose;  was  a  bank  cashier,  and  was 
not  guilty  of  the  offenses  obarged. 


Yoim  Wife,  voar  son,  your  daugbter,  Inolndlng 
yoursrlf,  pertectly  cured  of  catarrh.  Use  Wolcott's 
Catakbb  AXNiHiLATOR.  All  physical  pain  cured  instant- 
ly.   Use  Pais  Pjusx.—JdvtrtiMment. 


"  MoBEAn-LEFVRE,"  the  oldest,  and  most  French 
of  Champagnes.  Vicros  E.  Mauosb,  110  Reade  St.,  5.T. 
— Advertisement,  

PASSENOEHS  ABBIYBD. 

In  *team-»hip  Rhein,  from  Bremen. — Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Heury  Bohmer.  Miss  Uaria  hohrman,  Mrs.  Baltzer, 
Mls^  Helene  ilaltser,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  is.  Voaelsang,  T.  U. 
MctCay.  Mrs.  Louise  Ray,  6.  Newmiina,  J.  H.  Sruasel. 
Mrs.  John  A  Frledlca,  K.  Ooessling,  J.  Derstroff,  Carl 
Uaoz.  Mrs.  Kmtlie  TOn  Kostilz,  K  C.  Vvossmao.  U.  Kte- 
serllng,  Max  Cohn,  Jacob  Raff^of.  B.  Eisel,  D.  Harold. 
C.  Uafialer,  J.  Boseuteiter,  C  Weberling,  J.  Miller  and 
son,  J.  il.  Llgbttoot. 

Initeam-thip  Dakota,  trom  Liverpool— Mr.  and  tliss 
Knontes.  Mrs.  Prince,  W.  Littlewood,  Hobert  Ogilbv, 
J.  K  Daar.  W.  Kuster.  ,Mra.  K.  Mucklow,  Miss  Tilly 
MacRlow.  Miss  Ada  Wheelwricbt,  Miss  P.  Wheel- 
wngbt.  Robert  Walker,  K.  Morris,  U.  Burke,  Mrs. 
burae,  Joseph  A.  South,  Miss  Ada  Calaoroft,  Uiss 
Agnes  Caincroft,  W.  Jordan,  Capt.  Heary. 


MINIATVJtE  ALUa.VAO— Iters   DAY. 
Sunrises 7:05  I  Sunsets 5:24  I  Moon  rises  . 

HlOa  WATBB— TBIS   DAT. 


.8:20 


Sandy  Hook... 2:01 1  Oov.Uland..a:50|  Hell  aate....^l2 

MABINB  INTELLIQENGE, 


SBW-TURK MUNOAV,  F£E  6. 


OLE  ABED. 

Steam-ships  Wyoming,  Jones,  Liverpoel,  via  Qaeens- 
town,  Williams  bOulon;  Pranconia,  Bragg,  PortlanS, 
J.  P.  Ames. 

Ship  atratheam,  (Br.,)  Jarman,  Liverpool.  Henderson 
Bros. 

Barks  Heene.v.  (Oer.,)  Hmssen,  Bremen,  H.  Koop  fc 
Co.;  Pantile,  Carver.  Cronstaot.  Itc,  J.  Borland  b.  Co.; 
Talisman.- (Br.,)  Uelano.  Bridgetown,  D wight  it  Piatt, 
Battle  Qoudev,  (Br.,)  Morrill,  Havre.  J.  W.  Klwell  It 
Co.:  Anna  Bella,  (Br.,)  Poroe*.  London,  Peabody,  Willla 
fcCa;  Splrlto,  (Aiut.,)  Kossoolcb,  Bristol,  Bng.,  Bluoo- 
vich  4L  Ca 

Brucs  Tropic,  (Br..)  Baker,  Point  a  Pltre,  Bovd  k. 
Blneken:  Itaeiom,  (Br.,)  Litson,  Paerto  Cabrllo,  Bor- 
de:t&Poad;  Pram,  (Morw.,)  Kjornaen,  Babla,  C.  To- 
bias It  Co. 

ABBIYBD. 

Steam-sbip  Bhein,  (tier.,)  Pranke,  Bremen  Jan.  30, 
via  Southampton  'i'iA,  wicb'  mdse.  and  passeagjers  to 
Oelriciis  b  Ua 

Bteam-sbiD  KniolceTbooksr,  Kemble,  Hew-Orleans 
Jan.  Ul.  with  mdae.  and  passengers  to  Clark  k.  Sea- 
man. 

steam-ship  city  of  Dallas,  Chester.  Fernandlna  Feb. 
1,  Tla  Port  Boyal  *22.  wltb  mdse.  anii  paasengera 
to  C.  U.  Mallory  A  Oo. 

Bteam-sblp  Alliance,  Carr,  Philadelphia,  with  mdse. 
to  James  Hand  k.  Co.  - 

Sbip  James  Poster,  Jr.,  Alieel,  Liverpool  43  ds.,  with 
mdse.  to  C.  U.  Marahall  A  Co. 

Bark  Adger.  (Norw.,)  Eetaertsen,  Olaagosr  42  ds.,  la 
ballast  to  Benham  k.  Boyesen. 

Bark  Emmanuel,  (Swed..)  Andersen,  Bio  Janeiro  61 
ds.,  with  coffee  to  order— vessel  to  Fanch,  Edye  A  Co. 

Bark  Albion.  (Norw.,)  Qanderson,  Boohefort  57  ds., 
in  ballast  to  Panca,  Kdyelt  Co.  . 

Bark  Mary  Hogarth,  (of  Aadrosson,  N.  S.,)  Shielas, 
Newcastle  66  ds.,  with  mdie.  to  Puucb,  Bdye  A  Co. 

Bark  Plying  Hcud,  (of  Blddeford,)  Cruse,  Bio  Jaaelro 
69  ds..  with  coffee  to  O.  Amiinok  u  Co. 

Brig  Abbie  C.  Titcomb,  (of  Portlaud,)  Henley,  Ma- 
tanzas  14  ds..  wltb  BUj^ar  tu  HaUgarten  A  Co. — vessel 
to  J.  H.  Wlncbester  A  Ca 

Schr.  WashiuKton,  Berry,  Galveston  32  ds.,  .with 
6otton.  ito.,to  btillmaa  A  woodward— vessel  to  Top- 
pet  A  Beattir. 

Bohr.  Bobert  Palmer,  (of  Noank.)  Dennlson,  Tatcan- 
rog  Nov.  3,  via  tiibraltar  Deo.  28,  with  wool  to  Wood, 
Payson  A  (;o.— vessel  to  Overton  fe  Hawkins. 

bchr.  Jamestown,  Haseltoa,  Kiohmond. 

Scbr.  A.  and  B,  Benton.  Budd,  Viiginla. 

Schr.  Annie  B.  Stevens.  Bich.  Provldenoe. 

6cnr.  Adelaide,  CroWIe.r,  Providence. 

Schr.  Calvin  P.  Harris,  Harris,  Uobton. 

ticbr.  Zoe,  Hears,  New-Bedford. 

Schr.  Mary  A.  LoveU,  Hamilton,  Portland. 

Schr.  Neptune,  Wilaon,  Oreenport. 

WIND— .-^miBet,  ligbt,  B.  B.;  cloudy. 


SAILED. 


Bteam-sblps  Tagus,  for  London;  Albemule,  for 
Lewes ;  b.irk  Rebecca  Cioweil,  for  Buenos  Ayres ; 
brigs  Utacllius,  for  Corunna  for  orders ;  Centaur,  for 
Faiardo,  P.  K.  Also,  via  Long  island  'Sound,  steam- 
Btxips  Pranconla,  for  Portlaud;  Ellen  8.  Terr.y,  for 
New-Bedtord;  sohrs.  Eliza  P.  Beard,  tor  St.  Johu,  .V. 
B.;  Ami-.ncan  Cbief,  mr  Hyannia ;  Amelia  Auguuta  and 
Crusade,  for  New-Haven. 


BI  CABLE. 

Loirpoir,  Feb.  S.— 81d.  11th  nit,  Oarisbrooke  Caitle ; 
27th  ulc.  Maty  P.  Thayer,  Domenioo;  SOth  alt.,  Maria 
Ctiristlua.  Q.  P.  Lawrence;  2d  Inst.,  Emma,  Capt.  Cox; 
Oermanla,  Ciipt.  Hvers;  Louis.  Capt  Miaaerman; 
Nellie  May,  (Commerce;  3d  liut..  Stormy  Petrel,  Aon, 
Mary  MclCee,  Mass,  steam-ship;  4th  inst.  Antioco  Ac- 
citme,  Oleneam,  steam.Bhlp;  Mogn.  Kornt  Carl,  Cspt. 
UerilcksoQ;  Lesetl  Dubrovackl,  Lidakteit;  Suiiust., 
C  P  Klwell 

Ait.  Both  alt.,  NeverslDk;  3d  insc,  Wladlmir,  Ceclie 
Aniter,  the  latter  has  befen  strained :  Miletus,  Wigton, 
Lleijeld,  Ctaristina,  Capt.  brelsi;  4th  inst.,  uoltin^eii, 
Latona,  CromWeU,  Bmllv  Augusta,  Monsoon;  6tb  Inst., 
Akbar,  Capt.  Bigmore,  Isaac  Webo,  Munsto,  at  Orave- 
send;  G.  C.  Trutant,  Comet,  Capt.Brey;  Pomona,  at 
Queenstown;  Olory  of  tbe  Seas,  City  of  Perth,  Ooean 
Express,  Staffordshire. 

LiVEOPOoi.,  Feb.  b. — The  steam-stiip  Quebeo,  (Br.,) 
Capi.  Thearle,  sld  for  Pblladelpnia  to-day. 

LiVBBPooL,  Feb.  5.— The  Cuuard '  Line  steam-sbip 
Batavia,  Capt.  Mouland,  &om  New-Yorit  Jan.  24,  arr. 
bi^re  at  1  o'clock  yesterday  morning. 

MoviLLX,  Feb.  6.— The  Allan  Line  steam-ship  Sar- 
dinian, Cant.  l)atv>n,  trom  Portlaud  Jan.  27,  for  Liver- 
pool, arr.  here  to-dav- 

QuaaNiTowM,  Feb.  6.— The  Cunatd  Line  steam- 
ship Marathon,  CapV  Garrett,  from  Bosloa  Jan.  26. 
lor  Liverpool,  am  here  at  6  o'clock  this  morning. 

LiVBBPooL,  Feb.  5.— Ibe  steam-sbip  Ohio,  Capt.  Mots 
nson.  from  Philadelphia,  via  Qaeeniiown,  for  this 
port,  was  off  Hot;  bead  at  11  a.  M.  to-day. 

Airrwanr,  Feb.  6.— Th^  steom-siiip  Nederland,  Capt. 
James,  Irom  Philadelphia,  arr.  here  at  8  o'clock  this 
murntng. 

Tbe  ■team-ship  Swltseriand,  Capt.  Jackson,  benoe 
tor  New-York,  passed  Flushing  at  1 1  o'clock  yesterday 
morning. 

Havana.  Feb.  5.— She  steam-sbip  Vera  Crna,  frcm 
New-York,  arr.  here  this  morning. 


Herrings  Safks 


THB 


'Worid!s  Champions' 

^  .AT 

GREATLY  AEDUCEO  PRICES. 

ANOTHER  OBBAV  RBDUOTIOH  IK  PRICB8.  THB 
LAKaSBT  STOCK  OP  THf>^BST  SAFgS  IS  THS 
WORLD  TO  SBLBCT  FBOH. 

ALSO  200  SbCOHO-BAin)  MVAS  (ALL  ICAK3S)  AT 
VERT  LOVf  PBICE& 

HERRING  «fr  CO., 

voa.  ji&jLAjn)  a&2  BsoAiMrAZ.jaw<KOB» 


STATEMENT 


OF 


THE  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPAN? 

OP    NEW-TOBK,  ■     -         r   ' 


F.  S.  WINSTON,   PRESIDENT, 

FOiR  THE  YEAR  ENDINQ  DEC.  81,  1876. 


ANNVITT    ACCOUNT. 


Na 

Infbree,  Jan.  1.  1876 ...55 

AddPrenuum  Annuities 

Issaed 5 

Total 60 


Anr.  PAT^ts. 
«27,B6d  72 
6,48U  79 
1,881  86 


$86,827  87 


Ho. 

In  foree,  Jao,  1.  1877 53 

Add  Premium  Annuities 

Terminated g 

Total _ .60 


Anr.  PAtiM. 

•S«,0988& 

«,888M 

8,836  St 

<SS.837  87 


INSURANCE   ACCOUNT. 


In  force,  Jan.  1, 1876 «  92,393 

Mew  Bisks 9.344 

Total „ 101.737 


■\ 

Avomr. 
#301.878,081 
S5.iB06,877 

Total —101,737  |  $3ST,  184.914 


AKonKT.        II  Mo. 

$305,057,221  (In  foree,  Jan.  1, 1877 92,125 

82,127,6931  iTerminated ^ -     9,612 

SS37,184.914r 


NOTE. — The  amount  of  terminated  Policies  is  latjcer  than  usual.  The  inoreaae  was.  in  a  K>e-at  meaauitt 
caused  by  tbe  purchase  of  unmatured  Endowments,  either  paia  np  or  due  in  less  than  five  yeara,  which  w«n 
discounted  at  seven  per  cent. 


K£TBNCK   ACCOUNT. 


Cr. 


To  Balance  from  last  aoeouot... 

To  Premiums  received..... 

To  Interest  and  rests 


.$75,414,923  42 
.  16,186,703  36' 
.     4,878,260  34 


ToUl A $95,429,887  12 


By  paid  Death  and  Endowment  Claims.  (94,469.468  631 

B.vpaid  Annnltles \        84,011  49 

By  paid  Dividends -  8,701,700  84 

By  paid  Surrendered  Policies  and  Addi- 
tion*  J|  6,819.788  2ll 

By  paid  Commissians  (payment  of  oot-^ 

rent  and  exti&galshment  of  ftatuie)..         676,967  49 
By  paid  ContlnicentQuarantee  aooonnt.^        66,100  85 

By  paid  Bxpenses  and  Taxes .f      664,302  80 

Balance  to  New  Account .179,626.900  87 

Total „ Ctl5.429.88'7  19 


3 


Dr. 


BAL.ANCB   MHEBT. 


Cr. 


To  Beserva  at  tour  per  cent 

To  Claims  by  Death,  not  yet  dae. 
To  Premium  s  paid  iu  advaoce — 
To  Contlncent  Onarantee  Fund.. 
To  Soiplus  for  Division 


.$77,602,062  00 

610,760  00 

24,872  43 

664,842  69 

.     8,668,161  67 


Total $82,360,188  69 


By  Hortgaces  on  Beal  Estate $60,856,300  18 

By  Umted  states  and  Btate  Beads,  Ac  12,678,596  88 

By  Beal  Estate 4,246.245  40 

By  Caab   la    Banks    and  Tniat  Com- 

.  panics  at  interest 

By  Interest  accrued 

By  Premiums  deferred,  quarterly  and 

semi-annual.......... ............ 

By  Premiums  in   transit,    pOnoipa^ 

for  December ^ 187,195  10 

Balaacesdue  by  Agents _.  18,349  70 

Total... $82,860,188  69 


a.183,001  73 
1.322,294'  16 

928,882  99 


Preminms  defecred  and  In  transit  is  the  foregoing  Balance  Sheet,  have  been  subieetea  to  a  dednetloa  of 

twenty-five  per  cent,  by  the  Insurance  Department  fbr  the  estimated  c  est  of  colltKsting  the  same.    See  Offlelal 

Beport  below. 

'  NOTE.— If  the  New-Xork  Standard  of  four  and  a  half  par  cent.  Interest  be  used,  tbe  Surplus  is  $10,262,879  44. 

From  the  Surplas  for  Dirisien,  as  appears  in  the  Balance  Stieet,  a  Dividend  wlU  be  apjtortioned  to  each  Potiej 

which  shall  be  in  force  at  its  anoirersaiy  in  1U77. 


I  have  carefally  examlntd  tbe  foregoing  Statement,  and  find  the  same  correct. 
January  17. 1877.  .    WM.  J.  BABTON.  Aadltoa 

NOTE.— By  act  of  tbe  TmstecA  the  membership  of  this  Company  is  limited  to  one  hnndxad  thonaua  tnrai 
bves. 

TRUSTEES. 

Frederick  8.  Winston,                    Samuel  D.  Babcoek,  Oliver  H.  Palmer,                    B.  Batobftitd  Stacr . 

John  V.  L.  Prayn,                          Henry  A.  Bmythe,  Uenry  E.  Davieo.                    Frederick  H.  Cosattt 

B.  H.  McCurdy,                            fVUiiam  E.  Dodge,  Biobd.  A.  MoCordy,             °  Lewis  May, 

William  Betts,                               Genrae  S.  Coe,  Francis  Skiddy,                      Oliver  Hatnman, 

Stunnel  E.  SpreuUs,                      Wm.  M.  Vermilye,  James  C.  Hoiden,                  Thomas  Diokson, 

Samoel  M.  CorneU.                           Jot>n  E.  Develln,  Herman  C.  Von  Post,               Hearv  W.  Smith. 

Laclus  itobinson,                           Martiu  Bates,  Geo.  C.  Bicbardsoa,               John  H.  Sherwood, 

W.  Smith  Brown.                            Wm.  A.  Haines,  Alex.  H.  Eice,                           Kgisto  P.  Fabbri. 

William  H.  Popham.                    Heymour  L.  Busted.  W.  F.  Babcoek,                     Oeoige  H.  Aodersoa 
BICHABD  A.  McCOBDT.  Vice  Presideut. 

BOBEBT  A.  ORAVNI88,  2d  Vice  Prealdent.  UAAC  P.  LLOTD,  Secretary. 

W.  H.  C.  BABTLETT,  LUDm  Aotoary. _             O.  H,  PALMEB,  SoUcltar, 


^.\TlI»e.Vd..|>»«"-»  =--»"«•• 


TO  THE  TEU8TEE8  OF  THB  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSCBASCE  COMPANY  OF  NBW-TOBK: 

The  uadersigned,  the  Annual  Committee,  appointed  pursuant  to  the  By-Laws  of  the  Oempaoy.  en  the  30th 
day  of  December,  1876.  to  examine  at  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year,  the  accounts  ana  assets  oftbe  Company, 

Baspeotfallv  Beport,  That  they  have  caretully  examiued  ail  the  assets,  iavestments,  and  securitlBS  of  tha 
Company,  and  And^  v 

That  It  had  oa  tbe  1st  day  of  January,  1877,  stocks  in  the  form  of  Bonds  of  the  Unltea  SUtes.  and  of  New- 
Tork  and  other  cities,  amoanting  in  par  valae  to  $12,063,550,  and  in  market  valae  to  $12,673,669  83,  and 
that  tblt  latter  sum  is  immediately  convertible  and  available  in  cash.  That  of  these  seenritiea  $7,478,660  ac« 
in  United  states  registered  bends,  and  $4,690,000  chiefly  in  city  bonds.  They  are  all  spocifled  in  the  aecora- 
pauying  soheduie:  are  all  genuine,  and.  lii  the  opinion  of  the  Committee,  are  aUjadiciona  and  perfectly  ■ecnze 
Investments. 

Tbe  Committee  turtber  report : 

That  on  Jan.  1,  1877,  the  Company  had  invested  in  Boad  and  Mortgage  upon  risal  estate  in  fse.  which  was 
appraised  at  the  time  of  each  investment  tc  De  worth,  at  least,  twice  the  amount  loaned,  the  sum  af  $60,856,- 
200  18. 

The  Committee  have  examined  each  Bond  and  Mortgage  and  find  the  same  correct,  ai  stated  on  the  bo*fca«>. 
of  the  Companv.    The  Committee  find  that  the  Interest  oa  these  bonds  has  been  paid  with  great  punctuality, 
and  that  the  anears  of  interest  Tor  the  last  six  months  are  ooly  a  very  small  perceatage  on  the  amount  dae. 

In  addition  to  the  security  or  the  laad  covered  by  the  Mortgages,  the  Company  holds  inauraaoe  on  the  build- 
ings  thereon,  as  collateral,  in  solvent  and  responsible  Fire  liisuranoe  Compaoles,  amooatlog  to  the  sum  of 
$34,000,000. 

The  Committee  further  report : 

Tnat  tbe  Company  now  owns  property  formerly  pledged  to  it  In  Bonds  and  Mortgages  to  tbe  extant  of  $835,- 
898  97;  that  this  is  the  total  amountof  all  property  purchased  br  It  sinoe  its  organlsatton  on  Foreclosures, 
and  held  by  it  at  the  close  of  the  last  fiscal  year,  and  the  Committee  believe  that  this  property  wiU  be  sold 
without  lacurrtng  any  considerable  deficit.  This  sum  bears  a  saiail  ratio  to  the  total  amount  of  the  company'i 
assets,  being  about  ooe  (.010154  par  cent,  thereof 

In  addition  to  this  Beal  Estate,  the  Compaay  owns  for  the  transaction  of  its  Duamess  in  the  Cities  of  Ne  w-Tork, 
Boston.andPhUadelphla,  valuable  real  estate,  costing  the  sum  of  $3,410,451  84.  The  haildlng  io  New-York 
pays  8  per  cent,  oa  its  cost,  charging  a  fair  rent  for  the  part  oooupled  by  tee  Compaay.  Toat  la  Boston  is  in- 
complete, and  that  in  Philadelphia  has  recently  beeu  finished. 

The  Committee  have  ascertained  that  tbe  cash  on  hand  on  the  lat  day  of  Janaary,  1877,  was  $2,183,001  78. 
This  aum,  adaed  to  the  securities; immediately  convertible  into  cash,- msKea  a  total  of  cash  aasets  aqaal  to 
$14,866,671 06  immediately  available. 

We  have  ascertained  that.the  exi>eases  of  tbe  Compan.y  for  acquiring  its  bniiness  are  neatly  a  quarter  of  one 
(  2233)  per  cent,  upon  the  sam  insured,  and  the  expenses  of  condactlns  the  bosioess,  which  molude  expenses 
of  everykind.  except  clataPB  by  death,  IS  less  than  one-quarter  of  one  percent,  on  the  same.  (.2191,)  which. 
In  all.  Is  less  than  one-hair  of  one  per  cent,  npon  the  sum liunred,  (.4424,)  and  is  six  and  seveu-tenths  (6.701] 
pet  cent,  upon  the  income  of  the  year. 

While  the  Commluee  were  making  investigation,  tbe  Superintendent  of  the  Insuranee  Department,  with  his 
Deputy,  Asalstaots.  and  Experts,  was  also  encased  in  examining  the  aff;ilrs  of  the  Compan.y  as  required  by  law. 
Be  Is  still  at  woTK,  examining  not  only  into  the  liabilities  of  tbeCootpany,  but  likewise  into  the  mathematics 
principles'  upon  which  its  busioess  is  oonducted  aad  its  Uabiiities  are  (letermmed.  This  examlnatioa  will  be 
thorough  and  exhaustive,  and  its  resalis  presented  in  areport  which  will  be  pabilshed  in  daetimeand  to  whlok 
the  Committee  refer. 

All  ot  which  is  respectfaUy  submitted. 

Dated  Janaary  17, 1877. 

(Sl«ned)  HBNBT  E.  DATIBS. 

OBOaUB  &  COB, 
SAMUEL  U.  COSKBLL. 
WILLUM  H.  POPHAif, 
H.  C.  VOS  POST, 
OBOBOE  H.  ANDBBWS. 


MXJTUAIi  MFE  INSUBANCB  COMPANY  OF  NEW- YORK. 

TheSeportoftheExunlaatloBbythe  iiuimuiee  Departmeiit. 

AiiBAOT,  Febtoazy  3, 1877. 
To  One  EdMtort  of  iht  JCocnliv  J<MrMH  i 

OairrLuaH- Having  caused  a  thorongb  personal  examinatimi  to  be  made  of  the  condition  and  affairs  of  tha 
Mutual  Idle  Insorance  Company  of  New-YorK,  during  tbe  month  of  January,  by  Hon.  John  A  UeCall,  Jr.,  Deputy 
Superintendent,  in  which  examination  the  Acting  Snperinteadent  has  also  peraoually  participated,  I  deem  It  tar 
tbe  public  Interests  tbat  tbe  result  of  said  investigation  should  be  publisbed. 
I  therefore  inclose  the  same  for  publication.  . 

TooxB,  very  respeotfaily, 

•WILLIAM  BMTTH, 

Acting  Superintendent. 
Albaitt,  February  1, 1877. 
Son.  William  Anyili,  Actfng  Superintendent  N'tw  Intnranee  Deptaiment : 

In  accordance  with  instructions  reeeived  from  you  under  appointment  Number  333. 1  report  the  oomplecioA 
of  the  examination  into  tbe  xBaXn  of  the  Mutnal  Life  Insorance  Company  of  New-Tork 

Made  at  a  lime  wnen  the  annual  inveadgatlon  by  tile  Troatees— as  called  for  by  the  Company's  charter- 
was  in  progress,  tbe  work  was  ODUSlderably  taoiUtated  by  each  department  representative  acting  with  one  of 
the  said  'Irasteei ,  thus  giving  a  Bouble  force,  with  a  check  that  was  invaluable  as  to  the  correctness  of  toe  labor 

^  Tbe  valuations  of  the  Folioies  in  force  have  been  made-ln  the  Department  under  the  snpervinon  of  Mr.  D.  H. 
Beeter,  our  Actuary,  and  have  occupied  bis  attention,  with  that  of  the  rest  of  our  actuarial  foree  not  engaged  la 

^^The^nvestments  oftbe  Company,  with  other  admlsatble  assets,  make  a  total  of  $82,076,706  87. 

Tbat  tbe  Company  has  been  saocessfally  ibanaged  is  everywhere  otmoeded ;  aad  it  is  vary  necessary  that  tha 
onstodians  of  this  sacred  trust  tund  should  be  men  emlneutly  competent  to  gaard  sealoualy  the  moneys  that  in 
the  fature  afford  the  protection  guaranteed  by  contiaots  with  the  holders  of  ninety-two  tbooaaud  one  himdred 
and  vwenty-five  policies.  *  .  -   • 

The  Company  does  not  need  any  other  indorsement  by  the  Department  than  Is  shown  in  t}ie  assets  and  lia- 
bilities enumerated  below,  exhibiting  a  snrplos,  as  regards  poUoy-holders;  of  $10, 262,879  44. 

A  schedule  givmg  in  aetall  the  information  uecessarr  <^r  valaatlon  of  property,  verihrjacion  of  title,  Ac.  of 
each  of  the  seven  thousand  one  hundred  and  fifty-six  (7.166)  mortgages,  has  been  compiled.  and..witb  a  list  of 
uncollected  and  deferred  premiums,  is  now  on  file  la  the  Department. 

The  toUowlng  was  the  condition  of  the  company  oa  Decemoer  31, 1876:  ^         • 


ASSETS. 


Beal  estate 

Bonds  and  mortgages 

Stocks  and  Bonds. 

United  btates  bonds,  registered. 

>  ew-Tork  City  bonds,  registered. 

Boston  Water  bonds,  registered..... 

Providence  (B.  L)  bonds,  registered 

Cherry  Valley  Town  bonds 

City  of  Toukers  bonds. 

Buffalo  City  bonos 

klmbra  City  bonOs 

Missouri  Htate  bouds. 

Sau  Francisco  bonds 

Union  Conntf  (N.  J.)  bonds.... 

Plalnfield  (N.  J.)  bonds 

IVital 

Cash  in  banks  andtr$Bt<aompanies. 

Interest  dae  and  accrued..^ «, 

Net  uncollected  and  deferred  premiums.. 


Par  Value. 

$7,473,550 

2,4u&,000 

500,000 

600,000 

6u,000 

118.000 

140,600 

— ...  66,000 

215,000 

69.,000 

14,lH»0 

1,^00 

$12,063,660 


Market  Value. 

$7,907,340  62 

2,412,587  60 

656.250  00 

637,600  00 

60,000  00 

128,260  00 

146.417  6U 

67,435  00 

226,026  00 

637.628  71- 

14,73&00 

i,euu  00 


$4,246,245  «• 
60,866,200  18 


$12,673,569  38  - 


13,673,669  : 


Total  admitted  assets.. 


-.     S.183,0U1  78 

-.     1,832,304  16 

796.896  07 

..$82,076,706  87 


LIABILITIES. 


Net  valoe  of  outstanding  policies  and  addltloas. 

Uapald  losses  not  yet  due  (incKidlng  resuted  claims). 
Premiams  paid  in  advance ■ 

Total  Utblllttes 

Surplus  as  regards  policy-holders 

Aggregate 

AU  of  wbica  is  respectfully  snhmltted, 


$71,081,306  06 

768.260  00 
24.372  43 

-•- ". $71,813,827  43 

». 10.i462.S79  44 

$8:^.076,706  87 

J0H5  A.  McOALL.  Jk., 
...  ,,  Deputy  Softezlntaadeat. 

Tbe  Supertotendent  In  person  was  present  daring  the  examination  Of  tbe  Uiiited  States  securirlet,  bonds 
and  mortsaaes.  and  other  stocks  and  bonds  owned  oy  the  Company,  and  took  part  in  said  examination.  He 
desires  tololvwitb  his  Deputy  in  assuring  the  pnbUc  that  tbe  system  Of  management  and  accuracy  of  detail,  aa 
well  as  the  checks  and  tndivldnal  respousibiUtles  imposed  on  each  person  who  has  anytblag  to  do  with  the 
loaning  or  mvesting  the  fanda  of  the  Company,  command  his  most  hearty  approval  The  President  aad  all  other 
olhceiB  of  the  Compau"  were  most  prompt  and  conrteoua  In  affording  every  information :  while  so  perfbet  is  tbe 
organiaatton  of  each  department  that  any  apeoial  Item  required  was  at  once  farolshed,  with  all  its  neceaaary  aud 
satisfoctory  vooobers.  This  wlU  account  for  the  &k»  that  a  corporation  of  such  vast  magnitude  aad  importance 
could  be  fall.y  and  satisfactorily  examined  In  a  few  weeks,  which,  under  ordinary  oircumf  tances,  wou'd  liav# 

reaulred  as  many  months.  

»,Huu,»  ,  WILL^All  SMTTfl.  Acting  Superintendent. 


TlBNew-MWeeiTMiis, 

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iq^EW-YORK,  WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  7.  1877. 


PRICE  FOUR  CENTS. 


WASHINGTON. 


THE  ELECTORAL  COMMISSION. 
fHB    UmOST  SECRCEY    MAINTAINED    WITH 
KEGARD    TO    THE    PROCEEDrNGS    IN  THE 

PRIVATE    SESSION— RUMOis    OF    WHAT 

WAS    SAID     AND     DONE A    VOTE     TO     BE 

TAKEN  TO-DAT  ON  THE  FLORIDA  CASE  AT 
3  P.  M. 

especial  IHtvateh  to  tlu  ITew-Tork  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.   6.— The     Electoral 

(Jommiaaion  met  to-day  at  12  o'clock,  and  was 
in  private  consultation,    with   the  exception  of 

ot  a  briet  recess,  till  about  9  o'clock  this  even- 
ing. The  hotel  lobbies  and  newspaper  offices 
were  filled  with  crow^ds  of  people  waiting  to 
bear     the     expected     decision,      bat     they 

were  disappointed  to  learn,  as.  they 
Boon  did  by  commoa  rumor,  that 
no  decision  had  been  reached.  The 
Comifiission  debated  the  question  upon  which 
it  bos  first  to  decide  till  the  late  hour  men- 
tioned, and,  without  action,  adjourned  till  10 
o'clock  to-morrow  morninsr.  with  an  agreement 
that  the  vote  shall  be  takeu  at  3  o'clock  in  the 
afternoon.  The  consultations  of  the  Commis- 
sion are  strictly  private,  no  person  being  allowed 
to  be  present.  The  debates  not  being  taken  by 
a  short-haDd  writer,  the  viaws  and  arguments 
of  the  Commissioners  will  be  lost  to  posterity. 
Strict  secrecy  as  to  the  proceedings  in  private 
consultations  has  been  agreed  upon,  and  will 
no  doubt  be  observed  with  as  much  care  as  is 
done  by  the  Supreme  Court  in  the  case  of  its 
private  meetings  to  decide  questions  brought 
betore  it.  There  are  a  hundred  rumors  as  to  what 
was  said  and  done,  all  of  which  m  ust  be  regarded 
as  doubtful  or  baseless,  and  yet  some  of  them  are 
aonbtless  true.  One  statement  is  that  the  point' 
of  most  of  the  argiiment  to-day  was  what  ef- 
fect should  be  given  to  the  judgment  of  the 
Florida  court  in  the  ^uo  irarranto  case  against 
the  Hayes  -Electors.  Very  probably  this  ques- 
tion would  be  considerably  discussed,  as  the 
Democrats  on  the  Commission,  as  well  as  the 
Democrats  off  it,  see  the  importance 
of  thid  feature  of  the  case  to  them.  The  de- 
cision of  the  Commission  will,  doubtless, 
take  t*e  form  of  a  rule  which  will  involve  the 

ques'.ii^  of  goinx  behind  the  returns,  but  will 
not  decide  it  directly  in  that  form.  As  to  the 
prospects,  it  is  quite  certain  that  leading  Dem- 
ocrats are  very  much  depressed.  This  is  so 
much  the  fact  that  several  ot  them 
have  said  to-day,  privately,  that  their 
only  hope  was  in  the  technicalities 
respecting  Oregon.  Bepublicans  are  more 
confident  than  heretotore,  but  there  is  some 
reason  to  expect  that  the  Commission  will  find 
a  middle  ground  on  the  subject  of  admitting 
evidence,  which'will  not  satisfy  either  party, 
and  which  will  leave  the  Florida  case  praoti- 
•jally  open  till  the  direct  question  ot  which 
tertificate  shall  be  counted  is  voted  upon. 

Dispatch  to  the  Associated  Press. 

*\6  Electoral  Commission,  after  taking  a 

recess    of  half   an   hour    in   the    middle  of  the 

afternoon,  remained  in  secret  session  until 
nearly  8  o'clock  this  evening,  when  they  ad- 
journed to  meet  egaiu  for  private  con- 
ference at  10  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 
No  votes  were  taken  to-day,  nor  was  any  con- 
jlusion  reached  on  any  point  at  issue;  but  it 
i7as  azre^d  all  pending  questions  in  regard  to  the 

adiD-ESiiTi  of  evidence  shall    bo  f'.ecided  to-mor- 

row.  it  can  be  stated  that,  accordms:  to  present 
indications,  a  majority  of  the  Commission  will 
decide  that,  in  addition  to  the  Electoral 
certificates,  no  evidence  can  be  received  by  the 
Oommission  in  regard  to  the  Florida  case  ex- 
cept such  as  relates  merely  to  the  action 
of  the  Plonda  State  Government  subsequent  to 
the  Presidential  eleotion.  Conceding  this  to  be 
the  determination  of  the  Commission,  their  in- 
quiries in  regard  to  matters  of  laot  will  be  re- 
stricted to  a  comparatively  narrow  range, 
and  thus  a  ^nal  decision  in  the  Florida  case 
may  be  expected  sooner  than  has  been  gener- 
ally anticipated.  The  evidence  concerning  the 
action  of  the  Florida  courts  and  Legislature  on 
the  matter  in  controversy  is  •!  a  documentary 
sharacter  and  is  already  accessible  to  the  Com- 
ooission.  It  is  probable  therefore  that  their 
anal  decision  in  the  Florida  case  will  be  re- 
ported to  the  joint  session  of  the  two  houses  be- 
tore the  close  of  the  present  week. 


TIiUdEN'S  AGENTS    IN    CORRUPTION. 

CAPTURE  OF  GEORGE  L.  MILLER,  THE 
OMAHA  DISBURSING  AGENT  OF  THE 
GREAT  "  REFORMER  "—HIS  PRESENCE 
IN  WA8HIn6tON  known  only,  to  DEM- 
OCRATIC LEADERS — PROBABLE  ESCAPE 
OFJATRICK. 

Special  DiiDotiih  to  the  Kew-Tork  Times. 

-  Washington,  Feb.  8. — The  George  L. 
Miller  who  has  figured  so  oonspicnonsly  in  the 
Oregon  telegraph  dispatches  has  been  cao- 
tured.  He  came  from  Omaha  here,  and  stop- 
ping at  a  hotel  without  registering  his  name, 
opened  communioatiQn  with  the  Democracy. 
A  Deputy  Sergeant  at  Arms  of  the  Senate  to- 
day came  down  upon  him  with  a  aubposna,  and 
he  mil  have  to  tell  what  he  knows  about  Ore- 
gon. He  was  surprised  at  his  capture  and,  ex- 
pressed astonishment  in  a  very  emphatic  man- 
oer.    Patrick  has  probably  escaped. 

HEALTH    OF   SECRETARY  MORRILL. 

SYMl'TOMS  OP  TYPnOiD  PNEUMONIA — HIS 
CONDITION  NOT  DANGEROUS,  BUT  A 
SOURCE    OB-   ANXIETY  TO    HIS    FRIENDS. 

SpeeM.  Dispateh  to  Die  Nevo-York  Times.    ■ 

Washington,  Feb.  6. — Secretary  Morrill 
ias  been  confined  to  his  bed  lor  a  week  with 

jaeumonia.  At  first  the  disease  was  not  re- 
tarded as  dangerous,  bat  latterly  Bypaptoms 
jf  a  typhoid  charact«r  have  been  developed, 
»nd  he  ia  now  said  to  have  what  is  tnown 
popularly  as  typhoid  pneamonia.  He  suffers 
much,  and  his  utrength  is  considerably  ex- 
hausted. He  ia  not  pronounced  to  be  in  a 
dangerous  condition,  but  bis  friends  have  great 
Anxiety,  for  which  there  is  good  reason. 

NOTES  FROM  THE  CAPITAL. 
EMBARRASSMENTS  OK  THE   HOUSE  AND  SEN- 
ATE— THE     ELKCTORAL       COUNT     ACT — 
EARLY   RISING  NOT   THE    STRONG     POINT 
OF  SENATORS. 

Snedal OiSDotchta  the  yew- Tori  Tiihtt. 
Washington,  Feb.  6. — Among  the  many 
incoDveniences  which  have  been  brought  upon 
Congress  by  the  passage  of  the  Electoral 
Count  bill,  is  the  meeting  of  the  two  houses  at 
the  unusually  early  hour  of  10  o'clock.  Tkis 
morning  at  the  time  named,  only  three  Senators, 
Moasrs.  Bumeide,  Paddock,  and  Windom,  were 
present  m  the  Senate  Chamber,  and  it  was  of 
course  necessary  to  take  a  recess.  At  12  o'clock 
the  regular  session  was  commenced,  and  Mr. 
Conkling  opened  the  routine  '  business  of  the 
day  bv  presenting  a  petition  from  Elizabeth 
Cady  Stanton  and  other  ladies,  praying  that  the 
right  of  suffrage  be  extended  to  women. 
Shortly  afterward  nhe  bill  to  provide  for  the 
repayment  of  the  money  advanced  by  the 
Sovemment  to  the  Pacific  raUroadn  was  takeu 
op  and  considered  at  length. 

in  the  House,    onlv    seven  members   were 
oreaeBfe  at  lO   a^niodk.  and  a   rA«aBa  was  tairan 


until  noon,  when  the  business  of  the  day  eras 
proceeded  with. 

The  House  Judiciary  Committee  this  mom- 
ine  agreed  to  report  that  in  their  opinion  the 
diflBculty  in  regard  to  an  adjournment  of  the 
House  before  the  completion  of  the  Electoral 
count  can  be  obviated  by  a  change  m  the  rules, 
as  suggested  by  Speaker  Kandall  yes- 
terday, and  that,  therefore,  an 
amendment  of  the  Electoral  act 
will  not  Jt>e  necessaTy.  Mr.  Knott  subsequent- 
ly presented  the  report,  but  immediately  with- 
drew it  upon  a  private  suggestion  that  it  wo^id 

be  better  to  await  a  report  which  will  probably 
be  made  by  the  Committee  on  Kales  to-day,  in 
accordance  with  its  conclusions. 

The  German  Minister  says  it  is  not  true,  as 
has  been  published,  that  all  German  Honorary 
Consuls  are  to  be  withdrawn  Irom  the  United 
States.  He  says  that  only  the  inland  Honorary 
Consulates  will  be  abolished,  and  that  they 
will  be  replaced  by  two  or  three  Consuls, 
namely,  at  St.  Louis,  Chicago,  and  probably 
Cincinnati,  and  that  all  the  German  Honorary 
Consulates  in  the  harbors  of  the  United  State§ 
will  remain.  ' 

At  the  Cabinet  meeting  to-day  all  the  mem- 
bers were  present  excepting  Secretary  Robeson 
and  Secretary  Morrill.  The  business  was 
wholly  routine. 

In  1841  the  original  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence and  certain  treaties  were  sent  by  Daniel 
Webstet,  who  was  Secretary  of  State,  to  the 
Patent  OfSce  for  safe-keeping,  and  deposited  in 
a  proper  place  in  that  building.  Now  that  there 
is  ample  security  for  these  documents  m  the 
State  Department  building,  in  the  custody  of 
which  department  they  are  thought  to  properlv 
belone,  Mr.  Chandler  has  considered  it  his  duty 
to  restore  them  to  that  department,  and  an 
order  to  that  effect  has  been  issued. 

In  the  Criminal  Court  to-day.  Earl  S.  Bath- 
bum,  the  Post  OfiBce  clerk  who,  a  te\r  weeks 
since  was  arrested  lor  abstracting  letter*, 
pleaded  guilty,  and  was  sentenced  to  two  years 
in  the  Penitentiary- 

The  Senate,  m  executive  session  to-day,  con- 
firmed the  following  nominations:  James 
Sheppard  as  Collector  of  Customs  at  St. 
Mary's.  Ga.:  Isaac  Clements  as  Pension  Agept 
at  Salem.  III.;  Postmasters— J.  W.  Card  at 
Mason  City.  Iowa  ;  Miss  Ida  House  at  Alledo, 
111.;  S.  T.  Cheever  at  Delevau,  III.;  M.  M. 
Camp  at  Navasota,  Texas.  The  Senate  ulso 
confirmed  a  number  ot  transfers  of  Ai-my  otfi- 
oers  irom  vne  regiment  to  another  without 
change  of  rank. 

The  Indian  Appropriation  bill,  as  reported 
from  the  Senate  Cemmittee  to-dav,  is  increased 
in  amount  $636,000  over  the  totarsanctioned  by 
the  House,  which  was  ?4,43:i,000.  The  princi- 
pal items  of  increase  proposed  bv  the  Senate 
Committee  are  as  tollows  :  $297,000  for  Sioux 
Indians  of  various  tribes  ;  ?25,000  for  the  Sioux 
at  Port  Peck  Agency  ;  $43,000  lor  the  Osages, 
and  $15,000  for  the  supporc  ot  schools. 

The  Silver  Commiasiou,  of  which  Senator 
Jones,  of  Nevada,  is  Chairman,  held  a  session 
te-day  at  which  Mr.  Henri  Ceruuohi,  the  emi- 
nent ij'rench  writer  on  financial  subjects,  gave 
an  extend«d  expression  of  his  viev.s  concern- 
ing the  relative  vaiues  ol  gold  and  silver  and 
the  advisability  ot  establishing  the  bi-metallio 
Standard.    The  receipts  from  internal  revenue 

to-day    were    $20:^,067  32,    and    Irom    Customs, 

1269,184  09. 

The,  following  is  a  statement  of  balances  in 
the  United  States  Treasury  to-day  at  the  hour 
of  closing:  Currency,  $10,546,134;  special  de- 
posit ot  legal  tenders  tor  redemption  of  cer- 
tificates ot  deposit,  $31,855,000;  coin,  (inc.ud- 
ing  155,000,200  in  coin  certitieates,)  :*89,170,192; 
outstanding  legal  tenders,  $364,894,812. 

Advices  to  the  Internal  Kevenue  Office  show 

that  preparations  are  nearly  consumiDated  lor 
a  raid  upon  illicit  distillers  in  the  Northern 
portions  of  Georgia  andSouth  Carolina.  The 
raid  will  be  conducted  by  moutited  infantry, 
no    cavalry    being   obtainable.     Coinmiasioner 

Raum  has  purchased  53  horses  and  cavalry 
equipments  to  be  used  by  the  infantry  force. 

i'ive  companies  of  United  Stiites  troops  ar- 
rived here  ye«terday  ;  one  company,  number- 
ing 56  men,  luder  command  of  Cul.  Frank,  and 
which  baa  been  stationed  for  some  time  at 
Charleston,  S.  C,  disembarked  and  marched 
to  the  arsenal,  where  they  will  be  quartered. 
The  other  companies  proceeded  to  J(  ew-Tork. 

Two  companies  pi  the  Seoood  Artillery  are 
expected  to  arrive  in  a  day  or  two,  and  will 
also  be  quartered  at  the  arsenal. 

The  Senate  Committee  on  Public  Lands 
heard  Senators  Clayton  and  Dorsev,  and  Re- 
presentative Qause,  of  Arkansas,  and  a  num- 
ber of  the  parties  interested  in  the  subject  of 
the  proper  disposition  of  the  Hot  Springs 
Government  reservation.  It  was  finally  agreed 
by  all  present,  that  the  enactment  ol  the  Hooae 
bill  wdl  be,  with  certain  amendments,  an  ac- 
ceptable settlement  of  the  various  pending 
controversies,  and  the  Committee  will  accord- 
ingly report  the  bill  with  these  amendments, 
which  are  of  a  comparatively  unimportant 
character  and  do  not  materially  afieot  the 
mEun  provisions  of  the  bill. 


THE  FINANCES  OF  THE  NATION. 
JUDGE  KELLT  OPPOSED  TO  THE  PRESIDENT'S 
VIEWS  ON  THE  SPECIE  QUESTION — THE 
TKADK  OF  1876-:-A  BALANCE  IN  FAVOR 
OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  NEARLY 
$200,000,000— DECREASE  OF  CUSTOMS 
RKCKIPTS.  AND  INCREASE  OF  INTERNAL 
\  REVENUE   RECEIPIS. 

Fron  Our  Own  CorretDon4ent. 

Washington,  Monday,  Feb.  5,  1877, 
The  recommendations  of  the  President  in 
favor  of  an  early  resumption  of  specie  payment 
will  meet  with  sturdy  opposition  from  Judge 
Kelley  and  thoiM  who  have  been  clamoring  for 
the  repeal  of  the  act  providing  for  resumption 
OD  Jan.  1,  1879.  Judge  Kelley  has  already  ex- 
pressed bia  Opposition  to  the  views  of  the  Presi- 
dent on  this  subject,  in  an  interview  published 
within  a  tew  days,  and  draws  a  picture  of  our 
financial  future  in  the  gloomy  colors 
he  handles  so  deftly  when  working  up 
national  finances.  He  sees  no  encourage- 
ment whatever  in  the  fiaot  that  during  the  last 
calendar  year,  altar  paring  the  world  for  all 
the  merchandise  we  purchased,  there  was  a 
balance  of  nearly  1200,000,000  in  our  favar. 
Thelacts  and  figures,  however,  which  furnish 
no  encouragement  to  Judge  Kelley  and  his 
school  of  financiers,  will  be  regarded  with  pe- 
culiar interest  at  this  time  by  those  who  have  no 
wild  theories  to  dim  their  vision,  and  who  have 
the  hard  sense  to  appreciate  the  difference  be- 
tween the  debit  and  the  credit  sides  of  the 
ledger.  To  the  ordinary  mind,  the  single  fact 
that  the  value  of  legal  tenders  of  the  Gov* 
emment  has  risen  to  within  5  per  cent,  of  the 
gold    standard    indicates   that   our    national 

credit  is  steadily  advancing,  and  that  the 
eauses  which  have  compelled  the  Government 
to  continue  the  expedient  of  a  paper  currency 
have  BO  nearly  disappeared  that  it  is  a  ques- 
tion for  statesmen  and  busip'^ss  mtn  to  con- 
sider whether  it  would  not  be  politic  and  wise 
to  make  the  short  bound  which  will  bring  us 
at  once  to  the  use  and  maintenance  of  a  stable 
metallic  currency. 

An  examination  ot  our  export  and  import 
trade  will  be  valuable  in  connection  with  a  con- 
sideration of  this  subject.  During  the  calendar 
year  1876,  the  speeie  valuation  of  our  exports 
of  merchandise,  exclusive  of  com  and  1>ullion, 
was  1590,621,783,  and  the  value  of  merchandise 
imported  irom  foreign  countries  for  the  same 
period  was  $426,612,706.  As  compared  with  the 
calendar  year  1875,  these  figt^es  show  an  in- 
crease in  the  value  of  exports  in  favor  of  1876 
of  $79,673,361,  and  a  decrease  in  the  value  of 
imports  ot  176,540,230.  These  figures  represent 
the  aegregale  value  of  the  merchandise  ex- 
changed Detween  the  people  of  the  United 
States  and  those  of  other  nations,  no  credit 
being  made  on  either  aide  for  cash  paid  on  ac- 
count. The  commercial  transactions  of  the  last 
year',  stated  in  a  manner  which  will  be  readily 
understood  by  all  business  men,  make  the 
following  exhibit :  During  the  year  1876  we 
sold  the  people  ot  other  countries  merchandise 
of  our  own  growth  and  manufacture  to  the 
gold  value  of  |57o,698,040,  and  foreign  merchan- 
dise to  the  value  of  $14,923,743,  making  the 
aggregate  sales  for  the  year  toot  up  $590,620,- 
783.  There  was  remitted  to  the  United  States 
in  the  same  time,  on  account  of  these  sales, 
coin  and  bullion  to  the  value  of  $34,479,397, 
thus  leaving  the  world  our  debtors  to  the 
amount  ot  $^6,141,386.  Against  this  we  bought 
from  the  people  of  other  countries  merohandlsa 
to  the  value  of  $426,612,706.  and  paid  in  coin 
and  bullion,  on  account  of  those  transaotiona, 
$56,354,465,  leaving  a  balance  aeainst  us  on 
oar  DorohMes  of  $370.258i241.     Whan,  there* 


fore,  we  come  to  balance  and  settle  accounts 
for  the  year,  the  bills  of  exchange  in  favor  of 
the  United  States  aggregate  $185,883,145,  that 
beinc;  the  balance  in  tavor  of  the  United  States 
on  the  transactions  lor  the  calendar  year  1876. 
Stated  in  another  way  the  account  stands  as 
follows : 

Exports  of  merobandlse' .' .*.  1590,620.78™ 

Expojctfl  of  coin  and  bullion 56.354. 46g 

Total  exports $646,975,248 

Imports  of  mercbanaisn 426,612,706 

Importa  of  coin  and  bullion 34, 479.397 

Toul  importa $461,0^103 

valae  exports  oTer  importa 185,883,145 

These  figures  are  encouraging  to  business 
men,  and  should  be  suggestive  to   statesmen. 

They  do  not  represent  a  business  due  to  any 
extraordinary  emersenoy  or   transitory    cause. 

as  a  dose  inspection  of  the  detailed  report  ot 
the  import  and  export  statistics  ibr  the  past 
few  years  will  show.  While  our  prinoipHi  mauu- 

facturing  industries  have  been  for  t#ci  or  three 
years  comparatively  at  a  stand,  the  develop- 
ment of  our  great  natural  resources  has  been 
pushed  forward,  and  the  products  in  excess  of 
what  was  required  for  homo  consumption  have 
found  a  ready  market.  The  material  develop- 
ment ot_  natural  resources,  which  has  gone  for- 
ward with  a  fair  degree  of  progress,  is  a  greater 
element  of  national  wealth  than  any  mere 
money  balance  of  trade,  however  great,  can 
be,  and  will  more  than  compensato  for  the 
economic  value  lost  to  the  country  by  the 
decreased  immigration  of  the  past  tew  years, 
and  some  other  factors  which  Judeo  Kelley 
uses  in  making  up  the  gloomy  background  ol 
bis  financial  tableau.  Besiaes.  the  detailed 
report  of  the  BuT:eau  of  Statistios  showa  that 
now  industries  have  been  developed  during 
the  past  few  years,  and  that  on  the  list  of  do- 
mestic exports  are  now  found  articles  of  Amer- 
ican manufacture  previously  unknown  to 
foreign  commerce.  Everything  indicates  that 
the  improvement  in  our  trade  and  commerce, 
as  extiibited  by  the  figures  herein  given,  la 
permanent,  and  no  reasonable  cause  can  be 
assigned  why  this  improvement  should  nut 
be  maintained  and  go  steadily  forward. 

A  comparison  of  the  transactions  of  1876 
with  those  of  1875  will  show  that  the  improve- 
ment in  the  condition  of  our  export  trade  is 
steadily  increasing.  During  l!?75  the  goid 
"value  of  oui  exported  merchandise  was  $510,- 
947,422  and  our  imports  $503,152,936.  In  the 
same  period  we  exported  in  com  and-  bullion 
$79,258,514  and  received  $22,896,148,  leaving  a 
balance  of  $64,000,000  due  the  United  Stales  at 
the  end  of  that  year.  Pursuing  the  compan- 
son  lurther,  it  will  be  found  thai  during  the  six 
months,  ended  Dec.  31,  1876,  tue  net  excess  ot 
exports  (gold  -value)  over  imports  was  $108,- 
000,000,  or  nearly  twice  the  amount  of  the  ex- 
cess tor  the  entire  calendar  year,  1875.  A  re- 
vival ot  our  mauutactunug  industries  would, 
of  course,  cause  a  marked  increase  in  our  im- 
ports, but  with  a  margin  oi  nearly  $200,000,000 
in  our  tav«r,  and  the  natural  imputud  wliiuu  a 
revival  of  business  would  give  our  export 
trade,  there  need  be  no  apprehension  -iliHi/ 
cpecie  will  not  stay  in  circulaiioa  should  some 
such  legislation  be  adopicU  as  thai  which  is 
favored  by  the  President. 

The  Treasury,  uotwiibstacding  the  large  de- 
cline in  Customs  receipts  cunsequuiit  upon  tue 
fulling  otf  ot  imports,  la  in  a  lair  cuuUiiion  to  eu- 

courage  eariy  resumption,  b'or  iheteveu  luoulhs 
just  ended  the  puoblio  debt  wus  decreased 
$8,587,7/3,  which  is  within  $2,000,000  ot  the 
amount  reduced  lor  the  corresponding  seven 
months  of  the  preceding  iiscHi  year,  when  vse 
had  ^12,000,000  more  trem  Customs  receipts 
than  we  have  had  lor  the  past  seven' months. 
The  January  debt  statement  suuws  a  largo 
coin  balance  in  the  Treasury,  notwithstanding 
the  large  amount  paid  out  tor  January  interest, 
iha  aggregate  coin  balance  is  986,477, tkiO,  ot 
which  $53,313,700  are  coin  ceriificates  and  $1,- 
407,606  Sliver  subsidiary  coins,  tlius  leaving  tlie 
gold  balance  owned  by  the  ■tjrovernmout,  ^iJl,- 
756,174.  The  interest  actually  due  in  com,  and 
unpaid  on  Feb.  1,  aggregates  $J,58^,530,  aud 
including  the  coin  interest  accrued  to  Fob.  1, 
tnia  liability  foots  up  $16,536,470.  Thiu,  de 
ducting  every  obligation  ol  toe  Government, 
the  g«ld  balance  on  Feb.  1,  exolusire  ol  silver, 
was  $15,219,704.      For  the  purposes  of  reeump- 

•ion,  however,  the  greater  ponton  ot  ],hf,  $Ub,- 
000.000  can  be  relied  upon,  as  the  varioun 
«1 1111113  agawat  the  acgregait;  coiu  OalaUvse  uiu 
not  likeiy.  to  be  presented  lur  payment  a;  the 
same  time.  The  currency  balance  ou  Feb.  1 
was  $9,496,266. 

Xhe  legal-iendera  outstanding  show  a  de- 
crease ot  $l,0ro,272  for  January,  and  fractional 
currency  a  decrease  ot  $9:£i,o39.  The  witn- 
drawal  of  Iraotional  currency  is  more  tuan 
compensated  lor  by  the  issue  of  aubsidiai-y 
silver  coins.  The  total  amount  of  subsidiary 
silver  coima  issued  to  Feb.  1  is  $27,396,855.  '1  he 
amoimt  of  tractional  currency  reported  as  out- 
standing ia  ^:X>,i^4,567 ,  hue  it  is  believed  that 
not  more  than  halt  of  that  amount  will  be  pre- 
8ent«d  tor  redemption.  The  amount  outstaud- 
int(  ot  tbe  first  thre*  issues  is  said  to  be  i$10,463,- 
720  50.  Little  more  than  $1,100  of  those  three 
issues  were  presented  last  month,  and  this  was 
distributed  aa  follows  :  Ot  the  hrst  issue,  $2  i)S 
were  redeettie* ;  second,  $1  42 ;  thud, 
$1,1^  48.  These  figures  indicate  taat  very 
little  of  the  first  three  series  remains  to  be  re- 
deemed. 

The  Customs  receipts  for  January  were  $10,- 
266,6^,  a  decline  ot  about  $500,000  as  compared 
with  January,  1876.  ,  The  luterunl  Itevaniie  re- 
ceipts l*r  the  month  were  $10,009,531,  an  in- 
crease of  about  $500,000  as  compared  with  Jan- 
uary, 1876.  Compared  with  tba  seven  months 
ended  January,  18/6,  the  last  sevem  months  of 
tbe  current  hsoal  year  show  an  agt;regale  fall- 
ing oflf  in  Customs  receipts  of  over  $12,000,000. 
Tae  InteruMi  Kevenue  rvceipts  for  the  seven 
months  just  closed  are  about  $900,000,000  in  ex- 
cess of  the  receipts  Irom  that  source  for  the 
corresponding  seven  months  of  the  preceding 
fiscal  year.  The  net  ordinar.y  expenditures  ot 
tbe  Qovernment  for  the  last  neveu  months  were 
$94,202,861,  which  is  about  $13,000,000  less  than 
the  amount  expended  tor  the  corresponding 
months  ot  the  preceding  year.  'Iho  above 
statement  ot  diflbursements  dues  not  include 
interest  oB  the  public  debt. 

The  amount  ot  national  bank  notes  now  out- 
standing is  $305,000,000  and  legal  tenders  $365,- 
000,000.  The  Treasurer  now^'holds  in  legal  len- 
ders, to  redeem  the  circulating  notes  of  insol- 
ventand liquidating  national  banks,  $17,686,668. 

i^         

THE  MISSISSIPPI  JETTIKS  BILL. 
ADVERSE  REPORT  OF  THE  SENATE  COM- 
MITTEE ON  APPBOPRiXtIONS — CAPr. 
EAD8  HlfLD  TO  BE  ENTITLED  lO  BONDS 
AT  PAR  INSTEAD  OF  TDK  MONEY  FROM 
THE  TREASURY. 

Washington,  Feb.  6.— The  Senate  Appro- 
priation Committee  today  reported  adversely  on 
tbe  Hotue  bill  proposlDs  an  appropriation  of  ioOO,- 
000  to  pay  the  requisition  of  ttie  Secretary  of  War 
in  favor  of  James  B.  lads,  on  account  of  tbe  im- 
provement of  the  bar  at  tbe  South 
Pass  of  the  Kissiesippi  Kiver.  Senator 
Windom,  on  bebalf  of  the  committee,  sab- 
mitted  a  written  renort  on  tbe  sabjeot,  ^tatinc: 
that  after  a  carefm  examioation  of  law  and  facta, 
the  committee  find  that  said  Eads,  having  fulfilled 
the  req aired  conditioD  of  the  contract  on  bia  part 
and  secured  the  specified  width  and  depth  of  ohao' 
nel,  receiTed  the  requiairlon  or  warrant  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  for  $500,000  on  tbe  19th  of  January, 
1877.  That  no  appropriation  having  bPen  "previous- 
Jv  provided,"  Mr.  Eads,  on  tDe  SOih  of  January, 
1877,  demanded  the  payment  of  the  said  requisition, 
in  booiia.  The  committee  is  clearly  ot  the 
opinion  that  Mr.  _  £ada  is  entitled,  nnder 
the  law,  to  receive  at  once  the  bonds 
therein  described  at  oar  ia  payment  of 
the  aaJd  requisition  of  the  Secretary  of  War  in  his 
favor.  Coneress  taavlug  failed  to  "  previously  pro- 
vide for  tbe  payment  of  the  aame  by  the  necessary 
appropriatloDS  ofmoney."  Tbe  committee  believe 
that  tbe  act  approved  March  3,  1875,  was  Id- 
tended  to  and  does  fully  provide  for 
the  prompt  payment  ot  the  sums  of 
money  therein  stated  as  tber  shall  raspeotireiy  be- 
come due,  and  that  tbe  option  0t°  the  Goveinment 
to  pay  the  same  In  money  or  bonda  in  time  to  meet 
the  warrant  drawn  by  the  Secretary  of  War  must 
be  exercised  bv  Ponsress.  In  the  preaeni  case  Con- 
gress bad  timelT  notice  from  the  Secretary  of  War 
in  his  annoal  report  dated  Kor.  20,  1876,  of  the 
"  protiable  time  when  the  payment  woald  become 
due."  The  committee  therefore  recommend  that 
appropriations  to  meet  the  payments  which  will 
probably  become  dne  danng  the  present  and  enan- 
lOK  flaoal  year  be  made  dunns  the  present  aesaion 
of  Conereas,  and  that  aa  tbe  law  fnllv  entitles  Mr. 
Eads  to  receive  the  payment  now  due  in  bonds,  it  is 
recommended  that  the  Hoaae  bill  appropriating 
fSOO.OOO  to  par  the  requisition  of  the  Secretary  of 
War  in  favor -of  iTames  B.  Eads  be  indefinitely  poai- 
poned.        •     t 

SAJLBOJ.J>  OOLLimON  ly  INDIANA. 
EvANSvnxE,  Feb.  6.— A  collision  last  night, 
between  a  freight  and  a  coal  train,  on  the  St.  Louis 
and  Sontb-eaatem  Baltraad.  canaed  tbe  inatant 
death  of  Frank  Wlla«>n,  a  tnrakeman,  and  cevere  in- 
Jnriea  to  A.  Brookman.  enioneer,  and  aeyeral  brake- 
ae» 


THE   EASTERN    SITUATION. 


THE  FALL  OF  MID  HAT  PASHA. 
SEASONS  FOR    HIS    DISMISSAL — A  PLOT  DIS- 
COVERED FOR  THE  OVERTHROW  OP   THE 
SULTAN—THE    EX-GRAND   VIZIER    SENT 

TO     BRtNDISI — RUMORS   OF     A     CONCILI- 
ATORY    SPIRIT     ON    THE     PART  OP    THE 

PORTE— MI  DHAT's   DISRESPECTFUL  CON- 
DUCT TOWARD    THE    SULTAIT. 

London,  Feb.  6.— No  reasons  for  Midhat 

Pasha's  fall  from  the  Grand  Visrierate  have  yet 
reached  London  except  the  following  statement, 
contained  in  a  special  dispatch  from  Constanti- 
nople to  the  Daily  Ifetea  :  "  Midhat  Pasha  has 
long  been  opposing  the  Sultan,  who  desired  to 
yield  and  make  concessions  to  the  conference. 
His  removal  is  in  every  way  desirable.  Edbem 
Pasha's  appointment  will  be  conduoive  to  con- 
ciliation." The  foreeomg  is  wholly  at  variance 
with  all  previous  accounts  of  Edhem  Pasha's 
opinions  and  conduct. 

A  dispatch  to  Renter's  Telegram  Company 
from  Constantinople  says:  "The  Sultan  issued 
a  decree  yesterday  appointing  Edhem  Pasha 
Grand  Vizier,  and  making  other  changes  in  tbe 
Ministry.  He  then  sent  an  aide  de  camp  to  no- 
tify Midhat  Pasha  ot  his  dismiBsal  and  to  re- 
quest him  to  repair  to  the  palace.  Thenca  he 
wafl  immediately  conveyed  on  board  the  im- 
perial yacht,  which  sailed  for  the  Mediterra- 
nean, with  orders  to  land  him  beyond  Turkish 
territory." 

A  Renter  telegram  from  Constantinople,  says 
the  dismissal  of  Midhat  Pasha  is  attributed  to 
his  schemes  of  constitutional  rotorm,  which  are 
represented  to  have  been  regarded  by  the 
Sultan  as  encroaching  on  the  imperial  pre- 
rogative. A  rumor,  however,  is  current  that 
his  removal  is  due  to  tee  discovery  of  a  con- 
spiracy to  dethrone  the  Sultan  and  replace  him 
by  ex-Sultan  Murad. 

The  Porte,  in  notifying  its  representatives 
abroad  ot  the  Ministerial  changes,  adds  :  "  The 
Sultan  urgently  recommends  the  Grand  Vizier 
to  speedily  and  completely  develop  all  the 
principles  established  by'the  Constitution,  and 
to  carry  out  all  laws  and  administrative  insti- 
tutions applicable  to  the  provinces." 

The  PalL  Mall  Gazette  this  afternoon  eaye  it 
does  not  believe  Midhat  Pasha's  downfall  beto- 
kens a  more  conciliatory  policy,  but  ratherbe- 
lieves  that  Edhem  Pasha's  accession  means 
more  uncompromising  resistance  What  seems 
to  the  Poll  Mall  Gazette  the  most  likely  expla- 
nation of  the  change  is  that  the  Sultan  had  bo- 
oom«  jealous  of  Midhat  Pasha's  induonce,  and 
chafed  under  the  impotence  ot  the  position  to 
which  the  energetic  Grand  Vizier  had  reduced 
him,  and  lent  himself  to  intrigues  Irom  tbe  suc- 
cess of  which  he  might  hope  to  recover  some  of 
the    lost    imperial  authority.     So  that  Edbem 

Pasha's  accessiou  may  be  purely  an  aflfair  of 

men,  not   measures,  and.  need   not    foreshadow 
any  change  in  political  prospects. 
A  special  dispatch  from  Constantinople  to 

the    .Pall  Mall    Gazette   says:      "The    cause   of 

Midhat  Pasha's  fall  dates  back  semo  time.  The 
imperious  c'laracter  of  Midhat  Pasha  clashed 
with  the  fiirmriess  of  the   Sultan,    wbose  liberal 

views  went  far  ahead  of  Midhat's.  The  Con- 
stitution disappointed  t^e  Saltaa  by  the 
multiplicity  of  its  reaervos  and  qualifi- 
cations, and  many  warm  discuMions  oc- 
curred between  the  BbVei'etgu  and'  Bllnister. 
Tiie  Sultan  desired  to  iatroduoe  largely  a 
foreign  element  into  Turkish  administration, 
and  especially  to  empl«y  EnKlishmen  in  lead- 
ing positions  in  all  departments.  His  M^esty 
expressed  this  desire  to  Midhat  Pasha  very 
strongly  on  several  occasions,  akd  last  week 
took  bira  sternly  to  task  for  not  having  acted 
upon  It.  Midhat  Pasha  replied  curtly,  and 
wrote  subsequently  to  thti  Sultan  in  undef- 
erential  terms.  On  Friday  last  the  Sul- 
tan sent  for  Midhat  Pasha,  but  the 
summons  was  not  obeyed.  On  Saturday 
Midhat  Pasha  remained  home  on  a  plea  ot 
indisposition.  On  Sunday  a  third  summons 
was  disobeyed,  but  Midhat  Pasha  attended  a 
Ministerial  Council  in  the  afternoon.  Meanwhile 
the  Police  discovered  secret  correspondence 
which  showed  that  Midhat  Pasha  was  plotting 
the  overthrow  of  the  Sultan  and  bis 
own  nomination  as  Dictator.  On  Mon- 
day a  peremptory  Bummmons  brought 
Midhat  Paaba  to  the  Palace,  suspecting  noth- 
ing. On  entering  he  was  arrested  and  his 
letters  laid  before  him.  There  was  no  gainsay- 
mg'the  evidence  against  him,  and  he  asked  for 
mercy.  A  Council  of  Ministers  was  called  and 
Midhat  Pasha  waa  ofifered  the  choice  of  leaving 
tbe  country  or  being  arraigned  before  a 
tribunal  on  a  charge  of  high  treason.  He 
elected  to  leave  the  country  and  was 
asked  if  be  would  go  to  Greece. 
He  replied  that  ho  did  not  like  the 
Greeks  and  asked  to  go  to  Brindisi,  but  com- 
plained that  lie  had  no  ready  money.  Twen|:y- 
five  hundred  dollars  was  given  him,  and  he 
embarked  at  noon  for  Brindiai  ou  board  the 
Imperial  yacht  Izzedii).  The  letter^  found  dis- 
closed that  3,000  Ulemas  were  to  kave  gone  on 
Monday  night  to  the  palace  to  demand  tbe  ab- 
dication of  the  Sultan'.  Tbe  fall  of  Midhat 
Pasha  will  check  no  relorms,  the  Snltan  being 
determined  to  oari-y  out  the  Constitution  m  its 
fullest  spirit 

LoKDON,  Feb.  7. — Telegrams  continue  to  be 
very  oonflietine  as  to  the  probable  eflfeot  of  the 
crisis  in  Turkey's  foreign  relations.  The  Stand- 
ard's Berlin  dispatch  says  the  change  is  con- 
sidered to  be  preliminary  to  reopening  rela- 
tions with  Bussia  and  the  signatory  powers. 

A  dispatch  from  Constantinople  to  the  Stan- 
dard reports  that  the  British  man-of-war  Bit- 
tern, which  was  about  to  quit  Constantinople, 
has  been  detained  by  order  of  the  English 
Charge  d' Affaires  for  protection  of  the  foreign 
residents. 

The  Berlin  correspondent  of  the  Timeg 
says  Midhat  Pasha's  fall  was  occasioned  by  his 
refusal  to  conclude  peace  with  Servia  unless 
Turkey  received  guarantees.  As  resumption 
of  hostilities  was  probable  in  consequence  of 
this  resolute  policy  the  old  Court  party 
induced  the  Sultan  to  super- 

sede        Midhat.  Unless        the       Sultan 

changes  his  mind  Edhem  Pasha's  Ad- 
ministration will  omiy  pave  the  way  for  a  Cab- 
inet with  a  decidedly  pacific  concession  pro- 
gramme. 

The  Times  dispatch  from  Belgrade  says  tbe 
peace  party  there  interpret  Midhat's  dismissal 
as  an  indication  that  the  Porte  will  tinallv  ac- 
cede to  the  wishes  of  the  late  conference. 
Others  give  it  an  exactly  a  contrary  interpreta- 
tion. It  is  now  said  M.  Bistics  instead  ot  Mag- 
azinovitch  is  preparing  to  go  to 
Constantinople  to  reopen  negotiations. 
The  correspondent  calls  attention  to  the 
significance  of  an  article  in  the  Istok, 
the  Servian  ofiBolal  journal.  The  article  dis- 
putes the  assertion  of  the  Oolos  that  Rus- 
sia did  everything  possible  to  restrain 
Servia  from  war,  and  declarea,  but  'fqr 
Bassia's  designs  on  Constantinople  tbe  Servian 
nation  would  now  be  free  and  united. 
The  .miUions  of  roubles  and  thooaands 
tt*       voluntMn       lent      to       Sarroi       bi^v* 


united  her  to  Russia.  If  Russia  aots 
against  the  Turks  it  would  be  of  tbe 
greatest  importance  that  .  Servia  and 
Monteneero  should  co-operate  with  her 
and  occupy  Bosnia  and  Herzegovina. 
If  Ruasia  advances,  she  may  be  certain  that 
Servia  will  go  with  her,  because  ypth  Russian 
support  Servia  could  yet  aocomplish  much. 

This  declaration  is  the  more  noticeable  as  the 
Servian  jpress  is  subject  to  strict  censorship. 
The  article  is  regarded  in  Belgrade 
as  an  attempt  to  arouse  the  sympathy  ot  Riivia 

and  excite  tbe  apprehensions  .of  the  Tarks. 

so  as  to  induce  them  to  grant  more  liberal 
terms.  It  may  aocomplish  the  former,  but 
hardly  the  latter  purpose. 

Belgrade  is  thronged  with  volunteers,  and 
officers  are  busy  organizing  and  equipping 
them  for  Gladova.  Despite  Servia's  exhaus- 
tion, a  few  thousand  pounds  from  Russia  would 
enable  the  War  Department  to  turn  out  a 
corps  of  20,000  picked  men. 

The  Paris  correspondent  of  the  Standard  tele- 
graphs that  he  is  informed  that  the  Russian 
Army  has  received  orders  to  advance,  and.  will 
cross  the  Pruth  within  a  few  days. 

The  Marquis  of  Sahsbury  and  Sir  H.  G. 
Elliott  have  arrived  in  this  city. 

THE  NEGOTIATIONS    WITH   SERVIA. 

NEW  CONDITIONS  PROPOSED  BY  TURKEY — 
GUARANTEES     WAIVED. 

Vienna,  Feb.  6. — The  PoUtisohe  Corre- 
spondena  states  that  the  Porte  has  proposed  the 
following  conditions  to  Servia,  waiving '  its 
former  claim  for  substantial  '  guarantees : 
First  —  Tbe  right  of  being  diploma- 
tically represented  at  Belgrade.  Second — 
That  Catholics  and  Jews  shall  enjoy  the  same 
rights  as  native  Servians.  Third— That  Servia 
shall  not  allow  the  formation  of  armed 
bands,  or  the  violation  of  Turkish  terri- 
tory. Fourth — That  the  existence  of  secret 
Societies  shall  not  be  permitted.  Fifth — That 
the  Servian  fortresses  shall  be  kept  in  good  re- 
pair ;  and,  finally,  that  the  Turkish  flag  shall 
be  hoisted  upon  those  fortresses  jointly  with 
the  Servian  flag.  The  Polilische  Correspondem 
says  :  "  Servia  will  doubtless  accept"  these  con- 
ditions and  send  a  spqpial  Commissioner  to 
Constantinople." 

Werten       Effendi.      apeoiad       envoy       from 

the  Porte  to  Prince  Milan,  has  arrived  at 
Semlin.  The  authorities  of  Belgrade 
have  given  orders  for  his  reception.  His 
arrival  will  delay,  if  not  altogether  render  un- 
necessary, tbe  sending  of  a  deputation  to 
Constantinople,  as  has  been  proposed. 

A  telegram  from  Kisheneff  to  the  Daily 
News  states  that  the  Grand  Duke  Nicholas 
went  to  Odessa  on  Tuesday.  He  has  quite 
recovered  from  his  illness,  but  requires  change 
of  air.  The  weather  at  Kisheneff  has  been 
cold,  dry,  and  favorable  to  health  for  several 
weeks. 

THE  RUSSIAN  CIRCOLAR  NOTE. 
THE    TEXr   OF   TBE   CONCLUDING   PORTION — 
THE    OTTOMAN    EMPIRE  A    PERMANENT 

MKNACE  TO  THE  PEACS  OF  EUROPK — 
THE  TURKISH  REFUSAL  AN  ASSAULT  ON 
THE  DIGNITY  OF  THE  POWERS — INFOR- 
MATION RKQUE8TKD  REGARDING  ANY 
PROPOSED  ACTION. 

LoNDOK.  Feb.  6. — ^The  text  of  Princo  Gort- 
cbakoff's  circular  note,  addressed  to  the  Russian 
representaalvea  at  th«  e«a*4a  «f  ibe  oih«r  guanut- 
teeing  powem.  under  date  of  Jan.  31,  has  been  re- 
ceived here.  After  reoapitnlatinir,  as  heretofore  tele- 
graphea  to  tbe  UniteaStates.thediplomktic  efforts  at 
paniflcation  extending  from  tbe  outbreak  of  the 
iusnrreotion  iu  1875  to  the  conrening  ot  tbe  Con- 
atantlDuple  Conference,  the  note  continuea  t 

This  confarenoe.  In  ita  prelliuinarv  deliberations, 
arrived  at  a  complete  noderstandiDg,  both  respect- 
ing the  conditluna  of  peiice  and  the  ret'orma  to  be 
introduced.  It  oommonieated  the  reauii  to  tbe 
Porte  as  the  firm  and  nnanimona  wiah  ot 
Earope,  but  met  with  an  obRtinate  relusal. 
Thus,  after  mvn  than  a  year  of  diplomatic  efforts, 
demonatrating  the  vslne  the  great  powers  attach 
to  the  paciflcarion  of  the  Eaat,  and  the  right  they 
poaaesa  of  iDsarinn  it,  becaoae  of  the  general  iator- 
t/Sts  Involved,  and  their  firm  desire  to  obtain  it  by 
means  of  a  Earopean  nnderatandine,  tbe  Cabinets 
asain  Ibid  themselves  in  the  same  nosiUon  as  at 
thecommencemeDtot  tht,  crisis,  which  baa  been  far- 
ther aetiravhted  by  the  blood  that  baa  been  shed,  the 
naeaiona  that  hare  been  raised,  and  the  indefinite 
nrolongatlun  of  the  deploratile  state  of  tbhies  wbich 
weighs  upon  Europe,  and  lastly  preoccupies  public 
opinion  and  the  Governments. 

The  Porte  pays  no  regard  to  ita  former  engage- 
meota,  to  its  datien  aa  a  member  of  the  European 
concert,  or  to  the  nnanimons  wishes  of  tb(>  great 
powsr«.  Far  ft  am  having  made  a  step  toward  a 
satisfactorv  solntion  of  the  ^astsm  Question,  ttie 
Ottonan  Empire  bas  t>e«n  and  remains  a  permanent 
menace  to  the  peace  of  Eurooe,  aa  well  as  to  the 
sentiments  ot  tmmanity  and  tbe  consciences  of 
Christian  pooplea.  Under  these  otrcamatancew,  be.-. 
fore  decidins  on  a  coorae  he  may  tkink  nght  to  fol- 
low, his  .Majesty,  the  Emperor,  wishes  to  know 
what  ooprse  will  be  determined  upon  bv  the  Cab- 
inets with  wham  wt>  have  acted  np  to  the 
present,  and  with  whom  we  desire,  aa 
far  aa  poaaible,  to  continue  prooeedine  in  common 
accord.  Tbe  object  which  the  great  puvref  a  have  in 
view  baa  been  clearly  defined  by  the  acta  of  the 
oonferanoe.  Tba  rafuaal  of  tbe  Turkish  Gk>vem- 
ment  (onchea  the  dieoity  and  peace  of  Europe.  It 
ia  Important  far  us  to  know  what  the  Cabmots,  with 
which  wo  hare  acted  in  oonoert  nntil  now,  intend 
to  do  iu  repiv  to  this  refaaaJ,  and  for  mr>ariDi;  tbe 
execution  uf  their  wishes.  You  are  requested  to 
aak  for  infaimation   on  tbia  point,  and  to  road  and 

five  a  copy  of  thia    diapatoh  to   the  Miniater    ot 
oreign  Aiialre.  GORTSCHAKOFF. 

LoNnoH,  Feb.  7.— The  Times  io  ita  leading  edito- 
rial, commenting  on  the  fall  textot  theSuaeian  cir- 
ealar,  eaya  there  ia  no  aaggeation  of  anything 
which  can  properly  !•«  called  a  throat  The  circu- 
lar does  not  aeam  to  seek  a  pretext  for  backing  out. 

MISCELLANEOUS  FOREIGN  NOTES. 


the  disease  in  London  laat  week,  being  the  largeat 
number  dnilng  the  present  epidemic  except  in  the 
first  week  of  January. 

Tbe  Standard'*  dispatch  from  Vienna  annonnoea 
ttiat  tbe  Hnnearian  Miniatera  have  tendered  their 
rasignations  because  of  failure  to  efibct  an  agree- 
ment with  Aaatria  on  tbe  bank  question.  It  ia 
donbtfni  whether  the  Emperor  has  accepted  their 
resignations. 

MoviLE.  Feb.  7.— The  Anchor  Lino  ateamfJilp 
Ethiopia,  Capt.  C'aijt,  from  New  -Tort,  Jan.  27,  for 
Glasgow,  has  arrived  here. 


THE  SUSQUEHANNA  ICE  GOBGE. 


AMERICAN  COTTON  FABRICS  IN  THE  MAN- 
CHESTER .  MARKET — DISTRESS  AMONG 
THE  WORKMEN  OF  LYONS— A  SPIRIT- 
UALIST SENTENCED. 

Manchester,  Feb.  6. — At  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  yesterday  the  Presi- 
dent atated  that  the  exports  of  Manchester  goods  to 
tbe  United  States,  which  formerly  afi'orded  an  ex- 
ceUeni  market,  were  now  nil,  and  that  there  is  con- 
siderable trade  in  Manchester  in  cotton  fabrics 
mannfactared  in  Ameiioa. 

TbbsailLBS,  Fefe.  6.— In  the  Chamber  of  Deputies 
yesterday  If.  Ordinaire,  (Radical  Republican,)  mem- 
ber for  Lyons,  aodktioned  tbe  Government  aa  to 
wbat  atsDS  it  intended  to  take  to  alleviate  the  dis- 
treaa  among  tbe  workmen  of  Lyona.  ^.  Ordinaire, 
stated  that  50,000  operatlvea  were  thrown  out  of 
employment  In  conaeqnence  ot  low  wages  and  the 
deanieas  of  raw  ailk,  wnioh  had  risen  80  per  cent,  in 
price.  M.  Simon,  Prealdent  of  the  Council,  replied 
that  the  Government  would  do  ererything  in  its 
power  to  asslat  the  local  aathoriiiea.  It 
appeara,  from  an  article  in  tbo  ^conomiste 
Franeaise,  that  two-thirds  of  the  silk  work- 
ers are  nnemployed,  and  mannfaotnrera  declare 
that  works  cannot  be  reanmed  until  the  price  of 
raw  ailk  falla  15  per  cent.  The  Prefect  of  the 
Rhone  has  devoted  t53, 000  from  th^  local  funds  to 
the  relief  of  the  anfferera.  Tbe  Economists  Fran- 
eaise adds_  th&t  it  is  believed  by  maoy  that  tbe 
hnameas  of  Lyons  will  not  aoon  recover,  and  that 
the  demand  for  silk  fabrics  la  declining  bafore  that 
for  woolens. 

LoirooN,  Feb.  6. — ^The  Court  of  Exchequer 
baa  affirmed  the  decision  of  tbe  Hnddersfleld  magis- 
trates, convicting  Dr.  Monok.  the  Spiritualist  me- 
dium, nnfler  the  Vaizrant  act,  and  aentenoine  him 
to  three  months'  imprisonment 

BULDT,  Feb.  6.— The  prospectus  is  published  of 
the  twelfth  aeriea  of  Bnsaian  mortgage  credit  bonda 
for  10,000,000  silver  roubles.  Tbe  bonds  are  to  be 
plaoed  in  Amsterdam,  Berlin,  Frankfort,  Bmsaels, 
Antwero,  and  Bosaia. 

LoiTDOV,  Feb.  7.— Tbs  ravages  of  the  small-poz 
Xhanw«r«103  daatha  from 


SUSPENSE      OF       THE       RESIDENTS     OF      PORT 

DEPOSIT— THE  IMMENSE  WALL    OF   ICE 
AS  FIRM  AS  EVER. 

Special  IHspateh  to  the  .ZN'eto-  Tork  THmes. 

Baltimore,  Feb.  6.— The  suspense  of  the 

residents  of  Port  Deposit,  instead  ot  abating,  is 
increasing.  The  immense  ice  gorge  at  the  town 
still  remains  as  firm,  es  ever.  The  vast 
body  of  water  confined  in  it  is  sliehtly 
sinking,  the  supposition  being  that  it 
is  forcing  itselt  under  the  gorge,  but  still  the 
immense  cakes  of  ice,  15  inches  thick,  continue 
to  mass  upon  each  other.  Not  only  in  the 
centre  of  the  stream  has  risen  this  impenetrable 
wall,  but  it  has  also  ibrmed  upon  the  river 
sides  in  front,  above,  and  below  Port  De- 
posit. Many  had  hoped,  as  the  flood  had 
not  come  upon  them  last  night,  that 
it  would  pass  lo-day.  but  when  they  see  the  ice 
massing  hourly  their  hopes  give  way  to  gloomy 
forebodings.  Information  has  been  received 
from  points  further  up  the  stream  announcing 
great  destruction  of  property.  Marthens' 
bridge,  near  Lockhaven.  Penn..  has  not  been 
damaged  so  far.  It  ia  loaded  down  with  freight 
cars,  but  it  tbe  river  should  rise  suddenly  it 
must  go.  There  are  40  feet  of  gorged  ice  at 
that  pomt.  All  ihe  farms  along  the  river  are 
covered  with  water,  and  the  feaces  have 
been  torn  down.  At  McCali's  Ferry 
the  ice  has  not  moved,  but  instead 
grows  more  formidable.  The  time  for 
high  tide  is  midnight,  and  that  houc  is  looked 
for  with  anxiety,  as  the  ice  is  more  likely  to 
move  then  than  at  any  other  time.  The  people 
of  the  threatened  town  are  prepared  tor  the 
danger,  and  boats  have  been  hauled  upon  the 
Eidewalksand chained  to  thebauses,  andthehigh 
bluffs  in  tbe  rear  of  the  town  are  covered  wlfh 
people  gazing  on  this  wonderful  panorama. 
Scores  of  men  are  out  along  .the  river-front  to- 
night watcuing  for  indications  of  a  final  break, 
and  the  inhabitnnts  will  be  notified  in  time  to 
get  a  place  of  safet.y.  Business  is  almost  en- 
tirely suspended,  anil  tba  sale  of  tickets  from 
points  on  tbe  Philadelphia,  Wilmington  and 
Baltimore  Railroad  has  been  suspendecL 


A  PEACEFUL   GOING    OUT   OF   THE  ICE    Ex- 
pected. 
DistxUeh  to  the  Asiociated  Press. 
PoET    Deposit,     Feb.     6.— The     ice  gorge 

abreast  of  tbe  town  remain  tbe  aame,  and   the  (treat 

mass  of  ice  between  tbia  place  and  Havre-de 
Grace  is  etill  unbroken.  All  acconnts  from  abov^  are 
favorable  to  a  peaceful  eoing  oat  of  the  loe.  Tho 
fears  of  the  people    here  are  beinj;  dissipated,  and 

things' in  the  town  baro  essanied  their  usual  actir- 
ity.  North  of  this  point  tbere  la  very  little  loe  in 
the  river  for  14  miles,  where  at  Tites'  Eddy  there 
la  quite  a  heavy  garee,  but  no  damaice 
has    been    done.      At    iMcCaira     Ferry    a     very 

narrow  passage  of  the  river  10  miles 
farther  up,  there  is  a  still  heavier  eorgo,  and  tbe 
water  backs  np  to  Safe  HarlMr,  six  miles  above, 
but  the  ice  ia  no(  near  ao  beavy  as  it  waa  in  1873, 
when  it  reached  60  feet  in  heights  and  did  great 
da  mace  to  Port  Deoosir.  where  it  broke. 
TUore  is  zr^o.t  reaaoo  to  brliove  rb.a,t  tbo  gOTge>  at  Mo-- 
Call's  Ferry  will  hold  and  let  th«  water  ibrongh  grad- 
nallv  and  save  tbia  town  from  another  iaoBdatim. 

At  ColnmbisL,  49  miles  above  here,  tbe  loa  moved 
tor  about  two  hoars  to-day,  wbuUi  nr— W<  anim  es* 
citemeuc  there,  bat  it  gorged  again  at  TorK  Far- 
Baee,  and  bolda  firm. 


THE  ICE  UNCHANGED  AT  HAVRE  DE   GRACE. 

Havre  de  Grace,  Md.,  Feb.  6.— -The  ice  re- 
maina  unchanged  at  the  railroad  bridge  bnt  ia  quite 
rotten.  On  the  west  side  of  tbe  Snsqoebanna  there 
is  a  atrip  ot  water  extending  the  whole  length  of 
the  town.  From  our  light-bouae  to  tba  Baitaa-y 
light-house,  thu  ice  ia  broken  in  large  cakes  and 
drifiiog  np  and  down  with  the  tide.  Have  nothing 
reliable  from  above. 

♦ 

THE   CONDITION  IN   PENNSYLVANIA- 

LocK  Haven,  Penn.,  Feb.  6. — There  has 
been  no  chaniie  in  tbe  river  aince  noon. 

JIARBISBURO.  Feb.  6. — The  nver  is  dear  of  ice  at 
tbia  point,  and  is  about  five  feet  above  low  wiiter 
mark. 

Columbia,  Penn.,  Feb  6—7  P.  M.— The  gorge  at 
McCaU'a  Ferrv  extenda  five  miles  back  to  Shanks' 
Ferry,  and  at  this  hour  there  are  no  aigua  of 
a   break. 

Keating.  Penn.,  Feb  6.— The  water  here  is  still 
falling,  and  in  tbe  abienoe  of  heavy  rain  there  is  no 
apprehension  of  dantter. 

Lewisdukg,  Feb.  6.— The  river  has  riaen  about  18 

inches  aince  5  o'clock  this  evenine,  and  the  ice  haa 
moved  slinhtly. 

NORTHUMBKRLASD,  Feb.  6. — The  river  ia  very  high 
bore,  ai)d  tnll  otice.  At  Dry  Valley  Furnace,  four 
milen  above  here,  the  ice  iS  firm  ana  still  gorged. 
Beli.w  this  point  the  ico  moved  sligbtly  thia  alter- 
noon,  Hot  i.s  now  atationarv. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  6.— The  Delaware  River  near 
this  city  is  quite  clear  of  ice.  Tbe  Scbuvlkill  is 
still  frozen  above  the  city,  but  no  danger  is  appre- 
hended.   

THE"  GOBBLE"  DISPATCH  TO  TILDEN 


AN  INTERPRETATION  SUPPLIED  BT  A  WEST- 
ERN PAPER. 

Detroit,  Feb.  6. — The  Tribune  of  this  city 
will  contain  to-morrow  mornine  a  perfect  transla- 
tion of  the  famous  "Gobble"  cipber  dispatch  sent 
to  ]^Ir.  llldtn  from  Portland,  Oregon,  Dec  1.  It  Is 
as  follows : 

"  I  shall  decide  every  point  in  the  case  of  Post 
Office  Elector  la  favor  of  tbe  highest  Democratic 
Elector  and  grant  the  certidoate  accordingly  rule 
morning  of  sixth  in  consequence  confidential." 

The  demonstration  is  absolately  perfect.  A 
cop.v  of  a  pecnllar  poclcet  edition  of  an 
English  dictionary  was  used,  and  the  TH- 
hune  states  that  it  has  good  reason  to  know  the 
particular  book  was  in  Portland  at  that 
particular  time  and  in  whose  posseasion  it  waa.  Tbe 
Tribune  took  the  dictionary  and  translated  the 
cipher  word  for  word,  as  above  given,  acoordlife  to 
the  key  famished. 

A  DISHONEST  POSTMASTER  ARRESTED, 
New-Haven,  Feb.  6.— Within  a  few  weeks 
many  letters  have  been  missed  between  the  town 
of  Woodbury  and  this  city  and  other  places.  Tbe 
case  waa  put  in  tbe  hands  of  Special  Agent  Spnr- 
Iiog,  who  caught  the  robber  in  tbe  act.  He  ia  B.  S. 
Hicoct,  Postmaster  at  Sonthbury — 1»  nan  hitherto 
much  respected.  He  waa  at  once  arrested,  and  haa 
made  a  confession  of  bis  guilt.  He  waa  bound  over 
to-day  for  trial  in  the  snm  of  |3,000. 

PRINTERS'  SIRIKE  IN  OBicAGO. 
Chicago,  Feb.  6.— The  Post  of  this  city,  as 
already  announced,  reduced  ita  rate  of  composition 
.yesterday  to  30  oente.  new  men  larsely  taking  the 
cases.  This  brought  on  a  conflict  with  the  Printers' 
Union,  and  to-day  about  half  the  new  force  qait 
their  cases,  having  been  influenced  thereto  by  the 
ToiOD.  This  opeua  a  battle  which  promlsea  to  be- 
come general,  as  it  is  rumored  that  other  pancrs 
will  also  redofbe  aa  soon  as  the  Post  geta  through  ita 
contest.  

A  RAILROAD  DECISION  IN  MAINS. 
Banoob,  Feb.  6. — Am  important  detnsion  was 
rendered  to-day  by  the .  Sanreme  Court  in 
favor  of  the  State  against  .  tbe  ICain* 
Central  Bailroad.  Involving  taxes  to  tha 
amount  ot  t50,000.  Exemption  was  claimed 
b.T  the  road  on  account  of  consolidation  with 
another  corporation.  Several  other  cases  hinge 
upon  this  decision.      

EUINOUa  BANK  DEFALCATION. 
iNDL&NAPOLis,  Feb.  &— The  SentinA  of  to- 
notrow  will  publish  a  full  account  of  the  ekmng 
of  the  First  National  Bank  at  FranUia.  Johaaon 
Goanty,  in  this  State,  caused  by  defalcations,  long 
concealed,  of  the  Cashier.  Siohard  T.  Taylor,  who 
absconded  yesterday.    Ih«  bank  loses  follr  tlOO.000. 


THE    LOUISIANA   EETUM& 

GOV.  WELLS  AND  FIELD'S  COMMITJTEh. 

SLOW  PROGRESS  OF  DUDLEY  FIELD  WITH 
HIS  FIERY  WITNESS — THE  POSITIONS  OW 
THE  WITNESS  AND  THE  FRTLD  COMMIT' 
TEE    CHANGED  IN  THE  MATTER  OP  CON-s 

TKMPT UNDISGUISED     DISDAIN     OF   THB 

FORMER  FOR  HIS  PERSECUTORS— LITTIJC- 
FIELD'S  testimony  refuted  AT  EVEAT 
IMPORTANT    POINT. 

Special  Disoateh  to  the  Ifew-Tork  Tims*. 

Washington,  Feb  6. — Ex-Go  v.  We  Ob,  «, 
the  Louisiana  Returning  Board,  was  bet  dre  thi 
Committee  on  the  Privileges  of  the  Hourje  again 
to-dav.  Ho  waa  oross-examined  raX  greas 
length  and  with  great  minuteness,  Ivot  hie  dl' 
rect  testimony  as  given  yesterday:)  -was  not 
overthrown  in  any  particular.  Heu  continued 
in  his  emphatic  contradiction  of  tbe 
story  told  by  Maddox  raid  Pickett 
and  proved  conclusively  that/  the  olerlc« 
Litrlefleld,  bad  sworn  falsely  regarding  the  re- 
turn trom  Vernon  Parish.  Mr..(  David  Dnd1e.f 
Field  tried  very  hard  to  get  the  witness  to  ad* 
mit  that  the  Retnmine  Board  bad  committed 
some  illegal  act.  In  this,  hotwever,  he  was  un< 
Buccossful.  Mr.  Wells  showed  oonolu- 
sively  that  ■  eVerythin^c  done  by  th^ 
canvassers  was  strictly  in  aoeurdanoe 
with  the  law,  the  facte,  and  the  evidenaa 
Messrs.  Anderson  and  Wells  are  still  ooafined 
i  n  the  dungeon  of  the 'Capitol.  This  mornimK 
the  Serzeaut  at  Arms  removed  a  couple  of 
pocket  pistols  which  were  fonnd  in  their  pmoiL, 
This  was  done  at  the  request  of  Mr.  Field,  who, 
it  is  unaerstood,  was.  terribly  a&aid  yesterday 
that  the  Governor  would  resent  his  insolent 
and  overbearing  manner  in  the  way  which  is 
said  to  be  fashionable  among  tbe  iDomoorata 
in  the  Red  River  parishes  of  Louisiana. 

Before  the  Senate  Sub-committee,  this  morn- 
ing, Charles  S.  Abell,  Chief  Clerk  of  tho  Re- 
turning Board,  was  examined  regarding  tha 
Vernon  return.  He  contradicted  Littlefield'a 
testimony  in  every  essential  particular,  and 
showed  very  clearly  that  Gov.  Wells  made  nc 
mistake  when  be  declared  that  Field's  pet  wi^ 
ness  was  "  an  unmitigated  liar." 


PROCEEDINGS  BEFORE   THK   HOUSE  COMMI> 
TEE  OX  POWKRS  AN9  PKIVII.EGE8. 

Dispatch  to  the  Asltteiated  Press. 

Washington,  Feb.  6. — The  Committee  on  tv. 
Powers,  Privileges,  and  Duties  of  tbe  Hoaae  K 
Counting  the  Kleotoral  Vote  this  morning  leoalla' 
Gov.  Wells. 

GOV.   WELLS   RECALLED. 

The  cross-examination  was  coiiducted  by-  tSx, 
Field,  wbo  asked  the  witnesa  whether  jnst  befoT« 
be  left  Xew-Orleans  he  bad  a  discnssion  with  £.  J 
Barrett,  a  member  of  the  Packard  Lefj^alatnre, 
about  the  action  of'  tbe  Beturning  Board,  wbc 
replied  be  had  not. 

Q. — "Was  anything  said  by  him  as  t»  having  ■■ 
interview  wit b   Gov.  Nicholls  ?    A. — Yes. 

Q.— Did  you  say  in  the  course  of  your  conversa* 
tidu  with  Mr.  Barrett  that  yon  had  determined  ta 

'make   a    statement   to  Gov.  NlohoUs  T     A It   ia  * 

most  infamous  lie. 

Q. — Do  Ton  mean  to  say  the  qnestioa  is  an  in-' 
famofislie?     A. — X  say  the   substance  of  tbe  qaes- 

tlon  IS  a  lie. 

Q.-i^f  you  would  anawer  my  qtiestionlB  tb»  ■way 
a  witness  abwald  anawer,  it  wpnld  be  bettar.    A. I 

Will  not  ask  ^n;  advice  as  to  how  lehaU  answer  a 

qaestion. 

The  Cbatanan — Toii  ■m'oA  aoswei^  reaponw'to  ' 
tbe  question.    Thia  is  not  a  place  for  personal  ex- 
planation's.   A. — I  can  defend  myself  elaewhere. 

Q.— Did  yon  state  that  von  had  aetermioed  to 
make  a  statement  to  Gov.  Jficbolls  J    A.— No,  Sir. 

Q..— Did  you  say  auiytblng  about  the  interventios 
of  Mr.  J.  P.  Kennedy  !  A. — I  did  not.  Sir :  Mri 
Barrett  had  asked  me  whether  I  would  have  an  ic> 
terview  with  Gov.  !Micholls ;  I  replied  that  I  would, 
as  Got.  jSichoIla  was  a  gentleman ;  M!r.  Barrett 
made  an  explanation  In  tbe  Legislatare  refuting  th« 
false  charges  against  me. 

The  wirnesa  in  further  reaponse  to  questiona, 
said  he  a'so  had  a  conversption  with  J.  P.  Kennedy 
about  an  interview  with  Gov.  Nicbolls)  Kennedyi 
opened  the  conversation,  and  asked  him  whether  btt 
had  any  objection  to  an  interview  'with  Got. 
Nicbolls,  and  be  replied  in  language  similar  to  thai* 
in  his  conversation  with  Barrett;  Kennedy  sufr 
gcated  the  interriew  with  Gov.  Kioholls  about 
State  mntr^rs ;  both  Barrett  and  Kennedy  were  hia 
political  friends.  ' 

Q.— Did  you  not  state  tbat  yon  wonld  make  e 
clean  breast  of  it  t    A. — It  is  a  most  infameos  He. 

Q. — Do  you  mean  to  say  that  you  never  aaid  to 
anybody  j-ou  conversed  with  that  you  intended ; 
to  make  a  clean  breast  of  it!  A.— Xotbingof  tba 
khid. 

Q,— What  was  there  in  State  afi^irs  about  whiob 
you  wished  to  have  an  interview  with  Got, 
Kicholls  ?  A. — ^I  do  not  know  -what  Gov.  Xicholla 
desired,  therefore  I  cannot  say.  Had  I  remained  ia 
New-Orleans  I  wonld  have  had  the  proposed  inter 
view  with  Gov.  NichollB. 

Mr.  Field  read  a  letter  dated  New-Orleans.  Jan, 
■14,  ISn,  and  signed  by  Gov.  Wells,  as  followa  : 

"I  am  quite  unwell — too  much  ao  co  flU  onr  ea 
gneement  to-day.  Will  inform  you  to-morron 
relative  to  its  fulfilment." 

Witness  said  he  wrote  that  note,  and  that  Kenns 
dv  was  to  have  b-^sn  present  at  tbe  prop  osea  inter 
view  with  Gov.  Nicbolls. 

■  Witness  was  asked  wlijtber  he  did  not,  aa  hons 
after  he  ■wrote  the  above,  send  another  marked 
"  confidential,"  as  foUowB  : 

'•  Deab  Sis  :— After  our  friend  B.irretl  had  left 
our  room  there  waa  placed  in  my  bantis  matters  re- 
quiring my  absence  from  New-Orleans." 

The  witness  aaid  he  expected  to  be  back  in  a  few 
days,  and  then  related  tbat  he  had   been  aummone/ 

to  Washinglun. 

GOV.  WELLS  DEFENDING    HIS  BIGHTS. 

Mr.  Field  asked  a  .^nestinn  reqairinjc  explanatioi 
of  tho  manner  of  prooeeding  to  canvass  the  vote  is 
Louisiana.  The  witness  said  that  on  Saturday  h< 
had  sent  a  note  to  tbe  comniutee  asking  to  lie  boaxi 
only  with  reference  to  Maddox  and  Vernon  Pariao, 
anu  he  did  not  Intend  to  throw  away  his  rights  at 
an  Americad  citizen  and  be  forced  to  answer  quea< 
tions  on  other  subjects.  He  desiied  to  answer  no 
Other  questions  wnatever  until  tbe  House  should 
relieve  him  iTom  tlie  charge  of  contempt  of  ita 
authority.  \VUen  thus  reliuved  ho  -would  feel  &e» 
to  ana  irer. 

The  Caairman  reminded  the  witness  that  he  wasj 
subpoBoaed  to  aypear  here,  and  waa  expected  tol 
tell  tbe  whole  triitn,  out  he  oowdeoliaed  to  aoswer,' 
ana  if  he  peraisted  in  doing  ao  the  witucsa  agam 
plaoed  himself  in  contempt,  and  such  would  be  the 
opinion  of  tbe  committee  and  of  tbe  public  at  large, 

Mr.  Lawrence  agreed  with  Mr.  iSeelye  and  tha 
Chairman  that  the  witness  should  answer. 

Mr.  Field  asked  the  -wiineaa  several  qaeations, 
among  tnem  tho  foUowiug  -.'  In  oauvasaing  the  vote 
of  Natohitochea  were  any  irregularities  discovered! 
Did  the  Returning  Board  deliberately  add  535  votew 
to  five  of  tbe  Hayea  Eleotora  wbicb  had  not  been 
cast  for  Hayes  I  Did  you  not  add  574  to  tbe  votes 
cast  for  Haf es  in  the  Parish  of  Concordia  I 

These  qnestiona  tbe  witness  severally  refnSed  t« 
answer.  'The  witnesaialso  declined  Co  answer  tht 
qaestion  whether  1.500  votes  .had  not  been  ttirowi 
off  from  tbe  Tildeu  JSlectors  in  the  Parish  of  Or 
leans. 

Q.— Were  there  an v  forged  affidatdts  before  lh« 
Hetumiug  Board?     A. — I  Ueelitie  tu  answer. 

Q.— Did  you  advi»«  tbat  forged  affiaavita  be  pr*. 
paied  \    A. — I  decline  to  anawer. 

Q. — Did  yon  not  dirfct   that  forged  affidavita  be 

prepared  in   tha  Vernon  Parish  case  ?    A I  did 

not  advise,  the  prepura lion  of  aoy  lorgud  affidavita 
whatever. 

Other  qneations  were  proponnded,  bnt  with  a 
like  tm«aiutactory  result. 

Mr.  Field  called  the  aitentloa  of  the  'wltnau  tc 
tbenota  which  he  aauressed  to  Mr.  Maddox  on  tha 
20th  of  Novembtr,  as  lollowa  :  "  Tou  fully  under- 
stand the  aituaiion ;  cannot  you  advise  with  mc 
relative  thereto  f"  Mr.  Field  asked  witaeaa 
why  he  wrote  this  note  to  Mr.  Maddox, 
when  he  replied  thai  it  waa  intended  to  b<>  ahown 
to  the  President  and  other  Republican  friunda,  and 
in  order  that  Mr.  Maddox  misht  have  the  entree  t« 
aaoh  frienda  Ao  explain  the  political  condition  in 
Looislana,  Mr.  Maddox  beins  a  public  ofiiear,  and 
having  been  aenc  to  Looislana  for  that  purpose. 
Witnesa  had  i also  sent  by  Mr.  Maddox  a  Isner  to 
the  Proaident  on  the  same  satijeci,  drawlDS  bis  at- 
tention to  tbe  fact  of  an  axaaperated  oonditloa  ot 
the  naoplo  st  the  State,  so  that  he  might  be  pt«>  ' 
pared  to  arrMt  anyiuovement     ' 


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) .  kHB  coMHurm  DmrzBD. 

Mr.  IHeId>-Yoa  have  itetM  tbat  yoa  nenrer 
*H»red  a  retufn  or  deatroyed  a  twbm  I  A.-*-I  de- 
cline to  answer  tJbe  qaeatlon.  The  -wltneas  de- 
clined to  answer  any  qtteetion  conoemlD^  the  ac- 
tion of  the  board  until  the  Hooae  RaTetaim  his 
liberty  and  lelieyed  him  of  his  disability.  He 
-wanted  to  know  wnether  he  was  the  peer  of  any 
nenber  of  the  cofiaihlttee  or  a  yaisil. 

Mr.  Knott  reminded  him  that  the  obligation  of 
his  oath  reqoired  him  [the  wittieasj  to  afaawer  eyery 
onsstion  nat  to  him  nnless  aacti  answer  wonld  crim- 
inate bint. 

Mr.  Wells  said  there  was  no  qaestion  he  micht 
anawer  which  wonld  ilablect  him  to  proieontiou,  htit 
he  r^fterved  bia  constrnction  as  to  what  were  hia 
nehts,  and  the  committee  bad  no  right  to  question 
Nim  when  he  was  in  doresfl. 

Q.— Did  yan  take  part  in  any  jjonsplracy  to  gife 
tbeState  to  Tildeul    A.— Are  yoa  thxpogh  t 

Mr.  rield— Mr.  Stenographer,  t«W^hiiU  the  daei- 
boD. 

The  stenographer  read  it. 

Mr.  Wells— Is  that  the  finish  of  your  question  I 

Mr.  Tucker— This  is  trifling. 

Chairman— Ob,  Mr.  Weill ;  answer  the  qaettion 
#r  decline  to  answer. 

Mr.  Wells— May  I  say  a  word  1 

Chalrman-^Kot  now. 

Witness— I  do  not  know  Whether  I  am  a  rassal 
AT  a  peer;  if  a  peer,  I  should  like  to  know  it ;  if 
I  am  a  yassal,  I  am  forced  ia  a  seryant  to  answer 
your  question. 

Cbairmaii — I  wish  in  the  kindest  spitlt  to  bring 
«     to  your  attention  the  attitude  you  oooupy. 

Witness — There  is  ao  gentleman  to  whom  I  wonld 
listen  with  more  attentioa  than  yourself,  but  I 
must  consider  my  duty. 

The  Chairman— I  merely  wished  to  remind  yoti 
that,  haVing  sworn  to  tell  the  truth,  the  whole 
truth,  abo  nothing  bnt  the  truth,  you  mttst  answer. 

The  witness — I  will,  tally,  wheneyer  relieyed  of 
the  disaDillty  imposed  by  the  Hoase,  which  holds 
me  in  duress. 

Mr.  liawrence  asked  the  witness  whether  he  de- 
clined to  answer  because  lie  feared  he  might  render 
himself  liable  to  a  criminal  proieontion. 

The  witness  replied  he  did  not. 

Mr.  Pleld — Will  you  explain  what  positloa  yon 
"  eccnpy ! 

The'witneaa— Am  I  a  yaiwal  or  A  peet  f 

The  Chairman— Tbat  has  nothing  to  d*  with 
your,  position.  Tou  are  und^  an  obllKatlon  to 
answer  eyery  qaestion,  excepting,  of  oonrse,  each 
aa  might  tend  to  criminate  joil 

Tne  Witness — I  reserve  to  myself  the  conatruo- 
tion  of  my  rletita,  and  the  Committee  have  no 
power  to  force  me  to  answer  questions  while  I  am 
under  senteace  of  the  House. 

Mr.  Field — Tou  i  ejected  10,000  yotes  and  upward. 
Were  tney  rejected  for  any  cause  other  than  alleeed 
IntimidaiioQ  ?    The  WitnesB- 1  deohoe  to  answer. 

Q.— Bid  you  not  know  ihu  reiection  of  10,000 
yoies    was  a  oart  of  the   oonainraoy  to  give  cba 

Electoral  yoto  to  the  party  not  entitled  to  it  f    A 

I  leaye  that  for  yourself  to  answer. 

Q.— Did  you  take  part  in  aoy  such  oonipiracy  I 
A. — Does  that  conclude  your  question  ? 

Chairman — Oh,  answer  the  qaestiou'or  not. 

Mr.  Tucker— We  will  take  the  yote  te  see  if 
•uen  conduct  on  the  parx  of  the  witness  should  be 
tulerated  In  the  committee. 

Caairman — The  qaention  is  whetber  the  com- 
«uitee  will  require  lue  witness  to  answer.) 

ilr.  Tuckei— The  sentence  of  reprobation  abould 
be  nut  on  the  witness  lor  not  answering. 

Wiinese — Then  1  am  a  Vassal. 

The  Cbaiimao — Keep  order.  Sir. 

Mr.  Seelye  remarJiedit  was  uuaniraoiuly  decided 
this  morning,  so  far  as  the  kutbority  ol  the  com- 
mittee went,  that  the  witness  suould  answer  the 
Questions. 

Messri".  Lawrence  and  Burchard  concurred  with 
Prof.  Seelie. 

Mil.  FIELD  IIOJDLGES    DS  A.  THBBAT. 

Mr.  I'lold — (io  the  Chairman) — la  it  not  a  caae  of 
contempt  aua  misdemeanor  under  the  laws  of  the 
District  ot  Columbia,  for  a  witness  to  refase  to  an- 
swer questions  propounded  by  a  committee  i 

The  Ubairman — It  is. 

Tue  Wicuess — Yuu  cannot  deter  me. 

Tbe  Chairman— Yun  will  be  accommodated. 

Witness— I  am  wulinir  to  be  accommodated. 

ilr.  Ilela — Tne  witness  is  contumacious  in  the 
biflbesc  Qegree. 

Mr.  Field  then  exhibited  to  witness  a  statement 
ibuwing  the  number  of  yotes  rejected  in  thessyeral 
parishes  attested  by  Cbarles  S.  Abell,  the  Secretary 
af  tbe  iieinrxiiiu;  Boaia. 

Objection  was  made  to  the  paper.  Question  being 
taken,  lUe  objection  was  oyerrtiled  by  a  strict  party 
rut^  The  statement  showed  that  tue  t>6ard  re- 
jected 1.763  ,p:ellogg,  and  10.280  McEnery  electoral 
votes.  Auoiber  paper  was  eXnibited  to  tbe  wit- 
Deas,  also  attested  by  Mr.  Abell,  showing  tbat  the 
bupervinora  of  Iiegislrai,lon  returned  76.717  Kellog;;, 
and  80,515  Mciinery  electoral  votes';  also  tbe  cer- 
tificate Ot  the  lieturning  Hoard  certityine  to  the 
election  ot  the  Jteliogg  electors,  and  that  they  re- 
ceived 75,135  votes,  and  itiac  the  ilcEoery  electors 
received  70.508  votes. 

Mr.  Lawrence  asked  the  witness  whether.  If  the 
return  from  Vernon  Parish,  aa  car.  iad  into  the 
ta*»ulated  statement,  was  difierent  trom  sbe  oriElnal 
return,  it  was  done  witb  bis  knowledge  or  approba- 
tion. The  witness  replied  it  was  not,  jior  had  he 
anv  knowledge  it  was  done  with  the*  approbation  of 
any  otber  member  of  the  board  ;  and  he  also  denied 
.  the  truth  of  Lutlefleld'a  statemeat  itaat  he  directed 
leturna  to  oe  altered  so  as  to  elect  ilnnter  and 
Andrews  Judge  and  District  Attorney  i  they 
w<we  his  personal,  bat  not  political  friends. 

Mr.  Fiel'l  luteiTogated   ibo    witness    about    the 
pftpera  the  termer  bad  exhibited,  bnt  witness  de- 
clined to  answer. 
Q. — ^Becaaae  voa  are  under  duress   are   you   nn- 
.      wiiiiD<(  to  tell  the  trach  J    Witness — I  am  never  uu- 
JS  WiiliAir  to  tell  the  truth. 

Q.^£ben  why  ao  yoa  not  answer  I  WItnets— 
•  Wuantbe  contempt  is  removed  I  will  answer,  but 
>     toot  tiU  then. 

Q.^Yon  were  asked  joat  now  whether  yon  threw 
\  fitt  yotes  tor  reasons  which  were  founded  on  eyi- 
f  Aence  aatlsl'actury  to  yooraelf  ,-  will  you  answer  f 
i  iu — ^rhat  embraces  tlie  whole  questiou,  and  1  ibere- 
(    (Ore  decline. 

\     Q  — Will  yon  answer  ?    A— I  tell  yon  I  decline. 
J.      y.— Are  you  not  willing  to  testify   whether  yonr 
•y  board  tturew  oat  10,0OO  and   odd    voies,    lionestly    or 
l<aiB*iatt<«lj  t    A.— 1  am  Willing  when  relieved  trom 
.'  cootmapt  of  the  House. 

•>  Qr— Are  yon  willing  to  d«  so  now  !    A.— I  cannot 
HtmwtT    C&e   qnestiuu   until  relieved  of  suoh   con- 

Q  -Are  you  now  willing  to  answer  the  question 
wucther,  in  throwing  out  10,UOU  and  odd  yoV»8,  your 
board  acted  houeacly  or  dishonestly  \  A. — We 
aoced  in  conformity  with  law. 

Q.— lu  throwing  out  votes  ?  A.— We  threw  them 
cut  toi'  fraud,  intimidation,  and  violence  at  tbe 
Jiolls. 

Q  — Were  any  thrown  out  because  of  irregulari- 
ties J    A.— I  think  lirant  Parish  was  excluded. 

Q.— Any  except  that  ?  -A.- 1  think  not. 

y. —  Was  there  a  single  ou.iection  to   toe  votes  on 

tht>  ground  that  thay  were  not  actually  oast  >    A. 

If  one. 

Q- — Then  they  must  have  been  thrown  out  on 
Ihu  ground  of  intlmidatioii !  A. — Man  were  forced 
to  vute  contrary  to  their  wL>hes. 
■  Q. — Had  you  any  witnesses  befora  your  board  to 
prove  that  any  particular  voters  were  induced  to 
vote  contrary  to  their  wishes  1  A.— It  was  impoa- 
eiblB  to  have  oral  testimony.  The  board  adopted  a 
rultf  tuat  testimony  should  be  taken  by  both  par- 
ties, 

Q.— Did  the  voters  themselves  testify  tbat  they 
Voted  under  compulsion  ?  Was  sued  evidence  fnr- 
liidhed  to  you  1    A. — 1  think  so. 

Q  — Will  you  say  that  proof  was  presented  to  you 
tbat  a  hundred  different  voters  had  voted  under 
compulsion  contrary  to  their  judgment?  A. — I  do 
not  know  bow  many.  1  tbink  tbeie  was  evidence 
et  the  tact.  There  ;say  be  100  or  500,  or  more,  who 
*  Baid  they  were  forced  to  vote  contrary  to  their 
wishes. 

In  turtber  examination  witness  said  no  yotas 
were  rejected  except  in  consequence  of  intimida- 
tion, anu,  among  otuer  things,  M.r.  Field  called  tbe 
•tteution  of  the  witness  to  the  faot  that  it  appeared 
that  in  tbe  parish  of  Concordia,  Josephs,  one  of  the 
Kepnblican  Electors,  received  1,950  votes,  while  in 
the  certificate  if  the  Returnibg  Board  he  was  cred- 
ited with  2  538  votes,  lo  which  witness  replied  that 
It  was  in  eridetice  tbat  a  troop  of  horsemen  seized 
the  ballot-box  from  the  Commiksioaers  of  Election, 
who  made  up  the  returns  irom  their  count  and  sent 
tnem  in. 

Mr.  Field  asked  witness  wbetker  he  did  not  say 
before  the  Morrison  Comtnittee  that  this  happened 
In  Madison  ;  witness  replied — Yes  ;  and  there  Was 
something  of  tbe  kind  m  Concordia  also. 

Mr.  Field  called  tne.j|tteotion  of  the  witness  to 
the  iacc  that,  while  the  board  by  throwing  out  10,- 
POO  votes  oast  for  the  Tilden  Blectors,  cave  tbe  Eleo- 
loral  vote  for  Uayes,  the  witness  omitted  to  account 
far  their  act  in  thna  giving  the  latter  3,000  or  4,000 
aajority. 

lu  response  to  questions  by  Mr.  Lawrence,  the 
vritness  said  tne  board  eave  to  the  Hayea  ticket 
«»)ly  such  votes  aa  it  waa  entitled  to  receive;  that 
they  took  no  votes  trom  the  Democrats  contrary  to 
law. 

The  Committee  adionmed  nntd  to-morrow. 


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i^STIMOKT  OB*  MR.  ABELL,  BBCBBTARY,  AND 
JUDGE  DAVIS,  CHIEF  CLfiRE  OF  THB  RE- 
TUKMING  BOARD,  BEFORB  THB  SB»ATK 
8UB-COMMITTKB. 

Washtnqton,  Feb.  6. — The  Senate  Sub-ooa- 
pbittee  on  Loniaiana  A&ira,  of  wbioh  Mr.  Howe  ia 
Chairman,  met  to-day  at  11  o'clock,  and  began  the 
Inveatiiation  by  the  etaminatlon  of  Chfcrlei  8. 
Abell,  who  testified  that  be  had  resided  in  KeW-Or- 
isans  alnoe  1871;  was  the  Secretary  of  the  late 
|x>QiBiana  Betuniing  Board;  knew  LiUlefleid;  rec- 
•mftiended  him  among  foUr  as  a  clerk  for  the  board; 
rcooaimended-  him.  at  his  TLittlefleld'sJ  raqnest ; 
there  were  objections  on  the  nart  of  the  board  to 
bia  appointment,  which  were  dispelled  at  wimeAs' 
■oil  citation. 

Senator  McDonald  olfjeoted  to  the  questions  on 
the  ground  that  they  could  not  bring  a  Witneas  to 
t>reak  down  the  previous  testimony  of  one  of  their 
6wn  witnewee,  both  having  been  called  by  the  aame 
party. 

MB.  ABELL'S  TEStlMONT  COHTimTM). 
Alter  some  discussion  it  waa  decided  to  ptooaed 
With  the  •xamination.  Witness  odntinued  :  From 
|be  parish  of  "V'erhon  there  were  no  re- 
turns received  aa  ttom  the  Commisaionera ;  never 
knew  of  auy  paper  from  there  exeept  the  oonaoli- 
dated  statement  of  the  Supervisor  ;  Cinea  with  the 
board  on  Sunday,  the  3d  et  December ;  all  returned 
to  the  oibce  of  tne  board  :  Littlefleld  Waa  at  his 
table;  aaw  bim  there;  did  not  see  him  making  atty 
eciUUres  ;  the  first  intimation  witneaa  had  of  any 
losa  from  the  Vernon  paper  was  from  Littlefleld  : 
kftef  the  JSovae  committee  arrived  LittleOaM  told 
<WltBe«i  tibit  be  bad  destroted  tbe  Vernon  pa^en 
yiYm  tiM  YMftMt  Wk»  tuade  for  thein ;  he  said  ttakt 
lae  <tte  Mtt  ordeKd   film  to   oeatray   the  itaperfej 

JUtttttfieti pfemiaeataaaake  thereinto  good,  wbieh         „^^  ^^^    .^        »^,.    ,.    , 
iffiTibe wturh from  Veraoa  Paniblirto opeoM    ^Jil^^iS?^ ■*,*|",.S °'2" 


'tttai  the  KecUi,  and  examine^  an4  aftenratd  ptib' 
Uabad  ;.dld  not  aee  LittUAetd  after waA  ttnttl  ho 
Bsea  Una  here  r  the  tranafer  of  volla  3roa<^  I  aatt  9  of 
Temon  Parish  would  have  no  eflbct  npoM  the  elee* 
tioo  of  any  candidate.  ' 

In  answer  to  Senator  MeDonald — Did  not  knOw 
I<ittlefleld  until  last  Summer;  saw  him  nearly 
every  day ;  witness  waa  in  the  Legislature,  When 
he  first  went  to  Louisiana,-  from  the  Tarish 
of  Bossier;  took  his  seat  Jan.  1,  1871; 
held  the  office  for  two  years;  held  the  office 
of  Superintendent  of  Eduoaiion  at  the  same 
time;  afterward  went  to  Xew  Orleans;  was  first 
inspection  in  the  Custom-house ;  received  his  ap- 
potataient  fwm  tbe  Collector,  Col.  Casey  ;  held  the 
office  for  a  year;  bad  two  or  .three  hours' work 
Whenever  a  sleeiner  eame  in,  which  happened  once 
in  two  or  three  days  ;  received  |4  per  day  ;  was  en- 
gaged in  speculatlDff  until  he  was  appointed  Flour 
Inspector ;  was  Secretary  of  ihe  Board  in  the  eleo- 
lion  of  1874 ;  has  held  tioih  offices  since;  the  pay  of 
the  clerks  waa  913  per  day  while  in  session  ;  did' 
not  remember  of  Rapides  Parish  beinir  thrown  out 
iii  1874  on  Grbv.  Wells'  Statement :  received 
the  Vethoii  return  on  the  14th  of  Noveta- 
bor;  did  not  receive  the  returns  of  Vemoai 
Parish  from  the  Secretary  of  State ;  such  returns 
might  have  been  received  but  witness  never  saw 
them  ;  the  Witness  never  showed  Mr.  Cassanave  tbe 
atatement  ot  the  Commissioners  of  Yernon  Parish  ; 
never  showed  them  to  anybody  ;  never  had  such 
papera  in  cbarge  or  custody ;,  the  returns  ftom  Yer-  ' 
non  Parish  were  receited  by  the  board  by  mall  and 
not  throogh  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State;  if 
returns  were  directed  to  the  Secretary  of  State  they 
would  go  to  that  officer,  who  would  send 
theiA  back  to  the  itetnrnlng  Board,  end 
witness  would  then  receipt  for  them:  the  re- 
turns came  Irequeatly  in  registered  packages 
through  the  mail ;  did  not  see  any  papers  from 
Vernon  except  the  tabulated  statement  of  the  Su- 
pervisor and  gome  affidavits;  saw  the  latter  on  the 
desks  of  Hr.  Green,  tbe  minute  Clerk ;  did  not 
know  that  he  gave  tbe  affidavits  from  Vernon  Par- 
ish to  Mr.  cassanave;  they  may  have  been  among 
the  many  he  gave  him ;  Mr.  Cassanave  always  re- 
ceipted lor  the  papers  he  received,  specif.ving  the 
paiiers  received,  and  trom  what  parish ;  did  not 
think  the  parties  were  mentioned ;  did  not 
know  that  Mr.  Cassanave  inquired  especial- 
ly tor  the  statement  of  the  Commiasioners 
of  Election,  but  be  saw  them  all;  thought  there 
were  10  polls  in  Vernon  Parish;  Vernon  and 
Hapides  composed  a  Senatorial  district;  didn't 
know  what  parishes  were  inoluded  in  the  Judicial 
district  ;  hiiew  tbat  Hunter  was  a  candidate,  but 
could  not  remember  otber  names;  tbe  tirst  piomnl- 
eation  of  the  State  electiou  was  the  aijere- 
eate  vote  by  pariabes;  It  was  made  ap 
Whep  the  returas  came  in ;  the  board 
remaihed  In  secret  session  about  a  week ;  ceased  to 
receive  testimony  in  regard  to  contested  polls  after 
the  open  eesaiona  were  held  ;  held  secret  sessions  in 
tbe  privkte  room  of  the  Lieutenant  Governor ; 
furnished  the  Itepnblican  visiting  eommitree 
the  statement  of  the  face  of  the  returns  by  personal 
request;  did  not  tememoer  fumlsbiog  a  statement 
to  the  other  side;  ftuHisbed  aov.  Palmer  with  pa- 
pers, but  be  did  not  ask  for  the  same  facilities  as 
were  Klven  to  the  other  side  ;  furnished  him  with 
all  he  asked  for  \  saw  Judge  Kay,  the  attorney  fur 
the  board,  in  the  secret  sessions ;  didn't  Know 
that  he  was  an  attorney  for  the  Republicans  ; 
had  not  seen  him  in  consultation  with 
Kepnblicans ;  the  tabulated  atatement  that  was 
shown  to  the  Kepublican  visitors  showed  a  large 
Demooratio  m^ority,  but  It  aid  not  include  all  tbe 
returns  ;  knows  D.  M.  J.  A.  Jewett ;  be  is  United 
States  Commissioner  ;  witness  was  shown  certain 
affidavits,  and  stated  he  did  not  .lecoenize 
them ;  had  never  seen  tbbm  beiore ; 
Wbeu  the  House  Committee  were  asking 
lor  affidavits  they  were  liunisbed  with  all  they  de- 
aired  ;  originals  were  furnished  in  all  oases,  witness 
believes;  does  not  know  tliai  the  committee  were 
refused  sight  of  tbe  originals  ;  does  not  know  ihat 
the  oricioal  affidavits  in  the  Vernon  Parish  caae 
were  ritlused  to  the  committee  ;  was  at  a  dinner  at 
tBe  ''  Four  beasons"  restaurant ;  it  cost  tbe  Repub- 
lican Committee  (40  or  more;  wine  and  cock- 
tails were  drank ;  that  was  the  night  before 
the  board  began  their  session ;  the  clerks  bad  no 
chance  to  so  home  to  dinner,  and  witness  got  the 
State  Coinmitiee  to  stand  treat ;  the  dinner  lasted 
an  hour  and  a  halt ;  no  one  was  the  worse  for  the 
wines  and  tbe  oocktails  ;  quit  work  tbat  nlgbt  at 
midnicrht  i  thought  tbat  tbe  bill  for  the  dinner  was 
paid  by  witness  before  tbe  parties  left -the  saloon.- 
Littletield  might  have  been  present  when  tbe  bill 
was  paid  ;  certified  to  178  rotes  for  the  fiepublioans 
irom  Vernon  Parish,  faavinsc  lull  confidence  in 
the  clerks  J  at  that  time  knew  nochine 
about  the  transposition  of  the  votes; 
tbe  copy  that  Litilofleld  made  was 
pat  on  file  by  witneis;  there  was  no  statement 
made  that  the  original  had  been  destroyed  or  lost, 
but  the  paper  purpurted  to  be  a  correct  copy  of  tbe 
original ;  saw  tbe  copy  last  about  tbe  1st  of  Janu- 
ary; when  he  gave  the  ilouef  Commitcee  a  copy,  it 
was  certified  as  a  correct  cot'y  of  tbe  statement  on 
tile  In  the  office;  Littiefield  was  still  oit  the  board 
when  wituess  told  him  to  make  a  copy  of  the 
VeinoB  returu.  bnt  he  left  a  lew  dayu  after;  Little- 
field  told  witness  to  aay  iiotbinK  aboat  it,  bat 
be  told  the  board  the  next  morning ; 
Littlefleid  was  not  seen  by  witneas  afterward  ; 
supposed  he  nad  eouo  to  see  his  lather,  who  was 
sick  in  Boston,  and  carried  bun  on  the  pay-rolls  for 
several  days. 

By  Senator  Saulsbury — The  changes  in  the  Ver- 
non return  were  made  before  the  25ta  of  Xlecember; 
did  not  state  to  the  Senate  Committee  that  the  Ver- 
non return  was  a  copy  of  a  oopy  ;  supposed  it  was 
the  true  return,  as  it  was  copied  trom  a  blotter. 

By  Senator  Wadleieb — Uid  not  know  of  any 
cbanEes  until  so  informed  by  Littiefield  ;  the  com- 
piliUK  ef  returns  in  the  affiee  waa  done  by  the  clerks 
calling  (hem  off  from  one  to  another,  and  Littiefield 
or  auy  other  clerk  oouid  falsily  returns  by  calling 
off  iaiaa  figures.  • 

EVIDEN'CE  OF  JDDGE  DAVIS. 

Judge  Davis  was  examtDed  by  Senator  WadleiKh. 
and  testified  that  be  was  C'bief  Clerk  in  the  oiUco 
of  the  late  Betuming  Board;  knew  Littiefield;  did 
not  see  him  talking  with  Gov.  Wells  or  making  any 
erasures;  first  beard  of  any  cbanee  in  the  returns 
when  he  read  it  m  the  papers;  inveatiKated  the 
papera  and  aaw  tbat  the  Vernon  retarn  bad  been 
Changed;  could  uot  find  the  eriginali  Littiefield 
said  first  it  was  goLt,  thea  lost,  ana 
afterward  destroyed ;  reported  tbe  fact 
to        Abell;  tne         clerks        wera        ordered 

to  complete  the  p.ipera  in  the  office;  witness  fur- 
nisbed  all  the  data  tor  the  required  copy,  that  he 
could  find  in  the  office;  Littleheld  said  they  agreed 
with  the  original;  Xattlefield  made  tbe  copy  whlcb 
was  filed  with  tbe  otber  returns;  Littiefield  did  not 

eve  aov  notice  ot  his  goiog  away;  learned  from 
r.  Woodward  tnat  be  bad  received  a  telegram 
from  bis  father  up  North  to  tbe  eft'eot  tbat  he  was 
dying  ;  Eenerally  Littiefield  called  off  the  figures  to 
be  copied,  and  if  he  so  desired  ha  could  falsify  the 
returns;  there  was  no  opportunity  for  reviewiu£ 
tbe  work;  the  cbanee  of  votes  in  polls  Two  ' 
and  Nine  would  affeol  no  candidate;  the 
papers  pntpurting  to  be  Commissioners' 
statements  were  uot  reearded  as  autheniio,  as  they 
bad  been  received  by  tbe  Secretary  of  State  from 
strangrers ;  in  the  data  forwarded  by  witneas 
didn't  remember  whether  anything  was  wanting  in 
polls  Two  and  Nine ;  Littiefield  said  the  Commis- 
sioners' report  and  the  cousolidated  statement,  with 
the  exception  of  two  votes,  agreed. 

By  Senator  Saulsbury — Witness  did  not  compare 
them  ;  the  consolidated  stalemeqt  came  ta  tbe  office 
from  the  Secretary  of  State's  office  unopened,  bat 
the  Commissioner's  statement  came  witu  a  letter 
from  tbe  Secretary  of  State ;  the  consolidated  state- 
meut  waa  considered  the  authentic  one ;  if  tbe 
sonrca  of  the  Commissioner's  report  bad  been 
known  it  would  have  beep  considered  better 
authority  than  the  consolidated  statement ; 
the  two  votss  that  wera  wuoting 
were  not  put  in,  but  Wjere  '  re)ected ; 
the  witness  first  made  inquiries  about  the  Vernon 
return,  having  read  about  the  false  178  Republican 
yotes ;  Littiefield  did  not  say  the  paper  had  been 
destroyed  by  instiuotion  ;  ke  informed  only  Mr. 
Abell,' the  Secretar.y  of  the  board  ;  the  duties  of  (he 
witness  as  Coief  Clerk  were  to  supervise  the  work 
of  the  clerks ;  he  supervised  the  tabulation  of  tbe 
returns,  and  asaiated  in  tootlnc  up  tbe  columna  on 
the  laat  day  of  tbe  canvaas  ;  he  looked  the  work 
over  aa  tar  as  possible  to  verify  it ;  tbe  canvass 
waa  made  up  irom  the  Supervisors'  returns,  after 
comparison  and  verificatiou  with  the  reports  ot  tbe 
Commitisioners  an°d  tbe  tall.y-sbeets;  the  canvaas 
and  compilation  in  Vernou  Parish  waa 
made  from  the  Supervieors'  returns  alone,  be- 
cause there  waa  nothing  else  that  was  authentic  to 
verify  by  ;  in  the  instance  of  tbe  consolidated  re- 
turn of  Vernon  Parish,  witness  remembers  it  was 
received  from  the  mail-carrier,  although  tbe  same 
Was  directed  to  the  Secretary  of  State  ;  there  wore 
Bometbnea  fees  due  on  packages  which  tbe  oarriers 
had  to  oome  to  tbe  board-room  to  receive;  doa't  re- 
member that  any  fees  were  collected  on  the  packages 
ireceived  from  Vernon  Parish;  witneas  remembers  it 
was  brought  by  a  carrier,  aa  he  would  remember 
almost  any  circumstance;  the  returns  were  reeis- 
tered  as  they  came  in,  ana  numbered  for  easy  refer- 
ence'; there  waa  no  entry  made  lu  the  case  of  this 
Vernon  return  received  from  the  Secretary  of  State ; 
if  the  returns  from  Vernon  bad  been  promulgated  aa 
reoeived  aura  the  Supervisors,  the  other  candidates 
for  District  Judge  and  District  Attorney  would 
have  been  deeiared  elected.  Tbe  wltuess  testified 
as  to  furnishing  copies  of  returns  and  affidavits  to 
the  Congiessiouai  Committees.  * 

ETIDESCB  OF  COMMIBSIONEa  tTSWBTT. 

D.  J.  M.  At  Jewett  was  sworn,  and  stated  that  he 
resides  in  New-Orleans,  and  is  a  United  States 
Commissioner ;  as  such  Commissioner  the  witness 
took  the  affiaavits  of  four  persons  in  relation  to 
'Vernon  Parish,  on  tbe  14th  and  16th  of  November ; 
the  partiea  to  them  appeared  and  took  the  custom- 
ary oath  before  witness ;  there  was  an  understand- 
ing tbat  the  person  takini;  the  first  testimony  of 
a  parish  aboutd  finish  it,  and  oh  the  19th  of  jS'avem- 
ber  these  affidavits  were  forwarded  to  the  board 
by  a  messenger  natned  Joe;  witness  saw  the  mes- 
senger inside  the  uoor  of  the  boardr-oom. 

Tbe  Witness  was  quescloned  at  some  length  by 
Mr.  Saulsbury  and  Mr.  McDonald. 

The  attention  of  the  witneas  was  called  to  a 
punted  circular  which  be  etateu  be  wrote  and.  ad- 
dressed to  inany  ot  the  Superviiors  of  Election,  in 
Which  they  were  required  to  make  tUe  registration 
So  full  as  to  insure  Republican  m^onbes  and  told 
that  if  they  did  so  their  reward  would  be  ample  and 
generous.  The  witness  stated  tnat  be 
meaht  that  theiif  reward  would  be  the 
eatha  as  the  iu^enta  ot  Nioholls  Would 
receive  it  his  side  should  win ;  there  were  several 
Democratic  Supervisors  in  tne  Stata ;  perhaps  aa 
koany  as  10  out  of  70  odd,  bnt  witness  would  not 
answer  tbat  were  were  that  nnmber;  witness' at- 
teotioa  was  caUed  to  the  fact  that  in  the  affidavits 
sworn  to  by  Collins,  the  affiant  swore  that  he  was  a 
reaident  but  not  a  registered  voter  qf  Vernon  Par- 
ish, and  said  it  did  not  strike  him  as  at  all  singular 
that  a  man,  who  by  his  own  statement  was  uot  a 
voter,  aiionld  come  forward  to  make  an  affidavit ; 
witnese  haa  seen  tha  returns  ol  Vernon  Parisii,  with 
tbe  Mcoointkaiiyiog  afiiaavlts,  since  the  fodr  original 
affid*vitei»»MdMit  0f  wltaeaa'  baada.  Tha  wit- 
ness expialaed  at  length  the  maaper  of  reeistering' 
Tdters,  aaa  tfie  legal  re^uiremeatii  oonaeotad  theie- 
wtlh. 

The  committee,  s|  4:15  o'olook,  adJodraed  ttU  tO> 


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CROSS  LiaEia  ON  *FBISCO. 

A  COItRXSPONDBNT  8  DEFENSE — NOT  A 
WOMAN  IN  THE  CASE— THB  UPSTART 
BflLUON AIRES  AND  THB  ARROOANCBOF 
WEALTH — HARD  RAPS  FOR  VENAL 
CRITICS. 

tYon  On-  oira  correnmiaeiu. 
Sah  Feancibco,  Friday,  Jaa.  26, 1877. 
There  is  an  unwritten  law  which  forbids 
newspaper  correspondents  from  replying  to  attacks 
dpon  themselves.  For  the  most  part  we  recognize 
the  fact  that  we  do  not  need  defense,  aUd  that  the 
general  reader  cares  little  fbr  Tweedle-dum  or 
Tweedle-dee.  His  interest  In  tbe  dortespCndeht  is 
confined  entii^ely  to  bis  correspondence,  and  he  la 
in  no  way  mindful  ot  the  Individual  behind  tbe  let- 
ters. That  1  break  a  rale  which  I  have  always  Ob- 
served,  and  whose  soundness  I  heartily  aoknowl- 
•dge.  Is  due  ta  the  fact  that  the  Califorulan  who 
at^eks  me  under  the  nom  da  plume  of  "  Justice" 
has  most  nninstly  whipped  another  over  my 
shoulders.  He  'has  addressed  the  editor  of  The 
TiHEs  for  a  tmoat  unmanly  purpose,  and 
therefore  I  desire  to  meet  his  aoonsations,  and  to 
repel  them,  to  expose  his  ignorance  and  dlsln- 
gennoosne^s,  and  to  disabuse  the  minds  of  the  read- 
ers 0f  The  Times  that  their  old  acquaintance,  Gar, 
would  be  capable  of  willful  misrepresentation  to 
please  a  fair  lady  or  to  tickle  the  vanities  of  a  coterie. 
It  is  well  known  in  San  Francisco  that  the  bulk  of 
my  Information  bas  been  received  from  gentlemen, 
notably  from  four,  every  one  of  whom  ei\Joy8  and 
deserves  an  elevated  position  and  a  high  reputation. 
That  I  have  been  well  reoeived  lu  Certain  fem- 
inine circles,  and  that  tbe  lady  to 
whom  "  Justice"  makes  such  pointed  referenee  has 
treated  me  with  exceeding  kindness,  is  uadentably 
true,  bat  that  I  received  lirom  her  tbe  statements 
which  have  so  galled  the  San  Franoiscans  and  so 
amnaed  the  rest  of  the  American  world  is  abso- 
lutely false,  and  I  denounce  it  as  such.  In  the  let- 
ter which  mentioned  the  "long  lunches."  it  ia 
directly  stated  that  the  infermation  came  from  a 
gentleman,  and  the  effort  to  fix  the  onus  upon  one 
certain  lady  haa  filled  me  with  equal  surprise  and 
indignation.  I  denounce  the  attempt  aa  unmanly 
and  Instigated  by  something  very  far  remote  in- 
deed from  jdstice. 

Having  disposed  of  this  misstatement,  I  proceed  to 
examine  more  directly  into  the  letter  of  "Justice." 
He  commences  by  stating  tbat  probably  such  a  pio- 
tur*  as  I  have  drawn  mi^ht  have  been  true  once, 
bnt  that  now  it  is  a  tale  of  other  days.  This  reminds 
me  forcibly  of  the  dispute  as  to  the  existence  of  chills 
and  lever  in  that  deligbtful  spot,  Staten  Inland. 
The  wanderer  seeking  for  Summer  board  for  him- 
self and  family,  and  instructed  thereanent  by  his 
spouse,  inquires,  "  Have  you  any  chills  and  fever 
beret"  Tbe  answer  comes  with  a  strone  show  of 
virtuous  indignation,  "  Not  a  chill,  not  one.  No, 
siree;  we  used  to  have  'em  pretty  bad,  but  since  tbe 
new  improvements,  the  bdilding  and  the  breaking 
up  of  the  aoil,  there  hasn't  been  a  single  case  iu  the 
place.  Over  the  bill  they've  got 'em  rayther  heavy,  I 
understand."  Tbe  exact  words  of  "Justice"  are  an 
amusing  proof  of  his  icnoranee  ot  tha  land 
he  defends  to  boldly,  He  says  :  "  It  cau 
readily  be  imazined  that  in  the  early  days 
of  California  history,  when  men  were 
making  huge  fortunes  In  a  day  by  the  discovery  of 
gold  in  all  tbe  mountains  and  streams,  and  when  it 
seemed  that  by  the  tonob  of  the  maipoal  wand  the 
horny-flsted  miner  was  transformed  from  impecu- 
niositv  to  tbe  possession  of  great  wealth,  tbe  trea- 
sures of  tbe  earth  proved  to  be  a  greater  curse  than 
a  blessing,  and  that  the  Irapulses  of  the  enriobed 
were  not  always  In  tbe  direction  of  the  highest 
good."  This  hiebly  poetical  prose  seems  to  Inti- 
mate that  placer-digging  and  gold-washing  gave  to 
men  huge  fortunes  lu  a  single  day.  How  the  mlnera 
woald   chuckle    aver   each    a   atatement  I     Man   in 

the  early  days  may  have  made  soma    money, 

but  it  is  absolutely  certain  that  until  the  de- 
velopment of  the  Camstock  Lode  no  huje 
fortunes  were  vouchiarel  by  Providence  to  any 
one  trom  minine  in  California.  Now  this  is  hardly 
13  years  ago,  and  instead  of  those  times  having 
passed  away  we  are  now  iu  tbe  very  thick  of  them. 
To  whom  will  the  wordsof  "Justice"  more  appositely 
apply  than  to  Messrs.  Flood,  O'Brien,  tlackey,  and 
Fair,  who,  from  tbe  humblest  positions,  have  been 
raised  to  the  nndaairabla  eminence  which  immense 
wealth  gives  to  those  who  are  incapable  of  comprs- 
hending  its  nsss  or  of  performing  its  duties.  For 
the  character  of  these  men  I  will  quote  from  the 
lesdins  paper  of  San  Francisco,  which,  in  this 
morning's  issne,  says  aa  follows: 

"Laat  year,  however,  those  persons,  whom  flat- 
tery and  adulation  bnv»,  with  folnome  ayoopbanoy, 
christened  the  'Bonaoaa  Kinsa,'  'Bonanza 
Princes,'  and  other  base  auti-repnbllcan  fuatitn, 
but  who  in  fact  are  the  leant  kingly  or  aoble,  and 
the  moat  creedy,  selfish,  pisKlab,  and  narrow-sooled 
amouK  men  of  wealth,  refoaed  altoeether  to  pay 
their  taxes;  and  have  forced  tbe  State  into  a  law- 
suit to  coUeot  them." 

The  general  feellne  of  senaible  men  is  that  deference 
to  a  certain  degree  is  due  to  wealth  ana  official  posi- 
tion, not  on  account  of  the  individuals  io. posses- 
sion, but  because  a  healthy  conservative  spirit 
knows  no  better  way  for  tbe  defense  of  property 
ia  the  abstract  against  tbe  proletarianism  of  the 
age.  But  the  bonanza  people  are  too  much  even  for, 
the  endnranee  of  San  Franciscans,  and  hence  this  cry 
of  hearty  indienation  extorted  from  the  paper  I 
qnote. 

That  I  bay*  praised  Senator  Sharon  and  Jim  Kee  ne 
seems  to  have  given  more  offense  te  this  honest 
writer  than  tbe  attacks  upon  the  snobbery  of  Neb 
Hill,  and  tbe  barbarism  of  tbe  long  lunches.  For 
my  own  part,  I  protest  that  aathing  so  gladdens  my 
critical  heart  as  an  opportunity  for  sincere  praise. 
To  laud  Jim  Keene  was  an  easy  task,  for  he  bas 
tbe  ou}ture  and  instincts  of  a  gentleman,  and  is 
one  of  the  most  agreeable  men  breathing.  To  ap- 
plaud him,  then,  was  as  natural  aa  for  water  to  gush 
from  a  spring.  The  hearty  approbation  I  have 
given  to  Senator  Sharon  waa  due  not  by  any  means 
to  the  likings  of  auy  lady,  nor  ta  any  personal  rs- 
gard  of  my  own,  far  the  Senator  is  by  no 
means  an  individual  for  whom  one  conceives 
regard  at  the  first  meeting.  Queen  Elizabeth,  who 
loved  to  look  upon  a  man,  would  have  hated  to  look 
upon  the  Senator  from  Nevada — for  he  is  small  of 
stature,  Insisnifioant  iu  feature,  reticent  and  .  self- 
contained  in  conversation.  Nor  does  be,  as  many 
such  men  have  done,  wrap  himself  round  with  a 
inantle  of  icy  dignity.  On  the  contrary,  his  talk 
and  mannera  are  characterized  by  abruptness,  and 
by  a  nervous  ronghnsss  and  disregard  of  the  feel- 
ings of  others  not  aalcnlated  to  impress  very  hiehly 
a  correspondent  who  has  an  nnoommonlygood  opin- 
ion of  himself.  But  Who  would  not  be  firad  to  an 
enthusiasm  of  vraise  by  aucb  an  act  of .  devo- 
tion to  the  memory  of  his  dead  comrade  as  he  shared 
when  he  assumed  all  the  burdens  which  had  broken 
down  Ralston  and  plaeed  the  peqniless  widow  at 
once  in  a  position  of  comparative  afflaence.  I  do 
not  speak  of  the  atf<iirs  of  the  Bank  of  California, 
for  there  the  chief  merit  is  undoubtedly  due  to  D. 
O.  Mills.  But  1  refer  to  the  different  schemes  in 
which  Ralston  was  engaged,  and  which  ruined  him. 
or  rather  were  the  lever  by  which  -the  bonanza  peo- 
ple mined  him.  There  was  the  Palace  Hotel,  a 
white  elephant  10  years  aheatlof  tbe  needs  of  Cal- 
ifornia; there  waa  the  West  Coast  Farniture  Com- 
pany; there  was  the  Alameda  Water  Company ; 
there  was  the  San  Mateo  Homestead  Land,  and 
many  others  which  I  do  not  at  present  recol- 
lect. Sharon  assumed  them,  careless  whstber 
they  were  capable  of  proniable  development  or 
certain  to  culmiaate  in  positive  loss,  ithd 
only  anxious  to  save  the  good  name  of  his 
friend  and  comrade.  I  protest  that  it  gladdens  my 
very  heart  to  think  of  such  a  thing,  and  to  know 
that  this  little  man  who  looks  like  IhersiUt,  bas  the 
soul  within  of  Tydeua.  In  my  experience  of  Jour- 
nalism, X  only  know  of  one  other  such  act,  and 
that  waa  done  by  Giles  F.  Filley,  of  St.  Louis,  who 
was  entrapped  by  his  brother-in-law  into  indorsing 
bills  to  the  ainoant  of  $1,300,000,  and  who  instead  of 
going  into  bankruptcy,  and  evading  tbe  payment, 
asked  for  time,  and  within  seven  years  paid  the 
whole  amount,  principal  and  interest.  My  blood  is 
Stirred  when  I  hear  of  heroic  deeds,  and  I  feel  a 
positive  pleasure  in  applauding  such  men.  "  Jus- 
tice," it  ssems,  Isof  another  kidney. 

I  pass  to  a  consideration  of  tbe  last  charge,  that 
in  obedience  to  the  prejudices  of  this  lady,  I  have 
been  severe  upon  the  bonauza  people.  With  regard 
to  the  lady's  participation  iu  my  ceasuri^  I  have 
Btifflcietttly  uuwered  that^  Let  me,  then,  consider 
the  facts  ih  telatlon  to  tbe  eatabUshment  ef  tbe 
Itabk  of  Nevada.  I  ha^e  itated  that  tbe  aibi  and 
Interest  of  tbe  bonanza  people  was  to  eruah  out  the 
Bank  bt  Califorala,    That  view  ia  accepted  by  every 


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tUfl^oiaL  ^'<rtu^oe'*Uot«d<fllBnnteplJBibd4  iNi^ 
la  support  of  my  view.  I  mat  atatA  ikat  whaA  the 
elearinit'hoaee  eyitem  was  moeted  In  Skh  VriUlole- 
CO  the  Bank  ot  Nevada  tbf  used  to  Join  in  the  U0Te< 
ment.  The  auiwer  of  Mr.  Flbod  is  reported  by 
bankers  to  have  been  tbit  he  didn't  hire  a  hall  for 
the  public  to  do  tbelr  banking  in,  but  for  the  con- 
venience of  his  own  bualneaa,  and  that  he  did  not 
propose  to  show  his  hand.  And  though  the  clear- 
Ing-honse  system  is  in  full  operation  to-day  in  this 
city,  tbe  Bank  of  Nevada  still  keeps  aloof.  Tbe 
opinion  of  commercial  minds  on  this  faot  was  forci- 
bly given  In  some  of  the  financial  papers  of  New- 
Vork,  notably,  t  believe,  in  the  SuUetin,  which  ad- 
vised the  pnbllo  to  have  oothing  to  do  with  an  in- 
stitution  which  wrapped  its  operations  in  secrecy. 
The  public  of  San  Fraucisoo  haa  taken  that  advice, 
and,  to  qnote  the  words  of  a  very  accomplished  iu- 
formant,  the  "  Bank  of  Ireland, "as it  is  nicknamed, 
is  a  bank  of  last  resort,  to  wblchJbo  one  goes  un- 
less he  is  in  Snch  a  condition  that  he  ntost  accept 
whatever  terms  are  offered  him. 

As  to  the  ability  and  tact  with  which  the  bonanza 
people  manage  their  affairs,  I  need  only  refer  to  tbe 
farcical  behavior  ot  Mr.  Mackay  at  the  last  meeting 
ot  the  shareholders  of  Consalidated  Virginia.  A 
Mr.  Dewey  attacked  tbe  management  hltterly,  and 
reiterated  the  charges  which  I  mads  against  mine 
management  in  general,  that  the  reduction  of  the 
ore  was  placed  at  a  fabulous  figure,  and  the  high 
percentage  of  tailings  was  a  gross  fraud.  To  tbese 
and  other  charges  Mr.  Mackey,  in  a  atrong  Irish  ac- 
cent, answered  :  "Come  up  and  see  tbe  moine  for 
yerselves.  At  yses'U  come  np  till  the  moine  oi'l 
pee  yotir  feers,  and  thrate  yees  to  cigars  and 
all  tbe  wolne  yeas  cau  dhrink."  Imagine  tbe 
President  of  a  great  company  making  such  a 
response  to  a  series  of  grave  charges  nnlversall.y 
accepted  as  genuine.  Nor  did  tbe  incapacity  of 
Mr.  Mackey  end  here.  An  ex-momber  of  the  Eng- 
lish Pari  lament,  a  man  of  high  reputation  and  a 
friend  of  th^  ex-Premier,  desired  to  ask  some  ques- 
tions as  a  large  holder  of  Consolidated  Virginia, 
and  was' answered  that  he  was  only  an  Englishman, 
and  didn't  know  anything  about  American  mining 
anyway.  The  leading  paper  of  San  Francisco 
pabliabed  an  account  of  thla  remarkable  meeting, 
and  as  its  autbentielty  has  not  been  contested  it 
must  be  presumed  to  be  oorreot.  Immense 
wealth  lavariably  jaots  as  a  charm  upon 
the  minds  of  weak  persona,  and  tbey  see 
its  possessor  through  a  golden  glamour.  The  writer 
of  the  article  signed  "Justice"  seems  to  imagine 
that  because  a  quartet  of  men  became  suddenly 
immensely  wealthy,  tbey  are  to  be  credited  with  all 
the  attributes  which  in  other  communities  go  hand 
in  hand  with  wealth.  It  is  not  so.  Although  they  are 
millionaires,  the  bonanza  fiim  is  still  composed  of  a 
bar-keeper,  a  livery-stable  man,  and  two  horny- 
fisted  miners.  They  have  changed  their  skins, 
bnt  can  neither    change  their  habits  nor  their  souls. 

All  this  balderdaih  about  the  early  days  of  Call- 
tomia  is  nothing,  and  only  calculated  to  mislead. 
The  soelety  of  the  early  days  of  the  State  was,  in 
all  human  probability,  superior  to  what  it  is  to-da.y 
Intellectually.  It  would  have  been  so  morally,  only 
for  the  faot  that  it  was  a  land  of  refuge.  Califor- 
nian  society  at  tbe  present  moment  is  suffering 
more  than  ever  from  the  oppression  of  huge  tor- 
ttmes  in  incompetent  hands.  Wealth  possessed  by 
an  Astor  or  a  Vanderbilt  or  a  Setigman  ia  a  reser- 
voir. It  was  suoh  in  Ihe  hands  of  Ralston.  Bat 
wealth  in  the  handa  of  tiie  bonanza  quartet  ia  a 
stagnant  marsh,  breeding  noxious  insects  and  fill* 
log  the  air  with  moral  fevers.  I  could  not  possibly 
t>etter  show  the  position  of  things  here  than  by  the 
simple  statement  tbat  in  this  small  city  there  are 
three  weekly  papers  that  live  by  very  questionable 
method.  These  bugs  that  ating  and  atiuk  have  lam- 
pooned and  caricatured  me  for  many  weeks  past  with 
nudeviating  regularity.  As  the  Scotch  proverb  ob- 
aervea  that  "  it  is  ill  getting  breeks  frae  a  Hie- 
landman,"  so  I  may  say  tbat  to  get  black- 
mail from  a  corrvspondent  is  as  impossible 
as  to  get  blood  out  ot  a  lumip.  Somebody  mnat 
pay  for  tbeite  attacks,  and  I  tor  one  have  no  obiec- 
tion  to  tbe  dirty  bread  whioh  these  creatures  earn. 
Ill  mention  then  at  all,  it  is  to  show  that  some 
galled  jade.s  have  winced  very  much  at  my  letters. 
Bur,  in  conolaaion,  I  would  ask  the  readera  of  The 
Times  to  believe  that  I  am  more  likely  to  be  right 
iu  mv  stricture'",  as  I  view  the  scene  with  calm,  un- 
prejodlced,  undirected  eves,  than  the  Californians, 
who  are  to  their  faults  exceedingly  blind,  and  to 
their  Tirtues  most  outrageously  kino.  GAR. 

'STUEBIKa  A  MEBTJIf'. 


HOW  A  YOUNG  WOMAN  GOT  UP  AN   EXCITE- 
MENT IN   A   COLORED    CHURCH. 

Fiomthe  St.  Louis  Sepubliean,  Fet.  3. 
The  ante-rooms   of  the   Court   oi  Crumnal 

Correction  were  crowded  yesterday  with  colored 
people-  of  both  sexes,  most  ot  whom  had  been 
summoned  as  witnesses  in  the  case  of  the  Stata 
against  Ltzzie  Hageins,  a  pndity,  fat-faced,  fiery- 
eyed  little  colored  woman,  who  labored  under  tbe 

charge  of  disturbing  the  religions  congregation  of 
tb»  Mount  Zion  Charch.  on  Jan.  22.  The  case  waa 
called  at  10:30  o'clock,  and  the  two  armies  of  wit- 
nesses stood  in  rows,  glared  all  sorts  of  things  at 
each  other,  and  swore  to  tell  the  whole  truth,  alter 
which  they  were  excluded. 

The  princioal  witness  for  the  State,  and  the  in- 
stigator of  Ihe  prosecution,  was  Rev.  Thomas  Jef- 
ferson Jones,  the  Pastor  of  the  distnrlied  flnok.  He 
was  a  dignified,  middla-aged  party  with  a  cane  and 
gandy  neebtie,  and  was  evidently  not  above  having 
an  opinion  of  his  own  abont  some  ungodly  folks. 
He  testified  tbat  on  tbe  night  in  question  he  was 
In  tha  pulpit,  begging  the  bretbem  to  come  to  tbe 
Lord — at  leaat  to  the  mourners'  bench — whan  that 
Lizzie  Hnggins  got  up  ■  and  says  she ;' 
"  TThst  bizuess  yon  got  'zortin'  aiccsr  sinners 
to  come  to  the  moamers'  bench}  Better  clean 
yoar  own  self  before  you  get  up 
there  'zurtin'  sinners — ^>-oi>  had.  Yon  an' 
'Manda  Taggett  goin'  'ruuu'  and  duln'  your  dtivilisb- 
nesB,  an'  then  you  comin'  here  an'  'zortin'  I"  Wit- 
ness, as  soon  aa  he  could  get  a  word  In,  hollered  out, 
"  Onier  in  the  eougregatlon  I"  and  then  Lizzie 
Huggins'  husband  went  te  the  bench  and  told  her 
to  get  up  and  come  right  out  of  tbat  cbnrcb.  She 
was  bis'u  and  she  had  to  come.  But  Ltzzie  Hug- 
gins  she  got  up  and  said  she  wouldn't  oume,  and 
she  wasn't  going  to  come,  and  none  oc  them  devilish 
niggers  could  make  her  come.  And  tbe  congrega- 
tion got  80  excited  tbat  witneas  bad  to  give  it  up 
and  dismiss  thtm. 

On  erobs-examination,  tbe  witness  repeated  bis 
story  in  somewhat  greater  detail.  Being  asked 
whether  or  not  Lizzie  Uugglns'  allusions  about 
'Manda  Taggett  were  true,  witness  replied  that  Ihat 
was  bis  and  Maiida'u  business.  'Dhe  eharge  was 
"'stnrbin' decongregatlou,"  and  he  was  ready  to 
prove  tbat  tuat  congreeation  waa  mightily  'sturoed. 

The  next  witneis  waa  a  young  man,  who  teatihed 
that  everythiug  went  along  peaceable-like  tbat 
night;  auot&ur  gentleman  and  then  Mr.  Johnson 
preached,  and;  Just  as  Mr.  Johnson  was  going  lO 
pronounoa  the  ouxology.  Lizzie  Hnggins  juujped  up 
and  raised  a  oomiaotlon,  tnaklng  remarks  about  the 
minister  and  'Manda  Taggett;  then  Lizzla  Hnggins' 
husband  went  to  where  sue  was  sitiing,  and  savs 
be:  "Come  out  of  this  churcD.  Liczie  Huggins ; 
you's  my  meat ;  you  b'longs  to  me ;'  but,Lizzie  said 
that  no  derilisb  uiggas  could  put  her  out;  and 
everybody  got  to  kicking  up  a  muss,  and  so  they 
couldn't  go  on  with  any  more  business,  and  ihe 
meeting  got  broken  np. 

Several  other  witnesses,  and  amang  them  the 
'Manda  Taggett  referred  to;  who  is  a  saucy-looking 
wench,  testified  to  about  the  eaiae  state  of  fasts,  ail 
agreeing  tbat  Lizaie  Huggins  had  advised  the  min- 
ister to  clean  tbe  aaouruers'  bench  by  mending  his 
own  ways  before  'zortin'  other  sinners  to  come  and 
be  saved.         • 

Then  tbe  defense  introduced  as  a  witness  the 
venerable  Deacon  Sam  Gobout.  He  said  be  bad  Wit- 
nessed the  commotion,  and  he  believed  It  started 
all  alang  of  the  preacner.  The  commotion  looked 
like  it  waa  all  ever  the  church,  and  nut  much  of 
anywhere  in  particular.  Witness  watched  it 
awhile  "to  see  whar  it  landed,"  and 
he  couldn't  make  musii  our  of  it.  ''Re- 
marks was  a  drappin  all  roun',"  said 
be,  "  an'  if  Lizzie  Hnggins  said  anything,  which 
I  doesn't  say  but  she  did,  it  was  all  Uong  of  what 
the  preacher  was  a  sayiu'.  He  was  a  sayin'  the 
congregution  was  like  mules,  an'  tellin'  'em  to.come 
np  to  the  mcurners'  bench.  I  tolehim  tudrap  that 
talk  an'  tend  to  bis  gospel,  but  he  wouldn't  do  it, 
an'  so  thera  was  a  row.  An'  then— but  if  you's  got 
'nuffl'Jl  quit,  Mister  Judge" 

The  witness  was  excused  and  another  came  on, 
who  testified  that  the  miuisier  was  calling  people 
monkeya  and  tabbita,  and  bUly  goats  and 
heathen,  all  because  they  wouldn't  come  up  to  tbe 
mourners'  bench,  and  that's  what  made  LizZle 
Uugetns  tall  bim  he'd  better  dean  that  aioniners' 
benah  first — he'd  better  quit  his  deviltry  with 
'Manda  'i'aggett.  She  didn't  make  much  more  fuss 
than  anyoae  else  neither. 

Another  witne'Ss  testified  tbat  the  preacher  was 
calling  sinners  villifylng  names,  and  saying  "  it 
was  a  shame  to  see  so  many  ainners  standi  n'  baoK 
there,  snlokerin'  an'  laffiu'  an'  not  comiu'  for'ard  to 
get  tneiT  souls  saved."  There  waan'c  much  of  a 
tuBs,  either,  an'  the  preaober  he  says,  "  Lizaie  Hug- 
gins, I'll  JerK  Some  munsy  outeu  you  to-morrer — see 
ell  don't."  The  meeting  waa  "ostensibly"  over, 
anyhow. 

Racbael  Smith  testified  tbat  she  waa  asleep  in 
one  of  tbe  pews,  and  was  awakened  by  the  row, 
and  ahe  dliUi't  see  Lizzie  Huggina  do  anything 
wrong. 

Judge  Cady  suggested  to  Lizzie  that  she  ought  to 
have  secured  an  ecclesiastical  trial  of  her  Pastor  if 
she  didn't  like  his  ways.  Sbe  replied  ih&t  ahe 
tried  that  and  it  got  smutbered,  so  she  just  talked 
right  out  in  meeting.  But  sbe  aidn't  ulsturb  tbe 
meeting. 

Jud^a  Cady  said  ahe  might  hav*  osoasloned  the 
loss  of  nuBieroas  eotus  by  thua  depriving  them  of 
an  opni»-uuuty  to  gu  to  tbe  muomers'  bSubb. 

Well,  she  didn't  keep  anybody  from  going  to  the 
Ihonmera'  bench.  Preacher  JoneS  had  told  her 
hiaaelf  tbat  'Maoua  Tj«gstc  tiMed  te  seduce  hito, 
and  he  just  got  mad  beeaose  sbe  (eld  U  in  neeti&a 


jAuia. 


K)BTY-F0URTH  COKdittSS.. 

ancQND  sB8sioif...\..m.  i 

SUMMARY  OF  THE  DAY'S  PROCEEDllfGB. 
In  the  Senate  the  bill  te  appropriate  1500,000 
tor  the  Mississippi  Jetties  was  repotted  adverselr 
from  the  ApproprifetioiM  Gclininltiee.  The  ibauti 
Approprittion  bill  was  reported  with  amendiiMDts< 
A  memorial  from  the  Regents  of  the  Smithsonian 
tnsiltntlon  diking  an  apprdbriAtlb'a  for  the  ei^o- 
tion  of  a  building  adjoining  the  Institation, 
for  tbe  exhibition  of  articles  oohtnbuted  by  foreljin 
Goverhmeots  to  the  Centennial  Ckbibitiaii  aha 
afterward  presented  to  the  United  States,  wae  re- 
ferred to  the  Comiiiittee  on  Public  BuildihgS  ahd 
Grounds.  The  csnt'erenoe  on  tbe  Post  Boats  bill 
failed  to  agrte  on  •  tbe  cknses  providing  for  Fast 
Mail  Service  and  tha  restoration  of  trankin.c>  The 
bill  to  provide  for  a  sinking  fund  for  the  payment 
of  the  Paciflo  Railroad  indebtedness  to  tbe  QbVeim- 
ment  was  discussed  Without  action.  The  bill  id 
abolish  the  Distrlat  Police  Board  failed  io  receive 
tbe  two-thirds  necessary  to  pass  it  over  the  Presi- 
dent's veto. 

In  the  House  tbe  Defleienoy  Appropriation  btll 
was  considered  in  Committee  of  the  Whole.  It 
calls  for  11,417,000. 

SBNATB. 

The  Senate  reassembled  at  10  A.  M,  t<>-daT, 
and  immediately  took  another  recess  tin  til  IS  o'clock, 
when  Mr.  Conkldio,  of  N«w-York,  presented  the 
petition  of  610  citlsens  of  New-York  in  favor  of  a 
sixteenth  amendment  to  the  bonatltutioU  of  the 
United  States  prohibiting  the  teteral  States  from 
dlsfranchiBing  c'iizens  on  account  of  sex;  also  a 
petition  of  officers  of  the  National  Woman's  Suff- 
rage Association  of  a  similar  character. 

THB   FRBEDHEN'S  BAKK  PHOPEBTT. 

Mr.  Shgbman.  of  Ohio,  reported  favorably  on  the 
House  bill  authorizing  tbe  Commissioners  of  the 
Freedmen's  Savings  and  Trust  Company  to  buy  in 
certain  real  estate  and  other  propert.y,  and  to  sell 
tbe  same  at  pablio  or  private  sale.  In  explanation 
of  the  bill,  he  said  it  was  to  allow  the  Commis- 
sioners to  convey  perfect  title  to  certain  property 
sold  b.y  them,  tbe  question  having  been  raised  by 
Some  nurehasers  as  to  the  right  of  the  Commis- 
sioners to  convey  tbe  property. 

Mr.  Camkrok,  of  Pennsylvania,  moved  to  amend 
the  bill  so  as  to  require  the  Comiuissloners  to  sell 
property  at  public  sale  only. 

The  amendment  of  Mr.  Cameron  was  rejected, 
and,  objection  beiog  made  to  the.  further  considera- 
tion of  the  bill,  it  was  laid  over. 

THE  JETTIES  APPBOPBIATIOK. 
Mr.  WiKDOH,  of  Minnesota,  from  the  Commit- 
tee on  Appropriations,  reported  adversely  on  the 
House  bill  to  provide  for  the  payment  of^Jaiues  B. 
Eads  for  the  construction  of  Jetties  .at  the  soutn 
pass  of  tbe  Mississippi  River,  and  it  was  placed  on 
the  calendar  with  the  adverse  report.  It  author- 
izes the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  pay  out  of  any 
unappropriated  money  in  the  Treasury,  fSOO.OOO  to 
said  Ends  whenevMr  the  Secretary  of  War  shall 
determine  tbat  that  amount  is  due  Mr.  Fads  by  the 
terms  ef  his  contract. 

THE    INDIAN  AFFBOFBIATION. 

Mr.  Allison,  of  Iowa,  from  tne  same  committee, 
reported  back  the  Indian  Appropriation  bill,  with 
sundry  amendments.    Placed  on  tha  calendar. 

CAFT.  hall's  SECOND  ABOTIC  SXPBDITIOH. 

Mr.  Saboent,  of  California,  submitted  a  resolu- 
tion calling  upon  tbe  Secretary  of  tbe  Navy  to  fur- 
nish the  Senate  with  tbe  narrative  of  the  second 
expedition  to  the  Arctic  regions,  made  by  C.  F. 
Hall,  said  narrative  to  be  eompilad  fram  the  notes 
of  such  expedition,  purchased  from  the  widow  of 
Capt.  Hall.    Agreed  to. 

AMMnMITION    ID    BE     ISBTTBD     TO     BTATKS    WITH 
ABUS. 

Mr.  COCKBSLL,  of  Missouri,  reported  favorabl.v  on 
the  Senate  joint  resolution .  to  amend  the  joint 
resolution  ot  July  3,  1676,  authorizing  tbe  Beoretary 
of  War  to  issne  arms  to  certain  States  and  Terri- 
tories ao  as  to  issue  ammunition  not  to  exceed  50  ball 
cartridges  for  each  arm.     Passed. 

A  NATIONAL  HDBEUM. 

Mr.  Stevenson,  of  Kentucky,  presented  a  memo- 
rial of  the  Board,  of  Regents  of  the  Smithsonian  In- 
stitution asking  an  appropriation  of  1850,000  to 
erect  a  bnildius  adjoining  toe  Smithsonian  Institu- 
tion for  the  exhibition  of  goods  presented  by  for- 
eign Govemmenta  to  tbe  United  States,'  wbich 
goods  were  lately  on  exbibition  at  Philadelphia. 

Mr.  MOBBILL,  of  Vermont,  spoke  of  the  import- 
ance of  a  bailding  for  a  national  mnseum,  and  said 
the  Committee  on  Pnblio  Buildings  aad  Grounds 
nnanimously  favored  the  purchase  of  certain 
squares  near  the  Canitol  lor  a  national  mnseum  and 
horary  bniidiDgs.  Fiity  car-loads  of  articles  had 
been  given  to  tue  United  States,  and  thair  money 
value  was  scarcely  computable,  A  building  should 
be  erected  lor  them,  as  they,  botn  in  a  historical 
and  acientiflo  point  of  view,  surpassed  anything 
exhibited  in  any  national  maseum  on  the  globe, 

Mr.  Saboent  apoka  of  the  great  value  of  the 
articles,  and  said  toey  should  be  properly  exhibited. 
'Their  exbibition  would  be  famishing  educational 
facilities  of  the  most  valuable  character. 

The  memorial  waa  then  referred  to  the  Oommittee 
on  Public  Buildings  and  Grounds. 

THE  LEOISLATITE  APPBOPBIA'HONB. 
The    Legislative,  Judicial,  and  Exeoative  Appro- 
priations bill  was  rscoivea  from  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives  and  relerred  to  the   Committee  on 
Appropriations. 

FAST  HAILS  AND  THE  FBANKINO  PBIVTLBOB. 

Mr.  Hamlin,  of  Maine,  from  the  Conference  Com- 
mittee on  the  disagreeing  votes  of  the  two  houses 
on  the  bill  establishing  certain  post  rbntes,  which 
involves  tho  guestioo  ot  restoring  the  Fast  Mail 
trains  and  the  tranklne  privilege,  reported  that  the 
Committee  had  been  unable  to  agree.  He  moved 
that  a  new  conference,  asked  for  by  the  House  of 
Repreaentativea,  be  granted. '  -So  ordered. 

Subsequently  he  said  the  House, bad  not  ap- 
pointed its  members  of  the  new  conference,  al- 
though the  bill  had  been  sent  to  the  Senate,  and  he 
moved  that  the  bill  be  retamed,to  the  Hoase,  that 
that  body  might  appoint  its  members  of  the  com- 
mittee first.    Agreed  to. 

TBS    PACIFIC    KAILROAD  SINKlNO-rDND  BILL. 

The  morning  hour  having  expired,  the  Senate 
resumed  consideration  of  -  tbe  unfinished  bnsi- 
ness,  being  the  bill  to  amend  tbe  Pacific 
railroad  acts,  ao  as  to  create  a  sinlclng  fund  for 
liquidation  of  the  Indebtedness  to  the  Government 
ot  tbe  Pacific  Railroad  Company. 

Mr.  HiTCBCOCK,  of  Nebraska,  apoke  in  opposition 
to  tne  bill  reported  by  the  Judiciary  Committee. 
He  refeired  to  tbe  advantages  which  bad  been  en- 
joyed by  the  country  on  account  of  tne  construction 
of  the  I'acific  Railroad,  and  said  that  prior  to  1862 
the  transportation  of  mails  and  munitions  of  war  in 
the  West  cost  the  Government  |7,300,a00  (ter  an- 
num, while  the  whole  amount  of  interest  il  now 
paid  on  tbe  Pasiflc  Railroad  amounted 
to  bnt  13,600,000  per  annum.  The  people 
of  this  country  never  expected  that  the  bonds 
loaned  to  tbe  Padlfio  railroad  oompaniea  would  be 
paid  except  by  transporting  mails,  &o.,  for  the 
Government.  In  support  of  bis  argument  he 
quoted  extensively  from  tbe  debates  in  Congress 
when  tbe  original  act  waa  passed.  He  contended 
that  the  bill  reported  by  tbe  Judiciary  Committee 
oroposed  a  new  contract ;  a  difierent  one  from 
that  which  tbe  country  offered  to  the  capitalists  to 
build  this  road  when  it  was  in  danger  ot  losing  its 
Pacific  possessions.  He  did  not  bejieve  the  Ameri- 
can people  desired  a  bill  of  this  kind  to  pass.  Ic 
violated  the  contract  of  tbe  Governmeht,  and  could 
not  be  justified.  The  American  people  did  not  re- 
quire their  ReDresentatives  here  to  enact  snch  a 
measore  iu  their  name. 

Mr  BourwELL.,  ot  Massachnset1#.  said  be  only 
proposed  to  oisouss  eome  ef  tbe  legal  pointa  in- 
volved in  tbe  bill  reported  by  the  Judiciary  Com- 
mittee. He  quoted  trom  tbe  Pacific  Railroad  acts, 
and  denied  tbat  Congress  had  power  to  alter  and 
amend  them  at  pleasure.  There  were  some  things 
which  the  legislative  power  waa  not  com- 
petent to  do.  If  tbese  railroad  Corporationa 
had  done  the  things  tbey  promised  to  do,  the  Gov- 
ernment waa  bound  te  do  the  things  it  promised  to 
do.  TheGoveinment  not  only  agreed  to  issue  Its 
bonds,  but  agreed  to  wait  a  certain  time  for  their 
payment ;  and  the  bill  reported  by  tbe  Judiciary 
Committee  meaht  tbat  they  should  be  paid  at 
another  time  than  that  coniempiatdd  in  the  orig- 
inal act. 

Mr.  CONKLING,  of  New-York,  said  there  were 
urgent  rea»ous  lor  some  legislation  in  regard  to  the 
Pauifio  Railroad  indebtedness.  First — The  United 
States  desired  and  abould  have  indemnity  for  the 
past  and  aecartty  for  tbe  Inture.  Second — The 
managers  of  these  large  roads  should  be  allowed  to 
address  themselves  to  the  tnorough  management  of 
tbelr  roads,  and  should  be  dismissed  from  attend- 
ance at  Wasoiugton  to  defend  themselves  against 
the  legislative  controversies  in  which  tbe.y  had  been 
engaged  lor  years.  'Xnlrd— It  was  desirable  that 
Congress  abould  be  acquitted  of  this  subject 
which  for  years  had  consumed  so  much  time.  He 
tuen  read  Irom  a  decision  of  Judge  Grier,  of  the 
United  States  Supreme  Court,  to  the  efieot  that 
when  Ihe  Government  became  a  partner  in  a  trad- 
ing corporation,  it  divested  itaeif  of  its  sovereign 
character,  and  became  as  an  individual.  Resuming 
his  argument,  he  said  it  had  been  stated  over  aud 
over  again  that  tbese  roads  were  in  default  in  their 
payment  to  the  Government.  If  such  default  did 
exist,  it  would  go  far  to  justify  tbe  use  of 
exti erne  power  by  Congress;  but  if  ibe  default 
did  not  exist  there  was  scarcely  a  foundation  or 
footing  for  snch  a  bill  as  that  reported  brthe  Ju- 
diciary Committee.  Tbe  Supieme  Court  bad  unaci- 
mously  decided  that  there  never  had  been  a  right 
•n  the  part  of  the  United  States  lo  axaet  or  claim 
the  Interest  on  the  bonds  loaned  to  the  Pacific  rail- 
road companiea  as  it  matnredt  but  on  the 
maturity  of  the  bonds,  and  cot  till  then, 
would  the  claim  of  tbe  United  States  for 
Interest  begin.  He  next  referied  to  the  pro- 
vision of  law  requiring  tbe  roads  ta  pay 
into  tbe  Tfeasur.y  &  per. cent,  of  their  net  earnings, 
and  said  Congress  had  aatborized  suits  to  D«  ineti- 
tuted  to  determine  what  tbe  net  earnings  were. 
Judgment  had  tieen  entered  in  favor  of  the 
stand  taken  by  tbe  oompaniea,  and  the  case,  having 
bben  appealed,  was  now  (^  its  way  to  the  bupreme 
Court.  Waa  it  prefer  fot  Congress  by  a  legislative 
act  to  adiudicate  a  question  now  before  tbe  courts  1 
A  great  Crovemment  should  not  nut  itaeif  in  the  at- 
titude Which  an  individual  would  not  be  aUowea  to 
occupy.    TO  do  so  wiAild  be  a  blunder. 

Mr.  GOBOOir,  of  QheorffUt  then  took  tbe  floor,  With 
the  uodttiatauauig  that  ba  Voaid  prooeed  with  bis 
remarks  to-mocrow,  aad  the  blfl  waa  then  laid  aaide 
ictormaily 


A- 


«M  Bo«M  of  Metrepoliten  PoHea  OoonalaeteBeeeef 
the  DUttlot  of  CohunUa,  with  the  Prealdaafs  v«to\, 
wie  lyiag  en  tbe  table,  the  eommittoa  bavlnjctaooia- 
mendeathadthe  paeeed  notwlthsteodioc  the  ob' 
leeftdas  of  the  PMstdtAt  thereto.^  It  waa  ezeaed- 
iogly  important  tbat  that  matter '  should  be  de- 
termined one  way  or  the  other.  At  present  the 
Poliee  force  of  tbe  District  was  demoralized. 

Mr.  Whvtb,  of  Maryland,  said  that  as  a  member 
of  the  oommittee  to  ftame  a  permanent  form  of 
GovemmeDt  for  tbe  District  of  Coltthibiai  be  Was 
satisfied  that  the  Police  should  be  nader  control  of 
the  District  Commissioners.  He  agreed  with  tha 
Senator  from   Kansas  [Mr.    Ingallsl  tbat  Uie  bill 

•htmiabeeeted^efi  ndw. 

Mr.  INOALLS  said  the  Polleeforoe 'waa  deaoral* 
laM  oil  account  of  the  uncertaihty  as  to  how  it  waa 
to  be  governed.  In  a  abort  time  there  wotlld  be  a 
great  infiux  of  persont  to  tbla  city  to  Witness  tbe  in< 
angaration  of  Gov.  Hayes,  [langhler  on  tht  Demo- 
cratic side.]  and  there  sboiild  be  aa  efficient  force 
to  jnroteot  life  and  property,  as  bad  men  always  fol- 
lowed a  crowd. 

Mr.  ALLISON,  of  Iowa,  eald  he  saw  no  use  in 

passing  this  Iiill  now  over  the  veto  of  the  Presi- 
dent. «S  the  whole  pergonnel  of  tbe  Police  Board 
bad  been  changed  within  tha  past  few  weeks. 

Mr.  Mebbiuon,  of  North  Carolina,  said  thers 
were  two  or  three  beads  to  the  District  Govern- 
ment :  First,  there  were  the  Dutricl  Commission- 
ers, then  a  Health  Board,  a  Police  Board,  and  a 
board  to  govern  the  Fire  Department  Ho  thought 
it  it^ould  be  much  bettet  to  have  all  under  the  Dis- 
trict CommiRsloners. 

The  subject  was  further  discussed  by  Messrs. 
liOgan,  Wright,  Merrimon,  and  others,  and  the 
qaestion  being,  shall  tbe  bill  ps«b  notwithstanding 
the  objections  of  the  President  thereto,  it  was  de- 
cided' in  tbe  negative — ^Teas  33,  nays  SSi,  two- 
thirds  not  voting  in  the  afiirmative. 

The  Senate  then,  at  4:40,  went  into  executive  tee- 
slon,  and  when  the  doors  were  reopened  took  a 
recess  nntU  10  o'clock  to-morrow. 


HOUSE  OP  BEPBESENTATIYES. 
"^The   House  at  10   o'clock  took  a  farther  re- 
cess until  1 1: 55  o'clock. 

NEWTOWN  CHEEK  IMPBOTEMBNT. 
Mr.  Bliss,  of  New- York,  Introduced  a  bill  to  pro- 
vide for  the  removal  of  the  sand-bar  at  NewtoWn 
Creek;  between  Brooklyn  and  Long  Isiahd  City,  in 
the  State  of  New-York,  where  it  empties  Into  tho 
East  River,  so  tbat  vessels  of  greater  tonnage  may 
navigate  said  stream  for  the  better  facility  of  com- 
merce. The  bill  appropriates  150,000,  to  be  ex*' 
penned  tuder  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 
Referred  to  the  Committee  on  Commerce. 

THE  DEFICIENCT  BttL. 

Tbe  House,  at  12:10.  went  into  Committee  of  tbe 
Whole,  (Mr.  Rden,  of  Hlinois,  in  the  Chair,)  on  tbe 
Deficiency  Appropriation  bill. 

Mr.  Waldkon,  ot  Michigan,  stated  that  the  bill 
appropriated  (1,41T,000.  The  two  largest  appropria- 
tions were  one  of  1500,000  for  a  daficiency  in  the 
Navy  Department,  and  one  of  •217,000,  appropriated 
for  pensions  to  soldiers  who  have  lost  a  limb.  The 
bill  was  then  read  by  sections. 

Mr.  WBrTTHORNB,  of  Tennessee,  offiered  an  amend- 
ment directing  the  accounting  officers  of  the  Treasury 
to  adjust  and  settle  the  accounts  of  officers  of  the 
Navy  oh  the  active  list  whose  pay  has  been  affected 
by  the  general  order  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy/ 
No.  216.  since  tbe  1st  of  September,  1876,  on  the 
basis  of  waiting  orders  pa.y.  He  explained  that 
that  order  had  placed  on  furlough  pay  many  of  the' 
•ffioers  of  the  Navy.  Furlough  pay  had  always 
been  held  as  a  badge  of  disgrace  in  the  Navy,  and 
be  did  uot  think  that  the  House  last  year  had  in- 
tended to  put  it  in  the  power  of  the  Secretary  of  the' 
Navy  to  disgrace  and  punish  'whatever  officers  he 
should  see  fit 

Mr.  Hale,  of  Maine,  dtfended  tbe  secretary  of 
tbe  Navy,  and  thought  tbat  no  iota  of  blame  at- 
tached to  bim,  but  tbat  any  blame  there  was  be- 
longed to  the  House,  wbich  had  so  cut  down  the 
appropriations  tbat  the  Secretary  had  been  com- 
pelled to  do  what  he  had  done. 

Mr.  Randall,  of  Pennsylvania,  said  that  the 
prediction  made  laat  year  by  the  minority  of  the 
House  tbat  tbe  redactions  made  by  tbe  majority  iu 
tbe  expenses  of  the  Government  would  erippla  the 
administration  of  the  Government,  had  not  been 
fealized  in  any  material  instance.  Had  it  not  been 
for  that  esonomy  tbe  deficiencies  in  tbe  revenues 
and  receipts  of  the  Government  would  bavo 
amounted  to  (40,000.000. 

Mr.  FcsTEB,  of  Ohio,  said  he  would  like  to  Imow 
on  what  basis  the  gentleman  tronx  Pennsylvania 
made  that  statement. 

Mr.  Randall  -We  saved  130,000,000  becaose  we 
did  not  allow  you  to  have  tbat  much  to  spend. 

Mr.  FoBTBB  denied  that  tbe  House  had  saved 
that  mncn.  ¥he  official  data  showed  that  but 
123,000,000  bad  been  saved,  and  when  all  the  de- 
ficiencies had  been  provided  for  it  wonld  be  found 
that  the  Democratic Congrese  had  not  made  as  large 
a  reduction  aa  the  Republican  Congress  nad  made 
in  previous  years. 

Alter  further  disenssion  the  amendment  was 
adopted. 

Mr.  Wklls,  of  Missoarl,  offered  an  amendment 
for  tbe  payment  of  $1,500  to  W.  H.  Bliss,  of  St. 
Louis,  for  services  as  Assistant  United  States  At- 
torney in  the  "  whisky  cases."    Adopted. 

Without  disposing  of  tbe  bill  the  committee  rose. 

FUBLISHINO    GABBLED    BEPOBTS   OV   60T7THEBN 
TESTIHONT. 

Mr.  Jenkb,  of  Pennsylvania,  offered  a  resolution 
for  the  printing  of  the  testimony  taken  before  tho 
Committee  on  Lenuiana  Affisirs  which  has  not  been' 
printed. 

Mr.  Wilson,  of  Iowa,  requested  that  when  tho' 
committee  should  make  its  general  report  it  would 
tell  tbe  House  whether  any  portion  ot  the  testimony 
had  been  printed  withuut  the  authority  ot  the 
House. 

Mr.  Conoeb,  of  Michigan,  said  that  he  nnder-^i 
stood  tbat  a  portion  of  the  testimony  had  been 
mutilated  and  surreptitiously  printed.  On  being  in- 
formed by  a  member  near  him  that  be  was  mistalien 
in  the  committee,  and  that  the  committee  to  which. 
he  referred  was  the  Committee  on  Privileges,-)  Mr. 
CONasB  said  that  he  should  condemn  suoh  aj  pro- 
ceeding in  whatever  oommittea  it  might  occur. '  Tha 
resolation  waa  then  adonted. 

The  House  then,  at  3:45  P.  M.  took  a  reoes*  till 
10  A.  M.  to-morrow. 


LAW  MPOfiTS. 


l*».t.V'5'.». 


THE  SAN  F&AHOISOO-FOOL  8T0BT. 

The  San  FraBoiseo  Bulletin  ef  Deo.  29  says  : 

"  We  have  by  telegraph  to-day  a  somewhat  sensa- 
tional account  of  pool  operations  in  New- York  by 
Californians.  No  doubt  the  latter  may  sometimes 
like  to  take  a  hand  in  stock  operations  in .  New- 
York.  It  looks  a  little  as  if  some  of  these  men 
might  have  tried  their  hands  a  little  at  bulling  the 
market,  both  for  Western  Union  and  possibly  for 
mining  stocks.  -  Yet,  as  the  latter  can  be  handled 
mnoh  mora  intelligently  nearer  home,  we  are  in- 
clined to  doubt  whether  Californians  are  disposed 
to  do  much  lu  tbat  line  3,000  miles  awa.y.. 
It  might  belp  the  mining  stock  mar- 
ket here  to  give  it  a  turn  upward  in  New- York,  and 
it  is  Just  possible  that  one  or  two  veteran  dealers 
from  this  side  have  been  showing  how  it .  can  be 
done.  As  for  the  Western  Union,  attempts  to  bull 
tbe  market  is  no  new  thing.  The  shares  can,  ot 
course,  be  sent  np  or  depressed  by  the  nse  of  a  tew 
millions.  But  operations  in  other  stocks  to  the 
same  extent  in  San  Fritneisco  would  ,  hardly  make  a 
ripple  of  excitement.  Probably  not  $100,000  have 
gone  to  New- York  for  stock  speculations.  But  if 
three  times  that  sum  had  been  sent  it  would  make 
no  impression." 

The  Alta  ot  tbe  following  day  says  :  -  "Scene  was 
recently  reported  here  as  having  left  for  the  East, 
for  rest  from  tbe  severe  labors  of  tbe  stock  specula- 
tion .in  which  he  haa  been  so  long  engaged  here. 
But  now  he  turhs  up  in  New-York  with  $6,000,000. 
taken  there  for  speculation,  and  as  having  olaated 
$150,000  by  one  transaction  in  Western  Union.  It 
may  be  so.  Ik  la  a  sensible  recreation,  a  very 
potent  medicine  for  curing  a  man  overworked  in 
making  money.  And  if  $20,000,000  have  been  sent 
from  San  Francisco  to  New-Yorit  within  three 
months  for  speculative  purposes,  might  not 
that  account  for  much  of  the  depression  in  stocks 
in  this  city,  which  reporters  bo  flippantly  account 
for  by  reference  to  'Bears  '  and  other  terms,  Which 
really  mean  nothing  and  indicate  nothing  I  If  Mr. 
Keene  has  made  such  an  amount  ot.  money  on  one 
fortunate  investment.  We  congratulate  him.  But 
at  the  same  time  it  is  hoped  that  uot  more  than  one- 
half  of  oar  speoalating  rich  men  who  have  been 
fortunate  in  their  ventures  here  will  think  it  worth 
their  while  to  transfer  themselves  and  tbelr  capital 
to  New -York.  We  have  known  more  than  one  of 
our  California  fortunates  to  be  cleaned  out  effec- 
tually in  Gotham  about  as  soon  as  they  reached 
there." 

. aiai' 

RHODM  liyLAND  P0LIT108. 

The  Newport  newspapers  contain  a  call, 
signed  by  about  all  the  leading  Republicans  of  New- 
port County,  R.  I., 'calling  a  meetloK  at  the  State- 
house  ia  Newport,  this  evening,  to  taKe  meaanres  to 
present  tbe  name  of  Hon.  C.  C.  Yan  Zandt  as  a  can- 
didate tfor  the  gul>ernatorlal  nomination  at  tbe 
furthcoming  Republican  State  Coavention.  -  The 
Newport  ifsrcury  thus  presents  some  of  the  con-, 
sideraiions  Infiuencing  the  signers:  "At  the  present 
lime  the  Governor  of  the  State,  tbe  two  Senators, 
and  tbe  two  Representatives  in  Congress,  the  Secre- 
tary of  State,  the  Attorney  General,  and  the  G«n. 
eral  Tteaearer,  the  Speaker  ef  tbe  House  of  Repre-! 
aentatives,  with  nine'tenths  of  all  the  miuor  State 
officeDSi  reside  in  tbe  County  of  Providenoe.  Under 
the  Censtlintion  adopted  iu  1S43,  every  Governor, 
but  on«>or  two,  bas  resided  ia  tbat  county,  and  oon- 
tinualiy  from  i860  to  the  present  time  tue  City  of 
Providence  bas  claimed  and  obtained  tbat  offiee, 
while  Newport  haa  not  been  represented  by  the 
oholee  of  one  of  its  citisens  at  the  Uead  of  the  State 
ticket  smce  183i  S3  years  ago." 


lis  VBE. 
The  Pottsville  (Penn.)  Miner's  Journal  is, 
anxious  to  know  whether  there  is  anybody  in  Potts- 
viile  stupid  enough  to  believe  the  following  atory 
from  the  Reading  EagU:  "A  young  man  from 
PottsviUe  visited  ■  Reading  yesterday,  and  took 
dinner  with  a  friend  at  a  hotel.  The  PottsviUe 
native  looked  at  tbe  napkin  in  front  of  bim,  and, 
ttirniug  to  his  oompaalcrta,  asked  what  they  were 
iatended  for.  Thialung  the  stranger  waa  Jestlag, 
he  replied,  'Why,  to  sit  on,  of  course.'  Judge  of 
bis  aorpriae  when  the  heatben  actively  rose,  put 
the  napkin  on  his  chair,  and  sat  down  equare  upon 
it  with  a  grunt  of  satisfaction." 

A  JOKE  ON  IHE  QEASSSOPPeES. 
Weetetn  papers  report :  Accounts  from  many 
sections  ef  Iowa,  which  have  been  more  or  less  in- 
fested by  grasshoppers  for  tbe  last  four  years,  show 
tbat  myriads  of  eggs,  which  bad  been  deposited  in 
the  ghihfld  daring  the  laat  teasen,  are  now  hatcb- 
tat  out,  aad  if  the  mild  weather  eontiaiies  a  tew 
dava  loBge*  It  is  eoueideted  certain  that  tbe  enontty 


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iTEBTGirEEIUA  GOOD  CEAUAOTEl 

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CHBCK— XAX'VrXU.'S  BUSZirXM  CBABK 

T«R    GOOD. 

The  case  In  whioh    George  L.  JfaxweU  i^ 

charged  with  complioltv  in  negotiating  a  ohaak  fes 

tdiSSS,  drawn  on  the  Union  Tmat  Compaay,  waa 

resumed  yesterday  morning  at  ths  Tombs  Polios 

Gonrt,  before  Justice  Dnffv.    Assiatsnt  Distrio( 

Attorney  Herring  and  Mr.  Peckham  appeared' for 

the  prosecution,  and  Mr.  Seward  and  Gen.  Toner. 

for  Maxwell,  who,  as  nsoal,  waa  aecompaued  by^ 

his  brothers.  j 

WilUam  W.  Sherman,  Paying  Teller  of  tha  JSTa, 

ttonal  Bank  of  Commerce,  testifled  i  I  have  aeed 

the  alleged  forged  Check  before;  I  saw  It  at  the 

Bank  of  Commerce  on  Jan.  2,  and  wrote  '*  Good,  w' 

W.  S.,"  upon  it;  of  course  I  did  not  know  that  if 

was  a  forgery ;  I  do  not  know  now  tbat  It  is  a 

forgery ; '  the  certification  of  the  Tnut  Company  wai 

all  I  knew  on  the  check. 

To  Mr.  Herring— The  word  "  Good  "  Is  a  certifU 
cation  guaranteeing  all  tbat  that  word  impllas.  ■ 

Mr.  John  TL  Oglevle^  Secretary  of  the  ITnioa 
Tnut  Company,  testifled :  Tnere  is  nothing  oon< 
nected  wltn  the  appearance  Of  the  alleged  forged 
check ^to  indicate  to  a  man  of  ordinary  judgment  and 
prudence  that  it  is  a  forgery ;  it  passed  through  thq 
hands  of  myself,  the  Paying. Teller  and  tha 
book-keeper  of  the  Trust  C^>n>iNiuy,  and  wd 
all  believed  it  good,  and  we-"»*<»-not  been 
held  accountable  by  tbe  Trust  Company  as  guilty  of 
carelessness. 

Frederick  J.  Fay,  Paying  Teller  of  the  UnloQ 
Trust,  testified :  1  do  not  know  now  that  tha 
check  is  a  toigery,  except  from  What  I  have  been 
told;  there  is  nothing  on  the  check  now  toindioata 
to  me,  as  a  eautious  and  vigilant  officer,  that  tao, 
Check  is  a  forgery. 

Andrew  A.  Morton,  the  book-keeper  of  the  Trass! 
Company,  said:  When  I  received  the  check  I  as-l 
certaioed  that  the  New-Tork  Life  Inauianoe  Com-] 
pany  bad  a  deposit  to  meet  it.  and  I  stamped  it  with' 
my  initials  ;  I  saw  nothing  in  the  appearance  of  tha 
check  then  to  lead  me  to  believe  it  lo  be  a  forgery.; 
and  do  net  new. 

To  Justice  Duffy— I  see  now  that  tbe  alleged} 
forged  check  is  lighter  in  appearance  and  fortes 
than  tbe  gennine. 

Dewitt  C.  Hays  testifled  :  I  am  President  of  the  I 
Union  Bank  and  a  Trustee  of  the  union  Trust  Com« 
pany)  I  have  known  Maxwell  for  SO  yeara,  and 
never  beard  a  word  against  his  honesty ;  I  Iniow 
nothing  in  the  past  of  Mr.  Maxwell  to  lead  me  to^ 
believ^that  he  would  knowingly  utter  a  forged 

To  Mr.  Seward— It  was  suggested  tbat  Mr.  Max- 
well should  be  sent  for  when  this  forgery  was  dis< 
covered,  and  I  went  to  see  bim  and  brought 
him  to  the  Union  Trust  Company's  oflSjce, 
Mr.  Seward  being  abont  to  ask  what  Mr.  Maxwell 
said  at  tbat  time,  Justice  Duffy  said  that  Mr.  MaX'\ 
well  would  be  the  proper  witness  to  show  that,  If  it 
could  be  testifled  to  atall.  Witness  resuming  said:! 
I  told  Maxwell  that  the  nature  of  tbe  nut*  bad  been! 
discovered,  and  he  went  to  the  Trust  Company  ;( 
very  little  was  said  between  us  on  tbe  way  to  tha 
office  ;  he  was  interrogated  there  and  answered  the 
Inquiries  made  of  him,  and  produced  the  lettera  and 
envelopes  connected  with  the  check  transaction;! 
Mr.  Maxwell  manltested  no  reluctance  about  goins^ 
to  the  company's  office  or  answering  questions  when, 
he  got  there ;  it  would  be  imposstbie  for  any  one  ta 
tell  that  Ihe  check  is  a  forgery  without  making  a 
comparison  with  a  gennine  check. 

To  Mr.  Peckham — Mr.  Maxwell  bas  an  acoonnt 
in  my  bank ;  it  is  abont  $:iOO,  and  haa  been  there 
since  December ;  his  account  runs  back  to  last 
June;  he  has  had  no  account  in  my  backamonnt. 
lug  to  IdO.OOO  ;  he  has  failed  or  suspended  in  busi- 
ness ones  or  twioe,  I  believe. 

George  R.  Brodhead  testified  that  he  had  been 
Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  Stock  Exchange;; 
had  known  Mr.  Maxwell  for  20  years;  his  reputa-| 
tion  for  buainesa  integrity  is  good. 

An  adjournment  was  here  taken  to  11  o'triock  th!« 
this  morning,  when  au  effort  is  to  be  made  to  oloac 


COURT  OF   APPEALS. 


Asi,ksx,  Feb.  6.— In  the  Conrt  of  Appeals^ 
.to-day,  -  the  following  proceedings  .were  had : 
Motions:  In  re  Gardiner,  *  upon  motion  o£ 
Jamea  A_  Deering  for  "  oetltioner,  a  re- 
argument      ordered      upon       certain        questional 

Stated  ia  '  the  order.  .  The  people  ex  relij 
KreSser  vs.  Pitzsimmons,  upon  motion  of  A-  J.j 
Parker,  ordered  on  tbe  calendar.  No.  84'i5 — Tho! 
Sisters  of  Charity  of  St.  Vinceut  de  Paul  vs.  Kei- 
logg;  motion  to  amend  remittitur;  James  A. 
Deering  for  motion  ;  Otto  Horwitz  opposeo.  Ap<; 
peals  from  -  Orders :  No.  426 — In  the  matter 
the  petition  of  Edward  A.  *  Gardiner  for  a  man- 
damus to  tbe  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of 
XUngs  County  to  compel  said  clerk  to  call  the> 
name  of  aaid  Gardiner  aa  an  Alderman  and  Saper- 
visor  of  said  county  ;  Robert  Johnston  and  J.  AJberti 
Wilson  for  appellant,  Winchester  Bntton  for  re- 
spondent. No.  200 — Theodore  Martins,  appellant,: 
vs.  Anna  X<owenatein.  respondent ;  S.  Jiand  for  ap> 
pellant,  Samuel  J.  Crooker  for  respondent.  No..i 
171*2— The  People  ex  reU  John  McAlister,  ap. 
pellant,  vs.  John  Lynch,  respondent ;  argued  by  A» 
J.  Vanderpoel  for  appellant,  George  W.  Nilea  for 
respoudenD.  Greneral  Calendar:  No.  182 — Tha 
Trustees,  &c„  of  Easthampton  vs. Kirk;  submitted. 
No.  190— King  vs.  Sarrin  ;  argued  by  S.  P.  Nash  for 
appellant,  F.  B.  Coudert  and  A.  P.  Whitehead  fop 
.respondent;  case  still  on.     Court  adjoarned. 

The  day  calendar  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  fori 
Wednesday,  Feb.  7.  1877,  Is  as  follows:  Uos.  16£L 
73.  84Ja,  84%,  12,  181, 155,  and  147. 

Decisions  handed  down  :  Motion  granted,  wlta' 
costs  of  appeal  up  to  time  of  motion  and  $10  cost  oj 
motion— The  People  ex  reL  McGill  vs.  Ryan.  Mo- 
tion  for  reargnment  denied,  with  tlO  costs— Eno  vs., 
The  Mayor ;  Parsons  vs.  Johnson.  Judgment  af- 
firmed with  costs — Pierce  vs.  Brown  :  Augsbury  vs. 
Flower;  MoDougail  vs.  Hess;  Devlin  vs.  O'Neill ji 
Morris  vs.  First  National  Bank ;  Koickerbookee 
Life  Insurance  Company  vs.  Hill;  Bloomer  vs. 
Morse.  Judgment  modified  by  adding  the 
$322  SO  wbich  was  oedncted  from  Sell'd 
claims,  and  as  modified  affirmed  wirhoul 
cost  to  either  party  as  against  tbe  other  in  thia 
oonri— Millard  vs.  MoMulien.  Judgment  reversed 
and  new  trial  granted,  costs  to  abide  ev«nt — Sim- 
son  vs.  Brown.  Wood  vs.  Shehan.  Appeal  dis- 
missed with  costs — The  Tribune  Association  vs. 
Smith.  Order  of  General  Term  reversing  order  of 
Special  Term  afiirmed.  and  appeal  trom  order^tf  tha 
General  Term  denying  application  to  dismiss  last; 
appeal  dismissed  with  coats  of  one  appeal  omy— 
"Wallace  vs.  Castle  (two  Cases.)  Order  of  General 
Term  and  Special  Term  reversed  without  costs  to 
either  party  in  this  court — la  re  Freeholders  of 
Irondequoit.  Order  affirmed  ^v^th  coats— Kemgaa 
vs.  Forces.  

,.     BIFEOTB  of  EEADINQ  DIME  KOTELS. 
On. Monday  last  Oflicer  Meagher,   of  tha 

Twentieth  Precinct,  was  informbd  by  a  geutlemaa 
that  one  of  two  boys  whom  he  pointed  oat  had  Josti 
been  trying  to  pawn  .a  valuable  diamond  ring.  Tha 
officer  arrested  the  boys  and  took  tbem  to  tht^ 
Station-house,  where  tbey  gave  their  names  aa 
Chirles  Lemcke,  of  No.  147  East  Fiftieth  street,  and 
William  Francisco,  of  No.  153  £ast  Fiftieth  street, 
aged  respectively  14  and  17  yeara.  The  nng  waa 
taken  by  the  officer,  and  the  mother  of  Lemcke  sent 
for.  When  she  arrived,  Charles  gave  her  a  pair  of 
diamond  earilngs  aud  three  rings,  valued  in  all  at 
$420.  On  being  arraigned  in  the  Fifty-seventh 
Street  Po'ice  Court,  yesterday  morning,  beforu 
Justice  Smith,  it  was  found  that  William  Francisco, 
tbe  companion  of  Lemcke,  had  Induced  him  to  com- 
mit the  theft.  A  few  days  ago  he  prevailed  on 
Charles  to  agree  to  run  away  with  him,  and  go 
West  to  the  praines  and  hunt  "wild  bufl^ioea.", 
and  live  with  tbe  Indians.  How  to  accompiiah  thia 
without  funds  seemed  au  insurmountaoie  obstacle,- 
bnt  Francisco,  knowing  tbat  Mrs.  Lemcke 
had  a  lot  of  valuable  jewelry,  advised  GhArlie  to] 
steal  the  ear-rings  aud  rings  and  pawn  them., 
Young  Lemcke  agreed  to  do  so,  and  n  hlie  trying  to 
raise  money  on  tbe  articles  was  arrested.  In  tha 
court-room  both  mpther  and  son  went  bitierly. 
Justice  Smith  told  the  mother  that  it  waa  oat  of 
his  power  to  let  the  boy  go,  and  tbat  he  was  fully 
convinced  that  be  had  been  induced  to  commit  tba, 
theft  by  the  older  boy,  and  that  he  would  request 
the  District  Aitcrnev  to  be  as  lenient  as  poesibla 
with  him,  in  view  of  his  previona  good  cbaraotaiv 
In  default  of  $1,500  bail  eacQ,  tbe  boys  were  com-j 
mltted  to  enewer  at  tho  Court  of  General  ^essions^ 

"       ♦  I 

HE  I  WANTS  $3,000   FOU  BEINCt  RUN  OFJE2L, 

A  sealed  verdict  was  ordered  yeeterday  in 
tne  case  of  Solomon  Siegler  againat  James  H. 
Slocuin,  which  was  brought  to  trial  before  Juage 
Larremore  and  a  Juryiu  Part  IL  of  the  Coartof 
Common  Pleas.  The  suit  is  brought  to  recover 
$3,000  damages  for  injuries  received  by  the  plaintiff) 
m  befne  run  oyer  b.v  one  of  the  defendant's  wagona^ 
The  plaintiff  says  that  he  was  knocked  aowo  and 
run  over  while  attempting  to  cross  Broadway  neac 
Canal  street,  on  the  morLiag  of  May  31,  1873.  Tha:~' 
defendant  claims  the  accident  waa  owing  to  tha 
plaintifi'B  awn  negligence.  The  street  was  foil  of  [^ 
vehicles  at  tbe  tiiue,  and  tbe  pavement  wasalippery,  < 
because  ii'had  Juat  been  sprinkled.  The  plaint^ 
dodged  from  behind  an  omnibus,  and  ran  againac 
the  defendant's  horse.  Tbe  concussion  caused  tiim 
to  loae  nis  balanoe,  and  be  slippud  and  fell  tuder, 
tbe  wheels  of  tbe  wagon. 


niOHT  TO  PVT  BEAUS  IN  A  WALL. 
A  point  of  interest  to  property-ownece  w»» 
raised  in  the  suit  of  Mobr  against  Parmeiee,  whioh 
was  brought  to  trial  t>efore  Judge  FreedmaB  and  a 
jury  in  Part  L  of  tbe  Superior  Court  yettnoay. 
The  plaiatifi^  It  seems,  purchased  a  house  and  loc 
in  Twenty-aeventh  street  of  the  defendant,  in  1870,' 
for  $22,000.  In  1874  Mobr  discovered  tbat  the  prop-, 
erty  was  incumbered  with  au  agreement  made  by. 
Paimelee  allowing  the  owner  of  tbe  adjoining  prop, 
erty  to  rest  beams  in  the  wall  of  tbe  house  sold  to 
the  plniniifi^  the  whII  beiug  entirely  on  the  latter'a 
land.  Parmeiee,  iu  making  She  oonveyauee  ot  tha 
house  aud  lot  to  the  plaiutiS;  had  given  tbe  usQa) 
covenant  againat  incumbrances,  and  the  plaintiff; 
therefute,  brought  the  present  Suit^  which  U  to  re- 
cover $5,000  damages  for  the  iucnmbranee.  Tho 
defendaiit  adaaitted   the  naaterial  atatementa,  vaCl 

the  sole  polat  submitted  to  tbe  Jorr  wm  as  te  im 

camnHntiflf,  damaeea  whh?h  ahgu^  ,>n  Awartri^Jq 


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COUBT  OF  aXNEBAL  SESSIONS. 
WlOORDBR     HACKBTT'S     CHABOS     TO     TBK 
OSANO      JURT  —  BIS      KB9BRHKOC     TO 
f  BAm>S  AVOK9  TRUSTKKS  Ain>  OTHXItSi 

t  .  4t  the  oDsnini;  of  tbe  Court  of  €(«n«nd  6ea> 
itoM  yesterday  Beoorder  Haokett  cluirKad  tlie 
Onwd  Jury,  la  accortaao*  irltll  tho  raqninmenfa 
of  tbe  »t»tate,  dlieoting  them  to  fnqaire.fitto  all 
▼iolatioD*  of  the  law  teUting  to  lotteries,  naorj. 
literal  fees,  eleotlona,  and  exoiae.  XBa  Honor  oon- 
tlaaed:  • 

Sine*  yesterday  I  have  examined  the  oalandar  for 
tbo  present  term.  Xon,  as  oonaerraton  of  the 
neece  of  the  oountr,  wlU  be  pleased  co  know  that 
the  weight  of  oriine  on  the  calendar  is  cempara- 
il*?**  ,"«'*^  TJ^»  >•  mainly  doe  to 
the  seal  of  the  XMstriot  Attorney's  .office 
pad  th*  enetKetio  iDdoatry  of  my  learned 
aaooclates,  who  since  I  last  sat  here  have 
posiinaoasly  hUd  two  cotiTtB  darioe  six  vreeks.  It 
Is    only  fair  to  the  commnnity   that  I  ahoold  add 

that  notwithttandlDK  commercial  distress,  hard 
times,  and  the  strong  temptatloos  of  presaiog  pev- 
efty,  metropolffifto  crime  decreases  amoo);  the  lower 
entl  middle  classes.  It  seems,  however,  to 
naTO  increased  among  the  intelUgent  the 
ednoated,  and  those  of  social  inflaence. 
Some  time  since  I  had  occablon  to  oharee 
a  Qrand  Jory  respecting  frands  among  Tmsteea 
and  officers  of  commercial  Inatitntlons ;  since  then 
ta«  calendar  discloses  that  not  only  among  savinga 
banks  bat  among  Itfe  inaaraace  corporations,  firancts 
hare  intensified.  Some  of  these  latter  oases  may  be 
liresentel  to  yoo,  as  by  the  ylgllance  of 
District  Attorney  Phelps  and  others  they 
■are  laid  before  yoor  predecessors.  It  is  hard 
•aonftb  for  famlles  to  lose  tneir  hard-earned  savlnfcs. 
bat  if  ia  worse  Inck  lor  a  man  who,  dnring  seyetal 
years  has  paid  lite  insurance  preminms,  only  to 
awahnn  some  matDine  and  find  that  his  family  has 
not  only  lost  tnelr  premiama.  bat  that  his  lodorse- 
ments  or  life  policies  are  mere  yalneless  lots  of 
printed  paper,  and  that  if  be  is  to'  leinstire  hit  life 
it  has  to  be  done  at  a  Tefy  larfrely-inereased  pre- 
mlnm  for  a  fresh  risk  of  adTanoini;  years.  A  lesa 
and  peril  like  this,  if  occasioned  by  the  greed, 
reokleasnesa,  or  dishonesty  of  life  insaranoe 
gnaraians,  is  closely  allied  to  the  meanest  of 
crimes.  Therefor),  shonld  any  such  cases  come 
before  yoo,  probe  them,  no  matter  in  what 
portion  of  the  body  politic  they  may  fester. 
Moa  can  have  the  aasistance  of  the  District  Attor- 
ney and  his  assistants  fn  aU  cases  where  your  Jadg- 
meat  may  be  at  fault,  and  shoold  ayail  yourselves 
of  his  connsel.  It  will  be  your  duty  to  examine 
carelnllv  into  the  verions  complaiDts  which  sTiall 
belaid  before  von,  and  satisfy  yoorselres  before 
finding  an  Indictment,  that  the  eyldence  ia  sofBdent 
tu  Warrant  It. 

TBS  BI&HT TO  PLAY  ••  DIE  DANISOSSFFS." 
Judge  Donohue,  in  Supreme  Cotirt^  Cham- 
bera  yesterday  rendered  a  decision  In  the  suit  of 
Shook  &  Palmer  against  Adolf  Neoendorf,  which 
was  before  the  court  on  a  m<rtion  to  render  perma- 
nent an  Injunction  restraining  the  defendant  from 
performing  tha  play  of  "Die  Danlsehsfis,"  The 
plalntiffii  claimed  their  right  from  the  authors,  while 
tb«  dtfendant  set  np  an  alleged  abandonment  of  the 
anthem'  rights  by  the  pabUeatlon  of  the  play  In 
Qermaay  and  Aiutrla.  Judge  Donohue  tn  hia  opin- 
ion says : 

"In  this  case  it  seems  to  me,  on  careful  coa- 
atderation  of  the  papers,  that  plainttCs  hay* 
dearly  made  out  their  title  by  purchase  to  the 
use  of  the  play  in  dispute.  When,  as  in  this  case, 
the  defendant  sets  up  no  ntle  other  than  the  aban- 
donment, by  its  author,  of  the  nisy  to  the  public, 
and  presenrs  no  eqaitable  title  to  ir,  he  must  be  pre- 
pared to  sbow  an  autbonaed  publication,  beyond 
any  donbt,  of  the  play  which  he  claims  the  right  to 
perform.  This,  it  seems  to  me,  he  has  not  done  In 
this  case.  The  principal  ground  on  which  he  puts 
aU  case  is,  that  what  be  proyes  as  an  abandonment 
conld  not  have  existed  if  such  was  not  the  fact, 
XTufortunately,  too  many  instances  of  unauthorized 
nae  of  other  people's  property  exiat  to  maae  the 
presence  of  such  use  proof  of  its  being  nghtfai. 
"  *  *  Bis  slaim  that  the  plaintiffs  themselves 
do  not  pretend  that  they  will  lose  money 
by  the  defendant's  nerformance,  and  so  are  not  en- 
tlded  to  any  in,ldnction,  ia  witboat  weight,  because, 
should  plalDti&!not  enloin  defendants,  their  act 
will  be  BQ  evideilce  to  others  that  plalntiSs  have 
permitted  the  piblto  use  of  the  play,  and  will  so 
destroy  their  right.  Some  other  party  will  come 
forward,  and  as  a  defense  to  using  it  in  English, will 
show  defendant's  performance,  and  atKue,  as  de- 
fendant does,  that  it  must  have  been  authorized  or 
it  wonid  not  have  occurred.  Motion  lo  continue 
Injnnoiion  granted."  £x.Jndge  DitteDhoefer  ap- 
peared lor  the  plaintifis,  and  Henry  Wehle  for  the 
defendant. 


SUIT  ON  A  MASRJJSI>  WOMAN'S  NOTE. 

The  suit  of  Thomaa  J.  Husson  against  Har- 
riet S".  Traak  was  broneht  to  trial  before  Chief 
Justice  Curtis  and  a  Juty,  In  Part  III  of  the  Sn- 
peiior  Court,  yesterday.  The  plaintiff  brought  his 
Buit  on  a  note  given  by  the  defendant,  who  is  a 
married  woman,  and  the  wife  of  Benjamin  J,  H. 
Traak.  This  note  was  given  under  rather  singular 
circumstances.  It  appears  that  Husson  and  Mr. 
Trask  did  business  with  each  other,  and  on  one  oc- 
cas^n  they  exchanged  checks  for  $3,000.  Trask 
aeposited  Hnsson's  check  in  bank  and  drew 
aeainst  it.  When  Hoaaon  tried  to  do  likewise 
with  reeard  to  Ttask's  check,  he  found  that  the 
latter  was  worthless.  Husaon  had  in  bank  oriel- 
sally  about  I40O.  When  Trask  had  drawn  aeainst 
bis  account  to  the  amount  of  his  check  the  aceoimt 
was  13.600  short.  Husson  deposited  60  bonds  of  the 
Sectional  Dry  Dock  Company  to  secure  the  over- 
dratt  by  Trask,  and  went  to  the  latter  to  make 
Bome  arraneements  for  the  payment  of  the  money 
drawn.  He  could  mace  no  aatlsfactory  arrange- 
menta  with  TrasK,  however.  The  bank  then  be- 
came solicitous  aboat  the  overdrufr,  and  thieatened 
Hoaaon  that  unless  he  paid  the  t2.600  they  would 
sell  the  siock  deposited.  Husson  went  again  to 
'Xraak,  and  the  Utter  then  offered  to  raise 
money  on  the  stock.  Husson  obtained 
the  stock  and  eave  it  to  Trask,  who 
nised  f6,0O0  on  it.  He  aoconnted,  as  alleged, 
ior  only  «3,000  of  the  money,  and  afterward  sold 
the  stock.  On  discoverinz  that  the  bonds  had  been 
aold.  Husson  tbroatened  to  proceed  aguinst  Trask 
for  bis  conduct.  To  save  her  nusband,  Mrs.  Trask 
then  made  the  note  on  which  the  suit  was  brougbL 
The  note  was,  by  its  terms,  made  a  charge  upon  her 
separate  estata.  The  defense  to  the  suit  was  that 
the  wife  could  not  be  held  liable  for  her  husband's 
indebtedness,  and  that  her  separate  estate  could 
not  be  charged  with  debts  not  incurred  for  her  ben- 
efit. The  jary,  after  a  few  minutes'  deliberation, 
oronehtln  a  verdict  for  the  plaintiff  for  $7,371  96, 
that  being  tbe  lull  amount  claimed,  with  interest. 
W.  W.  Qoodrioh  appeared  tor  the  plaintiiX  and 
■— -T  L.  Egbert  for  the  defendant. 


AN  ARTISTS- PERPLEXITIES. 
Meiars.  Doll  &.  fiichards,  picture  dealers  of 
jSoston,  made  an  agreement  with  George  Inness,  an 
artist,  whereby  be  was  to  furnish  them  with  all  of 
his  productions,  which  they  were  to  sell  on  oom- 
miasion.  By  the  asreement  he  was  to  receive  ad- 
vances to  enable  him  to  prosecute  hia  tiavela  and 
atadiea.  He  sent  to  them  14  plctnres,  which  he 
valnes  at  134,200,  and  obtained  an  advance  of  $4,^0. 
He  then  sent  them  11  other  oictnres,  valued  by  him 
Btil3i,000,  and  received  an  advance  of  t3,377.  One 
plcinre,  known  as  the  "Pine  Grove  of  Bartanna 
Yiiia,"  he  received  baek  for  tbe  purpose  of 
Tetoucfaine  it  for  exhibition  at  the  Pbiladelphia 
iBxposition.  .flessrs.  Doll  it  Kichards  claim  that 
he  sold  the  pictare  and  pocketed  tbe  proceeds. 
Tbev  sue  for  Its  recovery,  and  obtained  an  order  of 
arrest  against  Inness.  Tbe  latter  made  a  motion  to 
vacate  tbe  arreat,  bat  this  was  denied.  He  moved 
before  Judee  Barrett,  In  Supreme  Court,  Cbam- 
bera,  yesterday, .  for  a  rebelling  of  tbe  motion 
to  vacate  the  arrest,  but  tbis  was  also  denied. 
In  defense  Mr.  Inness  says  he  was  in  great 
measure  m  tbe  power  of  Messrs.  Doll  &  Siohards, 
and  that  they  did  not  fulflll  their  agreement.  They 
did  not  try  to  sell  his  pietures,  be  clalmii,  but 
stored  them  away  In  a  cellar.  He  had  spent  li 
weeks,  be  said,  in  retonchinz  the  "  Pine  Grove  oi 
Bartanna  Villa,"  and  haa  offered  to  repay  the  loan 
of  #3.377  whieb.  In  his  ignorance  of  biuiness  alTairs, 
he  sQppoMd  was  all  that  waa  nacesaaiy  for  hin  to 
lo. 

rCIX  BE  OONTSNT  WITH  |35,00O  DAMAOBS, 
Sarah  Earl, .  a  dresa-maker  of  thia  City, 
brought  a  suit  in  the  Snporior  Ceort  to  recover 
tSS,000  of  John  fink  and  A.  8.  Spaulding  for  p6r- 
Bonal  injuries,  and  the  case  waa  bronght  to  trial 
before  Judge  Speir  and  a  Jury,  in  Part  II.  of  tha 
conrt,  yeaterday.  It  appears  that  the  plaintiff  waa 
walking  on  Bighth  avenne  on  May  38, 1873.  Pink 
owned  a  building  on  the  avenne,  and  had  oa  the 
aidewala  in  front  a  box  containing  shutters  for  the 
atore.  Mr.  Soaulding,  who  is  a  dealer  in  provis- 
ions, bad  a  horse  and  wagon  standing  in  the  stre«t 
)n  front  of  the  store,  and  something  happeniag  to 
frighten  the  honf,  the  animal  started  and  pushed 
tbe  wagon  into  ttie  box  of  shutters,  which  fell  on 
the  plaintiff.  Tbe  latter  fell  to  the  irroand  sev^ly 
oruuad  and  stnoned.  She  was  confined  to  her  bed 
pn  aceonnt  cf  the  lojnries  for  several  months,  and 
Vttll  soff'i»ra  from  tne  eiEact  of  them.  The  de- 
fendants put  in  a  aeneral  denial.  The  case  was 
given  to  th^  Jury,  who,  talUag  to  agree  in  time, 
were  locked  up  fur  the  i^chVnth  ioatxnotions  ta 
bilsg  in  a  sealed  verdlot.  Clwrtos  S.  Spencer  ap- 
peared for  tbe  plalntur,  aad  Qasnm  W.  1^'^^^'" 
tgc  the  defendant  j 


A  DISPOaSESMlON  OASf. 
Cbarlet  Miohenfelder  applied  to  9«(lf»  B«r- 
itt,  la  Saprema  Conrt,  Chambeta,  jeM»viw,  for  ^ 
paramptory  mandamu  to  compel  Patnut  Xyany,^a 
City  Harsbal,  to  execute  a  warrant  of  dnoaaaaslon 
igaiast  <ma  William  Sohn,  who  oeeapta^^l*  pMaa- 
isea  39  0. 171  Suffolk  straet.  Sohn  had  mMa  doAudt 
tn  the  rent,  but  claims  to  baTO  a  oeantn-aotlOB 
uaiaat  Miobcofeldar.  hia  landlord.  MtchaadHt^air 
then  applied  to  Joatloe  Dinkel  fur  a  snmooa  im  A*. 
possesaloa  pimeeedlnga.  Oa  t&e  retnm  da«r  gf  tas 
lammoBs^  anatiae  Diakd-waa  sot  present  in  aaw. 
bia  Qiao*  btiog  fllM  bv  Jnstlee  GaUaftui. 
Kba  latxar  leaned  tha  warrant  of 
poaaaasloo  aa  Jostiea  Dlakara 
»aA  itaa  an— rtim.lawalwd  i«  aa    a» 


oaaJosfiMi  oaa  ae<  fa  the  plaea  of^aaeffivtt  U  MeK  a 
inwMdteK*^  Xftia  poiaa  V*  ««▼•>  baaa  4e«ida«( 
aimtttfC%  XanbalU  hot'ifiUiiig  fottMiitc'dit* 
wiihfMBil,,  iSam  Mali  actios  «Mf  mUiUk  hlia  e»a 
•lut  tor  traepass.  Jadga  Bartatt  denied  t&aawpli- 
cation  fffif  attaAdaiMkg,  bdding  that  HtoCrenfdder 
Bh<ndd  puaoar  fiu  tenadr  by  aetlon  ba  tUe  fiiiaai 
way.     . 

OQUBH  NOTES. 


Capt  James  Hilward,  of  thia  City,  was  jaa- 
terday  awom  In  by  Jadga  Johnson,  of  the  tTnifed 
States  CtrcQl6  Coturt,  ac  Conaal  to  Ghent 

Tke  engiNHned  findiUfs  fo  the  cnUi  of  the 
SiaithATenaa  BaiUoad  Compasy  agaias*  tbadll. 
hart  l^avatBd  Bailxoad  Company  wer»  filed  !■  tb« 
Snperlor  Court  Clerk's  office  yeaterday. 

ChewellJenltin,  the  man  charged  -with  set- 
ting fire  to  the  clothing  store'  of  IsidoB  Cohan,  at 

"So.  94  Catharine  atreet,  on  Snaday  eraaMa.  waa 
disonarged  yesterday  at  the  Xomba  Folloa  Coozt, 
having  proved  an  alibi. 

Jean  B.  H.  YamdeTftiflftQ  and  bis  -wife,  tbe 

Belgiaa  foraw^  who  were  xeoeutty  arrested  fia  In- 
dlaasi  arriTediathlaCi^TesterdaT,  and  weretak« 
before  Commissioner  White.  They  will  have  a 
hearing^  praparatory  to  being  extradited,  oa  the  8th 
inataat. 

The  BTiit  in  the   Court  of  Common  Pleas 

whereby  Edwin  Btxith  sought  to  restrain  Messrs. 
Jarrett  &  Palmer  from  using  the  name  "Booth's 
Tbeatre"  aa  tbe  tlUe  of  the  building  at  Twenty- 
third  street  and  Sixth  aveniWb  was  diaoontinued 
yesterday. 

Judge  Speir,  in  tiie  Superior  Court,  Special 
Term,  yesterday,  denied  tha  motion  for  a  refteence 
in  the  suit  of  Praaeia  Morris  against  William 
Webb,  which  is  brought  to  recover  about  |40,000  on 
a  acta  which  the. defendant  failed  to  eolleot  and  the 
makers  of  which  failed. 

Judge  Barrett  reaerved  bia  aeoision  yeater- 
day, on  a  motion  by  the  defendant  in  the  two  atUta 
of  Graham  agamst  Harrington,  to  have  the  fudg> 
menta  obtained  by  tbe  plalntiiBP  yaoated  and  set 
aside.  Harrington  claims  he  was  induced,  by 
fraudulent  representations,  to  confess  Indgment. 

Richard  Suppla,  a  bar-tender,  who  waa  con- 
Tloted  of  stealing  |337  from  George  Lmoad.  a 
Hnited  States  seaman,  la  a  salooa  at  Ko.  173  Cherry 
street,  waa  brought  up  for  sentence  yesterday  in 
PartlL  of  tbe  Court  ot  General  Seasons.  Judge 
Sutherland  aentienced  ihe  thief  to  three  years  in 
State  Prison. 

Judge  Lawrence,  In  Supreme  Court,  Cham- 
bers, yesterday  dedded  that  it  would  be  better  for 

thecredrtora  of  tbe  Oaardlan  Savings  Institatija 
for  Joaeph  J.  O'Donobae,  its  present  Receiver,  to 
be  removed  from  hia  position.  He  also  ordered  a 
reference  to  ex -Judge  Boaworth  to  determine  aa  to 
wbo  would  be  a  proper  person  to  succeed  O'Don- 
ohne. 

Jadj^  Van  Yorst,  in  Sapreme  Court,  Special 
Term,  m  tbe  case  of  Pike  against  Setter  and  others, 
held,  yesterday,  that  where  a  man  porohasea  real, 
estate,  and  agrees  to  assume  a  mortgage  on  the 
same,  but  has  the  deed  made  oat  to  his  wife,  who 
does  not  assume  the  payment  of  tbe  mortgage,  he 
is  liaole  for  any  deficiency  arising  from  a  aale  of 
the  mortgaged  premises. 

Suit  was  yesterday  begun  in  tbe  United 
States  Circuit   Conrt  by  the  Bepnblic   of  Prance 

against  the  Phoenix  Insurance  Company  of  this  City, 
to  reoover  tb«  aam  of  S4.7S6  sa  on  a  polioy  for 
110,000  taken  out  in  1871  on  a  cargo  of  beef  shipped 
from  this  port  on  the  steam-snip  Zoe,  which  was 
wrecked  during  the  passage.  Messrs.  Diekeraoa 
and  Beaman  appear  for  the  French  Gtivemment. 

Morria  Weinberg  waa  arrested  on  Aug.  30, 
1873,  in  a  civil  suit,  wherein  be  was  charged  with 
misrepresenting  the  pecuniary  responsibiUtv  of  a 
man  who  liad  apoUed  to  one  William  M.  Carpenter 
for  gooda  on  credit  and  had  relerted  the  latter  to 
Weinberg.  By  wnt  of  habeas  corpus  Weinberg 
sought  to  be  admitted  to  bail  yesterday,  bnt  Judre 
Barrett,  in  Sapreme  Court,  Chambers,  adfooined 
the  hearug  until  to-day. 

Another  adiournmeut  was  obtained  in  the 
Pearsall  will  case  yesterday  fiternoon  by  counsel 
for  EUaa  Jane  PearsaU,  who  is  contesting  with 
tbe  tsstator's  widow  for  his  preoertj,  valued  ai 
flOO.OOO.  The  plea  waa  that  new  evidence  would 
be  introdaoed  In  place  of  that  of  AViUiam  'K.otK, 
wbo  swore  that  he  drew  tbe  will  giving  the  property 
to  Dlisa  Jane.  His  testlmooy  was  stricken  out  on 
the  ground  that  tie  had  been  convicted  of  neijury. 

Thomaa  Kreualy,  a  Gleiasaii,  aged  50,  who 
keepa  a  grocery  store  at  No.  183  South  fifth  aye- 
nue,  waa  arraigned  before  Justlee  Otterbouig^at  tba 
WashinglonJPlace  Folica  Court  yestorday,  ebarged 
with  having  committed  an  oatrageoiu  assault  npoa 
the  person  of  Maria  Theresa  Kingbead,  a  half- 
witted child  11  yeara  of  age,  who  resides  in  the  same 
honse.  The  details  of  the  aaaanlt  are  unfit  for  pub- 
lication. The  accused  was  held  to  bail  iu  §1,000  for 
trial. 

Bobert  J.  Liringston  sued  Alonzo  B.  Cornell 
and  others,  who  were  Trustees  of  the  Heo  Sihooa 
Steel  Company,  to  recover  £tom  tbem  a  debt  dSe  by 
the  sorporation.  on  the  ground  that  they  were  per- 
sonally liable  because  tbey  had  failed  to  file  tha 
annual  rtport  of  tbe  company  fur  1874  witmn  S20 
daya  after  Jan  1,  1875.  Judge  Donotiue,  In  Part  1. 
of  the  Sapreme  Court,  held  yesterday  tnat  the 
statute  must  be  strictly  complied  with  li  'Trustees 
of  corporations  desired  to  avail  themselves  of  its 
benefits.  A  verdict  was  given  for  #1,413  56  in 
favor  of  the  plaintiff 

The  suit  ot  Blanohard  Foagate,  Jr.,  against 
Owen  O'Connor  waa  bronght  to  trial  before  Judge 
Joseph  F.  Daly,  in  Part  IU.  ot  the  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas,  yesterday.  The  action  is  to  recover 
tl.OOO  for  architect's  lees  in  altering  the  buildiog 
2(oa  6  and  7  Chatham  tquare,  lu  Pebrnary,  1876. 
'Xtae  answer  is  that  the  plaintiff  agreed  to  do  the 
work  witbont  receiving  any^-olther  pay  than  a  lease 
of  the  premises  at  17,500  per  ytar,  with  the  privi- 
lege of  reletting  them  at  a  higuer  pnce.  The  plain- 
tiif  claims,  however,  that  O'Connor  got  the  lease 
back  by  oflering  to  pay  |1,000  for  it,  but  failed  to 
pay  the  money.    The  case  is  still  on. 

Application  was  made  to  Judge  Bobinson, 
in  the  Special  Term  of  tha  Conrt  of  Common 
Pleas,  yesterday,  to  have  a  naupsr  hioatio  aent  to 
the  Miudletowu  Asylum  for  the  Insane.  In  oppo- 
sition to  this  it  was  said  that  at  tbis  asylum  tbe 
lunatic's  board  would  cost  about  60  cents  per  day, 
whereas  be  could  be  boarded  at  the  Ward's  Island 
Asylum  Ini  34  cents  per  day.  Judge  BoDinson  said 
that  ia  tbe  preaent  condition  of  affairs  he  was  op- 
poaed  to  pat  any  additional  burden  upon  the  tax- 
payers of  the  Uity,  and  he  therefore  ordcreS  tha 
lonatlc  to  be  sent  to  the  Ward's  Island  Asylaoi. 

AN  OLD  BURGLAR  SENTENCED. 
Two  years  ago  a  notorious  burglar  named 
John  L.  Bough  was  convicted  before  Judge  Sather- 
land  of  burglary  in  the  first  degree,  and  sentenced 
to  12  yeara  ia  State  "Prison.  The  case  waa  ap- 
pealed by  Assemblyman  Peter  Mitchell,  who 
succeeded  in  obtaining  a  reversal  of  the  convic- 
tion, and  Boagh  waa  released  from  State  Prison  to 
prey  upon  the  community.  Tbe  lesson  taught  him 
in  »ing  Sing  seemed  to  have  no  effect  UDOn  the  libe- 
rated burglar,  wbo  immediately  returned  to  his  old 
avocations.  Oa  the  nigbt  ef  the  5th  of  January,  he 
was  detected  in  the  act  of  committing  a  burclary 
on  the  premises  of  Jacob  Sicbardson,  No,  398  Third 
avenue,  and  taken  to  tbe  station-house.  When 
called  up  for  trial  in  Part  L  of  tbe  Court  of  General 
Sessions  yeaterday.  Bough,  wbo  now  spells  bis  name 
"Bow,"  plei#ed  gnilty  to  an  attempt  at  burglary,  and 
Beeorder  Haeketl  aentenced  him  to  two  yeara  ia 
State  Prison. 


A  SUIT  FOR  FALSE  IMPRISONMENT. 
A  curious  suit  for  alleged  false  imprison- 
ment, bronght  by  August  Bonnerberg  against  John 
MoDermark  and  Frank  Dene,  was  tried  before 
Judge  Lawrence  and  a  Jury  in  Part  II  of  the  Conrt 
of  Common  Pleas  yesterday.  Deno,  It  appeara,  is 
the  foreman,  and  McDermark  the  watehman,  of  a 
slaughter-house  in  this  City.  On  Snpu  6,  1876, 
Deno  began  to  drink  some  water  irom  a  tank  in  the 
house  and  noticed  that  it  had  a  peculiar  and  diiga- 
oreable  taste.  He  spat  oat  the  mouthful  he  had 
taken  anJ  then  banded  the  water  to  others  to  taste. 
Bonnerberg,  who  was  at  the  place,  was  accused  of 
hii'vlng  put  muriatic  acid  into  the  water  for  tbe 
purpose  of  poisoning  somebody.  He  was  arreeted, 
kept  in  Jail  for  three  or  four  days,  and  tnen  re- 
leased. He  now  sues  to  recover  #500  far  the  false 
imprlsonmeot.  Deno  claims  that  be  did  not  cause 
Bonnerberg's  arrest  The  Jury  was  oat  at  the  time 
ot  tb9  slosing  of  the  court  yesterday. 


DEOJSIONS. 


ICTBXHB  COUBT— CHAMBSBg. 
By  Judgt  B<trrett. 

Sarier  tw.  Barttr,  <tc. — For  commlssioii.  Motion  de- 
nleu.  and  the  witness  mar  be  examined. 

i^tpwn  v$.  Sarjkcr.— (JommisBlou  granted,  and  the 
witness  may  be  examined  orally. 

The  Qtrman  Sctving*  Bank  vt.  McOoxaen. — Let  a  copy 
af  the  complaint  io  sooh  case  be  handed  up. 

JUttauer  vm.  Ootdman.— iSxtra  allowance  of  $100 
cranted. 

Matter  4/  tts  Smpire  CHy  Minitia  Ci»nui«H«L'— Beport 
confirmed  and  Beeeiver  discbarKed, 

Betrter  vs.  Aarfeer.— Commission  granted,  and  the 
witness  may  be  exammad  orally. 

Ifuigtoeiler  vt.  Webster. — ^Deiendant  must  be  released 
ttom  imprisoninent.     tiee  memorandam. 

JFaircMia  v».  f otrsAfbt— CommiasUm  granted. 

Motion*  Dtnitd  Witlumt  Gott$.—Btaira  vs.  Barker; 
Barker  vs.  Barker,  and  Matson  va  Loekwood. 

Xyppert  v.  JDolMvoa.— Motion  demed,  with  $10  eoata 
Uemorandam. 

The  Qtman-Atnerieait  BanM  v*.  Btlnter.—Uotiou  ae- 
nled,  with  $10  coet*>^  ^      ,.     „ 

MoOoni  Oro»(«4.— Mwell  vs.  Church;  Bnssell  va 
MoCormlok;  K«uyon  va  The  Lea  Box  andLtunber 
Company;  La  Boche  vs.  Lynn;  Zlmmermau  vs. 
Kloolai-    Motions  granted  for  Feb.  16. 

aro«4>n«7)nM«l-Blcbard8iin  y».  v\'aison,and  Meyers 
vs.  Walsh.  Motions  denied,  with  $10  costs  to  aUda 
tbe  e-rent.  .  ,        . 

Pidgton  VI.  fTelfk.— Motion  denied,- with  $10  eoeta  «e 
abide  tbe  event.  1  do  not  think  the  defeadaat  ahoald 
bareouiredloaapaiate,  ^  „    ^ 

Biteetmndv*.  WMttock—The  appUoatloa  vtut  bade. 

Sied.    The  a  ffldavlt  is  lull  of  onaiges,  hot  no  avidenoa 
I  rumished. 

Mennant  tM.  £yona— Motion  granted  fbr  first  Prtdsy. 
'J:  The  Awodway   Bcaetng*  Bamh  vt.  Bttbe.— J ao^meat 
'iStaated. 
JWlsrtoa  •«,  ABiM.—XoMaa  granted  fbr  vebL  81 
Mens  OrtettsA—Ffersoa  Ta  Cory  aad  adaas  va 
at  mot<pnacnMedfw7eb,!ie. 
■tf  ta  Jisrr.— Seaoagraated  anthbtd  rpi^r. 
Mi  #iMsailb*vJU(JMi  4SbM4  wsaa  sttfalMiatf ' 


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"^^JSSftSWwtS^SS^/dS^ay  IM  Jwfliaiiariaw*' 

tasad^VMsSk    $«»  BaatoipndnaL 

^HiAt^  an  ntMr.— soilnB  dsaietf  iMthont  eests 

aaifr'i«hedt'»n&MUeert«ax*aewal  apoa  MtardtasoM- 
tlon  oftbe  at^ty  by  the  psymeht  of  the  costs  e(  motion. 

PmrnM  m.  jfnmM,  <ea>-&efaali  tfoeiiM  apiar  pser- 
ment  of  $lu  Sosts  of  original  mottmi.  $10  oosu  of  this 
]>to«<3t,thaita«sa«]ie  SMMtttASut,  «M  aB  OOMf 
diabnrsemeatB  since  tbe  default.  Upon  such  payaieiit 
thiT  mOtloti  to  a  rtMMee*  wf  11  ba  dealeo. 

XOAuia  («.  JNIieni— Motion  granted  for  first  Friday 
far  luureb,  tFut  the  attom«ytf  eaatftft  aame  part,  nar  lov 
cee^  aiUawetf  tp  Ura  jarty  who  la  fttntfA^JtttM, 

»-on&d:-3wipp  vsTmaith;  Tripp  vi  Swift j  IWpp 
va  Van  Wagner. 

MoHont  &ren(Ml— Schroeder  vs,  Hammerstela ; 
Men»:t^  LajParga-.  JCstdr  ts.  Laoyer;PSVkiUs.  Jr.,  -#a 
Ftaeki  Oebhacdvs.  Van  Ala^Do;  Holt  vs.  Hammer- 
stem^^:  aoiiiiiaan  vs.  Cobe<.;  Toffey  va,  Brooks;  Prank 
vs.  LouaMan;  cole  vs.  Dinsmore;  HcHngh  va 
MoStave;  Hay  V1L  iSivi* ;  Trleaican  va  Derri  KeUy 
vs.  &ana*e<dit;  The  Haanlactiiiere'  Katloaat  Bank  of 
'noy  VB.  ODOnneU ;  Gfoefet  vs.  Blessoh.  no  10 :  Thomp- 
S0B  va  Bewe  ,  Tha  New-Terfc  t>lfe  losanoM^  and 
Trust  Company  va,  Gardner;  The  Cltlsens'  Savings 
Beak  vs.  SeKwala:  MatthieSaan  vs.  Man  et  ii.;  Sut- 
ton rs.  Penta :  Kldaey  vs.  Kidney  et  aL;  The  Hutnal 
liifc  nsmanee  Osmnany  tb.  Baleh ;  Dwyer  va.  wtttif. 
The  Cllntoa  Saviaga  Bank  va  beaycrafi ;  The  Manhat- 
tan lift  In*unnio)»  Cottipany  va  Allerton,  and  'Towni- 
ead  vs.  KeeleA 

By  Judge  Lawrenee. 
Ginv».Tke  GvardUm  aavingt  iajHfaMoa.— Opinion. 

Bv  Judge  Brady. 
AiKerv*.  Dv^— Order  s^Ued. 

CjpiaioM.— Matter  of  Dickie  fc  WlUams  va  Halsey. 

By  Judge  Dono\u€. 

0aWa»M  Jfna»ceM._MotloB  denied. 

Meuttr  o/Mitto.— Granted. 

VMfltudtnv*.  .itf«t«Ht— Memorandum. 

yerrte  vf<  Camtrdca,— Proof  of  service  insnffloient 

Matter  0/  iht  BeeeiveriMp  of  (A«  Third  Avemu  Savingl 
BaiU.— Two  naudrea  and  fiftv  doitara  allowed. 

Ktnnedu  va  Kermedy.—iXouoa  granted;  order  te  be 
aettled. 

Motion*  OroatedL— Shook  va  Knendorf  and  Qillroy  va 
Martttt.    Memorsndama 

SXnPBBMB  COtTBT— SPBOIAL  TBBIL 
By  Judc»  Lawrence. 
MeOuinnttt  vs.  The  Mayor,  <eo— Order  as  aettlod. 

By  Judge  Van  Vortt. 
Demwrerf  OVtrrvtMl.— Seery  va  The  Vayor,  lt&,  and 
Long  TB.  The  Mayor,  be.    Demurrers  to  defendants' 
answers  ovemled. 

Demartt  vt.  The  Mayot,  iCa— Judgaunt  fOr  deftadaac 
(m  demurrer. 

PUcev*.  Setter  et  at— Judgment  Ibr  pUintUt  wlUi 
remedy  against  defendant  Belter  for  deficiency. 

COmfOir  FLEAS—SPKCIAL  TIBU. 

Bv  Judge  BoHmen. 

Buttr  V*.  MdOwWa— Demoner  overmled  as  IMvoIoaa 

Judgment  therein  ordered  for  ptalndlL 

By  Jftdfft  Van  Brunt. 

Heio-Te/rhlift  Iniurtmet  Cottpanf  vs.  Meagtar.—inaA- 

Ings  settled  and  decree  signed. 

SOTBBIOf  COUBT—BPBCUL  TBBU. 
JSy  Judge  Speir. 

In  »t  Matter  of  Sehlettnger,  <ec— t  am  notsatiefied  that 
the  petitioner  has  in  all  things  conformed  to  the 
statata  under  the  Sth  seottoa  of  artleie  8.  and  Is  act. 
therefore,  entitled  to  bis  dlsoharga.  Motion  for  hia 
dtaobarge  denied;  •lOcocta. 

Morrie  et  ai.  v$.  TTeftft.— The  motion  to  reCsr  or  totzy 
tbis  aotioh  before  the  Special  Term  must  be  denied, 
with  oeets,  Tbe  ftmadatlon  of  tbe  action  is  not  tor  aa 
aeoonnt. 

aehregtr  v*.  Bttttitger  et  ol— Order  settled. 
By  Judge  Sedgwick. 

The  Sixth  .<<vfnuc  Railroad  Company  vi.  Oilberl  BUv». 
tdt  AaiAroAf  Obsteoay.— nardlnga  of  fact  sadoenola- 
siODs  of  law  settled  and  slitDedr 

Zainer  va.  X«n.— SheuJd  be  tried  on  lory  cideBdar. 

Whitehead  VI.  Borriion  et  oL— Bxtx»  allowaaoe  of  i 
per  cent,  to  plafntilt 

XenocKam  m,  WMneu  M  aL— Case  and  amendments 
settled. 

Buit  VI.  An««M:— Order  settl<>d. 

/■«atcr  vt.  &w>j>]>.— Bemittitar  filed.  Judgment  re- 
daoed. 

Knapp  VI.  Berffkaaa- FlaiatUTs  complaint  dismissed, 
with  iio  eosts. 

l/udlow  VI.  Spojford.-^tCM*a  on  day  calendar  for 
15th  ofPebmary. 

ill  tMi  Matter  of  the  Petition  e/Bdwin  S  aiwaHassa,  ei^ 
Jsij^risoiud  £«6(or.— Petitioner  discharged. 
MMaJmt  COtTBT— CHAMBBBS. 
By  Judge  MtAdam. 

OpinieuM. — Otter  va.  ytdlllps;  Baxdmao  va.  Gola: 
Harblseu  vs.  Swanson:  wmiams  vs.  Connolly. 

D«ugla*»  vs.  Jivaa.— Motion  graated  nnless  within  10 
davs  plaintiff  file  note  of  Issue  snd  pays  $10  costs. 

rtntmvn,  £ofM.— Motion  granted  coadlttaoall  <-. 

Hatnu  va  Eaitem  Manufaeturing  Company.— Motion 
that  plaintiff  file  security  for  eeats  granted. 

JUflCbnafctvc.  iXivis.— I  decims  to  InterfiBra  with  tbe 
order  lieretofbre  mad«  harein. 

Bee  lAdarietnent  on  Papers.- Bosentaeiu  va  LarickSf 
Kbebardt  va  Bookland  Nickel  Company. 

ifMdsUoka  «a  J^on.— Motion  denied. 

Oribbon  vs.  CampbAt — Motion  granteO;  Code  See.  407. 

WUliami  VI.  faaii.— Motion  denied,  without  costa 

3ro(u>iM  (7ran(«(i.— Blgelow  va  Soiomon;  BoheUbavs. 
Kanta;   Brown  vs.  Joaea 

Motions  Denied,  Without  Costs.- Weldman  vs.  Muller; 
George  vs.  Ely  :  Beard  vs.  Junea 

iiandlift  va  Jtooncy.— Motion  to  punish  for  contempt 
denied. 

Barrii  ea  fiarria— Motion  for  Injanctlon  denied. 

Same  ««.  Sxme. — Motion  to  s«t  aside  Judgment  denied ; 
no  cestj. 

See  Deeieiont  Indorud  on  Paper. — Llppe  vs.  Bell ;  Axnot 
va  rarrger. 

.firotoan*  Parley.— Dsfanlt  opened  on  terma 

SolMiea  oa  Jfay.— Compensation  diaiaissed  eoadV 
tionally. 

Morrli  V.  £t4^brdL— Motton  granted  fbr  16th  i  no 
costs. 

Jfottottj  ^antnL —Scbllika  vaGleim :  Lord  va  Nichols ; 
Bepnl>hc  Fire  Insaranoe  Company  vs.  Matthias;  Cut- 
ler Ts.  Robinson  j  Uoxray  vs.  Roberts ;  Hoyt  vs.  Ber- 
ganlm. 

Allen  va  3\»rr<n<m.— Order  settled. 

K*lUan  va,  Van  Baasi.- Uoward  Beck.  Bs^.  appointed 
Receiver. 

Proeeedingt  ZHsmissed.— Loogfaraa  va.  Katthewa; 
Simpson  Ts.  Kellter. 

Belding  vt.  Behrent Judgment  on  answer,  ho. 

Blum  va  Van  Oerderren. — Arrest  vacated. 

Appleton  vt.  utephent. — S.  F.  Bandolpk  appomted 
Receiver. 

A'nvtcA^/brva  JTerts.— The  complaint  herein  will  be 
dismissed,  unless  wlthm  10  days,  ko. 


OOJTRT  CALENDARS— TBIS  DAT. 
gm'RUm  COUBT — bpkcial  tbbic. 
a«ld6y  Van  V<n-it,Ji 
Koa, 

186— Jacobs  vs.  Miller. 
141— Btelnbceobet  vs.  Bey- 
er et  aL 
143— Onidet  va  Br«wn  et  al 
1 43— Lyues  va  Braader,Jr. , 

etaL 
148— Get.    Am.    Bank    va 

Vilmar. 
481— NIcoU  vs.  Scrymser. 
114— Kinney  va  Cobeiu 
1 16— Ktoaey  va  Baseh  et  aL 
283 — Uancan   va    Uoacan 

etal. 
87— Herriottva.  Herrlot. 
30— Backley   et    aL     va 

The  Hayoc,  ke. 
33— Kittredze   «-t    aL    va 

Inraez  et  aL 

33— The  Klastio  Truss  Ca 

vs.  Pomeroy. 


Noa 

266— BlcksvaMaitin,  fc.c. 

279— Lnddlogtoa  va  Siaa- 

soQ  et  al. 
47— Bellly  va.  Diron  et  aL 
lUO— Fowler  va  Mebrbaon 
106— The  Barlem  Bank  va 

Decker  et  aL 
106— Duime  va  Gratton  et 

al. 
60— De  Zavala  va  Bart  et 

at. 
118— f^eaman  va.  Wall  et  aL 
IVl— Vat.  Park   Bank  vs. 

Dwlght. 
122— Bucking  va  Bauaelt 

etaL 
128— Grisaler     et     at    tb 

Fowera 
130-^onea  va  Jonea 
ISS — Bnsteedva  Basteed. 


aUFBaMK  COUBT— CIBCUrr— PAST  L 

Stld  by  Donohue,  J. 
So*. 


Noa 

a84ft— Lackey  at  aL  va  The 

Mayor,  tc. 
2011— Rodman  vs.  King. 
1826is»— Dnryea    va     The 

Mayor,  be 
2719— Haden    et    aL     ^a 

Coleman. 
2736— Straaas  »a  Wolf 
4201— Finn  va  Mayor,  tc 
2391— Gill  etaL  va  Conner, 

ko. 
2637— Peeard    va.      Beni- 

hetmer. 
1993— Pitts  et  aL   va  On- 

derdonk. 
1—Latourette  TB.  Clark., 
V589— Bordva  Jacksoa 
1613— Brown  va    Decker 

ke. 
2091— Carroll  vs.  Caagldy. 
2864— The   Excelsior  Pst 

Cavs.Fowler. 
1111— Wilkinson  et  aL  vs. 

Noble  et  al. 
902'a— Henlfnvs.  Powers. 
4297— Grny  et  aL  vs.  Jobes. 
2749— Falmer  vs.  The  May- 
or, ka 
2761— Beaumont  et  aL  va. 

Newman.  / 

2803— L.  k  E.  Powder  'Co. 

vs.  Oallandet. 
2817— Schloss  etal.Ta.Kaal. 
2849— Franc  vs.  Delaware, 

Lack,  k  West.  B.  & 

Co. 
2868— MerriU    vs.     Potter 

etal. 
2871— Archer  vs.  O'Brien, 

kc 
2876— DauIoB  va.  Bonny. 


2877— V.-S.  Baakof  SUaa- 
both  va.  Lookwooa. 

2379— Skme  va.  Wiebmaa. 

28ltl— BeweU  et  al.  vs. 
Parker, 

288;»— Burbauk  et  aL  va 
Burr. 

2886— WUsoa,  kc,  ya 
BrigKB.  Jr..  etal. 

2887— Blplov  va  Knysetter 

2889— Wolf,  kc.,  vs.  Liben- 
thaL 

2891— i'onoors,  kc.,  vs.  the 
Mayor,  kc. 

3893— Blackslee  va.  GouhL 

2896^Bucboff  vs.  Baurr. 

iti99— Uodsnpyl  vik  Doehl- 
log. 

2901— Uann  vs.  Bcheffleld 
etaL 

2903— Whitney  va  Parker. 

2909— Breen  vs.  Muloch 
etaL 

2913— Aden  et  al.  vs.  Ache- 
son  et  aL 

2916— Blankmaa  vaNertoa 

2917— Kennelly  va.  Con- 
stant et  aL 

2921— Petara  et  aL  va 
Adama 

2923— May  et  al.  va  Johns- 
tone et  aL 

2926— Butler.kcva  PhyfO 
etai. 

2931— Thompson  va  Boyd. 

2933— Koehler  vs.8chwarta 
e«aL 

2937— Taylor,  kc.,  va 
Donohue.  . 

2943— Klnuey  vs.  Baach 
etal. 


2949— Oeldea  va  Beati). 

SUPBEMB  COtTBT— CIBCinr—FABI  IX. 
Beld  by  Lawrence,  J. 

KOB. 

Wood 


Nob. 
109^Hewlett  ts. 

et  aL 
1743— The  Qxader  Cotton 

G.  Mfg.  Co.  va  h.  T. 

Cotton  MQt.  Co. 
280— Lynch,  kc.,  va.  Bnt- 

l«r. 
175&-Ba  wards  va  Scott  et 

aL 
1768-Slohols  ot    aL   vs. 

Devlin  et  aL 
1784-tBrennan     vs.     The 

Mayor,  kc. 
1822-lCarris  va  Blltott 
1826— ualiard  vs.   Bohaok- 

eltord. 
^8&-|U>th  va  Mora. 
1478— Bsldmore  va  Puller. 
1739— Spilsburr  vaSchoen- 

berg  ut  al. 
SfiSa— Blnget  sL  va  Tne 

Mayor,  kc. 


Sos. 


1838— Hull  et  aL  TB.  Man- 

gam. 
1844— Dunkln  va  Allerton 

etal. 
1036— Sehall  et  aL  va  Cot 

Uer. 
2110— De     Lavalette     vs. 

Wendt,  kc. 
1794— Elliott  vaThe  West- 
chester P.  Ins.  Co. 
1S48 — Braithorst  vs.  Floyd. 
1360— abayne  vs.  CollU. 
1852— Matber  vs.  Sanborn 

etal. 
I860 — Thompson  vs.  PaoL 
1862— KHIett  va  Tbe  ABe- 

manla  Pire  Ins.  Co. 
1864— Brlnkerhoff  et    al 

va  Smith  et  aL 
1866— Huaae^  et    al.    vs. 

Newmaim  et  at 
1868— boffman  et   aL  va' 

Sparling. 

SCPBOCB    COITST— CIBCtrrr-T-FABT    m. 

Mild  bif  Van  Brunt.  J. 
Nos. 


021- ATeiin  TS.  De  Hett. 

278— Keck      va.     Phenlx 

Ina  Cci 

8028-)laok  va  D.  D..B.  B., 

and  B.  B.  Co. 

718^Wana  va  Aahley. 

o49>a— American  Medical 

<  o.  va  Zorger. 
161>s— Hngasp  va    May- 
or, ko. 
2277— Deljunater  va.    The 
A.  k  K  (X   Bgg  Co. 
1148— LoBghfan.  va.  Mat- 
thews et  aL 
2987— Blake  et  aL  va  OV 
right  etaL 
•SA-QaTisea  et  aL    va. 

WlUettaetaL 
17«l>»i-ItWlh*a  va.   Ham. 

«l$»JlaComk^  -va  The  Bx- 
(Mlsior  Haantg  Oa 


419— MoComb  vs.  Jonea 
180»— Moody  etaL  ts.  PelL 
1069— Bekert    at   aL     vs. 

btory  et  aU 
1097— Itorton    va   Bneky 

etaL,  ko. 
1921— Sullivan    va    John- 
son. 
664— Peon  va  Ward. 
laifr-Jrewn  va  Oeskar, 

ko, 
ie08>)»— The  Union   Txnat 
_.      Co.  vs.  Wbltoo. 
99— Nolan  vs.  H.  B.  B.  COk 
667— Tvna  vs.  8«rse>L 
1918— Tbe  Mntnal  Life  Ina 

Co.  va  HavttaBd. 
2141- Paytoa  va  gchnlta 

et^ 
.  171    Pnxdv  vs  Mayor,  ko. 
81t— Sbendan,     ka,  va. 
hopUna. 
snraBMB  cotm^-oiraaAi  zasic. 
<»MBail  siae  dt»  .i 


WBWWKMm  OPQKF^-OBJJOnK 
.JKrifd^rJRaf<raM,A 
RoSi 


TO^rafflty  lAtlo&aagh 

Un. 
74— CaithkGris 


lift— Mhllw^  V*  nrsneec 
139— Clews  vaFloslda  & 
B.  Co. 


1«0-Pratt  va  Bou. 
164-^aeksod  va.  Charter 
O^  iUa  Ujft  go. 

1S8— Oonrtois  vaMinior. 


uitn  k  Griggs' MTg 
..  (va  va  Taiooltt 
93-triite8  Vs.  PurMlI 
llA'^lfauIwy  vs.  Fraoee^ 
114— |UIer  ya.    BoarTof 

Call  ftomMo.  176  up  to  and  iacladin|[  Bo.  380. 

txnmiucie  doyWr^-coKkBAL  tt&ic 
AdJfonmedslBe  Hat 

•DPBBiOB  0OO8$~anCIAL  X8BI1 
a4UlfySrd9wiel.J. 
Hoa.  liToa. 

lO^mtsehke    va    (ySeOIlS-OttaMt  e«  aL  vs.  De 

et  aL  Wolt 

41- BeanervaDaelaaetaL'S^Bradftitd  va  Bisaelet 
63— BeedvaLlvlnaaton.      I  aL 

64— Boody  ya  TlldSn  et  aL  >  28— Mntnal  LOS  Ins.  Co.  of 
66-^Mltaa^ecling     versuai  B.  T.  ya  DaTls  et  tA. 

Van  Winkle  etaL 

CCnBIOB  OOOBT— TBIAL  TKKM— FAHL 
Mil*  Sy  gpeir,  J. 


5oa 

1053— CsiTa  va  Lord,  Jr., 

etaL 
S17 — SnlUvan  vs.  O*  Bara, 

ke. 
402— Landon  ts.  81mm. 
405— Kaedaad  va    Spit- 

aa. 
477— Cooper     et    aL    va 

taith  et  al, 
812— Thomaa  va  Knight 
179— Moore  va  Tow»r. 
468— Wrayva.  Fedderke. 
886— Diamont  va  White. 
818— Selling  va  Legendre 

etaL 
48OI9— Bimmpas  et  aL  Ta 

Webe. 
834— Hanaigao  ra  Crlm- 

mlns  et  aL 
687— Formaa  va  Titna. 


iBfoa 
294— tfcBlereyi  ra  Lode- 

wlofe. 
66— Copeland    vs.     BUs- 

worth. 
819— The  Mayor  et  aL  va 

Dorvee. 
87s— Woodraff  vs.   Beek- 

man. 
1177— Carr  vs.  Tha  Mayor. 
466— Gllman  vs.  Btevena 
476— Morgan,  ko.,  va  Mo- 

Vlokar. 
446— Boyd    TS.    Pbmnlx 

Ins.  Ca  of  Hartford. 
628— Meyer  va  Viimatr. 
629— Leporln    vs.    Kase- 

fang. 
630— Williams  et  aL  va 

StarteTant 
031— Johnson,    ko.,    vs. 

Oppentaeim. 

BimCBIOB  COITBX— TBUL  TBBV— FAST  VL 
BeUi  by  /Yeedman,  J. 
Nob. 
686— Franklin  ts.  Oatlin, 

Jr.  et  aL 
697— Same  va  Baroa 
688— Ackerman   vs.    The 

Mayor  ka 
689— Von  Glahn  va  Low- 

enatein. 
640— Mokeison  va  Bnger 

etaL 
641— Phillips  va  Buger  et 


tammmm 


MiMAMCtAL  AmtJLISSL 


Nob. 

1069-Qnlon  vs.  Van  Pelt. 
670>»-<Moggnar  vs.  Ber- 
lin. 
077— IVlbane  AssoelatloB 

va  Sailth. 
fill- Smith    va     Ltnley, 

et  aL 
616— MauufikotureTs'  and 
a.Vk.  va  Keeping 

630-Woodward  &  P.  Ca 

TB.  Libby. 
846— Farmera  k  Meobao- 

ics'  National   Bank 

VB.  Browa  et  aL 
347- ^me  vs.  Bam> 
683— Welaaer   et  aL 

KUen  et  aL 
638— Ualliews    va  0ns- 

oolL 
e34 — Rneas  va  Boops. 
83S— Farker    va   Connor 

ka 


648— Tobm  et  aL  va  Bos- 
ton k  Albany  Bafl- 
rood  Co. 

643— Llnklater  et  aL  va 
Spoflord  et  aL 

644— Ammes  va.  Coaaor. 

646— Banfleld  vs.  Gould. 

646— £ppelihelmer      ra 

uoaglaa. 
660 — Tayior  vs.  Fay  at  aL 


et^FBBIOB  <X>DBT— TBIAL  'TBBlf— PABT  DL 
Meld  by  CurtU,  O,  J. 
Has. 


Boa 

694— Uorjran  va  Btroock. 

607— Frederteks  va   Klem 

at  aL 
661- MoKenna  versos  The 

Mayer,  ko. 
668 — Conant  vs.  Bat.   Ice 

Ca,  9.  T. 
664— Gregory  vs.  Connor, 

ka 

666— LldgerwDod   Mannfg 

Ca  vs.  Taylor. 
656— Camblols  va  Butter- 
field 
687— Goraunla    Ftre    Ina. 

Co.   TS.   Hoaae  Fire 

Ins.  Co. 
6&&-0art  va  Watklna 
660— Armstrong   vs    Fogg 

etaL 
661— CbtirchtUva  Bradley. 
6«3-Bl1ey  va.    K.  i.  Mnt 

Lire  Ina.  Co. 
644— Grant  va.  Goald,  kc. 
666— national  6.  &  Ca  va 

uolmea,  ko. 
666— Casper  ts.  Ktelnberg 

etal. 
667— SulllTan,      kc,      vs. 

Wattcrnase. 
668 — Marsh  vs.  Uasteraon. 
669— Loekwood  vs.  Morton. 

COUMOB    FLEAS— OKITBBAI.  TBBU. 
Adjourned  until  flrat  Monday  of  March,  1877. 

COHMOir      LKAS— KQinTT  TEKU. 

Betd  by  Btobtnion,  J. 

Koa.  I  Boa.  Demurrer. 

16— Smithson  va  Condit,     |1— The  Orphan  Asylom  80- 

SD— Loweosteln  va    Ken- 1  ciety  versus  Water- 

nedy.  '  bury. 

COMMON  FLKAa— 'TBLAL  TBBlf— PABX  L 

BilA  by  Van  Boeim,  J. 


671— Brown  et  si.  versna 

Ntokea  et  aL 
672— Prentloe  Ta.'Knicker- 

tK>cker  L.  Ina  Ca 
673— Bauer    va  Qoldmaa 

•taL 
674— Coha  et  aL  va  Gold- 
man et  at 
676— Barnett-  et  aL    va 

Qoldxnau  at  aL 
676— Hiraafa  et  aL  Ta  Gold- 
man etaL 
677— Splogam    vs.    Oold- 

man  et  aL 
e78— Slattery  va.   Velken- 

nlng. 
679— Vaa  Opttal  va  Cos- 

nor,  ko. 
680— Cooper  v«.  Mix  et  ol, 
ea*)— Bank  va  Tate. 
684— Le   Grand   vs.    Man* 

hattan  M.  Ca 
685 — Webl  vs.  Uyoian. 
686— Odell  va  Keller. 
688— Archer  va  Leubosch- 

er  et  aL . 
689— Memttb     et     aL    va. 

Clapp  et  aL 
690— Weber,    ka. 

Soblofl: 


rersns 


27os. 

8t^— fihandley 
May 


Bos. 
868— Walker     va      New 

Central  Coal  Co.  of 

Maryland. 
1004— Lam  bertl  va.  MenU- 

caaaa. 
877— Wilson  vs.O'lna 
683— Howard,     vs.      Mc- 

Cnllougb. 
970— Heynolds  va  Erie  R. 

a  Co. 
871- Bootb  Ta  Ferguson. 
896— Phllbps  TS.  Bamtl- 

Ton. 
723— O'lJopnell  tb.  ».  T. 

k  Uarlem  B,  B.  Co 

9.%9 — Meyaeoker  Ts.C/Hmp 

849— Casstdy  vs.  Lt-etoh. 

7P9— GulOf  t  Ts.The  Major 

1112— Alex  Ta  Alex. 

1281— Demarest    va    The 

Mayer. 

COMMON    PLZAS— TBIAL  rSBM— PABT  IL 
Betd  by  Larremort,  J. 


va    The 


600-TMoCermack   Ta    B. 
Y.   Cs  k  U.  B.  B.  B. 
Co. 
693— Wei  Hilton  va  New- 
ton. 
1166— tiellgman  va  Sooth 
k  North  Alabama  B. 
R.  Ca 
12U6— fenn.  Ror.   Society 

vs.  Webster. 
1342— Broadway  sitableCo. 
Ta  Cocner. 
561— Kalman  vs.  Connor. 
la^.H— Mclntyre  Ta  Carroll 
865— Flynn  va.  Dayton. 
47 1  — Suyder  vs.  Hachaaer 
352— Giles  v*.  Wetaiar. 
940 — ^iiand  vs.  Stoughton. 
946— Dean  va  Brown. 


Koa 
708-Olark    ts.    Ceatral 
Park.  M.  k  K  B.  B. 
B.CO 
347— Sleitler  Ta   fllocam 
603— Lyons  vs.  Bloharda 
1072— Keya  vs.  Haskin. 
t»96— Seltgsbnrg  vs.  Q  old- 
ate  la. 
1131— Conroy  va.  Boyce. 
10t«6— Friea^en  TB  Niohola 

14.S — Hunt  TL  Roberts. 
1311-<MaDhatUu    Gas-L't 
Co.  Ta  The  Mayor. 


Nos. 

lloO— Pitch  va  Bergen, 
ll 67— Sylvester   va  Bem- 
ateio. 
669— Fulsora  vs.  Fischer. 
660— Shelly   va  Yard,  Jr. 
1091— Warwick  va    Obtl- 
vetler. 
176— Nevrltler    vs.     Ger. 
mania  Ftre  Ina  Co. 
616— Malone  va  I>erl>v. 
1404- Towie  va.  The  Mayor 
788— Rianar  va.  Morgan. 
808— Dixon  vs  Julian. 


COMMON  PLEAS— TBIAL  TEBM— PABT  DL 

BeidbyJ.  f.  Daly,  J. 
Noa. 


670— Israel  va  Nicholaon. 
1179— Nesssl    renma   Tne 

Mayor,  ke. 
493— Brewer  vs.  Dayton. 
1249— Nuaabaum  etaL  va 

Lyons  etaL 
1268— Dowiay  TB.  Merritt. 
I(i79— 8pencer  va  CBrieii. 
730— Boe  et  aL  va   Bro- 

887— •^  Jii'i  Vfc  jr.  T.  Fl'tg 

Dry  Dock  Ca 

843— Second  Nat.   BK.  of 

Fateraoa  va  Porter. 

etal. 

1166— Martin  vaQaUsgher 

1190— Seaman  va.  lioouan. 


Noa 

1084— Oppenbelmer       va 

Kealldt. 
1086— Maver  va  Bedllch. 
689— Aaron,  ka,  va  Oods- 
liaad. 
1144— Burllnghoff  vs.  The 
Mayor,  kc 
478-Earie  va  H.  T.  Life 

Ina.  Ca 
647— Kmanuel     va     The 

Mayor,  ka 
430-Johnaon     va      The 

Mayor,  ke. 
920— Oakieyva  Baron. 
971— teme  va  Same. 
942— Hewison    va    Sam- 
uela 
1194— Weldling    va      The 
Mayor,  ka 

ILABINB  COUBT— TBLAL  TBBU— PABT  L 
JSsId  by  Alter,  J. 
Nos.  .Nos. 

6034— Brooks    va   Blrsch  6U12— Callahsn  va  Smith, 
etal.  18296— McCabiU    vs.     Con- 

4666— Weiubsrger  Ta  The-  nor,  ko. 

odoiian.  3908— Hunt  va  Clark. 

8889— Copeiaad  et  al.  Ta,6u29— Leutrel  tb.   Walden 

Crnfut.  et  aL 

6993- Loob  vs.  Lory  et  aL  6031— Aaspaeh  va  Greeor 

firliL 

6083— Salimaon  va    Gm- 

now. 
6034— Mitchell  vs.  Whita 
6035— MoneU  va  Sleat. 


va 


6998— ^a^ton     et   aL 

Walkev  et  aL 
6999— Barton   et    aL 

Walker. 
6437— gpmner  va  Hallotan 

et  aL  i 


va 


Noa 


MABDtB  COUBT— TBIAL  TBBM— PABT  IL 
Beld  Ml  Qoeim,  J, 
Nos. 


6609— Shaw  vs.  Collins  et 

al. 
4616— Davis  va  White. 
8039— The  Penrybn  Slate 

Company  va,Meyer. 
6866— Krogsgard  vS,    Kut- 

ruff. 
6946— Brombuiger  versus 

Connor  et  aL 
£946— Kabenstein  vaBren- 

nan. 
6947-^McGregot   vs.    Con- 
nor. 
6948— Baas  va  Connor. 
6949— Hnber  va  Counor. 
6862— Kaaemeyer  vaOrea- 

ler. 
6807— Qalmby  vs.  OtaC 
Uu88— Magla  va  Day  et  aL 
6760— Lsope     et     aL    va. 

Blet: 


6716— Pbnips    va   Lewis 

etal. 
6712— Hanse  et  al.  va  Le 

Huray. 
6667— Kupfer  va  Brigget 

aL 
8961— Fellowa  vs.Andrews 
6874— Daly  vs.  AnneL 
6886- Nieficker  vs.  Ketz. 
2562 — Dater  vs.  Payne. 
6628-Curryva  Farlev. 
6743 — Saylor    vs.    Covert 

etal. 
6746— Shane  va.  Bergan. 
9173— Brooklyn   Bank  vs. 

Menard  et  al. 
6916- Ferrler  va.  Dick. 
a91S— McOnire   et  aL  vs. 

Vanderbllt 
4161— Savage  vs.  D.  D.,  K. 

B'way  and  B.  B.  B. 

Co. 


UkBUB  OOtTBT-^nUAL  TBBU— PABT  BL 
Etld  by  Sitmott,  J. 
Bos. 


Nos, 

4773— Helien  verstu  Lew- 
bnscher. 

6694— Orassmnok  et  aL  vs. 
Dinsmore,  ko. 

6661— Wiliums  va  Spauld- 
ing. 

7106 — Lpon  vs.  Connor. 

6771— Gilbert  va  Collins 
et  al. 

6697— Mahn  va  Caden. 

6773 — Vandover  vs.  Boa 

6781— Lord  et  aL  va.  Nich- 
Ola. 

6002— Lord  etal.  vaBosen- 
stein. 


6011T— Ackemao  va.  Hays. 

001 1 — Given  vs.  Putnam. 

6016— Handy  vs.  Farley, 

6019 — Connors  vs.  Lata. 

6020  -Arnold  et  aL  vaUar- 
grave. 

6021— Same  vs.  Same. 

6022— Same  vs.  Same. 

6023— Same  vs.  Same. 

6U24— Sam^va  Sama 

6U26— Roas  et  al.  va.  Grand 
Trunk  B.  B.  Co.  of 
Canada. 

6028— Welch  vs.  Metropol- 
itan luaurance  Ca 


COUBT  OF  QENXBAL  SESfllOtU— PABT  L 

Beld  by  Baekett,  Record  r. 

Joseph  Meyers,     feloniotuXellie      OsUorn,      Kdwsrd 

assanlt  and  battery. 
FraokJla     Mircic,  felonloos 

oManlt  sad  bettery. 
Hlcnael  McCalee,  bnrslary 
^amea  Martay,  burglary. 


WUllam  WastiaU.  burglary. 

Mary  MlHlgao,  graod  lar- 
ceny. 

Prank  B.  Bninellaeha  B. 
chiida.  William  kicaipn, 
grand  larceny. 

Jaaoea  Bxeman..  cvand  lar- 
ceny. 

Jeba  Massa.  naad  laseenjT- 

atephen  B.  Babcock,  grand 


McLean,     Frederick     8. 

Brown,  John  Long,  grand 

laseeiiT. 
Henry  Bess,  grand  Uroenv. 
Thonaa  BaJenfine,  aaaanlt 

and  battery. 
Patnok   Bays,   grsad  lar- 
ceny; 
JohnBevie,  Jamea   Clark, 

grand  lacoeny. 
Patrick   Monagbaa    felon- 

iana  aaaault  and  tiattary. 
nicbolaa   J.  Blckey,  petit 

laccany. 
Susan     Benson, '  Thomas 

J.    MeOahilL    ilsorderlr 

housa 


Isaeeny. 
Annla  Morton,  grand  lat- 
e«ny. 

oeosT  o>  ownAA.  aBBBIOir8>-*ABt  B. 
Beat  Iw  0uHwriamA.  J. 
John  Flanigaii,  iCalsa  9t«-iCbariee  Bold,  fthmlow  ••■ 
tenoa  )   saiM  aa*  Wttsgf* 

'^^ii:«JS^ft.t^!^.  . 


•ALES  BBFOBS  TB>  OAUr— 10  A.  W. 
fl<'.959.'>:S'G._ 3.66a  72^ilOOO«ea.  pfB.  J ajTM 


11,090  B.W.e.C.G;.oS.  99% 
19.000  ean.  8a  let, 

•     e^cfA.......  64)9 


mr'^^^:::--'m'S^ 


2600 

800 

1800 

60 
800 
300 
920 
400 
80i> 


do,.^ 74>l 

do 74< 

do 74^ 


...  74% 


do...... 

do .a  74  _ 

do 9Sk  74V 

do 74% 

2S::::::.^.?i^ 

SOOFlbMfie  Maa 26% 

8400  Lake  Shore 64% 

230O         do 18.  64'^ 

800  do bS.  64 

200IU.  Cent. 61 

100  do 81ii 

100 North-western...  85 


lOO 
700 


400 

lOO 

ISOO 

200 

400 

100 

100 

900 


do. 

do OT>4 

do 97 

da... S»% 

do 26'^ 

do 26!% 

do 26»» 

a.  L.k-W 7t»% 

do sS.  70 

do. 70 

do... 70% 

do 70% 

do~ e.  70% 

do „..  76% 


do... 
do... 
do... 


200  St.  Paul.... 
600  St.  Paul  Ft 
600 

100 


as.  70 
....  70% 
....  70% 

J>s.  18% 
..S3.  49 

do 49 

do a  49% 


oovxiwKBirr  stocks — lo-.is  jam  lt:W  a.  u. 


$6,600  D.  8.  6a  '81, 

E J13% 

10,000      de 1%1I3% 

10,000  D.  s.  6s,  '81, 

O.... 13.114% 

20,000  U.  ».  6-20  U, 

'65  B 110*8 

11,600      do 12.110% 

10,000  C.  8.  6-20  B., 

•67. 113% 

10.000  0.  S.   6a   '81, 

B ia;lll% 


i»i»,ooo  u.  &  6-30  a, 

'67 113% 

10,000     do 12.118% 

10,000  D.  a  &a.    '81, 

O..... .111»4 

2,900     do b.alll% 

10,000      do 12.111% 

10,000  V.  S.  6s,lO-4U 

C b.  0.114% 

10,600      do 12.114% 

20,000  n.   8.   4%  K., 

91 b.al07% 


inSST  BOABD— 10:30  A.  M. 


$10,000  Coon.  6s 111% 

2.000  Georgia  7e.  n.l06 
2,U00  Mo.  6n,  long...l05S4 
6,000  ao.68,'78:bAj.l01»« 
2,0U0D>of  C.  8.66a  73 

lO.uOO       do b.a  7214 

1,U0U  La  7a  oon...  63% 
l.UOOAlb.  kSu8.lBt.l09% 
8,000  Chu.B.LkP.  7^106^% 

6.000      do 108% 

2,000 B.J.  C.  Conv..  74% 

2,000      do 74 

l.OuOM.  &S.  P.  1st, 


Lacmr....  98%  160 


8,000  MIL  k  St  P., 

oj.f. 84*» 

1,000  a  k  M.  W.l8t.l04% 

1 1,000  N.  VV.  G.  O.  «..  92.<« 
4,000  CCCkL  lat.  1U9% 

6,000       do b.o.llO 

2,000  Mor.k  Bs.lst..ll7% 

2,000  Erie  1st 110 

l.OOOMioh.  8y.s.f..ll(^ 
1,000  Li  &  IstC.  R..107'a 
8,uOON.  X.  C  1st  CXI 7% 
3,000  O.  kM.  con...  87 
8,000  North  Ma  Isi.  98% 
6,000  Cen.  Pao.  gold.  108 
1,000  Cen.  Paa  iBt, 

Bt.J.«r 02% 

1,000      do 92 

6,000 Du.  Fae.  lat..IU4% 
l.OOO  Cen.  Pac  1st, 

C.  k  O.  Wb.  OO 

13,000  Un.Pac.  a  f...  98% 

2,000      do 98% 

3.000        do b.c.  88% 

6,0OOP.  ofM.lst 96^ 

8,OOOf»o.  ofM.  2d..  88% 

13.000  8t.L.kLM.l8t.  98 


100  OeL  k  Bud...n.a  61  % 


100 
loo 
110 
100 

100 

100 
100 
100 


do 61% 

do 61% 

do 61 

do sl6.  tiO% 

do sl6.  60 

do sia  60 

uo a3.  60 

do 60 


300  West  Un.....b,c.  7«% 


lOO 
400 
1200 


4«N^        do 74% 

600  !  do 74% 

lOO'V         do a».  74% 

do. jgs.  7*'a 

do sa  74% 

do. as.  74% 

do 74% 

aOAmer.  Bx....b.c.  60 

100  N.  y.ckaaasaioiSi 

40O  Brie  RaUway.b.a     9% 

lOOMteb.  Cen b.c.  463^ 

leoChL.  B.  k  U..b.alI7 
600  L.«t.kM.9.b.c.a60.  64 

600  do s3.  64% 

100  do .aOO.  64% 

718  do 64% 

60U  do. aS.  64% 

lOOIlL  Cen...b.e.s;»0.  6O04 

260  do 61% 

100  Da  Pacifle...b.a  67% 

63  do 67 

8B.T.,J«.H.Ita.fcal69 
looc.  kJS.w.pi:..ao.  65% 

500  do s&  SS 

100  do b3.  6B% 

100  d» bX  M 

20PC.  Jf.kH.P.aab3.  19% 

3«)  do 19% 

100  0.M.k8t.F.Pl.b.a  49% 
235  do 49% 


11  do b.a  90 

100  Cen.  e<  B.  J...b.o.  26% 
....  36% 
....  26% 
.„.  26% 

2B% 

.».  36% 
....  26% 


2,060  T.kW.  lBt..l06       32Mor  kBa aO 

2,000  T.  k  W.   let,  ^   "  "-  -  -    "- 

ex  coupon...  92 

1,000  Td.k  W.  2d...  74%  300  do. 

5,000  T.  kW.lstSt.  200  do... 

L.  Dlv...b.c.  821a  lOO 
20,0OOOt.West.  2d...  74     400  do. 

2,000  A.  k  T.  U.  iuc  .73      1 00  do. . . 

2,000N.  Y.K.lst.b.a  79     520  do. 

SOB'kefCom.. .110    ,SOO  do. 

86GermanAm.  Bk..  70     100 

36  Banover  Bank ...  00     200 

10  Park  Bank. 110     200 

38Met.B«nk 134      lUO 

lOOOolckaT b.e.  15%  lOO 

60  do 16 

lOO  do 1S%700 

100  A.  k  P.  Tel. ..be.  16        "" 
100  Pao.  Mali.. ac,b».  2n% 
600  do 25% 

36  Adams  Ex 83. 104% 

16  do b.c.104% 

10  U.  a.  Kx 0.a  62% 

100  do 61 

BALBS  BBVOBS  TBB   CALL— 12:30  P.  IL 
$7,600  D.   8.    6-20  C„ 1200  West.  Do........  74% 


do 86.  2ti  - 

do 36% 

do 26% 

am 2t5% 

do 2«% 

500D.,L.  fcW....b.a  70 

do 69% 

200  do sa.  6!)% 

200  do 69% 

600  do 69% 

1700         do 70 

lOOILkSt.  Jo....h.o.  13% 
60  ChL  k  Alt...b.c.l02^j 


113%  lOU 
1000 


■87 
17,600  U.  8.   6s,  '81, 

C lll%(300 

8,000  D.8.10.10  B...lll%{200 
6,000  DlS.     of     CoL 

3-66s bit  72% 

2,000 N.J.CIst.n  .c.l03 
80,000  Cent.    Pacific, 

8.  J.  Br 913, 

6,000  Al.  k  Sus().3d.l02 
lu.OOO  Tol.  k  W.  1st. 

St.  ii.  mv 82% 

6,000  C.Ckl.Clat.  3d 
SUOLake  .Shore 6434 


400 

500 

V06 

6U0 

1200 

400 

2700 

400 

6UI) 


do 64% 

do. b3.  65 

do aS.  647, 

do 647, 

do... 
do... 
do... 
do... 
do 


do bO.  74% 

do 74% 

do 74% 

do «a3.  74% 

do 7i\i 

oo 74% 

do S3.  74% 

do S3.  74 

do 74 

do ..bS.  74 

do b3.  73% 

do 73% 

do bS.  74 

do b3.  73% 

do 78% 

loo  Erie  Bailway..b3.     9% 

lOOHonh-w.  Ft 66 

200  Cen.  of  .N'.  J 26% 

6u0  «oek  iBlaad.. 08.101 '4 

600  ido 101% 

•ilOOStPautPt. 49% 

200  do 40% 

400  0.,  L.kW 70% 

|2i)0  do. s8U,  69% 


800 

1900 

200 

1600 

1300 

400 

500 

1500 

loo 

1000 
llOO 


.  55 

....  56% 

.S3.  65 

....  66 

....  64 Tj 

600  Mich- Cen 47 

100  do bS.  47%'100  do 70% 

300     do 47*s  100     do s3.  70 

lOU  Cn.  Pbc 67  i2»j0  Mor.  k  Es 00 

300  do 83.  6dHil 

GOVERNMENT  STOCKS— 3  P.  U. 

S13,000  D.    S.  6b,  'Si.  i$10,000D.  S.  10-408.111% 

C 114%i6g,0OO       do b.clll% 

6,0000.    b.  6-20  0..  127,000  0.  ».  6a,  10-40 

'65  N IIOS*  C b.all4% 

10,000  0.  I*.  6-20  C  100,000  U.  B.  &S, '81. 

■68 116%l  C 111% 

BKCONI>  BUABD— 1  P.    M. 

$1,000  Mo.  6a  Ig 105%  SOOPac.  Mall..h.aBS.  26% 


6.000  1). of C.3.65B..  72% 

70.U0O       do b.c.  72*2 

1,000  N.  If.  (•.ba.'87.1o6% 

9,000  D.  P.  lat i04% 

6,000  U.  F.  7a,  L.Q...103 
6,000  Dn.  Paa  a  f..  98% 
1,000  Cen.  Pac.  1st, 

C.  k  u.  Br...  90 
6.000a  &M.  con...  87 
1.000  Ot  West  ad...  74 
3,000  M. J.  C.  1  St  n. . .  104 
1,000  M.  kStP.lst 

La  C.  Dlv....  98% 
100DeLkHud.b.&a3.  60% 

100  do 00% 

20  do C0% 

100  do 860.  &8I4 

200  do 60 

SiiOWeat  Uu..b.cB3.  73% 


20l'7 

do 

'2U0Q 

do 

1600 

do 

130O 

do 

21M) 

do 

lOUO 

do 

600 

do 

1700 

do 

L40J 

oo 

600 

do 

.H600 

do 

700 

ao 

isoo 

do 

1200 

do 

do 

200 

do 

700 

do 

200 

do 

636 

do 

100 

do 

..s3. 


73% 
733a 


—  7334 
.S3.  73% 
....  73% 
.83  73% 
....  73'a 
....  73% 

73% 

....73% 
....  73% 
.b3.  74  >4 
....  73% 
....  7a% 
.S3.  73% 
....  7.1% 
....  73 
.a3.  7;i% 
....  73 
.03.  73 
26  AdamB  Ex. . .  .U  c.  104  % 

BALES  VBOU  2:30  TO  3  P, 


110  N.  Y.  CkUud.b.al0134 

vs5  do 101% 

400  Mich.  Uen....ac.  4634 
2500 L.  8.  kM.  S..b.c  66 

600  do a3.  54% 

600  do 64% 

ZOO  do 83.  5434 

loo  do 543* 

300  do s3.  64% 

100  do S3.  64% 

100  do b3.  64% 

100  do 643« 

2U0DaPac kc.  66% 

100  do 66% 

21)0  do b3.  67 

lOOnL  Cen..,....o.c  61% 

37C.  kP.  «<f 92% 

100  C.  k  N.  W.  Pi.b.c  55% 

100  do aS.  6J% 

100  C.  ot  N.  J..b.CB3.  26% 

100  do 26% 

100  do 26>a 

200  do 26% 

iOOChl.  tli.1 b.clOl% 

16  ChL  k  Alt....b.al02% 
10UC.,MkStP.b.aa;i.  19% 
100  ChL,  MIL  k  St.  P. 

Pt....aaa3.  49% 

do 83.  49 

do bS.  49 

do 48% 

do 48»i 

do b3.  48% 

do 48% 

L.kW.b.aa30.  69^ 

do 70 

do 69% 

b.a  90% 
....  90 


200 

2U0 

6(10 

400 

1011 

2u0 

20u  0., 

200 

400 

60  Mor.  k  Es. 
100  do... 


$2,000  ChL,  B.kQ.8s.ll2% 

4,0O0Sl.P.lBt,LkJl.  87 
10.000  .V.  Y.  C.  l8t,R.117Tg 
2.000  Ohio  b  M.  2d..  52 
6,000  Ohio  k  AI.COU.  87 
1,000  U.  Paa  a  f....  981^ 

1,000      do 98% 

So  Del.  k  BudBon...  60 

aOAmer.  Kx 59 

200  Pac.  Mail sUO.  '•'6 

2uOLake  Shore... s3.  64^( 

100  111.  Cen 511* 

300  0.  of  N.  J 26J.. 

100  do 26a( 

500  do 26<>, 

200  do 261; 

100  do 26^, 

2U0Dn.  Pac 67 

100  North-western...  347. 

100  St  Paul 18^ 

60  C.  B.  kQ 117 


3300  Weat.  Union, 

3500 

1100 

500 


1600 

500 

100 

300 

3.1O 

:100 

(600 

1900 

.JOO 

too 


iUO  St  Paul  M. 

iOO 

too 

ioODel. 
00 
>0i) 


2% 

do 72% 

do 72% 

do a3.  72% 

do -13 

do e3.  73 

da b3.  73% 

do 73% 

da „.a3.  7.S% 

do aS.  73% 

do 73% 

do 73% 

<io a3.  73% 

bS.  73% 
.aa  48% 

do 48% 

do 48% 

L.k  W 6934. 

do a3.  69% 

do 6934 


do 


•e  Hum  nrfcft   tstmuiatk  trui 

•I  WMfNngtoK  Ht  wdbsaiBtioa  ■aHHBrtat  to 
•4P^poa  'l-he  f)BllowiB({  were  the  rates  tf  W' 
oliffMteon  KewrYork  at  tha  audanBeajULMUKi 
dties  to-day:  Charleston. . ooiniDiillr  bnxto^ 
3-16® >«.  gelling  par;  Savannah,  bttyinf  iMur, 
gelling  H® %  preminm ;  Cincinn«ti,  qoiei,  bay* 
ing  oar,  selling  I-IO  premluai ;  St.  Lionis  par  to 
25  disooimt ;  ^Few-Orteaas.  bank  1-1^  oommer- 
olBf  8,  and  CIrioago  2S-950  pnstaaxm. 

The  fonttm  advneg  Fdporfed  a  itaortUMi 
uarketin  Bntisb  Coafolsy  wtatob  eleoed  fW 
both  Bioney  snd  tha  aooonnt  at  96Vk99&%> 
aiiainst  95%  ®96  yesterday.  Thedoidine  irat 
pvpbably  attribntabia  to  the  advices  fcom  Con- 
stantinoiile.  American  seourislBS  were  firm, 
1865s,  old,  closing  at  105%  9105%,  1867b  pt  110 
•9lI0>>k,  10-40S  at  110%,  and  new  Sa  at  11Tr%. 
The  rate  of  disooont  in  tbe  open  market  for 
three  months'  bitls  is  1%  4P'  cent  ¥he  Bank  «/ 
Bagland  lost  £39,890  on  balance  to-day.  Bar 
stiver  16  cfooted  at  SfMi.  V  omuw  in  t6e  Lob- 
doH  matrket. 

There  was  a  firm  nndertonio  to  tha  f<»eif  a 
ezshnages,  the  psineMMd  featq*»  oS  tfao  MMtrk^st 
being  the  continued  Boaroity  •£  eottoA  billa. 
The  nominal  latea  leotaw  at  f4  8&  and  $4  86>«, 
and  actual  teuinass  was  ai  ^  8i\^  ■mU  84%  £i>r 
bankers'  long,  and  at  tA  85^9f4  85%  fbr  do- 
mand  sterling. 

Qoldwaa  strong  t^t  the  epaning,  and  ad- 
vanced ftom  105%  to  10^  on  the  deolfne  in 
Consols  at  London  and  tbe  bttest  dtspatobes 
coneeming  the  Eastern  ^tStvaity.  In  the  after- 
noen  jpomdderabto  amonats'  9f  *'loi^[''  gold 
were  sold  out  and  a  rsaetlen  to  105%  etumedr 
the  final  sales  having  been  at  tiiai  figure^  Caab 
irold  waa  abondont  with  most  mi  tbe  iMiainesy  at 
3®4  V  oent.  and  exoeptioniU  loanaaa  high  a» 
596  f  cent,  for  oarrying. 

Government  bonds  were  strong,  the  steady  de- 
mand for  investment  and  the  flirther  advance 
in  gold  oaosing  a  farther  improvement  iii  prices 
of  ^  to  ^  per  cent.  The  greatest  advance  was 
in  IS^a,  coupon,  which  sold  up  to  1167k.  Sixes 
of  1881  rose  to  114%  for  eoupoi%  and 
to^  113^  for  reKtsCered,  1867a  wera  tofecfu  at 
113^,  ia65s,  new.  atlIO%'allO%,1040B  at  114% 
9114%,  and  new  5s  aft  UiV^.  The  deolino  in 
gold  in  toe  afternoon  oanae  ^ter  busmeaa  in 
Govemment  bond*  was  praotioall;  ended  for 
the  dar,  and  hence  bad  no  special  efiEsot  on  the 
market.  Railroad  mortgages  were  firm  and 
prices,  where  changed,  were  generally  higher. 
C,  C,  C.  and  L  Furts  sold  at  ItO,  and  were 
afterward  bid  for  Uff^,  against  109  vesteniBy. 
MUwaskee  and  St.  FamT,  La  Crosse  Division, 
rose  to  98^,  do.  Censolidated  Sinking  Fandato 
84Vft,  Great  Western  Seconds  to  74.  Central 
Pacifies  to  108;  and  Unien  Paoifie  sinking  taaxdm 
to  98%.  The  last  named  afterward  aold  at 
98^998^.  New-Zork  Central  firsts  sold  at 
117%  for  registered  and  at  117  ^  for  coupon. 
New-Jersev  Central  Firsts  fell  off  to  103  and  re- 
covered to  104.  Do.  convertible  were  steady 
at  74974%.  New-York  Elevated  Bailro&d 
Firsts  brought  79.  State  bonds  were  firm, 
espeeialTy  for  Missonris,  whieh  sold  at  105%  for 
Long  6s  and  at  161%  for  6s  of  1878.  Georgia 
7s,  new,  sokt  at  107.  ▲  aale  of  Coaneetioat  6m 
was  made  at  111%.  Distriet  of  Columbio  a65« 
wtsre  %  V  cent,  higher,  selling  up  to  72%. 

The  exports  of  produoe  from  the  port  of  New- 
York  lor  the  week  endUng  this  date  were 
16,522,846  against  ^,557,375  for  tbe  correspond- 
ing  week  in  1875,  and  14,382,576  in  1874.  The 
total  exports  of  produce  since  Jan.  I,  this  year, 
were  $35,871,468,  against  $29,498,312  for  the  cor- 
responding period  in  1875,  and  $26,866,051  in 

1874. 

Ukitsd  Statbs  Tbbasuut,     } 
Saw- York.  Feb.  e.  1877.  i 

Crold  receipts 1546,591  12 

Gold  payments i 537.584  71 

Gold  balance 68,814,010  78 

Correoov  receipts ..      897.514  00 

Currency  parmeaU 904,036  90 

Onrrencv  balance 43,354884  19 

Costums \ 323,00iJ  00 

CLOSING   QUOTATIONS — FEB.  6. 

Monday.  Tnesdar. 

American  Kold 105%  105%, 

United  States  53.  1881.  con? lU^S  111%( 

Uoited  Stales  5-20S.  last    coon 1139?  II3I3 

Bills  on  Ixtodon....«4  S4iit9<4  84%    fa  84^.i9|4  84% 


New- York  Central 

101% 

101% 

Hock  Island 

.IM^ 

Ml  78 

Pacific  MaU 

25I3 

sai* 

Milwankee  and  St  Paul 

.  MJ* 

18'8 

MilwaakeeandSt  PanlPref 

49 1» 

4878 

Lake  Suore 

54S8 

54% 

Cbioairoaad  Korth-weetem 

as 

UTa 

Cbioaeo  ana  North-western  Pret 

55^8 

55'8 

Western  Union 

74=8 

73^ 

Union  Paciac 

671s 

67 

Delaware.  Lack,  and  Western 

.    70i8 

69% 

New-Jersev  Centra! 

3738 

36% 

Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal 

,  ei^a 

59% 

Morris  and  Esaex 

90 

90 

Panama 

.W 

183 

Erie 

.    »% 

9% 

Obioand  Mississippi 

.     6^8 

e's 

Uarlem 

.146^9 

14018 

Hannibal  and  St.  .JoaeOD . 

.   12M> 

laifl 

Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph  Pref 

.  26 

35ifi 

Michitcan  Central 

4«5a 

46% 

Illinoia  Central 

.  5l>a 

51 14 

The  extreme   range  of  prices 

in  stocks  to- 

day  and  the  number  of  shares 

sold 

are  as 

folowa: 

* 

Ro.   oC 

Hiche'«t. 

jO\rn<{K 

bhares. 

urew-SorkCentnd 101% 

101% 

235 

Erie 968 

938 

500 

Lake  Shore 55% 

S4>8 

22,300 

Kortb-wBBtem...* 36 

3478 

100 

Nortb-western  Preferred SCVt 

55% 

900 

K«ck  Island 101'% 

101% 

1.200 

Mil.  &  St.  Paul 193a 

IS's 

1,700 

Mil.  &  St.  Paul  Prel 4938 

4888 

4.600 

Det..  Lock.  &  W^cem. 70^ 

69% 

111,600 

New-Jersev  Central SlTia 

26 

6,900 

Delaware  &  Had.  Canal 61>9 

59% 

1,030 

Morris  &  Esaex M 

90 

150 

Michiean  Central 47 

id^ 

1,400 

niiBOis  Ceatral 51^ 

51* 

950 

Union  Pacific 67% 

COHt 

%  1.200 

Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph 13^4 

12I4 

100 

Western  Union.. »  «% 

73% 

6d.670 

Atlantic  &.  Pacific  Xel 16 

IG 

100 

I'acltio  Mail 25ifl 

25J4 

1,500 

Qoioksilver 15% 

15% 

100 

TnEBiXAT,  Feb.  6— P.  M. 

Western  Union  was  i^;ain  the  leadings* 
feature  of  speculation  on  the  Stook  ISxahange. 
The  weakness  which  yesterday  characterized 
tbe  dealin^rs  in  the  abares  was  again  maniteat 
to-day.  The  pressure  to  sell  continued  almost 
uninterruptedly  I'ram  the  opening  to  the  elosoof 
business,  and  at  intervals  large  blocks  of  the 
stook  were  thrown  on  the  market  with  the 
utmost  apparent  recklessness.  The  price  opened 
at  74%,  whence  it  steadily  declined  until  it 
touched  72%,  the  final  sides  showing  anly  a 
firastional  recovery  from  tha  lowest  point  The 
reason  assigned  for  the  decline,  and  it  is  nvob- 
ably  the  true  one,  is  that  the  members  of  the 
pool  failed  to  keep  faith  with  one  another,  and 
it  is  stated  that  some  of  the  members  who  had 
the  ill-lock  to  find  themselves  left  in  the  lurch 
are  now  denouniuic  their  late  associates,  and 
threaten  to  resort  to  the  oourta  for  redress. 

The  entire  transactions  aiegregated  118,325 
shares,  whieh  embraced  62,670  Western  Union, 
22,300  Lake  Shore,  10.600  Delaware,  Laekar^ 
■wanna  and  Western,  6,900  IJfew^ Jersey  Central, 
6,300  St.  Paul,  1,500  Pacific  Mail,  1,400  Miahlgon 
Central,  1,200  Union  Pacific,  1,200  Rock  lal'and, 
and  1,000  Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal.  Lake 
Shore  opened  at  54%,  and  advanced  to  55,  with 
a  reaction  ot  ^  V  cent,  in  the  final  .dealinea. 
New-Jersey  Central  declined  from  97%  to  36, 
and  closed  at  26%.  Delaware,  Laakawanna 
and  Western  fell  off  from  70^  to  6S%,  with 
final  sales  at  69%.  Delaware  and  Hodson  Canal 
recorded  a  dealine  of  %  ^  cent;  on  the  day's 
transactions.  The  Granger  shares  were  firm- 
at  a  slight  deckne  in  prices.  Michigan  Central 
advanced  Irom  46^  to  47,  and  dosed  at  46%. 
Illinois  Central  declined  ^  V  cent..  Pacific 
Hail  was  steady  at  35%  925^.  InTestment 
shares  were  firm. 

His  money  marked  wm  omt  »t  394  f  oent 
LoaealL  tiMeffiitiasBbatBKlaradarlik  asMas  of 


Total  sales Iia395 

The  following  table  shows  tbe  half-hourly 
fluotuationsin  the  Gold  market  to-day; 

10:00  A.  M 105%l:00P.  M 108 

10:30  A.  M 106    il:30  P.  M. 106 

11:00  A.  M 106     *«:0l)  P.  M lOd 

11:30  A.  M 106l8;«i3aP.  M lOJVg. 

12:00  M , 106    ,3i:0aP    Mi ...105%, 

12:30  P.  M 106    | 

The  following  were  thoclosing  quotations  of 
Oovemment  bonds : 

Bid. 

United  States  cmreocvSs. 12314 

United  States  6  i,  UMl,  E«Ki«tarad 113% 

Uoited  States  tis.  1881.  couooos. U414 

United  States  5-20a  1963,  re(Rstered..l08% 

United  Statas  5.20a  1835.  oonoona 108% 

United  States  5-20a  1865.  new.  rea 110^ 

United  Statee  S-20S,  18S&.  new,  eoap...llO% 
United  States  5.20a  1867.  rei{i4tersd..ll338 

United  States  5.30a  1867.  coupons. 113% 

United  States 5-9O11.  wed,  recisteraa.. lie's 

United  States  S-30a  1868.  coapons llO'a 

United  State*  10'40s,  rseieCered lllii 

Uolted  Statsa  10-4US,  eoo  oona 114% 

United  States  Ss,  1881,  resnstered Ill 

United  States  5si  1881.  oounona Ill 

United  States  4^08, 1331,  »Mciscered...l07% 

The  Sub-Treasurer  disbnrsed  in  gpld  cilin 
$119,000  for  interest,  $163,000  for  called  honds, 
and  $13,000  silver  coin  in  exchange  for  ftactionai 
cmrrency. 

Tne  foiiewing  wereths  gold  oleariag» by  the- 
National  9aak  of  the  State  ot  Kaw-Turk  «n- 

Gotddaarod ^ ^01fi;0P$ 

Gold  balances 1,703,000 

Correnqy  balanooa .....> t,9f%itSl 

The  follawing  is  tha:  Cla«rtoX'^oasa  ftetd* 
naent  to-dav : 

CnrrencT  exetkan^aa...^ $?4,98MM; 

CntrenoT  balances 3,389,862 

Gold  exohanceo-. 0,46«.St 

Gold  balances ..,....,, ,    1.889^078. 

The  following  were  the  bida  for  the  varions 
State  securities: 

Alabama  5a  '83 9S^K.  T.  fo  &.  B..  '8r..ll» 

Alabama  58. '86......  33i9^.C.««v  ot*,J.  *  J..  91^ 


Asked. 
123% 
llSia 
11413 
109 
109 
no's 

110% 
U3^ 
113% 
W7i« 
117 

mi« 

11*^8 
11116 
UII9 

1077a 


Alabama  8«.  '86 33i<t 

Ark.  6a  fimded $a 

Ark.78.L.K.&P.8,is.-  9 
Ark.  Ts,  Men.  dt  L.  B.  9 
A.7»,L.&..9-».M»0^  » 
ArK.7s.M.0.&B.B(y.  9 
Arfc.7a  Ark^CraiBu  ^9 
1 111% 


Conneouoot  6s 

Georgiaos •. 93  _.„ 

Georgia 7s.  a.  b....JUa3dS'.tt.4lb«;elaaH^. 

QeargU7agoiabidaJC5     " 

Iilm^  ooon;  e8."l9i  .lot 

;BliaoitW«r  i«Mn..m 

Lonisisaaes 40 

Louisiana  6a  a.  b..M  40 


K.  O.  ea.  A-  &-0. 21 13 

^.C!.<s,».O.R^dtf.  « 
S,G.9».TS.C,9Sm  67 
■w.C.6t.A9.9.i)itS',mT.  SO 
9.Q4a.daMtt'J^{ltO.  47 
N,C.6e.  J^'«.A«t  '•$.  17 
K.C.da,M'kA!e*'«&  19 

9.C.  new  bdaA-dtO.  n*a 

"  .      /  ^ :.,.  t 
ir.e,&x.«uasx..  s. 

OhU>M.'a;.........l«t 


35 

.JfOhi&V^ltom.  v.  ba «b 

lUe^  Tsaf.  6«^  old 49 

Mo.  «a  d9f^|«*»L,.uo^  r<ntfai*9s.  ott..^..  30 
yand.  oadiie-M^. . 105ft  rue8D)taas,n.bda 'SB  30 

i4mci>«^i;^»i»oin.io5Vl»vinw«)Mi.bds.'«f.  ao 

4b  S£^„  doe  ^.105%  VirgloiaOa.  ex  n^da.  ^% 
H.*St.<l„  due'87..105    iTa;  6a.  Con.  Ms.....  37% 

N.  T.  tn*.  & L. .«..«Si^T»^B«tfftde(.  od>i.    t 
K.T.eMr»K  Z,...liMitDMrofC.».«Sa,l«l.  79 
N.  T.  6s.Can.L'n.'77.10« 

An4  the  tollowiag  for  railway  Htortgages : 
Alb.  *  Soa.  t«fe  Mla.lO»%|tC.S.AlSF.LS.F.7«^>UM 
B.,  C.R.&.  M.lst7ag.  39     Ciev.  A  loL  S^  V.. .Jm 
Chie.  «.  Alton  1st.. .115     Ctev.  &  Tol.  new  bat05% 
CUcL  A  Ait.  lnoata».VH     G1bv..P.  A  A..ofat  bt.lo«% 
La.  &  Mo.  1st.  gtd..  81^  Cler^.P.  &  Al.neW  bi.l6rri9 
C..B.&.a.84rot,  l8t.lll<  Sfat  &  JB.bsw  b'te.tOZi* 
C.  K  ia.  Coaa  it-.it»    mA  A  S^eLfaieJs.lM 
a.B.I.&K^lst  Ts....l08%  Kal.  &.  w.  Pi(f.  1st..  80 

C.B.L&P.SVa.6s. '95.101 1»  B.  M  &T.lst7al906.Ji>$ 
e.  R.  of  N.  J.  Iiil.%.103    Li  &  Div.  bda. ... ...107 

C.K.of  IT.  J.lstCdL  77%  H  S.  Cons.  C.  Ut...l08% 
C.  K.of  K.J.l8tCooT.  74%  Is.  S.  Cans.  B.  lat — I07i» 
L.  «W.iKC<n.^d.  56     L.8;Cons.  C.  89....  » 

M.&S.P.  1st  8a.  P.D.1131*  Mlob.  0.  Oon.7s.lM£l03 
1C.A8.PSd.73-10PD..  M%  Mwk.G.lst8a'8S.Sy.ll3 
K.4bSP.isl7js.ibBI>.  »     S.  l£.Ce«.  Sa.  ■87...105 
H.J^.P.lBLLaG.D.  98%  lf.Y.C.&  Eud.lst.C..ll7ia 
lLAS.PJstI.Ai  M.D.  86%  U.Y.C.&H.Cs  M  K-UTif 
M.dtSt.P.lstr4bO.  80     &ad.B.7a2d,S.I'.'£5>113 

M.&St.  F.lst.fiCd^.  80      Harlem  1st  7a  C ISO 

M.&.StwP.  li>t.C.dtM.  96     SI.  Miaooan  U». . . . .  99^ 
lll:S.  St.  P.  Con.S.T.  64     Ohfo^  If.  Con.  S.  F.  61 

M.  tc.  St.  P.  2d 90      Ohio  •&  Miss.  Cons..  t>6 

Cbio.&If.  W.  &  1*^107%  OUo  &M.2d.  Cone..  i» 
C.&N.  W.  Int.  bds  ..104     Can.  Pac.  Gold  bda,.108 
C.  if.  (f.W.  Con..bds.l03     (Jen.  P.Gal.&O.  Ist..  fiO^g 
C.  &  N.tfir.  £x:e.  bda..lao     Vest.  Pacifio  be. ...  .100% 

C.  &  N.  "W.  Ist .  .104i«  Union  Pac  1st. 104 

C.  AN.  V.  C.  G.bds.  92 >«  Union  Pao.  L.  G.  7al02'a 
C.  &  J!r,\r.  a,  S.bds.  Ol ^l  Unloa  Pao.  S.  F 9eia 


Bheiuuisa4i4».....m 

a-  OiWi  I.  ,.,..■  .i^».»«.  la 


mt 


1*2^SSSe-5flR«' 


La.  ta  i-^aoitoijary.  40     i.  0. 8s.  A.  4t  O. ....  » 

L».7aG«msettdatod.«3^    a.C.L.C.,>8a.AJfca  4S 
XfetUftiardb  lim^.iOl     3.  C.  TsPs*. 


Iowa  Midlandlstgs..93 
PejilD.lstCoc 104 

OUeaKD  &  Mir.  is>..ie5 
Winona  &  St,  P.  Ist  80 
■Winona  <fcSt.P.2d..  72 
CCe.ft  List  78,S.PnOi4 
DeL.  L.  6s.  \y.  2d....l08i4 
Del.,  L.  it.  W.  7a.  C..102 
Mor.  tc,  Ssaex  M. .  ..VX 
M.  &  E.  7S.  of  187L.101% 
M.  &E.l«t.  C.  G...  99I9 
Erie  1st  Bxteoded..ll<0 
Ene  2d  7s, 


Pac.  R.0I  Mo.  2d...  88% 
P..Ft.W.&Chic.  I(it..l20i« 
P.,  Ft  W.  AC.  !W..n2'« 
P..  Pt.W.A  CWc.  3d.l05 
Clev.  &P.Con.S.P..110% 
CleT.  &P.  4th,  S.  P. 105*9 
CoI..Chio.Alnd.  1st.  3SI3 
St.  L.  «lron  M.  1st.. 97% 
A,  &  T.  a  2d  Pref..  86% 
Alt.  &  T.  H.  2rf  Inc.  7a 
T.,P.&W.l8t,B.D.  68 
T.P.&W.l8t,W.  D...8e 

>» 10«i«jT(A.ft  Wab.  Ist,  Ex.104 

Tol.  Wab.  Ex  Conn.  91 
Tol.£W.lBt.St.I..D..  82^ 

Tol.  &  Wab.  2d i4 

T.ScW.  Coaa.  (Job v.  99 
et.  Vost-lst.  "88.. ..104 
Gt.  West  Ex  Coup.  90 *( 
6t.W.  3<f,  ExC.,'93.  T^ij 
QaiTncv&Toi.tst.'90.  8C 
III.  &  So.  Iowa,  1st..  g& 
Ilts.&S.Ia  Ex  Coup.  75 
W.  U.  bds..  1900^  C.104% 


Ene  3d.  78.  '83 104% 

Erie  4th  7».  '80 lOSig 

Erie  7«.  Con.  G.  bds.  40 
IiOBeSoefc  BoiMiB..10SJ4 
B.,K.Y.  <kB.  1st  "77.  91 
R..KY.  dt  £.  L.  bda  91 
fi.&  S.  J.Z.aad  G'oE8.110 
H.&St.,r.  88.  Con....  851^ 
Dnb.tSlonxC.l8t..  105% 
C.  Palls  &  Minn.  1st.  U^ 
Ind.,Bloom.feW.lBt.  23 
M.  So.  t^p'a.  2d 102^8 

And  the  following  tor  City  Bsnk  sliai^er : 

America 139     |I<eatherManuCa«t'a'.lM 

AmerlnwiSxckanKe.lQQia  Maahattan IM 

dentraiKationskt 100 13:  Mechanics' Vo 


Comtneroo.... ...... 110 

Cfontioental 68% 

EaatSIver. 90 

Pixst  National 290 

Foar  eh  ITatlbnal IOOI3 

Folton 150 

Fifth  Avenue. 212 

Imp'rs'  A  Traders'.  .188 
psa.ADKi.FaiA  srocK  pbicbs — ^feb. 

Bid: 
CitvBs.  N«w. m% 

Unftedltailrosds ot  »ew.Jersey 139 


Merobaatd' ..118 

MetropoUtaa 133 

Park....!. .105 

Pbenix.^ 95 

EeoobUo 96ii 

Tradesmen's ISC 

Union 134 


6. 
Asked 

U3% 

l^ii 

45Tr 

141» 
47i{ 
36 
13  ij 

9lif 
^ 
28  ij 

7% 
171$ 
38ii 


PBDnsslvisaia  Railroad. 45% 

Beadintr  Kailroad 14 

Lehlsrti'VftneTRiBih-oa^. 47 

Catawisaa  liailraad  Preferred 34 

PhiTadehihia  and  Brie  Railroad 13^4 

SolHVf IkiU  Navigation  Preferred 8 

Northern  Centtal  Kailroad. 25 

Lenfsb  Nartsatlon 28 

Oil  Creek  and  AUezheny  Saitroad ....    7  % 

Ueetonville  JKallway 17 

Central  Transoortstion 38 

The  New-York  Fire  Inaorance  Company  hai 
deolsced  a  semi-annnal  dividend  of  2Vn  V 
egnt,  payable  on  demand. 

The  Cleveland  and  Pitt«burg  Railroad  Corn* 
pany  announces  that  the  reeular  guaranteed 
quarterly  dividend  of  Sevtn  ^  cent  on  the  new 
guaranteed  atooka  will  be  paid  on  the  Ist  of 
March,  at  the  oOiec  of  the  Farmers'  Loan  and 
Trust  Company.  * 

We  have  received  from  Messrs.  WilUam  B. 
Dana  ii  Co.,  publishers  of  the  Comjnereial  and 
Mnanciat  Chronicle,  a  copy  of  their  tinanaai 
Bemeva  for  the  year  isr6.  The  volume  is  re- 
plete with  valuable  information  in  regard  tn 
financial  and  eommeroial  affairs,  and  tbe  sta- 
tistios  It  contains  have  evidently  been  compiled 
with  care  and  are  entirely  reliable. 


CALIFORNIA  MINING  STOCKS. 
San  PBAKciscOi  Feb.  6.— The  following  ax« 
the  dosing  official  prices  of  mining  stocks  to-day: 


Alpha. 

..  21141 

KoBsnth 

1 

Belcher 

..        83* 

(Ceotaclc 

8 

Best  andiielcber.. 

..    3«>4 

LeopauL 

5 

BoiUoiL. 

..   15»a 

Mexican 

18 

Conaol.  Vlremia.... 

.    621* 

Nortbern  8^e 

26  ^a 

Cahiornia 

..  49 

urerman.  

07 

CholUr 

..   69 

Dphir 

27% 

Coaildeuce..v 

..   10 

aarmoodand  Itlr.... 

|.^ 

Caltdunla. 

..  10 

(Silver  IllU 

Crown  Point. 

::  r* 

Savajje 

avt 

Bxcheauer 

Scg.  Belcher 

60 

Qonld  and  Curry... 

..  1314 

Sierra  Me  vada. 

.'*'» 

Hale  and  Sorcroaa. 

..  534 

UnioQ  OoDsolidated.. 

1« 

imperial 

..      21* 

TeUow  Jacket 

10 

Jnlia  ConaoUdated. 

"    ,^'« 

2f 

Justice 

..    13^*1 

THE  STATJS  OF  TRADE. 

Chicago.  Feb.  6. — Floar  in  fair  demand  and  firm  \ 
Hiouesota  Extras,  $6'3C7  75:  do.  p"t«nt|  $7  269 
$9  50:  Winter  bitraa,  $6ai$8;  Wheat  actlre,  flrm. 
and  hizlier,  oioalufi  eaaier :  Ro.  1  chtcavo  iSpriGg, 
$1  34;  So.  2  da,  $1  29.  caab;  $1  29V<z>$l  30,  M^rrh; 
SI  3113.  April  Coru  uuaettled  and  lower;  4^is^ . 
oiah;  42'4C^42V-i  Uo<rcU.  4ti9«c.  bid,  Hi^. 
Oata  quiet,  but  steady;  S5^.'935^eo-,  ra«h;  itStt. 
aaked,  Uardi.  Byu  steady  ana  unvbaucetl.  Bnt-iey 
steady  and  uucbanfted.  Pork  sctlre.  but  low«r  except, 
tor  eiaah.  which  la  ht«bet:  916  'i!59$10304  cash; 
SIO  do,  MarcA:  $16  60  April,  Lard  ia  fair  dei&aiid 
bnt  lower;  $10  90.  cash;  $10  a7V®$)l,  March; 
$11  10'a>$ll  1213,  April.  Balk-meata  Bt^attv  aa«t  uu- 
changed.  Dresaed  Bbea  In  i;oo<i  iteniHod  ssc  a  shade' 
higher  ;  mixed,  S7  15:  Light,  *7  lo®*?  r2V  Wbla* 
Jnr  flrmei:  at  $1  06^  tieocipts— Fiour,  7,500  bbl*.; 
Wheatv. 'vd.OUO  busbeiii:  Coiii.'SS.uwo 'QUBoeia;  Uata, 
25,000  bnsnels ;  Kvo,  3.500  bushels;  Barley,  12,U0'J 
Inuhela  Shipnienta— Kionr.  9.5uu  bbls.;  Wlieat,  24,- 
000  btuheli:  Com,  42.UU0  bushels:  Oata,  l&,OO0~busa- 
els:  Uye,  l,20O  bnaliels;  Bailey.  7,50O  boslieis.  At 
the  afteriioou  call  of  the  board  Wheat  lower;  $1  28^ 
Maieh:  SO.  aoV  April  Com  lower;  42 >ac.'942%:.. 
March.  Uats  aochanaed.  Pork  lower;  Slti  lo9 
919  20,  March;  $10  37  ^0t  16  4t),  April.  Lard  Un- 
cbaaffed. 

St.  LoiTis,  Feb.  6.— Flour  flrin,  uocbsnsed ;  a 
good  demand  for  low  and  mediam  grradea.  Wheat — Xo. 
2  Kedfall.  $1  46<s.  eaah;  $1  63,  ttarcb;  No.  3  do., 
$1  42>!i'3$l  43,  caah;  $1  4e'a.  March.  Com— .S'o.  'J 
mxsd,  39:<«o.,  cash;  4II40.,  March;  4;1>4C.,  ApnU  Osti 
nroi,  nnohanited.  Byeflcioer:  dT^iO.  bid.  Barley  <in let, 
nuoflamged;  Whisky  stettdy  at  $1  06.  Pork  aoilre  and 
flrin  at  $16  6iya>tl'6  lb,  cash;  $10  65,  Marohj 
$10  SOw^lB  S&,  Apra  Lard  iuactire;  10»4C.  saketL 
Bala-mvatB' nraier  at  6e.,  S'ae.,  and  8%c.  tor  6 boul- 
ders. Cleat  Bib,  and  Clear,  (fldea.  Bacon  firmer  at  714C., 
$9  3S^«8  *Si  and  $0  aSvatO  75  tar  bbualdara,  UleiU 
Bib,  and  Clear  Hides.  Lire  Boss  steady,  uocbaneed. 
Gattleqniet,  nn^aiaaea.  geoetpts— 3,500  obts.  nonr, 
7,000  busheU  Wbtsat.  19.IW>  bosheU  Corn,  3.00il 
bowels  Oats;  4,006  foiu^s  SHley,  1,000  head  ilos<i. 
SoObead  Cattle. 

Buffalo  Feb.  6.— Becfipte— Floar.  4.000  bbls.; 
Wheat.  16,600  bushels:  Com,  'iO,000  busheU:  uaU, 
11,200  boshela;  Batier.  *AiM>0  bnabels;  ftre,  400 
teisbehi;  shfpmentr— Flour,  1^300  bbls.;  .W^at.  14.- 
QOO  bnsh^;  Conu  lS;Oi>0  bnabtfts;  Oats,  ll,2Utf 
biubels:  Barle.r,  2,800  bnsbels;  fire,  400  bushela 
Qxain  iu  »tsai»  asd  afluat-rWJieaC.  41o,«$2  bannela: 
torn,  274.124  buabalaj  Oats.  10, AS 6  biiabeia;  Bai- 
Itv,  3«4U)1^  busbiris)  E^.  8.724-  Iwstieie:  Malt,  40.- 
256  biuhrla  Market  geneiahy  qnlat,  with  a  light  in- 
qnlrr.  aita  prtoee  uMtiiaatiy  uoshaaaed.  Sales— 960 
Ubla.  aoarat  nnchanaed  lateea.  Wheat.  Sales,  a.B0O 
busbeia  Oreen  Bay  Sptlag  at^  $1  60.  Cora— Sales.  15 
c«ra  b«w.  on^!i9Cki  at^Se.953%11;;  supply  T$tf. 
Vgiit.  Other  artlclea  naaainUiy  uubbanj^  in  iba 
abaeaea  o(  atfea    Kaiiroad  ttagbts  nnctaaaced. . 

PBiiJM>Bi<raiA.  Feb.  6.— Wool  quiet  and  firm; 
supply  llsht;  tone  of  market  in  favor  of  hignsr  prices. 
Ome.  PeaoarlTiuiis^aDd  Waat  VlrKinta.  XX  aod  e^^a. 
46a4^48c;  X  44&9(6c.:  medium,  43c. Ji46o.;  ooarae, 
SOlL^KUe.  Ifew^Tacfct  Mi«iiti^M«  liidlaaa,  and  Wort- 
erp,  fiaoi  3jc.942«  medlnw.  43ic9 t^ic^  coataa,  364.9 
3dc.;  Cembtng,  waaiied,  Gtt9e.958tt:  Ooetbinir.nnwaehedL 
-STe.  Canada.  ComUac,  ASAqo.;  fine  nnwaabed.  :J1«.9 
v8^;  coarse  and  medloin  unwaabvd.ntSo.'SSlc.;  Tab* 
wnat»i.ma.9ibe.  Uolorada,  wwAad.  l^^Ma.;  tm. 
washed.  ITa^Biyc,  Bxtra  and  llerino  Palled,  aScS 
sae.;  Mo.  1  and  Sturr  galled.  38o.«!t7a  Vans,  ttne 
and  medium, '.<0c.w2fia;  voarae,  17o.'S>20e.  CaUXunnat 
ffneandoieSBttat,  I»a9:t4.e^  ooarae,  ISe^Mhift 

Scw-OSMtAKft  It^.  6.^-CoroMaeai  mDdscat^v  ao< 

ttve  and  hikflet  at  i>Z  73.  l>ora  atrong  and  hlfcber, 
ittMrnttUT  7s.  SnaaF  ia  lair  demand  and  firm;  i» 
fl»iior.  6o.®6%&;  ooiamou  to  good,  IcVT^  Mr  to 
tal^flair,  8c.m%&;  prime  to  oaoice,  ti\ie.v9e.;  Uen- 
crinwaL  8%0.99i*a:  IMlow  Clarified.  9>9S.#10%o. 
Molasses' fiiioaerj  Ceatrlfngal.  2Se.1^36o.;  eommoa.  90e. 
9l>S%o.,  m*.  8Sa.'9i»7ebi  nrime  to  choice.  40o.i»M»ai 
Utber  aiUclea  naohaaged.  Bxcbauge— Mew-Torkaloht. 

WuaoKcnox,  H.  C,  Fisb  6.— Spirits  of  Turpentine 
«ilet  M*  s»«(*r  aj^4»«.  Beswipdat  1^  $1  M  tag 
btraiited.  erode Torpentiae steady:  $2  OSfOi  Ba>d. 
$0  0&  ftr  lauaw  Dip,  aad  •8U*  tar  Vtcda.  Tar 
steady. 

PttovroxNCB,  Feb.  6.— Panting  Cloths  market 
tanat  l»^  taabj  Isrbaat'  «ix64&.  wti«  «Hr  goads^ 
ofleilag  or  on  hand. 

♦ 

MOBiuc.  Feb.  6.— Cotton  steady;  IfidiBtar.  15^.': 
Low  JkUddlhtc,  1X>K-I8a;  Oeea  UMtaatr,  11  S-lde: 
net  reoeipM.  1.74S  bal«a«  «a<»^*  soastwlso,  8S0 
tWeS)  aatea^  X.9f  MOeaf  atoek;  n.«itf  kalaa' 

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l^EW-YOHK.  WEDNESDAY.  FEB.  7,  1877. 


AMUSJBMSHI8  THIS  EVSSINQ. 

f  OiDBKY  OP  MU8tC-TH«  Fi.TU(a  DimsHimr,  (Bbk- 
.     ttib  Op«n)— iilH-  C.  Ik  KeUogg,   Mr.   Mmw,  lb. 
Carleton. 

WaLIACK'S  THBATEK.— a  ICosiinirs  Call— MAR«nj» 
l.irc-.Mr.  Lester  Wallwjk.  Mr.  John  GUbert.  MIm 
ids  Djai,  Miss  Bffle  dermon. 


eNION  SflUABB  THRATRR-TM  CAlncaxFVS-Mr.  C. 
B.  Tborne,  Mr.  W.  R.  Floyd,  Mi*»  K»U>erme  Kogeri, 
Mlu  Fanny  Morant. 

^ARK  THBATKG.— OVR  BOA&snre  HoniB— Mr.  Stuart 
Sobeon.  Mr.  W.  H.  Cran«,  Mrs.  A.  F.  Baker. 

HFTH  AVBNUE  THBATBB.— Lbmok*:  or,  Wkdlook 
»OB  SXTU— Mr.  C.  F.' Coghlao.   M1b3    F.   Davenport 


BOOTH'S     THKATBB.— FiJTH    Atmue— Mr.      George 
I        Blgnold,  Mlaa  ttaod  Granger.      • 


BBOADWAT  THBATBB.-MAOT05,    Li    JoUK    Boqci- 

TUCSX. 


BBLLER'S    WONDER    THKATRK-PRBgTU>ioiT*TiO!r, 
Mtnic.  Ajm  HtTMOK— Mr.  Robert  Ueller.  Miss  Heller. 


KlBLCS    GARDEN — Around     thk    Woru>  ut  Eisbtt 
Dat»  (Spectaoular)— Kiraltr  Brothers. 

^*'^5,7'^£*'^^^'-^  Pktitb  Maribb  (Opera  Bonffe) 
Mile.  Marie  Aimee. 


blYMPIC  THBATER-Thb  BiqBonahxa. 

KBW-YORK  AQUAK1D4I.— EUrb  and  CtJRioos  ¥i»a.  AMD 
aUnMAUA,  Statuary.  Ita— Day  and  evening. 

METBOPOWTAN  MU8DDM   OP   ART.— Exhibitiow  09 
AxGiKfT  Statuart.  Pacrikcw.  fcc.    Pay  onlr> 


iAN  FRANCISCO  MUfSTRKIiS—MrasTRBur.      Farcbb 
andNxORO  CoxicAUTtss. 


JSATIONAL    ACADEMY    OP    DKSIGN.— RxHiBmox    of 
Watxr  Colors.    Bay  and  erening. 


*:HICKSRIil(T    H/ 
Abbott.  Mr.  Bi 


J.— GxAXD  CoircKRT— Mil*    Emma 
aoli,  Mr.  Case,  and  orchestra. 


•triiniWAT  HALIA^aO&Ain)  Cokckm. 


NOTICS. 
We  cannot  notice  anon  vmoas  oommanloattons.  In 
tl^cases  yiB  require  the  writer's  name  and  address,  not 
'^(ipnbUcatlon.  but  as  a  xnorantee  of  good  faith. 
We  cannot,  under  any  circnmatances,  return  re)  eeted 
commnDlcationa,  nor  can  vre  uiidertalce  to  presorye 
^aouacrints. 


'  The  Electoral  Commission  waa  in  session 
Jtbout  nine  honrs  yesterday,  but  adjourned 
■without  reaching  a  decision  on  the  points 
raised  in  regard  to  the  method  of  testing 
the  vote  of  Florida.  An  agreement  was 
made,  however,  that  a  vote  would  be  taken 
this  afternoon,  at  3  o'clock.  Of  coarse,  all 
the  speculations  about  the  probable  de- 
cision of  the  Commission  are  about  equally 
worthless.  That  body  may  be  trusted  to 
ieep  its  own  counsel,  and  the  depressed 
letate  of  mind  of  Democrats  in  Washington 
is  probably  due  to  disappointment  that  so 
much  deliberation  should  have  been  found 
aiecessary  over  a  question  which  they  pro- 
fessed to  regard  as  easy  of  solution, 
rather  than  to  any  inkling  of  the 
drift  of  opinion  in  the  Commission.  It  is 
fing;gested  that  some  "  middle  course"  may 
1)^  found  between  the  admission  or  exclu- 
Bi«n  of  evidence  touchiuj;  the  conduct  of 
"ttie  Florida  election,  though  it  is  exceeding- 
ly hard  to  guess  how  any  such  half-way 
decision  can  be  possible  on  the  merits  of 
the  case  submitted  to  th^  Commission. 

/  It  is  gtated  in  a  general  press  dispatch 
that  a  majority  of  the  Commission  will 
prohably  decide  that,  in  additioa  to 
the  Electoral  certificates,  no  evidence 
vrill  be  feceived  except  such  as  re- 
lates to  the  action  of  the  Florida  State 
Government  after  the  Presidential  elec- 
tion. Should  this  decision  cover  •  the 
proceedings  in  the  courts  and  the  action  of 
the  Legislature  subsequent  to  the  6th  of 
December,  it  would,  of  course,  require  an 
'examination  of  the  grwo  warranto  proceed- 
ings which  resulted  in  the  judgment  of  the 
25th  of  January  in  favor  of  the  TU- 
den  Electors,  as  also  of  the  legisla- 
tion authorizing  a  new  canvass  of  the 
.'Electoral  vote  at  a  date  not  sanctioned  by 
fthe  Constitution.  But  it  is  obvious  that 
"the  decision  wouild  exclade  all  the  "  extrin- 
8i^5"  evidence  whose  admiasion  was  con- 
tended for  by  ■  the  Democrats  in  regard 
"to  the  action  of  the  Board  of 
State  Canvassers  aAd  the  character  of 
the  retnros  rejected  by  them.  But,  as  it 
was  on  these  very  returns  that  the  decision 
of  the  court  turned,  and  as  their  acceptance 
produced  the  emergency  for  which  the  Le- 
gj^ature  provided,  the  Commission  would, 
i'a  the  absence  of  evidence  touching  them, 
"be  compelled  to  confine  its  attention 
to  the  technical  regularity  of  both 
the  judicial  and  legislative  action  taken 
after  the  election.  The  exclusion  of  this 
evidence  would  then  be  a  very  substantial 
tnumph  fi>r  the  Bepublicana,  and  would 
certainly  justify  the  rapprehension  felt  by 
Democrats  in  Washington  that  their  only 
hope  rests  on  their  success  in  sustaining  the 
course  of  Gov.  Gbov£^  and  the  ingenious 
Cbonin  in  Oregon. 


The  Assembly  Committee  on  Cities  have 
Agreed  to  report  favorably  the  bill  enabling 
the  Mayor  to  convene  an  Advisory  Council 
foar  the  purpose  of  devising  a  plan  to  be  em- 
bodied in  legislation  for  the  more  economi- 
cal administration  of  the  City  Government, 
^he  bill  has  been  amended  so  as  to  require 
a  report  from  the  commission  by  the  10th  of 
March.  As  the  bill  can  hardly  pass  the 
Assembly  and  Senate  in  less  than  a 
fortnight,,  and  the  Council  could  not,  there- 
fore, begin  its  sessi^Ds  till  near  the  end  of 
February,  there  would  be  rather  less  than 
two  weeks  allowed  in  which  to  perfect  a  plan 
for  which  its  advocates  claim  that  the  most 
carefnl  delib^j^tion  and  the  most  thorough 
exanzinatiou  of  every  pay-roll  in  the  City 
would  be  needed.  Gov.  Tildbn's  Munici- 
pal Commission  was  appointed  a  year  ago, 
and  has  not  reported  yet.  Certain  "eminent 
citizens"  had  a  conference  with  the  Mayor 
f  ae  other  day,  and  merely  exhibited  their 
'lack  of  knowledge  of  the  questions  they 
had  come  together  to  discuss.  Were  the 
Mayor  and  his  colleagues  in  earnest  on  the 
subject  of  retrenchment,  they  could  have 
held  an  Advisory  Council  without  any 
legislation,  and  he  would  be  a  very 
sanguine  person  who  should  expect  any 
practical  result  whatever  Irom  the 
perfectly  well-meaning  bat  essentially  mis- 
ehievon»  scheme  embodied  in  Mr.  Cowbin's 
bilL  If  the  Committee  on  Cities  propose  to 
make  their  report  on  the  bill  an  excnse  for 
doinc  nothing  with  the  other  City  bills  be- 
iere  .them,  it  may  be  necessary  to  remind 
them  somewhat  forcibly  of  the  dangers  of 
trifling  with  a  subjeot.  which  seems  to  be 
csfther  large  for  .theni. 


'  /  The  Tammany  Ball  element  at  Albany  is 
already  raising  the  cry  that  the  Legislatttre 
meddliw  too  much  urith  New- York  City 
C&irs,  and  that  the  proper  policy  is  now  to 
*'Iet  ns  alone."  It  is  quite  true  that  the 
jLagislataTe  has  in  the  past   InterliBred  a 

/(Md  d«»l  mon  wil%<nurt9<wl  Qosflanu  th«a. 


was  good  for  the  iax-pi^erg,  and  that  they 
are  paying  pretty  dearly  for  that  officious 
jobbery.  But  it  happens  that  the 
mischief  which  has  been  done  by  bad  legls- 
latioD,  can  only  be  repairedT  by  good  laws, 
and  the  people  are  not  prepared  to  be 
cheated  out  of  needed  felief  by  the  dema- 
gogue's cry  of  non-mtetference.  Extrava- 
gant salaries  established  by  law  must  be 
cut  down;  unnecessary  ofiQces  created  by 
law  must  be  abolished ;  enactments  for  the 
increase  of  the  City  debt  must  be  re- 
pealed; the  pruning-hook  of  legislative 
reform  must  sweep  away,  whenever  it 
can  reach  it,  the  accumulated  growth  of 
long  years  of  corruption  in  the  City  allied 
with  venality  at  Albany.  Let  this  Legis- 
lature do  its  work  thoroughly^  and  there 
will  be  little  need  for  intermeddling  with 
New-Tork  affairs  by  next  session,  and  the 
cry  that  the  City  should  be  allowed  to  take 
care  of  itself  can  be  rased  with  less  sus- 
picion of  corrupt  motives  mi  the  part  of 
those  who  repeat  it. 


There  was  a  dreadful  suspicion  thtrt; 
Daniel  Marct,  the  Democratic  candidate 
for  Governor  of  New-Hampshire,  would'  be 
suppressed,  in  coasequende  of  the  dissatis- 
faction of  the  young  Democracy  of  that 
State.  They  threatened  to  bolt  if  a  more 
progressive  man  were  not  put  to  the  £ront. 
Th^se  little  differences  have  been  fixed  up, 
and,  after  a  lapse  of  several  weeks,  Marcy's 
acceptance  of  the  nomination  t&  made  public. 
The  committee  inform  him  that  the  present 
exigency  is  one  which  causes  every  patriotic 
heart  to  throb.  Mabct  replies  that  h& 
heart  throbs  in  unison,  and  that  he  has 
looked  with  anxiety  for  the  resolutions  of 
38,000  Democratic  voters  of  New-Hampshire. 
Having  perused  these,  his  heart  has  ceased 
to  throb — ^that  is  to  say,  it  has  ceased  to 
throb  painfully,  and  Marct  is  himself 
again.  He  thinks  that  the  life  of  the  Re- 
pubhc  is  not  so  much  in  danger  as  it  was 
before  he  was  nominated.  Marct  gives  ten 
thousand  dollars  for  the  campaign. 


Some  facts  of  interest  regarding  the  con- 
dition of  the  Treasury  and  the  feasibility  of 
reaching  and  maintaining  substantial  re- 
sumption will  be  found  in  a  Washington 
letter  printed  in  another  column.  The 
statements  regarding  our  foreign  trade 
are  put  in  a  form  whieh  should 
make  them  clear  to  the  most 
indifferent  reader.  It  is  frequently  argued 
that  the  "  balance  Of  trade  "  is  of  no  essen- 
tial consequence  with  reference  to  the 
permanent  state  of  our  currency,  and 
this  is  undoubtedly  true  as  applied 
to  long  periods.  But  it  can  hardly 
be  maintained  that  in  our  country,  at  the 
present  time,  the  payment  in  merchandise 
of  a  portion  of  the  large  debt  held 
against  us  abroad,  is  not  a  necessary 
step  in  the  process  leading  to  resumption. 
Whether  its  infiuence  is  more  important 
directly  or  indirectly,  it  is  unquestionably 
important.  This  payment  amounted  in  the 
last  calendar  year  to  over  $185,000,000,  and 
the  greater  part  of  it  was  made  during  the 
latter  half  of  the  year. 


SIGNS  AND'SOVBCES  OF  WEAKNESS. 

The  dissatisfaction  among  Repubhcans, 
which  is  alluded  to  in  Washington  dis- 
patches, is  not  wholly  unexpected,  and  is 
certainly  not  unreasonable.  They  have 
good  cause  to  complain  of  feebleness  and 
uncertainty  in  the  councils  of  the  party, 
and  of  vacillation,  amounting  almost  to 
cowardice,  in  the  prosecution  of  its  under- 
stood purposes.  Their  discontent,  and  the 
discontent  of  Republicans  throughout  the 
sountry,  will  not  be  lessened  bv  a  consider- 
ation of  the  forms  in  which  this  lack  of 
moral  strength  is  developed,  and  its  possible 
conseqaences  to  the  party  and  the    Gtovem- 

ment. 

The  questions  now  awaiting  settlement 
are  vital.  Some  of  them  indirectly  affect 
the  foundations  of  the  constitutional  sys- 
tem, others  directly  relate  to  the  control 
of  the  Government  and  the  maintenance  or 
overthrow  of  the  substantial  results  of  the 
war.  Every  section  of  the  Democratic 
party  appreeiates  the  importance  of  the 
issues  involved.  If  Mr.  Tilden's  political 
fortunes  aloue  were  concerned,  the  great 
body  of  the  Democrats  irould  care  little. 
There  is  so  little  in  the '  man  or  his 
methods  which  appeals  to  popular 
sympathy,  that  if  nothing  more  than 
his  candidacy  were  at  stake  the  Democrats 
would  trouble  themselves  very  slightly 
about  the  pending  contest.  They  are  bat- 
tling, not  for  Mr.  Txldkk,  but  for  DemO- 
cratie  supremacy,  and  they  carry  on  the  fight 
with  an  audacious  energy  which  is  every- 
where apparent. 

The  man  they  placed  in  the  Speaker's 
chair  was  just  the  man  for  the  occasion. 
He  is  fettered  by  no  restraints  of  courtesy, 
by  no  nice  interpretation  of  the  rules  and 
usages  of  the  House.  Right  or  wrong,  he 
never  shrinks  from  anything  required  by 
his  Mends.  He  allows  his  chief  snhordi- 
fiate  to  inflict  upon  witnesses,  confined  for 
contempt,  insults  and  cruelties  which  no 
jailer  would  dare  to  visit  upon  convicted 
murderers.  His  appointments  to  commit- 
tees show  his  aptitude  in  the  choice 
of  instruments.  He  understands  the 
value  of  bullying  as  a  feature  in 
partisan  warfare,  and  the  experience 
before  the  committees  since  the  session  be- 
gan proves  how  well  he  has,  in  this  respect, 
served  his  party.  Mr.  Field's  perfsrmances 
as  the  manager  of  the  committee  which  Mr. 
Knott  was  once  supposed  to  lead,  are 
worthy  of  th^  Tombs  Police  Court.  He  in- 
sists that  witnesses  shall  adopt  words 
which  he  puts  into  their  months,  and 
threatens  them  with  the  terrors  of  Randall 
and  the  Sergeant  at  Arms  if  they  refuse. 
His  evident  aim  is,  not  to  get  at  the 
truth,  but  to  insinuate  statements  which 
the  uninitiated  may  mistake  fog  evi- 
dmce,  and  which  may  be  elsewhere 
used  for  influencing  opinion.  Only  one 
thing  is  more  surprising  than  Mr.  Field's 
impudence,  and  that  is  the  meekness,  with 
which  the  Republican  members  of  the  com- 
mittee allow  him  to  go  on  unchecked. 
While  he  outrages  decency  and  right  in  his 
treatment  of  witnesses,  and  in  the  per- 
version o^  what  he  calls  their  "  evidence," 
Republican  committeemen  look  on  patiently, 
as  though  they  were  jurors  in  Babnard's 
Conrt  and  FixLd  were  privileged  to  fight 
for  thieves  as  of  yore. 

It  is  not  a  matter  of  reproach  that  Repub> 
lieans  have  left  to  their  adversaries  a  mono- 
poly of  the  disgrace  ^hioh  these  displays  of 
partisanship  entail.  Bandaix's  stolid 
inttnit  of  jBowaa.   and  lpiMU)f§  th^v — ^?^* 


abuse  of  opJMortnnities  are  not  character- 
istics which  '*tre  should  wish  to  see  engrafted 
upon  the  Republican  policy.  But  the 
energy  and  daring  evinced  by  the  Demo- 
crats might  have  been  advantageously 
copied  by  the  Bepubllcan  minority  in  the 
Senatis.  .  In  the  House,  of  course, 
the  Republicans  are  to  a  certain  ex- 
tent powerless.  They  might,  neverthe- 
less, protest,  and  by  protesting 
and  resistingi  in  the  committees  and  on  the 
floor,  vindicate  the  purposes  and  cultivate 
the  spirit  of  their  party.  The  Republican 
Senators  have  a  larger  responsibility.  They 
might  have  been  as  aggressive  in  their 
sphere  as  the  House  m^ority  are  in  theirs. 
Instead  of  this,  they  have  contented  them- 
selves at  almost  every  stage  with  a  de- 
fensive attitude.  They  have  brought  forth 
explanations  :and  little  else,  and  even  these 
have  been  so  conducted  that,  as  par- 
tisan agenoiies,  they  have  been  ineffec- 
tive. The  Tilden  fraud  in  Oregon 
is  a  gem  in  its  way.  It  is 
at  once  so  compact  and  so  transparent  that 
moderate  skill  would  make  it  invaluable  as 
an  illustration  of  the  means  employed  by 
the  model  reformer  to  win  his  election.  The 
Mississippi  investigation,  again,  suggestive 
as  it  is,  seems  to  languish.  It  excites  feeble 
and  spasmodic  interest  simply  because  the 
conditions  of  popular  effect  are  overlooked. 
The  most  striking  illnstration  of  short- 
sightedness and  apathy,  however,  is  in  the 
inattention  shown  by  the  Republican 
Senators  to  the  Democratic  conduct 
of  the  campaign.  Ordinarily  speak- 
ing, the  discussion  of  the  arts  of  a 
canvass  closes  with  the  canvass  Itself.  The 
Democrats  have  chosen  to  establish  a  pre- 
cedent for  a  different  course.  Chey  have 
tried — ^vainly,  it  is  true — to  detect  wrong  in 
the  acts  of  the  Republican  managers.  The 
attempt  was  a  challenge  which  Repub- 
licans in  the  Senate  should  have 
promptly  accepted.  The  ooportunity 
was  exceptionally  good.  Never  was 
there  a  canvass  so  tainted  with  cor- 
ruption and  fraud  as  that  directed  by  Mr. 
TiLDBM,  and  for  which  he  supplied  the 
money.  There  wonld  have  been  no  more 
iinpropriety  in  investigating  Mr.  Tilden's 
bank  accounts  than  in  looking  into  Mr, 
Chandlbb's,  while  the  result  would  have 
been  to  tear  the  mask  off  a  great  hypocrite, 
and  to  fix  indelibly  upon  the  Democratic 
Party  the  infamv  which  the  acceptance  of 
his  plans  carried  with  it. 

The  weakness  on  the  part  of  the  Repub- 
licanSj  which  the  inactivity  of  the  majority 
in  the  Senate  reveals,  is  still  further  ex- 
emplified in  the  blind  bargain  which  under- 
lies the  Electoral  Commission.  Great  sacri- 
fices might  have  been  pardoned  had  they 
be'OB  reciprocal.  But  the  Republicans  gave 
up  everything  and  got  nothinjE.  The  Sen- 
ators who  undertook  to  speak  in  their  be- 
half covenanted  to  accept  the  verdict  of  the 
Commission,  whatever  it  may  be.  The 
Democrats,  on  the  other  hand,  have  gone 
into  the  court  with  their  hands  untied,  and 
with  a  declared  determination  to  contest 
the  verdict  if  it  be  not  to  their  likiug. 
"  Unless  Mr.  Tilden  be  declared  elected," 

assert   the    Democratic    new8pat>ers,      "  be 

will  avail  himself  of  the  constitutional 
right  of  appeal,  and  we  shall  have  the 
greatest  lawsuit  of  this  generation." 
In  view  of  the  same  contingency, 
the  well-informed  Washington  cor- 
respondent of  the  Sun  remarks  that  the 
Democrats  will  probably  **  seek  by  some 
sort  of  tactics  to  get  things  in  a  shape 
where  the  House  can  decide  that  there  has 
been  no  election,  and  then  proceed  to  elect 
Mr.  Tilden."  __  To  say,  then,  that  the  con- 
ditions of  the  two  parties  are  unequal,  is 
very  imperfectly  to  state  the  position.  So 
far  as  the  Commission  is  concerned,  the  Re- 
pablicans  have  been  oat-manoBavred    bv  the 

Democrats,  and  the  circumstance  has  been 
mode  possible  by  the  blundering  haste  of 
certain  Republican  leaders  and  the  want  of 
unity  and  vigor  in  the  party  in  Congress. 

The  time  is  coming  when,  for  the  sake  of 
the  Republican  Party,  it  will  be  necessary 
to  analvze  the  causes  of  this  discreditable 
state  of  things,  and  the  relative  responsi- 
bility of  those  to  whom  it  is  attributable. 
Meanwhile,  we  are  not  required  to  look  be- 
neath the  surface  for  evidence  of  the  dis- 
appointments and  jealousies  which  are  the 
main  sources  of  the  dissensions  that  exist. 
There  are,  in  truth,  two  classes  of  leaders ; 
one  intent  upon  upholding  the  integrity  of 
the  party,  giving  effect  to  its  principles,  and 
striving  unselfishly  for  its  success ;  the 
other,  thinking  only  of  itself,  and  not  nn- 
williug  that  the  party  shall  suffer,  if  private 
griefs  can  be  avenged.  The  consequences 
are  apparent.  Division  is  followed  by  dis- 
gust, and  disgust  by  indifference.  The  con- 
solatory fact  is  that  these  dissensions  are 
concentrated  in  the  Senate  Chamber,  and 
that  the  party  out  of  doors  has  no  sympa- 
thy with  the  spirit  which  for  the  moment 
jeopardizes  its  oheritthed  interests. 


Changes. 
>|3,798,403 


THE  SdFINQS  BANKS. 
We  have  now  firom  Albany  the  figures  for 
"1876  of  twenty-six  of  the  City  savings  banks, 
the  few  remaining  not  yet  heard  from  being 
of  comparatively  small  size,  except  the  Ger- 
man and  the  Union  Dime.  The  figures  are 
not  yet  sufficiently  complete  for  a  detailed 
analysis  of  condition,  which  must  be  re- 
served for  another  time,  but  they  enable  us 
to  ascertain  the  general  movement  of  the 
banks.  The  following  compares  the  condi- 
tion of  twenty-six  banks,  in  several  impor- 
tant particulars,  the  change  not  designated 
by  a  *  being  increase  : 

Close  of  Close  of 

187a  1876. 

MortKaeea $49,167,741    151.966,144 

United     States 

bouda 48,819,790      43,240,844      5,578,946 

All     ttooka     and 

bonda _.. 104,342,258    102,880.156      1,462,102 

Assets 17i841,461    178774,293      8067.168 

Liabilities 156.132,719    lSi318.579      1,814.140 

Snroloi 18,708,742      18,455,714        253,028 

Number  aoooanta.        398,806  385,477  13,329 

Deposited    during 

thfryear ...61,918,833      66,830,991     *4,912.168 

Withdrawn  dnrtnii 

tbeyear 59,969,113      59.326,886         743,227 

AT«raseaco«rants.  391  431  *30 

This  statement  exhibits  an  increase  in 
every  item  but  three,  and  in  two  of  these 
three  a  decrease  is  desirable.  The  holding 
of  United  States  bonds  increases,  while  that 
of  mortgages  declines;  these  changes  are 
relative  as  well  as  well  as  absolute,  the  pro- 
portion of  the  former  in  assets  rising  about 
3^  per  cent.,  and  that  of  the  latter  falling 
about  7^  per  cent,  and  the  Government 
bonds  nownearl;  equal  the  mortgages. 

But  It  is  in  the  movement  between  the 
banks  and  their  dealers  that  the  most  in- 
■trootiva  Ibuoos  at  nrasaat  aoDear.    Of  th«« 


96  banks,  15  declined  in  assets  during  the 
past  year.  11  declined-  in  surplus,  and 
11  also  lost  more  deposits  than  they  re- 
ceived,^ but  in  only  5  of  the  11  oases  did  the 
net  decline  in  deposits  occur  in  the  same 
banks  with  the  decline  in  surplus,  thus, 
again,  iUnstrating  the  fact  that  in  savings- 
bank  business  a  loss  of  deposits — whether 
from  a  panic  or  from  other  causes — ^is  often 
the  occasion  of  increasing  surplus  by  the 
forfeiture  of  interest  earned  but  not  due. 
The  deposits  during  the  year  fell  off  $4,912,- 
168  as  compared  with  1875,  but,  on  the  other 
hand,  the  withdrawals  increased  only 
$742,727  over  1875,  and  there  is  some  in- 
orfase  in  the  net  deposits  remaining.  Of 
the  11  banks  whose  deposits  are  less  than 
withdrawals — namely,  the  Franklin,  Har- 
lem, German  of  Morrisania,  Six-penny. 
Teutonia,  Eleventh  Ward,  Dry  Dock,  Citi- 
zens', Manhattan,  Metropolitan,  and  North 
River — the  six  first-named  had  the  same  ex- 
perience in  I875 ;  none  of  the  six  is  among 
the  largest;  but  whether  the  fact  indicates 
a  declining  condition  of  those  institutions  we 
do  not  stop  to  inquire.  There  is  an  appar- 
ent enconragement  in  the  fact  that  the 
year's  deposits  exceed  the  withdrawals  ; 
but  it  is  more  apparent  than  real,  for  the 
amount  deposited  includes  interest  credited, 
and  hence  arises  from  earnings  on  invest- 
ments, not  (which  is  the  significant  item  of 
proof  as  relates  to  the  condition  of  the  sav- 
ings-bank class)  the  amounts  of  weekly 
earnings  they  have  been  able  and  willing  to 
put  by.  For  the  three  years  preceding 
1876  the  actual  deposits,  interest  credits, 
and  withdrawals  compare  thus  : 


Deposited. 

1875. $71,041,715 

1874 7e.?61.087 

18T3 81,857.091 


Interest 
credited. 


With- 
drawals. 

$75,086,606 

77.541,298 

90,715,320 


$9,859,148 
9,645,415 
9,683,558 

This  comparison  includes  all  the  banks  of 
the  City.  We -are  unable  as  yet  to  separate, 
for  the  26  under  consideration,  the  interest 
credits  from  the  actual  deposits  of  the  year ; 
but  the  deposits  and  interest  for  the  entire 
list  are  probably  about  $75,000,000,  and  the 
withdrawals  about  $71,000,000.  The  follow- 
ing table,  covering  all  the  City  Banks  for 
the  ten  years  beginning  with  the  close  of 
1867  and  ending  with  that  of  1875,  may  be 
interesting : 


Assets. 

Deposits. 

Snrplns. 

11  0.  a«eta 

$93,418,947 

186,574.343 

(6.844  592 

307,592 

104.416,385 

96.983.110 

7.372.700 

328,133 

113.804  467 

105.679,472 

8,109.135 

355,978 

129,387,537 

119.870,59* 

9.330,648 

387.118 

149.779,428 

140.394,715 

9.354,470 

416,180 

170.797.854 

101.106,592 

9,613.302 

446,824 

181.923,286 

169,503.273 

12,332.308 

470.417 

184,415.855  . 

174.998,796 

13,026.576 

479,102 

195,335,184 

180,000,703 

15,059,270 

494,086 

805.414,447 

184,188.214 

20,687.722 

463.652 

It  is  gratifying,  of  course,  to  see  the  num>- 
ber  of  accounts  increase  and  the  average 
amount  of  balance  decrease.  The  move- 
ment of  the  latter  has  not  been  a  healthy 
one,  having  risen  from  $86,  nine  years  ago, 
to  $360  at  the  end  of  1873,  and  $391  now, 
as  to  the  26  banks.  The  largest  amount  of 
principal  due  one  deposftor  runs  as  high  as 
$5,000  in  the  Manhattan,  $10,000  in  the  Dry 
Dock,  $18,277  in  the  Irving,  $40,000  in  the 
Seamen's,  aud  $89,779  in  the  Metropolitan. 
These  heavy  deposits,  unless  carefully 
guarded,  are  likely  to  injure'  rather  than 
benefit  the  banks,  and  they  do  not  belong 
to  the  class  of  persons  for  whom  savic^a 
banks  exist.  It  is  an  evidence  of  the 
anomalous  condition  of  afiairs  since  1873 
that  many  persons  belonging  to  the  "  capi- 
talist" class  have  been  unable  to  see  any 
better  use  for  money  than  to  put  it  in  the 
savings  banks  accounted  strongest,  and 
take  any  interest  on  it  they  could  get, 
virtually  making  safe-deposit  companies  of 
the  banks ;  but  since  this  has  been  done,  it 
is  perhaps  rather  an  encouraging  fact  that 
the  average  deposit  line  does  not  rise 
nevertheless. 

The  actual  deposits  made  have  been  de- 
clinlning  since  1872,  but  the  withdrawals 

have  also  been  declining.  The  net  result  is 
that  a  number  of  weak  or  dishonestly-man- 
aged concerns  have  been  forced  out  of  ex- 
istence, at  great  cost  to  their  creditors  and 
great  public  Injury ;  that  the  banks  have 
f^own  slightly  in  resources,  deposits,  and 
surplus,  but  not  ^th  much  benefit  to  the 
depositors  all  told;  that  the  banks  have 
held  their  own  as  a  whole,  and  that  their 
dealers  have  been  able  to  do  rather  better 
than  might  have  been  expected.  Prosperity 
and  saving  havint;  been  out  of  the  ques- 
tion, it  is  pleasant  to  see  that  thrift  is  so 
well  adhered  to.  And  yet  it  is  easy,  in 
times  like  the  present,  to  err  in  measuring 
privations  of  the  mass  by  the  movement  of 
the  savings  banks,  because  the  dealers  of 
the  banks,  being  the  best  workmen,  are  re- 
tained in  employment  longer  and  feel  the 
pressure  the  least.  The  worker  who  lavs 
by  money,  with  rare  exceptions,  has  steadier 
employment,  better  capacity  for  earning,  and 
in  all  respects  more  staying  power  than 
the  one  who  does  not.  Still,  as  far  as  any 
general  conclusion  can  be  drawn  from  their 
movement,  the  banks  hold  their  own  won- 
derfully well,  and  indicate  that  the  long 
period  of  strain  upon  every  interest  and  in- 
dustry is  now  nearing  its  close. 


THE  EASTERN  QUESTION. 
No  question  of  world-wide  interest  as- 
sumes so  many  aspects  as  the  so-called  East- 
ern question.  It  is  capable  of  an  infinite 
variety  of  changes,  and  it  continually  sur- 
prises one  by  its  novelties  and  startling 
phases.  Two  or  three  weeks  ago,  the  con- 
ference adjourned  without  accomplishing 
anything.  The  Turkish  Grovernment  was 
left  master  of  the  field.  Reforms  urged  upon 
the  Sublime  Porte  were  contemptuously 
thrown  aside,  and  guarantees  demanded 
were  refused  with  scant  courtesy.  It  must 
be  confessed  that  the  sympathy  of  the 
impartial  on-looker  was  with  Turkey. 
Turkey  is  not  threatened  by  any  powers 
except  by  ,those  which  mutually  agree 
to  keep  the  peace  among  themselves, 
and  to  let  Turkey  alone,  until  all  agree  to 
fall  upon  her  and  dismember  her  with  exact 
and  equal  deference  to  each  other's  claims. 
Keeping  in  mind  the  fact  that  Turkey  is 
maintained  in  Europe  by  the  allied  powers 
simply  because  those  powers  could  mever 
agree  as  to  the  manner  in  which  the  terri- 
tory of  the  Turk  should  be  divided,  Gk)RT- 
frCHAKUFF's  note  is  a  model  of  insolence. 
The  note,  after  reciting  the  diplomatic 
efforts  which  have  consumed  a  year 
or  morej  goes  on  to  sav  that  the  Cabinets 
of  the  guaranteeing  powers  find 
themselves  precisely  where  they  began. 
The  Turkish  *  Government  pays  no 
attention  whatever  to  the  wishes  of  the 
great  powers,  but  keeps  on  its  course  as 
though  the  remonstrances  of  the  high  and' 
miohty  iM»taBtote>  iNtorsMafewjl  at  the  wm,-  . 


ferencewere,  in  their  solemadeolaraiionfl,' 
as  idle  as  the  wind.  Gobtscbakoff  com- 
plains that  Turkey  is  intractable,  indiffer- 
ent, willful.  But,  Skftm  all,  why  should 
Turkey— an  independent  State— be  under 
the  tutelage  ot  the  combined  powers  of 
Europe?  Evidently  this  vf  the  question 
which  the  party  of  Toung  Turkey  is  asking 
itsel£ 

But  assuming  that  the  European  theory 
concerning  the  dependent  condition  of  Tur- 
key is  to  be  maintained,  the  Russian  note 
is  not  only  strictly  in  keeping  with  all  that 
has  gone  before,  but  it  is  unexpectedly  in- 
genious. It  should  be  home  in  mind  that 
Russia  has  from  the  first  beOh  bent  on  war. 
War  she  is  bound  to  have,  sooner  or  later. 
From  the  day  when  the  Herzegovinians  rose 
in  revolt,  until  now,  no  attentive  observer 
could  fail  to  see  that  a  Russian  hand 
was  busy  in  fomenting  the  dis- 
turbances which  have  been  laid  to 
the  charge  of  the  so-called  Christiaos'of  the 
northern  provinces  of  the  Ottoman  Em- 
pire. That  there  have  been  atrocities  com- 
mitted and  oppressions  sanctioned  by  the 
Turkish  authorities  in  the  so-called  Chris- 
tian provinces  is  most  true.  But  Russian 
influences  have  been  at  work  to  make  the 
worst  of  these,  and  to  sow  dissensions  in  the 
regions  from  which  we  have  heard  the  most 
inflammatory  accounts.  All  this  resulted 
at  last  in  the  conference  at  Constantino- 
ple— a  conference  in  which  Turkey  was 
treated  like  a  ward  ot  feeble  mind— too  dan- 
gerous to  be  at  large  without  guardianship. 
The  encroachments  of  the  powers  had  been 
gradnal ;  but  at  last  the  irresponsible  ward 
turned  indignantly  and  refused  to  be  driven 
into  a  comer.  When  it  came  to  abdicating 
the  sovereignty  of  the  Sublime  Porte  in 
Bulgaria,  a  Turkish  province,  the  blood  of 
the  race  of  Othmax  was  up,  and  there 
was  a  rebellion    against  further  pressure. 

The  unthinking  may  say  that  [Russia  suf- 
fered a  diplomatic  defeat.  It  is  too  early 
to  arrive  at  any  such  conclusion.  Now, 
Russia  appeals  to  Christian  Europe,  and,  re- 
citing the  fruitless  demands  made  on  the 
Turk,  asks,  What  are  you  going  to  do  about 
it  T  Russia  declines  to  go  any  further  until 
she  learns  what  the  other  powers  "  intend 
to  do  in  reply  to  this  refusal,  and  for  in- 
suring the  execution  of  their  wishes."  This 
is  not  Russia's,  but  Europe's  quarreL  The 
Muscovite  is  not  yet  ready  for  a  fight. 
Meantime,  he  will  contrive  to  secdre  the 
moral  support  of  every  European  Cabinet, 
if  possible.  Russia  does  not  rush  blindly 
upon  a  war  with  Turkey.  She  exhausts,  or 
appears  to  exhaust,  diplomacy  and  entreaty. 
Meantime,  she  is  busy  with  preparation. 
Every  month  of  delay  is  a  gain  to  the  great 
northern  power.  But  Turkey  is  as  ready 
now  for  the  last  struggle  as  she  will  ever 
be.  Russia  continually  refers  the  ultimate 
decision  to  the  other  powers.  But  when 
Russia  is  ready  for  the  fight,  it  will  come, 
and  the  other  powers  will  be  estopped  from 
protest. 

It  is  impossible  to  say  exactly  what  the 
real  intentions  of  Turkey  may  be.  Gen- 
erally speaking,  however,  Turkey  has 
everything  to  gain  by  inflexibly  defending 

its  own  sovereignty.     When  a   surrender  of 

one  iota  of  that  sovereignty  is  made,  the 
doom  of  Islam  is  sealed.  It  is  positive  that 
Rnssia  will,  sooner  or  later,  strike  for  a  pas- 
sage from  the  Black  Sea  to  the 
Mediterranean.  But,  meantime,  Tur- 
key must,  perforce,  stubbornly  con- 
test everv  inch  of  ground.  It  is 
not  likely  that  the  disgrace  and 
banishment  of  Midhat  Pasha  have  any 
connection  with  the  European  relations  of 
Turkey.  The  chances  are  that  he  has  been 
engaged  in  intrigues  which  are  only  a  little 
short  of  conspiracy.  In  the  good  old  times 
of  the  Achmets  and  the  Selims,  he  would 
hav*a  been  bow-strung  and  thrown  into  the 

Bospborns.  In  these  more  civilized  days,  he 
is  given  a  few  thousand  dollars  and  sent  to 
Brindisi,  an  exile  in  disgrace.  Edhem 
Pasha  is  uncompromising  in  his  opposition 
to  foreign  interference.  So  must  be  any 
Turkish  statesman  who  cares  a  fig  for  the 
independence  and  dignity  of  the  Empire. 
On  the  one  hand,  Russia  is  determined  on 
war.  On  the  other,  Turkey  is  equally  de- 
termined upon  maintaining  its  sovereignty 
unimpaired.  Russia  may  appear  to  relax, 
but  it  is  onlv  in  appearance.  Turkey  can- 
not surrender  in  the  least  without  a  com- 
plete surrender. 


WAS  IT  A  COINCIDENOET 
Latterly  the  ghost  market  has  been  unus- 
ually dull.  Owing,  possibly,  to  the  repeated 
exposures  of  "materializiiig  mediams,"  the 
demand  for  ghosts  has  largely  fallen  off, 
and  dealers  have  lacked  courage  to  bring 
forward  any  new  and  attractive  styles.  A 
novel  and  interesting  ghost  has,  however, 
recently  made  its  appearance  at  Walkers- 
ville,  Wis.,  which  really  deserves  to  be 
brought  to  the  attention  of  all  enterprising 
ghost  collectors. 

For  a  long  time  a  youag  gentleman  of 
WalkersviUe,  whose  identity  may  be  con- 
cealed under  the  name  of  Smith,  cherished 
a  desire  to  make  the  acquaintance  of  a  few 
select  and  attractive  ghosts,  with  a  view  to 
mutual  improvement.  To  this  end  he  placed 
himself  under  the  tuition  of  a  Chicago 
medium,  who  undertook  to  refine  his  spirit- 
ual vision  to  that  extent  that  he  would  be 
able  to  see  any  specified  sort  of  ghost  at 
any  time  or  place.  With  the  medium  Mr. 
Smith  had  daily  "sittings"  for  several 
weeks,  at  the  low  rate  of  $5  per  sitting,  but 
when  his  first  quarter's  tuition  was  ended, 
and  he  had  not  seen  so  much  as  the  glow  of 
a  Democratic  schost's  nose,  he  became  indig- 
nant, deiounced  the  medium  as  an  im- 
postor, and  returaed  to  his  rural  home.  It 
is  only  fair  to  say  that  the  medium  indig- 
nantly repelled  his  accusation  that  he  was 
an  impostor.  He  pleaded  that  a  watched 
ghost  rarely  boils,  so  to  speak,  and  that  the 
ipere  fact  that  his  pupil  had  not  been  able 
to  see  ghosts  on  demand  was  no  evidence 
that  he  would  not  be  able  to  see  them  at 
some  future  time.  The  justice  of  this  de- 
fense has  since  been  established.  Mr. 
Smith,  who  could  see  no  ghosts  in  the  me- 
dium's room,  has  since  seen  the  most  re- 
markable ghost  of  the  year— not  to  say  of 
the  century. 

A  month  ago  Mr.  Smith  was  sitting  in  his 
bedroom  wishing  that  when  the  landlady 
boiled  cabbage  she  would  keep  the  kitchen 
door  shut,  and  yearning  for  the  infinite. 
The  hour  was  11  o'clock  P.  M,.  and  he  was 
on  the  point  of  preparing  for  bed  by  throw- 
ing something  at  the  tuneful  cats  on 
the  back  fence,  when  he  suddenly  be- 
came aware  that  he  was  not  alone. 
A     TMtae   mystetions^flz^gd.     am   €>£    a 


latge  athletic  creditor  with  a  heavy 
club,  opperesed  him,  and  he  would  probably 
hiave  fled  into  the  hall  were  it  not  that  he 
would  have  been  obtain  to  fall  over  fbe 
house-dog  and  Uius  excite  the  suspioiona  of 
that  hasty  animal.  He  therefore  seated 
himself  calmly  in  ,  a  chair,  -with  his 
back  against  the  wall,  and  remarked  to 
himself  in  a  soothing'and  explanatory  man- 
ner, "  rats."  In  another  moment  the  rat 
hypothesis  was  overthrown  by  an  elderly 
and  £»t  female  ghost,  who  quietly  floated 
before  his  astonished  vision,  and  gazed 
steadfastly  into  his  terrified  eyes.' 

Fjemale,  fiat,  and  elderly  ghosts  are  by  no 
means  novelties,  but  there  was  that  in  the 
appearance  of  this  particular  ghost  which 
was  well  adapted  to  startle  the  coolest  ghost- 
seer.  The  ghost  did  not  touch  the  floor, 
but  floated  about  fonr  feet  above  it,  in  a 
graceful,  wavy  manner,  not  unlike  the  sway- 
ing motion  of  a  captive  balloon.  What 
chiefly  attracted  Mr.  Smith's  attention, 
however,  was  the  peculiar  attitude  of  this 
ghostly  female.  She  was  poised  in  mid-air 
with  her  head  downward,  and  her  arms  and 
legs  extended  in  straight  and  rigid  lines. 
Her  dress  was  a  voluminous  black  alpaca, 
somewhat  rusty,  and  apparently  water- 
Stained,  and  a  wide  belt  of  some  unrecog- 
nizable material  was  fastened  around  her  in 
the  presumed  region  of  the  knees,  which 
preserved  Mr.  Smith's  feelings  from  too 
violent  a  shock.  Swaying  gently  to  and 
fro,  this  peculiar  ghost  smiled  sadly  at  Mr. 
Smith,  and  winked  at  him  in  a  manner  so 
trying  to  his  sensibilities  that  he  could 
scarcely  bear  to  look  at  her.  Had  she 
winked  with  her  month  and  smiled  with 
either  eye,  his  nerves  would  have  borne  the 
strain,  but  there  was  undoubtedly  some- 
thing very  painful  in  a  wink  situated  three 
or  four  inches  below  the  locality  of  the 
accompanying  smile. 

Mr.  Smith  had  finally  achieved  Ms  long- 
ing to  see  a  ghost,  but  after  all,  this  re- 
versed old  lady  failed  to  give  him  any  real 
comfort.  It  was  impossible  to  ask  such  a 
preposterous  being  any  serious  questions  as 
to  the  other  life,  or  to  propose  to  her  to 
become  his  guardian  angel  and  spirit  wife. 
Still,  he  was  determined  not  to  be  afraid  of 
her,  and  so,  hastily  bending  down  the  ends 
of  his  hafr  with  both  hands  he  requested 
her  to  '•  avaunt" — such  being,  in  his  opinion, 
the  most  effective  method  of  exorcism. 
But  the  ghost  declined  to  do  anything  of 
the  sort.  She  merely  floated  once  around 
the  room,  occasionally  banging  her  head  on 
the  edge  of  the  trunk  and  the  foot-board  of 
the  bed,  and  then  resumed  her  station  at 
three  yards'  distance  from  the  too-successful 
ghost- seeker. 

Now,  Mr.  Smith  was  one  who  firmly  be- 
lieved that  he  who  lays  his  hand  upon  a 
woman,  save  in  kindness  and  in  a  reason- 
ably dark  room,  is  a  man  whom  it  would  be 
unfair  to  call  a  book  agent.  But  a  ghost  is 
not,  strictly  speaking,  a  woman,  and  is  not 
entitled  to  be  treatel  as  such.  Holding 
this  very  reasonable  view,  Mi-.  Smith  firmly 
requested  his  ghostly  visitor  to  "  get  out," 
thinking  that  she  might  have  misunder- 
stood the  word  "avaunt";  but,  finding 
that  she  still  persisted  la  dangling  before 
him,  he  seized  the  poker  and  dealt  her  a 
violent  blow.  The  poker  passed  directly 
through  her  shadowy  form  and  smashed 
the  lamp,  and  when  the  occupant  of  the 
next  room,  who  had  been  awakened  by  the 
crash,  rushed  in  with  a  candle,  Mr.  Smith 
was  found  in  a  fainting  fit,  beautifully  di- 
versified with  kerosene  and  broken  glass, 
but  still  grasping  the  poker  in  his  rigid 
hand. 

Since  then  Mr.  Smith  has  seen  no  more 
ghosts,  and  does  not  wish  to  see  any.  Of 
course,  the  average  person  who  reads  of  the 
floating  female  ghost  will  scornfully  insist 
that  Mr.  Smith  was  either  dreaming,  drunk, 
or  idiotic.  Without  going  behind  the  face 
of  the  returns  to  investigate  this  question, 
it  must  be  mentioned  that  he  subsequently 
learned  that  years  ago  his  room  had  been 
occupied  by  an  old  lady  who  was  drowned 
by  the  sinking  of  a  steamer  on  Lake  Michi- 
gan, and  whose  body  was  found  with  a  life 
preserver  fastened  about  the  knees,  the 
effect  of  which  was  to  cause  her  to  float 
head  downward.  Was  this  historical  fact 
connected  with  Mr.  Smith's  vision,  or  did 
the  two  merely  constitute  a  coincidence  f 
This  is  a  question  which  does  not  admit  of 
a  conclusive  asswer  without  careful  investi- 
gation. MeanwbUe,  it  ma.y  be  cheerfully 
admitted  that  Mr.  Smith's  ghost  was 
decidedly  the  most  remarkable  ghost  which 
has  so  far  revisited  the  glimpses  of  the 
Wisconsin,  or  indeed  the  American,  moon. 


OBITUARY. 

RBAR  ADMIRAL  JAMES  ALDE>% 
&ear  Admiral  James  A]  den,  of  the  United 
States  Ifav.v7  Aied  ytsterday  morninii  in  San  Fran> 
Cisco  ot  congestion  of  the  brain.  He  was  ill  only  a 
few  days.  -Admiral  Aiden  was  a  native  of  Maine, 
from  which  State  be  was  apDoioted  a  Hidshiyman 
on  April  1,  1828.  Ha  was  first  stationed  at  Boaton, 
where  he  remained  three  years.  He  was  then 
traDsferred  to  the  sloop-of-war  John  Adams,  and 
saw  his  first  sea-service  In  her  darine  theyoars 
1832  and  1333.  when  be  made  a  cmiae  np  the  Medl- 
terraDean.  Upon  retarblne  to  the  United  States, 
be  was  placed  on  shore  duty,  and  was  not  relieved 
for  several  years.  In  the  meantime,  on  June  14, 
1834,  be  waa  made  a  Passed  Midshipman,  and  waa 
commissioned  as  a  Lientenant  on  Feb.  25, 
1841.  He  was  with  the  Wilkes  SxplorinK 
Expedition,  and  afterward  made  a  oraiae 
on  the  frigate  Constitntlon  in  East  Indian 
watera.  Baring  the  early  part  of  tbe  Mexican 
War  be  served  in  the  Gnlf  Squadron,  and  went 
with  bis  vessel  into  the  ports  ot  Vera  Craz, 
Taspan,  and  Tobasco.  He  then  served  for  a  short 
time  at  the  Boston  Naval  Station,  from  where  he 
waa  detailed  to  tbe  Coast  Sorvey,  in  which  servioe 
he  lemained  nntil  1860.  He  was  commissioned  as  a 
Commander  on  S»pt.  14,  1855..  At  tbe  oat- 
break  of  the  rebellion  be  waa  in  com- 
mand of  tbe  steamer  Sontb  Carolina, 
from  which  vessel  be  waa  transferred 
to  the  steam  aloop-of-war  Bicbmond.  It  was  in  this 
vessel  that  he  saw  his  first  real  war  service.  With 
the  rest  of  the  fleet,  be  ran  by  tbe  formidable  Forta' 
Jackson  and  St.  Philip,  on  the  Mississippi;  and 
afterward  bronebt  ber  into  a  prominent  place  dar- 
ing tbe  engagements  with  tbe  Cbalmette  biktteriea 
and    the   nearer  defenses  of    New-Orleans.     For 

his  action  in  these  engasements  he  was  oom> 
mended  in  tbe  official  reports ;  and  ttalsi. 
With  bis  two  aaccessfnl  passages  by  tbe 
fortificatioos  of  Vicksbare,  and  gallant 
ooDdact  at  Port  Hadson.  led  to  bis  promotion  to  a 
Caotaincy  It)  January.  1863.  He  participated  in  the 
terrible  oonfiiois  In  Mobile  Bay  as  Commander  of 
Admiral  Farrasat's  flagship  tbe  Brooklyn,  and 
while  stitl  10  command  of  that  maZDiffcenc  vessel 
he  took  part  m  two  attacks  on  Fort  Fisber.  In  the 
reporta  of  all  these  tierce  ooDflicts  his  serviet's  were 
praised,  and  it  was  eonoeded  that  be  wan  one 
of  the  most  skillful  and  determined  officers 
In  the  Navy.  On  July  25.  1866,  be  waa  promoted  to 
tbe  rank  of  Commander.  For  a  part  of  the  follow, 
lag  year  he  commanded  tbe  steam*sloop  Susque- 
hanna on  apacial  service,  and  waa  txansierred 
from  htx  to  tbe  frigate  Minpesota.  Be  waa 
Commandant  of  the  Mare'  Island  Navy- 
yard  for  several  months  m  1868  and  1869, 
bnt  .  in  Ayrll  of  tbe  latter  vear  was 
appointed  Chief  of  tbe  Bnrean  of  Navigation  and 
lietailln  thelfavv-yard.  He  retired  from  sert ice 
oir  MaMi  31,  1872,  with  tbe  rank  at  Bear  Admiral. 
.AAm  UUa  ^  BiaUa  WaabiiunvB.  D«  6L.  Ua  too*,  i. 


but  a  few  weeks  ago  went  to  Sao  FzaaelMo  t»  mala 
a  visit,  intendlBg  to  remain  there  several  montba^ 


JAMES  MANNING  WINCUEIX. 
Mr.  James  Manning  Wifiobbll  died  at  his  res 
idenoe  in  Hyde  Park,  on  the  Hadson.  on  Friday  last. 
at  the  age  of  53  years.  His  life  waa  a  remarkablv 
busy  one,  and.  nia  employments  ntunerona,  and  va- 
ried in  character.  He  waa  bom  at  Avon,  Livlaga* 
ton  Conatv,  N.  T.,  in  the  year  1823.  Hia  fatbez; 
Bev.  Beuben  WiuoheU,  supervised  bis  adaeatioB. 
and  gave  bis  son  tbe  Inatruction  be  ooaU 
not  obtain  at  the  district  sohaoL  In  1848 
baring  determined  to  become  a  profeasional  teacher, 
he  obtained  admission  to  the  Sute  Normal  Scboof 
at  Albany.  Two  years  later  he  was  graduated,  ani 
became  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  Syraouae. 
While  in  that  position  he  was  connected  with  sev* 
eral  Joumalistlo  enterprises.  In  1853  became  t« 
this  City,  and  In  the  foUowlng  year  removed  to 
Cotmcil  City,  Ean.  Hia  basmess  there  was  d» 
aCroyed  by  the  "border  troubles',"  bnt  he  staid  at 
fis  home,  ondismayed  bv  tbe  threats  of  the  rufflani 
who  were  Incensed  against  bim  for  bis  bold  daolara 
tions  against  slavery.  At  this  time  be  was  re- 
quested by  the  late  Henry  J.  Baymond  to  act  as 
eorreaoondent  of  The  Xiueb.  and,  accenting  the 
position,  be  furnished  thia  Journal  with  the  earliest 
and  fullest  accounts  of  tbe  oatragea  that  were  com- 
mitted in  ljL.ansas  by  tbe  "border  rnfflaus."  In 
tbe  Spring  of  1856,  Mr.  Wlncbell  was  chosen  a  dele- 
eate  to  the  first  Kiktional  Bepublican  Convention, 
which  met  in  Philadelphia,  and  by  which  Gren. 
Fremont  was  nominated  for  tbe  Presidency.  In 
1858  bo  waa  a  member  of  rbe  Eansae  Constitutional 
CoDvention,  held  at  Leavenworth,  and.  in  tbe  fol- 
lowing year,  was  Presidept  of  a  like  coDvention  in 
Wyandotte.  At  that  time  be  was  talked  of  as  a  can- 
didate tor  tbe  IJDiced  Stales  Senate,  aod  it  ii  prob- 
able that  if  Kansas  haa  then  been  admitted  to  the 
Union,  h*  woald  have  been  elected  to  that  hvgb 
position.  Daring  the  year  1860  and  the  early  part 
or  1861.  Mr.  WlDcbill  was  a  member  of  tbd 
Kansas  Territorial  Legislature.  At  lbs  opening  of 
tbe  rebellion  he  resumed  bis  connection  with  The 
Times,  and  became  a  anefnl  war  oorrespondent. 
Daring  1862,  and  until  tbe  close  of  the  session  of 
Congress  in  tbe  early  months  of  1863,  be  was  in 
charge  of  Ths  Tdies  Bureau  in  Washington.  Ai> 
ter  this  be  became  connected  with  the  man- 
agemeat  of  the  Kansas  .and  Pacific  Rail* 
way.  In  1864  he  again  entered  polttloal 
life  as  tbe  Secretary  of  the  National 
committee  organized  in  Washineton  to  nree  the 
nomination  of  Secretary  Chase  for  the  Presidency. 
The  failure  of  this  movement  seat  bim  back  to 
private  life.  For  aeveral  years  ther^nfter  be  was 
engaged  in  mining  eoterprisea.  In  1867  be  retired 
from  active  business,  and  bought  the  eaiate  at  Hyde 
Park,  where  he  died. 


MRS.    SARAU   PETEB. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Peter,  mother  of  Hon.  Bafoh 
King,  of  Cincinnati,  died  suddenly  in  that  city  yesv 
terday  morning.  Mrs.  Peter  was  a  woman  of  ex- 
traordinary intelleotaal  pojvers  aod  great  personal 
influence.  In  1854  she  visited  Europe,  and  while 
there  became  a  convert  to  the  Boman  Catholic  faith. 
From  that  time  forth  the  whole  current  of  her  life 
was  changed.  She  was  the  possessor  of  a  very  larj^ 
property.  Upon  ber  return  to  this  country  she  began 
at  once  a  systematic  distribution  of  her  wealth  foe 
tbe  promotion  ot  ibe  Koman  Catholic  faith  through 
tbe  agency  of  cbarch  inatitatlons.  .Since  that  time 
Bbe  is  said  to  bare  fouoded  about  20  conventa. 
Most  of  tbese  are  situated  in  Cincinnati  and  Pbila« 
delphia.  This  missiion  brought  her  into  indinate 
communication  witn  the  Pope,  and  she  has  crossed 
the  ocean  nine  times  on  special  visits  to  bin  Hull- 
ness.  A.aide  from  this  she  bad  previoasly  traveled 
extensively,  and  is  said  to  bava  visited  more  parti 
of  tbe  world  than  any  other  woman  of  ber  time. 
Uer  first  husband  was  tbe  son  of  Jud^e  Bafu* 
King,  of  this  City. 

MBS.  SUSAN  BOWLER. 
Mrs.  Susan  Bowler,  the  widow  of  the  laH 
B.  B.  Bowler,  died  suddeuly  at  ber  residenoe  is 
Clifton,  Ohio,  yesterday.  Mrs.  Bowler  was  a  sistei 
of  Hon.  George  H.  Pendleton,  and  a  woman  oi 
marked  social  qa&litieg  and  of  much  prominence  in 
social  life.  She  was  also  very  wealthy.  During  the 
later  years  of  her  life  she  has  devoted  most  of  her 
time  to  worse  of  charity.  Her  death  was  tbe  resale 
of  a  stroke  of  paralyisis,  with  which  she  was  attacked 
while  at  dinner  at  her  home. 


OBITUARY  NOTES. 
Mr.  Mathew  Fagan,  an  old  and  well-know^ 
Bepublican  of  Brooklyn,    died  yesterday  morning; 
at  his  residence  in  ttie  Foorteeutti  Ward,  of  pnea- 

monia. 

John  S.  Grallaher,  formerly  Third  Auditor  of 
tbe  Treasury,  and  well  known  as  a  journalist  sev* 
eial  years  aeo,  died  In  Wasbincton  on  Sunday  night 
last,  aged  81  years. 


LETTER  TO  THE  EDITOR. 


MAYOR  ELY  ANi)  RAPID  TRANSIT. 
To  the  Editor  of  the  New-  York  Timt  t  :  * 

In  reply  to  the  addresses  made  yesterday  bv 
tbe  representatives  of  tbe  owners  of  property  on 
Sixth  avenue,  protecting  against  tbe  erection  of 
the  Gilbert  Elevated  Railway,  his  Honor  Mayor 
Ely  stated  "that  rapid  transit  is  a  necessity,  but 
the  thing  was  to  secure  it  withont  interfering  with 
private  rlgbta.  He  bad  examined  the  raUroad  sys 
tern  of  London,  bat  it  coald  not  be  adopted  in  this 
City  on  account  of  the  rooky  natare  of  tbe  aab, 
soil.  If  any  persons  embarked  in  such  a  project  it 
woald  be  financially  disastroaa  to  them."  A  carfr 
fal  examination  of  tbe  subject  will  certainl] 
convince  Mayor  Ely  that  he  is  mistaken  in  sappos- 
ing  tlut  a  rapid-transit  railway  beueath  tbe  surface 
of  tbe  avenues  cannot  be  adoptedin  this  City  because 
of  tlie  rocky  nature  of  the  subsoil;  indeed,  there  is 
scarcely  a  doubt,  jc^dging  from  tbe  large  experience 
on  record  in  cnttlng  tbroasb  tbe  r*ck 
of  Manhattan  Island,  that  it  is  re  illy 
less  costly  to  cut  through  this  than  it  was  to  cu4 
throogb  the  stiff  London  clay  throagh  which  a  verj 
large  part  of  tbe  Metropolitan  Railway  in  that  cits 
passes.  An  examination  of  tbe  reports  of  the  .Loo- 
dun  railway  will  show  bis  Honor  that  tne  enurmoaa 
cost  of  this  undertitking  was  due  to  the  expense  ot 
the  real  estate  and  other  dauiages  properly  cominir 
under  that  bead,  which  it  was  necessary  to  pay  in 
order  to  secore  the  right  of  way.  I  have  not  tbe 
figures  by  me,  but  I  think  it  is  safe  to  say  that  up- 
ward of  two-thirds  the  cost  of  this  road  is  charge- 
able to  payments  other  than  for  construction— ex- 
penses. It  may  be  added,  which  need  not  be  incurred 
In  order  to  construct  in  this  City  a  rapid-transit 
road  beneath  the  surface  of  the  street  and  above 
tbe  bottom  level  of  the  sewers  on  perfectly  feasible 
plans  that  have  been  presented. 

No  city  in  the  world  presents  00  great  advantages 
as  New-York  for  the  constraction  ot  a  sub-grade 
rapid-transit  railway.  Four-fifths  of  the  route 
granted  by  the  late  Rapid  Transit  Commissioa,  from 
the  City  Hall  to  the  Harlem  River  via  Third  av- 
euae,  iiassea  throagh  a  street  aimdst  perfectly 
Straight,  with  a  roadway  ot  100  feet  measured  be- 
tween the  corbs  of  the  ndewalks,  a  width  qait« 
anfficient  to  accommodate  tbe  sub-grade  road  and 
leave  a  carriage-way  ample  for  all  purposes 
of  street  traffic.  No  competent  lodge  will 
deny  that  sucb  a  rapid-transit  road  as 
this,  while  it  is  a  real  railway  and 
not  a  skeleton — will  be  far  less  of  a  damage  both  to 
property-owners  and  tbe  commuuity  at  large  than 
any  form  whatever  of  tbe  elevated  species.  One  is 
almost  wholly  concealed  from  -view  aud  does  not  in-', 
any  degree  shut  out  tbe  sunlight  from  tbe  street ; 
the  other,  as  is  now  the  case  in  Amity  street  and 
South  Fitth' avenue,  turns  tbe  street  into  a  sort 
of  vault  or  8ut>-wav.  and  hence  (from  tnis  cause 
alone)  inflicts  enormous  damages  on  the  properlj 
along  the  line. 

Permission  to  construct  such  a  sub-grade  roaf 
as  above  mentioned  was  asked  from  tbe  Rapid- 
transit  Commission  by  tbe  same  capitalists  wbt 
are  tbe  backbone  of  tbe  Gilbert  Company, 
This      request      was      refused.  This      com 

mission,  in  common  with  the  c^eatei 
part  ot  this  community,  beheved  that  an  elevated 
railway  would  be  some  sort  of  gossamer  stractare 
which  would  be  rather  ornameotal  than  otberwise, 
but  when  practical  cousiractiog  engineers  are 
brought  face  to  face  witn  tbe  realities  of  Tbe  situa- 
tion Dy  being  called  upon  to  plan  a  stroctore  to 
carry  two  tracks,  each  to  sustain  "  1,200  pounds  per 
runuing  foot-,"  with  a  "  factor  of  6,"  tne  gossamer 
and  ornamental  part  diaappeara.  In  Ita  place  is 
tonnd  the  atrootore  bow  on  exhibition  in  Amity 
street. 

The  sub-grade  road  would  not  coat  more  than 
abont  1150.000  par  mile  mora  than  the  elevated  con- 
struction now  in  progress,  which  probably 
(owing  t«  tbe  low  pnce  of  iron  and  labor) 
does  not  cast  more  than  $950,000  per  mile, 
li  will  not  answer  to  aay  that  capital  cannot  tx 
found  to  undertake  the  sub-grade  road  :  capitalists 
in  London  and  elsewhere,  have,  on  sevand  occa- 
sions, Bhown  even  more  than  a  wulingness  to  supplj 
the  money  neeessary  to  construct  a  me- 
tropolitan raad  beneath  the  snrface,  while  00 
the  other  baud,  every  attempt  (and  there 
have  been  several)  to  secure  Eaglish  capital  for 
elevated  roads  bas  ended  in  failure — failure,  ia 
most  cases,  preceded  by  an  uofavorable  report  from 
engmeert-  In  view  of  these  facts,  is  it  not  a  tnis- 
toitane  that  the  property  of  residents  along  miles 
ot  an  important  aveoue  should  be  sacrifioed.  and 
the  business  ot  hundreds  of  tradesmen  ruined, 
simply  because  blunders  have  become  common  in 
the  discTUslon  of  this  subject  f     MANHATTAN. 


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Artillery  School  Band,  arrived  here  this  mom'.na 
oit   the  steamer  L-tdy  of  the  Lake,  and  relieved, 
Gen.  Joseph  Roberts  In  command  of  the  post   Geo. 
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AMUSEMENTS. 


DRAMATIC. 
UNION  SQFABE  TUEATRE. 
.A  tnuulativn  of  "Lea  Daniohe^"  a  drama 
«(meei^ed,  m  It  would  appear,  by  one  li.  Pierre 
NewBU,  aiitl  molded  into  a  preeentable  farm  by  M. 
Alexandre  Ihimu,  wu  uted  at  the  Union  Sqoare 
Theatre  Monday  tmotng,  Ita  perfiMmance,  irhiob 
occapled  thraa  boon  and  a  half;  waa  listened  to 
attentlTeiy,  bat  Ita  impreaaion  -was  not  fayorable. 
"  Lea  Sanichei^"  in  tmot,  la  almoat  aa  out  of  place 
on  the  EdkUsIi  atace  as  would  be  "Le  Demi- 
Ifonde, "  from  the  p^i  oi  the  same  Frenoh  anthor. 
It  d«ala  wiih  scenes  In  which  none  but  a  traveled 
spectator,  or  a  play-goer  deslrona  of  seoar- 
ing  Inatrnotion  aa  well  aa  enjoymeat, 
eaa  feel  the  sUfchtest  interest ;  it  intiodncea 
but  one  peraonage  for  whom  an  atom  ot  sympathy 
oan  be  antertained,  and  the  Uttle  action  it  em- 
bodies Is  elofcged  by  a  mass  of  Tcrbiace  which  only 
a  Parisian  anflience,  used  to  such  experi- 
ence by  Parisian  aetors.  will  tolerate. 
Xhe  atory  of  *'  Tb«  Sanioheffs"  has  already 
found  a  place  in  these  colnrans,  but  may 
be  briefly  rehearsed  anew.  Vladimir,  son  of  the 
taaghty  OoitnUu  Danieheff,  Is  deeply  in  lore  with 
Anna,  the  fjavonte  attendant  and  oomoanlon  of  the 
Cottntess.  Anrui,  however,  is  still  a  aerf.  and 
Tladimir'i  declaratian  most  have  been  little  short 
of  a  death-blew  to  the  CourUett.  had  she  not  seen  a 
way  to  prevent  the  threatened  marriatEe.  YUtdimir 
is  on  the  point  of  leaving  for  Moscow.  His 
mother  asks  that  he  shall  go  into  society,  shall 
try  to  forest  Anmt  and  to  marry  la  his 
own  rankf  promising,  however,  that  if  he 
returns  at  the  end  of  a  year,  ant^ia  still  in  the  same 
mind,  she  will  offer  no  opposition.  Bat  no  sooner 
has  Yladimir  departed  than  she  forces  Anna  t« 
marry  OHp,  whom  she  had  that  morning  freed  from 
bis  serfdom.  Osip  loves  Anna^  but  he  is  devotedly 
Bttashed  to  bis  master,  and  knows  his  secret. 
Were  he  to  refuse,  aa  he  gladly  would 
do  for  his  master's  sake,  the  Oountut  would 
only  force  Anna  to  marrv  some  less  worthy  man , 
and  the  ceremony  is  performed.  Immediately  af- 
terward OHp  and  his  wife  quit  the  house  and  take 
up  their  abode  in  a  dwelling  more  fit  for  the  occa- 

paaay   of    two    emancipated    serfs.     After   several 

xnunths  have  expired  Vladimir  hears  of  the 
Countes$'  machinations,  and  comes  fnrioasly  to 
denoance  and  pnnlsb  wUat  he   believes    to    be    the 

^reaehery  of  one  he  bad  made  hia  friend.  Otip  doea 
aoc  shrink  from  the  uplitted  whip,  and  as 
(he  I  Count    looks    into      the      man's      face     bis 

ivsi.     drops.     Then     ho     hears      the    story. 

Vbe  marriafre  ceremony  has  been  an 
smpty  form,  and  Otip  has  held  the  bride  tn  sacred 
trust  for  the  lover  to  whom  she  had  given  her  heart. 
Bdt  there  is  still  this  diffioaltv.  that  Otip  and 
Anna  are  legally  married,  and  the  PrineMt  Lydia, 
Who  undertakes  to  obtain  the  Caar'a  eonsent  to 
a  divorce,  is  in  reality  an  enemy,  for  she  has 
hoped  and  supposed  that  Vladimir  loved  her,  and, 
profeaaing  fri^dship,  is  in  truth  eager  far  revenge. 
But  Ogip  finds  a  way  to  Iree  himself  from  the 
bands  wtiich  under  other  ciicumstaaoea  would  De 
ao  light  a  burden.  By  devoting  himself  to  the 
service  of  the  Church  he  oan  obtain  a  divorce,  and 
though  the  lYineets  would  fain  check  this  method 
of  eaeaps,  the  ^zar'a  permisaion  is  gained  by 
Zakarof,  a  tradtr,  who  owes  the  PrincMt  a  bitter 
grudee,  and  thua  repays  her.  Much  of  tiua  plot  is 
unquestionaDly  M.  Kewski's,  but  at  least 
one  personage — M.  Soger  de  Talde—ia  M. 
Dumas'  own,  and  all  the  long  speeches— 
and  these  are  neither  few  nor  distant  from 
each  other— are  clearly  from  tha  same  source.  That 
M.  Dumas  has  not  been  sparing  of  his  pains  be- 
comes speedily  apparent.  TJnlucldly,  the  protracted 
disquisitions,  the  witty  banter,  and  the  pathetic 
morallaations  go  as  far  toward  damaging  the  piece 
in  the  eyaa  of  an  American  audience  as  they' 
must  have  done  toward  beipinz  It  in 
France.      The  dialogue,  indeed,  must  have  carried 

every thisg  before  it  in  Earope,  for  the  story  is  to* 
simple  to  sustain  foar  acts,  and  the  action  does  not 
proaresa  betwesn  the  dose,  of  .the  first  act  and  the 
beginning  of  the  fourth.  Clever  though  the 
delivery  ol  bright  or  touching  speeches  may 
be,  an  £nelisb-8p«aklng  assemblage  promptly 
tires  of  them.  And.  what  is  particularly  to 
be  regretted,  an  !EagUsh>speakincc  assemblage 
doea  .  not  care  -  to  be  enligrhtened  at  the  ex- 
pense of  being  amaaed.  Else  there  would 
be  some  hope  for  "The  Danlcheffs,"  in 
which  representative  types  and  scenes 
of  Bussian  life— a  sort  of  life  so  ill-known  as  to 
liave  for  thoughtful  persons  a  special  charm — are 
reproduced  with  commendable  care.  Monday, 
at  least,  many  curious  pictures  and  passages 
must  have  been  caviare  to  the  general.  The 
average  theatre-goer,  in  tact,  doea  not  seek  studies 
of  mea  and  manners  on  the  stage.  The  spectacle 
»f  a  Snsaian  noblewoman  speakinK  of  her  serfs  aa 
she  does  of  the  dumb  brutes  on  a  ftud-farm 
may  be  enliehtening  but  is  not  uncommonly 
pleaaant,  and  a  scene  like  the  Bassian  wedding, 
■n  interview  like  that  between  Jf,  De  Taidi  and  the 
Prineut — a  veritable  fencing-match  with  episrams 
for  thrusts— and  elaborate  and  saintly  tirades  like 
thoee  of  Orip  are  of  small  weight  with  spectators 
anxloua  above  all  things  for  action  and  deeds.  The 
third  act  of  "  The '  Danicheffi "  ia  unqneationably 
the  most  dramatic,  althouEh  even  at  this 
stage  of  events,  the  play  often  drags.  The 
second  act  acquaints  the  public  with  Zakarojf, 
\  comical  ex-serf,  who  being  then  trampled 
apon  by  the  Frinee»$,  aubsequently  revenges  him- 
self for  his  wiouKS,  but  it  delays  the  advance  of  the 
Story  to  exceedinK)y  slender  purpose.  A  cu- 
rious trait  noticeable  at  this  point  is  the  anti- 
climax, by  which,  after  a  brief  but  powerful  en- 
countex  between  VUidvmir  and  the  OountttM,  the 
curtain  is  kept  up  until  the  Frinett  strikes 
an  attitude  prophetic  ot  revenge:  this  can 
hardly  be  considered  aa  a  happy  thought,  either  in 
Pana  or  in  £«  ew-Tork.  Tha  fourth  aet  is  excessive- 
ly tedloas.  The  interpretation  of  the  new  work, 
Monday,  waa,  relatively,  good.  "We  sav  relatively, 
because  It  is  impossible,  outside  of  France,  to  give 
to  a  composition  of  this  kind  a  rendering  eqnal  to 
its  exigendee.  The  convictian  with  which 
French  artists  fill  their  parts,  and  the 
marvelons  finette  and  delicacy  of  touch  which 
make  their  treatment  of  the  most  Improbable  and 
aisagreeable  themea  acceptable,  are  not  the  results, 
merely,  of  months  or  years  of  stady,  hot  of  tern 

perament,  sf  tuition  bas^  on  time-honored  tradi- 
tions, and  of  observation  of  types  not  to  be  met  in 
Goamopolltan  cities.  The  best  of  our .  comedians 
are  wantlns  in  these  attcibates,  and,  hence,  the 
efforts  of  the  performers,  Monday,  successfol  as 
they  were  in  the  degree  we  have  hinted  at,  fell 
short  of  suceess  where  possibilities  were  detected. 
Ihe  most  satisfactory  personation  in  "The  Dani- 
BhefEi  "  is  tliat  of  the  Prineett  by  Idiss  Katharine 
Bogers,  whose  ssene  with  M.  De  Taldi  was  a  vsry 
fine  exhibition  of  proud  coquetry,  superb  dis- 
dain, and  overwhelming  hauteur.  More  ez- 
aoting,  and  almost  as  clever,  wss  Miss  Moranf  s 
CouTiteti,  while  Miss  Sara  Jewett'a  intel- 
lizent  aad  refined  methods  only  proved  un- 
equal to  the  demands  now  and  then  made  upon 
Anno— notably  in  the  aoene  ot  the  marriage  and 
when  she  files  for  protection  to  Otip,  in  act  tha 
third — from  sheer  lack  of  emotional  power.  Mr. 
Thome's  Orip  is  deficient  In  pathos;  in  dignity,  in- 
tensity, and  manly  grace  ire  could  wish  no  worthier 
representative  of  the  character.  We  do 
not    admire    Hr.     O'Neill's     Vladimir— *   hard 

and  artificial  portEayal,  and  Mr.  Floyd's 
jr.  D«  ToMi  we  are  reluctantly  constrained  to  de- 
scribe as  moie  shoepiah  than  Incisive  and  brilliant 
The  minor  rdlea  are  in  competent  hands,  Messrs. 
Stoddart;  Paraells^  and  Montgomery,  and  Mmss. 
VemoB.  Wilkins,  and  Parren.  being  included  in 
the  eaat.  Mr.  Stoddart,  as  Zmiarof,  haa  but  one 
loene,  and  acta  in  it  after  his  wonted  laahion  and 
irith  the  wonted  effect.  Tiie  soenery  and  costumes 
<B  tha  new  piece  are  superb.  * 


— jtbat  of  sliKhtneas  af  connection  between  ^e  na* 

merous  plotnres  nnvelled^-oan  be  met  with  the  as- 
sertion that  a  panoramic  storv.  rather  than  a  study  of 

men  and  manners,  baa  been  kept  in  view  by  tiie 

writer  while  at  work  upon  his  task.  Without 
narrating  with  too  copious  detail  the  plot  of  "  Fifth 
Aventie,"  ita  purport  will  be  indicated  by  a  men- 
tion of  the  taet  that  it  rests  upon  the  successful 
career  of  a  young  American,  ifr.  Siehard  BUUu. 
Tha  fortunes  of  this  eentleman,  who,  at  an  early 
jieriod,  ia  diadosed  aa  an  aspirant  to  the  hand  of 
Olivia  Sekuyler,  a  millionaire's  daughter,  first  be- 
trothed to  ifon.  QraKam  Liddet^ale,  a  placid  Eng- 
lishman, are  illustrated  throughout  the  piece. 
In  the  opening  act  most  of  the  personages  are  at 
sea.  Wheff  oiF  the  banks  of  Newfoundland, 
the  steamer  bearing  them  homeward  comes  into  ool- 
Ubion  with  another  veasel,  and  ainks,  Olivia  being 
rescued  by  Siehard  Blake.  In  act  the  second,  a 
large  commercial  company,  of  which  Mr.  Schuyler 
is  the  President,  is  shown  to  be  on  the  verge  of 
bankruptcy.  Biehard  Slake  is  acaln  at  hand,  and 
by  shrewdness  and  firmness  averts  the  Imminent 
calamity.  In  the  third  act  it  la  determined 
to  build  a  monitor,  and  Biehard  Blake,  tak- 
ing the  affair  in  charge,  brings  about  the 
sucoessfnl  launch  of  the  prodigy.  In  act 
the  fourth  the  consequences  of  the  deadly  enmity 
of  one  Biehard  BUxtg  toward  both  ifr.  Sehuyttr  and 
his  protag6  bear  fruit,  and  the  banker  ia  murdered. 
In  the  fifth  act  Biehard  Blake,  unjustly  accuaed  of 
the  crime,  la  discovered  to  be  innocent,  and 
the  curtsin  falls,  after  a  sttnins  picture 
of  the  draft  riota  of  1863  has  been  beheld, 
upon  a  prospective  realiittiou  of  the  hero's  wishes. 
The  action  hurrying  along  tha  evento  we  have 
briefly  alluded  to  naturally  affords  abundant  op- 
portunity for  picturesque  and  realistic  views. 
Without  slighting  the  laofraage  of  the  drama, 
Mr.  Bowe  has  evinced  unusual  fertihty  of  inven- 
tion in  giving  grounda  for  the  exhibition  of  va- 
ried acting  and  views,  and  in  so  handling 
each  of  the  numerous  divisions  of  every  act  as  to 
render  the  scenes  at  least  likely  of  occurrence. 
That  a  few  of  the  incidents  might  be  omited 
without  breaking  the  continuity  of  the  tale  must 
be  admitted,  out  life  is  made  up  of  episodes,  and 
those  lives  which  are  most  intaresting  because 
most  probable  are  seldom    perfect    ohrysolitea. 

The    jzlanoes     Mr.     Bowe      allows    the .  spectator 

into  in-door  and  out  of  door  existence 
in  this  hemisphere  are  at  times  vivid 
in  color,  and  stirringly  truthful.  Some  of  them  are 
exceedingly  striking.  The  sinking  of  the  steam- 
ahip  is  very  cleverly  managed  ;  it  forms  a  powerful 
denouement  for  the  first  act,  and  was  enthosiaatioally 
applauded.  Then  comes  a  remarkably  correct  and 
animated  picture  of  Wall  street,  and  next  a  bus- 
tling sketch  of  a  meeting  of  angry  shareholders. 
The  chief  transactions  In  the  third  act  are  conducted 
on  an  estate  on  the  banks  of  the  Hud- 
son. In  the  foortb  aet  we  have  a 
view  Of  Pifth  avenue,  near  Twenty-seeond  street, 
some  comic  songs  aad  dancea  by  two  bill-posters, 
and  a  mordei  scene,  which,    it  had   been   mmored, 

was  to  represent  a  tragedy  which  took  place  in  that 

vicinity  several  years  sinoe.  Those  persons  who 
came  to  the  theatre  with  anticipations  of  this  kind, 
however,  were  disappointed,  aa  were  those,  also, 
who  had  hoped  that  a  foolish  Injanetion,  and  the  sub- 
sequent proceedings  in  the  courts,  might  add  to 
the  notoriety  of  the  drama.  If>aoy  one  ever  enter- 
tained an  idea  of  the  sort,  (whloh  is  much 
to  be  doubted,)  it  is  clear  that  cor- 
rect information  as  td  the  character  of  the 
transactiouB  in  the  scene  compelled  the  conclusion 
that  the  game  waa  not  worth  the  candle.  "  Fifth 
Avenue,"  Menday,  may  be  said  to  have  achieved 
a  «ue<^  d'  ettitne.  Applause  waa  frequent  during 
the  first  act,  and  at  ita  close  the  principal  actors 
were  called  before  tha  cnrtain.  Mr.  George  Bignold 
was  the  Biehard  Slake  of  the  play,  and  favored  the 
publlo  with  an  entirely  new  ana  surprising  portrait 

of  an  educated  American.  This  personage,  accord, 
ing  to  Mr.  Bigaold,  is  a  gentleman  who  ia  slow 
and  hesitating  In  speech,  awkward  in  manner,  and 
alonohing  in  gait.  Monday  he  seldom  knew  what 
to  say,  and  never  bow  to  say  it.  The  ohar- 
actar  ot  Simon  Schuyler,  the  wealthy  Pres- 
ident of  an  iron  company,  waa  intruated 
to  Mr.  Jamea  H.  Taylor,  and  Hon.  Oraham 
Ziddetdale,  the  aristocratic  XngUsbinan,  foand 
a  fitting  ropreaenutive  in  Mr.  Frederick 
Warde.  The  heroinaof  the  piece — Oliota,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Simon  Schuyler — fell  to  the  lot  of  Miss  Mand 
Granger,  who  acted  with  commendable  good  taste, 
4na  exhibited  genuine  feeling.  Mr.  Charles  Parsloe 
and  Mr.  George  S.  Knight,  two  gentlemen  well 
knofrn  in  performances  of  a  somewhat  different 
order,  were  recognized  in  the  garb  of  bill  posters, 
and  Mr.  John  Wild,  as  the  negro  Nelton,  was 
creeted  in  so  hearty  a  manner  as  to  leave  no  one  in 
uncertainty  aa  to  the  penchant  of  the  maioritj  of 
the  spectators.  The  remainder  of  the  cast  does  not 
require  particular  notice.  The  managers  of  the 
theatre  have  provided  new  and  beautiful  scenery 
for  "Fifth  Avenue,"  the  most  remarkable  sets 
having  been  already  described.  The  piece  is  an- 
nounced for  repetition  nntll  farther  notice. 


THE  PRESS  CLUB  ENTERTAINMENT. 

The  entertainment  given  last  night  in  Stein- 
way  Hall  imder  the  auspices  of  the  New-York  Press 
Club  was  in  every  respect  a  gratifying  success. 
The  hall  waa  filled  with  **  truly  representative 
audience,  large  numbera  of  prominent  men  and 
women    who    iiiH^    and    grace   metropolitan 

life  being  among  the  spectators.  The  gathering, 
while  an  elegant  one.  was  by  no  means  formal,  for 
hondreds  met  who  were  in  daily  mtarconrse,  and 
hence  the  occasion  was  as  pleasing  in  its  social 
aapect  aa  in  its  financial  results.  The  pro- 
graioma  was  vsry  liberal,  but  ita  variety  and 
axcellence  were  so  nncoinmon  aa  to  bold 
the  audience  to  the  end,  and  the 
performers  were  freely  and  warmly  applauded,  and 
frequently  constrained  to  return  to  the  stage. 
The  President  of  tbe  club,  Mr.  Charles  H.  Pnlham, 
explained  the  unavoidable  absence  of  Miss  Kel- 
logg, who  had  kindly  volunieeiyd  to  be  present 
and  sing,  but  who  had  afterward  been  comprlled 
to  withdraw  her  promise.  Mr.  Horatio  C.  King 
then  opened  the  entertainment  proper  with  a  grace, 
tnl  organ  performance,  and  was  followed  by  the 
choir  ot  Apollo  Bays,  who  appeared  under  the 
direction  of  their  popular  teacher,  Mr.  William 
Francis  Williams,  and  sang  Spofforth's  delietatfol 
"  Hail,  Smiling  Mom,"  and  the  well-known  chorus 
Item  ''Ernanl"  in  a  manner  that  secored  for  the 

vocalists  a  deservedly  cordial  roUna  of  applanse. 
Mr.  S.  L.  Clemens — "  Mark  Twain  "—was  grace- 
fully Introduced  by  the  President  of  the  dub  as  an 
old  member,  and  gave  an  acoonnt  of  his  '^nconn- 
ter  With  an  Interviewer"  and  his  "Dueling Ex- 
periences," which  kept  the  audience  in  consti^nt 
laughter.  Messrs.  A.  B.  Woodrofi;  A.  T.  Hills, 
Q.  E.  Sockwood,  and  Jules  G.  Lumbard  sang 
Hatton'a  songs  "King  Witlat's  Drinking  Horn" 
and  "  Tbe  Happiest  Land  "  with  rare  skill,  and  tbe 
warm^Iandils  wbich  followed  them  from  tbe  stage 
yf^m  general  and  prolonged.  Mme.  Fappenheim, 
always  a  tavonte,  was  last  night  received  with  more 
than  usnal  heartiness.  She  sang  "  Bobert,  toi  que 
J'aime  "  so  superbly  that  an  encore  rewarded  her 
and  brought  fortn  Abt's  "G-ate  nacbt,  mein 
herxiges  kind,"  which  the  prima  donna  rendered 
so  acceptably  that  the  audience  would  have  in- 
sisted     upon    hearing    her    again    bat    for    fear 

of    aetusl   indiscretion.     In    tbe    second    part 

of  the  concert  Mme.  Pappenheim  sang 
Millard's  pretty  "Waiting"  charmingly.  Mr. 
Qeorge  Werrenrath  needed  no  new  test  to  make 

him  a  popular  singer,  and  he  rendered  Bobaudi's 
"Alia  Stella  Confldanta"  in  a  very  tasteful  manner, 
while  Mr.  F.  Bosoovitz  created  a  flatter  of  delight 
among  entbuslastio  piantsta  by  his  execution 
of  a  quaint  old  composition,  "The  VUlage 
Bell."  Mr.  Boseovlta  afterward  gave  hia  "  Steinway 
March."  Mrs.  Zelda  Seguln,  a  favorite  among  favor- 
ites, not  only  with  the  journalistic  fraternity,  who 
have  alwaya  expressed  good  wishes  for  her 
success,  but  with  everybody  else  possessed  of 
taste  and  feeling,  raiaed  a  whirlwind  of  applaase 
by  hat  singing  of  Hullah's  "  Storm,"  The  excite- 
ment coulu  not  be  stayed  by  anything  less  than  a 
ballad,  and  tbe  lady  sang  a  pretty  little  Irish  song— 
"I  wrota  my  love  a  letter."  Mr.  Castls^  the 
distinguished  tenor,  was  greetedaa  another  welcome 
friend,  aad  he  sang  Salaman's  "Celia"  with  capital 
effect.  In  the  second  part  of  the  programme  Mrs. 
Seguln  and  Mr.  Castle  aang  very  sweetly  together 
la  the  famous  ^uet  between  Jf cnrieo  and  A2u«ena 
from  "  H  Trovatore."  Mr.  Julea  Lumbard's  noble 
ydee  was  heard  to  good  advantage  in  Biod's  "  Here 
«9oa  my  veaaal'a  deck,"  and  he  waa  gaaar- 
••itr  applauded.  Mr.  A.  P.  Borbaak,  oar 
^  er««r  moat  skUifol  eloontloniats,  gave  everybody  a 
Qfeaaee  tBiaogh  heartily  at  "Schneider's  Account 


BoberU  ta^is  wonderfolrvoltation  of  Pot's  "Bella," 

made  it  almost  possible  to  forget  that  the  poem  had 
ever  been  ttloaght  hackneyed.       Mr.  Boberts  was 

>  compelled  to  retarn  at  its  close,  and  be  iheo  recited 

and  song  the  comio  dlt^  from  the  Bab  Ballade 
—  "The  Yam  of  the  Kanoy  Brig."  Mr.  Werranrath 
next  interpreted  a  sprightly  oomposition  by  Mr. 
Horatio  C.  Kiag.  to  words  by  Mr.  Bayard  Taylor,  with 
great  vivacity,  and  Mr.  William  Carleton,  whose 
beaatiful  voice  haa  been  admired  tor  some  years, 
already,  on  the  operatic  stage,  sung  Faiire'a 
"Bameaux"  with  fine  effect.  Tbe  qnar- 
tota  "When  evening's  twilight"  and  "Sail- 
or's Song,"  by  Hatton,  rendered  by  Messrs. 
Woodruff  Bookwood  Uills,  and  Lombard,  con- 
cluded the  entortainment,  which  waa  certainly  one 
moot  creditable  to  all  the  artista  concerned  in  it, 
and  a  thorougbly  satisfactory  and  memorable  one 
for  the  elub  under  whose  auspice  it  waa  given. 


BOOTH'S  THEATRE. 
A  new  drama,  dealing  yrith  person«f{M  «t  a 
Atmlliar  type  and  with  aoenes  illus?ntive  of  «oa- 
temporaneoua  evenia.  real  and  possible^  \nm  taadm 
known  at  Booth'a  Theatr^  Monday,  to  a  vecy 
large  audience.  It  ia  called  "Fifth  Aveane,"  ia 
divided  mto  five  acts,  and  enllata  the  aervloaa  of  a 
targe  '  force  of  well-known  artlata.  "H(th 
Avenue"  is — f^n*  the  pen  .  of  Mr.  Qmrgt 
FawoeU  Bowe.  Ita  charaetera  and  ita  actiea^ 
are  altogether  local.  The  ground.  Indeed,  la  saw. 
and  then  shifted  txmn  Metropolitan  streeta  aad 
manaiona  to  the  banks  of  the  fiadson;  but  to  tUa 
the  moat  devout  worahipar  of  the  unities  oan  sA* 
ao  senoBs  obJeetloB.  Tbe  result  1#  a  play  «Mlt 
. jMty  eftettv  jaaidaata.  »b  wMafc  tta  slBals  9hmm}^  ||».  Psi)cftjMaaa<»  U  JMb."  and  He  Charles  1 

iftfetf^M^r- '"'t'i?!', '. . -J-  I'll'?; 


GENERAL  MENTION. 

"A  Morning  Call,"  with  Mr.  Wallaok  and 
Miss  Dvaa,  and  "Married  Life"  will  be  acted  at 
Wallack's  Theatre,  this  evening,  and  Monday  Mr. 
Wallack  will  perform  in  "  Wild  Oats." 

Mr.  Heller  offers  nightly,  throughout  tbia 
week,  a  new  programme  of  marveleus  tricks.  A 
more  agreeable  light  entertainment  than  that  snp- 
plied  at  tbe  Wonder  Theatre  is  not  to  be  enjoyed  in 
town. 

"  Marton"  is  tbe  title  of  the  new  musical 
comedy  now  represented  nightly  at  tbe  New  Broad- 
way Theatre — erroneously  sllnded  to  as  Wood's 
Museum  in  a  recent  reference  to  tbe  place  la  these 
columns.  "  Marton"  is  a  lively  composition  of  tbe 
French  order,  and  is  vivadoualy  acted  by  the  com- 
pany of  the  theatre. 

Miss  Abbotf  B  first  concert  will  take  plac^  at 
Chickering  Hall,  this  evening.  Miss  Abbott  is  to 
sing  the  grand  air  fVom  "Bobert,"  and  "  Ah,  non 
oredea,"  and  "Abl  non  gfunge,"  from  "La  Som- 
nambnla."  She  will  have  the  oo-operation  of  Mr. 
W.  B.  Case,  a  yonng  pianist  new  to  American  au- 
diences, and  that  of  Signori  Bngnoli  and  Ferranti. 

"  Luoia  di  Lammermoor "  was  fung  at  the 
Academy  of  Music  yesterday  evening,  Miss  Hose- 
wald  representing  with  considerable  cleverness 
Edgar't  ill-fated  bride,  Mr.  Maas  singing  tbe  tenor 
music  exceedingly  well,  and  Mr.  Carleton  lending 

hia  fine  voice  to  tbe  baritone  rAle.     Miss  Kellogg,  it 

shonld  here  be  mentiooed,  was  indisposed,  and 
hence  the  substitntlon  of  Miss  Rosewald  for  that 
popular  artist.  "The  Flying  Bntohman"  is  sn- 
pounced  for  performance  this  evening. 


THE  BIVER  AND  HABBOR  BILL. 


PBINCIPAI.  ITEMS   OF  THE    APPROPtUATIOKS 
AQRSED   TO    IN  THE   HOD8B  COMHITTEB 

ON  COMMERCR. 

Wabhinqton,  Feb.  6. — The  House  Commit- 
tee on  Commerce  completed  the  Biver  and  Harber 
Appropriation  bill  this  momiag,  and  it  will  be  re- 
ported to  the  House  at  the  flrat  opportnnity.  Tbe 
total  amount  of  tbe  appropriations  recoromeoded  is 
12,275.800.  including,  as  the  largest  single  item, 
SS)00,000  for  removing  obstractions  nrom  the  Sast 
Biver  and  Hell  Gate,  New- York.  Tbe  other 
prlneipal     itema     In    the   bill    are    as     follows : 

For  the  improvsment  of  rivers  :  Month  of  the 
Mississippi,  1100,000:  Mississippi,  Missouri,  and 
Arkansas,  165,000 ;  Mississippi,  opposite  St.  Louis, 
170,000;  Des  Moines  Bapids,  MAsissippi  Biver, 
195,000;  Upper  MlssUsippi,  130,000;  Bock  Island 
Bapids.  Mississippi  .  Biver,  $10,000;  Mis- 
souri Biver  above  the  month  of  the  Yel- 
lowstone, tlO.OOO;  Tennessee  Biver,  |2OO,00O; 
Ohio  Biver,  $130,000;  St.  Mary's  Biver  and 
St.  Mary's  Falls  Canal,  flOO.OOO ;  Saginaw  Biver, 
130,000;  Schuylkill  Biver,  f  IS,  000;  Fslls  ef  St.  An- 
thony, Minn.,  15.000 :  Delaware  River,  below 
Potty's  Island,  $35,000  :  James  Klver,  Yirginia,  140,- 
000  ;Great  Kanawha  Biver,  West  Virginia,  $10,000  ; 

LittleEanawha  River,  West  Ylrginla.  95,000:  Cape 
Fear  Biver,  $110,000  ;  Cunnectieat  River,  below 
Hartford,  ^5,000  Tannton  Biver,  Maasaohnsetts, 
$5,000:  Providence  River,  Bboce  Island, 
15,000  For  Harbor  ImproyemenU:  Galveston, 
Tex.4i>,  $100,000;  Savannah.  Oh..  $95,000;  Baltimore, 
$60,000;  BnlTalo.  $50,000;  Oswegu,  N.  Y.,  $50,000; 
BuKtoD,  $25,000  ;  PrortncetowD.  Mass..  $10,000;  Hv- 
nnnis,  Mass.,  $10,000;  Erie,  Peno.,  135,000 ;  tor  tbe 
construction  uf  an  ice  harbor  at  Chester, 
Penn.,  $800 ;  barbnr  and  breakwater  at  Wil- 
micgtea,  Del.,  $34.000 ;  lor  breakwater  at 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  MU.OOO ;  harbor  at  Tole- 
do, Obiu,  $90,000;  Chicago,  $5,000;  Michigan, 
Cliy,  lod..  $35,000;  Harbor  of  Bernge,  Lake  Haron, 
Mich..  $75,000;  Grand  Haven,  Mich^  $20,000  ;  Che- 
boygan. Micb.,  $15  000;  Milwaakee  Harbor,  $20,000; 
miscellaueaas  aiedglng,  Superior  -Bar,  $28,000; 
ship  cliannel,  Id  Galveston  Bay.  $28,000  ;  ex- 
amination, Norveys,  snd  coDtiDgencies  ui  riversand 
harbors.  $15,000;  examinatioD  aud  surveys  at  South 
Pass  of  tne  Mississippi  River,  $15,000. 


THE    WEAWEJL 


INDICATIONS. 

Washihoton,  Feb.  7—1  A.  VL.—For  the  Middle 

and  Eatt  Ailantie  State*  etatianary  or  faUing  bar- 
ometer, tvuth  and  v>ut  loindt,  and  wan7i«r,  partly 
eloudv  vtather, 

IN   THIS    CITT. 

Tbe  following  record  shows  tbe  changes  in 
the  temperatare  for  the  past  24  hours,  in  com- 
parison with  tbe  corresponding  date  of  last  year, 
as  indicated  by  the  thermometer  at  Hnduut's  phar- 
macy: 

187a  1877.1  1876.1877. 

3  AM 16°        33»i    .S:30P.  M 33<-        40^ 

6  a.  M 18^        33°.    6  P.M. 33°        .S7» 

9A.  M IB-       36".   9P.  M 33^       30° 

12  M 30O       39°il2P.  M 33''       .S2<> 

Average  temperatare  yesteroar 36  V 

Average  temperature  for  correspoDding  date  Ittit 
year 26  V 


MT8TEBIOUS  MAIL  BOBBEKT. 
CiKCiMNATi,  Feb.  6. — It  has  just  been  learned 
that  a  mall  bag  containing  letters  and  about  $25,000 
worth  of  bank  checks  and  private  drafts,  while  en 
route  from  Newport,  Ky.,  to  Cincinnati,  several 
days  ago.  waa  opened  and  the  contents  abstracted. 
Ko  Clue  whatever  has  been  obtained  as  to  who  com- 
mited  the  deed,  or  as  to  tbe  wbereabonts  of  the 
mis>iing  papers.  There  has  been  a  determined  ei- 
fort  to  keep  tbe  matter  busbea  up,  snd  for  s  time  it 
had  besn  successful.  The  First  .Natisoal  Bank  ot 
Cuvington  had  over  $10,000  worth  cf  chrcks  in  tbst 
mall,  and  James  Taylor  &  Sons,  bankers,  a  still 
larger  amount.  Among  oiber  papers  there  was  a 
gold  draft  on  a  California  bank  for  $5,000. 

sfRIKB  OF  COAL  MINERS. 

PoTTSYiLLE,  Feb.  6.— On  accouit  of  a  small 

redaction  made  recently  in  the  nay  of  miners  in  the 
Stantan  Colliery    at  Malianoy    Plans,    they  held    a 

xDU8-mesting  last  night,  after  which  they  ootifled 

the  operators  that  they  had  resolved  to  strike.  In 
accordance  with  this  resolution,  work  m  the  colliery 
was  suspended  to-day.  and  upward  of  1.100  men  are 
idle.  It  IS  a  sonrce  of  surprise  that  such  a  laruu 
number  af  men  should  volontarlly  cease  work  in 
the  midst  of  Winter,  considering  that  for  some 
time  past  many  ■DemyloyedroeD  bays  been  leaving 
the  region  to  seak  employment  elsewbore. 

MAKINE  DISASTERS. 

HA.VANA.  Feb.  6. — The  schooner  Nancy  M. 
Boss,  from  Philadelphia  Jan.  21,  for  Cardenas,  is 
aahore  on  the  reefs  of  Crux  del  Padre,  and  will  be  a 
total  loss.    Her  cargo  will  probably  be  saved. 

St.  John,  N.  B.,  Feb.  6. — ^Intelligence  waa  re- 
ceived hei  e  to-day  that  tbe  ship  Norseman,  one  of 
the  finest  uf  the  St.  John  fleets  wss  run  into  by  the 
steani-sbip  Koae,  ib  latitaue  4°  north,  while  making 
a  Voyage  fTom  the  Guano  Islands  to  Qaeenstown, 
and  sunk.  The  crow  were  rescned  aud  landed  at 
Montevideo. 

London,  Feb.  6. — The  British  ship  Xorseman, 
Capt.  Lane,  fTom  Mejillones,  fur  Europe,  bas  been 
abandoned  after  a  collision.  Tbe  crew  have  arrived 
at  Baenos  Avres. 

COIN  COUSTERFEITEBS  OAPTURED. 
Phcladklfhia,  Fob.  6. — Mary  Fryer  was 
arrested  at  tbe  South  Street  Ferry  yester 
day  afternoon  on  sospldon  of  passing  counterlelt 
coin.  On  going  to  her  residenee  the  officers  dis- 
covered James  Fryer  and  Tbomas  Mltebell  engaged 

in  the  manntaoture  of  counterieit  10-cent  pieces,  and 
a  fall  sei  of  counterfeiters'  implements  was  tound 
in  their  possession.  On  Mrs.  Fryer  was  foand  a 
lot  of  the  bogus  coins.  Tbe  prlsunorit  were  held  to 
await  a  heating  before  tbe  United  States  Commls' 
ssioner.  ^^^^^^ 

JFOUB  MXy  KILLED  IN  A  MINE. 

AjJLSSToyrs,  Penn.,  Febw  6. — A  frightful  ao- 
cident  occurred  yesterday  at  the  irou-ore  mine  of 
Dsmel  Lauar  at  Henslngervlile,  Lehigh  County. 
12  miles  from  this  place.  While  -workmen  were 
digging  ore^  the  ground  caved  in  upon  them,  bury- 
ing Henry  Hunaberger,  Lewis  Engia,  Beess  Lewes, 
and  David  Frederick,  under  10  feet  of  earth.  The 
three  first  named  ware  killed,  aad  Frederiek  sus- 
tained vezy  serious  Injuries,  but  will  probably  to- 

oovar.  

—  ^    I 

ASSEMBLY  HOUISATIOlf. 

MlsPLBTOWir,  Fab.  6.— The  Democrats  of  tbe 
Second  Dlatriat  of  Orange  County  met*  in  conven* 

tloB  bare  to-day,  aad  nominated  J,  V.  D.  Banodiot, 
at  Warwick,  on  the  twaaty-slxtn  ballot,  to  1111  the 
vaeaucy  eaosed  by  the  death  of  Asaemblvmaa  S.  L. 
Sulaott 


ilBANY. 


.  i>'  •   - 1'" 


WARM  DEBATES  IN  THE  ASSEMBLY. 

THK  BIIX  ro  PBOHIBIT  POOJ^-SEIXINCl^— AN 
IMPORTANT  AMBNDMBMT  MADE  TO  IT — 
MR.  LANGBBIM'S  BIIX  Uf  RELATION  TO 
THB  DI8TRI0T  COURTS — BUSIIOESS  IN  THK 
SENATE. 

.Worn  Our  Ovm  CorreepoHdeM. 

Albant.  Tuesday,  Feb.  6. 1877. 

Taesday  being  general  order  day,  tlie  As- 
seipbly  went  into  Committee  of  the  Whole  this 
morning,  and  the  first  Dili  discussed  was  that 
'to  prevent  pool-selling.  This  measure  was  re- 
ported from  tbe  Judiciary  Cominittee  in^  place 
of  the  several  bills  on  the  same  subject  vhicb 
bad  been  introduced  and  referred  to  it.  '  Tbe 
discussion  on  tbe  bill  lasted  nearly  two  hours, 
and  at  times  became  very  personal,  so  much  so 
that  the  speakers  had  to  be  called  to  order. 
The  oMef  point  of  dispute  was  whether  the  bill 
sbotild  be  extended  to  absolutely  prohibit  tbe 
selling  of  pools  on  horse-races.  The  country 
members,  or  the  greater  portion  of  tb^m, 
seemed  to  be  strongly  in  favor  of  stepping  tbe 
tnoks  of  pool-sellers  at  the  rural  fairs  ;  and,  in 
the  end,  the  House  adopted  an  amendment 
offered  by  Judge  Hogeboom,  which  prohibited 
the  selling  of  pools  on  horse-races  anywhere. 
As  the  bill  originally  stood,  tbe  prohibition  ex- 
tended only  to  selling  pools  in  any  house 
or  building,  the  intention  being  to  allow 
persons  to  sell  pools  on  a  race-track  if 
they  Wanted  to.  The  Senate  Judiciary 
Committee  bad  prepared  a  precisely  similar 
bill  to  this,  in  which  this  concession,  not 
certainly  a  dangerous  one,  to  tbe  sporting 
fraternity  was  made.  Tbe  House  bill,  with 
Judge  Hogeboom's  amendment  to  it,  was  or- 
dered to  a  third  reading.  If  it  passes  in  that 
form  tbe  Senate  will  certainly  amend  it,  and 
should  the  House  be  too  tenacious,  the  failure 
of  the  whole  measure  will  be  the  result,  and 
the  pernicious  practise  of  keeping  pool-rooms 
to  sell  pools  on  elections,  dec,  will  go. on  un- 
checked. 

The  next  bill  of  iaaportanoe   discussed   w«s 

that  intraduced  by  Mr.  Langbein  to  provide  for 
a  revieion  of  tbe  laws  relative  to  the  adminis- 
tration of  justice  in  tbe  District  Courts  of  the 
City.  This  bill  was  reported  l9y  the  Judiciary 
Committee  by  unanimous  vote,  aud  for  few 
bills  now  in  tbe  Legislature  can  better  reasons 
be    adduced  why  they  should    become    laws. 

The  oorruptioD,  tbe  iuefficieao.y)  and  tbe  lirosB 

extravagance  of  most  of  these  District  Courts 
is  so  notorious  that  no  defense  of  them  cau 
be  offered ;  yet  it  seems  that  few  members 
ou  either  siae  of  the  House  ctfre  to  boldly 

tackle  the  subject,  and  give  it  the  heroic  treat- 
ment It  deserves.  It  is  probable  that  tbe  per- 
sons oonnected  with  these  eourts  have  friends 
who,  while  they  will  not  defend,  at  leastdo  not 
sare  to  attack  tbe  little  nosts  of  oornlption.   in 

the  debate  this  morning,  Mr.  Lani;bein  was 
left  to  defend  the  bill  single-handed  aj;ainst 
Mr.  Eoolesine,  Mr.  Purdy,  Mr.  Mitchell,  Mr. 
Qrady,  and  last  of  ail,  the  redoubtable  Gen. 
Spinola.  It  is  true  Mr.  Langbein  did  very 
well,  and  undoubtedly  bad  tbe  House 
in  sympatb.y  with  hiss  ;  but  be  is  new. 
is  a  yeung  man,  and  not  habituated 
yet  to  sharp  runuiDg  debate.    He  istborougbiy 

informed  on  tbe  subject  of  these  courts,  and 
in  argument  belore  a  committee  on  it  would 
be  a  match  for  each  ana  all  his  opponents  ot 
this  morning ;  but  a  little  more  practice  will 
be  required  for  him  to  do  aa  well  ou  the  floor  of 
tbe  House.  Why  he  should  have  been  lelt 
alone  in  bis  fight  is  not  easy  to  explain.  The 
bill  was  tirst  attacked  by  Mr.  Grady,  who 
moved  to  strike  out  that  portion  of  it  which 
required  the  Commissionei-s  to  "  report 
suitable  pruvisious  fur  the  election  of 
such  justices  on  general  ticket,  and  fur 
longer      and       classiiieU      terms      of      otfico." 

The  bill,  it  will  be  remembered,  provides  loi 
the  appointment  by  the  Ooveroor,  with  tbe 
consent  of  tbe  Senate,  of  three  Commissioners, 
*•  learned  in  the  law,"  to  revise,  siuiplify,  ar- 
range, and  consolidate  all  the  statutes  now  iu 
force  applicable  to  the  administration  of  justice 
m  the  dietrist  courts  ;  also,  in  their  report,  to 
recommend  what  additional  legislation,  if  any, 
shall  be  necessary  lor  tbeimprovcuieut  ot  these 
courts.  'I'he  Commissioners  were  to  receive 
$1,000  each  for  their  services.  The  report  is  to 
be  delivered  to  tbe  Governor  in  i>ecember 
next.  Mr.  Grady  succeeded  in  carrying  bis 
amendment,  but  it  bus  no  practical  eileut  one 
way  or  the  other  ;  since,  as  the  Commissioner's 
duties  are  only  advisurv  as  to  new  legislation, 
it  18  within  their  competence  to  recomiucd  any 
plan  or  plans  whatever,  wbiuh  may  seem  tu 
lurther  tbe  objects  ler  which  tbey  were  ap- 
pointed. Tbe  next  aumendment  was  ono  uv 
Mr.  Purdy.  to  cut  aowu  the  eomijensaiiua  of 
tbe  Cummissioners  to  1^0  each,  Irom  $1,UU0,  as 
the  bill  provides.  Mr.  Eoolesinu  was  opposed 
to  tbe  bUl  altogether,  and  ao  one  who  spolce  in 
favor  of  the  amendments  seemed  to  have  much 
good  will  toward  it.  ^pinola  was  making  oue 
uf  his  characteristic  speeches  against  it,  consist- 
ing mainly  of  an  attack  un  Mr.  Cuwdiu,  (which 
be  especially  delights  to  do.  and  whiob  Mr. 
Cowdin  treate  with  silent  contempt,)  when  the 
hour  af  2  arrived,  the  bill  was  progressed,  and 
tbe  House  adjourned.  Mr.  Eucleaine,  iu  his 
speech,  complained,  as  did  Mr.  Grady,  that  the 
Legislature  would  nut  let  the  City  of  Now- 
York  alone.  Let  us  alone,  let  us  aiunc,  was 
tbe  burden  of  his  cry.  in  response  to  this,  it 
may  be  pointed  out,  that  of  the  70  or  80  bills 
fur  all  kinds  of  purposes,  now  in  tbe  Legisla- 
ture, affecting  the  City  of  New-York,  every 
one  oi  tbem  bas  been  introduced  by  eitber  a 
New-York  member,  or  some  member  irom  an 
ac^oiuing  county  who  is  iuuked  upon  as,  audcou- 
siuers  himseit,  a  New-York  mau. 

Senator  Gerard  introduced  a  bill  lor  the  ap- 
pointment, by  tbe  Board  ul  Education  of  New- 
Yorlt,  uf  an  Assistant  Superintendent  of  feiobools 
and  School  Buildings,  whose  duty  it  shaii  be  to 
visit  the  public  schucls  of  tne  City  aud  examiue 
into  their  saniiar.y  conuitiou,  see  that  the 
buildings  are  properly  ventilated,  and  gather 
Btatistivs  relative  to  contagious  diseases  ana 
the  general  health  of  the  public  scbeols.  Ue  is 
required  to  makeun  annual  report  to  the  board 
uf  Kaucation.  Mr.  Gerard  also  introduced  a 
bill,  wbicli  bas  received  the  sanction  of  tbn 
Board  of  Architects  and  ol  the  Fire  Under- 
writers of  New-York  City,  lor  the  better  pro- 
tootiun  ot  the  puulio  against  fire  iu  theatres  in 
the  City. 

The  Senate  ordered  to  a  third  reading  tbe 
bill  introduced  by  Mr.  Carpenter,  providing 
that  in  actions  brought  against  the  Mayor  uf 
Kew- York  tor  damages  tu  real  estate  in  West- 
chester and  ir'utuuui  Counties,  arising  from  the 
Crotou  water  supply,  the  purtics  bringing  the 

action  need  not  give  ibe  20  days'  notice,  usually 

required,  to  the  Controller  uf  their  claims,  aud 
that   such  actions  may  be  brought   ouiside    of 

New-York  County. 

The  Court  uf  Appeals  to-day  rendered  a  de- 
cision 111  favur  ot  the  oonstitutionality  of  tbe 
Judicial  Sales  bill  framed  last  .Winter,  com- 
monly known  aa  the  "Sheriffs  bill,"  which 
gave  tbe  Sheriff  ot  Kings  Cuuntv  the  exclusive 
sales  of  property  unuer  lorecioeure. 

i'be  Ways  ana  Means  Committee  will  to 
morrow  report  Mr.  Alvord's  bill  allowing 
towns,  cities,  and  villages  to  replace  bonds  tail- 
ing due  by  other  bunds  at  aiuwerrateof  in- 
terest, and  running  fur  long  terms.  T  his  is  an 
important  measure,  affording  a  much  needed  re- 
lief to  burdenea  municipalities.  Tbe  Legislature 
has  already  passed  five  local  bills  to  allow  this, 
and  will  undoubtedly  be  culled  upon  to  pass  50 
more  bills  ot  tbe  sauie  surt   unless  this  general 

measure  becomes  a  law.  Tbe  same  committee 
will  give  another  hearing  to-morrow  to  the 
architects  and  others  ounuected  with  tbe  new 
Capitol  building. 

The  bill  relating  to  tbe  office  ot  Superintend- 
ent of  Public  Wurks  is  tbe  special  order  for  to- 
morrow morning  in  tbe  Ai<sembly.  A  spirited 
debate  may  be  looked  for,  but  tbe  talk  will  not 
be  allowed  to  run  to  such  wearisome  and  use- 
less lengths  as  it  did  this  morning. 

Mr.  Langbem's  District  Court  oill  being  pro- 
gressed, will  come  up  in  tbe  next  Coiamittee 
of  the  Whole,  and  it  will  then  only  be  left  to 
Mr.  Langbeiu  to  fight  it  through. 

The  Committee  on  Cities  this  afternoon 
agreed  to  report  Mr.  Cowdio's  bill  tu  require 
tbe  Mayor  to  call  an  auvisory  council,  consist- 
ing of  the  beads  of  the  City  deptu-tments  aud  a 
number  oi  eminent  citizens,  to  a^iree  upon  tke 
legislation  necessary  to  a  more  economical  ad- 
ministration of  the  Citv  Government.  'Ihe 
bill  has  been  amended  so  as  to  require  tbe 
report  of  the  council  to  be  sent  to  tbe  Legisla- 
ture by  March  10. 

Mr.  Corsa's  bill  relative  to  the  Jefferson 
Market  Court-house  will  be  reported  back  in- 
tact. 

The  house  is  well  up  with  its  general  orders, 
and  tbe  whole  calendar  would  have  been 
cleared  off  this  morning  bad  not  tbe  debate 
been  so  unnecessarily  protraoted  on  the  pool 
selling  and  District  Coarc  bills.  Wnat- 
ever  delay  there  ia  in  tbe  business  of 
tbe  bouse  now  oomes  from  the  tardiness 
ot  some  of  tbe  committees  in  reportang  bills, 
litis  complaint,  however,  cannot  be  made 
against  tbe  Judiciary  Committee,  which  has 
been  sending  in  ite  reporta  with  unfailing 
puuotnality.     It     abould     not  .  be  .  aastuned 

that   the     fionunitteea     are  '  sbt     wurJusg, 


beoaose        tbey       do      not       send  .in 
moch.     All  tbe  more  important  committees 

have  been  sitting  nearl.y  everv   afternoon.     As 
a  whole,  tbe  business  of.  the  House  is  In  rather 

a  more  lorward  state  than  it  was  at  tbe  same 

tinse  last  year.     The  New- York  bills,  however, 
certainly  drag  along  rather  slowly. 

The  bill  in  relation  to  the  office  of  Superin- 
tendent of  State  Prisonsstill  hangs  in  tbe  Ways 
and  Means  Committee,  prinoipally  on  account 
of  Judge  Hogeboom's  absence.  Mr,  Post  is 
looking  after  the  measure. 

LEGISLATION  AT  TRENTON. 


THE  BILL  FOB  THK  BELIEF  OF  TjBR  NBWABK 
MURDKRKRS  PASSED— BELIEF  THAT  GOV. 
BKDLE  WILL  DECLINE  TO  SIGN  11^— A 
JOINT  CONVENTION  TO  RK  HELD  TO- 
DAY. 

From  Our  Ovm  Corrttvondent. 

Trenton,  Tuesday,  Feb.  6, 1877. 

Tbe  bill    introduced  into  and  passed  by 

the  Senate  last  night,  tbe  purpose  of   which  is 

to    secure    a   writ   of  error   in   the  cases  of 

Osokwald  and  Byan.    the  Newark    murderers, 

sentenced  to  be  hanged  on  Fnday  morning, 
was  brought  into  tbe  Assembly  this  morning, 
and  tbe  concurrence  of  that  body  asked.  On 
motion  of  Mr.  Vail,  tbe  rules  were  suspended 
so  as  to  permit  its  immediate  passaga  It  met 
with  the  opposition  of  Mr.  Bergen,  ot  Somerset, 
who  declared  that  it  would  bring  reproach  on 
the  speediness.  if  not  the  certainty,  of  Jersey 
justice.  "Tbe  second  trial,"  he  declared, 
with  apparent  confusion  of  ideas,  "will  result 
in  a  verdict  of  manslaughter,  and  the  third 
tiial  in  one  of  conviction."  This  brought  Mr. 
Vail  to  his  feet  in  advocacy  of  the  bill.  He 
said  that  the  law  {permits  a  writ  of  error  as  of 
right  when  a  man  is  in  danger  of  going  to  jail 
for  three  months ;  but  it  ceases  to  become  a 
matter  of  right  when  a  man's  life  hangs  upon 
it.  The  condition  of  tbe  law  was  anomalous, 
and,  without  reference  to  the  Newark  case,  the 
bill  ought  to  be  sus'tained  on  its  merits.  When 
the  vote  was  taken  on  the  question  ot 
its  final  i>assage,  several  members  arose  in 
their  seats,  and  gave  in  their  adhesion 
to  the  bill  because  of  their  conscienttous  scru- 
ples against  capital  punishment.  It  was  passed, 
only  five  dissenting  votes  being  recorded,  and 
was  placed  at  once  in  tbe  bands  of  tbe  Gov- 
ernor.    The  £x(*cutive  declared  that  it  was  the 

most  ittfportant  bill  which  he  had  been  required 
to  consider,  and  that  he  would  give  it  his  care- 
ful attention.  Attorney  Genoral  Vanatta, 
whose  opinions  carry  considerable  weight  witli 
the  Governor,  isronounoed  the  bill  to  be  one  to 
enable  convicts  to  fix  tbe  time  for  their  own 
execution.  These  adverse  sentiments  indicate 
a  possible  refusal  to  sign  the  bill,  and  yet  it  is 
not  likely  that  the  Governor  will  take  this  re- 
sponsibility. 

A  resolution  was  offered  from  tbe  Demo- 
cratic side  this  morning  calling  for  a  joint 
meetlne  for  the  election  of  a  Controller  and 
other  officers  at  noon  to-morrow.  Mr.  Griggs 
moved  to  amend  by  naming  noon  of  today  lor 

tbe  meeting.  A  tremendous  "aye"  was  the  re- 
sponse elicited  to  the  call  of  .the  vote  on  the 
amendment,  and  a  "rising"  yote  having  been 
ordered,  27  members  stood  to  record  them- 
selves in  its  favor,  and  but  24  against  it.  It 
wanted  tb<^n  but  a  few  minutes  before  noon, 
and  when  it  was  remembered  that  tbe 
Democrats  bad  held  no  conference  to 
prepare  lor  the  meeting,  nor  bad  time 
to  hold  such  a  conference,  a  broad  smile 
sprend  over  the  faces  of  tbe  members, 
i^ir.  Egnn,  however,  called  for  tbe  yeas  and 
nays,  and  tbey  being  taken,  the  amendment 
was  declared  lost,  Tbe  original  resolution  was 
then  adopted.  When  it  reached  tbe  Senate  it 
was  laid  un  the  table,  but  will  probably  be 
taken  up  at  the  session  to-morrow  murning. 
Tbe  Detooorats  caucused  this  afternoou  to 
prepare  for  tbe  coming  joint  meeting,  but  on 
account  of  the  absence  ot  meuibers  did  nothing:. 
Tuere  was  a  lung  discussiou  iu  tbe  House 
this  morning  over  tbe  bill  puuisbmg  employers 
who  shall  hereafter  pay  their  eruployes  in 
grocery  orders,     it  was    amended  after  a  hard 

Struggle  80  as  to  eliminate  tbe  six  months'  im- 
priHuumeut  penalty  aud  subject  tbe  offender  to 
a  fine  of  ^jOOouly.  In  that  suapo  it  was  ordered 
to  a  third  ^adin£. 
Iu  the  Senate,  tbe  nomination  of  Col.  G.  N. 

Abell  as  Prosecutor  of  tlie  Pleas  in  Essex  Coun- 
ty, of  Charles  Cunenhoven  as  Prosecutor  iu 
Middlesex,  ot  C.  S.  Scott  as  Lay  Judge  in  Mid- 
dlesex, and  of  W.  A.  Logue  as  La^'  Judge  lu 
Ocean,  were  received  liuui  the  Governor  aud 
lelerred  to  the  Judiciary  Committee. 

It  is  understood  to-night  that  Gov.  Bedle  will 
not  sign  tbe  bill  lor  tbe  relief  of  the  Acwark 
murderers,  it  is  not  likely,  however,  that  he 
will  veto  it.  He  may  allow  it  tu  become  a  law 
by  default  on  ais  |>art,  holding  it  fur  the  con- 
stitutional live  days.  Th6  bill,  in  that  event, 
will  not  become  a  law  till  Monday,  and 
will  be  too  late  te  preveat  the  executon 
of  tbe  doomed  men  ou  Friday  next. 
Kruser,  tbe  Newark  member,  whose  eccentric 
conduct  was  tbe  occasion  of  so  much  solicitude 
in  the  Democratic  camp  during  tbe  Senatariai 
fight,  was  absent  from  the  Deraucrutio  caucus 
this  eveuiug,  and  toe  selection  of  a  candidate 
for  State  Controller  was  deferred  till  Monday 
evening.  It  is  said  that  Kru(;er  has  declared 
bis  intention  of  being  bull-dozed  into  no  more 
Democratic  caucuses. 


NAVAL  ORDERS. 
Washington,  Feb.  6.— Commander  George 
B.  White  18  ordered  to  command  the  Frolic,  at  the 
Suuih  Atlantic  Station,  per  steatner  March  1; 
Lieuts.  Murray  Day  and  John  Bodgets,  Eosigus 
Walker  Cuwles  aud  Hamilton  Hntchins,  Midship- 
men John  M.  Bondfit,  Walker  McLean,  Daniel  R. 
Case,  and  Abraham  £.  Culver,  Assistant  Surgeon 
William  B.  Do  hose.  Boatswain  John  S.  Sinclair,  and 
Guiiner  Joseph  Smith  are  ordered  to  the  Trenton, 
at  New- York,  on  the  12th  inst.  Medical  Director 
Joseph  Wilson  is  ordered  to  assume  the  duties  of 
President  of  the  Medical  Board  of  Examiners  at 
WaHbinatou.  Surneon  John  C.  Spear  is  ordered  as 
a  member  of  tbe  Medical  Board  of  Examiners  at 
WasbingtOD.  Lieut.  Commander  Nicboll  Ludlow  is 
detached  from  duty  at  the  Torpedo  Station  aud  or- 
dered to  tbe  Trenton  as  Executive.  Lieats.  Abratn 
H.  Vail  and  Isaac  Hszlett  are  detaobed  from 
the  Hyorograpbic  Office  aud  orusred  to  the 
Trenton  ;  Lieut.  Edward  S.  Toussig,  irom  the 
MoDongahela,  and  Lieut.  Charles  A.  Stone,  from  the 
Washington  Navy-yard,  and  ordered  to  the  Tren- 
ton. Lieut.  William  H.  Beehlbr  is  detached  from 
tbe  Alliance,  and  placed  OD  waiting  orders.  Eoslea 
Charles  A  Lyeth  is  detscbed  from  the  Colorado, 
and  Eosign  Robert  H.  McClean  from  tbe  Povhattao, 

and  ordered  to  the  Trentoii.  l^a.v Inspector  Edward 
Foster  is  detached  from  the  Bureau  of  Prorisions 
and  ClothiD£,  and  ordered  to  the  Trenton,  and  also 
as  Fleet  Paymaster  of  tbe  Earopean  Statioo.  Passed 
Assistant  Surgeon  John  W.  Boss  is  detached  from 
the  Franklin,  and  ordered  to  the  Trenton.  Chaplain 
Henry  Clark  is  detached  from  tbe  Bostoa  Navy- 
yard,  and  ordered  to  tbe  Trenton.  Chief  Eneineer 
Edward  Fithian  is  detached*  from  special  daty  at 
WasbinKtOD,  and  ordered  to  tho  Trenton,  and  also 
as  Fleet  Eogioeer  of  the  EaropL-an  Squadron. 
Passed  Assistant  Engineer  George  W.  Baird  is  re- 
lieved from  duty  in  the  Bureau  of  Steam  Bneineer- 
loe,  and  Snilmaker  George  W.  Diet  is  detacbed 
from  tbe  New-York  Navy-yard,  aud  ordered  to  the 
Tienton.  

BROTHETt  AND  LISTER  KILLED. 
Gerhardt  and  Catharine  Hessling,  brother 
and  sister,  aged  9  and  7  years,  were  instantly  killed 
Sunday  afternoon. st  the  comer  of  Seventh  and  La- 
fayette streets,  in  the  eoutbern  part  of  St.  JLonis. 
Tbey  were  out  in  holiday  attire,  and  waved  KisAes 
to  their  parents  when  leaving  the  house,  No.  804 
G-ever  avenue.  In  crossing  the  street  they  were 
knbsked  down  by  a  passios  car,  ttie  wheels  passlne 
over  both  cbildrt^n,  breaking  tbe  boy's  neck  and 
crashing  tbe  girl's  head. 


S-?ak'. 


>f,^Jiv.ai/r-JI''. 


^"^I^Mi 


AN  ANECDOTE  OP  MB.  LINCOLN. 
In  a  communication  to  the  New-Haven  Pal- 
ladiunt.  Dr.  Thomas  P.  Gibbons,  late  a  Sargeon  in 
the  Army,  relates  tha  following:  "Dnnng  the 
Spring  of  136-2  I  was  engaged  in  the  City  of  Wash- 
ington in  preoarine  hospital  accommodations  foe 
the  wounded  soldiers  brought  up  by  steamer  from 
tbe  peninsula.  A  few  days  after  the  receipt  of  sev- 
eral hundred  of  the  wounded  from  the  battle  of 
Williamaburg  I  met  Mr.  Lincoln  in  tbe  vicinity  of 
m.v  bospital,  and  aaked  him  if  he  would  not  come  in 
and  make  us  a  visit.  With  that  peculiar  aerio- 
comio  expression  of  bis  face,  assumed  at  times, 
which  those  who  wero^familiar  with  him  will  not 
soon  forget,  he  repliedl  'Do  you  think  it  would  be 
rigbt  for  the  President  of  tbe  Uoiied  States  to 
make  avian  except  by  special  appointment?'  I 
said :  *  That  la  tor  you  to  determine,  Mr.  Presi- 
dent,' 'Well,  then,  how  would  you  liae  it  if  I 
came  to  s^e  you  to-morrow  at  5  o'clock  V 
1  told  him  I  wonld  be  Krntified,  and  he  drove  on. 
Punctual  to  the  time  next  day  he  came,  and  I 
showed  him  through  the  wards  containice  some 
500  sick  aod  wounded  men.  He  walked  qoietly 
ibroaeli,  talkine  pleasantly,  abaldng  the  htiuds  of 
tUuse  wbu  bad  Oanos  to  shake,  and  eudeavorioK  by 
Us  kinUuess  and  consideraUoa  lor  their  wants  to 


enoannga,  and  comfort  the  poor  fellows.  After 
spending  about  tyf^o  hours  he  was  about  to  leave 

whnn  I  said,  '  We  nave  some  wards  m  which  there 
are  sl>ont  30  offioera  of  various  crades  frera  Gener- 
als to  Lieutenants ;  would  not  you  wish  to  visit 
thSm  f '  To  wbich  he  made  this  reply :  '  The  offi- 
cers wdl  be  taken  care  of;  I  have  no  fears  for  thetn  ; 
but  I  wished  to  know  that  tbe  men  were  properly 
provided  fur.'  Then  aeain,  in  a  sort  of  absent  man- 
ner :    '  Tbe  ofBoers  will  be  taken  care  of:'  " 


INDIAN  OUTRAGES  IN  ARIZONA. 


GOV.  S.4FFOBI>  TJRGES  THB  OROANIZATIOK  OF 
INDIAN  SCOUTS  TO  SUPPBBSS  THB    H08- 
TILKS — ^mSFFlCIEUCY    OF    THE    TJNITED 
8TATK8  TROOPS. 
San   Francisco,  Feb.    6.— Dispatches    from 
Tucson,  Arizona,  state  that  the  Apaches  are  killing 
and  pliudering  the  settlers  in  sonth-eaatem  Ari- 
zona.   Ten  whites  were  killed  in  the  Senorita  Val- 
ley, on  the  4th  inst.    Gov.  Safford  has  sent  a   mes- 
sage to  the  Legislature  recounting  the  depredations 
and  murders  committed,  dwelling  on  the  inefiSoient 
manner  in  which  military  operations  are  being  con- 
ducted—troops  moving  slowly   with  heavy  trains, 
and  nnable  to  reach  their  more  mobile  enemy — sod 
recommends    that    the     Legislature    memorialize 
the  Secretary  of  War,  asking  for  the  appointmeut 

of  a  body  of  Indian  scouts  to  operate  with  the 
troops,  or  else  appropriate  monev  to  raise 
and  equip  a  force  of  whites  and  friendly  Indians, 
and  carry  on  a  vigoruos  campaizn.  The  Governor 
says  that  as  military  operations  have  been  con- 
ducted for  the  past  six  montbs  tbe  whole  Army  of 
tbe  United  States  could  not  subdue  tbe  faostiles  in 
tbe  next  12  years,  while' he  believes  that  a  scouting 
partv  of  25  citizrns  and  as  many  Indian  auxiliaries 
could  accomplist)  the  work  in  three  montbs.  He  ex- 
presses the  fear  that  under  the  present  condition  of 
affairs  south-eastern  Arizona  must  be  abandoned 
by  settlers,  and  that  the  success  of  tbe  hostilcs  is 
liable  to  indace  au  outbrealr  among  the  reservation 
Indians  resnltiog  in  a  general  war. 


THE  SIOUX    WAR. 


OFFICIAL  DISPATCH  FUOM  COL.  MILES— FOUB 
ENGAGEMENTS  REPORTED. 

Chicago,  Feb.  6.— A  St.  Paul  dispatch  re- 
ceived to-day  officially  at  military  head-quarters 
hei-e  says : 

The  following  has  just  been  received  via  Boseman 
and  Helena : 

Head  QUARTERS,  Command  on  the  ? 

Yellowstonb.  Jan.  20,  1877.  J 
I  have  tbe  honor  to  report  tbat  this  command 
fought  boslile  tribes  of  Cheyenne  and  Ozallala 
Siuux,  under  Crazy  Horse  In  skirmishes  on  the  let, 
3d,  and  7cb  of  Jaunarv,  and  in  a  nre-bonrs'  eue&ge- 
ment  on    tbe   Stb   Inst.     Xheir   camp.  cuns'Stinn  of 

some  500  lod,:e«,  extended  three  miles  along  the 
Valley  of  the  Tongue  River,  below  Haceing  Wom- 
an's Creek.  They  were  driven  tbroniih  tbe  cafinns 
ot  the   Wolf  or  Panther  Mountains  in  the  direction 

of  tbe  Big  horn  MoantaiDs.  Tneir  flgbting  strength 

ootnnmbered  mine  b.v  two  or  three  to  one;  but,  by 
taking;  advantage  of  tbe  gronnd,  we  bad  tbem  at  a 
disadvantage,  and  their  loss  is  known  to  be  very  se- 
vere. Oar  loss  is  three  killed  md  eight  woanded. 
They  toocht  dismounted,  and  charged  on  foot  to 

w^lthln    50    yarns  of    Capt.    Casey's    line,    but    were 

taken  in  front  and  dank  by  C'spt.  Butler's  and 
Lieut.  McDonald's  comoauies.  Tbey  were  whipped 
at  every  point  and  driven  from  the  field,  and  our- 
sned  as  tar  as  my  limited  sapolies  and  worn-down 
animals  would'  carry  my  command.  Tbe  Indians 
appear  to  have  plenty  of  arms  and  ammunition, 
but  otherwise  are  in  a  destitute  condition.  Some  of 
tbe  prisoners  now  in  our  hands  were  captured  with 
froeea  limbs  and  were  living  on  horse  meat.  The 
weather  has  been  very  severe  and  the  snow  from 
one  foot  to  three  feet  deep.  The  command  is  in 
gpodcoLdllion.  NELSON  A.  MILES, 

CommandiDg. 
Gen.  Terry  appemls  a  brief  note  to  the  dispatch 
highlv  commendatory  of  the  activity  and  efficiency 

of  Miles'  campaign. 

-^^^— 

IHE  WONDERFUL  HOBSE  OF  HAKWINTON. 
On  the  authority  of  a  correspondent  at  Har- 
winton.  Conn.,  the  Hartford  limet  tells  ihisstofy: 
'•  Mr.  Waller  Beach,  of  this  town,  has  a  horse  that 
is  the  very  incaroatioo  of  mischief.  Mr.  Beach 
keeps  tbe  horse  at  present  in  Cotton  Hollow,  and, 
one  night  recently,  me  creature  untied  itself,  then 
untied  a  pait  uf  oxon  in  tbe  same  stable,  then 
quietl.y  opened  tbe  door  and  walked  down  to  Wol- 
cottville,  a  mile  and  a  half,  to  a  srable  where  it  bad 
been  kept,  opened  the  door  aud  went  in.  and  untied 
another  horse,  and  coolly  tarndd  him  ont  of  the 
door  and  took  hie  place  in  the    familiar  stalL     This 

is  an  unexaggerated  fact.  Mr.  Beach  wants  to  sell 
that  horse  badly." 


TROUBLE  IN  STORE  FOB  SOLOMON. 

Ill  his  new  lecture.  Col.  Eobert  Ingersoll  ex- 

preBses  little  sympathy  with  the  sentiment  of  Solo- 
mon. "Spare  the  rod  and  spoil  th*  child."  He  has 
no  faith  in  a  man  wbo  had  so  maoy  nives,  but,  as 
he  is  dead  now.  Col.  Ingersoll  doea  not  want  to  say 
auythioe  more  than  is  ueoeHsary  agaiDst  him.  "Btit 
it  ever  1  do  meet  hira,"  contiuued  the  lecturer,  "1 
shall  give  him  a  piece  of  my  mind." 

The  bcsiness  principles  originated  by  the 
leafliug  cloihier  are  tindiug  lavor  with  all  retailers. 

It  seems  that  no  one  goes  into  trade  now  without 
imitating  Baldwin,  oat  as  ho  set  tbe  copy,  of  course 
he  derives  nearly  all  the  heuefit. — Mail. 

Thb  men  who  devote  themselves  to  nerfecHng  the 
various  nsclul  arts,  Important  to  the  comfort  and  h.ap- 
iiiDess  ot  man,  are  the  leadins;  beuefaccors.  Among 
tliese  wo  may  mi.'ntiou  the  name  of  the  well-known 
Bo.ip  manufacturer,  in  his  new  invention,  B.  T.  Bab- 
bitt's ToiLi'.T  .CAP.  he  lias  sui:ceededia  inaxiua  a  acieu- 
tnic  triumph  winch  unices  every  excellence  In  toilet 
soap.  Ao  siietititic  process  is  ueeded  to  disgaise  tbe 
presence  of  iiui,urei,nd  dlsgusiing  elements. — Adver- 
tisement. 

PJ.K0T118T  Pains,  and  all  Asthmatic  and  Bron- 
chial attectlons.  are  soon  relieved  by  that  certain  rem- 

eii.T  lor  cousrhs  aud  cold*.  Dr.  Jatsb's  KAPEOToRAirT. 

Advertisement. 


rOE  iMltKDIATE  REUEF  OF  COUGHS  AND  COLDS 
use  the  popular  remedy,  1'okteb's  Balsam. — Advertise- 
ment. 


THE  WEEKLY  TIMES. 


THE  NKW-TORK  WEEKLY  TIMES,  published  this 
morning,  contains: 

THE  LATKisT  POLITICAL  AND  tiK.VKRAL  NEWS. 

COUNTING  THK  ELECT3KAL  VOTES;  ISVESTli 
GATING  TtlK  LOUlblANA  KLECXION. 

LETTERS  FROM  OUE  COaRESPONDBNT3  AT  HOME 
AND  ABltOAO. 

EDITOaiAL  ARTICbES  UPON  CURRENT  TOPICS. 

AGRICULTDEALMATTEK:  FINE  CHEESES;  FARM- 
ING AS  AN  OCCUPATION;  ANSWERS  TO  CORRE- 
SPONDENTS. 

Witb  a  (treat  variety  of  miscellaneous  reading  mat- 
ter, aud  AlU  reports  olFI.N'ANCIAL  aud  COMM.ERCIAL 
AFFAIRS,  the  LIVE  STOCK  AND  FARM  PRODUOK 
MARKETS. 

Copies  in  wrappers,  ready  for  mailina;,  for  sale  at 
THE  TIM  lis  OFFICE;  also  at  THE  TI.V1E8  DP-TOWN 
OFFICE,  NO  1,257  BROADWAr.     PRICE  FIVE  CENTa 

Wilbor'a  Cod  I  .iycr  (>il  and  l.ime.— The  trlends 

of  peraiiiis  who  have  been  reatorea  fi-um  oondrmed 
cuuaumption  by  the  use  of  this  oii^^insl  preparauou, 
uud  the  grateful  parties  themsflves,  have,  bv  recom- 
mending it  and  acknoffledjjlugiis  wonderful  efficacy, 

given  tlie  »riici«  a  vas^  popularity  In  New-Eii(rland. 
ilie  COU  LIVtK  OIL  18  in  this  cumoioatioD  lobocd  ot 
lt3  unpleasatit  taste,  sad  reudered  dou'oly  eftective  ia 
beiug  ciiupled  with  tbe  lime,  which  is  itself  a  restora- 
tive principle,  supplying  nature  with  jusc  tha  assist- 
ance rt-qu1i«dtuheai  aod  reform  the  Olseased  lu.i'^i!. 
A.  li.  WiLBOR,  Bostou,  proprietor,  bola  by  all  drug- 
gists. 

Tbe  danseroas  Uiarrbenof  Consumption  may 

be  prouipti.v  uuecUed  by  i-AtlKEli'.-^  ^ii^Glitt  TOMC. 
v>  e  have  seen  a  bad  case,  which  bafflea  tbe  sltill  of  a 
promlnf-ut  physiclaD  for  many  weelts,  cured  in  two 
aH,.vB  b.v  small  doses  of  this  remedv  taken  three  times  a 
day.  .  It  does  not  constipate  the  bowels. 


A  Thoronghly  fieliable  Specific 

yoT  the  nausea  ol   urcguunt  women  is  MILK  OF  MAG- 
KHSIA.  which  is  smooth  and  pleasauc  to  the  taste. 


Pomeroy's  'I'rusBea-Uy  far  the   Best  In  Use. 

Ask  your  physician.  POjlRttJV  Iti'Jii  I'O.,  746  B'way. 


GIL80N— MORGAN.— At  the  Church  of  tbe  Transfi"- 
uratiou,  on  Monday,  Feb.  :>.  by  kev.  George  H.  Uouxb- 
ton.  U.  D..  Kdson  I'.  GiLSQir,  bsq.,  of  Uutland,  Vu,  *ua 
Miss  UiRaiRT  E.  Morgan,  of  New-YorK,    No  cards. 

liUc:BtiiLL— sPKAUUh.— At  Trinity  Church,  Sc  Au 
Bustioe.  Jan.  30.  187/,  b.v  tne  lUiCUt  Rev  .  J.  F.  Yono); 
bishop    of  Florida.    Lieut.    Heart    \V.    U  trsBKLi,.    Jr. 

First  liecimeut  of  ArtiUer?,  United  States  Army,  to 
OARA,  daugbtei  of  CoL  John  T.  spragne.  United  sstate  s 
Army.  ^^^^ 

BEACH. -On  Sunday,  Feb.  4;  William  Eeach.  in  the 
84tb  year  ot  his  a;:e. 

Tbe  relatives  and  fneods  of  tbe  family  are  inviced  to 
attend  the  fuut^ral  from  the  resid>-ooeot  his  snn-io-law, 
Leonard  U.  Gallup.  No.  410  9th  St.,  South  Brooklyn, 
Weonesday,  Feb.  7,  at  1  e'clooK  P.  M. 

BLACKLI^. — Unthe  ethlnst.,  Joseph,  soa  of  J.  J. 
andthelaie  Belen  BUclslin,  lu  the  2Uth  year  of  his 
aee. 

uecvicea  ou  Thnrsds.v  afternoon,  8th  inst.,  at  3 
o'clock  at  the  r>^S1de<.ce,  So.  S18  UnloD  St.,  Brook- 
lyn. The  relatives  and  friends  of  tbs  fimii.v  are  re- 
spectfully icviteu  toatteud.  Interment  on  the  Ibllow- 
ing  Cay. 

BLOOMER.— On  Tuesday  morning,  Feb.  6,  SAxtraL 
raANKLiN,  son  of  Samuel  M.  and  the  late  Marv  K. 
Bloomer,  aged 'J9  years. 

The  iimeral  services  at  Calvar.v  Chapel,  23d  st.,  ne«r 
3d  av.,  on  Tbursciay  morning  at  8:45  o'clock.  The 
memoirs  of  Excelsior  Lodge  No.  195,  and  Uaniton 
Lod^e  No.  lOti.  F.  and  A.  M.,  also  the  members  ol  the 
Scveuteenth  Street  Methodist  Episcopal  Cburca,  are 
respecttullr  invited  to  attend. 

bROW.s.— Midaenly.  in  rirooklyn,  Feb.  4, 1877,  Em- 
LT  T.  Eeowk,  wife  of  Clarence  Brown,  of  Baltimore, 
.tad.;  also  tueir  iulant  daoKhter. 

Beltttives  and  friends  of  the  family  are  invited 
to  attend  the  tUaerai  irom  the  residence  of  her  tather 
William  Taylor,  .no.  74  Bedford  »v.,  Brooklyn:  B.  D  .  on 
Weduesdav,  7th  inst.  at  l:3UP,  M. 

QTNewai^  (N.  J.)  and  Baltimore  (Ud.)  papers 
pi  osecop.V. 

BUTLEB.— On  Sunday,  Feb.  4,  Lawbeitcb  D.  Butlek, 
omv  cbild  of  Dr.  George  H.  and  Henrietta  U.  Butler, 
aired  is  years.  -  - 

XhereUtiTesaudiMendaof  thettodlr  ate  taanaot- 


tally  invited  to  attend  the  fnneral  «n  Wednesday,  Fsih 
7.  at  1  oviock  P.  M.  from  J»o.  4'2  Bast  66th  st. 

BOORUil.— On.  ^unaay  evening,  4th  inst,  CACSASr 
UTK  Lows  booRDV,  a«ted  73  veara. 

Funeral  services  at  ber  istA  residence.  How  206  Adel- 
phi  St.  Brooklyn,  Wetoeaday,  7th  inst.,  at  4  P.  K. 
kelatives  andfHeuds  resjitectftdly  invited. 

DEAN. — On  BnndaT,  7eb.  4,  CATBAXim,  rehot  oi 
Encok  DKAif,  a«ed  84  years. 

Relatives  asd  friends  are  Invited  to  attend  the  fu- 
neral (Torn  her  late  residence.  White  PJoins,  on 
Wednesday,  7tb  inst.,  at  IU  A.  H.  Carnages  will  be 
waiting  tbe  arrival  of  trains  which  leave  tbe  Grand 
Central  Depot  at  7: 45  and  8:3U  A.  tt.  Bemalus  to  be 
taken  to  Green- Wood  for  interment 

PEEEMAN.— At  Woodbrldge,  5.  J.,  Feb.  4,  1877. 
Ellis  B.  Fsbkii an,  M.  D.,  In  the  70th  year  of  his  age. 

Funeral  from  his  late  residence.  Woodbridge,  N.  J., 
Feb.  7,  at  1:30  o'clock  P.  U,  I'ratn  leaves  Cortlsndt 
Street  snd  Desbrosses  Street  Ferries  at  IU  o'clock  A. 
M..  via  Pennsylvania  Railroad;  returns  at  4  P.  M. 
helatives  aad  fMeuds  are  invited  to  attend  without 
further  ootlce. 

UALLIDAY.— At  his  reshlenoe,  So.  241  Bast  26th  St., 
JoHir  Hallidat.  Sr. 

Senricea  Will  be  held  at  Ills  late  residence  tbU 
(Wednesday)  afternoon  at  4  P.  M.  Friends  of  the  fam- 
ily are  invited  to  attend  His  remains  will  be  taken  to 
\v  oodlawD  for  interment  on  Thursday  moroing. 

HACDONNOOGH.— On  Feb.  6,  Mary  A.,  eldest  datish- 
ter  Ol  the  late  Cornelius  and  Sarah  Macdonnoash. 

Notice  Dl  funeral  hereafter. 

MORSE.— Oa  Monday.  Fe^  6.  BtTBaaT  GtLKAir,  In&Bt 
son  of  Lemuel  W.  and  Cora  S.  Morse. 

Friends  are  invite.1  to  attend  fuoeral  services  at  res- 
idence, No.  417  Yates  av..  BrooKiyn,  Wednesday,  Feb. 
7,  at  1  o'clock  P.  M,  Take  Putnam  or  Ptuton  Avenue 
cars. 

McOORJlICK.— On  Feb.   6.    1877.  LiiiiK  S.    beloved 

Wile  of  Andrew  J.  McCormick,  aged  25  years  9  monthe 
and  17  days. 

Friends  and  relatives  of  tbe  fSmUy  are  respectfully 
invited  to  attend  her  foueral  from  her  late  residence, 
Na  977  PuUon  st,  Brooklyn,  Thursday,  Feb.  8,  at  1:3C 

PHELPS.— On  Tuesday,  Feb.  6.  L877,  JohitF.  Puelps, 
Jr..  aired  32  years. 

Remains  will  he  taken  from  his  late  residence,  No. 
274  Carroll  st.,  BrooKlyn,  ou  Wednesday  eveniog,  to 
Havana,  N.  Y.,  the  residence  of  his  lather,  where  the 
burial  services  will  t>e  held. 

PLATT.— On  Tuesday,  Feb.  6,  Richard  H.  Platt,  in 
the  t{4th  year  of  his  aee. 

The  relatives  and  friends  of  the  family  are  invited 
to  attend  the  tuneral  irom  his  late  residence,  Na  4u5 
2d  av. ,  Thtusday,  Feo.  8,  at  1  o'clock. 

PLATT.— Suddenly,  on  Sunday.  Feo.  4,  Miss  Matilda 
C.  Platt.  a<red  69  vears,  onlv  daushter  of  the  late 
Geort^e  and  Maria  T.  Platt.  ot  thlx  City. 

Relatives  and  friends  of  the  family  are  iQVtt*>d  with- 
out further  noiice  to  attend  the  funeral  from  her  late 
residenee,  No.  »05  East  20tn  st,  on  Wednesday, 
7th  insL,  at  1  o'clock  P.  M. 

STOTT.— Feb.  6,  at  No.  V>96Jii  IStb  st.  South  Brook- 
lyn. Frkokrick  HAasDRN  Stott,  aced  8  years  and  6 
months,  oolv  son  of  Francis  c  ana  Jeiuip  Htott 

Friends  of  the  family  are  invited  to  attend  the  fu- 
neral  from   AU   Saints'  Protestant    bpiscopal  Church. 

7th  St..  near  6tb  av.,  Wednesday,  7th  inst,  at  3 
o'clock. 

WHITE.— On  Third  day,  momlne.  6th  inst..  Mart  B., 
Wife  of  William  • '.  White,  In  tbs  81st  year  of  her  a?e. 

Reianves  and  friends  are  invited  to  attend  her  funeix 
a1  from  her  iste  residence.  No.  239  East  Broadway,  on 
Fifth   day.    afternoon,    (Thursday.    8th  iust.i   at    a 

o'doclc.  Ttie  remains  will  be  removed  to  ttbrew^borv^ 
N.  J.,  for  interment  the  followinjt  aav. 

WOODWORTH.-At  Orange,  «.  J..  Feb.  6,  H.RtisSM* 
ynungest  son  ot  Robert  N.  and  Abbie  P.  Woodworth.  J 

Friends  are  invited  to  attend  the  funeral  services  0 
residence.  East  Park  St.,  Tnur8da.y,  Feb.  8,  ac  2:V 
P.M. 

1^ 


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IN    THE 

TIMES  BUIliDING. 

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TUMsi     JUHN»O.N\      AUC-riONKER,      OL.O 
stand.  No.  :i7  Nassau  st 

Feb.  7. 
OK  WRDNESDAT,  at  11  o'clock,    at  out  sales-roOhK 
•  No.  37  Nassau  st 

ASSIGNEE'S  SALE  OF 
PIER    AND  MANTEL  MffiROES. 
MAGNIFICENT  CARVED  PILLAR  WaLNUT  amaQTLt 
PIBR  MIRROR. 
MAGNIFICENT  MARQUETEEIE  inlaid  CABINET  to 
match.  ' 
A  Carved  Pillar  Amour  ^lass  to  match. 
A  Mantel  Mirror  to  match.  ' 

■One  superb  Gilt  Pier  Mirror. 
One  superb  Gilt  Pier  Mirror. 
One  superb  Gilt  Pier  Mirror. 
One  superb  Gilt  Mantel  MirrOr. 
All  with  (JouS'ile  Tables  and  Cornices. 
By  order  of  the  Assignee,  \V.  i.  HILDBET^ 

Also  at  same  time 
Ten  suits  fine  Parlor  Furniture. 
Six  suits  fine  Bedroom  Purni  i  ure. 

rosr  tIFFICE  NOTICE. 

Tbe  foreign  maiis  for  tbe  week  ending  Feo.  10, 
1877,  win  close  at  this  office  on  Tuesday  at  9  A.  M.^ 
for  Bnrooe.  by  bteam-shiu  Wyoming,  via  Qaeenstown: 
on  Wednesday  at  9  A.  .\^  ibr  Kurope,  by  steam-ship 
Algeria,  via  Qaeenstown:  on  Thursday  at  11:30  A.  ftl., 
for  Europe,  by  steam-sbip  Frisia,  via  Plymouth,  Cher- 
botirtt.  and  Hamburg:  on  Saturday  ai.  11  A.  H..  tor 
Scotland  and  the  North  sf  Ireland  b.y  Steam-sbip  Bo- 
livia. Via  Moviilo  and  Glasgow,  ana  at  ll::-iu  -^.  M.,  for 
Germany,  by  steam-ship  Rhine,  via  .^'outhamotou  snd 
Bremen,  (correspondence  for  Great  Britain  au<l  Fi-flnce 
to  be  forwardeU  Dy  this  steamer  must  be  specially  »il- 
dreased,)  and  at  12  M..  r<ir  Europe,  by  steam-ship 
Adriatic,  .via  Qaeenstown.  (correspondence  for  Ger- 
maii.y  ana  Frauce  to  be  forwarded  by  this  steamer 
must  be  specially  addressed.)  and  at  12  al.  for  Fiance  di 
rect,by  steam-ship  Labrador,yia  Havre.  I'he  steam-shi  ps 
•Wyoininc,  Aisrerii*,  and  Adriatic  do  not  take  mails  for 
Denmark,  Sweden,  aud  Norway.  Tbe  mails  for  Nas- 
sau. N.  P.,  will  leRve  New-lork  Feb.  14.  The  mails 
for  the  West  Indies,  via  Bermuoa  and  St.  Tbomas. 
will  leave  New-fork  Feb.  15.  The  malls  for  China 
and  Japan  will  leave  .San  Francisco  Feb.  16.  Tha 
malls  tor  Atutrallo,  &.C,  will  leave  8au  Pnmcisoo  Feb. 
28.  V.  L.  JAMES.  Postmaster. 

Nbw-Tobk,  Feb.  2, 1877. 


ART !  

THE  MESSRS.  LEAVITT,  AUCTIONEERS. 
At  Clinton  Hall,  WEDNESDAY  and THURSD AT  EVEN- 
INGS, Feb.  7  aud  8,  at  2  ocloclc. 

OLD  PORCEL.41N  AND  POTTERY 
On  exhibition  at  the  C'lioton  Hall  Salerooms.  A  Prl« 
vate  collection  of  DELFT,  CHINESE.  LOWESTOFT, 
E.NGLISU.  and  A.tfERICAN  POTfEEY,  WORCESTKK 
ana  !3TAKFO<DSHIRK  PORCELAIN,  DRESDEN.  Vl- 
EN.VA,  and  BERLIN  STONE,  tc,  &c..  tbe  (freater  part 
of  the  cnllection  having  been  formed  exclnsivelv  ol 
articles  tound  in  domestic  use  in  old  American  houses. 

KXl'RAOT  FROM  PiiEiACE  BY  W.  C.  PRIME,  ESQ. 

"  1  re.sret  eiceediuBly  that  I  have  not  the  room  ia 
which  to  keen  it  as  a  whole,  good  and  poor,  t>eautifu' 
and  homely,  as  a  permanent  illastratioo  of  Americac 
life  in  olu  times.  Many  ot  i  be  specimens  are  very  beau- 
tilol,  and  some  very  curious." 


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>o  family  8 iiould  be  witliout  it  HEGBMAN'S  TOLb 
AND  LIVERWORT  EXPECTORANT,  bold  by  all  ding- 
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elation  will  De  held   on  WEDNBSD/.Y  EVENING    Feb 
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Hi  laM  hftTA  iMn  id  movlhf: 


tthpCDkc... 

BfMrav^oni,  itateg,.. 

Bv»Q«,  Dbis. „4» 

C«mn,  unl^ _  4,7,1 

i*ej  Friui.  pK*....      an, .,  „_ 

MjW.  blMfc 573  OMMe,  oM... 

PHwr.  DuU.... ;.14.719  L#rd.  sM 

wlt«at.  liTiabeis lO.SOU  *-   "    " 

Corn.  *ti«l»er«„......28.oyO 

04tt.  busheii USlia 

Rjfl.  huali-U 2,01H 

M«It.  bnab6ls _       70r 


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Otl-citic«.  Oki.... 
Jott.  6W.....S. 
BMC   p'M ■•■ 


tiitd.  kejtt. 

sMiixiiie.  piu ..„ 

BtJtMt.  0R# ^.  4  774 

(.'beese.  pu| 8.3i| 


T«n..*.  DRtf 

Urd-oil.  b'bU. 

r>v««»M)  Hpw.  N6... 

Pei(-iiata.  tiAjjts 

Rice,  pki 

SngtK.  (N.  u..)bbd«. 
Suuiir.  bbU 

spelter.  p£a 

HtrtfvO.  km". 

.*WB».  b*»B. 

T4l>a<»s67  hfiras 

T6o«:c<>,  iss.  ttoi.. 

V»i«ky.  bblg. 

l^o«I.Ml«f 


Petta,  uoabelg 

Coru-nie»l.  l)bl« 

Cnru-tneoi.  Siits..... 

B.  Vf.  Ooar,  pka . 

Bemp.  osffR. 

ttoii*.  iihies 

Bides.  Ao ^ 

hidp*.  bale* '92* 

Lttnaer.  •iitM.......30,U(i7 

L*a<l.  pi»«..^ 1,076 

lilot&»8e8,(N.O..tbtili   1.O0Z 
Mom,  baies... 86 

ASHES — Trails  baji  been  unlmportknt  In  amount. 
Totaqaiited  HnnifiallT«ce»dTat$i  75^  Aad  heailaat 
$6  Su'SftS  76  ^  lOU  10. 

BKKjrWAX— A  Uffbt  demand  hat  been  noted  tor  Tri- 
Joir  at  fitjiD  Suo-'Siaac.,  th*  latter  for  rerr  cbotc«. 

CA:«ULlid— (onduTie  in  limited  requMt,  witb  Ada- 
mantine aaotfd  nt  Il^^loHrc;  PiirafBue,  19a 
®vOc;  bpKrm,  plain,  2i5e.i  Sperm,  patent,  8«k$.; 
btt-aric.  2iO.®j8o.  4»'  B.  r»  — .   r-       ^ 

CujL— ibtt  moTcm  Dt  thionKhontlf  tame  and  «(• 
•atist:  Ciorv,  witb  prleeSk  genertilly  quoted  weaK. 
^..Liverpool  Hona«  Canuei  qnot^  at  $16 
'afill:  Xirerpool  Oaa  U^innel.  SlU^^ll:  ¥«vr- 
eaatli-  G»».  S.60;  800. en  Gas,  $59$7;  ProTlnofal 
O  I.  $4  5<i3$3  ;  American  Ooa,  i5  753^  ^6t  Cxtmour* 
land  »nd  Ulenracld,  $d  269$3  60,  aud  Aatbraoiie, 
83  'J5'2p£4  5U  for  carzoes. 

COifar— Ua*  bfra  <iaoted  ateadT.  tbouoh  viiet, 
irltb  aio  invotoea  at  i7>go-^-iiIo. ;  Jjth,  :2-Jc.il>2{0.; 
Idaiaoaloo  und  La^najra,  IS'sO-'Si^Oo.;  ^aTauilla. 
Ij|>i2e.9l9iac.t    t08ta  Rioa.   ivca^lo.:    SU    Uomtneo 

at  1 0u.  oloiao  .   Kold »  eek'a   reeeiota   of  Rto  bere, 

23.6  '9  uaea;  aa)«a.  2,8dd  >>•(•:  atocs  acre  ^hia  m  mt- 
luff,  2(>,o2u  baj'a.  unit  at  the  oniporta,  4l.ieti  .M^C4i 
■float  iind  loauinir  I'T  the  Uoited  sit»taato^  De<i.  dO, 
l4X«60d  bajn;  pnrobaaed  fur  the  Dotted  Statea  to 
Fob.  3,  16  a0.a>  baxs. 

CurruN— Haa  been    moderately    aotijrht  after  tor 

eiiTlr  deli  very  at  former  n^orea' urdinarjr  a'J>>ted  to- 

da.v  at  ii  3-16c.<«ll  9-loe..      Im-w  .Mlddiln)!.    12^9 

l-jigc.:  MiadiuiK.    X-i''gc-<^i3e Saiea    wpre  officially 

reported,  tor  prum  <t  drliverr,  ot  l.Sti.^  r,aif  a, 
(01  wuivh  4U.t>  ba  ea  were  on  last  eTeoloK.)  including 
4  baiea  to  bhippers,  754  b.ile^  to  auiDDera.  and  t>>i^  I'teea 
to  apeouiQiura....Au<t  f^r  foiirara  delirerr  boat- 
Dexa  hH«  »eea  moderatcl.T  active  at  fitmtr,  thonxb 
vartdbie  pTiuea....calea  .  ara  i^eP  r«<porteo  aiace  uar 
laAi  OS  24.(>«0  uitifa.  of  wiilcb  4.Si)U  b<ilea  were  on 
bat  »▼' nins.  and  J9.20U  l>a>ea  lo-daT.  wtih  S.tiuu 
bales  on  th(^  eaila,  on  tbe  basia  of  Uiddllnc.  witn  Feb- 
njarr   optlnna  eioslu^  nt  12<^e.'3l2  2ti-32c.:   March. 

12  iS-Ufc-sras  3i-3.:c.;  Aoni,  l3»ac®18  5-a2c.:  Mav, 
iJ»5-l0c.ai3  ll  Sao.:  Juno,  13  lj>-3.ic»i3'ac.;  July, 
!;<  iV-^i^cSlS^:    Autruat,     ISll-lSu-;      »«DXemi>er, 

13  ILS-^ii.'aiH  .iH-3ic;  Uctouer,  L60.-S>i:i  Mgc: 
AoTfmber,  12  27-32o.®12''8C:  Ueoember.  12  27-32«. 
'izlS^se-      ^        tC-f        sboiAnit        an       adTanee     ot 

l-32u.ail-ltJ.c        V         ffl..  closing        steady 

The  receipu  at  tbia  port  to-daT  wore  4,7;<i8  baiea, 
ana  at  the  anlDDlut;  porta  vs4,916  balej,  a^niixt  2'<^,(>7l 
bales  same  daj  last  wetflc.'aua  thn*  fiar  ihis  wrek  HO,- 
b32balea,  azaiuit  7t>,073  tislea  sams  timj   last   Week. 

Tue  leceiDia  at  the  ihtpping  ports  glace   ^.eDt.  I, 

18/6,  bare  beej  3,221,7 li  baleb,  against  ;'i,lv:7,92a 
6ales  tor   the  correspoad^nz   time    10    tbs   precAOins 

Cuttonyear I'onaoitdiitea  exports  (taree    ilays)    tor 

<ireat   Britain,  irom    nil  thu   sbipplnff   ports,   34,913 

balea:  &>  tbu  Condnent,  18.376  oaiea Dtucic  in  i>ew- 

Vurk  to-<JaT.  2u7.624  bales;  oonauUUated  stucic  at  the 
torts,  8^1,741  balea. 

Oiouna  frues  or  Oo'.ton  (t  A'ai*- TorA. 

Un'aatla  Alabama.      N.  <.v        Texas. 

erdlnarr 11310    11  3-ltf    115-16    115-16 

Strict  Urdtiiarv...  tl  3-16    11  8- 16     11  11-16  11  :i-16 
Guoa  Uriiia»ry...U  15-16  11  15-16  12  1-16     1«S  ]-l6 
Stnettioodur'1...12  3-16     12  3-16    12  5-16 


liOV^  Uiddiioz 12^ 

Strict  Low  Mld....l2i>a 

Mliidimz i la's 

Goo<!  :ti]d<>llnK....13^ 
Strict  QtfOd  And..l.'t>« 

kiddUuff  Fair lS<li 

Van...... 14H» 


12  6-16 
12^  12^1  12>g 

1-^  123*         3234 

1278  13  13 

13^  ISXt  13^ 

lb%  13^         13>a 

138*  13f,         137, 

ll^a  14<>b  14<>a 

StaxnecU 

6ood  Ordtmiry....l01Jf-16  Low  Mtrtdllnj: llh 

UtnctGuod  ora....ll7-16  iHiddlmz..* Vi^ 

flB.H-CB.AVS.'BB,' — Have  been  very  quiut,  even  in  a 
tobbm^  war,  uu  ths  )>asis  of  $1  SoW^'J  f^  bnx. 

>I  U— The  leadiuR  kinds  have  been  lu  soinewbat  bet- 
ter aemaud.  v^itu  values  mlinx  firm Wv  qjote  :  liry 

V.041,  «.>  -Aa  <^$ti  25  HP*  o\Ti.:  Ury  Cod.  ia  axuoss,  ^3  6U 
It^ti  75.     MacserOl    qUuteU    at    $lC'3>j>v22    for  I'^ti.     1; 

9V  0(r^$i;$  fur  ^a  z.  and  $tj  oOo^lU  6U  for  Ko. 
3,  f  ouL:  Fickled  Berring,  ji^  6u<£$6;  bmoied  herriug 
at  i7c.'<slsc.  for  aculeii.  anJ  14a  for  ^o.  1,  <ll>' oox. ; 
l>ntcli  Uernug,  $1  10<»$1  'i:i^'t>-  kez. 

FLOJti  A»i>  M8AL— A  limited  busineas  haa  been  re- 
. ported  in  nioat  deacriptioua  of  Mate  and  Western 
Slonr.  as  well  tor  bouie  use,  as  for  stiipmenc,  at 
aruo ping  rules,  in  oiosc  instances,  receivero  oifdiiuj 
aappiles  witb  more  ari{encr....»alea  have  been  rc- 
purLea  sinca  oar  laat  ot  d.Too  uu.a.  of  all  inaaoa,  iu- 
cinoiKK  upaound  Klour  at  £3  6o®£6  75:  Hour  Klonr  at 
ei  ot>'a'$6  t););  very  poor  to  i  choice  ^o.  2  at  $4  25'9 
ftu.  cbicflv  at  $4  iOaiht  75  :>  very  Door  to  very  cboiue 
t>up'-rnne  Western.  $5  3o'S$6  tlu,  iuh'oIv  at  £5  ui>a> 
S.-)  75;  poor  to  good  Bxtnt  dtate,  S6  To'iDHi:  good  to 
eboioo  da  atSt.<^.<S  3U:  good  t.ltv  aiilia  bxira,  sbip- 
piUK  ;;raara,  i6  9u'®£7  10.  uearl;  all  lor  West  Inaic*,  ua 
Utv  o::aU  of  ;E6  75'9$7  tor  Kood  lu  ciiolve.  (with 
ap  toi>/  lu  tor  small  loti  o<  Tor.v  eboic>-,)  aua  qnjted 
at  $8'&)3$8  ty>  tor  aooni  enoiee  to  atrtctly  fancy,  tor 
me  south  American  trada.  sua  quoted  uomiually 
It  $5  iK>  aaked  tor  braada  •suited  to  the  bugiuh 
trade,  (utaa  for  waicn  were  much  aodrr  this  rato  ;) 
very  Inienor  tu  good  shiopiu,;  bxtrn  Weateru. 
(5  75'a>$<7;  good  to  choice  do.,  jEti'isSti  av; 
vert  poor  to  very  oboioe  vVestera  Triiae  aud  Family  Kz- 
tras,  isprtnx  W  heat  stock,  $6  l.'>'3$8  5u;  Inierlor  to  very 
ohoiee  oo.  do.,  ued  aud  Aiauer  Winter  Wiieat  stook,  at 
&6  •ia'^Sii  50;  part  for  shipment  at  jl6  lottii,  (of  wnicb 
47d  bijia.  aoid  ;)  ordiu.u7  to  very  obuice 
'White  Wheat  do.  da.  at  «6  2t>(i$9  2b; 
•Very  poor  to  very  f.iney  »t.  Lous  Kitraa,  *s6  25® 
S9  i5;  bxira  Genesee  at  $6  S^aSl  6u,  tbe  hitter  an 
extreme;  very  poor  tu  yer.v  choice  aiiuneaota  clear 
aud  atraigbt  bxtraa  at  $6  ■^5'a>jf<i  2a,  chtedy  at  4>7  2o<# 
SiJ  for  lair  to  cuoice,  aud  up  to  ^  2o  for  veiy 
choice,  wicii  up  to  $d&0  asKOd  tor  Cauoy,  (aud  very 
poor  at  $ti  ■Mrwi6  6u-. )  and  Uiuneaota  Fctent  dxtraa, 
lair  oruinary  to  very  fauiy,  at  $7  b5'3jlu  5j.  luaiuiy 
ai $9  25  w^lO  25,  with  UD  to  ;^10'a$l  1  uU  lor  suiail  loia 

of  lancy luoiudea  in  the|s&^s  haveftieen  ^.Ul/v^  bbls. 

anippuits  bXtra*.  uf  which  2,7tM^bals.  City  Ullls;  1,1lU 
bbls.  AiaiAoauta  clear  and  attaigbt  Bxtias;  6uU 
libla.  da  Facent  ua:  476  obla.  Winter  Wheat 
'Extras,  (for  sbipmt>nt;)  40u  bb.s.  dnperfiue 
and  0*6  buifc  Na  ■*  at  the  quoted  rates.... boutticru 
FioBt  has  iteon  in  more  uemaud  to-day,  la  uooa  part 

for  export,  ou  the  baaia  of   about    previoai  prices 

-ka<ea  nave  t>een  reported  ber.:>  ot  2.1jU  bul^i..  in  loia, 
*asi>.>  tit/<^$6  j»r  pour  to  »trietly  choice  tiuperUue ; 
3>6  26(»<'i  uy  ^°'  P"'*'-'  '^  "^"'y  **"''  '^  ahioptujc  ..xir<Hi : 
$7  bii'atd  50  lor  ..tir  to  fauoy  trade  auUlUmllv.  Tue 
dealiUiiS  were  mojtiy  In  l^iraa  at  from  4j7  '^uti)-^  20. 
end  tuciuded  l,uiiU  uois.  choice,  tor  Balilmore  de- 
livery, ou  private  teimji—takeu  for  Buutii  Auioriua 

Hye   ^luur   nas    beeu    aumewnat     bildKcr   in  a  Jou- 

Vlng     way,      at     essentially      unaKered      rates 

\V«  quote  at  from  4(4  6Q<»j>o  'M  for  about 
tair   V>  escem   to    very    choice    ocate    anpertine,  and 

8d'^$4     lor      poor     to     choice     fine Sales      re- 

l/Oried  of '^do  bula.  in  lota,  e..ieflr  atM  7o<i'45for 
iaiz  tugovd  dupernae  bt^te;  $d  iba>$&  2u  for  cbu.ce 
to  very  uboice  ;  ilA  7ij'&9o  lor  KeuUK^ivauia.  ibe  Latter 
tor  choice  auu  ^  5trc(*5  lor  ab>  ut  lair  to  very  cu>^iue 
Westers. ..  .cuitt-uieal  b..a  been  quite  active,  but  quoted 

a  tnlld  oueaper We  qtiote  ai.  92  9ya>^  la   lur   in- 

Xerlv^r  tu  ye>y  ubo.ce  le.luw  Western;  ai2  8J'&'3i3  i.0 
for  Yeliow  Jetsey  ;  ;V3  sO  tur  VeiiOW  Baitimure,    and 

$3  60  for  Biandyvkine iiiuea  uave  be  u  reported  ot 

'^.aito  buia.  inciuaiug  ouu  0i«ia>  V.  low  tVeateiu.  in  lots, 

ciuefiv  at  «>3,  aud  l.st^O  bula.  orandywine  at  $3  60 

Coru-iurai,  lu  uaj^s,  haa  beenseluua  to  a  mude.aie  ex- 
tent, within  toe  rouge  ui  ;$l'S'al  4o  lor 
poor  to  Very  choice  ^100  to.  Host  of 
tue  aalea  buve  beeu  01'  cuarae  lots,  at  Hi  i2  for 
Ckraiilis;  quoted  at  $1  iiH'm^l  lu  for  Westeru,  and 

91    lor    Bali.uiore,   fcom  uocc Ua.-meai   uaa    beeu 

Inactive,  w.tuiu  the  raugd  Of  %6  2oa>;£7  tor  lair  to 
choice  City  ana  Western;  very  choice  to  Fancy  held 

higher:  Cauaua.  $7'<^dr7  5u tncKwheat  Ftuur  hue 

bcwn  lu  IIuuilO  demand,  wiibia  tbe  re  meed  range  of 
$0  bO'ap**  2o  lor  oroluary  to  very  cuuioe  state.  Jer- 
sey, ana  Fouuavlvaula.    Aloat   of   the  iota   sola  Were 

mt'iiaH  lu  lur  fair  tu  very  good^'  luUtb Tue  ex- 

Dorts  for  tbe  wee^— 'iJ2,a7d  buia.  Wueat  Piour  aud  dl>4 
tots.  Kje  ulour.  x         ^         .      * 

FttDi  1  ti— Trade  hat  been  on  a  reatncted  acale  at 
ibaeuilally  oncUanKed  dgures.  {sales  include  1.6UU 
bxs.  l>a>er  ItuUius  ai ;»!  Vo  ;  i,20U  uxa.  loosd  at  3>^  xd 
•iHi2  2j;  8uO  half  bxa.  Valenon  at  o^ai  26d  bbla. 
Cuirauia  at  (i'uc.;  3bo  caSiCs  lorkey  Fruues  at  uc. d> 
SJ^a  lor  old,  aud  dVicab^ac  for  uew  ;  Mj  caaea  bar- 
«i  ea  at  13e.&ld^c.  tor  quarter  bis. 

QttAl.%— The  movements  in  Wheat  were  conflaed  to 
Bm«li  iota,  cluetly  local  to  uilllf  rs,  on  tue  baois  of  about 
previous  q^OtaUbua.  luciadiog  4,>^iiO  oosbeia  lancy 
White  UiuUigan  at$i  tid;  1.5VU  oualiels  good  Bed 
■Western  ai  4ti  60 1  a  e.tr-ioad  of  Jiew-Iork  i>o.  i  opriug 
at  $1  ati ;  aud  souury  odd  lots  uf  uuiirauod  8priui( 
at  *1  ^T'S^l  4V*.  bids  oa  export  accouut  were  gen- 
«r(^,Y '^u.o'^ic.  abU8heluuderuskiugra.es.  Frlmej.>o. 
'ii  Bpting  quoted  nomlna.iy  $l  4d**l  44  I0^^a  2  Jlli- 
-waukie  udutii,  ana  »1  «U'<$£1  43  for  da,  iu  store, 
and  91  4w«^l  4!«  <or  Na  2  Chicago,  in  atore.  boluera 
Claiming  tne  extreme  fignrea  in  each  lu- 
Btauce,  vrhue  bida  Were  based  on  iaaide  qnota- 
ations.  No.  3  Cuicago  Hpriug,  in  atore.  auugbt  anet. 
O.J  kpecnlatiou,  to  a  llmiied  eiteuc,  on  the  u  .eis  of 
$1  Ho.    CUoloo  da,    to  arrive,    quoi*d   at  *i  a6  bid, 

aud  $1  8d   aaked Ooru    baa    oeen    comparatively 

quiet  tt-day,  witb  new  quoted  agaiu  rather  weaker  in 
pice;  bid  ua  beiora  i/emand  trum  a  bippers  limited. 
;  . Dates  huive  beeu  reported  atuoe  our  laai  o»  47, tniU 
biwie-a.  Including  iiew-lorit  >o.  1.  oid  andoew.at 
owe.:  .>ew-fork  s i earner  iiixea  at6a*4C.'a6uc,  cuieny 
at  fiil'sa;  ^•w-turk  steamer  Yeliow  at  610.; 
hew-io.k  1*0.  2  wblce  at  li'iSu;  Wew-nork  unmercb..nt- 
ab<«  at  .>6'{ja'3dac.:  ^ew-XoriC  no  graaa  at  u9u.^ 
ttfJ^c,  closiug  at  o9kc.;  uew  crop  ullxed  Westoin, 
Car  >uts,  ai,  ooc.®t>Oa;  xeilow  vVeateru  at  iioe.'ito le.; 
uugruded   aaillng-vesael   Xixed     westeru,   old    crop, 

-  (uomiual,  at  5tio.'<062>-.;  prluic  No.  2  Chicago,  in  atore 
aud  shuai,  uuoted  at6du.'362a;  (wi.h  a  ouat  load,  iB 
atoie,  r^purieu  aoll  at  oOa:)  bouthero  Yellow  at  Oba'oi 
bliQi'.,  iruiu  uOOk  and'  nfloai,  (of  wbich  2,  luO 
buabrls  Virgloia  afljat  at  eiHiC.)  Bye  ha*  beeu  in 
tequcat,  but  the  ulds  lor  imperuiut  iots  bave 
lieeu  uiisaiisfaotury,  tuus  unpediUic  negotiations.... 
WeatcXn  car  tote  qaoteu  at  aSis.'Siobe..  una  iu  boat- 
L-ads  up  tu  8d«.dUoc.  aaaed;  very  k<  o  i  to  strictly 
eboice  otate,  in' lloea  or  »uat-IOdda,  92aaid5c.,  (Wi.h 
pruuu,  lur  .day  delivery,  rfferipg  at  i>5a.>  wlib  car  lois 
htw.'a<fetf3a;  Canad',  iu  buod,  toamve,  at  VSv.'HiHa. 
Baaea..— Xraue  in  Barley  bns  exbtblied  more  anl- 
IBatioa,  i/Ui  Vttines  uave  been  qiiv>ted  itenerady  wtaa. 
....Aa  1  Cansua  good  to  very  cnoice  quoted  at  »1  10 
''a^l  16,  tbe  latter  rate  HSked  lOr  vcryoaoice;  six- 
zuwed  State,  tail  urdiiu.ry  to  strictly  prune.  TuC^S^a, 
■Willi  higher  pncea  lor  tSuoyiots:  iwo-iowedoo.,  tair 
ordinary  te  ver.  choice,  at  65c.®75c,  the  latter  au 
ext  •m>-...,.'«aieiabave  bteu  reported 01  lui.uUO  biuhela 
twe-<u»e<l  .-^tate,  in  atore.  on  pitvaie  ternx:  SV.ouu 
botUaia  MO«>^to  cboice  alx-rowed  da  at  toe-oeioft; 
6,ow  bnanen  flaaoy  do.  «a  at  »&a.  aAd  I.60O 
bLheia     Feed     a  aek     at     49 "a*..... '»a. ley     Malt 

-  ba*  beeu  hi  Uxht  uettinid.  with  flair  to  very  obulce 
Cauaua  Weat,  Old  aad  uew  cropi  QOoied  ai  $l®ail  2d, 
caah  :  atnctJy  prwe  to  eboiuv,  u**  croo,  ua.  on  time, 
ai  *.  aj'*»t  m;  atx-rowed  State,  auont  fair  to  very 
ekf«««.  n..inlnanyat9JC.a«l  Oi»:  iwo-rowed  da,  mo. 
»»Je..  .Bueawueat  naa  oeea  lu  l>fOi.  aoppiy  and 
Bni«i,'etrioitj  ptteie  «aoted  at  Si  ip"  ouahei  aaaod,  and 
do  u  to9>a  lar  iair-...Ara*a»a  recently  have  been 
Boetly  ulf  tne  grad.r  of  atricay  srtme.-.^ajiiKia  Feaa, 
lu  oond.  uare  bean  In  deaicnd.  and  quoted  «t91a«; 
9.40.. ..muse  to  ol»eloeoata  were  In  govd  requ-at,  aa>a 
BuDiea  ttrmi  poorif  qoaUciea  la  alajsk  demund^ud 
sSieuit  to«4iJMf  J  BA-.ted  heaTy..j.6alea  reported  at 
i6olo  baiSfa.  lu'eittdlng  White  VTeateiat  at  4ue.® 
tSL.  mm  to  ontUty:  rthiie  Ktate,  aroluary  to  cuoice, 
i^iu  ti^iiiu|»  <«59aa&5«Mi  fin»>  iraoc  a^ 


ela  Weiit  at  4«ii|B.>  ifev-to^k  KrUned  at  38aM8%|d.. 
and  Mixed  cute  ai  48e.«5«'»o.  tut  r^  MOi  ti 
choloet  irora  track  and  Moatk  #  bwUmL 
uf('Ioye>«Bed,  small  lot*  or  aho<e«<tMe  poM  it  V7<i-i 
prime  tu.ebolce\ye«teru  do.  ieryAuitit  «iidc|d«l)i»il M 

oiherwistf  4a  loiti  qdtrt^U:  6,000  Matr  ^i^S^MA^ 
ae'cA,  Kim  iMtt,imA  itn  pn«'ate  1>^tthL...JiS  add 
iitraw  a*  lift  «i«6t«d<...Fef«  hi  nodeniti^  ieHcit4 
requeat  at  (HKlnm  cd  fign#ci:  ■  attMit  kit  Mr  OoM 
3ran  aoid  at  tlS.  9*  .taq.,..Inclndea  Iq  the  exporta 
are  8&,791  buihpU.VSrbe^j  490,2dG  Imsbeja   C'orn, 


2^1}iVinVels 


4,526  bnaheMaata,  S4f.»>«  . 
Barlirr.  23,983  busbela  Peaa 

wife  MiTerfef  4.790  BiftoAs  .4 yr«j;».d»2iigia.,  gold,  r««s 
fopr moutba?  Interest;  8,836  Cential  Afliene«i.and 
44v  Ptlertd  Platte  ftn  ptt^tttd  teriaa. 

JiBX'^LB— Ingot  GopDernta  beeu  zatber  le«a  active 
but  iirm',  with  a.-ilea  of  ISO.OOl)  ffi.  on  spot  at 
20J4r.  caah.  and  250,000  m.  March  and  iprU  de- 
hrery  at  20'ac.  A  limited  Inquiry  ha^ 
b«4n  noted  for  Irod  Wittiia  the  pretiotta 
range.  6alea  were  made  of  160  tons  Scrap. 
75  tops  OlengartidOK,  and  50  tohs  Bh?llntdli  Pic  On 
private  teriBf.  ..BMuins  Aatfttoay  doll  at  littfifBl^ 
Lead,  Spelter,  aou  Zinc  have  been  inavtive.  bat  quoted 

aboift  ki  lieioife Itn'  baa  tfe«u  fiiefd  i^r«  drttilf.  Wttti 

a  ladr   demand   noted Hales   were  made  ot  1.900 

boxes  Cnarco  1  Tin  ac  S'^o. ,  and  SSopiiis  Stralu  at 
ir'aC;  ^'-ait^iiow  neld  at  I7(s.  The  Batch  idle  of 
Baaca  went  olt  at  a  pariir  of  £75  in  Xiondon. 

AiuliAS&dS— A  fair  Jobbing  luquiry  preTaAla  for  17ew- 

Ofteanri  lit  frbdi  47a  958a  fbr  ftttcii  to  f^acf Uar- 

ket  otiterwliefuaotiye;  inncea  nontaslW  uaonahgd  <. 

NaIlS — :iave  beeu  In  fair  demand  inajoboln?  way 
on  the  ba~ts  of  $3  for  common  Fettei  and  tihe^thldg. 
aud  $4  5ii»C3  25  for  Clinch,  if  Keg. 

M  AVAL) 8 1  OKkS— Kealn  has  seen luoderatrly  inqvfred 
for aiidquoteJ steady. ..We^nuteat  $2  ICforStrtAed; 
$2  2\i'3i-i  2o  lor  uood  birtnned;  $2  26a$2  fto  for 
Na  2;  $2  6\yi$i  6j^  for  Mo.  1|  $4  60396  50  tor 
Fale  to  extra  f  ale  and  Window  Qlasa.  4P'  280  lb.  Baiea 
ivported  <  f  700  bbla.  good  Str4lua<l  at  «2  2U9i3  25: 
1(H) bbla.  K.  a G $2  ^u....Tar  h  la  boeii  lUhily  dealt  la 
wiUiln  the  rauM  01  froul  $i  6U9$2  75  V  bbl...  City 

Fitcli  at  jr2  5u^  bol ^pirita  of  Turpentine  hga  beed 

Id  bit  reanest.  but  ar  eas>er  prices,  with  merdhadta- 
ble,  forprodpi  delivery,  quoted  at  tbe  close  ot  44 'oa 
^gallon.    Bales.  115  bola. 

Oiii.-^— A  moderate  movement  baa  been  reported  In 
tlt«  leading  kinds,  wholly  lu  a  jobbing  way.  at  geoer- 
Hliyttjobaaeedaaotaiiuna....We  Qoote  C^uda  Wiiaie. 
7c»'3a''(»75c.;  Uubleachel  Whale,  73c.'&7Ao.:  Bieaobed. 
do.  ToCattSc;  Litidd  Ijperm,  ST  36391  4U:  Uil- 
bleached  ctnerm,  9i  63;  Bleached  Dperm,  $1  70; 
lidTd-oli,  witbiu  the  range  of  97Jaaw*l  (WHi  for 
prime,  77'uaa'tfiia  lor  No.  1,  and  6'2'ac.'&>7da  for  No. 
2;  Bed-oil,  yupojided,  62c.'3>o3a;  LinseeU-oli,  ^oc'tt 
6Jc.,lii  c^a.  and  bbls.;  Uiive-oil,  $1  22<a®$l  '.:7Hi.  in 
CKs.  and  bbla;  MoTibaden.  42c.'S4ua;  Pressed, 
ua,  44a947o.i  Bleacbe.l.  do.  60a 'So 20.;  Cmde,  Uot- 
toh-seea,  48c.u5jc.:  Beflned  Yeilaw,  do.,  5od.  d58c., 
aa  to  qnadly  aud  c^ior;  White,  da.  57hc'i762^; 
Farafllnf,  32o.:  Falm-uii,  Tu^.'Si'i'itfs.;  (at  Boston  aud 
in  tiiia  marKCt;)  Aesln-Uil,  16a'<»2da;  Taiiow-oil, 
72'au.'d8  a:  cod,  6^a'2^6ia:  Mustard-seed  Oil.  Too.  a 
Soc:  Sape-aeedofl  .flliSl  10;  Ifeatsfoot,  85c. 9$I  26; 
Cocoa-nnt.  10c.'d>l2^.:  Taaaera' -oil,  44c.'94tia) 
liuuricatiJii-sll,  2Uc. .  30a 

FislEaiiKDjJ.— A  »loW  movement  has  been  repnrtea 

in  all  kiudi imde>. as  oeen  sparingly  siogbt  after: 

quotel  at  x2a.  iu  balk,  and  16Hic  la  shipping  onier. 
tteflued  has  been  iu  alack  reqiesi ;  quoted  by  refin- 
ers at  263.C.,  ^nd  tr.ipi  second  uauda  at  22c  ,  in  small 

lots,  for    early  delivery Keflued,  iu  casea,  quoted  nt 

3ba'i»3lbo....Ofty  Napbthaduutedat  14o  ...At  Pbil- 
aaeipiii.1  and  da.timoro  itotinM  f ctioleum,  fo't  eafly 
dt-hrery,  quoted  by  refiners  at  29^c..  aud.  In  amaJ 
lotsirum  seconj  bauds  ai  2^c. 

FBuVISIO.SS— Western  Mess  Fork  Daa  been  In  mora 
demaud,  a. id  agaiu  quoted  higher  fureariy  delivery.... 
-ales  reporied  ot  2Ui>  bbls.   ot  anladDeottd,  a  tanov 

brauu,  at  S17, -'5:    60  bl>Is.  laspecicd   at  $17 Cher 

kinua  in  some  reqneat ;  Kxtra  fnme,  inspected,  quoted 
at  $13  fiJ^d^i^  70;  Western  Frlmo  Mess  at.  «Lu  25^ 
$1    50;  luO  Dbia.  aDiiis,>eetea  t^rime  Mess  soid  on 

private  terms And  for  lorwiird  dehvarv,  h  <re,  tfest- 

eru  Meas  qtxK-t;  quoted  for  February  at  the  cose  nuiul- 
nat:  MaiOh,  4i6  »6'9$17;  April,  9IU  8ti'»«17  00.... 
ireased  clu,'S  have  oeeo  in  mo<Urate  demiinJ,  witb 

Western  quo  ed  as  closing  vrcuk  at  7'ac.'<£7'V>^.  (•( 
wbich  rate  sales  were  made  of  S  oar-lo  ids.  and  1  ear- 

luad  of  fancy  at  T'ac.;)  Cliy  quoted  nt  TV.aSc Cnt- 

meata  have  been  rataer  more  songlit  ufcer  at  about 
prerlons  rates Smiles  iociade  1 1, uuu  lb.  Pic  a  led  Bel- 
lies, in  bulk,  at  O'aadi'tiic.,  and  snaar.v.amall  lora   of 

odier  Uilv  oa(k  wiiulo  our  range "We  quote:     Crty 

Pickietl  Blioaiuers,  tu  buia,  at  7'ac  j  Fickled  Hams  ai 
lO'^a'Sllc;  smoked  thonldera  at  8>90.:  itmoked 
Hama  at  ViCaVi^^c;  Western  try-saited  Mtaorl- 
cnt  Hama,  20  to  15  lb.,  lo^.'&tia;  west- 
ern     Pickled       Bniua,      In      tltices,      at       lUStcV 

llHc-;  W»  stern  Dry-aalted  Sboolders,  boxed,  at  7o 

bncon  has  been  In  more  demahU  at  ratber  itronger 
rates,  wllh  Wes  era  Long  Ciear  quoted  at  ifijc  .  anit^ 
City  do.  at  S'sc;  Long  and  i>burt  Ciear.  early  de.ivery, 
at  c... bales  oUO  boxci  i>ong  aud  bbort  clear,  bere 
and  to  arrive,  tt  9cI...Auii  for  t  hicafto  delivery. 
Lung  and  rtbort  Clear,  lor  rarlt  delivery,   af  8'ac.a 

S'pD.    without    reported     cie»liugs Western    Btt-am 

Lard  has  been  qu  ted  higher,  aud  oecldt-dly  more 
active  for  eany  delivery,  largely  lor  shipment.... Ut 
western  Sleam,  tor  early  de.lv>-ry  here,  sales  nave 
btsen  reported  of  2.812  tea.  prioie  at  glldSll  25. 
(or  wbicQ  2.5UU  tcs.  lor  sblpmuut  to  l.iveri>uoi  at 
$11  22>a'9$ll  '^5,)  oiosiag    at  £11  2b;    also.  45u  tea. 

off  ftrade,  cQiefly  at  ii.o  6ii^lo  62'9.....aui  fur  ror- 
nard  delivery  oere.  Westeru  Steam  haa  been  qaite 

active,      witli       -raiaes      ouoted      much     strunKer 

Western  Steam,  tor  I'ebruary,  quoted  at  the 
close  at  $11  25;  March.  $11  3u^ll  SZ'q; 
Apnl.  $1142>!>3$11  46:  May.  $11  60S$il  6219...- 
NaltfS  were  reporteil  of  Western  Steam  tu  the  extent  ot 
1,750  tea.,  for  rebmarv  at  $11  2u'»$;i  25:  5.250 
tea,  March,  at  $11  27>aS$ll  32»a;  and  6.250  tea., 
April,  at  $11  37^^Sll  42'a Cny  dteam  and  Kettle 

iu    more  demand;     quoted  at    $11;      sales,    211/  tea. 

at   $10&7'ga$il And   ^u.  1    quoted   at   $10  50: 

sales,  60  tcs. Uetiued  Lard  has  been  in  mors  re- 
qneat to-dur;  quoted  for  tlie  Coutinent,  for  e^iriy  de- 
livei  V,  at  $11  25,  ami  lor  tbe  West  Indies  at  $9  87 >» 
(tales  reported  of  60  tcs.  cnolce,  for  the  nest  Indies, 

partatSlO  50 A  sale  ot  5>iO  tea    prime  Weatern 

bienm  waa  made  at  Cliicago  at  $1U  90  for  ahip- 
ment  to   Livernool,    freight  via  Boston,  by  steam,  at 

5^c.    Hf    100    lb Trade     in    Beef    has    beeu    very 

tame  at  former  tti^u  ee....We  quote  Barrel  Beet 
D  mlnally  at  $12®$12  50  for  E±tra  Mess: 
at      $xo'     6o'3$ll      60      for      plnia       Mess,       and 

$13  50S>$14  lor  Packet,  ^p"  bbl Tierce  Beet  qnoted 

thoa;      Prime   Meaa.  uew,   at  $19^20;  ludlaMeaa, 

uew.    $20'3$21;    city    hxtra  Ini ia  Mess.  $26 beet 

Uams    have    been  in    limit.-d     demand,   witb    choice 

Western  quoted  at  «24'2>$'J4  60  ^  bbl Sutter  aud 

Cheese  nave  not  varied  esae.itially Fresh   hgga  lu 

liberal    snpbly   and   quite   moderate  request,  quoted 

dowu  to   2l»c^ '330c.  tor  good  tu  very  oboice laiiow 

haa   been    In  lair  demand,    at  former   rates .>ale8. 

9  ),00i>    lb.    very    good     to     choice   at  tSCSH'^e 

Stearine  haa  been  in  good  requeat:  ahoice  CHy  in 
bhds.  quoted  at  $11  12»3'5>$il  25;  onue  Weat- 
ern in  tea.,  at  *11®H  12*2;  sales,  10l»  tea  prime 
Western  at  Sll.  Inclnded  m  the  exports  are  :i,6t;l 
bbls.  Fork,  920  bbla.  Beef,  2. 179  ics.  Beef,  13,344.414 
fij  Ctit-meata.  326,727  oka  Butter,  1,023,031  A. 
cheese.  3.7»3,e07  B>.  Lard. 

8ALI'— tlaa  been  selling  to  a  very  moderate  extent 

at   aumawnat  irregular    prices tdverpool    Gmnna 

quoted  at  St'e ;  Liverpool  Pine  at  $1  10^$a  50,  from 
store:  Turk's  Island,  in  btilk,  36a'328c.;  at.  Martin's, 
V8c.»9Ua 

SALTFtsTKS— Has  been  in  some  demand,  and  qcwtad 
steady  at  6'2C.S'7a,  goitl. 

dviAF— Has  breo  tiiqalred  for  in  a  jobbing  way.  wit]i 
Castile  quoueo  at  8V°-'33=<4C..  gold;  Colzxte's  Family, 
8a.  cnrreucy.  and  alerting  and  ocher  braada  at  pro- 
portiouate  figures,  less  usual  ..iscoa  t 

UPICBd — A  lestricted  baiinrsa  has  bera  not*d  alace 
onr  laat  even  in  lbs  Jobbiuit  line.  wiiU  Maceat8u0.3 
9jc.  :  No.  1  Mutmegs,  S5c.®95c.  ;  1  assia,  21'aa.  a>  23&; 
Coves,  320. '<^42-ju.;  Kast  India  Pepper,  lic.'^ii^4,a.; 
Wb.te  Feppjr,  23c.®23V.'  Pimento,  12>-.iC.ail3iiiCM 
dinger,  O^sat^r^a.  gold,  ^  IB. 

s>T.iR^U — Has  been  iu  luo  .erate  request,  with  Potato 
quo  red  at  6'^<S.,  aud  coru  at  3^iC.  a^4 '•.^a  <^  Us 

oUOAK.M— Kaw  have  beeu  dim,  but  quiet,  with 
Soles  repotted  of  3»5  hhoa  Outn.dsal,  testing  93  to 
97,  at  IU  9-16a  ^  lb.  Refined  iu  good  requeat  jts 
former  figures. 

bCIU.iC — das  been  in  deiiiand  aiid  quoted  firm,  witb 
Sioiir  quoted  ut  from  $6(r99122  60  for  inferior  to  verr 
cnuice.  alio  u  aud  from  store,  aud  Virginia  at  from  400 
a*60  ^^  ton. 

ii/B.iCCO—.\  foir  demand  has  bdsu  reported  at  na- 
ehanged  figures,  ciaio  inciu<le  3oi)  bbJa  fcenincky 
Learatuc'dloa;  IMu  casei  t^ufldries  at  Da'd36a:  lUV 
ca*es  xa76  .Scw-.ngiaua  at  18c.  a<3oc.;  lOOoases  1875 
Peunsvivattia,  luO  oases  Itili  do.,  and  lUO  cases  1873 
Oblo,  Wrapiiars.  uupnr.tteiermj^  25  eases  1974  ana 
1^75  uuiu  at  'i'^c.:  luo  cases  18i5  .New-Vork  at  12a9 
ISc;  and  2o0  bales  Havana  ut  iy)c.'9$l  10  4P'  tb. 

WHtc-KY— Quiet  co-dav,  with  aalea  reported  of  60 
bb:a  ut  $1  Ut>,  regular,  an  J  bO  bbl8.  at  «il  U<>a.  oaah, 
Closing  at  $  1  o  7  'a  but,  and  d  I  08  aaked. 

Wt.iGL— A  moderate  muveinent  haa  been  reported  in 
this  line,  ubii  fiy  ou  muuuficturiug  accouut,  at  gener- 
ally stfady  n»;eii.  bales  have  beeu  rei  urted.  aloce  our 
last,  of  90  oales  Spring  Jaiiio7iiiaat24a'92ti'ac.;  l3.Uui) 
H)  i'exsa  at  2.ic.'<t20c.;  3<J  hales  Pail  Caiiiofuiaat 
18a<92<i:.:  tt.ODii  fit  do.  at  19e.;  3:^.00>>  lb.  oa,  12,U00 
tb.  uaiifomia  Faileu,  lO.OUu  lit  da  L.amb,  and  lO.UUO 
t6.  Oregon  Comulug  on  private  terms. 

Fltd.Gil'1'9— The  geuerai  market  was  quoted  weak. 
Eoom  ou  berth  wa^  offered  with  coiUiiaraure  treeoom 
at  lu  tustancea,  easier  ttKOred.  lending  to  ^ma  auow  of 
activity  lu  the  line  of  coutr..ots  for .  Gruia  add  Faovi- 
aioiia,  thou^ii  iu  other  eouuectlons  the  movement  woa 
albW.  lu  the  Way  o(  cb.<rters.  the  business 
was  very  moderate,  with  rates  favoring  ahippe.'a 
throughout For  Liverpool,  the  engaaemeiita  re- 
ported, since  our  last,  have  ueen.  oy  steam,  26U  bale4 
Cotton,  lu  lots,  at  I4J.  '#>'  to.;  24.00i/  biisuels  Graiu  at 
4^.  ^  liU-fli.;  170  bhila  Tallow  oa  private  terma,  quot- 
ed aa  before  at  268.bid,  witb  higlier  ratea  asked  ;  equal 
to  aooot  260  toes  Hides  at  25i>.;  4,2UUiJ  pks.  Lard  aad 
Bacou  at  Sos.;  1,U0U  pka  matter  and  5,oU  uxs.  Cheese 
dt  35a  ^  ton;  30  J  bags  seed  ou  private  termS;  6 iK)  bbla 
Aptdes,  part  reported  at  4s.  4^  bbl;  small  lots  of 
lieaiher  at  50a.  ^  too.  And  by  steam  from  Fbiiadet- 
pbia,  25.0u0  ou>hela  Com  on  prlvaie  terms.  And  by 
aieam  from  «.  hicago,  via  Boatoii,  60J  tcs.  Lard  at  5oa 
^  luO  lb.,  (witb  tbrougb  freight  room  for  FroTlsloaa. 
via   Foxtiuud,  reported  as   offered   at  55a,  and  oOc. 

bid) For     Louduu,      b.y     steam,     48,0u0     bushcU 

Gr.ln  at  6d.  «>'  60  lb.;  UOu  tea  Beef 
ou  private  terms,  quoted  at  6a  bid,  aud 
ap  to  tia  asked,  and  15Li  tons  heavy  goods  aud  lot> 
tons  measurement  )£Ouda,  reported  ou  private -terms. 

tor  Qiasgow,  b.y  steam,  1,  J  u  pka.  Batter,  and   a 

small  lot  of  Cheeae  at  3.>b.   ^  ton For  the  United 

Kingdom,  direct,  a  Norwegian  bsrk,    453  tona.   with 

ge..>eral  cargo,  from  RlcbmonJ,  at  £ii8j Fur  Bristol, 

an     Auatrailan     bar..      676     .ooa,      hence,      with 

general  cargo,  reported  On  p.Hvate  terma For  Cork 

aiid  uraeia,  »  K.iliab  bng,  u67  ton*,  with  about  3,tkH> 
tio.a.  Btfuned  Petroleum,  trom  Portland,  reported  at  bs. 
^  bbl,  fiat.  Tonnage  tor  Grain  was  iu  ligut  requ.  st 
here  ana  quoted  at  4s.  9X'&'5s. ;  at  Pbiiadeipnla  at  58. 

Ud..  aad  at  i$t.itimoru  nomlual  at  6s.  M.  ^  qaartet 

i^  a  port  in  tbe  .^ay  uf  olsoay ,  a  Norwegigu  oara,  349 
tuoa,  wi(u  aboub  2,9i>0  quarters  grata,  from 
Baitlmeie,  at  6s.  9d.  ^  qiar(et....For  Liabou,  an 
Italian  bark,  389  toua.  ueuce,  witu  Staves,  on   tbe 

basis  of  M<i  for  heavy  Pipe ■''or  dutwerp,  by  ateam, 

66  utM;  busiiela  Curu,  Trom  store,  ou  private  terms, 
tiaotad  uuffiiualiy  at  5d.  aakeu  f>  boabsl;  40  bales 
rencuera  at  ''■ao'lc.  4^  A;  220  bbia.  Uoney  at  3^t<a  ^ 
gallon,  kn«x  o5  casea  Tobacco  at  26a. ...Pur 
tbe  Continent.  11  Norwegian  bi.rk,  47i>  tons,  hence. 
With  about  3,000  bola.  Bt.fiaed  Petroleum  at  4  .  3d.  f)* 

htii For  SauCoa,  an  Ameiioau  brig,  witb  Fluar,  fiuiu 

BalUmore,  a>.  $1 'I''  bbl. ...Fur  Peruamuuco  and  back, 
omAuicrluau   oara,   234  toua,  with  geu«-ral  cargo,  ou 

pxiva.e    itfims For    Capetown,    a    iiutch    uiQ.  23d 

loas.  beiioa,  witb  geneiai  cargo,  at  4ua  ^  Uiu — For 
bbitagaai.  an  Awetican  snip,  806  tous,  hsooe,  witu 
iteuet;al  cargo,  iueluding  Petroleum,    in   caaea.  pn  pii- 

TBie  terms For  a    vyindwaxd  IslJaud   and  baca,  ad 

Auencau  aubuouer.  287  tods,    with   guueral  carau,  ou 

pnvaic  terms coal  touuatce  waa  in  aiQieiate  n- 

queat  tor  louai  loading  ou  tue  ba.la  of  $2  15<*$2  2 J 
!ur  Huston,  and  $2  50  (frufat  aoatu  awbey)  fOr  Port- 
laud.  If  ixM.       . 

TSB!  LIVJC  STUUK  MdBKniS. 


Stjry    ne«M  aiS^  La|pS»?ted<il»to,  t«-dMri,^M 

h€$SL  «iikisf  (ktf  vttti  ht  tbe  WfM«  tutta  £at  9,400 
uMkai  am  atf  animtiix  uttf^ts  utn,  «f  wkmu  7 

weia  4at  MtUllicihiS^tS  Baftarn  trade,  and  $1  M4- 
efa ;     traataictiunf  jre^     omimd     to  ■  beat   loMi 


tamaiiiain  anaeU;  taui  et  9et>d  to 
»li««  l»jm>fto  lOS  ».,  aj 


pricwi  aaotabli 

HM,  mttkHi  , „ , ^.    _  ^ 

to  good:  MMk  £saaialB(aii(  anaeU;  #a)M  of  ieM  t« 

M'^ix^i:. :.::... -^ 

ranging  ftom  83^  to  119  &.  at  94  69999  9(f. 
Hos»— uecalpts  t».day,  300  heed.  BMUag  tbe  total  for 
the  week  thus  tar  6,200  bead,  sgidnst  3  7uO  head  for 
the  sam«  tUtt  fMt  wieK ;  market  dijll  aod  sid>v ;  sup- 
ply in  excess  of  tbe  demandj  oiuy  sales  were  1  o;<r  of 
Knort  Yorkers,  averagl'nk  170  fi.,  at  $6  10;  1  deck, 
fair  beary/  af  eragiftg  .><27  ».,  at  $8  66  j  6  dac*  «f  light 
and  2  cara  of  be.vy  nnaold. 

OlilCAOO,  Feb.  6.— Gattie— K^eiofs,  3,060  ben4; 
sUpaSents.  SOO  bead;  aterkeS  falriy  aotiva  and  .firm, 
bat  not  onotably  btgherj  aales  of  Cowa  at  98  209 
$3  90;  atooKert,  $»9o9i|3  50:  iiiir  to  itood  iliipving, 
$4  259$4  60.  flogs— UecHpts.  9.000  bead;  abip- 
menta.  1,850  bead;  market  mo<lerately  acaive,  firm, 
and  ratber  hgber;  few  tepgh*,  $^  7l>'«£d  0';  good 
to  chmoe  heavy,  $6  dSl^ie  60 ;  tair  to  extra  oilme 
■bip^Wg,  $9  30®9&  75,  dmattf*  iho.  bbeap-Doll 
and  nominal;  reoeipta.  610  bead. 

"WATRSTOWir,  M.«8a.,  I'eb.  6.— Cattle — Beoeipta. 
1,172' head:  ordHtarjfcAdea  lesa  active;  godd  «:«ttla 
firm  at  ftall  pricea;  oboica.  $83^  50 :  extra,  $7  869 
$7  75 ;  first  quality.  $6  ^97  ■  secohd  qdailty,  $5  23 
'390;  tbnd  quality.  $4  5U3S5  ShOep  and  L«mba— 
Beceiota.  l,9oo  uead ;  laat  week,  2,313  bead  ;  uo  Im- 
proveeaen,}  in  prtCea ;  qu^lty  inferior :  cbeiov  aoarCe ; 
lu  Iota  at  $2  6o.  $8,  $3  ot;.  ami  $3  75;  extra  at 
94  60l»$6  50,  or  trom  3a3tf  >ac.  ¥  A- 

SAst  LidBRtT.  Feb.  6.— Cattle— SSeetpta  to-day, 
1,0U3  bead,  or  2U  ear*  of  tbrongh  and  39  eara  of  yard 
atock ;  atipp.y  fair,  but  market  Tory  dull,  with  few 
adU.Ag ;  beat  «t  $9  95 :  BsedittiA  tO  gOdd  at  9si ;  edm- 
mon  ip  flttr  at  $4'<e$4  60.  Uog«— tti^reipta  to-day. 
1,210 Head;  lO.kers  at  $69$6  30;  PKtladelpbTas  at 
$79^7  28.  Sbeep— Itedeipta  to-day,  2,400  baad;  seii- 
at  iti4  80®$6. 

asai  

FOUEIQIH  MABKET3. 


LOKPOH,  Feb,  8.-12:30  l*.  M — Console,  95  9-16  for 
both  money  and  the  auconiat.  Onited  State<  bonds, 
new  6a,  lu7  V  Brie  Siilway  abares,  9i||.  To*  rata  of 
diacanut  for  three  mo;  tbs'  bills  In  the  open  market  is 
1  %  ^  cebt,,  Wbioh  is  %  ^  Cent  below  tbd  Bank  of  Kog- 
laud  rata 

3:30  P.  M.— Tbe  amount  of  bullion  withdrawn  ftom 
tbe  Bank  of  Buglaod  oa  balance  to-ilny  ta  AM.OUO. 

4  P.  M.— United  bUtea  bonds,  10-4)*,  110»4-  Psria 
advUea  ^uote  5  HP'  cent.  lieuteS  at  1061!.  60d.  for  the 
aec  ant. 

Pxaia,  Feb.  &— Bxehange  on  London,  25£  IS^ao.  for 
abort  sight 

Livcarooi^  Feb.  6—12  M.— Cotton— The  receipts  to- 
day «rere  42,00U  ualeS,  LiClading  32,000  i  aiea  Aibet- 
Ican;  futoiea  weaker,  wiib  sellers  at  la«t  atgbi'a 
prices ;  Up.aads.  Low  Miodliua  clans.-.  February 
aud  March  delivery.  6  9-16d.;  Uplanda.  i^ow  Mldodng 
cratise.  March  and  April  delivery,  6  ll-16d :  Op- 
labda.  Low  Middling  el.iase,  April  add  May  dftliytfry. 
6  13-I6d. ;  Uplands,  Low  Aliddlipir  ctanse.  May  aud 
June  delivery.  B'^ad- :  Uplands,  Low  SUiidiing  olaasf. 
Jdne  aad  Juiy  delivery.  6  15-]6d.;  UulauJa  Low 
Middhug  clause,  ahinped  Jannary  and  Pebruatr,  aail, 
6  11-  16a. ;  Upiauda  LoW  Hidollug  olaaad,  ataipped  PoO- 
ruarv  and  Mareu,  sail,  6  I3-I6d. 

1  P.  M. — Cotton— Upianda  Low  UiddJing  claose.  July 
and  .lUgtut  deUver.v,  7d.;  UpTdiida,  Lo«rMiddbng  olaase, 
Jitne  a  id  July  delivety,  6  .U-32d. 

'A  P.  tL— cotton— Uvlauda  Loir  Middling  olnuse, 
Feuroarv  and  March  deliver}-,  bVI-»  Upianda  Luw 
UUldiiiig  olauae,  .^pnl  aad  .day  delivery,  6  27-32fL 

2:15  F.  M.— Breadstnffi— ihe  market  is  Weaker; 
corn,  2511. '32us.  3d.  4>  qmrterior  new  Mixed  Weitero, 
and  26t.  8.t.926s.  tur  oKi  mixed  Western,  l^eas.  U7s. 
^  quarter  for  Caaadi.in.  Wheat,  1  Us.  od  <^10a.  8d.  ^ 
teuta>  for  aTeiageCaiifurnia  White;  lOi.  SI'S  Ua  2d. 
for  C'altfOrniH  Ciub.  ProtisioaS— Lard,  6'<!a  V  owl.  tor 
Aniericau.     Bacoo.  41s.  V  cwt.  fur  Long  Ciear  Mid  lea 

8  P.  ji.— Cotton— Oplaudt,  Low  Middnog  clause,  tiiay 
and  Jnoe  delivery,  6  2d-32J.:  Uplands.  Low  iliadliug 
clause,  shipped  Febra.iry  aud  March  sail,  0  27-3.'d. 

3:30  P.  M.— CottOu— or  the  aalea  to-day  i.HiMJ  balea 
were  American. 

4  P.  M.— Cutton  Cplanda.  Low  Middling  claase, 
shipped  January  and  February,  sail,  b  23-33d.;  Up- 
lauus.  Low  .lUdailug  clause,  sh.pp«>d  Marcu  sad  April, 
aail.  6  3i-82d. 

6  P.  M — I'rado  Beport— The  market  for  yams  and 
fabrics  at  annotaeaier  is  dull  snd  tending  down.  Cot- 
tun- ruinres  woakcr:  Upiana,  Luw  .uiddllug  olaase, 
>eurnary  and  March  detivery,  6  19-32^..;  Uplands, 
Low  MidUliiig  Clause,  M4rob  anl  .Vprtl  delivar.y,  d'^d.; 
alau  sa-es  oi  the  aame  ai  6  2»-.'>2d. 

LOMDOK,  Peu.  b— o  P.  M.— Prod  .loe— Refined  Petro- 
leaiu,  i6>4d.  4^  galioa     Spirits  ui  Fetroleum,  l2d.V 

12<2a.  HP*  gallon,     tipirlts  of  Turpentine.  91*-  9'  cwt. 

AKTWSKr,  Feb.  b— Pctroieum — i9C  ror  nae  Pale 
American. 

MATAXA,  Feb.  e.-SpanUh  Gold  laOig^lSl.  Ex- 
change ueollulng.    Bugara  b»Te  an  opward  tendency. 

TE£  MEAL  JsiaiATJS  MARKET, 


The  lollowing  business  waa  transaoted  at  the 
Excbaoge  TMterday,  (Taeaday.)  Feb.  6. 

:eoott  A:  Myera.  by  order  of  the  Saprema  Coart  In 
foreolusare,  W.  A.  Boyd.  Esq.,  Keferee,  sold  a  fonr- 
•tory  brlok  teoement-houaa,  witb  Lt,  20  by  100,  on 
Kist  43i  St.,  north  side,  343  teet  east  of  3d  av.,  f  .r 
99,500,  to  Mary  tCosbaok,  platntiiT  m  tbe  legal  ac- 
tion. 

filackwell,  Riker  Ic  Wilkina,  under  a  8apreme 
Coart  foroloBore  order;  Francis  Forbes,  Eiq..  Ref- 
eree, disjKised  ot  a  fonr-story  and  basement  brown- 
stone-frunt  botiae,  witb  lot,  IS  by  80.5.  on  East  621 
•t.,  aoatb-east  comer  4ib  ar..  fur  112,243^  to  Morits 
Josepbthal,  plaintiff. 

William  Keanelly.  also  ooder  a  Snoreme  Coart 
forecioanre  decree.  £.  D.  Gale,  Esq.,  Beteree,  aoid  a 
plot  of  lane,  148  9  by  SO  by  49  4  by  98.9,  on  Eaat  40(b 
at.,  soatb-weat  corner  ot  lat  ar.,  for  927,000,  to 
Henry  J.  Jlenby,  pialniiff  in  tbe  legal  action.  Tbe 
aame  aactioueer.  under  a  similar  coart  order,  J. 
Grant  Sinclair,  E^q.,  Beferee.  disposed  of  afoar- 
•tury  and  basement  browu-stone  bouse,  witd  lot. 
95  I  y  80.S,  on  East  49th  su,  north-eaat  corner  of 
Beekmaa  place,  ior  19.400,  tu  Henry  A.  Beeknxaa, 
pUintit. 

B.  v.  Hamatt,  tinder  a  foreclosure  decree,  by 
order  of  thu  Ccart  of  Common  Pleas,  B.  !£.  Henry, 
Eso.. Beferee.  sold  a  fonr-story  bnok  store  and 
dwelling,  witb  lot,  SO  by  SO,  on  2d  av,  eaat  side, 
93  leet  north  of  74£h  st..  for  §10,800,  to  J.  S.  Young. 
Also,  a  similar  bonae,  witb  lot  20  by  80.  on  SJ  ar., 
east  aide,  62  teet  north  of  74tb  st.,   for  $11,000,  to  C. 

A.  Schoater.  The  sums  auoiloneer,  auder  a  similar 
eoart  order,  same  Beferoa.  add  a  tbree-story  aad 
basement  bnct  house,  with  lot  14.6  by  93.0  by  17.0 
by  74.  on  'Wett  26tb  at.,  north  side.  73  teet  west  of 
Olb  av.,  for  46,350.  to  Chariea  Wngh  ,  for  New- 
York  Life  Insoraaoe  Comp.iny,  plaintifil  The  same 
auctiooeer,  under  a  similar  court  order,  aame  B«f- 
eiee,  disposed  erf  a  five-story  Drick  teneineni-lioose, 
witb  lot  95  by  98.9.  on  Ka«t  39tb  st.,  norrb  Klde,  150 
teat  edst  uf  3j  ay.,  tor  $19,330,  to  J»ba  Murray. 

Mr.  Harnsi  t,  by  order  of  tbe  Suprrme  Court  m 
forecloaore,  F.  J.  JoaCblmaen,  Eiq.,  Reieree,  aoid 
SIX  torea.atorv  brieb  house*,  (auttoished.)  with  lota, 
•aob  16.8  by  99.11,  on  West  193  i  st ,  a-iata  aide,  175 
feet  west  ot  3a  av.,  fur  423.728,  to  Edward  Oppen- 
beimerand  Uenrv  Hymau,  plainciff<  In  tbe  legal 
^ruceedinga. 

A.  J.  Biceeker  4  Son,  by  order  of  the  Sapreme 
Court  in  fore ciosare  sale,  T.  H.  Lane,  B!!q.  Referee, 
told  one  lot.  93  by  100  nn  8ta  a*.,  weat  sloe,  51.2  feet 
aooth  of  76ih  at.,  lor  95,000,  to  Catberioe  B.  ate  wart, 
9laiutiff  IU  tbe  legal  aotiun. 

Jamea  iA.  Miller,  under  a  foreclosnre  decree,  by 
order  of  the  Court  uf  Common  Fleas,  Rsnaolpb  B. 
Martine,  Efq.,  Kereree,  aoid  one  lot,  85  by  100,  on 
lotu  ay.,  eaat  aide,  74.11  teet  aoutb  of  1431b  at.,  for 
$3,800.  to  Henry  M.  BradUorat,  plainilfll 

J.  Ii.  Wella,  nnder  a  similar  court  order,  Randolph 

B.  Martine,  B^q.,  Beferee,  disposed  of  one  lot,  35 
by  100,  on  lOui  av.,  eaat  side,  99.11  foet  soatb  uf 
I49ib  st,  fur  93,800,  to  Henry  M.  Bradhuist,  plain- 
tuf. 

'  Hugh  N.  Camp,  by  order^f  the  Sapreme  Court 
in  lureulosure.  William  P.  Dixon,  E«q.,  Beferee, 
sold  a  plot  or  land,  201.3  by  053.  uu  ibe  block 
bounded  by  9cb  and  lOch  ays.,  93cb  and  96tb  sts., 
for  979.000,  to  Mutual  Life  Insatanoe  Company, 
plami  If  m  the  legal  action. 

The  toreelosuro  sale  by  D.  VL.  Seaman  ot  tbe  plot 
of  land  on  3 1  ar..  between  lS!4tb  god  123ib  ata.,  was 
acUonmed  to  Feb.  ii7. 

The  prooertv  located  on  Weat  63d  >t.,  58ib,  Eaat 
77ib,  UStb.  I31st,  and  1331  sis.  and  r>oai9vard,  an- 
nottooed  to-day,  ander  tue  direction  of  tbe  United 
Sratos  Loan  CummisaiOD,  by  B.  H.  Ladlow  St  Co., 
was  Mitbdrawn. 

lO-DAT'S  AUCTIONS. 

To-dsy's  sales,  all  at  tbe  Bxotaanga,  are  aa  fol- 
lows: 

By  E.  A.  Lawrence  Si.  Co.,  Supreme  Court  foro« 
closure  sale,  B.  C.  Uherwood.  E-tq.,  Bot'eree,  of  a 
bouse,  with  lor,  34.9  by  86.6,  oa  Weat  l&tb  at.,  aoutb 
side,  397.1  feet  west  ot  7tu  ty. 

By  William  Kenaelly,  Supreme  Court  forecloiute 
sale,  J.  M.  Lsvv.  Esq.,  Keferee,  uf  a  boaae,  with  lot, 
24.8  by  78,  JNa  304  Bist  Broadway,  auatb  side,  72 
feet  eaat  of   Seammei  st. 

By  D.  M.  C'larkaoo,  Sapreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  A.  T.  Ackerc  Esq.,  Referee,  of  a  bouse,  with 
lot,  12.6  by  98.9  on  \Ve4i.33i  St.,  south  side.  900  leeC 
Wesoul  Och  av. 

By  R.  V.  Mametf,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure  sale, 
Samuel  B.  Hard,  Esq.,  Rst'eree,  of  a  house,  with  lot 
2U  by  100.  on  Eiist  4Gtn  St.,  nurth  side,  80  feut  west 
of  Ist  av.  Also,  tureoiosare  sale,  by  order  uf  Court 
of  Commou  Pleas,  B.  IS,.  Beary,  Siq.,  Referee,  of  a 
house,  with  lot,  21  by  93.9,  on  East  30(.b  st.,  south 
stae,  328.9  feet  east  of  9d  ar.  Also,  similar  sale, 
same  Reieree,  of  ouelut,  35  by  100.5,  on  Eaat  64tli  St., 
seath  side,  45  leet  weac  of  Madison  av. 

By  Louis  Mesier,  foroelosure  s^le,  by  order  of  tbe 
OooTt  of  Cummim  Pluao,  8.  H.  Olio,  Esq.,  Beferei^. 
of  two  lots,  eaoo  80  oy  80,  on  9a  ay.,  east  aide,  40.10 
feet  sentb  of  llfitb  at.  " 


BiJFFAtO.  Feb.  6.— Cattio— BecelpU  to-day.  997 
bead.  luaKiag  tbe  total  lor  toe  week  tboa  lir  4,t^B9 
bead,  aga  ust  0,763  bosd  iS».-  tue  aaase  tine  taa«  week. 
abowtag  a  decreaae  in  tbe  supply  lor  toe  w«ea  thna  tar 
of  ul  CMfc  Tbe  maaaot  waa  eoiv  moierataiT 
active ;  aitandauua  of  Baafera  bnyeiw  very  ligbi.  waa. 
only  a.  siba  attaadaoee  vf  looal  dealers.  Tail 
utfexlbgs  were  uoiaiy  mcNliam  to  fair;  Scarcity  of 
pciuia  stootf  ;  pric<^  oa  best  grades  atroug,  tgat  week's 
^hatutlons;  iMidiam  lo  s  a  suaue  oil;  MUBOlentsb 
btfeitnaa  fuUy  Sa  •'■  95  ears  diaposadoft  aalea 
must  iy  to  sapsly  tecat  aad  boue  taaoe  |  qnated  gmod 
;,«0     vaait    iMmVmd.  btaes*.    M  «V««9  Mi    •*»* 


110%,  Wi«T.,w.s..»i9#6.fcdf  7|tb«t,  ««■..  .^ 

100........; I.: 99.000 

jDf  .^asMs  J£  JHiisr. 

llof..JOth»T.,*a..  74.11  ft.  «.  af  14M^H, 
ZISxlO0...J. .— .....'..;...;..i.  t9,800 

lei;  tbarrotie  A.  W9*rrar  and  tantbaiadlo 

9JS^tX'^^?1;lt;fT'^J^l4r7r^8i^vt  -^ 

Ta»Mf..\T..:............... ..!;........./......   9991. 

Jane  St..  a.  vr.  eorner  ef  Waahlngtona).,35.2>aX 

«3:  aia«.  v4'aBl!llJiittdn  ^..  W.  JT,  S5.9<S  fl  a  <i 

Jane  ■♦..JT-aivaW  I  Jacob  9cbmltt  apd  wife  ., 

ioTobnaflcnntte ,, $34,600 

45tb  wt. «.  •:.  8SMf.4  ft.  «.  df  Ttb  av..  iriM 

100.4:  Cb4Tlea  p.  Allen  to  t<»nolaB.  Kelly..  16.000 
45tb   St.,   fi.  4.  22.14  ft   aofftfi  »♦.,  iTls^x 

lOfl.4;  PrandcB.KaUyteAdeliidee.AHen..  IS.UOO 
KonolR  at ,  w.  a.,  225  ft  a.  of  Honston  at.,  26ic 

iWi;  JoiiB0era<i  tuBefrryP.  We«t .:...     bett. 

Norfold^,  w.  %,  216  tt  a.  of  Botutqn  at.,  36x 

lOo ;  Henfy  P.  VAt  to  hihtda  D^ran nom. 

SS'b  ST.,  a    w.  comer  4tti  av..   25x80;  John 

Mitchell  and  Wife  to  Patrick  Dalion 10,000 

O'bar..  s.  W.  (orne:-  i9tf(8t.,  22.4x100;  Jkmds 

H.  Davidson  rnd  wife  (o  toary  K.  Beed. ,...,.  aom. 
eadi^  prppfrty ;  Winuih  if.  Heed  atid  wite  to 

J  meatt.0.iTiiseo......... ......li...^;....     *oia. 

26tb  St.  n.  a,  475  it  e,  of  6th  av..  25x98-9 ; 

LdatSa  F.  Sa6chi  rd  Mictiaei  BergmAn..... 


Bom. 
6,000 


Setb  ar.,  %  a.  SOO  (t.  a  of  dd  av.,  25<l00i 

Joae^b  .\f aiiiuns  fo  .tohn  Moi'ool 

ISCbit..  a  a.,  175  ft.  W.  of  5th  ar.,  29*10B.3) 

Bmll  w.  Kraokowlser  and  wife  to  Freeaaa 

Plooilgoaiif ^om. 

ettb  at.  n.  a.  24  >  it-  e.  of  Lexisglort  av,,  WlX   . 

1)0.5;  JohnUo'ooi  to  Joaepb  Manaiog 19,200 

lltb  St..  n.  a.  6>>  ft.  W.  of  Bth  av.,  21ilu9.S ; 

Robert  Q.  Clark  and  wire  to  Davlj  Vartu •   nom. 

7(b  ar.,  w.  a..  4S  ft.  w.  of  iBih  at.,  23x60; 

Braatlrendaraodwi^to  t.ervaanHe|dt..  19.000 
62dat..  a.  e.  eorner  of  4th  ar.,  16x80.6;  F. 

Pof be«,  BeiArNi  (e  M.riii  Josepbthal..,.....;  19.000 
83d  n.,  a  s.,  350  ft.  e.  of  2d  a  v.,  26x102.2 1  P.    ^ 

w.  Loew,  M.eree,  ttf  WimaiS  A.  Oatildwen..     7.000 
9tb  ar.,  n.  W.  eoroer  of  lOftth  at,  126x100.11; 

anmetoaime , 6,000 

li^tlngtan  av ,  i.  w.  ooroef  of  119tb  st,  OOt 

li0.1Uf  K.  tl.  Qfie,  Befi-ree,  to  liauha;taa 

Life  laanrap^e  Com  any lU.900 

Sdav..  «.  a,  fO2.0>s  ft  n.  df  33d  at:  Jdbti  R. 

Coutaht  aad  other*  le  8«na  C  Oottt«at  (liflf 
lease) i i        .... 

[     II   i[    II    I      tmmmummm 


CITY  KEAL  ESTATE. 

tli  MTibAMMHIP  til)AtPANlf:!>(, 

OR  O-THEas.  WASTI.VO  LAROB  A»D  dKBP  WATBR- 
PRUflT,  BULKilIi.iD,  PI8a<.  fed..  AKD  A  Bi/OOK  OP 
GBOUND.  BeUx<(BtU)  ISV  PIEB  «0.  99  XOBTU  AAO 
KAdT: 

POR  SiLB. 
tbe  b1o«k  of  gronad.  wUb  bnlkbead  and  rlj|>ariui 
fithii.  an  tbe  Bast  Ktver,  Vew-York.  lueladl  ng  sflo, 
pier,  Ac,  lormeriy  part  of  Smith  k  Dlman'a  Ship-yard, 
and  now  oooopled  by  the  Pennsylvania  Coal  OompauV, 
bonnded  by  Lewia  St;,  betweea  4tlk  and  otti  sia.aod 
bounded  by  Ptet  So.  04,  Bast  Ktver,  ildrch  and  eist, 
muBlng  t.o  balbhe«d  and  alK  Far  fall  otifttedlar*, 
HOMRR  MORGAN.  Ka  9  Pine  at.  Ifew-Tork. 


Ft>R  SAtiU-i-O.S  OlTtI  <)r..  9iirwiil<.'<  iiifXINO- 
tcm  snd  4th  ara,  the  toarcn  Ttnose  tttnt  4tb  mi., 
nortb  st' e;  a  firtt-elass  brDWo-atoue  h}  ae,  aise  30x 
BU,  three  stories,  basement,  and  under-oeliar  :  pirlor 
and  basement  ilfiisb  il  Id  bard  wood,  and  oodiple(e  in 
every  particular;  price,  $20,000.  Apply  nt  Na  199 
Sdar.  JOHN  D.  OTTI WKtL. 


BUOAnWAT  ASfU  SSPH  -x-T.-PaH  SaIB  AT 
a  great  t>argsla,  it  pdrchM>^d  at  this  ttms,  tNia 
magnificent  plot  of  Broadway  propef tr  on  thj  north- 
east coruer  of  38sb  st  s:S3  98x140.  Its  ooramanalog 
position  warrants  aay.ktudiif  permaiient  and  substan- 
ti.ilimproyemeuta  Apply  to  jonU-A  JA,  n«.  1,2S5 
B  road  way^ _        __^________ 

FilB  r«ALili  ON  WB.-fr  22D  ST.  ONB  OF  TUB 
most  desirable  bigb-itoop  brown-atone  BOnaSS  ii 
tue  City;  2.ix95xlliO;  eontainins  2b  raeOMl  and  all 
modem  Improrementa ;  vritb  or  wltboat  tntatcore. 
Apply  to  01  addreta  W.  C  yaLlB,  Ha  88  West  iid  li. 


DdDSl.M  BVlLBlMl  ftOhWVp 
oa  soatb  St..  aaar  l^^^^ijgigl^^^l 


oa  Soath  St.,  naaz  Pack 
B«lslbdnoif.  " 


OHAjBLT, 
lidfteUag:  poa* 


00. 88  Bn*d#ay. 


n<eAti    TAK0— T(>    LAliW    Po«    A   '^BBM    oF 

L'yeisn,tb«p)ot»fCr««nAeitr^of  ~ ' 

(^Mt  Bonoton  st   For  terma  apply  to 
\oPh\  CaSi)  ii,  lij)  ttitMfc 


Kg*.  81*  to  918 


imk  Bis— ;tf»ei>  Kd;    Haa.  199  aad  199  Wwrt 
lOtjift  „^^ 


|M>N' 


..Jceliar,  SOxSVftSc, 

ft   Ui4alMfntbeddtii9r. 


-_rD  FIRST  FMtpR  AND 

Hos.  189  and  180  west  Hoostoa 


91!^ 


REAL  E:ST.4TB  WAKTED. 


brat  iwKate  heose  ptelt-md:  jtas  aad  nss  of  hath- 
room;  rent  mail  sot  txueed  820  or  922.  AOdnss  lor 
two  dari  Alb4^.  %tsi  Sra  928  Ttnit  oftde. 


r;iUJlNIe»UBO  AND  [)4<l9'i;aNlr<B«U  HODSBS 
jC  WANTaD.— Oreiit  deinaPd  for  deslrablef  houses  ;  no 
Oll<irM  fbr  )r«fifteria£    J.  MKLSOH  LUCKHir,  fia  i« 

Boat  2!8d  St..  aortter  Or  4th  av. 


TToUMBBI,  FLIItiNJeiaMO  ANI>  UNFURNISdBU, 
iJLimaSa.  tar  nnmedlate  deoupatldn. 

KINQMAS  F.  PAGB.  Na  42  BaSt  93d  st. 


w 


AUTHO      IM.ff  BDiA'rBLy^F0aftliirjB& 

bouses  to  rent  at  tbis  office ;  considerable  demand. 
JOSIAH  3t.X.  Ko.  1,236  Bt^adWay. 


XStAStbti  t.tIMiC0|AT£LF--  UNPJBS'(Sa£I> 
▼fboaaedtotetitat  ' 


atfb'taelBoe;  great  demand. 
JOSIAU  JUX.  No.  1.235  Broadway. 


SlTUATIOgg^^ANTBD. 

FfiAfALitH. 
TaS    VP'TOWS   UFFICU  UJf  Ttf  K  TlSUttf. 

Tbe  np-town  office  of  THB  TIMES  is  located  at 
N«.  If'iST  BTjMtfltvsy.  bet.  Slat  and  3!»d  ats. 

Open<<Sally,  Snndaya  utoiuded.  from  4  A.  M  to  9  P.   M. 

9ubsoriptfoni  re«6lred,  and  copies  ot  TAB  TIMBs  tat 

sale. 

ADVBEtrSBHiNTS  BBCEIVBD  UNTIL  9  V.  M. 


C^HAMSMUnAib.  4i<5.-8f  A  g^SKK  ;tablb 
Proteeiaat  girl  aa  ehamoer-m-tid  and  waitrass,  or 
chamber- work  aud  assist  witb  growing  chlldi-en :  eiubt 
years' reieteneA  Call  from  9  to  4  o'clock  at  Na  840 
Beat  81st  at 


CakwlUBa^tMAllt,  gee.— BY  h.-t  AUiB.tCA:X 
wuroao  to  do  cbamberwork  and  sewiug.  or  as 
nurse  lakd  aeamstresS.  Otlt  at  So.  26i  West  i9th  st, 
between  7tb  Mir<t  9tfa  ars.,  second  Boor. 


Ca  wVtHBK'iriAJn. — lAGiaLWHUlSWiLLIVS 
and  obltgiog  aa  Cbamber-mald,  and  to  assist  wltli 
tbe  wAsblua  and  ironing ;  good  City  reference.  Call  at 
No.  231  Bast  »7th  st 

CIlA.VIB8R-.tIA10.  dkC.-BY  A  YOU.>.0  OlEL 
fur  up-stairs  work  and  waiting  and  assist  witb 
waahing  and  irnnlng  in  private  family;  City  reference. 
Call  at  So.  46U  Weat  24lh  St.  present  (•muioyefa. 

/^HAiUHEJI-cTIAIU^-DX  A  PIKST-OLASS  UHAM- 
V^'ber-disid  aird  waitreas;  no  O'tjection  to  waSUng 
aud  irontnit  if  required  ;  ean  be  we<l  recommended 
from  ber  employers.    Call  at  No.  44  Bast  32d  su 

Cuaubbh-jiaid.-by  vou.sq  oikl  i.h  a 
priyate  fotbd.v  as  chamber-maid  and  taundreSs,  or 
wouiddo  waitlug;  three  years'  City  reference  from 
last  placa    Call  at  No.  442  West  3666  at 

CttfA.ntfclfinAlD.  -  BY  A  RkSPBCTABLE 
./ytmng  woman;  Will  assist  with  washing  and  Iron- 
log:  or  as  ttrsi-claas  laundress)  good  i-efereaca  Call 
at  Ho.  242  Eaat  4  itt  at 

UAiMBBU-ilJAlll  AMU    WAlTKBS.'!i.-BT  A 

respectable  young  girl,  lately  tauded,  to  do  chamber- 
work  and  waitlug.  Call  or  addreaa  ba  445  Wdst  26tb 
st,  tup  fioor. 

CHAMttBU-JtAIUANII  SBA:!!.** TKB!*'!>'— BT 
a  Protest  an.  gin ;  good    pefator;   good  city  refer- 
ence ;    City  at  coafit.rv'.     C  II  at  No.  I«i6  Wesr,a4{b  at. 

HAMIllCU-:tlAII>   Ai<<U  W.flTResti^.-BT  A 

girl,  or  wooid  do  Una  waebtng:  best  City  reference 
from  lart placa    Call  at  Nn.  249  West  33d  st 


0amA\Mtk 


FOR  8AIji£— 1/<  19TU  gf  ,  JOST  WjSBT  OP  6TH 
ar..  adealrable  brown-atoae  house,  25  fret  wide; 
cju  bt*  bongbt  lew,  either  witb  or  witbuut  tbe  toml- 
ture;  lot  half  the  block. 

K.  H.  LDPLOWt  CO..  No.  8  Pine  «C 

y  NItW   til^:'  «»K   ifOU.-4B-«   tr4liC  SALE, 

with  tbe  reJuceil  prloei.  can  b«  bad  npo  i  app  i- 
caiioo.    ISAAC  HONIO,  No.  Ill  Broadway.  BaomSG 

and  U.  bas-ment. 

<»S.  13    A.ND    19    IIOWAIID    MT.-60xlOO 
fbei.  wltn  buildliga,  will   be  aold  at  a  great  bar- 
gain;  60  per  eenc  may  remain  o>  bond  ami  m'>r(|(aga 
7^  h-  H.  LUDLOW  a  u<i.,  Na  3  Pioe  at. 


HUY    Flll««'r<'Vl.A8t» 

brawu-stona   boose, 


$X</aOOOfaliy-fniQlsbed 

on  wide  street;  oaly  :»3,OUO  cash. 
F  PL  P.  1  CPU,  Itg  146  Broadway. 

LAUGB  ANII  i^iIIALl.  MOUMB!>i  A  J'  sPKClAb* 
ly  redueed  prioea  V.  C  dTBVBNSON.  Ja., 

4  Pine  and  33  Eaat  17th  at 


DWeat 


LARWB  MU.tlBtftt  (IF  AitVSas  DdLtlNO- 
ing  toektatea  an^inatltatlima  for  aale   or  rent  at 
uw  ratea      ICHraM  as  F.  PAOB.  Na  42   East  23d  st 

BUUSB.  FuUU-tiYUKYt    N(l.   A10 

33d     St.,    well  rented,   wUl   be   sold    Ww. 

WlLLIAMtl,  84tb  at  ami  Bth  av.     

— M^— — ii^i^i— a— ^^'^■^■^■'— — — *^ 

brookl^^_ejbax_esta™ 

FOi^  8ALiB— ON  BROOKLYN  UelOUTS,  A  PIB-IT- 
oUaa  loor-siory  browa-stoue  bouiC.  with  brick 
stable  la  the  rear,  both  in  excencut  o.-der;  ths  loca- 
tlun  is  one  ot  tbe  choicest  In  the  city.;  tei-mseasy. 
For  particulars  apply  at  Na  81  Pierrepuat  at,  ar  to 
UOWABU,  SAbOdd  k.  CO.,  Ba  464  Broadway.  A ew- 
lorfc ^^^ 

COOTTTR  YJtEAj^ESO^^ 

A"^  F"oUCBlVH^At.icI^LU  BOMBaTEAD  PABlt. 
witb  new  buiidiags,  abandant  sliade.  quaaiity 
e.ioice  trtiits;  200  uteres  saperlor  land  ;  wood,  timber, 
guod  fences,  aprlog  water;  mod-fn  bouse.  40xdO  i  also, 
two  fatu-boosea,  tonr  large  cellar  baTnS.  leaT  targe 
anttle  oarua,  *«.;    one   mile  toad  (rout;  dep -t  oa  tbe 

Jroperty ;  tbree  other  depots  near ;  one  hour  ia  Mew- 
rrsey  ;  will  cnt  150  to  200  tons  hay;  atock,  oiopa, 
implemeotd,  aud  farnltdre,irdealrBd;  can dl. tie  land! 
will  taae  port  exeuaoge  :  pBotog.-apli  and  fall  paruva- 
lara  ofANL  .¥  FiiKuCdu.M.  Ma  i61  Broadway. 

l.,8TBU   CtltNi'y    FAnni    Fi»K  r<ALilt  OB 

eZCaANO..  FOB  CITY  I'u.Oc'BBrY— Ooutalning 
9.>0  aorea,  moetky  uider  cu.ttr.ttion,  weil  Csnead.  with 
pleoty  of  spriu<  wacet;  aiso  inaulug  streams;  large 
dwelling,  ruceutly  built  wtto  tariu-boitad  aad  ail 
neOeaSary  outbuUalags.  two  miles  from  loilroad  sta- 
tion: wilt  \K>  sold  wita  Stuek.  luiplaasaots,  ha,  If  da- 
aite.L  loqaire  ef  «xs«ators,  Ma  33d  West  i4tb  st, 
New-York  vlty. 


EXOHASQE  8ALS8.^TUESDAT,  JsEB.  6. 

mtvy-Tonit. 

Bu  aooH  <t  iiftr$. 

1  ftmr-story  brick  tensmeut-bcuse.   with  lot 
Kast  42d  St.  u.  a.,  34o  It.  e.  el  3d  av.,  lot  2Ux 

100.6 •.. $9,500 

By  Skutwcll.  itUMT  i  miMns. 

1  fdar-storr  add  baasment  brown-at'tnie'Arant 
bbuaa  with  loi.  Hast  Bid  at,  a.  •.  «4>raer  of 

4tb  ar.,  lot  16x80.5 $12,246 

ffy  WWiaan  iCetmaUy. 

1  plot  of  land,  Eaac  4Uth  at,  a.  w.  corner  Of  let 

ar.,  l4B.0x50x49.4xtidL9 $87,000 

1  fvur-aiovy  and  basemeat  arawu-aKNie-ttuo* 

boose,  with  tut.  East  49tb  st.  n.  a  comet  of 

B«ekaan  place,  let  2tx80.6. — 9,400 

By  H.  V.  aunuu. 
\  fsar-story  arick  store  and  dwelting.  with  tot, 

2d  aV.,  e.  ft..  92tt  n.  >f  74th  st.,  lot  !;:ex90.. $10,800 
IttmilarbouSe,  Wltblot,  2d»r.,4a,9il  It  ihof 

74ttast,  Iaf2tix8u...>« X1,U00 

1  tbree-aloty  and  basemeat  brica  boose,  witb 

1  t  »»  ••»  264*  st,  n.  a,  78  tt  w.  vf  9th  ar.. 

lot  li«<9a9*i7.6x74, -v-u'-A-    ••^0 

1  Are-story  pnck  teueiaent-huuse,   With  Idt. 

Bast   Binb  st,  n.  a,  150  fc  e.  at  8d  a^.,  lot 

9^98.9. - --— 19.990 

9  tbrae-asotr  briek  bobsea,  (onrura.sbed,)  witb 

Jets.  M  eeC  UMd  St..  a  a.  17'!  fr.  w.  ot  3d  ar.. 
.     lata  MMti  19i.aK9ttJU .m....  98t798^ 


!*,  j.-^:uiijii tir    Huoakat    ksauia 
•upi  lor  sale:  a  cie«t    variety.     A<su 
iiouaas  to  let  for   seaadu  ot 
year,  bv  WAtrKB  It  .SMiTB.    lorm^ry    Bibckwa;* 
SBaiii.Ursiiae,  uurusr  ufUala  and    >'^oiteas«i 


i  sKAMUaU 

Vraaura.aite      ..   .„ 
itiniialied  and  unfnrniabeu 


■REAL  EjSTA.rE  AT  AgCTlQN. 

Tj'lua'PY-FIPTa  BTRKBr.— .IBW-YOBC  kU- 
*-^  preme  Court— City  and  Coanty  of  New  York.— 
FBA5cId  R.  WALES,  plalatilt  agaloaC  LEWIa  J. 
PaiLLlPfl,  Wild-un  J.  Sherwood.  John  Burke,  add 
Frsderick  Lewla,  aa  Aaalgneea  of  Lewla  J.  PbllUoa  for 
the  benefit  of  creditors'  defea>lanta  — la  p^raaaaoe  of 
ajodgoisnt  of  toreclosiure  and  sale,  made  aitd  eaiated 
ia  the  above-eutitled  action,  bearing  date  tbe  19tb 
day  of  November,  187 S,  I,  Robert  aeweil,  tbe  Beferee 
ih  said  Jadgueut  named,  will  aeil  at  public  auatlon,  at 
the  kxebaogo  Salearoom,  Na  111  Broadway,  iu  the 
City  of  New- York,  by  Bouj.  P.  Fairobil  1,  aoitietteer. 
ua  Sa  rlJEDA  > ,  tbe  24th  day  of  Pebrnary.  1877,  at  12 
o'clock  nuou  of  that  dav.  ihe  tollowing-doaoribed 
premtsea  to  wic:  Ah  those  aix  certain  lota,  pienea, 
aud  paresla  of  laud  koowu  and  diatlnaatsbeu  on  a  o.-r- 
talu  map  oi  lands  in  Bioomlngdaie,  io  tbe  (late)  livh 
Ward  of  toe  city  of  New-York,  belougiug  to  William 
W.  Woulaey.  made  by  Edwiu  i.  cmith,  iiiy  Sorrayor, 
in  June.  Is3a.  with  alterations  and  addUious  made  in 
May.  1863,  aad  died  in  tUe  office  ol  the  Reglauir  of 
the  City  and  Coauty  or  New-York,  In  tin  caae  2l9,  aa 
Numbers  •ml.  2ba  283,  2a4.  285.  atid  283,  whtcli  aaid 
alx  lota,  takeu  together,  are  bounded  aud  described  aa 
fbllows :  Begtnnlog  at  a  point  on  the  northerly  stle  ef 
kighty-ttftb  acf«st  diataut  two  hundred  ftoet  easterly 
from  the  easterly  aids  of  the  i<ilaih  avenue,  and  tbence 
running  northerl.y  and  parallel  with  tbe  Ninth  areoue 
oue  huudred  teet;  toenoe  mnnin?  eaaterly  and 
parallel  with  El-jbtr-arih  atrest,  one  handred  and 
fifty  feet;  thence  aeutbi-rly  aod  paradel  wHb  tbe 
Nlutb  areoue,  caie  ba^Orci  feet,  to  Elghty-fiftb  atreel, 
and  thence  Westerly  along  Kightv-fiftb  at.e.et,  One 
hundred  snd  tlfiy  tbet,  to  tbe  place  of  begtuning.— 
Lated  Mew-York,  February  -2.  1977. 

UOBERT  SBWB&L.  Referee. 
Q.  W.  (.'oTTBoiLi.,  PlalaiifiT's  Attorney,  Na  175  Broad- 
way, Sow-tofk.  fS-law3w8 


'    AngiAN  u.  MnLLBo,  AuotiOBepr.  . 
A  CCTIO^  tsALB-UF  TxldBB   VALBaBLB  LOTS, 
iOLnortfi  atie  ti.^<lat;,  325  feetotkst  of  lutb  ar. 

On   TBURtiDAY,    Feb.  8,    at    12  e'oioek.  at  tbe  Bx- 
obanga  aaiaaroam.  No.  Ill  Broadway. 

^^  AllRIAN  h.  MULLliB  k  8QH, 

Auctionae.a,  So.  7  Pine  at 


rrii)  RBN'i'— TaRKE-aTuRY  UIGU-.STOl)P  HOVse 
X 01)  Bast  62d  st,  with  all  impi-ovomeau:  rent  $660. 
Inquire  uf  O.  H.  F.  AUO.^dd,  No.  5  East  dlid  st 

^fcaaaesggeeggggBg-ggg-^Besi  II  ei  juih  aaeaag 


09FIC£S  TO  L.BT 

IH  THB 
VUU8  BUlhDINOs 
U>p1jY  to 

OBOBOB  JONBtl, 
TIMBbI  OFlflOB. 


CHA-VIBBB-.nA10,— BY  A  RESPECT  >BLK    HHQ- 
Ilsh  girii  will  do  fine  washing,  or  waiting;  best 
City  reterenea     Cdll  at  He.  217  6tb  ar..  nea#  I4tb  St 


CHAitlBKR-»LAID.— Hi      A      YOU.^a    WOMAN; 
Will  do  pain  sewing;  ' or ta  waitress ;    good  City 
referenoa    Cull  at  No.  143  Weat  2  tb  st 


CHAi>IBitU-.UAIU I>  A  Pilir\TK  FAMILT  A.i 
chamjer-maid,  or  waitreaa  preferred;    good  reter- 
eai-O;    «  all  at  No  1 ,067  3d  ar. 


COOK,  cbc— CHAiMBEK-.HAlD,  Ore BT  A 
reapectaoie  Bngltahwoman  and  her  daughter  to 
cook  waali.  and  iron;  daughter  to  do  light  chamber- 
work  and  waiting :  gooJ  c'uy  reterenea  Call  f  jr  two 
dayaat -N'a  10>aUroveat,  one  flight  op;  inooire  for 
Mrs.  Lake. 


COOK,  (;HA.11BBK>.>lAlD,  dse.-BY  MOTHER 
aad  uangiter.  in  a  small  private  family ;  mother 
aa  cook  and  laundress,  oaagbter  as  chamber-maid  an  J 
waitieaa:  ''aa  come  well  recemmenceii ;  C^ty  or  ctmn- 
try.    Call  for  two  days  at  No.  94  Ba8t4tb  at 


C1(IOBL-CUA.MBUK>.^lAlD  ANU  WAITRI^SS.- 
>By  two  sl-terS  in  Odo  bouse ;  both  good  Uun- 
dresaea;  will  do  the  work  of  a  email  family,  if  le- 
qdtred;  flrat-claaa  City  referencaa  Call  at  Ba  40 
baat41at8t  ^ 


COOK  OR  GB.NblRAL.  Hlli;sB>WORli.-BT 
a  reip-ctable  woman ;  no  o  Jectiona  to  half  waah- 
Ing  of  a  amnll  famhy.  Call  at  No.  5  <  8  lat  ar.,  between 
8£i  nad  3.<)d  eta. 


COOa.-BY  ONE  WHO  THOROUGaLT  UNDBB- 
alanua  her  bualnesa  aa  cook  in  a  private  family; 
will  aasiat  with  waabing;  City  reiereaca  Call  at  Na 
244  Wee  I  33d  at 


C100K,  dkc— BY  A  COUPE rs.iT  WO.\IA.N.  IN  A 
.'private  lamiiy;  nnieraianda  family  baiiug;  is  a 
good  Washer  and  excellent  sbirt-lroner;  food  City  ref- 
ereuca    Call  at  Na  1 12  West  28th  at.,  grocery  atora 


C^OUK.— BV  A  FlRtir-CLAS^  ENGLISH  PROT- 
^est<iut  coolc,  with  good  references.  Address  K.. 
Box  Ka  263  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,267 
BROADWAY. 


COOK,  WAaHBR,  ANtf  lUONKU.- BYA  RE- 
spectaole  woman:  or  wou'd  do  general  hotue- 
ifait;  City  or  country;  beat  city  n-fereuce.  Cad  at 
Ma  124  Weat  33d  st.,  bsscment,  tiack  room. 


ellMlK..— hY  a  COjIfnTE.^r  WOUAi.<(  AS  GOOU 
.'cook;  Will  aaaiat  witb  woahiug:  country  pre- 
ferr<-d;  seven  .years' City  reference.  Call  at  Ko.  166 
West  l8ta  St.  third  floor  front. 


ClOOK.— aV  A  PIRdl-CLAoS  00->K;  IN  PRIVaTB 
./lamiiy ,  will  do  washing  if  required:  can  gire  good 
louR  (ity  referenca  CaU-  ut  Mo.  270  Mulberry  at., 
th'rd  fioor. 


CMIOK— Flits  1-  ULAS.^— BY  A  CA.NAlilAV  W'0.dA.V, 
,/aaddo  ptain  washiag:  best  CHtv  lef -reiica  Addreaa 
A.  C  Box  .Vu.  328  TIMES  UP-TOWxS  OFICE,  NO.  1,267 
BRO.\UWAT. 


C^UOl^.— KV  a  REdPBCTABLii  Y<OU.>U  WuAlA.S  tN 
/apnrat*  family;  will  do  ihe  coarse  waabing.  Call 
for  two  d  ■'^a  at  ber  preaeiit~employer'a.  Mo.  211  Wefet 
44th  St.,  between  Broadway  add  8tb  aV. 


COO  i.— BT  A  COMPSTBi.>'T  WOMAN  AB  FIRbT- 
clasa  cuCk  in  a  prirate  tamll.r:  tborun^hiy  ttuder- 
ataoda  her  buaineas)  beet  refsrenoa  Call  tor  two  day  a 
at  .>o.  161  Kast  81st  st. 


C^OOK,  WAf«HBK,  ANU  IKONKR.-By  A  UE- 
.^spectaole  woman;  uuderaianas  baking;  no  otgec- 
tlon  tu  a  abort  distance  in  the  oouniry ;  goud  lefer- 
enca    Call  at  No.  15t  Weat  2&th  St.,  topfiour,  front. 


ClUOli..— BY  A  BESi'EcTABbE   WuMA.S  ;  IS  WILL- 
Zing  to  sasiit  'With  the    washiag  if  required;  City 
reference.    Call  at  Na  411  West  44th  st. 


C1«»UK,  WAsiHBlt.  A.^U  laoNtiiK— CUAMBEB- 
/miidaad  fine  Waabing.— By  two  young   girls:  best 
Citv  reference  can  be  given.    Call  at  145  East  32d  st 


CtMIK.— BYAN  KXi'ERIENCKLI   WOMAN  IN   A  PBl- 
vitetamlly;  has  the  oesl  City  reterences.      OaU  at 
Au.  67  Eaat  41at  at. 


C^UUH,       Asa.— BY     A       RESP>«CTAdLB      "iOVSM 
JUtotatia,  aaoook.  waiher,  and  ironer.    in   a  atnall 
prirate  tuaily.    Addreaa,  Box  So.  224  Htne$  Office. 


ClOUtk.— d):    A     RKSt'KcTAiiLirt    YviUiVQ  uI.^L,    AS 
>coan,waaher,  aod  ironer:  willing:  ami  obliging  ;  uood 
City  telereuce.    Apply  to  200  West  36tb  at.,  first  floor. 


COOK..— BY    A    CO.dr'BrENT    WOAlAW    \^    UOUD 
cook  in  aprivate  ftunily  ;  will  aaaiat  witb  wasbiug; 
five  years'  City  rererei*ce.    Call  at  115  Weat  10th  st 


CtOOH..— BYARELIABLB  WOMAN  AS  FIBST-OLASS 
>cook  iu  a  private  family;     beat  i^ity   rcfarence. 
Call  at  No.  341  West  26tta  st.  near  Bth  av. 


CiOoB..— ST  A  PU.iTKSiA.NT  Woman  a3  cuoK; 
/Would  aaaiat  with  waaniag;    bna  City   reference. 
Call  at  No.  731  6ib  uv.,  in  ahoa  stora. 


CIOOR.— dY  A  BESPECTABLB   WO.VIAN  AS  F1B8T- 
^claaa  cook  ;    no  objection  to  aaaiat  with  waabing; 
boat  iJity  reference,    apply  at  No.  258  Weat  83d  at 


C100K..— BY  A  FIRiT-CLAbS  CUOK   I.S   A  PRIVATB 
./family;  tight  yeaia' reference  flrom  last  place.    Cad 
Oraddmss  Mu.  28J  3d  ST..  ueai  20th  st 


C unit.— BY  A  FIRST-OLA.SS  PROrBoTANT  OOOK; 
good  City  rcfereuca      Call  at  No.  241  EaSt  33d  st., 
between  Sd  and  3d  ara. 


C>UOK.— BY    A   YOU.^G    WCdAN    AS  OOOO  COOK 
/aud.  aaaiat  with   waabing  In  private  family;  is  a 
guod  baker;   t  Ity  retcreuce.    CaU  at  324  Eaat  36th  at 


C>U01i.— BY  A  UUoU  Ov>OK  ANi>  ASdI.:tl'  IN  WaSU- 
yiug  aud  ituuiug ;    beat  ot   City  ralerencea.    Call  at 
Ka  322  weata4tuat 


COOR..— BY  A  UOOl),  E.^r'ilMlENUcD    COOK  IA  A 
private  family ;   haa  good  City  refSranoa     Call  at 
Na  67Kaat  4tstBt 


ledt. 


_  HBT—QJiW  ;»T8T..  MBi'WKEH  VESTBY  All* 
uepbroaaos  ata.  a  flre-ttory  Warebouae.  44  by  So 


sut«a1>la  'W  storage  or  fbr  a  mauunetoty  tor 
beary  ««Mda.                   ^^^  lo  H.  B.  CAIOCAMV. 
So.  Hi  lfii»p  at 


OFVlOiCtt     oa     VlRMT     SflAlOU-*K*Ji    117 
4r«aa«ay.  aov  dacuiAai  by  «ba -Msadarii  !»$• 

,    ;-,.,  .TTT,.  „  .-.if.^.  ..-TIT,,      .......^...i.      "      '_   ■_;-J'   _' 


BitltB^fitt.  ^  A9 

It  by  $  9il«dl« 


[••gta 'WOMad  j  ta  a  good  M*m- 

oewtBg  maohlues  i  bo  oldee* 

hlldnifi:;  Cfty  or  ddnbfrr;  gMfd 


tii^ib k^Moi^AaA^tmi      .  ,_ 

re£^SadS.    OMiavM.  870  7M  **.,  eorsief  «f  Slat  at 


50l7MiB8lBBt>IIR.-BT  A  BffilFiiOl'ABLB  PflOT- 
estant  to  take  pbarge  aa  botMf  keeper  or  lease  or  a 
te]i«tp«dt-bdu»6,    IdiSg  eii«e»inM;    i«a><t  f«9Kf<Jl6o& 
Ci^  It  1^0.  Jtl7  Ba*i  9§th  si 


(mafBBLBKPBR^BY  AN  AHt(iiolt(  MlS&IiB- 
s«ed    wUew  l^y:    has  a  kind  dtooiWo^^  $»! 

could  appraotate  a  Measant  borne.    Ad>lreHr-  Weed, 

Bo*  Ma  82  fwSdrs.  ».  V. 


HOU8if-W«RR^.— BY  A  «B6(pEcTaBLB  tCUSG 
dfn  to  da  K)tmiM  houae^work;  tS  aplata  ceob, 
wgabat  and  izonar;  Oriy  zwtirenoe.  Cab  at  No.  169 
Bast  47tn  ft 


TEtOVUH-yVoiik^—iii  A  BBspEc-'fABl.E  PROT- 
JDLes&di  gW;  tfiii  wsnMr  and  ireadt  t  j^rirMe 
ftroiiy;  0»»y  otjUnaitrfi  Uty  nrfsreiloa;  no  oai9». 
Call  st  No.  209  West  tOtli  St.  top  floor.      _      .,     „     . 


HOUSB-WORK..— BY  A  BHSPEOTABLrf  YOUN9 
Wni&an.  fbr  bOuse'-work  or  dbbmbef-Work,  in  <  tty 
or  eoontrv:  baa  go«d  raferenea    Call  for  two  days  at 

No.  192  tast  Broadwjf.  _ 


HOUSB-WORK.— BY  A  FldBF-CLASS  COLOREB 
woman  for  general  taonSe-work  ia  a  amnll  lamily. 
Call  at  No.  1 1  Coro4Ka  at.  Knoib  Ne.  8.  in  r»ar. 


JUto  denhe  beiue^WorK  df  a  Small  toufiy;  beatot 
teierenca    Call  at  No.  1,603  Broadway. 


HOlJMB.VV**HK4-BT    A    NICE    RKSPBirTA  .,LK 
coloreiT  girl   in  a   small    nrirate  fanitiy ;  Oity  or 
0  itldify.    call  dr  Sddreta  Na  ^1  West  48fb  St 


LAUy'j^  .iriAID.— BT  A  PKoT«rA«f  YOtl.^Q 
person  as  comp  tent  maid  and  aeamstrpaa ;  aade1^ 
Stands  bair-dreasing;  City  referenca  Address  K.  S^, 
Bdci  Sa  286TI.dE9  UP-ToWN  OFPICB,  NO.  1,267 
BRUAI/WAT. 


LA0V>.'a  MAID*— BY  A  YO0N«  WOMAN  A8 
lady's  msid;  nudera^nds  dreaa-mafci3g  and  bai^ 
dreastug  in  all  Its  bianonea:  best  City  re&r6nde 
girea  Can  be  aeen  at  No.  160  East  28d  at        

LAOyS  MAID.— FittSl'-CbA.HS  FA.diLY'  SEAM- 
-lireas  and  operator  1  good  dress-maker ;  wlU  assist 
with  children;  would  like  to  trarel  or  go  in  the  coun- 
try ;  City  tefereuoe.    Can  kt  NO.  1.405  oioitdWar. 

LAl>Y*S  UlAiO.-tit  ACOMPECKNI"  PaRs'OJtiAS 
^lOdys  tldald  :  fai  a  good  seaidstreifa  and  hatr-drraaer; 
wiU  trarel ;  beat  tiltr  leferenca  CaU  at  Mo.  6t»2  8th 
ar.,  between  37 tb  and  38th  atS; 


DRBt»S.nAKBU.— Bf  AN  KMQLISH  WOMAN; 
peifbct  cte.ter  ot  family  clouhiug  ;  perfect  operator 
tiu  wheeler  It  Wilson's  maciiine;  $1  per  uay;  16 
■'  refereuce.  Addreaa  ».,  box  Na  274  TIMES  UF- 
'g  UFFItJri,  NO.  1,257  BBOADvVAY. 

5Kti.e>a->lAfi.l£tt.— B\  AN  hXPBRliiNcBU  CUT- 
ter,  fitter,  trimmer,  and  maker  over  of  dreaaea; 
by  «L>y  or  week ;  operates  Wheeler  k  Wilsoa  maooiue; 
pioderate  terma     Apply  for  A  B.,   Young    Women's 

CUriat-ian  Aasoclation.  Ho.  7  East  Ibtb  at. 


LAUNBRBH.'^.— BT  A  FIRST-CLASS  LAUVURES8  ; 
fias  do im kinds  6f  Anting,  laoes,  and  fine  work; 
willing  aod  obliging ;  no  oi  joctleo  to  the  eouatry  :  has 
the  oeat  ofreicreuce  from  last  emoloyer.  Call  at  Na 
2  >.0  East  SOtb  St,  lathe  at  ■r(^. 


LAVp-hU-lsHfi BT  A  P.^orE8i'ANr  GHL  AS 
diBt-clrfaS  iaund(e-.a;  underatanda  pafliag.  Hating, 
and  polia  ing;  City  or  onautrr  ;  rood  reference.  Ad- 
dreaa t.  Box  Na  279  rnlES  UP'TOWN  OPFICB,  NO. 
1,2S7  BROADWAY. 


LAtTfiURlSSH  A?«ly  AS!*1.*<T  Wim  OHAil- 
ber-work.-^0y  a  youag  woman  aa  s  first -ciastf 
lauudreas  in  a  private  family:  oeat  of  City  reference. 
Call  at  No.  '215  Kast  29th  sk.  Room  No.  13. 


LAU51JIR£«8.-BT  A  Ci)MF<iTENT  WoMAS ; 
Would atslst  With  chamber-wufk  if  required;  cab 
come  well  rpcomuiendsA  Address  R.  S.,  Box  No.  273 
TlirfRS  irP-foWN  OCFICE,  NO.  1,267  BROADWAY. 


NUtCSriBY  GOVBRNBfiS^AN  AilKElt^AM 
wotnan  wishes  some  position  (hot  inenial)  at  small 
compsuaation ;  la  an  experienced  noraery  goveruesa 
and  Invalid  uuraa  Inquire  for  Miss  L.,  at  Young 
Women^B  Christian  iSaociation.  No.  7  EafcC  15tb  si 


NCR-SE^BY  A.S  EXPERIE..CE0  PROTESfANT 
person  ;  tliorOTighl.y  aoderataoda  brihgiag  ap  of  as 
infant  from  its  blr tn ;  City  refarenoe.  Address  Snrse. 
Box  No.  310  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OPPlOB,  SO.  1,257 
BBatDWAt. 


IWURrtB.— BY  A  Scotch  PitoTEstANT  WuMAN; 
1^  la  eapable  of  taking  fall  charge  ot  an  infant  ttum 
its  birih ;  very  good  wlih  botile  baby :  no  qblectiun  to 
the  coontry ;  good  reference.  Call  at  Si}.  7l8  6tb  by., 
in  millinery  stora 


nvrUHAK  AMD  iSBA.tlsi-l'KBt^S.-BT  A  COMPE* 
J.^  .ent  peraou:  underataada  all  Idnda  of  family  aew- 
iug ;  opt.-rates  on  aewlag-maobiae ;  or  would  wait  on 
a  lady:  good  tity  referdoea  Call  fbr  twe  daya  at  Ka 
670  7th  av-.  coroez  4lBt  su 


IVrURMii.— BT  A  ItbSF  .CTAiibd  WOUAb  AS 
Xl  child's  Udrse  :  can  take  care  of  a  baby  from  its  in- 
fancy :  willing  to  make  hersett  userul;  not  iouf-  to  the 
conntrr:    one  year  and  Diiiemontb^'  reterenoH  frum  ber 

last  place.    Can  be  seen  at  No.  3u&  3d  av.,  third  floor. 


NURSiB.-BTARB»PECrABLE  UEaLTHT.  lOU-^O 
widow,  (havio!;  a  five-weeks  old  1of.>nt,l  as  wet 
nurse  ;  best  retereuCH  ;  will  go  to  NeW-Tork  er  Breok^ 
lyo.  Address  Kute,  oaro  of  James  Hart.  Na  63  Bowery, 
Newark,  N.J. 


lULIltSB.— BY  A.>  AUBttlCAN  OlttL  Ao  CHlLUitU.S'S 

li  nnfae ;  is  Capable  of  taking  itUl  charge  of  an  infant 
from  ita  birth:  a  good  home  preterred  to  wagea ;  City 
reterenea    Call  at  No.  210  Weat  32d  at 


-IUUBSB:  ANU  AIAIU.— BT  A  Yt^UNti  GIRL  OP 
X^  10  to  take  care  of  cuiidren  or  to  delight  tonaa- 
work :  would  sleep  nome  if  require:! ;  good  reterenoea. 
Call  or  address  No.  327  East  3t>th  st. 


"iVriiRSE  A.M>»i^A.U!irRti:i!>.'<.— Piii.'^r  class; 

XI  take  tbe  entire  charge  of  a  baby  orgrowuchil- 
dreu;  the  best  City  referencea.  Call  at  No.  132  West 
19tb  at 


NtRBB.— BY  A  loUNG  WOMAN  Ad  ^UBSEAND 
seamatreaa  ;  oi>eratea  on  Wheeler  k  WUaen's  ma- 
chine; good  referenca  Call  at  &o.  79 J  7th  av..  be- 
tween 28th  and  29tb  sts. 


NVUr*t£.—BY  A  FlRST-uLASS  SCUTOii  PttO'l'ESl- 
aat  woman  aa  narse  and  floe  seamstress;  haa  no 
home ;  can  deVoie  her  time  to  ner  charge :  best  ot  ref- 
erencea.   Call  at  No.  113  4lBt  St..  near  8tb  av. 


1\T  IJR>!>I$.— Bx  A  RI^SPcCTABLE  wuMAm  To  aUR^E 
i3l  an  invatid ;  can  bring  np  a  bauy  from  birth  oa  the 
i.otile ;  good  testimonials  trom  phyaleiana  aud  ladiea. 
Call  at  No.  315  Eaat  37ta  st 


NUas^K.— BY  A  BC'iTCd  PROTESTANr  WOMAN 
tit  child's  nurse:  is  capable  of  taking  tbe  entire 
charge  of  an  infaat  from  its  birth;  best  City  reference 
Call  at  Na  71u  6thav.,  in  the  millinery  atu.-a 


NUR!ii£  AND  »BA.Ub«  I'RBa^.— BT  A  KESPECT- 
able  young  girl,  Proteatant:  be^t  City  referencea. 
Addfcaa  a.  W.,  Box  Na  288  TIMBS  UP-XOWJI  OPPIOE, 
No.  1.257  BBOAUWAY. 


1\ri;R.'!>B.— MONl'ULY    OS     ISVALlU;      UNBZCn,P- 

Xi  tluuable  referenoe,  meriioal.  and  other wisa    Apaly 
to  Mra.  Yah  Neat  No.  926  #nt  lltb  at. 


Nlltt.*<B.— BY  AN  AUbRlOAN    PROrBsTAMT  OiRL, 
aa  dUUdreu'a  nurae,  or  to  watt  «a  au  luraud.    Ad- 
dress Advertl  er,  Na  548  9th  av. 


IWrCR.-*!;.— BT  A  BEsPaClABbE  \ilAL  AS  NURSE  | 
XI  can  take  entire  charge  of  an  tuiant ;  City  or 
Cotmt'T.    CaU  at  bo.  347  ISt  ar.;  jo  cards   answered. 


URaiB  AMU  t^lilA.TlSl-RUSS  — CAN  TA&B 
... .  care  of  a  uabv ;  bas  good  City  retbrenoa  Call  at 
Bo.  202  Wrst  26th  st 


N! 


1^  U  KdB«-'Ot  AN  SXPddlBNt^ED  NORSE,  WlTti 
i^  guod  City  ret'erenoe ;  can  taku  fVill  charge  of  a  baby 
trom  birth,    call  at  ^o.  40  Bast  41st  si. 


NDRSB.— BT  A  GIRL,  16  TBARSOLD:  WILLING 
to  makeberaelfnaetal;  beat  Oity  relerenaa     OaU 
at  Na  218  Eaat  5»th  at. 


PAMTRY-iUAID.— IN    A    PRIVATE   PAMILT    BT 
an  American  girl;  good  city  reference.     Addreaa 
B.,  Box  Ma  «68AlMb81JF'TOWN  OFFlcE.  MO.  1,807 

BttOAi>WAY. 


SBAmMTUBaM.— jY  A  RESPEC'l'ABLb  Ph:i(>ON, 
wboiaafiral-claaa  seamstreea  au't  dress-maker,  aa 
Ijdy'a  maia,  or  would  take  care  of  yunii^  cbildreu ;  can 
cnt  and  fit  nicely ;  niylerstanda  tbe  difiTsrcnt  macbinea; 
ao  oidection  to  travel;  beat  reterenea  Addreaa  M.  C. 
box  No.  266  TliiES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,207 
BBOADWaT. 


OBAMSTRBS!}.— UNBBRsTANUSDEE.>S-MA&lNG, 
Otrtmmina,  aad  ali  klnda  ot  famdjy  aewinz ;  is  a  good 
operator;  wotUd  aaaiat  with chamuer- work  or  cdil.iren; 
good  city  relerence  irom  laat  placa  Uail  at  Na  260 
Weat  35tb  st.  • 


SifiAMM'rRBHi^.— BT    A  YOU.<lG  UiRL  !.><    A   FBI- 
vate  family  as  aeamstreaa;  will  do  llcht  cbumUe.'- 
Wurk,  or  Wl.lgo  wicb  a  lady  that  ouards;   three  yeirs' 

City  laterenca  from  laat  phtca    CaU  at  Mo.  44is  Weat 
Sdih  St. 


8tl;Ai«l.'^TBK«ial•— BY  A  PBOTGSlA.^T  OIRL  AS 
jeamatreaa  ;  would  go  out  oy  the  day  or  week,  or 
would  assist  in  chamOer-worK.  Addreaa  Na  169  Weat 
26th  at     • 


WAlTRBei!*.-BY  A  KKSFECl'ABL.i  VODNG  GIEL 
aa  first-daaa  waitreas ;  uaderstknda  all  itlnds  ot 
salads;  three  years'  relereuce  from  ber  laat  placa 
Can  be  seen  for  two  daya  at  770 .3d  a  v.,  seoond  fioor. 


WAll'RBsiH.— BT  A  FlHSl'-CLASS  WAiTitnSS ; 
understands  all  kinds  ef  salads,  care  of  aUrer, 
Wiiitlng  in  all  brauches;  cau  fid  mau'a  place;  beat 
City  refi-renoa    Cau  at  NO.  485  7th  av. 


WAI'ru.Bsi8.-bT    A      PRjTEiTA.Vr    GlKL    AS 
waitresa,  or  aa  oharabermaid  aad  waitreaa,  la  a 
frirate  tamll.r;   good  City  ref jieuca    CaU  at  No.  ^93 
tb  av.,  near  27tb  at 


\»TAlTKItr»s.-BY     A   ,  COJiPlil'E.'^T      GIRL      AS 
TV  waitreas ;  uadeistaUdS  aJ  kinds  of  aaiads.    Oaa 
be  aeea  at  preaeut  employer'a,  .>o.  eS  West  36tbjSt 


WAMIil.NG.- BIf  A  FlBSr-0Li8S  LAUNUUBSS; 
wiabea  to  go  outd>y  the  day,  or  wiU  take  washing 
bnmc:  puffing  or  fluting:  beat  referenca  Addreaa  P., 
Box  Mo.  201  TlaiBd  UP-TuWM  OFFlCB.  «Ol  1,267 
bROADWAY. 


WAl^HINU.— BT  A  HBisPEOTABLE  WOMAN, 
fiunliiea'  or  geutlemen'a  waabi  ig  at  75  ceuts  a 
dcaen;  beat  retereuoes;  fluting,  pulmig.  and  polish- 
ing. OaU  oa  or  address  lara.  boiUran,  Na  i9o  East 
loth  St.,  third  fioor,  b»ck  r.iom. 


DRKMai-.nAR.BR.-BY  A  RESPECTABLE  PBR- 
aon  as  competent  drass-mukcr;  good  references; 
work  by  tbe  day,  week,  or  mouth:  wages  modsrate ; 
Would  go  as  seamktraas  in  a  good  family.  Cau  nt  No. 
SaS  Bast  6dtb  ft 


DRBMSi'-JllAKBR.-BT  AMBXPa^lENCtil)  UBBSfr- 
maker;  dt-siias  mure  engag  men. s  to  wurk  oat  by 
tu«dayat$l  bi}j  haa  tbe  newest  atyiea.  Address  M.T., 
Bex  MO.  SB8  xXJiad  OP-XOWn  OPFICB,  BOX  l,i6i 
BROAOWAT. 


HOtilBKBBFBM.>-9T  AN  AMEBlCA-'i  LADT 
as  booaekeepe*  and  coaapaniou  fur  aa  eloetly 
cuople,  or  as  ntatron  tq  an  iustitate  orsemiaarr.  or 
lia«p-ro"(0:  t>estr«<«rapoe  gtreu  aud  reqain)^.  OaU 
ortMidress  M.,  Tuu.i8  Womed's  Cbri:>tian  aSsoolatlen, 
Ma  7  East  loth  st.  irom  XU  to  12.  tbi>  wrcx. 


HOtXKKBBfBR.-^BT  MIuULS-agMi)  WoMAN 
ua  wuffcisg  boasek««|»-r:  is  callable  and  exiiar^ 
teutted;  prefers  a  goud  noma  to  wagea;  good  cltr 
tyerenae.    OaUaaNQ.  482  west  6.  d  at. 


nM>  HKi^'t-xTUB   BBSIBABLE  STOB.^  AMD  BAsHh 
'X  •v'wt  MO.  Z76  6tb  ar..  near  23d  at    Apply  to 

«.  Ifa  bUlli.OVr  K  CO- b«L  9  Ma*  a* 


VtrAi!tHI^G.— BT   A   a^kPECTABLB    WOMAN    IN 

VI  Ueri.wu  bome    the  washing  of  a  lamily  or  single 

laains'  or  geui  emeu's  wasbtag,  will  be  done  up  lu  me 

best  ot  stylo:   best  refereuca    Adoreaa  No.  763  6ih  av. 


WA^HINU,  ogc— Bl'  A  BEsPe;cTABLB  WOMAN 
to  Ko  out  uy  the  day  waauiait  and  Iro.jlng,  or  talfce 
It  home  :  ia  a  good  lauudreas;  iiood  referenca  OaU  at 
Ma  330  Bast  39th  it 


WASiMii^ti.— A    KESP.<Oi'ABbE    FitkNCM  bWISd 
woman  wishes  washing  at  her  own  hooaa  CaU  at 
Ma  32*.<  East  31st  at.,  flrat  floor. 


CC 
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OlALilCa. 

lOACHMAN  A.NDOAROBNBR.-Bt  A  eOBBB, 
'iadas.noos,  trostwertby  yuung  inaa:  therougtaly 

uadeistaads  ootta  tn  ibair  rarioaa  oranobesj    also. 

management  genJeman's  placn:  not  atraid  to  work; 

wUitaig  to  make  taiaaae  f  genes aUy  os^uii  tezaaa  mo<^ 

eratoi  beat  Ctty  refaraiMMi.    Addreaa  K..  Na  lo  Jooa 

•t.,  atora 


COACUiftAM.— BT  A  FIRST-CLASS  At A.\;  QNDBB- 
atanAa.the  cara  of  burses,  tuirriagea,  auti  bam»ss; 
good  groom ;  eaiefal  Citv  ariver;  St»u«r.  Itoneas,  Iwd 
trostwortbyi  90  oojaction  to  country  ; tverlu  yeaw 
best  City  reJbtauce  tcum  lastemployer.  Address  1>.  a.. 
Bex  Ka  91S  TIMBS  op-iown  omou,  BO.  1,967 
BRoauWaY. 


COACBMAN-OF  BSPOTiaif  JlERir,  WBO  BAfl 
A  eommaadiag  e0tttr9l  of  Ihe  general  bnaiaess  ia 
every  particular,  and  most  bigblf  raooojaagdad  I>am 
Itst  emplov«i.     ead  or  dASitari  Aleasiad^ii^  Bp-   93 

EaetSSibst 


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l1ttfijr«lifiSmWirf«f ;  iSortWgbfy  JbiievRmm^gj^^ 

beas;  b*i tba boai  or  Oity  reforMMaar  »i<if^ 

^ totowa or eouaixy.    AodfesS  T.  H.,  So.  7  rfftf 

C^WrKiBwfflddiKaB:  nofWiMiy;  (#agoM#eo«9i  BHl 
aaaMWdfftrar;  i^  wlUiug  aad^oUigtog  «  tXtror$M|» 
trri  CltT  references  giren.    Oili  or  aMreds  «  W.,  n4 

82  Bastf  40tn*t,  prt^ite  «tabia ^ 

l^ffAcrtitiA^  A.vfl  (iObityt.-Bt  A  taank)^ 

Kjtt^  Prsteata^  atnilie  ma-,  tfaorbugtalf  tutdflv* 
•toaua  big  business;  carefbl  driver;  excellent  groomt 
bctieat,  sdber,  #tllirt^,  and  obUgius.  as  rei'erenea  Will 
ttata     Address  i.  D..  Box  No.  241  rimes  otice. 

/^MGff JIAN.-BT  A  SIKOliK  HA4  i  Sc-OTCBj 
JUundierptauda  thejiu^ness  tborpagbly.  and  nrdei^ 
mg  if  reqiiired;  vritl  be  fotiud  willliig  and  oo.igUut  na- 
iler an  eHvaoHMaceai  amt^iamt  rewireace  n^^m. 
Ad£resi  fOr  tbrpe  'lays  J.  A.  U.,  tiex  330  Ttmet  Otfice. 

ri9*OU.nAH^BTi  A  Ml.sCLti  Y^UKa  MA9. 
^^^ho  nnderstanda  tb<i  baaio-:ss  thuronghlr; 
fceren  .years'  very  uein  ef  City  reference,-  wiling  aoM 
6biigiiig  Call  or  address  Coacbfliao,  No.  191  xeat 
82dat..  private  atabie.  ._ 

ClOACHinAN.— BY  A  GKNfLEMAN  .  FOR  HIS 
ycMicbinan,  (  001  ch: )  single,  strioHy  temnerate,  ami 
Obltttngi  do  eM40ttans  to  tbe  cdOatiry.  call  on  Or  ad- 
dress i\  fi  p.,  »o.  34U9ertTS^t,.  Room  No.  j^_ 

^•>AC'«dlA«.-BT  AN  BNt'LiSiiMANj  TriOB' 
■<_/  ongblv  understands  b;s  buklnees :  has  three  and  a 
iaif  years'  tfood  cit/  rdCBrenMi  Addreatf  B.  M.,  Nd  841 

7th  ar. _^.^i.i 

/  MtAVamiAJt.—A  GE.-JTLKiaAN  Wt^HB.s  A  PbxGB 
Kj^ii  bla  coauboMoi  married;  ao  family;  striotly 
teidoerate.  aod  pef  Adtly  trustvrortUy.  Address  O.  K.. 
V&  ll3Ba«it99dst 

CiOAOtf  »IAS.^6T  a  MaRKIKW  HASt  AS  (JliACA- 
/dnn  to  the  country :  wUl  make  btmself  senenair 
useful;  four  years' rafera&ca    Call  at  No.  339  West 

88th  st 

OACtlOTAiV.    fi7AN   hVdLiieMAS;  HiMHiiiVf 
two  .re.g's'  good  refer  see  from  last  pladA.    USU  or 
address  M.  J..  No.  40  Kaat  32d  at. 


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COACHi»tA7«i.— BT  AYOU.<G  B.^GLISR  dAN.  MaB' 
ried,  as  coachman  or  groom:   baa  the  best  of  UltT 
feierenoe.    Call  6i  addreSs  No.  219  West  l^thSt. 


FAB.MHt{  OR  UaRDK.'^KR.-bT  A^  A.«SiLt- 
San.  wilb  find-clise  r^toreneeS,  aa  firmer  er  gar- 
dener; one  v>oo  thoroiightc  aoderssanda  the  care  of 
at'Ck:  engagement  deairerl  bv  tne  Is^.  of  AprQ.  AA- 
dreaSM.  a.,Oratige  Cost  ufioe,  N«w-Jersey. 


FOoT.tlAN.-dt  A  iiOOS  e.BKDL  POO^fittAir. 
Wbo  ean  di+re  iu  coontry.  -waiit  at  tabl^*.  -or  wm-ku 
garden.  Address  Q.  R.,  Box  No.  2ti7  TIMES  UP-TOWK 
OFPIOE,  NO.  1,257  BKOAliWAT. 


GARDK.\£ik^— BT  a  MaRSIEDM.A.N;  ENGLISH; 
110  fetdily ;  has  20  years'  staooeasful  ei^terienca 
lu  greeu  bouse,  gi-..penes.  fruits,  flowers,  ami  vegeta- 
bles; the  oaTe  anu  mauatrement  of  stock  farm.  4c.a; 
wlTots  ftilly  competent  to  takeCbarreOf  Hlry,  pool- 
try,  &o.:  oeat  of  reter.;uc&  Address  J.  B.  0  .  IMX.  Na 
295  TIMES  DP- row  .S  Ol'FICE,  NO    1.  257  i>..OAU./aT. 


/-lARUiiMitR.- BY  A  MAERIEO  MAN;  NO  IN* 
VTcumbrance;  understands  cdre  of  greentionse  and 
cultivsUon  ot  vegeiables  tborousblv;  also  larming. 
Care  of  stock,  and   all  work  on  a  geuJeman's    place; 

Wife  understands  dairy,  raising  and  csre  of  poultry; 
good  raferenee.  Addreaa  W.  B.,  Box  ba  223  litfM 
Office. 


GAROBNBtC.— BY  APRaoTIGaL  MAN.  JdAKBIEO, 
who  tbbruuzliiy  understands  bis  btulneu ;  Is  iO'9 
years  in  thrt  present  sitUHtion ;  Will  be  disengaged 
tbe  lat  of  Marc b:  uss  good  <  ity  references.  Addieas 
William  Grady,  Palisades,  N.  T. 


GAltiicNlJiK.— BTA  SGOrCUMAN;  rUUROUiiB- 
ty  uhderatanas  bis  buaineas  in  all  ita  bfancheS : 
fli'itgen  years' firat-eltsa  refereuoea.  AddieSs  L.,  eaiw 
Of  Peter  benderaon.  Esq..  Na  ;jd  Oortiandt  at 


GAAUttnUa  ANO  KAKi«liit.-BY  A    TO0l»<# 
Qermau  aa  gardeiipr  and  farmer;  best  refereuoea; 
Addreaa  W.  J..  wlUlamsbridge    Post  Office,  N^- York. 


ROUJtt.— fit    A     YOU.-^G    Mas     WHO      ONUBB^ 
atanda  the  care  and  managemem;  of  borses :  aatta- 
actqry  retcreace.  and  well  reouiumendeX    Apply  2ar 
""  H.,  Eobrig.  Saddlers'  atord,  NO.  20  »Ve8t  13ttf  St 


^. 


JTURsjB.— 3YA  C>Jj'iPiiT.>NT  ANU  TEjaPERAf-lf 
I  man,  aa  nurse  ef  attcudaat  to  a  sice  or  iotaU4 
gentleman ;  good  ret'eteucea.  Call  or  address  Na  2(M) 
West  33a  at.,  for  two  aava. 


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NUReiii:.— ET   A   OOMPETEMl'   AND  T^aMP  <RAi';I 
man  as  uurse  or  attendaut  to  a  slclt  or  ibralid  geu- 

tiemau:   good  City  reference.       Addrasi  Herrey.    Holt 
UG5  TIMES  DP-TUWN  UFPlCa.  NO.  1.267  BROAUWAY. 

TY.SBF UL  MAN.-V^EEKLI    OR   MOM'BLT    EM- 
Uploymeut,  with  or  vrltboat  board;    experienced 

Seueral  workmau  and  eood  Vegetaule   gardener.      Ad^ 
reaa  P.,  gard^tuer.  NyacK.  Rockland  Ooa  ity,  N.  T. 

AlTBB.^Kt     A-  PKlVArd    FAulLT,     Od    TO 
trarel  with  a  gentleman;   no    oujec  iona   to  go- 
ing in  tbe    countrv:    Can   give    City  reierenca     Call  or 

addiesa  J.  C.  Haitlii,  No.  252  Weat  26tu  st,  between 
9  and  12  o'clock  a.  M.  _ 

W/i.lPBR<— GOLOREU.  IaV  a  BUAKDINO-BUUSS 
or  private  family;  nuaerstuuds  all  branches;  guoa 
firat-euHia  tamii.y  letlreutje  irom  latt  place;  moderate 
wagea.  Addreaa,  for  two  daya.  J.  J.  C.Box  Na  921 
llJiES  OP-TOWri  OFFICE,  NO.  1.2o7  BROAoWaT. 
_j_^ ^. ^ _a.d . i.^ . -'-r  # 

WAITBK.— Bi  A  RBSPBcTaBlE  VoU.v'vi  K.SG- 
llsnman  aa  first-class  waiter  l.i  a  pti  vate  Catuiiy ; 
uniierataoda  bia  basineaa  thorooghly;  haa  exceiieul 
City  referenca    Address  J.   W'.,  Box  ."^a   291  TIMES 

tiP-TO >Vn  office,  yo.  1.257  broadwat. 

WAlTBU.— BTA  UE::lPECl'ABLrS  COLOREU  .uAJS 
as  waiter  In  a  private  lamily;  thoroa^n.y  nodet. 
Stands  bis  buslaeaa ;  can  give  the  best  ot  city  relets 
enca  CaU  or  addreas  E.  G.,  >o.  136  West  17tn  at, 
first  flooE. 

4i'rBlf.— Bl!  A   RBdPr.CiAULK  GOliOtfEU   .lAS 

in  aprivate  family;  dudera.auds  tue  taktag  catt 
of  patloia  andaUrei;  wilUug  and  oulii^^g:  good  ClCJ 
feference.    Call  at  No.  44  BaSt  23d  st-,  for  two  daya. 

WAl'I'EK.— BY  A  PKOTE>TA^r  KNGLIdttMAS 
aa  waiter:  ia  thorottitb  in  bia  do  ties;  best  refer 
rnoe  given.  Call  or  addreas  C  tt,  Na  162  aast  4Si 
St.,  first  flour,  front.  _ 

WAirBK.-B\'  A  blAULE  P<l.UTe,St'A.>i  1'  MAN  AI 
Waiter  iu  a.  private  lamiiy  ;  wl.ling  and  00  iglng 
firat-ulasa  Lity  reference  ;  uo  o  ^ctiun  to  tue  suaatry. 
CaU  or  od>}||s8  for  two  days  No.  1, 18^  Broadway. 

AITI^.— BT  A    UOdaB,    Bl'EAOf    MA.'i!    WdO 
tiiorungbly  uuderat  inda   hia  btisi:ieaa,  anl  refers 
to  hia-ioat  employer,  wnefe    be   lired   loranumwrof 
years.    Addreai  Waiter.  Ma  S98  4th  hv.,  fish  store. 

W'  AIT t£R.  —  BY  A  TOJNG  PtfaMjMMiM  A9 
fiiat  class  waiter  in  a  private  family ;  oaat  City 
reterences.  cail  or  addreaa  M.  ti.,  at  Baiters',  x4a  8Sd 
tiroadway. 


AI  riSR.-^B Y  AN    Ei^aLlSHM  lil,  l.<f  A  Pdif  iTit 
.  .  laauly;  witb  first'^lass  city  reterenoea  i rum  bis 
last  placea    Address  tor  two  days  J.  £L,  Box  No.  3j3 
TIMLS  UF-roW.>  Ol  PICE.  .nO.  1,257  BROAD -VAf. 


Wi 


WAJTI1,U.— Bf  A  SWI'B  Lji  A  PHiVaiE  F..Stii 
ly ;  apeaka  Frenub.  German,  and  a  bttle  RagUsd ; 
good  referenca  Addreaa  P.  R.,  No.  392  tftb  av.,  lu  the 
grocery  atore. 


WAiTiitt.— IN  A  Pttl^AT'E  FAMiLi;  AAA  Jit iu 
with  tbe  flrat  famliiea  iu  this  aud  t&e  eiA  country; 
biiituy  lecommeadea  by  hia  laat  amP'OVar.  Aaaxeof 
B.  G.,  Mo.  874  Broddway. 


WAlTBtC.— bY  A  FaENOaAlAN  AS  WaII'BR  IN  A 
private  ^mily:  cltr  referebces.  Address  Bor- 
deaux, Box  ba  277  TlAEi  DP-i'OWB  OFFICE,  NU. 
1,257  BRuADrV^AY. 


WAlTBtC.— BT        A        FlBoT-CLASs        WAiTEB. 
^Freuch ; )  six  year^  City  retereane.      Addreaa  B. 
9.,  careoc  natUaWay,  No.  52  Weat  32d  at. 


AlTBR.— BY    A    PlttSi-CLABS    FRiSftUa  WaiI'- 
er:  two  yaara' City  retarencea   Croai   laatplavca; 
in  private  family.    Aduxesa  c.  a.  No.  1<:2  West  33i(  st 


VbrAi'l'biKv— .)T  AoWlSSTOUNG   MAN   AS   FiRoT- 
vY    class  waiter  lu  a  private  lamily ;  tieat  City  relar- 
enca    iiaU  or  adtirraa  Lusen.  .n o.  I60  Saat  42d  st.  - 


WAI'A'BR.— ..T  A  FlRol'-Cl.AjSGaR  dA.S  WAllaR, 
Witb  good  expeilenca     CaU  at  Ho.  828  Bast  Bias 
St ,  flrat  floor. 


WAlTiila..— -T    A    FitEaCduAil    1.S   A  PitilfA'rE 
lamily  :  b^t  reference  irom  laal  employer.     Ad* 
dieaa  A.  C,  No.  132  e-aat  42d  at 

WAlX'Krt.— dY    A    l[OU.>Q    MA.I     AS     WAiraR: 
good  L4ty  refbteuea     Address  R.   H.,  Box  N«.  aSL 
TliUiid  UP-10W.»   OKFiCE.    .no.  i.2o7    BdOAuWAY. 

\ArAll'Ji;ia-— UY  A  BcLIAdt.E  AND  COjlPaTbNT 
TT  man,  lu  a  pnrnte  family  ;  haa  good  City  refer* 
euca     CaU  or  aiddteaa  J.  H.,  .no.  312   r.aat  2  i.st  st. 

WAITER.— Bf  A  THOKOUGn  COMPEfE.^T  ajAN; 
ret'eia  to  bts  laat  etaplover  aa  tu  capabilltiea    Ad* 
areaa  Waiter,  No.  398  4ih  av.,  ui  the  ftsh  aturn. 

TJtrANTBD— A  PtRST-Ol^SS  CUT  PRINTER,  Pi4B 
tY  feotly  tamiliar  witb  ibo  Adams  and  Stop  Cylladet 
Preasea:  ouiy  those  with  tbe  very  oeat  reiei-enccs  IM44 
apply.  Aaoreaa  Pest  offloe  Box  x«a  1,014.  .aew-YurK 
City. 

WANTBU— A  PKBSO.'^  uF  HUVCAtlOK,  MKUta 
iron  28  to  35  years  ui  ags,  who  weuUI  be  wiUlon 
to  care  tor,  ana  be  a  ooupauiou  ta  a  >u<2' -  '"  wi  ut 
fbeoie  beaitb.  Addieea  X.  X..  Bvx  Ma  321  TtMtB  (/IS 
TOWN  UFrlcE,  NO.  1.207  o«tOaU»>  AT. 

WaNTBU— PttorasfANT  WUMA5  Ai>  UuuB 
plaiuoook.  »aab«r.  aaduaasr;  amaUiamUy.  AP^ 
piy  vrtih  KO^d  r«t*rvB«e  to-daor.  9  to  19,  at  Ma  l27 
Lextugtou  ar. 

AMTKt»-A  F«v»t tMi'AN  r   WOAaN   AS   KOBSB 
aud  aaaiuai.t-«Mi  M»  (i«  a  abwi  diatamoela  tbe  vaooe 

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mmt.  ba  bicbU  amomMiiaiuiad    UeM  as  )*i9  Maat  iBttt.  tX.l  .149  atiaaT..  BM«ai«4*a  (iTaca-raata*  i.,JSiiiw  «»  aaWaadV 

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AMTCUt— A  T>AV>«v«U«ltlbT  COMPEl'ENT  OaB- 

ueuer.    Aatreaa  «!i«  *»  Ka.  108  Ftess  uttse,  glr- 

mg  name  af  taat  ata^i^iM.  vopiir  at  retareaoa.  aad 

atatiug  wagea  expaetea. 

A.nTKD-A  GlK>i>  BstUAt^aEPaK ;    uNa  THAi 
baa  ataaJ  re8ir>«iisa;    Add.«Ba  W.  *  B.,  Box  Ma 

WAM  ritl**^Mlta  WIUGMlNt*    EUO   POUNDS    ANO 
uver.  Apply  a*  Qiladia'a  uwdaa  up  to  i^adaaa- 
day  nooiL 

BUSI^^'EiSS  OU AXOES.   _ 

R'~^RB  OFPORTONlTy.-^POR  »\hi.  a  GOOD, 
sate,  profitable  oiutueas.  weU  establlohed ;  goods 
•uato  aiarsasuatsaud  jjbuers  only;  ttie  proprietur 
bas  otber  uualneas  Vii  aame  city,  and  wiU  remier  ibs 
pnrcbaaer  bi«  aid  ;  cash  required,  Cl.SoO;  uoos  but  a 
petauu  req«wi>g  a  good.  s«  e  batiuess  Be<^  rt^ly  to 
ihia  Aooreas  lioca:  Uox.  NO-  2S  Post  uffiue,  Mew- 
tuqt.8-i-  , 

PAkTISBR  ■WANrBI»-lN  A  GOOO,  WEUr 
estabbabed,  and  praAtaule  baai&ftse,  oeosraUy  to- 
eatad  m  tne  citv  or  Rocoeater,  coov.ialag  aterea  tia, 
and  aueet-iroo  ware,  nooae-faratablng  goooa,  and  geit* 
eiaUobWog  work,  a  capital  ef  $ti,000  required.  Ad- 
dreM  E..  B^  Na  145  XiSut  oOoe,  or  EUWaJU)  JOMltd^ 
KotobeatcT,  Sa  16  boatb  8t  Paul  at. 

IX)ST  AND  FOUyP.  ^ 

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fork  nr  Bonon,  ofnMlatr  afvein^v  ot  8u  m  in  latUa  U. 
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cabin  PAMMC,  «80.  Sim),  and  Si33,  ril  C  mi«ordii>s; 

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JENGBBS     PEIt    « 

_  ~ .  -'*  *"»N*»   ftom  «)* 
S?f»Si^*-  J*^*  CUy,  a*  noon  „-  ..  >.^,  „„.,»..  ,, 
7.  1S77.  CHARLES  O.  FRARCKLTK, 
Ka  4  Bowlinz  eroeo.  N«vr?To)tk. 


. _,       VVHITKSTAK   I.IMK. 

FOB  40>Bii.<(T0Vrt    A.^n    MyBRPOOCk     OARaXISQ 
UNITKJI  STATBSi  MAIU 

Thfi  •te»m^rg  of  tiiuU99e»B8  kb)  bin*  i{ont««r). 
conmentecf  br  Uieot.  \LMirj.  0.  i  9..  (t^i«c  loiUi  >' 
tno  BnnlcBoa  thepasugvCo  Qaoanstowa  all  tliH  yd)' 

ADflATIfi SATTItPAT.  Fe»».  10.  ««8P.  M. 

BaiTANSIi; <ATURDAy.  Feb.  24.  2  P.  M. 

CEI,TIC...„ ^AtURDAt.  March  10.  at  i  P.    M. 

GEAMAinC 8AT0BDAT.  March  17.  6:30  A.  M. 

Protn  Wmte  sr^r  Boot.  Pter  So.  ,^3  Sortli  11  /«r. 

Th*-!"-  steamers  >«>•  aalfi>rn>  in  slzj  and  iin»urD'»«*8'i 
In  Aoiyn-ntrn-at*.  Th*  s^to-Vn,  sUt^rD^m.  •■nitaai 
|Bk4  ftAtIt  Tiomi  ntff  amMibfis.  nhsti  Cbs  mXsBtiiii 
tti<ition  ar»  lei^i  f«(t.  affnt3(iis(  a  dagreoof  eumfort 
Wth<«rlo  an-\tt:\in'>ble  »t»n\, 

Hfttes— Salo<in  *80   >0'J  41(W,i''>u.-     reiorn   ttok*ta 

Kot  i»sn^ti6n  ol  t>1*d8  anilothsr  mftrtasttoa  •mtl? 
»ttlieCoitipfvnT'»onuaa.   Nn,  37  Bra^tw^r    Kkw-T'tlc 


laVEitPOOL    AND    »RRAT    WKHTHRN 

sTGAn  x:o.nPA^y.    (UMiTSai 

IITERPOOU   (TUQue«ii»t.»\yji,) 

OAHRIIKG  THK  ONiTKU  STATM  HWU, 

TVBf*UA\. 

Z«iiTiBgTter  Ko.  40  9onh  Rlvsv  «v  fenoin! 

DAKOTA Folv  18,»t3P.  BL 

MTADA ^ FeJ>.  20.  at   10  A,   M. 

IDAHO JeK  27,  at  8  P.  M. 

HOSTAHA Msrob  6.  at  10  A.  BL 

WISCONSIN March  13,  at3  P.    M. 

WYOMING ^ March  20,  at  9  A.  BL 

Rates  ok  PAssmrOKBs  RSDOCKa 

|lte«ng«,  S'^0;  Ioteroaa(t1at9.  $i3;  o»i>la.  $iS  to  930, 
•eooTdtog  CO  dtate-TOom.     OfiSoes,  Ho.  29  Broadway. 
Wli.MAAIS  4e  UI!I(>N. 


«TUA$t  JUAIV  UIKK. 

BJ-WOSTaW  SBRTlCt  JCU  JAA^lUx,  «4Tr» 
OQLOMBIA.  4nl  v3PINWALili,yanl  to  PA.'TAICA  ani 
iBODTHPAOlKIC  PO.tT.I  (via  A»DlrnTiiL)  Kiras-3l»»» 
taU-DOwered  Iroa  sordw  «t3*!i^^u.   ftojn  Ptjr     Sa  51 

Itc^l)  Riysr;       ,.. _^ .- 

Kor  KIKQ.YTns  (Jam.)  mxl  ACZ  CATB8. 

ATIiAii Feh,  8 

)M^ HAITI. CULOilBU.  I.SPM^U.S    ()i<  PxHXiA.     »<)(• 

k>UTH  PACIFIO  Pi»iir3(rt4  iapiaw-AJl.) 
*XDBS FefcU 

AiJ* » -Fflbi  ia 

KQperior.lM>'-slk«i  )«)tM  r^r  kitoannilUl')  i. 
PIM.  FORWOUU  ti  Ca.  Aoeati. 
No.  5ti  Wall  iw 

STATE  LINE. 

KKW.yOR^    TO   GliASUOW,    XilVKRPuOU     ODBtUJ. 

9Bl,PA*T,  A»I>  4»OND  iSOgxRC 

Tbe**  Hrst-olus  iaiT-9o<rsroi  ns^-sars   wtil  fui  froav 

Pier  Sa4"3  ^O'-f'i  •^tTse-  fi>oi  of 'l^ail  «"i. 

PTATh  C)>  HKITVSlliVASU Th\iT»dn.T.  Feb.  8 

PTATK  OF  VIRQINU,...,....,. Tl'orftday.F^h.  22 

BTaTEOI'  NEV    da ; ,,..ThiiiBl'»ir    March  1 

Firsi  cabin,  fPO,  ffl.'N.  and  #70.  nenorllns'  to  aroom. 
modations  mnrp  tlctft«.$110.  S12S.  Sec«nl  caWa 
f45t    rptari>    tle^t*.  !im    SU^jntct  »t  lowest  r^es. 

AUSTIN  pAI.DWIN  Sp  CO..  Acevfr*. 

J> 0. 72  Broivl jr»y. "Now-Tonc 
.(TKcRAGK  licRets  at   No.  45  Broiiw^y,  uaj  at  the 
tomoaar's  pier,  fu7t>>f  i'an'*l«»..   Sortii  1ir»t. 


GREAT  SOUTHERN 

KRBJOHT  AM»  l'AS.>4BN4;^8R  LINK. 

BAIII.NQ  FR(>U  PtKR  .VO    29   NOKTU  RIVSr. 

WKONFSDATSapaSATORlUta  at  .S  P.    M.. 

.FOR  CHAKliBHTON,  p«.  r.,  KL>0»IUA.  THE 

SOtlTfl.  ANb  M)OTH*Wef<T. 

GUl-FSTKKMM ...:....'WlSD?rf..D.*y Feb.  7 

CIT'V   Oy  ATLAHTA.... SATCRDAX Vfb.  10 

«»DPKKlOB  PASSKNGBft  A0':OJiaO0ATli>.'«X 

Insaranen to 'le^rtaitiija  xi-vnit  »'  o!t'  ©"rr.snt. 

Gooils  forw-irctwl  ftft  'If  com  nlision.  Pai^an^er  tloK- 

ctcHDrl ■bills  ot  ladinzissu-"!  "u  I  slTiai  at  thi  ofloo  >f 

JA.tlU.H  \V.  QUIMTARD  vt  CO.,    Acents, 

No.  177  Weatiu,  cnru«  Warreo- 

OrW.  P.  <ri,YDKt'!0..  No    II  Bnwlin!:  Green. 

Or  HKMTliRT   D.    UAS^Lr,,   General    Airent 

Crratwonmera  Kreiciit  Lilne.  31 1  Droadwar. 


AM)HOR  MNE  L.  8.  .IIAII.  HTRAAIEUX. 

SBW-yORK  AND  OLA8(}OW 
FoII-rta-...Fel>.   ]0.  S  f.  M  I  Aucboii.u.Fet*.  24,  2P.  H. 
Al«atW....Peb.  17.  8A-  M.  i  t  Hlifomia.  >'arrti  3,8A.M. 

TO  GLASGOW.  U7KBPQ0U  ORDRBRt, 

Cablus  $65  to$!^0,  ai-conliast  to  accomm'i  latiuas;     lo 

t^rmedlstp,  S85;    ftteeraec  f^&, 

■  ^BW.YOkK  AND  LoSDON. 

Jtatia F<U  10.  V!  f.  M.  (  Ctopia.  Feb.  24.  2  P.  M.  ' 

liaDtTS,  $55   to  $70      Utweraae,  *'28.     I'abin  excar- 
•ion    rickets  Ht  ruilucej    rates.     Urifta  issued  lor  anj 
azDonnt  at  carrent  r.ktei^     UomoanT's  Fi>-r  Nos.  '^Uaud 
yl.  Korib  Hirer.  SI.  t.        HlSSO&RSOa  BR>>TUIiBS, 
At!enta..Na  7  BowiiucOreen. 

NORTH     (JKRinA>    M.OYIK 

STBAM-SHIP    tINB    ftRTWBKN    jfEW-YORK.   aoOTa< 

AlLPTO.N,  AND  BKEMKM. 

rempaar's  Pier,    toot  or  -Jdis..    doookan. 

RHEIN. Sau  Feb.   iu|  UKliMA.VN....Sat.,  Fab.  24 

OI>iiB Hat..  !•«<:.  1V|NKCK>P fat..  Warflh  3 

KATB-S^UF  PA^SAGK  FllOyi    NKVT-rOllK  TciSOOrd' 
AMP  rod    HAVtiB.   OU  BttKMBS: 

firtt  oaotq «100;olJ 

feecoiul  cabin...., _  BO«old 

fcSrenige '  SOearrenrr 

Botarn  tiulcnts  :tc  reUiiunUrw^j.  PrePaiil  ateera^ 
certitlcates,  £32  correocr.  For  Cr>i  !.i:  or  pissaz»  ap 
plyt'i OaliKtUdaic  JO.,  to.  2  a  owl lag  Green. 

1N.^IA.>  I.I.NB — .HAIL.  STKA.tiBUS. 

FOK  urtiifciNSTOW^   ANP  LlVKBPOOii. 
OTV  OF  ChESTKR.  .Satarrtav.  Feb.  17.  at  7:  iO  A.  H. 
tn>  0>  BlCHiJDKU.  Satnrflay,  M»reb  .1.  at  3  A.M. 
CITX  OF  BBC-*>KL^..t^aturclaT.  .Tiarch  17.  6:dO  A.  M. 
^  Prom  ner  iS  Jlorth  RlT.ir. 

CABIN, S«'>  and  *10a,U3li    Baouru  'Mt'^t.   onfv 
rotable  teriiu.     srBV2AU&   ^ii.  Ujtfaaor     UrAfC) 

SaJooQo,    sittin-roonti,      Smoiaoe,    »ad    Batb-nwioa. 
lajWetrik**-  JOUSO.  DALa  AKOPt, 
^o■■  iOand  ;>3BrQailway.  H.  I. 

ONLY  niBBCT  LIMB  TO  KRAxNOK. 

mkgkhrbaitrassatlantio  CDHPA.^r*  nitt, 

BTKAMBRBBHTVWBBN^B>7.Y0ltKASuHAir£X 
•      Calling  at  PLrMOWTUiQ-  «.)  <•«  caa  lari.liai  ot 

PasseDgera. 
Will  tail  from  Pi  at  Ka  ^2  Nor{h  Rirer,  root  it  Morton 
St..  every  alternxte  Satarday,  beginnlns  with: 

•l,ABB\l>OK,  oau;{Uer Saturday,  Foo.  10,  3P.  M 

I'or  paTilcoJai-s  address 
^      LuClj  UK  BEBiA.V,  Agent,  Wo.  55  Broadway. 

FOR  SAVANNAH    QA.. 

TflK  FbOiUUA  PORTS,  ' 

A»0  THE  BOUra  AND  BODTii-WSSXL 
IJ»R4TSOpTHKBN  FRBlOaT  ANDPAS.SKHQBR  UHB. 

ckktral  Railroad  of  obokqia.  ajiu 
atlahtlo  amd  gulf  railruaij. 

WEDjiKBDA)  AJb  8AT0RDAT. 
jBBNBRAl.8A#«Jto,  Capfc  OB»'»B»Mr.  WBPSRSDAT, 
ffUo.  7,  i-Jer  IB  Kaat  UiTSt;  3  f.  iu    JIORBAr,  FKRRt.i 
k Do.4  ABtp-  if*<« OoBtb at.  ^ 

'  p*b  JAlSMiU,  capt.  HisAms,  8ATDBDAI.  Feb. 
10,  pier  43  Morta  River,  3  P.  Al.  OKU.  lONGB.  Age.. 
400  uro8<iw»y. 

tu  LlVlAO&TOA.Oapib  BUuomT,  WBOKESDAY.  Feb. 
14,  Pier  Mo.  43  Wunti  tUver.  B  p.  E.  GBO.  YONOB. 
Ageat,  iNOL  409  Broadway. 

^b4n  isALVAiiOi^  capt.  nieft^wf,  batordat.  F«b. 
17.  pj<ar#  Morta  Btjver,  sp.  m.    u£0.  yoaai,  Agt, 

209Bro;^ay. 

flunrHsce  ONB-HALF  PBR  CBNT.  Snpezior  aoeoiQ. 
KoOatious  far  paaaoogen.  Ttar.iHgl^  ratiM  and  pilla  of 
ftiiinK  In  eonaiMHioa  with  Oeut^U  BL  i.  ot  Georgia. 
*tl4Jstio  and  OnU  Kailraad.  aad  Fiofld^  ateamen 
Ity  Poiat  and  iH^tnter:  »i»i,  with  the  steaaier  J. 
.  iiCD)(L.BR.  vhiob  li»9  teaa  iflaoed  bathe  Uuide 
SOBta  ftusa  ti*yB*o^i  tff  Fl«fi<Ia,  and  oBm  ohaorpassed 
M<K>uunodatloBs. 

C.  0.  0>VENS.  ,      GEORGE  YOSQB, 

Agent  A.  &  ^  B.  B.  Ageat  iJ.  B.  B.  of  Ga., 

I«a  316  BfoaUwar.  No.  4u9  Broadway. 

»  ■.' ■    '   -    .  '  ' 

FLORIDA. 

CapMoa  to  tzaveleral  fire^t  reduction  In  Itaevla 
tha  intana  voQMt  Irqin  Saranna^  ^  »)X  Florida  ports. 
Pi)It'<2  t^  J^kaohniie.  Meats  ana  sta(e  rpoma  ejctra. 
The  elegant  ■teuD^  J.  B.  SOumuBR  maKes  elpie  eon- 
ueotlou  iritb  ail  iWTangab  (teaiperv,  tliiif  forming  tbe 
gtiickest  and  most  aST^eabie  rba^  as  well  as  the 
lowest  IB  ilm.  A^u|i;imo^atJona  for  pa)weoger*iu- 
eurpass^d.  Trayelera  nt%  sai^tloned  agalgec  porchas- 
.■l^g  itirongh  tlejfelf  'ria  any  btjiy  roqte. 

FMlilliSfUiUUTMSIT 


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toa  CAtlFQEinA,  JAFAJ?,  GHi:»A,  AUSTRALIA,  HKW- 

,    iM4ugttoai  Piuf  50.  42  {iorth  Riven 

:    >oc  IJAN  FBA.SUHUJ,  yi,  Ucdm^  OF  PANAMA,  .  , 

»t(^i!i-«iHO  COLQ& .^.., ,„'rimiada.y,  Fel^  *5 

totoeiBUug  iiiu:   Central   J^vfLf^ie^  tain  i^uth  P^oi^o 


^  Ihm  SAN  FRANCISOO  te  JAFaH  ami  CblSA. 
tlWafpinOm  on  TqWO..,„..tl»^r«l»y,  «azf)k  1 
ffim  »ttn  F^4iict«B*>  io  Baaawieu  WAod*.  AoActaUk 
aim  Jfe-w-^eaiaad. 

^teai^-ahipCITYQFijXp.xBI, Wednea^ax.  Fabw  SS 

gtef  trelibt  ur  passage  appir  to 
m.  P. CLirutvliCo:,  orM. 5.  BUtiliAT,  Snperlntendest, 
Ko.  6  Bowline  Oteea.  Pier  No.  42  N.  R.  ,tuot  Oanai  tt. 

HbV-YQBS^9AVaBA.  ANi)ttB¥ICA«  ILUI«Hk  4.  Ll]fi|. 

^teahiere  leave  Piur  :*>>.  4  Sjefa  •Utjif  \»  -i  .'.    iL 

KliR   ilAVA.NA  UllftECifi. 

aTi  o}r  jhJ(>v-KOR%.............-.,:w«]fwataik  ^ab.  7 

tilt  VH^A   CHvk    Jifilt    NBVV^QKVJiAS!^ 


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LfTs  gi  HAVANA...... ......Satajjiy.  lHk.  17 

t>t(>aai»r«  will  leaira  &ew-tineau)  Fe(|k  U$  WfL  lUife.^ 

10  lor  VKrn  Unix  anil  til  rhn^iuoveit^irse. 
ForA^Mieas  or  p4Ss:»zo  i03iy  c> 


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Hft?VS5'^rT5^^BSe'^'  aliWfi'BfiRfiJt 

FRIBIA Feb.  8iFOUMKRAliU..'...Fe«i.  92 

«BLJ,B.iT FeU  |5i«»UKVIA Uarah  1 

^  JjiMef  of  purine  C9  Plyajanm.  l»<>»'.laa.  OhBrboort 
BamiHUK  and  all  potnta  in  Bi^^laa  L  Fi^st  Oal^ia.  «lvM 
goI^Be^ond  Ojibin,  ^ J  gpld;  ^tisrue.  filO.  MCteiMF 

Qfliien  i  A«aqts,  Geoeral  Ptseen  irSr  Are^ti^ 

■^BTBJtcMWHt/IlT  81  BfO»dw»ir.  .t;  l 


NATIUNAL  JL1NB-Piere44  and6llIorfiS:HIvcr. 
FOB  LONDON."^ 

«;ANADA.. ......Sateniav.  Feb.  10,  at  8  F.  M. 

FOB  QOBKSSTOWK  AH»  MVBRPOOL.    , 
Helvetia.. Feb.  10.  2  P.  U.  I  Esgland.Feb.  17, 7:30  A.M. 
Cabin  and  ptearage  pavaaze>  and  draft*  firojat  £1  u. 
ward,  iastfed  at  tei^'  low  rates.  '  CotnpaDV's  once*  No. 
fiS  Bruadway.  y.  W.  J.  B9BST,  Maaager. 


JBAILBOADSp^ 

PENNSYLVANU  BAMOAJD', 

»RBAT  TRUNK  LilNB 

AND  UMTBD  BTATBi  MAIL  RO0TB. 

Trala#  ieave  iiafr-IorK,  t1>  0«»brouas  an!    Cor(- 

landt  Streeia  terries,  as  f  iilows 

kzptese  for  HarrtSbBcx.  Pittabnr;,  -the  Veat  and 
Soatb,  with  Pnllmaa  Palace  Cars  attached,  8:80  A. 
U.,  6  ano  8:30  P.M.,  daily. 

F6i  Wiliiamsport,  Lock  Haven,  Oorry,  and  Brte,  at 
8:30  e.  M.,  lioonectlas;  at  Oorry  for  Titnsvllle.  Petto- 
leam  Ceutre,  and  tbu  Oil  Reoltms.  For'  Willlaiiii- 
\>ott  and  Look  Haven.  8:30  A.  M. 

For  Bftltin^iire,  Waahingtoo,  and  the  Sootli,  "lim- 
ited Washlngtoa  Kxpress**  of  Pnilmad  Parlor  Oara 
oally.  except  Sunday,  8:30  a.  M.:  arrive  Washing- 
ton  4.- 10  K  U.  Roniiar  at  3; 40  A.  M.,tl.  6,  and 9 
P.  SL    Bnuda,v.  6  ami  9  P.  H. 

Express  for  Pufiaitclpbla,  7:  30,8:30,  8:40,  (9:80  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4.  6.  6.  7,  8:30.  8  P.  >!.,  and  12 
iiieht,  Sunday,  8:30  A.  M..  6,  6.  7.  8:30,  and  9  P.  M. 
Bmigranl  ami  seoand-ulaas,  7  P.  M. 

Aerooimiidatlon  for  Trenton.  7  A.  M.,  2  apd  4:10  P.  M. 

Tor  tr-'lne  t'j  Ne-ir ark.  Kilsaiietli.  Sabway,  Prinoatoh. 
I'renton.  Perth  Amboy.  Flenungton.  Belvldere,  and 
^ther  points,  aee  local  sohedale^  at  all  IHcKut  Of- 
flbet.  • 

TnUiis  arivee  From  Pittaburg.  6:20  and  10:30  A  M., 
an4  10:20  P.  M  daily:  10:1()  A  M  and  6:50  P.  M. 
daily,  exoent  Monday.  Prom  Washington  and  Bal- 
timore. 6::1D,  9:50  A  M..  410,  6:10.  and  10:20  P.M. 
Sunday  6:30,  9:o0  A.  U.  Prom  PhUadeipbla,  5:0$. 
6:2076:30,  9:50.  10:10.  11:50  A.  M,  iixld.  4:10.  6:T5, 
b:50  %4U.  1<>:10,  and  10:30  P.  H.  Bnndav  StOft. 
6:20.  d.30,  9:50, 11:50,  A.  M..  6:dO.  10:10,  and  10:20 

Tlckec  Ofdoee.  Noa.  626  and  844  Broadway.  Mo.  1 
Astor  Jktoaee.  and  foot  ot  l>eMiroase8  anil  Cortlan>it 
streets;  N'l.  «  Conrt  stTe«t.  B  iMklva-  Doe.  114.  116, 
and  118  Hadaoa  street.  Uobuken:  Depot.  Jereer  City 
Kmigrant  Ticket  Office,  l*u.  8  Battery  place. 
FRAilK  thohbon;  D.  m.Iboyd,  Jb., 

Orne^  Manager.  Oen'ril  Passenger  Ageat. 


TO    VHIl^OEJLiPUIA 

via 

.PENNSYLVANIA  RAILBOAD. 

THB  OLD-ESTABLIBHED  ROUTE  AND   SHORT   LINE 

between 

NBW.YORS.    AND    PHILAPBLPHIA. 

14  ThX0iiih  Trains  each  way  daily :    8  Pepott  in  Fhila- 
delpbia,  ?  in  rew-York. 

4  Tracks,  the  mo*t   IjapTar^a   Zqnlpment,  and   the 
Faetest  Time  eonsiateut  with  altsolnt^  safbty. 

Szi»«'«a  Trains  leave  New-Vork,   via  Oeahroase*  and 

Cortlandt  .-ftzeeta  Ferries,  as  follows: 
7:30.  8:30.  &iy,  (9:30  Limited.)  10:30  A.  M..  1,  4,  Q,  6. 

7,  8:30.  B  P.  M..  and  12  Midnight.    Bnnday.  £iO  A 

M..  5.  a.  7.  8:3().  and  9  P.  M. 
Retamlag.  trains  leave  PbiMleiphla  8:20,  3:80.7, 7:30, 

8:30.  and  11  A.  M..  (Limited   ^icpT-.n,   1:.S5  P.   M.,) 

1:40.  4.  ^30,  7,  and  7:85  P.  M.',  and   12  Miitnight. 

On  Sonday,  8:20.  8:30.  7.  8:30  A.  M..  4.  7,  7:34  PT M., 

and  12  U'doigbt 

Ticker  Qac««,No»  5S6  and  944  Broadway.  Be.  1 
Apt«r  Boose,  apd  leot  of  Oeabroaaec  apd  (Jortlandt 

Jts.i  Nn.  4  Conn  st..  Brooklyn.    Noa.  114.  lid.  and  118 
Imuon  et.,  Hoboken:  D^pot.  Jursey  City.    BaUgranl 
Ticket  Ofl  e.  No.  8  Batturr  piace. 
?BANK  T.iOMSoSf.  '     U.  M.  BOTD.  Ja., 

Gederal  Manager.  Gcneral-Fasaeiiger  Agent. 


"KTR^V^-YORK     t;K.NTRAL     AND     UU|>MON 

XlRTVIiB   RAILROAD.— i^tmuieoc'nvr  UeiL    -^H,    It/JU. 
tbrougb  trains  wiii  ieay«  Grand  Central  veoot: 

'i:i6  4.  ,V1.,  v\e.itern  and  Northeru  t^presa.  with 
dixwing-rooio  cai^  to  (^anan  laixua. 

>:S0  A.  M..  speotai  (^icago  and  St  Lonts  Bzpxess. 
Witt]  drawinz-ruiim  cars  to  Rochester  and  Buffalo. 
A  IS".  thron'.;h  otr  lo  St.  Louis. 

11:00  A  M.  Nortb-rn  and  Western  RXDrus. 

S:3UP.  M..  >p«ci»l  Albnnv.  Tray  aaj  Western  Bs- 
pross  arrives  ac  Biitf Alo  7: 10  A.  >i. 

6:00  P.  v..  Kxpiess.  with  slei^plaT  ears,  for  W•ce^ 
town  and  Can»naul2a&  Alsofjr  MoatraAl  via  Platts- 
bpre, 

8:30  P.  M.  Paclflo  Rzpresa,  daily,  with  sloepmi;  ears, 
tor  Rochester.  Niagara  Falls;  Bnffialo.  Cleveland.  In- 
dianapolis, and  lou.Kviilft.  Also  for  Chluaao,  ria  both 
J'-  !».  and  ii.  C.  Raiiroaas.  anu  to  Montreal  via  St.  Al- 
bans. 

11:00  P.  M..  Kxnresa.  with  sleeping  can.  (br  Albaa.7 
and  'I'rov.     Way  trains  as  per  locar  Time  Tables. 

Tickets  'or  sal«  Ht  Nos.  252.  :  61,  and  413  Broadwivv. 
and  xt  Wfstooci  Kxi>r*sa  CotDbanv**  offlors.  Ho*.  7 
Faik  oUce,  78d  ami  84:f  Broadwav  Mew-Yorit.  and 
333  H^aehittgtoii  sC.  Brooklyn. 

C,  B.  4KKKttit  *#eneral  Paasenger  Agenu 


RRIB  RAILWAY. 

Winter  Arrangempst  ot  thruugb  train*.  From  Cbam- 
b^rs  btreet  IJepo'.    (h'or  23J  sL  Sie  note  below.) 

9:00  A.  M.,  dnilv,  except  Suodavs,  Cincinnati  and 
Cbicaeo  Da"  Hx'irfss.   Krawing-r  >om  co^i^bea  to  Buflalo. 

11 :45  A.  M.,  daily,  ezc.epc  bonnavs,  i.zpress  Man  for 
BnfCam  and  the  Weat.    .'■leepia^  coaca  to  Boff  klo^ 

';:00  P.  M..  daliy.  Paciflo  Kipres*  to  the  West  Sleep- 
ing coaches  throngh  to  Unffaio,  Niagara  'Falls.  Claoin- 
nati,  Hud  Cbica^o  witbuUi;  change.  Hotel  dlDtng- 
coacbes  to  Chicago. 

7:00  P.  M..  except  Snndavs,  Wirsrem  Bmlgrant  train. 

Above  trains  leave  Tw-nty-tbixd  Btceei  Fezry  at 
8:43  and  10: 16  A.  M.    and  6:45  P.  M. 

For  local  trains  see  tlmertables  and  cards  in  hotels 
and  depots. 

JNO.  N.  ABBOTT.  General  Passenger  Agent 


NEW-YORH.    NBW-HAVBN,    AND     UART< 
IfORD    RAILROAD. 

After  Bee  10,  1876.  trains  leave  Grand  Central  De- 
pot (42d  ('O  far  New-Caanan  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M.. 
1.  4:40  P.  U.:  Uanbu  y  andNorwalk  Bailrond  at  H:05 
A.  M.,  1,  and  4:40  P.  M.;  Nanxatack  Rallruxd  ac  8:05  A- 
M.,  and  3  P.  M.;  tiousatonlo  Railroaa  at  8:05  A.  M., 
and  8  p.  M.;  New-Haven  a  'd  Northampton  Bailroad  ut 
8:05  A.  M..  and  3 P.  H.:  lor  Newport  at  8:05  A.  M.   and 

I  p.    M.;  Buston   and    Ainany   Raiiro»d     at  8:05   abd 

II  A.  M  .  3  and  9f.  M,  (9  P.  M.  on  Sdnday ;)  Boston, 
(via  ehoru  Llue.i  at  1  and  10  P.  M.,  (lo  P.  M.  on  Bnn- 
days.)  Boston  aad  New-i'ork  Air  Liae.  8  A  M.,  1  and 
li:3aP.  M- 

Way  trains  as  per  local  t(m9-tabte<i. 


i^BB-fOH  Valley  railroad. 

ARBANGBMBNT.        PAaSKNGEB  TRAINS.        JAN.  1. 

1877. 
Leaye  depots  tnftt  of  CortUodt  apd  Debrosses  sts..  at 

iksi)  P.  M.— Nizht  lixpress, .  dauv.  Cir  Kaseoa,  Bethle- 
hem, ^llentown,  Manob  Ch  >nk,  Wilksbarre.  Plttsteo, 
iiaTre,  Blmira,  iihaea,  Anbaro,  Boobaater.  Buttilo, 
Niagara  Falls,  sad  the  West  FiUiman'a  sleeping 
Goacluis  attached. 

General  Baaiernoffio^  corner  Chnreh  and  Cortlandt 
■ts.,  CUARLBB  a.  CUMBflNQi.   AKOut. 

ii(^BEHT  H.  ^AITRB.  Baperinteiideat  and  Engtneef. 


WICKKOUO  RAi  I.KOAU  ROU  i'B  TO  Nuvr- 
PORT,  B.  I.— Passengers  tor  tbts  Una  take  8:05  A. 
M-  aad  1  P.  M.  express  trams  from  Grand  CtntriU 
Oeputi  arnring  at  4:18  and  8  P.  M.  at  Newport. 

TUBOOORii  WARRBN,  Snpertntendeat 


STKAMBQATS. 

STOwmoTON  im 

irOK     BOeiTOM    AND    ALL   Pill.'!(T(4     EA«iT. 
RBOUCBD    FAAB. 

Elegant  steamers  leave  Pier  No.  33  Nitrth  Kiv»% 
fiiot  or  Jay  st .  at  4:80  P.  M. 

Ticket^llprs^leali  lU  oriaaipti  doicet  o  ftosL  Statv 
rooms  secpreii  at  ntfluesor  v^ostcutt.ixp^oss  Oojipaay 
audat  .V&  .SttlS  Broadvras: 

PRt^YlOBNCK    LINy. 

Freight  only,  Steamers  leave  Pier  Rn.  27  .^ortti 
Btrer.  (hot  of  Park  pIHO^  at4  P.  if.  Frelabia  y^  glDiar 
lin<:taKeuat  lowest  rates.      _ 

D.  S.  BABOOilK.  P'os. "    L.  W.  FrtKiTM.  '*.   P.  Ageav 


FAU  RIYEB  urn 

FOR 

BOSTON  AND    THE    EAST. 

FARES  UEDUCEi). 

Leave  Mew-York  daily,  (Bandar  excepted.)  fMmPiec 
Bo.  38  North  Birer,  loot  of  Jincray  It.  4s30  P.  M. 

BORDBB  k  LOTKLL.  Agent*. 
GBO.  L.  (CONNOR,  tieueral  Passenger  Agent 


T?lli£     NEWoHAVeN.    BAKTFQRD.    &o. 

JP  Fa|re  01 ;  strainers  leave  Peck  slip  (br  New-HaVi 
fo  3  apd  lip.  M.,  connecting  with  road. 


BaVea 


L|K>HBV'DGKPOR'PA>'D  ALL  POiCfM  ON 
FBonsatomo  apd  .NangatnoiF  l^iroad.— 9«rA  $1. 
gteam^  leare  r%uiari>ie  sUo ab  1 1-30  A.  H- 


gteami^  leare  r^u^a^)' 


JN'STEUOTION. 


•   -  CI)ARJP1E^  INisTlTPTK, 

CBHTti^U  PAfC^,    JIBW-VORK. 
Bffarrt^g  aad  Day  ><iwiool  for  boys  '  irom  geraa  to 
'^^^■■*   ^^      twenty  .rearj  old. 


DItBW  tfKMIMAilY    AND  FiiMAliB   GjLLBOB, 
carmel,  Kf.— For  both  sexea.    Rate«  rea*onab)eb 
Asebuol  fbreatnest  work.    Spring  eeeuon  Feo.  19. 
GBO,  C.  BMITQ.  A.  Id. 


TUrBsi*  BAO^Ht**    BOAttOl.NG      AND     DAY 

jrlschool  for  Tonng  ladles,  Kew-Branswlok.  H.  X, 
opeus  Ub  next  i>esaion  Fek  5.  CtxenJars  aeatif  desited. 
Terms  moderate. ' 

i^ElllE.VFbl.D  INSTITUTE,  Ho.  822  LBX- 
Uington  ar..  nj>tth-we*t  oori?«J  of  «3d  st— Bagllsb 
and  German  day  and  boandlng  school;  new  sessiM  be- 
gins Feb.  7. 


TEA0HEB8. 


IMa    JU.    J.    yUUMG    AJ^8''Epi^|rV.~»« 

^.....rnfSmi  her  friend!  and. the  edncafionai  jnoUo 
that  in  ouhaeqoence  of  the  bankntptoy  of  J.  W.  Sctaer- 
merbom  h  Co..abe  has  severei  her  connection  with  to* 
~Ainen«aa  Bchool  Inatitnie"  and  will  o^n  her  own 
ednoattonai  aMiMF  M  No.  '4i  Union  •qnm  en  jaxf^a- 
rAYTFgM  ;  t><M  bpyin  ttoni  9  a,  M.  to  6  P.  M.  ■j:±z 


eUVBRHBSS  WANTED  FUR  0.>iB  AJTTLB 
g|r)  Ibrpue  hour,  tiofu  11  to  12  tf<»^lF.  gT«F  *  y- 
|LMI^|ka$t  Cnuq4  EPtfti.  9Mn  M9.  89,  betir««9  ^ 


P»»J  ""imlHir  nff**^  pi»||Yjfrpltmf  Wrana^  . 


EUZABETH   OTY 


7s 


BtATVRING   18T8  tO   iMA. 


yoR  balb  bt 


mSDiII  I  CD.. 


Nos.   19   and   18   Ifssstau    St. 


~    SlNK^NO-FITNl)  NOTICE. 

Cbioabo,  MawAnna,  avd  8t.  PAin.  Railway  Co.,    ) 
No.  b8  Wujmm  ST..  Nbw-Yobk.  Oea  96. 1876. 1 
Notice  is  hereby  given  that  tbe  tollowing  bond*  af 
thla  company,  of  $1,000  each,  known  as  Coaaplidated 
ffihUag.t^tnd  Bond*,  have  been  deaigdated  bylot  to  be 

?'ald  at  par  and  a^mfi^  interest  on  prfentaWon  at 
bis  ofBcKB,  aeoording  to  tbe  provisions  of  the  d44d  Of 
trust  aeenrlng  tbe  sataa.  Toe  aumoeca  are  a*  ibL 
lows: 

1.223i  1.431!  1,471.'  1,«2'  l.m'.  1*673,'  l,'74i' 
1,774,  1.M18,  S.054.  3,10.5.  .2,131,  2,181,  2,206. 
&S^-  3.41 »,  3,5.H6,  2.639.  8.t>78,  8.7:29.  3.760, 
2,808,  2.812.  2,866,  2,010,  2.92S.  3.096,  3,124. 
8.246,  3,309,  «,.S15.  8,4.'b3,  3,508,  5,569,  4,073, 
4.172.  4,309.  4.5Sa  6,080,  5,269,  6,294.  6,298, 
6,326.    6,463r    &.473,     6,617. 

Interest  on  these  bonds  will  cease  on  the  1st  day  of 
Jnly.  1877. 

JULIUS  WAD3W0RTH.  Vice  Presldoat 


CHASE  &  ATKM, 

BANKERS  AND  BROKERS, 

NO.  18  BROAD  ISTRBBT,  NKW-YOKK. 

INTBRBST  ALLOWED  ON  DBPOSTT  ACCOUJITB 
SUBJItOT  TO  DRAFT  AT  BIGHT. 

GOLD.  GOVgaNMBNT.  STATa,  KJETNIOIPAL.  ANP 
RAILROAD  SECU^ITIBJ  BQCOBT  AND  BOLD  ON 
COMMIBBIDN  FOB  CABH  QR  UPO^^  MARQIN: 


THE  NEW*YORiC    FINING    1&TOCK    EX- 
CHANGB, 

No.  19  Broad  st  Organiasd  1b  1884. 

This  aasooiatloo  has  been  rrorgspisf>d  for  the  pnr- 
poe'n  Of  fxd.itauiig  dealinsrs  in  the  atoeks  of  cne  promi- 
nent mining  c.  mpaues,  apd  t^B*  sAetiug  tbe  ^ts- 
ma..ds  ot  bnMiieas  arising  from  tpe  iucreaaea  dt-.velop- 
ttientt  and  growing  importAooe  of  the  mining  tnt*re*ts 
ox  the  country  ;  135  ot  its  members  are  aisn  members 
of  tne  NKW-TORK  ^TOt  K  KXCHANOK:  60  of  ita 
mem  uers  are  also  membeis  ol  the  NBW-TOBK  AOLP 
EXi^U.tUB. 

Parties  desiring  iaformation  relative  to  thebaslness 
of  the  Exebange  or  mrmbershiii  tbersln.  mav  apply  to 
the  iieoretary.  J.  WYMAtf  UOORIo,  at  its  temporary 
rooms,  NO.  10  BROAD  d T. 

• JOHN  STANTON.  JB..  Presiaeat 

rriBE»OLD  MORTUAUK  BONUtfOLDEUW 

X  Commltiee  are  now  preoared  to  pdrobaan  all  or  ahr 
iHortion  of  the  outstanoing  tbirty-tiip  Gold  Mortgage 
Bdnoa  ef  the  Toledo.  Wabash  and  Wettem  R  itway 
Company,  for  tbe  t^um  ot  $68J  68  per  bond,  Whteb  is 
the  amonut  of  the  dividend  in  oaab  arising  from  the 
Bale  under  the  foreelostire  prooeedings.  Or  if  the 
tiOtders  of  any  of  these  oonds  wish  to  Join  the  other 
Oondbodera  an  I  sbare  lo  tbe  saie  made  to  ihenew 
pan^a*;  f'>*7  may  do  so.  provide  d  iber  notify  us  by  the 
15ih  plFebravy.  Apply  10  W.  A.  V.  P03T,  Beoretary 
of  the  Foreclosure  (^mmittee.  at  the  blBce  of  Perkins, 
UvlngBtoii,  Post  k.  CO.,  No.  23  NaasauSt. 
Nbw-Tork,  Jan.  27.  1877. 


QmoB  METkOPOLITAN  I.NsiliRAdCe  CO..  \ 

Vo.  1U8  SBOAPWAT.  Bsw.HoBK,  Jan.  20.  11*77.     i 

TBE  UNUE*HIUNBD  UA!!t  iUAOS  AN 
arrangi-meiit  with  the  CONriNENTAL  IN- 
MtUKANCK  com  PAN  V,  No.  109  Broadway,  asaeia 
orar  sa.ooO.000.  wh>-rei>y  vhat  company  will  sabetl- 
tnte  tta  poHolfs  in  plucf  or  those  Issned  by  the  Ble- 
trupolitaa  Insurance  Compaay.  to  take  efieot  in  ea«h 
oaae  upon  the  surrender  or  the  pullciee  of  tnl*  com- 
oan.r. 

Policy-holders  are   toritrd  to  send  in  their  pohcles 
for  sucn  enbatttnilon  at  once. 

CUABLBS  B.  AFPLBBT. 

ReeeivAr. 


OCEAN   NATIONAL  BANK. 
ASSETS  AT  AUCTION, 

MARCH  27,  1877. 
Fereatalegne  apply  to  ADRIAN  O.  MULLBB  k.  CO.. 
Bo.  7  Fine  st,  or  to  the  Beeeiver.  Ho.  21  Baasau  st 
THBtiDORE  M.  DA7I3.  Bacalrec 


CDnuTn^rntiiT 

AIVNIGIFAI*  BONDS,  DUE  11IOS.    A  LIMITBO 


AMOUNT  FOR   8ALB  BY 


KVHff,LOEB&CO  « NO.  31  NASSAU  ST, 


UaiTBD  ■'4TATS1  nXPBBSS  COXPAXT. 

T&aA^uuBB's  uvncK,    .Sa  82  Bkoaoitat. 
Nbw-Yobk,  Jan.  27.  1877.     , 

THE   TRANKFER.BilOKd   OF   THIM  COM- 
psny  will  be  closed  Feb.  3,  at  2  P.  M.,  and  reopened 
Pobu  16.  Tri«0.  F.   WOJi),  Tieasurwr. 


'i 


AHAMNHOOK  OF  COIflMESCE,  FInaNCK. 
Aitu  INVEsTMENT!4.-The  MNANCIaL  REVIEW. 
(Annual.)  price  M I  26.  is  now  ready.  Addresa  lor  book 
orelroniar  of  contents.  'JU  0«aisi«r«(al  «itd  rifUMciol 
Ohioniele,  No.  79  v\  llliam  st 


AC.  bi;r.nhai>i,  no.  33  pink  bt..  mbw-tors. 
•— Inrestmt^ni:  securities  paying  eight  to  ten  per 
cent  for  sale-  Western  mortgages  a  ^eelalty  lor  six- 
teen years.  Keferenoes  In  New- York,  Boston.  Hart- 
Ibrd.  and  Phllaaeiphla.    Bend  for  lists. 


BROWN   Bl^trPHKR.'*  <k  CO.. 

NO.  1)0  Wall  a  I'.. 

btVH  COMMKRclAL  and  TRaVSLKHV  CRbOm 
AVAILABLE  in   a'l  PAkT.S  of  tbe  WORLIt. 


^^OOeOOOmortgage  on  New-York  ^ty  l&- 
proved  proDrrty.    Apply  to 

GKANT  BRcrniERA.  No.  2  Bxobange  court 


FIRE    INsiURANCB    litTOCiiS 

BOUGHT  AND  BOLD  BY 
E.  ti.  BaILEY.  Na  (i5  Wall  st 


mo  LOAM  on  nuNO  AND  MORT0AOB— ON 

X  City  and  Brooklyn  imprpved  property.     Addreaa 
^z  No.  6,434  Pose  ufie^. 


THE   ifp.TOWN  UFKICE  OF  (Ullt  TlAlKtl. 

Tbenn-town  ofBce  of  THB  TIV.JU  is  loeated  at 
No.  1.347  Broadway,  bet.  31st  a^d  82*  at*. 

Open  daily.  Sundays  included,  from  4  A-  M-  tb  0  P>  tf • 

Snbeeription*  received,  aodooi^Mpf  TUB  TILH93  for 

sale. 

ADVBBTISBHBNTa  RBORIVBD  UNTIL  9  P.  M. 


Fiitleat,  Dttddend,  ' 

CLINTON 

FIRE  INSURANCE  COatPAMY, 

NO.  166  BBOADWaT. 

Nbw-Yorb.  Jan.  4.  1877. 
The  panal  semi-annual  Oirldend  of  TEN  p^B  UBNT. 
i* payaSieon Ucmanl         G.  T.  PATTBB«>?i,  Jr.. 

Seoretatr- 


OffiO*  Of  tbb  Naw-Yoxg,  PBOvipKjrcg  Agp  l^osToir) 

IlAitJtoAn  CokPAirr,  (SruiriHOTOir  RAiMtOAb.)    V 

Nbw-Kobb,  Jria.  26. 1877.  S 

A  QUARTERLY  DIVIDEND  OF  TWO  AND 
oltB-HALF  PER  CK.MT.,ontofthe  eamlnga  of  the 
rt  three  months,  will  be  naid  at  tbe  oSoe  of  Meaers. 
Morgan's  Boos,  no.  39  WUiiam  at,  jiew-Xark.  on 
tbe lOtkdaT of  Febmarr. 
Tbe  transfer-books  will  be  oloaedjkora  the  Itt  to  tl^e 


10th,  botb  inclusive. 


F.  B:  NOYBS.  Secretary. 


CLETELAND  AND  FITT^BURG  KAIL. 
ROAD  COMPANY.— Office  of  Secretary  and  I'reaa- 
nier,  Cleveland,  Obio.  Feb.  3.  1877.— Tbe  ragnlar 
guMoteed  qbartei  ly  dividend  of  this  company,  qji  the 
Mteol  Seven  per  Cent,  pet  ahnnm  on  the  bew  aair. 
aitteedttpokt.  wiil  be  paid  pn  and  alter  the  1ft  Marph 
proximo,  at  tbe  otSoe  of  the  Farmer's  Loan  and  Trtut 
Comptuay,  No.  26  B^pbange  place.  New-fork. 

Tbe  transier-books  wiii  ofuse  entue  10th  inst.  and 
reopen  pn  tb.e  2d  March. 
T'-K-r  T  G.  A_  INGRRSOLL,  Secretary. 


Tan  ar  Nuiaox.As  natiohai.  babk  ov  tlaw-  Tobb,  } 
No.  7 Wallet    Nbw-Yobk,  Jau.  SO,  1877.     } 


dj: 


»u.     I    wf  «a*a  ■■•■       4-^*rr- AWMMj  v^us   UL/|   A.tjf  I .        f 

TIDBND.^A    SKai-^NNtfAL     piV&BND    OF 

'our  per 'Cent   ha*  been  deplared  by  the,  Direc- 

ton  of  inls  bank,  payable  on  and  after  the  12th  day 
^Febmary  next  Tbe  transfer  booM  wUl  be  closed 
tram  tbe  1st  to  18th  proxlma 

A.  PARKRUBST.  Cashier. 


Thb  Natiokal  Bavk  op  vbb  BBSvauo, ; 
Nbw-Yokk,  Jan.  31,  18  " 
DIYIDEND    OF  THEEi£   AND    A 


lUO,  I 
Nbw-Yokk,  Jan.  31.  18/7-     y 
A    DIYIDEND    OF  THEEi£   AND    A    HALF 

Afn  cant.,  flree  of  tax.  h<s  tliis  day  been  decla^d, 
payable  Feb.  8,  proximo,  tUl.wniob  dau  the  ttaoan't- 
faoQk*  ara  eiw^d.  H.  w.  Fo^).  Caahiet 


BLB0TION8. 


pirnCB  ov tbb  Cq:isoi.iOATiO!r  Coai,  Cobpaitt  of) 
Mabtijuid.  No.  71  BBOAOVAr,        > 
Saw-YpBK.  Feb.  2. 1877.  J 

TBE  ANNUAL  MEETI.VG  Olf  VtlB  8TO0K- 
boiders  of  this  company  ibr  the  electian  of  Prasi* 
dent  and  Directors,  and  trausaetion  of  other  busi- 
ness, will  beheld  at  iiooa  ua  WKDNESDAY,  tbe  21st 
inst  Tbe  trausfer-boo;c8  will  c}os»  at  2  o'clock  P.  M., 
Oa  the  lOtb  Inst,  and  reopen  on  tbe  23d  last 

u.  o.  Hicfta,  Bacyetary, 


3 IHE  ANN  UAL  ELECTION  FU&'/?H1H'PEIII^( 
.Dtraotersof  thebixtb  Ayenffe  Railrpad  Company 
11  be  held  at  the  Depot,  6tn  av.,  corner  of  43d  st,  on 
TQiiePAY,  Fflb-  18. 1877.  from  12  to  1  o'clock. 

h;  8.  MOORS,  fleoretarr. 


I^EOTIJI^ES. 


INT«KN4TIPN4I4 
LJbiCTUf(!pM, 

WBJOBBSOATjFefc  7— '-QiaBlera."  <■  ^ 


■GiMlera." 

ii  tlam,  d&irt       —-' 
•••Biaj.     " 


A.  T.  STEW 

■Ann  asonrkD  aai  wttAi  offfift  a 

litPIA  CASHMERE  SHAWLS, 

Of  BICiB  PArrBRIB  U« 

PBOULIAB  COMBIFATIOVB  Id  0OL<Ht^ 

BAvnre  bben  furchabbo 
Uofer 

VBBT  ad^vantaqboqb  <eiadir«UTAircBfi. 

They  wtilbe 
OFFBftBD  a«  paiCBS  MUCB  BBLOW 

THOSE  9BRBTOF0QE  FBBTAILnia 

For 

BIMU.AB  ^ALITZXS. 

Among  them 

WILL  be  r<imm  a  FEW  CAUBL1S  HAIR   SHAWLS, 

Fortl>« 

^vmm  Tiadei 

To  WBlfJB.  the  ATTENTION 
Of 
CON50USB.0BS  Is  INVITED. 

BBOADWAT,  4th  AV..  9th  and  10ttaST|ffiBT8. 


'tBLB  VPJtOWN 


mAM>ina  Ajs^  totxmti 


imt  OB  TELE  Tiinica. 


Tha  m>4nrwa  oAse  of  THV  TIMES  M  located  ga 
Wo.  1,M7  BroAdWftjr,  feet.  Slat  •ak  39t  fM. 

Open  daily,  SBudayB  iBOivicd,  ftpm  4  A.  kL  4o  B  P.  M. 
Ba^iaai^PitiqjBa  noadred. ffpd  .stiiHis  «t  TBB  «MBS  tat 

ADVtBTI8BK8B)ri  EROBIVEI)  UimL  9  P.  IL 


BBjrtI 


^OUVtA  AY.;jib.  SldS^— ObB^TBRFlBLD  HOUSE; 
X;  the  party 'MennMV  Abe  aecend  Roor  trid  Ka  tbeir 
aparunenta-rery  reatenahla  for  three  montba:  with 
AKWtthodtkoard;  apailor  and  ttedsoom  wtthMard, 
J.  P.  WQVLfftBtfj. 


.—NEAR 


fIJgaL  ffl  AND  9i  W^Mlf  asra.  HT.- 

JJ^  Madison    square,    ai^'gantly-faruiahed  rooms  oa 

iboona  a&dpatlor  floortptirate  table  If  re4    '    " 


pbMo    ,  .    .  . 

kosue,  tabia,  jtc,  ptiiatf r  H^aMas*. 


revisited; 


IKrO.  S3  IRVINO  FI< ACE,  TWO  DeOIW  FROal 
JLl  /Gra  merer  Park. -r Large,  pieaaant,  desirable  rooms 
oh  lonrfh  fioori   aisohau  room  biiBecona  floor;  with 


board;  jcefiet«moes. 


aum.  fti.  B.  HvntNEA,      ■"  ■■  ' 

V*.SWestS«thBt.. 
Hfa  mnall  cntte  tp  offer,  ^th  pr  withent  prirat*  ta^iile, 
an^  oiie  upper  room. 


o.  114  EA«T34t|l  bt.,  NEAp,  SlA^l^OH 

_  KQUARB.— A  hftoitsomeiy  ftarnished  room.  Irlth 
'hoard;  ell  conventenees;  table  Ai-st  eiass;  retereaaea 
given  and  required. 


0»*ff9m 


NO.  14A  W^T4ATa  «T.-PLBA6iNT  FROST 
room*  :   vacated  by  pajrtles  going  to  Bnrope ;   also 


"KTit.  33  WE»T  331*  sr.-BLBGAlW  MOOND 
i?l  floor  snlta,  fcont;  •oathem  jexpoaiue;  anperiar 
board ;  reaaonable  price. 


R.H,MACY&CO. 

8PBCIALTIB3. 

DEESS-MAKING. 

BLAC^  pUSSa  SILKS.    BOYS'  CLOTQI^O. 

UNLIKE  any  other  ettablithment  in  tne  aonntry. 
rOBBlGB  DMt  OOaoS,  FANCr.  GOODS,  and  NOVBL- 
TIEBbferjetyEUROPBAN  STEAMER. 

OBDB88  BV  MAIL  BBCBIVB  8PBCIAL  CARB. 
CATALOGUES  FREE. 

14Ta  ST.  AND  6TH  AVENUR.  N.  %. 


3A NgJtgPT  ^y OTTOES. 

ThIATMCT     COURT     OF     THE     UNlTbD 

JLFinate*  for  the  District  of  Mew-/ers«v.— lu  Bank- 
niptcy.— In  the  matter  of  .  <'UULST  A'^  BAUBR- 
WKIN.  apd  WILLIAM  SAUtlKWKI.V,  Ixinkrtipts.— 
Dtstnet  MHew-Jesay,  ka:— A  warrant  In  bankrapcey 
haa  ka^  latAed  bj  aatd  ooort  agatuat  the  eatate 
of  ChriatiaoSaaerweinuud  William  .sanrwein,  oi  the 
County  of  Essex,  and  State  of  .New-Jersey,  la  said  dis- 
trlet.  who  have  been  dulr  a  ijudged  bankrupts  upon  p«. 
titioa  of  their  creditor*,  aad  the  payment  of  any  debts 
and  thii  aellrery  of  aixy  property  belonging  to  said 
kanltrnats,  to  tnem  01  to  toeir  um>.  and  the  transfbr  ot 
any  ar<.petty  by  th^m,  arp  turbidd»n  bv  law.  a  liieet- 
ing  of  the  dreditors  of  said  banurnp'^s.  to  prove  tbeir 
Debts  and  ehooie  one  Or' more  Assignee*  of  tueir  es  ate. 
will  ha>eid  at  a  Court  uf  Bankruptcy  to  be  holdeo  at 
No.  663  Broad  street.  Newark,  in  said  district,  on 
the  20th  day  of  February,  A.  O.  1877,  at  11  o'clock 
A  k:,  attkaoOceot  btaat*^.  .\(orrls,  (i«^.,Quaor  the 
Registers  in  Bankruptcy  ot  sUd  l>istrict 

^  SAIUKL  PLUMMEB. 

UnUed  States  Marahal  lor  said  DUtrict, 

Per  JOHN  C.  BilLBY.  DepBtr. 


DIM'fRICT  t:OURT  OF  THB  UNITBII 
Btafostorthe  Dutribt  of  New-Jitraey.— In  Bank- 
titptoy.-lntha  raattar  of  JOiEPE  UBBrtTBlN.  baok- 
inpt.— District  or  New-Jersey,  ss.:— a  warrant  in  baua- 
raptey  ba*  been  issaed  by  sa  d  eonrt  against  tl  e  es- 
tate ot  Jooeph  Liebsteiii,  or  tbe  County  or  Essex,  and 
State  of  New-Jers<iT,  In  said  discrlut,  woo  hAs  been 
dtdy  a4!adg«d  bankropt  upon  tbe  petition  ot  bis  ered- 
iton,  and  the  payment  of  any  debts  and  the  delivery 
of  anv  ptoperty  belonging  to  S4id  oaukrQPt,  lo  him 
or  to  |4s  use.  and  the  transfer  of  any  property  by 
btm  ara  forbiddan  by  law.  A  meeting  of  the  creditors 
of  said  bankrupt,  to  prove  their  debts  and  choose  one 
or  nuwe  AssLrneas  oi  bif  e*t  tte,  will  bi  held  at  a 
Court  ut  Banfcnuite.v.  to  be  boiden  at  Newark,  in  said 
riistnet,  oh  the  xotb  day  oi  February,  A.  V.  1877,  at 
10  o'eToek  A.  H.,  at  the  offlee  of  (ttaats  S.  Morris,  hsq., 
oa*  of  tbe  Kegl^ters  la  Bankraptey  ol  aaid  dlstdct  No. 
MB  Broad atroet  aAMUEL  pLi;.>iMBH, 

Uaited  States  Marshal  lor  SMd  District, 
P(7^0BN  0.  BA^LRl,  Depnty. 


DUTRICT  COURT  OF  THB  UNITED 
ataie*  for  th*  i,ristnct  of  New-Jersey.-  i>  Bank- 
rnptcf .— In  the  matter  of  JOHN  WivRuBS,  bankrapt 
— uiacrtet  ef  New-Jersey  us.;— A  warrant  in  bankrupt- 
cy ba*  l>een  issued  by  aaiil  ooarfc  nf^alokt  tbe  estate  of 
John  Warder  or  ths  county  of  Umison,  and  Btaioof 
Bev^ersey,  in  said  district,  wbe  ba*  oeen  duly  ad- 
Jadged  ba^ikniot  upon  petition  uf  hUcrfdlt^ra,  and  tbe 
na^mtrnt  of  any  debts  and  the  delivery  of  any  properly 
beionglag  to  aald  bankrupt,  tp  bim.  or  to  his  use.  au4 
tj^e  (rMB^kr  of  any  property  by  huh,  are  fbrbldden  ay 
l»w.  A  meatlhg  br  toe  creditors  ot  Kti'l  bankrupt,  to 
prore'ibbir  di  bt*  and  choose  one  or  more  saslgnres  of 
hU  eAtate.  will  be  held  ac  a  Court  uf  Bankruptcy  to  be 
hjlden  at  Jersey  Citv,  lo  said  district,  on  tbe  2^lh  day 
of  February.  A.  D.  1877,  at  lo  o'clock,  A.  M.,  at  tb'n 
ofBce  of  rttaats  d.  Horns,  Kkqnlre,  one  uf  th->  Beglsters 
lu  Bankruptcy  of  said  elstriut,  So.  1  Montgomery  Bt. 
bAMUBI'  PLOitafiiK, 
United  state*  Ma'f aai  for  said  district 
Per  JOHN  C.  BAlLiiY.  Depntv. 


rrtHiii  IS  TO  QIYE  noticb-THat  on  thb 

Xoth  day  of  Fsbnury.  A.  D.  Is77.  a  warrant  m 
bankraptey  was  itsiud  agalaat  the  estate  ofnA^UKL 
H.  KlbOaBUBr.  KuWIN  B.  ABBOTT.  AiiKXANOBR 
BOLBCr,  and  JQHN  A-  KINO^BDRY,  ofNew-Vork,  in 
tke  Comuy  of  New-Turk,  and  ^>t*te  of  .Vew-Yurk,  rrbo 
Kara  been  adjudged  bankropts  on  ibeir  own  petition  : 
that  t}ie  payment  of  any  debts  and  Uellrery  of  any 
property  (moaning  to  such  btnkmpts,  to  them  or  lor 
tlMir  as«  or  the  use  of  either  of  them,  and  the  tranafer 
of  any  property  by  them  or  either  of  thnm,  ar*  furbld- 
dcB  by  laa  i  that  a  meeting  of  the  oreditors  of  tbe  said 
bankrupt*,  to  prov*  their  uebt*  and  to  choose  one  or 
B^ore  Assignea*  of  tb<dr  estate,  will  be  held  at  a  Cpnrt 
pr  Jimakfavtuj,  to  be  buUJea  at  .N'a  846  Br<>a<i««T,  in 
tba  City  or  aaw-Vork,  befpfe  John  FUob.  Register,  on 
tbe  iBtA  day  of  Febroary,  A.  D.  i877.  at  two  o'clock 
P.  M.  OLIVER  FlSKti.  United  Htates  Mar.hal, 

As  Messenaer,  Oou'heni  District  or  New-Yoiac. 


DlttTRICT     COURT     OF     THE     UNITED 
Bkktea  tai  the  foathsm   Matrfat  of  New-York-— (n 

ti^*  matter  of  EUQii  coFFBlt,  baokrapt -.^n  Bank- 

E'  >r.-— A  vajcraut  in  Bankrupioy  has  been, lsai)«d  by 
aanrtMratnsttka^esigMof  HagH  Cofcy.  of  tk* 
ty  of  ICew-rork.  of  the  otat*  ot  New-York,  in  said 
district,  adjudged  a  bankrunt  npon  the  petition  of  his 
oreUiturs,  and  the  payment  of  any  debts  and  tbe  de- 
UfffT  9/  »V  9f^9*^f  tMlongluc  (0  aatd  Df okrunt,  to 
bim  ot  to  his  use,  an4  thp  traosrer  of  any  property  by 
tifm  ake  furoiddea  by  law.  A  meeting  of  the  orAdltors 
pf  aaid  bankrupt  tu  prove  tb*lr  debt*  apd  cboAse  ope 
or  mbre  Asslgpeet  of  his  estate,  will  do  held  at  a  Court 
of  Baukraptay,  to  be  hoideb  at  No.  $22  Broadway,  in 
UieOty  of  New-Yor)c.  in  said  distnet.  on  the  l^tb  dav 
of  February.  A.  D.  1877,  at  twelve  o'clooic  M.,'at  the 
oSeaof  Isaae  Dayton,  Biq.,  oaeef  tha  Begiuer*  in 
Bankmptoy  9I  said  Court 

oLrvEft  FISKK,  Marshal— Messenger. 


Ifi  BA^IK.RUFTCY.— 1>^  TIjB  PIBTRICT  COURT 
of  UiO  unltM  Btates  t>t  iha  Bouthern  UisidQt 
of  Ne.w-rork.4i9  th«  matter  ot  JOHN  w.  <5opK 
and  CBARLB^  M.  F.^IRdABKS.  bankrupto.- No- 
tlcfe  Is  hereby  given  that  a  petition  iias  been  Bled 
lo  'sail  api^t  by  John  W.  cook,  in  said  district, 
ilnly  d«eiai«d  a  bankrupt  under  tbe  Act  of  (Tongrets 
of  March  2.  1807,  Ibr  a  diaoharge  and  caitiDcate 
ther*^  from  aU  hi*  dpbts,  ppd  other  claim*  provable 
nndar  aald  act,  apd  that  the  hfteentb  tlbtb)  day  ot 
FabrwrT StV.  St  1?  o'clock,^,  at  the  ofllbeof 
Jolj^^tph,  Reglater  in  Bankrtfpt<;y,  No  34$  Broad- 
way, fti  tb*  (  icy  of  New-York,  is  bssigned  for  the  hear- 
ing of  the  same.  When  and  whfete  au  ereditors  Irho 
haVe  proved  tbeir  debts,  and  other  person*  in  loMrett 
may  attend,  and  showeansa,  {l  any  tbey  hare,  why  the 
prayer  of  tba  said  patiUon  sbouUl  notbegrantwL 
—Dated  New-Vork,  pn  the  224  day  of  January.  J877. 
Ja24-law3wW«      GKO.  F.  BBWJ.  Clerk. 


T8 


ijBiM  iM  TO  GIVE  Notice- THAT  on  the 

^  4th  d^y  «f  ianwy,  a.  p.  1877,  •  vatfWit  )n  bank- 
rfiptey  was  Iskned  pgainit  the  estate  Of  ALBBaT 
B.1JALLUP,  of  the  Citv  and  County  of  New- York. 
an4  (itate  of  New-York,  who  bas  bean  adiudged  a 
DMlrrapt  oi)  his  own  petition ;  that  the  payment 
of  say  debts  and  dellTery  of  any  property  oe- 
losgtag  to  siieh  uaaknipt  to  him  pr  iqr  his  naD,  anU 
theiitfn^er or  aiir  ^perty  by  Rim,  are  torbidden  by 
lawi  thaka me4tiiig ortha oredlitora ofttta gald  bank- 
mPt  to  PFore  tbatr  dpbta  and  to  oboew  one  or  more 
Afcsignbe*  of  his  estate,  will  be  ncTd  at  a  Court  of 
Baaltmpke*,  to  behoidau  at  N*.  lli)2  Broadway,  to  tbe 
City  of  HcTr-York,  Room  No.  6,  baton  Isaac  D»Ttfln, 
Esq.,  RafUtar,  on  the  34  day  of  March.  A.  D.  J  877,  at 
two  o'clock  f!  M.  OLIVEH  FlSKri, 

United  Ktates  Marshal,  a*  Messenger,  Boatbem  Olsirlot 
0ffl«#-70A.    ■ 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  TBB  UNITED 
atates  m  tbe  Oistriot  of  New-Jersey.— 1q  tbe  matter 
Of    i(UttPLFEU9  B.    ORi  UTr. -bankrupt.— 'l'J9e   said 


bahlmpt  having  aw>u^4  to  tba  <'ourt  ipr  a  disc|iarge 

frpin  hi*  debt*,  by  order  of  the  coiirt  notloe  is  h,«rai»y 
glfantoaRi  creditors  who  hare  proved  tfieir  debts. 


'order  of  the  coiiri  notloe  is  berapr 
^„^r^   _,_,  tqr*  who  hare  proved  their  debts, 

btner  persons  in   interest,  to  appear  before  the 

said  conrt  at  the  8tate-l)ouse,  in  tlie  City  of  I'lentoo, 
in  said  LUtridt  on  tbe  twentieth  day  of  February,  A.  D. 
1877,M  10  o'clock  A.  11.,  and  Abow  cau**,  if  any  they 

laaiflawBwW* 


IN  THB  OIHTKiCT  COURT  OF  THB  UNITED 
States  Cut  tha  Boatham  Oismot of  NewrFoik.— In  Uie 
mattero*  JOHN  PFalFBR,  bankrupt.— In  Bankruptcy. 
-ToQtkern  iristrldt  or  Mew-York.  Is.:— a1  the  Cay  of 
NeV'Yuzk.  the  2ltd  day  of  Janoacy,  1877,  the  under- 
appointirent  *s  As- 
—  Jobn  Pfeifbr,  of 
,  »hj  wits,  on  the 
thlid  day  of  JannarV,  A.  D.  Iei77,  adju'lged  a  banK. 
rupt.  noon  bis  own  petition,  by  tbe  Otstriet  Conrt  of 
th*  United  S(atea  for  tbe  said  Bouihern  District  of 
4(ew-Yetk.  WILLIAM  T  iiABUBLE. 

f7-la"'9wW*  Aaslgpep.  No.  32'J  Brbi^dway. 


HeW'Xora.  loe  siiiu  u»t  ui  jaiuutcjr,  x< 
•igned  hereby  Aire  nptlce  of  bis  appc 
slgne*  of  thn  estat*  an^  eflbots  or  J 
the  Citv  of  tr-w-Xork,  in  said  district, 


TTtPflTBD     SPA'TES     DISTRICT     C«>UHT, 

U0O^tBeniI>uiilet  if  New- York.- In  Bankruptcy.— 
bduMietn  DtBttlet  pf  New-Tori:,  ss:  At  tbe  City  of 
Bew-l^k.  tke  fttta  day  of  January,  1877 — Th*  under- 


eigaeg  heraoy  gire*  notice  of  hia  appointment  a*  A  s- 
eigneo  of  HB»!Ry  »-  JONi<B,_fci)awn  a*  and  doiiM  busi- 
ness under  the  name  of  HBNRT  J.  BA  RGB  NT,  Of  the 


C\Sj  of  ^ew:f  ork.  lu  tha  Conntgr  and  atate  of  New- 
Tork,  «rttl)in  sgid  dlftapt,  who  aa*  been  acijndged  a 
bankrupt  noon  hi*  own  petition  nyjthe  uietrtet  Court 


iOHS  9.  PLAtT,  Aa*igae«, 
No.  40  Wall  street  >)ew-TQrk. 


•rrHismCf    Of   iN^W-JBR. 

tha  6ta  d»T  of  Febrtury,  A. 

id  aereby  dires  nottee  oriils 

.  _ekt  aa  aaaiA^  WBUOH  tfOLMBB.  oT BdllT 

ta  tka  QmUM  of  Baaax.  and  8t«4a  of  #sw^ai^y. 

•a(d£iwicl.irh*ba*  baaa  adlMaad  kAiikrapt 


iOB  kw  a*» 


V|Mbw««W 


-Kr'NBTERNTH     ST.,     NO.   338     WEST.-A 

11  large  ball  room  to  let,  with  board;  gat,  Are;  terms 
modetate. 


TW^O.  88  WEST  3 1ST  ST.— PLEASANT  ROOMS 
Xl  to  let,  with  board;  uAexpectodly  yaoated;  reter- 
ences. 


NU.  20    BAST    33  U  ST.— WITH    BOARD.    PAB- 
lor  and  bedroom,  Hm  fl30r:  parlor   ani  bedroom, 
third  floor ;  sunny  expuanre,  single  room*. 


PIF'^M  AY.,  NO.  6Vt  I  HANDSOME  BOOM  AND 
flrst-class  board  for  single   gentleman ;  ai*o  table 
board ;  reference  required. 


T^O.  118  fYE.ST  49  TH  «T — ^TO  LET  WITH 
X~  board,  single  and  double  rooms;  terms  moderate; 
feferenne. 


N 


0. 114  WBST33D  SI'.— A   PLBA.^A.sT  ROuM 
wit.ij  board ;  grate  fire ;  term*  miderate. 


»LBASANT  ROOMS.  WITH  BOARD  |  RKF- 
etence*.    No.  116  West  45tb  st 


N 


O.   ft    WEST   430    ST.-HANDBOMB    ROOMB 
wtb board;  refbreuee exchanged. 


N 


O.    4tf   WEST   32D    ST.— ELEGA.NTSBi  OND 
11  -or  of  three  rooms,  with  board;    terms  moderate. 


N 


O.  4SEAS'r  81ST  ST.— LARG2  THIRD- "-TORT 
back  room,  sunny  exnosure,  to  k-t  with  uoard. 


N 


O.  6  WE^'^T  16  rU  ST.— TURKU  LAkOE  ROOMB 
iolet,  withor  without  trnvrds  rt^terencns. 


N 


O.   10   EASI'    46  rU    ST.-RUOMa   TO   LIT, 
with  buard;  ref.-reocea  exchanged. 


OARD     IN     PRIVAXB     FAflllLY.-,-BOARD 

want«d.  in   a  strictly   private  tamily.    where    are 

np  ocoer  boarder*,  t<ir  g,eiui»m«o,  wi^e,  and  child  of 
6  yeara,  between  25tb  uhn  60th  sts.;  tne  mokt  satis- 
nistory  reference:  permanent  Address  one  week 
HmMB,  Box  ^o.  1^3  T.vMf  ufflce.  


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A       GENTLB.nAN     AND     WIFE    Wl»H    A 

.^large  room,  wltb  board ;  prirate  familr  prrfbrre.i ; 
term*  not  to  exceed  ¥80  per  month ;  give  location  of 
kense  and  room.    AddresA  L.  A.  J.,  I'ost  OiQce  B07  728. 


K(JK>«ISHHD  liOOM:S. 


AVOL'NO  I^ADY  mC-M^^O  IN  htUDi 
would  share  heir  room  #ith  1  lOy  of  similar  taste  ; 
reie  euoes  exooanged.  Ad4ie<)*  BTUjB..'«T.  No.  65  Wear 
'Mtbi  st 


i^iJ.fH  tt^'ESTSilSV  ST.— FORNIBUKOBEt^OND 
1^  Soof,  two  ruomii.  with  prirate  baths  and  closetx. 
to  gentlemen,  without  meals ;  bouse  llrst  ola.s  and 
private. 


HANDr^OnBLY  FU|lNl!'«aED  ROO.ns  TO 
let,  without  board,  to  gentlei 
exvh.tnged.    No. !;  1  West  V!3d  st 


Ller,  without  board,  to  gentlemen  Only ;  references 


N 


O.  38  WBST  e  i'U  .•« r.— A  DiSBlRABLii  ROOM 
to  let  to  one  or  two  gentlemen,  wittiont  buard. 


JHOTELS^ 

THE  ROYAL  VicrUKf  A  HOTEL. 

BABIfAU.  BAdAdA  IJLAi.'iOi. 
For  fall  information  apply  to 

JAMiiS  LIUQBRWOOD  k.  00., 

No.  753  Broad Wty.  .^ew-York. 


mOTO^ALS^ 

TO   QUARKYiMEN  AND    (;iRANITE    DEAL- 
ERS. 

PBOPOs.'^Ls  you  cur  stoke. 

Omcs  or  LiegT-Bousa  i:.ifOiBBBB, 


IB  LiegT-aOUSa   l:.If01BBBB,  ) 
IHIKP  DlSTBlCT.  ? 

m,  .V  v.,  Ja  ..  13, 1877.     ) 


TOKPKIKSTIUK, 

Proposals  aie  suiicited.  and  will  be  receivi-d  until 
no.in  of  Keo.  2ti,  .H77,  for  luriilabliii;  the  cut  aioae 
tOr  the  dwelling  and  tower  for  Stratf  jrd  Xboals  .jigbt- 
house.  Lung  isLud  Bound,  NeW'Yurk. 

1  be  Sbune  (grauiie)  is  to  be  cut  >.ccord)ng  to  plans 
and  specificatlous.  wbicb.  with  any  t  tliec  lufurmatioa 
desired  coucerning  tlie  wo^.^,  will  ue  fiirnisbed  to  bid- 
ders Upon  applicaiion  to  the  imdersigued. 

'Thi;  prupunais  will  slate  tbe  luuip  earn  for  wbicb  the 
stone  reqaiifd  yriil  be  delivered  at  the  h  ruor  or 
Bridgeport,  Uoun.  Tbe  stones  are  all  to  u«  deiivere*!, 
cut  anl  dres.ed,  ready  tor  oettiug.  Tbe  labor  ol  erect- 
ing me  structure  will  be  done  by  the  Uuiten  btatcs, 
and  should  uoc  ue  Liclnded  m  tne  pruposa's- 

Tbe  stuue*  are  to  be  delivered  in  parcels,  according 
to  sisa»,  and  the  i^rder  In  wbicb  rhey  wi.i  be  required 
for  use,  commencing  the  deliver/  not  later  than  ibe 
flrsi  or  May,  .877,  and  the  entire  lot  to  be  delivered 
within  one  month  thifrearter. 

Pruposa's  will  be  in  dnpilcate,  jwith  two  sureties  in 
aa  amount  eqo.J  to  tne  bid  attached  to  each,  indorsed 
by  so  i.e  ( modr  of  the  (iovernment  known  to  tbe 
Treasury  Department 

TUer  will  be  seal*  I  and  Indoraed  "  Proposals  for 
cut  stone  tor  the  (>trAtford  Shual*  Light-bouse,"  and 
addressed  to  the  nndersiuned.  wbu  referres  tu»  right 
to  teleut  any  bid  far  prooitr  canse- 

L  C.  WOODRUFF, 
Colonel  of  Engineers,  United  btates  Army, 
Bugiaeer  Tliird  Li»ht-^ousa  Oistriot 
Poet  Ofllce  Box  No.  4,032,  .^ew-York  Cit^. 


BOARD  Otf  |i:OLCA'riOi>. 

fiesled  proposal*  will  be  leceiv-d  by  the  Board  pf 
Bchool  Trustees  ot  toe  Nineteen  th  tVard,  ai  the  hail 
OftUe  Board  of  l^pcation,  uorm-r  of  Gr^nd  and  Kim 
Bt*..  until  rUE^DAY.  Fpb.  13,  lo77.  and  until  4  o'clock 
P.  M.,  01  said  day.  for  famishing  sUoiug  doors,  &&,  in 
uraminar  t^cheiti  bouse  No.  18,  un  Bast  61  st  at,  near 
Lexington  av. 

Plans  and  specideatioas  BMy  be  seen  at  tbe  pSoe  of 
theSupeilntendent  vf  oohool  Bolldiogs,  No.  146  Grand 
at.  tbL'd  floor. 

'1  Fo  re^pansible  and  apprpred  soretie*,  resldects  of 

this  City,  viii  bereqou-«l  rrnm  the  suoceBsfuI  bidder. 

The  party  finbtuitting  a  proposal    and  the   parties 

proposing  to  ])ebome  siureties.  mn^t  each  write  his 

hkine  aba  place  oif  r^sideooe  oa  aaid  propotaL 

The  Trustees  reserve  the  right  to  r^ect  any  or  all 
of  tbe  proposals  sobmitted. 

J.  O.  ALSTON. 
F.  T.  UOt'KlNS. 
K.  H.  POm^ROV. 
M.  TtlALMB:<biNORB, 
JOHN  U  DONNBt.LT, 
Board  of  School  Trustees,  Ni»ieteenth  Ward. 
DatedllKW-YOKX,  Jan.  31,  187<}. 


Tap  TapsrsBs  or  v^K  Nsw-Tobk  ^bp  li&ookj;,^ n  } 
.Bitipdii,  Orf  icB  No.  iiil  »  ATsa  ST  ,        > 
Bbcow.1*.  f^b.  ii.  1877.) 
XILANS  AND  ESTIMATE'^  >V1LL   BE   AlE- 
jTCtilVKI)   by  the  Trusteed  of  tbe   Nbw-York   and 
lirooklyn   Bridge,  at  tbeir  oAoe.  No.  21   Water   st . 
Brooklyn,  until  Feb-  16.  lor  two  apiral  stairways  of 
iron,  to  extend  from  the  docks  to  tbe  roadways  of  the 
New-Yorgand  Brouklyn  towers:  heiguts.  about  1^0 
feet 

Plana  of  t}ia  tpwer^  can  ba  feen  at  the  Engineer's 
OlBce. 
Alsq.  estimates  pre  reqnestced  from  bmldrrs  fpr  re- 

tu'ctng  the  roots  ot  seVenl  bilildin;is  on  the  line  Of  the 
ast  River  Bridge  in  outtf  cities,  and  faruisliing  fire- 
proof rooi^  For  particulars  apply  to  F.  Coilluewood, 
at  his  office,  comer  Cherry  and  Dover  sts.,  ftewrYork, 
and  at  this  otBce. 

Vl.  A.  B0E]|>L1NG,  Chief  Rpglneer. 


S8lGNEE»S"sALB   IN    BANKRUPTCY.— 

4.  U.  NiCOLaY  a  UO.,'anctloue«rs,  will'  sell  at 
auction,  at  their  uSoe,  No.  43  Pine  street,  in  the  City 
of  New-York,  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  21st  day  uf  Feb- 
ruary, 11477,  at  12  o'clock,  noon,  the  outs' an41og  and 
nucoliected  debts  dne  tan  esUte  of  j.  M.  aTwA'TBR 
A  BRoTUBit,  bankrupt*,  aiqouutiog  in  the  aggregtite 
to  sl|.OoO  and  upvrard;  sfso,  o«rtaln  personal  prpp. 
erty  and  effects,  consisting  of  a  ^afe.  scales,  2  hand 
trupkf,  0  Qffiee  desk*,  letter  press,  lounge,  fS  chairs, 
i>bacrelaorruegar.  34  empty  barrels,  ana  one  lot  of 
damaged  bn>om-nandlaa  Said  peraonal  property  can 
be  sOen  and  examined  at  the  store,  No.  304  (Sraenwioh 
sirfcet,  New-York  City.  For  fiirther  particulars  apply 
HBNRY  is.  CUA^IULEK,  Aaaiguee. 

NQ.  261,  BtoadyA.T,  fJew-Torif  City. 


5S53Sfe::^*.r 


;.... .«&  BHEREDAir.  BROOK 

■    -,'        ,  .mr. 


A.K.fAIi4Ut& 


^^^«|»^^A»iWW*^i>f/^<e»«»Ae<w« 


to 


'  ~J.  p.  'TBAvaB,  Anotmneer. 

B\  VIRTUE  DF  TWO  CHATTEL  MOBT- 
UAGlsS  I  wiU  sell,  this  7tb  day  of  February,  1877, 
at  11  o'ciook  A.  M..  10  tbe  basement  of  premises  on  tne 
soutn-wast eoruer  at  4tb  st  and  Broadway,  Mew- York 
Dity.pounters,  fixture*,  chair*,  fco.,  described  ineai(| 
mortgages. 

CHARLES  E.  LANSING,  Attorney  for  Mortgagees. 


IGE-OTiEAM, 


HORTOIif'4    ICE-CRBAJM. 

Made  fhmi  PURE  ORANGE  COUNTY  CREAM,  appre- 
elateil  for  Its  purity,  richness,  and  certainty  of  being 
delivered  in  good  order. 

Charlotte  Uiuiai»   and  Jelly,    dellcioiu    aii4 
ctaeap. 
^o^.  305  4th  ar.,  1,264  Broadway,  and  75  Chatham  st 


USSELL'S     ICE      CREA-11.-TWB2^XY-FiVi< 
cents  piir  quart  to  chnrcbes  and  large  paries  j  Char. 

lotta  Rusae.  lu  boxas,  to  carry  kome;  fresh  twioe  a  4a.r. 

No.  12  Bible  Honisa- 


F 


_BAg5BUJT^J2Efi5§!__ 

UNITED  BTATES IBISTRICT  COURT  FOR 
tbe  Southern  District  of  New-vork-— in  th*  matter 
of  RUFOB  Smith,  bankrupt.— In  Bankruptcy.— .>bttce 
lahervby  gireotttat  a  petition  ka*  been  diitd  in  tt^A 
CO^rt  by  Bnfus  Smith,  In  asi^  diatripi,  dqiv  dedprea  a 
bahlcmpt  nnder  the  act  of  Congress  of  March  2, 18^, 
apd  acta  amendatory  tnereoiL  mr,  a  nisoharga  and 
tifloato  tbefoor  from  all  "     "  '      " 

prarabie  imder  (aid  adt; 


hla  debt*  aa4  dfber  eliUms 
linad  th^t  tk4  liTtk  da;i^  of 


yAuviBusv    UBAiw^    ««iiA    «vv|     wkAu     waajpw    «>aa« 

Fobntary,  1877.  at  12  a'clock  M..  at  tka  a%e  pf  jfthii 
pi^b.  »so.,  Bejgster  in  Bsnta^PWi  »9^««  BrqailT 
way,  lb  tfie  City  tfRe'ir-Tork,  la  asalgnM  tor  the  hear, 
tnf  of  tke  aaiae.  arbgn  ani  Whovo  au 
kara  pwTpd  thew  diAfa  «l»4  ?i?>P?  Pfa-w- 
laay  sUiena  and  idiow  eanse.  if  an.r  tAer  w 


^__„  AN  BNORIC0U8 

AVm  b*  glren  every  night  and  vt^A  latardar  •tr^1f"f' 
« .  — .™J***lfBrtfcer aotlea. -Wi*  Us 
MAOBmCBNT  BOBBERY  AND  GREAT  CAST, 
melnding  the  fbilowiag  favorite  names: 

Heiwra  G.  B.  1  kociie,  Jr..  Jaue*  O'HaiU.  W.  B.  FIoy«, 
I.  a  Btoddart,  John  ParaeUe,  H.  W.  Moatgomenr,  B.  F. 
DoJif,  WT H.  'mfdar.  John  MaUbaws,  Lraanner  Tkumb- 
•«m,  and  a.  Ramsay,  and  Misses  Katkarlae  Bosget*. 
Fannr  Mocant.  Sara  Jewatt,  Id*  Vomon,  Mrs.  Mute 
WilkiflB.  Upn.  Farrbn,  Miss  LUUan  Clbrea,  ahfl  £». 
Beymonr. 

SATURDAY.  FoU   10, 

First  jnatttaM  of 
TBB  BANICflSFFB. 


ITIHE  PEST  KE<«BJEtYBD  SEATS  AFD  BOXSS 
X  tpt  tna  C^sxa,  ail  Theatrea,  Concerts,  and  Ball*. 
tx%  dkya  in  adrance,  at  TTe>ON^B  llcket  OJBce,  Wind*or 
Hotel 


CBICILSIUNU  BALL*    TO-NiQUt.        ABBOXT. 
THIB  WEDNBBOAY  EVENING.  Feb.  7,  at  8. 
IXde  Vlro  ha*  tbe  nonor  to  annon-ipe  the 
D^BUT'   OF  MISS  EMMA 

ABBOTT, 

Aaal*te4by 

BBIONIHiI.    FCSRANTI.    CA8B.    PRATT,    and 

OEANS  O&0HB8TRA, 

Under  direction  of. MAX  KARBTIKK 

FRIDAY,  Tab.  9— Second  ABBOTT  CONCERT. 

SATURDAY.  Feb.  10-<>nlr  aBUOTT  >4ATINKB. 

Ticket*  at  the  Box  Office,  Cbickerii.g  Hail:  Boha. 
beith'*,  Np.  ^3  Union  aquare,  and  Jbailmann's,  Ao.  Ill 
Broadway. 

N.  B.— I-irst  concert  BENEFIT  of  Uie  Cbapin  Home. 

Cbickering  pianos  used  at  all  Abbotf  9  concerts. 

GER'UAN  LIBOli£KKRANZ. 

■   AT  THB  ACADRUY  OF  MUSHX 
GRAND  MAnQUBRADE   BALL, 
TMURBDAY.  FaB.  8.  1877. 

Tickets,  at  the  uanal  prise  aad  under  the  nsnal 
reatnction*.  can  be  had  fro  n  tbe  following  gentlemen: 

wuiiam  Bteinway,  Steliiway  Hall 

Emll  Unger,  No.  60  Park  place. 

Herman  UhL  New-York  ^taats-BMiHig. 

Big.  Kantman,  Ho.  S!«  Nassau  st 

L.  Kaemmercr.  No.  108  Grand  at 

W.  Rasfflu*,  Na  49  Bxcliange  piaoob 

H.  < .  F.  Kocb.  comer  ?0th  st  and  6th  ar. 

J.  Windmuiler,  German  Ba'^ngs  Bank,  l4tb  ft 

L.  A.  Gra>a>  1*0.  136  Chnmbers  st' 

Peter  Ernenwein,  No  14^  Maspau  st 

Boxes  and  tickets  sold  by  C.  Godfiey  Oimther,  Ifo.  26 
Union  square,  and  Schmidt  A  Curtia^,  No.  8A  Broad  st. 

SAt*L£  THEATRE.       BROAOWaY  AND  330  ST. 
TUK  AIMSB    OPKKA  SEASON. 
A  GREAT  bUO    KSS.    THE  -NEW  OPERA. 
FlRdT  PRODDCTION  OF  LA  PhTIT-i  MARIBB. 
To-night  and  every  ni^bt  thi*  week. 
First  production  of  tlie  last  koropean  Musical  Sen- 
sation, Leoocq'a  most  reoeoLly  succesjfDl  work 
LA  PETITE  MA  ilfai.. 

MUe.  AIMBE  (flrat  time  her:^)  aa eBAZTRIL.C 

Grand  Chorus,  and  a  geat  east  The  whole  pro- 
duced with  entirely  new  tceoery,  rich  andgorgeons 
costumes,  appropriate  accessories,  aad  an  eclipaing 
splendor  of  mue  en  ecane. 

SATUKDAf  nt  1:30.    GRAND  GALA  MATINEE. 
Matliiee  a  imlssion,  6O0.    Reserved  aCats,  6. i&  extra. 

NEW  BROAD  WAV  'r»|B.A  PRE. 

Broadway  and  30ih  st 
MATINEE  -fblS  DAY  AT  2.    EV.vNINQ  AT  8. 
GRAND  b0<:CEB3  OF 
MARTON. 
Tbe  play  presented  last  evening  at  the  NEW  BROAT>- 
WAY    iHBAl'BB   is    autmed     MAtT^N,    LA    JuLlB 
BOQUETIb.RE.    It  a  play  affurds  legitimate  amusement 
Tor  tbe  patr.tii*  of  a  notise,  it  is  all  tuat  Is  needed.    Evi- 
dently,'  UAR  I'ON  did   afturd   much   amnsem  nt    last 
Bveniog.    Miss  Leightoo  playe^  Marton  with  a  good 
deal  of  sptrlt  —  WerdW. 

f«.;^«..«y^KlRALFY  faR  )TaER3.^A»w'^««^^^ 
NlBli    'S.^Leseees  and  Jtanagers.^  MULl»>S.i 

AROUND  TAB  WORLD 
AROUND  THE  WORLD 


In  80  day*. 


Tniblo^T 


THE  GRAND  BALLET 


By  160  Donsenses. 
SeatasecUTcd  in  advance. 


in  80  day*. 


NIBLO'S. 


SAN  Ftt.A.\CISCO  JllNsTUbLS. 

?he    "REWARD  OF  MERIl-"— SUOcass.!      Opera 
he  new  Opera  BouJEfe.  Muaicbv  Offenbach!      House. 
THri  HAPf  £  MOK  •.,  an<l  a  1  Broadway. 

GORGEOUS  JAPANESE  iduR.^MIO  Scene. land  2»th  st 
MrtTiNEE  SATDRDAt  AT  2.     Seats  secured. 

TBBI'H  AN.nUAL  BXMIBl'nON  OF  THB^ 

AMERICAN  SOCIKPY     OF    PAINTERS    IN 

WATER-COLORS, 

now  open  at  tbe  National  Ac^lemy  of  Design,  comer  of 
4th  av.  and  23d  st,  daily,  (Sundays  excepted,)  from  0 
A.  H.  until  6    '.  Ht...  and  trom  7  until  10  P.  U. 

GRAND  CONCEttT. 

for  tbe  tmneflt  of  the 

ITAliIAN  PRO  IB  Tan  r  tPI  .I'OPAL  CHURCB, 

at  bTEiMWAY  BALL, 

WEPNESDaT,  Feb.  v,  1877,  at  8  o'ciook  P.  M. 

Single  tickets.  $1.    Ho  reserved  sent*. 


DRISAMINU  lUliANTUK. 

.'•THE  CkNIBNMAL  BUITBR  HEAD.' 

BK£T  TO  NEW-IORK  AQU4RIDM. 

ADMISSION  26  Cii.vT.i. 

FOR    A     FKW    DAYS    ONLY. 

DR.  CHARLES  E.  LOUO. 

"TBB  BUGUENOT.H  IN  iH  '■  OLD  AND  NEW  WORLD," 

THURSDAY  *t  8  P.  M.. 

OEARLIER  CHAPEL.  No.  107  West  68tk  st. 

— — — ^Mi^^^"^^— ^^^'^^ ^^^^— "i— ^— a 

FINE  A^TS. 

NOW  ON  EXHIBITION   AT  THB 

8CHE.VCK  ART  GALLEBY, 
Na  00  Liberty  st 
An  important  colleotionof  High  Class  AMERICAJT 
AJfD  FOREIGN  OILPAINriNGS,  aereral  of  watch  are 
from  tha  loat  Pari*  Salon  Exhibition  in  Pad*,  and  the 
American  direct  irom  the  stulios  of  oar  best  artists. 
to  be  sold  at  anetipp, 

,  OB  THURSDAY  AND  FRIDAY.  FEB.  8  AND  9. 
at  12  o'clock  aacb  day. 

EDWARD  BCBENCK.  Auctioneer. 


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A^T.  • 

NOW  ON  BXHIBJTIQN,  FREE,    DAY    AND  EVENING. 
AT  MI.VER'S  ART  OALLeBIKS,  fiO.  846  BROADWAY. 

-  EXElUiOR'S  BALE 
Of  the  ralnablo  coiiectipi)  of  important  plpinro*  (n  oU 
and  water  colors  uf  the  lale 

J.  P.  BEAUMO-NT.  Esq.,  deceased, 

Bmbracing  many  very  fine  examples  of  dlstingnlshed 
and  tavorite  artiats  ot  America  and  bi^Tope. 

Included  in  tbe  coUeo.lon  is  an  original  oortralt  of 
W.it<ilINGTON,  BY  GILdBRl'  B 1  UARl', 
Originally  in   tbe  possession  of  the   father  pf   Gen. 
Meade,  and  of  UNDOUBTED  ABTHKNl  ICiry. 

The  aalB  of  tbe  oil  paiotln'r*  wiii  take  place  TDB:)- 
DAt  and  WEDNESDAY  EVENI.^  OS,  13th  bUd  14th 
inst,  and  tbe  vat^r-colors  TUUKSDat  EVENING, 
I6th  ipst.  U.  O.  .UlNER,  Auctioueer. 


^"^"^"'"^'^SSOLUTION. 

The  firm  of  JAu'es  L.  SHARP  k  CO.  is  this  day  dis- 
solved by  limltatipa  apd  umtual  cunseat.  hither  party 
Is  autburiaed  to  sign  in  liquidatio.i.  Fnends  are  earn- 
esUy  requested  to  settle  accounts  as  apeeally  as  possi- 
ble. 

Mr.  SHARP  has  removed  to  Na.78  Beekman  ■(., 
where,  with  greater  &cilities,  ha  will  continue  the 
raanpfopture  Df  Gas  and  Oil  Stores.  Wblia  th.inkiug 
yo)i  lor  yottr  kind  pqtruuage  in  the  papt  and  so.loltluK 
your  favors' lu  tne  future. 

We  remain  rpapectiully  yours, 

Gilbert  «.  wood. 

JABilha    U  BHABP, 
Np.  198  6th  ar.,  Npw-York,  Feb.  1.  1877. 


LEG  A  L  y  OTICES. 

SUPteBiYIB  CilUk'i'.  COUNTY  0/  QUEENS.— 
RICHARD'  POWELL,  plaiiitifi.  against  jANB  E. 
i-OWLIS,  Scaeoa  A.  Bwalm  aad  Jennije  A.  Swalm  bis 
wife.  Leo  C.  Deasarand  Mistress  Leo  c.  Dessar  bii 
wife,  Simpn  U.  Kbrrtch  ana  Mistress  Simon  M.  ii.brlicb 
his  wife,  I'atripk  Hade  and  Mi*tress  Patrick  iladp  hts 
Tri.p,  Richard  P.  Me^siter  and  Mistress  Richard  P. 
Ues^iiter  his  Wife.  Abrabain  Cohen  and  Misiress  Abra- 
ham Cohen  his  wife,  deleudants. — Summons  for 
relief.— Com.  not  served.— To  tbe  defendants  abore 
named  and  each  of  them:  You  are  hereby  snm- 
monedand  required  to  answer  th"  complaint  m  tins 
action,  wniota  will  be  4led  in  tbe  offloe  ot  tbe  derk  of 
the  Oonnty  of  flueep*.  at  the  village  of  Jamaica  in  tbe 
•aid  C^utiy,  and  to  a^'^^  ^  <^P^  <>'  ^'^^^  answer 
to  the  said  complaint  on  tb^  siibscriber,  at 
bis  office.  No.  4o  Conrt  Btreet.  in  the  City 
of  Brouklyn,  Connty  of  Kings,  vrithin  twemr 
days  after'tbe  •arrice  of  thi*  atupmont  oa  ;oa.  exclu- 
«1re  of  tbe  day  pf  auch  pecvice  ;  aud  If  you  fall  to  an- 
swf'r  the'sald  Cumplisint  within  tbe  time  aloiesaid,  ibe 
pi  aintifi^  in  tbia  action  wiHappl.^  to  the  conrt  furtive 
relief  demanded  in  the  comulaiot.— Dated.  Brooklyn, 
iKMSemoer,  13,  187B.  JOHN  U.  KNABBr.L, 

piaintifl's  Attorney. 
The  agid  complaint  was  duly  filed  lu  tbe  office  of  the 
Clerk  of  the  County  of  Queen*,  at  tbe  viliage  of  Jamai- 
ca, in  tbe  said  county,  and  atate  of  New-YHrk.  on  the 


mbd,^Jat^^r,aS77, 


Ja24-lawewW* 


KNABBBL,  PlalntlfTs  Attorney. 


ASI>IGN£E»H  NOTICB.-N0TI0E  IS  HEREBY 
given  that  GEORGS  HATHA  W AY,  of  Ocean  town, 
snip,  Monmonth  Coubty,  New-Jersey,  hath  tais  day 
made  an  assignment  to  the  suusonber  for  the  equal 
bcneflt  of  his  are4>tors,  i)nd  that  said  creditors  naist 
present  their  d^ims  under  oath  <or  afllrmat'ipn*'to 
Ibe  subscriber -prlthin  three  moiithe  from  ((ate  npr'ent. 
or  be  forever  barred  from  coming  in  fux  a  dividend  of 
his  estate-Dated  January 'J9,  1877. 

UBNRY  B.  SHERMAN.  Assignee, 
17-law3wW*  Long  Branob,  N,  J. 


lajOTiCE  liF  ASSIGN'jiiBM'r.--Notica  Is  hwebr 
X\  given  tnst  JOHN  A.  OLARt£.  Of  North  Pluindeld. 
County  of  Somerset,  ritate  of  New-Jersey,  hath  tbis 
day  made  an  assignment  to  the  anbaoriber  of  bis  u> 
tate  fur  the  eqoai  benefit  of  tiis  creditors,  aid  that 
said  creditors  intut  exhibit  tbeir  reapectire  claims, 
imder  oath  01  afttcmatto::,  witbia  tba  totip  of  tbreti 

Jyusn^va,  J»n.  aO,  j^l.  ja3l-law3<rW* 


NO  ties   OF   ASSItiMiltBNT.n-TAXB  MOfl  B 
thathy  rlrtnaiSa^"  "■ '' 

OP  the  flrat  IM  Of  F».l 


tbaawfttprta^J 


not  ke  gtant«4<-'^ 
qBg  BL  BBCTLI^at . 


i»  »»4a|o  me 


c^.a^wa^'M^yrOr^  ^^ 

9wBaa  foiBtk  Evdaoa  Cooatx,  Jl.  ji.. 


WAXitjAeM*8. 

WBCK  bSoib^fbr  la 

WEDVBBDAt  ABO  TBURSDAt   hTBknrOB 
'  irin  be  preaeated  the  cbarming  coaiadiatte  eatUIaC 
A  MOANIiHO  GALL*  - 

Bir  Bdward  Ardent Rs.  L<>atar  Waltaak 

Mn.  ChUilncton i Jfi**  Adabyaa 

WiQi  Bndkstone'a  popular  f hree-aot  eomedy  eg 

Mk  BAMUBL  COBDLB. Mr.  JOHN  QILBBBT 

Mr*.  BAMUBL  OODDLE. Jtme.  POJUit 

Mr.  UONBL  LTNZ Mr.  B.  ABNOTf 

Mxa  LIpNBL  LY^X Ria*  BOSS  WOOO 

Mr.  FrrOUNGHUSBABO Mr.  0.  A.  BTBVeNSuV 

Mra.  F.  YoUNaHUBBAllO. MtaaKAK  BARrLBrr 

Mr.  HENRi  BOVB. Hr.  HABBT  BACK.itI 

Mr*.  HBNBT  dove MlMl  EFFIE  OI^RBaSr 

-Mr.  GEORaK  IM8MAL Mr.  J.  W.  SHANBOB 

Mrs.  GEORGE  DISMAL ..Mr*.  JO<iB  BoFTOX 

FBIOAT  BVkFING,  LABT  VVisn  OF 

ALL  FOR  HER. 

SATURDAY  EVENING  AN»  SATURDAY  KATXHB^ 

A  MOtUllNG  CALL 

marb/ed  life. 

KOVDAT,  pcodnodon  of  O'Keefe'*  ipecAt  flT»aa>  oaat 

adyof 
.- WILD  OATg. ^ 

BOOTH'S  THBATRB.  ANOTHBB  TRlUEP^'^ 

"FIFTH  AYENVB." 

OEORGB  FAWCETT  ROWE'S  GREAT  PZiAX 

AppaaraBC*  of  tbe  poonlar  aetor,  MB. 

GEOmtB    KXQWOLD. 

*»*  The  play  abounds  with  lllostTatioas  of  tha  naou 

UarpkiMei,  thrilling  Incidenu.  and  aensatloaal  oeesfi 

xoBoe*  of  UFB  IN  THB  GROAT  MBT&OPOUS  «a  1| 

iru  in  1868. 

ACTL 
Pictures  the  BIKKIBG  OF  AN  'XTBAN   BTBAITBR  oa 
the  banks  ot  Newfoundland.    BzelUng  alBirts  to  rasooo 
the  passenger*.    1862. 

ACTIL 
Picture*  SCENES  IN  WALL  STREET,    itatny  meattac 
of  stockboldc*.     1863. . 

ACT  m. 
notnrea  the  LAUNCHI  ng  OF  THE  MONITOB. 

ACT  IV. 

Plotnres  Fifth  arenne  by  nirht.  and  the  MURDSR  OM 
M&  8CHUXLBB.  the  banker.    A  tbrUUng  eoene.    X86S. 

A'.T  V. 
Pictures  the  return  of  tbe  gallant  8EVBNTH  BBCUs 
Mbjrr  and  tbeir  conflict  with  the 

RIOTERS    OF    1883. 


1868,;, 


DALY'S  FlKTH  AY.ENCii   THEATRE. 


BVEBT  NIGHT  AT  8. 


TBRMXITATUra  AT  lOtSOn 


TBB  GBEAT  C4IIHBDT  OF  1877. 

LEMbNS. 


FAWNT  DAVENPORT,  Mra.  Gilbert.  Emilr  Rlgl,  Brd- 
ner  Cowell,  Jobn  Brougham.  James  L#wii,  Henry  Crispy 
F.  Hardeuberg,  and  CHARlKS  cOGdLAN. 

••LEMONS"  matinee"  SATURDAY  AT  3. 


ACADB.nY  OF  MUSIC.                             KBLLOGOU 
MEL  C.  D.  HESS Dlrectotif 

WEDNESDAY  BVB.V1NO.  FEB.  7. 

La*t  P»  rtormauce  in  New-Yo  k,  by  th*     ^ 

KELLOQO    GaAXD  iiSGijtjH    OPEiA  COMPAST, 

of  Richard  Wagucr's  great  work,  tbe 

FLYING   DDl'crflUAiH. 

HiB*  CLARA  LOUISE  KSLLOGG, 

Sfeesrs.    MAAS.      CONLY,    TURNKR,    and    WTLLIAIC 

CARLETOh  In  tbe  east,  bupported  by 

GUAND    CHORUS     AND     UROdKSTRA. 

MB.  8.  BBBRBNS Conductor  and  Musloal  Direotoft 

FBIUAT-BENBPIT  OF  KELLOGO-MIGNQN. 
LAST  MA'nNEB,  SATURDAY— fAOST. 
Seonre  seats  at  Nos.  701  and  111  Broadway,  and  at 
the  Academy. 

MONDAi  NEXT— NEWARK. 

WEDNESDAY— BROOKLYN. 


PARK.  THEATRE.  OUR  BOAROUiCr-fiOUSB, 

BROADWAY  AND  22 D  .ST. 

BENRY  E.  ABBifY. Lessee  and  Manages 

A^iSCliBa  SUC<  KS8. 

CROWDED  HOU0K9  M^HTLV  DRLIGUTBO 

With  Leonard  Grover's  American  com<>dy  in  loor  aoc% 

"ODK  BOAKi)l:>Q-aO0'SS." 

"ODR  b'JARDING-HODSK." 

"OUa  BOARDI.SG-rlOOSB." 

"ODtl  BOARDING-HOOSE." 

•'OUR  HOARD!  N(}-HO03ii." 

"OUit  BOARDl.N'G-HOU8i-_" 

A    POPDLARLY     APPtuVtU     CDMBINATIOW    CAST. 

SBCWRB    lOUR    8E\TS    IN    AUVA.NCE  — Rea^rvad 

aeets  in  balcony,  50  cen'-s;  in  dreis  circle,  $1 ;  la  oi>  ■ 

chestra.  $L  60;  admission  50  cents  and  Si. 

EVERY  KVKNMi  AND  S.VTOEOAY   MATINEE. 
FREE  LIS     AB.SOLHTRlY  »CSt>a,>DED. 


THE  GBEAT    NEW- YORK  AqUABlCM. 

Broadwa.y  and  35th  st 
Ooen  from  9  A.  M.  ti  I  to  1*.  M.,  (snndavs  exeepted.> 
NEW  AND  SPECIAL  ATl'RAi.TlONS  WEEK.LY. 
BEACTIFOL  AVO  INTtSReSTLSQ    tS  riJarAI.^Mj.NX, 
Uisa   VltlbtlNB  LCcl[.<f,     i  Capt.  QUIGLtiX. 

THE  WAtKR  KYMi'H,  tne  wouderfh. 

remains  nnder  water  witb-       SUBMAtilNi^  DIVER, 
ont   mecbnniuil  ail   iromlUlust  ates   tbe  working  ot 
l^ig  to  3    minutes.   <^ating  tb'>  dtvei-'esuit  in  the  larg* 
and   drlukine   wbi.e    suo-ltank,      remainiaa     under 
merged,  at  3:30  ana  9  P.  M.lwjcerfbrtv-tive  uinut^a. 

MAhVELOD..  FlSH-UATCdli\G  UKPARTMisSr. 
AFTERNOON  A.<D   EVKSl.VG  t;O.S«;KRf>  ANJ  THOU- 
SANDS OF  OTHER  ATraACTIOfliB. 


IlELLEli'S  WO>DKBTHEATBE. 

EVERY  EVBNI.S'Q  AT  8 

ENTIRE  tUANUl!:  OF  PEOURAMME. 

Being  tbe  Third  Series  of 

HRLLaE'S    WONDERS. 

SIX  BTaRTL.NG   -SEi  ROHA.STIC  WONDERS. 


Bew  wonders  deve>oped  in  tbe 

.>ECO:)iD  >lGHr  KfSTERY. 


And  an  oiiginal  Optical  .  arvel,  f  mltled 

illVl.xaPlCTCslES. 

MA'HNEES  WtliNESDAY  A.<D  SATURDAY  AT  i 

Children  half  price  to  Hatin6es. 

METBOPOJLITAN  MUSEIM  OK  ART. 

The  CASTELLANI  COLLECrio.'f  loaned  10  the  Ma> 
Seum  bv  Kignnr  A.  C:'S'eliaiiL  consisting  ol  MAJOulfA, 
GOLD.  BRj.>Z:J.  sTArUAttf.  and  oTilR  AmTIQIII. 
TIES  of  GRKbCti  and  ITALY,  will  ue  opened  to  the  pub- 
lic on  and  after  TUtsSDAY.  Feb.  6  iriim  10  A.  it  tu  3 
P.  M..  and  from  7  SO  P.  M.  t.i  I  «  P.  M. 

N.  B.— Aduissiou  to  the  iMusenm.  26  cents;  to  the 
Castellaul  Coileciloa.  25  cents.  This  audltionalchargp 
is  made  un  acconiit  of  the  agreement  to  axvute  th* 
pruce-dsto  th"  pocobaeeof  tbe  collection,  if  i  can  be 
f;ff?cted.  Tbe  f  r^e  days  to  tbe  Museum  are  MO>  DaTb 
and  THUa  DAY'S. 

GlLiUORE'd  iiJ^d.OES. 

THIS  (WBDNESDAyT  evening.  Feb.  7. 

the  greatest  bit  ot  th"^  season. 

THREE  GRAND  TROTTING  RACES, 

FAT  MH.N'S  FOOT  RACK, 

ai  dptners  erts. 

SATURDAY  NIGHT— Au  immeaee  bin. 

B(J  CKNTS.  AUMIs.-lON.  60  CBTTS. 

OLYiMPiC  THEATRE.         Na  6^2  BRUAOWAIM 

PEONOONCEO  A^D  POSITIVE  SDCCEBS 

of  tbe 

FIFTH  AVENUE  TttAViiLlNG  COMPANY 

IN  MB.    aDGUSTIN  DiLY'd  FAMOUS  COMRDT, 

THB,      THii  BIG  BONANZA TrfK 

BIG         ..THK  BIG  BO.SANZA BIG 

BONANZA    TdB  BIG  Bu!«A.N2\^ BONANZA 

lOFULAR  PRIOBS  of  Admission— 250..  6  V,  and  Si* 
MAI'INBES  WEDNK8UAY  AND  SATUR.iAY. 

STEIN  WAY  HALL.   .  EBSIPOFP  BBTUBJL 

THRhB  GiAND  CON0ERT8. 
TUESDAY  AND  FiilDAY  KVENl-TOb,  K.:B.  13  *jrD  IB, 
AATUBDAY  UATlNBtf.  Fi^B.  17.  MME.  AN.VETTB 
E6S1POFF,  TUB  ILLUSTUIODS  PLYNiSr,  assisiel  (ty 
M1^8.  PAL  >lA,Mi).V8.  VIVIEN.  J*i»S-.  DULOKES, 
Adioiseiun.  SI.  ReserveJ  seats  SI  50.  Sale  ui  scall 
Thursday  at  Steinway  llad.  bobnbertb'*.  ani  No  li.1 
Bro:i  .wiy. 

TtiURSDAT   EVENING,   FEB.    15,  CHURCH  EDIFIC?, 
BROuKLrN. 

A  GREAT  OFFER  !I«.::.°h'^'X-S 

dispose  uf  lUO  |fi.<ANoS  ce  t».t.GA.>ir<,  newHiid 
secoud-bai  a.  of  flrat-clasa  makers,  iocladla^ 
\v  A I  Hii»*,9.t  lower  price*  fur  oa-<b  <>r  iiu^au* 

ment*  or  t« - 

ottered.      V 

Lt-uIUUT _    ,   

MADE.  A  G  E  •>  TS  WAN  r  AO.  lUniCrAM  d  oat* 
alosnea  .'Hailed.  A  liberal  olacoitac  to  i'eaeh*t% 
jf.nteters,  oimrates.  etc  ^beet  moaie  at  ball  price. 
HKKACE  WA  I'ifitS  Ac  S.iN.?,  irtaaafctr*.  aait 
Dcitlers,  4Dbaat  I4tfa  i^t..  Union  sqanre,  s.  Hi 


s'.tu  lower  price*  lur  oa-<n  or  tuscAu* 
a  let  until  paid  for  cuan  ever  before 
VvATi^iC?^  GtCA.Mii  fUOdda  ana 
T  FlAnuS  dE  Oi£GAN><mfe  the  tt*;^  ^ 


RELIGIOCTS    NOTiOES. 


MEETINGS. 


AMERICAN  INsTliCtB. -THE  ANBUAQ 
election  tor  Trtutee*  and  Manage  *  wUl  be  aeUf 
at  it*  room*  in  tb.^  Cooper  Bali Jmg  on  fiaORiDAf. 
tbe  8tb  day  of  Febriiiry.  The  poll  wi:l  be  opened  aJ 
10  o'clock  A.  M.  and  «lo*ed  at  8  u'eiook  P.  M.  ~ 

CHAB.  BoK.  LOBBR,  Recording  oecretarr. 


DANOLNG. 

ALLVti  OOBWOBfB'.'i  DAXCIMG   »cSlSw 
RKMOVKD  TO  NO.   u81  SI'H  AVBjTUB. 
Now  open  fpr  tlie  reception  of  pi^piU, 
For  partioolars  sand  for  olrouiat 
Prirate  ieaaons  avary  daLr. 
SBs^saasBBaa^ 


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MISOE  LLANEQCS. 

%  Manu&otorers  of  f  ertUizeni 

FOR  SALEy 

AMMQNIACAL  MATTERS, 

In  Bne  meohanioal  eoadlti  jn,  and  eootaiaiag  from  ISl 
to  14  per  ceut  ammooia.  at  $A  25  par  a>at  or  antt 


p>a  per  ton  of  2,000  poaada.  free 


antsao* 

b>«sd,  at  «aiM>' 


"aMO^  BM^B  fc  SONB. 
POTtotfioe  Boy  ^ip,  sarBaltHaoga,  gd. 


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LOCAL  MISCELLANY. 

■  ■■    • 
VOLCANOES  OP  THE  UNITED  STATES. 
IJICTOBX  BEFORE  THE    GEOGRAPHICAl,    SO- 
CIETf  BT  8.    W.   BlfMOXS,  ESQ.— AN  AC- 
COUNT OF  -HIS    EXPLORATIONS    ON  THE 
PACIFIC  COASr. 
The  regular  meetme  of  th«  American  Geo- 
frapbicftl  Society  wm  held  at  CbiokerlOK  Hall  last 
Bvening,  Chief  Jnatioe  Daly,  the  PreaideDt,  in  the 
Chair.    The  foUowiss  sentieinen  were  elected  mem- 
bers of  tbe  society :  Anarew  Fiske,  Le  Grand  Lock- 
wood,  William  J.  Flaee,  Clarence  Einf,   Theodore 
Bese,  Cbiiatian  Bors,  F.  L.   Crosby,  Pro£  Charles 
A.  Bri«gB,  A.  T.  Bice,  £.  B.  Elliott,  Cornelias  Yan- 
deibilt.    Corre^pondioe  member.    Prof.  William  H. 
Brewer,   New-Haven.    The    President  then  Intro- 
doeed  to  the  sooletr  Mr.  S.  F.  Emmons,  who  spoke 
u  follows : 

THE  VOIX3ANOZS   OF  THE   trNTTBD   STATES. 

Alter  a  few  remarks  apoa  Tolcaooes  io  general, 
their  geographical  distribution,  and  the  theories  of 
their  formation,  the  speaker  described  the  princioal 
Tolcanoes  of  the  Pacific  coast  of  the  United  States. 
The  western  ranee  of  the  great  Cordilleran  or 
Bocky  Mountains  system  is  formed  by  the  chain  of 
the  Sierra  Nevada,  and  its  northern  contlnuatiOD, 
the  Cascade  Mountains  of  Oregon  and  Washineton 
iCerritory,  which  run  parallel  to  the  present  coast 
Uiie.  In  former  geological  periods  the  Pacific  Ocean 
BX\  ended  np  to  the  western  base  of  the  Sierra  Neva- 
da, whose  geological  continuation  to  the  northward 
is  fonnd  in  the  Blue  Moantains  of  Eastern  Oregon. 
North  of  the  parallel  of  40°  north  there  is  a  break 
in  the  continuity  of  the  Sierra  NevaOa  chain,  which 
finds  its  topographical  continuation  in  a  series  of 
bigh  voleaDlo  peaks,  capped  with  perpetual  snow, 
itandios  at  distances  of  about  50  miles  anart.  and 
which  in  Northern  Oregon  and  Washington  Terri- 
tory rise  out  of  the  very  sammits  of  the  Cascade 
Meuntains.  These  are  Lasser's  Peak  and  Mount 
Shasta,  in  Northern  California — the  former,  about 
10,000  feet  io  height,  forms  the  northern  extremity 
■f  the  crest  of  the  Sierra  Nevada;  the  latter,  a  peak 
of  snr.passing  grandeur,  rises  to  an  elevation  of 
U.ilO  fieet  above  sea-level,  and  stands,  as  it  were. 
Isolated,  being  surrounded  on  the  east  bvlow  forest- 
covered  ridges,  and  on  the  west  by  broad,  open  val- 
leys between  200  and  300  feet  above  sea^level,  through 
which  rans  the  prelected  line  of  the  California 
and  Oregon  Kallroad.  It  has  two  summits,  the 
Westernmost  being  a  perfect  crater,  its  interior 
1,000  feet  deep,  and  its  wall  a  narrow  nm  of  rook 
about  2,000  feet  below  the  main  summit.  On  the 
ualD  summit  are  found  traces  of  recent  solfatario 
kctio;!— hot  springs,  from  which  issue  sulphnrons 
gases  and  ateam — while  on  the  northern  slopes  are 
several  Active  glaciera.  Mount  Shasta,  while  rank- 
ing among  the  highest  peaks  in  the  United  States, 
Is  of  comparatively  easy  access,  and  its  ascent  la, 
kltbongh  eomewhitt  laborious,  a  by  no  means  dan- 
gerous andertatdng,  anil,  when  the  railroad  reaches 
lis    base,  will   no   doabit   be  a   favorite  resort  of 

tourists. 

The  volcanic  peaks  of  Oo'egon  are,  commencing  at 
the  southward.  Mount  Put,  the  Three  Sides.  Mount 
JeiferscHi,  and  Mount  Hood.  While  the  turee  former 
Dreseot  oatllnes  of  ureat  beauty,  raising  their  snow- 
wbite  crests  above  the  pin  e-clad  ridges  cf  Oregon, 
they  reach  elevations  of  less  than  10,000  feet,  and 
are  surpassed  in  majesty  and  grace  ot  oatline  by 
Muont  Hood,  -vrbicb  rests  UDOO  the  sammit  of  tbe 
Cascade  rans^,  aiK>ut  25  miles  soacb  of  the  Colum- 
bia Eiver.  When  first  dJacoveTPd  by  Vancouver  it 
was  estimated  to  be  at  least  25,000  feet  ia  height. 
Recent  mea<iorement  by  the  barumeter  has  reduced 
tbis  to  11,225  leet.  It  is  an  exceedinglv  sharp  peak, 
its  summit  being  foimed  b;  a  singie  block  of  lava, 
[ts  ascent,  though  difiicnit  and  even  dangeroua,  has 
been  accomplislied  several  times,  onme  to  tne  tact 
that  lis  base  is  of  comparatively  easy  access. 

Washington  Territory  east  of  the  Cascade  Moan- 
raina,  except  in  tbe  region  immediately  bordering 
Paget  Sooud  and  the  valley  wbiob  stretcbes  south- 
ward to  the  Columbia  Kiver,  is  covered  by  dense, 
almost  impenetrable  forestu,  which  render  the  ex- 
oloration  of  irs  moau'aias  extremely  difficult. 
Owing  to  their  higher  latitude,  and  atill  more  to  tbe 
zivater  fail  ot  rain  and  snow,  the  volcanic  peaks  of 
this  region  are  rendered  more  imposing  than 
their  raore  soaehem  brethxeD  by  the  sreat  maaees 
of  snow  and  ice  w^hicb  clotne  their  slopes  and  &eQd 
out  great  glaciers  in  tbe  surrounding  forests.  Tbe 
principal  ones  are  Mount  St.  Helena,  Mount  Adams. 
Uoont  Kainier,  and  Mouut  Baker.  The  two 
former  are  in  about  tbe  same  ladtade,  about  30 
tDltes  north  of  the  Goinmbja  Biver,  and  probably 
not  more  ttian  10.000  feet  io  height.  Sc.  Helena  la 
said  to  have  been  in  eroptioa  in  1842.  Those  seen 
Irom  Paget  Sound,  which  is  an  arm  of  tbe  sea,  are 
(uuch  more  imposing.  Meant  Baker,  near  the 
boundarv  of  British  Colambia,  though  but  little 
over  10,000  feet  in  height,  presents  an  enormous 
Bxtenii  of  snow  and  ice  covered  sur- 
face. Mount  Bainier,  however,  which  is 
14,444  feet  in  height,  is  the  grandest  of  all  the 
p-iiKs  dt;8cribed.  Tbe  broad  sammit  is  surmounted 
ov  three  distinct  peaks,  oue  ot  wbich  is  tbe  more, 
recent  crater,  while  tbe  two  others  represent  rem- 
nants ot  tbe  wall  of  a  pre-existing  and  larger  crater. 
Several  miles  in  diameter,  long  ago  destroyed. 
From  its  sides  extend  out  no  less  than  IS  large 
elaciers.  The  geography  of  the  region  immediately 
Buri'oaoding  tbe  peak  is  misreoreaented  on  the  ex- 
isting maps. 

After  giving  a  short  description  sf  the  attempts 
to  reacb  the  summit  of  thia  pa^a,  only  one  of  which 
<tbat  of  Messrs.  Stevens  and  Yan  Trump)  had  been 
successful,  tue  speaker  then  proceeded  to  present 
an  iQterestiag  narranve  uf  an  exploration  of  the 
peak  and  its  surroundings  by  Mr.  A.  U.  Wilson 
and  himself,  members  uf  the  (iovernment  explora- 
tion of  tbe  fortieth  parallel,  in  tbe  Autumn  ot 
1&70,  as  part  of  a  set  ies  of  monographs  of  the  vol- 
canoes ot  the  Pacific  coast,  undertaken  by  that 
eorps,  but  never  brought  to  completion. 

BOTEL-KEEl'ERS  EMBARRASSED. 

<y.  F.  &  W.  D.  Garriaon,  the  well-known 
hotel-keepers,  have  failed  and  have  assigned  all 
their  property  to  Judge  John  J.  Moneii,  of  New- 
burg,  for  the  benefit  of  tbeir  creditors.  Each  makes 
a  separate  assigment.  Mr.  G.  F.  gives  up  the  High- 
land House,  at  Garrisons,  and  his  brotber  gives  up 
bis  cottage  and  all  other  property.  Tbe  cause  of 
the  assigment  is  the  uaexpected  call  of  loans  by  tbe 
Finhkill  Bank,  which  recently  snffered  a  heavy 
iletalcation.  The  Dank  held  $12,000  of  Mr.  G.  F. 
Garrison's  paper,  wuich  was  abundantly  secured 
and  would  have  been  met  ^  the  Summer.  Mr.  Gar- 
rison could  not  meet  the  demand  without  a  aaonfice 
of  bis  triends,  and  to  give  all  the  creditors  an  equal 
fhance  tbe  assigment  was  made. 

Mi^.  G.  F.  Ganiaon'a  liabilities  will  not  exoeea 
^25.000,  exclasive  of  a  mortgage  for  (1 0,000,  and  the 
hoiel  luinitnre  will  realize  fl6  000.  The  property 
of  Mr.  W.  D.  Garrison,  ^rho  was  on  bis  brother's 
paper  for  $10,000,  will  realize  at  least  15,000.  Mr. 
W.  G.  Garrison  6aid  yesterday  that  tbe  matter  was 
wholly  unexpectsd,  and  they  had  given  up  every 
aollar  to  their  creditors ;  be  deemed  the  bank's  ac- 
tion very  unjubt,  as  they  eould  have  readily  met  tbe 
loan  in  tbe  Summer,  and  could  have  paid  up  three- 
quarters  of  their  other  indebtedneas.  It  waa  tbe 
intention  ofifae  Asaignee  to  efieet  a  aettlement  at 
trcm  SO  to  7a  cents  on  tbe  dollar,  but  no  matter  what 
the  legul  arrangement  might  be,  they  would  bonor- 
sDly  consider  themselves  bound  to  pay  in  full,  and 
would  do  so  as  fast  as  their  baaioess  profits  would 
aomit.  As  far  as  the  Grand  Union  Uotel,  in  this 
Oitr.  Is  concerned  it  is  not  afiected  at  ail,  as  the  Gar- 
risons are- managers  ana  not  proprietors. 


i»«>£|g,2^<«^£««sasSKBiiK;^;.^!^*'-'^>.^/^ 


pot  baildinff,  and  is  furnished  to  the  City  for  the 
use  ot  tbe  Police  without  charge.  A  diagram  show.' 
ins  the  aoaoe  covered  by  the  Nineteenth  Su'b-Pri' 
oinot  is  herewith  inclosed. 


lEE  GRAND    OEHIRAL  DEPOT  POLICE. 
At  a  meeting  of  tbe  Boaxd  of  Police  yester- 

>  fay  the  subjoined  letter  was  concurred  io,  and  the 
Clerk  was  ordered  to  transmit  it  to  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  Municipal  Society  as  a  reply  to  a 
recent  inquiry  of  that  body: 
£.  M.  Slreburghf  E$q.,  Seeretary  Executive  Committee 
Municipal  society : 
SiK  :  Ai  the  request  of  Mr.  C.  H.  "Watrons.  who 
desired  further  iniormation  in  relation  to  the  o[aery 
Dt  the  Municipal  Society,  "  Whether  there  is  not 
an  unoecessary  numtier  of  policemen  employed  at 
the  Grand  Central  Depot,"  &&,  I  would  state  Ibat 
She  Nineteenth  Sub-preoinct,  located  at  the 
Grrand  Central  Bepot,  generally  supposed 
K>  be  used  for  tbe  purpose  of  guarding 
(bat  building  alone,  comprises  a  district 
sitending  from  Forty-second  to  Forty-ninth 
itreeia,  and  from  Lexington  to  Madison  avenues, 
including  the  paaaeoger  and  several  freight  depots, 
tod  all  the  approaches  thereto.  The  Police  force 
(consisting  of  32)  IS  assigned  to  duty  as  follows: 
Sergeant  in  command,  1;  acting  Sergeants,  2; 
ronodamen,  2 ;  doormen,  2;  patrolmen,  pertorm- 
mg  day  and  nigbt  duty— New- York  Central  and 
Hudson  Biver  Bailioad  waiting-room,  3;  New- 
Z'ork  and  Harlem  waicipg-roomi  2;  New-York  and 
New-Haven  waiting-room,  1;  inside  platform 
where  all  trains  arrive,  1;  regulating  hackmen  in 
front  of  depot,  3 ;  freight  depots,  1;  regular  patrol 
duty  upon  avenues  and  ail  cross  streets,  2;  special 
duty  in  citizens'  dress  around  depots  and  precinct, 
2;  on  Forty-fifth,  Forty-sixth,  Forty-sevanth,  For- 
tv-eightU,  and  Forty-ninth  street  bridges,  (aged 
men,)  3;  total  namber  of  patrolmen,  25.  The  total 
numcer  of  passengers  transported  to  and  from 
New-YorK  during  the  year  1876  via  the  Harlem, 
New-York  Central,  and  New-Haven  railroads,  in- 
Blnding  only  tluMe  who  ariived  at  or  departed  from 
tbe  Grand  Central  Depot,  is  as  follows: 

Hew-tork  and  Hailem  BaUroad 2,041,899 

New-York  Cent.  alHaUroad 1,201,960 

New-Uaven  Eailroad. .1.732,218 

Total 4,97d.077 

Free  nders.  employes,  «id  persons  visiting  the 
depot  awaiting  the  arrival  of  trains  are  not  in- 
eluded  in  tbe  above  estimate.  Within  tbe  last  two 
Tears  many  arrests  at  this  pomt  bave  been  made  of 
-well-known  ttueres  and  saspictoiu  oharaoters,  yet 
daribg  tliat  period  not  one  report  lias  been  made  of 
:'ttaggage  lost,  pocket-books  or  wstcnes  stolen, 
swindling  by  confidence  operators,  or  any  other 
oUm  of  robbsrv  or  tbeft.  It  ia  asaomed  that  in  no 
*tber  pla«e  are  the  ser  vices  of  the  Police  more  re* 
ioalxed  to  proteot  citizens  and  strangera  ftom  im- 
position, robbery,  and  personal  ixtjury  than  In  this 
great  thoroaghfare.  sad  the  force  assigned  is  not 
too  great  in  number  for  the  dnt^to  be  prDi>erly 

'  'pestauavA.    TJw  atatioshhanae  is  located  in  Uie  da- 


NATIONAL  BIFLE  ASSOCIATION. 

PBBPARINO  EOh  COMING  MATCBBB  AT 
CREEDMOOR-^POINTMBNTS  OP  COM- 
MITTERS. 
The  regular  monthly  meetmg  of  the  Board 
of  Direotors  of  the  National  ^ifle  Association  waa 
held  at  No.  23  Park  row  yesterday  afternoon,  Judge 
N.  P.  Stanton  in  the  chair.  The  members  present 
were  Judge  H.  A.  Gildersleeve,  Col.  C.  D.  Scott, 
Malor  Joseph  Holland,  George  S.  Sober merhom, 
Jr.,  E.  H.  Sanford,  Capt.  J.  G.  Story,  Gen. 
John  B.  Woodward,  Hon.  D.  W.  Judd, 
Gen.  Daniel  D.  Wylie,  Gen.  M.  T.  McMahon, 
Major  Henry  Fulton,  Gen.  jjexander  Sfaaler, 
Col.  John  Ward,  Gen.  T.  S.  Dakin,  and  Col.  G.  W. 
Wingat'e.  The  report  of  tbe  Secretary  stated  that 
the  contract  for  printing  the  annual  report  of  the 
association  for  1876  had  been  given  to  a  party  wno 
proposed  to  farmsh  2,000  copies  of  the  report  and  to 
pay  llOO  cash  to  the  asaooiation  in  consideration  of 
being  allowed  the  privilege  of  retaining  tbe  amount 
accruing  from  the  advertiaements  in  tbe  report. 
The  reoort  of  the  Treasurer  «howed  a  bal- 
ance on  hand  of  1931  86.  Jadge  Gilder- 
slee-v^  Chairman  of  tbe  special  committee 
appointed  to  examine  into  -  tbe  legality 
ot  tbe  by-laws,  reported  that  the  committee  had 
been  unable  to  arrive  at  any  definite  conclusion,  and 
had  referred  tbe  matter  to  eminent  legal  talent  tor 
decision.  Uapt.  Story  offered  a  resolution  directing 
the  Treasurer  t«  call  upon  the  officials  of  the  Long 
Island  Railroad,  and  endeavor  to  secure  a  lower 
rate  of  iaie  from  Long  Island  City  to  Creedmoor 
than  prevailed  last  year,  and  to  provide  increased 
facilities  for  the  transportation  of  passengers.  Gen. 
Woodward  offered  the  following  resolutions,  which 
were  adopted : 

Besolved.  That  the  Secretary  be  instructed  to  com- 
muaioate  Avlth  tbe  proper  perF^oas  representing  rifle- 
men in  each  !<tate  of  the  Un*on,  inviilng  them  lo  par- 
ticipate in  the  Inter-staie  Uifie  Matches,  to  be  shot  at 
Creedmoor  at  the  Fall  meeiuig 

Resolved,  That  the  Kxecucive  Committee  be  dl- 
recteil  to  piepare  the  teims  and  conditions  ot  auoit 
matchea 

Col.  Scott  offered  a  motion  directing  the  Secretary 
to  secure  offices  for  tbe  use  of  tbe  association  at  a 
reduced  rental.  The  motion  was  ailopted.  Major 
Wylie  resigned  his  position  as  Director,  but  re- 
tained his  office  as  ex-officio  Director.  Brig. 
Gen.  W.  G.  Ward  was  elected  to  fill  tbe  vacancy. 
Ou  motion  of  Gen.  Shaler,  the  President  was  re- 
qutrsted  t«  appoint  a  Prize  Committee  for  the  cur- 
rent year.  The  following  keutlemen  were  au- 
pomted  :  Col.  John  Ward,  Capt.  W.  C.  Casey,  and 
Major  Joseph  Holland.  On  motion  tbe  Seeretary 
was  instructed  so  secure  badges  for  ex-ofliolo  Di- 
rectors. Ou  motion  of  Mr.  Santord,  it  was  decided  to 
pnbli.vb  the  scores  made  in  the  "  Leech  Cup"  match 
in  1876,  in  the  annnal  report  of  the  association.  Capt. 
Casey  said  that  Company  I,  Seventh  Regiment, 
wished  to  afliliate  with  tbe  association  if  proper  ar- 
rangements could  be  made  with  the  Long  Island 
Railroad  Company  by  which  better  accommoda- 
tions and  lower  tares  could  be  secured.  The  following 
committees  were  appointed  by  the  President  for  the 
current  year  :  Execntive — CoL  G.  W.  Wmgate,  G. 
S.  Schermerborn,  Jr.,  Gen.  D.  D.  Wylie,  Gen. 
Alexander  Shaler,  Gen.  T.  S.  Dakin,  and  col.  H.  A. 
Gildersleeve.  Range — Col.  G.  W.  Wingate,  Capt. 
J.  G.  Story,  abd  Col.  G.  D.  Scott.  Finance — Hon. 
D.  W.  Judd,  E.  H.  Sanford,  and  Gen.  W.  G.  Ward, 
The  meeting  then  adjourned. 


A    TBIETIAO  LOVER. 

Joseph  D.  Lehaye,  a  Frenchman,  residing  at 
Twenty-eighth  street  and  Sixth  avenue,  was  ar- 
raigned ttefore  Justice  Otter bourg,  at  the  Waabiog- 
ton  Place  Police  Court  yesterday  ou  a  charge  of 
grand  larceny.  The-  complainant  in  the  case  Is 
Mane  Cocheteanx,  a  yoang  French  woman,  residing 
at  No.  83  South  Fifth  svenne.  From  tbe  statement 
made  by  tbe  complainant  it  appears  that  she  came 
to  this  country  from  France  with  the  accused  about 
three  months  ago,  and  they  took  apartments  at  No. 
83  South  Fifth  avenue,  where  they  lived  as  man 
and  wife.  Last  Thursday  De  Lftbaye,  on  coming 
home,  fonnd  his  mistress  entertaining  a  riva',  and  a 
quarrel  ensued,  daring  which  the  couple  agreed  to 
separate.     Marie  went  out    for  a   few   minutes   and 

wheirshe  returned  she  discovered  trfit  Do  Lehaye 
had  departed,  taking  with  him  $100  in  money  and  her 
trunk  containing  nearly  all  ber  wardrobe,  valued 
St  over  $300.  OnMooday.Mlle.  Cocb^te<<ux  received 
a  massage  from  her  former  lover  telling  her  that  if 
she  would  give  him  money  enough  to  return  to 
France  be  wonld  return  ber  clocbiug.  Tbe  woman 
told  tbe  messenger  to  call  again  ounng  the  after- 
noon, and  in  tbe  meantime  she  inforrasd  Detectives 
Murphy  and  Reynolds,  ot  tbe  Eighth  Precinct. 
When  tbe  messenger  returned  he  received  a  nega- 
tive reply,  and  when  ho  left  the  house  in  South 
Filth  avenue  tbe  officers  followed  him  and  saw  him 
deliver  bis  message  to  his  emnloyer  at  the  comer  of 
Sixtn  avenue  and  Twentv-eigbtb  street.  De  Le- 
baye  was  tbersupon  arrested.  The  prisoner  admit- 
ted taking  the  money  and  wearing  apparel,  but  said 
it  was  ali  a  joke.  Justice  Otterbourg  commuted 
him  for  trial  in  default  of  bail. 


A  LANDLORD  CENSURED.  . 
The  death  ot  Ella  Bernstein,  aged  6,  of  No. 
153  Forsyth  street,  was  investigated  yesterday  by 
Coroner  Croker.  This  child  was  one  of  six  young 
ehildren  who,  while  playing  in  the  vard  at  the  rear 
of  No.  40  Delancey  street  on  Jan.  19,  were  injared 
by  the  tall  of  a  brick  cornice  from  a  rear  building. 
Several  persons  testified  in  regard  to  the  immediate 
circumstances  of  tbe  accident,  and  to  the  alleged 
fact  that  the  cornice  was  in  a  dilapidated  condition. 
Abraham  D.  Carlock,  an  Inspector  of  Baildings, 
testified  that  a  few  days  previous  to  the  accident 
be  examined  the  premises,  and  saw  nothing  war- 
ranting an  unfavorable  report.  He  also  examined 
the  house  after  the  fall  of  the  cornice,  and  tnen  dis- 
covered several  holes  in  tbe  gutter,  through  which 
water  bad  leaked  into  the  cornice,  saturating  the 
mortar,  and  thns  depriving  it  of  its  adhesiveness. 
In  his  opinion,  the  cornice  was  defective  in  its  mode 
of  construction.  The  jury  rendered  the  subjoined 
verdict: 

'*  We  find  that  Ella  Bemsteio  came  to  her  death  by 
injunes  recelTed  by  tbe  fslliog  of  bricks  upon  her, 
said  brlCKs  being  a  portion  of  the  cornice  of  tb'  prem- 
ises No.  40  Pelancey  street,  on  the  I9t  .  dav  of  Janua- 
ry, 1877,  death  following  on  the  22d  day  of  January, 
1877,  at -Vo.  153  Forsyth  street,  and  we  are  of  the 
opinion  that  the  landlord  of  tbe  said  premiSijB  is  cen- 
surable fer  not  properly  attenOiog  to  needed  repairs." 

BURIAL  OF  A  FEMALE  L Tf  A RF. 
Mrs.  Louisa  Shepherd,  better  known  to  the 
frequeoteirs  of  circus  side-sbowa  as  Lulu  Van  Pelt, 
a  woman  of  remarkably  diminutive  stature,  was 
buned  yesterday  afternoon  at  Keyport,  N.  J.  She 
died  on  last  Saturday  evening,  at  No.  41  East 
Broadway,  in  this  City.  Her  disease  was  pneu- 
monia, and  she  was  sick  only  four  days.  Mrs. 
Shepherd  was  21  years  of  age,  and  had  been  ex- 
hibited as  a  cnriusity  for  eight  or  ten  years.  Al- 
tbongh  only  31  inches  high,  and  weighing  but  39 
pounds,  her  figure  was  f-xquisltely  proportioned, 
and  she  appeared  as  a  perfect  woman  in  miniature. 
Her  mental  powers  were  good,  and  she  was  a  lively, 
eutertaining  couveraationalist.  Unliice  most  dwarls, 
she  was  kind-tempered,  and  it  Is  said  sbe  waa  never 
irritated  nor  qnernioiis.  A  most  remarkable  fsict  in 
the  lite  of  Mrs.  Shepherd  is  that  her  husband  is  a 
man  five  feet  ten  inches  in  height  and  of  correspond- 
ing weight.  "Lula."  as  Mrs.  Shepherd  is  styled  on 
the  canvas  in  front  of  her  last  place  of  exhibition 
on  Chatham  square,  was  born  in  the  Yan  Felt  home- 
stead, at  Fleyoort,  N.  J.,  where  her  family  has  lived 
fpr  manv  years. 

♦ 

GETTING  SIS  PRODUCE  FREE  OP  EXPENSE 
For  several  months  past,  Mr.  Frederick  Olm- 
stead,  proprietor  of  the  Continental  Market,  at  No. 
1,266  Broadway,  has  been  missing  qusntities  of  pro- 
visions from  bis  place  pf  business,  and  suspicion 
finally  rested  on  Oscar  Flock,  who  for  a  year  past 
has  been  employed  as  a  salesman  m.  the  market. 
His  movements  were  watched,  and  it  was 
learned  that  on  tbe  morning  of  tbe  4ih 
inst.  Flock  ordered  the  delivery  clerk 
to  send  to  bis  home  in  East  Thirty-fourth 
street,  a  turkey,  some  sweet  potatoes,  and  other 
provisions,  amotmting  in  all  to  over  14.  The  ar- 
ticles were  sent  as  directed  by  Flosk,  and  as  no 
entrv  w^as  made  on  tbe  salea-booa,  be  was  charged 
with' the  larcenv  of  the  provisions  sent  to  bis  house. 
He  was  arrested  and  arraigned  before  Justice  Otter- 
bourg at  tbe  Washington  Place  Police  Court,  and 
gave  bail  in  91,000  for  trial  at  tbe  General  Sesilons. 
The  complainant  stated  in  court  that  he  had  lost 
several  hundred  dollars'  worth  of  goods  by  trans- 
aotioas  similar  to  the  above. 


EXCESSIVE  BANK  TAXATION. 
The  committee  appointed  at  the  special  meet- 
ing of  merchants,  manafacturers,  and  bankers,  held 
in  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  on  Jan.  11,  to  go  to 
Washington  to  protest  against  excessive  bank  tax- 
ation by  the  National  Government,  left  this  City 
last  nigbt.  Its  members  are  S.  Babcock.  of  S.  D. 
Baboock  &  Co.j  B.  G.  Arnold,  of  B.  G.  Arnold  & 
Co.;  G.  Schwab,  of  Oehlrichs  &  Co.;  James  Hazle- 
hnrst,  of  Hazlebnrac  Brothers ;  James  M.  Consta- 
ble, of  Arnold.  Constable  &  Co.;  George  W.  Lane, 
of  G.  W.  Xane  &  Co.;  Franklin  Edsob,  ex-President 
Produce  Exchange  ;  Charles  S.  Smith,  of  George  C. 
Richardson  Sc  Co.;  Harvey  Fariington,  of  H.  &  G. 
:^Farringtou  &  Co.  Several  other  gentlemen  went 
with  the  committee.  The  delegation  of  business 
men  will  be  beard  at  10:30  tbis  morning  by  the  Ways 
and  Means  Committee  of  the  House. 


BRAZILIAN  EMIGRATION. 
Mr.  Salyador  de  Mendonca,  Brazilian  Con- 
sul General  at  tbis  port,  has  addressed  a  commnni- 
cation  to  Thb  Times  in  regard  to  an  article  that  ap- 
peared in  the  edition  of  tbe  5tb  inst.,  concerning  the 
complaints  of  a  German  emigrant  to  BrazU.  Mr. 
Mendonca  says  that  it  is  possible  that  the  person  In 
qoestion  was  deceived  by  some  agent  enf^sged  in 
osntracting  workmen  for  colonies  established  by 
private  eompaniSB,  and  who  assumed  to  have  official 
authority  for  his  acta  in  order  to  gain  the  confi- 
dence of  bis  victims.  Mr.  Mendonca  also  says  that 
hedeems  It^proper  to  state  that  bis  trOTernmeDt  has 
no  agent  ih  tlua  oonntrv  to  promote  emigration  to 
Brazi» 


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THE  MORAKCE  TROUBLES. 


BECEIVEB  ANDEBSON'S  ACCOUNTS. 

FURTHEB  TBSTIMONT  BKFORB  MR.  WIIXIAU 
ALLEN    BUTLER — A     BUST    SUNDAY     IN 
THB     COMPANY'S    OFFICE — MB.  LUTHEB 
W.  ..  FBOST'S         ''commuted        COMMIS- 
SIONS " — THE  NEW  RECEIVER  TO  ENTER 
UPON  HIS  DUTIES  TO-DAY. 
Mr.    William   Allen  Butler,  the  Beferee  ap- 
pointed by  Justice  Pratt  to  examine  into  the  condi- 
tion of  tbe  assets  of  the  Continental  I4fe  Insurance 
Company  of  tbis  City,  and  also  to  examme  and  pass 
upon  the  accounts  of  the  ex-Receiver,  Mr.  John  J. 
Anderson,  eontinaed  tbe  inquiry  yesterday  at  tbe 
companv's  office.  No.  SO  Nassau  street.  Mr.  Lefevre 
y.     Styles.      the     Cashier     of       the     company, 
who  coald    not   be  fotmd    yesterday   when  Mr. 
Anderson  desired  to  obtain  the  key  of  tbe  safe  oon- 
tainipg  the  company's  bonds  and  mortgages,  and 
who  waa  supposed  to  bave  possession-  of  the  key, 
was  present  and  was  the  first  witness   ealled.     He 
Stated  to  a  reporter  of  Thk  Tihbs  that  when  he  left 
the  ofiBoe  yesterday  afternoon  he  understood  that 
the  other  witnesses  were   to  be  called  before  Mr. 
Anderson,  and  that  he  had  no  intention  of  evading 
an  examination.    The  key-  of  the  safe  which  be  was 
said-  to  bave  in  his    possession,  he    said    was    in  a 
drawer  in  one  ot  the  desks,  and   cotdd  easily  have 
been  lonnd. 

Mr.  Styles  being  placed  on  the  stand,  identified  a 
statement  of  receipts  which  be  said  be  had  no  doubt 
contained  all  tbe  items  of  checks  given  for 
dividends.  He  could  not  recollect  any 
conversation  with  Mr.  Thomas,  the  oook-keepor.to 
the  effect  that  the  examination  should  be  stopped. 
Three  weeks  ago  Sunday,  as  nearly  as  he  could 
recollect,  he  went  into  the  safe  with  Mr.  D.  J. 
Noyes,  Mr.  Luther  W.  Frost.  Mr.  R.  C.  Frost,  and 
Mr.  Crofci.  He  bad  the  key  of  the  outer  door,  bnt 
not  of  tbe  inner  safe,  nor  did  he  know  whether  Mr. 
Noyes  or  Mr.  R.  C.  Frost  opened  the  inner  door,  al- 
though one  of  tbe  two  must  have  opened  it,  as  he 
did  not  do  it  himself.  He  stayed  in  the  vault  while 
the  others  were  there,  but  did  not  know  whether 
they  examined  papers  or  not,  but  did  not  think  they 
did.  he  saw  them  take  out  two  bundles  of  papers 
which  he  thought  were  private  papers  belonging  to 
Mr.  Lutber  W.  Frost,  which  were  not  examined  at 
the  time.  He  had  no  knowledge  that  there  was 
anything  besides  letters  In  the  bundles,  nor  did  be 
notice  that  Mr.  Noyes  or  Mr,  Frost  pat  papers  in 
their  pockets.  He  saw  the  papers  the  next  day. 
He  had  owed  the  company  a  mortgage  of  12,500, 
which  he  had  paid,  and  the  fact  of  its  payment  was 
shown  by  an  entry  iu  the  company's  bosks,  the 
money  having  been  paid  to  him  by  the  company, 
and  by  tbe  witness  used  for  the  purpose  of  clearing 
off  tne  mortgage.  Theoriginal  mortgage  was  for 
(5,000;  it  was  raised  to  $5,500,  and  afterward  to 
$7,000,  and  he  nad  paid  $5,000  on  it  before  the  final 
payment  was  made, 

Tbe  boobs  and  vouchers  for  the  payment  of  the 
mortgage  were  produced  and  identified  by  tbe  wit- 
ness, wno  pointed  out  that  the  last  nayment  was 
made  on  Dec.  30.  He  explained  that  his  presence 
in  the  cdmpany's  vault  on  the  Sunday  referred  to, 
was  arranged  between  himself  and  Messrs.  Frost 
and  Noyes,  for  the  purpose  of  writing  up  a  list  of 
bonds  and  mort&cages,  tbe  witness  believing  that  a 
new  book  waa  to  be  made  np.  They  met  on  Sun- 
day because  it  was  uoderslood  to  be  necessary,  in 
consequence  of  some  transactions  to  talte  place  on 
tbe  following  Monday.  He  conid  not  recollect  that 
Mr.  Frost  had  given  him  anv  reason  for  the  Sunday 
msetiug.  He  did  not  think  that  one  reason  was  to 
conceal  the  tact  that  bis  mortgage  had  been  paid  ofi. 
He  had  met  Mr.  Frost  on  the  Saturday  evening  be- 
fore, between  9  and  12  o'clock,  and  agreed  to  meet 
faim  at  the  bank,  no  tnreat  or  coercion  being  usad 
to  compel  his  attendance.  He  was  under  the  im- 
pression that  Mr.  Anderson  was  aware  of  their  in- 
tention to  meet,  although  he  did  not  notify  him  that 
tbe  meeting  was  to  take  place.  The  witness  thought 
Mr.  Anderson  must  have  known,  from  conversa- 
tions between  Mr.  Anderson.  Mr.  Crofut,  and  bim- 
eelf.  A  list  of  mortgages,  he  had  understood,  was 
to  be  revised  and  mortzages  addeH. 

To  Mr.Tan  Pelt— The  witness,  after  identifving  a 
record  of  bonds  and  moi  tgages,  said  they  were  in 
tue  vault  from  an  hour  to  an  boar  and  a  half.  Mr. 
Noyes  and  Mr.  Frost  iu  tbe  safe  and  the  witness  in 
the  Presidebt's  room,  and  witness  was  sore  tnere 
was  no  revtsibn  of  toe  list,  as  be  was  in  tbe  office 
all  the  time  and  saw  everything  that  took  place. 
Tbe  record-bavlng  been  ooenetl,  and  entry  No.  77 
found,  the  witness  testified  that  (he  red  line,  indi- 
cating that  mortgages  of  Mr.  Luther  W.  Frost  bad 
been  paid,  had  not  been  pat  there  on  the 
Sunday  in  question,  and  he  believed  it 
was  there  oeture  Mr.  Anderson  took 
pussession  as  Receiver.  The  bond  was  paid  bv 
Mr.  Frost's  check  on  Sept.  1.  The  check-books  on 
tbe  Fourth  National  Bank  and  the  Union  Trust 
Comvaoy  were  produced,  ia  which  a  number  of 
stubs  were  referred  to,  showing  that  from  Aug.  8 
to  Oct.  2  there  were  issued  on  the  Fourth  National 
Bank  about  240  checks,  and  an  erasure  in  one  to 
Mr.  E.  C.  Float  could  not  he  explained  by  tbe  wit- 
ness. No  checks,  he  Said,  were  drawn  after  the  Re- 
ceiver took  possession. 

To  Mr.  Moses — Mr.  Styles,  in  answerto  questions, 
testified  that  he  j'eceived  $300  tor  extra  aervioeit, 
which  he  had  charged  for  working  after  hours,  part 
of  which  extra  time  was  used  in  maldog  tbe  dupli- 
cate moilgage-book,  although  he  theusht  that  not 
more  than  two  or  three  eveaings,  out  of  30  for 
which  he  charged,  were  thus  occupied.  Referring, 
at  tbe  suggestion  o(  Mr.  Butler,  to  the  ledger  ac- 
count, the  Witness  read  a  long  list  of  credits  to  the 
«rc«But  of  Mr.  Luther  W.  Frost,  amounting  to 
$90,946  86,  all  entered  during  the  month  of  Septem- 
ber. Althongb  the  witness  had  been  in  the  bank 
jaetween  soveu  and  eight  yeais  he  did  not  know  on 
what  basis  Mr.*  Frost  received  these  credits.  They 
were  issnud,  he  said,  on  tbe  authority  uf  Mr.  R.  C. 
Frost,  who  was  scting  President  in  tbe  absence  of 
Mr.  Luther  W.  Frost,  and  bis  impression  waa  that 
tbey  were  on  account  of  "commuted  com  mission  a." 
The  witness,  in  reply  to  a  pressing  question  aa  to 
tbe  reason  for  not  revismg  the  list  as 
at  first  intended,  said  that  he  could 
not  remember  what  was  said,  but  his 
impression  was  that  nothing  could  6e  done  because 
the  mortgages  that  were  to  have  been  added  were 
not  to  be  bad.  He  bad  not  beard  siated  what  mort- 
gages were  to  be  added.  The  purpose  of  making 
the  new  list,  as  he  bad  gathsred  tbe  impression 
from  a  series  of  csnversatious,  was  that  it  was  to 
be  made  up  for  a  new  cuMpany,  and  not  fur  the  old 
company,  and  tbe  witness  was  present  In  the  inter- ' 
est  of  all  parties  coocemed. 

Mr.  Sewell,'  counsel  for  Mr.  Anderson,  ques- 
tioned tbe  witnesi!  closely  as  to  bis  duties  as 
Cashier,  and  elicited  the  fact  that  he  had  charge 
onlv  of  the  cash-books  and  bank-books  until  the  ap. 
pointment  of  the  Receiver,  and  paid  out  loans 
to  the  order  of  tne  Secretary  or  the  Presi- 
dent. After  Mr.  Anderson  came  in,  Mr.  Rogera, 
tbe  Secretary,  gave  him  tbe  key  of  tbe  vault. 
He  thought  Mr.  Frost  got  his  letters  or  papers  on 
the  Sunday  referred  to  from  a  aide  cloaet  or  till. 
The  papers  were  lett  on  a  chair  In  tbe  President's 
room.  A  record  of  mortgages  was  identified  as  a 
list  made  for  the  new'  company,  in  which  the  old 
one  was  to  be  merged,  the  list  amounting  to  $107, 
000,  all  of  which  were  to  be  transterred  to  the  New- 
Jersey  Mutual.  The  witness  did  not  knowanv- 
tbing  positively  about  the  Empire  stock,  but  bis 
impression  was  that  the  company  redeemed  it — paid 
100  cents  on  the  dollar  for  it. 

Mr.  William  Follerton  produced  tbe  etipulution 
of  settlement  betwesn  tbe  Continental  Life  and  tbe 
New-Jersev  Matual,  and  the  contract  for  the  trans- 
fer by  the  Coatinental  of  its  securities  to  the  New- 
Jersey  company.  The  contract  was  made  on  Oct. 
10,  the  day  after  tbe  application  was  made  for  a  Re- 
ceiver, and  the  order  tor  a  Receiver  was  served  on 
the  11th,  the  dav  after.  It  was  signed  by  J.  H. 
Stedwell,  President  of  tbe  New-Jersey  Mutual,  and 
L.  W.  Frost,  President  of  the  Continental.  Mr. 
Fullerton  testified  essentially  to  tbe  same  effect 
concerning  his  fees  and  the  services  he  had  per- 
formed for  the  company,  as  Mr.  Anderson  bad  done 
on  Monday,  saying  tbat  he  baa  r«cov«r«d  $102,000 
ot  the  transferred  securities,  which  were  held  sub- 
ject to  tbe  order  of  tbe  court,  but  tbe  balance  of  tbe 
$314,000  could  not  be  touad.  The  ease  was  then  ad- 
journed until  Thursday. 

Mr.  William  B.  Grace,  the  newly  appointed  Re- 
ceiver of  (be  Contiueutal  Lite  Insurance  Company, 
appeared  yesterday  in  the  Supreme  Court,  Brook- 
lyn, and  fumlslied  the  necessary  bond  in  $400,000 
for  tbe  proper  performance  of  his  duties,  bis  sure- 
ties being  Mr.  Eugene  Kelly,  of  tbe  firm  of 
Eugene  Kelly  &■  Co.;  Mr.  James  E.  Ward, 
Mr.  Benjamin  Flinty  and  Mr.  Isaac  F.  Cliap- 
man,  of  tne  firm  of  Chapman  &  Flint.  After  the 
filing  of  his  bond;  Mr.  Grace  proceeded  to  the 
office  of  the  company  and  saw  Mr.  Anderson,  when 
an  arrangement  waa  made  tbat  be  snoald  take  pos- 
session of  the  affairs  of  tbe  company  to-day. 

THE  NEW-JJiHUEY  MUTUAL. 
TBE  ARGUMENT  BICFORB   CHANCELLOR  RUN- 
YON  FOR   THB    APPOINT.MENT   OF    A    RE- 
CEIVKR — ^TH«    FINAL  JUDGMENT     TO  BE 
RENDEBED  TO-MOBROW. 

From  Our  Own  Corretj>»ndenL 

Teentoh,  Tuesday,  Feb.  6,  1877. 

Chancellor  Bun  yon  sat  in  Cbaneery  till  late 
this  evening  to  hear  argument  in  the  application 
made  last  week  by  Attorney  General  Vanatta  for 
the  appointment  of  a  Receiver  for  the  New-Jersey 
Mutual  Life  Insurance  Companr,  of  Newark.  The 
Attorney  General  waa  aiiUsted  by  Ludlow  Mo* 
Carter.  Hon.  Thomas  N.  McCarter  began 
by  askmg  the  court  to  hear  an  appli- 
cation for  an  adjournment  of  tbe  heating. 
He  said  that  an  actuary  had  been  engaged 
in  ascertaining  the  condition  of  the  company  ;  and 
having  oanclnded  bis  investigatioB,  had  placed  in 
his  bands  last  evening  a  report  showing  the  resalt 

of  his  labors.     Tbe  flgores  wbiob  bad  bean  supplied 

by  the  actuary  went  to  show  that  the  coimpany 

was  in  a  state  of  solvency,  'and  that  there  was  no 

..TMuiian  whatever  for  windins  it-  no.     Tbm  tttonrt  of 


the  aettlaty  had  been  plaoedio  his  hands  at  so  lata 
.jot  hij>ar;iK%  to'xtaubf .  it.impossihla  for  hiss  to  draw, 
an  asawac  to  be'vtopedjMfore  tbeCbaaeeUor  to.4a7.; 
-He  based  hia  appUpaao^  .for  pqptponemsot  oi^that 
state  of  facts. 

Attorney  Oeoersl  Va^iatta  repUed  tbat  the  Secre- 
tary of  State  bad  given  tbe  company  10  days  to 
satisfy  blm  of  their  solvency,  and  that  they  bad 
since  had  seven  days  in  which  to  bring  evidenoeof 
that  faet  into  eonrt.  Instead  ef  establishing  their 
solvency  during  the  time  allowed  them  by  Mr. 
Kelsey,  tbey  had  employed  it  In  making  a  fraudu- 
lent transfer  of  tneir  asaets  *-o  a  foreign  corporation 
vrittiout  either  status  or  capital.  It  was  unsafe  to 
leave  tbe  affairs  of  the  company  longer  in  the  con- 
trol of  its  officers.  The  court  should  appoint  a  Re- 
ceiver to  take  eare  of  thu  aasets  which  were  left, 
pending  the  final  order  of  the  court  throwing  the 
company  into  liqaiiatlon,  or  until  the  court  shall 
have  been  assured  of  ita  solvency. 

Mr.  MeCarter  resisted  tbe  proposition  tbat  a 
Receiver  could  carry  on  tbe  company.  A  Receiver 
could  be  appointed  only  to  wind  np  its  afiiairs.  Tbe 
statute,  be  said,  required  the  court  to  take  evi- 
dence, and  if  satisfied  from  the  Vyidence  of  the  in- 
solvency of  the  Qompany,  to  appoint  a  Receiver  to 
wind  it  np.  Tbe  court  ought  not  to  make  the  ap- 
pointment on  an  ex  parte  showing,  because  If  the 
company  were  solvent,  the  mere  appointment  of  a 
Receiver  wonld  so  weaken  public  confidence  in  it 
as  to  hopelessly  bankrupt  it. 

Tbe  Attorney  General  answered  that  the  conrt 
had  the  right  to  presume,  from  thefaHnre  t*  answer 
to-day,  that  the  company  could  not  and  would  not 
answer  tbo  allegations  of  the  information ;  that  the 
Chancellor  would  be  Jostifled,  unless  great  donbt 
were  thrown  over  tbe  prima  facie  case  of  the  Attor- 
uer  General,  to  go  on  and  appelnt  a  Receiver,  pend- 
ing inquiry  into  its  affairs.  The  construction  put 
on  tde  statute  by  Mr.  McCarter  would,  Mr.  Tanatta 
contended,  be  tbe  most  perfect  shelter  the  officers 
of  a  corporation  could  want  while  they  were  en- 
gaged in  robbing  it. 

Mr.  McCarter  also  made  the  point  tbat 
no  stockholder  or  policy-bolder  had  been  enough 
alarmed  about  the  condition  of  the  company  to  taice 
steps  against  it,  to  which  Mr.  Vanatta  replied 
that  all  were  waiting  tor  the  pending  prooeealnjs. 
Some  question  having  been  raised  as  to  the  par- 
ties whom  Mr.  MoCarter  represented  in  the  pro- 
ceeding, he  explained  that  he  represented  the 
Mutual  Life  Company,  though  he  bad  not  seen  the 
officer*  lately.  Ue  presumed  tbe  officers  were  in 
New- York.  "Diligent  searuh,"  remarked  the 
prosecuting  attorneys,  "fails  to  reveal  their  where- 
abouts." 

The  Cbanoellor  said  that  the  court  was  satisfied 
that  prompt  action  ought  to  be  taken.  In  some  as- 
pects a  Receiver  would  be  desirable ;  in  others  he 
would  not.  He  would  not  compel  counsel  to  file  a 
written  answer,  bat  he  expected  him  to  make  some 
Itind  of  a  retnru  to  the  rule.  He  could  not  adjourn 
tbe  case  for  a  week.  It  must  be  heard  and  decided 
sooner  than  tbat ;  and  he  would  aaiooro  the  heat- 
ing until  Thursday  morning  next.  Meanwhile  the 
temporary  lojuuction  granted  last  week  should 
stand. 

It  is  probable  that  after  the  bearing  Thursday. 
Henry  W.  Duryea,  of  Newark,  will  be  appointed 
Receiver. 

• — ■ — 

AFFAIRS  OP  THE  COMPANY  IN  THIS  CITY. 
Mr.  Henry  D.  Walker,  the  Vice  President  of 
the  Natioaal  Capital  Life  Insurance  Company, 
stated  yesterday  to  a  reporter  of  Ibe  Tiius  that  it 
was  the  intention  of  the  company  he  represented  to 
abide  by  the  decision  of  Chansellor  Rnnvon,  whether 
it  be  adverse  to  tbe  csmpaoy  or  not.  Should  a  Re- 
ceiver be  appointed  and  a  decision  given  tbat  the 
transfer  of  the  New-Jersev  Matual's  asaets  was  Il- 
legal, they  would  at  once  band  them  over  to  tbe  offi- 
cer of  the  court,  and  tbat  would  end  tbo  matter. 


AID  FOB  DISABLED    SOLDIERS. 

THE  BALANCE      REMAINING  OF  THE  FOURTH 
OF  JULY   FUND  GIVEN    TO    THB    LADIES' 

UNION  REUEF  ASSOCIAnON. 
The  President  af  tbe  Ladies'  Union  Belief 
Association,  for  tbe  care  of  sick  and  disabled 
ssldiers,'  and  tbe  widows,  and  orphans  of  those  who 
fell  In  the  late  war,  have  received  tbe  following 
letter : 

Mr$.  John  A.  Kennedy.  President  of  Ladiee'  Union 
J<eiuf  Auociatxonrfor  eare  of  JHtabled  Soldiert 
and  their  F<fmiliet : 

Dear   Madam:    Tbe  undersigned,  who    were 

char.;ed  with  tbe  respensible  duty  of  raising  and 
disbursing  funds  for  the  Fourth  of  July  Centen- 
nial Celebration  ot  last  year,  finding  a  balance  re- 
maining io  tbeir  handu,  have,  after  due  considera. 
Hon,  decided  to  donate  the  same  to  the  above-men. 
tioned  aasooiation,  ot  which  you  are  tbe  boaored 
President.  They  have  made  this  selection  becanse 
they  bave  personal  knowledge  that  all  donations  to 
that  association  go  directly  and  entirely  to  this  re- 
lief of  a  class  of  our  fellow-alticena,  wbo,  by  their 
heroic  services  in  the  Isle  war,  tbe  honorable  scars 
of  wbiob  many  of  tbem  bear,  and  from  the  dis- 
abling etfects  of  which  they  and  tbeir  fimilies  are 
now  suffering  oontriuoted  larzely  toward  making 
such  a  celebration  possible.  Satisfied  that  the  ap- 
propriateness of  this  action  will  commend  itself  to 
the  approval  ot  the  donors  to  the  original  fund, 
they  have  tbe  pleasure  to  inclose  a  ohaok  for 
$398  98,  tbe  amount  of  the  balance  above  referred 
to,  wbieh  you  will  please  cause  to  l>e  applied  to  the 
purpose  indicaceii..    Kespeotfullv. 

RUSH  C.  HAWKINS,  Chairman. 
Hkitbt  fiAVkUXTEK.  Treasurer 


AID  FOR  POOR  FAMILIES. 
To  the  SaUor  of  the  New-  York  Timet: 

Your  readers  can  hardly  be  aware  how  great 
the  suffering  is  now  among  the  honest  and  indus- 
trious poor  of  the  City.  Great  numbers  ot  bard- 
working  laborers  and  mechanics  have  consumed 
their  savings,  pawned  a  great  deal  of  their  little 
property,  are  utterly  without  work,  and  see  nothing 
before  them  but  hunger  and  extreme  poverty.  Our 
visitors  and  teachers  in  the  indtutrlal  schools  fihd 
every  day  eases  of  such  suffering  in  the  poor  quar- 
ters. Last  week  a  woman  was  repsrted  near  Avenue 
C  as  nearly  dying  of  atarvation,  with  a  family  of 
seven  children  to  care  for.  It  has  been  our  custom  fur 
the  last  tew  years,  if  special  tunda  are  supplied,  to 
send  off  industnoos  and  destitute  families,  who  are 
ready  to  do  hard  work,  to  places  In  the  West  or 
Soatb.  We  are  prepared  this  Winter  thus  to  le- 
Iteve  hundreds  of  very  needy'  cases,  by  placing 
tbem  where  food  and  work  are  in  plentv,  provided 
special  donaciona  are  aent  in  by  tbe  charitable.  Do- 
nations for  this  Object,  marked  "  Emigration,"  may 
be  sent  in  checks,  payable  to  the  order  of  J.  £. 
Williams.  Treasurer,  to  the  Metropolitan  Bank,  or 
to  this  office.  C.  L.  BRACE, 

Secretary   Children's   Aid    Society,   No.    19    East 
Fourth  street,  City. 


TME  DUMPING  OF  SNOW  INTO  TEE  RITEBS. 

Corporation  Counsel  Whitney  yesterday  fur- 
nished the  following  opinion  to  the  Police  Board  in 
answer  to  its  querv,  whetber  the  Street-cleaning 
Bureau  may  lawfully  dispose  of  snow  and  ice  re- 
moved from  the  streets  in  the  condition  It  is  usually 
found  by  dumping  it  into  tbe  waters  of  the  ad- 
jacent rivers : 

Section  4.  chapter  671  of  the  laws  of  1857,  providea 
that  *'  any  persou  Vilitully  throwing  or  putting  an5 
stones,  earth,  Bbavin_gs,  night-soil,  dirt,  or  rubbish 
into  any  dock  or  slip  in  the  Port  of  New- York,  or 
on  any  public  pier  or  bulkhead  in  said  port,  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  to  the  Commissioner  of  Pilots  $25 
for  each  offense"  The  snow  which  lalla  in  tbe 
streets  of  the  City,  if  not  very  soon  removed,  be- 
comes mingled  with  one  or  more  of  the  several 
articles  above  mentioned.  If  the  anew  ia  removed 
soon  after  a  saow-storm,  before  it  has  become 
mingled  with  any  of  the  said  articles,  I  think  it  can 
t>e  lawfully  thrown  into  the  adjacent  rivers ;  but  I 
think  tbat  ths  throwing  of  snow  and  ice  whicn  have 
become  mixed  with  any  of  said  articles  i»  lorbidden 
by  the  provisioos  of  the  statute. 

CHARGES  AND  COUNTERCHARGES. 
Some  very  queer  charges  and  countercharges 
were  made  in  the  suit  of  Cnristopher  H.  Hall 
against  Charles  Koch  which  was  brought  to  trial  be- 
fore Judge  Donobiie  and  a  Jury  in  Part  I,  of  the 
Supreme  Court,  yesterday.  Tbe  plaintiff  sues  on  a 
note  for  $975,  liability  on  which  the  defendant  de- 
nies.  The  latter  alleges  that  Hall  was  bis  bar- 
keeper,  and  had  admitted  stealing  $1,000  from  the 
till  of  his  saloon.  Hail,  he  says,  gave  back  the 
money.  Koch  had  Hall  Indicted,  bnt  tbe  latter  was 
acquitted  at  tbe  trial.  Hall  says  Kooh  himself  was 
indicted  for  stealing  gas  and  escaped  pnnishment 
only  by  a  disHgreement  of  tbe  jury  before  which  his 
case  came.  The  Presidents  of  tbe  Bleeoker  Street 
and  Greenwich  Savings  Banks  were  sabpoened  as 
witesses  yesterday,  but  were  not  present  in  court 
when  called  on  to  testify,  and  Judge  Donobne 
ordered  affidavits  to  be  made  on  which  he  might  is- 
sue warrants  of  commitment  for  contempt  of 
court.  ^ 

STREET'OAR    RUFFIANS  ARRESTED. 

John  Thompson,  of  No.  146  East  Forty-sev- 
enth street,  and  Henry  Beacic,  of  No.  416  East 
Seventy-second  afreet,  were  arraigned  on  charges 
of  disorderly  conduct  at  tbe  Essex  Market  Polioe 
Court  yesterday.  The  complainant  was' Edward 
J.  Cahil,  of  No.  3,116  Second  avenue,  conductor 
of  oar  No.  7d.  of  the  Second  Avenue  Line,  who 
made  an  atSdavit  to  tbe  effect  that  the  two 
men  entered  his  car  in  Grand  street,  near 
Forsyth  street,  and  becan  to  act  in  a 
very  disorderly  manner,  and  finally  persisted  in 
sitting  on  the  laps  of  several  ladies.  When  some 
uf  the  male  passengers  remonstrated  with  them  the 
rowdies  pulled  off  tbeir  coats  >nd,  assnmlng  pugi- 
listic attitudes,  dared  tbe  men  in  tbe  car  to  "come 
on."  The  Conductor  interfered  and  was  assaulted 
by  tbe  two  men.  Patrolman  Kelly  ot  tb^  Seven- 
teenth Precinct  arrested  them,  and  they  were  ar- 
raigned before  Justice  Murray.  Each  waa  held  in 
default  of  tliOQO.  

IBE  DBAD  ALI  VE  A  GAIN. 

The  Sprinf(fleld  (Uma.)   BepvbJktm  has  the 

following  brief  account  of  a  startling  incident  in 
PlainyUle.  that  State :  *  "  Deacon  Hamlin  died  of 
paralyBis,(aB  was  supposed,  and  a  large  assembly 
gathmd  in  tbe  obnroh  for  the  fn.ieral  Friday 
afteruooa.  But.  during  the  aarvioaa,  the  midience 
grew  reaileae,  the  corpse  stirred,  waa  basdlv  car- 
ried from  the  house,  reitoratives  were  applied,  and. 
at  thelaetaceountsi  the  good  d«iaann  asomed  to 
have  ftaken  »new  (ease  of  Uiia-" 


CITY  AND  SDB0fiB4MJEWS. 

♦"i   . —  _        •: 
SEW-TOBK* 

The  annual  dinner  of  the  Palette  Clab  will 
be  given  in  tbe  olob-house  to-morrow  evening. 

The  annual  election  for  ofBcera  ot  the  Ameri- 
•an  Institute  will  take  place  to-morrow  evening. 

The  Mtmieipal  Committee  on  the  Water 
Supply,  of  wliioh  Alderman  luomey  Is  Chairman, 
will  meet  to-day. 

Gilmore's  Garden  will  be  reonened  this  eren- 
ing,  and  tbe^ entertainment  will  ooudst  of  ttotting, 
miming,  and  athletic  sports. 

Bev.  Bobert  CoUyer  will  lebtnre  before  the 
Y3iug  Men's  Christum  Association  of  Xlizabetb, 
this  evenmg,  on  "  Clear  Grit." 

Capt.  Bracket*  oontinned  his  iuTestigation  of 
alleged  sugar  smngglmg  frauds^  yesterday,  bnt  no 
further  facts  of  importanee  were  elicited. 

No  further  news  has  been  reoeiyed  at  the 
ofice  of  either  company  in  regard  to  tbe  fate  of  the 
long-overdue  steam-sbfps  George  Cromwell  and 
Colombo. 

Controller  Kelly  yesterday  signed  a  warrant 
for  $59,781  66  to  the  order  of  the  Street  Cleaning 
Bureau,  and  also  one  of  $20,935  04  for  the  Foundling 
Asylum. 

The  annual  grand  masquerade  of  the  German 
Llederkrans  takes  place  to-morrow  evening  in  the 
Academy  of  Musis.  It  is  expected  to 'surpass  all 
Its  predecessors. 

Patirolmau  John  Gallagher,  of  the  Twenty- 
ninth  Precinct,  died  on  the  10th  inst.  of  consump- 
tion, at  Belfast,  Ireland,  whither  he  had  gone  for 
the  benefit  of  his  health. 

The  public  is  cautioned  against  a  swindler 
wbo  is  Imposing  upon  the  oharltably  inclined  by 

selling  them  tickets  for  a  dramatic  performance  at 
tbe  Harlem  Music  Hail  for  the  benefit  of  St.  Jehn's 
Guild.  No  such  performance  is  authorized  by  tbe 
Guild. 

The  sale  of  a  number  of  lots  In  this  City  for 
non-payment  of  the  interest  on  loans  advanced  by 
tbe  United  States  Loan  Commissioners,  which  was 
to  have  benn  held  at  tbe  Citr  Hall  yesterday,  was 
postponed  until  September  next.  It  Is  said  that  in 
the  meantime  many  of  the  lots  will  be  redeemed. 

The  Goyernors  of  the  Woman's  Hospital 
meet  this  afternoon  at  3  o'clock  to  receive  from  the 
architect  and  builder  the  Baldwin  Pavilion,  which 
has  been  erected  on  the  grounds  of  the  hospital,  at 
Lexington  avenue  and  Fiftieth  street  Messrs. 
John  Jacob  and  William  Astor  each  contributed 
|S,500  toward  the  building  of  the  Pavilion. 

The  Aldermanio  Committee  on  Public  Works, 

who  were  directed  to  inquire    mto  the  charge  of 

Mr.  Tuomey  tbat  Commissioner  Campbell,  of  tbe 
Department  of  Public  Works,  had  negleuted  his 
official  duties,  met  yesterday,  and  decided  not  to 
proceed  with  the  investigation  until  they  reeeived 
lurther  instructions  from,  the  Board  of  Aldermen. 

The  managers  of  the  Home  tor  the  Blind 
are  obliged  to  appeal  to  tbeir  Irleuds  for  contribu- 
tions of  men's  and  children's  clothing.  The  severe 
weather  brings  ts  tbeir  Home  hundreds  of  poor 
creatures  wanting  food  aod  covering,  and  without 
some  assistance  the  ladies  must  send  them  away. 
Doi.atloiis  may  be  sent  to  the  Home,  No.  219  West 
Fourteenth  street. 

A  concert  for  the  benefit  of  the  Italian  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  Church  will  take  place  this  even- 
ing at  Steinway  Hall.  Mrs.  Dora  Gordon  Steele, 
Mme.  Oaksmith,  Mrs.  C.  Stauder,  Mme.  Corinne 
Thomaselli,  Senor  Jose  Godoi,  Mr.  Edward  Gilbert. 
Herr  Herman  Brandt,  Sigoor  Salvatore  de  Carlo, 
and  an  orchestra  conducted  by  Prof.  Thomas  Or, 
Boettger,  will  interpret  a  fine  programme. 

A  woman  of  resjwotable  appearabde  u  ob- 
taining money  fh>m  charitable  individuals  by  means 

of  letters  assuming  to  be  addressed  to  tbem  by  the 
Sister  Soperintendent  of  St.  Lake's  Hospital,  and 
signed,  by  a  torgery,  with  her  name  in  full.  The 
Sister  slates  tbat  in  no  ease  is  a  reoommeodation 
f«r  pecuniary  assistance  ever  made  by  ber,  either 
verbally  or  in  writing,  through  the  parties  seeking 
reUef. 

A  resolution  has  been  adopted  by  the  New- 
York  Chamber  of  Commerce  approving  and  Indors- 
ing the  act  recently  introanoed  mto  the  Legisls- 
ttire,  fixing  the  rate  of  interest  to  be  ohargeiL  In 
the  oDinion  of  the  Chamber,  the  enactment  of  the 
bill  in  qoestion  will  contribute  lan^ely  to  the  best 
interests  ot  the  commercial,  manufacturing,  and 
agricultural  industries  of  the  State.  The  early  pss- 
sa'ge  of  the  bill  is   earnestly  urged  by  the  Chamber. 

At  the  meetdug  of  the  Board  of  Health  held 
yesterday,  a  report  conoerning  the  importation  of 
rags  Into  this  port  was  received  fronx  Sanitary 
Inspector  Trscey.  Tbe  demand  far  rags  is  so  great 
in  thia  country,  be  says,  tbat  a  cargo  rarely  remains 
in  tbe  City  more  than  six  hours  after  tieing  landed. 
A  oommnoicatien  was  also  received  from  the  Cob- 
miasionera  of  Cliarltles  and  Correction,  asking  tbe 
board  to  uke  charge  of  the  fever  hespitais  on 
Blackwell's  Island. 

Early  yesterday  morning  Patrolman  A.  H. 
Schmitt,  of  the  Sixteenth  Precinct,  noticed  two 
youug  men,  named  George  Harris  and  Henry  Kep. 
pier,  acting  io  a  suspicious  manner  in  front  of  the 
premises  No  136  Ninth  avenue.  Tbe  officer  ar- 
rested them,  and  prooaring  the  assistance  of  his 
side-partner  proceeded  to  search  them.  While  they 
were  so  engaged  a  pistol  shot  waa  fired  at  tne  Po- 
lice officers,  but  failed  to  take  effect..  The  would- 
be  assassin,  who  Is  unknown,  succeeaed  in  makiag 
liis  escape. 

When  the  store  of  Messrs.  Hahn,  Benjamin 
&,  Co.,  importers  and  manufacturers  of  cloaks  at 
Nos.  313  and  315  Broadway,  was  opened  for  biuiness 
on  Monday  morning  last,  it  was  discovered  that  tbe 
place  had  been  visited  by  burgl.ars  and  robbed  of 
goods  valued  at  $3,000.  An  examination  of  the 
stock  showed  that  69  black  silk  cloaks,  3  colored 
figured  silk  cloaks,  48  cloth  cloaks,  and  I  linen 
dress  had  been  carried  off  As  a  gray  packing- 
trunk  and  a  small  case  were  also  missing,  it  Is  b«- 
lieved  tbat  the  goods  were  taken  away  in  the  trunk 
and  case. 

BROOSJLTN. 

The  body  of  i^  woman  about  50  years  of  age ' 
was  found  in  the  water  at  the  foot  vf  Little  street 
yesterday. 

Supervisor  Curran,  alter  visiting  the  publio 
store-rooms,  reports  that  the'quality  ot  the  supplies 
furnished  tbe  poor  is  not  np  to  the  samples  sent  in 
jiy  the  contractors. 

No  disturbance  was  created  by  the  'long- 
shoremen on  strike  yesterday,  bnt  it  is  still  deemed 
advisable  to  keep  a  large  force  of  Police  stationed 
at  varions  points  along  the  river  front 

An  anonymous  circular  has  been  placed  on 
the  desks  of  the  Aldermen,  askmz  for  a  meeting  of 
the  Aldermen  elected  last  November,  with  the  view 
of  breaking  the  present  dead-lock,  the  necessary 
votes  to  be  obtained  by  a  distribution  of  patxonage. 

On  Monday  evening  the  residence  of  Mr.'^ 
John  J.  Walton  waa  entered  by  a  thief,  who  stole 
$800  worth  of  Jewelry.  The  thief  was  seen  by  a 
servant,  wbo  raised  an  alarm.  Officer  Boyle  re- 
spondsd,  and  was  just  in  time  to  see  the  thief  Jump 
out  or  tbe  window.  Chase  was  given,  but  without 
avail. 

Detcotive  Price,  while  attempting  to  arrest 
Daniel  Calahan,  a  member  of  the  notorious  "  Jack- 
son Hollow  gang,"  on  a  charge  of  burglary,  drew 
his  pistol  to  .prevent  a  rescue  by  Calahan's  com- 
panions. The  pistol  was  seised  by  Osear  Wilbur, 
wbo  struck  Pries  on  th«  head  with  it  The  officer 
fell  to  the  ground  in  an  unconscious  condition,  and 
Calahan  escaped.  Wilbur  subsequently  gave  bim- 
seit  uo,  and  said  that  Price  was  an  insane  man 
who  was  trying  to  shoot  Calahan.  Wilbur's  char- 
acter wiilbe  investigated. 


LONG  ISLAND. 

Richard  Everett,  while  driving  on  Monday 
night  on  College  Point  Causeway,  waa  waylaid 
by  two  bigbwaymen,  who  Jumped  into  his  wagon, 
robbed  him  of  $200,  and  then  fied. 

James  Skidcaore,  Michael  Stiarp,  and  John 
Munohen,  news-boys,  in  the  employ  of  the  Union 
News  Compsny,  were  arrested  yesterday  morning 
by  Officer  Mionocks  on  the  charge  of  breaking 
open  and  robbing  the  newa-stand  in  the  Long 
Island  Railroad  Depot  on  Sunday  mgbt  of  money 
and  cigars  to  tbe  value  of  $50.  Upon  arraignment 
before  Juatioe  Puroell.  ot  Aatoila,  tbe  prisoners 
pleaded  not  gnllty,  and  were  fully  committed  to 
await  the  action  of  the  Grand  Jury. 

The  body  of  John  Sohleider,  who  was  buned 
by  the  caving  of  the  well  on  tbe  Valentmo  farm, 
town  of  Flushing,  on  Thursday  afternoon  last,  was 
recovered  yesterday  at  noon.  The  body,  when 
reached,  was  lying  in  the  water  at  the  bottom  of 
the  well.  His  bead  was  badiy  criuhed  by  a  large 
stone,  and  death  must  have  been  instantaneous.  An 
Inq neat  was  held  on  the  body  by  Coroner  Bums, 
after  which  it  was  taken  in  charge  oy  his  orother 
and  forwarded  to  bis  home  fbr  burial.  The  well 
was  found  to  be  caved  to  the  bottom  curb,  and  now 
that  the  body  has  been  recovered  it  will  be 
filled  np. 

NEW-JKBSEY. 

The  Essex  County  Circuit  Conrt  held  no 
session  yesterday,  owing  to  the  death  of  tbe  mother 
of  Presiding  Justice  Depue. 

Mrs.  Anna  Renter,  residing  on  Cliff  street^ 
Jersey  City  Heights,  yesterday  oatued  a  warrant 
to  be  issued  by  Jnstiee  Aldridge  for  the  arrest  of  a 
neighbor  named  Chaonoey,  on  a  charge  of  indecent 
assault 

Mrs.  Elisabeth  Noice,  as  the  administratrix 
of  Edward  Noioe,  deceased,  has  institntsid  a  suit 
against  Albert  D.  Brown  for  $60,000  damages,  for 
the  sednotion  and  abdaoUon  of  Alice  IToloe,  her 

daogbter. 

Thomas  Green,  a  polioy  dealer  n^-  Prorost 
street,  Jersey  City,  yesterday  eashed  a  cheek  for 
■as  IS.    a*...  am  tk.   tutooaA  Natiowa    Bank,  la 


fkTorof  Jamss  lioGabe.  and  parportiag  to  hara 
bfl«n  sigped  by  Conger  *  Co-  eatue  deuers.  Tbe 
ebMic  waia  sabeec|aentiy  found  to  be  a  forgery.  Ibk 
Cabe  has  sot  yet  been  antested. 

Sheriff  Harrison,  of  Newark,  has  issued  passaa 
to  the  press  representatives  and  the  immediate  rela« 
tives  of  the  eoademnedmurdersrs,  Os^walA'aad 
Byan,  to  witness  the  exeoution  on  -Friday.  The 
sister  of  Byan  and  Osohwald's  mother  and  several 
clergymen  here  ealled  on  Gov.  Bedle  several  times 
staioe  Sunday  to  obtain  a  respite,  bnt  all  to  no  avaU. 

William  N.  Williams,  who  was  arrested  in 
Newark  on  Monday  for  having  swindled  church- 
goers out  of  various  sums  of  money  by  representfog 
Himself  as  an  agent  for  ebaritable  sooieties,  was 
yesterdar  recognised  by  a  niunber  of  his  riotims. 
bis  oflbnse  did  not  oome  within  the  pale  of  the  law, 
and  J.  L,  Glenwortb,  from  whom  he  had  at  one 
time  hired  a  horse  and  borrowed  money,  was  the 
only  one  who  eonla.  prefer  a  charge  of  false  pretences 
against  him,  aod  he  was  held  oa  that  charge. 

CASE  OF  ALLEGED  BABY  FABMING. 


BIX  CBILDBXN  SAID  TO  HA'VB  DIED  IN  A 
HOUSE  IK  CHARLES  STBEET  WTTHm 
FOUB  WEEKS — THE  AUTHORITIES  INVEtf- 
TIOATING  THK  MATTEB. 

Br.  Nagle,  Depttty  Begiatrar  of  Vital  Statis- 
tics, called  the  attention  of  the  Board  of  Health 
yesterday  to  an  establishment  at  No.  149  Charles 
street,  in  which  there  was  a  remarkable  infantile 
mortabty.  Dr.  Nagle  stated  that  no  less  than  six 
children  had  died  in  the  house  within 
the  past  month,  which  was  in  itself  a  good 
cause  for  investigation.  The  deaths  of  these 
children  were  all  certified  to  by  repbiable  physi- 
cians, and  there  was  nothing  suspicious  about  the 
Sfieases  item  which  it  was  reported  they  had  died 
the  chief*  causes  being  cholera  infantum  and 
marasmus.  Sanitary  Superintendent  Day 
was  directed  to  mak«  an  investigation,  and 
Sanitary  Inspector  Hughes  was  detailed 
for  that  purpose.  The  house  in  question 
is  kept  by  Mrs.  Bozilla  Worcester.  It  is  a  two- 
story  brick  house,  very  respectable  in  appearanee, 
and  the  interior  is  remarkably  neat  and  dean. 
Mrs.  Worcester,  on  being  questioned  by  a  Tiubs  re- 
porter, denied  that  there  had  l>een  any  unusual  in- 
fantile mortality  in  her  house.  She  said  tbat  there 
had  been  only  two  deaths  there  in  six  weeks.  One 
of  these  children  waa  at  ita  birth  so  weak  and 
puny  that  it  lived  only  a  few  hours.  The  othw 
died  of  marasmus.  Both  had  proper  medical  at- 
tendance. During  the  excessive  heat  which  last 
Summer  proved  so  fatal  to  children  through- 
out the  City,  three  children  died  at  her 
honse  from  cholera  infantum.  Mrs.  Worcester 
said  tbat  she  kept  a  private  lying.in  establishment, 
and  her  patients  were  both  married  and  single,  but 
ebiefiy  the  latter.  Thsy  remained  in  ber  house 
during  confinement,  and  as  in  nearly  all  eases  tbe 
boarders  do  not  wish  to  retain  the  infants,  she  keeps 
them  until  she  finds  persons  wishing  to  adopt 
tbeai.  These  persons  ars  almost  invariably  married 
people  who  bave  no  children.  Tbis,  Mrs.  Worces- 
ter said,  was  the  only  bnsmess  she  carried  on. 
She  denied  most  emphatically  that  she  kept  a 
"  baby  farm."  There  wkre  but  two  children  m  her 
house  at  present,  and  they  were  both  well. 

Dr.  James  Hadden,  of  No.  292  West  Eleventh 

street,  aays  tbat  he  was  once  called  to  attend  a  lady 
in  Mrs.  Worcester's  during  ber  confinement,  but 
be  did  not  know  anything  further  about  ber  or  the 
nature  of  the  establishment  which  she  kept,  except 
that  it  was  known  in  the  neighborhood  aa  a  private 
lying-in  hospital. 

Dr.  Evans,  of  No.  703  Greenwich  street,  says  that 
he  had  been  called  in  by  Mrs.  Worcester  to  attend 
aiok  infants  at  her  boose,  bat  be  bad  seen  nothing 
about  the  place  to  indicate  that  it  was  anything 
but  what  it  purported  to  lie— a  place  of  refuge  for 
women  who  hau  been  nnfertimace  and  wished  to 
hide  their  misfortune  from  the  world. 

Inquiries  at  the  Charles  Street  Polioe  Station 
elicited  tbe  fact  that  the  Police  knew  absolutely 
nothing  aboat  the  bouse  or  its  occupants.  Capt. 
Wasbbame,  now  of  the  Twentieth  Pre- 
cinot,       who     formerly      oommftudsd    the    Ninth 

Precinct,  and  who  lives  in  Charles  street, 
within  a  few  doors  of  the  stuoected  establishment, 
said  to  a  TxuES  reporter,  last  evening,  that  Mrs. 
Worcester  had  kept  this  plaoe  for  It  years.  To  his 
own  knowledge  all  the  children  who  died  in  the 
house  were  buried  on  certificates  given  by  reputa- 
ble physicians,  who  had  been  in  attendance  on  them. 
The  Captain  said  that  there  had  been  bnt 
SIX  deaths  in  the  house  since  Augnst  last,  although 
there  had  been  as  many  as  40  infants  bom  in  the 
place.  He  had  known  Mrs.  Worcester  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  and  while  in  oommand  of  tbe  Ninth 
Precinct  had  heard  nothing  wrong  conoemmg  the 
place. 

Sanitary  Inspector  Hughes  la  now  making  an  In- 
vestigatioB, but  tbe  result  will  not  be  given  for 
publication  until  bis  report  is  made  to  Dr.  Day. 

ARRIVALS  AT  THE  HOTELS. 

Stanton  Blake,  of  Boston,  ia  at  the  Hotel 

Brunswick. 

Maxwell  Wotdhnll,  of  Washington,  is  at  the 
St.  James  Hotel. 

William  Henry  Clifford,  of  Portland,  Mfe., 
is  at  the  Westminster  Hotel. 

United  States  Marshal  James  N.  Kerns,  of 
Philadelphia,  is  at  the  Grand  Hotel. 

State  Treasurer  W.  B.  MoCreery,  of  Michi- 
gan, is  at  the  St.  Nicholas' Hotel. 

Pro£  W.  P.  Trowbridge  and  C.  M.  Ingersoll. 
of  New-Haven,  are  at  tne  Albemarle  Hotel. 

Hon.  Charles  Stanford,  of  Sohenectad.y,  is 
at  the  Windsor  Hotel. 

Hon.  Harvey  G.  Iflastman,  af  Poughkeepaie, 
and  Nathaniel  'Wheeler,  of  Connecticut,  are  at  tbe 
Fifth  Avenue  Hotel. 

Henrj  Adams,  of  Boston;  C.  B.  Wright, 
President  of  the  Northern  Pasifio  Railroad  Com- 
pany, and  Frederick  Billings,  of  Termont^  are  at 
the  Brevoori  House. 


MEETING  or  THE  GRAIN  TRADE. 
The  new  schedule  of  rules  proposed  by  the 
Grain  Committee  of  the  Produoe  Exchange  was 
considered  at  a  masting  of  the  Grain  Trade  yester- 
day, and  in  part  adopted.  The  rules  adopted 
deolara  that  No.  1  Hard  Spring  Wheat  must  be 
hard,  plump,  and  well-cleaned,  and  weigh  not  less 
than  59  poimds  to  the  bushel.  North-west  Spring 
Wheat  shall  he  of  three  grades:  No.  1,  sound,  well- 
cleaned,  and  58  pouada ;  Nos.  3  and  3,  sound, 
reasonably  clean,  and  not  less  than  56  and  54 
poimds,  respectively;  Spring  Wheat  shall  be  of 
three  grades,  distinguished  aa  are  the  grades  of 
North-west  Tbe  latter  wheat  must  correspond  as 
far  as  practicable  with  the  Milwaukee  and  Dnluth 
grades,  and  Spring  ^nust  conform  to  the  character 
of  the  Chicago  grades.  -After  adopting  rules  defin 
ing  the  grades  ef  corn  the  meeting  adjourned  unti 
this  morning.  

FLOOD,  THE  MURDERER,  IN  CUSTODY. 

James  Flood,  who  murdered  his  wife  Mary, 
on  Sunday  last,  at  their  residence.  No.  S3  Crosby 
street,  this  City,  entered  the  Fourth  Precinct  Po- 
lioe Station,  Brooklyn,  last  evening,  and  gave  him- 
self Into  the  custody  of  Capt  Leich. 


TEE  PENNSTLVANIA  COAL  TRADE. 
The  Philadelphia  Ledger,  of  the  5th  inst., 
says:  "  The anttiracite  coal  trade  presented  no  new 
feature  during  the  past  week.  The  yroduction  of 
coal  in  all  the  several  regions '  is  quite  light,  prices 
are  low,  the  tonnage  of  the  carrying  companies 
weekly  less,  and  the  outlook  about  as  iaauspicioas 
as  we  have  ever  before  known  it  at  this  season  of 
the  year.  The  only  encouraging  point  In  the  pres- 
ent is  a  pretty  fair  demand  for  coal  for  domsstio 
uses,  and  tbis  probably  arises  ttom  the  fact  that  the 
Winter  havlBg  been  an  nniunally  severe  one,  the 
supply  of  coal  put  ih  last  Summer  and  Fall,  and 
stifficient  to  liave  lasted  through  the  mild  weather 
of  last  Winter,  has  given  out.  Bat  ttaere  are  no 
movements  looking  to  any  probable  arrangement 
for  the  government  of  the  great  prodocing  and  car- 
rying companies  for  the  current  year  tbat  we  see  or 
hear  of  and  it  seems  likely  to  be  lett  to  itself,  with 
tbe  desirable  result  of  cheap  coal  to  oonsumers  and 
tbs  feared  consequence  of  bankmptey  toproduoers 
and  oarrlers.  We  can  bat  wait  and  hope  for  re- 
turning reason  to  those  govarning  rival  in- 
terests. The  supply  of  coal  in  tbe  market  is 
large,  thoagh  the  quantity  brought  down,  as  by  last 
weekly  report,  is  some  40,000  tons  less  than  cams 
lorward  the  week  before.  The  total  tonnage  for 
the  week  ending  on  the  37th  ultimo,  as  reported  by ; 
the  several  carrying  companies,  amounted  to  S38,-  ■. 
024  teas,  against  333,709  tons  In  the  corresponding 
week  last  year,  a  decrease  ef  94,775  tons.  .The 
total  amount  of  anthracite  mined  tor  the  year  is  . 
1,548,875  tons,  against  1,610,471  for  tbe  same  period  , 
last  year,  a  deoteaae  of  61,696  tops.  The  quantity 
of  bitaminoos  coal  sent  to  market  for  the  week  was 
43,371  tons,  against  47,'7S0  tona  for  the  correspond- ' 
iug  week  last  year,  a  decrease  of  4.449  tons.  The 
whole  bituminous  tonnage  firom  tbe  bsgionmg  of 
tbe  coal  year  is  186,317  tons,  against  315,209  tons  in 
the  corresponding  time  last  year,  a  decrease  of 
38,993  taaa.  The  total  tonnage  of  all  kinds  ot  ooal 
for  the  week  is  S7L395  tons,  against  370,519  tons 
to  corresponding  date  last  year,  a  decrease  of 
99,324  tons,  and  tbe  total  tonnage  for  tbe  eoalyear  is 
1,T35.093  tons,  against  1,835.680  tons  to  same  date 
last  year,  a  deerease  of  90,588  tons." 

DEUOOMAIIO  PERFORMANCES. 

The  Democratic  Legialature  of  Mississippi 

has  excited  tbe  disgiut  of  even   the   Yioksbnrg 

Herald.    Tbat  paper,  albeit  Damooratic,  says  in  its 

Issue  of  the  3d  inst.:   "  The  Mississippi  Legislatarv 

has  iTosbed  .off  home.  Some  of  the  members  will 
be  seen  sad  heard  of  no  more  until  the  next  time  to 
draw  pay.  Then  every  man  will  answer  to  his 
name.  As  there  is  no  m<Mre  piqr  to  be  drawn  this 
Tear  there  will  nut  be  anotlwr  -  session  until  next 
year.  This  Legislature  calls  itself  a  retrenetament, 
reform  Legislature.  It  Is  filled  with  men-disgust- 
Ingly  willing  to  retrench  everythlog  else  except 
themselves.  In  this  rsspeet  we  must  pndse  some 
of  tbe  members  fn  haring  made  a  veor  'retnuphT* 


made  more  nMscr  than  they  ever  made  ttetavb 
tth«'" —  " 


name  for  the  ttite,  and  same  of  than  have  also 

made  more  nMi<~  '*" —  '" — "' 

the  same  length  t 


.  YicTOB  B.  Madqsb's  AxuDcaB  Pijtzaro  Cabbmi 
new  designs.  Sold  by  aU  zeaiwnslMe  Hflslora  jMbiiT 
tUtwunt.  ^^^^^ 

PASBBNeXBB  ASRITMD. 

In  tuam.aiilp  JtOrUMe,  frem  JMeerpoeL— Wnw^m 
Uenxy  Bnnv.  JuBiis  I>oew«nthaI,  A.  H.  QIotvz.  John 
Maclean.  J.  J.  Batiex,  W.  B.  Tbumten.  Jr..  Mc.  Oank 
ner, F.  W.  BBl,  Mr.YttnaB, FeBx  Teit  JamesHnn^ 
James  B.  Sbearmaa.  James  Bobeztaon.  D.  KcB.  Bimt^ 


son.  S.  Goideuberg.  E,  8.  Smith,  E.  T.  i^.  Sadler.  James 

wen,  8.  B.  Bobinson.  JiUes  Neuourger.  Salles  OHreinL 
H.  T.  Linn.  A.  Bwartrtck.  H.  Swarbrick,  OsSr  Tib^ 
fir.  Van  Note.  Mr.  Woodthorpe.  A.  H.  Day  mS:  Dnt: 
ton,  John  Bussell  Toung,  Mr.  Mandl,  Mr.  ThomnsML 
Mr.  BulUvan,  Mr.  and  An.  &.  B.  Peach;  MraTJ^?: 
Master  Foreat,  D.   B.   CorWn,   Vf.   MalSieTE.   aiw 

MINIATVRE  ALitANAO—XHia  DAT. 

8nnrises.....7:03  I  Sunsets 5:2A  I  Moon  rises.  3:21 

HIOH  WARU— THIS  DAT. 

Sandy  Hook...S:ll  |  Gov.Island..4:0u  i  flell  Oate.„.5:33 

MABIKB   INTELLiaENCE,     \ 


BETT-TOBK TUBSDAC,   FB&  8. 


CLEARED. 


steam-ships  Wyanoke.  Coueh,  Norfolk,  City  Point,  ani 
Biobmond,  Old  Dominion  Steam-ahlp  Co.;  Alliance, 
Carr.  Phlladeipnia ;  Neptune,  Berry,  Boston.  H  f .  Dt. 
mock;   Agnes,  Burdick,  Philadelphia. 

Barks  Suriname.  (Dutch,)  Schmidt,  Bio  Janeiro.  T. 
Norton  ft.  Co.;  Cuba,  (Morw.,)  Klttelaen,  Cork  or  Fal- 
mouth  fbr  orders,  Louis  Tetens;  Commodore  Dnpoat^ 
Mohols.  Cadis,  B.  P.  3nok  ft  Ca;  Ferrero,  (ItaL.)  isspo- 
Site,  Marseilles.  James  Henry ;  iron  Age^  Overton.  Bjo 
Janeiro.  J.  E.  Ward  ft  Co.;  Allmuri,  (Ital.,)  TrapanL  Al- 

S era,  John  C.  Seager;  Everhard  Uelius,  (Horw.,)  Ho- 
itb,  Portland,  H.  Koop  ft  Co. 

Bngs  Atalaya,  Cole,  Jacare  and  Cienfuegoa,  Pon'rert 
ft  Co.;  J.  Wllilams,  (Br^)  Vvilllams,  iieviUe  and  Cadii^ 
J.  P.  Whitney  ft  Co.:  wm.  Mallor:y  Jr.,  irorayth,  AH- 
oante,  James  Benrr ;  Charlotte,  whlttemore.  Carde- 
nas, Miller  ft  Houghton. 

Sohrs.  Sallie  Burton,  Burley,  Bridgeport,  Stamfbrd 
Maonfactuxiag  Co.;  Bart,  Campbell.  Stamford,  StMO.' 
fbrd  Manufacturing  Ca;  Harry  Wbite,  Hopkins.  Point 
a  Pltre,  H.  .\.  Tatable  ft  Co.;  Orrie  V.  Drlsfco,  Dnsko, 
Oeorgetowu,  Dem.  Leaycraft  ft  Co.;  John  D.  Onflln, 
Oonld,  Salem,  W.  b.  Ropes;  B.  S.  Williams,  Wilson 
Jacksonville,  Warren  Bay. 


ARRIVED. 


Steam-ship  Adriatic,  (Br.,)  Perry,  Liverpool  Jan.  2S^ 
via  Queenstown  26th,  with  mdte.  and  passengers  to 
B.  J.  Cortia. 

Steam-ship  Icaao  Bell,  Lawrence,  Bichmond  wai 
Norfolk,  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Old  Dominion 
Steam-ship  Co. 

Steam-ship  Oeneral  Whitney,  Hallett,  Boston,  -wltn 
mdse.  and  passengers  to  Metronolitan  Steam-sblp  Co. 

Ship  Amints,  (of  London,)  Meyler,  Calcutta  Sept. 
30,  -with  mdse.  to  V.  H.  Brown  ft  Co.— vessel  to  B.  J. 
Cortia. 

Bark  Beebuek.  (of  Dundee.)  Griffltba,  Kingaland, 
Eng.,  78  da.  with  coal  to  order— veaael  to  master. 

Bark  Bmma,  (Anat.,)  iievl,  Shlelde  76  ds.,  with  mdsa 
to  U.  ft  F.  W.  Meyer— veaael  to  Slocovich  ft  Ca 

Bark  Elvina,  Johnson,  Progreso  22  da,  with  hemp 
and  logwood  to  Reynal  &  Ca 

Brig  Uarry  and  Aubrey,  (of  Pugwash.  K.  8.,)  Brigga, 
Barbados  17  ds.,  in  ballast  to  Owigbt  ft  Piatt. 

Brig  Dashaway,  (of  Prince  Edward's  Island,)  Small, 
Old  Hnrbor,  Jam..  21  ds.,  with  sugar,  logwood,  ftc,  to 
A  H.  Solomon  ft  Co. — vessel  to  Warren  Ba.y. 

Bng  AelUe  Husted.  Brewster,  Miragaone  18  ds.. 
with  logwood  to  H.  Jiecker  ft  (Ta— Teasel  to  Brett  Son 
ft  Co. 

Brig  Thomas  Tnmll.  Bates,  (of  and  from  Xew- Haven.) 
in  ballast  to  1>.  W.  &  P.  Armstrong. 

Schr.  Annie  Tibbetts,  (of  Maehias,)  Mitchell,  Lucca 
Jam.,  16  ds.,  with  logwood,  pimento,  ftc.,  to  A  H.  Solo- 
mon ft  Ca — vessel  to  Miller  ft  Houghton. 

Schr.  J.  V.  WeUingtoD,  Cbipman.  Boston,  to  H.  W- 
Loud  ft  Co. 

Schr.  S.  W.  Bunnell,  Bunheil,  Bichmond. 

Schr.  Sarab  A.  Burr,  Arnold,  Virginia. 

Bchr.  J.  B.  Kelsey.  Bodine.  Virginia. 

Bohr.  M.  B.  Byrd,  Camp,  Virginia. 

Bclir.  Laura  K.  Messer.  Gregory,  Baltimore.  , 

Bohr.  John  E.  Sanford,  Bray,  Baltimore. 
8cbr.    Defiance.    Tbomdilce.   St.    Qeorge,    lie.,  w& 
granit«  to  master. 
Schr.  Rebecca  M.  Smith,  Smith,  Boston. 
Schr.  Wm.  H.  Whitaker.  Hall,  Boston. 
Sahr.  Sunlight,  Mortozi,  Boston. 


Bchc.  Marietta  Tilton,  Pennewell.  PertSBumfh. 

Bcbi^  Oea  A.  Pierce,  Kelly,  Gloucester. 

Schr.  Wild  Pigeon,  Staples,  ttomeraet 

Schr:  Wm.  Tice,  Tice,  Wood's  Hole,  for  Baltimore. 

Bcbr.  Westley  Abtiott.  Milllken,  Provldeijce. 

Schr.  Martha  a.  Heath,  Nicbola,  Providence. 

Schr.  Justice,  Caswell,  Providence. 

Schr.  Charles  H.  Eaton,  Ciury.  Pro'videnee. 

Schr.  Veran<la,  Ponii,  Providence. 

Schr.  liziie Toung, 'zoung.  Proyldenoe. 

Schr.  John  Tway,  Hall,  New-Haren. 

BELOW— Ship  Harvey  Mills,  Mills,  from  Fort-Koral 

WIND— Sunset  moderate.  N.  W.;   clear. 


SAILED. 


Steam-ships  WyominF,  for  Liverpool;  Wyaaoke,  fet 
Bichmond;  Alliance  and  Agnes,  for  Philadelphia':  ship 
Btrattaeam,  for  Llrerpool;  barks  E.  Sutton,  for  Genoa; 
Henry,  for  Bremen ;  Anns  Bella.  lur  London ;  Polk- 
vang,  tor  Queenstown ;  laliiman,  for  Barbados ;  Carih, 
for  St.  Croix:  brigs  John  Swan,  for  Montevideo ;  Char- 
lotte Bnolc,  for  KinEston,  Jam.  Also,  via  Long  Isiand 
Sound.  Steam-ship  Ileptune.  tor  Boaton ;  brigBmmalt. 
Shaw,  for  Portland. 

♦ 
SPOKEN. 

By  bark  Blvina,  Feb.  1,  lat.  33,  Ion.  77  16,  Ship  Ha> 
vey  Mills. 

♦  t 

By  CABLE. 

LOHPOIT,  Feb.  6.— Sid.  23d  ult,  James  E.  Ward,  Floit 
Goodale ;  28th  ult,  Ispahan,  Biverside.  Capt.  Wood, 
ward;  3d  inst..  Q.  C.  Stanford,  Melbourne;  5th  inst.. 
Bebo,  Sofia ;  6tb  Inst.,  Iris,  Capt.  Backmann,  and  Isa. 
bel,  Bengal,  for  &.eT  West ;  Jacob  A.  .Stamier,  Lepresu, 
for  Sandv  Hook. 

Arr.  30th  ult.,  Bnsso;  3d  inst.,  Fensale.  Candour. 
Emmanuel;  4tb  inst..  Castor,  Capt.  Barghoom,  Blan- 
dinaP.,  Luigia  P.,  Teviot,  steam-ship;  Bien,  Tren- 
more,  Thingvella,  steam-snip:  btta  inst.,  Artacan, 
Capt,  BuTvje,  Hawkeebury,  Kede  and  Speransa;  6tb 
inst. .  Bride.  Baltic,  Capt.  Taylor :  Janet  Cowan. 

Pi.TiiotrrH,  Feb.  o. — The  General  Transatlantic  Ga'i 
steam-ship  France,  Capt.  Trudelle,  from  Kew-Tork 
Jan.  27,  lor  Havre,  arr.  here  at  5  o'clock  this  after^ 
noon. 

JIPltkocth,  Feb.  6.— The  Hamburg-American  tint 
steam-ship  HerdtfF^Capt.  Brandt,  from  New-Tork  Jan. 
29,  for  Bamburg,  arr.  here  to-day. 

FAIRBANKS' 

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liATBST     AND     MOST     TAliEABIiB     IBb 
PROVlSAIBNTS. 


SCALES 

THE  WORLD'S  STANDARD 

BBCGITBD  HIGHEST  MEDALS  AT 

WoTld*a  Fair,  London 18.51 

World's  Fair,  New- Vork 1S53 

World's  Fair,  Paris 18«7 

World's  Fair,  ITienna 18^3 

World's  Fair,  Hantlaco,  (CUll) 1 87 d 

World'a  Fair,  PhUadelpbia 187< 

AXSO, 

COFFEE  AND  SPICE  miLLS. 

T£A  AND  COFFBB  CAN.S, 

STORE  TRUCKS,  &«! 

AGENTS  FOB  MILES'  ALAEM  MONEt  DBAWEBS. 
FAIEtBAHKS  ft  CO.,  Ho.  811  Broadway.  New-York. 
PAIRBAf^KS  ft  CO..  166  Baltimore  st..  Baltimore,  X4 
FAIRBANKS  ft  CO.,  53  Camp  at,  NewOrlenns. 
FAIBBAinU  ft  CO.,  216  Main  St..  Bufialo.  B.  Y. 
FAIRBANKS  ft  CO..  838  Broadway,  Albany,  K.  T. 
FAlBBARKS  ft  CO.,  403  8t.  Paul  St..  Montreal. 
FAIBB AN  K8  ft  CO. ,  34  King  William  St. ,  London. 
FAlBBARKS,  BBOWN  ft  CO.,  2  Milk  St..  Boston.  Mass. 
FAlRBANKa  ft  RWItTG.  Masonic  H»ll,  PhlladelphU,PaJ 
PAIBBAHKS,  MOR8K  ft  CO.,  Chicafca 
FAIRBABKB,  MOB8B  ft  CO.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
FAIBBAKK8,  MOBSE  ft  CO.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
FAIRBANKS,  MOUSE  ft  CO..  PittsburR. 
FAIBBANKS.  MUB8E  ft  CO..  LouisvUle. 
FAIRBANKS  ft  CO.,  St.  Louis. 
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—  ♦  I — 

TSB  DECISION  IN  THE  FLOBIDA  CASE. 

THE  COMMISSIONERS  VOTK  AGAINST  OOINQ 
BEHIND  THE  GOVERNOR'S  CERTIFICATE 
BY  BIGHT  TO  SEVEN — THE  ACTION  ON 
THE    ALLESED  INELIGIBLE    REPUBLICAN 

ELECTOR TESTIMONY  AS  TO   WHETHER 

HE    WAS    A     FEDERAL     OFFICER    TO     BE 
TAKEN. 
Special  Ditgateh  to  ths   JVaut-  Turk   THmes. 

Washington,  Feb.  7. — The  essential  ac- 
fion  ot  the  Electoral  Commission,  to-day,  can 
be  briefly  stated,  and  it  was  suob  as  to  f^ve 
all  bat  absolute  assurance  that  the  next  Presi- 
dent will  be  Rutherford  B.  Hayes.  The  first 
resolution  voted  upon  had  the  effect  to  bar  the 
consideration  of  any  testimony  except  the  pa- 
pers referred  to  the  "Commission  by  the  Presi- 
ident  of  the  Senate.  These  include  the  three 
sets  of  oertificafes  and  the  papers  attached, 
and  the  various  objections,  and  nothing  else 
whatever.  The  vote  on  this  resolution  was  8 
to  7,  as  follows  : 

Teas — Mesars.  Edmnnda,  Frelinehnyaen,  Horton, 
jrarfield,  and  Hoar,  and  d'ustices  StronK,  Miller,  and 
5radley. 

Kaya — Messrs.  Thnrman,  Bayard,  Payne,  HontoD, 
md  Abbott,  and  Jaaticea  Clifford  and  Field. 

The  Commission  on  this  question  divided  on 
i  party  line,  the  Kepublicans  and  the  Demo- 
crats voting  together  on  their  respective  sides. 

This  resoltftion  was  supplemented  by  a  sec- 
ond, which  provides  for  hearing  testimony  as 
to  the  eligibihty  of  Humphreys,  one 
of  the  Florida  Electors,  to  whom  objection 
was  made  by  the  Democrats  on  the  ground 
that  he  held  the  Federal  office  of  Shipping  Com- 
missioner for  the  port  of  Pensacola,  and  was 
ineligible  under  the  Constitution.  The  vote  on 
the  question  of  takin;;  testimony  in  this  case 
was  the  sanie  as  on  the  first  resolution,  except 
that  Justice  Bradley  voted  with  the  Demo- 
crats, and  thus  decided,  the  passage  of  the  reso- 
lution. These  two  resolutions  sum  up  the  de- 
cision of  the  Commission  on  the  important 
question  of  eoin^  behind  the  returns. 

The  Commission  will  meet  to-morrow  at  11 
o'clock,  when  counsel  will  be  given  an  oppor- 
tunity to  present  evidence  in  respect  to  the 
eligibility  of  Humphreys,  and  then  there  will 
be  two  hours  lor   argument   on   each  side  upon 

the  merits  of  the  Florida  case,  as  shown  in  the 
papers  to  be  considered. 

The  Elector  Humphreys  is  in  town,  and  has 
the  evidence  of  his  resignation,  of  which 
the  Democrats  have  been  well  enough 
apprised.  He  presented  his  resignation 
to  Judge  W.  B.  Wood,  of  the  Circuit  Court,  on 
the  24th  oi  September,  and  ne  was  given  notice 
of  its  acceptance  on  the  2d  of  October,  on  which 
date  Judge  Wood  instructed  the  Collector  of 
Pensacola  to  perform  the  duties  of  Shipping 
Conamiasioner.  Mr.  Humphreys  resigned  ex- 
pressly to  remove  the  disqualification  a  month 
before  the  election,  and  there  is  absolutely  no 
ground  whatever  fOT  the  Democratic  objection 
to  counting  his  vote. 

This  settles  the  effect  of  the  second  resolu- 
tion in  favor  ot  Hayes,  and  leaves  the  first  res- 
olution to  determine  the  result.  Under  it  all 
the  papers  submitted  are  examined,  aBd  the 
Governor's  certificate  is  not  considered  conclu- 
sive, but  only  one  piece  of  evidence  in  the  case. 
His  certificate  would  not  be  regarded  as 
valid  if  it  -  should  be  found  to  mis- 
represent or  contradict  the  action  of 
the  State  Canvassing  Board,  whose  duty 
it  18  to  deterifiine  and  certify  who  are  elected. 
In  the  case  of  Florida,  it  cannot  be  questioned 
that  the  Governor's  certificate  is  in  accordance 
with  the  action  of  the  Returning  Board,  and 
consequently  the  votes  of  the  Hayes  Electors 
must  be  counted.  The  formal  decision  of  the  Com- 
mission as  to  which  votes  shall  be  counted  will 
probably  be  made  day  after  to-morrow,  and 
there  will  be  a  joint  meeting  of  Congress  to 
Bontinue  the  count  on  Saturday. 

The  arguments  and  debate  in  the  Commis- 
sion were  marked  by  kind  feeling  and  were 
free  from  excitement,  generally,  though  the 
points  made  on  either  side  were  eatnestiy 
and  vigorously  maintained.  Senator  Mor- 
ton insisted  that  the  Commission 
had         no  power         to         go         behind 

the  action  of  the  State  in  the  appointment  of 
Electors  as  determined  and  expressed  by  the 
proper  State  authority.  He  claimed  that  the 
election  of  Electors  on  the  6th  of  last  Deeem- 
ber  was  final,  and  cotild  not  be  disturbed 
by  any  subsequent  proceedings  whatever. 
His  views  were  earnestly  sustained  by 
Senator  Edmunds,  Representative  Garfield, 
and  other  Bepublicans.  Senator  Thorman  en- 
deavored to  persuade  the  Commission  to  con- 
sider Thompson's  report  on  the  Florida  case,  and 
the  proceedings  of  the  Court  in  the  quo  war- 
ranto case.  He  was  seconded  in  his  ef- 
forts by  the  Democratic  Commissioners.  Ail 
the  Republicans  were  funn  in  their  position,  and 
the  Democrats  were  also  unyielding.  The  first 
resolution  was  offered  by  Justice  Miller,  and 
was  in  the  following  language : 

Ordered,  Tbac  do  evidence  will  be  recelvefl  by  the 
Comoiis^ion  which  'was  not  submitted  to  the  Joint 
Convention  of  the  two  Honges  by  the  President  of 
tbe  Senate,  with  the  different  certificates,  except 
mob  as  relate  to  the  eligibility  of  F.  0.  Eninphreys. 

The  language  of  the  other  resolution,  to 
which  the  exception  in  the  above  quoted  reso- 
lution conforms,  was  as  follows  :  , 

Resolved,  Tbat  in  the  case  of  Florida,  this  Com- 
mission will  receive  the  evidence  relating  to  the 
eligibility  of  Frederick  C.  Humphreys,  one  of  the 
persons  named  in  the  certificate  No.  1  of  election. 

The  discussion  in  the  Commission  on  these 
resolutions  was  of  a  colloquial  character,  and, 
as  above  noted,  was  free  trom  anything  what- 
ever that  could  give  personal  offense 
to  any  member.  But  the  Justices, 
who  gave  very  little  expression 
to  their  views  yesterday,  to-day  declared  their 
positions.  The  greatest  partisanship  shown  in 
the  Commission,  is.  by  common  report,  attrib- 
uted to  Justice  Field,  the  brother  of  David 
Dudley.  Justice  Bradley  spoks  but  briefly, 
though  he  stated  his  views  with  great  clear- 
ness and  precision,  and  was  the  last  to  be 
heard  before  the  vote  was  taken. 

■The  Democrats  are  reticent  to  night,  and  do 
not  like  to  talk. .  They  claim  that  the  decision 
is  not  conclusive  against  their  case,  as  they 
tare  still  a  chanoe  in.  Louisiana  and  OrAgon. 

When  they  ean  be  got  to  express  their  private 
opinions,  they  give  up  the  situation.  They 
will  continue  the  contest,  however,  and  are 
talking  about  the^two  ineligible  Electors  in 
Louisiana  S^  liable  to  reiection  under  the  ruling 
of  the  Coiomission.  The  fact  is  that  the  two 
ineligibl^^i  Electors .  there    were    .disposed  .  of 

In  an  ecttirely  lettal  manner.  Their  next 
hope  is  in  Oregon,  kut  the  decision  of  the  Com- 
mission  in  its  scope  permits  just  that  kind  ot 
investigation  which  will  show  that  Grover's 
certificate  is  not  in  accordance  with 
the  canvass  of  the  votes,  and 
therefore  is  not  oonclosive..  The  Commission 
could  not  have  decided  a  prelimmary  question 
more  favoraoly  to  the  Eepublioan  position  in 
Oregon.  Thetrajhis  that  very  few  m«n  of 
^Eber  party  have  any  doubt'  that  the  aotion  of 
*-'^^     CommisaiOB     will 


auguration  of  Mr.  Hayes.  The  BopubUoana 
are  in  the  best  of  spirits,  and  while 
they  have  no  doubt  of  the  result,  they  restrain 
their  expressions  till  the  last  point  to  be  raised 
shall  have  been  decided. 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  COMMISSION.  | 
The  Electoral  Commission  commenced 
their  session  to-day  at  10  o'clock,  and  continued 
it  until  4.  A  large  crowd  of  interested  persons 
were  in  front  of  the  doors  of  the  court-room 
expressing  great  t^xiety  to  learn  the  result  of 
the  deliberations.  As  members  of  the  Com- 
mission came  into  the  lobby  on  their  wtiy  out 
of  the  Capitol,  they  were  eagerly  surrounded 
by  their  personal  friends  and  interrogated,  ^s 
the  injunction  of  secrecy  had  been  fem«ved 
there  was  no  objection  to  giving  tbe  desired  in- 
formation. The  following  is  a  copy  of  th^ 
ininute  on  the  official  record  of  the  Commis- 
sion: 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Justice  MUler,  ordered: 
That  no  evidence  will  be  received  -©r  consid- 
ered by  the  Commission  which  was  not  sub- 
mitted to  the  joint  convention  of  the  two 
houses  by  the  President  of  the  Senate  with  the 
different  certificates,  except  such  as  relates  to 
the  elisnbility  of  F,  C.  Humphreys,  one  of  the 
Electors.    The  vote  was  as  follows : 

Yeat. — ^lessri.  Bradley,  Edmnnds,  Frellnghny- 
sen.  Garfield,  Hoar,    Miller.  Morion,  and  Strong. 

Naya. — Messrs.  Abbott,  Bayard,  Clifford,  Field, 
Hud  too,  Payne,  and  Ihnrmau. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Abbott 

Beaolved,  That  in  tbe  caae  of  Florida,  this  Com- 
mission will  receive  the  evldeDca  relating  to  tbe 
elifiibiHty  of  Frederick  C.  Humphreys,  one  of  the 
persons  named  in  certificate  Ko.  1  as  Elector. 

JetM— Alestra.  Abbott,  Bayard,  Bradley,  Ohfford, 
Fiela,  Hanton,  Payae,  and  Thnrman — 8. 

Nays — Messrs.  Edmnnds,  Frelioebuysen,  Gar- 
field, HoKr,  Miller,  Morton,  and  Strong — 7. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Commission  was  in- 
structed to  inform  the  counsel  on  the  respec- 
tive aides  that  at  11  o'clock  tomorrow  it  will 
be  prepared  to  hear  argument  on  the  question 
of  the  eligibility  of  Frederick  C.  Humphreys 
as  an  Elector.  Mr.  Humphreys  is  one  ot  the 
Republican  Electors,  aad  the  question  raised 
as  to  his  eligibility  is  that  he  was  at  the  date 
of  his  election  a  United  States  Shipping  Com- 
missioner, which  is  alleged  to  be  such  an  office 
of  trust  and~  profit  as  to  disqualify  lum  trom 
acting  as  Elector ;  but  which  office,  itis  asserted 
by  the  Republicans,  he  resigned  before  the 
election. 

EFFECT  OF   THE  DECISION. 

The  Commission,  by  their  decision  to-day, 
will  have  before  them  in  tbe  Florida  case  tbree  sets 
ot  papers,  namely,  first,  the  certificate  of  the  Haye^ 
Electors ;  second,  that  of  the  Tilden  Electors,  and, 
third,  the  paper  contaiaioE  the  record  of  the  Clrcoit 
Court  of  Florida  on  tbe  quo  warranto,  and  the  anb- 
sequent  action  ot°  the  Leeisiacnre  of  that  State. 
The  ReDubhcans  express  themselves  erati- 
fied  with  the  decision  of  the  CommissioD, 
while  the  Democrats  are  somewbat  dis- 
couraged by  it.  The  former  claim  that  no 
consequence  wlC  be  attached  to  the  quo  warranto 
proceedines  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  Florida,  as  they 
are  now.nnder  appeal  to  the  Sapreme  Court  of  that 
State,  and,  therefore,  not  final.  It  seems  to  be  the 
prevalent  belief  that  tbe  ultimate  decisions  will  be 
in  favor  of  the  Hayes  and  Wheeler  Florida  Elec- 
tors, and  that  the  course  in  this  case  will 
be  pnrsued  with  regard  to  Louisiana, 
where  there  are  two  alleged  ineliKlble  Electors  and 
more  than  one  return.  A  prominent  Bemocratio 
nembor  of  the  Commission  said  this  afternoon  tbat 
the  meaning  of  the  vote  of  the  Commission  is  tbat 
the  ministerial  acts  of  State  executive  of&cers  are 
10  bo  respected,  but  not  those  of  the  Jadioiary.  He 
added,  however,  tbat  as  the  Democratic  certitioates 
embody  tbe  proceedingsof  tbe  court,  tbey  will  Dy  this 
decision  be  fully  opened  np  for  csnsideration  and 
argument  The  Bemocrata  also  find  some  satisfac- 
tion in  the  fact  that  tbe  rule  established  by  the  Com- 
mission will  lead  to  the  ascertainment  that  Watts, 
the  Republican  Elector  in  Oreson.  was  ineligible  at 
the  time  of  bis  eloction,  and  hence  only  two  Repub- 
lican Electors  trom  that  State  can  be  counted — 
Cronin,  Democrat,  being  tbe  third  Elector.  On 
this  ■supposition  they  think  tbe  Democrats  still 
have  a  cbance  for  ths  Presidencr,  and  that  the 
election  may  be  thrown  iato  tbe  House,  where 
Tilden  would  be  elected,  and  tbat  in  snch  event  tbe 
choice  of  Mr.  Wheeler  as  Vice  President  would 
devolve  on  the  Senate. 

The  decision  of  tbe  Commission  is  discussed  at 
the  hotels  and  in  private  political  circles  to-night, 
all  conceding  that  the  Republicans  seemingly  have 
the  advantage.  The  Democrats  express  their  re- 
gret that  parties  were  strictly  divided  on  tae  sab- 
iect. 

TESTIMONY  IN  MR.  HUMPHREYS'  CASE. 

As  pertinent  to  the  subject  of  inquiry  into 
the  eligibility  of  Frederick  C.  Humphreys,  as  pro- 
posed by  the  Commission,  the  Cemmittee  on  Privi- 
leges and  Elections  to-day  examined  that  gentle- 
man, in  accordance  with  the  instructions  of  the 
Senate,  as  follows : 

FredericK  C.  Humphreys  sworn  and  examined  ; 

By  tbe  Chairman— Wbere  do  you  reside?  A.— 
Pensacola,  Fla. 

Q. — Vou  were  a  candidate  for  election  at  the  last  - 
Presidential  election  In  Florida  ?    A.— Yes,  Sir. 

Q. — On  what  ticket  ?  A.— On  the  Republican 
tic  Ket. 

Q. — You  were  certified  aa  elected  and  acted  as 
such  Elector?    A.— Tes,  Sir. 

Q. — Before  that  time  had  yon  held  any  office  un- 
der the  United  States  G-overnment  1  A. — Tes,  Sir  ; 
I  was  Uiiited  States  Shipping  Cemmisiioaer  at  tbe 
port  of  Pensacola. 

Q.— Whei>  were  yon  appointed  I  A.— I  have  for- 
gotten the  exact  date  of  my  appointment ;  it  was 
abont  two  ;years  since. 

Q. — Somewbsre  aboat  two  yean  hetoze  the  elec- 
tion ?    A.— Yes,  Sir. 

Q. — Did  you  bold  the  ofBce  of  Shippine  Commis- 
sioner at  tbe  time  of  tbe  elbction  }    A I  dij  not. 

Q.— Had  your  term  expired  or  bad  you  resigned  ? 
A. — No,  Sir ;  1  had  resigned. 

Q. — Did  vou  resign  in  writing  J     A. — Tes,  Sir. 

Q. — Have  you  a  copy  of  your  resignation  with 
you  ?  A. — I  have  not;  I  did  not  keep  a  copy  of  it, 
or  1  mislaid  it ;  but  I  have  the  original  of  the  ac- 
ceotance  of  my  resignation. 

Q. — Tou  made  out  and  presented  to  the  District 
jPauge  a  re'eignation  of  Shipping  Commissioner,  did 
yon?    A.— Ob,  yes,  Sir. 

Q, — Abont  what  time  was  that  ?     A That  was 

in  September,  I  thinK.  At  any  rate  I  Indorsed  the 
date  of  tbe  receipt  of  tbe  acceptance  of  tbe  reeiena- 
tion.  Here  also  is  a  letter  from  tbe  Collector  of  the 
Port  assuming  the  duties  and  asking  me  to  turn 
over  the  records  of  the  office. 

Witness  here  handed  the  Chairman  a  letter. 

Q. — Some  time  in  September  last,  a  month  or 
mote  before  the  election,  yon  handed  in  your  resig- 
nation in  writing  to  W.  B.  Woods,  united  States 
Circuit  Judge  ?    A.— Yea,  Sir. 

Q. — From  whom  you  had  received  your  appoint- 
ment as  Shipping  Commissioner  ?    A. — Yes,  Sir. 

Q. — Id  reply  to  that  you  received  the  following 
letter!     A.— Tea,  Sir. 

Tbe  Chairman — Tbe  letter  reads  aa  follows : 

SiB:  Year  letter  of  the  24th  of  September,  1876,  re- 
signing your  office  of  Shipping  Commissioner  lor  tbe 
portol  Pensacola,  in  the  State  of  Florida  has  been  re- 
ceived by  me,  and  jonr  resignation  of  said  office  is 
hereby  accepted.  Very  respectfully  your  obedient 
servant, 

W.  B.  WOODS^^TTnited  States  Circuit  Jadge. 
To  F.  C.  HimPBBETB,  Esq.,  Pensacola,  Fla. 

Got.  2. 1876. 

Q.— That  letter  yon  received  from  the  Judge  > 
A.— Yes,  Sir. 

The  Chairman — The  following  indorsement  is 
upon  the  back  :  "  Judge  W.  B.  Woods,  Oct.  8, 1876," 

Q.— Tbst  is  simply  an  indorsement  made  by  the 
person  who  received  it  f    A. — Tea,  Sir. 

Q. — Following  tbat  is  the  Indorsement,  "Accept- 
ing the  resienatton  of  Shipping  Commissioner  1" 
A.— Tes,  Sir. 

Q.— Also  "  Beceived.  Oct,  5,  1876;^'    A.— Yes,  Sir. 

Q. Tbat  is  the  date  you   received  the  acceptance 

ot  your  resignation  ?    A. — Tee,  Sir. 

Q.^Where  was  Jndee  Woods  at  the  time  tbis 
letter  was  written  ?  A. — I  think  he  was  in 
Newark,  Ohio. 

Q._h.e  was  there  viiiting  at  that  time,  was  ke  t 
A.— He  was  there  visiting;  yes.  Sir;  there  is 
another  letter  in  relation  to  it. 

Witness  banded  a  letter  to  the  Chairman. 

Q, Tou  sent  yotir  letter  to  him  by  mail  t      A. — 

By  mail,  yes.  Sir.  ..^ 

Q._And  received  jhis  reply  by  mail !  A.— Yea, 
Sii^ 

Tbe  Chairman — This  is  another  letter  from  blm 
dated  at  Newark,  Ohio,  Oct.  3,  1876,  and  reads  aa 
follows: 

Dbab  Sib:  I  inclose  the  acceptance  of  year 
resignation  as  Shipping  Commissioner.  The  va- 
cancy «aw  only  be  fiUed  by  the  Clromt  Coart,  and 
notU  I  can  «ome  to  Pensacola  to  open  court  fer  tbat 
purpose,  the  daties  of  tbe  office  will  bave  to  be  dis- 
charged by  the  Collector.    Respectfully  yoars, 

W.  B.  WOODS. 

Mi^or  IT.  C.  Hdufhbets,  Penasoola,  Fla. 

Tbe  witaeas  bands  a  letter  to  tbe  Chairmao. 
reanlt     i«    tbe    ia-JL    0.-.Xh«  Jetter  wblAh  xon  saw  Junii  to  «>•  la 


slKned,  "HiraAi  Potter,  Jr.,  Collector  Cnstoms." 
Is  be  the  Collector  ot  Customs  at  Pensacola  I  A.>- 
Te»,  Sir. 

Q — This  letter  yon  received  from  him  at  the  time 
it  bears  date.  Oct.  5,  1876  ?    A— Yes. 

Chairman— It  reads  as  follows  : 

Customhouse,  Pensacola,  Fla.,     7 
«  Collxctob'b  Office.  Oct.  5,  1876.  3 

SiB :— I  am  informed  by  Judee  Wood  that  he  has 
accepted  your  resignation  aa  United  States  Sbip- 
plnst  Commissioner,  and  that  it  devolves  upon  me  to 
assume  the  duties  of  the  office  until  a  regular  ap- 
pointment shall  be  made  by  tbe  Circuit  Court.  I 
respectfully  request,  therefore,  that  yon  will  turn 
over  to  me  such  public  books,  papers,  records,  &o., 
as  may  pertain  to  the  business.  1  remain,  very  re- 
spectfully, your  obedient  servant, 

HIRAM  POTTER,  Je..  Collector  of  Customs. 

F.  C.  HUMFHBEYS,  Esq..  Pensacola.  Fia. 

Q. — Did  you  so  turn  over  to  him  all  tbe  public 
property  he  refers  to  in  this  document  ?  A.— No, 
Sir;  there  was  no  public  property ;  it  was  ail  my 
private  property ;  tbe  blanks  and  books  pertaining 
to  the  office  were  purcbasea  by  myself,  and  I  did 
not  turn  them  over  to  Mr.  Potter. 

Q. — Were  there  any  records  In  the  ofl8ce  f  A.— 
Ko,  Sir;  except  what  belonged  to  me  individually; 
bnt  he  assumed  the  auties  ;  from  tbat  date  he  as- 
sumed tbe  duties,  and  baa  been  diacbargine  them 
ever  since. 

Q. — Have  you  had  anvthins;  to  do  with  the  office 
in  any  way  since  t    A. — No,  sir ;  nothing  at  all. 

Q. — Have  yon  discharged  any  of  its  tuuotions  or 
assumed  to  be  Shipping  Commusioner  in  any  way  ? 
A. — No,  sir. 

A.— Yon  bave  not  done  so  aince  tbe  5th  of  Octo- 
ber. 1876?    A.— No,  Sir. 

By  Mr.  Cooper — ITuu  did  not  turnover  the  books? 
A.— No,  Sir;  I  had,  a  lot  of  blanks  on  hand,  bnt 
they  were  my  private  property,  purchased  in  New- 
York. 

By  Mr.  Teller — They  were  purchased  with  your 
own  money  ?    A. — My  own  money ;   yes.  Sir. 

An  objection  will  be  made  from  the  Democratic 
side  to  the  connting  of  tbe.Electoral  vote  of  Illinois 
when  the  two  bouses  shall  again  meet  in  joint  ses- 
sion to  count  the  Electoral  vote.  The  basis  of  suob 
objeetion  Is  the  following  information  received  this 
afternoon  by  Hon.  William  M.  Spnnger,  of  Ital 
State,  and  dated  Springfleld.^Ill.,  Fab.  7  : 

Chaffee,  a  Hayes  elector,  was  TTnited  States  Com- 
miSBtoner  for  tjie  Sontbern  District  of  Illinois  when 
elected.  He  acted  as  an  Elector  without  reeigoing 
bis  office ;  tbe  proof  Is  positive ;  he  is  here  ana 
admits  it  and  tho  records  show  it. 

G.  W.  WENDLTNG. 
JOHN  H.  OBERLY. 
E.  L.  MERKlTXifc 

As  there  is  only  one  return  from  Illinois,  tbe  ob  • 
lection  to  oocmting  the  vote  is  required  to  be  signed 
by  at  least  one  Senator  and  one  Member  of  the 
House  ot  Representativf-s,  whereupon  the  tvo 
houses  will  separate  for.action.  No  vote  or  votes 
from  any  State  from  which  bnt  one  return  has  been 
received  can  be  rejeated  except  by  the  a£Srmative 
vote  of  the  two  honsei.  This  ca*&  will  net  be  sub 
Ject  to  tbe  Electoral  Commission. 


TILDEN' S DISPATCH  FROM  "GOBBLE." 


THE  TELEGRAM  UNQUESriONABLY  8EM  BY 
GOV.  GROVER — HIS  DECISION  AGAINST 
THE  REPUBLICAN  ELECTOR  ANNOUNCED 
TO  TILDEN  FIVE  DAYS  BEFORE  THE 
PUBLIC  ANNOUNCEMENT  —  PATRICK'S 
MINING  STOCK  BROKERS'  KEY  USED  BY 
THE  GOVERNORS  OF  OREGON  AND  NEW- 
YORK. 

SpedeU  DistMtch  to  the  ffew-  York  Tima, 
Detroit,  Feb.  7. — ^The  Detroit  Tribune 
publishes  to-day  a  translation  of  the  famous 
"Gobble"  dispatch  from  Oregon  to  Tilaen  on 
Deo.  1.  The  key  was  furnished  to  it  jby  a  man 
who  knows  of  a  cipher  used  by  some  mining 
operators  in  the  West  and  their  brokers, 
Patrick,  of  Omaha,  being  one  of  tbe  men 
who  has  made  use  of  it  in  his  business  opera- 
tions. The  base  of  operations  is  a  email 
pocket  dictionary  of  English  publication  and  pe- 
culiar arrangement.  This  dictionary  has  tbree 
columns  on  each  page,  and  in  this  case  the  plan 
was  to  choose  the  word  desired,  then  turn  back 
two  pages,  and  the  corresponding  word  in  tbe 
same  column  of  words,  counting  from  the  top 
of  the  page,  was  the  one  that  was  taken  fer  use 
in  the  cipher  dispatch.      The  original  dispatch, 

it  will  be  remembered,  read  as  follows: 

PoRTLASn,  Orecon,  Dec.  1.  1876. 
To  the  Hon.  S.  J.  Tilden,  Qramerey  Park,  yew-York  : 

Heed.  Scantiness.  Cramp.  Emerge.  Peiora- 
tion.  Bot-house.  Survivor.  Browse.  Of.  Piameter. 
Dottisb.  Hot-house.  Exactness.  Of.  Survivor. 
HiKhesk  Cnnnlne.  Dottish.  Afar.  Galvanic. 
Survivor.  By.  Accordingly.  Respectful.  Merci- 
iesa    Of.    Senator.    In.    Consequence  Coalesce. 

GOBBLE.. 

These  words  are  deciphered  by  the  reversal 
of  th^  above-noted  plan  into  the  following: 

' '  I  shall  decide  every  point  in  the  case  of  Poa  t  Office 
Elector  in  favor  of  the  bigbest  Democratic  Elector, 
and  grant  the  certitlcata  aecorainKly.  Rule  morn- 
ing of  sixth,  in  oonaequence.    (Confldontial.)" 

Concerning  the  matter,  the  Tribune  editorial 
says  :  "  We  have  seen  tbe  dictionary  and  de- 
ciphered tbe  entire  dispatch  by  its  use.  The 
right  word  was  looked  for  and  found  every 
time  two  pages  in  advance  of  the  word  found 
in  the  dispatch,  and  at  the  same  numbered 
word  from  the  top  ot  the  column.  The  dem- 
onstration IS  perfect.  It  would  be  ut- 
terly inconceivable  that  the  transla- 
tion which  we  have  traced  out,  word 
by  word,  in  this  particular  dictionary,  could 
fit  the  political  situation  in  Oregon  as  it  does, 
if  it  were  not  the  correct  and  absolute  key. 
The  signature  alone  deties  translation,  in  this 
or  any  other  way,  and  was  undoubtedly 
agreed  upon  beforehand  and  understood.  Tbe 
samis  key  reveals  the  fact  that  in  some  of  the 
Patrick  telegrams,    wbere  the  word  '  medicine' 

was  used,  the  word  money  sbould  be  substi- 
tuted, to  ascertain  the  real  meaning." 

A  BANK  STOLEN  BY   ITS  CASHIER. 


FOBTHER  PARTICULARS  OF  THE  ABSCOND- 
ING OF  THE  CASHIER  OF  THE  FIRST 
NATIONAL  BANK  OF  FRANKLIN,  IND. — 
LOSS,  $140,000,  FALLING  ON  FARMURS 
MAINLY. 

apeeial  DUpateh  to  the  N'eto-  York  Times. 

Cincinnati,  Feb.  7. — The  particulars  of 
the  robbery  of  the  First  National  Bank  at 
Franklin,  Ind.,  show  it  to  have  been 
one'  of  the  most  daring  '  and  success- 
ful crimes  ever  perpetrated  in  the  State.  The 
Cashier,  R.  T.  Taylor,  deiibetately  loaded  up 
all  the  important  books  and  the  entire  avail- 
able funds  of  the  bank,  amounting  to  not  less 
than  $140,000,  and  was  beyond  reach  before  his 
absence  was  noticed.    Up  to  the  hbur  of  closing 

the  bank  at  noon  yesterday  be  had  borne  a 
good  character  for  honesty.  When  it  was 
found  that  he  had  gone  and  taken  the  bank 
wirh  him,  the  apathy  shown  by  the  Directors 
and  other  officers  '  in  his  pursuit  gave 
rise  to  suspicions  that  others  beside  himself 
were  implicated  in  the  robbery.  An  examina- 
tion of  the  concern  made  to-day  showed  that 
nothing  bnt  the  shell  was  left.  It  seems  almost 
incredible  to  the  people  that  he  could  have 
perpetrated  the  crime  so  successfully  without 
acoomphces  in  the  bank.  He  left  a  con  note 
behind,  saying  that  Chicago  speculations  did 
the  business,  and  that  it  woald  be  useless  to 
attempt  to  find  him.  The  affi^ir  has  caused 
great  excitement  among  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
little  town,  and  creates  considerable  interest 
throughout  the  State.  The  loss  tails  mainly  on 
rural  depositors. 

A  MJSSI!f0  MUSIC  TEAOHEB. 

Infermatiom  reached  Police  Head-qnartere 
yesterday  that  %  French  mnsic-teaoher  named 
Snplat  ntysterioasly  disappeared  from  bis  board- 
iag-hoiue.  No.  50  Irving  ylace,  three  weeks 
■go,  leaving  his  eflPeots  behind,  and  had 
not  been  -  beard  of  since.  M.  Oaplat 
is  30  years  of  age,  five  feet  ten  Inahes  in  stature, 
has  large  stay  eyes,  prominent  nose  and  large 
llsbt  side  wblakars.  He  bad  been  at  No.  SOIrviag 
plac*  ibont  a  '  vear,  and  doring  that  penod  fre- 
quently received  letters  from  Europe,  which 
anpareatly  caosed  him  great  nneasinesa.  when  be 
leri  tbe  boarding- home  Snplat  was  a  litde indebted 
to  tbe  Uodiady.  Datecttve  Xlemao  was  asaigned 
onttie 


WASHINGTON. 


CONGRESSIONAL  TOPICS. 

THE  ROYALTY  TO  MB.  BARCLAY  FOR  HIS  DI- 
GEST OF  THE  DECISIONS  OF  THE  SPEAK- 
ERS TO  BE  DISCONTINUED — THE  EAPS 
APPROPRIATION — RATES  OF  WAGES  IN 
THE  GOVERNMKNT  PRINTING  OFFICE. 
Sptdal  DitpatcK  "Ut  the  New-Tork  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  7.— A  paragjaph  in 
the  Qeneral  Deficiency  Appropriation  bill  re- 
peals a  House  resolution  passed  in  July. 
1871,  authorizing  the  nayment  of  fl 
for  each  copy  of  Barclay's  Digest, 
ordered  by  the  House.  This  work  is 
printed  at  the  expense  of  the  Government,  and 
is  simply  a  compilation  of  the  parliamentary, 
decisions  made  in  the-  House  by  the  Speaker. 
It  is  said  Mr.  Barclay  has  already  received  for 
his  compilation  over  $59,000,  and  it  is  now  pro- 
posed that  in  future  the  House  Journal  Clerk 
shall  continue  the  work  of  compilation 
and  receive  for  tbe  slight  additional  labor 
imposed  $1,000  per  annum.  The  paragraph 
gave  rise  to  a  long  debate,  the  friends   ot  Mr. 

Barclay  contending  that  tbe  Government  had 
no  right  to  deprive  him  of  his  copyright. 
There  is  no  reason  why  the  House  should 
oontinue  to  pay  an  extravagant  price  for  this 
work.  Any  publisher  in  the  country  would  be 
glad  to  publish  the  book,  bearing  all  the  cost 
ot  publication,  and  sell  3,000  copies  per  annum 
at  the  rate  of  $1  per  copy.  The  royalty  paid 
Mr.  Barclay  for  addmg  each  year  about  five 
pages  to  his  work  is  50  per  cent,  greater 
than  that  paid  the  most  distinguished  authors 
for  their  labors.  Tbe  same  magnificent 
gratuity  is  annually  voted  the  Chief  Clerk  of 
the  Senate  for  compiling  the  parliamentary 
discussions  of  that  body.  The  House  passed 
the  paragraph,  to  discontinue  tbe  payment  to 
Mr.  Barclay. 

In  the  Senate  this  morning  the  Eads  Jetty 
bill  ano  tbe  bill  which  provides  for  the  repay- 
ment of  the  money  advanced  by  the  United 
States  Government  to  the  Pacific  railroads 
were  considered  at  some  length,  but  no  action 
was  taken  upon  them.  From  tbe  House 
the  bill  providing  for  an  appropriation 
to  meet  the  deficiency  in  the  expenditures  for 
public  printing  was  reported  back  with  an 
amendment  providing  that  hereafter  no  higher 
rate  ot  wages  be  paid  for.  printing  or  binding 
than  is  paid  in  New-York  and  other  large 
cities  by  private  establisbmeots.  Such  an  en- 
actment would  not  onl.y^  reduce  the  pay  of 
the  employes  of  the  Government  Printing  Bu- 
reau, but  would  also  have  the  efi'ect  of  increas- 
ing their  hours  of  labor.  For  this  reason  the 
amendment  was  opposed  by  Senator  Sargent 
and  others,  and  was  non-concurred  in  by  a  vote 
of  28  to  20. 

THE  TAX  ON  BANK  DEPOSITS. 

A  LARGE  DEPUTATION  BEFORE  THE  COM- 
MITTEE ON  WAYS  AND  MEANS — TBK 
REPEAL  OF  THE  PRESENT  LAW  ASKED 
FOR. 
Washington,  Feb.  7.— A  large  and  influen- 
tial deputation  was  heard  to-day  before  tbe  Com- 
mittee of  Ways  aod  Means,  on  the  repeal  of  tbe 
taxes  on  bank  capital  and  deposits.  Aboat  50  gen- 
tlemen were  present,  representing  tbe  national 
banks,  State  banks,  private,  and  savings  banks,  with 
tbe  clearinK-bouaea,  ohamb.'rs  of  commerce,  and 
boards  of  trade  of  almost  every  large  city  in  the 
United  States.  The  Amerioaa  Bankers'  Assucia 
tioo,  by  whicti  this  movement  for  tbe  repeal  of  lbs 
taxes  on  tbe  banking  business  was  first  originated, 
comprises  2,000  banks  in  various  parts  of  tbo  United 
States  ;  and  it  has  alas  the  aid  of  a  lar^e  proporiiuu 
of  the  cipher  banks,  from  which  petitions 
and  letters  are  daily  received  by  members 
ot  Congress  in  regard  to  ths  repealing  of  bank 
taxation.  So  great  was  the  interest  excited  by  the 
deputation  that  almost  every  member  of  the  com- 
mittee was  present.  Tbe  committee  was  addressed 
by  Messrs,  Patterson,  of  Philadelthia  ;  J.  D.  Hayes, 
of  Detroit;  Nurtls,  of  Baltimore;  Baell,  and  George 
S.  Coe,  Preitident  of  the  American  Exchange  Bank, 
ot  New-Yotk.  The  last-named  gentleman  said 
there  waa  net  onlv  aa  immediate  neces- 
sity for  the  repeal  of  the  taxes  on 
bank  deposits  and  capital,  but  that  the 
Treasury  could  easily  spare  the  18,000,000  of  annual 
revenue  from  this  source.  What  was  the  state  of 
the  Treasury,  as  exhibited  in  the  report  Just  pre- 
sented to  Congress  by  Secretary  MonlU  ?  Was 
there  a  deficit  ?  Did  tbe  Secretary  complain  of 
failing  taxes  or  unpaid  appropriations  ?  On  the  con- 
trary, after  every  needful  expense  had 
been  paid  for  tbe  carrylnz  on  of  the 
'%ov«rnment  the  Secretary  reports  a  surplus  of  no 
lees  than  126.000,000.  With  auoh  a  surplus  aa  this 
in  tbe  Treasnrv  it  waa  idle  to  talk  of  tbe  inability 
of  the  revenue  to  spare  (8,000,000  of  taxation  which 
was  so  miscbievons  and  so  deetrnocive  as  tbat  which 
Cooeress  was  now  asked  to  repeal.  He  desired  the 
committee  to  consider  what  a  tax  ou  deposits  of 
banks  really  was.  It  was  not  a  tax,  as  some  per- 
sons supposed,  upon  money  ;  bnlj^  if  we  looked  into 
tbe  matter  we  sbonld  Und  tbat  the  bank  deposits  in 
the  United  States  were  almost  three  times  as  great 
as  tbe  volume  of  money.  For  every  dollar  of  out- 
standing currency  we  had  at  least  $3  or  t3  of 
bank  deposits.  This  being  so,  it  must  be  clear 
that  a  tax  on  deposits  was  not  a  tax  on  money. 
Everyone  at  all  familiar  with  practical  banking 
knew  that  the  deposits  were  not  created,  chiefly  by 
tbe  actual  use  ot  cnrrenov.  They  did  not  represent 
greenbacks  or  bank  notes  passed  over  the  bank 
counter  by  its  cudtomer.  They  represented 
cotton,  tobacco.  wbeat,  pork  and  a  mul- 
titude of  otber  commodities,  which  were 
pavsing  from  one  city  to  another,  aod  created  in 
,  each  city  torongb  wbich  tbey  p'^ssed  an  instroment 
of  credit,  whieb.  being  placed  in  a  bank,  became 
convened  into  the  deposits  of  that  bsnk.  When  the 
same  commodities  laaebed  another  city  or  port  in 
their  passage  from  the  prodacer  to  tbe  consumer, 
they  again  added  to  tbe  volume  of  bank  deposit. 
In  tbis  way  the  6ame  parcel  of  gooas  created,  very 
often  a  traif  a  dozen  successive  depueltf>,  allot  wblch 
were  mnumg  at  the  same  time,  and  were  paying 
taxes  to  tho  National  Treasnrv  just  as  if  tbe.y  were 
separate,  independent,  and  wholly  distinct  masses  of 
capital.  W  ben  once  our  legislators  could  be  induced  to 
study  this  aspect  of  tbe  tax  on  deposits,  our  cause 
would  be  immediately  gained.  No  -  further  ar- 
gument would  be  nAessary  to  show  that 
the  tax  on  bank  deposits,  which  in  all 
other  oouQtries  had  been  rejected  and 
disused,  was  mere  mlscbsvions  In  a  youne 
country  like  tbe  United  Staiestban  in  older  nations 
where  capital  is  more  abundant,  better  organized, 
and  less  seDtitive  to  injiuy  from  injntiicioiis  fiscal 
or  otber  le^lation.  Congress  waa  askea  to 
repeal  tbe  taxes  on  bank  deposits,  not 
only  because  the  Treasury  had  a  large 
surplus  which  it  could  only  use  in  pay- 
ing off  unmatured  debts,  wbich  the  creditors  did  not 
wish  to  have  paid  off,  but  because  in  their  very 
nature  bank  deposits  were  so  ingltive  and  traveled 
so  last  from  uank  to  bank,  and  from  city  to 
city,  tbat  we  could  not  tax  tnem  at  all 
without  frequently  taxing  them  many  times 
over.  Gentlemen  bad  been  complaining 
of  double  taxation,  but  it  would  be  hard  for  an  ad- 
vocate of  bank  taxes  to  prove  that  tax  on 
deposits  did  not  involve  throe-fold,  five-fold, 
or  even  saven-fold  taxation. 

OONSTITVTIONAL  AMENDMENTS. 
A   PBOPOSIilON    SUBMITTED    TO    CONGRESS 

BY  A   REPBESENTATIVK  FROM  PENN- 
SYLVANIA. 

Washington,  Feb.  7.— The  following  is  the 

amendment  to  the  Constitatlon  of  the  TTnited  States 
proposed  to-day  by  Bepresentotlve  Malsb,  of  Penn- 
•ylvanla,  and  referred  to  tbe  Goinmlttfle  oa  the 
Jadioiary : 

Article  H,  section  1,  paragraph  S  to  be  made  to. 
read  aa  follows:  "Each  State  shall  be  en- 
titled to  a  Bnmbnr  ot  Electoral  votes  eqnai 
to  tbe  whole  number  of  Senators  .and  Bepreaenta- 
tivea  to  which  the  State  shall  be  entitled  in  Con- 
gieas."  The  flrat  division  Of  the  iwelftn  amend- 
ment to  the  Constitution,  ending  with  tbe  words, 
"  directed  to  tbe  President  of  tbe  Senate,"  to  be 
atmok  Ont,  and  the  following  anbatltated  : 
W  Zhe     oitiseas     of     eaob     StM^'     who      aball:. 


be  qualified  to  vote  for  Bepreaentativea  in 
Congress  shall  cast  their  votes  for  candidates  for 
President  and  Vice  President,  and  by  ballot,  and 
proper  returns  of  the  votes  so  oast  shall  be  made 
under  seal  within  fb  days  to  tbe  Secretary  of  State, 
or  otber  officer  lawfully  performing  the  dutiea  of 
auch  Secretary  in  the  Government  of  tbe  State,  by 
whom  tbe  said  retoms  shall  be  publicly 
opened  in  the  presence  ot  tbe  Chief  Magiatrate  of 
tbe  State,  and  of  tbe  Chief  Justice  or  Judge  ot 
the  highest  court  thereof,  and  the  said  Secretary, 
Chief  Magistrate,  and  Judge,  shall  assign  to  each 
candidate  voted  for  by  a  sufficient  number  of 
citizens  a  proportionate  part  of '  the  Electoral  votes 
to  which  the  State  ehall  t>e  entitled  in  tbe  manner 
following :  that  is  to  say  :  They  shall  divide  tbe 
whole  number  of  votea  returned  by  the  whole  num- 
ber of  the  State's  Electoral  votes,  and  the  resulting 
qaotient  shall  be  the  Electoral  ratio  for  the  State  ; 
and  shall  assign  to  candidates  voted  for  one  Elec- 
toral vote  for  each  ratio  of  popular  votes  received 
by  tbem  respectively,  and,  if  aeceirsary,  additional 
Electoral  votes  for  succestive  largest  tractions  of  a 
ratio  ahall  be  assigned  to  candidates 
voted  for,  until  tbe  wbtile  number  of 
the  Electoral  vbtes  of  the  State  shall  be  distributed. 
And  said  officers  shall  thereupon  make  up  and  cer- 
tify at  least  tliree  general  returns,. comprising  the 
popular  vote  oy  counties,  parishes,  or  otber  princi- 
pal divisions  of  the  State,  and  their  aitportiOLiment 
of  Electoral  votes  as  aforesaid,  ana  shall  transmit 
two  thereof,  under  seal,  to  tbe  seat  of  Government 
of  the  tTnited  States,  one  directed  to  the  President 
of  the  Senate,  and  one  to  the  Speaker  of  tbe  House 
of  Bepresentatives,  and  a  third  nni^ealed  return  shall 
be  forthwith  filed  by  the  said  Secretary  iii  his  office, 
be  recorded  therein,  and  be  at  all  times  open  to*in- 
^ection." 

ILLNESS    OF   SECRETARY   MORRILL. 

A  STAIEMENT  OF   MR.  MORRILL'S   CONDITION 

BY  HIS  ATTENDING  PHYSICIAN. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  New-  York  Times. 

Washington,  Feb.  7.— Dr.  Pope,  who  is 

attending  Secretary  Morrill,  furnishes  the  fol- 
lowing statement  of  his  condition  at  9  o'clock 
to-mght:  "Secretary  Morrill  has  typho-mala- 
riftl  fever  of  a  severe  grade.  The  pulmonary 
complications,  iraughtwith  imminent  danger  a 
few  days  age,  have  been  measurably  relieved, 
and  his  condition  to-night  is  in  many  respects 
more  favorable."  The  Secretary's  friends  to- 
day have  increased  hopes  of  bis  recovery. 

REDEMPTION  OF  BANK  NOTES. 

REGULATIONS  ISSUED  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES 
TREASURER. 

WASHijrGTON,  Feb.  7. — The  United  States 
Treasurer  has  issued  regnlations  governing  the  re- 
demption of  national  bank  notes  in  lieu  of  all 
others,  by  which  it  is  provided  :  Every  newly  or- 
eauized  national  bank,  with  tbe  exception 
of  national  gold  banks,  is  required  im- 
mediatelv  on  the  receipt  ot  its  circulation 
from  the  Contrbller  of  tbe  Cuirency,  to  de- 
posit m  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  a  sam 
equal  to  S  per  cent,  thereof  in  lawful  money  of 
tbe  United  States.  The  notes  of  national  banks 
other  than  gold  banks,  may  be  forwarded  to  tbe 
Treasurer  of  the  United  States  and  Redemption 
Agent  under  the  contract  with  Adams'  Express 
Company  in  sums  of  11,000,  or  any  ainltlple  thereof 
by  any  company,  firm,  bank,  or  corporation  situated 
within  tbe  territory  covered  by  the  contract.  The 
law  officers  of  the  department  having  decided  that 
national  bank  notes  stolen  when  unsigned, 
and  put  in  circulation  with  forged  signa- 
tures, are  not  obligatory  promissory  notes 
of  the  bank  nnder  section  5,182  of  the  Bevised 
Statutes,  such  notes  are  not  redeemed  bv  the  agency. 
Immediately  on  receipt  of  tbe  Trcasarer's  notifica- 
tion advising  tbem  of  the  redemption  of  their  notes, 
national  banks  are  required  to  remit  tbe  whole 
amount  due.      ^  , 

The  express  charees  on  national  bank  notes  re- 
ceived for  redemption  or  credit  on  United  States 
currency  returned  for  national  bank  notes  redeemed, 
and  on  assorted  national  banK  notes  fit  for  circnla- 
tioD,  forwarded  to  the  banks  of  issue,  are  advanced 
by  the  agency  and  afterward  assessed  upon  tbe 
fceveral  national  banka  In  proportion  to  the  amount 
of  their  circulation  rudeemed.  No  new  currency  is 
ordered  to  be  printed,  except  on  rcqnixitions  from 
the  bJinks,  specifyint;  tho  amounts  ao^l  denomina- 
tiona  desired.  Banks  nsoally  order  supplies  in  ad- 
vance, from  which  the  Controller  re- 
mils  from  time  to  time  new  notes  of 
their  issne  in  return  for  their  notes 
unfit  for  circulation  destroyed.  Under  section  <3  of 
tbo  Redemption  act,  the  expense  incurred  by  the 
agency  for  "  the  chargea  for  transportation  and  the 
coats  for  assorting  the  redeemed  notes  of  national 
banks,"  are  assessed  upon  the  several  banks  in  pro- 
portion to  their  circulation  redeemed,  and  aie 
ciiarged  to  them  in  their  5  per  cent,  jiccounts. 

NOTES  FROM    THE  CAPITOL. 


ItobertsoD,  of  South  Carolina,  just  reports  two  men' 
killed  and  several  wounded  by  illicit  distillers 
raided  on  byhlm  without  troops.  Am  tanrrying  to 
provide  Mi^or  Stewart  with  horses  so  we  can  stop 
this  resistance." 

Senator  Gordon,  of  Georgia,  who  has  been  snflbr- 
ing  from  severe  indisposition  for  several  days  past, 
waa  in  bis  seat  in  the  Senate  to-day,  and  spoke  in 
advocacy  of  the  bill  recently  introduced  by  him 
to       create       a        sinking       fund  for      tbe 

iiqnidanon  of  the  indebtedness  tp  the  Gov-; 
ernment  of  the  Pacific   °       railroada. 

Owinz  to  bis  physical  condition  he  waa  unable  to 
treat  the  subject  as  fully  as  he  desired.  After 
leaving  the  Senate  be  bad  a  severe  chill,  andis  axaia 
confined  to  bis  bed  to-night ;  bnt  his  physician 
hopes  to  have  him  oat  in  a  day  or  two. 

Mr.  A.  H.  Herr,  of  Georgetown  has  been  ap* 
pointed  b.y  the  President  a  member  of  tbe  Board  of 
Police  Commissioners  in  place  of  Frederick  Doug- 
lass, from  whom  nothing  has  been  beard  in  connec- 
tion with  his  appointment.  Mr.  Herr,  not  hnviag 
qualified,  took  no  part  in  the  proceedines  of  the 
board  to-day.  ^^^^^^^ 

THE  GORGED  RIVERS. 


DANGER  STILL  THREATENING  AT  PORT  DE- 
POSIT-!-CONDiTION  OP  THE  RIVER  AT 
OTHER  POINTS.- 

Special  IHapatch  to  the  New-Tork  Times. 

•  Baltimore,  Feb.  7.— The  people  at  Port 
Deposit  are  to-night  hopeful  that  the  danger 
which    '  has      been      threatening     that    town 

from  the  ice-gorges  of  the  Susque* 
hanna,  has  passecL  The  ■  river  still  remains 
^hoked  with  ice  opposite  the  town,  and  at 
various  other  points  up  the  stream.  Tlie  masses 
which  have  clogged  at  these  points  still  retain 
their  gigantic  proportions,  the  mild  weather 
having  had  but  little  effect  upon  tbem.  The 
water  which  had  floodea  the  country  above 
McCall's  Perry  has  receded,  and  is  smk- 
ing  in  the  nver  and  passing  under  the 
numerous  gorges  slowly.  A  sudden  rise 
of  the  waters  would  break  tbe  ice  harriers  and 
probably  do  much  damage  upon  the  farms  and 
in  the  villages  along  tbe  river.  The  hope  of  all 
now  is  that  the  present  mild  weather  will  last 
one  week  longer,  which  is  scarcely  probable,  as 
nothing  but  a  gradual*  thaw  can  avert  the 
menacing  danger. 

Dispatch  to  the  Associated  Press. 

Havre  De  Grace,  Feb.  7.— There  is  no  change  in 
the  ice  here,  except  that  it  has  melted  very  mnch 
to-day.  There  is  verv  little  current  in  the  river, 
which  below  tbe  light-honse  is  nearly  clear  of  ice. 

Habkibburg,  Feb.  7. — Advices  from  points  along 
tbe  Susquehanna  north  of  h^e,  state  tbat  the  nver 
is  falling,  and  that  there  la  no  change  m  the  condi- 
tion of  tbe  ice  since  last  night. 


THE  aOYEBNORSRlP  OF  OBEQON, 
Special  Diaoatch  to  the  New-York  Times. 
Portland,  Feb.  7. — Last  evening  ex-Gov. 
Grpver  arrived  at  Salem,  overland  from  the 
East.  Mr.  Grover,  after  formally  turning  over 
the  executive  office  to  Secretary  Chadwick, 
now  acting  Governor,  will  return  immediately 
to  Wasbmgton  to  assume  his  seat  in  the  Senate 
on  March  4.  There  was  no  demonstiAtion  or 
enthusiasm  among  tbe  Democracy  on  the  occa- 
sion of  Grover's  return. 


TRlATj  OF  FOVR  MOLLY  llAOUIRES. 
ScRANTON,  Feb.  7.— The  trial  of  four  Molly 
Maguires,  named  Patrick  Hester,  Peter  McHngh, 
Alexander  Graham,  and  Patrick  TuUv,  on  a  charge 
of  having  murdered  Alexander  Bea,  nine  years 
ago,  at  CentraUa,  was  commenced  in 
Bloomsbnrg  this  evening.  The  Grand  Jury 
brought  in  a  true  bill,  and  the 
prisoners  pleaded  not  guilty.  Hester  entered  a 
special  plea,  ana  claimed  that  he  ought  not  to  be 
tried  on  the  ground  that  be  had  been  indicted  and 
held  m  jail  on  tbe  same  charge  ever  two 
terms  of  the  court  nine  years  ago,  and  was 
not  granted  a  trial  at  tbe  time,  although 
claiming  one,  but  was  discharged.  His  plea 
was  filed,  together  with  the  aoswer  on  the  pare  of 
tbe  Commonwealth,  after  which  the  court  adjourned 
until  9  o'clock  to-morrow.  The  town  is  thtonged 
with  strangers,  and  a  large  number  were  unable  to 
eaiu  admittance  to  the  court-room: 


Washington,  Feb.  7. — The  House  Ways  and 
Means  Committee,  to-day,  heard  argument  in  ad- 
vocacy of  the  proposed  repeal  of  all  Federal  taxa- 
tion on  the  circulation,  deposits,  and  -  capital  of 
banks.  Between  40  ana  50  gentleman  from  various 
parts  of  the  country  were  present  to  urge  the  re- 
peal, in  accordance  with  the  resolution  of  tbe 
Executive  Council  of  the  American  Bankers  Asso- 
ciation, which  includes  in  its  membership  about  two 
thousand  national  and  savings  banks  and  private 
bankers.  The  oral  argumenta  before  tbe  committee 
this  morning  were  made  by  Joseph  Patterson, 
President  of  the  Western  National  Bank  of  Philadel- 
phia; James  Bnell,  President  of  tbe  Importers'  and 
Traders'  National  Bank  of  New  York;  J.  D.  Hayes, 
President  of  the  Merobanta'  and  Mamufactarers' 
Bank  of  Detroit;  George  S.  Coe,  President  of  the 
American  Exchange  Bank  of  New- York ;  J.  S. 
Norris,  President  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Baltimore,  aod  Gustav  Schwab,  on  bebalf  of  tbe 
New-York  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

The  President  sent  the  following  nominations 
to  tbe  Senate  today:  Charles  H.  Phelps,  to 
be  United  States  Marshal  for  Wyoming  Ter- 
ritory; Luther  C.  Slavens,  to  be  United 
States  Attorney  •  for  the  Western  District  af 
Missouri ;  Charles  C.  Goodenow,  to  be  Beoeiver  of 
Public  Moneys  »t  New-Uim,  Minn.  To  be  Post- 
masters; T.  Blair  Fatton,  at  Altoonsk,  Penn.;  John 
A.  Hnbbard,  at  Lookport,  N.  Y.;  Miss  S.  E.  Blchard- 
son,  at  -Gardner,  Mass.;  Ellsha  P.  Llscomb,  at 
Lebanon,  N.  H.;  S.  W.  Osborne,  at  Darlington,  Wis.; 
Leonard  Wilson,  at  Marshall,  Mo.;  Mrs.  Emma  E. 
Eotten,  at  Versailles,  Ely. 

Mr.  Morrill  took  a  little  nourishment  this  morn- 
ing, after  which  ha  fell  asleep,  and  upon  awakening 
said  he  lelt  better.  At  2  o'clock  P.  M.  be  drank  a 
little  beef  soup,  and  his  physician  and  family  think 
that  if  he  continues  to  take  nourisbmeht  he  will 
soon  rally. 

The  operation  of  all  offers  of  pecuniary  reward 
hitherto  made  for  the  detection  and  punishment  of 
persons  employed  In  the  illicit  distillation  of  spirits 
is  suspended  until  further  notice,  so  far  as  regards 
the  States  of  North  Carolina,  South  Carolina,  and 
Georgia,  and  the  Second  District  of  Tennessee  and 
the  Second  District  of  Alabama.  Commissioner 
Banm  informs  Collectors  and  agents  that 
other  and  more  effective  methods  for  tbe  suppres- 
sion of  illioit  distillation  m  these  localities  are  now 
being  put  in  operation. 

First  Lieut.  James  M.  Ingalls,  of  the  First  Artil- 
lery, has  been  detailed  for  duty  as  Professor  of  Mili- 
tary Science  and  Tactlca  at  tbe  Honjcbton  High 
School,  Houghton,  Mich.  Lieut.  CoL  Jamea  A. 
Ekin,  Deputy  Qnsrtermaster  General,  is  ordered  to 
report  in  person  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

The  receipts  from  Internal  revenue  to-day  were 
$230  793  60.  and  from  Customs,  $448,833  68. 

The  foUo^ring  were  thebalancea  in  tbe  Treasury 
of  tbe  United  States  at  the  dosing  hotir  to-day: 
Currency,  $10,496,063;  special  deposit  of  legal 
tenders  for  tbe  redemption  of  oertifloates  of  deposit, 
935,170.000;  coin,  Inoludlng  •55,012,100  in  coin 
certificates,  188,733,561;  outstanding  legal  tenders, 
$364,48i813. 

Applications  are  being  made  by  parties  now  here 
for  the  pardon  of  the  notorious  counterfeiter  Tom 
Ballard.  His  wife  is  now  m  Washington  engaged 
In  the  business,  and  Ballard  himself  has  written  a 
letter  to  several  well-known  citizens  of  Waabine- 
ton,  with  whom  be  had  an  acaaamtance,  soliciting 
their  infineuce  in  nla  favor.  If  a  pardon  oaonot  be 
granted,  every  effort  will  be  made  to  obtido  the  re- 
misaion  of  a  portion  of  the  aentenee,  wtaieb  is  30 
years  m  the  Albany  8tate  Fnson.  Apvlioadona 
are  also  moving  for  tbe  pardon  of  Wilson  Biggs  and 
Ben  Boyd,  also  well-Juiown  ooanMrfettfrs. 

The  following  diapatch  was  teoeived  at  tbe  In- 
teraalBevenne'Offio*  to-day  Irom  Bevenoe  Agent 
Wacaer.  at  Greeuborok  XT.  C.t  "Deiroty  Manhal 


TSE  MEXICAN  REVOLUTION. 
Bkownsville,  Feb.  7. — Gon.  Revueltas  and 
several  subordinate  officers  are  preparing  in  evi- 
dent haste  to  quit  Matamoras.  It  Is  understood 
that  -they  will  cross  the  Rio  Grande  to- 
night and  take  the  steamer  to-morrow  at 
Brazos,  Texas,  for  New-Orleans.  Although 
Revueltas     tor      weeks      past      has      proclaimed 

that  he  was  sotiu!;  by  authority  of  Diaz,  it  is  now 
believea  that  his  pretended  orders  from  XUaa  were 
not  senaine,  and  that  after  plundering  all  the  foreign 
merchants  he  could  he  is  now  to  fly  to  avoid  Gen. 
Canatelis,  who  is  said  to  be  on  the  way  to  take  com- 
mand of  this  frontier  for  tbe  Diaz  Grovemment.  It 
Is  not  known  who  will  command  until  Canatelis 
comes,  but  it  Is  feared  that  Cortina's  banditti  will 
come  in  to-mo(row.  There  is  consequently  great 
excitement  among  the  foreien  resiaentK,  who  appre- 
hend that  they  will  again  be  plundered. 


BANK  IBBEGVLARITIES  IN  HABTFPBD, 
CONN. 
HARTFORD,  Fob.  7. — Tho  Farmers'  and  Me- 
chanics' N'atlonal  Bank  of  this  city,  which  has  a  cap- 
ital of  11,105,000,  and  a  surplus  of  over  $400,000,  was 
found  to-day  to  be  a  heavy  loser  on  overdrafts  and 
loans  made  without  the  knowledge  of  tbe  Directors. 
The  extent  of  loss  is  not  known;  bnt  the  capital  is 
probably  not  impaired,  or  if  so  the  impairment  is 
slight.  Nothing  implicates  the  officers  as  particl- 
patin  ;  in  the  misnsed  funds,  and  affairs  are  very 
ptiul  ar.  

YA  OUTINO  REGATTA  ON  THE   STTDSON. 

Poughkebpsie,  Feb.  7. — A  special  to  tbe 
Baffle  from  New-Hamburg  says  that  on  short  jio- 
tice  the  regatta  of  the  N'ew-Hambnre  Ice  Yacht 
Association,  for  a  service  of  silver,  occurred  to-day. 

The  Flyaway,  Commodore  Grinnell's  yacht,  won 
the  prize.  Dnrine  tbe  race  three  yachts,  the  Zig- 
zag, Flying  Cloud,  and  Zephyr,  broke  through  the 
ice,  bnt  were  rescued  without  damage. 


NOMINATED   FOR  ASSEMBLYMAN. 

MiDDLETOWN,  Feb.  7.— The  Bepublicans  of 

the  Second  District  of  Orange  County  to-day  nomi- 
nated for  Assembly,  to  fill  a  vacancy,  Charles  W. 
Douglass,  formerly  Snperintendant  of  the  Delaware 
Division  of  the  Erie  Railway,  later  of  the  Sonttside 
Railroad  ot  Long  Island,  and  since  connected  with 
a  railroad  in  Texas. 


IBE  FAMILY  OF  TEE  LATE  MB.  BLISS. 

Boston,  Feb.  7. — The  following  card  is  pub- 
lished to-day : 

I  am  glad  to  announce  to  tbe  Christian  public 
tbat  contrlbntlonB  for  the  family  of  Mr.  P.  P.  BllSe, 
have  been  so  liberal,  that  with  the  addition  of  what 
he  left  they  are  well  provided  for,  aod  collections 
should  now  eease.  D.  L.  MOODY. 


UNITED  BRETHREN  IN  CHRIST. 
Baltimore,  Feb.  7. — The  Pennsylvania  Con- 
ference of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ  met  in 
this  city  to-day,  Bishop  Dickison,  of  Hlmois,  pre- 
siding. About  40  delesates  were  present.  The 
sessions  of  tbe  conference  will  continue  during  tbo 
remainder  of  tbe  week. 


ROYAL  AHCR  MASONS. 
Albany,  Feb.  7.— The*  Grand  Chapter  of 
Royal  Arch  Masons  to-day  electa  the  fbllowmg 
officers:  Grand  High  Pnest,  George  Van  Yllet; 
Deputy  Grand  High  Priest.  Daniel  F.  Day;  Grand 
King.  Jamea  D.  Pollard;  Grand  Scribe,  B.  H. 
Uuntineton;  Grand  Treasurer,  John  S.  Dicker- 
man  ;  Grand  Secretary,  Christopher  G.  Fox  ;  Chap- , 
lain,  Bev.  J,  Murray. 


:-  PROBABLE  STRIKE  OF  ENGINEERS. 

Lawrence,  Feb.  7.— -The  officers  of  the  Bos- 
ton ana  Maine  Baiiroad  having  refused  the  demand 
ot  the  locomotive  engineers  for  an  increase  of  pay, 
a  strike  is  probable. 


THE  UNITED  STATES  STEAMER  ESSEX. 
Fortress    Monrob,     Feb.    7.— The   United 
States  steamer  Essex,  which  has  been  In  the  roada 
for  the  past  month,  sailed  at  noon  to-day  for  Vera 
Crns. 


CAPTAIN  OF  TEE  PORT  OF  NEW-YORK.   . 

AiiBAMr,  Feb.  7. — Gov.  Robinson  sent  the 
nsune  of  George  S.  Beardsley,  of  Aubnn,  to  the 
Senate  to-day,  to  ba  Captain  of  tbe  Port  of  New- 
York.  Tbe  nomination  was  referred  to  ibe  Com- 
mittee on  Commerce  and  Navigation. 

BENTENOED  FOB  MURDER  IN  MASSAOEU^ 
SETTS. 
PnTSFixu),  Feb.  7.— Charles  Wood,  tried  for 
the  murder  of  Mrs.  Hagard,  waa  to-day,  fonnd 
goilty  of  murder  in  the  second  de«i«a  and  waa 
Muteaoed  tw  isuiiuoamenk  for  life- ' 


CAPITAL    INVESTIGADONS. 

• 

THE  VERNON  PARISH  BETJORNS. 

DAVID  DUDLEY  FIELD'S     COlfMITTEB     STOt 
AT    WORK — THEIR  EFFORTS  ;  ANYTHING 
But     SATISFACTORY      TO      THE     DEM<V 
CBATS — A    MEMBER     OF     THE     RETURN- 
ING   BOARD     RECALLEI>— AN    ALLEGED- 
RETURN    SOME    TIME    IN    THK      POSSES* 
SION    OP    TILDEN  8  SECRETARY. 
aoecial Dupatthti  tht  New- York  Timt. 
Washington,  Feb.  7. — Mr.  David.  Dadle^ 
Field's  committee  continued  the  examination  ot 
tbe  Louisiana  witnesses  >  to-day,  but  nothing  i 
new  of  importance   was  ■  elicited.      Lauia    M.' 
Kenner,     one    of    the   colored   members    oC 
the  Betuming  Board,    was    recalled  ajad  tes* 
tified    at    length.       He    swore    positively,    fop 
tbe  second  time,  that  be  knew  nathing  about 
the  alleged  change  in  the  Vernon  I'arish  re- 
turns, and  that  he  had  no  conversation  with 
Maddox  or  any  other  man   about  selling  th» 
vote  of  the  State  to  tho  Democratic  (candidates. 
Mr.       Green.       one      of       tbe^    clerks     of 
the  board,  was    called  after  Mr.rKenner,   bufi 
Judge  Lawrence  objected  to  his  examination 
without  the  presence  ot  all  the  State  CanVjass- 
sers.     Gpv.  Wells  was  unable  to  he  present, 
being  confined  to  his  bed  by  rheumatic  pnins 
caused  by  his  imprisonment  in  the  Capitol  dun- 
geon, and  for  this  reason  Green's  examination 
was   postponed    till    to-morrow.      Mr,   Davis, 
another  clerk  of  the  board,  was  then  called. 
His  testimony  was  substantially  the  same  as 
that  given  by  him  before  the  Senate  Committes 
yesterday. 

IHspateh  to  the  Assoeialei  Press. 

The  Committee  on  the  Powers,  Privileges,  aa 
Duties  of  the  House  in  Counting  the  Electoral  VotA, 
this  morning  examined  R.  W.  P.  Mase,  of  Kansas, 
who  testified  that  be  was  elected  an  Elector  on  the 
Hayes  and  Wheeler  ticket ;  attended  tbe  meeti'ig  of 
the  college,  and  cast  his  vote  for  those  (centlemen  ; 
bad  resided  m  Kansas  since  1S70,  though  his  famdv 
reside  in  Zanesville,  Ohio ;  .the  reason  why  he  had 
not  removed  his  family  to  Kansas  was  that /he  wa« 
not  able  to  make  them  aomfortable  there ; !  had  re- 
sided constantl.y  at  Newton,  Kan.,  since  J.870.  and 
had  voted  nowhere  else  since  that  time;,  had  real 
property  at  Newton,  and  paid  taxes  on  i&;  also  bad 
property  at  Zanesville,  and  paid  tar.es  'there  ;  had 
been  unable  to  sell  it ;  had  no  intention  to  live  else- 
where than  iq  Kansas. 

•lacob  Den  Herder,  of  Michigan,  a  Haves  and 
■Wheeler  Presidential  Elector,  t«stified :  Was  bom 
in  Holland,  bnt  was  naturalized — in  proof  of  this 
assertion  he  produced  his  naturalization  pliers, 
also  those  of  his  father.  The  committee,  l>eing  sat> 
isfled  on  these  points,  discharged  tbe  -witnesses  in 
the  esse. 

Louis  M.  Kenner,  of  the  Louisiana  Returning^ 
Board,  was  recalled  and  examined  by  Mr.  Law> 
rence.  He  testified  that  be  bad  no  knowledge  o( 
any  alterations  having  been  made  in  the  return 
from  Vernon  P&rish ;  that  he  hadno  knowledge  of 
any  paper  having  been  burned  or  otherwise  ^de* 
stroyed.  nor  did  he  know  of  any  proposition  for  re. 
ceiving  money  for  any  act  in  connection  with  tbs 
Electoral  vote  or  the  abstraction  of  papers ;  waa 
not  acquainted  with  Maddox ;  never  heard  of  any 
conversarion  between  Gov.  Wells  and  Mr.  Little- 
field.  On  being  interrogated  by  Mr.  Field,  witnei^i 
said  the  Bcturning  Board  did  not  feel  safe,  and 
hence  there  was  a  necessity  for  troops  to  protect 
tbem. 

Mr.  Field— It  appears  that  the  Tilden  Electors 
received  80,000  votes,  and  the  Hayes  Electors  70,000. 
Can  you  imagine  any  motive  by  the  friends  of  Til- 
den for  destroying  the  votes  for  Tilden!  A.— I 
cannot.  We  feit  intimidated,  bnt  this  did  not 
afiect  the  action  of  tbe  'board.  Tbe  witness  voted 
to  throw  nut  more  than  10,000  of  (the  Tilden 
votes;'  there  were  irregularities  m  one  or 
tw^o  parishes,  including  Grant,  bojt  he 
could  not  say  how  many  irregularines  there,  were  ; 
be  could  not  say  there  were  100  of  such  oases ; 
some  voters  were  kept  from  the  polls  by  Intimida- 
tion, others  killed,  and  others  made  to  vote  against 
their  wishes.  In  reply  to  the  question  whether  the 
board  took  in  view  the  votes  tuat  couldynot  be  oast 
in  consequence  of  alleged  intimidation,  'witneas  re. 
pliett  be  could  not  say. 

Q.— Will  you  now  say  that  in  your  opinion  I.OOO 
of  the  votes  cast  in  favor  of  Tilden  were  cast  Oy 
persona  atrainst  their  will  owins  to  intimidation! 
A. — I  thiuk  there  were  1.000  votes  thus  given. 
The  witness  said  he  did  not  know  that  the  other 
members  of  the  board  committed  frauds,  but  he 
knev^tbat  be  did  not. 

Mr.  Field — Does  it  not  appear  that  .a  aross  frand 
was  perpetrated  as  to  the  return  ttom  Vernon  Par- 
ish? A. — It  waa  rather  bad;  I  should,  say  Bom» 
thing  wrs  done  with  the  voteof  that  parish. 

Q. — Bnt  was  there  not  something  grossly  frandu 
lent  ?     A.— Yes. 

Mr.  Lawrence. — As  you  have  stated  how  the  pa- 
per appears  to  yon,  will  you  state  whether  it  appeari 
that  some  person  made  an  alteration  of  the  re- 
turns without  the  knowiedse  of  the  Board,  and  then 
stole  the  paper  and  earned  it  away,  in  order  to 
throw  suspicion  on  the  board  ?  The  witness  an- 
swered in  the  affirmative.  ' 

Mr.  Lew  Washincton,  of  this  city,  engaged  In  the 
■banking  .business,  was  called  as  an  expert,  having 
had  much  experience  in  the  examination  of  oheokA, 
&c.  Mr.  Field  handed  bun  the  return  of  Vemoa 
Parish,  when  the  witness  pointed  out  the  aU«ra- 
lions  from  the  original,  having  been  written  on 
erasures. 

The  witness,  in  reply  to  Mr.  Lawrence,  aaid  ha 
saw  the  paper  about  two  weefes  aco  at  tbe  Arling- 
ton House  ;  was  invited  by  John  F.  Coyle  to  call 
there  at  Cul.  Felton's  room  to  examine  the  paper  as 
an  expert;  was  introduced  to  Mr.  Weed,  ot  N'ew- 
York,  who  had  the  paper  ;  Mr.  Fant,  tbrmerly  s 
banker  in  Washington,  also  looked  at  tn^paper. 

William  H.  Green  (colored)  testified  that  he  was 
now  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Senate  o*'  Louisiana, 
but  had  previously  acted  as  the  minute,  clerk  ot  cb« 
Eetuming  BoEtrd ;  he  remembered  the, board  dinins 
together  on  the  3d  of  December. 

At  this  point  Mr.  Lawrence  suggested  that  the 
.members  of  tbe  board  be  admitted  to  the  room, 
There  being  no  objection,  tbe  Chairman  sent  tui 
tbe  members  of  the  board,  all  of  whom  soon  ap 
peared,  except  Gov.  Wells,  wbo-is  alok'in  betL 

Mr.  Lawrence  asked  that  tbe /examination  ot  the 
witness  ne  postponed  until  Gov.  Wells  conld  ap' 
pear  here.  The  committee,  iu  deference  to  this  re* 
quest,  discharged  the -witness -UDiil  to-morrow. 

G.  P.  Davie,  one  of  the  clerks  of  toe  Returning 
Board,  testified :  He  remembereU  bearing  of  the 
alteration  of  returns ;  his  attention  was  called  to 
the  fact  after  the  promulgation  ot  the  Electoral  vote 
that  votes  had  been  placed  on  tbe  Republican  side 
tbat  did  not  belong  tnere  ;  he  bad  made  no  examina- 
tion of  the  return  of  Vernon  Parish  after  he  learned 
it  had  been  tampered  with  ;  Mr.  Littlefieio,'  ou  in- 
quiry, informed  him  it  had  been  lost;  tbe  witness 
aid  not  recollect  seeing  Littlefleld  and  Gov.  Wells 
talking  or  wbispenns  tosetber  at  Littlefield's  desk, 
and  Ola  not  hear  tbat  Guv.  Wells  had  instructed 
Littlefield  to  alter  tbe  reinms. 


PROCEEDINGS  BKFOfyS  THE  SEXATE  SUB- 
COMMITTEK— TESTIMONY  GIVEN  Bl 
CLERKS  OF  THE    RETURNING  30ABD. 

Washington,  Feb.  7.— The  Senate  Sub-com- 
mittee on  Louisiana  met  this  morning.  ,  York  A. 
Woodward  waa  examined  by  Senator  '.  Wadleieh. 
H^  testified  that  he  had  resided  m  New-Orleans  fot 
nine  years;  was  one  of  the  clerkrof  thslate  Betum- 
ing  Board  of  Louisiana;  bad  known  J..F.  Littlefield 
for  several  years;  was, present  at < the  office  after 
the  return  of  the  Betnmlng  Board  -from  supper  on 
tbe  3d  of  December;  was  at  work  until  3  o'clock  in 
the  morning: -waa  with  Littlefield,  but  did  sot  eea 
him  making  any  erasures;  first  beard  of  the  traas> 
fer  of  votes in.£ernon  Parish  when  he  came  to 
Vraahinston,  ^Utbotlgh  Littlefield  testifieit  tbat  ho 
had  such  knowledge ;  be  gave  the  modus  bperaodi 
of  compiling  by  elerhs  from  tbe  consolidated  state- 
ments; Littlefield  generally  called  oft  tbe  flpxres, 
and  cotdd  have  called  off  false  figures  if  he  desired; 
tbe  clerks  were  very  busy  at  tbe  time;  didn't  know 
that  tbe  original  return  had  been  carried  away; 
first  knew  of  Littlefield's  absence  when  he 
called  at  his  house  to  find  out  where 
be  was;  Mrs.  Littlefield  said  ha  bad 
been  called  North  by  the  illness  of  hit 
father.  In  answer  to  Senator  McDonald,  witness 
said  he  held  the  position  ot  Revenue  Storekeeper 
when  he  first  resided  in  New-Orleana^  bald  the 
position  over  a  vear ;  resigned  early*  ift  Ibe  Sam- 
mer  of  1870,  then  went  to  Texas  for  fir*  ar  sis 
mratfaa,  sometimes  traveling  for  obMnratloa,  and 
at  others  speculaung,  and  part  of  the  time  tnvsled 
with  a  show,  having  hired  Piofc  Wfgtl 
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wltoMa?  show,  but  he  wu  to  liave  tw6-thlrd« 
of  thie  receijpts  and  pay  the  expenses ;  then  came 
back  to  Kev-OrleacB  and  waa  appointed  Clerk  of 
the  Court  of  NatchitochM  Pariah;  was  a  railroad 
B^rk  for  a  yaar  aftervrard;  was  appointed  by  Gov. 
Warmoth  Assistant  Secretary  ot  State  ;  was  reap- 
pointed nurter  the  MoEoery  Governient;  was 
considered  sa  employed  by  that  Government 
ontil  the  'WTieeler  compromise,  althoash  he 
received,  oo  salary;  was  called  to  Washineton 
«•  ■  witness  iD  The  M«Enery-K»1l0Eir  afibit; 
Dezt  held  the  position  of  Post  Office  clerk,  which  be 
holds  stUl;  the  man  dolns  hit  work  Is  ttow  drawine 
witness'  pay;  was.  appointed  olerk  immediately 
after  the  Setamiog  Board  oom&enoM  its  seiWions; 
knew  Liitlefleld  when  be  kept  a  billiard  saloon : 
was  one  of  the  patrons  of  the  estaollahment,  al- 
fhoaKh  he  didn't  know  that  ZiittleBeld  kept  it;  all 
the  bettinz  at  toe  pool  t«bie  was  done  by  the 
players;  thbnghc  Littlefleld's  repatation  then  was 
good,  bat  didn't  knoW  mnoh  about  him ; 
did  not  drink  anything  at  the  sapper  of 
the  board  on  the  3d  tf  D.eCember,  althongh  the 
others  did;  aldn't  know  that  the  money  for  the  sup- 
pM  was  paid  by  the  Keoabllcan  Central  Committee 
at  Abell's  reqaest,  altboagh  he  knew  that  neither 
himselt  nor  Abett  paid  for  it;  didn't  tbink  any  of 
the  clerks  were  intoxicated;  had  seen  liquor  in  the 
rooms  ot  the  Boaid ;  was  ta1nn£  off  the  tabulated 
reioms  of  tbe  hitate  Electoral  vote  thatnijiht;  don't 
remember  what  parishes  he  Was  at  work  on; 
thonfcht  Llttlefield  waa  making;  redactions  on  polls 
stricken  oat  and  caliine  off  tbe  fignres;  did  not  re- 
member Grov.  "Wells  beine  in  tbe  room  that  night 
onrtl  he  started i]ome,  aboul  2  o'clock;  Gov.  Wells" 
retarned  fh>m  sapper  first;  Littlefieid  remained 
optil  the  bill  was  paid ;  when  witness 
retarned  thouKht  the  office  room  was  empty  ;  the 
diacrepancy  between  the  Electoral  votes  Irbm  tbe 
report  of  the  Snpef  visors  of  Seglstration  and  tbe  re- 
turns of  the  State  Board  of  Canvassers  la  the 
Concordia,  Nachitocben,  and  Vernon  Parishes 
witness  could  not  exolain.  as  he  slmplv  made 
the  tabulated  statements  from  the  oopins  retarned  ; 
irsc  knew  of  a  manafaotored  return  from  Yemou 
Parish  last  Saturday. 

Id  answer  to  Senator  Saulsbnrr,  witness  said  no 
Daember  ofibe  board  ever  £«ve  witaoBs  iDsiractiuns 
tor  changing  returoe,  nor  did  Mr.  !Ray.  the  attorney 
Ol  the  butird. 

T.  W.  Eaton  waa  examined  by  iSenator  Wadleigh. 
He  testified  that  he  waa  a  Clerk  of  the  Louisiana 
Ketarninir  Board  ;  attended  the  supper  on  the  3d 
>r  Deoemoer,  and  aftetwaird  retarned  to  the  office  ; 
law  l<ittlefield   there  ;  did  nut  see  him   or  any  one 

xake  erainres  on  onginal  retunis ;  first  beard  of 

iltecations  in  ihe  Vernon  retorn  In  the  examina- 
:i6u  of  Jqiliie  Davia  by  the  Morrison  Committee: 
Llttlefield  never  asked  him  to  assise  in  mak- 
ing; alt«nitions ;  first  heard  of  tbe  loss  of 
Iha  orieinai  return  by  the  newspapers ;  did 
uot  Sbe  any  of  tbe  clerks  intoxicated  the  night 
of  the  snppsr  referred  to  ;  have  resided  in  New-Oi"- 
leans  for  nine  year?;  was  first  in  tbe  Custom-house, 
aud  then  Ju  the  Inieroal  Bevenue  Department ; 
ufcerward  tratore-keeper  until  1873 ;  tneo  a  gaocer 
m  the  laternal  fieveuue  Department ;  Qen.  Stock- 
dale  ^ve  him  all  tbe  above  appointmeuts ;  held  the 
last  position  until  AuEuat,  1374;  was  then  un- 
employed tor  three  muntbs;;  then  went  m  the 
State  Auditor's  otUoe  as  clerk  and  holds  that  posi- 
tion sail ;  there  are  57  parishes  In  Louisiana ;  don't 
knew  tbe  number  cf  polls ;  tbe  bourd  passed  on  all 
the  polls  of  all  the  pariabea  in  secret  session;  the 
work  of  tabulation  of  returns  was.  completed  the 
evening  be  lore  tbe  promaleation  of  the  returns; 
witness  knows  nothiug  of  tbe  action  of  tbe  t>oarJ 
while  IB  secret  session  ;  never  had  anything  to  do 
with  affidavits  lurtber  than  to  read  one  or  two  to 
tbe  cierKs  of  the  Bouss  Gommltte  who  were  taking 
copies. 

J  adee  Davis  was  recalled  and  was  examined  by 
Mr.  Wad.eiiih.  Wiiuess  stated  (hat  be  had  fur- 
Dished  the  memoranda  from  whieti  had  been  pre- 
partsd  a  list  uf  diaucepaucies  between  the  Electoral 
returns  as  published  by  the  Ketumitig  Board  and 
that  made  by  the  Demooratic'State  Comaoittee. 

Mr.  Saalsbury  ufojecied  to  tbe  readin^t,  on  the 
{TTOund  tiiat  the  committee  had  oatiea  for  tbe  oriii- 
iuiir  reports,  and  tbac  tbe  list  referred  to  would 
be  incompetent  wtaeii  the  original  retaros  of  dts- 
crepanciea  were  icoessible. 

Mr.  McDoDaid  sustained  the  objectioD,  on  tbe 
prouua  that  the  statement  of  D.ivis  was  msre  parol 
proof. 

The  CQsirman  (Mr.  Howe)  held  that  the  state- 
ment ot  Davis  was  competent  lu  all  respects,  anil 
waa  as  fuU  from  the  point  of  view  uf  Messts.  Sauls- 
bury  and  McDonald  as  from  tbe  ground  taken  by 
any  members  of  the  committee. 

Tbe  commiitee  sustained  the  Cbairroan,  alter  dis- 
cussion, and  witness  stated,  (reading  from  bis  state- 
ment:) Toere  was  a  discrepuncy  in  the  Parish  of 
Avoieiles  as  to  tbe  vote  for  De  Biaiio,  a  Democratic 
Elector,  givmg  tbe  canuldate  two  votes  more  tbSn 
allowed  by  the  Keturning  Board;  in  the  Parish  of 
Jackson  tbe  canvass  and  the  compilation  agree  ;  in 
the  Parish  of  WestBatoit  Bouge  the  canvass  shows 
•light  differeuces;  similar  discrepancies  were 
reported  by  the  withess  from  bis  state- 
ment in  tue  returns  from  Bienville  Caddo, 
C&rroll,  Iberville,  Lincoln,  Plaquemines,  Point 
Coupee,  Kapides,  Ked  Birer,  St.  John  BapUste,  St. 
Martin,  'i'erre  Bonne,  Termlllion,  Calcasieu,  Con- 
cordia, Jefferson,  St.  jamss,  St.  MJary,  Madison,  La 
Fuurcbe,  Orleans,  Caldwell,  and  De  Suto.  The  dis- 
crepancies reported  were  stigut  in  nearly  alt  cases.. 
Tbe  witness  was  dismissed  till  to-morrow  tor  croM- 
KxamiuatioB. 

William  H.  Gre^n  was  sworn  and  examined  by 
Mr.  Wadleitfb.  Witness  was  minute  clerk  of  tbe 
Beturning  Board  ;  he  described  his  duties  as  «uch  : 
Ue  had  ctiarge  ot  the  pauers  forwarded  to  tbe  board; 
be  addressed  them,  verifiud  them,  and  kept  a  record 
»f  them  in  a  book;  was  present  at  tbe  office  of  the 
board  Dec.  3 ;  was  there  after  tbe  dinner  which 
bad  been  referred  to,  and  remained  until  a  little 
itter  12  o'clock ;  waa  in  all  tbe  offices 
it  the  board;  saw  Liittlefield  there;  he 
iiay  ^have  been  making  erasures,  but  witnaes 
oaid  *no  more  attention  to  him  than  to  any  otner 
sieik;  wituess  Just  beard  of  the  alteration  in  Ver- 
non Parish,  when  summoned  before  tbe  Morrison 
Uommittee,  Dec.  13,  us  a  witness;  first  heard  of  the 
ctestiuction  of  (be  original  return  a  few  days  ago  ; 
iffitlavits  from  Vernon  Parish  were  tietore  tbe 
board,  and  ih  witness'  charge;  don't  remember  the 
iate  wtiQU  they  were  received;  tbe  board  gave  no 
oruera  tnat  no  original  papers  were  not  to  be 
sltered. 

Crdds-examination  by  Mr.  McDonald— Was  with 
the  board  trom  their  organiaaiion  until  tbe  31st  of 
December;  ibe  minate-booka  kept  by  witness  are 
in  ^ew-Oiieaus  ;  those  boolts  contain  the  names  ot 
all  affiao(8>n  relation  to  election  returns  on  both 
Bides,  and  show  the  narishss  irom  which  all  affi- 
davitx  were  reo^ived ;  don't  know  who  has  the 
costudy  of  the  board-tiaok*  at  the  present  tl^e. 

Isauore  McCoiuick  was  sworn  and  examined  by 
Mr.  Wadleigb:  Was  one  of  tbe  Beturointr  Board 
Clerks ;  retarned  to  the  board  rooms  after  the  Sun- 
day nigbt  dinner,  and  remained  until  all  the  clerks 
letc  The  witness  corroborated  the  testimony  of 
previous  witnesses  as  to  Littlefleld's  operations  in 
the  board-rooms  that  niunt;  also  in  relation  to  tbe 
alteration  and  destruction  of  original  papers,  testi- 
fied to  by  Littlefieid,  Saw  Spearing  after  Llttle- 
beld  was  gone,  and  he  said  tne  Bepubilcan  Party 
bad  gene  back  on  Littlefieid;  the  expression  was, 
'•  Given  Pred  tbe  goose,  and  now  Fred  was  going 
to  take  qare  of  himself;"  Spearing  bad  been  an  ac- 
tive Bepublican,  and  at  the  election  had  supported 
the  side  of  JNlonolls. 

Cross-examined  by  Mr.  Saulsbury,  the  witness 
said  :  -Littlefieid  might  have  done  writiag  at  some 
of  tbe  desks  tbe  night  of  the  alleged  alteration  of 
the  Vernon  return,  but  is  •!  the  impression  thai  he 
was  mostly,  or  altogetber,  occapieu  in  rsadiog  off 
tbe  returns  to  the  other  clerks;  if  he  did  any  other 
work  thau  reading,  it  must  have  been  tabulating  ; 
don't  think  Gov.  Wells  had  any  conversation  that 
Bight  with  Littlefiild;  at  the  Betumiog  Board 
dinner  referred  to,  </oha  Bay,  a  Bepuulioan  lawyer, 
was  present. 

In  answer  to  Mr.  McDoaald,  witness  said  he  read 
the  Bepnolican  paper  published  at  I7ew-0rleans  ; 
tbat  paper  published  a  synonsis  ot  tbe  testimony 
taken  before  t.he  committee  at  Kew-Orleans;  dou't 
remember  reading  tne  testimony  of  Gov.  Wella  be- 
tore  that  committee,  in  which  Wells  referred  to  the 
matter  of  the  altered  Vernon  report  as  a  clerical 
ftrror;  only  heard  of  tbe  altered  reinrn  after  the 
lestimon  7  of  Murphy  was  girea  before  the  commit- 
tee 10  this  city. 

At  3:43  p.  M.  the  committee  adjourned  ontU  to- 
TBurrow  at  10  o'clock. 

THE  OBE&ON  ELECTORAL  CASE. 
3KOBOE     L.    MIIXBR    BEFORB    THB     SEITATE 
COMMlTfEE — COPIBS     OP     TELKGBAPniC 
DISPATCHES    PRESKNTED     BY     SEIfATOR 
KERNAN. 
WASHiNGTOir,  Feb.  7. — The  Senate   Commit- 
fee  investigating  the  Oregon  Electoittl  case  exam- 
ined this  mornlDg  Dr.  George  L.  Miller,   of  Umaha, 
^eb.,  who  is  a  member  of  the  Kational  Demooratio 
Committee.      He    testified    in    reply    to.    Senator 
Mitchell  that  he  had  a  telegraphic  coi^respoudence 
with  W.    T.   Pelton,    of  Kew-York,   in    November 
last,  in  relation  to -the  Oregon  case;  he  was    re- 
quested by  Pelton  to  go  to  Oregon  and  io  what  he 
could  to  prevent  Watts'  netting  a  ceriifloate,   as  it 
was  believed  tbat  the  Democrats   bad  a  good  case 
there ;  could  not  go,  but  sent  J.  H.  H.  Patrick. 

In  reply  to  Senator  Keroan,  witness  stated  tbat 
nothing  was  ever  said  about  tbe  illegitimate  use  of 
money  to  mm  in  connection  with  the  Oregon  case; 
be  told  Mr.  Patrick  tbat  necessary  expenses  tor  a 
trip  to  Oregon  would  be  paid  from  head-quarters  ; 
law  Patrick  upon  his  return  to  Omana  frem 
Oregon ;  Patrick  told  him  that  lawyers 
bad  been  retained  to  argue  against 
tbe  issaiug  of  »  certificate  to  Watts ;  witness 
thought  that  Patrick  said  something  about  a  mem- 
ber of  the  law  firm  which  had  been  retained  by  the 
Democrats  being  connected  with  the  Oregonian,  a 
daily  paper  published  at  Portland,  but  did  not  un- 
derstand that  this  was  the  main  reason  for  employ- 
ing the  firm ;  he  received  no  dispatches  asking  him 
to  help  raise  money  to  nay  expenses  of  any  sort  in 
connocrion  with  the  Oregon  case. 

Senator  Kernan  introauoed  tbe  following  dis- 
oatches  in  evidenoe : 

New-Tohk,  Feb.  8. 
To  Jolm  H.  MUtiha,  or  S.  W.  Heott,  Fortlaml,  Vrt-' 

we  are  now  absolutely  certain  of  185  votes  for 
Hayes  if  Oregon  Is  safe,  and  Tilden  is  sure  of  ths 
rests  Can  you  certainly  tlefeat  all  Democratic  at- 
tempts by  iraud.  false  oouutlng,  or  bribery,  to  cap- 
tute?    Answer  when  sure.  CflANDLEB. . 

POKTLAKI),  Oregon.  Nov.  9. 
Eon.  Z.  Chandler.  Neu>-Tork:    '  ^    ^   _ 

Have  no  tear  for  Oregon.  It  is  absolutely  certatn 
for  Hayes  and  Wheeler.  Our  maionty  at  least 
vOOO  Every  precaution  has  been  taeku  from  lh« 
drat  aeainst  fraud.  Democrats  eonoede  the  eleotiun 
bM  bsSaSlr.-aiMl  Umit  pabUoly  that  we  h*»e  tbe 
Srata  bv  «t  least  800.  Oar  anxiety  Is  Kot  for  Oceaea. 

bJurntAHCuOo,  ]!IOT.  9. 
am  Jthn  Jf.  MUelM,  Fertimti,  On^Mr 
aaTaataaUaM^ifQcwoaUMrtkUk  (HtMtatis. 


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M  aooa  M  posslbl*  and  annoruice  reatih.  MalM 
special  arrancement  against  fraud,  whiob  will  be 
attempted.     Watch  every,  precinct.    Answer. 

A.  A.  SaEGBITT. 

r- ^    «-,,..»„  ^  New-Tobk.  Not.  8. 

John  B.  ifOeftsO,  Portland,  Oregon: 
_WIthont  Oregon  Haves  is  defeated.    DoU't  be  de- 
traadel.    Basten  returns.    Anawer. 

W.  E.  CHANDLER. 

■wT       T  T,  ,,,.  ,  ..  New-Tobk,  Nov.  9. 

Bon.  J.  B.  MitehOls 

Ketnms  elect  Hayes  sure  with  Orejton,  which  is 
indispensable ;  use  utmost  vigilance. 

W.  E.  CHANDLER. 
«        ,  ,      ^    .-  PoBThASD.  Not.  15, 1876. 

Son.  John  H.  U^keO,  Palace  Hotel,  San  Fran- 
eUto,  Cat; 

Democrats  claim  that  Wattt  is  Ineligible,  being" 
PMtmMtftir  irt;  the  time  of  election.  He  has  now 
resigned,  and  resignation  accepted.  Vote  not  being 
canvassed  yet.  He  will  nndoubtedly  be  all  right. 
In  o^Wt  oiSecretary  of  State  refastng  to  glve.oer- 
tlnoate  to  watts,  and  reosgnizing  Democrat  having 
next  highest. vote,  Cartwright  and  Oiell  will  refuse 
to  recogni^A,  and  will  appoint  Watts,  and  they 
Tote.    Bave  yoU  any  good  news  ?  STEELE. 


lowcanal  tolls. 


BIBSTING  AT  THB  COOPER  INSTITUTE — 
DOUBLE  TAXATION  ON  CANAL-BOATS  DK- 
NOtTNCBD — RKSOLUTIOXS  ADVOCATING 
THE  ABOLITION  OF  DIBBCT  REVENUE  ON 

THE  ERIE  CANAL. 

The  large  hall  of  Cooper  tTnioa  was  more 
than  half  filled  last  eTening.  the  occasion  being  a 
mass-meeting  called  in  favor  of  '•  low  tolls  or  no 
tolls"  ou  the  Erie  Canal.  On  the  platform  were 
many  tEMltlemen  well  known  iu  local  commercial 
oiioles.  Hon.  Peter  Oooner  presided,  aiM  opened  pro- 
ceedinga  in  a  short  speech.  Mr,  Emerson  Foote 
read  a  telegram  from  Hon.  L.  Bradford  Prince, 
regrattinjr  his  ioability  to  be  present,  and  express- 
ing his  sympathy  with  the  object  of  the  meeling. 
Mr.  Wadswortb,  of  Buftalo,  read  a  series  of  resolu- 
tions  denouncing  douDle  taxation  on  oanal-boats 
and  their  appliances  as  suicidal  and  contrary  to 
sound  politioal  econofby  ;  advocating  tbe  abolition 
of  direot  revenue  as  applied  to  the  Erie 
Canal,  and  tbe  substitution  ot  increased 
business  therefor;  the  Issuance  of  new  bonds  by  con- 
stitutional amendment  if  necessary  for  the  payment' 
of  all- liens  imposed  by  the  Constitution  on  the  so- 
called  ,  surplus  revenues,  sufBeient  revenue  not 
being  obtainable  under  tbe  present  system:  tbe 
making  of  tbe  Erie  Canal  a  pablio  highway,  and  its 
enrrender  ta  tdo  National  Government  and  con- 
version into  a  national  highway.  The  reso- 
lutions were  frequently  applauded  and  were 
carried  unanimously..  Mr.  Foote  then  read 
a  three-oolumn  letter  from  Hen,  Horatio 
Seymour  arguing  strongly  in  favor  of  the  abolition 
of  tolls  on  the  canals.  It  recites  the  injustice  tbat 
has  been  done  to  the  canal  boatmen  by  imnroper 
legislation  and  corrupt  management,  and'  says  that 
the  public  mind  has  been  misled  by  the  bablt  of 
prronpicg  toeether  the  canals  tbat  pay  and 
those  tbat  waste,  and  com  oaring  them  with 
the  railroads.  The  boatmen  of  tbe  Erie, 
Oswego  and  Champlain  Cauals  pay  for  the  cost  of 
boilding  and  keeping  in  order  all  the  othor  water 
ront«8.  They  have  paid  Into  the  Treaaarv  $120,000,- 
000,  a  profit  of  more  tbau  C40.0O0,0O0  above  cost  of 
coDSCrnctlou  aud  malatenauoe.  Tbe  railroad's,  oa 
the  contrary,  pay  no  tolls.  These  tolls  are  in 
reality  taxes,  and  most  hanful  to  the  com- 
munity in  general,  as  tbe  chief  articles  ear- 
ned ou  (^anaIsare  food,  fuel  aod  lumber,  the  basis  of 
alliodustry.  Itisalsoa well-known  fact,  he8ayA,that 
tbe  railroads  regulate  their  charges  according  to 
tbe  increase  or  decrease  of  canal  tolls,  and  tnedif- 
ferenc^eacts  on  the  tai-pRver,  who,  if  he  gains  $1 
from  tile  canal,  losesl3  to  the  railroads.  Trade  is 
diverted  by  high  mtes  of  frsighr,  and  property  de- 
creases in  value  in  proportion.  Tbe  notion  tbat  the 
canals  are  of  local  benefit  aierely  is  an 
absurd  one.  Tbe  counties  along  ibe  line  of  the 
Etle  Canal  are  ti>xed  greatly  in  excess  of  their 
wants  'for  the  benefit  of  the  outlying  counties. 
New- York  City  slone  pavs  {1,000,000  annually  for 
the  education  uf  the  children  of  other  portions  of 
the  State.  This  sum  would  be  sufficient  to  keep 
tbe  canals  in  proper  repair,  and  the  Metropolis 
would  doubtless  be  glad  to  undertake  the  Job  if  re- 
lieved of  the  other  impositi'>n. 

Mr.  Wadsworth  then  addressed  the  meeting.  He 
(»>mpared  ihe  present  movement  to  that  which  se- 
cured tbe  repeal  of  the  Corn  Laws  in  England, 
and  said  tbat  this  transcended  that  in  importaooi-. 
He  deseribed  the  avstein  of  thieving  under  whicb  the 
eanils  bave  labored  from  thaoontractora,  then  from 
the  boaimeo,  and  finally  from  the  ofhcials,  as  nuoar- 
alleled  in  tne  aouals  uf  .  corruption. 
For  tbe  good  the  Erie  Canal  had 
done  and  tbe  good  it  waa  c.ipable  of  doing  ho 
demanded  tbat  it  should  be  made  free  as  tne  river, 
tbe  lake,  and  the  set.  Taxes  on  consumption  are, 
he  claimeti,  fatal  alwa.vs.  The  commerce  of  the 
Metropolis  Is  fast  slipping  from  its  grasp,  and  tbe 
people  sit  supinely  by.  Philadelphia  and  Baltimore 
on  tbe  south,  and  Montreal  and  Quebec  on  tbe 
north,  are  getting  it  all.  and  where  tbe  cereals  go  in 
tbe  manufactures  are  sure  to  go  oat.  Liverpool 
has  its  SIX  miles  of  magnificent  dtHsks  inviting  tbe 
world's  commerce.  New- York  has  t)e«o  eight  .years 
building  one  dock,  and  tbat  is  in  great  danger  of 
falling  in.  Waiebonses  are  open  all  over  Philadel- 
iibia,  and  cars  traverse  the  city  from  end  to  end. 
Tbe  Question  of  a  freight  railway  has  been  agitated 
in  New-York  for  more  than  10  years  oast ;  yet. 
New- York-like,  nothing  has  yet  been  done.  The 
other  dav,  Controlisr  Kellv  advised  the  sale 
of  all  dock  property  belonging  to  the  City  to  men 
who  would  laim  it  out  and  rain  commerce  by  their 
extravagant  chqrges.  These  docks  should  bs  given 
free  to  the  Erie  Canal  boatmen.  There  are  now 
only  tour  piers  at  the  disposal  of  oanal-boats,  and  a 
ferry  compauy  has  asked  fur  Ibe  use  of  two  of' 
them.  The  boatmen  are  compelled  to  pay  one  tax 
on  tbelr  boats  to  the  Slate  on  acc<)nnt  o)  peraonul 
property,  and  another  lor  tbe  use  of  the  canaL 
which  is  their  property.  Their  cause  is  tne  cause 
of  every  citizen,  aud  they  should  be  supported  in 
their  straggle. 

Mr.  A.  M.  Humphreys  followed.  He  advocated 
the  closing  of  tbe  lateral  tsanals,  citing  figures  from 
the  report  of  the  Canal  Auditor  for  1ST4  to  show 
tbat  the  cost  of  collection  on  those  canais  was  18 
and  20  times  in  excess  of  the  revenue  derived  from 
them. 

Mr.  Theodore  F.  Lees  made  the  point  tbat  no  rail- 
road waa  ever  constructed  except  as  a  specolatiou, 
whereas  the  incapilon  of  the  Erie  Canal  was  with 
a  view  to  the  benefit  of  commerce  in  general.  Not 
until  it  was  constructed  did  New- York  City  enter 
upon  its  career  as  tbe  oommerotal  metropolis  of 
America.  The  Western  people  are  waiting  to 
build  a  small  canal  trom  the  Mississippi  to  L,ike 
Michigan ,  which  will  throw  tbe  commerce  of 
1,500  miletk  of  territor.y  into  New-York  through  tbe 
Erie  Canal.  They  passed  resolutions  calling  upon 
our  State  Legislature  to  reduce  the  tolls  on  tbe  Erie, 
and  as  soon  as  their  request  is  complied  with  tbe 
work  will  bo  begun. 

.  After  tbe  passage  of  a  resolution  of  thanks  to 
Mr.  Cooper  for  his  interest  and  aid  in  the  more* 
ment,  the  meeting  ad|oamed. 


mmm^tmim 


imesiem 


INSURANCE  TANGLES. 


BALL  OF  THE  JdEAFT  WEIGH  IS. 


THE     FAT    MEN      AT    IRVING     HALL— THEIR 
GRACE  AED  AGILITT  MUCH  ADMIRED. 

The  annual  ball  of  the  *'  Heavy  Weights"  of 
New-York  was  given  last  night  at  Irving  Hall. 
The  heaviest  man  at  the   bait  w^an  Mr.  Samuel  C. 

McGraw,  whose  present  weight  is  327  pounds. 
He  looked  sad  ana  gloomy,  and  when 
rallied  by  a  friend,  who  exhorted  him 
to  cheer  up,  and  prepare  to  eujoy 
himself,  shook  his  head,  and  remarked  that  he  had 
hist  40  pounds  since  the  last  ball.  Among  the  other 
heavy  weights  who  were  present  were  Messrs. 
John  Green,  335  pounds ;  President  of  the  Associa- 
tion. Joseph  Hall,  230  pounds;  Vice  President  D. 
M.  Fifield,  260  pounds;  Treasurer,  N.  Brewster,  230 
pounds ;  Secretary  Petor  Beed,  ;290  pounds;  S.  Stout, 
310 pounds;  A.  C.  Craft,  270  pounds  ;  L.  Sarles,  S2S 
pounds  I  J.  Heatherton,  270  pounds ;  F,  Page,  210 
pounds ;  George  Leland,  220  pounds ;  H.  H.  Covert' 
335  pounds ;  John  Gault,  230  pounds ;  £. 
N.      Crow,      220  '  pounds:    Harvey    Marsh.    210 

pounds ;  P.  Bogart,  200  ponods ;  H.  W. 
Henley,  230  pounds :  George  trott,  290  pounds ; 
Bichard  Heather,  200  pounds ;  and  George  Green 
203  pounds.  About  16:30  o'clock  the  band  struck 
ui>,  and  the  ball  '  was  opened  with  a 
promenade  b.y  the  company  to  slow  music, 
the  heavy  weighte  marching  solemnly  around 
tbe  room,  each  with  a  lady  on  bis  arm. 
After  the  promenade,  sufficient  time  having  been 
given  for  the  stout  men  to  recover  their  wind,  a 
quadrille  was  danced,  and  this  was  fol- 
lowed by  Les  Landers  and  round  dances. 
The  spectators  in  the  galleries  watched  the  dancers 
with  much  interest,  aiid  many  expressions  of  sur- 
prise at  the  grace  and  agility  shown  by  the  fat  men 
iu  their  terpsicborean  exercises  wero  beard.  It 
was  thought  that  as  the  night  wore  on 
they  would  become  tireil  out  and  leave  tbe 
floor  to  those  of  their  guests  who  were  not  so  stout 
as  their  entertainers.  But  this  was  not  so;  the 
heavy  weights  did  their  duty  nobly,  aad  danced 
through  tbe  whole  programme  without  missing 
a  set.  At  12:30  9'olock  a  sumptuons 
supper  was  served  in  the  basement  of  the 
building,  and  there,  too,  the  hoovy  men 
dul'  weU.  About  1  o'cloek  a  large  deputation  of 
the  Fat  M>-n's  Association  of  tbe  United  States 
made  their  appearance  in  the  hall,  having  arrived 
on  a  late  ti^ain  from  Norwalk,  Cono.  They  received 
au  entbuslastio  welcome,  and  were  coudauted  to  tbe 
snpper*r«om.  After  supper  all  preoeede4  to  tbe  ball- 
room, where  tbe  dancing  was  kept  up  until  a  late  hour. 


TSS  NBWnECEIVBB  OF  THE  CONTI- 
NENTAL LIFE. 

THE  AFFAIRS  OF  THE  COMPANY  TAKEN  POS- 
SESSION OF  BY  MR.  WILLIAM  R.  GRACE 
— ALL  THE  OLD  EMPLOYES  DISMISSED — 
THE  APPLICATION  FOB  THB  DISSOLU- 
TION OF  THE  CONCERN  NOT  TO  BE  MADE 
AT  PftESfcNT. 
Mr.  William  E.  Grace,  the  new  Eeoeiver  ot 
the  Continentxil  Lifd  Insurmce  Company,  of  this 
City,  went  to  tbe  office  of  tbat  concern  yester- 
day  morning  and  took  formal  possession  of 
its  afiklrs.  Mr.  William  Allen  Butler,  the 
Eeferee  abpointed  by  Jadge  Pratt,  waa  present 
during  the  day,  and  witnessed  the  transfer.  An 
ioventory  of  alt  the  securitiBs.  and  other  assets,  and 
the  books  of  the  company,  had  been  made,  and  a 
recelnt  was  given  to  Mr.  Anderson  for  the  articles 
named  therein,  and  for  $164,554  11  in  cash,  and  a 
protested  check  for  $303  13.  The  statement  of  the 
accounts  of  Mr.  Anderson,  which  was  put  in  evi- 
dence before  tho  Beferee  on  Monday  last, 
shows  his  entire  receipt!"  from  the  date  of 
his  appoinfment,  Oct.  25,  to  the  oate 
ot  his  suspension,  including  the  proceeds  of  the  sale 
of  bonds,  interest  on  mortgages,  agents'  accounts, 
&o.,  to  have  been  $194,851  78.  His  disbursements 
duriog  the  same  nenod  were  as  follows :  Incidental 
expenses,  $3.259  56;  salaries,  $11.747  78:  counsel 
fe*s,  $11,441  60  ;  fire  insurance,  $373  75  ;  premiums 
returned  by  order  of  tho  court,  f3.047  67 ;  pre- 
miums returned,  $119  85 ;  total,  $89,993  21,  leav- 
ing a  cash  balance  of  $104,861  57.  Soon  after 
Mr.  Graoe  t/>ok  oosxexsion,  he  caused  tbe  combi- 
nation of  the  vault  locks  to  be  changed,  and  thon 
summoning  all  of  the  clerks  and  attaoh6s  of  tbe  of- 
fice, who  had  been  employed  by  Mr.  jLuderson,  into 
the  President's  room,  inlorraed  them  that  their  ser- 
yicej  were  no  longer  lequirod.  Mr.  Grace,  when 
questioned  by  areporterof  TuR  Timbs,  stated  tbat  he 
WiiulU  proceed  at  onoe  to  tbe  performanee  of  his  du- 
ties, but  if  he  shoaid  be  relieved  from  theresponsibi- 
li'y  of  the  receiversBlp  bv  the  action  of  the  Attffr- 
ney  Gren^ral,  he  would  willingly  retire  and  make 
room  for  liis  successor. 

It  is  understood  that  the  application  of  tho  At- 
torney General  for  the  appointment  of  a  new  Be- 
Ceiver  and  the  dissolution  of  tbe  company  will  not 
be  made  for  some  time  yet,  and  if  this  is  the  case, 
the  same  questions  that  it  will  rsiae  will  in  a 
certain  measare  come  before  the  Supreme  Conn  in 
Brooklyn  next  week,  in  the  case  of  Charles  P.  Halt- 
well  against  tbe  company,  in  which  tbe  validity  of 
the  Beceiver's  appointment  is  questionetL  Hart- 
well  was  a  policv-bolaer  in  the  company,  and 
claimed  that  he  baa  not  been  paid  his  share  of  the 
profits  of  tbe  concern  as  provided  for  by  tbe  charier, 
section  16  of  whiob,  after  specitying  what  amount 
shall  be  paid  to  the  stockholders,  says: 
The  remAoing  seven-eiiihths  of  such  pmflts  or  scr- 

plus  shall  be  placed  to  .the  en  dll  of  the  poIicj-hoMers 
who  mxy  be  entitle'l  lio  partlripnte  in  tb*-  profits  or 
surplus  of  (he  cunipaoy.  in  proportion  to  the  amount 
or  premium  pnlil  respectlvel.y,  as  hereiuafter  provided, 
which  credit  may  lie  represented  by  fcrip.  sal^ject  to 
all  of  tho  i>iovi5inns  ot  this  charter;  bu*"  no  creijit  or 
scrip  whall  lie  innile  f"r  niiy  fructional  part  of  a  dollar  : 
nor  sliall  auy  policy-holder  be  eutitlea  to  it  credit  for 
pioflts  who  has  not  bfen  Insured  lor  one  fall  .year,  ami 

whose  poib'y  for  iifo  or  for  end.>wment  is  not  lu  actual 
torce  and  existence  at  the  time. 
skc.  17.   KvL-ry  pprson  in>\ired   for  the  whole  term  of 

lite,  or  by  endowment  policy  or  poiici«s,  and  p  lying  to 
the  company  the  p'  eailutu  agreed  upon,  siiall  partici- 
pate iu  all  of  tho  proiils  'f  lhi>  company  to  tbe  extent 
of  aev«fn-e1i{hlh9  of  aucli  pruilts. 

Mr.  Hartwell  claimed,  first,  that  profits  had  been 
made  by  tho  compauy,  and  secondly,  that  tbet  di- 
vision nmona  tbe  polic\ -holders  was  made  on  a  dif- 
ierent  system  than  ibat  set  forth  in  the  charter,  so 
Tbat  he  did  uot  eet  his  snare.  In  iznorance  of  that 
fsc  ,  he  paid  up  all  the  prt:miams  on  his  policy — too 
mucb,  as  be  claims,  bv  about  $1,000.  This 
ovi  r-i>aymenr.  he  looked  upon  as  money 
obtained  from  him  bv  constructive,  if 
noi  actnal.  fraud,  and  ho  therefore  brongbt 
an  actiou  before  tbe  Bcceiver's  appointment 
tor  its  recovery.  In  the  cuDtnsion  resultini:  from 
Mr.  Andeison's  appointment,  aJndgDjunt  w&i  ob- 
tained against  the  company  by  default,  and  a  ref- 
erence was  ordered  to  c'.'mpute  the  exact  amount  of 
his  claini.  Meanwhile  tbe  company  was  dissolved, 
so  tbat  be  obtained  no  technical  jndgmeat  before 
the  dissolution.  Tbns,  if  tbe  present  decree 
is  valid  as  a  dlsAolutioo,  be  ia  not  a 
Judgment  creditor,  while,  ou  the  other  hand, 
if  it  IS  invalid,  he  is  a  Judgment  creditor. 
On  tbe  other  Hide  it  was  claimed  tbst  this  would 
make  no  material  difference,  because  all  the  title  of 
thu  property  had  parsed  to  tbe  Keceiver  many  days 
before  the  default,  so  tbat  there  was  no  real  estate 
on  whicti  tbe  Judgmeut  conld  be  a  lien.  The  court 
was  petitioued  for  an  order  tnat  tbe  Hereivcr  pay 
the  amount  of  tbe  Judement  to  the  plaintiff,  and  the 
order  was  granted.  Mr.  John  L.  Hill,  ot  connael  lor 
the  Becelver,  appealed  trom  the  Judgmeut  and  pro- 
cured a  stay  ot  procoedinss.  Mr.  ^pbael  J.  Moses, 
of  Hirtweli's  coonsel,  then  made  aftiotion  to  vacai« 
the  stay,  which  was  denied,  no  tbat  tbe  appeal  is 
still  pcndinn.  and  will  be  arLmei  next  week,  when, 
as  above  stated,  tho  same  questions,  virtually,  ibat 
will  be  raised  in  ths  suit  uf  the  Attorney  General 
will  be  submitted  to  tbe  court. 


BAIL    GIVEN    BY    THE     PRKSIDKNT    Or    THE 
.    SECDITY  LIFE  INSURANCE  AND  ANNUITY 

CO.MPAXY. 
Robert  L.  Case,  Sr.,  President  of  the  Security 
Life  Insurance  and  Annuity  Compauy,  lett  bis  home 
in  Newburg,  N.  Y.,  yesterday,  and  appeared  in  tbe 
District  Attorney's  office  to  give  bail  on  the  indict- 
ment lor  perjury  found  against  him.  Tho  in- 
dictment seta  forth  that  Mr.  Case  was  President  ot 
tbe  Seonritv  Life,  and  as  such  was  compelled  an- 
nually 10  certiiy  in  a  report  to  the  Snpenotendent 
of  Insurance  of  the  State  uf  New-Yui  k-to  tbe  aasets 
and  liabilities  of  the  company,  tbe  manner  in  which 
tbe  iisiiets  were  invested,  the  amount  ou  bond  and 
mortgage,  the  amount  on  loans  ou  slocks,  and 
amount  ofpremiuui  nores,  credits,  and  other  securi- 
ties. In  pursuance  of  this  rsquirement,  it  is  set 
forth  Mr.  Case  furnished  and  swore  to  a  st.itc- 
ment  purporting  to  show  tbe  affairs  of  the  com- 
pany for  tho  year  endini;  Dec.  31,  1875.  In  this 
statement  the  cost  value  of  the  company's  real  es- 
tate was  set  forth  at  j460,875 ;  tbe  cost  value  of 
stocks  and  bonds  absolutely  owned  bv  tbe  company 
at  $592,197  75;  tbe  cash  nl  office  at  $32,818  11.  and 
the  aiuouut  on  deoosit  in  bank  aiilTi  ij90  57.  These 
figures,  it  is  oharced,  were  grosaly  and  willfully 
uveresiimatdd,  the  assets  in  qoestlou  not  being  of 
the  value  set  forth.  Mr,  Case,  as  President  of  tbe 
corpoiatioD,  swore  to  the  correctness  ol  the  state- 
ment, and  is  indicted  for  perjurV  tor  so  doing.  Bail 
in  Case's  indictment  was  fixed 'at  $20,000,  as  ii^  the 
case  of  tbe  other  indicted  officials.  John  £.  Wil- 
liams, President  of  the  Metropolitan  National 
Bank,  and  Warren  Delano,  of  Newburg,  N.  T.,  be- 
CAme  bondsmen  for  Mr.  Case,  aud  he  was  formally 
released.  Bobert  L.  Case.  Jr.,  Actuary  of  'he  com- 
pany, has  uot  yet  put  in  an  appearance,  nor  is  it 
expected  that  he  will  do  so,  he  being,  as  alleeed,  a 
fugitive. 

m 

SUSPENSION  OF  THB  FARMERS'  JOINT  STOCK 
FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY. 

Another  inauraoce  failure  wae  yesterday  add- 
ed to  the  lontt  lintot  those  already  reported  by  the  ac- 
tion of  tbe  Insurance  Deportment  in  suspendine  tbe 
Farmers'  Joint  Stock  Fire  Insuraece  Company  of 
Meridian,  N.  Y.,  whicb  baa  been  ordered  to  wind  up 
its  afiairs.  This  action  hit^  resulted  irom 
an  examination  made  a  short  time  agb,  when  the 
discovery  was  made  that  lis  capital  was  impaired, 
and  tbat  a  continuation  of  its  business  ulglit  resalt 
disastrously  to  Us  policy-holders.  The  Farmers' 
Joint  Stock  Compaoy  was  organizod  tu  1861  with  a 
Oiish  capital  of  (100,000,  and  waK  tor  a  time  prosper- 
ous, but  during  late  years  Its  losses  have  been 
very  heavy,  amounting,  it  is  stated,  to  about 
88  per  cent,  of  tbe  premium  receipts,  while  its  ex- 
penses were  27  pec  cent  In  this  way  tbe  company 
was  obliged  to  pay  ont  $1  15  for  every  dollar  re- 
celTcd  lu  premiums,  and  its  capital  was  necessarily 
impaired.  Tbe  policy-holders  will  lose  nothine,  the 
loss  falling  entirely  on  the  stockholders.'  The 
official  Statement  of  the  concern,  made  Jan.  1, 
showed  its  gross  assets  to  be  1233,848,  with  liabili- 
ties, including  reinsurance  and  capital,  amounting 
to  #229,728. 


KANSAS  PAOJFIO  RAILROAD  OOMPANT. 

Lawrence.  Fell.. 7-— About  six  montbs  ago 
Judge  Pendry,  of  LeaTenworth,  brought  suit  as  an 
lafdrnler,  In  the  name  of  the  United  states,  against 
the  Kansas  PacifloBailroad  Company  for  $10, 000,000, 
foralicttiiid  fhuidnleat  olafms  against  tbaOoTbm^ 
aaant.  Jadge  Vottecv  of  tba  TTntted  Statu  I^lacnot 
Cvori  baa  Jaat  decided  thea*  CMsa  lu  taroc  of  (h9     , ^,-.,     -.     _  . 


JSOSllfSSS  FAILURES. 

Charles  Bogers  and  Charles  £.  Rogers  assigned 
their  property  to  John  W.  Bartow  yesterday. 

Samuel  Harris  made  an  assignment  tor  the 
benefit  of  creditors  to  Herman  Harris. 

In  the  asBigoment  of  Herman  Feraenheim. 
mirrors,  of  No.  76  Beekman  street,  to  Watson  J. 
Hildretb,  tho  liabilities  are  $82,947  11,  the  nominal 
assets  ;S2,038  42.  aod  the  real  usaets  17,095. 

Albert  S.  Gallup  has  been  adjudicated  a 
bankrupt  on  his  own  petition  before  Kegister  Day- 
ton. His  liabilities  are  very  heavy,  and  are  m&inly 
iuconnecttou  with  the  6rm  uf  Hoyt,  Spragues  & 
Co.,  tbe  Providence  manutacturers,  in  which  Mr. 
Gallup  was  a  partner,  aud  is  )ointly  liable  lor  the 
indebtedness,  which  amounts  to  {3,345.000,  aiid  ou 
which  a  uividend  of  10  per  cen'.  has  been  paid  by 
theBeceiver.  His  individual  debt*  are  as  lollows: 
Bodney  F.  Dyer.  $100,000:  W.  D.  Prince,  $10,000; 
W,  G.  B.  Mowry,  $12,000 ;  B.  S.  Haaard,  se,500 ; 
these  are  secured  oy  mortgage  on  real  estate,  ii.  B. 
Sc  B.  Knights  $18,437;  Grocfrs'  and  Producers'  Bank 
of  Providence,  $ll,tf84;  Butchers'  and  Drovers' 
Bank  of  Providence,  $12,809  ;  Potter,  Donnisou  & 
Co.,  $2,850.  His  real  eeiaie  in  Pruvldenee  has  real- 
ized $70,000  for  bis  creduora.  * 

THS  BROOKLYN  POMGE  FOROE. 
The  annual  report  of  the  Board  of  Police  and 
Excise  sbows,tbat  during  the  year  20,779  males  and 
5,890  females  were  arrested,  of  whom  11,746  were 
found  guilty  and  punlshetL  The  total  number  of 
men  oil  tne  foree  is  631,  and  they  are  required  to 
cover  a  City  containing  forty  milea  more  of  paved 
strsets'thau  New- York.  Not  more  than  half  of  this 
force  can  be  oa  duty  at  one  time,  and  wbeu  a  strike 
txuih  as  is  in  progress  at  present  among  the  dock 
UDorera  requires  a  considerable  force  ot  men  to  be 
ftotionad  lu  one  place,  a  large  part  of  tbe  Ciiy  is 
aeo«aaar)ly  left  unpioteoted.  notwithstanding  tb4 


•trsists  ne  r^aired  to  b»  dii  duty  aliatet  iifoes* 
Santly.  Attention  has  t«p«tt«d>T  been  oaited  to  ib« 
inadequate  siz3  of  the  forc«  for  th«  Work  it  Is  rS* 
Quireu  to  perform.  InspeetoT  WadoT,  #bo  Some- 
times uses  op  two  horses  a  day  in  his  tinsineSs,^  and 
who  is  probably  the  hardest  worked  Police  officer 
in  the  country,  asks  for  the  appointment  of  an 
Assistant  Inspector.  Mr.  William  H.  Muldoon, 
Police  Property  Clerks  report*  that  the  value  of  the 
property  that  passed  through  his  hands  during  the 
year  was  $100,000.  _ 

TEE  WATER  FRONJ. 


COMMERCIAL  BODIES  niSCUSSlNO  WHAT  THE 
WIDTH  OP  WEST  AND  SOUTH  STREETS 
SHOULD  BE — THE  PRE8KNT  BULKHEAD 
LINE  INADEQUATE. 
The  Conference  Committee  of  the  varioas 
Boards  of  Trade  and  Exchanges  met  in  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce  yesterday  afternoon  to  listen  to  the 
reports  of  the  several  Snb-oommittees  on  Docks 
and  Terminal  Facilities.  Capt.  Snow  was  iu  the 
Chair,  and  Mr,  H.  M.  Beers  acted  as  Secretary. 
Mr.  William  H.  Webb,  for  Qomtnittee  So.  1,  repor> 
ed  progress.  The  committee  called  on  Commis- 
sioner Wales  on  Monday,  and  were  courteously  re- 
.ceived.  Mr.  Wales  said  that  it  would  be  impossi- 
ble for  him  to  impart  all  the  information  he  oculd 
wish  at  that  time.  He  was  making  some  calcula- 
tions which  would  require  time  to  finish.  He 
asked  for  two  more  days,  but  as  that  would  bring  it 
up  to  meeting  day,  they  bad  been  unable  to  meet 
his  viows.  They  accordingly  asked  for  more  time, 
whicb  was  granted. 

Mr.  Ssth  Low,  for  the  Committee  ou  Width  of 
Bulkheads  and  Terminal  Fasilitlei,  asked  tbat  the 
report  or  the  committee  printed  last  week  be  taken 
np  and  reread.  Permission  being  accorded,  he  re- 
cited Its  first  recommendation — tii«t  West  street  be 
continued  on  a  line  of  200  feet  in  width,  except  be- 
tween Canal  and  West  Eleventh  streets,  where  it 

has  already  been  commenced  at  250  feet,  and  that 
South  street  be  made   a  uniform  width  of  100  feet. 

In  support  ot  this  recommeodatioD  he  reviewed  tbe 

history  of  the  present  bulkhead  line,  and  said  tbat 
in  1857  a  commission  of  engineers  reported  tbat  115 
feet  was  needed.  Then  there  was  no  thoaght  ot 
providing  for  the  rpnnins  of  freieht  railways.  The 
committee  thought  200  feet  would  give  tbe  addi- 
tional space  required  for  those. 

Mr.  A.  B.  Miller  was  opuosed  to  the  construction 
of  great,  unsightly  wooden  bulkheads.  Stone  bulk- 
heads, requiring  less  space,  could  be  btuit  almost  as 
expeditiously  and  at  very  little  additional  cost,  and 
would  need  comparatively  little  repairs.  , 

Mr.  Edward  Hincken  said  that  the  report  of  the 
commission*  of  1857  did  not  con teinplate  the  subse- 
quent growth  of  c'immerce.  It  did  not  require  an 
engineer's  eye  to  see  that  the  present  Oulkhead  line 
WHS  entirely  inadequato. 

Mr.  Low  said  that  ihe  present  bnlkhead  line  and 
width  of  streets  were  not  baaed  on  ths  recommend- 
ations  of  the  commission  of  1867,  but  on  those  of 
1801.  In  few  places  tbe  actual  space  for  use  exceeds 
70  leet. 

Mr.  Hincken  said  tbat  taking  Cortlandt  street, 
where  the  line  i*  widest,  as  a  criterioo,  be  could 
not  see  that  Uss  than  200  fees  would  be  sufficient. 
He  suggested  that  250  fuet  would  be  better. 

Mr.  Miller  said  tbat  the  use  of  freight  railways 
would  do  away  with  many  of  the  street  needs.  Most 
of  the  work  now  done  by  trucks  would  be  removed 
from  the  streets.  He  thought  200  feet  would  be 
euongb.  It  was  Inexpedient  to  make  the  Use  wider, 
as  tbat  would  necessitate  encroachment  on  tbe 
river,  and  this  vrouia  bave  a  dangerous  effect  on 
commerce.     He  was  in  fsvor.  however,  of  removing 

from  tbe  City  aniborities  the  potrer  of  licensiui;  ob- 
structions. 

Mr.  Henry  moved  the  adoption  of  the  200  feet 
line. 

Mr.  Undorhill  supported  the  250  feet  proposition. 
He  coukidercd  tbe  keepine  of  bills  waitiog  fur 
amendments  prejndlcial  to  their passaee.  A  proper 
freight  railway  would  require  four  tracks,  and  the 
Street  railways  would  e,ieilv  fill  up  the  remaining 
space. 

Mr.  Beers  said  that  it  waa  a  mistake  to  snppose 
that  tbe  cost  ot  filling  the  cribs  would  be  ioslanifl- 
caot.  Small  works  could  find  plenty  of  filling  tor 
noibiOE,  but  in  this  case  tbe  material  would  have  to 
be  Bcowed  at  lar?e  expense.  He  estimated  the  cost 
of  a  atone  pier  at  t2J,000  per  each  50  teet. 

Mr.  Low  sail  that  the  cumraittee  Lad  taken  into 
consideration  tbe  time  consumed  by  the  Dock  De- 
partment in  building  their  stone  piers,  when  re- 
commending wooden  bulkheads,  but  the  matter  bad 
oulv  come  bolore  thum  inciaen tally  while  diacnssini; 
Iriight  raiiwiiys,  aud  'joionged  properly  to  another 
committee. 

Oa  motion,  250  feet  was  adopted  as  the  proper 
witith  for  thi<  West  street  bulkhead  line,  and  100 
feet  lor  that  of  South  street. 

At  the  suegestiou  of  Mr.  Cole,  the  clauss  allow- 
ing! all  railroads  to  make  use  of  tbe  Belt  Line  tor 
(he  carnage  of  freight,  was  amended  so  as  to  conter 
tbat  privi:ege  upon  eveiyuodv. 

Mr.  Beeis  tboucUi  it  important  that  the  confer- 
ence declare  bow  much  of  tne  dock  frout  should  be 
broken  np  aud  altered  each  year. 

2ilr.  Uoderbill  said  the  more  the  better.  At  the 
present  rate  <d  depletion  of  commerce,  the  entire 
water  frout  will  bu  at  the  Horvice  of  the  Dock  De- 
partment in  two  years. 

After  considerable  discussion,  it  was  resolved  to 
table  the  uifadopt<5d  punion  of  tho  report  out  of 
courtesy  to  Committee  No.  1,  and  the  conference 
adjourned  until  Monday  afternoon  nest. 


CONDEMMED  ilUHDEHERS  RESPITED. 
Oaohwald  and  Kjau,  tbe  condemned  Newark 
murdeiers,  who  woie  to  bave  been  executed  to- 
morrow, have  secured  another  unexpected  lease  of 
lite,  Gov.  Bedle  having  yesterday  granted  them  a 
respite  for  one  week,  in  conseqoeuce  of  the  action 
of  tho  Leeislature  in  passini;  a  law  providing  for  a 
writ  ot  error  in  capital  cases.  The  followins  is  the 
text  ol  tbe  (ioveruor's  oummunicalion  :  ''Yester- 
day a  bill  camo  to  ray  liauds,  pa-^sed  by  bota 
bouses,  requinog  tbe  allowance  ol  a  writ  of  error, 
and  stay  ot  execniion  as  a  matter  of  course,  in  all 
cases  punisbaule  with  'deaib.  It  was  evidently 
intended  to  reach  tbe  Bvan  and  Osobwald  case. 
Tbe  change  proposed  is  so  important  to  the  admin- 
istration of  cnmiual  law  in  ibis  Slate,  that  it  dp- 
comes  my  duty  to  grant  a  further  respite,  in  order 
Ibat  the  bill  may  receive  due  consideratioa, 
and.  If  it  is  to  become  a  law,  that  the 
will  uf  tbe  Lecislature  may  not  be  frus- 
trated, I  have,  therefore,  reprieved  the  vrisoners 
until  Thursday,  tho  fltteenth  day  of  February,  in- 
stsnt."  The  impression  prevails  that  tbe  Governor 
will  veto  tbe  bill  and  that  it  will  be  passed  over 
bis  veto.  Mr.  Morrow,  ot  counsel  for  the  priseners, 
secured  an  affidavit  yejterday  whisb,  it  is  thoiiifbt, 
will  bave  some  beariag  oa  the  case  sbonlil  a 
writ  of  error  be  grantea.  James  Delaney 
makes  affidavit  that  he  visited  John  Fos'tell,  one 
of  the  important  witnesses  for  ihe  State,  and 
recognized  bim  ns  a  maa  who  resided  in  London, 
Eneland,  in  1848,  and  whc,  with  himself,  was  a 
member  of  tbe  "  Charter  Party,"  which  had  for  Its 
oDject  the  overtumins:  ol  the  Crovemment.  Tbe  so- 
ciety was  a  secret  one,  and  in  the  meetings  Pussell 
advocated  tbe  wholesale  assassination  of  the 
nobility  and  tbe^eads  of  tbe  Government.  He  was 
subsequently  arrested,  tried,  and  convicted  of  con- 
spiracy to  overthrow  the  Government  and  assassi- 
nate Its  rulers,  and  sent  to  prison  for  two  years.  It 
is  hoped  by  this  statement  to  weaken  tbe  loree  of 
FusseU'd  testimony  at  the  triaL 


MORE  WAR  MATERIAL  FOR  THE  EAST. 

The  activity  in  tbe  export  of  arms  and  muni- 
tions of  war  to  both  the  contending  powers  shows 
no  diminution.  Ou  Friday  of  last  weeic  tne  bne 
Fanny  sailed  from  tbis  port  for  Cronstadt, 
Bnssla,  with  a  cargo  of  powder  and 
metallio  cartridfes,  valued  |at  $350,000.  Tbe 
powder  waa  supplied  by  the  Lufiiu  &,  Bi^nd 
Powder  Company,  of  this  Citv,  and  tne  cartridges 
by  the  Union  Metallic  Company,  of  Bridgeport, 
Conn.  The  carjjo  of  the  Fanny  on  its  arrival  at 
Cronstadt  will  be  immediately  transported  to  the 
scene  of  army  operations  io  South-west  Bus- 
sia.  A  large  iron  steam-shlo  of  2,000  tons 
burden  is  loadine  at  New- Haven  with  a 
ooDsiiraTneat  of  23,000  Peabody- Martini  rifles,  and 
20,000,000  cartridges  forConstantinople.  The  rifles 
are  supplied  by  tue  Providence  Tool  Comnauy,  and 
the  cartridges  by  tbe  Winchester  Bepeating  Arms 
Company  and  tbe  Union  Metallic  Company.  The 
total  value  of  this  cargo  will  be  over  $800,000,  tnd 
like  that  of  the  Fannv  wiU  be  insured  for  its  full 
value.  The  steamer  i.<<  expected  to  sail 
on  Thursday,  the  ISth  inst.  Orders 
lor  warlike  matenal  of  all  kinds 
continue  to  pour  in  from  both  the  Basiian  and 
Turkish  Governments,  so  thaU  if  fiKhting  does  not 
commence  this  Spring,  it  will  not  be  from  lack  of 
equipment  on  both  sides.  Tbe  amounts  expnoded 
duiiug  the  past  year  in  tbis  City  and  the  mannCac- 
turiug  towns  of  New-England  bv  different  Euro- 
pean governments,  prlnclpallv  tne  Turkish,  is 
variously  esUmated  at  from  $15,000,000  to  $25,000,- 
000.  Tbe  Turlcs,  notwithstanding  their  fiiiaucml 
difficulties  at  home,  pay  fur  their  arms  in  "  cash  at 
sight,"  aud  are  considored  the  best  of  customers. 

•THE  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 
The  report  of  Chict  Eii  Bates,  made  yester 
day  to  tho  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners  in  their 
regular  meuting,  showed  that  during  the  month  of 
January  there  were  106  fires.  The  estimated  '.oss 
by  these  fires  was  (72,215,  of  which  $10,440  was  on 
buildings,  and  C6l,775  ou  contents.  'I'he  uninsured 
los.4  was  $1,620  ou  building  and  $1,520  on  contents. 
The  Inioraiuies  were,  on  buildings.  $397,  250;  on 
contents,  $372,5.50;  total,  $769,800.  On  Jan.  26 
Samuel  Hiohs  was  found  gu.lty  of  arson  iu  the  third 
dczrde  for  setting  firs  to  t\\9  mill  of  James  M.  Ben- 
nett, on  the  3.1  of  July,  1876.  and  was  sentenced  ta 
State  Priseu  by  Judge  liiluei-sleeve  for  four  years. 

OyE  OF  THE  VLNOINNATI  REPEATERS. 
A  man  named  £ph  Holland,  from  Cincinnati, 
was  arrested  yesterday  in  this  City  by  Deputy 
United  States  Marshals  Crowley  and  Newcombe^  on 
a  warrant  cbarglag  him  with  tuTlngpartralpated  in 
tbe  eleotioD  frauds  committed  in  Cineinnati  during 
the  late  election.  Holland  was  braueht  before 
United  States  Commissioner  Deuel,  wbo,  after  a 
preliminary  bearing,  committed  him  to  Ludlow 
Street  Jail  to  await  further  •zaminatiun.  The 
case  will  probably  come  up  to-^ay.  ^hen,  if  suffl- 
'  eiant  evidence  can  be  prodncea  MaUutMp,  at  wUl 
.jbabaUta  await  axtza&itiwi.  ,  ^jHi!^  .. 


THE  BOARD  OF  EDTICATIOS. 

COiTDtTWlf  OF  THEFVBLia  SCSOOLS. 

ANNUAL  REPORT  OP  THB  SUPEtHKltwDENT— 
DECREASE  IN  THE  NUMBER  OF  POFItiS — 
THB  COMPULSORY  ATTKNDANOR  LAW 
CRITICISBD — TRUANCY  STATISTICS 

BnSi:«tf8S  IN  THE  MOiTtHLY  MtcETlNG. 

The  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion was  held  yesterday  afteruoon  In  the  hall  of  the 
Commissioners  in  Broome  street,  President  Wood 
m  the  chair.  Soon  after  the  opening  of  tbe  ii(ieet- 
ing.  Superintendent  Henry  Kiddle  handed  up  his 
annual  report,  which  bmbrabed  elaliorate  state- 
ments by  tbe  Assistant  Superintendents.  The  fol- 
lowing is  a  surnmary  of  the  report : 

Tbe  whole  nnmber  of  schools  is  308,  in  which, 
during  the  year,  S8S,155  pnplls  were  taught,  the 
average  daUy  attendance  being  1^,518,  showing  a 
decrease  in  1876,  as  coinpared  with  1873,  of  S. 567, 
and  an  increase  in  tbe  average  attendance  of  1,560. 
The  average  attendance  in  the  grammar  and 
primary  schools,'  exclusive  of  tbe  colored  schools, 
shows  an  increase  cf  a  little  more  than  2ia  per 
cent.  dnrlnK  the  year,  the  increase  last^year 
being  about  3  per  cent,  and  the  year  previous  713 
per  cent.  The  number  of  pupils  was  157.423  as 
compared  with  157,000  last  year.  The  average  en- 
roUmeut  during  the  year  is  113,867,  about  tS  per 
cent,  of  the  total  enrollment,  and  the  average  at- 
tendance is  nearly  SO  per  cent,  of  the  average  en- 
rollment, showing  a  little  more  than  10  per  cent,  as 
the  arerage  rate  of  absenteeism.  According  to  tbe 
reports  of  principals  there  are  seoommodations  for 
133,873   pupils.    The  number  of  teachers   in  the 

several  schools  is  as  follows: 

Puoiis  to 

No.  of         Average  Each  Ass. 

Teacbers.  Attend'noe.  Teacher. 


Male  Grammar 

„    548 

18,369 

86 

i-'emale  Orammsr 

..    5a4 

17,616 

SB 

sa 

2.492 

R4 

Primar.T  Departmeuts.. 

Primary  Schools 

Colored;  Schools 

..   947 

48,172 

40 

..   495 

20,176 

i^ 

..      37 

805 

KveniDft  Schools 

..  4113 

8,273 

'i^ 

Corporate  Schools. 

..    197 

9,555 

Total 

..3,247 

121,353 

41 

Examinations  made  In  all  the  schools,  with  the 
view  of  ascertalnioe  the  grade  and  proficiency  of 
the  pupils,  show  that  of  2,085  classes,  either  in- 
spected or  examined  in  detail,  the  discipline  of  tbe 
'pnplls  waa  excellent  in  1, 69U,  Kood  in  330,  fair  In  61, 
and  indifferent  in  4.  The  number  ot  pupils  refused 
admission  was  9,142.  The  ineifldency  of  the  school 
system  as  to  means  of  correction  and  coereion  is 
referred  to,  as^it  neutralizes  to  a  considerable  extent 
the  operations  of  tbe  compulsory  attendance  de- 
department.  Parents  of  boys  expelled  from  the 
pubMt)  eobools  as  incorrigible,  send  them  to  the 
patochial  or  corporate  schools.  It  is  of  interest  that 
at  the  close  of  1875  the  nnmber  of  pnplls  enrolled  in 
tbe  Catholic  parochial  sclools  was  30,732.  while  in 
1867  it  was  only  10,342,  showing  an  increasa  in  less 
than  10  years  of  nearly  90  per  cent.,  while  tbe 
Increase  in  the  attendance  of  pooils  in  the  public 
schools  during  tbe  same  time  ban  been  only  about 
13  per  cent.  The  increase  in  stiendanoe  at  tbe  cor- 
porate schools  during  tbe  year  has  been  more  than 
57  per  cent.  The  course  of  instruction,  under  prea- 
•ore  of  Dubllc  opinion,  has  been  simplified  and  re- 
duced. Phonetic  lessons  have  been  abandoned  in 
reading  classes,  and  penmanship  has  been  carried 

down  to  third  erade.  The  report  to  the  City  Super- 
intendent of  the  Assistant  Superintendent  of 
Music,  indicates  tbat  the  principals  of  tbe  schools 
are  generally  dissatisfied  witrh  the  progress  in  this 
branch  of  instruction  since  tbe  adoption 
of  the  separate  ^  class  plan  ,  of  teaching. 
The  teaching  of  Oerman  is  now  confined  to  the 
three  bigner  grades,  and  tbe  number  of  classes  has 
been  smaller  than  during  tbe  previous  years,  hay> 
ioe  been  reduced  from  431  In  1875  to  124  in  1876. 
Only  seven  classes  in  French  were  examined.  This 
language  is  now  taught  in  10  schools,  while  German 
is  taught  in  65  ot  tbe  departments  of  grammar 
schools.  The  number  of  pupils  attendiuK  the  even- 
ing scbools,  Exclusive  of  the  high  schools,  was  20,- 
672,  of  which  nnmber  2,694  were  over  21  years  of 
age,  1,132  conld  not  read  when  admitted,  and  L4G8 
could  uot  write.  Tbs  avera;:e  attendance  wai 
9  038.  The  sanitary  condition  of  tbe  schools,  tbe 
Huiieiintendent  tbioks,  must  be  atfeoted  by  tbo 
new  regulation  against  overcrowding.  Some  class- 
rooms werelonnd  on  examination  to  be  overcrowded. 
Some  are  insnflicienlly  lighted,  or  tbe  windows  and 
desks  are  so  placed  as  to  compel  the  pupils  to  as- 
sume injurious  positions  duriuz  study.  It  is  consid- 
ered de'siraule  that  in  the  construction  ol  new 
school-houses  sanitary  features  ahuuld  not  oe  over- 
looked fof  mere  adornment.  The  modes  of  egress 
are  under  skillful  management,  tbe  pupils'  stairs 
and  staircases  being  in  must  cases  of  brick  and 
stone.  Tbe  practice  of  keeping  children  standing 
or  sitting  long  in  one  position  is  now  carefully 
euaroed  against  as  prejudicial  to  the  health  of  pu- 
pils, and  trequeut  chacEes  of  position  encouraged  as 
conducive  to  mental  activitv  as  well  as  bodily 
health.  The  problem  of  ventilaflon  ia  still  unsolved. 
Tbe  pcbool-huuse  and  premises  are  m  must  instances 
kept  iu  a  cleanly  condition.  Superintendent  Kid- 
dle's oiiinion  of  the  operation  of  the  couiDulsory  at- 
tendance law  is  as  follows: 

C0MPDL80RY     ATTEITDANCK. 

"It  cannot  be  said  tbe  Board  of  Education  has 
been  in  tbe  least  derelict  in  the  discharge  ot  the 
duties  imposed  upon  it  by  the  '  the  act  to  secure  to 
children  the  benefits  of  an  elementary  education.' 
Indeed.  In  no  other  part  of  the  State  have  any  prac- 
tical step^  been  taken  to  enforce  its  provisions. 
The  ameudment  to'tho  law  enacted  May  SO,  1876, 
which  strengthened  eoniiderabiv  the  powers  of  tbe 
board  to  enforce  these  ptoriiion!-,  has  to  a 
slight  extent  enly  as  yet  been  made  avail- 
able, aud  doubtless  there  are  thousands  of 
children  employed  ia  stores,  factoriee,  work- 
shops, and  street  occupations,  who,  although 
between  the  ages  of  8  and  Irl  vaars,  receive 
no  school  inslroction.  Through  tbe  efforts  uf 
tbe  agents  of  truancy,  many  trnant  children  have 
been  restored  to  the  schools  from  which  they  had 
absented  themselves,  and  some  new  pupils  have 
been  brought  into  the  schools.  I  cannot  Und,  how- 
ever, from  tbe  reports  of  the  Principals  tbat  the 
number  of  the  latter  is  coasideiyible.  Th«  returns, 
indeed,  show  that  the  whole  nnmber  in  all  classes 
ot  schools  is  only  743.  In  the  male  grammar 
scbools,  40;  in  the  female  grammar  schools.  1;  in 
tbe  piimary  departmeuts  and  schools,  133;  in  the 
colored  schools,  4  ;  aud  in  the  corpomle  sehoolp, 
565.  Tbe  fact  is  there  are  at  present  insuperable 
obstacles  to  the  lull  enforcement  of  this  law.  (1.) 
Tbe  impossibility  of  aseertaiuing  with  any  degree 
of  securing  what  children  liable  to  its  provisions 
are  engaged  in  various  occupations,  wlthoot  a  much 
larger  number  of  agents  than  probably  could  be 
employed ;  (2,)  tbe  difiBculty  of  retaining  the 
wayward,  nnriily,  and  truant  children  in  school 
after  they  have  been  placed  there;  and  (3,)  the 
want  of  a  special  provision  for  vicious  and  de- 
praved children  who  caonot  be  admitted  into  tbe 
public  schools  because  their  influence  upon  tbe 
other  children  would  work  immeasurably  more 
harm  to  the  community  than  the  evil  which  this 
law  is  designed  to  cure.  At  present,  notwithstaud- 
Ing  the  taiihrni  and  laborious  exertions  of  the  ofU- 
cets  in  charge  of  the  truancy  department.  I  do  not 
think  tbe  results  are  at  all  commensurate  with* 
tbe  expense  incurred.  Certainly,  when  so  many 
children  are  refused  admission  to  tbe  scbools  for  tbe 
want  of  suitable  accommodation  as  has  been  re- 
tried. It  would  seem  to  be  better  policy  to  appro- 
priate the  money  thus  expended  to  tbe  building  of 
additional  scbool-bousea,  now  so  much  needed  In 
the  upper  wards  ol  the  City.  I  am  by  no  means  in- 
sensible to  the  need  of  suitable  provision  for  the 
arrest  of  vacrrants  and  truants,  but  I  have  been  at  a 
loss  to  perceive  that  tbe  results  of  the  operation  of 
the  new  law  bave  been  any  more  satisfactory  than 
were  those  aocomplisQed  by  the  truant  ofliceri 
formerly  detailed  by  tbe  Police  Department ;  and  tbe 
arrest  of  streot  vagrants  seems  more  appropriately 
to  lielonK  to  tbat  department  than  to  the  Depart- 
ment of  Publie  Education. 

BEFOBT  OP  THB  BUFEBIMTBNBEMT  OF  TBUAHCY. 
Snperintendenl  Kiddle's  report  waa  accompanied 
by  a  report  of  Mr.  Alexander  M.  Stratton,  the 
Superintendent  of  Truancy,  for  the  year  ending  Sec. 
31, 1876.  Thereport8howsthatl4,719cases6ftrnancy 
bave  been  investigated  during  tbat  period,  of  which 
number  3,966  were  lonnd  to  be  truants.  Of  this 
number,  2,351  were  arrested  once,  364  twice,  and 
3  were  apprehended  eieht  times.  At  the  close  of 
the  month  of  June  last,  88  boys,  who  had  previously 
been  committed  to  the  care  ot  the  Sooiety  for  the 
Beformation  of  Juvenile  Delinquents,  were  dis- 
charged from  custody.  Some  ol  tbis  class  bad  re- 
furmed  anil  returned  to  school,  while  others  had 
been  recommitted.  When  it  is  found  to  "be  impossi- 
ble to  induce  children  to  attend  school,  the  sooiety 
IS  in  the  habit  of  endeavoring  to  induce  the  parents 
of  such  children  to  commit  them  to  some  reforma- 
tors'  instituuon,  instead  of  taking  them  before  the 
courts  aud  having  them  committed.  One  hundred 
and  thirty-one  children  were  thus  oommitted  dur- 
ing last  year,  while  122  were  brought  before  tbecourts. 
Tue  natioucility  of  the  parents  of  tbe  14,719  cases 
investigated  were  as  follows:  Irisn,  7,904;  tier  man, 
2,696;  American,  1,582;  various,  1,340,  ano  unknown, 
1,197.  The  nam  tier  of  children  srrested  under  the 
Truancy  act,  iu  custody  of  the  various  reformatory 
institutions  on  Jan.  1, 1877.  waa  28,  while  the  num- 
ber oommitted  to  those  insututitms  for 
truancy  daring  last  year  was  117. 
During  the  past  juar  amendments  bave  been  made 
to  the  statute  relating  to  compulsory  education,  aud 
also  to  tbe  provisions  and  rules  coafurming  to  that 
act.  The  effect  of  these  changes  bas  been  to  widen 
tbe  scope  of  the  law,  by  conterriuK  npou  the  Board 
of  Educaiiuo  tbe  power  of  appointing  officers  to  per- 
form those  duties  whicb,  unuer  the  Original  law,  d»f 
volved  npon  the  Tiusteea  of  tbe  warda,  and  the 
work  18  now  performed  by  tbe  Treasury  Uepart- 
-ment.  Tbe  first  section  ef  this  law  pbligea  all  per- 
sona having  the  control  of  chlldien  'to  place  under 
lus  ruotiou  all  between  tbe  ages  of  8  aad  14  years, 
oBlesa  pbysioally  or  mentally  disquaUfied,  For  the 
nou-tnifillmeBt  of  tbis  duty  a  fine  is  Imposed.  The 
renway  provided  by  the  atwtaia  foir  tb*  asclwt  (rf 
parents  to  eomply  with  (ha  proriaioas.af  tbe  law  la 
foand  in  muy  oaaea  to  be  iiiadeq«a««,  aod  of  Itttfe 
ptaatiaal  cflsot  when  eatqrcad,  omatuntmij  ihs  r*- 
port  raoommaaqs  that  aome  ainenaawit  on  aaad*  to 


H  to  |9  vpon  ihe  paresis  of  the  truants,  wbloh  in 
raaUt  dasea  It  is  an  ImposslbiUty  to  collect,  the 
pAMviti  sboiHd  themselves  be  committed  to  prison 
fof*  abort  time,  say  one  day  for  each  dollar  of  fine 
impoMd.  This  mode  of  procedure  ia  deemed  by  the 
department  aa  being  more  effectual  than  the  exist 
isg  law.  A  census  of  sohool  children  thzough- 
o«t  the  City  has  nerer  been  taken,  oon- 
seqaenUy  tbe  fSuperintendent  claims  that 
it  ia  Impossible  to  determine  the.  num- 
ber of  children  who  are  growing  up  in  ignorance, 
and  ireeommenda  that  soota  ra  eensus  should  be 
taken.  To  accomplish  this  ohject  he  recommends 
that  tbe  entire  City  be  divided  into  primary  school 
diatxlots,  and  the  oenaas  of  the  children  and  their 
onStodlaiis  in  the  districts  thos  formed  sbotild  be 
taken  annoallr  and  reported  at  the  primary  vid 
graiiimar  schools  of  the  districts.  By  tbis  means 
tbe  asenW  oonld  readily  and  deliiiltely  reach  every 
ehUd  in  the  City. 

Superintendent  Saddle  presented  a  oommnnioa- 
Him  representing  a  disagreeable  stats  ot  affairs  in 
Orammaf  School  No.  13,  whose  teachers  had  at- 
tracted tiis  attention,  aud  the  matter .  was  referred 
to  as  requiring  au  iuvestigatiom.  Controller  Kel. 
Iv  Sent  a  commnnioatton  regarding  the  personal 
liability  of  heads  of  departmtnts  for  exoenditures 
iu  excess  of  appropriations,  and  -  remiuding  them 
that  they  ean  be  held  to  strict  account.  A  resolu- 
tion was  presented  by  Commissioner  Baker,  request- 
ing tbe  Committee  on  By-laws  so  to  amend  the  by- 
lawjs  that. there  shall,  in  the  ftiture,  be  no  necessity 
for  tbe  appoiutment  of  vice-prmcipals.  A  oommaui- 
catlon  from  the  Board  of  Health  was  received  regard- 
ing the  importance  of  adopting  measures  for  tbe 
prev#ution  of  contagious  diseases,  aud  hsking  that 
the  principals  B><all  send  a  list  of  persons  sick  to 
the  Board  of  Education  dally,  and  that  families 
sfiall  be  requested  to  keiep  sick  children  at  borne. 
Tbe  ccAperation  of  Pastors  of  churches  is  to  be  ob- 
tained in  oo-operation  with  the  officers  of  the 
schools.  A  warm  dlaonssion  of  the  troubles  com- 
plained of  in  Grammar  School  No.  12  took'place,  tbe 
debate  being  prolonged  over  the  effort  to  decide 
Which  committee  should  settle  tbe  matter.  After 
sharp  words  between  two  of  the  Commission- 
ers,, the  subiect  was  finally  referred  to  the 
Committee  on  By-laws.  A  long  opinion  by- 
Corporation  Counsel  Whitney  was  read,  in  which 
he  held  tbat  the  Board  of  Apportionment  has  no 
richt  to  transfer  nuexoendea  balances  of  appropria- 
tions for  1876  to  the  credit  df  tne  board  for  the  year 
1877.  A  resolnilon  was  adopted  that  the  Legisla- 
ture be  asked  to  ainend  the  laws  so  as  to  free  the 
Board  of  Ednoation  from  embarrassment  in  this 
matter,  and  to  instruct  the  Committee  on  By-laws 
to  draft  an  act  for  presentation  to  the  Legislature 
embracing  these  points,  l!^.  B.  W.  Maples.  Vice 
Principal  of  Grammar  School  No.  19,  offered  his 
resignation,  which  waa  accepted,  thus  ending  tbe 
investigation  of  bis  conduct  under  charges  made 
against  him.  The  sum  ot  $28,525  of  money  appro- 
priated tor  the  board  In  1877  was  appropriated  to 
the  expenses  of  the  schools. 

THB  KILLING  OF  MART  FLOOD. 


HER    HUSBAND   LODGED    IN   THB    TOMBS-~ 
HIS  STATEMENT  OF    TBE    CAUSES   LEAD- 
ING TO  THE  MUBDEB — A  SISTEB'S   COB- 
BUPT  INFLUENCE. 
James  Flood,  the  wife-murderer,   who  sur- 
rendered to  Capt.  Leioh,  of  tbe  Fourth  Brooklyn 
Precinct,  on  Tuesday  night,  was  yesterday   morn- 
ing tianded  over  to  Offiora  Corey,  of  the  fourteenth 
New-York  Precinct,  who  took  him  to  the  Coroner's 
office  in  the  afternoon.  Coroner  Elliuger  committed 
him  to  await  the  result  of  tbe  inquest.  Flood,  when 
arraigned   at  tbe  Fourteenth    Precinct    btation, 
stated  that  he  waa  30  years    of   aire,  a  native  ef 
Ireland,  and  by  occupatien  a  tinsmith.  The  luquest 
will  be  held  on  Friday  at  the  Coroner's  office. 

Flood  was  taken  to  the  Tombs  about  4  o'clock 
yesterday  afternoon,  and  placed  in  oell  No.  41.  on 
the  second  floor.      He  was  allowed  to  come  down  to 

the  corridor  on  the  first  floor  later  in  the  afternoon, 

and  take  a  little,  exercise  and  smoke  a  cigar.  He 
conversed  freely  about  the  facts  oonneoted  with  the 
killing  of  his  wife,  aud  made  the  following  state- 
ment: 

My  wife's  sister,  Mrs.  Lizzie  Page,  was  the 
cause  of  all  tbe  trouble  between  my  wife  and  my- 
self. Last  Summer  sbe  came  from  Newburg  and 
paid  us  a  visit  at  our  house,  in  Clark  street,  be- 
tween Broome  and  Spring  streets.  She  staid  two 
days,  and  then  returned  to  Newburg.  My  wile 
wanted  to  get  furnished  rooms  somewhere,  and 
finally  got  one  room  in  Broome  street,  near 
Centre  Market,  6ut  Mrs.  Page  came  down  from 
Newburg  agein  and  wanted  to  live  with  ns,  so  we 
took  apartments  at  No.  52  Ciosby  street,  and  Mrs. 
Page  agreed  to  pay  part  of  the  rent.  After  we  had 
lived  there  a  few  weeks  a  young  man  and  his  wife, 
and  wife's  brother,  took  rooms  there.  Mrs.  Paee, 
soon  after  she  came  to  live  with  us,  went  by  the 
name  of  "  Miss"  Page,  pretending  that  she  waa  a 
single  woman,  and  my  wife  told  me  tbat  she  had 
had  some  trouble  with  her  husband,  but  would  not 
tell  me  what  it  was.  One  day  I  saw 
Mrs.  Page  kissing  the  brother  of  the 
married  lady  who  had  moved  into  our  house,  and 
then  go  out  with  him  to  get  some  oysters.  I  thought 
this  very  improper  conduct  on  the  part  of  Mrs. 
Page  and  told  my  wife  so.  My  wife  got  exceed- 
ingly angry  on  acoonnt  of  my  saving  this,  and  we 
had  a  violent  qnarrol.  Tbe  result  was  tbat  I  left 
home  and  went  to  Jersey  City.  This  was  in  the  lat- 
part  of  tbe  Summer.  About  a  week  after- 
ward I  beard  that  Mrs.  Page  had  gone 
away  from  my  house,  and  I  £ame  back 
to  live  with  my  wife ;  on  the  night  of  my  return  I 
noticed  tbat  my  wife  was  very  free  with  Alfke  and 
I  remonsti-ated  with  her  about  it;  she  gave  mono 
satisfaction,  I  and  soon  oecame  convinced  that  some- 
thing waa  wrong.  I  wanted  to  get  my  wife  away 
from  the  influence  of  Alfke  and  wanted  her  to  move 
and  board,  aud  after  a  while  she  agreed  to  do  so, 
and  we  went  to  a  German  boatding-hotise  in 
Soring  street;  we  lived  there  about  a 
month  in  comparative  happmess  and 
peace.  One  day  I  weut  to  Brooklyn  to  get  a  job 
for  a  young  man,  and  retarned  home  about  9 
o'clock  in  tne  evening.  I  tound  tbe  door  looked  and 
I  was  unable  to  get  in.  I  suspected  that  something 
was  wrong,  and  went  to  the  house  we  had  moved 
from  in  Crosby  street^  to  see  wbether  my  wife  bad 
been  there.  1  rane  the .  bell,  but  eot  no  answer, 
and  I  sat  on  the  stoop  looking  at  the  grocery  store 
where  Alfke  is  engaged.  This  was  about  11  o'clock. 
The  shutters  of  the  grocery  store  were  up,  and 
I  saw  a  light  in  the  back  part  of  tne  store.  I 
crossed  over  and  entered  tbe  store  and  toana  my 
wife  and  Alfke  together  in  tbe  back  part  of  the 
store.  They  looked  surprised  at  my  appearance,  and 
aotetl  in  a  very  guilty  manner,  and  could  give  me  no 
satistory  explanatiaii  of  their  conduct.  I  accused 
my  wife  of  being  too  intimate  with  Alfke.  but  told 
her  1  should  not  quarrel  with  her,  and  asked  her 
for  the  kevs  of  our  rooms.  She  wanted 
to  go  home  with  me,  but  I  would  not  live  with  her 
then,  1  was  so  excited  about  her  conduct.  I  went 
to  Jersey  C;ity  for  a  short  time,  and  then  to  Brook- 
lyn, to  board  at  No.  82  Fulton  street.  As  soon  as 
my  wife  was  separated  from  me  she  took  a  room  at 
No.  52  Crosby  street.  After  she  had  lived' there  a 
short  time  I  weut  there  to  set  my  clothes,  and  my 
wile  was  very  impudent  to  me.' 

Flood  concluded  bis  statement  by  telling  how  he 
had  watched  for  days  to  catch  his  wife 
with  Alfke,  and  how  Alfke  had  threat- 
ened him  for  doing  It.  On  last  Saturday 
night  he  had  a  job  in  Soring  street  on 
which  he  bad  to  use  his  reamer,  aod  he  thought  he 
would  look  after  Alfke.  About  10  o'clock  he  saw 
his  wife  entei  a  side  door  of , tbe  grocery  store,  and 
he  waited  around  till  mornine  to  see  her  come  our, 
as  he  could  not  get  in.  Se  drank  several  times 
during  the  night,  and  when  nis  wife  and  Alfke 
came  .  rushing  ont  of  tho  store  in 
the  miorninK  he  vras  blind  with  rage 
and  struck  at  his  wife  with  tbe  reamer  thinking 
she  was  Alfke ;  be  did  not  intend  to  kill  her.  his 
object  was  to  punish  Alfke ;  it  was  not  very  light, 
and  they  were  both  half  naked,  and  he  did  not  stop 
to  distiuKulsh  one  trom  tbe  other;  he  went  to 
Williamsburg  on  Sanday  and  spent  the  night 
there ;  he  was  restless  and  uneasy  On  Monday, 
and  went  to  Whitestooe  and  staid  there  till 
Tuesday,  when,  for  tbe  first  time,  he 
heard  of  his  wile's  death.  As  soon 
as  he  heard  of  it  he  determined  to  give  himself  np. 
He  was  almost  orazed  with.erlef  at  tbe  death  of  bis 
wife,  and  did  not  care  what  became  of  himself.  It 
was  untrne  that  he  was  Intemperate.  He  was  a 
sober,  steady  man,  working  industriously  and 
earning  eoud  wajres,  ana  be  did  not  oeUeve  that 
there  would  have  been  any  trouble  If  Miss  Page  had 
not  corrupted  bis  wife. 


THE  PARK   DEPARTMENT. 

At  a  meeting  yesterday  of  the  Department  of 
Public  Par^  the  board  made  reductions  in  their 
expenses  by  disoliarging  the  following  persons: 
B.  L,  Cook,  dlvisisn  engineer ;  George  A.  Cuahmg, 
division  engineer ;  A.  M.  Bailey,  assistant  division 
engineer ;  Thomas  Fox,  rodman ;  Mathew  Cox, 
rodman.  These  men  had  been  employed  ou 
tbe  works  in  progress  in  the  Twenty-third 
and  Twenty- fourth  Wards.  As  the  appro- 
priation for  impro^ments  in  that  district 
waa  reduced  from  $25,000,  the  amount  alhiwed  last 

J  ear,  to. $10, 000,  these  reductions  were  imperative, 
ohu  Beckett,  a  skilled  laborer,  was  also  discharged. 
A  new  plan  was  adopted  for  keeping  tbe  bridges 
over  the  Harlem  Biver.  These  bridees  have  here- 
totore  been  under  tbe  consti^it  care  and  supervision 
of  the  men  of  the  department.  To  save  expenses,  a 
care-taker  has  now  been  appointed  to  each  bridge, 
at  a  salary  of  $1,000,  for  which  sam  the  appointee  is 
to  furnish  all  tbe  help  required  to  open  and  dose 
the  draws,  keep  the  bridges  cleaui  and  attend  to  all 
tbe  duties  of  bridge  keeper.  Henry  Bertholf  waa 
appointed  to  be  keeper  of  the  Ceulral  Bridge,  and 
DaUiel  Saty  keeper  Of  tbe  <rhird  Aveuue  Bridge. 

UVTINT  Off  BOARD  A  SCHOONER, 
As  tbe  Police-boat  Seneca  was  cruising  iu  the 
harbor  on  Tuesday  nigbt,  Police  Sergt,  boholti. 
her  commander,  heard  a  diaturbauce  on  board  the 
sohftoner  Alfred  Bralxmk,  wtiich  npon  Inrestlgation 
prored  to  be  a  matiay  among  tbe  crew.  The 
Captain,  Mr.  John  Phillips,  of  Tatuton,  Mass., 
stated  that  tbay  had  lefosed  to  obey  orders  aoa 
thraataaad  to  resort  to  yioteaoe  u  fie  aodaaTotad  to 
enforoa  ihea.  Bergt.  ScbiiltB  arrested  I{enry  An- 
drews, fnutcis  Folsy,  aad  Patriek  SntHvaa,  wno 
war*  Uentifieq    py  the    Captain    aa  riagipaders. 


LAW  REPORTS. 

AN  OLD  WOMAN'S  WILl. 

HEB  PECXTLIAB  BEQUESTS  TO  CAKZXDrAl 
M'CLOSKT  AND  TO  FBIESTS— AN  UnKBr^ 
PLEADEE  SUIT  IN  COUBT. 
,  The  interpleader  in  the  «ase  ef  Tredegriol, 
W.  Ifitchske  against  Julia  A.  O'Neill  ud  Cbariea 
D.  HartBhom^  respeotirely  AdmlniSttanis  anSl 
Administrator  of  Bosanna  O'Neill,  deoeaaad, -andl 
JohnW.  McCann,  was  brongbt  on  for  trial  befora 
Judge  Sedgwick,  in  tbe  Superior  Court,  SpaeW 
Term,  yesterday,  and  was,  in  consequence  of  tb^ 
lateness  of  the  hour,  adjourned  over  until  to-dj^J 
The  ease  itself  is  somewhat  peculiar.  Nitohske^  » 
appears,  ia  the  owner  of  the  house  amif 
lot  at  No.  239  East  Twenty^ighth  street, 
on  *  which  there  are  two  mortgages.  Onj 
these  mortsages  $2,617  are  due,  and  there  are! 
two  parties  claiming  the  money.  .  These  two  aiel 
John  W.  MoCann,  who  claims  it  as  a  gifr  from  hial 
annt,  the  late  Bosanna  O'Neill,  and  Julia  A.  O'NeOli 
and  Charles  D.  Hartshorne.  who  claim  it  asBosannft 
O'NeiU's  personal  representativdh.  ^  Nitchske  wa» 
afraid  to  pay  the  money  to  either  claimant,  boI 
knowine  which  had  the  better  title,  aud  so  paid  tbej 
money  into  court,  leaving  the  detendacta  to  inter* 
plead  or  sue  one  another,  in  regard  to  it.  Bpsanna| 
O'Neill,  from  whom  both  clalmaats  profess  to  hava 
received  title  to  the  mortEages,  died  Feb.  21,  1873^ 
at  the  advanced  age  of  82  years.  She  was  of  tbej 
Boroan  Catholic  faith,  and  it  is  claimed  tbat  she  waa 
prevailed  on  throuEh  her  religions  teeliuzs  to  devise 
the  greater  portion  of  her  property  for  the  benefit 
of  tbe  Church  and  its  charities.  She  made  a  will  onf 
July  10,  1872,  iu  .  which  she  bequeathed  to  Bev. 
Thomas  O'Farrell,  of  St.  Joseph's  Church,  fl.OOOJ 
saying  :  "I  hope,  thonsrb  I  do  not  direct  or  inteudt 
a  trust,  that  he  will  expend  tbe  same  on  masses  fo^ 
the  souls  of  my  deceosetd  husband,  my  deceased  son. 
and  myself."  To  Cardinal,  then :  ArcbMsbop, 
McCloskey,  she  gave  $2,000,  with  "  the  hope,"  &0., 
tbat  he  wonld  apply  tbe  money  toward  the  bnildinc 
of  the  Boman  Catholic  Cathedral  In  this  City. 
Several  bequests  were  made  to  local  Boman  Catho- 
lic charities,   and  the  remainder  or  residue  of  tin 

estate  was  eiren  to  the  testatrix's  eiecntor,  XioboU* 

Walsh,  also  in  "  the  hope,"  <fco.,  tbat  be  shonltt 
apply  the  property  for  religious  services.  Byj 
a  codicil  to  the  will  made  on  Nov.  20  she  reduceaj 
some  legacies,  among  them  those  to  the  Cardinal 
and  some  of  the  charitable  institutions,  and  travej 
some  property  to  her  sraudson,  James  O'Neill.  Shel 
gave  $500  to  Bev.Father  Haleylor  masse»,and  revoked! 
the  l>equeBt  to  Walsh,  directiog  the  latter,  boweverJ 
to  invest  the  residue  of  her  property  and  apply  th« 
income  to  the  use  of  her  grandson,  and  at  the  lati 
ter's  death  to  give  the  wbole  amount  in  equal  eharesj 
to  the  St.  YinceuCs  Hospital,  the  St.  Josepb'ai 
Home,  and  the  Roman  Catholic  Orphan  Asylum.  lol 
is  claimed  that  the  testatrix  was  dtssatisfled  vritlil 
the  will  and  tbe  codicil,  aud  desired  to  give  to  her; 
own  kin  same  of  tbe  property,  but  tbat  she  waa: 
prevented  from  doing  ee.  Sbe  was  advised,  how- 
ever, that  she  oould  give  away  some  of  her  prop-, 
erty,  and  she  gave,  as  claimed,  the  two  mortgagea 
in  suit  to  her  nephew,  John  W.  McCaun.  Tbe  lat- 
ter claims  he  was  induced  to  give  up  the  mortgageai 
by  reason  of  tbe  alleged  order  of  the  Surrogate  to 
tbe  personal  representatives  of  the  testatrix,  who, 
he  claims,  have  no  tight  to  them.  Benno  Loewy  ap' 
pears  for  McCaim,  and  Ii.  H.  Audersen  andDevelin, 
Miller   and  Xrml  for   the  personal  representatives. 

SUING  FOR  BREACH  Of  PROMISE. 
Miss  Victoria  Brueger  is  a  young  Genaan 
lady  of  rather  prepossesslnc  appearance,  who,  unbt 
a  few  years  ago,  resided  with  her  parents  in  tliel 
city  of  Fnbonrg,  Pras^  Tbe  family  lived  Ini 
good  style,  and  were  highly  respected.  Miss  Brag*, 
ger,  iu  January,  1872,  became  acquainted  with  ai 
townsman  named  Solomon  Eppler,  a  young  man  o£ 
about  her  own  ase,  and,  as  alleged,  the  acquaintano« 
ripened  into  intimacy,  and  tbe  intimacy  Into  ex* 
pressed  lovob  According  to  Miss  Brugger's  affi- 
davit made  to  Judge  MoAdam  in  Marine  Court;, 
Chambers,  yesterday,  Eppler  visited  her  frequently,: 
and  often  expressed  his  affection  for  her.  In: 
October,  1872,  she  says  he  promised  to  marry  her. 
She  left  Fnbourg  tor  this  country  in  August,  1673.1 
After  her  arrival  here  she  received  letters  froai{ 
Eppler,  in  which  he  gave  expressions  to  fervent  pro-; 
testations  of  love,  and  said  he  would  marry  her  up-! 
on  bis  arival  in  tbis  country.  He  requested  her  to- 
send  him  sufficient  money  to  pay  his  passage.  She 
says  that,  relying  on  his  promises,  she  sent  htm  a 
ticket  and  he  came.  H.e  arrived  here  on  June  9,. 
1874.  After  coming  here  he  continued  bis  Tisit8» 
expressed  his  love  over  and  over  again,  aud  renewed 
his  promise  of  marriage.  This,  Miss  Brugger 
says  he  now  refuses  to  fullUl.  Having  placed' 
lull  reliance  in  his  honor  she  permittedj 
him  to  take  great  liberties  vrith  ber.j 
In  refusing  to  marry  her  he  said  he  had  accom-' 
plished  hia  purpose  and  wonld  under  no  cirypum-l 
stance  marry  her.  Sbe  says  she  is  about  bringingj 
an  actiou  to  recover  $20,000  for  breach  of  promise,* 
&o.  Her  counsel,  Louis  Cohen,  applied  to  Judice' 
MtiAdam,  and  on  her  affidavit  making  tbe  alle-j 
.cations  above  given,  an  order  of  arrest  againsB 
Eppler  was  issued.  It  is  said  that  the  latter  haat 
prospered  since  his  arrival  iu  this  country,  and  that^ 
he  is  about  to  be  married  to  a  young  lady  of  xhiii 
City. 

MARRIED  B VI  NOT  MATED. 
Francis  X.  Heimisch  is  a  German,  abont  4& 
years  ot  age.  Though  small  of  stature,  being  littlej 
over  five  feet  in  height,  and  weighing  only  about 
100  pounds,  and  though  speaking  tbe  English  Ian-' 
guage  with  great  difiiculty,  he  was  ambitions  about' 
four  years  ago.    He  was  a  widower  at  tbe  time,  and 

his  ambition,  which  was  in  tbe  matrimonial 
line,  led  him  to  propose  marriage  to  a 
widow  of  Irish  birth.  The  widow  was 
about  bis  own  age,  but  was  more  richly  dowered  iu 
person,  she  being  rather  obese  than  otherwise,  and 
weighing  a  tnfle  over  200  pounds.  The  widow  ac- 
cepted the  proposal,  and  was  duly  installed  as  the 
mistress  of  Heunisch's  household.  The  marriago 
did  nut  turn  out  a  happy  one,  and  in  a  euit  Just 
brought  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  Mr.  lieu- 
nisch  seeks  an  absolute  divorce  from  hia- 
wife.  .  He  says  she  was  in  the  habic 
of  getting  drunk  and  of  beating  lum 
aud  tbat  she  was  unfalthftU  to  her  marriage  vows. 
He  also  makes  a  charge  of  disgusting  conduct  oa 
her  part.  The  case  came  up  before  Judse  Bobln- 
Bon,  iu  the  Special  Term  of  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas,  yesterday.  It  was  represented,  however,  to 
tbe  court  that  the  testimony  wonld  t>e  of  tbe  vilest. 
character,  and  that  a  rxterence  was  desirable. 
Judge  Bobinson  appointed  William  S.  Keiley  aa' 
Bsferee  to  take  the  testimony  and  report  thereon. 
The  wife  denies  the  charses  of  unfaithfulness.  It 
is  also  said  that  the  plaintiff  was  disappointed  io. 
not  receiving  with  his  wife  a  dowry,  which  he  an- 
ticipated. Jacobs  &  Sink  appeared  for  the  plaiw 
tiff  and  John  Hardy  for  tbe  defendant. 


A  FEMALE  qONVICT  AS  A  WITNESS. 
John  Bamasootti,  tbo  keeper  of  a  very  dis- 
reputable house  on  Greene  street,  was  convicted' 
several  montlis  ago  of  keeping  a  disorderly  bousa 
and  waa  duly  sentenced.  James  D-  McClelland,  a 
lawyer  of  tbis  City,  afterward  sued  Barnaacotti  in 
tbe  Coart  of  Common  Pleas  and  obtainvd  judgment 
against  him  for  about  $100.  He  oould  find  no  pro- 
perty, however,  wherewith  to  satisfy  tba 
judgment  and  applied  to  Judge  Bobmson,  a& 
the  apecial  Term  of  the  Court  of  Com- 
mon Fleas,  yesterday,  for  an  order  to 
examine  one  Annie  Sohmttt  as  a  third  party  oa 
supplementary  proceedmgs.  This  woman  was  the 
mistress  of  Bamascotti,  aud  had  aided  him  in  hia 
netarioas  business.  Sbe  was  convicted  and  sent  to 
tbe  Penitentiary,  where  she  now  is.  Mr.  McClel- 
land averred  that  sbe  had  been  given  a  bank  book 
and  other  property  by  Barnaacotti,  and  ttiat  tbe 
same  should  be  applied  toward  paymentof  tbe  Jude- 
ment against  tbe  latter.  Judge  Booinson  granted 
the  order  for  her  exsmination  aa  »  witness,  and  she 
Will  be  Uronght  from  the  Penitentiary  lor  that  pur* 
pose. 


THE  MARINE  COVET  PRACTICE. 
Hon.  David  McAdam,  of  the  Marine  Cour^ 
has  Just  published  an  appendix  to  the  second 
edition  of  his  well-known  work  on  Marine  Court 
Praetiee.  Tbe  book  itself  is  indispensable  to  prao- 
titioners  having  dealings  with  this  court,  whose 
Jurisdiction  and  practice  depend  entirely  on  statute. 
The  appendix  is  necessary  in  view  of  the 
numerona  recent  changes-  in  the  powers  and 
procedure  of  the  court,  and  is  characterized  bv 
tbe  same  accuracy,  clearness,  and  completeness 
which  rendered  the  original  Work  so  valuable.  Ihe 
appendix  contains  the  laws  passed  since  1872  relat- 
ing to  the  court,  properly  arraneed  and  well  in- 
dexed,  and  also  the  roles  of  practice  adopted  by  tba 
Judges.  An  especially  valuable  feature  of  the  ap. 
pendix  is  contained  in  the  pithy  and  well-selected; 
notes  of  cases  and  references  prepared  by  the  au-l 
thor,  who  is  pre-eminently  well  qualified  to  Speak 
iu  all  matters  relating  to  the  court. 


AN  ALLEGED  DISHONEST  JUSTICE. 
The  case  of  Justice  John  Flanagan,  of  the 
Tenth  Dlstriet  Civil  Com  t,  under  indiotmeut  for 
obtaining  money  by  false  pretenses,  in  having  certi- 
fied to  the  salary  of  a  stenographer,  who,  aa 
alleged,  did  not  exist,  thereby  defrauding  the  City, 
was  set  down  for  trial  before  Judge  SutberlaM  yes- 
terday. In  Pan  II.  of  the  Court  of  General  Sassions. 
The  accused  Justice  was  promptly  on  liand.  ac- 
companied by  his  counsel,  Messrs.  John,  McKeoa 
aud  V7ill^m  F.  Kintziug,  and  a  number  of  wit. 
neeses.  When  the  case  was  called,  counaal  for  the 
defi^nso  announced  'that  they  were  ready  1^  proceed 
to  trial,  but  would  move  to  uuash  tho  indictment, 
OP  the  ground  of  imperfectiuus  In  the  draftiiig. 
District  Attorney  Phelps,  wtio  appeared  for  the 
prosecution,  said  it  waa  necessary  tbat  tbe  legal 
poiuts  raised  ebould  be  arcued  fully,  and  moved 
{bat  a  day  1>e  set  down  for  hearing  the  a^rgument. 
Judge  Sutherland  said  be  would  hear  th^argumenC 
in- tbis  case  a  week  from  Saturday  next.  * 


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COUST  NOTES. 


Ah  Fane,  the  Chinaman  recently  oommiited 

on  a  oharze  of  bomloide,  obtained  from  Jad|;e  Bar- 
rett  Toaterdaj  a  wilt  of  habeas  oorpns  returnable  on 
tbe  9cb  inst. 

Judge  Donohne,  in  Sapreme  Court,  Cham- 
.beri,  yesterday  denied  motions  for  a  Seceiver  and 
an  in]anotion  of  the  pronerty  of  the  defendant  in 
tbe  divorce  snit  bronebt  by  Mrs.  Jamison. 

Solomon  Siegler  sued  to  recover  |3,000  for 
injaries  received  oy  him  in  being  ran  over  by  a 
w92on  owned  by  James  H.  Slocnm.  He  recovered 
1500  ia  Port  U.  of  tbe  Coort  of  Common  Pleas  yes* 
terdav. 

J  In  the  suit  of  Bouuerberg  ajsainst  MoDer- 
pnark  and  Deno,  the  jury,  in  -Part  IL  of  tbe  Coni' 
feoQ  Pleas,  yesterday,  gave  a  verdict  for  the  plain- 
juff  for  ijix  and  one-qoarter  cents.  He  suea  to  re- 
aver tSOO  for  false  imprisonment. 

In  the  Buit  of  Mohr  against  .Parmelee,  the 
plaintiff  reeovered  a  verdict  for  $2,011  50  in  Fart  I. 

of  the  Superior  Court  yesterday,  Deoaose  the  title  of 
a  hoaae  purchased  b.v  him  from  the  defendant  was 
jbnrdened  with  kd  eaaemeot  giving  a  neighbor  'the 
irighi  to  pnt  beams  into  the  wall  of  the  bonse. 

.  Judge  Lawrence,  in  Supreme  *  Court,  Cbam- 
ibers,  yesterday  eranted  an  application  for  leave  to 

Teuew  a  motion  to  open  a  default  obtained  by  Bob- 
!ert  Martin,  Exeoator  of  Daniel  Marley,  ssainst 
patberiae  N.  £.  £icks,  otherwise  known  as  the 
iCoantess  Heinreutii.  The  action,  which  has  been 
fnliy  reported  hitherto,  was  bronght  on  a  bond  for 
114.700,  and  m  Judgment  was  entered  byde&olt  in 
October,  1875. 

John  A.  Murphy  ■was  arrested  last  Tuesday: 
evening  at  the  request  ot  Mr.  Yarian,  a  batcher 
doing  bnainess  in  Sixth  avenue,  wno  charged  that 
<ie  bad  endeavored  to  pass  a  counterfeit  ^0  bill  en 
him.  Mr.  Mnrpbv  was' looked -un  all  night,  and 
on  being;  taken  before  United  States  Commlsaioiier 
Shields  yesterday  it  was  proved  that  tbe  bill 
was  gennine.  Mr.  Murphy  was  at  once  discharged 
from  custody. 

Patrick  Dickie,  who  owns  about  1800,000 
worth  of  property,  was  recently  adjudicated  a 
lunatic,  and  bis  obildren  sonebt,  by  application  to 
Jadze  Brady  in  the  Supreme  Conit,  to  have  their 
allowances  out  of  their  father's  propertv  increased. 
Jodge  Brady  rendered  a  decision  yesterday,  giving 
to  Mrs.  Emma  B.  Tan  Vleok.  one  of  tbe  daastiters. 
33,500  per  annum,  and  to  two  other  daughters  11,550 
and  $1,700  respectively. 

The  Third  National  Bank  of  Sandusky,  Ohio, ; 
resoveredjadgment  for  (9,075  37  against  Alonzo  B. 
Cornell  and  others  on  Jnne  21,  1875,  George  B. 
iiPrescott  was  appointed  ss  Beoeiver  ot  Mr.  Cotn ell's 
property,  and  applied  to  Jndge  Barrett,  in  Sapreme 
(Court,  Chambers,  yesterday,  for  an  accounting  to 
{aettle  the  fees  of  the  Beceivership,  and  also  for 
leave  to  sell  at  private  sale  some  of  the  assets  whieh 
pame  into  his  hands  as  Bece\ver.  Dedsloa  was  re- 
Iserved.  , 

Judge  Van  Vorst,  in  [the  Supreme  Court, 
Special  Term,  yesterday  rei^de^d  a  decision  in  the 
icase  of  Frederick  H.  Greer  agJ^inat  C.  and  J.  B. 
lilppincott.  The  latter  were  snvd  as  members  of 
jthe  firm  of  Liopincott  &  Co.,  and  demurred  to  tbe 
loomplaint  because  aU  the  members  of  their  firm 
fwere  not  made  parties  to  the  actios.  Jadge  Van 
Vorst  sustained  the  demurrer,  with  l^ave,  however, 
ito  tbe  plaintiff  to  amend  hia  complaint  on  payment 
bf  costs. 

Tbe  suit  of  Messrs.  Marcus  and  Sebgman 
Oppenheimer  against  Messrs.  Bedlict  and  Schnlta- 
Jer,  was  argued  before  Judge  Sedgwick  in  the  Su- 
perior Court,  Special  Term,  yesterday.  The  plain- 
tttb  gue  on  a  note  for  |1,694  51,  made  by  tbe  de- 

Eendants  on  March  1,  1376.  The  detendants  In  an. 
wer  allege  that  after  giving  tbe  note  they  failed, 
and  made  a  composition  deed  giying  30  cents  on  tbe 
idollar  to  their  creditors.  The  plaintifb,  however, 
acetort  by  alleging  fraud  on  the  pars  of  the  defend- 
ants.   Decision  waa  reserved. 

'  Thomas  Clark  sued  the  Central  Park,  East 
and  Korth  Biver  BaUroad  Company  to  recover  dam- 
ages for  personal  injuries  received  by  htin,  and  tbe 
CHae  was  broaght  to  trial  before  Jadse  Larremoie 
and  a  jury,  in  Part  IL  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 
Jreaterday.  He  say  a  that  wblle  eettine  off  one  of  the 
defendani's  cars  on  April  28, 1874,  the  car  was  started 
Suddenly,  and  be  fell.  He  was  dragged  along  tbe 
'street^  and  had  bis  left  hip-bone  broken.  He  asks 
115,000  damages.  The  company  says  tbe  accident 
iwas  due  to  hia  negligence.    Tbe  caae  ia  still  on. 

Edwin  S.  Tomlinson,  a  bookbinder,  waa  sued 
|by  one  of  his  female  employes  named  BUen  Haggerty, 
jwho  claimed  $7  25  as  wages.  The  case  was  tried  in 
jthe  District  Court,  and  judgment  was  given  against 
nDomlinson.  In  such  a  ease,  the  defendant  is  liable 
Ito  arrest  and  imprisonment  for  five  days.  Tomlin- 
Bon,  having  failed  to  file  a  proper  bond  on  apoeal. 
iwa*  arrested,  and  sought  hia  release  by  writ  of 
^beas  corpus.  The  case  came  up  before  Jndga 
eedgwiok,  in  tbe  Superior  Court,  yesterday.  It  ap- 
npearine  that  the  proper  bond  had  been  filed,  the 
lirisoner'a  release  was  orderetL 

Judge  Barrett,  in  Supreme  Court,  Chambers, 
yesterday  reserved  bis  decision  in  the  case  of  Mar- 
tin T.  MacMahon,  Eeceiv.er  of  Taxes,  against 
Thomas  C'  Courtney,  iu  which  the  plaintiff  sues  to 
recover  133  60,  the  amoant  of  personal  tax  due  by  the 
defendant  for  1874.  The  defendant  says  that  when 
the  tax  waa  confirmed  his  store  had  been  consumed 
by  fire,  and  that  he  received  only  |1,000  insurance 
and  lost  abeut  |12,0C0  by  tbe  fire.  He  distributed 
|the  amonnt  of  the  insurance  among  bis  creditors. 
Judge  Barrett  reserved  ids  decision  on  a  motion  to 
inforoe  tbe  payment  of  the  tax. 

J.S  IMPORTANT  PILOTAGE  DEClSIOy. 

judge  Benedict,  sitting  in  the  United  States 
|Conrt,  Brooklyn,  yesterday  gave  a  decision  in  the 
jcase  of  James  Callahan,  pilot,  against  the  bng 
{ZTellie  Hasted,  to  recover  damages,  baaed  on  a  ten- 
jder  and  refusal  of  services,  at  -such  a  distance  from 
^addy  Hook  that  it  could  not  be  seen  from  the  deck 
in  fair  weather.  Tbe  answer  avers  that  a  pilot  waa 
aubseqaently  takea  on,  and  paid,  but  no  eyidsnce 
(to  support  tne  averment  is  produced.  Tbe  libelant 
iprovea  that  he  was  the  first  pilot  tenderin$r  bla 
JBerrlees.  The  question  with  defendant  waa  wheth- 
;er  a  recovery  for  pilotage  could  be  had  on 
jprovinjj  a  tender  of  services  and  refusal,  with- 
;OQt  tbe  added  proof  that  no  pilot  was  taken.  The 
|COiirt  held  that,  although  under  an  old  view  of  the 
Btatnte  a  pilot  could  recover  without  proving  that 
jno  pilot  had  been  taken  subsequent  to  his  tender  of 
.services,  in  the  new  view  of  the  law  he  most  not 
ionly  prove  tender  and  refusal,  but  subsequent  fail- 
ure of  the  vessel  to  take  a  pilot,  in  order  to  recover ; 
jalso  that  where  the  libelant  is  bound  to  prove  tbe 
'negative  fact  that  no  pilot  was  taken,  alight  evi- 
dence shoald  be  considered  sufiicient,  and  that  the 
Btatement  of  the  master  of  the  vessel  that  the  bill 
j)re«ented  by  the  libelant  in  port  was  "all  right" 
was  snfficient  evidence  tlist  no  pilot  bad  been  taken 
In  this  caae.  AccordiDgly  a  decree  In  libelant's 
tkyor  for  amount  claimed,  with  iiiterest  and  costs, 
>ra«  rendered. 

♦■  * 

'  Ay  ELEOTIOH  DAT  IBACAS. 

James  Boylau  was  placed  on  trial  hefore 
Judge  Sutherland  yesterday,  iu  Part  II.  of  the 
Conrt  of  General  Sessions,  cbarged  with  felonious 
assault.  It  appears  that  on  last  election  day  he 
met  Bdward  Booney.  ot  Ko.  223  Bast  Forty-first 
•tieet,  in  the  liquor  saloon  of  Patrick  McGinnls, 
X'ortieth  street  and  Second  avenue,  and  a  dispute 
arose  noon  the  merits  of  variona  political  oandl- 
<dates.     Both   men    were   under   the   Inflaenoe  of 

liquor,  and,  aa  alleged,  after  Booney  had  left  tbe 
saloon,  Boylan  followed  him  aorosa  tbe  street,  and 
delioerateiy  fired  a  revolver  as  him,  tbe  shots  tak- 
ing effect,  one  in  the  leg  and  the  other  in  the  abdo- 
men. The  wounded  man  was  taken  to  Bellevae 
jHoapital,  where  he  raoiained  six  weeks.  One  of 
ttha  ballets  was  extracted,  bat  tbe  other  atlU  re- 
gains in  iiooney's  body,  and  gives  him  cousiderablf 
.trouble.  Tbe  defense  set  op  was,  that  the  com- 
Vlainant  bad  threatened  him,  and  had  ran  across 
the  street  to  a  actable  to  procure  a  knife,  and  that 
the  prisoner  fired  the  shots  in  self-defense.  Assist- 
ant District  Attorney  Lyen,  in  sumnung  np  s'ub- 
xnltted  tbat  the  gailt  of  the  prisoner  was  clearly 
eecablishsd,  the  shootinK  bavlng  been  done  without 
provocation,  Judge  Sutherland  trill  give  the  ease 
W  the  J  ary  this  morning. 


-  HAZma  "AT  THE  STOOK  EXOHANQS. 

festerday  afternoon  while  OflSoer  George  R. 
jBraisted,  of  the  Tomba  Police  Court,  was  in  tbe 
Bto6k  Sxchanga  for  the  purpoao  of  serving  a 
subpoena  upon  Sylvester  L.  Blood,  a  broker  occu- 
pying the  same  of&ce  as  George  li.  Maxwell,  to  ap 
pear  as  a  witness  to-morrow  In  tbe  examination 
pf  Maxwell  in  the  Union'  Trust  Company  forgery 
case,  be  waa  *"  hazed  "  by  some  hilarious  brokers, 
who,  notioing  that  he  waa  a  stranger,  knocked  his 
pat  ofL  seized  blm  by  his  coat  collar,  and  roughly 
pboved  and  pushed  hitn  about:  He  showed  his 
■abposna  and  announced  his  bnainess,  and  was 
jMoa  left  alone.  He  thought  he  recognized  Bdward 
QSorobostel,  a  broker  at  No.  56  Broadway,  as  one  of 
bis  pnnoipal  assailants,  and  arrested  him.  The 
ibrekez  was  subseqaentlv  arraigned  before  Jastloe 
Dnffr,  at  the  Tombs  Police  Court  Jnstloe  Daffy 
antmadverted  very  strongly  aeaiast  the  "  hazing  " 
praetic«s  Indnlsed  in  at  tne  Stock  Exchange,  and, 
after  a  protestation  on  nnooenee  on  the  pact  of  the 
vwosea,  he  waa  discharged. 


A.  MILLION ALRE' 8  WILL  OONTSSTED. 
JIftibam  Thomson,  of  this  City,  died  in  Janu- 
ary, 187%  leaving  abont  91,000.000  of  property.  His 
wife^  JSUen  A.  Thomson,  and  three  children,  but- 
Tived  him.  By  his  will  he  left  his  wife  one-fourth 
pf  tbe  estate.  The  remaining  tbrse-fenrths  he 
ordered  to  be  invested  by  the  Bxecators  for  the 
benefit  of  hie  obildren.  In  case  of  the  death  ot  the 
latter  the  property  was  to  go  to  the  testator's 
turothers  and  sisters.  The  testator  appointed  bis 
Bxecutors  as  guardians  of  tbe  chiidren.  Mrs. 
Thomson  brongbl  a  suit  to  test  the  validity  of  the 
trtU.  Sta«  olidBiea  that  bar  bosband  had^no  rlcbt 
tAappaiftc  itturdiana  ioc  bar  flhUdxea  intaoat  hat 


dren.  she  baa  the  right  to  the  "control  aoaraanace- 
ment  of  the  proiMrty ,-  uid  tbat  the  remaipdar  to 
her  bosband's  brothers  and  sisters  .was  vaid  as  )n 
violation  of  the  statute  against  perpetnitiea. 
Judge  Van  Yorst,  ia  tba  SQpreme  Court,  SpeoM 
Term,  yesterday,  decided  tbe  last  point  in  favor  of 
Mrs.  Thomson.  The  otfier  polata  he  daoidedaaaiaat 
her  olaioL 


IfSOiaiONa. 

SPTBUCB  COma—CBUkMBMait-  ' 
By  Judge  Donohvt, 
Katttr  of  BohM.— Hemoraidnm. 
JJfottw  of  £m(«.— Bond  approved. 
Waterbwry  v*.     £o«t«r.— Motion     denied  '    without 
ooata.  .    . 

Jtforfk  ««.  jllfar«A.— Decree  of  divorce  gxantad  to 
plaintiff 

Matttr  of  Beeb*.  and  Malttr  of  flofltaaw.— Granted, 
The  UetKcmie*   amvingt  Bant  «<.  cannan.— Motion  de-' 
nieo.    Memorandnm.  , 

Jamieaon  V*.  Jamitton,— motion  to  discharge  denied. . 
Memorandum. 

Jamieum  va  ./ooiieion.— Motion  denied  without  costs. 
Memorandum. 

Brtnnan  v$.  Oe  London  and  Liverpool  OIo6«  Inauranet 
Company.— Oranted.     Memorandnm. 

Mount  VI.    JFomer.— Report   confirmed.      I   oo   not 
thmk  the  pnrtiea  are   entitled  to  fees  to   a  ureater  ex- 
tent than  the  Beferee  n^akea  them. 
Sy  JvOgt  Va»  BrwU. 
Tang  ««.  Clorik— Motion  granted   and    allowance   of 
$200. 

By  Judge  Lawrtnet. 

Martin  vs.  Htcit.— llotion  for  leave  to  renew  motion 
ia  irranted. 

Matt*r  ofKirtltmd. — I  wish  to  hoar  connaeL 

Tke  Marine  Bank  of  Ohieago  ve.  Van  £n<nt— The  affi- 
davit presented  by  Mr.  Plandrow  shows  snffleient 
trronnda  for  KrantiiK  a  stav  pending  the  appearand 
it  is  accordinicly  granted.  The  order  for  a  stay  ahonla 
be  a  separate  order. 

By  Judge  BarretL 

Van   DoUen  v*.    Van  Dolsen Hefleree's   report   con' 

firmed,  and  Judfrment  of  divorce  granted. 

Motions  Granted:— Asniari  vs.  Nswton ;  Ollive  va. 
Bmnies. 

Shotwea  vs  Mulligan. — Granted  for  third  Friday.  - 

MatteK  of  Oraftam.— Beport  confirmed,  and  Mr.  James 
L.  Qraham  appointed  Trustee. 

Knulani  vs.  Hutted.— Uoiiion  denied  with  $10  eoits 
t«  abide  event.    Hemerandum. 

Moore  vs.  FairehUd — Motion  (cranted.    Memorandnm . 

Matter  of  The  Bullion  Mining  Company.— Tua  attorney 
should  see  tbat  the  day  fixed,  Mav  16,  does  not  faU 
on  Sunday.    Order  granted. 

Ttit  Third  National  Bank  of  Sandutiy  vt,  Cornell.:— 
Motion  aranted,  and  Ur.  Edward  Hartnagle  appointed 
Beferee  to  pa'^s  Receiver's  accounts. 

Matter  of  Olemons,  Jr.— The  proofs  and  pioeeedlngs 
before  the  Referee  shoald  oe  appended  to  hia  report. 

Fettibone  vs.  The  Massachusetts  Lift  Insurance  Vomvany. 
— ^The  plaintiff  admits  tbe  oSaetK  Now  the  only  Issae 
is  whether  tbe  assignment  was  for  value.  Motion 
granted. 

Foher  vs.  Mott—'Hot\or>  grranted  on  pa.ymeot  of  $10 
term  fee.  $10  costs  of  motion,  and  cArt  diaonraements 
on  dismissal  of  complaint 

Halt  ec  Brainc— Report  oonflnned  and  decree  signed 
except  as  to  the  allowances,  llie  question  as  to  tba 
amount  of  such  allowance  can  be  resf  rved  until  it  is 
ascertained  how  much  the  property  brioKS- 

Luagett  vs.  Kreiling.—l  have  no  oblectlons  to  ap- 
point Mr.  Dunn,  but  I  would  prefer  that  the  selection 
should  be  left,  as  the  rule  requires,  to  the  conrt ;  be- 
sides Mr.  Kvers  has  but  little  lo  do  with  it;  the  per- 
sons really  interested  are  the  Kreilinn. 

Matter  of  fVeiiiberg.—l  hnve  examined  tbe  law  applica- 
ble to  this  case,  and  my  impression  is  rather  ia  favor 
ot  the  rieht  to  a  dlichariie  on  putting  in  and  perfect- 
ing special  ball,  under  the  act  of  1845,  bnt  I  will  bear 
counsel  inrtber  betore  maklni;  no  my  ratnd. 

BandaU  vs.  Haeielt  et  al. — After  reading  Porter  vs. 
Kin^bnry,  6  How.,  598.  I  am  not  prepared  to  say 
that  the  demurrer  is  fnvolous  (  indeed,  I  would  advise 
the  plaintiff  not  to  go  tu  an  argnment  at  Special  Term, 
but  to  amend;  the  motion  is  denied,  with  $10  coats, 
and  with  leave  to  plainttfT,  if  so  advised,  to  amend 
within  2U  days,  on  payment  ot  such  $20  costs. 

Burehili  vs.  Stafford,  Jfos.  1  and  2 ;  Burehill  vs.  Mintnan. 
— Walter  J.  Stafford  should  have  conaulted  also  other 
defendants,  bnt  as  it  is  only  to  compute,  tbe  rule  need 
not  be  enforced. 

BUPBBIOB  COtJBT— SPECIAL  TEBU. 
By  Judge  Speir. 

Smith  vs.  Can(r«i{.— The  plaintiff  must  have  Judgment 
in  accordance  to  the  prayer  et  the  complaint,  with 
coata.    Flndlogs  to  be  submitted  on  notice. 
By  Judge  Sedgvjiel. 

Naylor  vs.  Lunt  etal.— Plaintiff's  complaint  dlsmitsed. 
Murtha  vs.  Oamson — Ordered  nn  special  calendar. 
Knabe  vs.  £&«rAard.— Uudertaking  approved 
Jones  vs.   Barlow;     Oook  vs.  Evans  et  ol— Orders 
granted. 

COUKON  PLEAS — SPKCIAL  TEBM. 

By  Judge  Robinson, 
Stewart  vs.  Jn<{d.— Motion  denied,  with  $10  costs.  See 
memorandum. 

By  Judge  J.  F.  Daly. 
Drew  VI.  TAonuu.— Kinal  decree  signed. 

MABINB  COUBX— CHAMBBBS. 
By  Judge  MeAdam. 

Opinion*.— McGee  vs.  Cole;  Ryan  vt.  Foley;  Herta 
vs.  Stewart:   Vonng  vs.  Cohen;  Finney  vs.  Barrett. 

3fo<ionf  <7rant<d.— Oiogan  vs.  McAvoy;  Herbert  vs. 
Morpby. 

Brown  vs.  Boese  ;  Lazem  vs.  Same.—C.  Q.  Macy,  Bag., 
appointed  Receiver. 

Judgment  for  Plotnf^.— Grichton  vs.  Gibbons;  Schn- 
neman  va.  uillespte. 

Koehler  vs.  Cumisly. — Commitment  otdered. 

Safeguard  Inswance  Company  vs.  £«aA<.— Attachment 
ordered. 

Smithvs.  Bahcoclt. — Order  settled. 

itipeer  vs.  Veimeister. — Proceedings  dismissed. 

Boorman  vs.  Oassin.—H.  A.  Tober,  Esq.,  i^ppointed 
Receiver. 

Defaults  Noted. — Poynon  vs.  Jordan;  Long  vs.  Esing; 
Cbrlstopherson  vs.  wilsun. 

dross  vt,  Taylor. — Motion  denied ;  no  costs. 

MeOallum  vs.  f7unn(n<7.— Motion  granted. 

Beach  vs.  Boktu.— JuttifloatioD  dismissed. 

BberJuirdvt.  Rockland  Nickel  Company. — Order  settled. 

Orders  Oranted. — Slote  rs.  Peas;  Brown  vs.  Tnrley; 
Outherie  vs.  French;  Heasongood  vs.  Sinclair;  McAlls- 
ter  vs.  Lewis;  VVeeshhausen  vs.  Bryant:  Pritse  va. 
Pritae:  Solomon  vs.  Mane;  Kalfen  vs.  Cnshman; 
Williams  va.  Connolly;  SpeIr  vs.  Kennlster;  Renwiclc 
Ts.  Hays*  Steinbardt  vs.  Sperling;  Porter  vs.  Daven- 
port ;  Smith  vs.  Parley;  Vacula  vs.  Capek;  Reecev*. 
Honaur;  Eddy  vs.  Hurlbert;  Ogden  vs.  Franaman  ; 
Lippe  vs.  Reii. 

By  Justies  Sheridan. 

I/ukt  vs.  Conner;  Fox  vs.  Jfeferuri*.— Motions  danied 
with  $10  costs.    Memorandums. 


COUST  OALENDARS—THrit  DAT.  . 

SCPBBME   COUBT— 8FKCIAL  TSBM. 
Beta  by  Van  Vorst,  J. 
Nos.  Nos. 

147— Reilly  va  Dil'on  et  al.  148— Hatch  vs.   Atlantic  t 
100— Fowler  vs.  Mehrbach  ""    ~  -   - 


etaL 
105— Tbe  Barlem  Bank  vs. 

Decker  et  al. 
106— Dunne  vs.  Gratton  et 

al.    ■ 
60— De  Zavala  vs.  Hart  et 

ai. 
121— Kat.  Park    Bank  vs. 

Dwigbt. 
122— Bucking  va  Hauselt 

et  al. 
128— OrlBsler     et     aL    va 

Powers,  be. 
130— Jones  va  Jones. 
133 — BusteedvB.  Bnateed. 
136— Jacobs  vs.  MiUer. 
141— Steinbrecber  Tk.  Bey- 
er et  al. 
142— Gnidet  vs.  Brown  et  al 
143— LynesvaBrander,  Jr. 


Pacillc  Tel.  Co. 
281— NlcoU  vs.  Horymser. 
114 — Kinney  va  Cohen. 
US— Kinney  va  Basch  et  aL 
2S3 — Uoucau   va    Uonean 
et  al, 

67— Berriott  va  Herrlot. 

^sS- Bard  va  0.  8.  Lite  Ins 
Co.  ot  New-Yorfc 

28— Beamish  bc.va  Rush- 
tun  et  al. 

36— Toungs  vs.  Carter 
et  aL 

63 — Sandford  va  Union 
Dime  Bavlags  Insti- 
tution. 

72— Union  Dime  Savings 
Insiitntion  va  Clark 
et  aL 

73— 8ame  va   Same. 

76— Burtls  va  llmpson 
et  al. 


8D7SK1IE   COUBT — CtBCLTT— FAST  L 
Seld  by  BoTiohue,  J. 
Noa 
2943— Kinney    v 


Noa 

2Uil— Rodman  va  King 

1826>a— Duryea    vs.     The 

Mayor,  bo. 
2719 — Haiien     et    al.     va 

Coleman. 
2725— Strauss  va  Wolf 
4291— Finn  va  Mayor,  tc. 
2591— Gill  et  aL  va  Conner, 

Uo. 
2637— Picard     va      Bern- 

heimer. 
1993— Fitts  et  aL   va  On- 

derdonk. 
1— Latourette  vs.  Clark. 
2589 — Bovd  va  Jackson. 
1613— Bruwn  va   Decker, 

&c. 
2091— Carroll  vs.   Cassldy. 
2364— Tbe   Excelsior  Pet. 

Co.  va.  Fowler,  Ito. 
902^9— Uenlln  vs.  Powera 
4297 — Gray  et  aL  vs.  Jobes. 
2761— Beaumont  et  aL  vs. 

Newman. 
2803— L.  It  R.  Powder  Co. 

va  Oallauder. 
2849— Frane  va  Delaware, 

Lack.  Sl  West.  B.  B. 

Co. 
2871— Archer  va  O'Brien, 

Ito. 
2S82f— Burbonk  et    aL  va 

Burr. 
2891— Conner,  fee,  vs.  The 

Major,  feo.  * 

2901— Hann  va  Soheffield 

etaL 
2909— Breen   vs.     Mulooh 

etaL 
2921— Petsra     et     aL    va 

Adsma 
2933— Koehler  vaSobwartz 

etaL 


Basch 
etai. 

2966— Post,  fee.,  va  Dief- 
end  or  f. 

2957— Cohu  et  al.  va  Wm- 
tera 

2969— Harris  vs.  Hirseb. 

2971— Tarter  va  SmaiL 

2979- Butler,  tc.  va  Sey- 
mour et  aL 

2933— Merch's  Nat.  Bank 
va  Smith  Jr.,  etaL 

2986— Harlem  BanJc  va 
AOama 

2996— Springer  et  aL  va 
Herman. 

2999— Man.  Ic  Bulla's'  Bank 
va  Kerwln  et  aL 

3001— Dowellva  McOuire. 

3006— Baldwin  et  aL  vs. 
Judson. 

3007— Hughes  vs.'  Bubino, 
Ho.  1. 

3009— Same  va  tiame.  Ko. 
2. 

3011— Samuels  va  Klein. 

3013— Saffern  vs.  Nat.  Shoe 
and  Leather  -Bank. 

8017— Mover  va  Engel. 

8027— Merrill  vs.  Potter  at 
al. 

8029— Craven  va  Prond  et 
al. 

3031— Lyiea  et  aL  va  Dav- 
enport et  sL 

3033— Tuska  vd.  Schafer. 

3036— Moran  vs.  Watkins 
etaL,  fee 

8037— Green  va  Bracken. 

3U39 — Crossmaa  va  Bow- 
land  et  al. 

3041— Wblttens  va  Feok. 
ham. 


SCPBBKB  COCBT— CXBCmr— FABT  It. 

Held  by  Lawrenes,  J. 
Noa 


1794— ElUott  va  The  West- 
chester F.  Ina  Co. 

l680>»-DooUttle  va  Bu^ 
ler. 

1550— Fallenbee  vs.  SUver- 
Btone,  fee 

1870— Parut  et  sL  va 
Smith  et  aL 

1 872— Argal  va  Smith  et  aL 

1874— Barretbva  Hall  et  aL 

187S— Caaode  etaL  vaPas- 
chI et  hL 

1980— Woodruff  va  Imper'l 
F.  1  n  a  Co.  of  London. 

1 888— <De  Haven  vs.  Rogera 

L892— Williams  va  Kobbe 
etal. 

1894- Beaague  va  Leaett, 
tc. 

1 900— UlenteRard  etaL  va 
Bateaux  et  aL 


Koa 

1742— The  Grader   Cotton 
G.  Mfg.  Co.  va  H.  T. 
Cotton  Mfg.  Co. 
280-Lynob.  fee.,  vt.  But- 
ler. 

1768— Nichols  et    aL    va 
Devlin  et  itL 

1784— Brennao     va     The 
Mayor,  fee. 

1822— Morris  va  Elliott. 

1826— Ballard  va   Bohack- 
eltord. 

1686— Both  va  Mora. 

1478— 8Kldmore  va  Fuller. 

3682— lUng  et  aL  va   Tne 
Mayor,  fee.  % 

1844— DimUn  VS.  Allerton 
et  al. 

1036— SchaU  et  al.  va  Col- 
lier. 

2110— De    Lavalette     Vb. 
Wecdt,  fee.     . 

gUFBBlIB   COITST— CIBCCrr— FABT   HL 

Meld  by  Van  Brunt,  J. 
Sob.     '  Noa 

621— Averin  va  Webster 

etal. 
278— Reck     va  ^  Phentx 

Ina  Ca 
S023— Mack  va  D.  D..B.  B. 
and  B.  IL  B.  Cu. 
718— W»nn  va  Ashley. 
16i>9-Hugart    va    The 
Mayor,  fee. 
2277— Delamater   va    The 
A.  fe  E.  c.   Egg  Co. 
1148— Longhran.  va  Mat- 
thews et  aL 
2287- Blike  et  aL  vs.  Ob- 
right  et  aL 
636— Davison    et   aL    va 
WiUetta  et  aL 
1741>B-9aiUM6  va   Ham 


418— liaOomb  va  The  Bx      


419— MeOomb  va   Jonea 
1097— Korton     va     Bnony 
et  aL,  fee. 
654— Penn  va  Ward. 
667— Tvng  va  BerreiL 
923 — Fessenden  va  N.  T. 
C.  8.  fe  Rubber  Co. 
U44— Slatterj  et   aL  vs. 

The  Mayor,  fea 
301— Lee  va  Baylea  et  aL 
ISUS'a— Robinson  va  Wat- 

ftlus  et  aL 
IseS'a-SaUi'ran,  fee,  va 

Doetbeeker. 
L735 — Henderson  va  White 

et  aL 
:096— Bart  va  Tavlo*  et  aL 
!  6 1 1— Diokihson  vs  Dudley 
iie9— Abrahams    vs<    Ut- 


TSifflkMB. 


nirBSMl  COOKT-CBAUBXBI. 
M*U^  Barrett,  J. 

Moa. 


172- Holmes  va  Vehmafl. 
176— Gatos  va  Qatea 
193— Blossom  va  Hatfield. 
108— Bogers      Locomotive 

Co.,  fee,  Works  v». 

BtUa 


Boa. 
47- Ferrtgan  va  MnlUns- 
,»o^rfirieitvf.  Priest. 
lOS-Howlaod  va  Curtla  ^ 
114-l|illev  va    Beard   of 
,.„   JPoUce Q<wi'ra 
14S— Bbayne  va  UoUes. 
198«-Ooartc|avf.  Mailer. 
.  Call  from  No.  318  np  to  and  ineitidinc  Na  268. 
Tlte  aasessmant  caundar  wUl  also  m  ealled. 
SP7XBI0B  COURT— SFKCIAL  TBSM. 
Btldby  Sedg»i«k.J. 
Koa  iNoa 

18— VitMbka    vs.  O'KelU  IS-Offlager  at  aL  va  De 

etal.  Wolt 

41-rB«pnsrvaDQ0las  etaL '29— Bradford  va  Bissel  et 
62— ReedvalitviDgatoQ.     I  al. 

64— Boody  va  "nidien  et  aL  1 28— Mutual  Lifb  Ins.  Co.  of 
66— MltasoherUng     versus!  K .  T.  va  Davis  etaL 

Van  Winkle  etaL 

SUFSEIOB'CODST— TRIAL   TBBU— PAST  t. 
Bsl^by  Speir,  J. 
5«ia 

1063— Caffe  va   Lord,  Jr., 
etaL 
817— SolUvan  va  0>Hara, 

fea 
402— Lsndon  va-Simm. 
406— Kneeland  va    Spit- 

ka 

477 — Cooper     et    aL    va 
Pmitb  et  al, 

812— Thamas  va  Rnlght 

179— Moore  vs.  Towt  r. 

468— Wravvs.  Fedderke. 

865— Diamontva  White. 

318 — Selling  va  Legendre 
etaL 

924— Hannlgan.    fee,    va 
Crimmlnset  aL 

687— Purman  va  intua 

294— HcBleveys,  fee,  va 
Lodavlck. 
66— Copeland    va     Ells- 
worth. 


Noa 
876— Woodmffva   Beek- 

466 — Qilman  vs.  Btevena 

476— Morgan,  fee,  va  Mc- 
Vlckar. 

44&-Boyd  va.  Phosnlx 
Ina  Co.  of  Hartford. 

629 — ^Leporln  va  Kaae- 
fang. 

631— Johnson,  fee.  va 
Oppenhetm  et  aL 

486 — Sobnudt  va-  Leath- 
ern. 

785— D.,  L.  &  W.  R.  B.  Ca 
vs.  Sparks. 

736— Nleli  etaLva  Wag- 
onen. 

737— O'aoarke  va  Tay- 
lor, Jte 

738— Sealy  va  Boa 


BUPBBIOB  COURT— TaiAL  TBBU— PABT  H. 
Seld  by  ureedman,  J. 
Nos. 


Koa 

lOee-Qoton  va  Van  Pelt 
670ia--Qloggner  vs.  Ber- 

346 — Farmers'  fe  Mechan- 
ics' Kational  Bank 
of  Buffalo  va  Brown 
et  aL 

847— .Same  vs.  Same. 

684— Kneas  va  Boopa 

686— Franklin  va  Catlin 
et  al. 

637— Same  va  Bane. 

672 — Uarrisoa  va  Beford 
ataL 

678— Bar^ison  va  Rosa 

789— Hogan  va.  42d  and 
Grand  St.   F.  B.  B. 

740— Worth  va  Simon, 
741 — Same  va  Same 


742— Davis  va  Blanvelt. 
743— Uhl.  fee,  vs.  Cremer. 
744— Same  vs.  Same. 
746— Uoffoian  va  H.  R.  fe 

K.  T.  C.  R.  E.  Ce 
746— Jones  va  Barlow. 

747 — Worth  va  Blmon. 

748— Bergenatein  va  Si- 
mon. 

749— Breda  va  Jewitt 

750— Priedman  va  Bran- 
dies et  aL 

761— Hawley  va  Selover 
et  sl. 

762— Barnard   va  Bound 

758— ONelU,  fee.  va  Wil- 
son. 

754— Lawson  et  aL  vs. 
Myerson. 


SUFBBIOB  OOCBt— TRIAL  TEBU— FABT  HL 

Held  by  Curtis.  0.  Jt 
Noa 


Noa 

661— Cburohill  va  Bradley. 

686— Odcll  va  Keller. 

692— Beeck  va  Mann's  fe 
Bnllder's  Bank. 

693— Ludington  va  Kohl- 
sack. 

696— Jeaanp  versus  Wood- 
•ward.  Ice 

696— Apfel  va  Miller  et  aL 

697— Buckley  vs.  Work. 

698— Lee  va  Jonea 

699— Voile  va  Bobitcher 
et  aL 

700— Putnam  et  aL  va 
Barretts.Van  Blpar, 
et  aL 

701— Hodman  et  al.  va 
Barretta 

702— Prentice  vs.  Reserve 
Mut.  L.  Ina  Co. 

703— Kyle  va  Man  et  aL 

704— Looser  vs.  sacbne 

706— Ham  v».  Conner. 

706— Taunenholi  va  Solo- 
mon et  aL 

707— Lockwood  va  Butler 
etaL 


707  >a— Richards  et   aL  va 

Camen. 
708— Muller  va  BIbert. 
709— Morch  va.  Priest  et  al. 
71U — Joynaon  va  Richard 

etaL 
711— Murpby  va  BaphaeL 
7 12  Hi — Dorman   et    ah   va 

Pacific  Mail  8. 8.  Co. 
713— Farrell  va  Van  Tnyl 

etaL 
714— Braun  va  Rathgea  et 

aL 
715— Plunkett   vs.   Apple- 
ton. 
716 — ircherva  Garila 
7l'7— Haabrouck  vs.  Garde. 
728— Oweoboro  Sav.  Bank 

vs.  Burbank  et  al. 
739— CBourke  va  Taylor. 
730— Powers  vaGallandett 
731— Uwenboro  Sav.  Banic 

vt.  Burbank  et  aL 
732— Mill  va.  Wsgenen. 
783— Owenboro  Sav.  Bank 

va  Burbank  et  aL 
734— Murray     versus  The 

Mayor,  fee 

COMUON  FLBAS— EQUITT  TEBM. 
Metd  by  Bobihson,  J, 
Nos.  Noa 

2— Campbell  vs  McKwen     |2u— Hill  vs.  Conkling. 
16— GoldshearvaLev.yetar  21— Welnrr,  Jr,  veisuiMo- 
IS— Siegbardtva  Wetzel.     I  range 

COHHOil  FLBAS— TBIAL  TBBM— FABT  L 

Held  by  Van  Hoesen,  J. 
Koia  ^'oa 


868— Walker      va      New 

Central  Coal  Co.  of 

Maryland. 
1004— Lam  bertl  va  Mente- 

gazza 
877— Wilson  vs.  Pine 
583— HowarJ.  Jr.,  va  Mc- 

Cullnngb. 
370— Reynolds  va  Erie  R. 

R.  Co. 
396— Pbillipsvs.Hamiltoo 
72S— O'Uonnell  va  N.  Y. 

fe  Harlem  R.  R.  Cu. 

959 — Uevoeclier  vs.CHmp 

849— Cassldy  va  Leetob. 

1281— Demareat    vs.    The 

Mavor. 
892— Sbanoiey    va    The 

Mayor. 
600 — MoConuack    va    N. 

Y.  C.  t  U.  R.  a  R. 

CO. 
693— Wellington  ve.  Kew- 


1156— Soligman  va  South 
fe  North  Alabama  R. 
a  Ca 
1206— Penn.  Hor.    Society 

vs.  Webster. 
1342— Broadway  StableCa 

va  i'oDnor. 
1223— Mclntjre  va  Carroll 
865— Flyna  vs.  D*yton. 
47 1 — Snyder  vaMaehaner 
S.-i?— Giles  va  Welilar. 
910 — Kand  va.  Stonghton. 
946 — Dean  vs.  Brown. 
284— Mottva  Consumers 

Ice  Co. 
1142— O'Briea    va    Boyal 

Ina  Co..  fee 
1076-Zucker  va  Harrla 

796— MoCaulerva  Ganit. 
1070— U.  a   Keflector  Co. 
vs.  Rnston. 
9Q6— Amsdell  vs.  Garde, 
1213 -Steers  va  Sella 


ton. 

COMMON    FLBAS— TBIAL  rBBM— FABT  IL 
Held  by  Larremore,  J. 
Noa 

1091— Werwlck  va  Ohltl- 
weller. 


Nos. 

602 — Lyons  vs.  Rieliarda 
1072— Kers  va.  Haskin. 

996— Sellgsbnrg  va  Gold- 
atein. 
1131— Conroy  va  Boyce 
1096 — Prieajenvs.  NIcbola 

143— Hunt  va  Roberta. 
1311— Metropolitan  Gss-L't 
Co.  va  Tbe  Mavor. 
1169— Fitch  va.  Bergen. 
1197— Sylveater  va  Bem- 
atein. 

669— Folaoro  va  Fiacher. 

660— Shelly  va  Tard,  Jr. 


175— Newitter     vs.     Ger- 

mania  Fire  Ina  Co. 

616 — Malone  va  Ueriiv. 

1454 — Towie  vaThe  Mayor 

789— Bianer  va  Morgan. 

786 — Doniiellv  va  Mayor. 

1126— McGowan    va    Mc- 

Go  wan. 
109O— Haubert  va   Leroh. 
786— Schroeder    va  Lu- 

bacber. 
699— Levy   va  Sixth  Av. 
R.  R.  Ce 


COMMON  FLEAS — TBIAL  TERM— PABT  n(. 

BtldbyJ.  r.  Daly,  J. 


Noa 

10^5— Maver  va  Redlich. 
689^Aaron  va  Oodaband. 
478— Earleva  N.  I.  Life 

lua  Co. 
647— Emanuel     va     The 

Marvor,  fee 
430— Johnson     va      The 

Mayor,  fee. 
920 — Oalciay  va  Baron. 
921 — Same  va  Same. 
942— Bewison    vs.     8am- 
nela 
1194— Weldhng    va      The 

Mayor,  Jte 

670— Israel  va  Nicholson. 

1179— Neesel    verans   Tne 

Mayor,  fee. 

493 — Brewexvg.  Dayton. 

1249 — Nuasbanm  va  Lyons 

etaL 
1079— Spencer  va  O'Brien. 

MABINB  COUBT— TBIAL  TEBM— FABT  L 
Held  by  Alker,  J. 


Bro- 


Nos. 
730— Roe  et  aL  va 

887— \ViJ8'ivaN.  T.  Fl'tg 

Dry  Dock  Co. 
843— Second   Nat.   Bk.   of 
Paterson  va  Porter 
etal. 

1166— Martin  vaQallaghpr 

1190 — Seaman  vs.  Noonan. 
710 — Sbipm»n    va    Pul»- 
ticker. 

1252— Comes  et  aL  vs.  Mas- 
tera 

1254 — ^Heiuge  vaFarlev.feo 

1255- A>lama,kc.,va  Hunt- 
ing. 

1256— Isaacs  va  Baer. 

1267— Uutel  at  al.  va  Com- 
pagnle  Generaie 
Transatlantiq  ne 


Koa. 

6993— Loeb  va  Levy  et  al. 

6612— Callahan  vs.  Smith. 

9U76 — Phelan  et  aL  veraua 
Stevenson. 

4706— Parsons  et  aL  va 
Beinhard. 

6023— Wliet.lar  vaDnmoot. 

6036— Hathome  va  John- 
eon. 

6037— FUbervaComstock. 

6038— Bockover  va  Haines 

*  et  al. 


Noa 

6039- Meyer  vs.  Lucks. 

4988— StocKhammer       rt. 

MarabalL 
4989— Reyher  vs.  MrrshalL 
6040— Be'iaer  va  Cuff 
6042— 8imoneon  va  Spr^tt. 
6047— Rothscnlld  va    See- 

bacber  et  at 
6043— Kelly    va    LoriUard 

etal 


UABINB  COURT— TRIAL   TEBU— FABT  IL 
Held  by  Ootoo.  J. 
Nob. 


Nob. 

6609— Shaw  va  Collins  et 
al. 

8089— The  Penrhyn  Slate 
Company  vaMeyer. 

6856 — Krogsgard  va  Knt- 
uff. 

6946— Brombntger  verans 
Connor  et  aL 

6946— Rabenstein  va  Con- 
nor. 

6947— McGregor  va  Con- 
nor. 

6948 — Baaa  va  Connor. 

0949- Hnber  va  Counor. 

6862— Kasemeyer  vaDfes* 

ler. 
6897- Qaimby  va  OraL 
9US8— Magnire  va  O'Day. 

MABINB  COUBT— TBIAL  TSBM— PABT  IU. 
Held  by  SinnoU,  J. 


5750— Liope     et    al.     vs. 

Rief 
5667— Kopfer  va  Brigg  et 

al. 
5874— Daly  va  Annel. 
5880— Nleflcker  vs.  Keiz. 
B628— Curry  va   Parlev. 
6745 — *^bane  va  Bergan. 
6-9l6— Ferrler  va  Lick. 
588r>— Mill*  va  Blont. 
fl71U— Wetsel  va.  Scbaat 
2987— UntoU  va.  Doraev. 
5t>U7— MandeUulc    va   San- 

dera. 

1689— Howell  vs.  Paul. 

6815 — Knameyer  va   Gold- 
stein. 

6862- Herta  vs.  bobachteL 


Noa, 

6630— Cnnnlngbam  et  aL 

va  Csro  et  aL 
6561— Williams  va  Spauid- 

inc. 
7106— Leon  vs.  Connor. 
6017— Connors  va  Luta  . 
6583— Jonea  vi.  Fncha 
5797 — Brinberhoff  vs.  Van 

6742— Bowps  et  aL  vs. 
Hopklna 

6793— Solomon  va.  Ham- 
burg. 

7009— Metziager  va  Welde 

8961— Fellows  va  Andrews 


Noa. 

6053— Bomon  sky  versus 
Schroffetal. 

6055— Eagan  va  Kelly. 

6066 — C^agan  et  al.  va 
Lawrence  et  aL 

6067-81eigbt  va  Smith. 

6058— Mct'arlan  va.  Bnl- 
lowa 

6059 — '■"amey  vs.  Evana 

6060— McNiven  va  Biana 

6061— DounoUy  vs.  Kelly 
etaL 

6062-^ailey  va  Gardner. 

6U66— Silverstem  va  Her- 
man. 


COUKX  OF  OENBBAJ.  SBaSIONS — FABT  L 
Held  by  Hackett,  Becorder. 


Peter  Qtfinn,  robbery. 

James     Mcusughlln,    felo- 
nious assault  end  battery 

John  McMnlty,  borglarv. 

William  Parker,  burglary, 

Josephine     Qulgler,     Sey- 
monr  Smith,  btirglary. 

Maiy   MaCoart,   grand  lar- 
ceny. 

COUBT  OF  QBNERAL  SESSIONS- ^ABT  IL 
Beta  by  Oildersleeve,  J. 


John  Ryan,  grand  larceny. 

Richard  Reed,  grand  lar- 
cenv. 

John  Qui  on,  James  Staple- 
ton,  grand  iRrceny. 

John  Bovie.  James  Clark, 
erana  larceny. 

John  Juliu..k>u,  grand  lar- 
cenv. 


fOETY-FODRTH  CONGRESS. 


M<fMO  8BSaiOH.^„^m  7. 


&VWiA»X  OF  THE  PAT'S  PSOCBEDINQS. 

The  Senate  insisted  on  its  amenqtmeots  to 
the  Military  Academy  appropriations,  and  ordered 
a  conference  committee.  A.  oill  was  introduced  to 
repeal  tba  act  incorporating  the  National  Capitol 
I^ife  Insurance  Company.  Tbe  bill  to  allow  tbe 
Commissioners  of  tbe  Treedmen'a  Savings  and  Trust 
Company  to  buy  certain  property  and  sell  it  at  pub- 
lic or  private  sale  was  passed.  The  Eads  Jetty 
Appropriation  bill  and  tbe  Pacific  Ballroad  Sinking- 
ftind  bill  were  discussed  witbont  action.  The 
Houss  amendment  to  the  Printing  Deflcieney  bill, 
relating  to  rates  for  work,  was  not  oonourred  in, 
and  a  conference  was  ordered. 

In  the  House  the  bill  to  meet  the  deficiency 
in  tbe  appropriation  for  Public  Printing  waa  ao 
amended  aa  to  prohibit  payment  of  higher  rates  for 
work  than  are  p>id  in  New-York,  Philadelphia, 
or  Baltimore.  .  The  General  Deflcency  bill  was  con- 
sidered in  Committee  of  the  Whole  witboni  final 
action.  Tbe  Naval  Appropriation  bill  was  reported. 
It  appropriates  $12,494,752. 


James  Smith,  John  Garry, 

borglar.v. 
John  WUUama.  burglary. 
Tnomaa  CarroU.  gtiad  lar- 


Joaeph  Slater,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

James  Thompson,  grand 
laroeny. 


ceoy.  Mary  Craig,  grand  laroeny. 

William  Wfiile,  grand  lar-  Elijah  W.  ifonghtota,  Cor- 


ceny. 

Fraak   Smith,    grand 
eeay. 


A  SOCIAL  JJSMOOBATIO  PAltTT. 
Western  papers  say  that  a  new  party,  styling 
itself  tbe  "Social  Democratic  Party,"  has  orgaaued 
in  Wlsoonsin,  claiming  to  be  part  of  tbe  Natloaal 
Worklnp;  Ken'a  Party  of  the  United  States.  The 
plan  oalla  for,  among  ptber  things,  eqnal  taxation  of 
all  real  said  peraoaal  property  MoVe  ao  exemption 
of  several  handrea  dellaxa.  and  a  avacaa  of  «oa>- 
]»i|la«nr 


SENATE. 
.  The  Senate  was  oaUed  to  order  at  10  o'clock 
this  morning  by  Mr.  Windom,  the  President  pro 
tem.,  Mr.  Perry  having  been  called  away  from 
fbe  Capitol,  and  on  motion  of  Mr.  Saboenx  a  further 
recess  was  taken  until  noon.    Upon  reassembling, 

on  motion  of  Mr.  WiNDOic,  tbe  Senate  Insisted  upon 
its  amendments  to  tbe  Military  Academy  Appro- 
priation bill,  and  a  committee  of  conference  was  or- 
dered. 

TH8  CONGRESSIONAL  UBBABT. 
Mr.  Howe,  of  Wisconsin,  from  the  Joint  Commit- 
tee on  tbe  Library,  reporled  a  bill  to  provide  for  ad- 
ditional accommodation  for  the  library  of  Congress. 
Placed  on  the  calendar. 

FAST  ilAILS  AND  PRANK  lyQ. 

Messrs.  Hamlin,  Dorsey,  and  Davis  were  ap- 
pointed the  new  Conference  Committee  on  tbe  part 
or  tbe  Senate  on  the  bill  establishing  certain  post 
routes, whidb.involves  the  qaestlon  of  restoriog  fast 
Mail  trains  and  the  franking  privilege. 

THE     NATIONAL    CAPITOL    IN6CBANCE  COMPAmT. 

Mr.  DoRsEY,  of  Arkansas,  introduced  a  bill  to  re- 
peal the  act  to  inoorporate  the  National  Capitol  Life 
Insurance  Company,  and  to  provide  for  wioaing  up 
tbe  afiaira  of  tbe  said  corporation.  Referred  to  the 
Committee  on  tbe  District  ot  Columbia. 

TQB  BLBCTORAL  COUNT    AND  THE  SESSIONS. 

Mr.  BouTWELL,  of  Masaachnsetts,  tubmitted  a 
concurrent  resolution,  providing  tbat  during  the 
session  ot  the  Electoral  Commission  each  calendar 
day  shall  be  observed  by  each  house  of  Congress  as 
a  day  for  legislative  purposes.  Boferred  to  the 
Committee  on  Kales. 

THE  FKEEDMEN'S    BANK  REAL  ESTATE. 

Mr.  ^HEBMAN.  of  Ohio,  called  np  the  House  bill 
authorizing  the  Commiaaloners  of  the  Freedmen's 
Savings  and  Trust  Company  to  buy  certain  real  and 
other  property,  and  to  sell  the  same  at  public  or 
private  sale.  He  submitted  ao  amendment  pro- 
viding that  no  sale  of  real  estate  ahall  be  made  by 
the  Commlsaionera  except  al  public  auction,  tmless 
such  sale  and  the'  terms  thereof  shall  be  first  ap- 
proved by  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  Supreme  Conrt 
Agreed  to. 

The  bill  was  then  read  a  tbisd  time  and  passed. 

THE  MISSISSIPPI  JETTIES. 

Mr.  WiNDOH,  of  Minnesota,  called  up  tbe  House 
bin,  reported  adversely  yesterday  by  the  Commic- 
tee  on  Appropnatious,  to  provide  for  the  payment 
of  Jamea  B.  Eada  for  tbe  coustruotion  of  jettlea  at 
the  Soutb  Pass  of  tbe  Mississippi  River.  • 

Mr.  MOB^LL,  ot  Vermont,  said  he  hoped  this 
bill  would  be  passed  as  it  came  from  the  House, 
and  tbat  Mr.  Eads  would  be  pnid  in  money  instead 
of  bonds.  It  he  claimed  fCO.uUO  more  as  the  addi- 
tional value  of  tne  bunds,  let  him  prosecute  tbe 
claim  in  tbe  courts. 

Mr.  Camebo.v,  ot  Pennaylvania,  said  it  seemed  to 
blm  as  if  there  was  some  sharp  practice  iu  this  bill. 
Ho  waa  in  favor  ot  the  Miasisslppi  lUvor  improve- 
ment, bnt  thought  Mr.  Eada  ahoald  be  paid  iu 
money  and  not  iu  bonaa,  which  were  more  valuablo. 

Mr.  AVlNDOU  said  Mr.  Eada  had  agreed  to  do  that 
which  no  otber  oontrao.or  in  tbia  cuontry  ever 
agreed  to  do,  and  that  was  to  perform  a  great  work 
and  guarantee  its  anccess.  Tbe  work  was  pctormed 
by  the  expenditnru  of  bis  own  piivate  money. 
The  law  provided  tbat  if  the  money  should  not 
be  appropriated  to  pav  for  the  work  wflen  com- 
pleted,  Capt.  Eada  should  be  paid  in  bonds  of  the 
United  Sutea.  Toe  U-'ivemmont  waa  in  default,  as 
no  appropriation  bad  been  made  to  pay  tor  the 
work  which  was  completed  last  December,  and 
already  Capt.  Kads  had  been  compelled  to  wait 
two  months.  For  more  than  40  years  tbe  Govbru- 
ment  liad  been  engaged  in  the  futile  attempt  to 
ooen  the  month  of  tho  Misaiasippi  River. 
Capt.  EAd»,  by  bis  own  skill  and  courage,  bad 
given  to  tbe  cuantrv  one  of  tbe  greatest  Improve- 
ments ever  known  to  engineering  skill,  and 
should  be  paid  lor  ii  promptly.  As  the  money  bad 
not  been  appropriated  to  meet  tale  demand,  he 
should  have  tbe  bonda  aa  provided  m  the  contract. 

The  Eads  bill  waa  laid  aside,  and  the  Senate  re- 
sumed consideration  of  the  bill  to  amend  the  Pacific 
Railroad  acts  so  aa  to  create  a  ainkuig  Fund  for  tbe 
liguidation  of  the  indebtedness  duu  tbe  Govern- 
ment bv  P-icitic  railroad  companies. 

Mr.  GOKBOJf,  ot  Georgia,  who  was  entitled  to  the 
floor,  said  be  t»elleved  the  bill  introduced  by  liim 
aud  reportea  favorably  by  tbe  Committee  ou  Rail- 
roads, waa  in  accordance  with  the  contract  made 
with  tbe  Pacific  railroad  companies.  Tbat  bill  was 
more  certain  than  the  bill  reported  by  the  Jadiclaiy 
Committee ;  and  it  would  produce  the  great  reault 
which  all  desired,  and  tbat  was  to  protect  tho  Gov- 
ernment of  tba  TJnlted  States.  He  spoke  of  the  ad- 
vantagas  gained  by  tbe  oonatmctiou  of  tbe  Paoifin 
railroads,  and  argued  that  the  controlling  motive  in 
granting  aid  to  them  was  to  secure  their  oonstrnc- 
tion,  and  tbe  use  tbereof  for  the  benefit  of  the  Gov- 
ernment itself.  Tbe  bill  reported  by  tbe  Railroad 
Committee  took  complete  care  of  the  money  inter- 
esta  of  the  Government  auu  violated  no  pledges. 
Should  the  bill  reported  by  the  Judiciary  Commutce 
become  a  law,  tbe  first  thing  under  it  would  be 
a  lawsuit',  the  end  of  whicb  no  one  could  see. 
Referring  to  the  first  section  <>f  the  bill,  declaring 
what  shall  be  tbe  nee  earnings  of  the  roads,  he 
asked  who  could  tell  what  the  net  earnings  would 
be  after  cumpeting  linee  ahall  bave  been  completed. 
Wuald  S5  per  cent,  of  the  net  earoiugs  be  suiUcieut 
to  pay  the  indebtedness  in  the  specified  time  after 

the  Texas  Pacific  ahall  have  been  comoleced,  or 
after  tbe  completion  of  tbe  water-wav  across  the 
Isthmus,  which  would  reduce  thetreigbt  rates  from 
the  Pacific  coast  very  low  t  Was  ic  sensible  for  the 
Government  to  lean  npon  such  a  slender  suopOrt  aa 
the  Judiciarv  bill  ofieredf  In  bis  opiuinn.  there 
never  bad  been  introduced  in  Congress  a  bill  which 
would  be  more  uncertain  In  its  reaolts.  He  proposed 
to  exact  from  these  railroad  companies  the  last  dol- 
lar due  tbe  Govemmant  on  account  of  the  aid  ex- 
tended to  them,  bat  he  desired  to  do  ao  by  the  ahurt- 
est  process  compatible  with  the  plighted  faith  ot  tbe 
Government.  He  moved  it  as  a  substitute  for  tbe 
bill  repiirted  by  the  Judiciary  Committee. 

Mr.  KBLLT,  ot  Oregon,  also  opposed  ihe  bill  re- 
ported by  tbe  Jndiciary  Committee,  and  favored 
tbat  reported  by  tbe  Kdilroad  Committee. 

Mr.  LOGAJt,  of  Illuiois,  aaid  he  believed  in  holding 
these  railroad  companies  to  a  strict  accouoiability, 
but  that  which  the  law  did  not  reaulre  at  their 
hands  Congress  bad  no  right  to  demand.  When  tbe 
Sapreme  Cunrt'of  tbe  United  States  bad  decided  in 
favor  of  the  oonstrnotiuu  which  tbe  companiea  gave 
to  their  charter,  Congress  bad  no  right  to  complain 
of  the  action  of  the  companies. 

Mr.  Wallace,  of  Pennsylvania,  said  bonda  ware 
issued  to  the  five  companiea  named  in  the  bill  of 
the  Jndlciiry  Committee  amonnting  to  aboat  |6i- 
000,000.  The  Crovernment  bad  paid  interest  on 
them  to  tbe  amonnt  of  about  ^34,000,000.  of  this  we 
had  been  reimbursed  but  about  17,000,000,  leaving 
the  amount  actually  advanced  to  date  aooat  |91,- 
000.000.  We  pay  tor  them  annually  about  $3,- 
800,000  in  interest.  Tbe  bill  of  the  Judiciarv 
Committee  proposes  to  reimDurdeusannnallyabout 
$3,500,000.  and  even  it  it  should  be  adopted  we  fall 
behind  annually  over  1300,000  and  apply  nothing' 
toward  tbe  pant,  woile  the  bill  of  the  Railroad 
Committee  provides  for  reimbursing  but  11,700.000, 
and  tbe  Government  advances  aniii^lly  $2,100,000 
more  than  it  will  reoeive  if  that  should  be  adopted. 
TUE'PRENTINQ  DEFICIENCY. 

Pending  disoassion,  Mr.  Windou,  of  Mionesota, 
called  up  tbe  bill  appropriating  |35U,000  to  supply  a 
defleienry  in  the  appropriation  lor  printing  daring 
tbe  ourrenc  fiacal  year,  and  moved  that  tbe  Senate 
DOW  concur  in  tbe  ameodmeut  of  the  House  provid- 
ing that  from  and  after  the  preaens  seasioa  of  Con- 
gress the  Public  Prioser  ahall  not  pay  more  than  is 
paid  for  similar  work  in  the  cities  of  New- York, 
Philadelphia,  and  Baltimore.  He  said  that  under 
the  now  rules  of  the  Senate,  no  amendment  of  a 
legialative  character  could  tio  put  npun  a  general 
appropriation  bill,  and  under  that  rale  he  aupposad 
it  was  the  duty  ot  the  Committee  on  Appropiiatiuns 
to  atnke  all  legislation  from  appropriation  bllia 

Mr.  Shbbman,  of  Oliio,  aaUt  tbia  waa  not  a  gen- 
eral appropriation  bill.  Some  years  ago,  through  a 
spirit  of  demagoguism,  Congress  adopted  an  eight- 
honr  law,  and  had  eongbt  by  every  means  ever 
since  to  evade  that  law.  There  waa  a  great  and 
well  founded  complaint  about  the  cost   of  public 

grintmg.  The  same  amoant  was  paid  for  eight 
oars'  work  here  aa  was  paid  for  10  hours'  work  in 
other  citiea  He  favored  the  amendment  ot  tbe 
Honse  of  Repreaentativea 

Mr.  Saroent,  of  California,  epoke  of  the  intelli- 
gence of  printers;  how  prices  were  fixed,  Sec,  and 
eaid  typographical  aasoolationa  exisiea  in  eveiy 
City  ;  tbev  were  enabled  w  force  their  rates.  Where 
employera  had  set  themselves  up  against  the  aaso- 
ciaiiona,  snch  employers  had  geueraliy  failed  in  tbe 
atiiiggle.  The  amendment  propoaed  would  only  in- 
volve tbe  Gnvemraent  in  a  qaarrel  with  this  large 
and  intelligent  oody  of  men.  He  aald  much  of  the 
extravagance  In  public  prinnng  waa  on  account  of 
having  useless  documenta  and  papera  printed.  He 
was  opposed  to  any  economy,  which  started  by 
pinching  the  laboring  men. 

Mr.  Anthont,  of  Rhode  laland,  said  he  agreed 
with  all  said  by  tbe  Senator  irom  California  as  to 
the  Intelligence  of  printers,  bat  he  did  not  see  why 
all  the  -ftber  printing  ofiioea  in  tbe  country  should 
be  taxed  in  order  that  the  printera  of  Washington 
ahoald  have  leaa  work  to  do  and  more  money. 
People  were  constantly  appl.ving  to  tbe  Comodtiee 
on  Printing  for  sliuaQons  in  the  G-ovemment  ofiice. 
Ihe  printera  iu  tbat  offloe  controlled  tbe  Typo- 
graphical AasoO'Stion  in  Washington,  but  he  had 
been  informed  tbat  the  Government  printers  al- 
lowed those  m  private  offices  tu  work  for  a  tesa 
amount  than  tbat  paid-in  the  Government  office. 
^uCtac  forikac  diaonaa ion    Out  Senate  cefoaed  to 


flonbnr  ia  the  ameadment;    yeas,  SO ;   nays,  SS.    A 
oeaimittee  of  oonfsreaoe  was  ordered  on  tbe  bill. 

THB  FLOSntA  BI.BOTOB  HUHPHBItTB. 
Mr.  Sabobnt.  of  Oalifomia.  from  the  Sab-eoia- 
mlttae  of  tbe  Committee  on  Priyileges  and  Elec- 
tions, assigned  to  the  investigation  of  the  late  eiao- 
tioa  ia  Florida,  reported  tbe  evidence  taken  in  re- 
gard to  tbe  eUglblUty  of  T.  C.  Humphreys,  Beonb- 
noan  freaidracial  Slaeter  In  that  Stats.  Ordered 
to  be  printed. 

THE  INDLAN  AFPROPBIATIONS. 

The  Senate  then  took  up  tbe  Indian  A]«propria- 
tion  Bill  with  the  understancvng  tbat  it  should  be 
considered  between  the  hours  of  10  and  12  o'clock 
to-morrow,  and  at  4:40  P.  M.  tbe  Senate  took  a  re- 
cess until  10  A.  M  tomorrew. 


HOUSE   OFBEFBESBNTATtVES. 
Washington,    Feb.   7.— Tho    House    at  10 
o'clock   took  a  recess   until  11:55  A.  M.    On    reas- 
sembling, a  bill  was  passed  removing  the   political 
diasbilities  of  Babpey  M.  Scales,  of  Tennessee. 

ELECTION  OP    NATIONAL  BANK  DIRECTORS. 

Mr.  Banks,  of  Massachusetts,  introduced  a  btll 
providing  for  the  election  of  directors  of  national 
banks.    Referred. 

THE  TE8TIU0NT  THAT  FIELD  GARBLED. 

Mr.  KnoTT,  of  Eentuokv,  Chairman  of  tbe  Com- 
mittee on  Privileges,  reported  tbe  teatimony  t'flken 
before  that  committee  up  to  Feb.  5,  together  with  a 
resolution  for  its  printing. 

Mr.  Hale,  of  Maine,  inqnired  whether  it  was  a 
portion  of  tbe  testimony  ot  that  committee  which 
had  been  printed  outside  without  tbe  ortfer  of  tbe 
House. 

Mr.  Kjjorr  replied  tliat  as  to  the  publication  of 
the  evidence  outside,  the  gentleman  from  Maine 
I  Mr.  Hale]  knew  as  much  about  it  as  he  did.  The 
resolution  was  adopted. 

THE  PRINTING  DBFICIEXCT. 

Mr.  Waldeon,  of  Michigan,  from  the  Committee 
on  Appropriations,  reported  back  the  Senate  bill  ap. 
propriating  $350,000  for  the  deficiency  in  tbe  appro- 
priation for  Government  printing  and  binding  for 
the  present  fiscal  year. 

Mr.  Vance,  of  Ohio,  Chairman  of  the  Committee 
on  Planting,  offered  an  amendment,  providing  that 
after , the  close  of  the  present  Congress  no  greater 
price  shall  be  paid  for  labor  by  the  Government 
Printer  than  is  paid  in  the  cities  of  New-York. 
Philadelphia,  and  Baltimore.  He  explained  that  ha 
bad.  in  conjunction  with  the  Chairman  ot  the  Com- 
mittee on  Printing  of  the  Senate,  addressed  a  letter 
to  the  Public  Printer  in  Augnat  laat,  advising  blm 
to  adopt  some  such  rule  in  the  management  of  the 
printing  oBioe.  If  tbat  advice  bad  been  followed, 
there  wonid  not  now  have  been  a  dollar  of  deficiency 
in  tbat  department  of  the  Government. 

Mr.  CONOEB,  of  Michigan,  thought  that  the  prop- 
OBition  was  impraetioabie,  and  that  it  aimed  a  blow 
at  the  most  faithful  laborers  of  the  Government. 

Tbe  amendment  waa  adopted  by  yeas  118,  nays 
105,  and  tbe  bill  was  passed. 

TBE   DEFIClENCr   APPROPRIATION  BILL. 

The  Honse  then,  at  1:35  P.  M.,  went  into  Com- 
mittee of  the  Whole,  (Mr.  Eden,  of  Illinois,  in  the 
chair.)  on  the  Dtflcieacy  Appropriation  bill. 

Mr.  Hancock  of  Texas,  ofi^red  an  amendment 
appropriating  |500,000  tor  tbe  payment  of  certain 
claims  agaiuHt  the  Interior  Department. 

Mr.  ATKINS,  of  Tenneaaee,  opposed  tbe  amend- 
ment, stating  that  the  Committee  on  Appropria- 
tions had  refused  to  bave  anything  to  do  with  those 
claims  and  tbev  had  been  referred  to  tbe  Commit- 
tee on  Claims,  and  if  tbe  amendment  was  adopted 
the  committee  should  not  be  held  responsible  for  the 
large  aoptopriatlon. 

Mr.  EtJUNB,  of  New-Mexico,  said  that  these  claims 
had  been  audited  and  voucbers  had  been  issued,  and 
If  Congress  refased  to  appropriate  money  for  the 
payment  of  those  vouchers  it  would  simply  be  re- 

Sudiation.  Congress  shouhi  not  be  afraid  to  doits' 
uty. 

Mr.  FOBT.  of  Jllinois,  inquired  why,  if  the  claims 
had  been  aadlied,  the  money  bad  not  been  paid. 

Mr.  Elejns  replied  tkat  it  waa  because  both 
parties  bad  been  afraid  to  appropriate  toe  money. 
In  the  Forty-third  Congress  the  Republicans  had 
declined  to  make  the  appropriation  beoanse  a  Presi- 
dential election  was  approaching,  and  in  the 
Forty-fourth  Coogreas  the  Democrats  bad  declined 
tor  the  same  reason.  But  now  tbat  the  Presidential 
question  was  about  over,  be  thought  that  Congress 
abould  appropriate  tbe  money,  and  not  make  the' 
Government  contemptible  in  the  eyes  of  tbe  people 
of  the  frontier. 

Tbe  amendment  was  adopted. 

Tbe  committee  then  rose  without  having  disposed 
of  the  bilL 

THE  NAVAL   APPROPRIATION. 

Mr.  Blount,  of  Georgia,  from  the  Committee  on 
Appsopriatious,  reported  »he  C^aval  Appropriation 
bill.  Iteferred  to  the  Committee  of  tbe  Whole. 
Tbe  bill  appropriates  112.494,752  40. 

Tbe  Hunae,  at  4:40  P.  M.,  [fjok.  a  recess  until  10 
A.  M.  to-morrow. 


IHE  IMPETUOOH  MAN'S  LUOK. 
From  Vie  Burlington  (Iowa)  Rawk-Eye. 
Yesterday  morning  a  mau  out  ou  Valley 
street  received  a  letter  which  be  opened  and  out 
dropped  a  dratt  for  {2,000,  and  bis  heart  stopped 
beating  as  he  read  the  letter  aad  saw  it  was^rom 
Manchester,  Eagland,  and  signed  "  your  unnatural, 
Ijut  penitent  unoie."  He  gave  a  wild  shriek  of  ex- 
ultation  apd  sank  senseless  to  tbe  ground.  When 
he  revived  be  ruvhed  down  town  and  couldn't  wait 
until  the  bank  opened,  but  ran  around  baying  new 
furniture,  new  clothes,  new  carpets,  blue  glass, 
fura  for  hia  wife,  and  dresses  for  bis  girls,  and  13- 
cent  drinks  for  himself,  and  when  9  o'clock  came 
and  he  ruuhad  to  the  bank,  he  found  a  man  there, 
inside  tbe  window,  who  was  sufficiently  composed 
to  read  the  draft  clear  through  with  an  equal  mind, 
and  who  explained  that  he  could  not  pay  #2.000  on 
it,  becauxe  it  was  merely  an  advertiavment  ot 
Dlffendorfer's  Peripatetic  Pain  Aunihilator,  for 
corueand  eoft  bunions,  and  it  took  that  man  until 
6  o'clock  in  tbe  evening  to  countermand  the  orders 
be  bad  given  before  9  o'clock,  and  then  he  forgot 
half  of  them,  and  his  wile  bad  to  statad  at  t&a  front 
gate  all  the  aitemoon,  ttirnlag  away  delivery 
wagons  that  came  backing  up  to  the  sidewalk  with 
new  tbiniis.  ' 

A  MARRIAGE  CONTRACT. 
A  couple  of  Tulalra  County,  California,  who 
were  too  young  to  obtain  tbe  privilega  of  getting 
spiced  Ucitimately  or  by  tha  usual  forma,  recently 
united  themselves  by  tho  following  curioos  and 
somewhat  remarkable  marriage  contract:  "  W<3 
regard  ourselves  as,  in  every  sense  of  the  word, 
equal  partners,  promising  to  strive  to  treat  each 
other,  under  all  citeumatanoes,  as  beoomes  such. 
We  promise  that  wo  will  not  try  in  any  otber  way 
than  by  advice  or  porsuasioa  tu  control  tbe  action 

ofeacbotber.  Believiugibat  neither  Church  or  State 
have  (thiiaa  who  are  fired  by  great  social  principles 
are  80.ueiime3  above  little  matter  of  syntaxj  any 
ba«iDe83  with  our  ofi'airs,  we  promise  to  live  our 
own  lives  without  reference  to  either,  further  than 
necessary  to  give  aecnrity  to  the  commonwealth  ot 
Callforoia  that  our  childron,  should  we  be  blessed 
with  offspring,  snail  be  at  least  as  well  cared  tor  as 
are  a  maiority  of  those  bora  in  legal  wedlock.  We 
farther  con  I  ract  that  when  mutaal  love  shall  no 
longer  lustify  our  conjugal  uuiou  we  shall  part, 
giving  the  State  as  little  trouble  in  oar  parting  as 
we  have  in  coming  together." 


A  OAS  THIEF. 

The  Indianapolis  Journal  has  this  aocbunt  of 
the  conviction  of  Mr.  Frederick  iseidensiicker  for 
grand  larceny,  in  the  Criminal  Court  of  that  city  : 
"  He  was  charged  with  tapping  tbe  mains  of  the 
gas-works  and  stealing  gas.  In  his  saloon  he  burned 
lamps  and  used  tbe  gas  in  his  house.     His  ca^e  was 

ably  conducted  by  both  sides,  and  was  giv^  to  the 
Jury  at  5  o'clock.  After  a  deliberarion  «ff  half  an 
hour,  ft  verdict  of  guilty  was  returned,  and  be  waa 
sentenced  to  tho  penitentiary  for  one  year,  waa 
fined  $50,  and  was  disfranchised  for  a  year  after  bis 
term  expires.  The  prisoner  appeared  very  nervous 
and  overcome  during  the  reading  of  tba  verdict. 
Tbe  counsel  for  tbe  defense  have  notified  tbe  court 
that  they  will  move  for  a  new  trial." 

FOREIGN  MARKETS. 


XONDOS.  Feb.  7.-12:30  P.  M Consols,  95  11-16  for 

Doth  mouey  aud  the  accouat.  United  Statea  bonda, 
1U-40S,  llO^j.  Krie  Riiilwiiy  shares,  Q\;  do.  pre- 
ferred, 20.  The  rate  of  discount  for  three  mootha' 
bilU  in  tbo  open  market  is  1  'a  ^  cent.,  which  is  ^^ 
cent,  below  tbe  Bank  of  England  rate. 

3:^0  P.  M.— The  amount  of  bulUou  withdrawn  ilroiu 
the  Bank  of  Kneland  on  balance  to->lar  ia  £60,000. 

4P.  M.— United  btates  bonds,  10-4UB,  llO^*.  Pana 
advices  quote  6  4^  cent.  Ilentea  at  lOof.  96o.  for  tbe 
aco«nat. 

Kranspobt,  Feb.  7.— United  Statea  bonds,  new  6b, 
103  V 

Paris,  Feb.  7. — Exchange  on  London,  251  I'I'ac  for 
abort  alKht. 

Liverpool,  Feb.  7—12  M.— Cotton— The  receipts  to- 
day were  11. 6(M>  bales,  including  6.700  balea  Amer- 
ican; Futurea  opened  weaker,  with  aellera  at  laat  niebt'a 
prlcua ;  out  are  now  steadier;  Uplands.  Low  Mld- 
dllDg  clauae,  Februarv  and  March  delivery.  (3  19-S2d.; 
BiBO  sales  of  tho  same  nt  6  9-16(1.:  also  sales  of  the 
same  at  6  19-32ii.:  Uplands,  bow  Middling  clause. 
Marcb  aud  April  dehverv.  G  ll-lOO.:  Uplanda, 
Low-  hiddling  clause,  April  and  May  delivery, 
6  18-16d.;  Uplanda,  Low  Miridline  clause,  June  and 
July  delivery,  615-]6d.  Uplands,  Low  Middling 
clauan,  July  aud  August  delivery,  631-32d.;  Up- 
lunda,  Low  Middling  clause,  aliioped  January  and 
Februar.v,  aail,  6  11-lBd.;  Uplands  Low  Idldaliug  clause, 
shipped  February  and  March,  aall,  6  18- 13d. 

5  P.  &f.— Cotton— Cplauds,  Low  Middling  clause,  April 
anil  May  delivery,  B  18-16d. 

3-.3UP.  M.— Ootion— Of  the  salea  to-day  6,100  balea 
were  American. 

4  P.  M.— Cotton— Uplands  Low  Middling  clause,  lApril 
and  May  delivery.  t>  2o-32<l;  Uplanas.  Low  Middhng 
clause,   May  ajd   June  delivery,    eVL;    CplunUB.    Low 

Uiddling  clause,  ablpped  April  aud  May,  sau,  7  l-({2d. 

6  P.  M. — Cotton  Upiauds.  Low  .uiddling  clauae, 
June  an>l  July  delivary,  6  29  32a.  Proylalona— Lard, 
63b.  V(L  ^'cwt.  for  .American.     'I'ne  market  la  ezclteO. 

5:15  P.  JL— Cotton- Puturea  quiet;  Uplands,  Low 
MldUling  clauae.  May  and  June  delivery,  b27-3'iid. 

Kvemng. — Produce— Refined  Petroleum,  16'^  ^ 
gallon.    Spirits  of  Turpentine.  SOs.  9J.  ^j^  owt. 

LoNDOH,  Feb.  7 — 5  P..  M. — Producu— dplilts  Turpen- 
tine, 120.  i^  gallon. 

Kvemng- OnseeJ  Cake  £9  15® £10  ^  ton.  . 

Aktwbkf,  Peb.  7.— Fetroieum — HC  lor  fine  Pale 
AnxBilcan. 

KioJAaaiRO,  Feb.  6.— Coffee  market  quiet:  pnces 
miilntained:  no  ehange  ;  Bio,  good  firsts,  t),(iOOwi|}.76U 
rels  4^  10  kilos.    .Kxch:uige  on  Loudon,  24'^s- 

8AKTO*,  Fet>.  6. — OofffO  market  quiet  :  downward 
tendency;  Superior  Santos,  6,400 <»6, 600  reia  ^  IU 
kilos. 

Havana,  Feb.  7.— Exchange  weak  ;  on  tbe  Unit- 

change  aecllcing.  Sugars  bove  an  upward  tendency 
ed  States,  60  ^V'  currency,  S>4®4'4  discount  ;  do., 
short  sight.  S^dS  diseoaot;  60  days  goid,  '491^ 
premium;  d*.  short  stabt.  l^a^^pteminm;  on  Lon- 
don, llHtStVi^  np«nv.>-«j  ^.j  Vaiia.  io®i  dlaeouuu 
Sncaraflrav 


COMMJSnciAL  Aff^AIBa, 


Ksw-Toaa,  Wednesday,  Febi  7,  H77. 

The  rcoelpts  of  the  pnncipai  fcmo*  et   f  cediMe  t^W^^ 
our  last  bave  been  aa  tollowt: 


Ashes,  pka. 

Bees-wax,  pks 

j^8.Pms.  bags.... 

bease,  JlSia^ 

Cotton,  baicri:„.. 
C.  8.Cak^bsj^. 


27 
S 

48 

ao 
e,«48 

^     149 

C.  g.  (Ml,  bblsT aoo 

Coppar,  bVs U 

Uriel  PraSl.  pka. . . .      18* 

»«a.bbie.....^ »7T 

Plobr>  b  bla» ...?.. .  ...lOTMb 

Wbeaf.  bushels 10,800 

Corn,  bushels 103,62d 

Oats,  btisheis 21.47a 

Bye.  bushels 1,692 


Solrits  Torp.,  bblf..  S 

Reaio.  bbls. 800 

Oll-eake,  pks.. ......  091 

Pork.  Bka. .^„  l,»ai 

Beet  nks 191 

Out-meats,  pk«.....  6.1«8 

Orease,  nks 9o 

liard,  nks l.iSl 


Barley,  bushels.. . 
Graail-seed,  bags... 

Flax,  bales 

Corn-meal,  bbls 

£ora-ineal,  bags... 
Buokw't  Flour,pas. 

Oat-meal,  bbla. 

UnpB.  balea 

Bides,  Ko , 

Hides,  bales 

.Leatber.  aiaes 

Lead,  pigs 

MoIa8ae8,(N.Q..)bbls 


S.250 

1,390 

147 

620 

4U 

3 

29 

102 

l,2tf8 

1,188 

6.425 

064 

856 


!>teariii«,  Pka „.. 

Butter,  oka 


95 
8,029 


Cneeae.  ok« 1.028 

Tallow,  oka 180 

TalHiw^hl,  bbla 7 

Lard-oiL  bbla. „      169 

Dressed  Hon. !««...  1,799 

Pea-nuts,  baga 674 

Pecans.  pK 89 

Rice,  pka 3.35 

■• 648 

2.044 

67 

47 

89 

82-i 

823 


Sugar.  (M.u.,)hhda. 

Staruo.  bxs 

9kins,  balea 

Skins,  No 

Tow,  balea 

Tobacco,  hhda 

Tobacco,  bis.  &C3.. 
SVbisky,  bbla. 


(V^ool,  bales 830 


COFFBE— Rio  has  declined  >«c.  <&'  Ot.  on  »  alow  n«>ve- 
ment :  2.400  Dags  by  tho  Emmanuel  reported  sold  on 
private  terma..--KccoiptG  here  during  the  week  end- 
ing to-day,  10,357  bi^gst  aaiea.  .5,28^  bags Stock  of 

Rio  and  Santos  in  first  bands  here.  20.433  bags  ;  at  the 
outports,  41,10(1  bags,  and  afloat  and  loading  tor  tbe 
Uuited  ijtates,  141,508  bags,  of  whicb  76,486  bags 
aie  for  New-York.... Other  kinds  have  bxen  iu  slack 
demand  at ratbe.r  eaiier  prices.. ..The  reuent  move- 
ments have  been  summed  op  thus:  447  bags  Haxaoaibo 
sold  for.  consumotlon  nltbln  the  quoted  range ;  and 
10,550  bags  Ban  Domingo  in  transit  toBnrone.... 
Stouk   ot  other  than  Rio  and  Santos   in  first  handa 

here  this     morning,  7,79li   baga  and    19.300  mats 

We  quote  invoices  thus  :  Kio,  ordinary,  17 "40.^17*80.1 
fair,  19"4C.'3il8'2C!  good,  1084C.®liOc.;  prime,  20>ic» 
2uV..  ROid,  #  ts.,  6U  days'  credit;  Kio,  in  lob  Iota, 
17i4C.'32'2>40..  gold. ...Santos,  fair  to  good  Invoicea. 
IS^^c.'Sld'ac.,  and  In  joolots,  ordinary  to  very  choioe, 

le'^c.^ai^c,  gold Java,  invoicea,  22a'®24c. ;  Mar- 

acaiau.  18>3<!.'9'iOo.:  uaguayra.  18><io.®20c.:  Mexican, 
18c.®20c.;  Oosta  Rloa,  18c.'3!21c.,  Jamaica;  17c.®18c^ 
Bavanillaat  18'<2a.®2,o.,  and  San  Uomiogo.  16)«ie.v 
16'>40..gold.*'tt. 

OuOPKUAQIi  STOCK— The  demand  has  been  moder- 
ately active  for  the  leading  kihds  at  esieotialiv  un- 
changed prices Uoksheail    Staves  quoted  ateady  at 

$80'dS160;  Pipe  do.,  $10U€>$23U;  Barrel  do.,  $60® 
$120;  Sugar  bbooka,  with  beads,  $1  60®$2  66;  Mo- 
lasSea  do.TSl  90®$2;  Box  8hooks,70o.'<d>76c;  Bmpty 
Hogsbeada.  $2  50;  Uoops.  $27®S3& 

CURDAQB— A  restricted  movement  has  been  noted 
in  nearly  ali  klnda.witb  valnea  quoted  about  aa  before. 

COTTON— hag  been  quite  dull  for  early  delivery  at 
a  reduction  of  ^.  ^  &.  Demand  almoit  wholly  IVom 
spinners Ordinary    oaoted   to-dav    at    11  l-16c.® 

11  316c.:     Low   Middling.   12i«c.'^12i^;    Miodhng. 

1234C.®12'''8C Sales   were    officially    reported,    tot 

prompt   deUvery,  ot  454  liales,   (of  which  bates 

were  on  last  evenlog.)  sU  to  spinaera.... 
Aud  for  forward  delivery  business  has  been 
iairlv  active,  bnt  also  at  reduced  prices.... 
Sales  rave  been  reportea  since  our  last  o!  83,100 
bales,  of  which  2.100  b^lea  were  on  last  evemns. 
and  31,01)0  balea  to-oav,  with  6UU  balea  on  the  calla, 
on  the  basis  of  Middling,  witn  February  options  doe- 
ing     at     l-.i'S8C.®12    21-32c.;      March,    12     13-16c.® 

12  27-320.;    Apnl,    13c.®13  1-32C.;   May,   13  3-16c® 

13  7-32C.:  June,  13  ll-32o.®13%c.;  July,  13  l!>-32c® 
13^20.;  August,  13  17-32c.'al3  9-16l'.;  September. 
Xa^o.'cilS  9-32&;  Octouer,  12  29-82e.®12  x6-16u-: 
November,  12  ll-16c.®12'4C.;  December.  12  ll-lOc.® 
12^tc.;      v     fi>-i     showing     a     decline     of     3-32o. 

@       5-32c;         V      tb..        closing        steady The 

receives  at  this  port  to-dav  were  0,4iS  bales, 
and  at  the  sblpoiiig  ports  16,824  balea,  against  17,5^1 
bales  same  day  laat  week,  and  thus  tax  thla  week  97,- 
356  balea,  agalnat  96,664  bales  s8tne  time  last  week. 
....The  receipts  at  the  shipping  ports«since  Seol.  1, 
1876.  have  been  3.238,59s  balen.  against  8,142,006 
bales  tor  the  correspoodmg  time  in  tbe  preceding 
Cotton  year.. ..Consolidated  exporta  (four  days)  for 
Ureat  Britain,  from  all  the  shipping  ports,  48,091 
balea;  to  the  Continent,  33.319  balea. ...Stock  in  New- 
York  to-day.  206,615  bales  ;  consolidated  stock  at  the 
ports,  891,090  balea. 

iltosina  Prices  of  Cotton  in  Keio-Yorit. 

Uoianda  Alabama.'     S. '.».        Texas. 

Ordinary ..111-16    111-16    113-16     113-16 

Strict  ordiuarv...  117-16    117-16    119-16    113-16 
G.ioa  Ordinary... 11  13-16  11  13-16  11  15-16  11 15-16 
Stnct  wood  orj...  12  1-16      12  1-16     12  3-16     12  3-16 


Low  .Middling....  12^4 
Strict  Low  iUid....l2'a 

MlrtdUns 12^4 

Good  Midillne....l.S 
Strict  Qood  Mid..l3>>4 
Middhug  Fair.....l3aa 
Kaur. 14^ 


1231 

12^8 

12S8 

12^^ 

1278 

r.i'i. 

13% 

13»8 

13^8 

13"8 

13*4 

13!>4 

14  »a 
dllng. 

14 'a 
] 

12=4 

l-.i'a 

12=4 
13 

1314 

13=8 

14% 
Stained. 

Good  Ordinary lOll-lOiLow 

StrictGood  Ord....ll  6-16  iMiddltng 12>8 

rLODB  ASD  MEAL— State  and  Western  Flour  waa 
generally  very  quiet  to-day  at  about  furmer  rates.  Tha 
main  inquiry  waa  lor  really  deairaMe  Winter  Whcitt 
audMmuesoia  Kztias,  for  home  trade  purposes.  The 
letter  tiuallilea  ot  Minnesota  Isxtra^,  pardcularly 
Patent,  were  beld  more  coufldently.  ticy  Mill  £xtras 
in  le»s  demand  and  weak  as  to  valuaa.  Supeifiuewta 
iu  more  requpat,  and  quoted  aomewnat  flrmer  toi 
ravuriie  bruuda.  Export  dealings  unlmpurtant... .Sales 
have  been  reportea  amcs  our  laat  ot  7.600  tiois.  of  all 
grades.  Inciuaii'K  uuaound  Flour  at  $3  60®$6  75;  Sour 
Flour  at  !£4  5U®$6  7r>;  very  poor  to  choice  No.  'J  at 
$4  •.i5®$0,  chiefly  at  $4  SOa'Si  8a  ;  very  poor  to  cboice 
Supprtine  Western,  $0  3a®$5  75,  maialv  at  $5  60® 
a>5  75.  (of  whicn  150  bbla.  Miuneaota  at  $5  75; ) 
very  fancy  do..  Winter  Wneat  product,  lOO  bbis., 
at  $3 ;  piior  to  good  Extra  dtate,  $5  75®$6;  good  to 
choice  da  at  Sti®S6  30:  Citv  Mills  Extra,  shiu- 
piug  gradfs,  $5  90®$7,  nearly  all  Sii  West  ludiet,  on 
tbe  Oasis  of  SG  70  for  good  to  choice,  '(with 
up  to  £7  10  for  small  loti  01  ver.y  cW>ice.)  ana  quated 
at  $8®S8  00  tor  aoout  cooice  to  etrictly  fancy,  for 
tne  8auth  Amencao  trade,  and  quoted  uommally 
at  $5  90  asked  tor  brands  suittid  to  tbe  Ungliah 
trade,  (hios  lor  whlen  ruled  much  under  tbia  rate;) 
very  interior  to  good  ahippiug  Kxtra  Western. 
$0  75®$6:  good  to  choice  do.,  $6®S6  30; 
and  ether  gradea  within  our  previous  range.. ..In- 
cluded in  the  aales  have  been  l,55u  bbla. 
abipplng  Extras,  of  whicn  900  bbu.  City  Milla;  l.SiiO 
bbls.  Minnesota  clear  and  atraight  Extraa:  975 
bbla.  do.  Patent  da:  630  bbls.  Winter  Wheat 
Extras,  (lor  shipment:  theae  at  $7  25®$d ; )  650  bbla. 
ISnperfiueand  600  bbls.  No.  2  at  tbe  quoted  rates ... . 
Of  (toutbem   Flour,    70u   bbls.    sold,   lu   lots,   at  un- 

cbani;eil  rates;  market  dull Or  Rye  Plour,  40U  bbls. 

chiefiy  fair  to  choice  bUperdne  State  at  $4:  75®$9  10: 

market  easier Of  Coiu-meal,  450   bbla.,  in  lots,    at 

uualtered  rates;  markt-t  inactive.  And  of  Corn-meal, 
iu  baga.  2,300  bag^  within  our  previous  range.  ...Buck- 
wheat Flour  down  tu  $3  65®$4  for  ordinary  to  cboice 
V  100  to.,  and  duU. 

GRAIN — Wheat  was  quoted  somewhat  steadier,  and 
rather  more  sought  alter,  for  local  milling  purpoaes 
iiud  tor  export,  but  the  restricted  offerings  of  prime  to 
choice  sample  and  very  firm  views  by  noioers  checked 

operatioua Sales  were    repotted    today   ot    i^6,UU0 

bushels,  iuoluuiug  extra  cboice  ^  bite  Michigan, 
afioat.  tor  milling,  3,00U  bushels,  at  £1  63;  Na  3  Mil- 
waukee Spiiug,  in  store,  8.000  busbels,  reported,  as 
tor  export,  at  about  $1  37;  and  ungraued  Soriug  at 
$1  3U'a)Sl  33,  of  whicb  11.500  busbels  Chicago.  In 
score,'  lor  milling,  at  $1  33.. .'.Prime  No.  \i  :>Driog 
quoted  nominally  $1  43d>£l  44  lor  No.  2  Milwaukee, 
iifiuiit,  and    $1    4l'a)i>l    43  for   do.,    la  store,    and 

:i^l  4U®$1  42  for   No.  2  Chtca);o,  lu  store,  holders  .vet 

claiming    the    extreme    figures   10  euea    instance . 

Curu  has  been  fairly  active,  oat  at  a  reduction  of  i»c:  to 
Ic.  abusbel  00  new,  which  wjs  ofi'cred  freely.  Old 
unchanged,  lieaiiuga  mainly  in  new,  partly  for  ship- 
ment  Sales    hrtve    beeu    reported    siuce   our    last 

01  62,5011  bushels,  including  New-Yurii  No.  1  at 
OOc:  -New-York  steamer  Mixeu  at  5a ^c.® 59c..  chiefly 
at  68 <dC.,  closing  at  SS^bc;  New-York  steamer  Yeliow 
at  60c.;  iS'ew-York,  no  gmae.  at  68^a.'S)bS^a.,  mainiy 
:<t  oSiac;  new  crop  Mix.ed  Western,  car  lots,  at  oSa® 
59^20..  (of  which  8, 5i^0  busbels  stuamer  quality,  de- 
liverable within  a  week,  at  59  'ac  ; )  Yellow  Westeru  at 
6oc.®c)l'<2C.;  ungraded  sailing  vessel  Mixed  Westeru, 
(lid crop,  (nominal,!  at  59c.®02c;  prime  Ho.  2  Cbio^o, 
iu   store  and    afloat,   ouoted   at    60c.®(J2c.;     (wllh 

a   buai-load,   afiotit.   sold  at  62c.  for  home   use.) 

Uve  lu  less  request  at  rather  easier  rates;  State 
quoted  to-day  as  offering  at  bkic. ;  aalcs  reported  of 
tbree  car-loads o' No.  2  Weatern,  at  84c.®84'3a,   and 

two  car-loads  of  no  grade  at   80u.®S0';iC Ot  Barley 

sales  were  reported  of  l.Oml  bnsheis    Feed   siock,  at 

48c.'<z'49c.;  market  dull  and  heavy Buckwheat  and 

Barley-maJt  as  laat  quoted Canada  Peas,  in  boud,  m 

lair  demand  lortue  shipment;  quoted  at  91o.®y:iSc.  4^ 
bushel ;  sales  reported  of  7,500  uuabela  strictly  prime, 
at  92c.  4^  bushel. ..  Oats  have  been  quot'  d  higher,  in 
some  inbiances  fully  lo.  ^  uuithel,  aua,  lu 
exoeptiOBil  caass,  even  mere,  ou  a  UveUer  inq,uicy  for 
Bilppliea,  nioatly  from  local  Joboera,  though  in  pirt  for 

Mo.  2Cbicago,  in  store,  for  export Sales  reported  of 

46,000  bushels,  lucluding  White  Western  at  42c.® 
40c.,  as  to  quality,  (of  whicb  6,000  busbels  at  4oc.® 
4bc.) ;  V\hite  btate,  ordinary  tu  choice, 
witolu  the  rauge  of  62c.a)36c.,  from  track  and  afloat; 
Mixed  Weaiern  at  39c.®46u.,  as  10  quaUty  (of 
which  about  12,0()0  buabeia  at  43'3C.'345c.) ;  No.  2, 
Chicago,  very  choice,  in  store,    2.0tM)  bushels,  crop   of 

1875,  lepoited  as  tor  milling  purposes,  at  63c.,  (with 
average  do.,.ln  store,  quoted  at  4bc.  bid,  for  8nii>meu  t 
to  France:)  New-York  No.  2  White,  at  iO'ac:  New- 
York  No.  3  White,  6.26U  buabeia,  at  45o.:  New-York 
No.  1  at  53c.;  New- York  No.  3,4,600  busoels,  at  40^, 
but  quoted  at  tbe  close  at  41c.;  New-iork  Rejected  at 
39c..  aud  Mixed  Mate  at  6Uc.'a>54'9C.  for  poor  to 
choioe,  trom  track  and  afloat,  of  which  3.00U 
busbels    very    good    delivered    at    63*4C.  ^  bushel. 

Clover-seed      has       been     in     better       supply 

aud  leas  request,  especially  for  shipment,  nncwitb- 
BtinOing  tbo  very  fiivorablo  raugo  of  ocean  frelgbLs 
lor  tbe  Kng.ish  aud  ooutinental  ports.  Prices  bave 
been  quoted  weaker  throBgbout;  prime  Western 
quoted  at  15340.;  good  to  choice  iitatb  at  16^c.916S4C, 
bales  reporteu  srate  our  last  iu   small  lota  ot   NVesteru 

at  lo3.ic..  and  15u  bugs  .^tate  at  Iti^AO Tlmotby  was 

iuaciive  within  tbe  range  ut  $1  95®£2  10  fur  prime  to 
veiy  choice Otber  beeils  very%iuiet,  but  quoted  es- 
sentially about  as  beiure Kather  more  inquiry  has 

Ueeu  noted  for  Feud,  with  values  of  the  principal  kinds 

qui.ted  as  a  rule  flnu,  in  some   matanees  stronger 

We  quote  40-Itif  at  !i'19S4il9  50;  6U-ttl.  at  1^18  oOiaP 
$20  50;  100-t&.  at  $2U  00®:1I22  50:  Kyo  Feed  at  923 
®IE24  ;  ijharps  at  $'.22®£25,  the  latter  lor  very  choice. 

delivered ot     the     sales     was     a     car     load     of 

very  choice  White  Wheat   Bran,  40-tt>.,  at  $31 Bale 

Hay  lias  been  rather  more  sought  utter,  with  shlppiug 
qualities -quoted  withlu  the  range  of  70a®7da,  and 
retailing  qualities  ut  7,'>c®$l  00,  the  extreme  figure 
for  Cboice,  '^  luu  lb.:  Clover,  65o.  <t'7eaj  Halt  Hay,  oOe. 
®60c... .Straw baa  beeninm.>deratedeinaaa,  inomdlug 
Rye  atraw  within  tbe  rauge  of  6JC.®85c.;  Oat  66u. 
®7  Oa  V  100  a. 

0UNNYBAO8  AND  BAOQIXO— A  moderate  call 
noted  for  Bogging;  otherwise  dull....Uumesttc  Bag- 
ging i2Uotedatl2^c.'(^12>stc Native  Bag^ng  about 

3  lac. 

UBMP — Trade  has  been  rather  alow  at  abont  jirevtona 

quotationa Manila    Hemp    quoted   at  7''4C®8Ua. 

bisal  at  6^,  gold,  ^  IS.:  clean  Suutan,  $iiOO 
®$:^05,golu,  Vtou;  dresaed  American,  $l8o®$225;  un- 
dressed, CO..  $130,  carraucy ;  Italian,  $276®$280,  gold. 
^  t'ju;    Jute,  Ic^oHtc..    currencj ;    Jute  Butts,  S^sC 

®3i'4C.;  Western  Flax,  9c.W16c,  currency;  ISlr  to 
prime  North  River  Fiax,  14c.®17a;  fiuc  to  prime 
Cauada  do..   I5a®18c.   4P'    lb. 

HUPS — Have  been  quoted  weak,  on  a  very  moderate 
inquiry  from  all   aoui-ces New-York  State,  crop  of 

1876,  quoted  at  10c.«'2oc.  tor  ordinary  to  ohoioa,  with 
very  choice  to  lanuy  lota  qnoled  up  to  28u.'®30a; 
Eastern  new,  18c.®23o.:  new  vVlscoDsia  at  12c. 9170.; 
Yearlings,  10c®X5c.;  Oaatornia  or  1876  at  23c.-» 
2oc.:  Oregon,  '2ic®26c:  OMs,  all  growths,  4e.^ba 

LATHS,  LIMB,  AND  LDMBBR— Have  been  quoted 
about  steady,  on,  however,  a  reatrluted  movement. 

LhATHKR— A  moderately  active  inqtfiry  haa  been 
noted   lor   supply,    with  valnea    quoted    somewnat 

irregular  within  tne  previon.   range We  ^note  Sole 

tbos:  Hemlocic  Tanuage^Light..2oa9S6e.  loT  Buenos 
Ayres;  25c.® i6c.  for  Caliiorma.  and  24o;.®26c.  for 
common  Uiuo  product;  meUiuai,  26c.^28o.  tttt  Buenos 
Ayrea;  2t(c®27c.  for  California,  and  S6c®tf(Sc.  for 
common  Hide;  heavy,  'J6c.®28c.  lor  Buenos  Ayres; 
26c®27c.  for  California,  ana  SScBSSc  SbrematBoa 
Hide ;  good  damaged  stock,  22o.®24>90.:  ooor  da,  I80. 
®21af'fi)....ut«p  SiiMgbter  tbaa:  lagbt  Baeks.  S5a 
®37c.:  oiiddie  Backs.  ^Sa®40a;  Light  Crop.  S9C.9 
SOd  MUUUoOma.  SficSSBo.:  Ueavr  CieOk    SSaftSBa. 


5BI^ 


^..Tutas  tbvs!  Light,  $3«,984c.:  Middle  and  Ovsa 
Crop.S4«.'a3Be4  Bellimi,  iee.®17o.;  Roogb  Oaauoelt, 
87e.981ai  Bouh  Oak.  88o,9S2c.  9-  lb. 

aiOLA8bB8— The  inquiry  tor  Hew-Orl*ans  hat  l>eea 
raU>«r  note  aattafaatorv  at  from  47«.958e.  for  Kee4 
to  IHncy;  sales  200  bbls..  market  otherwise  dull; 
pheea  aovioailr  aa  last  qnoted.... stock  liere  esti- 
mated at  704  hhda.  Cnba,  358  bhds.  BngUA  Island, 
and  SjMO  bbla.  Maw-Ottaaas. 

DaYAL  8TuBSiMle«ta^  betn  beid  «oie  firmly, 
bat  has  been  quiet  oa  tnebMls  of  92  W9$i  26  foi 
oommon  to  good  8trftlaed.4rS801b....Tar  and  Pitct 

aa   lasSQOotad Npirits  "raipeDtine  baa  bean  !■  leai 

deauud,  witb  merehantabto,  for  janmpt  deUvery,  at 
the  close,  at  i4c.944  Jac  ^  gaUoo. 

PBTKOLEUlt-^'rode  baa  batn  inactive;  qnoted  af 

12c.,    in  balk,  asd  16>ac.  la  abtpplng  order R« 

fined  ooBttaues  in  alaek  aeqaest;  quoted  b.v  refinen 
at  26S4a,  and  ftom  second  naada  at  22e.,  In  smal 

lots,  for  early  delivery Beflned,  in  cases,  qnotea  h<. 

30c.®Sl\)e City  Naphtha qaoted  at  14e....At  Phil. 

adelphla  ana  Baltimore  heSited  Pstrolenm,  for  earl; 
delivery,  quoted  by  refiners  %t  26<''40..  aua  in  smaJ 
lots  trom  second  hands  at  22c. 

PR0ViaiOM$— Western  Mess  Pork  has  been  in  tair 
demand  far  early  delivery  at  eomewhat  firmer  ratei%. 

Sales  reported  of  200  obis,  ot  uninspected,  a  special 

braQd,*t«17  25;   lObhls.   da  at  816  S7>c.  aod  lOU 

bills.    Reftue  an  private  terms Other  kinds  quiet ; 

Extra  Prime,  inspected,  quoted  at  $13  50@$13  73; 
Western  Prime  Mess  at  $16:  60  bbls.  Western.  FamUr 
Mess  sold  at  *16  60,  and  34  bbls.  City  do.  at  S17.— 
Aud  for  forward  delivery,  here.  Western  Mess  inac- 
tive;   quoted  for  Febrtiary   at    tbe  close  nominal; 

March.   $16    76a$17:     Aoril.   $10    90®*17     15 

Uresa;.ed  Hogs  have  been  tu  rather  more  demand.  TvitU 
Western  quoted  at  7»4C.;  City  qaoted  at  T^^'BiS'^.-.i 

Cut-meats  hare  been  in  fair  request  ai  about  former 
rates — Sales  include  18,000  fli.  Piekled  Bellies,  iu 
bulk,  at  8i^®9»4C,  tbe  latter  for  light,  and  sundry 
small  iota  of  otlnr  City  bulk  within  our  previoaa 
rauze.  Alao  60  tcs.  Western  Pickled- Hams  at  10 -a*:- 
And      for       Chicago      delivery,      250      bxe.     diy- 

aalted     :)houlders    at    6c.      if    Xb Bacoa     held. 

rather    more    flrmlv,    but    quiet;      25      bxs.      City 

Long    Clear     on     private    terms Western    Steam 

J^ard  bai  been  moderately  active,  and  again  qaot^-d 
bighor.  for  early  delivery  t  demand  partly  lor  ship. 

menf Of  Weatem   Steaiu,  for   early   delivery   here, 

sAles  have  been  reported  of  549  tea.  prime  at  $11  25 
-aSSll  80,  closing  at  $11  36^$11  40:  btOtcs.  aa, 
for  shlpuient,  fur  which  a  February  contract  w^a 
exchanged:  and  lUO  tea.  off  grade  at  $10  60... .Also. 
1000  tcs.  Western  Steam  Lard,  at  Chicago,  at 
$10  90d»$10  95,  for  Blilpmeot  to  Liverpool,  vu 
Boston,  freight  reported  at  55c.  4?'  100  tt.... 
aud  for  fori*ard  delivery  oere.  Western  Steam  has 
been  more  active,  witli  values  again  ouoted  decidedly 

stronger Western  Steam,  for  February    quoted  ac 

tbe  close  at  $11  35;  Mari^h.  $11  42>a;  Apnl, 
SIl  6b:  May,  $11  60®$11  G2>3.... Hales  were  re- 
ported of  Western  8te.in>  to  the  extent  of  750  tea.,  foe 
rebruarv.  at  $11  30®$11  35;  9.500  tcs.,  March,  at 
$11  35^11  42>3;  and  6.000  tcs.,  April,  at  $11  45'<a» 
$11  65. ...City  titeam  and  Kettle  in  unusually  active 
demand;    quoted  at  tbe  close  up  to  Sil  I'i^-.    sales, 

6do  tcs.  at$H®$ll  12ia AudNo.  1  quoted  at  SiO  50 

®$11  62>a Refined  Lard  baa  been  lu  moderate  re- 
quest; quoted  for  tho  Continent,  for  early  delivery,  at 
$11  37 '•i,  and  lor  the  West  Indiea  at  $9  87^    Sales 

reported  of  lOU  tcs.  for  the  west  Indies,  at  $9  87^ 

Beef,  Beef  Hams,  Butter  and  Cheese  esijentially  unali 
tered.... Fresh  Kggsiu  niudetate  demand  and  quoted 

at  25c.®30c.  for  auout  good  to  very  ciioice Taiiow 

has  been  in  more  demand,  at  unchanged  rates Salea. 

110,000    Us.    very    good     to     choioe  at  8o.®a»4C 

Btearine  haa  been  falriy  active ;  choice  City  in  hhda. 
quoted  at  $11  25:  prime  Western  in  ,tcs.,  at 
$11  12'3;  sales,  100  tcs.  prime  Western,  to  ar- 
rive. at$H  12^11.  and  20  bhds.  do.,  here,  at  *lii  87^.... 
Domestic  Slue  has  been  firm,  and  in  fair  jobbing  de- 
mand  We  quo:;e  fair    to    strictly  cboice  Carolina, 

In   Job  lots,  at  $5   25®$7  ;  Lualsiana  tiCSi  25®$6  4^ 

lUO  ID Kast  lndi'\  Bice  baa  been  more  sought  after, 

with  Rangoon  qaoted  >.t  $3  25®$3  37 '•.3,  goid,  lo  boud; 
Patiiaat$7  12'9®$7  2j.  currency,  free,  and  in  boud 
at  $4®$4  I2»a.  gold.  ^l>'  100  Its. 

SKIN'^ — Uavo  been  moderately  dealt  lu  «t  gen- 
erally     BCea;ly      rates vVe      an:)ie     Deer     thus: 

Vera  Cruz,  82 'ac.;  OuatemaU.  7<6c.;  Pxra, 
32isc.®36c.;  Sisal,  aOp.:  Puerto  (^abello.  3Jo : 
Honduras,  32V»c.:  Central  America,  30c.®32'2C.  ^  ro. 
.  ..AodGonttlius:  Tampico.45c.®47'3e.;  ^atamoras, 
45c.®47»3C;  Vera  Cruz.  45c. ■a<47  Sjc,  goid;  Bueooi 
Ayres,  50c  'S52i<ia;  Payta,  47c.®5ac.:  Cnraoos,  S'^ 
lected,  55a®57 '<;C.;  Cape.  35c.;  Madras,  55c,®57V:.; 
P»tn«,40c.®42»ac. 

bUGAB.S— Raw  have  been  inqctive,  but  with  sales 
reported  of  800  hhds.  Ceotntui^al  at  lu^^c.  aud  150 
bhds.  Cuba  Miucovadn  at  ii^gu.  ^  fij.  Uehued  coo- 
linned  in  good  requeat  at  lull  previous  flsures..... 
llie  movemeatiiJn  Raw  Sugars  siuce  Fi.u.  1  liava  pcea 
summed  up  thus : 

Hhda.       Bxs.         Bigs.    Mulad.,. 
Stock,  FeX  1,  1877...  3,141      5.330      19,a67         802 

Receipts  Siuce i..  3,14ii      .715      11,.^!>2         195 

flaieaaiiicc 2..-.22      2,4i;8      14.219         132 

stock, Feb.  7,  1877...   3.759      3,(3-7       17.JM0  y^iS 

Stock.  Feo.  10, 1876.. 13,9 10     0,754      9a,936     1.74i 

WHISKY— Firmer  and  lu  better  demand:  sales.  150 
bbh.  at  il  07>3;  150  bbls.  ac  $1  U8.  cloam;;  with 
!Jjl  03^4  bid.  ana  SI  OS'u  asfcod. 

FitEltiU TS — .1  moderate  movement  was  reparted  in 
the  way  of  bertli  frei^jbta.  chiefly  iu  the  lije  of  con- 
tracts lor  Pruvisionj,  Apples.  Co^tou,  and  heary  goods, 
rates  on  which  claeaes  ot  cargo  layered  siiippcrs.  Graiu 
rates  on  ber:h  were  nominally  as  i'-isi  quoted,  bnt 
without  reported  buslueis.  Iu  etlie  caarturiug 
hue  there  was  nut  much  animstloa  appa- 
reut,  and  rates  varied  litile,  though  on  ton- 
nage for  Oi'ain  quoted  somewhat  stroot;er,  with  more 
calls  for  accommodatiou  fr«m  tha  Grain  iuturest.... 
For  Liverpool,  tua  ongagemonta  reported,  alncs  our 
last,  have  been,  by  steam,  550  hales  Cotio:i  st  i4d.  ^ 
lb.;  4,200  bbU.  Apples  aL  3s. a'3s.  Gd.  ^  bbl.;  a  amail 
lot  of  Uopa  at  V-  ^  th.;  VM  tous  Uii  Oake  at  16a.  6d.: 
270  tons  Provisious  at  3(18. '<rji5a.;  u  8m':ill  lot  of  Tai- 
iow at  25s.;  smali  lot  df  Leather  .it  50b.,  and  4iiO  baes 
Seed  at  30s.;  anil  130  tous  Mensuremeut  Goods,  pare 
at  Ids.  ^  ton.  And  by  steam,  from.  '  the  West,  (of 
through  freight)  lnj  tcs.  Lard,  via  Bostou,  »t  55c, 
(witb  room  via  Portland  reported  as  bfferad  kt  52iac. 
and  50c.  the  bi-st  bid  per  100  Qi.)  Also,  a 
British  ship,  850  tous,  witb  Cotton  firom 
Galvebton,  reported  ou  priva;e  teraia....For 
London,  oy  steam.  3.500  pks.  I'roviaims,-  iu  lOti. 
part  report;^  at  35s.  ^  ton  ;  15  U  tat.  Beet  at  5.S.  <^ 
tierce ;    200    toua    c'lovcr-seed  .  (pirt   reported    us    ui 

through' trelght.)   at    30a. '^    tou For  Glasgow,  by 

steam,  2.50J  piis.  Provisions,  in  lots,  reporieu  a:  3  s, 
®368.     ^     ton  ;      800     bbls.     Apob  a     ou     private 

terms For     Bristol,     by      sail,     120      tons      Tat 

low     at     25s.    ^      ton;      and.     250       tons     Slaiei 

ou     private    terms For     th^  Doited    KiagJotn, 

direct,  tonnage  for  Lumt>er  was  in  some  request,  loi 
Pensacola  loaaing,  Ou  tbe  basis  of  130s.,  at  wuicn  rate 

tha  latest  charier  contract  was   reported For  OoriC 

aud  orders,  tonnage  tor  Grain,  for  local  loaJlne.  was 
mure  soogbt  after,  and  quoted  hrmer,  leaving  oil 
at  6a.  3d.  tor  veasela  of  medium  siz?, 
named  aa  the  current  figures,  toongh  witi>- 
out  business  on  tbia  basis.  For  out  poit 
loading,  market  very  duU  and  quoted  uoml.-ially  aa  b(> 

fore For  Antwerp.by  steam,  a  small  lot  of  Kentucky 

Tobacco,   hhda.,  at    45s.;  bnd    12u  cases    Tobauuo    a% 

22s.    6(1 For   Bremeu,   by   sail,  some  demand   waa 

noted  tor  room  for   measurement   goods   withia  tue- 

range     of      20.®258,     Sf     ton For      Copeunageu, 

a  Norwegian  h^ti.  459  tout,  beucc,  Witt 
abont      3,U0U     quarters       i.oin,       at      Ds.       9d.     ^ 

quarter For  Revel,  a  German  bark.  462  tone,  wiia 

ijoiton,  lro«n  Savannah,  reported  at  13-32d.  •^Jb  ,(with 

optiou  ot  Cronataat.) tor  Uautau.la   or  Valeaci.i.  a 

ttr.tiah  bark,  553  tons,  nence.  with  Tobacco,  at  38a. 

9d For  Bio   Jaueiro,  an  American    brig,   458  tons, 

wiih  Lumber,    from  Bruoswioic,  at  $21 For  Cnbda 

ports,    a  b:irli:  and    brig,    with  Coal,  trooi  Baltimore, 

reported  at  $L  50®$i  ib^  ton For  a   Windward 

Island,  an  American  schooner,  183  tons,  hence,  with 
general  cargo,  at  $1,350...  For  'Petnanjbuco.  a  Bntisu 
•cbooner,  176  tons,  beoce,  wicu   cc:ner.U  cargo,  incluc 

ing  Flour,  on  private  terms For  ."^t.  John,  N.  iJ..  a 

British  schooner,  hence,  with  Coal,  reportiui  at  $2^ 

too For  Boston,  a  sciioauer,   with   Lumbar,  froia 

Pensacola,  reported  at  $9  oU. 


THE  STATE  OF  TRADE. 


Chicago.  Feb.  7,— Flour  In  light  demand,  biA 
holders  firm.  Wheat  in  good  demand  and  a  shade 
higher  -.So.  2  Chicago  Spring,  $1  29 14.  cash;  $1  29 ^^j, 
Marcb:  SI  3II4,  April;  ^o.  3  do..  $1  15Va>$l  IS"* 
Corn  dull  and  a  shade  lower;  47^0..  Cfsh;  46^c., 
M>iv.  Oats  iu  fair  demand  and  bigiier;  35342.  cash; 
36%o.,  AprIL  Rye  firmer  at  70c.  Ba.-iey  firmer  at  6l>c. 
PoriL  tairly  active  aud  a  shade  higher;  $16  25 
®$16  30,  cash;  $16  86,  March.  $16  65  ApriL 
LaT.$l  in  active  demand  and  higher;  $11  12'a. 
cash;  $11  171.2,  .March:  $11  27^2.  April. 
Bulk-meats  firmer:  Snoulders.  6c.;  Short  Kiba, 
8^40.;  Short  Clea»  Sides.  8''«c.  Dressed  Boss  firmer, 
but  cot  quiitaoly  hight'r  :  packing.  $7  20;  cboice  sbip- 
ping,  $7  25®.J7  30.  Whisky  uusettied ;  salea  at  $i  05 
®$1  06;  closed  at  $1  05.  Keceinis—Fionr,  9,500  bbla.; 
Wheat,  IC.OOu  bushels:  Corn.  72.01)0  busneis;  Oaia, 
17,000  buaneU;  Kye,  1.700  busbels:  Barley.  ir.,oi>0 
bushels.  SbipmentB— Flour.  a,Oi>0  bbla.;  Wheat.  17,- 
000  bushela:  Coru,  31.000  bushels:  Oata,  12,000  buso- 
els: Barley,  3,900  buslieis.  At  the  afternoon  call  of 
the  board  Wucat  higher:  $1  30'4S>$L  30^.  March: 
$1  3ia«.  AprlL  Com  flrmer;  4'J  Vjc,  March :  45  '3C.,  May. 
Oats  higher;  86>9C ,  M»rch.  Pork  higher:  $16  42i-j. 
March;  $10  62>a®$l6  65,  April.    Lard  unchanged. 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  7. — riour  buoyant;  Superfine 
Fall,  $5®$6  25:  Kxtra  da.  $5  50®$.)  75:  Double 
Kxtra  Do.,  $6®$6  60 :  Treble  Extra  do.,  $5  7o®$7. 
Wheat— No.  2  Red  Fall.  £1  48"j®«l  49  bid.  cosh; 
aaiea  at  $1  63^2.  March;  Ko.  3  do..  $1  4414,  caab: 
$1  48,  March.  Corn  inactive;  Na  2  MlxetL  38i4C.'9 
38<8a,  cash:  40'3O.,  March;  42 ^ac.  ApriL  Oatsiuac- 
tive;  Mo.  2,  35><2C.,  Cash  1  35>4C.  asked,  Feb- 
i-uary.  Rye  .  inaetive  at  67^30.  old.'  casa  anl 
February.  Barley  dull ;  So.  3  Spring.  35c.®4Uc. 
Whisk  V  quiet  at  $1  Oil.  Pork  firmer  at 
$16  76,  cash;  $16  7o®$16  80.  March;  $16  85;- 
ApriL  Lard  firmer  at  10^40.  asked,  cash;  lO^eC.  bid, 
March.  Bulk-meats  nominally  firm  at  6c.,  8^.,  ana 
8^40.  for  siionlders,  .Clear  Bib,  and  Clear  Sides ; 
nothing  dote.    Bacon  flrmer  at  7>it&,  $9  40®$9  30, 

and  $9  60<z>4>9  70  for  Ktioaldera,  Ulear  Rib.  and  \.:le&r 
Sides.  Live  Mogs— Light  packiag,  $5  25®$5  60; 
Bacon,  $5  60®$5  85;  Butchers,  $5  75®$u  10. 
Cattle  stead.v,  unchanged.  Receipts— 1,400  bbla  Flour, 
4,1)00  buahals  Wheat.  24,000  buehela  Com.  2.000 
buahela  Oats,  1,000  buabeia  Bye,  ll.OOO  boshela  Bar- 
ley. 2,300  head  Hogs,  2,000  head  Cattle. 

Buffalo  Feb.  7.— Receipt«i— Flour,  5.800  bbl«.j 
Wheat.  1V2.80O  bushels:  Corn,  25,200  bushels;  Uata. 
9,aU0  bnsheis  t  Barley,  1,200  bushels.  Ship. 
ments-iFlour,  4.160  bbls.;  Wheat,  I2.O0O 
bushels ;  C/orn,  23.20J  busbels;  Oati,  9.800  bushels: 
Barley,  1,200  bushels.  Markets  slow. .  Corn  in  lair  de- 
mand'; supply  light.  Oats  In  fair  inquiry  at  loWec 
prices.    F.oiu — Sales   90U   bbls.    at  uuchanged  prices. 

Wheat— Sales,  2,500  busbels  White  Micbigao,  on  track, 
at  $1  56®$1  60;  two  cars  Morth- western,  on  track, 
at  $1  42;  Oreen  Bay  Spring  nominally  at  SI  60. 
Corn — Sales,  25  cars  tew.  on  track,  at  52'9C.®53a 
Barley — sales.  %.U00  bushels  choioe  Canada  at  83a. 
ou  track.  Seeds  quiet.  Sales,  4iiO  busbeli  Timothy 
on  private  terms,  nominally  ouoted  at  $2®$2  20: 
medium  Clover,  at  $9  Sea^y  60;  large  do.,  at  $9  503 
$10.  Other  artiolea  unchanged.  Railroad  Freights 
unchanged. 

C1KCINXAH.  Feb.  7.— Flour  in  fair  demand  and  firm. 
Wheat  atrong;  Red,  $1  40®$1  60.  Com  quiet  at 
41a®43a  Oiata  in  fair  demand  and  firm  at  36c.® 
40a  Rye  oulet  at  80c.  Barley  dull  and  anchaugeJ. 
Pork  lu  Uent  demand,  bntbolden  firm  at  $i7.  Lard 
in  good  deouind;  Ktaam-reodered.  I^IO  70®410  75, 
0lo8iDgat$10  80  bid  apot;  salea  at  $11  12'a.  aeller 
April;  $11  27 'a  seller  Mar;  Kettle.  $11  26»$11  75. 
Bulk-meats  stronger;  tihouiders,  6^c.,  spot;  Q'ga, 
buyer  April;  Short  Ribs,  6'^W&\a.  8poL;S8UJ 
aelier  Haroh  ;  Short  Clear  Sides.  SV^^dc.  Bacon 
higher;  Sboaldera,  7>aa :  Clear  bibs  9340.;  Clear 
Sides.  10a  Whisky  steady,  vri  h  a  fair  demand  at 
91  Oo.  Butter  dull  and  unchanged.  Hogs  in  fait 
demand  and  firm:  oomnMO,  $5  XOStS  (M ;  tair  to 
iimA  light.  $5  7696  16;  pncUng,  $8  209$6  45 ; 
Catehsrs,  $0  609*6  75 ;  CM>eiptsri,740  bead ;  ship- 
ments, 166  head. 

BO8TOK,  Feb.  7. — 17*001— I>emand  steady;  prioea 
nnchasged:  fine  held  firm.  Salea  Ohio  and  Pennivl- 
vaniaat  40a960e.,  the  latter  for  XX  and  above; 
MtehigaacWlseoBsla.  and  Mew  Hampafalte  taoge  firam 
39a®42o.:  Comtting  and  Delaine  quiet  and  unchanged ; 
Polled,  lair  demand;  choioe  Ueld  firm.  CaUfbmia, 
falrdemaud;  Fall,  I6e.®20c.;  Spring,  26&®Ma 

WiLMUfGTOK.  N.  C,  Feb  7.— Spirits  of  Turpentine 
quiet  bnt  steady  at  41a  Strafned  Reatn  qoiec  and 
uominaL  erode  TarpeatliM  ateady;  Hard.  U  06s 
Yellow  Dip  and  Virgin,  $8  06.    Tar  steady  at  <!  60. 

pBOViDEircK.  Feb.  7.— Printrac  Clothe  remain 
firm  at  6^a.,  oaah,  for  beet  04x64  gtuda,  w*th  IMtt 
iranaaotioua  baoaose  of  srbaMfd  atoek*. 


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AMVSJBMMHTS  XlIS  SrSNINa 

WlLtACK-S  THKATRK.-A  Morsiiks  Ci^n-JfARSiXD 
A?*r^^-  !-«•*«»  WtOlaok.  Ml.  John  QUbert,  Miu 


^''"o '?n?<'^*'*"  THKATEB.— Thi  T>ai»ich«fm— Mr.  C. 
R.  Thorne.  Mr.  W.  R.  Floyd.  Ui«s  Kathenne  Rogew, 
MlM  Fanny  Morant. 

'Park  THBATRE.— OWR  BoAKonco  House— Mr.  Stoart 
Bobson.  Mr.  W.  H.  Crabe,  Mrs.  A.  K  Baker. 


FIFTH  AVESDE  THBATHB.— L«MOir»:     or.    Wrdiock 
FOR  Srtxji— Ur.  C.  F.  Coghiau,  Miss   F.  Davenport 

BOOTH'S     THISATRE.-P1FTH    AvjSiTUR-ilr.      George 
aiKnold.  JUlas  Maud  QraneeE. 


BROADWAY  THBATRB.-M:ARTojf,    Lb    Jolib    Boqur- 

TURK. 


HBIJ^EB'S    WONDBE    TGBATRE.-PRK3TiDiffiT*Tiox. 
MTjgic,  Aim  HoROR— Mr.  Robert  fleller,  mm  Heller. 


NIBLO'S    QARDBN.— Arocxb    thk    Worm  ur  Eiobtt 
Dati  (Npectacular)— Kiralfy  Brothers. 

EAGLE  THEATRE, -La  PbtitkMari«b  (Opera  Bonffe) 
MUe.  Marie  Almee. 


3LTMPIC  THEATHK.— The  Bto  Bosasxa. 


KBW.TOtK  AQUARIUM.-^'Urb  ajtd  Cttriods  Fish  jlxd 
AiAiacAUA,  STATUARr.  &a— Day  and  ereniaj;. 

METOOPOLITAN   MUSEUM   OF    ART.-EiHiBinow  oy 
AsciRKi  SxAxnART,  Paistinw.  to.    Day  oolT. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MINSTRELS.— Min»tbbut.      Fahcm 
and  NsoRo  Coricautibs 


CHICKERING  HALL.— Grand  rowcBRT- Mra.  Imoeene 
O.  Brown,  Mn.  Anna  B.  flillB,  Mr.  A.  Biaohoff,  Ur.  P. 
UemmortB. 


lATIONAL    ACADEMY    OF    DKSION.-RiHlBlTIosr    OF 
WATER  Colors.    Day  and  eremn;;. 


Af  AHEMT  OP  music-Grand  MasqdkraUk  '  Bail  of 
tae  German  Lieaerfcranz. 

'  NOTIOS. 
^e cannot  notice  anon nnoiu  ooramanications.  In 
tHcaaes  we  i-eqiiire  the  writer's  name  and  address,  not 
Vipnblicatton.  but  as'a  snarantee  of  good  faith. 
Werannot,  under  any  circumstances,  return  re)  ected 
eommnnicatlona.  uot  cam  wo  uudertiiko  to  prosorvo 
Riauuscrints. 


People  who  think  that  the ."  Compromise 
bill"  was  the  introduction  to  an  era  of 
good  feeling  may  profitably  study  during 
the  next  few  days  the  comments  of 
the  Democratic  press  on  the  Florida 
decision.  Backed  by  the  authority  of 
Judges  Clifford  and  FiKLr>— the  latter  of 
whom  is  said  to  have  exhibited  the  most 
bitter  partisanship  in  the  consultations  of 
the  Commission—  Democratic  newspapers 
will  doubtless  be  prepared  to  denounce 
it  as  bad  in  law  and  outrageous 
in  "equity,  and  the  personal  imputations 
which  have  hitherto  been  mainly  cast  on 
Rfjjpublican  Senators  and  Representatives 
"W  ill  be  freely  extended  to  Judges  Strong, 
7j1iixjer,  and  Bradley.  All  this  wiU,  of 
course,  greatly  tend  to  strengthen  the  moral 
and  judicial  force,  of  that  great  constitu- 
tional bulwark — the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States. 


Representative  Maish,  of  Pennsylvania, 
Introduced  in  the  House  yesterday  a  con- 
Btitutional  amendment  embodying  a  rather 
cumbrous  but  ingenious  plan  for  divid- 
ing the.'  mass  vote  of  a  State  for 
President  by  the  .sumber  of  Electoral 
votes  possessed  by  the  State,  and 
crediting  to  each  candidate  his  share 
of  the  Electoral  votes  of  such  State  obtained 
on  the  basis  of  the  Electoral  average 
reached  by  the  division  of  the  mass  vote. 
For  example,  let  the  mass  vote  of  New- 
York  be  1.000,006;  this  divided  by  33 
would,  in  round  numbers,  give  30,000 
as  the,  Electoral  average.  The  Hayes 
vote  divided  by  this  average  would 
have  .  "shown  16  Electoral  votes  for 
the  Republican  candidate,  and  the  Tilden 
vote  80  divided  would  have  given  the  re- 
maining  17  votes  to  the  Democrats.  The 
pl*-n  has  at  least  the  merit  of  insuring  a 
c?  rtain  recognition  to  minorities,  though  a 
Probably  more  effective  provision  for  this 
'end,  and  one  not  requiring  a  constitutioaal 
amendment  to  carry  it  into  effect,  is 
that  proposed  in  the  Assembly  yesterday 
by  Mr.  Hepburn,  of  St.  Lawrence.  This 
is  simply  the  plan  of  choosing  two  Presi- 
dential Electors  at  large,  and  one  from  each 
Congressional  district  in  a  State,  which 
has  been  favorably  received  by  a  good 
many  of  those  who  have  reflected  to  most 
poxpose  on' this  knotty  problem. 


The  Detroit  Iribune  has  found  a  pocket 
tlictionary  vrhieh  supplies  a  key  to  the  cel- 
ebrated "Gobble"  dispatch  received  by  Mr. 
TiLDKN  on  Dec.  1,  from  Portland,  Orescon. 
Tbe'dispatch  has  been  deciphered  in  a  way 
whoso  accuracy  does  not  adnut  of  a  doubt, 
and, the  key  fails  only  to  explain  the  si£;na- 

ture.  The  context  leaves  no  doubt,  however, 
tUat  Gobble  is  merely  another  and  very  fit- 
tiagname  forQROVBB.  The  Governor  of  Ore- 
gon informs  Tilden  five  days  before 
He    gave    his    decision     that     he    Will    de- 

jide    every  point    in   the    case   of  Post 

D£Sce  Elector  in  favor  of  the  highest 
Democratic  Elector,  (Cronin,)  and  that 
the  certificate  wiU  be  granted  accordingly. 
The  Tribune  has  also  discovered  that  where 
the  word  "medicine"  is  used  in  Patrick's 
dispatch,  it  should  be  translated  "  money," 
and  it .  may  reasonably  be  inferred  that 
'*  Gobble  "  was  a  person  who  conld  take  in  a 
good  deal  of  medicine.  In  this  case  it  seems 
to  have  been  prescribed  for  what  the  physi- 
cians call  its  "alterative"  qualities. 


The  Assembly  Committee  on  Cities  apr 
pears  to  be  overburdened  with  work,  and 
its  energies,  unfortunately,  seem  to  be  par- 
alyzed by  the  mass  of  bills  before  it.  As 
the  members  of  this  committee  were  selected 
for  their  presumed  honesty  and  abUity  to 
deal  with  municipal  qnestions,  it 
is  to  be  hoped  that  they  will 
shortly  be  able  to  give  some  evidence  of 
botlk  Its  Chairman,  Mr.  Fish,  is  a  young 
maa  of  considerable  promise,  and  if  he  ex- 
pects to  have  any  political  future,  he  will 
nerver  have  a  better  opportunity  than  the 
pi-esent  to  earn  public  confidence.  Action  on 
B.  good  many  of  the  bills  recently  introduced 
'with  the  view  of  reforming  local  adminis- 
tration would  be  rendered  unnecessary  were 
the  comprehensive  measure  introduced  by 
him  a  few  weeks  ago  reported  to  the  House. 
In  spite  of  the  omission  of  seme  of  its 
best  feature,  apparently  at  the  dictation  of 
the  Police  Commissioners,  it  retained  a 
good  mamy  highly  desirable  provisions,  and 
there  is  no  good  reason  why  it  should  not 
be  at  oitce  acted  on.  The  prompt  report  of 
tifae  Senate  Coounittee  on  Mr.  Woo  din's 
bur  hills  in  regard  to  the  Begister,  County 
ulerk,  Coroners,  and  Commissioner  of 
Tttrors,  is  a  pledge  that  Mr.  Woodin^b  oom- 
nttttee  will  hot  fall  behind  its  excellent 
CMord  of  last  session. 


Though  the  convirltJl  "CIpInt."  Whbblxr 
And  hu  oolleagoes  on  the  Police  Beard  are 
'Ondited  with  azanaiaiiur  *   MnnatrhAt  d^n* 


gerous  influence  over  the  Assembly  Commit- 
tee on  Cities,  we  trust  that  very  little  pro- 
test will  be  needed  to  defeat  any  favorable 
action  on  the  numerous  hills  intro- 
duced for  the  purpose  of  enl&rgiHg  the 
powers  of  that  incompetent  and  grasping 
,  department  of  the  City  Government.  The 
bill  transferring  the  night-soil  and  offal 
conta^ct  from  the  control  of  the  Board  of 
Health  to  the  Police  Board  is  a  transparent 
job,  apparently  in  the  interest  of  Gen. 
Smith's  friend  and  business  associate,  Capt. 
Samuels.  The  bill  to  merge  the  Health  De- 
partment into  that  of  the  Police,  and  another, 
introduced  yesterday,  to  add  the  duties  of 
the  Excise  Board  to  those  of  the  political 
tricksters  who  are  scheming  to  monopolize 
half  the  powers  of  the  City  Government,  are 
measures  which  should  be  quietly  buried  in 
committee.  Still  another  bill,  designed  to 
protect  the  Police  Board  against  the  ser- 
vice of  injunctions,  and  thus  to  allow 
them  to  commit  lawless  acts  without 
interference,  is  a  very  impudent  attempt  to 
clntch  arbitrary  powers  from  their  desire 
for  more  work,  it  is  evident  that  the  Police 
Commissioners  have  too  little  to  do — a  fact 
which  the  frequent  absence  of  one  or  other- 
of  {he  board  from  his  duties  seems  to  con- 
firm. Ihis  cau  readily  be  cured  by  abol- 
ishing the  sinecure  offices  possessed  by  two 
or  three  of  the  Commissioners. 


An  ofBcial  statement  f^m  the  Turkish 
Government  gives  as  the  reason  of  Midhat 
Pasha's  abrupt  dismissal,  his  exercise  of 
absolute  power.  In  other  words,  he  was 
convicted  of  exercising  powers  which  the 
new  Constitution  denies  even  to  the  Sul- 
tan. If  this  were  the  exact  truth,  it 
would  indeed  be  odd  that  the  author 
of  the  paper  Constitution  should  fall  the 
first  victim  to  its  operations.  The  real 
accusation  against  Midhat  undoubtedly  is 
concealed  in  this  guarded  note.  He  has 
made  himself  obnoxious  to  the  party  about 
the  Sultan  by  his  immense  energy 
and  activity.  An  intrigue  for  his  re- 
moval was  begun  as  long  ago  as  the 
early  part  of  January,  when  English  •cor- 
respondents at  Constantinople  referred  to  it 
as  a  matter  o^  turrent  gossip.  The  report 
that  Midhat  was  engaged  in  a  conspiracy 
seems  to  be  doubted  by  well-informed 
authorities.  But  all  agree  that  the  change 
is  one  of  men,  rather  than   of  measures. 


As  the  National  Capitol  Life  Insurance 
Company  has  no  assets  save  those  derived 
from  a  broken-down  New-Haven  company, 
and  no  prospect  of  business  beyond  that 
which  is  contingent  upon  the  bargain  with 
the  New-Jersey  Mutual,  the  Senate  bill  to 
repeal  the  act  under  which  it  maiatains  a 
nominal  existence  is  not  open  to  the  objec- 
tion that  it  interferes  with  vested  interests. 
The  incorporation  of  the  concern  was 
a  mistake  in  the  first  instance,  and  the 
results  that  have  followed  should  pre- 
vent compliance  with  a  proposal  now  before 
Congress  for  the  creation  of  another  "  na- 
tional" life  insurance  company.  A  charter 
granted  by  the  Federal  Government  enables 
its  possessors  to  acquire  business  without 
the  restraints  to  which  companies  formed, 
say,  under  the  laws  of  this  State  are  sub- 
ject. It  is,  therefore,  a  license  to  prey  upon 
the  ignorance  or  credulity  of  per- 
sons who  attach  undue  importance  to 
a  national  charter,  and  it  may  be 
used,  a«  we  have  recently  seen,  for  the  most 
unworthy  purposes.  The  President  of  the 
New-Jersey  Mutual  has,  indeed,  committed 
himself  to  the  opinion  that  State  supervi- 
sion is  an  inconvenient  thing — for 
bankrupt  companies ;  that  the  Federal 
Government  alone  should  have  cog- 
nizance of  life  insurance  mat- 
ters. From  his  point  of  view,  he  is  proba-, 
bly  right.  The  New- Jersey  Mutual  might 
have  gone  on  some  time  longer,  squandering 
the  assets  of  its  policy-holders  and  helping 
companies  like  the  Continental  to  victimize 
their  members,  had  there  been  no  check 
more  efficient  than  an  officer  of  the  National 
Treasury  would  have  been  likely  to  enforce.  ■ 
Instead  of-  granting  more  charters,  it  is  to 
be  hoped  that  Congress  will  extinguish  the 
National  Capitol,  and  thereafter  leave  life 
insurance  whollv  to  the  States. 


THE  COMMISSION'S  FIRST  DECISION. 
The  Electoral  Commission  decided  yes- 
terday to  take  notice  of  no  evidence  in  the 
case  of  Florida  except  the  certificates  sent 
in  from  the  two  houses,  and  such  extraneous 
evidence  as' may  be  submitted  touching  the 
eligibility  of  Humphreys,  one  of  the  Hayes 
Electors.    The  decision  was  supported  by 

the  three  Republican  Senat»T8,  the  tw^o 
Bepublican  Eepresentatives,  and  Justices 
Strong,  Miller,  and  Bradley.  It  was 
opposed  by  the  Democratic  Senators  and 
Eepresentives  and  by  Justices  Clifford 
and  Field. 

The  effect  of  this  decisioa  is  simple,  but 
important.  It  coafines  the  attention  'of 
the  Commission  to  the  certificates,  which 
are  three  in  number.  "Certificate"  is  a 
technical  term  used  in  the  Constitution  to 
indicate  the  package  sent  to  the  President 
of  the  Senate,  and  purporting  to  contain  the 
vote  of  a  State  for  President  and  Vice 
President.  In  the  present  instance,  there 
were  three  such  packages.  One  con- 
tained th^  vote  of  the  Electors 
who  were  declared  elected  by 
the  Board  of  St^te  Canvassers,  who  held 
commissions  as  Electors  issued  by  the  Gov- 
ernor in  accordance  with  the  declaration  of 
the  State  Canvassers,  and  who  also  forward- 
ed with  their  '  vote,  the  certificate  of 
the  Governor,  required  by  the  Fed- 
eral statute,  stating  the  names  of 
the  Electors.  The  second  "  certifi- 
cate" or  package,  contained  a  state- 
ment of  votes  cast  urn  the  6th  of  December 
for  Tilden  hy  a  body  of  men  claiming  to 
be  the  Electors  of  the  Stace,  and  sustaining 
their  claim  by  the  proceedings  of  a  Circuit 
Court  of  the  State,  copies  of  which  were  in- 
closed. The  third  "  certificate,"  or  package, 
contained  a  statement  of  the  same  votes 
cast  hy  the  same  body  of  men,  with 
a  certificate  made  out  in  January, 
by  a  pew  Governor,  to  the  effect  that  by  an 
act  of  the  Legislature  approved  Jan.  27,  a 
new  canvass  of  the  votes  in  the  Presidential 
Eleotion  had  been  made,  and.  that  its  re- 
sult was  to  give  the  office  ot  Electors  to  the 
Men  who  had  oast  the ''  alleged  Electoral 
votes  jn  Deeember  for  Tilden.  These  va- 
rious papers,  so  far  as  the  vote  of  the  State 
is  concerned,  constitute  all  which  the  Coiq- 
misaion  consents  to  consider. 

Some  light  is  thrown  on  the  disposition 
of  the  case '  likely  to  be  made  after  consid'- 
•TBtiwB  of  the  pavera.  lav  tlia  anraineBta  on 


which  all  other  evideace  was  excluded. 
The  Detnoorats  asked  the  Commission  to  go 
into  an  Investigation  of  the  acts  of  the 
State  Board  of  Canvass  and  of  the  facts  on 
which  they  were  hased^  They  asked  the 
Commission  to  inquire  whether  the  board 
had  exceeded  its  powers,  and  whether  it 
had  used  them  erroneously.  These  things 
the  Commission  declines  to  do.  The  Demo- 
crats produced  certain  proceedings  in 
the  Florida  courts  and  certain  acts  of 
the  Florida  Legislature,  based  on  the 
alleged  error  and  abuse  committed  by 
the  Board  of  Canvaeers,  and  intended  to 
remedy  such  error  and  abuse.  The  Com- 
mission having  refused  to  enter  upon  an 
inquiry  into  the  conduct  of  the  board,  will 
not  probably  give  any  weight  to  legal  or 
legislative  proceedings  relating  to  that  con- 
duct. The  only  thing  which  remains  for 
the  Commission  to  decide  is  which  "cer- 
tificate "  contained  the  votes  of  those  Elec- 
tors whom  the  State  of  Florida  appointed, 
and  on  the  face  of  the  contents  of  the  cer- 
tificates there  is  hardly  room  for  any  doubt 
as  to  what  tbe  decision  will  be. 

Concerning  the  eligibility  of  Mr.  Hum- 
phreys, it  IS  on  record  that  at  the  meeting 
of  the  Florida  Electors  Humphreys,  who 
had  been  a  United  States  Shipping  Com- 
missioner, testified,  under  oath,  that  he  had 
resigned  his  office  previous  to  election  ; 
that  his  resignation  had  been  accepted  by  the 
Judge  to  whom  ho  was  required  to  send  it ; 
that  the  letter  of  the  Judge,  notifying  him 
of  its  acceptance,  had  been  received 
a  week  or  ten  days  before  the  election  ; 
that  another  person  had  been  directed  to 
perform  the  duties  of  the  office,  and  had,  in 
fact,  performed  them  since  before' the  elec- 
tion. These  statements  are  now  fully  con- 
firmed by  documentary  evidence.  "We 
know  of  no  evidence  capable  of  overturning 
this  ;  and  the  decision  of  the  Commission 
to  consider  this  point  does  not  seem  of  any 
essential  importance  in  the  Florida  case. 
Of  its  force  as  a  precedent  it  is  too  soon  to 
judge. 

Finally,  in  regard  to  the  decision  just  ren- 
dered, it  is  to  fie  remarked  that  it  appears 
to  exclude  the  evidence  taken  by  Cougress- 
sional  Committees,  a  large  amount  of  which 
the  Democrats  sought  to  introduce  by  the 
device  of  citing  it  in  their  objection  and  at- 
taching it  to  that  document.  It  is  probable 
that  the  Commission,  refusing*  to  consider 
such  evidence  in  the  case  of  Florida,  wiU  do 
the  same  with  reference  to  Louisiana  and 
South  Carolina.  It  will  not,  however,  be 
bound  to  decline  the  consideration  of  evi- 
dence taken  by  committee  in  the  Oregon 
matter. 

It  will  be  quite  natural  that  Bepublicans 
should  receive  with  gratification  this,  tbe 
first  decision  of  the  Commission,  so  clearly 
sustaining  the  view  of  the  law,  of  the  rights 
of  States,  and  of  the  powers  of  Congress, 
which  Republicans  generally  have  adopted. 
But  we  venture  to  point  out,  with  the  mote 
emphasis  because  the  decision  has  been  in 
favor  of  the  Bepublican  view,  that  at  the 
very  outset  of  its  career,  on  the  first 
essential  question  submitted  to  it,  the 
Commission  has  confirmed  the  main  argu- 
ments which  we  repeatedly  urged  against 
the  bill  creating  i{.  It  has  decided  a  purely 
legal  questidn  by  what,  with  all  respect, 
must  be  called  a  strict  party  vote,  and  that 
decision  was  practically  made  by  the  vote 
of  the  odd  Judge.  The  act  will  be  gener- 
ally accepted  as  a  partisan  act.  The  attacks 
which  we  anticipated  upon  the  character  of 
the  Supreme  Court  Justices,  to  instances  of 
which  we  have  already  called  attention,  will 
be  made.  The  intense  bitterness  ex- 
cited by  partisan  disappointment  will  be 
turned  inevitably  upon  the  Judges  who 
have  taken  part  in  tbe  decision.  The  pas- 
sions, the  prejudices,  the  animosities  of  that 
party  which  is  notorionsly  the  most  violent 
and  undisciplined,  will  be  directed  toward 
a4>ortioa  of  the  Supreme  Court.  The  pre- 
sumption raised  by  the  Compromise  bill 
itself,  that  the  members  of  that  court  can 
be  relied  on  to  carry  their  political  predilec- 
tions into  the  most  solemn  and  momentous 
duties  will  be  strengthened,  and  thousands 
of  heated  partisans  will  be  eager  to  spsead 
it.  While  the  first  substantial  act-  of  the 
Commission  tends  to  advance  the  cause 
which  we  believe  to  be  just,  we  cannot 
omit  to  direct  attention  to  the  support 
which  it  gives  to  the  objections  to  tbe 
whole  compromise  scheme. 

We  may  add,  however,  that  w^e  are  not 
without  sympathy  for  the  Democratic  apolo- 
gists for  the  scheme  at  this  juncture.  They 
refused  to  believe  that  the  Commission 
could  divide  on  a  party  line.  Such  a  sug- 
gestion shocked  them,  and  because  they 
would  not  entertain  it,  they  scouted  the 
idea  that  the  net  result  of  the  law  was  to 
turn  the  question  over  to  a  single  Judge. 
Yet  the  first  decision  of  the  Commission 
brings  them  to  grief.  They  had  erected  a 
fanciful  structure,  which  they  chose  to  re- 
gard as  the  real  Commission.  It  was  to  con- 
sist of  men  whose  minds  were  wholly  just 
and  impartial,  and  who  would  decide  the 

points  that   had   been  dividing  the  country 

tor  months  as  if  they  had  never  before  heard 
of  them.  At  the  first  touch  this  ideal  struc- 
ture tumbles  like  a  house  of  cards.  Not  one 
Democratic  Senator,  not  even  one  Democratic 
Justice,  on  a  question  as  purely  legal  as 
can  possibly  come  before  the  Commission, 
after  patient  and  lucid  and  powerful  argu- 
ment, could  be  found  impartial  enough  to 
sustain  the  decision  which  was  finally 
reached.  If  it  turns  out  at  the  end  that  our 
Democratic  friends  lie  in  an  uncomfortable 
bed,  we  shall  give  them  our  commiseration  ; 
but  they  must  remember  that  they  made  it 
for  themselves. 


MONOPOLY  OK  MANAGEMENT? 
Yesterday's  proceedings  of  the  stock- 
holders of  the  New-Jersey  Central  Railroad 
are  suggestive  as  regards  both  the  blunders 
of  its  past  management,  and  the  blunder  on 
which  it  relies  for  the  recovery  of  prosper- 
ity. The  remarks  of  Mr.  Knioht,  the  new 
President,  respecting  the  sources  of  the  com- 
pany's difficulties  are  superficial  and  incon- 
clusive. He  adverts  to  one  capital  mistake, 
and  one  only — the  payment  of  dividends  in 
excess  of  the  rate  which  prudence  would 
have  dictated.  The  stock  of  the  company 
now  amounts,  at  par,  to  $20,525,000,  and  the 
dividends  declared  since  1866 amount  in  the 
aggregate  to  $14,424,000.  "  These  were  too 
large,"  Mr.  Knight  declares,  and  he  pro- 
ceeds to  show  that  a  laige  reservei  might 
have  been  accumulated  had  lower  rcjxa  of 
dividend  been  suhstitnted  for  the  high  rates 
that  were  paid.      This    is   obvious  enough, 

60  for  as  it  goes,  a^d  it  is  a  very  serioas  re- 
flection aoon  the  aaicacitT  of  former  mana- 


gers. The  question  arises,  however,  wheth- 
er excessive  dividends  were  not  an  essen- 
tial part  of  the  i>olicy  which  carried  the 
company  up  to  the  point  it  once  attained. 
It  was  managed  on  the  balloon  principle.  It 
was  all  the  time  enlarging  its  operations 
and  liabilities,  and  issuing  bonds  to  meet 
them.  It  bought  ooal  lands  at  extrava- 
gant prices.  It  assumed  the  debts 
of  other  companies.  Its  whole  policy  ap- 
peared to  he  predicated  on  the  supposition 
that  there  were  no  limits  to  its  growth. 
The  sales  of-  bonds  were  therefore  a  fre- 
quently recurring  necessitv,  and  the  ability 
to  float  them  depended  upon  the  company's 
standing  iii  the  stock  market  The  price  of 
the  stock  formed  the  readiest  cri- 
terion of  the  company's  credit, 
and  nothing  was  more  likely  to  enhance 
the  former  than  the  regular  pay- 
ment of  heavy  dividends.  In  this  way  the 
company  acquired  for  its  stock  and  bonds 
general  recognition  as  investment  securi- 
ties. 

The  whole  system  was  a  vicious  one.- 
Each  bad  featuie  reacted  upon  others.  The 
ease  with  which  the  company  obtained  all, 
the  money  it  wanted  at  once  stimulated 
and  enabled  the  Directors  to  carry  out  plans 
which  a  thrifty  management  would  not 
have  entertained.  The  true  condition  of 
the  company  was  concealed.  The  stock- 
holders and  the  public,  deluded  by  factitious 
ideas  of  prosperity  which  large  dividends 
conveyed,  accepted  every  statement  as 
gospel.  There  was  an  unwholesome 
tendency  to  expansion  on  one  side — a  blind 
credulity  on  the  other.  "Wo  understand 
Mr.  Knight's  motives  in  passing  over  all 
save  one  of  the  weak  points  in  the  com- 
pany's history;  but  there  will  be  no  endur- 
ing reform  in  railroad  management  until 
the  various  causes  of  the  collapse  of  a  great 
enterprise  are  frankly  .stated  and  plainly 
condemned.  It  is  idle  to  single  out  a  pal- 
pable mistake  and  to  pass  in  silence  the 
manifold  evils  of  which  it  was,  in  turn,  the 
cause  and  the  consequence. 

Still  more  unsatisfactory  is  the  method 
mainly  relied  upon  by  Mr.  Knioht  for  the 
extrication  of  the  company  from  its  embar- 
rassments. His  inculcation  of  rigid  econ- 
omy in  every  branch  of  its  affairs  none  will 
gainsay.  Provided  only  that  the  efficiency 
of  the  road  be  not  impaired,  he  can  hardly 
go  too  far  in  this  direction.  The  misfortune 
is  that  the  injudicious  policy  of  the  past 
has  fastened  upon  tbe  company  burdens 
which  it  cauDot  shako  ofif.  The  ground 
upon  which  the  shareholders  are  besought 
to  take  the  three  million  loan  is  evidence  of 
the  existence  of  a  crisis  which  no  talk  about 
earnings  can  explain  away.  In  this  dilem- 
ma Mr.  Knight  holds  out  a  hope  of  an 
arrangement  with  other  coal  companies 
whereby  the  public  may  be  made  to  lift  the 
companies  out  of  the  difficulties  into  which 
their  own  bad  management  has  plunged 
them.  "  It  was  almost  certain,"  Mr.  Knight 
is  reported  to  have  said,  "  that  a  new  coal 
combination  would  be  organized  within  a 
week,  and  with  it  would  come  an  advance 
in  the  price  of  coal,  which  would  put  the 
company  once  more  on  a  sound  financial 
basis."  If  the  companies  concerned  are 
willing  te  forieit  all  that  remains  of  their 
title  to  outside  sympathy,  they  will  join 
Mr.  Knight  in  an  attempt  to  re- 
establish the  odious  coal  monopoly.  We 
scarcely  think  that  the  Delaware  and 
Lackawanaa  and  the  Delaware  and  ^udson 
will  encumber  themselves  with  bargains 
that  would  ultimately  lead  to  fresh  disas- 
ter, for  the  sake  of  the  New-Jersey  Central 
and  the  Reading  corporations.  Let  every 
tub  stand  on  its  own  bottom. 

Undoubtedly,  the  sources  of  trouble  in  all 
these  companies  are  substantially  identical. 
They  have  assumed  too  much  and  guaran- 
teed too  much.  They  have  attempted  to 
blend  interests  that  should  be  kept  separ- 
ate. Their  positions,  however,  are  widely 
different,  and  for  this  reason  it  is  not  easy 
to  suppose  that  companies  which  by  com- 
parison are  strong  will  consent  to  the  re- 
vival of  a  monopoly  for  the  accommoda- 
tion of  the  New-Jersey  Central  and  the 
Reading  roads.  The  proposition  is  not 
made  more  acceptable  by  the  coolness  with 
which  Mr.  E[NiaHT  assumes  that  it  is  fair  to 
double  the  present  price  of  coal  to  the  con- 
sumers in  order  that  a  company  which 
long-continued  errors  have  brought  to 
the  verge  of  ruin  may  be  placed 
"  once  more  on  a  sound  financial  basis." 
He  forgets  that  the  public  have  seme  rights 
in  the  premises,  and  that  in  the  prevailing 
condition  of  industry  and  trade  thev  are 
in  no  mood  to  pay  tribute  to  tbe  policy  of 

railroad  inflation.  The  remedy  for  that  lies, 
not  in  enhancing  the  cost  of  •production 
and  swelling  the  expenses  of  living  by 
artificially  forcing  up  the  price  of 
coal,  but  in  reorganizing  the  em- 
barrassed companies  and  adapting 
their  management  to  their  actual  circum- 
stances. "Robbing  Peter  to  pay  Paul" 
may  be  a  possible  process  when  the  com- 
munity is  lulled  into  indifference  by  great 

prosperity.  It  would  not  be  a  safe  experi- 
ment just  now.  And  it  will  certainly  not 
be  rendered  less  objectionable  by  the  fact 
that  it  is  intended  to  transfer  to  the  shoul- 
ders of  the'  public  losses  and  liabilities 
whose  existence  is  traeeablrf  to  a  reckless 
management  of  corporate  affairs. 


PARLIAMENT  AND  TBE  ENGLISH 
GOVERNMENT. 
It  is  not  improbable  tftat  the  session  of 
the  English  Parliament  which  commences 
to-day  wilLend  with  the  resignation  of  the 
present  Government  or  a  dissolution  for  the 
purpose  of  an  appeal  to  the  country  in  tbe 
shape  of  a  general  election.  The  blun- 
ders of  the  Government  since  the  pro- 
rogation of  Parliament  last  August  have 
been  many  and  grievous,  and  it  will  re- 
quire all  the  ingenuity  of  Earl  Derby 
and  Lord  Beaconsfield  to  satisfy  the 
country  that  the  honor  and  the  interests  of 
the  Kingdom  have  been  saved  from  injury 
at  their  hands.  If  the  AduUamites  would 
now  all  come  out  of  their  caves  and  agree 
to  act  together — it  the  various  wings  of  the 
Liberal,  Radical,  and  Home  Rule  Parties 
were  to  unite  in  support  of  a  vote  of  cen- 
sure upon  the  Administration — the  Govern- 
ment would  find  it  difficult  to  maintain  its 
ground.  The  actian  of  the  Administration  in 
the  affairs  of  Turkey  has  reflected  no  credit 
upon  the  Foreign  Office.  Lord  Salisbury, 
as  the  representative  of  England  at  the. 
conference,  has  accomplished  neither  one 
thing  nor  the  other.  He  has  not  constrained 
the  Snltan  to  accept  the  reforms  demanded 

by  tbe  powers  represented  at  the  confer- 
ence, nor  has  he  supiraxted  Toxkev  in  bar 


not  wholly  unreasonable  request  to  be  left 
alone  to  manage  her  own  affairs  in  her  own 
way.  The  majority  of  Englishmen  .who 
care  anything  at  all  about  tha  matter  prob- 
ably wish  that  Turkey  should  he  compelled 
to  hereafter  protect  her  Christian  subjects 
in  al)  their  rights,  but  that  she 
should  not  he  driven  to  fight  for  her  exist- 
enca.  At  present,  so  far  as  England  is  con- 
cemed«  Turkey  is  left  to  stand  alone,  and 
the  conflict  between  her  and  Russia  is  ad- 
journed only  until  the  latter  power  is  ready 
to  begin  the  fight.  The  instructions  given 
by  the  English  Foreign  OfiSbe  to  Lord 
Salisbury,  and  the  manner  in  which  he 
obeyed  these  orders,  will  form  a  legitimate 
subject  of  inquiry  at  the  approaching' 
session  of  Parliament,  and  it  will 
not  be  surprising  if  the  result  of 
the  investigation  should  prove  dis- 
advantageous to  the  Government.  The 
usual  method  of  reproof  under  such  cfrcum- 
stances  is  to  move  an  amendment  to  the 
address  to  the  Crown  in  reply  to  the  speech 
from  the  throne.  .  If  such  an  amendment  be 
moved  to-day,  and  if  it  be  supported  by  the 
leaders  of  the  various  sections  of  the  Oppo- 
sition, the  Government  will  at  once  be 
placed  upon  its  trial  and  must  stand  or  fall 
by  the  result. 

The  preponderance  of  numbers  may  carry 
the  Government  safely  through  this  ordeal, 
and  probably  the  opposition  may  not  care 
to  push  its  criticisms  too  far.  The  Queen's 
speech  will,  no  doubt,  contain  a  programme 
of  legislation  upon  home  affairs,  and  this 
programme,  both  for  what  it  may  contain 
and  for  what  it  may  omit,  will  afford  oppor- 
tunity for  attack.  The  representatives 
of  the  Ritualistic  Party,  which  has  of  late 
developed  unexpected  strength,  will  prob- 
ably move  for  a  repeal  or  modification  of 
the  Public  '\^r8bip  Regulation  bill,  and 
in  this  they  may  count  upon  Mr.  Glad- 
stonk's  support.  The  Secularists  and 
Nonconformists  will  again  agitate  for 
such  a  modification  of  the  Educational  law 
as  shall  meet  their  views  concerning  de- 
nominational instruction  in  public  schools. 
The  ere?  t  question  of  the  extension  of  the 
franchise  to  the  agricultural  laborers  must 
now  come  up  for  discussion,  if  not  for  settle- 
ment, and  an  omission  in  the  Queen's 
speech  of  a  reference  to  this  subject  will 
give  occasion  for  remonstrance  and  com- 
plaint. The  first  trial  of  the  Government, 
however,  will  be  upon  its  policy  in  the 
East,  and  it  is  probable  that  the  debates  in 
Parliament  will  be  for  some  days  confined 
t  o  this  subject. 

THE  ZODIACAL  LIGHT. 

Within  the  last  few  weeks  the  zodiacal 
light,  when  not  interfered  with  by  the 
moon,  has  been  rather  unusally  conspicuous. 
Not,  of  course,  that  its  brightness  is  such  as 
would  attract  the  attention  of  the  careless 
obseTver,  or  even  make  it  easily  visible  in  a 
sky  illuminated  by  many  gas-lights.  But 
where  the  air  is  clear,  and  tbe  sky  nnillumi- 
nated  by  light  from  terrestrial  sources,  it 
may  easily  be  followed  in  the  early  evening 
by  a  sensitive  eye  from  the  horizon  to  a 
point  far  beyond  the  meridian;  and  by 
9  o'clock  tbe  so-called  "  counterglow," 
at  present  situated  between  the  con- 
stellations of  Cancer  and  Leo,  makes  its 
appearance  unmistakably.  The  brightest 
portion  of  this  zodiacal  light — that  near  the 
western  h  orizon — is  fully  as  bright  as  the 
most  lumiuous  portion  of  the  Milky  Way  ; 
the  rest  is  much  fainter.  It  has  roughly 
the  form  of  a  pyramid,  some  twenty  degrees 
wide  at  its  base,  narrowing  and  fading  rap- 
idly as  the  distance  from  the  sun  increases, 
but  without  definite  outline  or  visible 
structure.  Its  central  line  seems  to 
coincide  quite  accurately  with  the 
ecliptic,  the  great  circle  which  the 
sun  marks  out  in  its  yearly  mo- 
tion through  the  sky,  and  it  is  wholly 
contained  wi*^hin  the  zodiac  or  zone  of  con- 
stellations through  which  the  ecliptic 
passes,  deriving  its  name  from  this  fact. 
It  can  be  traced  at  present  more  than  120 
degrees  eastward  from  Ihe  sun,  and  just 
opposite  to  the  sun  is  situated  the  faint 
"  counterjglow,"  so  faint,  indeed,  that  only 
a  practical  eye  can  make  it  out  at  all.  In 
tropical  skies  the  light  often  extends  com- 
pletely across  the  heavens,  the  "  counter- 
glow  "  forming  merely  a  knot  of  somewhat 
greater  brightness  than  the  neighboring 
portions  of  the  luminous  band. 

The  zodiacal  light  appears  to  have  been 
first  observed  in  1659  by  Descartes,  but  did 
not  attract  much  attention  until  1683,  when  it 

was  noticed  and  described  by  Dominic  Cas- 

8INI,  who  gave  it  its  name.  The  two  centu- 
ries which  have  elapsed  since  then  have  not 
fully  revealed  the  mystery  of  its  nature  and 
origin,  although  they  have  witnessed  the 
promulgation   and    overthrow     of    many 

theories  on  the  subject ;  as,  for  instance,  that' 
it  is  due  to  the  solar  atmosphere,  or  to  a 
ring  of  nebulous  matter  encircling  the  earth 
as  the  rings  of  Saturn  surround  that  planet. 
The  most  recent  investigations  go  far  to  show 
that  it  is  due  simply  to  reflection  from  a 
countless  host  of  minute  bodies  which 
move  around  the  sun,  just  as  the  earth 
does,  in  tbe  plane  of  the  ecliptic,  and  in 
orbits  some  of  them  smaller  than  that  of 
Mercury,  and  thus  not  much  inferior  to  that 
of  Mars.  As  to  their  magnitude,  it  is  likely 
enough  that  they  do  not  differ  materially 
Irom  the  size  of  the  ordinary  shooting-stars, 
which  are  estimated,  on  very  probable 
grounds,  generally  to  weigh  only  a  few 
grains.  At  any  rate,  the  entire  mass  of 
matter  contained  in  the  whole  multitude 
must  be  very  insignificant  compared  with 
that  of  the  earth,  or  very  serious  disturb- 
ances, of  a  kind  which  could  not  have 
escaped  observation,  must  be  produced  in 
the  motions  of  Venus  and  Mercury. 
The  light,  so  far  as  can  be  made  out  by 
the  best  polariscopic  and  spectroscopic  ob- 
servations, (those  of  Prof.  Wright,  of  Yale 
CoUesje,)  presents  precisely  the  characteris- 
tics which  should  belong  to  sunlight  re- 
flected from  minute  particles  of  meteoric 
matter,  and  so  far  as  we  know  none  of  the 
phenomena  are  inconsistent  with  the  theory. 
There  have  been  many  speculations  as  to 
the  part  played  by  this  meteoric  cloud  in 
the  economy  of  the  solar  system.  Mayer 
found  m  it  the  fuel  and  the  power 
which  maintains  the  solar  heat, 
supposing  that  the  incessant  fall 
of  meteoric  matter  upon  the  sun's 
surface  supplied  the  loss  from  radiation ; 
an  ingenious  and  beautiful  hypothesis,  but 
insufficient,  as  Leversier  demonstrated 
when  he  showed  from  tbe  motions 
of  Mercury  that  all  the  matter  within  the 
planet's  orbit  conld  not  amount  to  a  mass 
much  greater  than  that  of  Mercnry  himsel£ 
Some  vortion  of  the  su&'a  heat  may.  proba- 


bly enough,  be  thus  produced,  but  only  a 
small  percentage  of  the  whole.  Some  have 
found  in  the  action  of  this  meteoric  ring 
the  canse  of  sun-spots,  of  their  remarkable 
periodicity,  and  the  peculiar  law  of  the 
sun's  rotation.  *  Others  think  that  the 
meteorological  and  climatic  conditions  of  the 
earth  are  affected  hy  it — ^that  its  varying 
density  in  different  parts  so  changes  the 
amount  of  sunlight  which  reaches  the  earth 
at  different  times  and  in  different  years,  as 
to  accotlnt,  in  part  at  least,  for  the  great  va- 
riety of  seasons.  There  may  be  something  in 
this.  It  is  quite  certain,  as  Sir  G.  AiRY  re- 
cently remarked,  that  we  must  look  out- 
side the  earth  for  the  cause  of  such  phe- 
nomena. 


THE  GREEN  AND  THE  BLUE. 

It  is  a  striking  illustration  of  the  i>er- 
versity  of  human  nature  that  no  sooner  does 
some  man  invent  something  for  the  benefit 
of  mankind,  than  some  other  person  pro- 
ceeds to  invent  a  counterpoising  evil.  Thus 
the  invention  of  iron  armor  for  vessels 
stimulated  the  invention  of  monstrous  guns 
to  smash  it;  and  the  discovery  of  the  ben- 
eficent lightning-rod  was  followed  by  the  in- 
vention of  the  peculiar  atrocities  practiced 
by  lightning-rod  men.  There  is  np  rose 
without  a  certain  amount  of  thorns,  no 
home  without  taxes,  jio  useful  invention 
without  its  antidote.  Gren.  Pleasonto  n  has 
just  taught  us  that  blue  glass  is  a  cure  for 
every  HI,  and  while  we  are  yet  felicitating 
ourselves  upon  his  discovery,  a  perverse 
Frenchman  announces  the  discovery  that 
green  glass  is  a  sure  and  deadly  poison. 
The  good  that  may  be  secured  by  the  use  of 
blue  glass  "will  be  more  than  counterbalanced 
by  the  evils  that  will  be  inflicted  through  the 
medium  of  green  glass.  Pleasonton  may 
save  his  scores,  but  the  Frenchman  will 
assassinate  his  hundreds. 

M.  Bert,  the  Frenchman  in  question, 
had  no  sooner  learned  that  light  passing 
through  blue  glass  calms  the  miud  and 
strengthens  the  body  than  he  began  to  ex- 
periment with  glass  of  other  colors.  He 
found  that  plants  submitted  to  the  influence 
of  green  light  soon  wilted  and  died.  The 
poison  which  slew  them  seemed  to  exercise 
a  strange  fascination  over  them,  for  they 
turned  their  leaves  toward  the  fatal  green 
glass  with  far  more  eagerness  than  they 
displayed  when  blue  glass  was  set  before 
them.  The  simple  cabbage,  the  gentle 
asparagus,  and  the  stalwart  gooseberry 
were  alike  in  this  morbid  thirst  for  green 
light,  and  they  drank  in  its  deadly  rays 
until  they  sank  forever  into  dishonored 
pots. 

This  discovery  explains  very  clearly  the 
injurious  influence  of  green  wall-paper. 
Hitherto  chemists  have  asserted  that  green 
paper  contains  arsenic,  and  that  the  arsenic 
is  the  cause  of  the  unpleasant  symptoms 
developed  in  those  who  reside  in  green- 
papered  rooms.  We  now  knOw  that  the 
green  color,  and  not  the  arsenic,  is  at  fault. 
Tbe  rays  of  light  striking  upon  the  paper 
are  tinged  with  green  before  they  have 
time  to  rebound  upon  tbe  occupants  of  the 
room,  end  thus  the  latter  continually  ab- 
sorb the  poisonous  gieem  light  until  thefr 
health  and  spirits  give  way. 

Similarly,  we  can  now  understand  why 
the  typicar  villain  of  romance  and  the  stage 
is  represented  as  wearing  green  glasses. 
For  ages  mankind  has  mistaken  the  cause 
for  the  effect.  Men  do  not  wear  green 
glasses  because  they  are  depraved,  but  they 
become  depraved  by  wearing  green  glasses. 
It  is  frightful  to  think  of  the  number  ot  in- 
nocent and  well-meaning  men,  who,  having 
adopted  green  glasses  from  a  mistaken  be- 
lief that  they  would  thereby  benefit  their 
eyes,»have  poisoned  their  bodies,  perverted 
their  minds,  and  warped  their  whole  moral 
natures.  What  green  glasses  have  done 
for  men,  green  veils  have  done  for  women. 
In  former  years,  when  green  veils  were  fash- 
ionable, our  womeufvere  notoriously  deli- 
cate and  sickly.  Now  that  blue  veils  have 
become  popular,  American  women  are  be- 
ginning to  rival  their  English  sisters  in 
vigor  of  constitution  and  ability  to  walk 
miles  in  thick  shoes.  Obviously,  the  green 
light  filtered,  through  the  green  veils  was 
the  real  source  of  the  physical  weakness 
formerly  the  reproach  of  American  women, 
and  the  inventor  of  the  blue  veil  was  an  un- 
conscious but  potent  philanthropist.  Who 
can  tell  to  what  extent  the  evils  of  intem- 
perance are  due  to  the  effect  of  green  glass 
bottles  upon  the  wine  and  ardent  spirits 
which  they  inclose?  How  much  of  the 
treachery  of  feline  nature  is  due  to  the 
green  eyes  with  which  cats  are  fitted,  and' 
may  not  the  popular  conception  of  jealousy 
as  a  "green-eyed  monster"  be  an  uncon- 
scious recognition  of  the  fact  that,  in  pro- 
portion as  a  man  sees  things  in  a  ^een 
light,  he  becomes  a  prey  to  jealousy  and  all 
other  evil  passions?  The  green  flag  excites 
rage  and  violence  in  the  average  English- 
man, and  green  apples  develop  the  most 
unholy  impulses  of  the  juvenile  stomach. 
M.  Bert's  discovery  explains  all  these 
otherwise  unaccountable  facts,  and  finds  in 

them  the  consistent  manifebtation  of  an  in- 
exorable law  of  nature. 

In  publishing  this  discovery  M.  Bert 
has  placed  a  dangerous  weapon  in  the 
hands  of  unprincipled  iuen.  The  wretch 
who  does  not  appreciate  his  wife's  mother 
will  present  her  with  a  green  silk  dress  and 
a  green  parasol,  and  convince  her  that  her 
complexion  will  suffer  unless  she  wears  a 
green  veil.  If  she  is  an  unusually  vigorous 
old  lady,  and  her  constitution  withstands 
the  effect  of  the  poison  in  moderate  doses, 
he  wiU  put  green  curtains  in  her  room,  and 
BO  finish  her  at  once:  The  wicked  husband, 
instSad  of  coarsely  shooting  his  wife,  or 
sweetening  her  cofi'ee  with  arsenic,  will  wear 
large  waistcoat  buttons  of  polished  green 
glass,  and  by  them  reflect  rays  of  poisoned 
light  upon  his  unconscious  victim  as  she  sits 
at  the  other  end  of  the  table.  The  assassin  will 
safely  smite  his  enemy  at  noonday,  by  con- 
centrating upon  his  nervous  centres  rays 
that  have  passed  through  a  small  green 
burning-glass,  and  the  colored  voter  will  be 
intimidated  to  an  unprecedented  extent  by 
ruthless  Democrats,  who  will  lure  hhn  to 
crpsh  gigantic  green  cheeses  with  his  un- 
suspecting head,  and  to  thereby  poison  his 
mind  against  his  tme  political  friends. 
Crimes  like  these  will  be  easy  of  perpetra- 
tion, and  the  criminals  will  be  almost  cer- 
tain to  escape  punishment.  M.  Bert  may 
not  have  foreseen  all  tbis,  but  that  fact— if 
it  be  a  fact — does  not  excuse  him.  -A  man 
has  no  right  to  make  reckless  discoveries, 
and  before  M.  Bert  published  the  record  ol 
his  cabbage- killing  experiment  he  should 
have  reflected  upon  the  terrible  cousequonces 
which  it  will  inevitablv  entail. 


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was  then  progressed,  while,  by  vote  of  the 
House,  tbe  session  was  extended  to  allow  the 
introduction  of  bills  and  other  business. 
There  was  a  square  fight  on  everv 
section  of  the  bill  between  Mr.  Al- 
vord,  second  on  the  Canal  Committee,  and 
Mr.  Baker,  tbe  Chairman.  In  the  Committee, 
Mr.  Alvord  had  been  able  to  carry  evers 
point,  so  that  fis  the  bill  came  to  the  House  it 
was  exactly  in  the  form  he  wanted  it  to  be 
In  the  interval  between  the  time  of  the  re- 
porting and  the  disouosion  of  the  bill  by  the 
House,  Mr.  Baker  had  been  hard  at  -work 
among  members,  explaining,  persuading,  aud 
ar^ruing  tbe  matter,  until  he  found  he  had 
enough  votes  to  carrr  him  through.  So  when 
the  discussion  commenced  tbis  morning,  he 
made  his  attack,  and  first  carried  an  amend- 
ment placing  the  financial  work  to  be  done  un- 
der the  operation  of  the  bill  in  the  hands  of  the 
Auditor  ot  the  Canal  Department,,  where  it  be 
longs,  instead  of  lodging  it  with  the  State 
Controller.  Mr.  Alvord  proposes  to  abolisb 
the  office  of  Canal  Auditor,  and  has  a  bill 
now  pendmg  for  that  purpose.  The  Alvord 
forces  mode  a  counter-attack  on  tbe  very 
moderate  salaries  of  tbe  Sui>erintendent  and 
his  assistants,  endeavoring  to  cut  them  down 
about  25  per  cent.  Over  this  tbe  debate  was 
long,  warm,  and  spirited,  amendments,  and 
amendments  to  tbe  amendments,  ooiniug  up 
thick  and  fast,  but  they  were  all  voted 
down  almost  as  fast  as  ofiered  ;  and  then  Mr. 
Baker  carried  several  amendments  tending  to. 
simplify  the  bill.  It  seemed  ttiat  tbe  bih  bad 
at  last  floated  into  smooth  waters,  when 
Dr.  Hayes  proposed  a  new  section  which  pro- 
vided that  the  Superintendent  and  Lis  assistants 
should  not  use  their  offices  for  tbe  fiu-ther^noe 
of  party  purposes;  if  they  did,  any  two  citizens 
might  unite  in  a  complaint  to  a  Supreme  Court 
Judge,  who  should  bear  tbe  case,  and  it  tbe 
Judge  should  be  convinced  that  the  complaint 
was  well  founded,  he  should  certify  tbe  same 
to  the  Governor,  who  should  thereupon 
remove  such  inculpated  officer.  To  this 
amendment,  Mr.  Baker  said  he  was  opposed, 
tor  the  reason  tbac  while  its  intent  was 
good,  it  would  be  either  inoperative  in  prac- 
tice or  would  do  more  harm  than  good.  Mr. 
Purdy  pointed  out  that  an  officer  holdmg  so 
important  a  position  as  the  Supenntendent 
could  be  kept  in  court  detending  himself  the 
whole  year  through,  if  be  could  be  aragsed 
there  on  complaint  of  only  two  men.  Mr.  Alvord 
was  in  favor  ot  the  proposition  on  account  of 
the  great  power  wbieh  the  Superintendent 
would  possess,  and  over  which  seme  such  check 
as  the  one  proposed  was  necessary.  At  this 
moment  rose  tlie  young  Mr.  Grady,  of  New- 
York,  and  committed  the  almost  incredible 
folly  ot  raising  a  party  question  ou  the 
amendment.  His  speech  was  a  furious  stump 
oration,  in  the  -worst  possible  taste,  and  \^a3 
pitched  in  the  lowest  possible  key  of  partisan 
politics.  The  underlying  principle  of  it 
wasi  "the  other  party  is  bad;  let  ua 
be  bad  too.  Because  wrone;  exists,  let 
US  recognize  wrong  as  our  standard  of 
action.''  This  would  have  sounded'  bad  from 
any  one,  but  irom  a  young  man  was  as  bad  aa 
bad  could  be.  Mr.  Cozzens,  Ibe  silent  Demo- 
cratic leader,  fell  back  in  his  seat,  lookmg  per- 
feotlv  sick.  Mr.  Peter  Mitcheh  sprang  to  tbe 
rescue  of  his  party,  and  earnestly  dis- 
claimed any  responsibility  lor  tbe  utterances  of 
the  gentleman  who  had  lust  taken  his  seat. 
But  it  was  too  late.  Mr.  Gilbett,  of  Franklin, 
mad*  a  reply,  dignified  and  pure,  to  Mr.  Grady, 
and  the  bill  seemed  in  serious  danger  when 
Mr.  Husted,  as  it  then  wanted  but  IC 
minutes  ot  the  hour  of  adjouruineut, 
moved  that  it  be  progressed,  srhich  was 
done.  Mr.  Baker  moved  to  discbarge  tbe  com- 
mittee from  its  further  consideration  and  that 
tbe  bill  be  ordered  to  a  third  reading.  Mr.  Al- 
vord moved  to  lay  it  upon  the  table,  and  as 
the  easiest  way  out  of  the  difiiculty  the  House 
agreed  to  this  motion.  The  bill  can  be  taken 
up  on  vote,  of  the  House.  The  Democrats 
should  do  samethmg  to  keep  .young  Mr.  Grady 
quiet,  for  his  performance  of  this  mornine  waa 
tbe  second  of  the  same.sort. 

This  business  being  disposed  of,  tbe  introduc- 
tion of  bills  was  called  for,  and  in  10  minutes 
37  bills  were  poured  into  tbe  Clerk's  desk.  Ten 
of  these  were  bills  relating  to  New- York.  TTie 
amotmt  of  legislation  proposed  tor  that  City 
is  perfectly  bewildering.  The  Committee 
on  Cities  is^  overburdened  with  tho 
mass.  Mr.  FlecKe  introduced  the  two  bills 
he  had  in  waiting  yesterday,  one  to  cause  all 
the  streets  south  of  Fourteenth  street  to  be  re- 
paired and  repaved  ;  the  other  to  organize  the 
Department  of  Taxes  and  Assessments.  This 
gentleman  has  already  introduced  bills  to 
merge  the  Department  of  Buildings 
in  the  Fire  Department ;  to  amend 
the  Excise  laws ;  to  amend  the  law 
in  regard  to  forfeited  recognizances ; 
te  abolish  the  Park  Department;  to  abolish. 
the  new  Court-bouse  Commission,  aud  now  he 
contemplates  a  raid  on  tbe  Police  Courts. 
Mr.  Healy  brought  in  a  bill  to  aOol- 
ishi  the  present  Commiasion  of  Charities 
andt  Correction,  providing  that-  the 
Mayor  and  Controller  shall  be  ex  officio  Com- 
miaaionera.  and  that  the  Mayor  shall  appoint 
a  Commissionor,  and  tbe  three  together  shall 
constitute  the  Board  ot  Charities  and  Correc- 
tion. The  same  gentleman  has  a  bill  vending 
tu  .  abolish  tbe  Dock  Department,  and  to 
make  it  a  bureau  in  the  Department  ot  Pubho 
Works.  The  Police  Department  is  the  subject 
ot  lurther  proposed  legislation  and  increase  of 
pawers.  Dr.  Hayes  having  preseMted  a  bill  to 
abolish  the  Exeise  Board,  and  tc  vest  ail  its 
powers  in  tbe  Police  Commissioners,  all  the  mon- 
eys to  be  derived  from  Uoense  fees  to  be  paid 
into  the  Oity  sinking  fimd. 

Among  tbe  large  number  of  bills  reported 
from  committees  this  morurng  Mr.  Nachtmana'a 
bill,  to  allow  civic   processions  to  use  mueic  at 

public  funerals  ou  Sunday  iu  the  City,  was  re- 
ported adversely.  Air.  Nachtmann  asked  that 
the  report  iie  on  the  table,  wuich  tbe  House 
allowed.  Fourteen  bills  of  various  sorts  and 
kinds  were  reported  favorably,  and  went  on  to 
the  general  order  calendar. 

Mr.  Uepbum,  of  St.  Lawrence,  introduced 
the  following  bill,  amendatory  of  the  existing 
State  law  in  relation  to  Presidential  Electors. 
Tbe  parts  marked  m  itaUo  are  the  alterations 
from  the  existing  law,  which  is  section  3,  arti- 
cle 2,  title  6,  chapter  6,  part  first,  Revised 
Ststutes : 

"  Al  tbe  general  election  in  Kovember  precedios 
thetimefixed  by- thelawof  tbe  United  States  for 
tbe  otioice  of  Prasident  and  "Vice  f  resident  uf  tne 
United  States,  there  aliaU  be  elected  by  eeueral 
ticket,  two  Presidential  ^Electors  of  President  and 
"Vioe  President,  knotpn  as  Electari  at  Large  /  and 
each  Elector  In  tnia  Stat«  shall  iiava  a  ritibt  to  vote 
tor  taid  two  Electors  ;  and  there  sluM  ai*o  be  elected 
one  PretideTitial  Jileetor  in  each  of  the  Con- 
grettUnal  dittriett  qf  this  StaU ;  and  thi 
ji,lcclors  of  the  respeotive  (Jongretsional  districts 
shall,  in  addition  to  votin/j  for  said  Electors  at  J-iarge, 
have  the  riaht  to  vote  only  for  the  IVesidential  ±.  lector 
to  be  chosen  in  the  distrvcl  where  the  Elector  s6  voting 
resides;  aud  tbe  two  persona  bavlng  tbe  bigbeai 
number  of  votes  in  the  iState  ahall  be  declared  and 
deemed  dniv  appom ted  Electors;  and  the  persons 
having  the  highest  number  of  votes  in  each  of  the  Con- 
gressional Ihsijriets  shall  be  declared  ana  deemed 
uaiy  appointed  £leotors.'' 

Mr,  Husted  will  mtrodnce  a  bill  in  relation 
to  life  insurance,  providing  for  a  commission 
to  examine  all  laws  on  the  subject.  The  first 
section  of  the  bill  declares  that  the  Governor 
of  the  State,  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the 
Senate, ."is  authorized  to  appoint  five  persons, 
three  ot  whom  shall  be  learned  in  the  law, 
as  Conmissioners,  who  shall  inquire  into  tbe 
practical  workings  and  efi:'ect  of  all  statutes 
of  tbe  State  of  New -York,  now  in  force,  relat- 
ing to  the  organization,  conduct,  supervision, 
and  liquidation  of  lite  Insuranee  companies, 
and  whether  any  changes,  and  if  any,  wl>aC 
changes  in  such  legislation  are  necessary  and 
proper  to  be  made  for  tbe  protection  of 
tbe  public  and  for*  the  security  and  proper 
cvnduct  of  the  businAss."  Tbe  second  section 
declares  that  the  CamniissioBers  shall  send  In 
their  report  at  the  opening  of  the  next  session 
of  the  Legislature,  and  shall  accompany 
their  report  with  a  draft  of  a  bill 
containing  such  amenuments  to  the  law 
as  they  may  think  necessary.  The  Commis- 
sioners shaU  receive  compensation  at  the 
rate  of  |2,000  a  year  for  the  time  actually  en- 
caged, and  shall  receive  a  sum  uot  exceedinjt 
$3,000  for  clerical  services  ;  and  this  shall  be 
paid  eut  of  the  same  fund  as  tbe  salary  of  the 
iSuperiu  ten  dent  of  Insurance  is  now  paid. 
'Vacancies  in  the  commission  may  be  filled  by 
the  Governor. 

The  Clerk  of  the  Assembly,  Mr.  Johnson,  has 
been  receivme  during  tbe  past  lew  days  tb»  -- 
replies  of  the  insurance  c«mpaniea  to  tbe  rea»> 
intinn  offered  some  tioio  aao  by  Mr.  iith.  uid 


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^r^tted  by  the  Honae,  oallhie  npon  tbem  to  i«- 
port  the  amonnc  of  money  loaned  on  real 
Mtate,  the  circumatasces  under  wbiob  raoh 
toans  Were  made,  and  the  amount  of  conosel 

Sees   paid   to   aecure   these  loans.     Tbe  i-splies 

Will  make  altoKetber  a  good-sised  volume. 
They  will  be  printed. 

THK  8BKATE. 

Senator  Baaden  introduced  a  bill  autborizinfc 
ihe  Commissioner  of  Public  Works  to  ropave 
and  repak',  wherever  needed,  all  the  atreetiB  in 
tbe  Ci^  of  New- York  below  Fourteenth  street. 
Mr.  Woodit),  from  tbe  Conunittee  on  Municipal 
afiiurs,  reported  favorably  the  four  biUa  intro- 
duced by  him  last  week,  for  making  the 
County  Clerk,  Beelater,  and  Coroners 
ot  New-York  salaried  officers.  Tbe 
bill     fizin2    the    salary    of     CommiBaioner 

of  Jorora  ■was  reported  with  an  amendment 
making  the  salary  14,000  instead  ot  |5,000.  In 
executive  session  of  the  Senate  the  nomination 
of  ex.  Assemblyman  Beardsley,  of  Auburn,  for 
Captain  ot  the  port  in  place  of  Capt.  Seaman, 
deceased,  was  received  ^m  the  Governor  and 
reterred  to  the  Commeroe  and  Navigation  Com- 
mittee. 

WW  NE  W-JEBSEZ  LA  WS  ABE  MADE. 


4.  DBMOGRATIC  PAT3UOT  FBOM  NBWAEK 
I<OOEINa  FOB  HIS  PBICB — A  SNAP  DB- 
ClSIOIi  BY  THK  I'BESIDKNT  OF  THB  JOINT 
MEETING — THE  JERSEY  CIIT  BILL  PASS- 
ES THE  SENATES; — ^A  BIU;.  PBACTICAIXT 
^  ABOLISBINQ  JUSTICES  OF  THE  PEACE 
— THE  XEWARC  MCBDERBRS  RESPITED. 
lYom   Our    Ovm  Cprrttvondtnt. 

Trenton,  Wednesday,  Feb.  7,  1877. 
The  Democrats  .  eonchided,  after  all,  to 
bold  a  joint  meeting  at  noon  to-day.  They 
were  not  prepared  to  do  any  business.  Kreu- 
ger's  absence  from  tbe  caucus  last  eveninK  pre- 
vented them  from  taking  final  action.  The 
Newark  member  demands  a  Judgeship  in  Es- 
sex for  one  of  bis  friends,  and  declares  be  will 
have  nothing  more  to  do  witb  Democratic  joint 
meetings  till  his  price  shall  have  been  paid 
him.  In  face  of  bis  refusal  to  co-operate  with 
his  party,  tb%  Democrats  felt  that  they  wonid 
rather  face  tbe  perils  of  a  joint  convention  to- 
day tban  run  tbe  risk  of  being  unable  to  se- 
cure the  passage  by  tbe  House  of  another  reso- 
lution calling  a  joint  ijieeting.  It  was  ar- 
ranged in  tbe  first  place,  however,  that  nothing 
■  should  be  done  in  joint  meeting,  except  adjourn 
to  some  day  next  week.  At  high  noon, 
to-day,  just  as  the  Senators  were 
marching,  two  by  two,  into  the  Assembly, 
tne  Newark  Democrat  might  have  been  seen 
creeping  from  bis  seat  to  tbe  door  of  tbe 
chamber.  When  the  roll  was  called  be  failed 
to  answer  to  bis  name,  nor  did  be  make  bis 
appearance  again  until  •  the  ^  two  houses  had 
separated,  Malone,  Democrat,  and  Cooper, 
Sepnblioan,  tailed  to  respond  to  their  names, 
but  they  appeared  in  their  seats  a  few  moments 
later.  Senator  Willetcs  was  not  present  at  roll 
eall,  and  it  is  not  known  whether  be  subse- 
quently put  in  an  appearance  or  not.  There 
was,  at  all  events,  so  much  doubt  as  to  who 
of  the  absentees  from  roll-call  subsequently  put 
I  in  an  appearance  that  it  became  very  uncertain 
'which  party  had  a  majority.  Just  after  tbe 
roU-c^  Mr.  Bergen  offered  a  resolution,  pro- 
viding that  when  the  joint  meeting  rose,  it 
■bonld  be  to  meet  again  at  noon  on  Tuesday 
next.  It  was  agreed  to  without  a  dissenting 
vote,  and  tnen  Mr.  Bergen  moved  that  the 
meeting  rise.  President  Abbett  called  for  tbe 
"  yeaa "  on  the  motion,  and  awaited  his  re- 
sponse. "  All  opposed  say  No  ;  the  ayes  nave 
it,"  said  he,  in  one  breath.  It  was  done  so 
quickly,  that  the  negative  response  ot  tbe 
members  came  after  the  annonnoement  of  the 
result.  Tbe  Republicans  called  for  the  yeas 
and  nayes.  "The  meeting  has  adioumed," 
■aid  President  Abbett,  as  be  coolly  descenaed 
from  bis  chair.  Tbe  Bepublicans  seem  to  think 
that  the  result  would  not  have  been  changed  if 
the' yea  and  nay  vote  had-  been  taken.  They 
feel,  nevertheless, jfM  though  the  President  had 

pat  himself  to  the  unnecessary  trouble  of 
"  eucheriug "  them,  when  be  had  but  one 
"  point  "  to  go.  They  oomplarn  that  the  spirit 
of  bis  action  was  not  fair,  and  teel  pretty  mad 
about  it 

Senator  Abbett's  bill  for  the  abolition  of  le- 
gislative oonunisaiona  in  Jersey  Cltj.and  author- 
izing the  election,  by  the  city  at  large  at  the 
eommg  Spring  dleotion,  of  Commissioners  to 
fill  tbe  Boards  of  Works  and  Police  and  the 
Fire  Commissioners,  was  called  up  on  its  third 
reading  and  final  passage  in  the  Senate  this 
morning.  The  bill  was  passed  by  a  vote  of  17 
to  3 ;  tbe  three  being  Senators  Sewell,  Mathers, 
and  Hobart,  and  Mr.  Hill  not  voting. 

In  tbe  House,  the  bills  introduced  were  one 
by  Hannon  to  overcome  the  legai  obstacles  to 
the  construction  of  a  bridge  over  the  Cove  in 
Jersey  City  to  the  Central  Railway  depot ; 
one  by  Tilden  to  prevent  colonization  at  elac- 
laon  times,  which  provides  that  voters  shall 
have  resided  for  the  30  days  just  previous  to 
election  in  the  dlstriot  in  which  they  vote ; 
and  one  by  Brigham  aathonzmg  railways  to 
change  the  routes  of  their  roads  though  not  tbe 
termini.  There  was  a  long  discussion  over 
Payne's  bill  to  punisli  by  a  fine  of  $500,  emj-loy-. 
era  who  pay  their  laborers  with  grocery 
•rders.      The  issuing   of  shin    plasters    by 

botory  men,  iron  founders,  and  others  to  their 
laborers  is  an  abuse  prevailing  all  over  the 
State.  Tbe  sentiment  of  the  Hoose  was  decid- 
Bdly  in  favor  of  allowing  laborers  to  spend 
ibeir  earnings  where  and  as  they  please.  The 
bill  was  passed  by  a  decisive  vote  of  37  to  23. 
It  will  go  toJbe  ^nate  to-day,  but  will  not  be 
tcted  upon  till  next  week.  The  session  ad- 
journs to-day  till  Monday.  To-morrow  both 
Branches  will  make  their  annual  visit  to  the 
Jameaburg  Befonn  School. 

Mr.  Grigg'a  bill  for  the  eatablisbment  of  Dis- 
trict Courts  in  cities  oi  more  tban  15,000  inhab- 
itants led  to  a  long  and  warm  discussion  this 
i^temoon.  The  bUl  allows  the  establishment 
of  one  such  court  in  cities  of  15.000,  ur  mere ; 
cities  with  100,000  people  to  have  two  if  they 
desire,  but  no  more.  It  transfers  to  the  Judge 
of  tbe  District  Court,  who  is  to  be  a  compe- 
tent and  licensed  attorney,  and  to  be  ap- 
pointed by  tbe  Governor  and  the  Senate,  all 
tbe  civil  powers  intrusted  to  the  Justices 
of  the  Peace  hi  suca  cities.  The  Justices  of 
the  Peace  are  constitutional  officers,  and  can- 
not themselves  be  abolished,  but  tbe  bill 
reaches  that  point  aa  nearly  as  possible. 
Tbe  bill  waa  supported  on  the  ground  that  tbe 
Justices  ot  tbe  Peace  in  the  cities  are  incompe- 
tent to  discharge  Tbeir  duties ;  that  they  are 
often  corrupt,  and,  in  order  to  make  business 
for  themselves,  encourage  lawsuits  and  all 
forme  ot  barratry;  and  that  tbe  waat  of  confi- 
dence in  their  ability  or  honesty  leads  to  nu- 
merous costly  appeals  from  their  decisions  to 
the  higher  courts.  After  a  hard  fight,  in  which 
Ul  amendmente  were  voted  down,  the  bill  'was 
ordered  to  tbe  third  reading  by  a  vote  of  34  to 
82. 

Gk)V.  Bedle  handed  to  The  Times  corre- 
■pondent  to-day  the  following  statement  in  re- 
lation to  the  fate  of  Byan  and  Osohwald,  the 
Newark  murderers : 

Yesterday  a  bill  came  to  my  hands,  passed  by 
both  houses,  requiring  the  allowance  of  a  'writ 
Dl  error  and  stay  of  execution,  as  a  matter  of 
conrae,  In  all  criminal  cases  punishable  with 
death.  It  waa  evidently  intended  to 
reach  the  Byan  and  Osohwald  case.  Tbe 
change  proposed  is  so  important  to  the  admin- 
istration of  oriminal  law  In  this  State  that.it 
becomes  my  duty  to  grant  a  further  respite  in 
order  that  the  case  may  receive  dua  considera- 
tion, and  if  it  is  to  become  a  law  that  the  will  of 
tbe  Legislature  may  not  be  frustrated.  I  have 
therefore  reprieved  the  prisoners  until  Thurs- 
Oay,  the  I5th  day  of  February,  lust. 

J.  D.  BBDI.B,  Governor. 

It  IB  undeT|tood  that  the  Governor  will  veto 
the  bill,  and  a  special  session  of  the  Sendte  will 

S«  Leld  Friday  aaoming  to  receive  his  message. 
THE    WEATHER. 


AMUSEMENTS. 


INDICATIONS. 
<Vashinoton,  Feb.  8.— 1    A.    IL—Vor  New- 
Tort    and    Sno-Xngland,  ritinff    barometer,    eooUr 
north-wtit  vrindt,  eUar  or  clearing  vnathtr. 

For  tk*  Middle  Atlontie,  State*  riting  baroTneter, 
,torOterii/  ioindi,  cooler  eUar  veoiher,  attending  a  low 
\§romet»r  to  the  eotith-weit. 

LOSSES  £T  FIBE. 


Charles  Corly'a  express  atablee  In  Springfield, 
S.  J.  caasbt  fire  abont  3  o'clock  yeaterday  momiDg, 
and  were  burned,  with  their  contents,  including 
aeven  valnable  horses.  Tbe  loss  is  abont  13,000. 
The  fir«i  is  aig^poaed  to  have  been  of  incendiary 
origin. 

Five  buildings,  including  the  store  of  the 
Sosaaebans*  0*al  Company,  were  destruyed  by  Are 
at  NantieoKe  yesterday  morning.  Loaa,  fSO.OOO; 
insurauce,  130,000.  Tbe  fire  waa  caa|ed  by  Incendl- 
ailes,  who  are  anppoaed  to  be  "Molly  Magnires. 

A  fire  oceurred  at  East  Nanticoke  at  an  early 
hoar  veatexday  morning,  entailing  a  loaao/  about 
f»,O0S.  by  tbe  daatrootian  of  Hildretb  St  Co.'a  store 
and  toor  atlMC  boUMlaga.     IiOM  oMtly  oevwaa  bv 


MUSICAL. 
MISS  ABBOTT'S  DEBUT. 
Misi  Emma  Abbott,  a  young  American  song- 
stress  wboae   name   and   misfortaaes   have    been 
befcre  the  public  for  many  montba,  made  her  dfibat 
in  presence  of  an  Ametican  andlenoe,  yeaterdav 
evening.     The     event    occurred    at     Cfaickering 
Hall,      which    war     crowded      in     every      part. 
It  is  pleasant  to  record  that  it  waa  at  all  pomts 
ancceaafnl.    The  annonnoement  of  ita  anocesa  in- 
dicates, too.  that  tbe  satisfactory  resnlt  of  the  af- 
fair brought  agreeable  disappointment  to  many 
tbonghtial   persons.     Without   rehearring,    even 
laconically,    the   story    of    Miss    Abbott's    woes, 
we   may    be   permitted   to    ezptesa   the   belief 
that,  by  a  well-intended  efi'ort  to  describe  her  aa   a 
martyr  to  EngUah  Jealonav  and  to   her  abhorrence 
of  Italian  ribaldry,  the  friends  of  the  lady  narrow- 
ly escaped  ralnine  hei'  career.    That  Miss  Abbott's 
fatnre,  ainoe  last  night's  perfomiance.  has  taken  on 
abrightoeasit  did  not  appear  Ukely  to  have,  a  week 
ago,  is'  simply  thanks  to   her  sifts   and  positive 
talent.    A  mere  d6bntante  could  never  have  met 
public   approval  In   the  face  of  the  same  qnan- 
tity  ot    ili-advised  and   ill-directed  energy.     Miss 
Abbott'a  admirers   claimed  so  mnch  for  her  that 
nothing  short  of  oneommon  exoellenoe  was  likely 
to  render  ber  aoaeptable.    The  fact  that  tbe  Impres. 
sion  she  produced  wss  not  only  strong,  but  that  it 
was  irroaght  by  causes   which    seem  likely  to 
deepen    it,    apeaks,    as     we     have   implied,    with 
particular  eloquence  in  ber  behalf.    Miaa  Abbott  la 
unquestionably  tbe  most  promialng  American  aong- 
stress  that  has  trod  the  stage  these  10  veara.      °We 
say  promialng.  not  to  anggest  the  eziatence  in  her 
work  of  nothine  beyond  poasibilities,  but  simply  in 
recognition      of     her      yonth,       which       leavea 
room  for  abundant  fruition.'    Misa  Abbott  haa  ap- 
parently studied  conaiaerably.  and  to  good  purjKiae. 
She  la  moat  fortunate,  in  the  first  place,  for  she  haa 
a  voice  of  rare  beanty  and  power,  which  baa  been 
made  as  equal  throuKhont  its  aompaaa  as  it  la  atrong 
and  pure.    The  fnll  tone  la  of  perfect  ronndneia  and 
penetrative  force,  and  tbe  mezza  voce  is  of  delioioas 
quality.    A  poaseaslon  of  this  aort  la  half  the  battle  - 
a  prima  donna  has  to  wage,  and  hence  Mias  Abbott 
goea  forth  remarkably   well  equipped.    Her  atyle 
la     not     fanltleas.       Her     phrasing    of    Italian 
mnaic     is     sometimes      objectionable,      for     she 
baa     not     yet     auqnlred     absolute     control      of 
the    art     of    managing     her     breath,    and    her 
tempo  is  now  and  them  somewhat  fltfril.    But  time 
and  familiarity  with  the  platform  and    footlights 
will  correct  these  defects,  and  observation,  too,  will 
improve  a  pronnndation  ot  the  Italian  tonens  not 
wkolly    exempt    ttom    nasality.    In    addition    to 
the    gift    of    a    fine    voice,    the    debutante    baa 
vivacity,  warmth,  and  expreaslveneaa  o(  no   ordl- 
nary  kind.    These   will  b«    apsolally  apparent    in 
opera,  but  they  were  nevsr  out  of  sight  during 
yesterday's     performance    and,     though    scarcely 
legitimate  weapons  of  combat  in  the  concert  room, 
they  certaialv  conduced  largely  to  the  alneer'a  tri- 
umph. Laat  evening,  at  all  events,  Mias  Abbott  won 
a  'Victory  to  which  no  other  word  than  this  can  with 
tarmess  b«  applied.    The  cordiality  of  the  greeting 
was  quite  outdone  by  the  applanse  which  followed 
each  of  the  nnmbera  allotted  to  ber.    She  first  aaDK 
the    familiar     ana    from    "Robert,"     and,    aside 
f^m  one  or  two  lapaea  into  inartistic  phrasinir — aa 
for  example,  when  she  breathed  m  the  very  middle  of 
tbe  word  pietd—shei  interpreted  the  sweet  aad  plain- 
tive music  -with  real  feeling  and  a  freahneaa  and  nch- 
ness  of  tone  seldom  associated  witb  the  same  degree 
of  akill  in  lyrie  art.  A  stormy  encore  brought  abont 
a  delivery  of  one  of  Sullivan's    sontcs — "  Looklne 
Back,"    we     believe   is    its    tiUe— this   piece   af- 
fording the  audience  a  notably  good  opportnaity  of 
admiring  Miss  Abbott's  balf-voioe  ;  and,   in  defer- 
ence to  a  third   recall,  the  lady  had  to  return  and 
sing  "  Home,  Sweet  Home."     'Wo  wore   not   as   fa- 
vorably impressed  by  Hiss  Abbott's  ballad  slneinn 
as    by    her  interpretation    of    Italian  dramatic 

music,  bat  tbe  sentiment  with  which  the  Enciish 
songs  were  rendered  waa  too  Kennine  not 
to  be  effective,  and  the  plaudits  were  literally 
tsmpestaons.  In  the  second  part  of  the  programine , 
the  debutante  sang  "Ahl  non  credea"  and 
"Ah!   non  giunge,"  from  "La  Somnambula;"    in 

responas  t«  an  encore,  she  an  ppl  an.  en  ted 
these  excerpts  from  Bellini's  ooera  by  "Within  a 
mUe  ot  Edlnboro'  town  ;"  and  ahe  rounded  ofi  the 
concert  by  executing,  with  Sienor  Ferranti,  tbe 
"  Bataplan  "  dnett  from  "  La  Flglia  del  Beggimento. " 
The  andante  from  "La  Somnambula"  was  given  with 
infinite  taste,  but  we  were  not  so  well  pleased 
With  the  rondo ;  Miss  Abbott  is  clearly  a  dramatic 
prima  donna,  and  should  sedulously  avoid  florid 
music.  The  final  duet  was  capitally  done,  and  the 
tivacity  of  the  acting,— fur  at  tbia  stage  of 
eventa  the  aongstress  did  not  attempt  to  restrain 
her  dramatic  impnlsea — more  potent  even  tban 
the  vim  of  the  singing,  waa  followed  by  a  acene  of 
enthusiasm  not  paralleled  in  the  cuncsrt-room  for 
years.  Bealdea  the  co-operation  of  Signer  Fer- 
ranti,  Miaa  Abbott  had  that  of  Signer  Briimoli,  who 
was  in  excellent  voeal  condition,  and  had  to  supple- 
ment "In  terra  cl  divisero"  and  Mattel'a  lovely 
>'T'amo,"  which  waa  nearly  spoiled  by  its  accom- 
paniment, by  two  additional  and  well-known  com- 
poaltiona:  and  that  of  Ur.  W.  E.  Case,  a  young 
pianiat  who  haa  Just  sraduated  al  tbe  Paria  Cou- 
aervatoire.  Mr.  Caae  hat,  plenty  technique  and  is 
not  deficient  In  taste,  but  he  was  so  nervona.  last 
evenms.  that  no  eatlmate  of  his  talent  can,  -with 
-justice.  t>e  Kotten  from  nis  American  dfibat.  Mr. 
Maretzek  directed  the  orchestra.  The  second  con- 
cert of  the  series  occurs  to-morrow  night. 

THE  ENGISH  OPERA 
"The  Plying  Ddtchman  "  was  represented  at 
the  Academy  of  Music,  laat  ni£bt.  Miss  Kellogg 
being  atill  unable  to  sing.  Senta  was 
embodied  by  Misa  Rosewald.  In  other 
respects  the  performance  waa  nnchsmged 
as  to  caat,  Mr.  Carleton  repeating  hia 
fine  peraonation  of  yanderdtektn.  In  connection 
with  thia  effort  of  that  young  and  gifted  artiat,  it 
may  be  well  to  ateta  in  this  place  tbat  no  less 
authority  than  that  ot  Herr  Wagner  himself  is  ad- 
duced in  justification  of  the  almoat  sta- 
tue-like impaaaiveneaa  of  the  Hollander. 
Herr  Wagner,  in  a  brief  treatiae  on  the 
mi»e  tn  teine  of  tbe  opera,  aapphes  formal  iaatrne- 
tlona  »s  to  the  slowneaa  and  sleepiness  of  movement 
of  Tandvrdechen,  whose  whole' demeanor  la  to  ex 
preas  utter  mental  and  physical  prostration  i  benoe, 
a  comparative  want  of  dramatic  force  for  audiences 
in  general  in  an  orthodox  portray<»l  of  the  charac- 
ter, aptte  of  Herr  Waaner'a  personal  and  not  alwaya 
inftdlible  opinions  on  tbe  aubject.  On  Friday 
evening,  when  Miaa  Eellegg  will  surely  be  suffi- 
ciently re-esUblisbsd  to  sing,  "  Mignon"  wlU  be 
given  for  tha  only  time  this  season. 


plantations  previously  reported  la  eonflrmed.  aad 
information -was  received  to-dky  of  the  bnminK  of 
tbe  ouie-fielda  oa  th^  Enoamaoion  and  Santa 
Boaalia  phmuti«»y,   near  Cisnfaegos.    It  is  not 

stated,  how^ever.  whether  thoso  barnioca  weie  tbe 
result  of  accident  or  the  work  ot  insuraents.  Advices 
from  the  intenoT  report  the  continued  activity  of 
ibeflpauah  troops  and  numberless  skirmishes.  .^ 

OBITUART. 


PROF.   HENRY  R.   SMITH. 
Bev.    Henry    B.    Smith,    D.    D.,    LL..D.,    a 

theologian  of  very  high  atandmg,  died  yes- 
terday in  the  sixty-fourth  year  of  hia  age. 
The  deoeaaed  was  bom  in  Portland,  Me.,  in 
1815,  and  received  a  regular  College  education 
at  Bowdoin.  ttom  which  he  waa  graduated  In 
1831.  After  leaving  college  be  studied  tbeoIoKV  at 
Andover,  and  some  years  later  became  a  Pastor  in 
Weat  Ameabnry.  Later  he  was  appointed  Profeaaor 
of  Mental  Phlloaopby,  in  Amherat  College 
and  in  1850  waa  made  a  Professor 
ol  Church  History  in  this  City.  Five  years 
later  be  accepted  the  Profesaorsbip  of  Systematic 
Theology  in  the  Union  Theological  Seminary.  He 
waa  elected  Moderator  ot  the  New  School  Assem- 
bly ml863.  and  took  a  de«p  Intereat  in  the  rennioa 
of  tbe  Preanyterian  Church,  and  stronslv 
advocated  all  measures  tbat  tended  to 
bring  abont  that  event.  About  three 
years  ago  he  was  eompelled  to  resign  his  position  aa 
Professor,  his  health  having  been  injured  by  pro- 
tracted mental  exertion.  Tbe  funeral  will  take 
plaoe  on  the  9th  inst.,  and  will  be  attended  by  the 
Faculty  of  tbe  Onion  Tbeologlcal  Semmary,  and 
representatives  from  other  institutions  with  which 
deceaaed  waa  connected  during  his  Hfe. 


OBITUARY  NOTE. 
'Rev..  Dr.  George  S.  Boaraman,   one  of  the 
oldest  Pastors  of  the  Presbyterian  Cburcb,  died 
suddenly  yesterday  at  Casenovla.  from  an  affection 
of  tbo  heart.    He  was  88  yeara  old. 


"  A  WAGNEE  FESTIVAL." 
The  admirers  of  Wagner's  music — and,  in  the 
United  States,  they  are  by  no  means  few— will  be 
glad  to  learn  that  a  "  Wagner  FeaUval  "  will  be 
held  in  thia  City  during  the  fortnight 
comrn'oncine  on  March  12.  The  proposed  eo- 
lenniti—to  borrow  a  Frenct  word  particulfrly 
expreaaive,  we  think,  of  the  nature  of  the  affair— Is 
to  include  representattoos  ot  "Lohengrin,"  "Tann- 
btfiser,"  "DerFliegende  Hollander,"  and  "Die 
Walkitre,"  theae  operas  being  prodnoed  at  the 
Academy  of  Musio.  with  a  powsrfui  dis- 
tribution ot  rAles,  a '  atrong  orcheatra,  and 
appropriate  aoenery.  The  projector  and  man- 
after    ot     thia     faatival     is     Mr.     J.     C.     Fryar, 

well-known  in  oonnestion  with  operatic  euterprises, 
and  the  mnaical  director  la  Mr.  Adolpb 
Nenendortt  A  force  of  60«  of  the  best  In- 
stfumentalUta  haa  already  been  organised, 
uid,  thna  far,,  arrangements '<  have  been  made 
with  the  artlaU  whose  namea  follow.  Mr. 
Fryer's  company  embraces  Mmes.  Pappenheira  and 
Pari  Meaara.  Biachoff,  Frltsoh.  Pranaser,  Blnm,  and 
Formea.  "  Tannbailaer  "  will  probably J>e  the  flrai 
opeia  of  the  aeries. 

WALLACK'S  THEATRK 
"A  Morning  Call"  and  "Married  Life  "♦were 
represented  at  Wallack'a  Theatre  laat  evening. 
Dance's  pretty  comedietta  waa  delightfully  aetod 
by  Mr.  Wallack,  whose  grace  and  brilliancy  «f 
stylo  are  admirably  anlted  to  tbe  male  rdle. 
Mid  Miaa  Dyaa  proved  a  worthy  aaaoclate  of  the 
artiat  who  la  atill  tbo  best  of  light  comediana  on  the 
Xoallab  or  American  stage.  "Married  Life  "  elicit- 
ed the  naoal  hearty  merriment,  and, with  "  A  Morn- 
ing Call,"  will  doubtless  constitute  a  potent  attzao- 
tion  darlag  the  remainder  ot  the  weak.  ^   - 

DESTBUOTIYH  riJSJSS  Uf  CUBA. 
A  letter  received  in  this  City  from  Havana, 
^  -"^  i«n    xwbb  X   aurst    "Xba  baxalac  of  tba  five 


IS     THE      WASHINirlON     WRECKED  f 
REASONS  FOR  BKLIEVINO  THAI    IHK  BODIES 
FOUND  BELONGED    TO  THE    CROMWELL, 
INSTEAD     OF       THE     WASHINGTON — THE» 
WASHINGTON  HAD  NO  "WOMAN  ON  BOARD, 
BUT   THE    CROMWELL    HAD   A  STEWARD- 
ESS—OTHER  NOTABLE  FACTS   POXNIINQ 
•   THE    SAME   WAY. 
To  tht  Editor  of  the  New-  York  Timet: 

It  is  extremely  doubtful  if  the  reports  pab- 
lished  in  tbe  Journals  this  morning  of  a  terrible 
abipwreck  at  French  Mistaken  Point,  on  the  New- 
foundland ooaat,  rafer  at  all  to  the  ateamer  George 
Waahington.  Deaplte  tbe  plain,  unvamisbed  tale 
these  telegrama  aeem  to  tell,  a  glance  at  tbe  following 
'pointa  Will  render  it  tolerably  certain  that  tbe  vea- 
ael  which  went  to  pieces  at  the  inhospitable  cove 
off  Kewfonndland  waa  none  other  tban  the  missinn 
George  Cromwell,  the  sister  ship  of  the  George 
Waahington. 

Ton  dispatches  say  that  one  of  the  bodies  of  tbe 
nnfortunatea  picked  np  waa  "tbat of  a  woman — 
probably  the  stewardess."  There  certainly  was  no 
female  on  board  the  George  Waahington.  The 
stewardess  of  tbe  George  Washington    did  not   sail 

on  the  last  trip,  and  is  at  her  residence  on  Sheffield 
atreet.  East  New-York,  to-day.  The  George  Crom- 
well, however,  bad  a  atewardess  aboard.  Tbe  wife 
of  Capt.  Whitehead,  of  the  George  Waahington, 
left  her  huaband  on  board  tbe  abip  at  9  o'clock  tbe 
evening  before  be  sailed,  (the  George  Waahington 
sailed  at  5  in  the  morning,)  and  at  tbat  time  there 
was  no  female  on  hoard.  The  steamer  proceeded 
to  Halifax  direct,  where  she  embarked  passengers, 
bat  according  to  telegrams  to  tbe  agents  here,  no 
females.  01  course  ahe  has  not  been  heard  of  since, 
certainly  not  at  any  port. 

Mnch  stress  has  been  laid  npon  the  fact  that  the 
wreoke<l  atnff  picked  np  was  marked  "George 
Washington."  This,  however,  proves  nothing. 
There  have  been  many  transfera  of  clothing,  bed- 
ding, life  preservers,  &c.,  from  time  to  time  from 
the  l>etter  equipped  George  Wasbinstuo  to  tbe 
George  Cromwell.  So  frequent  and  wholesale,  in- 
deed, were  tbe«e  transtera,  that  it  waa  a  standing 
Joke  with  tbe  'Washineton'a  crew  that  "  they  woald 

take  the  whole  ship  next."  ..__    - 

According  to  all  accoanta,  the  wreck  occurred  on 
tbe  30th  or  Slat  nit.,  and  the  bodies  were    found    on 

tbe  25th ;  and  yet  we  are  told  tley  were  "  decom- 
poaed,  stripped  of  clothing,  and  broken  and  torn  to 
plecea."  Is  It  likely  tbat  bodies  in  the  water  only 
three  or  tour  day^,  at  this  season  of  the  year.  In  a 
high  northern  latitude,  would  decompose  and  be 
torn  in  piecoa  t  Tbe  incident  ia  explicable,  bow- 
ever,  if  we  anbatitute  tbe  George  Cromwell,  wMch 
moat  likely  haa  been  loai  for  weeks,  and  it  will  ac- 
count, also,  for  the  prsaence  of  the  body  of  a 
woman. 

Tbe  dispatches  state  that  on  one  of  the  bodlea.was 
found  a  "heavy  gold  ring."  Tbe  Captain  of  the 
George  Cromwell  wore  aoch  a  ring.  Tbe  clotblng 
of  the  Captain  and  Steward  of  the  Greorge  Wash- 
ington waa  plainly  marked,  and  it  la  utterly  incom- 
prehensible how  three  er  fonr  davs'  snbnersion 
could  eliminate  the  marks.  Capt.  Whitehead  him- 
self is  a  strongly  marked  mac,  having  a  large  lump 
on  the  side  of  hia  head,  and  a  aoar  or  seam  acrosi 
his  fs«e.  All  thiags  considered,  tbe  Captaln'a  wife 
has  by  no  means  given  np  hope,  her  gallant  bni- 
band  having  been  in  shlpwreaks  on  several  pre- 
vioni  occasions.  WILLIAM  APLIN, 

Nbw-Tokk,  Wednesday.  Feb.  7, 18T7. 


DEATH     OF     AXOlHBJt    BOX   ORATOR. 

The  San  Francisco  Atla  of  Jan.  31  says  : 
"  Master  Willie  Brown,  the  boy  orator,  died  yester- 
day morning  of  diphthsns,  at  the  residence  of  his 
parents.  Bon.  L.  A.  Brown  and  M.  Angnata  Brown, 
M.  C  Ko.  14  O'Farrell  atreet.  This  sad  event  will 
be  noted  with  deep  regret  by  thousauda  who. 
atmok  with  wonder  at  thia  boy''a  preoociona  Intel* 
lestual  maturity,  and  fascinated  wit'a  his  remarka- 
ble oratorical  development,  had  looked  forward  to  a 
career  of  extraordinary  power  for  the  baby  orator. 
Maater  Willie  was  born  in  San  Francisco,  and  was 
8  years  and  3  months  uld  when  he  died.  His  apil- 
tiiae  for  reoeating  irom  memory,  with  great  facili- 
ty, fragments  of  pro^e  and  verse,  and  bis  uncom- 
mon powers  of  declamation,  were  observed  at  an 
early  day.  At  5  yeara  hia  mind  had  be- 
come a  store-bouse  ot  elaborate  q  notations, 
both  seriona  and  comical,  which  ne  would  re- 
cite 'With  fidelity  to  tbe  text,  tend  an  unmistakable 
appreciation  of  aentlment.  Extended  piecea  he 
would  learn  after  three  or  four  bearings.  He  never 
went  a  day  to  school — bis  parents  restraiuiog  all 
artifloial  education  for  fear  of  stimu^ting  his  mind, 
already  crowding  npon  itselt ;  nor  was  he  drilled 
and  reueaned  np  to  a  point  of  apparent  phenome- 
nal development.  All  tbe  matter  in  bia  mind,  with 
which  be  waa  wont  to  amuse  and  charm  audiences 
by  bis  stately  and  effective  delivt<rv,  was  tbe  result 
bt'an  intaiiive,  instantaneous  iodgmeoc,  controlled 
by  an  occuU  force,  tbe  analysis  of  which  la  a  uxuile 
to  tbe  soeculationa  or  psychologists.  Xhe  spiritual- 
ists did,  indeed,  nut  tiesitate  to  claim  with  some  tri- 
umph that  tbe  Kift  waa  medinmistio,  tbat  the  sensi- 
tive boy  orator  wss  controlled  by  the  spirit  of  some 
daoeased  orator  of  magnltic»nt  attainments.  His  voice 
was  unnsually  strong  and  flexible,  with  a  wonderful 
power  of  modulation.  His  personal  appearance 
was  extremely  prepossessing,  with  his  briitlit 
earnest  eyes,  handsome,  spiritual  face,  bis  active 
and  vtvaciuns  temperament.  Dnnng  the  past  three 
years  he  had  l>een  permitted  to  appear  occasionally 
in  public  in  this  State,  In  ^Nevada,  and  in  Utah, 
always  to  large  audiences,  and  winning  decided 
encomiums.  His  fame  was  ex- territorial,  having 
reached  to  tbe.  Atlantic  Staiea.  On  ihe  SOrU  of 
April,  1876.  in  Plutt'a  Hall,  in  thia  city,  he  was  tbe 
recipient  of  a  benefit,  when  a  nnmbur  of  ladies  and 
gentlemen  eminent  In  the  tbeairioal  and  maslcal 
profeaslons  appeared.  Laat  Fall  be  appeared  for 
the  laat  time  in  public  at  a  benefit  tendaied  by  tbe 
Bayes  and  Wheeier  Invinoibles  to  a  distinguished 
laay  elocutionist." 


THE  EASTERN  QUESTION. 

THE  GRAXD  VIZIEB^S  DISMISSAL. 

DOUBTS  EXPRESSED     AS     TO     Tai     CUA^OES 

AGAINST  MIDHAT  PASHA— THB  KFFaCTS 

OV     BIB      BANISHMENT— -A      QRBAT      OB- 
STACLE   TO    PEACE — THE    SULTAN'S  DE- 
CLARATIOST. 
London,  Feb.  7. — A  dispatch  from  Con- 
stantinople quotes  newspaper  aooonnts  of  Mid- 
hat  Pasha's    fall,  substantially  corroborating 
tbe     I'eM     Mall     Otiseite^e    special    diapatcb 
of  yesterday  on  that  aubject,  and  adds :  "  The 
authenticity  of  these  details,  however,  is    con- 
tested, and  in  diplomatic  circles  it  is  doubted 
that  Midhat  Pasha  really  contemplated  over* 
throwing  the  Sultan." 

A  correspondent  at  Constantinople,  in  a  dis- 
patch to  that  ioomal,  says:  "  Midhat  Pasha's 
banishment  has  produced  a  profoundly 
painful  feeling.  Thei^  is  general  gloom  and 
depression,  and  more  uneasiness  and  irritation 
tban  for  many  months.  My  own  very  earnest 
feeling  is  that  a  great  misfortune  has"  befallen 
Turkey,  and  her  best  friends  must  now  give  up 
all  hope  of  her.* 

A  special  dispatch  from  Constantinople  says  : 
"  Midhat  Pasha  was  the  greatest  obstacle  to 
peace.  It  was  dangerous  to  allow  him  to  re- 
main here.  Disgust  is  expressed  by  tbe  anti- 
Salisbury  party.  The  change  has  been  accom- 
plished without  disorder.  A  great  opportunity 
18  now  offered  Turkey  still  to  arrange  with  the 
powers,  and  secure  peace  by  making  conces- 
sioDS  beneficial  to  the  Christians." 

An  afternoon  paper  says  it  doubts  the  Con- 
stantinople correspondent's  account  of  Midhat 
Pasha's  fall,  but  has  no  doubt  that  tbe  account 
originated  in  an  official  assertion  or  suggestion. 
Tbe  paper  adheres  to  tbe  belief  that  Midhat 
Pasha  fell  from  personal,  not  political,  reasons. 
Another  dispatch  from  Constantinople  re- 
ceived to-night  says  the  dismissal  of  Midhat 
Pasha  does  not  imply  change  in  Turkey's  for- 
eign or  internal  policy.  Her  present  foreign 
policy  will  not  only  be  maintained,  but  'will  be 
pursued  witb  greater  firmness.  An  otScial 
statement  is  published  declaring  tbat  Midhat 
Pasha  was  exiled  because  he  was  inclined  to  a 
course  contrary  to  the  spirit  of  the  Constitu- 
tion. His  action  indicated  that  absolute  power, 
which  had  been  abandoned  by  the  Sultan, 
would  be  exercised  bv  others.  Some 
individuals  had  formea  plans  against 
tbe  Sultan's  prerogatives,  and  against 
public  tranquility.  Midhat  did  nothing  to  op- 
pose these  intrigues.  The  Levant  HercUd 
reports  that  Midhat  Pasha.  on  being 
sho'wn  documents  produced  in  evidence 
against  him,  declared  be  was  the  vic- 
tim of .  a  Russian  ,  plot.  A  later 
dispatch  from  Constantinople  says  Midbai's 
complication  with  the  plot  against  the  Sultan, 
and  even  the  existence  of  a  plot,  continues  to 
be  doubtlul.  Midhat  has  only  been  exded 
temporarily. 

London,  Feb.  8. — The  correspondent  at  Con- 
stantinople of  a  morning  paper  telegraphs  the 
following:  "I  am  informed  on  good  au- 
thority that  the  Sultan  haa  declared  to  the 
Austrian  Cbarg6  d'Affaires  tbat  Midhat 
Pasha  was  not  banished  tor  plotting,  but  tor 
unguarded  and  improper  language,  and  for 
usiug  tbe  Constitution  in  n  manner  opposed  to 
the  Sultan's  interests."     A  special  irom    Pesth 

reports  tbat  the  Hpecial  Envoy  ot  the  Porte 
has  had  interviews  with  Prince  Milan  and 
Minister  Ristics.  The  disposition  of  M.  Kistics 
and  of  the  people  is  ver.y  pacific. 

A  despatch  from  Belgrade  states  that  Edhem 
Pasha  has  by  teleirr<iph  ooufirmod  the  appoint- 
ment of  Perteii  Effendi,  who  was  nominated 
by  Midhat  Pasha  as  Envoy  to  Prince  Miliin, 
and  has  directed  him  to  proceed  with  bis  mission. 
Perten  Etteudi  bos  accordingly  presented  the 
condition  demanded  by  tbe  Porte,  he  being  as 
yet  only  authorized  to  discuss  them  in  a  pre- 
liminary way.  Tbe  coiiditious  are  substan- 
tially the  saine  as  those  given  by  the  political 
coixeRpcndence.  Both  the  Vienna  and  the  Bel- 
grade correspondents  of  tbe  Timet  point  to  tbe 
fact  that  Serria  appears  to  object  only  to  the  stip- 
ulation tbat  the  negotiations  be  carried  ou  at 
Constantinople.  The  '  Belgrade  correspondent 
continues:  The  Servian  Cabinet  say  tbey  are 

desiruua  of  speedily  reaching  an  agreement, 
and  'Wish  the  negotiations  to  proceed  in  Bel- 
grade BO  as  !o  avoid  less  of  time. 

Ueports  have  reached  Belerrade  of  great  mili- 
tary activity  along  ttie  shores  of  tbe  Black  boa 
and  the  banks  of  the  Pruth.  It  ia  said  tbat 
the  Kussiaus  have  placed  pontoons  over  tbe 

river.  It  is  believed  lu  some  eircles  in  Bel- 
grade     tbat       Midbat       Pasha      stiM      really 

ooutrols  the  Turkish  GovemmeDt,  and  baa  only 

retired  temporarily  topetuiit  concessions  which 
would  have  been  inconsistent  with  his  lormer 
attitude. 

Tbe  Vienna  correspondent  of  tbe  Timet  says 
it  is  asserted  in  some  quarters  that  Midbat's 
difierenoe  with  tbe  bultaii  arose  because  the 
latter  refused  to  dismiss  Satvet  Pasha,  with 
whom  Midhat  disagreed  as  to  the  terms  to  be 
ufi'ered  to  Servia. 


ment  in  the  House  of  Lords  to-night  in  reference 
to  tbe  Conference. 


OOMPEHSAIIOK. 
The  Syracuse  ChritHan  Advocate  says  :  "A 
sound-minded  physician  of  this  city  remarked  the 
other  day,  not  altogether  oomplainingly,  that  the 
amount  of  sickness  now  prevalent  ia  mnch  smaller 
than  is  usual  for  this  particular  mooch.  He  also 
said,  not  altogether  Jokingly,  tbat  this  condition  uf 
tbe  people  may  be  partly  dae  to  the  bard  tlmea. 
May  there  not  possibly  be  some  ground  tor  this 
opinion  t  Our  sickness  ia  largely  self-sought,  a 
kiMtl  attache  to  luxury,  or  is  itself  a  luxury  ;  for 
th?  nearer  we  approach  the  atate  of  nature  the 
less  become  oat  ailinga,  and  those  creatures  least 
under  the  control  of  man^the  wild  birds — are  sel- 
dom outot  sorts.  Tbe  hard  timea  may  yet  be  found 
responaible  for  many  benefits,  aa  waL  aa  discom- 
forta,  to  oa,  complain  as  we  may." 

OOY.  VASOB  AND  THE  SMOSETART  OF  WAR. 
The  Baleigb  (N.  C.)  Ifewt  contains  tbe  fol- 
lowing :  "Oov.  Vance  is  in  receipt  of  a  letter  from 
tbe  Secretary  of  War  demanding  of  blm  ths 
records  of  the  office  of  the  Adlutant  General  of  this 
State  fob  tbe  yeara  1861  to  18(15,  in  ol  naive.  Gov. 
Vance  baa  replied,  retaaing  to  comply  with  the.de- 
mand.  in  the  coariA  of  bis  reply  reterriag  to  certain 
ITorth  Carolina  latter  books  now  in  posaession 
of  tbe  X'ederal  Government,  to  whieh  he  is  not  per- 
noitted  aoeeaa,  bat  whieh  have  been  garbled  by  de- 
figrntnyimen  and  uaed  to  his  detriment.  He  tells 
tbe  Secretary  of  War  aoms  things  which  are  more 
mtJUCBi  t^'^n  paUtabl*  " 


BVSSIA  STILL  12iIEJST  ON  WAR. 
EFFOHTS  TO     SECURE     THE  NEUTRAHTY  OF 
AUSTRIA— VIEWS     OF      RNGLI8H     JOUR- 
NALS  ON   THE    RUSSIAN    CIRCULAR. 

■London,  Feb.  8.— The  Berlin  correspond- 
eno  of  a  morning  paper  says  the  fiussian  over- 
tures to   secure  tbe  assistance  ot  Austria  in  tbe 

event  ot  war  appears  to  have  been  hopelessly 
uusucccsslul.    Kussia  is  now    endeavormg  to 
obtain  Irom  Austria  a   promise  of  benevolent 
neutrality, 
A  diapatob  irom  St.  Petersburg  snys  Count 

Aitlerberg  is  mentioned  as  most  likely  to  suc- 
ced  Prince  Uurtacbakoff  as  Minister  of  Foreign 
Affairs. 

A  morning  paper  ot  yesterday,  commenting 
on  the  full  text  of  the  Kuseian  circular,  says : 
"  There  is  no  suggestion  of  anything  which  can 
properl.y  be  called  a  threat.  The  circular 
does  not  seem  to  seek  a  pretext  tor  backing 
out.  Its  object  seems  rather  to  ascertain  how 
tar  Europe  would  coutiuue  to  co-operate  with 
the  Czar,  he  not  be.ng  bound  by  any  special 
course,  but  prepared  to  modify  tbe  plans  ot 
action  he  might  favor  it  he  could 
thereb.y  prolong  European  concert  with- 
out neglecting  the  purpose  for  whioh 
that  concert  was  constituted.  But  under  no 
circumstances  could  this  purpose  be  laid  aside. 
The  circular  is  a  continuation  of  Gen.  Igna- 
tied''8  pfllicy  during  the  coulerence.  The  Rus- 
sian Government  is  .determinad  that  Kus- 
sia shall  not  be  piaced  in  tbe  wrong. 
'VVe,  for  ourselves.  may  declare  we 
are  satisfied  with  what  has  beau 
done,    but    we    cannot   blame    Russia  if  she 

Sruceeds  to  accomplish  what  we  all  joined  in 
esiring."  'Ihe  paper  advises  that  England 
should  await  tbe  result  of  tbe  chnage  at  Con- 
stantinople beiore  replying  to  Russia,  and  if  it 
be  the  inauguration  ot  a  policy  of  deference  to 
European  counsttis.  it  will  cut  away  the  ground 
from  uuder  tbe  Russsian  circular.  Engliiud 
might,  meanwhile,  inquire  what  course  Russia 
favored. 

An  evening  paper  fails  to  discover  a  pacific 
tendency  in  tbe  Kus.<>ian  circular,  and  believes 
it  IS  a  confirmation  of  tbe  Czar's  Moscow 
speech  in  tbe  potite  phrases  of  deplomacy,  and 
intended  to  cut  ofi  the  Russian  retreat  from 
the  tuUilment  of  tbe  pledges  given  lust  No- 
vember. 

QUEEN  VICTORIA'S  SPEECH. 

■» 

INDICATIONS  THAT  IN  WILL  BE  GUARDED 
IN  ITS  EXiRKSSION— LORD  SALISBURY 
TO  BE  CO.MPL1MENTED — SHE  HOPES  FOR' 
A  RESTORATION  OF' DIPLOMATIC  INTER- 
COURSE. 

London,  Feb.  8. — Tbe  Times  in  its  lead- 
ing article  says  :  "  We  may  be  sure  the  Queen's 
Speech  will  be  more  than  usually  guarded.  It? 
references  to  the  Eaatern  Question  will 
be  brief  as  possible,  and  almost  exoluslvel.y 
of  a  histonoal  character.  Tue  Queen  will  ex- 
press the  satifilaction  with 'which  she  joined  t^e 
Allies  in  procuring  an  armistice.  Shu  will 
accord  to  Lord  Salisbury  the  meed  ot  well- 
merited  p<*ai8e,  and  will  express  deep 
regret      that      the       Porte        declined      pro- 

.posals  'Which  were  nut  prejudicial  to 
*'he  interests  of  Turkey,  and  'which  would  have 
restored  peace  to  Europe.  Her  Mt^esty  will 
State  that  she  has  withdrawn  her  Ambassador 
as  a  mark  of  high  dissatisfaction.  The  speech 
wotdd  naturally  have  gone  on  to  express  hope 
tbat  the  Sultan  would  spontaneously  agree^o 
terms  of  peace  with  Servia  and  MontenegVo 
such  as  could  be  sanctioned  by  tbe  powers, 
and  introduce  reforms  into  the  disturbed  prov- 
inces! which  would  make  further  interference 
neither  necessary  nor  justifiable.  The  events 
of  this  week,  however,  have  necessarily  modi- 
fied tbe  concluding  phrases  relative  to  tbe 
Eastern  Question.  Without  specially  reler- 
ring  to  tbe  fate  of  Midhat  Pasha,  tbe  speech 
will  express  tbe  liope  that  what  has  happened 
-will  prove  favorable  to  conciliatory  coansels 
and  the  restoration  ot  diplomatic  inter- 
oonrse;  but  notbmg  will  be  said  aa  to  tbe 
course  of  the  future.  Glortscakofi''s  circular 
will  not  be  mentioned,  pnlesa  it  has  been  al- 
ready been  officially  oommuuioated  to  the  (Gov- 
ernment. 

A  mornmg  paper  annonnoes  that  the  Mar- 
QUis  of  Salisbury  'will  nrobably  make  a  a^Ate 


THE  FEELING  IN  ENGLAND. 
London,  Feb.  7. — ^At  the  opening  of  Par- 
liament to-morrow,  two  bine-books  will  be  laid 
on  tbe  tables  of  the  houses,  one  containing  the 

papera  on  the  £astem  Question  to   tbe   asSem- 

bliog  ef  the  oooference,  and  tbe  other  inolading 
the  conference  proceedings.  Copies  of  tbe  first 
volume  for  distribution  to  members  of  Parlia- 
ment and  the  presd  will  not  be  ready  until 
Friday,  and  the  second  volume  next  week. 
Debate  on  the  question  -will .  probably  begin 
after  the  distribution  of  the  second  volume. 

A  general  impression  prevails  that  the  opposi- 
tion will  not  make  a  direct  attack  on  tbe  Gov- 
ernment's Eastern  policy,  even  tbe  Liberal 
organs  admitting  it  to  foe  impossible  to  do  so 
sucoessfully  in  the  face  of  circumstances  now 
known.  Rumors,  however,  are  circulating  in 
Liberal  circles,  ot  grave  differences  between 
the  Marquis  of  Salisbury  and  his  colleagues, 
and  the  probffble  resignation  of  Lord  Salisbury. 
These  reports  assert  tbat  Earls  Beaconsfield 
aud  Derby  are  not  only  pleased  bv  the  Marquis 
of  Salisbury's  failure,  but  that  they  largely 
contributed  to  it  through  the  instrumentality 
of  Sir  Henry  Elliot,  the  British  Ambassador 
at  Constantinople.  Tbexumors  o^differences 
of  opinion  are  doubtless  well  foummd,  as  the 
the  proceedings  of  the  Conference  show  tbat 
Lord  Salisbury's  speeches  went  lar  beyond  the 
views  of  Earls  Beaconsfield  and.Derby.  With 
this  exception,  the  reppi'ts  in  circulation  are 
probably  mere  inlerences. 

The  Manchester  Chiardian'a  special  from  Lon- 
don says : 

'"  Public  rumor  attaches  so  much  iniportance 
to  divergences  bet  ween  the  Marquis  of  Salisbury 
and  Earl  Beaeonefield.  that  it  is  stated  to-night 
tbat  Lord  Salisbury  b^s  resigned.  To  say  tbe 
least  this  is  premature,  though  people  well  in- 
formed consider  that  tbe  danger  to  tbe  Gov- 
ernment respecting  the  Eastern  Question  is 
quite  as  gt^at  within  the  Cabinet  as  on  the 
opposition  side  of  tbe  House.  A  singular  in- 
cident occurred  to-day  in  connection  with  Lord 
Salisbury's  retiu-n.  He  crossed  from  Boulogne 
in  the  tidal  steamer,  on  board  of  which  he 
found  Sir  Henry  Elliott.  Instead  of  tbe  two 
coming  to  London  together.  Lord  Salisbury 
came  alone  on  a  special  train,  and  Sir  Henry 
came  by  the  ordinary  tidal  train  three-quarters 
of  ah  hour  afterward." 

London,  Feb.  8.— The  Times  hints  rival- 
ries in  the  Cabinet  as  follows :  "  There  can,  of 
course,  be  no  trace  in  the  speech  of  the  per- 
sonal speculbtioDS  with  which  the  air  is  rife. 
It  is  doubttul  whether  more  curiosity  is  felt  in 
the  pohtical  world  as  to  tbe  secret  of  Midbat's 
bill  or  concerning  the  spectacle  of  Beaconsfield 
and  Salisbury  sitting  side  by  side  on  the  b^ich 
of  the  Lords. ' 

THE  ATLAl^nC  CABLES. 
DKFEAT     OP      MONOPOLISTS     AND     SPECULA- 
TORS— HOW  THIS  RESULT  WAS   BROUGHT 
ABOUT.  ^ 

London,  Feb.  7.— The  following  is  from  the 

London  Timet  of  Tuesday  morning  :  "  Tbe  contest 
new  going  on  for  possession  of  the  Direct  United 
States  Cable  Cumnany  is  of  a  very  carious  kind. 
To-day  it  may  be  aaid  to  have  reached  the  second 
sti>ge,  and,  so  far,  the  monopolists  and  speculators 
nave  been  beaten.  Their  deleat  was  liAtnediately  re- 
flected on  tbe  Stock  Exchange,  where  tbe  price  of  tbe 
shares  fell,  as  well  as  those  of  tbe  Anglo-American 
Campany's.  It  is  not  onr  province  to  say  whether 
the  decision  cf  tbe  Chairman,  by  ruling  out  tbe  ex- 
cess of  votes  over  100,  which,  he  said,  waa  tbe  maxi- 
mum that  any  one  corporation  could  use  under  the 
articlea  of  the  association,  and  which  caused  the 
defeat  of  Mr.  Pender's  party,  ia  based  on  strict 
legal  rights  or  not,  but  every  inde- 
pendent sbarebolder  mast  feel  that  it 
is,  at  least,  equitable.  Nothing  coold  well  be  de- 
vised more  destructive  to  a  jjint  stock  enterprise 
tban  this  macblnery  of  "trusts,"  by  which  ibe 
coniroUiog  power  over  companies  may  be  acquired 
and  exercised,  in  defiance  of  every  private  right, 
bv  a  group  uf  spouulators.  That  this  movement 
to  gel  poaseasioD  of  the  Direct  Cable  Company  is 
an  enterprise  of  a  few,  working  partly  throagn  the 
Globe  Telezraph  and  Trust  Company,  is  beyond 
question,  for  tbe  movement  did  not  begin  before 
last  September,  and  ■we  have  a  list  of  the  share- 
holders of  the  Direct  Cable  Company  in  onr  p.)8- 
scasion,  which  siiows  thai  the  bulk  tA  abares  held 

by  fusionists  baa  been  acqaired  since    then.      Their 

interests  in  tbe  welfare  of  this  com[>any  are  there- 
fore of  remarkably  recent  origin.  It,  iu  lact.  dates 
from  the  time  when  tbe  competition  of  tbe  Direct 
Cable  Company  may  be  said  to  have  begun  to  tell 
scrionalv  on  tbe  receipta  of  its  rivals,  and,  there- 
fore, on  tbe  value  of  tbe  enormous  stake  which  tbe 
Globe  Telegraph  and  Trust  Company  haa  iu  tbe 
stuck  of  that  rival. 

[  The  decision  referred  to  by  the  Timet  was  given 
by  Air.  E.  H.  Lashington,  tbeyCbairman,  as  fol- 
lows :  "  Article  56  of  the  articlea  of  tbe  association 
said  '  no  member  holding  less  tban  10  « bares  shall 
have  any  vote.  Every  member  holding  at  least  that 
number  of  sbarea  ah.ill  have  one  vnte  for  every 
complete  nnm ber  of 'abares,  with  this  limit,  thitt  no 
shareholder  shall  be  entitled  to  more  than  100  votes 
ID  all.'  Tbat  article  was  to  preveot  tbe  company 
from  beinii  overriden.  Instead,  therefore,  of  allow- 
inz  the  Globe  Comnanv  149  votea   he  ahunld  allow 

them  only  100.  He  aboald  allow  100  votes  to  tbe 
Banque  Centrale  who  claimed  300  votes,  and  he 
should  rule  oat  400  of  tbe  votes  in  behalf  of  Messrs 
Morris  &  Puckl'j.  This  reduced  tbo  number  of 
Votes  against  Mr.  BramweU'a  amendment  by  649, 
leaving  tbe  number  ot  votes  against  al  1.945,  aud 
giving  a  mi\Jority  in  favor  of  the  amendment  of  50.1 
votes."  He  then  declared  tbe  amendment  earned. 
Tbe  amendment  was  received  witb  cheers  and 
biases,  and  followed  bv  a  great  nproar.  After  some 
farther  discnssion  tbe  meeting  was  adjourned  till 
the  Slh  of  March.] 


WRECK  OF  A  BUlllSa  STEAMER. 

LOSS    OF    THE    STEAMER     ETHEL — NINETEEN 
LIVKS  LOST. 

London,  Feb.  8. — The  British  steamer  Ethel, 
bound  from  Bilbao  for  Newoort.Wales;  went  ashore 
yesterday  on  Landy  Island  and  became  a  total 
wreck.    Nineteen  persons  were  drowned. 

MISCELLANEOUS     FOREIGN    NOTES. 


perlary  in  the  matter  of  sworn  statements  made  by 
tbem  concerning  the  affilra  and  transactions  of  the 
company. 

A  MENDMENTS  BE  J  BOTE  D  IN  CONNEOTIOVT. 
The   Senate   ot   Connecticut  on  Tuesday  re- 
lected  two  proposed  amendments  to  the  Constitu- 
tion of  that  State.    The  first  amendment  discussed, 

Ko.  5,  provided  that  members  of  the  Legislature 
and  all  executive  and  judicial  of^cers  shall,  on  en- 
tenng  upon  the  duties  of  their  respectivo  offices, 
take  oath  that  tney  have  neither  directly  or  indi- 
rectly oontribnted  any  money  or  valuable  thing  tor 
tbe  purpose  of  defraying  the  expenses  of  the  elec- 
tion at  which  tbey  were  chosen  to  office,  making 
any  person  convicted  of  bavin  r  taken  such  an  oath 
falsely'  liable  to  all  tbe  pains  and  penalties 
of  perjury.  Senator  Bishop  explained  the 
favorable  report  of  tbe  committee  on 
tbe  amendment  on  tbe  ground  that  tbey 
were  unwilling  to  go  on  record  as  opposed  to  a 
measure  so  apparently  worthy  of  legislative  ap- 
proval. There  were  elements  of  evil  as  well  as  good 
in  tbe  amendment,  bat  on  the  whole  he  favorea  Its 
adoption.  Senator  Brown  also  spoke  in  favor  ot  the 
amendment,  while  Senators  Hoyt,  Houston,  and 
Bowers  opposed  it.  The  ground  taXen  by  those  in 
opposition  was  tbat  wbile  anv  measure  tending  to 
lessen  t*ie  evils  of  bribery,  &c..  In  elections  was 
praiaewortby,  thor*)  was  a  proper  use  for  money  in 
elections  wbicb  the  amendment,  If  enforced,  would 
punish  as  severely  as  its  corrupt  ass.  Tbe  amend- 
ment was  rejocted  by  the  vote  of  4  yeas  to  15  nays. 
The  proposed  amendment  No.  6,  next  taken  op, 
provided  for  biennial  sessions  of  the  Greneral  As- 
Sfmbly.  No.  7,  a  supplementary  amendment  re- 
latiag  to  tbe  choice  of  Kepresentatives  under  the 
biennial  system,  waa  discussed  at  tbe  same  time. 
Tbe  favorable  report  of  the  committee  was  de- 
fended in  a  rather  conservative  manner  by  Senator 
Bishop,  and  vigorously  opposed  by  Senators  Hons- 
ton.  Bowers,  and  Brown.  Xhe  vote  on  amendment 
No.  6  was  7  yeas  and  12  navs,  two  Senators  being 
absent.  Tne  other  ameudment,  bemg,  from  its  sop- 
plenientary  uatare,  useless  in  view. of  the  lejection 
of  amendment  No.  6,  was  defeated,  the  only  vote 
recorded  in  its  favor  being  that  of  Senator  Bray. 


St.  Petersburg,  Feb.  7. — All  but  three  of 
the  atudents  who,  ou  tbe  iSth  of  December,  (St 
Nicbolaa'  Day)  daring  service  m  the  Cathedral  of  . 
Kazan,  made  a  demonstration  and  unfurled  a  red 
flag  bearing  the  inscription  "Unioa  and  Libertv," 
have  been  sentenced  to  penal  servitude  or  transpor- 
tation. Tbe  participators  m  this  demonstration 
were  11  women  and  91  men. 

An  explosion  look  place  yesterday  in  the  Fass 
Ci'lliery,  near  Bolton,  by  which  10  men  were  killed. 

Vienna,  Feb.  7. —The  Ministerial  crisis,  which 
has  been  lingering  since  the  ooening  of  negotiations 
on  the  bank  question,  haa  now  become  acute.  The 
demand  of  Hungary  ana  Austria  regarding  tbe  con- 
atitntion  of  tbe  Board  of  Directors  of  tbe  bank  are 
irreconcilable,  the  former  demanding  equal  repre 
sentation  while  Austria  demanded  nearly  two-thirda 
ofthenumber  of  Directors.  Negotiations,  therefore, 
are  broken  off.  Tbe  Hunganan  Ministers  have 
left  for  Pesth,  having,  it  is  stated,  tendered  their 
resignations.  Even  if  their  resignations  are  ac- 
cepted, it  Is  unlikely  thai  any  other  Ministerial 
combination  can  be  made  at  this  time  te  carry 
throuzh  tbe  Hangarian  Parliament  tbe  Bank  bill 
prelected  by  the  Austrian  Ministry,  while  dissoln- 
tlon  would  make  matterij  worse  instead  ot  better. 

Glasgow,  Feb.  7.—  4.  fair  busineaa  is  doing  in  the 
sugar  market  here.     Prices  are   about   3   pence  per 

100  pounds,  lower,  except  for  the  finest  crystals, 
which  are  rather  dever. 

London,  Feb.  7. — A  dispatch  from  Bombay  to 
Renter's  Telegram  Company  says:  "Tbe  cotton 
crap  of  the  Presidency  has  been  severely  damaged 
by  excessive  rains. 

A  dispatch  from  Cairo  says  official  dispatches 
have  been  communicated  to  the  British  representa- 
tive announcing  tbat  tbe  Abyssinian  £nvov  has 
safely  returned  home.  Note.— The  illegal  deten- 
tion of  this  envoy  by  the  £b6dive  had  been  regard- 
ed as  likely  to  cause  a  renewal  of  war  between 
Abyssinia  and  B;;ypt. 

LoNOON,  Feb.  8. — Tbe  Queen  received  the  Am- 
baasador  ef  China  yeaterdav. 

Silver  oloaed  at  57^d.  per  ounce.  India  Council 
Billa  were  allotted  to-day  at  about  led.  x>er  mpee 
decline.  '  _       

CAARGBS  AOAINSl'  INSVBAITCE  MEN. 
St.  Locis.  Feb.  7.— -Tbe  Grand  Jury  banded 
in  a  number  of  indictments  to  tbe  court  to-day,  and 
report  says  (and  the  rumor  is  published)  that  two 
of  the  indictments  are  against  John  F.  Oonglasa, 
Vice  Preddent,  and  S.  W.  Bryant,  Actnary.  of  the 
Culnmbia  ufe  lusorauce  Company  of  this  city,  for 


A  DEFAULTER  PARDONED. 
Gov.  Kemper,  of  Virginia,  has  extended  Ex- 
ecutive clemency  to  Samuel  H.  Thorbnrn,  a  young 
bank  officer  of  Petersburg  who  was  sentenced  to 
five  years  in  tbe  penitentiary  for  false  entry  and 
larceny.  The  Governor,  in  granting  this  pardon, 
gives  the  following  reasons:  "Tbe  prisoner  is 
a  yotmg  bank  officer  who  took  funds  of  the 
bank,  fled  tbe  country,  then  voluntarily  re- 
turned, made  every  possible  restitution  and  repara- 
tion, and  snrreodered  himself  tor  arrest  and  trial. 
His  previous  hfe,  through  peace  and 'war,  was  oae 
of  unblemished  honor  and  of  tbe  best  domestic  and 
social  relations.  Insanity  bad  existed  on  both  sides 
of  bis  f.^mily,  ana  it  has  marked  bis  own  mind, 
which  vas  one  of  morbid  excitability  and  insane 
manltestations  in  limes  of  trouble.  Many  leading 
citizens,  including  eminent  professional  men,  fur- 
nish proofs  which  exclude  tbe  idea  tbat  he  cuu'd 
have  been  sane,  wbeo  in  an  hour  of  frenzy  he 
contradicted  the  tenor  of  bis  life  by  commit- 
ting crime.  He  was  convicted  ou  hia  own 
volnntary  ulea,  no  testimony  and  no  cefense  being 
heard.  The  question  of  bis  sanity  was  not  theu 
tiled,  as  it  should  have  been.  Tbe  application  tor 
bia  pardon  is  signed  by  31  otficers  ot  tbe  court,  m- 
clnUing  the  prosecuting  uttomey.  ail  tbe  members 
of  both  jaries  which  indicted  and  tried  him,  all  tbe 
officer*  of  the  bank,  many  public  officials,  and  more 
tban  500  citizens.  I  am  led  to  believe  tbat  tbis 
pardocT  rescues  a  young  man  from  ruin  and  sbame 
and  restores  him  to  a  life  of  usefulness  and  honor." 


A  CHANCE  MEHTIAG  AT  THE  COUNTER. 

The  St.  Louis  Republican  relates  the  follow- 
ing as  an  actnal  fact,  lately  transpiring  in  that  city : 
"  Not  long  ago  two  ladies  stood  at  the  shawl  oonoter 
of  one  of  the  two  leading  dry  goods  stores  in  St. 
Louis.  They  were  unknown  to  each  other,  but 
were  each  intent  in  the  examination  of  shawls. 
Que  of  tbe  ladies  was  finally  banded  somettdng  that 
Brack  her  fancy.  She  turned  the  article  over  and 
over,  with  admiring  eye  upon  it,  and  asked  its  price. 
She  was  told  what  it  waa,  and  witb  a  sigb  lail  it 
down  again.  'Iliko  it,' aaid  she;  'it  suits  me  per- 
fectly, but  I  caonot  afford  it.  My  busbanu  tells  me 
that  we  must  retrench  as  much  as  oossible.'  Tbe 
sympathetic  paleswoman  was  abont  replacing  the 
shawl  upon  its  shelf  when  the  other  lady  spoke  : 
•You  do  not  intend  to  take  the  sbiwi.  then.  Mad- 
am ?'  'No,'  was  the  response.  ' Then  I  think  I'll 
take  it.  It  suits  me,  too,  and  I  was  only  waiting 
for  your  determination.'  Then,  taming  to  the 
saleswoman,  the  last   speaker  told  her  to  do  up  tbe 

Dorchase.  adiling,    'Charge  it   to  Mr.  .'    Tbe 

effect  the  name  had  upon  the  lady  who  was  unable 
to  bui'  the  Nbawl  was  electric.  'That's  my  hus- 
band !'  she  shrieked,  and  there  was  a  scene  upon 
wbicb  tbe  curtain  did  not  fall  at  once  by  an;^ 
means."  

THE  LATE  JOHN  O'MAHONET. 
Delegates    representing    the    various    Irish 
societies     of    this   and    neighboring   cities   met    at 

Military  /Hall,  Bowery,  yesterday  afternoon  to 
make  arrangements  for  the  burial  of  the  late  Col. 
John  O'Mationey.     On  motion  O'Djnovan  Koasa  waa 

elected  ChairmaD,  and  A.  E.  Costello  Secretary.    It 

was  announced  that  the  Coaneilof  tbe  Fenian  Brotb- 
•>rhood  had  decided  to  send  tbe  remains  of  the  dead 
Head  Centre  t3  Ireland.  The  following  gentlemen 
were  elected  a  committee  to  co-operate  with  the 
Council  of  the  Fenian  Brotherhood  in  .making  ar- 
rangements for  the  disposition  of  Col.  O'Mahoney's 
remains  in  tbis  City,  and  their  final  transportation 
for  burial  to  Ireland:  Gen.  Tbomas  F.  Bonrke.  Col. 
Jimcs  Cavanagb,  John  Bi  eslin.  col.  Patrick  Phelan, 
(^ol.  Henderson,  Johrf'  McKertian,  Mr.  Cahili,  John 
C.  O'Suliivan,  William  F.  Foley,  Xuoraas  Deveres, 
Mr.  McUngb,  Christopher  Collins,  and  Joseph  D. 
Malone.  The  remains  will  be  temporarily  placed 
in  tb#  armory  of  tbe  Sixty-ninth  Regimsnt. 

WBT  CHINESE  SERVANTS  AB.E  KEPT. 

The  San  Francisco  Post  says  :     "  Two  cases 

are  told  illustrating  tbe  vexed  question  of  domestic 

helps.      The  Caucasian   Society  of   San   Francisco 

sent  a  girl  np  to  Sacramento  to  suooisede  a  Chinese 

bov  employed  by  a  family  in  doioe  errands  acd  tbe 
like.  "  The  ladv  preferred  a  female  help,  if  she 
coald  get  heron  reasouable  terma,  and  off^ererf  this 
one  $2  50  per  week,  with  bed  and  boird.  She  re- 
funecl,  preferring  to  remain  idle,  and  the  Mongolian 
is  still  employed  at  {2  per  week,  with  board,  but 
wlrbout  sleeping  accommoda'ion.  Another  case  is 
that  of  a  girl  who  refused  ^  a  week,  with  board 
and  lodgiog-s,  for  cleaning  rooms.  Sue  would  not 
take  lesi  than  S15  a  month,  and  goes  idle.  A  Mon- 
golian does  tha  work-  raiisfjciorily  for  Tbe  lesser 
sum.  Iu  both  Ciisos  the  females  would  have  been 
jirelerred,  bur  the  families  requiring  help  could  not 
off  >rd_to  pay  their  terms,  aud  so  thf  Chinsse  main- 
tuioed  their  ground  as  domestics.  This  is  a  point 
for  the  Caucasian  Socie'v  to  consider." 


SALE  OF  A  RAILROAD  AT  AUCTION. 
Chicago,  Feb.  7. — The  Illinois  Division  ot 
the  Chioagii.  Danville  &  Vincennea  Railroad  was 
sold  at  public  auction  to-day  by  Bishop,  Master  in 
Cbao(ifrv  of  the  Uuired  States  Court,  nnder  a 
decree  of  foreclosure  made  by  Jadge  Drummond  in 
December,  1876,  in  favtr  of  the  first 
bonrtbolders.  The       road       sold        is       from 

Dolton,  this  county,  to  Danville,  III., 
abont  108  miles  and  a  few  branches.  The  price 
paid  was  *l,45a,000.  The  purchasers  were  Fred- 
erick W.  Heideaoper,  Thomas  W.  Shannon,  and 
John  N.  Deonison,  a  committee  appointed  by  tbe 
New-Turk  bondholders..  Tbe  entire  amount  for 
which  ihe  road  was  foreclosed  was  $3,300,000.  Xhe 
entire  indebtedness  of  tbo  road  is  $7,500,000. 


For  any  Lone  Conplatet 

<ir  Coneb,   use  OLLlFFE'8  TASTRLBSS  COD  LTVBI 
OIL,  with  Lime  and  Wild  Cherry.-  Depot,  No.  6  Bowery. 

Natnre  fires  oa  balr  aa  a  naefnl  appendocet 

Why   oennit   it   to  become  gray  and   fah   outt    Ua< 

PABKBR'S  UAIE  BAL.SAM. 

BrerdelfBt  303  Broadway,  elecant  Wed 

bINU  and  Ball   Cards,  Foreign   Mote  Papers,   Coat  oi 
Aima,  lowest  pricea. 

Pomeroy'a  'fnisaes-By  far  tke  Best  In  Osoi 

AskyourohvBician  i»OiIKlH>Y  TRUdS  <'0..  746  Ji'way, 


AITKEN— POWERS  —On  Tuesday,  Feb.  6,  at  the  real 
dence  of  the  bride's  faiher,  by  Kev.  Henry  Anetioo 
D.  D.,  JoBw'  W.  AiTKKS.  of  New-Tork,  to  HaLSK  F. 
Powers,  daughter  ot  D.  W.  Powers,  lisq.,  cf  Kocheater 
a.  Y.     No  cards.  ,„ 

uaATTOiN— M088.— At  Sanduaky,  Ohio,  on  Weone* 
day,  Feb.  7.  1877,  at  toe  residence  of  the  bride's  pa 
rents,  by  Her.  W.  W.  *-arr,  Wiixiah  L.  BBATToif.  ot 
Hew- York,  to  Bxilt,  only  daugnter  of  A  H.  Jlosa, 
Ksq.  .„ 

DlDRICHsEN— VAN  2A^PT.— On  Wednesflav,  Pet>r 
7.  at  the  Church  of  tbe  Ascension,  West  Brighton, 
Ktaien  Island,  by  Eev.  Mr.  Bustt,  <:oRSKi,ins  f,sL*xTi 
GoRBow  Wiu,iAit  Nicholas  Didbicbsiis  to  .>iaeii 
L0D18E,  dausbtcr  of  Mary  A.  and  the  late  Charles  A 
Van  Zindt, 

JUTTKN— HANNA.— In  theaixteenth  Street  Baptisi 
Church  in  this  Citv.  Wednesday,  J>»n.  81,  by  Rev.  U.  B 
Juttcn.  Gbokor  F.  Juttbm  to  SIaoqix  E.  Haxha,  bote 
of  Kew-York  Citv. 

JUILLIARU— COSSITT.— On  Tuesday,  Feb.  «.  1877, 
at  the  Madiaon  Avenue   Hr^sbvterian   <jhurch.  by  Kev. 

Dr.  Tucker,  AcQusTca  u.  JuiinARDto  hbiiEN  M..  daogb' 
ter  of  Prederiolt  ti.  Cosaitt,  bsg.,  all  ot  this  City. 


RAILROAD  EXEMPTED  FROM  TAXATION. 

San  Francisco,  Feb.  7. — Advices  from  Tuc- 
son, Ariz.,  say  tbe  Legislature  tias  passed  a  supple- 
mental bill  exempting  the.  Southern  PacificR.il- 
rosd  from  taxation  fur  six  years,  instead  of  fonr 
years,  as  by  tbe  original  bill. 

MRS.   MARY  J.   HOLMES'  NEW  STORY. 
Mrs.  Mitfy  J.  Holmes'  charming  story,  ''The 

FO BREST  BOUSB ;     OU    EVEEAKD'S   REPENTANCE,"    is 

now  being  read  by  milliuns  of  delighted  admirers. 
It  is  really  tbe  best  story  written  by  this  univer- 
snliy  popular  novelist,  and  can  be  read  only  in  the 
NewTork  Weekly,  for  which  paper  Mrs.  Holmes  is 
exclusively  engaged. — Exchange. 

FINEST  OLIVE  OB  SALAD  OIL 

Ever  imported.  Selected  especially  for,  im- 
ported and  bottled  bv,  Caswell,  Hazard  &Co.,  drng- 

gistB,  Fifth  AvENtJK  Hotei,  Building  and  Sixth 
avenue,  corner  of  Xbirty-ninth  street;  also  No.  132 
Tbomaj  atreet,  Newport,  K.  f.  Oar  only  places  of 
business  are  as  above. — Exchange. 

Dr.  Sage's  Catarrh  Bembdt  is  beyond  all 

com  parisou  the  best   preoaratioa   for  Catarrh    ever 

discovered.— Jd»«rtttemenf. 


Thinqs  that  attract  the  senses  merely  may  make 
a  surtacr  and  epbemer.il  reputation.  Bat  ti«inn  ne 
worm  only  holds  a  permtinent  value.  .Tis  ihus  with 
B.  T,  Babbitt's  'CoitaT  tiOAP,  which  has  no  eanslfnr 
iht)  U8B  of  toe  toilet,  oeine  u^ade  of  the  purest  mat«ri- 
als,  and  delicioaalu  its  uata:al  odor. — Advertitement. 

Fifty  i'er  Cent.  Saved 

B.T  using  HieoiNB'  (iicaaAN  Lacndut  idoAP. — Advertiee- 
vienL 


IDI2il  ID- 
ALLEN.— At  New-Haven,  Conn,  on  Tuesdav  morning. 
Feb.    6.  Hakribt  &..  with  ot  William   U.    Allen,   and 
daughter  or  nenry  Tnwbrldge. 

The  funeral  will  tatei'lace  from  her  laf  r^'sidence. 
No.  69  Ui'ove  St.,  on  Thursda.r,  the  Sthinsi..  at 'J 
o'clock  P.  M. 

BlaCKLIV. — On  tbe  6th  inst,  Joseph,  sou  of  J.  .T. 
and  the  late  Helen  Blacklm,  la  tbe  '20th  year  ot  his 
aare. 

services  on  Thursday  afternoon.  8th  lust,  at  3 
o'clock  at  the  rt-side  ,ce.  No  .S18  Union  st,  Broofc 
lyn.  The  relatives  and  friends  of  the  family  are  to 
spectfnlly  Ic  viteti  to  attend.  Interment  on  the  follow' 
ine  day.  ^    ^„ 

FINAN.— On  the  7th  inst,  ass  Fistan,  aged  76 
years. 

Thf  relativea  and  friends,  also  the  members  of  th« 
Forsyth  Street  ."detbodist  Boiscopal  Church,  and  Board 
ot  Managers  of  the  Ladies'  Union  Aid  aocietv,  are  re- 
spectfully Invited  to  attend  the  funeral  Irom  tbe 
'Home,''  42d  st,  near  8th  av..  this  afternoon  at  £ 
o'clock. 

GORDON.— uu  Wednesday,  7th  Insr...  Eliza  P.  Gor; 
DON,  widow  of  ddam  Gordon,  of  New-Brnnswiclc,  N.  J. 

Funeral  services  at  10:30  o'clock  A.  M.  on  Sarojdav- 
lOtb  inst,  at  No.  136  Leitln(rt'.n  av.  Tbe  remains  wiU 
be  taken  to  New-Brunawiek  for  Interment  anl  fanerai 
services  wiU  be  held  at  Christ  Church.  Rew-oruns- 
wicif,  at  2:15  P.  M.  ou  batnrdav.  lOlh  inst 

KKGLOGG. — On  Tnesdav.Blh  last,  in  Cambridgeport, 
Mass.,  at  the  residence  ot  lier  son-in-law,  Gdjjar  Ii. 
Kiuslev,  KVBBCCA  Blakr.  widow  ot  tbe  lute  Ralph  Kef 
logK,  in  the  77tn  vear  of  her  ace. 

iiAWSON.— On  Wednesda?  mominB,  Feb.  7,  of  scar- 
let fever,  Robekt  Hamilton,  son  ot  Koliert  and  Mary 
£.  Lawsoo. 

Fuueral  to-day  (Tburaday)  at  2  o'clock  from  No.  14 
Lafayette  place. 

LONGS  IRKET.— Suddenly,  on  Feb.  7,  1877.  Aaeoh 
B.  Lonostbbet. 

Relatives  and  frlendeof  tbetamiiy  are  invited  to  at- 
tend his  funeral  irom  tbe  West  Tweat.v-thira  Street 
Presbvterian  Church,  near  7th  -av.,  on  Friday,  9tb 
inst,  at  11  o'clock  A  M. 

MACDONOCGH.— On  Feb  6,  MART  A.  eldest  daugl* 
ter  01  the  late  Cornelius  and  Savsh  Macdonoo^ih. 

"The  relatives aua  fneods  of  the  family  are  iuvicefl  t? 
attend  the  funeral  on  Fridav,  tbe  9th  inst,  nt  10 
o'clock  from  the  residence  of  her  brother-in-law.  T.  M. 
Bristol,  No.  ItJd  West  2Vid  st,  without  further  invita- 
tion. 

PKTERKIN. — On  Wednesdsv,  Feb.  7,  Masgarst. 
wife  of  John  Peterkiu,  in  the  56<h  year  or  her  aie. 

Relatives  and  fTiendB  are  invit«d  to  attend  tbe  fu- 
neral trom  ber  late  realdence.  No.  40  Lee  av..  corner  of 
Wilson  St.,  Brooklyn,  E.  U.,  on  Saturday,  the  1  Otli  iust., 
at  1-.3U  o'clock  f.  M. 

PHKLPS.— on  Tuesday,  Feb.  6, 1877,  John  F.JPhelps 
Jr.,  aged  32  years 

JMeLds  of  the  family  are  respectfully  invited  to  at 
tend  the  iuneral  services  at  his  late  residence,  No. 
274  Carroll  at..  Brooklyn,  on  Thursday  at  2  P.  M.  Re- 
mains vrlU  be  taken  to  Havana,  N.  ¥. 

PLDMB. — Al  the  Hotel  Wagram,  Paris.  Prance,  Feb. 
6,  suddenly,  Sabab  Ives,  wite  of  J.  Neale  Piumu  and 
daughter  of  the  late  Abram  Ives,  of  this  y'Aty. 

&M1TH.— On  Wedues'lay.  Feb.  7.  Hknrt  B.  Smith, 
D.  D.,  LL.  O.,  in  tbe  'Q^^i  year  of  bis  a^e. 

Funeral  services  at  the  Church  of  the  Covenant, 
(Rev.  l)r.' Vincent's,)  corner  Park  av.  and  35th  st,  on 
Friday,  9th  inst,  at  3  P.  .\1. 

The  Directors'  Faculty,  Alumni,  and  students  ol 
the  Union  Tbeolozloal  Seminary,  the  Facultle"  ol 
omer  institutions,  and  the  clersy  gcn?rUly.  will  meel 
in  the  iectuie-room  ol  tbe  Madison  Square  Church  al 
1:31)  o'clock  Fildav  atternoon  to  attenct  the  fnaerai  of 
Eev.  Dr.  Henry  B  Smith. 

WELLS. — At  KoseTliie.  N.  J.,  suddenly,  on  Wednes- 
day. Feb.  7,  tLEANOH,  wife  of  Lindsa.y  J.  Wells,  in  the 
47th  year  of  net  aze. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  at  her  late  residence, 
on  Saturday,  -the  loth  inst,  at  10  A.A1.  Camajei 
will  be  In  waiting:  at  RosevUlc  station  on  arrival  of  tbt 
9: 10  A.  M.  trniu  from  barclay  Street  Ferry.  Interment 
at  Green-Wood  t  lemetery. 

WHITE.— On  Thud  day.  mornlne.  6tb  inst.  Mart  B., 
wife  of  William     .  White,  in  tbe  8l8t  vear  of  her  aae. 

Relatives  and  friends  are  invited  to  attend  her  funer- 
al trom  her  late  restdence,  ^a  239  East  6roadw..y.  on 
Fifth   da.y.    afteroooQ,    (Tlinrsday.    8th  i..8t,)    at    i 
o'clock.     Tne  retnaiua  will  l>e  removed  to  bbrewsbory,  . 
N.  J.,  for  interment  the  lollnwinsj  aay. 

WOODWOllTH.- .\i  Cringe,  ».  J..  Feb.  6,  H.  Russell, 
youngest  son  ot  Robert  N.  and  Abbie  F.   Woudwortb. 

aged  3  years. 

Fiiends  are  invited  to  attend  the  funeral  services  nt 
residence.  East  Park  at,  Thursilav,  Feb.  8,  at  2:30 
P.  M.    Interment  Forest  Uills,  Boston. 


Spittina  of  Blood. 

WiLLSBOKO,  bssex  County,  N.  T.,  An^.  13. 

Srar  Sibs:  Dunui;  tne  Summer  and  Wiater  of  1868 
and  1859  I  w  >b  alfiioted  with  a  severe  pain  in  my  side 
aud  chest  Thia  waa  accompanied  by  a  very  hard 
cough,  and  I  frequently  raised  large  quantities  of 
bloud.  I  called  upon  a  numt>er  of  physicians,  all  of 
whom  prescribed  for  me,  bat  to  no  effect.  For  six  or 
eigh.  months'!  continedto  grow  worse,  when  I  was  iu- 
duced  to  try  Ur.  WISTAR'S  BALSAM  OF  WILD  CHER- 
RY, I  found  great  relief  from  the  first  bottle.  I  after- 
ward used  two  more  bottles,  since  which  time  I  have 
been  able  to  attend  to  my  busiaess  as  before. 

Yours  truly.  BUYAL  OOFF. 

60  cents  and  $1  a  bottle,    cjold  by  all  drngguts. 

First  Premiam 

AwBTded.by  rentenuial  KxposUioa  to  ELECTRO  3ILI 
CON.  T.le  bear  arti<--le  for  cieanin;;  and  pollahioK  silver- 
ware and  .  household  uteoalls.  bold  by  drnaglata, 
hooae  furnishers.  Jewelers,  and  orocer^ 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


OFFICES    TO    I.ET 

IM   THE 

TIOIKS  BUILDING. 

APP1.Y   TO 

t>£ORG£  JONfift, 

TIMBS  OFFXCF. 


FtlSr  OFJKICB  NO  TICK. 

The  foreign  maiis  tor  tbe  week  ending  Feo.  10 
1877,  will  close  at  this  office  on  Tuesday  :it  9  A.  M., 
for  Karooe.  b.v  bteaon-aniu  Wyomlas,  via  Qaeenstown: 
on  Wednesday  at  9  A.  .\L,  foi  Europe,  by  eteam-sbip 
Algeria,  via  Queeastown:  on  Thursday  at  11:30  A.  >!.. 
for  Kurope,  by  steam-ship  Frisia,  via  Plymouth,  Cher- 
bouTK.  and  Hamburg:  ou  Haturda.y  at  11  A.  AL.  lor 
Scotland  and  the  North  of  Ireland  by  Steam-ship  Bo- 
livia, Via  IBoviile  and  GldSgo'Vf.  aua  at  1  J:i'.0  A.  .vL,  for 
Germanv,  by  stekm-ship  Bbiiie,  via  .^-'outhamotou  and 
Bremen,  (correspondendte  for  Great  Britain  ami  France 
to  be  forwarileU  by  this  ateamer  must  be  specially  »d.- 
dressed,)  and  at  12. id.,  for  Europe,  by  steam-ship 
Adriatic,  via  Queeustown,  (corresiKindence  for  Ger- 
many and  France  to  be  forwarded  by  this  steamer 
must  be  speciallyaddmssed,)  and  at  12  af.  tor  Fiancedi 
rect,by  stesm-sliip  Labrador,  via  Havre.  The  steam-ships 
Wyomioir,  Aiire.iu,  and  Adn.ttic  do  not  tRKe  mails  for 
Deumark,  Sweden,  aud  Norway.  Tiie  mails  for  Nas- 
san.  N.  P.,  will  le«ve  New-lore  Feb.  14.  llie  mails 
for  the  West -Indies,  via  Bermuda  stad-St  Tbomas. 
will  leave  New-fork  Fob.  l.i.  The  mails  for  China 
and  Japan  will  leave  .•<sn  Francisco  Feb.  Itj.  The 
mails  for  Anstralis,  iic,  will  leave  Han  Pr^mcisco  FeO. 
2jj.  r.  L.  JAUtiS,  Postmaster: 

New-Yoek,  Feb.  2,  1877. 


AKT    KXUI^ItIO.N    ANO    !sAL.b'. 

On   Free   Exhibition  tO-DAV  (THURSDAY)   and    Fol- 
lowing Days  and   Kveniues  until  Time  of -ale, 
at  the  ART  ROO.ttS,  .^o.  817  BBOaUWaT, 
A      PRIVATE       COLLECTION       OF     FINE    MODERN 

PAINTINGS, 
Comnrising  Choice  Fxamnles  by  Eminent  AMERICAN 
anil  KOKEIGiS  AkTISTS,  amoDK  whom  may  b«  men- 
tioned Casiiear — Wiliiam  Hart — M.  F.  H.  De.  Hails'^ 
Kensett— J.  Q.  Brown— W.  H.  Besrd— Bricher— Jule» 
Gonpil— Guillemiii— Plnchart— Van  Hove — Ue  Jonghe 
— .-eret — Baron —  Carlund  —  Ferrari  —  Roller  —  Robbe, 
tc.  tc,  to  be  B.-.ld  by  Auction,  without  sry  BE- 
SEKVK  WHATEVER,  MOND.\Y  and  TlJE^DAY  EVK- 
MNOS,  Feb.  12  and  13,  comraencinz  at  8  o'clock. 
The  Messrs.  LKAVITT,  Anctioueers. 

THKf    UAVK    NO    EQVA.L.,  ' 

Are  air-tight  and  indestructible,  preserving  the  bodi 
for  years,  and  protecting  it  trom  vermin,  repiiies,  oi 
body-suatrhi.ig.  Tbetr  use  prevents  the  spread  of  cou 
tagious  diseaees  at  funerals  or  elsewhere. 

Metalhc  Burial    Cases  and   C  a^^:ets    are  made  in  aV 
sizes,  from  tbe  cheapest  to  tho  most  expensive. 
Sold  bv  ail  first-clacs  un<lertakers  and  sextons. 
EAyaOND  Ma.nDFACTUKING  COJiPANT, 
Nt.W-TuKK. 

CMINBsSU  AM>  JAPA.VK.-^E  DEPOT! 

Just  received,  per  Pacific  Railroad  and  steamers, 

ANTIQUE  PORCELAIN  AND  CLOISOS^NE   VA>ES! 

KDTO,    HIZEN,  and  saga  TETE-A-TETE  8ETSI 

I'.XIHA  CHOICK  FAMILY  TEAS.  VEttY  CHEAP. 

PARKE'S,   No.  186  Front    st,  Burling  slip.  New-Yori 

R      STUART   WILUrS,    ATTORNEV    AND 
•Counselor  at  Law,  Notary  Pubhc,  No.  Ib2  Bruwk 
way.  Kiiom  No.  4,  New-iork. 

N.  B.— Special  attention  paid  to   settling    "  estates,'*- 
couvevanciug,  aud  City  anuxounty  collec;.ion. 


H 


EiliOKKHoXUS*  <»K  PILES  PEBMANENTLl 

j_M.eradicated  witiiont  the  knil'e.  ligature,  or  caustic 
No  choree  whatever  uutil  cured-  Send  for  circular  con 
taing  references.      Dr.  HOVT.  21  West  '24th  St..  N.  Y. 

HEP>n      PATENT       PARl'LY-MAUK       ORKsS 

^hl^t8 ;  the  very  best ;  six  for  SO;  ■  can  be  finished 

as  easily  as  hemming' a  handkerchief.    671  Broadway. 

LiEC-llilC  JJKL,TS.-^A  NKW,  CHEAP,  PBKl'liCT 

cure  tor  premature  debility-    Send  tor  circular  or 
call  on  Dr.  A,  KARlt,  No.  8j2  broa&WHy,  New-York. 

^NEW^UBIJCAJDlOm^^^ 
newmbookS^^^thisTmioi^^ 

1.— OFFENBACH  IN  AMKKICA.     Translated  from 

the  Pans  advance  sheets $1  6( 


2.— ANNALS  OK  A  BABY, 
en's  Babies"... 


A  companion  to  "  Hel- 


3.— SPIPITUALISTS     ANP     DETECTIVES.      By 

Allan  PisKXRTOK,  the  Chicago  detective. 1  6C 


4.-ODT  OP  THE  CAGE 

OWXN i 


A  new  novel  by  G.  W. 


1  60 

G.  W.  CARLETON  k.  CO..  Publishers,  New-Tork. 


POLITICAL. 


EL,EyKNTH-A!SSE:nBL.V  l»l!«TRICT  RE- 
PUBLICAN ASSOCIATION.— Monthly  meeting  wid 
be  belo  at  Republican  U&li,  ou  FRinAT  ETKNIva, 
Feb.  9,  at  8  o'clock.  K.S'OX  McaFBE<  Fcastdent 

A.  C.  BauSDAOB,  secretary. 

FIFTEENTH  A.^H£niBliy  DISTRICT  RE' 
PUbLIOAN  ASHOCIATION  jrill  bold  their  regiHa! 
monthly  meeting  ti  o'clocK  THK  EVENIN^i  at  head 
Qiiarters,  No.  35'^  West  35th  st 

UENRT  Q.  LSaSK,  Pz«aidanr 
Bs«Aiua  F.  Axnauaav.  Secreiarr, 


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GOVBRMMJCNT  STOCKB— 10:15  AND  11:30  A.  H. 

$20,000  n.  a6«. '81. 

B 113J4 

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4,000        do b.o.102% 

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10,000  Cen.  Pac.  l»t. 

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1.000  8t.  U  &  L  M. 

l8t b.c  97% 

800Del.kH b.c  57% 

100  do 83.  68% 

SOo  do 68 

200  do 68% 

100  West.  Uu b.c.  72% 


1300 

200 

200 

2oO 

600 

SOO 

3;*0 

1100 


do 7si% 

do d3.  7212 


do. 


....  72%  400 


.83.  72% 

do 7a% 

do...„..b3.  72% 

do 83.  721^ 

do 72% 

200  Con.  Coal.b.c.s60.  32% 

6N.  X.  C.  &U..b.al02 
600  Krie  Bailway.b.Q.     9%    60 


200 
300 
30y 


700 L.  S.fcJl.  S.b.cb3.  65 

600  Uo 54% 

6OO  do s3.  6434 

100  do 5434 

600  do 64% 

?uODn.Pac....b.c.s3.  67 

aALBS  FBOlt  2:39  TO  3  P.    H. 

SS40.000  n.  S.  6-20  a,  OOO  IMte  shore 


100 
J  00 
200 
100 
100 
100 
200 
200 


do 46'u 

do 46% 

do 46% 

do 46 

do 45% 

do 45% 

do .. ..  4334 

do. 


100 in.  Cen.. 

100  do. 

300C.,  M.&8t.P,..b.c.  10 

900  Chi.,  MIL  &  St.  P. 


..  45% 
.b.c.  61% 
b3C.  61 


PI 
400  do. . 

100  Cot  N.J. 


100 
100 
700 
800 
i!0O 
SOO 
400 
JOO 
200 
iOOO 


do 

do... 
do..,, 
do.... 
do.... 


700 
60C.  b  B.  1... 

300  do 

610  do 


b.a  49% 

/ 49^-^ 

..b.0.  23% 

23% 

23% 

2334 

23% 

23% 

23% 

oo 23 

do 32% 

do 22»4 

do 2a% 

00 23 

....  2234 
....  23 
b.c.102 
....102% 
..102 


do 

do.... 


200  0.,  L.tW.b.a....  68% 

300  do 68% 

1800  do 68% 

aa opg.  68% 

do.-. 83.  68% 

do .  6s% 

ao 68% 

0  I7.Y.,li,U.fcU.b.c.l62 
100  Ohio  bM..b.cb3.    6% 


'66 108% 

38,000  0.  8.  6-2011. 

'60 .108% 

4,000  H.  W.  1st.... .105 
6.000  N.  W.  0.  C.  a..  91 3^ 
4,000  L.  &  W.B.con..  61 
2,000  Cent.    PacUo, 

St.  J.  B'h-...  91% 
25,0000.  bM.  con...  87 

60B'kof  L'om llO^a 

luoDel.  It  Bad b3.  68^ 

400  do 67% 

200  do 57S4 

100  do 68»4 

100  do 6818 

lOO        .    Co 68 

100  QnicksUTer  Pre£.  22 

'^OPAOltio  Uail 26 

100  i!<.  V.  C.k  H, 101% 

1 100  Erie  BaUiray.. . .'     9  % 
7oO  west.  Union.. .83.  7214 


300 

600 

600 

600 

1600 

1600 

SOO 

600 

400 

loo 

600 
1600 
300 
600 


do 72i% 

do 73% 

da sOa  72 

do 72% 

do 72% 

do S3.  72 

do 72H 

do 72i<. 

do 72% 

do a.P.  73% 

do 72% 

do s6a  711a 

do 72% 

do 72% 


500  lUch.  Cen 46 


300 
3U0 
2U0 

loo 

400 

lUO 
200 

'.^00 

400 
lOo 
400 
100 
100 


do 

do., 
do. 


45% 
...46% 


do 46% 

do..........  46% 

do..........  46 

do 46% 

do....«, 46% 


do *....  46%  100 


do. .......  46% 

do 46% 

do..........  44% 

do 46% 

800  IJU  C«t. 61% 

AOOOUo  kM.....s3.   S% 


1000 
2000 

1000 

1300 

2000 

1100 

1100 

1600 

1000 

340O 

1700 

200 

400 


64% 

do 64% 

do 54% 

do 64% 

do 54 

do 64'8 

do ....b3.  64 

do 63% 


do 

du 

do 

do 

do 

do.. 


200  Rock  Islacd.. 


53% 
63% 
6334 
63% 
64 
63% 
...101% 


300  Ceo.  of  M.  J...S&  22% 


300 
100 
100 
200 
30U 
100 
700 
400 
luO 
300 
100 
200 


do 22% 

do 23% 

do 2334 

do 24 

do 24% 

do 24% 

do 24% 


do S3 

do... 
do... 
do... 
do... 


2O0  8t.  Panl.... 
loOHt.  Paul  Pi; 
700  do..., 
400  do..., 
100  do.... 
100  do.... 
100     do. 


24  >a 

24».» 

24 

2334 

2368 

183» 

...b3.  49% 
...83.  49% 

49 

..sl6.  43% 

48% 

49% 


1200  NOtUi-W.  Pt,....  651a 

100     do 55% 

1100    do,. 65 

25  K.  T.,  {i.U.  fcU..162% 


....  45%400U.,U&W. 


100 

800 

400 

1200 

lOOO 


...  68% 


do. 86.  68% 


400 
300 
3C0 
4UU- 
100 
100 

too 


68% 

68% 

..88.  68 
.....  68 

68% 

68% 

6834 

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68% 

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do 68%. 

SO.. 88.  68% 


do. 
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WaDinECDA,T,  Feb.  7— P.  M. 


maammessoBmBaasmemmaaaagmmasmm 
day  wsa  m^Urt,  and  at  tiam  attended  trHh 
ooniidervble  excitemenc  Western  Union  wm 
asain  the  leader  of  the  market,  and  onder  a 
beavy  preaaure  te'sell  declined  from  72\  at  the 
opening  to  71%,  subsequently  reooveriD);  to 
7296,  again  faUing  off  to  72,  and  closing  at  72^. 
In  connection  with  the  weakness  of  tlie  stock, 
the  rumor  ia  revlTed.  that  the  National  Telo- 
jjrraph  Company  aro  neeotiatibag  tox  tbe  porobase 
of  a  eontrolline  interest  in  the  Atlantio  and 
Pacific  Telegraph  Company,  and  with  the  line* 
of  tbe  latter  as  a  noeleus  propose  to  bnild  up  a 
formidable  opposition  to  the  Western  Union 
Company.  This  import  bow6t«r,  is  imob  an 
old  staler  that  specalators  ate  naturally  re- 
Inotant  to  place  mooh  credence  in  it 

Tbe  entire  trAnsaetlona  amounted  to  180,767 
shares,  which  embraced  64,400  Western  Union, 
32,800  Delaware,  Lackawanna  and  Western, 
31,100  Lake  Sbore.  26,500  New-Jersey  Central, 
9,900  St.  Paul,  7,800  Erie,  4.750  Michigan  Cen- 
tral, 3,900  Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal,  2,400 
Nortb-westem,  1.500  Pacific  Mail,  and  1,900 
Ohio  and  Missiaaippi. 

llie  Widest  flaotuationa  of  tbe  day  were  in 
New-Jer8e.y  Central,  which,  opening  at  26.  de 
olined  to  32%,  with  a  subsequent  recovery  to 

24^,  followed  by  a  reaotion  to  23!%,  at  which 
the  olosine  sales  were  effected.  The  weakness 
ot  the  shares  was  caused  by  reports  that  the 
Btockbolders  at  tbe  meeting  held  to-day  evinood 

little  disposition  to  subscribe  for  the  13,000,000 
which  I^eaideflt  Knight  declared  to  be  essen- 
tial to  the  maintenance  of  the  credit  of  the 
company.  The  other  coal  shares  were  weak 
in  sympathy  with  New-Jersey  Central,  Dela- 
ware and  Hudson  Canal  deolicing  to  57%,  and 
Delaware,  Lackawanna  and  Western  to  68,  with 
only  a  fractional  recovery  in  the  final  transac- 
tions. Tbe  alleged  cuttins:  under  in  rates  by 
some  of  the  trunk  lines  was  used  with  effect 
against  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Central. 
The  former  fell  off  from  55  to  53^/6,  and  closed 
at  the  lowest  point,  while  MiohiKan  Cebtral 
declined  from  46%  to  45,  with  closing  sales  at 
45%.  The  Qranger  stooka  were  comparatively 
firm.  Investment  stocks  were  steady  at  a 
trifling  oonoesalon  in  price. 

The  money  market  was  easy,  with  business 
at  3^4  ^  cent,  to  call  borrowers.  Prime  mer- 
cantile paper  was  in  good  demand,  and  sold  at 
4'3>4M8  V  cent  The  national  bank  notes  re- 
ceived at  Washington  for  redemption  ta-day 
amounted  to  $700,000.  The  ioUowing  were  the 
rates  of  exchange  on  New- York  at  the  under- 
mentioned cities :  Savannah,  baying  par,  sell- 
ing ^  '21  Vji  premium  ;  Charleaton,  nominally 
3-16®^.  to  par;  Cincinnati,  quiet,  buying  par, 
seUing  1-10;  8c.  Louis  par  to  25  discount;  Chi- 
caso  50  premium ;  New-Orleans,  commercial, 
1-16  premium;   bank,  ^  premium. 

Tbe  foreign  advices  reported  no  changes  of 
importance  in  the  prices  of  securities  at 
London.  British  Consols  for  both  money 
and  the  account  closed  at  95%''S95%, 
against  95V^®95%  yesterday.  American 
securides  were  firm  and  unehanged.  United 
States  1866s,  old,  closed  at  105%®105%, 
1867s  at  110  V6, 10-403  at  110%,  and  new  5a  at 
107%.  Erie  declined  Vt  ^  c6nt  for  the  com- 
mon and  1  ^  cent,  for  the  preferred.  French 
Bentea  advanoad  from  105f.  50a  to  105£  95o. 
At  tVankfort  United  States  new  Ss  sold  at 
lOSi^i.  The  Bank  of  England  lost  £60.000  on 
balance  to-day.  The  rate  of  discount  in  the 
open  market  for  three  months'  bills  was  1  ^  ^ 
cent.    Bar  silver  sold  at  57V4d,  ^P"  ounce. 

Tbe  sterling  exchange  market  was  firm  at 
$4  84^4  ©$4  84%  for  bankers'  60-day  bills,  and 
at  $4  851^ -s>  14  86  for  demand.  The  nominal 
rates  were  unchanged  at  $4  85  and  $4  86^. 

The  gold  speculation  was  weak,  but  pre- 
sented no  special  feature.  Tlie  sales  were 
alternately  at  105^^  and  105 '/i,  the  former 
having  been  the  opening  and  closing  quota- 
tion. There  was  considerable  covering  on  the 
part  of  the  "  shorts"  on  the  decline  to-day,  and 
the  demand  for  cash  gold  was  somewhat  more 
active  than  recently.  Holders,  of  cash  gold 
paid2®4    F  cent,    for    carrying   early  in   the 

day,  but  loans  were  subsequently  made  fl*t  and 
at  2  ^  cent,  for  borrowlns. 

Government  bonds  were  weak,  and  prices 
made  a  general  decline  of  Vi  to  %  ¥*  cent.  A 
large  business  waa  done,  some  round  amounts 
changing  hands.  Sixes  of  1881  declined  to 
1127k  for  registered,  and  to  114.  'Old  18653  sold 
down  to  108%  ;  18658,  hew,  to  110  \6,  1867»  to 
112^4,  and  new  Ss  to  110%.  The  lowest  quota- 
tions were  current  at  the  close.  In  railroad 
Donds  the  dealings  were  well  distributed,  the 
market  being  weak  in  tone.  New-Jersey  Cen- 
tral Convertibles  declined  from  74  to  72Mt ;  do., 
Firsts  fell  off  to  Krairi,  anu  Consolidated 
Firsts  to  76t  Lehigh  and  Wilkesbarre  Consol- 
idated, which  were  bid  for  yesterday  at  56, 
sold  at  52®51,  the  closing  quotation  being 
51%  bid.  South  Pacific  of  Missouri  were  1  ¥ 
cent,  lower,  selling  down  to  73.  New-York 
Elevated  Railroad  Firsts  advanced  1  V  cent, 
selling  at  80.  Fort  Wayne  Firsts  advanced  to 
121,  and  afterward  sold  at  120V4.  The  other 
changes  were  le^s  important.  State  bonds 
were  firm.  Missouri  Long  68  advanced  to 
106.  Connecticut  63  brought  111%.  District 
of  Columbia  3.653  sold  at  72%. 

Unttbd  States  Thkasubt.     1 
iJKW-YOEJt  Feb.  7.  ISH.  J 

Gold  receipts »2,834,584  SO 

Gold  payments 1,137,094  51 

Gold  balance 70.511.560  47 

Cnrreocjr  receipt? 669.805  06 

CnrrenoT  payments '^^'^5  72 

Correnoy  balance 43,274.806  53 

Costoms 499.U0J  oO 

Canceled  gold  certificates  sent  to  Wash- 

Ingtoa... : 1563,000 

CLOSma   QUOTATIONS — FEB.  7. 

Tuesdar.  Wednssday. 

Americangold 1055i  lOSOg 

United  States  5a.  1681,  conp 111^  HO^S 

United  States  5-203.  1867    coao 113*3  113 

Bills  on  London.. ..»4  84l3®«<  843*    14  84is®|4t!4^ 

New-York  Central 101^  lOlSa 

Kooklsland 101%  lOlSg 

Paciflo  Mail ; 23^4  25 

Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul 18^8  IS^t 

Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Pref 48'8  *» 

Lake  Shore 54%  Sa^s 

Cbicaeoand  Kortb- western 34 ''e  ^*''e 

C  hicago  ana  North-  western  Pret ....  55 'a  53 

Western  Union 7314  7i^ 

Union  Paeiiic 67  t7 

Delaware,  iaok.  and  Western 69%  68I4 

New-Jeraev  Centra! i ..9639     •       SaSg 

Delawam  and  Hudson  Canal ,59%  58 

Morrisand  Essex 90  90 

Panama 123  123 

Erie...... a%  9^8 

Obio  and  Mlasissippi b'^S  0^8 

Harlem 140%  1«»^ 

BannibaiandSt.  doseon 13^  12?9 

Hannibal  and  St.  Joseoli  Pref 2513  25 la 

MichiKan  Central... *6%  45^8 

Illinois  Central 51^4  Slig 

The  extreme  range  of  prices  in  stocks  and 
the  number  of  shares  sold   are  as  follows: 

So.  of 
Hlehe^t.  Lowoit     bbares. 

New.  £ork  Central 101%       lOlOs         1230 

Erie 9^  9%         7-800 

Lake  Sbore 55  b3^       31.100 

North-western  Preferred..-.  5513        55  2,400 

Rock  Island 10-2i8        lOlSg         1,750 

Mil.&St,  Paul 19%  18%  1.000 

Mil.  &  SU  Paul  Pret 4988  4858  8.900 

DeL.  Lack.  &  Western OQSa         68  33.810 

New-Jersev  Central 26  23%        S6,4S0 

Delaware  &  Had.  CanaL....  59  57%         3.900 

Chicago.  Bur.  &  QeiDcy 117  117  167 

Mfchiean  Central :..  46%         45  4.750 

minoia   Central 51^  51  865 

Union  Pacific... 67  C6%  200 

Ohio  &  Mississippi 6'^8  668         1-300 

Western  Union 72%         71%       64  400 

Pacific  Mail 25  2478  1.500 

Qmoksilver  Prof 23  »  ^00 

Total  sales ^ 190.767 

The  following  table  shows  the  half-hourly 
fluotnationsin  the  Goli  market  to-day  i 

10:00  A.  M 10583  1:00  P.  M lOSJfl 

10:30  A.  M 1056a  1:30  P.  M. 105*9 

11:00  A.  M 103>a  J:00  P.  M IO514 

11:30  A.  U..^ lCi5»9  2:30  P.  M - 10588 

12:()0U 105lai3:00P    M. lOSOg 

12:30  P.  11 SOSH' 

ThefoUowlng  were  cae  Closing  qootatloos  ot 
Government  bonds : 

B14.  Ashed. 

United  States  currenov  Oj. 123  123ifl 

United  Stales  6d.  lO^L  fagtsierMl. .  i . .  l  IS'^s  l^^^ 

United  Rtaies  6a.  1881.  bouooaa. 113%  U4 

UBitadSttteaS-SOs.  IMS,  r«KMt«r«d..l08^  108^ 

CBit««  i}tM«»»>90a.  leos,  oamnODa.  ...10848  V)OH 

(7aila4SutMMgtolHBkMWi,ntfov^»  U«^ 


v:?.J.'. 


;:  .cjt  jMifl^feid 


%mn: 


Vv>m^U»  I-IQK  UK.  ntw.  ooob.mW  UOH 
tJniied  States  3-908. 1887.  reKltt«rod..t1l3!B  ■     113 

Unltea  Statea  5-90s.  1887.  Qoupona. . . .  .IIS*^  1 13 

United  States 9-8»8,  1809;  re«1«t«re9..ue>9  U? 

United  States  A-tOn.  186&  ooapoas.  ....ll«ifl  117 

United  States  10-40a.  tegister«Sl llO^s  iilis 

Unieed  States  10-408,  coaoon*. .114  II414 

United  ^ates  38. 1881,  rematerad IIOI9  110% 

gnited  Stares  ^  1831.  oouoons.  ...,..110J«  UOSg 

UnitedStatea  4I98. 1831.  rejzlstered...lQ7i9  107% 
The  Sub-Treasurer  disbursed  in  gold  oola 
$133,000  for  Interest,  $37,000  for  called  bonds, 
and  $4,800  silver  coin  in  exchange  for  fractional 
(jurrenoy. 

The  following  were  the  gold  clearings  by  the 
National  Bank  of  the  State,  ot  New-Yurk  to- 
day : 

Gold  cleared -. 139,052.000 

Gold  balances 1.S35  001 

Carrency  balances 1,805,281 

The  following  is  the  Olearing-hooiia  state- 
ment to-day : 

Carrencv  exabansaa , 175,364578 

Carrenov  balances 3,300,531 

GolaexcbaBKea..., 7,551,575 

Gold  balances.. 1,438,398 

The  following  were  tbe  bids  for  the  various 
State  seooritiea: 

33 13 


Alabama  Sa.  '83. 

Alabama  58. '86 3313 

Alabama  8d. '86 8313 

Aiatnaoaeo,  &8 3319 

Alabama  SaJn 17 

Ark.6«.  fandfld 27 

Ark.78,L.R.itF.S.i8..  9 
Ark.  7d,  Mem.&L.R.  9 
A.78.X,.B..P.B.*N.O.  9 
ArK.7i.M.0.&R.Riv.  9 
Ark.  7«.  Ark.  Cen.R.    9 

ConneouQut  6a .111 1« 

Georgia  01 93 

Georgia  7s,  n.  b 105 

Georgia  7a,  indorsed.lOS 
Illmola  ooao.  09.'79..10li8 
Illinola  War  ivoan..lOS 

EentuoKy  Oii 102 

Louisiana  64 40 

Louisiana 6s.  n.  b....  40 
La.  6a.  oewPI.  Dt>c.  10 
La.  78.  PoQiteaiiary.  40 
La.  68.  Levee  bonds.  40 
La.  8s.  Levee  bonds.  40 
X,a.88,  i^B».  of  '75..  40 
La.  7a.  Consolidated.  63is 
MicUEBB6a  78-79.. .101 

Mlcbticanea,  '63 105 

Micbiean  7^  '00..... 112^8 
Mo.  6a.  due  in  '77..  ..lOQ^ta 
Mo. 68.  dn«m'7«)....iOil8 
Fund.  OS. due -94-5.. IOC 
Lone  08.. '83  (0*9010.106 
Asv.or  iXn'y.  due  'K2.J06 
B.  (ScSt.Jo..  dae '86.106 
H.«St.O..  daa'87..l06 


N.  Y,  Coup.  B.*  L. .  .101  ^ 
N.  Y.6i,Car.L'n.'77.l06 
N.  Y.  6*.  C.  L..  '78.. 106 
N.  Y.  Sj,  G.  R..  '87.. ISO 
Sf.  Y.  at,  G.  Coup.  '87.180 
N.  Y.  68.  G.  L'n.  'SLliJiJ 
N.C.6A.  old.J.  &J..  321a 

N.  c.  69,  A.  &.0 2aij, 

K.C.6a,N.C.R.,J.&-J,  67 
N.a.«8.N.C.RA.&0.  67 
N.C.63,do.o.oflJ.(tJ.  47 
N.0.69.do.cott'A.<fcO  47 
N.(;.68.  fd'e  AoL  '66.  16 
N.C.  6e.  Fd'g  Aot'ea  16 
N.  C.  new  bas.J.&J  12 
N.  C.  new  bds. A.&0.  ll^s 

N.C.S.T.  class  1 2 

y^.  C.  S.  T.  olaasS....     2>fl 
N.  C.  S.  T.classS...    31^ 

Oblo6s.  '86 m 

Kbode  Islana  es 110 

8  C.  68 37 

S.  C.  6*.  A.  &0 36 

8.C.69.  FgAct'ee.  SB 

S.  C.  L.  C..'89.  J.&J.  45 
S.  C.  L.  C. '89.  A.&0.  45    • 

8.  C.  78.    '88 35 

S.  U.  Non.  F.  bs SI9 

Tana.  68,  old 43 

Xenn.  Os,  a.  b 42>a 

Tenatssee  6«..'b.  s..  42is 

VlrKiDi»64.  old -30 

Yir2iaiaSa.n.0ds.'66   30 
Va.6s.  Con.  Bondls.  78"9 
Virelaia6B,ex.  m'do.  0719 
Va.68,Con.  id  ......  37% 

Dis.  of  C.  3.658. 1924.  72  ag 


N.  Y.  Bee.  B.  L.....l01ia 
And  the  tollowing  for  railway  mortgages : 


Alb.  &  Sua.  lat  bds.109^ 
B..  C.  ll.&M.l8t7a.g.  39 
C.  &Oblo  68  lat....  20 
C'bic.  &  Alton  lat... 115 
Cbic.  &Alt.  Income. 104 
Jollet  Sc  Chic.  lat...  108 
La.  &Mo.  1st.  ^td..  62 
C.,B.<bQ..8#>'ct.  18^11214 
C,  B.  &Q.Con!i.78-.110 
C.K.L&P.  1st  7S....10812 
C.  H.  of  N.  J^  lat.n.. 104)4 
ClCofN.  .I.lstCon.  75 
C.  B.of  N.J.lstConv.  72% 
L.  &W.  B.Con.  G'd.  56 
M.&S.P.  lat  8«.  P.D.113ie 
M.&SP.l8l78.fK,RD.  95 
M.&S.P.  Isr.  LaC.D.  98 14 
M.&S.P.lstL&M.D.  87 
M.SuStJ.:  l«t.C.&M.  9715 
M.  &SkP.  Con.S.F.  83ifl 

M.  &St,P.  2d 90 

Chic.  &  N.  W.  S.  f  ..1051a 
C.&N.W.  Int.  ba8..104 
C.  Si.  ti.W.  Con.  bds.10314 
C.  &  H.W.  Eit.  bds.lOO 

C.  &N.  W.lat 104% 

C.  &  N.  W.  C.  G.  bd».  923^ 
C.  &  N.W.  K.  G.bds.  91 
Iowa  Ml(llandl3t83..92io 
Galena  &  Cbic  £x(.lU6  7 

I'tnin.lstCuD 104i<] 

Chicaeo  &  Mil.  lat..  106 1^ 
Winona  ic  Su  P.  Ist  81 
Winona  &Sf.  P.2J..  72 
C.,C.,C.&Ll8t7s.8.F109 
Del..  L.dt  W.  2d.. ..1081a 
Dfl.,  L.  &  W.  7a.  C..1U2 
Mor.  &  Essex  lat...  117 
Mor.  Sc,  Eaaex  con ...  91 1.3 
M,  &.E.  78.  of  I87I..IO2I4 
M.  &E.  lit.  C.  G...  98% 
Erielst  Extended.. lOa'a 

Erie  2d  78.    "75* 104».2 

Erie  3d.  78.  '83...  a.  105 

Erie4th7s,  '80 102I3 

Erie  5th  7h,  '88 98 

Erie  78.  Con.  G.  bda.  45 
Long  Dock  Bunds. .IO6I4 
B.,N.Y.  &E.  lat.  "77.  91 
B.,N.Y.  &E.  L.bd8.  91 
H.  Si  St.  J.  88.  Con.. . .  85% 
Dub.  St,  Sloax  C.lat.  .105>ti 
C.  Falla  &.  Minn.  Isc  84 

M.  So.  7  *•  c.  2(1 lOS's 

M.S.&N.LS.E.7  4P'ot.llO 


Clev.  &  Tol.  S.  F...107 
Clev.  ijk  Tol.  new  bs.ioeia 
Clev..P.  *  A..olrt  b8.lu4i4 
Clev.  P.  <fc  A..new  b8.108 
Bur.  &  £.  new  b'd8..107ia 
Buf.  &.  state  Line. 78.104 
Kal.  Sc.  W.  PlK.  1st..  85 
D.  M&T.l8c7s.  1906.. 105 

L.a  Dlv.  bds 107 

L.  S.  Cons.  R.  lat..  .107ifl 
Marietta  Sc  Cln.  1st. 105 
Miob.  C.  Cun.  7.4. 1902. 103 14 
Mich.C.l«t8s.'83.SJ«M12 
N.  Y.  Cen.  Os. '83....  10438 
a.  Y.  Cen.  6s.  '87...  103 
N.  Y.  Cen.  6j.  K.  E.103ig 
N.  Y.  Cen.  6s,  Sab..l03ia 
ir.Y.C.&  Hnd.lst.C..117»3 
N.y.C.&H.6s  lat  K. 1171b 
llud.K.^8.2d,S.E. '65,112  la 

Harlem  Ist  78.  C 120 

Harlem  Isl  78.  K....120 

N.  Misaonn  lat 93I9 

Obio  &M.  Con.  S.  i< .  87ie 
Cen.  Pac.  Gold  bda..  107 la 
Cen.  P.,  San  J.  B'ch  91  >a 

West.  PaoiOo  bs. IOOI9 

Union  Pac.  lat IO414 

Union  Pao.  L.  G.  78.102»8 

Union  Pac  S.  P 98^ 

At.  &  Pao,  L.  O 10 

So.  Pac.  08.  ot  Mo..  7339 
P.  K.  of  Mo.  Ist,  C.  B.  50 
i'.,Ft.W.ifeChic.  191..121 
P.,  Ft.  W.  &C.  2il..ll3i3 
P..  Fr.W.&Cbio.3d.l05 
Clev.  &P.Con.S.F..HO 
Clev.  ScL'.  4th.  S.  F.103 
Col..Cblo.&Ind.  lat.  36ia 
St.  L.  dtlron  M.  l8t..97ia 
Alton  &T.H.  I8t...l08 

A.  &T.  H.  21  Pref..  80 
Alt.  &T.  ll.2dlno.  71ifl 

B.  'tS.lll.  lat.  88...  86 
T.P.&W.lai.W.  D...86 
I'ul.Sc  Wad.  lar,  Ex.  104 
Tol.  Wnb.  Ex  Conn.  91 
Tol.&\V.l8t.Sl.L.D..  82I4 

Tol.  &  Wab.  2d 74 

T.  i&  W.Cons.  Conv.  51 
Ct,  West,  lat^  •88....103 
Gt.  West.  Ex  Coup.  91 
Gt.W.  aa,  ExC.,'93.  73% 
III.  Si  So.  luwa.  Ul..  88 
W.  U.  bds..  1900,  C.104% 


And  the  following  for  City  Bank  shares 


American  ExchaDee.l09>3 
Bank.  Sc  Bruk.  Asso.  80 

Central  National 101  i.j 

Commerce 

Continental 

Corn  Esohanee.. 
First  National.. 
Fourth  National 
Maobattan 


Merchants' 118 

Metropolitan 133 

^'eT•To^lt 1161a 

Pacific llOia 

Pheuix 93 

KeDublio 95 

Shoe  Si.  Leather 132 

State  of  N.  Y.  (new).l!a 

Traaeamen'a 130 

Union 13« 

7. 


no 

..  68 
..124 

..200 

..10134 
..130 
Mecbanics' 135 

PaiLADULPHL^  SCUCK  PaiOBS— ^FSB 

D1<1. 

Citv68.  New 

United  Railroads  ot  Mew-Jeraev... 

Pennsylvania  Railroad 

Beadine  Railroad 

Lebifb  Yallev  Railroad 

Catawiasa  Raiiroad  Preferred 

Poiladeluhia  and  Brie  Railroitd. ... 
Scltaylkill  Naneatlon  Preferred... 

Nurtbern  Central  Railroad. 

Lehiicb  Navicsttion 

Oil  Creek  and  Allezhenv  Kailroad. 

Heetonville  Railway 17 

Central  TraoaporcaUou 3d 


..iia 

..133% 
..  45O8 
..   14 
..   40'T8 
..   33  • 
..   13 
..     8 
..  25I3 
..   28'4 


Aaked. 
11T>4 
139 
43% 
141s 
47 
35 
13«a 

9 
25% 
28  la 
758 

171a 

36^3 


c±LiFORyij.  MiNiya  stocks. 

Sak  Frascisco,  Feb.  7.— The  following   are' 
the  closing  official  prices  of  mininz  stocks  to-day: 


Alpha. 21 

Riiaauth 

1 

Bfilober 9 

Keotuck  

7I1 

Beat  aDili>elcber 30 

Leop.ir(L 

ilexicaff 

ca* 

BuiUon. 13 

18 

Coaaol.  VlrmnU 6334 

.Vortheru  Belle 

'.Oia 

CaliJornJa 4914 

uverman.  .• 

97 

Chuii*r 70 

Opiiir 

vjdi 

Coatidence. 9*5 

Kuymuad  and  KI.7 

bU 

CaUdimla. 10 

dllrerum 

davaxe  

0>42 

Crown  l*ulnt. 8't 

8^4 

Gxcbeauer~ 7 

Sen.  belcher 

05 

Gould  anu  Curry ISV* 

Sierra  NevaiU 

s»* 

Uale  and  .N'urcrosa...      5^4 

UniOQ  Consolidated.. 

10 

Imperial 2»4 

ToUow  Jacket 

16% 

Juiiaconaoliaated...      6'i 

Eureka  Coasolldated. 

20  la 

/uatioe 11'4 

LIFE-STOCK    MAHKBT. 

Nbw-York,  Wedneadny,  Feb.  7, 1877 
Trade  In  horned  >'attle  lmp.07ed  allKhtly  on  this 
foreuoon.  Kat*a  did  no(  u(iv';«aoe,  bat  sales  were 
steady.  At  alxtieih  Street  Yards  prices  were  9c. 'd 
11%&  ^  Va  ,  wel|(hta  6^  cwt.  to  lu  cwl  At  HarMmns 
Core  prices  rauKed  Irom  7i9C.'2)J2t20.  I**  ffi-.  wcitchta 
b>2  uwi.,  ■caut,  tu  lU^a  cnrt.:  rrom  65  QJ.  ko  liu  tO.  bare 
been  allowed  net  311lch  Cows  sold  at  !8603>$72  ^ 
head,  Calvea  included.  Trade  ia  so  small  In  Veala  anU 
Caivea  ai  to  be  merely  nominal.  Tbe  tone  ot  trade  tu 
Sheep  improres7  ana  the  marxet  closed  steady  oa 
ll'iht  arriTsIa and  a  moderate  demand.  Sheep  auld  ac 
47gc.@6Hic.  ^  R>.  liamba  not  quotO'l.  Thure  were  no 
lire  Hoga  un  sale;  City  Dreaaeti  dnll  at  7^4c.®Sc.  ^ib. 
BALES. 

At  Six'ieth  Strut  7ard*—'r.  C.  Eastman  sold  for  self 
32  oars  ot  burued  Cattle,  sales  aa  toilowa:  SO  IMnols 
steers,  froio  commou  to  lair,  from  9c 'Site.  4>'IB., 
weight  7^1  owt.;  10'.^  common  Illluois  Meera  at  Oc.  4^ 
K.,  welabt  6^  cwt;  76  II liuols  ^itaera.  from  commou 
lo  Kood.  from  9'ac®  103*0.  ^p"  ft.,  welgnt  7^4  cwt.;  110 
Illinois  tttetfis,  fr»m  commou  to  Ko»d,  truni  9u.'@i0040. 
4P'  lb.,  welgbt  7^4  cwt.:  06  K<!ni3rally  good  lihuuis 
bteera  at  Ivc.'ebVLa.  ■jP'lB.,  weleht  8  cwt.;  08  good  Il- 
linola Steers  at  ll^a  V  ID.,  weight  9  cwt.  F.  b.imueis 
aolU  lor  H.  Morris  71  commou  Illinois  Steers  at  Oc.  3 
9I4C.  if'  ffi.,  Weight  O^a  to  7*4  cwt.,  wiih  $1  ou  #•  head 
ou  17  head  sold  at  Ou.  ^  lb.;  »3 
common  lUiools  Steers  at  9H2C.  ^  lb.,  weights  e>9 
to  7  cWt.;  6S  Illinois  8(eera.  trora  commun  to 
eooO.  fr.»m  OcSlO^o.  •JP'  ft.,  weight  tf»a  cwt..  Btroug. 
E.  Vogel  sold  tor  N.  aiorrls  ^u  cumoiou  Illluois  bteera 
nt9i4C^  ft.,  weliiht  6>9  uwt:  »0  commju  lUlnoia 
bteera  at  9'^.  ^  ft.,  wlto  £1  oa  ^  head  on  10  bead, 
welicht  7  uwU:  31  fair  Ikiltioia  ilteera  ut  1U>4C.  ^  Hi.. 
weighta  7  to  714  cwt  Megel  t  Myer  sold  for  aelvea  js6 
common  iilinoia  ottseis  at  9'2C.  HP'  ft-r  with  #1  on  <^ 
bead  ou  IS  head,  weleht  ti>9  cwt.;  16  tair  Ulinnis 
Hteers  at  oa4C.  ^  ft.,  weight  7  cwt.,  stnmti ;  74  fair 
Illinola  Stents  at  10"4U.  ^  ft.,  Weleht  7  to  7I4  cwc;  61 
fair  Illinois  Meera  at  lli'Hto.'<i>l0^4C.  ^  ft.,  vreiglit  7>q 
cwc;   15  llilnoia  hteers  at  1  l''4C.  ^^  ft.,  weighr  10  cwt. 

At  foriy-tiijMh  Slrtit  tshtip  Uarket—J.  Kirby  sold  410 
Michigan  .Nbs-ep,  weight  3.S,llu  ft. ,  Ht  $^>  '^m  ^  uwt.; 
1«9  >jichlgan  bueep,  weight  15.8aO  ft.,  at  6>j>c.  ^  a.; 
178  Micnifian  ahtep,  weight  17,1  U»  ft.,  at  Bo.  *"  ft.; 
Ii9  Indiana  tihoep,  welgut  13.470  ft.,  at  a»tc.  ^  ib. 

At  Sartimua  Cove  iardt — Cone.v  fc  bcPbuiajn  aold 
for  Chancellor  Ic  Has  moiir  vri  Ohio  dteera.  trom  tjk\t  to 
good,  from  lO'^o.O'l-^o.  ^  ft.,  weiehtsowt.;  ford, 
jirowu  15  common  Kentacky  Bteora  at  9><20.  ^ft., 
weight  7  cwt.  L.  Etegeusceia  aold  tor  self  and  .iley- 
era  vil  fair  liliiiols .  Steers  at  lu^^c.  ^  ft.,  weigbt0»4 
cwt.;  3d  fsAt  IlliQoiB  Steers  at  iO^c.  ■#'•  ft.,  weight 
7  to  7>3  cwt.    BI.  Laiiterbarb  sold  tor  Wuixel  &  Allertou 

14  Illinois  Bulla,  live  wsighl  1.5S0  ft.  <P'  hsad,  at  4c 
4P'  ft. ;  3'J  cummon  llUgoia  Ste<:ra  at  9  ^c.  #'  ft.,  with 
811  off  1^ head,  weight  0^  cwt.;  11  eommua  Iilluuls 
8teets  at  uo.  HP*  ft-i  weigbt  0  cwt.  scanu  B.  It  H. 
W'eathelmer  aold  tor  Walzel  U.  Allerton  32  Mixed 
Texan  and  Miasuuri  Steeis,  fed  in  Illinois,  at  lOu. 
if  va  .  weight  6>s  cwt.  :  for  K  O.  Diokeiison  10  Mixed 
btaui  Cattl.-,  Steeia,  Bulls,  und  Uxen  n.  7V!- ¥*  ft-, 
wrtgbttii-jcwt.  D.  Wsixel  sold  for  Walxel  k  Aller>. 
ton  42  ft>lr  Illinola  Steers  at  1 JC  ^  ft.,  with  ¥1  on  ^ 
bead     on     UO     head,      w.ight     7 '4    cwr.,     strong; 

15  fSlr  Illinois  Hteers  at  lo^ac  4P'  ft-.  welKht 
714  owt.;  held  on  sale  16  IlUnota  bteera. 
W.  E.  Dudley  eola  lor  X.  Morris  x7  common 
MlBSOuri  Stsera  at  9Vj.  ^P'  Js.,  weight  6 "a  owt:  48 
common  Mlsaonrt  tfteera  at  lihie.  P  ft..  Wiih  60c  off4>' 
head  on  'zi  bead  and  7dc.  off  ^  hoad  ou  24  bead, 
weight  tii«  cwt.  Toffey  h  .Nona  aold  tor  N.  Morris  17 
foirllltnoia  Steofs  at  lOc  *"  ffi..  weight  7  cwt.  8. 
CKDonnsl  sold  for  Walxel  kAllecion  19  oonimaa  Illlaoia 
Steeraat  Siacl^ft..  weight  6^  cwt.;  heidonsaieUO 
Illinois  &te«rS.     8.    fShUtter    auld    on    eotSUkisslOK 

16  Illinois  Uxea  at  lo^s*.  f"  ft-,  wetxbt  0%  owc:  M 
common  llUuoU  !<teerB  ac  0>40.  #*  ft,witu$loa^ 
bead,  weiKit  7  owt..  scant;  S  gOou  intoots  steers  at 
lii^st  9  Mii  wvteh*  »%  «wb  ea  t>«l  O.  imi.   i.  W. 


^^'SV^P*  Ml'  ^. !P?^  nuMte  gteen  ft  H^v^J^ 


Bl,  w«tdtt9H«*'^?  Iieidan_>»  »«  v^iw  «»-«n«  «>. 
Human  sold  for  self  19  flair  UUnoU  Steers  at  lOe.  ^ 
ft.,  weight  6%  ewt.1  18  oomm  Kaatueky  Oxen  at  9>ae. 
f  9..  weight Btnrt;  28fM4  ObtoSteen  stll%a  ^ 
n..  weUAt  8>s ewt.  M.  Ooldsetunldt  sold  ft>r  L.  kotlts- 
child  9u  dterokee  Steers  at  8%c  4p  ns.,  weigtata 
B^aewt^  acani,  ts  6  owt.;  10  fttlr  Mlaaoorl  Steers  at 
10o.«' lb.,  weight  7^  cwt.,  scant;  foi:  N.  MorrU  44. 
r  llltBois  Steers  at  lOo.  ^  ft.,  wdsbt  7  c 


fltir 


cwt.,  Bcaut; 


15  tair  lUioois  B«eers  at  1U1«a.  «•  ft.,  with  $1  off  # 
bead,  weleht  7  ewt.  Martin.  JPaller  <c  Co.  aold  for 
Mlve*  14  VtrHnta  Oxsti  at  8\se.  «■  tt..  weiaht  7%-cwt. 
Kose  fe  Pidoook  sold  184  Ohio  flbeep,  w^ht  14.620 
ft.,  at4''8C.  ^  ft;  1S6  Illinola  Sheep,  weight  16.780 
ft.,  at  S5  10  «■  uwt-;  186  Illinois  Bheep.  welgbt 
16,060  ft.,  at   S^se.  ^  ft.;  309  Illinois  Sheep,  weight 

83,660  tb., ct694a  f  h  Jndd  it  Booklojbiuu  aold  183 
Ohio  Sheep,  weight  16,710  ft.,  at  60.  ^  S.  * 

BECEIFTS. 

Fresh  aniivals  at  Sixtieth  Street  Tarda  for  yesterday 
Spd  to-day:  1,279  head  of  homed  Cattle,  11  Cowa,  32$ 
Veajs  and  Calves.  921  Sheep  and  Lambs. 

freal)  arrivsla  at  Forty-elshth  Streat  8keep  Tarda 
for  yesterdajr  and  lo-day  :  1,783  Sheep  and  Lambs. 

Fresh  arrivals  at  Fortieth  street  flog  Tards  tor  yes- 
tardav  and  to-day  i  5.U19  Hogs. 

Fresh  aitlvala  at  Hatatmns  Cove  for  yesterday  and 
to-day  :  1.U17  head  of  bomea  Cattle,  1,137  Sheeo  aud 
Lamhs,  2,34'J  Hogs. 

Orosa  arrivals  at  Weehswken  Tards  for  wfek  endlac: 
Feb.  6.  1877  :  82  Beevea.  3.082  cshspp  and  Lamba,  ii6 
Calrea.  10  Cow»,  2,052  Hogs,  14  Horsea.    • 

Buffalo,  Feb.  7.— Cattle— Receipts  to-day,  476 
head;  totalifor  tbe  week  tbtia  fiir,  5.372  head,  acslust 
6,171  bfad  same  time  laat  week,  ahowing  a  decreaas 
in  the  receipts  ot  the  week  tbasfar  of  47  cars.  Market 
moderately  active;  aijout  all  ofieiio'^ia  dispnaed  of; 
supply  about  e^ual  to  demaud  fbr  nil  but  best 
qiiality  of  stock.  I'rloes  unchanged;  some  sales 
of  tbe  bedt  offeringa  wore  at  a  sham  hisn- r,  tnit  not 
enough  to  eatabiisu  a  qnotable  advance.  Sixty  ours 
disposed  of,  a  fair  proportion  foi  the  fiastera  trade. 
Bales  of  shippers'  Cattle  at^  95®$6  87  ^a;  1  car  ex- 
tra, averaging  1,600  ft.,  ac  tfitl  40 ;  botchera'  stock  at 
94  '2o'9i^  86 ;  atockera  and  feeders  at  9i  '.i5'3>$3  00; 
vommoo  lore  at  $3  30'3£4.  Xaros  about  bare  of  a:ock. 
Sbeep  andLamhfc— Beoeipta  to-day,  600  head;  total  for 
the  week  thus  tu,  10,OoU  head,  against  12,500  bead 
SOQiS  time  laat  week ;  market  more  aotlve ;  prices  a 
shade  to  i«c.  strougar;  Kastem  advices  cause  activ- 
ity ;  30  cars  Mlaposed  01}  22  of  which  to  the  Basteca 
trade,  6  Brighton,  and  0  local ;  about  all  offerings  dia- 
posed  of:  sales  of  oommou  to  fhlr  lots  at  $8  7a(J>$l; 
good  to  choice,  from  81  to  90  ft  ,  $4  75®S6  25 ;  extra, 
ranging  from  B5  to  116  ft.,  at  if5  4U'3>$8  25.  Hoga— 
Receipts  to-day,  250  head ;  total  for  the  week  'thus 
isr,  0,460  head  agalaat  4,750  head  .  same  time  last 
week:  marset  doll,  alow;  demand  Utcht;  10  cars  on 
^ale,  8  light  and  2  heavy.  Sales  one  car  medium 
quality  heavy  to  city  trade  at  96  60:  quoted  nominal- 
ly In  absence  or  sxlea;  Yorkers,  Xkli  to  choice,  $5  959 
iiti  26  !  lieary.  $6  263»{0  70. 

East  Liberty,  Feb.  7. — Cattle— Receipts  to-day, 
11  cara,  all  for  this  market;  total  for  two  days.  20  of 
through  and  6u  oara  of  yard  F<took,or  1.190  head;  sup- 
ply light,  and  moilly  eoomoa  to  median ;  good  to 
exira  scare*;  market  duiU  with  few  sslliug ;  best  at 
tS  t^U:  medium  to  good  at  $4  503$4  90;  common  to 
fair  at  f4-  Uogs— Keeelpts  to-dat,  770  head;  total 
lor  two  dttTS,  1,980  head;  Torkers  at  $03>$0  26; 
PhiladelptilM  at  97'9«7  »o.  6hs«p— Keeeipts  to-day, 
2.500  hea4:  total  <or  two  days,  4,900  hMd  ;  •oiling 
at  58  60d»0  2i. _ 

THE  COTTON  MARKETS. 


Nsw-OusAjis,  Feb.  7.-  Cotton  easv ;  Middling, 
12c;  Low  Middling.  11 'ac;  Good  Ordinary,  11 V-; 
net  receipts.  8,666  bales:  grou.  8,808  balea:  ex- 
portato  Oreat  Britain.  4.600  uales;  to  the  (.'ontloent. 
'^.631  bales:  coaatwiae,  1,434  oalesj  sales,  4.00U 
bales;  stock.  287.^31  balea. 

Chablrstox.  Feb.  7.— Cotton  <tnll.  nominal ;  Mid- 
dling, l-jngc:  Low  Middling,  1214c;  Good  Ordinary, 
11340.;  u<>i  lecelpta,  804  bales:  exports  to  (}reat 
Britain,  7U2  bales;  to  the  <  ontioeut,  1,078  bales; 
sales,  500  bales;  stock,  48,979  bales. 

Galveston.  Feb.  7.— Cotton— Offerings  light : 
boider«  aakliig  higher  prloes;  Middling,  12I40.;  Low  Mid- 
dling. II34C;  .Uood  Ordinary,  lli4C;nar  receipts, 
1,978  biilea;  groaa,  1,591  bales;  sales,  1,404  balea; 
stock,    83,60o  bales. 

Mobile,  Feb.  7.— Cotton  steady;  Hlddlins;,  12s.; 
Xow  Middling,  lilac:  Good  Ordinary,  11  ^0.;  ust 
receipt*.  779  bales;  exports,  to  Qreat  Britain,  4.881 
biles ;  coaiitwiso,  212  balea;  sales,  1.200  bales;  stock, 
70.490  bales. 

Savaknah,  Feb.  7.— Cotton  quiet  and  staady ;  Mid- 
nllng,  12  V: ;  l^uw  Middiiag.  11V-:  Qood  Oidinary. 
llisc;  net  receipts,  1,077  baiea;  solea,  SOO  baioa; 
stooa,  63,876  balea. 


THE  REAL  ESTATE  MARKET. 


The  following  business  was  transacted  at  the 
Xxcbange  (yesterday)  Wedueada.y,  Feb.  7  : 

£.  A.  Lawrence   Sc  Co.,  by  order  of  tbe  Supreme 
Court  in  foreclosnrf,  B.  C.  Cbetwood,   Esq.,   Ref^ 
eree,  sold  a  three-story  and  basement  bnck  house, 
with  lot  24.9  by  8C.6,   on  West  15tb  St.,  south  side, 
397.1  feet  west  of  7th  av.,  for  (9, 050,  to  Josiah  Porter. 

R.  V.  Harnett,  under  a  forecloaure  decree  by 
order  oi  tbo  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  R.  M.  Henry, 
£«q..  Referee,  sold  a  tbree-Btory  and  basement  brick 
house,  with  lot  21  by  98.9,  on  Fast  30th  St..  south 
side,  328.2  feet  east  of  21  av.,  lur|6,200.  to  Charles 
Wrisbt,  for  New- York  Life  Insurance  Company, 
plaintiff.  The  ssme  aoctioneer  and  same  Referee,  nu- 
der  a  similar  court  order,  disposed  of  two  lots,  each  25 
by  100  5,  on  East  64rh  at ,  south  aide.  45  leet  west  of 
Madison  av..  tor  «i'.'4  050,  to  same  buyer.  M  r.  Har- 
nett, bv  order  of  the  Saprerae  Court  In  foreclosare, 
Samuel  B.  Hurd,  Esq.,  Referee,  sold  a  four-story 
brick  bonse,  with  lot  20  l>y  100,  on  Bist  4Qth  St., 
nnrtb  side,  80  fjet  west  of  l*t  av.,  for  »3.S00,  to  E.  ii. 
"White. 

Louis  Mesior,  uuder  a  foreclosnre  decree  by  order 
ot  the  Court'  <if  Common  Plea.-,  S.  H.  Olin,  Esq., 
Referee,  sold  two  foar-story  brick  tenement-honMeti, 
with  lots,  each  20  by  80,  on  Sd  av.,  east  side.  40.10 
feet  Boutb  of  116rb  ar..  fur  (10.090,  to  Charles  H. 
Davis,  plaintiff  in  the  legal  action. 
'The  tollowing  toreoloaure  sales  were  adionmed: 
Sale  by  William  £ennelly  ot  the  house,  with  lot.  No. 
304  East  Broad wav,  east  of  Scsmmel  St.,  to  March 
1,  and  sale  b.v  1).  M.  Clarkson  &  :Jon  of  a  house,  with 
lot,  on  West  33d  St.,  west  of  Otb  av.,  tins  die. 

TO-DAYS    AUCTIONS. 

To-day's  sales,  all  at  tbe  Exchange,  are  as  follows : 

Bv  £•  A.  Lawrence  St  Co..  Snprame  Court  fore- 
closare sale.  £.  D.  Gale,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  tbe  house, 
with  lot  sei  by  94,  Ko.  178  Wcsi  4th  si.,82.9  leet  east 
of  Cth  av. 

By  V.  K.  Stevenson,  Jr.,  Supreme  Court  fore- 
closure sale,  Alfred  Mclatvre,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  a 
bouse,  with  lot  25  by  98.9.  on  West  39 tb  at., 
south  side,  350  feet  wAat  of  10th  av. 

By  Peter  F.  Mever.  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale.  J.  P.  Ledwith,  Esq.,  Retaree.  of  three  houses, 
with  lots  each  16.8  by  lUO.  on  East  6Gih  St.,  north 
side.  100  feet  east  ot  Madisou  avenue. 

By  Unch  X.  Camp,  partition  sale  of  th?  following 
property  :  The  buiidlogx,  with  plot  ot  laud  154  by 
li9.9  bv  7'»  by  75  by  142.10.  Jfos.  43  to  53  (inclusive) 
Betouiiosi.,  soutD  side,  81  feet  wast  of  Wdshins;- 
t^m  St.;  also  bnilding,  wttb  lor  20.4  ur  97.6.  No. 
149  Bank  sL,  north  aide,  143.1  feet  east  of  Wash- 
lugton  at. 

By  William  Kennelly,  foreclosur*  sale,  by  order 
of  the  Court  ot  Common  Pless.  O.  H.  Fountain, 
Esq.,  Referee,  of  a  plot  of  land,  51  b.y  94.10  by  37  by 
100,  on  9th  av.,  ess:  aide,  25.8  feet  north  of  83a  at. 

By  R.  v.  Harnett,  bapreme  Court  forecloaure 
sale,  George  .''.  Sedgwick,  Eiq.,  Referee,  of  hve  lots, 
each  25  by  100.8,  on  Weai  8dta  St.,  south  aide,  100 
feat  weat  of  lUli  av. 

By  A.  H.  Uuller  St  Son.  public  auction  sale  of 
thi-ee  lota,  each  25  by  100  5,  on  West  62J  at.,  323  feet 
eaat  of  lOtn  av.  Also.  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale.  B.  C.  Chetwnod,  Eaq.,  Risfere  -,  of  one  lot,  S5.G 
by  100.8,  on  £.uit  91st  st.,  iior:h  side.  230  feet  east  ot 
5tb  av.  AUo,  similar  sale,  same  Re:eret«,  of  s  botue, 
with  lot  15.6  by  100.11,  on  East  124th  st.,  auutb  side. 
79.6  feet  west  of  3a  av. 


EXOEAHQE  8AL£S—yVEDNBSDJiT.    FEB.  7. 

KEW-YOEK. 
By  E.  A.  Lawrenct  4:  C3. 
1  three-atory  and  bas'-ment  brioi  house,  with 
lou  West  l-'ith  st,  s.  s.,  397.1  ft.  w.  ot  7th  av., 

lot  24.0x86.6 $9,050 

By  H.  V.  Harnett. 
1  three-storv  sad  bssoment  brick  house,  with 
lot,  East  Siith  St.,  8.  a..  ^128.2  ft.  e.  oi  2d  av  , 

lot  21x98.9 $8,200 

21ots,hsat  tMtb  St.,  a.  s.,  45  li.  w.  of  Madison 
sv..  aach  26x100.5 24,050 

1  four-story  brick  houae,  with  lot,  KBat40th  at., 

a.  a..  80  ft.  w.  of  lat  av.,   lot  2uxl00 3,600 

By  Louis  Slesur. 

2  four-story  hrick  tenement-houses,  with  lots, 
i!d  av..  e.  8.,  40.10  feet.  a.  ot  liOth  at,  each 

lot  20x80 $10,000 


RECORDED  REAL  EUTAXJB  JtRANSF^KS. 

NKW-TOnK. 

TUESDa  I,  FEB.  6. 

60tli  at,  n.  s.,  145  ft.  of  West  3d  av.,  40x100 ; 

Herman  Frohmann  and   wltte  to    Kdw.ird   K. 

Kau'jetachek nom. 

Bpnng  St.,    n.    a.,    lot    l^o.      800,      25.9x114; 

Ueinricb  Uoabe  to  Charles  Schnia. nom. 

Attorney   st...    Nos.     13     and    16,    37.6x100; 

Jaoub  C.  Wtnana  and  wife  to  ueleu  linTaet.$16,200 
Cllntoa8t.,Ao8.  182,   184,  un  I  18<3,  70x100; 

same  to  aame _...,..  16,200 

Grandat.,  No.  3S4,  26xil>0:   aame  to  aame 18,80u 

U6lb  at..  Mo.  43,  n.  B.,  1 17  ft.  w.  of  4l.h  av.,  17x 

luo.6;  Sellg  Sielubardt  und  wite  to  unarlss 

H.  Ra.vmoud. 25,000 

63th  St.,  No.  41,  n.  s..  134  ft.  w.  ot  4th  av.,  17x 

1U9.5  ;  same  to  same 26,000 

Pruapectat ,  &.  s..  61  xlbO,  24th  Ward;  Alexan- 

.der  Uoydand  wifo  to  Uavidll.  Bryant 4,600 

9th  Bt..  n.  8.,  No.  61,  248  ft.  w.  ot  6th  av.,  174 

x92;  Luc  7  V.  Uenedict  and  huabaod  to  James 

P.  l».  Lauler ". 13,850 

l26th  at.,s.  a,  176  ft.  e.  of  2dav.,  S7.tixl00.ll; 

Jesse   W.    fowers   and  wife  to  Cornelius  J. 

hyan 12,000 

Bioume  St.,   n.   e.   comer  of  Wooster  St.,  26x 

\0\> :  Thomas  Toachsr  and  wile  to  Henry  b. 

Thacher 33,000 

67th  St..  s.  s.,  137.6  ft.  e.  of  Lexioztoo  av.. 

18.»xl0U.&:    Mlrlan    Weidner    to   ileurlutta 

Uecht.... ... .'..... ..      nom. 

114th  St.,   s.   a.,   192.0  fc  e.  of  4tb  ar.,  Ib.UX 

luO.  II ;  Uarta  Wlederaum  to  Bruno  and  8e- 

liuaHeimet 10  OOO 

150th  at,  a.  a.,  62j  ft.  e.  of  loth  av.,  60xl(iO: 

J.  U.  Sinclair,  Beferee,  to  R.  C  Combea,  Trua- 

tee 4,000 

6th  av.,  e.  a.,  bd.-i  ft.  n.  of  74th sL,  26x160;  A. 

Siiokne/,  Keferve,  to  George  G.  Lake 17,660 

ll7tu  St.,  a.  s.,  16.10  ft.   e.   of  4th   av..  15.10X 

64.11;   B.   U.   Cnditpp,  fteteree,  to  Henry  J. 

Forber. 6,200 

FOK  SALE— IN  19TH  ST.,  JUST  WBST  OF  6Tfl 
ar.,  a  desirable  tirowa-stoite  house,  25  te«t  wide; 
e.Mi  ke  bong  bt  low,  eltuer  with  or  without  the  fnml- 
ioca;  lot  half  the  blooK. 

K.  tt  LUDLOW  ft,  CO.,  Ifo.  3  Pine  at. 


LAiitiU  ANU  (»AiAL<t/  U01Je(K.>!t  At*  uPiiCiAl.. 
iy  reduoed  prtess.  V,  K.  VXHVBH80M.  J&.. 
4  Pine  and  33  Eaat  17th  st 

a  LiAU«4K  NU.UBlitt.  ae  ttt*i;a»K.t  BULO/rO- 
^□Liog  to  estates  aad  iuatitatiims  fox  sale  or  reut  at 
l»w  tAMs.    Kifviif 4i|  ^'.  Paws.  S^  42  JUast  avd  st  . . 


PITY  BBAL  B8TATE. 

B*'^roGldway'and^th'  8T.-poe1balb*at 
a  great  barmiB,  if  porobMOd  »t  thla  time,  this 
magnliicent  plot  or  Broadway  property  on  ths  north. 
east  corner  or  S8tb  st.  sise  0iaxl4t).  Its  commauoing 
position  warraikta  snr  klnttof  permanent  and  aabatan- 
tialiinprovemeBM.  Apply  (o  JOtlua  i&X,  So.  1,285 
Broadway. 


COUlNnCEY  REAJ^^ESTATE^ 

EXCHANGB^THBEB  HANDSOMIi  COUNTBY 
reatdenoes  withia  one  hour  of  New-York,  tree  of 
mortgage,  to  excbamte  fbr  City  improved  proper tK  not 
too  heavily  encumbered.  Apply  to  T.  8.  SUiiPUBllD, 
Mo.  146  Broadw.ty. 


OUANUK.  N.  J.-HUUNVSY  HOUSHS.  LAKDIt 
anaril.age  M>ts  tor  sale:  a  gisat  vanecy.  .lisa 
(limislied  and  unfoniithed  nouses  to  let  for  seasou  ot 
year  bv  WalTRH  R.  SMITH,  tormer-y  Blackwaa  k 
Sa.itli,Ur>iiiiru,  L-oruor  of  Main  and    ■''ooeata. 


.DWELLINGS  TO  LET. 

Ltorent.    Apply  to  B.  H.  LOuLUW  b  CO., 

Mo.  3  PUie  St. 


jsroutss,  &u.,  JO  I. EI. 


OFFICES  TO  LiBT 

IN  THB 
TIAIE§  BUILDING. 
APPJLir  TO 

GfiOROB  JONES, 
TIAiEsi  OFiflCB. 


OFFICES    TO    LET, 

WITH  ALL  THB  MODERN  IMPaOVEMENTS, 
bPLKNUlD  LIGHT  AND  VKNTILATION, 

amTABLB   FOB 

Itanks.  Rankers,  Hrokers,   niei*cbanta,  l.aTV<* 
yers,  ttatlway.  Inanranoe.aad  other  L'ompaiiiea, 

IS  i>CllLUIvO0  No.  4  WAL.L.  .*iT, 
38,  39,  40,  4»,  ar.  64. 68. 6tt,  71.  73, 78  dc  80 

UKUADWAi, 
Mos.  a,  7,  17,  19,  34,  36,  49,  03  NEW  HT.. 
Nos.  17,  19.  'iX,  and  38  BatoAO  HT., 
Nos.  35  and  07  KXOHANUB  PL.ACE, 

ALL    NEAR    WALL    ST. 

APPLT   AT  THB  OFFIOB  _PF     

EDWAiO)    I1A.TTHEWS, 

No.  71  Broadway. 


Tt>    I.1£A!$B 

FOE  A  TBBU  OF  TRAR3, 

for  buiinesB  purposes, 

the  desirable  extra-size  lot  and   building,  south-east 

comer  of  14th  at.  and 

DiNlViiRdlTY  PLaCK, 

UNIOil  SQOARl:;. 

For  fall  particulars  and  permtta  »pply  to 

K.  U.  LDDLOW  1 1  v.,  So.  3  Pine  at 


rilO  LiET  OK  LEASJK-IN  NA«S.\II  ST.,  CLOSE  TO 
JL  Pine  at.,  a  largo  bunking  ofBce.  with  extra  large 
vault  be;  alto,  aecond  atory,  auitnble  tor  lawrera, 
fine  aulte  ot  seven  rooms ;  also,  iwo  auttea  of  throe 
rooms  each  on  the  third  story.  Prices  to  suit  the 
times.  Also,  several  offices  on  Broadway,  near  Wall 
St.  UOM^R  JiORO.lN,  Ko.  2  Pine  st. 


T\\0  tiKT— THIS  FIEUW-CLASS  STOKK,  BaSEMKNT, 
J.  and  aub-ocllar.  No.  601  Broadway;  size,  30x200 
feet;  through  to  Mercer  st.  The  above  is  one  of  tbe 
best  stores  un  Broadway.    HOMliii  AIORGANs  2  Pine  st 


DOUBLili  BUILUINO  TO  1..ET  RKASUNABLY, 
ouSoathut.,  near  Peck  slip;  sniendid  cellar;  pos- 
ses.3loii  now.  h.  A.  (JUDlKStlA.NK  &.  CO., 

i)o.  68  Broad w.ny. 


ClOAI.  YARU— TO  LBASB  FOR  A  TKRM  OK 
'years,  tbe  plot  uf  ground  ou  rear  of  Nos.  214  to  218 
West  Houston  st  Fur  terms  apoly  to  W.  S.  JARVl;j, 
No.  221  Cunal  st,  np  atalrs. 


TO    jLKASJi— I'Hli     81X-STOKr     WHiril-MARBLK 
buildlu::,  corner  of  Broadway  and  24th  at,  anown 
an  the  Albemarle  HoteL    Apply  to 

FHANclti  a.  KINKBY.  JSo.  141  West  Hro.\dway. 


STKAJl  POWmt  ANU  i^ittrsT  FI.OOIC  AND 
ocliar,  50x80  feet,  Nos.  188  and  190  West  Uoustou 
sc.    Inquire  in  tbe  comer. 

WANTEli— BY  A  PUYalClAN  AND  WIPK  A  FIRST- 
stopv  Preoch  flit,  or  purt  of  a  small  house,  with 
all  iinorovemeuts,  between  4th  aud  tith  ava.,  and  '.;Oth 
and  uOrb  sta.;  rulereocei  exchanged.  Addreaa  Mlil>I- 
CU-i,  Box  ^o.  302  TlilKcj  UP-IOVVN  OPPICK,  ^o. 
1.257  BROAUvVAl. 


\\TA.Nllili-FIVK  ROOMS  (UNFUKiSlSt^bD)  FOB 
tT  housekeeping  h.v  au  American  lamilv;  must  be 
situated  between  14lh  an.l  40th  sts.,  ana  6tli  and  Sth 
av&;  private  bouse  preftiTed;  gas  and  uaj  uf  batif 
room ;  rcut  must  unt  exceed  $20  or  $22.  Address  lor 
two  daVH  .\lbert.  Box  No.  22:j  limet  office. 


FURMfsUKOAND  UNFU  U.NI.«SHIiO  HOUSKS 
WA.STivD. — Grbat  domand  for  desirable  houses  ;  no 
charge  fur  registering.  J.  NBLSO.N  LUOKUl',  No.  50 
Kast  '-'Sd^t.  corner  of  4th  av. 


H 


Ot.-SEs,  FLR.MiSHliO  A.M>  UNFL'KNISlIED, 
wanted  lor  itniueillate  occupation.  • 

Rl.SGMA.N  F.  PAOK,  :«o.  42  E-ist  23d  St. 


y^GALJJOTIOEa 

SUfRR.nB    COURT,    QUICBN8    COUNTY— 
rHh  hyuii'ABLE  Hi's  as  ub\nck  souiety  of 

THE  UNiiED  STATE."*,  plnialiff.  SR  lust  JAMES 
BLACKWKLL  and  Charlotte  A  Biackwe'I,  or  Ch&ilutte 

A.  M.  Biackivell,  Ills  wife, Irving,  wileof  Oeortfe  Irv- 

uisr.*Jr.,John  H.  Lid^erwood.  def^nilanta. — Summonaior 
Relief. —  1  o  the  abuve  named defrudauts  :  lou  are  h^re- 
b.v  aummoned  and  r<.'quii'c'd  to  anawer  the  complaint  iu 
this  aciloii.  and  to  serve  a  copy  of  your  answer  to  the 
said  compiaint  on  tbe  auiiscrijer  ac  his  office,  No.  l;i:0 
Broadwn.y,  ill  the  Citv  of  New-Vork.  wiihlu  trwenCv 
days  8fter  tbe  service  of  tula  aummous  ou  you,  exclu- 
sive of  the  day  of  aucti  service;  hnd  if  you  fail  to  an- 
awer the  aaid  compl  tint  wiihiu  tbe  time  atores  v1,  the 
plaintitfa  ill  this  action  will  appl.y  to  the  court  lor  the 
relict  demanded  lu  tha  uumpUint. — Uared  2otb  Juile, 
187C.  UESriY  D.lY,  PiaintiflTs  Attorney. 

The  complaint  bereii:  was  tiled  m  tho  office  of  tlie 
Cleikuf  Qut-eus  County,  ac  tbe  villHse  of  Jamaica,  In 
the  aforesaid  county,  on  th"  '25th  dav  of  Juiy.  1876. 
HaNBY  DAY,  FlainiifFs  Attorney. 

Jal8-law6wT. 


SUi'UiJ.HB  COURT.— TrfB  FIRST  NATIONAL 
jANK  OF  XASU VILLIi  airainat  WILLIAM  S.  UOLLO- 
WAY  Pl!E.>»COlT  BoKBANK.  and  GEORGE  P.  .N.»KU.— 
Bum  I  on?  tor  money  demand  ou  contract. — (Com.  not 
eer.) — To  the  above  named  dt-feudaota  :  Yea  are  bere- 
ur  t-ummoned  aul  r^Quirod  10  answer  tbo  complaint  in 
tills  action,  which  wa«  died  in  th&  office  of  the  Cl-rk 
ot  the  City  aud  Couoiv  of  .>ew-York,  January  19th, 
1877.' at  the  Court-house  in  New-Vork  Citv,  and  to 
serve  a  ciipv  of  vour  auswer  to  the  said  comolaint  on 
tbe  aubacrioev.  lit  his  offloe,  at  No.  128  Broadway,  in 
the  City  of  .Sew-York,  within  twent.y  day*  after  the 
aervlce  of  this  summona  on  you,  exclusive  of  the  day 
of  auch  service :  and  if  .rou  fall  to  anawer  the  sai  >  com- 

Jildint  within  ihe  time  aforcsuld  the  plaintiff  will  tai>e 
uilgmeiit  agaiuat  you  for  ihe  sum  of  seven  thousand 
and  iwenty-alx  78-iUO  doU:ira,  wicb  inteiest  fiom  the 
btb  duy  of  Decemuer,  ouo  thuus>ind  eixht  buudrvd  aud 
seveiityaix,  besides  the  costs  01'  this  notion. — Dated 
January.  Is77.  J.  W.  FKBf  Etc,  rioiutlff'a  Atcorney. 
fti-lnwbwTh* 


NOTICE  OF  ASHIGNillENT.— TAKE  NOTICK 
that  b.y  virtue  uf  a  deed  of  aaaignmeni  m^de  to  me 
on  the  firat  day  of  Febiuary,  A.  D.  is77,  1  do  hereby 
notl;y  tbe  creditors  of  QEOtcGE  V.  HAVKK  to  bring  in 
their  claims  lu  accordance  with  the  statute  in  such 
caaea  made  aud  proviaed.  1 

JOHN  McDonald,  Assignee, 
Berseu  Point,  Hudson  County,  N.  j. 


To  Manufacturers  of  Fertaiizers. 
FOR  SALE, 

AMMOAlACAL  MATTERS. 

Iii  flue  mecbauical  condition,  aud  coatainiug  from  13 
to  14  per  Cent  ammouia,  nt  $2  25  par  unit  of  ammo- 
nia per  ton  of  2, UoO  pounds,  flreu  oa  bjard,  at  Baltl-' 
more,  buyers  furnidilng  uag;).     Address 

AMOR  »M1TU  &  SONS, 
Post  Office  Box  Nu.  .SS,  Baltimore,  .>ld. 


EPJ'S'C«U;OA.— UKATKFOLAtilD  CO  llPJtt^^NO,• 
eal'll  pscitetis  Hbelle.l,  JAMKJ  f'.fPA  ^  Cu..  domi>- 
opatuic  Chemists.  No.  43  Turoadaeedle  st  and  No.  170 
Pii'caoillv .  Loa.ioa,  Ea^jlaud.    .New-Yora  Depot,  SMITH 
&  VANDEdBKBK  Parg  pl>i;a. ___^ 

TAMAU  IM>li£N— A  LAXATIVE  FRUIT  LOZ- 
eogo  ;  agreeable  to  take  ;  specifio  for  constipation 
aud  its  consequences.  U.  OiilLiivjM.No.  27  Hue  Ramau- 
teur,  Fans  d'-pot      CAsiWiiLL,  HAZ.\lii)  U  CO.,  N.  Y. 


"DARK  OPP<»RTCNlTk.— FOR«.aLE,  A  GOOD, 
Xli^aie,  prutitable  bnaluess.  well  established;  goods 
sold  til  mercuaats  aud  Jobbers  only;  the  proprietor 
baa  other  Dual  ne«siu  aame  city,  and  will  renuer  the 
purclmaer  lilo  aid  ;  cash  required,  $1.5uU;  uoae  but  a 
peraou  requinug  a  good,  aae  buaiuesa  need  repl.y  to 
this.  Adareaa  Loca  Box  No.  28  Post  office,  New- 
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_^BANKEUPTJ^OTI0ES;__ 

IN  BANKAOPTCV.— IN  THK  DISTRICT  COURT 
or  the  Cntteu  Statea  for  the  .Soutfaem  Dlstrlor  of  New- 
York — In  the  matter  ot  UBRVr.V  C.  CALKIN  and 
JUD!<ON  H.  CALKIN,  oonstltnt:ng  the  copartnerghip 

firm  of  H.   C.   Calkin  A  Ca,   baukruota.— No.  6,232 

Nocioels  hereby  eiven  that  a  petition  has  been  filed 
in  said  conrt  bv  Iiervey  C.  Calkiu  aud  Judaou  H.  Cal- 
kin, individually  and  as  copartners,  above  described 
iu  aaid  district,  duly  declated  bankrupts  uuder 
the  act  of  Cunscreaa  of  March  2.  1867,  and  the  ainend- 
inents  and  r«vl8iona  thereof,  for  a  diacLarge  and  oer- 
tlficats  tbereof  trom  all  end  t-ach  of  their  debia, 
Itnd  other  claims  provable  nndsr  said  act,  and 
that  the  seventh  day  of  March,  1877.  at  12  o'clock 
M.,  at  the  office  uf  John  Fitch,  tiaa,.  Register  in  Bank- 
ruptcy, at  No.  345  Broadway,  ia  the  City  of  New- 
Tork,  is  AssiKOOd  for  tlia  bearing  of  tb«  same,  when 
and  where  au  oreditora  who  have  vroved  their  debts, 
and  other  persona  in  intt-reat  may  attend,  and  abow 
eanse.  If  any  tbev  have,  why  tha  praysr  ot  the  aaid 
peiltionabonlaaot  b«  granted.— Dated  New-ifork,  ou 
ihe  6th  day  of  February,  1877. 
f8-law8wTh*  Q80.  V.  BETT3.  Clerk. 


IN  BANRKUPTCY.— IN  TUK  DISTRICT  COURT 
of  the  United  States  for  the  Southern  District  of 
New-Tork.— In  the  matter  of  ABRAHAM  F.  CALKIN, 
HEEVhY  C.  CALKIS  and  JOD&ON  H.  CALKIN,  co- 
parinera,  constituting  tbe  fii-m  ot  A.  P.  Culkiu  tc 
Brothers,  &e.,  bankrupts.— No.  5,233.— Notice  Is  here- 
b.y  given  that  a  petition  has  been  filed  in  said  Court 
by  Akraham  P.  Caikin,  Hervev  ('.  Calkin  andJuoson 
H.  Calkin,  above  named  copartners,  &c.,  in  said  district, 
dniy  declared  bankrupts  under  the  act  ot  Congress'oi 
March  2,  1807.  for  a  discharge  aud  certifioatethcreof 
from  all  their  debts,  aud  other  claims  provable  under 
said  act,  aud  that  the  seventh  day  of  March,  1877.  at 
12o'olocic  M.,  at  the  office  of  Job'u  Fitch,  Esq.,  Regis- 
ter in  Bnusruptoy.  at  No  345  Broadway,  in  tbe  City  of 
New-York,  is  asstKued  for  the  hoarin;;  of  the  same, 
when  anj  where  all  creditors  who  have  proved  their 
deuts,  aud  other  persons  iu  leterest  ma.T  attend,  and 
show  cause,  it  any  tbey  have,  why  the  pra.yer  of  the 
aaid  petition  ahould  not  be  granted. — Dated  New-Tork, 
on  the  0th  dav  of  February,  1877. 
f8-law3wTh*  GKO.  F.  BETT8.  Clert 


Dl.STKICT  COORT  OF  THE  UNlTkO 
8tates  for  the  District  of  New-Jeraev. — In  Bank- 
ruptcy.— Ill  the  matter  of  CHRISTIAN  SAUEB- 
WKIN.  and  WILLIAM  SAUERWKIN,  bankrupts- 
District  of  New-Jeae.v,  as.: — .A  warrant  in  bankruptcy 
baa  been  iaaued  by  said  court  sKaiust  the  estate 
of  Christian  eiauerwein  aud  William  .Saurwein,  of  tbe 
County  of  Kssex.  and  State  of  .Sew-Jerspy.  iu  aaid  dlB- 
trlot.  who  have  been  duly  ailjud^ied  bankrupts  ui>on  pe- 
tition of  their  creditors,  and  the  payiueut  of  any  debts 
aud  the  delivery  of  any  property  belunging  to  said 
bankrupts,  to  them  or  to  toeir  usu,  and  the  transfer  of 
an.v  priipe^ty  by  them,  are  forbidden  by  law.  .\  uieet- 
ms  of  the  creditors  of  said  banhiupta,  to  prove  their 
debts  aud  chooae  one  or  more  Assignees  of  tbetr  esiate, 
Avill  tie  oeld  st  a  Court  of  Banuruotcy  to  be  holdea  at 
No.  663  Broad  itreet,  Newark,  m  aaid  diatrict,  on 
the  20th  day  of  February,  A  D.  1877,  at  11  o'clock 
A.  M.,  at  the  office  ot  titaats  S.  .Morris,  Esq.,  one  of  the 
RegiBArs  in  Baokruotcy  ot  aaid  District. 

8A»iUEL  PLUMMER. 
United  States  Marshal  lor  said  District, 
Per  JOHN  C.  BAILED.  Deputy. 


DISTKICT  COUKT  OF  THE  UMTBO 
Statea  for  the  Diatrict  of  New-Jeraey. — In  Bank- 
ruptcy.—lu  the  matter  of  JOSEPH  LIEBsTElN.  bank- 
lupt. — District  of  New-Jersey,  ss.: — a  warrant  in  bank- 
ruptcy has  been  issued  by  sa.d  court  azainst  tie  es- 
tate ot  Joseph  Liebsteiu,  of  the  County  of  Kaaex,  and 
Statu  of  New-Jerst-v,  in  siiid  district,  who  haa  been 
duly  a<ijud.sed  bankrupt  upon  tbe  peiition  of  his  cred- 
itors, and  the  payment  of  an.v  debts  and  the  delivery 
of  auv  propert.y  belonsnng  to  said  bankrupt,  to  him 
or  to  hia  use,  and  ihe  transfer  of  any  property  by 
bim  are  forbidden  b.y  law.  A  meeting  of  tfie  creditors 
of  aaid  baukrupt,  to  prove  their  debts  and  chooae  one 
or  more  Atsisnees  o[  bia  eatate,  will  b?  held  at  a 
Court  uf  Bankruptcy,  to  be  holden  at  Newark,  in  aaid 
diatiict,  on  the  'JUth  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1877,  at 
10  o'cloclv  A.  M.,  at  the  office  of  .■Staata  S.  Morris,  Esq., 
one  of  the  Kegi^ters  iu  Baukruptcy  oi  said  district  No. 
663  Broad  Street  v^AMDEL  PLDMMEK, 

Ucited  States  Marshal  for  said  District, 
Per  JOHN  C.  BAILBV,  Deput.v- 


DISTIUCT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
states  for  the  District  of  New-Jersey.— lu  Bauk- 
runtcv.— In  the  matter  of  JOHN  WKRDER,  bankrupt. 
—District  of  New-Jersey  ss.:— A  warrant  In  bankmpt- 
cy  has  been  issued  by  said  court  again&t  the  eatateof 
John  Werder  of  the  County  of  Hudson,  and  State  of 
Mew-Jersey,  in  aaid  diatrict,  who  has  been  duly  ad- 
Judged  baukruot  upon  petition  of  his  creditors,  and  tbe 
tiayment  of  any  debts  and  the  delivery  of  any  prooert.y 
beiongiog  to  said  bankrupt,  to  him,  or  to  his  use.  and 
the  trauf-fer  of  auv  property  by  him,  are  forbidden  by 
l>iw.    A  meeting  of  the  creditors   ot   said  bankrupt,  to 

EroTe  their  d>  bts  and  choose  one  or  more  asaigneea  of 
is  estate,  will  be  held  at  a  Court  of  Bankruptcy  to  be 
h  jiden  at  Jersey  City,  in  aaid  district,  on  tbe  29th  da.y 
of  February,  A.  D.   1877,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  at  the 
office  of  staata  S.  Morris,  Ksqnire,  one  of  th-  Registers 
m  Bankruptc.y  of  aaid  district,  No.   1  Montgomery  st 
SAMUEL  PLUjlMiiK, 
United  States  Marshal  for  said  diatrict 
Per  JOHN  C.  B.^ILKY,  Deputy. 


DISTKICT     COURT     OK     THE      UNITKD 
Stiitea  lor   the  Southern  Diitrict  of  New-Vork.— 

In    the    matter  of    JOHN   FALCONER,    bankrupt 

In  Bankruptc.y. — A  warrant  iu  Bankruptcy  baa  been 
iaaued  by  said  court  agaluat  tbe  eatate  of  Jobn 
Falconer,  of  the  County  of  New-York,  of  tha  State 
ot  New-Vork.  in  said  diatnct,  adjudged  a  bankrupt  upon 
tbe  petition  of  his  creditors,  and  the  payiaent  of  auv 
debts  and  the  aeliver.v  of  any  property  beloualug  to 
said  b^mkrupr.  to  him  or  to  his  use,  and  the  transfer 
of  auy  propert.v  by  him,  are  forbidden  by  law.  A  meet- 
ing of  the  creditors  of  a^id  bankrupt,  to  orove  their 
deota  aud  choose  one  or  more  Aasignbes  of  his  estate, 
will  beheld  at  a  Court  of  Bankruptcy,  to  be  holden  ar 
No.  7  Beekman  s.reet,  in  the  City  of  New-York,  in  said 
district,  on  tlie  2l8t  day  of  Febru  ry,  A.  D.  1877.  at 
one  o'clock  P.  M..  at  tbe  office  of  James  F.  Dwight.  Esq., 
one  of  the  Registers  in  Baukruptcr  of  aaid  court 

OLIVER  FIsKii.  Marshal— Messenger. 


ra^HIS  IS  TO  GlVK  NOTlCK- THAT  ON  THE 
X  eti  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1877.  a  warrant  in 
bankruptcy  waa  issued  agaioatthe  estate  of  SAMUEL 
N.  KliSQSBURY,  EuWIN  E.  ABBOTT.  ALEXANDER 
HULKrr,  and  JOHN  A.  KINGSBDRY,  of  New- York,  in 
tho  Conuty  of  .New-York,  Mid  btftte  of  New-York,  who 
have  been  adjudged  bankrupts  on  their  owu  petition  ; 
that  the  payment  of  an.y  debts  and  delivery  <rf  an.y 
property  belonglni:  to  such  bankrupts,  to  them  or  tor 
their  use  or  the  use  of  either  of  them,  and  the  transfer 
of  any  property  by  tbem  or  either  of  tbem,  are  forbid- 
den by  law  ;  that  is  me^^ng  of  the  creditors  of  the  ssid 
bankrupts,  to  prove  ttillr  debts  aud  to  chooae  oue  or 
more'Asslgnees  of  their  estate,  will  be  held  at  a  Conrt 
of  Baukruptuy.  to  be  noldnn  at  No.  345  Broadway,  in 
the  City  of  New-Vork,  before  .Tohn  Fitcb.  Register,  on 
the  19tn  dayof  Februsr.y,  a.  D.  i877,  at  two  o'clock 
P.  M.  OLIVER  FI8KE,  United  States  Marshal, 

As  Measenfier,  Pouthem  District  of  New-York. 


rpHl"*  IS  TO  GIVE  NOTICE— THAT  ON  THE- 
A.  ithday  of  January,  A.  D.  1877, a  warrant  in  bank- 
mpt^'^'-^M^issued  asainst  the  estate  of  ALBERT 
8.  GAiCOTj  of  the  Citv  and  COnuty  of  New-YorK. 
aud  StHM  of  New-York,  who  has  been  adludgdd  a 
bankrupt  ou  his  own  petition;  that  the  paymedt 
of  Hn.y  debta  and  dehvery  of  aoy  proDert.y  be- 
longing, to  such  bankrupt  to  him  or  lor  his  use,  and 
the  transfer  of  any  propert.v  by  him,  are  torblddisa  by 
law;  that  a  meetlu:^  of  the  creditors  Of  the  said  bauk- 
rupt. tu  prove  their  debts  and  tu  choose  oue  or  more 
Asaisnees  uf  his  estate,  will  be  hdld  at  a  Court  of 
Bnnkruptcv,  to  beholden  at  No.  32a  Broadway,  in  the 
City  of  New- York,  Room  No.  0,  beiore  Isaac  Dayton, 
Esq.,  Reaiater,  on  the  3d  day  of  ^arch.  A.  D.  18'77,  at 
two  o'dosk  f.  M.  OLIVER  F1SS.S, 

United  States  Marshal,  as  Messenger,  Southern  Diatrict 
of  New- York. 


IN  BANKtttFTCV.— IN  THK  DISIEI  T  COURT 
ot  tbe  Uuited  Staios  tor  the  Sou'hern  District  of 
New-York.— In  the  matter  of  JAMES  H.  GORMAN, 
bankiupt— Notice  is  herehy  given  that  apetitiju  h':'s 
been  ti.ed  in  said  court  by  James  U.  Gorman,  iu  said 
distrtbt,  dul.v  declared  a  uankrupt  umler  ibe  act  of 
Congress  ot  March  2.  1807,  and  the  acts  amendatory 
thereof,  for  a  discbarge  and  certificate  thereof  from 
all  hia  debta,  and  other  cl.-iims  provable  under  aaid 
act,  aud  that  the  twenty- fourth  day  of  Pebruar.y, 
1877.  at  two  o'clock  P.  M.,  at  the  oBice  of  iidgor 
Ketohum.  Esquire,  Uegister  in  Bankruptcy,  .So.  129 
Fu.toii  street,  in  theCiry  of  iew-Tork,  is  assigned  lor 
the  hearing  of  tite  same,  when  and  where  all  creditors 
who  have  proved  t  >elr  debts,  and  other  persona  in 
interest  may  attend,  and  snow  oauxe.  if  any  they 
have,  why  the  pra.ver  ot  the  said  petition  should 
not  be  granted  —Dated  New-York.  00  tbe  thirtieth  day 
01  January,  |8?7.  GEO.  F.  BETTS,  Clerk. 

fl-iaw3wTb* 


IN  TUK  OISTKICT  COUttT  OF  THE  UNITED 
Statea  for  the  Suutbarn  l/iatrict  of  New  York. — In 
tbe  matter  of  UaVID  \V#,  WICK,  Bankrupt— In  bank- 
ruptcy, before  Henry  Wilder  Allen,  Register  iu  bank' 
ruptcy,  Southern  Dlitrict  01  New-Vork,  88. :  At  the 
Cit.v   ot    Rew-York,    on    the    24th    day    of    January, 

1877 ^To  whom   it  may  concern  : — Tbe   nndersigbed 

hereby  givea  notice  of  his  appointment  as  Asaignee  of 
David  v*"arwlck  of  the  City  of  New-York,  In  the 
County  of  New-York,  and  Ktate  of  New-York,  witbin 
said  Diatrict.  who  liua  been  adjudged  a  bankrupt  up- 
on the  petition  of  bis  creditors  b.y  the  District  Conrt 
of  said  District  JOB;  N  O.  FCLLEKTO.n  ,  Assijniee. 
Knsbland  &   CA&tBB,    Attornuys    for   Assignee,    No. 

322  Bruadw^.  New-ltork. 

Jaa6-law3wTh«' 

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AND 

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TO  TRAVELERS. 

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AMOUNT  FOB  SALE  BT 

KIJHN,LOEB  &  COi,  NO.  31 MSSAP  ST. 

Unitsd  States  Kxprbss  Coxpast,         2 
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rnHB   TRANSfEB>BOOH.!!>    OF    feiM  COM- 
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XXchange  court 

K  HAVK  S'^eO.OOO  KSTATB  TVUlHi  TO 

loan  at  6  per  oeut  Interest  for  five  years,  on  liD' 

S roved  City  property.      JaMBS    B.    GIBSON,   Js.,  ot 
...M.  GARRBTTf'OX,  No.  77  Cedarat 

FiaK    INSURANCE    STOCKS 

BOUGHT  AND  SOLD  BY 
E.  S.  BAILEY,  So.  b5  Wall  st. 

ABASH   KAll.WAr  CO.^IFAN V.-CEETI- 

hcatea  lor  funded  coupons  bought  and  sold  by 
W.  H.  Dl<,KINSO.\.  No.  14  WaU  at 


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WaU  at.  issue  letters  of  credit  on  tbe  Union  Bank 
OI  London,  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

THB   Ul^-TOWN  OFKICB    OF  'COlB  TiMBS. 

Thenivtown  office  of  THB  TIMES  is  located  at 
No.  l.itsr  Broadtvny,  bet.  31st  and  33d  ats. 

Open  daily.  Sundays  Included,  trom  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  IC. 

Subscriptions  received,  and  copies  of  THK  TUISS  foe 

sale. 

ADVEB-nSEMENTS  EECEIVKD   UNTIL  9  P.  M. 


Office  of  the  NEW-YliEK  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMP'r, 
NO.  7S«  WALL  ST. 

Naw-YoBK,  Feb.  6, 1877. 

76th  Dividend. 

A    SEMI-ANNUAL    DIVXUENU    OF     10    PER     CENT.' 

haa  thia  day  been  declared,  payable  on  demand. 

AUGCsTU.S  coijSKS,  secretary. 

OFVlCS  OF  THB  NeW-YoHK,  PkO    IDKNCE  AJTD    HoSTON  )      : 
RAlUtOAD  COKPANT,    (StoKISGTOK  KaILROAO.)       > 

Nkw-Yoek,  Jhiu  25,  1877.  ) 

A  QUARTERLY  DIVIOKNO  OJf  TWO  ANU 
O..K-a.\LF  PER  CENT.,  out  otthe  eamlnga  of  tha 
Eaat  three  montha,  will  be  oaid  at  the  of&ce  of  Messrs. 
L  Morgau's  Bona,  No.   39   WiLlam  at.,  New-York,  on 
the  10th  day  of  February. 

Tbe  tranafer-booka  will  be  closed  from  the  lat  to  the 
10th,  both  incluaive.        ..       F.  B.   NOYKS.  Secretary.     ' 


CLKTBLANU  ANO  PlTl;f^ULR(w  RAIL. 
HOAD  COWPANY.— Office  of  SecreUyry  and  Treaa- 
urer,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Feb.  3.  1877. — Tbe  regular 
piaranieed  quarteil.y  dividend  of  this  compan.v,  at  tho 
rate  oX  SJeveu  per  Cent,  oer  annum  on  the  new  suar* 
anteed  stocKs,  will  be  oaid  on  and  alter  tbe  lat  Marcli 
proximo,  at  tbe  office  of  the  Farmer's  Loan  aud  TruaS 
Company,  No.  26  Kv  change  place.  Kew-Yori. 

Tbe  transier-booka  will  cioau  on  tbo  10th  Inst  and 
reopen  on  the  2d  March. 

Q.  A.  IXGKRSOLL,  Secretary. 


TBB   St   NlCHOIJlS  .NATIONAL  BaXK  OP  NEW-  YoKK,  ? 

No.  7  Wall  at    Nbw-York.  Jan.  :^i,  1877.     J 

DIVIDENO.— A  SEMI-ANNUAL  DlVLDlsSD  OP 
Kour  par  Cent  has  been  declared  by  the  Direc- 
tors of  this  bank,  payable  on  and  after  the  12tb  day 
Of  February  next  Tbe  transfer  books  will  be  closed, 
trom  tbe  lit  to  13 th  proximo. 

A.  PAEKHUEST.  Cashier. 


Broadway  iNsimAsca  t  ojipant.     I 
No.  158   Sboadwat,  Jan.  Id,  J  877.  J 

CASH  CAPITAL $a00.0l>O 

SURPLUS,  upward  ot 3i)O.0tW 

FIFTY-HECONO    DlVIUiiNIJ.  -THE    BOAKU 
ot  Directors  have  declared  a  semi-anuiml  dividend 
of  Ten  per  Cent,  payable  on  and  alter  Feb.  1,  1877, 
JOHN  WRAY.  Secretary. 


Tbb  National  Bans;  op  tub  Republic,  l 
NEW-Y'oak,  Jan.  31,  1877.     $ 

AD1T1DEND  OF  THR.Et£  A.ND  A  HAlxfr 
per  cent.,  free  of  tax.  fa  18  this  day  been  declared, 
payable  Feb.  8,  proximo,  till{WGich  date  the  transier- 
books  are  closed.  H.  W.  FORD,  Cashier. 


ELECTIONS. 


OPFICB  or  THS  CONSOLIOATIOX  Co.^L  CoxPANT  OP  > 

MAnTLAND.  No.  71  Broadway.         > 
NBW-YoBK,  Feb.  •.;,  1877  > 

TRB  ANNUAL  MEBTINIi  OK  THK  STOJK- 
boldera  of  thia  company  for  tbe  election  of  Presi- 
deut  and  Dlrectora,  aud  trauasction  of  other  butd- 
oesa.  will  beheld  at  noon  on  WfclDNEtjDAY.  the  21at 
inat  The  rraasfieT-booKs  will  cloan  at  2  o'clock  P.  U., 
On  the  10th  inst,  and  reopen  on  tbe  23d  lust 

a.  c.  HICKS,  Secretary. 


TElKANNUALELECTlO.XFOUTHltlTatlSM 
Directors  of  tbe  blxtb  Aveaua  BailrocMl  Company 
wiU  be  held  at  tbe  Depot,  6tn  av.,  corner  of  4Sd  at,  oa' 
TUESDAY,  Feb.  13,  1877,  from  12  to  1  o'clock. 

H.  8.  MOOR;:,  Secretary. 


PROPOSALS. 

TO  QUARK  If  iHBN  AMI   URAMTB   DEAL- 
ERS. 

PBOPOSaLS  FOR  cur    STONE. 

Ornoa  op  Light-rocsr  h.Kei!rBi&,  ] 
THlKD  District, 
ToicPBa.vsyiiJ.K,  N.  Y.,  Jau.  13, 1877. 

Proposals  are  solicited,  and  will  be  r«oeivod  until 
noun  of  Feb.  26,  i877,  for  turnisbins  the  cut  Stone 
fbr  the  dwelling  and  tower  for  Stratford  iShaals  xilght- 
house.  Lone  Isbnd  Souud,  New-Yurk. 

The  stone  (eraniDe)  is  to  be  cut  uccordinff  to  plana 
and  specifieatiens.  wbich«  witb  any  ctbot  informatioa 
desired  cooceminK  tlie  wotk,  will  ue  furnished  to  bid- 
ders ux>ou  appUcatioa  to  the  understgned. 

The  proposals  will  state  the  lump  sum  for  xyhlcti  fb« 
stone  required  will  be  delivered  at  the  fa.roor  of 
Bridgeport,  Coau.  The  stones  are  all  to  be  delivered.' 
cut  and  dressed,  ready  for  eettiug.  Tbe  labor  of  erecv- 
m;;  the  structure  will  bn  done  by  the  United  States, 
aiid  should  not  be  included  in  the  proposal  a 

The  atones  are  to  be  delivered  In  parcels,  accordioc 
to  sizes,  and  the  order  in  which  they  wLl  be  requiretti 
for  use,  commencing  the  delivery  noc  later  than  iha 
first  of  May,  1877,  and  the  entire  lot  to  be  deiiyereA 
within  one  month  thereafter. 

Proposals  will  be  in  duplicate,  witb  two  anreties  na 
an  amount  equal  to  tbe  bid  attached  to  each,  indorsed 
by  EOiue  cfncer  of  the  Covernment  known  to  th« 
lyaasury  Department 

They  will  be  seale.l  and  indorsed  "  Preoosals  fM 
cut  atone  for  tbe  Stratford  Stioals  Ligbt-bonae,"  and 
addressed  to  the  underaisned,  who  reaervea  the  riglst 
to  reject  any  bid  for  proper  cause. 

I.  U  WOOOBUFP, 
Colonel  of  Bnoineers,  United  Statas  Army. 
Engineer  Third  Li;;ht-bou8e  Diatriot. 

Post  Office  Box  No.  4,u32,  Aew-York  City.. 


BOARD  OF  BDL CATION. 

Sealed  proposals  will  be  received  by  the  Board  o( 
School 'lYusteea  ot  the  N>Beteent6  (yard,  at  the  haA 
Of  tbe  Board  of  Kdueation,  oorucr  of  Qraad  and  Klaa 
8t8„  until  TUEsDAY,  Feb.  13, 1»77,  and  until  4  o'oloclc 
P.  M.,  of  said  day.  for  fumishiui;  allaiag  doora,  &&,  la 
eraibmur  bchooi  house  No.  18,  on  East  51  st  St.,  hsa^ 
LeziugtoQ  av. 

Plans  and  speciSoati  ons  may  be  sedn  at  the  offioe  of 
the  Superintendent  of  School  Buildings,  No.  146Granw 
«t,t  him  floor. 

TWO  responsible  and  approved  sitretiesti  reaidects  of 

thia  City,  WiU  be  required  from  the  aueuessfol  bMdeC: 

Ths  party  aubmittin;;  a  proposal    and  tbe  parties 

proposiUK  to  become  sureties,  mu'^t  each  write  his 

name  aud  place  of  residence  Ou  said  proposaL 

The  Trustees  r;:serve  the  right  to  refect  any  or  all 
ef  the  proposals  submitted. 

J.  O.  AtSTON, 
F.  T.  HOi'KlNS. 
K  M.  PO.'ttKBOr, 
M.  THALMB^tdNGER, 
JOHN  C.  DON^NBlLT, 
Bostd  of  School  Trustee*,  Minet««nth  ^ard. 
Dated  Nkw-Yobk,  Jan.  31,  1877. 


FaorOSAL!^  FOR  DREDOING  AND  JSIKB. 

UHmn  Statxs  EseiirnB  OFrioi,       > 
CoKitna  OP  Pennbylvakh  av.  akd  19th  jr.,  > 
Wasbinotos,  D.  C.  Feb.  3,  1877.     > 
Sealed  proposals  tor  Dred^iux  and  tbe  cooatructioft 
Af  a  Bitce  in  Rappahauuucs  River,  Va..  will  be  received' 
at  tbia  office  until  noon  of   WkD.nk^DAY,  March  7. 
1877,  and  opened  immediitely  thereafter. 

Specifications  and  bliiok  forma  for  propoaala  can  ba 
Obtained  on  applioatlon  to  this  office. 

B.  T.  ABERT.  U.  a.  a\1l  Engineer. 


MEETINGS. 


AMERICAN  INSTITUTE.-TUK  REGULAK 
week^  aaeetkig  of  the  Polyteonuio  Aaaooiation  wiH 
Ike  held  THIS  BVbNI.sU,  in  room  M>.  24  Cooper  i^uihl- 
fcif.  8.  &  NAtiM,  kvi..  wlU  lecture  on  '  loe."  Adnda- 
Sibn  free.  J.  V.  C.  SMITH,  Chairman 
■  JoBK  W.  8trrTO»,  8ecretar.y.  

AMBRICAn',  INSTMUTK.  -the  ANNDAJfc 
election  lor  'TruBfees  and  Managers  will  be  held 
at  Its  rOodis  fu  th3  Cooper  Bnildlae  6a  THUB-jDAY, 
ihe  8tb  iOcr  at  Febraary.  The  poll  wU  tie  Opened  ai 
Vi&elxiai  A  H  and  elosed  at  8  o'Cioek  P.  ■. 

VRAS.  Ut&  LOSES,  ttMOldlDS  ttMlMMT*  ^ 


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SHIPPIFQ. 


WHTTK  »TjiR   LINK. 

FOB  QOBBMMTOWS    and    U7EBPO0U     CABanSQ 

ONITKI*  STATES  HAIU 

The  «t«am«rs  of  thtsiias  caES  ttis  baaft  St>ata«r»< 

(Ommended  bv    Liear.  .Uaury,  U.  3.  ST..  cotnz  toatili  >f 

tTt«  Baokson  tbet>assageta  Qateoitoiraail  tharai' 

IaSSutIC 8ATUftDAT.  FeK  10.  «8P.  M. 

BBIT&ITNIU katORDaT,  FeU  24.  2  P.  U. 

CELTIC SATURDAy.  March  10,  at  2  P.    «. 

OEBMAiaC 8ATDEDAY,  March  17.  6:80  A.  M. 

Ptobb  White  Ntar  Ooolc.  Pier  Sa  62  ftorth  BUer. 

Tbesf  steamers  art*  oaUVnm  In  slaa  and  iinsatDa»s«<l 
In  ftpp<nntni°nts.  Tlia  saloon,  sfcaterootas,  amokioz 
and  bath  rooms  are  amlilsbios.  whera  tHa  ooUeana 
untion  arc  least  'hit,  affofdinK  a  degree  o'  cumfort 
.hitherto  anactaiaab)o  at  Ma. 

Bates— Saloim  $80  »a'I  SlOO.iplir  reiTirn  tickets 
ciifevt>rable  ternas:    gteeraje,?^*. 

Kor  msoection  of  plana  ami  other  mformatloii  appi  r 
attheCompHuj'sofBues.  Nu  37  Broaavray.  Sow-Y'>rk. 
a.  J.  (loaflS,   Assent. 


CUNAROLINEB.  &N.A.  R.M.S.P.CO. 

NOTICK. 

.With  the  view  of  nlminishinstth"  caonoes  otcolltsion 
A^tteftmerg  <n  tbis  line  take  a  epeolfled  coarse  fbr<»ii 
•eaaons  of  the  year. 

On  the  ontwanlDia<UMre  rmm  Qasensto^a  to  Ne\r- 
lorkor  Boston,  crussine  maridUn  or  5(J  At  4:1  latitaii*. 
€>rnothln«  to  th<*  north  of -43. 

On  the  ho  me-w»rd  passnarw,  or««ln  sj  t\9    meridian  if '. 
£lflt4a,or  nothmjrtothe  mirth  of  43. 

FROM  .XaW-ToniK  for  LITSRPOOL  kSTt  <i(Je<«5T8W!l. 

PABTH1A...WKUL.  Febt  ]4iBATAVI4....WEl>..Feb.  28 
CBIflA WED..  FPt).  21IABY8SINIA.WKI)..  March? 

StflMmera  marlcea  '  oo  notitarr?  ste^rnee  passeneers. 

OaMo  p8ssae<»,  S80,  $100,  and  $1.10,  srolj,  according 
fo  aeeommodatinn.  Ketum  >ioket8  0i  farorahletorms. 
^  8te«r;t«e  tickets  to  an  I  from  fill  oa>-t4  of  Boropeat 
very  lowrite).  Preittlit and  oaasaee offloe,  Na  4  Bowl- 
ine ereen.  CHAS.  Q.   KRANOKLYN.  Asenu 


UVekl^OOL    A.ND    KRRAT     WKSTBRN 

MTEAtl  CO.MP.4NY.     (LIMITBO.* 

LITEEPOOL.  (ViaQnetrosfcjvTO,) 

CARBIINO  THR  0N1T8U  STATKii  U.^IU 

TOE."«UAY. 

teeving  Pier  ffo.  46  North  Hirer  s«  foUowr 

iiAKOTA FeK  13,  at  8  P.  M. 

III7ADA ^ Feb.  20.  at   10  A.    M. 

IDAHO Feh.  27,  at  3  P.  JL 

il02)TANA March  6.  at  10  A.  ». 

WI8CON8I.N'.... March  13,  at  3  P.   M. 

WTOMINO .......March  20,  at  9  A.  M. 

BATBS  OF   PAaSGITOKRS    RBDDCKOl 
Steera^,  $26:  Intermediate.  $10;  cabin,-  $ii5  to  $30, 
ftceordlns  to  atate-room.    Offices,  So.  29  Broadway. 
\VII>L.IAJ)I!»  dE  UUION. 


sHippma 


HAMBLiKCS  American   Packet    '!omn«nT'«„Wo«v 
„„,ft>rP»^YM0Ura,0hKBBOURQ   and  aAMBDB«.„„ 

JWSIA Feb.  SiPoMUKKAiSLa Fell.  22 

QKLLBitT Kehu    15uSCb.ViA March  1 

HamlWtJt»n4'»ll  potntaia  Bmlaai.  First  0»Wb.  $HW> 
EOl^  Reflomi  Cabin.  $60  goid:  steeratrek  $30.  onrteaoy. 
KtlKHABDTkCO..  GB.    KIOBAaD  k  BOAliw 

Oenezal  Anenta,  Ottoeral  Paasensrer  Azent*. 

61Btdad3t.rN.  T  61  Broadway.  »- *« 


Meichants'  Steam^shipLmeto  Brazil. 

FOB  PBBMAMB0CO  AaD  BAHIA. 
etesm-ship  CABSINI  Will  sail  abont  M ABCH  1.    Batea 
of  paesMe  and  trelgbt  have  been  ftxed  on  a  low  baau. 
For  furtcer  information  apply  to  the  azent, 

B.  B.  BOBIjA.VD.  Bo.  70  Wall  St.,  Kew-Tork.  ' 

SITUATIONS    WANTED. 


The  np-town  offloe  of  THE  TIMES  Is  located  at 
Hoi  l,iJS7  Broadtray.  bet.  31st  and  33d  ats. 

Open  daily,  Sundays  momded.  ttom  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.   M. 

Bubsoriptlons  received,  and  copies  of  THE  TIMES  for 

sale. 

ADVBBTI8EMBNT8  BBCBIVED  tJSTIt  9  P.  M. 


CH  AntB  BB-M  AI  D.-BT  A  BE8PBCTABLB  YODNQ 
wotaah  as  chamber-maid  and  nurse;  willinitand 
oblieine;  no  oblections  to  coontry:  best  City  and 
country  referfince.    Call  at  or  address  B.  Keelex,  Mo- 

246  West  Sothst. 


ATl^A.-i  i>IAlL  LINK. 

BT-MONTHLli      SKBVICB      I'D    JA.tlVli!l.      H4TP1. 
COIiUMBIA,  and  vSPlSSVAbL,  aird   f-o  PASAM*  aat 
BOOTH  PAOIKIC  Pi) itTS  crtaAsMawjlLl    Kipaii-ol»u 
iBll-powered  iron  scravy  sOAinsra,    froa  Ptaf     Sa  5i 
Korth  KivBr; 

For  KIJ;GST0S  (Jam.)  snd  ADX  CATES. 
ATLAS Feb.  8 

1  or  HAYTI.  COLOMBIA.   LSTHMUt    OK  P.4.\AUA.     »<)(J 
SOOTH  PACIFIC  Ports  {vld  A8pia>riU.) 

ilKDBB Feft.  14 

ALPss Feb.  28 

superior  Irst-ol  us  o^ijn  jar  licooaiialitl}  ». 
PIM.  FORWOOU  &  ca.  iaentv 
Na  5«  Wall  lb. 


GREAT  SOUTHERN 

JTRBIGHT  ANU  rA.*«8KN»Blt  LirVK. 

8ArLr.N0  FROM  PIKR  VO    29    SOIiTH  RtVBB. 

WKDNKSDAYSanCSATDRDAYS  at  3  R    M., 

fOR  CHAItLiSSTON,  !<.  C,  yiAtVilUA,  TUB 

SOirTH.  AND   SOUTH-WEST. 

CVTi  OF  ATl-AJiTA >ATDRDAl Feb.  10 

GEO.  W.   CLYDE WEDNESDAY P<ib.  14 

SDPKRToa  PASSKNGEtt  ACOOMMODATIO-'^S. 

Insurance  to 'lescia^tioa  ja>^-i*lf  >:'  oi\*  p"roeot. 

Goods  forward*!  flroe  of  comnaiaston.  Passenser  tioit- 

Mrand  bills  of  ladinziasu"'!  an  I  signed  at  th?  oiBcnif 

JA.tlK.N  W.  QOINTARD  «  CO.,    Agenta, 

No.  177  West-<t.,  corner  warrao. 

OrW.  P.  CLYDE  t'-'O..  .No   e  Bnwllns  Srsen. 

Or  BKVTLEY   D.    HAS^LL,  General    Aireni 

Great  sontUer  11  Kreiabt  utae.  3  J  T   Broadway. 


STATE  LINE. 

SBW.yORK    lu   GLASOOW,     LlV^KBPoOL.     OCBLm. 

BELFAST,  AND  UONDoSDEKRt. 

These  drst-class  lull- powered  staanaera   will  salt  fro  as 

Pier  So.42.Vortii  liver,  fuov  ofCanalit. 

aTATt,  OK  PKN??8YL?ANIA Thursday.  FeK  8 

pTATh  OF  VIRGINIA Tbursdav. Feb.  23 

STATE  OK  NEVADA ThUrslav:  March  1 

First  cabin,  S60.  ?«.=>,  and  $70.  accordhir  to  accom- 
modations: return  tickets,  f  110.  $125.  6econ<l  cabin. 
M5t  return  tickets.  *8a  Steerage  »t  lowest  rates. 
Appl.y.i;T 

AUSTI.V  BAI.DWJ.N  dc  CO.,  AceBta, 

K».  72  Broadway,  New- York. 
STKIIRAGK  rJCRt<ts  at   i?o.  45  Brjadway.  and  at  the 
company's  pier,  fojtuf  i;an<us..   Noi-tn  River. 


AMCHOR.t<ii>K  t.  ».  .IIAJI.  STEAMUKS. 

SEW-TORK  AND  GLASGOW 
roli-v1a....Feb.   10.  21*.  M  I  Anchoria..Peb.  24,  2P.  M. 

Alsatla Feb.  3  7.  8  A.  »I.  i  iKljfoiuia.  Jarcu  3,  SA.  M. 

TO  GI/ASGOW.  LIVKRPOOL,  ORDRRS?. 

Cabins  $t>i>  to  £^9,  at-corrtia?  to  accomni>>'latlon3;      li> 

termedlate,  S35:    Steeraee  *2aL 

5EW-Y0RK  AND  LONDON, 

Jtaha Fi'b.  la  •^  i:  M.  (  Ctooia.  Feb.  24.  2  P.  M. 

CaDtns,  $55  to  S70  Steeraffe,  sgas.  l-abln  excur- 
sion tiokets  St  rftiluced  rates.  Drsfta  issnCd  for  any 
amount  at  currant  ritei  Comoanv's  Pit-rNos.  '2U  and 
VI,  North  River.  H.  V-  HE.SUKRSON  BROTHERS, 

^ Aaents,  No.  7  Bovr^ucGreen. 


l^OKTH    UEKltlA.N   lil.OYII. 

BTKAM-SHli'    LINE    BETWEEN'    .SEW-TORS.   BOUTS- 

AWPTON.  AND  BREMEN. 

rompauy'a  t'ier.    lOot  of  Jatc     rfa'ooicenL 

BHEIN Rat.  Feb.   iu|  HEtlM.A N.'J...'sat.,  Feb,  24 

ODliB tiiU..  iffM_.  lYlNKCKiR Sat..  March  3 

itATE.S  OK  PASSAGU  KHOM    NKVy-YORK  T(»  SOOTd' 
AMPIOS.    HAVHB,    OK  BRl-ydE.* 

First  caoin $100»oi:J 

hecond  cabin „ 60soUl 

bwierttlje:...  .; ;' Slioarrflnor 

Return  tickets  nt  retiuowlritu.  PrePaul  steerage 
^■erti^iea^e8,  »32  currency.  For  frsiiit  or  piiasa^H  ap 
plyto  OKLlilCriS  &  ;a.  So.  asowlin^  Green. 


/^eriMBBR.MAID,  &C.-BY  A  BESPECTABLB 
v^young  girl,  as  chamber-maid  and  waitress  :  wUlinu 
to  aaalst  with  washing: :  in  a  private  lamlly;  eood 
City  reference.    Gall  at  dOS  East  60th  sts,  near  2d  ay. 

HAMBBR-IIIAIO.  dfcc— BTA  YOCSO  GIRL  AS 
chamber-maid  and  waitress;    CUT  reference.    Call 
at  No.  246  West  30th  st,  first  floor. 


SITU^TIOyS  WAKTED. 

FBMALBH. 

LAUNBRBS!*.— A8  FIRST-CLASS  LAUNDRKSS  IN 
afprlTate  family:  City  retitreace;  can  be  seen  for 
two  days:  City  or  country.  Call  at  No.  476  2d  ay., 
top  floor. 


LAnMBRti»il9.-BY  A  RBSPBCTaBLB  YOCBCI 
woman  as  laundress:  has  the  best  Cnty  reference; 
no  oI^eotloB*  to  ft  prlyate  boardtnf-hoase.  Oull  at  or 
address  116.  820  Bast  2Btb  St,  llrsc  floor,  rOom  Ha  3. 


LAUNDRESS.— BV  A  ton.*7G  RESPECT ABmOiREi 
as  laundress  (a  a  private  family;  best  Cltyreter- 
ence.    Call  at  No.  160  Enat  63d  sr. 


LAUNDRKSS.-BY  A  NORTH  OF  IRELAND  PRO- 
testant ;  has  good  City  reference :  no  otjeotion  to 
the  country.    Csll  at  No.  114  West  33d  at 


l^rtlKSBj— BY  A  SCOTCH  PROTBS-CAKT  WOMAN; 
XI  is  oapaule  of  taldni;  fall  charge  ot  an  infant  .trom 
its  birth ;  very  good  with  bottle  baby ;  no  nbiection  to 
the  ooontry;  good  refereitce.  Call  at  NO.  715  6th  ay.. 
In  millinery  store. 


T\rUlWE  AND  SBAiUSTKBHS.-BY  A.  COMPE- 
±1  tent  persCu:  understaads  all  kinds  of  family  sew- 
iuK;  operates  on  aewins-maohlne;  or  would  waitt>u 
a  ladv;  ffood  City  reference.  Call  for  two  days  at  No. 
579  7th  ay.,  corner  41et  St. 


1\rUftSE.— BY  A  RESPr.CTABLB  WOMAN  AS 
Xi  child's  nurse ;  can  take  care  of  a  baby  ff om  its  in- 
fbncy ;  -Wllhng  to  mvke  herseif  usefnl ;  not  lone  in  the 
country;  one  year  and  nine  months'  reference  ft'om  her 
last  place.    Can  be  neen  at  No.  3b6  3d  av.,  third  floor. 


NDK8E.-BYA  RESPECTABLE,  HEALTHY,  Y0U^G 
widow,  (harini;  a  five-weeks  old  Infant,)  as  wet 
nurse  ;  best  reference ;  will  go  to  New- York  or  Brook, 
lyn.  Address  Kate,  oare  of  James  Hart.  No.  68  Bowery, 
Newark,  N.  J. 


NURSE.— BY  AN  AMBRICAN  YOu/.G  WOMAN  A8 
ohildrea'anurseor  do  chamtser-work  and  sewing.  Can 
be  Seen  until  aulteu  at  No.  15U  Bast  42d  St.,  between 
3d  and  Lexingtbu  avs. 


CHAMBBR.WORK  AND  liAUNDERING.- 
By  a  COE3 Detent  voung  ifirl;  no  ot)lectlon  to  a  board- 
iDK-hnuse:   l)€st  City  reference.    Call  at  No.  512  2d  av. 


CBAOIBBR.inAlD BY    A    YOCNG    AMKRICAN 
(rirl  aa  chamber-maid  ana  waitress  :    Cit.y  or  coun- 
try; beat  City  reterence.    Call  at  211  Weat  29th  st. 


CHAMBER-MAID  AND-  WAITRESS.— BY  A 
youoir  f^tl  as  obamber-mitid   and  waitress;     best 
City  reference.    Call  at  No.  146  East  30th  St. 


CHA.TIB£B>i^LAID.— BY    A   COLORED   GIRL  AS 
chamber-maid  and   waitress:    in  City  or  country; 
Kood  retereuces.     ChII  at  No.  102  Weat  32(1  st. 


CHAMBSR.MAID.-I.N  A  PRIVATE  FAMILT  AS 
chamber-maid,  or  waitress  preferred;    good  refer- 
ence.   t;all  at  No.  1,067  3d  av. 


CHA»IBBR..*lAtD.-POCR    TEARS     IN      LAST 
place.    Apply  at  No.  166  Elm  st,  Julia  Juge. 


COOK,  ifec-GHAAlBEU-.tlAlO,  dire.— BY  A 
respectable  EngUBhwoman  and  her  daughter  to 
cook  wash,  and  iron;  daughter  to  do  light  chamber- 
work  and  wsitiiiz:  good  City  reierence.  Call  for  two 
da.ya  at  No.  10^  Grove  St.,  one  flight  up;  inamre  for 
Mrs.  Lake. 


COOK-CHAAlBER-;1IAID  AND  WAITRESS.— 
By  two  sinters  in  one  boose ,  both  good  Uun- 
dresaes;  will  do.  the  work  of  a  small  family,  if  re- 
quired; first-class  City  references.  Call  at  No.  40 
Ea8t4l8t8t. 


COOK.— BY    A     FIRST-CLASS     COOK;      n.NOKR- 
st^nds  Kngrllsb.    French,   and    American    cookinz; 
excellent  breakfast  bread  b»ker :  good  Citv  reference 
Address  H.  B..  Box  No.  289  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE, 
NO.   1.267  BROADWAY. 


COOK— WAITRESS.— BY  A  SCOTCH  COUK  AND 
tauDdress:  seven  .roars'  refbrenoe  ,  also  by  a  ''ana- 
dian  waitress  and  chamber-maid  in  a  private  family; 
Clt*  or  oonutry;  together  or  separately.  Address  No. 
365  6th  arv..  near  23d  su 


COOK.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  SWEDISH  PBOfBST- 
ant  cook,  with  good  Citv  reference ;  wages  $25  per 
month.  Address  Swedish,  Box  No.  296  TIMES  DP- 
TOWN  OFFlCB,  So.  1,257  BRO.ADWaY. 


CO<»R.— BY  AN  EXPERIENCED  YOUNG  WOMAN 
as  good  cook,  washer,  and  ironer  in  a  small  prlvnte 
family;  la  a  good  baker;  good  City  reference.  Call  at 
No.  324  East  36th  st. 


COOK..— BY  A  HEST-(  LASS  FRENCH  AND  AMER- 
icas  cook ;  excellent  baker ;  will  do  coarse  waah- 
ing:  best  City  reference.  Call  at  No.  227  West  30th 
st,  tor  two  days. 


COOK.— FIRST-CLAS."?;  U.VDERSTANDS  ALL  KINDS 
tamily  bakiug;  would  go  to  the  country  ;  don't  oo- 
]eot  to  a  t>oardinc-bonse ;  five  years'  reference.  Call 
at  No.  67  West  18th  si.,  reav 


COOR.— Br  A  F1R8T-CLA»S  COOK  IN  A  SMALL 
private  family;  tully  comoetent:  good  City  and 
country  reference.  Calf  at  No.  120  West  24th  St.,  l>e- 
tween  6th  and  7th  avs.,  top  floor. 


COO&.— BY  A  RESPBCTABLg  UiRL  A3  GOOD 
plain  cook,  washer,  aTid  ironer  in  a  private  family : 
best  City  reference.  Address  B.  K..  Box  No.  263 
TIMES  IJP-TOWNOFFICB,  SO.  1,257  BROaDWAY. 


COOK.— BY  AN  KXCBLLKNT  COOK  IN  A  PRIVATE 
family ;  fully  comoetent  to  take  charge  of  kitchen ; 
beat  Citv  ref.rence.  Address  <•.  N..  Box  No.  298  TIMEd 
UP-TOvVN  OFFICE,  JIO,  1.257  BROAOWAY. 


C100K.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  fRB-VCH  WOMAN 
y  In  a  private  tomilv;  Citv  or  countrv;  good  refer- 
ence. caU  or  address,  for  two  days,  No.  226  West 
Slat  St.,  basement. 


C^tOOK.  — FIRST-CLASS;  UNUBRSTANDS  HbR 
.^business  in  all  its  branohea ;  good  baker;  City 
or  country;  oe  t  of  reference.  Address  Cooic.  Box 
Ka  302  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  1,257  BROADWAY. 


COOK.— BiY  A  THOROUGH,  CO."ttPBTS»T  WOMAN, 
as  cook;  understsnda  all  kinds  pastry  and  fancv 
deserts ;  best  reierence.  Call-  at  No.  241  West  18th 
St.,  i^sar. 


IN.MA.N  M>E — .UAII^  srKA.»IEK.S, 

FOK  onEK.VaTOWM    ANP   LIVKRPOOk 
€111  OK  CHFSTKR.  Satnf(1f>y.  Feb.  l7.  at  7:.i()  A.  H. 
*TIi  OJ*  RlCHilOSD.  Katurrlnr.  March  ,S.  at  8  A.M. 
flTK   OK  BR0-'    i;i,    ..>afurdaY.   ..Ii.rc,-!  17,  6:a0  A.  M. 

_   „.         ,     From  Pier  4,5  >iortURlv.-.r. 

CABIN, $&t)  and  $100.  jjli  Rjcani  •Ji  !£U?  onfv 
rorabls  terms.  srKKa.»aS.  ='2-j,  Oarconoir  Urjfti 
CC  I'lwesu;  iJ  !l. 

Saioons,  -itius-foiii);  smoktns.  aud  IJath-rooiOA. 
iniidsiiii»3-  JOHN  G.  DaLB,  Agent, 

Kos.  15  and  ;>3Bro»ilway.  «.  S. 


OiVI.Y  IMRECT  MMB  TO  KKA.^CB. 

THKGKNRBaLTRv.VSATLA.NTTC  c;.)dPA.VY'<   >1VIL 

STKAMEhSBhiTvVEKN  .SB  vV-YOHK  A.VU  a.A^Ri 

tailing  at  PtiY3IOUTH(a  iJ.  I  fur  tiid  i.i'i  liui  oi 

Paasengerg. 

J^iil  sail  from  Piw  >o.  42  North  Rirer.  footK  Mortoa 

tt..,  every  alternate  SaturUa.y,  beginning  with: 

X,AfcitiUU.t.  oaujiiier Sal;urdav.  Feo.  10,  3P.  M 

I'or  pariicuiars  address 

LoUIt  DK  BEBiAV.  Agent,  No.  55  Broadway. 


FOR   SAVANNAH     GA.. 

Tdt,  FLOKIDA  PORTS, 
AKD  THE  SOLTri   AiND  SOUTH-WEST. 

WBAT  SODTHKBN  FRElOa T  and PA8.SHNQER  LINB. 

CKiSTBAL    HAILttOAD  OF   GEORGIA,  AND^ 

ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  HAILBOAD. 

WEDNKSDATi    AND  SATUEDAY, 
BAN     JACIN  I  u,    l^apt.    ilAZARD,      SATURDAY.     Feb. 

(C,   Pier  43  Nortn  River,  3  P,  M,    GEO.  lO.NGK,  Agt.. 

109  Broad  wav.  *  ' 

H.  LlViAOsTOA,  Capt.  Mallobi.  WEDNESDAY.  Feh. 

J 4.  Pier  flo.    43   Jiortb    ttiver.    3  P.    M.     GEO.  YOHQB. 

tgrat,  .No.  4Uy  Broadway. 
SAN  SALVADOR,  Capt.  NlCKBHSOK,  8ATDRDAY.  Feb. 

17,  Pier  43  North  River,  3  P.  M,     GEO.  YONGE,  Agt, 

109  Broadwa.v. 
GENERAL  BABNBo,  Capt.  CHsaaMAX  WEDNESDAY, 

Feb.  21.  Her  16  Kost  River,  3  P.  M.    MCERAY,  FEEBli 

k  (XI.,  Agts.,  0^  South  St. 

Inanrasce  ONE-HALF  PEE  CE.VT.     Superior  aooom- 

ptodations  for  passengers.  Through  rates  and  IHlls  ot 
lading  iu  oooaectioa  with  Ceutral  R.  B.  of  Georgia, 
Atlantic  and  Gall  Railroad,  and  Florida  steamers 
City  Point  and  iHctator:  also,  with  the  steamer  J. 
B.  SCITYLEB.  which  has  beeu  placed  on  the  inside 
route  from  Savannah  to  Florida,  and  offers  uosocpasaed 
Accommodations. 

C.  D.  OWENS.  GEOBQE  TO.'iGE. 

Agent  A.  &  Q.  K.  S.  Agent  C  B.  R.  of  Oa., 

J<ol  3153roftdway.  No.  4U9  Broadway. 


JF£.ORlUA. 

Caution  to  travelers!  Great  reduction  in  Eurevia 
the  inland  route  from  Savannah  to  all  Florida  ports. 
Only  $2  to  Jacksonvillow  Meals  ana  state  rooms  extra. 
The  elegant  steamer  J.  B.  SCHUYLER  maires  close  con- 
lieotlon  witli  ml  Kavanaab   steamers,  tbos  forraing  tbe 

quickest  and  most  agreeable  route  as  well  as  tbe 
rowest  m  fare.  AOCummodations  for  passengers  im- 
luroassed.  Travelers  are  cautioned  against  purchas- 
ing ibrongh  tickets  via  any  other  roate. 


FnillMIIFllMTfiiSIT 

STEAM'SKIF  LINES. 


FOR  CALlFOENli,  JAPA^.  CHINA,  ADSTBALIA.  5BW- 
ZEALAND,  BRITISH  COLUMBIA,  OBBQON,  to. 


Baliiug  from  Pier  Na  42  North  Rivet 
For  SAN  F8A.SCI8CO,  via  ISTHMUS  OF  PANAMA. 

8te«m-saiD  COLON Thiu8da.y,  Feb.  15 

conceetmg  lor  central  America  and  Soutb  PaclflO 
ports. 

From  SAN  FEANCISCO  to  JAPAN  and  CHINA- 
Sieam-sbip  CITK    Or  TOKIO Thursday,  March  1 

ytom  aaa  Fntooisoo  to  bandwioti  Islands,  Amtralls, , 

and  New-Zealand, 
eteam-ship  CITY  OP  SYDNEY Wednesday.  Feb.  28 

For  rreight  or  passage  apply  to 
"WM.  P.  CLYDE  hu  CO.,  or  B.  J.  BULLA Y,  Superintendent, 

Na  6  Bowling  Green,  Pier  No.  42  N.  H. ,  foot  Canal  st. 


{JEW-YORK,  HAVANA.  A.N UVlEX[CA5ilAl us.  H.  U\.Si, 

Steamers  leave  Pier  No.  ."$  Norco  'il<-,r  *c  -i  t".     ii, 

FOR  tlAVA.NA  UlRBCT. 

CITX  OF  HAVANA _ Saturday.  Feb.  17 

CITX  OF  VERA  CRUZ. Wednesday.  Feb.  21 

CITV  OKNKW-SfOrtK vVediiBBOav.  Feb.  28 

FOR  VERA   URU:fi    ANU    NBW-ORIiBANH. 

Via    Havana,    Praxtas'>.   OanaPaoisur     Tuxpao^      and 
H'ampica 
CITY  Oir  HAVANA. ■Saturda.y.  Febu  17 

Kteamers  win  leave  New-oneans  Keb.  23  and  March 
3,6  lor  Veracruz  ana  "^ii  tne a  bove ;»jr«. 

Forfireightor  pas3;»!r6'»ppiy  cj 

>.Aiif£iA.'<X)RBitS  J.-iS.  Soj.  il  aad  3J  Bc(»*lw»r> 

SE  W'  tors:  and  uavana 

DIRECT  MAIL    L.JNB. 

I,  ^-.-^^  These  flrst-clasg  steamshine  sail  regularly 
|lvC\\at  3  P.  M.,from  Pier  No.  13  North  Riveras 

MTTMBUs""^^    WEDNK8DA1,  Feb.  14 

.LYuB SATDBDAf,  Feb.  24 

'  Aoconmiodationa  unsurpassed.  For  fiteigbt  or  Ms- 
sam  anply  to  WM.  P.  CLYOB  4.  CO.,  Na  tt  Bowling 
Own.    McKBLLEE.  LULING  t  CO..  Agents  in  Havana. 

JfATlONAl.  "No^^i^N."*"**^^'"'" 

tANABA S^tarday.  F^  10.  at  2  P.  M. 

FOR  QUBES8TOWM  AlO)  W^^^]f„^  .  „ 

HelreeTlFeb:  10.  3P.  M.  I  Bag^y^S^^l^^^/'J^ 

Crtla  and  steerage  pMMge.  •»«  diafte  ppm  *!•  JP- 

iwrd.  lasned  %tfVj  low  x^efe.  •C«2a>5?I  \^S2I^*- 


COOK  OR  GE.NKRAIi  HOUSB-WORK.-BT 
a  respectable  woman ;  no  o  Jections  to  half  wash- 
ing of  a  small  famiiy.  Cail  at  Na  6 1 3  1st  av.,  between 
32d  and  33d  sta. 

OOK.— BY  A  RE3PECTABLS  YOUNG  WOMAN  l.H 
a  privato  famil.y ;   will  do  the  coarse  washing.    Call 

for  two  diya  at  her  present  employer's.   No.  211  West 

44th  St.,  between  Broadway  ana  8tb  av. 


CtOOK..— BY  A    RKSPKCTAiiLE    YOUNG   GIBL,    AS 
.ffirst-ciaas  cook  ;   willing  to  do  coaiae  washiDgj  flrst- 
Class  reference.     Call  at  fancy  store,  422  East  loth  st. 


COOK.— BY    A    COMPETENT    WoMaN    a8    GOOD 
cook;  will  assist  with  washing:  tborongtaly  capa- 
ble ;  best  Citv  retereno.e.  Call  at  No.  115  West  t9th  st. 


C100K.— BY  A    EbSPi-.CTABLE   GIRL   TO    COuK, 
./Aash.  and  iron,    or  will    Oo  general  house-work; 
Cit.v  reference.     Call  at  No.  430  W-st  46th  st. 


COOK.— BY      A     CO.VIPKTE.VT     WOMAN;      WILL 
assist  with  wasfaina:  City  reference.    Call  for  two 
days  aA  No.  304  Weat  JStta  sU.  Boom  Na  15. 


COOK.— Bl' AN  EXPERIENCBD  COOK  IN  A  PRI- 
rate  family;  is  fatly  competent;  best  City  refer- 
ence.    Call  at  Na  260  VVsac  35th  st. 


C100K.    AND    ASSIST    WITH    WASHING.- 
z^By  a  respectable  woman;  excellent  famiiy  baker; 
best  dty  reference.    Call  at  109^  West  loth  st.,  rear. 


COOK.— BT   A  RESPKCTABLB    YOUNG  WOMAN  AS 
a  first-class  cook;    understands  French  cooking; 
has  the  best  references.    Call  at  Ho.  307  East  44tb  st. 


COOK..— BY  A  BESPBuTABLE  WOMAN  AS  CUOK: 
can   be  seen  at  her  late  employer's,  No.  12  West 
S7tl]  St. 


COOK.— fiy    A    COMPKTENT    WOMAN    AS     COOK 
and  assist  with  the  washliig  ;  is  an  excellent  baker; 
City  reference.    Call  at  No.  897  8th  ay. 


C100K,  WASBEK,  AND  IRONER.  OBHOUSE- 
jvioTit. — Bv   an    American    woman,    capable  ot   her 
business  ;  City  reference.     Call  at  No.  43  Ring  St..  rear. 


COOK.— BY  AN   K.NGLISH   PB0TB6TANT   YoUNQ 
woman  as  flrst-eiass  cook;  good  City  reierence. 
call  at  No.  1:^4  Weat  33d  St. 


COOK.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  PBOTESTANT   COOiC 
in  a  private  family  ;  bei^t    City  reference.    Call  at 
Na  454  4th  av. 


Y^OOK,  dec— BY  A  RESPKCTABLE  GIBL  AS 
V^plaiucook,  washer,  and  ironer;  good  City  reference. 
Call  at  No.  303  Bast  60tli  st.,  near  2d  ar. 


COOK,    acC— BY    A    FIRSr-CLASS    COOK;     CITT 
or  country.    Coll  at  No.  320  East  34tb  SL,  between 
let  and  2d  avs. 


f-VRBSS-.UAKBR Blf      A    TUOEOUUU     FIHST- 

3JO»B»  dress-maker ;  will  go  out  bv  tbe  day  to  ma-te 
ladles'  and  children's  suits  and  eyeulng  dresses,  or  will 
make  suits  st  moderate  prices  at  home.  Address  Dress- 
maker.  No.  100  West  24tb  at.,  corner  of  6tb  av. 


DKES8-MAKER.-BY  A  PBOTESTANT  YOUNG 
womau  a  few  engagements  to  go  out  by  the  day  or 
week;  understands  cutting  and  fitting;  ouerAtea  ou 
different  oiaobmes.  Address  E.,  Box  No.  292  TIMES 
DP-TOWN  OFFICE.  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


DRB»S-.UAK£R.— BY   A   COMPRTENT  DBESS- 
maker,  a  few  more  engagements  by  day  or  week. 
AddressO.  L.,  No.  aOl  Weat  »8th  st. 


HOUSBKBEPER.  -AS  WOSKINO  HOUSE- 
keeper  b.v  a  middle-aged  woman ;  ia  a  good  seam- 
stress: can  operate  on  sewing  machines  ;  no  objec- 
tion to  a  widower  and  children ;  City  or  countrv;  good 

reference.   Cali  at  Na  376  7tli  av.,  corner  of  3 lit  st. 


HOi;S£KBBPBK.— BY  A  HESPECTABLE  WOM- 
an    Bs  housekeeper,    or  to  take  care  of  children; 
can  be  highly  recommended.   Call  at  166  Bast  28tb  st. 


HOUSE-WORK,  &C.-BY  A  lOUNG  GIRL  TO 
do  ligut  hooae-woTk  and  make  herself  useful  i  a 
Sood  and  permanent  borne  tbe  chief  requisite.     Ad- 
resB  M.  B..  Box  Na  807  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICB, 
KG.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


H<iCSE-\VORK.— BY    A      NEAT,     COMPKl'BNT, 
middle-aged   womau   to  do    general  bouse-work  i 

best  City  retereMCe;  no  otjectloii  to  the  conutry.  Call 
at  No.  143  West  49th  st. 


HOCSif-WOJRK — BT  A   RESPECTABLE  YODNQ 
gttl  to  do  lighthouse-work,  washing,  and  ironing; 
reierence.   Call  or  Rddresa  preiient  emplover,  No.  102 

West  56th  St.,  oasemeat. 


HOUSB-WIIKR.— BY    A    YOUNG  WOMAN    IN  A 
small  lamlly;  City  or  counti^;  beat  City  refer- 
ence   Call  at  No.  407  West  25th  st.,  near  9th  av. 


LAOV»S  MAID.— BY  A  COMPKTENT  PilOTBST- 
ant  parson;  Scotch ;  tasty  hair-dresser ;  can  operate 
ou  different  maciiinea;  ver.v  obliginK:  City  reference. 
CaU  for  two  Oavs  at  No.  26t>  West  34th  at 


LAD¥>S   MAID.-BY  A  VOUNG  ENGLISH    QIBL 
as  laay's  maid  aud  aeamstress.      Can   be  seen  at 
present  employer's,  Na  6il  East  34th  st 


LAUNDRESS.— BY  A  COMfETKRT  PR0TB8TANT 
woman;  would  assist  with  chamber-work  If  re- 
ooired:  can  Come  weU  recommended.  Address  R.  S., 
Sox  NO.  273  T1MB8  UP  TOWN  OFFICB,  HO.  1,257 
BROADWAY. 


LAONDRBS!^.— Bi  A  COQIPETBNT  LADNDBKSS; 
onderstands  all  kinds  of  French  work  ;  wlU  assist 
With  a  little  chamber-work  in  a  small  family ;  has  tue 
beat  of  reference  from  last  employer.  Call  at  No.  336 
East  36th  st.  first  floor. 


LAUNBRBHS.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  LAUNDRESS  ; 
can  do  all  kinds  of  fluting,  laces,  and  flne  work ; 
Willing  and  obliging ;  no  objection  to  the  Ooontry ;  has 
the  best  ofretereuoe  from  last  empioysir.  Call  at  No. 
320  East  36th  St.,  In  tbe  store. 


LAUNDRESS.— BY  A  FIRST-CLAiiS  LAUNDuESS ; 
understands  her  work  thoroaghlr:  four  years  ox 
iMst  CSijy  xitfetenee;  City  or  oeuatcjr.  Call  finr  M.  at 
Mo.  12S  Wwt  Mtti «..  oa*  tflAM  «e 


NURSJB.— BY  A  FIBST-CLASS  FEBSCH  PBOTBST- 
antinfSsnt's  nurse;  good  City  reterenoe;  to  be 
seen  at  present!  employers.  Address  Fren<^,  Box  No. 
287  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  MO.  1.267  BROADWAY. 

NURsE.— BY  A  BfESPECTABLh  PROTESTANT 
woman  as  infaut's  nurse ;  can  take  entire  charge 
trom  birth ;  good  city  reference.  Oall  fbr  two  days  at 
No.  109  Weat  33d  at 

JVfliSE.-BY  A  FlRsT-cliASS  CHILD'S  NUR8B; 
XI  tike  full  charge  from  birth  ;  willing  and  obliging  ; 
no  objection  to  travel ;  beat  City  refereuce.  CaU  at 
No.  IuOHj  Weat  15tn  at.,  rear  bouse. 


NURSE.— BY  A  PIB3T-CLA88  SCOTCH  PBOTEST- 
ant  woman  aa  nurse  and  fine  aeamatress;  has  no 
home ;  can  devote  her  time  to  her  charge :  best  ot  ref- 
erences.    Call  at  No.  113  41»t  st,  near  8th  av. 


NURSE  AND  »EA.HSTRES8.-BY  A  RE8PBCT- 
able  young  girl,  Protestant;  best  City  references. 
Address  ,j.  W.,  Box  Na  289  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE, 
No.  1.257  BROADWAY. 


NURSE,— MONTHLY    OR    INVALID;      UNBXCKP- 
tiooable  reference,  medical  and  etherise.     Apply 
to  Mrs.  Van  Neat  No.  325  West  11th  at 


NURSE.— BY  A  PROTESTANT  WOMAN  AS  NUBSh: 
can  take  charge  of  baby  Irom  its  birth;  good  City 
reierence.    Call  at  No.  348  West  37th  at. 


OPERATOR,— BY  A  COMPETENT  OPERATOE 
00  Wheeler  &.  Wilson  machine  on  flue  white  work, 
a  lew  engagements  to  go  out  by  the  day.  Address  A. 
B.  Box  No.  ?86  TIM  US  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO. 
1,257  BBOADWaY. 


PANTRY-MAID.-BY  AN  AMKRICAN  GIBL  IN 
a  private  iauiily;  good  City  referenca  Address 
E.  a.  Boa  No.  Ii75  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1.267 
BROADWAY. 


SEAMSTRESS.- BY  A  YOUNG  GIRL  IN  A  PEI- 
VHte  family  aa  seamstress  ;  will  do  Mght  chtimber- 
work,  or  will  go  with  A  lady  that  boards;  three  years' 
City  reference  from  last  place.  Call  (it  No  442  West 
86th  St. 


SEAMSTRESS.— BT  A  PROTESIANT  GIRL  AS 
teamstress  ;  would  go  out  by  tho  oav  or  week,  or 
would  assist  In  chamber- work.  Address  No.  169  West 
25th  st 


SBAM.STRBSS.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  SBAM- 
stress  by  tbe  duy;  can  cut,  fit,  and  trim  in  every 
style ;  first-class  reference  for  capability  and  charac- 
ter.   Address  No.  164  West  26tb  su 


SBA.nSTRKSS.— BY  A  FRKN JH  aEAMaTRESa  TO 
Qo  work  by  the  day,  week,  or  month,  or  general 
famil.y  sewing;  best  of  reierences.  loauire  at  No. 
819  Istav. 


SEA;USTR ESS.— FIRST  CLASS:  UNDEKSTaNDS 
dreib-making  aud  all  kinds  tamily  sewing;  best 
City  reffrenc«r  Cail  at  mUineiy  store,  No.  716  6th 
av.,  neai;  4Ulh  st. 


WAITRESS.-BY  A  KKSPEClABLr,  XOCNG  GIRL 
aa  firnt-class  waitress ;  underst.uids  all  kinds  ot 
salads ;  three  ye:>rs'  reierence  from  her  last  place. 
Can  be  seen  for  two  days  at  770  3dav.,  second  floor. 


WAlTrtESS. -BY    A    LADY  GIVING    UP  HOUSK- 
keepiu'i,  for  her  waitress,  woo  is  thoroughly  com- 
petent   Call  at  Ho.  58  We8t36lh  st 


WASHl.NG.— A  FEW  BB-«PtCTABLB  FAMILIBb' 
fine  woshiog:  dresses  aud  children's  clothes  neat- 
ly done;  shirts  finely  polished;  French  flurlng  and 
pafOn;;  in  superior  style :  most  respectable  City  reier- 
ence fur  honesty  nod  abllit.r.  Call  or  addri  ss  Ljun- 
dri'sa.  No.  146  East  39th  st,  near  Lexington  av., 
Boom  No.  15. 


WASHING.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  LAUNDRESS  TO 
go  ont  bv  tbe  dav  or  take  In  tamilics'  wasblng  at 
reatouable  terms ;  can  do  nil  km  Is  of  flniin|i'.  laces, 
and  flne  work:  has  beit  of  reference  trom  last  em- 
ployer. Call  or  address  Mrs.  Plunketl,  Na  32u  Bast 
3bth  St. 


WASHxNG — BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  H UNDRESS, 
to  g  I  out  by  the  day;  would  do  any  kind  of  honae- 
work  at  75  cents  per  day.  Apply  at  No.  32*2  East  25tb 
st,  firat  fioor,  rear. 


WASHING.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  COLORED 
woman,  gents'  and  families'  waahlugi  60  cents  to 
$1  per  dozdu  ;  good  reference.  Apply  at  Na  118  West 
26tu  St..  near  0th  av,,  baaement. 


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ACHING    AniO    IRO.M.NG    Di>NB    BY  MRS. 
Spencer,  (oolurea,)  No.  159  West  62d  st 


CLERKS  AND  SALBS.1IBN. 

BOiJK.H^EPERT^sXLE.srWANrdcc.— A  RE- 
spoDslble  position  where  hard  work,  earnestness, 
and  integrity  can  be  appreciated;  10  years  as  book- 
keeper, salesman,  traveler,  and  four  ysars  in  business 
on  own  accuant  Address  K.  B.,  Box  No.  152  Timt* 
Office. 

MALES.  ~ 

BtlTLER.— n  AN  E.'iGLISH  BnTLER.^s'lNOLE 
and  Protestant,  in  a  private  family  ;  thor- 
ougbiv  underdtand.i  his  business  in  all  its  branches  i 
no  objection  to  the  country  ;  can  be  highly  recom- 
mended by  bis  last  emplover,  who  lives  in  the  Citv. 
Address  a  K.,  Box  No.  271  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICB. 
NO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 


ClOACHitlAN  AND  GKOOM.-BY  A  .SOBER, 
^trustworthy,  Protestant  single  man;  understands 
gardenlne,  milking,  aod  proper  care  and  managemi  nt 
of  horses,  carriages,  aud  harness;  good  careful  driver; 
Willing  to  make  ntmself  geaerally  useful ;  moderate 
wages  ;  best  City  referencet    Address  M.  C,  Bol.  No. 

21S  Times  Offlce. 

OACHMAN   AND    GARDBNBR.-BY   A   RK- 

spectable  single  German ;  thoroughly  understands 
the  treatment  of  horses,  carriages,  tec  •;  can  milk ; 
and  is  willing  to  make  himself  useful ;  good  refereuoe 
from  former  employers.  Address  K.  L..  Box  No.  267 
TIMES  UP-TOWN  Oi'FICE,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 

OAOH.tlAN  AND  GROOM.— BY  A  RR.sPECTA- 
ble  Protestant  Scotchman  ;  single  ;  thoroughly  un- 
derstands bis  business;  caruful  City'dciver;  excellent 
groom:  honest,  sober,  willing,  and  obllgi'ig.  as  refer- 
ences will  state.  Ca  lor  address  Coachman,  Na  111 
West  29th  St.,  private  stable. 

OACHMAN    AND    GROOM.— BY  A  KE8PECT- 

able    man,    married;     experienced,  capable,   and 

truatworth.y ;    generally  useful  an  1   attentive  to   his 

duties;  good   reference   from   l:»Bt  employer,  who  can 

be  seen.    Address  tor  three  days  T.  H.,' Box  No.  318 
■PIMES  UP-TOVVN  OFkICE.  SO.  1,257  BBOADWAY. 


COACH JI^vN  AND  tiAROK.NER.- BY  A  81N- 
gle  man ;  understands  the  proper  care  of  horses, 
bamess,  and  carri  iges ;  Is  a  good  groom  and  otreful 
driver;  will  be  found  willing  and  obliging:  cm  milk; 
is  not  afraid  af  work  ;  best  references.  Address  tor 
three  dava.  E.  B.,  Box  No.  223  Tint;*  Office. 


COACU.nAN.— BY.  A  8INGLK  YOUNG  MAN. 
who  understands  tbe  business  thoroughly; 
Sevan  years'  very  best  of  Citv  reference ;  willing  and 
obliging.  Call  or  address  Coachman,  No,  131  tVest 
32d  St.,  private  stable. 


COACHMAN.— BY  AN  ENGLISHMAN.  MARRIED, 
no  incumbrance ;  two  years  with  the  last  family, 
who  have  Just  turned  out  their  bnraea;  can  show  ex- 
cellent rererences  from  other  fHmilies  In  the  City.  CdU 
or  address  G.  B..  No.  40  tast  32d  st. 


COACHIWAN.- BY  A  PBUl  ESTANT  MARRIED 
man;  fully  competent  in  every  respect ;  first-class 
vegetable  gardener  If  required;  City  or  country ;  nine 
years'  City  reterencea.  Call  or  address  No.  '2:^  East 
39tb  st 


C10ACHMAN.-By  AN  ENGLISHMAN;  THOR- 
J  onghly  understands  his  bukiness ;  lias  three  and  a 
half  years'  good  City  reference.  Address  H.  M.,  Na  347 
7th  a  V. 


COACflMAN.-A  GENTLEMAN  WISHES  A  PLACE 
fur  bis  coflcbman :  married;    no  family;    Btriotl.y 


COACHi>IAN.-BY  A  MARRIRD  MAN  A8  COACH- 
man  iu  the  country :  will  make  himself  generally 
usemi;  four  years'  reference.  Call  at  No.  ;i32  West 
38th  st 


COACHlHAN.  GARDENER,  A^D  OENIiBAL- 
ly  Useful  Man. — By  a  single,  sotisr,  stead.vman; 
tbree  ye.irs'  refereuoe  trova  last  place.  Address  foe 
two  da.ys,  J.  C,  Yonkers  Post  Office. 


COACHMAN  AND  GARDBNER.— BY  A  COM- 
pet«ot  mamed  man  ;  underatanila  the  care  and 
management  of  a  gentleman's  place.  Audress  F.  B., 
No.  71  Fracklyn  at.  Green  Point,  Long  IslaiiO. 


C COACHMAN.— BY  A  OBNTLIJMAN  FOR  HIS 
ycoaehman  ;  Scotch,  alagle,  atrictly  temperate,  and 
obliging;  no  obieotlons  to  the  couucry.  Call  or  ad- 
dress C.  J.  Cromwill,  No.  84  Liiiertv  st.  Room  No.  4. 


COACHMAN.— BY  A  SCOTCHMAN;  MARRIED,  NO 
family;  understands  the   care   of   horsea:    beat   of 
references.    Address  R.  \V..  67  N.issan  st.  seed  store. 


GOACHMAN.-BY  AN    hNQLISHMAN;  .tfARRLiSD; 
two  years'  good  refer  nee  from  last  idaoe.    CaU  or 
address  M.  J.,  No.  40  East  32d  st 


C10ACHMAN.— BY  AYOU.VG  ENGLISHMAN.  MaE- 
^ried,  as  coachman  or  groom :    has  the  best  of  City 
reference.    Call  or  address  No.  219  West  lietbst 


FARMBU  OR  GAROfclNKR,- BY  A.S  AMEKI- 
can.  with  firet-chiss  references,  aa  farmer  or  gar- 
dener; one  who  thoroughly  understands  the  care  of 
stock:  engagement  desired  bv  tiie  1st  of  April  Ad- 
drecs  M.  H.,  Orange  Post  Offloe,  New-JeAey. 


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OOTMAN  AND  USBPUL  MAN.-SY  AN  KX- 

perieuoed  young  man;  single;  will  tend  furnace, 
clean  silver,  windows,  shoes,  kc;  five  years'  City 
reference.  Call  or  address  Footman,  Na  l44  6th  av., 
bamess  store. 


FLORIST  AND  VEGETABLE  GROWER.- 
By  a  married  man.  (French,)  on  a  gentleman's 
place ;  no  children ;  best  recommsndatioDS.  Address 
ji.B.,Box237  /itnes  Office. 


GARDBNU&  AND  FARMBR.-BT  A  YOUNG 
German  as  gardener  and  fanner;  best  zeterenoea; 
Addz«aa  W.  i.,  WllMiiaisteMaa  ra*»  (Mf.  HMr.York. 


SITUATIONS  WANTJB5D. 


GARDBNBR.— BT  A  MABBIBD  MAN :  BNOLISU; 
no  fkml^i  baa  20  years'  sivomsAu  expeil^eei 
in  green  boose,  grapeHes,  fruits,  inwert,  anil  vegeta- 
bias;  tbe  ekn  atad  tnanatettebt  of  stoek  tann^  <tc; 
wife  ia  ftdiy  competent  to  taka  obarge  of  dairji  ponl- 
tr.y,  fto.:  best  of  feterence.  AddreiB  J.  B.  C  ,  Bpx.  Na 
295  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO-  1.  267  buOADWAT. 


OABDBNBR.-BY  a  practical  MAN.  MABBIED, 
who  tborougiity  understands  bis  bnsitiesa  i  U  i0>9 
years  m  the  present  sitoation;  will  be  dissnjraged 
tbe  let  Of  March:  baa  good  city  renrenoea  Adoresa 
William  Grady.  PaliSdesTS.  T. 


aARDBNBit.-PIB8T  CLASS;  HABBlBO,  WITH 
amall  family;  knows  hi*  buslb«ls  in  erery  depart- 
ment; firat-elass  lecommeDdatlona  as  to  character 
and  capability ;  ii  also  a  flrst-elass  fitrmer:  Addresfl 
P.  K.,  seed  stbre,  Na  16  John  at 


GARDBNBR  AND  GBNBRAL  jHAN.-BY  A 
single  man  on-a  private  place  ;  ahdelitands  fruits, 
flowers,  and  vegetebles  thofougblt :  can  do  all  car- 
penter repairs  neoessatv  ;  has  nndouDted  references. 
Address  8.,  Stapletnn  Post  Offloe,  (Itaten  Island. 


|TaEdbNBR.-BT  A  8C0T0UMAN;  THOROUGH- 
Vl^ly  underatands  bis  business  tn  all  its  branches ; 
firteen  yeara'  first-class  references.  Address-L..  care 
of  Peter  Henderson,  Est]..  No.  35  Oortlaodt  st 


GARDENER.- BY  A  THOROUGHLY  COMPETEN  T 
gardener ;  klngle  man ;  reference  as  to  obaraeter 
and  abUity  first  class.  Address  Gardener,  cart  ot  Mr. 
John  Cooley,  White  Plains,  Westcliester  County,  F.  Y. 


GARDENER  AND  COACHMAN.-BV    A    B>i- 
speotable  German  mau;  Cityor  eountry;    good  ref- 
erence.   Aooly  at  Na  255  West  30th  st 


NURSE.- BY  A  COMPETENT  AND  TEMPKBATE 
man  as  oursa  or  attendaut  to  a  Sick  or  invalid  gen- 
tleman: good  Cit.y  reference.  Address  Hervey,  Box 
268  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1.267  BROAJDWAY. 


USbFUL  HAN.— BY  AN  AMBBICAN;  CAN 
milk  cows,  drive  horses  or  oxen «  is  wilUng  and 
o'lliging.  Call  or  address  T.  G.  Hull,  Na  118  Java  st, 
Oreeopoint,  Long  Island. 


TIT'AN^ED— aK  agency. FOB  A  BRLIABUl  FIRM 

TV  or  mauufactoiy;    any    location    trom    Maine    to 

Texas,  or  Florida  to  Oregon;  compensation  miiderate; 

bnsioess  experience  over  twenty  yeara  Address  M.  J. , 

Box  No.  152  Timei  Office. 


WAITER,— BY  A  SINGLE  COLORf.D  MAN.  IN  A 
private  family,  as  waiter,  of  In  an  office ;  IS  a  ver.y 
good  penman;  has  good  irefSrence  for  honesty  and  oA- 
pablllty.  (Address  for  two  days  J.  P.  8.,  No.  148  West 
27th  »\. 


WAITER.— BY  AN  ENGLISHMAN  IN  A  PRIVATB 
famil.y  ;  knows  his  duties  aa  a  good  servant;  no 
Objection  to  the  country ;  good  Citv  reierence.  Ad- 
dress G.  N..  Box  Na  316  TIMES  UPTOWN  OFFICE, 
NO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 


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AITER.— IN  A  PRIVATE  FAMILY,  OR  TO 
travel  with  a  gentleman;  no  otdeoilons  to  go- 
ing iu  tbe  country;  can  give  City  reierence.  Call  or 
address  J.  C.  Manln,  No.  262  West  26th  st,  between 
9  and  12  o'clock  A.  U. 


WAITER.-BY  A  80BEB,  STEADY  MAN.  WHO 
thoroughly  understands  bis  business,  and  refers 
to  hia  laat  employer,  where  be  lived  fur  a  unmber  of 
years.    Address  Waiter.  Na  398  4th  a  v.,  flab  store. 


WAITER. -BY  A  YOUNG  FBENOHMAN  AS 
fii-at  class  waiter  in  a  pdvate  famil.y ;  DCst  City 
refereocea.  can  or  address  M.  N.,  a»  Baiters',  Na°880 
Broadway. 


WAITiSR.-BY  A  SWISS  IN  A  PRIVATE  FAMI- 
ir  ;  speaks  French.  German,  and  a  little  Engltso ; 
good  reference.  Aadress  P.  R.,  No.  392  6th  av.,  id  the 
grocery  store. 


WAITER.— IN  A  PRIVATE  FAMILY;  HA8  LIVBO 
with  tbe  firat  famiUea  in  tbls  and  the  old  country; 
highly  recommended  by  bis  last  emplover.  Address 
H.  G.,  No.  874  Broadway. 


WAITER.— BY  A  FRENCHMAN  A3  WAITEE  IN  A 
private  family;  <.'lty  references.  Address  Bor- 
deaux, Box  Na  '^77  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  HO. 
1,257  BROADiVAY. 


WAITER.— BY  A  YOUNG  FRENCUMiN  AS 
drst-class  waiter  in  a  private  family;  best  City 
teferenoea  CaU  or  address  M.  V  ,  Box  No.  291  TIMBa 
UP-TOWN  OFFICE,   NO.  1.267  BR  lAUWAY. 


WAITKR.— BY     A     S.VEDE  AS    A     FIRST-CLaSS 
wsiter  in  a  private  family  ;    good  City  reference. 
Address  W.  H.,  wo.  400  4th  av.,  for  three  days. 

AITEH.— BYA    KBfiNCU    WAITEE    TO     MAKE 
himself  generally  usetul  in  a  prirate  iamily.    in 
quire  at  No.  31a  1st  a  v. 


WAITER.- BY        A        FlBoT-CLASo        WAITEE, 
(French ; )  six  yearit'  Cit.y  refereuce.      Address  K 
D.,  care  ot  Hathaway,  Na  52  West  32d  et. 


WAITER.-BY    A   FIBSr-CLASS   FRENCH  WAIT- 
er:   two  years' City  references   from    last  places; 
in  private  family.    Address  L.  a..  No.  122  West  33d  st 


WAITER.— BY  A  SWISS  YOUNG   MAN   AS   FIBST- 
class  waiter  iu  a  private  family  ;  tiest  City  reier- 
ence.   CaU  or  address  Luzen.  No.  15U  East  42d  ac 


WAITER.— tIT  A  F1RST-CLAB8 GERMAN  WAITER, 
with  good  expetience.     CaU  at  Ho.  322  East  31at 
St.,  first  floor. 


WAlTKtt..— l.Y    A    FrtBNCHidA.f    IN    A  PRIVATE 
family  :  best  reference  irom  last  employer.     Ad- 
dress A.  C,  9o.  162  Easr  42d  st 


J^TEI^IGB^OE^OFITOES;^ 

I^IKST-CLAS^    SERVANTS  ALWa¥S     AT 
the  Ladies'  l:;m  oloymeat  Bureau,  46th  st  and  Broad- 
way ;  reiureucea  i.idor^ed. 


HEIJP^WANTED^ 

WANTED- AN  EFFICIENT  ANl)  WELL  BKCOM- 
mendrd  Protestant  woman,  aa  maid,  aeamatress, 
and  generiU  assistant;  one  accustomed  to  traveling 
preferred.  Inquire  at  Albeimarle  Hotel,  Friday  after- 
noon, b'eiwoou  2  and  5  o'oiock. 


WANTEO— MAN  AND  WIFE  ON  A  DAIRK  FARM; 
the  man  mus'  be  a  good  milker  and  understand 
taking  core  of  stock,  and  the  woman  a  good  plain 
cook,  waahcr,  and  ironer.  Apply  with  leferences  to 
J.  O.  TaVUftTOtl.  788  Broadway,  first  floor  un  sttlrs. 


WANTKO-A  FIRST-CLASS  CUT  PBINTKK,  PIfB 
fecily  tamiliar  with  tbe  Adams  and  Stop  Cylinder 
Presses;  only  those  With  the  very  best  references  need 
apply.  Address  Post  Office  Box  Na  1,014,  New-York 
City. 


WANTED— A  PERSON  OF  BDUCATIOX,  BEING 
irom  28  to  35  years  of  age,  who  would  be  willing 
to  care  for,  and  be  a  companion  to,  a  top"  '  m  <n  in 
feeble  health.  Address  X.  X.,  Box  So.  321  TIMES  t.<P- 
TOVVN  OKKICK,   ^0.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


JOURNALIST Wanted,  A  CoMPiiiENT  AND 
cultured  utility  miio  on  a  flrst-claSS  daily.  Address, 
with  fan  partisuiaxs,  B.,  No.  37  East  2uth  st,  New- 
York  City. 


RELJABLK    CANVASSERS    WANTED   IM- 
ineiliaieiv    tor    our    new   wall   maps    and   indexed 
atlases.     RaND,  MoNALLY  k.  CO.,  Na  163  Broadwa.y. 


WMT-NURSK  WANTED.'-A  YOUNG  HEALTHY 
woman  whose  ohliu  is  nut  more  than  three  months 
Old.    Apnly  at  Na  36  KaSt  17th  St.  to-dav  at  2  f.  M. 


WANTED-A  NUBSK  AND    8KAM8T&BSS;  ALSO, 
laundress  and  cbamber-matd.  Call  at  No.  23  Waic 
49th  St.,  between  10  and  1  o'clock. 


\\TANTEO— A  PROTESTANT  W0.4AN  AB    NURBS. 

YT  ano  to  do  chamber- work ;    references  required. 
Apply  before  1  o'clock,  at  No.  621  Madison  ar. 


HOTELS. 


THB  ROYAL,  VICTORIA  HOTEL. 

NASSAU,  BAHAdA  ISLANDS. 

For  fall  infOimation  apply  to 

JAMUS  (.loGKRWOOD  k  CO.. 

Na  763  Broadway,  New-Yock. 


STEAMBQAT& 

STOWINGTON  LINE 

MIR      UOBiTO>l     AND    ALL    PtH.NTS      EAST. 

REDUCED   FA4E. 

Elegant  steamers  leave  Pier  Na  33  North  Bivec. 
foot  of  Jay  St.  at  4:30  P.  M. 

Tickets  for  sale  at  «ll  oriaelpil  ticket  o  Moes.  ^tat»- 
rooms  secured  at  offiuesor  Westcutt  Express  Oumpaay 
aud  at  So.  363  Broadway. 

PRoVtllENCK    LINE. 

Freiglit  only,  steamers  leave  Pier  No.  27  .'»oTth 
River,  foot  orpark  plaoe,  at 4  P.  M.  Freights  via  either 
Unetaxeuat  loweatratea 

D.  S.  BABOOCK.  Praa      L.  W.  Pn,ki:ft.  'i.   P.  Agenk 


FALL    RIVER   LINE 

FOE 

BOSTON  AND     THE     EAST. 

FARES  REDUCKII. 

Leave  New- York  daily.  (Sunday  exoepted.)  from  Pier 
Na  28  North  Elver,  toot  of  .Uurcay  at..  4:3U  P.  M. 

BORDBN  k  LOVRLL,  Agents. 

GEO.  L.  (30NN0B,  General  fasieiUHr  kgaat. 


FOR     NEW.HAVBN.    HARTFORD,    dee 
Fare  $1 ;  ateamera  leave  Peck  slip  for  New-Haven 
at  3  and  11  P.  M.,  conoecting  with  road. 


LiiOR  BRIDGEPORT AiVii  ALL  FillNrrt    ON 

B?BoQsatonic    and     .Naa^ataoK    Railroad. — ?«reb      St. 

eteamers  leave  Hatharlue  slip  At  11-30.1.  H. 


JTCE^ARTS. 

ART. 
NOW  ON  BXHIBITION   AT  THE 

SCHE.XCK  ABT  GALLE'BY, 
Na  60  Liberty  at 
An  Important  collection  of  High  Class  AUEBIOAN 
AND  FOBEION  OIL  PAINnNGS,  several  of  which  are 
tionx  the  last  Paris  Salon  Exbltfitlon  In  Paris,  and  the 
American  direct  trom  the  studios  of  oar  best  artists. 
to  be  sold  at  anctlopi 

THIS  DAY  AND  TO-MOBBOW,  FEB.  8  AND  9. 
at  12  o'clock  each  Oay. 
'      BOWABD  BCBENCK.  Auctioneer. 


AR'J<!     ARTM     ART:!! 

KXBCUl'BIX'8   8ALB. 

NOW  ON  EXHIBITION  FrEB  DaY  AND  EVENING. 

AT  MINER'S  ART  OALLBBIK8,  NO.  846  BROADWAY. 

tHB  LATB  MR.  J.  P.  BBAUMONTS 

FINE  COLLECTION  OF  MODBBN 

OlL-PAIS-nNGS  AND  WATBB-COLORf, 

Rmbradog  a  number  of  Important  works  fro.n  tbe 

easels  of  eminent  Amertean  and  Bnropean  artists.    In* 

eluded  in  the  eolleotion  is  a  very  remarkable  example 

W.  GRNTZ,  OF  BEKLIN,  CALLED  THB  GBBOMB  OF 

G^B^ANY, 
representtag  a  eara^an  enteriog  Cairo:    a  flnely-fln- 
ished   Interior,    entitled    "BEVkBIB,"   by  A.  'roUL- 
nOUCBB.  of  PAKi9,  together  with  Otber  exceedingly 
fine  aod  eboioe  eanraaea. 

To  be  aiHa  at  auction  TOBSDAY,  WEDNESDAY,  And 
TB0B$DAT  TtrwrnmB,  Veb.  13.  14,  and  16. 

lummt  o.  Mtpigg.  A'— tiwMw. 


BOAJUPTKG  AKB  LODGHyg 

The  np-tows  offloe  Of  TH*  TDIBS  is  located  at 
No.  1(997  BriMldway.  bet.  BlBt  aod  83d  ai*. 

Open  daily,  Snndaya  Inemded,  from  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  M^ 
Snbaetiptloas  received,  and  oo|4ea  of  TBB  TIMES  fbr 
sole.    ' 
AlJVEttTrSBMBliTS  BECftlVHD  tJNTH,  9  P.  M, 


FIFTH  A  v.,  NO.  208.— CHBSTERFIBLD  HOUSB; 
tbe  party  oecnpyldg  this  seoond  floor  wlfl  let  fbeir 
apartments  very  reasonable  for  three   months:   with 
or  Without  board ;   a  pallor  and  bedroom  with  board. 
J.  P.  WOB8TBLL. 


-KTO*  83  IRVING  PLACE,  TWO  DOORS  FROM 

1.1  Gramercy  Park.— Large,  pleasant,  desirable  rooms 
on  fourth  floor;  also  baU  rOom  on  Second  floor;  with 
board;  referencea 


MRt;.  M.  B.  HDMNBR, 

N*.  2  West  S9tb  st, 
Hns  small  anitt^to  offer,  with  or  without  private  table, 
and  one  upper  room. 


NO.  114  EAST  34TH  ST.,  NBAJft  .TiADISON 
CQUARB.— A  hamisomely  fttrnlahed  room,  with 
board;  all  conveniences;  table  fli-st  class;  reterencea 
given  and  required. 


LARGE  SBCONll-STORT  FRONT  ROOM..-« 
Board  in  an  American  fadiUy;  adults ;  gedtleman 
aud  vrlfe  or  single  gChtlemen :  also  hall  room  Vety 
reasonable:   reference.    No.  236  West  37tb  at 


FIFTH  AV.,  NO.  45,  BETWEEN  13 TH 
AND  12TH  ST8— .Spacious  suite  of  well-furnished 
apartment's  on  parlor  floor,  with  or  without  pritrate 
tabla 


THIRTY-BIGaTH  ST.,  NO.  207  WEST. 
Second-story  front  rooms ;  superior  board  ;  every 
convenience;    looatlou    central  aud  uuexceptiocabie. 

OfVNKR. 


SBCOND  FLOOB— EtriTB  Of  LARGE  ROOMS, 
with  iiarlor,  handsomely  furnished;  private  table 
and  attendance.  No.  14  East  3 2d  at.,  between  6th  and 
Madison  avs. 


NO.  ati  5TH  av.-pleaSakt    THIRD-BTORX 
flront  room  and  ball  room,  with  firat-Class  board ; 
reference. 


THIRTy«SlXTU     sar.— A     FINE     SOITB      OF 
rooms,  handaomely  fufnlabed.  to  rent,  with  board. 
No.  214  Hodtsott  av.,  comer  38th  at. 


SUNNY  FRONT  SBCOND  FLOOft  SUiTB.- 
Snperior   board ;    low  price  fbr  balance  of  season. 
CaU  at  No.  33  West  33d  eu 


NO.  4   BAST  i29TU  li^T.,  BETWEEN  5TH 
AND  MADISON  AVS.— Desirable  rooms,  first-class 
board;  also,  table  boarders.' 


NINETEENTH     ST.,    NO.  338    WEST.-A 
large  baU  room  to  let,  with  board;  gas,  fire;  terms 
moderate. 


NO.   as  WBST  3 1ST    ST.— PLEASANT  BOOMS 
to  let,  with  board;  unexpectedly  vacated;  refer- 
ences. 


NO.  SJO   EAST   aaD  ST.— WITH    BOABD.  PAR- 
lorand  bedroom,  first  floor;  parlor  aiil  bedroom, 
tbli^d  floor;  sunny  exposure,  single  rooms. 


FIFTH    A  v.,  NO,  597  I   HANDSOME   BOOM  AND 
first-class  board  for  single   gentleman;  also  table 
board;  reference  required. 


Ni 


0-5  EAST   46  rH   ST.— CHOICE    OP     WELL- 
fumlshed  rooms,  with  first-class  board;  refeienoe. 


N 


0.6  EAST  34TH  8T.-S1NGLB  BOOMS  WITH 
board;   house  newl.y  furnished;  terms  moderate. 


N, 


o,  as  WEST  a3D  st.- desieablb  rooms 

for  gentlemen,  with  exosilent  table. 


ILBASANT  rooms,  with  board  t  HEF- 
erences.    No.  116  West  45tb  St 


N 


<L    46  WBST   SSD    ST.— ELEGANT  SBCOND 
floor  of  three  rooms,  with  board ;    terms  moderate. 


N 


O.  48  EAST  aiST  ST.— LARGE  THIED-STOBY 
back  room,  sunny  exoosure,  to  let  with  board. 


BOARD  IN  PRIVATE  FAMILY.— BOARD 
wanted  in  a  strlctl.y  private  family,  where  are 
no  other  t>osrders,  for  gentleman,  wife,  and  child  of 
6  years,  tietweeu  25th  aud  60tn  sts.;  the  most  satls- 
iaotory  reference;  permanent  'Address  one  week 
HOME,  Box  No.  123  Timet  Office. 


AGBNTLB.nAN  AND  WIFE  WISH  A 
large  room,  with  lioard ;  private  family  preferred ; 
terms  not  to  exceed  $80  per  month ;  give  location  of 
bouse  and  room.    Address  L.  A.  J.,  Post  Office  Box  729. 


KURNISHKD  KOOMS. 


HANDSOmELV  FURNISHED   ROOMS  TO 
let,  without  board,  to  gentlei 
exchanged.    No.  51  West  'J3d  at 


Bntlemen  ouly;  references 


K 


O.  38  WBST  0  I'H  ST.— A  DBSIEaBLE  BOOM 
to  let  to  one  or  two  gentlemen,  without  board. 


JRAILBOAm 
PENNSYLVANIA   EAILROAD'. 

GREAT  TRUNK  LINE 

AND  UNITBD  states  MAIL  ROUTE. 
Trains  leave    New-YorK,  via  Oeabrosaos    and      Cort- 

Isndt  Streets  t^erries,  as  follows: 

bxpress  for  Harrisburg.  Pittsburg;,  the  West  and 
South,  with  Pullman  Palace  Cara  attached,  8:30  A. 
M..  6  auQ  8:30  P.  M.,  dall.v. 

For  WiUlamsport,  Lock  Haven,  Corr.r,  and  Erie,  at 
8:30  P.  U.,  connecting  at  Corry  for'Tleasville,  Peito- 
leum  Centre,  and  tbe  Oil  Regiona  For  Williams- 
port  and  Lock  Haven,  8:30  A.  M. 

For  Baltimore,  Wasbmgton,  and  tbe  South,  "Lim- 
ited Washington  Express"  of  Pullman  Parlor  Cars 
aally,  except  Sunda.v,  9:30  A.  M.;  arrive  Washing- 
ton4:l0  P.  M.  Regular  8t8:40  A.  M.,  1.  6,  and9 
P.  M.    Sunday,  6  and  9  P.  H, 

Express  for  Piiilailelpbla,  7:  30, 8:30,  8:40,  (9:30  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4.  5,  6,  7,  8:30,  9  P.  M,  and  12 
night.  Sunday,  8:30  A.  M.,  5,  6,  7.  8:30,  and  9  P.  M 
Emigrant  ami  second-class,  7  P.  M. 

Acrommodatiun  for  Trenton.  7  A.   M.,  2  and  4:10  P.  M. 

For  trtlHE  to  Newark,  Glisabetli,  Bahway,  Princeton, 
Trenton,  Perth  Amboy,  Flemington.  Belvldere,  and 
other  points,  see  local  schedules  ac  all  Ticket  Of- 
fices. 

Trains  arrive:  From  Plttsbnrg.  6:20  and  10:30  A.  M., 
and  10:20  P.M.  daily;  10:10  A.  M  and  6:60  P.  M. 
daily,  exceut  Monday.  Prom  Washington  and  Bal- 
timore, 6:30,  9:50  A.  M,  4:10,  6:10.  and  1U:30  P.  M. 
Sunday  6:30.  9:50  A.  M.  Prom  Philadelphia,  5:05, 
6:20,  6:30,  9:50,  10:  It).  11:50  A.  M..  2:10,  4:10,  6:10. 
6:50  9:40,  lOtlO,  and  10:20  P.  M,  Sundav  6:05. 
6:20,  6.30,  9:50.  11:50,  A.  M,,  6:50,  10:10,  and  10:20 
P.  M  . 

Ticket  Offices,   Noa.  626  and   944  Broadway,  No.  1 

Aator  Uonae,  aud  foot  of    Desbrosses  and    Cortlandt 

Streets;    No.  4  Court  street.  Biooklyn:    Hos.  114, 116, 

and  118  Hudson  street.  Uobokea:    Depot.  Jeraey  <7ity 

Emigrant  Ticket  Office,  No.  8  Battery  place. 

FRANK  THOMSON.  O.  M.  BOYD,  Ja., 

General  Manager.  General  Passenger  Agent 


TO    PHILADELPHIA 

PENNSYLVANIA  RAILEOAD. 

THE  OLD-ESTABLISHED  ROCTB  AND    SHORT   LINE. 

between 

NBW-YOKK    AND    PHILADELPIIIA. 

14  Throngh  Trains  each  wa'v  daily ;    8  Depots  in  Phila- 
delphia, 2  in  A' ew.York. 

4  Tracks,  tbe  most  Improved  Equipment,  and  tbe 
Faatest  Time  consistent  with  aosolnte  safety. 

Szpress  Trains  leave  New- York,   via  Desbrosses  and 

Cortlandt  .itreets  Ferries,  ae  follows: 
7:30.  8:30,  8:40,  (9:30  Limited,)  10:30  A.  M,.  1, 4,  6,  6. 

7,  8:30.  9  P.  M..  and  12  Midnight    Stuiday\   8:30  A. 

M-,  6,  6,  7,  8:30.  and  9  P.  M. 
Returning,  trains  leave  Pbii^ilelphia  3:20,  3:30,7.  7:30, 

8:30,  aqdll  A.  M.,  (Limited   Kxpresa,   1:39  P.   M.,) 

1:40,  4,  5:30,  7.  and  7:35  P.  M.,  and  12  Midnight 

On  Sunday,  3:20,  3:30.  7,  8:30  A.  M-  4,  7,  7:35  P.  M., 

and  12  Midnight 

Ticket  Offices/  Noa  526  and  944  Broadway,  Na  1 
Astor  Honse,  and  loot  of  Desbrosses  and  Cortlandt 
sts.;  No.  4  Court  st,  Brookl.yn;  Nos.  114,  116.  and  118 
Hudson  sC,  Hoboken;  Depot  Jersey  City.  Bmlgraol 
Ticket  Office,  No.  8  Battery  place. 
FRANK  THOMSON.  D.  BL  BOYD.  J«.. 

General  Manager.  General  Passenger  Agent 


TVTRW-YORK     CENTRAL     AND     HUDSON 

llRIVHB  BAIIiBOAD.— i»mmeoeing  D^-  2$  1878, 
through  trains  wUl  leave  Grand  Central  Depot 

7:16  a.  M.,  Weatem  and  •Northern  Exnresa  With 
drawing-room  cars  to  Oanabdaigua. 

8:30  A.  M..  special  Chloagd  and  8t  Louis  Express; 
With  drawing- room  cara  to  Boobester  and  Buffalo. 
AlsiK  through  oar  lo  St.  Louis. 

11:00  A.  M..  NortbTO  and  Western  Rxprass. 

3:30  P.M.,  special  Albany,  Troy  and  Western  Ex- 
press arrives  at  Buffalo  7: 10  A.  M. 

6:00  P.  M..  Kxpress.  with  sleeplut  cars,  fbr  Water- 
town  and  Oanandaigu!^  Also  for  Moutreal  via  Platts- 
bnrs. 

'  8:30  P.  M..  Pacific  Express,  daily,  with  sleeping  carai 
lor  Rochester,  .Niagara  Falls.  Buffala  Cleveland.  In- 
dianapolis, and  Louisville.  Also  for  Chlcaga  via  both 
J--  H.  and  is.  C.  RailToada,  anu  to  Montreal  via  St  Al- 
bans. 

ll:0OF.M..  Express,  with  sleeping  cara,  for  Albany 
and  Troy.    Way  trains  as  per  1ooa>  Time  Tables. 

Tickets  tor  sale  at  Nos.  252,  261,  and  413  Broadwa.y. 
and  K«  WestcoEt  Kxpress  Compon.v's  offices.  Nos.  7 
Pai'k  place,  785  and  94-J  Broadway  New-York,  and 
833  Wasbington  St,  Brooklyn. 

C.  B.  MEEKER,  General  Passenger  Agent 


ERIE  RAILW^AY. 

Winter  Arrangement  of  tbrongb  trains.  From  Cbam- 
bers  Street  Depot.    (For  2Sd  st  see  uute  below.) 

9:00  A.  M.,  dallv,  except  Sundavs.  Cincinnati  and 
Chicago  Da  IT  Exoress.  Drawing-room  coaches  to  Bufiala 

10:46  A.  II.,  daily,  except  Sundays,  Express  Mall  for 
Buffalo  and  tbe  West    Sleeping  coaob  to  Buff  «1a 

7:00  P.  M.,  dally.  Pacific  Kxpres?  to  the  West  Sleep- 
ing coaches  through  to  Buffalo,  Niagara  Falls.  Cincin- 
nati,   and    Chicago    without  change.      Hotel    dioing- 

coacbes  to  Cbioago, 

7:00  p.  M.,  except  Sundays,  Western  Emigrant  train. 

Above  trains  leave  Twenty-third  Street  Ferry  at 
8:40  and  10: 15  A.  M..  and  6:45  P.  M. 

For  local  trains  see  time-tables  and  cards  in  boteli 
and  depots. 

JNO.  N.  ABBOTT.  General  Passenger  Agent 


NEW- YORK.    NBW-HaVE.N,    AND    HART- 
FORD   RAILROAD. 

After  Dec.  10,  1876.  trams  leave  Grand  Central  De- 
pot (42d  st.)  for  New-Caanau  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M., 
I.  4:40  P.  M.;  Daubuiy  andNorwalk  Railro»d  at  a:05 
A.  M.,  1,  aod  4:40  P.  H.;  Nausatuck  Railroad  at  8:06  A. 
H.,  and  3  P.  M.;  Uoiuatonio  Railroao  .tt  8:05  A.  M., 
and  3  P.  M.;  New-Haven  and  Northampton  Railroad  at 
8:05  A.  M..  aod  3 P.  M.;  for  Newport  at  8:05  A  M.   and 

I  P.    M.;   Boston    and    Albany   Railroad     at  8:05    and 

II  A.  M,  3  and  9  P.  M,  (9  P.  M.  on  Sunday;)  Boston,' 
(via  Shore  Line.i  at  1  and  lOP.  M.,  (10  P.  M.  on  Snn- 
daya) Boston  and  New-York  Atr  Line,  8  A,  M.,  1  and 
llr36P.  M. 

Way  trains  aa  per  loeal  time-tables^ 


LEBIGU  VALLEY  RAILROAD.. 

abbangement.      Passenger  trains,      jan.  i. 

1877. 
Leave  depots  foot  of  Cortlandt  and  DuUrosses  sts.,  at 

6:30  P.  M.— Night  Express,  daily,  for  Eastou.  Bethle- 
bem,  AUentown,  Mauob  Chunk,  Wllksbarre,  Plttstou, 
tis.yre,  Blniira,  Ithaca,  Auburn,  Bocbester.  Buflalo. 
Niagara  ^»:is.  snd  the  West  PuUmau's  sleeping 
coaches  attached. 

General  Bast  era  office  eorner  Cborobaod  Cortlandt 
eta.,  CHARLES  B.  COMMLIGS.  Ageut 

RoBBaT  M.  BjyrRB.  Supartnteodent  and  Bnglneet. 


IXriCKFURD  BAI  lroao  routj^  tu^nbw. 

f  T  PORT,  b.  I.-B'PaaaengaTi  tor  this  fine  tdte  tMHi  A. 
V.  and  1  P.  M.  express  trains  fltBia  OraAA  OriitiM 
Dtpat,  aanyiBK  at^  aiia  aod  8  R.  K.  at  N«i 
TBBODOBli  WABBBJU  " 


AlARtHA  WA^aiNGTONRiCBF^iOJit 

«.     „>  iS^  OABDBN  PARTY. 

ACADEMY  OF  fl&aro  AND  mLBSOir  HAtjT 

BBBHSTBUT  ORCHESTRA, 

GSAFDLI.1  AKD  DOWBtlfCPB  BAUDS. 
MRNOBT  DB  LA  COUB, 
(uadet  tbe  direotian  of  Mr.  W.  B.  Do  Gando.) 
.GRAND  FLORAL  Display. 

BB08PTION  OOMMITTBE. 

-  Bon.  Algernon  8.  8alilyaa.  Chairman. 

Hon.  "Thomas  8.  Brenuan,     Mr.  Phihp  Blssinger. 
Geo,  Heory  L.  Bnmett,         Edward  BayartLM.  D., 
Mr.  Obaries  CbsnlberUln,   Mr.  Charles  F.Con&Ot, 
Hdit.  Doiane  C.  Caltin,        Mr.  Ibhb  H.  Draper, 
Mr.  JiUins  Cathn.  Jr.,  Mr.  J.  J.  Faye, 

Mr.  Frederick  R.  (Joudert.     Mr.  Robert  M.  0.  Orabaffl,  ^ 
Mr.  Benty  Draper,  Mr.  Hsury  J.  Ooodwla, 

John  W.  Dowilng.  M.  D.,  Hon.  Biobard  O'Oorman, 
Mr.  Oharlea  W.  Griswold.  Mr.  Woodbury  Langdon. 
Mr,  William  B.  Oraee.  Mr.  B.  G.  Houlton, 

Hob.  Henrr  A.  Gombleton,   Gen.  Joseph  Hures, 
Mr.  Wm.  F.  Havemeyer,       CoL  George  McClnre, 
Mr.  B.  W,  Hongbton,  Mr.  ftenry  H.  hatlM, 

Mr.  George  W.  Band,  Hon.  Beblamtn  K.  Pbelpt, ,, 

Uoil.  Thomas  L.  Jamea,  Mr.  John  F.  Plnmmer. 
A.  Jaoobt,  M.  a.  Mr.  jobn  M.  Pinekney, 

Mr.  F.  H.  KalUlelsob,  Mr.  Walter  Ross. 

Mr.  Henry  G.  Keim,  Mr.  Solomon  Solomon, 

Mr.  Chsrles  H.  Kalbflelsch,  Mr.  8.  Brooks  SooveL 
CoL  H.  G.  Stebbins,  Gen.  George  H.  Sharpe, 

Mr.  Cbarles  B.  Strong,  Mr.  Frederidk  S.  Taylor, 

Mr.  Levi  S.  Stookwell,  Mr.  Cbarles  h.  Tll&my, 

Geh.  Alexander  Staaler,         Mr.  William  B.  Travers, 
Mr.  Joseph  B.  Weaver,        Mr.  WiiUam  Watson,  Jr.,  ' 
Hou.  Chester  A.  Arthur,       Mr.  Charles  H.  Webb, 
Mr.  Henry  A.  Appellns,        Gen.  A.  8.  Webb, 
Mr.  Arthur  Wallaek,  Mr.  B.  T.  Bldered. 

FLOOB  COMMITTEE. 
Mr.  Jobn  P.  Faure,  Chairman. 
Mr.  GeorgeL.  CbhtkowSkl,  Mr.  H.  C.  Poppenbnsen, 
Mi.  B.  Dew.  Cooke,  Mr.  0.  Frederick  Biqhard, 

Mr.  Frank  Damon,  Mr.  Iiouis  O.  Bicbards, 

Mr.  Walton  C.  Dqplgnao^  Mr.  Charles  Sohwaoofer, 
Mr.  Charles  B.  Flint  Henry  L.  Sims,  M.  D., 

Mr.  J.  Noble  Hayes,  Jr.,         Mr.  Howard  Spear. 
Mr.  Jacob  Hess,  Mr.  George  W.  Stetson, 

Mr.  Lewis  Lewis,  Mr.  John  Travers,  Jr., 

CoL  C.  B.  Mitchell,  Mr.  John  F.  Trow,  Jr., 

Ur.  LeniS  B.  Montaht,  Mr.  Jobn  Von  Glahn, 

Mr.  Thomas  Henry  Nalme,  Mr.  Charles  C.  Waita 
Mr.  WilUam  Nordbeimer,  Mr.  William  F.  Webb, 
Mr.  Samuel  J.  Peters.  Mr.  William  H.  Weed, 

Mr.  Adolph  Poppenhusen,    Mr.  Freoerick  Wiebuscb. 
Mr.  R.  D.  Williams. 
EXBCOTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

B.  A.  QUINTABD,  President 

WILLIaM  B.  WILEY,  First  Vice  President 

LOUIS  V.  SONS,  Second  Vice  President 

ADOLPH  HALLGaRTEN.  Treaaiirer. 

HENRY  0.  Dawi'gT,  Recording  Secretary. 

FRANK  J.  DDPIONXO.  Corresponding  Seotetarj. 
Oharles  A  Bloomfield,  J.  P.  Solomon, 

A.  K.  Bolan,  William  H.  Gnion,  Jr., 

I'had.  K.  Chutkowski,  Robert  Hargons, 

Hon.  Townsend  Cox,  -  J.  &  Klona 

F.  Preston  Fremont,  Andrew  W.  Leggat, 

Tlieodore  Moss.  Hon.  Samuel  A.  Lewis, 

Emlle  Oelberman,  Hon.  John  D.  Towssend, 

Hon.  Oswald  ottendorfer,    Alvah  Wiswall. 
Charles  A.  Sterling,  Henry  M.  Weed. 

Charlee  F.  Woerlsboffer. 


UNION  S<^UARE  TBUBATRE. 

Proprietor Mr.  SHERIDAIT  SBOOK 

Manai^r Mr.  A.  M.  PALMER 


_N  ENORMOUS    SUCCESS. 

Will  be  given  every  night  and  at  tbe  Saturday  matlnfie 

tintil  nirther  notice,  with  its 

MAGNIFICENT  SCENERY  AND  GBkaT  CAST, 

including  the  following  favorite  names: 

Messrs.  C.  R.  'Iborne,  Jr..  James  O'NeiU,  W.  R.  Flo.yd, 
J.  H.  Btoddart,  John  ParseUe,  H.  W.  Montgomery,  Hi  P. 
D.aly,  W.  H.  Wilder,  John  Matthews,  Lvaander  "Thomp- 
son, and  H.  Ramsay,  and  Miaaes  Katharine  Rogers, 
Fanny '  Morant,  Sara  Jew^tt,  Ida  Vernon,  Mra  Marie 
Wilklns,  Mrs.  Farren,  Miss  Lillian  Cleves,  and  Mrs. 
Seymour. 

SATURDAY,   Feb.   10, 

First  matin  ie  of 
THE  DANICHEFF8. 


THE  BBST  RESERVED  SEATS  AND  BOXK3 
for  the  Opera,  ail  Theatres,  Concerts,  and  BaUs. 
six  days  in  advance,  at  TYSON'S.Ticket  office,  Windsor 
Hotel. 


ACADBMF  OF  lUUSlC.  KELLOGG. 

Mr.  C.  D.  HESS Director 

FRIDAY  EVENING,  Feb.  9, 
Benefit  of 

Miss  CLARA'i.OUISB  KELLOGG, 

Upon  wblch  occasion    will    be  produced  Ambroise 

Chomas'  charming  opera, 

MIGNON. 

Miss  KELLOGG,  Mme.   ROSBWALD,  Mrs.  8EGUIN, 

Messrs.  MAAS,  PEAKBS,  TURNER,  and  CATLA  in   the 

cast,  supported  by 

GRAND  CHORUS  AND  ORCHE8TRA- 

Mr.  8.  BKHRENS Musical  Director 

SATURDAY  MATIN  RB—Last  performanocL 

FAUST. 

MISS    KELLOGG  POSITIVELY  APPEARING  IN  BOTH 

OPERAS. 

Secure  seats  at  Nos.  701  and  111  Broadway  and  at 

the  Academy. 

MONDAY  NEXT— Newark.    WEDNESDAY- Brooklyn. 


EAGLE  THEATRE.       BROADWAY  AND  S3D  ST. 
THE  AIMEE   OPERA  SEASON. 
A  GBKAT  SUCuIESS.    THE  NEW  OPERA- 
To-nlghi  and  ever.v  night  this  week  only. 
Also,  at  Saturday  mstin^a 
First  production  of  the  last  European  Musical  Sen- 
sation, Lecocq's  most  recently  succeaafal  work 
LA  PETITE  MARIEE. 

Mile.  AIMBB  (firat  time  here)  as GRAZIELLA. 

Grand  Chorus,  and  a  great  cast.  The  whole  pro- 
duced with  entirely  new  scenery,  rich  and  gorgeous 
costumes,  appropriate  accessories,  and  an  eclipsing 
splendor  of  mise  en  acfene. 

SATURDAY  nt  1:80.    GRAND  GALA  MATINBB. 
Matinee  ailmission,  50c.    Reaerved  seats,  5uc.  extra. 
Next  week  entirely  new  version  of  La  Perichole. 


GERBAN  LIEDERRRANZ. 

AT  THE  ACADEMY  OF  MUSIC. 

GRAND  MA.M2UERADE   BALL, 

ThDRSDAY,  FBR  8,  1877. 

Tickets,  at  tbe  usual  nrice  and  under  the  usual 
restnctions,  can  be  had  from  thefoUowing gentlemen: 

WUilam  Steinway.  Steliiway  Hall. 

BmU  Unger,  No.  50  Park  place. 

Herman  Ubl,  New-York  Butats-Zeitunif. 

Slg.  Kaufman,  No.  39  Nassau  st 

L.  Kaemmerer,  No.  108  Graud  st 

W.  Raamus,  Na  49  Exchange  place. 

H.  <'.  F.  Koch,  corner  20th  st.  and  6th  av. 

J.  Wiodmtiller,  German  Savings  Bank,  14th  st.  • 

L.  A.  Grass,  No.  136  Chambers  st 

Peter  Erneuwein,  No.  148  Nassau  at 

Boxes  and  tickets  sold  by  C.  Godfrey  Gnnttaer,  No.  25 
Union  square,  and  Schmidt  k  Curtius,  No.  33  Broad  st 


NEW  BROAD WAk  THEATRE. 

Broadway  and  30th  st. 
EVENING  AT  8.     MATINBE  SATURDAY  AT  2. 
OBAHD  bOCCESS  OF 
MA  ETON. 
The  play  presented  last  evening  at  the  NEW  BROAD- 
WAY   TUBATRE    is    entitled     MARTUN,    LA    JOLIE 
BOQUETIEBE.   If  a  play  afford  a  leglti  mate  amusement 
for  the  patrons  of  a  house,  it  Is  aU  that  is  needed.    Evi- 
dently, MARTON   did   afford   much   amusement    last 
evening.     Miss   Iielgbton   played  Slarton  with  a  good 

deal  of  spirit —Herald. 


^KIRALFY  BE0THEB8.<S>«^«>«^«^^/,A^ 
iNIBLO'S.SLeaaeea  and  Managers.!  NIBLO'S.i 
>     GREAT  SOCCE.SS.      4,^*^.~^~s~-*v,j> 
AROUND  THE  WORLD 
AROUND  THE  WORLD 

in  80  days, 
THE  GRAND  BALLET 


In  80  daya 


InIBLO'S.  i 


By  150  DRnsenses. 
Seats  secured  in  advance. 


SAN  KKANCJSCO  AllNSTRELS. 


The    "EEWABD  OF  MEBn"'— SUCCSSS. 
The  new  Opera  Bouffe.  Music  bv  Offenbach 

TUE  HAPPY  MOKK,  and  a 
GO EOBOUS  JAPANESE  UIORAMIC Scene. 


Opera 
Housa 

Broadway. 

and  29th  st. 


MaTINBB  SATURDAt  AT  2.    Seats  secured. 


TBNTH  ANNUAL  EXHIBITION  OF  THE 

AMERICAN  SOCIETY    Of    PAIMTBRS    IN 

WATBR-COLOas, 

BOW  open  at  the  National  Ao»dem.y  of  Design,  comer  of 
41b  av.  and  23d  st,  daily,  (Sundays  excepted.)  flrom  9 
A.  M.  until  6  P.  M..  and  from  7  until  10  P.  M. 


DREAMING  lOLANTHB. 

•THE  CeNTENNIAL  BUTTER  HEAD.' 

BBXT  TO  NBW-YORK  AQUARtOM. 

ADMISSION  26  CEnTs. 

FOE   A    FEW   DAYS   ONLY. 


DR.  CUARL.es  B.  lord. 

"THE  HUGUENOTS  IN  THB  OLD  AND  NEW  WORLD," 

•THURSDAY  at  8  P.  M., 

CHARLIER  OHAPBL,  No.  107  West  58tff  St. 

INSTRUCTION. 

cnAKLIBR  IN.STITOTK. 

C^TRAL  PABK,    NEW-YuRK. 

Boarding  and  Day  School  for    boys    trom  seven  t« 

twenty  .years  old. 


MRS.   FARKS*    BOARDING      AND      DAY 
school  for  young  ladles,  New-Brunswick,   N.    J., 
opens  tts  next  Misioa  Feb.  5.   Oircnlars  sent  if  desired. 

•Terms  moaerate. 


HEIDBNKBLD  INSTITUTE,  NO.  822  LBX- 
ingtonav.,aorth-we8t  comer  of  63d  st— English 
and  German  day  and  boarding  school;  new  session  be- 
gins Feb.  7. 


DEAN  COLLEGE  AND  OONSBttVAi'ORl 
OF  .dUSIC  for  .yoanz  ladies,  Bingliamtoa.  N,  Y.; 
$'200  per  year;  harp  extra.  Bi«r.  B.  A.  PATER80N, 
A.  M.,  President 


PIANO  A.ND  SINGING  INSTRUCPION    AT 
moderate  terms ;  is  going  to  Harlem  once  a  weelc 
Address  A.  BLBY,  No.  241  Bast  24th  st 


RYE  BBIIIINARY. 

Rye,  N.  Y.    For  particulars  address 
Mrs.  S.  J.  LIFE. 


»ORT  CHESTER  INSTITUTE-Pori Cheater, 
N.  Y.;  limited  to  25  boya    O.  Winthrop  Starr,  A.  M. 


TEACHERS^ 

MRS.  MITCHELL  (DIPLOUEB)  SUPPLIES 
achuols  and  families  with  reliable  gontlemen,  lad.y 
teachers,  governesses,  or  tutors ;  gives  information  of 
good  schools;  families  going  to  Europe^  and  cunotry 
will  find  competent  teacuers  to  accompany  them.  Mrs. 
Ml'l'UHBLL  can  reftir  to  the  best  tamilie^  and  schools 
In  NeW'York.  Teaebera'  Bnreao,  Na  67  West  35tb  at 
Hoars,  12  till  4. 


MISS  M.  J.  YOUNG  RBSi-BCTArDLLT 
Informs  her  friends  aud  tbe  educational  public 
that  in  consequence  of  tbe  baakruptey  of  J.  W.  Bcber- 
nerborn  k  Ca.she  has  severed  her  connection  with  tbe 
"American  School  Institate,"  and  will  open  ber  own 
edncatioaal  agency  at  No.  88  Union  aqnare  en  TBUBS- 
DAY,  Feb.  8  ;  offlee  bouDs  trom  9  A.  M.  to  6  P.  M. 


GOVERNESS  WANTED  FOR  ONE  LITTLE 
girl  for  one  hour,  from  11  to  12  o'clock,  every  day. 
CaU  at  the  6t  Clond  Hotel,  Boom  Na  8S,  between  2 
aud  8  o'clock. 


LOST  ANB  FOUND. 


S3« 


iRBWARD.-'LOST,  BAT0BDAT,  JMH.  87,  A 
^iKw'FAX.sbsU,  and  bMtilttBatiM(Bi  aader  wiU  r»- 
•brv  tin  Mwastt  a«  taaitac  it  at  Ka.8l«  Wast  Mtb  at^. 


AMtrSBMfilHlB. 


BOOTH'S  TBBATRB.  ARUTHBR  TBIUMPS 

**  Jljrm  AirfcWPB> 

OXOROB  FAWOnr  BOWPfl  GRSAV  PtiAT. 

Apjietranm  of  the  wmalar  aetor,  mt. 
UBOBOB   HieNOliO. 

*,*  The  p1«y  abonnda  -with  liln«trttioas  of  the  peea 

Uarphaaea,  thrilling  inddents,  and  sensatioaal  oeenib 

zeneea  of  LIF8  Ot  THB  (mSA'T  MfrTBOPOLIS  aa  U 

waa  tn  1863. 

ACTL 
Plehuea  tbe  BINKINO  OF  AN  OCBAN   8TBAHBB  «« 
the  bankaot  Newfbbndland.    Bxoltlng  e&rts  to  resooa 
the  passengers.    1882. 

ACT  II. 
Pietares  8CKNB8  IN  WALL  STBBBT.    Stormy  meetlag 
of  stockboldera    1863. 

ACT  in. 

Piotilrea  the  LA1JN0BXNG  OF  THB  MOHITOS.    180& 

ACT  IT, 
Flcturea  Fifth  avenne  by  night,  and  the  ttlTBDSR  01 
MR.  SCHTTXLBB,  tbe  banker.    A  tbrtlUng  soaae.    1868. 

ACT  T. 
Pletnres  tbe  retnm  of  the  gallant  SE'VBNTH  RBGb 
MEBT  and  their  conflict  with  tbe 

RIOTERS    OF   1863. 


WALIiACR*8. 

Proprietor  and  Manager Mr.  LBSTBR  WAIiIiA^ 

THUaSDAY   BVBNI5G,  Feb.  &  1877, 
First  of  the 
COMEDY  eBRlES. 
.  _  A  programoM  of 

MIBTB  AND  MERRIMENT. 

TWO  C0MEDIB8. 
■      A  MORNING  CALL 
and 
•»     MAtlEIBD  LTFB, 
Inelading  tn  their  oasta 
MR.    LESTER    WALLACE, 
Mr.  JOHN  GILBBBTj_Mr.  HARBY  BBCKBTT,   Mr.  & 
ABBOTT.  Mr.  a  A-  B'rEVEN80.''tMr.  J.  W.  SHANNON! 
Miss  ADA  DTAS,    Miss    B08B  *WOOD,    Miss    EFFIli 
GEBMON,    BIrs.    JOHN    BBFTON.    and    Misa    KATB 
BA&TLBTT 

TO-MORROW  (FRIDAY)  LAST  NIGHT  OP 

ALL  FOR  RBB. 

SATUBDAY  MATINBB  AND  BVBNTNG. 

A  MOBNING  CALL  and  MARRIED  IjIFB. 

O'Keefe's  great  flye-aot  comedy  of      » 

WILD  OATS 

is  m  preparation,  and  will  be  acted  on 

MONDAY  EVENING,  Feb,  13, 

with 

MR.  LESTER  WALLACE 

and 

4Lt  THB  SPBCUL  FAVORirBS  IN  THB  OAgT. 

CfllCKERING  BALL.        FRIDAY.  ABBOvff 

SECOND  ABBOTT  CONCERT, 

FRIDAY  EVENING,  Feb.  9.  at  8. 

SECOND  APPBARANCB    OF  MISS  EMMA 

ABBOTT, 

Assisted  by 

M&  EMIL  SBIFEBT.  the  distinguished  VlollaiBt, 

BRIGNOLI,    FBBRANTI,    CASE,    PRATT,    and 

GEAKD  ORCHESTRA, 

0nder  direction  of. MAX  MABBTZEtf 

SATURDAY,  Feb.  10— Only  ABBOTT  MATINEE. 

Tickets  at  the  Box  Office,  Chickeriug  Hail;  Schm 
berth's,  Na  28  Union  square,  and  BuUtuJann's,  No.  ll\ 
Broadway. 

Cbickering  pianos  used  at  all  Abbott's  concerts. 

GRAND  CONCERT, 

AT 
cmCKEBlNO  HALL. 

THURSDAY  EVENING,  Feb.  8,  at  8  o'clock. 
In  behalf  of  the  Church  In  Mezloa 
The  following  eminent  artists  will  take  p^rt: 

MBS.  IMOGENE  O.  SBOWN, 

UBS.  ANNA   BXrCELET  HILLS, 

A.  BISHOFF,  FRANZ  REMMERTZ, 

CARL  WALTER,      EM.  AGRAMONTE, 

and  the  BAVARIAN  ORCHESTRA. 

Tickets  may  be  obtained  at  Cbickering  HalL 
TICKETS  $1. 

DALY'S  FIFTH  AVENU^  THEATRE.  * 


EVERY  NIGHT  AT  8. 


TERMINATT50  AT  10:3(4 


THB  GREAT  COMEDY  OF  ltJ!T7. 

LEMONS 


FANNT  DAVENPORT,  Mrs.  GUbert,  Emily  Rlgl,  Sva- 
ney  Cowell,  Jobn  Brougham,  James  Lewis,  Henry  <3risp, 
F.  Hardenberg,  and  CHARLES  COQHLAN. 

"LEMONS'*  MATINEE  SATURDAY  AT  3, 


PARK  THEATRE.  OUB  BOARDiNti-HOUSR 

BROADWAY  AND  22D  ST. 

BENBY  B.  ABBEY Lessee  and  Manager 

ASSURED  SUCCESS. 

CROWDED  HOUSES  .NIGHTLY  DELIGHTED 

■with  Leonard  Graver's  American  comedy  m  tour  acta 

"OUR  BOARUING-HODSE." 

t"OUR  BOARDING-HOD.SE." 

"OUR  BOARDING-HOUSE." 

"OUR  BOARDING-HOUSE." 

"OUR  BOARDING-HOUSB," 

"OUR  BOARDING-HOUSB." 

A    POPULARLY     APP-tOVED    COMBINA-HON    CAST. 

SECURE    YOUR    SEATS    IN    ADVANCE ^Reserved 

seats  in  balcon.v,  60  cents:  in  dress  circle,  $1 ;  in  or- 
chestra. $1  60;  admission,  50  cents  aud  $1. 

EVERY  EVEN.NG  AND  SATURDAY   MATINEE. 
FREE  LIST  ABSOLUTELY  SCSPKSDED. 

'mrH.  BAYARD  TAYLOR  PROPOSES  TO 

•"■*-glve  a  COURSE  of  TWELVE  LECTURES  on  GEE- 
MAN  LITERATURE,  during  Leni:,  at  Association  Hall, 
corner  4th  av.  and  23d  st.  on  TUESDAYS  and  FRI- 
DAYS,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  provided  a  safflcient  at- 
tendance is  assnred.  All  persons  interested  in  the 
subject  will  find  programmes  of  the  course  at  Put* 
nam's.  Bo.  182  6th  av.;  Carleton's,  No.  192  ,5th  av.; 
Bcribner's,  No.  743  Broadway  ;  and  Dntton's,  No.  713 
Broadway.  Early  applicanou  will  secure  the  best 
choice  of  seats. 


THE  GREAT    NfiW-TORK  AQUARIUM. 

Broadway  and  35th  st 
Open  from  9  A.  M.  till  lO  P.  M.,  (Sundavs  excepted.) 
NEW  AND  SPECIAL  ATTRACTIONS  WEEKLY. 
BEAUTIFUL  ANO  INTBRBSTINQ    ENTBRTAINMtNTJ 
Miss  VIRRINB  LUBIN,    j  Capt  QUIGLEY, 

THB  WATER   NYMPH,  tne  wonderful 

remains  under  water  with-        6UBMARING  DIVER, 

oat  mechanical  aid  fromlillaatiates  the  worEingol 
2^3  to  3  minutes,  eatingitbe  diver's  suit  in  the  largaf 
and  drinking  while  sub-ltauk,  remaining  under 
merged,  at  3:30  aud  9  P.  M.  I  water  forty -five  minutes. 

MARVELOUS  FISH-HATOHING  DEPARTMENT. 
AFTEENOON  AND  EVENING  CONCEBT.S  AND  THOD- 
SANDS  OF  OTHER  ATTRACTIONS. 

UJSLLBR'S  \VONDIi:R  THBATRB. 

EVERY  EVENING  AT  8. 

ENTIRE  CHANGE  OF  PROGRAMME. 

Being  the  Third  Series  of 

HELLEE'B    WONDERS. 

SIX  STARTLING   NECBOMANTIC  WONDERS. 


New  wonders  developed  In  the 

SECOND  SIGHT  MYSTERY. 


And  an  original  Optical  Marvel,  entitled 

imSGPlCTCRBS. 

MATINEES  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY  At  C 

Gnildren  half  price  to  Matinees. 


WETKOPOLITAN  MUSEU.^I  OF  ART. 

The  CA.STELLANI  COLLECTION  loaned  to  the  Mu. 
senm  by  Signor  A.  Castellant  consisting  of  MAJOLICA, 
GOLD,  BRONZE,  STATUARY,  and  OTHKR  ANTIQUI- 
TIES of  GREECE  and  ITALY,  will  be  opened  to  the  pub 
)ic  on  and  after  TUESDAY,  Feb.  6.  from  10  A.  M.  te  fi 
P.  M,.  and  from  7:30  P.  M.  to  10  P.  M. 

N.  B Admission    to  the   Muspum.    25  cents;   to  tbe 

C^atellanl  Collection,  25  cents.  This  addltiooal charge 
is  made  on  account  of  tbe  agreement  to  devote  thi 
proceeds  to  the  purchase  of  the  collection,  if  1  can  ix 
effected.  The  free  days  to  the  Museum  are  MONDAYS 
and  THURSDAYS. 


OLYMPIC  THEATRE.         NO.  622  BROADWAY 

PROMODNCBD  AND  P08ITIVB  SUCCESS 

of  the 

FIFTH  AVENUE  TRAVELING  COMPANY 

IN  MB.   AUGU8TIN  DALY'S  FAMOUS  COMEDf 

THE        THE  BIG  BONANZA THB 

BIG  THE  BIG  BONANZA BIG 

BONANZA    THE  BIG  BONANZA BONANZ' 

lOPDLAR  PRICES  of  Adroiselou— 25e.,  50e.,  and  $!.' 
MATINEES  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURUAY. 


STEIN  W^AY  HALL.  E8SIPOFF  BBTUET 

THBhR  GRAND  C01CCBRT8, 

TUBBDiY  AND  FRIDAY  KVBNINGS,  FEB.  IS  AND  1& 
8ATDBDAY  MATINBE,  FBB.  17,  MM&  AKNBTTB 
BS81POFF.  THE  ILLUSTRIOUS  PIANIST,  assisted  by 
MISS.  PALdA.MONa  VIVIEN,  MONS.  DULCKBN. 
Admission,  $1.  Reserved  seats  SI  60.  Sale  of  aeatj 
Thursday  at  Steinway  Ha41.  Schnberth's,  and  No  111. 
Broadway. 

THURSDAY   EVENING,  FEB.    15,  CHURCH  EDIFICE, 
BROOKLlfN, ' 

""  PHILHARMONIC  SOCIETY.  ' 

SBCOND  PUBI.IO    REHBAKSAL    FOR    THB    FOUBTB 

CONCBRT, 

FRIDAY.  Feb  9.  at  '2:30  P.  M. 

ACADBMiT  OF  MUSIC. 

Dr.  LEOPOLD  DaMROSCH,  i  ondnctocr. 

Programme.  —  Overtuee- ••  Zum   Marchen   von  det 

Sh5aon  Melnstne;"  (the  first  ilme  in  Amerloa.)— Sen. 

delssohn.     Serenade — For  String  Orcbe8tra.-.-B.  Fnoba 
Seventh  Symphony,  (a.) — L.  von  Beethoven. 


LECTURES. 


READINGS  BY  RBADING8 

CHARLES  ROBERTS.  Ja., 

The  Celebrated  Elocutionist 

New  and  attractive  programme, 

8  O'CLOCK  THURSDAY  EV8.SING.  FSB.  8. 

At  tbe  lltlrd  Reformed  Presbjtenau  Ciiorob,  23d  at, 

between  7th  and  8th  avs. 

Tlojkets  at  tbe  door,  50  cents. 


ICELAND  AND  THE  NORSEMEN.- MB. 
WILLIAM  CALHOUN  wUl  deliver  an  Interesclog 
lecture  on  "  Iceland  anl  the  Norsemen"  In  the  snn- 
day-achool  bidlding  ot  Holy  Trinity  Church.  Harlem. 
THIS  fTbursday)  EVENING,  8tb  Inat,  atSo'ektck. 
Admission,  26  centa 


EELIGIOUS    NOTICES. 

BNTRAL     PjEmBYTERIAN      OHUItCHW 

67th  st,  near  Braadway.—A  reUgwna  aetvl««' 
every  evening  of  thla  waek,  azcept  Saturday  avantnci 
Sermon  op  Friday  evening  br  Rev.  Idewaljii  Ot,  BevaB.' 
tierrioea  begm  at  8  •'eloefc.  nF 


ClHURCa  OF  THE  HOLT  TRINITY.  MAIV 
yiaon  av.  »bA  49d  at-M>Ma  ifrttt  etBanur  exaeat 
8stnrda.y.  Rev.  Joaeph  OdeU,  o'BrMAlyn.  •imi  praaZb 
ttuaavaataaaa  -bi*.    jjl  an  invitaiW  •«— •■ 


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MEW-JEKSEY  CENTRAL 


COMPANY'S  FINANCES. 
4  i/AROE  MBSTING  OF    THE  STOCKHOLDERS 

—  Disctjsarjia    the    propositiok    to 

SUBSCRIBE  FOR  CERXiriCATKS  OF  IN- 
DEBTEDNESS AMOUNTING. TO  $3,000,000 
— ONLY  OI>rE-THIRD  OB"  THE  AMOUNT 
SUBSCRIBED— APPOINTMENT  OF  A  COM- 
MITTEE     TO     EXAMINE     THE     BOOKS    OF 

THE  COMPANY, 
A  very  large  publio   meeting;  of  the  stock- 
<v-'lders  of  the  ^Tew-iTeney  Central   Railroad  Com- 
panV  wax  convened  at  noon  yesterday,  la  the  offices 
of  tbe  company  in  Liberty  street,  for  the  parnose 
of  taking  into  coniideration  a  proposition  of  tbe 
Board  of  Bireotors  calling  upon  the  stockholders  to 
subscribe  for  certifioatea  of   indebtedness    for    an 
amount  equivalent  to  15  per  oeac.  of  the  stock  beld 
by  them,  the  snbsoriDtion  not  to  be  binding  unless 
tbe    entire    amount    of    $3,000,000    is     subscribed. 
On   motion,  Mr.    George   H.   Potts  was    elected 
Chairman,  and  Mr.  Samael  Knox,  Treasnrer  of  tbe 
company,    waa  made  Secretary.     After    Mr.   Knox 
had  read  the  call,  Mr.  Koigbt  arose  to  soeak  on  the 
"  past,  present  and  fatnre  of  the  company."    He 
first  touobed  upon  tne  question  of  passed  dividends 
from  a  general  standpoint.    The  Central  Railroad 
of  Ne-wJeseey  had  ueclared  .since  1666  dividends 
aggregating  $14,400,000.    Had  these   been  averaged 
at  8  per  cent,  there  would  have  been  left  in  the 
treasurv  13,413,686  31 ;  at  7  per  cent.,  $5,133,812  54  ; 
at  Boer  cent.  $7,145,737.39.     It  was   tbeae   extrava- 
gant dividends  tbat  had  in  a  great  measure  weak- 
ened the  company.    He  instanced  the  North  Penn- 
syivana  Railroad   of    PbUadelpbla,    which  in    1859 
was  in  a  worse   condition  than   the  ^ew-Jersey 
Central  is  to-dav.     The  par  value  of    its  stock  being 
$50  per  share,   ic   bad   out  $3,000,000  of  6  per  cent, 
mortgage  bonds,-  its  stock  sold  on  the  market  at 
from  $5  50  to  $6  pdr  share  and  its  bonds  at  40  cents 
to  SO  cents  on  tae  dollar  ;  it  had  a  floating  debt  of 
$2,000,000,   to  carry   which  it  was  obliged  to  pay 
from  1  to  2  per  cent,  a  month,  besides  whicb  the 
cnrreiit  rates  of  interest  and  the  future   proaoects 
were   very  different  from   what    they  are  to-day. 
The  Directors    were    obliged   to    obtain  a  chattel 
mortgage    at   6    per    ceut.,    which     they     sold    at 
6-2^  10  75  cents  on  the  dollar.    This  mortgage  falls 
due     in     April    next,      and     the     money — some 
$500,000 — is  provided  to  pay  it.     Tbe  Finance  Com- 
mattee  asked  the  bondbglders  to  fund  Etaair  coupons 
for  a  few  years.    Tbey  did  so,  and  received  scrip  for 
tbe  amonnt.      That;  scrip   was   redeemed  tbroueh 
eQonomy  and  increased  baainess.    Then  the  com- 
j»ah.v  felt  able  to  declare  a  6  per  cent.  diTideud,  and 
lor  SIS  or  eight  years  has  continued  to  declare  simi- 
j'Jnfr  dividends.  But  tbey  never  exceeded  tbat  amount, 
(  e^en  when  18  per  cent,  profit  was  earned.    The  bal- 
Hiioe  was  kept  in  the  treasury.     The  stock  is  now 
selling   at   98   cents,   and    the   bonds   brought  at 
auction,    on    Tuesday,    107^4.      The    trouble    with 
the    New-Jersey    Central    was     that    the    stock- 
holders   had   received   too    large   dividends.      At 
tbe  presetit  market  value   of  tbe  stock,  earnings 
amounting  to  S4u0,000   would  amount  to  2  per  cent, 
on  tbe  capital  and  4  per  cent,  on  tbe  value,  and  so 
on.    Tbe  speaker  then  read  the  following  statement 
of  the  finaocial  condition   of  the  company   for  the 
year  endiug  1876: 

Eeceip*s $6,946,000 

Expenses 3,684,000 

Balance  net  earnings $3[a6^^000 

Lesa  interest  accuunt $1,575,UUU 

T-eaa  ta:^es  accoun; 142,0OH 

fceiiC  L..  ica.  R.  a... 922,000— S2,639. 000 

$623,000 
Loss  on  canals 17v!,0l»0 

Balance $451. OOU 

This  w«8  a  dividend,  he  said,  of  8  percent,  on  tbe 
present  market  value  oi  the  stock.  With  tbe  in- 
troduction of  a  neid  economy  and  the  prospect  of  a 
better  stare  of  affairs,  it  might  be  increased  this 
year  to  $1,000,000.  The  road  is  in  first-class  condi- 
tiou  ;  ics  equipment  is  ample  ;  tbe  new  line  to  Pml- 
adeipbia  is  doing  an  increasing  business,  and  tbe 
Lua::  Branch  route  i»  paying.  There  is  no  need 
lor  further  preaens  outla.v-.  Its  equipment  repre- 
sents the  value  ot  between  $9,000,000  and  $10,000,000. 
L%Bt  year  $4,000,000  were  expended  on  the'Yoad. 
Speaking  of  tbe  proposed  loan,  Mr.  Koighc  ex- 
plained that  tbe  new  certificates  of  iadebtedneas 
were  to  be  issued  on  security  valued  at  60  cents  on 
Ibe  dollar,  were  payable  in  10  years,  and  bore  7 
per  cent,  interest,  pa.vable  semi-anDnally,  and  that 

the  security  cost  4M.5UO,000  oaab,  and  was  a  mort- 
gage jn  25,000  acres  of  tne  best'  coal  laud.  Ho  as- 
Berred  that  all  tbe  coal  roiids  were  iu  a  similar  pre- 
ttica.'uenc  to  the  New-Jersay  Central,  dnd  that  un- 
less t.Qe.v  come  to  some  arraiiement  to  liec  more  for 
their  ceal  ttiau  it  costs  to  produce,  tbey  musr,  re- 
'  main  cnppled.  Ou  Feb.  5,  1676,  the  market  price 
ot  Jjeiawaro,  Lackawanna  and  Western  was  119;  of 
Keading, ^^0513 ;  ox  New-Jersey  Central,  109.  .Now 
It  is:  iJek'tware,'  Lacsawanna  and  Westeix,  70 ; 
ReaUiug,  30 1  New-Jersey  Central.  27 — sbowiug  an 
aggregate  deyreciatiou  ot  $54,224,000.  in  conclusion, 
&I1-.  Kuisbt  claimed  thai,  tbe  destruction  of  tbe 
ruad  would  be  a  puolic  calamity,  and  tbat  tbe 
missile  that  would  wreck  tbe  New-Jersey  Central 
would  rebound  aeon  the  other  coal  companies.  Tbe 
loan  will  probably  save  tbe  roaa.  Nothing  less  can. 
Air.  F.  Worden  Gedney  wanted  to  know  whether 
tbe  proposed  security  was  really  worth  as  much  as 
ciaimeo.  He  bad  been  informed  that  25  could  not 
bo  t;oc  tor  tbem.  He  asked  for  a  statement  of  tbe 
present  condition  of  the  Central  Road,  its  bonal 
KuU  collateral  aeci^rities ;  whether  $3,000,000  wuald 
pay  ail  debts,  iDcl.ldiug  tbe  interest  accruing  in 
tuiee  luoulbs;  whether  its  employes  have  been  paid 
tbeii  wages  and  what  tne  acnouDt  Que  tbem  is; 
whether  the  company  had  any  farther  secnrit'.es  to 
offer  ;  whether  any.pixrt  of  the  Wilkesbarre  bonds, 
amouutiog  to  about  $^0,000,  have  been  bynoibe- 
caled  fur  call  loans;    w  Qai   the  actual   debt  of  the 

Company  is  for  roUintT  stock;  buw  muuti  ot  tbe 

amouat  said  to  have  been  expended  on  tuatacconot 
last  year  remains  nupaid  7  wlietber  it  be  true  ornot, 
as  reported,  tbat  tbe  la^c  three  or  tour  dividends 
were  paid  by  issuing  bonds,  as'  in  tbat 
case  tbe  stocidiolders  are  liable  tor  the  re- 
turn of  tbe  inoney  tintil  the  creditors  or 
tiieir  parties  are  paid.  There  was  a  brief 
tileuco,  and  then  Mr.  Gedney  was  asked  to  say 
(rnethur  be  was  a  bona  fide*8tock  owner,  or  was 
ueieiv  present  for  tbe  ptupose  of  matting  trunule. 
.Cries  uf  Good  !  Good!  Jay  Gould !|  Mr.  Gedney 
kubweied  tbat  he  was  a  bona  flae  owner. 

Kr.  W.  M.  Imurie  asked  neimisaion  to  propotind 
k  seiies  of  questions,  which,  with  their  answers, 
were  as  follows : 

Q.— What  is  the  floating  debtl  A— From 
|2,dOO,000  to  $3,000,000,  .but  more  than  half  that 
amuuut  is  due  xrom.  the  Wilkesbarre  Coal  Company 
fur  Ireiiints. 

Q. — Does  this  amount  include  indorsements  of  the 
soai  company's  paper,  and  the  blanket  mortgage  t 
A. — It  inciuaea  the  latter. 

Q. — How  much  do  tbe  indorsements  amount  to  ) 
A.— Xbere  is  about  $1,000,000  out. 

Q — What  18  tbe  couaition  of  the  Wilkesbarre 
Coal  Cumpaay;  is  it  makine  or  losing  money  1 
A.— Ask  a  Director  of  tbe  company. 

Q.— Will  the  $3,000,000  cancel  tne  blanket  mort- 
gat;o  1    A. — No. 

Q. — Did  the  NewJer8e.y  Cenfral  have  to  provide 
the  iuierest.  or  part  of  it.  to  pay  tbe  Wilkesbarre 
Uorupanv's  bond  ?    A. — No. 

Q. — Has  the  New-J  ersey  Central  received  inter- 
sst  irum  tbe  Wilkesbarre  Cual  Compan.v  on  tbe 
bonds  of  the  latter  beld  by  the  lormer  ?  A. — It 
was  charged  on  tbe  regular  account  against  the 
W  likes oarre  Company. 

Q. — Were  tbe  eainings  of  tbn  last  four  months  of 
1876,  atter  tbe  publication  ot  tbe  annual  report, 
uetter  or  worse  than  those  of  tbe  eight  mbntb*  pre- 
vious }    A. — Xne.v  have  uo(  been  uoiu  pared. 

lu  regard  to  ibis  lasi  question  Mr.  Imbrie  stated 
tbat  if  tbey  were  ou  tbe  si>me  ratio  there  would  be 
%  debciencr-  He  ezpresaed  the  utmost  coufidence 
in  Mr.  Kuigbt,  but  toought  siockboldei-swoUidkeep 
aloot  unul  satislied  as  10  tbe  exact  couditioil  of  the 
cou>paoy's>ffiirs.  The  company's  credit  bad  suf- 
tered  more  iujuiy  from  tue  retusals  of  the  officers  to 
impart  inlormation  tban  from  any  other  source. 
'{Applause.]  In  conclusion,  be  moved  the  appoint- 
meuii  ot  a  committee  of  five,  toui  io  be  stockholders 
aud  tbe  other  to  be  President  iLoigbt, 
to  examine  the  books  of  tbe  two  com- 
panies and  leuder  a  report  at  a  future 
oieetiug.  Mr.  Kaigbt  refuseU  to  serve,  out  prom- 
ised to  throw  00  obstructions  in  tae  way  of  tbe 
committee.  After  couaiuerable  discussion'  it  was 
aereed  that  tbe  oonmictee  be  instmotea  to  ao  their 
work  ^•vitbout  adjournment,  and  their  appoiutiueut 
was  confided  to  tne  Ctiair. 

Mr.  Gedney  asked  that  the  committee  endeavor 
to  sao'ply  answers  to  tbe  foilowine  questions,  in 
addition  to  those  Already  propounded :  Has  any 
,  portion  of  the  $5,000,000  Lenigh  and  Wilkesbarre 
bonds  been  hypothecated,  and,  if  so,  when  said 
loans  will  fall  doe,  and  what  will  be  their  amount  ) 
Has  tbe  ^ew-J ersey  Central  Cumpanv  any  debts  on 
account  of  rolling  stock  aud  raiis,  and  woac  is  its 
amount?  In  reply  to  another  gentleman  Treasurer 
Kuox  said  tbat  tbe  total  bondea  inaebledness  ot  the 
eomi'any  is  <25. 000,000,  and  tbat  the  interest  was  ail 
Vaio  up,  some  of  the  bunds  not  oeing  out  a  year  yet. 

Mr.  Waterman,  of  Fbiladelpbia,  spoke  severely 
tgaiust  the  disturbing  elemeci  in  the  meeting, 
.  wbiob,  he  said,  was  evidently  sebkioK  for  oatsiUe 
effect.  He  spoke  in  euloKist.o  ter^s  uf  the  compa- 
uy's  officers,  and  made  a  sii-oi.g  appeal  tu  favor  of 
the  kau.  In  conclaaiun,  be  8«id  that  no  coal  com- 
pany IS  making  a  cent.  He  had  coovexsed  with  sav- 
eral  of  tne  lesuing  cual  meo.  aud   bo  icuud  tbem  all 

tnxious  to  ent^r  into  a  new  combination  which  shall 
iuoiuue  a  (laose  wquinn^  each  company  to  deposit 
with  the  oombiuairon  a  stifliuieut  amount  of  prop- 
erty as  security   tbat  it  abail  not  send  tuo  much  ooal 

'  to  Diargec.  Be  predicted  that  between  now  aud 
March  1  the  six  great  companies  will  be  reonited, 
and  ooal  will  have  advanced  $1  50  per  ton.     . 

Freaideut  Enigbt  said  tbat  be  believed  that  a 
meeting  of  representatives  ol  the  several  coal  com- 

°  panics  wal  in  progress  in  ths  City  at  tbe  time,  and 

.  be  knew  tast  sncb  another  meeting   was  to  be  beld 

',  in  Philaaelphia  to-day< 


committee  as  follows:  John  XT.  Brookman,  Samuel 
Wetmore.  J.  S.  Waterman,  George  W.  Collum,  and 
J.  B.  MoCrarey.    Tbe  committee  retired. 

During  the  recess,  several  speeches  were  made  in 
advocacy  of  the  loan,  and  frequent  appeals  were 
made  to  the  stockholders  to  come  forward  and  sub- 
scribe. Mr.  McCrarev,  a  wealthy  operator.  de»- 
scribed  tne  Wilkesbarre  Companjr's  land  as  tbe 
best  coal  bind  be  had  ever  seen.  The  Chairman, 
Mr.  Poits,  said  he  was  the  oldest  anthracite  miner 
in  tbe  country,  and  drew  from  his  experience  the 
dedaction  tbat  the  bosiuesa  Is  subjeot  to  alt-)mate 
periods  ef  deep  depression  and  great  financial  pros- 
perity. Before  two  years  tbe  oonditlon  of  affairs 
would  be  altered  so  that  thev  would  hardly  be  able 
to  realize  their  presant  pr<>d1csmenc  An  advance 
of  $1  per  ton  would  add  $20,000,000  to  the  resources 
ot  the  coal  coiLpaniea  next  year.  Coal  ought  never 
be  sold  in  New-York  for  lesi  than  $5  per  ton,  on 
account  of  the  value  of  the.coal  lands  beloneiner  to 
tbe  companies  aod  the  capital  invested.  He  found, 
however,  that  the  companies  would  be  satisfied  with 
$4  per  ton,  an  advance  of  $1  15  00  present  prices. 

Ex-Gov.  Curtin,  of  Pennsylvania,  and  Mr.  John 
C.  Bullitt,  representative  of  tbe  Lehigh  aod  Wilkes- 
barre Coal  Company,  eulogized  President  Kuigbt, 
drew  flattering  pictures  of  tbe  prospects  of  theNew- 
Jeraey  Central  Company,  ana  tongue-lashed  the 
"wreckers"  who  were  endeavoring  to  destroy  it. 

Mr.  Enight  said  tbat  be  bad  certain  information 
that  a  new  coal  combination  would  be  effected  dur- 
ing tbe  present  week. 

The  oomn)ittee  letnrned  at  3:10  o'clock  and  re- 
ported tbat  tbe  short  time  given  them  did  nut  per- 
mit an  examinatiiin  of  the  books.  Tb«v  bad  been 
obliged  to  rely  upon  the  balaace  sheets  for  tbe  fol- 
lowing figures :  Floating  debt  of  tbe  New-Jersey 
Central  Railroad  Company  on  Jan.  1,  1877,  includ- 
ing bills  payable  and  bills  pai(l,  amount 
due  Lehigh  and  Susquebaana  Railroad  Com- 
pany for  rent  and  amount  due  employes,  $2,543,000. 
Bills  indorsed  by  the  New-Jersey  Central  Railroad 
Company  lor  the  Lebigh  and  Wilkesbarre  Coal 
Company,  $1,141,000.  The  indebteonesa  of  the  two 
companies  is  secured  by  tbe  use  of  $3,178,000  blanket 
mortgage  bonds  and  $4,906,000  Lehigh  and  Wilkes- 
barre Coal  bonds.  Tbe  cual  company  is  indebtsd 
to  the  New- Jersey  Central  iu  addition  $1,620,000.  on 
account  of  frei|||ht  and  earnings.  The  true  condi- 
tion of  tbe  Lebigh  and  Wilkesbarre  Coal  Company 
could  not  be  ascertained,  as  there  were  no  accoanta 
or  vouchers  at  band,  but  tbe  committee  believed  it 
to  be  senuaaly  in  debt.  This  indebtedness  wa.i 
thoagbt  to  have  accrued  through  purchase  of  addi- 
tional minint;  property  aod  improvements.  The 
committee  suegested  that  a  new  committee  be  ap- 
pointed, with  time  to  investigate  CRrelully  tbe  past 
of  the  two  companies,  and  ascertain  bow  tbe  lari>e 
amounts  of  money  tbat  bad  been  raised  from  tima 
to  time  had  been  expended.  It  was  thought  that 
the  property  had  uot  oeen  paid  tor  entirely  out  of 
tbe  proceeds  oi  oouds,  but  that  a  part  had  been 
brought  in  as  floating  debt. 

Mr.  Geoney  as&ed  bow  much  coal  the  Lehign  and 
Wilkesbarre  Company  bad  on  band  to  offset  its  in- 
debtedness. Tbe  response  was,  "about  200,000 
tons." 

It  was  moved  and  carried  that  the  committee  be 
oontinuvd,  m  accordance  with  its  own  suggestion, 
w^ith  power  to  fill  vacaocies;  and  another  comoiittee. 
of  10  was  appelated  to  solicit  subscriptions.  Mr. 
Knight  saying  that  upon  the  success  of  the  $3,000.- 
000  loan  depends  the  descructiou  or  revival  of  toe 
New- Jersey  Ceotral  Railroad.  Mr.  L.  «Bennett 
made  a  strong  appeal  f  jr  tbe  loan.  He  deprecated 
tne  apathy  ot  the  stockholders  in  vigorous  terms, 
aud  said  tnac  the  meeting  rem'oded  him  ol  a  stock- 
board  with  the  bears  predumiuatiog.  The  names 
of  the  subsoribers^^d  tbe  amounts  were  then  read 
out  by  request,  for  the  purpoie  of  en(M>nraging 
others.  The  total  foo  ed  up  S1.C27,600.  An  old  gen- 
tleman added  bis  name  for  fSiH)  mure,  and  tbe  meet- 
ing adjourued  subject  to  tbe  call  of  tbe  Chair. 

A  "  OHABITY  "  WMIVM  SUULLD  BE  EXAM- 
INED. 
The  statement  published  in  The  Times  about 
the  Free  Dormitoiy,  of  which  Valentine  Hammann 
is  President  and  George  H.  Stout  is  Secretary  is 
likely  to  result  in  an  investigation  at  the  hands  of 
the  Board  of  Apportionment,  wbich  meets  to-mor- 
row. About  a  month  a,zo  Messrs.  Hammann  aud 
Stout  applied  to  tbe  board  for  an  appropriation, 
the  money  to  be  used  in  defraying  the  expenses  of 
their  institution,  which  was  ioteuded  they  said,  to 
furnish  shelter  to  poor  women  at  ni^ht.  Tbey  re- 
ceived $1,000.  On  Feb.  1  they  applied 
for  a  further  donation  of  $5,000.  stating  tbat 
tbe  Free  Dormitory  was  fcuducted  by 
tbe  "  Women's  Friend  Association,"  This 
last  application,  like  the  previous  one,  was  signed 
by  Hammann  and  Stout.  These  philanthropists 
in  writing  to  the  newspapers  say:  "Tbe  impres- 
sion has  gone  abroad,  witbont  any  action  on  oar 
part,  that  this  chanty  is  tne  same  that  was  in  ex- 
istence two  years  ago."  Tbe  impressiou  buie  al- 
luded to  very  naturally  went  "abroad," 
because  Hammann  and  Stoat  distinotly  stated 
in  their  application  to  the  Board  of  Apportionmeo  t 
tbat  It  was  the  same  chanty  which  existed  two 
years  ago.  Tbey  alluded  to  tbe  great  good  which 
that  charity  bad  done  in  tbe  past,  said  tbat  it 
"temporarily  suspended  a  few  montos  ago," 
and  tbat  "in  view  of  the  prevailin;.' destitution, 
tbe  free  Dormitory  will  resume  operations  ac 
once."  Hamn^n  aud  Stuut,  lu  stating  that  tbe 
charity  bad  only  suspended  operatious  "  a  few 
months  ago,"  stated  what  is  contrary  to  fbe  fact, 
as  "  The  Free  dormitory  "  has  nut  been  in  exist- 
ence for  two  .yeais.  The  action  of  tbe  Board  of  Ap- 
portionment 10  making  an  apprupnaiion  tor  Ham- 
mann and  Stout's  dormitory  uas  created  a  good  deal 
of  discasaiun  umong  a  lar£;e  nurubcr  of 
persons  WDO  are  acquainted  with  tbe  facta  in  this 
case,  and  it  id   expected   that   s>>me   steps  will  be 

taken  to  recover  tne  mouey  already  uaid.  An 
incident  occurred  yesterday  wbiob  ia  calcniaied  10 
mar  the  prospect  of  securing;  a  new  appropriation. 
A  iad.y  who  announced  herself  as  Mrs.  1.  J.  Reed, 
of  West  Eleveuib  street,  called  .yesteroay  upon  Mr. 
Jubn  Haruv,  tbe  Mayor's  Secretary,  and  expressed 
tbe  hope  that  no  donation  would  be  given  to  the 
dormitory  until  a  tburough  examination  ot  its  man- 
agement was  made.  Mayor  £iy's  attention  was 
eubsequentiy  called  to  tne  fact.  He  is  Chairmaa  ot 
the  Buard  ol  Appurtioument. 


SALE  OF  THOHUVOHBREDS. 
The  racing  establishment  of  Thomas  Puryear 
&  Co.  was  sold  at  auction  yesterday,  at  the  Valley 
Brook  stud  farm,  Rutherlurd  Park,  New-Jersey,  to 
settle  the  estate  of  tbe  late  David  Crawford.  Tbe 
stable  was  formerly  known  as  Dennison  & 
Crawford,  but  latterly  Mr.  Thomas  Puryear,  the 
well-known  trainer,,  took  charge  of  tbe'stad,  and 
became  a  partner.  Under  his  name  the  Valley  Brook 
siriuK  of  horses  has  t>een  very  suocesstul,  par- 
ticularly m  tbe  year  1875.  As  tbe  announcement 
read  that  the  entire  stud  was  to  be  sold  with- 
out reserve,  tbere  was  a  good  attendance  of 
turlmen,  and  among  those  present  were  Messrs.  F. 
and  G.  L.  Lorillard,  M.  A.  Littell,  Capt.  Coffin,  R 
Center,  Jetu  and  W  yndham  Walden,  and  tbe 
Dwyer  brothers.  Tbe  stallion  Narragansett  was 
the  first  on  the  catalogue,  and  Pierre  L  )rillard 
started  tbe  bidding  at  $500.  It  was  slowly  run  up, 
in  small  amounts,  lO  $1,010,  and  bought  by  a  Mi. 
Vandeubofi'  for  tbat  fii^ure.  Tne  bidding  lur  some 
of  tbe  cults  was  spirited,  especially  Kiugsland  and 
Palmetto.  Tbe  following  are  tbe  figures  for  tbe  19 
bead  offered : 
L  Narragansett,  br.  e.,   foalfed  1866,  by  imp. 

Eclipse,  out  of  JesDieUixun:  Mr.  VandenhoII.$l,010 

2.  Warvriok,  0.  b.,  foaied  1872,  by  imp.  i.eam- 
ingion.  out  of  Miuuie  Miuor;  Thomas  I'ur- 
year 

3.  Meco,  cb.  h.,  ioaled  1872.  by  Marruganjtott, 
out  of  Juiiecte.  by  Censor:  J.  ulncbman, 
Niw-J  ersey SCO 

4.  Lizzie  iSerry.  b.    m..  foaled  i8.''9,  b.y  Lexiug-         «. 
ton,  out  of  Loiusa  .>i.  tierry;  P.  Lorillaid ooO 

b.  fiiinuie  Uinor,  b.  m.,  foaled  lb61,  by  Lexing- 
ton, outut  Julia,  by  Uleucue;    P.  Lorillaid...        600 

6.  ^  tiiifnun,  b.  m.,  foalea  x861,  by  Imp   Baliuu- 

nie,  out  of  Jewel,  by  jirab:  P.  Lorillard 350 

7.  Juiietta,  cb.  m.,  loated  1867,  bv  i:eu8or,  out 
ot  Julia,  by  (ileucue;    D.  D.  Withers 

8.  Pastura,  b.  m.,  foaled  lb67.  uy  Censor,  out 
ot  I'asia,  by  Bevenu6 ;  B.  Winter,  iharylaud. 

9.  B.  m.,  foaled  1676,  byi<arragan8ett.  out  of 
Pastura;  Kdward  i.l:rke,  iNew-York 

10.  KiiJEsland,  cb.  c,  Sye.ars,  oy  MarraKansett. 
out  euf     AlaiastODe,     li.y    Ceasor ;   George    L. 

Lorillard 

11.  black  (Jioud,  or.  c,  3  years,  by  Marragau- 

seti.  out  of  Lizzie  Berry  ;  ToumdS  I'uryear.. 

12.  lop,  0.  c.  3  years,  bv  riarraeausett,  oat  of 
Cbignon,  by  imp.  Babownl^ ;  i^.  Clarke $410 

13.  Palmetto,  b.  f.,  3  years,  by  Natragausett,  out 

of  .Uinnie  Mlaur  ;  iJW.yer  Bras 1.700 

14.  C.  c  2  yuars;  by  .>arraeansecc,  out  ol  Aliunie 
Minor,  uy  L-xiugtan;  James K.elly 

15.  a.  c,  2  years,  by  Aarragausett,  out  of 
Cbicnon,  by  imp.  Balrownie;  (ieotge  L.  Lo- 
rillaid  

16.  B.  c,  2  years,  uy  Narragausett.  out  of  Pasta, 
by  Keveuuej  Thomas  lui-year 

17.  C.  c,  2  years,  by  narragau^ett,  out  of  Pas- 
tura, by  Utnsor;  Taomas  Puryear. 


220 


323 
150 
225 

1.270 
115 


110 


18.  C.  c.  2years,  by   ^arraganseit,    out  of  Ju- 
iietta; U 


400 
190 
145 
700 


'wyer  Bros 

19.  B.  i^,  (very  small,)  2  years.by  Narragansett, 

out  of  Lizzy  Berry;  J.  W.  citout,  New-lork..      180 

Total  amount  of  sale .$8,939 


THE  LIEDEHKRANZ  BALL. 
The  Liederkranz  Ball,  one  of  the  great  events 
of  the  ball  season,  will  take  place  this  evening  at 
the  Academy  of  Music.  Tbe  openiog  procession, 
which  formed  so  attractive  a  feature  of  the  mas- 
querade dui  ing  past  years,  will  be  dispensed  wiita, 
but  its  absence  will  no  doubt  be  compensated  for 
by  other  attraolious,  among  whicb  may  be  men- 
tioned tbe  series  of  dances  to  be  given  by  a  troupe 
of  professionals  and  i^ymnasts. 

NEGLECTED  OUILDHEN  OARED  FOB. 
A  few  days  ago  Officer  Lundberg,  of  the  So- 
ciety for  tl\t>  Preveniion  of  Cruelty  to  Cbildren, 
while  passing  through  Avenue  C,  noticed  two 
cbildren  standing  on  tbe  sidewalk  in  front  of  No. 
183  crving  piteonsly.  On  questioning  them  tbe 
officer  learned  tbat  their  mother,  Mary  Ward- 
occapylng  rooms  on  the  tbird  tloor,  had 
looked     them     out,    and     was     then     lying    in 

a     condition     of       beastly      incoxicatiun      in       her 

room.  The  officer  at  once  applied  for,  and  was 
granted,  a  warrant  for  the  arrest  oi  the  woman,  aud 
the  document  was  giveu  to  Court  Officer  Hartigan, 
who  invaded  1be  irremises  yeateroay  morninK.  Id 
the  cheerless  and  filthy  apaftmeota  were  found  five 
cbildieu,  ranging  trum  18  months  to  13  years,  one  o( 

them  entirely  na^ed,  and  tbe  others  miserably  clad. 
The  mother  was  arrested  on  tbe  street  near  tbe 
hodse,  and  when  amigned  at  tee  Eisex  Market  Po- 
lice Court  stated  tbat  her  husband,  John  Ward,  was 
a  cooper  earning  $15  per  week,  tbe  largest   portion 


ly  retQmed  from  Blapkwell's  Island,  where  she  spent 
a  term  of  three  months  for  b^tnal  dronkenness. 
An  examination  in  tbe  oaee  will  be  held  to-di>y,  and 
pending  the  result  the  poor  cbildren  will  be  oared 
for  by  the  society.  _ 

THE   CHECK   FOBOEBY  CASE.     ' 


_        __        _  of  which  was  spent  in  the  purchase  of  liquor  for  tbe 

Xhia  Pre^deat •anoaDC«4  the  oomnAai  tinn  at  th« JLJ^oaband  and  wife.  SbO  alao  admitted  Uwt  the  reotat-_ 


EXAMINATION  OF    GEOHGB    L.    MAXWELL— 

HE    KXPLAI.NS   HOW   HE  CABIB   INTO   POS- 
SESSION  OP  THE  CHECK. 

The  examiiation  of  George  L.  Maxwell  in  tbe 

TTuion  Trust  Company  forgery  case  was  continued 
yesterday  morning,  ab  the  Tombs  Polic«  Court,  be- 
fore Justice  Duffy,  Assistant  Dhtrict  Attorney 
Herring  and  Mr.  Peckham  appearing  for  tbe  prose- 
cation  and  Mr.  Seward  and  Gen.  Foster  for  Max- 
well. After  additional  testimony  had  been  given 
that  Maxwell  bore  a  good  reontatlou  for  integrity, 
Mr.  Seward  called  Maxwell,  who  testified  that  he 
did  not  know  Georare  W.  Chadwick  or  L.  A- 
Brown,  but  knew  Horace  .E.Browne;  on  tbe  22(1 
or  23d  of  last  December,  Browne  told  him  that  a 
large  institnlion  wanted  to  do  a  great  deal  of  busi- 
ness on  tbe  street,  and  tbat  be  thought  that, 
through  a  fnend  of  his  in  the  institution,  he  could 
get  the  business  for  him,  and  that  the  commissions 
would  be  divided ;  about  the  1st  of  Jan- 
nary,  Browne  said  tbat  tbe  insiitation'referrisd  to 
was  the  ITew-Tork  Life  Insurance  Company, 
a  letter,  purporting  to  come  from  tbe  Vew-Tork 
Lite  losnrance  Company,  asking  witness  what  com- 
mission be  would  charge  on  the  purchase  or  sale  of 
gold  and  securities,  was  received  b.y  him  ou  the  Sd 
of  January,  from  a  messenger,  to  whom  he  gave  a 
memorandum  tbat  be  would  charge  1-16  of  1  per 
cent,  on  gold,  and  i^  of  1  per  cent,  on  securities; 
this  oconrred  about  noon  ;  about  2  o'clock  tbe  mes- 
senger returned  with  an  order  to  purchase  $60,000 
gold,  which  order  witoe'u  bad  lost ;  this  order  con- 
tained the  check  for  $64,333,  which  would  be  the 
cost  of  $60,000  gold,  with  commission  added; 
Browne  came  into  witness'  office  shortly 
after  the  messenger  left,  and  was  told  by 
him  [MaxwellJ  about  the  order  aud  check ; 
witness  told  Browne  tbat  he  was  goin^  to  have  the 
check  certified,  and  Browne  replied  tbat  tbat  would 
be  a  wise  thing  to  do;  witness  took  tbe  check  to 
the  XTnion  Trust  Compan.y  for  certification,  and  it 
passed  through  tbe  bands  of  the  Secretary,  paying 
teller,  and  bookkeeper ;  he  theu  took  the  check  to 
the  Bank  of  Commerce  and  got  it  certified  by  a  man 
whom  he  did  nbt  knoW,  and  who  asked  him  no 
questions  about  it ;  he  went  to  bis  office  and  told 
Mr.  Wi'iteman,  Mr.  Blood's  ca^bier,  that  be  had  tbe 
order  and  check,  and  did  not  intend  to  use  the  mbne.y 
until  the  following  morning,  and  Whiteman  told 
him  be  might  as  well  put  it  in  the  bank  account: 
witness  indorsed  tbe  check  over  to  Blood,  and 
gave  it  to  Whiteman,  and  told  Mr.  Richar.  s, 
who  cleared  stock*  for  Mr.  Blood,  to  buy  tbe  $60,000 
gold;  on  the  following  day  tse  witness  found  that 
Kiobards  bad  booebt  only  $50,000  gold,  and  he  r  Max- 
well] said  be  would  order  tbe  $10,000  additional 
whicb  be  required  ;  on  this  day  the  messenger  who 
bad  brought  htm  tbe  order  and  check  to  buy  gold, 
purporting  to  come  from  tbe  New-York  Life  In- 
furaoce  Company,  came  to  him  with  an  order  for 
tne  delivery  of  the  gold,  but  witness  told  him  that 
only  $50,000  had  been  purchased,  and  that  tbe 
order  most  be  siened  oy  some  one 
whom  be  knew  before  be  would  deliver 
any  gold :  tbe  messenger  left  aod  returned 
about  1  ocluck  with  an  order  parporling  to  be 
signed  by  Mr.  William  H.  Beers,  aod  witness  de- 
livered to  bim  $50,000  in  eold  cenifloates,  and  said 
he  would  deliver  the  $10,000  additional  the  next 
day;  later  on  the  3d  Browue  came  to  witness'  office 
and  was  told  by  mm  tbat  be  bail  delivered  tbe 
£50,000,  and  that  be  had  vet  to  purchase  $10,000  g«ld 
to  make  up  the  $60,000;  Browne  s<iid  be  bad  a  $5U0 
gold  certiflcate,  aod  asked  bim  to  purchase  it  as  a 
purtion  of  the  $1Q.OOO  gold,  which  be  did,  paying 
$535  for  U;  on  tbe  4th  witness  did  not  boy  tbe 
$10,000  eold,  as  gold  bad  advanced:  on  the  Sth  he 
asked  Whiteman  to  ask  Itichards  to  buy  $9,500 
cold,  and  a  little  later  in  tbe  day  be  receivsd 
ftom  Whiteman  a  check  on  W.  T.  Hatch 
&,  Son  lor  $9,500  gold  to  the  order 
of  Blood,  ifho  had  indorsed  it;  early  in  the  alter- 
noon  ot  the  same  day  tbe  measeneer,  who  was  sup- 
posed to  have  cume  from,  tbe  New-TorK  Life  lu- 
sutanoe  Compan.y,  came  for  the  b,>lance  of  tbe  cold 
due  the  compau.y,  and  the  witness  uave  him  tbe 
.$9,500  gold  Check  aud  the  $500  gold  certificate  whicb 
bo  bought  from  Browue  :  <>u  the  16fh  Mr.  D.  O. 
Hays,  tbePresideuf  of  the  Uoion  Bauit  and  one  of 
tbe  I'lusiees  of  tbe  Union  Trust  Company,  asked 
witness  to  go  with  bim  to  the  Traat  Company's 
I'fflce  to  see  about  the  check  wnich  be  bad  cot  cer- 
terded  tbere  aud  wnich  bad  oeen  pronouuced  a 
foricery  ;  witness  accomuanied  bun  and  went  into 
the  Director's  roum  and  made  a  sratemeot  ot  his 
CDonectiou  with  tbe  obecK,  aud  produced  the  first 
two  letters  purporiine  to  come  trum  tbe  Ntw-York 
Life  Insurance  Company  in  reference  to  tbe  check  ; 
be  had  to  return  to  his  ofiioe  to  eet  tbe  letters,  and 
in  doing  so  met  Browne,  lulJ  bim  there  was  trouble 
about  the  check  aud  asked  bim  to  go  to  the 
Trust  Company's  office  aud  explain  tbe  matter, 
and  Browne  said  '  All  right  ;'  wimoas  was 
asked  at  the  uffice  of  tbe  'Irust  Company  who 
Browne  was,  and  gaye  all  tbe  iufiirmatlun  ho  ooald 
about  bim,  aud  was  asked  to  tlnd  bim,  and  did  find 
kim  at  bis  bume  in  Tweniy-tbird  street  iu  tbe 
eveniug;  he  told  Browne  tbat  Mr.  King,  President 
ot  the  Trust  Cumpany,  wanted  to  see  bim  sboai  tbe 
obeck,  waicb  tbe  Trait  Cumpany  said  was  a  for- 
cery ;  Biowne  said  be  did  not  ihiuk  it  possible  that 
It  cuuid  be  a  torger.y.  and  he  promised  to  go  to  the 
office  of  tbe  Trust  Company  in  tbe  morning. 

The  cross-examination  oi  Maxwell  was  postponed 
to  11  A.  M.  to-morrow,  to  which  time  the  case  was 
adjourned. 

A  SHIP  IN  A  CXOLOyE. 
The  British  iron  ship  Amenta,  of  London, 
Capt.  Meyler,  arrived  in  this  port  yesterday  morn- 
ing, after  a  voyage  which  lasted  126  da.ys  from  Cal- 
cutta.. Toe  vessel  lelt  Calcutta  on  Oct.  1,  last,  aod 
on  the  night  of  tbe  6tb  inst.  encountered  a  terrifio 
cyclone  in  the  Indian  Ocean,  about  600  miles  east  of 
Calcutta.  The  hurricane  struck  tbe  vessel  about 
10:30  P.  M.,  and  immediately  aftevward  she  shipped 
a  tremendous  sea.  which  eweot  over  the   bows  and 

smashed  tbe  cutter  and  both  skids.  Scarcely  bad 
she  recovered  from  tbe  shock  when  another  heavy 
sea.  swept  over  her  port  bow.  smashing  tbe  sky- 
lights and  binnacle,  staving  in  the  cabin-doors,  aud 
fluoding  tbe  cabin.    Tbe  men  were  waabed   away 

from  the  wheel,  and  everytbinc  movable  was  swent 
from  tbe  deck.  The  vessel  having  baen  broucht 
on  the  sarboard  tack,  tbe  rull  was  callsd,  and 
Henry  Swanson,  the  ship's  carpenter,  James  Cog- 
Ian,  Thomas  Bilen,  F.  Lsary.  aud  Joan  Ball  were 
fuund  to  he  missing.  Tbey  had  all  been  swept  over- 
board and  drowned  while  tbn  vessel  was  laboring  in 
the  heavy  sea.  The  cyclone  died  away  shortly 
after  •midnicht,  and  iu  the  morning  the  vessel's 
vo.yage  was  resumed.  Heavy  weather  was  en- 
countered throughout  the  trip,  however,  and  tbe 
vessel's  arrival  in  port  delayed  for  over  four 
months.  

A  JERSET  CITY  JUSTJOE  ON  TRIAL. 
Justice  Leonard,  of  Jersey  City,  was  placed 
on  trial  in  the  Hudson  County  Court  of  Sessions 
yesterday,  on  a  charge  ol  false  imprisonment  and 
unlawful  confiscation  of  a  watch.  The  complain- 
ant is  Oscar  A.  C^jmpton,  who  testified  that  in  the 
Summer  of  1875  be  applied  to  Justice  Leonard  for  a 
warrant  for  the  arrest  of  a  man  named  Beebe  on  a 
cbarce  of  assault  and   battery.     An    execution  was 

also  to  be  issued  against  bis  property  tor  debt.  On 
the  day  appointed  tor  a  hearing  in  tbe  case  neither 
Beebe  nor  the  Justice  were  iu  attendance  at  the 
latter's  court,  and  Compton  found  them  m  a  saloon 
engaged  lu  secret  conversation.  Subsequently  tbe 
case  was  heard  and  areued,  and  Justice  Leonard  re- 
served his  decision.  As  Compton  was  £uine  out  of 
Court  he  was  arrested  on  a  warrant  issned  by  Leon- 
ard on  tbe  complaint  of  Thomas  Watson.  Being 
unable  to  procure  bail,  he  nave  tbe  Justice  bis 
watch,  worth  {110,  as  security.  Later  tbe  Justice 
wrote  a  note  to  Compton  informing  bim  that  the 
snit  had  been  disconiluned.  He  then  went  to  Leon- 
ard and  demanded  bis  watch,  but  he  said  he  did  nut . 
have  it.  As  Compton  was  coine  away,  be  was 
again  arrested,  and  discharged  after  a  bearing. 
Compton  never  got  his  watch,  and  it  was  subse- 
quen.ly  sold  on  some  pretense.  The  case  was  still 
on  at  recess. 


AN  EX  MA  lOti  ON  TRIAL. 
The  trial  of  ex-Mayor  O'Neill,  of  Jersey  City, 
on  an  indictment  for  malfeasance  in  office,  was  to 
have  been  commenced  yesiertlav  in  tfie  Hadson 
County  Court  of  Sessions,  and  a  large  crowd  was  in 
attendance.  Af*er  some  dtlay  Judge  Kuapp  an- 
nounced tbat  the  trial  would  be  postponed  an  til  tbe 
April  term,  owine  to  the  absence  of  witnesses.  ■  Ex- 
Atiomey  General  Qilcbrist,  Counsel  for  Mayor 
O'Neill,  urged  an  immediate  trial,  and  argued  that 
tbe  case  bad  already  been  pending  tc>o  long. 
Conscious  of  bis  euiire  innocence,  tbe  defendant 
was  anxious  for  a  s;'eady  trial,  aud  counsel  argued 
tbat  farther  postponement  was  doing  him  an  in- 
justice. In  order  to  facilitate  matters  tbe  defense 
expressed  a  wlllingoess  to  admit  any  testimony  not 
directly  impeacbinc  the  defendant's  integrit.y.  Tbe 
court  replied  tbat  tbe  admission  of  fact*  might  not 
meet  tbe  inconvenience  caused  by  absence  of 
witnesses,  and  decided  that  tbe  case  must  go  off  for 
tne  term.         ^^^^^ 

ELECTION  INSPECTORS  IN  TBOVBLE. 
£dward    Soanlbn,     Patrick:     Delsney,    Bar- 
tholomew   Coleman,    and  William    H.    Maclndre. 
compoBing  tbe  Board  of  Inspectors  of  Eleotloa  in 

the  First    Ejection  District  of   tbe    First  Aassmbly 

Disiriot,  were  tried  before  tbe  Police  Commisaioners 
yesterday  on  a  charge  of  improper  conduct,  pre- 
ferred by  Gotlieb  Seelic.  a  German  reaidlng  In 
Wblcehall  street.     On   Satiuday   last   tbe  .accased 

mere  in  seisiun  in  a  barber's  shop  m  their  distrlot 

for  the  purpose  of  registerine  vocecs  desirias  to 
oast  ballots  at  tbe  special  election  ia  tbe  first  As- 
sembly District.  Among  the  voters  who  appeared 
before  tbem  was  Seelig,  the  complainant,  whom  the 
inspeotors,  having  little  else  to  do,  made  tbe  butt  of 
some  meaninKless  prantioal  Jokes.  Tbe  board  ra- 
■orMid  ita  deeiaiofti-' 


CITI  AND  SUBURBAN  NEWS. 


NEW-YORK. 

JoVta  lAhanji.  aged  28,  »  tsUor,  of  No.  51 
Atlantlo  avennclBtooklyn,  fell  oead  last  evening 
while  at  work  is  •  afore  at  Ko.  413  Went  Forty- 
sixth  atrept 

Bev.  Dr.  Charles  £.  Lord  will  lecture  in 
Cbprlier  Chapel  to-night  on  '■*  Tbe  Hoguenota  in  tbe 
Old  nd  New  '^Torld,"  in  «d  of  tb6  new  Hnguenot 

church  lb  process  of  erection  near  Pelham  Bridge. 

Ephraim  Holland,  a  Cincinnati  gambler,  waa 
arrested  yesterday  by  Officer  Crowley  on  a  oharge 
of  oompUoiiy  in  tne  recent  election  ftands  in  Ohio. 
He  wilt  be  sent  to  Cincinnati  on  a  requisition  from 
Got.  Hayes. 

Prominqpt  grain  shippers  sav  that  they  have 
no  knowledge  of  the  reported  cutting  under  of 
rates  to  the  West,  and  tbat  the  rariotn  assertions 
to  that  effect  publisted  during  tbe  past  few  days  in 
the  looal  newspapers  are  probably  witbont  founds- 
tlun. 

Aaron  B.  Longstreet,  a  mason,  who  r<isided 
in  One  Hundred  and' Tbirtv-seoond  street,  between 
Sixth  and  Seventh  avenues,  fell  from  a  scaffold  on 
Tuesday  in  West  Fifty-seventh  stree't,  and  died 
yesterday  from  tbe  effect  of  bis  in)uries,  at  St.' 
Luke's  Hospital. 

Andrew  J.  Lane,  Captain  of  the  canal-boat 
T.  P.  Demurest,  Iving  at  tbe  foot  of  Bast  Twent.v- 
ibird  street,  died  yesterday  on  board  of  bis  vessel 
from  tbe  effect  of  a  fracture  of  tbe  skull,  accidental- 
ly received  by  the  falling  of  a  coal-Duoket  on  his 
head  several  days  ago  at  Mott  Haven. 

The  fines  paid  into  the  various  Police  Courts 
last  month. were  as  follows :  First  District  Court, 
$433;  Second  District  Court,  $1,227 ;' Tbird  Distnot 
Cuurt,  $576;  Fourth  District  Court,  $500:  Fifth 
District  Court.  $26  ;  Sixth  District  Conrt,  $20;  Spe- 
cial Sessions  Court,  $1,084.    Total,  $3,858. 

Mr.  Leonardo  Delmonte,  Dominion  Consul 
at  this  port,  and  engaged  in  mercantile  business  at 

THo.  50  Exobaoge  place,  called  at  tbe  Police  Central 
Office  last  night,  and  reported  to  Inspector  Thorne 
that  bis  son,  Leonardo  Delmonte,  aged  1^  had  not 
been  borne  since  9  A.  M.,  at  wbich  hour  oe  left  for 
school.  A  general  alarm  was  telegraphed  to  all  the 
PoUoe-Btatlons  to  look  out  for  the  boy. 

The  Grain  Trade  beld  an  adjourned  meeting 
in  tbe  Produce  Exchange  yesterday  morning,  and 
adopted  tbe  new  rules  proposed  ny  the  Grain  Com- 
mittee in  relatloa  to  oats,  rye,  b»rle.y,  and  peas. 
The  new  rules  In  regsrd  to  Winter  wheat  were  re- 
ferred to  Meters.  W.  S.  Preston,  George  C.  Martin, 
and  £.  W.  Coleman,  as  a  committee  to  confer  with 
the  Grain  Committee  and  report  at  another  meeting 
to  be  held  this  morning. 

Bkuoklyn. 

The  annual  dinner  of  the  Paiette  Club  takes 
place  this  evening. 

Schuyler  Colfax  will  deliver  a  lecture  at 
Plymouth  Church  on  the  15tb  inst.,  entitled,  ''  Life 
and  Services  of  Abraham  Lincoln." 

Meissonier's  original  painting,  "The  Bain- 
bow,"  which  was  lost  three  years  ago,  has  at  last 
been  found.  The  present  owner,  W.  H.  Shaw. 
Esq.,  bas  consented  to  have  it  placed  on  exhibition 
at  Ho.  605  Broad  wav. 

A  nomber  of  the  'longshoreman  who  have 
been  on  strike  for  25  cetits  an  hour,  were  allowed  to 
go  to  work  at  that  rate  in  the  Empire  Stores  yester- 
oay. Tbe  strikers  are  willing  to  uo  to  work  for  20 
ceuts  an  hour.  If  the  employers  will  guarantee  eight 
hours'  work  a  day. 

The  druggiato  of  this  city  are  about  to  memo- 
rialise the  Lecislatare  for  tbe  passage  of  a  law  com- 
pelling drug  clerks  smpluyed  in  Brooklyn  to  pass 
an  eiatninatioD  and  hold  a  liceose,  as  they  are  rs- 
quired  to  do  in  Kew-Tork,  before  being  permitted 
to  dispense  prescriptions. 

An  entertainment  will  be  given  by  St.  John's 
Guild  at  tbe  Academy  of  Music  and  Nilsson  Hall 
on  the  32d  inst.  The  programme  of  tbe  evening; 
comprises  a  Martha  Washington  reception  and 
sarden  party,  under  charge  ol  a  Board  of  Managers 
composed  of  leading  oitisens. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  a 
resolntlon  was  passed  directing  the  Jail  Committee 
to  parcbase  for  $25,000  from  the  Directors  of  the 
City  Hospital  a  site  tor  the  jail.  The  building  will 
extend  over  the  site  of  the  prosent  Raymond  Street 
Jail,  and  will  adjoin  the  City  Hospital. 

Gen.  Roger  A.  Pry  or  applied  on  1>ehalf  of 
Mrs.  C.  B.  Pnce  to  allow  her  to  revive  an  action  fcr 
$100,000  aealnst  toe  Executors  of  her  d^eased  hus- 
band, the  late  Walter  W.  Price.  Price  was  married 
three  times  and  divorced  from  two  of  his  wives  on 
the  ground  tbat  a  former  wife  was  still  living.  Tbe 
particulars  of  the  various  divorce  suits  bave  been 
repeatedly  published. 

The  committee  appointed  by  the  Bepublican 
General  Committee  to  investigate  the  colonisation 
frauds,  have  made  a  long  report  detailing  many 
facts,  most  of  wbiob  bave  already  been  poblished 
in  connection  with  the  colonization  practiced  iu 
the  odd-numbered  wards  b.y  the  Democrats  last 
govern  Iter.  Wore  it  nut  for  these  frauds  tbe  Re- 
publicans would  have  a  ms^oncv  in  the  Board  of 
Aldermen.  Toe  committee  recommend  legislation 
which  shall  bave  tbe  effect  of  preventing  frauds  iu 
the  future. 

NEW-JERHEY. 

Tbe  young  daughter  of  Mr.  Kain,  ot  Court 

street,  Newark,  who  was  so  badly  burned  bv  the 

explosion  of  a  kerosene-oil  lamp  on  Sunday  night, 
bas  since  died  of  ber  Injuries. 

Michael  Stern  lies  in  a  very  critical  condi- 
tion at  St.  Micbael's  Hospital,  in  Newark.  In- 
stead of  jumping  from  a  window,  as  was  at  first 
rsDorted,  he  proves  to  have  been  a  somoambtilist, 
and  met  with  tbe  accident  while  walking  iu  his 
sleep. 

Jolin  Kroner,  aged  37,  who  was  employed  by 
Theodore  Gertb,  of  No.  81  Market  street,  Ne  wark, 
as  a  hostler,  was  found  dead  yesterday  In  the  cellar 
of  bis  employer's  hunse.  It  was  found,  on  exam- 
ination, tbat  tae  was  suffocated  by  coal-gas,  having 
fallen  asleep  near  the  door  ot  tbe  furnace. 

The  New-Jersey  Sabbath  Union  beld  its  third 
annual  meeting  in  the   Central    Baptist    Churoh, 

Trenton,  on  Tuesday,  aod  elected  the  following 
officers  for  the  eosalnc  year:  Rev.  W.J.  R.  Taylor, 
of  Newark,  President ;  Rev.  A.  H.  Brown,  of 
Camden,  Secretary;  Wbliall  Slokes,  of  Trenton, 
Treasurer. 

Thomas  Schoonmaker,  aged  25,  who  was 
ooovicted  recently  ef  shooting  William  Blackmore 
at  Lexington,  Ky.,  and  who  escaped  with  two 
companions,  Michael  Collins  and  Charles  Jepson, 
from  Lexington  Jail,  surrendered  himself  to  the 
Jersey  City  Police  last  night.  He  was  serving  out 
a  sentence  of  two  years.  His  companions  were  sen- 
tenced to  10  years  each.  He  said  tbat  he  became 
tired  of  roving  around,  was  convinced  tbat  be  did 
wrong,  and  was  willing  to  serve  out  bu  term.  He 
will  be  sent  to  Kentucky  to-day. 

CONFERENCE  ON  CITZ  AFFAIRS. 

Soon  after  the  recent  conference  between  the 
committee  of  merchants,  bankers,  and  others,  of 
wbiob  Mr.  William  A.  Booth  is  Chairman,  with  the 
Mayor  and  Controller,  Mr.  Porroy,  the  President  of 
the  Board  of  Aldermen,  had  a  resolution    passed  bv 

that  bodr  reqaestlng  the  Mayor  to  summon  the 

beadsof  departments  to  meet  him  once  a  month  aod 
coufor  with  him  on  City  affairs-  Yesterday  all  the 
beads  of  departments,  except  tbe  Police  Commis- 
aioaers,  called  upon  the  Miyor  for  that  purpose, 
and,  after  consulting  together  for  a  sbon  time,  it 
was  decided  to  meet  attain  on  iSaturday  at  noon,  and 
to  invite  tbe  committee,  of  wbich  Mr.  Booth  is 
Chairman,  and  the  members  of  the  Legislature  from 
this  City,  to  be  present.  Toe  meeting  will  be 
public.  ^ 

AEBITALS  AT  THE  HOTELS. 
Gten.  J.  B.  Stonebouse,  of  Albany,   is  at  the 
Hotel  Brunswick. 
Prof.  B.  Waterhouse  Hawkins,  of  Princeton 

College,  is  at  tbe  Grand  Hotel. 

Hon.  James  M.  Ashley,  of  Ohio,  and  Capt. 
Hamilton  Perry,  ot  the  steam-sbi]>  Adriatic,  are  at 
the  St.  Deals  HuteL 

Gen.  Charles  Hughes,  of  Gov.  Robinson's 
Staff  and  Jndge  Steo&en  Brown,  of  Glen's  Falls, 
N.  X.,  are  at  tbe  Stnrtevant  House.    _ 

Ex-GoT.  Andrew  G.  Curtin,  of  Pennsylvania ; 
Carroll  Hyde,  of  Binghamtnn,  and  Joseph  Pulitser, 
of  St.  Louis,  are  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Hotel. 


P.  BrookhoO;  J.H.  Pag»,^MC(»  K-FartUta,.  Kr.  and 
Mra.  L.  Lambert,  MtaT  *rwrtwe|l.  Wfc  Fox.  Mx^  «>* 
Mrs.  A.bbMuer,A.B.  V7at«6D.  J.  l>ea^.  P.  firau;  J. 
Stilimao.  P.  A.  Wartb.  8.  Audonler,  B.  Orteaao.  V. 
Hansen,  J.  ilpeaeer,  O-  8ml^ 

MINIATV&S  ALMANAO—lUia  DAY.         .^ 

Stmrlaes 7:02  I  Simset* 5:3TI  Bloon  cUes..4:18 

Biea  waraa-^BU  but. 
Sandy  Book...4:13 1  Oov.Isla9d..6:02 1  flell  Oate.... 6:34 

MABINB   INTJSLLIOENOE, 


Cognacs 'bottled  at  Junzao  Distilleries;  also  in 
wood.  VicTOK  E.  Mauobb,  sole  Importer,  lit;  Aeadest, 
—AivtrtUtenunt.  ^^^^^ 

PASSENOEKS  ARRIVEV. 

In  tttam'Shiv  Ooiumbut,  from  .ffaDano.— F.  Herla,  N. 
SamueU,  A.  Sanohes  Oarcia.  C.  Oaioia  Camps,  K.  F. 
Saaredra,  Mr.  aud  Urs.  Ramon  Ortis,  Sirs.  Uosarla 
OowulnK.  D.  eiatater,  B.  b.  bemlg.  8.  Ooets,  I.  P.  lSI. 
Julian,  O.  W.  Bandall.  Mr.  and  Airs.  ^  OeorKu  F.  Need- 
bam,  CapU  P.  Ue.ybola,  Urs.  h.  De  Oribuella. 

JnftMtnaMP  S(m  Joetnlo,  from  Savannah Miss  Ida 

Howe.  Miss  J.  Z.  RoDlDson,  (.apt.  K  Urant,  W.  U.  Nell, 
C.  M'  Chase,  diss  K.  Uahony,  U.  Tbompson,  M.  MoUa- 
hon.  P.  T.  Cushing,  O.  U.  btetaon,  T.  Barns.  P.  Sulli- 
van, T.  Dodd,  A.  tTkilten,  H.  Moran. 


PASSENOEJiS  SAILED. 
In  tUam-$Mp  Algeria,  for  lAvervooU—yiT.  and  Mrs. 
Altken,  V.  P.  ifacKiey,  Miguel  Cania,  Bev.  J.  B.  Chevlr, 
Hon.  yamuel  C.  CAbb  and  wife,  C.  0.  Cookson,  M.  Ua- 
vls.  Dlysse  UefeTrlm.nf,  Mr.  aod  Mrs.  Frank  C.  Flske, 
Jaoquiea  Bairtos,  W.  Herrlck,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 
blltou,  Joshua  B.  Holden,  Cant.  T.  Jessop,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
J.  U.'Kemble,  A.  W.  LMtcu,  J.  H.  Lewis,  Ur.  S.  H.  Linn, 
James  McDowell.  Montgomery  Moore,  William  Morri- 
son, wiuiam  Morton.  Ur.  and  Mrs.  L.  NloUilsky.  Uev. 
Charles  >ioble  and  wife.  Charles  UUver.  Georx»  a.  Ost- 
heimkpr,  J.  S.  Paton,  Miss  Isabella  A.  Pleasant,  Mr. 
bewiil.  muiam Small,  William  U.  Thomberrr,  Jr..  P. 
C.  Wbite,  L.  J.  White.  Tbomas  VooKbt,  John  1.  Drew, 
Ml.  and  Mrs.  H.  S.  Batfteld. 

1%  »Uam-BMv    Oeneral  Barna,  far   AhmmimA.— Mrs. 
E.  aennefsy,  Mr.  sl  lUts.  Cbarlas  Cralt  Mrs.  Chapin, 
tVllUam  apaaldloft,  W.  B.  Beers,  C.  F.   Preston,  J.  W. 
Preston;  tars.  J.  B.  Dsnton,  B.   Cabome,  8.  M.  illsman,  J ' 
Mnk  V.  Jttaiaaa.  S.  Uornall.  Oa»4B«>  *'aaUavlt.JR..(tau»'^ 


HBW.TORK.„.w.WBDKliiDAX,  FBR  7. 


CLEARED. 

Stsam-ships  Algeria.  (Br.,)  Watson,  Liverpool,  via 
Queenstown.  C.  O.  Franoklyn;  Algiers.  Hawthorn, 
New-Urleaat,  ke..  BoKart  b.  Morgan;  Oulf  Stream. 
Crowell.  Charleston.  J.  W.  Qulntard;  Gen.  Barnes, 
Cbeeseman,  Savannah,  Murray,  Ferris  k  Co.:  Benelao- 
tor,  Jones,  Wfimington,  N.  C.Wm.  P.  Clvde4.Co. 

Bbtp  Marianna  v.,  (Port..)  Ferreira.  Lisbon,  G.  Am- 
sinok  k.  Co. 

Barks  Samuele.  (ItaL,)  Hallo,  Gibraltar  forordus, 
John  G  Seager;  David  Babcocir,  Colcord,  Oadis  via  8e- 
'dille,  A.  Mnogett  it  Co.;  America,  (6er.,)  Koper,  Leith, 
Scotland,  H.  Koop  k.  Co.:  Lameck,  (Ital.,)  Uogftia. 
Cork  or  Falmouth  for  orders,  Slocovich  It  Ca;  Stefanl- 
no.  (ItaL.)  Genta.  Genoa.  Slocovicb  k  Co. 

BHk  Sirius.  (Br.,)  McDonald.  St.  John's,  P.  B.,  Ger- 
hard k  Brewer. 

Scbra.  Impulse,  (Br.,)  Roontree,  Belise.  Hon.,  Leay- 
oraft  k  Co.;  Eugene  Borda,  Bailejr,  Morfolk,  Slagbt  k 
Petty;  8.  P.  Godwin.  Williams,  Bridgeport,  Conn., 
Stamford  Manufacturing  Co.;  R.  A.  Forsyth,  Hobble, 
Rtamford,  Stamford  Manuf^turiac  Co.;  U.  C.  Acken. 
Toms,  Stamtord,  Stamford  Maoutacturine  Co.;  Bella 
Bucaell.  Smith,  Ooorgetown,  S.  C,  K.  D.  Hurlbut  k  Co; 
>Vm.  Todd.  Wood,  St  Thomas  and  Sombrero  island. 
Penis  ton  k  Co. 

-■ ♦         ' 

ARRIVED. 

Steam-shtp  Citv  of  Atlanta,  Wooahull,  Savannah 
Feo.  3,  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  J.  W.  Quintard 
it  Co.  ^  _. 

&tteam-sblp  Albemarle,  Gibbs.  Lewes,  with  mdse.  and 
passeocers  to  Old  Dominion  Steam-sbip  Ca 

Steam-sbip  San  Jacinto,  Haaard,  SavanaAh  Feb.  4, 
with  mdse.  and  passeogers  to  Geo.  yonge- 

Steam-ship  Lone  Star,  Forbes,  New-Orleans  Jan.  31, 
with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Bogart  k  Morgan. 

isteam-Bbip  Old  Dominion,  i^aiKer,  Blcbmond  and 
Norfolk,  with  mdse.  aod  passengers  to  Old  Dominiou 
Steam-sbip  Company. 

Steam-soipKleanora,  Johnson,  Portland,  with  mdse. 
and  passengers  to  J.  F.  Ames. 

Steam-snip  Colnmbus,  Reed,  Havana  Feb.  3,  with 
mdse:  and  passengers  to  Wm.  P.  Clyde  k  Co. 

Ship  Tewfcsbnrv,  (oJ  Llvemool,)  Davies,  Liverpool 
Nov.  24,  via  8oatb-west  Pass  Jan.  17  in  ballast  to 
Barclay  k  Llvingaton. 

Bark  Ja-ioo,  (Nurw.J  Thorsen,  Hamburg  73  ds.,  la 
ballast  to  Benbam  k  Boyesen. 

Bark  W.  U.  Stewart,  (of  Prince  Edward's  Island,) 
Muster,  Liverpool  61  ds.,  in  ballast  to  order. 

banc  Windward,  (of  St.  John,  N.  U.,)  Baker,  Ham- 
burg 90  ds.,  with  mdse.  to  master. 

Bark  Maud  Scammell,  (of  St.  John.  H.  B.,)  Tbomp- 
son, Dublin  Ueo.  4.  In  ballast  to  Scammell  Bros.  An- 
chored at  Saudv  Hook  for  orders. 

Bark  Costante,  (Ital.,)  Giachettl,  Ipswich  69  d8.,iu 
ballast  to  Bennam  k  Boyesen. 

Bark  Giuseppe  Rocco.  (ItaL.)  Castellano,  Bordeaux 
67  ds.,  in  ballast  to  Punch,  Edye  k  Co. 

Bark  Capri,  (ot  Msltland.  N.  S..)  Barker,  Alloa  68 
ds.,  in  ballast  to  J.  F.  Whitney  k  Co. 

Bark  Columbia,  (of  New-Barcn.)  Diokerson,  St. 
Pierre,  Mart.,  lids.,  with  sugar  to  H.  Trowbridge's 
Sons. 

Brig  Union,  (of  Jersey,  Eng..)  Le  Daln,  Santos  Deo. 
11.  with  sugar  to  ordet. 

Schr.  Little  Annie.  Roberts,  (of  and  from  St.  John, 
n.  B.,   3u  ds.,)  with  potatoes  to  A.  T.  Heney. 

Sohr.  Bbea  Parsons,  (of  Gloucester,  Mass..)  Dagle, 
Forttme  Bay,  M.  P.,  10  ds.,  with  fresh  frozen  herring 
tp  bei\J.  West 

Schr.  M.  G.  Mosele.v,  Drano,  Georgetown,  S.  C,  8  ds., 
wir.li  naval  stores  to  Parsons  k  Loud. 

Schr.  Moutafta,  BearsB,  Morfoltt.  with  corn  anu  lum- 
ber to  A.  Dayton  it  Co. 

Schr.  M.  A.  Davis,  Long,  Somerset,  to  A.  Ds.yton. 

Scbr.  Edward  Johnson,  (ot  Belfast.  Me.4  McDonald, 
Rio  Janeiro  46  ds.,  with  coffee  to  order — vessel  to  A. 
Mudgett. 

Scbr.  B.  L  Hazard.  Brewster,  Georgetown,  S.  C,  9 
da.,  wfth  naval  stores  to  UoUner,  Potter  k  C!o.— vessel 
to  E.  D,  Hurlbut  3c  Co. 

Schr.  Mary  J.  KusBell,  Steelman,  Jacksonville  8  ds.. 
With  lianber  to  brew  k  Buckle. 

Schr.  Marcui  Edwards,  Pearson.  Jacksonville  8  da, 
with' lumber  to  Drew  ic.  Buckle. 

Schr.  Klfsnor,  Squires,  Georgetown,  8.  C,  8  ds.,  with 
naval  s'  ores  to  B.  U.  HurlDut  k  co. 

Schr.  Helen  A.  Hoyt,  Parker,  hew-Bedford. 

Scbr.  Nelson  Harrey,  t  offlo,  New-Bedtord. 

Schr.  Mexican.  HsskeU.  BrlstoL 

Schr.  Samuel  P.  Godwin,  Morrell,  Stamford. 

Schr.  Oscar  C.  Acken.  Toms,  otamford. 

Schr.  Z.  A  Paiue,  Jones,  £a8tport,  with  flih  to  John 
Boyutou's  Son. 

bchr.  Snow  Bird,  (of  St.  John.  N.  B..)  Crlpps.  Provi- 
dence, In  ballast  to  P.  L  Mevius  it  Son. 

Schr.  Martha  A.  Brewer,  McFsrlan,  Belfast,  for  Bal- 
timore. 

Schr.  Sallie  W.'  Kay,  Tilton,  Providence,  (Or  Phlladel- 
pnia. 

Schr.  Anna  Sbeppard,  Gray,  Providence,  for  Phlladel  • 
phia. 

Scbr.  Mary  L.  Vamey.  Rowe,  Providence,  for  Phila- 
delphia. 

Schr.  Julia  Baker,  Baker,  Providence,  for  Philadel- 
ohls. 

Schr.  Forest  City,  Hodgon,  -Providence,  for  Pliiladel- 
pbla. 

Bchr.  Florence  V.  Turner,  Walker,  Providence. 

Schr.  James  U.  Deputy,  McMabon,  Providence. 

Scbr.  Vvm.  N.  Gessner,  Edgbert,  Providence. 

Scbr.  Rebecca  A.  Carter.  Tomlln.  Providence. 

Schr.  Forest  Oak,  Parker,  New-Haven,  for  Balti- 
more. 

Scbr.  Heniietta.  Allen.  New-Haven. 

Schr.  Wm.  GlUum,  Hall,  Bobton. 

Scbr.  Sallie  B.,  Bateman.  New-Uaven. 

Scbr.  Harvest,  Corwiu,  BriatoL 

Schr  Wm.  H.  Bo  wen.  Jackson,  Bristol. 

WIND — .sunset,  moderate,  W.  N.  W.;   clear. 


SAILED. 

Steam-sbips  Algeria,  for  Liverpool;  City  of  New- 
Yorlc.  for  Unvana;  Alters,  lor  ilew-Orleans ;  Qeu. 
Barses,  for  Savauuab ;  Gulf  Stream,  for  Charleston; 
Benefactor  for  Wilmington,  N.  C;  barks  Hattie  Gou- 
oey,  for  Havre:  Commodore- Dhpont.  for  Cadis:  Cuba, 
for  Cork  or  Falnaontki  lor  orders  ;  Joseph,  for  Cetce; 
brigs  F.  U.  Todd,  tor  Key  West;     Atalaya.  for  Cienfue- 

608.      Also,    via  Long  Island   ^ound.    bark    Kverbard 
elius,  for  Portlnud  ;  schrs.  Active,  for  St.  John,  JN.  B.; 
John  D.  Griffin,  tor  Salem. 

SPOKEN. 

By  schr.  Edward  Johnson.  Jan.  31,  lat  29,  Ion.  73 
40,  sobr.  Deiht 

* 

MARINE  DISASTERS. 

Philadelphia.  Feb.  7.— Ihe  schr.  T.  J.  Irafton,  from 
Wiscassett,  had  a  boat  stove  and  ber  stern  slightly 
damaged  on  the  6th  inst.,  b.y  collision  with  oyster- 
boat  Sarah  Ann  while  beinr  towed  up  the  riTer. 

Tb*  oarks  Kings  County  and  Malta,  while  coming  up 
tbe  river  to-day  collided,  carrying  away  the  Malta's 
bowsprit  and  damaging  the  Kiugs  County's  after-rail. 


JSr  CABLE. 
LoiTDOif.  Feb.    7.— 81d.    26th   ult..    Gaeta;     1st   inst., 

Ojallarliom,  tbe  latter  tor  Smyrna;  3d  inst,  Loben- 
grin;  6tli  Inst,  Hermon,  Capt.  Dingles;  Dartmouth, 
olivet  Cloud;  7th  inst.,  Mary  8.  Ames,  tbe  latter  tor 
Arr.  Ist  Inst..  Paul  Tbormann;  4th  inst..  Cbebucto, 
SlgrM,  Taocook,  W.  B.  J^ikins;  Sttalnsc,  Annie  J|urr, 
J.  tiimouBcn,  Alma,  Capt.  Lahmeger:  Sth  Inst.,  Vasron, 
K.  M.  Qolder,  the  latter  at  Liveroool :  Germania,  Capt. 

Velmow;  7tb  inst..  America,  Capt.  Emeraon;  Harmo- 
nla,   Capt.   Oogstad;    Kalsow,    Mitredale.   and    Uunse- 

UavRB,  Feo.  7.— Tbe  General  Translantio  Ca's 
steam-ship  France,  Capt.  Trudelle,  from  New-York 
J.Tu.  'IT,  arr.  here  at  8  o'clock  this  morning. 

QuBBKiTowv,  Feb.  7. — Tbe  .Vatiooal  Line  steam- 
ship .>psin,  Capt.  Grace,  from  New- York  Jan.  28,  for 
Liverpool,  arr.  here  at  mldnlsbt  Inst  night. 

Bristol.  Feb.  7.— Sid.  steam-ship  Arragon,  Capt.  Sy- 
mons.  lor  New-Tork. 

London.  Feb.  7.— The  Danish  ship  St.  Albans,  Capt. 
Beck,  from  London  Jan.  24,  lor  Pensacola.  has  put 
back  to  Di>al. 

La&itb,  Feb.  8.— The  steam-sbip  State  ot  Nevada  sld. 
trom  here  Sunday  at  3  P.  M.  for  New-Iork. 

HAvaifA,  i'eb.  7. — Arr.  scbr.  Charles  Piatt,  from  Car- 
ds: 


HAZELTON 

PIANO 

TRIUMPHANT. 

T?ir/>nloiA"n?       AT     THR      GRKAT     INTERNA 
JCiJLtciblUl  i  TIONAL    EXHIBITION. 

1876. 

OFFICUIi. 
The  undersigned  have  examined  the 

Grid,  Swe,  ami  MM 

PIANO-FORTES 

OF 

HAZELTON  BROTHERS 

and  unanimously  recommend  for  the  same  tbe  Highest 

Award,  for  the  following  reasons,  via; 
ELASTIC    TOOCH! 

SINGHfO    QnALITYI 

'  DELICACY    AND 

POWER    OP    TONB! 

WITH  HIGHEST  EZCRLLENCE  OF  WORKMANSHIP. 

(The  above  embrace  all  the  qualities  of  a  first-clasa 

Piano-forte.) 

REPORT  SIGNED  BY  ALL  THE  JUDGES. 

Warerooms  \  34  and  36  UniversitvPL 


ERRiNGS  Safes 


THE 


^World's  Champions' 


GREATIY  REDUCED  PRICES. 

ANOTBER  GREAT  EBDOCTlON  15  FRIOES.  THE 
LAsasaT  st(k;k  of  the  best  safes  is  thb 
WOELD  TO  8KLBCT  FEOH. 

AL8O200abCONI>-HAND  aAFSS(ALL,KAKSS)  AT 
VERT  LOW  PRICES. 

HERRING  8c  CO., 

10B.  afiLAXfi  252  BSOADWAX^aBW-XOR^ 


STATEMENT 


^r 


or 


,THE  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANT 

OP    NEW-YOEK, 
F.  S.  WINSTON,   PRESIDENT, 

FOR  THK  YEAR  ENDING   DEO.  81,  1876. 


ANNCIT7    ACCOUNT. 


No. 

In  force.  Jan.  1.1876 55 

Add  Premmn  Annuities.... 

Issued ....;.. ^ 

Total.... 60 


km.  Pat'ti. 
$27,985  72 
6,480  79 
1,881  86 


$86,827  87 


No, 
-53 


In  force,  Jan,  1. 1877 , 

Add  Premium  Annuities... 

Terminated ...II_11  g 

Total 60 


Axs.  Pafn. 

$26,098  81 

6,393  4i 

3,335  5] 

•  $36,827  8'! 


INSDKANC£    ACCOUNT. 


Tn  force.  Jan.  I,,a878 

Mew  Risks 


Total 101,737 


In  force,  Jan.  1,  1877... 
Terminated 


No. 

92,126 

9.612 


Axonin. 
$30I.v:7S,n3? 
35.906,877 


Total ...a01,737  |  $337,184.91* 


NOTE.— Tbe  Amonnt  of  terminated  Poliolea  is  larger  than  uanaL  The  increase  was,  in  a  great  measnra 
esTued  by  the  purchase  of  unmatured  Endowments,  either  paid  up  or  due  in  less  than  five  years  which  wan 
discounted  at  sevep  per  cent.  ' 


Dr. 


RBVKNUE  ACCOUNT. 


Cr. 


To  Balance  fh>m  last  accouot. 

To  Premiums  received... 

To  Interest  and  rents.,.. 


-$76,411,923  42 
-  15,136,703  36 
..     4,878,260  34 


Total * .$95,429,887  12 


^-A 

By  paid  Death  and  Endowment  Claims.  $4,459,458  5i 

" ' "--  24,bll  4S 

3,701,700  34 


By  paid  Annuities... 

By  paid  Dividends . . 

By  naid  siurrendered  Policies  and  Addi- 
tions  

By  paid  Commissions  (payment  of  cur- 
rent and  extinguishment  of  ftiture).. 

By  paid  Contingent  Guarantee  aoooont. 

By  paid  Expenses  and  Taxes 

Balance  to  New  Account 


6,319,785  21 


676,967 

56,160 

664,302 

79,526,900 


Total. .$95,429.887  If 


Dr. 


BAIjANCB   HHEBT. 


Cr. 


To  Reserve  at  lonr  per  cent $77,502,062  00 

To  Claims  bv  Death,  not  yet  due^ 6lu,760  00 

To  Premiums  paid  in  ad-rance 24,.S72  43 

To  Continsent  Guarantee  Fund 654,842  69 

To  Surplus  for  Division 8,668,161  57 


Total. j:.$82.860,188  69 


By  Mortgages  on  Real  Estate $60,856,200  18 

By  Onited  states  and  bUte  Bonds,  &o.  12,673,596  SS 

By  Real  Estate 4,246,246  40 

By  Cash  ia  Banks  and  Trust  Com- 
panies at  interest 2,183,001  73 

By  Interest  accrued 1,322,294  16 

By  Premiums  deferred,  quarterly  and 
semi-annual 923,332  99 

B.y  Premiums  in  transit.  prinoipaUy 
for  December „ .        137,195  10 

Balances  due  by  Agents 18,349  70 

Total $82,360,188  58 


Premiums  deferred  and  in  transit  in  tbe  foregoing  Balance  Sheet,  have  been  subiected  to  a  dednctinn  ol 
twenty -five  per  cent,  by  the  Insurance  Department  for  the  estimated  c  ost  of  collpctiog  the  same.  See  Offlcia 
Report  below. 

NOTE.— If  the  New-Tork  Standard  of  four  and  a  half  per  cent  Interest  be  used,  tbe  Surplus  is  $10,262,879  44, 
From  the  Surplus  for  Division,  as  appearss  in  the  Balance  Sheet,  a  Dividend  will  be  apportioned  to  each  Pouci 
which  shall  be  in  force  at  its  anaiversarv  in  .1877. 


I  bave  careftally  examined  the  foregoing  Statement,  and  And  the  aame  oerreot 
January  17, 1877.  WM.  J.  EASTON.  Anditot 

NOTE.— By  act  of  the  Tmstees,  the  membership  of  this  Company  is  limited  to  one  hundred  thousand  ininx* 
bves. 


TRUSTEES. 


Samuel  D.  Babcock, 
Henry  A.  Smyth  e, 
William  E.  Dodge, 
Genrge  8.  Coe, 
Wm.  M.  Vermilye, 
JohnE.  Develin, 
Martin  Bates. 
Wm.  A.  Haines, 
Seymour  L.  Bnated. 

UCHARD  A  UcCOROT,  Vice  President 
ROBERT  A  ORANffISS,  3d  Vice  President.  IBAAC  F.  LLOTD,  Becretaiy. 

Vf.  H.  C.  BAETLETT,  LL.O.,  Actuary.  O.  H.  PALUBB,  SoUcitar. 

G.  S.  WINSTON,   M.  D. 


Frederick  8.  Winston, 
John  V.  L.  Pruyn, 
K.  H.  McCurdy. 
William  Betts, 
Bamnel  E.  SprouUs, 
Samuel  M.  Coroell, 
Lucius  Hobinson, 
W.  Smitb  Brovrn. 
William  H.  Popbam, 


Oliver  H.  Palmer, 
Henry  B.  Davies. 
Bicbd.  A.  McCardy, 
Francis  Skiddy, 
James  C.  Holden, 
Herman  C.  Von  Post, 
Geo.  C.  Blchardsoa, 
Alex.  H.  Eice, 
W.  F.  Babcock, 


R.  Batohfotd  Staff  • 
Frederick  H.  Co««it\ 
Lewis  Hay. 
Oliver  Harnman, 
Tbomas  Dickson, 
Henry  W.  Smith, 
JohnH.  Bherwood, 
Isgisto  P.  Fabbri, 
George  H.  Andereoa. 


<J.   S.   WINSTON,    M.  D.,       lM«din»l   Ex«inlT,i.r« 

•  W.  E.  GILLETTE.  M,  a.j"""*"*!  Examiners. 


TO  THB  TRUSTEES  OF  THB  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSDRANOB  COMPANY  OF  NBW-TORK: 

The  undetsigued,  the  Annual  Committee,  Appointed  pursnant  to  the  By-Laws  of  tbe  Company,  on  the  20tl 
day  of  DecemHsr,  1876.  to  examine  at  tbe  close  of  each  fiscal  year,  the  acconnis  ana  assets  of  the  Company, 

ReapectfuUv  Report,  Tbat  tbey  bave  caretuUy  examined  all  the  assets,  investments,  and  securities  of  th< 
Gomnany.  and  dnd — 

That  it  had  ou  tbe  let  day  of  January,  1877,  stocks  in  the  form  of  Bonds  of  the  United  States,  and  of  New- 
Tork  and  other  cities,  amouotine  in  par  value  to  $12,063,350,  and  in  market  valne  to  $12,673,669  33,  and 
that  this  latter  sum  ia  immediately  convertible  and  available  in  easb.  That  of  these  securities  $7,473,660  are 
in  United  states  registered  bonds,  and  $4,590,000  chiefly  in  city  bonds.  They  are  all  si>ecifled  in  the  acoom- 
pauying  schedule:  are  all  genuine,  and.  iti  the  opinion  of  the  Committee,  are  aliludicious  and  perfectly  seoora 
investments. 

The  Committee  farther  report : 

That  on  Jan.  1,  1877,  the  Company  bad  invested  in  Bond  and  MortKage  upon  real  estate  in  fee.  which  was 
appraiSMl  at  tbe  time  of  each  inrestment  tone  worth,  at  least,  twice  tne  amount  loaned,  the  snip  of  $60,856.- 
200  18. 

The  Committee  hare  examined  each  Bond  and  Mortgage  and  fljid  tbe  same  correct,  as  stated  on  the  books 
of  tbe  Company.  Tbe  Committee  find  that  the  interest  oa  these  bonds  bas  been  paid  vrlth  great  punotualitji 
and  that  the  arrears  of  interest  for  the  Ibst  six  months  are  only  a  very  sm^all  percentage  on  tbe  amonot  dae. 

In  addition  to  the  security  of  tbe  land  covered  by  tbe  Mortgages,  tbe  Company  holds  insurance  on  the  build- 
ings tbereon,  as  collateral,  in  solvent  and .  tesponsible  Fire  liisurauce  Companies,  amounting  to  the  eomol 

S34.OU0.UO0. 

The  Committee  further  report : 

That  the  Compan.y  now  owns  property  formerly  pledged  to  it  In  Bonds  aud  Mortgages  to  the  extent  of  $835, 
893  97;  tbat  this  is  the  total  amount  of  all  property  purchased  br  it  since  its  orgauiiation  on  Foreclosures 
and  beld  by  it  at  the  close  of  the  last  fiscal  year,  and  the  Committee  believe  that  this  property  will  be  sold 
without  incurring  any  considerable  deficit.  This  sum  bears  a  small  ratio  to  the  total  amount  of  the  oompany*t 
assets,  being  about  one  (.01016)  per  cent,  thereof; 

In  addition  to  this  Real  Estate.  theCompaojownafbrthetranaactionof  its  basiness  in  the  Cities  of  New-Tork, 
Boston.andPbiladelphla,  valuable  real  estate,  costing  the  sum  of  $3,410,451  84.  The  buildiuK  iu  New-Tork 
pays  8  per  cent,  on  its  cost,  charstna  a  fair  rent  for  tbe  part  ooonpled  by  tae  Company.  Toat  la  Boston  Is  in- 
complete, and  that  in  Fhiladelphia  has  recently  been  finished. 

The  Committee  have  ascertained  that  the  cash  on  hand  on  the  Ist  daj  of  January,  1877,  was  $2,183,001  73. 
This  sum,  adued  to  tbe  securities  immediately  convertible  into  cash,   makes  a  total  of  cash  assets  equal  to 
$14,856,671  06  Immediately  available. 

We  have  ascertained  tbat.tbe  expenses  of  tbe  Company  for  acquiring  its  business  are  nearly  a  quaiter  of  one 
(.2233)  per  cent,  upon  the  sum  insured,  and  the  expenses  of  conductinc  the  business,  which  include  expenses 
of  every  kinJ.  except  claims  by  death,  IB  less  than  one-q^uarter  of  one  percent  on  the  same,  (.2191,)  which, 
in  all,  is  less  than  one-halt  of  one  per  cent,  upon  the  sum  insured,  (.4424,)  and  Is  six  and  seven-tenths  (6.701 
per  cent,  upon  the  income  of  the  year. 

While  the  Commiuee  -were  making  investigation,  tbe  Superintendent  of  tbe  Insarauce  Department,  with  his 
Deputy,  Assistants,  and  Experts,  was  also  enzaged  in  examining  the  affairs  of  tbe  Company  as  required  by  law. 
He  is  still  at  wors,  examining  uot  only  into  theliabliitiea  of  tbe  Company,  but  likewise  into  the  mathematics 
principles  upon  which  its  business  is  conducted  and  its  liabilities  are  determined.    This  examination  will   be 
thorough  and  exhaustive,  and  its  results  presented  in  a  report  which  will  be  published  in  dne  time  and  to  wblc^ 
tbe  Committee  refer.  .^  ,,,......  ^ 

All  Ot  wbich  IS  respectfully  eubmitted. 

Dated  January  17,  1877.  -_ 

(Signed)  EBNRT  E.  DA  VIES. 

GEORGB  8.  COB, 
SAMUEL  M.  C06tNELL, 
WILLIAM  H.  POPHAM, 
H.  C.  VON  POST, 
GEORGE  H.  ANDREWS. 


MXjTUAii  ij:fe  insurance  coMPAirr  of  new-york. 

Tbe  Report  of  tbe  Bmrnlnatlon  by  tbe  laannuiee  Depamaent. 

Albaht,  Febmazr  2. 1877. 
To  the  Editor*  of  tA«  Svening  Jimmal.- 

GsNTLKMEN— Having  caused  a  thorough  personal  examination  to  bo  made  of  the  condition  and  aSAirs  of  the 
Mutual  Lile  Insurance  Company  of  New-Tork,  during  the  month  of  January,  by  Hon.  John  A.  McCall,  Jr.,  Deputy 
Superintendent,  in  which  examination  the  Acting  Superintendent  has  also  personally  participated,  I  deem  it  tor 
the  public  interests  tbat  tbe  result  of  said  investigation  should  be  published. 
I  therefore  inclose  tbe  same  for  pubUcatlon. 

Yonrs,  very  respeotfuily, 

WILLIAM  8MTTH, 

Acting  SuperintendeuK 
ALBiLiTT.  February  1, 1877. 
flim.  WmUm  Smvth,  Acting  SHpeHnundent  New  Iniuranee  I>epartment : 

In  accordance  with  instructions  received  from  you  under  appointment  Number  363, 1  report  the  eompletiot 
of  the  examination  Into  tbe  affairs  of  the  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New-Tork. 

Madeat  atlme  wben  tbe  annual  investigatioo  by  tbe  Trustees — as  called  for  by  the  Company's  charter 

was  in  progress,  the  work  was  considerably  faciUtated  by  each  department  representative   acting  with  one  of 
the  said  I  rustees,  thus  giving  a  double  force,  with  a  check  that  waa  invaluable  as  to  ihe  correctness  of  the  labor 

Tbe  valuations  of  the  Policies  in  force  have  been  made  in  the  Department  under  the  snpervi«non  of  Mr.  D.  H. 
Keeier,  our  Actuary,  and  bavo  occupied  bis  attention,  with  that  of  tbe  rest  of  our  actuartaiforoe  not  engaged  it 
New-Tork.  4^ 

Tbe  Investments  of  tbe  Company,  with  other  admissible  assets,  make  a  total  of  $82,076,706  87. 

That  tbe  Company  bas  been  successfully  managed  is  everywhere  conceded;  and  it  is  very  necessary  tnatthe 
oustodmus  of  this  sacred  trust  tund  should  ba  men  eminently  oompeteac  to  guard  lealoualT  the  moneys  that  lo 
the  fbture  afford  tbe  protectloo  guaranteed  by  oontiaots  with  the  holders  of  ninety-two  tbousaud  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  policies.  ,      ,   .  j.  ^    .^^    ,» 

The  Company  does  not  need  any  oiber  Indorsement  by  tbe  Department  than  ia  shown  in  t^e  assets  and  ba- 
biUtlee  enumerated  below,  exhibiting  a  surplas,  as  regards  poUo.v-bolders.  of  $10,262,879  44. 

A  schedule  glvmg  in  oetail  the  information  necessary  lor  valuation  of  property,  verihostion  of  title,  &c.  of 
each  of  the  seven  thousand  one  hundred  and  fifcj^six  (7.166)  mortgages,  htfi  been  compiled,  and,  with  a  lut  of 
uncollected  and  deferred  premiums,  is  now  on  file  in  the  Department. 

The  tollowing  was  tbe  oonditlon  of  the  (company  on  Decemoec  31.  1876: 


ASSETS. 


Real  estate - 

Bonds  and  mortgages .. 

Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Dnited  States  bonds,  registered. 

New-Torit  City  bonds,  registered. 

Boston  Water  l>onds.  registered. 

Providence  (R.  L)  bonds,  registered..... 

Cherry  Valley  Town  bonds 

City  of  Tonkers  bonds. ^ 

Biiffaio  City  bonus 

klmlra  City  t>oaus 

Missouri  Htate  bonds 

San  Francisco  bonds 

Union  County  (N.  J.)  bonds 

PUinfield  (N.  J.)  bonds 

Total 

Cash  in  banks  and  trust  coinpanies....... 

Interest  due  aod  acumed 

Net  uncollected  and  deferred  premiums.. 

Total  admitted  assets..... 


Par  Value. 

$7,473,560 

2,405,000 

60U.000 

500,000 

60,090 
118.000 
140,500 

56.000 
215,000 

b9d,000 

14,000 

LjOO 


$12,063,550 


Market  Valne. 

$7,tf07,340  62 

2,412,587  60 

656.250  00 

GUT.SOO   00 

60,000  00 

128,250  00 

145,417  50 

67,435  00 

226,025  00 

637.5^8  71 

14,  i3o  00 

1,500  00 

$12!6'7S,569  33 


$4,246,245  46 
60,856.200  18 


LIABILITIES. 


Net  value  of  outstanding  policies  and  additions. 

Unpaid  losses  not  yet  dne  (including  resisted  claims). 
Premiums  paid  in  advance 


12,678,669  81 

.     2.183,001  78 

.     1,322.294  16 

^795.398  07 

.$82,076,706  87 


..$71,031,205  Ot 

758.250  00 

24.372  43 


ToUl  liabilities .' $71.8L3,8;:7  43 

Snrplns  as  regards  pohcy-holders '. IU.262.879  44 


Aggregate ... 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 


: -: $8:^076,706  8'» 

JOHN  A  McCALL.  Ja., 
^  Deputy  buperintendentk 

'The  Superintendent  in  person  was  present  during  ihe  ezanunatlon  of  the  United  States  securities,  bond* 
and  morteaices.  and  other  stocks  and  bonds  owned  by  the  Compan.v.  and  took  part  in  said  examluailon.  He 
desires  to  join  with  his  Oeputy  m  assuring  the  public  that  the  system  of  management  and  accur.toy  of  detail,  as 
well  as  the  checks  and  individual  respousibllltles  imposed  on  each  person  who  has  anything  to  do  with  the 
loaoing  or  investing  tbe  funds  of  the  Company,  command  his  most  hearty  approval.  The  President  and  all  otiier 
ofElcers  of  tbe  Compan  '  were  most  prompt  and  courteous  in  affording  ever.y  Informatiou  :  while  so  perfect  is  the 
organiaattoD  of  each  department  tbat  an.r  speelal  Item  required  was  at  once  famished,  with  all  its  necessac?  aud 
satisfactory  vouchers.  This  will  account  for  the  saci  tbat  a  corporation  of  such  vast  maguituae  and  imporcaace 
could  be  foilly  aud  satisfactorily  examined  in  a  few  weeks,  whicb,  under  ordmaiy  eironmstanoes,  wou'd  have 

required  as  many  months.  

WILLIAM  8MTTH.  Acting  Superintendent. 


Tie  New-York  WeeMy  Times, 

WILL  BE  SENT  PO!*TAWB  PAID  TO  INDIVIOOAb 
SUBSCRIBERS  AT 

OieDoller  ail  Twenty  Celts 

tBU.  ANNUAL 

IN  CLUBS  OF  TMIBTT  OR  JIOBB  AT 

ONE  DOLLAR  PER  ANNUM 


THE  UP-TOWN  OFFICB  OF  TB£  Tia»8<^ 

The  up-towa  ofDoe  of  THE  TIMBS  Is  loestod  at 

No.  1,207  Broadway,  bet.  31st  ud  33d  Ma. 

Opea  daily,  Sundays  induled.  ftom  4  A.  If.  ta  9  F.  X. 
Snbsenptlons  received,  aad   capiea  of  THB  T1MB8  ter 

sale. 

ADVERTISEMENTS  RECEIVED  UNTIL  9  P.  IC. 


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VOL.  XXVI .NO.  792a 


KEW-YORK,  FEIDAY,  FEBRUARY  9,  1877. 


PRIOB  FOUR  CENTS. 


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WASHINGTON. 

m 

DEMOCRATIC  CRUELTY   TO   POLITI- 
CAL  OPPONENTS. 

JHE  CASE  OF  MESSRS.  WEIXS  AND  ANDEB- 
80N,  OF  THE  LOUISIANA  RBTUKNING 
BOARD— THEIR      CLOSE    IMPRISONMENT 

IN  A  DUNGEON — MR.  HAI-E'S  EFFORTS 
TO  HAVE  THE  PRISONERS  HUMANELY 
TREATED  DEFEATED  BY  THE  DEMO- 
CRACY. 

Snedal Dmaiehlo  tht  Neio-York  Tlm^^.  ■ 
.  Washington,  Feb.  8. — In  the  House  to- 
day, Mr.  Hale  called  attention  to  the  crael 
^  treatment  to  whioli  Messrs.  Wells  and  Ander- 
son, of  the  Louisiana  Returning  Board, 
are  treated  by  officers  of  the  House, 
<  and      introduced,      a      resolution       direotine 

that  the  gentlemen  named  be  removed  from 
the  dungeon  where  they  are  now  confined  and 
placed  in  a  room  to  be  selected  by  the  Speaker. 
Mr.  Hale'a  remarks  desoribins  the  unhealthy 
duneeon  in  which  Messrs.  Wells  and  Anderson 
are  incarcerated,  aroused  some  of  those  on 
the  Democratic  side  who  are  snartine  under 

tbe    irritation    caused   by  the    decision  of  the 

Electoral  Commission  in  the  Florida  case,  nota- 
bly S.  S.  Cox,  who  made  a  characteristic 
speech  denounoins  Wells  and  defending  the  offi- 
cers of  the  House  for  their  exhibitions  of  mahce 
toward  the  two  prisoners.  With  a^  clownish 
flourish  he  introduced  the  bill  of  fare  furnished 
by  the  House  restaarateur  to  show  how  com- 
fortable an  old  man  of  near  fourscore  years 
can  be  made  in  a  damp,  badly-ventilated  dun- 
geon itt  the  crypt  of  the  Capitol.  No  com- 
plaint is  made  with  reference  to  the  feeding  of 
tbe  prisoners,  but  complaint  ia  very  justly 
made  that  tbese  two  men  are  se- 
lected for  Democratic  vengeance  and  treated 
with  more  severity  and  harshness  than 
is  exhibited  toward  common  felons.  If  they 
were  sent  to  the  common  .jail  thev  might  not 
be  fed  so  well  as  they  now  are,  but  they  would 
be  made  comfortable  in  their  lodeings,  which 
is  of  as  much'importance  to  a  man  nearly  80 
years  of  age  as  is  his  bill  of  fare.  The  pre- 
vious question  on  Mr.  Hale's  resolution  was 
voted  down,  when  the  matter  was  referred  to 
the  Committee  on  Privileges  of  the  House,  with 
mstructions  to  make  aa  early  report. 

Immediately  after  this  matter  was  disposed 
of,  Mr.  Carr,  of  ludiana,  who  succeeded  the 
lat-e  Speaker  Kerr,  introduced  a  preamble  and 
cesolations  declaring  that  as  the  Electoral  Com- 
mission had  rendered  a  decision  that  made  it 
useless  to  cdntinue  taking  evidence  before 
committees  of  the  House  touching  the  Presi- 
dential^ elec||Jon,  therefore  the  Louisiana  Be- 
tumine  Boird  shoula  be  immediately  dis- 
charged from  the  custody  of  the  House.  This 
was  intended  as  a  reflection  upon  the  action 
of  the  Commission,  and  indicates  the  feeling  of 
the  Democrats  on  this  subject.  Obgection  being 
made,  the  resolution  could  not  be  considered. 


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THE  BOTTOM  HAS  FALLEN  OUT. 
IHE  TILDBN  INQUISITION  NO  LONGER  OF 
USE  TO  THE  PARTY—NO  FURTHER  IN- 
TEREST TAKEN  IN  THE  LOUISIANA  IN- 
VESTIGATIONS— COMPLETE  FAILURE  OF 
A  PETTIFOGGING  CONGRESSMAN  —  ON 
THE   RAGGED   EDGE. 

dpeeial  Ditpatchto  the  New-Torh  Time*. 

Washington,  Feb.  8.— David  Dudley 
Field,  who  was  sent  to  Washington  by  Mr.  Til- 
Jen  for  the  express  purpose  of  frightening  the 
Louisiana  witnesses  into  making  some  state- 
ment damaging  to  the  Bepublican  cause,  has 
been  a  complete  failure.  For  a  time  it  seeuied 
as  if,  supported  by  his  pet  witnesses  Littlefield 
Mid  Maddox,  ne  was  going  to  do  great  things  for 
the  great  reformer ;  but  within  the  past  few 
days  the  lying  testimony  of  those  adventurers 
has   been    completely    broken    down,    and    by 

their  own  words  they  have  been  proved  to 
be,  indeed,  what  Gov.  Wells  called  them, 
••  unmitigated  liars,"  Mr.  Field  seems  now  to 
have  given  up  the  battle  which  he  com- 
meuced  with  so  much  vigor  a  few 
days  ago,  and  he  docs  not  take  any 
prominent  part  in  the  investigation.  A  ntun- 
ber  of  minor  witnesses  were  examined  to-day, 
among  them  Mr.  E.  W.  Barnes,  the  Western 
Union  Telegraph  Manager  in  New-Orleans,  but 
nothing  new  of  importance  was  learned.  It 
seems  to-day  as  if  the  Florida  investigation 
was  to  be  entirely  abandoned  by  the  Demo- 
srats.  Mr.  Field  has  notified  Gov.  Steams, 
Gen.  Martin,  and  other  witnesses  that  they 
will  not  be  called  upon  to  testify  until 
Dext  week,  and  tbat  they  might  not  be  called  at 
all.  And  so  David  Dudley's  great  scheme  to 
bully  his  political  opponents  into  makmg  cap- 
ital for  his  party  friends  falls  to  the  ground. 
As  the  counsel  for  the  old  Boss,  Tweed,  he  was 
not  a  success,  and  as  the  legal  advisor  of  the 
would-be  Boss,  Tilden,  he  has  been  a  decided 
failure. 

THE  SOUTH  PASS  JETTY  BILL. 

THE  QUESTION  OF  PAYING  CAPT.  EADS  THE 
HALF  MILLION  DUE  HIM  IN  MONEY  OR 
IN   BONPS. 

Special  IHtvatch  to  tht  ITew-  York  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  8.— There  is  likely  to 
be  a  sharp  struggle  between  the  House  and  the 
Senate  over  the  bill  appropriating  $500,000  to 

Capt.  Bads,  as  part  payment  for  his  Mississippi 
River  improvements.  Tne  act  of  Congress 
provides  that  Eads  shall  be  paid  in 
money,  or  in  bonds  should  no  appro- 
priation be  available  when  his  installment 
becomes  due.  Tbe  House  passed  a  bill  appro- 
priating the  money,  but  the  Senate  to-day 
amended  the  bill,  making  the  amoant  payable 
in  5  per  cent  bonds,  thus  giving  Eads  a  premium 
af  feO.OOO,  and  add^g  $500,000  to  the  bonded 
debt  of  the  United  States,  and  issuing  bonds  at 
a  higher  rate  of  interest  than  is  paid  by  the 
Government  on  its  bonds  now  being 
negotiated.  There  can  .  be  no  reason 
why  the  Government  should  run  into  debt  and 
pay  $60,000  as  a  premium  for  the  privilege  of 
doing  it  when  its  Treasury  shows  a  large  avail- 
able balance.  Mr.  Eads,  it  is  claimed,  has  the 
technical  right  to  demand  bonds,  the  appro- 
priation not  having  been  available  when  his 
money  t>ecame  due  last  month;  bot  his  de- 
mand for  bonds  has  the  appearance  of  a 
sharp  business  trick.  The  provision  was  made 
to  allow  him  to  claim  bonds  if  no  appropria- 
tion was  available,  in  order  that  if  bis  money 
became  due  during  a  recess  of  Congress,  he 
.might  not  be  compelled  to  wait  for  many 
months  for  his  pay.  It  was  not  expected  when 
bis  bill  was  passed  that  the  bonds  would  be  at 
a  premium.  Of  this  unexpected  fact  Mr.  Eads 
seeks  to  take  advantage  to  obtain  $60,000  more 
than  his  contract  gives  him. 


IHE  SUIT  AaAIiSST   GEX.  BELKNAP. 

THE  GA8E    DISMISSED  ^T    THE    REQUEST     OF 
THE  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY. 
Washington,  Feb.  8. — The  case  of  the  United 
States  against  Gen.  Belknap   tras   to-day  dismissed 

OD  motion  of  the  District  Attorney,  in  accordance 
witb  the  dlrectl(Hi8  of  the  Attorney  General,  for  tbe 
reason  that  the  evidence  would  not  aostaio  tbe 
proaaaation*    Tho  aotloa  of  the  Attoniev  General 


ia  taken  on  tbe  direction  of  President  Grant,  who 
indorses  a  report  by  the  District  Attorney  as  fol- 
lows : 

"In  view  of  the  within  statement  of  the  Dlatriet 
Attornev  of  the  District  of  Colombia  to  the  effect 
that  be  believes  a  convlclien  improbable,  and  in 
view  of  theC^loDg  snfienng  of  tbe  acouted,  and  the 
great  expense  to  which  he  has  already  been  sub- 
jected,  I  think  the  District  Attorney  should  be  di- 
rected to  dismiss  tbe  suit.  U.  S.  GRANT." 

The  formal  order  of  the  Attorney  General  f61« 
lows,  and  Jadee  MaoArthor  indorsed  it : 

"  On  reading  tbe  papers  and  instraotlons  filed, 
and  on  motion  of  H.  H,  Wells,  United  States  Attor- 
ney, it  ia  ordered  that-  the   case — beine  indiotment 
No.  11,262 — be  ana  the  same  is  hereby  dismissed. 
McARTHUB,  Jmtice." 


BREACH  OF  FBOMISE  SUIT. 
A  LADY  CLEBK  IN    THE    TREASURY    BRINAS 
SUIT    AGAINST      SENATOR     SIMON     CAM- 
ERON— DAMAOKS    CLAIMED   IN   THE   SUM 
OP     $50,000— WHAT    IS     SAID     BY    THE 

FRIENDS    OF    THE    SENATOR. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  yew-  Yort  Times. 
Washington,  Feb.  8.— The  political  and, 
to  some  extent,  the  social  world  of  Washington 
was  startled  to-day  by  the  announcement  that 
a  well-known  law  firm,  on  behalf  of  Blarv  S. 
Oliver,   a  lady   employed    in    the  Treasury 

Department,  bad  brought  a  suit  against  the 
venerable  Senator  Simon  Cameron  for  breach 
of  promise  of  marriage.  The  plaintiff  is 
said  to  be  a  person  of  good  appear- 
ance and  address,  and  is  between  35 
and  40  years  of  age.  She  asks  for  damages 
in  the  sum  of  $50,000.  Senator  Cameron,  as  it 
is  perhaps  unnecessary  to  state,  is  nearly  80 
years  old.  In  her  complaint  the  lady  states 
that  on  the  7th  day  of  December,  1875,  "  in  con- 
sideration that  the  s^id  plaintifT,  who  was  then 
sole  and  unmarried,  at  the  special  instance  and 
request  of  the  said  defendant,  had  then  agreed 
and  undertaken  to  marry  and  take  the  said  de- 
fendant to  husband,  he,  the  said  defendant, 
then,  to  wit  on  the  day  and  year  last 
aforesaid,  undertook  and  faithfully  promised 
the  said  plaintifiT  to  marry  and  take  her,  the 
said  plaintiff,  to  wife  in  a  reasonable  time,  then 
next  following,  and  she  avers  that  although 
a  reasonable  time  for  that  purpose  hath  long 
since  elapsed,  and  although  she,  the  said  plain- 
tiff, confiding  in  the  said  last-mentioned  prom- 
ise, hath  always  been  ready  and  willing  to 
marry  and  take  to  her  husband  him,  the  said 
defendant,  yet  detendant  hath  not  taken  her 
to  wife,  although  often  requested  so  to  do." 
Senator  Cameron's  friends  state  tbat  the  suit 
is  brought  for  the  purpose  of  levying  black- 
maiL 

PBIVATE  CLAIMS  IN  CONGRESS. 
AN  ATTEMPT  TO  SMUGGLE  THROUGH  A  LOT 
OB'  CLAIMS — HOW  THE  DEFICIENCY  AP- 
PROPRIATION BILL  WAS  LOADED  DOWN 
—  ADVOCATES  OF  THEIR  PAYMENT 
AFRAID  OF  THE  RECORD — THE  AGGRE- 
GATK  AMOUNT  INVOLVED. 

dpeeial  Dispatch  to  Wis  jVeio-  Fork  Timt. 

Washington,  Feb.  8.— While  the  De- 
ficiency Appropriation  bill  was  under  consider- 
ation in  the  House  yesterday  in  Comniittee  of 
the  Whole,  a  long  list  was  presented  ot  private 
claims  against  the  Government,  relatiag  main- 
ly to  fuinishing  supplies  to  the  Indian  Bureau, 
some  of  them  going  back  to  1861.  The  cla^s 
vary  in  amount  from  $20  to  $47,000,  and 
aggregate  $465,000.  They  •  have  been 
before  Congress  several  times.  Last  year  they 
were  referred  to  the  House  Committee  on  Appro- 
priations, reported  back  by  that  committee  for 
investigation,  and  referred  to  the  Committee 
on  Claims.  They  remained  in  possession  of 
that  committee  until  last  week,  when  they 
were  again  reported  to  the  House  without  rec- 
ommendation, and  once  more  referred  to  the 
Committee  on  Appropriations.  The  Committeo 
on  Appropriations  refused  to  incorporate  the 
claims  in  the  Deficiency  bill,  besause  they  be- 
lieved they  should  receive  proper  investiga- 
tion from  a  committeo  of  the  House.  After 
some  debate  the  claims  were  inserted  in  the 
bill  yesterday  as  an  amendment,  by  a  vote  ot 
97  to  53.  To-day  when  the  bill  was  reported  to 
the  House,  a  separate  vote  was  demanded 
on  this  amendment,  and  it  was  stricken  out 
on  a  division.  Had  it  not  been  for  the  deter- 
mination of  those  opposed  to  the  amendment 
to  call  the  yeas  and  nays  to  retain  it  in  the  bill, 
it  would  undoubtedly  have  succeeded.  These 
claims  may  be  just  and  proper,  but  thoy  should 
be  passed  on  individually  after  investigation, 
and  not  dumped  into  a  general  appropriation 
bill.  The  fact  that  those  who  advocated  their 
payment  shrink  from  putting  themselves  on 
record  to  direct  their  payment  is  a  susnicioas 
circumstance. 

CLAIMS  AGAINST  MEXICO. 

THE  BILL  FOR  THE  DISTRIBUTION  OF  THE 
AWARD  UNDER  CONSIDERATION — TEN 
YEARS  TO  PAY  OFF  THE  WHOLE  AMOUNT. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  New-York  Timts. 

Washington,  Feb.  8. — The  Foreign  Af- 
fairs Committee  of  the  House  had  quite  an 
extended  session  this  morning,  considering  a 
bill  for  the  distribution  of  the  awards  made 
by  the  Mexican  Commission,  which  concluded 
its  labors  some  days  since.  This  commission 
has  been  in  existence  some  years,  and  was  cre- 
ated by  a  treaty  made  in  1868,  between  this 
country  and  Mexico,  by  which  the  claims  of 
American  citizens  against  Mexico,  ana  the 
claims  of  Mexicans  against  tbe  United  States, 
were  to  be  adjusted  before  this  tribunal.  The 
number  of  oases  heard  and  adjudicated  by  the 
commission  was  very  large,  the  awards  be- 
ing in  favor  of  the  United  States  claimants  to 
the  amount  of  $4,000,000.  By  the  terms  of  the 
treaty  Mexico  is  od^  required  to  pay  $300,000 
per  annum  of  this  amount  until  the  entire  9um 
of  $4,000,000  is  canceled.  The  first  install- 
ment of  $300,000  has  been  deposited 
by  the  Mexican  Government,  and  the 
bill  agreed  upon  by  the  committee  to-day,  and 
which  will  be  offered  to-morrow,  directs  the 
Secretary  ot  the  Treasury  to  pay  this  sum  pro 
rata  to  the  claimants  who  have  been  awarded 
judgments  by  the  commission.  An  effort  has 
been  made  te  get  such  legislation  as  would  di- 
rect this  Government  to  pay  the  $4,000,000 
awarded  by  the  commission,  tbe  Government 
to  have  claim  for  that  amount  upon  Mexico. 
This  the  committee  would  not  agree  to,  but 
agreed  upon  the  biU  for  a  pro  rata  distribution 
of  the  $300,000  per  annum.  By  this  bill  it  will 
take  about  10  years  to  pay  off  the  whole 
award. 

NOTES  FROM  THE  CAPITAL. 


Washington,  Feb.  8,— Yesterday's  examina- 
tion of  Frederick  C.  Humphreys,  the  Fioriaa  Be- 
publican Elector,  was  not  conducted  by  tbe  Chair- 
man of  the  Senate  Privileges  and  Elections  Com- 
mittee, (Mr.  Morton,)  nor  was  It  made  under  any 
special  inatrnotions  of  the  Senate,  as  may  have  been 
inferred  from  th«  pnhlisbed  report.  Mr.  Hnmphreya 
was  labpfliaaed  and  examined  by  Senator  Sargent, 
as  Chairman  of  tbe  branch  of  the  Privileges  and 
Elections  Committee  which  »  known  as  the  Senate 
Floilda  Committee. 

The  Hooae  Committee  on  Appropriationa  to-day 
commenced  tne  preparation  ot  the  Army  Appropri- 
ation bill,  and  agreed  that  tH  ita  items  shall  be 
framed  upon  the  basis  of  a  redaction  of  tbe  force 
from  35,000  to  33,000  men. 

The  Senate  Committee  on  Fatenta.  owing  *  >tbe 


absence  of  several  of  its  members  on  investigating 
committees,  did  not  meet  to-day,  and  the  important 
House  bill,  in  regard  to  inftlngements  of  patents, 
requiring  all  suits  to  be  commenced  within  12 
months  from  date  of  infringement,  Sco.,  therefore 
still  remains  on  the  docket  of  the  committee  with- 
out action. 

The  Post  Office  Appropriation  bill  as  reported 
by  the  Senate  Committee  to-day  ii  increased  in 
amoant  abent  11,800,000  oyer  its  total  of  t33,221,00O 
as  passed  by  tbe  Honse.    Tbe  principal    items  of 

Increase      are      as       follows:         For       mail 

transportation  by  railroads,  $600,000,  (making 
thi,  total  for  this  purpose,  J9,60O,0O0;) 
compensation  of  Postmasters.  (250,000 ;  payment  of 
letter-carriers,  tlSO.OOO  ;  raliwav  Post  Office  clerks, 
1175,000  ;  route  agentH,  $105,000  ;  mail-messengers, 
$100,000;  clerks  in  Post  Offices,  $100,000 ;  mauofac- 
ture  of  stamped  envelopes  and  newspaner  wrap- 
pers, $64,000;  postal  cards,  $50,000;  advertising, 
$29,000;  misoellaneona  and  incidental  expenses, 
$5,000.  The  total  of  the  bill  as  now  reoorted  ex- 
ceeds that  of  last  year  by  about  $450,000,  bat  is 
$l,683,00b  less  than  tbe  estimates. 

The  Senate  Committee  on  Finance  will,  at  its 
meeting  early  next  week,  take  into  consideration 
tbe  recent  financial  Message  of  President  Grant. 

The  certificates  ot  Electoral  votes  thus  tar  acted 
on  bv  tbe  two  haases  in  joint  session  are  in  charge 
of  the  tellers,  and  those  not  yet  opened  are  in  cus- 
tody of  the  President  pro  tera.  of  the  Ssnate.  These 
certificates  are  caretnlly  guarded  by  the  respective 
parlies  against  all  possible  danger. 

The  Senate,  in  executive  session,  to-day  con- 
firmed the  following  nominations:  B.  F.  Kelly,  of 
West  "Virginia,  to  be  Rs^iater  at  Santa  F6.  Now- 
Mexico  ;  Edward  Clisdel,  to  be  Pontraaster  at  Corn- 
ing, N.  Y. ;  T.  B.  Patton,  to  be  Postmaster  at  Al- 
toona,  Penn. ;  J.  H.  MarstiMi,  to  be  Postmaster  at 
Coboes,  N.  Y. 

The  tollowing  IS  a  statement  of  the  balances  In 
the  United  Staoos  Treasury  to-day  at  the  close  of 
business:  Carrenoy,  $10,816,976;  special  deposit  of 
legal  tendoTB  for  the  redemption  of  certificates  of 
deposit,  $35,310,000;  coin,  including  $55,235,600 
In  certificates,  $83,115,562;  ontstanding  legal  ten- 
ders. $364,984,812. 

Albert  Peyser,  an  alleged  inellzible  Democratic 
Elector  from  West  Virginia,  arrived  here  this  morn- 
ing in  obedience  to  a  sabpoeaa  from  the  Senate 
Committee  on  Prlvileees  and  Elections.  It  is 
claimed  that  Peyser  is  &  native  of  Poland,  and  has 
never  been  naturalized  as  a  oitisun  of  this  conutrv. 
Several  witnesses  have  been  subpoenaed  to  testify 
in  the  case.  Mr.  Peyser  claims  to  be  a  native  of 
New-Tsrk  State. 

Tbe  receipts  from  Internal  Revenue  to-day  were 
$400,6^7  32;   and  from  Customs,  $584, WT;  70. 

Tbe  Smithsonian  Institute  to-day  received  a  dis- 
patch from  France  announcing  (ho  aisoovery  of  a 
new  planet  of  tbe  twolf th  maiinitude  by  Mr.  Barelly, 
of  the  Pans  Ooservatory.  The  planet  was  observed 
on  Feb.  5,  10  bonrs  and  36  minutss  right  ascension, 
9°  39  north  declination  :  motion  north. 

Lieut.  Commander  Thomas  Nelson  has  been  or- 
dered to  tbe  Hydrograpbio  Office  on  tbe  ISth  lost.; 
Assistant  Surgeon  George  P.  Lnmadsn  to  tbe  train- 
ing-sblp  Minnesota  at  New-York,  and  Passed  As- 
Riataui  Ebgtneer  William  A.  H.  Allen  to  duty  in 
tbe  Bureau  of  Steam  Engineering.  Lieat  L.  C. 
Logan  has  reported  bis  retnrn  home,  havlag  been 
detached  from  the  Tennessee,  Asiatic  Station,  on 
the  I7ih  of  Deceoiber  last,  ana  has  been  placed  on 
waiting  orders.  Chief  Engineer  William  B.  Brooks 
has  been  ordered  I'rum  tbe  Marion  and  floet  euci- 
ueership  o{  the  European  Station  on  the  renorting 
of  his  relief,  and  ordered  to  return  home  ana  await 
orders. 

RAID  ON  A  LOT  OF  COCK-FIGHTERS. 


BRUTAL  SPORTSMEN  UNDER  ARREST  IN  PHILA- 
DELPHIA —  ONE      OF    THEIR     NUMBER 

FATALLY  SHOT. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  Neia-  York  TiTnet. 

,  Philadklphia,  Fet.  8. — This  morning 
before  daylight  a  detachment  of  Police  ofiScers 
made  a  raid  on  a  cook-pit  located  on  Forty- 
hrst  street,  near  the  Centennial  Buildings, 
where  some  300  persons  were  witnessing  a 
mam.  The  building  in  which  the  fights  took 
place  was  used  as  a  restaurant  during  the 
Centennial,  and  had  been  excavated  and  all 
the  appliances  of  a  pit  introduced. 
Forty-five  persons  were  arrested,  and 
one  man  named  Pauick  MoGroi  v.  living  in  tho 
extreme  south-western  part  of  the  city,  was 
shot  and  killed.  It  is  supposed  that  h»  was 
killed  by  some  of  the  parties  inside,  us  the  Po- 
lice fired  but  one  shot,  andthe  ball  lodged  in 
the  ceiling.  All  the  parties  arrested  were  dis- 
chareedfrom  custody  to-night  by  Chief  of  Police 
Jones,  there  being  no  tangible  evidence  to  hold 
them.  He  consulted  with  Assistant  District 
Attorney  Hagert  on  tho  subject,  and  ascer- 
tained' there  was  no  ia\y.  to  suit  the  case. 
McGrory,  who  was  employed  to  handle  some  of 
tbe  birds,  leaves  a  wife  and  six  ahildreik  The 
participants  comprised  some  of  the  lowest 
thieves  in  tbe  city,  and  their  statements  are  so 
conflicting  regarding  the  death  of  ArcGrory 
that  additional  investigation  will  be  necessary 

before  it  can  '  be  determined  who  is  the  mur- 
derer.   

THE  BALL  lO  THE  OHASD  WEE  AT  KOR- 

FOLK. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  Ntw-  York  Times. 

NoitFOLK,  Feb.  8.— The  naval  ball  of  the 
officers  en  this  station  in  honor  of  the  Grand 
Duke  Alexis  and  the  Russian  uav.d  officers 
took  place  to-night.  The  ball-room  for  tbe  oc-* 
casion  was   the    sail-loft    in   the    Navy  yard, 

which  was  most  elaborately  decorated.  The 
banquet  hall  was  over  the  main  entrance 
to  the  yard,  where  several  tables  were 
spread,  elegantly  decorated  with  bouquets 
and  novelties  in  the  culinary  art. 
All  that  art  could  devise,  experience  suggest, 
or  money  purchase,  has  been  exhausted  in 
making  this  an  event  m  the  history  of  naval 
balls.  Commodere  McCreaay,  of  the  Old  Domi- 
nion Steara-ship  Conspany,  placed  the  steamer 
N.  P.  Banks  at  the  disposition  ot  tho  Com- 
mittee of  Arrangements  to  transport  the  guests 
from  this  City  to  the  Navy-yard.  Over  1,'.200 
invitatJions  were  sent'  out. 


JNDlAJiS  AND  WHITE  BORSETBIEVES. 

Chetennk,  Feb.  7. — llie  following  report  is 
brought  by  a  herder  who  arrived  here  last  night. 
It  lacks  confirma'ion.  He  says  tbat  on  the  5tb 
inst.,  while  be  was  herding  cattle  12  miles  south  of 
Pine  Blnffs,  and  about  50  miles  south-east  of  this 
city,  he  came  upon  abont  30  Cheyenne  Indians,  who 
appeared  to  have  gone  into  camp  permanently.  Tbe 
herder  was  on  foot  when  hediscoverea  tbe  Indians 
and  bid  himself  in  the  bashes  until  he  could  escape 
nnobaerved.  The  Indians  found  bis  pony  and  took 
it  into  their  camp.  Night  before  last  tne  Indians 
drove  off  seven  head  of  stuck  from  Sabelle's  ranch. 
The  herdets  were  obased  by  tbe  Indians,  hut 
esoape-J.  Laat  week  a  lot  of  ponies  were  stolen 
from  tbe  Bed  Cloud  Agency  by  while  horse-thieves. 
A  party  ot  soldiers  went  in  pursuit,  and  yesterday 
overtook  and  oaptnred  two  of  the  thieves,  recover- 
ing 26  ponies.  I'bere  was  a-  third  man  witb  the 
stolon  ponies,  who  managed  to  get  away. 

MBETINQ  OP  THE  CANAL  BOARD. 
Albany,  Feb.  8.— At  the  meeting  of  the  Canal 
Board  to-day,  the  proposition  of  Daniel  Candee  to 
settle  bis  pending  contracts  was  agreed  to.  The 
Committee  on  Constrnctlcn  reported  in  favor  of 
granting  the  petition  to  complete  tbe  Oneida  Lake 
Canal  to  a  depth  of  five  feet,  the  State  to  be  secured 
to  the  extent  of  $5,000  annually  for  10  years,  against 
loss  for  deficiency  of  revenue,  and  that  the  rates  of 
toll  be  sufficiently  high  to  cover  expenses.  The  mat- 
ter of  tbe  tod  sheet  was  taken  up,  and  Mr.  Wal- 
rath's  motion  to  adopt  tbe  toll  sheSt  of  1876  for  1877 
Mas  lost,  2  to  S.  On  motion  of  Mr.  Dorsheimer  it 
wa«  resolved  to  hold  a  meeting  on  March  31  next, 
when  the  appeal  calendar  will  be  taken  up.  Tbe 
complaint  against  W.  H.  Bonn,  Saperio  ten  dent  of 
ijecUou  0  of  the  Erie  Canal,  alter  tbe  examination  of 
several  witnesses,  was  dismissed. 


THE  PORT  DEPOSIT  ICE. 
Port  Deposit,  Feb.  8. — The  ice-gorge  at  this 
point  eontiunes  to  waste  away.  Tbe  ice  field  be- 
low is  still  unbroken,  bnt  is  hourly  growing 
weaker.  The  rolling  stock  of  the  railroad  com- 
panies will  remain  here  to-night  for  the  first  time 
since  Saturday  night,  but  the  steam  will  be  kept 
in  the  engines,  and  a  watchman  will  remain  on 
dnty  to  give  the  alarm  and  have  them  removed  in 
case  of  danger.  All  trains  leave  and  arrive  at  tbe 
depot  now,  as  tunal,  and  little  appiehension  is  felt 
of  another  inandatlon. 

SEWSBOYS  AIDING  STRIKING  PRINTERS. 

CmcAOO,  Feb.  8. — Follawing  in  the  wake  of 
the  printers'  strike,  the  newsboys  yesterday  stmck 
against  tbe  P<Mt,  and  becoming  riotous  and  abasive 
toward  the  proprietor  and  policemen,  five  were  taken 
into  custody  and  this  morning  sent  to  Bnaewell  fbr 

30  davB.  Tbe  PoiU  on  its  bulletin-board  this  mom- 
ing,  annonnoad  that  it  would  keep  ap  tbe  fight  and 
"^manage  ita  own  bosiness.  It  chaiges  tbat  the  news- 
boys were  hired  by  the  disobarged  printers  and  by 
the  onion  to  strilce,  and  gives  aotiea  that  theoamers 
will  sell  the  napera  on  the  streets.  The'*  cases" 
were  taken  by  new  men  in  sofBoient  nambar  to  ad* 

■it  tf  the  InM  of  tiHiay'a  editioB  M  nsiu4 


THE  ELECTORAL  TRIBUSAL 


ELIGIBILITY  OF  AN  ELECTOR. 

THE  CASE  OP  MR.  HUMPHREYS,  OF  FLORI- 
DA—SHARP PRACTICE  BY  THE  DEMO- 
CRATIC LAWYERS  CHECKED  —  ARGU- 
MENTS   OF   MESSRS.    HOADLEY,     GBREN, 

AND     MERRICK     ON      THE       DEMOCRATIC 
SIDE,  AND  MESSRS.  BHELLABARGER  AND 

EVARTS     ON    TBE   REPUBLICAN    SIDE. 
Special  Dispatch  to  the  New-York  limes. 

Washington,  Feb.   8.— The  meeting  of 

the  Electoral  Commission  to-day  was  regarded 
with  great  interest,  because  of  the  knowledge 
that  the  decision  made  yesterday  was  to  be 
announced,  and  tbe  public  bearing  was  to  be 
continued.  The  court-room,  however,  was  not 
BO  much  crowded  with  spectators  as  usual  Par- 
ticularly was  the  absence  noted  of  Senators  and 
members  of  the  House  who  have  been  regular 
in  attendance  at  the  sittings.  There  was  no 
appearance  of  excitement,  and  one  would  not 
have  guessed  from  the  appearance  of  the  Com- 
missioners or  the  counsel,  that  an  important 
and  probably  a  conclusive  decision  bad  already 

been  rendered  in  the  great  case  pending.  The 
Democrats,  who  last  night  for  a  time  com- 
pletely surrendered,  collected  their  senses  and 
determined  to  reho  w  the  contest.  They  even 
professed  to  be  entirely  satisfied  with  the  de- 
cision of  the  Commission.  Many  of  them  seem 
even  to  have  reasoned  themselves  once  more 
into  a  fooling  of  confidence.  Thus  excitement 
was  allayed  and  disappointment  was  covered 
up.  They  thought  they  could  gain  something 
under  the  second  order  of  the  court  concern- 
ing evidence  in  the  cases  of  ineligible  Electors, 
and  will  make  that  hereafter  the  leading 
issue  which  they  will  urge  in  Louisiana  and 
Oregon,  and  will  rest  upon  the  argument  of 
Judge  Hoadley.  Of  his  position,  it  must  be 
said  that  it  is  taken  and  sustained  with  great 
ingenuity,  and  his  argument  reminds  one  of 
some  curious  and  wonderful  contrivance, 
amusing  and  interesting  to  examine, 
but  which  is  of  no  sort  of  use 
except  to  display  the  skill  of  the 
inventor.  It        will        not        stand        the 

test  ot  common  sense  or  of  the  settled  authori- 
ties. He  makes,  for  instance,  the  point  that, 
where  ineligible  Electors  are  voted  for,  instead 
of  producing  a  vacancy  in  the  college,  it  is  a 
failure  to  elect,  which  is  not  a  vacancy  within 
the  meaning  of  the  State  laws  which  authorize 
the  college  to  fill  up  the  places  of  missing 
members.  His  theory,  carried  into  practice, 
would  compel  Electoral  Colleges,  before  filling 
a  vacancy,  to  make  an  investigation  and  deter- 
mine whether  the  nbsentees  were  eligible  or 
ineligible ;  which  is,  of  co'irse,  wholly  im- 
practicable. The  Commission  at  5  o'clock 
adjourned         till  to-morrow  morning, 

when  tbe  private  consultation  on 
the  final  question  in  this  case  will  begin. 
There  was  a  motion  to  take  a  recess  of  half  an 
hour  with  a  view  to  deciding  the  case  to-night, 
but  the  motion  to  adjourn  was  made,  and  it 
was  noted  that  it  was  carried  by  Justice  Brad- 
ley voting  with  the  Democrats.  Probably  he 
voted  against  prolonging  the  wearisome  ses- 
sion of  to-day,  because  his  own  physical 
strength  is  not  very  great,  and  he  is  anxious 
not  to  become  sick  and  unable  to  discharse  his 
duty. 

The  long  day  of  argument  on  the  Florida 
case  made  the  session  a  dull  one,  as  there  were 
no  new  points  under  consideratian,  except  tbat 
relative  to  the  eligibility  of  Humphreys.  The 
Democratic  counsel  began  the  day  with 
a  characteristic  trick,  which  illustrates 
the  Democratio  methods  in  the  man- 
agement of  their  case.  Tho  Commission 
announced  through  its  presiding  officer.  Jus- 
tice Clifford,  that  evidence  would  be  received 
relative  to  tho  ineligibility  of  Humphreys.  Mr. 
Green,  the  New-Jersey  counsel,  called  to  the 
stand  the  Democratic  Attorney  General  of 
Florida,  and,  after  asking  him  the  usual  for- 
mal questions  without  making  any  reterenceto 
the  case  of  Humphreys  on  which  the  Commis- 
sion had  directed  evidence  to  be  taken,  asked  a 
direct  question  as  to  the  bringing  of  tho 
quo  icarranto  proceedings  against  the  Hayes 
Electors.  The  coolness,  the  indescribable  im- 
pudence of  this  attempt  ot  the  Democrats 
astounded  the  audience  and  the  Commission,  and 
even  the  Kepublican  counsel  hesitated  a  moment 
before  Mr.  Evarts  offered  an  objection  to  the 
question,  on  the  ground  that  it  was  not  within 
the  scope  of  the  order  of  the  Commission.  Mr. 
Green  seriously  proposed  to  go  on  and  present 
evidence  as  to  the  quo  warranto  proceedings,  but 
was  ruled  out  by  tho  Commission.  He  then 
dismissed  his  witness,  who  knew  nothing  at  all 
about  Humphreys.  Another  -witness  was 
called  who  had  dealings  with  Humphreys  as 
Shipping  Commissioner  up  to  last  August.  A 
copy  of  Humphreys'  appointment  was  pro- 
duced, and  that  concluded  the  Democratic  case. 
Mr.  Humphreys  himself,  was  called,  and  briefly 
examined  by  Mr.  Stoughton,  and  be  produced 
the  resignation  and  acceptance  already  pub- 
lished. This  ended  the  taking  of  evidence. 
The  attempt  of  the  Democrats  to  get  in  other 
testimony,  in  spite  of  tbe  Commission,  was 
laughed  at  and  ridiculed  on  all  sides. 

They  asked  for  an  hour  more  of  time  for  ar- 
gument than  was  allowed  them  under  the  rules, 
and  the  request  was  granted.  Mr.  Evarts  de- 
clined to  have  any  additional  time  given  to  the 
Republicans,  whe  did  not  oonsuine  all  of  their 
two  hours.  The  demand  for  time  on  the  part 
of  the  Democrats  was  to  enable  Judge 
Hoadley,  of  Cincinnati,  who  fortified  the 
Grover  trick  by  a  legal  opinion,  and  sent  to 
Oregon  tho  brief  which  determined  Grover's 
action,  to  present  the  argument  upon  which  his 
great  intellect  has  exhausted  itself,  respecting 
the  method  of  treating  Postmasters  in  the 
Electoral  College.  He  read  in  the  Florida  case 
a  large  part  of  his  Oregon  brief,  which  he  had 
in  print  He  claimed,  first,  that  Humphreys 
could  not  get  out  of  the  office  till  his 
resignation  was  accepted  by  the  court 
in  open  session,  and  tbat  Judge  Woods' 
ncoeptanca,  sent  from  Ohio,  was  of  no  value. 
Having  made  the  point  that  Humphreys  was, 
in  spite  of  all  his  effortis  aod  the  exercise  of  tbe 
office  by  another  person,  still  Shipping  Com- 
misBioner,  Hoadley  was  prepared  to  go  into  the 
general  discussion.  The  point  of  his  whole 
speech  was  that,  in  the  case  of  Humphreys 
there'  was  a  failure  to  elect,  and, 
therefore,  if  the  Hayes  certificate  were 
received,  only  three  votes  could  be  counted. 
The  reply  to  all  this  was,  that  there  was  no 
need  for  Humphreys  to  have  his  resignation 
accepted  by  any  body.  There  was  no  term  to 
the  office,  and  he  could  divest  himself  of  it  at 
any  time  by  his  own  act,  as  the  evidence 
showed  he  had  done  before  the  election.  This 
position  was^fortified  by  authorities,  ana  seems 
to  be  unassailable. 

The  counsel  made  arguments  upon  the  oasv 
as  presented  by  the  three  aet«  of  oertificateB  ; 
but,  as  before  stated,  the  points  presented  were 
mot  new.  Tbe  speakers  on  the  Democratio 
side  were  Jadge  Hoadley  and  Mr.  Oreen,  of 
New-Jersey,  who  did  not  add  muoh  to  the  case, 
and  Mr.  Meiriek.  who  olosed  their  sideb  but. 


made  muoh  less  impression  than  in  his  first 
speech.  Mr.  Shellabarger,  of  Ohio,  opened  for 
the  Bepublioans  in  a  very  earnest  speech,  re- 
lating to  the  finality  of  the  State  action  as 
legally  certified.  Mr.  Evarts  oonoluded  on  the 
same  side,  using  only  time  enough  to  collect 
the  fragments  of  the  case,  so  to  speak,  amd  to 
cite  authorities  to  refute  the  Democratic  posi- 
tion. 
It  is  said  that  some   of  the   Supreme   Court 

decisions  cited  by  Mr.  Merrick,  were  desi^^nedly 

selected  so  as  to  introduce  several  written  by 
Judge  Bradley,  but  it  does  not  appear  that 
any  of  them  have  such  a  relation  to  tbe  case  as 
to  embarass  his  aotioti. 

In  regard  to  the  final  result  from  tbe  action 
of  the  Commission,  not  only  with  respect  to 
the  vote  of  Florida,  but  the  votes  of  the 
other  disputed  States,  the  opinion  is 
stronger  to-day  than  last  night  that 
Hayes  will  receive  the  election.  The  Demo- 
cratic leaders  pnvately  give  up  their  case, 
in  spite  of  the  public  demonstration  which 
they  continue.  Judge  Black,  who  always  op- 
posed the  compromise  bill  and  advocated  tbe 
Clarkson  N.  Potter  policy,  is  entirely  de- 
spondent, and  possibly  will  not  appear  again 
with  the  counsel.  The  vote  of  Florida  will,  with- 
out doubt,  be  counted  for  Hayes,  whenever  the 
two  house  again  meet  in  joint  assembly.  A^  to 
Louisiana,  it  is  well  understood  it  will  be  quick- 
ly disposed  of,  according  to  the  orders  made  in 
regard  to  Florida.  There  will  be  but  one  set 
of  arguments,  which  will  extend  through 
two  days,  and  some  time  may  be  taken  m 
Introducing  evidence  as  to  the  two  ineligible 
Electors  in  that  State,  Brewster  and  Lsvisse, 
who  remained  away  from  the  meeting  of  the 
college  and  were  appointed  to  fill  the  vacancies, 
their  Federal  offices  having  been  previously 
resigned.  The  argument  of  Judge  Hoadley  will 
be  applied  in  their  cases  by  the 
Democrats,  tbat  there  was  a  failure  to  elecc 
which  could  not  be  remedied  by  the  remaining 
members  of  the  College.  This,  in  the  view  of 
Republicans,  will  not  be  held  by  the 
Commission.  Oregon  will  also  be  de- 
cided on  a  single  set  of  arguments. 
The  other  contests  will  consume  but 
a  few  hours'  time.  South  Carolina  will  not  bo 
submitted  to  argument,  so  far  aa  is  now  de- 
termined, though  the  double  returns  must  go 
before  the  Commission.  As  to  the  reports  of 
objections  to  other  votes  in  other  States,  they 
are  ot  no  value,  as  it  is  certain  that  no  objec- 
tion can  anywhere  be  raised  that  will  be  sus- 
tained by  the  concurrent  action  of  both  houses. 

It  is  unfortunate  and  unfair  to  the  Repub- 
licans that  all  cases  of  ineligible  Electors  do 
not  go  before  the  Commission.  As  it  is,  the  dis- 
puted States  alone  can  have  the?  cases  sub- 
mitted ;  but  the  Republican  position  relative 
to  the  disposition  of  them  will  undoubtedly 
hold  before  tbe  Commission.  Judge  Hoad- 
ley was  introduced  into  the  Florida 
case  as  a  forlorn  hope,  precipitatmg  the 
position  that  was  to  be  taken  when  Oregon 
sboidd  be  reached.  This  was  an  evidenco  of 
weakness,  and  was  a  sudden  change  of  front, 
which  denoted  the  expectation  of  disaster, 
unless  something  unusual  and    heroic  could 

be  accomplished. 

m 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  COMMISSION. 

The  Commission  met  at  11  A.  M.  The  jour- 
nal of  yesterday's  proceedintca  was  read  and  <ip- 
nroved.  The  Presiding  .Tustioe  announced  tbat  the 
Commission  was  ready  to  proceed  with  the  ease 
subject  to  the  orders  issued  yesterday,  and  of 
which  connsel  bad  been  advised. 

Mr.  Merrick,  for  the  Democratic  side,  then  called 
George  P.  Raney,  who  testified  as  follows :  I  reside 
in  Tallahassee,  Fla.:  I  am,  by  profession,  a  lawyer, 
and* am  at  present  tbe  Attorney  General  of  tbe 
State  of  Florida;  an  the  6th  day  of  December, 
187G,  I  was  in  the  City  of  Tallahassee. 

Mr.  Merrick  asked  whether  the  witness  had  any 
knowledge  as  to  tbe  service  of  the  writ  of  qtut 
warrajito  on  tbe  Hayes  Electors  on  that  day. 

To  this  question,  Mr.  Evarts,  for  tbe  Bepublican 
side,  objected  on  the  ground  that  it  did  not  come 
within  the  limits  of  tbe  order  of  tho  Commission, 
which  related  only  to  the  eligibility  of  Mr.  Hum- 
phreys. 

Mr.  Green,  for  the  Democrats,  said  his  aide  pro- 
posed to  prove  by  thiii  witness  the  simple  tact  as  to 
tbe  precise  time  when  the  writ  of  quo  warranto 
was  served  upon  the  Hayes  Electois.  It  was  not, 
he  said,  apprehended  by  himself  and  his  associates 
that  tbe  order  made,  by  tbe  Commission  esolnded  in 
its  spirit  the  consideration  of  the  quo  warranto  pro- 
ceedings, ai.d  by  the  present  witness  he  merely  de- 
sired to  fix  the  exact  time  the  qiw  warranto  was 
served.  Tbe  objection  of  Mr.  Evarts  was  sus- 
tained, and  the  witness  was  withdrawn. 

Mr.  Green  then  called  James  E.  Yonge,  wbo  tes- 
tified that  he  was  a  practicing  lawyer  in  Pensacola, 
Fla.;  that  he  knew  Frederick  C.  Humphreys,  and 
had  known  him  for  abont  10  years;  Humphreys' 
present  business  is  agent  for  an  express  company, 
bnt  has  been  United  States  Shipping  Commissioner. 

Mr.  Evarts  interposed  tbe  objection  that  if  an 
official  position  is  to  be  proved  as  by  authority  com- 
municated from  the  Government,  tbe  official  ap- 
pointment sbonld,  in  the  absence  of  some  reason 
to  the  contrary  ■ — 

Mr.  Green  stated  that  the  testimony  given  was 
evidence   of  the  nau  of  the  office. 

Mr.  Evarts — My  objection  is  that  use  is  not  suffi- 
cient in  a  matter  pending  npon  authority. 

The  Presiding  Justice — Let  the  offioial  appoint- 
ment be  produced  to  save  objections. 

Mr.  Gieen  then  prod'^cod  and  read  in  evidence 
the  order  ot  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  for 
the  Northern  District  of  Florida,  December  term, 
1872,  appointing  Frederick  C.  Humphreys,  of  Pen- 
sacola, shipping  Commissioner  for  that  port.  To 
this  order  Is  attached  Humnhreys'  acceptance  o1^ 
tbe  office,  and  bis  official  oatL,  and  a  certificate 
from  tbe  Clerk  of  the  Conrt  dated  Jan.  34,  1877, 
setting  forth  tbat  there  is  on  file  no  resignation,  or 
acceptance  of  resiirnation.  of  the  said  Hamphreys 
as  such  Shipping  Commissioner. 

Witness  continued  :  I  know  Frederick  C.  Hum- 
phreys, one  ot  the  persons  voted  for  as  Elector  for 
President  and  Vice  President  of  the  United  States ; 
he  is  the  same  person  of  whom  I  have  spoken  as 
TTnlted  States  Cummissloner ;  I  have  had  traasao- 
tions  with  Humphreys  as  such  Commissioner,  be- 
ginning In  the  early  oart  of  1873  and  extending  up 
to  some  time  in  tbe  latter  part  ot  August,  1876;  as 
a  lawyer  I  have  frequently  hao  occasion  to  comma- 
nicate  with  him  on  the  subject  of  the  discharge  of 
American  seamen  ;  his  duties  as  Snipping  Ccinmis- 
sioner  related  to  matters  between  American  seamen 
and  ship-masters. 

Here  Mr.  Green  annonnced  the  direct  examina- 
tion of  this  witness  closed, 

Mr.  Stoughton  stated  that  he  had  no  cross-exam- 
ination. 

Mr.  Green — That .  is  all  we  propose  to  offer  by 
way  of  affirmative  evidence,  unless  there  may  be 
somotbing  which  may  be  required  to  be  offered  by 
way  of  rebuttal  to  the  testimony  offered  on  the 
other  side. 

Mr.  Evarts — Without  commenting  npon  the  state 
of  the  proof  thna  reached,  and  without  saying  any- 
thing as  to  rebuttal,  principally  upon  the  point 
that  no  evidence  has  been  adduced  that  shows  tbat 
Humphreys  held  the  office  of  Shipping  Commission- 
er at  tbe  date  ot  the  November  election,  we  will  ln>. 
trodnce  tbe  proof  on  our  part  tbat  he  did  not,  and 
then  leave  the  question  for  discussion. 

TESTIMONY  OF  MR.   HDMPHRBYa 

Frederick  C.  Humphreys  waa  then  called,  sworn, 
and  examined  as  ioUowa: 

By  Mr.  Stoughton — Q. — Were  yon  a  candidate  for 
Elector  on  the  Bepnblican  ticket  at  the  last  elec- 
tion !    A. — I  waa. 

Q. — Had  vou.  prior  to  beine  a  candidate,  held  any 
office,  and  if  so,  what  ?  A. — I  was  United  States 
Shipping  Commissioner  for  tbe  port  of  Pensacola. 

Q — When  did  you  OMiae  to  act  as  such  f  A. — On 
the  5th  day  of  October,  when  the  acceptance  of  my 
resignation  was  received  from  Judge  Woods,  from 
whom  tbe  appointment  came. 

Q. — Did  yon  resign  your  position  t    A. — I  did. 
•Q, — By  resignation  delivered  to' whom t     A. — By 
resignation  throngb  tbe  mail. 

Q. — To  whom  f    A.— To  Judge  Woods. 

<^ — Have  you  in  your  possession  tbe  aoeeptanee 
of  tbat  reaignationf    A.—  I  have. 
'    The  witoess  prodnced  the  paper  aod  handed  it  to 
He  btonftbton,  who.  after  penual,   tamed  it  over 
to  Mr.  Merriek  for  examination. 

Hr.  HutUk  otdected  te  its  iBtA>4aetfon  or  ae* 


ceptanoa  as  tbe  acceptance  of  a  resignation,  as  it 
is  the  act  of  an  individual  and  not  of  tbe  courts 

By  Mr.  Stousrhton— >Q. — ^Ton  received  this  paper 
trom  Jndg;e  Woods  in  reply  to  yunr  resignation 
sent  through  the  mail  ?    A.— I  did.  Sir. 

Mr.  Stouehton  read  the  letter  accompanying  the 
acceptance,  as  follows: 

Newabk,  Ohio,  Oof.  3, 1676. 

DsAB  Sib--  I  inclose  tbe  acceptance  of  yoor  resig- 
nation as   Shipping  Commissioner.    The  vacancy 
can  only  be  filled  by  the  Circuit  Conrt,  and   until  I 
oome  to  Pensacola  to  open  court  tor  that  purpose  t 
the  duties  of  tbe  office  will  have  to  be  disobarsred  i 
by  the  Collector.     Sespectfully  yoars, 

W.  B.  WOODS. 

'  Major  F.  C.  Euufhbkts,  Pensacola,  Fla.    . 

Mr.  Stooghton  tben  read  the  acceptance,  aa  fol- 
lows: 

Newark,  Ohio.  Oct.  2, 1876. 

P.  O.  Humvhreys,  Esq.,  Pensacola,  Fla.: 

Tour  letter  of  the  SMch  of  September,  1876, 
resigning  your  office  of  United  States  Shipping 
Commissioner  at  tbe  port  of  Pensacola,  in  the  Slate 
of  Florida,  has  been  received  by  me,  and  your  resig- 
nation of  said  office  is  hereby  accepted.  Very  re- 
Bpectfnlly,  your  obedient  servant, 

W.  B.  WOODS,  TTnited  States  Circuit  Jnage. 

Q. — Did  you  receive  the  paper  which  I  hold  m 
my  hand,  dated  Oct.  5,  1876,  trom  Hiram  Potter, 
Collector  of  Customs  at  Pensacola?    A. — I  did.  Sir. 

Q.— Is  tbat  his  signature?  A.— That  is  his  sigoa- 
ture. 

Mr.  Merrick — We  object  to  that  paper. 

The  Presiding  Justice— It  will  be  received  sub- 
ject to  the  decision  of  the  Commission  aa  to  its  ef- 
fect. 

The  letter  was  then  read.  It  is  from  Hiram  Pot- 
ter, Jr.,  Collector  of  CoBtoms,  dated  "Collector's 
office,  Pensacola,  Oct.  S,  187t>,"  and  requests  tbat 
Humphreys  turn  over  to  the  writer  i»ucb  public 
books,  papers,  and  records  as  might  appertain  to 
the  business  of  Shipping  Commissioner,  tbe  duties  / 
of  which  office,  as  be  was  informed,  being  devolved/ 
npon  him  fthe  writerj  upon  the  resignation  of  Mr. 
Hnmpbroys. 

Q.— Didyouceade  toactin  your  office  from  the 
time  of  the  receipt  of  the  letter  accepting  your  res- 
lenation  ?    A, — I  did. 

Q. — Have  you  acted  in  that  capacity  since  t  A. 
— ]So.  Sir. 

Q.— Has  the  Collector  acted  in  your  stead  ?  A — 
Tea,  Sir. 

Q.— Did  yon  turn  over  to  the  Collector  whatever 
you  had  of  public  papers  or  pivperty  connected 
with  the  office,  if  yon  bad  any  }  A.— I  had  none  ; 
tbe  blanks  were  my  personal  property,  bought  and 
paid  for  with  my  own  money. 

Cross-examined  ■  by  Mr.  Merrick — Have  you  a 
copy  of  your  letter  of  resignation  !  A. — I  have  not 
a  copy  of  my  letter  of  resignation  ;  I  sent  it  by 
mall  to  Newark,  in  the  State  of  Ohio,  where  the 
Judge  was  on  a  visit. 

Q. — Has  there  been  tmy  session  of  the  United 
States  Circuit  Conrt  for  that  district  slnoe  the  date 
of  that  resignation!     A. — There  has  not. 

Q. — When  did  yon  receive  Judgn  Woods'  reply  to 
your  letter  of  resignation  f  A.— On  the  5th  of  Octo- 
ber. 

Mr.  Merrick  annonnced  tbat  be  had  no  farther 
examination  to  make  of  this  witness  and  nothing  to 
olfer  in  rebnttaL 

The  Presiding  Jdstice — Tbe  testimony  is  there- 
fore closed. 

Ol'ENING  OF   THE    ARGUMENT. 

The  Presiding  Justice  then  called  the  at- 
tention of  connsel  to  the  third  rule  of  the  Commis- 
sion, which  states  that  counsel,  not  exceeding  two  in 
number  on  each  side,  will  be  heard  bv  the  Commis- 
sion on  the  merits  of  any  case  presented  to  it,  not 
longer  than  two  hours  being  allowed  to  each  side, 
unless  a  longer  time  and  additional  counsel  should 
be  especially  authorized  bv  the  Commission.  He 
considered  himself  instructed  to  say  that  the  whole 
case  was  now  opened  for  argument  under  that  rule. 
If  there  are  two  counsel  on  a  side,  he  thought  the 
order  before  observed  should  be  continued,  and 
that  one  of  tbe  cotmsel,  representing  the  objectors 
to  certificate  No.  1,  sbonld  open  and  one  on  the 
other  side  reply,  and  then  the  counsel  having  the 
affirmative  should  have  tbe  close. 

Mr.  Merrick  requested  tbat  three  cotmsel  be 
heard  for  the  objectors,  and  that  a  slight  addition 
bo  permitted  to  tbe  time  which  counsel  should  be 
allowed  in  which  to  present  the  case,  tbe  reason,  as 
be  stated,  being  tbat  a  new  and  important  question 
bad  been  raisid  upon  the  testimony  this  morning 
in  reference  to  Mr.  Humphreys,  enlarging  very  con- 
siderably tbe  sphere  of  argnment,  and  counsel  on 
hia  side  desired  to  present  that  question  very  fully. 

Mi.  Justice  Miller  remarked  that  all  tbe  other 
questions  involved  had  been  thoroughly  discussed 
on  tbe  first  argument.  The  effect  ot  tbe  papers 
submitted  by  the  President  of  tbe  Senate  was  care- 
fully argned  by  counsel  on  both  sides,  and  it  aeemed 
to  him  the  Commission  must  proceed  diligently 
with  the  discharge  of  its  duties,  and  tbat  tbe  argu 
menta  upon  tbe  question  immediately  before  it 
should  be  closed  to-day. 

In  reply  to  an  inquiry  from  the  Presiding  Justice, 
Mr.  Evarts  annonnced  that  his  side  did  not  wish 
more  than  two  hours,  even  if  three  were  allowed  on 
the  other  side,  nor  did  he  wish  that  any  greater 
number  than  two  counsel  should  be  heard  on  hia 
side. 

JUDGE    HOADLEY'S     AHGUMENX     FOR      THE 
OBJECTORS. 

Mr.  Hoadley  then  epened  the  argument  for 
the  objectors  on  the  Democratic  side.  He  said  tbat 
it  had  been  established  by  proof  that  Mr.  Hum- 
phreys held  the  office  of  Shipping  Com- 
missioner by  appointment  of  the  Circuit 
Conrt  of  the  United  States,  in  Florida, 
and  tbat  before  tbe  November  election  be  at- 
tempted ro  divest  bimseif  of  this  office  by  forward- 
lug  a  paper  resignation,  and  gettine  from  a  Judee — 
not  from  the  court— what  purported  to  be  an  ac- 
ceptance of  that  retsienatiou.  The  powers  of  this 
offi'-.er  (Shipping  Commissioner)  he  stated  to  be 
laid  down  and  derived  from  section  4,501  ot  the  He- 
vised  Statutes,  and  the  resignation  cannot  "foe  made 
except  to  tbe  same  power  as  that  niiiking  tbe  ap- 
pointment. Tbe  resignation  of  Mr.  Humphreys, 
therefore,  he  argned,  could  not  be  made  to  tbe 
Judee,  who  was  at  the  time  in  Ohio.  He  re- 
ferred, in  support  of  this  point,  to  the  case 
ot  Badger  et  al.  against  the  United  States, 
ex  relatione  Bolt,  and  claimed  tbat  tbe 
same  doctrine  laid  down  in  that  case  would 
be  found  in  the  second  volume  of  the  opinions  of 
the  Attorney  General,  page  713.  Hamphreys,  he 
said,  bad  been  duly  appointed  to  this  office,  and  he 
considered  that  tbe  Jndee,  actint;  in  Ohio,  was  nut 
the  Circuit  Court  of  Florida,  and  that  as  he  could 
not  relieve  Hamphreys  trom  the  duuea  with  which 
he  had  been  vested  by  another  power,  namely,  the 
Circmt  Court  ot  Florida,  the  alleged  resignation 
was  of  no  effect.  Palpably,  therefore,  Mr.  Ham- 
phreys. in  his  opinion,  held  an  office  of  profit  or 
trust  on  tbe  day  of  the  election,  auU  tbe  v<.-te  cast 
by  him  could  not  be  counted. 

Mr.  Conunissionec  Thurman  inaaired  whether 
this  was  an  office  tbe  resignation  of  which  must  be 
accepted  in  urdor  to  give  tbe  resignation  validity, 
or  whether  tbe  officer  could  resign  of  his  own  mo- 
tion at  any  time. 

Mr.  Hoadley  remarkea  that  there  was  nothmi;  in 
the  statement  with  reference  to  the  question  of 
resignation.  Humphreys,  however,  having  accept- 
ed the  office,  could  not,  be  submitced,  diveac  him- 
self of  It  by  bis  own  act  alone,  because  pnblio  policy 
required  tnac  the  offices  should  not  be  entirely  at 
the  will  and  pleasure  of  the  office-holder.  Espe- 
cially was  this  the  case  with  offices  for  the  per- 
formance of  the  duties  of  which  a  bond  was  re- 
quired. Mr.  Hoadley  regarded  the  provision  of  tbe 
Oonstitntlon  disqualifyme  persons  holding  offices 
of  profit  or  trnst  as  mandatorv,  and  as  a  iimit«iion 
ana  diminution  of  the  e^ant  of  power  to  the  State, 
that  grant  not  being  to  the  peopj^  ot  the  State,  but 
to  the  State  Itself  in  its  urgEUUzed  and  corporate 
capacity.  This  .  provision,  be  maintaineu, 
is '  in  euhstance  imperative  ana  aUmlts 
of  no  evasion.  He  real  from  tbe 
Madison  papers,  page  343,  to  show  that  th»  framers 
ot  the  Coustitution  intended  that,  tills  disqualifica- 
tion should  attach  as  an  exception  or  proviso  to  tne 
grant  ot  power  to  tbe  State  to  elect  Electors,  and 
tbat  it  sbcnld  attach  by  dlsqualiUoatiun  of  all  in- 
eligible persons.  The  State  wns  disqualified  from 
appointing  a  disqualified  Elector.  Xhe  disqualifi- 
cation was  thereiure  two-fold ;  first,  upon  the  ap- 
pointing power,  and,  secondly,  upon  the  candidate; 
and  tbe  effect  ot  such  dls'qaallflcalion,  be  sub- 
mitted, was  t«  render  i,be  action  of  the 
State  in  tbat  regard  null  and  void. 
It  was  the  duty  of  tbe  Federal  Gnvernment,  not  of 
the  Stat>is,  to  insist  npon  and  carry  into  tall  force 
the  provision.  The  qnestiou  was  not  a  new  one. 
In  1837  there  bad  been  five  Postmasters  appointed, 
or  attempted  to  be  appointed  as  Presidential  Elec- 
tors. The  question  bad  tben  been  submitted  (on  a 
tesol'ition  otfered  by  Henry  Clay)  to  a  select  com- 
mittee of  tbe  two  houses,  and  the  rsport  of  that 
committee,  made  by  Mr.  Grnndy,  was  to  tbe  effect 
tbat  a  single  unauthorized  vote  could  not  vitiate  the 
whole  vote  of  the  Electoral  College,  and  that 
the  constitutional  prohibition  ought  to  be  carried 
in  Its  whole  spirit  into  rigid  execnuon.  in  order  to 
prevent  officers  of  the  general  (rovernment  from 
bnnging  official  power  to  infinenoe  tbe  Presidential 
election ;  that  the  provision  excluded  and  diaquah- 
fled  even  Deputy  Postmasters,  and  tbat  the  resigna- 
tion of  the  office  aftertbe  appointment  of  the  Elec- 
tor did  not  entitle  bim  to  vote  as  an  Elector. 

Senator  Edmunds — What  did  the  committee  say 
onght  to  be  done  t 

Mr.  Hoadley— Only  tbat  the  article  ought  to  be 
carried  in  ita  whole  spirit  into  rigid  execution. 

Senator  Edmonds— Have  you  reaa  tbe  conolosion 
of  the  report  1 

Mr.  Hoadley— Only  in  an  excerpt'. 

Senator  Edmonds- 1  bab  the  imprawlon  tiut  tbe 
committee  had  added  something  else. 

Mr.  Hoadley  went  on  to  say  that  two  qaeatiotts 

were  preseoted  here :  First.  Did  Hampiureya  at  the 
time  he  waa  elected  bold  an  offloe  of  profit  and 
trust  t  Sacond.  What  is  the  eifeut  ot  sneb  hold- 
ing t   He  arguea  that  (bare  waa  amniatadtof 


eases  in  England  and  America,  citing  some  of  them, 
all  of  which  treated  the  appointment  of 
one  who  was  nonqualified  and  attein]»ted  to 
act  as  an  absolutely  null  appointment;  and 
in  one  Indiana  case  the  next  highest  competing  can- 
didate was  declared  appointed.  But  none  of  tbtt 
aiitboritieB  favored  the  idea  that  the  «1eotion  of  one 
conatituticmally  disqualified  could  result  m  any- 
thing else  thau  a  failure  to  elect  Florida  had  sot 
been  without  a  remedy.  t>ecanse  the  statute  of  the 
United  States,  section  134  of  the  Bevised  Statutes. 
provided  tbat  in  case  of  a  failure  to  elect  oo  tbe  day 
prescribed  by  law,  then  tho  Leeielature  may  ap- 
point a  snbsequent  day.  This  was  the  case  of  a 
fnilure  to  elect,  ■  and  it  would  have  to  be 
ebown  tbat  the  State  of  Florida  bad 
taken  advantage  of  that  provision  of  section  134,  or 
else  tbat  sinele  vote  waa  lost.  The  Inhibition  ot 
tbe  Constitution  being  peremptory,  tbe  vote  of  the 
State  would  necessarily  be  lost  if  it  was  not  for  the 
piovision  of  section  13^.  except  it  could  be  shown 
by  some  pilnciple  of  law  that  tbe  election  of  a  dis- 
qualified candidate  is  possible.  What— lest  perad- 
venture  by  mistake,  and  without  mtent  to  violate 
tbe  spirit  of  the  constitutional  proyi.sion  this  might 
occur — bad  Congress  provided  ?  That  in  case  of  a 
non-election  in  any  Stat^,  tbe  Legislature  may  sop- 
pi  V  a  method  of  supplying  the  defect !  If  the  State 
of  Florida  did  not  take  advantage  of  the  reme«dy,  it 
was  her  own  fault. 

ARGUMENT  OF     MR.   GREEN     ON    THE.  SAME 

SIDE. 

Mr.  Ashbel  Green,  of  Ncw-Jorsey,  followed 
on  tbe  same  side,  adding  to  Mr.  Hoadley's  argnment 
the  following  points,  viz.:  That  the  offica/of  Shio- 
ping  Commissioner,  held  bv  Humphreys,  being  an 

office  to  be  filled  by  the  court,  could  be  only  sarren- 
dered  up  to  the  conrc  itself;  that  the  so-called  let- 
ter of  resignation  sent  to  Judee  Woods  failed  to 
perform  the  office  sooght  to  be  imputed  to  it  until  it 
reached  the  record  of  the  court,  or  re- 
ceived some  official  recognition  from  tbe 
court  itself,  and  that  a  certificate  had  been  re- 
ceived from  tbe  Clerk  of  tbe  court;  that  up  to  a 
recent  period,  certainly  subsequently  to  the  tims 
when  Humphreys  acted  as  Elector,  his  resignation 
had  not  reached  tbe  archives  of  tbe  court.  He  then 
passed  on  to  tbe  other  branch  of  the  inquiry, 
whether  the  Democratic  Electors  were  not  duly 
elected,  and  whether  their  certificate  was  not  le- 
gally a  atheaticated.  He  arerned  in  the  affirm/i'tira 
of  those  points.  Ho  declared  that  the  Commission 
bad  before  it  such  evidence  as  must  «arry 
conviction  tbat  the  Supreme  Conrt  of  tbe 
State  of  Florida  has  held  and  determined  on  guo 
warranto  proceedings,  not  merely  as  matter;  of  law, 
but  as  matter  of  lact,  that  tbe  Tilden  Elecvors  were 
entitled  to  the  office  as  against  the  Hayes  Electors, 
and  all  tbe  world  besides.  That  conrt  had  also  de- 
termined that  tbe  action  of  tbe  3taie  Board  of  Can- 
vassers in  November  last,  by  which  the  Hayes 
Electors  claimed  to  have  been  righcully  elected, 
was  unauthorized,  iUeeal.  and  void.  He  held  that 
It  was  tbe  duty  of  the  Commission,  aa  it  waa 
the  rale  of  every  other  court,,  to  consider 
as  binding  and  conclusive  upon  it  the  oon- 
Btrnction  given  by  State  courta  to 'State  auitutes. 
and  that,  therefore,  thi^  decision  by  tbe  highest 
court  of  Florida  mustJbe  taken  into  considerationn<- 
In  addition  to  this,  the  Commission  had  before,!^ 
tbe  certificate  of  the  Governor  of  Florida  and  a  i 
tabulated  statement  showing,  county  by  county, 
all  the  votes  cast  for  Electors,  and  show- 
ing the  election  ot  tho  Tilden  Electors. 
Tons  tbe  Executive  bad  spoken,  the  Jndiciarv  had 
spoken,  and  tben,  in  tbe  ttiird  certificate,  tbe  Legis- 
lature had  spokini — all  in  the  same  unmistakable 
notes.  On  the  26th  of  January,  1877,  the  Iiegislature 
had  passed  an  act  declaring  tnat,  according  to  the , 
returns  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  tho 
Tilden  Electors  were  chosen  in  the  manner  re- 
quired by  law ;  tbat  the  original  canvassers  bad 
interpreted  the  law  defining  their  powers  and  du- 
ties in  snub  a  manner  aa  to  give  them  i>ower  to 
exclude  certain  regular  returns,  and  did  exclude 
certain  returns,  which  interpretation  had  been  ad- 
indeed  by  the  Supreme  Court  to  be  erroneous  and 
illegal :  that  Gov.  Stearns,  misled  and  deceived  by 
such  erroneous  action  of  the  Board  of  Canvassers, 
baa  erroneonsly  cansed  to  be  made  and  certified 
lists  of  Hayes  Electors,  when,  in  fact,  such  persons 
had  not  received  tbe  highest  number  of  voles, 
and  tben  declann;;,  in  section  1,  that  the  Tilden 
Electors  were  duly  appointed  and  authorized 
to  act,  and  in  section  2  authorizing  the  Governor  to 
certify  tbe  lists  of  the  Tilden  Electors,  and  author- 
izinz  tbe  latter  to  meet  at  Tallahassee  and  to  give 
an  additional  certificate  ot  tbe  votes  which  bad 
been  cast  by  them  on  the  6ch  of  December,  and 
send  it  to  the  President  of  the  Senate  as  required  by 
law,  so  tnat  tbe  Commission  bad  in  this  return,  No. 
3,  all  the  branches  of  the  Government  of  Florida 
apeaking  with  unanimous  and  united  voices  in  the 
name  tone  and  certifying  to  the  same  tact,  which 
was  tbe  question  before  the  tribtmai  for  decision. 
He  then  proceeded  to  meet  and  reply  to  the  objec- 
tion made  to  return  No.  3  because  it  had  not  arrived 
at  the  seat  of  Govetnmant  within  the  titoe  pre- 
scribed, and  he  argned  that  in  that  matter  time  waa 
not  an  essential  elemen'^.  If  it  was  received 
at  any  time  pilar  to  the  counting  of  the 
votes,  be  submitted  that  that  was  Sufficient. 
Such  acts  of  public  officers,  if  not  done  within  tha 
time  prescribed  by  law,  did  not  tbereby/become  in- 
cable  of  being  none  afterward.  They  remainea 
not  only  capable  of  being  done,  but  the  duty  of 
public  officers  to  do  them  subsisted  m  full  vigor 
and  oblieation,  and  the  risht  to  compel 
their  performance  by  public  officers  aoorued 
by  the  veiy  reason  that  the  time  limited 
by  law  had  passed  He  quoted  precedents 
in  support  of  that  proposiiion.  Tne  act  or  tho 
Florida  Legislature  of  Jan.  17,  1877,  eimply  allowed 
a  piece  of  evidence  to  be  supplied  after  the  time 
when  tbe  law  required  public  officers  to  furnish  it. 
It  was  a  curative  act.  It  was  allowing  an  act  to  be 
done  nunc  pro  tunc  in  furtherance  of  nght  and 
jusiice.  Neither  ot  these  acts  of  tbe  Legislature 
was  an  ex  post  facto  law.    • 

He  was  proci:edine  to  cite  authorities  on  that 
point,  when  he  was  reminded  by  the  Presiding 
Justice  tbat  it  was  hardly  necessary  to  do  so. 

In  conclusion  he  said  :  '°  We  rest  here  on  the  tes- 
timony before  you,  and  hunbly  submit  that  even 
on  that  testimony,  meagre  as  it  aeems  to  be,  thera 
Is  bnt  one  proper  conclusion  to  be  arrived  at,  name- 
ly, that  this  voice  of  the  State  of  Florida  thus 
tittered,  not  only  by  ita  Executive  and  Legislative, 
lut  by  its  Judicial  Departments,  sbonld  be  re- 
spected, and  that  this  Commission  cannot  come 
t«  any  other  conclaslon  than  that  the  vote 
of  tbe  State  of  Florida  is  truly  contained  in  returns 
Nos.  2  and  3,  and  is  not  correctly  contained  in  re- 
turn No.  1.  If  I  have  failed  to  convince  your  juQg- 
ment  as  Judges,  I  shall  not  forget  myself  so  tar  as 
to  appeal  to  vour  patriotixm  as  statesmen.  Bnt  here 
in  this  place,  consecrated  by  the  memories  of 
those  earlier  Senatorial  confiiots  which  resulted 
so  often  in  tbe  preservation  of  hnmaa  liberty,  of  the  [ 
Union,  and  of  the  Constitution  ;  as  well  as  bv  th^se 
later  and  yet  present  recollections  of  tbe  oecisions 
ot  tbe  most  august  tribunal  on  earth,  in  favor  of 
human  freedom  and  ot  human  rights,  I  must  ap. 
peal  to  yon,  not  as  a  partisan,  bub  aa  an  Amenoau 
citizen,    and  demand  your  judgment  for  the  right. 

MR.  SHELLABARGEK'S  ARGUMENT  ON  THE  RE- 
PUBLICAN SIDE. 
Mr.  Shellabarger,  ot  Washington,  followed 
on  the  Republican  side  of  tbe  question.  He  claimed, 
in  respect  to  return  No.  3,  that  the  record  in  the 
proceedings  of  the  quo  warranto  waa  in  no  sense 
before  the  Commission,  and—that  the  only  papers 
before  it  were  those  submitted  to  the /two  houses 
by  tbe  President  of  the  Senate,  and  in'those  papers 
there  was  but  one  allnsion  to  tbe /guo  warranti 
proceedings,  which  was  in  Gov.  Drertr's  statement 
This  being  so,  be  thought  that  even  the  otbei 
side  wonld  not  claim  that  there  is  evidence  , before 
the  Commission  tbat  any  judgment  in  quo  wcirranto 
bad  ever  been  pronounced.  The  Governor  could 
not  make  tbe  Commission  acquainted  witb  tbe  ex- 
istence of  the  record  in  tbat  way.  A  stage  of  tb( 
case  had  therefore  been  reached  where  tbat  proceed- 
ing was  excluded.  It  was  so  also  in  regard  to  tbe 
evidence  on  tbe  papers  submitted  with  certificates 
Nos.  2  and  3.  As  be  restarded  the  matter,  all  these 
were  excluded  by  the  order  already  made.  Still,  aa 
a  discussion  had  occurrea  in  regard  to  tbe  effect  of 
these  papora,  he  desired  to  snbnitt  sone  proposi- 
tions in  regard  to  tbe  legal  efficacy  of  transaotions 
occnrring  after  the  date  of  the  Electoral  vote.  His 
foundation  proposition  in  rt^gard  to  all  th^e  mat- 
ters— as  to  the  mandamns.  tbe  legislation  of  Jan- 
nary,  the  quo  warranto,  or  any  osher  aol 
post-dating  the  Electoral  vote — was  this :  Tbat  tbe 
power  bestowed  by  the  Coostitution  of  the  State  to 
appoint  an  Electoral  College  is  such,  in  its  very  na- 
ture and  by  the  necessities  of  the  case,  that  every 
act  of  tbe  State  in  accomplishmg  the  ap- 
pointment must .  antedate  tbe  performanca 
of  tbat  one  single  lunotion  which  the  appointee 
is  competent  to  discharge  under  the  Constitution. 
"If,"  said  he,  "  that  prooosition  is  sound,  then,  of 
coarse,  all  that  has  been  said  in  regard  to  the 
efficacy  of  the  decision  of  a  court  m  determiiing 
the  sisnification  of  its  own  .  statutes  ;  all  the  de- 
cisions that  have  been  referred  to  iii  regard  to  tbat 
matter,  aa  conferring  on  State  courts  the  power  to 
interpret  their  statut-es,  even  as  against  the 
Supreme  Conrt  of  the  United  States— every 
act  that  foUowH  the  act  of  the  £;lec^' 
oral  vote  is  excluded.  The  strongest  stat-ement 
wtucb  I  have  heard  of  the  position  of  gentlemen  oa 
the  other  side  in  regard  to  this  matter  is  m  its  suo. 
stance  this :  Tbat  it  Is  competent  for  the  States  not 
to  appoint  Electors  atter  the  voting  day,  not  to 
qualify  them  after  thai,  day,  but  it  is  competent  fur 
the  ooarts  after  the  voting  day  is  past 
to  make  an  interpretation  which  shall  go 
twckward,  throw  liKbt  on  what  was  the 
true  ftmctlonary  of  the  State  on  that 
day,  and  thus  settle  the  question  which  of  the  two 
rival  bodies  was  really  tbe  functionary  of  the  Statei. 
That  is  abont  the  str.m^st  statement  that  I  have 
seen  on  that  point.  L  ;:t  us  analyze  it  and  see  if  it  ia 
not  utterly  unsound.  Tne  Constitution,  in  ita  ex- 
press terms,  limits  tbe  power  of  tbe  State  in 
that  matter  to  what  it  has  denominated 
tersely  by  tbe  word  '  appoint.'  The  ntosoat 
pow4r,  the  farthest  reach  of  the  Statais,   is  regard 

to  the  matter  of  making  a  PrMident,  itopa  wbea 
the  appointment  stops.  Hot  a  hair's  hrnadth  b^ 
ypnd  tnat  cut  the  States  eo  in  cteastns  a  Pcaatdaat. 
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Hon  in  tbe  BataT«  of  sppolntment  wbtoh  mmr  tw 
exercised  by  the  States  after  the  office  has  passed 
ava^f     Such  a  proposidon  as   that  aimply  re* 

daces  this  whols  debate  to  tbe  most  intense 
and   unmiHzated    kbaardltr.      Therefaro,    as     the 

act  of  the  State  in  tbe  way  of  exercising  power 

mast;  be  appointment,  and  aa  apoolntipent  cannot. 
In  tbe  very  nar-are  of  the  case,  follow  the  day  when 
tbe  last  and  the  first  and  only   act  ot    the  fanctlon  - 

»ry  must,  by  ihe  CoDstitution  and  the  law,  be  com- 
pletelr  discbarged,  is  it  not  plain  therefore  that  it 
was  the  desltcn  of  the  Conatltation,  and  ia  the  ex- 
press provision  of  the    Conatltation,  that  erery  act 

if  a  State  when  it  can  disefaarite  or  perform  at  ail 
.Ixdoi;  mere  sppointments)  shall  antedate  tbe 
rote  I"   »  . 

Senatof  Tbnrman— Does  it  folio  vr  that  there  can 
bo  no  inquiry  afterward  whether  any  appointment 
was  maoe  t 

Mr.  Shellabareer— I  will  come  to  that  in  a  mo- 
uent,  and  I  (hank  the  Senator  for  the  augseetton 
whether  acts  sabseqaeot  to  the  date  of  appoint* 
nent  may  not  be  looked  to  aa  tbrowing  liKht  on 
the  qnestioa  who  tbe  appointee  really  was.  That 
is  a  lair  qaestlon.  and  deserves  a«falr,  fnmk, 
aqoare  answer,  and  I  make  it  as  well  m 
1  can.  My  answer  is  this :  If  an  Sleccor  is  on  tbe 
votinz  day  eDdot7ed  with  all  tbe  inslKnia  of  riebt, 
With  all  tbe  itppareut  title  to  office  which  can  ac- 
curding  to  tbe  State  roaobioery  be  held  on  that  day, 
be  is,  as  a^inst  the  States,  the  Slector  both  de 
tacto  and  de  Jure,  and  that  rises  out  of  (he  very  na- 
ture of  this  fui^CTverM  thing  with  which  we  deal, 
bavins  no  likeness  saywhera  else  in  tbe  Goyern- 
tnents  of  tbe  world  or  in  tbe  laws  of  the  world.  It 
i»  a  case  where  two  soveceientiea  combine 
in  the  process  of  inauKoratine  a  Government  and 
of  creatinz  tbe  execative  branch  of  a  powerful  peo- 
ple. When  that  process  Is  completed  on  tbe  part  of 
tbe  State,  when  all  that  it  is  permitted  to  transact 
in  that  regaxd  has  been  diaoharged,  then  the  thing 
is  an  aocomphshed  facty  and  the  power  of  tbe  State 
has  passed  away 'forever,  and  tbe  tbing  becomps 
jrom  that  moment  on  a  matter  of  li'ederal  care  and 
solioitnae.  In  other  words,  erery  part  of  tbe  ma- 
chinery ronat  be  placed  In  front,  in  point  of  times, 
of  the  exercise  of  the  office  of  iCleotor.  No  part  of 
it  can  be  placed  behind,  because  on  that  day  the 
power  ot  the  State  over  the  subject  matter  Is  com- 
pletely aod  forever  ended.  If  I,  in  my  State  of 
Ohio,  being  a  partisan,  find  out  bow  tbe  other 
States  have  voted,  and  that  it  only  requires  19  votes 
to  be  destroyed  lu  order  to  destroy  the  Presidential 
election,  ooald  I  not.  If  the  principle  contended  for 
on  tbe  other  side  is  to  preyail,  go  to  work  in  my 
local,  partisan,  nisi  pritu  court,  and  iret  a  judg- 
ment un  quo  warranto  that  will  defeat  tbe  eleolion 
in  any  Srate,  and  unseat  tbe  President  of  the 
United  States  !  I  know  that  such  a  working  ot  our 
machinery  is  revolting  to  every  man  whom  I  now 
address,  and  yet  I  defy  tbe  ingenuity  of  counsel  to 
devise  an  answer  by  wbiob  that  mischief  will  not 
come  !f  you  stiffer  this.  It  is  inevitable  that,  if 
yon  suffer  men  to  start  away  down  in  tbe  "peeoood- 
]y  "  courts  ot  (be  country,  on  their  private  notions, 
with  ^0  warranto*,  with  bills  in  the  Legislatois, 
or  with  any  other  act  that  shall  unseat  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  TTaited  S'ates  before  tbe  day  of  connt- 
.ine,  you  can  unseat  bim  after  be  i^  inausiurated.  I 
challenge  the  gentlemen  to  show  that  rule  of  law 
which  gays:  "Thus  far  shall  tbon  co,  and  no 
farther."  if  j'ou  can  unseat  Mr.  Xilden,  before 
being  President,  by  the  Judgment  of  a  Bepublican 
Douriin  my  Kepublicac  State,  you  can  do  it  alter 
be  IS  in  office.  Tbere  u  no  limitation  uf  tbe  power; 
tbere  is  no  principle  which.«umpels  courts  which 
have  jurisdiction  in  cases  of  tjuo  warranto  to  make 
their  decision  before  the  court  id  February  or  be- 
.'ure  the  losusuratioo  diy.  Establish  that  rule,  and 
you  at  once  put  it  in  the  power  of  the  Statex  to 
ovtrtbrow  tbe  Constitution  and  destroy  tbe  Gov- 
«iiimeot. 

MR.   EVARTS'  CLOSING  ADDRESS. 

Mr.  Evarts  closed  the  argriment  on  the  Be- 
publican  side.  He  said  the  wisdom  of  the  method 
and  order  of  this  examin  ation  adopted  by  the  Com- 
missiun  has  fully  approved  itselt  in  its  execution. 
Tbe  intelligent  and  experienced  minds  of  the  mem- 
bers ot  the  Commission  saw  at  once  that  tbe  deci- 
eiTe  lines  of  the  controversy  were  to  be  determined 
on  limitations  of  its  powers  and  the  limitation  of 
tbe  subject  matters.  In  tbe  full  discussion  ac- 
<^orded  to  counsel,  and  in  the  deliberations  of  tbe 
Commission,  tbe  result  is  declared  in  this  form  and 
to  this  effect :  That  tbe  Commlssion'wiil  receive  no 
evidence,  bat  will  merely  iospeot  the  certificates 
Which  tbe  CoDstitution  and  the  laws  of  the  United 
States  have  authoriEed  for  transmission,  and  which 
the  President  of  the  Senate  has  opened  to  the  two 
houses.  Ihe  Commission  has  decided  that  in  one 
particular  ic  will  receive  evidence  touching  the 
eligibility  of  one  of  the  Florida  Electors, 
Humphreys.  I  do  not  understand  the 
Commission  to  have  ever  passed  upon 
the  queation  what  the  effect  is  as 
to  tbe  acceptance  or  rejection  of  a  vote  thus  ohal- 
lensea  for  ineligibility,  but  to  have  decided  that  on 
that  point  ic  will  receive  the  evidence  which  may 
be  ofl^red,  first,  as  to  whether  tbe  exception  taken 

to  Mr.  Humphreys'  vote  is  maintainable,  and,  sec- 
ondly, whetner  if  malDtainable  and  maintained. 
The  methods  if  tbe  Constitution  permit  uf  any  re- 
jection from  tbe  certiticaced  vote  transmitted  and 
opened  on  that  ground. 

^r.  £vart8  went  on  to  arzne  that  the  evidence  in 
regard  to  Humphreys  holding  office  fell  short  of 
abowing  that  he  was  in  oflico  at  tbe  time  of  casting 
the  Electoral  vote,  and  that  the  burden  of  proviui; 
it  rested  on  tho  aide  that,  made  the  objection ;  and 
tdat  the  counter  proof  showed  tnat  early  in  Octo- 
ber be  bad  resigned  his  office  la  writing  to 
the  Circuit  Judge,  and  had  leceived  irom  him 
a  letter  of  acceptance  and  instructions  to  turn  over 
■wtiatever  oi  pablio  means  he  had  for  tne  exercise 
oi  the  office  to  the  Collector  ot  Customs,  who 
would  discbarge  tbe  office ;  and  that  tbe  Collector 
biMl  at  ttie  same  time  been  notified  by  the  Judge 
tbat  the  office  had  devolved  upon  bim.  Was  it,  ne 
asked,  to  tje  pretended  that,  under  tbe  law,  (bere 
was  any  power  to  oold  an  occupant  of  a  civil  office 
to  the  performance  of  its  duties  a  moment  beyond 
bis  will  1  Toe  authorities,  be  said,  were  clear  us  to 
the  rigbt  of  a  citizen  resignine  an  office  without  his 
resigudtion  being  accepted.  All  that  wad  necessary 
was  u>  make  a  public  vacation  uf  tbe  office.  Ho 
then  went  on  to  s<i^: 

TbiSf  subject,  then,  being  reJect^d  from  turtber 
conaiaeratiua,  l  uuderstaud  tnac  tnere  is  no  matter 
left,  bat  for  tbe  execution  by  this  Commission  of 
tbe  duty  liccorded  to  it  by  the  act  of  Congress  un- 
der wnich  it  is  organized-^to  decerntine  uac  of  tbe 
material  of  these  three  certificates  what,  and  how 
many,  votes  are  to  be  couatttd  for  ttie  State  of 
Plorioa.  Tbe  first  is  subject  to  do  criticism.  No 
lact  can  contravene  tbis  voie.  It  is  to  De  counted, 
not  because  it  is  tbe  best,  but  on  account  of  tbe  ab- 
solute fullness  of  Its  title  m  complying  with  ail 
laws  I  bat  have  beeu  imposed  by  Congress  conoern- 
ine  the  complete  venficatiou  ot  a  certificate.  Tbe 
fact  certified  is  not  gainsaid  by  proof,  (for  :t  is  ex- 
cluded.) There  was  no  offer  of  proof  between  the 
tact  of  Che  canvass  being  closed  and  recorded,  and 
the  Governor's  certificate.  This  certificate,  tceo, 
includes,  with  every  decree  of  certainty  and  aasu- 
itioce,  the  vste  sf  the  State  of  Florida.  There  are 
lour  votes  nere,  and  tbere  is  room  tor  do  more.  To 
make  it,  rherefurs,  of  any  practical  importance  in 
lurtber  diseussioa,  there  must  t>e  apparent  in 
toe  other  two  certificates,  either  such  dls- 
paragement  ot  the  first,  or  such  dulbentioitv  in 
themselves,  as  shall  displace  tbe  one  and  substitute 
toe  other,  or  there  must  be  such  a  production  uf 
rival  aud  competing  certificates  as  leave  the  Com- 
mission in  douot  and  uncertainty  as  to  which  votes 
tiueht  to  oe  counted.  Now,  as  you  will  not  allow 
evidence  outxide  of  the  first  certificate  as  bearing 
Du  its  actual  affirmative  authenticity  and  sufficiency, 
you  will  not  allow  aoy  such  evidence  collaterally  on 
tbe  mere  presentation  aud  support  of  any  otfier  cer- 
tificate. 

Air.  Evarts  went  on  to  arzne  against  tbe  second 
and  third  certificates,  and  said  that  tbe  Attorney 
General  who  authenticated  toe  second  certificate 
brd  no  more  right  to  Co  it  than  the  Militia  com- 
mander had.  As  to  tbe  third  certificate,  signed  by 
Gov.  Drew,  it  w,is  a  posthumous  certificate,  a  post~- 
Dortem  action,  not  procsediag  from  any  vital  or 
livinK  College  of  Kleotors,  but  only  by  tne  galvanic 
agency  ot  interested  party  purposes  taking  effect 
after  the  whole  transaction  was  ended.  If  such  a 
thing  could  be  done,  then  all  the  care,  and  wis- 
dum,  and  coutri  vaunes,  that  were  to  make  tnis 
transaction  of  the  States  final  at  some  point,  certifi- 
sble  at  soma  point,  in  some  manner,  and  by  some 
officer  were  to  go  lor  uotbine ;  and  where  there 
were  new  officers,  new  interests,  new  Iieeislatures, 
then  all  the  powers  of  the  State  could  be  corrupted, 
subtracted,  obscured,  or  defeated. 

Whaf,  said  he,  are  tbe  prodigious  claims  here  f 
I'hat  by  a  Uwsuit  in  a  State  courts  tbe  State's  com- 
plete vote  is  to  be  retrieved  and  reversed  ;  and  thai 
-when  a  JudKo  of  tne  State  ooart  has  so  decided,  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  must  make  a 
low  obeisance  to  Mr.  Judge  White,  and  say.  That 
is  the  end  of  the  law ;  that  is  the  fiat  of  the  State. 
"Well,  Bunpose  that  we  do  succeed  in  counting  a 
President  in,  and  suppose  tbst  a  quo  warranto 
is  Started  te  prove 'that  the  Presiient  In  bis 
seat  should  be  disiodEed  because  souiS  of  the  voteS 
counted  for  bim  were  not  cast  by  de  Jure  Electors  ; 
tnen  it  is  proposed  that  tne  dscisiou  of  tbe  State 
Court  is  tbe  "  be-all,"  and  the  "  end-all "  of  this  in- 
quiry. "What  sort  of  a  Government;  what  sort  of 
Prestdency  ;  what  sort  of  inaniments  and  orotec- 
lion,  of  regularity  and  permanenoe  of  authority 
under  tbe  Constitution  are  provided  by  a  schema  of 
perpetual  four  years'  dependency  un  a  quo  warranto 
in  tne  State  of  Nevada  or  of  Plorida  <  Yoa  mast 
never  lose  sigbc  of  the  matter  that  yon  are 
to  advise  wuat  votes  aud  liow  msmy  shall 
be  counted  by  the  two  houses,  and  when  you  have 
determined  tnat  extraneous  evidence  shall  not  in- 
vade tbe  regulatity  ot  tbe  finished  trnnsaction  of  a 
Slate,  you  have  determined,  as  by  a  double  dooision, 
that  it  sbali  not  bo  Invaded,  disparaged,  or  exposed 
to  any  question  by  a  mere  certldcaie  which  is  its 
own  agt^nl  and  author — a  volunteer  m  disturbance 
lu  the  counting  of  the  votea. 

UB.  MEBRICK'iJ  CLOSING  ABGl^MENT  ON    THE 

DEMOCBATIC    SIDE. 

Mr.  Meiriotc  closed  the  armament  on   tbe 

Demooratio  side.  He  said  that  when  counssl  of  the 
other  side  called  the  attention  of  the  Commission 
to  the  dangers  of  InterterlDZ  by  legal  proceedings 
with  tbs  Eleptoral  votes  as  transmitted  to  die  Pres- 
ident of  tbe  Senate,  he  bad  omitted  to  call  attention 
to  the  counterpart  of  the  pictare — the  condi- 
tion of  a  Government  with  a  peison  step- 
ping into  the  Presidential  chair  along  a  path- 
way Btrewn  with  frauds,  pednnea.  and 
cruoes,  into  which  tbe  people  were  neither  allowed 
to  inqaira  Qtrvach  their  represtntatlres  la  the 
State  Oovexvbaoti  or  throngh  thair  tepreaentatlTea 
Ja  th«  Fadeni  Oovwmmant^  Ha  appcehnuUd  that 
ia  coaMarlaj  tha  piotace  prMantad  by  tha  latfoad 
aoMiait  tb*  CosuBiaaloa  would  find  in  Imwusff  at 
ika  MBSttfBwt  ft  BlfitWEt  ooce  offaaitTa  aad  raf  aUt 


tng  to  the  mind  and  heart  of  every  patflotlo 
eitieen,  and  one  ftom  which  we  mtut  all  itart 
back    amazed     and     ihocked.       All    that    was 

asked        •  ou  hia  side        '  'was        that        the 

truth  should  be    (under   tbe  rules  of  evidenoe  as 

presortbed   by  the  Commission)  ascertained,  on 

which  the  Commission  was  to  act,  and 'that,  when 
ascertained,  it  shoald  become  in  its  legal  results 
a  practical  fact  In  the  political  history  of  the  ooan- 

try.  Mr.  Merrick,  coming  down  to  the  question  of 
the  alleged  ineligibility  ot  Humphreys,  said  that  his 
commission  had  been  pnt  In  evidence,  and  tbe  fact 
that  be  acted  under  it  down  to  a  v<try  recent  date, 
and  that  therefore  the  burden  of  proof  rested  on  tn« 
other  side  to  show  that  at  tbe  time  of  casting  the 
Electoral'  vote  Humphreys  did  not  bold  the  office. 
He  argued  that  until  the  resignation  was  accepted 
by  the  power  that  oonfeired  the  office,  and  that  fact 
appeared  on  record,  he  must  be  held  to  be  still  occu- 
pying tbe  office. 

Aepreaentaiive  Hoar  put  tho  case  of  an  office- 
holder being  elected  to  the  Senate,  and  asked 
wbetber,  if  his  resignation  of  office  were  not  ac- 
cepted, he  was  thereby  to  bs  keoi  irom  bis  seat. 

Mr.  Merrick  replied  that  tbe  fact  of  his  being 
admitted  to  bis  seat  in  tbe  Senate  would  be  a  dls- 
obarge  from  tbe  office  which  he  bad  held,  proyided 
be  bad,  prior  to  that  time,  tendered  his  resignation. 

-Mr.  Hoar  inquired  wbetber  tbe  same  rule  would 
not  apply  In  tbe  caje  of  an  Elector  as  well  aa  lo  tbe 
case  of  a  Senator. 

Mr.  Merrick  replied  that  in  the  case  of  a  Senator 
the  disability  would  be  only  personal,  while  In  that 
of  an  Elector  it  was  impersonal ;  in  otberwjrds, 
the  State  was  positively  forbidden  to  appoint  an 
office-bolder  sm  an  Elector.  It  was  a  limitation 
upon  the  power  of  tbe  State,  and  not  a  personal 
disabibtv  of  the  man. 

Bepresentatlve  Aobott— You  also  claim  that, 
even  If  the  acceptance  ot  tbe  resignation  was  not 
necessary,  the  resiimation  itself  must  be  made  to 
the  Court. 

Mr.  Merrick— Unqnestionably.  Tbe  resignation 
must  be  made  to  the  power  that  gave  the  appoint- 
ment. Suppose  Humphreys  bad  resigned  to  tbe 
Clerk  of  the  court,  addressing  a  private  letter  to 
the  Clerk  at  Newark,  Ohio;  would  that  be  suf- 
ficient ? 

Tbe  Presiding  Justice — Bat  if  he  sent  it  to  tbe 
Judge,  and  the  Judge  directed  it  to  be  filed  f 

Mr.  Merrick— If  that  is  done  while  the  court  is  In 
session,  then  It  is  tbe  act  of  tbe  court. 

Bepresentatlve  Garfield- Do  yon  hold  that  In  case 
of  a  long  vacation,  or  in  case  of  the  ooart  being 
abolished  by  law,  or  in  case  of  the  death  of  the 
Judge  who  gave  the  appointment,  this  officer  never 
could  have  resigned  J 

Mr.  Merrick— I  should  have  referred  that  case  to 
one  uf  the  Beturning  Boards  in  the  South.  I  hardly 
know  what  reply  to  make. 

Mr.  Garfield — ^I  understand  your  position  to  be 
that  be  conld  not  resign  except  while  the  court  waa 
in  session. 

Mr.  MenicK — ^I  presume  that  deatn,  and  the  ex- 
tinction of  an  office,  and  the  abolition  of  a  Govern- 
ment, aud  tbe  tviping  out  of  a  nation,  make  excep- 
tions to  all  principles  of  law. 

Justice  Miller — You  say  that  the  distinction  be- 
tween the  man  who  acce>pts  the  office  of  Senator  aud 
the  m»n  who  accepts  the  office  of  Elector  is  that  in 
the  one  case  the  objeotiou  goes  to  tbe  power  nf  tbe 
State,  and  in  the  other  case  it  does  nut.  What  is 
the  difforence  in  the  question  of  tbe  power  of  the 
State? 

Mr.  Mernck — In  the  one  case  the  prohibition  is 
that  no  person  shall  be  a  Kepresentafive  or  a  Sena- 
tor who  has  not  attained  a  certain  age;  in  the 
other,  it  Is  that  no  person  shall  be  appointed 
Elector  who  holds  an  office  of  trust  or  profit.  When- 
ever there  is  a  iiower  givun  to  do  an  act,  the  donee 
of  tbe  power  can  only  exercise  it  according  to  tbe 
precise  restrictions  and  limitaUons  of  the  donation. 

Mr.  Merrick  tben  passed  on  to  tbe  question  of 
the  rival  certificates,  and  was  arguing  la  favor  of 
the  legitimacy  of  the  second  and  third  certificates, 
(the  Tilden  certificates.) 

Senator  T  bur  man — Suppose  the  TUden  Electors 
bad  not  voted  at  all,  would  it  be  competent  to  show 
bv  sabseqnent  State  proceedings  that  the  Hayes 
Electors  wno  did  not  vote  had  no  titles  ?  That  is  the 
real  questioD, 

Mr.  Merrick — Most  unquestionably.  The  State 
cannot  have  ber  voice  simulated,  whether  her 
real  voice  is  spoken  or  not.  It  appears 
that  on  this  occasion  tbe  true  voice  of  the 
State  was  spoksu;  but  if  it  had  not  beeu 
tbere  could  have  oeen  no  more  power  and  vigor  lu 
the  simulated  tones  of  ber  voice  to  reach  tho  coun- 
cils of  tbe  Federal  Government  than  there  is  when 
these  simulated  tones  come  rinsing aiong  with  those 
of  tbe  true  sentiment  of  ber  people.  The  State  is 
not  to  be  deceived,  defrauded,  and  cheated.  She 
might,  prior  to  tbe  time  that  this  Electoral  vote  was 
oast,  tiave  instituted  ber  quo  warranto,  standing  in 
her  own  tribunals,  clothed  with  the  m^esty  of  ber 
executive  power,  and  appealing  to  her  judicial  au- 
thority, and  asked  these  men  "  By  what  warrant  do 
you  presume  to  exerciae  tbe  power  of  this  State?" 
and  so  standing  she  could  have  stripped  from  them 
tbe  garment  they  bad  stolen;  stripped  from  tbelr 
shoulders  her  livery  which  they  bad  stolen  "to 
serve  tbe  devil  in." 

Mr.  Mernck  then  q  noted  a  number  of  authorities 
froiB  tho  Supreme  Cuurt  showing  that  the  noiform 
role  was  for  that  court  to  follow  State  decisions  on 
the  subject  of  tbe  local  laws  ot  tbe  State,  and  com- 
mented on  some  of  Judee  Bradley's  upiniona  to 
that  effect.  He  claimed  in  couclasiou  that  the 
record  uf  tbe  quo  warranto  proceedings  was  before 
the  Commission,  if  noi  as  evidence,  at  least  as 
sbowing  the  laws  of  FloriJa,  and  that  ic  informed 
the  Commission  that  according  to  the  law 
of  Florida  tbe  Hayes  Electors  were  nut 
apiK>inted,  and  that  the  Tildeu  Electors 
were.  He  offered  an  anology  if  be  had  in  the  beat 
of  argument  m  replying  to  inquiries  said  aoything 
of  a  partisan  natnre.  He  had  designed  to  argue  tbis 
case  without  a  partisan  sentiment,  in  his  heart,  and 
without  allowini;  a  parcioan  expru!<8i.in  to  escaoe 
his  lips,  and  if  be  bad  failed  in  this  purpose  be 
begged  pardon  of  the  traditions  that  clustered  about 
these  sacred  walls. 

This  closed  tbe  argumsnt  on  tbe  question  cf 
the  ineligibility  of  Humphreys  as  a  Presidential 
Elector,  and  the  Commission  then,  at  4:50,  ad- 
journed till  10  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 

THE  SENATE  SUB-COMMITTEE. 


UTESART  NOTES. 


Washington,  Feb.  8. — This  committee.  Sen- 
ator Howe  presiding,  met  at  10  o'clock.  Judge  Davis 
was  recalled  and  cioss-examioed  by  Mr.  McDonald, 
He  explained  that  be  furnished  tbe  data  upon  which 
the  table  of  discrepancies  between  the  Democratic 
and  Bepublican  returns  was  made.  That  data  was 
famished  from  the  data  in  tbe  KetumuiK  Board  and 
from  tbe  published  Democratic  returns.  He  also 
furnished  the  statements  at  tbe  right  of  the  tables 
under  the  head  of  "explanations."  These  were 
compiled  by  the  witness  from  data  furnished 
by  tbe  returns  of  tbe  Supervisors.  The  ex- 
planations are  briefs  of  the  papers  filed  and  tbe 
remarks  made  by  Supervisors  and  Commissioners 
under  tbe  proxier  heads  on  the  faoe  ot  the  returns ; 
had  no  particular  evldMioe  that  tbe  statements  re- 
ferred to  were  true ;  topk  it  for  granted  they  were. 
Tbe  table*  was  submitted  to  the  witness  and  he  read 
from  the  statement  regarding  tbe  discrepancies  in 
the  Parish  of  Calcasieu,  and  stated  that  tbe  affi- 
davits supporting  tbe  explanations  were  not  at- 
tached to  the  returns;  so  in  tbe  statement  conoern- 
Idk  Concordia  Parish  the  proofs  were  not  witn  the 
papers,  but  were  afterward  found;  had  not  looked 
for  them  up  to  the  19th  of  December  last;  regard- 
ing poll  No.  5  m  toe  latter  parish,  tbe  testimony 
was  supplied  by  gomg  back  to  the  ballot-box ;  wit- 
ness saw  the  box  in  tbe  clerks'  room,  and  saw  tbe 
clerks  counting  tbe  ballots  ;  thinks  tbis  was  while 
tbe  Doard  was  in  session  ;  no  one  examined  tbe 
ballots  but  tbe  clerks  ;  nobody  connected  with  tbe 
Titden  Bide  saw  them;  candidates  were  never  ad- 
mitted into  the  board,  rooms;  polls  Nos.  2,3,  and 
4  in  Concordia  Parish  were  rejected,  and  witness 
never  saw  any  evidence  why,  except  the  protests 
which  were  filed  against  tbum  ;  poll  No.  4  in  Iberia 
Pariah  was  rejected  on  account  uf  non-cancelatlon 
of  the  certificates  uf  registration,  giving  chance  for 
repeating. 

Mr.  McDonald  read  from  the  public  proeeedings 
of  tbe  board  when  the  Sherman  cummittae  waa 
pressnt,  sbowing  that  the  poll  referred  to  waa  ex- 
amined publicly  and  ordered  to  be  tabulated  by  the 
clerks,  and  asked  tbe  witness  why  the  poil  so 
ordered  to  be  comoiled,  and  having  a  large  Demo- 
cratic majority,  was  afterward  rejected )  Tbe  wit- 
ness could  icive  no  explanaiioa  except  that 
he  bad  already  stated  that  the  word 
"voted"  bad  not  been  written  opposite  tbe 
names  of  tbe  voters  by  the  Commissioners,  thereby 
giving  opnortnnity  for  repeating;  the  poll  was  re- 
jected in  the  secret  session  ot  the  board;  la  tbe 
case  of  tbe  r^jsocion  of  votes  at  polls  Nus.  S  and  6 
in  Natchitoches  Parish,  there  was  no  examina- 
tion of  the  ballot-boxes;  tbe  charge  for 
tbe  rejection  was  general  intimiilatiun ;  in 
Vernon  Parish,  pulls  Nus.  1,  7,  and  10  were 
rejected  because  toe  original  return  bad  been 
destroyed  by  Mr.  Littlefleld;  there  was 
no  way  of  aooondtiag  lor  tbe  appearance  of  178 
votes  on  tbe  Bepublican  side;  tbese  votes  were  the 
voles  which  Litdefield  testified  that  he  had  trans- 
ferred from  tbe  Democratic  side  to  tbe  Bepublican 
side,  and  the  board  decided  that  it  waa  a  clerical 
error;  tbe  error  of  transposition  by  Littlefleld  has 
never  been  corrected,  aud  stands  now;  the  tables  bad 
been  made  up  before  the  transposition  was  discovered, 
and  witness  thinks  theretams  had  been  promulgated 
as  to  the  aggregate  vote,  and  tbere  has  never  beeu 
any  correction  of  that  promulgation  ;  tbe  exolana- 
lion  in  the  table  of  discupanoiea  fumisbed  by  wit- 
ness assigns  aa  a  roasJn  lor  the  rejection  that  it 
was  a  clerical  error;  the  person  who  made  out  tbe 
table  miuie  the  additional  note  about  tbe  transfer  by 
Littletield  ;  the  vote  of  Grant  Parish  was  rejt^cted 
because  tbe  eleciion  was  beld  by  pretendeu  elec- 
tors; the  Sapervisor  of  Begislration  left  the  State 
^yithout  appointiog  any  Commissioners,  aud  the 
returns  were  made  up  by  Commissioners  appointed 
by  the  United  States  Supervisor ;  do  not  kuuw  that 
tbe  Election  Law  of  Louisiana  does  not  piovide  for  the 
con  tiugunoy  of  a  Supervisor  leaving  his  duty  uu- 
performea  and  going  away;  witness  don't  know 
what  ^ulea  Were  adopted  by  the  board  tu  govern 
them  in  decidinz  upon  the  rejection  of  votes   . 

In  answer  to  Mr.  Wadleigb.  witness  said  the 
memorandnm  witness  gave  to  Mr.  Lmea  on  wbtob 
that  gentleman  made  up  tbe  table  of  diswaossoies, 
waa  to  tbe  effeet  that  there  was  Kooe'ria  intimidt.- 
tlon,  and  that  Polls  Kos.  1,  7,  and  9  were  rrjeoted 
bsoanae  of  tbs  arror  th,kt  178  votM  tud  b«en  trans- 
ferred from-tbe  Democratic  to  the  Bepablican  side. 

Tbe  oommittee  here  adjourned  until  to-morrow 
morning  at  10  o'clock. 

ABBE8TBD  ON  A  OEBWVS  OSAR&S. 
I4AWMN(0B|  Feb.  8.— John  W.  Bioharda,  of 
Dixmontt  Me^,  waa  arraatad  here  to-day  oo  a 
sharge  of  adoltazyi  aad  will  probably  be  held  for 
oaoataff  tha  death  of  Liyaaa  Crozfiwd,  at  Diz- 
BOBt,  OB  Jan.  SOl    Croxitotd's  rocoverr  t^r«^  ^aa 

Mmu  kt  rte^ived  ti  hW  w  l)e  i)9p«iaibi>* 


— Ottida'a  new  norel  la  entttled  Ariadne. 

—LoMin  \i  the  title  of  a  new  and  extended 

Snglish  poem. 

—Mr.  James  Sully  has  a  book  in  band  on 
Oerman  Petaimiim. 

— Mr.  Arthur  J.  Evans'  Sotiia  and  Mtraego- 
vina  has  reached  a  second  edition. 

—The  new  Volunae  of  Miae  Thaokeray's  nov- 
els has  tho  titlo,  M%»»  Angtl  /  t\tllunn  Jjawn. 

— Be7.  Dr.  WAshbum's  SoeM  Law  of  God, 
published  by  T.  Whlttaker,  baa  reached  a  third 
edition. 

— Soribner,  Armstrong  &  Co.  have  in  preaa  a 
third  series  of  Mr.  Froude's  Short  Studies  on  Ortat 
Subjects. 

— Pro£  Horatord,  of  Cambridge,  will  oon- 
tnbnte'to  the  "International  Soientiflo  Series"  the 
-volume  on  Bread. 

—The  article  on  "Dual  Conaciouaneas"  in 
the  ComhiU  Magazin*  for  January  is  attracting  very 
general  attention. 

—Anthony  TroUope's  new  story,  "Why  Prau 
Frohmann  Baised  Her  Prices, "  will  begin  In  Good 
Words  for  February. 

— Messrs.  Lippincott  &  Co.  hare  published 
a  Pocket  IHeHonary  of  the  Oerman  and  Snglish  Lan- 
guages,  byF.  W.  Longman. 

—Mr.  Gladstone  ia  the  author  of  the  very 
able  article  in  the  January  Ohureh  Qxtarterl]/  He- 
view  on  "  Tbe  Life  of  the  Prince  Consort." 

— ^The  last  part  of  Dr.  Pusey's  Commentary  on 
the  Minor  Prophets,  completing  a  work  which  was 
begun  16  years  ago,  may  be  expected  shortly. 

— Anna  Warufiek,  by  Mrs.  Georgiana  Mulook 
Cralk,  will  presently  be  added  by  Harper  & 
Brothers  to  tbelr  "Library  of  Select  ITovela." 

-^A  new  book  for  the  new  year  is  The  Maxim$ 
and  Sayings  of  the  late  Bev.  F.  W.  Faber,  D.  D., 
Priest  of  the  London  Oratory  of  St.  Fhillo  Keri. 

— Mesara.  Smith  &  Elder  are  about  to  publish 
a  Life  of  Sir  James  CHUram.  The  documents  are  all 
collected,  but  it  is  not  yet  settled  who  will  edit  the 
work. 

— A  Winter  in  th«  City  of  Pleasure,  which 
means  Ute  upon  the  Lower  Danube,  by  Florence  K. 
Berger,  is  one  of  Bentley  &  Sons  latest  worlu  of 
travel. 

—Tbe  third  volume  of  Bishop  Thirlwall'e 
Literary  and  Theologieal  Remains,  to  be  devoted  to 
his  mlscellaneoiu  writings,  will  be  published  imme- 
diately. 

— Triibner  &.  Co.  publish  Waift  and  Strays 
from  the  Far  East  a  series  of  dissonnected  essays 
on  matters  relating  to  China,  by  Frederic  Henry 
Balfour. 

— John  Ruasell  Young  is  said  to  be  the  author 
of  the  recent  article  on  the  Presidential  crisis  in 
Maemillan,  which  created  considerable  interest  in 
Eugland. 

— The  supplementary  volume  to  Ure's  well- 
known  dictionary  is  in  the  hands  of  Robert  Hunt, 
F.  B.  S.,  the  editor  of  tbe  seventh  edition  of  the 
original  work. 

— The  second  aeries  of  Studies  of  the  Greek 
Pottt,  by  John  Addington  Symonds,  the  able  and 
accomplished  Oxford  litterateur,  has  just  been  pub- 
lished in  England. 

— Robert  Collyer,  the  famous  Western 
preacher,  is  said  to  bare  used  bis  first  literary  aarn- 
ings  in  the  purchase  of  a  complete  edition  of  the 
writinzs  of  De  Qaincey. 

-Mr.  Wallace,  m  his  Bussia,  soon  to  be  pub- 
lished here  by  Henry  Holt  Sc  Co.,  says  that  the 
chief  idea  of  nappiness  among  tho  Bnssian  .peas- 
ants la  to  feast  and  get  drunk. 

— J.  B.  Lippinoott  Sc  Co.  have  just  published 
editions  of  Lean  Contansean's  valuable  French  and 
English  Dictionaries,  the  marked  success  of  which, 
in  England,  attests  tbeir  value. 

— Routledge  d&  Sous  are  about  to  issue  a 
complete  library  edition  of  Lord  Lytton's  novels, 
in  monthly  volumes.  Pelhatn.  the  first  of  the 
series,  will  appear  about  Feb.  30, 

— That  irrepressible  zealot  known  as  "FatheY 

Imiatias,  O.  S.  B.,"  is  the  author  of  two  volumes  of 
sermons  which  deal  specially  with  the  questions 
uppermost  in  the  minds  of  Ritualists. 

— The  stereotype  plates  and  copyright  of  tbe 
entire  series  of  Worcester's  DictiQ-naries,  seven  in 
number,  have  just  been  purchased  by  J.  B.  Lippin- 
oott &  Co.,  who  will  publish  them  nereatter. 

— A  wealthy  Copenhagen  brewsr,  J.  C.  Jacob- 
son,  has  given  tbe  sum  of  1,000,000  crowns  for  the 
promotion  of  mathematloi,  natural  science,  the 
science  of  language,  history,  and  philosophy. 

— The  latest  joumalistio  attempt  in  London, 
where  just  now  nearly  everybody  seems  ready  to 
start  a  fresh  organ  of  opinion,  is  a  penny  daily 
newspaper  which  will  be  called  Coming  Events. 

— Tbe  London  Examiner  tfQaka  of  Mr.  Justin 
McCarthy,  whose  novel.  Miss  Misanthrope,  baa  just 
begun  in  tbe  QaUmy,  as  "one  of  the  few  novelists 
who  succeed  in  drawing  thoroughly  charming 
women." 

— A  new  and  cheaper  edition  of  Sir  William 
Muir's  Life  of  Mohamed  is  Just  published  by  Smith, 
Elder  ic  Co.,  London.  The  second  edition  of  W. 
Page  Roberts'  Jieasonable  Service  is  also  announced 
by  the  same  publishers. 

— Temperance  literature  of  the  right  sort 
grows  apaice.  Jinglish  Drunkenness  and  Swedish  Li- 
censing is  tbe  title  of  a  forthcoming  pampniet,  by 
Mr.  Arthur  Arnold,  which  will  not  be  without  in- 
terest among  ourselves. 

— Six  English  editions  of  ffelen's Babies  have 
been  issued  or  announced  since  Sampson  Low  St 
Co.,  who  pay  the  author  a  royalty,  published  their 
own  edition  in  December.  How  soon  shall  we  have 
an  international  copyright  law  I 

— The  double  number  of  Ifature  lor  Jan.  11, 
1877,  will  be  eagerly  sought  by  soleniiflc  people  for 
the  lecture  by  Prut.  Huxley,  delivered  in  December 
at  tbe  South  Kensington  Museum,  and  published  in 
full,  "On  the  Study  of  Biology." 

— One  hundred  thousand  copies  of  the  late 
Bev.  Blchard  Cobbold's  History  of  Margaret  Catch- 
pole,  a  Suffolk  girl,  nave  been  sold,  and  the  pub- 
lishers, Ward,  Locke  &.  Tyler,  say  that  the  present 
annual  sale  Is  from  3,0U0  to  5,000  copies. 

—Early  in  this  month  a  new  Goethe  corre- 
spondence win  be  pabllsbed,  which  is  anticipated 
with  much  curiosity  in  Germany.  It  is  tbe  poet's 
letters  to  Marianne  Von  Willemer,  the  original  of 
Suleika  in  tbe  "  West-ojtUcber  Divan." 

— Mr.  Robert  Buchanan's  new  poem,  Balder 
the  Beautiful,  deals  with  the  beautiful  god  of  North- 
ern mythology,  but  from  a  dlfierent  point  of  view 
ftom  that  assumed  by  any  who  have  adopted  thi  s 
theme,  from  Matthew  Arnold  to  Ohlenschlftger. 

—Bev.  T.  K.  Cheyne,  M.  A..  Rev.  B.  L. 
CUrka,  M.  A.,  S.  K  Driver,  and  Alfred  Goodwin, 
are  the  editors  uf  Eyra  &  Spattiswoode's  Vat%ous 
Readings  and  Retidetings  of  the  Bible,  which  Pott, 
Voune  &,  Co.,  ot  this  City,  publish   in  this  country. 

— ^The  great  number  ol  pamphlets  in  oonneo- 
tion  with  tbe  Hatcham  case  shows  tbat  this  attempt 
to  put  down  Bltnallsm  by  authority  of  Parliament, 
aooording  to  the  opinion  of  a  leading  English  Churoh 
dignitary,  is  likely  to  be  the  beginning  of  the  final 
separation  of  Church  and  State. 

— Tfhe  literary  editor  of  the  Christian  Union, 
tbe  now  famous  John  Habberton,  says  that  Mrs. 
Fanny  Hodgson  Burnett  "  has  more  dramatic  power 
than  almost  any  Obber  novelist  in  America,"  and 
the  readers  of  her  stones  in  Seribnsr  and  elsewhere 
will  generally  agree  with  this  opinion. 

— Aniflsportantwork  by  Heinrich  Geffcken, 
Professor  of  International  Law  m  the  University  of 
Strasburg;  Ohureh  and  State;  their  Jielations  His- 
torically Developed,  has  just  been  published  io  Eng- 
land, and  will  prove  a  very  timely  work  for  the  ad- 
Jnstment  of  curreoc  questions  and  conflicts. 

— ^The  Harpera  have  conferred  a  favor  on 
the  public  by  publishing  an  edition,  io  good  type 
and  paper,  and  m  sue  volume  of  convenient  sib*,  of 
Lord  Maoaulay's  Life  and  Letters,  tot  H  73.  The 
publishers  gain,  and  tbe  people  gain,  too,  by  Ihe 
making  of  really  good  booxs  so  cheap  tbat  they  can 
■be'generally  read.  ^ 

—Russia  baa  recently  lost  a  good  Slavonio 

scholar  in  Viktor  Ivanovich  GngoroTiob,'  who  died 
on  tbe  31st  of  December.  His  principal  works 
wete  Besearehes  into  the  History  of  the  Slavonio 
AposOss  in  European  Turkey,  Essays  on  the  Old 
Slavonio  Larmuage,  On  SL  Olammt  of  BxAgaria, 
On  ats.  Cyril  and  Methodius,  and  Jrat^eif  in  Turjtey 
in  Europe. 

—Tbe  more  tbanchtfU  of  religions  readera 
will  tarn  with  curlositr  and  interest  to  the  January 
Pablia  Bnisiw  Xo  aaa  what  Or.  Ward,  the  aditor, 
hastoaay  taraply  toPref.  Mlvart's  "On,  Mbeity 
Of  ni»saiaa«w,"   AMt^  V(M%  WWolt  wM  etttaot 


](aa«ral<rtteatloBl8  "Oardinal  AntonaOl,"  and  ati'l 

another  ia  the  ''  Etamtnation  oi  Ut.  Herotet  Siwn- 

oer's  Psyel^oxv." 
— Mr.  Kinglake,  in  the  new  edition  of  hia  tnta- 

Kon  of  Oh  CKmso,  draws  an  Intereitlnz  odmpanioa 

between  tbe  year  1653  and  the  year  1876,  and  finds 
tbat  the  great  moving  spirit  which  agitated  the 
Russian  people  was  the  ssme  in  each  crisu.  His 
sketch  of  the  way  la  which  Bossia's  warlike  feel- 
ing was  kindled  by  the  death  of  the  herolo  Kireeff 
is  aa  brilliant  aa  any  part  of  his  faaoinating  history. 
— The  Paris  DdbcUs  recently  printed  an  inter- 
esting correspondence  between  the  late  M.  de  Mon- 
talembert  and  Pdre  Hyaointbe,  furnished  by  the  lat- 
ter from  Geneva,  which  gives  important  testimony 
to  the  substantial  agreement  between  the  two  on 
questions  touching  the  present  policy  of  the  Church 
of  Borne,  and  shows  what  efforta  were  made  in  his 
last  days  to  compel  the  eloquent  French  layman  to 
suppress  his  religions  and  political  opinions. 

— ^Bernard  Quaritoh,  London,  aeads  out  a 
catalogue  of  a  collection  of  rare  books  an  the  lan- 
guages and  history  of  New  Spain,  comoiled  by  the 
Abb6  Fischer,  (formerly  confessor  and  Secretary  to 
tne  Emperor  Maximilian,)  and  pnnt^,  in  almost 
every  c«sm.  In  Mexico,  between  the  years  1540  and 
1870.  In  the  collection  tbere  are  niunerons  scarce 
volumes  of  comparatively  late  date  on  the  people 
and  languages  of  tbe  northern  and  north-western 
provinces  of  New  Spain. 

— J.  R.  Osgood  &  Co.  have  just  brought  out 
he  seventh  edition  of  Oeorge  Tieknor's  Ltfe,  Letters, 
and  Journals.  How  would  it  do  to  give  the  public 
now  an  edition  of  tbis  really  interesting  work, 
which  does  not  eost  more  than  |3 1  It  waa  the  pre- 
diction ot  a  shrewd  book-man  a  year  ago  that  a 
thousand  oopies  of  this  work  might  possibly  be  sold, 
and  now  that  7,000  have  been  asked  for,  why  not  let 
tbe  7,000  who  have  not  yet  read  it  hare  a  ohanoe  at 
it  at  the  people's  pries  t 

— ^Since  Mr.  Schuyler's  Turkistan  was  pub- 
lished, the  comparatively  unknown  region  of  Cen- 
tral Asia  has  seemed  to  be  a  favorite  topio  for 
tbe  boek-makers.  tbe  latest  work  on  the  subject 
being  Frederick  Drew's  Korthem  Barrier  of  India, 
a  popular  account  of  the  Jnmoo  and  Kashmir  ter- 
ritories, tbe  pbysioal  condition  of  the  country,  the 
distribution  of  lanKoages  and  faiths  within  1^  ita ' 
political  organization,  and  the  routes  tbat  traversd 
it,  published  by  Edward  Stanford.  London. 

— Aubrey  de  Vere  is  sadly  missed  from  the 
ranks  of  the  choicest  living  English  poets.  If  his  rep- 
utation was  not  wide,  his  rank  was  high,  and  whether 
be  attempted  dramatic  or  epic  poetry  or  restricted 
himself  to  tbe  sonnet's  narrow  room,  be  never  did 
poor  work.  It  is  welcome  news  that  his  meditative 
and  lyrical  poems  will  soon  be  published,  and  it 
may  be  hoped  that  the  publishers,  Henry  S.  King 
&  Co.,  will  feel  encourazed  to  give  tbe  public  a 
complete  edition  of  hts  writings  in  the  dainty  style 
which  generally  bears  tbeir  imprint. 

—Thomas  Hughes  oalls  attention  to  the  fact 
that  but  for  the  woman  who  became  his  wife  when 
be  was  an  enthusiastlo  vouuk  man,  panting  tor  ad- 
venture, Charles  Ktngaley  would  have  come  to 
America  in.  the  Sammer  of  1839.  and  our  country 
woald  have  bad  her  Bret  Harte  half  a  generation 
sooner,  and  tbat  when  KIngsley  looked  across  the 
Mississippi  at  Council  B'uffs  from  Omaha,  the 
eastern  terminus  of  the  Pacifits  Bailway,  May  11, 
1873,  the  tears  came  to  his  eyes  as  he  thanked  God 
for  his  wife  and  thought  what  might  have  been. 

— Mr.  W.  F.  Mayers,  her  Britannio  Majesty's 
Chinese  Secretary  of  Legation  at  Peking,  has  com- 
pleted, and  will  shortly  publish  a  erammar  and 
vocabulary  of  tbe  language  of  Corea,  whioh  will  be 
accompanied  with  eompsratlve  treatises  on  the 
Japanese,  Manohoo,  and  Turkish  lang^nages,  aud 
accompanied  with  a  sketch  of  Corean  history.  This 
will  be  the  first  book  of  the  kind  published  in 
English.  Nothing  has  been  hitherto  loiown  of  tbe 
language,  and  the  only  specimen  of  the  literature 
known  m  this  country  is  a  volume  of  a  novel 
which  stands  In  the  library  of  the  British  Museum. 
— G.  Monod  furnishes  the  Academy  for  Jan. 
SO  with  a  very  interesting  sketch  ot  the  late  M. 
Bales,  tbe  proprietor  and  editor  of  the  Bevue  des 
Deux  Mondet,  and  gives  a  general  history  of  the 
Revue  Itself  and  of  its  probable  future.  Latterly  it 
baa  circulated  20,000  conies  of  each  number  and 
beaten  down  every  rival  in  France.  M.  Bnlox 
bought  tbe  Reeue  when  it  was  a  little  monthly  val- 
ueless brochure,  and  cathered  around  him  tbe  most 
distinguished  writers  of  France  at  tbe  moat  brilliant 
moment  of  the  Bomantlc  psrlod.  He  was  a  despot 
among  editors,  and  never  yielded  his  opinion  to  either 
frisnd  or  foe.  He  said  tbat  tbe  death  of  George 
Sand  hastened  bis  own. 

— Egypt  is  coming  to  be  the  fashitmable 
tepic  m  literature.  Bar.  Dr.  Henry  Potter's  A 
Trtnt«r  tn  Egypt  and  Syria  has  been  published  for 
some  time,  and  so  has  Mr.  Warner's  A  Winter 
on  the  Kile.  Still  another  book  on  the 
Nile,  to  all  appearance  vastly  better 
iban  T.  G.  Appleton's  "twaddle"— so  oro- 
Dounoed  by  tbe  Saturday  Review — is  a  large  volume 
just  published  by  tbe  Longmans,  and  handsomely 
illustrated,  ttom  the  pen  of  Miss  Amelia  B.  El- 
wards,  whose  previous  volume  of  Travels  on  the  Alps 
is  one  of  tbe  best  works  of  its  kind  in  the  laD{;aai;e. 
And  now  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson,  the  Concord  sage, 
ia  to  come  forward  and  contribute  his  *'  Impressions 
of  Egypt"  to  the  March  number  of  the  North 
American  Review. 

— Cassell,  Fetter  Sc  Galpin  are  to  be  the  pub- 
lishers of  JAs  Leopold  Shakespeare,  in  a  single  vol- 
ume of  1,060  pages.  The  poet's  works  are  printed 
in  chronological  order  from  the  text  of  Prof.  Delius, 
with  "  Tbe  Two  Noble  Kinsmen  "  and  "  Edwatd 
ni,"  and  an  introduction  by  F.  J.  Fumivall.  The 
volume  is  orowo  8vo.  in  sUe,  and  is  finely  illns- 
trated.  Tbese  latter  plays  are  added  because  it  Is 
believed  that  they  contain  much  that  is  Sbake- 
speare'a  Tbe  volume  will  be  issued  during  tbe  pres 
ent  month.  The  same  publishers  have  lately 
brought  out  The  Practical  Kennel  Ouide,  by  Dr.  Gor- 
don Stables,  with  ohspters  on  "  Law  on  Dogs,"  and 
"  Non-Sporting  Kennel,"  whioh  have  not  before  ap- 
peared. They  are  also  the  American  agents  for  W. 
P.  Nlmmo's  Svo.  editions  of  The  Spectator,  The  Ram- 
bler, The  Idler,  The  Adventurer  and  The  Oonnoisteur 
—complete  In  one  volnmd.  M.  Thiers'  History 
of  the  French  Bevolution,  and  also  of  bis  History  of 
the  ConsuUUe  and  of  the  Empire  of  Francs  uruier  Na- 
poleon. 

— Sir  Henry  Taylor  is  now  occupied  with  the 
jr«Tnotr«  of  His  Time,  but  before  this  final  work  ap- 
pears there  is  to  be  a  tmiform  edition  of  his  works 
In  prose  and  verse,  to  be  published  by  Henry  S. 
King  &.  Co.,  which  will  be  joyfully  received  by 
those  who  appreciate  the  best  English  writing. 
Sir  Henry  Taylor  is  almost  the  Nestor  of  English 
poets,  and  even  of  prose  writers.  He  was  the  in- 
timate friend  of  Southey,  Coleridge,  and  Words- 
worth ;  tbe  man  who  dared  to  dispute  Byron's 
genius  when  it  was  heresy  to  qaestlon  it ;  the  fel- 
low-worker with  Sir  Aubrey  de  Vere  in  dramatlo 
Studies  ;  the  man  whom  tbe  Ute  George  Tiokner 
delighted  to  honor ;  tbe  companion  of  Lord  Macau- 
lay  and  of  the  wisest  and  brightest  men  of  the  gen- 
eration now  passing  away ;  and  in  his  serene  old 
age,  relleyed  from  tbe  duties  ot  his  position  in  the 
Colonial  Office,  living  in  a  charming  suburb  of  Lon- 
don, and  surrounded  by  the  friends  whom  his  social 
aud  literary  gifts  have  equally  woo,  be  is  writing 
out  his  memones  of  the  famous  men  he  has  met  as 
equals,  and  the  public  may  look  in  due  time  for 
volumes  as  delightful  as  Tieknor's  lAfe  and  Litters 
or  as  Interestiag  as  Crabb  Robinson's  Diary  and 
Btminisetnees. 

— ^The  Nineteenth  Century  is  tbe  new  neriod- 
loal  to  which  the  readers  of  the  Contemporary  Re- 
view will  hasten  to  transfer  their  subsonptions,  now 
that  Mr,  Knowles,  wbo  gave  the  Contemporary  sueh 
6clat  among  tbe  msgsiines  by  his  genius  for  editor- 
ship, has  begun  a  periodical  lu  which  he  will  be  free 
to  develop  the  plans  which  have  given  the  Contem  - 
porary  Review  saoh  dlstinaaished  success.  Mr, 
Knowles  has  rallied  around  him  Mr.  Tenqyson.  Mr. 
Matthew  Arnold,  Prof.  Huxley,  Dr.  Tyndall,  Car- 
dinal ManninK,  Mr.  Grant-Dufl|  Rir  John  Lubbock, 
Mr.  G.  H.  Lewes,  Dr.  Carpenter,  Mr.  Frederic  Har- 
rison, Prof.  Mlvart,  Prof.  Clifford,  Prot  Robert- 
son, Dean  Stanley,  the  Dean  of  St.  Paul's,  Dr. 
Martlneao,  Mr.  W.  B.  Greg,  Sir  J.  Fltziamea 
Stephen,  and  very  nearly  all  those  whose  aoatribn- 
tlons  have  attracted  attention  in  tbe  0<fntemporarv. 
With  such  a  corps  of  writers  the  Nineteenth  Osn- 
tury,  a  name  given  to  the  new  review  by  tbe  poet- 
laureate,  is  likely  to  fully  occupy  tbe  position  lately 
held  by  the  Oontetnvorary,  aud  Mr.  Knowles  will 
have  no  publisher  to  arrogate  to  himself  the  oredii 
which  belongs  to  the  editor,  Jnst  so  fax  as  he  has 
badoootrol  of  tbs  Oontemporwry  has  this  pariodlaal 
gMia  wto  sao<md  aad  third  as4  avaa  mora  aditioas 
of  aiagla  nnnhers,  aad  (ta  tpflaasaa  hsa  been  felt 
wherevsr  the  Sngllsb  laagaaR*  is  apocea  aad  BMsn 


F0BTY-FOURTH  COSeMSS. 

aBOOND  SBSSIOIf. .Jfaft.  6. 


fiUtf  UAB7  OS  THE  DAFS  PfiOCSKDlNQS. 

In  tbe  Senate  the  oredentiala  of  Hon.  A.  H. 
Gkirland,  of  Arkansas,  waa  presented^  The  Post' 
Office  Appropriation  biU  was  reported  back  with 
amendments.  Tha  bill  appropriating  tSOO.OOO  to 
pay  Oapt.  Bads  for  the  oonstructioh  of  the  Sonth 
Passjetties  was  indefinitely  postponed.  The  Post 
Offloe  ApproprlattoB  bill  was  taken  up,  and  many 
of  the  amendments  of  the  Appropriation  Commit- 
tee agreed  te,  and  the  bill  passed. 

In  the  Honae  a  biU  to  abolish  tbe  District  Police 
Bowd  was  introduced.  Mr,  Hale  read  communica- 
tions ftom  ex-Gov.  Wells  and  Mr.  Anderson,  of  tbe 
Lonisiana  Beturning  Board,  complaining  that  they 
were  confined  in  a  damp,  dark  dtugeon,  in  tbe  eal- 
lax  of  tne  Capitol,  that  yeaterday  they  bad  been 
transferred  by  the  Speaker  to  better  quartets,  bat 
were  reimprisoned  in  their  dungeon  by  tbe  Sergeant 
at  Arms;  and  that  one  of  them,  a  man  over 
70  years  of  age,  was  ill  from  tbe  effects  of  tbe  im- 
prisonment. Mr.  Hale  ofiered  a  resolution  direct- 
ing the  Sergeant  at  Arms  to  remove  the  prisoners 
to  a  better  room,  on  wbioh  be  moved  tbe  prevlons 
anestlon.  Tbe  Democrats  voted  against  it,  and  the 
prevlons  question  waa  not  ordered.  A  resolution 
instructing  tbe  Special  Oommittee  on  Loulsiaaa  to 
inquire  into  tbe  matter  and  report  at  once  to  the 
House  was  adopted. 


SBNATB. 

The  recess  having  expired,  the  JSenate  re- 
sumed Its  session  at  10  o'clock  this  morning^  with 
but  few  Senators  present,  and  tbe  formal  reading  of 
the  Indian  Appropriation  bill  took  plaoe  in  aooord- 
ance  with  the  agreement  of  yesterday.  The  read- 
ing was  concluded  at  10:30  o'clock,  and  the  Senate, 
on  motion  of  Mr.  Withbbs,  took  another  recess  tm- 
tU  13  o'clock.  tTpon  reassembling  at  noon,  prayer 
was  offered  by  Bev.  Dr.  S.  H.  Hall,  of  New- York 
City. 

CBBDEMTIALS. 

The  Chaik  laid  before  the  Senate  the  oredentiala 
of  Hon.  A.  H.  Gariand,  elected  United  Sutes  Sena- 
tor from  tbe  State  of  Arkansas  for  six  vears  from 
March  4,  1877.    Placed  on  file. 

THAItKS  FOB  THB    BLECTOBAI.   COUBT. 

Mr.  Mebriuon.  of  North  Carolina  presented  eon- 
current  resolutions  of  the  North  Carolina  Legisla- 
ture approving  of  the  act  of  Coneress  authorlsloE 
the  appointment  of  a  Commission  to  connt  tbe  Elec- 
toral vote,  and  thanking  the  oommittee  which  re- 
ported that  bill  for  their  patriotism  and  labor.  Laid 
on  the  table. 

THE  POST  OPPICB  APPBOPBIATIOBr. 

Mr.  West,  of  Louisiana,  from  tbe  Committee  on 
Appropriations,  reported  back  the  Post  Oi&ce  Ap- 
propriation bill  wirh  various  amendments.  Ordered 
to  be  printed  and  lie  on  tbe  table. 

THE  EADS    JETTIES  APPBOPBIATION. 

Mr.  WofDOM,  of  Minnesota,  called  up  the  Eonse 
bill  to  provide  for  tho  payment  of  James  B.  Bads 
for  the  construction  of  Jetties  at  the  Soatn  Pass  of 
tbe  Missisaippi  Biver, 

Mr.  Davis,  of  West  Virginia^  said  the  Attorney 
General  bad  expressed  an  opinion  to  the  effect  that 
Mr.  Eads  was  entitled  to  bis  pay,  but  he  said 
nothing  about  whether  such  payment  should  be  in 
bonds  or  money.  That  question  shoald  be  referred 
to  the  Attorney  General  now. 

Mr.  MoBBiLL  argued  tbat  Congress  had  reserved 
io  Usoir  the  right  to  pay  Mr.  Eads  either  in  money 
or  bonds,  and  this  reaervatioa  was  made  because 
when  tbe  act  anlhoriziog  tbe  improvement  was 
passed  it  was  not  known  whether  the  revenue  of 
the  country  wonld  be  sufficient  to  pay  tbe  mone.y 
upon  tbe  completion  of  the  work.  Tbe  nassage  of 
this  bill  to  pay  Mr.  Eads  in  money  would  be  comply- 
ing with  the  contract 

Mr.  Sherman,  ot  Ohio,  favored  the  passage  of  the 
bill  as  it  came  from  tbe  House,  and  tbe  payment  of 
Mr.  Eads  In  money.  He  argued  tbat  Mr.  Bads  had 
caused  tbe  delay  In  getting  bis  money,  as  he  could 
have  bad  it  some  time  ago  had  he  not  made  an  effort 
to  get  tbe  bonds. 

Mr.  West,  of  Louisiana,  quoted  from  the  act  au- 
thorizing the  improvement,  and  argued  that  Con- 
gress was  in  default  on  account  of  not  having  ap- 
propriated the  money  to  meet  tbe  payment. 

Tbe  discussion  was  continued  at  length,  and  tbe 
question  being  upon  the  indefinite  postponement  of 
the  House  bilfwhioh  appropriates  tbe  money  to  pay 
Mr.  Esds, — it  was  determined  in  the  affirmative— 
yeas  30,  nays  24.  ' 

THE  POST  OFFICE  APPBOFBIATIOK8. 

Mr.  West,  from  tbe  Committee  on  Aporopria- 
tlons,  reported  bactc  the  amendment  to  the  Post 
Office  Appropriation  bill  submitted  ou  Saturday 
last  by  Mr.  Hamlin,  appropriating  $500,000  to  con- 
tinue mail  steam-ship  service  between  San  Fran- 
cisco, Japan,  and  China,  tor  one  year,  and  antborie- 
ing  the  Postmaster  General  to  contract  with  tbe 
Pacific  Mail  Steam-ship  Company  for  such  service, 
wiiboat  recommendation. 

Mr.  Sarqent  submitted  an  amendment  to  tbat  of 
Mr.  Hauilin,  providing  that  tbe  whole  number  of 

gsasuugers  ot  Asiatic  birth  or  descent  received  on 
oard  the  steamers  of  said  company,  to  be  landed  at 
any  place  or  places  on  the  Continent  of  Amsriea, 
or  the  neighboring  islands,  shall  at  no  time  exceed 
ono  passeneer  for  every  15  resristered  tons,  and  on 
any  violation  of  thia  provision  payments  from  this 
appropriation  shall  cease.  Ordered  to  be  printed 
Various  amendments  reported  by  the  Committee 
on  Appropriations  were  then  agreed  to, 
among  them  tbe  following :  increasing 
the  number  ol  'Indian  agents  from 
as  to  70 ;  inoreasing  the  compensation 
of  three  Indian  Inspectors  from  12.500  to  $3,000 
each,  and  the  appropriations  for  buildings  at 
agencies  from  $15,000  to  $30,000;  that  for  the  pur- 
cnase  of  fiunr  and  meat  for  tbe  Crow  Indians  nom 
•73, QUO  to  $100,000;  appropriating  (47,000  lor  tbe  pay 
ot  aduitional  employes  at  Ihe  several  agencies  for 
the  Suiux  In  Nebraska  and  Dakota ;  appropriating 
$50,000  tor  the  selection  of  a  location  and  for  the 

couatraotion  of  necessary  buildings  and  the  re- 
moval of  the  Yankton  Sioux  to  the  Missouri  Biver, 
and  increasing  tbe  appropriation  tor  the  subslsienoe 
of  said  Indians  and  the  Ponca  Sioux  from  $1,000,000 
to  $1,250,000.  Tbe  committee  also  reporteu  an 
amendment  approprlatmg  $15,000  for  the  removal  of 
the  Ponoas  from  Nebraska  to  the  Indian  Territory. 
Agreed  to. 

The  House  of  Beoresentatives  Inserted  a  clause, 
as  follows  :  "And  the  President  ot  the  United 
States  is  hereby  directed  to  nroblblt  the  removsl  of 
any  portion  of  the  said  Sioux  Indians  to  the  Indian 
Territory  unless  the  same  shall  be  hereafter  au- 
thorised by  Congress."  The  Senate  Committee  on 
Appropriations  struck  out  that  clause,  and  this  was 
agreed  to.  Otner  amendments  reported  by  the  com- 
mittee were  agreeu  to,  as  follows:  Appropriating 
$15,000  for  the  erection  of  agency  buildings  upon 
the  southern  portion  of  the  Ute  reservation ;  in- 
oreasing the  appropriation  for  the  Sioux  In- 
dians at  Fort  Peck  Agenoy — Assiolbolnes 
and  Gros  Vootres— ftom  $75,000  tu  $100,000; 
increasing  the  appropriation  tor  the  support  of 
schools  not  otherwise  provided  for  from  $2^000  to 
$40,000;  appropriating  $10,000  for  Indian  Police  in 
tbe  several  Indian  reservations,  and  $58,085  for  the 
payment  of  such  members  of  the  Miami  and  con- 
federated bands  of  Kaakas,  Peoria,  Pisnkeshaw, 
and  Wea  Indians  as  elect  to  become  oitisens  of  the 
United  States,  as  their  proportion  of  tbe  tribal 
moneys;  appropriating  $20,000  from  the 
Great  and  Little  Osage  fund  for  the 
education  of  40  Indian  youths  in  various 
institutions  of  learning  in  tbe  United  States.  Ap- 
propriations lor  incidental  expenses  of  the  Indian, 
service  were  increased  as  lollovrs :  In  Arizona  and' 
Calltomia,  irom  $30,000  to  $30,000  eaou;  Dakota  and 
Oregon,  from  $10,000  to  $20,000  each;  New-Mexico, 
ITom  $15,000  to  $25,000. 

The  bill  was  reported  to  the  Senate,  and  tbe 
amendments  made  in  oommittee  were  concurred  in. 
The  bill  was  then  read  a  third  time  and  passed. 

THE  PACIFIC  BAILBOAD  SINKINO  FITND. 

The  Chaib  laid  before  tbe  Senate  the  bill  in- 
formally laid  aside  yesterday  to  amend  tbe  Pacific 
Bailroad  acts  so  as  to  provide  a  sinking  fund  lor  the 
liquidation  of  the  indebtedness  due  the  Govern- 
ment by  the  Pacido  Bailroad  companies,  in  order 
tbat  It  should  come  up  as  nnflnisned  business  to- 
morrow. 

The  Senate  then,  at  4:45  P.  M.,  went  into  exeon- 
tire  8e8siou,and  when  the  doors  were  reopened  took 
a  recess  until  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to-morrow. 


orad  tbe  Speaker  for  hla  honest  eflbris  te  relieve 

tholt  Bolertng.   It  waa  abhoimnt  to  the  feelinga  of 
the  Aiaetican  peoole  tbat  the  Honae  dionld  treat 

with    sueh   entity   a  man   over   70  years    old.  be- 
eaaaebe  bad  stood  np.for  what  be  knew  was  right 

TbeBPEAKEB  said  tbat  the  witnesses  were  not 
Itt  Ida  charge,  bnt  that  as  he  had  charge  of  the 
rooms  in  the  Oanitol  he  had  ordered  that  the  pris- 
oners should  be  transferred  to  the  room  of  the  Com- 
mittee OB  £dncatlon.  but  that  committee  had  ob- 
leoted,  and  the  Seraeant  at  Arms  had  no  power  to 
do  any thlna  bat  remove  (beaa  once  more  to  tbeix 
former  quarters. 

Mr.  GONaBB,  of  Michigan,  thought  that  there 
oonld  be  no  pretense  of  right  or  instice  on  the  side 
of  any  paity  Wbieh  sbonld  perpetrate  sncti  a  cruelty 
as  to  confine  priaonerain  a  room  in  wliloh  their  health 
wonid  be  anderailned,  simplv  becauae  they  raftised 
to  produce  certain  paj^ei*  wbioh  it  was  not  in  tbeir 
power  to  prodnee.  A  mere  statement  of  that,  to 
tbe  oommon  American  mind,  would  produce  a  oon- 
vietdon  of  an  infsmoos  wrong  dona  by  this  Honse, 
and  no  man  wotild  dare  to  attempt  to  Justify  such 
oondnot,  wbioh  reminded  one  of  the  days  ot  thumb- 
screws and  the  Inonisltioa. 

Mc  Oltkbb,  of  PennsylTsnia,  on  behalt  of  the 
Sergeant  at  Arms,  said  that  that  officer  bad  dona  all 
io  his  power  for  the  purpose  of  rendering  tlie  prls 
oners  comfortable.  The  room  they  occupied  was 
Well  heated,  well  lighted,  and  well  ventilated.  It 
waa  the  room  which  bad  been  used  lor  tbe  same 
purpose  by  preceding  Congresses.  They  were  al- 
lowed to  have  conversations  with  their  frirads. 

Mr.  CoNOBB,  of  Mlohlgan— Many  meml>era  have 
sought  access  to  them  and  been  denied. 

The  Spbakeb  explained  tbat  by  calling  attention 
to  the  fact,  tbat  the  resolution  which  placed  the  re- 
cusant witnesses  in  tbe  custody  ot  the  Sergeant  at 
Arms  directed  tbat  they  should  be  held  lu  "close 
custody." 

Mr.  Banks,  of  Massachusetts,  thought  that  when 
the  House  adopted  tbat  resolution  it  had  not  in- 
tended that  an  inquisition  should  be  established 
which  should  compel  the  prisoners  to  disclose  what 
they  did  not  desire  to  disclose.  He  also  wished  to 
call  attention  to  the  fact  that  they  had  not  beeu 
kept  in  "close  custody,"  as  the  resolution  directed, 
but  they  had  been  taken  befce  a  oommittee  ot  the 
House  and  compelled  to  give  testimony  without 
any  order  of  the  House  allowing  them  to  be  brought 
out  of  onetody, 

Mr.  SPARKi,  of  Illinois,  stated  that  all  the  time 
the  prisoners  were  before  the  oommittee  they  bad 
been  in  charge  of  tbe  Sergeant  at  Arms. 

Mr.  Banks  replied  ttiat  when  a  witness  was  testi- 
fying before  a  committee  be  was  a  free  man. 

After  some  further  discussion,  Mr.  Hale  called 
the  previous  question  on  tbe  adoption  of  tbe  reso-^ 
lutiOn,  but  the  Democrats  votingagainst.it  the  pre- 
vions  question  was  not  ordered. 

Mr.  Cox  moved  to  refer  the  resolution  to  tbe 
Special  Committee  on  the  Election  lu  Louisiana, 
with  instructions  to  report  speedily  to  tbe  House 
whether  snob  a  state  of  affairs  does  exist  aa  is 
stated  in  the  oommunication  of  J.  Madison  Wells 
and  Thomas  C.  Anderson. 

Mr.  Cox.  of  New- York,  thought  that  the  action 
of  the  minority  ot  the  Honse  looked  too  much  like 
lionising  the  Lonifiana  Beturning  Board  and 
making  a  pretense  of  humanity  m  so  doing.  The 
room  in  which  the  prisoners  were  confined  was  well 
ventilated,  and  well  lighted, —  [Mr.  Hale,  "It  is 
neither."]  and  well  heated.  It  it  had  not  been  that 
certain  threats  had  been  made  to  kill,  if  it  had  not 
been  tbat  one  of  the  witnesses  bad  been  a  walking 
arsenal,  they  ought  long  since  have  been  allowed 
the  privileges  which  the  gentleman  from  Maine 
[Mn  HaleJ  himself  enjoyed. 

Tbe  resolution  was  tben  referred— Yeas,  145; 
nays,  89. 

Mr.  Carb,  of  Indiana,  asked  leave  to  offer  a  reso- 
lution reciting  that  the  Electoral  Tribunal  has  re- 
fused to  go  behind  tbe  returns  and  admit  the  testi- 
mony taken  in  the  Southern  States  by  tbe  House 
committees,  and  directing  that  tbe  members  of  tbe 
Louisiana  Beturning  Board  be  released  from  the 
custody  of  tbe  Sergeant  at  Arms. 

Mr.  Eden,  of  Illinois,  Mr.  Bland,  of  Mlaaouri,  and 
others  objected. 

THE  DEFICIENCY  BTLJj. 

The  House  tben  went  into  Committee  of  the 
Whole  on  the  Deficiency  Appropriation  bill,  (Mr. 
Eden,  of  Illinois,  In  tbe  chair.) 

Mr.  FOBTEB,  of  Ohio,  made  a  formal  amendment, 
in  order  to  ooneot  a  statement  made  a  day  or  two 
aeo  by  Mr.  Bandall,  of  Pennsylvania,  that  the  ma- 
jority of  the  House  bad  last  year  reduced  the  ex- 
penditures of  the  Government  $30,000,000.  It  had 
reduced  the  expenditures  actually  about  $23,000,000, 
from  which  must  be  subtracted  $6,000,000,  which 
would  be  expended  tbis  year  in  deficiencies,  leaving 
about  $17,000,000  of  reductions. 

At  3:15  o'clock  tbe  committee  rose  and  reported 
the  Dili  to  the  House.  The  first  vote  was  on 
the  amendment  adopted  in  Committee  of  the  Whole, 
appropriating  $900,000  for  tbe  payment  of  a  number 
of  claims  against  the  Interior  Department  for 
transportation  of  supplies,  Sco.  After  discussion 
the  bill  went  over  without  action. 

Tbe  House  then,  at  3:05,  took  a  recess  until  to- 
morrow at  10. ^ 

THE  DOMINION  OF  CANADA. 


HOUSE  OF  BEPBKSEirrATIVXiB. 
The  House  met  at  10  o'clock,  and  took  a 
further  rece«s  until  11:55  o'clock.  On  reassemblinir, 
Mr.  BUCKNER,  of  Missouri,  introduced  a  bill  abolish- 
ing the  lioald  uf  Commissioners  of  Police  ot  the 
District  of  Columbia.    BeferreU. 

CBtTEL    TBBATHENT  OF    lUFBISONED   WITNBBSBS. 

Mr.  Hale,  of  Maine,  rose  to  a  privileged  question, 
and  read  a  letter  wuich  bad  beeu  addressed  to  him 
from  J.  Madison  Weils  and  Xbomas  C.  Anderson, 
stating  tbst  tbey  were  confined  in  a  damp,  dark 
dungeon  of  the  cellar  of  tbe  Capitol ;  that  yester- 
day, by  order  of  tbe  Speaker,  they  had  bsen  trans- 
ferred to  a  much  better  room,  and  that  they  had 
been  bruufUt  back  to  the  cells  by  order  ot  the  Ser- 
geant at  Arms,  and  that  ou  account  of  toe  bad  air 
in  the  cells  oae  of  them  [Gov.  WeilsJ  was  now  ou 
his  sick  bed. 

Mr.  Hale  said  (his  attention  had  oeen  called  by 
this  letter  to.the  matter.  He  had  cone  te  tbe  ceil 
in  which  tbe  prisoners  were  coofUied,  and  had 
found  it  a  damp,  daiic  room,  into  which  a  gleam  of 
sunlight  eould  never  penetrate,  and  whtcu  tiad  to 
be  illuminated  by  gas.  The  air  was  poisonous,  and 
one  ol  the  prisoners,  an  old  man  oTer  70  years,  lay 
on  bis  bad  of  sickness.  It  was  inhuman  tu  keep 
them  In  such  a  room,  and  be  therefore  offered  a 
Ffasulution  directing  the  Sergeant  at  Arms  to  re- 
move tbe  prisoners  to  a  well-itgbied  and  well-venti- 
lated room,  where  their  health  may  not  be  en- 
dangered. 

Mr.  Cox,  of  New-Yorlc,  called  attention  to  the 
fact  that  u  was  in  this  very  same  cell  that  a  Be- 
pnolicau  Congress  had  incarcerated  Stewart  and 
Irwm. 

Mr.  MoOrabt,  of  Iowa,  Inquired  what  questtons 
Weils  and  Anderson  bad  ret  used  te  answer. 

Mr.  Cox.  of  New-Yutk,  rupiied  tbat  they  bad  re- 
foaed  to  pruduoe  certain  papers. 

Mr.  MoCbabv— Tbey  are  oonflned  for  not  pro- 
anoiugwhat  was  not  in  their  possession, 

M'-.  WILSON,  of  Iowa,  apoke  in  ^ror  of  the  reso- 
lution, siaQog  that,  after  tte^neat  fhiitlsss  at- 
tempts to  ss«  the  witneasea,  he  uad  aoeaeedea  in  oo 
doing  only  bv  an  order  ttom  tbe  Sneakw,  Wnen 
be  did  sacoeed.  he  fooad  them  in  a  aoall  iU-van- 
tUatadeall.  Heooold  not  eaeapa  tha  uspresalaa 
tnat  the  efleen  in  the  8ergeaat  at  Arms'  ofllee  did 

,  no!  wla^  IM  orlstmefa  to  be  wall  tnaiad*   4e  (t«i* 


OPKNIHG  OP  PARLIAMENT — THB  GOVERNOR 
OENBBAL'S  SPEBCH—VABIOUS  SUBJECTS 
MENTIONED. 

Ottawa,  Feb.  8. — The  Dominion  Parliament 
opened  to-day.  The  following  is  tbe  Governor 
General's  speech : 

Gentlemen:  'lam  elad  to  be  again  enabled  to: 
summon  yon  for  the  dispatch  of  business  at  a  tune 
which  has  been  considered  best  suited  to  the  con- 
venienoo  of  members.  During  recess  I  visited  the 
Province  of  Britisb  Columbia  and  had  maob  satis- 
faction in  becoming  acquainted  with  the  people  of 
tbat  interesung  part  of  the  Dominion,  and  with  the 
climate  and  resources  tbere.  The  Province  surveys 
of  the  Pacific  Bailway  have  been  prosecuted  with 
tbe  utmost  vigor  and  at  a  larger  cost  dunug  tbe  past 
than  m  any  previous  year ;  but  it  basnet  been 
found  possible  as  yet  to  complete  the  location  of  the 
line,  and  I  have  consequently  been  obliged  to  post- 
pone inviting  tenders  for  its  construction  on  the 
terms  indicated  by  tbe  act  of  1874. 

Daring  tbe  recent  suspension  of  extradition  ar- 
raneements  with  the  United  States,  I  took  care 
that  the  importance  of  speedy  resumption  of  these 
arrangements  should  be  represented  to  her  Majes- 
ty's Government,  whose  attention  has  been  further 
invited  to  the  exoediency  of  largely  extending  tbe 
provisionf  of  tbe  existint;  treaty,  I  am  glad  to  be 
able  to  state  that  while  the  operation  of  tbe  treaty 
lias  been  resnmed,  negotiationi  are  in  progress  for' 
a  convention  more  liberal  and  better  suited  to  the 
circumstances  of  tbe  two  countries. 

Great  public  works  connected  with  the  St.  Law- 
rence navigation  and  the  canals  required  to  com- 
plete the  system  have  been  prosecuted  with  success 
dunng  the  past  year.  Nearly  all  the  works  ou  the 
Welland  and  L&cbine  canals  have  beeu  placed  un-'> 
der'contraot  ou  terms  favorable  to  the  country.  Ac- 
tive prosecution  of  tbese  works  during  tbe  last 
tnree  years  tias  necessarily  increased  the  pablio 
debt,  and,  though  expectations  are  entertained  that 
the  outlay  may  ultimately  be  repaid  to  the  coun- 
try, it  may  be  considered  advisable  not  to  press  all 
the  works  contemplated  in  the  earlier  years  of  the 
confederation  to  completion  at  present.  I  am  hap- 
py to  state  that  the  Inter-Coloniai  Bail- 
way  was  opened  for  traffic  througnont  ita 
length  early  iu  the  Summer,  with  as  favor-: 
able  results  as  eould  have  beeu  expected.. 
One  of  tbe  immediate  advantages  of  the  completiou 
of  the  railway  was  the  delivery  and  reception  of , 
British  mails  at  Halifax  after  tbe  closing  of  the  St. 
Lawrence,  and  I  am  happy  to  say  that  up  tu  tbe 
present  time  mails  and  passengers  have  been  suc- 
cessfully carried  over  the  line  without  any  inter- 
ruption. 

The  exhibition  of  Canadian  products,  manufac- 
tures, and  works  of  art,  at  tbe  United  States  Na- 
tional Exposition  at  Philadelpbia,  was  eminently 
suocessful,  and  a  proclaimer  to  the  world  that 
Canada  has  already  taken  a  high  place  as  a  farm- 
ing, manufacturing,  and  mining  country,  it  is 
gratlfyinz  to  be  able  to  state  tbat  the  expenditure 
was  kept  well  within  the  estimate.  It  is  but  just 
to  state  that  the  success  achieved  by  the  enterprise 
was  largely  aided  by  the  energy  and  wisdom  of 
tbe  Commissioners  who  had  charge  of  the 
arrangements.  I  have  considered  it  adrisable, 
in  the  interest  of  the  country,  to  make  arrange- 
ments tor  exhibiting  Canadian  products  at  the  exhi- 
bition to  be  beld  at  Sydney,  New-South  Wales,  lor 
wbioh  you  will  be  asked  to  make  provision. 

Notwithstanding  the  loss  of  revenue,  chiefly  ou 
the  diminution  of  our  Imporiations,  the  redactions 
effected  dunng  tbe  current  year  have  gone  far  to 
restore  the  nquillbrlum  between  our  iacome  and  our 
expenditures,  though  great  economy  will  be  still 
needful  to  attain  this  object.  I  regret  that  I  am 
still  unable  to  annonnou  any  progress  iu  obtaining 
a  settlement  of  tbe  fishing  claims  under  tbe  Wash- 
ington Treaty,  though  my  Gkivemment  has  made 
every  efiort  to  secure  thal§  result.  My  Commis- 
sioners have  made  further  treaty  arrangements 
with  certain  of  the  Indian  tribes  of  the  North-west 
Territories,  b.y  which  their  title  Is  extinguished  to, 
a  very  large  portion  of  tbe  territerles  west  of  Treaty 
No.  4,  and  altbouKh  some  of  the  provisions  of  tbis 
treaty  are  of  a  somewhat  onerous  aad  exceptional 
character,  I  have  thought  it  nevertheless  advisa- 
ble on  the  whole  to  ratify  it.  This  treaty  will  be 
piaoed  tiefore  you.  X  have  made  an  engasement  to 
negotiate  a  treaty  withthe  remaining  tribes  east  of 
the  Bocky  Mountains.  The  expenditures  incurred. 
by  Indian  treaues  are  undoubtedly  large  ;  but  the 
Oanadian  oolicy  ie  nevertheless  cheap,  if  we  com- 
pare results  with  those  of  other  countries  ;  and 
It  is,  above  all  a  hnmaae^  jnst,  and  Christian  policy. 
Notvittastanding  the  deplorable  war  waged  be- 
tween the  Indian  tribes  in  the  United  States  Terri- 
tories and  the  Government  of  that  eountry  during 
the  last  year,  no  difficulty  has  arisen  with  the 
Canadian  tribes  living  m  the  immediate  vicinity  of 
tbe  scene  of  hoeltillties. 

A  measure  will  be  submitted  to  you  for  tbe 
purpose  of  extending  to  the  navigation  of 
great  inland  waters  the  rights  and  remedies  at 
nresent  oonflned  to  tbe  waters  within  tbejunsdlc- 
tion  of  tbe  courts  of  tbe  Vice  Admiralty.  You 
will  be  asked  lo  amend  and  consolidate  ibe  laws 
relating  to  Oustoma  I  have  eonsidered  it  advisable 
to  provide  for  the  permanent  prosecution  of  tbe 
geographical  suryey,  which  has  heretofore  been 
oacned  on  under  temporary  enactments,  and  to 
make  this  a  distinoc  branch  of  the  civil  service. 
Your  attention  will  be  invited  to  a  bill  for  that, 
purpoae.  Tbe  aooonnts  of  the  past  year  will  be  laid 
before  von.  The  estimates  for  tba  next  financial , 
year  wUl  be  also  submittad,  which  I  trust  will  be 
lound  to  be  framed  with  a  view  to  meet  the  exlst^ 
Ins  ciroamsianoes  of  the  country,  while  at  the 
same  time,  providing  for  carrying  un  tbe  adminis- 
tration of  affiira  with  efficiency.  1  phwie  lull 
reliance  on  your  prudence  and  ability  and  on  your 
devotion  to  the  work  of  legislation,  whioh  I  trust 
may  be  carried  on  and  completed  in  such  a  war  aa 
to  mmister  to  the  prosperity  of  tho  country  and  the 
unity  of  the  people. 

KIHiMD  BJT  XBB  OAJU. 

Kaaajnoym,  F«b.  8.— David  Gayt  aged  so 

years,  a  fanner,  waa  kiUe^  by  tba  a«ra  at  Jleproe 
iaat  nlsht.  while  Intosioaia* 


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I  of 
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lAW  REPORTS. 


A  SAJZiSOAD  A  PUBLIC     USX. 
IBS    smr    TO    BS8TBAIN    THI    ITEW-TOSi 

BZ.EVATSI>  SAII.BOAD     VBOM     BUnLDOrfl 
THEIB  BOAD  ACBOSS  THE  BATTXRT  Dig*    ' 
MISSED— THB  OPINION  ^  OF    CHIEF  JUS- 

TiCE    CTTBTIS   UT  THE  8PADBB  CA8E. 

Chief  Jttatioe  Curtia,  in  the  Superior  Conr^ 

Special  Term,  yesterday  dismissed  the  complaint  in) 
the  suit  In  whioh  Jeremiah  V.  Spader  sought  to  re-. 
Strain  the  New-York  Elevated  Railroad  Compwiyl 
from  oonstruodng  or  operating  their  railroad  acroeai 
the  Battery.  Spader  is  the  owner  of  the  property/ 
at  Wo.  7  Bridge  street,  which  ponstitnted  lot  No.  IS 
of  the  Government  Hoiue  block,  whleh  was  bound- 
ed by  State,  Bridge,  and  Whitehall  streets  and  tha 
Bowling  Green.  The  whole  of  the  Govemmonl 
Honse  block  was  conveyed  by  the  City,  and  in  tha 
deeds  ot  oonveyance  the  covenant  was  inserted  that 
the  Battery  and  Bowling  Green  "  shall  never  be  ap< 
proprlated  by  the  grantors  or  tbeir  successors  to 
private  uses."  Spader  claimed  title  through  one  ol 
tbe  City's  grantees,  and  Insisted  that  by  the  oov- 
enant  in  the  City's  deed  of  oonvejance,  and  by  ani 
act  passed  in  1790,  he  had  tbe  right  to  restrain  thai 
company  from  building  tbelr  road  across  the  Bat- 
tery. The  company  claims  the  right  to  proceed  In 
the  construe tion  of  their  road  across  the  Battery, 
under  authority  conferred  by  the  Bapid  Traasit| 
Commissioners  appointed  under  tbe  act  of  1875,  audi 
under  a  revokable  license  granted  to  them  by  .tha 
Commissioners  of  Public  Parks.  The  plainttffi 
claimed,  however,  that  the  permission  given  for  the! 
use  of  the  Battery  violated  the  covenant  in  the 
City's  original  deed  of  oonveyance  of  the  property; 
made  in  1815,  and  also  violated  the  tnut 
created  by  the  act  of  1790,  whereby  tiie 
State  gave  the  Battery  to  the  City  "  for  tbe  purpoaa 
of  erecting  pnblic  bnlldings  and  works  of  defenaei 
thereon,  but  without  any  power  to  dispose  thereof 
for  any  other  use  or  purpose  whatsoever,  and  wl&-' 
out  any  power  of  selling  any  part  thereof."  Spader 
also  claimed  that  the  Bapid  Transit  act  is  nnoon< 
stltutional  as  far  as  the  New- York  Elevated  BsilJ 
road  Company  Is  concerned.  Chief  Justice  Curtial 
says  in  his  opinion  :  "  The  plaintiff  is  in  the  same 
position  as  the  other  various  owners  of  lots  In  the 
Government  Honse  block.  His  deed  and  tb^ 
deeds  contain  this  covenant  on  the  part  of  the  City] 
that  the  Battery  and  Bowling  Green  shall  never  be) 
appropriated  by  the  City  to  private  nsea  Tils' 
wrong  complained  of  by  tbe  plaintiff  if  any,  arlBasj 
from  some  violation  of  this  covenant  in  tbe  deed  ofi 
1815  from  the  City,  mder  which  he  claims,  or  of  thei 
restriction  in  the  act  of  March  16.  1790,  or  some  in-i 
fractions  of  both.  "  ■*  *  The  declaration 
the  Legislature  that  the  Battery  should  remain  1 
the  erection  of  public  buildings  and  such  works  ot\ 
defense  as  the  Legislature  shall  direct,  and  shall  noC| 
be  appropriated  for  private  uses,  is  not  a  contracti 
under  which  any  rights  or  easements  have  paaaadi 
to  the  plaintiff  more  than  to  any  other  citizen,  nor 
did  such  declaration  create  a  trust  tor  bis  beneflk 
to  be  inforced  by  his  action  individuaxly  as  a  cestui 
que  trusL  The  only  beneficiary  was  the  public  at: 
large,  aud  as  such,  through  its  proper  officers,  if  iti 
has  sustained  any  wrong,  redress  is  to  be  sought."    ; 

After  saying  that  the  plaintiff  must  rely,  for  bla 
rieht  to  maintain  his  action,  on  the  covenant  in  the> 
City's  deed,  tbe  Chief  Justice  says  Spader  musl^ 
establish  that  the  Battery  has  been  devoted  by  tbej 
City  to  private  u«es  in  violation  of  the  covenant,^ 
and  must  also  snow  tbat  he  is  in  a  position  as  plain-] 
tiff  to  maintain  the  action.  In  the  Kapid  Transit! 
act  it  is  enacted  "that  tbe  use  of  all  streets  and' 
pnblic  places  by  corporations  building  and  usintc' 
railroad  tracks  under  any  authority  derived  trom' 
that  act,  or  for  the  purposes  intended  to  be  served! 
by  that  act,  is  and  is  to  be  regarded  b.v  all  conrts  as 
a  pablio  use."  Tbe  Chief  Justice,  in  oommentine 
on  tbis,  says:  "  Without  discussing  the  legal  effect 
of  this  deflnitioo,  it  is  certain  tbat  tbere  are  some 
settled  principles  tbat  indicate  a  difference  between) 
public  usee  and  private  uses.  Improvements  of  a 
pnblic  character  are  those  in  the  nse  of  whichj 
the  public  at  laree  may  become  sharers  or  may; 
be  benefited.  When  such  improvements  are  au- 
thorized by  the  State,  the  latter  necessarily  acts 
throuch  its  agents  and  may  act  through  corporate 
bodies  or  individuals.  Tbe  construction  and  opera- 
tion of  a  railroad  or  a  canal  u  a  public  work,  and 
though  individuals  may  l>e  pecuniarily  benefited  by 
them  or  directly  participate  in  the  profits  ariaine 
from  tbeir  use,  still  tbeir  pumoses  and  business  re- 
main a  public  use,  and  land  appropriated  for  their 
use  cannot  be  regarded  as  appropriated  foR 
private  uses.  Tbe  use  by  tbe  public  ol 
an  elevated  railroad  across  the  Battery  coisea 
Within  the  limits  of  what  is  known  as  a  publia 
use.  It  is,  however,  claimed  that  this  usa 
was  one  not  known  or  contemplated  at  tbe  time  of 
tbe  execution  of  this  deed  from  the  City  in  1815, 
and,  in  addition  to  that,  it  is  argued  tbat  unless  tha 
defendants  can  show  legal  autbonty  for  their  usej 
of  the  Battery,  such  use  is  tbat  of  trespassers,  andj 
is  merely  a  private  ase.  Doubtless,  at  the  time  ofl 
tbe  making  of  the  covenant  in  tbis  deed,  such  a 
public  use  as  traversing  the  Battery  with  tha 
modem  structure  known  »»  an  elevated  railroad' 
was  not  in  contemplation  in  the  minds  of  tbe  par-j 
ties,  but  notwithstanding  that,  it  is  apparent  thati 
these  lands  have  been  reserved  from  tbe  earliest 
period  tor  public  uses,  Tbey  were  appropriated  att 
first  to  works  of  defense,  and  for  such  purposes 
reserved  in  tbe  erants  by  charters  from  the  Crown; 
to  the  City.  Tbey  afterward  were  reserved  foe 
public  works  generall.y,  and  there  is  no  jusiF 
reason  for  holding  that  their  occupancy  mus^ 
he  confined  to  precisely  such  public  uses  aa> 
were  known  at  the  time.  Ific  had  been  intended- 
to  exclude  such  public  uses  and  works  as  the  exi« 
gencies  and  developments  of  the  future  might  call- 
into  existence  for  tbe  public  advantage  and  enjoy> 
ment,  it  should  and  would  have  been  so  expressed.' 
The  evidence  falls  to  show  that  tbe  plaintiff  whose! 
lot  in  Bridge  street  does  not  face  the  Battery,  bat  ia 
at  a  distance  of  some  200  feet  or  more  from  it,  actu< 
ally  suffers  any  ii^jary  from  tbe  acts  of  tbe  defend- 
ants. His  position  is  tbat  of  one  ot  a  class  of  owneraj 
of  lots,  in  respect  to  wbioh  be  claims  that  tbe  de<j 
tendants  have  violated  the  covenant  of  the  City  ta 
hold  the  Battery  inviolate  against  being  appropriJ 
ated  for  private  uses.  If  tbe  defendants  wantonly! 
and  without  lawful  license  from  the  City,  or  thomj 
In  tbat  behalf  representing  tbe  City,  have  entereOi 
Upon  tbe  Battery  and  appropriated  it  to  a  pnvatw 
use,  the  City  or  the  plaintiff  might  be  aggrieved  and] 
rightfully  entitled  to  redress,  and  to  iiave  such! 
action  lestraincd.  ! 

Tbe  proceedings  under  which  the  defendants  are 
constructing  their  railroad  are  upon  their  face  legal, 
and  show  that  they  are  proceeding  apparently  un- 
der the  authority  of  the  law.  The  qtiestion  ia 
raised  that  tbe  privileges  granted  to  the  defendants 
under  the  thirty-sixth  section  of  the  Bapid  Transit 
act  are  iu  conflict  with  tbe  provisions  of  the  Con- 
stitution. It  is  just  that  where  a  judicial  determina- 
tion Is  sought  as  to  tbe  constitutionality  oi  a  nro- 
vlsion  of  a  Statute,  where  the  rights  of  the  City  and 
the  rights  of  the  public  are  involved,  the  City 
and  the  public  shoald  be  represented  and  also  tie 
narties  to  the  action.  It  does  not  appear  that  the 
plaintiff  has  sustained  any  damaeeL  or  that 
he  probably  will,  from  tbe  acts  of  the  de- 
fendants. His  position  in  respect  to  such 
acts  is  tbe  same  as  that  of  a  large 
class  of  other  owners  in  the  Govemmei:t  Honse 
block.  The  power  of  a  court  of  equity  to  arrest  by 
injunction  the  progress  ot  a  work  under  construc- 
tion by  the  defendants,  and  which  causes  no  damage 
to  toe  plaintiff  ought  not  inconsiderately  to  be  ex- 
ercised. Neither  is  tbere  such  a  substantial  de- 
parture from  a  line  along  the  edge  of  tbe  B;itt«ry 
as.  In  view  of  the  preservation  of  trees  and  the 
public  enjoymeut  souebt  to  be  thereby  promoted, 
calls  for  tbe  restraint  of  an  injunction.  It  the  in- 
Jury  complained  of  is  tbe  usurpation  of  a  franchise 
or  the  creation  of  a  pnblic  nuisance,  tbe  public 
must  protect  itself  tbroueb  its  own  officers, 
and  by  invoking  the  proper  remedies  es- 
tablished by  law.  It  is  not  for  every 
private  individual,  or  any  one  of  a  class  oC 
individuals,  to  litigate  on  behalf  of  tbe  pnbUo,  an<9 
thus  to  champion  or  perbaps  oomplioaie  or  defeat 
tbeir  rights.  Public  policy  and  tbe  necessity  of 
protection  from  a  multiplicity  of  litigations  Justify 
the  decisions  of  tbe  courts  sustaining  this  doctrine.'' 
Chief  Justice  Curas  then  discasses  tbe  question  ol 
tbe  oonstitationsl.y  of  the  Bapid  Tranoii  act  and 
the  conduct  of  tbe  Elevated  Bailroad  Cumpany,  and 
concludes  as  follows  :  "  Tbe  defendants  have  not 
violated  tbe  coustitutional  requirement  by  prooeed>' 
injf  without  tbe  consent  of  tne  adjacent  owners  en! 
tbe  substituted  permission  ol  Commissioners  ap4 
pointed  by  the  ooart.  That  has  been  obtained.] 
The  question  is  raised  as  to  whether  the  thirty-l 
sixth  section  of  tbe  Bapid  Transit  act  is  not  unoon«| 
stltutional,  in  so  far  as  the  defoudants  claim  a  right! 
under  ana  In  accordance  with  it  to  make  a  depot  and' 
ferry  connection  across  tbe  Battery.  The  action  of 
tbe  defendants  is  not  tbe  construction  of  a  new  per 
fected  raUroad  such  as  would  be  apparently  in  con- 
flict; but  tbe  authorized  exercise  of  a  right  in  its 
nature  incidental  and  in  a  sense  appurtenant  td 
what  they  already  held  subject  to  the  Dublio  coU'^ 
trol  and  for  the  publib  use  and  convenieuce,  and 
which  the  public  have  by  this  limited  iioense  per- 
mitted them  at  its  volition  in  a  specified  way  to  ex-j 
erclse  and  enjoy.  This  ferry  aud  depot  coonectioa 
is  not  shown  to  be  a  violation  of  those  rights  8e>' 
cured  to  the  public  t>y  the  Constitution,  beoaase  ul 
any  abuse  or  .evasion  ou  the  part  of  the  defendants.- 
It  is  simply  tbe  direction  and  adaptation  of  a  Irani 
ohiae  already  given,  aud  not  the  conferring  ot  a  new 
Innebise  by  a  private  and  local  bill.  The  Legislaj 
tore  has  a^tbonty,  in  respect  to  tbe  powers  ana 
privlleires  ot  this  class  of  oorporationa,  and  wbethei 
there  be  one  or  more  in  operation  or  in  existence,  it 
may  by  a  general  law  regulate,  direct,  and  deflnt 
tbeir  privileges.  Tbe  plaintiff  has  not  established 
his  claim  to  a  iudgment  for  tbs  injanotlonsoaght  br 
bis  action.  Tbe  complaint  shoald  be  diamisaa^ 
tipon  the  merits  with  costs." 

aOVBI  OP  APPEALS. 
Albakt.  Feb.  8.— In  the  Court  of  Appzd^ 
to-day  the  following  business  was  transacted:  Ha 
168~£emp  VB.  The  Knickerbocker  Ice  Companrj 
argument  resumed  and  concluded.  No.  84ia— Aa 
People  CK  rel  MoCann  vs.  Kilboam ;  argued  h) 
Skunael  Haad  for  appellant  and  S.  O.  Stilpbard  avf 
GK  L.  Btodpian  for  respondent.  No.  64% — ^Zm 
VeopleexreL  XAnaina  va.  Xremaln  s   amealBflBs 


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S  md  Abraham  ZiUialnK  for  reapoadent. 

The  following  ia  the  Coart  of  AppaaU  Cvr  ealen- 

4«r  for  IVidf?.  PetK  9i    Vm.  18, 181, 155, 147, 134, 

MP,  174,  and  175. 

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j'.  tBK.  SICBXSS  S0KD  rOR  MONST  ADVANCED 

'^'.'-     '  m    1861— HIS     ANSWER    18     THAT     THE 

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SXTMCS  WEBB  TOR    THE    SIOSXES    BKIGh 
ADE. 

A  reminder  of  the  recent  oivil  war  ia  afforded 
In  tbe  anit  of  Clayton  BelJaiap  acainat  Gen.  Daniel 
£.  Sloklea,  irhioh  waa  broaKbt  before  Jadse  Sobln* 
pon  la  the  Special  Term  of  tbe  Court  of  Common 
Pleaa  yeatetday.  The  salt  ia  bron«ht  by  the  plain- 
tiff as  the  Aaeignee  of  A.  A.  Belknap  for  H.OOO 
loaned  by  the  latter  to  Gen.  Bioklea  in  1861.  The 
money  -was  in  tbree  aams,  and  was  "repayable  im- 
pediately,*  according  to  the  pblnrtft.  The  latt*, 
fn  explanation  of  why  the  aoit  waa  not  broDfcht 
Sooner,  aaya  that  between  1861  and  1860  Gen. 
Blekiea  waa  out  of  theSUte  atintervala  for  different 
perloda  of  time  afrgregatlnK  six  years,  and  thatainoe 
1868,  and  until  recentlv,  Gen.   Sickles  was  United 

^^States  Minister  to  Madrid  and  was  otherwise  out  of 

.  the  Jarisdiction.  Gen.  Sickles,  in  answer,  admits 
that  A  A  Belknap  contributed  and  advanced  the 
KUD8  of  money,  but  aays  the  latter  did  not  do  so  to 
him  indlvidnaily,  for  his  peraonal  benefit,  nor  upon 
tiia  personal  promise  to  repay  the  same,  but  that 
B^knap  made  the  advances  "  as  a  peraonal  patri- 
otio  contribntion  to  the  Government  of  the  United 
States  toward  the  organization,  support,  and  equip- 
ment of  a  brieade  of  volunteers  in  the  service  of 
the  Govemm  ant  of  the  United  Statee  tor  the  anp- 
pression  of  the  rebellion  against  Its  anthorlty  then 
txiating,  in  the  completion  of  which  military  or' 
{anixation  ftf  volnnteera  the  said  defendant  was 
then  constantly  engaged,  and  in  which  a  brother  of 
the  plaintiff  In  this  action,  and  a  son  of  the  said 
A.  A.  Belknap,  then  held  a  commlssloa 
IS  a  Lien^oanr,  and  had  at  that  time 
a  deep  interest  in  its  Bucoeas."  Gen.  Siskles  says 
he  neither  intended  nor  did  he  make  himself  in 
any  Way  personally  responsible  for  tbe  repayment 
of  the  advances  made  by  Belknap  toward  tbe  equip- 
ment of  tbe  brigade.  He  says  be  Is  a  native-oorn 
citizen  and  a  rcbldent  of  this  City  and  State,  and 
has  never  t>een  abseat  Irom  tbe  Stat«  except  for 
limited  periods  of  time,  and  then  only  in  tbe  pablio 
service.  As  a  second  and  separate  aefense.  Gen. 
Sickles  say?  that  A.  A.  Sellraap  made  tbe  advances 
to  promot-e  tbe  Interests  ot  his  son,  as  an  advance 
and  a  loan  to  the  United  States  Government,  from 
Which  Mr.  Belknap  expected  repavraenc.  Congress 
shortly  afterward  appropriated  $20,000,000  for  the 
payment   of   tbe  exoensna    attendiug    tbe    enlist- 

*ment  and  organization  of  tbe.  voluoteer 
trooDs,  includine  the  Sickles  Brigade.  Gen. 
Sickiea  says  that  ofiicers  were  duly  appeinted, 
who  received  and  audited  tbe  claims  of 
citizens  who  bad  made  advances  in  aid  ef  such  or- 
ganizations, and  ttiat  snob  officers  paid  tbe  otaima 
presented  to  tbem.  It  Belknap  failed  to  receive 
navment  for  bis  advances.  Gen.  Sickles  saya  the 
failure  is  due  to  Belknap's  own  negligence  in  not 
presenting  tbe  claim.  Gen.  Sioklea  also  sets  up 
that  at  no  time  dnring  the  lastsix  years  has  he  made 
any  promise  to  pay  Belknap  tbe  amount  of  the  loans, 
and  be  -<  also  pleads  tbe  statute  of  limications. 
Judge  Sbbinson,  on  motion,  yesterday  ordered  that 

-  portion  of  tbe  answer  setting  up  tbe  want  of 
promise  within  six  years  to  be  stricken  out. 

A  LUNATIC'S  DIVORCE  SUIT. 

A  MAN  OF  SEVENTY-FIVE  MARRIED  TO  A 
TOUNQ  GIRI. — ^FODR  WBRKS  OF  THB 
HONETMOOX  FOLLOWED  BY  A  SEPARA- 
TION. 

A  remaikable  suit  for  divorce,  brought  by 

Joshua  B.  Gates  against  Anne  L.  Gates,  waa 
brotight  before  Judge  Barrett,  in  Supreme  Goart, 
CbamDers,  yestarday  on  a  motion  for  tha  payment 
to  the  defendant  of  #40  per  weaJc  aa  alimony  and 
>r  a  counsel  fee  of  $250.  Mrs.  Gates  in  her 
petition  says  that  herlituoana  has  begun  a  suit  for 
an  absolute  divorce  on  the  ground  of  her  alleged 
adnltery.  They  were  married  in  New-Jersey  in 
1875,  and  lived  at  Hillsboro,  Someiset'Coaoty.    Oa 

Aus.  10,  1875,  she  says,  the  plaintiff  by  his  intoler- 
able cruelty  and  ill  treatment  caused  her  to  leave 
bis  home.  After  her  departure  he  caused  a  notics 
to  be  Inserted  in  the  county  papers  cautioning  all 
persons  against  trnsting  her  on  his  credit,  she  hav- 
ing left  his  bed  and  board  without  Jast  cause  or 
provocation.  In  October.  1875,  she  filed  a  bill  In 
the  Kew-Jeraey  Court  of  Cliancery,  and  the  court 
ordered  her  hnaband,  aa  she  believes,  to  pay  her 
alimony.  She  says  he  only  paid  her  about  $100 
in  all  and  that  there  is  now  due  to  her  $420.  The 
oasa  is  now  pending.  Since  the  beginning  of  tbe 
suit,  however,  her  husband  has  left  the  State  of 
ITew-Jersey  and  has  come  to  reside  in  this  City. 
His  charges  against  her,  she  says,  are  utterly  false. 
Sbe  aays  beta  worth  about  $100,000,  while  she  is 
without  meaos  of  support. 

It  appears  that  she  is  a  very  handsome  woman  of 
less  than  20  years  of  age,  while  her  husband  Is 
over  75  years  of  age,  and  in  fcsble  health. 
He  was  formerly  a  very  popular  life  in- 
inrance  agent,  but  was  recently  adjudged  a 
lunatic  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas. 
Ia  opposition  to  the  motion  for  alimony  yesterday, 
aeveral  affidavits  were  presented  to  the  court. 
Among  them  was  tbat  of  Cornelius  D.  Thomas,  a 
son-in-law  of  Mr.  Gates.  He  says  the  latter  baa 
been  of  unsouna  mind  for  some  time  past,  and  tbat 
alter  he  was  adjndged  a  lunatic  a  committee  of  his 
person  and  propertw  was  appointed.  Mr.  Gates' 
first  wife  died  In  1873,  He  was  then  living  in  Mr. 
Thomas'  family,  and  waa  of  unseand  mind.  Mr. 
Thomas  savs  he  never  saw  the  defendant  until  after 
Gates  married  her.  Sbe  lived  in  SomervlUe,  N.  J., 
saya  Mr.  Thomas,  and  bore  a  bad  reputation. 
Gates  met  her  on  Jaly  4,  1875,  at  a  fair, 
and  they  were  married  within  two  weeks  after- 
ward. Their  marriage  took  place  at  Plamfleld,  he 
save,  because  no  minister  at  SomerviIIe  was  willing 
to  perform  the  ceremony.  None  of  Mr.  Gates' 
&mily  knew  of  the  marriage  until  he  brought  her 
back  and  introduced  her  as  bis  wife.  He  took  her 
to  live  with  him  aa  bis  wifu  on  a  farm  adjoining 
that  of  Mr.  Thomas.  Gates  and  liis  wife  lived  to- 
gether exactly  four  '  weeks.  Curing  that 
period  he  accnsed  her  of  criminal  mtl- 
xoaov  with  a  man  named  faasett.  then  la 
his  employment,  f  assett  was  discharged,  and  Mrs. 
Gates  left  Gates  shortly  afterward  and  has  not 
lived  with  him  since.  Mr.  Gates  returned  to  the 
boose  of  Mr.  Thomas,  and  lived  there  ontil  last 
Pebruary,  when  he  came  lo  tbie  City.  Mr. 
Thomas  says  tbat  Mr.  Gatei  was  formerly  a  man  of 
wealth,  but  that  be  squandered  his  money  in  all  di- 
reotlons  before  he  was  adladged  a  lunatic,  and  tbat 
it  is  doubtful  whether  bis  estate  can  be  made  to  pay 
inffioient  income  for  his  support. 

Jonathan  Muirhead,  the  proprietor  ot  tbe 
Broadway  Hotel,  m  this  Citv,  made  affidavit  that 
Mr.  Gates  was  at  the  hotel  in  July,  1876,  and  that 
Mrs.  Gates  came  there  and  claimed  to  be 
bis  wife.  Mr.  Gates,  however,  refused  to  oocnpy 
Itae  same  room  with  her,  but  intimated  to  tbe  pro* 
prietor  of  the  hotel  that  be  would  pay  for  another 
room  for  her.  Mr.  Muirhead,  a  chamber-maid 
named  Kate  Kennedy,  and  one  Joseph  Lmdo  make 
affidavits  charging  Mrs.  Gates  with  unwifely  con- 
duct. Judge  Barrett  took  tbe  papers,  laservlng  hla 
Oeclalou  on  the  motion  for  alimony, 

A  NE6BO  BVSaLSIt  SENTXINOED. 
On  the  night  of  the  2d  Inst,  as  Detective 
tlurphy,  of  the  Eighth  Precinct,  was  sconring  his 
listrict,  he  noticed  a  notorious  negro  criminal 
oamed  John  Williams  acting  in  a  suspicious  man. 
aer,  and  took  him  Into  cuatody.  On  searching  him 
at  the  statlon-honae  tbe  detective  found  on  bis  per- 
lOB  a  set  of  billiard  balls,  a  cigar-holder,  and  soma 
other  articles,  which  it  waa  aubsequently  aaoer. 
tained  bad  been  stolen  from  the  lager-beer  saloon 
of  Xavier  Hurstell,  No.  96  PrlDoe  street  Williams 
admitted  tbe  burglary,  and  was  sent  to  the  Conrt  of 
General  Sessions.  When  the  case  was  called  yes- 
terday by  Assistant  District  Attorney  Bolilns,  tbe 
f'^'  prisoner  pleaded  guilty,  and  Judge  Sutherland  sen- 

tenced him  to  two  years  in  the  State  Pnson.  Wil- 
liams, who  goes  by  the  distinguished  names  of 
"  Xailow  "  and  "  Granny."  is  a  notorious  srimlnal. 
He  bas  served  several  terms  in  prison  for  bnrglary 
and  larceny,  and  was  a  terror  to  the  looalltiia  in 
wiUch  he  carried  on  his  opera^pns. 

AN  ELEOTION-DAJ  BVFFIAN  FVNIBRXD. 
At  the  opening  of  Part  II.  of  the  Court  of 
Creueral  Sessions  yesterday,  Judge  Sutherland 
Charged  the  jury  in  the  casa  of  Jame«  Boylan,  of 
No.  931  East  Tblcty-eighth  atreet,  the  desperado 
who,'  on  last  election  day,  shot  Edward 
Booney,  of  No.  825  East  Forty-fljst  street,  ioflictlnj 
two  dangerous  wound?.  The  jury  retired,  and  after 
four  hours'  deliberation  returned  a  verdict  of  guilty 
of  assault,  with  intent  to  do  bodily  harm.  Assistant 
District  Attorney  Lyon,  who  prosecuted  the  caae 
moved  for  judgment  Judge  Sutherland  said  that  the 
law  presumedTevery  man   to  have  intended  tbe  re- 

2ylts  of  his  wiUinl  acts,  and  sentenced  Boylan  to 
vayearsmtbe  State  Prison  at  hara  labor.  The 
anooting  of  Booney  waa  an  un'<varrantable  piece  of 
towdyiam  on  the  part  of  Boylan,  who  with  a  num- 
ber of  other  desparados  took  this  meant  of  "  getting 
square"  with  tbe  complainant  tor  having  dared  to 
*9te  against  the  candidate  of  tfaeix  ehoioe. 
m  ' 

ON  1MB  BEXOB  AT  LOJ!r&  SSASOSL 
JL  suit,  entitled  Joseph  P.  Howland  against 
George  W.  Cortii  and  Jeremiah  W.  Cartia,  waa 
argued  before  Judge  Barrett,  in  Supreme  Court, 
Chambers,  yesterday.  Tbe  {daintiff  owns  propertv 
at  Long  Branch.  At  some  <iiatance  from  hia  land 
there  is  an.  estuary  knows  aa  Green  Pond,  the 
water  ^  from    which  entered  the  ocean  at  a  point 

about  000  feat  distant  from  Eowland'a  property. 
Xhe  deAndanta  altarad  the  eooxsa  of  tbe  strean  so 
'»t»s«v«  tt  aaundinM  aauaatetke  ooaaa.  >>• 


m--::<- 


the  altaratioa  brought  the  atream  a]oiig«id«  of 
HoWIand's  land.  The  result  was,  be  says,  that 
aa  embankment  on  hie  hud  waa  waahsd  away 
and  bis  ptopeety  was  otherwise  seriously  ea^ 
croeched  npon.  In  the  present  suit  Sowlaad  aaya 
tbat  the  washing  in  of  tbe  ocean  and  other  ellMte 
resulting  from  the  close  proximity  of  the  new 
channel  caused  the  latter  to  nil  op.  He  briogs  the 
salt  to  reatrain  the  defendants  from  opening  tbe 
channel  en  the  ground  that  it  will  be  a  cootinning 
Injurv  to  him.  The  ca«e  was  brought  before  Judge 
Barrett  yesterday  on  a  motion  to  continue  an  in- 
junction against  the  defsndaats.  The  latter  elalmed 
that  the  existence  of  the  ebannel  is  not  iidarioas  to 
the  plaintiff ;  that  it  is  merely  a  reopening  of  an  old 
channel,  and  tbat  there  is  a  covenant  running  with 
the  land  whereby  they  are  authorized  to  restore  the 
old  channeL  Tlie  disfendaats  also  objected  to  the 
jarisdiction  of  tbe  court  since  the  land,  or  rather 
water,  in  controversy  lies  in  the  State  of  New- 
Jersey.  In  regard  to  this  latter  point  the  plaintiff 
urged  that  the  gist  of  the  action  is  not  in  relation 
to  the  land,  hut  the. prevention  of  lojarious  action 
bv  the  defendants,  who  are  residents  of  this  State, 
and  as  snob  can  be  restrained  by  a  court  of  equity 
from  doing  acta  injurlona  to  their  neigbbors.  Judge 
Barr«tt  took  tbe  papers,  reserving  his  deslaion. 

COURT  NOTES. 


George  Jaokaon  -was  sentenced  to  10  montha 
imprjiaonmant,  is  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  yes- 
terday, for  an  assault  on  Officer  Frank  Fnohs,  ot 
the  "fwenty-seventb  Precinct,  on  New  Year's  morn- 
inir.  ^ 

Hugh  MeCIellan,  formerly  a  book-faeeper  in 
the  employ  of  William  H.  Webb,  the  sbip-builder, 
was  yesterday  held  by  Jnstice  Uaffv.  at  the  Tombs 
Police  Court,  In  11,000  ball,  to  await  the  aetian  of 
the  Grand  Jury,  on  the  charge  of  emhezelement. 

William  MoQrath  obtained,  leave  from  the 
Supreme  Court,  yesterday,  to  sue  tbe  Beceiver  of 
the  Erie  Bailwav  Company  for  a  default  in  the  pay- 
ment of  tbe  Jannary  interest  coupons  on  the  mort- 
garse  bonds  of  the  Erie  and  Genesee  Valley  Ball- 
read  Company. 

Bichard  Seed,  of  No.  207  Hudson  street, 
who,  on  the  4th  Insl,  stole  $3  94  from  a  room- 
mate named  Patrick  Lvncb,  pleaded  gniltv  yester- 
day, in  Part  I.  of  tbe  Court  of  General  Sessions.  Be- 
corder  HacKett  sentenced  the  thief  to  two  years  and 
SIX  months  In  the  State  Prison. 

Judge  Barrett,  in  Supreme  Court,  Chambers, 
yesterday,  granted  a  motion  for  a  bill  of  partiou- 
lara,  made  bv  the  defendants  in  the  suit  of  John  B. 
Greene  against  tbe  Mayor,  &c.  Tbe  plaintiff  sues 
to  recover  $50,000  damages  for  the  non«)ayrasat  of 
a  claim  for  laying  36-inoh  pipe  in  Madison  avenue. 

One  year  in  the  Penitentiary  was  the  sen- 
tence  imposed  by  Recorder  Hackett  yesterday  on 

John  Johnson,  of  No.  71  Forsyth  street,  who,  with 
a  confederate  ntuned  Raymond,  stole  a  gold  chain 
from  the  store  of  Martin  Greisbammer.  No.  59  Av- 
enue  C.  Raymond  has  already  been  sent  to  prison. 
George  Wilson,  of  No.  8  Spring  street,  was 
arraigned  at  the  Tombs  Police  Court,  before  Justice 
Duffy,  yesterdav  afternoon,  on  a  charge  of  contin- 
ually lounging  about  the  Nassan  straet  entrance  to 
the  upper  floors  of  Taa  Tmss  Ballding.  He  was 
severely  reprimanded,  and  diaebarged  with  a  cau- 
tion not  to  repeat  the  offense. 

Patrick  F.  Corcoran,  a  boy  10  years  of  age, 
brought  stiit,  by  guardian,  in  tbe  Court  of  Common 
Pleas,  against  tbe  New- York  Central  and  Hudson 
River  Railroad  Company.  He  elalmed  (10,000  dam- 
agee  for  personal  ininnes  received  by  his  being  ran 
over  by  a  train  on  Eleventh  avenue.  The  jury,  t»e- 
fere  Judge  Van  Hoeseo,  in  Part  I.  of  the  Supreme 
Court,  yesterdav,  gave  the  boy  a  verdict  for  $2,000. 

In  Par^  I.  of  the  Court  of  General  Sessions 
yesterday  Assistant  District  Attomev  Bell  took 
pleas  ot  g»ilty  from  John  McNalty,  a  lad  of  18,  who 
committed  a  bnrglary  at  No.  92  Cherry  street,  and 
"WilliaTD  Parker,  of  No.  23  Hester  street,  who  at- 
tempted to  commit  a  similar  ofiense  at  No.  3  Eighth 
street.  Recorder  Haokett  tentenced  McNnlty  to 
five  years  and  Parker  to  one  year  in  the  Peniten- 
tiary. 

A  man  who  gave  his  name  as  James  W.  Aus- 
tin, aged  32,  was  yestcrda.y  arraigned  at  the  Wash- 
ington Place  Police  Court,  on  the  charge  of  stealing 
$47  from  tbe  coal  office.  No.  43  Ninth  avenue.  Aus- 
tin  bad  entered  the  office  by  a  rear  door,  and  while 
tbe  clerk,  Samnel  J.  Preeman.  was  engaged  in  con- 
versation with  a  woman,  evidently  a  confederate), 
at  the  front  door,  the  money-drawer  was  robbed  of 
the  abovA  amoont.  Justice  Otter beurg  held  the 
prisoner  for  trial  in  defanlc  of  $1,000  bail. 

In  Part  IL  ef  the  Court  of  General  Sessions, 
yesterday.  Assistant  District  Attorney  Rollins  ac- 
cepted pleaa  ot  guilty  from  James  Thompson,  of 
No.  9  Washington  street,  who  attempted  to  steal  |7 
from  the  pocket  of  Charles  T.  Scott,  No.  359  Broad- 
way, and  William  White,  of  No.  222  West  Twen- 
ty-second sti-eet,  who  stoie  two  watches,  valued  nt 
$110,  fiom  the  store  of  Israel  W.  Rauth,  No.  691 
Eighth  avenne.  Judge  Sntherland  sentenced 
White  to  two  years',  and  Thompson  to  me  year's 
Imprisonment. 

On  Jan.  29,  Peter  Quinn,  an  eld  man  of  60, 
living  at  No.  87  Mulberry  street,  met  little  Johnny 
Kane,  of  No.  86  Centre  street,  coming  from  tbe  Elm 
street  school,  and  took  him  to  a  hallway  near 
Washington  Market,  where  be  robbed  htm  of  bis 
overcoat.  In  General  Sessions,  yesterday.  Assis- 
tant District  Attorney  Bell  convicted  tbe  old 
thief  of  larceny  from  tbe  person.  Tbe  prisoner 
said  tbat  he  waa  drunk,  and  did  not  know  what  be 
was  doing:  but  Recorder  Hackett  said  drunken- 
ness was  no  excuse  for  crime,  and  sentenced  Qatnn 
to  three  years  and  six  months  in   the  State    Prison. 

In  the  case  of  John  W.  Phoenix  against 
Charles  Dupny,  an  order  was  mada  in  the  Court  of 
Common  Pleaa  reoently  for  the  examination  of  the 
defendant  as  a  witness  before  trial.  Tne  suit  is  for 
an  alleged  libel,  consisting  of  certain  letters  said  to 
have  been  written  bv  the  defendant,  and  it  was 
sought  by  the  examination  to  show  tbat  the  letters 
were  received  by  tbe  persona  to  whom  they  were 
sent.  Mr.  Dnpay  failed  to  appear  on  tbe  day  fixed 
for  examination,  and  explained  the  matter  to  Judge 
Robinson-,  in  the  Special  Term  of  the  Court  of  Com- 
msn  Pleas  yesterday  in  affidavits  averriog  that  tbe 
order  for  examinaiiun  bad  not  been  prope^y  served 
on  him. 

On  Jan.  25,  Josephine  Taylor  and  a  confed- 
erate named  Seymour  Smith  hired  tbe  front  base- 
ment of  the  premises  No,  169  Hudson  street  Tbey 
left  unexpectedly,  and  after  their  departnte  it  was 
discovered  that  tbev  had  broken  op4«n  the  door  lead- 
ing to  the  back  basement,  occupied  by  Charles  H. 
Bartell,  and  ttolen  therefrom  clothing  and  other 
property  valued  at  $80.  Tbe  woman,  Taylor,  was 
•ubseqaeotly  arrested,  but  Smith  mansKed  to  elude 
the  vigilance  of  the  Police.  When  the  case  tras 
called  bv  Assistant  District  Attorney  Bell  yester- 
day, in  the  Coart  of  General  Sessions,  the  fsmale 
bar glar  pleaded  guilt.y,  and  Reooider  Hackett  sen- 
tenced her  to  18  months  In  tbe  Statu  Pnson. 

The  salt  of  Sarah  Strauss  against  Abraham 

Wolil^  in  which  $25,000  are  claimed  aa  damages  for 
breach  of  promise  of  marriage,  aceompanied  by 
sednctlOQ,  Will  probably  be  brought  to  trial  before 
Judge  Donohue  and  a  jury  in  Part  L 
of  the  Supreme  Court  to-day.  Tbe  action 
baa  been  provocative  of  some  comment, 
tbe  defendant  being  wealthy  and  moving 
in  good  society.  He  ia  a  member  of  a  well-known 
banking  firm  in  this  City.  Tbe  alleged  wroog  js 
said  to  have  been  accomplished  in  November,  1873, 
while  the  plaintiff  waa  employed  as  a  servant  in  the 
house  of  tbe  defendaut's  sUter-iu-law.  He  was  a 
bachelor  at  the  time,  bat  has  aioce  been  married. 
Hedeniea  the  charges  In  the  moat  emphatic  manner. 
The  caae  of  the  Farmers'  and  Mechanics' 
National  Bank  of  Buffalo  against  Erastm  S. 
Brown  and  Tfaomaa  Atkinson  waa  brought  to  trial 
before  Jncge  Freedmaa  yesterday.  The  defendants 
are  produce  dealers.  The  baok  charges  Brown  with 
■elling  to  AtkinsoD,  witbout  autBorlty,  about  $9,000 
worth  ot  wheat  on  which  it  had  made  advances. 
Both  defendants  are  obarged  with  wrongful  conver- 
sion. Atkinson  sets  up  in  answer  that  ha  pur- 
chased the  wheat  for  its  foil  valne  and  in  good  faith 
in  open  market,  and  Brown  explaios  tbe  tranaac- 
tion  with  tbe  bank  by  showing  tbat  he  accepted  a 
draft  for  the  amount  ot  tbe  bank's  advances,  thus 
discharging  ita  lien  on  the  grain.  Pithian  &,  Clark 
appear  nfr  tha  plaintiff ;  Traoy,  Olastead  Sc  Tracy, 
for  Atkinson,  and  W.  Howard  Walt  for  Brown. 

SXBKINa  A  LIMITED  Dl  VORCE, 
Zoe  Aurelia  M.  F.  Smith  bas  brought  a  suit 
in  the  Supreme  Court  for  a  limited  divorce  from  her 
husband,  Henry  A  Smith,  and  the  caae  was  breugbt 
before  Judge  Barrett  yesterday  ou  a  motion  by  tbe 
plaintiff  for  alimony  daring  the  pendancy  of  the  ac- 
tion. Mrs.  Smith  says  she  waa  married  to  her  hus- 
band in  April,  1865,  and  that  be  baa  ill  treated  he? 
almost  ever  since  their  wedding  day.  In  June,  186A, 
she  says  he  beat  bar  on  tbe  head  and  face  wich  his 
fists,  and  became  so  riotous  and  violeot  that  she 
was  obliged  to  call  in  a  policeman,  who  arrested 
Mr.  Smith.  The  latter  was  brought  befere  the 
Essex  Market  Police  Court,  but  on  bis  earnest  en. 
treatiea  and  proiuisss  of  reform,  Mrs.  Smith  says 
she  withdrew  the  complaint  againat  him.  She  al. 
leges  that  be  oontlnaed  his  crusl  treatment  of  her 
alter  this,  and  apehed  abusive  and  slanderous  epi- 
thets to  her.  On  July  7, 1876,  she  says  he  abandoned 
her.  She  savs  he  is  a  real  estate  broker,  and  is 
worth  ^00,000.  Judge  Barrett  teserved  bis  deci- 
sion on  the  motion  for  alimony. 


LAND  ON  If  HIGH  A  SOBOOLBOUSS  STANDS 
FranoiB  Leokey  and  his  brother  brought  a 
suit  in  the  Supreme  Court  agamat  the  City  and  the 
Board  of  Education  to  recever  a  small  piece  of  real 
estate  in  Eas(  Thirty -seventh  street,  nesr  Second 
avenue,  now  covered  by  a  portion  ot  the  ballding  oc- 
cupied by  the  ward  school.  The  land  was  porchssed 
front  the  Leckey  Trasteea  ef  the  aaute  in  ISSS.  B,  J. 
Dillon  waa  Corporation  Counael  at  the  time,  and  be 
gave  an  opinion  saying  that  the  title  to  tbe  land  waa 
not  good.  Tbe  School  Trustees,  however,  residved 
to  take  their  ofaancea,  and  bought  the  land.  Tbe 
suit  was  brought  ap  lor  trial  yesterday,  before 
Judge  Donohue  and  a  Jury,  in  Part  I.  ot  the  Saoreme 
Court,  and  judgment  was  directed  in  favor  of  the 
plaintiffs  for  the  poaaeaslon  of  the  laod.  ITader  the 
autherlcy,  however,  of  Maximilian  vs.  Tbe  Uayor.fcc, 
and  of  other  cases.  Judge  Doaohoe  held  that  there 
oenld  be  no  recovery  for  mesne  profits,  or  proflte  for 
the  OS*  of  tbe  land,  Ae.,  acatast  e^diar  tba  Cl^jgr 


a?  — 


itUTi,  and  Assistant  Corporation  Counsel 
1o  Stetson  lOr  the  defendants. 


AK  ATTOBNST  SNUBBSJ), 

HS  TRISg  TO  SUPPRESS  TBK  PPBUCATipiT 
OF  A  CASS  IN  THB  TIMS3  BUT  J9 
BBATEN— A  BUUNO  BT  JPDQB     BOBIN- 

aoN.  ■ 

£.  r.  wader,  an  attorney  of  this  City,  bad 
the  pleasure  and  privilege  of  adding  to  his  stock  of 
legal  Information  yesterday  in  the  Special  Term  of 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  where  Judge  Robinson 
presided.  Wilder  came  Into  the  coart-room  just  as 
tbf  law  reporter  of  Ths  Tihbs  was  examining  the 
papers  in  cases  heard  during  the  day.  Tbe  reporter 
bad  Just  taken  up  tbe  papers  in  tbe  esse  of  Rosen- 
stem  againat  Boseastein,  snd  was  beginning  to 
read  them,  when  Wilder  asked  to  see  them.  iHe 
said  he  ^oold  return  them  to  the  reporter  in  a 
few  minntes.  Instead  of  doing  this,  however,  be 
said  there  waa  no  nae  of  publishing  the  caae, 
as  it  was  a  scandalous  divorce  suit.  He  was  in- 
formed tliat  Thb  Times  never  published  anything 
scandalous,  and  that  tbe  reporter  desired  to  look 
through  the  papers  m  order  to  ascertain  what  there 
was  in  them,  and  to  give  a  fair  report  Wilder  said 
be  was  ooa  of  the  attorneys  for  Mrs.  Rosenstein. 
His  name  did  not,  however,  appear  on  the  papers. 
He  talked  at  a  great  rate,  and  endeavored  to  in- 
struct the  reporter  as  to  his  business  in  tbe  matter. 
He  then  took  awar  the  papers,  under  the  pretense 
tbat  he  wished  to  see  the  court  cooceniing  a  mo- 
tion in  tbe  ease.  He  was  told  by  tbe  reporter  tbat 
If  he  wanted  to  make  any  motion  aa  to  suppressmg 
%report  of  the  case,  he  should  give  the  reporter  due 
notice.  Mr.  Wilder  said  tbe  reporter  bad  no  rigbt 
to  publish  tbe  case,  hot  he  affirmed  most  positively 
two  or  three  times  that  be  would  not  apply 
to  tbe  court  to  suppress  a  report  ot 
the  case.  Wilder  left  the  court-room,  aod 
returned  afew  minntes  later,  saying  he  bad  banded 
the  papers  to  Mr.  Jarvls,  tbe  Clerk  of  tbe  court 
and  that  tbe  latter  bad  agreed  that  they  were  not 
to  be  made  public  Wilder  said  tbat  he  bad  not 
seen  Judge  Robinson.'  It  appeared,  however,  that 
be  bad  seen  Judge  Robinson  in  bis  private  room, 
and  bad  asked  the  Juaga  for  an  order  to  suppress 
tbe  proceedings :  at  any  rate^  Judge  Robinson  soon 
came  into  court  and  Wilder  handed  up  a  copy  of 
the  rules  of  coutt  to  the  Judge.  Wilder  then  again 
attempted  to  have  a  report  of  tbe  case  suppressed. 

Tbe  reporter,  who  is  also  an  attorney,  then  ad- 
dressed tbe  conrt  saying  tbat  tbe  proceeding  in 
question  did  not  come  npder  aoy  rnle  of  court  for 
bidding  its  publication,  and  tbat  tbe  proceeding 
was  merely  one  lor  tbe  removal  of  one  Gold- 
smith aa  attorney  for  Mrs.  Rosenstein  and  the 
snbslitutlon  of  wilder  in  his  stead.  Tbe  reporter 
also  called  attention  to  the  fact  tbat  tbe  papers 
which  Wilder  songbt  to  have  withheld  Irom  pnbli- 
cation  contained  merely  a  defease  made  by  Mr. 
Goldsmith  to  chargea  made  against  tbe  latter,  ou 
the  strength  of  which  charges  Wilder  was  to  be 
substituted  in  Goldsmith's  stead.  The  reporter 
irrged  that  there  was  no  reason  why  a  gentleman's 
defense  to  chargea  should  l>e  suppressed. 

Wilder  made  frequent  appeals  to  tbe  court  each 
one  more  persistent,  but  Judge  Robinson  simply 
read  aloud  to  Wilder  a  rule  of  court  to  wbiob  the 
latter  had  referred  without  aoparentlv  being  able 
to  oomprsbend  its  meaning.  Judge  Robinson  said 
he  would  not  interfere  with  tbe  pablicatiou  of  thq 
matter. 

According  to  the  statemeats  in  tbe  case,  it  ap- 

Sears  tbat  an  attempt  is  being  made  to  oust  Mr. 
eldsmith  from  bis  place  aa  Mrs.  Rosonstein's 
counsel  in  a  divorce  salt  brought  by  her  huabaod 
against  her,  in  which  be  charges  her  with  having 
married  another  msn  since  the  divorce  suit  was  be- 
gun. Mrs.  Rosenstein  denies  tbe  charges,  and  al- 
leged on  the  motion  for  substitution  of  her  attorney 
that  Goldsmith  did  not  attend  to  the  case  properly. 
Goldsmith  pat  in  his  defense  yesterdav,  aod  this 
was  what  Wilder  songbt  to  have  suppressed. 
Wilder  gave  no  rsssoos  lor  his  extraordinary  con- 
duct excepting  tbat  of  bis  extreme  desire  to  see 
tba  rnlea  of  ths  court  obeyed. 

DECISIONS. 

Bin>BEVS,  COHHT — CHAMBBBS. 
Bv  Judge  Barrett. 

Rowe  VI.  .Bam«(,— Caose  restored. 

Aldriek  vs.  Hiblet — The  order  cannat  be  granted  until 
proof  of  aorrlee. 

aiaya  (franud. — Crlffla  to.  Cnaaa  and  Storey  vs. 
Charles. 

Walttr  v$.  Oonmia— Motion  granted  for  the  23d  intt 

DuraeJc  vs.     Van    Valkentnirgh Oranted    for     third 

Friday. 

Matter  of  Poton.— Motion  granted  ana  Referee 
apDoluted. 

The  Homtopatkie  Mutual  Life  Iiuurance  Company  vm. 
Haves. — Report  confirmed  aod  order  grauted. 

The  Oerman  Savings  Bant  vs.  McOovm — Xos.  1  and  2.— 
The  motions  are  granted  as  the  lule  only  apphes  to  a 
leiereacetoselL 

Stritbeck  vs.  8(r{eb<(^— Report  confirmed  and  Judg- 
ment of  divorce  aninted. 

Goodman  vs.  Aekemuin. — Tbe  proof  of  service  is  dn- 
feotive,  but  as  it  seems  to  be  consented  to,  the  plaintiff 
mav  take  his  order. 

Mttions  Granted. — Xrllen  ts.  Oroeman;  Greene  vs. 
The  Mayor,  (lc;  Tba  Tenth  .Vational  Bank  va  The 
Bank  of  tbe  New-Tork  National  Hanking  association; 
Mlckel  vs.  ctcberey. 

KUiott  VI.  Tftt  fVeitchester  Fire  Insurantt  Companv.  — -A  f- 
ter  a  conference  wiib  Mr.  Jnttice  Dono'iae,  I  think  the 
stajr  should  he  vacated.  One  without  pr^udlceteanap- 
DlloatioB  at  the  trial  for  a  postponement  until  tbe  de- 
cinlon  of  the  (jeneral  Term. 

Foley  vs.  RatKbon*. — Motion  to  set  aside  summons 
granted,  with  $10  coats,  bat  without  prejndlce  on  pay- 
ment of  snob  costs  to  as  application  to  tbe  court  on 
proper  papers,  and  for  good  oanse  shows,  for  leave  to 
re-examine  the  witness. 

Timfson  vs,  Benson.— Tb^  lasae  is  one  of  payment, 
and  it  seems  to  me  that  after  snch  lapse  of  time,  and 
oonsldering  the  doabt  as  to  whether  the  nioaev  bas 
been  received  in  such  a  manner  as  to  warrant  nroceed- 
iogs  of  this  nature,  the   qnrsttoa   of  f^cts    should  be 

Ssssed  npon  by  a  Jury.  The  petitlonsr  should,  I  tlilok. 
e  compelled  to  resort  to  aa  action  under  all  ibe  cir- 
cumstances, and  tbe  present  mutioa  denied  witbunt 
costs. 

eurSBMB  COUBT — SrSCIAI.  TKBM. 

By  Judge  Barrett. 
Duryea  vs.  Aekernan. — Flndiufs  signed. 

SDFEBIOB  COURT— 8PBCUI.  TIBIL 
By  Judge  SedgtaioL 
Cusret  at  vs.  STtaler  et  a;.— Order  that  lis  pendens  be 
oaneeled  acainst  oertala  (tefenaaota. 

Borland  vs.  The  MircantiU  Mututl  Inturaiut  Company, 
— Inierrogatenes  settled. 

By  Judge  Sptir. 
Schrtytr  vt.  Dtttinger  et  at. —Order  sett'sd. 

By  Chief  Judge  Curtis. 
Spader   vs.    Ntm-York   Elevated  BalUeay  Company. — 
Complaint  dismiaaed.    Opinion. 
ream  vs.  JT'nv.— Case  settled. 

COMHOS  PLBAB— SPKOIAL  TBS3C. 
By  Jxtdge  J.  F,  Daly. 
Belknap  ««.  5mI;Im.— Motion  granted  as  to  fourth  tub- 
division  ol  answer,  and  Uealed  as  to  the  residue.    Ho 
costs. 

By  Judge  BobtnsoTi. 

Jugur  VI.  ronttin.- Order  granted  as  amended. 
Mailtr  of  Oarvey, — Order  appointing  commission. 
Matter  of  Treat — Order  aranted. 

JL4.SINB  COUBT — CHAKBKBa. 

By  Juttiee  MeAdam. 

Opinions  Filed.— Eogloi  vs.  Bayer;  Hyatt  vs.  King; 
Behwars  vs.  Oppold ;  franchi  va  Zanzl ;  Eroulu  vs. 
Conner. 

(fOtadv  V*.  F««Hel:. —Proceedings  dismissed. 

Jn  re  Baskeraek.—)<t&j  granted  cunditioaally. 

Motions  Oranted. — DDOerwood  vs.  Buller;  Cutter  vs. 
Flaberi  Gordon  vs.  Ptaser. 

MeBeynotds  vs.  Jffoyt. -Judgment  for  plaintiff  on  de- 
mnrrer. 

Cofes  vs.  The  Mayor.  <tc;  Seviman  vs.  C)tMttr.—'D\»- 
contiuuxnees  allowed  ;  no  costs. 

Brovin  ps,  iTiase — Judgment  for  plaimUL 

Sarrisvs.  Horn ».— Order  settled. 

Oarson  vs.  Kataenstein — A.TanBig  appointed  Receiver. 

Stay  Oranted  Conditionally.— Houfh  va  Thompson; 
Collins  vs.  Anthony, 

Oars  vs.  Helmer. — Motion  to  resettle  denied. 

i)r/attUs.y«t(!d.— Keck  vs.  Kremka;  Metzgerva  Lowry. 

Ordtrs  Oranted. —HaTnor  vs.  Hease:  Smith  vs.  Bab- 
eoekj  Uaxheimer  vi.  Ulrict;  Btrothe  va  Coolci  Ger- 
lech  vs.  >ver<Jer J  Gallaud  vs.  HtrinKneld;  Keller  vs. 
Rose;   Blaka  va  Patterson ;  Stellmacner  va  Uavia 

Bmdi  ..^pDroved.— Williams  vs.  Connolly ;  tiiaders  vs. 
Iiayman. 

COURT  CALES DABS— THIS  DAT. 

BtlFBSlIE    COUBT — BPgCIA.L  TBBK. 
Beta  by  Van  Vorst,  J. 
Nos. 


Wos. 

47— Reilly  vs.  Dillon  et  sL 
lUU— fowler  vs.  Mehrbaoo 

etai. 
106— Dunne  vs.  Grattan  et 

al. 
60— De  Zavala  vs.  Hart  et 

ai. 
lai— Nat.  Park  Bank  va 

Dwlgbt. 
122— Bucking  va  Bauselt 

etaL 
128— Grlpsler     et     ai.    va 

Powers,  tto. 
13tK-Joaes  va  Jones. 
133— Busteed  vs.  Bnsteed. 
186— Jaeobf  vs.  MiUer. 
141— Steinbrecher  vfe.  Bey- 
er etaL 
1 42— Guldet  va  Browu  et  al 
14.3 — LyuesvaBrander,  Jr. 
14S— Hatch  vs.  Atlaotlo  1 

Paeiflo  TeL  Co. 


281— NIcoU  va  Scrymser. 
114— Kinney  va  Cohen. 
116 — itamsva.  Same. 
283 — Doncau   vs.    Oancan 
etal. 
67— Merriot  va  Herriot 
'.^0— Bard  vs.  0.  S.  Lite  Ins. 

Co. 
76— Bnrtis    vs.     llmpaon 

et  al. 

38— The  iisw.  Gran.  Mow. 

Co.    vs.   The     o.    H. 

Coalina  Co. 

53— Taylor,  to.  va  Roche. 

74— Andrews  et   al.    vs. 

Ryan. 
87— Alden  vs.  Diossv. 
83— Uulock  vs.  Mulock. 
94— The  B.  K.  Trast  Ca 
vs.  licrantou. 


8UFBKMB  CODBT-iCIBCinT— FART  L 
Held  by  Donohue,  J. 
Nos. 


Noa 

Short  Causes. 

3786— Fpcks    vs.   Qoddef- 
ray  et  aL 

3863— I'aciflc     Bank     va 
Paton. 

3869— ^chwartzkopf      va 
Drisler,  Jr., etal. 

2866— MoKee  vs.  Uott 

4261— Lafllnb  Raaa  Pow- 
der Co.  va  Pijtgott. 

SbPHKMB  COUBT— CIBCUrr— PART  IL 
Beld  by  Lawrenes.  J. 
Short  Canses.  ^os.- 


4263 — Weaman  vs.  Bene- 
dict 

4455— Daviea  et  aL  vs.  BeU, 
ko. 

4107— Welch  ts.  Voorhlea, 
Jr.,  etal. 

4161— Davidson  et  aL  vs. 
Kmlth. 

3e8$>— Fullerton  va  Smith. 

4403— Scuville  vs.  Glinea. 


Nos. 

1766— Adgar  vs.  Bancroft 

8953— Qriswold  v^   Dem 

areat. 
2168— Onfflth,  fca,  vexans 

Darrah  et  at 
2684-Mills  va  Lnptonst 

aL 
4167— Conaeh  vs.     Knapp 

lltfO-The  Union  Trust  Co. 

oiN.  B-,  Cona.,  va 

Phlpps. 
80fl8— Zittat  vs.   Faltoofe. 
3988-Secknagle  vs.  Har- 

wav,  Ito. 

404O— PbllUpps  vs.  Bnxke. 
4138— Kamberger,  ko,,  vs. 
OehL 

ii9i»-Qeorfs  at  al,  va 

Baugblan. 
4X64-^Aacntogy  Nat.  Bank 

T»  Jkan»e*«ri    " 


3508— Dreaner  vs.  Odell. 
416l>-Tfiohafenberg  versus 

Lemonte.  at  al. 
3643— Haaard,  Jr..  versoa 

Marks  et  aL 
4236— Caare.  Ite.,  versus 

Baldwin  etaL 
4280— Frank  et  aL  varsna 

Laney. 
4408-BelUq)y  va  Wmis, 

kc. 
4470 — Bear    et    aL   varsna 

Buoieset  al. 
4288— Devlin  vs.    Brown, 

4202— Woilcnbans    versoa 
...».,     Kelmet  aL 
4438— Towns«n4  et  alvs. 
^^^„    KeeieretaL 
4478— Vrank  et  at  versoa 
Tiowntan. 


Bos. 


SUPRSKB  COUBT— CntOVrr— FART  UL 
BelA  bK  Van  Brunt.  J. 
Nos. 


2240— Garrett    va    Bren- 

nsi). 
3395— Perkins  va.   Jordan. 
3186— Mack  va  Meagber. 
1671— Dlcklpson  va     £d- 

waxda. 
S048— Baaard,  Jr..   versos 

Harka  «t  al. 
4279— Meek  vs,  Cohen  st  al 
4003— Loines    vs.   HcDer- 

mett 
4031— Gottsberger   versus 

FarrelL 
3209— The  Impertera'  Nat. 

Bank  vs.Koben  et  al 


4081— Carter  va  Hyneset 

aL 
4006— Stanton    et    aL    vs. 

Prankard. 
4896— O'Brien    et  aL  vs. 

Toung  at  aL 
4219— Fogg  VI.  Aokermaa 

kc. 

4146— The  Greenwich  Vnk 
va  Tianlels  ko. 

aeit^-Bulett  vs.  Preckiag 
etal. 

S460r-Horton  et  aL  vs. 
Nouss. 

4405— Merry  vs.Ferge  et  al 


Boa.  _ 

144— Wormser  vs.  Hoffman 
167— Cradle  va  O'Brien. 
177— Matter,  kc.of  Cass- 

welL 
18,5— Sweeney  va  Bsroeasa 
186— Hotchklsa  vs.  Kelly. 
100— Ruck  va.  Lange. 


SUPBBME  COUBT— OKMSKAL  TBBH. 

AdUonmed  sine  diA 

BUrBEMB   (X>UBT— CHAUBBBS. 
Held  5v  Barren,  J. 
Sos. 
86— Martin  vs.  Muran. 
94— The   Board   of     Fire 
ynderwrttera      va. 
Gross. 
102-.Allbr1gbt  vs.yoorhiea 
132— The  Boo.  for  the  Bet 
of  Juv.    Dela.     va 
Maier. 
OaU  from  No.  218  up  to  andineluding  No.  268. 

BDPBBIOB    COintT — OBNXaAI.    TKBK. 

A^Jonmed  sine  die. 

BUPKRIOB  COURT— SPBCUL  TERM. 
Beld  by  Sedgwiek,  J. 
Nos.  I  Nos.  ' 

62— Reed  va  Livingston.      26^Bradfi>rd  vs.  Bissel  et 
64 — Boody  v&  Tilden  et  al.  aL 

e&— Mttsseherltng  v*.  yan'28— Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co-  of 
Winkle  et  aL  I  N.  T.  va  Davis  et  aL 

IS— Offlngsr  St  aL  vs.  De 

BUPBBIOB  OOtrnT— TRIAX   TBBU— PAST  t. 

Utli  tw  Sptir,  J. 

Nos.  Noa 

1053— Caffs  va   Lord,  Jr., 

etal. 
817— Sullivan  va  CHara, 

kc. 
402— Xiandon  va  61mm. 
406— Kneeland  vs.    Uplt- 

ka. 
477— Cooper     et    aL    vs. 

Mmith  rt  a], 
312— Thomas  vs.  Knight 
179 — Moore  vs.  Tower. 
468-\Vrayvs.  Fedderko. 
865-Diamont  va  White. 
818— Selling  va  Legendre 

et  sL 
924— Hannlgan.    kc,    va 

'Mmmlns  et  aL 
687— Formao  va  Ittua. 
294— MoEleyeys,  kc,  va 

liOdeviok. 
65— Copelaud    va     Ella- 
worth. 


»7d— Woodruff  vs.    Beek- 

man. 
456— Oilman  vs.  Stevens. 
476— Morgan,  kc.,  va  Mo- 

Vlckar. 
446— Boyd     vs.    Phcsnix 

Ins.  Co.  of  Hartford. 
631- Johnson,     Ilc,     va. 

Oppenhelm. 
486— Schmidt  vs.  Leatb 

am. 
766— Hartman  vs.  Globe 

Mutual  Life  Inf.  Ce. 
766— Baulenberg  vs.  Con- 
nor. 
757— Lawton  vs.BaUstler. 
768— Melvln  va  Csrey. 
769— Frledlander,  ke.,  va 

Goldberg.  * 

760— Wallace   et  aL   va 

Parish. 
762— Tiin  Pelt  vs.  Harden 


BUPBBIOB  COUBT— TBIAL  TBBM— PAST  n. 

Held  by  Freedman,  J. 
Ifos. 


Nos. 

347-i-FaTmers'  k  M.  Bsnk 

of  Buffalo  va  Browu 

cl  al. 
6S4 — Rneas  va  Hoops. 
63t>— Franklin    va    Catlin 

et  al. 
637— Same  va  tiama. 
072 — liarrtson    va   Refbrd 

etaL 
578— Harrison  vs.  Rosa 
743— Uhl.  Receiver,  kc,  va 

Cremer. 
744 — Same  vs.  Same. 
763- McNpspy,      kc.     va 

Masterson. 
760— gpeers  va  World  Co. 
767— Bnntley  vs.   Connor. 
768— Stevenson  va  Liiten- 

tbaL 


770-Moerch,  kc,  vs. 
Hamm. 

771— Klein,  kc,  va.  Blaut 

772— Merrill  va  Connor. 

7?4— Borland  vs.  Mercan- 
tile Ins.  Ca 

775— Tattle  vs.  Gray. 

776— Qoetsel  vs.  Lynch. 

777— Linder  va    Mverson. 

778— Hunt  ts.  Stevens,  kc. 

779— Havemeyer,  k.a.,  va 
Havemeyer,  kc. 

780- Costigau  vs.  UiUoo. 

782— Mack  entosb  et  aL  vs, 
Cass  et  al. 

784— Bauman  va  Hitch- 
cook. 

785— Chambers  et  sL  vs, 
Menok. 


SUPBBIOB  COUBT- TRIAL  TBBU— FAST  m. 

E«,ld  by  CurtU.  O.  J, 
Nos. 


Noa 

C65— LMgerweod  M  f g  Co. 

va.  Taylor. 
786— Rranrman  vs.  Kraof- 

man. 
787— .Mandelick  va    Spey- 

ers  et  aL 
788— Wright  -vs.  Equitable 

Lite  Aas.  Society. 
789— Porter  va  McQratb. 
700— Bauer  vs.  Dammann. 
7iH)>a— MoKloenv*.  Rowen 

etaL 
791— Dovle  et  aL  vs.  Lord, 

Jr.,  etaL 
792 — Lordet  al.  va  Thomp- 

aoo. 
784 — Wasson  ts.  Conover. 
795— Stauf  vs.  Mayor,  kc 
796 — Bvaiu  vs.   Qlnter  et 

al. 
797— Andrews     vs.    Globe 

Mutual  Life  Ilia  Co. 
798— Newman,     iic.     va 

Beach. 

799— Olweli,  kc,  vs.  Has- 
bruuck  e'  al. 

8U0>»— McDermott  vs.  Ly- 
coming Fire  Ina  Ce. 

801- BIchmood  et  aL  vs. 
Dwy.r. 

COMMON  FLKAS— OBNEBAL  TBBU. 

Ai7Journsd  until  first  Mouaay  of  .March. 

COMMON  PLEAS — EQUITY  TBBU. 

Held  by  Bobinson,  J. 
No  Day  Calendar. 

COUUOlt  PLBAS— TBIAL  TBBU— PAST  L 
Bsht  by  Fan  Hoesen,  J. 
Nos.  Noa 

1150 — Sellgraan  ra  South 
k  North  Alabama  R. 
It  Co. 
1206— fenn.   Hor.    Society 
vs.  Webster. 


802— Smith  vs.    Campbell 

etaL 
303 — Uutcuinson  ts.  Casa. 
805— Connor  va  Shafoer. 
804— Wormser  va    Meyer. 
806- Simmons   et    aL    va 

KayatT. 
807— Relche  et  al.  vs.  Li  v., 

London  kUlobe  Ins. 

Co. 
808 — Academy  of  Made,  of 

Bait.  Ta  Neuendorf. 
8U9— Loeb  vs.  Ackermao. 
SlU-CCallaghan  vs.  The 

Mavnr.  kc 
811 — Mitchell   vs.   Connor. 

kc 

813— Seward   va    Vander- 

bilt 
814 — Wllaou  va  Alexander 

et  »I. 
815— McCue  vs.  Dillon  et 

al. 
81K— McQacatIn  et  aL   va 

Riiubel  et  ak, 
819— Daly  va  Byrd% 
820-Bamevs.  Same. 
d20>a— Tbe  People,  kc,  va 

Wlthinston. 
821— Bemett  va  Kane. 


808— Walker      vs.      New 

<  'entral  Coal  Co.  ul 

Maryland. 
1004— Lamhertt  vs.  Mente 

gazza. 
877— Wilson  vs.  Pine. 
683— HowarJ,  it.,  va  Mc- 

Cullongh. 
37&— Reynolds  va  Erie  R. 

a  Co. 
395— Phniipsvs.Hamilton 
723— O'lioiinell  va  N.  T. 

k  Harlem  R.  R.  Co. 

959 — Uevoecker  vs. Camp 

849— Caaaldy  -ra.  L.<etnh. 

1281— Demarest    va    The 

Mayor. 
600— MoCormack    va    N. 

Y.  C.  k  U.  R.  B.  B. 

Co. 
693— Wellington  vs.  New- 
ton. 


1342- Broadway  dtableCo. 

va  Connor.     • 
1223— Mclntyre  vs.  Carroll 
865 -Fly nn  ts.  Dayton. 
47 1 — Soyder  tb.  Macliauer 
352— Giles  va  Weislar. 
9t0— Kandvs.  Stoughton. 
945 — Dean  va  Browu. 
284— Mott  va  Consumers' 
Ice  Co. 
1142— O'Brien     vs.    Royal 

Ins.  Co.,  ku. 
1070— U.    S.     Kefleotor  Co. 
vs.  Rustoo. 
899— Andrews  va  Farley 

et  al. 
688— Schenck  va  Barker. 


COKUOK    FLEAS — TBIAL  IBBM- FABT  II. 
Held  by  Larremore.  J. 
Nos. 


Nos. 

1072— Ko.ys  vs.  Haskm. 
996— Sellgsbnrg  va  Gold- 
stela. 
1131— Conroy  vs.  Boyce. 
10C5— Pries^enTs.  NtcUola 

143— Hunt  TB.  Roberta. 
131 1— Me  tropoUtan  Gs  s-L'  t 
Co.  va  The  Mayor. 
1169— Fitoh  va.  Bergen. 
1197— Sylvester  va  Bem- 
steiu. 
669— Folsom  vs.  Fischer. 

660^Shelly   va  Yard,  Jr. 

108X— Worwiok     vs.    Ohl- 

weiler. 

176— MevTltter    vs.    Qer 

mania  Ina  Co. 

COUMOM  FLEAS — TBIAL  TEBU — FABT  QL 

BeldbyJ.  F.  Daly,  J. 

No's. 


570— Malone  va  Derbv. 
1454 — Towie  vaThe  Mayor 
789— Bisner  tb.  Morgan. 
785 — Doouellv  va.  Mayor. 
1121}— McOowan     vs.    Mc- 

Oowan. 
1090— Haubert  va   Lerch. 
786— Schroeder     va  Lu- 

buscber. 
609— Levy   vs.  Sixth   Av. 

R.  U.  Co. 
1093- Haldy  va  Shaw. 
1136— Lew     vs.      PoUda- 
mer. 
497— Brown  vs.Patterson. 


Voa. 
539 — Aaron  va  Oodaband. 
478— Earleva   JN.  Y.  Life 

Ina  Co, 
647— Bmanuel    vs.     The 

Mayor,  kc 
480~^ohn8on     vs.       The 

Mayor,  ko. 
920 — Oakiey  vs.  Baron. 
92i — Same  va  Sanu:. 
942— Hewison    vs.     Sam- 
uels. 
1194— Weldlmg    vs.     The 

Mayor,  kc 
670— Israel  et  aL  versos 

Nicholson. 
1179 — Nessel    versus    The 

Mayor,  ko. 
498 — Brewer  va.  Day  (on. 

UABIKB  COURT— TBLAL  TBBU— PART  L 
Held  by  Mktr,  J. 


1249 — Nnssbaumva  Lyons 

etaL 
1079— Spencer  va  O'Brien. 
730— Roe  va.  Brophr. 
837— Walsh  vs.  N.  Y.  Fl'tg 

Dry  Uock  Cc 
843— Second  Nat   Bk.  of 

Peterson   va  Porter 

etal. 
1166— Martin  vaOallagber 
1100 — Seaman    et    aL     va. 

Noonan. 
710— Shipman    va    Piels- 

tiuber. 
1263 — Comes  etaL  vs.  Mas- 

tera 
1250— Isaacs  vs.  Baer. 
1257— Wllsoa  va  Wood. 


Nos.     Short  Causes. 
7521 — Riohardsou     versus 

Loebr. 
6983— Canadian    Bank   of 

Coin.  Va   Blakelee 

8644— Bird,  kc^  va  Papi>e 
etnL 

7332— Dltteuhoafsr  versos 
Macgregor. 

7315— Dlosiy  va  MoDivitt 

9069— MoCauloy  va  Mor- 
gan et  al. 

9009— Sanford  et  aL  vs. 
Wulsteio. 


Nos. 

6694— A  III  tea  va  Conni>r. 

7926— MUler  vs.  The  U.  8. 
Dairy  Co. 

6986— Plgnolet  va  Hav- 
erty. 

7578— BroTTu  vs.  Caldwell 
etaL 

8612— Parsons  et  al.  va 
Campbell  et  aL 

8963— Basoh  et  aL  va  Sher- 
idan, kc. 

8360— Brown  va  Bchesl. 

9080— Wolte  va  Thomas. 


851*2 


MABINB  COUBT— TRIAL   TBBU- PAST  IL 
Held  by  Ooeoo,  J. 
Nos. 


12— Mitchell  vs.  Stuart, 

Jr.,  kr. 
9082— Crnbb    vs.     Elastic 

Truss  Co. 
9083— McFaddan  va  Elas- 

tio  Truss  Co. 
6014 — Gursky  va  Goldberg 
8004— Cincinnati  Eug.  Ca 

vs.  Sceveos. 
8725— Redllok    et    aL   vs. 

bartb. 
7668— Well  va  Maher. 

MARIMB  COURT— TRIAL  TRRU— PART  OL 
Beld  by  Sinnott,  J. 


7642— Graf  vs.  Calkiasi. 
86U0— McDouald    vs.   Kav- 

anagh  et  sL 
8037— Fadden  va  Buekran. 
9085— Jowepie  vs.  Wltouski 
91u8 — Sohntu   va   Pelnam 

Blanoi  k  U.  H.  Ats'u. 
8376— Newell    et    aL    vs. 

Meehan. 
7751— Kaston  vs.  Hmlth. 
9071— Stokes  vs.  Doran. 


Noa       Short  Causea 
9001— Smith  va   Van  Val- 

kenburg. 
8872— Lawton  et    aL    vs. 

Meyer. 
8883— Same  vs.  Same 
7453- Franklin    va   Mao- 

laughlan. 
0084— MtUdoon  et   aL    vs. 

Mc<.^laTerty. 
8814— Withers  vs.  Collins. 
8396— McCabe   et   aL    vs. 

Dougherty. 
01C9— Goald.  kc,   vs.   Be- 

blenelL 
0114— Mat  S.  d.  Ca  va  Mo- 

Oool  et  aL 
8863— Herbiaon  vs.  Morrla. 


Noa, 

8336— Fay  et  al.  va   Les- 

pinasse. 
8340— Uutcliins  vs.  Butler. 
8308 — brown  vs.  Young. 
89a:i— Baynor    et    aL  va 

WorL 
9904— Kav  vs.  Whiting. 
9 1U7— Hilton,  kc,  va.  Lnd- 

low. 
9122— Hopkina  vaWemple 

et  aL 
9123— Neander  va   Harri- 
son. 
7497— Porter   et    aL     va 

Lima. 
9131— Gantert  va  Hoover 

etal. 


COURT  OF  OKNBRAL  SESSIONS— FART  L 
Beld  by  Hooirstt,  Rteorder. 


Geerge  W.  Beekman,   fel- 
nioBS  assault  and  battery 


John   B.   Nt'-klen, 
mg  stolen  goods 


Patrick  Foaarty,  fitlonions  Auoie  Sehbsck,  rseeiving 


aasault  aad  tiattery 
James  DriaeoU,  baralarv- 

Thomua  Boeab,  grand  lar^ 

eeay. 
Franela  tte^,  Michael  8nl- 

Uvan,  and  Kerin  DoUard, 
Krand  larcapy. 
Ernest  Lohmeo,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 
Oaorge  Thompaon,  binm.v.  Frederick    Uek,  vtolattOB 
XataBrnmiaodBitaBOook,!    at  <••••«*  law- 
saestvtMt  esaieak  ssNufi^ 


stolen  roods. 

J  olut  Sniltli,  eonoaaled 
weapona 

Laura  Strieker,  petit  lar- 
ceny. 

Alflred  Miller,   vlolattoa  of 

lottery  law. 
George  smith,  vielatian  of 

bttery  law. 


SIXf4JfOIJJ^  AFFAIM& 


BAUB   AT    THE    sVoCK    KXCHAXOK—rXS,   8. 

BALBB  BBFOBB  THR  CALL— 10  A.  K. 

$l,u00N.  W.  C.  C.  O.  92^  100 8t  Paul  Pf....a8.  48^8 


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800  do 54'9 

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600  Mich.  Cen 46 

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GOVBKNMKNT  STOCKS— 10: 15  AND  11:3J   A.  U. 


$10,000  U.  8.  6s.  '81, 


$10,000  U.  8.  6-20  C, 


67 113% 

10,0000.  s.  5-20  a, 

'68 116% 

10,000  V.  S.  bs,10-4u 

a 12.111 


B. 113% 

10,000  U.  f.  5-ViO  E., 

'67 113% 

6,000  D.  a.   es,  '81. 

C ^....110% 

10,000      do b.cllO% 

FIRST  BOARD- 10:30  A.   U. 
$1,000  Tenn.  6s,  n.a.  42%il50ChL  k  Alt,...b.c.l01% 
2,000N.J.C.lstn  ...ig3%800  C.  &N.  W.  Pt.b.o.  64% 


6,000  N.  W.  O.  G.  a.  91% 
8,000  N,W.C.CG.b.c  92 
2,000  H.  k  St  Ja8s, 

conv 86 

l.OOOMich.  C.  7B....103'a 
2,000  Cen.  Pac  1st 

St  J.  b'h....  92 
6,000  On.  Pac  lst..l04% 

3,000       do 104% 

6.000  Dn.  Pac  s.  f..  SJ8% 
6,000  8t.  L.  k  I.  M. 

1st 98 

6,000  D.kU.  E.>01.101 
1,000  T.,  P.  k    W., 

ist.  W.  Div.  85 
1,000  T.   k   W.    1st 

ex  coupon...  01 
5,000  ToL  k  W.  1st, 

StL.diT....  82% 
6.000  Gt  W.  lst.'88. 

cxcoup 91 

16B'kofCum 110% 

10  do 110 

62  Fourth  Nat  Bk.lOl 
15  Am.  Bxcb.  Bank.109% 
5  Hanover  Bank...  91 
5  do 90 

19  Met  Bank 133 

26  March.  Bank 119 

lOu  Del.  kU b.c  58% 

300  do 69 

20  do e3.  59 

lOO  Md.  Coal  Co..b.c.  10 "a 

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100  do 67% 

40  do 58 

l50Wens-ParK0..b.c  83 

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56  do bcl04»2 

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BALES  BEKOBX  THH   CALL— 12:30 P.  M. 


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10.000  N.  W.  C.  C.  O..  92 
10.000       do 83.  92 

1,000  H.  8.  2d,  tt.  F.113 
l(f,000  U  k  W.B.con..  51 
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200  West.  Union. .bS.  71% 


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200  do., 24% 

100  N.  Y.  Ceil,  k  H....101% 

200  Krie  Rallwa.r 8% 

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200     do 63% 

1100     Qo 53 

100  UL  Cen 61% 

300     do s60.  51 

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300D.,  L.kW 69% 

200     do. 03.  C0% 

300  Cen.  of  N.  J 22% 

400     do 22% 

600     do 22% 

200  Han.  k  b I.  Jo 11% 

100  C.  B.  kQ 117 

GOVKUNUXNT  STOCKS— 3  P.  U. 
$10,000  D.  S.  6s.  '81.     .$20,000  U.  .S.  5-20  C, 

R... 113%        '65  N 110% 

4,000  U.  8.  6s,  '81,   I   10,000  U.S.  5-20  C, 

C 114%       '67 113% 

7,000  U.  J*.  5-20  B..      10,000   da 113 

■67 b.c.ll3  115,000  0.8. 10-40  R...111 

«KCONU  BOARD— 1  P.  M. 


$1,000  Mo.  6s  long.  ..106% 
1.000  Cieorgia  St.  be.  93 
1,000  Cbl.,b.kQ.8a.  11284 
1,000  C.,U.k  1,8.79.110% 

4,000      do 110 

6.000      do 110% 

8,000  N.J.  C.  lain...  103 
1,000 H.J.  C.  Conv..  71 

4,000      do 70% 

6.O0O  M.  k  S.  p.  1st, 

La  C.  Dlv....  98% 

11,000  M.  k  St.   P.,  1. 

kM.Div 86% 

5.000  N.  W.  C.  C.  Q..  92 
3,000  M.  Y.  C.  Ist  C.  117% 
6,000  H.  let  78.  B...120% 
6.000  Ohio  k  M.  2<L .  62  % 
1,000  Un.  Pnc.  Ist..  104% 
6,000  D.  P.  7s,  L.G...102% 
1,000  QtVV.lst'88. 105 
8,000  Qt. West  2d...  74 

1,000       do 74% 

2,000  H.  k  bt  J.  8s, 

couv 86 

6B'kof  Com 110 

100  Oei.  k  Hud...D.c  03% 

100  do 58% 

8  do 68 

200  00 58% 

25  Wells-Fur be  83% 

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100  do S3.101fi9 

100  Erie  Railway.b.c     8% 

100  do bS.     8% 

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200  do 45% 

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900  do 63% 

500  do 83.  63% 

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300  ad b3.  63% 

100  do s5.  53% 

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SALES  FROM  2; 

$35,000  n.  S.  6-20  C, 

'67 .113 

80,000  D.  of  C. 3. 0.58..  72% 
3,000  01. West  2d...  74^ 
2,000  M.kKlst.b3.ir7 
2.000  N.W.C.  C.  G.  91% 

40  U.  8.  Br 51 

10  Wells- Kargo 84 

lOOAmer.  Ex 58 

20ODeL  kUud 58% 

400  do 68% 

100  do 58% 

200  do bHU 

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200  do s3.101% 

300  West  Dn 71% 


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Thitesdat,  Feb.  8— P.  M. 
The    stock  market   continues    decidedly 
weak  Ir  tone   and  a  mt^olity  of  the  active 
apeonlatlve  ahares   to-<lay'  recorded  a  daoline. 

Ths  depression  waa  most  marked  m  Weitern 
Union.  Lake  Sbere,  North-western,  and  New- 
Jersey  CentraL   The  infliieuoea  affodnng  apeou- 

lation  »re  tbe  finanoial  emharrMBQwitB  ot  tbe 
coal  companies,  the  reports  in  regard  to  the 
w!«tmUa  xavanral  •€  tlt«  i:«Ur«i4  Wl*  l»»4  *>*m 


active  competition  Itetween  the  nral  telegrapb 
companies. 

The  entire  transactions  of  tbe  day  ampanted 
to  167,393  shares,  which  embraced  47,600  Lake 
Shore,  44,925  Western  Union,  22,750  Delawarjs, 
Lackawanna  and  Western,  13,270  New-Jersey 
Central,  8,250  North-western,  8,100  MichiKan 
Central,  3,565  lUinois  Central,  3,263  Erie,  2,600 
Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal,  1,620  New-York 
Central,  1,400  Paeiflo  Hail,  and  1,070  Book 
Island. 

Lake  Shore  opened  at  &3H,  and,  with  oooa- 
sional  fluotuations,  fell  off  to  52%,  with  elofinK 
sales  at  a  merely  fractional  reooyery.  Oataide 
of  tbe  reports  in  regard  to  the  probable  re- 
newal of  hostilities  between  the  trunk  lines, 
this  stock  la  adyersely  affected  by  reports  that 
tbe  company  is  liable  to  be  a  more 
heavy  loser  by  the  Ashtabnla  '  dis- 
aster than  was  at  first  supposed. 
Weatem  Union  was  firm  at  tbe  opening  but 
subsequently  became  weak,  and  under  a  heavy 
pressure  to  sell  fell  off  from  73%  to  71,  with 
closiuK  transactions  at  71  ^.  Tbe  coal  shares 
were  weak  for  New-Jersey  Central  and  strong 
for  Delaware,  Lackawanna  and  Western,  the 
friends  of  the  latter  lending  it  a  heart.y  support. 
Operators  on  the  street  do  not  seem  to  share  in 
the  sanguine  onticipatlonB  of  President  Knight 
as  to  a  prosperous  future  for  New-Jersey  Cen- 
tral, and  are  very  free  in  asserting  that  there  is 
little  or  no  probability  that  the  $3,000,000  which 
Mr.  Knisht  declares  is  essential  to  preserve 
the  company  from  financial  disaster  will  be 
subscribed.  The  stock  to-day  aold  down  to  21 
against  23%  in  the  final  dealings  yesterday,  and 
closed  at  21%.  Delaware,  Lackawanna  and 
Westera  opened  at  68Vfa,  and  advanced  to  69V&, 
closing  at  a  reaction  ef  %  4P'  cent,  from  the 
highest  point.  Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal 
was  strong  and  rose  to  59,.  hut  subsequently 
lost  the  greater  portion  of  the  improvement, 
fiaal  sales  being  at  58^i.  Tbe  Granger  shares 
were  weak,  especially  for  North-western  pre- 
ferred, which  dropped  from  54%  to  51%,  and 
closed  at  tbe  lowest  point.  The  break  in  tbe 
price  was  accompanied  by  alarming  reports  in 
regard  to  the  health  of  the  President  of  the 
company,  but  doubtless  the  true  explanation 
ot  tbe  decline  is  that  the  parties  who  control 
the  stock,  for  reasons  best  known  to  them- 
selves, choose  for  the  moment  to  withdraw  the 
support  which  they  have  hitherto  accorded  it. 
Illiuois  Central  rose  from  51  Mt  to  53,  and  closed 
strong.    Investment  shores  were  firm. 

There  is  no  change  to  report  in  the  money 
market,  and  the  supply  of  capital  geekins  em- 
ployment continues  largely  in  excess  of  the 
demand,  which,  however,  is  light  both  for  mer- 
cantile and  speculative  purposes.  Nearly  all 
the  business  of  tbe  day  was  at  3®4  ^  cent., 
but  In  the  afternoon  loans  were  reported  as 
low  as  2,  the  closing  rate  having  been  2^  ^ 
cent.  Prime  commercial  paper,  which  is  in 
small  supply,  meets  wito  ready  sale  at  4'3>4V& 
^  oent.  Ibe  national  bank  notes  received  at 
Washinston  for  redemption  amounted  to  $560,- 

000.  The  following  were  the  rates  of  exchange 
on  New- York  at  the  under-mentioned  cities  to- 
day: Savannah,  buying  par,  selling  ^b®'^ 
premium  ;   Charleston,  nominally  3-16  to  par  ; 

Cincinnati,  shade  easier,  buying  ^  discount, 
selliDg  1-10  premium ;  St.  Liouis,  par ;  Chicago, 
3-5  premium,  and  New-Orleans,  commercial 
1-16,  bank  ^.• 

The  foreign  advices  recorded  no  change  of 

importance  in  the  prices  of  securities  in  the 
London  market  British  Consols  made  an  im- 
provement of  1-16  ^  cent ,  and  closed  for  both 
monev  and  the  account  at  95%'S>95%.  United 
States  10-40d  declined  from  110%  to  110i>i, 
and  18659  (old)  from  105%®105%  to  105^; 
18678  and  new  Sa  were  unchanged,  at  110  V6  and 
107%  respectively.  Erie  sold  at  9^,  and  New- 
York  Central  at  98.  The  Bank  of  England  lost  on 
balance  last  week  £273,000,  and  the  ratio  of  re- 
serve to  liabilities,  which  was'last  week  46%,  la 
now  46.  To-day  the  amount  withdrawn  from 
the  bank  was  £161,000.  At  the  usual  weekly 
meeting  oi  the  Directors  held  to-day  no  change 
in  the  rate  of  discount  was  made,  and  it  still 
remains  at  2  ^  cent.  The  rute  in  the  open 
market  for  three-months'  bills  is  1^®1%. 
There  was  an  increase  ot  specie  in  the  Bonk  of 
France  during  the  past  week  amounting  to 
26,292,000  francs.  Bar  silver  declined  in  tbe 
London  market,  and  closed  at  57d.  ^  ounce. 

The  sterling  exchange  market  was  quiet  and 
a  shade  easier,  with  business  at  about  $4  84Vi  ® 
$i  84 V^  tor  bankers'  sixty-day  bills,  and  at 
$4  85'S)$4  85^  for  demand.  The  nominal  ask- 
ing rates  were  unchanged,  at  $4  85  and  $4  86^. 

•  The  gold  speculation  was  firm  in  tone,  with 
an  advance  in  the  price  from  105%  to  105%, 
these  having  been  tbe  opening  and  closing 
quotations,  respectively.  The  rates  on  gold, 
loans  ranged  from  3V4  ^  cent  for  carrying  to 
flat,  the  closing  rate  being  2  ^  cent  The 
short  interest  in  the  market  has  been  material- 
ly lessened  during  the  past  few  days. 

There  was  less  activity  in  Government  bonds 
than  yesterda.v,  but  the  market  was  firm  er, 
and  prices  showed  an  advance  of  ^  to  M»  <P' 
cent.       The  largest    transactions  were  in  18678, 

which  sold  at  1 13 ®  113^.  Begistered  6s  of  1881 
sold  at  113<>6'3ll3V4,  asainst  112^/6  yesterday. 
The  greatest  advance  for  the  day  was  in  new 
5s  of  1881,  coupon,  which  sold  up  to  1107k.  In 
railroad  Mortgages  business  was  en  a  small 
scale.  The  New-Jersey  Central  honds  suffered 
a  still  further  decline.  Firsts,  new,  ^  ^.cent, 
do.  Consolidated,  2Mt,  and  Convertibles,  2  V 
cent,  the  prices  touched  being  respectively  103, 
73Ms,  and  70^.  Lahigh  and  Wilkesbarre 
Consolidated  sold  at  51.  Thero  waa  a  decline 
of  1  ¥'  cent,  in  Toledo  and  Wabash  Firsts 
and  Toledo,  Peoria  and  Warsaw,  (Western  divi- 
sion.)  the  former  Belling  at  91  ez-ooupon,  and 
the  latter  at  85.  New-York  Central  coupon 
Firsts  wereflrm  at  117%  Harlem  registered  Firsts 
at  120  Mt,  and  Morris  and  Essex  Firsts  at  117. 
Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quiaoy  83  sold  at 
-112%,  and  do.  consolidated  7s  at  110®110'iie. 
Chicago  and  North-western  consolidated  gold 
coupons  fell  off  to  91%,  and  closed  at  91%®92. 
State  Bonds  were  dull,  except  for  Missouri 
Long  6s,  which  sold  at  106^®  106%.  Georgia 
6sbrought  93,  and  Tennessee  new  series  42 A^. 
Sales  of  District  of  Columbia  3-653  were  made 
at  7214  ®72%. 

Ukitkd.Statbs  Tbeasubt.     \ 
Xkw-Yobk.  Feb.  8.  1877.  i 

Gold  receipts •264.667  74 

Gold  payments 193,571  76 

Gold  balance 70,583.846  45 

Currency  receipts 439.509  5? 

Ourrenov  pavmenia 374,914  58 

Currency  balance 43,339.421  SS 

Customs 827,000  00 

CLOSINQ   QUOTATIOlfg— FBB.  8. 

W^nesday.  Thursday. 

American  gold 10568  1055^ 

United  SUtes  Sa.  1881.  coup llOBs  110% 

United  States  5-20s.  1867    conn 113  113 

bills  on  London.. ..t4  eS^'Qti  84%    |4  Bii^'^U  84% 

New. York  Central lOlSg 

Rock  Island 101% 

PaoiSo  Mail 25 

Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul 18% 

Milwaukee  and  St.  PaulPref.......  49 

Lake  Shore 6318 

Cbicacroand  North- weatero 34^8 

CbioaEO  ana  North-western  Pret. . ..  55 

Western  Union 73>4 

Union  Pacinc 67 

Delaware.  Lack,  and  Western 68>4 

New-Jersev  Central 33% 

Delawara  and  Hudson  Canal 58 

Morris  and  Esaex 90 

Pananuk IS3 

Erie »l8 


191^ 

101  ae 

'fi3% 

18 1« 

4858 

S3 

33^8 

51% 

Tils 

b6% 

eaifl 

81% 

90 
183 

6B8 

I4OI4 

11% 

S5 

4518 

SS 


Obioand  Mlasissippi fc'e 

Uarleoi 140H 

Hannibal  and  St.  iloaeDi] 18^ 

Haniifbal  and  St.  Joseph  Pref 76^ 

Michiican  Central 43^ 

lUioois  Central Jl^a 

The  following  table  shows  the  balf>hearly 
flaotaatiOQBin  the  Qoid  market  tMivT 

10:00  A.  M 105(^.t:OOP.  M. J05«» 

10:30  A.  M 105%.  1:30  P.  M. lOSOa 

iijiio  A.  M m\.iiii\i  P.  IL m\ 

11:30  A.  M ,...105%«:30P.  M.,., 109% 

laOO  M. 106%  9M>i    U..... .109% 


The  extreme  ntage  at  prloes  in  itooke  and 
tiie  nomDerof  abarae  eold  are  as  follows: 

So.  of 
kbares. 

i.eao 

100 


lUshask  Utweit. 

.....101%     m"8 
14014 

.....    »J8 
M^ 

..  S4I3 

..  54% 

..lom 

49^ 


140  >4 

808 

5S% 

33ie 

51% 

10138 

18 13 
48's 

101% 
6818 
SI 
57»fl 

117 
4488 
51 »« 
31% 

n^a 

638 
71 

S4B8 
83 
58 


3.90 

47.(00 

1.900 

6.350 

i.ora 

400 

6.230 

150 

5a,750 

13,2T0 

3.500 

500 

8100 

3,565 

150 

400 

•   90O 

44923 

1,400 

150 

100 

.187.39* 


New- fork  Central 

Harlem 

Brio- : 

Lake  Shore 

Xorcb.weatem..., 

Korth-westero  Preferred.. 

Hook  Island 

Mil.  JbBt.  Paul 

Mil.  &  St.  Paul  Pret 

Chicago  &  Alton 101% 

Del..  Lack.  A  Wesvem C9>9 

New-Jersey  Central. 9S% 

Delaware  dc  Hud.  Canal 50  . 

Chicago,  Bur.  St  Qdnoy IH^g 

Michigan  Gentral 45)fl 

Hlioois  Central 53 

C,  C,  C.  Sc  1 31% 

Hannibal  ic  St.  Joseph 11^ 

Obio  &  HiasissiDpl 0^ 

Western  UnionrT TS^e 

Paeiflo  Mail 515 

Wells.  Fargo  &  Co 83 

American  Mer.  Union  Ex....  58 

Total  salea.—. ., 

Tbe  folio  Wing  were  the  closing  quotatloos    o» 

Government  bonds:  ' 

Bid.       AaVed. 

United  States  ourrenov  6s. 18318       123i« 

United  States  63.  ItfSl.  rcKlsurad llSifl       1133s 

United  Ktatea  6a  1881.  couimos 114  114^ 

United  State*  S-30a.  1865.  renstered..  1081^        108^8 

United  States  5-303.  1S63.  couooos lOSOs       I08''s 

CTnlted  States  5-308.  1865.  new.  res UOie        HO^ 

Unitea  States  5-30a  1865.  new,  coup llOts        IIOI4 

Uni  ted  States  5-20s.  1867.  reatslered . .  1 13  113 14 

United  Sutes  S-SOs.  1867,  couponi. 113  1  IS^f 

United  States 5-90a.  1868,  reeistered..U6ifl        117 

United  States  5-20s,  1868.  coupons. 116ifl        117 

United  States  10-40a  reelatered Ill  lH^e 

United  States  10-4U8,  coooons 114%       iHOg 

United  States 5s  1831.  rezistered 110%        llO^g 

United  States  5s   1881.  couoona 110%        llO^g 

UnitedStates 4^8, 1321,  mzisiered...  10718       10<''8 

The  Sub-Treasurfer  disbursed  in  gold  coin 
$203,000  for  interest,  $50,000  for  called  bonds, 
and  $7,900  silver  coin  in  exchange  for  fractional 
onrrency. 

Tne  following  were  the  gold  clearings  by  tht 
National  Bank  of  the  State  ot  New- York  to- 
day: 

Gold  cleared 124243.006 

Gold  balances 1.452.870 

Cnrreacv  balances 1,537,794 

The  folio  wlniiE  is  the  Clearing-house  state- 
ment to-day : 

Currencv  exobaneaa.. ..170.699.016 

Currencv  balances 2,529.965 

Gold  ezcbaaees 10,350,747 

Gold  balances 1.384,705 

The  following  were  the  bide     for  the  varioua 
State  secnrities: 

Alabama  58. '83 3314 

4J»bama  5s. '86 33is 

AUbama  8s. '86 33^3 

Axabaaia8j,  88 331^ 

Alabama  8s.  '92 17 

Alabama  8a.  '03 17 

Connecticut  68 lll^s 

Georioaoa 93 

Geor|:ia78.  n.  b 104  ifi 

GeorKla7s,  indor8ed.lil3 
Georgia  7«,  eold  bds.105 
Ilhnoia  coup.  6s. '70.  .Wlhi 
Illinois  War  l^oan..l02 

Kentnoay  e» 102 

Louisiana  6s 40 

Louisiana 68.  n.  b....  40 
La.  6s.  new  FL  Obt.  40 
La.  79;  Penltentiarv.  40 
La.  6s,  Levee  bonds.  40 
La.  Ss.  Levee  bonds.  40 
Li.  88.  UB».  Of  '75. .  40 
La.  7s.  Consolidated.  60 

Michigan  6s,  '83 103 

Micbieao  7«,  '80 113  ^a 

Long  08.. '83 to  '90 in.  105 ''Ib 
Asy.or  Un'y.  due  '92.106 
H.  &  St.Jo»  due  '86.106 
H.&St.  J.,  due '87.  .106 
N.  r.  Reg.B.L.....101ia 

And  the  toUowing  for  railway  mortgages  : 


N.  T.  6s.  Q.  L'n.  "91. 120 
N.  C.6;«.  old. J.  it  J..  21 

N.  O.  6s.  A.  &0 21 

N.C.68,N.0.K..J.&.J.  C5 
N.C.fi8.N.C.R.A.&0.  65 
N.C.Ct,do.c.oiKJ.&J.  43 
N.C.68.  Pde  Act '66.  16 
N.C.  6s.  Fd'e  Act'68.  16 
N.  C.  new  bds.J.dt  J  l:i 
N.  C.  new  bds.  A.&.O.   12 

N.C.S,T.  class  1 3 

N.  C.  S.  T.  cla88  2....  2 
N.  C.  S-T.  cla8s3...     2 

6bio68.  •86 Ill 

Kbode  Islana  es 110 

S.  C.  L.  C.  '89.  A.&O.  45 

S.  C.  "8.    '88 35 

S.  C.  Non.  F.  bs 2^ 

Tenn.  6!t,  old 42% 

Tenn.  bs.,  n.  b.,  n.  s.  4.2^ 

Vlruiniae^,  old 30 

V^ircinia63.n.bd8.'66   30 
Vircinia  03,n.b(ls.'67.  3J 
V"a,6a.,  Con.  Bonris.   "jig 
YirginiaUs,  ex.  m'llc.  CC^ 

Va.  03.  Com.  2d  S 37^ 

Vn.  6a,  Deferred  bda.  T 
OU.  ot  C.  3.654, 1931 .   71% 


Alb.  &  Sus.  Ist  bds.lOSis 
Alb.  &Su8.  2dbd8..101 
B..H.  &Erie  1st....  14 
£.,  C.  K.&M.lst7s.e.  3i) 
Cbic.  &  Alton  ldt...ll5 
Chic.  &Alt.  Ineome.104 
Joliet  &  Ohio.  1st. ..107 
O..B.&,Q.,8  4P'ct.,  lat.11238 
C,  B.  &ti.  Cons.  7s..  10913 
C.K.L&P.  1st  79....IO8I2 
C.E.l.&P.SF.i.6s.  'D5.100 
C.  R.  of  N.  J.  Istn .  .I0312 
C.K  of  N.  .List  Con.  TSig 
C.  lt.ofN.J.lstConv.  71 
L.  &W.  U.Con.  G'd.  SOifi 
M.&S.P.  1st  88.  P.D.114 
M.tS.P.2d.73-10PH.  95ln 
M.&SP.lsi78,tg,RD.  9412 
M&S.P.  lar,  LaC.D.  98l4 
M.&.S.P.lstr.&M.D.  861s 
M.&S.lM8t  I.M.&D.  82 
U.6i.iil.  P.lst.H.4E,D.  83 
M.  &  St.  P.  Con.S.F.  8212 

M.  4c  St.  P.  2d 90 

C.N.  W.  Sink.  F....106 
C.  &  N.W.  Con.  bd8.l02% 
V.  &.  N.W.  £xt.  bds.lOU 
Q.  &  N.  W.  C.  G.  bds.  92 1« 
0-.  &  N.W.  K.  G.bds.  9U% 
Xowa  hlidlaudl8t88..93i2 
Galena  &  Chic.  Ext.lOO 

Pfcuin.litCoD 104 

Chica(ra[&  Mil.  I8t..l06ia 
(!.,C..C.*  List  78;S.F109i2 
Del..  L.  &  W.  2d....l03«>p 
Del.,  L.  &  W.  78.  C..1D3B8 
Mor.  &  Essex  let.. .116 
Mor.  &>£38ezcon...  89 

M.  &  E.  78.  of  1871.. 102 

Erie  1st  Extended. .lOO'a 

Ene  2d  7*.    79 104oe 

Erie  3d.  78.  '83 105 

Erie  4th  7s,  '80 lOBOs 

Erie5tb7«,  '88 99 

Erie  7s.  Con.  G.  bds.  40 
LongDocIt  Bonds. .106ie 
ii..N.Y.  fcE.lst.  '77.  93 
B..N.Y.  &  E.  L  bds.  92 
H&St.J.  88.  Con....  65 V3 


C.  Falls  &  Minn.  Ist.   8314 
M.  So.  7^0..  2d.. ..103 
M.S.&.N.LS.F.7^ot.lU9 
Clev.  &.  Xol.  S.  !<"... 10713 
Clev.  &  Xol.  new  b3.I06>a 
Clev,.P.  &  A.,olfl  bs.10414 
Buf.  it  E.  new  b'd8,.107ia 
Buf.  &  State  Line, 78.104 
Kal.  &  W.  Pig.  Ist..  68 

L.  8.  Div.  bds 107 

L.  B.  Cons.  K.  Ist...  1071a 
M.ich.0.1» t8i.  '82  SP.112 
N.  Y.  Cen.  6s,   'ST-.-lOSJ^ 
,N.  y.  Cen.  6s.  K.  E.104 
K.  Y.  Cen.  6*  Sub. .104 
N.  Y.C.&  Hnd.lsr.C.  .117>4 
Ilud.K.73.'.ia.S.ir.'ts5.112 

Oarlem  1st  78.  K....iau 
N.  Y.  Cen.  68.'83....105 

N.  Miaaonn  1st 98 

Ohio  &  M  Con.  S.  *  .  87 14 
Oblo  &  M.188.  Cons.,   tl^ 
Obto&M.2J.  Cons..  50 
Cen.  Pac.  Gold  bds..  107 
Cen.  P.,  San  J.  B'cU  91% 
Cen.Pac.  L.G.  bs...  93 »« 

West.  Pacitlc  bs. lOUia 

CTniou  Pac.  Isi 104^ 

Union  Pac.  L.  G.  78.102ifl 
So.  Pac.  08.  ot  Mo..  73 
Pac.  R.ot  Mo.  Ist..  95 
P.,  Ft.  W.  &V.  2d..ll2«« 
Clev.  &P.Con.aF..Ul 
Clev.  &P.  4th.  S.  F.l04»a 
Col..  Cbic.  &Ind.  let.   3a^ 
St.  L.  dc  Iron  M..  2d. .  .50 

A.  &T.H.2d  Pre!'..  86 

B.  4:8.111  Ist,  88...  87 
ro!.<t  Wab.  1st,  Ex.104 
Tol.  Wab.  ExCono.  91 
Tol.&W.lBt.St.LD..  82 

Tol.  &  Wab.  2il 7434 

X.  &  W.Cons.  Conv.  51% 
Gl  West.  1st.  '88. ...104 
Gt.  Weat  Ex  Coup.  90 
Gt.W.  2d,  ExC.,'93.  73't 
Qainov&.Xol.l8t.'9J.  81 
III.  &  Sa.  Iowa,  1st..  Si 
H.  &.  Cent.  M...l8t  89 
W.  U.  bds.,  1900.  C.105 


Manhattan 

.13C 

Market 

.lit 

Mechanics' 

.13J 

Merob.'Uits' 

.114 

New-York 

.IK 

Pacific 

.110 

Pbenix 

.  95 

Reoublic 

.  Mi<t 

Shoe  &. Leather  ... 

..122 

I'roaedmen's 

.130 

Dnb.  &  Sloox  C.lst.  .105i£ 
And  the  following  for  City  Bank  shares 

America 130 

American  Exciianee.109 
Bank.  &.  Brok.  Asso.  80 

Central  National 101 

Commerce 110 

Cootioental 68 

First  National 300 

Foortb  National. .,.101 

Fifth  Avenus 212 

Gsrman  American..  691^ 
Hanover 90 

The  earnings  of  the  Chicago  and  Rook  I«lani 

for  the  month  of  January  show  an  increase  ol 
$30,000  over  the  corresponding  period  last  yean 
The  following  is  a  comparative  statement  ol 
the  eammgs  of  the  Central  Paoidc  Bailroa4 
Company  : 

January,  1877 tl,185,00§ 

January,  18T6 994.331 

Jannary,  1875 063,93ll 

Following    are   the   railroad   earnings    fox 
January :  ' 

GROSS  EABKINOS  IN  JANCART. 

Burl.,  C.  Bap.  &  Northern... 
Cairo  and  St.  Louis*... 

Canada  Sentbem 

Central  Pacific 

ChloaEO  &  Alton 

Chi.,  Mil.  &6r.  Paul......... 

Cin.,  Laf,  &  Cbioage* 

Daover  &  Bio  Grande*.... 

Illinois  Central^ 

Indianap.,  B.  Sc  Western., 
lot.  &  Great  Northern*. . . . 
Mis»oarl.  Kansas  &  Texas... 
St.  L.,  A.  Sc  T.  K.  Branches.. 

St.  L.,  Iraa  Mt.  StSo 

St.  L  ti  South-eastern* 

St.  L..  Kansas  City  &.  N.... 

To).,  Peoria  4t  Warsaw 

Total 

Net  decrease 


1877. 

187« 

.       173.964 

$91,334 

12.453 

17,91J 

.       107.863 

123,741 

..    1,125,000 

904,331 

..        338,037 

30a,S9l 

.        375.460 

587.54« 

17.265 

24,87* 

15,895 

i24196 

.       374.838 

«26,1^ 

92.168 

133,38? 

.       108,086 

160,19! 

.       837,032 

256459 

51,413 

38.93« 

.       397,530 

337.190 

6i764 

59,259 

..      240,042 

246,098 

76,571 

93.2Jf 

.  ts, 710,386 

fS,  797,08/ 

..^  186,735 

*  Three  weeks  only  of  January  in  each  year. 

t  Included  oon  tractor's  freight. 

X  Doe^  not  in  eitoer  year  embrace  traffic  of  leased 
lines  m  Iowa  hitherto  inolnded. 

The  tollo wine  companies  hare  but  reoentlj 
reported  tbeir  earnings  for  Deoamber : 


GROSS  EARNINGS    IK   DECEMMB. 


Chicago  &  North-west , 

Clev.,  Mt,  y.  &  Del.  &.  torches. 

Houston  Si  Texas  Cantral 

Kanaaa  Pacific 

MobUe  Sc  Ohio 

Nasb.Cbat.  k,  St.  Loaia 

Padacab  St,  Memphis 

Pnlladelphia  &  Brie 

Same,  WnU  ScOgd , 

Sb  Joseph  Sc  Denver  City 

St.  Paul  ic  Sioux  City 

Sioux  City  Sc  St.  Paul 

Tal.,  Wab.  Sc  Weatera 

TJnion  Pacific 

Total 

Kat  decrease 


1876. 

,    f9<»,640 

.       27,696 

.      375.341 

316,937 

.      300.000 

.      139,237 

17,104 

S98.903 

86.659 

.       38,993 

40.290 

24187 

377,221 

.      953.858 

.$3,804,444    t3,90e.883 
..$104,449 


1875' 

$933,331 

32,68'j 

401.592 

269.823 

291.014 

161313 

2L.'>53 

270,441 

93.6.3 

41.3U5 

67.345 

40,217 

359,334 

903,151 


GBOSs  EABMnras  fbom  jan.  1  to  dec.  3X  . 

1876L  1876. 

Chicago  t.  Northwest |1S,467,S40  §12,811,221 

Clev.,  Mt.  T.  k  DeL  &  toobes..     376,053  426.02J 

Hoaatoo  &.  Texas  Central 3.163.519  2.980.053 

3,000,799  3.3S3.761 

1,130.535  1,116.904 

S,1MS90  i8e6,54] 

2.093.5S8  1.914  341 

1.897,917  x,ta^m 

207.478  199,211 

3,352,978  8,365.^ 

373.757  560.414 

357,800  317.46r 

..12,?«8,7»5  11993.834 


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LooiaviUe.  Ciociiiaati  St  Lex.. 

LoolsviQe  AKasbvUle 

MooUe and  Ohio 

Naahvllla,  Chatt.  U  St.  I. 

Padooab  it-  Memphis 

Philadelphia  4  Erie 

St.  Paul  &Slonx  City 

Sleqx  City  St.  at,  Paul 

Valon  Pacific 

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AMVSEMBJiTS  THIS  £rE.yI^a 

aCADKMT   op   music— MisyoN-.    (Enc'lsh    Ooera)— 
Mlu  Clara  L.  Kellutig.  Mrs.  Uosevald,  Mra.  Segola, 
Mr.  Haas,  Mr.  Peakea. 
At  2:3U— PhuiB AKM owic  Rbhkahsau 

WIOH  SQUARE  TRRATRE.-THK  Danichbffb-Mf.  C. 
fi.  Thome,  Mr.  W.  R.  Flo.vd.  Miss  Kathenne  Bogeta, 
MlBs  Fauny  Morant. 

fABK  THBATKE.— Otjk  Boabding  House— Mr.  Stuart 
Bobaon.  Mr.  W.  H.  traue,  Mrs.  A.  if.  Baker. 

nVTB  AVENDK  THBATRK.— Lemons:      or.    Wkdlock 

W8  SavKx— JU-.  C.  F.  Coghlaa,  li.ia\  F,  Dareaport 

lOOTH'S  THTsATRK.— Fifth  Ayajroa- .Mr.  GeorEa 
Bignold,  JUias  Maad  Granger. 

WALLACK'S  THKATBR-All  for  HBR-Mt  Lester 
^Vallaok,  Mr.  S.  Uackayc.  Miss  ada  Uyag. 

BROADWAY  THKATRR-Mabtox,    Lb    Joub    Boqub- 

TIERC 

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BAN  FRANCISCO  MIXSTRELS.— Minstrblst,  Farcbs 
andNsQRo  C'omicautiks. 

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Abbott,  Mr.  B.  Siefert.  Mr.  Brianoli.  Mr.  Case.  Mr. 
Pratl 

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OflEceMonev  Orders,  if  possible,  and  where  neither 
«J  tltese  can  be  procured  send  the  money  i*  a  regis 
fcredletter. 

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NOTICE. 

^e  cannot  notice  anon  ymous  comm  anicatlons.  In 
•Incases  we  reqinre  the  writer's  name  and  address,  not 
itipnbUcatiou.  but  as  a  g^uaran&ee   of  good  faith. 

We  cannot,  under  any  circumstauces,  retnru  ra)  ected 
Bommunications,  nor  can  we  uudertake  to  preaorye 
Kannscripta. ■ 

The  further   proceedings  of  the    House 

Committees  of    Investigation   interest    the 

Democrats  no  more.  David  Dudley  Fikld 
bas  retired  in  disgust  from  his  bootless 
labor  of  bullying  witnesses,  garbling  testi- 
mony, and  inventing  bogus  telegrams,  and 
the  work  of  the  Louisiana  Committee  lan- 
Jtiishes.  Florida  has  been  already  aban- 
ioned  as  a  field  of  investigation,  and  Mr. 
oARR,  of  Indiana,  has  bluntly  suggested  that 

»ince  the  Electoral  Commissiou  refuses  to 
go  behdnd  State  returns,  there  can  be  no 
furthear  occasion  to  detain  the  members  of 
the  Louisiana  Rettirning  Board  in  the  cus- 
tody of  the  House.  It  is,  no  doubt,  a  little 
hard  on  the  Democrats  to  have  so  many 
sact.fuls  of  evidence,  figuratively  speaking, 
thrown  out  of  the  window.  It  was  bad 
eaough  that  they  should  be  compelled  to 
trample  on  the  principles  of  Jeffkbson  for 
t  ne  sake  of  clutching  a  partisan  advantage, 
but  to  have  stultified  themselves  for  nothing 
is  too  severe  a  trial  to  the  temper  to  render 
it  at  all  surprising  that  it  should  be  impos- 
blo  to  conceal  the  evidences  of  their  chagrin. 

The*  Democratic  press  is  about  equally 
ausuocassfal  in  keeping  its  temper.  The 
Sun  attempts  to  conceal  its  sentiments  by 
ft  very  expressive  dumb  show,  and  the 
TFoild  relieves  its  mind  m  two  columns  of 
ponderous  argument,    which  sounds  very 

ridiculous  when  read  in  the  light  of  yester- 

■flay's  proceedings  of  the  Commission.    The 

World     'was       quite       as       sure      as     Mr. 

Green,  of  New-Jersey,  that  the 
quo  warranto  proceedings  before  the 
Florida  court  must  be  considered  by  the 
Comruission,  and  is  quite  as  much  disgusted 
aa  tJ-ie  New-Jersey  luminary  that  these  were 

very  promptly  excluded.    The  misleading 

TU.den  organ  w^ill  now  be  more  certain  than 
ex-er  that  the  "small  pettifogging  of 
Small  lawyers  was  called  on  to  exclude 
'truth  and  to  give  the  victory  to  fraud." 
The  World  could  abuse  the  Commission 
■with  better  grace,  if  it  had  been  somewhat 
less  prompt  to  accept  in  advance  the  de- 
cision of  that  body,  and  the  Sun  would  ob- 
tain a  more  sympathetic  hearing  for  the 

ebnlKtion    of  wrath    which  it  has   in   store, 

had  it  made  up  its  mind  sooner 
th/at  the  entire  device  Avas  uncon- 
Bt^ntional     and    inexpedient.     It    is     now 

ex  tremely  probable  that  the  partisan  trick- 
ej.y  which  prompted  the  Democrats  to  sup- 
jiort  the  Commission  will  simply  result  m 
'giving  new  strength  to  their  adversaries, 
and  they  need  hardly  be  disappointed  if 
the  common  sense  of  the  country  refuses 
to  aee  any  but  the  ludicrous  side  of  their 
fiaappointment.   /^~^ 

Reform  legi^tion  for  the  City  makes  but 
«k)w  progress  at  Albany,  yet  still  it  moves. 
The  Assembly  has  ordered  to  a  third  read- 
ing Mr.  Langbbin's  bill  for  a  revision  and 
consolidation  of  the  laws  relating  to  the  Dis- 
trict Courts,  and  the  Committee  on  Cities 
have  so  far  wakened  up  to  a  recognition  of 
the  existence  of  the  two  principal 
City  biUs  in  their  hands,  that  they 
have  fixed  Tuesday  next  for  a  public  hear- 
ing upon.  them.  But  perhaps  the  most  sig- 
nificant proof  of  the  influence  upon  the 
Legislature  of  the  public  demand  for  re- 
trenchooaent  is  to  be  found  in  the  intention 
of  the  Tammany  delegation  to  introduce  a 
"reforji"  measure  of  their  own.  Its  main 
Seatores  are  to  be  a  consolidation  of  depart- 
ments andareduction  of  Commissioners,  with 
ft  cantions  avoidance  of  everything  which 
aiuia  at  retrenching  the  force  or  the  salaries 
oi'  the  great  army  of  Municipal  nnder- 
pttrappers,  to  whom  Tammany  Hail  is 
soainly  indebted  for    its    yearly  quota  of 

-  eampaign  funds.  No  better  service  can  be 
(done  by  Kepjctblicans  in  the  Legislature,  to. 
Cbeir.  party  or  to  the  public,  than  by  apply- 

"  .|ng  radical  renaedies  to  the  evUs  on  whoae 
§^jf9$amtuai  tb»  varr  axiBtanoa  of  Tarn* 


many  Hall  depends,  and  we  trust  they  are 
beginning  to  perceive  the  folly  of  trifing, 
year  after  year,  with  so  great  an  oppor- 
tunity.      ^ 

The  Queen's  speech  at  the  opening  of  the 
British  Parliament  is  chiefly  remarkable  for 
its  omissions.  Two-thirds  of  the  very  meagre 
address  is  a  bald  outline  of  the  course  of 
British  policy  in  regard  to  the  Eastern  ques- 
tion, with  the  very  significant  omission 
of  all  reference  to  the  demands  of 
Russia  or  to  the  probable  conse- 
quences of  Turkey's  defiance  of  that 
Power.  An  allusion  to  the  tawdry 
ceremonial  at  Delhi  is  closely  followed  by 
the  announcement  that  "  a  famine  no  less 
serious  than  that  of  1873  has  overspread  a 
large  portion  of  the  Presidencies  of  Madras 
and  Bombay,"  and  congratulations  over  the 
unchecked  prosperity  and  progress  of  the 
Colonial  Empire  are  tempered  by  apprehen- 
sions of  another  Kaffir  war.  The  allusions 
to  domestic  politics  are  unusually  meagre, 
and  the  beggarly  array  of  new  measures 
promised  by  the  Government  shows  that  Earl 
Beaconsfield  and  his  colleagues  adhere  to 
their  opinion  that  the  country  needs  a  period 
of  repose  ftom  legislative  change.  There 
are  some  indications  that  the  majority  of  the 
people  no  longer  share  that  opinion. 


There  ought  to  be  no  diflBculty  whatever 
in  disposing  of  the  little  payment  which 
has  been  made  on  the  Mexican  indemnity. 
The  amount  due  the  United  States  is  about 
$4,000,000,  and  this  is  to  be  paid  in 
annual  installments  of  $300,000.  One 
installment  has  been  paid,  and  the  pri- 
vate claimantiti  ask  that  the  whole  amount 
due  shall  be  assured  by  the  United 
States.  This  would  he  most  unjust,  as  the 
Government  cannot  lawfully  pay  an  indem- 
nity which  has  not  been  met  by  the  Power 
from  which  it  is  due.  In  this  particular 
case,  the  Diaz  Government  paid  the  first 
installment,  with  the  intention  of  commit- 
ting our  Government  to  a  recognition  by  a 
formal  acceptance  ef  the  money. 


New-Jersey  law  proves  too  much  for  the 
scheming  officials  of  the  New- Jersey  Mutual 
and  the  National  Capitol  Life  Insurance 
companies,  and  the  pleasant  process  of 
amalgamation  is  summarily  ended.  The 
Receiver  appointed  by  Chancellor  Runyon 
will  take  possession  of  the  assets  of  the  in- 
solvent concern,  and  will  then  proceed  to 
examine  in  detail  its  condition,  and  so 
acquire  data  for  determining  what  course 
shall  finally  be  pursued  for  the 
benefit  of  the  policy-holders.  The  stock- 
holders have  had  the  good  taste  not 
to   appear   as   claimants    of  authority  in 

affairs      over        which        their      appointees 

have  had  sole  control,  and  the  whole  talk 

in  the  Chancellor'a  court  turned  upon  the 
rights  and  interests  of  the  policy-holders. 
An  actuary,  who  had  not  the  figures  he  was 
expected  to  supply, .volunteered  the  opinion 
that  the  company  is  not  beyond  redemp- 
tion ;  but  he  must  have  more  than  ordin- 
ary credulity  who  accepts  the  statement  as 
anything  more  than  an  attempt  to  break 
the  force  of  public  indignation.  Separate 
proceedings  have  been  commenced  for  a 
distribution  of  the  assets,  but  probably 
nothing  further  will  be  done  until  the  Re- 
ceiver makes  his  report. 


TBE  CLOSE    OF   THE  FLORIDA  CASE. 

The  Electoral  Commission  yesterday 
heard  final  argument  on  the  Florida  case, 
having  first  admitted  a  small  amount  of 
testimony  with  reference  to  the  eligibility 
of  Humph beyp,  one  of  the  Hayes  Elect- 
ors. On  the  latter  point  the  Democratic 
case  was  very  weak.  It  was  proved 
that  Humphreys  sent  to  the  Judge  of  the 
Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  by  whom 
he  was  appointed  a  letter  of  resignation  as 
early  as  the  24th  of  September,  and  the 
Judge's  formal  acceptance  of  the  resignation 
was  produced  before  the  Conxmission,  dated^ 
the  2d  of  October.  This  left  the  Democrats 
no  substantial  ground  to  stand  on,  and 
drove  them  to  the  very  weak  pretension 
that  the  resignation  of  Humphrists  -was   of 

no  effect  because  it  had  not  been  addressed 

to  and  accepted  by  the  Circuit  Court  in  for- 
mal session.  This  beautiful  specimen  of 
technical  pleading  was  rather  contemptu- 
ously treated  by  the  Republican  counsel, 
and  makes  one  wonder  why  the  Hum- 
phreys matter  was  introduced  at  all.  Ap- 
parently, it  has  served  no  purpose  except  to 
allow  one    Hoadley,  of  Ohio,    to   bore  the 

Commission  with  a  very  tedious  argument. 
The  argument  on  the  merits  of  the  case 
was  substantially  a  summing  up  and  re- 
presentation of  the  arguments  made  on  the 
question  of  receiving  the  evidence.  On  the 
part  of  the  Democrats,  there  was  an  air  of 
depression  and  indecision,  an  effect,  un- 
doubtedly, of  their  interpretation  of  the 
first  decision  of  the  Commission.  Neither 
Mr.  O'CoKOR  nor  Mr.  Black  took  any 
part  in  the  argument,  which  was  left, 
80  far  as  general  principles  were  concerned, 
to  Mr.  Mkrrick.    That  gentleman  made  no 

effort  to   show  that   the  certificate   of  the 

Hayes  Electors  lacked  any  of  the  evidences 
of  genuineness  required  by  State  or  Federal 
law.  He  confined  himself  to  main- 
taining the  power  of  a  State  to  review 
the  action  of  those  Electors,  to  ascer- 
tain by  judicial  investigation  whether  they 
were  its  really  appointed  Electors,  and  to 
provide  by  legislation  for  certifying  the 
facts  thus  ascertained  to  the  Federal  au- 
thorities. Previous  to  this  argnment, 
a  curious  indication  was  given  of 
the  hopelessness  of  the  Democrats 
with  reference  to  their  case  on  its 
merits,  as  contained  in  the  papers 
submitted  to  the  Commission  by  the  two 
houses.  The  recently-elected  Attorney 
General  of  Florida  was  called  to  the  stand 
and  asked  at  what  hour  the  writ  of  quo 
warranto  was  served  on  the  Hayes  Electors. 
Mr.  Grben,  the  New-Jersey  lawyer  who  has 
won  a  slight  fame  in  this  case  by  a  volumi- 
nous brief  which  has  been  complimented  by 
all  the  lawyers,  remarked  to  the  Commis- 
sion that : 

"It  was  not  apprehended  by  bimself  and  bis 
aaaoclatea  that  the  order  made  by  the  Commiaslon 
ezclnded  in  ita  spirit  the  consideration  of  the  qw> 
warranto  proceedings,  and  by  the  present  witness 
be  merely  desired  to  fix  tbe  exact  time  the  quo 
warranto  was  served." 

Mr.  Green,  in  frankness,  should  have 
said  that  by  the  witness  he  meant  to  get 
the  decision  of  Wednesday  suspended,  and 
to  surprise  the  Commission  into  going  be* 
hind  and  outside  of  the  certificates.  It  is 
hardly  necessary  to  say  that  be  failed.  Mr. 
Obxsk  has  not  yet  seen  the  day  when  he 
Bonld  aatnb  Mp.   Svarts  naoviair.  and  that  ; 


gentleman,  promptly  objecting,  sent  the 
latest  Democratic  trick  tjo  the  limbo  of  ex- 
ploded devices. 

The  replies  of  Mr.  Evarts  and  Mr.  Shel- 
LABARQER  to  the  general  arguments  of  Mr. 
Merrick  were  very  able,  and  that  of  Mr. 
EvAJiTs  was  a  brilliant  piece  of  cogent 
reasoning  and  searching,  compact  state- 
ment. Both  gentlemen  gave  great  promi- 
nence to  the  element  of  time  in  the 
process  of  election.  The  Constitntion 
of  the  United  States  gives  to  each  State 
a  power  of  appointment  of  Electors  for  a 
specific  duty,  to  be  performed  on  a  fixed 
day,  in  order  to  accomplish  the  election  of 
President  and  Vice  President,  which  must, 
in  its  turn,  be  completed  by  a  determined 
period.  The  exercise  of  the  power  of  the 
State  must  antedate  the  time  when  the  duty 
of  the  Electors  is  to  be  performed.  In  case 
of  an  accidental  failure  to  appoint,  that 
failure  may  be  remedied,  but  it  must  be 
before  the  time  fixed  for  casting  the  votes. 
After  that  day  the  Electoral  vote  passes 
into  the  custody  of  the  nation,  into 
"the  urn  Of  the  United  States,"  as  Mr. 
EvARTS  puts  it.  If  the  State  were  allowed 
to  review  it,  or  delay  it,  not 
the  State  alone,  but  the  whole  nation  mvist 
suffer.  If  the  title  of  the  Electors  can  be 
questioned  by  proceedings  which  cannot  be 
concluded  before  the  day  appointed  to  cast 
the  vote,  then  any  nisi  priua  court  in  any 
State  can  interfere  to  break  up,  defer,  change, 
and  defeat  th«  election  of  a  Presi- 
dent. Again,  if,  after  the  vote 
has  been  cast,  it  can  be  called 
back  from  the  national  capital  and  re- 
viewed, and  possibly  annulled,  then  the 
election  is  still  in  the  hands  of  local 
courts.  Nor  is  it  to  be  admitted  that  the 
State,  acting  by  its  Legislature,  can  change 
the  machinery  by  which  the  vote  of  the 
Electors  is  to  be  verified  and  re- 
ported, as  was  attempted  by  the 
Legislature  of  Florida.  The  only  safe  rule 
was  yesterday  laid  doWn.  Whoever  is 
found,  on  the  day  when  the  Federal  law, 
made  in  pursuance  of  the  Constitution,  re- 
quires the  vote  to  be  cast,  with  all  the  in- 
signia provided  by  the  State  as  fixing  the 
title  to  the  ofSoe  of  Elector,  must  perform 
that  office.  Having  performed  it,  there 
must  be  no  further  or  other  proceeding  in 
the  matter.    The  State  has  spoken. 

In  the  case  of  Florida,  this  rule  estab- 
lishes absolute  justice.  The  vote  of  the 
Hayes  Electors  was  not  only  the  legal  vote 
of  the  State,  but  it  agreed  with  the  popular 
vote.  It  was  the  actual  voice  of  the  State. 
To  refuse  to  the  Democrats  the  right  to  ques- 
tion and  reverse  that  vote  is  not  to  refuse 
them  the  right  to_  correct  an  error  or  de- 
feat a  wrong.  It  is  to  refuse  them  the 
power     to    commit     a     wrong.       Happily, 

the     requirements      of     law     are     hero 

those  of  the  clearest  and  most  perfect  jus- 
tice. The  Republican  counsel  have  con- 
fined themselves  to  arguing  the  law,  be- 
cause the  Commission  is  made  to  ascertain 
and  adjudge  the  law.  But  if  it  had  been 
necessary  to  go  into  the  "  truth  and  very 
right,"  as  Mr.  O'CoxoR  terms  it,  their  argu- 
ments would  not  have  been  less  conclusive 
or  the  Republican  position  less  stroug. 


AMERICAN   CREDIT  ABROAD. 

There  is  some  danger  of  confoundiag  the 
result  of  an  exceptional  condition  of  finan- 
cial affairs  with  the  more  permanent  evi- 
dence of  improved  credit  in  foreign  markets. 
The  success  which  attends  the  funding 
operations  proceeds  from  both  ot  these 
causes.  It  comes  in  a  very  large  degree 
from  a  more  accurate  knowledge  of  the  re- 
sources and  a  more  accurate  estimate  of  the 
future  of  the  United  States.  But  it  also  comes 
in  part  from  the  superabundance  of  unem- 
ployed capital,  the  cessation  of  the  demand 
arising  from  business,  and  the  distrust  with 
which  corporate  management  is  everywhere 
regarded.  So  far  as  the  change  arises  from 
the  legitimate  appreciation  of  our  national 
credit,  it  may  be  expected  to  continue.  The 
ordeal  through  which  this  country  has 
passed,  and  the  unexampled  sacrifices  it  has 
made  for  the  reduction  of  its  indehtedness, 
are    not  likely  to  be  underrated.       Nothing 

but  extreme  folly  at  Washington  can  de- 
prive us  of  the  hold  which  thes^  considera- 
tions have  established  upon  foreign  pod^ples. 
The  fault  will  be  our  own,  if  the  borrowing 
facilities  of  the  United  States  in  the  centres 
of  European  finance  be  not  hereafter  equal 
to  those  of  any  other  first-class  power. 

On  the  other  hand,  allowance  must  be  made 
for  the  gradual  abatement  of  the  temporary 

causes  of  tbe  demand  that  prevails  for  Govern- 
ment bonds.'  There  will  always  be  a  large 
class  of  conservative  investors  who  care 
more  for  the  security  of  their  capital  than 
for  the  income  it  yields.  English  consols 
satisfy  them  because  these  are  believed  to 
be  pre-eminently  safe.  On  the  same  ground, 
an  American  four  per  cent,  will  com- 
mend itself  to  this  class  of  investors. 
But  the  great  bulk  of  unemployed 
capital  belongs  to  wholly  different  persons. 
They  accept  a  low  rate  of  interest  only 
until  opportunities  for  making  more  present 
themselves ;  and  meanwhile  they  put  their 
money  into  securities  which  are  readily 
convertible.  What  proportion  of  the  four 
and  a  half  per  cents,  now  being  floated  in 
Europe  has  been  taken  by  buyers  thus  situ- 
ated, we  have  no  means  of  determining. 
But  that  the  depression  and  distrust  which 
tell  disastrously  upon  other  interests  have 
contributed  to  the  absorption  of  the  second 
portion  of  the  funded  loan,  there  can 
be  no  doubt.  With  the  reappearance  of 
better  times  we  must  look  for  a  cessation  of 
the  demand  from  this  source.  Holders  will 
sell,  to  make  more  profitable  use  of  their 
money.  The  education  of  more  stable  in- 
vestors is  all  the  while  going  on.  Their 
confidence  in  American  national  credit 
grows  under  the  influence  o£  experience. 
And  the  consequence  will  be  that  the  ex- 
haustion of  the  transient  causes  of  demand 
will  not  necessarily  be  followed  to  any  ap- 
preciable extent,  by  a  falling  off  in  the  sale 
of  our  low 'interest-bearing  securities. 

What  may  be  termed  the  educational 
effect  o^the  funded  loan  will  in  due  season 
extend  to  other  classes  of  American  securi- 
ties. Every  one  familiar  with  the  various 
phases  of  growth  in  the  foreign  demand  for 
American  bonds  is  aware  that  the  begin- 
ning has  always  been  made  with  "  gov- 
ernments." The  faith  they  have  in- 
spired gradually  takes  in  other  securi- 
ties. On  the  supposition,  then,  that 
the  funded  loan  widens  the  area 
within  which  Grovernment  bonds  are 
•ought  and  held,  it  is  fair  to  assume  that, 
if  no  uiifavorable  inflaeirce  were  at  work, 

Otb*'     kmB!tii\u.Tt     1n»na     «van1a1     find    onrrA. 


spending  favor.  The  assumption  is  not  at 
present  realized,  for  reasons  which  need  not 
be  enumerated.  There  is  a  constant  call 
for  bonds  based  upon  the  nation's  credit, 
while  for  bonds  based  upon  corporate  enter- 
prises there  is  no  call  whatever.  The  ex- 
ceptions to  the  latter  remark  occur  so 
seldom,  and  under  circumstances  so  pe- 
culiar, that  they  only  serve  to  confirm 
the  rule.  This  condition  of  things  will  not 
last  forever.  All  the  world  over,  the  dis- 
trust which  follows  misplaced  confidence 
sooner  or  later  ends.  Tbe  temptation  of 
higher  interest  recurs  with  a  renewal  of 
prosperity,  and  money  is  obtained  for  en- 
terprises which  in  times  like  these  bog 
hopelessly  for  help.  No  immediate  likeli- 
hood of  this  perilous  eagerness  for  profit 
exists.  The  events  ot  the  last  few  months 
have  been  almost  as  destructive  to 
confidence  as  those  which  preceded 
the  crash  in  la73.  Raifroads  which  stood 
high  in  the  London  market  as  dividend- 
paying  properties,  have  either  become  deep- 
ly embarrassed  or  have  encountered  re- 
verses which  must  cloud  their  future ;  and 
in  every  instance  facts  reflect  discredit  upon 
the  management.  There  w  ill,  therefore,  be 
no  sudden  revival  of  credit  in  its  applica- 
tion to  corporate  undertakings.  But  come 
it  will,  ultimately,  and  then  the  improved 
status  of  Government  bonds  wUl  be  a  source 
of  strength  to  other  financial  negotia- 
tions. 

All  of  us  have  a  common  interest  in  pre- 
venting  the  abuse  of  credit  which  made 
the  multiplication  of  weak  and  worthless 
enterprises  possible — precisely  as  all  of  us 
must  suffer  from  a  prolongation  of  discredit 
whenever  a  renewal  of  industrial  activity 
shall  create  a  demand  for  foreign  capital. 
Since  September,  1873,  nearly  all 
American  projects  have  ranked  in  the 
same  category  in  the  estimation  of 
the  European  investor.  The  good  have 
suffered  w^ith  the  bad.  This  indiscriminate 
condemnation  is  as  hurtful  as  it  is  unjust, 
and  some  means  should  be  devised  for  cor- 
recting and,  as  far  as  possible,  preventing 
it.  How  best  to  do  this  is  a  question 
worthy  of  the  consideration  of  our  wealthiest 
and  most  reputable  citizens.  It  may  not  be 
their  business  to  put  the  people  of  London, 
Amsterdam,  or  Frankfort  on  their  guard 
against  schemes  carried  thither  from  this 
side  by  adventurers  ;  but  it  should  not  be 
difficult  for  them  to  organize  some  advisory 
board,  to  whom  distant  investors  might  ap- 
ply for  information  with  the  conviction 
that  it  would  be  in  all  respects  trustworthy. 
As  matters  now  are,  any  man  may  go  abroad 
with  schemes  which  no  prudent  American 
wUl  touch,  and  by  downright  fraud  he  ob- 
tains money.    An  advisory    body — formed 

somewhat  after  the  model  of  the  Council  of 

Foreign  Bondholders  in   London,  though 

with  totally  different  functions — ■would  be 
a  court  of  appeal  to  which  foreign  investors 
would  confidently  turn,  and  its  influence 
would  be  wide  and  wholesome. 


OUR  MUSIC  PAST  AND  PRESENT. 

It  can  hardly  have  been  forgotten  by 
readers  of  Thk  Times  that  some  two  years 
ago  there  was  an  announcement  made  of 
an  impending  bequest  for  the  establishment 
in  New- York  of  what  was  to  be  called  a 
Musical  College,  which  was  to  be  "dedi- 
cated to  the  daughters  of  America."  They 
will  also  probably  remember  that  although 
the  announcement  took  the  somewhat 
formidable  shape  of  a  pamphlet,  and  the 
sum  mentioned  as  forthcoming  for  the  col- 
lege was  a  trifle  of  three  millions  of  dollars, 
a  very  considerable  part  of  which  was  to 
be  expended  for  an  enormous  building, 
"with  the  statue  of  the  founder  over  the 
entrance,"  we  were  not  very  profoundly 
impressed  by  the  project,  and  indeed,  to 
use  a  common  phrase,  did  not  take  much 
stock  in  it.  And  thus  far  we  believe  the 
Faculty  of  the  college  has  not  been  nomi- 
nated ;  Herr  Richard  Wagner  has  not 
assumed  the  Presidency ;  the  first  stone  of 
the  building  has  not  been  laid ;  nor  has  the 
statue  of  the  founder  been  modeled.  The 
daughters  of  America  being  thus  bereft  of 

their   college,    they  turned,  doubtless    with 

eager  expectation,  to  Mr.  Strakosch,  and 

looked  for  consolation  in  his  to-be-mag- 
nificent  opera-house.  Alas  for  the  fate  of 
America's  daughters!  Blessed  are  they 
that  expect  nothing,  for  they  shall  not  be 
disappointed.  The  opera-house  and  the 
musical  college  are  alike  misty,  nebulous, 
inchoute,  not  even  advanced  to  the  dig- 
nity of  chaos.  The  daughters  must  wait, 
and  perhaps  their  daughters,  or  their 
daughters'  daughters,  may  see  with  glad 
eyes  the  statue  of  the  founder  of  a  three- 
million  musical  college  to  them  dedicated. 

We  have  no  conservatory  of  music  in  New- 
York,  we  have  no  such  operatic  establishment 
as  may  be  found  in  most  of  the  great  cities 
of  Ei^rope,  nor  does  it  seem  at  all  likely  that 
we  shall  have  either  for  many  years.  But 
it  would  be  very  wrong  to*  infer  from  the 
fact  of  our  lack  of  two  such  institutions  the 
absence  of  a  widely-diffused  taste  for  the 
best  music.  The  reasons  of  our  deficiency 
in  these  respects  are  social  and  political,  not 
natural  or  educational.  We,  or  a  very  ItQ-ge 
proportion  of  us,  love  music  instinctively, 
and  of  our  natural  music-lovers  a  very  large 
proportion  have  sufficient  culture  not  only 
to  enjoy  but  to  appreciate  performances  of 
the  works  of  the  best  masters  in  aU  the 
forms  of  music,  from  opera  to  symphony. 
Whoever  doubts  this,  doubts  in  ignorance 
or  in  prejudice,  or  in  -both.  If  we  do  not 
support  opera — and  undoubtedly  we  do  not — 
and  if  we  do  not  demand  a  school  of  music 
corresponding  to  the  European  conservato- 
ries, it  is  because  the  distribution  of  wealth 
and  the  constitution  of  society  here  are  so 
different  from  what  they  are  in  Europe. 
We  have  wealth  and  wealthy  people,  but 
no  wealthy  class ;  and  for  the  support  of 
great  musical  institutions  such  a  class  seems 
absolutely  required.  The  manager  of  an 
opera-house  in  Europe  is  able  to  count  upon 
the  support  of  a  large  number  of  patrons  of 
established  wealth  and  position,  who 
will  pay  largely  through  a  whole  sea- 
son and  almost  every  season.  To 
them  aa  opera-box  is  a  part  of 
the  appanage  of  their  rank.  And  even 
chance  opera-goers  there  willingly  pay  a 
price  which  here  cannot  he  extorted  except 
for  the  inferior,  performances  of  amateurs,  ' 
the  sound  of  whose  voices,  is  supposed  not 
to  be  beard  outside  a  certain  gilded  cfrcle 
of  wealth,  if  not  of  fashion.  Five  dollars 
and  seven  dollars  and  a  half  are  common 
prices  for  stall  tickets  to  the  opera  in  Eu- 
rope. Here  such  prices  exclude  all  except 
the  vety  nchest  people,  and  even  of  those 

thare  sow  not  manv  whr.  wnnldl    lu*  lilralv  tn 


take  four  ^eats  on  those  terms'  through  a 
whole  season.  Moreover,  the  most  culti- 
vated people  are  not  generally  to  be  fiound 
with  us  among  the  wealthy.  They  are 
found  there,  of  course,  hut  generally  they 
are  persons  of  moderate  means,  to  whom 
the  expenditure  of  twenty  dollars  for  the 
amusement  of  two  or  three  people  (which 
would  be  required  for  carriage,  &.c,)  is  a 
matter  not  to  be  thought  of,  except  on 
rare  and  special  occasions.  The  newly-rich 
spend  their  money  in  other  ways.  As  to 
Government  aid  or  aristocratic  patronage, 
that  with  us  is  impossible. 

But  the  conclasions  which  some  musical 
foreigners  who  come  among  us  draw  from 
these  facts,  even  when  they  remain  for 
years — that  we  are  not  a  music-loving  or  a 
music-understanding  people — are  not  only 
unwarranted,  but  often  laughably  absurd. 
A  certain  Mr.  Bonawitz,  who  formerly 
dwelt  in  Philadelphia,  but  who  has  shaken 
the  dust  of  brotherly  love  from  his  feet  and 
lives  in  Vienna,  has  lately  made  himself 
particularly  ridiculous  on  this  subject  in  the 
theatre  Journal  of  that  city.  He  finds  that 
Boston  is  the  chief  city  for  music  in  America, 
and  he  also  finds  that,  owing  to  the  Puri- 
tanism of  that  place,  musical  performances 
there  are  chiefly  of  a  religious  character. 
Amazing  Mr.  Bonawitz!  For  yet,  in  this 
Puritanic,  religiously-musical  town,  he  is 
obliged  to  confess  that  Strauss  and  his 
waltzes  were  the  most  favorably  received. 
He  tells  a  story — that  even  in  •  Boston, 
thirty  years  ago,  one  Schmitt  made  the  ex- 
periment of  playing  the  Fifth  Symphony, 
and  at  rehearsal  took  the  first  movement  in 
andantino  time,  which  was  received  by  the 
performers  with  favor ;  but  that,  at  the  per- 
formance, venturing  to  quicken  the  time  to 
allegretto,  he  found  that  neither  the  mu- 
sicians nor  the  audience  could  endure  it, 
and  he  was  "  unceremoniously  dismissed" — 
from  what  ?  It  is  possible  that  Mr.  Bona- 
witz may  find  believers  of  such  a  story  in 
Europe,  for  there  are  people  there 
who  would  have  believed  him  ;  if 
he  had  added  that  the  audience 
rose  in  their  war-paint,  scalped  the  luckless 
ScBMiTT,  roasted  him  at  the  chandelier,  and 
devoured  his  flesh  amid  bowlings,  largo  soa- 
teniiio  ;  and  that  from  thatr  time  to  this  no 
conductor  in  America  has  ever  dared  to  play 
an  allegro  movement  any  faster  than  an- 
dantlno.  Mr.  Bonawitz  was  not  in  Boston, 
probably  not  out  of  the  nursery,  at  the 
time  of  which  this  story  is  told,  and  some 
demure  Yankee,  seeing  the  capacity  of  his 
swallow,  crammed  him  with  this  monstrous 
fiction.  Mr.  Bonawitz  should  have  known 
that  the  Philharmonic  Society  of  New-York 
is  nearly  thirty  years  old ;  and  that  before 
the  formation  of  that  society  there  were 
others  here,  some  of  them  formed  of  ama- 
teurs, in  which  symphonies  were  performed, 

not  in  a  very  finished  style  probably,  but 
with  the  allegro  movements  in  just  time, 
and  with  a  keen  enjoyment  of  thefr  beau- 
ties both  by  the  performers  and  the  au- 
dience. There  is  an  infinite  deal  of  nonsense 
talked  upon  this  subject  by  others  than  the 
Bouawitzes.  The  fact  is  that  the  numbers 
of  our  lovers  of  the  higher  music  have  in- 
creased, partly  from  the  natural  growth  of 
population,  partly  from  advanced  ctdture. 
and  partly  from  the  immigration  of  for- 
eigners, chiefly  Germans ;  and  that  the  pre- 
cision, the  mechanical  finish  of  our  orchestral 
performances,  has  notably  improved.  But 
as  to  real,  intelligent  enjoyment  and  under- 
standing of  the  best  instrumental,  operatic, 
or  oratorio  performances,  it  may  be  doubted 
whether  that  was  not  greater  twenty  or 
twenty -five  years  ago  than  it  is  now. 


IfARCF  SETTLES  IT. 

Mr.  Daniel  Marcy,  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H., 
has  been  nominated  by  the  Demo- 
crats for  Grovemor  of  that  State.  The  nom- 
ination was  made  about  the  middle  of  last 
January.  The  acceptance  of  the  candidate 
has  just  been  made  public.  Viewed  from  an 
impartial  and  disinterested  standpoint,  the 
coiTespoudence  bearing  upon  this  subject  is 
touching  and  noble.  It  is  such  a  good  ex- 
ample of  proceedings  of  this  sort  that  no 
student  of  politics  can  afford  to  let  it  pass 
without  at  least  a  comment.  In 
the  first  place,  a  committee  notify 
Mr.  Marcy  ot  his  nomination.  They  in- 
form him  of  a  fact  which  was  long  since  no- 
torious. Then  they  go  on  to  say  that  "  the 
new  dangers  that  imperil  the  Union  cause 
every  patriotic  heart  to  throb  with  anxie- 
ty." Next  they  express  the  hope  that 
"our  good  old  "State,"  meaning  New-Hamp- 
shire, "will  speak  for  the  right  and 
against  the  wrong  in  tones  that  cannot  be 
misunderstood."  This  is  entirely  regular,  and 
we  may  add  that  these  sentiments  reflect 
great  credit  on  tbe  hearts  and  heads  of  thefr 
originators.  They  may  be  a  trifle  thread- 
bare, but  otherwise  they,  are  unexcep- 
tionable. 

If  Daniel  Marcy  were  a  common  kind 
of  man,  he  would  simply  say  that  he  ac- 
cepted the  nomination  with  thanks  and  g^ve 
a  bank  check  for  a  liberal  amount.  But 
Marcy  is  not  a  common  man  ;  therefore,  he 
proceeds  to  give  his  views  on  the  situation, 
considered  from  moral,  political,  and 
economic  points  of  view.  In  his  opinion,  the 
voice  of  38,000  Democratic  yoters  in  New- 
Hampshire  was  to  him  a  source  •of  infi^nite 
anxiety.  He  has  heard  that  voice  and  is 
satisfied.  The  resolutions  of  thextsonven- 
tion  embody  the  voice  of  ther  aforesaid 
38,000,  and  they  meet  with  his  unqualified 
approval.  But,  fixing  his  eye  upon  the  field 
of  national  politics,  Marcy  feels  that  Til- 
DKX  and  Hrndricks  are  elected.  The  fact 
that  many  distinguished  citizens  of 
Louisiana  tlunk  that  there  was  a  fair  and 
free  vote  in  that  State  is  conclusive  evi- 
dence on  that  point,  to  his  mind.  If  any- 
thing were  needed  to  fix  him  in  this 
opinion,  it  is  the  fact  that  two  of  the 
aforesaid  distinguished  citizens  formerly 
lived  in  Portsmouth,  N.  H.  Manifestly, 
a  man  born  in  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  and 
subsequently  domiciled  -in  Louisiana, 
gains  thereby  a  certain  infallibility  of 
judgment  which  Mr.  Daniel  Marcy  cannot 
afford  to  ignore. '  If  two  of  these  distin- 
guished citizens  were  to  return  from  a 
balloon  voyage,  and  assure  the  ingenuous 
Marcy  that  tbe  moon  is  made  of  green 
cheese,  he  would  surrender  any  astronomi- 
cal theories,  which  he  had  previously  im- 
bibed at  the  district  school,  in  favor  of  the 
doctrine  inculcated  by  these  much-traveled 
natives  of  Portsmouth. 

This  is  very  handsome  in  Marct*  He  is 
ready  to  give  up  his  private  Judgment  at  a 
moment's  notice.  But  this  second-hand  be- 
lief. haDDily.  is  rciniorced   by  a  narfuinoLi 


opinioa  fbnnded  on  what  he  calls  "  a  per' 
Bonal  acquaintance  with  the  State  of  Louis- 
iana," and  this  makes  him  "certain  that  a 
decisive  ~  majority  of  the  citizens  in  that 
State  have  given  their  votes  for  Tildex  and 
Hendricks."  Nothing  can  be  plainer. 
Marcy,  in  his  little  back  office  in 
Portsmouth,  has  grasped  the  situa- 
tion with  a  gigantic  grip,  so  to  speak,  and 
there  is  really  no  longer  any  need  for  de- 
bate. He  says  he  is  sure— cock-sure,  he 
might  add — ^that  Louisiana  went  for  Tilden 
with  a  rush  ;  or,  to  put  it  more  exactly,  by 
a  decisive  majority.  Mr.  D.  D.  Field  might 
as  well  disband  his  committee,  throw  open 
his  dungeons,  and  proclaim  liberty  to  the 
captive  Wells.  MabcY  knows  aU  ab^nt 
it.  Therefore  he  rises  to  remark  that 
any  attempt  of  the  Republican  Party 
to  lay  a  hand  'on  the  Electoral  vote 
of  Louisiana,  save  in  the  way  of 
kindness  is  "  contrary  to  the  first  principles 
of  popular  government."  AndMr.  Dancel 
Marcy  does  not  propose  to  sit  idly  by  and 
see  the  first  principles  of  popular  govern- 
ment kicked  about  as  though  they  were 
only  second-hand  principles.  He  is  ready 
to  raise  his  voice,  in  New-Hampshire,  at 
least,  and  to  say  just  what  he  thinks  about 
it.  There  is  a  column  and  a  half  of  these 
noble  sentiments. 

The  unprejudiced  reader  will  admire  the 
patriotism  of  a  man  who,  nominated  for 
Governor  of  New-Hampshire,  rises  above 
the  petty  considerations  of  State  policy,  and 
frees  his  mind  of  voluminous  opinions  on 
the  Presidential  question..  Marcy  is  the 
thoughtful  patriot  who ,"  views  with  alarm" 
a  great  many  things,of  which  the  most  alarm- 
ing is  the  probable  defeat  of  the  Democratic 
Party.  If  Marcy  were  not  a  representa- 
tive Democratic  politician,  he  would  not 
have  embodied  these  distinguished  views  in 
a  letter  accepting  a  nomination.  The  fact 
is  that  Marcy  is  a  venerable  copperhead, 
who  was  defeated  by  tbe  Republican  candi- 
date when  he  ran  for  Governor,  last  year. 
There  was  a  bolt  threatened  when  he 
was  nominated  again  in  January  last. 
Symptoms  of  insubordination  and  dis- 
content were  so  alarming,  that  the 
party  managers  were  obliged  to  labor  with 
the  nominee,  in  hopes  of  persuading  him  to 
get  off  the  ticket.  But  Marcy  knew  his 
strength.  He  has  money  ;  he  is  willing  to 
spend  it  for  his  canvass,  but  not  for  any 
•other  man's.  So  he  calmly  buttoned  up  his 
pockets  and  said :  "  If  I  don't  run  tor  Gov- 
ernor, you  shall  not  have  the  first 
red  cent  from  me."  And  when 
Marcy  makes  up  his  mind  it 
stays  there.  The  committee  were  in 
despafr.  They  could  not  elect  him  with 
his  money-;  they  could  not  elect  anybody 
else  without  it.  But  Marcy  was  in  pos- 
session of  the  nominatioD,  and  be  clung  to 
that,  as  they  say  in  New-Hamushire,  "  like  a 
puppy  to  a  root."  At  last  accounts  he  was 
hanging  on,  and  with  one  hand  ora^orically 
waving  over  the  first  principles  of  popular 
government, '  he  announces  that  his 
heart  throbs  in  unison  with  "  nearly 
39,000  citizens,  constituting  the  Dem- 
ocratic Party  of  the  State,"  and 
that  he  is  ready  to  do  or  die.  Not  a  word 
here  about  the  attempt  to  suppress  him  as 
an  old  fogy  and  a  played-out  politician. 
Marcy  is  too  magnanimous  for  that.  He 
goes  in  for  the  first  pri.nciple8  of  popular 
government,  tbe  palladium  of  our  liberties, 
and  certain  thunder  tones  which  be  expects 
to  be  evolved  from  the  New- Hampshire  elec- 
tion.   Marcy  has  settled  it. 


OBITUARY. 

REAR  ADMIRAL  WILKES. 
Rear  Admiral  Charles  Wilkes,  one  of  the 
oldest  officers  in  the  United  States  ]!Tavy,  died  at 
Washington,  yesterday,  in  the  77th  year  of  Ms  ago. 
Admiral  Wilkes  was  born  in  this  City  in  the  year 
1801,  and  aftera  few  years'  stndy  in  the  common 
schools  received  an  appointment  as  Midshipman 
on  Jan,  1,  181S.  He  served  on  the  Mediterranean 
Station  in  the  years  1819-20,  and  in  the  Pacific  firom 
1821  to  1823.  He  received  a  commission  as  Lieuten- 
ant on  April  28, 182S,  and  during  the  year  1829  ac- 
companied an  exDloring  expedition.  He  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  Department  of  Charts  and  Instru- 
ments in  1830,  and  was  the  first  naval  ofScer  m  the 
United  States    to    make    observations    with    fixed 

astronomical  instramonts.  He  accompanied  an 
exploring  expedition  in  1333,  and  from  1834  to  1837 
performed   special    duty   for   the  Government.     On 

Aoe.  13.  1838,  he  sailed  from  Norfolt,  Va.,  in  com- 
mand of  a  squadron  of  five  vessels  and  a  storo-sbip, 
on  an  exploring  expedition  to  the  southern  seas. 
He  visited  Madeira,  tbe  Cape  Verde  Islands  Rio 
de  Janeiro,  Tierra  del  Fnego,  Valparaiso,  Caliao, 
tbe  Panmoton  group,  Tahiti,  tbe  Samoan  Islands, 
Wallis  Island.  and  Sydney.  New  Sonth 
Wales,  in  the  Australian  Colony.  He 
made  a  thorongb  survey  and  exploration  of  tbe 
Samoan  Islands  dnrioz  his  sojonrn  in  that  locality. 
He  left  Sydney  in  December,  1839,  and  went 
ibrougb  tbe  Antarctic  regions,  where  he  made  many 
important  discoveries.  During  the  year  1840 
be  thoroughly  explored  tbe  Fiji  gronp  of  islands, 
and  visited  tbe  Hawaiian  Islands,  where  be  made 
calculations  on  tbe  summit  of  Manna  Loa.  In  the 
early  part  of  the  year  1841,  Lieut.  Wilkes  proceed- 
ed to  the  north-west  coast  of  America,  and  trav- 
ersed both  the  Columbia  and  Sacramento  Rivers. 
On  the  Ist  of  Novfimber  in  tbe  same  year,  he 
sailed  from  San  Francisco  across  tbe  Pacifio, 
and  visited  in  turn  Manila,  Sooloo.  Someo, 
Singapore,  the  Capb  of  G-ood  H.ope,  ana  St.  Selena, 
and  returning  to  this  country,  dropped  anchor  in 
this  port  CD  June  10, 1842.  Some  of  bis  oflloers  pre- 
ferred charees  aeainst  nim  about  this  time,  and  be 
was  placed  under  arrest,  and  tried  by  conrt- 
martial.  Tbe  court  acquitted  blm  of  all  charges  ex- 
cepting one  of  illegally  punishing  some  of  bis 
crew,  and  for  this  offense  be  received  a  reprimand. 
He  received  his  commisaton  .is  Commander  on  July 
13,  1843;,  and  from  1845  to  1850  he  was  assigned  to 
special  duty.  He  was  commissioned  Captain 
on  Sept.  14,  1853,  and  placed  in  command  of  the 
sloop-of-war  San  J  acinto.  In  1861  be  was  ordered 
to  proceed  to  tbe  West  Indies  on  a  cruise  after  tbe 
Cod  federate  steamer  Sumter.  WhUe  on  this  expe- 
dition be  overhauled  tbe  British  mail  steam- 
er Treiit,  In  the  Bahama  Channel,  and 
forcibly  captured  Mason  and  SUdell,  the 
rebel  Commissioners  to  Eneland  and  France, 
Capt.  Wilkes  conveyed  bis  disiiu^uished  prisoners 
in  safety  to  Boston,  and  for  this  bold  and  patriotic 
exploit  bo  received  a  vote  ot  thanks  from  Con- 
eress.  The  President  subsequently  disapproved  of 
his  action,  as  to  have  approved  It  might  have  in- 
volved the  North  in  a  foreign  war,  which  would 
have  emjjarrassed  its  action  in  the  contest  with  the 
Sonth;  and  tho  Confederate  CommiBsioners  were  sur- 
rendered to  Eneland.  Capr.  Wilkes  wa.s  commis- 
sioned Commodore,  and  placed  first  on  the  list,  on 
J  uiy  16,  1862.  He  assumed  command  of  tbe  flotilla 
on  the  James  River,  and  while  acting  in  this  ca- 
pacity slielied  and  destroyed  City  Point,  Va.,  on 
Ane.  28,  of  that  year.  In  1863  he  was  placed  in 
command  of  a  special  sqnadron  in  the  West  In- 
dies, and  bncb  distinguished  himself  and  rendered 
efieotiye  service  to  his  country  by  captunnc  a  laree 
number  of  blockade-runners  which  were  laden  with 
arms  and  munitions  intended  for  tba  rebel  ser- 
vice. 

Admiral  Wilkes  was  an  observant  and  intelligent 
man.  and  has  added  many  valuable  works  to  the 
literature  of  bis  generation.  His  narratives  of  The 
United  States  Exploring  Expedition  in  1833-42  filled 
six  quarto  and  five  octavo  volumes.  They  were 
published  in  PQiladelpbia  in  tbe  year  1845, 
and  a  second  edition  was  issued  m  this  City  in 
1851.  He  gave  a  great  deal  of  attention  to  astron- 
omy, and  also  to  meteorolog.v,  and  was  the  author 
of  a  volume  on  the  latter  subject  which  was  incinded 
in  the  library  of  tbe  aforementioned  expedition. 
He  published  a  valunble  history  entitled  Tr««t«m 
America,  ineluding  California  and  Oregon,  at  Phila- 
delphia, ill  1849,  aoa  a  valuable  treatise  un  the  Iheory 
o/ tA«  TPindf,  in  1856.  He  was  commissioned  Bear 
Admiral  uu  July  23,  18C6,  and  plaoM  on  the  retired 
liat 

INTEREST  OiV  THE  TENNESSEE  DEBT. 

Nashville,  Feb.  8. — Tbe  State  Senate  to-day 
concurred  in  the  House  resslutiou  directing  tne 
Controller  and  Treaaarer  to  snspend  the  paym«ot 

nt  infaBraat  on  tba  Stata  hondad  Amtte 


ILBANT. 

B  USINE8S  IN  BOTH  HO  USES. 

MB.  LAKOBSIN'S  district  OOCBT  BIIX  Am 
THE  PUBLIC  WORKS  BILL  ORDERED  T( 
A  THIBD  READING — A  NEW  BATCH  Ol 
CITY      BILLS       IN       THE     SKNATE — Mf 

woodin's  question  of  privilege. 

JTrom  Our  Oum  OorresvondeTU. 

Albany,  Thursday,  Feb.  8,  1877, 
The  Assembly  this  morning  did  thre» 
things— it  read  a  third  time  and  paesed  a  bill 
antbonzing  the  purchase  by  some  northerr 
village  of  a  steam  fire  engine  :  it  ordered  to  a 
third  reading  Mr.  Langbein's  bill  providing  foi 
a  revision  and  consolidation  of  the  laws  re- 
lating to  the  district  courts,  and  providing  for 
Other  needed  improvements  in  them  ;  and  it 
ordered  to  a  third  reading  the  much-debated 
Public  Works  bill,  with  an  amendment  to  it' 
offered  by  Mr.  Fish  as  a  substitute  for  that 
presented  by  Dr.  HayeS  yesterday.  Th( 
amendment  was  accepted  by  Mr.  Baker,  but 
the  Democrats  opposed  it.  though  unsuccess- 
fully.    The  amendnient  reads  as  tollows: 

"In  case  any  officer  or  employe  in  tbe  seryice  oi 
the  state,  under  the  provisions  of  this  bill,8ball  use 
his  power,  position,  or  patronage  for  the  promotion 
or  defeat  of  partisan  or  party  purposes,  it  shall  be 
deemed  good  and  sufficient  cause  for  removal,  and  in 
ca.se  any  superior  officer  having  anthoritv  shall  re- 
fuse or  neglect  to  take  cognizance  ihereof  and  tore- 
move  therefor,  the  question  of  such  violation  may  be 
tried  and  determined  by  any  Justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  having  juriseictioi^in  the  county  wherein  sacb 
violation  occurred,  upon  the  written  charces  made 
under  oath  by  five  substantial  freeholders  of 
tbe  neighborhood,  and  in  case  tbe  said  Justice 
shall  sustain  snch  charges,  he  shall  certify  that  fact 
to  the  Superintendent  ot  Public  Works,  or  in  case 
of  tbe  hearin::  of  charges  against  the  latter,  to  tbe 
Governor,  who  upon  the  receipt  of  such  ceniflcate 
stiall  remove  such  incalpated  officer  or  employe. 
And  no  increase  of  the  force  upon  the  canals  shall 
he  made  at  any  time  witbxn  60  days  nreceaiogany 
annual  election  for  State  officers,  excent  when  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Works  shall  certify  that 
the  needs  of  rhe  public  service  m«Ke  such  increase 
necessary  at  that  lime,  which  certificate  shall  be 
immediately  published,  wben  made,  in  tbe  official 
State  Journal." 

This  completes  the  record  of  the  day's  work 
in  the  Assembly,  save  that  two  vetoes  of  small 
local  bills  were  received  from  the  Governor 
and  read  a  tew  minutes  before  the  House  ad- 
journed. Mr.  Alvord,  speaking  on  the  Pub- 
lic Works  bill,  made  every  effort  in  the  House 
to  carry  tbe  amendments  voted  down  in  Com- 
mittee of  the  Whole,  and  carried  one,  making 
the  salary  of  the  Superintendent  ^6,000,  instead 
of  $7,500  as  tbe  bill  provided.  The  bill  wii: 
probably  be  read  a  third  time  to-morrow. 

The  Committee  on  Cities  will  have  a  hearing 
next  Tuesday  afternoon,  on  two  bills  affecting 
New-York,  being  the  Salary  bill  introduced  bj 
Mr.  Langbem,  and  the  bill  introduced  by  Mr. 
Fish,  which,  when  in  the  Legislature  last  seS' 
sion,  was  generally  known  as  the  Woodir 
Charter  bill.  All  persons  interested  in  these 
matters  are  invited  to  attend. 

There  are  tears  expressed  by  some  pf  the 
friends  of  the  bill  in  relation  to  the  office  ol 
Superintendent  of  State  Prisons  that  ar 
attempt  will  be  made  to  damage  it.  It  appean 
that  there  are  a  number  of  politicians  scheming 
to  get  the  office  of  Superintendent.  Mr.  Pilla 
bury  has  repeatedly  declared  that  he  would  nol 
accept  the  office  if  he  were  required  to  sevei 
his  connection  with  the  Albany  Peniten- 
tiary ;  his  intention  being  to  appoint  a  deputj 
there  who  should  receive  the  salary,  and  dis 
charge  the  duties  of  Superintendent,  while  Mr 
Pillsbury  retamed  the  general  oversight  as  be- 
fore. The  politicians  alluded  to,  well  aware  oi 
this,  are  intriguing  to  get  an  amendment 
tacked  on  to  the  bill,  prohibiting  the  oerson 
who  shall  be  appointed  Superintendent,  Irom 

holding  any  other  State,  eounty.  or  national 
office.     They  have  an  idea  that  if  Mr.  Pillsbury 

can  only  be  got  out  ot  the  way,  there  will  be  a 
general  scramble  for  the  place,  in  which  some 
one  of  tbem  may  set  hold  of  it. 

The  Senate  discussed  at  great  lenffth  the  bill 
reported  from  the  Insurance  Committee  au- 
thorizing any  insurance  coniDany  to  change 
the  nuuiber  of  its  Directors  to  any  number  not 
less  than  13,  and  to  change  the  time  lor  tbe  an- 
nual meeting  ot  Irustees  and  Directors  by  reso- 
lution approved  by  a  majority  of  the  Directors. 
The  bill  was  progressed  after  being  amended  so 
as  to  make  it  appl.y  only  to  fire  and  marine 
insurance  companies,  and  also  requiring  a  vote 
of  a  majority  in  interest  of  the  stocklioldera 
for  the  change  in  the  number  of  Directors,  as 
well  as  the  approval  of  the  Superintendent  ol 
Insurance. 

Senator  Bixby  introduced  another  of  his 
"  series"  of  insurance  bills  to-day,  which  pro- 
hibits any  company  incorporated  under  the 
laws  of  this  State  from  iavesting  money  on 
bond  and  mortgage  outside  of  the  State.  At 
present  they  are  allowed  to  invest  in  the  States 
•*  adjacent  to"  the  State  of  New- York. 

Senator  Wooam  introduced  six  additional 
bills  for  reducing  the  expenses  ot  the  Grovern- 
ment of  New- York,  which,  together  with  the 
four  introduced  by  him  last  week,  will,  if  they 
pass,  effect  an  annual  saving  to  the  City  ol 
§617,324.  The  bills  introduced  to-day  are  for  a 
reduction  of  the  salaries  of  Judges  ol  all  the 
courts  of  record  In  New-York  City,  as  well  as 
the  Police  and  Justices'  courts,  ana  a  reduction 
in  the  number  and  salaries  of  clerks  and 
attendants  ot  these  courts.  So  far  as 
the  Judges  are  concerned,  the  reduction 
cannot,  of  course,  take  effect  during 
tbe  terms  of  the  present  incumbents.  All 
these  bills  of  Mr.  Woodin  have  been  carefully 
prepared  by  persons  familiar  with  the  workings 
of  all  departments  of  the  City  Grovernment; 
and  if  the  efforts  now  being  made  lor  reform 
and  economy  in  the  Cit.y  Government  were  con- 
centrated to  secure  their  passage,  the  prospect 
would  be  better  than  it  now  is  for  getting  the 
legislation  so  much  needed  by  the  City  during 
the  present  session.  But  the  old  method  of  de- 
feating all  reform  legislation  by  introducing  a 
midtitude  of  bills  piotessing  to  have  this  obieet 
in  view,  has  been  resorted  to  this  ses- 
sion as  in  years  past.  The  lower  house 
has  been  fiooded  with  conflicting 
schemes  of  professed  reformers,  calculated, 
and,  for  the  most  part,  doubtless  intended  to 
counteract  each  other  and  prevent  any  legisla- 
tion at  all  in  the  direction  of  reform.  I 
understand  that  the  leaders  ot  the  De- 
mocracy are  now  concocting  a  scheme 
in  New-York  by  which  they  hope  to  throw 
further  obstacles  in  the  way  ot  any  reform 
legislation  tor  that  City  this  Winter,  or,  iu  case 
they  cannot  do  that,  then  to  secure  to  Tam- 
maiiy  Hall  the  credit  of  whatever  reform  is 
earned  through.  They  are  framing  a  bill 
which  is  to  be  sent  here  as  tbe  "  Tammany 
bill,"  and  is  expected  to  receive  the  united 
support  of  the  Democrats  in  the  Legislature  to 
tke  exclusion  of  all  other  projects  of  reform. 
An  attempt  will  be  made  to  stigmatize  all  the 
other  bills  introduced  by  Republicans  as 
"  partisan,"  the  same  as  was  done  with 
Ogden's  bill  for  reducmg  expenses  m  Brook- 
lyn last  Winter,  and,  in  case  they  cannot 
prevent  their  passage,  then  to  appeal  to  the 
Governor  to  veto  them  on  the  ground  of  their 

beine  partisan  le^slation,  as  they  boasted  that 

Tilden  w«uld  do  with  Ogden's  bill  if  it  ever 
reached  him.  Their  main  object,  however,  is  to 
prevent  any  legislation  tor  the  reduction  of 
salaries   and  the  number  of  place-men,  which 

they  claim  would  be  fatal  to  the  success  of  the 

Democracy  in  the  future.  They  expect  to 
accomplish  this  by  uniting  the  Democratic  voto- 
on  the  "Tammany  bill,"  and  by  securing 
enough  corrupt  Republicans  to  go  with  them  to 
defeat  tbe  genuine  reform  bills.  Among  the 
leading  features  of  the  "Tammany  biir 
now  bains  prepared,  are  the  con- 
solidation of  the  Park  and  Duok 
Commissions  in  the  Department  of  Public 
Works,  which  is  to  have  their  heads  appointed 
by  the  Mayor,  the  consolidation  of  the  Fire  and 
Building  (Dommissions  into  one  department, 
with  two  heads  appointed  in  the  same  manner, 
and  the  reorganization  ot  tbe  Police  Commis- 
sion under  two  beads,  to  be  also  appointed  by 
the  Mavor.  The  Fire  Commission  and  the 
Charity  Commission  are  to  be  made  single- 
headed. 

Mr.  Woodin  enlivened  the  proceedings  of  the 
Senate  to-day  by  neing  to  a  "question  of 
privilege "  and  exhibiting  to  tbe  Senate  a 
scurvy  looking  sheet,  nrinted  in  Watertown, 
and  said  to  be  the  "  organ  "  of  Senator  Star- 
buck,  which  contained  a  remarkable  telegram 
dated  at  Albany  on  Tuesday  last,  and  signed 
by  Starbuek.  The  telegram  was  headed  by  a 
rampant  rooster,  and  went  on  to  inform  the 
J)emocraoy  of  Watertown  that  the  Electoral 
Commission  had  dacided  by  a  vote  of  10  to  5 
to  go  behind  the  Florida  returns  and 
that  Tilden's  inauguration  was  thereb.y  secured 
beyond  peradventure.  Mr.  Woodin  could  not 
understand  how  the  Senator  from  the  Eigh- 
teenth could  have  so  misinformed  the  anxious 
Democrats  of  Watertown  unless  he  had  come 
in  possession  of  the  Gobble  cipher  and  made  a 
mistake  in  translating  it.  At  all  events  it  was  a 
cruel  ttung  to  exalt  the  spirits  of  the  Jefferson 
County  Democracy  and  transtorm  them  a.l  into 
flapping  roosters,  onl.y  to  tiave  their  tail  feath- 
ers plucked  and  their  hopes  dashed  to  pieces  so 
soon  afterward,  and  he  had  brought  tbe  mat 
ter  to  the  attention  of  the  Senate  for  the  pur^ 
pose  of  enabling  Mr.  Starbuek  to  make  an  ex 
planatlon,  if  he  had  any  to  make. 

Mr.  Starbuek  responded  with  as  much  goodK 
nature  as  he  could  command,  but  he  failed  tc 
explain  the  dispatch,  or  conceal  his  naortifie»' 
tiua  at  the  hoax  that  was  pitted  oo  him  iaat 
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SALISBITRY'a  CONDUCT  APPROVED  OF 
BY  THE  QXJEKN. 

London,  Feb.  8.— The  principal  points  of 
tbe  oorrespondeooe  on  tne  Eastern  qaestion  in 
the  Blue  Book  issued  to-day  are  already  known. 
Sfrong  suspicion  ot  Russia  is  apparent  through- 
out Sir  Henry  G.  Elliott's  reports  to  Lord 
Perby.  Thus,  on  Sept.  14  Sir  Henry  writes 
that  Gten.  Ignatieff  has  frequently  declared  that 
the  proposal  for  the  autouormy  of  Bosnia 
ia  impractioable.  If  the  Bussian  Govem- 
inent  now  support  that  proposal,  we  may  ask 
whether  they  do  not  do  so  with  the  knowledge 
that  it  may  be  productive  of  future  trouble. 
In  another  dispatofa,  dated  Oct.  24,  he  says 
there  may  be,  perhaps,  grounds  for  believing 
SuBsia  has  no  fixed  plan  for  going  to  war  with 
Turkey ;  bdt  there  can  at  least  be  no  doubt  of  her 
determination  not  to  loio  the  present  oppor- 
tunity of  fatally  weakening  her.  On  tbe 
other  band,  Sir  Henry,  telegraphing  on  Oct.  4, 
answers  Lord  Derby  that  nothing  could  be 
more  distinct  than  the  terms  in  which,  he  has 
warned  the  Porte  to  expect  no  assistance  from 
England  in  the  event  of  Bussian  attack.  The 
correspendence  containa  several  stroDg 
expressions  of  CoOnt  Andrassy  against 
the  conferment  of  excessive  liberties 
on  the  Turkibh  provinces.  Lord  Derby, 
~  writing  on  Nov.  7  to  Sir  Andrew 
Bncbauan,  British  Ambassador  at  Vienna,  re- 
capitulates a  conversation  with  Count  Von 
Beust,  the  Austrian  Ambassador  at  London,  in 
which  the  latter  stated  the  Austrian  Govern- 
ment were  determined,  if  England  took  up  the 
same  position  with  them,  not  to  go  further  in 
regard  to  the  question  of  autonomy  than  Eng- 
land's onginal  propositions,  but  if  England 
was  inclined  to  go  further.  and  not 
oppose  the  same  resistance  to  the  process  of 
slow  poisoning  or  chemical  disintegration 
which  she  would  to  one  of  dismemberment, 
Austria  muati  look  to  her  own  interests  in  the 
way  best  Calculated  to  protect  them.  Lord 
Derby  says  he  re<)lied  that  England  would  not 
depart  at  the.conference  from  her  proposal  re- 
specting autonomy. 

Other  passages  in  the  correspondence  show 
that  in  instructions  to  the  Marquis  of  Salis- 
bury previous  to  the  conference,  Lord  Derby 
states  that  Turkey  is  incapable  of  realizing  the 
reforms,  and  guarantees  are  necessary;  Eng- 
land, however,  is  opx>osed  to  ioreign  military 
occupation.    The  Emperor  William  informed 

Lord  Salisbury  when  the  latter  was  in 
Berlin  on  his  way  to  Constantino- 
ple, that  the  Czar's  policy  ■viras 
made  necessary  by  circumstances  and  the  op- 
pression of  co-re'ligio*i8t8.  The  Emjieror  of 
Austria  told  Salisbury  at  Vienna  that  the  in- 
terests ot  England  and  Austria  ip  the  Eastern 
qneation  were  identicaL 

Lord  Loftua,  British  Ambassador  at  St.  Pe- 
tersburg, announces  that  the  Czar  was  igno- 
rant ot  the  Earl  of '  Beaoonsfield's  speech  at 
Guildhall  when  his  Majesty  made  the  speech 
at  Moscow. 

The  correspondence  confirms  the  statement 
that  Lord  Salisbury  ordered  the  departure  of 
the  British  fleet  from  Besika  Bay  to  disabuse 
the  Turks  of  any  expectation  of  aid  trom  Eng- 
land. 

Lord  Salisbury,  recounting  the  proceedings  of 
the  Grand  Council  of  the  Turks,  states  that 
the  Sultan  was  disposed  to  accept  the  condi- 
tions of  the  powers,  but  Midhat  Pasha 
placed  the  matter  before  the  council  in 
such  a  manner  that  rejection  was  certain. 
Lord  Salisbury  also  says  he  hopes  for  nothing 
from  the  Constitution,  aa  tbe  Sultan  oan  banish 

or  onseat  Senators  or  Depaties.  Lord  Derby, 
before  Lord  Salisbury  lett  Constantinople,  m- 
formed  him  of  tbe  Queen's  eomplete  approval 
of  all  his  stcts. 

An  atternoon  paper  in  a  leading  article  sava: 
"We  have  yet  to  learn  whether  the  Liberal 
Party  is  right  in  their  anticipation  tbat  the 
Marquis  of  Salisbury  will  avow  that  he  pur- 
sued a  policy  at  Constantinople  opposed  to  that 
of  the  admrnistration  to  which  he  belongs, 
and  explains  that  if  he  did  not  succeed 
in  forcing  the  Turks  to  yield  to  loreign 
interference  it  was  only  because  he 
was  thwarted  by  t^e  coldness  and  obstruc- 
tivenesB  ot  his  colleagues  at  home.  We 
hardly  expect  they  will  be  gratified.  At  the 
same  time  it  is  certain  tbat  tbe  protocols  of  the 
conference  reveal  matter  almost  as  surprising 
as  any  such  avowal  could  be;  and  when  we 
look  at  the  way  the  conference  began  and  the 
way  it  ended,  it  does  appear  as  if  Lord  Salis- 
bury must  have  an  explanation  of  some  kind 
to  make." 

The  instructions  for  Salisbury's  guidance  at 
the  conference  insist  most  emphatically  upon 
the  necessity  for  guarantees.  The  following  are 
extracts  :  "It  is  vain  for  the  Porte  to  expect 
the  powers  will  be  satisfied  with  mere 
general  assurances  which  have  already  been  so 
often  given  and  so  imperfectly  executed.  The 
whole  history  of  the  Empire  since  tbe  Treaty 
of  Paris  proves  that  the  Porte  is  unable  to  se- 
cure the  execution  of  reform.  Its  officials  ac- 
cept them  with  reluctance  and  neglect  them 
with  impunity." 

The  instruetions  contain  a  sketch  of  the  re- 
forms recommended  by  England,  which  in- 
clude the  appointment  of  Governors  of  prov- 
inces and  Judges,  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  European  Ambassadors,  provincial  elective 
assemblies,  a  reformed  inilitia,  &c. 

0»  the  other  band,  the  mstructi,ons  state  that 
the  English  Government  cannot  countenance 
the  introduction  into  tke  conferenee  of  pro- 
posals, however  plausible  or  well  intentioned, 
which  would  bring  foreign  armies  into 
Turkey  in  violation  of  the  engage- 
ments by  which  the  guaranteeing  powers  are 
solemnly  bound.  Great  Britain  is  resolved  not 
to  sanction  miegovemment ;  but  if  the  Porte, 
tbrough  obstinacy  or  apathy,  opposes  tbe  efforts 
which  are  now  making  to'  place  the  Ottoman 
Empire  on  a  more  secure  basis,  the  conse- 
quences will  rest  solely  with  the  Sultan  and  his 
advisers. 

Lord  Derby's  dispatch  after  the  failure  of 
the  conference  is  couched  in  terms  of  the 
warmest  approval  of  Lord  Salisbury's  conduct. 
It  expresses  the  high  sense  of  the  Queen's 
Government  of  his  ability,  energy,  zeal,  and 
patnotio  motives. 

<VFORMAI.  DISCUSSIONS  OF  TBE  COURSE  OK 
THE  CABINET  IN  BOTH  BOUSES— THE 
POLICY  OF  THE  aOVEBNMENT  COMMON 
AND  KOT  SEPARATE  ACTIONS  BY  THE 
POWERS. 

LONDON,  Feb.  8. — In  tbe  House  of  Lords 
to-night,  during  the  debate  on  the  address  to 
the  Queen,  Earl  Granville  said  he  would  defer 
criticism  on  the  Eastern  question  until  he  had 
read  the  official  correspondence.  He  added, 
however,  that  he  did  not  tblnk  the  Treaty  of 
Paris  ought  to  be  abandoned,  and  that  treaty 
imposed  on  the  powers  the  duty  of  protecting 
the  Christians  in  TurKey. 

The  Earl  of  Derby  declared  the  policy  of  the 
Government  was  not  changed.  It  was  only 
-modified  because  the  situation  was  modified. 
He  recapitulated  the  negotiations  and  defended 
the  Government's  conduct  with  regard  to  the 
Andrassy  note  and  the  Berlin  memoranduKi. 
He  said :  "  It  is  too  soon  to  s^y  the  conference 
is  a  fiasco.  We  must  speak  with  reserve  of  the 
probability  of  the  maintenance  of  peace,  which 
depends  on  the  decision  of  a  single  man,  but 
hope  peace  will  be  maintained.  The  conference 
has  served  to  gain  time.  Russia  and  Servia  have 
become  reciprooally  disenchanted  with  each 

other.  The  Czar  is  now  well  able  to  say  it  ia 
not  incumbent  upon  him  to  undertake  alone  tbe 
realization  of  the  decisions  of  tbe 
six  powers.  I  believe  the  Porte  appreciates 
the  gravity  of  the  situation  and  wishes  to  sat- 
isfy Europe.  It  is  not  En  gland's  duty  to  pro- 
tect the  Porteio  every  eventuality."  Lord  Derby 
recognized  a  moral  obligation  to  intervene  in 
favor  of  tbe  Christians,  but  such  duty  was  not 
imposed  by  treaty. 

Lord  Derby  further  declared  that  England's 
policy  from  tbe  first  had  been  to  press 
the  lecommendations  of  tbe  conference 
upon  the  Porte  but  not  use  or  sanction  tbe 
use  of  force  and  at  the  same  time  not  under- 
take to  proteot  Turkey  from  force  used 
hy  the  Powers.  He  explained  tbat 
be  did  not  mean  our  duty  should  be  ina<etion 
Dnder  all  possible  oirctunstanoes,   as,   for  In- 

itaooe,  if  Conatantmople  should  be  threat- 
eooed.  That  was  a  question  on  which  it 
was  quite  unneoossary  and  wholly  unwise  to 
pledge  onrtelTes  now.  jWlcb  regard  to  tbe  Czar'» 
tMoranoes.  be  said,  thooch  b*  b«liaT«dintfaAi 


Czar's  sincerity,  still  even  the  Czar  mtgbt  be 
compelled  to  aot  against  his  personal  wishes, 
and  he  declined  to  accept  any  declarations  as  a 
guarantee  against  war. 

The  Dutce  of  Argyll  made  a  violent  attack  on 
tbe  Government,  and  declared  his  belief  that 
their  policy  of  never  forcing  Turkey  to  comply 
with  their  wishes  would  end  in  disastroils  war. 

The  Earl  of  Beaconsfield  said  the  Eastern 
Question  was  not  alone  a  question  of  the  ameli- 
oration of  the  condition  of  Christians,  but  a 
question  of  the  existence  of  empires.  We 
mnst  treat  it  as  statesmen. 

The  Marquis  of  Salisbury  protested  against 
the  doctrine  that  we  ought  to  use  coercion 
against  Turkey.  By  overtbro'^ng  the  Otto- 
man Empire  we  would  create  anarchy  and  con- 
fusion. He  forcibly  proclaimed  the  sympathy 
of  the  English  Government  for  the  Christians 
in  Turkey. 

In  the  House  of  Commons  the  Marquis  of 
Hartington,  without  wishing  to  provoke  for- 
mal discussion,  pointed  out  bow  the  Govern- 
ment had  abandoned  the  original  policy 
of  .  non-intervention.  It  was  therefore  in- 
cumbent on  them  to  show  they  were 
not  responsible  for  the  effusion  of  blood  in  Ser- 
via during  the  Summer  before  that  policy  was 
changed.  He  spoke  in  terms  of  eulogy 
of  Lord  Salisbury,  who  had  re-estab- 
lished a  friendly  understanding  between 
Bussia  and  England ;  and  he  asked 
what  were  the  Ctovemment's  intentions  for  the 
future.  He  protested  against  tbe  adoption  of 
a  policy  which  would  leave  Russia  and  Turkey 
confronting  each  other  as  they  now  stood. 

Sir  Stafford  H.  Northcote  replied  that  no 
member  of  the  Government  had  ever  said  any- 
thing implying  that  England  would  make  war 
in  favor  of  Turkey.  In  regard  to  the  future, 
he  said  the  Government  had  from  the 
first  maintained  two  principles,  namely :  they 
were  not  prepared  to  use  coercion,  and  desired 
common,  not  separate,  action.  Separate 
action,  particularly  by  two  such  powers  as 
Bussia  and  Austria,  would  be  suspected.  He 
had  no  confidence  in  the  Tui'kish  Constitution, 
and  ridiculed  tbe  supposition  tbat  tbe  simple 
proclamation  of  that  Constitution,  without 
guarantees,  could  produce  any  result.  Tbe 
Government  believed  all  interests  demanded 
the  maintenance  of  peace. 

Mr.  Gladstone  spoke  in  defense  of  his  con- 
duct during  the  Autumn. 

Both  houses  adopted  tbe  address  unani- 
mously.  

TURKEY   AND    THE  GREAT  POWERS. 

NEGOTIATIONS  WITH  8SRVIA  AND  MON- 
TENEGRO— MIDHAT  PASHA— GERMANY 
TO  ATTEMPT  TO  ARRANGE  A  COM.MON 
COURSE  BETWEEN  AUSTRIA  AND  RU.«8IA 
— PROLONGATION  OF  NEGOTIATIONS  EX- 
PECTED. 

London,  Feb.  8. — A  dispatch  from  Vien- 
na says  :  "  The  new  Grand  Vizier  has  sent  ex- 
press instructions  to  tbe  Turkish  Ambassador 
here  to  continue  the,  preliminary  negotiations 
with  Servia." 

Constantinople,  Feb.  8.— The  Prince  of 
Montenegro  has  replied  to  a  telegram  trom  the 
Grand  Vizier  that  he  is  willing  to  negotiate  for 
I>eace  on  the  basis  of  the  status  quo  ante  hel- 
ium, with  a  rectification  of   tbe    frontiers,  but 

considers  it  useless  to  send  a  delegate  to  Con- 
stantinople, and  asks  that  the  negotiations  be 
conducted  'with  the    Ottoman   Ambassador    at 

Vienna.  The  Imperial  yacht  Izzedin,  with 
Midhat  Pasha  on  board,  left  Syria  to-day  for 
Brindisi. 

London,  Feb.  9. — Renter's  telegram  from 
Consrantinople  says  the  story  tbat  Midhat 
Pasha  was  implicated  in  a  conspiracy  is 
now  universally  discredited.  The  Turquie,  a 
semi-official  journal,  announces  that  he  was 
dismissed  because  bis  conduct  tended  to  cur- 
tail the  power  of  the  Sultan.  He  was  exiled 
merely  as  a  precaution  against  popular  excite- 
ment.* 

The  Standard's  dispatch  from  Vienna  an- 
nounces tbat  Gen.  Ignatiefi'  has  left  tbat  city 
for  St.  Petersburg. 

Tbe  Pans  correspondent  of  the  Standard 
says  it  is  stated  tbat  tbe  French  Cbarg6  d' Af- 
faires at  Constantinople  has  applied  lor  two 
men-of-war  for  the  protection  of  the  foreign 
residents. 

llie  Times  dispatch  from  Berlin  reports  that 
it  is  expected  tbat  AuBtria,  in  reply  to  the 
Russian  note,  will  decline  to  adopt  warlike 
measures  against  I'urkey.  Germany  is  likely 
to  offer  her  good  offices  to  arrange  a  common 
course  between  Bussia  and  Austria. 

The  Russian  Telegraubic  Agency  expects 
that  negotiations  will  oe  prolonged. 

The  Paris  Temps  says  it  has  receivad  special 
information  tbat  Lord  Derby  informed  Count 
Schouvalofi'  tbat  England  would  do  her  ut- 
most to  maintain  an  understanding  between 
the  powers  in  the  new  phase  of  the  Eastern 
question.  Austria  has  declared  she  will  con- 
tmue  to  act  with  the  other  powers. 

The  Vienna  correspondent  of  the  Times  says 
the  attitude  of  Roumania  excites  considerable 
speculation.  Tne  mass  ot  the  people 
are  averse  to  war.  The  minority  is 
divided  into  two  sections,  one  of 
which,  headed  by  the  Ministry,  fa- 
vors permitting  a  passage  for  belligerents 
through  the  neutral  zone,  and  the  other, 
led  by  Prince  Charles,  advocates  co- 
operation with  Russia,  and  the  proclamation 
oi  the  Hospodar  as  King  ot  Boumania. 
Austrian  surveillance  of  the  frontier  of 
Bosnia  is  so  relaxed  tbat  tbe  insurgents 
easily  obtain  supples.  The  Austrian 
authorities  have  formed  large  depots  of  forage 
and  stores  along  the  frontier,  'i'be  concentra- 
tion of  Austrian  troops  there  exceeds  anything 
within  the  memory  01  tbeinhabitauts.  Telegrams 
relating  to  this  movamenc  ot  troops  are  sup- 
pressed at  the  local  telegraph  stations.  It  is 
believed  by  many  in  Vienna  that  Austria  has 
agreed  witu  Russia  to  occupy  Northern  Turkey. 

A  Belgrade  special  to  the  Times  announces 
that  ail  the  Turkish  people  have  lett  Bosnia, 
and  the  Guvernmeat  intends  to  arm  the  native 
Mussulmans  t«  guard  against  attack  by  Servia. 

LOSSEii  BY  FIRE. 


FIRE  IN  WEST  HOUSTON  STREET — LOSS  ESTI- 
MATED AT  $48,000. 
A  11:30  o'clock  last  night,  a  patrolman  of  the 
Eigbth  Precinct  Police,  while  passing  through  West 
Houston  street,  discovered  smoke  issning  from 
the  upper  windows  of  the  five-story  build- 
ing Noa.  138  and  190.  He  hastened  to 
the  nearest  box  and  sent  oat  an  alarm,  wLicb 
was  promptly  responded  to  by  the  Fire  Depart- 
ment. The  doors  of  tne  bolldioe  were  forced  ooen, 
and  it  was  found  tbatthe  fourth  aiid  fifth  flours  were 
on  lire.  These  flours  are  occupied  by  Leggu  Bros. 
&  Co.,  litbugrapuer*,  and  owing  to  the  inflainniable 
natoru  of  tbe  cuntenu  of  that  portion  of  the  build- 
ing, the  flames  burned  with  great  intensity  and 
threatened  the  entire  edifice  with  destruction. 
Chief  Bates,  on  arriving  »r.  tba  scene,  found  tne 
force  on  tbe  Kroond  too  small  to  cope  with  tbe  taut 
increasing  flames,  and  ordered  a  second  alarm 
10  be  sounded,  which  brongbt  tu  bis  aid  Assiitano 
Chief  Sbav,  and  a  large  reinforcement  of  firemen  oud 
eneines.  Lines  of  hose  were  carriea  over  the  roofs 
of  the  adjoining  buildings,  and  powerful  streams  ot 
water  were  thrown  into  the  burning  build- 
ing. After  an  honr'u  work  tbe  firemen 
had  succeeded  lo  gainiux  control  of  the  flames,  and 
by  1  o'clock  this  morning  tbey  were  completely  sub- 
dued. Tbe  fourth  and  fifth  fioors  of  the  bnildmg 
were  burned  out,  and  their  contents  will  prove  • 
total  loss.  A  portion  of  tbe  roof  was  alao  de- 
stroyed. The  lower  fioors  weredelpged  with  water. 
Tbe  loss  of  Lesgo  Bros.  &  Co.  on  stock  and 
machinery  i*  estimated  at  t25,0UO,  axid  la  but  par- 
tially insured.  Tbe  third  flour  u  occupied  by  tbe 
Magic  Ruffle  Company,  and  their  loss  on 
stock  and  machinery,  cbieflj  by  water, 
will  be  about  110,000;  insured.  Weohsler 
Bros.  &  Co.,  proorieturs  ot  the  Mautaattan  I.»un(lry, 
occupy  tbe  secoad  floor ;  loss,  IS.OOO.  The  first  flour 
is  uuocoupied.  Tbe  building  is  a  substanti:u  urick 
atrnotore,  75  teet  in  wtutb,  and  tbe  same  In  depth, 
and  is  owneU  by  John  H.  Bossell,  of  No.  47 
West  Fiftieth  street  and  is  damaged  to  tee  extent 
of  18,000.  Tbe  cause  of  tbe  fire  oouid  not  be  ascer- 
taSnea.  Tbe  employes  ot  Messrs.  'Lsugo  Bros.  &, 
Co.  were  at  work  later  than  usual  last  nigUt,  and 
the  fire  broke  out  soon  after  tbey  left. 


OTHBR    FIKBS. 

The  sash  and  blind  warehouse  of  Crawford 
&  Banfora,and  the  Masohiu  HaU  at  Stafford  Spriugs, 
Cons  were  entirely  destroyed  by  fire  .vesierday 
morning.  Loss,  fSOiOOO.  Insured  tor  tl5,000  in  the 
Pbceniz,  Mim,  *ad  Hartford  companies  of  Hart- 
tora,  the  Continenul  and  Westchester,  of  New- 
York,  and  the  Nortn  British. 

Sweet  &  "Barlow's  store  at  Wappinger's 
Falls,  N.  Y.,  was  partially  desirovea  by  fire  on 
Wednesday  nlgbt.  The  loss  is  fully  covered  by  In- 
suranoa. 

The  premises  at  Napanee,  Canada  occupied 
by  the  JUxprea  newspaper  were  homed  yesterday 
morning.     Lioss  $10,000. 

Ay  OHIO  BIYEB  STEAMER  SUNK. 

Cincinnati,  Feb.  8. — Tbe  steamer  Bostona 

struck  a  tow-boat  early  this  morning  at  SciotovUle, 

Ohio,  and  sunk  to  her  upper  deck.    TSo  lives  were 

lost.  She  was  the  largest  no-river  steamer  running. 


i"^' 


CONDITlOir  OF  MU.  STSPBEN8. 
WASmseroN,  Feb.  a— Hon.  Alexander  H. 
Stephens  is  not  so  well  this  evening  as  he  was 
d  arias  the  day.  He  ia  kept  (Tee  ttoTA  excitement 
Ot  all  kinds.  Viaitora  are  not  admitted  to  bis  room, 
taA  BAwioalNin  kA  letters  an  ^ot  read  to  tdm.     „ 


A  UNIQUE  GERMAN  FROLIC 

"      THE  LIEDEBKRASZ  FESTIVAL. 

ENTIRE  SUCCESS  OF  THE  GREAT  GERMAN 
CARNIVAL— A  SCENE  OT  DAZZLING  BBIL- 
rXANCE  IN  THE  AC  A  DBMT— GROTESQUE 
COSTUMES — THE  INAUGURAL  PROCES- 
SION AND  BURLESQUE  PERFORMANCES — 
WHO  OCCUPIED  THE  BOXES — tJNIQUE 
FLORAL  DECORATIONS. 
A  true  German  gives  himself  up  to  his  fes-t 
tlvlties  with  as  much  abandon  as  if  he  were  born  to 
be  nothing.but  a  feaat-maker  all  his  days.  All  Sum- 
mer long  he  dots  the  season  with  bis  reenlar  and 
irregular  boUdBya,  and  in  their  enjoyment  be  com- 
pels all  who  witness  his  pleasure  to  acknowledge 
that  he  la  master  of  the  problem  of 
bow  to  make  life  not  only  long  bot 
full,  and  ftdl  of  something  else  be- 
sides tbe  drudgery  and  care  of  money -getting  and 
money-keeningl  In  his  tborongbnesa  at  fun-making 
he  has,  in  all  bis  strength,  devoted  himself  to  tbe 
pleasurable  task  of  making  entirely  successful  the 
annual  bail  of  the  Liederkrans  Society,  which  was 
held  last  night  In  the  Academy  of  Music 
The  preparations  for  this  festival  began  weeks 
ago,  and  were  duly  annonncefi,  in  an  im- 
nstutHv  bappv  way,  by  the  Liedtrhrara  Carnival 
Oazette,  a  bandsomely-nrlnted  and  illustrated  pub- 
lication. Besides  a  good  ontside  view  ot  the  Acade- 
my of  Mnsic,  with  a  hurrviDg  crowd  of  masquer^ 
aders  making  their  way  to  tbe  doors,  it  contained  a 
humorous  cartoon  in  which  the  leading  spirits  of  the 
carnival  were  exhibited  in  an  arena  decked  out  in 
tbe  emblems  of  their  business.  This  cartoon  and 
another  in  tbe  same  paper  were  tbe  work  of  Mr. 
J.  Keppler,  who  also  made  tbe  designs  for  the 
ticket!),  wbich  illustrated  Wagner  playing  at  once 
upon  a  lyre  and  a  huge  brass  horn,  while  an  explosion 
caused  by  hi»  wondrous  blast  has  cre.ated  general 
terror  amone  familiar  political  cbaractnrs,  musi- 
cians, and  the  memoers  of  the  Whisky  Ring,  and 
they  are  all  seen  plunging  desperately  into  the 
ocean  of  despair.  Tbe  committees  appointed  for 
the  purposs  carried  out  all  tbe  preliminary  ar- 
rangemeats  so  well  that  last  night's  result  in  eyery 
way  rewarded  them  for  their  pninstakioe. 

At  8  o'clock  a  calcium  light  on  Fourteenth  street 
blazed  out  over  a  gay  scene  in  front  of  tbe  Academy 
of  Music.  At  tbe  side  entrance  to  tbe  building  a 
canopy  was  stretched  from  the  door  tu  tbe  curb,  for 
the  protection  of  lady  members  in  patssing  from 
tbeir  carriages.  'A  large  force  of  poliotv 
men  under  Inspector  Thome  restrained  tbe 
crowds,  whose  eagerness  to  obtain  a  cinaa 
view  of  the  stranze  characters  made  them  torget 
themselves  occasiooally,  and  led  to  an  uncomfortA* 
ble  pressure  upon  the  lines.  Carriaces  from  the 
north  set  down  their  passengers  at  the  mam  en- 
trance, and  then  drove  out  through  Four- 
teenth street  to  Foarth  avenue,  while  memoers' 
ctrnaees  aoproaohed    from  Tliird   avenue,  stopped 

at  the  box  entraooe  oo  Funrteeoth  street,  and  tben 

alio  passed  out  to  Fourth  avenue.  Tbe  company 
began  to  arrive  early,  and    before  8:33  o'clock  many 

of  the  seats  In  the  parquet  were  uccapied  by  those 

who  came  apparently  merely  to  look  on,  as 
tbey  were  dressed  in  sober  snits  of  black  or 
in  ordinary  evening  coitomes.  The  Djot  Com- 
mittee were  first  upon  the  scene,  and 
were  visible  here,  there,  and  everywhere,  at  tbe 
same  moment,  m  their  very  picturesqoe  Piccuio- 
mini  costumes  of  bronn  and  blue  plnsh,  pulled 
sleeves,  buff  top-boots  and  gauntlets,  crossbelts 
and  swords,  and  broad-brimmed  bats  with 
plumes      of     wbite.  As      tbe       company      be. 

came  mure  numcnms,  tbo  ■  lobby  was  filled 
with  all  sorts  of  ineongruouj  cbaraotero.  Tba 
dressiDg-rooms  became  overflowed  with  occupants, 
and  throngi  waited  their  turn  to  put  tbe  last  fin- 
ishing touches  noon  tbeir  costumes.  Up  ana  down 
the  hall  masked  ladies  and  gentlemen  promenaded 
and  admired  tbe  floral  dccoiatiuna,  which  were 
really  worth  more  than  a  passing  examioatiun. 
Over   the   central    door  Id  tbe  lobby,  in  a  shield   of 

smilax  wreaths,  were  the  letters  "L.  K.," 
and  jDst  Inside  the  lobby  were  graceful 
festoons  of  smilax.  At  each  side  ot  tbe  entrances 
to  the  anditonom  were  large  stands  of  olants  and 
cut  flowers,  callas,  hyacinths,  heliotropes,  tube- 
roses, camellias,  Marshal  Neil  roses,  and  carnations, 
blended  with  feathery  ferns  and  iither  masses  of 
green.  About  the  daucln^r  platform  were  vases  con- 
taining choice  out  flowers.  Tbe  full  depth  of  the 
stage  was  thrown  open  for  dancing  purposes, 
except  a  small  portion  reserved  for  tbu  ex- 
bibitiun  of  some  of  the  set  pieous.  In  froot  of  this 
platform,  wblon  was  tastefnllv  backed  with  scenery, 
were  solas  tor  the  convenience  of  guests.  Tbe 
scene,  as  the  evemng  wore  on  toward  tbe  openiag 
of  the  dance,  was  ve'y  brilliant.  Ladles  In  rich 
and  ingenioosif  deulKned  fcarmeots,  many  of  tfacm 
cut  with  a  freedom  tbat  was  startling,  began  to 
pour  into  tbe  bouse,  and  gentlemen  with  ab- 
sard  Dosaa,  trunk  hose,  and  slashed  doublets, 
with  prematurely  gray  locks  or  no  locKs  at  all ; 
others  with  fierce  French  costumes  of  a  day  almost 
foreotteu;  others  still,  with  dress  suits  and  only  a 
pretty  comical  cap  to  sbow  tbat  tbey  gave  tbeir  al- 
legiance to  tbe  merry  prlnoe,  made  tbeir  appear- 
ance. The  success  cf  the  maskers  in  se- 
eming variety  ot  costumes  wus  wonder- 
ful. The  dress  of  the  Lubby  Committee 
was  a  natty  paze's  costume  of  the  time  of 
Charles  XII.,  with  garments  of  crimson  velvet  and 
gold  lace.  Jaunty  caps  trimmed  in  curresponalng 
style,  and  wbite  hose  and  crimson  slippers.  Tbe 
platform  was  guarded,  before  tbe  dancing  began, 
oy  terrible  halberdiers  it,  suits  of  armor,  with  vel- 
vet tunics  beneath,  and  these  gnar>i8  bore  in  their 
hands  flaxbiuK  spears  to  irlghten  oft  intruders.  A 
very  happy  and  fl^•shy  "Lobenifriu"  wandered  up 
and  down,  wai.ioa  for  the  daiice,  and  an  old 
man  in  a  lung  gray  beard  and  a  black 
domino  promenaded  lovingly  with  a  charming 
young  creature  not  tar  oat  ut  ber  teens.  Tbe  ladies, 
as  iiiey  enterea,  were  presenteo  each  with  an  order 
of  danciuK  that  was  a  very  eleeaut  piece  of  work. 
In  form,  it  was  a  golden  lyre,  the  bars  of  which  on 
the  ot>yerse  and  reverse  aides  formed  tbe  only 
hindrance  lO  two  ardent  lovers  who  embraced  each 
otner  with  arms  thrust  through  the  narrow  open- 
ings, and  tneir  lips  met  in  an  ardent  kiss.  The 
irttme  of  tbe  lyre  was  in  gold,  and  the  fii:nre<>  were 
executed  very  handsomely  in  color.  The  leuvrs  of 
the  order  of  daocing  were  clasped  together  with  a 
pencil  run  throueh  KOlden  loops. 

At  10  o'clock  the  seats  In  the  auditorium  were 
nearly  all  filled,  and  the  crowd  in  ihe  lobbies  was 
snfficient  t^>  promise  tbat  tbe  ball  would  bv  ao  en- 
tire success  in  point  ot  numbers.  The  committee  ex- 
ercised great  core  in  tbe  sale  of  tickets,  su  tbat  the 
company  was  eotiiely  tree  frem  objectionable  people. 
With  I  he  floanclal  snocess  of  the  ball  tbe  Liedet  kratiz 
duo  was.  entirely  gratified.  Tuu  atteuOance  w>i.s 
larger  than  at  the  ball  ot  last  year,  tbe  number  ut' 
masks  was  alsu  greater,  and  the  returns  of  tbe 
Treasurer  wili  show  a  haudsume  surplus.  Tbe 
promenade  baod  discoursed  pleaHiue  masic  for  half 
an  hour  before  the  sieiiai  was  given  for  tbeeotraace 
of  tbe  opening  processioo,  ann  in  tbe  meantime  the 
boxes  filled  up  uiitll  tbe  body  of  tbe  bouse  was  oc- 
cupied, and 

"Dames  aloft,  in  circling  tiers 
Wreathed  'lonad  their  blooming  ring," 
makiuK  a  kaleidoscopic  picture  from  flour   to  dome 
of    tbe     Academy.       ThM     bustling      abont      the 
Stage      indicated,     at     10,     tnat      the     moment 
fur    tbe      beginning    of    tbe     feast     bad     come, 
and  soon   after  the  festivities  commenced. 
THE  BOXES. 

Tbe  boxes,  as  lu'cal  at  tbe  Llederkranz,  were  in 
brisk  demand,  and  sold  at  prices  rangine  from  |15 
to  flSO,  according  to  location.  During  tbe  evenine 
tbey  presented  a  lively  and  highly  pictu- 
resque appearanoe,  peopled,  aa  tbey  were, 
with  mimic  kings  and  peasants,  princes  and 
shopkeepers,  courtiers  and  jolly  miller4,  priests 
and  clowns,  empresses  and  ballet  eirla,  grand 
duchesses  and  nunB,Topsies  and  Normandy  maidens, 
In  number  and  variety  large  enough  to  dozzle  the 
beholder.  The  foilowiog  is  a  list  of  tbe  prmoipal 
box -holders : 

PBOSCSKI17M  BOXES. 

D— D.  Elngsland, 
K— Li.  If.  (ieorger. 
H — Q.  B.  Sciautoc 
J-^Col.  Thompson, 


fi— William  bteinway. 


0-.*.  W.  Danford, 
e— Quests  of  the    club, 
Q— UeWItt  C.    vVbe«ler, 
U— H.  al.  urooks, 
iS— P.  Paohen. 


1 — J.  Keppler. 
8— A.  1.  tvofldhuU. 
7— A.  H.  UumineL 

8— W.  Vlgellus. 

9 — Carl  Volgt. 
10— J.  T.  Uauemann. 
I*,^— J,  C.  Spencer. 
l:^—a.  Palke. 
14 — H.  i».  Baremeyer. 
15— C.  W.  Dlckel. 
16— Oostavus  Alaas. 
17— CbarlesGulaet. 
Itf— Charles  Wall. 


FIBST   OTIER. 

19 — F.  B.  Osbom. 
•dl—ii.  F.  McCooneU- 
2-,^— J.  Hoffman. 

■^3— T.  J.  ulaton. 
24— J.  P.  Weouiau. 
•J5—A.  E.ailiuoi'e. 

20— J.  HoUgarten. 
x?— .iULMistin  Dalr. 
23 — Scb.%111  Urothers. 
i9— William   Leytio. 
.SO-C.  K.  Coffhlan. 
Sl^J.  A.  Dickerson. 


49— John  f  ondir. 

Su — Prank  Leslie^ 
62— N.  W.  Gill. 
fiS— P.  L.  Arnold. 


Parepa— P.  Paysoo. 
NibMOn— Mr.  Uusftzave. 
Kellogg— K.  H.  Barry. 
Pattt-Jsmes  EL  Boyd. 
Piccolomtnt — H.  Mohr. 
JiajKaBgo — O.  U.  Thorpe, 
^ri^iL  .rtfltsobmaiia. 


BECOSD  TIBR. 

|5«-Z.  B.  Simmona 
I6S»— T.  .M.  Schuiis. 
leo-Jamea  M.  Mottay. 
161— O   Hoye. 

artists'  sow. 

Moaart-^.  Krutlna. 

Kosslul-^A.  Kruutiean. 

Meyerbeer— C.  O.  Gnuther. 

Belnnl— 0.  B.,  Waite. 
■Donisattl— Col.  Purtar. 

Vettfi— l>^B.  auu 
IQoOued— M&  Bom* 


MBZeOIOirE   BOW. 

Nob. 

103— H.  Jung. 
103— Mr.  Hobertson. 
104— George  Aery. 
lOiS — W.  ir»DgAaja. 
106— James  3.  Fayo. 
Iu7— P.  Bonsone. 
108-Hr.  Cutting. 


Kos. 

Iii9— <).  S.  Borert. 
llu— Ur.  Jackson. 
112^M.  A.  VVeiukers. 
ll.<{— K.  L.  Johnooa. 
116— L.  8.  ^tooltweIL 
117— J.  H.  Bradford. 
118-H.  A.  Weioken. 


"ON  WITH  THE  DANCB." 

Ai  10  o'clock,  at  a  signal  flrom  one  of  tbe  floor 
managers,  tbe  musicians  struck  up  the  Qrand 
Marob.  In  the  meantime  the  seats  around  the 
platform  bad  been  trradnally  filling  up,  a  few  fancy 
costumes  here  and  there  relieving  the  mass  of  dom- 
iuAs,  false  noses,  evenmg  dresses,  and  street 
costumes.  In  a  few  minutes  the  Floor 
Committee  marched  upon  the  stage,  two  and 
twj,  by  tbe  main  entrance.  They  were  eorgeonsly 
costumed  in  royal  purple  velvet  sleeveless  jackets, 
elaborately  embroidered  around  tbe  edges  in  gold, 
and  edged  heavily  with  sold  fringe.  Gold  embroid- 
ered belts  encircled  their  wtilsrs,  and  purple  velvet 
gold  embroidered  anklets  set  off  their  purple,  velvet 
tights  to  advantage.  A  series  of  chains  ot  huge 
brilliants,  rubies,  and  emeralds  covered  their  shoul- 
ders and  terminated  in  an  immense  irllttering  star 
on  tbeir  breasta.  Their  arms  were  inclosed  In 
silver  chain  armor,  and  they  wore  bats  similar  in 
shape  to  those  of  tne  door  committee,  except  that 
they  were  more  richly  enrliroidered  and  that  the 
plumes  were  long  white  ostrich  feathers.  The 
memliers  seemed  to  nave  been  selected  tor  their 
sbapellness,  their  youth,  and  the  elegance  of 
tbeir  moustaches.  Tbey  were  followed  closely 
by  two  of  tbe  lobby  committee,  whose 
paee  costume  is  described  above.     A  lone  string  of 

Srivate  masks  of  every  variety  of  design  formed  in 
ehind,  until,  when  the  procession  had  circled  tbe 
platform  several  times  and  the  floor  committee  sud- 
aeuly  spread  out  and  pressed  back  tbe  eayly 
dressed  rabble,  a  complete  ring,  several  oonples  in 
depth  Bud  tightly  packed,  was  formed  arouod  the 
floor.  Then  a  c^ir  appeared  from  the  cavern  on  tbe 
let't  of  tbe  Bteee,  and  all  the  people  uocnpylair  tbe 
parquet  seats  sprang  to  their  feet  and  stood  on 
tiptoe.  Two  great  swahs  appeared  to  be  tbe 
propelling  power.  The  car  Itself  was  covered  with 
a  bui{e  Jester's  cap  of  many  colore,  and  a 
crowd  of  attendant  columbines,  pantaloons,  harle- 
quins and  clowns,  marched  on  either  side  of  It. 
Behind  toddled  tyo  great  txittles.  Tbe  oarnivalis- 
tic  procession  moved  in  an  eccentric  coarse 
for  some  minutes,  so  as  to  afford  all  an  opportunity 
of  witnessini;  it,  and  then  halting  in  the  centre, 
a  long  'string  tbat  depended  from  the  flies 
was  attached  to  the  cap.  Then  there  was  a  mo- 
ment of  doubt  ana  uncertainty.  The  string  did  not 
work.  Tbe  clowns  lifted  the  cap  with  their  bands 
and  disclosed  Prince  Carnival,  sratedon  a  red  velvet 
throne  and  attirea  in  a  rich  costume  of  parti- 
colored stuff,  a  tool's  wand  in  his  hand 
and  a  cap  and  bells  upon  his  head.  He  arose  and 
bowed  liracelully  to  tbe  assembled  multitude,  de- 
scended from  bis  xeat,  and  minsled  a  while  witu  bis 
luyal  subjects.  Then,  ascunamz  again,  tJie  car 
moved  ofi;  paraded  arouod  a  tew  times,  and  retired 
into  tbe  cavern.  The  oaud  struck  nplhe"Ver. 
dicte"  walls,  and  the  floor  was  covered  with  active 
dancers. 

THE  COSTUMES. 

The  costumes  were  without  exception  very  rich 
and  ete,:ant,  and  an  exceptionally  large  number  had 
tbe  unobual  merit  of  meaniUK  soraetbiuK.  There 
was  a  young  lady  representing  Spring  in  a  novel 
costume  of  green  moss  dotted  with  wild 
flowers.  A  venerable  appearing  gentle- 
man  in  black  gown  and  cap  travestied 
Diogenes.  He  woi-e  enormous  spectacles  and 
CMiTied  a  dark  lantern  and  a  roll  of  parchment  in- 
scribed witb  myaterioas  characteis.  Tnere  was  a 
flerce-Iookine  pirate  in  the  traoitionai  red  aad 
white  Striped  sailor's  shirt,  blue  aua  black 
triinkr,      while      stocking'',      red   ,  cap,       black 

be&rj.         red         nose,         auU  Oriental         cloak. 

There      were      several     demaro       luokiojc      nuns 

10    biacn    robes    and    white    winged  caps  di»- 

purtiiiti  tbemaelves  in  anything  but  a  non-like 
manner.     A.  s<>u(t  costame  was   that  of  a  Bu.ssiaii — 

a  lone  gray  surtuut  and  bat  trimmed  with 
black  Astracban  fur.  O.ie  short  woman  became 
tor  the  nonce  Italiaiiiz  .'d  in  a  dress  of 
green  and  eold.  "General  Bjum."  with 
his  ludicrous  .military  cobtutue,  but,  auU  epaolettes, 
toutia  several  lupresentativu:).  A  very  pretiy  young 
lady  reprtisentud  tbe  flrmameut  in  a  short  blae  vel- 
vet dre'is  aud  licbt  blue  silk  ausii,  the  whole  dotted 
with  stars  composed  of  bnlliauis.  Upon  ber  shapely 
bead  was  a  tiara  of  brilliants,  also  set  in  the 
lurm  of  stars.  There  was  both  a  Saltan  and  a 
Sultana  iu  Koriceons  attire  of  red  and  wbito  silk 
liiendiy  covered  with  loiitstion  pearls.  £  >bin 
liood  appeared  in  ine  torm  of  a  stout  sju  oi  (Jrui- 
inuiiia  in  slashed  duublbt  of  bntwu  and  carry- 
lug  a  cioss-bow  over  bis  shoulder.  Numerous 
I'ai.  boys  amused  tbe  spectators  with  tbrir 
eccentricities.  A  stajie  Dutchman,  with 
bis  apparatus  upon  bio  bacic,  went  about 
ciyma  "  bcissurs  tu  mend."  There  was  a  Cotnack, 
tuu,  in  white,  edged  with  gray  lur.  and  a  red  cluak 
athwart  bis  snoiiiuurs.  A  typical  liuuter  clad  in 
sliius  ibreadrd  the  truckles j  crowd.  Mephi^topbelcS 
was  duplicated  uveraod  over.  A  lady  wuteastrikiui: 

cs.siDine,  coui posed  entirely  uf  mauy-coiureJi  lissiia 
paper,  which  concealed  lurm  snd  siiape  and  fea- 
tuien,  uud  euded  iu  a  tall  spiral  rull  abuve  her  head. 
Oue  wonl'l  think  that  tbe  Court  ut  Louis  X  lY.  had 
been  resurrected  Irum  the  number  ut  Ue^uwJeieJ 
pei-uqued  gr.indees  in  white  and  silver,  dumask  aud 
i;i>ld,  and  clockcs  .  Tnt-re  weie  Bomau  soldiers, 
saiiors  and  Dolly  Vordeus  past  coaming-  ^  Two  or 
three  veiy  pretty  leyolutiuu.ti  v  cuatumes  gave  one 
au  exalted  nottuu  ut  the  beauty  ot  our  loalernal  an- 
cestors. Flower  liirls  wiib  liloomiui:  stulfs,  ilua- 
gariuus,  Poles,  Swis',  sheuber.le-^s-js,  aud  persons  uf 
similar  cnarucier  ab  uo(fi-d.  A  tail  lady  literally 
euwruppcd  iu  tbe  Ameticau  standard  did  credit  to 
her  uamosake,  the  Guddcss  ui  Lil>ertv.  His  Holi- 
ness might  have  lound  a  rend^'-uiado  occupant  tor 
at  lenst  one  of  the  vacant  lems  in  tbe  Cjllege  ot 
Cardinals  nad  he  been  present.  The  taiuous 
butcher  boy  m  immaculate  apron  and  hish  bat 
was  there  too.  A  Soothsayer,  with  lone  white  locks 
aud  orsscents,  stars,  and  hieioelyphics   spnuklud 

over  bis  biacK  ruoe.  Puck  waf  a  pretty  curly- 
lu-adeU  girl  in  white  tights,  a  stvaUow- 
tall  coat,  snd  a  tiiv^b  hat.  These  com- 
prised about  all  tbe  costumes  that  csll  for 
special  uieniion.  There  were  besides,  knights 
and  tadiei,  kings,  queens,  pensauia,  and  the 
thousand  and  oue  other  persons  one  meets  at 
aatbei'lags  of  the  kiniL  Tbe  eveaiug  custujies 
wrre  equal  in  beauty  aud  richuess  to  lOuse  utuallv 
seen. 

THE  TABLEAVX. 

At  11  o'clock  tbe  second  extraordinary  event  of 
tbe  evening's  entertslument  took  place.  Herrmann's 
"  Wapperfest "  quadrille  struck  up  and  eight 
clowns  suddenly  appeared  in  the  centre  ot  the  floor. 
Hach  held  in  his  hand  a  pole,  toe  top  of  wbich  was 
graced  with  a  movable  manikin,  each  about 
two  feet  in  height.  They  reptesonted  alternately 
men  and  women,  and  were  attired  ib  costumes  of 
ridiculous  cut.  Strings  attached  to  tbe  limbs  of  the 
manikins  enabled  tbe  clowns  to  manipulate  them 
so  as  to  mimic  their  own  movements  ou  the 
flijor  below,  aud  as  tbe  troupe  went  throueh 
ibe  Inincaclet  of  tbe  dance,  the  efloct  of 
the  fiinires  in  mid  air  was  irresistibly  comic. 
The  other  tableaux  followed  at  iutervals  of  twu  or 
three  dauces.  I'he  third  was  knowu  as  the  "  Con- 
spirators' Tableau."  A  uuiuUeruf  persons,  masked, 
iu  dominos.  marcued  out  of  the  caveru  to  tbe  air  ot 
ihe  conspirators'  chorus  from  "La  Fille  do  Madame 
Augot."  VV^neu  they  had  encircled  the  floor  and 
arrived  at  tb^  raised  platiurm  in  tbe  tear  ot  tbe 
Stage  they  threw  off  their  duminoes  and  appeared 
as  repressotatives  of  tne  ureat  cumpusers, 
Beethoven,  Wagner.  Meyerbeer,  Handel,  Mcn- 
delssubn,  and  Oflenbaub.  The  '  imitations 
were  very  good,  and  elicited  hearty  applause, 
iso.  5  was  a  gipsy  troupe,  with  wagon,  fortune- 
tellers, musicians,  dsncers.  &c.  'I'bey  pitched  lueir 
tfUt  111  tbe  centre  uf  the  flour,  and  after  marching 
around  several  times  retired.  The  last  tableau 
represented  "  Strakosch'a  New  Grand  Oiitra-bonse." 
The  opera-bouse  was  a  Punch  aud  Judy  sbow.  An 
incident  of  this  tableau  was  a  cdilcature  of  tbe 
Buuuett-May  duel,  wbich  drew  forth  peals  of 
luugfater. 

At  1  o'clock  tbe  tableaux  were  over,  and  the  floor 
wad  given  up  to  dancing.  The  ball  was  now  at;  its 
heigut;  not  only  was  the  fljor  packed,  but 
even  tbe  lobbies  were  crammed,  yet  a 
more  orderly,  respectable,  and  at  the  same  time 
time  joliy  assemblage,  neter  betore  gathered  to\ 
getiier  iu  the  Academy.  Ainontr  the  guests  weruA 
nearly  every  notability  of  New-York,  New-Jersey.i 
and  JLtrooklyn.  Tbe  gatberiuK  uld  not  break  up) 
until  an  early  hour  this  morning. 


THE  UJNI0N  LEAGUE  CLUB. 


AMUsEMEyTS. 


ENGLISH  OPKRA. 
This  evening's  representation  of  "  Mlgnon" 
will  be  for  the  beuefit  of  Miss  Kellogg,  who,  we 
learn,  will  surely  appear  iu  Thomas'  tuneful  and 
popular  work.  '*  Mignon  "  baa  not  been  heard  for 
many  mouths,  and  the  anuouncement  of  its  per- 
formance will  doubtless  be  received  witb  pleasure. 
The  steady  attractiveness  of  the  opera,  and  the 
fact  too,  that  its  reproduction  offers  au  excellent 
opportunity  to  pay  a  special  tribute  to  the  talent 
and  industry  of  Miss  Kellogg,  will  probably  brine 
together  an  uncommonly  large  audience. 


MI89     ABBOTT'S   CONCERT. 

At  this  evening's  concert  at  ChiokerinK  HaU 
MLss  Abbott  will  King  a  ballad  from  "IlGuarauy" 
— a  work  quite  new  to  America — tbe  lomaoce  frotn 
"  MignoD,"  and,  with  Siguor  Brienoll,  the  duet 
"  Van  Notte  a  Venez'.a."  A  violinist  who  has  not 
yet  been  beard  iu  this  City.    Mr.    Seifert,    will   also 

take  part  io  tbe  performapce. 


THS     W  EA  THEB. 


Washinqton.  Feb.  9—1  A.  M. — Indications 
Jor  the  Middle  and  Eastern  St.tes,  norih-eatt  to 
north-v>ut  winds,  eooUr.  dear  weather,  ttationan 
followed  by  falling  barometer. 


DISCOVERY  OF  A  PLOT  TO  BREAK  JAIL. 

PocoHKEEFSiE,  Feb.  &— A  convicted  buri^r 

revealed  last  night  a  plot  which  bad  been  conoooied 

by  car  robbers  aad  others  to  break  Jail  In  this  city. 

Tbe  jailer  was  to  have  been  peppered,  gagzed,  and 

bound,  and  a  general  jail  delivery  to  follow.    Tbe 
expo»6  completely  baffled  ibeae  plans,   aud  all  eu- 

faged  in  tbe  conspiracy    were  sent  to   the^Albany 
'anttaatiary  lo-day.^ 


AN  JDDBKSS  BY  HON.   JOHN  JAY. 

HE    TAKES  THE    CHAIR  FOB    THE  FIBST  TIME 
SINCE    HIS    KLKCTION— HIS    VIRW8    ON 
NATIONAL  AND  MtTNICIPAr  QOE8TION8 — 
DISCUSSION  AS  TO  WHETHER  THE    CLUB 
8HAXL  HAVE  A  BtnLDING   OF  ITS  OWN— 
THE     MATTER     REFERRED  WITH    POWER 
TO  THE  EiECUTIVK  COMMITTEE. 
The  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  Union 
League  Club  was  held  last   eveninir,  Hon.  John 
(Tav,   tbe  President,    occupying  the  cbair  for  the 
first  time  since  his  election.    There  was  a  large  at- 
tendance, fully  300  members  being  present.    After 
the  meeting'  was  ualled  to  order,  Mr.  Jay  said: 

Gkntlkmkn:  I  pray  you  to  accept  my  sincere 
thanks  for  the  honor  of  my  re-election,  after  an  in- 
terval of  eight  years,  to  the  Fresidedcy  of  the  club. 
It  is  a  post  associated  with  names  that  thA  country 
recalls  with  reverence — the  names  of  Min- 
turn,  Sturgis,  and  Marshall.  It  has  been  filled 
since  my  departure  for  Vienna  by  that  able, 
earnest,  and  energetic  reformer,  Mr.  Schultz;  by 
our  accumDllsbed  Secretary  of  Legation  in  London, 
Mr.  Hoppio,  and  by  my  learned  and  eloquent  pre- 
decessor, to  whom  lame  has  come  so  early,  Mr.' 
Joseph  H.  Cboate.  It  is  a  post  of  responsibility,  lo 
view  of  what  tbe  club  hns  done  in  the  past  aud  of 
what  tbe  times  demand  lo  the  present  and 
tbe  future.  I  accept  it  with  the  less  hesita- 
tion from  my  confidence  in  tb<^  disposition  shown 
by  tbe  club,  aided  bv  its  able  Executive  and  other 
standine  committees  (especially  that  on  Political 
Reform)  to  accomplish  Its  dntivsa  and  its  aims,  but 
I  may  uc  tbe  xame  time  frankly  express  my  view  of 
tbe  gravity  of  your  political  and  municipal  position 
and  of  tbe  problems  of  tbe  task  before  us. 

We  are  enterini;  upon  our  second  century  with  a 
keen  appreciailoo  of  dangers  and  perplexities  tbat 
have  bat  recently  been  developed  In  tbeir  full  force, 
and  which  msoy  attribute  in  large  measure  to  tbe 
removal  of  tbe  restrictions  which  tbe  founders 
of  tbe  Bepnblic  bad  placed  upon  tba  exercise  of 
the  aufifruge.  Tbat  change  came  to  us  in  New- 
Tork  at  about  1820,  and  in  tbat  year  Mr. 
Webster  said,  "  Universal  suffrage  could  not  long 
exist  lu  a  community  where  there  was  great  ine- 
qniility  of  oronerty.  The  holders  ot  estates  would 
be  obli{;ed  in  »uch  case  in  some  wav  to  restrbln  tbe 
right  of  suffrage,  or  else  such  right  of  suffrage 
would  betore  long  divide  the  property."  Alluding 
further  to  the  fact  that  those  who  have  not  prop- 
erty cannot  ue  favorable  tu  laws  made  for  the  pro- 
tection of  property,  he  saiil :  *'  When  the 
cla!)s  erows  numerous  it  beco'iues  clamorous.  It 
looks  on  properly  as  its  prev.  and  plunder  is  natur- 
ally ready  at  all  timed  tor  violence  aud  revoluMou." 
Some  of  our  countrymen,  who  begin,  or  think  they 
have  begun,  to  despair  of  tbe  Republic,  declare 
that  no  depotism  ot  the  Old  World  would  deem 
it  safe  to  heap  upon  tbe  thrift  and  industry 
of  Us  sub.iec'.H  the  -  gisautic  burdens  imposed 
uDon  us  b.v  tbe  people  ibemseives.  They  point 
to  our  civil  war  lis  disclosing  what  bad  noc  before 
been  believed,  that  a  large  proportion  of  our  citi- 
zens at  tbe  South  and  at  the  North  were  ready  to 
dissolve  tbo  Kepnblio  if  they  could  no  lonifer  rule 
It,  and  that  in  tbeir  effirta  lor  its  overthrow 
they  were  restrained  by  no  historic  rev- 
erence for  its  Constitntiun,  by  no  devotion  to 
the  nnion  of  the  States,  bv  no  regard  fur  tbe  great 
priiiciple  of  our  Government — the  sovereignty  of 
the  people.  Tbey  point  to  our  State  election  in 
1863.  when  the  popular  will  was  defeated  by  the 
Hcuemes  deliberaieiy  planned  and  executed  in  this 
City,  for  fiilint;  tbe  ballot-boxes  with  tbe  requisite 
number  Of  fraudulent  votes.  Tbey.  point  again  to 
the  extiaurdioary  ubridgement,  or  Indeed  disap- 
pearance, of  tbe  colored  vote  in  parts  of  Missis- 
sippi, Alabamii,L,oni8iana,  aud  other  Suathern  States 
which  wore  restored  to  tbeir  ancient  and  forteiied 
rights  with  tbu  provisiun  accepted  by  them  io  the 
t'uarieeuth  ameurtiueut  of  equal  suflrace  to  the 
freedmen.  Th^y  cito  witn  disuiay  tbe  esamato  bv 
Gen.  6herirtau,  more  than  a  year  ago,  tbat  the  num- 
ber of  blacks  killed  in  Louisiana  exceedel  3,000; 
and  Mr.  Blaine's  oeclaration,  baieu  on  data 
which  he  believed  to  be  reliable,  thai 
"  there  have  been  more  '  men  murdered 
iu  the  South  sinci^  ihe  war  lor  beirg  Eeputjlicans 
than  tell  ou  th'.:  Uuion  side  in  the  three  bloodiest 
buttles  ot  tbe  war  ;"  and  that  in  what  they  called 
tuu  last  peaceful  election  iu  Mississippi  there  were 
four  times  aa  many  men  murdered  aa  in  all  tbe 
electiuDS  iu  all  the  States  fruui  tbo  time  ot  Wa.sh- 
ington  tu  tbat  of  Grant,  While  the  Eic-c- 
toral  CuiDmissioo  cannot  look  iuto  tbe  methods 
of  the  £leo total  canvass,  the  Senatorial  committee 
appoiuied  by  Judi;e  Sdmunds'  re.tolution  aod  tbu 
fourteenth  ameuameut  should  civf  us  the  truth 
on  Ibis  sad  subject,  wbich  so  nearly  involves  the 
natioual  faith.  But.  geutlemcc,  black  as  may 
be  ihe  lecent  past  wueie  the  influeuce  of  slavery 
still  lingers, '  puiuful  as  may  be  the  thought 
uf  blutiUet's  and  misiusnauemeot  lur  wbicu 
our  Government  may  have  been  responsible,  cluomy 
as  aiAy  be  souie  oi    the    features  in  our  uutiuuiil  r<> 

view  uf  the  situation,  the  members  ot  the  club  have 
faced  in  days  toue  uy  a  gloomier  outlook,  aod  have 
seeu  it  vuuisb  before  tbe  euulight  of  intellKreuce 
and  freedom.  Xhev  defeated  the  desiifu, 
openly  avowed  iu  ISpl,  to  place  New- York 
uu  ihe  side  uf  the  rejeilion,  aud  tney  maue  it 
the  livinit  centre  uf  the  national  loyalty,  despite  the 
efl»rts  ot  those  who,  m  their  sctiemu  for  ibo  <!e- 
8  ruution  ot  the  Republic,  were  bacKcd  by  the  aris- 
tocratic au  I  commercial  sympathies  of  England, 
the  ubtriendly  imperialism  of  IiVaoce.  and  thu 
world-wide,  ali-pervauioic  and  powertul  lofluence;^ 
ol  the  Church  of  Rome,  Whoje  sovereign  I'ontiff 
alone  ot  the  soveieigns  of  Europe  recoguizjd  tbo 
Suulhern  Couleuerucy  and  >eceivod  with  nuuors  I'le 
cuviiys  uf  Ml.  I'avis.  With  snub  blsrurlc  memories 
we  ueed  not  doubt  the  ability  uf  the  club  to  con- 
cenirute  now  as  then  the  ureat  moral  power,  the 
true  cuuservative  sentiment  uf  the  natiunal  Metrop- 
olis uu  tbe  side  or  tiuth  and  justice  aud  the  national 
Couscltaiiou  ;  to  ro;iiutain  lu  its  integrity  and  to  re- 
store to  its  orisiiial  punty  the  Kepublic  fuauded  by 
Wasbinscun  and  his  associates.  With  ibeaunounce- 
meutof  the  Presidential  eluctiou  wid  cummeuce  lor 
us  new  dutied.  We  have  been  assured  trom  tbe 
booth  that  with  the  election  of  the  Democratic 
caudidatw  tbe  lust  uaa»e  wuuld  bo  regaiuea  ;  and 
iu  that  case  we  shuuld  have  to  cuD.-U(ier  uur 
methods  of  cunstituuunal  oppoHitlun.  But  uther 
uud  pleasanter  duties  await  us  if,  as  we  hupa.  tbe 
Commissiou  shall  declare  what  we  an  be- 
libve,  that  Gov.  Hayes  is  tbe  Pre.<)ident  eleci,  even 
without  those  Souiheru  States  to  whose  votes  he 
was  fairly  entitled.  Under  Presideut  Hayes,  it 
would  Ub  for  tbe  club  tu  eive  him  the  lirme.st  sup- 
port and  ibe  Irankest  and  wisest.  coun!«ol  in  carry- 
ing out  tne  poliiicAl  aud  civil  service  retorm,  the 
lack  of  which  hud  almost  wrecked  the  Hepuoiiuan 
JPartv  with  its  matchless  and  heroic  record.  In  our 
Municipal  afiairs  there  are  some  cheerins  siecs. 
Tbe  report  of  Col.  Hawkins  and  tbe  able  speech  of 
Mr.  Cowdin  have  advised  tbe  community  of  tbe 
gigauiic  wrongs  already  perpetrated  upou  our  tax- 
payers and  uf  Che  dausers  that  impend.  Oar  best 
ciiizeuB  uf  all  parties  are  combining  lor  muiual  pro- 
tection, aii(i  tbe  .Uayor  aud  Controller  are  lovully 
lending  tbeir  aid  tu  correct  the  existiui; 
abuses.  Bulb  houses  of  tlie  Legislature  are  said 
to  ue  ready  to  respond  to  our  demand  for  just  leuis- 
latioo,  aud  we  look  with  confidence  to  Gov.  Robin- 
sun  fur  the  Executive  approval.  Lookiiug  to  the 
concerns  ot  the  ciub,  let  me  congratulate  you  on 
the  success  ot  the  Museum  of  Art.  It  was  une  uf 
my  last  acta  as  Presideut.  when  I  betore 
held  lue  i.fBce,  to  refer  to  tbe  Committee 
on  Art  a  memorial  from  Americans  in  Europe  on 
this  subject,  aud  tq-day  the  New-T^irk  Museum,  al- 
ready tbe  successful  rival  of  the  British  Museum  lu 
bidding  tur  rare  coilecuucs  of  thu  antique,  is  a  mon- 
ument of  tbe  public  spirit  aud  admirable  mauage- 
meut  witb  which  the  interests  of  our  people  in  too 
advancement  uf  art  have  been  cared  for  in  tuls  body. 
At  the  cltse  of  Mr.  Jay's  speech,  whictr  was  re- 
ceived with  much  applnuae,  tbe  reeular  busiuess  of 
tbe  eveuiiig  was  taken  up.  A  numuer  uf  new  mem- 
bers were  elected,  and  tbe  ciub  then  proceeded  te 
aiscuss  ibe  report  of  a  committee  ouusistinic  of 
Jackscn  S-  Sfhuitz,  Le  G.  U.  Caonon,  John  A. 
Weeks,  Richard  Butler,  John  H,  Ball,  ao- 
poiuted  to  devise  a  fiaaucial  scheme  tor 
luisiuif  tbe  necessary  funds  tor  the  purpose  uf 
coustructiug  a  building  for  the  occupariim  of  tbo 
club.  This  committee  reported  that  the  plan  for  the 
coustructinu  ol  a  clubhouse  of  the  dlmenhious  and 
with  tbe  appoiutmeiits  demanded  by  tbe  present 
membership         would  require         an        outlay 

for  building  and  fiuuiture  of  about 
i400,000-  Tbe  fund  now  in  possession 
OI  lue  Trustees  of  the  building  fond  about  ^200.000 
would  ue  adequate  for  the  purcbase  ot  a  site.  \a 
view  of  toe  peculiar  construction  and  tbe  large  cost 
ot  the  building  in  proportion  to  its  subsequent 
value  as  an  investmeuc  lur  any  other  purpuse  iban 
that  of  a  club-house,  the  committee  did  not  consider 
it  practicuble  to  pruciue  the  necessary  funds  upon 
morigane  from  outsiiie  parties,  and  lecummeuited 
that  tbe  buitding  should  be  praciioally  owned 
by  tbe  members  uf  the  club.  They  therefore 
suggested  that  a  mortgaiie  be  authorized  by  tbe 
club  upon  all  its  property,  securing  1,000  registered 
boods  of  $4UU  each,  payable  in  25  years,  bearing  iu- 
terest  at  7  pur  cent,  per  annum,  with  the  pruvisiou 
tbat  the  holders  uf  such  bonds  being  resident 
members  of  the  club  should  be  the  exclusive  elec- 
tors of  all  o£Bcei8  and  siondins  committees.  The 
number  of°  tne  bonds  would  enable  every  resident 
member  to  become  a  bondholder,  and  if  any  bonds 
Should  remain  untuken  at  the  expiration  of  six 
months,  they  might  be  distributed  at  par  among  the 
resident  members.  Each  bondholder  to  be  entitled 
to  oue  vote  for  each  bund  registered  in  his  name. 

-After  considerable  Uit^cussion,  the  report  was  laid 
on  [he  table,  and  the  whole  matter  of  tbe  renewal 
of  tbe  lease  of  the  building  now  occuided  by  tbe 
club,  or  the  propriety  of  erecting  a  buildine  of 
their  own,  was  referred  to  the  Executive  Committee 
with  power  to  act  us  they  might  deem  best  fur  tbe 
iuterests  of  the  club.  As  the  lease  of  tbe  house 
nuw  uccuoied  dues  not  expire  uutil  May  1,  1878,  tba 
committee  will  have  amule  time  to  oousiaer  tbe 

matter. 

jWhen  the  meeting  was  over  an  elegant  collation 
vnis  seived,  after  wbich  the  members  proceeded  to 
view  an  exhibition  of  flue.uil  paintings  loaned  by 
members  for  tbe  occasion. 


ILLNESS  OF  SECRJSTaRY  MORRILL. 
■Washington,  Feb.  9. — A  midnight  reoort 
of  Secretary  Mornll's  oonditioa  conveys  little, 

it  any,  eneouragement,  though  he  is  resting 
somewhat  easier  than  in  tbe  early  part  of  the 
evening.  Physicians  are  in  attendance,  and 
will  remain  during  the  night.  His  disease  seems 
to  have  taken  the  form  of  a  low  fever. 

COAL   COMBINATION   AT  PHIL  A  DELPHI. i. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  8. — It  is  stated  on  very 

reliable  autboriiv  tbat  several  informal  conferences 

have  been  held  m  this  city  between  prominent 
railroad  and  coal  men  relative  to   tbe  new  coal  eom- 

buiuUun.  and  that  oue  of  the  heaviest  stookbolueta 


in  the  Lehigh  Taliey  Railroad  Company  was  in 
New-Tork  yesterday  to  arranee  matters  there.  It 
is  also  stated  that  some  ot  tbe  Directors  of  the 
Reading  Road  favor  the  scheme,  while  Mr.  Growao, 
the  President,  opposes  it.  Nearly  all  the  operators 
In  tbe  Lehigh  'Valley  region  •  have  signed  an  agree- 
ment to  limit  prodaction.  Several  prominent  eoal 
men  were  here  today,  but  it  is  not  known  tbat  a 
meetkig  was  beld. 


THE  BRITISH  PARLIAMENT. 


TflB  SESSION  OPENED  BY  THE  QUEEN  IN 
PEKSON — A  BRILLIANT  ASSEMBLAGE — 
HER  MAJKSTY'S  SPEECH  IN  FCLIr— 
NOTHING  SAID  ABOUT  EXTRADITION. 
LOKQON',  Feb.  8.— The  session  of  the  British 
Parliament  for  1877  was  opened  by  her  Majesty 
the  Queen  in  person  t-o-day.  The  weather  was  fair 
and  mild.  Her  Majesty  left  Buckingham  Palace 
shortly  after  1  o'clock  in  tbe  royal  state  carriage, 
attended  by  a  brilliant  suite.  The  royal  escort  was 
composed  of  a  detachment  of  tbe  household  troops. 
Cer  Majesty  alighted  at  tbe  Peers'  entrance  of  tbe 
Parliament  Building,  where  she  was  received  by 
the  Deputy  Lord  Great  Chamberlain,  [Lord  Ave- 
land,J  aud  tbe  great  officers  of  State,  and  conducted 
into  the  House  of  Lords.  The  Prince  and  Princess 
of  Wales  were  present,  and  there  was  a  brilliant  as- 
semblage of  ladies.  All  the  foreign  Miuisters  and  tbe 
Chinese  aod  tfapanese  Emba^isies  were  also  present. 
Tbe  Earl  of  Beaconsfield  cairied  tbe  sword  of  state 
before  tbe  Queen.  Tbe  Marquis  of  Salisbury  was 
not  present.  After  her  Majesty  had  taken  her 
place  on  tbe  throne  tbe  Lord  .High  Chancellor  read 
the  royal  speech,  as  folloiys : 

Mt  Lobds  and  Gentlemen  :  Witb  much  satis- 
faction I  acain  resort  to  ihe  advice  aod  assistance 
of  my  -E^trliament.  The  hostilities  which  boiore  tbe 
close  of  last  session  of  Parliament  had  broken  out 
between  Turkey  on  tbe  one  band  and  Servia  and 
Monteuettro  on  the  other,  euKased  my  most  serious 
attention,  and  I  anxiously  waited  for  theopportuuity 
when  my  good  offices,  together  with  those  of  my 
allies,  might  be  usefally  Interposed.  This  oppor- 
tunity presented  itselt  by  the  solicitation  ot  Servia 
fur  our  media  ion,  the  oS-n  of  which  was  ulti- 
mately entertained  by  the  Porte.  In  the  course  uf 
ueeotiatiuns  I  deemed  it  expedient  to  lay  down, 
und  io  concert  with  tbe  other  powers,  submit  to 
tbe  Porte  certain  bases  upon  which  I  beld  that  not 
only  peace  might  bo  brou^ibt  about  with  the  Princi- 
palities, but  that  a  permanent  pacification  of  the 
disturbed  provinces,  iiiclnding  Balsaria,  and  the 
amelioration  of  tbeir  conoiiioo  might  be  effected. 
Agreed  to  by  tbe  powers,  they  reauired  to  be  ex- 
pHnded  and  worked  out  by  negotiation,  or  by  a  con- 
ference accomnaiiiei  by  au  armisilce.  Tbe  Porte, 
tboU-ib  not  accepting  the  liases  and  proposing  other 
terms,  wa»  willing  to  submit  them  to  the  equitable 
consiueraiiun  of  tbe  powers.  While  proceediUE  to 
aoi  in  this  mediation,  I  thuuicbt  it  right',  after  an  in- 
quiry iuto  the  facts,  to  denounce  to  tbe  Porte  the 
excesses  ascertained  to  have  been  committed  in 
Bulgaria  aud  to  exprei's  my  reprobatiou  of  their 
perpetrators.  An  armistice  being  arran£:ed.  the 
coiitereuce  met  at  Coustantmople  for  the  considera- 
tion of  extended  terms  in  accoruauce  with  the  origi- 
nal bases,  in  which  conference  I  was  represented  by 
n  special  envoy  as  well  as  by  my  Ambassador  to 
Turkey.  In  taking  these  steps  my  object  has 
throuiihout  been  to  maintain  tbe  peace  of  Europe 
and  bring  about  better  government  of  tbe  disturbed 
provinces  without  inftingingupou  tbe  independence 
and  inlcirrity  of  tbe  Ottoman  Empire.  Tbe  prooo- 
sals  recommended  by  myeelt  and  allies  have  not,  I 
regret  lo  sav,  been  accepted  by  tbe  Porte,  but  the 
result  uf  tbe  conference  has  been  to  sbow  tbe  exist- 
euceof  a  general  agreement  among  theEurooean 
powers  which  cannot  fail  to  have  a  material  effect 
upou  the  couditiou  and  Government,  of  Tnrlfey 
Meantime  the  armistice  between  Turkey  and  her 
PrliKiDalities  has  beeu  prolouged,  aud  is  slill  unex- 
pired, and  may,  I  trust,  yet  lead  to  the  cunclasion 
of    an    honoraule   peace.     In    these  aflairs,  X  have 

acted  iu  cordial  cu-operatiou  wiio  my  allies,  witb 
whom,  as  with  other  loreign  poweis,  my  relatiuns 
coutiuae  to  be  of  a  frieudly  character.  The  papers 
on  these  subjects  will   be  torthwith  laid  before  you. 

My  assumption  of  tbe  imperial  title  at  Delhi  was 
Welcomed  bv  the  chiefs  aud  people  of  India  with 
professions  of  atJection  and  loyalty  mosit  grateful 
tu  my  feelings.  It  is  with  deep  regret  I  have  to 
announce  a  calamity  in  tbat  part  of  my  domin- 
iouN,  wbi"h  will  demaad  the  must  earnest  watch- 
fulness  on  the  part  of  my  Governmeni/  there. 
A  famine  nut  less  serious  than  tbat  of  1873 
has  over.ipread  a  large  portion  of  the  Presidencies 
uf  Iiladras  aud  Bombay.  I  am  confident  every  re- 
source will  b>^  employed,  not  merely  in  the  arrest 
of  this  present  famine,  but.  in  o'oUtiniug  fresh  ex- 
perieuce  for  the  preveotiou  or  mitigation  of  such 
visitations  for  tbe  future. 

The  prospetl.y  aud  progress  of  my  colonial  Em- 
pire remain  nnchuoited,  although  the  proceedings 
of  the  Goveromout  of  the  Transvaal  Republic,  and 
tht5  hostilities  in  wbich  it  has  engaged  with  neigh- 
boriuif  tribes,  have  caused  some  soprehensious  for 
the  SJiiety  of  my  subjects  in  South  Africa.  I  trust, 
howbv-ir,  that  the  measures  which  I  have  taken 
will  sulh  -o  to  prevent  any  serious  evil. 

Geuilumen  of  the  House  ot  Commons,  I  have  di- 
rected tue  estimates  ol  this  year  to  be  prepared  and 
preseuted  to  you  withonc  dslay. 

My  Lords  and  gentlemen,  bills  relating  to  the 
Uoiversicies  of  Oxford  and  Cambiidge  and  for 
amenaiug  the  law  as  to  bankruptcy  and  letters 
patent  lur  inventions  will  be  laid  befure  vou.  Ton 
will  be  asked  to  cousiitute  one  Supreme  Court  of 
Juiiicatuie  in  Ireland,  aud  to  conter  sn  equitable 
.jurisdiction  on  the  Counry  Courts  uf  that  country. 
I  comrai^nd  to  you  these  and  other  measures  which 
may  be  submitted  fur  your  consideration,  and  trust 
tbat  t.ie  bleasinjs  ot  the  Almighty  wiU  attend  your 
labors  and  direct  your  off  iria. 


PETERKIS.— On  Wednesdav.  fell.  7,  HAXSASvr 
wife  of  Joliu  Peterkiti.in  the  56th  year  of  her  aee. 

Keistives-and  fHends  are  invited  to  attend  tbefu 
neral  trom  ber  iate  residence.  Mo.  40  Lee  av..  comer  of 
Wilson  St.,  Brooklyn,  S.  D.,  on  Saturday,  the  1  Otb  lust.. 
at  1:3U  o'clock  F  to 

SUITU.— On  VCednesilay.  Feb.  7,  B'lraT  B.  Skitb. 
D.  D.,  LL.  D..  ia  the  62d  year  of  his  a«ce. 

Funeral  services  at  the  Chtirch  of  the  Corenant, 
(Rev.  Ur.  Vincent's.)  comer  Park  av.  and  36th  St.,  oo 
l<nday,  9th  inst.,  at  3  P-  M. 

The  Directors'  yaculty,  Alumni,  and  students  oi 
the  Union  Th  eoloirical  tieminary,  the  Facu)tie«  ol 
other  institutions,  and  the  clergy  generally,  will  meet 
in  thelectnie-room  ot  the  Madisou  Square  Church  at 
1:30  o'clock  Friday  afternoon  to  attenti  the  fuaeral  of 
Bev.  Dr.  Henry  B.  Smith. 

WELLS.— At  Koseviiie,  IT.  J.,  suddenly,  on  Wednea- 
day.  Feb.  7,  ISlsakob,  wife  of  Lindsey  J.  Wells,  in  tbe 
47th  year  of  her  age. 

Funeral  gervices  will  be  held  at  her  late  residence, 
on  Saturday,  the  10th  inst,  at  10  A.  M.  Carrlarei 
-nill  be  in  waiting  at  UoseviUe  Station  on  arrival  of  the 
th  10  A.  M.  train  from  Barclay  Street  Kerry.  Intermen' 
at  Green-Wood  Cemetery. 

WHITE.— On  Fifth  day.  morning.  8th  inpt.-  F.mia 
BETH  B.,  daughter  of  William  C.  and  the  late  Mary  B 
White,  iu  the  5Bth  year  of  her  orb. 

Mer  remalua  will  be  taken  to  Sbrewsbury  on  Seventf 
day,  (Saturday,  XOlh  iust, )  morning. 


True  epicnreanism  is  true  good  sense,  or,  in 
other  words,  the  most  thoughtful  and  virtuous  peo- 
ple never  lail  to  Rratiiy  all  their  jusr  aud  proper  de- 
sires ■witnlii  reasuu-  This  cIhhs  will  be  ttie  moat  con- 
stant patrons  of  H.  T.  uabbitt's  Toilbt  Soap,  which 
is  the  purest  toilet  article  iu  the  marltet. — Advertise- 
ment. 

jf'oit  Immediate  Relief  of  Coughs  ./lnd  Colds 
use  the  popular  remedy,  Foktbk's  BAL:iAK. — Advertise- 
mint. 


Wilbor's  Cod  l.iver  Oil  and  Lime.— The rrieuds 
of  peiooiis  who  have  been  restored  from  confirmed 
Consumption  by  the  use  of  this  onginal  preparatiou, 
nuci  tiie  (jraietui  oarties  themsflves.  have,  bv  recom- 
mending it  anu  acknowledstu);  its  wonderful  eflScaey, 
givcu  tue  ariicie  a  vas  popularity  iu  ^ew-l!;llgland. 
ihe  COLi  LIVisR  OIL  18  in  this  comuioatioa  roboed  ot 
it3  uupleasaiit  taste,  aud  rendered  doubl  y  eflFective  in 
beiiif!  couoled  with  tbe  lime,  which  is  itself  a  restora- 
tive principle,  supplying  nature  with  just  the  assist- 
ance rt'quiiedtu  heat  and  reform  the  Ciseused  la>iKs. 
A.  B.  WiLliOK,  boatou,  proprietor.  Sola  by  all  drug- 
giats. 

Vou   need    not    suffer    witb    Dyspensia    or 

Headaihc,  if  you  will  use  .  AKh.tu,'S  til.\uiiK  i'uNIo. 
It  is  the  only  effic&ciuu!>  remedy  for  these  distressing 
ills. 

flails.  Parties,  Weddincs,  i^now,  and  Kain. 

—Bool'.'  aim   tSrtOKS  Tor   ualis  and  parties:    INUlA- 
KUBUbilS  for  saow  and  r^iiu.  MIliLhlR  St.  CO.. 
So.  3  Union  square. 

A  Pleasant  as  well   ajs  Prompt 

Method  of  reuiovini  symptoms  of  colic  exhibited  by 
children  is  to  give  allLK  OF  MaG.VESIA. 


Rverdetl's,    30d    Broadway,   clcirant    Wed- 

IJINU  aud  Ball    Cards,   h'oveiici    Sole  fapers,    Coat  of 
Arms,  lowest  prices.  

Pomeroy's  irusscs-By  far  the    Best  in  Use. 

Ash  your  oUisician.  i'o.dRKOir  I'liUsii  c'O..  T-tB  li'way. 


KKLLT-PEyroN— .\t  the  reside  ce  of  tbe  bride's 
parents,  Port  Chester,  N.  Y.,  on  Thursday,  Feb.  8. 
lo7  ;",  by  Rev.  Ch  irles  Fletcher,  Kicbard  B.  Kbllt,  of 
New-Vork.  to  liTTta,  dau^hterof  William  K.  Peyton. 

PAIjE — PiKRso.S. — On  the  evening  of  Wednesday, 
Jan.  31,  1877,  in  the  Frduklin  •Street  Presbyterian 
Church,  Baltimore.  MO,,  b.  Rav.  Dr.  William  U-  Murk- 
Iniid,  Sev.  ur.  W.  \V.  Paob,  Pastor  of  the  ^ew-Yo^k 
Prestjyterlau  Church,  Hew-i'orK.  to  Miss  Lizzib  M., 
dau.hter  of  the  late  itcv.  iV-  n.  fiersou. 

KObEdTa— PiiTTIT,— .\t  Hempsttad,  Lone  Island,  on 
Wednesday.  Feb.  7,  .1877.  at  the  residence  of  the 
bride's  parents,  oy  Hev.  ur.  Moore,  Gbokob  U.  Rob- 
erts, Jr..  to  Mariab  Pkttit,  dauj(hter  of  Tounsand  B. 
Pet  it,  iisq. 

^"St.  Louts  papers  pl-ase  copy. 


3=>IlilX>_ 

ALL'KN.— .\t  \ew-Haven.  Conn,  on  Tuesday  morning, 
Feb.  a,  Harribt  e..  .wite  ot  William  u.  Allen,  and 
dauxbter  ot  iienry  Tr  tWbridste. 

Tbe  funeral  will  tate  place  from  her  late  residence, 
No.  t)9  Giove  st,  on  Thursday,  the  8th  inst..  at  '^ 
o'cloclt  P  M. 

AT  WOOD.— Feb.  8,  1877,  Mrs.  Rkbkcca  Qodprbt, 
relict  of  Copt.  Uavid  Atwood,  of  Chatham,  Mass.,  in 
the  7Bth  year  of  her  age. 

Funeral  at  the  house  of  her  son-in-law,  E.  W.  Davis, 
No.  9&i  bexinicton  av  .  Sunday  at  2  o'cloclc  P.  M.  Rela- 
tives and  f (lends  invited  to  attend  without  further  no- 
tiee. 

CARMB.R.— On  Thursday,  Feb.  8,  Mart  Philui>8, 
wife  ot  Lewis  a.  Caimer  and  dauzhter  of  the  'ate  wm. 
H-  Phillips,  of  Llmlra,  N-  Y. 

Funeral  services  Saturday,  tbe  10th  inst,  at  No.  98 
Joralemou  si.,  Brooklyn,  at  2  o'clock  P.  M. 

PENNlfS.- Suddenly,  ou  Feb.  8,  Thokas  Dsxnis,  in 
tne  64th  year  of  his  age. 

Nonce  ot  inneral  he.eafter. 

GORUON— on  Wednesday,  7thlnaT...  Eliea  P.  GoR- 
Dox,  widow  01  Adam  (jordou.  of  .Vew-Brunswick,  N.  J. 

Funeral  seivlces  at  H):iHl  o'clock  A.  M.  on  Saturday, 
10th  iust,  at  No.  136  LeTlmrt  m  av.  The  remains  will 
be  taken  to  Netv-Brunswiclc  for  interment,  and  funeral 
services  will  be  held  at  Christ  Church.  Kew-cruus- 
Wick,  ut  2: 16  P.  M.  on  Satturday,  lUth  iust. 

HKSDrtiCKSON.— on  Thursday.  Feb.   8,    of  scarlet 

fever.  fAVu  JoNBs,   oldest   aud   only   surviving    son  of 
Asa  V.  and  if.  W.  J.  Hendricksou.  in  the  7th  year  of  bis 
age. 
Relatives  and  ftlends  of  the  family  are  Icvited  toat- 

tend  the  tuueial  services  at  the  residence  of  his  fath- 
er. No.  14^  Monroe  et.,  Brooklyn,  Saturday  at  11 
A.  M. 

LoMO.—On  Thursday  afternoon,  at  her  residence, 

So.  602  West  22d  kU,  Urs.  iSarah  Lomo,  aiced  6t)  years 
and  a  EDODtns- 
Notioe  of  luneral  hereafter. 

MA3uN.-0n  Thursday,  Feo.  8.  1877,  Jaxe  Masoh, 
relict  of  the  late  GcO.  Jiason.  affed  62  years. 

Relatives  and  friends  are  respectfullv  invited  to  at- 
tend tbe  runeral  Irom  iier  late  residence.  No.  S&U  2a 
av..  OU  .Saturday  at  1  o'clock. 

WACDONi'UUH.- Ou  Feb.  6,  Mart  A.eldest  datiah- 
ter  ot  tbe  late  Cornelias  and  Sarah  Macdonouzh. 

The  relatives  auu  fnends  of  the  family  are  lavltea  to 
attend  the  funeral  on  Friday,  tue  9th  inst,  at  10 
O'clock  from  the  residence  of  her  brother-in-law.  T.  M. 
Bristol,  NO.  Itfd  West  2'.id  St.,  without  fortlier  invita- 
tion 

N IKBOHS.— Thursday,  8th  inst.  BiufA,  wife  of  Fraley 
C.  Niebnhr. 

■  Pnends  and  relatives  are  invited  to  attend  the  fu- 
neral on  Saturday,  lOtb  inst,  atSo'clook  from  Jlot 
3»6  Clinton  uv..  Brooklyn. 

O.sBOtt.Nfi.— At  Auburn,  N.  T..  Thursday.  8th  Inst, 
Florrncb,  d.-vu^ter  of  David  M.  and  fflisA  w.  Osborne, 

ageu  '^u  years. 

if'uaexaiiiaiacaay,  LOth,  at  a  P.  "* 


Notice  is  hereby  Kiven  to  all  persons  hariuK  relft 
tlves  or  frieniiB  buried  in  the  vaults  formerly  beionipni 
to  the  Retormed  Presbyterian  Churcn,  oiirner  ol 
Prince  and  Marlon  ste..  this  Citv.  that  the  preseni 
owners  of  said  property  have  obtained  permissi  i 
from  tbe  Board  ot  Health  to  remove  said  remains  t( 
Maple  GrOTe  CemetPry,  Long  Island,  for  rehiierment 
Intormatiou  can  t>e  hod  of  Ch  irles  J.  bny,  No.  23  Weal 
12th  St.- Dated  New-York,  Feb.  8.  1877. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


OF.nCES    TO    L.KT 

IN   THB 

VIJMES  BVIL.D1NQ. 

APPJLY  TO 

ti£ORGe  JONES. 
TIAIBS  OFFICE. 


THB  iMESSKSJ.  L.EAVITT.  AacCioneera. 

FINE  ART  SALE, 

MONDAY  AND  TUESDAY  EVENINGS.  Feb.  12   and  1S_ 

now  on  exhibition  free,  day  and  evening,  at 

the-Ait  Rooms,  No.  817  Broadway, 

PRIVATE  COLLECTION 
of  fine  Modern  Paintinits,  very  many  of  extraordln<ir) 
merit— uesirable  and  beaatifdl  pictures.  Amane  them 
mav  be  mentioned  W.  H.  Beard's  tamous  "  Bears  <>aa 
Bender,"  tor  which  the  owner  paid  $5,000;  "PauJ 
Weber's  Monastery  on  Lake  Magtrinri."  exhibited  in 
the  nrinclpal  cities  of  this  country  with  great  8Uoo*>b8, 
a. id  for  which  $9,000  was  refused;  a  superb  pictuife 
by  Ue  Jongne,  "EEVEitIB:  also,  byPl.SCdARl; 
•■DRESSING  FOE  THE  BALL,"  EOBBE,  the  fines! 
specimen  ever  seen  in  this  country;  VAN  H.VK.  at 
artiet  whose  works  are  veiy  uncommon  in  this  coun- 
try, '  THE  HAPPY  MOTHER;"  also  grand  example* 
by  Garland,  Guillemiu,  B.iron,  De  Haas,  M.  T.  H., 
Jules  Goupil,  Casiiear,  Ferrari,  J.  G.  Brown,  T.  W. 
Wood,  Staufleld,  C  R.  Leslie.  Koller,  Leeminais>  and 
very  many  others,  the  whole  Well  deserving  the  atten- 
lon  of  buyers  and  lovers  of  eood  pictures. 

eOHC  OPifLVE  NOTICE. 

Tbe  foreijm  maiis  tor  the  week  endinj;  Feb.  10, 
1877,  will  close  at  this  office  on  Tuesday  at  9  A.  H., 
for  Europe,  by  bteam-shio  Wyoming,  via  Queenstown; 
on  Wednesdav  at  9  A.  M..  tor  Burope,  by  steam-ship 
Algeria,  via  Queenstown:  on  Thuraday  at  11:30  A.  M., 
for  Kurope,  by  steam-sbip  Frisla,  via  Plymouth,  Cher- 
bou^e.  and  Hamburg;  on  tsaturdayat  11  A.  AL.  tor 
Scotland  aod  the  North  of  Ireland  by  Steam-ahlp  Bo- 

bvia.  via  Moviile  and  Glasi^ow.  aud  at  T]:.S0  A.  M.,  for 
Germany,  by  steam-ship  Rbine,  via  Sontbamotou  and 
Bremen,  (correspondence  for  Great  Britain  and  France 
to  be  forwarded  by  this  steamer  mnst  be  specially  ad- 
dressed.) and  at  1'2  M..  for  Europe,  by  steam-ship 
Adriatic,  via  Qaeenatown,  (correapondenc*  for  Ger- 
many and  France  to  be  forwarded  by  this  steamer 
must  be  specially  ad  dressed,  l  audat  12^1.  for  Fiaucedi 
rect, by  steam-sbip  Labrador, via  Havre.  Tbe  steam-sbioa 
Wyoming,  Algeria,  ami  Adri:itic  do  not  take  mails  for 
Denmark,  S'tvedeo.  aud  Norway.  The  mails  for  Nas- 
sau, N.  P.,  will  lep-ve  New-Kork  FeS.  14.  The  mails 
fur  the  West  Indies,  via  Bermuda  and  St.  Thomas. 
wiU  leave  New-rork  Feb.  15.  The  mails  for  China 
aud  Japan  will  leave  .San  Francisco  Fet>.  16.  The 
mails  tor  Australia,  tic.,  will  leave  tjan  Francisco  Feb 
28.  V.  L.  JAU8S,  Postmaster; 

NBw-YoBK,  Feb.  2,  1877. 


A  CARU. 

The  undersigned  takes  pleasure  in  publicly  expresa 
lug  hia   thanks  to   the  following  named  fire  Insurance 
ccmpanies  for  their   promptness  in  settling  loss  occa- 
Bioueil  by  fire  at  my  establishment  on  the  IkC  inst: 
NATIO.NAL,  hQUITAaLE, 

SAFEGUARD.  CITIZENS. 

AbM.  BOGAEDUS, 
Photographer,  No.  872  Broadway,  corner  18th  st. 
For  tbe  satisfaction  of  the  many  intetestetl  1  stats 
my  large  collection  of  registered  nei^atives  remains 
uninjured.  One  skyligUt  is  now  in  use  as  U8ual,  aai 
the  repairs  lu  the  large  lifibt  will  be  completed  in  > 
lew  days. 

ICiaXlNti     ANO    HKATIiNU     WITH    tiAs* 

or  Oil  a  soeciolty  at  BARTLETrs,  the  City  Boule- 
vard and  Sti-eet  Lamp  Depot.  No.  619  Broa  way,  Xew- 
York.  The  latest  aod  best  Lamps  tur  all  uses.  "  Stu- 
dent" or  Library  Lamps  ft  om  $2  upward.  Reflectio?, 
Gas,  and  Uil  Heatlag  jscoves.  All  styles  Ga»  Burners, 
a  new  kind  with  Self  Re<:alator.     Eximi^ie  thera. 


CDl/GHS,  HOAli.««ENK.S,««,  AND  ALL  U.SKAmiS 
•it  the  throat  ami  lunsR.  Soesdv  and  certain  cure. 
No  family  siiould  be  without  it  HEGEMA.N'S  TOL0 
AND  LIVERWORT  EXPECTORANT,  bold  oy  all  diug- 
giats.    Only  5(ic.  per  bottle. 


RSTCAKT    WlL.l.l9i.    ATTOaNfiy    AM* 
•  Counst-lor  at   Law,  Notary  Pubhc.  No.  1S2  Broad- 
way, Room  No.  4.  New-lork. 

N   B.—specitkl attention  paid  to   settling    "estates, 
convevaocing,  aud  City  and  county  coUeciion. 


HOW  TO  >IAKE  i..ACK— WITH  250  ILLCS. 
trations, — Samples  anu  price,  size  of  braids,  dOc 
post  free.  .Mme.  GURNEY  it  CO..  Lace  .Mauufacturers 
and  Imoorters  of  Braids,  No.  7  Broadway,  Ncw-Xork, 
and  iNo.  186  Atlantic  St..  Brooklyn. 

LECTRIC  BELTS.— A  NRW,  CHEAP,  PEKPBCT 
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__NEW^UBIJOATIONR__ 

NK  W  BOOKS-TEUS  AIOK.NlNt}. 

1.— OFFENBACH  IN  AMERICA.    Translated  from 

the  Pans  advance  sheets $1  50 

2.— ANNALS  OK  A  BABY.    A  companion  to  "  Hel- 
en's Babies"..... , 6C 

S.— SPIRITDALtSTS     AND     DETECTIVES.      By 

ALLAit  PixkssTOK,  tbe  Chicago  dt;tective. 1  60 

4.— OUT  OF  THE  CAGa    A  new  novel  by  G.  W. 

Owen 1  50 

G.  W.  CAELETON  t  CO..  Publishers,  New-York. 

KISMET.  f 

•A  NILE  NOVEti. 

"'ELimet'  is  indeed  a  ueUchtfUl  story,  the  bestow 
the  series  undoubtedly." 

4th  1,000  now  ready. 


ANNALS  OF  A  BaBIT. 

Five  thousand  copies  of  this  cbarmiug  little  book,  a 
companion  to  "  Helen's  Babies,"  have  been  alreadj 
sold.  The  sixth  thousand  is  now  printine.  Price,  6U 
cents.  G.  W.  CAELETON  &  CO.,  Publishers. 

KJS.tlET. 

"  Well  I  have  read  *  Kismet,'  and  it  is  certainly  verj 
remarkable.  The  story  is  interesting— any  well-told 
love  story  is,  you  know— but  the  book  itself  is  a  ffreat 
deal  more  so.  Descriptively  aud  sentimentally — I  use 
the  word  with  entire  respect — it  Is,  in  spots,  fairly  ex- 
quisite. It  seems  to  me  all  glowing  and  overflowing 
with  what  the  French  call  beavt^  du  dictble.  »  *  • 
The  conversations  are  very  clever,  and  tbeVit  is  often 
astonishingly  like  the  wit  of  an  accomplished  man  ol 
the  woild.  One  thine  which  seems  to  me  to  show  prom- 
ise— areat  promise,  if  you  will— tor  the  future  is  that 
the  autbnr  cRn  not  only  reproduce  the  couversatiou  of 
one  brilliant  man,  but  can  make  two  men  talk  together 
as  it  they  were  men — not  women  in  manly  clothes." 


OFFBNBACH'S  NBW  BOOK.  ON 

America  is   exciting  an  immense  amount  of  amuse- 
meut.      It    is   full    of    the   richest    personaUries   and 
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iUlS  (Friday)  EVSNINU.  at  8  o'clock. 
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COMMERCIAL  AFJ^AIBa, 


^  ,  ,      W»w-T<mK.  Tbnwdar.  P«U.  8.  1877. 

rbe  ncelpts  or  tba  pnnoipAi  kiuos  ot  Prodaoe  ila*? 
PUT  Isit  haTQ  b«en  »a  lollotr*  < 


Aahes,  pUg... 
Bolhnn,  bar»......_ 

Beans,  bbu. l!d52 

t-'otton.  Dales. .>.  I,6i8 

r,  S.  Cake,  bsgt.  ■— 

C.  8.  Oil,  bbls. 

Copper,  bbU 

iTied  Prait,  p»». 

X(«t.bbts. 

Floor.  bbiB 

Wbeat.bnabeiB.. 

Corn, busbeU 

U«t«.   boshei* 

£70.  bushels , 

Malt,  bnsbels.... 

Peas,  bushels 1,703 

Gnus-Med,  bacrs 1.26U 

flax-seed,  oatrs 40 

Corn-meal.  bbU 1,000 

BuckWtFlonr.pfcs..  326 
B.  W.  Flour,  boahels.  400 
Oat-meal,  bbU. 100 


2P 


8C0 

...       100 

18 

..       241 

...      889 

...U,88!i 

...  S.200 

...69,693 

...14.766 

1.878 

3,630 


BIdM.  No ^  219 

Hides,  bales 1.065 

t/«»tBer.  sia«s....k.'.  8,480 

MolMsn,(i'f.a.)bbls  46 

OilHiAke.  vks. 1,189 

Fork.  ptal. 010 

«eot  pbs ,..,.  Z'it 

Cat.m««t«,  pka.....  6.678 

Orease,  pbs., 261 

Un».  Bk8...r 1.199 

Laid.  kegs.... 276 

stowrtne,  pks ~.  26 

Bntt«r.  dKb.... 2,474 

Cbeese,  pka 1.612 

TaUo\r,  pks 380 

DTOsaed  Hon.  No...  I. Ill 

Btaron.  bxs 4.033 

ndns,  bales 18 

Tea,  half  cbesu....  30 

Tobaooo.  hhds 44 

Tobacco, bxs.  ties..  S46 

Whisky,  bblB. 1.811 


.Hops.bales 639  ffoQl,o»les... ......        62 

COPPEE— A  very  moderate  call  has  been  noted  fop 
raDDlies,  with  prices  quoted  weak  within  jester-iay'a 
rsDge.  Sales  were  reported  ot  4,0UO  bags  ttlo  bj  the 
Flying  Scad,  and  l.BUff  baga  do,  by  th*  Kd.  JobBMB, 
on  private  t«rnis. 
COTTON— Has  been   Inactive  for  early  dellrerr  at 

former  rates Ordinary  Quoted  to-day  at  11   1-lBo.® 

r.L^"i?*=-o;,  ^°'^    Mlddllnjj,   121*0. ■aia^c:    Mladllnjr. 

I2!'4c.@12''i9c Sales     were    officially    reported,    for 

prompt  deUvery,  ot  760  bales,  (of  which  280  bales 
Were  on  last  eTeoloK,)  all  to  spinners And  for  for- 
ward dellTery  business  has  been  on  a  moderate  scale  at 
Brmer  prices.. ..Bales  f.avs  been  reported  since  our 
last  ot  24,500  bales,  of  which  3,200  baJes  were  on 
last  CTeninif  and  19,800  bales  to-day.  with  1,500 
bales  on  the  calls,  on  the  basis  of  Jiiddlln{c.  wito  Febnt- 
jry  options  ctoaing  at  12  11-160.:   March.  12  29-32c.® 

12  15-16C.;  April.  ISiflC.;  May.  13  9-32o.® 
1.1   6- 16c.:      June,    13    15-32c.:      July,    13    9-16c® 

13  19-32C.:  Aiieust,  13V-:  Ueotember. 
13  9-32c.®13  11-32C;  Octooer,  12  i5-16c.'®13c.; 
Noyember.  12  13-16c:  December.  123*c@12  13-16c, 
jr  ID.,  sliowtne  an  advanoo  of  l-16o.a3-32c; 
r'iD..  closing  film..... The  receipts  at  this  port  to-day 
were  1,64.3  bales,  and  at  the  shipDing  porta  10.220 
bales.  aKaUist  23,197  bales  same  day  last  week,  and 
thus  far  thia    week    116,676     bales.   agBinst   119- 

661     bale's     same     time      >la8t      -week The     re- 

elots  at  the  shlpplnu  ports  since  Bent.  1,  1876, 
hare  been  3.257,31»  bales,  against  .S,161,379  bales 
tor  ths  correapoDdtD^  time  in  the  precadlns 
Cotton  year.. ..Consolidated  exports  "(dye  days)  for 
Great   Britain,  Irom  all  the  sbippine    ports,   60,659 

bales;  to  the  Continent,  27.028  bales Stock   in  Mew- 

Tork  toKlay,  269.483  bales  i  oonsolidated  stock  at  the 
yorts,  890.847  bales. 

oTosflw  Priets  of  Cotton  in  Ktw-Yort. 

Uplands.  Alabama.      K.  <.*.       Texas. 

Ortllnary 111-16    111-16    113-16    118-16 

6tnctOt<iniary...ll7-16    117-16    119-16    113-16 

Oood  Ordinary... 11 13.18  11 13-16  11 16-18  11 15-16 

Strict  OoodOrU...  12  1-16     12  1.16    12  3-16    12  3-16 


Low  Middlinz....l2^ 
B&Tiottow  Uid....l2^ 

ItlddUnir 12Ji 

Bood  sudalln*...13 
Strict  Oood  Mld..l«i4 

M*ddhoK  Fair. 13^ 

Fair. ....„14i^ 


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laia 
12\ 
18 
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Staintd. 


ViH 

12% 

12"^ 

12^8 

12»8 

I'-i'a 

13% 

13>e 

13*8 

\3H 

13>l» 

IS^Vl 

U>a 

14 'a 

dUn«t.. 

11«8 

r 

12i« 

aood  Ordinary., ..1011.16iliow  MiddUnjt 
^trtctGood  ofd 116-16  iHiddluyr..., 

FLOUB  AND  UEA[<— A  moderate,  demand  was  re- 
ported to-day  for  State  and  Western  Moor,  mainly 
from  home  trade  sources,  and  In  good  part,  as  on  yes- 
terday, for  ilinnesota  Kxtras  and  desirable  Winter 
Wheat  trade  and  family  Kxtras,  prices  of  which  were 
seneiaUy  quoted  firm.  Some  call  noted  for  low  (trade 
Minaesoca  Extras,  for  shipment.  Superdne  and  nn- 
sonnd  Flour  attracted  considerable  atteacion  at  nu- 
changed  quotations.  Olty  Mill  Kxtras  and  regtilar 
shipping  lixtras  wore  lightly  dealt  In.  the  export  in- 
quiry havlni;  be<in  very  tame.  Values,  however, 
were  quoted  generally  as  before,  with,  in  the 
Instance  ot  City  Mill  £xiras,  suited  to 
tbe  West  Indies,  rather  more  steadiness,  the  local 
millers  uflering  suppUos  of  this  class  reservedly. ..Sales 
have  been  reported  since  our  laat  ot  ll.lUO  bois.  of  aU 
erades.  iiiciudine  uasound  Flour  at  S3  50'SS6  76;  (of 
wbich  550  bbls.  upsoimd  Extras  at  S6^$6  76  ;]  Honi 
Flour  at  S4  50®$6  75;  verv  poor  to  choice  No,  2  at 
$4  -.25'3>S5,  cbieftvat  S4  50d»$4  8d;  very  poor  to  cboicn 
Superfine  Western,  S6  3&®$6  75.  ma-nlv  at  S5  653> 
$6  73.  with  very  fancy  do..  Winter  Wheat  product, 
quoted  to-day  at  $6  asked,  and  $t>  90  bid,  Abnt  with- 
out further  sales;)  poor  to  good  Bxtra  8tate, 
So  75aiS6;  good  to  choice  da  at  et>®S6  30: 
City  MUls  Extra,  abloplng  grMes,  $6  90'9$7  10. 
nearly  all  for  West  Xndiei,  on  tbe  basis  ot  S6  70 
"SS?  10  for  eood  to  very  choice,  and  quoted 
at  $8®$8  60  lor  very  good  to  strictly  fancy,  for 
the  South  Amenoao  trade,  sad  quoted  nomtoaliy 
at  $6  90  asked  tor  braods  suited  to  the  Kngllsh 
trade,  (bids  for  which  contmued  much  under  this  rate;)- 
very  Interior  to  good  shipping  Kxtra  Western, 
$5  75^$6:  good  to  choice  do.,  $63'$6  30; 
very  poor  to  very  choice  Western  Trade  and  Family 
£xtra.  Spring  Wiieat  stock,  $6  15'S>$8  50  :  Infenor  to 
very  choice  do.  do..  Bed  and  Amber  Winter  Wheat 
stock,  at  $t>  25'9$8  50;  part  mr  shipment  at  $6  75® 
9*i.  (of  which  65U  bbls.  sold;)  ordinary  to  very  choice 
White  Wheat  do.  do.,  at  $6  25®$9  '26  :  very  poor  to 
very  fancy  St.  Louis  Extras,  $U  25®$9  7o:  Kxtra 
Genesee  at  $6  30<i93l7  50,  the  latter  an  extreme ;  poor 
to  very  choice  Minnesota  clear  and  straight  Extras  at 
$6  Sb'Siia  '25,  chiefly  at  $7  25®$8  -Jo  for  fair  to  very 
choice,  (with  700  bbls,  low  grade  for  export,  at  $6  35 ; 
very  iuferior  lots,  called  Minnesota,  at  $tJ  15i£$6  26 1  ) 
and  Minnesota  Patent  Extras,  ordin'irr  to  very  fancy, 
at  $8  25®ir,  mainly  at  $8S)«1U,  with  uo  to  $10  51^'® 
$11  for  small  lots  of  very  choiee  to  strictly  fancy,  (and 
odd  lots  of  verv  inferior,   called  Minjiesota  Fatent.  as 

low   as  $7  7u®$8.) Inclndcfi  in  th«  sales  have  been 

2.560  bb.B.  shipping  iSxtraa,  of  which  1,200  bbls.  City 
mills  :2,350  bbls.  Minnesota  clear  and  stiaight  Extras; 
75u  bbls.  do.  Patenc  do.  ;  o5u  bbia.  Wiuter 
Wneat  Extras,  (for  shipment.)  450  bbls.  Super, 
fine,      4U0    bbls.      Ho.      •/!.        and      o5U     bbls.      ud- 

euund   Extras,     at     tbe     quoted     rates Southern 

Flour  has  been  quoted  gtesdy,  on,  however,  a  restricted 
movement,  mostly  in  a  jubblns  w^ay.    for   home  trade 

purposes Sales  bare  t>een  reported  here  of  yciO  bbm.. 

in  lots,  at  $5  H0®$6  for  poor  to  strictly  choice  Super- 
fine) $6  25'a>$7  50  for  poor  to  very  "choice  shipping 
Extras;  $7  oO'a>$9  50  for  fair  to  fancy  trade  and 
lamiiy.     The  dealings  were  mostly  in  Extras   at  tmrn 

$6  5U'S$8 Kye     Flour     was  quiet   and   depressed 

in     price We      quote      at      IVom     $4  409$d  10 

ior  about  fair  Western  to  very  choice  State 
Superfine,  and  $3®;£4  for  poor  to  choice  fine. 
....Sales  reported  uf  230bbis.  lu  lota,  cbiefiy  at  $*  75 
'S^$5  for  fair  to  very  good  Superfine  State ;  $5  lu  for 
choice  do.;  $4  70'a^5  lor  Pennsylvania,  the  latter  for 
choice,  and  $4  lO'S'Sd   for   about    fair  to  very  choice 

Western Corn-meal  has   been  in  moderate  reqaest, 

and  q[noted  rather    cheaper We    quote    at  $2  90'3 

$3  lO  for  fair  to  choice  Kellow  Western;  $2  90® 
S3  15  for  Yellow  Jersey;  83  60  for  Yellow  Baltimore, 
and  $3  50'®$3  55  tor  Braadywine,  with  small  lots  of 
the  latter  at  $3  60,  from  store Sales  have  oeeu  re- 
ported ot  675  boia.,  including  2Ua  bbla.  Ifellow  West- 
em,  in  lota,  chiefly  ac  $3,  aud25o  bbls.  Braudywine  at 

S3  &0®$3  55 (i;om.meal,  m  bags,  has  been  selling  to 

a  fair  e  xtent  within  the  range  ol  $1'®$!  45  for  poor  to 
very  choice  V  100  fl>.  Uost  of  the  sales  have  been  of 
coarao  lata  at  Ml  1^  for  eicy  Mills;  SI  u8^ 
Si  10  for  Westera,  and  $1  for  Baltimore,  tiom 
dock,  H>f  frnieh  latter  300  bags  at  tbe  quoted 
rate  of  j>l.)..;.Oat-meal  has  been  very  quirt,  within  the 
lange  of  $ti  :i!5'<^$7for  talr  to  choice  City  .ind  Westeru: 
very  choice  to  Fancy  held  higher;  Canada,  $7®*/  50. 
....Buckwbeat  Flour  has  been  in  rather  more  demand, 
una  quoted  to-day  steady  fur  strictly  good  to  cboice 
lots.  We  qnote  the  rauise  $3  60i££4  for  very  poor  to 
oboiee  State.  Jersey,  and  Pennsylvania.  Moat  of  the 
lots  sold  were  at  $3  75^$4  10  tor  fair  to  choice^  100 
tb.,  (ot  which  were  ^ig  tous  cboice  Utate  ac  $4.) 
Favorite  brands  of  h'ennsylvaaia  scarce  anu  wanted; 
held  luc.  01150.  ^  100  Id.  above  our  quotations. 

GRAUi— Wheat  was  moderately  inquired  fur  by  ship- 
pers and  millers,  who  were  disponed  to  operate  at  pre. 
vious  fijcures,  but  the  principal  holders  claimed  2u.'® 
Sc.  a  bushel  over  thn  views  of  purchasers,  and  were 
reserved  in  their  offerings  of  really  desirable  samples. 
the  actual  dealings,  a«  reported,  were  consequently 
tight,  the  Hggregate  having  been  20,000  bushels,  in* 
clnding  good  Sed  Western,  in  stoie^  l^lOO  bushels,  lor 
export,  at  $1  51;  cnoice  Mo.  2  Chicago  sprint;. 
In  store,  2,000  bushels,  at  $1  43,  au 
extreme  (quoted  generally  at  $1  4i'3$l  43  ;)  No.  3 
Milwaukee  ^spring.  In  store,  9,000  bushels,  to  a  local 
miUer,  at  $1  37:  New-Xork  >o.  2  Sprtoir,  a  car  load,  at 
$L  35;  (with  choice  ivo.  3  Chicago  ."ipring,  to  arrive, 
quoted  npto£l  38  asked,  and  about  $1  35  as  repre- 
senting the  views  of  buyers  ;)  and  ungraded  ciorins. 
in  odd  lota,  within  the  raoge  of  $1  3U'a^:iil  37. 
California  Whodt  was  rumored  as  oflfered  here 
i>n  Eugliab  ftc«onnt,  but  no  reliable  particu- 
lars     were      mada      public Com       has      been 

xaoderBtel>  active,  mainly  far  home  trade  acconnt.  bat 
pt  a  farther  redaction  of  'sc.Slo.  Jp'  bushel,  on  new 
po\>,  under  free  oflferings,  receivers  showing  consider- 
^le  eagerness  to  place  supplies  promptly,    old  crop 

varied  little,  but  attractedless  attention Sales  have 

been  reported  slooe  our  lose  ot  ol.OUO  baahsls,  jQclad- 
log  New-York  No.  I,  old    crog,    1,600   bushels    at  59c.; 

>ew-York  steamer  mixed  ac  o8c  'Sd8'«c.,cloBlag  heavy 
jat  53c.  for  new,  (1,200  bushels  old  sold  at  58^c.;) 
Jfew^-York,  no  grade,  ac  oTS^c'iZ'SSc.,  mRinl.v  ac  5tic.: 
Kew-York.  aomerchantable,  ac  56c.'a'57c.:  new  crop 
.Mixed  Western,  car  lots,  at  56c.®69c.,  chiefly  at  56c. 
'Sblc;  Yellow  Westera  »r59c.960io0.:  ongradud  sailing 
vessel Ulxed  Weatem,old  orop,(nomlnal.l  at  SOcSe^c; 

fnme  No.    2    Chicago,    in  store  aad  afloat,  anoted  ac 
Oe.'SQ'io.i  (but  dull  to-day.) Saies  were  reported 

f^'r  PbiladelpQia  delivery  of  50,000  boaheis  jUixed 
Western,  las:^  half  of  February  option,  delivered  to 
vessel,  at  56hiO.,  with  freight  room  by  steamer  for 
Xiiverpool,  reported-  tor  a  similar  amount,  at  b-^d.  ^ 
tnishel.... Rye  has  been  less  sotighc  after,  and  again 

offering  at  Oiic., 
ctu'  loods  sold  at 
I  reported  of  car  lots  01*  No.   2   West- 
em  at  84c,  and  of  no  grade  at  8Ue or  Barley  sales 

were  reported  of  10,000  bushels  prime  No.  2  Canada 
at  $1,  antt.  rumored,  of  3.100  bnsbels  ungraded  Can- 
ada on  private  terms;  market  quoted  heavy  through- 
out; Na  1  Canada  generally  quoted  at  $1  lO^Sl  12. 
....Canada  Peas,  m  bond,  quiet  to-day,  quoted  at  91c. 
e>92c.  f  bushel. ...or  Buckwneat,  a  oar  load 
01  prime  State  at  $1  ^  busbeh... Barley-malt  has  been 
moderately  sought  after  within  the  previous  ranee, 
with  fair  to  very  choice  Cauada  West,  old  and  new 
crop,  quoted  at  $1'SS$1  25,  cash;  strictly  prime  to 
cboice,  new  erop,  do.,  on  time,  al  $1  25®$!  30:  six- 
rowed  Stat*,  alMBt  tair  to  verv  eboice,  nominally  at 
bOc'tfSl  06;  two-rowed  do.,  07^.®85c.,  and  sales 
rtmiored  to  a  fair  aggregate  through  private  channels 
wiLhlo  the  auoted  range.. ..Oats  have  been  ofiered less 
treely  ana  again  quoted  stronger,  with  a  very  good 
llemana  noted  for  local  Jobbing  purposes.... Hales  re- 
ported  of  38,000  bnsbels,  including  White  Wustem  at 
AOc'®49o  for  very  inferior  to  choice ;  White  State, 
prdinary  to  ohoiee,  witlila  the  rangu  of  51c'2>65c.. 
^om  traok  and  afloat  (with  very  poor  reported  as  low 
as  480.^600;)  Mixed  Western  at  390.^470.,  as  to 
quality ;  No.  2,  Cbloago,  average  qnality,  in 
rtore,  again  qtuted  in  requcsc  ibr  ship- 
Mient  on  the  basis  of  48o;  New-York  No.  1  White 
fit  63iac.;  New-York  Ho.  2  White,  4,500  bushels,  at 
46V&i  New- York  No.  S  White,  6.750  busheU  at  4oc.; 
Nei^'York  Extra.  S.OOO  bushels,  6413C.;  New-York  No. 
1  quoted  at  63a:  NewTork  So.  2,  6.750  bnsbels,  45c.i 
flew-Tork  No.  3,e.7b0biMhelB,  41o.'94>c.'  selung  at  the 
close,  2.260  bnahels,  at  42c.:  New-Yor£  B^eoced  at  39c. 
IU14  Mixed  8tate  at  48c '954c.  for  poor  tu  choice,  irom 
tntek and afloat,HP' bushel... Of  Clover.seed,  small  lotsot 
prtme  State,  reported  sold,  in  lots,  at  16 'uc.:  do.  Western 
pt  l6%io.;  market  heavy.  Of  Rough  Flax,  a  small  lot 
iif  prime  State  brought  $1  70.  Bay  aad  Straw  as  last 
gnoted....Feed  in  good  request  at  firm  rates.  Of  the 
fa»»  were  1,800  bMp,  iO  D..  mostl.y  at  $19«$19  60 ; 
^UUO  bags.  60  ft.,  fM  $10  60,  at  mlU;  700  bags.  60  lb., 
MiS20_»tou. 

GO^irNx'  CbOra— Of  domestle,  600  rolls  aoI4  at 
12  v.    lUcketfon. 

HtiMP— Of  Jots  Batta,  ftutber  salea  were  reported 
tt  1,000  bales,  to  at>ive,°Janu»rv  and  February  ship- 
■MBts,  at  S^B.!  eurrftoer,  60  days'  ozedlt;  market 
MiontiaUy  anebaagsd. 

HIDBs— Qnlek  but  BtWKty;  860  Central  Ameriean 
■old  o&  jirivata  terms. 

l^liK.— Milk  u  ta  ezoeaaive  siq^iy,  and  prices  on 
tbadapot  piatHBrma  are  ▼•rr  Irregular,  sales  ar« 
autda  at  f  1'  a69tl  76  f*  M-quart  o'au.  Tbe  oontraet 
ttl«M  paid  to  dairjhi^  in  a  itapply  for  Feteuary  are 
Ca«84a«' quart.     ^;  . 

lU»ilBBM»-4lmwOfiwa.h*m  been  In  good  request, 
a  aiaMtfac  wW,  at  fraiS:  «6«^968&  tor  go«d  to  very 
^^  •    "'""^bw  fignna.   Valeate- 


vusuoi. ...a.yu  iimm  ucbu    i«*«    «uu|$ub    u 

quoted  rather  easier  in  price.  State 
afloat,  with  only  90c.  bid;  a  few 
B6c®87o.    Sales  reported  of  car  lots  i 


e4  vltbia  tba  rang*  of  from  iSa958e.  flv  oU  and  bow 
cropat    JMooma,  3(|e.fi64...Jlyr«ma   tova    boaa 


HAYAbSTORKA^Reeln  baa  Men  ouiot  bttttemrT, 
Wo  quota  at_S2  20  ftw  Strained;  W  36  lb?  gbvi 
Htramed:  f^  3()9S2  60  fbr  Mo.  2:  $2  75SCS{  eaVtor 
S?-  ^'JH^K.^**  lor  Pale  to  extra  Pal*  aad  Window 
OiaM.»2Wm....Tar  bss  baea  iaaottva.  witbiathe 
range  of  from  $2  60®$2  76  #>  bbl...  OityFitah  at 
?^?i'''L^  *"  ■L-'^''*'!"^  of  Turpwittae  baa  been  quite 
dull,  with  merchantable,  mr  prompt  delivery,  auoted  at 
the  closedown  to 4So.^3>aa.4P' gallon. 

PETBOIiS CM— Crude  has  been  very  quiet,  and  auoted 
down  to  IjVm  in  bulk,  and  16c.  In  shipping  order.... 
BeSned  in  limited  request;  quoted  by  renners  at  26S4C.. 
and  from  second  hanus  at  22c..  in  Bmall  lota,  for  eaiiy 

delivery KeOned,  in  oases,  quoted  at  300.931196 

City  MaDbtba  qnotad  1 3190. ...At  PhiiadelpbU and  Bal- 
timore Kenned  Fetrolenm,  for  early  delivery,  qnoied 
by  refiners  at  26^0.,  and  in  email  lota  bum  second 
bands  at  20o.'322o. 

PaOTU10.>S— Western  Uess  Perk  has  been  »ioder- 
ately  iuqaired  for,  at  about  former  rates,  tor  earlr  de- 
livery— BaleB  reported  of  250  bbls.  of  tminspebted, 
for  shipment,  on  private  terms,  quoted  at  9lTa 
S17  25. ...Other  kinds  in  rather  more  reanest:  Extra 
Prime,  mspeoted.  quoted  at  $18609813  76 :  Weatern 
Prima  Mess  at  $16  769$16  ,  sales  100  bbls.  in- 
speetedPrime  tie»»  at  S16  75;  and  lOObbls.  (Bspeoted 

Extra  Prime  at  $13  6() And   lor  forward  delivery, 

bare,  Western  Mass  dull ;  quoted  for  February  at  tba 
olooe  nominal;  Uareb,  $16  76^17;  April,  $16  90® 
$17  20.... Dressed  Hogs  have  been  offered  less 
treely  and  quoted  firmer,  with  Waitaru 
quoted  nt  7W'3>7^.;  City  at  Sc.S>8>«o,. 
but  In  leas  request  at  these  figures.... 
Cut-meats  have  been  moderately  sooght  alter  at  about 

former  quo  I  atlous Bales  include    5.000  B>.    Pickled 

BelUes,  lu  bulk.  10  Ss..  at  OiigC..  and  sundry  small  lots 
ofoiher  City  bulk  within  oar  range.  ..We  quote:  City 
Pickled  SboulderB.  In  bulk,  at  7'ac;  Pickled  Hams  at 
lOHcdllc:  Smoked  Shoulders  at  S>4a;  Smoked 
hams  at  12o.'912>iC.;  Western  Dry-salted  Short-cut 
Hams,  20  to  15  IB.,  lO'ao.'a'ilc.:  Western 
Fiokied  Hams.  In  tierces.  at  lO^.ie.'aili.tc. 
— Bacon  has  been  in  moderate  demand,  with  Weatem 
Long  Clear  quoted  at  S'^sc,  and  City  do.  at  9^.:  Long 
and  Short  Clear,  early  delivery,  at  do.    Salea    150  bxs. 

Short  Clear,  here,  at  914C And  for  Chicago  delivery, 

Long  and  Short  Clear,  for  early  delivery,  at 
8'%c..  without  reportec<  dealinga.  And  for  Milwaukee 
del  very,  750  bxs.  .various  cuts,  on  private  terms;  for 
shipment  to  Liverpool,  freight  bv  rail  and  steam  via 
Portland,  reported  at  60c  #'  100  ib.... Westera  Steam 
Lard     has     been     in      fblr      demand     and    quoted 

firmer    lor    early  delivery,   but    closing  tamel.y 

Of  Western  Steam,  for  early  delivery  here,  sales  have 
been  reported  of  450  tcs.  prime  at  $11  85,  closing  at 
$11  35.  and  100  tcs.  off  gr^de  at  $10.... And  for  for- 
ward  '  delivery  oere.  Westeru  Steam  has 
been  moderately  active,  with  valnss  opening 
stronger,  but  cluslng  lower  and  heavy.... 
Western  Steam,  for  February  quoted  at  the  close  at 
$11   35;  March.    $11  37 'a;   Apnl.  $11  45**11  47 "a; 

May,  $11  60 Sales  were  reported  of  Westera  Ste«m 

to  the  extent  of  1.750  tcs.,  for  rebruarv.  at  $11  32*3 
®$11  40:  3.500  tcs.,  March,  nt  $11  37i9t»$ll  i2^; 
6,750  tcs.,  April,  at  $11  47'a'a)«ll  55,  and  600  tcs. 
May  at  $11  60d$ll  62ia.-..City  Steam  and  Ket- 
tle inactive  to-day;  quot(.-d  at  tbe  close 
$11®$11  I2>s;  sales,  76  tea.  at  $ll'a)$ll  12ia. 
....And  No.  1  quoted  at  $10  609$11  62>3. 
....Refined  Lard  continues  in  moderate  request; 
quoted  for  tbe  Continent,  for  early  delivery,  at 
$11  62i<2.  and  for  the  West  Indies  at  $9  87>»  Sales 
reported  of  300  tcs.  for  the  nvest  Indies,  and  40  tcs.  for 

touch  America  on  piivate   terms And  of  Western 

Steam  .uard,  further  considerable  sales 
rumored      as       made        at       Chicago       for     shlo- 

ment     bat       without     reliable      particulars Beef 

has    been    inactive    at     former     qnotatluns We 

quote  Barrel  Beef  at  $12^$12  50  for  Extra  Mesa; 
at  $10  60d)$ll  50  for  Plain  Mets.  and  $13  50 
■»$  14  for  Packet.  ^  bbl... .Tierce  Beef  quoted  thus: 
Prime  Mess.  new.  at  $l9®a20;  India  Mess,  new.  $20 
'3*21;  Ciiy  Kxtra  India  Mesa,  $25 Beef  Hams  con- 
tinue in  limited  demand,  with  choice  Western  quoted 

at  $24®$24  50  ^  bbl Bntter  and  Cheese   about  as 

last  quoted Fresh  Eggs  in  rather  more  demand  and 

quoted  at  25c.a^0o.  for  good  to  very  choice Tallow 

has  been  In  fair  request  at  unchanged  rates Sales, 

7a,000  BS.  eooj  ta  gtriccly  choice  at  ScSSi^c,  and  50 

bbls.   at  Sc&H^ Stearine  has  been  quiet;   choice 

City  m  hbds.  quoted  atSll  25;  prime  Western,  in  tcs., 
Bt$ll'a>$ll  I2i3' sales,  15  tcs.  pnmo  Western  at  $11. 
SDGABS— Raw  have  been  quoted  firmer,  bat  Inao- 
ttve  :  salea,  38  hhds.  Centritai^ai  at  lO^c.  and  160 
bhds.  mixed  atbck  ac  S'.tc.QrOi^c We  quote  fair  re- 
fining Cao&  at  9^0. 1  good  do.,  9'^.;  primo  do.,  tt^sc; 
fiilr  to  very  choice  Grocery,  994C®10'2C.;  No.  12 
Clayed  at  i)''^.;  Centrifugal  stock  at  OV'SlO'ys.; 
Manila  bags,  S'^CSS'^'sc;  Molasses  Sugar,  734a® H^'.; 
Melado,  5c'i£7(: lienaed  Sugars  have  been  quite  ac- 
tive at  full  prices,  with  QrantUated  quoted  at  lli^n.® 
llVs-;  Powdered.  11 'sc:  Crushed  at  11 'ac.:  Cue 
Loaf  at  12c.;  Soft  White  at  10>ac.®ll\c.;  Soft  Yellow 
at9'9C.®10'V). 

TEAS— Steady,  with  sales  of  2,500  half-cbests 
Oolong  onpiivate  terms. 

WHISKY— Sales  to  the  extant  of  50  bbls.  at  $1  08. 
and  100  bble.  at  $1  OT^i,  ch>slng  wlth$i  07'abld  aud 
$1  08  asked. 

FtthTOMTS — Rather  more  inquiry  was  reported  to- 
day  in  the  chartering  line,  mnstly  for  tonnage  for 
Grain  and  Petroleum,  at  somewhat  steadier  ratea. 
Berth  freights  were  comparatively  quiet,   but  quotal 

essentialiv     aa    before For     LWorpjol,     the     on- 

gagemeuts  reported.  slnoe  our  last,  have 
l>eeu,  by  steam,  3,000  bushels  Wheat,  in  bagB. 
at5d.  ^  bushel;  60  bbdg.  Tallow  at  25s.:  60  tpna 
Oil  Cake  at  168.  6d.j  350  boxes  Hacon  at  30s.;  1,250 
boxes  Cheese,  reported  at  36s.  ^  ton  ;  SDO  bbls.  Ap- 
ples, part  at  3a,  ^  bol.;  4,0Oj  staves,  reported  on  pri- 
vate terms.  And  by  steam  from  Philadelphia  (reported 
as  for  forward  siiipment).  50,000  bushbig  Corn  at  OHid. 
^busheL  And  by  staam  Irom  Milwaukee,  on  through 
fireighc  account,  75tl  boxes  Bacon,  vti  Portland,  re- 
ported at  50c  (with  room  tor  Pruvisions  from  Chicx.- 
go,  via  Boston,  represeniod  as  having  been  ofl'erea  to- 
day at  6ttc.)  ^  100  ta.  Aiso.two  ships, with  cotton,  from 
New-Orieans.  reporied  (as  ehartece.!  there)  at   l(>.32d. 

9'  &> For  London,  by  sail.  2,0i>0  Oars  at   %!.  ^  toot. 

inuulnk  measurement;  aud,  by  steam,  250  bales 
UoDS  ai  hd-  #'  lb.;  100  tcs.  Beef  at   5s.  ^  tierce  ^  aiid 

150bbls.Porlc  a(4s.  <)p' bbl For  Qlastrow,  by  steam. 

850  pics.  Provisions  at  30s.  #"  ton  ;     andT  rumored.  700 

to    800    bbls.    Flour    on  private  tetms Vor  Bristol 

oy  steam.  60  hbds.  Tallow,  rumored  at  30s.  per  ton; 
and  small  lota  of  Provision-i  reported  on  tbe  b;isls  oif 
7s.  6d.'a>8e.'l?'tc Fortbo  Doited  Kingduni.  further  In- 
quiry was  reported  for  tonnage  for  lumber,  .--outbem 
port  loadiug,  within  the  nngu  of  1229.  eaaJlSOs,... 
For  Cork  aud  orders,  a  British  barb,  (i49  tous,  with 
about  4.000  ars.  Coru,  from  Norfolk,  at  5s.  6d.,  (with 
Oram  toonagu  quoted  here  at  5a  3d.^oa,  6J.)  per  quar- 
tei;  aud  a  iimw^gian  bark.  464  tons,  (at  Hampton 
Boads,)  .  with  about  2,600  bbls.  Kefined  Pe- 
troleum,    from     Port:and,     reported     at     6s.    6d. 

HP    bbl For         Lisbon.         a        Norwegian        hark, 

303  tous,  hence,  with  ahont  2,000  hbls.  Refined  Petro- 
leum, reported  at  Ss.  6(i.  ^p"  bbl For  Bremen,  by  asil, 

20  bhds.  Tobacco,  ac  329.  6a.;  and,  by  steam,  sundry 

lots  of  measurement  goods,  at  80  reichmarks ror 

Uambnrg.  a  2iwedish  baric  471  ions,  with  about  S.OUU 
quarters  Grain,  from  Philadelphia,  at  58.  9d.  4>'  quar- 
ter. The  Hamburg  steamer  of  this  week  cleared  with 
4,460  bags  CoSee,  1J,000  bushels  Com,  2,000 
bushels  Bye.  l,35o  bags  Seed.  33t>  pks. 
Butter,  2.000  bxs.  Extraet.  and  snnlry 
lota  uf  miscellaneooa  cargo,  eugaged  some   time    since, 

ac  markec  rates For  Stettin,  a  Ocrman   tiark,  henve, 

with  general  carso,  iaciuding  Bacon  and  Lard,  (of 
Which  abour  two-thirds  of  cargo  engaged,)  on  the  i.as:s 
of  40s.  ^  ton.  ..Fur  a  Rnasiau  baltiu  pori,  a  ship,  with 
Cotton,  irom  New-urlcana,  (chartered  there.) 
at  9-ied.  ^  &).... For  Gibraltar  aad  orders, 
an  Auitrlau  bark.  394  tons,  hence,  with 
about  12,000  cases  Refined  Petroleum  at   25c.  to  the 

Mediterranean,  and  2Sc  to  the  Adriatie Fjr  Malaga, 

aciwedi^h  bark.  296  tons,  heuce,  wiih  equal  to  about 
O.OuO  cases  Petroleum,  iu  bols.  and  cases,  at  68.  4f' 
boL.  and   26c.  ^  case. ...For  Bombay,  an  Amerioan 

ship,  1,110  tuns,  hence,  with  about  17,00O  Oaars 
Petroleum,    renorted   ac   47  Hie.   ^    case,    and     CukI 

(to  complete  cargo)  on    private    terms For   Java,  a 

Norwegian  slilp,   748  tons,  beoce.  with  auout  24.hOo 

cases  fetrol'um   at    36c.   ^    case For    Australia,  a 

Dutch  brig,  206  tons,  hence,  with  general  canto,  re- 
ported oo  private  terma Weat   Imiia  and  coastwise 

trade  dull  to-day ;  rates  quoted  irregular. 

LIVE  STUCK  MARKETS. 


Buffalo,  Feb.  8.— Cattle— Kecelpta  to-day,  510 
head:  total  for  the  week  thus  fur.  5.882  head,  agalust 
6,205  bead  for  the  same  elms  last  week.  No  market 
to-day,  the  Iresh  arrivals  being  all  through  consign- 
ments; 21  car-'louds  held  fur  shtpmebt  to- 
morrow, which  will  leave  the  yarda  bare 
of  stock.  Sheep  and  Lambo — Reeeipts  to- 
dav.  800  head;  total  for  the  week  thus  far, 
10,800.  against  13.400  lor  tbe  same  time  last  week ; 
market  stow;  sales  of  only  1  car  Western  Sheep, 
uveraKiuii  86  U!.,  at  :li4  70;  2  cars  nnsold.  Hoss — U«- 
ceipts  to-day.  1,200  head:  total  lor  the  week  thus  tar, 
7,630  head,  agaiiut  6,600  bead  lur  tbe  same  time  !a>t 
week;  market  moi«  active,  but  at  low  prioes;  supply 
la  excess  of  demaad;  sales  of  s  oara  fair  to  eood  1*  ord- 
ers. $6td$6  15;  4  cars  fair  to  choice  heavy,  $6  15® 
$6  75,  mainly  at  $6  60;  8  cars  of  llgot  and  i  ofheary 
grades  nnaold. 

£ast  LtBEBTT,  Penn.,  Feb.  8  — Cattle — Beoeipts 
to-day,    695  bead  or  25  cars  tnrotigh,   aad  16  cars  ot 

yaid  stock !  total  tor  three  day 4,  1,78a  bead,  or  46 
cars  through,  aud  60  cars  yard  stock,  all  sold  at  good 
yeHterdny'd  prices;  (ro-d  scarce  and  in  demand;  com- 
mon erodes  olT;  best.  £5^£7  73;  medium  to  good. 
»4®$4  75:  common  to  fair.  $3^*3  75.  Hogs— receipts 
to-day,  1,760  head;  total  for  three  days.  3,740  head; 
Yorkers,  $6'a^£d  50;  Philadelphia,  $7^47  25.  Sheep 
— Keceipts  to-da.v.  1,200  head:  total  for  tbrea  days, 
6.200  head;   selUog  aC  $4  50®$0  25. 

Chicago,  Feb.  8.— Cattle— RecelptB,  5,600  bend: 
shipments,  3,000  head;  market  active,  steady,  aud 
firm,;  Cows.  $3  20'a:$ci  50;  common  to  good  stock 
Steers,  $2  .5^$3  SU:  feeders  $3  959#1  10-.  choice 
to  extra  prime  shipping,  $o'9$5  60.  Hoes — Keceipts. 
12,000  head;  shipments.  2,4  00  head ;  market  weak, 
and  6e.®10c  lower,  except  for  heaviesCi  lieht,  Ho  95 
■<s$6  lu;  rongh  to  good  heavy,  $o'2>0  40;  good  to 
choice  heavy  shlppiug.  $6  50(£$6  75 ;  extra  as- 
sorted, $6  90.  Sheep— steady;  receipts,  1,000  bead: 
sales  at  $4  25ii>$4  80. 


THE  STATE  OF  TRADE. 


Chicago,  Vob.  8.— Flour  firmer,  but  not  quotably 
higher.  Wheat  active,  firm,  and  higher,  hue  unset- 
tled: No.  2  Chicago  .Spring,  $1  SOBg,  cash;  sales  at 
$1  SOV'S'Sl  3^^s,  March;  closed  at  $1  31^  March  : 
$r  32Hi.  <»pril:  No.  2  da,  $1  183$1  20;  UeJected, 
$1  02.  Com  active,  but  a  shade  lower;  42^*0. 
asked,  cash,  or  March;  4Uc,  May;  Ejected, 
89'ac.  Oats  qmet,  but  firm;  36c.,  cash;  Sti^c, 
March;  36V>i  April.  U«e  firm  at  70c. '<9 
70 'ac  Barley  firmer  at  6io.  <ti62'ao.  Pork 
steady,  with  a  good  demand;  $16  25,  cash; 
$16  27ia'3$16  30,  March;  $l6  47Va>$16  50,  April; 
Lsrd  uosetlled  but  generaUy  lower;  $11  07'%  cash: 
$11  lo-a^ll  12'2,  March;  $11  2.iia@*il  25.  ApriU 
Bulk-meats  firmer ;  Shoulders,  6isc.;  abort  Eibs,  S^c; 
Short  Clear  Sides,  8  V>.  Dressed  Hogs  unsettled  out 
generallr  lower;  cboice,  $7  25;  medlam,  ^7  ib'a 
S7  20.  Whisky  Irregular;  sales  at  $1  05®$l  06( 
closed  at  $1  061a.  Keceipts— Fioiu.  5,000  bbU;  Wheat, 
7,000  bushels:  Corn.  34.000  bushels:  Oats.  10,000 
busoelB;  Bye,  880  buahela;  Barley,  9,000  bushels. 
Shipments- Flour.  7.000  bbls.;  Wheat.  12,000  bushels, 
Corn,  36.000  bodhels:  Oats,  11,000  busaels:  Barley, 
15.000  busheia.  At  the  afternoon  call  of  tbo  board 
Wneat  firmer:  $1  31 ''s,  March:  $1  SS's,  April,  Cora 
easier;  420.^42 Ho.,  March.  Oais  nominal.  Purk 
easierj  $16  27'«  March.  Lard  easier;  $li  06,  March. 

TOl,bdo.  Feb.  8.— Flour  firm.  Wheat  steady; 
No.  1  White  Michigan,  SI  48:  Extra  dc,  $1  65 : 
Amber  Michigan,  Si  49;  March,  $1  61;  No.  2  oo., 
$1  35;  Mo.iS  Red  Winter,  Spot  and  February,  $1  47; 
Mareb,  $1  49>4:  Na  3  Bed,  :t^l  36;  rejected,  $1  llig. 
<;om  ouiets  Uign  Mixed,  45Cj  No.  2,  spot.  44V:.; 
Feomary,  44S4a;  May,  49«.:  rejected,  44140.  Oata 
quiet:  No.  2,  35 V-:  White,  41I30.;  rejeeted,  S0>4C. 
hecetpta— 4.000  bushels  Woeat,  12,000  bushels  Corn, 
700  bushels  Oats.  SblpBeots— 800  bbls.  Flour,  6,000 
bnsbels  Wheat,  I8,juvi  bushels  Com,  6,000  oushela 
Uats. 

CradKNATL  Feb.  8.— Flour  firm  ftnd  ancbaoeed. 

Wheat  scarce  and  firm  ;    Bed,   $1  ^O'S^l  50.    Corn  in 

good  demand  af  4iu.®44o.   Oats  steady  and  higher  at 

36c®41c    Bye  quiet  at  79o.®80o.    Barley  iu»etiTa ; 

good  to  piime  Fail,  QQc.'iiBoo.  Pork  buoyant  at  <|16  80, 

seller   February.      Lard  opened   stroug  and    higher: 

Closed    at    Inside    prices ;    bteam-reudered^  $10   75W 

$11,  Bp<«t;     $11    SO,    seller    Mar;      Kettle-    $11    50 

1  |M«T mt tnotad^irblcbe*  fictttaa.   $ale*ra-     '<^11    75,      Bulk-meats      firm;       sboniders     d.iU 

oTiUO  Wm.    QtbtfUaoa  laqoTta  nM4arata  da-      at  tfj|e.96  V-i  Sbort  Uiba  in  jooa  demand  at  $8  loa 

irttt.tonvajK**  »— aa  iHtp  mactig  M  «aitevJL$ti  7S.-B9et(  is  btjs  barm  yaiinuucrt  mt  i6  saUav. 


AvrO ;  t9  80«|9  S7>»uner.  May ;  •»  45  Inr 

gear  SVi  Bi^t-W^;  Clear  iiid«a.  9Tac«lu. 
Whisky  duU  aad  drooping  at  $1  05.  Batter  nominally 
uaehaaged.  Hoga.ln  good  denaud:  .common,  $6  2a 
«$6  7a{  fhtrto  good  Ugtit.  $9  86w$t>  16:  packing. 
$6  209$6  46;  iMavy  tatebert'.  $6  509$370;  rS- 
oeipta,  1,600  bead:  sblpmenU.  285  head. 

St.  Louis,'  Feb.  a— Flour  aetlve  and  firm. 
Wheat  excited  and  higher;  Na  2  Bed  FaU,  tl  64, 
cash;  $1659$1  57 «W  March;  No.  3  dp.,  $1  48<tt  bid. 
oaab;  $1  609$1  57ia,Uaroh.  CornduU:  88^..  oaab: 
40 loa.  March.  Oats  quiet  at  35  V-  Bye  Insotrve  at 
68c  Whisky  steady  at$l  06.  Pork  lower  at  Jl  18  60 
^$18  76.  tba  latter  nrloe  tot  job  lota;  $10  66  bid, 
Marob.  Lard  held  higher;  110.  aaked;  lOBflO.  bid, 
Bnlk.meats  in  aotlTe  demand  for  oar  lots:  shoul- 
ders, 6c®6'«o.:  Clear  Rib,  yVjc^S'^o;  Short 
Ribs  and  Short  Clear  Sides,  March,  8iV).'98V. 
Bacon  firm;  dbouldera,  714C;;  Clear  Ribs,  9'3c-> 
Clear  Sides,  SVo.  Hogs  better;  paoking,  $3  76 
®S6  10;  extra  heavy,  i>6  15<zi$6  25.  Cattle 
strong  and  active;  choice  to  fancy  Steers,  $5  26 
®$6  60:  good  to  prime,  $4  eoi»$5  12 1*  Heeeiots— 
Floor,  S,400  bbls.;  Wheat.  U.oOQ  bushels;  Corn. 
28,000  bushels:  Oats.  2.000  bushels;  Ry»,  2.00(1 
busheia;  Barley,  3,000  busheU:  Hogs,  2,100  head; 
Cattle,  1,200  bead. 

Buffalo  Fab.  8.~BeoeipU— Flour.  3.400  bbU.i 
WheaC.  8,400  bushels:  Com,  6,000  bushels;  Oats, 
7,700  bushels;  Bye.  1.200  bnahels.  Bbipments— Flour, 
2.710  bbls.;  Wheat,  33,600  busheU;  Com,  13.600 
bushels;  Oats.  7,700  bushels:  Byo,  1,200  bnsbels. 
Markets  slow,  only  a  fair  demand  ai  a  shade  leclineln 
prices.  Floui— Sales.  8OU  bbls.  at  unchanged  prices. 
Wbeat^-Sales,  6,000  busbels  sample  Minnesota  special 
line  at  $1  62;  400  bnsbels  No.  2  Chicago  Sprinc, 
$U40;  1  car  White  Michigan,  $1  62;  2  cars  da,  to  ar- 
rive, $1  5319.  Corn— Sales,  16  cars  new  High  Mixed 
on  track,  at  62c.'S52i20.;  10  cars  do.,  530.;  400  bush- 
els No.  2  Mixed  Western,  660.  Oats— Sales.  4  cars 
iN'estern,  on  track,  to  arrive,  at  42a  Barley— Sales, 
2,500  busbels  choice  Canada  at  OOo..  In  store.  Other 
articles  uachanged.    Rail  Freights  nnohanged. 

Dbtboit.  Feb.  8. — Flour  very  quiet  and  steady. 
Wheat  held  higher ;  Extra  White  Michigan,  $16713; 
Mo.  1  White  Michigan.  $160 1«;  Mllllnc,  $146.  Com 
in  good  demand  and  steady  :  hitch  Mixed.  49  ^lo.  ask.d; 
No.  1  Mixed,  48o.  bid.  OatB  quiet  and  uachanged : 
White,  46ci  Mixed.  42o.  bid.  Receipts— Floor.  885 
bbls.)  Wheat,  6,855  bushels;  Corn.  2H.323  bushels; 
0»ts,  6,918  bushels.  8hlpmenta-Plour,  460  bbls.; 
Wheat,  2,728  bushels;  Corn.  8,857  bushels;  OaU, 
8,333  bushels. 

MiLWAUKSS,  Feb.  8.— Flour  qaieh;  unchanged. 
Wheat  firm;  No.  1  Mlhrsukee.  $1  A2\i:  No.  2  do.. 
$1  2:4;    March.   $1   34<^;    April.   $1   85s>;     No.   3  do., 

fl  25.  Coru  firmer;  No.  2,  46o.  Onta  firmer  ;  No.  2, 
4c.  Bye  dull  and  weak;  Ifo.  1,  71 'ac.  Barley 
steadier:  moderate  demand. ;  So.  2  spring,  Febmary, 
76I9C.;  Na  3  do.,  SO'ac.  Provtslons  qwet  Mess  Pork. 
$16.  Lard— Prime  Steam.  $11.  Dressed  Bogs  steady 
at  $7  75.  Kecelpte— 4.400  bbls.  Flour,  12,000  btubeis 
Wheat.  ShipmenU>3,400  bbls.  Floor,  3,400  busbels 
Wheat. 

LouisviLlR,  Feb.  8.— Flour  dull  and  nnohanj^ed. 
Wheat  steady  and  firm;  Red,  $1  46;  Amber.  $1  50; 
White,  $160.  com  firm ;  White,  43c.;  Mixad.  41c 
Rye  film  ac  80c  Oats  m  go'id  demand:  White,  4Sa; 
Mixed,  4O0.  Pork  qnlet,  buc  firm  at  $17®$17  60. 
Bulk-meats  vuiet  ana  unchanged.  Bacon  scarce  and 
firm;— aboulders,  7^.;  Clear  Bibs,  9V.:  Hear  Sides, 
lOc.  sugar-cured  Hams,  12c.'3>13>ac.  Lard  active, 
but  not  quotably  higher.  Whisky  firmer  at  $1  05. 
Bogkina  qnlet  at  1 1  isc 

OewBQO,  Feb.  8..^Floar  unohanjfed  ;  sales,  1.300 
bbla  Wheat  firm:  Sprmg  grades  held  higher;  No.  1 
Milwaukee  Club.  $1  68  i  ^o.  2  do.,  $1  63  ;  No.  2  Bed 
Wabash.  81  65  ;  No.  1  White  Michigan,  $1  62;  Extra 
do.  do.,  SI  68.  Cora  steady:  sales  of  Western  Mixed 
ac  60c  Barley  qnlet:  No.  1  t.'aaada  held  at  $1  02; 
No.  2  da.  92c;  sales.  2.000  btubeis  on  private  terms. 
Corn-meal  unchanged.  Mill  Feed  unchanged.  Rail- 
road Shipments— Flour,  1,400  bols. 

NKW-OELKAura,  Feb.  8.— Hay  In  good  demand  at 
full  Prices  :  prime,  $17;  choice,  S13.  Lard  In  goo<l 
demand;  Tierce,  llc.ail'ac.,  Rest,  Ili30.'a;i2o.  Sugar 
firm  and  unchanged.  .Uolasses  dull  and  unchaiitred. 
Other 'articles  uachanged.  Gold,  105'«'ai05*+.  Bx- 
chan^e-New-York  Sight,  i*  premium;  Sterling  bank- 
ers' bills,  $5  13. 

PEOViDkNCK,  Feb.  8 — Printing  Cloths  market 
Btioug  ate>40.,  oaab,  for  beat  64x64  goada,  with  few 
gooda  offered.  ^^^^^ 

FOREIGN  MARKETS. 


LoxDOK.  Feb.  8.-1*30  P.  il Console,  95  13-16  for 

Doth  money  and  the  aocount.  United  States  bonds, 
1865b,  105"^:  i0-40s,  IIOI9.  The  rate  of  discount 
for  three  months'  bills  in  tbe  open  market  is  1  ^W 
1'^  <>'  cent.,  which  Is  'aa)\ ^  cent  beldw  the  Bank  of 
England  rate. 

1:16  P.  M.— New- York  Central  98. 

3  P.  M.— The  bullion  in  tbe  Bank  of  England  has 
decreased  £273,000  durlnjt  the  past  week. 

3:30  P.  .M.— The  proportion  of  the  Bauk  of  Knglsnd 
reserve  to  liability  which  last  week  was  4B<^  ^oeut.,  la 
now  46  Jp'  cent.  Tbeauioucc  of  bullioo  wit'  drawn  from 
the  Bank  of  England  on  oalaoce  to-day  Is  £lt>  1,000. 

4:30  P.  M.— Consols,  95  11-lti  to.  both  money  snd 
the  account.  United  States  bonds,  1867s,  lo9»4;  10- 
40s.  1103^  Paris  advices  quote  5  <^  ceuu  Beotes  at 
106f.  7'ac.  for  the  account. 

Paris.  ivTi.  8. — Kxcbnniie  on  London,  25f.  14c.  for 
short  sight.  Tbe  specie  m  the  Bank  of  France  has  In- 
crossed  26,292.000  iraucs  <lnria :  the  past  week. 

FKAjfkFOHT.  Feb.  8.— United  States  bonds,  now  6s, 
103'»  • 

LrvKXPooi,,  Feb.  8— 12  M.—Cotion—Tlie  receipts  to- 
day were  7,000  bales,  iuuluding  1.100  bales  Amer- 
ican; Futures  quiet  at  last  nikbt's  prices,  liplauds. 
Low  Mladilue  clause',  March  and  April  deliverv. 
6  ll-16d.:  also  sales  of  the  same  at  6  21-32.1.: 
Uplands.  Low  Middllna  clause.  April  and  Mav  de- 
livery. 6  26-32d.:  Uplands,  Low  HI(idllDir  cUtue. 
June  and  July  delivery,  6  29-n2d.;  Uplands.  Low  Mid- 
dling clause,  shioped  January  and  February,  sail, 
6  2r-S2d. 

2:30  P.  M.— Cotton— Uplands.  Low  Middling  clause. 
March  and  Aonl  dehvery,  6<^d:  Uplands,  Low  jiid- 
dling  olanse,  Julv  ani  August  delivery,  6  15-l(jii.;  Ui>. 
lands.  Low  ailddliug  clause,  shipped  Feoxuarv  aud 
March,  sail,  6  25-32u. 

3:30  P.  .11.— Cotton— Of  tbe  sales  to-day  6,100  bales 
were  American. 

4:30  P.  M.— Cotton— Uplands.  Low  Middling  clause, 
Msrcli  and  April  delivery.  U  21-32d.;  Uplands.  Low 
Middling  clause,  May  aid  June  drliveiy.  6  27-32d.; 
Uplands.  Low  Middling  clause,  June  aud  Julr  delivery, 
6  29-32d. 

5  P.  M. — Provisions — Lard,  Sjs.dStis.  ^p"  cwt.  for 
American.  Produce — Refinei  Petroleum,  13d.»17d.  4?' 
gallon.  Spirits  of  Petroleum,  lOiad  '#»•  gallon  Spirits 
uf  lurpeutine,  32a  9'  cwt.  «  o. ton— Futures  closed 
steady;  Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause,  July  aad 
Au  >ust  delivery,  0  31-32d. 

L0500S,  Fob  8—3  P.  M.—ProJuoe— Spirits  of  Petro- 
leum, ll'gd.  !>'  gallon. 

5  P.  M.— Pro  jiice— aplrtts  of  Turpentine.  29i.  6d.  3^ 
cwt.  Provislonj — :iiiKar,  30s.3i31s.  4p  cwt.  for  No.  IJ 
Dutch  Standard,  on  the  spoL  and  30«.931s..  afloat. 

Evening— LlB'eed  Oil  26a  OiL  ^P'cwt. 

Rio  Jambiro,  Feb.  7. — Coffee  market  quiet ;  prices 
maintained;  no  change.  Rio  good  firsts,  p.600W6,750 
reis  4>' 10  kilos.  Exchange  ou  London,  24 7^  Arer- 
SEe  dallv  receipts  durinic  tbe  week,  9,100  baK°-  Khip- 
uientd  of  tbo  week :  To  the  Chaonul  and  North  of 
Europe,  4,000  bsgs;  to  the  Unlied  States.  40.000 
bags:  to  the  Medlterraneaa,  Doue.  Sales  ot  the  week: 
For  the  channel  aud  Noith  of  Kurope.  16.000  bags; 
lor  the  UulCed  Stares.  77,000  bags  ;  for  the  Mediter- 
ranean, uoue.  Stock,  66,000  bags.  Freight- Per  sail- 
ing vessel  tor  the  Cb  noel,  66b. 

bANToa,  Feb.  7. — Coffde  mnrket  quiet;  prices  main- 
tained: no  chauke.  Superior  Santos,  6,4'.0tft>.6U0 
Te's.f-lO  kilo*.  Average  dally  reeeipts  duiiug  tbe 
week,  1,800  bags.  Shipments  of  the  week  :  To  all 
conntrtes,  none.  Sales  of  tbe  week :  For  Knrope, 
ll.oOO  oaks:  for  tbe  United  States.  O.OOO  bags.  Stock, 
60,000  bags. ^ 

THE  COTTON  MARKETS. 


Kew-Oblbans.  Feb.  8.- Cotton— Fair  demand; 
Mlilddug.  12c.;  Low Mtdilliug.  Iliac  ;  Go»d  Ordinary, 
lliee.;  net  receipts.  6,402  bales:  gross.  7.261  bales: 
exports  to  toe  continent.  1,610  bales :  to  tne  Channel, 
2,47o  bales:  coastwise^  2,148  oalea:  sales,  4,000  bales; 
stock.  288.356  bales. 

Savannah,  Feb.  8.— Cotton  staadv;  Middling, 
12^80;  Low  Uldaiing.  11  v.:  Good  Ordinary,  II He  ; 
net  receipts,  919  bales:  Rross.  9..j6  bales;  exports  to 
Great  BrUam,  2,171  bales:  coListwisc,  631  bales: 
sales,  660  baics;    stock,  6'J.030  bales. 

GALvrsTON.  Feb.  &—Cottoo— Holders  generally 
i«c.  tfi^c.  higher;  Midd  ing.  I2I4C.;  Low  Middling.  H»4C; 
Good  Ordinary,  ll'^c;  net  reovlpts,  2,492  baleai  ex- 
ports coascwioe,  l,lu6  bales:  sales,  365  bales;  stock, 
84,941  bales. 

Mobile,  Feb.  8.— Cotton  quiet;  Middling,  12c.; 
Low  Middling,  lli^jC;  Good  orUioarT,  lie;  net 
receipts,  2.I16  bales:  exports  coastwise,  635  bales; 
saiea,  l.OUO  bales ;   scock,  7 1 .977  Dales. 

CHARLESTON,  Feb.  8.— Cotton  dull ;  Middling, 
12^;  Low  Middling,  12>4C.:  Good  Ordliary.  lls^c. ; 
net  leceipts,  1.019  bales;  exports  to  the  1  ontioent, 
2,400  bales;  salea.   500  bales;  sCock,  47,b98  bales. 

CALI FORMA  MININQ  STOCKS. 
San  Francisco,  Feb.  8. — The  foUowina   are 
tbe  closing  official  prices  of  mioiog  stoclu  to-day: 


Alpha. 1934,K"88Uth 

Bnicher S'a  Kentuok 

Best  aud  Aelcber....    35:>4|  Leopard 


Bui  lion. 

Consol.  Virginia 

Cablornia 

Choll.^ 

Confidence 

Caledonia. 

Crown  Point, 

Excheauer 

Gould  and  Curry 

Ualu  aud  Noreross... 

Imperial 

Jniia  Consolidated.. 


14 

63I2 

49 14 

08 
9 

9-9 
Sia 
61a 

13 
6O4 

a'4 
6*1 


Justice ll^a 


Mexican 

.Sortberu  Belle 

Overman.  

Opliir 

Raymond  and  Kly 

dllverUlU : 

Savajce 

Seg.  Uelchor 

Sierra  Nevada 

Union  Consolidated.. 
Yellow  Jacket. 


1 

7'a 

61a 
17 '4 
26  "v 
U6 
25  la 

6 

613 

8 
60 

8\4 

ya 

141a 


Eureka CousolldacsiL    'iu^ 


THE  REAL  EISTAIE  MARKMT. 


The  following  buainess  was  transacted  ut  the 
Exchange  yesterday,  (Thursday.)  Feb.  8 : 

£.  JL  Lawrenoe  Sc  Co.,  by  order  of  tbe  Supreme 
Court,  in  foreclosure,  E.  B.  Oale,  Bsq,,  Beferee, 
sold  tbe  tbreo-story  brick  house,  with  lot  Si3  by  94. 
Ko.  178  West  4th  st.,  south  side,  60.9  feet  east  ot  6tb 
av.,  for|5,75C,  to  Manhattan  Sayings  Insiitutlon, 
plaintiff  in  tbe  legal  action. 

y.  E.  Stevenson.  Jr.,  under  a  Supreme  Court  fore- 
closure  order,  Alfred  Mclntlre,  £aq.,  Beferee,  sold 
a  ihree-alorr  and  basement  brick  house,  with  lot  25 
by  98.9,  on  Weat  39tb  at.,  south  side,  350  feet  west 
uf  lUlh  av.,  for  •9,4Sfi.  to  Charles  Bidemr. 

Peter  F.  Meyer,  also  nnoer  a  Supreme  Court 
forecloanre  decree,  J.  P.  Ledwicb,  Esq..  Beferee, 
sold  three  lots,  each  16.8  by  lUO,  on  Bast  eCib  st, 
north  side,  103  feet  east  of  Madison  av.,  for  <15,000, 
to  A.  A.  Kihgaland,  plaintiff  in  tbe  legal  action. 

WUliam  Eunnelly,  under  a  foreclosure  decree,  by 
order  of  tbe  Court  of  Commju  Plens,  Q.  H.  Foun. 
t«in,  Esq.,  Beteree,  disposed  of  a  plot  of  land,  51  by 
94.10  by  37  by  100,  on  9ib  av.,  east  side,  35.8  feet 
north  of  83d  at,  tor|5.6iN).  to  Mary  E.  U.  SoUmid', 
Executrix  and  plaintiff  In  tbe  loreoloaore  proceed- 
ings. 

A.  H.  Mnller  &  Son  sold  at  public  auction  three 
lots,  each  25  by  100.5,  on  Weat  6jd  et.,  north  side, . 
335  feet  east  Of  10th  av.,  far  (3,700  each,  to  Q.  T7. 
Donglas.  The  same  firin,  by  oracr  uf  the  Supreme 
Ooort,  in  foreclosure.  B,  C.  Cbetwood,  E^q.,  Referee, 
dlspoaed  of  one  lot,  35.0  by  100.8,  on  llasl  9iat  at., 
north  side,  230  feet  east  of  5lb  av..  for  $4,100  to 
Robert  Weeks.  plaintUC 

B.  Y.  Harnett,  by  order  of  the  Supreme  Court,  in 
foreoroaore,  Oeorge  8.  Sed/rwlok,  Esq.,  B^tferee, 
sold  fi?e  lota,  each  35  by  lOO.B,  on  Weat  S8ch  at, 
south  aide,  ipo  teet  west  of  lltb  av.,  foe  |10,600  to 
Jane  T.  Dillon,  plaioUff  In  legal  action. 

The  toreoigaon  aala.  by  A.  H.  Moller  k.  Sfin,  of  a 
bouae,  witb  lot.  en  B^t  IM.bat.,  westotSdav., 
waa  atUanraad  w  Aa  A    Xtia  vtaparty  l««a«ad  ou 


Betbone  at.,  weat  of  Waahinxton,  annoosoed  by 
Hnf  h  K.  Camp,  wga  withdrawn. 

TO-SAT  S    AtrCTIOHB. 

To-day's  aalea,  all  at  the  Exchange,  are  asfoUowt: 

Bt  JB.  a.  Lawrence  Si  Co.,  Sapreme  Coort  fore* 
oloanra  aaleu  IE.  J>.  €rale,^Esq.,  Beferee,  of  a  boaa^ 
witb  lot  SS  by  1034,  on  Beat  14Ui  at.,  aoath  aiae,  IM 
feet  west  of  Arenoe  B.  Also,  a  similar  aala,  aame 
Befsree.  of  a  honaa,  with  lot  189  by  103.9,  on  Eaat 
78ib  St.,  aoath  atde,  308.6  feet  weet  ot  3d  av. 

By  Soott  &  Myera,  Snnrame  Court  forecloanre 
aale,  C.  W.  Dayton.  Esq.,  Bsferee,  nt  a  house,  with 
lot  33  by  90.11,  on  Beat  135ih  at.,  north  aide,  165  feet 
weat  of  4tfa  av. 

By  V.  K-  Stevenson.  Jr.,  Supremo  court  for** 
closare  sale,  John  Llndley,  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  a 
bouae,  with  lot  97  by  100,  on  Sth  ar.,  aaat  side,  46.5 
feet  north  of  43th  at. 


EXOHANQB  SALES— TaTTRSDAY.  FEB.  8. 
KBW-TOBK. 
Av  B.  A.  Lawrenct  it  Co. 
1  tbree-storr  brick  house,  with  lot.  No.    178 
Wett  4th  ar«,  a. «.,  80.9  ft,  e.  of  6th  ar .  lot 

22x94. $6,766 

Hu  V.  K.  SUventoji.  Jr. 
%  three-story  and  basement  brick  boaae,  with 
lot,  West  d9tb  at.,  a.  B..L.850  ft   w.  of  lOtb 

av.,  bit  25x9a9 $9,468 

By  Feter  F.  Me%er. 
a  lots.  Bast  66th  st,  n.  s.,  100  ft  e.  of  Madison 

av.,  each  16.8x100 »,..$16,000 

By  William  ICennsUy. 
1  plot  of  land,  9th  av.,  e.  a,  25.8  ft  n.  of  83d 

St.,  61x94.10x37x100 $5,600 

Bu  A.  H.  Muller  <t  Bon. 
Slots,  West62d  St.,  n.  s.,  325  ft  e.  of  10th  av., 

each  26x100.5 $11,100 

1  lot.  East  91st  st,  u.  s.,  230  ft  e.  of  6th  av., 

a6.6xl00.8...>. $4,100 

Bv  B.  V.  Hamttt. 

6  bits.  West  88th  St.,  a.  a.  100  ft.  w.  of  lltb 
av.,  each  26x100.8 $10,600 

BUOORDED  REAL  ESTAlE  TRANSFERS. 
NSW.TOBK. 
Wtinudav,  Feb.  7. 
75th  st,  n.  s..  325  ft  e.   of  2d  av..  40x102.2; 

Margaret  Orempier  to  Adam  Kunkel $2,100 

Forsyth  st,  w.  b.,  125  ft  n.  of  Broome  st :  60x 

100:    Heleoa    K.  Dickson   and  husband  to 

Francis  A.  Llvingstoa nom. 

133d  St..  u.  ■.,  225  ft  e.  of  8tb  av.,  loox90.ll: 

Bridget  0.  Pitcpatriok  to  William  Biesz nom. 

79tnst,  n.  a.,  125  ft.  e.  of  2d  av.,   20x102.2: 

Edward  Kilpatrlrk  and  wife  to  bUas  M.  BtiU 

well.  Jr ,..  16,600 

87th  St.  s.  s.,  too  It  e.  of  3d  av.;  25xl00.8'3; 

Myron  T.   Owen   and  wife  to  Matilda  A. 

Thompson 8.000 

S6tb  st,  n.  s..  375  ft.  e.  of  2d  av.,  18.9x98.9; 

Carl  £.  J.  8ohtuok  and  wife  to  Joseph  Scbiers.     7.000 
Cherry    st..    So.     237,    25x120:      ehebe   C. 

Blsck  aud  others  to  Joanna  H.  Jauncev nom. 

Avenue  U.,  w.  a.,  70.6  ft.   n.  of  8th   at,  '23.6i 

V3 ;  Samuel  Blume  to  Robert  Goelet 8,600 

67th   st,  n    s.,    350    ft  w.    of  8th  av.,    25x 

100.6:  George  L.  Beoper  and  wife  to  James 

P,   Barnett ; 6,600 

32d  st.  So.  94.  s.  s..  200  fu  w.  of  3d  av,  18.9 

x46;  John  Burr  and  wife  to  William  L.  Burr.      noaj. 
8d  av.,  w.  8.,  24.8  ft.  n.  of  26tli  st    13x112; 

Francis  Vogei  and  wife  to  Loais  Schoolhcrr.        nom. 
Bauk  st,  n.  s.,  76  ft.  e.  of  4th  st.   25.1x100; 

Thompson  J.  6.  Flint.  Kxecutor,  to  Joha  L. 

.i^^»** 11,000 

62d  St.,  a  s.,  201  ft.  w.  of  Broadway,  25x 
100.5;  Edwin  N.  Doll  to  AibertioaUoll nom. 

12.<«d  St.,  s  s..  175  ft.  w.  of  7th  av..  16.8.x 
90.11;  Philip  J.  Joacbimseu.  Referee,  to  jtid- 
ward  J.  Oupeubeioier. 8,000 

123d  St.  a  B.,  191.8ft.  w.  of  7th  av,  16.8x 
99. 1] ;  sumo  to  same 3,000 

I23d  st,  s.  a.,  208.4  ft  w.  of  7th  av.,  lO.Sx 
99.11;  same  to  same.. 3,000 

123d  st,  &  s  ,  225  ft  w.  of  7th  av.,  16.8x 
99.11;  sametosame 3,000 

123d  st,  e.  s..  241.8  fu  w.  of  7th  av..  I6.81 
99.11;  sametosame 3,000 

123d  st,  B.  a.  268.4  It  w.  ot  7th  av.,  16.8x 
99.11;  sametosame 8,000 

Goerckst,  e.  s..  121.3  ft.  n.  of  Bivington  st. 
61x98. 10.  Also.  Manglnst..  w.  s.,  81.3  ft  s. 
of  aunton  st,  20.11x100;  T.  H.  Friend,  Bef- 
eree, to  John  Hoach., 13,000 

Goeruk  St.  and  Mangin,  U  lots,  A.  CzaKl,  Bef- 
eree, to  John  Boach 9,000 

60th  st,  s.  s.,  lOo  It  e.  ot  7th  av.,  20x 
100.4»4;  F.  6myth.  Referee,  to  Wm.  U.  tied- 
ney 11,200 

78th  sc.  s.  s.,  224  ft  e.  of  4th  av  ,  18x102.2; 
U.  A.  Ualsey,  Heferee,  to  i^oiumon  Loeli 8,000 

9th  av,  n  e.  comer  ot  100th  st,  26.2xioO; 
J.  M.  .Mackay,  Referee,  to  eiarab  A.  Goodsell.      2.200 

117th  st,  s.  s.,  183.5<^  ft.  w.  of  Avenue  A, 
18.6x100.1):  T.  II.  Lane,  Referee,  to  Kmi- 
grant  Industrial  i^avlu;:s  Uonk 6,300 


BKOAIIVVAY  AND  38TU  ST.-F.)E  .SALH  AT 
a  great  bargain,  if  iiurvhised  at  this  time,  this 
magnlilceDt  plot  of  Broadway  property  on  thj  north- 
east coTuerof  38tb  st.  six?  9Sxl40.  Its  eommanoiiig 
position  warrants  any  kind  of  permanent  and  substan- 
tlil  Improvements.  Apply  to  i'Jal\d.  id^  Mo.  1,235 
Broadway. 


>0.  10  \VE-'*r  48  TU  .ST, 

For  sale  this  very  desirable  four-story  brick  house, 
25  feet  front,  with  dliilng-room  exteusloii.  butlei's 
pantry,  aud  back  stairs;  perfrct  or  ler:  lot  100.5: 
C<ilumbia  college :  grouud  rent.  'fSSO :  lowest  price, 
J30.000.  E.  H.  LUDLOW  t  CO..  .No.  3  Pine  St. 


"I7OR  SAJjB— .Vi  A  BaEOAI.W,  A.N  hLBGA.Sr  FilUR- 

JT  story  hlgh-Bioop  browii-<iV<ine  house,  26x70xi 00  ; 
bou.'tn  la  perfect  order;  located  lu  West  uHtn  st ,  clos'^ 
tooth  uv  ;  lucation  UDSuroaxaed,  as  it  overlooks  the 
Grand  Plasa.  (entrance  to  Central  I'nrk  at  5ih  nv.)  For 
full  particulars  Bpply  to  HO  MBit  .MO.tGAN.  2  Pine   st. 


APUOMIAULU  IfsVE.STftlENT.  —  O.NLV 
$6,000  each  lor  the  three  ttare*-stury  aud  basenjout 
dwellings.  iO.SxlOO  each;  centrally  located  near 
Broadway;  a  bargain  to  Close  an  estate.  Executor, 
No.  4  VVarr»n  St.,  Boom  No.  2. 


AHACUIKICU  TO  CLiO^l::  Km  fA  •'*!.— T>vo 
lots.  .'lOxliiO,  w?Bt  side  of  riro;idway :  63d  aud  G4tb 
sti.,  frouilue  plaza;  oulv$l3,0i<0  each;  cellars  ex- 
oatated;  i>nliajle  lor  flata  UXtlcUl'UR,  no.  4  War- 
re  :  SU.  Room  No.  2. 


FUK  !«AL.1£. -llUUdhCt  OiN  WK81'  21ST  sT.  22U 
»t..  2  id  st .  28tb  st  .  SOth  Bt,  anl  oiher  desirable 
location*  ;  Country  seats  and  homes  fjr  exchange ; 
also,  Urooklju  bouses  st  10 w  prices. 

Hall  fc.  ^QUlASti,  No.  203  West  23  st 


iDg  to  estates  snd  tnsticutinns   for  sale   or  rent  at 
low  rates.     KlflU.MA.N  F.  PAGE,  Mo.  42   East  23d  st 


BEO(^][^_REAX_ESTATE. 

FOa.  SALE— O.N  BROOKLYN  HKlOHTS,  A  FIRST- 
olass  lour-story  browo-stone  himie.  with  b.~!ck 
Stable  in  tbe  rear,  both  in  exceileiit  o.-der:  the  loca- 
tion Is  one  ot  the  choicest  in  the  city  ;  terms  easy. 
For  parricnlars  apuly  at  No.  81  I'ierropont  st.  or  to 
HOWABll,  SANGUct  It  CO.,  ^'o.  4U4  Druauwity.  .New- 
York. 


JCOUOTE^  KEA  L^ESTATE^ 

VALUABLS  HOTEL  PBOPEBTY  AT  CAPE  MAY,  N.  J. 

THE  STOCKTON  HOTEL, 

the  largest,  most  complete,  aud  popular  8KA-S10S 
HOUSE  m  America,  is  offered  for  sal7.  For  ioforma- 
tion,  address  J.  N.  OU  BARRY. 

No.  233  South  4th  st,  rhiliidelpbla. 


FOR  WALIfc-A  BliAUlIKUL  COCSIHY  RKdt- 
deuce  in  New-Jersey,  oiie  hour  from  foot  of  Cort- 
landi  St.;  location.  000  f«?t  above  tide-water;  perlect- 
ly  healthy,  and  no  mosquitoes:  house  hns  all  modern 
improvements:   hot  and  cold  witer,   marble  maotels, 

kc.;  supplied  with  waiter  troai  spring  on  side  bill  ; 
view  from  limise  very  exte  sive;  haodsomn  lawn; 
fruit  and  shade  trees  in  qannttties.  For  lUrther  par- 
ticulars appiv  to  T.  S.  SUEc'UEKD,  No.  Xkit  Broadway. 
Boom  No.  10. 


ULSTBK   COUNTY    FARAI   FOU  ."iAljK  Ott 
hXCdAWQiv    FOlt      t:ITY     PUOPtETy— Coutalnlnn 
2u0  acres,  mostly  uuder  cultlvutlou.  well  fenced,  with 

plenty  of  spriD'^  ivuccr;  also  ruuniuj;  streams;  large 
dweilin;;,  recently  built,  with  tarui-houso  and  all 
necessary  oiitbailoinics.  two  miles  from  lallroad  sta- 
tion; will  b^  sold  witn  stock.  lioplemeDts,  &C.,  if  de- 
slro'L  Inquire  of  Executors,  Sa,  83.4  West  14th  St., 
Wew-Voric  >A\,s- 


S&Q    l^kf^A     t^'A.HH     WXLiL.     I'UItCHAME     A 

tpOsvFvVr  small  house,  Uve  room*,  four  acres  of 
laud  i  >  ood  garden  ;  one  hour  by  Erie  Railway ,  ten 
mioutes  from  station.  Address,  until  8atatdar,  K.  M., 
owner.  Box  Mo.  1 12  Timrs  Offlue. 


OltANUK.  M.  J.-<'OUi:4rRY  lltiUSKS.  L.\{(Dti 
Hndvil.age  lots  tor  sale:  n  meat  vanec.r.  .Visu. 
lliniiBlied  and  unfurnished  nouses  cu  let  for  seasou  oe 
VfKt,  by  WalTKk  R.  ."iiliTH.  lorniery  Blaclcwo.:* 
Smilli.  Ora  Hue.  eunier  uf  Uniu  and    ■''ooescs. 


AEAti   ESTATE    Of  iCMNU  bPRING  SAbE. 

D.  M.  SBAMAJN   WILL   SELL 
BROOKLYN    VALU.\BLK    BDILDISG  LOTi 
AT  AUDTION    UN 
TUESDAY.  Feb.  13,  1877.  nt  12  o'clock. 
At  tbelixobage  Hales-rooms,  No.  Ill  Broadway,  (Trin- 
ity Building.-,)  New-York. 
TOMPKiNi  AvrNUK.— 5  lots  on  east  sldo  of  Tompkins 
av.,  C3mmen;mg  100  feet  south  of  Myrtle  av.,   each 
20xl0o  feet 

ToVFKiKS  AvK}ioii.— ^  lots,  we3t  side  of  Witherspoou 
St.,  each  20x1011  feet 

ToxPKi.vs  ^  VBiTDB  — Lot,  west  side.  25  feet  south  of 
Wiliougbby  BV..  2.^x100  feet 

Toxvia*  AVB.TDB.— House  snd  plot  we<:t  side,  near 
corner  of  >>ltnerspoon  at;   plot,  60x100  feet 

WiTHKRSPoo:?  bTkBBT.— 5  lots  OU  soUtb  side  com- 
mencing 125  feet  from  Tompkins  av.,  each  20x1  oO 
teet 

W1THBBIF30N  BrnnsT.— 1  lot.  south  side,   commen- 
oing  loo  tcet  from  Tompkins  av.,  25x100  feat 
TITLE  PKBFKCT. 
Part  of  purcbasn  moaey  cm  remain  on  mortgace. 
Maps  of  tbe  property  can  be  obtained  at  the  ofilce  of 
the  auctionoer,  Na  11  Piae  st ,  New-Vork. 


COUMER  FiiAT  — AL.1>  i^lC^QT  ROO.ins  1 
private  entrance ;  newly  painted ;  nrst-class  loca- 
tion; possession  immediately.  Also  others,  cheap. 
YATES,  No.  888  6th  av.,  corner  oOth  st 


NKWroUT,  K.I. -FOB  KKNr.  FOB  TUR  60U. 
mer,  a  fumiabed  cottage  ou  Wasblnzton  St..  with 
fine  view  of  tbe  Say.  Apply  to  8AJ1UBL  U.  TATOM. 
Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


PO    liET— aBVBKAL  BKOWN-SiONU    UOUSKii   I» 
L  the  vicinity  of  the  Park;  $300  to  $2,000. 

JOHN  W.  tTEVE.118,  Broadway  and  52d  st 


TO    Lis  f— ON     WA8HlNGTO.11     fcQUABB     NOiiTH. 
near  otb  av.,  an  tfxtra  wide  three-story  bouse,  with 
stat>le.  llOMBtt  MORGAN,  No.  2  Piae  st 


STORES,  &0.,  TO  LET. 

isrviprjs"KrABLjrT>ri*ooD^i^ 

tltkt-rate  order ;  rooms  for  coMohman  i  fimr  stalls , 
plenty  earriaga  room ;  $60  a  munib.  YATbtt  Mo.  hAi 
mtu  av..  aeriiar  euth  aa 


8Tokjh;s.  w\:a.,  jo  lbx 


OVnCKR  to  L.BT 

INTHB  - 
TIMES  BUir^DlNG. 

jjppi^ir  TO 

0£OKGB  JONBH. 
TIMEH  OFtflOE. 


rtlO  LiKT— O."*  WBST  ST..  BBTWKKN  VHSTEY  ANI> 
J.OesbroBses  sts.,  a  five-story  warehoose,  44  by  85 
leet,  suitable  for  storage  or  fbr  a  manufaotory  lor 
heavy  gooda. 

Apply  to  H.  H.  CAUMANir, 
No.  25  Pine  st 


T(»  AlANCFACrUHBOS.— SPLrfNDXD  FLOOB8. 
with  steam-power,   ito.     Moa  164  and  166   West 
lOth  at 


STEAIU  POWEHAND  Fia.ST  FLiOOR  ANU 
cellar.  50x80  feet,  Nob.  188  and  190  West  Bonatoa 
St.    Inquire  in  the  ooroer. 


WANlED-FIVK  ROOMS  (0NFCR«ISHED)  FOB 
housekeeping  by  an  American  family;  must  be 
situated  between  14tb  and  40th  sts.,  and  6th  aod  8th 
avs.;  private  house  preferred;  gas  and  use  of  bath* 
room;  reot  must  not  exceed  $2(ror  $22.  Address  lor 
two  days  Albert.  Box  No.  223  Timet  ofdce. 


AiiE.M'I.EAIAN  l>EeilU£E»  A  P1R8T-CLA8S 
unfamlsbed  house;  must  be  full  width,  in  fine  eon- 
dition,  and  oo  «r  near  6th  av.  or  Madison  av.  Address 
S.,  Post  Office  Box  No.  8,636. 


H 


(lUHE!!!,  FUKNIHHEO  ilNI)  DNFUBNISUED. 
wanted  tor  immediate  occupation. 

KINGHAN  F.  PAGE,  No.  42  East  23d  st 


JNSTEUOHON^ 

Collegiate    Institute, 

No.  40  WASHlNGfON    SQUARE,   Nl-IW-YoEK  OirZ. 

GEO.  W.  CLARK  A,  Pb.  D.,  Prinjlpau 
Prepares  pupils  of  all  ages  for  huHrusi  or  collect. 


DREW  HEMINARY    AND   FoMALB    COLLEGE, 
carmel,  N.  Y.— For  both  sexes.     Rates  reasonable. 
A  school  for  earnest  worg.    Spiinr  sessioa  Feb.  19. 

GEO.  C.  SMITE.  A.  M. 


OlIAUIilEtt  l.N.-»TrrUTK, 

CENTRAL   PARK,     NEW-VURK. 
Boarding  and   Day  .school  for    boys    from  seven  to 

twenty  years  old. 


MRS.  FARKSi»  BOAltOING  ANO  BAV 
school  tor  young  ladies,  New-Brunswlolc.  N.  J., 
opeus  its  next  kossion  Feb.  5.  Circulars  sent  if  desired. 
Terms  moderate. 


ElltENFn;].!)  INSTITUTE.  NO.  822  LEX- 
•..a-ington  av.,  north-west  corner  of  63d  st. — English 
..nd  German  day  and  boarding  school;  new  session  be- 
gins Feb.  7. 

lANO  A.ND  s*l.\«ING  l.NsiTKLCTlON    AT 

moderate  terms  :  is  goiog  to  Harlem  once  a  week. 
Address  A.  BLEY.  .\a  241  East  24th  st. 

I(!)!»  .nAItlON  A.  KOl.iL.O'.'S  iiCHOOL,  FOR 

CHILOKKN.     No.  51  East  21st  st 


m 


M 


►  OKT  CHIiSTKR   IN-STITUTE—Pon  Chester, 
N.  Y.;  limited  to  25  boys.    V.  Wiuthrop  Starr,  A.  M. 


TEAGHEKS. 


MISS  IVI.  J.  yoUNG  RES.'ECXFUMiY 
informs  her  friends  and  tbe  educational  public 
that,  in  consequence  of  the  bankruptcy  of  J.  W.  Scber- 
mcrhorn  it  Co., she  has  severed  her  couoection  with  the 
"American  School  Instltnie"  and  liaaopened  herowu 
educational  ageocv  at  No.  23  Union  square  ;  office  bours 
from  9  A.  M.  to  5  P.  M. 


AVVtM.  KULCATEU  YOUNG  L.ADY.  AC- 
quainteil  with  the  English  aud  German  lauguasres, 
able  to  eupenutend  a  housebo.d,  suilled  in  fancy 
needle- work,  also  capable  of  Instructing  small  children, 
desires  a  8itn.:tion.  Address  Miss  B.  M.,  No.  2o7  East 
15ih  St..  New-York. 


r|^H<iKOU(JH   INSTHUCTIO.N  IN  GtiRiMAN 

3-  laDgua:;e,  literature,  and  history.  Private  cLisaes 
at  reduced  rates,  best  relerences.  Address  PRO- 
FtSiO^  Box  -NO.  274  TlMEo  UP-i'OVVN  OFFICE,  NO. 
I,2d7  BUO.IDWAY. 


rB'iUAClifc.U..S  WAMTEU  —  PRI-SCXfiL  FOR 
J.  drst-ciuss  boardiuii-schooi  near  City,  a  colleee 
graduate  as  nssijtant ;  aiso  a  French  or  Swiss  lady. 
Apply  to  Miss  .\1.  J.  YOUNG.  A mericao  and  Foreign 
'I'euchers'  Agency.  So.  23  tJoion  square. 

To  Manufacturers  of  fertilizers. 
FOR  SALE, 

AMMONIACAL  MaTTERS, 

In  fine  mechauical  conditi^ti,  and  coataluing  from  13 
to  14  percent,  aminouia.  ut  $J  25  pur  unit  o(  umma- 
nia  per  too  uf  2,(KiO  iiounds.  free  oj  bjard,  at  Oaltl- 
mure,  buyers  fiiruiihiu^  OAgi.      .^ildreaj 

.AMOR  SMITH    &  SONS, 
Post  Office  Box  No.  .iH.  Baltimore,  Md. 


EITS'  0<K;OA.— lillAl'KFaL,  ASO  CO  .iFjRrX.SCl: 
ea-li  oacKet  is  iibMlol,  jAilKl  KfPS  Si  O..  Hoji'- 
opal  ulu  Chemists.  No.  4S  Tnieadueeillc  at  and  No.  170 
pM-cauill\.  Lon  lou,  iJ'i,jUnd.    .New-fora  Depot.  ttUU'H 
k  V'A.VDKRBEiliv.  ParK  oUc.3. 


ICE-CREAM. 


FiJSSEI.L'.S  ICE  CUEA-W.-TWE-NTY-FIVE 
cents  pt:r  quart  to  cnnrcnes  und  Inrirc  paries  ;  <.:har- 
loite  Busse.  iu  boxes,  to  carry  home;  tresh  iwicea  da.v. 
No.  12  bible  House. 


CinUKClfoFTHE  HOLY  THIN  IT  V,  MAD- 
/iBon  av.  and  42d  sc— Open  every  eve. iing  except 
Saturday.  Rev.  Joseph  ''dell,  o' Brooklyn,  will  preach 
this  evening  at  7:45.     All  are  invited. 


EEMOVALS. 


RE.MOVAL.  —  RIDOELY  t   CO.    IMPORTliKS  OP 
lace   curtains   aud   embroideries,    have    removed 
irom  No.  110  Worth  st  to  .sos.  79  and  81    Worth  st. 
between  Broadway  anil  Church  st. 
iSkw-Vork,  leb.  1.  1877. 


LEGAL  XOTICES^ 

STATE  OF  NEVV-YORli.— IN  TaBCOUnT  OF 
CuiumoM  I'leas  for  the  City  and  Couaty  of  New- 
York.— liu  .  1  IN  FLOYD,  Plaintlir,  against  ELIZAS. 
llOtSM.u.  .isun  M.  Heal,  aiid^loert  F.  Heal,  her  hus- 
band, Snr:>h  ...  tleuderson.  and  David  H«udcis:)n.  bur 
busbaod,  James  t'.  Uousmao,  William  U.  llou-mnn,  Jo- 
seph U.  iiousman.  Lizzie  A.  llousman, ,'  u-iau  Mouemau, 
EilzaS.  Housmin,  Administratrix  of  the  gooiis,  chattels, 
and  credits  01  James  Mousmau.  deceased,  John  W.  Coch- 
r,iu,  William  H.  Donaldson,  and  Abbott  L.  Miiis.  defeud- 
suts. — summons  lor  relief.— To  the  defendants  andeueli 
01  them  :  Youure  hereby  summoned  aud  required  to  an- 
swer the  comoTHint  in  this  »otion.  which  vus  died  in 
the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pieris,  ot 
the  Otvand  County  uf  iSew- York,  Mt  the  Couri-house 
In  said  City,  on  the  27th  dav  of  Noveiaiier.  1876.  aud 
to  serve  a  copy  ot  your  answer  to  'he  said  complaint 
ou  the  snbseribers.  nt  their  ofUce,  No.  5  I  Liberty  st. 
In  the  City  olScw-York.  within  twenty  days  after  the 
service  ot  this  summons  on  yon,  exclusive  of  the  day 
of  sueh  Hervlee;  aod  it  you  fail  to  answer  tbe  said 
complaint  within  the  timo  aforesaid,  the  plaintiff  in 
this  action  Will  app.y  to  tbe  court  for  ibe  relief  de- 
muudedin  tbe  complaint— Datud  New-York,  ^ovem■ 

ber,  1876.  ROK  &,  MACKLIN, 

jal9-law6wP  Plaintifif's  Attorneys. 


SVPtlESUi  C.IURT.  COUNTY  OF  Q0EEN8. 
—JACOB HICKS,  olaintift,  nguinst  JANE  E.  FOWLIS, 
8eiieca  A.  iiwalm  aud  Jeunie  H.  .Swalm,  bis  wife,  Wil- 
bur Boshmore  aud  Allstreas  Wilbur  Kushmpre,  his 
Wile,  defendants —Summons— tor  relief.  (Cora,  not 
served.)— To  tbe  deteudauts  above-named  aud  each  of 
them  :  You  are  hereby  summoned  and  required  to  an- 
swer the  complaint  la  this  action,  which  has  been  thlj 
day  tiled  in  the  ofBce  of  the  Clsrk  of  the  County  of 
Queens,Btthevillat;pof  Jamaica,  in  the  said  county,  and 
to  serve  a  copy  of  your  answer  to  th«  said  couiplaiut 
ou  tba  subseriber.  at  b»  ofilce.  No.  4U  Court  street,  in 
the  City  of  Brooklyn.  County  of  iUngs,  witaiu  twenty 
d^ys  after  the  service  of  this  summons  on  you,  exclu- 
sive of  the  day  of  such  service;  and  if  you  fall  to  nn- 
swer  the  said  complaint  within  the  tiitae  aforesaid,  the 
plaliitiS'in  this  ac.lon  will  apply  to  the  court  for  the 
relief  demanded  iu  the  complaint. — Dated  Brooklyn, 
Au;;.  22,  1876.  JOHN  H.  KNAEUEL, 

PiainiiiTs  Attorney. 

Tbe  said  complaint  was  duly  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
Clerk  of  t lie  t.'onuly  of  Que-ns,  at  the  viUaue  of  Ja- 
maica, in  the  said  county,  and  State  of  New-York,  ou 
the  22d  diiy  of  August.  1876. 

JOUN  U.  KNAEBEL,  Plaintiff's  Attorney. 

f2-law6wF* 


WANTED-AN  EFFICIENT  AND  WELL  RiiCOM- 
msuded  Protestant  woman,  us  maid,  seamstress, 
and  ireneral  assistant;  one  accustomed  to  traveling 
preferred.  Inquire  at  Albeimarle  Hotel,  Friday  after- 
noou,  between  2  inl  5  o'clock. 

AN  PEO- MAN  AND  WlFii   ON  A  DAIRY  FARM; 

thu  man  mus'  be  9  good  milker  nnd  understand 
taking  o:ire  of  stock,  and  The  woman  a  good  plain 
cook,  washer,  aud  ironer.  Apply  with  references  to 
J.  O.  THUk.^TON,  788  Broadway,  flist  floor  uo  sc^irs. 

A  .SUFERINTKN DENT  WANTED  FOR  AN 
iron  foundry,  most  be  a  practical  man.  Address 
A.  SI'OOr,  Box  No.  316  TiaiES  DP-TOWN  OFFICE, 
NO.  1,267  BROADWAY. 


JOUUNAlilSr.- WANl'SD.  A  COilPblENT  AND 
cnirured  uiUtty  man  on  aflrst-class  daily.  Address, 
With  full  particulars,  B.,  No.  37  East  20th  st,  New- 
York  City. 


WANTEO  — A  MECHANICAL  DRAUGHTSMAN 
thoroughly  nnderstandiut:  bis  bnsiaess.  and  com- 
petent to  uiake  drawiiigs  of  machines  lor  inventiou. 
Aouly  bv  letter  to  (;.  W.  v.,  Statlm  B.  New-York, 


WANTED -Sn,K  SALESMAN;  ONE  WHO  DNDEB- 
stands  the  skein  silk  and  machine  twist  trade; 
must  have  good  references.  Address  Post  Office  Box 
No.  1.477.  Boston.  U^iss. 


REUABUE     CANVASSEUA     WANTED    IM- 
meiliateiy   lor  our  new  wall  maps  aod  indezea 
atlases.    BAND.  McNALLY  &  CO.,  Na  163  Broadway. 


WKT-«U«.-»K  WANTEU,— A  YOU.NO  HEALTHY 
woman  whose  oniidis  not  more  than  three  months 
Old.    Apnly  at  No.  35  Kaat  17tb  st  tO'daV-  at  2  I*.  U. 


WANTEU->.A  NUR-SK   AND    SI^AMSTaKsS;  ALSO, 
laundress  aod  chaml>er-maid..  Call  at  No.  kS  Weat 
49tb  St.,  between  lu  and  1  o'clock. 


VTirAIVTED— A.  PaOTKSTANT  WOJtAN  AS   NU£8B, 
V  T  ana  to  do  obamber-work :    refsraooea   required. 
AnniT  betere  X  o'olook,  at  Ho.  MX  Maolaaaast 


SAyCES.^    _ 
LEA  dt  VB'RaWB* 


OBIABBATBD 


PBOBOUVCED     BT 

COKNOISIUIUBB 

TO  BB  THE 

"ONLY  GOOD 
SAUCE," 

AMD  APPLICABIfB 

TO 

EVBBY  VAEIBTT 

OP  DISH. 


EXTBAOT 

of  a  LETTER  tnxa^ 

MBDICAL     OBMTIiS' 

XAN  at  Madras  to  hla 

brother  at 

WORCBSTEB, 

May,  1851. 

"Tell  LKA  &  PEO- 
BIN8  that  their  Sauca 
is  highly  esteemed  in 
India,  and  Is  In  mr 
opinion,  tbe  most  pal- 
atable as  well  as  tbe 
most  wholesome 
Sauce  that  Is  made." 


Worcestershire   Sauces 

LBA    6c   PBSaiNS* 

IViiNATUBB  U  on  l^VBRY  BOTTLZ. 


JOHN  DUNCAN'S  SONS, 


NEW.YORK. 


S1TUATI0N8_WAJ^TED. 

FECIAL  ES. 
THE  CF-TOWN^Tri^iicE^oi'  THE  11^ 

Tbe  np-town  office  of  THE  TIMES  Is  located  at 
No.  \,''ih7  Broad«FaT.  bet.  Slat  and  32d  ata. 

Open  dally,  Simdays  moiuded.  from  4  A.  BL  to  9  P.   M. 

Subscriptions  received,  and  ooples  ot  THB  TIUB8  for 

sale. 

ADVERTISBMEN'TS  BEOBIVED  UNTIL  9  P.  M. 


tlHAaiBER-l>lAID.— BYARB3PECTABLEYOUNQ 
."elrl.  In  a  small  private  family,  as  chamber-maid  and 
waitress,  or  would  take  care  ot  children;  fifteen 
months'  reference  from  last  place.  Call  at  No.  230 
East  48th  st 


CBAi>lBEK-.^AID  AND  I.AUNDRE!!)H.-BY  A 
young  Ctrl  In  private  family;  best  City  reference 
from  present  employers.  Call  at  No.  287  East  43d  st. 
one  flight  up. 


ClHA.UBER.in  AID  AND  SEAiHSTRBs^S.— 
./By  an  American  younk  woman,  nnd  would  take 
care  of  American  child.  Address  lor  two  days  W.  B..  Box 
No.  300  TIMK8  UP-XOW\  OFFICE.  1.2o7'BBOADWAY. 


riHAIVIB£R.aiAlD    OR   WAITKE.S!"*.— BY    A 

V^resp^i'table  young  colored  woman ;  no  objection  to 
a  boarding-house;  best  reference.  Address  T.  W., 
Box  295TlMiiS  UP-TOW.V  OFFICE,  1,257  BROADWAY. 


CHAMBEK-.VAiD.— BY  A  COMPETE.N'T  GIRL; 
would  assist  With  laundry  work;  willing  and  ob- 
Heine ;  five  years'  Citv  reference  from  last  employer. 
Call  at  No.  373  West  52d  st. 


CHA.)IB£R-i»AlD    AND      WAITRES.S.     OR 
light  House-wjork.- Has  edod  reference.    Call  or  ad- 
dress No.  247  East  37th  st. 


CHA»lB£R-.n  AID.— FOUR    YEARS      IN      LA8T 
place.    Apply  at  No.  106  Eim  St.,  julla  Ju^e. 


COOK— WAITRES.**.- BY  A  SCOTCH  COOK  AND 
lanodress:  seven  yeara'  reference  ;  also  by  a  Cana- 
dian waitress  aud  chamber-maid  in  a  onvate  family; 
City  or  country;  together  or  separately.  Address  No. 
365  6th  av..  near  23d  st. 


COOK.— BY  A  RESPBCTABLK  AMl.BlCAN  WOM- 
an  in  a  private  family:  first  class;  understands 
French  cooking;  best  of  City  reference.  Address  D. 
M..  Box  No.  308  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFKICJS.  NO. 
I,'.i57  BROADWAY. 


ClOOK,  &c.— BV  A  YOUNG  GIRL  AS  COOK, 
.'washer,  and  ironer;  four  years'  City  reference  from 
Inst  place;  good  bread  and  biscuit  baker.  Call  At  No. 
158  East  42d  st 


COOK,  —BY  A  RhSPKCTABLK  GIRL  IN  A  PRI- 
vate  family  to  cook,  wa*n,  andiron:  good  City  ref- 
erence Irum  her  laat  place.  Call  at  No.  336  East 
59th  Bt 


COOK.— BY    A    PROTEST-iNf     YOUNG     WOMAN; 
understands  French   and   A mericau  cooking ;  good 
City  reter<.nce     Call  at  No.  1^4  West  33d  st,  front 

basement 


CO<»K.— BY  A  Good  C.IOIC  ;  IS  AN  KXCKLLE.^T 
baker;  will  assist  with  washing  and  ironing;  tiest 
City  relefence.  Call  at  No.  4'J5  7tnav.,  between  33tt 
and  34  ch  sts. 


CtO.lK.— BY  A  YOU.N'G  WO.MAN:  AN  KXCELLKNT 
y'cuok  ;  good  bread  nnd  biscuit  baker;  no  objection 
to  assist  with  washing  auj  irunlag;  tiest  refere.nce. 
Call  at  .So.  114  West  17t!i  st 


C^OOK.— Bl  A  COilPr:T,.Nl'  WOMAN  A.S  URST- 
./caiscook;  understands  all  kinds  01  baking:  would 
do  some  coarse  washing  lu  im  American  fainilv;  iltT 
reference.    Call  at  14"2  West  28th  st.  grocery  store. 


CIXIK.— BYA  RESl'KUTAdLfc:  WO  it  A.  .  A3  KIRST- 
ela  B  cook;  thoroughly  understands  her  btistnesB 
in  all  Its  branches ;  be^t  City  reference.  Call  at  NOl 
217  West  27tn  St. 


C1<»«»jv.— 6Y  A  tiRHPE.  TABLS  GIRL:  UNDKR- 
.'stands  all  kinds  of  cooking;  excellent  wssber  aud 
Iruner;  two  years' reference.  Ca.l  for  two  days  ac  No. 
43  Perrv  street,  first  floor. 


CIOOK.- lii  A  BESPilCTAJSLE  YOUNG  GIRL  AS 
ycook,  washer,  and  ironer;  willing  and  obliging; 
good  city  rclereuce  :  no  o  irds  ans  wered.  Call  at  No. 
aOo  West  3lith  St.  first  floor. 


C100K.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  FBKSCH  WOMAN 
>»  iu  a  private  family;  City  or  country;  good  refer- 
ence. Call  or  address,  for  two  days,  no.  226  West 
3l8t  St.,  basement 


COOK,       WAMUKJtt,  AND     lUONEU..— BY     A 
Protestant  girl ;   Hty  or  count  ry  :    City  references. 
Address  No.  245  West  3  Jd  st 


C^OOK,    WAMHEK,     AND     IRONER.— Bf    A 
y.^eotch   Protestant;   either   City    or   country;   good 
reference.    Call  at   152  West  2Sth  st,  Boom  6,  rear. 


C100K.— BY  A  KEar'iii;i..iBLE    Gl.iL  WITH  GuOD 
/"City  reterence ;   no  objection  to  a  private  boarding- 
house.    Call  or  address  for  two   da.v«  315  Etut  32d  et 


C100K.— bl'    A    MiDOLiS-At^KD  WOilA.V    AS    PEO 
.'tessed  cook  in  a  private  family;  take  full  charge; 
best  city  reference.     Call  a*-  No.  L-n  West  19th  St. 


C^OOlA.— BV  AFlliST-CLASo  COOK;  UNDliKiTA.NDS 
;aU  Idnds  of  cooiving  and  all  tta  branches;  good  City 
refereuiea.    Call  at  No.  57  East  41s.  et 


COOK.— BY  A   EtiiSPECrABLE     YOUzSG    WOMAN  ; 
flrst-olass  cook  or  laundress;   best  City  reterenoe. 
Call  ac  No.  244  West  3Utb  st 


COOK.— BY  A  RE.SPKCl'ABLE  WOMAN     IN  A  PBI- 
vate  family;    no  otjectiou  to  assist  with  washing ; 
best  City  reieience.     i  aii  st  No.  244  West  33j  st. 


DRE.>ti->iAKEU.-B);  A  THOROUGH  FIRST- 
class  dress-maker ;  will  go  out  bv  the  day  to  ma  e 
lauies'  and  children's  snitu  and  eveuiug  dresses,  or  will 
make  suits  at  moderate  prices  at  home.  Address  Dress- 
maner.  No.  100  West  24th  st.  corner  of  6th  av. 


DUEl!$S-.UAKEK.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  DitE.SS- 
maker  to  go  out  by  tbe  day ;  none  to  surpass  in 
fltiiug  or  trimming  ;  dresses  m.ide  over  eqnal  to  new; 
prioes  to  suit  the  times.    Call  at  No.  234  bth  ar. 


HOUSEttEEPUK.-UY  AN  LVTiiLLIuENT,  E.\- 
ergetic  New-England  wom.in,  us  housekeeper  in 
fanuiy;  matrou  lr>  au  iastiiutiOD,  or  companion  to  an 
luvaiid,  la  competent  j-ud  willing  to  fill  any  position 
not  menial ;  reieiences  exchanged.  Addrctis  A.,  Box 
No.  268  T1ME8  UPTOWN  OrFICE,  1,257  BEOADn  AY. 

OU:^£K  EKficCK.- Bl!  A  UlUDLU-AGbD  AM.ERI- 
cau  ;  vrllliuetodo  tUeup-scairs  woric;  un^l^rstauaa 

cutting;  is  a  perlect  seaaistresa ;  is  agoodiiurse; 
understands  boiel  or  liuen-ioom.  Address  M.  E., 
Box  No.  2«S  XXMKS  UP-IOWN  OFFICE.  liO.  1,257 
BKOADWAX. 


HOUSE-WORK.— bX    A  WOMAN,    IN    A  SMALL 
private  family;  thoroughly   competent  in  every 
branch.     Appiy   or  address   Margaret,    rso.    267  West 

43a  St. 


LAUNOUKSM.— Bl  A  C0MPET8NT  LAUixDBESS; 
undersiauds  all  kinds  of  French  work;  will  assist 
with  a  little  chamber- woric  In  a  small  famil.y ;  has  tne 
best  of  leterenqe  from  last  employer.  Call  at  Mo.  326 
Kast  36tn  St.,  first  floor. 


LAUNDRESS.- BY  A  FIKST-CLASS  LAU.VDRK8S; 
can  do  all  kinds  of  fluting,  laces,  and  fine  work; 
^^llli□g  and  obliging;  no  objection  tuthe  country;  has 
the  oesc  olreiereucu  from  last  employer.  Call  at  No. 
3^0  East  3(ith  St.,  in  the  store. 


LAUNDKESS.— BY  A  FlBSi-CLASS  LAUNDuESS; 
understands  her  work  thoroughly ;  lour  years  ti 
bsttt  City  reference;  City  or  country.  Call  for  it,  st 
No.  129  West  19tli  st,  one  flight  u;>. 


LAUNDRESS.— BX  A  YOUNG  WOMAN  IN  HOTEL 
or  ooardlng-house;  can  be   recommended.     Call  at 
No.  J  6  Joues  St.,  rear,  off  Uth  av. 


LAUNDREr*S.-BY  A  FIR0T-CLA8S  LaU.NDBiiSS;, 
has  excellent  City  reference.    Can  be  seen  at  Na 
7lo  6ih  av..  lu  mllUnery  store.  ,, 


LAUNUKE8H,— Br  A  FlBSi-CLASS    LaUNDBEHS. 
in  a  private  family :   best  City  reference  from  last 
place.    Call  at  No.  32  West  44th  St.,  in  the  store. 


NURSn:  ANI>  »KA:UsrKESS.— BY  A  REaPECT- 
able  young  rItI,  Protestant:  best  City  refereooes. 
Address  o.  W.,  BoxiSo.  289  TIMES  OP-XOWN  OFFICE, 
No.  1,257  BROADWAf. 


T\rURSE.— MONTHLY  OR  INVALID;  UNEXChP- 
X^  tiouable  reference,  medical  and  otherwise.  Apply 
to  Mrs.  Van  Nest  No.  325  West  llth  su 


NUUSE,    dice- BY    A-i    ENGLISH    PROTESTANT 
girl  as  nurse  und  seamstress ;  has  goon  reierence. 
Calllor  two  days  ac  No.  7o3  Otu  av.,  ring   third  bell. 


NURSE.— BY  A  RKSPiiCllABLE  PERSON  TO  TAKE 
the  entire  charge  of  a  baby  from  Its  oirth ;  no  ob- 
Jeciion  to  traveling;  best  relerenco.  Cail  at  792  3dav. 


NURSE.— BY  A  BESPECTAdLE  kOUNG    GIRL  TO 
take  oare  of  an  invalid   lady  ;  no    oblectiona  to  do 
chamber-work.    Call  at  No.  334  East  SOth  st 


SKA.nSTRES!<.— BY  A  FRENOH  KEAMisTRESd  TO 
oo  work  by  the  day,  week,  or  monih,  or  general 
lamiiy  sewing;  best  of  reterentses.  inquire  at  No. 
819  Jst  av. 


WAITKESS.— BY     A     COMPETENT    WaITBESB  | 
understands  making  all  kinds    of  salads,  and  care 
Of  silver ;  oau  ml  a  man's  p>ace;    bast  City  refeienea. 

Coll  at  488  7th  av. 


WAITUESS.— BY   A  LADY    GIVING  UP  HO08B- 
keeping,  lor  her  waitress,  who   is   thoroughly 
competent     Can  be  seen  at  No.  53  w  e»t  S6th  st 


W^ASUINU.— dY    A      RE.sPBCTAULIi     UQLOBR^ 
T  T  w^oman.  gents'  and  families'  washlag;  6U  cents  to 
$1  per  (to2;ui ;  good  reference.    Apply  at  Xo,  118  Wast 
%6th  St.  near  Utb  av.,  basement 


WASHlNti    AX<D    IRONING    iMliiB    SY  MB8. 
IT  Hnonnar  lenloMMi  1  Ho.  ^Afl  UT— t  fklX a» 


SITTJAGCIOKS  WAITTBI). 


aa/'ASaiNG.-BT    A    FIEaT-CLASS    LtONDBSM.' 
TT  to  go  out  by  tba  day:  would  do  anr  ktBdm;  howtf 

-work  at  75  cents  per  day.    Apply  at  No.  822  Baat  Sotk 

at,  flrst  floor,  rear.  ^ 

ASHING.— MBS.    I>OOLeT     WI8HBI    A    FbW 
fitmiiles'  washing;  good  refereno«s.    Call  a>t  *o. 
142  West  a8th  st.,  In  grocery  stores 


CLERKS  AND  SAliBSMBN. 

BOOK-KJSBPBR,  SALESMAN,  &0>-^  K& 
sponsible  position  where  hard  work,  earoestnaaa, 
and  integrity  can  be  appceelated;  10  yeaca  aa  baak> 
keeper,  salesman,  traveler,  and  four  yeua  in  bosloeM 
on  own  aeoonnt.  Addreaa  K,  R,  Box  No,  162  «si«S  • 
Office. 


mALBS. 

COACHMAN  AND  GROOM.— bVa'YoUhS 
man ;  undarsfands  esre  of  borsox,  oarrisges,  hais 
neas,  &c.;  can  milk  and  make  him^ielf  generally  nsemlt 
net  afraid  to  work ;  City  or  conntrv  ;  flrat-elass  CH> 
reterenoe.  Address  Alex..  Box  No.  328  TIMBS  UP. 
Town  OFFICE.  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 

OACHAf  AN  AND  CROON.— BY  a  RRaP£CTA< 
ble  Protestant  Scotchman  ;  siogle ;  thorovurhly  uo. 
derstands  bis  business;  rarefiU  pity  driver;  exce liens 
groom;  honest,  sober,  willing,  and  obliging,  as  relbr- 
ences  will  state.  Ca  1  or.addreaa  Coachman,  No.  Ill 
West  29th  st,  private  stable. 

OACHiVIA.N.- BY  AN    ENOLI8  Hal  AN,    Ma&BIBP. 

no  incumbrance ;  two  years  with  the  laat  family, 
who  have  just  turned  oat  tbeir  borsss;  oan  show  ex- 
cellent references  from  other  fkmllies  in  the  Cicy.  Call 
or  address  G.  B..  No.  40  iiasC  S2d  si. 


COACHitlAN.- BI  A  PRUVESTaNT  MARRIED 
man:  fully  competent  in  every  respect ;  first-olaas 
vegetable  gardener  if  required;  City  or  oountry ;  nine 
years'  City  reterenees.  Call  or  address  No.  22  Seal 
39th  st 


COACHMAN  AND  GR005H.— BY  A  RE8PBCTA- 
ole  young  single  man:  thoroughly  understands  bla 
btisine**;  can  do  gardening,  wliiinz  aud  obliging; 
sallsfactorv  reference;  (~lty  or  country.  Address  A. 
M.,  Box  No.  214  Timtt  Office. 


COACHMAN.— BY  A  MNGLE  MAN;  BCOTOH ; 
understands  the  bnsiness  tboronghl.y,  and  garden- 
ing if  requi  ted ;  will  be  found  willing  nnd  obliging  nn« 
der  all  circumstances ;  first-class  reterence  given.  Ad« 
dress  J.  D.,  Box  No.  237  lima  Office. 


COACH  i>l AN  AND  GROOM.— BY  A  PROTBST* 
ant  single  man ;  is  willing  to  help  In  a  garden  and 
make  him  sett  generally  useral ;  has  some  of  tbe  verr 
best  of  City  references.  Address  Coachman.  Box  No, 
216  limtt  Otflce. 


COACHMAN,  (GARDENER,  AND  GEXnBAL- 
ly  Useful  Man — By  a  single,  sober,  steady  man; 
three  ye..rs'  reference  from  last  place.  Address  tot 
two  days,  J.  C,  Yonkers  Post  office. 


COACHMAN  AND  GARDENER.— BY  A  00M> 
petent  married  man ;  understands  tbe  osia  and 
management  of  a  gentleman's  place.  Address  P.  B., 
No.  71  Franklyu  st ,  Green  Point,  Long  Islaad. 


ClOACHi>IAN.— 3V  A  OENTI^tiMAN  FOB  BIS 
/'coachman  ;  Scotch,  single,  strictly  temperate,  aod 
obliging;  no  objections  to  tbe  conntrv.  Call  or  ad- 
dress C.  J.  Cromwill,  No.  34  Liberty  st,  Room  Na  4. 


COACH.TrlAN       AND      GAKDi;<.NEU.-UNOBa- 
siands  both  branches  piTtectly:   has  tbe   best  of 
refereucea.    Apply  to  J.  R.,  No.  128  West  Slst  st 


C10ACHMAN.— BY  a  FIRST-CLASS    COACHMAN; 
>'City  or  country;   good  City  reference.    Address  by 
note,  No.  64  9. b  av.,  corner  15th  st 


COACHMAN 6Y  A  SCOTCH-IIAN:  MABRIED,  NO 
family;  understands  the  care  of  borses:    best  of 
references.    Address  B.  \V.,  67  Nossan  st.  seed  store. 

FARMER  OR  GARDENER.— BY  AN  AUBBI- 
can,  with  flrst-class  references,  as  farmer  or  gar- 
deuer;  one  who  tboroughh-  understands  the  care  of 
stuck:  engagement  desired  bv  tne  let  of  ApriL  Ad- 
drees  M.  H.,  Orange  Post  Office,  New-Jersey. 

OOTMAN  AND  USEPUL.  MAN.— BY  AN  RXp' 

perieuced  young  man;  single:  will  tend  fomace, 
clean  silver,  windows,  shoes,  jlc:  five  years'  City 
reference.  Call  or  address  Footman,  No.  144  6th  av., 
hainesB  store. 

L.OR1ST  AND  VEI^ETABliE  GROWER.— 

By  a  married  man.  (French,)  on  a  gentlemm's 
place;  no  children;  best  recommendations.  Address 
a.  B.,  Box  237   limti  Office, 

ARDENER.— BX  A  GSKMAN  25  I  BARS'  KXP8- 
lience  in  greenhouses,  graperies ;  fTuit,  vegetables, 

and  laudscaping:   can  use  tools  and  miik;   best  reier- 

ences  as  to  honesty  and  capability.    Address  C.  G.. 

ioi  Ko.    307    TIliES  UP-TOWN    OFFICE,    KO.    1,267 

BROADWAY. 

GARDENER.- BY  APBACTICAL  MAN.  MARBIED. 
who  thoroughly  understands  his  bnsiness  :  is  10*9 
years  in  the  present  eitnarion;  will  be  disengagel 
the  1st  of  March:  has  goodi'ity  references.  Addiesa 
William  Grady,  Palisades.  N.  Y. 

AROENER.— FIrCSr    CLASS:    MARRIED,    WlTtl 
small  family;   knows  his  business  in  every  depart- 
ment;   fir  it-class  recommendations  as   to  character 
and  capability :  is  also  a  first-class  farmer.    Address 
P.  K.,  seed  store.  No.  15  John  st 

ARDENER   AND    GENERAL.  MAN.- Br  A 

single  man  on  a  private  place  ;  understands  fruits, 
flowers,  and  vegetables  thoroughly;  can  dn  all  car- 
penter repairs  necessary  ;  has  undoubted  references. 
Address  f..  Staoletnn  Post  Office,  Staten  Island. 

ARDENER.-Bl'  A  MARRIED    MAN.    .iCOTCH; 

understands  the  culture  of  grapcijes,  peaches, 
stove  and  greenhouse  plants  and  vegetables :  aona 
but  a  first-class  place  wanted.  Address  A.  BailUe,  No. 
59  West  st 

GARDENER.- OF  INTELLKCTU-iL  ABILITJ 
and  reputed  merit,  with  a  oommandiag  control  ol 
ail  sorts  of  glass  culture  in  its  broadest  capicltv; 
equallv  practical  ID  all  other  matters  relative  tu  bor. 
ticnltnre.    AdJre'ss  Gardener,  No.  681  Bruftdway. 

ARDENER.— BY  A  SCOTCH.MAN:    THOROUGH 

ly  understands  his   business  iu  ail  its  branches) 

flrteen  years' first-class   references.      Address  L.,  can 

of  Peter  Henderson.  Esq..  Na  35  Cortlandt  st. 


G. 
; 


ARDENER.— BY  A  THOROUGHLY  COalPnitkNt 


_  .'gardener ;  single  mau ;  reference  as  to  charactei 
and  ability  first  class.  Address  Gardener,  o.ire  of  Mr. 
John  Coolay,  White  Piolns,  Westchester  County.  N.  Y. 

ARDENER.— BY    A     FlRIST-CLAtiS      (SCOT   H» 
man;  thoroughly  posted  in  bis  business:  ten  vears' 

reierence  fi-om  last  employer.     Address  J.  L.,  care Ul 

E.  J.  Campbell,  No.  876  tsro;»dway. 

GAUOKNEK BY  AM  KXf  KRIB.NCED  MAN; 
understands  gardening  and  farminz;  care  of  horsee 
a  specialty;  diatluguished  references  given.  Call  or 
address  Labitgky.  No.  141  West  28th  st 

ARDENER BV     A     SINGLR     M.\N  ;       USDKB- 

Stands  his  business  thoroughly;   is   o-illgtog;  bast 
references.    Address  D.,  Box  No.  243  Htm*  Office. 

ARDENER  AND  FARMER.— BY  A    YODNd 

German  as   gurdeopr  and  farmer;   best  references; 
Address  VV.  J.,  Williamshridye    Post  Office,  New-Vork. 


GAUDENEU   AND   COACH.^IAN — Bl     A    B-.. 
spectable  German  man:    Cicy  or  country;    good  ref- 
erence.   Aooly  at  No.  255  West  3Utb  st 

ScFCL.      MAN.— by'    AN      AUEEIOAK;     <3aN 
milk  cows,  drive  horses  .  or    oxen ;  ia  willlog  and 

o:>Uging.    Call  or  address  T.  C.   Hull,  No.  118  Java  st, 

Oreeopoint,  Long  Island. 

WANTED— AN  AGENCY  FOR  A  RKLIABLB  FIRM 
or  manutactoiy;  any  location  from  Maine  to 
Texas,  or  Florida  to  Oregon ;  compensation  muderatet 
busioess  experience  over  twenty  years.  Address  Hi,  J., 
Box  No.  152  TiWKg  Office. 

AITER.— BY    YOUNG    ENGLlSU.\lAN,    SINGLB. 

and  a  Protestant,  as  waiter  m  a  Private  f.mlly ; 
has  the  best  of  City  reference;  thoroughly  undo 
stands  his  business:  no  oujectlons.  Address  to-dsy, 
and  Saturday,  Henry,  Box  No.  260  TIMhS  UPkTuWN 
OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BRuADWAr. 


WAITER.— BY  A  BELIABLK  AND  COMPETE.vT 
Protestant  man  as  flrst-clazs  waiter  in  a  private 
family;  has  tbe  best  City  referenoe:  no  objection  10 
CUV  or  country.  Address  <J.  B.,  Box  .No.  316  T1MK8 
liP-TOWN  OPFfCK,  NO.  1.2&7  BROADWAY. 


\1TAITER.— BY    A    SINGLE  COLORfD  MAN.  IK  A 

r  T  private  family,  as  waiter,  or  in  an  office ;  is  a  very 
good  penmsn;  has  good  reierence  for  honesty  and  oa- 
pablllty.    Address  for  two  days,J.  P.  &,  no.  148  West 

a7tn  81. 


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AITBII.-B1    A   YOU.VQ   M4S    IN   A  PiUVAXrf 
lamiiy  as   waiter;  tmderstands  his  business,  and 

1188   long  satisfactory  reference  from  his   last  place. 

Address  P.  D..  Box  No.  253  TLMB8  OP-ToWH  OFFiOK. 

HO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 

AITER.- BY    A   YOUNG    KNGLISHMAN    I.S    A 
private  family;    knows  his  duties  as  a  good  ser- 
vant;   no  objection  to  the  country.     Address   C.    O., 
Box   Nq.    317   TIMES   UP-TOWN   OFFICE,   NO.  1,267 
BROADWAY.         

WAITER.— BY  AN  ENGLISHMAN  IN  A  PBIVATU 
family  ;  knows  his  unties  as  a  good  servant;  no 
objection  to  the  country  ;  good  Citv  reference.  Ad- 
dress U.  S..  Box  No.  316  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE, 
NO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 

WAITER.— BY  A  FiaST-CLASS  STEADY  PKOT- 
estanc  mau ;  knows  his  work  in  all  Us  brancbeat 
best  Ciiy  reference,  vjity  or  country.  Address  for  two 
days  W.  M.,  Box  Na  302,  '1IME8  UP-TOWN  OFFICS, 
^6■  1,267  BRO.'^DWAT. 

WAITER,- BV  A  COLORED  YOUNG  MAS  AS 
first-class  waiter;  City  or  coimtry;  country  pre- 
ferred ;  best  references.  Call  or  address  eare  of 
Wenck's  pharmacy,  corner  6th  av.  and  47th  St 

W'        AITER.— BY    A    EEBPKoTABLa    YOUNO    OHi- 
lishman    as    waiter.    Call  or  address  A.  B.,    Nok 
231  West  28tb  st. 

AITKR.— BY    A    YOUNG     COLORED     MAN      TS 
private  family  ;  good  references.    Call  or  n'ldPfSl 
Emanuel,  No.  218  West  29ch  st 

..slTER.- BY  A  PKOlESfANT  YOUNQ  MAN  A8 
first  olasa-walter,    CaU  at  his  T«eaent  employai's. 
No.  1  Uadlsou  uv. 

AiTEK.— BY  A  FRENCH  SWISS  IN  A  PBIVATH 
fumtly;    good  references  given.    Call  at  Ko.  2Sfi 
6tb  av.,  lu  tbe  florist's,  basement,  from  1  to  8  P.  H. 

AITER.— BY  A  YoCNU  FRENCHMAN.  AS  FIBBV 
oiass  waiter ;  City  reference.    Address  L.  S.,  No 
107  <-  Imton  place. 


AITER.— BY    A    S-vEDtf  AS    A    FIBST-CLASli 

waiter  in  a  private  family  ;    good   City  referenoa. 

Address  W.  H.,  i\o.  400  4th  av..  for  three  days. 


WAITEtt.- BJl'A    FBBNCU    WAITEK    TO    MAKJ 
himself  generally  useiul  lu  a  private  family.    10 
quire  at  No.  Sic)  1st  av. 


\irAlTEii.-iN  A  FBIVATlJ  FAMILY;  (K'OD  iIlX 
TV  reference.    Address  J.  U.,  Na  342  Bast  21st  st 

BUSIjSESIS  cuajs^oes. 

BARE  OI*PI»RTDNlTlf.— FOR  SALE,  A  GOOD, 
sale,  profitable  brndues;,  well  establUhed ;  goods 
sold  to  mercoants  and  Jobbers  only;  tbe  proprietor 
has  other  business  iu  same  city,  and  will  reujer  the 
purchaaer  his  aid  ;  cash  reqiured,  $i.5uO;  sensbma 
persou  reqalrmg  a  good,  sate  bnsiness  need  reply  t« 
ihtb  Adoress  Lock  Box  No.  28  Post  office.  New- 
burg,  N.  1. 

ARTNKR,  WAN'rEO-lI*  A  GOOD,  WKLU 
estabbsbed;  and  profitable  business,  orasraily  lo- 
uated  in  (be Citv  ofBochester,  compiislug  stoves,  tin. 
and  Bhest-lron  ware.  nonBe-famishing  goods,  aad  gau- 
araljobbtngKvrk,  A  capital  of  $8,000  reQolred.  Adr 
41VW  It.,  Box  Na  145  J^m*t  office,  or  KU  WAitO  JONitak 
I  .Bonn— trr,  JMOb  Xt>  IMUtU  8t  Paul  ■» 


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'w^BMITirSTVUrTlN'K.  ^    , 

•Dft  odbb^ktown  a  .id  UVBBPUOU    oaersibq 

DMITBU  6TATKS  BIAIU 

Tha  •teMttora  of  ciiiallae  cace  ttis  Liaho  ftontAart. 
eommeiKied  bv  Lteat.  Uaary,  U.  3w  (f..  solnz  «aatli  >r 
th«  Banks  on  tbe  passage  to  Qaeenstovaau  ttmyaaF 

roaiud.  

ADRIATIC ^...SATURDAT.  Feb.  10.  at  3  P.  11. 

BEITANNIO .SATURDAY,  Feb.  24.  2  P.  M. 

CBLTIC SATURDAY.  March  10.  at  2  P.   M. 

GBJtMAiaC SATCEDAY.  March  17.  6:30  A-  M. 

Prom  WniteKtar  Dock.  Pier  No.  62  Sortb  ai7er. 

Tnrsc  steamera  <trf  oaUntm  In  stza  and  iiasarDassO'l 
)d  spf>mntm''nt«.  Tbe  saloon,  sfi^tarootas.  smakiaz 
■nd  batb  rooms  a^e  amMsbios.  irhera  the  noise  aai 
aantion  ar*  least  felt,  affardinx  a  dB^rea  of  comfort 
llitherto  anactiilnable  at  8n%. 

Bates— .^oloon  «80  *n<l  «lOO, pit-  reitirn  tickets 
•ofl>7onbl9  Mfii^  steera«<\  %l^. 

Jfot  inspeotion  of  plans  amtotber  mformatlon  appi « 
at  tbe Company's  offices.  Kix  37  Broauway  New-T'>r!i. 
a.  4.  Oi)aT13.    xgeab. 

CUNARDLINEB.  &N.  A.  R.  M.  S.  P.  CO. 

NOTICK. 

With  tb^  Tiew  ofntmliushlnsth"  oainoas  otcoiUsioa 
ttt*  steamers  ot  tbis  line  tatce  a  specified  coarse  foe  til 
•eaaons  of  tb«  yeac 

On  tile  out  ward  TMssa^a  Crmn  Qnienstown  to  S»\r- 
zarknr  Boston,  croieineaisridlanorSa  at  41  lititali. 
,  cr  not  bin  K  to  th*  n  orth  of  4  :J. 

OnthenomevrRrdpaas-ti^.oroiiiQ;  n\9  mendian>f 
H  at4v!.  or  nothinstottia  n'>rth  of  43. 

VROX    N«W-TnHJC  FOa  I,lT8aPOOt   AVI>  QU^TVITOTt. 

PARTHlA...WKlt.  Feb.  ]4lBATAVTA....WKD..Feb.  28 
CBIKA XVBD.,  Fpb.  21IABV8SINIA.WK1).,  March 7 

Stftumers  marked  '  ao  notnarrv  8C3ir<i^e  passanzert. 

Cabin  D»88a?»>.?80,  $100.  ani  «l35,  <'>ti,  a<ioprd>>i? 
to  acftommodatinn.    Ketom  •lokets  on  faToraMeternss. 

Bteernce tickets  to »fi  1  hrom  vll  i>%<t%nt  Enropeat 
verv  lowntai  Rreieht  and  oa««i*sc«  olBca,  Na  4  BowW 
uaanreen.  CHAS.  Q.  praN(;klY5.  Asenu 

LSVBKPiUtV    AND    ORRAT    WKSTBRN 

I^TBAH  t-'O.tlPANY.     (LIMITED.* 

tlVBEPOOL.  (VlaQne"Tist.nrii,) 

CARBXI^O  THK  UNITKU  8rATK:i  UilU 

TUEf^UAY. 

Leaving  Piet  Na  46  Norcli  Elrer  as  follows; 

IkAKOTA Feb.  13,  atSP.  M. 

KBVaDA Feb.  -20.  at   10  A.    M. 

JUaHO Feb.  27,  at  3  P.  M. 

MONTANA March  6.  at  10  A.  M. 

WISCCSiSIN March  1. 'J,  at  3  P.    M. 

WYOMING March  20.  at  9  A.M. 

Bates  ok  passengkrs  REoncEa 

steerage,  S26:  laterntedlate.  $10;  cabla.  $33  to  $30, 
Acoordinz  to  state-room.     Offices,  Ko.  29  Broadtray. 

WII.LIAflli^  <fe  GUION. 

'  aTLiAM  lIIAAL.  L.JNK. 

W-MONTBljIi     SKftVIOS     ru   J.lrivtOi.     HlTTi. 
COLOJfBIA,  and  vSPINWALili.  and   to  P.VMitft  aai 
BOUTHPAClKtC  PORT.-!    (Tla Asain Will.)     Kirjc-3l»n 
taU-powered  Iroa  sord»v  sCiiiin3Ci.    frjn  Pur      Na  51 
Kortb  liivsr: 

tot  KINQSTO!!  (Jam.)  and  AtTX  GATES. 

ATLAS Feli  8 

>C»  HAITI.  COLOMBIA.   LSPHHOH    i)i<  PA.SAUA.     anC 
SOOTH  PACIflO  PoKTdOni  Aapia>Till.) 

ANDES Feo.  14 

iLPis Feb.  28 

Superior  IraNol  n»  lin^iTJr  "ioooaiTiJiitlTi. 
PIM.  FORWOOD  Sl  CO.,  Asenti 
Na  60  WalUu. 

GREAT  SOUTHERN 

JfRBlGHT  ANI>  I'A.SHIJNUBR  L.INK. 

SAILI-VO  FROM  PIKR  NO    29    NOrtTH   RIV8B. 

W'KONKSDAY8aiid.'<AT0RI)AY3  at  .S  P.    M., 

FOR  (JHAKLBiXTON,  S.  T.,  KLORIIIA.  TOE 

WCMITH.  AND   MICTH-\VE!*T. 

Crr»  Oir  ATLAfiTA •^ATURDAX Feb.  10 

GEO.  W.   C\LYDK WKDNEBDaY Fsb.  14 

8CPRRIOR  PA8SKNQBR  ACCOMMODATION!*. 

Insurance  to 'l9itio'*tion  )Q>v'i'»lt  >:f  on'  percent. 

Gocxis  forwardfwt  rr<»o  t'  eonmlsslon.  PasssTier  tlo*- 

Ifnrdbills  of  Iadlnz'S5Q><ii  !ta  I  si?nel  at  th')  oficoit 

JA!>lli:.<H  \V.  QCINTARD  il-  CO.,   Asents, 

No.  177  WestHt.,  coraer  warreo- 

OrW.  P.  CLYDF.  t<;0..  No    liBotrlinsOreen. 

Or  BK^JTLBY    D.     HASBLr.,    General     Apent 

Brfatsontiiera  Krelirht  Liine.  31  y  Broadivay. 

STATE  LINE. 

fSW-YORR     TO    GLASUOW,     LIVKRPiiOL.     DUBLIN. 

BELFAST,  ANl>  Ll>ND'>SDeitRt. 

These Brst-cl'iss  latl-oosrered  *t«an(i»rj   will  sail  from 

Pier  So.42.Vortli  li^er.  foot  of ''anal  <t. 

BTATK  OK  PKNX8YLVANIA Thuradav.  Feb.  8 

FTATh  OF  VIRQISIA Tlinraday.Fj-b.  22 

STATE  OK  NEVADA Thnrgdav.  March  1 

Pirsf  cabin,  ?60.  $0.=>.  and  J70.  sccordlni'  to  apcom- 
nodar.ions  r*tnm  tickets,  $110.  $125.  Secon-l  cabin, 
C46:  retarii  ticlcets.  3f80L  Stfernce  at  lowest  rates. 
Applyti 

AUSTIN  BALDWIN  &  i;i>..  Affents, 

Ko.  72  Bro.idway.  New-Yorlc 
STKliRAGK  ticRets  at    No.  45  Uroadway.  and  nC  the 
rompany's  pier,  fojtof  i^anaUt..   Nortn  Rivsr. 

ANCHOR  L.INB  V.  H.  .IIAII..  STKAI>1KK.*4. 

NEW-YORK  AND  OLASHOW 
roliTla....Feb.  10,  2i'.  M  I  Anchori;i..Feb.  24,  2P.  M. 
AlBatIa....Feb.  17,  8  .i.  M.  i  <  Hliforuia.  vlarch  3,  8  A,  M. 

TO  GLASGOW.  LIVKRPOOL,  OR  DRBRU. 

Cabins  $(ij  to$^0,  at^cordins;  to  aooommoilatioas;      In- 

tprmediate,  $35;    Steerage  $28. 

NEW-YORK  AND  LONDON. 

Itaha Fob.  10,  2  P.  M.  I  Dtooia.  Feb.  24.  2  P.  M. 

CaDtns.  £55  to  ?7IJ  .<!teera?e,  #28.  I'abln  excur- 
sion tickets  at  rodaceiJ '  rates.  "Urafts  issued  for  any 
tinoant  at  currant  r.kte^  Comoanv's  PifrNos.  20  and 
il.  Korth  River.  S.  i.  HENUERSON  BROTHERS, 

Aeents.  No.  7  Bowline  Gieen, 

NOKTH     UURIVIAK    1^1. (>YU. 

STKAM-SHIP    I/INE    BETWEEN    NEW-YORK.   BOUTB- 
AMPTON.  AND  BBEilBN. 

Company's  t^er.   lOot  or  -Jdi*.    dabo^en. 

KHEIN Sac.  Fel>.   10  I  HEtti'dANN...Sat.,  Feb.  24 

OIJER Snt..  heV:  IV  |  .'<Kt.K*R.^..sat..   March  3 

KATE.N  Of  PAS8.AGB  KtlOM    NliW-YORK  TO  SOOPd' 
AilPlON,    HAVRE.   Oa  BRKME.V. 

rirat  cabin $100!;oi'l 

Second  cabiu. ...... .„„......,„.. ,..„.,     BO^old 

|it«erHi;« : SUcurrenar 

Return  tickets  at  reduuudr  k^-^j.  PrCOaiil  sceeraga 
certidcates,  $32  currency.  Porfrji^iit  or  passazM  ap- 
plyto  OtLKfOasSt'JO..  So.  2  Sowlin?  Ureen. 

1N.»IAN  MiNB— lUAIL.  STKA.UEiCS. 

KOROHKENSTOWW  ANP  LIVKEPOOl.. 

err*  ok  Chester,  satordav.  Feb.  17.  at  7:ao  a.  m. 
t  n\  ok  RiCHMOND.  Saturday.  5«arch  3.  at  8  A, M- 
CllTt  OK  BRUSSELS. .SaturdaT.  March  17,  6:30  A.  M. 
From  ner  45  North  Rlrnr. 

CABIN, $81)  and  $100, Gold.  Rstaru  '•.I'lf^tj  on(v 
yorable  terms.  STEgRAGa  S2.S,  Garronoy  Oraft) 
sc  lowest.-^(iii. 

Saloons,    !>t:tc!vroa-ai,      •imolcius,    and    Batb.rooinSk 
imldsuiiid-  JOHN  0.  OaLB,  Aeent, 
Nos.  15  and  33  Broadway.  N.  it. 

ONlvY  IHRBCT  I.I.NB  TO  FRANCB. 

THE  GENERAL  TRANaATIiANTIC  OOflPANY'-*   ttilD 

BTRAMER8BKTWEKN  SBlV.YORK  ASU  HAVBii. 

tailing  at  PLYMOUTH  (Q.  B.jfjr  ca«  lauliaui: 

WU1  sail  from  Pinr  Vo,  42  North  River,  footot  Morton 
It,  every  alternate  Saturday,  l)eginnln!C  with: 

LaBRauOH.  saualier Satnrday.  Feo.  10,  3P.  M 

Kor  particulars  address 
_       LOUIJ  UE  BEBIA.V,  Agent,  Ng  55  Broadway. 

FOR  SAVANNAH    GA., 

THE  FLORIDA  PORTS,  ' 

AND  THE  BOUra   AND  SOUTH-WEST. 

8EKAT  SOUTHKEN  KEElQHT  AND  PASSENGER  tilNB, 

CENTRAL    RAILROAD  OP   GEORGIA,  AND 

ATLANTIC  AND  GULP  RAILttOAO. 

WEDNESDAlt  AND  SATURDAY. 

BAN  JACINio,  Capt.  Hazarp,  8ATUBDAY.  Feb. 
10.  Pier  43  North  itiTor,  3  P.  M.  GKO.  IfONGli.  Art.. 
40BBroaawav. 

H.  lavixiOSTOft,  Uapt  Maixort.  WBDNBSDAl,  Feb. 
14,  Pier  no.  43  North  Rivet.  3  P.  M.  GKO.  YONQE, 
Agent,  No.  409  Broad wa.y. 

SAN  SALVADOR,  Oapt,  NicSBSsov,  8.ATURDAY,  Feb. 
17,  Pier  43  North  River,  3  P.  AL  UEO.  YONQK,  Agt. 
A08  Broadway. 

QENKKALBAENBb,  Capt  Chbbsmax.  WEDNESDAY, 
Feb.  21.  Her  10  East  River,  3  K.  au  MURRAY,  FERRli 
fc  CO.,  Agca.,  H'^  South  St. 

In«urance  Olf  B-HALP  PER  OE.'iT.    Supsrior  accom- 

EoUatiuns  for  paasengars.  Throuirli  rates  and.  bills  of 
ding  la  oonnectiua  with  Central  R.  R.  of  Georgia, 
Atlantic  and  Unit  Railroad,  and  Florida  steamers 
Cit.y  Point  and  Dictator  also,  with  the  steamer  J. 
B,  SCU)iLEK,  which  has  been  placed  on  the  inside 
coute  from  Savannah  to  Florida,  and  offers  unsurpassed 
tecommodatioDs. 

C.  0.  yWBNS.  GKOHOB  YO.SGE, 

Agent  A.  j[  G.  R.  EL  Agent  C  R.  R.  of  Ga., 

Na  315  Broadway.  No.  409  Broadway. 

Fl,OIUUA. 

Caution  tb  travelers!  Ore»t  reduction  in  £are  via 
the  Inland  route  trom  Savannah  to  all  Florida  ports. 
Oplv  iSvi  to  Jacksonville.    Meals  ana  state  rooms  extra. 

The  elegant  steamer  J.  B.  bCttUYLER  makes  close  con- 
neetion  with  all  bavannah  steamers,  thus  formin<;  the 
quickest  and  most   agreeable  route  as  well    as   the 

lowest     in   tare.     Accommodations    tor   paesengers  na- 

Borpassed.  Travelers  are  cautioned  against  porcbas- 
Inz  I  lirongit  tiokets  via  any  other  route. 


STJEAM'SHZP  LINES* 


FOR  CALIFORNIA,  JAPAN.  CHINA,  AUSTRALIA.  NEW- 
ZEALAND.  BRITISH  COLUilBIA,  OEBQON.  Ua. 
.  aaUus  from  Pier  So.  42  North  Rtvot 

For  SAN  KBA.SCISCO,  via  ISTrfjttOi  OP  PA.VAMA. 

liieHic-smo  COLON 'fhnrBda.y,  Feb.  15 

eonnectiug   lor   cenir«i    America   and  Soutii    Pacific 
Sorts. 

/Krom  SAN  FRANCISCO  to  JAPAN  and  CHINA. 
|ileam-Bhii>  CITl  OK  TOKIO ITiurBday,  March  1 
From  nan  Kraoctsco  to  Saniwico  Islaada,  Aaairalia, 
and  New-Siealaad. 
Bteam-shln  CITY  OF  SID-nK^ Wednesda.v.  Feb.  28 

For  trelghc  or  passage  apply  to 
WM.  f.  CLfUKtCO.,orH.  J.  BULLiY,  Superintendent, 
No.  C  Bowlioif  (ii-Mja.  Hier  No.  42  N.  K. ,  foot  Canal  sL 


(iBW^YORK.  HAVANA.  A. ViidEXICAN  .1  Alt,'!.  1.  LlSi 

Meamers  leave  f'itir  Sik  i  -V  »rt.T   ti'-ir   ts   {  .'.     M. 

KtiK  aAVA.\A  DlitKUr. 

CITH  OK  UAVA.MA oaturday,  Feb.  17 

ClTl  OK  TGRaCBUZ Wednesaav.  Feb.  lil 

<;iT\  «.IK  Af.W-Yo.K v»  prliifwla^.  P»l>.  28 

FOR  VtSRA    ORIJX    AND    NEW-ORI,UA.N'^. 

Via   H-tv^kUi.    Pro<ras».   x.'.t.uvaAj.i/     Turoau,      and 
^ampiua 
lUiK  OB   :  AVANa ; -Saturday,  FeU.  17 

bieamers  win  leavd  .New-itrieaiis  Kito.  ::3  and  March 
10  lor  Vi-racraa'iniii  <iii  rhn  move  j  >rcs. 

ForaMisbCor  3usa;a  tJjiy  c> 

l-.AiiKXA.'^URBic.S  >.'!■>.  Nat.  (Laul  .{1  'iot'lwkr. 

HfEW-YOBKANDMAVANA 

\m,^^  OIRKCT   MAIL    I,1NB. 

|V\|Nv     These  lirsi-class  steaipsbios  sail  regularly 
|WC*/\at  3  P.  il..lrom  Pier  No.  13  North  Riveras 

ir'"— jiiiii 

eoLDMSu? WKDNF8DAY,  Peii  14 

CtYl)E  .  — r" BATUEDAlVFeb.  24 

Acconi'modaliona  uustirpasactl.  For  freight  or  pas- 
kage  apDiV  to  VViL  P.  CLYDE  t  CO.,  Na  ti  Bowluig 
preen.    McKELLKK.  LULING  b.  CO..  Agents  in  Havana. 


sHippma 

HAMBLUU  American   Packet    <:omDany'a„l'i(MW 
Ito  PLYMOUTH.  UHERBUUBG    and  OAMBOBa    , 

GEbLERT FeU    15iKUkVIA March  1 

FOHMKRANI.a Feb.    22ILE8SINO. M»ich  8 

Bates  of  passage  CO  PlymaacQ,  London.  Cherbontt 
Hamburg;  and  til  points  in  Bn?laaL  First  I'abin,  *li»J 
gold:  Second  Cabin.  Sdd  gold:  HtesraTO,  SAQ,  currency 

KUNHARDTfeCa,  Ga    RICHARD  fc 


General  Agents. 
61Broad3t.rN.lt 


BOAii, 
(Jeoeral  Passansrer  Azeots. 
01  Bioadwar.  N.  X. 


JBAILROADS^ 
PEMSYLVANIA   EAIlSOAJD. 

UREAT  TRUNK.  L.1NE 

AND  UNITED  STATES  MAIL  BOUTB. 
Trains  leave  New-York,  via  Deabroasas   anl     Cort- 

landt  Streets  Ferries,  as  f  jHowj: 

Expreaa  for  Harrisburg.  Pittsburj,  the  West  and 
South,  with  Pallman  Palace  Gars  attached,  8i 30  A. 
M.,  6  aua  8:3U  P.  M.,  daily. 

For  WiUlainaport,  Lock  Haven,  Corty.  and  Erie,  at 
8:30  P.  M.,  cooneotlns!  at  Oorry  for  Titus ville.  Petio- 
leum  Centre,  and  the  Oil  Begiooa.  For  Wulianu* 
port  and  Look  Haven,  8:30  A.  M. 

For  Baltimore,  Washington,  and  the  South,  "Lim- 
ited Waahinetoo  Express"  of  Pullman  Parlor  Cars 
nally,  except  Sundav,  9:30  A.  M.;  arrlre  Washiuc- 
ton4:10  P.  M.  Regular  at  8:40  A,  M.,  1.  6,  and 9 
P.  M.    Sunday,  6  and  9  P.  M. 

Express  for  Pulladelphla,  7:  30,  8:30,  8:40.  (9:30  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4,  5,  6,  7.  8:30,  9  P.  M.,  and  12 
mght.  Sunday,  8:30  A-  M.,  5,  6,  7.  8:30,  and  9  P.  M. 
Emigrant  and  second-ciasa,  7  P.  M. 

Accommodation  for  Trenton.  7  A.    M.,  2  and  4:10  P.  M. 

Fortr'lni  to  Newark.  Elis*i>eth.  Bahway.  Princeton. 
Trenton,  Perth  Amboy,  Plfmmgtoa,  Belvider?,  and 

.  other  points,  see  local  schedules  at  all  t'icket  Of- 
fices. 

Trains  arrive:  From  Pittsburg.  6:20  and  10:30  A.  M., 
and  10:20  P.  M.  daily;  10:10  A.  .M.  and  6:50  P.  M, 
daily,  exceot  Monday.  Prom  Washington  and  Bal- 
timore, 6:30,  9:50  A.  M.,  4:10,  6:10.  and  10:20  P.  M^ 
Sunday  6:30,  9:50  A.  M.  Prom  Philadelphia,  5:05, 
6:20.  6:30.  9:50,  10:10,  11:50  A.  M..  2:10.  4:10,  5:10, 
6:50  S:40.  10:10,  and  10:20  P.  M.  Sundav  5:05. 
6:20,  <J.30,  0:50,  11:50,  A.  M.,  6:50,  10:10,  and  10:20 
P.  M. 
Ticket  OfflceS;   Nos.  526  and  944  Broadway,  No.  1 

Astor  House,  and  foot  of    Desbrosses  and   Cbrtlandt 

streets;     Ni..  4  Court  street.  B^ooklvn:     Nos.  114,  116, 

and  118  Hudson  street.  Uobokeu:    Depot.  Jersey  City 

Emigrant  Ticket  Office,  -No.  8  Battery  place. 

FKANK  THOMSON.  D.  M.  BOYD,  Js., 

General  Manager.  General  Passenger  Agent. 


TU    FHIKADEIjPHIA 

via 

PENNSYLVANIA  EAILROAD. 

THE  OLD-ESTABLISHED  ROUTE  AND    SHORT    LINE 

between 

MBW.YOKK    AND    PHILADELPHIA. 

14  Through  Trains  rach  wav  dally;    3  Depots  in  Phila- 
delphia. 2  IQ  lew-Tork. 

4   Tracks,   the  moat    Improved   Equipment,  and    the 
Faatest  Time  consistent  with  absolul«  safety. 

Bzpr<>8a  Tnins  leave  New-Vork,  -via  DesbroBses  and 

Cortlandt  .ttreets  Ferries,  as  follows: 
7:30.  8:30,  S:40,  v9:30  Limited,)  10:30  A.  M..  1,  4,  6,  6. 

7,  8:30,  9  P.  M.,  and  12  Midnight    Sunday,   8:30  A. 

M.,  5,  B.  7,  8:30.  and  9  P.  M. 
Eetnrning.  trams  leave  Ph1i».1elphia  3:20,  3:30.7,  7:30, 

8:80.  a<>dll    A.  M.,  (Limited    Express,    1:36   P.    M.,) 

1:40.  4.  5:30,  7,  and  7:35  P.   M.,   and   12  Mirtnight. 

On  Sunday,  3:20.  3:30,  7,  8:30  A.  M..  4,  7,  7: 3d  P.  M., 

and  12  Midnight 

Ticket  Offices,  Nos.  626  and  944  Broadxvay,  Na  1 
Astor  House,  and  toot  of  Desbrosses  and  Cortlandt 
sts.,  Na  4  Court  st,  Brooklyn;  Nos.  114,  116,  and  118 
Hudson  St,  Hoboken;  Depot.  Jersey  City.  Emigraol 
Ticket  Office,  No.  8  Battery  place. 

PRANK  Thomson.  d.  m.  boyd,  jr.. 

General  Manager.  Gcaeral  Passenger  Aeanfc 


NRW-YORK     CE.^TRAL     AND     UUU80N 
RIVEB  RAILROAD Commencin?  Dec    26,     1876. 

through  trains  >vlJI  leave  Grand  Central  Depot: 

7:15  A.  M.,  Western  and  Northern  iixoress.  with 
drawing-room  ears  to  Caiiamlaigiia. 

8:30  A.  M..  special  Chicago  and  St  Louis  Express, 
witn  drawing- runm  cars  to  Rochester  and  BoSalo. 
AlS">.  throozh  cir  io  St.  Louis. 

11:00  A.  M.,  Norta-ro  and  Western  Express. 

8:30  P.M.,  special  Alb-\ny,  Troy  and  Western  Bx- 
BToss  arrives  at  BuBfalo  7:10  A.  M. 

6:00  P.  .M.,  Express,  with  sleeplns  cars,  for  Water- 
town  and  Canandal^n^  Also  for  Moatrsal  via  Platta- 
burg. 

8:30 P.  M..  Pacific  Kxpres^  daily,  witli  sloeptni^cars. 
tor  Rochester.  Niagara  Falls.  Buffalo.  Cleveland.  In- 
dianapolis, and  Louibville.  Alt>o  for  Chicaga  via  both 
T.-  :%  and  M.  C  Railroads,  anci  to  Montreal  via  St  Al- 
bans. 

11:00  P.  M..  Express,  with  sleepinz  cars,  for  Albany 
and  Troy.     Way  trains  as  per  locaf  Time  Tables. 

Tickets  lor  sala  at  Nos.  252.  '.;61.  and  413  Broadwa.y, 
and  at  Westcotl  Express  Comoanv's  offlcrs.  Nos.  7 
Park  place,  785  and  94'.i  Broadway  New-York,  and 
333  Washington  St.   Brooiclyo. 

C  B.   .HEEKEtt.  Oeneral  Passenger  Agent 


ERIE  RAILWAY. 

Winter  Arrangement  of  through  trains.  From  Cham- 
bers Street  DejK)'.     (For  23d  st  see  note  below.) 

9:00  A.  M.,  dailv,  except  Sundays,  Cincinnati  and 
Chicago  Dav  Kxoress.  Drawing- room  coaches  to  Bufiala 

10:45  A.  M.,  daily,  except  Snniiavs,  Ezprpss  Mail  for 
Buffalo  and  the  West,     sleeping  coach  to  Buff  tlo. 

7:00  P.  M.,  dally.  Pacific  Express  to  the  West  Sleep- 
ing coaches  through  to  Buffalo.  Niagara  Falls,  Cincin- 
nati, and  Cbica:{o  without  change.  Hotel  dlolng- 
coaches  to  Chicago. 

7:00  K.  M.,  except  Snndays,  Western  Emigrant  train. 

Above  trains  leave  Twenty-third  Street  Ferry  at 
8:45  and  10:16  A.  .M..  and  6:45  P.  M. 

For  local  trains  see  time-i.Hbles  and  cards  in  hotels 
and  depots. 

JNO.  N.  ABBOTT,  General  Passenger  Agent 


NEW-YORK.    NEW-HaVEN.    ANJJ     1LART> 
FORI)    RAILROAD. 

After  Dec  10,  1876,  trains    leave  Grand  Central  Do- 

rt  (42d  St.)  for  New-Caaoan  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M., 
4:40  P.  M.:  Danbuiv  andNorwalk  Railroad  at  8:05 
A.  M.,  1,  and  4:40  P.  M.;  Nausatuck  Railnmd  at  8:05  A. 
M.,  and  3  P.  M.;  Uoosatoniu  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M., 
and  3  P.  H.;  New-Haven  and  Northampton  Railroad  ut 
8:05  A.  M..  and  3  P.  M.;  tor  Newport  at  8:05  A.   M.    and 

I  P.    M.;  Boston    and    A  many  Railroad     at  8:05   and 

II  A.  M,  3  and  9  P.  M.,(9P.  il.  ou  Sunday:)  Boston, 
(via  Shore  Liue,)  at  1  and  10  P.  M.,  (10  P.  M.  on  Sun- 
days.) Boston  and  New- i'orif  Air  Line.  8  A.  M.,  1  and 
11:35  P.M. 

Way  trains  as  per  local  tima-tables. 


L.EHIUH  YALIiEY  RAILROAD. 

ARRANGEMENT.        PASSENGER  TRAINS.        JAN.  L 

1877. 
Leaye  depots  foot  of  Cortlandt  and  ITebrosses  sts..  at 

6:30  P.  M.— Niuht  Express,  dailv.  for  Easton,  Bethle- 
hem, Allentown,  Mauch  Chunk,  Wilksb.irre.  Pittston, 
Bayre,  Elmira.  Iihaca,  Auburn,  Rochester.  Buffilo, 
Niagara  Falls,  and  the  West  Pullman's  sleepia; 
coaches  attached. 

General  Baaiern  office  corner  Church  and  Cortlandt 
■ts.,  CHARLES  U.  CUMMINGS.    Agent 

KUBEiiT  H.  SAYRE,  Suparinteoiieat  and  Engineer. 


WICKVOKD  BAI  LROAD  ROV  I'E  TO  NEW- 
PORT, R.  I.— Passengers  tor  this  Une  take  8:05  A. 
U.  and  1  P.  .M.  express  trains  from  Grand  Cntral 
Depot,  arnying  at  4:18  and  8  P.  .M.  at  Newport 

THEOUORb,  WARREN,  Superintendent 


STEAMBOATS. 

STONINGTON  LINE 

VOR     KOeiTOAl     AND    ALL    POI.NT.S     EAST. 
REDUCED    FARE. 

Elegant  steamers  leave  Pier  No.  3o  North  Bivar. 
foot  of  Jayst,  at  4:30  P.  .M. 

Tickets  for  sale  at  >ll  ormclp  It  ticket  o-Ucss.  Stats- 
rooms  secured  at  offleesot  vVestcutt  iilxprass  Cjmpaa.f 
and  at  Na  3»J3  Broadway. 

PRoVIDENCK    LINE. 

Freight  only,  steamers  leave  Pier  ."^o.  27  .Xortb 
Hiver,  foot  of  Park  place,  at4  P.  M-  Freights  via  either 
line  taken  at   lowest  r:ites. 

D.  s.  BABC0i;K.  P'-es.      L.  W.  Filki!»s.  G.    P.  Asenu 


FALL    RIVER   LINE 

FOE 

BOSTON  AND    THE    EAST. 

FARES  UEDUCEO. 

Leave  New-York  daily,  (Snndav  excepted.!  f^omPler 
Ha  28  North  Biver,  toot  of  .Murray  St.,  4:30  P.  SL 

BORDEN  tL  LOVBLL,  Agents. 
GBO.  L.  CONNOR,  General  Passenger  Ai^ent 


F<»K     NEW-HAVK.N.    HARTFORD,    &c — 
Fare  $1 ;  steamers  leave   Peck   slip  for  New-Haven 
at  3  and  11  P.  M,,  connecting  with  road. 


Lj1«»RBFIDGEI'ORTA.>'1>  ALL  POINT.-*    ON 

FHousatonie   and    .Naa^atuoc    Railroad. — ?*i^     *L 
tteamers  leave  i^aibarine  silo ^L  ll-3v).V.  iL 


DTVlDE^fJDS. 

TH£   Ul'-TUVVM  UFKICK   UF  THIS  TiiUES. 

TheuD-town  offloo  of  THB  TIMES  is  located  at 

No.  1.237  Broadway,  bet.  3l9t  and  32d  »ta. 

Open  daily.  Sundays  included,  from  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  U. 

Subscriptions  received,  and  copies  of  THS  T1MB3  for 

sale. 

ADVEETI8EMENTS  REOBIVED  UNTIL  9  P.  M. 


Fiftieth  Dividend. 

CLINTON 


FIKK  INSUUANCE  COMPANY, 

NO.  156  BROADWAY.     I 

Nbw-Vorx,  Jaiv  4. 1877. 
The  uaual  semi-annoal  Dirideud  of  rEN  FEE  CENT. 
G.   r.  PATl'BBSOW,  Jr., 
Secretary. 


is  payable  on  demand. 


UKFICS  OF  THB  iNBW-YoEK,  PEO    IOKMCB  AHD   BOSTON) 

Railboad  Cokpant,  (Stoninotox  Eailboao.)     > 
NEW-i(oKK.  Jiin.  26,  1877.  ) 

A  QUARTERLY  DiVIOKNO  OF  TWO  A.NO 
O^E-tl.ALF  PER  CENJ'.,outof  the  earnings  of  the 
East  three  months,  will  be  naid  at  the  offlos  of  Messrs. 
L.  Morsau's  Sous,  iNo.   39  William  st,  New-York,  on 
the  lOth  day  of  Feoruary, 

The  transrer-booka  will  be  closed  from  the  1st  to  the 
10th,  botli  inclusive.  F.  B.   NOYES,  Secretary. 


National    AJLNE— piers  44  »nd si  North  Btvcr. 
llN  irOHLCNDOS.  „       „ 

CANADA Saturttoy.  Feb.  10,  at  2  P.  U. 

FOlt  QBKKNSTOWN   AJiD  LIVBRPOOL. 
««tTet>a..Feb.  10.  2  P.  >i.  1  hn^mndPeb.  17,7:30A.M. 
Cabin  and  steerage  pasaau*   and  drafts  from  £1  np- 
rard,  Usved  at  Tery  low  rat^a.    Compan.v's  oinces  No. 


Irani, 
58BnMwiira» 


CLEVELAND  AND  PITTSBCBG  UAIL- 
KOAO  COMPANY. — Office  of  Sesretary  and  Treas- 
urer, Clevelaud,  Ohio,  Feb.  3,  1877.— The  regular 
guaranteed  quarteily  dividend  of  this  compao.y,  at  the 
rate  oi  Seven  per  Cent,  pel  annum  on' the  new  iruar- 
anteed  stocks,  wiil  be  paid  on  and  alter  the  1st  March 

?rnT|mo,  at  the  olflce  of  the  Farmer's  Loan  and  Trust 
ompaoy.  No.  26  E<  change  place.  New- York. 
The  transier-tMoks  wiii  close  on  the  10th  Inst  and 
reopen  on  tlie  2d  March. 

^  G.  A.  INGRR80LL,  Secretary. 


Thjs  St  Nicholas  Nationai,  Bank  o»  Nbw-  York,  J 
No.  7  Wall  st     Nbw-Yobx,  Jan.  30,  1877.     J 

DIVIDEND.— At  SEMI-ANNUAL  DIVIDEND  OP 
Four  per  Ceut  ha*  been  declared  by  the  Direc- 
tors of  this  bank,  payable  on  and  after  the  12th  day 
of  February  next  The  transfer  books  will  be  closed 
fromthelBtto  iSthyroxijno. 

A.  PARKHDEST,  Cashier; 


COAL  AND  WOOD. 


FIKAKOLAIi. 


ELIZABETH   CITY 


7s, 


JUATUBXNG  isra  lO  189e. 


VOa   BALE    BT 


nmmYE  &  QL. 


IVos.    10    and    18    Nassau    St. 


CHASE  &  ATKINS, 

BANKERS  AND  BROKERS, 


NO,  18  BROAD  8TREBT, 


NEW.YORK. 


INTEREST  ALLOWED  ON  DEPOSIT  ACCODNT8 
SUBJECT  TO  DRAFT  AT  SIGHT. 

GOLD,  GOVBRNMBNT.  STATS,  MUNICIPAL,  AND 
BAILROAD  SECURITIES  BOUGHT  AND  SOLD  ON 
COMMISSION  FOB  CASH  OR  UPO.V  MAHQIN. 


Choice  and  Safe  Investments. 

7,  8,   AND  10  PER  CENT. 
CITY  AND  COUNTY  MUNICIPAL    BONDS. 

FIBST  MOKTOAGE  RAILROAD  Q0NDS. 
CITYEAILROAO  STOCKS  AND  BONDS. 

INSURANCE  AND  BANK  STOCKS. 
GAS-LIGHT  STOCKS  A.ND   BONDS. 

STRICTLY  FIRST-CLASS  SECUBITIES. 
PAYING  10  TO  15  PER  CENT. 

INTEREST  ALWAYS  PROMPTLY  PAID. 
For  sale  at  desirable  prices  by 

Albert  H.  Nicolay  &  Co.» 

NO.  43  PINE  ST.,  NEW-YORK. 
N.  R— INVESTMENT  SECUBITIES  OUB  SPECIALTY 
26  YEARS. 


J,  &  W,  SELI&MAN  &  CO., 

>o.21  Broad  ■t.,  New-York, 

leane  I^etters  ot  Credit  for  TraTclers, 

PAYABLE  IN  ANY  PART  OF  EUROPE,  ASIA.   AFRICA, 
AUSTRALIA,  AND  AMERICA. 

DRAW  BILLS  OF  EXCHANGE  AND  MAKE  TELE- 
GRAPHIC TRANSFERS  OF  MONEY  ON  EUROPE  AND 
CALIFORNI.A. 


OFFtCB  OF  THB  FaBXBBS'  LoAN  AHD    '1  RUST  COMPAST,  f    . 

Na  26  ExcaANQs  piucb,  cjbnkk  William  bt.,     > 
Nbw-Vohk.  Jan.  8,  1877.  ) 

THE  FARMERS'  LOAN  AND  TRUST  COM- 
PANY of  the  t  Ity  of  New-York,  Trustees  of  the 
sinking  fund  of  the  construction  and  equipment  bonds 
of  the  Cleveland  and  Pittsburg  Railroad  Company, 
hereby  give  notice  thnt  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  the  said  slaking  fund,  they  have  drawn  by 
lot  the  followin't  numberit  of  sixteen  of  said  bonds, 
viz  :  Nos.  58.  449,  634.  676.  709,  711.  739.  867,  883. 
888,  925,  945,  959.  9di),   1,100,  1,312,   and    that    on 

Eiesentaiion  and  delivery  to  them  of  said  sixteen 
onds,  or  any  part  of  the  same,  they  will  be  redeemed 
at  pur  value  thereof,  and  that  interest  on  all  ot  the 
said  sixteen  ttonds  not  presented  for  redemption  ou  or 
before  the  1st  day  of  July  next  will  cease  from  and 
alter  that  date.  R.  G.  EOLSTON.  President. 


THE  NEW-YOKK    MINING    bTOCK     EX- 
CHANGE, 

No.  19  Broad  st  Organized  In  1834. 

This  association  has  been  rf  organized  fur  the  pur- 
pose of  fHCiiitntlng  d^alinvs  in  the  stocks  of  the  promi- 
nent mining  companies,  and  thus  meeting  the  de- 
mands ot  business  arising  ttoai  the  increased  develop- 
ments and  growing  importanc  of  the  mining  int^-rests 
Of  the  couDtrr  ;  135  ot  it^  membsrs  are  ai8>>  members 
of  tne  NEW-YORK  STOCK  EXCHANGE:  50  of  Its 
members  are  also  membeis  ot  the  NEW-YORK  GOLD 
BXCHA.NGE. 

Parties  desiring  laformation  relative  to  the  business 
of  the  Exchange"or  membership  therein,  mav  apply  to 
the  Seoretarr,  J.  WYMAN  MORRIS,  at  its  temporary 
rooms,  NO.  19  BROAD  ST. 

JOHN  STANTON,  JK.,  Preslaent 


THEGOLD  MORTCAUK  HONOHOLDERM 
Committee  are  now  prenared  to  purchase  all  or  anr 
portion  of  the  outstauuing  thirty-two  Gold  Mortgage 
BonOs  of  the  Toledo,  Wabash  and  Western  Riliway 
Company,  for  the  sum  of  $680  68  i>er  bond,  which  Is 
the  amount  of  the  dividend  in  cash  arising  from  the 
8:ile  under  the  foreclosure  proceedings.  Or  If  the 
holders  of  an.v  of  th<;se  bonds  wish  to  Join  the  other 
Dondno  dera  and  share  in  the  sale  mode  to  ihe  n>-w 
parties,  they  may  do  so.  providtd  they  notify  us  by  the 
15th  of  February.  Aoplv  io  W.  A.  V.  PO.ST,  Secretary 
of  the  Foreclosure  Committee,  at  the  office  of  Perkins, 
Livingston,  Post  &  Co.,  No.  23  Nassau  st, 
Nbw-York,  Jan.  27.  1877. 


mmHrEEiiT 

BICNIClPAIi  BONDS,  DUE  1906.    A  LIMITED 
AMOUNT  FOR   SALE  BY 

KIJHN,LOEB&CO.,  NO.  31  NASSAU  ST. 


OCEAN   NATIONAL  BANK. 
ASSETS  AT  AUCTION, 

MARCH  27,  1877. 
For  catalogue  apply  to  ADRI.VN  II.  MULLER  Ic  CO., 
Na  7  Pine  st,  or  to  the  Receiver,  No.  21  Nassau  st 
THBODORE  M.  DAVIS.  Receiver, 


ant,         1 

}At>WAT,  > 
1877.      S 


Unitbd  statks  kxpbbss  Compant, 
Tbeasuuer'h  Ofpics,    No.  82  Broaoi 

Nrw-York,  Jan.  27.  18'.  ,.      , 

THE   TRAN.SFER-BOOKSJ    OP    't'HlS  COM- 
pany  will  be  closed  Feb,  3,  at  2  P.  M.,  and  reopened 

Feb.  16.  THRO.  P.    WOoD,  Treasurer. 


AIIANO-HOOK  OF  CO.tlMERCE,  FIsaNCK, 
AND  INVESTMENTS.— The  FINANCIAL  REVIEW, 
(Annual,)  price  $1  25,  is  now  readv.  .\ddrefs  tor  book 
or  circular  of  contents,  the  Commercial  and  financial 
Cnionicle,  No.  79  William  st 


HROWN   BROTHERS  tV  CO- 
NG. 69  Wall  sr., 
iNllUls  COMMERCIAL  and  TRAVBL'KK?   CRhDITH 
AVAILABLE  in    a'IPAHT.S   of    the  WORLIK 


diil  K(\  f\t^fi    1'<'    I'OAN   ON  BOND  AND 

Cp_Ltl"» """mortgage  on  New-Vo  k  City  im- 
proved property.'  Apply  to  GRANT  BROTHERS.  So.  2 
Exchange  cnuri^ 


ESTATE  FUNDS    TO    LOAN  <»N  BOND  AND 
mortgage  for  live  years  at  six  per  cent:  good  ap- 
plications wanted.  E.  U.  LUDLO>v   k  CO.. 

No.  3  Pine  st 


FIRB    INSURANCE    STOCKS 

BOUGHT  AND  SOLD  BY' 
K  S.  BAILEY.  No.  tia  Wall  at. 


w 


ABASH    RAliiWAY   COJIPAN  V.-CEBTI. 

Ucatea  lor  funded  coupons  bought  and  sold  b.v 
W.  H.   DlcKlNSO.V.  No.  14  Wall  st 


ELECTIONS. 

Office  of  tbb  Consolidation  Coav  Coxpant  of 
Mabtland,  No.  71  Broadwat, 

Nbw-Vobk,  Feb.  2,  1877.  , 

TBB  ANNUAL   MEKTl.NU   OK  THIS  SIOOK- 
nolders  of  this  company  lor   the  election  of  Krest- 

deutand  Directors,  and  transaction  of  other  busi- 
ness, will  beheld  at  uoon  on  WEDNESDAV,  the  2l8t 
inat  The  transfer-books  will  clean  at  2  o'clock  P.  M., 
On  the  lOtb  Inst,  and  reopen  ou  the  23d  lust 

II.  C.  HICKS,  Secretary. 


rpHEANNUALELECTiO.VFORTHlKTEEN 

JL  Directors  of   the  bixtb   Avenue    Railroad  Company 
will  be  held  at  the  Depot,  6ta  av.,  corner  of  ^Sd  st,  on 

TUriSDAX,  Feb.  13,  1877,  from  12  to  1  o'clock. 

H.  a.  MOOR:J,  Secretary. 


e!  QlJGENHhfM. 


WE  HEREBY  IJIYE  NOTICE  THAT  THE 
partnership heretotore  existing  between ns,  under 
the  arm  name  of  O.  W.  VAl  ET  b.  CO.,  is  this  day  dls- 
sclved  by  mutual  consent  O.  W.  Va TeT, 

Dated  N«w-7obk,  Feb.  8,  1877. 

PROrOSALS. 

TO   QUARltYOIEN  AND    GRANITB   DEAL- 
ERS. 

PROPOSALS  FOR  CUT   STONE. 

Officb  of  Lioht-housb  Ehqiicbbb, 


nca  OF  Lioht-housb  Ehqiicbbb,  ) 

Thirv  Dutbict,  > 

iNsviLLX,  N.  v.,  Jao,  13,  1877.     ) 


SCRANTON  C<»Al..— DELAWARE,  LACKAWAN- 
na  and  Western  Railroad  Gompan.y'B  snperior  Scran* 
ton  Goal  for  aaia  by  GBORGE  H.  PkKRYMAN.  Prlcoa 
tn  y»r«iH-^r*ta.  tS  26 :  «g.  $3  26  s  eheacnot  $3  66 : 
Store.  $4  per  ton;  oat  of  cart 'fte  added  for  deUrery; ' 
laida,  Noa.SO't  and  206  Sa<t  32a  at.  aud  Not.  :35, 
njw.  i.  EdBSt.  Manacei;.    J  1S7  adA  139  JSart  list  lU 


TdMFKINSVILLX, 

Proposals  are  solicited,  and  will  be  received  until 
noun  of  FeO.  26,  i877.  for  lurniabing  the  cat  stooe 
for  the  dwelliug  and  tower  for  Stratford  iihoaia  LIgb^ 
bouse.  Long  Island  Souud,  New-York. 

The  stone  (irraolte)  is  to  be  cut  nooordlng  to  plans 
and  speci&cattoas,  which,  with  any  ctlier  luformatiou 
desired  concerning  the  worK,  will  ue  furnished  to  bid- 
ders upon  application  to  the  undersigned. 

The  propubaU  will  state  the  lump  sum  for  which  the 
stone  required  vriil  be  delivered  at  the  harbor  of 
Bridgeport,  Cotin.  The  stones  are  all  to  be  delivered, 
cut  and  dresned,  ready  tor  bettlog.  The  labor  of  erect- 
ing the  structure  will  be  done  by  the  Uuitea  Status, 
and  should  not  be  included  in  the  proposals. 

The  stones  are  to  be  delivered  in  parcels,  according 
to  sizes,  and  the  order  in  which  the.y  wti  be  required 
for  use,  commeucinx  the  delivery  not  later  than  the 
first  of  May,  1877,  and  the  entire  lot  to  be  delivered 
within  one  month  thereafter. 

Proposals  will  be  lu  duplicate,  with  two  sureties  in 
an  amouut  equal  to  the  bid  attached  to  each,  indorsed 
by  some  ofilcer  of  the  Government  known  to  the 
Treasury  Deoartment 

They  will  be  sealeil  and  Indorsed  "  Proposals  for 
ent  stone  for  the  Stratford  Shoals  Light-hoose,"  and 
addressed  to  tb<>  imdersigned,  who  reserves  the  right 
to  r^ect  any  bid  for  proper  cause. 

I.  C.  WOODRUFF, 
Colonel  of  Enf^lnoers,  United  States  Army, 
Engineer  Thira  Li)(bt-hou3«  Uisuiet 

Post  Office  Box  Na  4,032.  ^ew-york  City. 


PROPOSALS  FOR  UKEUGING  AND  DIKE. 

Unitbo  StatbsEkoinbbb  Officb, 
COBBBH  or  Pknmstlvania  a  v.  and  19Ta  st. 
WASBiNOToa,  D.  C,  Feb.  3.  1877. 
Sealed  proposals  for  Oredglog  and  the  ooostrnctlcm 
of  a  Dike  in  Bappahaunoot  River,  Va.,  will  be  received 
at  this  effiee  until  noon  of  WEDNBhDAY,  March  7, 
1877  and  epeaed  iaamediatelT  tlsereaftar. 

Speoitleatlo&s  and  blank  tnma  (or  vropo«»I»  oaa  l>e 
obtained  on  application  tothta  office. 

^      0.TrAJ»BftT.  U.ttnCirUBiitliiMt. 


PEOPOSAXS^ 

PROPOSALS    iTOR    ADHBSlVJB    POSJAOB 

STAAIPS. 

Post  offiob  D*»AaTMBa«,  > 
Jan.  36, 1877.    5 
Sealed  proposals    are  invited  from  ateel-plaui  en- 

Sravera  and  piate  printers,  and  will  he  received  at  tbis 
epartment  until  12  o'clock  M.  on  Wedoeadar,  the 
28tn  day  of   FebruHry,    1877,    for  fumisblog  all  the 


1.  Stamps  lor  the  use  of  tbe  pnblie. 

2.  Offloial  Stamps  for  the  UM9(  the  exeentire  depart- 
ments. 

3.  Newspaper  and  periodical  stamps.' 

QUALITY  OF. STAMPS. 
The  stamps  must  be  fbmlshed,  sul'ject  to  the  ai>- 
proyal  of  tbe  depai'tmeot  trom  steel  plates,  engraved 
In  the  highest  style  of  tbe  art  ot  steel  engraving,  and 
printed  In  such  colors  as  may  from  time  to  rime  t>e 
selected  by  the  department,  in  the  oest  and  most  ap- 
proved manner,  upon  paper  of  the  best  quality,  snita- 
ble  for  the  purpose  and  satislactor.y  to  the  depart- 
ment, thoroughly  gammed,  with  tbe  best  quality  of 
adhesive  gum,  periorate*  la  snch  manner  that  each 
separate  stamp  can  l)e  readily  detached  and  used,  the 
sheets  to  be  weU  pressed,  and  packed  so  as  to  prevent 
them  trom  adhering  to  each  other;  the  same  to  be 
furnished  with  all  reasonable  dispatch  tn  such  quan- 
tities as  may  in  each  case  be  ordered  by  the  depart- 
ment daily  to  fill  requisitions  trom  Postmasters  and 
from  the  executive  departments.  The  stamps  must 
be  printed  on  hand-roller  presses. 

DIES,  ROLLS,  AND  PL.\TES. 

The  dies,  rolls,  and  plates  from  which  postage  stamps 
are  now  printed,  being  the  property  of  the  United 
States,  will  be  placed  in  the  keeping  and  custody  of 
the  contractor  on  or  beiore  the  first  day  of  May,  1877, 
the  same  to  be  held  subject  to  the  order  and  control 
of  the  department,  as  hereinafter  provided;  and  the 
contractor  will  be  required,  from  said  dies,  rolls,  and 
plittes,  and  from  such  rolls  HUd  plates  as  maybe  ne- 
cessary to  be  reproduced  from  the  original  dies,  to 
have  ou  hand,  readv  fur  Issue  on  the  day  the  contract 
term  commences,  a  sufficient  stock  of  stamps,  of  the 
several  denominations  and  kinds  required,  to  fill  the 
current  dail.y  requisiilons  from  the  department,  with- 
out biud ranee  or  delay. 

The  contractor  will  be  farther  required  to  keep  in 
repair  all  dies,  rolls,  and  plates  from  which  stamps 
may  be  piiuted.  and  to  renew  the  same  whenever  re- 
quired ;  and  should  new  designs  be  required  at  any 
time  to  talie  tne  place  of  the  present  aeries  of  stamps 
for  tbe  use  of  the  public,  or  of  any  of  them,  or  for  de- 
nominations of  stamps  not  now  Io  use,  the  same  shall 
be  furnished  and  engraved,  euhject  to  the  aooroval  of 
the  Postmaster  General,  upon  his  request,  within  a 
reasonable  time;  all  which  shall  be  doueanu  executed 
In  the  bebt  style  of  sttjei  engraving  by  the  contractor, 
and  at  bis  own  expense.  No  change  will  be  made  in 
the  present  designs  of  official  postage  stamps,  or  of 
newupaper  and  periodical  stamps;  but  the  contractor 
will  be  required  to  keep  in  repair,  and  renew  when  le- 
qulied,  tbe  dies,  rolls,  and  piates  for  these  stamps,  tbe 
same  as  for  the  stamps  for  the  use  of  the  publia  All 
dies,  rods,  and  plates  made  or  used  at  au.y  time  in  fill- 
ing tbe  contract  Bhail  immediately  become  the  abso- 
lute proqerty  of  the  I'nlted  States,  and  shall  be  de- 
livered, in  good  working  order,  to  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral or  his  authorized  agent  whenever  demanded. 
BUILDING,  PLACE  OP  AUNUPACTCRB,  Ac. 

The  stamps  will  be  required  to  be  maaofaotured  In  a 
fire-proof  building,  and  in  separate  apartments,  dis- 
tinct irom  those  In  which  any  other  work  is  done  by 
the  coi  tractor — the  whole  to  be  subject  to  tbe  approval 
of  the  department- and  when  flniBued  must  be  placed 

in  a  tire  and  ImrgUt-proof  sale  or  Vault,  to  be  specially 

f>rovided  for  that  purpose,  and  oonstruoted  to  che  sat- 
sfaction  of  the  depariment.  The  contractor,  his  em- 
ployes, and  agents  shall  coaform  to  such  regulations 
as  tbe  department  may  trom  lime  to  time  wlopt  for 
the  security  of  the  Government 

AGENT-OKFICE-ROOMS— INSPECTION. 

A  resident  agent  of  the  departmeac  will  have  super- 
vision of  tbe  manufacture,  storage,  and  issue  of  tbe 
stamps,  who  shall  at  all  times  have  full  and  free  ac- 
cess to  the  apartments,  safes,  and  vaults  where  the 
siampj  are  manufactured  ana  stored,  for  tbe  purpose 
of  luspfoting  the  same  ;  and  the  contractor  snail  fur- 
ni«h  buu  and  his  clerks  suitable  office  and  desk  room, 
tor  the  traudaciiou  of  the  bu^tneds  of  bis  agency, 
without  cost  to  the  Government  The  Postmaster 
General  shall  also  htve  the  right  at  any  time  to  cause 
au  inspectiou  to  be  made,  by  any  agent  or  agents 
whom  he  may  specially  designate  lor  the  purpose,  of 
tne  apartments,  safes,  ana  vaults  used  tor  the  manu- 
facture and  storage  of  stamped,  and  of  the  stamps  in 
course  of  mauutacture  or  in  stock. 

STOCK   ON  HAND. 

Tbo  contractor  shall  at  all  limes  keep  on  hand  a 
stock  of  the  sereral  denominatlous  and  kinds  of 
stamps,  suiject  to  tbe  control  of  the  Post  Office  De- 
p.artment.  Us  regularly  authorized  agent,  orsucii  other 
agents  as  may  be  specially  authorized  by  tbe  Post- 
miister  General,  lu  all  stages  of  manutactiire,  sufficient 
to  meet  all  orders  of  tbe  department,  and  to  provide 
against  any  and  ail  coutingcuctes  that  may  be  hkely 
to  occur  durUig  the  existence  of  the  oontract,  so  that 
each  and  every  order  ot  the  department  may  be 
promptly  filled,  and  the  department  snail  have  the 
right  lu  require  the  contractor  at  au.y  time  during  the 
existence  oi  tbe  coutract  to  furnish  an  extra  quantity 
of  stamps  not  exceedia.:  a  supply  for  three  months. 
PACKING. 

Stamps  to  be  transmitted  by  sea  routes  must  he  se- 
curely packed  in  hermetically  sealed  tin  cases,  wrappsd 
in  strong  manlla  paper;  all  otuers  must  either  be 
packed  in  strong  bmileis'-board  boxes,  bound  on  the 
edges  and  ooruors  with  muslin,  and  enveloped  In  two 
tliickuesies  ot  strong  mauila  paper,  or  inclosed  in 
stroug  luanlla  envelopes,  as  the  quantity  to  be  trans- 
mitted mav  require  ;  all  t>ackaKes  to  lie  so  'ncJosed  as 
to  enable  the  agent  of  the  department  to  ofiiciAlly  seal 
thetu. 

DELIVKBY. 

The  stamps  may  be  required  to  be  delivered  by  the 
contractor  in  sepnrate  packages,  as  above  provided 
for,  at  the  Post  OlBce  io  the  place  where  the  same  are 
manufactured,  or  at  .such  other  Post  Office  lu  the  im- 
mediate viclnit.v  of  the  place  of  mauutacture  as  the 
Postmaster  Ueueral  may  direct :  or  in  snco  qantitles 
nt  the  Post  Office  Depuriment,  Washington.  D.  C.  (each 
denomination  and  kind  being  kept  separate,)  as  the 
Postmaster  General  may  direct. 
ELA.'^KS. 

In  addition,  tbe  contractor  will  be  required  to  fur- 
nish  labels,  and  direct  the  same,  for  e.tcii  package,  in 
accordance)  with  the  duliy  lists  furnished  by  ibe  agent 
of  the  department,  together  with  ali  olbeir  blanks  re- 
quired to  ue  inclosed  vriib  the  stamps :  also,  all  blanks 
ior  dail.y,  weekly,  nionthly.  and  quarteri.y  returns  re- 
latiug  to  the  number  aud  denominations  of  stamps 
turulshed. 

REPORTS. 

The  contractor  will  be  required  to  report  weekly,  un- 
der oath,  tlie  number,  denomination,  and  kind  of 
stamps  manufactured,  (hnished,  uuflnished,  and 
spoiled,)  tbe  number  issued  daring  tbe  week,  aud  the 
number  aval  able  tor  Issue  ;  all  spoiled  stamps  to  be 
desiroved  by  the  agent  of  tbe  deparnnent  in  the  pres 
ence  of  the  contractor  or  his  reprtsentative,  or  other- 
wise disposed  of,  as  tbe  Postmaster  General  may  direct 
AWARD, 

The  contract  will  be  awarded  on  the  basis  of  the 
number  of  the  several  kinds  of  stamps  Issued  during 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  3o,  1876,  as  toUowa  : 

1.  Number  of  stamps  for  use  of  the  public. 698,799,090 

2.  Numoer  of  ottiuial  stamps  for  use  ot  tbe 
executive  departments 17,682,665 

3.  Number  of  a^swspaper   and    periodical 

stamps 1,290,347 

Total 717,772,102 

Bids  must  bo  made  for  each  kind  of  stamps  sepa- 
rately, tbe  bidders  stating  in  the!  proposals  the  price 
per  thousand  stamps,  includiug  everything  required 
to  be  done  or  furnished,  as  set  lorth  io  this  advertise- 
ment; aud  the  coutract  will  be  awarded  as  a  whole  to 
toe  lowest  lespousibls  bidder  la  the  iigijreeate,  tbe 
amouut  of  a  bid  to  be  ascertained  by  extending  the 
above  issues  at  the  prices  bid  respectively,  and  then 
aggregating  the  amounts  of  the  three  several  items. 
It  most  be  understood,  however,  that  proposals  made 
under  this  advertisement  shall  include  nil  the  stamps 
needed  by  tue  department  during  tbe  contract  term, 
vrithout  reference  to  the  above  issues,  should  the 
use  of  any  of  (be  above  kiuds  of  stamps  be  discon- 
tiiiaed  during  the  oontract  term,  the  contractor  will 
not  be  entitled  to  damages  on  accouut  of  such  discon- 
tinuance. 

PROPOSAtiS— AGREEMENT— BOND. 

Each  proposal  must  be  sifrued  by  the  Indivldnal  or 
partnetsliip  making  it.  and  when  made  by  a  partner- 
ship the  uaine  of  each  partner  thereof  mast  be  dis- 
closed: aud  it  must  be  acoompanied  br  a  guaranty, 
signed  bv  st  least  two  responsible  guarantors,  that  the 
bidder  shall,  within  teu  days  alter  being  called  upon 
to  do  so,  execute  a  ooncract  to  itirnlsh  promptly,  and 
in  quantities  as  ordered,  the  article  or  articles  to  be 
fkiruisbed  by  liim,  the  responsibility  and  sufficleucy  of 
the  sl^er.-i  to  such  guaranty  to  be  certified  to  by  the 
Postmaster  or  United  stales  Attorney  whsrrt  the  bid- 
der resides  :  and  tn  such  contract  the  contractor  and 
his  sureties  shall  covenant  and  agree  that  in  case  tbe 
said  contractor  shall  tail  to  do  or  perform  all  or  any 
of  the  covenams,  stipulations,  snd  agreements  of  said 
contract  on  the  part  oi  tbe  said  contractor  to  be  per- 
formoa,  as  therein  set  lorrii,  the  said  contractor  and 
bis  sureties  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  Uuited  States 
of  America  the  sum  of  two  hundred  thousand  dollars, 
for  which  said  fiirieiiure  the  laid  contractor  and  his 
surotlos  shall  be  Jointly  and  severally  liable,  as  Uqui- 
dated  damages  to  ue  sued  tor  in  the  name  ot  tue 
United  States. 

if  the  bidder  to  whom  the  first  award  may  be  made 
should  tall  to  enter  iuto  a  contract,  as  herein  provided, 
then  the  award  ma.y  beauauiled,  and  the  contraoc  let 
to  ihe  next  lowest  respjoslole  LildJer,itnutdeeaied  too 
high  by  the  Postmaster  General,  and  so  on  until  the  re- 
quired coutract  is  executed;  and  sucli  next  lowest  bidder 
snail  bo  required  to  tuitld  ever,r  stipulation  embraced 
herein  as  if  he  were    the  original   parly  to  whom  tbe 

contract  was  awarded. 

The  contract  will  also  provide  that  if  at  any  time 
doling  its  continuauco  taa  suieties  shall  die  or  be- 
come irresponsible,  tbe  Postmaster  General  shall  have 
the  right  to  require  adoitioDal  and  sufficient  sureties, 
which  the-contractor  shall  furnish  to  the  acceptance 
ot  the  Postmaster  General  within  10  days  alter  notice: 
and  in  aefault  thereof,  the  contract  may  be  onunlled. 
RESERVATIONS. 

The  Postmaster  General  reserves  the  right  to  r^ect 
any  and  ail  bids  if.  in  his  Juugmont^the  interest  ot  the 
Goverumept  requires  it;  also  (he  right  to  annul  the 
oontract  If,  in  bis  opinion,  there  shall  be  a  failure  at 
any  tiige  to  perform  faithi'ully  any  of  Its  stipulations, 
or  in  case  ot  a  willful  attempt  to  impose  upon  tbe  de- 
partment stamps  lufenor  to  those  required  by  the 
contract. 

PAYMENTS. 

Payments  for  stamps  actually  issued  and  delivered 
will  be  made  quarterly,  after  proper  examination  and 
■diostment  ot  ucooania 

CONTRACT  NOT  ASSIGNABLE, 

The  contract  cannot,  m  any  case,  be  lawfully  trans- 
ferred or  assigned. 

EXTENSION, 

Should  the  interest  ot  tbe  Government  reouire,  the 
oonlraci  mav  be  extended  beyond  the  time  named, 
not  exceeding  threo  months,  by  order  of  the  Post- 
master General,  and  the  coutract  prices  and  all  con- 
ditions herein  set  loith  shall  Kovern  la  such  extended 
contract 

ADDRESS.  ' 

All  proiKisals  must  be  made  on  the  hlank  forms 
famished  by  the  departmect,  securely  enveloped  and 
sealed,  indorsed  00  the  back  "Proposals  fov  Postage 
Stamps."  and  addressed  to  the  Tbird  Assistant  Post- 
master General,  Washington,  D.  C 

JAMES  N.  'tYNEB,  Postmaster  General. 


BOARD  OF  EDLCATION. 

Sealed  proposals  vrill  be  received  by  the  Board  of 
School  Trustees  ol  the  Nineteenth  Ward,  at  tbe  hail 
of  the  Board  of  Educarion,  corner  of  Grand  aud  Kim 
su..  until  TUEbDAY.  Feb.  13,  lo77,  and  until  4  o'clock 
P.  M.,  of  said  da.v.  for  famishinj;  siloing  doora,  tec,  in 
Grammar  Sohoui  bouse  No.  18,  on  East  61st  st,  near 
Lexington  av. 

Plans  and  specifications  mav  be  seeii  at  tbe  office  of 
the  Snpeiintendent  of  School  Buildings,  No.  146Graud 
St.,  third  floor. 

Two  respansihle  and  approved  sorsties,  residents  of 

this  City,  will  be  required  from  tbe  snoceasfal  biddsr. 

The  party  submltriug  a  propoeal    aud  the  parties 

propoSUDK  to  become  sureties,  mast  each  write  .his 

njone  and  place  otiesideoce  on  said  proposal. 

1'be  Tmstees  reserve  the  right  to  refect  any  or  all 
of  the  proposals  submitted. 

J.  O.  ALSTON. 
f.  T.  HOPKiMSL 
K.  H.  FOUKROY. 
M,  THAtiMfmilQKk, 
JOHN  U  DOV{«li^Ti 
Board  of  School  Trustees,  Bi/^ataeD&  WaxA 
OatadlTBw-Iou.  Jaa.  81.  laz^       ,  . 


BOABDING  AM)   LODGINO. 

The  np-towa  efllee-or  THX  TIHM  to  loeated  at- 
I«a.  1,S«7.BTwuiwm3r,  I^m.  31s*  ma*  9M  ata. 

Open  dally,  Snadays  iacioded,  (torn  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  U. 

Bnhccriptlons  received,  and  copies  or  THB  TIMBS  for 

salOi 

ADVBR'riSSBrRllTS  RKCBITKD  UNTIL  9  P.  IL 


FIFTH  AV.,  NO.  208.— CUBSTKRFf  ELD  aODSB; 
the  party  oconpyidg  the  second  floor  will  let  their 
apartments  very  reasenabls  for  three  months:  with 
or  without  board;  a  parlor  and  bedroom  with  board, 

J.  P.  WORSTBLU 


No.  82  IRVING  PLACE,  TWO  DOVR-S  FROal 
Gramerqr  Park.— Large,  pioaaant,  desirable  rooms 
on  fourth  floor;  also  ball  room  on  saoond  floor;  with 
hoard;  references. 


LARGE  SBCGNlf-STORY  FRONT  ROOAI.  • 
B'lard  in  an  American  flimiltx.  adnlts :  gedtleman 
and  wife  or  single  aentlament  ^Iso  hall  room  very 
reasonable:    reference.    No.  236  West  37th  st 


FIFTH  AV.,  NO.  4a,  BBTWBEN  II TH 
AND  12TH  STS.— Spacious  suite  of  well-famished 
ap«rtments  on  psrlor  floor,  with  or  vrithont  private 
table. 


THf  RTV.BIGHTH  ST.,  NO.  307  WEST. 
Second-story  fro  it  rooms;  superior  board  ;  every 
convenience;    location    central  and  nnexceptiocahle. 

OWNkR. 


SECOND  FLOOR— 8D1TB  OF  LARGE  ROOMS, 
with  parlor,  handsomely  furnished;  private  table 
aud  attendance.  No.  14  East  32d  st,  hetween  5th  and 
Madison  uvs. 


FIFTH    AV..    NO.    73,    NOBTH-BAST    CORNER 
15T^   ST.— Rooms   ou  second  floor,   with   private 
bath;   also,  single  rooms,  with  boaro. 


AN  AUTHORESS  OFFERS  TWO  GKNTLB- 
men,  or  gentleman  and  wife,  comforts  of  a  Bright 
home;  terms  low.    Call  at  No.  335  West  28th  st 


SUNNY  FRONT  SECOND  FLOOR  SUITE 
Superior   board ;    low  price  for  balance  of  season. 
33  West  33d. 


A  LARGE,  WELL-FORNISBED  SBCOND- 
atory  (root  and  hsll  room,  with  board ;   referenoo. 
No.  338  West  23d  st 


NO.    21   5TH   A V. -PLEASANT     THIBD-STOBX 
front  room  and  hall  room,  with  first-class  board; 
reference. 


THIRTY-SIXTH     ST.— A     FINE     bUITB     OF 
rooms,  handsomel.v  furnished,  to  rent,  with  board. 
No.  214  Madison  av.,  comer  36th  st 


NO.  4   EAST  !29TH  ST.,  BETWEEN  5TH 
AND  MADISON  AV.S.— Desirable  rooms,  first-class 

board;  also,  table  boarders. 


NINETEENTH     ST.,     NO.   338     WBST.-A 
large  hail  room  to  let,  with  board;  gas,  fire;  terms 
moderate. 


NO.    88WEST3tST    ST.— PLEASANT  ROOMS 
to  let,  with  board;  unexpectedly  vacated;  refer- 
ences. 


N«».  20    KASr    2211   S*T.— WITH    BOARD,    PAR- 
lor  and  bedroom,  tlrat  floor;  parlor   ani  bedroom, 
third  floor ;  snnny  exposure,  single  rooms. 


FIFTH    AV.,  NO.  a97«    HANDSOMK   ROOM  AND 
flrst-clBsa  board  for  smgle    gentleman;  also  table 
board ;  reference  required. 


Ni 


O.  23  WEST   33D   ST.— DESIRABLB    ROOMS 
for  gentlemen,  with  excellent  table. 


N: 


0-5  EAST   46rH.  ST.— CHOICE    OF    WELL- 
furnished  rooms,  with  first-class  board;  refeience. 


N 


O.  6  EAST  34TH  ST.— SINGLE  ROOMS  WITH 
board;    house  newl.V  lurnished;   terms  moderate. 


PLEASANT  ROOitlS.  WITH  BOARD  i  REF- 
ercuces.    No.  116  West  46th  st 


: 


OO.^S    TO    LET— WITH    BOARD,    AT    NO.  10 
East  46tb  St.;  references  exchanged. 


N 


N 


O.    46  WEST   3»D    ST ELEGANT  SECOND 

floor  of  three  rooms,  with  board;    terms  moderate. 

O.  48  EASt  21  ST  ST.— LARGE  THIRD-STORY 
back  room,  sunny  exoosnre,  to  lot  with  bosrd. 


BOABl)  WANTEp. 

BOARD  WANTED— FOR  GENTLEMAN,  WIFE, 
and  SOD,  In  a  »trirtl.y  private  family;  terms  must 
be  moderate.  Address  ('.  U.  C  Box  No.  307  TIMR3 
DP-TOWN  OFFICE,  1,257  BROADWAY. 


FURNISHED  FRONT  AND  BACK  ROOMS. 
— Also  hnll  rooms;  fnmiture  new.  No.  14  Bast  16th 
St.,  near  Tiff.ioy's. 


FURNISHED  ROOiUS  FOR  GENTLEMEN, 
without  board;     references.    Call  at  Na   84   East 
20th  st 


jaOTELS^ 

THB  ROYAL  VICTORIA  HOTEL, 

NASSAU,  BAHAMA  ISLANDS. 
For  fall  information  apply  to 

JAltliS  LIDGBRWOOD  &  CO.. 

No.  758  Broadway.  New-York. 


__BAJ}KE£PT_NOTICES^__ 

DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITKU  STATES 
for  the  District  of  New-Jersey. — In  Uaukmptcy. — 
lu  the  matter  of  CHARLES  M.  BOLKN,  THOMAS  S. 
CRANK,  and  FREDERICK  K.  OAV,  bankrupts.— District 
of  New-Jersey,  as.— A  warrant  In  bankmntoy  has  been 
isancd  by  said  court  against  the  estate  of  Charles  M. 
Boleo,  Thomas  U.  Crane,  and  Frederick  K.  Day,  ot  tbe 
Count.y  of  Essex  and  State  of  New-Jersey,  in  said  dis- 
trict, who  have  been  duly  adjadged  bankrupts  upon 
petition  of  their  creditors,  and  the  payment;  of  any 
debts  and  the  delivery  of  an.y  propert,r  belonging  to 
said  bankrupts,  to  them  or  to  their  use,' and  the  trans- 
fer ot  any  tiroperiy  by  thj^m  are  forbidden  by  law.  A 
meeting  of  the  creditors  of  said  bankrupts  to  prove 
their  <lebts  and  choose  one  or  more  Assignees  of  their 
estate  will  be  held  at  a  Court  of  Bankruptcy,  to  be 
holden  at  Na  663  Broad  street.  Newark,  lu  said  dis- 
trict, on  the  23d  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1877,  at  10 
0*0  ock  A.  M.,  at  the  office  of  Staats  S.  Morris,  Esquire, 
one  of  the  Registers  in  Baukraptcv  of  said  district 

hAUDEL  PLUMMKE, 

United  States  Marshal  for  said  district. 
Per  JOHN  C.  BAILEY,  Deputy. 


DI.STRiCT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
States  tor  the  Southern  District  of  New-York.— 
In  the  matter  of  JOHN  FALCONER,  bankrupt— 
In  Bankmptc.y. — A  warraut  in  Bankruptcy  bas  been 
Issued  by  said  court  against  the  estate  of  John 
Falconer,  of  the  Count.y  of  New- York,  of  the  State 
01  New- York,  in  said  district,  adjudged  a  bankrupt  upon 
the  petition  of  his  crealtora,  aud  the  payment  of  any 
debts  and  the  delivery  of  anv  property  belonging  to 
said  bankrupt,  to  him  or  to  nis  use,  and  the  transfer 
of  any  propert.v  by  him,  are  forbidden  by  law.  A  meet- 
ing of  the  creditors  of  Sdid  bankrupt,  to  Drove  their 
deols  and  choose  one  or  more  AaslgObes  of  his  estate. 
Will  beheld  at  a  Court  of  Bankruptcy,  to  be  holden  at 
No.  7  Beekman  street,  in  the  City  of  New- York,  in  ssld 
district  on  the2l8tday  of  Februiry,  A.  D.  1877,  at 
one  o'clock  P.  M.,  attlie  office  of  James  P.  Dwiglit,  Esq., 
one  of  the  Registers  in  Bankruptcy  of  said  court 

OLIVER  FIsKr;.  Marshal— Messenger. 


IN  THB  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  CNITKD 
states,  for  the  Southern  District:  of  New-York, — In 
the  matter  of  ROBERT  A,  WILLIAMS,  bankrupt— In 
Bankmptc.y.— Notice  is  hereby  given  that  a  peiitiou 
has  been  filed  in  ssld  court  by  Robert  A.  Williams,  of 
New- York  City,  in  said  district,  duly  declared  a  bank- 
rupt, under  tbe  act  of  Congress  of  March  2,  1867,  for 
a  discharge  and  cerilficate  thereof  from  all  bis  debts, 
and  other  claims  provable  under  said  act,  and  that  the 
23d  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1877.  at  2  o'clock  P.  M..  at 
tbe  office  of  James  P.  Owlgbt,  Register  in  Bankruptcy, 
Na  7  Beekman  street,  (corner  ot  Nassau  street,)  in  the 
City  of  New- York,  is  assigned  for  the  hearing  of  the 
same,  when  aud  where  all  creditors  who  have  proved 
their  debts,  aud  other  persona  in  interest,  may  attend, 
and  show  causa,  if  any  ibey  have,  wh.y  the  prayer  ot 
said  petition  should  not  be  granted.— Dated  New-York, 
the  Ist  day  of  February,  1877. 
f2-law3wF*  GEO.  P.  BKTTS,  Oerk. 


THIS  IS  TO  GIVE  N0TICB-T9AT  ON  THE 
6th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1877,  a  warrant  in 
bankruptcy  was  issued  ngalnsc  the  estate  ot  FRgPK- 
RICK  P.  SEALS,  ot  New- York  City,  In  the  County  of 
New-York,  and  State  of  ^ew•Yo^■k,  who  bas  been  ad' 
Judged  a  bankrupt  on  his  own  LCtitlon;  that  the  pay- 
ment of  any  debts  and  deliver./  of  any  property  be- 
loDgiBg  to  snob  bankrupt,  to  him  or  fjr  his  use.  and 
the  tiansfer  of  any  prop  rty  by  him,  are  torbiddeu  by 
law;  that  a  mteting  of  the  creditors  of  the  said  bank- 
rupt to  prove  their  debts  and  to  choose  one  or  more 
Assi^oeea  of  his  estate,  will  be  held  at  a  Court  of  Bank- 
ruptcy, to  be  bO'deo  at  .No.  7  Beekman  street,  New- 
Xurk  City,  before  James  F.  Dwigbt,  Register,  on  the 
23d  day  of  Pehruarv,  A.  D.,  1877,  at  one  o'clock  P.  M. 
OHViia  FISKB, 
tlnlt«d  States  Marshal,  as  Messenger,  Southern  District 
ot  New- York. 


THIS  IS  TO  GIVE   NOTICE— THAT  ON  THE 
8th  da.y  of  February.  A.  D.  1877,  a  warrant  in  bank- 

rupioy  was  issued  against  the  estate  of  EMELINE 
8.MITH,  ol  New-York,  in  tbe  County  of  New-York, 
and  State  of  New-York,  who  has  been  adjutlged  a 
bankrupt  on  her  own  petition;  that  ttie  payment  of  sj^r 
deots,  aud  deliver.y  of  any  property  beiongtug  to  such 
bankrupt,  to  her  or  for  her  use,  aud  the  transfer  oian.r 
property  by  her  are  forbidden  by  law ;  that  a  meeting  dt 
the  credltorn  of  the  said  bankrupt  to  prove  their  debts 
and  to  ohoose  one  or  more  Assignees  of  her  estate  will 
be  held  at  a  Court  of  Bankruptcy,  to  be  holden  at 
No.  345  Broadway,  in  the  Cit.y  of  New-Vork,  before 
John  Fitcli,  Register,  on  the  23  d  day  of  Febuar.T,  a.  0, 
1877,  at  two  o'clock  P.  M.  OLIVBR  FI8KE, 

Uuited  States  Marshal,  as  Messenger,  Southern  District 
of  New-York. 


TVO.   A,056-1N   THE  DISTRICT     COURT 

X^  of  the  Uiuted  States  for  the  Southern  District  of 
New-Kork.— In  tbe  matter  of  JOHN  a.  PAINE.  bank- 
rupt—In BanKrup;cy.— belorp  Edgar  Ketchum.Bsouiro, 
Register  ot  sa<d  Court— To  whom  it  may  conceru  : 
The  undersigne'i  hereby  gives  notice  of  his  appoiot- 
ment  as  Assljrnee  ol  John  B.  Paine,  of  tbe  City  of  New- 
York,  In  the  Count.y  of  New- York,  and  State  ot  Dew- 
York,  within  said  district,  who  has  beeu  adjudged  a 
bankirupt  upon  his  own  petition  by  the  District  Court 
of  said  district— Dated  ot  New-York,  the  8thd»yof 
Fetruary,  A.  D.  1877. 

A  LBXAHDERMoDONALD,  Assignee, 
19-law3wF"  No.  23  Dey  st.  New. York  Utv. 


IN  THE  liJrSTRlCT  COURT  OF  TUE  UNU'ED 
otatei  for  ihe  Southeru  District  of  New-York. — la 
tue  matter  of  WILLIAM  J.  SOHLOSS,  bankrupt— In 
Bankmptcy.— Before  Isaiah  T..  Williams,  Kegister.— 
To  whom  it  ma.y  ooooem  :  The  undersigned  hereby 
gives  notice  of  bis  appointment  as  Assignee  of  the 
estate  of  WiUum  J.  Sc.nloss,  ot  the  City  of  ^New-York, 
in  the  County  of  New-York  and  St.ite  of  New-Vork, 
Within  said  district,  who  lias  been  adjudged  baokrupc 
upou  the  petition  of  his  creditors,  oy  toe  District  Court 
of  said  district— Dated  New-York  City,  tbe  2a  day  of 
February,  A.  D.  1877. 

KAUFMAN   SIMON.  Assignee, 
f9-law3wF*       Na  'J06  Broadway,  New- fork  City. 


IN  TUB  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THB 
United  States  tor  the  Southern  Dlstnct  of  New-Yorlc 
—In  tne  matter  of  RUKUb  WATTtEi,  baukrupt— In 
Bankruptcy,  Na  5,699. — Before  Edgar  Ketobmn. 
E.q.,  Register  in  Bankrnptev.-To  whom  it  uia.v  con- 
cern.— I'ne  nuaerslgoad  hereby  gives  notice  of  tiis  ap- 
pointment as  A  ssiguae  of  RufUs  Wattles,  of  the  City 
of  New-York,  in  the  Oonnty  of  New-York,  and  the 
State  of  /lew-York,  within  said  district,  who  has  oeen 
SM^ndxeo  banknipi  npon  taa  oetitioa  of  hia  orediim  « 
pT  the  Pistilot  Coop  Ot  said  distnob— Dated  at  !»ew- 
Yora  Olty.  Jaausry  81, 1877. 

UKUtt^K  W.  SBLOVkR,  Aasigaae.  A«., 
No.  15  Beaver  street 
BnwAan  P.  Baowx,  Attamey  fsr  Assignee,  Hot  7 

"aaawnwy* 


OfllCRiJRiNG'HALin      ro-SmSr.     ABBOTT. 

8BC0AD  ^$  LAST  aI'boIT  OONCmBT. 
.....T...M..'  -  J2i  °8  Vi^O,  Director. 
1TNQUBSTI0NAB1B  BUOCBHS, 

VlfCTOKT  AUD  TBIOMPB, 
OP  MISS  EMMA 

ABBOTT, 

Assisted  by 

M&  Bini  8BIPBST.  the  distingoutaed  VloUaJst, 

BBIONOLI,    FBBEANTI,    CASS,    PRATT,    and 

GRAND  ORCHSSTKA, 

Under  direction  of. ; MAX  HABRTZEK 

SATURDAY,  Feb.  lO-fmly  ABBOTT  MATIflER. 

Tickets  at  the  Box  OlBeo,  Chickertng  Hailr  Sohn- 
berth's,  Na  28  Union  square,  and  Bnllmann's,  ao.  Ill 
Broadway. 

Chickertng  pianos  used  at  all  Abbott  concerts. 


»RA? 


ABBOTT  ONLY  GRAND  ALATINBB. 

SATURDAY  at  2  o'clock  at  CHICKBRINO  BALL. 
Admission,  $1,    Reserved  sests,  60  cents  extra. 


UNION  S<iUARB  THEATRE. 


Proprietor 

Manager ^ 


..Mr.  8HERIDAK   SHOOK 
Mr.  A.  H.  PALMBR 


^N  ENORMOUS    8UCCBBS, 

>mi  be  given  every  night  and  at  the  Saturday  matlnte 
tmtil  ftirtber  notice,  with  its 
MAONTPICBNT  bCBNBRY  AND  ORBAT  CAST, 
tnoluding  the  following  favorite  names: 

Messrs.  0.  R.  'I  horne,  Jr.,  James  O'Neill.  W.  R.  Plord, 
J.  H.  Stoddart,  John  Pwselle,  H.  W.  Montgome^,  H.  P. 
Dalv,  W.  H.  Wilder,  John  Matthews,  Lvsander  'Thumi}- 
son,  and  H.  Ramsay,  and  Misses  Katharine  Rogers. 
Fanny  Morant,  Sara  Jewstt,  Ida  Vernon,  Mrs.  lliarie 
Wilkins,  Mrs.  Farren,  Miss  LUllan  Cleves,  and  Mis. 
Seymour. 

SATURDAY,   Feb.   10, 

Ffrst  matin  ie  of 
THE  DANICHEFFS. 


THB  BEST  RESERVED  SEATS  AND  BOZS9 
for  the  Opera,  all  Theatres,  Concerts,  and  Balls, 
six  days  in  advance,  at  TYSON'S  Ticket  i  lifice,  Windsor 


Hotel. 


ACADErar  of  music.  kellooo. 

Mr.  C.  D.  HESS ; Director 

FRIDAY  KVB.MNO,  Feb.  9, 
Benefit  of 

Miss  CLARA  LOUISE  KELLOGG. 

Upon   which   occasion    will   be  produced   Ambroiso 

Thomas'  oharming  opera, 

MIONON. 

Miss  KELLOGG,   Mme.   ROKKWALD,  Mrs.   SBGUrN, 

Messrs.  MAA8,  PEAKBS,  TURNER,  and  CAYLA  in  the 

oast,  supported  by 

GRAND  CHORUS  AND  ORCHESTRA. 

Mr.  S.  BKHREN8..... Musical  Director 

SATURDAY  MATINRB— Last  performance. 
FAUST. 
MISS   KELLOGG  POSITIVRLY  APPEARING  IN  BOTH 
OPERAS. 
Secure  seats  at  Nos.  701  and  111  Broadway  and  at 
the  Academy. 
MONDAY  NEXT— Newark.   WEDNESDAY— Brooklyn. 


BAGLE  THEATRE.       BROADWAY  AND  S3D  ST. 

THE  AIMEE  OPERA  SEASON. 
A  GREAT  sue  JESS.    THE  NEW  OPERA. 
To-night  and  To-morrow,  and  Saturday  afternoon, 
The  last  European  Musical  Sensation,  Lecocq's  most 
recently  successful  work 

LA  PETITE  MARIEE. 

MUe.  AIMEE  (first  time  here)  as ORAZIELLA 

Grand  Chorus,  and  a  great  cast  Entirely  new 
scenery,  rich  and  gorgeous  costumes,  appropriate  ac- 
cessories, and   an  eclipsing  splendor  of  mise  en  scftne. 

TO-MORROW  nt  1:30.    GRAND  MATINER 
Matio^e  admission,  60c.    Beserved  seats,  50c.  extra. 
Next  vreek  entirely  new  version  of  La  Pericbola. 

NEW  BROADWAY  THEATRE. 

Broadway  and  30th  st 
EVENING  AT  8.     MATINEE  SATURDAY  AT  2. 
GRAND  SUCCESS  OF 
MARTON. 
The  play  presented  last  evening  at  the  NEW  BROAD- 
WAY   THEATRE   is    entitled     MARTON,    LA    JOLIE 
BOQUETIhiRB.    If  a  play  afforrls  legitimate  amusement 
for  the  patrons  of  a  house,  it  la  all  that  is  needed.     Evi- 
dently, MARTON   did   afford   much   amusement    last 
evening.    Miss  Leighton  played  Uarton  with  a  good 
deal  of  spirit.  —Herald. 


!>KIRALFY  BROTH  ERS,<^>~^~^~^~^~^~^ 
t  Lessees  and  Managers.  \  NIBLO>S.t 
J>     GRKAT  SUCCESS.      A/-s~v«s»<w-v^ 

AROUND  THE  WORLD 

AROUND  THE  WORLU 
in  80  days.  in  80  days. 

THE  GRAND  BALLET 

By  leODanseuses.         T'niBLC?8?1 
Seats  secured  in  advance.  4>^v(s»**/><vr*f^ 


SAN   KKANCISCO  J»I1NHTRELS. 


The    "REWARD  OF   MERIT"— SUCCSS8. 
The  new  Opera  Bonffe.  Music  bv  Offenbach 

TUE  HAPPY  MOKbl,  and  a 
GORGEOUS  JAPANESE  DIORAMIC  Scene. 


Opera 
House. 

Broadway. 

and  2inh  st 


MaTINEE  SATURDAt  AT  '2.     Seau  secured. 


TENTH  ANNUAL  EXHIBITION  OF  THE 

AinERlCAN  SOCIETY    OF    PAINTERS    IN 

WATBR-COLORS, 

now  open  at  the  National  Academy  of  Design,  comer  of 
4tb  av.  and  2Sd  st,  daily,  (Sundays  excepted.)  ttom  9 
A  M.  until  6  h*.  M..  aud  from  7  until  10  P.  M, 


CHICKBHINU  HALL,  SATURDAY  KVENING, 
FEr>.  10.— The  Mind-reader  again.  Mr,  J.  R.  Brown's 
second  public  receptlou.  New  and  astounding  experi- 
ments. Admission,  50o.  reserved  seats,  76c.  Tickets 
on  sale  at  Schuberth's,  No.  23  Union  square,  and  at 
Chickering  Hall. 


DREAAUNG  lOLANTHE. 

"THE  CKNTENNIAL  BUTTER   HEAD." 

NEXT  TO  NEW-YORK  AQUARIUM. 

ADMISSION  25  CEaTS. 

FOR   A    FEW    DAYS    ONLY. 

LECTUBES. 

jr9cK>FBR''uNION'^RREl^ECTUJ^^ 

^the  people.  In  the  great  hall,  at  8  P.  M.,  SATUR- 
DAY, Ifeb.  10.  The  lecture  will  bo  delivered  by  Dr.  A. 
B.  CROSBY,  ef  New-York  City,  on  "The  Human  Foot," 
with  lantern  Illustrations.  Tickets  can  be  had  gratis 
at  the  offloe  of  the  Cooper  Union,  and  at  D.  Van  Nos- 
trand's  book  store.  No.  28  Murray  st. 

A.  S.  HEWITT,  Seeretary. 

R.  LANDIS,  TO-DAV,  (FRIDAY,)  AT  3  P.  M.. 
lectnres  to  ladles.   Science  liall.   No.  141  East  8th 
st;  TO-MORUOW,  at  8  P.  M. ,  to  men.     Tickets  25a 


DRY  GOODS. 


A.T. 


&  GO. 


ARE  OFFERING 


BLACK,  PLAIN,  COLORED, 

and  FANCY  SILKS, 
The  PRODUCTIONS  of  THEIR  OWN  LOOMS,  HIOHLY 
FINISHED,  and  RBCOMMBNDBD 

for  WEAR  and  DURABILITT, 
at 

MODSRATB  'PRIOES. 
Also, 
A  LARGE  ASSORTMENT 

of  the  BERT  and  MOST  POPULAR 

LYONS  BLACK  SILKS, 

TOGETHER  with  a  SELECTION 

Of 

COLORED  and  FANCY  BILKS. 

in  OVER  ONE  HUNDRED  STYLES  and  TINTS. 

EPKOIAL  INDUCEMENTS  in  the  PRICES  of 
VELVETS. 

BROADWAY,  4TH  AV..   9TH   AND    lOTH  STREETS. 

FINE  AJRTS. 

ART.    ART.    ART. 

THE  BEAUMONT  COLLECTION, 

Oil  Paintings  and  Water  Colors, 

TO  BE  SOLD  AT  AUCTION. 

by  order  of  Kxecutilx. 
NOW  ON  EXHIBITION,  FREE,  DAY  AND  EVENING, 
at  Miner's  Art  Galleries,  No.  846  Broadway. 
The  aoeve  collection  of  nigo-class  works  ot  art,  em- 
bracing many  importHut  and  ver.y  eboice  canvases 
from  tbe  easels  of  distinguished  American  and  Euro-, 
pean  artists, 

to  he  sold  at  auction 

TDE8DAY.^WEDNE8DAY,  AND  THURSDAY  EVENINGS, 

•Feb.  13,  14,  and  16,  at  7:30  o'clock. 

HENRY  D.  MINKR,  Auctioneer. 


a 


J^ANOING^ 

A"    JLLEN  OOD WORTH'S  DANCING    aCHOOL 
RHMOVKD  TO  NO.  081  oTH  A  VENDS. 
Mow  open  tor  the  reception  of  paptls. 
For particalaia  send  for  olrcdiac 
Private  lessons  ever.y  day.      

TUBNOR'.-*        KBOBt'TlONS       MAN8ANTB 
every  i^RlDAY  EVENING  at  Lyric  Halt 


I^^N^IANiStUFTCY?— nTTriSTDIS^^ 
ot  the  United  States  for  tbe  Southern  District  of  New- 
York.— In  the  matter  ot  HBRVr.Y  C.  CALKIN  and 
JODsON  H.  calkin,  eoastitutiug  the  copartnersbip 
Arm  of  "H.  C.  Calkin  ka,"  bankrupts.— No.  5,232. — 
Notice  is  bereb.r  given  that  a  petition  has  been  filed 
in  said  court  bv  bervey  C.  Calkiu  and  Judson  U.  Cal- 
kin, individually  and  as  copartners,  above  described 
in  said  distriel,  duly  deolaied  bankrnpts  uuder 
the  act  of  Congress  of  Maroh  3,  1867,  and  the  ameod- 
ments  and  revisioas  thereof,  for  a  discaarge  and  oer- 
tifloate  thereof  from  aU  their  and  fach  of  their  debts, 
and  other  olalms  provable  under  said  act,  and 
that  the  seventh  day  of  March,  1877.  at  12  o'cloek 
M.,  at  the  office  of  John  Fitch,  Kso..  Register  in  Bank- 
rupcoy.  at  Na  345  uroadway.  iu  (be. City  of  New- 
York,  is  Assigned  for  tiie  hearing  of  the  same,  when 
and  where  all  ofedltors  who  have  proved  their  debts, 
and  other  persons  in  inttfrest  may  attend,  and  shew 
cause,  if  any  thev  have,  why  the  prayer  ot  the  sAid 
peiltlonshoalanot  l>e  grantad.— Oatad  New- York,  on 
the  6th  day  of  FeTimary,  1877. 
f0-lawitwP'  GKa  V.  UBTTB.  Clerk. 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT DK  THB  UNITBD 
StMtea  for  thu  apiitham  Olstrloi  of  NeW'Jarsev — In 
lue  matter  of  CBARLSa.  P.    TtTBWOaTd,   bankrapt. 

—The  andersigaad  Atoigoee  in  fiaakraotey,  hstaVv 
glv««9o>toa  to^jja  w<^  sail  at  pabUe  anotiofl.  throiu b 
Wm-  Toapiaa  k.  Co-,  aa  FBIDAY,  Feb.  23.  1877.  at  lo 
4,  M.,  tba  Jto(k  auji  flatares  of  tbe  abovo-named 
bankrupt.— Feb.  S.  1877. 
^tl-l»n»Vf     JAiUaB.  LBBOi,  ITOb  18  BMA9  It.  JJ4 


OSLkWD    YOVaH  and  UtSTRUBtRNr AI*^ 
CONCBKT 

AT 
BTSUWAT  SAXiL, 

ojr 

SATtTEOAT  BVENINO,  FEB.  IQ, 
AT  8  O.OLOCK. 
TTndtr  the  patronage  of  Mrs.  Zi#t1  P.  Morton,  Ht& 
Admiral  S.  Deoatnr  Tranehard,  Mra  Wm.  Pinksiaf 
Stewart,  Mrs.  Byam  Klrbr  Stevens.  Mrs.  WfUUm 
Bbinelander,  Mrs.  Predoilo  W.  Stevens,  Mra  Edward 
Benshaw  Jones,  Mra  T.  Batcman  Musgrave.  Mra 
BeniT  &  Davtes.  Jr..  Mra.  Wm.  A.  Hammond,  Mra 
Charles  B.  Lotbrop,  Mrs.  William  H.  i>*Porest,  Mrs. 
RosweU  Smith.  Mrs.  Chariea  B.  Foots,  Mrs.  Solomon 
Mabrbach,  in  aid  of  tbe 

RKLIBF  PUBD  OF  THE  BPIPHANT  GUILD, 
the  following  eminent  artists  have  kindly  volnnteered 

thetr  serviees: 
Miss  EMMA  C.  TBUBSBI,  Soprana 

31r.  BERNARDOS  BOEKSLMANJ>iaaist 
Mr.  CHARRLB8  WEBMBR,  TioloneelUst 

Mr.  THOMAS  VTHIFFIH.  TenoA 

Mrs.  THOMAS  WHIPFIN    and    Mr.  CAXYL  FLORIO 
AocOnpantsts. 
PUOOCAyME. 

P«UtT    L 

1.  "Blgoletto,"  Paraph  rase  forPlane Ltstf 

Mr.   BERNARDU8  BOBKSLMAN. 

2.  Bong.  "Far  Away  Where  Angels  Dwell" 

Blnmeatba^ 
Mr.  THOMAS  WHIPFIN. 

3.  Vtolonoallo  Solo. 

Mr.  CHARLES  WERNER. 

A.  8oac,  "TfaeNlghtingaln" .....TanlieH 

Miss  EMMA  C.  TH0R8BY. 

A.  Grand  Polcnaise,  Op.  22 , CboBll' 

Mz.  B.  BOBKELMAN. 
PAST  n. 

6.  Violoncello  Solo, 

Mr.  c'haRLES  WERNER. 

7.  Norellettenfor  piino .....Behomaaa 

Mr.  B.  BOEKBLMAN. 

8.  foag,  "Battl.  bsitl,"..,„ » Mosarl 

Miss  EMMA  C.  THORSBT, 
with  Violoncello  accompaniment,  by  Mr.  C.  WBRMEB. 

9.  Bongi  "I'm  not  myself  at  all."......,^,.....^over 

Mr.  T.  WHIFFIN. 
10.  Variations  Concertantes,  Violoncello 

and  Piano,  op.  17 Mendelssohn 

Messss.  C.  WKRi^BR  and  B.  BOEKBLMAN. 

TICKETS O.NE  DOLLAR 

To  be  obtained  at  tbe  Windsor  and  Bnckiogham  Ho- 
tels, .it  Randolph's,  Na  900  Broadway:  Heribnei's, 
Broadway,  opposite  Astor  place:  at  tbe  Plerreponi 
House,  Brooklyn ;  at  tbe  music  stores,  and  at  Steinwav 
Hall.  ■' 


BOOTH'S  THEATRE.  ANOTHER  TRIUMPH 

"FIFTH  AVENUE.** 

GEORGE  FAWCETT  ROWE'S  GREAT  PLAt 

Appearance  of  tbe  popular  actor,  MB. 

GKGRGB    RIGNOLO. 

*,*  The  play  abounds  with  illustrations  of  the  peoft 
Uarphaaes,  thrilling  incidents,  and  sansAtloiial  oeonr- 
xenees  of  LIPB   IN  THB  GREAT  1GSTROPOLI8  as  ¥ 

▼as  Id  1863. 

ACTL 
Pictures  the  BIKKINQ  OP   AN  r>CEAN    STEAMER  o* 
the  banks  ot  Newfoundland.    Exciting  efforts  to  resena 
the  passengers.    1862. 

ACT  II. 
Pictores  SCENES  I.T  WALL  STREET.    Stormy  meetlni 
of  stockholders.     1863. 

Pictures  the  LAUNCHING  OF  THE  MONITOR.    1863. 

ACT  IV. 
Pictures  Fifth  avenue  by  night,  an*  the  MURDER  OP 
MR.  SCHUYLER,  the  banker.    A  thriUing  stene.    1863. 

ACT  V. 
Pictures  tbe  return  of  tbe  srallant  SEVENTH  REGI- 
MENT and  their  conflict  with  the 

RIOTERS    OF    1883. 


DALY'S  FIFTH  AVENUE  THEATRE. 

LEMONS! 

Let  those  now  LAUGH 

Who  never  LAUGHED  before, 
Ann  those  who  a1  ways  LAUGHED 
Now  LAUGH  the  more. 
EVERY  NIGHT.  BEGINNING  at  8.  OVER  at  10:3* 

MATINEE 

TO-MORROW  AT  2. 

MATINEE  PRICES  :  Baleony  reserved  seats,  SI :  or^ 
chsstra,  $1  50 ;  £amily  cuolB,  60  cents.  HOlJSUd 
CROWDED. 


WALLACa*S. 

Proprietor  and  Manager Mr.  LESTER  WALLACS 

FRIDAY  EVENING,  Feb.  9. 

Last  time  of 

ALL  FOR  HER, 

with  Mr. 

LESTER  WALLACK as ....HUGH  TREVOR 

Other  characters  by  Mr.  J.  8.  MaCKAYE,  .Mr.  E.  AR- 
NOTT,  Mr.  C.  A.  BTKVEN80N,  Mr.  E.  M.  HOLLAND,  Jttr. 
J.  W.  SHANNON.  Mr.  C.  E.  EDWIN.  Mr.  W.  J.  LEON- 
ARD. Mr.  CLARK,  Miss  ADA  OYAS,  Miss  ROoE  WOOli 
ana  Mrs.  JOHN  REFIO.S. 

SATURDAY  MATINEE  AND  EVENING. 
A  MORNING  CALL  and  MARRIED  LIFE. 

O'Eeefe'B  great  five-act  comedy  of 

WILD  OATS 
is  in  preparation,  and  will  b--  acted  on 

MONDAY  EVENING,  FEB.  12, 

with 

Mr.  LESTER  WALLACK 

and 

ALL  THE  ESPECIAL  FAVORITES  IN  THE  CAST. 


PARK  THEATRE.  OUR  BOARDlNb-HOUSR 

BROADWAY  AND  22D  ST. 
HENRY  E.  ABBEY. Lessee  and  Manager 

ASSURED  SUCCESS. 

CROWDED  HOOSlsS  NIGHTLY  DELIGHTED 

with  Leonard  Grover's  American  comedy  in  tour  actC 

"OUR  BOARDING-HOUSE." 

••OUR  BOARDING-HODSK.- 

••OUR  BOARDING-HOUSE." 

"OUR  BOARDING-HOUSE." 

"OUR  BOARDING-HOUSE." 

"OUR  BOARDl.VG-HOUSH." 

A    POPULARLY     APPROVED     CO.VIBINATION    CAST. 

SECURE    YOUR    SEATS    IN    ADVANCE —Reserve* 

seats  in  balcony,  60  cents;   io  dreis  circle,  $1;  in  oti> 

chestra.  $1  50;  admission.  50  cents  and  $1. 

EVERY  EVENiNG  AND  SATURDAY  MATINEE. 
FREE  LIST  ABSOLUTELY  SC8PBNDBD. 

'  THB  GREAT    NEW-Y (IRK.  AQUARIUM.  ' 

Broadway  and  35th  st 
Open  from  9  A.  M.  till  lO  P.  M.,  (Snndars  excepted.! 
NEW  AND  SPECIAL  ATTRACTIONS  WEEKLY. 
BEAUTIFUL  A.ND  INTKRliSriKG    ENTERTAIN MiiNTl 
Mies  VIRRINE  LUBIN.     i  Capt  QUIGLEY, 

THE  WATER  NYMPH,  the  wonderfht 

remains  under  water  with-        SUBMARINE  DIVER, 
out   mechnnicil   aid    fromlillustiates   the  wonting  ol 
S'a  to  3    minutes,  eatingitbe  diver's  salt  in  the  large 
snd  drinking  while    sa(»-  tank,      remaining     nuder 
merged,  at  3:30  and  9  P.  M.'waterfortv-flve  minutes. 

MARVELOUS  FISH-HATCHING  DEPARTMENT. 
AFTERNOON  AND  EVES'ING  CO-NCERTS  AND  THOU- 
SANDS OF  OTHER  ATTRACTIONS. 


NEW  BROADWAY  THEA-rRE, 

BEIOADWAY  AND  30TH  STS. 

GRAND  SUCCESS  OF  TUE  COMIC  OPBRATIO 

<30MEDY  OF 

MARTON,  LA  JOLIE  EOQUETIBRK. 

The  young  and  beautitui  warbler, 

MIS.S  LULU  LEIUHTON. 

Matinee  SATURDAY  at  2;    evening  at  8.    MONDAY 

Feb,  19,  the  great  Londou  success, 

OUR  BOYS, 

(By  permission  of  Angnstin  Daly,  Esq.,)  with  a  oast  of 

unusual  excellence. 


BELLER*S  WONDER  THEATRE. 

EVERY  EVENING  AT  8. 

ENTIRE  CHANGE  OF  PROGRAMME. 

Being  tbe  Third  Series  of 

HELLER'S    WONDERS. 
BIX  BTARTLlNG    NECROMANTIC  WONDER8. 


New  wonders  developed  in  the 

SECOND  SIGHT  MfSTRRY. 


And  an  original  Optical  <i  arvel,  entitled 

I m.NG  PICTURES. 

MATINEES  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY  AT  2. 

Children  half  price  to  Matia6eB. 


METROPOLITAN  MUSEUM  OF  ART. 

The  CASTELLANI  COLLECTION  loaned  to  the  Ma> 
aeum  bv  Signor  A.  Csstellant  consisting  of  MAJOLICA, 
GOLD.  BRONZE,  STATUARY,  and  oTHtR  ANTIQUI- 
TIES of  GREECE  and  ITALY,  will  be  opened  to  the  pub> 
lie  on  and  after  TUESDAY.  Feb.  6.  firum  10  A.  ^  to  6 
p.  M..  and  from  7  aO  P.  M.  to  IJ  P.  M. 

N.  B. — Admission  to  the  Mnaenm.  25  cents;  to  tbe 
Castellani  Collection.  25  cents.     This  additional  charge 

is  made  on  scoouutof  the  agreement  to  devote  tbe 
proceeds  to  the  purchase  of  tbe  collection,  if  1-.  can  be 
effected.  The  free  days  to  the  Museum  are  MON  DAYS 
and  THURSDAYS. 


OLYMPIC  THEATRE.         NO.  622  BROADWAY 
PRONOUNCED  AND  POSITIVE  SUCCESS 

of  the 

FIFTH  AVENUE  TRAVBLINO  COMPANY 

IN  MR.    AUQUSTIiN  DALY'S  FAMOUS  COMEDY, 

THE       THE  BIG  BONANZA THE 

BIG         THE  BIG  BONANZA BIG 

BONANZA    TUE  BIG  BOAANZA BONANZA 

POPULAR  PRICES  of  Admissiou— 25a,60o.,  and  $1, 
MATINEES  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY. 


STEIN  WA  Y  H ALL.  ESSIPOFF  RETURN. 

THRKR  GRAND  CONCERTS, 
TUESDAY  AND  FRIDAY  EVENINGS,  FEB.  13  AND  16; 
SATUBDAT  MATINEE,  FEB.  17.  MME.  ANNBTTfi 
BSSIPOFF,  THU  ILLUSTRIOUS  PIANIST,  assisted  by 
MISS.  PALMA, M0N8.  VTVIEN,  MONs.  DULCKBN. 
Admission,  $1.  Reserved  seats  SI  50.  Sale  of  seati 
Thursday  at  Steinway  Hall,  bcbnberth's,  and  No  111 
Broadway. 

THURSDAY    EVENING,    FEB.    16.  CHURCH  EDIFICE, 
BROOKLrN. 


PHILHARMONIC  SOCIETY. 

SECOND  PUBLIC   REHBARS.AI1   FOR   THE    FOURTB 

CONCERT. 

FRIDAY,  Feb.  9.  at  2:30  P.  M. 

ACADEMY  OF  MUSia 

Dr.  LEOPOLD  DAMROSca,  I  ondnetor. 

Programme.  —  Overiure — "  Zum   Uaroaen   von  dat 

Sh5non  Meluslne ;"  (the  first  time  in  America.)— Men- 

delssobn.    Serenade— For  String  Orchestra.- R.  Fochs. 

Seventh  Symphony,  (a.)— L.  von  Beethoven. 


JdUS10Alj_ 

A  GREAT  OFFER !  Itt^'n'^Si.liSS: 

dispaae  0/  iOO  PIANOS  Of  ORGANS,  new  and 
aecond-baml.  0/  flrat-closs  makera,  laoladiiis 
WATB4iS*,«t  lower  prtoaa  for  eaah  or  lasMM- 
mentaorto  let  aiitii  pMd  for  .than  ever  befora 
oftered.  WATERS*^  GRAND  CiQUARK  aad 
V  fKlGHT  PIANOS  *  ORGANS  are  the  BttHV 
MADE.  AGVNTH  WA9fT«>.  lUaatnsted  CM- 
mlwuBB  MalleAi     A  liberal  dtseeant  to  xiaaeka's. 


-niANO  TO   R.BNT.— OHlCKSRlNfVB  DPRIOBT 
Xrimia  nseOi  '« "-' ^ ■ 


Smss  t<)f  two  „ 
TOWN  TIIJE-J  of! 


ipoiasiMe  pantos  vary  low.    ad^ 


iR,^fai,a&7  BB0A1 


BROADWAT. 


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LOCAL  MISCELLANY. 

COMMON   COUNCIL  DELIBERATIONS. 

BOW  TO  FIND    WORK  FOB  THE  UNBMPLOYEB 
WORKING  MEN— THE    CHARGES  AGAINST 
COMMISSIONER  PORTER,  OF   THE    THIRD 
DISTRICT     COURT-HOUSE  — MISCELLANE- 
OD8  BUSINESS. 
The   question    of    finding    employment    for 
i5,000  men  was  introdaced  in   the  Board  of  Alder- 
nen  yesterday  by  Mr.   Bryan  Rellly.    The  gallery 
if  the  chamber  was  crowded  with  mechanics  and 
laborers,  who  were  attracted  by  a  report  that  the 
labject  would  coma  np  for  disoassion.     They  did 
act  appear  to  be  aware  of  the  fact  that,  notwith- 
standing  all  the  speeches  made  before  the  board, 
trom  time  to  time,   avowlne  sympathy  with  "  the 
poor  nnemployed  workiDg  men,"  and  the  varioas 
•  measures   passed   in   their    behalt,    the   Common 
Council,  aocordine  to  the  private  statements  of  its 
members,  can  do  notbina  for  them  so  long  as   the 
law   exists   proyiding   that    public     works    shall 
be   let   out   by   contract  to    the    lowest    bidder. 
Soon  after  the  roil  was  called.  Alderman  Reilly  of- 
fered   a  resolution    declaring    that    many  of    the 
utreets  down  town  were  in  a  dilapidated  condition, 
and  that  some  of  them  are  almost  imnassable,  and 
also  requesting  the  Legislature  i^  pass  a  law  au- 
thorizing an  appropriation  of  $1,000,000  to  repair 
tbem.     He  saia  that  the  work   woa'.d   give   employ- 
ment to  a  larsie  number  of  men.    Mr.  Keilly  then 
presented  a  petition  which  was  adopted   at  a   meet- 
Ine    of  working  men  a  few  days  ago,  and   which 
naked  the  Common  Coaacil,  in  bebalf  of  "  55,000 
men"  to  take  such  action  as  would  result  in  putting 
them    to    work.    The    petition    was   signed  by  P. 
HisjTiDS,  John  Ford,  Patrick  Matoney,  and  others. 
It     stated  that    the    SS,000  laborers  now   idle    and 
their  families  numbered  about  220,000  persons,  who 
were  reduced  to  gi^at  destitution;  that  if  relief  is 
not  furnished  to  them  many  of  tbem  will  famish; 
that  if  the  Common  Connoil.  through  partisan  feel- 
ing, should  neglect  to  alleviate  their  condition  for 
two  or  three  weeks,  "then  it  will  be  near  time  to 
look  out  for  a  proper  place  to  bury  the  dead  bodies 
of  this   great'  Metropolis,"  and  that  a    snfiScienc 
amount  ahoold  be  appropriated  to  carry  on  public 
improvements  and  thus  give  work  to  poor  men.    The 
peuuoners  then  asked,  what  were  the  poor  "  labor- 
ers "  to  do  ?     "  Are  they,"  say  the   petitioners,  "  to 
starve,  while  petted  ofiice-holaers  grow   fat  on   the 
City  Treasury,  or  are  they  to  go  and  rob  and  slay  in 
order  to  be  fed  on  prison  fare  ?     Will  our   City  au- 
thorities or  our  law-makers  answer  these  questions  }" 
The  petition  closes   with   an  appeal   tor   work.     It 
■was  ordered  on  file.    Before  Mr.  Reilly's  resolution 
was  put  a  few  remarks  were  made  by  some   of  the 
zaeii>^era.     One  of  them — Mr.  Pinokney — aaid   they 
cuuld  not  get  at  some  of  the  streets  to  repair  them 
onaccuunt  ot'the  snow  and  ice  in  them.    The  reso- 
lution was  then  adopted. 

Alderman  Tuomey  called  attention  to  the  reso- 
Jniiou  adopted  at  a  previous  meeting  empower- 
ing the  Cummittee  on  Public  Works  to  Investi- 
fcate  tne  charges  that  Commisaioner  Campbell  not 
only  held  tne  office  of  Chief  of  the  Department 
of  Public  Works,' but  also  the  position  of  President 
«t  the  Consolidated  Coal  Company,  and  that  as  be 
Iiad  given  a  portion  ot  his  time  to  the  aischarge  of 
the    duties  ot  ttanjatter  office,  he    waa  therefore  ne- 

cessanly  usable  to  give  the  tormer  the  attention  it 
demands.  Mr.  Toamey  said  that  the  resolution  aid 
mot  specificidiy  authorize  the  commlttea  to  make 
the  iuves ligation,  and  hetherelore  moved  that  this 
authority  oe  given  them,  and  that  they  report  the 
result  of  then  exiipiinatioa  as  soon  as  possible.  He 
then  remarked-'^tbat  ttie  committee  would  probably 
ask  sume  inecDb*>ra^,ot_  tba  Consolidated  Coal  Com- 
pany to  be  present aitKeir  meetings.  The  motion 
waa  adopted. 

The  resolution  submitted^by  Alderman  Morris  at 
the  last  meeiiDg,  authorizing  Police  Commissioner 
Smith  to  confer  witn  Gen.  JNewtou,  Bock    Uommis. 

eioner  Walea.  the  President  of  the  iiarbor  Commia- 
sioners,  the  President  of  the  Board  ot  Health  and 
others,  in  relation  to  filling  up  the  marshy  lands  on 
the  East  River,  including  Little  Hell  Crate,  with 
ashes  and  other  material,  excepting  garbage,  was 
unanimously  anoptea. 

The  majority  and  minority  reports  on  the  Third 
District  Couii-house  invesugation  were  called  up. 
The  tormer  recites  the  facts  and  evidence  received 
ai.  the  -investigauon  of  the  charges  oiaiie  against 
Commissioner  Porter  and  the  architects  or  rba 
building,  Messrs.  Withers  Sc  Vaux,  and  recom- 
met'Oing  that  the  CommifSioiiers  ot  Public  Works 
be  directed  to  suueriotend  the  completiou  of  the 
Cour-Qouse.  The  minority  report  exonerated 
6ir.  Porter  and  the  arehitects  from  tne  charges,  and 
«as  in  tavor  of  having  them  authorized  to  hnish 
lue  ouiiaiug. 

^  laerman  Pnrroy  defended  the  majority  report. 
He  said  mat  it  was  on  record  toac  Cnnimiasioner 
Purler  went  to  the  contractors  and  told  tbem  that 
be  was  in  difficulty,  and  that  he  wanted  loans  of 
mouev  trom  tbeoi,  and  be  got  tne  money.  That 
"^'as  proved  by  Coouuissiouer  Porter  himselt,  Ua 
saw  Mr.  Porter  in  Aibaoy  trying  to  have  the  Com- 
mHsiun,     uf     which     he     was     President,     ap- 

p«^iDLe<l  Lo  oozuyleie  tlie  building.  He  did  not 
beii&ve  that  tue  eommisdion  should  be  authorized 
to  tiuisb  the  work,  beciiasc  it  mii;bt  sobjoct  cnn- 
traciurs  to  blacK-maiL  lu  bis  opinion,  the  question 
ot  asking  cootractora  for  loans  was  a  sort  ot  black- 
xaail.     ^s    to  directing  tne  Comoiissiouer  ot  Puoiic 

'Works  to  have  the  buiidmg  completed,  it  would 
fiave  expense  to  the  City. 

-^ideruuin  Howiand  defanded  Commissioner  Por- 
ter, and  also  the  architects  He  considered  the 
caar^ea  against  tbem  as  nothing  bat  a  piece  of 
blauk-inaii.  They  were  made  by  persons  wbo  were 
disappointed  beCituse  the  archiceets  refused  to  cer- 
tily  to  tbeir  bills  for  extra  work.^  Then  they  came 
Jul  ward  with  cbarges  which  were  not  proved,  la 
regard  to  the  loans  obtained  by  Mr.  Porter,  he  paid 
tbem  all  back,  and  JMr.  Horgan,  the  gentleman 
from  whom  he  obtained  them,  testified  that  be  had 
no  complamt  whatever  to  make  against  the  Com- 
missioner. 

Alderman  Cowing  said  be  agreed  with  the  major- 
ity report.  He  remarked  that  according  to  it  Cum. 
iDiissiouer  Porter  went  to  contractors  whom  he  did 
noit  know  except  in  his  official  capacity  and  asked 
jotuis  01  money  from  ihem.  He  ihoagnt  ic  was  im- 
proper for  a  person  to  ask  loans  of  meu  on  whose 
-woi'ic  they  had  to  pass. 

The  mmority  report  was  then  lost  and  the  m^or- 
ity  report  wais  adopted  by  a  vote  of  14  to  4. 

Alderman  '^bellls  offered  a  resolution,  which  was 
adopted,  requesting  tne  Dock  Commissioners  to 
turaiah  a  report  of  the  names  and  residences  of  all 
persons  employed  ic  their  department,  the  amount 
ul  revenue  ot  the  deuartmeub  irom  all  sources,  and 
its  expenditures  for  all  works  under  its  control,  the 
report  lo  include  the  operations  of  the  department 
from  the  year  1873  to  tue  present  date. 

The  Committee  on  Law  presented  a  report  in  fa- 
vor 01  tne  resolution  ofiered  a  few  weeks  ago  by 
Alderman  Phillips,  requesting  the  Legislature  to 
pass  a  law  authorizing  tne  Mayor  to  appomt  a  fifth 
mem  per  of  the  Board  of  Apporbonmenc,  who  shall 
represent  the  tax-payers.  The  report  was  approved. 

A  resolution  offered  by  Alderman  Morris  to  erect 
lamps  around  the  Lincoln  Monument,  in  Union 
%qnare.  was  laid  over. 

Tne  iioard  then  adjourned. 

ATTEMFTEJ}  SUIOIDE  W  A  HOTEL. 
George  Cantrell  called  at  the  Police  Centi*al 
Office  yesterday  morning,  ana  Informed  Capt.  Cope- 
tand  that  his  father,  Samuel  Cantrell,  aged  59, 
B  shoe-dealer  at  Nos.  239  and  ii41  Fourth 
avenue,  waa  missing.  Touog  Cantrell  said 
tbat  bia  father  left  the  store  at  4  o'clock 
on  Wednesday,  and  said  that  hs  shonld  not  return. 
He  did  not  come  home  during  the  night,  a  most 
unusual  circumstance,  and  as  for  some  time  past 
bis  mind  had  been  unsettled,  his  absence  had  alarmed 
ihe  family.  At  about  1  o'clock  yesterday  afternoon,  a 
dispatch  was  received  from  the  Eighteenth  Pre- 
cinct stating  that  Cantrell  had  been  lonnd  at  the 
Putnam  House,  corner  of  fourth  avenue  and  Twen- 
ty-sixth street,  wnere  he  had  attempted  to  commit 
auiuide  by  shooting  himself  in  the  head  with  a 
piscoi.  and  bad  b^en  taken  to  Bellevue  Hospital. 
At  about  10  o'clock  on  Wednesday  night,  Mr.  Cantrell 
called  at  tue  Putnam  House  and  hired  a  room,  reg. 
laiering  as  "  J.  Cantrell,  Northport,  Long  Island?' 
At  noon  vesterday  one  of  the  hiOi-boys  and  a  cham- 
ber-maid employed  in  the  hotel,  while  paaeing  the 
aoor  ot  iha  room,  heard  a  noise  as  though  somebody 
bad  staggered  or  iailen  against  the  washstand. 
After  waiting  a  few  minutas  for  a  repetition  of  the 
Hoauii,  the  haU-boy  procured  a  ladder,  and,  looking 
through  the  fanlight,  saw  Mr.  Cantrell  lying  on  the 
floor,  his  head  in  a  pool  of  blood.  The  door  was  at 
once  opened  and  several  persons  entered.  As  they 
approached  Cantrell  he  muttered:  "  Lift  me  np,"  and 
he  was  picked  up  and  laid  on  the  bed.  The 
clerk  asked  him  woy  he  had  attempted  to  destroy 
bimselt.  but  received  no  reply.  From  the  indica- 
tions in  tne  room  it  is  believed  tnat  Mr.  Cantrell 
shot  himself  early  yesterday  morning,  and  had 
been  groping  and  rolling  aboat  the  room  until  he 
w^as  oi^covered  by  tne  ball-boy.  A  new  single-bar- 
relled pistol  was  lonnd  lying  near  a  closet,  and  his 
clothing  was  also  saturated  with  blood.  The  bed 
and  carpet  were  also  blood-stained.  Hear  the  pistol 
-was  lound  a  vial  whicn  is  supposed  to  have  con- 
tained some  opiate  which  Cantrell  took  before 
Bbooring  himseii.  So  cause  is  Known  for  the  at- 
tempted suuide.  Cantrell  is  believed  to  be  fatally 
rounded. 

» 
TMS  OARNITAL  IIS  NEW-JOKK. 
The  movement  to  have  a  Mardi  Qraa  celebra- 
tion in  this  City  is  sssaming  definite  form,  and  as  a 
great  many  merchants  and  other  prominent  busi- 
ness men  have  enlisted  their  services  in  the  causey 
there  is  but  Utile  doubt  that  the  carnival  will  be  a 
success.  A  meeting  was  held  last  evening  at  the 
Union  Square  Hotel,  and  the  proposition 
ot  CoL  St.  Martin  to  introduce  the  oar- 
nival  was  warmly  indorsed.  The  celebration 
will  Include  a  procession  throngta  the  pnncipal 
streets  of  the  City  on  Wednesday,  April  4,  and  a 
procession  through  Broadway  ot  illuminated  char- 
acters 8d)d  scenoH,  drairn  on  floats,  at  night.  £ing 
Caruxval  will  arrive  at  the  Battery  at  midoay,  and 
wiU  be  moanted  on  a  donkey,  which  will  be  placed 
oo  a  float  and  drawn  by  four  elephants, 
fnmiabed  by  Barnnm,  to  the  City  Hall. 
At  the  Broadway  entrance  to  the  park, 
opposite  Murray  street,  where  a  battlement 
reoreaenting  an  old  owtlo,  will  have  been  erected. 


the  keyi  of  tbe  City  will  be  deUverea  to  the  Ktaff 
by  Mayor  Sly,  and  after  other  formalitisa  the  marob 
will  be  resumed.  The  Industrial  pTooeanon  la  in- 
tended to  be  one  of  the  finest  ever  seen  In  this 
country.  The  present  bead-quarters  of  the  move- 
ment are  at  the  Union  Square  Hotel,  but  on  Mon* 
day  next  they  will  be  moved  to  the  St.  James. 

OFFICIAL  COBBVFTION   EXPOSED. 

REPORT  ON  THE  AB0SE8  OF  THE  CORONERS' 
OFFICE    MADE     TO  THE    MUNICIPAL  80« 
CIETT— CHARGE    OF  BRIBERY  AN»  MIS- 
FEASANCE— FORTUNES     SAID     TO     HAVE 
BEEN  MADE   BY  CORONERS — THE  ABOU- 
TION  OF  THE  OFFICE  RECOMMENDED. 
At  a  regular    meeting  of  the  Municipal  So- 
ciety last  evening,  at  which  Mr.  Dprman  B.  Eaton, 
the  President  of  the  Sosietv,  occupied  the  chair. 
Dr.   Stephen    Smith,    formerly   President    ef   the 
Board  of  Health,  and  Mr.  Jackson  S.  Schnltz,  from 
a  special  commitsee  ia  relation  to  "  The  Duties  and 
Abuses  of  the  Coroners'  Office,"   made    a   repart, 
which  was  read  by  Dr.  Smith.    The  report  began  as 
follows : 

The  office  of  Coroner  Is  traced  back  in  English 
Jurisprudence  several  centuries,  the  functions  of 
the  office  being  accuratelv  dehoed  in  lbs  statutes  of 
Edward  L',  and  it  was  then  an  office  of  considerable 
dignity,  the  Coroner  being  elected  tor  life.  The 
Lord  Chief  Justice  of  tbe  King's  Bench  was  the 
principal  Coroner  of  tbe  Kinsdora.  The  office, 
however,  soon  fell  into  disrepute,  owing  to 
its  unpleasant  duties,  and  a  century  ago 
it  was  said  it  was  lull  of  abuses.  It  was  trans- 
planted from  Eugiish  to  American  soil  with  all  its 
imperfectious,  and,  while  other  things  have  im- 
proved, tbis  camoersome  oQice  remains  as  at  ores- 

ent  constituted.  The  lanziiaee  of  the  old  Englisn 
statnta  was  repeated  in  tbe  State  of  New- York  ud- 
lil  1871,  when  a  law  wa»  passed  relating  to  this  of- 
fice. The  Coroner's  duties  are,  first, 
a  medical  inquiry  as  to  the  cause  of 
death,  and  second,  a  judicial  inquiry 
as  to  the  perpetrator  of  tbe  crime.  These  duties 
are  widely  different  in  this  nation.  Tbe  manner  in 
which  these  duties  are  performed  being  considered, 
we  tind  that  the  certiticates  of  deaths  bv  Cocouers 
are  largely  in  excess  of  tbe  actual  number  of  deaths 
by  violence.  In  1873  there  Wore  2,546  ot  these  cer- 
tificates, and  but  l.ltil  deaths  from  violence,  and  the 
other  l,38o  needed  only  a  oroper  medical  examina- 
tion tu  determine  their  nature,  and  most  uf  them 
were  not  reasonably  suspicious  lu  their  nature. 
Another  metUod  of  iacreasiug  inquests,  is,  where 
a  number  are  killed  by  a  common  casualty  to  hold 
inquests  on  escb  body. 

Mr.  Smith  then  read  extracts  from  articles  pub- 
lished some  time  ago  on  the  modes  obtaining  in  the 
practice  in  the  Coroner's  office  in  tbis  City,  and,  in 
continuation,  said  that  social  science  re- 
qaii-ed  that  everything  practicable .  should  be 
done  to  Improve  the  praciioe  in  the  Coro- 
ner's office.  Xothing  could  be  done  prop- 
erly without  scientific  knowledge  accurately 
obtained  by  persons  properly  qualified.  This  duty 
should  be  performed  by  the  Health  authorities.  It 
bad  been  demonstrated  that  scientific  invcsiieatioa 
would  detect  the  sause  of  obscure  murders,  and  a 
Bvstematio  mode  of  ascertaining  tbe  causa  of  doubt- 
ful cases  of  death  should  be  established.  The 
present  defective  and  corruot  system  should  be 
swept  away,  and  a  better  one  substituted. 
The  Board  of  Health  should  ascertain,  in 
tbe  first  instance,  tbe  cause  of  death,  and  the  Police 
Justices  should  be  given  power  to  supplement  tbis 
action  when  necessary  in  suspected  criminal   cases. 

In  donbttul  cases  an  aicorney  should  accomoany 
and  aid  the  medical  officer,  and  the  body  be  re- 
moved to  Bellevae  for  a  thoroucrh  examination. 
Tbe  Coroner's  jury  should  be  abolished.  A  pro- 
vision of  the  State  Constitution  creating  the  office 
of  Coroner  existed,  and  a  proper  amendment  should 

be  made. 

Mr.  Scbuitz,  in  speaking  in  favor  of  the  adoption 
of  the  report,  said  tbut  tbe  private  abuses  of  the 
Coroner's  office  were  of  a  fearlnl  character.  The 
office  of  Coroner  had  been  mure  luciatlvo  than  that 
of  the  Presidency  of  the  United  States.  There 
were  instances  in  which  a  Coroner  made  as  much 
as  $50,000  a  year,  and  it  was  now  nut  inlcequeuly 
tbe  casd  that  a  Coroner  made  from  ^15,000 
to  $20,000  a  year.  He  knew  ot  oue  case  in  wbich  a 
man  died  in  his  bath-room  and  it  cost  thousands  of 
dollars  to  have  tue  resnliof  the  Coronet's  iuvestiga- 
tlon  of  a  character  to  stut  the  relatives  of  the  de- 
ceased. Tbe  attempts  of  lamilies  to  conceal 
suicides  had  cost  tbou.sands  of  dollars.  Men  of 
low  character  and  instincts  encii  as  those 
selected  by  Tammany  Hall  to  bold  tbe 
office  of  Coroner  had  almost  unlimited  power 
ana  tacilities  to  accept  briues  or  extort  blackmail 
from  wealtny  relatives  and  friends  of  persons  who 
die  suddenly  under  peculiar  circumstances. 

Ex-Coroner  Auolob  Kesaler,  wno  was  present, 
said  tnat  be  anew  irom  expenaose  the  abuses  to 
which  tbe  office  of  Coroner  was  uable.  In  tbe  case 
of  the  sudden  death  of  a  relative  or  friend  of 
Mr.  Alexsniier,  ot  the  Equitable  X,iie  Assu- 
rance Company,  at  the  Windsor  Hotel,  he  bad 
been  offered  a  roll  of  bills  by  a  inend  of  Mr.  Alex- 
ander to  conduct  the  luquest  so  as  to  suit  tbe  vie>vs 
ot  (be  relatives  of  tbs  deceased,  bat  be  Uaa  apoxoed 

the  ufldr.  He  hac)  been  astounded  Dy  tbe  peioistent 
efforts  made  by  persous  movtns;  in  th  ■  biguest  cir- 
cles of  society  to  lufluence  him  iu  the  discharge  of 

111*    duty  by  offeniii£  mux     oribes.        xle     ba--!     been 

ottered  sums  as  niga  as  from  11,000  to 
i5,000,  and  even  as  hub  ss  $10,000  <.o  acquiesce  in 
the  wishes  of  relatives  aud  frienua  of  decea.'^ed  per- 
sons, and  so  persistenc  uad  bSen  these  attempts  in 
some  instances  that  be  had,  iu  audition  to  retusiog 
tbe  bribes,  threatened  to  report  the  ofienders  to  the 
District  Attorney  belore  they  oesisted  in  their 
elforts. 

After  remarks  by  Mr.  Eaton,  who  said  that  radi- 
cal measures  were  necessary,  aud  ibat  any  attempt 

to  get  lezislativo  aid,  ii>  view  of  tbe  magnitude  ot 
the  evil  and  us  consiiiatiLual  protection,  would  be 
merely  like  ^louaicing  a  cancer,  he  said  he  hoped 
the  wboie  matter  would  be  reierred  to  the  Judiciary 
Committee,  and  that  500  copies  of  tne  report  be 
printed. 

A  motion  made  by  Mr.  Sinclair  Tousey  to  this 
efiect  was  unanimously  adopted,  and  the  following 
resolution  was  adopted : 

Reiolvtd,  That  the  Judiciaiy  Committee  take  tbe 
necessary  steps  to  .lecuce  the  pivssagu  tnrough  tbe 
Legislature ol  an  ameudm'-nt  to  tbe  CoBStilUiiou  abel- 
isuiug  the  office  of  Corouer  in  cities  of  uptrard  of 
lO.OuU  iuhabitauts. ^^^^^^ 

WHICH  WAS  IT} 
The  agents  of  the  Cromwell  Line  of  steamers 
do  not  agree  with  Mr.  William  Apilo,  whose  letter 
was  publuhed  m  yesterday's  Times,  that  the  vessel 
wrecked  on  the  Newfoundland  coast  was  the  George 
Cromwell,  instead  of  the  George  Wasbiagtcn,  as 
reported.  The  only,,polni,  they  said,  that  would 
give  probability  to  this  theory  was  the  state- 
ment  about '  tbe  stewardess.  The  agent  said 
that  he  had  learned  for  the  first  time 
yesterday  that  the  regular  stewardess  of 
the  George  Washington  did  not  sail  with  her  on 
her  latal  voyage,  but  it  was  a  common  occurrence 
for  an  empluye  to  be  absent  during  a  trip,  lu  sucb 
a  case  the  person  would  inrnish  a  snosiitute,  or  the 
Captain  would  supply  bis  or  her  place,  aud  there 
would  be  no  occasion  to  report  the  iaci  ac  tbe  com- 
pany's office.  Mr.  Seaman  thought  it  exiremelv 
improbable  that  Capt.  Whiiehead  had  sailed  with- 
out a  stewardess.  The  "  heavj  gold  ring  "  incident 
is  looked  upon  as  trivial  in  its  bfarings.  Besides, 
the  report  stated  that  ''  a  body,  supuosed  to  be  that 
of  tbe  chief  engineer,  was  found,  wearing  a  heavy 
gold  ring,"  and  the  chief  engin<3er  ot  the  George 
Washington  did  wear  such  a  ring,  while,  according 
to  tbe  recollection  of  Mr.  Seaman  <ind  all  tbe  cieras 
in  tne  office,  Capt.  Martin,  uX  me  (xeorge  Cromwell, 
wore  no  rings  at  ail.  Mr.  Seamau  chinks  it  out  of 
the  question  tnat  tbeie  should  have  been  an.v  such 
"  wholesale  transfers  of  cloibiug,  bedding,  life-pre- 
servers," &c..  as  Mr.  Aplin  claims.  Nothing  ol  the 
sort  was  the  practice,  and  the  recovery  of  a  life- 
buoy, mentioned  in  the  dispAlches,  marKed  wiib  the 
name  ot  the  Cromwell,  sets  tbe  matter  at  rest, 
such  a  thing  could  not  by  any  possibility  be  trans- 
ferred from  one  vessel  to  the  other.  It  will  take 
some  days  yet  to  receive  particulars  from  (he 
wreck,  the  mails  being  very  iuirequeut. 


A  BUST  CORNER  OBiiTRUOIED  BY  CARS. 

Pedestrians  who  have  bad  occasion  to  pass 
Broadway,  at  the  junction  uf  Parte  row  and  Ann 
street,  must  have  had  frequent  opportunity  of  ex- 
periencing the  annoyance  caused  in  the  encroach- 
ments at  tnat  point,  of  the  tracks  of  the  Dry  Dock 
and  East  Broadway  Railroad.  The  line  in  quesiion, 
instead  dt  stopping  at  tbe  same  point  all  the  other 
lines  do,  takes  a  broad  sweep  and  runs  by  Auu 
Bireet  to  tbe  door  of  tbe  Herald  office.  Thb  route, 
beside  encroaching  on  the  street,  obstructs  iraBo  at 
one  of  the  busiest  points  of  the  City,  and  matetialiy 
interferes  with  tbe  nsefulness  of  the  crossing  troiu 
Hadnui's  to  tbe  Post  Office.  Tbe  public  have  fre- 
quently complained  of  tue  oars  ot  tbis  line,  but 
nothing  has,  so  far,  been  done  toward  aoatiug  tbe 
naisance.  The  itteseut  Grand  Jury,  however, 
which  has  been  appealed  to,  has  determined  to  take 
action  in  tbe  matter,  and  is  now  investigating  the 
alleged  encroachment,  with  the  view  of  presenting 
it  aa  a  nuisance. 

♦ 

THE  COTTON  TRADE. 
The  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Cotton  Ex- 
change have  adopted  the  following  substitace  for 
the  amendment  to  Bale  No.  3,  of  Jan.  15, 1S77  :  "All 
offers  to  buy  or  sell  for  future  delivery  shall  be  in 
cents  or  decimal  fractions  of  a  cent,  and  no  transac- 
tions in  contracts  shall  be  permitted  wherein  the 
difierence  in  price  shall  consist  ot  a  smaller  fiaction 
than  one  one-hundredth  of  one  cent  per  pound  lor 
eiich  pound  of  cotton  represented  by  such  contract 
or  contracts  ;  nor  shall  any  addiiiouoi  moneyed  con- 
sideration wuatever  be  allowed." 


ANNUAL  VINNER   OF  PALETTE  CLUB. 

Tbe  annual  dinner  of  the  Palette  Club  took 
place  last  evening  at  the  rooms  of  tbe  club.  The 
dinner  was  informal  and  as  a  consequence  waa  en- 
joyable. Among  the  invited  guests  were  Mayor 
Ely,  Judges  Davis  and  Barrett,  Hon.  George 
Jones,  Hon.  Chauncey  M  Depaw,  Mr.  A.  P.  Bur- 
bank,  and  renreaentativaB  from  all  tbe  CitT  cittba. 


ISSUR0CE    LinGATION. 

m 

•  BECBIVEB  FOB  NE  W-JEBSEY  MUTUAL 

KX-QOV.  JOEL  PARKER  APPOINTED— THE 
ASSETS  TO  BE  BETX7RNED  BY  THE  KA- 
^  TIONAL  CAPITOL  LIFE  INSURANCE  COM- 
PANY— INFORMATION  LODGED  BY  A 
POLICY-HOLDER  UNDER  THE  INSOLVENT 
LAW. 

.  Firom  Our  Owa  CorremonOent, 

Tbbnton,  Thursday,  Feb.  8,  18T7. 
When  Cbanoellor  Sunyon,  on  Tuesday 
laat.  postponed  tbe  bearing  in  the  case  of  tbe 
New-Jersey  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  of 
Newark,  in  which  applioatlon  had  been  made 
for  tbe  appointment  of  a  Becelver,  It  was  up- 
on the  express  understanding  that  tbe  company, 
or  the  men  who  assume  to  appear  in  its  bebalf  to 
resist  the  application — were  to  file  an  answer  to-day 
showing  that  the  company  is  entirely  and  perfect- 
ly solvent.  At  10  o'clock  ibis  morning,  tbe  time 
Appointed  for  the  hearing,  not  even  tbe  company's 
counsel  was  In  court  with  the  promised  answer  ; 
and  Mr.  Smith,  a  oonsnlting  actuary,  who  was  ex- 
pected to  sunplv  the  defense  with  tbe  figures  on 
which  to  base  their  answer,  was  the  only  represen- 
tative of  the  company  present.  Ha  retained  a 
Trenton  counselor  named  Kingman,  who.  imme  - 
diately  alter  the  Chancellor  bad  called  the  case,  ex- 
plained that  Mr.  McCarter,  tbe  company's  counsel, 
was  notable,  on  aocoauc  of  pressing  engagements 
elsewhere,  to  attend  the  Court  of  Chaooerv.  The 
answer,  he  said,  had  not  been  mane,  bnttn  Us  place 
he  volunteered  tbe  statement  that  the  consulting 
actuary  was  strongly  impressed  with  the  idea  that 
the  companv  is  solvent.  Tbe  assets  of  the  comoany, 
which  bad  been  tamed  over  to  the  President  of  tbe 
National  Capitol  Life,  were  all  intact ;  they  ha  ve 
never  been  opened,  and  the  holders  are  ready  to  de- 
liver thorn  to  sucb  person  as  may  be  authorized  to 
receive  tbem.  Mr.  Kiugman  8ug;;ested,  at  tbe  in- 
stance nf  Mr.  Smith,  that  if  a  Receiver  is  to  be  ap- 
pointed, he  be  an  ad  interim  offiser.and  that  time 
and  permission  be  given  tu  tbe  company  to  file  an 
answer. 

Attorney  General  Vanatta  replied  that  every  Re- 
ceiver is,  in  one  sense,  an  ad  interim  officer.  He 
can  be  removed  at  the  pleasure  of.  the  court,  when 
tbe  interest  of  tbe  State  and  those  in  interest  re. 
qture  his  removal.  He  had'uo  desiga  of  aabing  at 
this  time  for  an  adjudication  of  insolvency  ;  all  he 
was  in  pursuit  of  at  present  was  to  have  the  court 
take  such  preliminary  action  aa  was  required  to 
conserve  the  assets  of  the  concern  and  to  ascertain 
what  these  a-ssets  are.  There  was  no  ^oubt,  ha 
thought,  that  the  interests  of  the  policy-holders 
and  of  the  State  required  tbe  appointment  of  a  Re- 
ceiver. The  company  was  confessedly  liable  for 
10,000  policies ;  it  was  in  court  confessediv  withonl 
one  dollar  of  assets  to  meet  their  liabilities  ,-  they 
bad  nothing  to  show  for  their  property  except  the 
executive  promise  of  a  corporation  without  local 
habitation,  and  interdicted  by  tbe  laws  of  New- 
Jersey  from  doing  business  in  this  State.  "As  the 
company  stands  in  court  to-fay,"  exclaimed  tho 
venerable  State  officer,  "it  is  not  only  hooelesslv  lu  - 
solvent,  but  in  a  condition  of  absolute  ana  complete 

dfsUtutiou.  They  have  no  assets  but  want  to 
show  us  what  tbe  assets  of.  the  .National  Capitol 
Life  Insurance  Companv  are.  because  tbay  all  be- 
long to  that  compsny.'' 

Mr.  Kingman  p.>plied  that  that  might  be  techni- 
callv  so.  But  it  might  be  said  that  the  act  which 
deprived  the  sompauy  ot  its  assets  also  made  pro 
vision  tor  its  policv-boldeis.  -'The  parties  I  ap- 
pear tor,"  continued  tue  couusel,  '•  want  tbac  thing 
investigated.  The  transfer  was  probably  made  in 
iinorauut»  of  Now-Jersoy  law.  The  view  of  the 
policy-boldersls,  that  the  trao.Hfer  is  illesal,  and  the 
President  of  the  company,    to  whom  the    transfer 

was  made,  c xpecied  lu  haV^  it  set  aside  and  a  Re- 
ceiver appointed." 

Chancellor  itunyon  said  there  seemed  to  be  no 
difficulty  in  the  case.  He  should  appoint  a  Re- 
ceiver, but  it  was  undetstood  that  tne 
Receiver  was  merolv  to  preserve  the  as- 
sets of  the  company,  to  talin  whatever 
property  of  the  New-Jersey  Mutual  be  could 
fiud.  and  keep  it,  pending  the  court's  investigation 
into  the  Kolvency  ot  the  concern.  The  appointment 
of  a  Receiver  was  a  mere  suspension  ot  the  func- 
tions uf  the  oompaoy,  aud  not  au  adjudication  of  in- 
solvency. Mr.  Kingman,  at  Mi.  Smith's 
■u^^eesiion,  mentioned  Mr.  William  M.  Force, 
of  Newark,  as  a  suitable  person  for  Re- 
ceiver. Secretary  ot  State  Kelsey,  through 
his  counsel  nominated  Houry  W.  Duryea,  of  New- 
ark. Tne  name  ot  ex-Gov.  Jool  Parker  was  also 
suggested.  The  Chancellor  finally  concluded  to 
ap»>oint  ex-Gov.  Parker,  and  at  once  telegraphed  to 
him  asking  it  he  would  accept,  a  fivorable  an- 
swer was  received  this  afleruooii,  out  tbe  Cbancel- 
lur  will  not  make  tormal  annonncemert  of  tbe 
appointment  till  lo-moriow.  His  uamu  has  nut  yet 
been  inserted  in  the  o'"<ler.  The  amuaut  of  bonds 
to    be   lurniahed    by  the   Receiver  was   fixed  at 

#v!00,000. 

Some  discussion  was  had  as  to  the  advisability  of 
tbe  policy-holders  continuing  the  payment  to  the 
Receiver  of  their  accrued  aud  accruing   preminms. 

Xne  order  of  the  Cutuicellor  uirecrs  toe  Kut:eiver  to 
receive  tne  premiums,  but  to  keai>  tbem  apart  and 
f<ir  the  benefit  ot  wbumsoever  it  may  concern.  The 
Cnaucellor  gave  notice  that  nothing  in  tbe  order 
sUall  be  consn-ued  into  a  requirement  that  policy- 
holders shall  pay  tbeir  premiums  during  tbe  time 
of  the  sDspensioo.  They  may  do  as  tbey  see  fit 
about  that.  The  Receiver  is  to  take  cbariie  ot  tbo 
premiums  wbich  are  voluntarily  plated  in  his 
nsnds.    Some  aitf.reuce  of    opinion  was  maultested 

»uiuag  the  couoselors  pr«8t:nt  upm    the    poioi 

whetner  a  policy  would  lapse  by  lailure  to  pay  the 
premium  during  tue  suspension.  The  Attorney 
Geueral  said  he  should  advise  a  client,  with  faith 
in  tbe  ultimate  rehabilitation  of  the  company,  who 
desired  to  protect  bia  policy  to  pay  the  premium. 
Tue  Chancellor,  on  the  other  hand,  'intimated  that 
the  pruteciion  uf  the  court  would  be  extended  to 
such  as  failed  to  keep  their  premiums  up,  if  the 
Company  should  nappen  to  i<et  on  its  feet  again. 

The  order,  tbe  main  poiuts  of  which  are  given 
above,  em{>owers  tiio  Receiver  to  "  demand,  sue 
for,  collect,  and  receive  and  take  into  bis  possession 
all  the  goods  and  chattels,  ngb.s  and  credits,  moneys 
and  efi'ects,  lands  and  tenements,  books,  papers, 
choses  in  action,  bills,  notes,  and  property  of  any 
aud  every  descriptiou  beluogitig  to  the  said  New- 
tfersey  Mutual  Liie  Insurauce  Company  on  tbe 
19th  day  of  Jaouarv,  18T7,  including  all  property 
aud  rights  of  every  kind  alleged  to  have  been  as- 
signed, transferred,  set  over,  and  deliveteu  by  th* 
New-Jersey  Matual  Lite  insurance  Company  to  the 
National  Capitol  Lite  Insurance  Company  of  tbe 
City  of  Washington,  aud  the  said  derenoants  are 
hereb.v  ordered  to  deliver  to  tbe  said  Receiver  said 
property,  and  every  part  of  It." 

The  proceedings  so  far  taken  have  been  at  the  in- 
stance uf  the  Sta^e,  through  the  Secreiarv  of  State, 
under  the  General  Insurance  law,  A  new  proceed- 
ing waa  insiituted  lo-dny  aiiainsc  tbe  company,  un- 
der the  General  Insolvent  law,  in  the  name  of  tbe 
creditors  of  the  company.  'I'be  suit  is  moved  by 
Stephen  English,  editor  of  tbo  Ineurance  'limes, 
who  is  a  holoer  of  a  (l.uOO  policy.  Mis  bill  prays 
that  the  company  mav  be  declared  insolvent ;  tbe 
transfer  to  tue  National  Capitol  Lite  fraudulent, 
and  asks  that  the  assets  be  distributed.  Chancellor 
Runvon  directed  his  counsel  to  file  the  information. 


AFFAIBS  OF  THE  CUiSIINEHTAL  LIFE. 

CONTINUATION  OP  THE  REFEREE'S  INQUIRY 
— THE  EX-Ri:CEIVER  EXAMIJIED  BEGARD- 
ING  FALSE  ENTRIES  IN  THE  BOOKS— LOST 
BOOKS   FOOND THE    SU.NDAY     VISIT     TO 

THE  OFFICE— A  SCHEME  FOR  RESUSCI- 
TATING THE  SINKING  COMPANY. 
The  hearing  in  the  case  of  the  Continental 
Life  Insnrance  Company  before  tbe  Referee,  Mr. 
William  Allen  Butler,  was  resumed  yesterday  at 
No.  20  Nassau  street,  wben  the  Referee  announced, 
belore  the  taking  of  testimony  was  commeoced 
that,  for  the  purpose  of  facilitating  tbe  investiga- 
tion, he  wotild  be  in  daily  attendance,  Saturdays 
and  Sundays  excepted,  and  that  ample  oppor- 
tunity would  be  given  to  any  officer  or 
Director  of  the  company  to  offer  such  testimony  aa 
was  pertinent  to  the  inqairy. 

Mr.  John  J.  Anderson,  tbe  tormer  Receiver,  w  as 
then  recalled  and  questioned  by  the  Referee  as  to 
whether  or  not  he  bad  delivered  over  to  Mr.  Grace, 
bis  successor,  all  the  property  of  tbe  company.  He 
replied  in  tbe  affirmative,  and  promised  to  furnish 
lists  of  the  suits  now  pending  for  and  against  the 
company.  Tbe  witness  was  then  examined  by  Mr. 
Van  Pelt^  and  testified  that  he  knew  nothing  about 
any  books  naviog  beeu  removed  from 
or  concealed  in  tbe  office  during  his 
administration.  The  books  referred  to  weie  the 
ledger.  Journal,  and  cash-book,  and  Mr.  Van  Pelt 
asked  the  witness  where  thoy  were  kept,  to  wbich 
he  repbed :  In  tbe  vault ;  be  did  not  make  or  au- 
thorize the  making  of  any  changes  in  these  books, 
nor  did  he  know  that  any  had  been  made ;  the 
books  used  Dy  the  company  were  in  his  immediate 
custody,  and  were  kept  in  the  vaults  ac 
night;  Mr.  Daniel  J.  Noyes,  be  believed, 
bad  the  combination  of  the  safe  locks, 
though  he  was  not  employed  in  tbe  ofiSce; 
be  (the  witness)  never  knew  tbe  combination  until 
a  few  days  ago.  Tbe  books  were  then  produced  and 
a  reference  to  page  100  of  the  cash-book  disclosed 
the  tollowing  entry:  "Sept.  30, 1876 — Commuted  an- 
nuities, 9155,146  08."  Tbe  witness  said  he  did  not 
know  anything  about  this  entry ;  it  had  apparently 
been  written  in  and  tbe  balance  at  the  foot 
changed;  tbe  handwriting  was  different  from 
that  in  other  portion*  of  tbe  book,  and  be 
could  not  say  by  whom  it  had  been  writ- 
ten. The  Journal  was  next  produced,  and  in  it 
were  found  several  otbar  false  antri**  whioi,  -^a 


witoeM  said  were  pat  tbere  nrltboat  his  knowledga. 
There  waa  also  asother  entry  of  like  cbataoter  in 
the  cash-book,  written  over  an  erasure,  about 
whict  the  witness  knew  noting.  Mr.  Van  Pelt 
stated  that'he  had  asked  these  qaeationa  of  Mr.  An- 
deraoB'in  ocder  that  that  gentleman  should  not  be 
held  reltMasible  for  the  manlpnlatJon  of  the  boyks. 
The  examination  waa  continued,  and  Mr.  Ander- 
son said  be  knew  nothing  about  several  entries  made 
in  tbe  ledger  to  correspond  with  those io  the  journal. 
The  witness  was  shown  a  paper,  found  among  his 
vonohers.  which  counsel  stated  was  a  letter  from 
the  offloe  of  Messrs. 'Sewell  and  Pierce,  Bttomevs, 
askiug  blm  (the  Beoelvec)  to  send  them  a  check  for 
(1,000  for  Mr.  Daniel  Magone,  which  be  said  hp 
made  oat  and  sent  them ;  be  did  ndt  retain  Mr. 
Magone  himself ;  he  authoriz«d  Mr.  Sewell  to  re- 
tain bim  to  attend  to  tbe  alEkirs  of  the  com- 
pany at  Albany;  be  did  not  know,  of  his 
own  knowledge,  that  Mr.  M&gi^ne  was 
a  counselor  at  law,  but  had  been  informed  that 
saon  was  the  case,  and  thought  be  would  be  able  to 
do  some  good  at  Albany  ^u  the  argument  of  the 
case  before  the  Special  Term  ot  the  Supreme  Conrt. 
The  witness,  on  farther  examination,  testified  that 
be  understood  Mr.  Maeone  nad  some  influence  at 
Aibaoy,  bat  had  never  been  informed  that  he  was 
not  a  lawyer  ;  be  did  not  know  that  Mr.  Magoae 
was  a  politician  ;  he  bad,  be  said,  commenced  an  ac- 
tion against  the  New-Jersev  Mutual  Life  Insurance 
Company  for  tbe  recovery  of  tbe  assets  transferred 
to  it  by  tbe  Contiaental,  and  did  not  know  why  the 
entire  amount  of  tbe  transfer  was  not  included  in 
the  claim;  he  merely  banded  the  papers  over  to  bis 
attorney,  Mr.  Fallertoo,  and  told  him  to  brmg  the 
suit;  he  believed  there  were  $78,000  in*  Government 
bonds  among  the  assets  transfened,  but  did  not 
know  why  tbey  had  not  been  included  in  the  claim ; 
be  bad  informed  counsel  that  the  total  amount 
traueierred  was  (314,000;  be  did  nut  authorize  tbe 
acoaptAuce  of  |102,000  ot  mortgages  as  a  full  settle- 
ment of  the  claim. 

Tbe    witness    was    examined    at   length  by  Mr. 
Mo^es,  who  askad  him  if  he  bad  any  information  to 

the  eflfeoc  that  the  amis  broaght  bv  the  Attorney 
General  lor  tbe  purpose  of  having  bim  removed  was 
ooue  with  a  view  tu  covering  up  the  shortcomings 
of  Superintendent  Smyth.  Tuis  was  objected  to 
by  the  Receiver's  counsel,  who  urged  that  it  bad 
nothing  to  do  with  tbe  passing  of  Mr.  Anderson's 
aocoaor«  by  the  Referee.  Mr.  Moses  said  that  the 
ailejiatlon  waa  made  in  the  petition  of  the 
Receiver  for  an  order  to  pay  out  money  to 
ouonsel.  The  question  was  tbmn  repeateil,  and  the 
witness  replied  that  ne  bad  no  sucb  information, 
and  did  not  believe  that  such  was  tbe  case.  Mr. 
Moses  then  stated  to  the  court  that  the  petition 
upon  which  the  order  wasgianted  was  signed  "J.J. 
Anderson,  by  Sewell  and  Pierce,  attorneys,"  and 
that  it  was  luerein  set  forth  that  certain  proceed- 
ings bad  been  commenced  by  tbe  Attorney  General 
tor  tbe  purpose  uf  snperssding  tbe  petitioner  as  Re- 
ceiver, and  for  the  aiipointmeot  of  another  Receiver 
to  cover  up  the  shortcomings  ef  Superintendent 
Smyth.  Upon  being  confructed  with  this  fact,  Mr- 
Anderson  stated  that  he  had  repeatedly  said  to  his 
attorney  that  the  company  had  not  been  examined 
In  10  years,  and  it  looked  very  strauge  that  Mr. 
Smyth  ehould  express  a  wish  tu  examine  it  imme- 
diately after  his  [tbe  witness']  appointment.  Tbe 
wiioess  was  oext  asked  if  tue  Coutinental  Company 
did  not  virtaall.y  own  tbo  New-Jeisey  Mutual  Lite, 
and  he  replied  that  it  was  his  upiuiun  that  tbey 
furulsbed  a  good  deal  of  the  money  where- 
with the  stock  of  the  latter  concern 
was  bought.  The  Bmpire  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Cumpapy  bad  a  certain  corporate  exist- 
eoue  as  yet,  but  tbe  witness  said  he  could  not  say 
wcether  or  not  its  books  were  kept  in  the  office  uf 
tbe  Continental. 

The  next  witness  was  Mr.  George  W.  Crofut, 
the  fortuer  Superintendent  uf  the  company,  who 
was  examined  by  Mr.  Muses  in  relation  to  the  visit 
of  tbe  Messrs.  Fro.it  to  the  vaults  of  the  company 
on  a  certain  Sunday,  as  heretofore  publisbud  in 
The  Times.  Mr.  Crofut  testittad  that  tne  oc- 
currence was  on  JsD.  7,  aud  that  it  was 
the  result  of  a  meeting  between  Luther 
W.  Frusr,  Rnfns  C.  Frost,  and  himself, 
held  on  tbe  nigut  previuna,  -  tor  the  purpose  of 
closing  a  coo  tract  oetween  the  two  first  named 
gtutleinen,  Air.  John  J.  MoKinnon,  Mr,  H.  D.  Mc- 
Kay, and  a  Mr.  Carroll,  who  nad  a  scheme  for  the 
n-lusarance  of  tbe  company's  risks,  aa  tesiifled  to 
at  the  first  bearing  before  the  Referee.  Witness 
thought  be  had  had  one  conversation  with  Mr. 
Anderson  in  reference  to  the  scheme  in  question ; 
the  arrangement  made  at  tbe  meeting  mentioned 
above  was  that  Messrs.  Luther  W.  Frost 
and  Rufiu    C.    Frost     should    meet  at   the   offioe 

of  the  compaDy  on  me  day  following,  with 
the  Cashier,  Mr.  Styles,  and  make  a  list  of  the 
mortgages,  wnicb  ho  fi^he  witness!  could  present 
tu  bis  partners  in  tbe  scheme — ilessrs.  McKdy, 
McKlncun,  Sc,  Carroll — on  Monday  motning.  "  \Vd» 
nut,"  said  Mr.  Moses,  "  the  object  of  your  coming 
beie  to  cbauge  the  combination  on  tbe  safe  I"  to 
which  the  witness  replied  that  it  was;  he  under- 
Stood  that  persons  whodii  not  belong  there  had 
the  combination,  aad  be  wanted  to  prevent  them 
enteriuK  tue  safe;  when  he  arrived  at 
the  office  Rutus  C.  Frost  and  Daniel 
J.  Noyes  were  in  the  safe,  aud 
the  others  were  in  the  President's  room; 
the  Cashier  had  Just  came  out  ot  tbe  vault,  and  wit- 
ness supposed  he  bad  been  copying  the  list  of  mort- 
gages ;  ne  asked  Noyes  what  tight  he  had  to  open 
the  vault  on  Sunday,  and  that  gentleman  replied 
that  be  bad  a  perfect  right  to  do  so,  because  he  was 
the  Receiver's  counsel.  To  this  witness  objected, 
and  soipe  hat  words  eusued  between  them,  during 
which  witness  told  him  he  had  no  right  in  the  place 
wbatever;  wben  the  witness  arrived  thev  were 
lying  up  packages  ot  papera,  which  appeared  to  be 
letters,  dtc;  there  were  two  packages,  and  these 
were  left  in  tbe  office  until  last  Saturday  eveolng, 

w^hen  tbey  were  removed  by  Mr-  Kicbaid  H.  Way- 
dell,  formerly  a  book-keeper  in  the  office. 

Mr.  W^aydell  waa  the  next  witness,  out  bis  ezaml- 
nation  elicited  nothing  Impurtaut.  He  stated  that 
he  was  reqaeated  to  get  toe  packsaes  by  a  Mi. 
Mitchell,  iuLO  whose  custody  bf  deiiverea  tbem. 

Mr.  George  W.  Thomas,  tbe  book-keeper,  was 
then  called,  and  testified  that  tbe  laise  eutries  in 
the  iouruai,  above  mentioned,  wero  in  tbe  bsud- 
writiug  of  Mr.  Rogers,  the  Secretary  ot  tbe  oompany ; 
the  three  books,  witness  stateii,  disappeared  on 
Oct.  34  and  were  missiug  until  Jan.  2J;  he  did  not 
know  wnere  tbe  books  wont,  but  was  told  tbey 
were  in  tbe  Cashier's  vault.  A  long  esaminatiou 
regarding  tbo  ditfsrent  eurries  In  tbe  books  lol- 
lowed,  during  which  the  witness  stated  that  ac- 
cording to  tbe  books  toe  greater  uortion  of  tbe 
sundries  account— i291,0U0— went  to  G.  Hlltim 
Scnbuur,  one  of  toe  Directors,  and  Lather  W. 
Prost ;  alt  of  tbe  false  entries  were  made  by  Mr. 
Rogers. 

At  tbe  conclusion  of  Mr.  Thomas'  examination 
the  hearing  was  adjourned. 

The  history  of  tue  scneme  tor  resuscitating  tho 
sinking  company,  wnich  was  testified  to  at  the  first 
bearing  before  tbe  Releree,  and  which  is  men- 
tioned in  the  testimony  given  above,  was  maoe 
known  last  evening  tu  a  reoorter  of  The  Tuibs. 
It  was  learned  that  toe  matter  bad  advanced  so  tar 
that  tbe  contract  bad  been  drawn  up  and  signed  by 
Luther  W.  Prost  and  J.  H.  Stedwell, 
ihe  Presidents  uf  the  Continental  and 
New-Jersey  Mutual  Life  iDsurance  Com- 
panies respectively.  It  appeared  that  Messrs. 
.idcKinnun  and  McKsy  were  the  representaiive*  of 
Western  capitalists  who  desired  to  build  up  the 
company,  and  they  entered  into  negotiations  with 
Mr.  Prost  looking  to  that  end.  Tbe  latter  gentle- 
man made  statements  to  tbem  concerning  the  com- 
pany's assets  Which  forced  them  to  tbe  conclusion 
that  its  capital  of  1100,000  only  woald  be  impaired, 
and  tbey  hoped  by  outting  sufficient  money  into  it 
to  nJUke  up  tne  deficiency  to  build  it  up  again  and 
put  ic  once  more  upon  a  firm  footing.  Several 
meetings  took  place  between  the  parties 
iiUeresied,  and  aa  agreement  was  made 
that  tbe  affairs  of  tbe  companv  sbonlube  examined 
by  Mr.  Suivlb,  the  Acting  Snporiutendent  of  tbe 
Insurance  Department  of  this  State,  and  upon  tho 
result  of  tbis  was  to  depend  tbe  action  of  tbe  West- 
ern capitalists.  The  latter  called  upon  Mr.  Frost 
to  furuiab  tbem  with  a  complete  and  minute  list  of 
all  the  asset*  of  the  concern,  and  stated.  It  is  said, 
thai  tbey  would  have  nothing  to  do  witn  the  com- 
pany until  every  one  of  these  had  been  ex- 
amined. Mr.  Frost  asked  time,  and  mean- 
wuile  the  contract  for  leinsurance  in  the 
New-Jei'ss,y  Mutual  had  been  entered  into.  On 
beualt  uf  the  latter  company,  Mr.  Stedwell  is 
stated  to  have  entered  luto  an  sgreement  to  trans- 
fer back  to  tne  old  companv  everv  policy  that  had 
been  taken  by  tbem,  as  well  as  the  assets  which 
had  been  the  consideration  for  reiosurance.  Tbe 
statements  made  by  Mi.  Frost  in  relation  to  the 
Continental's  condition,  Mr.  H.  D.  McKay  last 
night  stated  were  greatly  exa.:gerated,  according 
to  the  report  of  tbo  R'loelver,  and  tad  they  known 
the  exact  status  of  tue  concern,  it  would  have  pre- 
cluded the  possibility  of  their  having  sny- 
tning  to  do  witn  it.  It  must  be  remem- 
bered, however,  that  all  their  caloulatious  were 
based  upon  the  theory  that  many  policies  were  lapsed 
after  Oct.  25  (the  date  of  Mr.  Anderson's  appoint- 
ment) by  reason  of  failure  on  the  part  of  tbe  hold- 
ers to  pay  premiums.  As  a  matter  of  course,  Mr. 
McKa>  said  the  validity  ot  tbe  Receiver's  appoint- 
ment would.be  que^itioaed. 

A  CINCINNATI  REPEATER  SENT  HOME. 

"  Eph  "  Holland,  the  notorious  Democratio 
politician  aud  gambler  of  Ciucinnaii,  who  was  ar- 
rested on  Wednesday  in  this  City,  was  brought 
yesterday  morning  before  Judge  Blatchford,  In 
the  United  States  District  Court  The  com- 
plaint  on  which  be  waa  held  charged 
him      With      haying     at     the     late     electioa 

"nrooored  one  Cnarles  Vonng  to  vote  more 
than  once  for  a  candidate  for  tbe  office  ef  Rep. 
reaentatire  In  Congress,  and  that  said  Yonng  did 
then  and  there  so  vote  more  than  once,  to  wit :  In 
the  Second  Precinct  of  tbe  Eighth  Ward  of  the  City 
of  Clncinnatti,  the  First  Precinct  of  the  Fourth  Ward 
of  said  city,  tbe  Second  Precinct  of  tbe  Seventh 
Ward,  and  tbe  Second  Precinct  of  the  Eighteenth 
Ward."  Holland's  arrest  was  made  on  a  certified 
copy  of  the  iodiotment  found  against  him  in  tbe 
Circuit  Conrt  of  the  United  States  for  the  Southern 
District  oi  Ohio,  dated  Nov.  3, 1876.  Pending  Judge 
Blatohford's  decision,  an  effort  was  made  by  the 
prisoner's  Iriends  to  procure  bail,  which  had  been 
previously  fixed  at  |15,0(X).  As  soon  as  tbe  news 
of  Holland's  arrest  got  abroad  he  was  vis- 
ited by  a  largo  delegation  of  sporting  friends, 
ineluauiK  "Andy"  Sheeban,  J.  W.  Collier,  Harry 
Hill,  Jim  Barclay,  "Red"  Leary,  B.  A.  McDonald, 
and  others.  An  attempt  was  made  to  hare  the  bail 
reduced  to  810,000,  iind  counsel  was  sent  for  to  mase 
a  motion  to  that  effect.  Before  counsel  could  arrive, 
however,  the  court  decided  to  send  Holland  bock  to 
the  cQStody  of  the  United  States  authorities  in  Cin- 
cinnati, wbich  was  accordingly  ordered.  Assistant 
Distttot  Attorney  Foster  appeared  for  the  (3overn- 
ment.  Holland,  from  bis  occupation  la  known  as 
"  the  Jobta  Morrlssey  of  Cincinnati."  He  was 
aeot  home  in  oharge  01  Denatv  KanbAls  'Turney 
and  Johnson. 


CITY  AND  SUBURBAN  NEWS. 

' *     "^ 

NEW-YOBK.     * 

The  Grain  Trade  coneluded  tbeir  considera- 
tion of  tbe  proposed  new  roles  yesterday,  and  the 
rules  as  amended  go  into  effect  tcday. 

Mary  Hicks,  aged.d  years,  was  fatally  burned 
at  her  parents'  residence.  No.  Q3  Oak  street  yester- 
day, by  her  olothes  Igniting  fh>m  a  stove. 

Prof.  Adrian  J.  Ebell  will  deliver  a  &ee  lec- 
ture to  schools  at  the  Aquarium  ou  Saturday,  from 
10  to  12  M.  Subieet:  "Tbe  Animals  and  Fishes  in 
the  Aqaarinm." 

The  Directors  of  the  New-Jersey  Central 
Railway  Company  claim  that  they  received  addition- 
al subscriptions  to  the  new  loao  of  13,000,000  yester- 
day, to  the  amount  "  in  round  numbers"  of  8^0,000. 

While  engaged  in  removing  clothes  trom  a 
line  on  the  roof  of  the  two-storv  extension  of  No.  62 
South  Washington  sqiure  yesterday.  Charlotte 
Witte,  aged  40,  fell  to  toe  ground  and  was  instantly 
killed. 

The  sixth  annual  meeting  of  the  Amerioan 
Fish  Calturists'  Association  will  take  place  at  the 
New-York  Aquarium,  Thirty-fifth  street  and 
Broadway,  on  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  Feb.  14 
and  15. 

The  Postmaster   General    has    refused    to 

change  his  ruling  in  relation  to  the  sending  ot  back 
numbers  of  publication  at  ponod  rates,  and  says 
such  matter  must  be  confined  to  the  current 
volume. 

A  grand  concert  will  be  given  at  Steinway 
Hall  to-morrow  evenlb/  id  aid  of  the  relief  faod  of 

the  Epiphany  Guild.  Miss  .Rmma  C.  .Tbnrsby,  Mr. 
Charles  Warner,  and  other  artists  hava  volunteered 
tbeir  services. 

A  laborer  named  MichaeV  Moore,  aged  40,  of 
No.  443  West  Twenty-eighth  street,  while  at  work 
yesterday  on  an  elevated  railway  in  the  yard  of  tbe 
Pennsylvania  Coal  Company,  foot  of  Twenty-ointh 
street.  North  River,  fell  under  a  coal  car  and  was 
mstantly  killed.  • 

A  stereoptioon  exhibition,  consisting  of 
viewsof  tbe  Centennial,  was  given  at  the  Work- 
ing Men's  Free  Reading-room,  No.  135  Greenw  Icb 
street,  last  eveqing.  Tbe  entertainraeat  was  an  i  o- 
teresting  one,  and  attracted  a  large  audience,  com- 
posed uf  working  men  and  tbeir  families. 

August  Quack,  of  the  firm  ot  Quack  &  Bur- 
ger, cotton  brokers,  doing  business  at  No.  56  Steno 
street,  was  posted  on  tbe  Cotton  Exchange  bnlletin 
yesterday  as  having  failed  to  meet  his  ensagements. 
Mr.  Quack  was  formerly  of  the  firm  of  Wolde  & 
QuacK,  and  did  a  large  business,  but  bis  present 
tailure  is  not  regarded  as  of  great  importance. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  New- York  Fort  Society, 
neld  on  Wednesday,  the  Treasurer's  report  showed 
the  receipts  for  the  past  year  to  bave  been  112,- 
766  87  and  tbe  expenditures  (13,960  93,  being  (as 
compared  with  1875)  an  increase  in  receipts  of 
$1,245  81.  atd  a  decrease  In  exoen-<es  of  $2,207  40. 
Heurv  R.  Jones  and  Jacob  D.  Vnrmilye  were 
eleosed  Directors  to  fill  vacancies. 

Mary  Ward,  of  No.  183  Avenue  C.  who  was 
arrested  on  Wednesday  on  a  charge  of  cruelly  neg- 
lecting her  children,  was  again  arraigned  before 
Justice  Murray,  at  tne  Essex  Market  Police  Court 
yesterday,  and  was  sentenced  to  tbe  Island  for  six 
mouths  as  an  habitual  drnakard.  Her  children  are 
being  temporarily  cared  for  bv  the  Society  for  the 
Prevention  of  Crneity  to  Children,  at  whose  request 
tbe  unnatoral  mother  was  arrested. 

Deputy  Sheriff  Higgios  yesterday  arrested 
Mr.  J.  V.  Capek  on  an  order  granted  by  J  udge 
Barrett,  of  the  Supreme  Court,  at  the  instance  of 
Rev.  4>-  Yendl  Yacula,  who  bas  bronght  a  suit  to 
recover  15,000  damages  fur  an  alleged  libel  nub. 
hshed  in  tbe  Novo-Iorske  Oentennalinn  Ligtu,  a 
newspaper  of  this  City,  ot  which  tbe  defendant  is 
proprietor.  Mr.  Yacula  states  that  he  has  been 
minister  of  the  Sis.  Cyrillas  Methodius  Charch, 
and  that  be  bas  sufl'ered  great  wrong  on  account  ot 
tne  article.  Tbe  defendant  gave  bail,  after  wnicb 
he  left  the  Sherifi's  offioe. 


for  glsH  ca«M  are  too  apt  to  be  noii4»ndaetor«. 
Tbe  oontenu  ot  the  various  shelves  are  indicated 
in  tbe  following  order:  Devotion,  Commentaries, 
iSeCsreace.  Systematio  Theology,  Ecclesiastioal 
History,  flomiletios,  and  Reviews.  The  impression 
left  by  the  lecturer  will  be  durable,  and  ubraries 
will  beeom*  more  ao  object  of  study  and  tnougbt 
with  the  students  at  Drew. 


BKoOKLlfN. 

There  were  189  deaths  during  tbe  past  week. 

Tbe  ice  on  the  Prospeet  Park  lakes  still  re- 
mains m  excellent  condition  for  skating. 

Capt.  William  Cooper,  of  the  brig  Torrid 
Zone,  lying  at  the  Atlantic  Docks,  was  robbed  of 
bis  gold  watch,  while  oa  a  Fulton  Ferryboat,  last 
night. 

The  strike  of  the  'iongsboremen  is  about 
ended.  A  large  number  of  the  strikers  went  to 
work  yesterday  at  the  ceduoed  rate  of  20  cents  an 
hoar. 

William  lludleston  broke  three  of  Margaret 
Robinson's  nbs  with  a  frying-pan,  last  night,  at 
their  residence.  No.  94  Union  street.  The  injured 
woman  w^s  taken  to  the  hospital  aud  William  was 
locked  np. 

Fire  Marshal  Keady  reports  that  during  the 
past  year  there  were  511  fires  in  Brooklyn,  which 

occasioned  a  loss  of  property  amonnCinK  to  $738,445, 
covered  b?  an  insurance  of  $1,455,345.  Tbe  deaths 
from  file  daring  tbe  year,  including  those  occasioned 
by  tbe  burning  of  the  Brooklyn  Theatre,  nambeied 

325. 

Samuel  S.  Free,  Jr.,  who  bas  been  in  Ray- 
mond Street  Jail  for  some  weeks  because  of  a  re- 
fusal to  pay  alim  >ny  to  bia  wife,  who  bronght  a 
suit  for  divorce  against  him,  was  yesterday  tor  tho 
third  time  brought  up  on  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus. 
Judge  Neilson  retused  to  liberate  the  prisoner,  and 
remanded  him  to  Jail. 

The  funeral  of  Bev.  James  MaoElroy  took 
place  vesterday  from  the  Roman  Catholic  Caurch 
of  Our  Ladv  of  Mercy,  of  which  tbe  deceased  was 
Pastor  at  tbe  time  of  his  death.  Tbe  requicn  mass 
was  attended  by  Bishop  Louftblln,  over  100  Priests, 
and  a  cougresation  that  numbsred  5,000  persons. 
The  remains  were  interred  in  the  Cemetery  of  tbe 
Holy  Cross. 

liEW^imSJiY. 
Tbe  iiew   CongregatioQal  Church  at  Bound 

Brook  will  be  dedicated  next  Tnasday  afternoon. 

Thomas  Byan,  an  employe  in  Theodore 
Smith's  blacksmith   shop  in   Essex    street,    Jersey 

City,  vesterday  received  an  accidental  blow  on  the 
bead  from  a  hainmer  io  tbe  bands  of  a  fellow  work- 
man, Which  rendered  him  unconaoiuus.  He  was  re- 
moved to  his  home. 

An  unknown  man,  supposed  to  be  a  tramp, 
was  killed  on  tbe  Pennsylvania  Railroad  yesterday 
momiug,  near  Menlo  Park.  The  man  was  walking 
on  tbe  track,  and  stepped  aside  to  avoid  a  train, 
wben  he  was  struck  by  another  going  in  the  oppo- 
site direction.  The  body  was  taken  to  Rahway  aud 
given  m  charge  of  tbe  Coroner. 

TBE  PRODUCE  EXCHANGE  BUILDING. 

The  question  of  a  new  buildiug  adequate  to 

the  needs  of  the  business  of  the  Produce  Exchange 
has  been  agitated  for  several  years  past.  Yester- 
day tbe  matter  took  shspe  for  tbe  first  time  at  a 
meeting  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  when  the  fol- 
lowing preamble  and  resolution  were  adopted: 

WTierea$,  The  building  ocoupled  by  the  New-York 
Produce  bxohange  has  become  inadequate  to  the 
wants  of  its  Increased  membership,  fUrulshing  as  it 
does,  Insufiicient  aooommudatlon  lor  tne  varied  busi- 
ness transacted  on  its  floors,  and  affording  little  op- 
portuuUv  for  eulsrgemant  on  its  preseut  site;  and. 

Whereat,  The  present  structure  aliKws  of  no  ap- 
propriate place  tor  holdiug  general  meetiitus  ot  the 
lixcuange,  and  rooms  fur  itie  sessions  of  tbe  .Managers, 
aud  Of  the  several  standing  and  speoiai  committees 
h!)ve  to  be  provided  in  a  separate  building  on  another 
block,  wbereby  the  ofBcial  busineas  of  the  iixchange 
is  obbtructed  and  pr^uoiiced  ;  aud 

Whereas,  I'roper  proviaioh  has  never  been, made  for 
ventilating  any  portion  of  the  buildiug  in  which  mem- 
oers  now  congregate  in  large  numbers  for  the  trans- 
action of  their  uaily  busiuess.  fbr  wantot  wbich  provi- 
sion their  personal  health  and  comfort  are  being 
seriously  aflected;  and 

Whereas,  Un  thn  one  hand  the  present  time  is  an  ex- 
ceptionally favorable  one  lor  the  erection  of  a  new  Kx- 
chaoge  building,  material  and  labor  being  procurable  at 
about  one-baif  of  former  rates,  and  leal  estate  being 
correspoudinglv  low,  while  on  the  other,  a  longer  con- 
tinuance \a  our  present  location  will  loTolve  oonsiaer- 
able  outlay  upon  ttie  building  itieU  In  tbe  laying  of 
new  floors,  tbe  putting  in  of  veiitliating  apparatus,and 
in  otiier  rsseutial  repairs,  besides  the  renewal  of 
leases  for  of&oes  outside,  much  of  wbich  will  be  un- 
■  necessary  if  u  speedy  removal  is  contemplated ;  and 

Wntreat.  The, Board  of  Managers  desire  to  ootalu  the 
sense  of  the  members  as  to  what  action  shall  be  taken 
In  the  premises;  it  is  therefore 

Resolvf.d,  That  the  whole  subject  of  erecting  a  new 
Exchange  building  be  laid  betore  the  members  in  pam- 
pblet  torm.  and  that  the  queatioii  whether  the  mem- 
bers Ot  tbe  Producce  hxchauge  desire  a  new  building 
be  submitted  to  tbeir  decision  by  a  vote  to  be  taken 
by  ballot  on  sucb  day  as  the  Hoard  of  Managers  shall 
appoint  tor  that  purpose. 

The  day  for  holding  the  proo^sed  meeting  has 
not  yet  been  fixed.  Shonld  tbe  members  generally 
Signify  their  desire  tor  a  new  building,  the  next 
Step  will  be  the  appointment  of  a  committee  to 
whom  will  be  referred  power  to  select  a  site  and 
provide  the  necessary  wavs  and  means.  Tbe  Ex- 
change bas  on  band  a  fund  of  $400,000  outside  ot 
what  can  t>e  realized  by  tbe  disposal  of  lis  present 
building,  and  it  is  thought  that  it  will  not  be  neces- 
sary to  tax  tbe  members  a  single  cent  toward  tbe 
cost  of  tbe  projected  edifice. 

THE  MINISTER'S  LIBRARY 
William  M.  Taylor,  D.  D,,  of  the  Broadway 
Tabernacle,  delivered  a  lecture  on  "  The  Minister's 
Library,'  before  the  Drew  Theological  Seminary, 
Madison,  N.  J.,  on  Wednesday  evening  laat  The 
lecture,  which  is  a  new  one,  forms  a  supplement  to 
tbe  lectures  on  "Preaching"  given  a  .year  ago  at 
Yale,  and  is  an  outgrowth  of  Dr.  Taylor's  larne  ex- 
perience in  ministerial  life.  It  contains  very  valua- 
ole  hint*  lor  ministers  with  small  salaries  and  large 
propensities  to  book-bdying.  The  details  of.  tbe 
lecture  are  well  pointed  and  very  disonminative. 
Tbe  chaiacteristio  meiits  of  tbe  standard  works  in 
tbe  various  departments  are  graphically  stated, 
with  many  hapnv  oomparlsons,  especially 
with  respect  to  commentaries.  "The  library, 
■ays  the  Doctor,  "  I  would  locate  in  the  airiest, 
oheeriesf,  sunniest  room  in  tbe  parsonage."  It 
■boidd  be  arranged  with  naatoess  on  open  sbelvea. 


A  M0NTB08E  BAHKEB'S  DI8GBACB. 


THE  FORGERIES  OF  LBNHEIM  AT  HIS  HOME 
— THE  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  MONTROSE 
ROBBED  OF  $90,000 — PROBABLE  RUIN  Off 
THE  criminal's  FATHER. 

From  Our  Oton  OorresvondmL 
MONTBOBE,  Penn.,  Thursday,  Feb.  8,  1S77. 
Nathan  S.  Lenheim,  who  was  arrested  a  few 
days  since  in  New- York,  while  attempting  to  nego- 
tiate for  tbe  discounting  of  a  flO.OOO  forged  note  at 
the  Importers'  and  Traders'  Bank,  Is  found,  upon 
examination  of  bis  accounts  as  Cashier  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Montrose,  to  bave  robbed  that  in- 
stitution of  $90,000  by  forgeiies  and  other  opera- 
tions. Upon  this  becoming  known,  eonsiderable  ex- 
citement was  manifested  amone  the  depositors  of 
tbe  bank,  and  a  ran  was  threatened.  The  Directors 
closed  the  bank  for  a  day  to  consider  what  was  best 
to  be  done.  They  then  made  a  statement  that  re- 
stored confidence,  and  business  is  now  going  on  as 
usual. 

Lenheim  is  also  the  lunior  member  of  the  banking 
firm  of  S.  S.  Lenbeim  &  Sop,  of  Great  Bend.  The 
news  of  Leubeim's  arrest  in  New-York,  and  tbe 
Montrose  disclosures,  created  a  panic  among  tbe 
depositors  in  the  Great  Bend  bouse,  and   the  Tnsti- 

taCion  bas  been  forced  to  close  its  doors,  after  pay- 
ing out  all  the  money  at  hand.  It  is  feared  that  the 
senior  partner  will  be  hnanoiallv  mined  by  the 
operations  of  his  son,  which  are  said  to  be  much 
greater  in  amount  than  bas  yet  been  made  known. 
The  elder  Lenheim  lounded  tbe  Great  Bend  bank 
with  money  he  made  by  carryinc:  a  peddler's  pack 
for   many  years    throughout   this    and  adjoining 

counties. 

^^^^  * 

A  PLANING  MILL  BUUNED. 


MIJSIAJVAB  AliUANAO-taiS  DAI. 

Sunrises 7:011  Sun  seta S:2SI  moon  rise*.. SU)*. 

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CLEARED. 

Steam-«hipB  FriBia.  (Ger.,)  Meyer.  Hamburg,  xix 
Plymontb,  &&,  Kuahardt  &.  Co.;  Isaae  Bell,  Lawrence. 
Aorfolk.  Cltv  Point,  and  Richmond,  Old  Dominion 
Steam-ship  Ca:  Gen.  Whitney,  HaUett,  Boston,  H.  F. 
Dimook;  Eleanora,  Johnson,  Portland. 

Ship  MalcbloT,  (Get,)  vvierichs,  Bremen,  Theodore 
Bager. 

Barks  Ihana.  (Rub.,)  Alom,  Aarbus,  C.  Tobias  k  Co; 
Adolpb  Andcrsohn^  (Swed.,)  Seville,  to..  Benh»«  k. 
Boyesen:  Mette^  fOan-,)  Paulaen.  bahia.  viaRiohmoad. 
Punch,  Bdye  k.  Co. 

Brigs  Daanttees,  iBr.,)  McParlane,  Cardenas  tar  ocw 
ders,  George  F.Bulley;  Caroline  Catharine,  (Norw.,) 
Uelsom,  Lea  Sables  de  Glome,  Benham  t  Boyesen. 

Schrs.  Mary  Theall,  (Br.,)  Hunt,  St.  John,  K.  B., 
ScammellBios.:  D.  H.  Blsbee,  labby.  Monteao  B^. 
Jam.,  G.  WesseU  :  M.  H.  Hickman,  Robinson.  Korfolt. 
Slagbtt  Petty;  Northern  Home.  (Br.,)  Swain.  Para, 
Peniston  k.  Co.;  Azelda  and  Laura,  Jorgensen,  Port  au 
Piatt.  B.J.  Wenberg  it  Co.;  Clarina.  (Br.,)  Tare  St. 
John's  and  Alma,  N.  B.,  k.  T.  Heeney-.  Cla.a  E.  Bergen. 
Dayton,  Savannah,  Evans,  Ball-  k.  Co.;  Pointer,  OUL. 
Providence. 


DUl,* 


ARBIYED. 


A    FRAME    BUILDING    IN  TOMPKINS  STREET 
DE8TROTED — LOSS,   $30,000. 

At  1  o'clock  yesterday  morning,  a  fire  broke 
out  in  the  two-story  frame  building  Nos.  2,  4  and 
6  Tompkins  street,  occupied  by  Martin  £.  Murphy, 
as  a  sawing  and  planing  mill.  Tbe  fire  originated 
in  the  drying-room,  and,  owing  to  the  combustible 
nature  of  the  building  and  contents,  spread  with 
great  rapidity,  and  extended  to  several  of  the  ad- 
loiulng  buildings.  In  an  hour  tne  firemen  bad  suc- 
ceeded in  subduing  the  flames,  but  tbe  bmlding  in 
which  thev  bad  originated  was  completely  de- 
stroyed. Murphy's  loss  on  stock,  machinery,  &c., 
is  estimated  at  #20,000;  insured  for  ilO.bOO.  Dan- 
ant  Si.  Bros.,  who  bave  a  lumber-yard  at  No.  8 
Tompkins  street,  sustained  a  loss  of  f2,000,  which 
is  fully  covered  by  insarance.  The  fire  extended 
to  the  rear  of  James  Green's  liquor  store  and 
lodging-house.  No.  608  Grand  street,  caus- 
ing |S00  loss  on  stock  and  furniture;  no 
msuranoe.  The  rear  of  No.  610  Grand 
street,  a  lager-beer  saloon  and  dwelline,  occupied 
by  Lucas  Brietenstein,  also  took  fire,  and  the  build- 
ing was  damaged  to  tbe  amount  of  t300.  Mr.  Brieten- 
stein's  loses  1500  un  stock  and  fixtures.  Tbe  build- 
ing No.  612  Grand  street,  occupied  as  a  children's 
carriage  factory  by  Jeremiah  Taohey,  was  damaged 
to  tbe  amount  of  (500,  and  Mr.  Tuobey  louses  |700  on 
stock  aud  machinery.  George  Andrews,  who  keeps 
an  oyster  saluon  ac  So.  614  Grand  street,  loses    $300 

on  Stock  and  fixtures,  and  the  damage  to  the  bund- 
ing will  amount  to  (200.  No.  616  Grand  street  is  oc- 
cuDied  as  a  citiar  lactory  by  Henry  Alexander, 
whose  stock  was  damaged  to  tne  amount  of  $300; 
insured  for  $6,000.  The  damage  to  tbe  building  will 
not  exceed  $100.  Tbe  buildings  are  all  owned  by 
John  Garvey,  whose  loss  is  estimated  at  (6,000. 
They  are  all  insured. 

NEW-JERSEY  JUSTICES. 
In  the   Essex  County  Court  of  Quarter   Ses- 
sions   yesterday,    ex-Justice    Thomas    Nugent,   of 

2!}^ewark.  retracted  bis  former  plea  of  Dst  gailty  and 

pleaded  guilty  to  an  indictment  charging  him  with 
having  embezzled  (6,000  belonging  to  the  Mutual 
Loan  and  Bmlding  Association  of  which  he  was 
Treasurer.  He  was  remanded  for  sentence  on  Sat- 
urday. 

The  trial  of  Justice  Leonard,  of  Jersey  City,  on  a 
charge  ot  false  imprisonment  and  nnlawtul  con- 
version of  a  watch  worth  $110,  belonging  to  Oscar 
F.  Compton,  resulted  io  his  coaviotion.  Leonard  is 
tbe  second  Jersey  City  Justice  of  the  Peace  who 
bas  been  convicted  of  false  imprisonment  within  a 
week.    He  was  bailed  to  appear  for  sentence. 

TWO  NE  W  STEAMERS. 
John  Roach  is  building  two  new  steamers  at 
Chester,  Penn.,  for  the  firm  of  James  E.  Ward  & 
Co.,  No.  113  Wall  street.  It  is  expected  that  tney 
will  be  finished  In  May  next.  They  will  form  the 
nucleus  of  a  new  line  between  tbis  City  and  Ha- 
vana. Tbey  will  be  of  iron.  300  feet  in  length,  3fs 
feet  breadth  of  beam,  25  feet  depth  of  hold,  about 
2,000  tons  burden,  and  vrill  accommodate  between 

60  and  70    oansenaers    each.     No    expense   is    to  be 

spared  toward  fitting  them  out  with  every  ap- 
plianco  and  improvement  that  modern  ingennity 
can  suggest    They  are  to  have  condensing  engiaes 

of  faieh  pressure,  and  are  to  be  gQaranteed  to  make 
an  average  speed  of  12  knots  per  hour. 

THE  FREE  AND  tJAST  DORMITORY. 

The  attention  of   Mayor  Ely  having    been 

called  to  the  statements  m  regard  to  the  manaee. 

ment  of  tbe    Free    Dormitory    conducted    by  the 

Women's  Friend  Association,  he   said  that  he  was 

not  responsible  for  the  appropriation  of  |1,000  that 

was  made  to  it,  because  he  had  not  assumed  office 
at  the  time  the  appropriation  was  made.  He  also 
remarked  that  if  the  statements  made  about  tbe 
Dormitorv  are  true  it  is  not  entitled  to  public  sup- 
port. Tbe  application  made  by  Yalentine  Ham- 
inaon  and  George  H.  Stout,  tbe  President  and  Sec- 
retary of  the  Dormitory,  respectively,  for  a  further 
donation  of  $5,000  will  come  up  before  the  Board  of 
Apportionment  to-day  for  discussion. 


SHIPMENTS  OF  LARD  AND  BACON. 
Notwithstandmg  the  contradictions  as  to  the 
cutting  of  through  freights,  by  rail  and  steam, 
from  the  West  for  the  English  markets, 
shipments  of  lard  bave  been  specifically 
reported  within  a  few  days  from  Chicago,  via  Bos- 
ton, at  55  cents,  with  room  reported  as  offered 
yesteiday  by  tbis  route  as  low  as  50  cents,  and  of 
bacon,  from  Milwaukee,  730,  boxes,  via  Portland,  at 
50  cents  per  100  pounds.  Of  the  lard  shipments  re- 
ported from  Chicago,  were  1,500  tierces,  bought  there, 
at  $10  90  to  $10  95,  two  or  three  days  since.  And  the 
bacon  reporied  shipped  from  Milwaukee,  via  Port- 
limd,  was  purchased  yesterday  at  Milwaukee,  on 
private  terms,  on  account  of  a  New-York  shipper. 

ARRIVAL  OF  IMMIGRANTS  IN  JANUARY.  • 

Official  returns  made  to  the  Bureau  of  Sta- 
tistics at  Washington,  show  that  during  tbe  month 
of  January,  1877,  there  arrived  at  tbe  Port  of  New- 
York  1,823  immigrants,  ot  whom  1,293  were  males 
and  530  females.  Of  the  total  arrivals  there  were 
from  England  420.  Scotland  75.  Wales  IS.  Ireland 
196.  Germany  592,  Austria  42,  Sweden  16,  Denmark 
9,  France  75.  Switzerland  39,  Spain  11,  Italy  143. 
Holland  7,  Belgium  4,  Russia  37,  Poland  14,  Hun- 
gary 5,  Canada  7,  Cuba  4,  Sicily  6.  Azores  85,  Fayal 
12,  Greece  2,  Turkey,  China,  Mexico,  Brazil,  Yene- 
zuela,  Costa  Bica,  and  bom  at  sea,  1  each. 


MOW  TBE  BABY  GAME. 

The  Kingston  Freeman  relates  the  followint;: 

"  A  carman  for  a  down-town  fiour  store  a  day  or  two 
since  stopped  at  m  house  to  deliver  a  barrel  of  flour. 
On  tbe  sidewalk  in  front  of  tbe  bouse  was  an  urchin 
of  about  6  years,  who  remarked,  'You  can't  leave 
that  barrel  of  flour  here.'  •  Oh,  yes,  I  can ;  it  will 
come  good  before  Wmter  is  over.'  "Don't  want 
any  more  barrels  here;  last  one  you  left  here  bad  a 
baby  in  it.  Don't  want  no  more  babies — they  cries 
all  the  time.' " 

ARRIVALS  AT  THE  HOTELS. 

Wendell  Phillips,  of  Boston,  is  at  the  St. 
Denis  Hotel. 

Hon.  Henry  R.  Piereon,  of  Albany,  is  at  the 
Everett  House. 

Gen.  David  Vickers,  of  New-Jersey,  is  at  the 
Hoitman  Ht^se. 

Gen.  Albert  O.  Lawrence,  of  Bhode  Island,  ia 
at  the  Brevoort  House. 

Hon.  Warner  Miller,  of  Herkimer,  TS.  T.,  is  at 

the  Union  Square  Hotel. 

Ex-Congressman  Hamilton  Ward,  of  Belmont, 
N.  Y..  is  at  tbe  Metropolitan  Hotel. 

Gen.  James  Craig,  of  Missouri,  and  ex-Gov. 
J.  B.  Page,  of  Yermont,  are  at  the  St.  Nicholas 
Hotel. 

Gen.  John  B.  Frisbie,  of  California,  and  Wil- 
liam P.  Shinn,  Yice  President  of  tbe  Allegbeny 
Yatley  Railroad  Company,  areat  the  Windsor  Hotel. 

Rodney  W.  Daniels,  Collector  of  Customs  at 
Buttalo,  and  S.  B.  U.  Ciark,  General  Superintendent 
Of  tne  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  are  at  the  Fifth  Ave- 
nue Hotel. ^ 

CHATaAl]  LaOABOesB,  Pure  delicate  Clarets  in 
qt8.,pt3.,aud  casks.  Victok  &.  MADoaa,  110  Eeade  at. 
~~AdvertUemenl.         ^ 

IHE  NAVAL  STORES  MARKET. 

WrunNGTON.  N.  C.  Feb.  8.— Spirits  of  Turpentine 
dull  and  nominal.  Btesin  dull  and  nominal.  Crude  Tut- 
pentiue  steady;  Hard,  $2  06;  lellow  Din  and  Virgin. 
$3  u5.    Tar  steady,  at  $1  00.  . 

PASSENGERS  SAILED. 
In  »te<m-$hip  FrUia,  tor  Hambwrg.  — Charles  Zuns, 
Mrs.  A.  it.  O^u.  Mrs.  i:harles  A  smiib,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Alexander  Stoweli,  Jam?B  Root.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  B. 
Buuk,  Hiss  Sophie  Buck.  Alfred  K.  Buck,  Austrian  Com- 
missioner to  Centennial  Kxbibitlon;  iteimer  Barbectc, 
Miss  Wslter,  Walter  apeyer,  Amedie  WUbaux.  fanl 
Guttseil,  Gustav  amsluclc,  5iT8.  Dr.  Lienau.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  bonis  Obrlsttati.  G.  Kademscber,  George  Soboel- 
bammer,  Max  Goebel,  E.  J.  Mulder,  U  Lausten,  George 
Bess,  QasUv  Frieckert,  Mrs.  Hmestiua  Belmbrodt  J. 
Bnokner.  P.  T.  dtronr 


Steam-staip  State  of  Pennsylvania,  (Br.,)  Knight 
Glasgow  Jan.  23  and  Lame  24tli,  with  mdse.  and  pas 
sengers  to  Austin  Baldwin  fc  Co. 

Steam-ship  Old  Dominion,  iV^alkei:,  Blcbmond  and 
Norfolk,  -^th  mdse.  and  passen^rers  to  Old  Dominion 
Steam-sbip  Company. 

Steam-ship  Bllen  S.  Terry,  -Sal year,  5ew-Bedfonl 
with  mdse.  to  J.  L.  Koome,  Jr. 

Steam-ship  Pioneer,  Wakely,  Wilmington.  K.  C,  Sds., 
with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  W.  P.  Clyde  &  Co. 

Steam-ship  Glauous,  Bearse.  Boston,  with  mdse.  and 
passengers  to  Metropolitan  Steam  ship  Co. 

Bark  Gemsbofc,  Hull,  Muscat .  116  ds.,  'with  mdse.  ta 
Arnold,  Hlnes  &  Co. 

Bark  Cardenas.  Harriman,  I  Havana  12  ds.,  with 
sugar  to  Meyers  It  Oossler. 

Bark  Leir,  Ericksen,  <Norw.,)  Hansen.  Livemool 
Dec.  3.  in  ballast  to  master.  Anchored  in  Graveaend 
Bay  for  orders. 

BarK  Ocean  Chief,  (of  BanflT.)  Cook,  Hong  Eong  Oct. 
6,  with  mdse.  to  Brown  Bros.  ta.  Ca— vessel  to  Oeorge 
F.  BuUey. 

Brig  Union,  (of  Jersey,  Eng.,)  Le  Dain.  Santos  66  da., 
with  coffee  to  C  G.  Ramsey. 

Schr.  M.  B.  W.,  (of  St.  John,  K.  B.,)  Rudolf.  Miraga- 
one  14  da,  with  logwood  and  cocoa  to  Wilson  &.  Asmua 
—vessel  to  P.  I.  Keviue  fc.  son. 

Scnr.  Wildfire,  (of  Gloucester,)  Cnnningham,  Fortune 
Bay,  N.  P.,  10  ds..  with  herring  to  order— vessel  «o 
B.  J.  Wenbe'E  t  Cot 

Schr.  Theresa  A  Keene.  (of  Waldsboro*,  Me.,)  Keens, 
Smyrna  100  ds.,  with  llcorioe  root  to  Scbnitaen  fc 
Mencke. 

Schr.  Moss  Glen,  (of  St.  John,  N.  B.,)  Anderson.  Ma- 
tanzas  12  ds.,  with  sugar  aud  molasses  to  De  Castro  It 
Donnei^vessel  to  master. 

Schr.  Abbie  Dunn,  Fouataln,  Pensaoola  26  ds..  with 
lumber  to  WiUiam  K.  Park- vessel  to  James  W.  Rlwell 
JtOo. 

Sobr.  J.  W.  Brown,  Kane,  (^edar  Keys  14  ds.,  with 
lumber  to  Bionda,  Beqjamin  h.  Co. — ^vessel  to  Alvah 
Mudgett. 

Schr.  Gertmde  E.  Smith.  Jameson,  New-Orleans  18 
ds.,  with  molasses  to  B.  H.  Howell.  Son  Jt  Co,— vessel 
to  H.  P.  Brown  &.  Co.  <■ 

Schr.  WUiam  H.  Jones.  Faulkenbnrg.  Fernandlna  10 
ds.,  vrith  naval  stores  to  Dollner,  Potter  It  Co.— vessel 
to  k.  Abbot. 

Scbr.  Ada  K^  Damon,  (of  01once8t«r,)  Walton,  For 
tnne  Bay,  N.  F.,  10  ds.,  with  bemni;  to  master. 

Schr.  Odell,  Wiu6low,  Portland,  with  potatoes  X% 
Anstin  it  Co. 

Schr.  Buth  H.  Baker,  Collins,  Portland. 

Schr.  Zelia,  Hallowell,  Bostoo. 

Schr.  Wm.  O.  Irish,  Terrell.  Providence. 

^chr.  Ihomas  W.  Uaveu,  Bocket.  Providenocw 

Schr.  Light  Boat.  Woods.  Providence. 

Bcbr.  G.  C.   Moms.  Stevens,  Providence. 

Schr.  Helen  Mar,  Ward.  Providence. 

8chr.  Pocassett,  Eackett.  Providence. 

Schr.  Annie  W.  Collins,  Baker.  Providenoe. 

Schr.  Rinft  Dove,  Swain.  Providence. 

Schr.  ftlae^e  Todd.  Woods,  Proviaenoe. 

Schr.  Millville.  Holland.  Providence 
Schr.  Etebecca  Carter,  Tomlin,  Fall  River. 
Schr.  Khza  and  aebecca,  Btouthoff,  Fall  Slvec 
Stbr.  Mary  Francis,  Hall.  Fall  River. 
Schr.  Anson  Stimson,  Homan.  Warren. 
Schr.  Katie  J.  Hoyt,  Hesnv.  Southport. 
Schr.  Khodo  Island,  Andrews,  Sag  HarbOE, 

Schr.  Anns,  Bnbert,  UafC  Harbor. 
Schr.  Texas.  Davis,  Mew-tioadon. 
Schr.  Brazor,  Tryon,  New-London. 
WIND— huuset,  light,  N.  K ;  clear. 


SAILED. 
Steam-ships  Frisia.  for  Hamburg;  Boyal  Stanoara, 
for  Bremen;  Atlas,  for  RingstOD,  Jam.:  Isaac  Bell,  ftu 
Eichmond;  ship  Mariana  V.,  for  Lisbon;  tiarks  Per 
reri,  for  Marseilles  :  America,  for  Liverpool;  Svea.  foi 
Queensiown :  Sarlnsme,  for  Eio  Janeiro  ;  brig  Sirins, 
for  St.  John's,  P.  E.  Also,  via  Long  Island  Soimd. 
steam-ships  Eleanora,  for  Portland ;  Oen.  Whitney  fas 
Boston. 


RETURNED. 


Ship  St.  Stephen,  Douglass,  hence  for  San  Prandeeo 
Wnlle  towlne  down  tbe  lower  bay.  B.  Hlnes.  seanum.  t 
native  of  England,  fell  from  the  foreyard  tothedeclr 
and  was  killed;  returned  in  consequence. 


MI80ELLANE  O  US. 
Bark  Giuseppe  BoccB,  (ItaL.)   Caatellano,    tzora  Bor- 
doaux.  which  arr.  7tb,  is  consigned  cargo   to  D.  St. 
Amant  &  Son— vessel  to  Funcn,  Kdye  k.  Ca,  not  as  bar 
fore. 

SPOKEN. 

By  bark  Gemsbok,  Dec.  3,  lat.  32  53  S.,  Ion.  30  52 
£.,  bark  Sicilian. 

By  Dark  Ocean  Chief.  Dec.  26,  lat.  34  35  S..  Ion.  31 
68  K.,  bars  Mandarin. 

By  brie  Union,  Dec.  26,  lat.  20  52  S.,  Ion.  32  OS,  briz 
J.  B.S. 

By  schr.  Ther«sa  A.  Keese,  Jan.    21,   lat.    30  08,  lo» 

34. 30,  bark  Lewis. 

♦ 

MARINE  DISASTER.     ■ 

I.oNi>o!r,  Feb.  8. — Tbe  bark  Venezia,  (Ital.,)  Cai>t. 
Praeli,  from  New-lork  Deo.  28,  for  Qaeenstown,  baa 
put  into  Fayal  lea  It),  aud  must  discharge  part  of  hef 
cargo.  _ 

BY   TELEGRAPH. 
FoxTKiBs  M05R0E,  Feb.  8.— Passed  in  for  Baltimore 

ship  Peter  MaxweiL 

I'aesed  out,  ship  Grey  Eaple,  for  Rio;  barks  Queen 
of  the  Fleet,  for  Bremen;  Rubino  and  Angela  .Iccame, 
for  (^ueeustown;  Zulima  and  brig  Amelia  Emma,  for 
Cuba. 

Sld.  barks  Victoria  and  Bucefalo,  for  Baltimore: 
Plid,  trom  Norfolk. 

Passed  out  from  Richmond,  brig  Fram,  bound  to  Eio. 

The  steam-ship  Caspian  got  off  and  passed  oat  ov 
the  6th  lust,  for  tiiverpooL     bhe  was  not  damaged. 


BI  CABLE. 

Loirnos.  Feb.  8.— Sld.  30th  ult.,  Louis  de  Geer;  6th 
inst..  A.  F.  Stoneman,  H.  A.  Parr,  Uennetts,  Capt. 
SimoBon;  7th  inst.,  Lillie  Sleight  holm,  Samuel,  Harold, 
Capt.  Dinsmore;  8th  inst..  Adeliuii,  Sarah  Craner, 
John  FoQght,  Toledo,  a.ate.  Cant.  Mickerson;  Csi*- 
van. 

Arr.  1st  inst.,  Mary  D.,  Samuel  Welsh,  Surprise.  Capk 
Averill;  3d  inst.  Guerrero;  5th  lust,  Pudel;  7tb 
iuBt,  Nnnva  Beslna,  Canessa,  Ryerson,  Empress;  8tb 
inst..  Flying  Eagle.  Emllv  Waters,    Jobann  iTKeos.  the 

latter  at  Plymouth  with  loss  of  bowsprit,  foretopmast. 
and  malntopgallant  mast,  and  received  other  damage. 


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NITED  STATEiJ 


INSURANCE  COMPANYr 

IN  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK, 

261,  262,  263  Broad  way, 

•— OBClAiriZEV  18S0— •— 

ASSETS,  $4,827,176.52 

SURPLUS,  $820,000 

EVERT  APPROVED  FORM  OF  POLICY 
ISSUED  ON  MOST  FAVORABLE  TERMS 

AIL  ENDOWMENT  POLICIES 

Ajn> 

AFPROVED  CLAIMS 

MATURING  11^877 


WILL  BE 


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ON  PnESENTATION. 
JAMfiS  BUEIil^    .    -    FRBSIDBMT. 

C.  M.  MARVIN, 

GENERAL  AGENT. 

NO.  261  BROADWAY 


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THE  ELECTORAL  TRIBUNAL 

♦ — 

FLORIDA'S  FOUR  VOTES  FOB  HATES 
AND    WREELEB. 

MCISIOX  OF  THB  CA8E  BY  A  VOTH  OP  BIGHT 
TO  SBVKN  ArTBR  TKX  HOtTRS  IN  SECBET 
8KS3IOX— -NO  SEPARATE  VOTE  ON  THE 
ELIGffllLITY  OF  MR.  HUMPHREYS — THE 
RE&SOS9  GIVEN  FOB  .  THE  DBCISIOJSr — 
CHARAOTBR  AND  INCIDENrS  OP   THE  DE- 

BA.TB — BFPJSCr  OF  A  DEMOCBA.TIC  AT- 
TEMPT TO  TALK  AT  JUDGE  BRADLEY — 
THE  FLORIDA  CASE  BELIEVED  TO'  CARRY 
LOUISIANA — A  JOINT  MEETING  OF  CON- 
GRKSS  TO-DAY  TO  CONTINUE  THE  COUNT. 
Special  Dispatch  to  th«  y«w-  Yorlt  Timsi. 
Vashington,  Feb.  9. — The  Electoral 
Commission  was  in  session  nearly  10  hours 
to-day,  and  finallv  signed  and  sealed  its  de- 
oision  in  the  Florida  ease  and  transmitted  it  to 
the  Presid«nt  of  the  Senate,  and  also  sent  a 
letter  to  the  Speaker  of  the  House,  informing 
him  of  the  action  tdat  had  been  taken. 
The  decision  is  such  as  was  expected,  "  that 
the  certificate  No.  1  is  legal,  and  that 
the  votes  of  the  four  Electors  named  in 
it  be  counted,"  Thus  Hayes  gets  the 
full  vote  of  Florida.  There  was  no 
separate  vote  on  the  eligibility  ot  Hum- 
phreys, thoueh  that  question  was  very 
fully  discussed.  The  direct  vote  on  counting 
the  certificate  No.  1  was  taken  about  6 
o'clock  this  evening,  and  the  resolution  which 
was  offered  by  €^d.  Garfield  was  passed  by  a 
vote  of  8  to  7.  This  decision  having  been 
reached  a  recess  of  an  hour  was  taken,  and  a 
committee,  consisting  of  Senator  Edmunds  and 
Justices  Bradley  and  Miller,  occupied  the 
time  in  framing  the  statement  of  reasons  re- 
quired by  the  law  to  accompany  the  decision 
of  the  Commission. 

The  reasons  assigned  by  the  Commission  for 
its  judgment  are,  in  general  terms,  that  acting 
with  the  power  of  the  two  bouses  they  could 
not  consider  imy  facts  beyond  the  action  of 
the  Slate  in  choosing  its  Electors,  as 
provided  by  law  and  the  Constitution,  and 
oould  not  take  oognizance  of  any  proceedings 
atter  Dec.  6,  the  day  fixed  for  casting  the 
Electoral  vote.  They  find  that  no  evidence 
can  be  taken  to  set  aside  the  certificate  of  the 
Governor  when  it  accords  with  the  canvass 
of  votes  made  by  the  proper  State 
authority.  In  the  case  of  retwra- 
No.  1,  the  Governor  certifies  the  names  of 
of  the  Electors  appointed,  as  shown  bv  the 
lawful  canvass  of  the  State,  and  the  votes  of 
the  persons  named  are  therefore  to  be  counted. 
The  statement  is  brief,  covering  only  three  or 
tour  pages  of  manuscript. 

The  long  time  occupied  by  the  Commission 
in  reaching  a  determination  of  the  question  is 
explained  by  the  fact  that  debate  is  unlimited 
and  not  guided  by  any  rules,  and  every  mem- 
l>er  talks  as  often  and  speaks  as  long  as  he 
pleases.  One  of  the  epeeches  to-day  is  said 
to  have  occupied  an  hour  and  a 
half,  and  several  others  were  v«»ry  long,  and 
many  of  them  are  Baid  to  have  been  very  able. 

The  eligibility  of  Humphreys  was  discussed  at 
very  considerable  length,  and  it  was  made 
jjear  that  nearly  all  the  Commission 
were  agreed  that  the  evidence  made 
^o  case  agaiosc  his  eligibility  as  an 
Elector.  The  claim  that  he  was  ineligible  was 
treated  rather  contemptuously,  the  discussion 
on  the  subject  being  rather  abstract,  and  cover- 
ing the  whole  subject  of  eligibility.  The  effect 
ot  the  quo  warranto  proceedings  was  also  a 
topic  of  extended  discussion,  and.  though 
nothing  came  of  it  in  the  way  of  action,  it  con- 
sumed a  great  deal  of  time. 

The  discussion  is  said  to  have  been,  on  the 
whole,  calm  and  in  good  temper,  though 
earnest,  and  the  personal  expressions  of  opin- 
ion were  firm  aad  unmistakable.  There  is  a 
reuort,  not  eonfirmed,  but  worth  mentioning, 
to  the  eflect  that  some  members  of  the  Com- 
mission opened  a  talk  at  Justice  Bradley  as 
che  man  of  power  who  had  the  destiny 
of  the  nation  m  his  bainds,  and  that  he  t>ecame 
somewhat  angry  and  gave  stronger  expressions 
to  his  opinions  and  kis  readiness  to  maintain 
them  and  bear  the  oonseqnenoes,  than  have 
been  heretofore  heard  from  him.  This  story 
may  be  exaggerated,  but  it  is  certain 
that  the  course  of  the  Democratic  counsel 
and  Commissioners,  from  the  beginning,  has 
been  calculated  to  consolidate  the  Republican 
lentimenc  on  the  Commission,  and  now  the 
Dody  is  denounced  bitterly  by  the  Tildenites 
»3  partisan,  because  some  of  the  Repitblicans 
do  not  vote  with  the  Democrats. 

The  decision  of  the  Commission  in  the  case 
af  Florida  undoubtedly  covers  the  State  of 
Louisiana,  which  will  be  next  presented  for  de 
termination.  The  strong  point  of  the  Demo- 
crats in  the  case  of  Florida  was  the  fact  that 
the  State  itself  had  changed  the  returns,  or,  as 
the  Democrats  call  it.  had  corrected  the  re- 
turns. In  Louisiana  nothing  of  the  kind  has 
been  attempted.  If  any  change  in  the 
returns,  as  lawfullv  made,  is  attempted,  it 
must  be  on  the  motion  ot  the  Federal  Govern- 
ment. The  Democrats  lose  their  strongest 
point  in  the  case  already  decided,  and  gain 
nothing,  thoueh  they  wiU  take  a  new  position. 
They  .will  attack  the  legality  ot  the  Returning 
Board  because  the  vaoaucv  was  not  filled,  and 
only  four  members  constituted  the  board 
where  there  should  have  been  five.  They  will 
also  bring  up  again  the  point  of  eligibility, 
which  will  be  urged  with  something  more  of 
effect  in   the   cases    of    Levisse  and  Brewster 

than  in  the  case  of  Humphreys.    Both  of  them 

held  Federal  offices  when  they  were  voted 
For  on  the  7th  of  November,  and  were 
andoubtedly  ineligible  at  that  time  tor 
appointment  as  Eieotors.  Thev  resigned 
their  oflBces,  and  were  completely 
divested  of  them  before  the  6th  of  December, 
and  were  then  chosen  by  the  other  members  of 
die  Electoral  College  to  fill  the  two  vacancies 
saused  by  their  absence.  The  proceeding  was 
arecisely  the  same  aa  in  the  case  of 
the  ineligible  Elector  in  Vermont.  Now 
the  technical  point  made  by  Hoadley 
la  that  there  'was  no  power  in  the 
Electoral  College  to  fill  the  places  of  two 
Electors  who.  he  contends,  were  never  elected. 
The  Democrats  have  been  claiming,  and  many 
of  them  were  misled  into  sunposing,  that  Le- 
visse never  resigned  his  office,  but  was  a  Fed- 
eral office-holder  when  he  voted  as  an  Elector. 
This  is  not  true,  as  the  record  of  the 
eourt,  which  is  at  hand,  shows  that 
bi«  office  was  vacated  several  days  before  the 
meeting  of  the  Elect or.il  College,  and  he  has 
not  been  reappointed.  The  obieotion  to  count- 
ing the  vote?  of  Levissee  and  Brewster  is  in 
the  last  degree  strained  and  technical,  and  will 
not  probably  be  sustained,  and  the  full  vote 
will  be  cou;ited  for  Hayes. 

The  action  of  the  Commission  to-day  was 
awaited  with  great  interest,  and  all  the  latter 
part  of  the  day  the  corridors  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  court-room  were  crowded  with  oeople.  All 
Borts  of  carious  and  unfounded  repoirts  were  in 
oirculation.  It  was  stated  that  a  vote  had 
been  taken  on   the  eliiribiiitv   of  Humphreys. 


and  that  he  had  been  declared  eligible  by 
a  vote  of  10  to  15,  or,  as  another 
account  had  it,  unanimously.  Then  about  3:30 
it  was  reported,  and  came  to  be  generally  be- 
lieved, that  the  Commission  had  decided  to 
count  the  Flonda  vote  for  Hayes,  and  were 
then  engaged  in  preparing  tbe  statement 
of  their  reasons  for  their  decision.  The  ex- 
pectation of  a'  Joint  meeting  was  raised, 
and  some  preparations  were  actually  made 
in  the  House  to  receive  the  Senate.  People 
waited  till  4:30  P.  M.,  when  the  adioummenc 
of  the  Senate  made  it  certain  there  would  be 
BO  further  joint  meeting  to-day,  and  the  crowd 
dispersed.  At  that  bonr  the  Commission  was 
still  engaged  in  debate,  and  bad  taken  no  vote. 
Inside  the  Commission  there  was  no  suggestion 
of  a  joint  meeting  to-day.  Thus  a  thousand 
stories  were  m  cu'culation  that  had  no  reason 
for  existence.  Among  them  was  one  that  Justice 
Bradley  had  expressed  such  opinions  as  to 
make  it  certain  he  would  vote  against  the 
Hayes  Electors  in  Louisiana.  This,  of  course, 
was  the  very  reverse  of  the  truth.  The  hour 
of  the  joint  meeting  to-morrow  is  not  determined, 
but  it  will  probably  be  at  1  "o'clock,  and  the 
count  will  proceed  till  the  returns  from  Louisi- 
ana are  reached  and  referred  to  the  Commission. 
The  decision  of  the  Commission  will  be  opened 
and  read  when  the  two  hotises  meet,  and  the 
feur  votes  will  be  counted  for  Hayes  without 
delay,  unless  the  Democrats  should,  under  the 
law,  object  to  the  decision  and  compel 
a  vote  upon  it  in  the  two  houses. 
The  written  objection  of  five  Senators  and 
five  Representatives  will  force  such  action,  and 
under  the  law  there  may  be  two  hours'  debate 
in  each  house.  Of  course  the  decision  of  the 
Commission  will  stand,  as  tbe  two 
houses  will  not  concur  to  sustain 
an  objection.  The  only  reason  for 
making  the  objection  will  be  to  secure  the  op- 
portunity for  debate.  Some  of  the  Democr.ats 
desire  to  attack  the  Commission  for  what  they 
term  partisanship,  and  the  two  hours  devoted 
to  debate  would  no  doubt  be  highly 
entertaining.  The  wiser  Democrats  see  that 
they  have  already  displaved  too  much  of 
the  spirit  which  calls  for  retaliation  from  every 
manly  Republican  on  the  Commission,  and  ad- 
vise that  that  feeling  be  suppressed.  It  cannot 
be  long  restrained,  and  if  it  does  not  break  out 
to-morrow,  will  very  shortlv,  in  spite 
of  all  efforts  and  advice.  The  Demo- 
crats have  given  up  the  result  tor 
tbe  mnst  part,  and  Jere  Black  is  reported  as 
saying  that  no  contest  will  be  made  over  Ore- 
gon. Ther«  has  been  some  talk  of  Democratic 
objections  to  a  vote  from  the  State  of  Illinois, 
on  the  ground  ot  ineligibiiity.  It  is  not 
rertain  that  any  evidence  has  been  re- 
ceived Which  can  be  made  a  basis  for 
objections.  The  final  end  of  all  the  disputed 
questions  by  the  Commission  may  be  expected 
by  the  20th  inst.  But  there  is  much  fear  that 
the  Democrats  will  now  attempt  to  delay,  and 
force  the  issue  to  go  over  the  4th  of  Alaroh 
without  any  President  being  declared  elected. 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  COMMISSION. 

DuiMiteA  to  the  Associated  Preu. 

The  Electoral  Commission  were  in  secret 
session  Irom  10  A.  M.  until  8:30  this 
evening  continuously,  with  the  exception 
of  two  short  recesses.  Almost  tbe  entire 
time  until  near  the  olose  ot  tbe  session  was  oc- 
cupied with  debate,  in  which  every  one  of  the 
15  members  of  the  Commission  by  turn  par- 
ticipated. Two  or  three  of  the  Justices  and 
several  of  the  Senatorial  members  read 
elaborately-prepared  opinions  upon  the  main 
pomts  at  issue,  and  the  discussion 
is  understood  to  have  been  from  its  commence- 
ment to  its  close  of  extraordinary  pow£r  and 
ability.  The  question  of  the  eligibility  of  F.  C. 
Humphreys  was  not  made  the  subject  of  much 
discussion,  nor  was  any  vote  taken  concerning  it. 
At  one  stage  of  the  proceedings,  however,  Sena- 
tor Thurman  offered  a  resolution  declaring 
that  there  was  no  sufficient  evidence  offered  to 
show  that  Humphreys  was  not  a  Shipping  Com- 
missioner on  the  7tb  day  of  Novem-^ 
ber.  This  resolution  was  criticized  by 
several  Republican  members  on  the  ground 
tbat  it  might  carry  an  implication  that 
if  Humphreys  had  been  sueh  Commissioner 
on  the  7th  of  November  his  vote  would  have 
been  invalid,  and  the  resolution  was  not  urged, 
there  seeming  to  be  practically  a  unanimity  of 
opinion  that  Humphrey's  resignation  was  le- 
gally effectual,  being  tendered  and  accepted 
before  the  election. 

About  6  o'clock  P.  M.,  the  debate  being  end- 
ed. Senator  Edmunds  submitted  a  resolution 
declaring,  in  substance,  that  the  lour  Repubh- 
can  Electoral  votes  of  Florida  should  be 
counted,  and  embodying  also  various  reasons 
for  such  declaration. 

Representative  Hunton  offered  the  following 
as  a  substitute : 

Retolved,  That  tbe  Electors  named  In  certificate 
No.  2,  to-wit:  Wilkinson  Call,  J.  K.  T»  ige,  Koh. 
ert  Badlook.  aud  Robert  B.  Hilioii.  are  tUu  lour  per- 
auns  who  were  dniv  appoiDted  Electors  by  tbe  State 
of  Florida  on  the  7th  day  of  November,  and  that 
their  votes  M  certified  by  such  oertiflcate,  are  tb<> 
votes  proTlded  lor  by  tneCoaatiiatiou  of  the  United 
States. 

The  substitute  was  rejected  by  the  following 
vote: 

Ykas— Messrs.  Abbott,  Bayard.  Clifford.  Field. 
HuntGii,  Payoe,  sntl  Tharman— 7. 

Nays — Messrs.  Bradley,  Edmunds, Frellnehuysen, 
Gai field.  Hoar,  Miller,  Morton,  and  Strong — S. 

Mr.  Edmunds  then  withdrew  his  resolution, 
and  Mr.  Garfield  offered  the  following,  which 
was  adopted  by  the  foregomg  vote  reversed  : 

Besolved,  That  the  foar  persons,  to  wit.  :  Freder- 
ick C.  Humphreys,  Charles  W.  Pearcs,  William  H. 
Holden,  and  Thomas  W.  Lons.  were  duly  appumted 
Electors  of  President  and  Vice  President  for  the 
State  of  Flotiaa,  and  tbat  tbe  votes  cunt  by  tbe 
aforesaid  four  pertoat  are  tbe  votes  provided  tor  by 
the  Constitution  ef  tb«  United  States. 

Tbe  vote  in   detail  on  tbe  adoption  of  this 

resolution  was  as  IoUofs  : 

7EAS — Messrs.  Bradler.  Ednonds,  Frelinebarsen, 
Garfield,  Hoar,  Miller,  Morion  ana   Strons — 8. 

Nays— Messrs.  Abbott,  Bayard,  Clifloril,  Field, 
Hunion,  Payne  and  Tharman — 7. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Garfield,  Messrs.  Edmtmds, 
Bradley,  and  Miller  were  appointed  a  commit- 
tee to  draft  a  report  of  the  decision  of  the 
Commission,  with  a  brief  statement  of  the 
reasons  therefor,  to  be  signed  by  the  members 
agreeing  therein,  and  to  be  transmitted  to  the 
joint  session  of  the  two  houses,  aa  required  by 
the  Electoral  act.       , 

The  argumentative  resolution  previously 
offered  and  withdrawn  by  Mr.  Edmimds  wasi. 
adopted  by  the  Committee  of  Three  with  a  few 
verbal  changes  as  their  report,  and  about  8 
o'clock  P.  M.  it  was  signed  by  the  eight  mem- 
bers of  the  Commission  who  had  voted  for  the 
adoption  ot  Mr.  Garfield's  resolution. 

The  formal  decision  or  report  to  Con- 
gress is  very  brief,  but  its  complete 
phraseology  is  withheld  from  publicity 
to-night  from  considerations  of  etiquette, 
as  it  is  to  be  transmitted  to-morrow  morning 
to  the  President  of  the  Senate  under  seal, to  be 
by  him  laid  before  the  joint  session  of  the  two 
houses.  Its  points,  however,  can  be  accurately 
stated  as  follows: 

Firgt — The  CommissioD,  exercising  the  powers  of 
both  bonses  under  tbe  law.  and  baying  exammed 
all  tbe  certificates  and  papers  referred  to  them, 
find  that  they  have  no  authoritv  to  hear 
evidence  aliundi,  or,  in  otner  words,  t«  bear  evi- 
dence oDtside  ot  the  certiflcace  ot  tbe  ti-overnor  of 
tbe  State  of  Florida,  founded  upon  tbe  determina- 
tion of  the  CanvassiDg  Board  of  the  State  as  lo  its 
vote. 

iieeond Tbe  Commission  conid  not  consider  as 

evidence  any  act  of  the  Legislature  ur  courts  in  de- 
termining whom  tbe  State  bad  appointed  as  Elec- 
tors after  tbe  day  tbe  said  Eieotors  gsv«  their 
votes. 

mlhird—ln  regard  to  the  said  ipeligibility  of  F.  C. 
Humphreys,  there  was  not  soffiolent  proof  tbat  be 
bold  ofBoa  on  tbe  7tb  of  Norember. 

The  Seoretaiy  of  the  Commission  win  to- 
jnocraw  jnApnisi^daliTar  to  tha  Pnaidant  ixfo^j,jK»»iiAjiMxktJiMva  done! 


tsm.  of  the  Senate  the  formal  decision  above 
described,  together  with  all  the  certificates  and 
aocompan.ying  papers  on  the  Florida  case 
which  were  reterred  to  the  Commission,  and 
the  Secretary  will  also  deliver  to  the 
Speaker  of  the  House  a  formal  notification 
signed  by  the  President  ot  the  Commission  tbat 
their  decision  has  been  communicated  to  the 
President  pro  tem.  of  the  Senate.  Thereupon, 
in  compliance  with  the  Electoral  act,  the  two 
HouMs  will  again  meet,  and  the  decision  will 
be  read  and  entered  on  tbe  journal  of 
each  Bouse,  and  the  vote  of  Florida  will 
iiumediately  be  counted  for  Hayes  and  vVheel- 
er,  "unless,  upon  objection  being  made  in  writ- 
ing by  at  lestst  five  Senators  ahd  five  members 
ot  the  House  of  Representatives,  the  two 
houses  shall  separately  eoncur  in  ordering 
otherwise."  It  being  known  that  the  two 
houses  will  not  concur,  it  is  not  thought  ILtcely 
tbat  any  objection  will  be  made  to  the  immedi- 
ate counting  of  the  Florida  Republican  votes, 
as  this  would  be  an  unnecessary  waste  of  time. 

VIEWS  OF  THE   NKfV-YOBK  JUDGES 

OF  APPEALS. 
CHIEF  JUSTICE  CHURCH'S  OPINIONS  OK  THE 
QUESTION  OP  THE  DAY — THE  ELKC- 
TOBAL  COMMISSION  IT8KLF  UNCON8TI- 
TUTIOHAL— THE  ACTION  OP  THE  REPUB- 
LICAN MAJORITY  SUSTAINED  BY  Mn. 
CHURCH— THE  STATE'S  RIGHT  TO  AP- 
POINT ELECTORS  IN  ITS  OWN  WAY  AB- 
SOLUTE—  OTHER  MEJIBKRS  OF  THE 
COURT,  WITH  ONE  KXCEPTIOX,  OF  THB 
SAME  OPINION — EX-GOV.  SKYMOUR  RE- 
GARDS THE  DEMOCRATIC  ACTION  AS  A 
"  GREAT  MISTAKIC."' 

From  Our  Special  Correspondent. 

Albany.  Friday,  Feb.  9,  1877. 
The  votes  cast  in  the  Florida  case  b.y  the 
Judges  •f  the  Supreme  Court  belonging  to  the 
Electoral  Commission  have  given  rise  to  a  gosd 
deal  of  disctission  and  comment  among  members 
of  thelegal  profession,  here  as  elsewhere.  It  was 
generally  expected  that  the  Congressmen  at- 
tached to  the  Commission  would  vote  accord- 
ing to  their  party  predilections  and  prejudices 
bat  the  hope  was  entertained  that  Judges  of 
the  highest  court  in  tbe  nation  would  not  be 
found  divided  on  party  lines  when  called  upon 
to  render  a  decision  upon  a  purely 
legal  and  constitutional  proposition.  This  hone 
has  been  disappointed,  and  the  interesting  and 
rather  important  query  nsw  arises  whether  the 
action  of  the  United  States  Supreme  Court 
Judges  is  a  fair  indication  of  the  general  char- 
acter of  our  American  Judiciary — whether,  in 
fact,  there  is  any  such  thing  as  con.stitutional 
law,  fixed  and  well  defined,  or  whether  it  is 
subisctto  change  and  variation  according  to 
the  party  affiliations  of  those  who,  for  the  timo 
being,  may  happen  to  be  its  expounders.  The 
importanoe  of  this  question  to  tho  people  of  tbe 
United  States  cannot  be  overrated,  and  it  must 
therefore  be  some  satisfaction  to  tke  readers 
of  TuE  Times  to  learn  tbat  there  is 
one  judicial  tribunal  in  this  country 
whose  members  are  able  to  look  at  the.  ques- 
tions now  pending  before  the  Electoral  Com- 
mission in  their  legal  and  constitutional  as- 
pects, and  not  with  sole  reference  to  their  po- 
litical bearings.  The  present  Court  of  Appeals 
of  the  State  of  Now- York  is  universally  admit- 
ted by  the  Bar  of  the  State— Charles  O'Conor 
and  Samuel  J.  Tilden  alone  excepted — to  be 
the  ablest  and  bast  appellate  court  the  Com- 
monwealth ever  had.  It  would  not  suffer  by 
consparison  with  tbe  United  States  Supremo 
Court  either  in  the  legal  lore  or  the  personal 
character  of  its  membars.  As  at  prcM- 
ent  constituted  five  of  its  seven  Judges 
are  Democrats,  and  were  nominated  and 
elected  as  such  by  a  popular  vote. 
I  am  informed,  on  good  authority,  tbat  there  is 
no  difference  of  opinion  among  tho.ie  seven 
Judges  on  the  constitutional  right  of  Couerssa, 
or  of  tbe  "  Commissisn  "  that  has  usurpel  its 
powers,  to  go  behind  the  Electoral  vote  of  a 
State  properly  authenticated  and  forvrarded  to 
the  President  of  the  Senate.  They  all  bold 
that  neither  Congress  nor  the  Commission 
can  have  any  such  right.  In  expressing 
their  individual  opinions,  thev  all  sngiain  the 
decision  of  the  majority  of  the  Commission  in 
the  Florida  case,  and  take  substantially  the  same 
ground  mnintained  by  the  Republican  counsel 
wbo  argued  that  case.  Happening  to  be  present 
the  other  evening  when  Chief  Justice  Church 
was  drawn  into  a  discussion  of  the  subieot  with 
two  Democratic  Senators,  it  baa  occurred  to  me 
that  a  brief  statement  of  the  views  of  tho 
highest  judicial  functionary  of  this  State,  him- 
self a  life-long  Democrat,  might  be  interesting 
to  the  public  at  this  time. 

In  tbe  first  place,  Chief  Justice  Church  re- 
gards the  whole. scheme  of  a  "Commission  "  to 
decide  the  Presidency  as  unconstitutional,  and, 
to  use  his  own  words,  "the  greatest  farce  of 
modern  times."  The  Constitution,  ho  thinks, 
givtfs  m  tho  clearest  terms,  either    to    Congress 

or  to  the  President  of  the  Senate,  (he  did  not 
express  an  opinion  which,)  the  right 
to  count  the  Electoral  votes  and  declare 
the  result;  but  it  does  not  give  Congress 
the  right  to  delegate  this  power  to  any  outside 
party  or  parties  whatever,  and  any  attempt  to 
do  so  is,  in  his  opinion,  a  direct  violation  of  the 
Constitution,  or  an  unauthorized  evasion  of  a 
duty  expressly  imposed  ^^  it.  As  to  the  power 
of  Congress,  or  of  the  Commission  created  bv 
it,  to  go  behind  the  properly  authentic.atvd 
Electoral  vote  of  a  State,  he  is  equally  positive 
and  emphatic  in  his  opinion  that  it  has  no  such 
power.  In  alluding  to  the  case  of  Louisiana, 
he  took  this  position :  The  Constitution  giyea 
to  every  State  exclusive  control  over  the  man- 
ner of  electing  or  appointing  Presidential  Elec- 
tors. If  Louisiana  has  seen  fit  to  create  a  Re- 
turning Bsard  invested  with  authority  to 
declare  wbo  is  elected  to  office  in  tbat  State, 
and  such  Returning  Board  has  aoted  in 
pursuance  of  law.  there  is  no  power  in  Con 
gress  or  in  any  other  body  outside  Louisiana  to 
go  behind  its  action.  "  It  makes  no  difference 
whether  in  your  opinion  or  mine,"  said  be, 
"the  board  has  done  right  or  wrong.  Congress 
cannot  go  behind  it  without  annulling  a  right 
expressly  guaranteed  to  the  State  by  tbe  Con- 
stitution, and  practioallv  putting  an  end  to  all 
elections."  In  illustrating  this  to  his  Dem- 
ocratic listeners,  the  Chief  Justice  said :  "  Sup- 
pose that  in  the  Presidential  election  of 
1868  (Jov.  Seymour  had  got  enough  Elec- 
toral votes,  m  addition  to  those  of 
his  own  State,  to  make  him  President. 
The  Republican  Party  of  this  State  charged 
the  grossest  frauds  against  the  Democrats  in 
that*  election ;  they  even  claimed,  and  still 
claim,  that  the  frauds  were  of  sufficient  mag- 
nitude to  turn  the  scale  in  favor  of  the  Demo- 
crats in  this  State.  Their  party  controlled  both 
ho'uses  of  CongrssB,  and  with  New- York  for 
Seymour  he  would  be  elected;  without  it  Gen. 
Grant  would  be.  Now  suppose  under  these 
circumstances  the  Republicans  had  prevailed 
upon  Congress  to  go  behind  the  Electoral  vote, 
as  certified  and  transmitted  from  this  State, 
and  to  investigate  the  alleged  frauds 
in  the  election  here.  Suppose  that 
in  this  investigatioa  the.y  became  convinced 
tbat-  Grant  aotually  oarriad  the  State  by  a 
majority  of  legal  votes,  and,  acting  on  this  con- 
viction, had  given  the  Electoral  vote  to  Grant 
instead  of  Seymour.    What  would  the  Demo- 


been  en  end  of  Presidential  elections  in  the 
State  of  New-Tork." 

The  Chief  Justice  expressed  great  surprise 
that  Democrats,  for  the  sake  of  gaining  a  tem- 
porary advantage,  should  be  found  willing 
to  renounce  the  old-time  Democratic 
doctrine  ot  the  rights  of  the  States 
as  guaranteed  by  the  Constitution.  "  We  had 
better,"  said  he,  "stick  to  the  Constitution  and 
laws.  If,  in  so  doing,  we  go  down  as  a  nation, 
there  may  be  a  possibility  of  resurrection ;  but 
if  we  go  down,  violating  all  Constitutions  and 
laws,  there  can  never  be  a  resurrection." 

The  discussion  turning  upon  the  Oregon 
case,  Judge  Church  gave  his  views  substanti- 
ally as  follows  :  He  said  that,  as  he  under- 
stood the  case,  the  Governor  of  Oregon 
had  given  certificates  to  two  Republican 
Eieotors  and  one  Democratic  Elector.  With 
reference  to  the  Democratic  Elector,  Cronin, 
he  had  no  right,  according  to  the  decisions  of 
the  courts  of  this  State  to  a  certificate  at  all, 
because  of  his  having  received  the  next  highest 
number  of  votes.  But  waiving  that,  and  grant- 
ing the  Governor's  right  to  give  him  a  certifi- 
cate, after  the  certificates  were  given  tho  func- 
tions and  duties  of  the  Governor  of  Oregon 
ended.  It  now  remains  for  the  Commission  to 
inquire  what  those  three  persons  having  the 
certificates  aotually  did.  It  appears  that  the 
two  Republicans  met  to  cast  their  Elec- 
toral votes,  and,  Cronin  being  absent,  they 
proceeded  to  fill  a  vacancy.  Cronin,  on  tho 
other  band,  met  by  himself,  and,  the  Repub- 
licans being  absent,  he  proceeded  to  fill  two 
vacancies.  "Now,"  said  the  Chief  Justice, 
"there  cannot  bo  any  question  as  to  which  of 
these  two  Electoral  Colleges  jyiH  have  its  votes 
recognized,  or  which  ought  to  be  recognized. 
Had  Cronin  remained  with  his  two  Republican 
colleagues,  and  insisted  upon  casting  his  vote 
for  Tilden,  the  ease  might  have  been  more  com- 
plicated; but  ho  didn't  remain,  and  there  is 
where  he  slipped." 

The  Chief  Justice  did  not  assume  to  express 
anybody's  views  but  bis  own  on  anv  of  the 
questions  that  arose  in  tho  discussion,  but  those 
wbo  profess  to  know,  sav  that,  with  the  possi- 
ble exception  of  Judge  Earle,  every  member 
of  tbe  Court  of  Appeals  holds  substantially 
the  same  views  on  the  legal  and  constitutional 
questions  involved. 

It  mav  bo  stated  in  this  connection  th.tt  ex- 
Gov.  Seymour  has  expressed  the  opinion  that 
the  Democrats  in  Congress  "made  a  great 
mist.ake"  iu  urging  the  Electoral  Commission. 
His  reasons  for  this  opinion  are  not,  like  Judgo 
Church's,  based  on  constitutional  grounds,  but 
are  rather  those  of  a  politician.  He  says  tbat 
the  Democratic  Paity,  by  consenting  to  the 
Commission  and  advocating  it,  liave  closed 
their  mouths  in  ease  the  decision  goes  asraiust 
them,  and  will  have  no  "grievance  "  with  which 
to  go  to  tho  country  four  years  hence. 

EXPRESSIONS  OF  SATISFACTION. 

REJOICING   AMONG   nEPL'BLICASS   IN   OHIO — 
THE    DEMOCItATS     LOSING     CONFLDKNCE 
IN   THE   OKKGON   AND  LOUISIANA  CASES 
Upecxal  DUriatcli  n  <*?    VeiB-  Tor*    IKm't 

Columbus,  Feb.  9.— The  news  of  the  ver- 
dict giving  Florida  to  Hayes  and  Wheeler 
reached  hero  this  evening,  and  caused  great 
rejoicing  among  Republicans.  Ex-Gov.  Novcs, 
who  bas  just  returned  from  Washington, 
expresses  tho  opinion  that  this  substan- 
tially settles  the  whole  question,  at  ho 
believes  the  weakest  point  m  the  Republican 
case  has  now  been  passed.  The  loumoerats  are 
thoroughly  discouraged,  and  freely  express  the 
opinion  that  Tilden's  chances  are  gone.  Tbe 
entire  diift  ot  their  talk  is  strongly  presump- 
tive that  thoy  have  no  laith  that  Oregon  or 
Li)uisiana  can  now  help  them  through.  Gov. 
Hayes  will  go  to  Cincinnati  to-morrow  on  of- 
ficial business,  to  be  absent  three  or  four  days. 


LATEST  NEWS   BY   CABLE. 


ELECTION  FRAUDS    IN   CINCINNATL 


CONVICTION  OF  AN  EX-DETECTIVK  FOR 
PROCURING  ILLKGAL  VOTERS — HOW 
JUDGK  STANLEY  MATHEWS  WAS  DE- 
FEATED  FOR   CONGRESS. 

bipedal  DUvaleh  to  the  N'exa-  York  THmet. 

CINCINNATI,  Feb.  9. — The  conviction  of 
ex-Detective  Jim  White  to-day  on  the  charge 
of  procuring  illegal  voters  at  tho  October  elec-. 
tion  marks  another  stage  in  the  work  of  uncov- 
ering the  conspiracy  which  elected  Mr.  Ban- 
ning to  Congress  over  Judge  Stanley  Mathewt). 
It  was  shown  in  the  course  ol  the  trial  that  the 
prisoner  and  Eph  Holland  procured  gangs 
of  repeaters,  who  went  from  one  voting 
place  to  another,  casting  hundreds  of  illegal 
votes.  Banning's  maiority,  it  will  be  remem- 
bered, was  65.  The  interesting  problem  now  is, 
who  stood  behind  Holland  and  White,  and. fur- 
nished them  the  money  whioh  the^'  dispensed 
so  freely  1  It  is  believed  that  before  tbe  bot- 
tom of  the  conspiracy  is  reached  some  persons 
of  prominoDce  in  Democratic  circles  will  be 
exposed.  Several  of  the  Democratic  county 
officers  who  went  in  on  small  maiorities  are 
watching  the  proceedings  with  great  anxiety. 


THE  CRUELTY    TO    THE    WITNESSES. 


INDIGNATION  FELT  AND  EXPRESSED  IN 
VARIOUS  PARTS  OF  THE  COUNTRY — 
RKSOLUlIONS  IN  THE  ILLINOIS  HOUSE 
OF  EHPRKSENTAT1VE3. 

CoLUMBUa,  Feb.  9. — Great  indignation  is 
expreaserl  here  at  the  treatment  of  ex-Go  v. 
Wells  by  the  Democratic  officers  of  the  House, 
and  much  sympathy  is  felt  lor  him  in  the  per- 
secution he  endures. 

Springfield,  Feb.  9. — In  the  House   to-day, 

Mr.  Morrison,  of  Morgan  County,  submitted  a 
resolution  denunciatory  of  tbe  alleged  action 
of  Congress  in  treating  Messrs.  Wells  and  An- 
derson in  a  baroarouH  manner,  and  calling  on 
the  IlLiuois  Representatives  to  protest  in  the 
name  ot  the  State.  A  motion  to  table  the  res- 
olution was  lost  and  it  was  referred  to  the 
Committee  on  Federal  Relations. 


THE  BET.LE  OF  TBE  GRAND  DUKE'S  BALL. 

Special  DUpateh  to  the  New- York  Times. 

Norfolk,  Feb.  9. — The  ball  given  in  this 
city  last  night  in  honor  of  Grand  Duke 
Alexis  and  the  officers  of  the  Russian  fieet, 
now  anchored  in  this  port,  was  the  grandest 
affair  ot  the  kind  given  here  since  Lafayette's 
reception  many  years  ago.  For  the  first  quad- 
rille the  royal  set  was  made  up  as  follows : 
Grand  Duke  Alexis,  and  the  wife  of  Commo- 
dore T.  H.  Stevens;  Vice  Admiral  Boutakoff, 
and  the  wile  of  Cant.  J.  H.  Russell  ;  Admiral 
Stephen  D.  Trencaard,  and  the  wife  of  Capt. 
W.  W.  Queen;  Commodore  Stevens,  and  the 
wile  of  Dr.  Kennedy;  Among  tbe  many  hand- 
some ladies  present  Miss  Minnie  G.  Hayes,  of 
Gramercy  Park,  New-York,  was  perhaps  the 
most  conspicuous.  She  was  a  worthy  repre- 
sentative of  American  beauty  and  intelligence. 

A  BANK  DEFAULTER  INSANE. 
Indianapolis.  Feb.  9. — At  Franklin,  Ind., 
this  uoming,  R.  T.  Taylor,  the  defaalting  cashier 
of  the  First  National  Bank  of  that  place,  was  foanil 
in  the  backroom  of  Dr,  Pdvno's  offlse  in  an  aoooa- 
soiouii  and  apparentl.y  dying  condition.  He  has 
l>e«D  remoTed  tu  his  own  residence.  The  dootori 
declare  tbat  he  is  insane.  His  condition  is  at  leatt 
very  critical,  as  he  Is  snbleot  lo  heart  disease.  He 
has  no  monev  with  him,  but  says  his  traveling  bag, 
whioh  was  supposed  to  contain  money  taken  from 
tbe  bantr,  was  left  in  a  caboose  car.  it  Is  tbouebt 
tbat  be  wrrived  daring  last  night  on  a  freight  train. 
He  says  he  has  been  absent  six  years.  At  1  o'clock 
this  aiMmoon  Taylor  seain  became  ODcouscioas. 
The  belief  in  FrankUn  is  that  tbe  loss  to  tbe  bank 
will  roaoh  tl75.000.  The  general  ledger  va6  other 
Wh^cjit  VAold.  luki«kJJ^odkm  «<-w«»xtanoe  are  still  misabia. 


THE  POBTE  ON  THE  CONFEBENCE. 
A    CntCDLAB    JUSTIFYING    THB     REJECTION 

"  OF  THE  PBOPOSALS  OF  THE  POWERS. 

CoNSTANTiNOPLi!,  Feb.  9. — The  circular 
of  tbe  Porte  on  tbe  £ailure  of  the  conference, 
dated  Jan.  25,  after  recapitulating  the  argu- 
ments justifying  the  rejection  of  t^e  propo- 
sals of  the  powers,  comments  in  a 
very  contemptuous  tone  on  the  asser- 
tion made  by  Gen.  Ignatieff  at  the 
final  sitnng  of  the  conference  that  tho  Porte  by 
its  action  had  virtually  abrogated  the  Treaty  ot 
Paris.  The  Porte  declares  nothing  would  have 
been  easier  for  the  Turkish  delegates,  if  thoy 
had  considered  such  course  expedient, 
than  to  show  that  Gen.  Ignatieff's 
assertion  was  defective,  both  in  form  and  sub- 
stance. The  delegates,  however,  reatained  si- 
lent, as  Gen.  Ignatieff's  remarks  were  irrele- 
vant to  tbe  object  of  the  conference.-  The 
European  delegates,  bv  their  silence,  gave  an 
unequivoeal  sign  of  astonishment  at  the  lan- 
guage in  which  (Jen.  Ignatieff  pretended  to  ex- 
press the  views  of  the  whole  conference. 


GREAT  BRITAIN  AND  TURKEY. 

ATTITUDE  OP  THE  POLITICAL  PARTIES 
IN  PARLIAMENT  AS  SHOWN  IN  THE  RE- 
CK.NT  DEBATE — THE  LIBERALS  IN  FA- 
VOR OP  CO-OPH  RATION!  WITH  THE 
POWERS  TO  COERCE  TURKEY. 

London,  Feb.  9.— Detailed  reports  of  tbe 
speeches  made  yesterday  by  Earl  Granville 
In  the  House  of  Lords  and  the  Marquis 
of  Hartinjrton  in  the  House  of  Com- 
mons, show  that  the  Liberal  Party  intended 
to  uphold  the  view  that  England  should  co- 
operate with  the  other  powers  for  the  coercion 
of  Turkey,  and  even  co-operate  with  Ru8.sia 
alone  it  the  other  powers  declined  to  act. 

Earl  Granville  said :  "  If  the  Government  in- 
fluence were  used  in  persuading  Europe  in  ono 
bod.y  to  come  forward  aud  insist,  as  they  have 
a  moral  and  lust  right  to  do,  that  Turkey  shall 
perform  the  promises  she  has  so  long 
delayed,  the  result  could  not  bo  douDt- 
lul.  It  may  be  said  you  are  not  ablo 
to  persuade  the  European  powers,  but  I  am 
not  sure  that  the  impression  does  not  prerail 
that  England  Is  the  only  obstacle.  At  all 
events,  you  would  not  be  much  worse 
off  alter  makihg  the  attempt.  Will  any- 
body tell  me  that  if  once  the  Turks 
got  it  into  their  heads— if  they  really 
believed  that  not  only  England,  but  the  whole 
ot  Europe,  is  absolutely  and  seriousij'  in  oarnesit 
in  this  matter— tbat  Turkey,  which,  up  to  this 
moment,  has  been  influenced  bv  one  power,  could 
resist  tbe  united  powers  of  Europe  ?  1  believn 
it  would  be  utterly  unnecessary  to  resort  to 
eoercion.  I  believe  if  the  Governinent  will  iol- 
low  tbat  course  they  will  meet  with  great  suc- 
cess, and  they  will  receive  the  congratulations 
and  approval  of  all  parties  and  all  classes  ot 
this  country." 

The  Marquis  of  Hartington  said:  "There 
are  some  among  us — I  trust  that  the  Govern- 
ment do  not  belong  to  the  number — wbo  look 
with  calmness,  if  not  satisfaction,  at  the 
prospect  of  leaving  Turkey  and  Russia  laco 
to  face,  and  the  prospect  of  war  between  thciii. 
I  ask  whether  tho  "danger  of  that  positiou 
as  regards  English  interests  has  diminisbed  ( 
Whfcther  it  bas  not  rather  increased  since  the 
time  when  Canning,  rather  than  enco'iiiter  tho 
perils  of  such  a  situation — rather  th.an  allow 
Russia  to  take  upon  herself  singly  tho  task  of 
enforcing  tho  proposals  which  bad  been 
agreed  upon  between  Eogland  and  Rui<aia  as  to 
the  affairs  of  Greece — was  willing  even  to  go 
the  length  of  proposing  t»  co-operate  with  Rus- 
sia for  the  purpose  of  attaining 
tbe  end  in  view.  I  am  unwilling 
to  believe  that  tho  resources  of  diplomacy 
are  exhausted  by  tho  failure  ot  the  coniePencc. 
Ot  this,  at  all  events,  I  am  sure,  that  the  Gov- 
ernment will  take  a  heavy  responsibility  upon 
themselves  if  tiiey  do  not  strive  to  do  cvery- 
thine  in  their  power  to  preserve  concerted  ac- 
tion among  the  powers  for  tho  accomplislimout 
ot  those  beneficent  ends  for  which  the  couIVt- 
ence  labored,  but  unfortunately  labored  vainly 
to  attain." 

The  Pall  Mall  Oasette,  this  afternoon,  iu  a 
leading  article,  says:  "Sir  Stattbrd  North- 
cote's  speech  ia  the  House  of  Com- 
mons last  evening  can  signify  nothing  but 
this,  tbat  he  camnot  admit  the  great 
powers  have  done  with  tho  propcsals 
of  tho  conference  because  they  have  been  re- 
jected bv  the  Porte,  uor  allow  that  the  new 
'furkish  Constitution  is  to  be  taken  as  an 
answer  to  the  wish  and  appeal  of  the  powers." 
The  Pall  Mall  Gazette  thinks  that  the  Gov- 
ernment in  the  Lords  and  Commons  have 
spoken    with     different     voiaes.       It    adds: 

"Perhaps  Midhat  Patha's  tall  and  Eilboiu 
Pasha's  accession  may  have  suggested  to  cer- 
tain members  of  the  Administration  tbat 
Lord  Salisbury's  threatening  laneuage  at  the 
close"  of  the  conference  maybe  repeated  with 
advantage  now.  


GENERAL  PHASES  OF TRE  QUESTION. 
SERTIA  AND  THE  JEWISH  AND  ARMKNIAN 
POPULATION — PRESS  CENSORSHIP  IN 
RU.SSIA  IN  THE  INTEREST  OF  PEACE. 

London,  Feb.  10. — The  Times  dispatch 
from  Belgrade  says  the  Servians  declare  It  iiu- 
possible  to  discuss  a  stipulatian  for  grant- 
ing privileges  to  Jews  and  Armenians 
equal  to  those  enjoyed  by  other  Servian 
subjects.  The  opposition  is  actuated  by  trade 
jealous.y,  and  comes  &om  a  combina- 
tion of  Belgrade  merchants  wbo  influ- 
ence the  elique  whioh  iumishes  Ministers 
for  both  political  parties.  Servia  does  not 
seriously  object  to  any  other  of  the  Turkish 
conditions.  M.  Kartsoff,  tho  Russian  Consul 
General,  is  still  openly  opposing 
peace.  He  is  recognized  as  identi- 
fied with  the  plans  of  the  Sclavonic 
societies.  It  is  believed  in  the  highest  circles 
that  official  Russia  earnestly  desires  peace  be- 
tween Servia  and  Turkey,  as  it  would 
remove  a  cause  of  constant  irritation 
with  Austria  and  leave  Russia  at  liberty 
to  deal  yyitli  Bulgaria.  The  Russian  Sclavonic 
societies  desire 'War.  believing  that  Turkish  oc- 
cupation would  follow  and  force  the  Russian 
Government  to  take  active  steps  imme- 
diately. They  also  desire  to  provoke 
the  Hungarians,  believing  that  the  Sclavouians 
in  Austria  must  triumph  if  aroused  by 
any  overt  act  of  the  Hungarian  minority. 
The  question  of  peace  or  war  bangs  upon 
the  relative  strength  of  the  influence  ex- 
ercised in  Belgrade  by  official  aud  unofficial 
Russia.  Four  thousand  men  left  Belgrade  on 
Thursday  for  Glad  ova.  The  Servians  are  con- 
centrating all  their  forces  in  that  quarter. 

The  Vienna  correspondent  of  1'he  Daily  Tele- 
graph says  it  is  reported  that  Russia  ia  about 
to  mobilize  three  more  army  corps  to  operate 
on  the  Upper  Danube  in  the  event  of  war. 

A  dispatch  from  Vienna  to  the  Standard  re- 
ports that  the  Chief  of  the  St.  Petersburg  Press 
Bureau  has  been  dismissed,  by  order  of  the 
Czar,  for  permitting  journals  to  use  language 
detrimental  to  peace  and  concord  with  Inendly 
Governments. 

The  Roumanian  Government  has  sent  home 
tbe  reserves  recently  called  out. 

MISCELLANEOUS  ' ' FOREIGN    NOTES. 
THE  HUNGARIAN  CABINET  CRISIS — A  DECREE 

DISSOLVING  THB    SPANISH'  SENATE    AND 

ORDERING  NEW  ELECTIONS. 

Vienna,  Feb.  9. — Baron  Sennyey,  leader 
ot  the  Hungarian  Conservatives,  and  Herr 
Von  Szekhely,  President  of  the  Court  of  Cas- 
sation, arrived  here  to-<tay  to  open  negotia- 
tious  respecting  the  formation  of  a  hew  Hun- 
garian Cabinet. 

Madrid,  Febu  ft,— The  Tiempo  announces 
ihat  the  King  has  oigned  a  decree  dissolving 
the  Senate  and  ordering  fresh  elections.! 

London,  Feb.  10. — A  dispatch  to  the  Daily 
News  annotmces  that  M.  l^Etlou,  of  the  Belgian 
Ministry,  has  resigned  on  account  of  the  oppo- 
lutLoxx  to  tb9  Electoral  bilL     XhAra  ha«Jt  \ytteisx. 


several  disturbances  lately,  caused  by  the  on 
popularity  of  the  Dill . 

THE  ASHTABULA  DISASTER. 


TESTIMONY  OF  CBABLE3  HILTON,  A  HEW- 
YORK  CENTRAL  CIVIL  ENGINEER — THK 
BRIDGE  NOT  ONE  HE  WOULD  RECOM- 
MEND FOR  RAILROAD  TRAFFIC. 

Cleveland,  Feb.  9. — ^The  Leader's  Ashtabula 
special  says  at  the  Inqaest  to-da.y  Charles  Hilton  testi- 
fied as  fullQws :  Am  a  civil  engineer  in  tbe  employ  of 
the  New- York  Central  and  Hudson  Elver  Itailroad 
Company;  made  a  thorongh  examination  of  the 
broken  bridge ;  think  tbe  lower  lateral  braces  were 
n«t  attached  at  tbe  best  points,  but  It  did  not  mate- 
rially injure  tbe  bridare,  because  of  tbe  stiffness  of 
the  lower  chords;  In  my  examination  ot  the 
bridge  I  found  nothing  to  indicate  that  the  braces 
bad  moved  from  their  original  position  in  tbe  bridge 
before  it  fell ;  do  not  consider  the  disnlacement, 
cutting  away  of  the  main  braces,  and  the  misplace- 
ment at  the  lower  lateral  bracing  as  all  rlsht,  but 
would  not  con.^ider  tbat  these  defects  would  con- 
stitate  a  fatal  clement  of  weakness  in  the  bridge, 
considering  tbe  bridge  to  be  In  perfect  repair ;  it 
WRS  one,  however,  which  he  would  not  recommend 
for  railway  traffic. 

Mr.  Hilton  is  the  last  of  the  expert  wltnessfls  to 
be  examined  by  tbls  court.  Two  or  three  other 
witnesses  will 'probably  be  beard  within  the  next 
few  days,  alter  which  the  jury  will  adjourn  for  a 
week  to  allow  tbe  Coroner  opportunity  to  attend  to 
outside  matters  periaining  to  the  verdict.  The 
]ary  will  then  reconvene  and  render  a  verdict.  The 
three  unidentified  bodies,  which  were  left  in  the 
vanlt  for  identification,  have  been  ordered  buried. 


TROUBLESOME  INDIANS. 


AN  ATTACK  ON  A  RANCH  ON  HORSE  CBEBK 
AND  ON  OTHER  PLACES — WHITE  MEN 
WOUNDED THE  INDIANS  REPULSED. 

Cheyenne,  Feb.  9. — A  party  of  Indians,  sup- 
posed to  be  Cheyennes.  made  an  attack  on  Chase's 
ranch,  on  Horse  Creek,  30  mile*  north  of  this  plaee, 
yesterday  evenlne.  A  force  of  15  citizens  mus- 
tered, gave  the  Indians  battle  and  drove  them  ofi, 
capturing  fonr  of  their  ponies.  No  whites  were  in- 
jured. A  detachment  of  the  Fifth  Cavalry  left  Fort 
Itnosell  this  morning  to  endeavor  to  intercept  the 
Indian;. 

Deadwood.  Feb.  9. — On  Tuesday  last  Hessra. 
Dean  an  1  Young  departed  from  Spear  Fish  tn  a 
a  wagon,  for  a  bant.  When  four  miles  from  town 
they  wore  fired  upon  by  a  band  of  20  Indians.  At 
the  first  volley  Dean,  who  was  driving,  received 
two  wuunds,bntmaDaeed  to  keep  bis  seat  and  control 
the  lioraea.  iriving  his  companion  opportonity  to  use 
bis  rifle.  By  itieir  coolness  and  conrage  the  men 
made  tbeir  escape.  Dean's  wounds  are  severe, 
though  nut  fatal.  Last  night  Indians  made  a  dash 
OQ  tbu  ranches  a  short  distance  from  Crook  Ciiy, 
kiUini;  Thomas  Waldron,  of  Montana,  and  wound- 
ioe  another  mm  severely,  and  sncceeded  in  carry- 
ing away  about  50  horses.  The  roan  who  was 
wounded  vucceeded  in  killing  one  Indian. 


TELEGRAPHIC  MATTERS. 

San  Feancisco,  F-eb.  9. — Relative  to  the 
rumors  of  tbe  con<iolidallon  uf  the  Atlantic  and  Pa- 
cific Telecraph  Company  with  the  National  Tele- 
graph Company,  ot  San  Francisco,  the  report  la 
generally  considered  here  as  a  stock-Jobbing  dodee. 
loquiry  at  the  Bank  of  California  falls  to  elicit 
whether  the  latter  company  has  any  fnnde  to  Its 
credit  there.  The  records  of  the  Cotmty  Clerk's 
oflico  show  that  tbat  company  was  incorporated 
with  J25,0u0,000  capital,  of  which  17.500,000  were 
subscribed,  and  10  per  cent,  of  tbe  subscribed  capi- 
tal wae  aliened  to  have  been  paid  id.  Where  that 
amount  is,  or  wbat  has  become  of  it  cannot  be  as- 
certained here. 

Indianapolis.  Feb.  9.— Judge  Drummond.  in  his 

decision  In  the  tJuited  States  (^ourt  vest«rdav,  oon- 
tinuius:  the  injnnctien  heretofore  granted  in  tbe 
matter  of  tho  W  estem  Union  Telegraph  Company 
againot  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Telesrapn  Com- 
pany, restraining  tbe  latter  company  from  erecting 
a  hno  of  telein'aoh  along  the  Ohio  and  ;ui«sis»ippi 
RHilway,  alf^o  said,  if  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Com- 
pany conld  make  a  case  of  necesa>ity.  he  would  bear 
an  apDltcatioD  for  leave  to  proceed,  in  the 
•Slate  Court,  after  notice  to  the  Western  Union 
Company,  but  in  the  earlier  part  of  his  opinion  be 
had  strootfly  intimated  tbat  there  could  hardly  be 
such  a  necessity. 


MARINE  DISASTERS. 

Glodcestek,  Feb.  9. — It  is  reported  here 
that  the  schooner  General  Grant,  of  this  oort,  while 
on  a  hernnc  trip,  struck  on  a  rocic  off  Long  Har- 
bor. Ifewfonndland,  and  became  a  total  wreck. 
The  crew  were  saved. 

Savanxah,  Fob.  9.— The  Norwesrian  bark 
Ueland,  laden  with  guano,  from  Liverpool  for  this 
port,  went  ashore  at  Simon's  Beacb  vesterday. 
The  Captain  and  crew  were  saved,  but  the  vessel 
aud  car/o  will  probably  be  a  total  loss. 

LoxDON,  Feb.  9. — Th«  Italian  Dark  Bozzo.  Capt. 
Poeui,  from  London  Jan  22,  in  ballast,  lor  Balti- 
more, collided  with  a  French  fishing  vessel  off 
Beachybead  on  Wednesday.  Both  vessels  sunk, 
and  four  sailors  of  the  Freoch  one  were  drowned. 
The  other*  have  landed  at  New-Haven.  The  Brit- 
ish ship  Ellen  Goudy.  Capt.  Perry,  which  sailed 
Irom  San  Francisco  Ane.  23,  for  Antwerp,  was  lost 
off  the  Society  Islands  Oct.  4.  1876.  The  crew  have 
arrived  here. 


LOSSES  BY  FIRE. 


A  fire  broke  out  in  Swanton.  Vt.,  Thursday 
night.  Seven  buildings  were  destroyed,  including 
Hogle'a  block,  tbe  largest  bailding  ia  tbe  town. 
The  following  are  the  principal  losses  :  C.  C.  Long. 
14,000;  Mra.  Barney.  »3,000.-  H.  W.  Farrar,  $1,000  ; 
M.  J.  Hoglc.  flO.OuO;  W.  H.  Blake,  hardware, 
¥18,000;  0.  D.  Mason,  harness,  |2,003;  D.  £.  Bran- 
daee,  crockery.  $3,000;  B.  B.  Blake,  dry  Kuods. 
$11,000;  S.  A.  Adams,  books,  (2.500  ;  B.  D.  Marvin, 
Ory  goods,  $5,000,  The  losses  by  other  parties 
amount  to  $4,000  mort.  There  is  insurance  cover- 
ing about  two-thirds  of  the  loss. 

The  window-curtains  on  the  third  floor  of 
tbe  residence  of  Mrs.  Mary  J.  Disbrow,  No.  235 
Fifth  avenue,  were  ignited  by  a  gas-jet  last  even- 
ing, and  the  fire,  snreadlns  throaEhont  the  apart- 
ment, damaged  tbe  faroiture  to  the  extent  of  $1,000. 

The  Mount  Mineral  Springs  House,  a  Sum- 
mer hotel  in  Shntesbnrg,  Mass..  owned  hy  Charles 
A.  Perry,  was  destroyed  by  tire  on  Wednesday. 
Tue  loss  is  $13,000  ;  Insuranco,  $7,000. 

Tbe  boiler-house  and  dye-house  connected 
with  D.  &,  H.  Stearns'  flannel  mills,  at  Pi trsfluld, 
Mass.,  were  destroyed  by  tire  Thursday  night.  The 
loss  is  12,000  ;  insured  for  $1,000. 

The  cider  mill  of  Thomas  Mitchell,  at  Ash- 
land, Mass.,  has  been  destroyed  by  fire.  The  loss 
is  $3,500.;  partially  insured. 

A  block  at  Turner's  Falls,  Mass.,  owned  by 
Mrs.  M.  Bane,  was  burned  Thursday.  Tbe  loss  is 
$3,000;   weU  insured. 


THE  ICE  IN  THE  SUSQUEHANNA. 
PoKT  Deposit,   Feb.   9. — The  'ice-gorge  oon- 
tinnes  to  settle,  and  a  large  channel  ia  working  its 

way  tbrongh  alons  the  Harford  shore.  Tbe  field 
extendine  from  Mount  Ararat  to  Havre  de  Grace 
remains  unbroken.  Below  Havre  de  Grace  the  ice 
is  all  gone  on  tbe  western  side  of  tho  Bay,  and  on 
tbe  eastern  side  there  are  large  channels  through  It. 

The  river  is  falling,  and  the  water  Is  quite  clear. 
Nochine  can  make  trouble  bnt  the  br6ait.iog  away 
«f  the  gorges  above,  or  a  sudden  rise  in  the  river 
brought  on  by  heavy  rains.  Things  have  resumed 
their  usual  aspect,  and  comparatively  little  atten- 
tion is  now  paid  to  tne  iee-eorjce.  The  river  is  un- 
changed at  McCalls  and  Columbia. 

A  SALT  LAKE  WHISKEY  CASE. 
Salt  Laej:  City,  Feb.  9. — The  jury  in  the 
Ebemke  case  to-day  gave  a  verdict  of  $23,000  against 
Clinton,  ex-Police  Jndge,  for  the  destruction  of  11- 
qufira  by  his  order  in  1870.  This  was  a  continuation 
of  the  celebrated  Englebrecht  case,  whose  Uqnor 
store  was  declared  a  nuisance,  and  liquors  de- 
stroyed. Verdicts  In  favor  of  tbe  plaintiff  were 
formerly  given  In)  the  Territorial,  District,  and  tia- 
preme  Coarts.  but  the  decisions  were  reversed  by 
the  United  Ssates  Supreme  Court  on  acconnt  of  ir- 
regnlanty  in  drawing  tbe  juries;  hence  tbe  new 
trial. ^ 

THE  PACIFIC   RAILROAD  INDEBTEDNESS. 

San  Francisco,  Feb.  9— The  trial  of  the  case 
of  the  United  States  against  the  Ceatral  Paciflo 
Railroad  Company,  to  recover  5  per  cent,  of  tbe 
net  earnings  of  the  road  from  July  16, 
1669,  ^to  Oct.  31,  1874,  commenced  m  the 
United  States  Circuit  Court  to-day.  The  amonut 
involved  Is  fl,83b.63S  10.  The  testimony  for  the 
Govamment  will  not  be  very  voluminous,  as  a  stip- 
uUtion  bas  been  made  between  counsel  that  all 
allegations  in  the  complaint  shall  be  considered 
valid  and  the  complaint  be  considered  proved,  ex- 
cept tbat  the  road  was  completed  at  the  time  al- 
leged, and  tbat  tbe  net  eamiags  of  the  road  amonnt 
to  ttifi  sum  namad.  S3a.7Sa.7e' 


THE  INVESTIGATIONS. 


THR  HOUSE  AND  THE  LOUISLdSA 
CASE. 

AMUSElfENTS  07  THE  DEMOCRA-nC  STATBfr 
MEN  SENT  TO  WATCH  THB  CO0NT— 
EX-SENATOR  TRUMBTTLL  AND  GOVi 
PALMER     DANCING     AT     A     QUADROON 

BAIX A     COMIC      SCENE      BEFORE  '    THB 

HOUSE    COMMITTEE     ON    POWERS    ANB 
PRIVILEGES — NO  IMPORTANT  TES3TMONV 
RLICITED. 
Special  Dispatch  to  the  New-  Yort  Tl^ttM. 

Washington,  Feb.  9. — Mr.  David  Dudley 
Field's  Committee  on  the  Powers  'and  Privi. 
leges  of  tbe  House,  having  failed  to  elicit  anj 
testimony  damaging  to  the  Republican  Party» 
or  the  cause  of  President-elect  Hayes,  has  be- 
gun to  amuse  itself  by  inquiring  into  the  pri* 
vate  life  and  recreation  of  the  gentlemen  who, 
at  the  request  of  tbe  President  of  the  Uniited 
States,  went  to  Louisiana  to  witness  the  count  oJ 
the  Returning  Board.  For  a  short  time  this 
morning  the  Democratic  members  of  the  com- 
mittee made  an  attempt  to  prove  thatthe  Louis- 
iana Electors,  Brewster  and  Levissee,  were  not 
eligible.  Not  being  successful  in  this,  they  al- 
lowed  the  Republican  members  of  the  commit- 
tee to  call  some  of  their  witnesses,  when  it  was 
proved  •'  beyond  all  question  that  Mr. 
Field's  friend,  Maddox,  was  an  adven- 
turer and  a  man  of  no  charaeter.  Mr. 
Ditty,  of  Baltimore,  was  one  of  tbe  gentlemen 
who  swore  to  these  facts,  and,  hoping  to  break 
down  bis  testimony,  Mr.  Field  and  his  asso 
ciates  went  into  a  vigorous  examination  of  Ida 
private  life.  It  will  be  remembered  tbat  Mr. 
Ditty  was  one  of  the  gentlemen  who  went  to 
New-Orleans  at  the  request  of  the  President,  and 
on  behalf  of  tho  Republican  Party,  to  wiCnesa 
the  proceedings  of  the  Returning  Board.  This 
fact  was  brought  out  in  the  evidence, <when 
Mr.  Sparks,  who  was  acting  aa  Chairman  -of  the 
Committee,  was  prompted  by  some  evil  dis- 
posed person  to  ask  the  witness  if  he  bad  at. 
tended  any  balls  while  in  New-Orleans, 
•'  Yes,  Sir,"  said  Mr.  Ditty,  very  frankly, 
"  I  was  at  one  dance  given  'by  some 
very  light-colored  pecple."  "Oh,  then,  you 
were  ono  of  t'aose  who  went  to  the  black 
women's  hop,  about  which  so  much  has  been 
said?"  exclaimed  Mr.  Sparks.  '"Yes,"  replied 
the  witness,  "  L  was,  if  you  call  quadroons 
black  women."  This  answer  created  much 
merriment  amon^  the  room  full  ot  spectators, 
and  Mr.  Sparks,  sitting  back  in  his  ohaix 
with  as  much  apparent  satislaction  as  if  he 
bad  discovered  a  gold  mine,  asked:  "So,  then 
this  was  the  way  tbe  Kcpublican  statesmen 
amused  themselves  J  They  were  away  from 
their  families,  and  took  the  opportunity  to  go 
to  balls  given  by  colored  women  l"  "  I  t«ld 
my  wife  all  about  it,"  replied  Mr.  Ditty,  amid 
a  roar  ot  laughter.  Then  Mr.  Sparks,  not  con 
tent  to  let  well  enougti  alone,  asked:  "Wen 
there  any  other  Republican  Repre 
eentatives  present  1"  Tbe  witness  saic 
that  he  did  not  know.  "Was  Senator 
Sherman  present  ?"  asked  Mr.  Sparks.  "  No 
Sir,  he  was  not,"  was  th^  emphatie  answei 
"  Was  Gen.  Garfield  present  V  was  the  r«xi 
question.  "  N«,  Sir,  he  was  not,"  was  ugaii 
the  answer,  At  this  point  Mr.  Field,  h  Avin4 
senee  enough  to  ece  tbat  no  more  goo< 
could  come  to  liis  side  from  ^airthei 
testimony,  was  about  to  dismiiis  th« 
witness.  The  Republican  member'i  of  ths 
committee  seemed  willing  to  allow  this  to  be 
done,  when,  suddenly.  Judge  Lawrence  asked 
the  witness  if  Judge  Trumbull  and  other  Dem 
oQrats  were  not  also  present  at  the  ball  r« 
ferred  to.  Mr.  Ditty  replied  with  coBsidarabie 
eagerness,  "Oh,  yes  ;  Judge  Trumbull  was  there» 
and  60  was  Gov.  Palmer,  of  IllinoisT^and  both  at 
them  danced  with  the  girls."  For  amoment 
there  wa«  an  almost  painful  silence  in  the  coin- 
mittee-room,  and  then,  as  the  spectators  ,T6k 
called  old  Mr.  Trumbull's  white  hair,  and  lAuk, 
Withered  form,  and  imagined  him  daacing 
with  a  blooming  New-Orleans  qurjSroon, 
they  broke  into  a  shout  of  laughtej 
which  could  not  be  controlled  or  suppressed 
When  some  degree  ot  quiet  was  restored,  and 
the  Democrats  had  time  to  consider  how  ter 
ribly  they  had  "put  their  foot  in  it,"  Mr. 
Sparks,  with  a  great  deal  of  embarrassment, 
made  an  effort  to  throw  a  mantle  of  ch^it) 
over  his  gay  old  fi-iend  TrumbulL  H« 
could  only  do  so  by  bringing  Mr, 
Ditty's  testimony  into  question,  and  hi 
tried  to  do  this  by  exclaiming, 
"lam  sure  that  Judge  Trumbull  will  pro 
nounce  all  this  story  to  be  stuff."  At  this  tb« 
witness,  with  much  heat,  and  very  properly, 
stated  that  Mr.  Sparks  had  no  right  to  speak 
in  that  w^av  of  his  evidence   given    under  oath. 

Judge  Lawrence  took  the  eamo  view,  but  ho 

was  quickly  silenced  by  Mr.  Sparks,  who  told 
him,  with  great  rudeness,  that  what  he  said 
was  not  true.  This  ended  the  disgraceful  scene 
which  seemed  to  be  hugely  euioyed  by  Mr. 
Field.  The  regular  business  of  the  committer 
was  then  proceeded  witb,  but  no  new  facts  of 
importance  were  brought  out. 


TESTIMONY  OF  /  COUNSEL  FOR  THE  DEM- 
OCRATIC PARTY  BVFORE  THE  RETURN 
INQ   BOARD. 

Dispatch  to  the  Associated  Press. 

Washington,  Friday,  Feb.  9,  18TI. 
The  Committee  on  Powers,  Privileges,  and 
Duties  of  the  House  continned  the  inveatisatton  of 
the  Lonisians  election  imbroglio,  and  called  to  the 
stand  Jndge  Charles  Cavanac,  of  New-Orleans,  Ad- 
ministrator of  Commerce  for  that  city,  wbo  stated 
tbat  he  was  one  of  the  connsel  for  the  Democratio 
Party  before  the  Returning  Board;  knows  Ray,  who 
was  connsel  for  the  Kenublicana,  and  attended  aa 
snch.  He  stated  tbat  O.  H.  Brewster,  one  of  tb» 
Republican  Electors,  is  Surveyor  General  of  thb 
United  States  Laod  Office  for  Lonipiana,  and  tfaav 
A.  B.  Levisse.  another  of  the  Electors,  is  United 
Slates  Commissioner ;  Levisse  acted  as  Commis- 
sioner as  late  as  Nov.  19;  knows  '^  Brewster  to 
have  acted  aa  late  as  Nov.  10  ;  he  also  stated  that 
the  ratarns  from  the  Commissioners  of  Election  of 
Vernon  Parian  were  sent  in  to  the  JEteturning  Board 
on  Dec.  2,  and  opened  in  witness'  presence  ;  the  re- 
turns  from  Vernon  -  Parish  had  been  received  on 
Nov.  28. 

By  Mr.  Lawrence— Gk>v.  Wells  directed  tbe  Com 
missioners'  returns  to  be  tumea  over  to  the  clerks  i 
when  the  rernms  irom  Vernon  Pariah  were  opened 
by  the  board  on  Nov.  28  there  were  only  two  votej 
canvassed  for  the  Repubhcan  Electors ;  if  they 
Bbow  any  alterations  now,  these  must  have  been 
made  since. 

By  Mr.  Burohard— Has  heard  that  both  Brewster 
and  Liovisse  have  rpsianea  their  respective  offices. 

By  Mr.  Field— Very  few  affidavits  before  the 
board  were  signed  without  cross  marks;  but  two 
oat  of  twenty  bad  onginal  signatures ;  there  was 
but  one  parish  in  tho  Stare  in  which  the  protests 
and  affidavits  accotnpauied  the  returns  iuaooord- 
anoe  with  tbe  law,  aud  tbat  was  in  tbe  Parish  of 
Concordia;  the  Democrats  applied  to  the  board  to 
fill  the  vacancy  un  the  board  on  Nov.  18,  and 
next  day  the  board  d<!cided  and  Gov.  Wells  as- 
noonced  that  they  would  not  accede  to  the  request ; 
Judge  Cavanac  stat-.'.i  that  some  affidavits  bosnns 
<iate  Nov.  13  were  received  by  mail  from  Be  Sotc 
Parish  on  the  mornin>(  of  Nov.  25;  wltaesa  asked 
Mr.  Abell,'  one  of  the  clerks  to  the  bo^rd,  whes 
those  affidavits  had  been  received,  and  the  olexk  xft 
plied  that  they  bad  been  received  Nov.  18 ;  a  min- 
ute later  be  saw  Mr.  Kenner  go  to  the  olerk,  and 
whisper  Bometbin?,  and  then  tbe  olerk  mads  sobm 
etaaDges  on  the  recei  pt-book  s  witness  asked  A.beU 
wbat  he  was  doinK.  and  tb*  latter  replied,  "XFotb- 
ing;"   Witness  then   took  tte  receip^Dot^  and 

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The  eommittee  at  1  o'clock  took  a  reoeas  until 

OAPT.  Drrrr's  testxuokt. 

After  the  recess,  Capt.  C.  Irrinz  JHttv,  of  Bmltt- 
more,  was  examined  by  Mr.  Lawrence  with  refer, 
enco  to  the  character  of  J.  H.  Maddox,  and  stated 
that  the  latter'H  reputation  as  to  trntU  and  veracity 
amonc  the  citizens  ot  Baltimore  was  not  eood,  and 
witness  would  not  believe  him  DQdec  oath ;  Madf 
dox's  reputation  for  honesty  u  not  very  good  either. 
Mr.  Lawrence  offorsd  to  prove  that  Maddox  offered 
to  furnish  a  Confederate  reeiment  with  clothing 
from  tbe  Korth  ;  that  bo  solicited  oentrlbatlons  of 
money  and  tobacco,  but  never  furnished  the 
oiotblojr ;  and  also  that  Maddox  furnished  the  Con* 
lederate  Ooveroment  with  sapplies. 

Q.— WhataoTou  know  aouat  Maddox's  connsc- 
tion  with  the  Confederate  service  f  The  witnesa 
stated  thst  he  had  no  personal  knowledsb  of  the 
facta  above  enamerated,  and  that  the  only  persons 
who  coalQ  give  proper  testimony  noon  tbese  points 
were  Gon^  Bradley  T.  Johnson  and  his  Adjutant 
Goneral,  Booth;  the  general  lamor  was  that  Had> 
oox  did  ndt  furnish  the  clothing  he  had  azreed  to 
fornisb  ;  ititneas  saw  Maddox  in  New-Orleans  last 
November,  at  the  St.  Charles  Hotel  j  Mrnddoi  told 
Witness  that  he  waa  In  2f ew-Orleans  ostensibly  as  a 
revenue  agent,  but  that  in  reality  he  was  a 
confidential  BKent  of  the  President  of  the 
Ui^lced  States ;  that  he  had  a  report  near- 
ly written  wUicb  be  would  show  witness 
next  day ;  that  he  wu  acquainted  with  the  people 
in  New-Orleans,  wbo  saopoaed  him  to  be  a  Demo- 
crat; that  ho  bad  received  very  valuable  informa- 
tion which  would  be  of  great  Qervice  to  the  com- 
mittee of  which  witness  was  a  member,  and  re- 
quested an  introduction  to  Mr.  Gartield  or  Senator 
Kherni&n ;  witness  mentioned  tbe  matter  to  Senator 
Sherman,  who  saidtnat  Maddox  was  proablr  not 
trastworthy  i  iritness  went  to  New-Orleans  at  the 
request  of  the  President  of  the  ITnlted  States  to 
(Tiiuess  the  count  of  the  vote  by  the  Keturning 
Board. 

In  answer  to  Mr.  Field  witness  said  he  has  not 
circulated  ii^Jarious  reports  about  Maddox;  has 
stated  fasts,  and  can't  help  it  if  these  tacts  are  in- 
]arioas  to  Maddox;  has  written  an  article  in  the 
Ualtimore  American  of  a  column  In  length,  con- 
cemloK  Maddux;  has  been  a  Democrat  all  his  lite, 
but  voted  for  Hayes  and  "Wheeler  at  tbe  last  elec- 
tion; witness  waa  in  the  Confederate  Army.  The 
witness  related  his  action  at  tlie  time  the  Federal 
troops  passed  through  Caltimore  ou  April  19;  wit- 
ness was  sittrue  in  his  office,  when  a  citizen  came 
In  and  told  him  that  the  troops  vrere  flrmg 
upon  the  citizens;  witness  took  up  a  gau 
and  rushed  into  tbe  street,  but  too  late;  never 
made  any  remarks  relative  to  the  safety  ot  Presi- 
dent Lincoln's  life;  uttered  no  threats  against  Mr. 
Lincoln  prior  to  the  latter's  inangturatlon ;  was  to 
be  uraered  once  to  capture  President  XJncoln,  but 
tbe  order  was  never  carried  out;  Gren.  Bradley  L. 
Johnson  told  witness  shortly  before  tbe  battle  of 
IreviUian's  Depot  that  an  important  move  was  to 
t>e  made,  and  tound  from  tbe  book  wbicb  Gen. 
Johnson  afterward  published  that  Mr.  Lincoln's 
capture  was  contemplated,  but  that  the  battle 
at  XrevUlian's  Depot  interfered  with  the  execa- 
uou  of  the  Bcbem^;  it  was  not  in  aid  of 
any  scheme  of  J.  WilKes  Booth  ;  witness  denied 
ever  hsviog  remarked  that  he  would  assassinate 
President  Linoola  on  hia  passage  through  Haiti- 
rimore ;  no  such  proposition  was  ever  made  m  wit- 
ness' presence;  never  proposed  to  raise  the  black 
4ag,  and  never  heard  this  mentioned;  there  was  a 
vroclamatlon  in  general  orders  by  President  Jeffar- 
aon  Davis,  in  obedience  t*  whion  any  Confederate 
soldier  would  have  shot  on  sieht  any  of  the  persons 
named  tberein;  Gen.  Benjamin  P.  Butler  was  one  of 
the  persoufl  named ;  coald  not  recolleot  the  names 
>f  the  otbers. 

In  answer  to  Idr.  Sparks,  witness  said  that  whlie 
he  was  in  New-Orleans  be  attended  a  quadroon 
ball,  and  danced  there;  he  told  hia  wife  about  it, 
and  a  number  of  other  ladies  and  gentlemen;  Hob. 
Lyman  Trumbull  was  there  aiao,  aiid  danced  wltti 
Vhe  girls;  Mr.  Sherman  and  Mr.  QarQeld  were  not 
there,  bat  a  number  cf  gentlemen  of  both  visiting 
committees  were  there. 

Quite  an  altercation  arosa  at  this  point  between 
tbe  members  of  the  Cummittee  and  the  witness, 
Mr.  bparks  having  said  that  be  believed  that  Judge 
i'rumbull  would  designate  the  witness'  story  as 
"aruff,"  and  Capt.  Ditty  replyinn,  with  some  show 
ot  anger,  that  if  the  Chairman  meant  to  insinuate 
that  hia  [the  witness']  statement  was  unime,  he 
[the  Cnairmani  assumed  something  which  he  had 
no  right  to  assume.  He  stated  tbat  all  parties 
went  CO  the  ball  as  a  matter  of  curiosity,  and  men- 
tioned, aa  one  of  the  ftatures  of  the  ball,  a  woman 
with  pink  eyes.  The  latter  portion  of  the  witness' 
testimony  caused  considerable  hilarity. 

ATTEMPT  10  BbIbE  AN  ELECTOR, 
£ow    tilden'3     agents     in     louisiaka 

WORKED   TO     SECURE     HIS     ELECTION — 
ACirVB    DEM0CBAT8  ANXIOUS    TO    BDT 

AW   ELECTOR THE      MONEY   SAID    TO    BE 

KEADY  TO  THE  AMOUNT  OF   ^200,000. 
"WABHiSGTOir,  Friday,  Feb.  9,  1377. 

The  Senate  Sub-committee  on.  Louisiana 
jDet  at  10  o'clock  this  morning.  A.  £.  Levisae,  of 
Louisiana,  an  alleced  ineliKible  Hayes  Elector,  was 
sworn  and  examined  by  Mr.  Saulsbury.  AVitness 
resides  at  Shreveport,  bat  spends  one-half  of  hia 
time  in  New-Orleans  ^  has  been  Circuit  Judge  four 
and  a  half  years,  and  has  held  the  offlt^  of  United 
Stales  Commissioner  I  waa  elected  a  Hayea  Elec- 
tor at  the  last  election  ;  was  also  Attorney  for  his 
District  of  Shreveport ;  was  appointed  United 
States  Cemmissiener  September,  1374 ;  was  ap- 
pointed by  Judee  Woods,  of  tbe  Circuit  Coutt; 
the  appointment  of  Commissioner,  witness  thinks, 
miy  be  made  by  the  Judge,  whether  assisted  by  the 
court,  or  or  whether  the  court  be  In  soasion  or  not  : 
he  held  the  ofUee  of  Commissioner  until  about  the 
SOtQ  of  Xovembar,  1876;  took  alBdayits  in  relation 
to  the  election  ;  was  holding  tbac  office  on  Nov.  7 
last,  and  continued  to  discharge  its  duties  after- 
ward; took  affidavits  concerning  the  election  at 
Shreveport ;  the  latter  place  is  about  700  miles 
from  New-Orleans  by  the  river,  or  by  rail  throngh 
Texas ;  acted  aa  an  Elector  ou  the  6  th 
day  of  December;  met  in  the  College  of  Electors; 
not  at  the  first  meeting  they  held,  but  did  finally 
during  tbe  day,  and  cast  his  vote  for  Hayes  and 
Wheeler  for  President  and  Vice  President ;  did  not 
act  at  first  with  tbe  Electoral  College,  but  did  so 
finally.  fAIr.  Wadleigb  submitted  copies  from  the 
Circuit  Court  of  Louisiana  of  tne  appointment,  re- 
signatlOD,  and  acceptance  of  tbe  resignation  of  the 
witness  as  a  United  States  Commissioner,  which  the 
witness  admitted  to  be  trae  copies,  and  were,  by 
common  consent,  admitted  as  evldeuse.J  Witness 
was  notified  of  ih^  acceatance  of  bis  resignation  ou 
the  dale  when  it  was  made;  can't  say  wbat  court 
was  In  Bossion  at  tbe  time ;  witness  was  not  pres- 
ent in  tbe  court  when  the  order  was  made ;  can't 
■ay.  whether  the  Circuit  Court  or  the  District 
Court  was  in  session. 

Mr.  Saulsbury — The  (ranscrlot  shows  that  only 
Judue  Eililugs,  of  tbe  Dialriot  Court,  was  presenu 
Witness — That  is  probably  true;  the  resignation 
was  entered  to  have  the  effect  of  vacating  the 
office,  and  not  simply  tu  evade  tbe  dis- 
qualification of  witness  as  an  Elector;  it 
was  made  iu  entire  trood  faith,  and  not 
aa  a  dooge  or  evasion;  witni.'ss  has  never,  aince 
tbat  date,  said  to  any  one  tbat  bin  resignation 
waa  not  necassary,  but  has  said  that  he  had  ctraat 
doubts  whether  hia  office  of  CoBsmissioner  was  a 
disqaalificaiion  under  the  Constitution;  cannot  say 
that  Qe  ever  ar^uPd  such  a  proposition  with  Judge 
Bagan;  George  L.  Smith  ttioic  witness'  resigna- 
tion to  ibo  court,  and  in  as  hour 
afterward  it  was  accepted ;  received  no 
information  from  Judge  Woods  of  tbe  acceptance 
of  tbe  resigoatlun;  had  no  reason  to  doubt  Smith's 
word  io  the  matter  ;  witness  sent  his  resignation  to 
Jud;;e  Woods,  inclosed  m  a  letter  to  Smith,  from 
Shreveport,  requesting  Smith  to  bave  it  attended  tu; 
Smith  ueglecteu  to  see  to  it  until  after  witness  went 
to  New-Orleans,  theu  witness  called  his  attentiou  to 
It  and  be  did  so;  has  do  id«a  tbat  Woods  ever  re- 
solved tbe  resignation  in  person,  other  than  the 
record  «  of  the  court. 

Mr.  Saulsbury  read  from  the  Sherman  report  an 
iffidavit  with  no  affiant's  signature  attaobed  tolc, 
tafcen  before  Levisse  on  the  19:h  of  November,  18T8, 
which  tho  witnesa  thought  must  be  a  mistake. 

TILDES'S  ATTEMPT  AT  BEIBERT. 
In  answer  to  Mr.  Wadfeigb,  witnesa  said  a  propo- 
dtiun  was  made  to  him  for  a  consideration  to  cast 
tils  £Iecioral  vole  for  Samuel  J.  Tilden ;  on  the  4th 
>f  December  last  witness  was  in  New-Orleans,  at 
ihe  residence  ot  Mrs.  Barlow,  iu  Consiantiuople 
itieet;  on  tbat  day  witness  dined  out  and  returned 
aume  about  9  o'clock  in  tbe  evening;  as  soon  as  he 
ireut  to  the  parlor,  Mrs.  Barlow  aud  her 
laughter  being  present,  one  of  them  gave 
;ho  -witness  a  note  aslting  witness  to 
meet  C.  N.  Johnston  at  Casstday's  Hotel 
it  9  A.  U.,  on  important  business;  Johnston  wrote 
:tie  note  at  Mrs.  Barlow's  house;  witness  read  the 
note,  and  tbe  ladies  asked  witness  wbat  it  meant; 
witness  replied  that  he  had  no  idea;  the  laaies  told 
wiiuess  they  tbought  that  Johnston 
wanted  to  get  witness  to  vote  for  'Tilden; 
johuaton  was  an  active  Democrat ;  jobnston  called 
next  moroiog  before  breakfast,  and  witness  vent 
down  tu  see  him  ;  he  asked  witnesa  if  he  pot  a 
note;  witness  reuliedyes;  he  then  asked  witness 
to  meet  S.  Al.  Asbnr,  ot  Sbreveporc,  at  Casstday's 
tarly  that  day^  witness  made  an  eugagemsni  to 
meet  theui  at  i  o'clock;  witness  bad  known  Aabnr 
as  aban'i^er  at  Shreveport  six  or  eight  years;  he 
had  recently  failed  as  a  banker,  and  was  in  New- 
Urieaus;  witness  became  strongly  impressed  with 
the  idea  that  tbe  ladles  were  right  in  their  con- 
ietuie,  and  after  reflection  went  to  disclose  to 
Marsbal  Pitkin  bis  suspicions ;  witness  suggested 
u>  the  latter  -that  bo  would  nut  propo69  to 
■  bluff  the  thing  off  but  to  temporize,  to  ascertain 
who  tho  backers  were,  and  as  many  nanies  as  posii- 
ble  In  connection  with  it;  also  tor  tbe  ptirpose  of 
iombating  other  attempts  of  the  same  kind ;  met 
Aihur  at  1  o'clock  :  we  walked  to  a  retired  part  of 
the  town ;  he  said  he  bad  important  business  to 
propose;  witness  encouraged  him  to  go  ahead;  he 
maue  apologetic  explanations  and  remarks,  and 
wud  he  would  make  a  fair  proposition  aa  a  broker ; 
be  then  oresented  his  offer,  whether  witness  would 
be  willing  to  rect-ive  a  ceruln  ^nm  of  money, 
say  tSOOOO  or  ^40,000,  and  refuse  to  receive 
bis  certificate  as  an  Elector;  witness  pve 
no  tiireot  answer,  and  asked  several  questiona, 
ind  finally  said  the  prlpe  wa*  tno  small,  and  that  ha 
ml"bt  as  wellreoefve  1200  000  as  140,000,  that  it 
was  a  big  obfttee  to  make  a  big  thing;  that  it  only 
bappMod  once  in  a  hundred  year*  that  one  man  had 
an  opporinnlty  to  make  a  President,  aad  finally, 
ihat  Johnston  might  aay  to  hia  frtenda  that  Levlas* 
•TM    juit    uttviililv   to  hMUoi  ut  a   nraootitlon, 


bai  tliat  "tliey  had  not  -cot  -«»».^  •  ta;| 
prtoe  yet;  lut  bun  after  appointiac  an- 
other plaee  of  meeting  tbat  night  at  7  o'clock ; 
it  was  at  the  St  Charles  Hotel ;  met  that  nlghi 
again,  and,  as  the  rotunda  was  full,  went  out  and 
walked ;  Ashnr  then  changed  bis  proposltioo. 
and  said  that  witness  would  be  required  to  oast  Ida 
vote  for  Tlldeb ;  witness  replied  tbat  this  was  a  new 
question,  and  put  him  off  and  stuck  to  bXt  jmae  of 
$200,000;  finally,  aftet  close  inquiry,  witness 
wanted  to  know  who  his  backers  were;  tnen 
he  went  off  to  see  his  friend  or  prompt- 
er, and  was  back  in  half  an  hour; 
witneas  asked  him  whom  he  bad  been  to  aeeb  and 
be  gave  tbe  name  of  Walter  Pngh  ;  witness  don't 
know  Walter  Fugh  or  wheiher  Pugh  knows  wit- 
ness ;  Asbnr  said  1100,000  was  the  utmost  that 
could  be  raised  by  Pugh  or  the  banker^,  and  aeked 
witness  to  go  with  him  the  next  morning  to  a  cer- 
tain place  ou  tbe  Common,  and  there  they  would 
meet  two  men ;  as  Ihey  aoproaobed  the  two  men 
were  to  come  and  meet  them;  Pagh  ^would  be 
one  of  tbem,  and  the  other  would  be 
the  moneyed  man ;  witness  and  Ashnr  went  to 
tbe  place  appointed  and  met  two  men  as  described ; 
tbe  man  said  to  be  the  moneyed  man  witness  recog- 
nized as  Mr.  HernandeK,  a  prominent  New-Orleans 
broker;  Hernaodea  spoke  to  witneas  and  witness 
introduced  Ashur  to  bim;  Hernaudez  wished  to 
talk,  aud  witness  declined,  saying  Hernandea  could 
talk  with  As  bur,  as  be  was  the  party  to  talk  to: 
witness  then  went  home,  stter  making  an  appoint- 
ment for  tbe  next  morning  at  tbe  hotel;  met  AsDur 
next  day  at  11  o'clock,  and  made  another  appoint- 
ment for  13  o'clock ;  met  Aahnr  at  13  o'olook, 
when  be  said  to  witness  that  |100,000 
was  all  that  could  be  raised ;  witness  siuck  to  bis 
(300,000,  and  said  it  waa  not  worth  while  to  talk 
about  it  any  more;  Asbur  is  a  Jew,  a  fine  business 
man,  and  a  good  neighbor;  witness  regretted  to 
have  to  expose  bis  name  ;  witness  reported  all  these 
proceedings  to  Pitkin  aa  tboy  transpired,  aud  Pit- 
ken  was  well  satisfied  with  what  witneas  had  done; 
has  never  seen  Johnston  since. 

UNDER  CBOSS-BXAMIMATIOIT. 

Crosa-exammed  by  Mr.  Saulsbury,  witneas  said  ; 
The  fltst  suggestiou  about  buving  witness'  vote 
came  from  Mrs.  Barlow,  who  so  expressed  her  sna- 
splcioos)  this  was  ou  the  night  of  tbe  4th  of  De- 
cember, and  two  days  before  the  promulgation  of 
tbe  returns  ;  Mrs.  Barlow  is  a  widow  of  Judge  Bar- 
low, of  Kaptdes  Paristi  ;  is  about  33  or  33  yeara  of 
age,  and  very  good-looking,  and  as  shrewd  and 
sharp  as  any  woman  witness  ever  saw ;  hare 
known  her  personally  a  little  over  two  years ;  she 
does  not  keep  a  boarding-bouse,  aud  witnesa  is 
tbe  only  one  wbo  boards  in  the  house;  pays 
ber  |5'J  per  month;  that  la  ber  principal 
means  of  support ;  only  pays  board  to  her 
in  New-Orlenns,  which  IS  about  half  tbe  time;  her 
house  rents  for  $50  per  month  ;  she  is  a  lady  «<f  high 
respectability  aud  much  esteemed  in  her  church  and 
by  her  neigbbors  ;  she  owns  the  houiie  she  lives  in  ; 
when  Johnston  came  to  Mrs.  Barlow's,  he  remarked 
that  he  would  like  to  be  in  witness'  shoes,  as  he 
could  make  1300,000  in  two  days ;  don't  think  Mrs. 
Barlow  originated  tbe  remark  about  t200,000 ; 
she  stated  to  witness  that  Johnston  said  it; 
don't  koow  what  Johnston's  occupation  is;  bis  wile 
is  a  woman  ot  some  wealth  ;  Johnston's  interview 
with  witness  at  Mrs.  Barlaw's  house  on  kis  second 
visit  there  did  not  last  over  two  minutes ;  went  to 
tbe  hotel  ta  see  Asbur  per  appointment,  and  took 
A  walk  With  nim  oa  a  back  street ;  witness  listened 
to  Ashnr'a  proposition  to  draw  him  our,  and  get 
down  to  wbo  his  responsible  backers  were; 
witness  put  him  oS'  till  tbac  night  to  got  the  names  ; 
had  GO  original  intention  to  accept  tbe  proposition 
not  to  vote,  and  for  such  nou-aotion  to  receive  (30,- 
000  or  t40,000:  witness  named  1300,000  as  a  more 
proper  consideration  for  a  big  thing  ;  left  Aehnr  to 
infer  that  for  that  sum  witness  would  be  persuaded 
to  do  wbat  waa  desired ;  never  did,  on  tbat  or  any 
other  occasion,  say  that  for  a  money  oonsideration 
witness  woo  Id  vote  as  these  men  desired; 
never  suggested  that  be  would  accede  to  their 
propoaitiou  aud  make  a  speech  to  tbe  Keturning 
Board,  placing  his  action  for  not  voting  tor  Hayes 
on  high  moral  grounds;  such  a  saggestlon.  how- 
ever, was  made  to  witness  by  Asliur,  but  witness 
didn't  agree  to  it;  witness'  manner  at  all  the  in- 
terviews with  Asbnr  was  to  cause  Uim  to  lufer  that 
tbs  proposition  not  to  vor«  for  Hayes  or  to 
vote  for  TUden— as  circumstancea  might  dic- 
tate—that witneas  waa  open  to  a  negotiation  ; 
still,  witness  never  intended  t<^  negotiate  ;  thougn 
witness  thiuics  his  saggestioa  tor  t200,OUO 
looked  like  positive  eucouragemeut  to 
Ashur  tbat  be  aud  bis  backers  might  nego- 
tiate with  witness;  all  the  interviews, 
from  first  to  last,  were  witbin  S4  hours ; 
it  was  at  tne  second  interview  with  Ashur  tbat  he 
made  the  proposition  that  witness  would  be  re- 
quired not  to  refuse  to  receive  his  certificate  of  elec- 
tion, bat  to  receive  it  and  vote  affirmatively  for  Xil- 
dent ;  at  the  thiru  interview  the  name  of  Pugu  was 
named  to  witness  aa  the  party  behind  Aahur, 
(witness  never  auoke  to  Pugh  nor  saw  him  ;)  then 
witness  and  Astiur  went  to  tbe  corovr  ot  Common 
and  Carondelet  street  to  meet  two  men  who  wete  to 
talk  about  money ;  as  witness  and  Asbnr  ap- 
proached, one  ot  the  two  men  atandtng  there  with- 
drew  and  the  other  remained,  and  that  party  was 
Joe  Hernandez ;  witness  introduced  Ashur  to  Her- 
nandez, who  invited  bim  and  witneaa  to  go  iito  bia 
office  with  him  ;  witness  declined  aa  before  statsd. 

THS    MO:$£T   KEADT. 

At  tbe  very  latest  interview  the  next  morning 
Asbur  stated  that  the  $100,000  was  watting  for  hiui ; 
witness  had  never  meuiioued  any  sum  less  tbau 
$300,000,  and  then  intormed  Ashur  that  it  waa  use- 
less to  continue  the  negotiation. 

A  protracted  cross-uxamination  by  Mr.  McDonald 
elicited  little  new  testimony  from  witness,  except 
tbat  ou  the  conclosiou  of  the  interviews 
witness  went  to  the  State-honse,  arriv- 
ing about  3  o'clock  in  tbe  afternoon; 
went  to  the  Governor's  room,  aud  proceeded  to  the 
Senate  Chamber  at  near  4  o'olooK  P.  M.,  where  tbe 
vote  for  President  was  cast,  and  at  tbat  meeting 
witness  announced  to  tbe  Electors  tbat  he  had  been 
offered  $100,000  to  cast  his  vote  tor  Tilden  ;  never 
had  any  conversation  about  the  sale  of  bis  vote  ex- 
cept with  Asbur;  O.  U.  Brewster  was  present  at 
the  State-bouse  on  the  day  tbe  Electoral  vote  |waa 
cast;  witness  don't  remember  what  hs 
did  with  himself  during  the  three  hours 
tbat  elapsed  between  the  last  interview 
with  Asbur  aud  the  time  of  his  arrival  at  tbe  State- 
buuie,  except  that  he  was  in  and  out  of  tbe  Mar- 
shal's office,  and  went  to  see  a  fire ;  witness  had 
some  doubt  about  his  being  a  qualified  Elector,  and 
delayed  going  tu  the  college  tor  tbe  reason  stated, 
tbat  if  there  was  any  doubt  of  it  he  would  decline 
to  act,  and  the  board,  under  tbe  State  law,  could 
then  elect  some  otie  in  bis  piaco;  did  not  go  ne.ir 
the  place  until  near  4  o'clock  ;  was  notified  that  be 
was  wanted  ip  the  Senate  Chamber;  went  there 
and  read  the  proceedings  of  the  college,  wherein  that 
body  had  declared  a  vacancy  in  consequeaoe  of 
witu'jss'  absence,  and  had  elected  bim  (witness) 
to  till  the  Vacancy;  witness  tbeo  oast  bit  vote; 
there  bad  been  a  question  of  doubt  as  to  witness' 
eligibility  and  witness  decided  to  abanilon  his  idea 
of  acting;  tho  friends  of  Mr.  Hayes  said  if  there 
waa  any  doubt  tbe  other  aide  would  take  advantage 
of  it,  BO  witness  determined  not  to  servot  these 
doubts  were  existing,  and  perhaps  dissolved  by 
witness'  determination  to  allow  a  vacancy  to  occur 
while  tbe  negotiations  were  going  on  with  Asbnr; 
it  was  only  after  such  vacancy  was  created  by  wit- 
ness' absence  and  his  election  to  fill  tbat  vacancy 
took  place  that  wttneaa  appeared  in  the  college  and 
voted. 

The  eommittee  here  adjourned  until  to-morrow 
moruing  at  lO'o'slock. 

IBK  NEW  M'JNADNOOK. 
The  San  Francisco  Post  of  Jan.  29th  aays  : 
"  Work  baa  been  rasamed  witbin  the  last  few 
weeks  at  Tallelo  ou  the  new  iron  hull  for  the 
United  States  monitor  Mon»iuock.  The  Mauad- 
nock  was  built  during  the  war  aa  a  double-turret 
monitor.  The  hull  was  of  wood,  and  rotted  away 
so  completely  tbat  two  years  ago  II  waa  determined 
to  bave  a  new  iron  hull  built  for  her.  The  con- 
tract was  given  to  Pblneas  Burgess  St  Co.,  who  con- 
structed a  slip  nearly  opposite  Mare  Island,  brought 
on  tbe  most  powerful  maobluery,  punches,  drills, 
Sec,  from  tbe  East,  and  commenced  the  work  over 
a  year  ago.  Her  Iron  frames  are  only  two  feet  apart, 
and  every  fifth  one  forma  a  water-tight  bulkhead. 
The  ram  is  of  the  most  nowerfal  form,  while 
massive  orsast-hooka  give  all  the  necessary 
strength  to  hsr  bows.  Should  tha  ram  be 
intured  or  her  bows  sttrve  in,  a  water.tigfat  collision 
bnlkbead,  termed  of  balf-lnok  iron  plates,  will  ena- 
ble bar  to  keep  afiaat.  There  is  a  similar  bulkhead 
aft.  The  centonr  of  the  bottom  resembles  some- 
what the  loiigitudmal  section  of  an  egg.  This  form 
gives  great  buoyancy,  and  will  enabln  the  ship  to 
carry  her  Immense  turrets,  armar,  and  stores  with 
ease.  The  plates  until  within  four  feer,  and  a  halt 
of  the  water  line  are  one-quarter  inch  thick.  For 
four  and  a  half  feet  below  the  water  line  she  ia  ar- 
mored with  seven-inch  plates,  and  tbe  upper  deck 
is  formed  ot  two  courses  ot  one  and  a  quarter  loob 
plates,  which  overlap  and  are  riveted  through  and 
through.  But  very  little  caulking  had  been  done, 
and  the  closeness  with  wbioh  the  edges  of 
the  plates  have  been  brought  together  shows 
that  no  pains  bave  been  spared  to  make  her 
a  credit  to  California  builders.  The  turrets 
of  Itbe  old  Monadnock,  two  in  number,  now  lying 
at  Mare  Island,  will  be  used  iu  tbe  new  ve'ssel. 
They  will  carry  two  heavy  guns  in  each,  and  are 
protected  by  lO-inch  plating.  She  will  be  driven  by 
twin  screws.  This  will  enable  her  to  be  bandied 
easily,  as  with  one  goingahead  and  tke  other  astern, 
Bhe  will  be  able  to  turn,  figaratively  speaking,  on  a 
dollar.  Her  dimensions  are:  length,  270  feet; 
beam.  57  feet,  and  depth  of  bold,  14  feat.  Her  dls- 
plaeement,  with  stores  and  all  ready  for  a  cruise. 
Will  be  about  5,000  tons,  equal  to  a  little  over  5,700 
tons  bniden.  She  will  bave  18  inches  iree-board. 
It  is  exiieoted  that  the  new  Monadnock  will  be 
ready  for  sea  in  six  months.  She  will  be  used  for 
the  delenae  of  the  harbor  of  Ssa  Francisco.  Her 
coat,  when  ready,  will  bo,  in  round  numbers, 
$1,090,000.  The  work  is  being  executed  by  Edwin 
W  slab,  under  the  snpervlsiOD  of  Kav.il  Constructor 
Mnnda,  United  States  Navy,  Maro  Island." 

SILVER  UOININ  SAN  F&AN01800. 
Tbe  San  Franoisoo  CaU  of  tha  Istinat.  says: 
'*  Consider  the  fearful  discount  in  this  city  on  sil- 
ver coin  I  Brokers  have  purchased  in  aome  in- 
stances tnia  week  as  low  as  7'^6— nearly  8  per 
cent,  discount.  This  condition  of  things  has  been 
brought  alMut  bv  the  suipment  of  silver  cola  to 
this  State  when  it  was  worth  several  cents  on  a 
dollar  less  than  it  is  at  tbe  present  time  in  the  At- 
lantid  States.  Greenbacks  have  advanced  here  as 
well  as  in  the  East ;  but  owing  to  an  over-snpplv 
of  balf-doUars  in  Csiifornia,  silver  coin  has  not  ad- 
vanced, but  rather  declined  in  value.  The  injury 
to  t<adc  is  considerable  from  the  depreciation  iu 
silver  coin  ;  bat  business  man  have  been  iu  hopes 
a  Change  for  the  better  would  occur,-  from  legUla- 
tlou  bv  Congreaa  or  tha  appreciatlou  of  ailrar  bol- 


DEATH  BT  THE  HANGMAN. 

CBIMiyAL  JUSTICE  IN  NEW-JBB8ETf 

GOV.  BEDLB'S  veto  of  the  bill  OROSiSh 
IJfG  THE  COUBT  TO  OBANT  A  WRIT  ofr 
ERROR  IN  THE  CASE  OF  THS  NEWARK 
UUBDERER8 — THE  GOVERNOR'.^  VIEWS 
ON  THE  ATTEMPT  TO  REPEAL  A  LAW 
SANCTIONED  BT  OVER  EIGHTY  TEABS' 
EXPBBIENOB. 

from  Our  Oisn  OorruvondtM, 

Tebntoh,  Friday,  Feb.  9,  1877. 
The  fair  fame  of  Jersey  jastice  has  drawn 
from  Gkir.  Bedle  a  veto  of  the  bill  passed  by 
both  hooaes  last  week  commanding  the  ooort 
to  grant  to  Oschwald  and  Byan,  the  Newark 
murderers,  and  all  other  murderers  as  a  matter 
of  right,  a  wnt  ot  error  and  stay  of  cxecation, 
Tbe  Senate  convened  in  special  sesaion   this 
mornine  to  receive  the  veto  message.    It  was 
read,  and  on  motion  of  Senator  Magla  was  or- 
dered printed.    The  Constitution  forbids  the 
consideration  of  a  veto  on  the  day  on  which  it 
is  received.    A  day  has    to  intervene  between 
tbe  time  of  its  reception  and  the  time  of  acting 
npon  it.    Nor  can  it  be  sent  to  tbe   House  of 
Assembly  in  the  event  of  us  passage   in  the 
Sepate  over  the  veto  until  24  hours  shall  have 
passed  from  the  time  of  action  in  the  Senate. 
Its  passage  by  both  houses  cannot  have  been 
accomplished  until  Wednesday  of  next  week, 
one  day  betoro  the  expiration  of  tbe  reprieve 
recently  granted  by  G^ov.  Bedlo.      A  strong 
effort  will  be  made  to  pass  it  over  the  Gov- 
ernor's veto,  but  it  18  doubtful  if  it  will  succeed . 
The    document     is    very    voluminous    and 
leaves    nothing    to     be   said     on    the    Gov- 
emor'a    side    of   the    case.      Be^nning    with 
a  reference  to  tbe  hasty  manner  in  which  the 
bill -was  rushed  throu<;b  the   houses,  the  Gov- 
ernor calls  attentiou  to  the  fact  that  the  law 
which  it  seeks  to  repeal,  having  been  passed  iu 
1795,  has  been  sanotionod  by  82  years  of  usage. 
The  special  application  to  tbe  case  of  the  New- 
ark murderers  he  declares  to  be  of  but  second- 
ary importance   aa   eompared  with  the  radical 
changes  contemplated  in  the  administration  of 
criminal  law.    The  purpose  of  requiring  trials 
tor  murder  to  take  place  in  the   Court  of  Oyer 
and  Terminer   is  tbat  a  Supreme  Court  Judge 
who   is  learned  in  the  law  may  preside  over  it, 
and  a  writ  of  error  c^u  lead  to  the  reviewal  of 
the      case      in      tbe      higher      courts      only 
on    questions    of     law,    and    not     of     fact. 
The  law   making  a  writ   of  error  in  murder 
oases  onlyawriD   of  grace  having  been  in  ex- 
istence in  the    State  siuoe  New-Jersey  became 
a    State,   the    prisoners    hud    all   the    oppor- 
tunities for  dolense,  respite  and  mercy  which 
had    ever    been     accorded    to     any    criminal 
iu  the  State.     The  pruiiosition  made  by  the  bill 
is  to  accord  n  writ  of  error  as    a  matter  of 
right,  and  to  compel  the    court  to  stay  execu- 
tion, whether  there  bo  any  reason  for  it  or  not. 
Tbs  law  requiring  that    the  writ  shall  issue  iu 
the  judgment  of  tlie  Chancellor  is  based  on  the 
fact  that  bia    habits  ot   thou;;ht  and  good  con- 
soience  fit   him    tojudgeoutbe  reasouabieuess 
of  the  grounds  on  which  it  is  ask>id,  and  nat- 
urally iuciiiio  him  to  extend  any  favor  to  the 
accused       that        the        law       will        permit. 
if      the      bill        becomes      a      law     its      ef- 
fect     will      be     to     enable      the      accused, 
alter  indictmeut,  trial,  ami  sentence,  alter  tbe 
reprieviug  aud  pardoning  power   bad    been   in- 
voked, and  wlieu   his  execution  is  pending,  to 
take  mil,  of  his  own  will,  a  writ  ot  ernn*  and 
stay  of  executiou.     Thou  follows  an  appeal  to 
tbe  Supreuio    Court   and   the  Court   ot    Errors 
aud  Appeals,  with  tbe  delays  incident  thereto. 
That  would  be   ail   right,  it    the  prisopor  bad 
auy  reasou   lor   it ;    but  tho  bill   gives  him  the 
ricnt  to  do  it  whether  there  is  reason   for  it  or 
not.    It  will  be  in  the  power  of  the  prisoner  to 
stay     any     execution      Just     on     the     eve 
of  its   accomplishment,  aud   secure  months  of 
delay  withaut  excuse.     Dela.va  are  often  per- 
nicious to  [luahc  peace  aud  justice.    Tke  guilty 
thereby  frequently  escape,  while  in   fact   the 
innucout  aru   not   bettor   protected.     Thoy  are 
encouragements  to  crime  aud  dangerous  to  lite, 
irue  enougli,  wnta  oi  error  are  matters  of  right 
in  lesser  crimes  than  muriler  j  but  in  none  does 
it  stay  tbe  suntouco;  uud  it  the  prisoner  de- 
sires It  alter  sentence,  it  can  do  no  one  any 
harm  to  grant  it.    Tho  Oovernor  reviews  brief- 
ly the   history  of  criminal  jurisprudence  in  the 
State,  and  says  that  under  the  law  of  1855  tha 
Oyer  and  Terminer,  on  any  question  ot  doubt 
or  difiiciilty.  would,  for  its  uwu  guidance,  seek 
tho  opinion  of  the  Supremo  Court    Tiiut  prac- 
tice   Btlll    exists.      Bills    ot   exception  are   of 
modern  date.     Tliey  are  obtained  in  the  course 
of    tite    trial    whenovtr    tho    prisoner  sees  tit 
to      except — aud      there      ought,     iu      plain 
justice  to  tho  public,  when  a  murder  has  been 
committed,    be    some    power    which,    without 
delay,  can  examine  and  ascertain  wlictber  the 
exceptions  are  frivolous  or  not  before  tbe  writ 
is  granted.     The  Cliancellor,  who  is   the  I'ro- 
sidmg  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Errors  aud  Ap- 
peals, ia  the   most  appropriate  odio^r  fur  that 
purpose.    Thia  machinery   of  tbe  law  should 
not  be  used  at  the  mere  will  of  the  prisoner  tu 
accomplish   delay   in  this   highest    of   crimes. 
We  have  seen  the  ill  eil'ects  of    too  liberal  a  use 
of    the    proceedings    of    the  courts    in    other 
States,  aud  if  the  ubauge  proposed  is  made  iu 
our  law  the  dav  of  caaital  punishment  in   this 
State  has  gone,    in  Mew- York  tbe  appeal  aud 
stay  ot  executiou  are  nut  of  right,  but  the  ability 
to   apply   to  auy   one  of  tho  various   Suprome 
Court  Judges  bus  created  delays  and  damaged 
the  adiniuisiratiau  ot  justice  iu  that  State.     Ot 
25  States    tbe  statutes  of  which  the  Governor 
has  inve^stigated,   in   only  one   (Pennsylvania) 
cau  be  tind  tbat  a  stay  of  execution  follows  aa 
a    matter  of  course,    as  proposed  by  this   bill, 
upon  tbe  writ  of  error,  and  the  Supreme  Court 
of  that    State   havu  set  the  seal   of  their    con- 
demnation   upau  that  form  ot  procedure,     in 
sonclusion    the  Governor    says,  "I  earnestly 
submit  for  the  good  of  the  State,  and  ou  behalf 
of  its  peace  and  criminal  jurisprudence,    that 
this  bill  should  not  become  a  law.    The  respon- 
sibility is,  however,  with  those  who  bave  power 
to  again  pass  it,  and  my  duty  is  done  in  stating 
these  objections  aud  ueuliniug  to  sign  it." 

TWO     NEGBO     MEiS     EXECUTED    /iV 
.  MAHYLAHiD. 

THE  CRI.\IE  OF  WHICH  TIIEY  WERE  CON- 
VICTED—HOW THEY  WERE  ARRESTED — 
THEIR  CONFESSION  —  THffi  EXECUTION 
WITNESSED  DY  A  LARGE  NUMBl«B  OF 
PERSONS. 

dpteial  Dlipateh  to  the  New- York  Ttm<«. 
Poet  Tobacco,  Feb.  9.— Charles  Henry 
Simpson  and  Martin  Henry,  convicted  of  the  mur- 
der of  John  \V.  Everett,  on  tbe  Olb.ot  July  last, 
were  hanged  at  noon  to-day  at  this  place.  From  early 
dawn  to  the  time  of  execution  hundreds  of  people 
were,  arriving  from  the  surrounding  country. 
By  9  o'clock  tbe  thorougbfarea  were 
blocked  up  with  thouaaiids,  all  anxious  to 
witness  the  execution  of  tbe  two  men.  Curing  tbe 
night  both  Henry  and  Simpson  rested  well,  and  from 
early  morning  until  about  11  o'clock  they  received 
religious  consolation  from  Father^  McAteo  and  Wi- 
gate.  Shortly  after  11  o'clock  the  procession  left 
the  lail,  headed  by  a  posse  of  armed  citizena.  The 
short  distance  to  tbe  scafiold  was  soon  accom- 
plished, tbe  prisoners  showing  no  signs  of  fear 
whatever.  They  stepped  upon  the  platform,  and 
prayed  while  the  shrouds  and  hoods  were  beiug  ad- 
losted.  Tbe  ropes  were  placed  about  tbeir  necks, 
tne  lever  ol  the  dtop  touched,  and  at  11:32  o'clock 
the  unfortunate  meu  were  swung  into  eternity. 
Eleven  minutes  after  tbe  drop  the  bodies  were 
lowered,  both  with  life  extinct.  Both  men  died  ol 
strangulation.  At  1  o'clock  their  bodies  had  been 
buried,  aud  the  crowds  were  dispersing  to  their 
homes. 

Tbe  murder  of  wbicb  thesa  two  men  were  con- 
victed waa  one  of  tbe  moat  cruel  character  on  re- 
cord, and  tne  popularity  of  tbe  murdered  man,  and 
the  BUbsequeut  insanity  of  Miss  Ivins,  an  ao- 
complishe;!  and  handsome  young  lady  of 
Charles,  invested  the  crime  with  mure  than 
the  usual  interest,  aud  created  a  deep  and  wioe- 
spread  excitement  tnrougb  Southern  Maryland. 
Mr.  £verett  waa  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  Mr.  Warren, 
at  GlyuoDt.  On  tbe  night  of  the  9th  of  July  last 
be  closed  tho  store  ua  tuoal,  and  retired  to  reiit  in  a 
room  auove.  The  weaine^  being  very  worm  he  laid 
a  pallet  npon  the  flour,  a  low  opeu  window  being  on 
either  side.  The  next  morning  Mr.  Beverly  Barkley 
went  to  Warren's  store,  and  Everett  not  rising  as 
usual  he  ascended  tbe  stairs  through  tbe  store  door, 
which  was  open,  and  found  Everett  lyiag  on  the 
pallet  dead,  with  his  head  battered  in  with  a  heavy 
wagou-spoke,  which  wai  found  covered  with  blood. 
Every  effort  was  made  to  arrest  tbe  snspected  mur- 
oerers,  but  they  were  all  unsuccessful.  Several  ai  • 
rests  were  made,  but  tbe  parties  were  all  discbar,(ed 
from  custody.  At  last  Col.  L.  W.  B.  Hutchins,  of 
Charlotte  Hall,  St.  Mary's  Count;,  undertook  tbe 
task  of  ferreting  out  the  men  and  bringing  them  to 
justice.  He  ascertained  that  Simpson  had  been  liv- 
iug  with  a  colored  woman  named  Jane 
Butler,  at  Oakville,  St.  Mary's  County. 
He  watched  the  letters  eomlng  to  her,  and  saw  that 
all  her  lettera  were  mailed  at  Sandy  Springs,  Mont- 
gomery County,  and  were  signed  James  Batlar. 
He  threw  a  decoy  letter  in  for  Butler,  the  answer 
to  which  exBoaad  his  real  name  and  whereaboaia. 
iManrin«  tbi.  rdi.  Batohina  baA  hunaalf  Mnointad 


-XHpoty  flberlC  and,  »nae4  witb  the  proparjM|Hkr% 
he  wast  to  8aii4y  |}|ir<Bff«.  •n4  .fonvA  SmpM* 
there  under  the  aim«  of  Jacoaa  BiUlar,  aiid  Jurttn 
Henry  passing  ooder  tbe  aliaa  of  Gh^rlas  Wilson. 
He  arrt sted  then  on  Sept  87,  two  mapuis  aad  17 
daya  after  the  mardar.  T^e  prlaonera  wen  oon< 
veyed  to  Leonardtown,  Md  anbaequentlr  la  |ha 
Port  Tobacco  Jail. 

On  Deo.  4  Simpaon  a^A  HaQry  were  fonnd  guilty 
of  murder  in  tbe  flrat  degree,  after  a  tri^  of  three 
days.  In  the  Circuit  Court  of  Charles  County.  The 
evidence  was  eiroumatantlal,  bat  ooo^usivs.  They 
were  traced  step  by  step  to  the  store  of  Warren  on 
tbe  night  of  the  murder,  and  »tm  bv  step  away  trom 
it  before  dawn  the  next  morning.  Among  the  afleota 
of  the  prisoners  before  lasvtag  Montgomery  Copakv 
was  found  a  cost-mark  which  Mr.  Warren  identified 
aa  bia  handwriting.  A  valiaa  stolen  from  tha  store 
was  also  traced  to  their  possession.  Tha  accused 
called  no  witnessei,  and  could  give  no  account  of 
themsQlves.  On  Dec.  7,  Chief  Judge  Brent  sen- 
tenced the  two  men  to  be  banged,  aud  Gov.  Carroll 
fixed  Friday,  Feb.  9,  as  the  date  for  their  execu- 
tion. Since  their  eonviction  they  were  carefully 
fuardad  in  Port  Tobacco  Jail,  and  moat  of  tbeir 
ime  was  spent  in  preparing  for  their  inevita- 
ble doom.  Both  men  made  oonfesslona,  in  whiefa 
they  aoknowladge  their  guilt,  but  each 
threw  tbe  chief  blame  upon  the  other. 
They  found  but         $33,  and  left 

for  tbe  Pope's  Creek  Kailroad  alter  helping  them- 
selves to  several  pairs  of  shoes  and  a  valise.  Simp- 
sou  was  a  short,  medium-built  black  man,  about  33 
years  of  age,  with  shaggy  beard.  He  waa  known 
among  tbe  negroes  as  "  the  bad  nigger,"  or  "  blood- 
in- the-eyenigeer,"  from  his  red  or  blood-shot  eyes. 
He  was  Benerally  feared.  He  had  lived  about 
Soutbe''a  Maryland  for  some  yeara.  He  formerly 
belonged  to  Mr.  James  Ferguson,  and  lived  at  Dp- 
perville,  Fanguler  Countv.  Va  Henrv  was  about 
35  years  of  age,  and  not  so  sbarp  looking  as  Simp- 
son. He  was  a  beavybnilt  yellow  man,  hailing 
from  Louisiana,  but  for  several  years  had  lived  in 
South  Waahineton.  Tbe  execntion  waa  the  UrsC 
that  bas  taken  place  in  Charles  for  52  years. 


MAN  AND  WIFE  ON  TRIAL  FOB  MUR- 
DER. 


TH2  CASE  OF  JOHN  KISKE  AND  HIS  WIFE! 
ELANORA,  CHAROED  WITH  MURDER, 
SDBMITTKD  to  the  jury — A  WOMAN'S 
TESTIMONY — ARGUMENTS  OF  THE  COUN- 
SEL IN  THE  CASK— INSTRUCTIONS  FBOM 
THE  COURT — THE  JURY  LOCKED  UP  FOR 
THE  NIOHT. 

SptiAaX  Ditpateh  to  tie  NeW'Tork  Tbne*. 
Hudson,  Feb.  9. — ^The  interest  iu  tho  trial  of 
John  Y.  Eiera  and  Elanora  hia  wile,  jointly  in- 
dicted for  the  murder  ot  Charles  H.  Hermanoe,  in 
this  city,  on  Dec.  33,  has  Increased  daily.  Him- 
dreds  ot  persons  from  the  country  towns  have  been 
in  attendance,  many  wbo  were  unable  to  gain  ad- 
mission to  tbe  Court-house  standing  for  hours 
gaping  at  tbe  building  and  speculating  as 
to  tbe  probable  result.  At  ona  time 
this  afternoon  tbe  crowd  outside  was  so 
boisterous  as  to  disturb  tbe  proceedings  inside,  and 
under  Judge  Osborne's  ordera  one  of  tbe  offenders 
was  arrested  and  confined  in  lail.  This  quieted  tbe 
crowd,  and  no  further  annoyance  was  experienced. 
I'ully  200  ladles  bavs  been  in  attendance  to-day, 
and  tbe  trial  is  tbe  sole  tepio  of  discussion. 
Tbe  testimony  was  all  in  at  10  o'clock  this  morning, 
when  Mr.  J.  Rider  Cady,  the  Junior  counsel  for 

tbe  priflouers,  in  the  absence  of  Hon.  Charles  L. 
Beale,  bis  assouiate,  who  ia  qaite  ill,  summed  up 
the  case  in  behalf  of  bis  clients.  The  address  was 
a  iustlhcatiun  of  the  aboutiog,  upon  the  ground  tbat 
Kiero  and  bia  wile  were  defending  their  own  resi- 
dence against  invasion.  Mrs.  Kiere,  in  ber  teati- 
mony,  admitted  tbat  she  fired  the  fatal  shot, 
and  swore  tbat  her  husband  had  no  participation 
iu  the  afi^air.  Klere  did  not  take  the 
stand,  bis  counsel  siaiiug  that  he  was  unwilling  to 
Testify  agaiust  his  wife.  Mr.  Cady  occupied  two 
hours  ill  hia  argument,  and  at  its  dose  waa  con- 
gratulated upon  the  able  manner  in  which  be  pre- 
seulbd  tbe  theory  of  the  defense.  Mr.  Cady  is  less 
than  35  years  of  uks,  and  this  is  said  to  be  the  first 
time  iu  tbe  history  of  State  Jarisprudence 
tbat  it  has  devolved  upon  one  lawyer  to 
defend  persons  joiotly  indiotad  for  murder  la  the 
first  deicree.     Iliatrict   Attorney   Bulkley    followed 

lu  an  address  of  au  boar,  leaving  to  hia  aaaociate, 
Mr.  J.  B.  Longley,  the  principal  part  ot  the  task  of 
presenting  tbe  oaite  of  the  people.  The  theory  of 
the  prosecution  is  tbat  Kiere  fired  tbe  shot,  and 
knowing  that  bis  previously  bad  record  would  be 
nsQd  agaioat  him.  inJaeed  hia  wilo  to 
take  the  crime  npon  ber  shoulders.  Mr.  Longley 
made   Bomi>   telling  oommeots   upon    the   erldenoe, 

closing  With  a  plea  for  Justice  to  tha  memory  of  the 
victim  of  the  tragedy. 

Judge  Osborne   thereupon  ohareed   the  jury,    de- 
fioine    the   crimes    of  murder  and  mauslangbter   in 

their  aeveral  gradea.  The  charge  occupied  nearly 
an  hour  in  its  delivery,  aud  npon  its  conclusion,  at 
4:15  P.  M.,  tbe  lory  retired  to  deliberate  npon  their 
verdict.  At  8  o'clock  the  Judge  came  into  court 
aud  the  Jury  were  called  in.  The  foreman  stated 
tbat  they  were  unable  to  agree  npon  a  verdict,  and 
tbe  Jndge  therepuu  orderod  them  to  be  locked  up 
fir  tho  night. 


TEBBIBLE  DOUBLE   MURDER. 


A  FEARFUL  CRIME  IN  PBNN8YT.VANIA  —  A 
FARMER  SHOT  DEAD  BY  A  WEAK-MINDED 
VOUNG  MAN — THE  ASSASSIN  THEN  TAKES 
HIS  OWN  LIFE. 

From  an  Oceatiofial  OorretvortdenU 

ATBKNa,  Penn.,  Friday,  Feb.  9,  1877. 
A  terrible  double  tragedy  was  enacted  on 
Tuesday  last  on  a  farm  belooginfc  to  Mrs.  Turner,  at 
Sorrel  Hill,  Crawford  County.  A  farmer  by  the 
name  of  Milton  Anderson  lived  on  the  place  aa  ten- 
ant. Ills  daughter  Maria,  aged  16,  became,  recently, 
a  subjpct  ot  no  little  attention  at  tbo  hands  of  Har- 
rison Turner,  a  weak-minded  son  of  Mrs.  Turner. 
He  expressed  a  determination  to  make  tbe  girl  his 
wife,  in  spite  of  ber  openly  expressed  dislike  ot 
his  atteutions  and  the  refusal  of  her  father  to  per- 
mit him  to  intrude  his  piesence  at  tbe  house.  It 
became  necessary  within  tbe  past  few  weeks  sev- 
eral times  to  tject  the  young  man  by  force  from  the 
premises.  Ou  Tuesday  morning  Mr.  Anderson  and 
a  hired  man  were  walking  across  a  field  on  the  farm 
toward  a  piece  of  woods,  when  they  were  met  by 
Harrison  Turner,  who  was  armed  with  an  army 
muaket.  When  tbe  men  wora  within  a  few  paces 
of  him  be  aimed  toward  them  with  his  gim,  and 
ordered  them  to  halt.  Anderson  and  bis  companion 
stopped,  but  had  no  idea  that  Turner  intended 
them  any  harm.    When  they  halted,  Torner  said: 

"  Milt,   you   are  cat  out   for  a ,  and  I'm  gidog 

to  send  you  t^  where  you  belong."  With  these 
words  ho  fired  at  Anderson,  sending  a  whole  charge 
of  buckshot  through  him,  killing  him  instantly. 
Tbe  hired  man  ran  away  In  alarm  tearful  tbat  Tur- 
ner would  kill  him.  He  carried  the  news  of  tne 
murder  to  tbe  farm-house,  and  all  of  Anderson's 
family  hurried  to  the  scene.  Tbe  farmer  lay  on 
the  groond  where  he  hau  fallen.  Nearby  lav  the 
dead  bodv  of  tbe  murderer.  He  had  reloaded  tbe 
musket,  placed  tbe  muzzle  under  bia  ohin  and  fired, 
blowing  his  head  and  face  entirely  away. 


TEE  M.  CREGAN  ASSOCIAIION  BALL. 


SEVENTH  ANNUAL  RECEPTION  AT  IRTmO 
HALL— A  LAROK  ATTENDANCE  AND  AN 
KNJOYABLK   AFFAIR. 

llie  seventh  annual  reception  and  ball  of  the 
M.  Cregan  Assooiatioil,  wbiah  waa  given  at  Irving 
Hall  last  evening,  proved  a  most  gratifying  suc- 
cess. The  attendance  was  both  large  and  fashion- 
able.  Among  the  guests  present  were  Com- 
modore Dixonson,  Postmaster  James  and  aon, 
Assistant  Postmaster  Pierson,  Commissioner  Salem 
H.  Wales,  Tax  Commissioner  Ha5^ward,  Collector 
Arthur,  Mr.  James  L.  Benedict,  Col.  Frank  E. 
Howe,  CoL  George  E.  Bliss,  ex-Commissioner  Wil- 
liam H.  Stiner,  Col.  Molneanx  Bell,  Gen.  Sickles, 
Gen.  Pinckney,  Col.  WilUard  Bollard,  and 
United  States  Surveyor  George  H.  Sharpe. 
Tbe  decorations  of  the  hall  were  very  handsome 
aud  varied.  Eight  silk  streamers  were  hung  from 
the  centre  of  the  celling,  and  looped  up  giaoefully 
at  different  parts  of  the  balcony,  which  was  itself 
Tastefully  dressed  wltb  silk  flsgs  and  Uulon  shields. 
The  alcove  of  the  balcony  occupied  by  the  bands  was 
entirely  draoed  with  silk  banners,  above  which  the 
word  "Welcome"  glittered  in  flaming  gas-jets.  Fifty 
bird  cages  containing  canaries  were  suspended  ftom 
tbe  balcony  at  regular  intervala,  and  a  large  gilt  cage 
containing  several  birds  was  also  suspended  from  tbe 
oencre  of  the  celling  directly  over  the  heads  of  the 
(tanoera.  A  brilliant  circle  of  gaa  leta  placed  at  tbe 
tup  of  the  hall,  and  bearing  tbe  legend,  "  M.  Cre- 
gan Association,  1877,"  comoleted  The  dncorationa. 
Many  of  tbe  costumes  of  tho  laities  were  very  rich, 
and  prodnced  quite  a  pretty  effect  as  the  dancers 
whirled  tbruucli  the  hall.  A  very  fine  sapper  was 
served  to  tbe  guests  about  midnigbT,  tbe  oancing 
being  teanmed  Immediately  at  its  conclusion,  and 
prolonged  into  tbe  small  hours  of  the  morning.  The 
success  of  the  ball  was  due  In  no  small  degree  to 
the  management  of  Mr.  Ralph  Arch  bold,  Col.  Frank 
E.  Howe,  Ellas  E.  Disney,  William  Tebln,  and 
Theodore  P.  Kelly,  under  whose  immediate  super- 
vision it  was  conducted. 


BIS  OSABACTBR. 
A  man,  writing  from  tba  Chiekaaaw  nation 
to  tbe  Star-TiJMiicator  (Indian  Territory)  in  defenae 
of  his  character,  whlsh  had  been  aasalled  by  cer- 
isin  of  bis  countrymen,  aays  :  "  1  know  my  char- 
acter better  than  tbey  do.  and  will  give  it.  Either 
of  the  abovanamed  gentlemen  can  get  on  49  drunks 
to  my  one.  Aud  the  reuords  of  the  ITnlted  States 
and  Chickasaw  Courts  for  the  last  90  yeara  will 
show  tbat  I  hare  never  been  hung  fur  murder, 
whipped  fur  stealing,  fined  for  slander,  or  seat  to 
tha  AMUtAotiarv  for  qaaflfttf  ^^  ^tft^ita^^B^  Hnnawii" 


SJt^OBTAJS  TO  TSEIB  PBE$9Vf  OPV' 
DITION. 

BANKS  WHICH  HAVS  CBA8KD  TO  DO  8^81- 
NBSS  DUBma  THB  TEAB— A  REDUCTION 
IN  EXPENSES — INCREASE  OF  AOORK- 
OATB  BBSOUBOB8 — THB  BA<nB  OW  IN- 
TEREST PAID  DBTOSITQRS— A  PLEASING 
STATEMENT. 

We  give  b«low  th«  reports  of  the  rematolvg 
aevan  City  aavlnga  baoki  The  b»n)cs  wblob  hava 
otased  4aiag  bnsinesa  within  tba  yaagrwra  tba  Abiag* 
don  Square,  HeobaBiea'  and  Tradtta',  the  SaouHty, 
Bond  Street,  and  New  Amatardam.  4%«  three  flra| 
named  wey  cloaad  by  tbe  Attontev  Oeoaral 
npon  the  r^mmandation  of  the  Supartatendent 
of  the  Bank  Papartment.  The  Saoorlty  tellad, 
Tbe  remalDUtg  two  went  into  TolunlaiFT  Uqiaidattan, 
Over  these  Institutians  the  Bank  Departmaat  baa  no 
further  oontral.  A  oomparativa  table  wenld 
ahow  that  bat  13  of  the  -  banka  give  ao'  increaaa 
in  depoalta  over  witbdrawala,  they  are  tba  Bank 
for  Savinga.  Bawery,  Bread  way,  Clairaont,  Imi- 
grant  Indnstrlal,  Qraenwieh.  Instltubon  far  the 
Savinga  of  Merchants'  Clarks,  Irving,  Komaanta, 
New- York,  Seamen'a,  and  St.  John's.  The  increaaa 
shown  by  these  banks  Is  $8,950,980  37.  Id  the 
remaining  banks  tha  witbdrawaU  have  ax- 
oeeded      the      depoaita      |0,841,T93    69.       Tba 

entire  34  taken  toeeihev  ahow  a  net  exoess 
of  deposits  over  witbdrawala  of  114,638  88.  iTbe 
number  of  open  aeoonnta  have  inoreaaed  in  the  ag- 
gregate &,303.  There  has  been  a  rednotlon  In  tbe 
expenses  of  oonduoting  the  business  of  tba  banks  of 
157,061.  There  is  alao  a  slight  redaction  in  the  aver- 
age of  each  account.  Aa  to  investments,  the  banks 
show  a  deoline  of  |4,S79,009  in  amoimt  leaned  on 
bonds  and  mortgagea,  white  thair  inveatmanta  in 
stocks  and  bonds  have  ineraaaad  18, 175,896.  The 
loans  on  atooks,  as  anthoriaed  by  lawa  of  1875,  have 
deolined  $1,128,304.  Tbe  conaiderable  diffarenoe  at 
which  tbe  cost  of  banking-houses  is  reported  In 
1876  and  1877  ia  due  to  the  fact  of  the  Union  Dime 
l-avlDe  reported  their  building  in  1876  at  tlil5,560, 
and  this  year,  as  oompleted,  at  $545,969. 
The  item  "  real  estate  other  than  banking  bouses  " 
ahowa  an  iporeaae  of  $475,410,  The  Inoreaae  unaer 
this  head  is  due  largely  to  the  necessity  of  the 
banks  bidding  in  for  tbeir  own  protection  property 
sold  by  them  under  foreclosure.  The  amount  of 
cash  on  deposit  m  banks  or  trast  oompaniea  has 
fallen  off  during  the  year  $1,189,835.  Cash  on  band 
has  alao  fallen  off  $it36,741.  Tbera  ia  a  vary  eonaid- 
araole  rednotlon  in  tbe  bead  "other  aaaeta," 
amounting  to  $1,379,363.  Included  In  tbia  head  Is 
tbe  excess  of  roaiket  value  of  atook  inveatments 
over  cost  Taking  into  oonsideration  tbe  heavy  de- 
cline in  Government  bonds  during  the  year, 
tbe  falling  off  in  this  item  la  even  less 
than  might  bave  been  anticipated.  The  aggregate 
resources  of  the  banka  have  incraaaed  $589,410.  Tbe 
amount  due  depositora  is  $29,347  In  excess  of  tbe 
amount  reported  by  tbe  same  banka  Jan.  1,  1876. 
There  is  an  increase  in  other  liabilities  of  $66,540. 
The  sum  of  $497,505  has  been  added  to  the  purplus 
of  tbe  banka  during  1876.  Tbe  rata  of  intereit  paid 
depositors  bas  been  quite  generally  reduced  during 
the  year,  though  more   partionlaily   by  tha   larger 

and  Btronger  banks.    

GERMAN  SAVINGS  BANK. 

Phillip  Bissinger,  Freaidrnt ;  John  B.  E.eller,  Caabier 

x7o.  IS";  Fourth  avenue.    Incorporated  1859.  i 

ReBouree*. 

Bonds  and  mortgaitSB $4,718,300  00 

btock  investments,  vis; 

Dnlted  States $3,436,085  82 

N  e  w-Tork  State lUU.OUUOO 

Stocks  of  Kbode  Is- 
laad,  Connecticut, 
Indiana,    aud  Mia- 

aourl 

Cities  In  this  6tate... 
Connties     in    this 

State 

Amoant  loaned  on  stocka  aa  anthoriaed 

br  laws  of  1875  

Banklng-botue  and  lot  and  a<iJolntng 
house  and  lot  at  cost 

Other  real  estate  at  cost 

Cash  ou  deposit  in  lianki  or  trust  com- 
panies   

Caah  on  hand 

iixcess  of  market  value  of  atook  in- 
vestments over  cost 

Interest  due  ana  accrued .... . 

Accrued  rent 

United  Slates  tax  to  be  refundsd 

Total  resources •IS.866.162  eu 

lAabilUUM. 
Pue  depositors 

Otb»T  liablUtiea 

Exeess  of  assets  over  ■laollitiea. 
Total  UabilltiBS 

Supplrauacorv,— Number  of  open  accounts  Jan.  1, 
187 1 .  25,tt32 1  amount  deposited  during  1876,  ipclnd- 
Ing  in'erest  credited,  $4,839,688  02;  amount  witfa- 
diawu  duriDg  187B.  $5,694,287  U3;  expenses  for 
1876,  IncludluK  salaries.  $ti5. 600  43:  largest  amount 
due  any  one  depositor,  exclasive  of  lutsreat,  $5,000  ; 
average  amount  of  each  account  Jan.  1, 1877,  $498  2U; 
rate  of  Interest  paid  depositors  during  1876,  6  and  6 
■er  cent. 

Ibis  bank  reported  Jau.  1.  1876:  Due  depositors, 
$13,251,933  7-i;  surplus,  $925,070  99;  numbar  of 
op4n  accounts,  25,472. 

CLINTON  SAVINGS  BANE. 
Joha  Mlldberger,  President ;    Orlando  P.  Smith.  Sec- 
retary.   No.  2i4  Bigbtb  avenue.     Incorporated  1868. 


679,000  00 
888,273  SO 

584,500  00—  $5,684,807  82 


246,000  00 

560.000  00 
90,603  00 

1.024.48S  22 
681,832  81 

187,454  05 

106.8H3  61 

1,916  67 

10,8»8  52 


...$12,897,343  31 

30,000  00 

937,809  89 

...$13,365,162  60 


BetouretM, 


$48,600  00 


Bonds  and  mortgages 

btocK  investments,  vis.: 

Cities  in  this  SUte $13,965 

Towns  iu  tuts  State 500 

Twentv-third  Street  italiroad 

bonda 6,000 

National     Trust     Company 
stock. 4,500—       23,966  00 

Amouni  loaned  ou  stocks  aa  authorised 
by  law  of  1876 8,600  00 

Cash  on  deposit  in  banka  or  trust  com- 
panies   678  45 

Casbonhaud 661  60 

Amount  loaned  on  collaterala 14,600  00 

£xce«s  ut  market  value  ot  atook  in  vest- 
ments over  cost 8,017  60 

Interest  due  and  accrued 8,987  65 

Furniture  and  fiitursa 2500  00 

Total  resources .~.      $106,296  10 

LiabilitU^ 

Dne  depositors...: $88,073  86 

Utber  Uabllltles 17,&iM)  00 

Excess  of  assets  over  liabilities 721  74 

ToUl  liabilities $106,295  10 

5up]ir<a%en(ary.— Nnmbsr  of  open  aoeounta  Jan.  1, 
1877,  l,<il2;  amount  depoalted  during  1876,  iaoiud- 
ing  Interest  credited,  $137,938  82;  amount  with- 
drawn during  1870,  $201,881  99;  expenses  tor  1876, 
Inoluatug  aalariej,  $3,39:2  99:  largest  amount  duo 
any  one  depositor,  exclusive  of  interest,  $2,008  42: 
average  amount  of  each  account  Jan.  1,  1877, 
$66  47;  rate  of  interest  paid  depositors  ourlng  1876, 
i  and  6  per  eent. 

This  bank  reported  Jan.  1,  1876:  Due  depositors, 
$160.168  31;  snrplua,  $2,726  24;  number  ut  open 
acoouuts,  1,842. 

UNION  DIME  SAVINGS  INSTITUTION. 

Kapoleon  J.  Haines,  Praslaent)  Thomas  Kloyd-Jones, 
Secretary.  Broadway,  Thirty-second  street,  and  islxth 
avenue.    lacorporated  1$59. 

Setoureei. 

Bonds  and  mortgaeea '..  $4,948,480  76 

Stock  investments,  via.: 

United  States $2,166,696  96 

Cities  in  this  State.....      824,801  26 

Oouutles  m  this  etate.  1,460,386  26 

Jersey  City 190,000  00-4,831,883  76 

Amount  loaned  on  stocks  as  authorteed 

by  lawa  of  1876 15,690  00 

Banking-house  and  lot,  at  cost 045,969  65 

Other  real  estate,  at  cost 189,020  96 

Cash  ou  deposit  In  banks  or  trust  oom- 
paniea         614,173  63 

Cash  ou  hand 665,873  93 

KxoeiB  of  market  value  of  stock  In- 

vebtment  over  cost 184,933  76 

Interest  cue  and  accrued ,129,491  48 

Total  resources $11,664,956  80 

LMMUiu. 

Due  depositors. $10,68a381  29 

Excels  of  assets  over  Uabllltles 1.186,676  51 

Total  llablUttes $11,664,856  eO 

/S«))pl«fn«ft(arv.— Number  of  open  acoountb  Jan.  1, 
187 1 ,  °J8,581 :  amount  deposited  during  1876,  inolod- 
ing  Interest  credited.  $3,046,510  tiO;  amount  with- 
drawn during  1876,  $5,476,0;4  08 1  expuntes  for 
1876,  including  salaries.  $73,628  «3  ;  largest  amotint 
due  any  one  aepositor,  eioluslve  of  tntorest,  $0,00ti: 
average  amount  of  eaoh  aooount  Jau.  1,  a87t, 
$868  37;  rate  of  interest  paid  depositors  during  1876, 
e  per  cent. 

This  bank  reported,  Jam.  1,  1876:  Due  depositors, 
$10,957,944  77;  enrpms,  $1,064,887  77;  number  of 
open  accounts,  28,7  OO. 

WEST  SroE  SAVINGS  BANK. 

Frederick  A.  Conkllng.  President ;  John  H.   Hu  dson, 
Seerstarj.  No.  164  bixtb  avenue.    Inoorporateo  1808. 
Betonreu. 

$82,800  00 


Bonds  and  mortgagee 

Btock  lnvestin«Bis,  tIz: 

Cities  in  this  8tate $99,690  63 

Counties  hi  this  State....  12,270  00— 

Beal  estafe  otoer  than  banklag-hoBse, 
at  cost 

Cash  ou  depoait  in  banks  or  trust  oom- 
paniea..... j... -... ,.i...TS. 

Gash  on  band 

kxcess  of  market  valae  of  stock  iuvaat* 

meuts  over  eost 

Interest  due  and  accrued 

Furniture  and  fixtures.^. .<.«<... ........ 

Utber  assets 

Total  resonrcea 

i;<a5Uiii«a 

Due  depositora 

other  liabidtles 

KxoesS  of  assets  over  liabilities 

Total  UabtUties ...$2i46,U47~38 

5«t|>ji«Men(«ry.-^{lambe*  of  6p«A  MMttUnts  Jan.  1. 
187 1 ,  2,18',<i  amount  depoalted  dartna  1876.  includiag 
intereat  etedited,  $941,208  ii$;  lottouftt  Withdraw'a 
dnriasl87<r«  $411,743  88)  azp«ii«aali»ffl)t7C^laomdli»g 
salariea, $4,280  74;  Urgeat  amouai  one  anyone  w- 
pealier.  eMlliaiVa  of  faiterMi.  M,0OJ  14?  i^eiNice 
amount  Dfaaoh  acoonat  Jan.  1. 1S77(  $ IIU  16 1  rat»ei 
latexoat  paid  Sip&Uuat  ddrioi  1878.  5  And  0  9ar  ««tit. 
XKia  bauk  iMOMM  Jai.  1>  187««  Bm  danaaitaMt 


111.960  63 
41.396  43 

8.168  18 

1,061.  §0 

2.189  87 

8,491  89 

1,845  42 

_^ 252  14 

.$246,047  33 


$840,886  86 
40  UO 
6,671  48 


ftl^J 


£%& 


ciqtaa,  iU,Ttt  m  BOaatar  of  avaB  m< 


&48T  SIDE  SAVINGS  BANE  FOB  SAILO  BS. 

ChairiaB  0.  DuBeaa,   Prasldeat  i   Oaerga  V.  Smeaa, 
CMhlaa.    Boa.  187  and  189  Uhany  atieel    Ia«orpo* 

JbSMtrsM, 
Stock  investraaata.  Tia.i 

Hew* York  Ooonir  bond ti,140  00 

Cash  on  hand $08  74 

Iscesa  of  n»rKB|v»liia  of  atook  iaraat- 

neat*  over  eosS 180  00 

Interest  due  and  aoomed 46  60 

TnutaeiT  notea  for  daflcieney. 3,100  00 

Total  naewPM. 

^a  4ap<Miton t.-.-v.--. —         iT.iae  88 


$7,870  40 


fiXMsa  of  aaaeu  over  UabUltles.. ........ 

Total  llabtlltlac...,.,....., .' 


$88  89 
'  $7,870  40 


fergaai  amooet  <|ne  any  eqe  desoaltor.  •xelnaiva  «^ 
t«rest,  $776 ;  average  amount  «t  aaoh  aooount  Jan. 
1. 1877^  $1M  86i  vale  of  intaresi  paid  depositors 
durlM  |876.  4  per  pent 

Tola  Bank  reported  Jan.  1, 1876 :  Due  depositora. 
$13,747  87;  awrplfu,  $38  84  i  nambar  of  ojfu  ao* 
eounta,  105. 

EXCELSIOR  SAVINGS  BANE!, 
ft  Jf.  HaaaYd,  PreeldeBti  Qeorfa  U.  Waldo,  Seoratur. 
So.  374  Sixth  avenue.    Incorporated  1869. 
S«*oitreet, 

Bends  and  mortiages $84,710  00 

Stock  investments,  via.: 
Cities  In  this  Htata...        $82.848  7$ 
Coantles  la  this  StaU  4. 160  00 

Towns  In  this  state..  20,3'<i2  60—     107,826  SS 

Cash  on  dapestt  in  banka  or  truat  com- 

^P«ite«--,-v— ' 8,807  86 

Cash  on  hand '4,034  03 

B^oeaa  of  market  value  ot  stock  taveat- 

mantsover  cost 6,428  75 

Intereat  due  and  aeoraed 4,206  66 

Furniture  and  fixtures ,  6.160  68 

Insurance  paid  on  mortgaged  premiaes.  48  64 

Total  resources Z  $220,311  66 

LtaMUUu, 

Oaa  Aaposttora $217,204  11 

Excess  of  assets  over  Uabillttas.........^j 8.107  45 

Total  liabilities I     $220,Sir66 

fifm>pl«m«n(arv.— Numlier  of  open  accounts  Jan.  1 
1877.  1,335;  amonptdspositsrl  onrlnK  1876.  Inoludlmr 
intereat  credited,  $173,031  76;  amount  withdrawn 
durlBg  1876,  $338,689  19;  eipenaea  for  1876,  iuclud- 
tnic  salariea.  $9,866  69  ;  larRest  amouot  due  any  one 
depositor,  exclusive  of  interest.  $4,405  75:  avaraee 
amount  of  each  aeeount,  Jan.  1.  1877.  $162  70;  rale 
ot  interest  paid  depositors  during  1876,  4,  5,  aud  6  per 
cent 

Thia  bank  reported  Jan.  1,  1876i  Due  depositors. 
$382,861  64:  surplus,  $4,642  06;  number  of  open  ao- 
oouats.  1.572.  

EQUITABLE  SAVINGS  mSTITUTION. 

(In  liquidation.) 
John  B.  Do  Witt,  Special   Trustee.      Inoorporated 
1869. 

Suouree*. 
Cash  in  bank............................  $4i(6  16 

lAoHHtie*. 

Dnedaposltota $4g6  15 

Sttpplaiwafcirv.- Number   of  open    aceounts,  Jan.  1. 
1877.205;  amountwUdrawn during  1876.  $5,863  80 
This  bank  reported  Jan.  1,  1876 :    Due  depositors. 
$6,349  95    number  of  open  accounts.  259. 

ST.  VALENTINE'S  KETTLEDRUM. 


A  BBNKFIT   FOR  THE  8AMA.BITAN  HOME  FOR 
THE  AGED SCENES  IN  THB    ARMORT  OX 

FOURTEENTH   STREET— A.   CUP     OF    TEA 

AND  A  SOCIAL  DANCE. 

The  Samaritan  Home  for  tbe  Aged,  now  in 
the  tenth  year  of  a  naefol  existence,  has  a  pe^nliar 
claim  upon  the  generosity  of  the  public,  and  that 
public  has  never  failed  to  respond  when  called  upon 
to  anatain  the  inatimtion.  BeKan  in  1866,  and  In- 
tended at  first  only  as  a  home  for  aeed  women,  the 
fact  aoon  became  apparent  that  there  was 
need  of  a  ^'K^  bonsa  than  the  one 
first  ooounied.  into  which  aged  meu  oould 
also  be  welcomed  and  made  oomfortable 
in  tbeir  declininK  dava.    Tbe  persona  who  have  been 

accepted  aa  inmates  ot  the  Samaritan  Home 
for  the  Acted  Mtn,  nfkny  of  them,  those  who 
early    In    life '  were    in   good     circainataaoea. 

Misfortune  having  overtaken  them  in  tbeir 
In  their  old  age,  when  thay  are  unfit  for  work,  too 
proud  to  beg,  and  unprepared  by  early  association* 
to  aoeept  the  trying  ordeal  of  forced  intimacy  with 
the  Fongb  inmates  of  the   public  institutions,  they 

enter  the  Home  with  feelinga  of  comparatlTe  cheer- 
fulness to  find  it  really  a  home  where  they  may 
pass  the  declining  yeara  of  life  peaeefully  and 
safely.  To  provide  fanda  for  tba  maintenance  of 
this  institution  the  lady  manajrera,  with  the  assist- 
ance of  the  gentlemen  most  prominently  con- 
nected with  the  Home,  have  annually,  lor  sSVeral 
years  past,  held  a  fair  or  kettledrum  in  its  bahalf. 
Yesterday  afternoon  the  armory  of  tbe  Twenty - 
Second  Begiment  waa  thrown  open  for  the  kettle- 
drum of  this  season,  and  it  remained  open  until  a 
late  honr  last  night  A  number  of  attraotive  tents 
or  booths  were  erected  in  the  ball,  but  half  of  the 
lafge  room  was  reserved  for  the  dancing  that  was 
announced  as  part  of  the  entertainment.  Just  in- 
side the  hall,  at  the  right  of  tbe  entrance,  was  a  re- 
freshment table, where  Delmonioo's  bouillionand  ice 
cream,  together  with  a  tempting  show  ol  fruits 
and  confections,  were  dispensed  by  -Mrs.  Henry 
Smythe  aud  Mrs.  Briagbam.  Over  the  table  was 
raised  an  opeu  canopy  of  canvas  trimmed  with 
bunting,  and  at  night  a  line  ot  green  lanterns  illu- 
minated the  bootb.  Near  to  thia  table  were 
the  tables  under  the  care  of  Mrs. 
James  Hurry,  and  the  aoolabiiity  of  this 
cosy  corner  waa  a  verpetnal  attraction 
to  all  comers.  Beyond  the  tea-table,  with  its  pretty 
young  lady  waiters,  was  a  large  teat  of  Ameiicau 
nass,  in  which  a  large  party  of  ladies  did  a  good 
business  in  cut  flowers,  the  variety  and  excellence 
of  the  display  compelling  attention  and  patronage. 
This  booth  was  in  charge  of  Mrs.  Charles  L.  Per- 
kins, who  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  Woolsey,  Miss 
Editb  May.  Miss  Marbury,  Mlas  Fancy  Work, 
Miss  Edith  McVickar,  and  several  otber  ladles. 

On  the  extreme  right  side  of  the  hall  was  a  stand 
for  the  aisplav  of  fancy  articiea,  which  was  orna- 
mented with  clusters  of  flags  at  the  coruers,  stripes 
of  red  and  white  bunting,  and  colored  lanterns. 
Mra.  Wolcott,  Mias  Woloott,  Mrs.  John  W. 
Bigelow,  and  Mrs.  W,  P.  Van  Bensselaer  had 
obarge  of  this  table,  wbicb  was  stocked  with  an 
attractive  variety  of  goods.  Not  far  away  from 
this  booth  was  a  tent  which  prove!  particularly  at- 
tractive to  tbe  childrea.  On  a  raiaed  platform  be- 
fore a  tent  atood  a  bnge  shoe.  In  this  great  shoe 
sat  a  little  old  woman,  wbo  was  not  an  old  woman 
but  only  a  little  giil  cleverly  drossed  up  to  look  like 
one.  Tins  old  woman  offered  her  children — dolls  of 
all  Sizes  and  richness  of  apparel— for  aale.  The 
ehildreu  kept  the  hands  of  Mrs.  Edward  Renshaw 
Jones  and  Mrs.  S.  W.  Bridgham,  Jr.,  actively  em- 
ployed, and  tbe  receipts  of  their  stand  promise  to  be 
large.  Upoa  tbe  line  drawn  across  tbs  ball  to 
separate  the  oancera  from  tbe  crowd  atood  a  lem. 
onade  well,  set  In  a  miniature  grove  of  evergreens, 
where  an  inexhaustible  supply  of  harmless  drink 
was  provided  for  thirsty  dancers.  This  well  was 
by  no  means  lacking  in  attendants,  the  principal 
ladles  in  charge  of  it  being  Mrs.  O.  F.  Timpson, 
Mra.  Scott,  Miss  Parks,  Mrs.  Cornish,  Miss  Hough- 
ton, Miss  Timpson,  and  Miss  Oakley.  On  the  left 
side  of  the  ball  were  two  bootns  wnich  demanded 
tbeir  share  of  inspection.  The  first  was  a  stand 
under  a  canopy,  on  which  were  exhibited  many 
naeful  and  ornamental  articiea  manufactured  by 
the  members  of  |be  Samaritan  Home.  A  curions 
oentra-piaee  on  this  table  was  a  quilting  party  of 
old-taahioned  men  and  women  in  little,  constructed 
in  anoh  a  way  that  each  face  was  a  bickory-nut, 
and  all  aeemed  to  be  old.  Tbis  table  was  presided 
over  by  Miss  Beach.  Further  along  on  the  left  aide 
of  tba  ball  was  a  tent  In  which  St  Vidantine  had  es- 
tabliabed  bia  baad-qoartera,  and  miasiveaupon  which 
very  high  rates  of  postage  were  collected  were 
taken  from  a  letter-box  over  whisb  a  Cupid  armed 
with  bow  and  arrow  stood  guard.  Upon  tbis  table 
was  a  fine  ateok  of  atationery  donated  by  Tiffany  & 
Co.,  and  the  department  of  letters  and  stationery 
were  both  in  ebarge  of  Mias  Bemsen,  Miss  O'Ore- 
mieolx  aud  Miss  Taylor.  Large  nnmbera  of 
children  attended  the  kettletlmmuiiring  tbe  after- 
noon hours,  and  for  their  pleasure  a  Punch  and 
Judy  shew  waa  provided.  The  attendance  of  young 
people  during  tbe  evening,  while  at  no  time 
being  ao  large  aa  to  crowd  the  ball.  Was 
sufficient  to  make  the  occasion  a  pleasant 
one ;  and  the  dancing,  which  was 
earned  on  tO  the  mnsio  of  (iilmore's  excellent 
band,  was  kent  np  nntil  nearly  midnight  To-day 
at  10  o'clock  tbe  kettledrum  will  be  resumed,  and 
if  the  experlanea  of  former  years  shall  be  repeated, 
tha  atiepdanoe  will  approach  a  Jam  before  tha 
pretty  oamp  for  tbe  Samaritan  House  is  broken  np 
to-night,  x'ha  number  of  tickets  sold  ia  very 
large.  ^ 

WRECK  Oe  A  LIQHTXR. 
A  polioemiui  of  tbe  Twenty-third  Preoinot 
reported  laat  evening  tbat  a  lighter  freighted  with 
lumber  for  Steinway'a  factory  at  Stsinwar  'Village, 
iiong  Island,  atrnok  a  reck  while  passing  through 
Hell  Gate,  and  becotajng  unmanageable  waa  oartied 

by  tbe  atrong  tide  nto  Boontig'a  Cove,  Aatoria, 
where  she  soon  broke  up.  her  freight  drifting  away. 
The  Captain  and  crew  were  saved  with  difScul^ 
by  peraona  in  amall  boata,  and  were  landed  at  the 
Astoria  Ferry.  It  Is  alleged  that  the  ateam-boat 
MinBataannceic.  ef  the  Department  of  Cbantiefl  and 
Csrrectioo,  witnessed  tbeir  distress,  but  made  no 
eSbrt  to  reaoae  tbem  from  their  periloiu  altusttoa. 


m 


FORTT-FOURTH  CONGRESS 

• 

SEOOND  aBS8I0F^,,Kb,  9.    . 


A  BBBJOUB  ALIMJtOATIOS. 

Last  eveiiiog  sa  alteroation  took  place  be- 
tween Peter  Wagner,  ot  No.  830  East  Que  Hun- 
dred and  Sixth  atfeet,  and  Franklin  Kasamire,  ef 
No,  196  £aat  Eighty-sixth  street,  dnnng  wbioh 
Wagner  burled  a  wtndow-sash  weight  at  Sua- 
tnire.  if^tuing  bim  severely  on  the  head.  Tbe  af- 
tray  oocnrred  at  Lexington  avenue  aud  Fllgbty- 
aittti  aflreef.  Warner  #a8  arraated.  ana  the 
ttotinded  yodng  man  w&a  taken  home  by  bia 
menda. 

naWiiii — • 

AN  AbYASOB  IN  ItAOSa  P&OMiaBJ). 
Titm-i&mBtow^  Feb<  9.— Tbo  pre^rieton  of 
the  Watmaatta  ttilla  Bave  given  aotlaa  that  on  €he 
lat  ef  MaHb  We  wai^a  M  thate  ovaflitttia  frlfi  b« 
itAraaMi  ttf  tba  iiM4  brleM  M  «tfi  IB  JIMift 


SUXMART  OF  THB  BAT'S  PBO0EED1KG& 

The  Senate  insisted  on  it$  amendment*  to  tbe 
Fertifloationa  Appropriatien  bill.  The  Diattiet 
OommittM  reported  adversely  oa  the  bill  to  iaoor- 
porate  tbe  "  Metropolitan  Life  Inanranea  OtHBpaoy 
of  the  United  Statea,"  and  It  waa  IndeflaltelT  poat> 
peaed.  A  blU  appropriaUng  $7, 000  for  the  expenaea 
of  the  Steetoral  Commlsilon  waa  introdneed.  A 
bill  aathorlaing  Ferdinand  C.  Latiobe,  W,  I".  Piiek, 
and  Bobert  Garrett  to  lay  aubmatlne  oablea  b» 
twaen  Borope  and  America  waa  paaaed.  Tbe  Pa- 
elflo  Kailroad  Sinking  Fond  bUl  was  farther  die 
otwaed  wilbont  action. 

lia  the  Honae  the  Deilolency  Appropriatien  bil 
waa  paaaed  vrithont  tbe  amendment  appropriating 
•5*0,000  to  pay  elaims  against  the  Interlar  Depart- 
ment. Mr.  Morrison,  from  the  Special  Committee 
on  Loniaiana,  made  a  report,  aooompanied  by  a 
reaolntion,  declaring  tbat  the  Hayes  Eleetoral  rote 
•onld  not  legally  be  counted.  Mr.  Towneend,  ol 
Pannaylvania,  made  a  minority  report,  aooom- 
panied by  a  resolution  declaring  that  the  Bepnbli 
oan  Electors  were  proi>erly  elected,  and  the  elec- 
tion examined  into,  determined,  declared,  and  pro. 
mnlgated  by  the  proper  authorities  of  that  State, 
aooordlng  to  law.    Both  reporta  were  ordered  to  be 

printed. 

»■   "  >» 
SElTATB. 
The  Senate  met  at  10  o'clock,  andimmediatelj 

took  another  recess  until  12  o'clock.  Upon  reas 
semblisg  at  noon,  the  Chair  laid  before  the  Senatf 
the  credentials  of  Hon.  Matt  W.  Ransom,  re-eleoteii 
United  States  Senator  from  tbe  State  of  North 
Carolina,  for  six  yeara,  from  March  4,  1877.  Placed 
on  file. 

EXPEVSES  OF  THB  ELECTO&AL  OOHUUSIOIT. 
Mr.    WntDOM,    of  Minnesota,    introduced  a  bill 
making  an  appropriation  of  $7,000  to  defray  the  ex- 
penses of  the  Electoral   Commission.     Beferrod  to 
the  Committee  on  AppropriatiouB. 

THB  ABCnO   COLOJrr  FOR  EXPLORATIOK. 

Mr.  Dawkb,  of  Massachusetts,  introduced  a  bil' 
to  anthoriae  and  equip  an  expedition  to  the  Arotii 
Seas,  aooordlng  to  tbe  plan  of  Capt.  Howgate,  oi 
the  Signal  Service.  Beferred  to  tbe  Committee  on 
Nayal  AfiJairs. 

OHARTEB  rOB  A  HEW  CABLB  COKPAKT. 
Mr.  Wbtte,  of  Maryland,  called  np  tbe  Senate 
bill  to  encourage  and  promote  telegraphic  oommu« 
nication  between  America  and  Europe,  and  II  waa 
paaaed.  It  authorizes  Ferdinand  C.  Latrobe,  Wil- 
liam F.  Prick,  and  Hobert  Garrett,  of  Maryland,  to 
lay  and  maintain  a  line  or  lines  of  submarine  cables 
between  America  and  Europe.  It  provides  tbat  at 
least  one  cable  aball  be  laid  and  operated  wlthii 
three  years  from  the  approval  of  the  act.  and  th« 
rate  over  such  cable  is  fixed  at  li.  British  currency, 
per  word.  It  is  proposed  that  tho  American  end  d' 
the  cable  shall  be  at  Baltimore,  Md. 

THE  PACmO  BAILKOXD  IKDEBTEDKE88. 

Tbe  Senate  then  resumed  the  consideration  of  tha 
unfinished  business,  being  the  Senate  bill  to  amend 
the  Pacific  Bailroad  acts,  so  as  to  create  a  sinking 
fund  for  the  liquidation  of  the  indebtedness  due  tbe 
Grovemmect  by  Facifio  Hailroad  Companies. 

Mr.  Eaton,  of  Connecticut,  opposed  the  bill  re- 
ported Dy  ^tbe  Judiciary  Committee  and  favored 
that  introduced  by  Mr.  ti-ordon  and  reported  faror- 
ably  by  ttie  Committee  on  Bailroada.  He  argued 
that  Congress  bad  no  right  to  declare  what  ahonld 
constitute  the  net  earnings  of  the  roads,  as  the  bid 
of  (be  Judiciary  Committee  proposed.  He 
thought  tbe  true  principle  for  dealing  with 
theae  roads  was  found  in  tbe  Gordon  bill, 
and  that  was  not  to  cripple  them.  Under 
Ihat  bill  every  Senator  could  see  tbat  this  whole 
subject  of  IndeOtedoess  would  be  ended  in  30  years, 
and  in  that  time  the  people  of  the  United  Statea 
would  be  amply  repaid  for  tbe  money  advanced  to 
build  tbe  roads.  He  argued  that  legislation  toward 
these  railroad  companies  should  be  liberal,  fair,  and 
just.  By  passing  ihe  Gordon  bill  the  honor  ot  the 
country  would  be  maintained  and  Justice  would  be 
done  to  tbe  oompaniea. 

Mr.  Dawbs,  of  Massachusetts,  reviewed  tbelegls- 
lation  of  Congress  in  regard  to  Pacific  Bailroads. 
and  argaed  tbat  Congreaa  bad  maae  a  contract  with 
the  oompaniea  to  build  tbe  roads.  It  had  no  right 
to  change  the  contract  now,  without  tbe  consent  of 
the  oompaniea.  Tbe  national  Legislature  having 
indnced  certain  capitalists  te  undertake  and  accom- 
plish the  great  work  of  building  theae  roads  by 
holding  out  certain  terms,  coa'.d  not  now  change  tbe 
terms.  He  opposed  tbe  bill  reported  by  tbe  Judiciary 
Committee  on  the  groand  that  It  would  array  tbe 
roads  against  the  Government  and  cause  litigation, 
and  lavored  tbat  reported  by  the  Committee  on 
Hailroads,  as  it  was  acceptable  to  tbe  companies, 
and  under  it  (here  was  no  chance  for  loss. 

Mr.  CHniBTiANCT.  of  Michigan,  spoke  in  favor  ot 
tbe  bill  ot  the  Judiciary  Committee,  and  argued 
tbat  Congress  had  full  power  to  pass  it.  He  would 
go  as  iar  as  any  otber  Senator  in  adhering  to  the 
contract  made  between  tbe  Government  aud  tbe 
railroad  companies,  and  he  was  opposed  to  the  ob- 
literation of  any  of  the  terms  of  ttiat  contract ,-  but 
one  oi  the  terms,  and  the  most  important,  was  tbac 
Congress  migbt  at  any  time  alter,  amend,  or  repeal 
tbe  Pacific  Kailroad  acts.  He  denied  that  tbe  in- 
deotedness  would  be  liquidated  bv  1913  under  the 
bill  reported  by  tbe  Committee  on  Railroads,  as  (Con- 
templated by  That  bill. 

Mr.  West,  of  Louisiana,  replied  tnat  tbe  bill  pro- 
vided tbat  the  companies  should  pay  euough  an- 
nually to  cancel  the  debt  by  tbat  time,  aud  in  case 
the  calculations  made  by  the  Kailroad  Committee 
Were  erroneous,  thev  would  be  corrected,  and  tbe 
amount  required  of  tbe  companies  would  be  in- 
oreaaed in  order  to  nay  tbe  debt  by  1912. 

Mr.  Boot,  of  Missouri,  said  tbe  proper  mainten. 
ance  of  the  Pacific  Bailruada,  aa  great  public 
hlghwaya  was  a  matter  of  great  impor- 
tance, and  Congress  should  do  nothing  to 
cripple  them.  He  was  afraid  the  bill 
of  the  Judioiary  Committee  was  rather 
harsh,  though  he  preferred  the  hill  of  the  Hailroad 
Committee.  He  thoughtjit  would  be  best  not  to  bave 
any  legislation  on  the  subject  at  this  eession.  but 
the  Senate  should  appoint  a  committee  to  sit  diuing 
the  recess  and  confer  with  tbe  railroad  companies 
as  to  how  tbe  matter  coald  lie  settled  satisfactorily 
to  the  Government  as  well  as  to  the  companies, 

Mr.  Boutwell,  of  Massachusetts,  replied  to  the 
argument  ot  Mr.  Chriatiancy,  and  argued  that  the 
bill  of  the  Judiciary  Committee  proposed  an  exer. 
else  of  power  whion  Congress  could  not  exert.  If 
the  faith  ot  this  country  was  ever  pledged  to  any- 
body for  any  purpose  it  was  pledged  to  these  com- 
panies by  the  acts  of  1362  and  1864,  and  the  contract 
should  be  kept.  Tbe  bill  of  t>fae  Judiciary  Commit- 
tee changed  the  terms ;  it  altered  the  eonditiona 
npon  which  tbe  (X)m;^anies  were  to  reimburse  the 
Government.  Tbe  pledge  of  the  Government 
ahonld  be  keot :  to  riolate  that  pledge  would  be 
destructive  of  all  principles  of  Government. 

S|Mr.  shurmatj  of  Otuo,  aaid  altbougb  tbis  subject 
ad  been  discu»Bed  for  several  davs  the  Senate,  Iu 
his  opiniop,  waa  not  prepared  for  tbe  final  vote. 
Tbe  amount  involved  was  so  large,  and  the  delicacy 
of  the  positions  was  so  great  that  tbe  bill  should 
not  be  voted  upon  untU.  after  the  most  oaretul  scru- 
nity.  He  opposed  tbe  bill  reported  from 
the  Committee  ou  Kailroads  and  dented  that 
there  waa  any  violation  of  the  pnblio 
faith  in  the  bill  reported  by  the  Judiciary  Commit- 
tee. The  railroad  corporations  were  able  to  pay 
tbe  Government^  and  it  would  be  a  worse  thing  for 
Congress  to  surrender  the  rights  to  make  these 
roads  pay  tban  to  vote  11,000,000  for  backpay  for  its 
members.  He  argued  tbat  the  bill  of  the  Bailroad 
Committee  surrendered  all  riebts  now  held  by  tha 
Government  under  tne  original  acts. 

Mr.  BODTWELL  subraiCied  an  amendment  to  tbe 
third  section  of  tbe  bill  reported  by  tbe  Railroad 
Committee,  so  as  to  provide  that  tbe  payments  by 
said  companies  to  the  credit  of  the  sinking  fund 
"  shall  be  in  addition  to  ail  payments  or  otber  ri^ 
quirements,"  under  tbe  original  acts  instead  of  *'  in 
lieu  of  all  payments  or  oiber  requirements,"  &.o. 
Ordered  to  oe  printed. 

Pending  discussion  the  Senate  went  Into  execu- 
tive session,  and  when  the  doora  were  reopened  at 
4:30,  took  a  recess  nntil  10  o'olook  to-morrow  morn- 
ing.   

HOUSE  OF  REPSBBEirFATr7SS. 
The  House  at  10  o'clock  took  a  reoeas  until  XL  SI 
A.  M.,  and  on  reassembling  Mr.  G'BuiEN,  of  Mary- 
land, presented  a  memorial  of  the  Corn  and  Flour 
£xchange  ot  Baltimore,  in  favor  of  an  appropria- 
tion tor  an  expedition  to  the  North  Pole. 

THB  DEFICIEKCT  AFFBOPBIATIOK8. 

The  regular  order  being  demanded  the  Hooa 
proceeded  to  the  consideration  of  the  defloieoy  ap. 
propiiation  bilL  Tbe  amendment  appropriating 
SSOO.OOO  to  the  paymeut  of  the  claims  agaiust  the 
Interior  Department  was  rejected.  The  bill  waa 
thm  passed. 

THB  TXaiTSa    OF    THB   LOTTISIANA   TBSTIHOirr. 

Mr.  B1.AOKBIXBX,  of  Kentucky,  fi-om  tbe  Commit, 
tee  on  the  £ieotion  in  I/ouisiana,  reported  a  resolu- 
tion authorising  that  committee  t j  nave  the  testi- 
mony taken  by  it  printed  at  a  private  printing- 
oflioe.  He  sent  to  the  Clerk's  desk  and  bad  read  a 
letter  from  the  Govemmeat  Printer,  informing  him 
tbat  in  oonsequenoe  of  tbe  amount  of  work  on  band 
at  the  pnutiiig  office  it  would  be  impoa^ible  for  tbi 
testimony  to  be  printed  immediately,  and  alao  that 
unless  an  appropriation  were  made  to-aay  for  the 
public  printing  no  work  oould  be  done  at  the  offloe 
except  the  printing  ut  tbe  OongrutioncU  Record. 

Mr.  Hals,  of  Maine,  raised  the  point  ot  ordei 
that  under  the  law  tbe  House  could  bay->  no  xiriair 
ing  done  except  at  tbe  public  printing  office. 

The  Sfbakeb  sustained  the  pomtof  order  and  tht 
reaolntion  was  withdrawn. 

BEPOBT8  OK  THE  liOtUSIAKA  ELSOXXON. 

l£r.  MoBBlfiOX,  of  liiinols.  Chairman  of  the  Spe> 
olal  Committee  on  Louisiana  Affairs,  submitted  tbo 
report  of  that  committee,  which  concludes  with  a 
resolution  declaring  that  the  Democratic  Eleotoca 
received  a  majority  of  the  votea  in  the  State  of 
Lotiislana ;  that  the  pretended  canvass  and  oompi. 
lation  of  the  vote  for  Electors  by  the  Board  of  Be- 
turning  Officers  was  without  authority  of  Uw, 
fraudulent,  and  void,  and  that  the  vote  of  tbat  St4t« 
cannot  be  counted  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler  without 
oonfimung  and  approving  the  illegal  and  fraudu- 
lent actios  of  the  said  Beluming  Board. 

Mr.  TowNBEND,  of  Pennsylvania,  submitted  t' 
minority  report  reoommending  tne  adoption  ot  a 
resolution  declaring  ttiat  tbe  BepubUcan  Electors 
bave  been  elected  in  Louisiana,  aud  tbat  tbe  elec 
tion  was  examined  into,  detennined,  deoUwed,  and 
promulgated  by  tba  proper  aathontlea  of  aaid  Btaie^ 
onder  all  the  iorma  of  law  and  in  coaplianoa  wikb 

Lthe  Constitution  of  th»  United  States. 
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tlOORIB.    Vtou   th«  Frenoh   of  ALPaonn    Davbbc 
16mo,  pp.  262.    fioflton :  Htrai  b  LAimiAT. 

This  novel  may  be  regarded  as  the  great 
IFrench  literary  suoceas  of  the  day.  It  haa  re- 
ceived the  approbation  oi  the  critics  and  the 
spplanse  of  the  public..  It  has  been  "  crowned" 
by  the  French  Academy,  and  its  sale  haa 
reached  a  number  of  thousands  very  uncommon 
m  Paris  in  the  case  of  a  booi  not  by  an  author 
of  long-established  reputation.  It  also  pre- 
sents the  somewhat  unusual  combination  of 
being  thoroughly  French  and  thoroughly  nat- 
ural, thus  reconciling  the  two  kinds  of  nature 
— Fren«h  nature  and  human  nature — ^which 
have  been  distinguished  by  cynical  critics  of 
other  nattona,  partioolarly  those  of  EngUsh 
blood.  It  has  also  the  distinction,  notwith- 
standing its  thorough  Frenchness,  of 
being  entirely  unexceptionable  on  the 
Bcore  of  morals  and  of  decency,  ac- 
cording to  the  standards  of  the  day. 
Sidonie  is  the  name  of  the  heroine,  and  it  has 
been  taken  as  the  title  of  tke  book,  wiaely,  ac- 
cordine  to  the  taste  of  otir  public,  although  with 
Bome  sacrifice  of  the  signilioanoe  of  Its  French 
title,  Fromont  j'eune  et  MiaUr  dini,  (Fromont 
the  younger  and  Blsler  the  elder,)  in  which  the 
epithets  younger  and  elder  have  a  meaning  in 
their  contrast  which  the  story  happily  illus- 
trates. 

^idonie  is  a  Parisian  shop-girl.  Hto  parents 
lire  with  two  other  familiea  of  the  same  class 
on  the  top  floor  of  a  tall  house  in  an  obacure 
■treet.  One  of  these  tamilies  oonBlsts  of  the 
Dolabelles,  father,  mother  and  daughter ;  the 
first  being  a  conceited  and  selflsh  actor  who  can 
get  no  theatrical  engagement,  and  who,  being 
too  egoistic  to  seek  other  employment,  lives 
upon  the  earnings  of  his  wife  and  his  crippled 
daughter,  who  dress  and  set  up  tropical  birds 
and  beetles  for  milliners'  use.  The  other  con- 
sists ol  the  brothers  Eialer,  Swiss,  between 
whoae  ages  there  is  a  difTerence  of  15  years,  and 
the  elder  of  whom  is  a  designer  of  patterns  for 
vall-paper,  and  is  in  the  employ  of  the 
great  manufactttpSg  house  of  Fromont,  whose 
factory,  and  thd  fine  houae  and  garden  of  whose 
principal  partner,"  are  in  full  view  of  a  window 
on  the  landing  of  the  staircase  at  the  top  of 
the  tall  house  where  Sidonie  lives.  At  this 
window  she  sits  often,  gazing  with  longing  eyes 
at  the  magnlfioence  ot  the  Fromont  establish- 
ment, so  much  below  her  physically,  so  mueh 
above  and  beydnd  her  -  sooiallj.  Sidonie  Is 
pretty,  bright,  clever,  ambitious,  cold-hearted, 
and  intriguing.  Above  all  she  is  ambitious 
with  that  ambition  which  is  the  curse  of  so 
many  of  her  sex,  the  ambition  for  social  suc- 
cess and  for  a  luxurious  and  elegant,  or  rather 
fashionable,  life.  Of  course,  she  has  her  bread 
to  earn,  and  she  is  apprenticed  to  a  manufao- 
turer  of  imitation  pearls.  She  loathes  her 
humble  employment  and  her  humble  life,  and 
Is  determined  to  get  out  of  both  by  hook  or  by 
crook.  She  does  so  ;  and  her  way  of  doing  it  is 
both  hooked  and  crooked.  Her  craving  for  ad- 
miration is  insatiable ;  and  she  is  pretty 
enougb,  and  socially  artful  enoagh  to  get  it. 
The  younger  Bisler  falls  in  love  with  her  ;  but 
an  acquaintance  being  established  with  the 
Fromonta,  where  there  are  young  people  of  her 
own  age,  Claire,  a  niece,  and  George,  the  son  of 
the  head  of  the  house,  she  so  insinuates  herself 
into  the  good  graces  of  the  family,  that  she  is 
asked  to  their  house,  and  even  to  their  country 
seat.  She  strikes  up  a  friendshlD  with  Claire, 
and  George  Fromont  falla  la  love  with  her,  and 
an  engagement  of  marriage  follows  between 
the  young  people  without  the  knowledge 
of  their  eldsrs ;  and  of  course  young 
Hialer  is   wbiatled    dcwn  the  "wind-     She    does 

not  love  George  Fromont — she  is  iacaoable  of 

loving  any  man  with  a  true,  womanly  love — 
but  he  IS  to  be  the  head  of  the  house  of  Fro- 
mont, and  that  is  enoagh.  The  elder  Risler,  a 
■hy,  awkward,  middle-aged  man,  ia  taken  into 
partnership  in  the  Fromont  house,  which  be- 
<)omes  Fromont  &  Risler.  The  elder  Fromont 
faUfl  ill  with  a  fatal  dlaeaao,  and  on  his  death- 
bed commands  his  sou  to  marry  his  cousin 
Claire,  which  George  does,  notwithstamding  his 
engagement  to  Sidonie.  French  paternal  con- 
trol is  strong  and  the  young  man  is  weak.  Ha 
•htains,  however,  in  this  way  a  noble  girl  as  a 
wife,  who  loves  him  londly.  Baffled  thus  in 
her  ambitious  scheme,  Sidonie  mopes  and  soAms 
heart-broken;  but  she  is  maturmg  another 
plan.  At  last  she  confesses  to  her  mother  tkat 
■ke  loves  the  elder  Bisler.  The  marriage  is 
proposed  to  him,  and  the  siiaple-hearted  man 
is  taken  in,  and  gladly  accepts  the  pretty, 
clever  wife  thus  offered  to  him,  m  a  way  much 
more  common  in  France  than  in  England  or 
America  The  marriage  takes  pl»«e,  and 
Sidonie,  if  she  does  not  marry  the  head  of  the 
house,  finds  herself  the  wife  of  one  of  the  part- 
ners. The  book  opens  with  this  wedding, 
showiag  poor,  simple  Bisler  at  the  summit  of 
happiness;  the  story  of  Sidonie's  or  "little 
Chebe's,"  previous  life  being  brought  up  in  sub- 
sequent chapters. 

With  the  marriage  trouble  begins.  George 
Fromont,  whom  she  haa  not  seen  before  since 
■he  left  the  Fromont  country  seat  his  betrothed 
bride,  is  present  at  her  wedding,  and  there  m 
her  bride's  dress  she  reproaches  him  with  his 
unfaithfulness,  and  begins  to  cast  out  her  lures 
tor  him.  The  result  of  all  this  is  that  Sidonie 
becomes  George  Fremont's  mistress.  She  uses 
Iter  power  over  him  purely  for  the  gratlfloatien 
of  her  own  canity  and  ambition.  She  beoomes 
insatiable  in  her  damanda  upon  him.  She  gets 
not  only  a  luxurious  daily  life,  but  diamenda, 
oashmere  shawls,  costly  lace,  a  coup€,  and 
finally  a  pretty  country  house.  All  this  is 
managed  in  such  a  way  that,  although  othora 
Buspeot  it,  and  a  few  are  certain  of  it,  poor 
Claire  and  honest  Bisler  remain  in  igmorance. 
The  wife  of  George  Fromont  mourns  the  absence 
of  her  busband  from  his  home  at  evening,  and 
is  sad  because  she  believes  he  is  gambling  at 
his  club.  The  dishonored  husband  is  so  ab- 
sorbed in  an  invention  which  ia  to  revolution- 
ize the  manuflEMstare  ot  waU-papera  that,  in  th« 
simplicity  of  his  nature,  he  does  not  give  muoh 
thought  to  what  goes  on  before  his  eyes.  Bat, 
of  oourse,  such  a  condition  of  things  cannot 
last  long.  TUe  firm  of  Fromont  ic  Bislw  be- 
oomes embarrassed,  owing  to  George's  negleot 
of  business,  and  his  constant  and  extravagant 
expenditures.  At  last,  obligations  are  becoming 
due  which  there  is  no  money  to  meet,  and 
Sigismund  Planus,  the  pld  and  long-boated 
cashier  of  the  house,  goes  oat .  to 
do  what  u  a  oonfessiou  *  •!  empar- 
rassaent— collect  the  current  debts  of 
the  house.  He  finds  that  George  Fromont 
has  been  before  him,  and  has  silently  obtained 
every  frano  due  ta  the  firm,  and  poured  ^t  into 
Sidonie's  lap.  He  is  not  only  dejected  and  al- 
most heart-broken,  but  enraged,  and  with, Bis- 
ler even  more  than  with  Fromont ;  for  the  in- 
evitable bankruptcy  seems  to  him  to  be  due  to 
Bisler's  base  consent  to  his  own  dishonor.  His 
indignation  brings  about  an  explanation  be- 
tween him  and  his  old  friend^  to  whom  the  ex- 
planation is  also  a  revelatien.  Then  Bisler 
aini*  rises  into  dignity,  and  almost  imta  grand- 
eur. It  Is  in  the  evening  of  the  day  before 
which  the  notes  are  to  be  presented  for  pay- 
ment. Sidonie  has  a  grand  entertainment, 
■wbioh  is  in  fiill  tide.  After  the  £uh- 
Ion  at  mercantile  and  manufacturing 
Paris  some  years  ago,  her  apartments, 
as  well  as  thosi'  of  the  Fromonts,  are  in  tt|e 
■am*  building  with  the  connting-honsa.  Bisler 
reeoTMs  from  a  swoon  into  \rhiob  he  lalls  Just 
M  Claire,  (Madame  Fromont,)  irho  ia  ana* 
Bumsd,    anlTss.     After   a  htw    •acplaaatoxar 


and  soon  retams,  dririns  Sidonie  beSwe^bla 
in  ball-dzesa  and  Jewels,  and  laden  bittaell: 
with  papers,  Jewel-oases,  and  a  writing-desk. 
He  flings  them  ali  before  the  oasbier,  aajjing : 
"Here,  Planus,  you  can  raise  the  neoessary 
sum  with  this  trash  ;"  and  well  he  might,  for 
the  writing-desk,  besides  its  own  worth  ana 
the  trinkets  it  contained,  held  also  the  deed  of 
the  oenntry  seat.  Then,  however,  he  turns  to 
his  wife,  and  says :  "Those  jewels,  Madame, 
and  hurry,  if  you  please."  She  begins  to  take 
them  off  leisurely,  but  he  in  his  impatient  wrath 
clutohes  at  them,  breaks  the  ohains,  and  flings 
them  all  down  in  a  glittering  heap.  Then  be 
seizes  Sidonie,  drags  her  before  Claire,  compels 
her  upon  her  knees,  and  begins  to  dictate  an 
abject  confession  and  entreaty  of  pardon.  Of 
this  Sidonie  utters  only  the  first  few  words, 
and  then,  exclaiming,  "No,  I  will  not  I"  rises 
and  rushes  out  of  the  door;  and  that  is  the 
last  that  we  see  of  her,  except  a  glimpse  of 
her  as  the  mistress  of  a  tenor  singer,  and  her  - 
self  singing  in  a  ooncert-saloon. 

But  we  hear  enoagh  of  her;  lor  to  ner  vanity 
and  ambition  she  adds  the  even  meaner  pas- 
sion, revenge.  Immediately  after  her  flight  she 
sends  to  her  husband  a  small  packet  and  a  let- 
ter, which  he,  not  wishing  to  be  further  dis- 
urbed  by  her  in  his  eftorta  to  re-establish  Khe 
house  (in  which  he  has  taken  the  position  ot  a 
clerk)  again,  deposits  with  Planus.  After  seme 
time  has  passed  and  his  exertions  have  been 
crowned  with  success,  he  goes  to  Plums'  house 
and  there  finds  her  letter  in  the  drawer  of  a 
bnreau  in  his  room.  It  contains  a  letter  from 
his  brother  Frits  to  Sidonie,  written  after  her 
marriage.  Frtis.  who  went  abroad  after  her 
liltmg  of  aim,  and  who  was  called  back  by 
Planus  to  protect  his  brother's  honor,  submits 
himself  to  the  blandishments  of  Sidonie  and 
again  becomes  enamored  of  her,  and  writes  a 
letter  to  his  brother's  wife,  beginning,  "  I  love 
yon,  I  love  you  more  than  ever,  and  forever. 

Why  straggle  longer.  Our  passien  is  stronger 
than  ourselves."  In  the  refinement  of  cruelty 
Sidonie  sends  this  to  her  husband.  Bisler,  sus- 
tained by  the  excitement  of  his  great  exertions 
and  his  self-aaorifloe,  was  able  to  bear  up  under 
the  treachery  of  his  wife,  but  that  of  bis  loved  and 
trusted  brother  coming  to  his  knowledge  after 
all  the  rest  is  too  muoh  for  him  and  he  commits 
suicide. 

Sidonie  is  remarkable  chiefly  tor  two  great 
merits — ^its  fine  construction  of  character  and 
anatomy  of  motive,  and  the  naturalness  of  its 
moidents.  Only  one  of  them  will  seem  improb- 
able to  the  readers  ot  an  English  translation— 
the  blindness  of  Bisler  to   bis  wife's  and  his 

partner's  oonduot  Bat  Bisler,  although  be 
could  hardly  be  found  among  men  ol  English 
blood.  Is  quite  possible  in  France.  This  is 
true  ;  but  true  or  not,  it  must  be  assumed  aa 
the  condition  on  which  we  have  the  story. 
Fiction  is  full  of  sach  postulates.  Bat  this  ex- 
cepted, and  excepted  also  the  French  tone  of 
the  boolf ,  which  is  very  marked,  the  story  is 
one  which  might  be  truly  told  ef  some  girl  in 
New-York  to^ay.  Sidonie  is  net  exaokly  a 
new  character  in  fiction  ;  but  she  is  a  new  va- 
riety, admirably  painted,  of  the  heartless,  firivo- 
loos,  vulgar^ouled,  mercenary  woman,  who 
looks  upon  her  beauty  and  her  feminine  charms 
merely  as  the  means  of  feeding  her  vanity,  and 
attainine  soeial  success.  She  is  only  somewhat 
baser,  and  somewhat  more  open  in  her  ac- 
knowledgment to  berselt  ot  her  own 
motives  than  B{,ost  such  women  are. 
But  she  is  only  the  central  figure 
ot  a  groap  of  people,  wbicb,  it  must  be 
confessed,  are  fine  creationa  The  poor  lame 
girl,  daughter  of  Dolabelle.  who  loves  Frits  in 
vain,  who  sacrifices  herself  te  her  father's  van- 
ity, and  dies  just  as  she  sees  throagh  bis  shal- 
low sonl.  in  wUch  before  was  reflected  to  her 
only  the  depths  of  her  own  tenderness ;  Dola- 
belle himself,  so  vain  that  he  is  hardly  oon- 
Boioua  of  hla  own  vanity,  to  whom  selfishness 
is  so  natural  that  it  seems  to  him  to  be  nature, 
a  creation  of  Turveydrop's  kind,  but  drawn 
with    a    finer,    truer,    less    oarioatorlng    pen. 

Bisler  himself;  whose  traits  we  have  already 

shown  ;  George  Fromont,  not  bad  at  heart  or 
in  motive,  but  unstable  as  water,  a  man  made 
to  be  the  prey  of  such  a  creature  as  Sidonie  ; 
and  Claire,  his  wife,  a  neble,  pure,  serene  soul 
— sdl  these  are  portrayed  in  a  masterly  style. 
Sidonie  deserves  the  great  sneoeu  it  bu  se 

qniokly  attained. 

We  have  a  word  to  add  in  regard  to  the 
translation,  which  is  anonymous.  This  we  re- 
er^t;  for  -whoever  has   done  snob   a   piece  ot 

work  ought  to  nave  the  credit  of  it  We  have 
never  read  a  better  translation  from  any  lan- 
guage. It  IS  as  it  it  had  been  written  m  Eng- 
lish, and  very  excellent  Euglisb  too.  There  is 
not  a  trace  in  it  of  Gallicism;  and  yet  the 
French  spirit  of  the  stery,  the  French  tone  of 
mind  in  the  characters,  the  French  atmosphere 
which  they  all  inspire  and  expire  are  perfectly 
preserved.  The  way  in  which  this  Is  done, 
with  an  equally  perfect  preservation  of  pure 
English  idiom,  indicates  the  best  taste  and  a 
high  degree  of  literary  skilL  The  colloquial 
passages  in  particular  are  civen  with  remarka- 
ble fi^eedom  and  ease.  If  we  object  to  the  use 
of  "dollars"  and  "cents"  and  "penoies"  for 
"francs"  and  "sous,"  it  is  a  very  trivial  mat- 
ter of  detail,  in  which  the  error  is  on  the  right 
side.  

1IICB4BL  BTBOOOFF.  THE  COURIBR  07  TSB  CZAB. 
By  JuLBS  VxBNK.  TrkBslstert  by  W.  B.  Q.  KniasTOir. 
«ew-Tork :  Soaiairsa,  AaiuTKOMe  k.  Co.    1877. 

Jules  Yeme  bounds  into  the  arena  with 
all  his  accustomed  liveliness  and  more  than 
usual  lightness  in  the  first  ehapters  of  Miehael 
Strogoff.  He  has  a  charmed  pen,  which  glides 
BO  dearly  and  swiftly  over  paper  that  one  is 
infected  with  a  sense  of  movement.  This  trait 
agrees  especially  well  with  the  plot  here 
unfolded,  for  Michael  Strogoff  is  a  courier 
who  bears  important  State  messages  for 
thousands  of  miles  through  all  sorts 
of  diificalties  and  dangers,  aad  the  style  of 
writing  accommodates  itself  wonderfully  to 
what  may  be  called  the  atmosphere  of  the  book. 
The  chapter  in  which  Miohael's  errand  is  ex- 
plained— "A  F6te  at  the  New  Palaoe" — ooniains 
two  rapid  sketches  of  newspaper  correspond- 
ents, who  represent  the  ever-present  vlgilanse 
of  the  press.  They  belong  to  the  story  through 
the  Importance  to  Europe  ef  Miohael's  errand 
as  a  mere  matter  of  news  : 

"  Of  these  two  men,  the  one  was .  Englitb,  the 
other  Frenob  ;  both  were  tall  aad  thin,  bat  tba  lat- 
ter was  sallow,  as  was  the  Southern  Froven9sl8, 
while  the  former  was  mddy,  bxe  a  Iianeashire  geu- 
tlemso.  The  Axtglo-Korman,  formal,  oold,  grave, 
paraimonlons  of  geaturea  and  words,  appearing 
only  to  speak  or  gestioalate  nnder  the  InfUienoe  of  e 
spring,  operatins  at  regular  intervals.  The  Gaul, 
on  the  oontrary,  lively  and  petulant,  expreeaed 
bimaelf  with  lips,  eyes,  bands,  all  at  once,  having 
twenty  different  ways  of  expressing  his  thoughti^ 
whereas  hia  interlocutor  seeaed  to  bave  only  ose, 
immutably  etereotyped  on  hie  brain. 

The  strong  contrast  they  preeented  would  at  once 
have  struek  the  most  auperbelai  observsr;  but  a 
phyaioimoiaist,  reearding  them  more  dosely,  would 
nave  defined  their  partioalar  charaetenatloa  by 
eaylBg  that  of  the  FiencbBtan  was  'all  eyes,'  the 
SngUsbman  was  'all  ears.' " 

These  two  correspondents  travel  on  the  same 
route  with  the  oonrier.  A  political  retugee, 
who  is  about  to  loin  a  rebelllen  against  the 
Czar  in  his  Asiatic  previnces,  Is  suppo  sed  to  be 
escaping  from  Bussia  in  some  disguise  or  other 
at  the  same  time.  He'noe  there  Is  a  race  be- 
tween him  and  the  courier,  while  the  corre- 
spondents are  equally  Interested  in  go  tting  tor- 
ward  to  the  scene  of  war.  Nadia,  also,  is  of 
the  party.  She  is  a  young  Livonian  damsel 
who  is  going  to  join  her  exiled  father  in  Si- 
beria. A  storm  in  the  Ujfal  Mountains,  which 
brings  four  of  these  five  aotots  together,  is 
given  with  the  audaoity  natural  to  Jules  Verne. 
Books  and  pine  trunks  hurtle  throng  flie  air, 
the  zaia  deaeienda  in  torrents,  UfffatBing  strikss 
aduapeftnee  aad  sets  tham  oniM^wbUet 


bear,  ffike  sboets  blm  witb  the  aerre  ef  an  ao- 
eoapUshed  bea^hanter,  bat  it  ia  needless  to 
My  that  Mlohael  r«t]olns  her  ia  time  to  give 
bim  his  death  blow  and  save  onee  more  the 
life  of  the  pretty  Livonian.  A  mysterious  trav- 
eler in  a  berim  is  overtaken  beyond  Bkatercn- 
bnrg,  and  arrives  at  the  next  relay  station  in 
time  to  dispnte  with  Michael  the  only  fresh 
horses  in  the  place.  There  is  a  good  scene 
here,  where  Michael  has  to  allow  himself  to  be 
insulted  by  the  stranger  and  refuse  to  fight. 
He  loses  time,  but  pursues  his  journey,  preceded 
by  the  military  stranger,  in  the  company  of 
Nadia. 

** '  Is  it  so  f  he  said,  !n  a  roucb  voice.  'You  will 
not  give  up  TOur  horses  to  me  r 

'No,'  answered  Michael. 

'Very  well:  then,  they  afaall  belong  to  wblobever 
of  us  is  able  to  itart.  Defend  yonrsdf,  for  I  shall 
not  spare  you.' 

So  saying,  the  traveler  drew  his  asbre  from  its 
abeatb,  and  Nadia  threw  beraelf  before  Michael. 

Blount  and  Aloide  Jollvet  advanced  toward  htm. 

'  I  shall  aotflcht.' said  liiobaei,  quietly,  loldlng 
hla  armH  acroae  hie  obeet. 

'You  Will  not  fight  t' 

•No.' 

'  Kot  even  for  this  t'  exclaioied  the  traveler.  And 
before  any  one  could  prevent  him,  he  strnok 
Mieheere  ehonlder  with  the  handle  of  the  whip.  At 
this  Insolt  Michael  turned  deadly  psle.  His  bands 
moved  eonvulsively  as  1/  he  would  have  knocked 
tbe  brate  down.  Bat  by  a  tremendoos  effort  fae 
mastered  himself.  A  duel  I  It  was  more  than  a  de- 
lay i  it  was  perhaps  the  failure  of  his  mission. 
****** 

Nadia  did  not  doubt  that  powerful  reasons  alone 
could  have  allowed  him  to  suffer  so  great  a  humilia- 
tion from  snob  a  man.  Then  going  np  to  him,  as  be 
had  come  to  her  in  tbe  Polios  station  at  NUni-Nov- 
gorod:  'Your  hand,  brother,'  said  ehe." 

This  traveler  ii  no  other  than  Col.  Ivan 
Ogareff,  traitor  to  the  Czar,  who  haa  suo- 
ceeded  in  escaping  from  Bussia  under  the  dis- 
guise of  a  gypsy,  and  with  the  aid  of  a  gypsy 
band,  on  the  same  steam-boat  that  carries 
Miohael  disguised  as  a  merchant.  He  joins  the 
Khan  of  Tartary  in  hopes  of  outting  off  the 
Grand  Duke  in  Siberia  At  Omsk  be  appears 
in  command  of  the  Tartar  hordes  that  have 
captured  that  city  and  narrowly  misses  taking 
Michael,  of  whose  presence  in  Omsk  he  has  be- 
come aware.  Michael's  race  for  Irkutsch  now 
becomes  more  aud  more  dangerous,  tor  he  is  in 
tke  enemy's  country,  and  Ivan  is  tracking  him. 
After  various  adventures  he  is  taken,  but  lo 
the  end  arrives  at  his  destination  just  in  time 
to  baffle  tbe  traitor,  slay  him,  and  save  the 
town,  together  with  tbe  Grand  Duke,  who  has 
taken  refuge  therein. 

As  if  there  were  not  adventure  and  tragedy 
enough  in  this  wild  tale  of  Tartar  barbarity 
and  Bossian  hardship,  another  story  of  Jules 
Verne  is  boimd  up  with  ilicKad  Strogoff.  It  is 
called  "  Tbe  Mutmeers,"  and  the  scene  is  Mex- 
ico. The  Illustrations  for  the  long  novel  and 
this  tale  are  by  Fernt,  aad  aooerd  well  in  spirit 
with  Jules  Verne's  work,  siaee  they  have  in 
their  own  way  all  of  his  audacity.  Michael 
Strogoff  will  be  found  an  exciting  work. 

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THE  BIGHT  OF  ASTLDM. 


Miesr  BODIBa  BMOOYSttXD. 
BALTDConB,  Feb.  9.— Eight  bodies  of  the 
new  pf  the  oyster  sobooaer  Laura,  which  oapsiaed 
off  Greenbury  Pplnt,  near  AnnapoUa  in  the  gale  of 
Deo.  IS,  were  reeovered  yesterday  by  dragging,  and 
have  been  brought  to  thia  city.  The  bodies  reeov- 
•led  ere  those  of  William  S.  Hitch,  Captain  (  W.  B. 
Derman,  Bdward  Wiuiams.  David  Husnes,  Martin 
Olaaicherty,  ef  this  elty.  aad  W.  A..  Lafiner,  Robert 
Ho^h.  end  Anton  MuUer,  who  shipped  st  Balti- 
more, bat  tt  Is  bsUeved  cane  from  New-Tork.  The 
iMdiSs,  which  have  bcca  la  the  water  nearly  two 
aeatas.  were  wdl  preserved  aad  aaeily  seeogaiaad. 
eae  betr  leieeles  asteseyerefc 


THE  SUBJECT  PBESENTED  IN  A  NEW 
LIGHT. 

ANALTSS  07  THS  COBBBBPONDBNCB  BB- 
TWEEN  LOBO  DERBY  AND  MK.  PtSH — la 
TRK  AMERICAN  DOCTRINE  THE  CORRECT 
ONE  t— VIEWS  OF  MR.  WEBSTER— OPIN- 
IONS OF  FOREIGN  WRITERS. 

TotKl  Editor  ot  thi  iHuh  Tork  Tinui : 

The  correspondence  on  extradition,  con- 
tained m  the  last  volume  on  "  Foreign  Be- 
lations,"  presents  the  subject  in  a  light  in 
which  it  has  not  been  considered  by  tbe  Ameri- 
can people.  The  Message  of  the  President  on 
the  20th  of  June,  1876,  announced  that  be  -  bad 
declined  to  yield  to  "  tbe  menace  of  an  intend- 
ed violation"  by  Great  Britain  of  the  extradi- 
tion clause  of  the  treaty  of  Washington, 
made  in  1842,  and  intimated  that  that  menace 
was  based  "on  the  requirements  of  a  purely 
domestic  enactment  of  tbe  British  Parliament, 
passed  in  the  year  1870."  Assuming  tbe  an- 
nouncement to  be  a  fair  one,  the  country  has 
been  prepared  to  sustain  the  Government  in 
resisting  the  Infraction  of  a  treaty  on  such  a 
ground.  The  statement.  Indeed,  was  rather 
calculated  to  disturb  the  feelings  of  our  people, 
who  like  menaces  from  no  quarter,  and,  least 
of  all,  ij^rhaps,  from  England ;  and  who  have 
well-defined  ideas  of  the  faith  of  treaties  and 
of  their  independence  of  domestic  legislation. 

The  Message  made  no  allusion  to  the  fact  that 
Lord  Derby  in  his  note  ot  May  4,  (received  at 
Washington  May  17,)  had  aisolaimed  the  con- 
duct imputed  to  England,  and  had  maintained 
that  the  duty  of  tbe  British  Government  to 
protest  against  any  extradited  prisoner  beins 
tned  for  crimes  other  than  those  for  which  he 
had  been  surrendered,  rested  not  on  the  act  of 
1870,  an  idea  which  he  distinctly  disclaimed, 
but  on  the  general  law  of  extradition,  and  that 
the  act  of  1870  was  not  "  a  purely  domestic  en- 
actment of  tbe  British  Parliament,"  but  the 
embodiment  "of  tbe  general  opinion  of  all 
countries  on  tbo  subject." 

The  case  as  exhibited  by  the  correspondence 
presents  another  issue,  and  with  larger  scope 
than  that  presented  by  the  Message  ;  and  the 
chief  question  which  it  offers  for  our  solution 
touches  the  effect  which  the  rule  of  interpretra- 
tion  adopted  at  Washington  may  have  in  de- 
priving persons  whc  shall  be  surrendered  by 
the  United  States,  charged  with  a  particular 
crime  specified  by  treaty,  of  the  safeguards 
with  which  they  have  been  heretofore  sur- 
rounded by  the  international  law  and  practice 

of  Europe,  and  in  permitting  them  to  be  tried 
and  convicted  by  the  toreign  Government,  on 
wbose  demand  they  are  surrendered  for  crim- 
inal offenses  not  named  in  tbe  treaty,  and  other 
offenses  never  contemplated  by  us,  political, 
religious,  and  connected  with  military  service. 
In  view  of  tbe  thousands  who  have  sought  a 
reAige  in  this  country  from  political  motives 
and  to  escape  military  oonscriptioa,  if  it  shall 
be  found  that  the  position  assumed  by  the 
President  is  in  fact  "a  menace"  to  the  per- 
sonal liberty  of  this  class  and  to  that  right  of 
asylum  which  constitutes  one  of  tbo  cbiefest 
glories  of  tbe  Bepubiic,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that 
Congress  will  promptly'  correct  the  error  be- 
fore its  adjournment;  so  far,  at  least,  as  to 
avoid  the  risk  of  national  wron<;  and  intorna- 
tional  complications.  It  is  to  be  remembered, 
also,  that  nothing  could  be  more  calculated  to 
interrupt  tbe  smooth  working  of  our  Extradi- 
tion Treaties  with  the  Continent — tbe  mutual 
sonvenieDce  and  importance  of  which,  ia  the  ex- 
change of  persons  actually  guilty  of  publie 
crimes,  is  more  and  more  apparent,  than  the 
idea  sanctioned  and  promulgatod  by  the  Gov- 
emment  at  Washiceton,  that  tbo  party  de- 
manded, however  innocent  be  might  prove  to 
be  of  the  crime  with  which  he  was  charged 
and  for  which  he  was  surrendered,  could  still 
be  held  and  punished  by  tbe  power  to  which 
we  had  delivered  bira,  as  an  ofionder  against 
its  political,   religious,    or    military    laws,  and 

that  for  such  offenders  the  Bepubiic  had  ceased 
to  be  a  land  ot  refuge. 

That  Gen.  Grant  intended  to  make  a  de- 
cision wbiob  might  have  suoh  an  effect  ia  not 
to  be  presumed.  He  distinctly  approved  of  tbe 
contrary  principle  in  assenting  to  the  third  ar- 
ticle of  the  Extradition  Treaty  recently  pro- 
jected but  never  concluded  with  England.  He 
frankly  admitted  in  his  Message  that  "  it  was 
bis  fortune,  or  misfortune,  to  be  called  to  tbe 
office  of  chief  magistrate  without  any  political 

traiaing."  This  was,  perbaps,  eapecialiv  the 
case  in  regard  to  the  rules  of  international  law 
and  tbe  amenitiea  of  diplomatio  intercourse  ; 
and  while  the  country,  always  mirdful  of  his 
great  military  services,  will  the  more  readily 
accept  bis  assurance  that  *'  failures  have  been 
errora  ot  ludgment.  not  of  intent,"  no  readiness 
to  pardon  an  error  can  exonerate  us  from  the 
responsibility  of  correcting  it  and  of  arresting 
tbe  mischief  wbiob  it  may  threaten. 

Without  now  reterring  to  tbo  grounds  on 
which  tbe  Government  bases  its  interpretat  ion 
of  tbe  treaty,  the  judicial  decisions  on  tbe  ju- 
risdiction ot  the  courts,  with  amall  bearing  ou 
tiie  political  or  international  queation,  or  tbe 
dicta  and  argument  given  in  tbe  correspond- 
ence, let  us  look  at  the  rule  by  which  it  has  de- 
fined its  powers  under  the  treaty  with  Great 
Britain,  and  which  defines  with  equal  explicit- 
ness — although  the  President  makes  no  allu- 
sion to  this  fact — the  powers  of  foreign  Statea 
who  have  similar  treaties  with  our  Uepublio. 

When  Lord  Derby,  after  the  surrender  ol 
Lawrence,  who,  when  extradited  Irom  Canada 
on  a  charge  ot  forgery,  was  indicted  at  Now- 
York  for  smuggling,  aisked  in  the  case  of  Wins- 
low  a  prior  assurance  that  he  should  not  be 
tried  on  any  charge  but  that  on  which  be  was 
demanded,  our  Government  had  a  sufficient 
reason  for  declining  to  give  tbe  assurance  in 
tbe  absence  of  power  on  the  part  of  the  Exec- 
utive to  control  the  action  ot  the  State  courts, 
and  this  reason  was  properly  stated.  But  the 
Government,  not  content  with  the  ample  pica 
of  legal  impossibility,  proceeded  to  advance 
what  it  maintains  to  be  its  right  under  tbe 
treaty.  It  contended  that  "  there  is  no  agree- 
ment, express  or  implied,  that  he  [tbe  surren- 
dered person]  may  not  be  tried  for  another  of- 
lensc  ot  which  he  is  charged,  though  not  an  ex- 
tradition offense."  It  aaded:  "He  is  in  fact 
'delivered  np  to  justice,'  and  in  the  absence  of 
any  limitation  by  treaty  to  'justice'  generally, 
ebcb  independent  State  being  tbe  judge  of  its 
own  administration  of  justice." 

Tbe  Government,  while  claiming  theae  abso- 
lute and  unrestricted  powers,  under  the  treaty 
as  it  stands,  to  deal  with  the  surrendered  per- 
son as  it^pieases,  admits  the  propriety  of  pro- 
viding certain  iimitatious  by  additional  stipu- 
lations, and  it  "  was  and  is  of  the  opinion 
*  *  *  that  a  proper  limitation  might  be 
made  by  providing  that  the  criminal  shall  be 
tried  for  no  political  offense  and  for  no  crime 
not  an  extradition  offense."  That  without 
such  limitation  in  the  treaty,  "  the  criminal," 
meaning,  as  it  would  seem,  the  party  surren- 
dered on  a  charge  of  crime,  and  whom  our  law 
is  supposed  to  regard  aa  innocent  until  he  is 
proved  to  be  guilty,  may  be  tried  also  for  polit- 
ical offenses  appears  again  from  tbe  argument 
of  tbe  Government  in  reply  to  Lord  Derby. 
(Mr.  Fish  to  Mr.  Hoffman,  May  22, 1876,  page 
237.) 

"  Lord  Derby  *  *  *  asks  what  is  to  prevent 
the  United  States  from  obtaining  a  prisoner  on  one 
charge  and  trying  bim  for  a  pelitioal  oiieoBe  t  The 
answer  is  ready.  Tbe  inherent  inborn  lore  of 
freedom,  ootb  of  thought  and  of  action,  engraved 
on  tbe  hearts  of  the  people  of  tbie  country  so 
deeply  that  no  law  can  reach  and  no  sdmioistra- 
tion  would  dare  to  violate.  •  *  *  Neither  the 
extradition  clause  in  the  treaty  of  1794  nor  in  that 
of  1842  contains  any  reference  to  ImmunKy  for 
political  offenaes  or  to  ttbe  protection  ot  asylum  for 
politloal  or  religious  refat^eeg.  Tbe  publlo  aenti- 
ment  of  both  oountriea  made  it  nnneoesaary. 
Between  tbe  United  States  and  Great  Britain  it  was 
not  anp posed  on  either  side  thai  Kuaraotees  were 
required  ol  eaon  other  accaloat  a  thtnK  mberently 
imposaible,  any  more  than  oy  tbe  laws  of  Solon 
was  a  puniihmeni  deemed  necessary  aaamat  tbs 
crime  ot  parricide,  wbi,oh  was  beyond  tbe  pesslbit- 
Ity  of  eonteniplation." 

The  point  to  be  noted  here  is  tbe  position 
that,  as  between  England  and  America,  there 
is  nothing  in  or  out  of  the  treaty  to  prevent 
either  Government  from  trying  a  surrendered 
person  for  political  offenses)  except  the  pecu- 
liar love  of  freedom  that  characterizes  tbe  two 
countries,  and  which  in  this  case  rendered  all 
further  safeguards  unnecessary. 

Were  we  examining  the  argument  of  the 
'  WasbiivKton  ease,  it  might  be  properly  asked  if 
it  was  a  like  faith  in  the  people  and  Govern- 
ment of  the  Hawaiian  lalande  which  mduoed 
Gen.  Taylor  and  Mr.  Clayton  to  omit  the  lim- 
\Uatlan  In  their  treaty  with  those  islands,  and 


je..j5*jgjj. 


wbadker  Mz.  Wsbstcs^  wacn,  as  ovsrviArf  onoa 
more  under  Mr.  Ftilmere  lie  omitted  the  guar- 
aofees  ia  tbe  treaty  with  Prussia,  did  so 
on  the  STonnd  that  there  was  in  Prussta 
"an  inherent,  inborn  lo'O'e  of  f^edom'' 
whloh  no  administration  at  Berlin  would 
dare  to  violate  1  It  might  also  be  i-emarked 
that  tbe  attempts  tu  illustrate  and  justify  tbe 
sentimental  ouniidenoe  in  popular  and  govern- 
mental integrity,  which  tbe  Government  as- 
cribes to  Mr.  Jay  and  Lord  Granville  in  1794, 
and  to  Mr.  Webster  and  Lord  Ashburton  in 
1842,  by  the  amiable  credulity  which  tradition 
attributes  to  the  sage  of  Greece  in  regard  to 
parricide,  served  rather  to  illustrate  the  differ- 
ence between  the  Solons  of  antiquitv  and  tbe 
thoughtful,  practical,  far-sighted  statesmen  of 
our  own  day. 

Mr.  Webster,  with  a  clearer  vision  than  the 
Athenian  leeislator,  not  only  deemed  parricide 
a  crime  tor  which  punishment  should  be  pro- 
vided, but  for  which  extradition  should  be 
arranged,  and  fi-om  the  time  of  President  Tyler 
to  that  of  Gen.  Grant  provision  has  been  made 
by  successive  treaties  for  tbe  mutual  return  of 
parricides  with  France,  Hayti,  Mexico,  Nicara- 
gua, the  Orange  Free  State,  Sweden  and  Nor- 
way, and  the  Two  Sicilies. 

Touching  the  reasons  why  Mr.  Webster 
deemed  it  unnecessary  to  declare  in  the  Treaty 
of  Washington  that  political  offenses  are  ex- 
cluded, bis  own  words  on  tbe  subject  may  be 
assumed  to  have  more  authority  than  the 
views  of  Solon  on  parricide  ;  and  even  if  he 
had  not  spoken,  the  application  of  tbe  oldeu 
rule,  JExpretsio  uniua  exetusio  alteriua,  would 
have  been  in  accord  with  the  views  of  the  pub- 
licists and  jurists  wbicb  now  constitute  the 
international  law  of  Europe  on  tbe  subject  ot 
extradition.  Tbe  tenth  article  of  the  treaty  is 
as  follows  : 

"It  is  agreed  that  tbo  United  States  and  ber 
Britannio  Ma^e^tv  shall,  upon  mutual  requisition 
by  them,  or  their  Ministers,  ofhoers  or  autboriciea 
respectivsly  made,  deliver  up  to  justice  all  persons 
who,  being  charged  with  the  crime  of  murder  or 
assault  to  commit  murder,  or  piracy,  or  arson,  or 
robbery,  or  forgery,  or  tbe  utterance  of  forged 
paper,  oommittuu  within  tbe  iurisdiction  of  either, 
obali  seek  an  asylum,  or  shall  be  found  within  the 
territories  ot  tbe  other;  provided  that  this  shall 
only  bo  Uone  upon  such  evidence  of  criminality  as, 
according  to  the  laws  of  the  place  where  tbe  fagi- 
tive  or  person  su  charged  shall  be  found,  would 
jastityhie  apprebensiuu  and  cummitmeDt  tor  tilal 
if  the  crime  or  offense  had  there  been  committed." 

President  Tyler,  in  his  Message  of  Aug.  11, 
1842,  after  referring  to  the  pressineoocaeion  lor 
such  a  treaty  in  reference  to  tiie  British  prov- 
inces in  America,  said — and  Mr.  Webster  him- 
self wrote  the  message  :  j 

"  Tbe  article  on  tbe  subject  In  the  proposed 
treaty  is  carefully  cooilned  lo  such  offenses  as  all 
mankind  a^ree  to  raeard  as  beinoua  and  destructive 
of  the  gravity  of  hie  and  property,  lu  this  careful 
and  epbciflo  enumeration  of  crimes,  tbe  object  has 
beeu  tu  exclude  all  political  offenses  or  criminal 
charges  arlslne  from  wars  or  intestine  comraations  ; 
treason,  misprision  of  tre.isua,  libels,  deseitioo  Irom 
military  service  and  otbor  offenses  ot  similar  char- 
acter are  excluded."     (6  Webster's  Works,  355.) 

Mr.  Webster  understood  tbe  meaning  of 
words,  aud  tke  force  of  this  language  could 
hardly  be  increased,  especially  wheu  wo  recall 
the  rules  which,  m  advauoo  of  treaty  stipular 
tion,  marked  in  Europe  tbe  extradition  of 
aUeged  fugitives  from  justice  under  the  comity 
of  nations. 

In  a  circular  dated  15th  April,  1841,  more 
than  a  year  before  tbe  Treaty  of  Washington, 
the  Minister  of  Justice  in  France  said: 

"Tbe  extradition  declares  tbe  offense  which  leads 
toil,  aud  tbis  uiteasealuue  ought  to  be  inquired  into, 
»o  that  it,  during  ibe  nrosecution  for  tbe  crime 
wbiob  bas  led  to  tbe  extrttditiou,  there  should  arise 
tbe  evidence  of  a  new  crime,  a  nenr  demand  of  ex- 
tradition  ought  to  be  made." 

Some  of  tbe  later  authorities  cited  by  the 
Lord  (Jhaucollur  in  bis  very  learned  aud  able 
speech  seem  to  confirm  entirely  Mr.  Webster's 
view.  For  be  would  hardly  have  congratu- 
latod  the  country  on  the  fact  that  offenses  of  a 
political  or  religious  character  or  lor  military 
service  had  been  carelully  excluded  from  iho 
list  of  offenses  for  which  a  person  could  be  sur- 
rendered, on  tbe  submitmcnt  of  proper  proofs, 
if  it  were  understood  that  after  bis  surrender, 
trial,  and  acquittal  on  that  charge  be  could  be 
arraigned  aud  tried  for  another,  "  although  not 
an  extradition  offense,"  when  thousands  ot  miles 
from  his  American  bome,  without  notice  and 
without  opportunity  of  defense. 

FcBlix,  who  in  his-  treatise  on  private  inter- 
national law  devotes  an  entire  chapter  to  ex- 
tradition, says: 

"  The  person  who  ia  surrendered  cannot  be  prose- 
cntbd  or  coodumudd  except  fur  tbe  crime  ia  respect 
tu  wbicb  bis  extraditiuu  uas  beeu  obtained." 

From  Dallays'  Juritprudenee  the  Lord  Chan- 
cellor cited  "  a  remarkable  case,''  that  of  Der- 
meuou,  who  had  been  eurreudered  by    Bwitzer- 

laud  to  France  on  a  charge  of  Irauclulent  bauk- 
ruptoy,  and  acquitted  uu  that  charge.    Being 

accuued  of  aaotber,  the  Procureui  U^n^rai  of 
Dijou  asked  advice  as  to  the  disposition  to  be 
made  of  him,  and  the  Minister  of  tbe  Interior 
ordered  him  to  be  reconducted  to  the  frontier 
and  placed  once  more  in  tbe  haads  of  tbe 
Genoese  authorities.  The  Minister  ot  Justice 
directed  this  course,  and  it  was  said: 

"  We  canout  take  advantage  of  bis  having  been 
gtveu  UD  tu  the  French  authorities  upon  a  Uiffereut 
tiruund,  to  try  bim  for  sots  which  have  not,  and 
could  never  have,  been  tbe  grotuids  ot  the  extradi- 

llOU." 

Kluit,  tbe  jurist  of  Holland  who  has  written 
a  treatise  ou  tbe  surrendsr  of  lugitivea,  says: 

'•  The  surrendering  State  gave  up  tbe  criminal  on 
consiUeraiiun  of  tbe  grounos  stateo,  not  on  dilfer- 
eot  grounds;  and  taac  even  if  it  be  not  fraud, 
but  only  carelessness,  that  leads  a  State,  after  de- 
manoing  and  obtaining  tbe  surrender  of  a  criminal, 
Ui  bring  bim  to  trial  uu  suuie  other  charge  ttiantbac 

tor  wbioh  be  was  surrendered,  such  a  proceeding 
should  not  on  that  account  be  passed  over  " 

Ileflier,  the  well-known  German  iurist, 
whose  authority  on  questions  ot  international 
law  is  ac&nuwledged  m  Germany  aud  Austria, 
says: 

"The  iDdividual  whose  extradition  has  been 
granted  cannot  be  pruseuuted  uor  tried  lur  any 
crime  except  thai  for  wbicb  tbe  extradition  haa 
been  obutiued.  To  act  iu  any  other  way  and  to 
cause  him  to  be  tried  tor  otuer  crimes  or  misde- 
meaeors  would  be  tu  violate  the  mutuiil  principle  of 
asylum  and  the  silent  claim  coniaiued  by  impUca- 
Uun  in  every  extradirion." 

The  Lord  Chancellor  added  that  he  was  "  abr 
Bolutely  unaware  of  any  .authority  who  had 
ever  written  tbe  other  way." 

To  understand  the  extent  to  which  we  are 
interested  in  the  rules  of  extradition  thus  gen- 
erally adopted  in  Europe,  we  have  only  to  re- 
fer to  our  treaties  with  European  States 
and  with  iScates  not  in  Europe  which  are  likely 
tu  bo  governed^ in  this  matter  by  European 
rules. 

We  have  made  treaties  with  Austria,  Baden- 
Baden,  Bavaria,  Prauce,  Jtlanover,  Italy,  North 
Germany,  Prussia,  Saxony,  Hessei  Hesse-on- 
tbe-lthme,  Saxe- Weimar,  ISaxe-Meiningen,  Saxe- 
Aitenberg,  Baxe-Coburg-Gotha,  Brunswick, 
Anhait-Dessau,  Anbalt-Bemburg,  Nassau, 
Scbwarzburg-Kudolstudt,  8ohwarzburg-Son- 
derbauseu,  Waldeok-Ueuss,  Lippe,  Hamburg, 
Frankfort,  Bremen,  Mooklenburg-Schwerin, 
Mcckleuburg-Strelitz,  Oldenburg,  Bcbaumburg- 
Lippe,  Wiirtemberg,  Sweden  and  Norway, 
Swiss  Cuntederation,  and  the  Two  Sicilies, 
making  37. 

Ot  other  countries,  we  have  made  treaties 
with  the  Hawaian  Islands,  the  Orange  Free 
State,  Nicaragua,  the  Dominican  Itepublic, 
Uayti,  and  Mexico. 

It  was  announced  by  telegraph  on  tbe  5th  Jan- 
uary that  an  extradition  treaty  had  beeu  con- 
cluded with  Spain,  enumerating  26  offenses  tor 
which  persona  accused  may  be  surrendered. 
Among  the  treaties  named,  some  15  declare 
that  citizens  of  each  State  are  not  to  be  given 
up,  to  wit :  Austria,  Baden,  Bavaria,  Bremen, 
Hanover,  Hayti,  Mexico,  Mecklenburg- 
Schwerin,  Mecklenburg-Strelitz,  North  Germa- 
ny, Oldenburg,  Prussia,  Sweden  and  Norway, 
and  tbe  Two  Sicilies. 

A  still  smaller  number  provide  that  extradi- 
tion shall  not  be  granted  for  political  ofl'euses, 
and  this  includes  Austria,  Baden,  the  Domini- 
can Republic,  France,  Hayti,  Italy,  Mexico, 
Nicaragua,  tbe  two  Sicihes,  and  the  Orange 
Free  State,,  leaving  a  large  number  of  treaties 
wherSthe  persons  extradited  from  America, 
and  who  under  the  rules  prevailing  on  the  Con- 
tinent were  protected  from  interference  except 
on  the  one  cnarge  on  which  the  demand  was 
made,  are  now  surrendered,  by  the  President's 
rule  to  what  is  called  at  Washington  tbe  "jus- 
tice generally"  of  the  f  ereign  State,  to  be  tried 
and  condemned  on  "  other  than  extradition 
charges." 

Whatever  dicta  may  be  found  to  sustain  tbe 
doctrme  proclaimed  from  Washington,  this 
simple  fact  remains,  that  it  deprives  persons 
Burrendsred  by  us  of  rights  which  we  have 
aoltnowledged  ought  to  be  protected,  and  wbicb 
even  tbe  monarchies  aud  aristocracies  of 
Europe  have  been  accustomed  to  protect,  and 
that  It  strikes  a  fatal  blow  at  the  safety  of  the 
distressed  and  persecuted  of  other  nations  who 
seek  for  refuge  va.  our  Kepublio.  If  Congress 
shall  prnmptiy  recognize  that  fact,  it  will 
hardly  fail  te  note  tbe  danger  of  tbe  decision — 
especially  to  those  who  have  escaped  from  mil- 
itary servioe — and  make  good  by  proper  legisla- 
tien  tbe  proud  boast  of  our  country  to  which 
Mr.  Webster  gave  expression,  when  he  said  : 
"  Whoever  is  in  affliction  from  political  occur- 
rences in  his  own  country  looks  here  for  shelter. 
Whether  be  be  republican  flying  from  tbe  op- 
pression of  thrones,  or  whether  he  be  monarsb 
or  monarchist  fiving  from  thrones  that  cruuW^le 
and  fall  under  or  around  him,  he  feels  equal 
assurance  that  if  he  got  foothold  on  our  soil  his 
person  will  be  sate  and  his  right<e  will  be  re- 
Boected."  JOHN  JAY. 

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A  CHARin  INVISTI6ATI0N. 


THE  JUVEIilLB  GUARDIAN  SOCIETY. 

A  OOMMITTEB    OF    THB     STATE     BOASB     OF 
CHARITIES  IN  SESSION     IN    THIS  CaXT — 
SEVEBAL    WITNESSES     EXAMINED     YES- 
TERDAY— OFFICERS  AND  EMPLOYES  OF 
IHK      INSTITUTION     ON     THE     STAND — 
TWELVE     OB-     THB     BOOBS     SHOWN     TO 
HAVE     BEEN     MUTILATED— REPORT     OF 
THB  EXAMINATION  OF    THB     ACCOUNTS 
BY  EXPERTS., 
Mesfrs.  Theodore  Boosevelt    and    Henry  L. 
Hoguet,  and  Mrs.  G.  £.  Lowell,  of  tbe  SUte  Board 
of  Charities,  met  at  No.  50  East  Twentieth  street, 
tbe   o£Boe   of  the   board    In    this   City,  yesterday 
morning,  to  investigate  certain  charges  against  D. 
F.  Bobertson,  Secretary  of  the  New-York  Juvenile 
G-uaralan  Society,   preferred    by    Messrs.    Stephen 
Pell  and   R    M.  Jonea,    both   formerly    connected 
with  the  institution.    The  firat    witness  called  was 
Bev.  Edward  F.  Edwards.    This  gentleman  refused 
to  be  sworn,  saying  that  owing  to  his   position  in 
bis  church  he  did  not   want  to  be    mixed    up  with 
tbe       afibtrs      of      tbe       society.        Ea       made 
a     statement,      however,     in     which     he     said 
that     .be      had      not       bean       connected       with 
the   institution  for   more  than    two   years.      The 
substance  of  bis  statement  was  that  the  affairs  of 
the  society  had  been  badly  managed  by  Mr.  Bobert- 
son, and  that  he  [the  witness]  had  no  confidence  in 
him. 

0.  W.  Goff  was  then  called  and  sworn.  He  said 
that  he  had  been  connectea  with  the  institution  for 
about  four  weeks ;  he  had  been  a  visitor  of  St. 
John's  Guild,  and  at  tbe  request  of  Mr.  Bobertson 
be  agreed  to  assist  him  for  four  weeks  without  pay  ; 
he  went  to  the  institution,  and  began  his  labors; 
the  Treasorer  gave  him  125  and  Mr.  Bobertson  |5  : 
besides  these  sums,  he  bad  expended  t70  out  of  his 
own  pocket  i  of  the  whole  amount,  $55  were  paid  for 
pntting  ft  room  used  as  an  office  in  the  society's 
building  in  order;  all  the  money  received  from  the 
society  went  to  pay  for  the  room,  by  order  |of  Mr. 
Bobertson  j  part  of  tbe  money  spent  by  him  was 
for  food  and  part  for  a  coffin  fgiven  to  a  lady  whose 
child  had  died  ;  during  the  time  he  had  been  with 
the  society  he  bad  visited  55  families,  and  had  glveu 
relief  tn  itO  families ;  there  was,  so  far  as  he  knew, 
only  one  person  under  pay  of  the  society  now  en- 
eagad  in  charitable  worlc 

Miss  Frances  K.  Ferauson,  the  next  witness,  said 
«he  had  been  connected  with  the  society  since  Sep. 
tomber,  1876 ;  abo  was  in  ciiarge  of  the  sewing- 
machines  of  tbe  society,  and  gave  work  to  unem- 
ployed girls,  and  taught  them  to  work  on  the  ma- 
chines ;  she  had  aerted  to  take  tbe  position  with- 
out pay,  requiring  t9  a  week  only  for  her  actual 
expenses;  she  had  been  paid  tbe  first  week  only  j 
three  weeks  later  Mr.  Bobertson  told  her  the  so- 
ciety had  no  funds,  and   she  bad  remained  without 

pay ;  she  left  a  position  with  John  M.  Davis  &  Co. 
to  eo  to  the  institution  ;  the  money  she  received 
for  the  shirts  made  on  the  machines  she  gave  to 
them,  retaininc  only  enough  to  pay  express  charges 
and  for  machine-oil  and  needles ;  her  means  were 
sufficient  to  enable  ber  to  work  without  pav — iba 
now  worked  purely  for  charity.  In  reply  to  a  Ques- 
tion, she  said  that  ahe  would  not  keep  ber  present 
situation  if  she  could  get  another.  This  witness 
was  not  sworn,  as  she  said  she  was  too  nervous. 

Eenry  W.  Baldwin  was  then  called.  He  testified 
tbat  in  1874  he  had  been  requested  by  Mr.  Bobert- 
son to  become  a  member  of  the  board  i  he  accepted 
and  was  afterward  elected  President;  various 
charges  were  made  against  Mr.  Bobertson,  and 
statements  were  also  made  tliat  some  of 
the  books  of  the  concern  had  been 
lost  or  stolen  and  mutilated;  in  tApril,  187^ 
as  a  member  of  an  investigatine  committee,  he 
obtained  possession  of  12  mutilated  books,  for  which 
be  held  a  receipt  in  which  tbe  fact  of  tbe  mutilation 
was  expressed.  Ttie  witness  exhibited.a  report  of 
an  axaminatton  of  the  books  made  at  that  time  by 
experts.  In  this  report  It  was  stated  that  a  oontin- 
uons  financial  record  could  not  be  mads  from  the 
data  furnished  ;  id  consequence  of  to  is  report  Mr. 
Poll,  the  Treasurer,  was  put  out,  and  Mr.  Bobertson 
was  permitted  to  resign  ;  witness  was  then  elected 
President ;  shortly  after  he  fonnd  that  Bobertson 
bad  as  much  inflaence  with  the  board  aa  berore,  and 
he  I  the  witness]  then  asked  that  Mr.  Pell  be  made 
Treasurer  again,  as  he  was  tbe  only  man  wno  coald 
eaccesstully  oppose  Mr.  Bebertson  ;  Pell  was  not 
put  back,  aud  witness  then  resiened  ;  be  knew 
nothine  of  bis  ow^  knowledee  of  anythins  wrons 
done  by  Mr.  Bobertson. 

Mr,  Stephen  Pell  was  then  called.  Upon  being 
swum  he  said  tbat  three  years  Ago  he  had  acted  as 
Treasorer  of  the  society  ;  all  tbe  money  obtained 
by  the  collectors  was  put  in  bis  hands,  and  be  paid 
them  their  commission  for  collecting  it — 15  per  cent; 
a  second  commission  of  5  or  10  per  cent,  more  was 
paid  to  the  collectors  by  Mr.  Bobertson;  all  tbe 
money  that  came  in  was  paid  to  Mr.  Kobertaon  on 
vouchers.  Id  reply  to  a  gaesiion,  witness  said  Mr. 
Robertson  always  had  a  sumciaut  amount  of  vouchers 
for  buck  salary  on  band  to  take  oat  all  the  money 
paid  in  to  bim ;  on  vouchers  of  tbat  class  he  paid 
out  tl,600,  and  then  relused  to  pay  any  more ;  after 
hia  refusal  the  matter  was  brought  np  before  the 
board,  and  Mr.  Boburtsoa  claimed  tbat  tbey  atlU 
owed  bim  )S,400  on  that  account ;  witness  still  re- 
fased  to  pay,  and  his  name  was  left  out  of  the 
13oard  of  Directors  at  tbe  end  of  the  year ;  while 
I'reasnrer  he  could  never  get  at  tbe  bottom  of  tbe 
aSair  ot  the  rentals  collected  fcr  the  premises  at 
St.  Mark's  place:  be  never  received  a  dollar  of 
those  rents ;  he  aiwavs  took  two  vouchers  for  all 
tbe  money  ne  paid,  and  the  accounts  were  kept  in 
the  books  of  bis  mercantile  esiablishment ;  wit- 
ness offered  to  send  the  committee  a  tull  statement 
pf  bis  accounts' taken  from  bis  books;  the  offer  was 
acceptea ;  during  the  time  he  was  Treasurer  he 
paid  Mrs.  Tilton,  tbe  Priucipal  of  tbe  school,  and 
two  other    teachers  ;  they  all  had  small  salaries. 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Tilton,  formerly  Principal  of  the 
scboul,  and  Qeneral  Superintendent  of  the  chil- 
dren, was  then  sworn  :  she  had  held  (bis  position 
from  Got.  6,  1873,  to  May  3,  1875,  with  a  salary  of 
(500  per  aonum ;  she  also  bad  charge  of  the  cloth- 
ing of  tbe  children.  This  witness  had  prepared  a 
fi'iper  wbicb  she  read  to  the  committee  nnder  oath, 
n  it  she  stated  that  when  sho  took  chares  ot  the 
premises  iu  St,  Mark's  place  there  were  160  chil- 
dren attending  tbe  school,  10  of  whom  were  livine 
in  the  institution,  in  tbe  nnrsery,  ou  the  top  floor 
of  the  builuing ;  the  three  roOms  tbey  occupied 
were  miserably  furnished,  the  beds  of  the  poorest 
descriution  and  no  change  of  Dbdoing  on  hand ; 
three  of  the  children  bad'  friends  who  helped  to 
support  them,  aud  they  were  better  off  than  the 
rest ;  none  of  tbe  children  had  a  whole  garment ; 
she  reported  this  to  Mr.  Bobertson,  who  ex- 
pressed great  surprise,  but  she  afterward  learned 
that  be  was  vreli  aware  of  their  condi- 
tion before  he  dsked  her  tor  her  report ; 
at  one  time  the  children  bad  nothine  but  bread  and 
molasses  to  eat  for  two  days,  the  butcher  retnsing 
to  give  further  credit;  Mr.  Bobertson,  when  told  of 
these  things,  always  said  he  could  not  help  it,  he 
had  no  mouuv;  in  May,  1874,  the  persons  in  charge 
of  the  nursery  went  away  and  two  of  tbe  children 
were  left  unprovided  lor,  MT.  Bobertson  saying 
tbat  he  would  close  the  nnrsery  for  a  time ;  she 
sufiKested  tbat  he  should  take  them  to  his  home  for 
a  time,  but  he  said  tbey  were  not  m  a  flt  condition 
to  bo  taken  anywhere ;  tbey  were  finally  cared  for 
elsewhere;  many  of  the  children  who  attended  the 
school  could  have  gone  to  the  public  schools ;  they 
certainly  were  not  what  migbt  be  called  chanty 
children. 

George  S.  Mc^Vstters,  sworn :  "Was  a  Director  in 
1874  and  1875 ;  part  of  tbat  Ume  Mr.  Baldwin  was 
President,  and  witness  was  Secretary  until  be  left; 
wheu  he  went  there  ^as  well  disposed  to  tbe  soci- 
ety ;  Mr.  Bobertson  referred  him  to  Mr.  Sinclair 
Tousey,  Major  Bundy,  and  others ;  he  wrote  to  the 
two  gentlemen  named,  but  they  Knew  very  tittle 
about  the  society  ;  he  then  wrote  to  Mr.  L  N.  Sbaf- 
I'er,  formerly  connected  with  tbe  City  Mission,  and 
he  indorsed  Mr.  Bobertson,  and  this  pulled  tbe 
wool  over  witness' eyes ;  after  a  time  uis  suspi- 
cious were  aroused;  uiuney  had  to  be  borrowed  to 
pay  debts,  and  a  Mr.  Gilbert  loaned  the  society 
$500,  on  which  a  bonus  of  flOO  was  allowed  ;  this 
also  excited  his  suspicious  ;  about  tbat  time  Mr. 
Bobertson  was  elected  a  Director,  and  as  anoh  could 
draw  no  pay ;  he  alleged  the  society  owed  him 
teOO  or  1700,  and  drew  back  pay  from 
week  to  week ;  he  urged  an  explanation,  but 
Mr.  Bobertson  put  bim  off;  be  was  never  satisfied 
that  tbe  society  owed  money  to  Bobertson ;  he  re- 
signed his  position  on  the  board, 

Mr.  D.  F.  Bobertson  then  testified  :  Ue  said  he  was 
at  present  Secretary  of  the  society,  and  had  been 
giving  nis  services  free  for  the  past  18  months ;  the 
only  money  he  now  received  was  on  accoimt  of  back 
pay  due  him  and  money  advanced  ;  on  an  average 
he  had  received  about  tlO  per  week  during  tbe  past 
SO  months;  would  not  swear  that  he  had  not  re- 
ceived 111 ;  bii  impression  was  tbat  during  these  20 
months  be  had  received  less  than  12,000;  these  pay- 
ments were  for  salaiy  due  in  1864 ;  he  was  entitled 
to  salary  to  May  3, 1875 ;  tbe  society  is  now  spend- 
ing very  little;  witness  said  he  was  not 
accurate  in  regard  to  small  sums:  the 
Superintendent  now  in  charge  was  nut  paid 
a  salary;  be  bad  three  rooms  rent  freei 
teachers  were  paid  a  salary,  and  collectors  received 
15  per  cent,  ootnmisaion;  tbe  society  were  naying 
no  salaries  now.  When  asked  what  tbe  ourrsnt  ex- 
penses of  the  society  had  been  from  January,  1877, 
to  date,  witness  said  he  had  paid  912  SO  rent  for  hie 
down-town  office.  When  reminded  that  this  waa 
not  an  answer  to  the  question  and  asked  to  confine 
bimaelf  to  the  ezoenses  of  the  institatlon  proper, 
the  witness  remained  silent  for  some  moments,  and 
then  said  that  aome  $12  or  |15  had  been  paid  to  Mrs. 
Clark,  the  school-teaober ;  'her  salary  w&»  (5  per 
week ;  they  now  owed  ber  $30.  When  asked 
whether  he  had  apent  oae  cent  besidea  this  since 
Jan.  1.,  he  said  be  had  paid  commissions 
on  tbe  provisions  donated  through  the  collectors  ; 
he  had  also  given  Mr.  Goff  $25  for  repairs  of  the 
room  ;  be  could  not  tell  how  much  money  had  t>een 
received  daring  that  time  by  tbe  society,  be  did  not 
charge  himself  with  tbat  particularly  ;  he  thought 
tbey  might  have  received  between  $60  and  $70;  he 
had  received  between  $40  and  $80  tor  hlms«lf  la 
ttiat  Ume.  bad  said  (13  SO  in  •II14M  rant,  tas  Cbk 


reT>«<rrag  the  room  and  commisstons  to  oolIeeter% 
and  t«  nr  $3  m  advertising. 

B.  V.  Jsnea,  who  had  been  flnaneial  agent  ot 
the  sr^leiy  in  1870,  kvi  remained  until  K^y,  1673, 
was  p.ext  called.  This  fenilitaxn  testified  as  te 
certain  iransMtiaM  of  Bobertson  wifi  the  society, 
and  stated  that  t'-ova  tY.n  tev^.rt*  and  b v>ks  he  bad 
ascertained  thmi  i<)  the  la>t  rte*>t  year-s  there  was  a 
discrepanoy  af  uoout  $100,000  tbat  could  not  b« 
property  acceuiited  for.  Wiirieas  also  stated  tbat 
a  large  propor-.ion  of  tbe  children  who 
attended  tbe  cehools  we^e  not  destitnte; 
the  commission  allowed  by  Mr.  Pell  vben  Treas- 
urer, was  only  5  per  cent.,  but  Mr.  Bobertson  paid 
them  from  5  to  10  per  cent,  more  ;  witness,  duilna 
the  time  he  was  with  the  society,  collected  from 
$3,000  tu  $6,000  per  annum  ;  Mr.  Bcqua,  another 
collector,  got  more,  beoaoae  witness  bad  to  go  to 
Albany  every  year  on  business  for  the  society; 
Bequa  once  collected  $8,000  tn  one  year. 

B.  M,  Barnard,  now  in  charge  of  the  Sunday 
school,  was  next  called,  and  gave  some  testimony 
in  regard  to  the  present  condition  of  the  school 
and  tbe  charity. 

Tbe  committee  then  adjourned  to  meet  on  Mon- 
day next  to  determine  what  lurther  steps  shall  br 
taken. 

♦ 

HEAR   THB    OTHER   SIDE. 

To  UU  EOUor  of  Vit  Sew-  Tork  Tinui: 

Having  appeared  as  a  "witness"  before  the 
State  Board  of  Charities  this  day,  in  anlnvestiga 
tion  being  held  as  to  the  character  of  an  old-estab 
lisbed  charitable  aociety,  and  having  since  beard, 
through  the  kindness  of  the  editor  of  a  leading  Jour- 
nal, that  personal  charges  had  been  preierred 
against  Mr.  Bobertson^  Secretary  of  said  society,  I 
desire  to  say  that  to  my  knowledge  Mr.  Bobeitson 
was  refused  the  right — ^universally  recognised  in  all 
courts  of  justice — of  cither  being  represented  by 
counsel  or  of  being  present  to  hear  or  cross-exam- 
ine witnesses  who  are  notonous  and  noscrnpaions 
enemiea  of  tbe  society,  and  wbose  testimony,  under 
similar  circumstances,  waa  thrown  out  as  unrelia- 
ble two  years  ago.  I  am  sure  tbe  State  Bo«rd  of 
Charities  would  injure  themselves  more  than  Mr. 
Booertson  by  following  such  an  arbitrary  and  uu. 
precedented  oourse— dangerous  alike  to  theindivid* 
ual  citiaen  and  to  the  community. 

B.  M.  BABNABD. 

Na  101  St.  Mask's  placb,  Friday.  Feb.  9,  1877. 


THE  BOARD  OF  APPORTIONMENT. 


SPECIAL  MBETINO  YESTERDAY — APPROPBIA* 
TIONS  TO    VARIOUS    CHARITIES. 

A  special  meeting  of  tbe  Board  of  Estimate 

and  Apportioninent,  consisting  of  Mayor  Sly,  Cua< 
troller  Kelly,  Alderman  Purroy, .  and  Tax  Commis- 
sioner Wheeler,  was  held  yesterday  in  tbe  Mayor's 
office.  Controller  ]^eUy  submitted  a  report  in  rela- 
tion to  the  applications  made  by  varions  charitable 
institutions  and  benevolent  societies  for  aia  from 
the  excise  fund.  He  says  that  a  number  of  thent 
were  made  by  societies  and  missions  connected  with 
particular  churches,  but  that,  however  worthy  thii 
class  of  chariites  may  be — and  tbey  bear  evidence  ol 
their  just  claims  to  be  deserving  of  commendation-^ 
be  was  reluctantly  compelled  to  make  a  report 
against  making  appropriationa  to  them,  on 
the  ground  that  they  do  not  come  within 
the  meaning  and  intent  of  the  law,  which 
provides  for  the  appropriation  of  the  excise  moneys 
to  benevolent  and  charitable  institutions.  Tbs 
Controller  next  refers  to  tbe  Free  Dormitory  for 
Women,  and  says  i  "  From  what  I  have  learned  ol 
this  charity  I  do  not  think  it  proper  to  Recommend 
any  further  appropriation  to  it,"  The .  Controllei 
then  refers  to  tbe  New- York  Infant  Asylum,  and 
states  that  it  is  provided  for  nnder  special  laws 
from  anuTial  taxation  by  a  per  capita  allowance,  and 
was  not  entitled  under  the  law  to  aid  from  the  ex« 
else  fond.  He  next  alludes  to  varioiu  charities  in 
commendatory  terms,  and  gives  the  amounts  pre< 
viously  appropriated  to  them.  One  of  tbem,  the 
St,  John's  Goild,  received,  &om  Sent.  30,  1876,  to 
Jan.  8,  1877.  $21,637  20.  which  was  expended  for  tbe 
relief  of  the  poor,  and  the  Controller  recommended 
that  a  further  donation  of  $3,000  be  made.  Tbe  re- 
port closed  as  follows : 

"In  view  of  the  numerous  special  charities  appl.v- 
ing  for  appropriations  from  the  excise  moneys,  I 
fael  coDStraioed  to  express  some  apprehension  tbat 
the  appropriation  of  this  fund,  as  now  provided  tor 
by  law,  may  produce  injurious  efiects  bv  encourag- 
ing the  formation  of  benevolent  socienes  relying 
mainly  for  maintenance  on  this  tunc,  which  cannot 
be  depended  upon  permanently, " 

The  following  donations  from  the  excise  fund 
were  then  made:  St.  John's  Guilo.  $5,000;  West 
Side  Belief  Association,  $1,500;  Hebrew  Benevolent 
Fuel  Association,  (1,000;   Institution  of  Meroy  for 

the  Support  of  Children  Committed  by  Police  Mag- 
istrates, $3,553  14.  In  regard  to  the  latter  »ppri> 
priatiou  an  opinion  was  received  from  the  Corpora- 
tion Coansel  stating  tbat  the  amount  claimed  could 
be  paid  legally  out  of  the  excise  fund.  The  children 
in  the  institution  bad  been  removed  from  Bandall's 
Island,  but  no  provision  had  been  made  for  their 
support, 
liesolutlons  were  then  adopted  anthonzlng  the 

Controller  to  iasue  City  Park  improvement  bonds 
to  the  amount  of  $25,000.  and  also  $25,000  worth  of 
Croton  Aquednot  stock. 

A  communication  waa  received  from  Talentine 
Hammann,  tbe  Preaident  of  the  Pree  Dormitory, 
who  bad  applied  to  the  board  for  an  additional  ap- 
propriation of  $5,000  for  the  institution,  which,  as 
represented,  is  "  conducted  by  the  Women's  Friend 
Association. "    Mr.  Hammann  in  bis  letter  refers  to 

his  application  for  $1,000  tor  the  dormitory  on  Deo. 
15,  187B,  and  which  was  paid  over  to  the  institation, 

and  states  that  as  5,000  women  were  compelled  to 
to  seek  shelter  In  the  station-houses  at  night  among 
tbe  vilest  characters,  tbe  dormitory  was  a  neces- 
sity. He  then  gives  a  brief  history  ot  the  Free 
Dormitory  for  Women,  which  was  established  by  a 
society  sailed  the  Fraternals  about  two  years  ago, 
in  connection  with  Dr.  Deems'  church,  and  says 
that  be  was  a  member  of  tbe  society  aad  Chairmaa 
of  the  committee  which  had  charge  of  the  dormitory, 
which  had  beeu  in  existence  for  nearly  two  years ; 
tbat  be  opposed  the  motion  to  discontinue  it,  but  il 
waa  carried  nevertbeless.  but  tbat  at  the  same  time  • 
resolution  was  adopted  to  the  effect  tbat  he  could  re- 
establish the  dormitory  st  any  time  when  necessity 
for  such  an  institution  should  exist.  Mr.  Bammanu 
then  says  that  last  Fall  he  consulted  with  Mr. 
George  H.  Stoot  on  the  subject  of  providing  shel- 
ter for  poor  houseless  women,  and  became^  con- 
vinced that  there  was  great  need  for  the  dormitory. 
A  oommucication  was  also  received  from  Mr. 
Stout  denying  tbe  statements  tbat  bad  been  made 
against  tbe  dormitory,  and  asking  an  investiga- 
tion. In  his  letter  he  repeats  tbe  applieatioa 
for  a  donation  of  $5,000.  Both  these  oommunlco. 
tions  were  referred  to  tbe  Controller.  Tke  meetiug 
then  adjourned. 

On  inquiry  at  the  Finance  Department  it  waa 
found  tbat  the  Controller  bad  based  hia  refusal  to 
report  in  favor  of  making  a  further  appropriation 
to  the  dormitory  on  au  investigation  be  bad  caused 
to  be  made  by  M>.  Weiss,  one  of  tbe  ariacb6j  ot  hi< 
office.  Mr.  Weiss  visited  tbe  institutioa  aud  made 
a  report,  of  which  the  following  is  the  subatancet 
He  says  that  the  building  contains  three  stones, 
and  that  "  the  second  siory,  trout,  is  oecup;ed  by 
Mrs.  Stout  and  family.  Mr.  Stout,  Jr.,  is  tbe  act- 
ing Secretary  of  the  instituiion.  The  rear  room  ol 
tbe  second,  as  well  as  the  whole  of  tbe  third 
story,  are  luraisbed  with  single  iron  bedsteads  and 
mattresses  covered  with  blaukets.  The  bedsteada 
have  been  leut  by  tne  Commissioners  of  Ctiarities 
and  Correction.  I  have  been  informed  by  tbe  Sec- 
retary that  tbe  rent  is  $60  a  month.  In  regard  to 
the  question  a«  to  what  had  been  done  with  the 
$1,0(H)  they  had  received  from  tbe  City  some  time 
ago,  Mr,  Stent  informed  me  that  the  greater  part  ot 
It  was  in  tbe  bank  uudcr  the  account  of  Mr.  Valen- 
tine Hammann,  the  President  of  tbe  iustltucion, 
residence  No.  8  Cbarlea  street.  I  tiave  received  the 
appended  statemont  up  to  Feb.  1 :  Bent,  t^O  ;  bed- 
dinj^  $172:  food,  $107  37;  repairs,  (piumbing, 
painting,  carpentenug.  gae-flttint!,)  $71  68 ;  fuel 
and  light,  (35 ;  priutioj;,  $31  25 ;  posiago  and 
stationery,  818  61;  expreis  and  cartage. 
$8  60;  petty  expenses,  $23  40;  total,  $557  91." 
Mr.  Weiss  also  states  "  tbat  (he  last  night's  at- 
tendance (Jan.  29.)  was  30.  Tbey  ace  provided  with 
lodging,  not  with  meals.  Mrs.  Stoat,  tbe  mother  of 
tbe  acting  Secretary,  acts  as  matron  of  tbe  institu- 
tion. On  my  inquiry  how  lung  they  intended  lo 
inn  tbe  institution,  I  waa  answered  by  the  Seore' 
tary,  till  the  Ist  of  May — to  reopen  in  the  Fall." 

The  folluwmg  are  the  conditions  on  whica  the  ap- 
propriations from  the  excise  land  to  the  Free  Do» 
initory  and  other  iaatitutiooa  were  made  i 

*'  No  part  of  these  moneys  is  to  be  used  or  applied  by 
any  of  said  institutioa*  as  a  permanent  fund,  or  far  tbe 
purpose  of  erecting  ur  lumishlu^  any  baiidiut;.  or  tor 
the  payment  of  the  salary  of  any  employe,  or  lig  nida- 
tion of  any  debt,  but  tbe  whole  amoaut  alioweil  to 
each  institution  is  to  be  used  aud  aopMed  to  tue  pur- 
poses aoove  stated  as  nrondeoi  by  iatr,  namely,  to 
'  gratuitonsly  aid,  support,  and  aasist  the  poor.' " 

It  was  said  in  the  Controller's  offloe  that  the  offi- 
cers of  the  dormitory  would  be  '  called  upon  to  rt>. 
turn  to  tbe  City  the  amount'  they  had  received, 
$1,U00,  because  It  was  uot  expended  directly  is  char> 
ity,  a  portion  of  it,  as  alleged,  havmg  been  used  for 
repairs  to  tbe  building. 

It  will  be  observed  that  Mr.  Weiss  reports  that . 
no  meals  are  supplied  to   the  inmates  of  the  Dormv 
tory,  vet  Hammann  &  Stout,  in  the  sooount  which 
tbey  have  furnished  to  the  Controller,  claim  tiut 
tbey  expendvd  $107  37  for  food. 


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A  lOUIUFUL  BBIDE. 
The  Alton  (111.)  Telegraph  describes  the  f<A> 
lowing  novel  Incident  I  "Iheoffio«uf  the  Ooonty 
Clerk  was  invaded  on  Saturday  by  a  wedding  partr 
in  search  of  a  marriage  license.  The  affable  clerk 
proceeded  to  fill  ont  the  neeessary  document,  add 
inquired  the  ages  of  the  candidates  for  matrlmnny. 
The  itroom's  waa  given  as  34,  whiie-tbat  of  the  bnda 
waa  atated  to  be  only  14.  This  statement  caused  a 
stay  of  proceedings,  and  the  elerk  iafenped  the 
narties  tbat  it  was  against  the  law  to  issus  a  lioense 
to  a  woman  under  18,  without  the  consent  of  bet 
pareDte.  Tbercopon  tbe  lather  of  tbe  briAsL  who 
was  one  of  the  party,  stepped  forward  and  Mid  tbe 
bride  had  bis  fall  and  tt—  oonaontt  thM  she  had  at* 
ready  been  marrted  ouot,  and  had  bsrtod  h«>  iz«a 
hnabaB^'* ' 


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NEW-YORK,  SATURDAY.  FEB.  10,  1877. 


A2£VS£lifSyiS  THIS  EYE.MNQ. 

*ALI,ACK*S  THKATER._A  Morbuno  Call-Makribd 
*''»«— ^r-  Frfister  Wallact,  Mr.  John  Gilbert.  Mlsa 
AOA  Dyaa,  IJiss  Effle  Germon.    Matinee. 


MOTH'S  theatre—Fifth  AvBNnE-Mr.  Cteorge 
Ri«nold,  Misa  Maaa  QrauKer.     Matin6e. 

^^'^2^™^*i''-*^^1'"''-^TRE.-THK  DANTCHBFFB-Mr.  C. 
K.  Thurne,  Mr.  W.  a.  Flova,  Miss  KatbfcriQe  Roeers. 
MiasPauuy  Moranc     Miitm6ti. 


#ABK  THEATRR.-OnR  Bo.iRDiNG-Hou«B-Mr.  Stuart 
Rpbson,  Mr.  W.  H.  Crnue,  Jlra.  A.  P.  Baker,  MiBs 
Mauae  Harrison.     Matinee. 


WFTH  AVENUE  THEATRE. -Lrmons:  ob,  Wbdlock 
FOR  Sktbk — Mr.  C.  F.  Coghlan,  Alias  P.  Davenport. 
Mating.  *^ 

OLYMPIO  TaEATRE.-THB  EiQ  BoNANZA-Matln^e. 

BIBLO'S    "QAEDKN Around    thb  Wobld   iif  'Riohtt 

DATS  (Suectacular)— Kiralfy  Brothers.     Matinee. 

BBOaDWAT  THRATRE.-Martox,  L«  jolik  Bo<job- 
nsHR.    Matinee. 


SlQLB  THEATRE.— La  Pktite  Maribk  (Opera  BoofTe) 
— MJle.  Marie  Aim6e.    Matinee. 


HELLER'S    WONDER    THEATRE.— Prbstidioitatiow, 
Mowc,  AND  iHjMOK— .Mr.  Robert  Heller.    Matlu6e. 


3TKINWAY  HALL.— GBA>fD  Concert— Mlas  Emma  0. 
Tbwrao.r,  Mr.  B.  Boekeiinau,  Mr.  C.  Werner.  Mr.  T. 
WhifBn- 


^ICKRRING  HALL.-At  1.'  P.  M.-Grand  Concbrt- 
Mias  Emma  Abbott,  Mr.  Brlgnoli.  Mr.  Case,  Mr. 
Pratt,  Mr.  Maretzek. 


iSBW-YORK  AQUARIUM — Rakk  a.vd  Cukious  Visa  and 
Uamiaija.  Statuary.  &.&— Day  and  evenlnjc. 


METROPOLITAN   MUSEUM   OP   ART.-Exhibition  o» 
Ancixnt  Statuari,  Paintings.  &c.    Day  only. 


BAH  FRANCISCO   MINSTRELS.— Minstbelst,   PABCBa, 
.KD  Wbbro  COJI1CAUTIB3.    Matinee. 

PATIONAL    A(\\DE.\1T    OF    DKSIQN EXHIBITION    OF 

Watbr  Colors.    Day  and  evening. 

ULMORE'S  GARDEN.- Equbstrian  Games   and  Fibld 


yOTlGE. 
We  cannot  notice  anonvmous  commanioattons.  In 
iHcaaes  wt-  reqiixre  the  writer's  name  aud  addraaa,  not 
Icipnblicatiuu,  but  as  a  jniarantoa  •  of  good  faith. 
We  cannot.  iindei?any  ciroumstauces,  return  re)  eoted 
cemmnnlcationa,  nor  can  no  undertake  to  prcsorvu 
Ktannscrints. 


Thia  morning  The  D.aii.t  Times  consists  o/ 
Ten  Pages.  Sxery  news-dealer  is  bound  to 
deliver  the  paper  in  its  complete  form,  and  any 
tailure  to  do  so  should  be  reported  at  the  publi- 
cation office. 

The  four  Electoral  votes  of  Florida  will 
to-day  be  counted,  for  Hayes  and  Wheel- 
BH,  and  the  proeeedisgs  of  the  Joint  Con- 
vention will  go  on  without  interruption  till 
the  two  sets  of  certificates  from  Louisiana 
Are  reached.  The  set  which  bears  the  signa- 
tures of  the  so-called  Tilden  Electors 
has  not  even  the  slender  pre- 
tense of  legality  which  was  possessed 
by  the  corresponding  returns  from  Florida. 
It  is  authenticated  by  no  State  authority, 
is  sustained  by  no  appointment  of  even  a 
'quasi-legal  character,  and  can,  in  no  con- 
ceivable sense  be  treated  as  "  the  voice  of 
the  State."  The  legal  return  from  Louis- 
iana will  be  contested  mainly  on  three 
grounds — the  alleged  unconstitutionality  of 
the  Returning  Board,  the  presumed  defect 
of  its  composition  in  having  failed 
to  fill  the  vacancy  in  its  member- 
ship, and  the  absence  of  power  on  the 
part  of  the  Electoral  College  to  fill  two 
vacancies  caused  by  the  ineligibility  of  two 
Electors.  It  is  not  easy  to  see  how  argu- 
ments on  the  Louisiana  case  can  be  allowed 
to  travel  beyond  the  limited  range,  and  it  is 
equally  difficult  to  understand  how  the 
CommisBion  can  do  otherwise  than  accept 
^6  votes  cast  by  the  Kepublican  Electors. 


A  correspondent  of  The  Times  gives  the 
opinions  of  Chief  Justice  Chup.ch  and  ex- 
Gov.  Skymoor  in  regard  to  the  constitu- 
tionality and  expediency  of  the  Democratic 
device  for  settling  the  Presidential  dispute 
'by  Commission.  The  Chief  Justice  is 
very  emphatic  in  claiming  that 
the      plan      was       equally       destitute       of 

either    attribute,     and    he     points     out 

very  clearly  that  the  stand  taken  by  Dem- 
ocratic counsel  in  the  Florida  case  is  as 
■ubversive  of  Democratic  principles  as  was 
"the  creation  of  the  Commission  itself. 
Jadge  Church  is  perfectly  clear  that 
the  action  of  the  State  authorities  in  Louis- 
iana, as  well  as  Florida,  must  be  accepted  as 
final,  and  he  believes  that  Cronin  made  a 
blunder  fatal  to  Democratic  claims  on  Ore- 
gon by  c^nv«niTiEr  a  College  of  his  own  in- 
.^teaa  v  iti/ouipting  to  force  his  vote  in 
with  tnose  of  the  Republican  Electors. 
These  views  are  understood  to  be  shared  by 
»ll  the  members  of  the  Court  of  Appeals, 
with  the  possible  exception  of  Judge  Earle. 


The  dullness  of  the  Louisiana  investiga- 
tion was  relieved  yesterday  by  some  in- 
quiries into  the  way  in  w^hich  the  "  visiting 
statesmen  "  employed  their  leisure  at  New- 
Orleans.  Capt.  Ditty,  of  Baltimore,  who 
formed  one  of  the  Republican  deputation, 
pleaded  'guilty  to  having  attended  a  quad- 
roon ball,  and  to  having  danced  there.  He 
tiad,  however,  taken  the  precaution  to 
tell  his  wife  all  about  it,  so  that 
the  gallant  Captain's  domestic  peace  wQl 
not  be  disturbed  by  yesterday's  evidence. 
But  a  decided  sensation  was  created  when 
the  gay  statesman  from  Baltimore  testified 
that  the  revels  of  the  ball  had  been  shared 
by  Hon.  Lyman  Tuumbull  and  Gov. 
Palmer,  of  Illinois.  The  Captain  vigor- 
onsly  resented  the  suggestion  that  Judge 
Trumboix  would  designate  his  story  as 
*'  stofl^"  and  re  jailed,  as  an  aid  to  the 
memory  of  the  ancient  and  venerable  revel- 
er from  Illinois,  the  fact  that  one  of  the 
.  "features  "  of  the  ball  was  a  lady  with  pink 
eyes.  That  graphic  touch  appears  to  have 
convinced  the  committee  that  they  had 
heard  quite  enough  of  the  high  jinks  of  the 
'Visiting  statesmen  of  both  parties. 


An  entertaining  chapter  of  autobiogra- 
phy is  furnished  in  the  sketch  of  the  public 
career  of  Macdox,  which  we  print  on  an- 
other page.  Maddox  is  not  by  any  means 
ft  savory  character.  Nor  is  he  suoh  an  im- 
portant personage  that  one  need  waste 
much  time  upon  him.  But  as  a  prominent 
figure  in  the  short  and  inglorious  Congres- 
sional career  of  David  Dudley  Fieli>, 
this  obseqaious,  time-serving,  double-faced 
rebel  spy  and  camp-follower  deserves  a 
Iniaf  examibation  and  description. 


The  Democratic  minority  of  the  Assembly 
Oinnmittee  on  Cities  w^ere  certainly  right  in 
protesting  against    granting    the    Police 

Boaxd  the  power  of  making  street-oleaning 
oontractB;  as  contemplated  in  Assembly  bill 
Bfo.  44,  which  was  favorably  reported  yes- 
itacdMr.    TtMi^vmMufe   antmi.luuk    ia   its 


^^^^^^ 


present  hands,  been  a  disgraceful  failure, 
but  there  is  an  extreme  probability  that 
the  contract  system  would  break  down 
as  completely  if  intrusted  to  the  same  set 
of  incompetent  jobbers.  The  proper  func- 
tion of  the  Police  is  to  report  failures  to 
clean  the  streets,  but  when  inspection  is 
lodged  in  the  same  hands  as  execution,  it  is 
hopeless  to  expect  anything  like  a  check 
upon  culpable  neglect  of  duty.  If 
the  contract  system  is  to  be  tried 
at  all,  let  the  giving  out  of  the 
contracts  be  vested  in  some  authority 
other  than  the  Police  Department,  and  let 
their  officers,  as  well  as  those  of  the  Board 
of  Health,  be  charged  with  the  duty  of  re- 
porting upon  the  execation  of  the  work. 
Wo  are  glad  to  find  that  the  clause  of  the 
bill  covering  a  job  in  the  shape  of  a  transfer 
of  the  oflFal  contract  from  the  Board  of 
Health,  has  been  stricken  out  in  committee. 


In  another  column  we  print  an  accurately 
compiled  table  of  the  census  and  election 
returns  of  North  Carolina.  It  is  a  most  sug- 
gestive statement.  No  disinterested  person 
can  examine  it  without  being  convinced 
that  the  late  Presidential  election  in  that 
State  was  dishonestly  managed.  Tilden's 
reputed  majority  was  nearly  16,000.  But 
the  figures  show  that  an  obvious  fraud  of 
about  16,000  votes  was  committed.  The 
machinery  was  in  the  hands  of  the  Demo- 
crats, and  it  was  run  in  the  Tilden  in- 
terest. As  is  demonstrated  in  the  table  to 
which  we  refer,  the  total  adult  male  popu- 
lation of  North  Carolina  is  liberally  esti- 
mated at  228,708.  The  total  vote  in  No- 
vember last  was  234,731,  or  6,023  more 
than  the  whole  adult  male  population  of- 
the  State.  It  is  too  late  to  inflnence  the 
main  result  by  such  exposures  as  these. 
But  the  irrefragable  evidence  which  we 
present  simply  proves  the  utter  hoUowness 
of  the  Democratic  pretense  that  the  party 
desires  a  fair  count.  On  the  contrary,  a 
fair  count  is  precisely  what  they  have  never 
permitted  where  it  could  be  prevented. 


Publicity  is  not  yet  given  to  the  text  of 
the  extradition  treaty  with  Spain  which 
has  just  been  ratified  by  the  Senate.  But 
we  may  conclude  that  its  provisions  are 
liberal.  The  press  of  Madrid  clam- 
ored against  the  Foreign  Office  when 
Tweed  was  given  up,  arguing  that  the 
United  States  Government  did  not 
grant  the  extradition  of  Spanish  crim- 
inals as  easily  as  Senor  Calderox 
had  acceded  to  the  request  of  Mr.  Adik,  the 
American  Charge  d' Affaires.  But  it  is  no- 
torious that  Havana  has  long  been  the  re- 
fuge of  American  outlaws  of  every  grade. 
No  such  flagrant  instance  of  defiance  of 
justice  has  ever  happened  in  New- York  as 
the  conduct  of  the  murderer  Sharkey 
in     Cuba.      On     the     other     hand,    the 

Spanish  Government  has  had  the  satisfac- 
tion of  knowing  that  its  constant  refusal  to 
negotiate  an  extradition  treaty  has  allowed 
bankrupts  and  defaulters  from  Spanish 
dominions  to  find  refuge  in  the  United 
States.  A  competent  authority  has  declared 
that  the  best  record  of  Mr.  Cushing's  useful 
career  in  Madrid  will  be  the  new  treaty 
which  he  has  concluded. 


THE  DECISION  AS  TO  FLORIDA. 
By  a  vote  of  eight  to  seven,  the  Electoral 
Commission  has  decided  that  the  votes  of 
Florida  should  be  counted  for  H.ayes  and 
Whebler.  The  formal  report  to  this  effect 
was  made  up  last  evening,  and  will  be 
sent  this  morning  to  the  President 
of  the  Senate.  It  was  signed  by  Justices 
Bradley,  Miller  and  S  rRONO,  by  Senators 
Morton,  Edmunds  and  Fbelinghuysen, 
and  by  Messrs.  Garfield  and  Hoar. 
This  decision  was  not  unexpected,  be- 
cause it  follows  logically  from  the  pre- 
liminary decision  as  to  the  admission  of 
evidence.  When  the  Commission  con- 
cluded   that    it     would     consider     only 

the  contents  of  the  packages  opened  by  the 
President  of  the  Senate,  and  sent  by  the 
two  houses  to  the  Commission,  it  was  clear 

that  the  votes  of  Florida  would  ultimately 
be  counted  for  Hayes.  We  have  no  doubt 
that  a  like  result  must  have  been  reached 
if  the  Commission  had  gone  into  the 
question  of  the  legality  of  the  action 
of  the  Florida  Board  of  Canvassers, 
and  still  more  surely  if  it  had  gone  into  the 
question  of  the  popular  vote.  It  had  no 
authority,  no  power,  no  semblance  of  excuse, 
for  doing  anything  of  this  kind,  and  it  so 
decided.  Confining  itself  wholly  to  the 
returns,  the  decision  as  to  the  Electoral 
vote  was  reached,  not  more  certainly,  as  we 
believe,  but  more  rapidly. 

There  was,  indeed,  very  little  to  consider 
in  the  certificates  on  which  the  Democratic 
claim  was  based.  A  couple  of  bundles  of 
papers,  setting  forth  a  vote  for  Tilden,  cast 
by  four  men  who  held  no  colorable  title  to 
the  office  of  Elector  when  the  vote  was 
cast,  and  who  could  not  be  given  such 
a  title  by  any  subsequent  proceed- 
ings, must  have  been  very  easily  dis- 
posed of.  The  very  form  of  the  claim  that 
these  nondescript  papers  were  evidence 
that  the  vote  of  Florida  was  for  the  Demo- 
cratic candidate  showed  how  utterly  with- 
out legal  foundation  the  claim  was.  The 
Commission  was  asked  to  recognize  the 
papers  as  the  "voice  of  the  State," 
The  Commission  was  appointed  to 
find  out,  in  the  cases  submitted  to  it, 
"which  is  the  true  and  lawful  Elec- 
toral vote"  of  the  State,  and  "  how  many 
and  what  persons  were  duly  appointed  Elec- 
tors in  such  State."  It  was  asked  by  the 
Democrats  to  ascertain  these  facts  from 
decisions  of  an  inferior  court  in  a 
private  suit,  and  from  the  decision 
of  the  Supreme  Court  in  a  suit  which  was 
at  most  only  collateral,  and  as  to  the  main  is- 
sue was  wholly  irrelevant.  But  it  was  not 
by  such  means  that  the  Commission  had 
any  authority  to  proceed.  The  evidence, 
as  it  decided,  which  it  could  take 
was  such  only  as  had  been  re- 
quired by  the  Federal  statutes  and  sent  up, 
in  regular  form,  with  the  accustomed  and 
authoritative  verification,  to  the  appointed 
officer  of  the  United  States.  This  kind  of 
evidence  was  in  the  certificate  of  the  Hayes 
Electors ;  it  was  all  there,  and  it  was 
nowhere  else,  not  even  in  semblance 
or  pretense.  The  decision  of  the  Commis- 
sion that  it  would  regard  only  the  evidence 

whioli    the    State   had,    in    the    prescribed 

manner  and  under  the  ordinary  and  well- 
established  conditions,  furnished  to  the 
Federal  Government,  carried  with  it*  the 

final  deoiaion  xeaohed  yesterday. 

IHitt  aaHnm  of   Hhm  Oamaaiaaloa  i»  to  our 


view  salutary.  If  the  Commission  itself  is 
an  irregular,  abnormal  body,  placed,  lender 
the  stress  of  unnecessary  atarm,  in  the  stead 
of  the  constitutionally  designated  officer, 
It  is,  at  least,  reassuring  to  know  that  it 
exercises  the  powers  with  which  it  has, 
by  a  great  error,  been  endowed, 
as  the  proper  officer  should  have  done, 
had  he  not  been  stripped  of  his 
office.  There  are  two  cardinal  reasons  why 
the  course  of  the  Commission  should  be  ap- 
proved. The  first,  and  most  important,  is, 
that  it  carries  out  the  intent  of  the  Consti- 
tion,  not  by  the  means  fixed  in  the  Consti- 
tution, but  in  effect.  This  is  to  the 
last  degree  to  be  desired.  When  a 
nation      is      in       the      possession       of      a 

written   law,  every   departure   from  that 

law,  every  violation  of  ijjjs  provisions,  every 
Stretch  of  authority  beyond  its  limitations, 
every  variation  from  the  methods  it  lays 
down,  is  a  %low  at  the  supremacy  of  all  law. 
It  is  a  mine  under  the  founda- 
tions of  political  order.  Unwritten 
constitutions  can  be  liberally  con- 
strued without  attacking  their  essence. 
Their  meaning  is  always  open  to  free  inter- 
pretation, and  depends  on  the  accumulating 
force  of  precedents,  in  which  one  act  counts 
for  comparatively  little.  But  with  a  writ- 
ten constitution  it  is  far  otherwise.  The 
meaning  lies  clearly  defined  on  the  surface, 
and  it  is  an  evil  thing  for  a  people  to  get  in 
the  habit  of  disregarding  or  perverting 
or  supplementing  it.  Since  our  Constitu- 
tion gives  to  each  State  the  appointment 
of  Electors  who,  on  a  certain  day,  are  to  do 
their  part  in  the  election  of  a  President,  it 
is  importanc  that  that  power  shall  be  re- 
spected, and  the  function  once  performed 
be  accepted,  because  the  Constitution  in- 
tends it. 

A  second  reason  why  the  action  of  the 
Commission  is  to  be  approved  is,  that  the 
distribution  of  powers  in  the  election  of  a 
President,  made  by  the  Constitution,  is 
essentially  a  just  and  effective  one,  which 
cannot  be  broken  down  or  tinkered  with- 
out grave  consequences.  However  a  Presi- 
dent may  be  elected,  the  provision  which 
leaves  a  certain  part  of  the  process  to  each 
State  can  only  be  overthrown  to  concen  - 

trate  the  whole  power  in  the  Congress,  and 
Congress  is  not,  a  proper  organ  for  its  exer- 
cise. The  errors  or  omissions  or  frauds 
in  any  one  State  affect  only  the 
votes  of  that  State ;  it  is  by  a 
rare  chance  that  they  change  the 
general  result.  But  the  errors  or  omis- 
sions or  the  frauds  of  Congress,  if  it  had 
the  matter  exclusively  in  its  hands,  would  be 
of  indefinite  range  and  incalculable  conse- 
quence. They  would  go  to  the  substance  of 
the  election.  They  would  be  central  and 
controlling.  The  Congress  has  not  for 
many  years  existed  which  could  safely 
be  trusted  with  such  enormous  powers. 
Salutary  as  the  action  of  the  Commission 
has  thus  far  been,  however,  we  renew  our 
suggestion  that  it  affords  no  justification  of 
the  law  by  which  the  tribunal  was  created. 
It  has  done  right,  but  the  power  it  has  used 
rightly  was  equally  in  its  possession  to  use 
wrongly.  It  has  justly  employed  a  discre- 
tion which  never  should  have  been  vested 
in  it.  It  has  sustained  constitutional  princi- 
ples which  never  should  have  been  exposed 
to  defeat  at  its  hands. '  It  has  done  justice 
where  it  should  have  had  no  chance  to  work 
isjustice.  If  it  continues  as  it  has  begun, 
its  best  title  to  remembrance  will  be  that  it 
refrained  from  doing  the  mischief  which  it 
might  have  done,  and  which  a  large  major- 
ity of  those  who  aided  in  creating  it  hoped 
it  would,  and  intended  that  it  should,  do. 


PROTECTIVE  MEASURES  IN  LIFB  IN- 
SURAIsCE. 
The  general  idea  on  -tvhich  Mr.  Husted 
rests  his  proposition  for  the  appointment  of 
a  commission  to  consider  the  subject  of  life 
insurance  legislation  is  good.     There  is  need 

of  a  rcorganizatioD  of  the  Insurance  Depart- 
ment of  this  State,  and  the  enactment  of  a 
comprehensive  and  well-balanced  law  for 
the  regulation  of  companifes  in  the  interest 
of  policy-holders  and  the  public.  And  the 
attainment  of  both  these  ends  might  be 
more  effectually  secured  by  the  labors  of 
commissioners  who  bring  to  the  inquiry 
the  special  knowledge  which  an  intelligent 
treatment  of  life  insurance  requires,  than 
by  the  individual  action  of  members  of  the 
Legislature,  subject  only  to  the  revision  of 
its  ordinary  committees.  The  difficulty  is 
in  securing  the  appointment  of  proper  com- 
missioners. Without  impeaching  the  in- 
tegrity of  the  Governor,  we  cannot 
ignore,  his  personal  and  professional 
affiliations  in  the  matter  of  insurance, 
or  the  influences  that  are  brought  to  bear 
whenever  stringent  remedial  measures  are 
suggested.  The  influence  exercised  by  the 
department — judging  of  it  by  experience — 
is  more  likely  to  be  on  the  side  of  the  com- 
panies than  of  the  public  ;  and  the  com- 
panies most  disposed  to  interfere  are  invari- 
ably those  which  seek  to  shape  legislation 
with  a  view  to  their  own  protection.  Bear- 
ing these  contingencies  in  mind,  it  is  im- 
possible to  be  hopefnl  as  to  the  results  of 
Mr.  Husted's  measure.  He  must  furnish 
stronger  guarantees  than  are  embraced  in  a 
permissive  bill,  which  leaves  the  appoint- 
ment of  commissioners  to  Gov.  Bobin- 
SON,  "  by  and  with  the  consent " 
of  a  Senate  Committee  whose  voice 
has  never  yet  been  heartUy  raised  In 
behalf  of  life  insurance  reform.  A  joint 
committee,  representing  the  two  chambers. 
With  a  really  oompetebt  secretary  uncon- 
nected in  any  capacitv  with  companies, 
would  for  many  reasons  be  preferable.  The 
composition  ot  the  committee  would  be  open 
to  independent  criticism;  we  could  esti- 
mate the  probable  value  of  its  labors  in  ad- 
vance; and  its  results  would  be  left  to  stand 
upon  their  merits,  with  none  of  the  factitious 
authority  claimed  for  the  recommendations 
of  a  commission.  In  either  case,  as  the  In- 
surance Department  is  one  of  the  things  to 
be  reformed,  its  relation  to  the  inquiry  to 
be  conducted  should  be  in  all  respects  sub- 
ordinate. 

It  is  not  necessary  to  await  the  slow  pro- 
cess of  such  an  inquiry  before  determining 
the  expedience  of  legislation  to  regulate  the 
amalgamation  of  life  companies,  and  to  pro- 
vide for  the  winding  up  of  those  which  may 
be  proved  to  be  insolvent.  The  evils  of  the 
present  system,  or  want  of  system,  are  too 
palpable  to  be   disputed.     Aud   as   it    is  all 

but  certain  that  the  next  twelve  months 

will  be  more  prolific  of  exposures  and  col- 
lapses than  the  last,  immediate  precautions 
ane  required  to  prevent  the  carryins  nut 
of  fraods  lik»  that  wbioh  2f sw-J^cmf  iwrti-u* 


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has  fortunately  prevented.  The  points  to 
be  covered  are  few  and  obvious.  It  is  not 
desirable  to  forbid  amalgamations.  What 
is  wanted  is  (first)  conclusive  evidence  as 
to  the  solvency  of  the  companies  concerned, 
and  (second)  the  consent  of  a  given 
proportion  of  the  policy-holders  to 
be  absorbed.  Subject  to  these  con- 
ditions, amalgamation,  in  the  present  de- 
pressed state  of  the  business,  is  a  policy  to  be 
encouraged  rather  than  prohibited.  Its  en- 
couragement, however,  presupposes  the  ab- 
solute efficiency  of  the  Department  and  the 
independence  of  its  administration.  Not 
less  urgent  is  the  want  of  change  in  the 
management  of  the  affairs  of  insolvent 
companies.     Receiverships  are  vrell  in  their 

way,  but  they  are  slow,  costly,  and  withal 

indifferent  to  the  equities  of  a  case.  Next , 
to  a  correct  understanding  of  the  position^  of 
a  company,  stands  the  realization  et  its 
assets  and  their  pro  rata  division  among 
the  policy-holders.  In  such  a  matter  there 
should  be  no  room  for  conflict  between  the 
Department  and  the  Receiver  as  to  the  cus- 
tody or  distribution  of  any  portion  of  the 
funds.  Their  relative  rights  should  be  de- 
termined, and  all  obstacles  to  a  prompt  ap- 
portionment removed. 

Fraudulent  amalgamation  is  bearing  fruit 
in  Missouri.  The  telegraph  reports  the  in- 
dictment at  St.  Louis  of  the  President  of 
the  Columbia  Life  Company,  who  is  also  a 
Director  of  the  Life  Association  of  America, 
and  of  the  Actuary  of  both  companies,  for 
perjury.  The  particular  offense  is  said  to 
be  the  making  and  swearing  to  false  state- 
ments of  the  condition  of  the  Columbia 
Life.  The  case,  however,  is  known  to  have 
grown  out  of  the  tendency  to  amalgamate 
which  weak  and  dishonestly-managed  com- 
panies have  for  some  time  past  displayed. 
The  law  of  Missouri  offered  no  hindrance  to 
the  multiplication  of  companies,  and  no  in- 
telligent observer  could  have  doubted  ' 
what  the  end  of  most  »i  them  would 
be.  The  first  pinch  of  hard  times  brought 
tribulations  upon  them.  Their  earliest  de- 
vice was  amalgamation,  as  though  the 
absorption  of  one  unsound  company  by 
another  equally  unsound  could  result  in 
honest  benefit  to  either.  Then  came  a  more 
criminal  device.  One  company  borrowed 
the  assets  of  another  for  the  purpose  of 
making  a  statement,  returning  them  when 
the  exigency  was  over.  The  transaction 
involved  false  statements  on  both  sides- 
one  company  swearing  that  it  possessed 
assets  which,  in  truth,  it  had  borrowed; 
and  the  other  that  it  possessed  assets  which, 
in  truth,  it  had  transferred  tor  use  to 
another.  Out  of  a  transaction  of  this  sort, 
probably,  has  come  the  indictment  of  two 
of  the  officers  of  the  Columbia  Company, 
whose  downfall  must  seriously  affect  the 
Life  Association,  which  is  even  more  dis- 
gracefully implicated  in  other  exposures. 
The  Life  Association  of  America  has  an 
agency  m  New- York,  and  at  the  end  of 
1875  had  2,279  policies  in  force  in  this  State. 
We  have  not  heard  that  the  Superintendent 
at  Albany  has  revoked  its  permission  to 
transact  business  here,  or  that  he  has  even 
opened  his  eyes  to  the  revelations  affecting 
its  condition  which  have  been  made  else- 
where. In  his  amiable  desire  to  prophesy 
smooth  things,  he  has  overlooked  transac- 
tions to  which  the  Life  Association  was  a 
party,  and  which  have  led  to  its  expulsion 
from  Kentucky.  New- York  tolerates  what 
Kentucky  punishes.  The  Insurance  Commis- 
sioner of  the  latter  State  has  published  the 
documents  and  facts  which  led  him  to  revoke 
the  licenses  of  the  company's  agents,  and 
they  are  sufficient,  not  only  to  justify  his 
action,  but  to  excite  wonder  at  the  blind- 
ness or  the  indifference  of  the  New-York 
authority.  To  secure  control  of  the  man- 
agement of  the  St.  Louis  (now  Columbia) 
Life  Insurance  Company,  the  Association 
expended  §275,000  of  its  policy-holders' 
funds  in  a  manner  of  which  no  explanation 
has  been  given  ;  it  withdrew*-  $900,000  of 
the  assets  of  the  St.  Louis  Life  ;    to   avert 

saspicion    from    the    latter,  it  retransferred 

temporarily  nearly  one-third  of  this 
amount,  and  then  transferred  it  back  to  its 
own  vaults.  This  is  a  specimen  of  the 
trickery  employed  by  the  Life  Association 
to  consummate  its  plans,  and  it  is  not  easy 
to  decide  whether  the  faith  of  its  policy- 
holders or  of  the  public  will  be  most 
shaken  by  the  exposure.  An  application 
is  to  be  mode  by  the  Insurance  Depart- 
ment of  Missouri  for  the  appointment  of  a 
Receiver  for  the  Columbia  Company. 

The  same  officer,  among  other  suggestions 
for  the  amendment  of  the  Missouri  In- 
surance laws,  proposes  that  he  shall  be 
enabled  at  any  time  to  examine  the  affairs 
of  a  company,  precisely  as  a  bank  superin- 
tendent may  examine  the  affairs  of  a  bank 
— without  preliminary  notice,  and  without 
waiting  for  any  special  statement  on  the 
part  of  the  company.  The  warning  now 
given  affords  time  to  the  officers  of  a  com- 
pany for  adjusting  its  affairs  by  exceptional 
methods,  as  in  the  case  now  brought  to 
light  at  St.  Louis.  The  recommendation  is 
a  judicious  one,  but  it  is  made  too  late  to 
restore  confidence  in  the  efficiency  of  the 
Missouri  Department,  which  has  allowed 
flagrant  mismanagement  to  go  unchecked. 
St.  Lonis  has  winked  at  more  life  insurance 
frauds  than  any  other  city  of  its  size  in  the 
United  States. 

Moved  by  this  fact,  perhaps,  the  Governor 
of  the  neighboring  State  of  Kansas  declares 
his  lack  of  faith  in  State  supervision.  "The 
State  certificate  of  solvency,"  he  says,  "  has 
proved  in  the  past  no  security  for  insurers." 
Gov.  Baglky,  of  Michigan,  while  praising 
the  efficiency  of  the  State   Commissioner  in 

respect  of  fire  insurance,  admits  that  he 
has  not  been  able  to  protect  holders  of  life 
policies  from  fraud  and  loss.  The  Conti- 
nental policies  held  in  Michigan  amount  to 
$2,700,000,  and,  so  far  as  the  State  goes,  they 
are  unprotected.  "  In  the  case  of  failure," 
remarks  the  Governor,  "  each  policy-holder 
must  look  out  for  himself,  and  as 
each  one's  interest  is  small,  compared 
to  the  whole,  the  Receiver  or  As- 
signee disposes  of  the  assets  for  the 
benefit  Of  himself  and  the  stockholders  if  he 
sees  fit  so  to  do,  and  the  policy-holder  is  lett 
as  chief  mourner."  There  is  more  truth  than 
poetry  in  this  aspect  of  the  situation.  The 
Governor  discerns  other  troubles  for  policy- 
holders, chief  among  which  are  the  varying 
and  arbitrary  conditions  imposed  and  the 
ox>enings  they  leave  for  litigation  when  the 
policies  mature.     His  suggestion  is  that  the 

State  shall  '^  designate  a  form  of  insurance, 

policy,  always  non-forfeitable,V  and  permft 
no  other  to  be  used  in  the  State.     The  in- 
surance world  is  not  ripe  for  the  discnssion 
i  vi  faidiipatabflily  i  amA  Car  «tit( 


of  forfeiture  the  Mieuasachnsetts   law  pro- 
vides a  remedy. 


BOYTON'S   MISTAKES. 

Capt.  Paul  Boyton  is  at  present  cruis- 
ing in  Italian  waters.  Not  very  long  ago 
he  spent  eighty-three  consecutive  hours  in 
the  river  Po;  since  then  he  has  fioated  down 
the  Amo ;  and  he  is  now  engaged  in  descend- 
ing the  Tiber.  Of  course,  if  he  likes  this 
style  of  yachting,  it  is  Ms  own  concern,  but 
to  most  men  it  is  paihfol  to  see  an  alleged 
fellow-being  wasting  so  much  time  and 
energy  by  stubbornly  clinging  to  obsolete 
methods  of  navigation.  j 

Every  one  knows  that  Capt.  Boyton  J 
wears  a  life-preserving   dress,  in  which  he 

floats  on  his  back  in  water,  and  propels  him- 
self either  with  a  paddle  or  a  small  saiL  It 
is  difficult  to  see  how  he  can  find  much 
pleasure  in  this  pursuit.  He  is  in  no  dan- 
ger of  sinking  unless  he  knocks  a  hole  in 
himself  by  running  on  a  sharp  reef,  but  he 
is  compelled  to  remain  in  a  tedious  and 
uncomfortable  position.  If  he  were  able  to 
go  on  deck,  so  to  speak,  and  stretch  his  legs 
by  walking  up  and  down  his  abdomen,  or 
if  he  could  go  aloft  and  scan  the  horizon 
from  the  lofty  elevation  of  his  nose,  the 
wearisome  sameness  of  his  voyages  would 
be  to  some  extent  broken  up.  Owing  to 
the  way  in  which  he  is  constructed,  these 
recreations  are  impossible,  and  he  can  only 
vary  the  monotony  of  paddling  head  first 
by  occasionally  backing  astern  and  slowly 
lorcing  his  blunt  boots  through  the  water. 

These  inconveniences  are,  however,  un- 
avoidable, 80  long  as  Capt.  Boyton  per- 
sists in  converting  himself  into  a  sea-going 
vessel.  Where  he  is  at  fault  is  in  his  stub- 
bom  refusal  to  avail  himself  of  modern  im- 
provements in  the  art  of  propulsion. 
Whether  we  regard  him  as  a  sailing  or  a 
paddling  craft,  he  is  equally  behind  the  age, 
and  he  has  even  failed  to  adopt  the  most 
efficient  means  of  securing  speed  and  weath- 
erly  qualities  when  under  sail.  He  made  a 
grave  mistake  when  he  had  himself  cat- 
ngged  instead  of  cutter-rigged.  He  carries 
but  one  sail,  and  when  he  is  running  before 

a  li-esh  breeze  and  rolling  heavily — as  he 
inevitably  must,  in  consequence  of  his  depth 
of  hold  and  the  dead  weight  of  his  skirt 
pockets — he  is  very  apt  to  roll  the  extrem- 
ity of  his  boom  under,  and  thus  incur  the 
risk  of  a  capsize.  Had  he  adopted  the  cut- 
ter-rig, he  could  have  safely  scudded  before 
a  gale  of  wind  under  his  foresail  alone,  his 
mainsail  being  snugly  stowed  and  his  top- 
mast housed.  A  graver  mistake,  however, 
was  his  failure  to  provide  himself  with  a 
centre-board,  or  even  a  temporary  false 
keeL  Owing  to  this  unaccountable  omis- 
sion, he  cannot  beat  to  windward,  and  he 
makes  aa  enormous  amount  of  lee-way 
when  sailing  with  a  beam  wind.  Hence, 
unless  he  has  the  wind  directly  astern  or 

on  his  quarter,  his  sail  is  worse  than  use- 
less. It  is  idle  to  say  that  this  is  the  fault 
of  his  model.  His  model  is  well  enough, 
though  he  was  evidently  not  designed  for 
speed,  but  no  light-draught  man  without 
either  keel  or  centre-board  can  go  to  wind- 
ward. For  Capt.  Boyton  to  claw  off  a  lee- 
shore  under  eaU  would  be  an  absolute  im- 
possibility, and  if  ever  he  finds  himself  in 
such  a  situation,  and  his  paddle  breaks 
down,  he  may  make  up  his  mind  that  he 
will  have  to  abandon  himself  to  his  under- 
writers and  claim  a  total  loss. 

Doubtless,  Capt.  Boyton's  friends  will  as- 
sert that  his  sail  is  intended  to  be  used 
only  as  an  auxiliary  to  his  paddle,  or  as  a 
final  'resort  in  case  of  any  accident  to  the 
latter,  and  that  in  this  respect  he  resembles 
the  old-fashioned  paddle-wheel  steamers. 
But  by  what  possible  course  of  reasoning 
can  either  they  or  Capt  Boyton  justify  this 
imitation  of  an  obsolete  model  T  It  is  im- 
possible that  Capt.  Boyton  does  not  know 
that  the  screw  has  completely  driven  out 
the  paddle.  It  is  true  that  he  has  the  legal 
right  to  adopt  any  propelling  machinery 
that  he  may  fancy,  but  when  he  exhibits 

himself    to    the    ^Europeans    as    the    latest 

specimen  of  American  marine  architecture, 
he  has  no  right  to  produce  the  impression 
that  we  are  ignorant  of  the  screw.  It  is 
possible  that  he  may  be  in  some  way  con- 
nected with  the  Pacific  Mail  Steam-ship 
Company,  which,  a  few  years  ago,  built  a 
number  of  large  paddle-wheel  ships  for  the 
Pacific  trade,  long  after  the  superior  speed 
and  economy  ot  screw  propellers  had  been 
demonstrated.  Still,  this  would  not  be  a 
sufficient  excuse  for  his  worse  than  folly, 
and  the  only  way  in  which  his  conduct  can 
he  explained  is  upon  the  almost  incredible 
hypothesis  that  he  is  ignorant  of  the  screw. 

Had  this  man  fitted  himself  with  a  light 
three-bladed  screw,  driven  by  a  small  en- 
gine, using  alcohol  or  petroleum  instead  of 
coal,  he  would  have  reflected  some  credit 
upon  human  ship-builders.  He  would  have 
secured  a  much  higher  rate  of  speed  than  he 
can  now  command,  and  without  the  immense 
consumption  of  tissue  which  the  steady  use 
of  the  paddle  requires.  By  dispensing  with 
the  cumbrous  paddle,  he  would  have  had 
plenty  of  room  for  carrying  fuel  and  fresh 
water,  besides  an  additional  quantity  of 
freight.  Of  course,  his  machinery  should 
have  been  of  the  simplest  character,  and  as 
light  as  would  have  been  consistent  with 
strength,  but  there  is  no  doubt  that  if  he 
had  gone  to  some  prominent  English  or 
Scotch  engine-builder  he  could  have  had 
light  and  powerful  machinery  put  into  him 
at  much  less  cost  than  his  continued  use  of 
the  paddle  has  involved. 

In  addition  to  these  grave  defects,  it  is 
generally  conceded  that  Captain  Boyton's 
interior  arrangements  are  wretchedly  unsat- 
isfactory. He  is  so  badly  ventilated  that 
after  a  voyage  of  a  few  hours'  duration  he  is 
entirely  prostrated  with  excessive  heat. 
He  has  never  been  coppered  since  he  was 
first  launched,  and  has  hence  been  obliged 
to  go  on  the  dry-dock  at  frequent  intervals  in 
order  to  be  thoroughly  scrubbed.  It  may  be 
granted  that  he  is  perfectly  tight,  and  has 
never  yet  leaked  a  drop,  but  it  is  not  cer- 
tain that  this  is  an  advantage.  A  very 
slight  leak,  which  would  require  him  to  use 
his  pumps  for  ten'  or  fifteen  minutes  every 
day,  would  not  injure  his,  cargo,  but  would 
tend  to  preserve  the  wood  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  his  keelson,  and  to  keep  his  joints 
and  butts  swelled. 

These  criticisms  are  made,  not  in  any 
spirit  of  hostility  to  Capt.  Boyton,  who 
is  probably  stanch  and  seaworthy.  'When, 
however,  he  enters  a  foreign  port  with ,  the 
American  flag  at  bis  peak,  and  throws  him- 
self open  for  inspection  as  a  speeimen  of 
what  American  builders  can  do,  we  have 
aright  to  demand  that  he  should  reflect 
wedit  «p«k  fals  OBttatenam.  lisfe  him.  maica 


the  changes  in  his  xig,  machinery,  and  gen- 
eral fitting  up  which  have  been  suggested, 
and  we  will  then  be  able  to  feel  prond  of 
him.  Until  he  does  this  he  may  be  very 
sure  that  although  he  may  astonish  French- 
men and  other  landsmen,  no  American  sailor 
or  ship-builder  can  look  upon  him  with  any 
real  complacency. 


AN  OBSTBUCTIVE  REPUBLIC. 
Nearly  all  of  the  Central  American  Re- 
publics, as  well  as  those  of  South  Americfi, 
possess  something  which  is  in  liie  natnre  <jf  a 
monopoly.  COsta  Pica  has  a  first-rate  cof- 
fee trade ;  Honduras   monopolizes  the   best 

mahogany  forests  on  the  continent ;  rtru 
fairly  exists  on  its  guano  deposits  and  ni- 
trate of  silver  beds,  and  the  United  States 
of  Colombia  are  maintained  by  Panama, 
which  controls  the  railroad  transit  of  the 
■Isthmus.  It  is  a  real  misfortune  to  the 
world  that  the  narrow  neck  of  land  con- 
necting the  two  continents  should  be  in  the 
possession  of  weak  and  ill-governed  States. 
Nicaragua  has  lately  been  fully  conscious  of 
owning  a  valuable  franchise  for  an  inter- 
oceanic  canal,  and  she  seems  determined  to 
»make  the  most  of  it.  Just  as  Colombia  has 
subsisted  on  the  Panama  Railroad  transit, 
and  Pern  has  flourished  on  guano  and  ni- 
trates, Nicaragua  proposes  to  draw  sub- 
sistence indefinitely  from  her  canal  facili- 
ties. The  Republic  could  no  more  build  a 
canal  across  the  country,  from  ocean  to 
ocean,  than  it  could  build  a  railroad  to  the 
moon.  It  is  the  misfortune,  rather  than 
the  fault  of  Nicaragua  that  it  no  sooner 
has  an  accumulation  of  specie  in  the  na- 
tional depositories  than  there  happens 
a  revolution.  The  Republic  is  al- 
ways poor ;  it  always  will  be 
in  that  condition  until  a  new  race  of  people 
supplant  that  which  now  misgoverns  the 
country.  But  the  transit  route  is  as  good 
as  a  mine  to  Nicaragua.  To  be  sure,  the 
revenues  to  be  derived  therefrom  are  only 
prospective ;  but  the  Republic  will  drive 
a  hard  bargain 'for  the  right  of  way,  and, 
when  all  is  done,  the  Nicaraguans  will  have 

a  semi-annual  revolution  to  determine  who 
shall  have  the  tolls  to  be  levied  and  col- 
lected on  the  commerce  of  the  world. 
Meantime,  Nicaragua,  unable  to  construct 
the  great  water-way,  tranquQly  sits  on  the 
most  feasible  route,  and  will  not  budge 
without  being  guaranteed  a  handsome  in- 
come for  ever  after. 

The  Government  of  the  United  States  has 
conducted  the  most  complete  and  satisfac- 
tory of  all  the  surveys  for  an  inter-eceanic 
canal  to  connect  the  two  oceans.  Of  the 
expeditions  commanded  by  Commander 
Selfridge,  that  which  surveyed  the  Napipi 
route  made  the  most  favorable  report. 
The  more  northern  routes  on  the  Isthmus  of 
Darien  are  now  considered  impracticable. 
But,  for  various  reasons,  the  Tehuantepec 
Isthmus  seems  to  offer  more  encouragement 
to  an  inter-oceanic  canal  enterprise  than  anv 
part  of  the  narrow  Isthmus  of  Darien. 
For  a  long  time,  since  the  conclusion  of 
Shlteldt's  surveys,  the  Government  of  the 
United  States  has  been  treating  with  that  of 
Nicaragua  for  a  convention  to  allow  this 
great  work  to  be  begun  by  the  Americans. 
Negotiations  were  in  a  forward  state  a  few 
days  since,  and  it  was  thought  that  a  satis- 
factory treaty  could  be  sent  to  the  Senate 
before  the  end  of  this  session.  Naturally, 
our  Government  considers  it  highly  desira- 
ble that  the  building  of  the  canal  shall  be 
in  the  hands  of  our  own  citizens,  and  that 
the  management  of  the  enterprise,  when 
completed,  shall  be  intrusted  to  its  origin- 
ators and  constructors.  It  is,  not  pretend- 
ed that  Nicaragua  could  furnish  anything 
more  than  the  right  of  way  with 
which  Nature  has  endowed  her.  But 
the  petty  intrigues  of  the  Central 
American  Republic  have  embarrassed  the 
course  of  negotiations,  and  now  threaten  to 
defeat  them  altogether.  There  is  in  Nicara- 
gua a  considerable  foreign  interest  which  is 
hostUe  to  the  United  States,  and  is  ready  to 
destroy  any  scheme  which  might  result  in 
giving  the  much-coveted  right  of  way  to 
our  people.  As  the  Nicaraguans  are  them- 
selves jealous  of  powerful  neighbors,  and 
are  also  disposed  to  make  the  most  possible 
out  of  their  route,  they  are  not  agreeable 
customers  to  deal  with  in  this  affair.  Just 
at  the  moment  of  concluding  the  treaty,  a 
report  comes  that  the  Nicaragnan  Govern- 
ment has  decided  to  make  a  contract  with 
Meiggs,  the  famous  American  railroad 
builder  in  Peru  and  Chili,  and  that  he  will 
build  the  canal.  This  seems  preposterous, 
unless  we  take  it  for  granted  that  Meiggs 
merely  represents  a  powerful  association  of 
capitalists.  Meiggs  has  shown  himself  to 
be  a  man  of  extraordinary  energy  and  ex- 
ecutive ability.  Although  he  fled  as  a  de- 
faulter and  in  disgrace  from  the  United 
States,  he  has  developed  rare  faculties  in  his 
later  career  in  South  America.  His  propo- 
sition to  take  this  gigantic  contract  to  build 
an  inter-oceanic  ship  canal  is  characteristic 
of  the  man.  But  daring  though  he  is,  it  ia 
not  possible  that  he  desires  anything  more 
than  control  of  the  franchise. 

It  is  most  unfortunate  that  this  mighty 
enterprise,  so  long  the  dream  of  geogra- 
phers and  engineei's,  should  be  at  the  disposal 
of  the  little  politicians  who  usually  control 
Central  American  affairs.  But  it  so  hap- 
pens that  the  Republic  of  Nicaragua  is  situ- 
ated on  a  practicable  canal  route,  by  which 
the  voyage  from  New-Orleans  to  Hong  Kong 
may  be  shortened  nearly  10,000  miles,  and 
the  voyage  from  New- York  to  the  same  port 
be  made  nearly  2,000  miles  less  than  by  the 
way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama.  It  is  likely, 
however,  that  the  same  causes  which  have 
interfered  to  prevent  a  favorable 
treaty  between  the  United  States 
and  Nicaragua  will  operate  to  the 
disadvantage  of  other  powers  desirous  of  a 
treaty.  It  is  well  known  that  the  reported 
application  of  Meiggs  is  not  the  only  ob- 
stacle in  the  way  of  the  treaty  now  being 
negotiated.  The  Nicaragnan  Government 
has  been  persistent  in  its  demands ;  it  is 
determined  that  the  canal,  if  it  is  ever 
built,  shall  be  like  a  toll-road  for  the  en- 
richment of  the  Republic.  The  prosperous 
example  of  Colombia  has  not  been  without 
its  effect  upon  Nicaragua.  The  Republic  is 
disposed  to  drive  a  hard  bargain,  and  to  sit 
down  at  ease  by  a  highway  for  the  com- 
merce of  nations,  absorbing  revenues  which 
it  has  not  earned.  The  daueer  is  that  the 
highway  will  not  be  built  during  this 
generation. 

TffB  STEAMEB  OLD  COLONY. 
PnoviDBiroB.  Feb.  9. — ^The  steamer  Ord'^Col- 
ony,  of  the  Kewpo^t  and  New-York  Line,  brokti  her 
orank'pln  iMl  msat,  off  Stratford.  Sbe  wm  towitd  to 
Point  Jaditli  by  a  New-Bedfoid  prooellsr,  and 
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GENERAL    LEGISLATIVE    BUSINESA. 

TBS  STBEET^OLEANUia  BILL  RBPORTRD  FA' 
TOBABLT — MORK  NEW- YORK  BILLS— 
BKPORTS  FBOM  COMMITTEES — BVSltiZBf 
VX  THB   SENATE. 

From  Our  OtDti  Correncmdene. 

AI3ANT,  Friday,  Feb.  9,  1877. 
Speaker  Sloan  desiring  to  go  home  this 
week,  and  the  busmess  of  the  morning  being 
mainlv  routine,  he  rattled  it  off  with  unusual 
rapidity,  checked  unnece^'sary  talkintr,  stopped 
the  irregular  introduction  ot  bills  by  unani- 
mous consent,  knocked  the  breath  out  of  Gen. 
Spinola  on  a  point  of  order,  settled  the  weekly 
adjoamment  question  without  talk,  and  ad- 
journed the  Hoase  about  1  o'clock,  almost  ii: 
the  instant  that  Mr.  Alvord  made  the 
motion,  therebv  affecting  a  great  saving 
of    the    time     and     patience     of    the    House. 

Among  the  big  bundle  of  reports,  adverse  and 
favorable,  which  the  Committee  on  Cities  sent 
in  this  morning,  the  bill  introduced  by  Mr. 
Cowdin  in  relation  to  cleaning  the  sfreets  ol 
New-York,  came  in  with  a  recommendation  foi 
its  passage.  Mr.  Mitchell,  in  behallof  his  Dem- 
ocratic colleagues,  dissented  from  the  report  o) 
the  committee  on  the  ground  that  if  the  work 
of  cleaning  the  streets  be  taken  from  the  Polic< 
and  let  hv  contract,  the  lettine  of  the  contract! 
should  not  be  eiven  to  the  Police  Board,  bui 
should  be  lodged  with  a  board  composed  of  the 
Mayor,  Controller,  Commissioner  of  Public 
Works,  and  President  of  the  Board  of  Health. 

The  bill  to  provide  for  the  completion  of  the 
Third  District  Court-house  was  read  a  third 
time  and  passed. 

Mr.  Mitchell  introduced  a  bill,  by  request  it 
the  petitioners  whose  petitions  accompanJMi 
it,  to  autliorize  the  Mayor,  Controller,  and  o  ae 
of  the  Tax  Commissioners,  acting  as  a  boa:fd, 
to  hear  the  claixn*  of  the  proprietors  of  the 
rooms  used  as  Poliee  ^"ourts  in  the  annexed 
district  dtiring  the  time  from  March  17,  1874, 
to  the  I7th  day  of  August,  1S75.  There  were 
two  courts,  one  at  the  comer  of  Third  avenue 
and  the  Southern  Boulevard,  the  other  at  the 
comer  of  Washington  avenue  ana  One  Hun- 
dred and  Seventy-sixth  street. 

Mr.  Strahan  introduced  a  biU,  accompanied 
by  a  memorial  from  the  Mayor,  Controller, 
Commissioner  of  Pubho  Works,  and  the  Cor- 
poration Counsel.  The  memorial  explains  the 
bill,  w^hich.  though  of  the  most  formidable  pro- 
portions, is  simple  in  its  object.  It  appears 
that  by  the  act  of  1871  the  City  acquired  rights 
to  draw  water  when  needed  Irom  the  nattiral 
lakes  in  Putnam  and  Westchester  Counties; 
but  through  some  error  m  drawing  up  the 
bill  these  rights  -were  not  sufficiefitly  secured. 
The  consequence  has  been  that  the  owners 
of  property  adjoining  the  lakes  have  sued  the 
City  for  taking  water  from  them,  and  the  only 
way  m  which  the  City  could,  under  the  present 
law,  acquire  complete  "rights  over  the  lakes 
would  be  by  buying  the  whole  of  the  ground 
adjoining  on  them.  The  new  bill  is  to  supply 
the  legal  and  technical  deficiencies  of  the  act 
of  1871.  This  is  a  most  important  bill  tor  the 
City  of  New-York,  but  it  is  opposed  by  all  Put- 
nam County,  where  the  property-owners  want 
to  compel  the  City  to  buy  their  land.    Some 

difficulty  is  anticipated  in  its  passage.     It  went 
to  the  Committee  on  Cities. 
Mr.  Coulter's  bill  to  reduce  the  fare  on  the 

Elevated  Railroad  50  per  cent,  -was  reported 
from  the  Railroad  Committee  this  morning  ad- 
verselv.  Mr.  Coulter  moved  that  the  report  lie 
on  the  table,  which  the  House  pertnitted.  lying 
on  the  table  being  another  term  lor  allowing 
the  hill  to  die  quietly  instead  of  being  directly 
kiUed. 

The  following  bill  was  introduced  by  Dr. 
Hayes  this  morning.  It  is  general  in  character 
but  evidently  local  in  application  : 

Any  railroad  company  *  *  *  which  may  have 
been  unable  from  any  cause  to  begin  tho  constrac- 
tion  of  its  road  and  expend  thereon  10  per  cent,  on 
the  amount  of  its  capital,  as  required  by  the  amend- 
ment to  said  act  passed  April  a5,  1867,  tlie  time  for 
the  completion  of  whose  road  as  required  by  said 
amended  act  has  not  yet  expired,  shall  hereby  have 
the  time  for  the  completion  of  the  railroaa  it  wan 
antborized  to  construct  extended  for  a  lurther  term 
of  two  years  beyond  the  time  heretofore  limited  by 
said  amended  act;  and  any  failnre  to  becin  con* 
struotion  and  expend  10  ptr  cent,  olits  capital  snail 

not  work  a  I'orteuure  of  its  corporate  powers. 

Dr.  Hayes  also  introduced  a  hiU  declaring 
that  no  insurance  company  of  any  kind  shall 
at  any  time  of  its  organization  use  a  corporate 
name  or  title  which  is  already  in  use  by  an  ex- 
isting organization.  The  Supenutendent  ot 
Insurance  is  authorized  to  reject  any  name 
whiob,  by  its  similanty  to  one  already  in  use, 
he  may  censider  would  lead  to  contusion  and 
uncertainty. 

Mr.  Webb  introduoed  an  important  bill  to 
protect  Ufe  and  property  on  railroads,  which 

was  evidently  suggested  by  the  Ashtabula  ac- 
cident.    By  its   provisions,  the    State  Engineer 

and  Surveyor  is  required  to  examine  all  bntiges, 
viaducts,  and  other  structures  unon  the  rail- 
roads of  the  State,  at  least  once  m  every  lour 
months.  He  is  required  to  condemn  any  struc- 
ture he  may  find  unsafe,  and  to  notify  the 
company  of  that  fact.  The  coniimny  is  required 
to  forthwith  strengthen  and  repair  such  unsafe 
structure ;  aud  if  they  refuse  to  do  so,  a  fine  of 
$100  a  day  shall  be  inflicted  upon  them  for 
every  day  after  the  thirtieth  day  following  the 
day  on  which  notice  was  served  upon  the  com- 
pany by  the  State  Engineer. 

At  the  request  of  Mr.  Orr,  of  Erie,  a  bill  for 
some  local  object  was  passed  by  the  House 
this  morning,  without  being  either  prmted  or 
considered.  The  same  thing  is  done  about 
once  a  week,  at  the  request  of  members.  It 
was  a  bill  passed  in  this  way  that  the 
Governor  yesterday  returned  accomoanied 
by  a  sharp  veto  message.  Mr.  Purely,  when 
his  name  was  called  to  vote  on  Mr.  Orr'a 
bill,  rose  to  excuse  himself  from  votmg.  and 
for  once,  by  the  way,  made  a  few  brief  and 
sensible  remarks,  calling  the  attention  ot  the 
House  to  the  absurdity  and  dangelt  of  passing 
bills  without  any  one  knowing  what  they  were. 
The  bill  was  passed,  however,  and  the  only 
remedy  for  this  pernicious  practice  is  tor  sonie 
one  to  pluck  up  sufficient  courage  to  retuss 
consent  when  unamimous  consent  is  asked  V 
rush  a  biU  through. 

THE  SENATE. 

Senator' Gerard  introduoed  a  hill  to  prevent 
the  poisoning  of  passengers  on  emigrant  ships 
resulting  from  fumigation.  Several  deaihs  of 
children  and  many  cases  of  sickness  of  adultr 
nave  occurred  from  the  oarelesaness  of  tbe 
Health  Ofacer  of  the  Port  of  New-York, 
or  his  assistants,  in  the  use  of  materials 
employed  in  fumigation.  Drinkmg-cups 
and  other  utensils  on  the  ships  have 
been  used  by  the  Health  Oliicer  in  dippmg 
sulphuric  acid  and  other  poisonous  liquids,  and 
by  neglecting  to  cleanse  them  after  being  thu& 
used,  much  sickness  and  Buffering  have  been 
coused  to  emigrants  for  which  the  steam-ahip 
companies  m  several  instances  have  been  held 
liable  in  damages.  The  bill  makes  the  Health 
Officer  and  his  employes  civilly  and  criminaJy 
liable  for  neglect  and  carelessness  m  the  use  of 
disinfecting  fiuida  from  which  serious  results 
shall  follow. 

Ou  motion  of  Senator  Wsodin,  the  tour  bills 
introduced  by  him  lasD  week  and  tavoraoly  re- 
ported, relating  to  the  offices  of  County  Cierk, 
Begister,  Coroners,  and  Commissioner  of  Jururs, 
were  made  the  special  oruer  for  Tuesday  next. 

Senator  Prince  introduced  a  bill  inco^>ora^ 
ing  ••  The  Cathedral  of  St.  John,"  in  the  Dio- 
cese of  Long  Island.  Bishop  Litttejobn.  and 
his  asbociates  are  made  the  first  incorporators 
and  are  permitted  to  purchase,  hold,  and  con- 
vey for  all  the  legitimate  purposes  of  the  cor» 
poration,  property  whose  annual-  income  sh*'' 
not  exceea  1^50,000. 


UNITED  STATED  A  AVAL  ORDERS. 
Washington,  Feb.  9. — Capt.  L.  A.  Eimber!' 
Is  ordered  to  command  tbe  Omaha,-  Capt.  WillLuB 
P.  McCann  is  ordered  to  command  the  Lackawanna, 
on  the  Pacific  Station ;  Lieat.  L.  C.  Lo£an  is  ordered 
to  duty  at  tbe  Naval  Observatory,  at  'Waahingtoa : 
Lieat.  Thomas  JE.  Grove  to  the  FensaooU  Navy. 
yard;  Lieut.  Maroiu  B.  Boford  totheMonongahela, 
at  Baltimore  ;  Lient.  Alberk  0.  Berry  to  the  Frank- 
liB,  at  New-Turk;  Matter  Cbarlea  E.  Galloway 
to  temporary  duty  at  tbe  Naval  Academy; 
Capt.  !E<1ward  Simpson,  detached  trom  theoonunand 
ot  the  Omaha,  ta  ordered  nome;  Capt,  James  A. 
Green  is  detached  from  the  Lackawanna  and  or^ 
deredhome;  Lieut.  Commaader  Charles  E.  Clark 
Is  detached  from  tbe  command  of  the  Monocacy 
and  ordered  home;  Lieat.  Xhvtnaa  A.  Dabiou  la  de- 
tacbed  from  the  f  ensaoola  Navy-yud  aad  placed 
on  wuUog  orders ;  Snavn  WiUiam  H.  Slack  is  de- 
tBoha«^romtlM  Bcaakti*  aasi  amiaoemA  la  *b*  V«»»l 


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Spidal  Dlaixaeh  totka  New-Tori  Timtt. 
Boston,  Feb.  9. — ^An  eyent  of  no  ordina- 
ry character  ■was  the  consecration  here  to-day 
of  the  new  Trinity  Church  (Key.  Phillipa 
Brooks)  just  completed,  at  an  expense  of  fally 
1750,000,  and  with  not  a  dollar  of  debt.  The 
consecration  seryicea  attracted  a  con- 
Kresration  of  people  representatiye  of 
the  culture  and  wealth  of  the 
city.  Amons;  those  of  the  laity  present  were 
Qoy.  Rice,  ex-Gov.  Bullock,  of  Worcester ; 
Chief  Justice  Gray,  Mayor  Prince,  Robert  C. 
Winthrop,  and  Martin  Brimmer,  and  among 
the  clergy  of  other  denominations  were  Rey. 
Dr.  A.  P.  Peabody,  of  Harvard  College  ;  Rev. 
James  Freeman  Clarke,  Bey.  Robert  Laird  Col- 
lier, Rey.  Dr.  S.  K  Lothrop,  Rey.  Chandler  Rob- 
bins,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Rafos  Ellis,  Rev.  Dr.  Miner,  and 
Rev.  Henry  W.  Poote,  of  King's  Chapel.  The 
seryloes  began  at  11  o'clock,  when  the  magnifi- 
cent building  was  filled.    The   services  were 

altogether      formal.       At      just      11     tbe 

irreat  organ  pealed  lorth  the  prooes- 
Bional.  The  long  line  of  prelates  and 
clergymen  included  a  mt^onty  of  the 
settled  minlBters  in  the  diocese,  and  many  from 
New- York  and  other  places.  Right  Rev.  Bish- 
op Paddock  headed  the  prooesaion,  and  toUow- 
Ing  him  came  Right  Rey.  Horatio  Potter,  Bish- 
op of  Now- york.  Right  Rev.  William  Wood- 
ruff Niles,  Bishop  of  New-Hampshire, 
and  Right  Roy.  M.  A.  Dewolfe  Howe, 
Bishop  of  Central  Pennsylvania.  The  Bishop 
of  Massachusetts  sat  at  the  right  of  the  com- 
munion table,  the  Bishop  of  New- York  on  the 
opposite  side,  and  faemg  the  congregatioa 
were  two  other  prelates  of  the  Church. 
The  line  of  Presbyters  was  headed 
by      the      Rector,    Rey.     Phillipa     Brooks, 

who,  with  the  venerable  Dr.  Stephen  H.  Tyng, 
Sr.,  of  New-York,  and  Rev.  Dr.  George 
'Zabriskie  Gray,  Dean  of  the  Episcopal  Theo- 
logical School  at  Cambridge,  sat  to  the  right 
of  the  Bishops,  Rev.  Dr.  A.  fl.  Vinton,  Preacher 
!>f  the  Day.  Rev.  Henrv  C.  Potter,  of 
Grace  Church,  New- York,  and  Rev.  Dr.  S.  P. 
Parker,  ot  Sheffield,  Mass..  being  installed  at 
the  other  side  of  the  chancel.  The  other  elergy, 
robed  in  surplices,  were  seated  without  the 
chancel  raiL  The  service  of  consecration  began 
with        the        recital         of  the         verses 

of  ^  the  Psalm,  Domini  est  Terra, 
by  the  Bishop  of  the  diocese  and  the  clergy 
alternately.  As  sodn  aa  the  ministers  were 
•eated  the  instrument  oftlonation  and  request 
to  consecrate  were  read  by  Charles  Henry 
Parker.  Esq.,  Senior  Warden  of  the  par- 
ish, and  after  the  conbeoration  prayers 
ind  litany  had  been  said  by  the  Bisnop, 
the  sentence  of  consecration,  givmg  the  epis- 
copal sanction,  was  read  by  Rev.  Dr.  W.  R. 
Huntington,  Rector  of  All  Saints  Church, 
Worcester.  Morning  prayer  to  the  Venitt  was 
read  by  Rev.  Dr.  T.  S.  Yooom,  Rector 
of  St.  Paul's,  Staten  Island,  the  proper 
Psalms  tor  the  service  bemg  given  by 
Dr.  Richard  Newton,  Rector  ot  Epiphany 
Church,  Pliiladelphia.  The  first  and  second 
'essens  wore  rea«i  respectively  by  Rev.  Arthur 
Brooks,  of  the  Church  of  the  Incarnation,  New- 
York,  and  Rev.  C.  A.  L.  Richards,  of  St. 
John's,  Provid«uce.  The  creed  was  said  by 
Rev.  J.  A-  Paddock,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  An- 
drews, Brooklyn,  and  brother  of  the  Bishop  of 
tibe  diocese.  The  other  prayers  were  said  by 
Rev.  D.  Burroughs,  of  Christ's  Church,  Buston, 
and  after  the  singing  of  the  hymn,  "I'll 
wash  my  hands  in  innocence."  the  ante- 
communion  service  was  begun  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Tyng,  of  New- York.  The  admonition  begin- 
ning "  Hear  also  what  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
saith,"  with  the  prayer  which  follows,  was 
said  by  Bishop  Niles.  Rev.  Dr.  Potter,  "of  New- 
York,  read  the  Epistle,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Gray,  ot 
Camoridge,  the  Gospel. 

After  the  hymn  beginning  "  With  one  con- 
sent let  all  the  earth,"  the  sermon  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Vinton,  Rector  of  Emanuel  Church,  was  given. 
It  was  a  very  elequent  and  impressive  dis- 
ootirse  founded  oa  the  text:  "  And  1  saw  no 
temple  therein,  lor  the  Lord  God  Almighty  and 
the  Lamb,  are  the  Temple  ot  it." — Rev.  xxi.,  22. 
The  administration  ot  the  Lord's  Supper  fol- 
lowed the  sermon,  the  Bishop  of  the  diocese 
consecrating  the  elements,  and  there  being 
many  communicants,  both  ot  the  clergy  and 
laity.  The  offertory  sentences  were  read  by 
xiev.  Arthur  Brooks,  the  prayer  tor  the 
ohurch  militant  was  offered  by  Rev.  Dr. 
L.  P.  Parker,  and  the  exportation  and  con- 
fession were  read  by  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Howe, 
the  absolution  being  pronounced  by  Bishvp 
Potter.  The  prayer  of  humble  access  was 
iiade  by  the  celebrant.  The  musical  portion 
Of  the  service  was  rendered  by  the  regular 
church  choir — Miss  Alice  Parker,  Miss  Esther 
Morse,  Dr.  S.  W.  Laugmaid,  and  H.  M.  M. 
Aiken — and  was  very  fine. 

I'rinity  is  one  of  the  wealthiest  parishes  of 
the  Episcopal  Church  in  this  countrv,  and  its 
pnlpit  has  been  graced  by  some  of 
the  greatest  preachers  in  the  denom- 
ination. Among  these  have  been  George 
Waahmgton  Doane,  afterward  Bishop  ot  New- 
Jersey  ;  John  Henry  Hopkins,  late  Bishop  of 
Vermont ;  Thomas  March  Clark,  the  present 
Biahop  ot  Rhode  Island ;  Man  ton  £aatbum,  tne 
last  Bishop  of  this  diocese,  and  Jonathan  M. 
Wainwright,  once  Biahop  ot  New- York. 

BESCBIFTION  OF  IRE  NEW  EDIFICE. 

4  UDCTURB  OF  SPANISH  AMD  MOORISH  AKCH- 
ITECTURE — THE  GROUND  PLAN  O*  THE 
BUILI>IN(9  A  QRBEK  CROSS — THE  INrS- 
RIOR  DECORATED  THBOUOHOUT  IN  OILS 
— GREEN  AND  GOLD  THE  PREVAILING 
COLORS — STATUES  0£'  ST.  PETKB  AND 
ST.  PAUU 

The  clmrch  built  by  the  congiegation 
of  Mr.  Phillips  Brooks  to  replace  that  de- 
stroyed in  the  great  fire  has  been  the  occasion 
of  what  must  be  considered  a  new  departure  in 
art  in  the  United  States.  The  building,  which 
was  erected  by  Messrs.  Gambrill  Sc  Richardson, 
of  New- York,  occupies  a  triangular  bit  ot 
ground,  with  rear  on  Clarendon  street  and  front 
on  the  irregiilar  square  which  lies  before  the 
new  Art  Museum.  The  quiet  tones  of  the  facade 
and  the  central  tower,  whieh  rises  behind  and  be- 
yond it,  contrast  strongly  with  the  briUiant  colors 
and  ba8-relie&  of  light  stone  that  adorn  the 
portion  of  the  Art  Museum  already  completed. 
For  this  new  and  magnifioent  edition  of  old 
Trinity  ia  composed  In  two  shades  of  a  soft- 
ooloied  atone,  with  only  the  higher  roofs  of  the 
central  tower  bright  with  light-colored  tile- 
work.  On  Clarendon  street  and  the  north 
comer  of  the  Irregular  triangle  stands  the 
obapel  and  vestry-room,  connecting  with 
the  main  building  by  a  aeriea  of 
pillared,  or  "cloistered"  ways.  The  church 
itself  is  most  strongly  distinguished  by  the 
great  central  tower  before  mentioned.  This 
overhangs  or  spans  the  widest  apace  of  the 
oborch,  where  it  forma  the  centre  of  a  short 
Greek  cross.  The  head  of  the  cross  ia  composed 
oftheause  or  chancel;  the  wings  or  transepts 
are  comparatively  shallow,  while  the  broad  foot 
of  the  cross  is  bounded  by  the  entrance  doors 
and  the  facade.  A  building  after  this  plan  ia 
naturallya  very  solid,  short,  and  lofty  stmo- 
tore.  Its  charact«r  is  that  of  a  oloseiy- 
built  edifice  mtended  for  a  Northern  climate. 
Yet  it  is  not  Gothic.  Outside,  and  eyen  more  so 
within,  its  character  is  Saracenic  by  origin,  or, 
to  speak  more  correctly,  Romanesque.  Indeed, 
it  ia  said  to  approach  somewhat  to  a  church 
in  Auvergne,  Prance,  where  Spanish  and  Moor- 
ish infiaences  have  affected  the  architecture. 
Mr.  Richardson  has  bad  almost  exclusive  con- 
trol of  the  building  ;  it  is  maixWy  due  to  his 
exertions  that  the  interior  has  been  decorated 
alter  the  fashion  about  to  be  described,  and  m 
fact  that  the  good  people  of  Boston  had  so 
&ne  a  show  yesterday,  on  Consecration  Day. 

The  new  departure  in  art  alluded  to  con- 
ligts  in  this :  Trinity  presents  the  first  in- 
itance  where  a  church  has  been  decorated 
throughout  In  oils— or  a  near  substitute  for 
n]»— by  artists  of  the  highest  talent 
Mr.  Richardson  should  have  credit,  not 
alone  for  succeeding  in  iafluenoing  the 
''committee  to  enter  on  an  experiment  novel  to 
America,  but  for  selecting  jm  artiat  of  New- 
lOTk  whose  oultiyation,  both  general  and  pro- 
fesaional,  fits  hum  especially  for  an  undertak- 
ing oi  sucTi  magnlttide.  Mr.  John  La  Parge  is 
,not  a  popular  artist,  bnt  the  best  art  is  seldom 
popular ;  Mr.  Richardson  selected  him  because 
he  was  the  kmd  of  man  that  the  most  carei^ 
Bommittee  in  Europe  would  haye  pitched 
apon.  To  assist  him.  Jit  L»  Parge,  last 
AntiUBn,  oaUed  from  New-York  Messrs.  Pran- 
cia  lAthrop  and  Angoite  .  St.  Qaadens, 
mmx»     HUmtatt.    AuniabMl    two    mon     *al« 


yotmr  arttsts.  MeMte.  Frank  D.  MiUett 
aad  Q.  W.  Maynard.  The  time  allowed  for  the 
completion  of  the  work  was  ridiculously  short, 
but,  in  spite  of  the  asaurances  ftovo.  croakers 
that  the  tUng  coidd  aot  be  done  in  time,  yes- 
terday saw  almost  eyerytlung  completed,  save 
certain  minoc  details  which  will  not  interfere 
with  the  general  scenic  effect. 

Owmg  to  the  conformation  of  the  building— 
a  lofty  tower,  Vith  chancel,  transepts,  and  nave 
running  from4it  to  the  four  points  of  the  com- 
pass— ^the  fa9ade  is  not  imposing,  nor  is  there, 
nrom  that  yiew,  any  special  evidence  of  the 
order  of  architecture  to  which  it  belongs.  Bnt 
when  one  has  entered  the  doors  and  penetrated 
through  the  yestibule  into  the  nave,  the  Moorish 
character  is  at  once  apparent  The  effect 
within  is  architecturally  very  imposing.  The 
naye  joins  with  the  great  central  space  unaer 
the  tower  by  one  of  those  fine  horse  shoe  arches, 
typical  of  Moorish  architecture,  while  its  com- 
panion arch  aboye  the  apse  is  seen  beydnd.  To 
this  atyie  of  arohiteoture  the  decorations  ot  the 
roof  and  walla  of  the  nave — trom  sketches 
originally  by  Mr.  Francis  Lathrop — have  been 
tastefully  adapted.  They  are  variegated  after 
an  Oriental  cast,  and  in  choice  of  harmonious 
colors  give  a  sombre  magnificence  to  the 
first  view.  Blues,  greens,  dull  reds,  and 
gold  have  been  cast  in  scientific  confu- 
sion over  this  ceiling  and  across  the  walls. 
Where  the  windows  that  light  the  nave 
cut  into  the  swell  of  the  ceiling,  gold  has 
been  laid  on  in  broad  tones,  while  the  eye 
on  passing  forward  into  the  main  church  is 
carried  along  by  repetitions  of  the  same  note  on 
the  capitals  of 'the  four  great  pillar-masses 
that  support  the  tower,  and  on  the  roof  of  the 
chancel.  From  the  vestibule  doors,  which  are 
handsome  affairs  of  dark  wood  with  small 
panes  of  stained  glass  let  in,  the  gigantic 
decorative  hgures  on  the  east  walls  of  the  tower 
already  appear  and  beckon  one  on. 

These  consist  of  a  St  Paul  on  the  right  and  a 
St.  Peter  on  tfee ;  left  of  the  arch  leading  Into 
the  cbancel  or  apse.  Strictly  decorative  in 
design,  they  nevertheless  affect  one  with  some- 
thing of  a  personality  in  themselves.  Yet  they 
oast  no  shadows  on  the  wall  wnere  they  are 
painted,  and  maintain  the  reserved  attitudes 
which  religion  has  given  to  figures  of  their  sym- 
bolic nature.  St.  Paul  is  dressed  in  a  green  cloak. 
This  figure  was  painted  by  the  young  New-York 
sculptor,  St.  Gattdena    St.  Peter  has  a  white 

drapery,  while  the  favorite  green  note  that  re- 
verberates from  every  wall  ia  repeated  in 
his  ccstume  by  his  body-coat  underneath. 
He  holds  the  keys,  although  as  a  rule  Mr. 
La  Faree  does  not  seem  to  have  afi'eoted 
greatly  the  use  of  the  conventional  symbols  in 
connection  with  '  their  various  figures.  Be- 
tween these  two'' great  saints,  and  higher  up, 
where  the  arch  has  left  comparatively  littie 
apace  on  the  wall,  Mr.  La  Fatge  has  painted 
two  groups  of  angels  looking  out  of  some  kind 
of  celestial  window.  They  are  very  lovely  in 
tones  and  exhibit — it  was  understood  that  Mr. 
La  Farge  himself  is  responsible  for  most  of  the 
painting  c^  thia  Wall — the  wonderlul  qualities 
of  that  artist  as  a  colorist. 

In  fact  the  colors  used  on  thC  inner  walls  of 
Trinity  are  so  powerful  and  harmonious  that 
they  remind  one.  at  onoe  of  the  new -expression 
now  used  in  pamting,  the  orchestration 
of  colors.  The  ihighest  art  has  been  applied 
to  the  blending-  of  hues  naturally  akin,  and 
the  avoidance  of  clashing  colors,  and  the  skill- 
ful use  of  one  color  to  raise  or  depress  an 
adiacent  hue.  Like  a  composer,  Mr.  La 
Farge  and  his  litUe  corps  of  assistants  have 
not  been  content  with  mere  detached  melodies, 
but  have  woven  one  into  another  and  artfully 
reproduced  at  ceirtain  distances  the  main 
harmony  that  seemed  to  have  been  lost 
The  simile  will  be  plain  enough  to  those  who 
remember  how  the  motif  of  a  symphony  de- 
lights the  musioal-mindenl  by  gradually  extrica- 
ting itself  from  a  mass  oi  sound  only  to  plunge 
again  into  another  complication.  The  back- 
ground on  which  all  the  paintings  have  to 
stand  is  a  dull  red,  not  always  of  the  same 
shade.  But  as  to  the  other  colors,  the  conjecture 
is  hazarded  that  the  motif  in  the  deccration  of 
this  church  ties  in  a  green  which  runs  from  al- 
most black  to  that  peculiar  sheeny  green 
gold,  such  aa  one  sees  on  certain'  snakes, 
or  the  fine  throatifeathers  of  certain  birds,  or 
again  on  the  wing  cases  of  beetles  both  here 
and  in  Brazil.  The  highest  note  is  reached  in 
an  imcompleted  figure  of  St  Thomas,  in  the 
north  transept. 

The  method  used  for  these  decorations  is  not 
fresco.  Freseo  would  not  be  able  to  render 
such  viyid  colors,  even  if  competent  work- 
men could  be  propcured  to  lay  the*  plaster  fresh 
for  painting  every  day,  nor  could  fresco  be 
so  easily  retouched.  It  is  a  painting  m  wax 
by  a  kind  ot  eacauatic  method,  with  this  differ- 
ence, that  heat  is  applied  to  the  medium  which 
carries  the  paint  i'bo  medium  is  composed  of 
wax,  (either  white  or  yellow,)  Venetian  turpen- 
tine, and  common  turpentine,  together  with 
a  btlle  resin,  and  is  warmed  at  least  once  a 
day.  Pamts  are  mixed  with  this  as  re- 
quired and  applied  to  a  rather  rougbiy-fin- 
iatied  walL  VVnere  it  has  been  possible  the 
spaces  to  be  painted  have  been  treated  with 
some  preparation  to  prevent  a  too  great 
absorption  by  the  mortar,  but  the 
short  time  allowed  tor  the  work  haa 
caused  a  great  deal  of  coniusion  m 
this  particular,  as  well  as  in  others.  The  fore- 
going applies  to  the  hgures  on  the  walls  ot  the 
tower.  The  ceilings  have  been  prepared  with 
size  and  only  water-colors  used  in  their  decora- 
tion We  most  leave  the  transepts  and  north 
and  oouth  walls  ef  the  central  tower  to 
another  occasion.  The  apse,  which  is 
exclusively  occupied  by  chancel,  font,  lec- 
tern, &.C.,  has  ita  ceilmg  treated,  as  before 
mentioned,  m  gold,  with  the  dark  ribs  ot  its 
beams  showing  against  it  Between  the  win- 
dows of  the  semi-circular  apse  are  tablets  with 
gold  baekgi-ounds,  containing  the  Lord's 
Prayer  and  other  inscriptions  usually  fSlaccd 

in  such  positiuns.  Tbese  tablets  are  almost  tUe 
only  strongly  discordant  elements  in  the 
church.  They  are  quite  uut  of  keeping  with 
the  feeling  of  the  rest  ot  tne  decoration,  and 
are,  moreover,  badly  lettered  and  (in  one  case) 
misspelled.  Below  them,  and  above  the  row 
of  chairs  for  the  clergy,  runs  a  broad,  un- 
adorned strip  of  uniformly  colored  wall,  which 
is  to  receive,  if  the  congregation  desires  it,  a 
procession  of  figures  ah-eady  sketched  out  in 
the  fertile  brain -of  the  chief  painter.  Doubt- 
less, if  this  be  completed,  it  will  be  Mr.  La 
Farge's  greatest  work,  in  comparison  to  whion 
aU  his  majestic  figures  here  present  and  his  re- 
markable paintings  already  known  to  lovers 
of  art,  will  be  Insignificaat  As  the  wall  now 
stands  it  has  no  decoration  whatever,  although 
manitestly  the  most  important  space  in  the 
whole  church.  It  is  painted  of  the  same 
color  as  the  four  heavy  clusters  ot  pillars 
that  uphold  the  tower.  They  are  of  a  fine 
deep  olive,  a  low  note,  perhaps,  of  thtft  green 
eonjeetured  to  form  the  key  of  the  whole 
system  of  mural  decoration,  exclusive  of  back- 
ground, in  New  Trinity. 

BVBIED  ON  HIS  \WID  BIBTHDAT. 
The  Seneca  Palls  Courier  of  the  8th  inst. 
says :  "On  Monday  morning  Aaron  Easton  died  in 
the  town  of  Tyre,  being  within  two  days  of  102 
years  old.  Mr.  Easton  was  bpm  in  New-Jersey, 
and  came  to  tbu  coanty  in  the  year  1817,  having 
Uved  in  either  this  town  or  Tyre  since  that  time. 
He  was  a  man  of  Bmali  statore,  hue  possesaed  of 
gieat  physical  as  well  as  inteUectnai  vieor.  At  the 
advanced  age  ot  100  years  he  boasted  of  walking 
sevaral  miles  to  town,  aoU  seemed  aa  active  as  most 
men  of  loar  score.  His  centennial  was  dnlv  cele- 
brated upon  its  arrival,  and  it  was  an  occasion 
which  he  enjoved.  He  was  probably  the  oldest 
man  In  Western  Ifew-York,  it  not  in  the  entire 
State.  The  faneral  waa  held  lOS  years  from  the 
day  of  bis  bhth. 


ABBEST  OF  AN  ALLEOSn  NEOSO  JUVB- 
DEBEB. 
Detectives  Dolan  and  Slevin,  of  the  Fifteenth 
Precinct  laat  night  arrested  a  negro  named  John 
Allen,  of  No.  335  Weat  Xwenty-eignth  street 
on  the  charge  of  robbing  Joaephtne  Jobnaon, 
a  colored  woman,  of  No.  75  Mmoetta 
Une,  of  |75  worth  of  jewelry  and  clothing.  Tbis 
woman  informed  the  detectives  that  tour  months 
ago  Allen  roboedaod  mordered  a  colored  man  in 
Charleston,  S.  C,  and  that  a  ye  ward  ot 
fSOO  was  offeied  by  the  anthoncies  of  that 
city  for  hia  capture.  Allen  la  employed 
as  a  waiter  in  a  reatanrant  in  Broadway, 
near  Howard  street,  and  smce  hia  arrival  in  tbla 
City  baa  lived  with  a  colored  woman  named  Mary 
Tbrops,  in  West  Twenty-eighth  streef.  The  Police 
of  Ctaarleaton  will  be  ooiamiualoated  with  to-day  for 
the  verification  or  denial  of  the  woman  Johnson's 
autement  

LAWLESSNESS  IN  NOBTH  OABOLINA. 
WASHiKQTOir,  Feb.  9.— The  following  was  re- 
ceived thla  afternoon: 

Gbeeksbobo,  N.  C,  Feb.  9. 
OotMniuidhtr  InUmal  Bevtnue,  Washington.  D.  O. : 
IXstiict  Attorney  Roak  writes  Marsdal  Donglaas 
that  at  a  tnalofadiatiller  before  Commiasiooer  Mor- 
ris, In  Henderson  Goiuty.  on  the  3d  inst.,  SO  armed 
and  mounted  men  attacked  the  court  fatally  wound- 
ing Harktna,  Dapnty  Marshai.  The  other  offioera  es- 
caped. The  (Bctllter  on  trial  waa  fatally  wounded. 
I  am  execntlOK  your  orders  as  rapidly  as  possible. 
WAGNER,  Bevonue  Agent 


BUSINESS  FAILUBB  IN  OBIOAOO. 
Chioaoo,  Feb.  9.— Gushing,  Kirk  &  McLean, 
wholesale  dealera  In  boota  and  shoea  at  the  oorner 
of  Wabaah  arenne  and  Maaison  atreet  this  laoming 
filed  their  petlAou  in  voluntary  bankroptor.  Their 
UabWtiea  are  ^99,000  and  aaava  tlOO.OOO.  The 
etcdltor"  '<<  *<>*  ^m  art  chiefly  la  Boston  and  New- 


WASHINGTON. 


tSTE  LOUISIANA    REPORT. 

VIBWS  OF  TEOe  HOUBB  SPECIAL  COMMITTEE 

THAT  VISITED  THE  STATE. 

Washikotok.  Feb.  9.— The  House  Special 
Committee  on  Louisiana  Afiklrs  made  their  report 
to-day,  In  the  coarse  of  which  they  say  :  In  the  late 
canvass  the  policies  pursued  by  the  two  parties 
were  essentially  different  The  Repub- 
Uoana  do  not  appear  to  have  made 
any  strenuous  efforts  to  maintain 
order  and  eeeure  a  peaceful  election.  The  Demo- 
crats, not  solely.  It  is  believed,  on  the  part  of  all  of 
them  because  of  their  love  of  order,  bnt  tor  pru- 
dential reasons  also— knowing  that  any  violence 
or  disturbance  would  be  aeized  upon  aa  a  pretext 
for  reversmg  the  action  of  the  people  at  the  polls — 
did  counsel  the  preseivation  of  peace  and  the 
observation  of  law.  Upon  snob  a  course 
could  they  only  hope  to  succeed.  The  Interests  of 
the  Republican  Party  lay  in  the  direction  of  oli- 
tnrbance  and  violence,  and  the  past  history  of 
that  organization  In  Louisiana  assures  us 
its  readiness  to  oonaolt  its  advantages 
without  scruple  aa  to  the  means  to  be 
employed.  The  committee  conceive  that  the 
means  by  which  the  large  number  of  the  colored 
votes  were  secured  for  the  Demooratlo  ticket  at 
the  late  election,  were  not  snob  as  can 
be  rightfully  or  legally  characterized  aa 
iDtimidatioD.  They  were,  when  stripped  ot  the 
&l8e  presentation  made  of  them  by  the  knavery  of 
tbose  who  are  to  profit  by  ibe  sncceaa  of  their 
sohemn,  oo  more  than  snoh  as  are  resorted  to  in  all 
the  cities  and  States  of  this  Unloa  at  every  election 
in  which  large  public  interest  is  elic- 
ited. Conceding  for  the  Ketnmine  Board 
all  the  .iadloial  dignity  claimed  for  it  by 
the  admirers  of  its  unparalleled  Iniqaities,  ft 
cannot  be  denied  that,  in  order  to  give  validity  and 
effect  to.  ita  deeiaions,  where  It  has  attempted  to 
throw  out  and  reject  the  retnrua  from  polls, 
tbe  Jurisdictional  fact  required  by  the  stat- 
ute must  affirmatively  appear,  and,  unless 
that  fact  does  so  appear,  its  action  in  tbe  case  was 
without  Jurlsdictiuo,  and  on  ita  face  null  and  void. 
The  board  bad  no  richt  under  the  laws  of  Loms- 
iana,  to  throw  out  or  count  out  the  polls 
and  votes  ibev  bave  thrown  ont  and  conuted 
oat.  and  their  action  ia  that  behalf  la  without  au- 
thority of  law,  and  null  and  void.  The  committee 
further  state  that  if  there  i«  any  law  in  tbe  State  of 
Loaisiana  providine  for  the  election  of  Electors 
of  fresident   and  Vice  President   the   oanvaas   and 

conpilaiion  of  the  vote  for  Electors  must  be  made  ^ 
under  the  apeoial  acta  of  the  State  upon  tbat  snbjeot,  * 
and  by  a  board  composed  of  uthei  persons  or  of- 
ficers than  those  oonstitutlDg  the  Ketaraing  Board. 
0.  H.  iSrewster,  one  ot  tbe  candidates  for  election  on 
the  Hayaa  ticlcet.  held  on  and  after  the  7th  day  of 
{November  laat  the  oflSoe  of  Sorveyor  Gf>neral  for 
the  State  of  Loaisiana,  and  could  not  tberetore  he, 
and  was  not  chosen  or  itppointed  Elector. 

A.  B.  Levinse,  another  candidate  for  Kleotor  on 
the  aame  ticket,  was  United  State*  Commis- 
sioner, and  waa  not  chosen  or  appointed 
Elector.  Snbsequent  to  Nov.  7,  and 
before  Dec.  6,  last  past,  the  said  Brewster 
and  tbe  said  Levisse  pretend  to  have 
resigned  their  respective  ofiBces  of  Surve>or 
General  and  Unlied  States  Commissioner 
When  the  other  Electors  pretending  to  be  elected 
on  the  same  ticket  met  to  oast  ttaeir  votes  for  Presi- 
dent and  Vice  President,  Brewster  and  Le- 
Titse  did  not  meet  with  them,  and  tne 
plaoea  of  said  Brewster  and  Levisse  were  declared 
or  treattHl  aa  vacant  becsose  uf  their  absence.  The 
other  Electors  tb^n  filled  the  places  of  Brewster 
and  Levisaee  vacant  because  of  tbeir  absence  with 
the  same,  Brewster  and  Levisaee  then  bein^  prbsent ; 
all  of  whicb  doings  were  fraudulent  devices  to  void 
tbe  constitutional  provision  which  rendered  the 
same  void  and  of  nu  efi'ect  In  law,  even  had  any  of 
the  Electors  on  said  ticket  beeu  elected  by  tbe  peo- 
ple, as  tbey  were  not.  Tbe  dlliug  ot  snob  vaoan- 
cies  was  witboat  aathority  ot  law,  and  conferred 
no  right  upon  Brewster  or  Levissee  to  rote  lor  Pres- 
ident and  Vice  President  of  tbe  Cuiied  States. 

Tbe  committee  made  only  saon  investigation  nr 
inquiry  luto  tbe  eleoiiun  and  canvass  of  votes  for 
State  officers  in  Louisiana  as  waa  incideutal  to  in- 
quirr  as  to  tbe  cenerai  fairneas  of  tbe  election  In 
said  State  and  tbe  resalt  thereof. 

Xbe  testimony  taken  discloses  tbe  fact  that  by 
both  tbe  votea  actually  cast,  and  tbe  votes  as  for- 
warded to  and  received  by  the  Board  of 
Betaraing  Officers,  Nicholls  was  elected  Oor- 
ernor  of  Loaisiana  by  a  ma|ority  approximating  tbe 
majorities  received  by  tbs  Tildun  Elector*,  and 
treed  from  the  condition  growing  out  oi  tbe  Presi- 
dential contest,  he  would  be  accepted  as  tae  duly 
elected  0-.>Temor  of  Loaisiaoa  by  the  almost  not  - 
versa!  acclaim  of  her  people. 

THE  STATUE  OF  LIBERTY. 

COKGRESSIONAL  AID  ASKKD  FOR — A  SITE 
ON  BRDLOB'S  ISLAND  RRQUIRBO — THE 
PRKSIDENT'S    RECOMMENDATION. 

Washington,  Feb.  9.— The  President  to-day 
transmitted  to  Congress  a  message  enclosing  a 
memorial  at  the  request  of  the  committee,  com- 
posed of  many  distingnisbed  citizens  of  New- York, 
recently  appointed  to  co-operate  with  a 
generous  body,  of  French  citizens,  who  de- 
sign to  erect  in  the  harbor  of  New- 
York  a  colossal  statne  of  "  Liberty  enliebtening 
the  world."  The  memonal  is  signed  by  William  M. 
Evarta,  E.  D.  Morgan.  William  C.  Bryant,  and 
others,  respectfully  aaking  tbe  concorrence  of  the 
President  requesting  him  to  transmit  the  memorial 
to  Congress,  and  asking  that  a  site  on  Bedloe's 
Island  be  given,  on   which  to  erect  the  atatne  in 

commemoration  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary 
of  American  independence. 

TUe  President  in  bis  Alcasaee  says  :  "  Very  little 
li  asked  of  us  to  do,  and  I  hope  the  wishes  of  tbe 
memorialists  may  receive  your  very  favorable  con- 
sideiation."  

THE  MISSISSIPPI  ELECTION. 

HOW  THE  STATE  VOTED  FOR  TILDEN IN- 
TIMIDATION EVERYWHERE  —  OPENING 
OP  THE  POLLS  DELAYED  TILL  NOON  — 
THE  LARGER  PART  OF  TBE  REPUBLICAN 
VOTE  NOT  CAST. 
WAsHiNQTON,  Feb.  9.— D.  C.  Kerns,  of  Mis- 
siasippL  testlfled  to-day  before  tbe  Senate  Sab- 
commlttee  investigating  tbe  late  elections  in 
Mississippi,  that  he  la  Clerk  of  tbe  Court 
of  Fayette  County.  At  tbe  election 
in  November,  1873,  many  of  tbe 
colored  voters  in  Fayetie  County  did  not  dare  to 
vote  the  Republican  ticket  owing  to  tbe  fact  tbat  the 
Bepublican  candidate  for  Treasurer  of  that  county  (a 
colored  man)  had  been  sbotontheday  previa  us  to  tbe 
election.  At  tbe  late  election  the  Democrats  de- 
layed the  opening  of  tbe  polis  nntll  the  mid- 
dle of  the  day,  and  then  made  the  voters 
march  to  the  ballot-box  in  pairs — a  Repub- 
lican and  a  Democrat  together.  Whoa  tbe 
puirs  bad  finished  voting  it  was  time  to  oiose  tbe 
polls,  and  thus  the  Republicans  wore  kept  from 
polling  a  majority  of  tbe  vote*.  A  large  number  of 
colored  Repablicans  were  prevented  trom  voting  oy 
the  closing  of  the  polls. 


NOTES  FROM  THE  CAPITAL. 


WASHiNeTON,  Feb.  9.— The  Senate  this  after- 
noon ratified  tbe  extradition  treaty  between  the 
United  States  and  Spain.  Tbe  Inlonctlon  of  se- 
oresy  aa  to  the  text  ot  tbe  treaty  iiaa  not  yet  been 
removed. 

The  following  were  the  balances  in  tbe  Treasury 
at  tbe  close  of  business  to-day :  Currency.  tll,0S4,. 
481 ;  special  deposit  of  legal  tenders  for  redemption 
of  certiicates  of  deposit,  {35,525,000 ;  coin,  inclnd- 
log  154,673,600  in  coin  certificates,  188,267,600;  out- 
standing legal  tenders,  (364.984.812. 

Tbe  President  haa  recognized  M.  Du  Courthial  aa 
Consnl  of  France,  at  New-Orleans  ;  Louis  M.  Aven- 
dano,  Consnl  ad  interim  of  Mexico  and  ita  de- 
pendencies, at  New-Orleans,  and  James  Hunter, 
Vice  Conaal  of  Portugal,  at  Darien,  6a. 

Secretary  Morrill'a  oonoition  ia  reported  some- 
what improved  to-nl£bt  and  snch  aa  to  give  en- 
couragement to  the  hoi>6a  for  his  recovery. 

The  Smithsonian  Inatitntioa  has  received  from 
France  a  telegram  announcement  of  a  comet  dis- 
covery by  Boielly,  Feb.  8,  in  right  ascension,  17 
hours  13  minutes,  declension  one  degree  37  min- 
utes south  ;  daily  motion,  plaa  1  minute,  44 
aeconda  io  right  ascension,  and  pins  3  degrees, 
7  minutes  in  declination.  The  comet  has  a 
brilliant  round  nnolens. 

Senator  Ferry,  President  pro  tem.  of  the  Senate, 
to-day  received  from  Montana  a  feather  over  two 
feet  long  from  a  black  eaglev  tbe  aenaer  saying  he 
wanted  him  to  certify  tbe  eiecnon  of  Prnaident 
with  it,  and  asking  him  in  case  Hayes  is  coanteo  in 
to  use  tbe  <^ill  part;  ana  in  case  Tdden  is  counted 
In  to  use  the  feathered  end. 

Representative  Wlllla.  of  New- York  City,  to-day 
presented  15  immense  iraiitions  signed  by  mer- 
chants, bankers,  and  business  men  geuerally  in  dif- 
ferent parts  of  tbe  country,  asking  for  a  repeal  of 
tbe  war  taxes  on  banks,  bankers,  and  banking  in- 
stitutions, which  were  appropriately  referred  to  tbe 
Committee  on  Ways  and  Aleans,  before  whom  a  bill 
is  now  pending  which  provides  for  a  repeal  of  all 
taxes  on  bank  deposits  and  bank  capital. 

Senator  Mitchell  says  hli  report  on  Oregon  affairs 
la  not  vet  flnlahed ;  that  when  flniahed  it  will  be 
snbmitted  to  the  full  Committee  on  Prlvilegea  aad 
Elections  fbr  their  conalderation ;  anu,  further,  that 
tbe  notice  of  it  recently  pabliahed  la  without  au- 
thority, and  ia  in  tbe  main  Inoorreot 

Hon.  Fernando  Wood's  Committee  on  Military 
Interference  in  tbe  South  asreed  to-dav, 
by  a  strict  party  vote,  to  take  tcctl- 
niony  in  advance  of  the  prUrOng  of.-  tbe 
doenmenta  leccBtlysent  by  the  President  to  the 
Hoosa.     Alnandcr  G.  BaakclL  Chairmas  at  thm 


Demooratlo  State  Central  Committee  of  South 
Carolina,  testified  tbat  everything  was  peaoefal, 
and  tbat  tbe  State  anthoritiea  were  oompeteat  to 
preserve  good  order. 

AMUSEMEyiS. 


BKOUSH    OPERA. 

Ambtoise  Thomas'  well-kaown  "  Blignon " 
waa  sung  at  the  Academy  of  Mtisio  last  evening. 
The  performance,  which  waa  givea  for  the  benefit 
of  Miss  Eellogg,  was  largely  attended,  and  its 
prosresawas  marked  by  frequent  tokens  of  ap- 
proval on  the  part  of  tbe  audience.  Miss  Kellogg, 
who  haa  been  kept  from  the  stage  by  indlspusltion 
since  the  week  commenced,  was  complimented  by  a 
greeting  of  exceptional  cordiality,  and  ber  singing 
of  those  familiar  nambers  of  the.  score  which  ex. 
pressiveness  and  tnnefnlness  long  ago  commended 
to  popular  favor  waa  heartily  applauded. 
"Mignon,"  however,  has  been  interpreted  so  otten 
that  it  would  be  quite  superfiuotis  to  enumerate  the 
partloolar  lyric  vantage-points  of  tbe  hero* 
Ine.  As  for  the  prima  donna'a  acting,  tbis, 
too,  was  continuously  equal  to  the  unwonted  variety 
of  which  the  nature  of  the  character  admits,  tbe 
melancholy  poesy  of  tbe  first  and  last  acts  being 
contrasted  very  happily  with  tbe  brilliant  comedy 
—if  tbat  be  not  too  strong  a  term— of  act  tbe  second. 
William,  as  heretofore,  was  allotted  to  Mr. 
Maas,  wnose  final  romance  had  to  be 
repeated.  Messrs.  Turner  and  Peakes 
filled  the  other  male  rdles,  and  Filina 
found  a  capable  repreaentative  in  Miss  Bosewald, 
who  rendered  the  polonaise  with  precision  and  brio- 
Mrs.  Seguln  was  Srederiek.  At  to-day's  matinfia, 
"Faust,"  with  Miss  Kellogs-,  will  be  tbe  attraction; 
the  performtDee.  it  sbunld  be  remembered,  is  ta  be 
the  laat  of  tbe  series. 


MISS  ABBOTT'S  CONCERTS. 
Mias  Abbott  sang  for  tbe  second  time  at 
Chiokering  Hall,  last  evening,  and  renewed  the 
very  favorable  impression  wrought  on  tne  occa- 
sion of  her  d6  bnt.  Her  voice,  as  we  have  already 
recorded,  is  of  much  beauty  and  force,  ber  phras- 
ing generally  artistic  and  always  expressive,  and 
hrr  delivery  so  earnest  and  dramatic  tbat  a  great 
deal  can  be  expected  from  her,  we  should  Judge,  in 
operatic  representations  of  a  not  too  trying  nature. 
She  interpreted,  yesterday,  a  ballad  from  "H  Gaar- 
any,"  by  Gomez  ;  the  familiar  romance  from  "Mig* 
non,"  and  the  soprano's  share  of  Arditi's  duet, 
"Una  Notte  aVenezia,"  besides  responding  with 
sundry  English  ballads  to  luvariable  encores.  Tbe 
ballad  from  "D  Gnarany"  Is  a  pretentious  sort  ot 
composition,  of  considerable  diffloalty  of  execati-jn, 
and,  proportionally,  of  rather  slight  effect.  Its  in- 
terpretation, however,  proved  M4ss  Abbott 
to  be  more  equal  to  horid  vocalization 
than  we  anticipated,  and  ber  staccato 
paasages  —  not  to  mention  certain  vocal 
effec  a  referred  to  in  a  previous  article — impressed 
US  u  parlicnlarly  true  and  brilliant.  Bne  rendered 
the  air  from  "  Mignon"  witn  taste  and  aontimant 
but  we  did  not  thiuk  tbe  ohanse  made 
at  its  close  was  m  keeping  with  tbe 
character  of  tbe  melody,  or  sufficiently 
effective  to  be  Instiflable  on  that  account. 
Tbe  applause,  as  we  have  implied,  was  roost  gener- 
ous. Miss  Abbott  bad,  as  heretofore,  tbe  co-opera- 
tion of  Signori  firigno  i  and  Ferranti ;  of  Mr.  Case 
and  of  Mr.  Seifert,  a  violinist  new  to  local 
audiences.  Mr.  Seifert  plays  with  technical 
skill,  bnt  his  tune  is  small  and  his  bowing 
Utterly  unequal  to  the  brilliancy  of  such 
musio  aa  Pacaninl's  or  Joachim's,  both  of  whom 
ware  reoresented  on  tbe  programme.  Mr.  Case,  who 
executed  solos  by  Wolff  and  Maihias,  baa  a  nervous 
bnt  vigorous  touch  and  a  clean  and  crisp  tone. 
Thus  far  bis  selections  have  not  been  happy,  for, 
with  tbe  exception  ot  a  nhmber  by  Chop*n,  he  baa 
chosen  for  performance  no  pioce  oalcatated  to  reveal 
anything  beyond  tho  purely  technical  traita  of  hia 
style.— A  matinee  concert — the  last  of  tbe  series  in 
which  Miss  Abbott  is  concerned— is  annoonced  for 

to-uay. 

« 

BRIEF  MKNTION.- 

"  Marton"  will  be  given  twice  to-day  at  the 
New  Broadway  Theatre. 

The  Aquarium  continues  to  be  open  to  th» 
public,  afcernoun  and  evening. 

Mr.  Heller  will  give  a  matinee  entertain- 
ment at  tbe  Wonder  Theatre,  to-day. 

Two  performances  of  "  Around  the  World  in 
Eighty  Days"  occur  to-day,  at  Niblo's  Theatre. 

The  first  matin6e  performance  of  "  Fifth 
Avenne  "  takes  place  at  Booth's  Theatre  toiay. 

The  San  Francisco  Minstrels  will  give  au  en- 
tertainment at  their  opera- bnase,  this  afternoon. 

"  Our  Boarding  House"  will  be  the  attraction, 
this  afternoon  and  evenrnft,  at  the  Park  Theatre. 

A  matinee  representation  of  "  Lemons"  may 
be  witneased  to-day  at  tbe  Fifih  Avenae  Theatre. 

"The  Big  Bonanza"  will  be  performed  this 
afternoon  and  tbis  evening  at  the  Olympic  Theatre. 

"A  Morning  Call"  and  "Mamed  Life"  will 
constitute  to-day's  matinda  programme  at  Wallack's 
Theatre. 

The  first  matin<Sa  performance  ot  "Tbe  Dani- 

cbeff:t"  may  be  eivJorecl  to-day.  at  the  Union  Square 
Theatre. 
A  concert  of  yocal  and  instrumental  music, 

in  aid  of  tbe  relief  fond  of  Che  Epiphany  Guild,  vtill 
be  given  at  Steinway  Hall,  tbis  evening.  Miss 
Tharsby.  Mr.  Werner,  Mr.  Boekelmann,  and  Mr. 
Whlffin  are  to  be  tbe  pnnripal  artists. 

SUSPECTED  COUMEHFEITERS  ARRESTED. 
Cincinnati,  Feb.  9. — Alfred  Taylor,  William 
Buckley,  alias  Morphy.  James  Jonea  and  Vincent 
Woods,  all  colored,  were  arrested  to-dav  by  a 
United  Statea  detective,  chartred  with  destine  In 
counterfeit  money.  It  is  anserted  tbat  tbev  have 
been  pas!>ing  $10  counterfeit  notes  of  tbe  National 
Bank  of  Muncif,  Ind.,  and  thdt  they  are  portion  of 
a  gang  led  by  Ogle  and  McKernan,  who  were  re- 
cently arrested.  ^ 

SEJfTENCB  OF  COUNTERFEITERS. 
Springfield,  Feb.  9.— In  the  United  States 
District  Court  to-day,  Ben|amiu  T.  Sbandon,  of 
Logan  County,  recently  convicted  of  passing  coun- 
terfeit money,  waa  sentencod  to  one  year  io  the 
Penitentiary  on  each  of  bis  cbarces.  John 
Haff  of  Alton,  was  sentenced  to  one  vear  in  the 
Penitentiary  on  a  similar  charge. 

PLAN  FOR  AROriO  EXPLORATION. 
New-Haven,  Feb.  9.— The  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce of  thia  city,  at  a  special  meetiuE  tbis  even- 
ing, paased  resolntions  indorsing  Capt.  Howgate's 
plan  for  Polar  oolnnizatioo,  and  approving  the  pro- 
posed appropriation  of  $50,000. 

TEE  SOUTH  PASS  JET  IT  CHANNEL. 
New-Oblkans,  Feb.  9. — The  man-of-war 
Plymouth,  Commander  Barrett  from  Pensacola, 
for  New-Orleans,  passed  through  South  Pas*  Jetty 
Channel  tbis  morning  at  low  tide,  drawing  19  feet 
and  6  inches. 


KILLED  WHILE  WALKING  ON  THE  TRACK. 
Baltimore,  Feb.  9. — Mrs.  Margaret  Kirby, 
aged  50  years,  was  killed  by  an  eneine  of  the  Bal- 
timore and  Ohio  Railroad  this  (trenoon  while  walk- 
ing on  tbe  track  at  Union  Factory,  near  SUicotrt 
Mills.  

SOIOIDB  OF  A  FAB^EB. 
Springfield,    Feb.    9.— Henry    Barrows,   ot 
Pelham,  a  farmer,  hung  himself  this  morning,  while 
temporarily  insane.       ^^^^^ 

OBIIUABT. 
Albert  F.  Webster,  whose  health  began  to 
fall  two  years  ago,  and  who  made  a  voyage  to  the 
Sandwich  Islands  with  the  hope  of  relief,  died  at 
sea,  on  board  the  schooner  Bonanza,  on  the  37th  of 
December.  He  was  well  known  to  tbe  readers  of 
magazines  as  one  of  tbe  best  and  most  promising 
Writers  of  short  stories  and  sketohea.  Tbe  news  of 
his  death  is  a  surprise  to  bis  friends,  bis  latest 
letter,  dated  Nov.  36,  having  brought  tidings  of  a 
marked  Improvement  in  his  be<Utb. 


TIME'S  CHANGES. 
"Three  hundred  years  ago,"  says  tbe  Bur- 
lington ifa'wJfc-JS'ys,  "forks  were  unknown  in  Eng- 
land, and  a  man  could  s6oop  up  all  the  green  peas 
be  could  carry  on  the  flat  of  his  knife  and  shovel 
tnem  into  bis  mouth  without  having  his  wife  stamp 
on  hia  corns  or  nudge  his  elbow  and  spill  the  ueaa 
all  over  where  bis  napkin  ought  to  be  and  never  is, 
and  say,  in  a  hoarse,  reproacnfol  whisper,  '  Why, 
Bartholomew  I' " 

TBIOHINA  IN  OONNEOTIOUT. 

The  New-Haven  Journal  of  the  9th  inst 
saya:  "Recently  three  more  casea  of  trichina 
tiave  developed  in  this  vicinity.  Tbree  boys  living 
In  Eaat  Haven  with  their  father  were  taken  Ul 
some  time  ago,  about  the  tinie  that  Mr.  Harder  and 
family,  Uving  in  George  street  were  prostrated 
from  eating  bam  containing  trichina.  Tbe  bovs 
kept  complaining,  and  appearing  to  be  aick  thetr 
father  brooght  one  over  to  Dr.  Rnlokoldt.  who, 
upon  Inquiry,  learned  that  they  had  all  eaten 
of  chaaama  biam  which  bad  bffeoted  Mf.  Harder  aad 


family  so  seriously.  A  boarder  at  Mr.  Harder's, 
working  at  the  same  abop  where  the  boys  were, 
gave  them  some  ot  tbe  ham  to  eat  while  eatinv 
dinner  at  tbe  shop,  not  knowing  then  bnt  that  it 
was  perfectly  good.  The  boys  are  ibougbt  to  be 
improving.  Mr.  H»rder's  wife  and  one  uhild  are 
still  feeling  the  effects  of  the  trichina  severely,  tbe 
other  members  of  the  family  having  recovered.  We 
learn  that  Dr.  Raiokoldc  haa  a  number  of  thia  ape- 
oies  of  aolmalcnla  alive  and  active  at  hia  office." 


JEABLT  HISTORY  OF  ARKANSAS. 
in  bis  Message  to  tbe  Legislature  of  Arkan- 
sas, Gov.  Miller  says:  "It  is  now  '73  years  since 
tbe  laws  of  the  Federal  Government  were  first  ex- 
tended over  this  oortioo  of  the  French  Territory  qt 
Louisiana  and  57  years  since  the  Territory  of 
Arkansas  was  organized.  We  claim  the  prestige  of 
having  had  the  foundation  of  Earopean  civilization 
laid  within  our  borders  291  yeaia  ago.  Tbe  his- 
toric annals  of  this  period,  so  far  as  Arkansas  is 
concerned,  remain  to  tbis  day  unwritten.  Tbe  citi- 
zens of  Louisiiana  have  preserved  the  French  and 
Spanish  records  relating  to  the  entire  territory  ot 
tbe  Sontb-west  formerly  imder  tbe  dominion  of 
tbose  nations,  but  the  documents  thus  preserved 
are  almost  unknown  to  our  people.  It  may  be 
aaked.  therefore,  whether  the  time  has  not  come  for 
us  to  make  somt<  effort  toward  rescuing  from  ob- 
livion tbe  thrilling  records  of  our  history!  and  1 
submit  for  yonr  conalderation  whether  it  may  not 
be  desirable  lor  us  to  lend  aid  and  enconrasement 
to  the  comnUation  of  the  early  history  of  oar  State." 

THE    WEATHER. 


INDICATIONS.  / 

Washington,  Feb.  10—1  A.  M.— .Fbr  New- 
England,  $tationary  or  rising  barometer,  north-wett, 
thifting  to  south-west  winds,  warmer,  partiy  cloudy 
V)et(ther. 

For  thu  Middle  Atlantic  States,  irusreasing  north- 
east to  soxUh-tast  winds,  stationaru  or  higher  tempera- 
ture, falling  barometer,  and  vartly  cloudy  or  clear 
weather. 

IN  THIS   CITY. 

The  following  record  8hows|^he  changes  in 
the  temperature  for  the  past  24  hours,  in  com- 
parison with  tbe  corresponding  datn  of  last  year, 
as  indicated  by  tne  tbermomoier  at  Hudout's  phar- 
macy: 

IS'e.  1877.'  1876.  1877. 

SA.M 34°        26"'    .'?:30P.  M 4y-        38° 

6a.M 34"       24°,   6P.M. 42=       rt6o 

9A.  M 37-=       aO'',   9P.  M 41"       36° 

12  M 42=»        S3°il2P.  M 42^        32° 

Averaee  trmDeratum  yesterdav ...31'4° 

Average  temperature  for  correspond ne  date  last 
year 39%° 


ASBIVALS  AT  THE   HOTELS. 

A.  B.  Meeker,  of  Chicago,  is  at  the  St  Nicho- 
as  Hotel. 

Hon.  Henry  B.  Selden,  of  Bochester,  is  at  tbe 
Metrooolitan  Hotel. 

Ex-Gov.  J.  Gregory  Smith,  ot  Vermont  is  at 
the  Windsor  Hotel.  , 

United  States  Diatnct  Attorney  Richard 
Crowley,  of  Lockport,  N.T.,  is  at  the  Fiith  Avenue 
Hotel. 

Capt  Dickson,  of  the  Third  Hussars,  British 
Army,  and  Hon.  W.  G.  Whiteley,  of  Delaware,  are 
at  tbe  New-York  HoteL 

Col.  LoDBZ  Fabra  and  Sefior  de  la  Gaudara, 

of  tbe  Spanish  Centennial  Commission ;  Charles 
Parrliah,  of  Wilkesbarre.  Penn.,  and  M.  Hall  Stan- 
ton, President  of  the  Pblladelpbia  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, are  at  tbe  Aslor  House. 


"Down  in  tbe  Alontli." 

Where  there  is  a  continual  dropping  down  into 
the  back  of  the  moutfa,  with  irritation  and  inflim- 
mation  ot  tbe  nasal  cavities  and  throat,  with  hawk- 
ing spitting,  and  a  sense  of  fullness  about  tbe  bead, 
be  not  deceived,  or  fancy  it  a  simple  cold.  Yon  are 
afflicted  with  that  scourze  of  this  climate.  Catarrh, 
the  forerunner  of  Cousuoiption.  In  its  early  stages 
a  few  botilos  of  Dr.  Saoes  Catareh  Remedt  will 
effect  an  entire  cure.  When  cooflrmed.  Dr.  PlERCB'S 
GOLPKN  Medical  DiscovEBr  should  be  used  in  con- 
nection with  the  Remedy.  These  standard  medi. 
cines  have  been  before  the  public  many  years,  and 
their  use  has  been  attended  with  tbe  most  gratify- 
mg  success.  A  lull  discussion  of  Catarrh  and  its 
rational  treatment  is  contained  in  The  People's  Com- 
mon Sense  Medical  Adviser,  a  book  of  over  nine  hun- 
dred pages,  illustrated  with  two  hundred  and 
eighty-two  enera vines,  bound  in  cloth  and  gilt. 
Price,  post-paid,  fl  SO.  Address  Poblisbing  De- 
partment, Worlo's  Dispensary,  Bnfialo,  N.  Y. — 
Advertisemsnt.  

A  Dull  Headache,  Costiveness,  Low 
Spirits,  and  no  appetite  are  some  of  the  indications 
of  a  bilious  attack,  arlsiiie  from  a  torpid  liver.  Dr. 
Jatne's  Saxative  Pills  will  soon  restore  tbe  liver 
to  action, drive  all  symptoms  of  biliousness  from  tbe 
system,  and  assist  in  bringing  about  a  regular  ac- 
tion of  the  bowels. — Advertisement. 


To  the  Gentlemen  of  New-Vork. 

Weresnectfuilv  desire  t<»  announce  tbat  we  have 
this  dav  rpduceil  the  price  of  oar  widelv-  popalar  Silk 
Hats  to  $d,  and  oui-  f  kiiliimable  Derby  Hat*  to  $5. 
In  makiug  ibis  announcmeht  we  desire  to  note  a  re- 
cant reduction  in  cost  of  la^or  a^  enauling  u«  to  meet 
tbe  ezitieucies  of  the  timi'S.  and  to  assurf  you  that  in 
emnlatlun  ot  ih>-  high  cuaracter  and  reputation  of  our 
fabrics  In  the  past,  \ve  atiall  aim  lo  produce  the  Ami- 
don  Hat  of  the  lutnie.    Very  reopectfuUv. 

F.  H.  AMIDON'S  SOX, 

^pw  York,  Feb.  10.  220  5tli  av. 
— AdvertintTnent. 

Good  HEALTH  is  one  of  tbe  greatest  of  earthly 
blessiui!-,  and  bathiaz  la  a  most  important  help.  Fami- 
lies utinK  B.  r.  Babbitt's  Toilet  oOap  may  be  sure  of 
a  uecetsary  of  the  uath  and  toilet,  wiiicb  is  nilke  deli- 
cate, pure,  and  fragr^tnt,  fitted  alike  for  infants  and 
adults. — Advertiiemetit. 


White  Wheat  Gluten 


For  Dvspeptlcs.    Send  for  circulars.    H  EaLTH   FOOD 

COUPA.Nlf,  I<o.  137  8lh  8C — .ddacrlisement. 


LELAND'sStnrtevani  House,  New-Tork,  Reduced 

to  $^(  aua$3  60  per  day.  with  board.  Kooms,  Earopean 
piau,  $1  per  day  uod  vipwax6.—.J.dvertisement. 


No  business  house  can  afford  to  be  without 

tbe  eit'Ciric  j^rutectiou  of  Holmes'  Durs^iar  .^larm  .elt^- 
graph  Compaoy.  No.  671  Broadway,  by  tneir  Central 
Office  system.  It  is  the  best  nrotectioa  frombur?ltrs 
in  the  City  ot  ^ow-Vork.  ae  the  houses  of  U.  B.  Claflin, 
J.  Thortou,  and  Hhcoii  &  Baton  c.iu  testify,  where  uur- 
Elars  tiHVe  been  causrbt.  Be^rare  of  iuiit»t»rs.  who  cft 
a  few  cents  by  doing  what  tliey  see  otiieis  do,  an'i  de- 
clare they  have  a  better  protection  for  half  the  mimey. 
They  have  an  exceedingly  noor  record.  We  jingle  no 
bell  at  our  door. 


First  Fremiom 


Awarded  by  Centennial  Kxpoalcioa  to  ELECTRO  SILl 
CON.  Tne  best  arti>:leforuieiniaf;  aadpoiishioa  ailrpr- 
ware  and  Loosebold  uteasils.  Sold  by  drosgists, 
bouse  furnisbers.  Jewelers,  and  grocers. 

Yon  are  not  old  bnt  have  Gray  Hair.    Why 

dont  yoa  use  fAllKiilt'S  uAlR  B.^LjA.\l.f  You  cer- 
tainly preter  the  natural  Colo:  and  vigor  Co  tbe  bald- 
ness that  follows  neglect. 

Everdell'S,   302   Broadway,  elegant    Wed- 

1)1  NU  aud  Ball  Cards,  Forelga  Note  fainn.  Coat  of 
Arms,  lowest  prices^ 

Pomeroy's  'I'msses—  By  far  the    Beat  In  Use. 

Ask  your  ph\-Biclan.  FO-dRKoy  ruaS;}  CO.,  746  l^way. 

I.ct  Tonr  family  have  the  Witness.    It  may 

be  worth  more  tnan  tliuusands  to  tbem. 


The  official  list  of  nnclalmed  letters  anpearp 

in  the  WUneM  every  Tuesday  and  l^riaay. 

The  Witness  will  stanrtly  occapy  the    late 

Preue  Buliulug,  in  Franuf.rt  at. 

Adverrisements  intended  for  sood  families 

should  be  Boni  to  the  Witness. 


BAEBOOR— BARNK8.— In  the  Clinton  Avenue  Con- 
gregational (Church,  drooklyu,  Tbursday  eveninx,  Feb. 
8,  by  Kev.  Wm.  Ives  BudinKtou,  U.  U.,  air.  Lucioa  A. 
Babbour,  of  Hartford,  to  idiss  Uattib  K.  Barnes. 
daughter  ot  a.  ».  barui-s,  bsq. 

mAMMONU— PB.ssKNDliN.— In  Brunswick,  Me.,  Feb. 
7,  by  Rev.  H.  H.  Bvington,  Wii.liah  Uamhoitd.  Esq.,  of 
Porilsiud,  and  dxaAB  <'.,  daughter  of  the  lute  Thumaa 
Fessenden,  of  tins  i;icy. 

ATWOOD.— Feb.  8,  1877,  Mrs.  Rxbkoca  Godpebt, 
relict  of  Capt  David  Atwood,  of  Chatham,  Mass.,  m 
the  79th  year  of  ber  ase. 

FoDeTBt  at  the  house  of  her  son-tn-law,  E.  W.  Davis, 
No.  96a  tiexlnifton  av..  Sunday  at  2  o'clocE  P.  M.  Kela- 
tives  and  fnends  invited  to  attend  without  further  no- 
tice. 

BAREETTO.— Tn  this  City,  on  Friday,  Feb.  9,  Bknht 
CosTBK.  son  of  the  lute  I'ranois  Barretto. 

The  relatives  aud  itienis  or  the  family  are  respect- 
fully invited  to  attend  bis  funeral  from  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  127th  st.  and  4th  av.,  on  Uniiday,  12th  inst.. 
at  12  o'clock.  Train  leaves  Qrand  Central  Depot  at 
11:30  A. -M. 

UKNNIS.— Sudoeoly,  on  the  8th  inst..  of  apoplexy, 
Thomas  Dbnnis.  in  the  64tb  vear  of  his  age. 

Funeral  services  at  his  late  reaidence,  In  83d  sL, 
seventh  bouse  west  of  8th  av..  at  3:30  P.  M.  ou  Satur- 
dav. 

FETTU3.— On  Thursday,  Feb.  8,  1877,  Jam«8  Fbttos, 
aged  60. 

Funeral  on  Saturday.  1  o'clock,  from  bis  late  resi- 
dence. No.  674  West  47th  st.  Friends  and  relativea 
are  invited. 

FisK.— At  Watertown,  Thursday,  Pen.  1,  1877,  ISAao 
BcBBAKD  FisK,  lo  hls  66th  year. 

FROST.— On  Thursday,  Feb.  8,  Lola,  youngest 
daughter  of  William  K  aud  Bsnrietta  fi.  Frost. 

Fuofial  oD  bunday,  lltb  laat.,  at  2  o'clock  P.  U. 
f^om  the  residHoce  of  her  parents.  No.  2b  Bast  83d  at. 
kelatives  and  frien<is  respectfully  inrited. 

HAWK.— Ou  i'riday,  Vtb  mat.,  Amaxda  C,  wife  of 
Samuel  Hawk. 

'1  he  faneral  aervicea  wlU  be  bel^  at  ber  late  resi- 
dence. No.  5  East  48tb  at.,  on  Tuesday  next,  13th 
inat.,  at  2  P.  M. 

UOhT.— In  Brooklyn,  on  Friday,  Feb.  9,  at  10  o'clock 
A.  M.,  CaAKi.Bs  HoLT,'a«ed  71  years  3  montbs. 

Funeral  services  at  No.  93  Cambridge  place  on  Son. 
day.  Feb.  ll,  at  4  o'clock  P.  .\L 

|7*Riobmond  (Va.)  papers  please  o«py. 

iiONO.— On  Thnrsday,  Feb.  8,  Ura.  Sakab  Loiro, 
aged  Qu  vears. 

ihe  relatives  and  friends  of  the  family  are  Invited  I 
to  attend  the  inneral  froin  her  Lata  nMttahoe.  Ho.  60«^ 


West  22d  st,  Satnrdav,  10th  Inst,  at  12  o'clock.    In- 
terment at  Oreen-Wood  Cemet«rv. 

NIBBDHS.— Thursday,  Uth  lost.,  Ekka,  wife  of  Fraley 
C.  Niebnbt: 

Friends  and  relatives  are  invited  to  attend  tbe  fu- 
neral on  Saturday,  10th  inat,  at  2  o'clock  bom  M& 
3X6  Clinton  av..  BrooKlvn.  . 

P!5TiihKlN.— On  Wednesdav.  Feb.  7,  UABaABiT, 
wife  of  John  Peterkln,  in  the  66th  year  of  her  age. 

Reiativea  and  Mends  are  invited  to  attend  thetu 
nexal  trom  ber  late  residence.  No.  40  Lee  av.,  comer  of 
Wilson  St.,  Brooklyn,  E.  U.,  on  Saturd  ay.  the  ]  Otb  inst. 
at  1:30  o'clock  P  la. 

SMITH— Thursday,  Feb.  8,  at  No.  20  West  16tb  at., 
Sarah  Wutbhvblt  Smith,  daughter  of  Richard  Q.  and 
Susan  t/L  Smith. 

The  foaeral  will  take  place  from  8t  Francis  Xavier's 
Church,  16th  at,  between  5th  and  Bth  avs.,  on  Satur- 
day. Feb.  10,  at  10: 15  A.  M. 

WKLL8.— at  Rosevliie,  N.  J.,  suddenly,  on  Wednes- 
day. Feb.  7,  ELBANOB,wifeof  Lindsay  J.  Wells,  in  the 
47tb  year  of  ber  aee. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  at  her  late  residence, 
on  Satnrday,  tbe  luth  inst.,  at  10  A.M.  Carrlazes 
win  be  in  waitinK  at  Roseville  Station  onarrlval  of  the 
9:10  A.  M.  train  from  Barclay  Street  Ferry.  Interment 
at  Green- Wood  Cemetery. 

WHirE.— On  Fifth  day.  morninir.  8th  inst.  Elka- 
BBTH  B.,  daughter  of  William  C.  and  the  late  Mary  B. 
White,  in  the  66th  year  of  ber  age. 

Her  remalna  will  be  taken  to  Shrewsbury  on  Seventh 
day,  (Saturday,  luth  inst.,)  morning. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


OFFICUS    TO    LiET 

IN   TH£ 

TIMES  BUIL.DINO. 

APPJLY   TO 

U£ORGB  JONES, 
•tlSHas  OFFICE. 


eitav  OFFICE  NOTICE. 

The  foreign  malis  tor  the  week  endiaj;  Feo.  10, 
1877,  will  close  at  thla  office  on  Tnesda.vat9  A  M., 
forEuroue.  by  Bteam-8bii>  Wyoming,  via  Queenstown; 
on  Wednesday  at  9  A.  .\L,  for  Burope,  by  steam-ship 
Aliceria,  via  Queenstown;  on  Thursilay  at  11:30  A  M., 
for  Knrope,  by  steam-abip  Frisia,  via  Plymouth,  Cher- 
bourg, and  Hamburg:  ou  Saturday  at  11  A.  tf..  for 
Scotland  and  the  North  of  Ireland  by  Steam-sblp  Bo- 
bvia.  via  Moviile  and  Glasgow,  ami  at  t]::iO  A.  H.,  for 
Germany,  by  steam-ship  Rhine,  via  Southamotoo  and 
Bremen,  (correspondence  for  Great  Britain  anrt  France 
to  be  forwarded  oy  this  steamer  muSt  be' specially  nd- 
dressed,)  and  at    1'^  M..  for  Europe,   by  steam-ship 

Adriatic,  via  Queenstown.  (corresDondeoce  for  Ger- 
many ana  France  to  be  forwarded  by  this  steamer 
muatbe  speciallyaddresaed,)  and  at  12  M.  for  Francedt 
rect,by  Bieam-sbip  Labrador.Via  Havre.  The  steam-ships 
W.vomine,  Alsreria,  and  Adriatic  do  not  tace  mails  for 
Denmark,  Sweden,  and  Norway.  The  mails  for  Nas- 
sau, N.  P..  will  le«ve  New-Xorfc  Feb.  14.  Ihe  malls 
for  the  West  Indies,  via  Bermuda  and  St,  Thomas, 
will  Idave  Mew-York  Feb.  IS.  The  mails  for  China 
and  Japan  will  leave  San  Francisco  Feb.  16.  The 
mails  for  Australia,  Stc,  will  leave  San  Francisco  Feb. 
28.  r.  L.  JAUKS.  Postmaster, 

Nbw-Yoek.  Feb.  2, 1877. 


ITALY'd  CENTENNIAL.  EXHIBIT. 

Now  on  Exhibition  at  tbe  new  Sales-room  of  UBO.  A 
LEAVirT  &.  CO..  Clinton  Hall,  No.  22  Astor  place, 

STATU AEY  AN  11  PAlfTTINGS 
by  thp  great.  ITALIAN  MASTERS,  as  exblblted  at  tbe 
CENTEN.VIAL  EXPOSITION?,  under  charge  of  Prof. 
ALEX.  SOSSL  On  ezhibitiou  daily,  trom  9  o'clock  A. 
M.  to  6  F.  a.,  and  trom  7:30  P.  M.  until  10  P.  H.  Ad- 
mittance 25  cents. 

ORIENTAL  ARTI 

An  ezceedinaly  choice 

collection  from  China,  Tnrtey,  and  Japan  on  exhibi- 
tion THIS  1)47  at  Clinton  Hail  Saies-room  at  2  o'clock 
P.  M.  The  .Messrs.  LEaVITT,  Auctioneers. 


CHiNE.SE  AND  JAPAN£!!»E  DEPOT: 

Just  received,  per  Pacific  RaUroad  and  steamers, 

ANTIQUE  POaCELAIN  AND  CLOISONNE    yASESI 

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A  POLITICAL  ECONOMY  FOE  BEGINN1ERS. 
AN  INTRODUCTION  TO  POL.ITlCAI<  ECON- 

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FRAUDS  e  THE  ELECTION. 

THB    VOTE    OF    NOETB    CAROLINA. 

THE  CEK9U8  ASD  THl  KLltOTIOir  KETUBN8— 

WHOLESALE  VBAUDS  DBUOVBTRATBO  BT 

CONVINCING  FACTS  AND  nODRBS — ^THE 

.   BRAZEN  RASCALnr  OF  THB  ASYOCATXS 

OF  AN  HONEST  CO0NT. 

To  the  Editor  of  tM  Ifew-  York  Timu: 

I  send  you  heiewitli  a  tabular  analysis  of 
the  election  in  North  Carolina,  irhioh  will  do 
something  toward  explainiiix  hovr  It  was  that 
the  State  gave  a  Democratic  majoiity  of 
16,000,  and  cast  a  vote  38,000  greater  than  was 
ever  known  before.  The  table  may  need  soma 
brief  explanations. 

1.  The  first  column  gives  the  namber  of 
adnlt  males  in  the  State  in  1870,  according  to 
the  censui  reports  ot  the  United  States  by 
Bounties.  Tliia  inolad^s  Indians,  unnaturalized 
t'orei^era,  andidiota  and  lunatics.  The  sec- 
ond column  ({ives  the  normal  increase  of  the 
population  In  each  county  since  that  time.  The 
growth  of  the  Stat©  has  nev^r  exceeded  8  per 
cent  in  any  census  period,  or  5  per  cent  in  six 
years.  The  third  column  is  an  aggregate  of 
the  first  two,  or  the  entire  adult  male  popula- 
tion ot  each  couaty. 

2.  The  next  three  columns  give  the  Elefitsral 
vote  ot  the  State  by  oouatieB,  and  the  remain- 
ing four  show  the  comparison  between  the 
adult  population  and  the  vote  of  each  county. 
Where  the  vote  is  in  excess  ot  the  adult 
male  population  of  a  county,  the  diftereace  is 
put  in  the  column  headed  "  Excess :"  where  it  is 
less,  the  dtfferenoe  is  put  In  the  column  headed 
*•  Deficieney."  The  two  remaining  columns 
merely  show  the  "  excess  "  or  "  detioienoy  "  in 
the  form  of  percentage. 

3.  In  connection  with  these  explanations,  it 
should  be  remembered  that  the  State  of  Nerth 
Carolina  has  been  subject  to  less  ohaoge  as  re- 
gards her  population,  and  less  fluctuation  in 
tbe  rates  of  increase  during  the  various  census 
decaUea,  hitherto,  than  any  other  State  of  the 
Union.  Haying  the  lowest  rate  of  intelligence, 
or  rather  rthe  hiebest  oi  illiteracy,  she  baa  also 
the  minimum  grade  of  enterprise  of  which  the 
American  mind  seems  capable.  A  population 
grading  low  in  wealth  and  intelligenca  is  al- 
ways iudupoaed  to  change,  and  tliere  is  an 
almost  entire  absence  of  internal  migration 
in  the  State.  During  the  six  years 
Irom  1870  until  1876  inclusive,  there  was  an 
entire  absence  of  any  immigration  which 
should  affect  in  any  material  degree  the  popu- 
lation of  the  State.  On  the  contrary,  there 
were  certain  movements  ot  population,  from 
known  and  visible  causes,  which  tended  ma- 
terially to  reduce  its  population.  Firdt  among 
these  causes  was  the  return  North  of  men  who 
settled  here  in  business  immediately  after  the 
close  of  the  war.  As  is  well  known,  there  was 
a  considerable  immigration  to  tbis  State  in 
186&-&-7-8.  Already  in  1870  the  return 
tide  had  set  in,  so  that  a  study  of  the  census  of 
that  year  will  disclose  the  startling  lact  tbat 
tbere  were  lower  persons  living  in  the  State 
who  were  born  without  its  limits  in  1870  than 
in  1860  by  several  hundreds.  From  1870  to  1873, 
the  reign  of  tbe  Kuklux  greatly  stimulated 
the  zeal  for  Northern  emigration,  uutd  the 
number  of  Northern  men  in  the  State  is  hardly 
a  titbe  of  what  were  resident  here  at  that  time. 
JLn  further  evidence  of  tbis  outgoing  tendeacy 
of  the  population  of  the  State  is  the 
fact  tbat  three  great  Northern  railroads, 
having  connections  and  agencies  in  the 
State,  report  about  5,000  tickets  sold  to  differ- 
ent points  in  the  North  and  West,  during  tbe 
years  1871,  1872,  add  1873,  the  greater  part  of 
tbsm  being  what  were  known  as  "  emigrant 
tickets."  tbe  tratho  having  assumed  such  pro- 
portions as  to  justify  Bpecial  rates  to  tbat  class 
oi  travel,  from  the  middle  and  western  por- 
tions of  the  State.  In  the  east,  the  decadence 
of  the  lumber  business,  and  the  almost  entire 
cessation  of  tbe  stiingle  business,  as  well  as  the 
decrease  in  tbe  working  of  turpentine  planta- 
tions, has  led  to  the  removal  of  very  many 
laborers  from  this  State  to  South  Carolina  and 
other  Southern  cotton  States.  So  that  while 
there  has  been  no  general  cause,  no  known 
and  sufiicient  inflaence,  to  lead  us  to  anticipate 
an  unusual  increase  of  population,  we  can  see 
many  which  would  induce  a  thoughtful  ob- 
server to  expect  a  reduction  of  the  normal  rate 
ot  increase  durmg  tbe  six  years  last  past. 

4.  Keepiut;  these  facts  in  mind,  let  us  con- 
aider  some  ot  the  deduodons  which  arise  upon 


a  eonsidsMtion  of  the  table  picsentsd.  It  will 
be  observed  that  the  total  male  pnpalstion  of 
the  State  21  years  old  and  upward  m  1870  was 
217,913,  addine  to  which  5  per  cent  of  Itself, 
we  have  328,704  as  the  total  adult  male  popula- 
tion in  1876,  according  to  the  ttsoal  rate  of  in* 
crease.  Of  this  population,  it  is  f)dr  to  suppose 
that  the  osoal  proportion  were  idiotio  and 
Itfnatio;  that  some  were  sick  upon  tbe  7th  day 
of  November  last— even  too  sick  to  vote ;  that 
pome  were  absent  irom  the  State,  and  others 
by  neglect  and  mischance  failed  to  vote.  So 
that  it  would  be  quite  unreasonable  to  expect 
the  vote  to  equal  the  whole  number  of  adult 
males  in  the  State.  Upon  examination,  how- 
ever, we  find  that  the  Electoral  vote  aggre- 
gates 234,731,  or  6,023  mort  than  the  vthoU  num- 
ber of  culult  maUs  in  the  Staief  Even  this 
showing  is  so  evidently  and  aatoundinglv  im- 
possible that  it  IS  only  pretended  to  be  ao- 
ooonted  for  by  the  claim  tnat  tbe'Mjensns  is  in- 
accurate. As  each  voter  represents,  at  the  very 
lowest  estimate,  at  least  five  persons,  in  order 
that  this  expuse  shall  be  held  vcdid  it  is  neees* 
sary  that  we  suppose  an  error  of  more  than 
30,000  to  have  been  made  in.  a  population  of  a 
little  better  than  a  million,  even  if  every  adult 
male  in  tbe  State  was  entitled  to  vote  and  did 
vote.  We  know  that  from  1,200  to  2,000  of 
these  adult  males  were  confined  in  different 
prisons  ot  the  State  on  that  day,  so  that  tho 
census  error,  if  we  could  adopt  that  hypothesis, 
oonld  not  by  any  means  be  less  than  40,000  to 
make  the  vote  cast  an  honest  one.  This  show- 
ing is  of  itself  sufficiently  astounding,  and 
must  satisfy  any  human  being  possessed  of  a 
sparK  of  bonesty  and  a  modicum  of  reason,  of 
the  perpetration  of  the  most  stupendous  frauds ; 
but  it  p^es  into  absolute  insignificance  before 
the  fact  which  a  ftarther  consideration  of  the 
table  clearly  proves. 

It  will  be  observed  that  in  certain  of  the 
counties  the  vote  fell  below  the  aggregate  num- 
ber of  adult  males  resident  therein,  acoordmg 
to  the  census  and  normal  ratio  ot  increase.  It 
may  not  be  improper  just  here  to  remark  tbat 
in  every  county,  except  two,  in  which  there 
was  a  Repabhcnn  Board  of  Commissioners, 
there  was  a  "  deficiency,"  that  is,  the  vote  fell 
below  the  aggregate  of  adult  males,  and  in 
those  two  the  excess  was  very  slight  The  ag- 
gregate "deficiency"  in  the  l^tate  is  10,041,  or, 
m  Other  words,  there  were  10,041  adult  males 
scattered  through  these  counties  who  did  not 
vote.  Or.  to  state  it  in  still  another  form,  these 
counties  lacked  10,041  of  their  normal  aggre- 
gate oiT  adult  males.  It  will  be  recollected  that 
m  our  former  comparison  we  considered  the 
vote  olaimed  to  have  been  cast  with  tne  entire 
adult  strength  of  the  State,  but  from  this 
analysis  we  see  that  there  Were  10,041  adults  in 
the  State  who  did  not  vote;  consequently  they 
must  be  deducted  also,  as  well  as  the  6,0^^ 
which  are  in  excess  of  the  total  adult  popula- 
tion. So  tbat  wa  have  the  vote  which  was 
counted  16,064  in  excess  of  the  aggregate  of 
adult  males,  deducting  the  difference  in  thone 
counties  in  wbicn  the  vote  was  Isss  than  the 
aggregate  of  adult  males.  If  it  should  be  pro- 
posed to  cover  tbis  gap  with  the  cry  of  error  in 
the  census,  it  will  require  an  error  of  upward 
of  80,000  in  a  little  better  than  1,000,000.  In 
other  words,  the  census  takers  must  have 
utissed  about  every  twellth  person  in  the  State. 

How  was  it  done  ?  By  systematically  votin  g 
"the  cradle  and  tbe  grave  I"  At  hundreds  of 
precincts  there  was  scarcely  a  Bepabliean  who 
could  read.  At  rery  tew  was  there  anything 
like  equal  intelligence  with  that  of  the  Demo- 
orats.  At  few,  comparatively,  was  there  suffi- 
cient intelligence   and  experience  to   detect 

fraud.  Probably  four-fifths  of  the  young  white 
men  of  the  State  were  banded  together  in  Dem- 
ocratio  oluba  No  colored  man  dare  dispute 
the  age  of  one  of  them.  The  few  whice  Repub- 
licans were  unable  to  obtain  accurate  data,  and 
so  tbe  "infaot  class"  voted  solidly  for  Vanoe 
and  Tildeo.  If  any  one  will  take  tbe 
pains  to  estimate  from  the  census  of 
1870  the  number  of  white  male  chil- 
dren in  the  State  who  would  be  at  this  time 
between  16  and  21  years  old,  he  will  readily  see 
where  the  bulk  of  tbis  impossible  vote  came 
from.  It  is  a  noticeable  tact  that  so  astound- 
ing is  the  result  that  the  Democratic  papers  of 
tbe  State  have  not  dared  to  publish  the  result 
by  counties.  It  will  be  eeen.that- the  demon- 
strable fraud  was  not  less  than  16,000  votes. 
The  antual  fraud  was  much  greater,  and  no 
fact  can  be  clearer  than  that  an  honest  count 
of  the  legal  vote  of  the  State  would  have 
given  its  10  Electoral  votes  tn  Hayes  by  a  con- 
siderable majority.  TUden'a  money  and  the 
combined  effort  of  unscrupulous  intelligence 
against  ignorance  and  poverty  were  sufficient 
tooverweigh  tbe  will  of  the  people  and  obtaia 
by  fraud  a  State  they  could  not  otherwise  hope 
to  carry.  Yet  in  the  face  of  this  astounding 
infamy,  these  political  Pharisees  clamor  for  an 
honest  count,  and  claim  the  election  of  Tilden  I 

R.  R.  G. 


Abttract  of  vole  of  1S7  6  as  compared  with  census  of  18/0,  shouaing  normxi  intrtasi,  malt  adultt  1876, 
excess  and  defleieney  on  vote,  and  rate  per  cent : 

FERST  DiSXBICr,  (CONGRESSIONAL.) 


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1 

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ft. 

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: 

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Beauturt 

2.964 

148 

3.113 

1543 

1.723 

3.266 

154 

4.94 

.... 

Bertie 

8,627 

131 

a,758 

1,655 

1,126 

2,781 

33 

0.83 

123-2 

63 

1.325 

536 

683 

1.230 

86 

.... 

6.49 

Chowan 

1,391 

•JO 

1.461 

8U6 

6-29 

1.4.15 



SS 

1.77 

Currituck 

1.131 

57 

1,188 

393 

992 

1.390 

202 

.... 

17.00 

.... 

Van 

656 
1.443 

33 

689 
1.515 

237 
511 

305 
909 

54-2 
1420 

.... 

147 
95 

.... 

21.33 

Gares 

630 

Heriford 

1,8U3 

9. 

1,893 

1,081 

1.02a 

2.101 

ks 

.... 

10  87 

.... 

Hyde 

1413 

71 

1.4^4 
2.&8 

656 

898 

1.554 

70 



4.71 

.... 

Martiu 

9,160 

108 

1.150 

1.334 

2.4^4 

816 



9.60 

Pamlico 





513 

743 

1.258 



.... 

i'a^qaotank 

1.843 

92 

1,934 

1,218 

847 

2.065 

isi 



6.77 

.... 

Perqaimans 

Pitc 

1.697 

8j 

1.7i« 

J,OSO 

832 

1.85-2 

70 



4  48 

3,58U 

179 

3.759 

1,695 

2,136 

4.031 

37i2 

7.33 

.  .. 

Tvrell 

O'^O 

47 

977 

26d 

553 

8-21 

156 



15.96 

WashingtoQ 

1.49J 

75 

1,574 

1,005 

69-2 

1.697 

i-23 

7.8-2 

.... 

Total 

36.400 

l.»21 

27  7-21 

14  512 

15,4-24 

29.930 

1.467 

510 

5.035 

1839 

SECOND  DISTKICT. 


jTHven 

Easecomoe 

Irreeae 

Halifax 

Jones 

LoDoir 

Nortbamptoa 

Wairen 

Wayne 

Wilson 


Total 33,828 


24^ 

5,091 

2.808 

264 

5,532 

3,841 

87 

1,829 

1(167 

233 

4  884 

3,286 

58 

1.214 

801 

107 

9  233 

1.5i)6 

156 

3  311 

2,191 

180 

3,773 

2.498 

130 

3,937 

2.188 

123 

2,585 

1162 

1.642 

34,464 

21.349 

4,157 

.... 

9J4 

.... 

5.493 

59 

1963 

134 

7.32 

4  909 

25 

asi 

1398 

184 

15.15 

2.7-20 

483 

31.53 

3,615 

304 

9.18 

3.810 

46 

1.31 

4,472 

485 

19.16 

2,933 

343 

13.46 

35,479 

2,008 

993 

5.8^ 

THXBD    DISTRICT. 


3,618 
1.700 
9.072 
1,842 
3.450 

131 
83 

104 
92 

173 

3.749 
1.785 
2,176 
1.934 
3.633 

1.400 

1,044 

709 

770 

2.193 

1.407 
1,002 
1,150 
1.431 
2.230 

2.807 
2,048 
1,8.53 
2  231 
4.333 

5S 
261 

'267 

720 

'317 

SIP 
14.62 

l'3'.8d 
19  81 

14.56 

Cumberland 

Duplin 

2,993 

150 

3,142 

1,233 
736 

2,105 

3,448 

3U6 

•  .  .  . 

9.73 



Harnett 

1.753 

88 

1.846 

1.070 

1.8'J6 

.... 

40 

.... 

2.17 

ilooro 

3.453 

123 

2,576 

1.203 

1,365 

3568 

S 



003 

New-Hanover 

6,443 

32-2 

6  765 

2  994 

1,634 

*4,628 

*2,137 

... 

•31,59 

Onslow 

1,600 

80 

1.68) 

530 

1,317 

1.867 

i87 

.... 

11.13 

.... 

Pender 

.... 

1,252 

1,172 

*2.424 

^.impson 

3,060 

153 

3,213 

1,671 

2,100 

3.771 

558 

17.36 



Total 

29,983 

1,501 

31,493 

15,705 

18,073 

33,778 

2,357 

2,502 

7.48 

7.94 

XIOHTH  SISTBICT. 


•  Add  tbe  TOt«  of  PendMr  Coanty,  2,424,  snd  it  girea  Kew-Haaorer  an  excess  of  2d7,  or  sn  exoeu  per  cent,  of 
VS4. 

rOUKTH    DISTKICT. 


Cbatbam 

4.003 

300 

4,203 

i.tno 

2,140 

4.011 

197 



4.68 

6raov1Ue 

5,057 

233 

5,310 

2,412 

2,179 

4.591 

719 

13.54 

Franklin 

3.788 

139 

2,927 

1,920 

1,873 

3  793 

a'6 

.... 

1^.58 

Johnston 

3,430 

172 

3,602 

1.68-2 

8.174 

3,856 

354 

.... 

7.05 

Ilaah 

2,169 

108 

2,277 

1.342 

1.716 

3,058 

781 

.... 

34.99 

3,549 
7,738 

177 

387 

1,436 

3,7-26 
8,135 

30,175 

1,668 
4.441 

8,428 
4,313 

4,096 
8,754 

370 
629 

9.73 
7.74 

"Wake 

Total 

Sa738 

15,335 

16.824 

32,159 

2,900 

916 

9  61 

3.03 

JIPTH  DISTEICT. 


2.474 
3,402 

131 

170 

2,508 
3.572 

1,146 
1,632 

1..S91 
1,493 

2.537 

61 

447 

— ^ 

Caswell .............. 

3,195 

.... 

14.3'' 

Davidson 

3497 

175 

3,672 

1,773 

1.782 

3,553 

.... 

117 

3.29 

Uuilford, 

4,491 

225 

4.716 

1.968 

2.3.14 

4,302 

.... 

414 

0.63 

Person  ....•« 

3,187 

11)9 

8,290 

989 

1,311 

9.300 

96 

4.38 

Bmdolpta 

3,932 

176 

3,698 

1,570 

1,775 

3.345 

353 

10.53 

Kockiogham 

3,075 

154 

3, -229 

1,498 

2.153 

3,633 

434 

.... 

1*1.60 

.... 

«toke«..... 

2,935 

112 

2,347 

980 

1,229 

9,909 

.... 

145 

658 

ToUl 

34,883 

1,343 

86.198 

11,556 

13,363 

24919 

4i4 

1633 

1.70 

6.53 

RTYTH  DISTRICT. 

Anson.... 

2.360 

118 

2.478 

1,317 

1,599 

2,916 

438 

.... 

15.00 

.... 

Cabsrms.. 

8,385 

119 

8,504 

927 

1,641 

8.388 

64 

.... 

8.49 

.... 

Catawba 

9,044 

109 

9,146 

446 

1,874 

2,320 

174 



7,50 



Gaston 

a.179 

109 

2,288 

eis 

1,250 

2,065 



923 

.... 

18  03 

LiDColn 

1,803 

90 

1,893 

'637 

1,130 

1,767 

1x9 

.... 

7.13 

HaoKlenbuTK 

5,384 

866 

5,390 

8.647 

3.417 

6,064 

474 

.... 

7.81 

Montgomerr 

l,385i 

69 

1,454 

759 

648 

1,400 

54 

3.33 

Siebmond.. .......... 

9^692 

131 

9,733 

1.456 

1.350 

9,806 

53 

1.53 

.... 

Sobesoo.. .•.•.•>••••. 

3,276 

164 

3,440 

1,739 

2,117 

3.856 

416 

.... 

1078 

.... 

8tsalv 

1,477 

74 

1.551 

427 

957 

1,384 

.... 

167 

.... 

1S.06 

XTnion 

9.908 

110 

2,318 

724 

1.656 

9.280 



38 

1.66 

Total 

87,163 

1,352 

38,413 

11,887 

17,539 

39.426 

1,619 

608 

5-501 

8;  066 

SEVEWTH    DISTRICT. 


1.938 
691 

61 
35 

1.989 
726 

344 
150 

846 
537 

1,190 
677 

.... 

99 
49 

831 

Allegbaay .•.* 

. 

7.93 

Asbe...... 

1773 

88 

1.882 

829 

1,077 

1,899 

37 

1.95 

.-  . 

Davie................ 

1.680 

94 

1,974 

703 

1,036 

1,738 

.... 

.   -936 

..  •• 

13.5T 

]'onytta«...M>. ...••. 
Ir«a«ll 

a;973 

1S9 

8.7U3 

1,529 

1.496 

3,03S 

323 

.k.. 

ia«8 

.... 

3,33a 

167 

3,50) 

1.343 

S4U7 

3.649 

144 

... 

3.94 

3.433 

17i 

^ss 

1.SS8 

9.189 

3r415 

.... 

100 

^. ... 

i^si 

Sttrrr.^ ...*. 

%9T3 

114 

9,397 

^m 

1,332 

3,364 

.... 

S3 

.... 

0  9S 

Wataaga.... •••• 

X(M 

5b 

h^ 

isos 

712 

,    9M 

.... 

68 

.... 

6JM 

Wilkes.. 

9.795 

140 

S,935 

1,384 

8.689 

.... 

46 

.... 

1.59 

aoft) 

101 

9,194 

1,08« 

905 

1,991 



133 



6.68 

Itttal 

MfOlV 

4.188 

.    H169 

-ja. 

U931 

83,881 

B04 

na 

S.113I    &317 

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• 

1 

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1- 
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3 

H 

a<9 

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If 

H 

a 

n 

g 

0 

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B 

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3 

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1 

a 

iBoDoombe. ......  .... 

8  081 
l.TTU 

151 
89 

3,172 
1839 

1,186 

578 

1,991 
1217 

3,177 
1.795 

5 

"64 

0.15 

Bnrkk 

3.56 

Caldwell 

1.49C 

75 

1.565 

386 

1,193 

14-0 

f6 

.... 

5.81 

Cherokee 

1,444 

72 

1.516 

533 

680 

1,213 

304 

.... 

25.08 

XJIsy 

49S 

83 

583 

184 

315 

499 

24 

.... 

4.80 

Cleaveland 

8,336 

117 

3,453 

483 

1,769 

9,352 

901 

.... 

8  93 

Grsham*. 











.... 

.... 

Ha  vwood ............ . 

1.467 
1.433 
1.263 

73 
T3 
63 

1540 
1503 
1,336 

437 
755 
961 

1,010 
748 
f52 

1.437 

1,503 
913 

103 

2 

413 

"■• 

7.17 

Henderson.. . ......... 

0.13 

Jackson 

45.93 

Macon 

1,386 

03 

1.329 

982 

770 

1052 

277 

26  33 

Madison. 

1,403 

70 

1472 

812 

895 

1,707 

235 

l'3.77 

MltobelL 

S.'il 

43 

894 

747 

558 

1.305 

411 

31.49 

MoDowell 

1,659 

815 

9,409 

'704 

83 

42 

120 

"33 

1.742 

857 

8,539 

'739 

543 
342 

1,110 

42 

S36 

963 
408 
1.978 
410 
450 

1,506 
750 

2,388 
452 
695 

336 

107 
141 

"44 

.... 

15  66 

Polk 

14,27 

5.90 

Swain 

Traasylvanla 

6.33 

fsnoey 

1.067 

53 

1.120 

336 

746 

1081 

39 

3.60 

Total 

31895 

1,246 

38,141 

9,141 

16,062 

85,203 

651 

2,041 

2.583 

8.098 

*Votea  wltb  Cheroksa. 


RECAPITULATION. 


1 

s- 

11 

;   a 

:i 
:  K 

1 
£ 

P 

s 

1 

Presidential. 

H 

0 

E 

i 

H 

0 

a 
P> 

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a 
0 

M 
0 

a 

• 

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D 

d 

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Congressional  Distrieta 

1 
i 

1 

1 

a 
0 

•a 
a 

0 

8 

Pirst  Di«trio«. . . .  ,^ . . . 
Secona  District. .  .T. . . . 

Third  Distrlet 

Fourth  Diatnot 

yirth  Dlatrtot 

Sixth  District 

Seventh  District 

Eighth  Distrtot 

96.400 
39.829 
89,998 
S8  739 
94.883 
27,163 
93,013 
94.895 

1,391 
1.642 
1,501 
1.436 
1,945 
1,332 
1,153 
1,246 

10.795 

97,791 
34  464 
31,449 
30,175 
96,128 
28,415 
24163 
86,141 

14,512 
21,349 
15,705 
15,333 
11.55'i 
11.887 
9,90o 
9,141 

15,424 
14,130 
18,073 
16  824 
13.363 
17,539 
13,931 
16.063 

39.936 
35,479 
33,778 
35,139 
24919 
26,426 
23,831 
25,803 

1.467 

2.008 

2.357 

2,900 

424 

1,619 

504 

653 

510 
993 

2,302 
916 

1.633 
608 
838 

2,041 

5.035 
5.826 
7.488 
9  610 
1.701 
5.501 
2115 
2.5S3 

1.839 
2.881 
7943 
3.035 
6.533 
2.066 
3.517 
8.008 

Total 

917.913 

928,708      109,3851 

125,346 

234,731 

11.932 

10,041 1 

5216 

4.390 

Air  INDIANA  TOWN  EXCITED. 


SOME  BSLGIAR  BEeiDBNTS  ABRE3TBO  ON 
THE  CRARaB  OF  VOROERT  TO  A  LAROB 
AMOUNT. 

I>roih  t\e  InMant^olis  JovnuA.  feb.  5. 

About  four  months  ago  M.  Jean  Baptiste 
Henri  Ttodervelpen  and  his  wife,  a  pretty,  viva* 
oloaa  creatote,  eame  to  tbe  town  of  Gosben,  Elk- 
hart Conaty.  Tbey  were  pleased  with  tbe  appear, 
auoe  of  tbe  place  and  annoaooed  their  intention  of 
makine  it  their  residence  permanently.  Thuy  were 
not  wealthy,  however,  and  would  be  obliged  to  put 
their  musical  talent  to  praoilcal  one.  They  were  an 
interesting  couple,  and  tbe  good  people  of  Goaben 
extended  to  tbem  a  hand  of  welcome.  They 
were  polite,  and  tbelr  daily  walk  and  conversation 
gave  aniulatakaole  evidence  of  good  breedlaK  ana  a 
ramiliarity  wlih  tbe  beat  society.  Goaben  was 
obartned,  and  in  a  very  brief  apacA  of  time  tbe  new 
arrlvalB  bad  the  entr6e  of  tbe  beat  famihea  in  tbe 
town.  They  soon  bad  Urse  clasaea,  and  were  awim- 
ming  along  on  tbe  top  waye  of  prosperity  until 
Tbnrsday  last,  when  an  agly  cloud  appeared  tbat 
soon  overcast  cbe  whole  nearena,  and  on  tha  day 
followiae  the  atorm  barat  in  furr. 

Tbe  olond  apoeared  In  tbe  person  of  an  asent  of 
tbe  Belgian  Goveruraent,  A.  D.  Mellich  by  name. 
The  arrival  of  tbis  persoDase  m  the  town  had  a  re* 
markable  effect  on  the  moaic  teacher  and  his  wife, 
and  they  were  thrown  into  tbe  wildest  exrtitemeni. 
Tbe  agent  proceeded  to  atrike  wbiie  tbe  iron  was 
bot,  and  in  a  abort  time  he  onnsed  toMr  arrest  on  a 
warnnt  aworn  unt  before  a  Justice  of  tbe  Peao  ■,  as 
he  aaid.  to  prevent  them  from  leaving  tbe  State.  The 
commnnltv  wan  outraged,  and  nutbins  could  make 
tbe  friends  or  the  accomplished  couple  believe  toat 
they  bad  been  gaili.y  ot  a  crime,  as  tbe  aseul  Kravely 
Insisted  waa  tbe  caaa.  Such  a  thing  waa  too  ab- 
surd for  belief,  and  (ba  prisoners  made  baste  to 
strengthen  the  bond  ot  avmpathy  by  Insisting  that 
they  were  the  vlctima  of  a  miatake,  which  would 
all  be  explained  in  tune.  Habeas  corpas  pioceRd- 
Inge  were  inatltnt«d  In  the  Elkhart  Circait  Court, 
before  Judge  WlUian  A.  Woods,  and  a  bearing  aet 
fur  Friday  morning,  at  which  bearing  tbe  prisoners 
were  Iit)eratod  by  tbe  conrt  amia  loud  applause 
from  ttie  clticans  who  filled  the  conrt -room. 

Tbe  people  crowded  around  to  offer  their  con. 
gratnlatlona,  bnijusr  at  this  most  interesting  junc- 
ture Deputy  United  Stotea  Marabal  Will  C.  David, 
of  tbla  city,  stepped  into  tbe  arena  with  a  warrant 
i88ue<1  uy  Kenneth  G.  White,  United  States  Com- 
niisaioner  for  the  Soathern  Diairici  of  New-York. 
tor  tne  arrest  of  Jean  Bautiste  Henri  Vandervel- 
pen,  and  Jeanette  Damas,  on  a  cbaigu  of  forgery. 
Mr.  David  proceeded  to  read  the  warrmt  which  was 
issued  under  tbe  pr'^vlslona of  tiU^LXVIof  tbe  Ke. 
viaed  Statutsa  of  iba  United  Statea  lur  giving  efiect 
to  oeriaiu  treatlea  between  this  and  foreign  Govern- 
menta  for  the  apprebeosiun  of  criminals,  Tbe  war- 
rant waa  good  lor  any  part  of  the  United  Statea, 
and  ia  the  tirst  of  tbe  kind  ever  aerved  tn  Indiana. 
Tbia  importani  fact  waa  not  aaderatood  by  those  in 
the  room,  howsver,  and  tbey  i>rc>ceeiied  to  kick  no 
a  tuss,  and  It  wa«  with  diQicalty  tbat  tbe  Marshal 
coald  serre  the  warrant,  the  purport  of  which  was 
as  follows: 

The  persona  named  wsre  charged  with  having, 
wlinin  tbe  laiisdiction  of  tbe  Klazdom  of  BAlgium. 
fraadnlently  and  felonionaly,  and  with  Intent  to  de- 
fraud tbe  estate  of  tbe  U;mjn  de  Paaquet  d'Acorsse. 
late  of  Batbay.  Belgium,  bnt  now  deceased,  forged 
and  coonterteited  an  obligation  purporting  to  have 
been  the  act  of  tbe  Baroo,  in  favor  ot  Jeanette 
Damas.  Tbe  obligation  was  given  in  tbe  warrant 
In  Freocb,  and  tha  tcanalatloo  Immediately  read  as 
follows: 

'-  Good  for  500,000  francs,  payable  after  my  death  to 
Uias  Jeanette  Daiuas. 

Bathbt,  tbla  -J9th  of  Aattnst.  1862. 

B.^RO.S  Do.  Pj^ISQOBT  D'ACORSSE." 

It  is  further  alleged  in  tbs  warrant  tbat  in  May, 
1864.  this  torged  obligation  wai  filed  and  recorded 
In  tne  o&ice  of  the  Clerk  of  tbe  Clt.y  of  Brussels, 
and  set  up  aa  a  ulaim  againat  tbe  estate  ef  the  late 
Baron  in  an  action  coLimenced  before  the  civil 
tribunal  oittlng  in  the  Palaoe  nr  Justice  at  Kamur, 
Belgium.  Tlie  warrant  waa  long,  and  wua  aa 
full  of  international  law  as  a  ruvls«d  statute,  but  it 
aeryed  tbe  purpose.  Mr.  David  answering  it,  took 
tbem  at  oood  into  his  custody. 

Toe  court-room  aacmed  turned  into  a  very  pan- 
demonium, and  tor  a  few  momenta  tbere  waa  every 
Indication  ot  a  collision  bslweon  tbe  ifScers  and  tbe 
bystanders,  brought  on  by  an  excited  aitoruey  of 
Gosben,  who  londly  asserted  tbat  Mr.  David's  pro- 
cess was  void,  and  advised  the  parties  to  disregard 
bim  and  go  about  tb^ir  business.  The  excitement 
increased,  but  Mr.  David  mautuUy  held  bia  groaud, 
and  elated  that  be  waa  there  with  a  warrant 
for  the  arrest  of  these  people,  and  be  pro- 
posed to  execut«  it.  His  manner  qnifted 
the  turbulent  crowd,  wbiob  permitted  blm  tu  take 
tbe  prisunors  to  sate  quarters.  Mr.  Otburn,  at- 
torney for  tbe  Yaodervelpens,  instttuted  habeas 
corpiia  proceedings,  and  Messrs.  David  and  MUiick 
were  cited  to  present  tbs  priaoners  In  court  at  3 
o'clock  and  show  cauae  wby  tbey  reatralned  the 
Vanderveipona  their  liberty,  which  was  reaponded 
to,  Messrs.  Osborn  and  Johnson  appearing  for  the 
Yanderyelpeus  and  Cape.  J.  A.  Mitchell  and  Judge 
Wiisou  for  tbe  officers.  Tbe  case  occiipied  Priday 
afternoon  and  evening  and  SaturUay  mornin;;, 
and  tbe  arguments  of  tbe  conusel  on  both  sidea 
were  presented  with  ability  and  earnestness.  The 
decision  of  tbe  Judge  was  in  favor  of 
tbe  officers.  He  stated  tbat  the  warrant  was  snffl- 
olent  authority  upon  whish  to  make  an  artesi  la 
any  State  or  Territory  in  the  United  Statei.  and 
although  he  disliked  to  do  so,  be  was  constrained, 
from  bis  conviction  of  the  law,  to  retase  tk  e  relief 
sought  for.  Highly  elated  at  tho  result  of  the  cas'e, 
Mr.  Djvitl  staned  his  prisoners  for  New-York  Sat- 
urday night,  in  charge  of  Mr.  Melllek.  On  receiv- 
ing the  prisoners  from  the  Uarsbal,  Mr.  MellioK 
gave  a  r^eipt  in  tbe  name  of  "  Coudert  Bros.,"  at- 
torneys for  the  Belgian  Government." 

THE  REAJj  ESTATE  MARKET. 

♦ 

At  the  Exchange  yesterday,  (Friday,)  Feb. 
9,  by  order  of  tbe  Snnreme  Conrt,  m  foreclosure, 
£.  D.  Gale,  Esq.,  Keferec,  £.  A.  Lawrence  Sc  Co. 
sold  a  five-atory  brick  tenement-hotue.  with  lot  95 
by  103.3,  on  Bast  14tb  St.,  auuth  aide,  195  feet  we«t  of 
Ayeuae  B,  tor|13,350,  to  Adam  E.rop^  plaintiff  iu 
tbe  legal  action.  Tbe  sSbie  firm,  under  a  similar 
court  order,  aame  Keferep,  dispioaed  of  the  tour- 
story  and  basement  brown-atone-frout  bouse,  witu 
lot  18.9  by  1U2.2,  No.  ISO  East  7dth  St.,  south  side, 
362.6  feet  west  of  3d  av.,  for  110,994.  to  William 
Trotter,  Jr..  plainlifflj)  the  legal  acciun. 

Tbe  legal  sale  by  Y.  K.  Stevenson.  Jr.,  of  a  house, 

iritb  lot,  on  5th  ar.,  north  of  48ih  st.,  wbi  ad- 
journed to  Peo.  23.  Tbe  properly  announced  for 
sal*  by  Scott  b  ifyera,  located  on  East  19Stb  at., 
west  of  4(b  av,,  was  withdrawn. 

,  TO-DAT'S   ATJCT10II8. 

To-day's  sales,  all  at  tbe  ICxcnanKe.  are  aa  followa : 

By  Hugh  N..Camp,  Suprems  Conrt  foreclosure 
sale,  G.  I  Whitehead,  Etq.,  Keferee,  of  a  building, 
with  lot  23.7  by  99  by  23.9  by  101.10.  No.  228  Pearl 
St.,  south  side,  belweou  Piatt  st.  and  Burling  slip. 
Also  torecioanre  sale,  bv  order  of  tbe  Conrt  of  Com- 
mon Plea^  £■  M.  Henry,  Esq.,  Reteree,  of  a  home, 
with  lot  20  by  80,  ou  2d  av.,  east  side,  43  feet  north 
of  74tb  St.;  also  a  bouse,  with  lot  S0.2  by  80,  on  9d 
av.,  eaat  side,  82  feet  north  of  74th  st. 

By  Scott  &  Myers.  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
aale,  Charles  T.  Middlebrook,  Esq^  Bsferee,  of  a 
bouse,  with  lot  19.6  by  74.  on  Saac  49(,h  at.,  north 
side,  900  feet  sast  of  3(t  av. 

By  Willikm  Keonslly,  Superior  Conrt  foreoloiore 
sale,  Alfred  Erbe.  Esq  ,  Beferee,  of  a  plot  of  land, 
125  by  154.3  by  126,7  by  130.9.  ou  East  691  St.,  aonth 
Side,  193  feet  west  ot  l«t  av. 

By  K.  V.  Harnett,  foreclosure  sale,  by  order  of  the 
Coiiri  of  Common  Pleas,  K.  M^  Henry,  Esq.,  Ksfsree, 
of  ttarse  taouaes.  with  lots  each  30  by  lOo.  on  West 
57th  St..  south  side,  Il5  te^t  west  of  6tb  av. 

By  A.  J.  Bldecket  &  S  -&.  Supreme  Conrt  fore* 
closure  aaie.  C.  C.  Blgelow.  Esq..  Esteree,  of  two 
lota,  each  35  by  100,  on  SobuyUr  at.,  aoatb  aid*,  150 
feet  west  of  Corilandt  av.,  Morriaanla. 


EXOBAlfeM  BAItKB—FBlDAT,  fBB.  9,  Vfm. 
NBW-TOSK. 
Bf/JLA.  Lawmet  S  Ota. 
1  flve-Stotv  Mtek  tenemanl   hoaae,  with  lot, 
Itaat  X^tb  St..  a.  a..  XOi  tt.  w.  orAvvaneB,  lot 


1  fonr-atory  and  baaement  brown-stone-rront 
houae.  with  lot,  No.  15U,  Bnotnf  78th  st..  s. 
s.,  6tfS.6  ft.  w.  of  8d  av.,  lot  18.9x102.2 10,994 


BBOORDBD  REAL  ESTATB  TRANSFBSS. 

NRW-rOBK. 

Thursday,  Feb.  8. 
Front  St.,  wi  s..  33.3x64:  Joseph  Levy  to  New- 

Tork  and  Brooklyn  Bridge $18,000 

20th  at ,  a.  s,  239.6it.  e.  of  lat  av.,   20x92; 

Philip  Brady  to  Matthew  H.  torle 10,600 

142d  st,  s.  a..  260.6  ft.  *-.  of  Alexan  ier  av.,  50 

zloU,  23d  Ward  ;  Maria  Schramme  sad  bus- 

iiand  to  Tbos.  E.  S.  Dw.yer 8,000 

Eivlngton  at.,  a.  p.  corner  Suffulic   at,  1S.10>q 

x53:  KdwardPox  to  John  Kclinnair 22,000 

Rivloston  bC.  s.  e.  corner  Suffolk   at..  18. IUH2X 

62  ;  ThOB.  Teacher  Hnd  wife  to  Kdward  Fox.      2,300 
MadUon   av.,  f.  a  ,  22.2  ft.  n.  ot   79tb  at..  2i)x 

77:  Maria  Koliv  to  BtepbeoV.  .v.  Stout 25,000 

38th  St..  n.  s..  267.8   tt.   e.   of  3d    ov..   28.<!z 

93.0:   Lbaxles    W.    West.   Retoree,    to    iJilsa 

Booth 6,950 

32d8t.n.  s,  300   It  e.  of  2d   av.,   25x98,9; 

Chaa.  F.  Welia  Referee,  to  Tboa.  Muxtba....     6.460 


Feck  alip,  n.  w,  comer    Water  at.,  5   yeara; 
John  N.  Gitel  to  Ernst  Mangels tl.lOO 


NO.  1 0  WEST  48TH  «T. 

For  aaln  this  verv  debirabie  four-story  briok  bouse, 
25  fret  front,  with  dliiliig-room  extension,  bntlei'a 
pantry,  and  liack  ktairs;  perfict  or  ler:  lot  100.5; 
Columbia  college ;  ground  rt>hc.  '(330 :  lowest  iirloe, 
aSO.OOO.  B.  U.  LUULOVV  t  CO.,  .No.  3  Fine  St. 


FOR  HAI..E— ATA  BARGAIN,  AN  BLRUANTPOUR- 
story  liiab-sioop  browu-»\.iue  honge,  ■J5i70i.l>0: 
hou-e  In  perfect  order;  located  in  West  uStn  at.,  clo89 
to  Oth  av  ;  location  uusuri)a««i-d.  as  it  overlooku  tb? 
Grand  Plasa,  (entrance  to  Crntral  Hsrk  at  5ih  av. )  For 
fbll  pnrtioulars  apply  to  HOUKK   .MO.IO.^N,  •.:  fine    st. 

FOI{  HALE. -HOUSKS  ON  WKST  31ST  ST.  2'/D 
St..  2.)a  at..  28th  St..  30tU  St.,  aud  other  desirable 
locHttons ;  Country  st-ati  and  farms  for  exchange; 
also,  BrookJ^'U  houses  at  lOw  orlces. 

HALLk.  .•-Qi;iltS»,  No.  203  West  23  st. 


Foil  SALK-DWKLLI.VO.S,  BROW.V-SToKK 
fronts,  trum  :£5,(I00  to  fxo.OOO.  Also ,  one  plate- 
glass  and  iirown-stouii  front  store.  C.  k  \V.  J. 
BEDULL.    buildrrn.  No.  327  Hmttb   st.,  Brooklyn. 

FOR  S.4LK.— AN  ELKOANl'  FOUR-STORY,  UIGU- 
Btoop  btown-atone  bouae,  l(3.Si55ill)();  narlor 
(.abturt  iu  Kood  ordt^t ;  a  ourgslu.  Nu.  130  West  53d 
at.  ;  ke.vs  at  owui-r's.  No.  14  1,  opposite 


FOB,  8AI.K— .SEVKRAb    BKO.VN-SrO.NIs    HOUSED 
in  tbe  viciaitv  or  the  Park.  $8,000  to  $30,000;   to 
let  $500  to  $2,000.  JOHN  W.  STEVENS. 

Broadway  and  6'2il  sc 

AGAUl'iE   MI.YIOKK   OP  HOU.SKS   BKLONQ- 
ing  toe6tat4-8  iiodiusttcatii.ns  for  sale  or  rent  at 
low  raves.      KiNiiMAN  F.  PAGE,  No.  42    East  23d  st. 


UNION  COLLEUK  LANU.**  IN  THE  FIR.srT 
Second,  aod  I'hlnl  Wards  ot  Limit  Islaud  City,  new 
couut.y  aite  of  Qtieena  County,  a:id  tn  the  Heveuteenth 
Waid  of  Brooklyn,  '.nciudlug  valuable  watur  troiita 
on  tbe  haat  Kiver  and  oa  Newtown  Creek,  all  docked 
and  filled,  tor  aale  or  leaae  on  eMy  t-jrina.  Apply  to 
H.  8.  SNABLK.  Look  Island  City. 

COUNTRY  RE  A  L^  ESTATE.^ 

I^Ott.  SAliE.— rUK  ELEQA.KT  COU.>TrY  SKAf"\T 
Btimebeck;  flnestplaceou  tbe  Uudsun.aiidcontiiina 
85 acresof  biiriilr  cultivated  Um'..  Gmbellishud  wiih 
lawns,  shade  trees,  aud  slinibl>ery,  anil  upon  winch  are  a 
large  brtuk  mausiun.  coach-house,  cottages  lor  tarmer, 
coachman,  and  gardener;  commands  mon  extensive 
nud  bcauiit'ul  views  ot  a  rlvev  aud  lake,  with  mouatniu 
backitrouod;  location  healchrui:  ut>i  :boorhoud  uuex* 
ceDtlon.-iUje  ;  ami  a  ti.io  rolling  couatry  tor  ridin<;  «ud 
drlriuK.  Th's  prop  :rty  offers  ro  persons  ot  taste,  cul- 
ture, and  rebnemeut  a  rosl.iencc  of  uut-qualed  beaut >-. 
It  waa  nnrcbasoil  bv  the  late  owrmr  ut  a  cost  of  $U0.- 
Uou,  nnd  since  puruliaae  nu  expeujea  upwHnl  cf  S4U.- 
OUU  upon  it  in  iiuproveincDts.  "A  lar^e  portlua  of  thn 
purchase  money  may  remain  on  muriicase.  Address 
0.,  Box  .>(o.  5,4,U,  New-York  Post  Ofllop. 


EXCHANGE.— TIIRHK  HANUSOJIK  COUNTRY 
residences  within  iino  hour  uf  New-York,  tree  of 
moitgage.  to  exchange  lor  t  ity  improved  prup.rty  noc 
too  heavily  encumucied.  Apply  to  T.  K.  SUaPUEUl), 
So.  146  Uruadw..y. 


OirANUE.  N.  J. -COUNTRY  HOU8K8.  LA5DH. 
iinuvil.aKn  lots  tor  sale:  azieat  vanoi.r.  .Visu. 
I'liniislifd  and  unfurnished  nouses  co  let  tor  seasou  oc 
yeiir.  bv  WalI'Ku  K.  .sMiTH,  lormery  B)auk\T»;  it 
So.illi.OtMiiuu,  t:orui-r  uf  Main  and    .'uupsiit. 


REAL^STATE^A^A^^ 

"ClIGUTY- FIFTH  STHKEr.-NEW-YORK.  bU- 
-"-'preme  Court — City  and  County  of  New  York.— 
FRANCIS  K  WALKS,  plaintiff,  against  LEWIs  J. 
PHILLIPS,  WllU'im  J.  Sherwood,  John  Burke,  and 
Frederick  Lewis,  as  Assignees  of  Lewis  J.  Phillips,  for 
the  benrflt  of  creditors'  defenilants.  — In  pursuance  of 
ajudgmsnt  of  foreclosure  and  aale,  made  and  entered 
in  the  above-eutUled  action,  bearing  date  tbe  15th 
day  of  November,  1876,  I,  Robert  .>ewell,  tbe  Referee 
in  aaid  Judicmeut  named,  will  sell  at  puhlto  anctioa,  at 
tbe  Kxcbange  Salesroom,  No.  Ill  Bitiadway.  In  the 
City  of  New- York,  by  BeoJ.  P.  KairchiM,  auctioneer, 
ondaTURUAi,  tbe  ^4tb  day  of  Pebniory.  1»77,  at  12 
o'clock  uoou  of  tbat  dar.  the  i'ollowing-descnbed 
premises  to  wii :  All  those  alx  certain  lots,  pieces, 
and  parcels  of  land  known  and  distlnKuished  ou  a  c<rr- 
taiu  luap  01  lands  in  Bio.^minKdale.  in  tbu  (late)  I'ilh 
Ward  of  tbe  city  of  New-York,  t>«longiuK  to  William 
W.  Woolse.y.  made  by  Edwin  J.  bmitb.  >"ity  Surveyor, 
In  June,  liiSb.  with  alterations  and  additious  made  In 
Ma.y.  1863,  and  bied  In  tbe  office  ot  tbe  Register  of 
the  City  and  Conaty  ot  New-Yom,  in  tin  case  210,  aa 
Numbers  241.  28^.  283.  284,  285.  and  -.i!8i3.  which  said. 
all  lots,  taken  together,  are  bounded  aud  described  as 
followa :  Utiglnniag  iit  a  point  on  the  northerly  side  of 

Klghty-ttfth  street,  distnnt  two  hundred  feet  easterly 
from  the  easterly  side  of  t  bo  Ninth  aronue,  and  thence 
runuint;  northerly  and  parallel  with  the  Ninth  avenue 
one    hundred  teet;    uence    runuia?    eiisterly    aud 

Sarallel  with  Eiuhty-aith  street,  one  hundred  and 
tt.y  feet;  thence  southerly  aud  parallel  with  tbe 
Ninth  avenue,  one  hundred  foet,  to  Hitihtf-afth  street, 
and  thence  westerly  slung  Klghtv-flfth  strret,  one 
hundred  and  fifty  feet,  to  the   place  of  beginning.- 

Dated  Kew-Yoik,  February  2.  1877.    

ROBERT  SEWBLt,,    Referee. 

O.  W.  CoTTKRiiL,  Plaintiff's  Attorney,  No.  175  Broad- 
way, New-York.  f3-law3w3 

WAN  I'BD— FIVE  ROOMS  (UNFORlSlSIIED)  FOR 
housekeeping  b.y  an  American  tamily;  must  be 
Situated  between  14tb  ani  40th  sts.,  and  6tb  aod  8th 
avs;  private  hooBe  preferreJ:  gas  and  usd  of  bath- 
room; rent  mast  not  exceed  $20  or  $22.  Address  lor 
two  days  Albert.  Box  No.  223  IHmet  office. 


WANTEO— BT  A  PHTjjICIAN  AND  WIFE  A  FIRST- 
stoT.y  French  flat,  or  p>irt  of  a  email  house,  with 
all  improvements,  between  4th  and  6th  avs..  and  2Uth 
and  60tb  sts.;  reterencea  excbaiued.  Addreaa  MEUI- 
CUiJ,  Box  No.  302  TlMBci  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  KO. 
1.257  BEOAUvVAl. 


H 


OUlSKei,  FUiCNIMHKi)  AM>  DNFUBNISUEU, 

wanted  tor  immediate  occupation. 

KINQMAN  F.  PAUE,  No.  42  Bast  23d  st. 


To  liBT— FUB.NIilHED  OR  UNPUiCNIHUBD— THE 
privata  residence  ot  Jnmea  C.  Woodruff,  ooutalning 
16  rooms,  ou  the  corner  of  West  Jersey  st  »nd  De  Uart 
^lace,  Elizabeth,  N.  J,;  nuunds  of  one  acre;  lawn, 
Sarden,  I'ruit,  stsble,  and  nen-bouse.  loQuire  of  A.  G. 
CRANE,  No.  135  Broadway,  or  O.  U.  LANdUON,  Nos.  8J 
and  84  Worth  tt 


rtOKNER  FLAT -ALL.     LIUHT  KOOAIS  | 

^..rprivate  entrance;  newly  painted;  Urst-claak  loca- 
tion: poaaeaaioa  immediately.  Alao  otb«ra,  cheap. 
TATS8,  888  6tb  av.,  corner  60th. 


rpO  LBT— A  FODB-STORY  BROWN-STONK  HOUSE, 
M.  In  good  order.  In  Weat  14lh  st.,  between  7th  and 
8tb  ava. .  at  a  moderate  rent  H.  F.  jaTNB, 

Vo.  266  West  23a  at 


TO  LKl— AY  ISARATOGA  BPBIN08,  6&  VOBSaLB, 
farul^edbonae  on  Clrpalar  at,   13  rooms. 

TAOMAa  M.  Mu^tH.  Hoi  IM  Utoadwaf .  flsir>T«du 


pygLLmGS  TO  LET. 

AFKIDGETLONGlsLiSIC^^^TaB^DB^ 

ber  propoaes  to  let  or  leaae,  fnmisbed  nr  unfur- 
nished, to  a  private  family,  from  tbe  l«t  May  next,  or 
earlier  if  reonired,  the  Winter  and  Summer  rnaldBnoe, 
with  ont-bttlldincra  and  gronnda.  of  "Imna."  owned 
aud  occupied  by  tne  subscriber  for  tbe  past  20  yeara. 

Tbe  premtsea  are  anpplied  wltb  gas.  aorlng  and  cis- 
tern water  In  abundance,  Ice-honse  fill  jd,  and  in  fact 
every  other  requlaitefor  tho.!ODvenlence  nnd  oomiorc 
of  a  gentleman's  familv.    Apply  to  or  address 

JOHN  BULLOCKB,  No.  90  Frauklin  :<t 


AUKHlftABLK  F1.AT,    NO,  176   STH  AV., 
to  rent    Apply  to  E.  H.  LUDLOW  &  CO. , 

Na  3  Pine  at 


SrOKhiS,   &U..    JO   I. EX. 


OFFICES  TO  LB? 

IN  THE 
TIMES  BUILDING. 
APPLF  TO 

GEORGE  JONGii, 
TiaiES  OFFICE. 


TO    I^KAtiB 

FOB  A  TERM  OF  YKARS, 

for  business  purposes, 

the  desirable  extra-size  lot  and  building,  soath-ea it 

corner  of  14th  st.  and 

UiSIVKRSITY  PLaCB, 

UNION  8QUARU. 

For  full  particulars  and  permits  apply  to 

E.  a.  LUDLOW  Sl  CO.,  No.  3  Hne  at. 


TO  LET  OK  LEASifi— IN  NAS8.4U  ST.,  CLOSE  TO 
Pine  at.,  a  large  bankine  offline,  with  extra  large 
vault  Jic;  also,  second  story.  Buit-ible  tor  lawyers, 
fine  suite  of  seven  rooms;  also,  two  suites  of  three 
rooms  each  on  the  third  story.  Prices  to  suit  tbe 
times.  Also,  aeveral  olBcea  on  Broadway,  near  Wall 
at  HOMER  .MORGAN,  No.  2  Pine  st 


mo  LET  ORLBA8U,FOR  A  TERM  OF  YEARS, 
a  large  building  with  Bi)  or  70  rooms,  well  adapted 
for  hotel  or  business  purposes:  centrally  located,  hav- 
ing frontage  of  50  feet  and  100  feet  deep:  a  favorable 
leaae  to  aresponsiDleoar.y.  &  F.  JAYNK.Na  266  Weat 
23d  St. 


OFFiCUlH   VO  KENT 

IN 
Scs.  113.  116.  117,  119  BROADWAT. 
Two  large  elevators.    Cheapest  offices  In   the  City, 
cousidering  location.  £.  U.  LUDLOW  &  CO.. 


*^iw.^ 


No.  8  Pine  St. 


STBA.n  POWBUANU  Fltt.ST  PLiOOR  AND 
cellar,  50x80  feet,  Soa.  188  and  180  West  Uonaton 
at.    Inquire  in  the  corner. 


SITUATIONSJV  ANTED. 

FE.HALEM. 
THE    DP-TOWN  "oFFICE^F  THE  TI.>IE8. 

The  np-town  office  of  THE  TIMES  is  located  at 
No.  1.457  Broad^vay.  bet.  Slst  and  34d  sts. 

Open  daily,  Sundays  included,  from  4  A.  U.  to  9  P.  M. 

Subscriptions  received,  and  copies  ot  THE  TIUBS  for 

sale. 

AOVRRTLSK^IBN'TS  RECEIVED  UNTIL  9  P.  M. 


(  lHA.'WBIiR-.»lAlD.—BVARIiSPF,CTABLE  YOUNG 
V^'eirl,  iu  a  smaL  prli^atn  family,  as  cbamber-mald  and 
waitress,  nr  would  take  care  oi  children;  fifteen 
months'  reference  from  last  place.  Call  at  No.  230 
East  4btb  st 


C1HA.'>lB£tt«>IAI0.— BY    A    bCOTCH' I'EOTEST- 
.vsnt    Kirl   as  chamber-miild,  or    chamber-maid  and 
waitress.    Address  M..  Box  No.  293  TlMEd  UP-ToWN 

OFFICE,  NO.  1.257  BROADWAT. 


ClOOK.— BY  A  COMPSrE.Str  WOMAN  ;  EXCELLENT 
.'cuok ;  understands  tamily  baking;  one  wboisneat 
and  very  particular ;  will  do  tbe  coarse  washing ;  take 
charge  ot  milk  and  butter:  City  referpnce.  Audi  ess 
E.,  Box  ^o.  a08  TIMES  UPTOWN  OPl-ICE,  HO.  1,257 
BROADWAY. 


ClOOIt  —  COACH. >IA.\.  —  BV  A  FIRSr-CLASS 
/'French  cook,  and  busbaud  as  coicbman  or  waiter  ; 
no  olijectlontii  c«  alone:  best  Cil.y  reference.  Address 
M.  8..  No.  150  East  42d  st 


C100K.— BV  A  PttOTEciTANT  S  OTCH  WOMAN  AS 
/first-class  CKok;  Enirlish  and  French  baking  and 
Diifctry  ;  all  l^inds  of  sweets;  be^t  Citv  reference.  Call 
at  No.  23j  Wet  29tb  et 


C10OK.-bY  A  KIR>T-l:|.A3.-<  COOK  IN  A  S.MALL 
^private  famil.v  ;  is  fully  competent ;  City  and  coua- 
try leferencp.  >':ill  at  No.  12.j  v\est  24th  St.,  be- 
tween 6lh  anil  7th  avs.;    ring  bell  So.  17. 


C100H.— BV    A      FlR81-CLA,Sa    COOK      IN    EVERY 
/respect;  is  a  very  good  m  iiager;   by  the  week  or 
month.    Call  at  No.  118  Wesi  2Uth  st 


ClOOK,  iVc— BV  AGi^RdA.N  GIRL  FOR  COOKLNQ. 
/wusbiiig.  aud  ironing  in  .in  American   tamily.     Call 
at  No.  22a  E:i8t  42d  st.,  top  floor,  front. 


GOVEKNBSW  OK  LAt)%''8  CO.HPAMON 
By  a  voung  French  widow  lady  of  eaucalioii,  re- 
finement, and  unexoeo;iou:iblo  leferinces:  is  used  to 
traveling  and  good  society:  salary  not  so  much  an  ob- 
Ji-ct  as  an  agireeable  oosttion.  Address  ti.  iL  b.  M., 
Box  No.  120  timet  Office. 


HOi;p*EKEIsPKH.— liY  AN  I.\  TuLLIUENT,  B.\- 
ergetic  New-England  woman,  as  bouseUeeper  in 
fi>niiiy;  matrou  in  an  instltutioo,  or  oonipanlim  to  .in 
luvaiid,  is  coui|)«tent  »od  williu';  to  fill  any  position 
not  menial  ;  reK'rences  exchanged.  Addr<3«s  A.,  Box 
No.  268  TIMES  UP- row N  OrFIUK,  1,257  BROAD«  AY. 


HOUSE-WORK. BY  A  RESfECTABLE  Y'OUNG 
girl  to  do  hnusi'-work,  or  take  care  of  children  ; 
retereiioe.  <  all  ou  or  adilress  present  employer,  No. 
I112  West  5Utb  St.,  basement. 


NUK.'^K  A.NO  SEA.H.STKE-^s.— lAKK  THE  EN- 
tire  charge  uf  a  baby  ur  grown  cbiluren  ;  is  neat 
and  obliging;  has  tbe  best  City  references.  Call  at 
No.  132  West  19th  st. 


CI..ERKM  AND   SALEsiinBN. 

B<M»K^i^EPEIl7^ALJES^MA>r^S^^  RE- 

aponsible  position  whem  h;ird  work,  earnestness, 
ana  Imegrity  can  be  appre$lat<'d :  10  yeara  aa  book- 
keeper, salesman,  traveler,  aud  four  years  id  business 
on  own  account.  Addreaa  K.  B.,  Box  No.  152  Times 
OfBce. 


itiAL,b:». 

flOACHMAN^^AND      GAKDENEK.-UNDER- 

v./'stands  both   branches   pi'itectly:    ban   tbe   best  of 
rclTeuccs.     ApDl.v  to  J.  K.,  No.  Via  West  3l8t  st. 


/COACHMAN.- BY  A  FIRST-ClA.'SS  COaCHMAN: 
vyCity  or  country;  good  City  reference.  Address  by 
note.  No.  64  0  b  av..  corner  15th  st. 


F.«,RiUt<:i<  OK  UAKUU.NKK.— BY  A.S  A.UEIII- 
can.  with  fir^t-cliaa  references,  as  firmer  or  gar- 
deuer;  one  »bo  tboruughh-  uuderstandii  the  care  of 
at'ick;  en?agem7nt  desired  bv  tne  lat  of  AprlL  Ad- 
dress M.  H.,  Orange  Post  l/ffiue,  New-Jerae.y. 


GAKOENKK.-BY  A  SI.XOLE  .>1A.V;  UNDER 
siBuds  tbe  treatment  ot  grecu-bonse.  house  plants, 
Erapes.  vegetub  es.  and  the  geueral  management  ot  a 
gentleman's  place ;  ianblit^iig:  best  relercucos.  Ad- 
dress D..  Box  /No.  243  Times  Ufflce. 


GAlfllUNEK.— BY  A  PRACTICAL  .MAN,  .VlARRIED, 
who  tlioruuglily  understands  bia  business :  is  lOhi 
yeard  in  the  preseut  titUHtion ;  will  be  disengaged 
the  let  of  Marv:h:  has  good  1  ity  rdereucea.  Address 
William  Grady,  PaUsades.  N.  Y. 


GA1COI^.>1i:K.-BV  a  >lARltlbD  MAN.  >>COTCH; 
luiderstauds  the  culture  of  graperies,  peaches, 
stove  and  greenhouae  plants  and  vegetables :  none 
but  a  flrst-clnss  place  wautcd.  Addrcas  A.  Baillle,  No. 
50  West  st 


GAUDKNEK.- OP  ISTELLKCnUL  ABILITY 
and  reputed  merit,  with  a  cummandiaz  control  of 
ail  sorts  of  glass  culture  in  its  broadest  cupicitv: 
equally  practical  in  all  other  matters  relative  to  hor- 
ticulture.    AdJress  Gardener,  No.  681  Broadway. 


GARDhNUit.-BYA  BCOrCU.VIAN;  TUOROUOH- 
ly  understands  bis  business  in  all  its  branches; 
fliicen  yean'  firat-clasB  references.  Address  L.,  care 
of  Peter  Henderson.  Esq..  ^o.  .id  Curtlandt  st 


G\KUKi>EK.— BY  A  FlRSl'-CLAria  (SCOT.  Hi 
man;  thoroughlv  posted  in  liis  business:  ten  vears' 
roierence  trum  last  employer.  Address  J.  L.,  care  of 
E.  J.  Campbell.  No.  876  liroivdway. 


GAUUENKK.— BY  AN  hXi'ERlE.SCED  taAN; 
understands  gardening  and  f.irmin!r;  care  of  horses 
a  specialty;  diutinguisbed  let'eronces  Kiven.  Call  or 
address  Labitzky.  No.  141  West  k!8tu  st. 


GAKOKNEli  ANO  FARMER.-BY  A    YOUNvi 
German  as  gurdener  and  farmer;   best  references; 
Address    W.  J..  WiUlamsbridae    Post  Office,  New-Vork. 


GAUOENEtt.— TUtiBUUUU,   PttAClICiL,   (ENG- 
Ush;)age,  28;  married:  first-rate  reicreuce  as  to 
character  and  ability.  Address  P.  W..  No.  67  Nassau  St. 


WrANTED— AN  AGENCY  FOR  A  RKLIABLE  FIR.W 
TT  or  manulactoiy;  any  location  from  Maine  to 
Texas,  or  Florida  to  Oregon ;  compensation  moderate; 
busiuesa  experience  over  twenty  years.  Address  n.  J., 
Box  No.  102  I'imet  Office. 


WAITER.— BV  A  COLORED  YOUNG  MAN  A8 
flrst-class  waiter;  City  or  country:  country  pre- 
ferred ;  best  references.  Cull  or '  address  care  of 
Wenck'e  pharmiwy.  corner  6th  av.  and  47tb  st. 


WAITKR.  —  BY  SINGLE  COLORED  MAN  AS 
waiter  la  drat  class  private  family;  baa  best  City 
and  country  reference;  no  objection  to  tbe  country. 
Call  or  address  Pender,  No.  109  Weat  52d  6t. 


"WrAlTKR.— BY  A  CAPABLE  FRENCH   WAITER 

Tt  as  butler;   has  great  experience  in    aerviug  tbe 

table  and  taking  care  of  silverware  ;  best  City  reier- 

ence  from  last  place    .Address  N.  N.,  255  West  36th  st 


WAITER.— BY  A  PKOTKblANT  ENGUdKSlAN 
as  waiter;  is  thorough  in  his  duties;  nest  relets 
ence  given.  Call  or  address  C.  U..  Ko.  152  East  4'2d 
st,  first  floor,  front. 


WAITKK.— BY    A    RESPECTABLE    YOUNG    BNG- 
liehman    as    waiter.    Call  or  address  A.  B.,    No. 
231  West  26th  st. 


W-*»TKR BY    A    YOUNG     COLORBD     MAN,     IN 

T  T  private  family  ;  good  referen;  es.     Call  or  acutreaa 
Emauuel.  No.  218  West  29tb  st 


WAlTKRr-BY  A  PRorESfANT  YOUNG  MAN  AS 
first  class- waiter.    Call  at  hia  pteaeut  empioyePa. 
No.  1  Madison  av. 


W'**'*'"^*'*"^*  *  FKK.N'CH  SWISS  IN  A  PRIVATB 
TT  family;    good  references  plveo.    Call  at  No.  238 
6th  av.,  in  tha  florist's,  basement,  from  1  to  6  P.  M. 


AlTER.-Br  A  YoUNti  FRESCUMAN,  AS  KIKST- 
olaaa  waiter;  City  refeienoe.    Addreaa  L.  D.,  No. 
107  Clinton  place.  , 


w 


AITER.— IN  A  PRIVATB  FAMILY;  GOOD  CITY 
reference.    Adaress  J.  U.,  No.  342  Bast  21st  st 


^^_^Oiai^ATOJ^OOD^___ 

SCUANTON  COAL.— DBLAWARE,  LACKAWAN- 
uaaud  Weateru  Bailroad  Companr's  superior  Scran- 
tou  Cool  for  sale  bv  GEORGE  H.  PbRRYMAN.  Pricea 
tn  yarda— Grate,  $3  20;  egg,  $3  26:  chestnut  $3  66; 
stove,  S4  per  too ;  cost  of  cartage  added  for  deliver.v. 
Haxda,  Noa.  204  and  206  Baat  32a  at,  ai.d  Noa.  136, 
ta?  auA  1S8  Iteat  4iaS  •»• 


BEIimOUS    yOTIOM. 
"''~^'ANTScw''TttBniOKiAxr'aaoi^^ 

48th  at.  weat  of  6th  av. 

B«v.  B,  HBBBK  NEWTOln.  Rector. 

Services  on  Sunday  at  10:30  A.k.  f  ravers  at  4:30  P.M. 

Even  Song  at  7:46  P.  M. 

A  Special  serrioe  of  song,  tbe  first  of  tliroe  secmou  oa 

'■Religion  in  Everyday  Life,* 

By  Rev.  Mr.  Newton. 

Toung  meu  apeclall.y  invited. 

AU  seats  free  at  tbe  onening  hour. 

ASiHOCIATlON  HALL. 

Services  commencing  Sunday  Feb.  11 : 
BIBLE  CLASS,  conducted  by  DR.  THOMSON,  5  o'clock, 
YOUNG  MBN'S  MEETING  iu  the  Parlors,  6:30  o'clock. 

Meetings  tor  young  men  on  Thursday  aud  Satuzday 
evenings  at  8  o'clock,  la  the  parlor. 

A  meeting  ia  held  every  day,  Saturday  and  Sunday 
excepted.,  at  4  o'clock  for  all  classes,  In  the  parlors. 
All  are  invit«d. 


4  IflBKlCAN  TE^IPBRANCB  UNION  AT  THB 

.oatrseball  of  the  Cooper  Union,  SU.fDAT,  Feb.  11.  at 
S  o'clock,  sharp.— Doora  open  at  2  o'clock.  Mrs.  VAN 
COTT,  the  fivangeliat.  will  be  tbe  principal  speaker  at 
this  great  meeting.  As  it  may  be  impossible  to  ao- 
c<>mmi<dat«  uli  at  Ooope.  Union,  Science  Hall.  No.  Jrf:l 
8tb  St..  oear  Broadway,  (only  half  a  block  away.)  will 
be  kept  opeu  aa  an  ''overflow"  meeting.  Attractive 
exerciaes  at  each  place.    All  are  welcome. 

J.  B.  GIBBS,  President 
3.  B.  CoNKtiK,  Secretary. 


ACADEMY  OK   MUSIf,    BROOKLITN.— AN- 
nlversarv    of  the     First    Independent    oieihodlst 
Church.    Rev.  Fred.  Bell,  the   Singing  Preacher,   will 

? reach  and  alng  at  tbe  above  plice  tomorrow  at 
0:45  A.M.  and  7:45  P.M.  Morning  suyect—"  Tbe 
Past  Year,  and  Our  Future  Prospects."  Evening  aub- 
Ject— •-  Large  and  Small  Hearted  People."  Admlsaion 
to  evening aervice.  five  cents;  no  cbanee  given. 


A  LLEN  STREET  M.  K.  CHURCH,  BETWEEN 
zUlelanoeyand  Rivlngton  sts..  Bev.  Charles  E.  Harris, 
Pastor.^-Sacrameutal  services.  Evenlne,  preaching  by 
the  Pastor,  to  be  followed  by  a  praver-meetlng.  Seats 
free.  On  Tuesday  evening,  "Donavlrfs  Original' Ten- 
nessspans "  will  give  a  concert  for  the  benefit  of  tbe 
Ladies'  Church  Aid  Bociet.y. 


A 


T  FREE  TABERNACLE  MKTHOUIST  EPI3- 
copal  Church,  ,14th  st,  between  7th  and  8th  ava., 
Kev.  J.  Johns,  Pastor,  will  preach  Sunday  morning— 
subject,  "  Wha  art  Thou,  On,  Great  Mountain;"  even- 
ing subject,  "Who  ia  that  Knocking  at  the  Door." 
Sacrament,  H:3(). 


AT  \VASHI,N«TON  SQUAftB  4IETHOUI8T 
EniBCOoal  Church.— Morning,  Rbt.  Dr.  Crawford 
will  preach.  Sacrament  at  3:30  P.M.  Eveiung,Bev. 
William  Lloyd,  Pastor.  Subject—"  The  Delusive  way." 
Young  men  itpeoially  invited.  Toung  people's  meeting 
at  6:80  P.M.  a         f  B 


AT  CHICKERING  HALL.  STH  AV.,  CORNER 
18th  st— Bev,  L.  Smith  Hobart  preaches  10:46  Sun- 
day morning ;  Bov.  C.  C.  Tiffany.  3:31)  afternoon.  Sing- 
ing b.y  Chas.  L.  Guna  and  tbe  large  choir  morning  and 
art«rnooii.  All  invited.  Sunday-sckool,  9:30.  Bible 
class,  10. 


ALL  .•(OUl.lS' CHURCH,  4TH  AV.,  CORNER  OP 
20th  St.— Rev.  Dr.  Bellows  will  proach  in  the  morn- 
ing at  11  o'clock,  and  Rev.  s$.  H.  Camp  in  tbe  evening 
ar  7:45  o'clock,  when  seats  are  free.  Bnndny-sObool, 
9:46  A.  M. 


BISHOP  SNOW,  OF  iHOtNT  ZION  CHURCH 
OP  CHRIST,  will  preach  In  tb*  Medical  College, 
corner  4t.h  av.  and  23d  at,  ou  Sundav.  at  3  P.  M.;  seats 
tree;  aubfect,  "The  Great  Trumpet  Boundiog  and 
larael  to  be  Gathered,"  Isa.  xivil.  IS. 


BRICK  CHCRCM,    CORNER  OF  STH  AV.  AND 
37th  at  —Tbe  Pastor,  Rev.  Llewelvn  D.  Sevan,  will 
preach  on  .Sunday,  Feb.  11.  at  1C:30  A.  M.  and  4  P.  M. 


CORNELL  lUEinORIAL  M.  B.  CHCIRCH, 
76th  8t,  between  2d  and  3d  avs.,  Bev.  G.  H.  Good- 
sell,  Pastor.— Seryicea  Sunday,  Feb.  11.  as  follows: 
10:3U  A.  M..  sermun  by  Hev.  Y.  M.  Freeman,  D.  D.,  one 
ot  tbe  Secretaries  of  the  8nndav-sch»ol  Union;  at  2  P. 
M.  Dr.  Freeman  will  address  the  Sundny-school ;  sub- 
ject :  "  Tbe  Invisible  Blackboard;  "  7: 30  P.  M.,  sermon 
by  Rev.  W.  H.  Ue  Puy.  D.  D.,  assistant  editor  of  tbe 
Chrigtian  Advocate.  Free  seats  and  congregational 
siuglng.    Strangers  welcome. 

CHURCH  OF  THB  HEAVENLY  REST. 

6Tn  AV„    ABOVE    45TH  ST. 

EEV.  DR.  HOWLAND.  RECTOR. 

Sunday  Services,  11  A.  M.,  4  P.  M, 

Ash  v\'edn:  sdav,  11  A.  M.,  «  P.  M. 

REV.  MORGAN  UIX,  D.  D.,  will  preach  Ash  Wednea- 

day  in  behalf  of  the  House  of  Mercy. 


CHURCH  OF  THE  COVENANT,  (PRB8BY- 
terian.l  comer  Park  av.  and  35th  St.— ttey.  Marvin 
K.  Vincent.  D.  D.,  Pastor,  will  preach  Sunda.y  jnorning: 
services  at  11  o'clock.  At  3:30  P.  M.,  •worship  and 
Bible  service,  conducted  bv  the  Paaior.  Hunday-achool 
at  9:30  A.  .«.    Lecture  W-dnesday,  at  8  P.  M. 


CHURCH  OF  THE  ANNOCIATION,  14TH 
St..  between  6th  and  7th  ava..  seats  tree.  Rev. 
William  J.  Beabur.y,  S.  T.  D.,  Rector.— Sundav,  llth 
inst..  Holy  Communion,  7:30  A.  M.  Morning  prayer, 
litany,  Ante-Communion,  aud  sermon,  10:30  A  M. 
Evening  prayer,  (choral,)  4  P.  M. 


CALVARY  BAPTI.-sT  CHCRCH,  231)  6T., 
belween  6th  and  6th  avs.— Rev.  it  S.  MacArthur, 
Pastor,  preaches  Sunday  mornin|;  and  evening; 
Sunday-school  2: 30  P.  M.;  baptisms  at  evening  service. 
Prayer-meetings  Monda.y.  Wednesday,  and  Friday 
evenings.    Str-ingera  cordially  irvited. 

CIHICKERINU  HALL,  SATURDAY  EVENING, 
J¥ii  ..  10.— Tbe  Mind-readeragaln.  Mr.  J.  B.  Brown's 
second  public  reception.  New  and  aitouniling  experi- 
ments. Admission.  50c.;  reserved  seats,  75c.  Tickets 
on  sale  at  Scbubertb's,  No.  23  Unuon  square,  and  at 
Chickering  H:ill. 

CIHLRCH  OK  THE  ATONE.MENT,  MiDl- 
/son  av.  and  28th  st.  Rev.  ('.  C.  TifTanv,  Rector. — 
Sunday-school  at  9:30  A.  M.  Divine  eerrices  at  11  A. 
iM.  and  3:30  P.  M.  PreHcliing  service  at  7:45  P.  M., 
at  which  all  seats  are  freo  and  strangers  cordially 
Invited. 


pE.>TRAL  ;U.  E.  CHURCH.  7TH  AV,,  BE- 
V^tween  iSth  aua  14th  sts.— Rev.  C.  8.  Harrower.  Pas- 
tor, will  preach  at  1U:30  A.  M.  and  7>30  P.  M.  Sunday- 
school  at  2:30  P.  M.  Boys'  meetisg  at  4  P.  M.  AU 
cordiall.y  invited. 

ENritAL      FRESBVTERIAN      CHURCH, 

3Gthst.,near  Broadwav,  Rev.  J,  D.  Wilaon,  Pas- 
tor.— Service  at  10:30  A.M.  Evening  service  In  the 
new  chapel.  57tb  at,  near  Brojdway,  at  7:30. 
Also  Saubath-icbool  at  2:30  P.  M. 

HRISTCHDRCH.5TH  AV,AM>35THST. 

—Rev.  Dr.  McVickar.  Rector.— bervice  at  10:30 
A.  M.,  and  7:30  P.  M.  children'a  service  at  3:30  P.  M., 
wl*h  catecbirtns. 


CHURCH  OP  THB  HOLY  SEPULCHRE, 
74th  St.,  east  of  4th  av.,  Bev.  J.  Tuttle  Smith, 
Rector.— Services  Sunday,  10:30  A,  M.  and  3:30  P.  M. 
Ash  Wednesday,  11  A.  U.  and  4  P.  M.  Other  days  m 
Lent,  4  P.  M.     .Seats  tree. 

HUltCH.    f»F    THE  INCARNATION.    MAPI- 

son  ay.  and  35th  St.,  Rev.  Artb ur  Broo ks,  Bector. — 
Llvine  service  at  10:30  A.  M.  Rnd  3:So  P.  M. 


DR.  LANUIS  PU.BACHBS  SCNOAY  AT  11 
A.  M  ,  in  :^cience  Hall,  No.  141  East  8th  st.  Sub- 
j!-ct— ■•  What  has  Helislon  Done  to  Improve  the  Race  f" 
Quartet.  „  Seats  tree. 


EIGHTEENTH  STKKETiM.  B.  CHURCH, 
near  8th  av.  — M'Tuing:  Reception  of  probationers, 
bapilsm.  nnd  communiuu.  Evening:  Preaching  b.y 
Rev.  Dr.  Uiuleton,  of  Dublin,  Ireland,  followed  by  a 
pra.yer-meeting.  Revival  meetings  every  evening  ex- 
cept Saturday. 


FIRST  REFOR.>IED  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH. 

Tempomrliy  worsbipine  at  .Miidison  av.  and  47th  at. 

Permanent  location,  (cburcli  niAV  building,) 

Mai'iison  av.  and  oath  at. 

Bev.  WM.  T.  SAbl.NE,  Pastor. 

Divine  services :  Morning.  10:30;  evesing,  7:45  o'clock. 

Sunuay -school,  9  A.  M. 

Eev.   C.    D.    KKLLOUO,  of   the   Reformed  Church,   of 

Passaic.  N.  J.,  will  pre.ich. 

Divine  service  .\sb-  vVednesoay  at  11  A.  M. 


FIFTH  AVENUE  BAPTIST  CHURCH, 
West  46th  St. — Preaching  by  Dr.  .irmitage.  Pastor. 
Morning.  10:^^0:  subject.  "Unseen  Realities 
made  Visible."  Eveniug,  7:30:  "  WherS  ia  the 
Guest-chamber  7"  Sanday-scbool,  9  o'clock  A.  M.; 
Cougiegational  Bible  class  3:30  P.  M.  Strangers  cor- 
dially Invited. 


FREE  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH  OF  'FHE 
ReconciUation,  No.  242  East  31sc  at,  near  2d  av. — 
Services  and  sermon  bv  Rev.  E.  S.  Widdemer  every 
Sunday  at  1C:3U  A.  M.  aud  7:30  P.  Jtt.  Suuday-acbool 
at  9  AM.    A  cordial  welcome  to  alL 


FIVE  POINTS  HOU.'sE  OF  INDUSTRY,  NO. 
155  Worth  St..  William  F.  Barnard,  iSuperinteudent. 
— >ervice  of  song  by  the  children  ou  Sunday  at  3:30 
o'clock.  Public  invited.  Second-hattd  clothing  aud 
Shoes  urgeutl.y  solicited. 


FIK.ST  PRESBYTEKIAN  CHURCH,  5TH 
av.  and  lltli  sts.— Bev.  Wm.  M.  Faitun,  D.  D.,  Pas- 
tor. Will  preach  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  4  P.  M.  Strangers 
cordiall.y  invited. 


FOURTEENTH  STREET  PRESBYTRUIAN 
Church,  corner  of  2d   av..  Rev.  F.  H.   Marling  Pas- 
tor.— Services  at  11  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M. 


GRACE  CHAPEI,.  BAST  14TH:  ST.,  KEV. 
W.  T.  Egbert,  Pastor.— Sorvioea.  11  A.  M.  and 
7:30  P.  M.  The  Pastor  will  preach  the  fifth  and  last  of 
a  course  of  lectures  on  "Popular  Skepticism"  In  the 
evenmg. 


GRACE  BAPTIST  CHURCH,  53D  ST.,  NEAR 
7tli  av.,  Kev.  J,  Speneer  Kennard,  Pastor— Ser- 
vices—Morning,  10:30.  "The  Blessing  of  Sonahip " 
Evening.  7;3ii.  '•  Eiljah's- Challenge."  SaudB.v-school. 
2:30.  P.  M.    Welcome  to  alL 


HARLUm  CNIVERSALIST  CHURCH, 
127th  St.,  between  Lexington  and  4th  avs. — Sun- 
da.v  morning  at  11  o'clock,  subject — "  Finding  God;" 
evening  at  7:30:  "  Tho  Struggles  of  Life."  MonUay. 
Tuesday.  WodDesday,  and  Tbursoay  evenings  at  8 
o'clock  preaching  b.y  the  different  dergymeu  of  this 
Cit.v  and  vicinltr. 


LYMAN  C.    HOWE,   TRANCE   SPEAKER,    LEC- 
tores  lor  the  Society  of  Progressiye  Spiritualists,  at 

1U:30  A.M.  and  7:30  P.M.,  at  their  hall.  No.  56  West 
33d  St.,  near  Broadway.  The  UbUdreua  Lyceum 
meeta  at  2:30  P.  M. 


MADLSON  AVENUE  REFOKlflEO  CHURCH, 
comer  of  57th  at.— tlev.  William  Lloyd,  Pastor  elect, 
will  preach,  Sabbath,  I  Itb  Inst,  at  11A.M..  subject, 
"Tbe  Gain  of  Loss,"  and  Rev  William  H.  Gleason  at 
3:30  P.  M.,  subject,  "  The  Divine  Witness  to  Cbriat" 
Strangers  cordially  Invited. 


MEMORIAL  PRESBVTERIAN  CHURCH, 
Madison  av.  and  63d  St.,  Bev.  Charles  S.  Robin- 
Bon,  D.  U.,  Pastor. — Service  in  morning,  11  o'clock. 
Evening,  preacning  by  Eev.  Theo.  U  Cuvler,  D.  D..  at 
7:30  o'clock,  hunday-acbool,  9:3u  A.  M.  Misaion 
school.  •.i;:3i)P.  M. 


-RjTEW-YORK  SUNDA V-SCHOOli  ASSOCIA- 

il  TION. — ••  Prlmarv"  class  this  day  at  2:45,  Young 
Men'a  Christian  Association  Building,  Mrs.  Clark, 
teacber.  "Superintendents',"  I'nesday,  4  o'clock, 
Fulton  street  Chupel,  Rev.  Geo.  S.  Chambers,  conduc- 
tor. "  Normal."  Tnuraday,  4:46,  Dr.  Crosby's  Church 
Chapel,  Mr.  Ralph  Wells,  conductor.  Monday^vening, 
flftn  lecttire  01  the  course  on  "  The  Bible,"  by  Rev,  Dr. 
Booth,  in  St  Paul's  Methodist  Episcopal  Cbnrch,  4th 
av.  and  22d  at 


NEW  Ul'-TOWN  EPI.-^COPAL  CHURCH, 
Church  of  the  Advent,  '•7th  St.,  between  Park  and 
Lexington  avs.— Servloes Sunday,  Feb.  11,  11  A.  M.  and 
4  P.  M.  Sunday-school,  3  P.  M.  Rev.  Joseph  F.  Jowltt, 
Rector.    A  cordial  welcome  to  alL 


NORTH  PRESMYTERl-iN  CHUJ^CH,  COa- 
ner9th  av.  and  Slat  st— Preaching  by  tho  Pastor, 
Kev.  8.  B.  Roaaiter:  momin!?  servioe,  10:30;  "Our 
Knowledge  of  Heaven."  Evening  aerrtces  7:Sd;  third 
ot  a  aenes  of  sermons  before  Young  P«o0U~."Hao> 
oeas." 


PIL.(]iRini  BAPTIST  CHURCH^  BSD  ST., 
near  8th  av.— Rev.  Harvey  B.  Trevor,  of  Oswego, 
win  preach  Sunday  morning  and  evening.  Sunday, 
acbooi  and  Bible  CUssea  •(   2:301     htcMigecs  WW- 


BEUGIOFS  KonoEa 

RBSBr^TEBULArrcSimcSrwf 

Land,  Rev.  K.  Hopper,  D.  D.,  P»itor..-s»W»sth 
servicea,  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.  S*bb*t|i-setMel. 
0:30  A.  M.  aod  2  P.  M.  Tooxg  people's  pnqrer-meMllift 
6:45.    Beata  firee. 


BUY.  STKPHBN  H.  TYN6,  JR.*  !*•  l>t 

TVlll  prekob  in  the  ^ 

CHCECfl  OF  THE  HOLT  TalMTT.  ^ 

l(adlton«v.  and  42d  st. 

At  10:30  A.  BL  and  7:30  P.  K.. 

Ash- Wednesday  services  at  11  A.  U.,8:S0u>d  7s45P.  M, 

Dailv  aervicea  during  Lent  /  _ 

REV.  JOSEPH  V.  ELDER,  1).  O.,  PASTOa.— 
Tbe  Madison  Avenue  Baptist  Chtircb,  lately 
worshiping  corner  of  Slst  st.  and  Madison  av.,  wlu 
bold  their luaal  Sabbath  morning  service  in  tbe  cbapei 
ot  the  First  Baptist  Churob,  No.  '92  Park  av.,  corner  oi 
89th  St..  at  11  o'clock.  Sunday-school  in  the  saaa 
place  at  S  P.  M.    All  are  invited. 

RBV.C.  H.FilVVLER,  D.  O.,  EOITOR  OPTH« 
Chrittian  Advocate,  will  address  the  Btookl.yn  f^no' 
day-school  Union.  Monday  evening  next,  at  "yvSO 
o'c  ook.  In  tbe  Lafayette  Avenue  Presbytertan  Church. 
Subject — "  Moses  and  Elijab."  Singing  by  the  Sum. 
menleld  Male  Quartet,  aud  Congregational  Singing; 
Mr.  Geo.  Stowe,  Precentor. 


REV.     GARDINER    SPRING   PLDMLBY. 
Pastor,  pieacbes  at  the 

NORTH  DUTCH  CHURCH, 

Fulton  st — entrtincea  Na  103  Pulton  and  No.  58  Ann 
Bts.— Sundav  at  10:30  A  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.  In  this 
church  the  FuHou  street  dally  noon  prayer-meeting  is 
beld. 


REV.  THOMAS  S.  HASTINGS,  D.  »..  PAS. 
tor,  will  preach  in  tbe  West  Preaoyterlan  Church, 
42d  st,  between  5th  and  6th  avs.,  00  Sunday,  the  llth 
inst  Service  st  10:<i0  A.  M.,  and  7:30  P.M.  AdtuS 
Bible  class  3  P.  M. 


REV.  H.  W.  R>  AFP,  ».  D.,  W^LL  PREACH 
In  tbe  First  Misaion  Bantlst  Church,  comer  Laignt 
andVarlckats..  at  10:30  A.  M.,  and  7:30  P.  M.  Bap- 
tism after  evening  service. 


R 


ET.  DR.  RYLANCE.—ST.    MARK'S  CaUBCH, 
2dav.  and  lOtbat  ^ 

SEHVlCES  AT  11  A  M.  AND  7:45  P.  M, 


REV.  J.  D.    HERR,     PAMTOR    CE.NTRAL 
Baptist  Church,  West  42dat— WiU  preach  mondag; 
and  evening.    Baptism  after  evening  services. 

ST.  IGNATIU.S'  CHURCH,  40TH  ST.,  B« 
tween5thand6thav8.,  hev.  Dr  F.  C.  Kwer,  Bector, 
nfficiating.— Commualon.  7  A.  M.;  Morning  Prayer, 
9;  Litan.v,  10:30:  Choral  Celebration.  11;  Choral 
evening  Prayer,  7:30.  Pews  and  sittings  may  b« 
had,  tree,  for  the  Winter  upon  application  to  the  sex- 
ton. 

ST.  ANDREW'S  P.  E.  CHURCH,  BABLSK, 
(l'27th  at.  and  4th  av.)— Morning  aervioe  »t  10:S0: 
evemng  eervice  at  7:30  o'clock.  Sunday-school  9  A. 
M.  Children's  singiug-achonl  .1:30  P.  U.  Rev.  Wm.  E. 
Kigenbrodt.  D.  D.,  of  General  Theological  SeminaTy, 
Will  preach  in  tbe  morning,  and  Bev.  J.  B.  Bottari,  D, 
D.,  in  tbe  evening. 

ST.  TI.MOTHY*;!  CHURCH.  56TH  AND  67Ta 
8ts.,Sth  and  9tb  avs.,  (midway.)  Dr.  Gear.  Rector.— 
Preachers— -iunday,  llth  inst,  at  10:30  A.  M.,  Rev.  Dr. 
Prters.  Subject— "  Free  Churches."  Evening  at  7:30 
o'clock;  Asb-Wednesday  at  10:30  and  evening  at  8. 
the  Rector.    Friday  eveninc  at  8.  Dr.  Galleher. 

SEVENTH  AVENUE  UNITED  PRESBYTERrAW 
Cnurch.  between  12tb  and  13fh  sts. — Communion 
services  on  Sabbath.  Rev.  S.  G.  Pitzierald,  of  Philadel- 
pbi%,  will  preach, at  l(l:30  A.  M.  aud  7:30  P.  M.  Evenmg 
siibject :  '  -  Our  Father's  Hoaae."  Come  and  beat  him, 
ana  bring  your  friends  with  you. 


ST.  GEORGE'.'!*  CHUKCH,  STUYVBSANT 
BQUare. — Morning  prayer,  11  o'clock.  Bvening 
prayer,  3:30  o'clock.  Sermon  at  both  services  by  Rev. 
Dr.  Wiihama,  Associate  Rector.  Sunday-achoolat  9:30 
A.  M. 

ST.  PAUL'S  METHODIST  EPISCOPAL 
Church,  4th  av.  and  22d  st- Preaching  by  tbe 
Pastor,  Dr.  Chapman,  on  Sunaav  at  10:3U  A.  M.  and 
7:30  P.  M.  Interesting  servicea  Wednesday  and  PrV 
day  evenings.    Alt  welcome. 


ST.   STEPHEN'S   CHURCH. 

67  to  59  West  46th  street. 

Tbe  Bev.  A.  B.  HAET,  Eector. 

Services  on  Snnday  at  1C;3U  A  M  ,  and  4  P.  Mi, 

ST.  JOHN'S  M.  E.  CHURCH,  53D  ST.« 
near  Broadwav.— Preaching  by  the  Pastor.  Bev. 
James  M.  King,  at  10:  30  A  M^  and  7:3  J  P.  M.  All  ar« 
welcome. 

St:  i^u&e's  m.  e.  church.  41st  st.,near 
6th  av..  Rev.  W.  P.  Abbott,  Pastor.— Preachinn 
at  1(1:30  A.  M.  and  7:45  P.  M.  Toung  people's  prayer- 
meeting  at  6:45  P.  M.    All  are  invited. 

ST.  MARK'S  CHURCH,  tiD  AV.  AND  19TH 
at— Services   at    11   A    .vi.    and  7:45   P.    M.    Bev. 
Brockholsh  Morgan  will  preach  morning  and  evening. 

TABERNACLE  BAPTIST  CHURCH, 

2d  av.  between  10th  and  llth  sts, 

Bev.  EDWABD  G.  TAYLOR,  D..  D.,  of  Providence,  B.  L, 

will  preach 

MOBNING  AND  EVENING. 

All  cordially  invited. 

HE  MADISON  AVENUE  BAPTIST  CHUBC^ 

will  hold  religious  service  in  tbe  chapel  of  their 
house  of  worship,  corner  of  Madison  av.  and  Slst  at, 
on  Sunday  morning  next  at  11  o'clock.  Preaching  by 
Bev.  A.  8.  Patton,  D.  D.  Tbe  pubhc  are  cordially  in- 
vited to  attend. 

HIKTV-FOURTH  STREET  REFORM  BO 

Church,  west  of  8th  av..  Rev.  Carlos  Martyn,  Paa- 
tor. — Divine  service  in  this  place  to-morrow,  llib  Inat, 
at  10:  HO  A  M.  and  7:30  P.  AI.  Preaching  by  the  Pas- 
tor. In  tlie  eveniu?  aervice  of  song,  followed  b.v  aer- 
mon  on  "  The  Accusation."      Strangers  welcome. 


WEST  TWENTY-THIRD  STREET  PRESBT- 
terian  Church,   Rev.  Erskine  N.  Wbite,  D.  D..  Pas- 
tor.- Servicea  at  11  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M. 


WTANTED— MAN  AND  WIFE  ON  A  DAIRY  FAEM; 
V  y  the  man  mus*^  be  a  good  milker  and  understand 
taking  care  of  stock,  and  the  woman  a  good  plain 
cook,  washer,  aud  ironer.  Apply  with  reierencea  to 
J,  0.  THURSTON,  788  Broadway,  fltst  Aoor  no  st  .ira. 


WANTED A  GENTLEMAN  WHO  HAS  BEBtl 
engaged  in  tbe  wholesale  grocery  and  provisloa 
bnsinega,  and  bavia;:  extended  acouaintance  in  tbat 
line,  mav  find  emplovment  b.y  addressing  Box  No.  103 
Timet  Office  ;  references  required. 

WANTED— A   PERSON    OF    EDUCATION,    BEING 
from  28  to  35  years  of  age,  who  would  be  willing 

to  care  for,  and  be  a  companion  to.  a  yon"  •  "i^n  in 
feeble  health.  Address  X.  X.,  Box  No.  321  TIMBS  UP- 
TOWN OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


WANTED  — A  MECHANICAL  DRAUGHTSMAN' 
thoroughly  understanding  his  business,  and  com- 
petent to  m.ike  drawlaga  of  machines  lor  iuventioa. 
Apply  by  letter  to  (;,  W.  c,  statlm  B,  New-York. 

WANTED.— A  FIRST-CLASS  BOTLEB,  WHO  THOB- 
ooghiy  understauds  hia  business;  a  second  man 
kept  Apply  at  No.  27  West  19th  st,  between  9  and 
10  o'clock  i.  M.,  or  1  and  3  o'clock  P.  M. 

OUR.NALIST WANTED  A  CULTORiiD  DTlLlTr 

m.in  uu  a  first-class    daily.    Addri-ss,  with  fullest 

particulars,  by  ietter  only,  to  H„  No.  37  East  20Ui  st, 

New-York  City. 


WANTED— A  SINGLK  MAN  FOR   THr.  COOVTHT, 
tbat  understands  the  care  of  horses.    Apoly  at 
Ko.  199  Centre  st.  J.  J.  OOLii. 


WANTED— A  SINQLii  MAN    As    COACHMAN,  TO 
go  in  the  country.     Apply  at   No.  Ill  Eaat  Hous- 
toujtt 
1 

WANTED  —SILK  SALGSMA.v ;  one  who  understhodi 
tbe  skein  silk  and  machine  twist  trade;  mast  have 
good  references.  Address  P.  O.  Box  1,477,  Boston,  Mnas. 

J 

Collegiate    Institute, 

Ko.  40  WA;$HINUrON    SQUARE.  NKW-YoBK  CIPJ. 

GEO.  W.  CLARKR,  Pb.  D.,  Prinjipal. 
Prepares  pupils  of  all  ages  for  btuiness  or  eoUege. 

'  CnAltljIEK  l.>i.-.TirOTK, 

CEXTRAL   PARK,     NKvV-VoRK- 
Boarding   and   Day  .'School  for    boyj    from  aevan  to 

twenty  vears   old. 

RS.  PARKS'    BOARDI.NG      ANO      DAY 

school  tor  young  ladies,  New-Brunswick.  N.  J., 
opens  its  next  beasion  Feb.  5.  Circtuara  sent  if  desired. 
Terms  monerate.  ^^^ 

HEIDENKEliO  INSTITUTE,  NO,  822  LEX- 
ington  av.,  north-west  corner  of  63d  st— English 
end  Gr  rmau  di^  and  boarding  school;  new  session  be* 
gins  Feb.  7. 

RYE  SE.Ul.NARY, 

Bye,  N.  1.    For  particulars  address 

Mrs.  B.  J.   LIFK. 

lANO  A.>D  MNGING  INSTRUCTION    AT 

moderate  terms ;  is  going  to  Harlem  onceaweelE. 
Address  A.  BLEY.  No.  241  East  g4th  at 

PORT  CHESTER   INSTITUTE— Por»  Cheater; 
N.  Y.;  limited  to  25  boys.   V.  Wlnthrop  Starr,  a.  M. 

!   I 

TEACHERS. 

toforms  ber  friend»  and  the  educational  pnblio 
that  In  consequence  of  the  bankruptcy  of  J.  W.  Sober- 
merhora  it  Co.,Bhe  baa  severeti  her  connection  with  tbe 
"American  School  Institnie"  and  has  opened  ber  own 
educational  agency  at  No.  23  Onion  aquare  ;  ofBoe  hours 
Irom  9  A.  M.  to  5  P.  M. 


AGENTLEAIAN  OP  CLASSICAL  KDUCA- 
tlon,  formerly  Professor  of  Klocutioa  in  I<rance, 
wishes  to  give  lessons  in  tha  French  language,  pri- 
vately or  in  schools  ;  te  1  ms  moderate;  unexo?pilona- 
bie  references.  Aodress  PROFESSOE^  eareof  Mr.  M. 
J.  Pall  lard.  No.  680  Broadway. 


A  WELL.  EDUCATED  VOUNG  L.ADY'.  AO- 
quainteil  with  tbe  English  and  German  languages, 
able  to  superintend  a  houaeheld,  ekiUed  in  £Bncy 
needle-work,  also  capable  of  iusiructing  small  children, 
desires  a  situation.  Addreaa  Misa  &  M..  No.  2u7  Bast 
15th  at..  New-York. 


J\V.  SCUERMURHORN,  20  YEARS  BEAD 
•of  "American  Schopl  Institute,"  shortly  resumes 
bcbool  Agency  work  on  improved  plaus  ;  particulars 
about  15th  inat    Addreas  Poat  Office  Box,  No.  S,44d. 

H        II  MP— gggg-^—^^y 


TH£  UF-TOWN  OFFICE  OB  THE  TUISH' 

Tbeuihtowu  oiBce  of  THB  TIMES  ia  located  at 
No.  1«297  Broadvray,  bet.  31st  aad  32d  ata. 

Open  daily.  Stmdaya  Included,  firom  4  A  M.  to  9  P.  IC. 

Bubscriptlona  received,  and  copies  of  THB  TIHBS  tat 

sale. 

ADVEBTIflBMEyTS  BECElVEt)   PKTrL  9  F.  M. 

— ONBCLARBNCE,  NEARLY  NEW,  HAMa 

•  by  Brewster  It  Co.;  one  eottp6,  one  park  ohaetaa, 
one  doctor's  pliaeton,  and  one  Blde-l>ar  top-wagon,  st  • 
aacriflcp,  to  settle  up  an  estate.  To  be  settMJL 
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2,000      do... 68 

10,000  L.  &  W.B.con..  50 
8,000  H.  tSt.  P..  1. 

&M.DiT 86 

1.000  M.&SP. 7  3-10.  96 

1.000      do 953, 

4,000  C.&N.W.con..l03ii 
e.-ooo  N.  w.  c.  V.  a..  91  -a 

2,000  C.  &  N.  W.y.F.107 
1,000c.  &  N.  W. Ist.  105 'a 
1.000  M.&E.l8t.con.  99 
2,000  Du.  &-».  C,  2d 

div 105 

1.000  North  Mo.  lai.  99 
5,000 Obio&.M. con.  8715 
3,000  0.  &M.  2d....  521a 

1 .000  West.  Pac 101 14 

10,000  8r.L.&LM. Ist.  98 
1,000  Cn.  Pac  l8t..l04i« 
1.000  Cn.  Pac.  s.  f..  97  b 

2.000       do 97I4 

2.000A.tT.H.2dPl..  87 

1,000       do 89 

6,000  T.tW.  Ist...  104 
6,000  T.   &   VV.    Ist, 

exconpoD...  91 
3.000  R.,W&0.c.  1st.  7015 
1,000  Ot  W.  lBt.'88. 

ciconp 91 

^8,000 Gt.We8t.  2d...  74i« 
2.000  Can.  So.   Ist, 

CO.  on 52 

l.noOD.  kH.  a  '84.100 
1,000  L.   St.  N,  Con. 

'98 9134 

lOConUBank 68 

200 Dei.  St  Hud...o.c  57  1q 


100  CDL,  B.  b  Q..b.c.ll6ia 

150  do 116 

100  Jlich.  Cen.b.cD3.  45 


600 
100 
100 
100 
50O 
20O 
200 
100 
100 
100 


57 14 
....  57 
..c.  5634 

.56>2 

....  5(y>, 
....  5618 
....  56 

do 56I4 

do 0534 

do alO.  5512 

100  Qnickail'r  Pf.b.e.  2II2 
100  AtL  t  Pac  Te! . . .  16ia 


do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do. 


300 


16^ 


100  N.  T.  C  tUnd.b.cl01i2 

100  do Il»ll4 

100  do lOlig 

>.0O  do sS.lOli* 

JOO  do 101 

200  do lOlia 

1600  do 101 

900  do 860.100 

lOU,  S.  Ex 5134 

SO  do b.c  51=4 

7  Amer.   Ex b.c.  58 

28  Adan)8Ex....b.cl04i2 
.SOO  We«.  tln.b.c8l0.  71% 


300 

do... 

71% 

225 

do.... 

7II2 

600 

do... 

....03.  71% 

700 

do... 

71% 

1000 

do... 

71I2 

100 

do.... 

...bS.  711^ 

1700 

do... 

71% 

ii7oo 

do... 

...83.  71 12 

1000 

do... 

....83.  71% 

100 

do... 

....s5.  71% 

30O 

ao... 

....b3.  Sli^j 

90O 

do... 

71% 

100 

do... 

c  71% 

100 

do... 

....b3.  7134 

1300 

do... 

...83.  71% 

1000 

do... 

7134 

25  Pac  Mail be  2434 

?00  ao 25 

300  Erie  Kail..b.c.a3.      SV 
200  do 81^ 

20Mor  St  B3. 90 

5  do b.c.  89k 

lOOPac.  or  Mo....b.c.     2% 
100  CC  St  I.  C.b.c     2 
115  Bens.  i.  Bar 108 


100 

do.. 

.....b3.  447s 

400 

do.. 

4434 

400 

do.. 

447= 

800 

do.. 

45 

200 

do.. 

4479 

200 

<lo.. 

83.  443^ 

200 

do.. 

83.  44% 

400  th 

.  Pac... 

....b.c.  oeia 

700  L. 

.■*.  U  M, 

8.. b.c.  5314 

300 

do.. 

83.  5:-ti8 

1000 

do.. 

6314 

100 

do.. 

6:s% 

400 

do.. 

531^ 

1100 

do.. 

5318 

500 

do.. 

53 

2300 

do.. 

52Tn 

100 

do.. 

85.  6234 

2300 

do.. 

83.  52^4 

1500 

do.. 

5278 

100 

do.. 

53  * 

500 

do.. 

....jifS.  .'5234 

300 

do.. 

83.  52% 

400 

do.. 

b3.  6234 

400 

do.. 

5278 

7,=;o 

do.. 

53 

1500 

do.. 

53% 

200111 

Cen... 

....b.c  53 

50 

do.. 

5234 

100  C.  t  P.  Qd 

93 

20 

do.. 

....be.  92^ 

lo<»C, 

4  N.  \V. 

....b.c.  33% 

1100 

ao.. 

.33 

200 

do.. 

.S278 

100 

fl(... 

3234 

100 

do.. 

32% 

100 

do.. 

321^ 

200 

do.. 

3214 

200 

do.. 

s3.  32 

600 

do.. 

32 

:-t00 

00.. 

3214 

100  C. 

&  N.  W. 

Ptb.c   5234 

200 

do.. 

52I4 

300 

do.. 

52% 

100 

do.. 

52% 

100 

t- 

52 

100 

517, 

100 

do.. 

5134 

'00 

do.. 

....b30.  52 

600 

do.. 

52 

400 

do.. 

52I4 

!00 

do.. 

52% 

300  C. 

of  N.  J. 

....b.c  21 

100 

do.. 

20% 

1000- 

-   do.. 

201a 

1000 

do.. 

20% 

200 

do.. 

2034 

300 

■    do.. 

201a 

237 

-  do.. 

2034 

100 

do.. 

83.  2034 

200 

do.. 

2iiia 

100 

do.. 

31 

100 

uo.. 

2II4 

100 

do.. 

21% 

110 

do.. 

21 

300C.M.St8t.P.Pf.b.c  48I4 

300  do b3.  48I4 

9oO  do....,..8a  48% 

700  do..... 48% 

loo  do 83.  48 

100  <lo „..  4a% 

100  Chi.  4.  AIt...b.c.l01 
100  C.  StR.  I..b.c.b3.101% 


100 
5oO 
200 
200 
200 
1700 
100 
200 
loO 
100 
200 
100  D. 
1900 
400 
1150 
lOl) 
1100 
.:00 
5:10 
1100 
:300 
900 
800 
1100 


do B6ai0034 

do 860.10(» 

do 101% 

d(i 101 

do 10034 

do 100% 

00 100% 

do 100% 

do 87.100% 

do 100% 

do 10034 

L.  &.W....b.c  69% 

do 69 

do 6878 

do 6834 

do 68% 

do 68% 

do 63% 

do slO.  677, 

ao 68% 

do 68^8 

do 68I4 

do 68% 

do 68% 


SALBS  UEKOBK  TBB   CALL— 12:30  P.  U. 


$40,000  U.  8.  5-20  C, 

'67 113 

12,000  IX  of  C.  3.658.  72% 
15,000  C.  B.  1 1  P.8.f.l03 

20uDel.  &U 83.  5534 

SOOWestCn 71% 

100  do c  71% 

300  do 83.  71% 

1400  do 71% 

200  do S3.  71% 

9iK)  do 7134 

100  Erie  Baflway...c     8% 

400  do 8% 

100  Pacific  MaU 24  78 

lOOLaKe  Shore 53    ! 

800  do 53% 

100  do b3.  53% 

!«00  do b3.  5314 

300  do 53% 

JOO  North-w.....830.  32 
luO  North-west.  Pref.  52% 

100  111.   Cen 53 

200  do c.  53 

1*00 Del.,  L.  Si.  W....  68% 

200  do c  68% 

800  ao 6814 

50Mor.  U  Es 90 

lOOC.  B.StQ seu.lll 


100  C.  ofN.  J 


1200 
400 
500 
riOO 
1000 
700 
200 
200 
100 
100 
710 
200 
1500 
lOO 
600 
300 
400 
5 


do.. 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 


lOORocMsIand... 

100  St.  Paul 

300  St.  PaulPref... 

300  do 

100  do 

100  Ohio-*.  Miss.. 
200  0.,C.  St  I.  v.. 

100  do 

200  do 


....  2034 
....  20^3 
....  20% 
....  20% 
....  20% 
.83.  20 
....  20 
.83.  1979 
....   1978 

.sa  19% 
....  1934 

.,..  20 

....    1978 

.-.  19=4 
....  19% 
....  19^ 
....  19% 
....  19% 
....  19% 

...101 
....  la^a 

...  48% 
.83.  48% 
....  48% 

684 

....  2% 
....  2% 
....     2% 


8KCONU  BOARD— 1  F.   M. 


UO.OOO  J.  T.  C.  IstC.  7 
7,000  C„  R.  I.JtP.78. 10834 

50,000  -    da b.cl08% 

1,000  C.  fe.  N.  W.  Ist.  105 

16,000  H.  I8t78,  B...120 
5,000  No.  ilo.  lat 9934 

56,000  U.  P.  Iflt IO414 

1,000  U.  Pac.  8.  1...,  97% 
6,000  D.  P.  78,  L.G...  10234 
4,000 L.  a  late.  R..107% 
7,000 Tol.  St  W.  l8t.l04 
3,000  St.  L.  4.  I.  jU. 

.     I8t 98 

5,000  D.,M.  StT.lat, 

ISO* 105 

1,000  Ene  3d 105 

1,000  M.&8t   Pani, 

C8.f....b.c  82% 
46  Am.  fc::^cfa.  Bank.  109 7^ 
80  Uecbanica'Bank.135 
60  B'k  of  Amer..  b.c.l34 

100Del.iL  Hudson...  0534 
640  do b.c  56% 

520  do 55  >« 

19UO  West.   Uulon.bc.   71»4 


loo 
■iW 

JOO 
200 

100 

600 
200 
300 
60O 


500 

1100 

L0OO 

1000 

LOO 

Loo 

LlOO 

2\tOV. 


do b3.  71% 

do 717, 

do 03.  72 

do 72 

do o.  72 

do 85.  717f 

do 71 7e 

BOO,  N.  Y.  CSi  H.  bLo.  sOO.'l  00 

300  do 101% 

200^  Mich.  Cen b.c  45 

JOO  do c  46 

iOO  do 44% 

SOO-  do 43 

SOUi  do 46% 

SOfEile  Eailway..bc     8% 
"»  do....:.....     8% 

300  do b3.     8% 

«*0  do 8%; 


100  Chi.   t  N.  W.  Pf. 

b.C 83.  52% 

500  do 5234 

300  do 52% 

200  c.  OtN.  J....b.C.  19% 

800  do 19% 

600  do 19% 

700  do 19% 

100  do 19% 

200  do 19% 

log  do 83.  19% 

do 1934 

do 20 

do 1934 

do 19% 

do c.  193* 

do b3.  19% 

do 19% 

do 19% 

do 19 

100  C,  M.  St  St.  P.  PL 

h.c b3.  48ii 

300  do 48% 

100  Wab.    Pur.    Com. 

Kec's l>.o.     734 

100  do 7»8 

HOOD.,  L.ltW....h.c.  68\ 

700  do 68% 

400  dp 68% 

iOO  W> '. 6889 

5a,  B.  tQ 114 

300  do.. O.C. 860.112 

too  do 860.111 

50  do ;...113 

200 L.  a  SlM.  e.b.C83.  53% 
500  do B3.  63% 


2400  do. 

100  m,  Cen... 
100  do... 

iOO  do... 

100  do... 

300  C.  StN.  W.. 
40  AtL  fe Pac. 


53% 

.U.C..  52% 

63 

,...c  53 

5234 

.b.e.  82 
.b.c.  16% 


BALES  FBOU  2:30  TO  3  P.   M. 


$2,000  M.  4  8.  P.  Ist, 

La  C.  OJv....  9734 
1,0001.4  Nash.  Con.  92 
6.000  N.W.C.  C.  Q.  91% 

6,000*  li.rle  4th 103 

L00DeL4Uud. 6iH 

100  do «.  54 

iOO  do 541, 

LOO  do s5.  54'. 

200  do 641-' 

200     •       do 64ij 

100  U.  8b   Kx 52 

100  ao 83.  52 

lOOW^t.  Cu 83.  7178 


200 
900 
300 
40U 
400 
3UU 
40U 


da b3.  72 


do... 
do.... 

do 

do.... 

do.... 

do.... 

100nL«Cent. 

100  Kub  Railway.... 

1500  do 

400  do 

lOOMloh.  Cen so.^ 

100  do .b3.  45% 

100  do 46 

IQUBorth-western 

100  do 

mum.  PaniPf.... 
MO  do 


72 
..83.  72 
..83.  71't 

71^4 

717, 

..83.  71' 

-623. 

81. 
8 

8% 
45 


..  32% 
..  32S4 


100  North. w.  Pf. 

100  do 

200  do 

100  do 

300  do 

100  do 

150  C,  C.,0,41 
400  «ock  Island. 
500  Cen.  of  N.  J 


i20 
.00 
;oO 
.SiO 
100 
100 
100 
100 
30O 
1100 

JOO 

LOO 


48<<      66 
48%   100 


do.. 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do..., 

do.... 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do  .... 
100  Lake  Shore. 

100      .      do 

lOO  do 

JOO  do 

100  Ohio  4  Miss. 

400i>..  L.StW... 

100  do 

400  do 

100  C.B.  tQ.... 

do 

do 


•62% 

6278 

523* 

..bS.  5234 
6278 

5a 

....  30 

.....101% 
.....  19% 
....  19% 
.•3.  19% 
....  19% 

19% 

1979 

1934 

19% 

191a 

19% 

19% 

....  19>8 
....  19% 
....  63% 
.83.  63% 
.85.  53% 
....  63% 
.83.      684 

68'tt 

.830.  67% 

68% 

.soalll 

112% 

118% 


.  Fkidat,  Feb.  9— P.  M. 

The  weakness  of  the    coal  shareis  coq- 

•titated  the  moat  prominent  feature  of  speoala- 

tion  on   tb&    Stock    E^xohanite  te-day.    New- 

J«n«y  C«iitral  fUl  off  from  31  at  the  OD«nkut  to 


19.  aabseqaently  reoovared  to  2014,  with  fcial 
sales  at  19\4.  It  is  ourrently  r^orted  that  the 
effort  to  raise  tbe|3,000,000  necbBaary  to  enable 
the  company  to  tide  over  its  difficulties  has  re- 
sulted in  complete  failure,  and  that  conse- 
quently the  corporation  ia  about  to  pass 
into  the  hands  of  a  Beoeiver.  Dela- 
ware and  Hudson  Canal  recorded  a  de- 
cline of  4  ^  cent,  from  the  closing  quotation  of 
yesterday.  The  opening  price  to-day  was  5T  hi, 
whence  there  was  a  drop  to  54,  with  closing 
transactions  at  a  recovery  of  only  Vt.  V  cent. 
Delaware,  Lackawanna  and  Western,  while 
somewhat  weak,  was  steadier  than  the  other 
coal  shares,  and  fluctuated  between  69^  and 
68\&,closing  at  G8\i.  Western  Union  was  firm  in 
the  early  dealings,  and  siibseqaently,  under 
purchases  to  coyer  short  contracts,  advanced 
from  70%,  which  was  the  lowest  point  touched, 
to  72,  closing  sales  being  effected  at 
717/6.  JLake  Shore  opened  at  53ir6,  declined  to 
52%,  but  afterward  rallied  and  closed  at  53\4. 
North-western  preferred  showed  a  recovery 
from  the  depression  which  yesterday  charac- 
terized the  dealings  in  the  stock,  and  rose  from 
51 1«  to  53i>6,  with  closing  sales  at  5a  The 
North-western  common  and  St.  Paul  shares 
were  about  firm.  Erie  sold  at  8,  against  8% 
at  the  close  yesterday,  with  a  subsequent  re- 
covery of  %  #•  cent.  Among  investment  shares 
Chicago,  Burlington,  and.  Qaiucr  dropped  oft 
from  1161.4  to  llSi^,  with  sales  on  60  days, 
sellers'  options,  at  112  and  111.  New-York 
Central  sold  at  101  regular  and  at  100  seller 
60da.ys.  £ock  Island  declined  from  101%  to 
1001.^.  and  closed  at  101  Vfa.  The  dealings  m 
Express  shares  were  confined  exclusively  to 
American  Merchants'  Union,  which  sold  at  52. 

The  entire  traasaotions  for  the  dav  amouated 
to  173,552  shares,  which  embraced  39,600  West- 
em  Union,  27,335  New-Jersev  ^Central.  26,500 
Lake  Shore,  20.150  Delaware,  Lackawanna 
and  Western,  13,700  North-western,  8,900,  St 
Paul,  7,130  Erie,  6.800  Michigan  Central.  5,600 
Rock  Island,  4,730  New- York  Central,  4,460 
Delaware  and  Hudson  Central,  3,025  Pacific 
Mail,  and  1.150  Illinois  Central. 

There  was  an  ample  supply  of  money 
on  call  at  3'a>3^  ^  cent,  until  late  in 
the  day,  when  there  were  offerings  at  even 
lower  figures.  Prime  mercantile  paper  was 
quoted  at4®4i^  F  cent.  The  national  bank 
notes  received  at  Washington  for  redemption 
amounted  to  ^00,000.  The  following  were  the 
rates  of  exchange  on  New- York  at  the  under- 
mentioned cities  to-day :  Savannah,  buying 
par,  selling  3-16  premium ;  Charleston  ,  steady, 
buying  par,  sellmg  ^  premium  ;  Cincinnati, 
quiet,  buying  50®par,  selling  1-10  premium; 
St.  Louis,  par;  New-Orleans,  commercial  ^  ; 
bank  ^,  and  Chicago  60  premium. 

The  foreign  advices  reported  British  Consols 
and  American  securities  steady  and  without 
important  change  in  prices.  At  London,  con- 
sols for  both  money  and  the  aocouut  closed  at 
95%®95%;  United  States  10-40a  at  llO^^ 
®110%;  New  5s  at  107^  ;  18653  (old.)  at 
105%®  105%,  and  1867s  at  109%.  Erie  was 
weak;  the  common  closing  at  8\i  and 
the  preferred  at  19.  At  Amsterdam  North- 
western preferred  sold  at  5OV4.  French  Rentes 
advanced  from  105^  9.'3c.,  and  closed  at 
106£  1214c.  The  Bank  of  England  lost  £30,- 
000  on  balance  to-day. 

The  sterling  exchange  market  was  weak  and 
slightlv  more  ui  favor  of  buyer.4,  prima  bank- 
ers' bills  being  obtainable  at  |4  84®$4  84 Vi  for 
long,  and  at  $4  85®$4  85^  for  demand.  The 
nominal  rates  remain  as  last  quoted. 

The  gold  speculation  was  firm,  and  the  price 
advanced  from  105%  to  1057^,  with  final  sales 
at  the  latter  figure.  The  market  was  quiet  and 
pr^lented  no  especial  feature.  On  gold  loans 
the  rates  ranged  from  2^  to  4  per  cent,  for 
carrying. 

There  was  comparatively  little  business  in 
Government  bouds,  and  the  variations  ia  prices 
were  unimsortant,  owing  to  the  steadiness  of 
gold.  Ttie  demand  continues  to  run  chiefly  on 
the  18678,  which  were  taken  at  113.  The  mar- 
ket closed  flrm  in  tone.  Railroad  bonds  were 
steady  as  a  rule.  New-Jersey  Centrals  were  a 
marked  exception.  Consolidated  Firsts  declin- 
ing IV^;  Convertibles,  24,  and  Lehigh  and 
Wilkesbarre  Consolidated  1  ^  cent.,  touching 
72,  68,  and  50  respectively.  Milwaukee 
and  St.  Paul,  I.  and  M.  Division,  fell 
oft  to  ^6;  Chicaigo  and  North-western 
Firsts,  to  105,  do.  Consolidated  gold  coupons  to 
91%,  and  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul,  La  Crossa 
Division,  to  97%.  Rock  Island  7s  were  active 
at  108%®108%.  and  Union  Pacific  Firsts  at 
104^®  104 '4.  Harlem  registered  Firsts  sold  at 
120,  and  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  8s  at 
112%.  Ohio  and  Mississippi  Consolidated  rose 
to87i74.  Alton  and  Terre  Haute  Seconds,  pre- 
ferred, sold  at  87®  89.  In  State  bogds  the 
transactions  were  small.  Louisiana  Consols 
sold  at  59^4,  a  decline  ot"  3%  ¥"  cent,  since  Tues- 
day last,  when  the  last  sale  was  made.  Mis- 
souri Funded  of  1894-5  were  2  %*■  cent  higher, 
selling  at  1074;  do.  long  63  sold  at  106.  Dis- 
trict Columbia  3.653  were   steady  at  72Mj®72%. 

The  imports  of  dry  goods  at  the  port  of  New- 
Tork  for  the  week  ending  this  date  were 
$2,070,752,  and  the  amount  marketed.  |2. 066,558. 
The  total  imports  of  dry  goods  at  the  port 
since  Jan.  1  were  $11,117,499,  and  the  total 
amount  marketed  $10,916,163. 

United  States  Tbeasury.      7 
JJew-Yobk.  Feb.  9,  1877.  j 
Gold  receipts 1241,721  49 

Gold  payments 424  2S8  45 

Gold  balance 70,41)1.299  43 

Currency  receipts 497.013  89 

Currency  payments 403,589  76 

Cnrrencv  balance- 43,427,845  69 

Customs 214,000  00 

CXOSINQ   QUOTATIONS— FEB.  9. 
Thuraiar. 
American  gold 105% 


Fnday. 
10578 

iio'e 

113^8 


United  States  53,  1881,  coup 1103i 

United  States  5-203,  1867.  coud 113 

Bills  on  London »4  84®M  84I3     **  84i4®»4  841^ 

Wew-York  Central 101% 

Rock  Island 101  sg 

Pacific  MaU i!4% 

Milwankeuand  Sc  Panl 18^ 

Milwaukee  and  SC   Panl  Prof 48=8 

Lake  Shore '53 

Chicago  and  North-western 33i8 

Chicaeo  ana  North- western  Prot .. 51  % 

Weatem  union 71^ 

Union  Paci he t6% 

Delaware,  liack.  and  Western 69^ 


New-Jetfsev  Central 21% 

Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal 58  ^4 

Morris  and  Essex 90 

Panama. ............................123 

Erie S^s 

Obioand  Misstssippi 6^ 

Uarlem 1401* 

Hannibal  and  St.  J-oseon 11% 

Hannibal  and  St.  Joaeoti  Prer 25 

Michigan  Central 45ie* 

Illinois  Central 53 

The  extreme  range  of  prices 
the  number  of  shares  sold  are 

HIshevt. 

New- York  Central 101I2 

Erie 868 

Lake  Shore 5314 

Wabash 7% 

North-western.. 33ia 

Korth-western  Preferred 53 

Bock  Island 101  Ss 

MU.  &.St.  Panl... IS^e 

Mil.  &  St.  PaaiPrel 4838 


PltUDUre 93 

DeL.  Lack.  &  Western. 69^4 

New-Jersev  Central atog 

Delaware  &  Had.  CanaL 58 

Chloacoifc  Alton IQi 

Mlchiean  Central 45 

IlliDOis   Central 53 

UnionPaciflc 69ig 

Chicago.  Ear.  AQcincy 116^ 

Miasonri  Pacific 2% 

C,  C.  &LC 2% 

Hannibal  &.  St.  Joseph  Pref.  25 

Ohio  &  Miflsissippl 6% 

Western  Uaion 78 

A.  &  P.  TeleKcaph 16^" 

Pacific  MaU 25 

QuioksilTer  Pref 21^ 

American  Mer/  Union  Ex. . .  53 

Total  sales 

The  following  table  shows  the  half-hourly 
flnotuattonsin  the  Qold  me^ket  to-day: 

lO-JMA.  M 105%ll:00P.  M 105% 

ie*.30A.  M 105'%ll:3UP.  !£.....•. 105'V 


101  Ja 

lOlifi 

247e 

I81.3 

4858 

53 14 
32^ 

53 
71''8 
b6^ 
68  i« 
1\>H 
54I4 
90 
ISO 

t.% 
I4OI4 

25 
45 
S2% 

in  stocks  and 
as  follows: 

no.  or 

Lowest,     bharea. 

4.730 

7,130 

26.300 

200 

7,700 

6.000 

5,600 

100 

&800 

150 

30.150 

ST.335 

4,460 

100 

6,800 

1,150 

400 

982 

100 

600 

aoo 

200 
39.600 

2^023 

100 

450 

...173,552 


101 
8 

5289 
783 

32 

51 12 
101 19 

I8I3 

48 

93 

6Si8 

19 

54 
101 

4438 

53% 

6213 
II3J4 

2% 

238 

25 
689 

70% 

16 

24% 

SI'S 

52 


f!!>pr;iiiipgnr^^ 


mpR 


^ssM 


11:00  A.  M 105'8|2:OOP.  M. 105'% 

11:30  A.  M 105%2:30P.  M. 105^8 

12:00  U lOS'a  3:00P    M lOS^g 

12:30  P.  M lOSV 

ThefoUowini;  were  the  oloaiaji  qnotatlons   of 

Government  bonds: 

Bid  Asved; 

United  States  oarrenov  63. 123i8  123Ja 

United  SUtes  63.  ISdl.  reeiatered II314  I13ia 

United  .States  6a.  1881.  ooaoons. 114  11414 

United  State*  S-SOs.  1865,  reentered . .  108  '^9  109 

United  States  5.20a.  1855,  coudoo8....1U8%  109 

United  States  5-20a.  1865.  new.  tea llQis  HO^S 

Unitea  States  5-209.  1865.  new.  ooup.-.llOia  IIOI4 

XTniced  States  5-20a.  1867.  rein8tered..ll3  II314 

United  States  S-SOa,  1867.  coapons. 113  llSis 

United  States 5-209.  1888,  rezisteroa.-llfii*  116% 

Unitfld  States  5-20.-I.  1868.  coupons. 116^4  HCSg 

United  States  10-408.  respiatered Ill  111 "4 

United  States  10-408,  conoon* 114 13  114% 

United.State8  58  1831.  renatered UO'^g  "1^ 

United  Stotes  5a   1831.  couoona. llO^g  ill 

UDitedStatea4ias.  1831,  rnirl9tere'i...l0758  107% 

The  Sub-Treasurer  disbursed  in  gold  coin 
$35,000  for  interest,  $35,500  for  called  bonds, 
and  $5,700  silver  coin  in  exchange  for  fractibnal 
currency. 

The  following  were  the  jjold  clearings  by  the 
National  Bank  of  the  State  ot  New- York  to- 
day : 

Gold  cleared 122,005.000 

Gold  baUnces 1,331.280 

Unrrencr  balances _ 1,411,280 

The  folio  wiuK  is  the  Ciearin<{-hoa3a  state- 
ment to-day : 

Cnrrencv  exobaneea (74,061,033 

Currency  balances 3,327,063 

Gold  exchaneea 7,005,382 

Goldbalanoea 1,683,800 

The  lollowing  were  the  bids  for  the  vurious 
State  securities: 

Alabama  53.  '83 

Alabama  5a, '86 

Alabama  8s.  '86 


33 19 
331a 
3312 

AlabamaSa.  '92. 17 

Alabama  8s.  '03 17 

Ark.  68.  funded 28 

Ark.78.L.R.&F.S.i8..  10 
Ark.  78.  Mem.  &  L.  R.  10 
A.7s.l,.K.,P.B.tN.O.  10 
ArK.78,M.O.(feR.Riv.  10 
Ark.  78,  Ark.  Cen.R.  10 

Conneoucnt  68 110 

Georgia  08 93 

Georgia  78.  n.  b 105 

GeorinaTs,  indorsed.  103 
Georgia  78.  sold  bds.lUS 
Illinois  conn.  6«.'79.  .101 
Illinois  War  I.,oan..l02 

KentnoKy  68 101 

Loui8iana69 40 

Z>onisiana  68.  n.  b 40 

La  69,  newFL  Dbt.  40 
La.  ts.  PeniteQtiary.  40 
La  6a.  Levee  bonda.  40 
La.  88,  Levee  bonds.  40 
La.  88,  L.Bs.  of  '75..  40 


H.  &St.Jo„  dne  '86.107ia 
H.&St.  J.,  due '87.  .107 
N.  Y.  Ree.  B.  L.....IOH3 
N.Y.  Coup.  B.  L...101i« 
N.  C.6s.  old. J.  &J..  21  lo 

N.  O.  69.  A.  &0 21 13 

N.C.63,N.C.B..J.&.J.  69 
N.C.6s.do.c.ottJ.&J.  49 
N.C.6s.do.cotfA.&0  49 
X.C.ea,  Fd'e  Act  '66.  16 
N.C.  68,  Fd'K  Act'CS.  16 
N.  C.  new  ba8.J.<&  J  V2 
N.  C.  ne  w  bds.  A.  &0.   12 

N.C.  S.  T.  claaal 3 

N.  C.  S.  T.  cla»s2....  2 
N.  C.  S.  T.  clasa3...    Sifl 

Ohio6e.   '86 Ill 

Rhode  island  Oa 110 

S  C.  6s 36 

,S.C.  63.  J.  &J 35 

S.  C.  6s.  A.  &.  0 35 

S.  C.  63,  F'e  Act  '66.  35 
S.  C.  L.  C.,'89.  J.&l.  45 
S.  C.  L.  C, '89,  A.&O.  45 

S.  C.  -a.    '88 35 

S.  C.  Non.  F.  bs 2^ 


La.  73.  Consolidated.  59»fl  Tens.  6^  old 42I3 

Michiean68  ^8-79...101     ITfnn.  Cs..  n.  b..  n.  a.  42 

Mlchiganes.  '83 104     IVirginia  6i,  old 30 

Michigan  7",  '90. 113ifl  Virginia 6a,n. bds. '68   30 

Mo.  6a,  duein  '77..  ..lOOSg  Virginia  Os.n. bds. '67.  30 
Mo.  68.  due  in '78..  ..101  I4V.1.  61.    Con.  EJonls.  TSi^ 
Fund.  08.due'94-5..107i9  VirglniaOs.ex.  m'dc,   6714 

Long  D8.. '82  to  "90111.10614  Va.  69.  Con.  2(1  » 37 13 

Aay.or  Un'y.  dne '92.1061-2  Dia.  of  C.  3.65s.  tiil .    ■;2ig 


And  the  toUowing  for 
B..  C-  R.&  M.l8t7a.B.  38 
C.  &Oblo  68   lat....  22 
Chic.&A.S.F.,l8t...ll5 
Chic.  &  Alt.  Income. 104  ifl 
Joliet  &  Chic.  1st.. .108 
La.  &.  Mo.  liir.  gtd . .  84 
C.,B.&Q..84?'ct  l8t.ll2 
C.R.L&P.  Ist  79. ...108% 
C.R.I.&P.SF.i.69.  '9.').102 
C.  K.  OfN.  J.  l8tn..l03 
L.  Sc  W.  B.Con.  G'd.  49 '9 
M.&S.P.  lat  88.  P.D.II314 
M.(kS.P.2d.73-10PD.  951^ 
M.<feSP.lal78,»g.RD.  94 13 
M.&S.P.  IstLaCD.  97 
M.&S.P.lstL&M.D.  85 
M.&.St.P.  Ist.C.&M.  97 
M.  &  St.  P.  Con.S.F.  8218 

M.  &St.  P.  2d 90 

C.N.  W.  Sink.  F....106"a 
C.  &N.W.  Ext.  bd8.100 

C.  &N.  W.  l8t 1U518 

Iowa  Mid.  Ist.  88...  94 
Galena  &  Cliic.  Ext.lUOi^ 
Chicago  &  Mil.  Ist..  104 
C..C..C.&I.lst7s.S.i?110 

Del..  L.  <5t  W.  2d lOSlg 

Dei.,  L.  St.  W.  7s.  C..1U3 
M.  &E.  78.  of  1871..  102 

Erie   2d  78.    "79 104»o 

Ene  3d.  78.  '83 105 

Erie  4th  7i*.   80 102=8 

B.,N.y.  &E.  lat  "77.  91 
B..N.Y.  <t  E.  L.  bda.  91 
H.&  S.J.Land  G'nia.ilO 
H.&St.J.  83.  Con....  85% 
Dub.  &  Sloax  C.lst . .  1U5 
Ind. Bloom.  ^Wn.lst  20 

M.  .So.  7*'c..  2d 103 

Clev.  &  Tol.  S.  F...108 
Clev.  &.  Tol.  new  09. 105 Vi 
Clev..P.  <t  A-.olfl  b8.104l2 
Cie*,P.  &  A..new  b8.107i2 
Kal.  &.  W.  Pig.  Ist..  86 

And  the  following;  for  Citv  Bank  shares: 


railway  mortgages : 

L.  S.  Div.  bds 107 

L.  S.  Cons.  R  Ist...l07i3 
Mich.  C.  Ci>n.7-.1902. 103 
Mich.C.lst84.'82  SF.112 

N.  T.  Cen.  69. '83 104% 

N.  Y.  Cen.  68.  •a7...10di8 
N.Y.C.&Hud.lst.C.in 
N.Y.C.&  Hud  lstK.117 
Und.  K.78. 2(1,8.  F.'ed.  112  la 

Harlem  lat  78.  C laoi* 

Uarlum  1st  7e.  K I2014 

N.  MisBonn  lat 98% 

Ohio  <t  M.  Con.  S.  !• .  88 
Ceu.  Pac.  Gold  bd»..l07i2 
'Jen.  P.,Stn  J.  B'ch  91% 
C.  P.  State  Aid  bds.lo? 
Cen.Par.  L.  G.  bs...  93ia 

West.  Paciflo  ba 104 

Union  Pac.  1st IO4I8 

Union  Pac.  L.  G.  78.102% 
P..Ft.W.&Chic.  18U.119 
Clev.  &P.Con.S.F..110i'j 
Col..Chic.&.Ind.  lat.  3514 
Cul..Chio.&lnd.  2(1..     6% 
R.  W.  &  Og.  Con.  l8t.75 
St.  L.  at  Iron  M. Ist..  .98 
Alton  St.  T.  H.  Ist. . .  106 
Alt.  St.  '£.  U.  2d  Inc.  71 
B.  4^8.  111.  iHt,  8h...  61h2 
T;.  P.  St.  W.  Ut,  E.  U.  i;5    . 
To!.&  Wao.  1st.  Ex,lii3i3 
Tol.&VV.l«t.St.L.U..  82 14 

Tol.  &.  Wab.  2a 75 

r.  &  W.  Eqip.  Bda..  16 
1.&  W.C.1U8.  Conv.  51 
Ut.  West.  lat.  '88. ...104 
Gt.  West.  Ex  Conn.  90 
Gt.W.  2<1,  ExC^'93.  74I8 
Qaincv<feToi.l«.'9J.  83 
111.  &  Si>.  lowo.  l:*t..  88 
llls.its.la  Ex  Coup.  7.i 
a.  Si.  Cant.  M.  Ut..  82 
W.  U.  bda..  19U0.  C.105 


America 

American  Exchange. 
Bank.  St.  Brok.  Aaao. 

Broadway 

CentralNational 

Commerce 

CoDtinentaf 

First  National 

Fonrtn  National 

Falton .». 

Ij'ifth  Avenue 

German  American . . 
Hanover , 

PaiLADKLPHLA. 


Import,  &  Traders' 

M!inhattan 

Market 

Mechanics' 

Mercbunta' 

Merchants  Ex 

New-York 

Park 

Ph«n!X. 

iiepublic 

.State  ot  N.  y.  (uewj 
Cuiun 


130 
109  Ifl 

80 

151 14 
IOIJI2 
llOig 

68 
200 
102 14 
l.M) 
212 

70 
.  91 

STOCK  PRICES — FRB.    9. 


.163 
.li-i 
.111 

.135 
.II7I3 
.  7,") 
.117 
.11114 
.  94 
.  90 
.Ul 
.130 


COMMERCIAL  AFFAIRS, 


Nbw-Tork.  Fridav.  Feb.  9.  1877. 
The  receipts  of  the  prineioai  klud8  01   Produoa  aiaoa 
onr  laat  have  been  aa  tollowa: 

Mola88e8.(?r.O..)bbla   1,590 

Oil.  bbis 1S2 

SniritH  Tnrp..  bhU..       907 
Tar,  bbls 43 


Bid. 

Ci  tv  69.  Ne w 118% 

United  Railroads  ot  iSew-deraev 138 

Pennsylvania  Railroad 

Reading  Railroad 

Lebigl-  Vallev  Kailroad 

Catawissa  Kailroad  Preferred 

Pbiladeluhia  and  Erie  Kailrodd 

Schuylkill  Navigation  Preferred 

Northern  Central  Kailroad. 

Lehieb  Navigation 

Oil  Creek  and  Allegheny  Railroad. 

Heatonrillo  Kailway 

Central  TranHDortatiou 

Some  of  the  Cincinnati  7  3-10  bonds,  author- 
ized by  the  Ohio  Legislature,  are  still  on  sale 
with  Messrs.  Kuhn,  Loeb  &  Co.  The  excellent 
credit  of  the  City  of  Cincinnati  is  cited  as  an 
inducement  to  investors. 


43  ig 
1314 

4tilij 

33 

1318 
8 

25 
..  27^8 
..     7I4 
..   17 
..  38 


Asked. 
113 

138  la 

4J-V 

i3;tvi 

4G.U 
35 
13 13 

9 
25 12 
28 

7I3 
I712 
38  la 


FOREIGN    TRADE    MATTERS. 

THE  COTTON  AND  GRAIN  MARKETS  OF  LIVF.R- 
POOL— A  DKCLINE  IN  COTTON  WITH 
LAKOKS.4LE.S — BUSINESS  IN  GRAIN  DOLL. 

Liverpool,  Feb.  9. — The  circular  of  the  Liv- 
erpool Cotton  Brokers'  Association,  m  its  review 
of  the  week  ending  last  night,  says  :  "  The  market 
has  been  extremely  dull,  and  with  the  large  supply 
offering  prices  have  again  declined.  American,  with 
a  small  defuand  and  exeeasive  sapnlv,  declined  ^i. 
to  3-lOd.  For  Sea  Island  the  inquiry  has  been 
moderate  at  tmchanged  rates.  Futures  opened  with 
large  business,  bot  a  considerable  desiro  to  sell.  At 
the  closing  on  Saturday  the  decline  was  fully  igd. 
Bnaiueas  since  has  been  smaller,  and  the  market 
somewhat  fluctuating.  The  latest  transactions 
Bbow  a  decline  for  tbe  week  of  &-32d." 

A  leading  grain  circular,  in  its  review  of  the 
week,  says :  "  Country  trade  coDtinnes  deptessed. 
oiriug  to  the  damp  state  of  moat  native  wheata,  only 
prinie  dry  sort*  sapporclnn  prbvioas  valaea.  Baai- 
ne88  in  lureigu  taas~  also  ruled   Kentjraily  dall,  witb  a 

lower  tenaency.  There  has  beeu  little  change  ia 
off-coast  cargoes.  There  aopears  to  be  more  dispo- 
sition to  parubase  aome  desonptiona  at 
the  reduced  rates  lately  established.  On  the 
spot  very  few  transactions  are  reported, 
though  tbe  decline  noted  on  Tuesday 
does  not  seem  to  have  made  lurcher  progress.  Maize 
is  dull,  ana  favors  buyers.  I'he  fresh  arrivals  of 
the  paat  three  days  comprise  a  good  qnantit.v  of 
wheat,  chiefly  Callfomian;  a  liberal  supply  of 
maize,  partly'  through  the  Mediterranean,  and  a 
small  Quantity  of  flour,  and  all  other  articles.  Ia 
this  martcet  to-day  ttiere  were  more  Keneral  In- 
quiries for  wheat,  and  a  fair  retail  bnsinesa  at  last 
quotations  lor  red  American,  but  white  in  moat  1d- 
NUinces  sold  ia  buyer's  favor.  Elonv  was  dull  and 
rather  cheaper.  Com  was  stilt  3d.  per  quarter 
lower,  wiiU  a  tolerably  talr  demand." 


CALIFORNIA   MINING  SIOOKl). 
San  Francisco,  Feb.  9.— The  following  are 
the  official  closing  prices  of  mining  stocks  to-day: 


Alpha. 19% 

Knaauth...^ 

1 

Belcher H^ 

Kentack  

7 

Best  and  i>elcber....  34 iq 

Leopard 

514 

Bullion. :   16^ 

idexican 

17 14 

Consol.  Virginia 61ia 

Northern  UeUe 

lib  "a 

California 48 

Overman 

ao 

ChuU^r 00 

Opliir 

'J514 

Confidence^ 913 

Haymund  and  Blv 

Ohl 

Oaledonla, 9k 

Silver  um 

«'4 

Crown  Point.  8 

Savaxe  

8i» 

Hxcheaner- ti'h 

Seg.  belcher 

«0 

Gould  ana  Cnrrr ]2>3 

Sierra  Nevada 

a"* 

Hale  and  Norcross...      6 

Unioo  Ooosolldated.. 

y^ 

Imperial 2 

Yellow  Jacket 

1434 

Julia  Consoliauted...      6^4 

iSnreka  CooBoitdated. 

213* 

/uatide 13 

A   dividend   of  $2   per    abare   was  declared  on 

tbe  California  mining  atook  to-dar. 

Aahea.  pka 68 

Bees- wax,  pks 8 

u.  E.  Peaa,  bags 100 

Beans,  bblA 476 

(Jotton,  Dales. 3,i'.i;0 

0,  8.  Cake.  bags.....  2,000 

Copper,  bbls -....  67 

Ijried  Praic,  pKs i:9 

Begs,  bbla 860 

Flour,  bbls 10,51i9 

Wheat,  buaheis 4.800 

Corn,  bualiel" 

Onta.  bualteis... 

ttye.  Ira8h!>l» 

Mult,  busbels 20,300 

Barley,  bushels 500 

Peas,  bushels 9,100 

Grass-seed,  bucs 1.04V 

(^orn-meal.  bbls '.i,145 

Corn-meal,  bass 7.">o 

Bnckw't  Flour,  pas.,  76 

Oat-meal,  bbla 242 

Hops,  bulea 120 

Bides.  So (350 

Hides.  btSes hHO 

Learner,  smea .18.594 

Lead,  pics 1,424 


R«-8in,  bbls 4,041 

Oil-cake,  pks 2,7,S1 

Pork,  oka 833 

Beef,   pka 178 

Cut-raeffts.  pka 4,028 

tlreiisp.  oka 6'25 

Lard,  oka 767 

.5-.40:i|Lara.   kegs 30 

.16.64.}  steariiie,  pka 65 

•ii,0O0|Butt«i.  oka 2,586 

("bcL-se.  oks 1,165 

Tallow,  oks 169 

Lurd-oll .  bids 54 

Peo-DUCs.  biiea 606 

Spelter,  pes 1.093 

StarcD.  bxs 2.000 

Skins,  bales 4 

Silk,  pka 267 

Tea,  half  clepl-i 1,83.S 

Tobiicoo.  tilids 98 

'tobacco,  bxs.  tea..    1.193 

W'hiskv,  bbls 854 

IVool.balca .■       110 


ASHKis— Very  little  demand  has  been  nported  evpn 
in  tne  joliblng  line.  PrkeB,  howoTer,  bavo  not  varied 
essentially I'ma    quoted    at    :g-i  7o    and    Pearls    at 

$u  5o®$o  7r>  ^  100  as. 

UEKS-WAX— Veliow  liae  been  in  limited  request  at 
from  30c. toy.' i^c.;  the  latter  forciioioe. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOKS— il.ire  aaimntloii  has  bcRU  ap- 
parent in  tbia  Imo  on  a  eener.iliy  flrm  baala  na  to  v.il- 
ues,  in  view  of  the  coraparativelv  moderats  auppltea  of 
deeirabln  gooda  available. 

BllICKS — .4  Hraited  offering  of  stock  at  extreme 
rates  operates  ajtHinst  activUv  In  this  Hue,  the  current 
movements  in  which  are  reported  as  very  moderate. 

C.\.Nl)LKS— Have    been  iu.ictlvo  ut  tnrmer  fljjures, 

with  Adamantine  quoted  at  lli!>o.®15c.;  Pnajffl.ie. 
lOo.SaOe.  :  Soerm,  nlaii>,  28c.;  Speriu,  patent,  iiiio.; 
Stearie.  27o.®i!8c.  ■^  IB. 

COAL— •<ome  UicrcSBe  of  demand  is  mited,  but  not  t» 
a  very   imnortant  extent,  and   prices  are  quoted  as 

somewhat  irreerular Liverpool  Mouse  t'lmael  quoted 

at*15@$17;      Liverpool  Gas  Oanoel.  S  105^.1)11 ;     xSow- 

castle  Gas,  $.'»  60;  Scotcb  Gas,  $jrt)t>7;  Provincial 
G  .g,  $4  50®$5  ;  American  Gas.  *5  75®$6  25:  Cumber- 
land ond  Cleartield.  $3  25a)£3  50.  and  Anthracite. 
$3  26®$4  50  for  cargnea. 

COFPEK— Quiet  aud  weak;  quoted  as  before...  .Stock 
of  Elo  and  bttutos  lacrcaseil  ti  Lf3,43'J  ba^s. 

COOPKRAOE  STOCK— .\  fair  call  is  noted  for  ra oat 
kinds,  paiiJLv^Qt  shipment,  with  valuea  i;enorall.y  quo- 
ted firm.  Houstiead  St.Tves  quoted  at  $Sil<*!iilGO: 
Pipe  do..  $100®.if230;  Barrel  do.,  iF50@.i!120;  Sugar 
8biok«,  With  beaHa,  $1  60a)$2  55:  .Uolasacs  do.. 
$1  9oa>$2 ;  Box  Shocks.  70c.3>75c ;  Kmpty  Uoga- 
heada,  $-.j  50:   lloopa.  $272>-i>:-;i>. 

CORDAGli — Elaa  oeen  quoted  al>out  ste.ady,  at  previ- 
ous r<ite8,  on,  however,  a  alow  muvemuut  m  most 
kinds  of  atock.. 

<  OTTO.N— Hoa  been  quoted  up  'sf.  V  th.  for  early  de- 
livery, under  more  lavor;ible  ail  vices. ttotn  Liverpool 
pnd  lighter  offeriuaa,  but  ha't  been  without  much  ac- 
tivit.v,  the  main  call  having  been  from  spinners Or- 
dinary quoted  to-day  nt  1 1  a-lOcafll  3-'^0c.    Low  Mld- 

dllnc,    12:^:.®12Hjc.:     Middliwg,     12V.®l:^e Sales 

were  offlclaily  reported,  for  piomut  ueliveiy.  of  609 
b:ilea.  (of  which  444  bales  were  011  laat  eveoin<;.)  in- 
cludiug  509  halea  to  spinners  aud  IOO  bafea  to 
speculators And  tor  lorward  delivery  busi- 
ness has  been  quite  active  ut  improved 
prices. ...tjales  .'  avo  iiccii  reportou  since  our  last  ot 
39,000  bales,  ot  which  4,000  biles  were  on  lust 
evi-Diuc  and  34.400  lialis  lo-dav.  with  3,4(>i)  bales  on 
the  calls,  on  tbe  basis  ot  .Middling,  wiln  Kebuiarv  op- 
tions, closine  at  12  ■J7-:i2c.aH_'"MC.:  -Mirch.  IJigi'.; 
.Aonl.  i;-t  ll-:!2c.;  May.  lii^jo.av.i  17  32c.;  Juno. 
13  21-32c®l;i  ll-16c.:  Jmv.  13  25-32c.®13  ]3-16c.: 
Auimst.  13  27-32c.a'13''tfi.:  .*«enteini>er.  13  17-32c.® 
13  9-l(ic.;  Octooer,  13  3-ll)e.'a>13  7-32c.:  Voveraber. 
)3c.®13  l-3_'c.:  December.  l.ic.®13  l-32c,  %»  tt>.. 
ahowinc  au  advance  of  .■)-32e.®i4C.  i>-  ItL.  closing  stroni; 

The  receiotsat  ihis  port  to-dav  werc3,l'_M»  naies, 

and  at  the  shinunig  purta  25.203  bale.-i.  aenlnat  22,- 
0:t'J  bales  same  day  last  wc^k,  aa<l  for  ;he  whole 
week  143,052  bilc^.  aiaiiist  l<2,.^tj2  bales    last  week. 

The  I  eoinls  at  the  sliijipiuK  ports  since  .-opt.  1,  1876, 

have  been  3.284. -191.  baleu.  aifaitwt  3,181,907  bales 
lor      the     correspond'n'i      lime      in      tbe       |<reca(liiiif 

Cotton  year 1 'onaoiiaat-ed   exports  (sK     days)    tor 

Great    Britain,   troni   all  the   xhippiui;     porta,    06,576 

bales:  to  the  Conlinent,  33.517Dales Stock    In  .Sew- 

Yurk  to-day.  2ii7.H4iJ  balea.  uousolidated  stock  at  the 
ports,  880. 1 84  bales. 

CloitHO  Prices  or  Cotton  ii   yew-Vor^ 

Uplanla.  Alabama.      N'.  1 »        Tox.as. 

Ordinary.. 113  10     113  1(5     11  r.-lO     115-10 

.•strict  Ordiimrv...  11  910     119-Ui     11  1  1-16  11  11-16 
G.ioa  Urdln»rv...ll  1510  II  l-i-Ui  12  116     12  ]-!0 
StrictlioodOrl...  12  316      12  3-16     12  5-16 

l-'Hi 

1234 

13 

13=4    . 

13 '•2 

1378 

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Low   MiddllD 
Strict  Low  Mid..  ..1 

.Ml.ldliUB 12 

Hood  .Mldiillncr 13',, 

Strict  Good  Mid..  13  S, 
Middliiii;  Pair. 
Pair. 


Good  Ordinary.. 
StnctOood  Ord. 


12\ 
l-.-=« 
127s 

13>8 

13^4 

ll^i 

SlainKL 

.10  13-1'!  Low  MbMlina 

.11    7-16iUiddUaC 


12  5-16 
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1214 


MISSOUBI  BETSOORSSSINO. 

The  St.  Louis  Globe-Democrat  aajs :  "For 
the  paat  four  years  we  have  been  insisting  that  out- 
lawry, badgovemment,  pnbbc dishonesty,  and  other 
features  of  Demooraoy,  were  deooputating  the  State 
of  Miaaouri.  The  BepuSlican  ia  our  authority  for 
tbe  statement  that  in  17  ouundea  there  baa  been  an 
actual  decrease  in  population  in  six  years.  Jack- 
son County,  which  has  bad  aspirations  to  rival  St. 
Loola,  has  fallen  ol£  and  Caaa  County  and  Lafay- 
ette County,  where  law  ia  enforced  by  Judge  L  vnch, 
have  Daid  the  aame  penally  for  their  Democraov." 


DRUGS.  DVES.  AND  nVKWODIi.S— Som-  increase  ot 
activity  ia  reporteJ  ia  thi-  leiiuinz  kiU'l-!  ot  Ur\ii»  and 
U.ves,  which  have  been  quot.'d  comparatively  ateudy 

va  to    values .miil-fb   Clieiuieitla   have    been  luOiie- 

ratel.v  active  in  ajobbiu^  way.  at.  however.  aonie»'li:it 

IrreifUlar  prices Ks-<i-i"ti;il    oil.-i    have    been    slow  of 

sale  Ht  about  tormer  tiguios.  .  DyewooJi  hiivi-  been 
held  with  a  fair  bhow  of  eondtleuf'p,  but  have  been 
without  inneii  mo\-einent.  with  8an  Uominzo  Log- 
wood quoted  a;  .-ffi  1  a'#2.S,  currency.  Jamaicj. 
$21tt:62i  5i»,  gold:  lleuiiar:ia  do.  at  *24'-/$2ri,  cur- 
rency; .Mexican  Kustu.  .^20a.'f22.  ^'old;  Jamaica  do., 
$17  5i»'Ufl8.  irold;  Bar  Wood,  zt-^ia'e  i\,  ^old;  L,iin,i 
Wood,  5>J0(ii^55,  cuireucv;  laiuwood,  #17>J,  Ko.d, 
4>  ton. 

Ki-..iTII.IZ;^Rs — Have  luen  attracting  more  attention, 
and  quoted  J.'neriliy  ivle:\di'. 

KlK.- -t  K.VC!\l-.U^ — .lave  be"!!  in  very  alack  deiu.ind, 
on  tbe  previous  bia.-ol.f  1  M.ki^j.  J)-  oox. 

^T^sH — A  iiiod.iale  iiiqiilrv  baa  bieii  reporte.l  since 
our   last,  with    pries    quo.ed  :i.s    wittMUt    luiporiaut 

alter.itiun We  quoto:    Drv  <  iid,  s>o  2."i«$U    ^  i-^wu: 

Dry  Cod.  in  Ornin.H,  45  5o«*#0  75.  Mackerel  quoted 
at  !fl';«*22  tor.N...  1;  *:»  ..Ooi.-gla  for  .M>.  2.  and 
*0  oOo^lO  50  for  .So.  3.  t>  ooL:  Pickled  I'erriiig, 
a.3«»0  25;  .*<iuoked  Uerriiii;  at  15c.  U  l.Sc.  for.^cal,  il,  uul 
13c.'a'14e.  for  .No.  1,  k>  oox.;  I'uich  ileniug,  ^il  lua) 
»1  12»...  i?'  koR. 

FLOLK.VNii  MK  XL— Stale  aud  Western  Klonr  wa^i  in 
coiup.arativcls'  tair  requct  for  hoiiu- tr:t:le  piiriio.ses, 
but  wts  luoderaielv  sought  alter  lor  sliiiuu  111  (aud  la 
this  connection  ciiiellv    lor    iho   Wisi  ludie.s.)  ui.aa  a 

rule,     esseulially      u:ic)iaoged      uuuiaiiuiis ^ale^ 

have  been  rrponcn  biucci  our  last  01  lo  80()  oins.  ol  all 
irraiies.  iiieiuiiinir  unaouml  Hour  at  #3  5il«if0  '/o:  (of 
which  6i'0  bids,  uiiaimud  Kilra»atT5  75t/$.i  75  : 1  .Sour 
plonralTl  oOai*!!  7.>;  imor  to  choice  So.  2  at  iM  35 
(Z.*o.  cliietlv  at  a-l  iiO«#5:  very  poor  10  ver.v  enoiee 
sup'Tline  *veaterii,  *5  40'i.$5  •.•■i.  in  .miIv  at  *5  tiS -(^ 
'$:>;j5.  with  famy  .Vlicliigando.,  Winter  Wiieat  pro  .uet, 
$5  UU;  very  |M)or  10  good  Kxtra  .ttate,  #5  ICid/ili; 
^ood  to  choice  do.  at  :t>*>?^a:t>  iH);  City  Mills  Kxcia 
sliilipiat  grades.  *5  75a.t^7  10.  niostl.v  for  Weal  lii- 
rties,  on  toe  iiasis  01  i^li  IbmSl  Ut  lor  (lood  to  very 
choice,  iiid  quoted  at  .■fSo-i'S  50  lor  vcr.y 
^ood  to  taucy,  tor  the  friouth  American  trade,  »ii>l 
quoted  noniinall.v  at  *,">  9i)  aaKed  and  *5  75  bid  for 
brands  suited  to  the  Ku^li:jli  trauc;  iiilerior  to  (to  id 
ahippiua  i-.xtra  WestTu,  fa  T.Vtv^fi';  good  to  clioicu 
do..  $ija'.-i-6  30;  and  oiher  gr.idcs  wiihiu  our  pre- 
vious range.. ..Include'i  in  thf  aale-s  liavo  been  2.750 
lib  8,  ahlppii'n;  hxiras.  nf'whicli  1,050  bbis.  City 
Mills;  2. 100  bbls..Miuni'aot.i  clear  aud  stiaiglit  t'.xlras: 
850  bbls.  do.  Pateul  <lo. ;  u75  bbls.  Winter  Wheat 
Extras,  (tor  sliipuicut  at  :t-6  SUa-isS,)  :".50  bbls. 
Supertine,      800    obis.      ^o.      2,        and      60O      bbia. 

unsound      Kxlr:i8.        at        the        quolid       rates 

Of  oouthcrn  Hour,  1,7(10  b^ll^.   sold,  lu   lota,  nearly    to 

noiuo    trade    huytis.    at   unchanged   rates Ot    Rye 

Kl<iur,  420  bbls.  (in  lota)  chlellv  lair  to  choice  .•super- 
fine State,  at  $4  7o«'^5  lU;   m.irkei   unchanged of 

Corn-meal.  4((0  bbls.,  in  job  lots,  at  unaltered  rates; 
market  inactive.  And  ot  Corn-iueal.  in  b»'Z8,  1.700 
Uttis  mostly  on  the  basis  of  #1  lOii^il  12  lor  coarse 
Cilv,Bbowin2adcellne....lSuckwiicat  I'lour  qui-t,  at 
43  it{)a)j-4  for  very  poor  to  choice  fe)"  100  to. 

Pltlll  r— A  comparatively  limited  movcui<;nt  has  been 
reporiod  since  our  last,  aliuoai  wholly  t>  pro\i,ie  f.>r 
SUjfent  w.Hurs.  ai  .lieuerail.v  uneliiiii)reil  qiiotat'ona. 
Speculation  in  Prunes  hii.s  been  uuickoiieu  pirtl  v  by 
the  !oici!ju  advices  leading  iu  this  mslauco  to  tii- 
cieasel  lirmness  aud  liuoymicf Haies  havn  oeen  re- 
ported ot  1,000  bxs.  Layer  Kaisius  at  $1  75:  3,000 
bxs.  loose  at  *2  lo«>*2  20:  UOO  half  bxs.  Valeneiaat 
MSjc;  300  bills,  inrrauts  at  iJioc.;  250  eka.  1  i\|key 
Prunes  at  6''*rtJ.'«'7c.  for  new,  and  ti'ac.V^SS^c.  for  oid; 
500  cases baiuiues  at  13  '41-.  fulShiV.  for  qucrier  bra. 
UK.^I.'> — apriug  vVlieat  uttracted  more  ;iitentloii  to- 
•day,  mainly  lor  milliug  au  1  specumtivo  purp<<s  -a,  and 
was  quoted  somewhat  stronger,  witii  lighter  otlenugs 
noted,  cspi-ciaiij-  of  the  bott.r  qualities.  tixport  dc- 
ni.iud  veiy  tame,  loremu  advices  bavi.ig  oeen  uiitavor- 

abie.      Winter    Wheat  dull,  but  quoted  as  belore 

.Sales  have  tieeii  reiiorted  to-day  of  ,")4,IM0  bushels,  lu- 

cludin:^  No.  i  MiiinesntH  Spring,  lu  store,  3..-iJ  1  nush- 
ela.  tor  milling,  nt  £1  45:  pniuu  .So.  2  Milwaukee  do., 
iifloat,  8,000  oushe.B,  on  suceulutlon,  at  rpl  '14:     No.  3 

Milwaukee  do,,  In  si  ore,  low  (Hiiiilry,  at  $1  3  2o'*l  3,"). 
of  which  8,000  busliels,  old  and  new,  on  specuUtiou, 
at  $1  32;  very  choice  iS o.  2  Chicago  do.. to  urrive  soon. 
20,000  buahola.ioii  local  miUor.at$l  :-(8;  New-YorK  No.2 
8priug,  aleamrr  quality.  2. 5U(i    uusUols  nt  :S1  38;   aud 

nngraned  rfpdusr,  iu  odil  lots,  at  $1  25a'l  ;i8 Coru 

was  more  active,  In  good  parr  for  eiuort,  with  new 
crop,  how^ever.  quoted  at  a  lurtlier  decline 01  -'2c.  aic. 
a  ouahel:       un.t    o.U    crop    alBO    Huuievt-Uat  less  nnn 

Sales  have  bceu  reported  Since  our  last  Ot  13  J.Uoo  bush- 
ela,  lucluuing  .N'ew-VorK  steamer .ilixed  at  57c  SSTHie., 

closing  at  o7c.  lor  uow  ;  New-York  No.  2  White  at 
f>7Hi0.a)D8c.;  New-York,  no  grade,  at  GO  Hic.  <Z!57c.,  (to 
the  extent  of  about  23,0oO  bushels;)  new  crop  Mixed 
Western,  car  lots,  at  i>i}e.'wa'i  U''..  (ot  whicL  4,000 
busocls  steamer  quality  at  57'8-;(  ungraded  aailing- 
vessei  Slixed  \\  estcrn.old  crop, (nominal,)  at  o9e.  a"02c.; 
In  store  and  afloat;  No.  2  CUicago,:in  store,  quoted  at 
59c.'a'60e..  aud  afloat,  ut  6lc.a'62c.,  (with 
sales  reported  for  shipment  of  2  boat-loads 
on  the  basis  of  the  quoted  rates,  aud 
rumored,  of  50,000  to  61I.OOO   uusiiels  at  about  cui- 

rent  quotations.) And  tor  doiiyery    by   ftli;cli    3, 

10  OOu   busbela  ate-imer  Mixed    Wearern   reported  ut 

59c Itye,  Oarle.y,  Baney  idalt,  and   buckwheat  as  in 

our  last,  without  rurtuur  reported  movements  of  any 

importance Of  Canada   Peas,  iu  bond,  .5,000    bn^b- 

elB  sold,  for  expiirt,  at  OVc  ^i^busnel;   nmrivet  nrm 

Oats  varied  little  in  price,  out  were  in  much  less  ro- 
auest.    Prime  to  choice  lots  com parativoiy  scarce 

bales  reported  of  22,5mO  ouahela,  including  White 
Western  at  40c.@53i-2C.  for  very  inferior  to  very 
choice  ;  (of  which  760  oushels  very  choice  Michigan  at 
53120.)  White  State,  ordinary  to  choii;o,  within  the 
range  of  51c.®55c.,  from  track  and  adoat;  (with  uu- 
souiid  and  very  poor  reported  at  much  lower 
flgures;)  Mixed  western  at  39c.a)48c..  as  to 
quality;  No.  2  Cuicngo.  average  qualiyt.  '  in 
store,  in  request  011  the  basis  of  4Sc.: 
Mew-York  No.  :*  v>  hite  at45iac.,  (as  against  45c.  yes- 
terday; New-York  No.  1  quoted  at  53c.;  New-York 
.So.  » (quoted)  at  41i2e.S42c.;  N'ew-i'ork  Reieeted  at 
39c..  and  Mixed  State  at  48c.w..>4c.  tor  inferior  to 
cuoice,   trom    track    aud  afloat;   Mixed    Penusylrama, 

from  aock,  at  41c Oi  Clover-iced  onl.y  smati  lota  ot 

prime  State  reported  aolil  at  16i20-:  do.  Western  at 
iSHiO.;  market  weak;  ofl'oriu>;8    liberal.     Other   6eeds 

dull  at  previous  prices Hay  unit    Straw  uocbansed. 

Feed  ia  more  request  at  rather  stroueer  rates.     Of 

the  sales  were  l,4uO  bags,  4o  id.,  in  stiy  at  S19a> 
$19  50;  900  oajis.  60  ft..  «t  $20®SJl,  ol  which  1  car- 
load at  $21  '^  ton. 

UUNNY  BAGS  AND  BAGGING— Trade  has  been  quiet 

generally  since  our  last Uumeatic  lia^rjsinf;  has  oeen 

most  aouKbt  after,  and  q:ioted  flrth  at  i2'4C.S12'<ic. 
Native  BaKKin;:  about  9i4C.®di2C 

HaBuWAEK — una  been  more  80U;;ht  after  at  seuer- 
aliy  nnebaniced  quotatluas. 

UEMi'— A  mouerate  luauir.v   has  been  noted  for  the 

leadinz  kindson  tbe  basis  otnreviuus  prkes Manila 

Hemp  quoted  at  Sc<//8'4C.:  Sisal  at  50gc.,  gold, '#>' tb.; 
cl?an  Ensaian,  $200Wj)i05,  gold,  •)?'  ton;  dressed 
American,  $185®$225;  undi^ssed  do..  $13b,  currenc.y; 
Italian,  $276'a'$280,  goid,  ■jf>'  ton;  Jute,  4c.'&d'-jc^, 
currency;  Jute  Butts,  S^ac.;  Wcatert^  Flax,  dc.a> 
16c.,  currency;  fair  to  prime  North   River  Flax,  14c.® 

17c.;  fair  to  prime  Canada  do.,  15c®i8c.  ■IP' fls Sales 

reported  of  1,000  bales  Jute  Uutts,  Februar.y  or  March 
Bhipments,  on  private  terms. 

HID8,s— Have  been  in  moderately  active  request  at 
nnclian!;ed  rates,  aales  laclude  4,50(^  Dry  Caiitornla, 
part  at '*2c.  cash,    leas  3U   dava' Latereati     1.9UU  iirr. 


Correntes  Seconds  at  16c.  cash,  less  font  montha,  and 
1.000  Buenos  Ayrea  Kipa  on  private  terms. 

HOPS — Have  been  offered  more  treely  and  quote.*, 
decidedly  lower,  influenced  in  Dart  by  the  unrarorable 
cable    roporta     from     London,     without   leadine    to 

much  actlvitv New-YorK    istnt«,     crop    of     1876, 

quoted  at  10c@20a  for  good  to  choice,  with 
very  choice  to  fancy  lota  held  higher;  Baatern 
new.  13c.@18c.;  new  Wiacousiu  .at  10c.®15o.j 
YearllflKS.  8c®12e.;  Caiitornla  of  1876  at  23c.® 
26c:  Ore;:oii.  23c.®25c.;  Olds,  fill  KTOwlhs.  4c.®6c.  *" 

lb The   lecelpts   for   the  week  were   2, 195  bales, 

and  aince  Sept  1.  1876,  as  made  up  by  Mr.  Emmett 
Wella,  54.884  bales,  ag;tinBt  59.853  bales  aame  period 
In  1875:  export  clearances  this  week,  1.188  bales, 
(mtiiniy  for  London.)  and  since  Sept.  1,  26,605  bales, 
againat  27,300  bales  same  period  of  1875-6. 

LATUS,  LIMK,  AND  LUMBKR— Thedealinea  in  most 
kinds  of  Lumber  have  been  quite  moderate,  but  values 
have  Deen  eenprally  quoted  about  as  before,  supplies 
having  beeu  oftered  with  reserve.  Eastern  Sprnce 
quoted  at  $11  50®$15;  Yellow  Pine du'ited  here  at 
$18ai$28;  White  Pioe  at $13  60®$19;  Hard  Woods 

nominally   as    before Hastern   Laths   have  been  in 

fair  request  and  quoted  steidy  at  $2^  1,000 Lime. 

Cement,  and  Plaster  Paris  •  have  oeen  moderately 
sought  after  on  the  basis  of  previous  qnotattons. 

LEATHER — More  demand  has  been  reported  for 
sale,  mainly  for  the  maaufactunpg  interest,  thoush 
too  moderate  extent  trrfin  shipper.'),  the  latter  iuflu- 
'  enced,  in  jait,  by  thejpreva'«int  e«trenie  depression  iR 
ocean  tceikcht.  rates.  With  anlplo  offering-^,  however, 
prices  have  been  quoted  rather  weak,  rnough  the 
principal  holders  have  been  less  eaeer  to  place  sup- 
plies of  desirable  qualities  and  weights.  Upper 
Leather  has  been  moderately  sought  niter  at  about 
former  fijiures.  Morocco  has  been  inquired  for.  and 
quoted    steady.     Hiimess  Leather    has     been     rather 

Blow     of     sale     witliiu      tbe      previous     ran^e 

The  week's  receipts  of  Sole  have  been  53,340  sides 
and  2,296  bales  do.;  exports  9.250  sides,  including 
8.229  aides  to  England,    und  1.027  si  lea  to    the   Couri- 

nent We    quote  Sole    thus:      Hemlock      Tannage — 

Light,  20c.®26c.  lor  Buenos  Ayroa:  25c.®26c.  for 
^'alit'orniR.  and  24c.'S'25o.  for  common  Hide  product; 
medium,  25e.®27c.  for  tiuenoa  Ayres;  2:>c.®26c.  for 
Califoruia,     and     24'30.'a25'2C-     for    coramon     Hide; 

heavy,  26c.®27c.  tor  Buenos  Ayres;  26c.® 26c.  for 
California,  .ona    25c,®26c.    for  common  Hide  ;   cood 

damaged   stock,    22c.®24c.;   poor  do.,    19c.'a'2]c.^   tb. 

i^rop  Slaughter  tbiis:   Light     Backs.  35c.:     Middle 

Backs,     37c.'a'38c.;    Light    <:rop,    35c.'*36c.;    Middle 

Cri.p.    35e.'5'36c.;     Heavy   Crop.    35c.'a36c Tex;is 

thus:  Li^ht,  32c.'ff'34c.;  Middle  ana  Over  Crop.  34c. @ 
;s5e.:  Bellies,  lUc.®17c.:  KouaU  Uemlock,  27c.®31c.; 
Ronch  Oak,  29c.®32c.  ^  IB. 

MUT.iLS— Inpot  Copper  hns  been  qanied  firm,  on  a 
fair  demand  lor  supplies  for  early  delivii.y.     Sales  le- 

porteit   of  300,000   16.  at  20 I4C.® 20^20.   ^  lb Some 

Increaae  of  aclivit.v  has  been  reported  in  Iron,  price? 
of  which  have  beeii  quoted  as  before... Hales  have  been 
reported  of  2.500  tons  Americaa  Pig  (Thomas)  at 
$20  for  No.  1,  and  $19  tor  No.  2; 
100  tons  Glonv.aruock  Pig  en  pnvate  term.*; 
50  tons  i;slPntou  do.,  at  $25  ;  and  recently  1,000  tons 
Steel  Kails  at,  $50;  and  2,000  tons  old  f.  Rails  at 
$19  50 Rcgulus    Antimouv    has    been     inactive; 

quoted  at    12^8e'®13c Of  Lead,    50    t'liia   doniestic 

PlK    sold    ot    .*(J  25®.$G  30 Of     Spelt«i,      200   tons 

Retlned  at  $8  75,  currency;  and  3o  tons  choice  do- 
mestic at  $6  75 Ziuc  diill  at  old  rates Tin  has 

been  generally  quoted  aa  betofi,  on  a  limited  inqniry 
for  all  kinds. 

MOL.isSE.s— New-'Orleans  has  been  In  moderate  de- 
mand at  from  45c.  "aiJSc.  for  about  soud  to  fancy.  Siles, 
220  bbla.  Marxet  otherwise  inautivo  and  nominally  aa 

last    quoted A    cargo    of   300      hbds.      new      crop 

-Matuuzas,  of  recent  arrival,  bos  been  sold,  on  private 
torm.s. 

N.^ILS— Have  ocen  in  fair  request,  iii  a  Jobbing  way, 
on  the  steady  basis  or$u  lor  coinniou  Fence  and  6lieatti- 
inii.  e.ud  $4  bO(v:^o  25  for   Clinch,  ^f>  ke:r. 

N.\VAL  STOItH.-i — Kesiu  has  beeu  inactive  on  the 
baals  Of  $2  15&p2  25  for  common   to  good    Strained, 

^   280    tb Tar  ana    Pitch  as  last    quoteil Spirits 

Turpeiitiue  vi-rv  qniel.  witb  luerclinntabie,  lor  prompt 
delivery,  at  the  close,  at  43c  ■)(>  gallon;  sales.  00  bbls. 
on  private  terms. 

OILS— A  comiiaratively  moderate  movement  was  re- 

fiorted  in  most  klnis,  altogether  fn  snia.l  lo's.  with 
ittle  chauge  uoted  as  to  values,  llolderd  beemed  gen- 
erally firm  in  their  views. 

PKi'ROLEL.M — .\  weak  market  was  reported  again 
todiv.  on  a  slack  demand  from  all  sources.  Crude  h;is 
been   inactive  and  quited'lown  to  1)  "ac.  in  bulk,  iind 

14^4C.  ill  shiimlug  order '.telined  very  uiodorutel.y  in. 

quired  lor  :  quoted  by  rettners  ;it  26^40..  but  from  second 
liauiis  down  to  20c.®21c.  for  smail  lots,  lor  eail.y  de- 
livery  Kelined,    in    cases,    quoted    at    300.0/3 1'ac.; 

sales.  25.000  cases  on  piivii.p    terras City   Naphtha 

quotol    ]3e .\t   Phiiadelpbi  I   ana  Baltimore  Iti-tine.l 

ielr.jleum.  for  earl.y  delivery,  quoted  by  rffinorj  at 
26^.ic.,  but  lu  Biuall  lo.s  Iiom  second  hands  down  to 
20c. 

I  ROVISIONS— Western  .Mess  Pork  has  been  offered 
more  iTeel.v  and  quoted  much  lower  for  early  deh  v:'ry 
under  less  favorab.e  rep.irts  from  the  West.  "  At  the  re- 
duced figures  basiuess  haa  oeen  nioie  active,  chiefly  for 

B'.ipuient Salts  reporleil  <  f  650  obla.  of  uniusoecied. 

Tor  ahipmeiit,  at  $10  0o®$U>75;  and  250  bbls.  in- 
spected    at    $17 Other    kiods    <lull:      Eitra  I'rime, 

iii'ipected,  quoti^i  at    $13  nOa'.jlS  75 ;  Western  Prime 

Mess  at  $lj  75iz^^tl6 And  tor  forwunl  delivery  hero, 

Western -Meas  has  been  more  Ir.  el.y  dealt  in.  but  at 
decidedly  lower  ijuotjtioOH;  cjuoted  lor  Kebruar.v  at 
the  close  nominal  ;  -March,  $i(J  50  ;  Ajjril, 
Tin  !>.:•  :  and  .May.  $!(>  7.,a':i\r,  85. J. .Sales  re- 
toited  of  3.500  bbl-.  Aiiril  options  a  $l(i  6.")® 
$10  75,     and    500    bbls.    May    at     $16   9.)®$16    Vi5. 

bresacd    Uo;;8     h;ive    beenagain    qujted    hrmc!r. 

with  Western  quoted  7^B':.a'7  "ac.,  selling  clnefly 
nt     7''8C.;     City      ut      8c.  (/.•^'V..      but      iu     luodenue 

request     at     these    Uinires Cut-meats    have    been 

unusually  dull  at  about  loriu  rquoiatioiis Sales  in- 
clude small  lottt  ol  Pickled  liellies,  iu  bulk,  nt  9^40.  ci) 
y^e..  ami   auuMrv  small  lots  of  oth-r   Ciiv  bulk  witliiii 

oui  previous  range Of  lincoa,  sales  were  reported  of 

250  bxs.  .Ml  .rt  C.e.ir  at  9'4C.  ,Ani  for  Chicago  deliv- 
ery.  l.OOo  hxn.    Long   and    Short  Cleiir  at8  9-16c.«) 

8"bC.     Market  we.. k NVest'tTi  Steiiiu  L  ird    bas   bien 

unusually  depresa-d.  aud  quoted  lower  an  I 
unsettled,  influenced  hv  the  unlavorable  W,  st- 
ern      reporti.        Otlerinjs        liberal       aud       urgent. 

liemaud      tor     eai  l.v      iieliverv      quite      moder:tte 

UI    Western   Steam,  for  early  ileliveiy  here,  .'^ales  oavo 
b-eu   nported  of  3''0  ica.    piiiiic  at  $11  20,    closing 

uominall.v  at   this    rate Aud  for  forvtaid  delivery 

neie.  iVVstern  .steam  has  been  fairly  aeiive,  with 
Tii.ues  much  lower,  tnongli  clusuig  « itli  more  tlrin:ie  s. 

Wehtern  Steam,  for   lebriiary  qiiot-il  at  the  close 

at      $11  17^;:      -M.ir^h,      $1120;     .\pril.      $11  40: 

May,    $11  i~ ^2 ■'ales    were   reported    of    Western 

Ste.ira  to  the  extmt  id"  i'50  ti-a.,  for  h<-brn;uv  at 
$11     20;  4.000        tes.,       .>l:irch,        at       $11   '^2^)w 

$11  30.  7.000  tcs.,  AjiTll,  at  $11  32 '-jO' 
$11  42 ".j;  and  4-.000  tc.i.  May  at  $11  40./ $11  50.... 
Ciiy  steam  and  Kettle  very  dull  to-dav  ;  quoted  i'.t  tlie 

clo..,e*lo  75a'.$ll Ana  .No.  I  quoted  uoiuiual Ke- 

Bued  Lani  in  liiuiteii  request;  quoted  fur  the  Conli- 
nent. for  early  deiivcrv,  at  $11  50  abitel,  aud  for  the 
We.Ht  Indies   at   $10.     Sales   reiiorierl   of  2,.0   tcs.   lor 

Kouth  America  on  private  terms liuttcr    au  I  Cheese 

nioderBteiy  sought  alter  anduiioieil  about  as  oetore 

i-'resli  E'.;i:s  in  miderate  deuiauil  and  uuoted  at  2.ic.  <7/ 
,28c.  tor  fair  to  very  choice. ...Ttillow  has  beeu  ih  iiiod- 

eiaicly  aclive  request  ut    about  tor. o-i    rates oal.-s, 

105. 000  tb.  vervj'ood  to  choi'  e  at  Sc.  o-S  3-Hic.,  cniell.y 

at    .8    1-loe.  «',:i'i5c Stearioe    lia.-t    been    more,  active  ; 

choice  City,  in  hliiK.  <]uot:'d  at  $11  25;  prime  West- 
ern, iu  tc«.,  :it  $I1«.t11  12'.j:  srilea,  31  tcs.  pri^ne 
Western  at  $11,  and  300  tea.  cumce  City  on  piivaie 
terms. 

.••Al.  I" — With  litieial  off.'rings  and  a  rao'lcrate  inquiry 
Tiilues  riilcil  weak,  with  Liverp'iol  Ground  quot.  •!  at 
80c.;  Liveriiool  Kinc  at  $1  l0rt.-i;2  OO.  fr.iiu  store; 
lark's  Island,  iu  bulk,  25c.a'28c.;  St.  Martin's,  28c. 
a3oc. 

SALTPETRE— Has  been  <)Uoted  ste:idy  at  6i2C.®7c., 
gold,  but  quiet. 

SO.\t' — Has  been  in  rather  inoiierate  rciiue.st.  with 
Castile  q  loted  HI  ,S.\,i'.ii8-'4C..  (lold:  Colgate.'B  Faniil.v. 
Sc,  currency;  and  Sterling  and  other  br.iuda  at  uru- 
poit  uuate  flgures,  less  usual  discDUot. 

SPlt^ES— .i  coiunarativ;-!.  eiow  tiinle  has  been  re- 
ported even  in  th  .i  ibhl'ig  line,  at  iiboni  lo.iner  Ugiires, 
w.itli  M;.ci'  at  80c.a'lKic.;  i>o.  1  .Sutineg.s,  85c.«'95c.; 
Caaaia,  •ill2C.'a'23c ;  Cloves,  39c.  «42Hic.;  l-.ast  India 
Pepper,  i4c.«/l4^4c.:  White  lepper,  23c.  fi23'4C.; 
Pimento,  fji-jc.  <i'13i4C.;   Uinger.  U''.ic.i2).Sc.,  go.d,  '^>  ID. 

SI'aR';H— Has  been  inactive,  with  I'otato  quoted  ac 
5'-.jc..aud  Coru  at  ■A^-.d>l'4<\  jf>  lb. 

bU  d.Ai. — Has  beeu  111  less  requfst,  with  Sicil.v  quoted 
at  trom  iiiUW:6in  50  for  inferior  to  choice,  ntloat  and 
trom  stote,  showing  le<>a  UrinuesS,  aud  Virginia  at  from 
$u0a.$05  <>  lou. 

SUGAKS — liaw  have  been  inactive, but  quoted  about  as 
in  our  las;,  with  tair  to  riooil    Kellumg   t;ut>a  quoteu  iit 

9''bc.  aO^'B-;.  ^  lb Retiu.-d  Su.'ars  have    beeu    ia  less 

requi-st,  and  prices  nave  been  queued  a  ehade  lower.  1 

'Ir.AS— yui?t.  hilt  steady ;  sales,  i.llOO  halT-chcsts 
Japin,  auu  000  hall-cneaia  Creeu.  0:1  private  terms.    ' 

lOBAUCO — Has  beeu  rather  iiio.-o  souglit  after, 
partly  lor ahinuient.  wiihiu  the  previous  r^oge.  with 
Sites  reported  ot  350  lihus.  lientneky  L -.it  ut  5c.®15i-.; 
loo  cases  Suudrlts  at  7c.a:25f.;  50  c.isca  1874  .Sew- 
Knglaudtit  lOe.  </-l3c.:  200  ca^es  I87.>  do.  at  lOc.ii) 
14e.;  10  cases  J 875  New-York  at  oc:  136  cases  1875 
Peiiu.s.yiv;iuia  at  12'-jc.  i;13''jC.;  2l9  cases  1874  and 
1876  oiiio  at  Oi-jc.,  auu400  bales  ilavaiia  at  80e.'a'$l 
10  *>•  IB. 

WHISKY— Uull  at$l  07^:  sales  60  bbls.  Alcohol 
offered  at  $2  04.  but  iiesrleeiod. 

vVuuL— Uesirablc  giadea  of  domestic  product  were 
in  quite  moderate  supply  :ind  goo  1  request  fur  manu- 
taeturin;;  purp  ises  at  jicnenilly  turn  iirices.  Poorer 
quaiitiea  were  coiup  irativel.y  plenty,  ano.  in  instanees, 
(.resaed  for  sale,  le.id  ug  to  aoiue  irregularity  as  to  val- 
ues. I'oriigu  product  quiet  ami  soiu.-what  tiuiuiual. 
Sales  have  been  reported  during  the  week  of 
equal  to  20,000  lb.  X  HUd  XX  Oliio  Fleece  at  40^2C.; 
3,uO0  lb.  No.  1  WiBtern  ut.4oc.;  4, UOO  lb.  w  ashen  State 

(;ombiu{;  at  ooc;  5,000  lb.  State,  80,0o0  Its.  Uumestic 
Pul.cd,  8,000  ID.  Mixed  Tuxua.  2,000  I&  Wesiern  Texas,' 
12.000  tt.  Pulled  California.  10,000  ID.  Oregon  Comb- 
lug,  and  10,oOi»fl5.  CiUiioiui.i  I.amlia  ou  j>i»v,ii,e  terma; 
'25.000    15.     I'exas   at    23c.  a/Joc;   55  bales  and  80,000 

115.  K.ill  (Jalif'jruia  a'  16c.  aJ20c.;  99  bales  Smius  do.  at 
24e.  0)261^0. ,  and  15.000  lb.  Mexican  ut  XOl-jc.  #■  lb. 

FREJUIiTS — .\  fuitbcr  p.irtial  improveiueut  was  re- 
ported in  tbe  ^eueral  iiiuikcl.  \viiicli,  tiiuu^b  not  ia 
iisulf  iiupnrtaut,  waa  deemed  encouraging,  tispectally 
aa  couiraslcd  with  the  recent  cxtieiue  deiiressimi. 
The  demand  for  accuuimud<kiiou  was  more  active  trom 
tuo  Grain  iiitereat.  uiaiuly  for  Corn,  at  a  ahaae 
Urmer  rates,  aud  fnir;  also,  for  toe  Petroleum 
traac  nt  somewhat  ateadLir  h^rures.  la  most  other 
lines,  dullness  is  yet  the  rule,  wilii  more  or  less  ot  ir- 
legutarii.y  as  to  rates;  aaii,iu  the  luatancea  of  tbe  West 
India  i-'Ugar  and  coasiwiae  Coal    trades,    a  downward 

tendency For  Liverpool,  the  engageiuents  leuorted 

since  our  last  have  been,  by  steam,  120  bales 
Cotton,  in  lots,  at  i^d.  ^  fti.:  3,000  bushels 
Peas,  to  complete  cargo,  at  4H.'d.,  (quoted  at 
the     cl.ise,     iu     the     regular     way,    at     od.®5i2d. 

•{f  buahei;  )  110  tons  Le:;tber,  part  at  45s.;  l,3oo 
pks.  Provisione,  in  lots,  at  308.®35s.;  small  lots  ol 
Seed  at  308.  (With  some  inquiry  uoted  for  room  for 
Reflued  sugar,  quoted  at  2 /a.  6d.®30s.)  %»"  ton  ;  0,900 
bbis.Apples  at  3s.  a'38.0d.  ^'  bbL  And  by  steam  tirJm  tbe 
VV  est,  ou  through  IV  iirht  account,  room  fur  Provisions 
reported  na   yet   olleird,  via.    iiostuu  and  Portland, 

~ai-50c.  <#^  loO  it>.  Also  a  GertuaJi  bark.  41(5  tons,  witb 
about  '2,650  bbis.  Residuum,  irom    tbitadeiphia,  at  48.- 

Od.  43'   obi For   Loudon,   by    steam,   8,oiiO    busbela 

Uraiu  at  51411.  ^  bushel:  1,10,)  uxs.  Provisions,  iu 
lots,  part  at  35s.  ^  ton:  anti  \via  Liverpool)  500  bales 

Hops,    on   private    terms Kor    bristui,      oy    steam, 

10,000    buauela  Grain,  at   b'ad.  #■   li  )  lb r'or   hull, 

by  steam,  •2i.0tlU  buahela  Coru.  at  5d  ■t*'  00  115 

For  Cork  aud  orders,  a  British  bark,  375  tons,  wun 
about '2.000  bbls.  rteflned  Petroleum,  from.  Philadel- 
phia, at  4s.  7'-2d.  to  the  United  Kiiigilom;  if  direct, 
ai  48.  6d,  "!>  bbl.;  and  aiiotaer,  6I0  tons,  hence,  with 
Slate  at  278.  6d  •^  ton  ;  on  Austrian  bark.  404  tuns, 
witb  about  *2,50o  quarters  Gram,  from  fhiladelpbia, 
at  5s.  6j.  (with  touuage  for  Graiu  quoted  here  as  in  our 
last) 'J*' quarter;  a  brltish  b.irk,  863  tons, wita  Timber 

trom  Douoy,  at  115s.   to  the  tlnited  Kingdom i<'or 

the  coutiijent,  direct,  a  Norwe;oan  barK,  395  tons, 
hence,  with  Kesin.  at  38.  ^  '280  IB.,  (contract    reported 

as  mode  some  da.ys  since For  Havre,  a  Norwegian 

ba  k.  554  tuns,  hence,  wiih  general  cargo,  at  mariict 

rates,  including  (as   reported)    Macblner.y  0:1  the  basis 

of  2os.   ^  ton,    measurement .For    Copenhagen,    uu 

.-Mistrian    bark,   577   tons,   hence,  with    abonc    3,300 

quarters  Com,  at  os.  9d.  ■I*'  quarter For  Bilbao   and 

Vino,  a  Norwegian  bark,  4l8  tons,  hence,  with  about 
1.'200  bbis.  and  4.400  cases   Petroleum,  at   5s.  6a.  <j^ 

boL   aud    27c    ■^    case For    uiabou,  the  Norwegian 

bark,  hence,  with  Redued  Petroleum,  mentioned 
ill    onr   last,    gets    58     li^jd.     '^    bbl.     and   3Uc. 

^      case For       Gibraltar        aud        ordera,   -    au 

Italian  01  g,  322  tons,  with  abont  2,200  bols.  Kefined 
Petroleum,  from  Philadelphia,  reported  at  48.  9d.  ■P' 
bbl For  Uaytl,  an  American  schooner,  with  Lum- 
ber, from  Jacksonvdle,  reported  at  $7  50,  and  Loj;- 
wnou  back  to  a  port    north  of   Uatteras  at  $1  25  v' 

ton For    the    River     Platte,     au    American     bark, 

tHi2  tous,  honca,  witii  general  cariro,  reported  on  pri- 
vate terms;   quoted  at  *17,  aud  17o For  the  uortu 

aide  ut  Cnua  ana  back,  tunn.tge  for  Sugar  was  in  quite 

moderate  request,  and  quoted  at  $4  7o®$5 For  the 

|.  south  Bide  of  Cuba  aud  bauk.  vessels  for  Suirar  were 


also  tn  comparatively  limited  demand,  and  qnoted  at 

$5  26®$5  5U For  C.irdenas,  an  American  schooner. 

321  toiia,  '  hence,  with  Empty  flogsheada.,  re- 
ported    at     85c For     Matanzaa,     two      Ameiican 

briga,   461  and  376  tona.  hence,  with   Empty  Hoga- 

heada.  at  85c.  each For  a  French  Windward  laland. 

an  American  scuooner,  143  tona.  hence,  with  general 

cargo,  at  50c.  ^P'  bbl For  Fernandina,  and  back,  a 

schnoner.  240  tons,  reported  at  equal  to  $9  for  Lumber. 

round  voyage For  Boston,  tonnage  for  the  Coal  trade 

was  much  less  auught  after,  and  qnot«d  down  to  $1  80 
^ton — For  Philadelphia,  a  schooner,  with   Lumber, 

troraBrunawick.  at$5  60 For  New-Kork,  aaohoouer, 

867  tons,  with  t^oal.  ftom  Baltimore,  at  $1  65  ^  ton; 
two  schoor  ^rs.  with  Com,  from  Elizabeth  City,  at  10c. 
^  buabeh 

THE  LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 


NKW-YoRK,*Fririay,  Feb.  9,  1877. 
On  a  light  run  of  homed  Cattle  tresh  to  hand  tr  >de 
wad  steady ;  rates  did  not  advance.  At  Sixtieth  Street 
Yard*  pries  were  S34C.®lli40.  ^  lb.,  weights  5^  to 
8I4  cwt.  At  Uaratmus  Cove  Yards  prices  ranged  from 
8c.®1134C-  ^tb.,  weight  51410814  cwt.  Milch  Cows 
sold  at  $67  50®$7o  ^  head.  Calves  included.  Smooth 
quality  Veals  sold  at  9c.®9i2C.  ^  16.  CoarBe  Quality 
Calves  held  on  sale.  Sheep  in  fair  demand  at  5 ^C^ 
7^f.  ^  Vs.  Lambs  scarce  and  held  on  sale.  Live  Hoga 
sold  <r$J  66\W$6  75  ^P' cwt  City  Dreaaed  Inactive 
at  8c.©8i4C  ^Ih. 

SALES. 
At  Sixtieth  Street  Tarda— T.  C.  Kaetman  sold  for  ae'lf 
17  cars  of  horned  Cattle.  Sales  aa  follows:  67  com- 
mon Illinois  Steer*  at  9i-je.  ^  lb.,  with  $1  on  ^  head, 
weight  7'4  cwt.;  91  common  Illinois  Steers  at  Sa^c.  4?' 
lb.,  weiifht  O^acwt.:  48  tair  Illinois  Steers  at  10c.  ^p 
ID.,  weight  734  cwt.;  48  fail  Illinois  Steers  at  lOc  ^  Tb., 
weiThi;  8  cwt,;  3o  good  Illinois  Steers  at  III4C.  ^  to., 
weight.  8^4  cwt.  Coon  &  Thompson  sold  for  Etaokin  Ic. 
ThomTison  38  common  Missouri  Steers  at  9c.  ^  lb.. 
With  50c.  off  ^  head,  weights  084  cwt.  T.  WBeeler 
sold  for  J.  i.  H.  Freer  38  common  (mio  Steers  at  9c.  ® 
914C.  ^tb.,  weight  6  cwt.;  sold  in  part  for  Carter  & 
Walters  35  fair  Ohio  Steers  at  10c.  ^  lb.,  weight  7ia 
cwt.  U.  Walxel  sold  tor  self  and  Livingston 
46  common  Illinois  Steers  at  912C,  ^  lb.,  with  $1  on  ^ 

head  on  29  head,  weights  6ia  cwt..  strong,  to  6*4  cwt.; 
30  lair  Illinois  Steers  at  lOc.^lOHc  ^  IB.,  with  *1  off 
^headonl5  head,  sold  at  top  rate,  weight  7 14  cwt., 
scant;  14  good  Illinois  Steers  at  III4C.  ■jl*'  tb.,  weight 
7 14  cwt.;  held  on  sale,  33  Illinois  Steers.  H.  F.  Bur- 
chard  sold  lor  Rnnkin  &  Thompson  8t>  common  lUinois 
Steers  at  9040.  ^  lb.,  witb  S25  oflf  tbe  herd,  weight  6I4 

cwt.  ^eigel  &  viver  sold  for  aelvea  64  common  Illinois 
Steers  at  Qiac.  ^  ft.,  weight  63*  cwt.  Hume  &  Elliott 
sold  213  Ohio  sheep,  weleht  10,020  ».,  at  5380.  •^  lb.: 
77  Ohio  Sheen,  weight  6,280  16.,  atSi^e.  ^tb.;  88 
Ohio  Sheep,  weisht  10,040  lb.,  at  634c.  ^  ».;  180 State 
Sheep,  vVeight  17.56016..  at  6I4C.  ^  ft. 

At  Forty-eighth  Street  Sheep  Jfar*««— Davis  t  Hallen- 
bect  sold  15s)  State  sheep,  weight  18.770  tts.,  at738C. 
%>  lb.;  J.  Kirbv  sold  93  State  Sheep,  weight  7.560  lb.. 
at  6c.  ^  IS.;  96  State  Sheep,  we'ghc  7,985  fli.,  at  6'4C. 
f  lb.:  176  Stare  aheep,  weight  16,886  ».,  at  6840.  ^ 

At  Fortieth  Street  IToff-yards— George  Reld  sold  226 
Ohio  Hogs,   live  weight   38,700  ft,  at  $6  0614^  cwt.; 

5'J5  Ohio  Hog3,  average  hve  weignt#  head,  182  to., 
at  634c.  ^  to. 

At  Uarsimus  Cove  Yards — Coney  &  McPhsrson  sold 
for  J.  uolmea  27  common  Ohio  Steers  at  9c.®934C.  ^ 
to.,  weights  6I4  to  7i4cwt.;  16  lair  Ohio  Steera  at 
10i4C.®lli4C.  #■  to.,  weights  712  to  8  cwt;  lor  J.  B. 
bowd  18  common  Illinois  Steers  at  834c.  #"  Ms.,  weight 
534  cwt:  38  Common  Illinois  Steers  at  9o,  »•  lb., 
Obio  Steers  at  10c®1134c.  ^  lb.,  weights  7^  to 
weight  5 14  cwt.;  18  common  Illioois  Steers  at  Qiac.  ^P' 
to.,  weight  6I4  cwt,  scant;  for  J.  Hahiemaun  15  good 
81+  cwt.  M.  Goldschmiilt  sold  for  L.  Boths- 
ehild  38  common  Axissouri  Steers  at  914C. 
•|>  to.,  weight  634  cwt.;  8  common  Missouri 
Steers  at  919C.  f  to.,  weight  6I3  cwt.;  10  fair  Miaaouri 
steers  at  lOc  <»■  ft.,  weight  714  cwt.:  for  N.  Moiria  18 
common  Illinois  t^eers  at  912c.  #■  ft.,  weight  7  cwt.: 
tor  H.  Klopfer  15  common  Missouri  (Steers  at  834c.  ^ 
tb.,  weight  534  cwt.;  for  Saddler  t  Co.  30  common 
Ohio  Steera  at  834c.  ^  to.,  weight  534  cwx.;  19  Ohio 
Steers,  from  common  to  tair,  from  9'ac.a.lOH2C.  4?' tth, 
weights  6H!  to  8  cwt.  Martin  Fuller  St  Co.  sold  lor 
aelves  18  rousrh  Oxen  at  8c.  ^  lb.,  with  $1  on  #■  head, 
weight  6U  cwt  B.  t  H.  Westheimer  sold  for  A.  H. 
Moorehouse  22  fair  uhio  Steera  at  I0I3C.  ^^ 
lb.,  weight  8  cwt.;  for  A.  Gillespie  18  Illinois 
St^icrs.  from  comm  m  to  fair,  from  9^e.®10'2C. 
•^It).,  weights  61-2  to  714  cwt.,  scant;  for  chri8t.y  St. 
Sparrow,  18  Illinois  Steer.?,  from  common  to  fair,  from 
;Hi4e.a)l0c.  ^  to.,  weignts  7  to  712  cwt.  Kase  t  P.ld- 
cock  sold  217  Michigan  Sheep,  weight  77  lb.  *■  head, 
at  $5  35  ^cwt.;  421  Ohio  Sheep,  weight  88  to.  ^ 
heiy.  at  ?5  20a$5  30  #■  cwt  Judd  fc  Buckingham 
holu  192  Ohio  Sheep,  weight  97  to.  ^  bead,  at  6c.  ^ 
to.  E.  Newton  and  149  Ohio  Sheep,  weight  113  to.  #" 
head,  at  7'i2e.  &  tb.;  139  Ohio  Sheep,  weight  1'24  lb.  ■J*' 
head,  at  734c.  ■^  to. 

RECEIPTS. 

Fresh  arrivals  at  Sixtieth  Str.'.et  Yards  for  yesterday 
and  to-day:  7ii9  head  of  homed  Cattle,  16  Cows.  140 
Veals  and  (Talves,  2.189  Sheep  and  Lambs. 

Fiesli  arrivals  at  Forty-eighth  Street  Sheep  Market 
for  J*,  sterdav  and  to-dav  :   1.961  Sheep  and  Iiambs. 

F,-e6li  arrivals  at  Fortieth  street  flog  Yards  tor  yes- 
terday and  to-da.y  :   3(58  Hois. 

Fresh  nrr^-als  at  Hi(r.«imus  Cove  Yards  for  yesterday 
and  to-da\  :  1.993  head  ot  horned  Cattle,  3,S82  Sbeeo 
aud  Lambs,  2,066  Hogs. 

Buffalo,  Fob.  9.— Cattle— Receipts  to-day.  510 
heaii;  maKing  ttie  total  for  the  week  thus  far.  6,392 
head,  against  7.497  head  same  time  last  week,  show- 
inc  a  decrease  in  the  supply  tor  the  week  thus  far  of 
05  head.  So  market  to-day.  ill  saleable  stock  cleareii 
up.  Forty-six  cars  of  through  stock  reported  as  to 
arrive.  Sheep  and  Lamb»— Receipts  to-.lav,  1.900 
head:  total  supply  for  the  week  ihus  t&r,  12,700 
lieatl.  agiinst  16.400  head  aame  time  last  week. 
.^la^ket  lules  dull  and  slow  and  holders  firm 
at  a  shade  advance  on  yesterday's  prices. 
Two  cars  disposed  of  at  strons  '  yesterday's 
piicei.  Three  cars  of  good  Sheep  remain  unsold. 
111. gp— Receipts  to-day,  l,3oO  head  ;  total  for  the  week 
thus  far,  8.950  head,  aeainst  8.050  head  same  time 
list  week.  -Market  active  for  the  few  ofl"ering8.  Sales 
of  JO  cars  Yorkers  ranging  fioin  170  to  125  to.,  at 
$5  55®.-!?5  95;  one  car  selected  at  $6  21).  No  heavy 
Hogs  on  sale  and  no  dcm;ind.  Cows— Supply  of  good 
milters  during  the  week  small,  only  about  40  head 
orteretL  They  found  ready  sale  at  $40®55 ;  a  few 
bead  ofcommon  disposed  of  at  .$2.^3)30.  Calves— Sup- 
ply liuriug  the  week  unusuall.y  light,  only  20  bead  all 
lold  olferei!.  Prices  bardly  qiiotaole,  selling  at  from 
$0Ji'$12  ^  head,  as  offerings  suited  buyers. 

East  Liberty,  Penn..   .Feb.   9.— Cattle— Keceiots 

to-day,  8S4  head  or  49  ears  of  through,  and  3  cars'  ot 
yard  stock;  total  tor  four  ri.ay,s,  '2,009  head,  or  94 
cars  ofthiougii.  and  63  care  yard  stock ;  the  market 
has  been  active  aud  ail  were  sold  out  but  1  load; 
iio' d  cittle  in  demand;  b.st.  $5  2oa)$b  75;  medium 
to  g.iodit$4:  25&$5;  common  to  fiir.  $3®B4.  Hogs 
— receipts  to-day.  1,870  head:  tot.il  for  lour  days. 
5.010  head;  Vomers  at  $6a'$6  20:  Philadelphias  at 
$7??f7  75.  Sheep  — Hecei'pts  to-day.  1, '200  head;  total 
for  lour  (lays.  7.4o0  head;  selling  at  $4  50®$5  50. 

CllTCAfio.  Feb.  9— Cattle— Receipts,  3,400  head: 
shipments.  3.000  head:  markt  t  active,  aud  a  shade 
higher;  veiy  best  grades  aold  at  $5  62io®$6  l2i<2; 
fair  to  go ..■d,  $4  4(i®.<-4  50;  choice,  $5  Vl'^etSh  50; 
Ho.TS—RpceiDts.  11,0011  head:  shipments.  3.000  head: 
market  firm,  with  a  good  demand ;  light,  $5  90a^$6  lo ; 
medium  to  good  heavy  packing.  $b  15®0  50;  good  to 
c^tra  prime  Philadelphias.  $6  30S/$3  85;  closing 
active.    Sheep  nominal;   receipts.  620  head. 

Albany.  Feb.  9.— Cattle— Receipts.  278  cars, 
ag.aiiist  257  cars  Inst  week:  demand  8tead.y;  market 
Btrone,  and  10c.  ^  100  to.  higher.  .Market'  for  .Mitch 
Cows  active,  witli  easier  prices  :  Veal  Calvea  dull  at 
tjc. /i  Sc.  #■  tb.  Sbeep  and  Lambs— Receipts,  60  cars,  11 
cars  10  excess  of  ln.st  weeK's  receipts;  maricet  for  both 
a  iractiou  higher  in  tone. 


THE  STATE  OF  TRADE. 


Chicago,  T'eb.  9.— Flour  in  light  demand,  but 
holders  him;  .Minnesota  Kxtras.  $b®$7  75:  ao.  pat- 
ent, $7  25®.f9  50:  Winter  Extras,  $6*$8.  Wheat 
strong  and  higher,  hut  unsettled;  No.  2  Chicago 
Spring,  $13114,  cash;  $131'^8,  March;  $1  33i«. 
.April:  No.  3  do.,  $1  20:  Rejected.  $1  03@$1  05. 
Cosn  unsettled,  active,  but  weak  and  lower;  41c., 
cash;  4m5C..  March;  45 igc. ®45 I4C. .  May;  Rejected, 
37c.  Oai^s  dull  and  aahade  lower:  3534c..  cash:  36^4C., 
April,  live  stead.y  and  unchanged  Barley  steady  anii 
niichangeiLPork  active  but  lower ;  $16.  cash;  $162213, 
'<3$16  25.  .April;  Sales  at  SlO  05®$16  45.  ApriL  Lard 
ill  fair  demand,  but  lower:  $10  ^7'2.  cash;  $10  90. 
March;  $11  02 12,  April.  Bulk-meats  dull  and  lower; 
Shoulders,  oS^c.:  Short  Ribs,  H^rC:  Short  Clear  Sides, 
S'gc.  nrcssea  Hoss  unsettled  aud  lower,  closing  low- 
er; light,  $0  87'i2®$l5  90;  heavy.  $7-  Wbislcy  ir- 
regular at  $1  05®$1  06,  closing  at  $1  05.  Beceipts— 
Flour.  6.000  bbls.;  Wheat,  11,000  busbela;  Corn. 
70.000  bushels;  O^its,  16,000  bushels;  Rye,  1.100 
bushels:  Barlev.  8,500  bushels.  Shipmenta — Flonr. 
6.000  bbls.:  Wheat.  11,000  bushels;  Corn, 
52,000  buahela;  Oata.  13,000  bushels:  Rve. 
3'<0  bushels;  B.irley,  3,400  bushels. 

At  the  aftemoou  call  or  the  board — H'neat  hidber: 
$1  32®$1  32-18.  .March;  $1  SSag,  April.  Corn  higher  : 
41  ■!■«.  March.  Oats  unchanged  Pork  firmer:  $16  06 
'g'$16  10,  March;  $16  30,  April.  Lard  higher;  $10  92ia 
bid:     $11  asked.  March  ;  $ll  05@$11  f2H«,  AprU. 

Nkw  Orleaxs,  Feb.  9.— Flour  in  active  demand 
and  higher;  low  grades  scarce;  Superfine,  $6;  Doa- 
ble Kxti  a.  $6  50-  Treble  do..  «7®.$8  25  ;  High  Grades. 
*S  50®$S  75.  jCorn  dull  and  nominal.  Oata  qniet ; 
St.  Louis.  44c.  ct45c.  ;    Galeua.    48c.      Corn-meal  weak 

at  $2  75.  Hay  dull  and  nominal.  Pork  dull  at  $17  75, 
Lard  steady,  with  a  lair  demand;  tierce,  llc^llige,; 
kejT,  1134c.@12c.  Bulk-meats  dull,  weak,  and  lower: 
Slioulders.  loose,  6asc.®3^c.  :  n.icked,  Q^^.W 
0^4C. ;  Clerir  Klbs.  834c.  ;  Clear  Sides,  9c.  Bacon 
dull  and  nominal  for  iobbinfr.  Bugar-cured  Hams  dull 
iind  lower  at  12c.'®l2i2C.  Whisky  quiet  at  $1  08. 
Coffee  quiet,  but  firmer;  Rio,  cargoes.  18i4c.'a>2034C 
Suear,  <iuiet.-Uut  stead.v  ;   inlerior,    oc.'S>t>34c.;  commoa 

to  good,  7c. ©7340.:  fair  to  fully  tair;  Sc^a^^o.;  prime 
til  choice,  S  "oc.  ■<zi9c.  .Molasses  dull  and  nominal.  Rice 
quiet,  but  steaiiy,  at  4i2C.'@0c.  Bran  dull  and  nom- 
liiul.  Kxchange— New-Vork,  aignt,  iflC.  premium  ; 
Sterling,  $5  14  for  the  bank.  Gold,  105'^®10o'8- 
St.    Louis,    Feb.    9 —Flour     tfrm ;     unchanced. 

Wheat  dull;  No.  2  Red  Fall.  $1  50  bid,  cash:  $1  44 !« 
bid,  March:  No.  3do.,$l  45  bid,  cash,  and  February; 
sales  at  $1  4734 «i$l  48,  March.  Corn  iuictive  ;  No.  2 
Mixed,  38i8C.®3838C..  cash;  39»40.,  March;  417gc.. 
April.  Oiits  quiet:  No.  2,  35 I4C.,  cash.  R.ye  firmer  .at 
67 -.iC-  Barlev  dull ;  uochangecL  vVhiskv'qiUet  ;  un- 
changed. Pork  iuiictive  at  $16  50,  cash  and  bid  Feb- 
ruary afid  March ;  .$16  60.  Anrii  ;  816  95 ,  May.  Lard- 
Nothing  doing.  BulK-meats — A  good  jobbing  and  small 
order  trade  at  $8;  $8  50®$8  60  and  $8  75  for  Shoulders, 
t^lear  Rib  and  Clear  Sides.  Bacon  ateadyj  unchanged. 
LiveHoga  active:  liirht shipping  to  good  Yorkers,  $5  25 
®$5  70;  common  to  good  Packing,  $5  75®$8  20;' 
Philadelphias,  $6  25®$6  35.  Cattle  firm :  unchanged. 
Receiots— Flour,  2,700  bbls.;  Wheat.  9,000  buaheU; 
Corn,  20,000  bushels;  Oats,  3,000  busbels;  Rye, 
1,000  btlahela;  Barley,  li.OUO  bushels;  Hoga,  1.700 
head;  Cattle,  500  head. 

CixciNNA-n,  Feb.  9.— Flonr  stead.y  and  flrm. 
Wheat  strong;  Red.  $1  45®$1  52.  Com  in  fair  de- 
maud  and  firm  at  42c.®44c.  oats  in  good  demand  at 
30c.®42c  R.ye  quiet  but  steady  at  79c.®80c  Barlev 
oull  and  unchang'ed.  Pork  quiet  at  $16  75.  Lard  un- 
settled, but  generally  higher  ^  Steam-reudered.  $10  75 
@$10  80,  cash;  $10  90,  seller  March;  $10  90®$11, 
seller  April;  Kettle.  llii>c.@ll34C.  Bulk-meats  firm; 
■•shoulders,  6I4C.:  Short  Ribs.  834c.,  cash;  $9  10,  buyer 
March;  Shori.  Clear  .Sides.  9c  Bacon  in  tair  demand; 
Shoulders,  7130.:  Clear  Ribs.  '3<^.'S)9%c.\  Clear  Sides, 
9''8C.<»10c.  Whisky  quiet  at  $1  O.i.  Butter  dull ;  'com- 
mon to  good  Indiana  and  Ohio.  ]2ii2C®15c.  Hoga  in 
ttiir  demand:  common.  $5  "^bw-^o  75;  tair  to  good 
lignt,  $5  85a'$0  15;  packing,  S6  20®$6  45;  butch- 
era'.  $6  o0@$o  70i  receipts,  1,223  head;  ehipmenta, 
4G0  head. 

Philadelphia.  Feb,  9. — Wool  In  fair  demand; 
prices  flrm,  with  an  upward  tenaency.  Ohio,  Penn- 
ey ivania,  and  Heat  Virginia,  XX  and  above.  46o.®48c.; 
3t,  44c.®  i6c.:  medium,  43c.®46c:  coarse,  36c®38c 
New-York,  Michigan,  Indiana,  and  Weatem,  fine,  3  c. 
®42:  medium,  43c®4lc.;  coarse,  36c.'<e38c.;  Combing, 
w.iahe  I.  o2c. 'iz>56c;  Combing,  unwashed.  37c.  Canada, 
Combing,  i>2i<2C.;  fine  unwashed,  25c.®28c.;  ooarac  and 
meuiuui  unwaahed.  28e.®31c;  Tub-washed.  40c.®45c 
Colorado,  washed,  18c.®22c.;  do.,  nowaahed.  17c.® 
IBiQC:  Isxtra  and  Merino  Pulled,  c3c.®38c.;  No.  land 
Super  pulled.  33c.®37c  Texas,  fine  and  medium,  20c. 
®25c.;  do.,  coarse,  17c.®'20c.  Calitomia,  fine  and 
medium,  15c.®3uc.;  do.,  coarse,  16c.®'2oc. 

OswEiiO,  Feb.  9.— Flour  steady ;  sales,  1.500 
bbls.  Wheat  higher,  except -for  White  grades;  No.  1 
MUwaukee  Club.  $1  60;  Ao.  2  do.,  $1  5A\  No.  2  R«d 
Wabash.  $1  57;  No.  1  Whita  Michigan,  SI  62:  Bxtra 
do.  do.,  $1  08.  Cum  unchanged ;  aalea  ot  Western 
Mixed  at  60c     Barley  diiii:    No.    X    Canada  held  at 


<1  02:Xfl..2da.  92c:  sales.  5.000  bnahdla  by  aamsle 
on  private  terma  Corn-men)  unchanged.  Mill  Feet 
nnchanged.      Railroad  Shipmenta— Floor,   1,500  bnla 

TO1.KDO.  Feb.  9.— Flonr  ateadv.  Wheat  steady] 
No.  3  Kaneaa  White,  $1  46;  Ka  '1  White  UlctalxMi. 
$1  60:  So.  2  da,  $1  40;  Extra  da,  Cl  &6: 
Amber  Ulchlsan.  $1  i9\;  March,  $1  MI3;  No.  2  ao. 
$]  38I5;  No.  2  Red  Winter.  $1  48:  March.  SI  49»4: 
No.  3  Bed,  $1  36:  r^ected,  $1  12.  Corn  oniet,  bul 
ateady;  Hizu  Mixed,  spot.  4434c. ®45c. ;  Feb 
mary,  4434a;  May.  4884c.;  No.  2,  44  "ua:  Mar.  48I4C. 
Yellow.  46i<2C.;  rejected,  44c.  Oata  dull;  W^iie 
4134a®42a  Beceipta— 2.000  bnshela  Wheat.  17,O0C 
busbela  Com.  Shipaenta— lOO  bbls.  Flour,  6.00< 
bnahels  Wheal;,  37,jOO  boabela  Com.  12,000  bnaheh 
Oats. 

Buffalo  Feb.  9.— Receipts— Flour,  2.800  bbls.; 
Wheat,  13.600  busbela:  Com,  19.200  buahela:  oata 
14,000  bushels:  Barley.  5.200  bushels.  Sbipmenta- 
Flour.  2.240  bbla.;  Wheat.  13.200  bushels:  Com 
17.600  buahela:  Oata.  14,000  bushels:  Barlev,  5,'20( 
bushels.  Markers  dull  Com  in  fair  demand:  pricei 
without  material  chauge.  Floui — Sales.  800  bbls.  a' 
unchanged  prices.  Wheat — Sales,  900  buahela  North 
western  Club  at  $1  45.  Saiea  ot  Corn,  16  cars  evi 
High  Mixed  on  track,  at  53c.®53i2a  Oats— Saica 
2  cara  No.  2  Toledo  to  arrive,  at  42c.  on  track.  Otbei 
articlea  without  material  change  in  the  absence  o) 
aalea.    Railroad  Freishts  unchanged. 

LouisviLLB.  Feb.  9. — Flour  steady ;  Extra.  t5'i 
$5  50;  do.  Family.  $5  75®$6  50;  A.  No.  1.  $6  75.? 
$7  25 ;  fency,  $7  75®$3  50.  Wheat  and  Com  quiet 
snd  unchanged.  Rye  quiet,  but  ateady  at  80c.  0:it< 
firmer,  but  not  quotably  higher.  Port  firm  at  $17^ 
$17  25.  Bnlk-me.ts  in  tatr  demand;  Shoulders 
e'^c'WeiaC.  ;  Clear  Rib<f.  S'^ec. ;  Clear  Sides.  9i«  .  Ba 
c<7n  quiet;  Shouiders.  7^80. :  Clear  Ribea  9'8C.  :  Cleai 
Sides.  lOiflC,  8u;ar-cured  Hams  easier  at  12i2C.®l3c 
lard  qtdet  and  unchanged.  Whiaky  weak  at  $1  05. 
Bagzinz  a  i  eady  at  1 1  >2C. 

MiLWAtTKEE.  Feb.  9. — Flour  qniet;  unchangeti. 
Wheat  Bteudy;  No.  1  Milw^iukee.  $1  43;  No.  2  do., 
$1  34I4;  March.  $1  3434;  April.  $1  35  V  No.  3  da. 
$1  25.  Com  firmer;  No.  2.  45o.  Oats  in  good  de- 
mand; No.  2,  34c.®34'2C.;  February,  34i«c.  Ry« 
firmer;  No.  1, 7II9C.  Barley  active;  No.  2  Spriug 
76c.;  No.  3  do.,  nominally,  36a  Proviaiona  dull,  in 
active.  M.es8  Poric,  $15  75.  Lard — Prime  Steam 
1034c.  Dressed  Hoga  steady  at  $7  75.  Becelpts- 
3,700  bbls.  Flour,  10,000  buahela  Wheat.  Shipments- 
1,700  bbla.  Flour,    3,100  busbela  Wheat. 

Detkoit.  Feb.  9. — Flonr  quiet  and  nnchanced; 
Choice,  $7  50.  Wheat  qtilet,  held  higher ;  Extra  Whltt 
Michigan,  $1  58ia;  Mllline,  $16513  hid:  No.  1  Wniti 
Michigan.  $151:  salea  of  Milling  at  $147.  Com 
ateady  and  firmer;  No.  1  Mixed,  48I2C.,  on  track.  Oats 
quiet  and  easy;  White,  ■  45c.;  Mixed.  41i2a  bid 
Receipts- Flour,  931  bbla.:  Wheat,  3,013  bushels 
Corn,  9,278  busbels;  0»ts,  3  208  bushels.  Ship 
ments— Flour,  125  bbla.;  Wheat,  2,354  bnsbels 
Corn,   5,588   bnshela;    Oata,  4,115  bnsbels. 


THE  COTTON  MARKETS. 


New-Orleans,  Feb.  9.— Ootton  firm:  held  hieV 
er;  Jairtdllug.  12c. ;  Low  Middling,  iliac.;  Good  Ordl 
nary,  lligc.:  net  receipts,  15,172  bales:  gross,  15.774 
bales:  exports,  to  Great  Britain,  4,098  bales :  coisi;^ 
wise,  300  bales:  sales.  6.200  bales;  stock.  299.731 
bales.  Weexl.y— Net  receipts.  63,880  bales:  gross, 
67.827  bales;  exoorts,  to  Ureal  Britain.  ^.307  bales; 
to  France,  10,047  bales:  to  the  Continent,  7,725  bales: 
to  the  Channel,  2.470  lialea:  coastwise,  5,582  bales, 
sales.  27.tiOO  bales. 

Galveston.  Feb.  9.— Cotton  fluiet;  Middline. 
I2I4C.;  Low  Middling,  II34C.;  Good  Ordinary,  lli^c; 
net  receipts.  1,347  hales;  gross  receipts,  1.435  bales; 
exports,  to  tbe  Continent,  729  bales:  sales,  73'2 
bales;  stock,  85,647  bales.  Weekly— Net  receipta. 
13.197  balea;  groaa  receipta,  13.307  baies:  exports 
to  the  ContiDen^  4.630  bales;  to  Great  Britain.  3.200 
bales;  to  the  Channel,  1.050  bales;  coastwlae,  10,00'2 
balea;  sales,  4,611  bales. 

MOBiLK,  Feb.  9.— Cotton  firm;  Middlins,  12o.- 
Low  Middling,  III30. :  Good  Ordinary.  He:  net 
receipts,  1,070  balea:  exports,  to  Great  Britain.  3.421 
balea  ;  to  the  Continent.  1.510  balea:  coastwise.  257 
balea;  aalea,  1.000  balea:  stock.  67,859  balea.  Weekly 
— Net  receipta,  11,892  balea ;  exporta.  to  Gr,eat  Britain 
8.502  balea;  to  the  Continent  4,110  balea:  to  th. 
Channel,  1,570 ;  coaatwiae,  1,746  bales ;  aalea,  6.70( 
bales. 

Chablkston.  Feb.  9.— Cotton  qniet :  Middling, 
12«8C.:  Low  Middling,  12i*c.:  Good  Ordinary,  ll^c.: 
net  leceipts.  967  bales ;  exports,  coastwise,  492  bales 
aalea.  300  bales  ;  stock.  48,063  balea.  Weekly— Nei 
receiota.  6,678  balea;  exporta.  to  Great  Britain,  5.14| 
balea;  to  the  Contiaent.  4,008  balea;  coaatwiae,  2.36. 
balea;  aalea,  2,900  balea. 

Wilmington,  Feb.  9.  —  Cotton  unchanged; 
Middling,  lie;  TjOW  Middling,  ll^gc:  Good  Ordinary 
11  Hc;  net  receipts,  4%.  balea;  exports,  coaBtwise 
3.132  bales;  sales,  11  bales;  stock.  7,074  b.iles 
Weekly — Net  receipta,  2,500  bales;  exports,  to  Greai 
Britain,  1,081  oalea;  coastwise,  2,046  balea;  eaies 
38  bales. 

Savannah,     Feb.    9.— Cotton    firm;      Middling 

12-^c.;  Low  Middling.  12c.:  Good  Ordinary,  liasc.; 
net  receipta,  1,1^3  bales;  salea.  200  balea:  atock,  63, 
223  balea.  Weekly— Net  receipta,  8.477  balea:  gross, 
8,429  balea:  exporta,  to  Great  Britain.  11,440  baiea, 
coastwise,  2,712  balea;  aalea,  3,100  bales. 

Boston,  Feb.  9. — Cotton  quiet  and  steady:  Mid 
dling.  12 'na;  Low  Middling;  12aiC.;  Good  Ordinarj 
11 '^bC;  net  receints.  871  oalea;  gruaa.  "2,558  ba>lea; 
sales.  1»3  bales  ;  stock.  8,503  balea.  Weekl.v— Net  re 
celpts,  6,778  balea;  gross,  15.600  balea ;  exports,  » 
Great  Britain,  432  oales:    salea,  293  balea. 


FOREIGN  MARKETS. 


London.  Feb.  9.— 1'2:30  P.  M.— TToited  Sta«e» 
bonds,  1865a,  105=4.  Erie  Railway  ahares,  8%  d(i 
Preferred,  19. 

3:30  P.  al. — Theamouatof  bullion  withdrawn  froo 
the  Bank  of  England  on  balance  to-day  is  £50,OO0. 

1  P.  .\I.— Erie  Railway  shares.  8ia- 

4;3o  P.  M.— Krie  Railway  aharea,  834.  Paris  advicei 
quoted  5  ■^  cent.  Rentes  at  106f.  12>9C.  for  tbe 
account. 

Pabis,  Feb.  9.— Exchange  on  London.  25C  13  lac.  £01 
short  sight. 

Lrvsapooi..  Feb.  9 — 12  M. — Cotton — TTie  receipts  to- 
da.y  were  16,200  bales,  iacludiug  10.600  oales  Amer- 
ican. Futures  l-16d.  dearer.  Uplands,  Low  Miadlins 
clause,  February  deliver.y.  6  19-3'2a.:  Uplands,  bow 
Middling  clause.  March  aud  Anril  delivery.  6  23-32J.: 
also  aalea  of  the  aame  at  ti^^i.;  Uplands,  Low  Mid- 
dlins  clause,  Xpril  and  Ma.y  oeliTery,  6  27-32d.:  Up 
lauaa.  Low   Middling  clause.  May  aud  June   delivery 

6  29-32d.;  llplands.  Low  Middling  clause,  June  auc 
July  delivery,  6  31-32d.;  July  and   August  delivry. 

7  l»32d.;  Uplands.  Low  Middling  cluuae,  shipped 
February  and  March,  sail,  62  7-32dL 

12:30  P.  M.— Weekly  Cotton  market— Salea  of  the 
week.  40,000  hales;  exporters  took,  4,000  btiles; 
speculators  took.  5,000  bales  ;  total  atock.  S3tLi.lOU 
bales  ;  American,  551,000  bales  ;  total  receipts,  101.- 
000  bales:  American.  61,000  bales;  actual  export, 
4,000  baies;  amonntof  Cotton  atloat,  400. oOO  bales  ; 
AJnerican,  344,000  bales;  forwarded  from  tbe  ship's 
side  direct  to  spinners,  16,000  bales;  Ameticao 
aalea  of  the  week,  '29,000  bales.  The  market  is 
Btead.y:  Middling  UplanJa.  6°gil.;  Middling  Orleans, 
6  13-i6d.;  Low  Mobiles,  l-l6d.  dearer:  aalea,  10,000 
bales,  including  l,oOi>  bales  tor  apecnlaaon  and  ei 
port;  Uplands,  Low  Midtiling  clause,  April  and  May  de 
livery,  b'sd.;  also,  sales 'of  the  same  at  6  27-32d. 

2  P.  M.— Cotton— The  aalea  of  the  dav  were  12,O0C 
hales,  including  2,000  hales  lor  apeculation  aud  ex- 
port. ;    Uplands,   Low  MiddUng    clause.    February   aad 

'.^larcb  deliver)-,  6f8d-;  Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause, 
May  and  June  deUvery,  6  15-16d-;  Uplands,  Low  uid 
dliugclause,  shipped  January  and  Feoruary,  sail,  G^d. 
Uplands.  Low  .uiddling  clause,  shipped  March  aud 
April,  sail.  6  15-16d. 

2: 30  P.  M.— Breadstnffs— The  marfeet  ia  duU-  Com 
24s.  6d.®248.  9d  ^  quarter  lor  New  mixed  Western, 
and  258.  3d.'<2>;^5a.  9d.  fur  old  mixed  Western.  Flout 
22s.@'24s.  6d.  ^  bbl.  for  Weatem  ;  Wheat,  lOa.  4d.  <^ 
lOa.  6d.  ^  cental  for  average  California  White,  anJ 
lOs.  7d.'a' lis.  for  California  Club.  Provisions — Bacon 
438  ^'  cwt.  for  short  Clear  Middles. 

3  P.  M.  —  Cotton  —  Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause, 
April  and  May  deh  very,  6^1.:  Uplands,  Low  Middlini 
ciaoae,  June  and  July  delivery.  7d.;  Uplands.  Lov< 
Middling  clause,  July  and  Auguat  delivery.  7  l-16d. : 
Uplanaa,  Low  Middling  cianse,  shipped  January  and 
February,  nail,  6  25-32d. 

3:30  P.  M.— Cotton— Of  tbe  aalea  to-day  7,400  bales 
were  .American. 

3:45  P.  M.— Cotton— Uplands, -Low  Middling  clause, 
Uarcn  and  April  delivery,  6  25-3'2d.;  also  sales  of  the 
same  at  6  13-16d;  Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause. 
April  and  May  delivery,  6  29-32d;  Uplands,-  Low  Mid- 
dling clause.  Slay  and  June  deUveiv.  6  31-32d.;  Up- 
lands, Xiow  Middling  clause,  ahipoed  January  and  Feo- 
ruary. sail,  6  13-16  d. 

4:30  P.  M.— Trade  Report— The  market  for  Yams 
and  Faoncs  at  Manchester  ia  quiet,  but  uochangsd 
Cotton— Uplands,  Low  HiddlinK  clause,  February  am? 

March  delivery,  6  ll-16d. 

£>  P.  M. — Cotton — Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause,  April 
and  May  delivery,  e^sd. 

5:15  P.  M.— Cotton— Futures,  sellers  offering  l-32d. 
decline  from  to-day's  highest  price:  Uplands.  Low 
Middhng clause,  March  and  April  de.iverv,  O^td.;  Up- 
lands, Low  MiddUug  ciaoae,  dlay  and  Jtiae  delivery, 
6  li-16d. 

5:30  P.M.— Provisions— Cheese,  71s.  ^P' cwt.  for  the 
liest  erades  of  American.  Lard,  65s.  ^  cwt.  lor  Ameri- 
can. Bacon,  42s.  ^  cwu  for  Long  Clear  Middles.  Pro- 
duce—Refined  Petioleum  IGi^d.  ■If  gaUon. 

London,  Feb.  9—5:30  P.  tt.— Produce— Snhits  of  Pe- 
troleum, lid.  4P' gallon. 

Bveninz. — Calcutta  Linseed.  eOs.'^SOa.  6CL;  Linseec 
Cake.  £9  10s.  #*  ton. 

4N1WBHP,  Feb.    9.— Petroleum— 46t  for  flne  Pale 

American. 


LEGAL  AMENITIES  IN  BROOKLYN. 

Brooklyn  lawyers  do  not  always  treat  ont, 

another  in  court  with  Chesterfleldian  peliteueBS,  aa 

tbe  l'ollowiii£  incidents  sofficieotly  llhutrate: 
While  summing  up  for  the  plainti^  in  the  case  ol 
Michael  Keefe  against  the  Williamsburg  Citv  Fire 
luusrance  Company,  ex-Jadge  Samuel  D.^Morria 
was  interrupted  by  G-en.  B.  F.  'Xracy.  counsel  on 
the  other  side,  who  asserted  that  Mr.  Morris  waa 
making  comments  not  warranted  by  the  evidence ; 
whereupon  Keefe's  coimsel  turned  to  Geu.  Trac; 
and  said:  "lou  have  made  ao  ass  of  yourseU^ 
Sir,  in  ctraaucting  this  case,  and  you  know  it."  At 
this  point  tbe  Court  interfered  and  order  was  re- 
stored. Tbe  jnry,  after  beme  locked  up  for  19  hours, 
disagreed. 

lu  the  City  Court  yesterday,  before  Justice  Bey- 
nolds,  Gren.  Crooke  appeared  us  cooosel  tor  the 
plaintiff  tu  tbe  case  of  Bennett  et  al,  against  Sheriff 
Daggett,  who  was  represented  by  Gen.  Catlin. 
The  latter  was  examiutng  a  '  witness, 
and  was  abont  tA  hand  bim  a  paper, 
when  (ien.  Crooke  ran  in  between  counsel  and  wit- 
ness, saying :  "  General,  allow  me  to  act  aa  a  screen 
between  you  ana  tbe  witness." 

The  Court — Well,  If  yon  object,  Gen.  Crooke— 

Gen.  Crooke — 1  do  object ;  counsel  ia  showing 
this  paper  a^inst  my  obieotions. 

GrfflL  Catlin— I  am  going  to  show  tbe  paper  to 
witness. 

The  Court — We  don't  want  to  have  unseemly  con- 
duct in  court. 

Gen.  Crooke— The  murder  will  all  be  done  aft«r 

the  witness  Liarkin  onoe  sees  that  paper. 

Gen.  Catlin  (to  tbe  Court) — ^I  leel  aa  indignant  at 
that  seen*  as  your  Honor. 

Gen.  Crooke— I  could  not  help  falling  between 
the  General  and  the  witness.  Tbers  ars  ciroiun- 
stancea  in  a  man's  life  whan  he  u  obliged  to  act 
promptly. 

Geu.  Catlin— It  was  fertunite  for  yon  that  vrbat 
occarred  was  in  courts 

Gen.  Crooke — ^Ko,  it'  was  not;  I  can  defend  myw 
selt  in  or  out  of  court. 

The  Court  stopped  the  oonvertation,  and  the  trial 
proceeded. 

At  a  subsequent  stage  of  the  proceedings  Mr. 
John  MoLiuire,  Who  was  associated  witb  Gen. 
Crooke,  took  umbrage  at  some  remark  made  bj 
Gen.  Catlin.  and  what  seemed  to  threaten  a  tmr. 
senal  encounter  was  oal.r  stoppea  by  tbe  inbie> 
ference  of  tbe  Cour^ 


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Tan   ujaoN   found  in  thb    confbd- 

KRAT6  RECORDS— HIS  OF^ERd  TO  THB 
BEBBL  aOVER»MENT  —  IKFORMATIOK 
FURNISa^D  FROM  IKSIDR  THB  UNION 
LINES— HIS  SINCERITY  DOUBTED  RY 
THE  REBEL  AUTHORITIES — A  DOUBLE 
GAME  PLAYED  WITH  A  VIEW  TO  PRI- 
VATE GAINS. 

e)r»m  Our  Omni  09rra«w»tl#i»fc 
■Washikoton.  Taesday.  Feb.  6,  1977. 
J.  H.  Maddox,  who  has  been  relied  upon  by 
DaTid  Dudley  Field  to  esUbliah  the  existence  of  a 
bargain  on  the- part  of  QoV.  Wells,  of  tbe  Betnrn- 
lo2  Board,  to  sen  Lonisiana  to  tbe  Democrats,  baa  a 
history.  Fart  of  it  is  in  the  nature  of  aatobius- 
rapby,  trbich  becomes  interesting  at  tbia  time,  be- 
cause Maddox  swore  in  bis  teatimony  that  be  was 
in  the  TJaioa  service  dnrinc  tbe  war,  and  Kave 
everybody  the  impression  that  he  was  a  stanch 
TToion  man.  He  represented  himself  as  bavlnz 
been  employed  to  gain  information  for  the 
TToion  side,  and  to  aid  bim  in  tbia  basioesa  be 
had  a  pasa  tbrongb  tbe  Union  lines.  He  admitted 
baTttg  had  on»  interview  with  Jeff.  Davis,  but  said 
he  had  never  given  Davis  any  informatioa. 
1h9  evidence  of  bis  own  letters  and  tbe 
Confederate  records  sold  to  the  Govern- 
ment  by  bis  friend  Picliett  tell  a  differ- 
ent story  from  that  which  Maddox  new  swears  to. 
Ic  is  qnite  possible — and  the  papers  sngeeat— tbat 
doriae  tbe  war,  as  darinfr  bis  adventorss  in  INew- 
Orleans,  be  was  playing  a  double  game.  Sven  be 
himself  has  stated  that  be  waa  servinit  tiie  Confed- 
eracy and  malcioj;  a  private  gain  at  tba  same  time. 

EiCHMOjfD,  Sept.  7,  1862. 
Jo  the  Honorable  Seer»tary  of  War: 

SiB:  I  desire  authority  to  raise  a  regiment  of 
Cavalry  in  the  lower  counties  of  the  western  shore 
ot  Maryland,  viz.:  Calvert,  Prince  Georse's.  St. 
'Hary'!<,  and  Cbarles.  I  bave  no  doubt  tbat  I  can 
speedily  secore  pneoErh  men,  wbo  will  furnish  their 
own  homes,  from  this  district:  and  I  hope  to  be 
enabled  to  do  this  in  time  to  Join  our  Army  while 
In  that  State.        Bespeotfolly, 

•  J.  H.  MADDOX. 

This  paper  has  the  following  indorsement: 
The  witbin  applicant.  Joseph  H.  Maddox,  Esq., 
pf  St.  Marv's  County,  Md.,  is  personally  kno irn  to 
jTDO  as  a  man  of  bigh  character  and  social  position, 
ihii^bly  educated  and  possessed  of  a  very  large  foi-- 
tane.  As  Captain  of  c  sqaadron  of  drasoons,  under 
command  of  Col.  Butler,  during  tbe  Mexican  war, 
he  acquitted  himself  with  great  credit.  Dnrini; 
the  present  war  his  rime  and  fortune  bave  been 
most  lavishly  expendea  for  tbe  benefit  of  our 
caase.  and  an  incarceration  of  three  mnntbs  in  Fort 
■Warren  affurds  another  proof  of  his  devotion  to  the 
[Soathem  canse  I  same.     Thia  applioation  receives 

Tlie  fallest  ionorsement  from  ProTOst  Marshal 
Oriawold.  "W.  H.  Norris,  £«(!.,  and.  indeed,  it  is  be- 
lieved, from  every  promtnent  citiBon  of  Maryland 
BOW  in  Eichraond.    Resnectfully  submitted. 

"WILLrAU  KORSIS,  Captain  C.  S.  A. 

Uaddox's  application  waa  received  at  tbe  Confed- 
ate  War  Department  on  Sent.  S,  1863,  and  was  an- 
•wered  upon  the  same  dav,  as  appears  by  an  in- 
dorsement made  to  that  effect.  Tho  application 
bears  tbe  following  additional  Indorsement: 

Authorize  him  io  raise  a  regimeat  or  battalion 
of  cavalry  m  Maryland.  G.  W.  R. 

Tho  above  indorsement  w.is  made  by  G.  W.  Ran- 
do)pii.  Secretary  of  War  of  the  Confederacy. 

The  request  of  Maddox  seems  to  bave  been  nrged 

by  citizens  of  influence  with  the  Confederate  mili- 

■   tary  autborlties,  as  may  be  inferred  fr«m   tbe  in- 

iorsement  made  on  his  application.    The  following 

additional  recommendation  was  also  filed  : 

The  Adjutant  General  C.  S.  A..- 

Dear  isik :  The  names  of  the  gentlemen  spoken 
of  m  my  commauicatioo  of  yesterday  are 
Joseph  H.  Maddox  and  John  B.  Brocken- 
brougb.  Mr.  Maddox  steps  at  '  tbe  Spotts- 
wooa  Hotel  when  in  Kicbmond.  The  address  of 
Mr.  Bmckenbrough  I  do  not  know  cprtainly,  but 
think  it  is  Kicbmond.  Very  respeotfuilv,  your 
obedient  servant,  E.  LOUIS  LOWE. 

ASHLA^'D,  Sept.  10.  1361. 


Maddox  at  once  startod  to  recruit  his  regiment  of 
cavalry  trom  among  his  friends  in  Soathern  Mary- 
land. While  thus  engaged,  or  prior  to  commencing 
active  recraiting,  he  was  vigilantly  lookicg  out  for 
The  interests  of  the  Confederacy,  and  furnished 
them  such  information  of  the  movements  of  tbe  Fed- 
eral forces  as  might  prove  advantageous  to  the  Con- 
federato  military  authorities.  On  Sent  12,  1862,  he 
wrote  the  Confederate  Secretary  of  War  from  West- 
moreland, Ta,,  aa  follows,  tbe  letter  being  marked 
at  tbe  Confederate  War  Office  as  having  been  re- 
ceived Sept.  15,  1862: 

Hague,  WESTMORKtAKD  County.  Sept.  13, 1862. 
Son.  O.  W.  Jiandolph,  Seerttary  ^f  War  : 

Sib  :  From  what  t  can  learn  bere,  I  am  s.itisfied 
that  the  Yankees  are  moving  tbeir  stores  from 
Washington.  Tbe  river  haa  been  for  several  days 
full  of  vessels  going  to  Washineton  and  retuminff. 
All  go  UD  empty  and  return  deeply  loaded.  I  can 
see  distinctly  that  there  are  no  soldiers  on  tbe  l>oau 
coming  down.  Several  bave  passed  up  with  troops, 
and  many  with  borsiis.  I  hops  to  make  a  laudini:  in 
St.  Mary's  Conntv,  Md.,  in  a  day  or  two,  and  that  I 
Will  be  able  te  give  a  good  account  of  myself. 

7  wonld  suggest  the  propriety  of  establishing  a 
daily  mail  across  the  Potomac  at  this  point.  Capt. 
2Torris  will  explain  m.v  ideas  in  regard  to  it.  Yours, 
in  haste,  J.  H.  MADDOX. 

Appreciating  the  value  of  obtaining  for  the  Con- 
federates trustworthy  information  of  the  movements 
of  tbe  TJaion  forces  and  the  purposes  of  the  United 
States  Military  authorities,  Capt.  Norris,  of  tbe 
Confederate  Signal  Service,  after  conversation  with 
Maddox,  recommended  to  President  Davi«,  through 
.Secretary  Randolph,  the  establishment  of  a  corps 
of  trusty  carriers  and  messengers,  and  in  further- 
ance of  his  scheme  recommended  the  employment 
of  Maddox  as  an  agent  at  Washington  to  obtain  full 
and  reliable  inielligeace  of  all  matters  of  interest  to 
the  Confederacy.  Capt.  Nortis'  plans  ot  operations 
are  set  forth  in  the  following  letter  : 

Wak  Dkpartmbnt,  Sent.  12,  186S. 
E<m.  0.  W.  Handelph,  HecrUary  of  War  .- 

Gknebal  :  The  verbal  susricestions  recently  made 
reepecting  regular  and  rapid  communication  witn 
Maryland  and  tbe  ^otth  are  renewed,  employing 
eight  couriers  and  seven  seamen.  I  propose  to  for- 
sish  tbe  Government  daily  with  communications 
Irom   our  friends  in   Washington,    Baltimore,  &o., 

and  also  tbe  Northern  JouToals,  and  peraaps  with 
dispatches  from  the  Army. 

£ven  sbonld  tbe  present  line  be  interrupted,  it 
might  bejudioions  to  multiply  tbe  chances  of  trans- 
mitting Army  intelligence,  and,  should  our  forces 
advance  at  once,  tbe  route  throogh  lower  Maryland 
would  for  some  time  De  the  most  safe,  direct,  ana 
available. 

Trusty  messengers  and  the  Federal  mails  will  be 
tbe  agent*  relied  upon  across  tbe  Potomac.  Mr. 
Maddox,  now  raising  a  regiment  of  cav- 
alry in  Maryland,  bas,  with  ereat  apitit 
and  self-devotion,  volunteered  to  execnte 
this  part  of  the  duty.  His  mean*  for  ob- 
taining intelligence  from  men  of  jadgment  and 
position  in  Waabington  are  peculiarly  great,  also 
bis  facilities  for  forwardiag  dispatobes.  In  this 
connection  I  beg  to  suggest  anew,  for  tbe  con- 
eideration  of  the  President,  a  propoarUon  to  sta- 
tion a  reliable  ofBcer  in  Qaebec;  bis  duty  to  eonvert 
into  cipher,  or  tbe  inverse,  and  forward  all  dis- 
patches to  the  President  to  and  from  our  agenta  and 
Ministers  abroad.  It  is  believed  that  this  could  be 
accomplished  with  bat  little  delay  beyond  tbat  of 
regular  mail  time,  and  with  no  possibility  of  dis- 
covery. The  details  of  tbe  several  plana  bave  been 
fully  matured,  and  only  await  your  approval  to  be 
put  into  immediate  operation.  1  have  the  honor  to 
Va,  very  resoectfnlly.  &e., 

WILLIAM  NORRIS.  Captain  Signal  Corps. 

Hon.  Geobgb  W.  Bandoi.ph,  Secretary  of  ^V  ar. 

Upon  receiving  this  letter,  Secretary  Bandoloh 
referred  it  to  President  Davis,  with  tbe  following 
indorsement : 

Be'spectfally  submitted  to  the  Presidest 
The  necessary  steps  will  be  taken  to    open    com- 
munications with  Maryland.    Shall  the  suggestion 
vf  stationiae  an  agent  in  Quebec  be  adopted  i 

G.  W.  KABfDOLPH.  Secretary  of  War. 
The  following  indorsement  waa  made  on  the  let- 
ter by  President  Davis  himself : 

Ko  objection  to  communicating  with  agent  in  a 
changed  key,  but  it  would  be  uasafe  to  rely  on 
soeb  means,  as  I  do  not  tbinlc,  if  the  cipher  could 
not  be  read,  that  the  letters  ^onld  be  allowed  to 
paas  through  United  Stales  mails.  J.  D. 

VADDOX'S  LOYALTY  TO  THE  COKTEDSBACT  SITS- 

PECTBD. 

"What  services  Maddox  rendered  tb  e  Confederacy 
benreen  September.  1S82.  and  May,  1863,  are  not 
shown  by  any  records  made  In  that  period.  Jc 
seems,  however,  tbat  bla  loyalty  to  the  Confederacy 
became  sospeoted,  and  that  the  authority  grauted 
him  to  recrclt  a  regiment  of  eavalry  in  Maryland 
waa  la  consaquenco  withdrawn.  It  ia  highly  proba- 
ble Muddex  ^ad  tbat  it  wonld  be  mora  aafe  and 
pi«£.table  t«  speculate  oommeroiaUy  on  both  sides, 
which  dangerous  btulness  naturally  caused  him 
to  be  snapected.  It  was  during  this  period,  no 
donbt,  that  he  succeeded  in.-posaessing  himself, 
thteogh  iiaise  representations,  with  a  permit  to 
trade  tram  Freaidsnt  Lincoln.  In  his  testimony 
before  Mr.  Field's  committee,  Maddox  swore  be  bad  , 
a  permit  to  paas  tbrongh  tbe  lines  ftom  President 
Lincoln,  bat  ia  view  of  hi>  recora  daring  the  war 
tbia  statement  la  -conaidered  qusatlonable. 

tT^oa  vlaitbiK  Si^snmd  la  May,  1883,  Maddoif 
«mf  Aatadaad  ta  onatodT  hv  tha  Otmf sdwate  bIU* 


tary  adtharidea,  and  wns  subsequently  paroled,'  as 
will  be  seen  from  tbe  following  : 

H«AD-QUABtKHS  DbpaHTMBNT  OF  RenhICO,  * 
BiCHUOND,  June  6,  18^.  > 
Joseph  H.  Maddox.  a  citiaen  of  Carroll  Conntv, 
Md.,  is  detained  in  oastody  by  the  authontv  of  the 
Confederate  States,  and  goes  at  large  upon  the  exe- 
cution of  his  parole  of  honor  that  he  will  not  at- 
tompt  to  cross  the  line  of  the  Potomac  or  leave  tbe 
Citv  of  Hlcbmond  withont  permission  of  the  pnblic 
authority  of  Confederate  S'ates. 

JOHN  H.  WINDER,  Brigadier  General. 

While  under  parole  Maddox  appears  to  have  con- 
tinned  to  perform  such  service  as  he  was  able  for 
tbe  Confederacy.  He  regarded  bis  arrest  as  a  great 
act  of  injuslioe,  in  view  of  tbe  valuable  services 
rendered  the  Confederacy,  a«  will  be  seen  by  his 
iettei  to  Gen.  Winder,  dated  May  20,  1863,  and 
charged  tbat  his  detention  was  caused  by  maliolons 
reports  of  nersonal  enemies. 

The  following  extract  from  a  dispatch  from  M/Jor 
Norns,  signal  ofBcer,  shows  that  Maddox  was  coth- 
mnnicating  to  the  Contederates  information  about 
the  movements  of  the  United  States  forces  stationed 
at  Fortress  Monroe : 

Signal  Office.  Juno  22.  1863. 
[Soecial  dispatch  from  Capt.  V.  U.  Causey,  in  Hlizabeth 
('nuntv,  Vs.] 
[Kltritct.] 

I  was  not  able  to  keep  my  oonfidehtial  agent  last 
niaht  on  tbe  lower  peninsula,  ac  the  lower  peninsula 
is  filled  with  provost  guards  enrolling  negroes, 
noUnt  volent.  I  sftw  M.,  who  informed  me  that 
KeyeV  head-qnarters  are  at  Fortrnsa  Monroe.  He 
tblnks  his  force  dnes  not  9xon#d  six  thousand, 
(6,000.)  Official.    WILLIAM  NOR  SIS,  Msjor.  &.c. 

The  following  letter  written  by  Maddox  to  Geo. 
Jobn  H.  Winder  narrates  bis  services  to  tbe  Con- 
federacy • 

Richmond,  July  20, 1863. 

Geneiial:  Some  six  weeks  *eo  I  came  to  Rich- 
mond on  business.  I  thought  that  I  hai  been  of 
great  use  to  the  authorities  of  tbe  Confederacy,  as 
I  certainly  had  'the  desire  to  promote  the  interests 
of  this  country  and  the  snocessfni  progrrssn  of  its 
canse.  In  adqniring  information  in  the  Uuited 
States  which  it  wonld  be  tbe  interest  of  the  authori- 
ties bere  to  have,  I  bad  necessarily  come  into  con- 
tact, and  bdd  of  choice  associated  much,  with 
prominent  officials  of  the  Federal  side.  This  asso- 
ciation, it  wauld  seem,  started  suspicion  of  my 
lovalty  to  the  South,  which  suspicion  was  commu- 
nicated from  some  source  to  men  in  power  uere, 
and  evidently  attached  to  me  on  mv  arrival  in 
Kiobmond.  The  President  of  tbe  Confederacy  sug- 
gested that  I  bad  so  acted  in  its  behalf  tbat  be 
thonebt  I  could  not  return  to  my  home  in  snfety, 
and  that  he  was  prepared  to  see  my  services  offered 
to  the  cause  of  which  he  is  tbe  chief. 
Acting  upon  his  suggestioD,  my  services 
were  immediatelv  tendered— the  sphere  of  action 
Indicated  tor  which  I  felt  qualifled  and  which  was 
most  ajtreoable  to  me.  The  Secretary  of  War  de- 
clined my  offer,  saying  an  accentanoewas  "unadvis- 
able  at  this  time."  I  presumed  his  action  waa 
founded  upon  tbe  then  existing  state  of  affairs  in 
Maryland.  Richmond  was  tbreatened  in  a  few 
days.  I  raised  a  command  and  entered  tbB  camp  m 
her  defense.  I  was  at  the  head  of  a  battalion  con- 
sisting for  the  most  oart  of  Maryland  men.  These 
after  a  few  days  w^re  willini;  to  enlist  reenlarly  as 
mounted  men  under  my  commana,  provided  they 
oodld  be  famished  with  horses,  and  I,  having  the 
means  to  procure  Ihem.  was  willinz  to  advance  for 
tbat  pai-pose.  This  betuer  satisfactorily  arranged,  I 
obtained   naraea   nearly   sufficient  to   estaDlisb  tbe 

proposed  orsauization,  AnA  again  ufiered  mv  services 

to  the  Secretary  of  War,  who  declined  to  give  me  the 
antbonty  reqnired  to  raise    the    battaliou.     Huvinf; 

ascertained  tliat  I  was  regarded  in  some  pow- 
erful qoarters  as  a  suspected  person,  I  pro- 
posed to  diakand  my  battalion  and  re- 
turn to  ujy  hoMo  '  in  Marylana.  My 
application  was  refuiied;  so  that  it  seems  this  Govern- 
ment will  not  accept  my  offer  to  enter  service  at  the 
head  of  a  battalion  raised  and  to  be  furuished  by  my- 
self primarily,  nor  will  it  give  mo  tho  privilege  of 
withdrawing  to  my  home  oii  the  other  side  of  the 
Potomac. 

Whiltt  Gen.  Lee's  movements  were  shrouded  in 
mystery  I  made  no  olj  motion  to  tho  decision  of  tbo 
Secretary,  but  there  can  uo  longer  be  any  reason 
founded  »>n-th!it  idea.  Gen.  Lee's  lute  movement  to 
the  Vireinik  side  of  thePotomuo  Inaves  the  pieeeut 
a  fit  moment  for  me  to  withdraw  so  tbat  1  maj-  not 
hnd  It  "  noaavisable"  alter  ne>v  movements  of  the 
Army  shall  have  been  male. 

If  tbe  Secretary  of  War  will  p«>rmit  my  return  to 
Maryland  at  any  time,  the  present  would  appear  to 
be  tbt;  most  appropriate  time.  I  de«ire  tbat  my 
passport  sbill  be  now  lumisbAd.  If  it  is  his  pur- 
pose to  detain  me  in  this  country  an  a 
suspected  person,  I  aa\L  tbat  tbe  Govern- 
ment will  have  the  directness  to  put 
me  in  duraace  by  some  sign  that  will  fumiHh 
me  the  evidence  of  that  fact.  If  it  be  a  prison,  let 
nie  be  incarcerated,  so  that  1  can  by  law  effect  my 
own  deliverance  ;  if  it  be  merely  aconflnement  to 
certain  boundaries,  let  m»  have  a  statement  in 
writing,  to  show  that  I  am  detained  sgalnst  my 
will,  to  tbe  end  that  by  its  exhibition  eUewhere  I 
may  prevent  embarrassment  to  my  estates. 

The  Secretary  promised  to  see  you,  snd  I  Don- 
cluded  he  would  consult  and  determine  with  you 
whether  it  were  best  to  permit  my  return  to  Mary- 
land or  to  parole  me  here  an  a  prisoner.  It  in  my 
preference,  under  the  circumstances,  to  return  (:> 
Maryland.  Any  position  in  service  now  would  be 
unaeoeptable,  naving  been  refused  twice,  and  I 
could  only  take  it  with  a  conviotiou  tbat  sus- 
picion wonld  follow  my  movements,  to  carp  at 
any  misfortune  that  might  overtake  mi>,  as 
if  tbat  bad  famished  eviilence  of  my  origi- 
nal b»d.  faith.  wiiil©  i  could  not  hope 
for  the  *  equal  chances  of  advancement 
with  others  in  tbe  event  of  success.  I  can  find  in 
tbe  retirement  of  mv  home  and  attention  to  private 
interestii,  which  are  now  <iiitreringfrora  mv  abssoce, 
the  means  of  employing  time  usKt'ully.  and  a  com- 
pensation for  the  failure  on  mv  part  to  attract 
friendship  by  the  zeal  with  which  I  proposed  to 
serve  the  cause  of  a  brave  people  strusrgling  for 
independence,  which  has  and  will  continue  to  have 
my  warmest  sympathy.  I  am,  with  sentiments  of 
esteem,  very  truly  yours,  &.c.,      J.  H.  MADDOX. 

This  letter  was  referred  to  the  Secretary  ot  War 
by  Gen.  Winder  without  comment.  No  reply  ap- 
pears among  the  records. 


UADDOX  AGAIH   PROTESTS   HI8  LOTALTT  TO  THE 
KEBEL  CAUSE. 

Being  unable  to  accomplish  what  he  desired 
through  Gen.  Winder,  Maddox  addressed  the  fol- 
lowing letter  to  President  Davis.  It  will  be  no- 
ticed that  in  this  letter  Maddox  azain  refers  to  his 
valaable  services  to  the  Confederacy,  and  reminds 
President  Davis  tbat  he  porsaed  the  course  marlced 
out  for  bim  by  Mr.  Davis : 

ElCHMOND,  Aog.  14,  1803. 
Mr.  Pretident: 

The  object  of  this  note  is  to  request  your  direc- 
tion to  the  Adiutaut  General  to  return  tb  me  a  let- 
ter written  to  yon  by  me,  without  signature,  from 
Bicbmond  Court-house,  Va.,  and  to  request  you  to 
return  tbe  letter  I  addressed  to  you  some  six  weeks 
since. 

I  avail  myself  of  the  occsision  so  submit  to  your 
perusal  certain  docnments  whiuh  you  will  find  in- 
closed. This  is  done  tbat  there  may  be  no  rolstalte 
in  your  privity  to  the  faft  that  I  have  pursued  the 
coarse  yon  invited  mo  to  take,  and  that  my  offers  of 
service  have  not  only  been  repeatedly  declined,  but. 
instead  of  beins  pnt  in  commission,  1  bave  been  pat 

in  duress. 

It  is  not  mv  purpose  to  complain.  Under  other 
auspices  services  like  mine  would  have  attracted  a 
regard  more  in  accord  with  my  zeal;  but  I  bave  no 
reason  to  question  the  sincerity  with  which  an- 
other course  bas  been  taken.  I  submit,  and  now 
ask  tbat  you  will,  attpr  tbe  perusal  of  this  note, 
return  it  and  the  inciosnres  to  my  address,  rare  of 
Kent,  Paine  ic  Co.  Kespecttully.  yonr  obedient 
servant,  J.  H.  MADDOX 

His  Excellency  Jefferson  Davif,  President  of  the 
Confederato  States. 

Upon  this  letter  President  Davis  made  the  follow- 
ing indorsement ; 

The  request  to  return  the  note  and  itt  inciosnres 
is  complied  with,  but  th^s  leaves  nothing  on  which 
to  act,  and  is  equivalent  therefore,  to  a  withdrawal 
bf  other  requests  the  note  contains.  '      J.  D. 

Aug.  14,  1863. 

Upon  the  same  date  Maddox  wrote  the  following 
to  Gen.  Winder: 

•         ElCHMOND,  Aug.  14,  1863. 
Brig.  Oen.  J.  H.  Winder; 

SiE:  I  have  been  bere  for  nearly  three  months 
upon  some  vaene  idea  affactins;  mv  loyalty  to  the 
Confederate  States.  I  bave  repeatedly  asked  to 
know  the-charges  against  me,  and  bave  invariably 
been  informed  that  none  exist.  Vet  I  am  not 
allowed  to  return  home.  I 're<«pectfnllv  asK.  tbat 
you  wilt  investigate  my  case,  and  thus  give  me  an 
opportunity  of  meeting  tbe  charges  that  may  be 
made  against  me.  Bespectfully,  your  obedient 
servant.  J.  U.  MADDOX. 

HKAD-QUABTEEa  DEPABTMEST,  Aug.  14,  1863. 

There  are  uo  aoeciho  charges — indeed,  I  may  say 
any  charges — against  Mr.  Maddox  on .  file  at  these 
head-qnarters.  J.  H.  WINDER, 

Brigadier  General. 

In  proof  of  his  loyalty  to  tbe  Confederate  cause, 
and  as  famishing  evidenee  of  tbe  injustice  done 
him,  on  Aug.  3d  Maddox  wrote  as  follows,  inclosing 
a  letter  received  from  bis  wife.  The  party  to  whbm 
the  letter  was  addressed  does  not  appear,  bat  it  has 
the  official  marks  of  the  Confederate  War  Office  on 
its  back,  showing  that  it  was  laid  before  the  mili- 
tary aathorities : 

BiCHMOND,  Aug.  38,  1363. 

MtDeabSib:  I  .have  Just  received  your  note 
dated  vesterday,  fur  which  I  thank  you.  This 
morning  a  j;entleinan  arrived  from  Baltimore,  and 
brought  the  inclosed  letter  to  me  from  my  wife.  If 
tbo  President  will  read  it,  he  will,  I  think,  bo  less 
inclined  to  credit  the  slanders  aerainst  me.  I  bave 
news  from  my  estates  in  St.  Mary's  County,  and 
my  affi»irs  there  need  my  immediate  attention.  I 
have  sent  bond  and  over '$5,000  in  Federal  exchange 
to  my  wife;    tne  exchange,  I  tear,  is  last. 

Partly  for  gain,  and  partly  to  help  a  oause  dear 
to  my  heart.  I  engaged  in  an  undertaking  which 
has  resulted  in  peconiary  loss  and  personal  dis- 
credit, and  may  resali  in  my  mm. 

May  God  forgive  those  wbo  bave  tbna  pursoed 
and  persecuted  me. 

If  tbe  Secretary  of  War  had  given  me  an  oppor- 
tunity for  explanation  all  woctid  have  been  ngtat. 
It  was  certainly  dae  to  one  wbo  was  serviog  the 
country.    BespeotfoUy,  in  baste,  yours.  &o. 

J.  H.  MADDOX 

ZhefoUoiruiAU'tbe  letter  ftoia  Mn.  iCaauox. 


Those  portions  marked  by  asterisks  are   omitted  ' 
because  they  are  strictly  private: 

ANTRtx,  An?. 4, 1R63. 

Mt  Dbar  HbSBAKP:  Yonr  larier  of  tbe  30th 
reached  me  yesterday,  and  I  can  hardly  tell  you  of 
the  feeling  bf  deep  despair  it  gave  me.  In  the 
thonght  of  snof  a  prolonged  separation  and  the 
grief  oanxed  by  it,  I  almost  foraet  to  sea  the  eood 
tbat  has  been  done  yob  by  the  dasbingof  your  bones 
of  nsefnloess  to  the  cansr  so  dear  to  yon  by  the 
iuali<<e  of  pretended  frianda.    *    '    * 

We  were  not  much  troubled  by  tbe  soldier*  in 
their  passage  through  here.  Nearly  the  whole  of 
Mrtade's  Array  passed  throueb  Tarrvtown,  and  tbe 
citizens  were  disposed  to  incite  the  soldiers  to  com- 
mit all  the  depretlatinpsupon  the  property  tbat  thev 
could,  by  telling  them  that  we  were  secessionists, 
&r.  1  think  onrlonelycondition,  as  two  unprotected 
females,  saved  us  in  a  measure  from  a  great  deal  of 
trouble  we  would  bave  bad  if  yon  bad  been  at  home. 
They  tried  to  corrnpt  onr  servants,  but  finding  them 
so  loyal  to  us,  they  said  it  was  useless  to  talk  to 
tbem,  ttaiy  knew  we  were  a  set  of  secessionists  from 
the  master  down  to  the  nigeers  ! 

Antrim  was  selected — so  I  have  been  told  since — 
as  the  battle  ground.  We  stiw  tbem  surveying  tbe 
fields,  nedr  the  woods,  oelow  the  house.  The  io- 
teotiouofMeade,  they  say,  wastoattaek  Lpb  at  Get- 
tysburj  and  fall  back  to  this  part  ot  the  country. 
In  that  event  we  wonld  havo  been  mined.  •  *  * 
I  was  very  much  worried  by  tho  trespass  upon  tbe 
property,"  but  toward  the  last  I  learned  to  bear  it 
more  patiently.  They  bad  it  in  tbeir  power  to  do 
us  all  the  barm  they  wished,  and  no  doubt  thev 
wonld  tiave  mined  the  place  if  it  had  not  been  a 
little  out  of  their  way  to  cnme  out  here.  Tbe 
main  body  of  toe  Army  came  up  theFredeiick  road, 
and,  we  being  o£[  the  road,  stved  ns  from  a  great 
deal  of  nnooysnoe.  I  could  write  all  dsy  about  the 
scenes  tbroogh  which  we  bave  passed  since  you  left. 
*  *^  *  *  *  *  * 

I  trast  tbe  roistrnderRtandine  that  has  sriKen  be- 
tween you  and  your  friends  may  soon  b?  settled, 
and  tbat  yon  will  soon  be  borne.  I  cannot  imaelne 
bow  this  could  bave  been  broogbt  about.  I  thought 
your  position  so  clearl.y  defined  that  no  trouble 
could  ever  arise  in  regard  to  it.  If  there  is  any 
prospect  of  you  being  long  detained  from  home, 
please  let  me  sell  Antrim  and  goto  you.  "■  *  * 
Tour  wife,  L. 

MADDOX  BEQUESTS   AN  INTERVIEW   WITH  PKESI- 
DENT  DAVIS. 

Shortly  aft-'r  writing  the  foregoing  letter,  Mal- 
iloi  wrote  to  Col.  William  Preston  Johnston,  vindl- 
oatini;  himself  of  tbe  charges  against  him.  and 
asking  for  an  interview  with  President  Davis. 

My  Dear  SIR:  I  had  occasion,  some  short  time 
ago,  to  rrquest  ttio  President  to  return  to  mo  cer- 
tain letters  which  could  no  longer  be  of  service  to 
any  one  j  and  I  learn  that  be  is  under  the  iu'prea- 
sion  tbat  be  had  complied  with  mv  request.  But  as 
the  letters  have  not  reached  me,  and  as  I  am  indis- 
posed to  write  to  him  again  upun  the  subject,  I  ven- 
ture to  tax  your  kindness  so  faras  to  r.8k  you  to  look 
to  the  matter  foV  rae,  and  whon  an  opportunity  offers, 
to  call  the  atleutioo  ot  Mr.  D.»vis  to  the  former  re 
quest  of  mine,  and  to  see  that  tbo  said  letters  are 
returned  to  me. 

Tour  relations  to  the  President  may  enable  me, 
thrnnzb  you,  to  make  some  explanations  which 
seem  to  be  necessary  to  remcve  erroneous  impres- 
sions that  I  learn  the  Pr esidonl's  mmd  now  enter- 
tains, and  which  it  would  sfl'ord  me  Sincere  pleas- 
ure to  correct.  First — It  is  sugsested  that  my  de- 
sire to  retrain  poaseasion  of  tbe  letiors  referred  to 
above  indicates  a  ^ish  to  cover  up  my  traoki^. 
Second— That  iavestineuts  iu  {iroperty  in  Miry- 
land,  aud  indebtudnt-ss  supervening,  demoustrate 
that  my  pressooe  beru  is  fur  trade  oniy,  to  make 
acquisitions  to  pay  tbe   indebtedness,  aud  to  secure 

tbe  said  estate;  liul  tbat  mv  real  regards  are  for 
and  with  tbe  old  Government  of  the  United  States. 

To  the.to  avermoDta  my  reply  ia.  that  hau  1  im- 
ajined  I  should  bo  an  oijoot  of  susnicion,  as  mv 
friendly  suggevious  were  voluntary,  I  should  have 
withheld  them,  aud  bad  1  supposed  my  private 
dealings  were  to  be  ecnnued  and  would  require  ex- 
planatlon,  I  should  either  not  li»ve  advanced  at  all, 
or  would  bave  come  with  my  balance-sheet  itgalust 
fortune  prepared  so  aa  to  afford  au  accurate  chart 
to  such  as  wanted  to  preserve  .  my  landmarks. 
Iiealing  onlv  with  the  President,  I  gave  my  con- 
fl.leiicQ  entirely  and  concealed  nothing  I  did  not 
volunteer  anvexplanatioos  about  my  private  uffiirif, 
for  such  would  havu  boon  unseemly  and  imperti- 
nent. 

I  listened  to  rnmors  impnGming  my  sincerity,  and 
felt  secure  in  the  cuntideDCe  I  presumed  to  havo 
been  established  in  u  quarter  on  wblch  I  could 
sately  rest  "  as  on  a  rock. '  I  beaded  the  sugges- 
tion that  I  should  enter  the  r.orvico  of  the  Govern- 
ment when  it  was  suuposed  unsafe  for  nie  to  return 
home;  and  when  Gen.  Lea  partseii  beyond  the  bur- 
ders  of  the  Coiifederacy  and  enrorod  my  native 
State,  I  oiFered  to  eu  there  aud  raise  a  regiment  of 
cavalry.  Ic  was  postponed,  as  1  presumed,  froni 
prudential  motives  arisiug  from  tbe  siiuatiou  In 
Maryland.  The  Secretary  of  Wnr  Indorsed  upon 
tho  papers  relerred  to  his  aoiion  by  the  President 
that  "  it  was  unadvisablo  at  this  time  to  grant  thu 
auiboritv."  1  obeyed  tho  desire  to  wait.  Tho  situ- 
ation changed.  Meantime  I  had  taken  up  arms  to 
join  in  the  defoose  of  the  capital,  aud  Wds  in  the 
held  for  some  dav.-i.  There  I  leanie.l  tbat  my  bat- 
talion, composed  chirflv  ot  Marylanders,  would 
enlist  in  the  Cavalry,  for  the  urar,  upon  thu  condi- 
tion that  I  furnish  the  horses  rKjnired.  Possessing 
tbe  means,  and  still  supposing  myself  to  be  pursu- 
ing the  wish  of  the  I'rMsiditnt,  I  agreed  to  furnish 
tne  horses  to  moiiat  a  liattii<iuu.  of  which  I  was  to 
assume  the  command,  and  with  whom  I  was 
read?  to  enter  the  service  imraediatply.  All 
the  arrangements  were  made  wi'h  men 
in         numbers         nearly        sufficient  for        the 

battalitm,  aud  nothing  remained  but  to  obtain  tlio 
am hurlzaiion  of  the  Secretary  of  War  to  complete 
tho  organization.  This  bud  oo  connection  whatever 
with  my  original  prupositiuu.  and  so  certain  was  I 
(hat  it  wonld  he  promptly  accejitod  oy  Mr.  Seddous 
that  I,  in  several  Citses,  advanced  a  part  ot  tho 
bounty  money  to  the  men. 

I  apolisd  to  the  Secretary  of  War  for  tho  authority; 
I  stated  tho  facta  in  ai  plain  Enelish  at  1  knew, 
aud  his  reply  nras  "  that  he  had  granted  such 
autboniy  often  before,  aud  been  disappointed,  aud 
had  concluded  not  lo  do  soasaio."  lb  ere  can  bo 
no  misiinderstaudiug  of  ibis  matter  between  ^r. 
Seddoos  ana  me,  ana  I  am  tbu-i  minute  iu  describ- 
iuK  the  partioulars  of  my  offer  and  its  rejection, 
beoaud*  the  character  of    this    offer    itself  has  been 

perverted,  aud  instead  of  being  a  maritto  my  credit, 
seems  to  have  been  so  stated  to  the  ear  of  the  Presi- 
dent as  to  have  aggravated  suspicion  airainet  mr. 
This  offer  was.  not  only  decliued,  but  the  fact  was 
made  apparent  that  I  was  raifarded  with  a  suspi- 
cion that  even  a  Presidential  indorsenieuf  did  nut 
remove  from  the  mind  of  tho  Sscretary  of  War. 

Was  it  strauee  tbat  I.  woo  bad  not  asked  favors, 
and  wbo  bad  only  proffered  evidences  of  friendship, 
should  seek  to  withdraw  Irom  a  country  where  my 
advances  had  Oeen  so  repulsed?  I  wasEiveu  to  un- 
derstand tiiat  I  would  not  be  accepted  among  those 
commissioned  to  sustain  the  cause  of  the  Coufed- 
eraey,  and  moreover  that  I  wonld  not  be  suffered  to 
depart ;  in  other  words.  I  was  bold  in  duress — a  po- 
litical prisoner.  I  have  stood  since  upon  tbe  terms 
ot  a  parole.  Is  it  strange  under  these  circum- 
stances I  sbonld  seek  to  regain  my  letters,  whose 
function  had  been  performed,  and  wliich  had  failed 
to  secure  the  confidence  which  bad  been  expressed 
to  me  or  to  give  me  protection  or  suppurt  i  This  Is 
the  only  explanation  of  my  desire  to  have  my  let- 
ters ;  they  can  do  other  parties  now  no  service; 
they  Will  not  compromise  me  when  in  my  owu 
keeping. 

As  to  my  investments  in  Maryland,  the  explana- 
tion is  8imi>ly  that  my  wite,  who  had  money  inde- 
pendent Of  mo.  invested  it  in  a  farm  in  Catrull 
County,  which  sbo  holds  in  her  own  right,  as  pur- 
chased with  her  owu  tuods.  This  purchase  was 
made  after  an  interview  I  had  with  Mr.  Davis, 
Shortly  after  my  release  from  Fort  Warren.  I  sub- 
mitted my  case  then  to  the  President,  aud  bo  ad- 
vised me  to  return  to  Marylaud,  and  wait  there  t«r 
events  to  develop,  Mr.  Benjamin  was  present  at 
thai,  conversation.  Mv  desire  to  return  with  my 
funds  to  Marj'laud  was  not  for  the  purpose  of  iu- 
vestment,  but  to  liquidate  a  debt  npou  property 
that  1  could  not  honestly  remove  withont.  There 
was  a  debt  due  on  my  ne;:roes  (about  70  in  numberl 
which  I  felt  bound  to  pay  betore  I  could  move 
tbem.  I  bave  during  tbe  war  nearly  always  bad 
money  in  Kichmond,  at  times  large  amounts.  I 
own  real  estate  to  some  valnein  tbe  Sooth. 

I  am  still  desirous  to  withdraw  afier  all  that  has 
occurred.  If  not  permitted  to  returu  to  Maryland, 
I  wish  to  g»  South  and  look  aft«r  other  iptcrests. 
I  do  not  seek  to^  render  explanations,  and  I  do  not 
aspire  to  favors.  Standing  on  tbe  foundation  of  that 
right  which  belongs,  in  a  Government  like  thi.'*,  to 
tbe  humblest  man,  I  shall  seek  no  more  than  that  I 
be  treated  with  Justice,  and  be  permitted  to  make 
my  own  way  unmolested  by  pnblic  authority,  when 
I  ilemean  myself  with  propriety  before  the  law. 

I  wish  you  to  make  these  explanations  of  my 
status,  as  opportunity  may  occur,  return  the  let- 
ters, and  believe  me  very  truly  .yours,  &c., 

J.  a.  MADDOX. 

Col.  William  Preston  Joiin81o\  present. 

p.  S. — 1  bnd  that  1  am  unable  to  make  as  full  an 
explanation  as  I  desire  in  any  limited  space.  X  de- 
sire .the  good  opinion  of  the  President,  and  hope 
not  to  lose  it  by  any  fault  ot  mine.  If  he  will  grant 
ma  an  Interview  at  bis  house,  any  evening,  I  think 
1  can  explain  all  things  to  bis  satisfaction.  1  had  a 
delicacy  in  asking  this  before,  but  as  tbe  Presi- 
dent's mind  is  certainly  prejudiced  against  me,  and 
I  am  no  lonirer  an  applicant  for  position,  I  think  it 
Is  dne  to  my  character  to  relieve  bis  mind  of  it  if 
possible.  J.  H.  M. 

Ttaotoregoing  was  laid  before  President  Davis, 
Indorsed  as  follows  : 

Inclosed  letter  sent  to  me  to  lay  before  the  Presi- 
aeat.         WILLIAM  PRESTON  JOHNSTON, 
Colonel  and  Aide  de  Camp. 

The  letter  was  referred  to  the  Secreiary  of  War, 
at  tbat  time  J.  H.  Seddons,  with  the  following  in- 
dorsement mado  by  President  Davis : 

Secretary  of  War,  whose  attention  is  'called  to 
ttie  matter  of  the  battalion  of  mounted  men.  The 
letters  referred  are  supposed  to  be  those  on  which 
I  inade  an  indorsement,  of  the  import  ot  which  tbe 
writer  appears  to  be  adriaed.  J.  D. 

Aug.  31,  1863. 

Secretary  Seddons  was  not  satisfied  with  ]llad- 
dox's  explanttion,  as  will  be  seen  from  tbe  tollowing 
indorsement  made  under  tbat  of  President  Davis: 

I  do  not  deem  it  advisable  to  give  the  anthority; 
nor,  indeed,  oan  I  admit  myseir  prepared  to  givo 
any  military  tmsti  to  this  applicant. 

tjept.  SI,  1863.  J.  H.  S.,  Secretary. 

MADDOX    ENGAQED    TO    FCKNISH     UGDICAI.    SUB- 

FUBS. 

Mr.  Maddox  with  this  ceased  all  efforts  to  regain 
the  confidence  of  tbe  leadera  of  the  Southern  Con- 
federacy;  bat  t*'0  months  after  bis  letter  waa 
written  to  CoL  Johnson.  Dr.  Spottswood,  Medical' 
Farvevor  of  tbe  Confederate  Navy,  oommnnioated 
with  Maddox  with  a  view  of  employing  bim  in  ob- 
t&tnioa  certain  medioal  •OPDliea  then  varr  much 


needed  by  tbe  rebels.    Following  ia  Dt.  Spotta wood's 
letter  to  Maddox : 

Conkedrbatb  States  Navt  DEPARniKNT, ) 

OFilOE  MSOICINB  AKD  StlRGKKY,  > 

RICBHOXD,  Nov.  6,  1863.      ) 
J.  IT.  Maddox,  Eiq.: 

Dbar  Sib  :  Tbe  necessities  of  tbe  Navy  Depart-  - 
<nent  deinaoding  an  immediate  subply  of  artlolea,  of 
which  I  band  you  herewith  a  schedule,  and  there 
being  some  aooertainty  as  to  tbe  delay  of  the  sbip- 
meuts  under  obarge  of  Dr.  Obisilln,  I  desire  to  know 
if  yon  can  in  any  way  furnish  the  articles  required 
withont  delay,  and  if  you  can,  I  wish  to  know  upon 
what  terms  you  will  undertake  immediately  to  fill, 
tbe  requisition.    Respectfnlly,  &c., 

W.  A.  N.  SPOTTSWOOD, 

Surgeon  in  Charge.  &c. 
.To  the  foregoing  Maddox  replied  prbmptly  as 
follows: 

Richmond,  Nov.  7,  1863. 
Mtdical  Purveyor,  Confederate  States  Amtrica  : 

Sir:  Referring  to  your- noto  of  tbe  6th  inst,  I 
have  to  sAy  I  think  the  articles  of  which  you  stand 
so  much  in  need  might  be  supplied,  provided  one 
conid  act  with  license  from  the  Government. 

Yon  are  ptobably  aware  that  in  my  own  person 
I  have  not  been  favored  with  tbe  confidence  of 
that  departmeut  from  which  such  privlleaes  ema- 
nate, and  it  may  be  remarked  thitt  I  have  grown 
into  such  odor  on  the  other  side  tbat  now  it  woald 
be  ansafe  tor  meto  fall  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy. 
I  would  not  tie  willing  to  risk  mv  safety  by  at- 
tempting in  person  tbe  execution  of  any  enterprihO 
demanding  my  personal  presence  witliin  tho  lines 
of  the  enemy. 

If  the  privilese  could  be  obtained  for  an  agent  to 
superiotend  the  sales  of  toliacco,  and  a  license  can 
be  given  to  me  to  purcbase  a  qiianlitv  for  sbipment, 
tbe  proceeds  mieht  be  turned  into  the  articles  you 
require,  and  I  will  cheerfully  embark  tbe  peonniary 
means  bv  way  of  advance  to  pnrcbase  and  ship  it, 
with  a  view  to  yonr  accommndation,  upon  the  same 
terms  as  to  outlay  and  reimbursement  an  contained 
in  our  nri^inal  contract.-  Mr.  Leon  Dnvall  is  a 
proper  person  to  fill  such  airency,  and  it  only  re- 
mains for  you  to  procure  lor  bim  the  necessary 
license  from  tbe  proper  department  to  put  your 
wishes  iu  a  fair  way  for  execution. 

In  so  far  as  my  ability  to  assist  bv  advancing  and 
by  riskine  means  may  be  calculated  to  accomplish 
your  wishes,  I  stand  ever  ready  to  meet  any  call 
that  may  be  supposed  calculat'nd  to  advance  the 
public  interest.    Respecttnlly  yours,  &.c., 

J.  H.  MADDOX. 

In  accordance  with  the  sngEestion  of  Maddox,  a 
lici.i^e  was  issued  to  -purchase  and  ship  tobacco, 
the  liceu!>e  being  issued  upon  the  following  recom- 
mindation  from  Dr.  Spottswood  : 

1  recommend  that  tho  license  to  purchase  and  ship 
tobacco  across  tho  lines  be  (rranted  t-o  J.  n.  Mad- 
dox, K<<q.,  and  tbat  Mr.  Leon  Dnvall  have  a  pass  to 
act  as  his  agent,  with  a  view  of  turning  the  pro- 
ceeds of  sales  of  tobacco  into  articles  demanded  im- 
periously and  immediately  for  tbe  use  of  the  Navy 
Department,  of  which  articles  he  has  the  schodule. 
W.  A.  N.  SPOTTSWOOD, 

Richmond,  Nov.  7,  1863.         Surgeon  m  Churge. 

Maddox  has  a  larse  claim  aeainst  the  United 
States  for  tobacco  alleged  to  bave  been  oaptureil, 
and  it  is  believed  the  tobacco  ciptured  was  that 
which  he  engaged  to  trade  in  exchange  for  medical 
supplies  to  be  used  in  tbe  naval  service  of  the  Con- 
federate States.  Tbe  evidence  herd  tarnished  of  his 
disloyalty  should  be  sufficient  to  vitiate  any  claim 
of  this  kind  be  may  prefer  against  tho  United  States. 

ADDITIONAL  PROOF   OP   MADDOX'a   REBEL    Sym- 
pathies. 

Ifany  aildltioDal  proof  of  the  disloyalty  of  John 
H.  Maddox  to  thq  United  States  durinz  the  rebal- 
lion  is  needed  it  is  furoisbod  by  Mr.  Maddox  him- 
self in  the  foUowing  letter,  which  neoils  uo  expla- 
natiou : 

Ktchmonp.  DflC.  23,  1863. 
Hon.  .Tallies  A.  Seddont,  Hecretary  of  War  : 

SiR:  Aftor  susLaluiug  lieavv  losses  of  property 
occasioned  by  mv  doteiitiou  iu  Richmond,  for  causes 
which  have  never  lieen  explained  to  me,  but  which, 
1  presume,  in  the  uxeicise  of  a  cautious  vigilance, 
you  have  considered  sufficient  juijtification  for  tho 
course  of  tbe  public  autboricy.  lam  informed  that 
my  family,  wUh  such  of  my  Maryland  property  tbat 
islelt  me,  and  which  can  be  removed,  consisting  of 
some  41)  slaves,  A'C,  ic,  may  in  a  few 
weeks  be  expected  to  remove  from  St. 
Mary's  County,  Md.,  to  tlie  VlrKinia  side  o'  the 
Poliiroao  River  to  remain  ihcreafter  perma- 
nently in  the  Confederacy,  'ibis  evidence  of  my 
intention  may  or  may  not  be  accepted  as  a  proof 
of  my  loyalty  to  a  c^nse  with  which,  ia  its  darkest 
hours,  I  thus  identify  mv  f iinily  and  my  fortune; 
hut  I  trnst,  at  least,  it  may  bo  sufllcieut  apology  fir 
mv  askinz  your  written  ftiithorlzilion  to  Mr. 
Jacson  Bell,  my  agent,  for  tbe  iatroductlon  of  some 
12,000  or  15,000  pounds  of  bacon,  which  constitntes 
a  supplv  for  my  tamily  and  slaves,  and  which  has 
been  prepared  for  aud  moves.lii  company  with  them, 
or  at  least,  so  as  to  be  easily  accessible  for  their  use. 

As  the  sPituro  of  this  supply  wonld  put  me  to  the 
most  soiious  iocouveiiiencu  aud  subject  me  to  creat 
lob«,  to  avoid  a  cUauce  of  a  calamity  oi  tlie  kiinl,  I 
request  that  you  will  give  ine  a  paper  to  authorize 
Mr.  Bell  to  pass,  with  the  bacon,  unmolested  by  the 
military  antburitics,  and,  that  the  same  shall  nut  be 
impressed  f<ir  public  use. 

1  nave  cmtemplated  a  scheme  of  surprise  of  Loon- 
ardstowu,  Md..  to  be  conducted  by  myself,  after  my 
tamily  is  secure  on  this  side  of  the  Potomac.  X 
think  it  can  be  eff -cted  aud  I  Lope  you  will  so  far 
foreco  vonr  lormer  <<onbts  as  to  ray  desire  to  render 
service  to  the  caase  of  tbe  South,  as  to  lend  me  in 
this  matter  a  vienrous  assistance,  and,  to  make  it 
a  Standing  point  from  which  I  may  with  snthorlty 
from  the  Government  r.<i8e  au  independent  bat- 
talion of  cavalry.to  be  composed  of  Marylanders  and 
others,  not  suoJiHit  to  conscription.  To  make  tbe 
attack  successtul  I  would  desire  to  detach  tempo- 
rarily irom  Col.  Ur  idy  T  Johnsous  command  (Col. 
Johnson  couseutiiiK,)  some  75  or  80  men.  I  think  I 
can  directly  raise  as  mauy  more,  aud  with 
^130  men  I  am  willing  to  le^id  tbe  en- 
ternrise  In  pel  son.  The  l-'ederal  cavalry  at 
Leouardsiown  is  cotupoaed  of  lUU  mru.  Too  sobemo 
embraces  thu  capture  of  a  steamer  and  carsro,  to- 
gether with  horses,  cavalry  cquiutuents,  clothing, 
arms,  aud  personal  vffects.  I  piopose  tbat  tho 
steamer  aud  carfco  shall  be  turned  over  to  tbe  Gov- 
ernment, but  that  the  horses,  equlpmeots,  arms, 
and  Oflier  personal  effects  shall  reuiaio  the  property 
of  ths  captors,  to  ficllitate  the  quick  eulistmunt  of 
the  desired  Independent  battaliou. 

Should  yon  think' favorably  of  tho  leading  fea- 
tures of  this  scheme,  I  shall  take  great  pleasure  in 
placing  the  details  belore  voa  at  the  earliest  mo- 
ment.   Respectfully  yours,  Ji:.c.    J.  H.  MADDUX. 

Secretary  of  War  Seddons  granted  tbe  request 
preferred  in  the  foregoing  letter  in  the  tollwing  in- 
dorsement : 

Reasonabte  supplies  tor  family  consumotion,  and 
free  from  the  impressiuent  of  the  departmeut.  I 
can  give  no  other  than  tbe  ceneral  protection 
offered  by  law.  J.  A.  S.,  Secretary. 

4  Jan'y,  '64.  

A  SELFEXCVSKU  MURDERER. 
The  Hartford  Courant  of  Friday  contains  tbe 
following  :  "  Twenty-two  years  ago  a  young  man  in 
Kew-Haven  was  eoeaged  to  marry  a  young  wqman 
there.  Por  some  reason  she  transferred  her  prom- 
ise to  marryi  if  not  her  affections,  to  another  per- 
son.   Tbe  first  suitor,   wbo  was   a  respectable   me- ' 

cbanic,  disapproved  of  the  match  and  declared  that 
Ins  rival  was  a  dlsrepotabln  person  wbo  wonld 
lead  hl4  affianced  a  wretched  lite,  aud  tbat 
while  be  cuald  surrender  her  himself,  be  would 
rather  sbo  should  die  tiiao  marry  that  man. 
Accordinely.  and  as  he  said  solely  to  save  ber 
irom  tbe  awful  fate  of  such  a  degrading  mar- 
tiage,  be  killed  tbe  girl.  Ue  did  not  attempt  to 
conceal  hts  deed;  be  justified  it,  and  regarded  him- 
self as  the  savior  of  tne  tcirl's  happiness.  He  was 
tried  for  murder,  and  acquitted  on  the  in'onnd  or 
insanity,  altliuugb  bo  stoutly  denied  tbat  he  was  in- 
sane, and  said  that  he  had  acted  upon  bis  cool  con- 
viction of  what  was  best  lor  the  girl,  and  was 
ready  to^sufl'er  tbe  penalty  of  the  law  lor  tbe  homi- 
cide. Aeqaitt^d,  he  was  remanded  to  tbe  county 
)ail  by  tbe  court;  ho  remained  there  seven  ur 
eight  years,  all  tbe  time  protesting  that  tie  was 
in  his  right  mind,  and  that  tbe  State  should  either 
bang  him  for  murder  or  release  him.  He  was  tneu 
transferred  to  the  State  Prison  at  Wetbersfield,  by 
What  authority  it  does  not  appear,  under  no  sen- 
tence. IMiere  ho  has  remained  until  this  day,  in 
the  same  state  of  mind,  apparently  rational  on  all 
^ubiects  except  that  be  insists  tbat  be  had  a  right 
to  kill  the  girl  to  save  her  from  dishonor ;  and  tbat 
if  tbe  State  thought  otherwise  it  should  have  puo- 
ished  him  as  a  murderer.  Ttilsis  the  story  of  Wil- 
lurd  Clarke,  who  baa  now  petitioned  the  Assembly 
to  remove  bim  from  the  State  Prison  to  the  Insane 
Asylum  at  Middletown." 


TALE'S  REl'tiY  TO  CORNELL. 

Tho  itbaca  Journal  of  Tburaday  thua  ex- 
presses itself :  "The  excuse  that  Yale  gives  for 
nut  accepting  the  ohillenge  sent  by  Cornell  to  row 
an  eight-oared  race  next  Summer  is  rather  flimsy. 

It  is  declared  that  tbe  Yale  Boat  Club  is  heavily  iu 
debi^and  cannot  afford  to  incur  tbe  expense  inci- 
dent to  such  a  race.  If  the  contest  should  take 
place  a  week  alter  the  Harvard-Yale  race, 
(to  which  Cornell  would  gladly  assent,) 
the  additional  expense  wonld  be  trifling— simply 
tbe  cost  of  boarding  eight  men  for  tbat  length  of 
time.  It  tbe  Kastern  college  does  not  dare  to  meet 
Cornell  again  on  tbe  water  for  fear  of  defeat, 
(though  nut  feeling  incliued  to  admit  tbe  fact,)  she 
certainly  should  not  offer  snub  silly  excuses  as  the 
above  for  refusing  the  challenge.  If.there  be  any- 
thing in  tbe  statement  that  Harvara  wants  to  be 
directly  challenged  before  she  will  agree  to  JAieet 
Comeli,  we  bave  little  doubt  that  that  objection  will 
shortly  be  overcome." 


A  BALL  IN  HIS  EYE. 
The  Elk  liiver  (Sbcrbarne  County,  Minu,) 
Kewi  nai rates  tbe  following:  "We  bave  informa- 
tion of  a  remarkable  circnmstance  occurring  to  Mr. 
T.  T.  Cook,  who  la  a  brother  to  W.  H.  and  J.  H. 
Cook,  of  Anoka  and  wbo,  we  are  informed,  resided 
here  one  Summer,  a  few  years  eiace,  and  will  be 
remembered  by  many  of  our  citizens.  Mr.  T.  T. 
Cook  waa  a  Union  soldier,  ana  while  engaged  in  a 
fight  with  Morgan's  raioers,  at  Cyntbiaua,  Ey., 
on  tbe  11th  of  Ja-ie,  1864,  received  a  wound  in  the 
left  eye,  by  which  that  organ  was  destroyed.  The 
wound  was  never  oaretully  exnmibed,  the  surgeons 
thinking  it  waa  made  by  a  splinter  or  spent  sbou 
Tbe  wound  never  healed,  and  has  proved  a  great 
annoyaaoo  r>  Mr.  Cook.  But-  last  Tbpnksgivlng 
morning,  while  at  Daniel  Flocb's,  In  West  Sneuau- 
eo,'Penn.,  a  Mlni6  ball  drooped  out  of  bis  eye, 
followed  by  a  pnrnlent  discbarge.  The  ball 
Weiebed  Vs  oonus,  and  bnd  lam  iml^edded  in  the 
skulL  near  t>>«-f*«.  for  IS  Tears  5  montiia  and 
la  du-B." 


LAW  KEPOKTS: 
♦  - '  - 

THECEECK  FORGERY  CASE. 

CKOSS-EXAMINATION  OF  THB  BROKER  MAX- 
WELL— HIS  STORY  OF  THE  CASE— HO- 
HACIC  K.  BROWNE'S  TK8TIMOKT  REOARD- 
INO  THE  NBGOTIATIONS  WiTH  MAXWELL. 
The  examination  of  Gleorge  L.  Maxwell,  tbe 
broker  charged  with  negotiating  tbe  forged  $64,225 
check,  wn  resumed  yeeterday  morning  at  the 
Tombs  Police  Court,  before  Justice  Duffy,  Aseittsnt 
District  Attorney  Herring,  and  Mr.  Peckbam  ap- 
pearing for  the  prosecntion,  and  .Mr.  Seward  and 
Gen.  Foster  for  MaxwelL  Maxwell  was  cross-ex- 
amined by  Mr.  Peokbam,  and  testified  tbat  he  bad 
been  a  broker  and  member  of  the  Stocjc  Exchange 
30  years;  he  was  not  a  member  of  the  Gold  Board, 
and,  if  be  purchased  gold,  he  would  have  to  employ  a 
broker ;  be  met  Horace  E.  Browne  tor  tbe  flrst  time 
in  October  last,  at  wblch  time  Browne  wanted  to 
get  np  a  mining  company ;  witness  saw  Browne 
very  often  afterward  in  New  street,  and  used  to 
play  billiards  with  bim  at  a  saloon  in  tbat  street; 
It  was  about  tbe  23d  of  December  that  Browne  first 
spoke  to  him  about  buying  gold  and  Government 
securities  for  an  institntlon,  and  be  agreed  with  bim 
to  do  BO  ano  secretl)^  divide  tbe  oommis- 
sions  With  some  one  inside  of  the  insti- 
tution, which  Browne  afterward  told  him_ 
was  the  New-York  Life  Insurance  Company; 
witness  saw  Browne  on  the  2d  of  January,  and  told 
bim  he  had  sot  the  order  and  check  from  the  in- 
surance company  and  was  eoing  to  the  Union  Trust 
Company  to  get  the  check  certified,  and  Browne 
told  bim  that  was  the  wisest  thins  he  could  do ; 
witness  was  ordered  to  buy  the  gold  on  tbe  3d  of 
January,  but  did  not  buy  it  till  the  5tb,  beoause  be 
thonght  the  insurance  company  might  countermand 
the  order  in  tbe  meantime,  as  gold  had  gone  up  a 
little  ;  witness  called  on  Mr.  Bracbvogel,  a  clerk  in 
the  New-York  Life  Insurance  Company,  in  com- 
pany with  Gen.  Foster,  on  the  afternoon  of  tbe  3d 
of  January,  and  Gen.  Foster  showed  Bracbvogel  a 
letter  wbicb  witness  had  received  from  a  mes- 
senger wbo  witness  supposed  came  from,  the  in- 
surance company,  aud  asked  Bracbvogel  whether  it 
was  signed  by  an  officer  of  the  insurance  company, 
aud  Brackvogel  said  it  was  not ;  witness  had  lost 
tbat  letter  and  did  not  ren^ember  the  name  signed 
to  it ;  it  was  an  order  from  the  insurance  company 
to  buy  gold,  and  only  tbe  signature  waa  shown  to 
Bracbvogel. 

Mr.  Edward  Kine,  President  of  the  Union  Trust 
Company,  called  by  Mr.  Seward,  testified  tbat  be 
was  present  when  Maxwell  was  brought  to  tbe 
Trnst  Company  by  Mr.  Dewitt  C.  Hays;  Maxwell 
was  requested  to  produce  the  letters  about  the 
check,  and  get  Horace  £.  Browne  to  eome  to  the 
ofiicc  ;  Maxwell  broagbt  tbe  letters  on  that  day, 
aud  Browne  came  the  next  day,  and  so  did  Max- 
well. 

Mr.  Cohen,  of  the  firm  of  Richards  &  Cohen,  who 
purcba^ud  $50,000  cold  for    Maxwell,  calleu  by 

Mr.  Peokbam,  testifled  that  he  took  tbe  g,o\A. 
check  for   (SO.uOO  to  Maxwell  &   Blood's    office,  and 

offered  the  check  to  Blood,  who  asked  tbat  tbe 
Check  should  be  converted  into  gold  certificates, 
and  at  Maxwell's  wish  witness  tried  to  get  the 
check  changed  so  as  to  ^et  fnnr  $10,000  certificates, 
one  fo.OUO  certificate,  and  five  (1,000  certificates; 
but  instead  he  got  five  110,000  ceriiHcates,  which  be 
brouznt  to  tho  otBoe  and  eave  to  Blood. 

Runyou  W.  Martin,  Jr.,  called  b.y  Mr.  Peckbam, 
testi:ied  tbat  on  the  9th  of  Jauuary  Maxwell  asked 
him  whether  be  waa  doing  auytbine  in  gold  ;  told 
liim  that  he  was  buvini;  gold  for  au  institution  up 
town,  aud  said  be  would  put  h'.m  m  the  business  if 
he  liked,  as  be  did  not  know  moch  about  eold  trans- 
actions himself  ;  witness  told  bim  tbat  he  could  not 
da  it,  as  be  would  bave  to  get  tbe  gold  before  he  got 
the  check  to  pav  for  it,  and  he  could  not  lose  the 
time  required  in  sending  up  town  on  such  business; 
on  the  following  morning  witness  went  to  Max- 
well's oflice  aud  asked  him  what  institution  he 
wanted  mm  to  do  businesa  for,  aud  was  told  that  it 
was  a  life  insurance  company  in  New-York,  or  tbe 
New- York  Life  Insurance  Company,  he  [  witness] 
could  not  remember  which. 

Horace  E.  Brown,  called  by  Mr.  Peckbam,  testi- 
fied that  il  ax  well  bad  agreed  to  arrange  for  nego- 
tiating checks  purporting  to  be  sent  to  bim  irom 
the  New- York  Lite  Insurance  C3mpany,The  under- 
standing beinif  that  55  per  cent,  of  the  amount  real- 
ized on  such  checks  was  togo  to  the  company,  20  per 
cent,  to  oflicers  ot  the  company  aud  25  per  cent,  to 
Maxwell  aud  his  triends;  witness  told  Maxwell  that 
fauiidiedsuf  thousands  of  dollars  might  be  gotout 
of  the  compauy  lu  this  way;  Maxwell  told  witness 
that  he  had  oouanlted  a  lawyer,  and  bad  been  in- 
°  formed  that  he  could  not  be  neld  criminally  even^jn 
an  iudorsemeni,  as  that  would  merely  follow  tbe  cer- 
tification of  the  Trnst  Company;  he  said  that  iu  the 
event  ot  a  discovery  the  verdict  of  public  opinron 
wouhi  simnly  ue  that  bo  was  a  foul,  aud  ongbt  to 
be  sent  to  Rie  company  to  ascert.iio  whether  every- 
thine  was  riaht  instead  of  doinir  business  so  blindly; 
00  tbe  3d  of  January  witness  was  told  by  Maxwell 
that  ho  had  received  the  letter  and  check  from  the 
messenser  supposed  to  come  from  tbe  insurance'' 
company:  Maxwell  told  him  tbat  if  any  tronble 
came  \Villiam  U.  Beers,  tbe  Vice  President  of  the 
iusuranco.  company,  was  going  to  be  tbe 
man  who  would  run  away ;  [Mr.  Beers 
was  sittini;  near  tbe  witness  when  be 
said  this,  and  laughed  heartily;]  witness  told 
Maxwell  that  the  books  of  the  insurance  company 
would  be  no  arranged  that  there  would  scarcely  be 
any  possibility  of  detection,  unless,  by  some  inad- 
vertence, tbe  books  should  be  balanced  at  an  unex- 
pected time  ;  if  a  premature  exposure  should  hap- 
pen they  wcro  both'  agreed  tbat  officers  of  the  com- 
pany, who  were  in  the  scheme,  might 
make  the  point  that  tbe  check  (r  checks  (which 
were  eenuine)  were  forircd.  Witneas,  in  conclusion, 
told  bow  he  cot  a  $10,000  gold  oertificato  from  Max- 
well, cave  <5,0o0  of  it  to  Cbadwick,  spent  some  of 
the  balance,  and  depositad  the  remainder  (|3,3U(I)  in 
the  safe  ot  a  lawyer,  Mr.  Flanagan,  at  No.  35  Wall 
street,  from  whence  it  bad  been  taken  by  wityess' 
counsel,  Mr.  W.  Wirt  Haweit,  and  given  to  Mr. 
Peckbam,  who  bad  receipted  for  it. 

The  cross-examination  of  Browne  was  put  over 
to  10:30  o'clock  this  morning. 

Ay  ALLEGED  WRONGFIL  SEIZURE.  ' 
The  case  of  Edward  Aaron,  a  minor,  b.y  bis 
guardian,  Rachel  Rauth,  against  Godchaud  & 
Uirscb  was  brought  to  trial  before  Judge  Joseph 
F.  Daly  and  a  Jury,  in  Part  III.  of  the  Supreme 
Court,  yesterday.  The  plaintiff  alleges  that  he  was 
the  owner  of  a  hat  store  at  No.  148  Bowery,  and 
that  his  goods  were  seized  at  the  instigation  ot  the 
deleudants  on  Sept.  11.  1873.  He  claims  13,000  dam- 
ages. Tbe  defendants  in  answer  deny  that  the 
plaintiff  was  tbe  owner  of  tbe  goods,  and  allege 
that  they  caused  tbe  seizure  to  be  made  by  a  City 
Marshal  under  au  execution  on  a  lodgment  ob- 
tained by  them  lu  a  suit  in  a  District  Court 
against  Levi  Aaron,  the  father  of  the  plaintiff  who 
rbey  claim,  is  tbe  real  party  iu  interest.  It  ap 
peared  from  tbe  testimony  that  Edward  Aaron  was 
run  over  by  a  car  on  the  Second  Avenue  Railroad 
some  years  aeo.  He  sued  tbe  company,  and  recov- 
ered 94,500  damages.  Under  tbe  direction  ot  the 
court  this  amount  was  deposited  in  business  fur 
bim.  Hid  lather,  however,  was  Trustee  for  him, 
and  managed  tbe  basiness.  Tbe  counsel  for  the 
detendauis  moved  to  dismiss  the  complaint  on  tho 
ground  that  not  Edward  Aaron,  but  Levi  Aaron, 
waa  tbe  proper  person  to  bring  suit,  since  the  legal 
title  to  tbe  property  is  iifthe  Trustee,  antAie  alone 
can  maintain  an  action  on  account  of  it.  J^dge 
Daly  reserved  his  decision  on  the  point.  Tbe  tes- 
timony in  the  case  was  taken,  and  an  adjournment 
was  then  taken  until  Monday,  when  tbe  motion  to 
dismiss  the  complaint  will  be  decided.  Christopher 
Mne  appeared  fur  tbe  plaintiff,  and  B.  F.  Einstein 
for  the  defendants.  In  regard  to  Levi  Aaron,  who 
appears  in  the  case,  it  may  be  said  that  he  is  the 
person  who  was  indictea  lor  receiving  stolen  eoods, 
and  be  was  afterward  represented  to  be  dead,  and 
bi«  ball  was  released.  He  turned  np  afterward, 
however,  and  was  tried  and  convicted,  out  was  p  ar- 
doned  recently  by  the  Governor. 

COVET  OF  APPEALS. 

Albant,  Feb.  9. — In  the  Court  of  Appeals 
to-day  the  following  business  was  transacted : 
No.  84^2— The  People  ex  rel  McCann  vs.  Eilboum. 
No.  84^-— The  People  ex  rel  Lansing  vs;  Tremain  ; 
argument  resumed  and  concluded.  No.1%— Liv- 
iniiBton  vs.  Murray ;  argued  by  Joseph  S. 
Cboate  for  appellant  and  John  K.  Porter  tor  re- 
spondent. No.  155 — Johnson  vs.  Margan  ;  argued 
by  .Samuel  Hand  for  appellant  and  Joseph  H. 
Cboate  for  respondent. 

The  following  is  the  Conrt  of  Appeals  dwv  calen- 
dar for  Monday,  Feb.  12:  Nob.  147,134,140.174, 
175,   184,  "84 ''8,  127. 

♦ 

THE  PATUEUT  OF  ALIMONY. 
Barbara  Felder  obtained  a  limited  divorce 
from  her  hnsbaud,  August  Felder,  on  the  ground  of 
cruelty,  and  by  the  terms  of  the  decree  the  latter 
was  ordered  to  pay  Mrs.  Felder  $10  per  month  as 
permanent  alimony.  He  paid  only  five  installments, 
or  (SO  in  all.  Mrs.  Felder  alleged  that  be  had  re- 
fused to  pay  her  any  more,  and  obtained  an  order 
directing  bim  to  show  cause  why  he  should  not  t>e 
puQished  fur  contempt  of  court  for  his  refusal.  Mr. 
felder  appeared  oetbre  Judge  Barrett,  in  Supreme 
Court,  Chambers,  yesterday,  and  said  that  after 
makiug  the  five  payments  he  was  told  by  Mrs. 
Felder  s  counsel  tbat  be  could  obtain  a  general  re- 
lease on  paying  tSO.  Mr.  Felder  says  be  tried  to 
obttAn  this  amount,  but  baa  thus  far  failed  to  do  so. 
He  says  he  bas  not  refused  nor  does  he  refuse  to  pay 
tbe  amount  ordered  by  tbe  court.  Ue  is  a  .poor 
eardener.  he  says,  and  earns  only  ("iO  per  montb.  Of 
this  be  bas  to  pay  |24  for  bis  board  and  washing. 
Mrs.  Felder,  he  says,  is  a  person  of  means,  and  has 
a  fiower  garden.  Judge  Barrett  reserved  bis  de- 
cision on  the  niotion  to  punish  for  oontempY. 


tn  Me  defendatitM  K-aiilait.  'f  he  ptrnianC  bmnxbi 
anit  to  recover  (1,887  06.  which  be  claims  he  wonld 
have  made  as  o.flltit'tbn  dpfecdanrs  had  sold  the 
stork  8t  69.  Tbe  defeodanrs,  on  the  other  hand, 
alleg<^  tbat  they  were  unable  to  sell  the  stock  at  69, 
aiid  that  they  did  all  th:y  could.  l! hey  set  up  also 
e  001*3 ter-ol aim  for  Wieir  own  loss  in  the  transse- 
tion.  The  Jury  gave  the  defendants  a  verdict  for 
(553  «5.  ^ 

COURT  JiOTES. 


SSLLING  PACIFIC  MAIL  ST^CK. 
The  case  of  Walter  S.  Avenll  against  Wil- 
liam H.  Weoster  and  another  was  tried  before 
Judge  Tan  Brnnt  and  a  Jury  in  Part  ILL  of  the 
Supreme  Conrt  yesterday.  The  plaintiff  alleged 
tbat  tbe  deleudants,  who  ate  brokers,  bonght  under 
instructions  from  him,  in  1^,  100  sbares  of  Pacific 
Hail  stock,  which  they  were  to  sell  wban  the  price 
touched  69.  Xu  a  dty  or  two  the  stock  did  tonoh 
ttie  flgore  in  qaestiun,  bnt  felt  rapid*/  until  the 
Plaintiff's  margin  v^as  exhausted,  aud  a  loss  ensued 


Ju^ge  Van  Yorst,  in  tne  Supreme  Court, 
Special  Term,  yesterda.v.  rendered  indgment  for  the 
City  in  the  suits  brought  by  Biohmond  and  Davis 
for  the  setting  aside  of  aaftesanients. 

Thomas  D.  Hall  bronght  suit  in  the  Supreme 
Court  aerainst  Smith  E.  Xnttle'  to  recover  for  ad- 
vances on  a  earKo  h(  nnts,  mostly  pea-nnta.  In  Part 
n.  of  tbe  court  yesterday  Hall  obtained  a  judg- 
ment by  default  for  (€2,752  34.  •::=^ 

The  counsel  tor  the  people  in  the  |6, 000,000 
Tweed  suit  filed  in  tbe  County  Clerk's  office  yes- 
terday tbe  bill  of  costs  of  the  appeal  In  the  case  to 
the  Supreme  Court,  General  Term,  which  recently 
eastained  tbe  Indgment  iu  favor  of  the  people.  Tte 
bill  is  for  (170  15. 

The  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  will  be 
opened  on  Monday  in  the  room  usually  oocnpied  by 
Part  I.  of  tbe  Supreme  Court,  and  will  be  presided 
over  by  Judge  Brady.  Part  I.  of  the  Supreme 
Conrt,  presided  over  by  Judge  Donobne,  will  be 
held  in  the  Greoeral  Term  room  of  the  court. 

James  Driscoll,  ot  No.  432  Washington  street, 
who  broke  unto  the  liqner  store  of  Michael  Byrne, 
No.  363  Hudson  street,  on  the  night  of  tho  1st  inst., 
and  stole  property  valued  at  (5,  pleaded  guilty  yes- 
terday lu  Fart  I.  of  the  Court  ot^  Gensral  Sessions. 
Recorder  Haokett  sentenced  the  priaoner  to  two 
years  in  State  Prison. 

Ernest  Lohman,  of  No.  326  Greenwich  street, 
a  porter,  charged  with  stealing  a  firkin  of  butter 
from  tbe  store  of  McBnde  &.  Howell,  No.  333 
Greenwich  street,  was  convicted  by  Assistant  Dis- 
trict Attorney  Bell  yesterday,  in  Part  I.  of  the 
Conrt  of  General  Sessions.  Recorder  Haekett  sen- 
tenced the  thief  to  18  months  in  State  Prison. 

Ah  Fung  is  a  Chinaman  who  was  committed 
by  a  Coroner  on  a  charge  ot  having  killed  another 
Chinaman.  The  Coroner  is  still  pursuing  bis  in- 
vestigations, but)  Ah  Funs:  is  weary  ot  the  delay, 
and  obtained  from  Judge  Barrett,  iu  Supreme  Courts 
Chambers,  yesterday,  an  order  directing  the  Cor- 
oner to~ proceed  with  all  due  diligence  in  tbe  matter. 

The  flndidgs  of  fact  in  the  divorce  suits 
of  Pierre  Alex  against  Elenore  Alex,  and  Josiah 
Burgess  against  Snsan  M.  Burgess  were  passed  on 
by  tbe  Jury  in  Part  L  of  the  Conrt  of  Common 
Pleas  yesterday.  Both  suits  are  for  aosolute  di- 
vorce on  account  of  the  adultery  ot  the  defend- 
ants. Tbe  latter  put  in  no  defenseiand  tbeJmT 
found  the  charges  against  them  true. ' 

Tbe  trial  ot  the  suit  of  Evan  Jones  against 
John  Jones  was  begun  before  Judge  Van  Yorst  in 
the  Supreme  Court,  Special  Term,  yesterday.  The 
parties  to  tbe  suit  are  brothers,  tbe  elder  one, 
John,  being  blind.  They  were  partners  in  tbe 
blaoksmitbing  business,  and  hy  their  thrift  suc- 
ceeded in  amassing  wealth.  The  present  shit  is 
brouebt  by  the  plaintiff  tor  his  share  in  about  (100,- 
000  of  property  purchased,  as  he  claims,  bj  tbe  de- 
fendant with  tbe  partnership  funds. 

Judge  Barrett,  in  Supreme  Court,  Chambers, 

yesterday  granted  a  motion  to  cbaDge  the  plsce  of 

trial  of  the  case  of  Rensselaer  Hall  aeainst  Libbie 
Hall  to  Saratoga  County.  The  plaintiff  in  tbe  ac- 
tion sues  for  an  absolute  divorce  on  the  ground  of 
the  defendant's  alleged  adultery.  Mrs.  Hall  de- 
nies the  charge  and  alieees  that  she  was  obliged  to 
leave  her  husband  on  account  of  his  cruelty. 

The  case  of  tbe  People  ex  reL  the  New- York 
Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  against  Gross  and 
Faitout,  heretofore  reported  in  The  Times,  was 
argued  at  length  before  Judge  Barrett,  iu  Supreme 
Court,  Chambers,  yesterday.  The  board  sues  to 
recover  tbe  statutory  penalty  of  $500  from  the  de- 
fendants, who  are  insurance  brokers,  and  who  are 
alleged  to  have  procured  insurances  in  foreign 
compapies  which  had  not  complied  with  the  Insu- 
rance law  of  this  State.    Decision  was  reserved. 

In  Part  II.  of  the  Court  of  General  Seasions 
yesterday  Assistant  District  Attorney  Rollins  ac- 
cented pleas  of  guilty  fram  Francis  Mnrphy,  of  No. 
312  East  Twenty-third  street,  wbo  stole  a  quantity 
of  cigars  from  tbo  liquor  store  of  Peter  McCabe, 
No.  414  East  Twenty-tittb  street,  and  Kate  Hamp- 
ton, of  Twanty-eighth  street  and  Seventh  avenue, 
wbo  picked  the  pocket  of  Lsnise  Parmenter,  of  No. 
245  East  One  Hundred  aud  Twenty-eighth  street,  of 
(3.  Judee  Sutherland  sentenced  Murphy  to  four 
years  in  State  Prison,  and  sent  the  woman  Hamp- 
ton to  prison  for  one  year. 

Joseph'  Pitts,  alias  "  Red  Joe,"  Jobn  Martin, 
and  Jobn  O'Brien,  all  well-known  pickpockets,  were 
arrested  by  Detectives  Dorsey,  Adams,  and  Rogers, 
of  the  Central  Office,  yesterday  on  Broadway,  uid 
were  arraigned  before  Justice  Otterbonrg  at  me 
Washington  Place  Police  Court.  Henry  Stelling,  a 
lawyer's  clerk,  charged  Pitts  with  having  attempted 
to  steal  bis  watch  while  be  was  standing  at  the 
corner  of  Broadway  and  Franklin  street,  looking 
into  a  store  window.  Pitts  was  committed  for  trial 
and  bis  companions  were  discharged,  there  being 
no  evidence  against  them. 

Eliza  Murphy  was  arrested  yesterday  by  Of- 
ficer Orser,  of  the  Special  Service  Squad,  charged 
with  having  stolen  a  quantity  of  silk  valued  at 
(92,  from  A.  T.  Stewart  &  Co.'s  store.  The  ac- 
cused, while  examining  tbe  goods  on  the  counter 
nnder  pretense  of  desiring  to  make  a  purchase, 
slipped  tho  silk  under  her  cloak.  Robert  J.  Mor- 
rison, a  clerk  in  the  store,  observed  the  theft,  and 
gave  ber  into  custody.  The  silk  was  found  con- 
cealed under  her  cloak.  Justice  Octerbourg  aom- 
mitted  the  woman  in  default  of  (1,500  bail. 

H.  B.  Claflin  &  Co.,  of  this  City,  obtained  a 

Judgment  for  (i2,714  71  asaiust  £.  Sc  J.  Northman, 
of  Nasbville,  Tenn.,  and  issued  tbe  execution  to 
M.  T.  Brennao,  when  ShenfEl  Tbe  latter  levied  on 
a  S5,000  fire  insurance  policy  in  the  Liverpool.  Lon- 
don, and  Globe  Insurance  Company,  and  has 
brouzht  suit  in  the  Supreme  Court  to  recover  the 
amount  ot  tbe  policy,  which  be  claims  is  dne  be- 
cause of  a  fire  which  onmed  up  the  property  of  tbe  t^ 
Messrs.  Northman.  Judge  Donobus,  in  Supreme 
Court,  Chambers,  yesterday  granted  a  motion  to 
make  the  Assignee  in  bankruptcy  of  tbe  Nasbville 
firm  a  party  to  the  suit. 

DECISIONS. 

EUFBEHE  CODRT— CHAMBEBS. 
By  Judge  Brady. 
Tripler  v».  Adamaon. — Counsel  will  please  appear  on 
Monday,  12th,  at  li>  A.  M. 
IiwUngton  v$.  Flauson  et  al. — Same. 
BalhHmer    vs.    Schreyer. — Report    ot    Receiver    con- 
firmed; Receiver  disoharfed. 

By  Judge  Lawrence.         * 
Order  Se  ttled.—l leatoa  banking  Company  vs.  Alex- 
ander Duncan. 

By  Judge  Barrett. 
Motiont  Orantfd. — King  vs.  Mayer:   Hall  vs.  Hall. 
Obldttein  vs.  Xf^ew-  Yorh  Co.operative  Cigar  Manufactur- 
ing ^Company. — Motion    granted.    Ur.  J.  L.  MlUer  ap- 
pointed Receiver. 
Aldrieh  vb.  Bt6J«<.— Receiver  appointed. 
Htll  vg.  Rott. — Report  conflrmed  and  motion  sranted. 
ilfoNons  Oranted. — King  vs.  Besthucken;  Hall  vs.  Hall. 

By  Judge  Donahue. 

In  the  matter  of  Amelia  Sertch,  a  i^uttattie.— Granted. 
Memorandum. 

Cutting  vs.  Ptevene.—iVoa.  1,  2,  3.  4,  6,  7,  8,  S.)— 
Grauted  order  oonbrmiog  report  of  Referee. 

ilfartm  vs.  Windtor  Hotel  Company. — taemorandum. 

Hslman  t>&  Blarit. — Denied,   Memorandum. 

LowtTufein  vs.  f  lourand. — Motion  dtmied.  Memoran- 
dum. 

COMMON  PLEAS— SPECIAL  TEEM. 
By  Judge  Robijuon. 

Van  Demark  vt  SmitK — Motion  to  place  canse  on 
Equity  calender  grauted ;  no  costs.    Memorandum. 

MacKelier  vm.  Murphy. — Motion  granted;  the  action  Is 
as  presented  one  of  equitable  cognisance. 

UABDIB   COURT— CHAUBEBS. 
By  Judge  MeAdam. 

Opinion. — MoNevin  vs.  Mcbroy;  Wvhe  vs.  Giboa; 
Puleslon  vs.  Odde;  Pollak  vs.  Meyer ;  Gilsey  vs.  Gag- 
geuheimer. 

Arratt  Focafod.— Gulterman  vs.  Houkow;  Schotte 
vs.  Hamilton ;  Clark  vs.  Jones. — Arrest  vacated  on  de- 
fendants sripnlating  not  to  sue.  ' 

Kothltrvs.  (7ttiRt*Ite.-^The  items  making  up  the  fine 
imi>eBed  must  be  stated  in  the  comnutment,  which 
beinx  issued  to  enforce  a  civil  remedy  is  merely  to  in- 
damnify  the  iidured  party,  and  the  amount  of  bis  loss 
must  be  fixed  according  to  lettal  principles.  17  Abb. 
N.  &,  411,9  N.  T.,263.)  Upon  filing  in  these  various 
sums  the  commitment  will  be  granted. 

Durvee  va.  Mamaon. — Mone.y  iu  tbe  bands  of  au 
Executor  or  Admistiator  as  snch  cannot  be  reached 
nor  taken  under  section    294  of  the  Code.     (Draireon 

Attachment,   section  498-  35  N.  Y.,  361,  6Hnn.  42.) 

Jn  Be  Edvjard  Warery,  Receiver. — The  debtors  swear 
that  they  have  neither  possession  nor  control  of  tbe 
books  claimed :  not  having  them  it  is  aafe  to  assume 
that  they  cannot  produce.  Motion  denied  without 
cost* 

0'I>ea  VB.  Denema.—The  defendatit  is  fiuilty  of 
laches:  motion  denied.    (Code,  Sec.  173,  Lube.) 

Hohllman  vb.  Meheay. — ^Atiachmeat  vacated.    Mote. 

Same  vt.  Same. — Time  to  answsr  shortened. 

Buddt  vt.  Speer.—Tbo  proofs  establish  the  atroraey's 
light  to  his  cests;  tbe  indgment  may  l>e  satisfied  on 
payment  of  $19  93,  tbe  amount  accruing  to  him;  if 
not  so  paid,  tbe  defendant's  motion  will  be  denied 
with  $10  costs. 

jSiuart  vs.  fFol/l— Motion  for  injunotlon  denied.   '  ' 

tteinee  vt.  NebttzaJU. — Motion  for  leave  to  serve  supple- 
mental answer  denied. 

Stilinan  vs.  Secor  BetHrti/  Machine  Company.— I  can 
make  no  order  in  this  matter.    Applicatioii  denied. 

I/ynch  vi.  St.  JoAa.— The  complaint  and  replevin  pro- 
ceedings will  be  dismissed  unless  within  six  dayv  the 
plaiutiff  amends  the  same  as  to  the  title  ot  the  conrt 
nunc  pro  tunc,  and  pays  $lu  costs.  The  summons 
being  regular,  fnrnlsbes  Jurisdiction  of  the  action. 

Saadtr  vt.  EtchtHuHcr-aoUon  to  pay  over  or  punish 
for  coutempt  denied,  but  Receiver  appointed. 

Bonton  vs.    Oordon Motion  (rranted    en   payment, 

vrltbin  three  days,  of  $10  costs.  (See  appendix  to 
Marine  Ct.,  pr.  P.  44.) 

Schmidt  vt.  Martin. — Proceedings  dismissed. 

Xumball  vt.  Jiefct— Motion  granted. 

Orr  VB.  Robertson. — ^Amendment  allowed. 

Carey  vb.  fretition,— Pirisouer  ducharged. 
'  Gilbert  vs.  CtolMns.— Motion  to  strike  out  denied,  with 
$10  costs  to  dsfeodant  to  abide  event. 

Defaulta  JTolcd.— Llppo  vs.  MoCallnm,  Sobmidt  vs. 
Byan,  Porter  vs.  Ryan. 

Aaron  vs.  Bermett. — Order  resettled. 

(Jgden  vs.  Fraiaeman. — Order  to  pay  over  money 
granted. 

Ounningham  vs.  Caro.— Referred  to  8.  H.  Olen,  Bsq. 

Carey  vs.  Aocfe^Beeelver  antborisea  tq  sue. 

Orders  Oroated.— Ranuletl  vs.  Boobey  i  Winfleld  vs. 
'Petb ;  Klemm  vs.  Solomon;  Werder  vs.  mimaa ;  The 
Grapbio  Company  va  The  Daral  Mills;  Ketcbam  va. 
Green;  ToungvaCotm;  May  vs.  Fleiaehbeim;  Lottl 
va  Srockoner;  Ware  va  Solomon ;  Kalt  vs.  Ults : 
Ford  vs.  Kin*. 

BUUvt.  Mier. — Bond  approved. 

Ordtri  grtHtot— Hi^t  vs.  Berdmlb:  Bartlsi<A  v%. 
Suaus^ 


GLEANINGS  FROM  TBE  MA!L[ 

FOOTBALL  Ilf  ENGLAND. 

LANCASHIBE  VS.  TORKSHIRE— PI^T  OF  A 
SPLENDID  C^HARAOTER— 4,000  fflPBCTA 
TOBS  PRESENT— NOT  A  81Nai.S  POItrt 
COXTNTRD  FOR  EITHER  SIDE. 

The  Manchester  Emmintr  and  Tinut  of  J«k 
S8,  referring  to  the  annual  match  between  Luica- 
shire  and  Torkshire.  aays:  "This  county  football 
match,  which  is  always  considered  one  of^be  moat 
important  and  the  most  interesting  of  the  year,  took 
place  on  Saturday  afternoon,  on  the  ground  of  the 
Manchester  Foot-ball  Club,  near  Brooks'  Bar.  Botli 
counties  possess  playars  of  tbe  highest  reputation, 
and  tbe  two  sides  chosen  for  the  game  on  Saturday 
included  most  of  the  best  of  these.  Tbe  Lancashire 
men  were  led  by  Mr.  E.  Kewley,  pt  Lirer- 
p(>oI,'  wbife  the  Yorkshire  Captain  iras  Mr. 
H.  W.  T.  Gamett,  of  Bradford.  The  resnlt 
of  the  afternoon's  play  showed  one  of  tbe  moat 
strikiag  peculiarities  of  toothall.  Tbe  30  men. 
played  with  tbe  most  laudable  enerzy,  and  vet  not 
a  single  point  was  counted  for  either  side.  The 
Torksbiremen  were  fortunate  enonsb  to  win  tbe 
toss,  and  in  consequence  nad  tbe  choice  of  goals— 
a  matter  of  considerable  importance  under  tbe 
circumstances,  since  they  chose  the  pavilion  goal, 
which  gave  them  tbe  advantage  of  the  wind  blowing 
in  their  favor  and  the  sun  at  their  backs.  Mr. 
Eewley,  tbe  Lancasture  Captain,  kicked  off  for  bis 
side,  and  sent  Hbe  ball  well  into  tbe  enemies' 
qnaiers.  There  it  fell  into  tbe  hands  of  Tetley. 
wbo  ran  it  well  back,  and  finally  it  laijded  about 
the  centre  of  tbe  field.  Bere  a  sene«  of 
fierce  scMtDmages  between  the  tv^ft  bodi^  of 
'forwards'  took  place.  This  contioiied  for  some 
time.  The  'half-backs'  on  each  side  occasionally  mak- 
ing short  runs,  bnt  withont  ever  being  able  to  get 
clear  away.  At  this  part  of  tbe  game  tbe  two  men 
who  came  in  for  most  notice  were  Hornby  for 
Lancashire,  and  Tetter  tor*  Yorkshire.  •  Thus  tne 
game  went  on  until  a  good  run  from  Mills,  of  Brad- 
ford, which  ended  with  an  equally  good  'drop  kick,' 
landed  the  ball  among  tbe  Lancashire  leaders. 
Knowlea  should  bave  stopped  the  ball,  but  missed 
it,  and  before  he  could  recover  the  Yorxshlre  'for- 
wards' were  up  to  him.  The  roost  excitine  struggle  of 
the  match  here  took  place,  and  tbe  end  of  it  was  tbat 
the  ball  went  into  '  touch '  only  about  a  yard  from 
tbe  Lancashire  goal  line.  At  this  point  it  looked 
very  much  as  if  Yorkshire  would  make  a  score,  but 
that  waa  avoided  by  tbe  magnificent  plavofthc 
Lancashire  'forwards.'  Injh  by  inch  they  drove 
tbe  baU  toward  the  centre  of  the  ground!,  never 
once  letting  it  ontside  the  scrimmage.  Thus  was 
the  ball  once  more  lauded  in  neutral  grodtMl.  No 
other  incident  of  any  sisniflcanbe  took  place  until 
half  time  was  called.  This  necessitated  a  change 
of  sides,  and  gave  tbe  Lancashire  team  the  ad- 
vantage of  wind  and  sun,  and  duriuK  the  brief 
interval  the  crowd  of  spectators  showed  tbelr 
appreciation  of  the  magnificent  play  by  cbeeriue 
loudly.  Tbe  Yorkshire  Captain  in  bis  turn  kicked 
off.  The  usual  scrimmages  took  place  in  tbe  neigb- 
borhood  of  the  Lancashire  quarter  flag.  These 
were  ended  by  Hornby  getting  tbe  ball.  He  made 
a  splendid  run,  which  finished  with  a  long  punt,  and 
thus  sent  the  ball  a  long  way  toward  tbe  Yorkshire 
goal.  It  was,  howevei:,  cleverly  returned  by  the 
Yorkslure  '  back,'  Hodgson,  and  both  plsyers  were 
heartily  cheered.  Tbe  next  important  point  maas 
was  by  Mills,  who  after  a  good  ran,  managed  when 
(Millared  to  pais  tbe  b&U  to  Tetley,  who  sent  It  well 

up.  This  was  replied  to  by  Smith,  who  contrived 
to  land  tbe  ball  ont  pf  danger.  Moru  scrimmages 
followed,  after  which  Hornby  got  another  chance, 
and  sent  tbe  ball  into  '  touch  '  on  the  Yorkshire 

side.  Hay-(jrordon  also  made  a  eood  ttioagh  not 
very  long  ran.  The  ball  fell  into  the  hands  of 
Hodgson,  who  managed  to  pass  the  opposition  '  for- 
ward '  and  it  looked  very  much  as  though  he  would 
'run  in.'  He  was,  however,  stopped  Just  in  time 
by  Smith.  This  was  the  last  point  of  Importanoa 
that  uccurred,  tbe  remainder  ot  tbe  gauie  Deisg 
mostly  left  to  tbe  '  forwards,'  who  engaged  in  a  se- 
ries of  most  enersetic  scrimmages.  I'hough  nei- 
tber  side  scored,  tbe  play  all  through  tbe  afternoon 
was  of  a  splendid  character.  Something  like  4,0(X} 
spectators  were  present,  and  tbeir  noisy  enthasiasd 
never  flagged." 

THE  ENGLI&H  CAVALRY  SERVICE. 

THIRTEEN  THOUSAND  TROOPERS  IN  ALL— 
THE  REGIMENTS  POORLY  MOUXTED— 
UNTRAINED  ANLMAL3  OF  NO  PRACTICAI, 
VALUE. 

The  London  Standard  says:  " If  the  wounda 
inflicted  by  tbe  fine  regiments  of  cavalry  of  which 
France  boasted  some  years  ago  were  so  insignifioaot 
dnring  tbe  Franco-German  war  as  scaroely  to  call 
tor  tabulation,  we  can  scarcely  hope  that  the  few 
attenuated  bodies  of  horsemen  that  we  possess  will 
be  of  mnch  value  against  disciplined  troops.  The 
eight  army  corps  wbicb  sangnine  patriots  imagine 
Great  Britain  could  mobilize  in  a  fortnight  or  so, 
should,  theoretically,  have  eieht  or  nine  oaValry 
regiments  attached  to  each  of  them,  every  regiment 
with  a  strength  of  500  sabres.  As  a  fact,  however, 
the  returns  tell  us  that  we  bave  no  more  than  13,000 
troopers  la  all,  witbin  tbe  limits  of  tbe  United 
Xingdom,  giving  therefore  a  proportion  of  rather 
more  than  1,600,  or  three  full  regimenta,  to  each 
army  corps.  We  say  men  advisedly,  for  when  we 
come  to  reckon  up  the  number  of  horses  at  the  dis- 
posal of  the  War  Office,  we  find  a  far  more  serious 
deficiency  still.  Of  the  15,000  horses  voted  by 
Parliament,  only  half  are  troop  animals,  the  rest 
beiuK  absorbed  by  the  Royal  Artillery,  Army 
Service  Corns,  engineer  train,  &;c.  It  is  clear, 
therefite,  that  the  1,600  men  in  each  army  corps 
would  bave  but  1,000  horses  te  ride  upon,  were 
tbey  called  upon  to  go  into  action  to-morrow.  It 
may  be  said  ttiat  in  each  cavalry  regiment  there 
must  necessarily,  from  one  cause  or  another, 
always  be  a  laree  proportion  of -men  dismoaated. 
No  doubt  this  Is  true  enough ;  bnt  there  are  again 
among  tbe  horses,  too,  a  number  ol 
yonng,  '  sick,  or  imtrained  animals,  of  no 
practical  value  to  the  reKimenta.  A  cavalrv  ttgi- 
ment  on  tba  British  i establishment,  which  nnmt>ers 
more  tban  500  of  ^1  ranks,  has  but  320  horses 
allotted  to  it,  and  tbe  consequence  Is  that  it  seldom 
musters  S30  or  240  sabres  on  parade.  In  Gei-many 
they  seem  to  put  a  much  greater  vslue  upoh  troop 
horses  than  we  do  in  this  country,  and  nearly  six- 
sevenths  of  the  total  number  of  military  horses  are 
made  over  to  the  cavalry.  Our  neigh- 
bors know  very  well  tbat  they  can 
at  a  pinch  train  a  draught-horse  mnch  more 
readily  that  one  intended  to  take  part  in  the  move- 
ment of  a  troop.  The  consequence  is  that  their  oav- 
alry  is  never  at  a  very  low  ebb,  and  if  their  artii- 
lerr  and  train  are  denuded  of  anitnals,  these  oan  al- 
ways be  secured  on  an  emergency  with  bat  little 
delay,  since  the  owners  of  all  drauent-norses  in  Gar- 
many  are  carefully  registered  for  tbe  information  of 
the  State.  There  cannot  be  a  doubt,  if  it  is  really 
desired  to  maintain  onr  cavalry  upon  an  effioient 
footing,  tbat  we  sbonld  be  acting  wisely  te  attaob 
tbe  greater  portion  of  our  horses  to  that  branch  of 
the  service."         ^ 

A'WUITE  MAN  DRIVEN  FROM  A  STEAM 
BOAT. 
The  Jackson  (Miss.)  Times  of  the  5th  inst 
says:  "  We  are  informed  by  State  Senator  J.  £. 
Everett,  of  Yazoo  Coimty,  who  attempted  te  return 
to  hia  home  by  way  of  Vicksbnrg  aud  Yasoo  River, 

that  he  was  refused  passage  on  the  steamers  in  that 
trade,  and  waa  therafora  obliged  to  retrace  bis  stepi 
and  proceed  tbe  other  route,  via  New-Orleans  Road 
to  Yanghn's  station,  and  thence  by  stage.  Asoer* 
taining  tbat  the  steam-boat  Home,  of  tbe  Parisot 
Line,  was  to  leave  at  5  o'clock  P.  M.  on  Thursday 
last,  be  sent  his  baggage  to  tbe  boat,  and  shortly 
before  the  time  announced  for  departure 
went  on  board,  purchased  a  ticket  from  the  Clerk, 
and  seated  himself  in  the  cabin.  Soon  after  Capt. 
Parisot  informed  him  that  he  did  not  wish  any 
Southern  man  who  was  a  Radical  to  ride  on  tus 
boats,  and  he  would  oblige  him  by  gol^g  ashore^ 
At  first  Senator  Everett  thoueht  that"  the  Jolly 
Captain  must  be  attempting  to  perpetrate  a  obeer- 
fnl  Joke  at  his  expense,  and  endeavored  to  Ungb 
the  matter  9S,  but  to  no  purpose;  for  the  Captala 
was  in  dead  earnest,  and  tbe  Senator's  money  wat 
refunded  to  him,  and  he  was  obliged  to  leav« 
tbe  lioat,  and  employa  man  to  take  bis  baggage 
back  to  the  Washington  Exchange,  where  he  iutd 
been  staying.  This  conduct  on  the  part  of  Capt^ 
Parisot  is  to  usttexplicable,  for  we  have  always  re- 
garded him  as  a  fair-minded  gentleman,  and  alto- 
gether too  prudent  to  thus  lay  himself  liable  to 
prosecutions  which  may  prove  to  be  very  ierioai 
and  embarrassing.  iMr.  Everett  has  retained  coun- 
sel, and  will  institute  proceedines  at  once,  and  We 
therefore  refrain  from  farther  comment  pending 
tbe  ludloial  investigation.  For  the  in  formation  ol 
those  who  do  not  know  Senator  Everett,  we  wlU 
state  that  he  is  a  white  man.  boru  and  raised  In  the 
South,  a  Republican  of  tbe  more  liberal  class,  and  a 
gentleman  against  whom  we  have  yet  to  hear  th» 
first  damsgiug  insinuation." 
• 

INDUSTRY  OF  SVLO ASIAN  "WOMBN. 
The  correspondent  of  a  London  newspaper 
■writes :  "Every  house  tias  Its  rude  lootb,  of  a  make 
so  primitive  that  one  wonders  how  snch  good*  aa- 
terial  is  produced  by  it,  for  the  Bmeartan  olotb, 
though  rather  rough  in  texture,  is  of  exoelieit 
quahty,  and  will  wear  for  years ;  a  finer  kind  is, 
however,  produced  iu  the  towns  an^  at  Kazan,  in 
the  vilayet  of  the  Daoulto;  I  wm  assured  tbat 
they  could  imitate  any  quality  or  patters,  et 
cloth  that  might  be  given  to  tbem.  The  other 
woolen  articles  made  are  chiefly  carpet*,  genen 
aUyin  long  narrow  atrlpeS  ef  bright  color,  some- 
thing like  tbe  Spanish  blanketa  ;  rugs  of  differeat 
patterns,  cnsbionor  pillow-oises,  and  bed-coverlets; 
these  are  sold  either  in  tne  provinces  or  to  tb« 
Constantinople  market,  and  I  do  not  think  tbat 
there  is  any  export  for  them ;  indeed,  as  the  sheep 
of  Ronmella  give  onlv  about  two  pounds  and  three- 
qturtera  of  wool  to  a  fleece,  tbe  amount  produced  is 
probably  barely  sufficient  for  internal  consumptioa. 
One  of  tbe  most  striking  things  m  these  villagee 
is  the  apparently  eeaseless  indnalry  of  the  woBea 
ai>d  girw,  everv  one  of  wtiom,  whether  seated  «a 
the  ooor'Step,  walking  in  the  streets,  or  soing  1  o 
ihe  fountain  with  her  pails  over  her  siioulder  on  a 
yoke  Uk«  a  milk-maid'a,  always  eantes  a  hank  »i 
wool  tied  on  a  distaff  under  bne  aroi,  and.  twirls  a 
spiadle.  In  Kazan  I  walked  tat  W  taiMiMs  inth- 
out  being  able  to  find  one — UtexallylDa«-^weiBaB  iM 
giri  abovD  eight  vears  of  age  witkoat  tkls  aaoMi 
panimenK  and  motber*  carry  thair  Uttto  fcafcies  la  a 
aort of  bacon  their  baoka,   so  aa  ilifi  liifi^  1tel|^ 


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FOR  QDBBMmTOWS    AMD    UVBRPUOU      OA|tallHQ 

UNITBU  STATES  SIAIU 

Tho  Bteamnrs  of  rhialine  tate  ttis  b*Q«  (lon!!*«ri- 

BTiiied  \>i  Lieut,  Uaary.  U.  S.  S,.  taini  tonbh  tl 
B^.on  tih«i>AUageto  <)ae9Q«toirnau  thvraa' 

XmtlATIC BATtmUAT.  Felt  10.  atSP.  U. 

BSITaKNIO SATURDAY,  FeU  24,  3  P.  M. 

CELTIC bATURDAY.  Match  10.  a»  3  P.    St 

GERMANIC SATDRDAT,  March  17.  6:30  A.  U. 

From  W mte  st»r  Doolc.  Pier  Ho.  52  Sorth  !ll  »er. 

Tne»i-  steanBersf*re  ualform  In  slag  and  unsarDisiS't 
Id  appointn)°ni8.  The  saloon,  st^tarooma,  smolnaz 
ind  t>Ath  rooms  a^e  ami'lships-  vrhor^  the  noita  aai 
motion  ari*  Heasi  ^alt.  affordInK  a  dsgreaof  eumCact 
bithert,oqnactala:»bIe  ktaaa. 

Rates— Saloon  $80  *n<l  *100,'OU:  teinrn  tickets 
Dnferorable  forma;  •t99ra?B,S3i 

VoT  insT>ertion  of  plana  and  other  mfbroiatloa  aopi  r 
St  the  Company's  oificua.  NaSTBr^auway  New-Y'<ck. 
R.  J.  ooafis.  A^eat 


'tUNAR0LINEB.4N,^A.R.M,S.P.C0. 

with  tw  view  of  almnushlnKttin  caaaoes  of  colUsioa 
the  tteaoiers  or  thl|  llqe  t»ke  a  speolfled  coarw  rot  tii 
MSMna  of  tb«  year. 

On  the  outward Ti'issaKe  rrorn  Qasenstowo  b<>  tew- 
rork «r  Boston,  crossloz  maridlan  or  50  at  4.S  I atita la. 
ornothlnK  to  th»  north  of  13. 

On  the  oomeWaTdDassiurfl,  orosiloii  th.a  mendiaa  >( 
H  at^a.or  nothiptrtobhe  mirth  of  4J. 

_»5<H«    MSW-TOHK   FOa  LlVBRPOOt  AV1>   QO W ^JUTOVTI. 

PARTHIA...WK11..  Feb.  ]4lBATAVIA....WBl>.,Fel>.  38 
CHIHA WRD..  Fpd.  21IABY8BimA.WKl)..  Hareh? 

Stexmers  marked  *  oo  notnarrv  8l;9ir(»«e  pasaeoeers. 

GaMa  oaaaa?^,  «80,  SlOO,  aarj  «i.3a,  ?il  1,  a<tcordiii8{ 
IB  •eesQUBodatinn.     K«tam  "•lofcetson  farorahla  ternss. 

Mmtavq  tielcots  «to an  I  trom  kll  na'-ta  <ir  Earooeat 
mrrlowratei.  Preight  and  Da»asrn  office,  Na  4  BowU 
T»« green.     r.HAa  (i.  PRANOKLYS.  Agenu 

ISTBAW  COMPANY.    (UMITBO.1 

IIVRRPOOL.   (VlaQae«i09tmru,) 

CAKRIINQ  THB  UITITKD  SrATKU  UilU 

TUE^PAY. 

ZiMTing  Pter  Na  46  North  Rl7er  as  foUowa: 

•AKOTA Keh,  13,  at  3  F.  SL 

K8VADA - Peh  20.  at  10  A.   U. 

IDAHO Feh.  27,  at  3  P.  H 

KONTANA Maroli  6.  at  10  A.  M. 

WIBCONBIN March  13,  at3  P.    M. 

WTOMIjro , .March  20,  at  8A,  M. 

R.\TBS  OK    PAS8KNGKE3    REDDCKD. 
Ste«<raRe,  S26;  intermediate.  $10:  cabin.  $-53  to  $30, 
iceordlng  to  state-room.    Offices,  Ko.  20  Broadway. 


SHippDira 


"  'f^:^^:::'i'^J!y-^:^-'S 


.   ^_i-r-' **TAJt  STKAM-SHIP  UNB._  ^ 

Appointed  to  carry   the   Belgian  aad    United   tJsates 
mails.    The  following  steamers  are  appointed  to  sail 
__  TO  ANTWKUP: 

^Ptom  PntUdeiDhia.       >        From  New-York. 
y^SH'^^ND S'eb-  15iKESILWUftTH...«.Feh.  8 

NEDBEULiAHD March  10l8WlTZKRliAND....F6U  27 

.«     i  «  ^.  tajesot   passaae  m  carrenoy: 
«.^Si  S?^"'' ^^J:    Second  Cabin,  $60;    Steeraste.  $28. 
PKTBBWBIueT  t  SOSB.  General  Ageut^  Phllad'a. 
No.  52  Broadwuy,  New-Tork. 
JOHK  McDonald.    No.  S  Satttry  place,  New-Yorte 


Merchants'  Steam-ship  Line  to  BraziL 

FOR  PESNAMBnCO  ASD  BAHIA, 

Steam-thip  CA88INI  will  sail  about  MARCH  1.  Rates 
of  patBa|;e  and  treight  have  been  fixea  on  a  low  bans. 
Por  iartner  informarion  ap)>1y  ro  the  ai;ent, 

R.  B.  BURLA.ND.  No.  70  Wall  St.,  New-Torlc 


HAiTIBL/KU  American    Pacaet    I'omoHnT's.liiDA, 
florPLyMODraCHERBODaQ  and  aAMBOBa 

GfcLLKttT Feb.   ISuSDKVIA March  1 

POVMKRAfdA Fen.    2-2iLE8SING Msrch  8 

Kates oC  passive  C3  Plymoiicti.  LDndsn,  i^herboar;, 
HambuTfE, aod  ill  paintatn  tJa^laaL  KirsI;  dabio.  $li>J 
gold;  Second  Cabin.  itJJ  lold;  st99ri?e,  S'M.  oorreacy 

KUHHARDl'&COt.,  C.B.    ftlCHAUD  fc  BOAS, 


Qensral  amenta, 
6lBroad3ti.rN.t 


General  Paassn'rer  AzanCs, 
CI  Bio»dway.  H.\. 


ATU.\M  MAIV  L.JM& 

■gl-lKOtiTB.lj'i     SKRVICB      VO    J.VjlilUi.      Uitn. 
eOUlMBIA,  and   \8PINWALil,.   ai\d    to   P.iSAHi  anl 

BOOTH  PACiKlO  POUTS  (via  Asoid Will.)    Kirse-oUn 
tall-powered  Iron  sorijw  sCi^mscj,   frojj  Piar     So.  51 
Kortb  Kivar: 

tor  KINGSTON  (Jam.)  and  AUX  CATEa. 
ATLAS Pebk  8 

>tir HAITI, COLOMBIA,   (STHilDS    OK  PiNAdA,     and 
hODTH  PAOIFIO  POUTS  tvld  .\apin<TaU.l 

ANDES Fen.  14 

iiiPts Feh  28 

tinpurtorlr3t-ol  v^i  r>i»i^T  r^^  *ooo!miJlttli  i. 
PIM.  PORWOOO  i.  oa.  Agenti. 
Na  dUWalltw 


GREAT  SOUTHERN 

KRB1GJ1T  4NI>  I'ASSENtxBR  LINK. 

BAILI.NQ  FROM  PIKR  .VO   29   NOltTU  RIVRR. 

WKDNPSDAYSaTid  SATURDAYS  at  S  P.    .H,. 

FOR  CHAULESTOiN,  S.  i:.,    KL.I»KII>A.   THE 

KOUTH.  ANU   !SOUTH-WE?»T. 

cm  Olr  ATLANTA >^ATUBDAI Feb.  10 

9EO.  W.   CLYDK WEDNESDAY Feb.  14 

SOPKRlOR  PASSKNGEtt  AOnoMMODATloNS. 

(nsnrance  to  Hsrlaition  im^-iilt  >c  o<\^  percent 

Goods  forwHrdad  f^ne  if  oonmission.  Passenger  clo«« 

eteand  bills  nMadineissu'^'l  !\a  1  signed  at  th9  otfiotjif 

JA.tlK.'^  W.  QCINTARD  iV  CO..    Afrents, 

No.  177  We8t<6.,  corner  warreo- 

OfW.P.  CLTDB  t';0..  No    ti  Bowlin;;  areen. 

OrBKSTIiEY  0.    HA88LL.  Geaer^\    Airent 

irvat!Hoatlierii  PreinUt  Liine.  317   Broadwar. 


STATE  LINE. 

UKW-IORR    TO    GLASGOW,     LITKRPdOL.     DDBIjICI, 

BELFAST,  AND  LONDiiNDERRY. 

These  tirst-class  iall-powero4  Heannara   will  ^aii  ftroai 

Pier  Sa42yortii  1i»-er.  foot  of  rianaH^. 

-BTATK  OF  PKN^f8YLVAJS^A Thursday.  Feh.  8 

BTATfc.  OF  VIRGINIA Thnrsday. Feb.  23 

BTATEOKNEVADA Thursdav.  March  1 

First  cabin.  ?60,  $fin.  and  ^0,  spcordlnc  to  accom- 
modations: rPtum  tickets,  $110.  $125.  Seconal  cabia 
(45:  retaro  tickets.  $301  et^ersKe  at  lowest  rates. 
ApplTO 

AUSTIN  BAI.nWIN  dc  OO.,  Aarentii, 

No.  72  Broadway.  New- York. 
HTKKRAOK  ciesets  at    No.  45  Broadway,  and  at  the 
rempany's  pter,  foot  of  (;an>»l<!;..   Sortn  Rfvar. 


ANCHua  MNE  Li.  H.  MAIL.  tsTRAMHUti. 

SKW.YOaK  ASD  GLASGOW 
EoliTla....Feb.   10,  --'P.  M  1  ADcJiorla..Feb.  24.  2P.  Bl. 
Al»atl8....Feb.  17,  8.A.  M.  i  •  Hhfoiaia.  Haroh  3,  SA.  M. 

TO  GLASGOW.  LIVKRPOOL,  ORDRKRY. 

Cabins  $ti5  to  $^0,  a(!Cor(1in3  to  acoommodatioas;      lo- 

tprmediate,  $35;    Steerage   $28. 

NEW-YORK  AND  LONDON. 

!t»ha FPb.  10,  2  P.  M.  I  Utopia.  Feb.  24.  2  P.  M. 

Cabins,  $55   to  $70      Steeraire,  $28.     Cabin  exoar< 
iion    tickets  at   reduced    rates.     Drafts  issued  for  any 
imonnt  at  current  r^te^     (Jompanv's  Pier  Nos.  20  and 
21,  North  Riyer,  S.  Y.        HENUER30N  BROTHERS, 
Auents,  No.  7  iJowiiue  Gieen- 

N()RTB    GERI»IAN  lA.OYO. 

6TXAM-SUIP     LINE    BETWEEN    NEW-YOaS.   BOUTS* 

AMPTON.  AND  BREMEN. 

Company's  Pier.    lOot  ot  2dis..    dobotceo. 

BEETS. Hat.  Feb.  10  I  HEaMAKN...Sat.,  Feb,  24 

ODER Hat..  Feb.  lY  |  NECKaR Sat,,  March  3 

BATKb  OJ*  i-ASSAOB  FttOM    NKW-YORK  TO  SOUTd- 
AMPTOX    BAVRE,    OB  BREMEN: 

First  cabin SlOO^old 

Second  cabin BOitoU 

Bteerage SOcurrenor 

Return  tit:ket«  at  reilucedc  lo^a,  PrePatil  ateera^a 
certihcates,  $i^2  currency.  For  t'rsi^ht  or  passaze  ap- 
plyto 0BLB(0a8itt-!0..  <ow  2  Bowling  Green. 

IN.^IAN  t.lNB ItIAII..ST'KA.>II£KS. 

FOR  OHBENBTOWM   ANf  LIVKRPOOL. 
OTY  OF  CHESTER.  Saturday.  Feb.  17.  at  7:30  A.  HL 
ClTl  OF  RICHMOND.  Saturday.  J'arch  3,  at  8  A, M. 
CITY  OF  BHU.-*sELS..8atTirdaT.  March  17.  6:30  A.  M. 

..,._,„  _„„  From  ner  45  North  RlT-rtr. 

CABIN, S8l>  and  $100, Gold.,  Return  nijif^tj  onfv 
Tonihle  terms.  srESaAGE.  *2^  Oorronor  Orafti 
M  lowest  j.itd  J. 

Saloons.  6tace-roarui,  smoktns,  and  Bath-room^ 
Mmldsbips.  JOHN  O.  DALE,  A^ent, 

Kos.  15  and  a3Broa<lway,  N.L 


PENNSYLVANIA  EAILROAD. 

1.REAT  TRUNK  lUNB 

AND  UNITED  9TATB3  MAIL  KODTB. 

Train*  leave  New-YorK.vla  Dedbcoaaes  aal     Cort- 
landt  Btreeia  Ferries,  aa  f jIIowa: 
Express   for    Uarrisburg.    Pittaburz.     the    West     and 

South,  with  Pallman  Palace  Oars   attached,   8:30  A. 

U.,  a  ana  8:30  P.  !A.,  dally. 
For  WilUamsport,  Lock  Haven,  Gorry,  and    Eiie,  at 

aSO  p.  M.,  cuoneccins:  at  Corry  for  Titnsnlle,  Petto- 
leum  Centre,  and  the  Oil  Reelons.  For  Williams- 
poet  and  Lock  Haven.  8:30  A.  M. 

For  Baltiniiire,  Wasbington,  and  the  South,  "Lim- 
ited WashioetoQ  Express"  of  Pullman  Parlor  Cara 
aally,  except  Sunday,  9: 30  A.  M.:  arrive  Washins- 
tonlilO  p.  ftL  Reeular  at8:40  A.  M.,  1,  6,  and9 
P.  M.    Sunday,  6  and  9  P.  M. 

Express  for  Puilaiielphia,  7:  30;  8:30,  8:40,  <9:30  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4,  5, 6,  7,  8:30.  9  P.  M.,  and  12 
mcht.  Sunday,  8:30  A.  M.,  5,  6,  7.  8:30,  and  9  P.  M. 
Emigrant  ana  second-class,  7  P.  M. 

Accommodation  for  Trenton.  7  A.   U.,  2  and  4:10  P.  M. 

For  troinc  to  Newark,  GlizAbeth,  Rabway,  Prinoetoo, 
1'renton,  Perth  Amboy,  Flemin^ton,  Belvidere,  and . 
other  points,  see  local  schedules  at  all  Ticket  Of- 

Trains  arrive;  Prom  Pittsburg.  6:20  and  10:80  A.  M., 
and  10:20  P.  M.  daily:  10:10  A.  M.  and  6:50  P.  M. 
daily,  exceot  Monday.  From  Wasbinston  and  Bal- 
timore. 6:30,  9:50  A.  M.,  4:10,  6:10.  and  10:20  P.  M. 
Sunday  6:31),  9:50  A.  Hk  Prom  Philadelphia,  5:06, 
6:20,  6:30,  9:50,  10:10.  11:50  A.  M.  2:10,  4:10,  5:10. 
6:50  S:40.  10:10,  and  10:20  P.  M.  Sunday  5:05. 
6:20,  6.30,  9:50,  11:50,  A.  M,,  6:50.  10:10,  and  10:20 
P.  M.  , 

Ticket  Offices,  Nos.  626  and  944  Broadway.No.  1 
Aator  House,  and  foot  of  Desbrossea  and  Cortlandt 
streets:  Ni>.  4  Court  street,  Brooklyn:  Nos.  114.  116, 
and  118  Hndson  street.  Hobuken:  Depot.  Jersey  City 
Kmigrapt  Ticket  Otttce,  No.  8  Battery  place. 
FRANK  THOMSON.  D.  M.  BOYD,  Jr., 

General  Manaser.  Oenernl  Passenner  Agent. 


FINAKdlAJ*. 


TO    PHIl.ADELil'HIA 

via 

PENNSYLVANIA  RAILEOAD. 

THE  OLD-ESTABLISHED  ROUTE  AND    SHORT    LINK 

between 

NEW-YORK    AND    PHILADELPHIA, 

14  Through  Trains  each  way  daily:     3  Depots  in  Phila- 
delphia, 2  ill  ICew-York. 

4    Tracks,    the  most    Improvea    Equipment,   and    the 
Faatest  Time  consistent  with  absolute  safety. 

Szpress  Trains  leave  New-York,   via  Desbrossea  and 

Cortlandt  .-streets  Ferries,  as  follows: 
7:30.  8:30,  8:40,  (9:30  Limited,)  10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4,  6,  6. 

7,  8:30.  9  P.  M.,  nnd  12  Midnight.    Sunday,    8;30  A- 

M.,  5,  6.  7,  8:30,  and  9  P.  M. 
Returning,  trams  leave  Phliailelphla  3:20,  3:30,7,  7:30, 

8:30,  and  11    A.  M..  (Limited    Krpress,    1:35   P.    «.,) 

1:40.  4.  5:30,  7.  and  7:35  P.  M.,   and   12  Midnight. 

On  Sonday,  3:20,  3:30,  7,  8:30  A.  M..  4,  7,  7:3d  P.  M., 

and  12  Midnicht. 

Ticket  Offices,  Nos.  526  and  944  Broadway,  Na  1 
Astor  Bouse,  and  toot  of  Destirosses  and  Cortlandt 
sta..  No.  4  Court  at..  Brooklyn;  Nos.  114,  IIB,  and  118 
Hudson  st^,  Hoboken;  Depot.  Jersey  City.  Emlgranl 
Ticket  OfflL-e,  No.  8  Battery  place. 
FRANK  Thomson.  d.  m.  boydtjr.. 

General  Manager.  General  Passenger  Agent. 


ONLY  DIRECT  LINE  TO  FRANCE. 

THE  GENERAL  TRANSATLANTIC  COilPA.'Ors    HAIL 
STBAMERSBHTVVEBN.SEW-YORKANUHAVaa, 

CaJliog at  PLYMOUTH  (G.  B.)tor  thaiaiiJiaiof 

will  sail  from  Pier  No.  42  North  Rivec;  fbosx    Morton 
Bt.,  every  alternate  Satorda.y,  beginning  with: 

LABRADOR,  banjjlier Saturday,  Fob.  10,  3P.  M 

For  paniculai'3  address 

LOUIS  DE  BEBlAN,  Agent,  No.  55  Broadwajc 


FOR  SAVANNAH    GA., 

THK  FLORIDA  FORTS,  ' 

AND  THE  BOUTH    AND  SOUTH-WEST. 

•BEAT  SOUTHERN  FREIGHT  AND  PASSENGER  LIHBL 

CENTRAL    EAILROAD  OF  GEORGIA,  AND 

ATLANTIC  AND  GOLF  RAlLKOAa 

WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY. 
_  HAN    JACIN  lu,    caps,    HAZAap,     SATURDAY.     Feh. 
10,   Pier  43  Nortn  River,  3  P.  M.     GEO.  YONGB,  Airt.. 
409Broaaway.  " 

h.  LlVlJMQSTOa,  Cape  MALtORT,  WEDNESDAY,  Feb. 
14,  Pier  «o.  43  North  River.  3  P.  M.  GEO.  YONQE. 
Aicent.  No.  409  Broadway. 

BAN  SAbVADOtl,  Capt.  NicutBsos,  SATURDAY.  Feb. 
17,  Pier  43  North  River,  3  P.  M.  GEO.  YONGE,  A«t.. 
409  Broadway. 

GENERAL  BARNES,  Capt  Chbssxax.  WEDNESDAY. 
Feb.  21,  Pier  1«  Bast  Riven  3  P.  ai.  MURRAY.  FERIiia 
U  CO.,  Agts.,   H'ji  South  St. 

iBSaranea  ONE-HALF  PER  CENT.  Superior  accom- 
modations for  passengers.  Thr  juzh  rates  and  bills  of 
lading  iu  eonneotion  with  Central  S.  R.  of  Georgia, 
Atlantic  and  (inU  Railroad,  and  Florida  steamers 
City  Point  and  Dictator:  aiao,  with  the  steamer  J. 
B.  SCUYLEK.  which  has  been  placed  on  the  inside 
route  from  Savannah  to  Florida,  and  offers  unsurpassed 
acoonuaodatlons. 

C.  U.  OWENS,  GEORGE  YOSGB, 

Agent  A.  &  O.  U.  R.  Agent  0.  B.  R.  of  Ga., 

Na  315  Broadway;,  No.  409  Broadw<ty- 


JFJLORIDA. 

Cantlon  to  travelersl  Great  reduction  in  fare  via 
the  Inland  route  from  Savannah  to  all  Florida  ports. 
Only  s82  to  JaukaonviUo.  Meals  and  state- rooms  extra. 
The  elegant  steamer  J.  B.  SCHUYLER  makes  close  con- 
nection with  all  Savannah  steamers,  thus  forming  the 
quickest  and  most  agreeable  route  as  well  as  the 
toweat  in  fare.  Accommodations  for  passengers  oa- 
•orpaaaed.  Travelers  are  cautioned  against  puichaa- 
ing  through  ticketa  via  any  other  route. 


PlCMlILllfMMTlliiilT 

stjeam-jShlp  lines. 


FOR  CALIFORNIA,  JAPAN,  CHINA,  AUSTRALIA,  NEW- 
ZEALAND.  British  coldmbla,  oregon,  k^ 

baiiiug  from  Pier  Na  42  North  River. 
For  SAN  FKA.SCI30O,  via  ISTHMUS  OF  PANAMA. 

Btertm-snio  COLON ThnrBda.v,  Feb.  15 

aonneotiug  lor   Cenaal   America  ana  South   PaciHo 
ports. 

From  SAN  FRANCISCO  to  JAPAN  and  CHINA. 

Bleam-ship  CITY  OF  TOKIO Thursday,  March  1 

From  ban  Fraaclsco  to  Sandwicu  Islanda.  AoatraUa, 

and  New-2ealand. 
Steam-ship  CITY  OP  SIDNEY Wednesday.  Febw  28 

For  treizht  or  passage  apply  to 
WM-  f.  CLYDE  &  CO.,  or  H.J.  BULLAY,  Superintendent, 

No,  6  Bowlmz  Green,  Pier  No.  42  N.  R  ,  foot  Canal  sc. 


HJiW-YORK  HAVaN.*.  A.NDaEXlCAa  (1  vll.  <.  S.  LliJi 

6teamere  leave  Pior  Ni«.  3  .'iirto  •tl,r-ir  t«  i  .^     A, 
KOK  tlAVA.\A  OlRECr. 

CITJf   OF  HAVAi«"A Saturday.  Feb.  17 

CITX  OF   VERA  CRUZ.  Wediiesaay.  Feb.  21 

CITi  vv  NbVV-Youh W>dues< lav.  Foil.  26 

JrOK  VERA   ORUZ    AND    NEW*<1RLEAN.>«. 

Via    H.t7:kaj,    .'ro^rost^   OainPSjiDay     Tarawa.      and 
/  TampicOL 
crm  yje'  i-AVANA. -Saturday,  Feh,  17 

bl«amera  win  leayu  .New-oneaua  Fen,  23  and  March 
16  '.or  Vhrauriizauii -ill  rnn  j uove  j  irts. 

Forcreignt  or  p^tsvk^ca  i33iycj 

J'.ALKXANURB»3  J-iS.  Not-SL  *r»J  .:  »  ifnXir%f. 

NEW-YORK  AND  HAVANA 

%rn^^  DIRECT    rtlAlL    LINE. 

r^Jk^  These  flrsr-class  steamships  sail  regularly 
IWCCtat  3  P.  M.,trom  Pier  No.  13  North  River  aa 
D^^mU  follows: 

'oLTTMBUr    WEDNFSDAY,  Feb.  14 

aLriiB       --— a.ATURDAV,  Feb.  £4 

Acpoiii'iiioJationa  uneorpaaapd.  For  tieight  or  paa- 
•a^e  ap^V  to  WM.  P.  I'LYDE  t  CO..Na.6  BowUg 
Gi^ln,    McKELLKU.  LULING  &  CO.,  Agents  m  Havana. 


NEW-YORK  CENTRAL  AND  UUDiiiON 
RIVER  RAILROAD.— I  kimmenolne  Dec  ^6^  la76, 
through  trains  will  leave  Grand  Central  Depot: 

7:15  A,  M.,  Western  and  Northern  Express,  with 
drawing-room  cars  to  Caiian^laizua. 

i^:30  A.  M..  special  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  Express, 
with  drawing- ruiim  cara  to  Roobescer  and  BuSalo, 
Alsi>,  throusrh  car  lo  St.  Louis. 

11:00  A  M.,  Nortb»rn  and  Western  Rxprass. 

S:30P.  M..  special  Albany.  Troy  and  Western  Bx- 
prcea  arrivea  at  Buffalo  7: 10  A.  .W. 

6:0(1  P.  M.,  Krpress.  with  sleeplnz  oars,  for  Water- 
town  and  Canandaigu^  Aleolfor  Montreal  via  Platts- 
burg. 

8:30  P.  M..  Paclflo  BxpresN  dally,  with  sleeping  oars, 
tor  Rochester,  Niagara  Falls.  Buffalo,  Cleveland.  In- 
dianapolis, and  Louisville.  Also  for  Chlcaxa  via  both 
T.-  S.  and  M.  Q  Railroads,  anu  to  Montreal    via  St.    Al- 

bana. 

11:00  P.  M.,  Express,  witb  sleeping  oars,  for  Albany 
and  Troy.     Way  trains  as  per  local   Time  Tables. 

Tickets  for  sale  at  Nos.  252.  261,  and  413  Broadwa.v. 
and  at  Westcott  Express  Company's  oCBces.  Nos.  7 
Park  place.  735  and  94:i  Broadway  New-York,  and 
332  Washington  St..   Brooklyn. 

a  B.  MKEKEK.  General  Passenger  Agent. 


ERIE  RAILWAY. 

Winter  Arrangement  of  through  trains.  From  Cham- 
bers Street  Depot.     (Kor  23d  st.  see  note  tielow.) 

9:00  A.  M.,  daily,  eiCHpt  Sundava,  Clacinnatl  and 
Chicago  Dav  Express.  Drawing-room  conches  to  Buflala 

10:45  A.  M.,  daily,  except  Siindavs,  Express  Mail  for 
BufiEaio  and  the  West.     Sleeping  coach  to  Buff»Ia 

7:00  P.  M.,  daily,  Pacific  Kxpresi  to  the  West.  .Sleep- 
ing coaches  through  to  Buffalo,  Niagara  Falls,  Cincin* 
nati,  and  Chicago  without  change.  Hotel  dinins- 
coaches  to  Chicago. 

7:00  y.  M,.  except  Sundays,  Wesrem  Emigrant  train. 

Above  trains  leave  Twenty- third  Street  Ferry  at 
8:45  and  10:15  A.  M..  and  6:45  P.   M. 

For  local  trains  see  tlme-tablea  and  cards  in  hotels 
and  depots. 

J.VO.  N.  ABBOTT.  General  Passenger  Agent 


NEW-YORK.    NEW-HaVKN,    AND    HART- 
irORU     RAILROAD. 

After  Dec.  10,  1876,  trains  leave  Grand  Central  De- 
pot (42d  st.)  for  New-Caanan  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M., 
1.  4:40  P.  M.;  Danbuiy  andNorwalk  Rallro:id  at  8:05 
A.  M.,  1,  and  4:40  P.  M.;  Nauzatnclc  Railroad  at  8:05  A. 
M.,  and  3  P.  M.;  Uoosatonic  Railroaa  nt  8:05  A.  M., 
and  3  P.  M,;  New-Haven  aud  Northampton  Railroad  ut 
8:05  A.  M,  and  3  P.  M.;  for  Newport  at  8:05  A.  M.  and 
IP.  M.;  Boston  and  Alnany  Railroad  at  8:05  nnd 
11  A.  U.  3  and  9  P.  M.,(9P..«.  on  .Sunday:)  Boston, 
(via  Shore  Line,)  at  1  and  10  P.  M.,  (li)  P.  SL  on  Suu- 
daya.!  BoatonandNew-iorb  Air  Line,  8  A.  M.,  1  and 
11:35  P.M. 

Way  trains  as  per  local  time-talilea. 

LEHIGH  YALLEY  RAILROAD. 

ARRANGEMENT.        PaS.SKNUER  TRAINS.         JAN.  1, 

1877. 
Leave  depots  fnotot  Cortlandt  andDebrosses  sts.,  at 

6:30  P.  JL— Night  Express,   dailv,  fur  Easton,  Bethle- 
hem, Allentown,  Mauch   Chunk,  Wilksbarre.  Pittstou, 
Ha;? re,    Elmira,     Ithaca,    Aabarn,    Rochester,    Buttalo,   * 
Niagara   Falls,   and   the    West      FuUaian's  sleeping 
coaches  attached. 

General  Eastern  office  corner  Church  and  Cortlandt 
Bts.,  CHARLES  H.  CUMMINQS.    Ageut. 

RUBEKT  H.  SAYRB.  SaperinteoUeat  and  Engineer. 

\lTICKFORD  RAi  LROAD  ROUTE  TO  NEW- 
TV  PORT,  B.  I.— Passengers  lor  this   Une  take  8:05  A. 
M  and  1  P.    M.    express    trains    from    Grand    Central 
Depot,  arriving  at  4:18  and  8  P.  M.  at  Newport 

THEODORb  WARREN,  Superintendent 

DIVLDE^^DS. 

Office  of  the  NEW-YORK  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMP'Y, 
NO.  7a  WALL  8T. 

Nkw-Yobk,  Feb.  6, 1877. 

76th  Dividend. 

A  BBMI-ANNUaL  DIVIDEND  OF  lU  PER  CEHT. 
has  this  day  been  declared,  payable  on  demand. 

AUQO.STUS  C0L30N,  Secretary. 


CHICAGO  AND  ALTON  RAILROAD  CO. 

Secrbtart's  OFyiCB,  \ 
Chicago.  Feb.  8, 1877.  J 
Notice  is  bereb.y  given  to  the  Stockiioiders  of  the 
Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad  Compauy  ibat  a  cash  divi- 
dend of  four  (4)  per  cent,  has  tbia  da.y  been  declared 
upon  the  Preferred  and  Common  Stock  ot  this  Com- 
pany, payable  at  the  baalclog-house  of  tbe  Company's 
Agents,  Messrs.  -W.  K.  Jesup.  Paton  &  Co.,  No.  62  Wil- 
liam street,  in  the  City  of  New- York,  oa  the  1st  da.y  of 
March  next,  to  holders  who  are  registered  as  such  at 
the  close  of  business  hours  on  tbe  17th  day  of  Feoru- 
ary,  Inst.,  at  which  time  the  transfer  hooka  will  be 
cloaed,  and  reopened  for  transfers  on  the  2d  day  of 
March  nex'.  W.  M.  LARRABEB,  Secretary. 

OwiCBOF  THB  Nbw-Yobk,  Pro-ipencb  akp  Bostox> 

EaILROAP   CoMPAMX.    (StoN-INSTOX  RAtLBOAO.)       > 

Nkw-York,  Jan.  25,  1877.  i 

A  QUARTERLY  DIVIDEND  OF  TWO  AND 
0.»E-HALF  PER  CENT.,  out  ot  the  earnings  of  tha 
Sast  three  months,  will  be  oaid  at  the  office  of  Messrs. 
L,  Morgan's  Sons,  lNo.   39   VYlLiam  St.,  New-Y'ork.  on 
the  lOth  day  of  February. 

Tbe  transfer-books  will  be  closed  from  the  1st  to  the 
lOth.  both  inclusive.  F.  B.  NOYES.  Secretary. 

CLEVELAND  ANO  PITTSBURG  RAIL- 
ROAD COMPANY.— Office  of  Secretary  and  Treaa- 
urer,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Feb.  3,  1877.— Tbe  regular 
guaranteed  quarteily  dividend  of  this  company,  at  tbe 
rate  of  Seven  per  Cent.,  pei  annom  on  the  new  guar- 
anteed stocks,  will  be  paid  on  and  alter  tbe  Isi  March 
pro'ximo,  at  the  office  of  the  Farmer's  Loan  and  Trust 
Company,  No.  26  Ev  change  place.  New- York. 

Tbe  trausier-books  will  close    on  the   lOtfa  inst  and 
reopen  on  the  2d  March. 

G.  A,  INQRRSOLL,  Secretary. 


New-Iork  asp  Colorapo  Compaxt, 

Park  Bank  Bcilpims, 
Nbw-York,  Feh  10, 1877 


■\ 


N 


l':'^  f 


A'riilNAL.   LINK— Piers  44  and  51  North  River. 
CANADA  Saturday.  Feb.  10,  at  2  P.  M. 

'-'^'''^foK  QOBENSTOWN  AND  LIVERPOOl. 
Heivetia..Peh:  10,  2P.  M.  I  Knglani^b.  17, 7^30  A.M^ 
C*Wn  and  acMrsga  pMaage,  a»*„i"f**^^'£*i  5^ 


DIVIDEND  NO.  1.— A  DlVIDfcS.SD  OF  ONE  PKR 
cent.  h:<8  t>eea  declared  on  the  capital  stoctc  of 
this  company,  payable  at  this  offloe,  on  and  after 
March  1, 1S7'7,  to  the  stockholders  of  record  At  the 
closing  of  the  transfer-books,  which  will  close  on  the 
20th  day  of  February  instant,  and  reop.n  March  '£, 
1877.  H.  GROtsNBMEYKR,  Secretary. 


Thb  St  Nicholas  nationai.  Baxk  op  Nbw-  York,  ) 
No.  7  Wall  St.     New-York,  Jan.  30,  1877.     5 

DIVIDENO.— A  SEMI-ANNUAL  DIVIDUND  OF 
Four  par  Cent  lias  been  declared  by  the  Direc- 
tors of  this  bank,  payable  on  and  alter  the  12tli  day 
of  February  next-  The  transfer  books  will  be  closed 
from  tbe  1st  to  I3th  proximo. 

A.  PARKHDRST.  Cashien 


KOLDEHM  OF  CERTIFICATES  FOR  THB 
Irst  dne  coupons  of  the  First  Mortgagee  on  the 
Main  Line  of  the  Toledo.  Wabash  and  Western  Rail- 
road Company  may  present  them  to  the  Metropolitan 
National  Bank,  and  have  the  interest  un  the  ooupoua 
aidded  to  tbe  certificate. 


REMOVALS. 


REMOVAL.  —  RIDOELY  &  .CO..    IMPORTERS  OF 
lace  curtains    and   embroideries,    have    removed 
from  No.  IIU  Worth  st  to  Nos.  79  and  81   Worth  at 
between  Broadway  and  Church  aa 
Nsw-Yomx.  Feb.  1, 183* 


ELIZABETH   CITY 

7s, 

juatcrinq  isrs  to  i89a, 

VOR   BALE   BT 

TBlMIll  k  QL. 


IVos.   16   and   18   Nassau   St. 


BANK^Pl? 


Hi^ 


NEW-YORK  CITY  6s, 

DUB  IS  1879. 

OSWEGO  CITY  7S, 

DUB  IN  1888, 

ELIZABETH  CITY  7 S, 

DUB  IS  1896, 
FOB  SALE  BT 

DANIEL  A.    MORAN, 

. NO.  40  WALL  t»T. 

THE  BANK  OF  MONTREAL 

IS  PRKRARKD  TO  ISSUE 

CIBCnijAB  NOTES 

AND 

LETTERS  OF  CREDIT 

TO  TRAVELERS, 
avallahle  in  all  parts  or  the  world. 

CHARLES  F.  SMITHBRS,  \  .„.„f. 
WALTKR  WATSON.  J  A«entB 

NOS.  09  AND  61  WALL  ST. 


? 


AIUNICIFAIi  BONDS,  DUE  1906.    A  LIMITED 
AMOUNT  FOR   SALE  BY 

KVHN,LOEB  &  CO.,  NO.  31  HASSiU  ST. 


J.  H.  HAAR,      J.  HENOSTLEtt      R.  M.  RAVEN, 
Member  Gold  Exchange.  Member  StocK  Exchange. 


HAAR  &  CO., 


BANKERS  AND   BROKERS, 
No.  4«  WALl..  ST. 

DEALERS  IN  SPECIE  AND  UNITEO  STATES  8B- 
CURITIEa  BUY  AND  SELL  STOCKS  BO.fDS.  AND 
GOLD  FOE  CASH  OR  ON  .MARGIN.  SPECIAL  AT- 
TENIIoN  PAID  TO  ORDERS  FOR  I.VVBSrMiiNTS. 

ORDERS  KXECUTKD  AT  THK  PHILADELPHIA  AND 
BOSTON  STOCK  EXCHANGES. 


TO    INVESTORS. 

BROOKLYN  WATER  B0N09, 

PAYABLE  1899. 
For  sale  by 

QEOItaE  K.  SISTABE, 

NO.  24  NAx.SAU  ST. 


OrriCB  .nETKOPOLIT.4N  I  .N.SURANCE  CO..  > 

Na  108  Bhoadwat,  Nbw-Iork,  Jan.  29,  1877.     1 

THE  UNUKKSIGNED  H.\S  MADE  AN 
arrangement  with  the  CONTINENTAL  IN- 
SUKANCK  COftlPANV,  No.  102  Broadway,  assets 
over  $3,000,000,  whi-reliy  that  company  will  substi- 
tute its  pnlides  in  pliicM  of  those  issued  by  the  Me- 
tropolitan Insurance  Company,  to  take  effect  iu  each 
case  upon  the  surrender  of  tlie  policies  uf  this  com- 
pany. 

Policy-holders  are    invitrd  to  send  in  their  poholea 
for  such  substitution  ut  once. 

CHARLES  E.  APPLEBY, 

Receiver. 


Uniteo  states  kxprbss  Coxpant,         i 

Treascrbr's  Otfic^.    No.  82   Bkoapwat,  > 

Nbw- York,  Jan.  27,  1877.     > 

THE   TRANSPER-BOOKS   OF    THIS  COM- 
pany  will  be  closed  Feb.  3,  at  2  P.  M.,  and  reopened 
Feb.  16.  THRO.  F.    WOOD,  Treasurer. 


WAB4^SU  RAILWAY  C03ll'AN  V.— t  ERTIFI- 
cates  for  fiinded  coupons  oouitht  and  sold.  Na- 
tional Express  Comp:«nv  stock  for  aale.  VV.  H.  DICK- 
INSON, member  New-Vurk  Stock  Exchange,  Na  14 
WaU  St. 


AC.  Bt'R.NHA.M.  NO.  33  PINE  ST.,  NEW-YORK. 
•-Investment  securities  naying  eight  to  ten  per 
cent  tor  sale.  Western  mortgagi-a  a  specialty  lor  six- 
teen years.  References  iu  New-York,  Boatou.  Hart- 
ford, and  Philaneiphix    Send  for  lists. 


BROWN   BROTHERS  iV  CO.. 

NO.  59   VV.4L.I.  ST.. 

IWiUE  COMMER<:lAL  and  TRAVELKItSr    CRbDITS 

AVAlLAliLKin    alPAtT.**    of    the  WORLD. 


421  K(\   (\t\(\    'P'>    LOAN    ON  KOND  AND 

cpjLt*Vf« Wvfmortzaeo  on  New-Vork  City  im- 
proveil  property.  Apply  lo  GRANT  BROTHERS,  No.  2 
Exchange  court 


TO  LOAN  0?l  BOND  AND  MORTGAGE— ON 
City  and   Brooklyn   improved    property.      Address 
Box  Na  5.434  Post  offlo,-. 


FIRE    INSURANCE    .STOCKS 

BOUGHT  AND  SOLD  BY 
E.  ^.  BAILEY.  Na  (55  kV'all  St. 


ELECTIONS^ 

OrnCB  OF  THB  COXSOLIOATIOX   CoAt,  C0.WPAST  OF 

Martland.  No.  71  Broadway, 

Nbw-York,  Feb.  2,  1877. : 

TBE  AIVNCAL  I»IEKTI.N<i  OK  THE  STOtJK- 
oolders  of  this  company  for  tho  election  of  Presi- 
dent and  Directors,  and  transaction  nf  other  husi- 
uess,  will  beheld  at  iioon  on  WbiDNESDAY,  the  21st 
inst  The  traoaier-booKs  will  cloan  at  2  o'clock  P.  U., 
On  tbe  lOtb  Inst.,  aud  reopen  ou  tbe  23d  Inst 

II.  f.  HICKS,  Secretary. 


THE  ANNUAL  ELECTION  FOR  rMIKTBEN 
Directors  of  the  sixth  Avenue  Railroad  Compauy 
will  l)e  held  at  the  Depot,  6tn  av.,  corner  of  43d  st,  ou 
TUcSDAY,  Feb.  13,  1877,  from  12  to  1  o'clock. 

11.  8.  MO0R:J,  Secretary. 


STEAMBOATS. 

STONINGTON  LINE 

FOR     BOSTON     AND    ALL    POINTS     *;AST. 
REDUCED    FARE. 

Elegant  ateum^rs  leave  Pier  No.  3'{  North  River, 
fiiotof  Jay  St.  at  4:30  P.  M, 

Tickets  for  sale  at  til  ormclpil  tloifet  o.tloss.  Stttv 
rooms  secured  at  xl&cegar  vVestcott  .i.'cprass  Ot^ipinf 
aud  at  Na  363  Broadway. 

PRoYliiENCK    LINE. 

Freiclit  only,  steamers  leave  Pier  Na  27  .^orth 
River,  foot  ofpark  ptace,  at4  P.  M.  Freights  via  either 
linetakeuat  lowest  ricj*. 

D.S.  BABCOi.'K.  Pres.       L.  W.  Filki!H.  G.    P.  Aeeni. 


FALL    RIVER   LINE 

FOR 

BOSTON  AND    THE    EAST. 

FARES  REDUCED. 

Leave  New-York  dally,  (Sunday  eiceptei)  fromPiac 
Na  28  North  River,  toot  of  Murray  st.  4:30  P.  M 

*    BORDEN  k.  LOVtCLL,  Agents. 
GEO.  L.  (CONNOR,  Gouenil  Passenger  A'.;uat 


FOR      NEW-HAVE.M.    HaKTF4»RD,     OcC 
Fare  $1 ;  steamers  leave  Peck  slip  far  New-Haven 
at  3  and  11  P.  M.,  connecting  with  roail. 


LiiOKBRlDUbi'ORTA.vo  ALL  POINTS    ON 

A?  Housatomc    and    .Naagatii;;ic    Railroad. — f*td,     HX. 
•tcamers  leave  naihari'ie  sUd  ti.  1 1-30  .\.  M. 


__BA^]^OTT_N0TIOES^__ 

IN  BANKRUPTCY.— IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT 
of  the  United  btates  lor  the  Southern  District  of 
New-York.— In  the  matter  of  WILLIAM  J.  sCHLOSS, 
bankrupt — Notice  is  hereby  given  that  a  petition  hns 
been  filed  in  said  court  by  William  J.  ^chIoa8,  of  the 
City  of  New-York,  in  said  district,  dulv  declared  a 
bankrupt  under  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  United 
States,  title  "Bankruptcy,"  for  a  discharge  and  certifi- 
cate thereof  from  all  his  debts,  and  other  claims  prov- 
able under  said  title,  and  that  tue  19ih  dav  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1877,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  at  the  office  of  Isaiah 
T.  Williams,  Esqdire.  Register  in  Bankruptcy,  No.  4 
Warrea  street,  in  the  City  of  New-York,  is  assigned  for 
the  healing  oi  the  same,  »hea  and  where  all  ci editors 
who  have  proved  their  debts,  and  other  persons  in  In- 
terest may  attoad,  and  show  cause,  it  any  they  have, 
why  tlie  piayer  of  the  SHid  petition  should  not  be 
granted.- Daied  Nevv-York,on  the  2Bth  day  of  January, 
1877.  GEO.  F.  BbTTS,  Clerk. 

Ja27-law3w8* 


IN  BANKRUPTCY.— IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT 
of  the  United  States  fur  the  Soudiern  District 
of  New-York.— In  th"  matter  of  HENRY  TKISDOKFER, 
bankrupt — Notice  is  heTc0.y  given  that  a  petition  lias 
been  filed  in  said  court  by  Henry  Tiisdorier,  iu  said 
district,  duly  deciared  a  bankrupt  under  the  act  of 
Congress  ot  .darch  2,  1867,  lor  a  discharge  and  cei- 
tincate  thereof  trom  all  his  aebt^,  and  other  claims 
provable  under  aald  act,  and  that  tbe  fifth  day  ot 
March,  1877.  at  eleven  o'clock.  A.  M.,  at  tbe  offloe  of 
Henry  Wilder  Allen,  Register  in  Bankruptcy,  No.  152 
Broad wa.y,  iu  tiie  (  it.y  of  New- York,  ia  assigned  for  tbe 

beaniig  of  the  same,  wben  and  where  all  creditora  who 
have  proved  tbeir  debts,  anil  othdr  persons  in  interest 
may  attend,  and  sbowoiiuae.  if  nay  they  hive,  why  the 
prayer  of  the  baid  petition  should  not  be  (tranted. 
— Dated  New-York,  on  the  third  day  of  February.  1877. 
flO-law3wS*  GEO.  F.  BETl-oi,  Clerk. 


UMi-tiil)  ^STATES  DISTRICT  COURT, 
Southern  District  nf  New-Vork. — In  Bankrnptcy. — 
Southeru  District  of  New-York,  ae.— At  the  City  of 
New- York,  the  :8th  day  of  August,  1873.  The  under- 
signed hereby  gives  notice  of  iiis  appointment  as  As- 
slsiuee  of  the  estate  and  effects  of  DANIEL  D.  CO.NO  /hlR, 
of  tiie  City  of  New-York,  lo  tbe  said  district,  w  bo  was,  on 
the  3  let  day  of  October.  ^  D.,  1871,  adjudged  a  bank- 
rupt upon  hia  own  petition  by  the  District  Court  of 
the  United  States  forthe  said  ;  outhern  District  of  New- 
York.  JOHN  H.  PL  ATT.  Assignee, 
f3-law3w3  No.  40  Wall  street.  ilew-York. 


iN  BANKRUPTCY. -DISTRICT  OF  NBWJBR- 
sey,  ss. — At  Newark,  on  tne  26th  day  of  January, 
A.  D.  1877. — The  undersigned  hereby  gives  notice  of 
his  appointment  as  Assignee  of  NlilwTON  A.  MBRRITT 
and'fUOUAtt  J.  WHIlii,  of  Newark,  in  the  County  (if 
Essex,  and  btale  of  New-Jersey,  within  said  district, 
who  nave  been  adjuogea  l>aaki-apta  upon  their  onn 
petition,  by  the  Dlatrloc  Coort  of  said  district 

E.  N.  MILLER,  Aasignce,  kc, 
\  iaa7-Uw8wfl*        )io.7aaBi«ada(.,7iiinratk.A.J. 


DleiTHIUT  COUUT  OV  THB  CSITKJ?  8TAT88 
flor  the  District  of  New-Jersey.— In  UankimptaT.— 
In  the  matter  of  UUAHLKa  ti.  BOLKM,  TUOMAS  •. 
CRANK,  and  FREDERICK  K.  DAY,  bankrapU — DUtilCt 

of  JTew-JeiMT,  ««.~A  warnut  ta  btokraptvy  bu  bean 
i»<ae4hy  uldooart  agaioat  the  e«t«la  of  Cluurle*  M. 
Boien,  Thomas  8.  Crane,  and  Fradarlok  E.  Da.r,  ot  tb« 
Conntr  of  Bsssx  and  State  of  New-Jeraey,  tn  «»ia  dis- 
trict. Who  have  been  dulv  a^Indged  MnkrupM  upon 
Setttlon  of  their  creditora,  and  the  pftymenr  of  any 
ebts  and  tbe  delivery  of  any  prope»y  helonfing  to 
•aid  baokrapts,  to  sham  or  to  thetr  ase,  and  th«  trans- 
fer ot  any  propisTty  b  r  tbem  are  forbidden  by  law.  A 
mef  ting  or  the  crvoiton  of  aald  bankropta  to  prove 
their  ilabta  aod  ohoose  oaa  or  mora  Aaaignaea  of  their 

estate  wiU   be  held  at  a  Coort   of  Bankruptcy,  to  ba 
boldenat  Na  663  Broad  street,  Newark,  In  said  dis- 
trlot,  on  the  2Sd  dar  of  Fabnuur.y,  A.   D.  1877,  at   10 
0*0  ock  A.  U.,  at  the  ciffloe  of  Staata  8.  Uorria,  Baqoire, 
one  of  the  Registers  in  Bankrttptoy  of  aald  district. 
SAMDBI,  PLDMUBB. 
United  Statea  Marshal  far  aald  dtatrlct. 
Per  JOHN  a  B  AIL  BT,  Deputy. 


DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THB  UNITBD 
states  for  the  District  of  New-Jersey. — In  Bank'- 
ruptcy.— In  the  matter  of  WALTER  M.  CONGER,  bank- 
ruiu— Dlatrlot  of  New-Jeraey  as.;— A  warrant  iu  bahk- 
rabtey  haa  been  iaaued  by  said  oottrt  against  the  eatate 
of  Walter  M.  Couaex,  of  tbe  County  of  Bssex,  and  State 
of  New-Jersey,  In  said  district,  who  has  been  dul.v  ad- 
J  adged  bankrupt  upon  petition  of  hia  orediton,  and  the 

Sayment  of  any  debts  and  the  delivery  of  any  prooerty 
elonirlng  to  said  bankrupt,  to  him,  or  to  his  lue.  and 
tbe  transfer  of  any  property  by  bim,  axe  forbidden  by 
Uw.    A  meeting  of  the  creditors  of  said  bankrupt,  to 

prove  tbeit  debts  and  chooie  one  or  more  Aailgneei  of 
his  estate,  Will  be  held  at  a  Court  of  Bankmptoy  to  ba 
holden  at  No.  663  Broad  St.,  Newark.  In  said dlstriot. 
on  the  27t:h  day  of  February.  A,  D.  1877,  at  10  o'cloob 

A.  M.,  at  the  ofiSoe  of  Staata  8,  Morris,  Etqulre,  one  of 
the  Beeisters  m  Bankrnptcy  of  aaid  diatriot 

8AMDBL  PLUMMER. 
United  States  Marshal  for  said  district 
Pe«  JOHN  C.  BAILEY,  Oeput.y. 


IN  BANKRUPTCY.-IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT 
of  tbe  United  States  for  the  ^-'outhem  District  ot  New- 
York.— in  the  matter  of  BKNJAMIN  H.  WOOD  WORTH, 
banltrnpt— Notice  ia  hereby  given  that  a  petition  haa 
been  filed  in  aaid  court  by  Bei^amin  R,  Woodworlh, 
heretofore  carrying  on  business  In  the  C'ty  of  New- 
York,  in   said  district,  duly  declared  a  banKmpt  under 

the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  United  States,  title 
"bankruptcy,"  for  a  discbarge  and  certificate  thereof 
from  all  hia  debts,  and  other  olalma  provable  under 
said  title,  and  that  tbe  17th  da.v  of  February, 
1877,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  at  the  offloe  of  Isaiah  T.  Wil- 
liams, Esquire,  Register  in  Bankruptcy,  No.  4  War- 
ren street,  in  tbe  City  of  New-York,  la  aaaigned 
for  the  hearing  of  the  same,  when  and  where 
all  creditors  who  have  proved  their  debts  and 
other  persons  in  interest  ma.v  attend,  and  show  cause, 
if  any  thev  have,  why  the  pisyer  of  the  aaidpetitiou 
should  not  be  granted.— Dated  New-York,  on  the  26th 
day  ol  January,  1877.  GEO.  V.  BbTTS,  Clerk. 

ja27-law3wS'^ 


rilHISISTO  GIVE  NOTICE-THAT  ON  THE 
JL7tb  day  of  February.  A.  D.  1877,  a  warrant  in 
bankruptcy  was  Issued  against  the  estate  of  CHARLES 

HAL8TEAD,  Of  Brooklyn,  io  the  County  of  Kings,  and 
btnte  of  New-York,  who  has  carried  on  business 
for  the  aix  months  next  immediately  preced- 
ing the  tiling  of  his  petition  at  tbe  City 
ot  New-York,  who  has  been  adjudged  a  bankrupt 
on  his  own  petition ;  that  the  payment  of  an.y  debts 
and  delivery  of  any  property  belonging  to  such  bank, 
rupt  to  him  or  lor  his  use,  and  the  transfer  of  any 
property  by  him,  are  forbidden  b.y  law ;  that  a  meeting 
of  the  creditors  of  the  said  baiikri#t  to  prove  thetr 
debts,  and  to  choose  one  or  more  Aaslgneea  of  bia 
eatate,  will  be  held  at  a  Court  of  Bankruptcy,  to  be 
boldenat  No.  162  Broadwav,  in  the  City  of  New- York, 
before  Mr.  Henry  Wilder  AUeo,  Reglater,  on  the  6(h 
day  of  March,  A.  D.  i877.  at  twelve  o'clock  M. 

OLIVER  FISKE,  United  Statea  Marshal, 
Aa  Mesaenver,  Snuhern  District  of  New- York. 


Dl 


st  tea  for  the  Southern  Dtatrlct  of  New-YorkVln 
the  maUer  of  JOSEPH  SCHMITT,  bankrupt.— In  Bank, 
ruptcv. — A  warrant  in  Bankruptcy  lias  been  Issued  by 
said  court  against  the  estate  of  Joseph  Scbmitt,  of  the 
County  of  New- York,  of  tbe  State  of  New- York,  in  aaid- 
district,  adjudged  a  bankrupt  upon  the  petition  of  his 
creditors,  and  the  payment  of  any  debts  and  tbe  de- 
livery of  any  property  belonging  to  said  bankrupt  to 
him  or  to  bis  use!  and  the  transfer  of  any  property  by 
him  are  forbidden  by  law.  A  meeting  of  tho  creilftora 
of  said  bankrupt  to  prsve  their  debts  and  choose  one 
or  more  Assignees  of  bis  estate,  will  be  held  at  a  Court 
of  Bankruptcy,  to  be  holden  at  No.  7  Beekinaa  street, 
New-York  City,  in  aald  district,  on  the  28th  day  of 
of  February.  A.  D.  1877,  at  one  o'cloc',(  P.  M.,  at  tbe 
office  of  James  F.  Dwight,  Esq.,  one  of  the  Registers  lu 
Bankruptcy  of  said  Court 

OLIVE E  F18KR,  Marshai-Heasenger. 


DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
States  for  the  Southern  District  of  New- York.— In 
the  matter  of  WIlLIAM  A,  BARBER  and  HENRY  C. 
BUSH,  Bankrupts.- in  Bankruptcy.- Notice  is  hereby 
given  that  a  petitiou  has  been  tiled  in  said  court  by 
William  A.  Barber  and  Uenry  C  Bush,  the  bankrupts 
above  named,  in  aald  diatrict,  duly  declared  tiaukrupta 
under  the  act  of  Congreas  of  ilarch  2,  1867,  for  a  dia- 
charge  and  certificate  thereof  nt  all  their  debta  and 
other  claims  provable  under  said  act  aud  tbe  revised 
statutes  of  the  United  States,  lltle,  "Bankrupiey." 
aud  that  the  Twenty-seventh  day  of  February,  1877, 
at  12  o'clock,  noon,  at  the  office  of  John  Fitoh,  Esq.. 
Register  in  Bankruptcy,  No.  345  Broadway,  in  the 
City  of  New-York,  is  aasigued  for  tbe  hearing  of  the 
same,  when  and  where  all  creditors  who  have 
proved  their  debts,  aud  other  persona  in  interest,  may 
attend,  and  show  cause.  If  any  they  have,  why  the 

S raver  ot  aaid  petition  ahould  not  be  granted,— Dated 
ew-York.  uu  the  1st  day  ot  February,  1877. 
f3-law3wS*  GEORGE  F.  BETT8.  Clerk. 


IN  BANKRUPTCY. -IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT 
of  the  United  stales  for  tbe  Southern  District  of 
New  York.— In  the  matter  of  Lf:oNI0AS  BINNS,  Bank- 
rupt— .Notice  is  hereby  given  that  a  petition  has  been 
filed  iu  S'id  court  by  Leouldas  Binos,  iu  said  district, 
duly  declared  a  biinkrupt  under  the  act  ot  Congreas 
of  March  2,  1867.  for  a  discharge  and  certincaia 
thereof  trom  all  his  debts,  and  other  claims  provable 
under  aal  1  act,  and  that  the  24tn  day  of  February, 
A.  D..1S77.  at  11  o'clock  A.  M..  ut  the  offite  of  Mr. 
Henry  Wilder  Allen,  Register  in  Banlcruptcy,  No.  152 
Broadway,  iu  the  City  ot  New- York,  is  assigned  for  the 
heanng  oi  the  aame.  when  and  where  all  creditura 
who  have  proveii  their  debts,  and  other  persons  in  iu- 
tcrest  may  attend,  and  show  cause,  it  any  ther  have, 
whv  the  prayer  ot  the  said  petition  should  not  be 
gmntfJ.— Dated  New-lork,  on  the  2d  day  ot  February, 
1877.  GEORQKF.  BEITS, 

lb-law3wS»  Clerk. 


rpm*   IS   TO   GIVE    NOTICE— THAT  ON  THK 

X  7tb  day  of  Februarj-,  A.  D.  1877,  a  warrant  in  bank- 
ruptcy was  insued  against  the  estate  of  JOHN 
bOU  ART.  of  New-York  Citv.  in  thu  County  of  Now- York, 
and  State  of  Ncw-Vork,  who  haa  been  adtudged  a 
baokrupt  ou  bis  own  petition:  that  the  payment 
of   .any  debts  and    dehvory  of  auy    prooerty     oe- 

longlng  to  such  l>ankrupt  to  him  or  tor  his  use,  anl 
thu  transfer  of  any  property  bv  him,  are  torbldd.ia  by 
law;  that  a  meetliiu  of  the  creditors  of  the  SHid  bank- 
rupt, to  Drove  tlielr  debts  and  to  chooie  ooe  or  more 
Assignees  of  bts  estate,  will  be  held  ac  a  Court  of 
Bankruptcv,  to  tie  holden  at  No.  7  Beekman  street,  in 
tho  City  of  New-York,  belore  Mr.  James  F.  Dwisht, 
Keeister,  on  the  23th  day  of  Februaiy,  A.  D.  1877,  at 
twelve   o'clock  M.  OLlVKH  FISKi;, 

United  States  Marshal,  as  Messenger,  Soutnern  District 
of  New- York. 


Wifi^ 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
States  for  the  Southern  District  of  New  York.— In 
the  matterofJOllN  E.  KAlitCHlLD.Bankrupt- In  bank- 
ruptcy, .Nouthem  District  of  New-York,  as.:  The 
said  iiankrapt  having  applied  to  tbe  Caurt  for  a  dis- 
charge trom  uii  uebts;  Liy  order  of  the  Court,  notice 
is  hereby  given  to  all  creditors  who  have  proved  their 
debts,  and  other  persons  in  Interest,  to  appear  on  tbe 
filth  day  oi  March,  A.  D.  1877,  at  twelve  o'clock  noon, 
at  Chambers,  of  the  said  District  Court,  before  John 
Fitch,  one  »f  the  heglsters  of  the  said  Court  in  Bank- 
ruptcy, at  his  office,  So.  345  Broadway,  in  the  City  of 
New-York,  and  show  cause  why  the  prayer  of  the  said 
peationolthe  bankrupt  should  not  be  granted,  and 
why  a  discharge  should  not  be  granted  to  the  said 
bankrupt.— Dated  New-York.  Rth  February,  1877. 
flO-law3w8*  OKOKOE  F.  BKTTB,  Clerk. 


THIS  IS  TO  <ilVE  NOTICE-THAT  ON  THB 
6th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1877,  a  warrant  in 
bankruptcy  was  issued  against  the  estate  of  J'REDE- 
RICK  F.  DEALS,  ot  New- York  City,  in  the  County  of 
New-York,  and  State  of  New-York,  who  haa  been  ad" 
Judged  a  bankrupt  on  his  own  t,etltionj  that  the  pay- 
ment of  auy  debts  and  deliver.y  of  auy  pro;>erty  be- 
longing to  such  bankrupt,  to  him  or  for  bis  use.  and 
tho  transfer  of  any  prop  rty  by  bim,  are  lorblddeu  by 
law;  that  a  meeting  uf  ihu  creditors  of  the  said  bank- 
rupt to  prove  their  debts  and  to  ohoose  one  or  more 
Assi^^neesofhli  estate,  will  be  held  at  a  Court  of  Bank- 
ruptcy, to  Oe  bo. den  at  N(>.  7  Beekman  street,  New- 
iurk  Citv.  before  James  F.  Dwight,  Register,  on  tha 
23d  day  of  February,  A.  D.,  1877.  at  oneo'clocE  P.  M. 
OLIVER  FtSKE. 
United  Statea  Marshal,  aa  Measenger,  Southeru  District 
ot  New-Vork. 


THIS  IS  TO  Give  .NOTICE— THAT  ON  THE 
8th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1S77,  a  warrant  in  bank- 
ruptcy waa  issued  against  the  estate  of  EMELINE 
,SM1TH,  ol  New-York,  in  the  County  of  New-York, 
and  State  of  New-York,  who  has  been  adjudged  a 
bankrupt  ou  her  own  petition;  that  the  payment  of  any 
doots,  aud  delivery  of  any  property  belongiug  to  such 
bankrupt,  to  her  ur  for  her  use,  and  the  transfer  oiany 
prov)ert.v  by  her  are  forbidden  by  law;  that  a  meetiugoX 
tbe  creditors  of  the  said  bankrupt  to  prove  their  debts 
aud  to  chouse  one  or  more  Assignees  of  her  estate  will 
be  held  at  a  Court  of  Bankruptcy,  to  be  holden  at 
Na  345  BreadwHy,  in  tho  City  of  New-Vork.  before 
John  Fitch.  Register,  on  the  23d  da.v  of  Febnary.  a.  D. 
1877,  at  two  o'clock  P.  M.  OLIVER  FI8KK, 

UmtedStateaMarahal,  asMeaaenger,  Boutbern  Diatrict 
ot  New-Y'ork. 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THB 
United  Statea  for  tha  .southern  District  of  New- 
York.— In  the  matter  ot  HE.nRY  TRISDOKFER,  bank- 
rupt  In  Bankruptcy.— Southern    District    if    New. 

York,  ss.:— At  the  Clt.y  of  New-York,  tbe  twen- 
tieth day  of  December.  1876,— The  undersigned 
hereh.y  gives  notice  of  his  app<ilntmeiit  as  As- 
signee of  the  estate  and  effects  of  Henry  Trisdorfor, 
01  the  City  of  New-Y'ork,  in  said  drlstrlct  who  waa  on 
the  sixth  day  of  November,  A.  D.  1876.  adjudged  a 
bankrupt  upon  the  petition  of  his  creditors  by  the 
District  Court  of  tbe  United  States  for  tbe  said 
Sonthein  District  of  New-York. 
f3-law3wS*  I.SAAC  SONNENBBRG,  -Assignee. 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
States  for  the  Southern  District   of  New- York. — In 
the  matter  of  BENJA.UIN  H.  WOODWORl'U,  bankrupt 
— In  Bankruptcy.— Before  Isaiiih  T,  Williams,  Register. 
— To  whom  It  may  concern:    The  uudersigued  bereb.y 
gives  notice  of  his    appointment   as  Assignee  of  the 
estate  of  Beniamin   H.    Woodworlh,   heretofore  carry- 
ing on  business  in  the  Cit.v  of  New-Yorlc  in  the  County 
of  New-York,  aud  6tate  of  New-York,  within   said  dis- 
tiict  who  has  been  adjudged   bankrupt  upon  his  own 
petition  by  tbe   District  court  of  said  dl:itnct—Dated 
at  New-York  City,  the  26th  day  of  Jannary,  A.  D.  1877. 
BOBKRT  L.   WOODS.  Assiguee. 
No.  47  Dey  street,  New- York  City. 
)a27-law3w8* 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OK  THKU.NITKD 
Stitcs  for  the  Moutheiu  District  of  New-i'ork. — In 
the  matter  of  BGRNUaRD  BEURISH,  bankrupt— In 
Bankruptcy.— Before  laaiah  T.  VMlilama,  Register.— 
To  whom  it  may  concern:  Tha  undersigi^ed  hereby 
gives  no. Ice  of  hiii  appointment  as  Ausiznee  of  tbe 
estate  of  Bemhard  Behrish,  of  tbe  City  of  New- York, 
in  the  County  of  New- York,  and  state  of  New- York, 
within  said  District,  who  haa  been  adjudged  hankcupt 
upon  the  petition  of  his  creditors,  by  the  District 
Court  ot  said  district.— Datea  at  New- York  City,  tho 
26th  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1877. 

NiiVlN  W.  BUTLER,  Aaalgnee, 
ja27-law3w3*       No.  41  Fnlton  at,  New-YorkUity, 


IN  TUB  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THK  UNITED 
Stales  for  the  Southern  District  of  New-York.— In 
•the  matter  Of  JOHN  T.  MILLER,  bankrupt— In  Bank- 
ruptcy.— Southern  District  of  New-York,  ss.:  At  tho 
City  of  New- York,  the  29tl)  day  of  January,  1877.  The 
undersigned  berebv  give  notice  of  hia  acDulutment  as 
Aaalgnee  ot  the  estate  and  effecta  of  John  T.  Miller,  of 
the  City  of  Mew- York,  iu  aald  diatriot,  who  waa  on  tbe 
23d  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1876.  adjudged  a  bank- 
tapt  upon  the  petition  of  bia  creditors  by  the  Distriet 
court  of  the  United  Statea  tor  the  aaid  Southern  Dia- 
triot Of  tiew-Yoik  lOHN  H.  PLATT, 

fs.iawawi»*  awHnaai . 


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The  Qp-town  ofBee  of  THK  xniSS  la  located  at 

N«.  1.957  Braaiiw«.T,  bet.  3lit  ud  394  stii* 

Open  daily,  Stmdaya  included,  from  4  A.  M.  ta  0  P.  K. 
Bobacriptlons  received,  and  copies  of   THB  TUtBS  tot 

aaie. 

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P  RITA  TIE  CLUB.    taSTB    MT.,  URAR  BEOAD- 
way.— Gentleman  WKnted  to  Iota  t  bieakftMi  at  all 

boura ;  table  d'hote  at  6:80  o<aloek;    alio  roemat 

terms   reasonable.    Addreas    "CLUB."  Box  Me.   363 
TIMBS  DP-TOW*  OFFIOB,  MO.  1,367  9IIOADWAT. 


NO.  89  IRVING  PLAOK,  TWD  DOtf  R(*  FBOlC 
Oramerqy  Park.— Large,  pleasant,  desirable  zooma 
on  tourtb  ffoori    alao  hall  room  on  aeoond  floor;    with 

board;  reilerenoea. 


mtalKTY-BIGHTtl  (St.,  NO.  SOf  W£8T. 

X  Second-story  front  rooms;  superior  board  t  every 
convenience;     location    central  and  onezDeptiecahls. 

OWNKB. 


NO.  49  WB8T  19TH  ST.-HANDS0¥8  8(JITB 
of  apartments,  with  or  without  board,  in  private 
taeuae)  refarenoea. 


FIFTH  AV.,   NO.   73,    SORTH.BAeT   CORNER 
16TH   ST.— Rooms  on  aeoond  floor.   With   private 
bath;    also,  single  rooms,  witb  t>o»ro. 


AN  AUTHORESS  OFFERS  TWO  GKNTLB- 
men,  or  gentleman  and  wife,  comforts  of  a  bright 
borne;  terma  low,    Call  at  No.  535  Weat  2Stb  it. 


A    LAlRGE.   W^KI..L.FURNIsaBD   SECONO- 

XJUstory  front  and  hall  room,  with,  board}    ^eferen<^e. 
Na  338  West  23d  st. 


O.    31  -OTH   AV.-rLEASAHT     ThlBD-STORX 
front  room  aod  hall  room,  with  flzsi^olasa  board; 
reference. 


NJ 


-KTO.  4.  BAST  39TH  ST..  BBTWBRN  5TH 

U!^  AND  MADISON  AVS.— Desirable  roonxa.   flrst.class 
board;  also,  table  boarders. 


FIFTH     AV.,     NO,   Sai.-FaONT    AND   BEAR 
rooms,    to  gentleman,  on  fourth  floor;    excellent 
table;   moderate  terms. 


NINETEENTH     ST.,    NO.   338    WBST.>A 
large  ball  room  to  let,  with  board;  gaa,  flret   terma 
moderata 


N. 


O.   3SWBST318T    ST.— PLEASANT  BOOMS 
to  let,  with  board;   unexpeotedly  vaeatedj   refer- 


N 


O.  6  EAST  34TH  ST SINGLE  ROOMS  WITH 

board;    house  newly  turnished;    terms  moderate. 


N 


O.    46    WEST    3»D    ST ELEGANT  SECOND 

floor  of  three  rooms,  with  board;     terms  moderate. 


OONS   TO«  LET— WITH    BOiRD,    AT   Htt  19 
rSast  46th  st;  references  exchanged. 


BOARDKJGC^^^AFAMILT^f>plF0UR"ADULTS  DE- 
sire  board  in  a  private  famUy  ;  no  other  boarders; 
In  Hackenaack  or  vicinity;  three  rooma  reqairad; 
ranat  be  convenient  to  depot.  Addreaa  with  terma, 
which  must  be  moderate.  Confidential,  D.,  Box  Na 
150  Timtt  Office. 


BOA  ED  WANTED— FOR  GENTLB.)1AN,  WIPE, 
and  ton,  in  a  strictly  private  family ;  terma  most 
be  moderate.  Address  C.  M.  C,  Box  Na  307  TIMBS 
UF-TOWN  OFFICE,  1,257  BROADWAt. 


^_JhTliNISHED_KC^^ 

ARLoiTAND^BED^BUIoar'To"^^ 

uished)  in  the  Sherwood  Buildinsr.  5th  av.  and  44th 
■t,  at  reduced  prices  to  May  1.    Apply  at  631  5th  av. 


FCRNIHHEO  FRONT  ANO  BACK  ROOMS. 
— Also  hall  roooM}   furniture  new.  Na  14  Bast  16th 
st,  near  TUriny's. 


FDKNISHBD  ROO.ns  FOB  GENTLBMBN. 
without  board;     refereuoes.     Call  at  Na   84   East 
2Uth  st 


jaOTELS. 

THE  ROYAL  VICTORIA  HOTEL, 

NASSAU.  BAHAdA  ISLANDS 
For  ta.\\  information  apply  to 

JAMK8  LIUQEBWOOD  it  Ca, 

Na  758  Broadw.kV,  New-Tork. 


NEW-ENGIJiND   HOTEL.  —  LODGINGS,  60c.; 
20(1  light  single  rooms  for  gentlemen  only;  weekly, 
$2  to  $3.    Corner  Bowery  and  Bayard  st. 


DRY  GOODS. 


OFFER  A 

LARGE,      FBE8B,    AND     ATTBACTIVE     STOCK    OF 
LINENS, 

Inclodlng 
TABLE  BAUASK,  all  widths  aud  patterns, 

SHEETING,  10-41,  11-4,  19-4, 

Scotch,  Irish,  and  Banuley. 
PILLOW  LINEN,   all  widths; 

HUCK  T JWBL8  a5D  TOWBLINO, 
DAMASK  TOWELS, 

TABLB-CLOTHa,  NAPKINS, 

DOYLIES,   CB.A6H,  kc, 
FROM  THB  LOOMS  OF  THE 
FOLLOWING  CELBBEUTED  MANUFACTTBBBBS : 

IBISB. 

John  8.  Brown  k  Sons, 
Dickaona,  Fergnaon  k  Co., 
Rlobardson  Bona  k  Owdeo. 
W.  Bidden  k.  Ca, 
Tbomaa  U.  Magee, 


SCOTCH. 

Joba  ."tbielda  tt  Ca, 
WiUiam  Lumaden  it  Sena, 
Brskiue,  Ueveridge    II    Ca, 
John  Lowson  k.  Ca, 
James  Uatbewaoa  k  Bona, 


AND  OTHERS. 

Also, 

A  LABGB  ASSORTMENT  OF 

LINEN  FABRICS 

FROM  LESS  POPULAR  MANUFACTURERS, 

THAT  ARE  BEING  SOLD  AT 

PRICES  UNPBBCEDBNTBDLI  LOW. 

FLBA8E  CALL  AND  EXAMINE. 


BROADWAY,  4TH  AV.,  9TH  AND  lOTH  8T& 


PROPO^ALS^ 

TO  QUARRY.nBN  AND   GHANITB   JDBAL- 
ERS. 

PROPOSALS  FOR  CUT   STONR 

Oryiotc  or  Liout-boitsb  ENdtNBKB,  > 

Thihp  District,  > 

T0XPKIMSVILI.B,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  13,  1877.     > 

Proposals  are  solicited,  and  will  t>e  received  until 
noon  ufKeb.  26,  1877,  for  turolablng  tlie  cat  stone 
for  the  dweUiog  and  tower  for  Stratford  Shoals  Light- 
house, Lone  Islaud  Sound,  New-York. 

The  stone  (erauite)  Is  to  be  cut  according  to  plans 
and  specifications,  which,  with  any  other  information 
desired  coDoerning  the  wont,  will  oe  furnished  to  bid- 
ders upon  application  to  tho  undersigned. 

The  {iropusala  will  state  the  lump  sum  for  which  tbe 
stone  required  will  be  delivered  at  the  hHrbor  of 
Bridgeport,  Conn.  The  atonea  are  ail  to  be  delivered, 
cut  and  dressed,  ready  tor  setting.  Tbe  labor  of  erect- 
ing the  structure  will  bu  done  by  tho  Uuitea  States, 
and  should  not  be  included  in  the  proposals. 

The  stones  are  to  be  dehvered  in  parcels,  according 
to  sizes,  and  the  order  In  which  they  wiil  be  required 
for  use,  commencing  tbe  delivery  not  later  than  tho 
ilrst  or  May,  1877,  and  the  entire  lot  to  be  delivered 
within  one  month  thereafter. 

Proposals  will  be  in  daplicate,  with  two  soreties  tn 
an  amouut  e<iUdl  to  the  bid  attached  to  each,  indorsed 
by  souje  ufflcer  of  tbe  Government  known  to  tbe 
Treasury  Department 

They  will  be  sealel  and  Indorsed  "Pronoaala  for 
cut  stone  for  the  Stratford  Shoals  Light-boase,"  and 
addressed  to  the  undersigned,  who  reserves  the  right 
to  reject  any  bid  for  proper  causa 

1.  C  WOODRUFF, 
Colonel  of  Engineers,  United  States  Army, 
Engineer  Third  Light-bouae  Diatriot 

Foat  Office  Box  Na  4,032,  New-York  Citf. 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

Sealed  proposaia  will  be  received '  by  the  Board  ot 
School  Tmateea  ot  the  Nineteenth  Ward,  at  the  hail 
of  tbe  Board  of  Education,  corner  of  Grand  aud  Elm 
ets.,  until  TUESDAY,  Feb.  18, 1»77,  and  until  4  o'clock 
P.  M.,  of  said  day.  for  fomlshini:  siloing  doors,  Ita,  in 
Grammar  Scheui  bouse  Na  18,  on  hast51at  at,  near 
Lexington  av. 

Plans  andapeci&catlona  may  be  aeen  at  tbe  office  of 
the  Supeiinteudent  of  School  Buildinga,  Na  146  Grand 
st,  tbfra  fioor. 

Two  responsible  and  approved  sureties,  reaidents  of 

thia  Uty,  will  be  required  trom  tha  auotettful  bidder. 

The  party  submitting  a  proposal    and  the  partiea 

proposing  to  become  sureties,  must  each   write  hia 

name  and  place  of  residence  on  aaid  propoaaL 

The  Tmateea  rjaerve  tbe  right  to  r^ect  any  or  all 
of  the  proposals  submitted. 

•  J.  O.  ALSTON. 

F.  T.  HOCKINa 
K.  H.  POMKROY', 
M.  THALME!<SINGER, 
JOHN  C  DONNELLY, 
Board  of  School  Trustees,  Niuetuentb  vvard. 
Dated  Maw- York,  Jan.  31,  1877. 


ax.,? 
7.     S 


PROPOSALS  FOR  DREDGING  AND  DIKE. 

Unitbd  STATBS  EaeiNBBR  Officb. 
Cobnbr  of  Pennsylvania  av.  and  19tu  st. 
Washinoton,  D.  C,  Feb.  3,  1877. 
Sealed  proDOSals  for  Dredging  and   tbe  ooostrnctlon 
of  a  Dike  in  Eappahanuocc  River,  Va.,  will  be  received 
at  this  office  until  noon  of    WEDNESDAY,   March  7, 
1877,  and  opened  immediately  thereaftoi. 

Speclttoatlocs  and   blank  forms  for  proposals  can  be 
Obtained  on  application  to  thia  office. 

8,  T,  ABGRT.  D.  8.  Civil  Engineer. 


RARE  OPP<»RTCNlTY.— FOR  SALE.  A  GOOD, 
sate,  prohtable  Dosiuess,  weU  established ;  goods 
sold  to  mercaants  and  Jobbers  only;  the  proprietor 
haa  other  business  iu  aame  city,  and  wiil  render  the 
purchaaer  his  aid  ;  cash  required,  !Bl,6aU;  none  but  a 
person  requinug  a  good.  sa:e  btuiuess  need  reply  to 
thia  Address  Lock  Box  Mo.  '28  Post  Offlue,  New- 
burg,  N.  Y. 


PARTNER  WANTED— IN  A  GOOD,  WELL- 
establisbed,  and  profitable  buslnesa,  oentraiI.y  lo- 
cated iu  tbe  Citv  of  Ruohester,  compitsliig  slaves,  tin, 
and  abeet-lroo  ware,  house-furnishlng  goola,  and  gen- 
eraljobbing  work.  A  capital  of  $8,000  required.  Ad- 
dress J&,  Box  Na  145  Times  office,  or  EDWaRD  JONes, 
Boohester,  Na  IU  South  St.  Paul  St. 


^^rtf^^f^ft*^  ^  ■  ■  ■  *i---n  1-1-1 -if-if-i^if-><»«e.o>ior'W>«-rf-»-»*A^ifSrtrt^rtl^^*^ 

BAWsDAt  BVSNltrO.  Feb.  10.  1877, 
.^._    Jgf.  LBSTER  WalLaCK  in  tbe 
„.1I?SI  ^^  ™"  BBlLWABT  OOMEDT  SKBIII. 
MATH  BB  Bt  I18U.        lUao  la  the        BVBinN(l  a*  & 
The  perfl^maBoe  wQi  eonmeisee  wllb  tbe  cbaxiBlns 
eeaedlettaof 
A  MOR^INQ  CALU 
BR  SDWARD  ABDBNT  (bU  otUcinal  obu«eterV 

„ ■  Mr.  LEB-rlR  WAXitAOK 

M**.  OMILLmOTON Miss  ADA  uTAB 

Oonelndlng  with  Bnokstane'a  comedy  of 
KAKRI8D  LIPB. 


MOB,  Mrs,  JOHN  SKFTOB,  and  Miss  SATK  BABTLBTT. 
On  UOMDAT  BVKBIKO.  Feb.  1*2,  will  ba  pieseated 
O'Keefe'a  bright  and  aBarkling  eomedy  of 

WILD  OATS, 
with  entarel.v  new  ohamotertstia  and    plotiires«me 
aoenio    iUaatratlena    and    a  OAST  09   IMUKNSB 
STBBKGTu,  Inolueing 

Sr.  IiSSTBR  WALliACK. aa «OTBB 
r.  JOHN  GtLBBRT,  Mr.  HABBY  BECKETT,  Mr.  B.  A&- 
NOTT,  Ur,  C.  A  STKVBNSON,  Mr.  B.  M.  HOLLAND, 
Ut.  J.  W.  BHANVON,  Mr.  W.  J.  LEONARD,  Kr.  G.  B. 
BDWIB.  Miss  BO^E  WOOD,  MUa  BFFIR  GEBMON, 
Mrs.  JOHN  SBFTON.  and  Miss  C.  BATE. 


A  MOJ^NING  WITH  MONTAOUB. 

ALL  J^ODT  THB  WALLAQK  FAVORfTK  OOHBBTIO. 

DBAMATIQ  SKBTOH. 

READ  TO-MORBOW'S 

KOAH'8  SPNDAY  TIMES. 


WANTED-AN  ACTIVE  YOOHO  MAN  IN  A  CASH 
tea  and  grocery  store  already  established  ;  must 
have  $50U  to  ifSuO  casta;  a  good  chance  tor  unei  wildng 
to  work.  Address,  with  real  ni>ma,  atating  where  an 
interview  may  bo  bad,  GROCER,  Box  125  itmea  Office. 

N     ACTIVE     OR     SPECIAL  ~  PAHtNeR 

wanted  in  an  old-e«tahUaoed  tirat-elaaa  iDsportiag 
aua  manntaetnrlsg  house  doiiig  a  safe  and  profitable 
boaineas;    eapital  reqoired,  (35,000 :    no  acenta  ueM 
^auMr.  Aidteaal«lt£s«*JI«ilB9»«Mici«» 


DALY'S  FIFTH  AVBNUE  THEATR^. 

LEMONS ! 

Let  tbese  new  LAUQH 
Who  never  LAUGHED  befbre, 

Ano  those  who  always  LADOHaO 
Now  LAUGH  the  more. 

ETBB7  NIGHT.  BEQINNING  at  8.  OYBB  at  10:30. 

MATINEE 

TO-DAY   AT    2. 

MATINBE PBICB8 :  Balcony  reaervedaeata,  CI;  or- 
chestra. (1  SO;  family  circle,  60  cents,  HOuSBS 
CROWDED. 


UNION  SQUARE  THEATRE. 

Proprietor..,, „...V-Ms,  SHEEIDAU  SHOOK 

Manager „. Mr.  A.  M.  PALMER 


^N  RNORMUDS   BUCCBSf. 

WiU  be  given  ever.v  nightand  at  the  Saturday  mating 

nntil  ftirther  notice,  with  its 

MAGNIFICENT  HOBNBBT  AND  GREAT  CAST, 

inoludlog  the  following  fwrorite  names: 

Uessra,  C.  R.  'I  home,  Jr..  James  O'Neill,  W.  R.  Floyd, 
J.  H.  Stoddart.  Jnho  Parselle,  H.  W.  Hontgomerv,  H.  F. 
Dalv,  W,  H.  Wilder,  John  Matthews,  Lvaauder  Tbomo- 
aon,  and  H.  Ramaay,  and  Misses  Katharine  Rogers, 
Fanav  Morant,  Sara  Jewstt,  Ida  Vernon,  Mrs.  Marie 
Wilkins.  Mrs.  Farren,  Miss  Lillian  Clevea,  and  Mrs. 
Seymonr. 

BATURDAY,  Feb.  10, 

Firat  mating  of 
THE  DANICHEFF8. 


THB  BEST  RE««ERVBD  SEATS  AND  BOXB3 
for  the  Opera,  ail  Theatres,  Concerta,  and  Balia, 
•tx  days  in  advance,  at  TYSON'S  Ticket  office,  fVlndaor 
Hotel 


EAGLB  THEATRE.     BROADWAY  AND  S8D  ST. 

THE  AI\IEE~OPERA  REASON. 
TO-DATTWO  PERFORMAN0K8,  MATINEBand  NIOHT. 

THISAFTERNOON.at  1j80 -TO-NIOHT  AT  & 

Alao  MONDAY  and  TUESDAY  EVENINGS  of  next  week, 

FINAL  REPR8BENTATION8 

Of  the  last  European  Muaioal  Seoaation,  Lecooq's  most 

recently  aacceasfal  wori^ 

LA  PEIITE  MAHIEK. 

Mile.  AIMER  (first  time  here)  as GRAglBLLA 

Grand  chorus   and  a  great  oast.    Entirely  new  sceo* 
ery,  rich  and  gorgeooa  coatumea,  appropriate  aooes- 
aoriea,  and  an  eclipsing  splendor  of  mlae  en  ac4ne. 
•Next  week,  entirely  new  veralon  of  La  Periohole. 


NIBLO>ci    GARDEN. 

KIRALFT  BBOTflERS Leaaeea  and  Managers 

GRAND  FAMILY 

AT  a  O'CLOCK.      T  MATINEE    \     AT  3  O'CLOCK. 


Feats  secured  two  weeks  In  advance. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MINSTRELS. 

Tho    "REWARD  OF  MERIT"— 8UC0SSS.  1       Opera 
The  new  Opera  Bouflfe.  Music  by  Offenbach      House. 

THE  HAPPY  MOKK,  and  a  Broadway. 

GOROBOUS  JAPANESE  UIORAMIC Scene,  land  29th  at. 
Matinee  SATUROAi  at  2.     seats  secured. 


TENTH  ANNUAL  EXHIBITION  OF  THB 

AiNBRICAN  SOCIETY     OF    PAINTERS    IN 

WATER..COLORS, 

now  open  at  the  National  Academy  of  DesigiL  comer  of 
4tb  av.  and  23d  st,  daily,  (Sundays  excepted.)  troja  9 
A.  M.  untU  6  P.  M.,  and  ttom.  7  until  10  P.  M. 


FINE^A^TS^ 

BARKER  &  CO., 

Nos.  47  and  49  Liberty  St., 

Will  sell  at  Auotlon  on  MONDAY  andTUESDAT,  Febra. 
arr  12  and  13.  Fine  Proof  Steel 

ENGRAVINGS 


ftrom  the  most  celebrated  Maatera,  atamped  and  ap* 
proved  by  the  Pnnt-Sellers'  Association,  and  are  highly 
valuabla    Now  on  exhibition,  with  Catalogues. 

G.  I.  BANKS,  Anctioreer. 


ART  EXHIBITION  AND  SALE. 

BT  ORDER  OF  EXECUTRIX, 

AT  MINER'S  ART  GALLERIES,  NO.  845  BROADWAY, 

TUESDAY,  WEDNE.SDAY,  and  THURSDAY  EVENINGS, 

Feb.  13,  14,  and  15.  of  tbe  late 

Mr.  J.  P.  BEAUMONT'S 

Collection  of  ART  WORKS  in  OIL  and  WATER-COLORS, 

Embracing,  among  others. 
••A  Landscape  in  the  Catskilis,"  by  THOMAS  COLE, 
deceased,  painted  for  the  late  Mr.  Rogers,  the  poet 
banker,  of  London,  and  sold  with  hia  collection  In  1868. 
An  Interior  with  three  figures  ent.tled  "The  Dis- 
closure," by 

OTTO  EBD.\lAN,OF  DUSSELDORF. 
A  anperb  flower  piece  by  J.  ROBIE.  OF  BRUSSELS, 
together  with  other  important  examples  by  leading 
artists  of  America  and  Europe. 

UENRY  D.  MINER,  Auctioneer. 


JIUrtlUAL_ 

A  6REAT  OFFER!  l.i..^rfHn:;ii'!,?,L?. 

dispose  <tr  lOO  PIANOS  Sc  OicGANa,  new  aod 
8econd>hand.  of  flrst-clasa  makers,  inclndlncr 
WAi'EiCS'.at  lower  prices  for  cash  or  Inetali- 
menta  or  to  let  hdUi  paid  for  tbaa  ever  before 
offered.  WATERS'^  GRAND  SQUARE  and 
UfKIGHT  PIANOS  MORGANS  are  the  UKsr 
MADE.  AGENTS  WANTED.  lUnstratedCat- 
aloffUBS  Mailed,  A  liberal  discount  to  TttuAers, 
Jf.ni*t«rs,  OMrehe*.  tie.  eibeet  mnaic  at  halt  price. 
HOICACB  WAi'EKS  tic  SoN.r>,  Jlanafetrs.  and 
Dealers,  40Eaat  14th  St.,  Union  eaaare,  N.  Y. 


X;^OR  SALE— A  PIANO,  GRAND  SQUARE,  CHEAP 
JD  for  cash.  Na  241  East  24th  at.  between  2d  and 
3davs. 


DAJ^OMG. 


IXEN  OODWORTH'S  DANCING    SCHOOL 
t^REtfOVKD  TO  NCX  t>81  5TH  AVENUE. 
Now  opeu  for  the  reception  of  papds. 
For  particolava  aend  thr  oirouiac 
Private  leaaous  every  day. 


silk'XostC  ~'~' 

$200  REWARD 
For  information  wnioh  will  lead  to  the  reoovenr  of  a 
case  marked  O.  A.  S.  183,  and  oontainlng  34  pieoes 
heavy 

BLACK  LYONS  OROS  GRAIN  SILK, 
with  White  edge  on  both  sides,  measaring  exaotly  20^ 
Inchea,  supposed  to  have  been  taken  firom  CUNABD 
DOCK,  between  Friday  and  Monday  last 


mSOMJ^ANBOUS^ 
To  Manufaoturers  of  Fertilizers. 

FOR  SALE/ 

AMMONIACAL  MATTERS, 

In  fine  meohanloal  oondltion,  and  oontainlng  from  13 
to  14  per  cent  ammonia,  at  $2  25  per  uuit  of  ammo- 
nia per  ton  of  2,000  pounds,  free  oa  b jard,  at  Balti- 
more, ouvers  fortil^hing  uaga.     Addreas 

AMOR  SMITH   k.  SONS, 
Post  Office  Box  No.  33/  Baltiinord,  Md. 


BEST  FOOD  FOR  INFANTS, 

Supplying  the 
HIGBBST  A.>10UNT   OF    NOU&ISHIUBNT 

in  tbe 
MOST    DIGESTIBLE     AND     CONVENIENT 

FORM. 

SAVORY  Sc  MOORB, 

No.  143  New  Bond  St.,  London,  and  all 

CHEMISTS  AND  a rORBEriEPiiRS  IrfBOUGHODT  THB 

UNITED   STATES  AND   CANADA, 


EPPS'  COCOA.-ORATKFUL  AND  OOMFORffSQ; 
eaeh  pacicetis  labelled.  JAM Ki  KPPS  it.  Co..  Uom^ 
opattUc  (Themlsta.  Na  48  Threadaeedle  st  and  Nu^XTOc 
pKtoadllly.  Loaion,  Bnglana.   New-York  Depot^SMlTH 
k  VANDSBBKKK.  Park  d1a<:). 


TAiMAR  INOIEN— A  LAXATIVE  F&UIT  LOZ- 
enge ;  agreeable  to  take  ispeeUlo  for  eenstipatton 
aoditaeeatetnenf^  B.  OROibOlMlla  il  Rue  Ramau. 
.tear.  FaiU  a«VO»      UASWBlL.  HAZARD  fc  00..  X.  X» 


.      AKUSBMBym 

COMOKRT 

AT 

8TJUBWAT  WkJib, 

on 

BATTTBOAT  BV^NIira.  nm.  10, 
AT  8  O.ObOOX, 

ITaitr  tlM  pttMvaca  of  Mnk  Ut(  p. JRo*^  Mn, 
Admiral  8.  Deestor  Treaehard.  Mrs.  Wm.  Plnknef 
Bte-wact,  Hza.  Byam  Kirby  Stevens,  Mrs.  WiUlam 
Bhineiander;  Mrs.  Frederto  w.  Btevens,  Hz*.  Bdward 
Beaabaw  Jones,  Mrs.  T.  Batt-man  Kosgnve,  Mra 
Henry  &  Davles,  Jr.,  Mrs.  Wm.  A  Hammond,  Mrs, 
Charles  B.  Lothrop,  Mrs.  WlUlam  H.  DePorest.  Mrc 
BoBwell  Bmith,  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Foote,  Mrs.  BolemoA 
Mehrbaoh,  in  aid  of  the 

RKLISF  fund  OF  THB  BFIPHAKT  GUILD, 
the  following  eminent  artista  have  kindly  volunteaeA 

their  services: 
Hiss  EMMA  C.  THDRnBT,  Sopraaa 

Mr.  BBBNABpUS  BoiEfiLMAN J*iai»st 
Mr.  CHABRLB8  WBKNBR.  ViolonoeUlat 

Mr.  THOMAS   WHIFPIB.  Teao^ 
Mrs.  THOMAS  WRIFFIN    and    Mr.   OAKYd^  FLOBIQ^ 
Aooompanuts. 
PHOaSAMMK. 

FAsr    I. 

1.    " Bleolette,"  Pampbraae  flor  Piano.. ....... ...Lfarf 

Mr.   BBBNARDUB  BOEKELMAN. 
Z  Bong,  "Far  Away  Where  Angola  Dw^l/ 

Blnmeatbal 

Mr.  THOMAS  WBIFFUT. 
8.  VtoloneeUo  Solo. 

Mr.  CHARLES  WBRNBB. 

L  Bern,  "TheMightlBtale" Tasbotj 

Miaa  EMMA  C.  THURSBT,  I 

6.  Orana Polonaise,  Op.  22 .........Ohaatw 

Mr,  B.  BOBB.BLMAN. 

?ASr  IL 

6.  yioloneello  8cio,  

Mr.  CHARLES  WBEUTEB. 

7.  Hevelletten  for  piano Bdht 

Mr.  &  BOBKBLMAN. 

8.  Bong,  "Battl,  batti," .......Moear»' 

Miss  EMMA  C  TBtTRSBT 
with  Violoncello  sacompanlment,  oy  Mr.  C;  WBBBBB. 

8.  Song,  "I'm  not  myself  at  all." ..Jiovet 

Mr.  T.  WHIFPIN. 
10.  Variations  Ooncertantes,    Violoncello 

and  PlanoMip.  17 Mwndelssohtti 

MesssB.  C.  WERNER  Mid  B,  BOEKBLKAN.  I 

TICKETS ^ ONB  DOIiLAl^ 

To  be  obtained  at  the  Windsor  and  Buckingham  Bo., 
tela,  at  Randolph's.  Na  900  Broadway;  Kcrltmai's, 
Broadway,  opposite  Astor  place;  at  the  Pierrepona 
Bouse,  Brooklyn;  at  tbe  music  stores,  and  at  Steinwav 
HalL 

4 

BOOTH'S  THEATRE.  ANOTHER  TRIUMPR, 

"FIFTH  AVBNCJE.» 

QBORGB  FAWCBTT  ROWE'S  GRBAT  FLAT. 

Appearasee  of  the  pomlar  actor,  MB. 
GEORGB    RIOMOLD. 

*«*  The  play  abounds  with  illustrations  ot  the  veeB 

Uar  phBMes,  thrilling  incidents,  and  sensational  ooeor< 

renoes  of  LIFB  IN  THE  GREAT  MBTROPOLtS  as  U 

was  in  1863. 

ACTL 
Pietnrea  the  SINKING  OF  AN  OCEAN   STEAMER  a| 
the  bankaot  Newfoundland.    Exciting  efforta  to  reaooe 
the  pauengera.    1862. 

ACT  IL 
Pictnrfta  SCENES  IN  WALL  STREET.    Btormy  meetlac 
of  stockholders.     1863.  ^ 

ACT  m. 

Fictnrea  the  LAD5CHINU  OF  THE  MONITOB.    186& 

ACT  IV. 
Pictures  Fifth  avenue  by  night,  and  the  MURDER  Ol 
MR.  SCHUYLER,  the  banker.    A  thrlUlng  scena    188^ 

ACT  V. 
Pictures  the  retnm  of  the  gallant  SEVENTH  REOt 
MEMT  and  their  conflict  with  the 

RIOTERS    OF    1833. 

— — ■  '■   '  '     -^ 

PARK  THEATRE.  OUR  30ARDiNG-H0USB 

BROADWAY  AND  22D  ST. 

HENBY  B.  ABHET. Leasee  and  Manage( 

ASSURED  SOCCBSa. 

CROWDED  HOUSKS  NIGHTLY  DELIGHTED 

with  Leonard  Grove r's  American  com<^dy  in  tour  aetfc 

"OCR  BOAiiDlNG-UODSE." 

"OUR  BOAaDINQ-HOCSE.' 

"OUR  BOARDING-HOUSE. • 

"OUR  BOARDING-HOUSE." 

"  OUR  BO  ARDI  NG-HOUSa" 

"OUa  BOARDING-HOUSK." 
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SECURE    YOUR    SEATS    IN    ADVANCE —Reaervei 
aeats  in  balcoo.v,  60  cents:    in  dreas  circle,  $1;   in  op< 
cbeatra.  $1  60;  edmiaaion,  50  cents  and  $1. 

EVERY  EVENING  AND  B.ATCRDAY   MATINEE. 
FREE  LIST  AB.SOLUTBLY  SOSPKNDED. 

.  I  II  .  .  f 

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Broadway  and  35th  st. 
Oi>en  from  9  A.  M.  till  10  P.  M.,  (Sundava  excepted.) 
NEW  AND  SPECIAL  ATTRACTIONS  WEEKLY. 
BEAUTIFUL  AND  INTERbSTING    ENTERTAIN H&NT. 
Miss  VIRRINE  LUBIN,     i  Capt  QUIGLEY, 

THE  WATER   NYMPB,  tne  wonderful 

remains  under  water  with-        SUBMARINE  DIVER, 
out   mecbanionl  aid   fromlUlnstiates  the  workingel 
21a  to  3    minutes,   eatingithe  diver's  suit  in  the  larga 
and   driuking   while     sub-  tank,       remaining     under 
mersed,  at  3:30  and 9 P.  M.  'water forty-five  minutes, 

MARVELOUS  FISH-HATCHING  D&PARTMENT. 

AFTERNOON  AND  EVENING  CONCERT.S  AJJO  THOU-. 

SANDS  OF  OTHER  ATTRACTIONS. 

ProC  Adrian  J.  Ebell  will  deliver  a  free  lecture  td 

schools  thia  morniug,  from  10  to  12,  on  the  animals  ii^ 

tbe  Aquarium. 

CHICKBRING  HALL.  ABBOTT  MATINBBJ 

TO-DAY  at  2  o'doclc     Doors  open  at  1:15  P.M. 

ABBOTT 

MATINEE, 

Assisted  by  BRI6V0LI,  FERRANTI,    CASE,  SEIFERl 
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sale  at  Chickerlng  HsUL  Shubert's,  and  111   Eroadwayj 

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THIS  SATURDAY  EVENING,  Fnb.  10. 
AN  IMMENSE  ENTERTAINMENT. 
POUR  TROTTING  RACeI! 

LADIES'  FLAT  EAC7 

COLORED  PAT  MEN'S  FOOT  RACE. 

TWO  LAPS  OVER  HURDLES. 

50  CENTS. ADMISSION  60  CENTk 

MR.  BAYARD  TAYLOR  PROPOSES  TO 
give  a  COURSE  of  TWELVE  LECTURES  on  GER. 
MAN  LITERATURE,  Curing  Lent,  at  Association  Xall, 
comer  4th  av.  and  23d  su.  on  TUESDAY'S  and  FRI- 
DAYS, at  11  o'clock  A  M.,  provided  asofflcientat. 
tendance  is  assured.  All  persons  interested  In  the 
subject  vnu  find  programmea  of  the  conrae  at  Put. 
nam'a,  Ko,  182  5th  av.;  Carleton'a,  Na  192  Slhav.; 
Scribner's,  Ko.  743  Broadway  ;  and  Dutton's.  Na  714' 
Broadway.  Early  application  will  aecore  the  best 
cboice  of  aeats. j 

U£LL£R>S  WONDER  THiiATRE. 

EVERT  EVENING  AT  8. 

ENTIRE  CHANGE  OF  PROGRAMME. 

Being  the  Third  Series  of 

HELLER'S    WONDERS. 

SIX  STARTLING   NECROMA.VTIC  WONDERS. 

I  Mk 

New  wonders  developed  in  the 

SECOND  SIGHT  MYSTERY. 

And  an  otiginal  Optical  .^  arvel,  entitled 

LIVING  PICTURES. 
MATINEES  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY  AT  2. 
Children  half  price  to  Matindea.  , 

NBW  BROADWAY  THEATRE, 

BROADWAY  AND  30TH  STS. 

GRAND  BUUCitSS  OF  TBE  COMIC  OPBRATIi, 

COMEDY  OF 

MARTON,  LA  JOLlti  BOQUETIBRB. 

The  young  and  beautllui  warbler. 

Miss  LULU  LKIoHTO>. 

Matinee  THIS  DAY  at  2;    evening  at  S.    MONDAl. 

Feb,  19,  the  great  Londou  success, 

OUR  BOYS,  . 

(By  permission  of  Augustin  Daly,  Esq.,)  with  a  east  of 

unusual  exoeileuce.  i 

METROPOLITAN  MUSEUM  OF  ART. 

The  CASTELLANI  COLLECTION  loaned  to  the  Mn. 
aeum  bv  Signor  A.  Caatellani,  consisting  uf  MAJOLICA, 
GOLD.  BRONZE,  STATUARY,  and  OTHKR  ANTIQUI- 
TIES  of  GREECE  and  ITALY,  will  be  opened  to  the  pub- 
lic on  and  after  TUESDAlf.  Feb.  6.  from  10  A.  M.  to  5 
F.  M,.  and  from  730  P.  M.  n>  10  P.  M. 

N.  B. — Admission  to  the  Museum,  26  cents:  to  tbe 
Castellani  Collection,  25  centa  This  additional  charge 
is  made  on  account  of  the  agreement  to  devote  tha 
proceeds  to  the  purchase  of  tbe  collection,  TTi-.  can  bf 
effected.  The  free  days  to  the  Museum  are  MUNDATd 
and  THURSDAYS. 

J 

OLYxnPIC  THEATRE.  KO.  622  BROADWAY. 

PRONOUNCED  AND  POSITIVE  SUCCESS 

of  the 

FIFTH  AVENUE  TRAVELING  COMPANY 
IN    MR    AUGUSTIN  DALY'S  FAMOUS  COMEDY, 

THE       THB  BIG  BONANZA THK 

BIG        THE  BIG  BONANZA BIG 

BONANZA    THE  BIG  BONANZA BONANZA 

i-OPULAR  PRICES  of  Admission— 25c.,  50a.  and  $U 
MATINEES  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY. 

8TEINWAY  HALL.  E8SIP0FF  RETURH. 

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TUESDAY  AND  FRIDAY  EVENINGS,  FEB.  13  AND  1& 
SATURDAY  MATINEiS,  FKB.  17.  MME.  ANNETTB 
ESSIPOFF,  THE  ILLUSTRIOUS  PiANiST,  assisted  by 
MISS.  PALMA,MONa.  VIVIEN,  MONS.  DULCKE3J. 
Admission,  91.  Reserved  aeata  91  60.  Bale  of  aeati 
Thuraday  at  Steinway  Hail,  Schuberth'a,  and  No  111 
Broadway. 

THURSDAY    EVENING,    FEB.    15,  CHURCH  EDIFICE 
BROOKLXN. 

■' 

DREA3UNG  lOLANTHE. 

-THE  CISNTENNIAL  BUTTER    HEAD. 

NEXT  TO  NEW-YORK  AQUAElUiL 

ADMISSION  25  CE,\TS. 

FOR  A  FEW  Days  only. 


LECTURES^ 

DR.  L.  SAUYEURS* 

FRENCH  LBCTCRBS 
at  the  Onion  League  Theatre  on  SATURDAYS  at  2!8<i 
Bubteot  of  next  lecture,  "  Jeanne  D'Arc"  Evening  leo- 
tnrea  at  Mra  L.  Wetl'a,  No.  11  West  49th  st.,beKla 
Feb.  3.  Ticketa  at  P.  W.  Chrlateni'a,  No.  77  Ouiveratty 
place:  G.  P.  Pntiiam'a,  No,  182  5th  av.;  Wanier  k  lur 
gard's.  Ba  866  8th  av. 

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bureau,  made  for  the  Exhibition,  ia  offered  af)^.' 
Tata  sale;  a  bargain.  Call  at  Na  538  Broadway,i 
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INSURANCE  AFFAIRS. 

{HE  CONTINENTAL  LIFE.  COMPANY. 
>|r  IITVE8TIGA.TION  BEJ'ORE  TWO  BEFBBKES 
— EVIDK27CK  BBFOBE  MR.  BUTLEB  RE- 
L^TINO  to  THE  SYSTEM  OF  BOOK-KEEP- 
ING PBA.CTICEI>  BY  THE  COMPANY — AN- 
OTHER INQUIRY  BEFORE  MB.  DEWITT 
FOR  THE  •  DlSSOLXJTIOSr  OF  THE  CON- 
CERN. 
The  hearine  in  the  eaae  of  the  Continental 
£.ife  loaoranco  Cotnpuiy  was  oontinaed  yesterd  ay 
before  tbe  Baferee,  Mr.  'William  Allen  Batler.  at 
TSq.  20  Nassaa  street.  Mr.  L.V.  Styles,  the  Cashier 
of  the  company,  iras  called  and  testified  relatire  to 
Tarioas  entries  in  the  osab-book.  Tbe  witness 
Stated  that  the  book  bad  been  taken  oat  of  his  pos- 
session by  Mr.  Bogers  on  Oct.  24  last,  and  that  he 
bad  not  seen  it  aeaia  until  Jan.  23,  when  it 
was  returned  to  him  by  Mr.  Anderson. 
Ibe  witness  then  read  tbe  items  of  amoants,  aggre- 
yatioe  S155,146  08,  which  were  entered  in  the  cash, 
book  in  tbe  band- writing  of  Mr.  J.  P.  Bogers,  tbe 
briginal  Toacbers  of  which  tbe  latter  gentleman  had 
taken  from  the  witness.  The  witness  had  copies 
ot  tbe  vonobers  for  all  bni  tlO.844  64  of  the  above 
sum.  This  amount  was  cbarsed  on  a  book  which 
was  kept  in  the  money-drawer  by  the  direction  of 
tbePiesiaent  and  Secretary.  The  witness  next 
read  tbe  conies  of  tbe  yoacbers  of  L.  W.  Frost,  for 
441,120  OS ;  of  J.  P.  Rogers,  for  $30,668  17;  of  R.  C. 
T'oRi,  tor  #32,060  68;  of  Justus  Lawrence,  for  |33,- 
436  78;  of  RB.  Jones,  for$1.56407;  of  M.B.Wynkoop, 
for  r7.296  30,  and  of  G.  Hilton  Scribner,  tor  $4,000 ; 
tibe  orieinal  Tonchers  tor  these  amounts  tbe  wit- 
ness bad  not  seen  since  Aus.  28  last,  when  Borers 
tobik  them ;  on  tbat  occasion  the  matter  of  entering 
fchem  in  tbe  oaab-book  was  spoken  of,  and  Bogers 
>aid  he  would  take  them  «nd  return  them  to  their 
place  in  tbe  safe ;  the  witness  had  not  seen  them 
since  tbat  time,  and  lid  not  know  where  they  were  ; 
be  had  searched  for  them  in  the  safe  a  ereat  many 
times,  and  was  ready  to  say  that  they  were  not 
there;  tbe  copies  that  he  bad  lust  read  before  tbe 
Eeferee  he  had  made  himself;  by  the  advice  of  coun- 
sel, for  bis  own  protection ;  the  witness 
pext  read  an  entry  on  page  101  of  the 
cash-book,  under  date  of  Oct.  2,  1872,  of 
$52,913  43  cbarged  to  the  Bmpire  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company.  This  entry  was  made  in  Mr. 
Rogers'  handwriting,  and  was  not  on  the  book 
when  it  was  in  the  witness'  possession.  It  repre- 
sented money  advanced  to  the  Empire  Mutual  Com- 
pan7,  and  also  money  advanced  to  two  other- parties 
on  tbe  stock  of  tbe  oomnany.  It  was  classed  on 
fj3»  uasb-book  as  cash.  Xbe  witness,  at  the  request 
Df  Mr.  Moses,  of  counsel  for  the  policy-holders,  then 
read  tbe  notes  and  cbeoks  and  other  vouchers  for 
124,770  91  loaned  to  tbe  Empire  Mutual  Company, 
and  also  the  vouchers  for  $23,144  52  loaned  to  parties 
on  tbe  Empire  Oompanv's  stock.  These  voncbers 
lepreaented  moneys  taken  out  of  tbe  Continental 
C'ompany.  but  witness  did  not  know  for  what  con- 
pideiatlon  they  were  so  taken  out,  neither  had  ne 
any  means  of  knoirine,  of  his  own  knowledge,  the 
^.laracter  of  tbe  transaction.  In  response  to  a  ques- 
iioo,  the  witness  declared  that  under  tbe  system  of 
business  as  conducted  by  tbe  company,  the 
fiocretaxy  might  have  received  tbe  money 
Slid  have  given  him  instructions  regardins 
lit ;  witness  did  not  know  of  the  existence  of  any 
SkSreement  bv  wbicb  tbe  Continental  was  to  i>av  for 
toe  stock  of  tbe  Empire  Mutual ;  he  had  heard 
there  was  such  an  agreement,  out  knew  nothing  of 
■St',  tbe  Secretary  and  President  would  know  about 
;the  argreement  if  it  were  in  existence ;  tbe  witness 
flid  not  know  of  bis  own  knocrledge  that  there  was 
anv  redemption  of  the  stock  of  tbe  Em- 
pire Matnal  by  the  Continental,  bat  he 
Inferred  tbat  there  was  trom  the  character 
Df  many  of  the  vonobers  for  tbe  $52,915  43. 
The  witness  next  read  from  page  102  of  the  cash- 
book  an  entry,  under  date  of  Oct.  9,  of  the  bonds 
and  mortgages  of  the  New-Jersey  Mutual  Life  In- 
aoranoe*  Company  for  $116  400.  Tbe  entry  was 
made  by  witness  by  tbe  order  of  Mr.  Frost,  who  had 
given  him  a  memorandum  of  tbe  amount,  and  told 
bim  be  migbc  enter  it,  stating  at  tbe  same  time  that 

the  boDds  and  mortgages  would  be  delivered  to  bim 

afterward.  Tbe  entry  would  represent  tbat  the 
Continental  bad  received  $116,400  in  cash,  and 
bad  invested  it  in  the  bonds  and  mortgages. 
G?bere  were,  however,  no  bonds  or  mortgages  re- 
ceived to  correspond  with  the  entry.  The  witness, 
in  reply  to  q  nestions  from  tbe  Beforee,  stated  tbat 
Bboat  1200,000  of  the  $450,997  41  represented  in  tbe 
annoat  scatemeut  of  Dec.  31,  1873,  as  l>eiog  deposit- 
ed in  bank,  was  represented  by  the  receipts  and 
voncbers,  including  those  of  the  Empire  Mutual 
Comnany,  wh'.ch  had  been  earned  into  the  cash- 
took  as  "cash  on  band."  He  could  not  tell  without 
examination  whether  tbe  remainder  of  tbe  sum  was 
^tual  cash,  or  whether  it  consisted  of  some  other 
lucuments  similar  to  the  receipts  and  vuachars. 
He  noderatooi  tbat  tbe  amount  reported  to  be  de- 
posited was  actually  in  the  bank  in  December, 
1875.  It  was  a  custom,  he  said,  for  the  amount  of 
the  vouchers  to  ba  paid  in  for  a  day  or  two,  in  order 
that  the  comoanv's  statement  might  be  sworn  to, 
atcer  which  proceeding  they  were  again  withdrawn 
from  tbe  company. 

At  this  point  the  further  hearing  of  the  case  was 
^joumed  until  Monday  afternoon  at  2  o'clooE. 

THE   nrVESTIQATION  BEFORE  MB.   DE  WITI. 

Mr.  Abram  V.  DeWitt,  the  Eeferee  appointed 
by  Judge  Osborn  at  a  Special  Term  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Albany  County,  to  take  proofs  touching 
the  application  of  tbe  Attorney  General  for  tbe  dis- 
'BOlunonof  tbe  Continental  Life  Insurance  Compaoy, 
and  tbe  superseding  of  .John  J.  Anderson  as  Beceiv- 
er,  on  tbe  ground  tbat  be  was  appointed  bvcollasion 
and  fraud,  commenced  bis  hearing  in  this  City 
jesteraay,  at  tbe  otBoe  of  Mr.  John  L.  Bill,  No.  20 
Sv'asBau  street.  The  Attorney  General  was  repre- 
sented by  Hon.  Henry  Smith,  and  Messrs.  John 
JdcKeon,  William  Barnes,  B.  W.  Van  Pelc,  and 
Bapbael  J.  Moses  appeared  for  numerous  policy- 
holders of  tbe  company  Mr.  John  O.  Hoyt,  the 
validity  ot  whose  proceedings  by  which  Mr.  Ander- 
son was  appointed,  is  questioned,  was  represented 
by  Mr.  Bobert  SewelJ,  and  Mr.  Frederick  B.  Coudert 
appeared  for  the  new  Beceiver,  Mr.  Grace.  Mr. 
John  L.  Hill  being  associated  with  him.  Before 
the  opening  of  the  proceedings,  Mr.  Coudert  stated 
tbat  be  nad  not  as  yet  bad  an  opporrunitv  of  ex- 
amining, tbe  condition  of  tbe  proceedings,  and  he 
therefore  asked  an  adjournment.  This  motion  was 
opposed  by  Mr.  Smith,  who  tboaght  the  bearing 
euouia  be  proceeded  with  at  once.  The 
.Boteree  finally  decided  that  the  bearing  should 
proceed,  and  that  such  testimony  should  be  taken 
as  was  offered  by  counsel.  Mr.  Coudert 
entered  a  protest,  or  what  is  termed  a  special  ap- 
pe:iraoce.  oDjecting  to  the  further  hearing  on  the 
grouDd  that  the  company  bad  been  dissolved  and 
Mr.  Grace  had  been  appointed  ita  Beceiver,  and 
^vas  DOW  in  possession  and  admiuisieriuir  its  affairs. 
Be  urged  also  tbat  inasmuch  as  tbe  purpose  of  tbe 
preseui.  pruceeding  was  in  a  great  measure  the  re- 
moval <'t  Mi.  Anderison,  its  uselulpesa  was  in  pare 
flesrroyed. 

Mr.  John  O.  Hoyt  was  the  first  witness  called,  and 
testified  that  he  resided  in  Brooklyn  for  a  namber 
of  years  ;  he  was  at  the  present  time  and  had  been 
for  (be  past  12  or  13  yeais  a  real  estate  broker  and 
operator  at  Nu.  171  Broadway.  The  witness  was  ez- 
Bmined  at  length  regarding  bis  connection  with 
the  Continental  Company,  and  testified  tbat  he  was 
tbe  holder  and  owner  of  15  shares  of  tbe  capital 
Block,  and  tbat  he  had  brought  an  action  tor 
tbe  appointment  of  a  Beceiver  and  to 
have  the  affairs  of  tbe  company  wound 
up.  The  examination  was  carried  on 
by  Mr.  Smith  tor  tne  Attorney  General,  who  ques- 
tioned tbe  witness  at  great  length  in  an  apparent 
endeavor  to  show  tbat  tbe  ptirchase  of  the  stock 
and  tbe  biingiug  of  tbe  aait  was  collusive.  He  said 
tbat  be  purchased  tbe  stock  in  question  from  Mr. 
Bolus  C.  Frost  m  the  month  ot  Atigust  last ;  he 
paiu  $1,000  for  15  shares  of  a  par  value  of  $1,500, 
which  be  considered  was  about  ail  ic  was  wotth; 
at  the  time  the  pnrchase  was  made  the  stock 
was  only  paying  7  per  cent,  interest ;  his  reason 
lor  parchaiing  tbe  stsok,  tb«  witness  stateil,  was 
that  inducements  had  been  held  out  to  him  by  Mr. 
Prust,  who  told  bim  that  if  he  could  get  an  "  inside 
bold"  on  the  company  he  would  be  enabled  to  get  a 
good  deal  of  business  trom  it,  such  as  tbe  nego- 
tiating of  loans  on  bonds  and  mortgages.  The 
stock,  he  adaed,  was  delivered  10  him  at  bis  office 
by  Mr.  B  C.  Frost,  to  whom  he  paid  $1,000  in 
tifS3ibacks  of  his  own  money;  the  money  paid 
dV  hW  for  the  stock  was  not  given  bim  tor  the 
purii(«e  of  making  the  purchase ;  no  one  had  in- 
iluced  Bim  to  bring  on  the  action  for  the  company's 
Ui'^soinuon;  be  found  tbat  he  could  get  no  loans 
firom  the  concern,  snd  tbat  it  was  sinking.  Further 
qoediioniog  of  the  witness  elicitc>d  tbe  fact  tbat 
itume  persons,  be  could  not  rememoer  who,  sent  bim 
a  report,  in  which  the  company's  real  estate  was  set 
down  at  between  $700,000  and  1800,000;  be  knew 
Itom  experience  that  it  would  not  sell  for  $300,000; 
Bgain,  it  was  a  matter  ot  common  rumor  tbat  tbe 
Continental  bad  lost  $50,000  bv  tbe  failure  of  tbe 
X<oauers'  Bank,  and  between  $20,000  and  $30,000  in  a 
boatbem  insurance  company,  and  for  these  reasons 
be  brought  suit. 

Mr.  Smith  then  questioned  the  witness  closely 
■with  a  view  to  showing  tbat  he  bad  no  means 
wherewith  to  purchase  tbe  stock  above  mentioned, 
sod  be  testified  tbat  he  had  during  the  same  year 
(1876)  several  other  stock  transastlons,  among  them 

tne  parchaae  pf  300  shftres  of  Cedar  Sapids 
B<iilroad  Stock.  Mr.  Smith  pressed  bis 
inquiries  dm  to  Mr.  Hoyt's  property,  snd 
tbo  latter's  counsel  objected  on  the  ground  that  bis 
piiTate  bu3iiie8S  bad  nothing  to  do  with  tbe  action, 
and  tbat  tbe  mere  fact  tbat  Mr.  Hoyt  owned  st«ck 
In  tbe  CoBtiaental  Company,  and  brought  stilt 
against  it,  did  not  givt  the  representatives  of  the 
Attorney  General  the  right  to  examine  into  his 
private  affairs.  Ths  Beferee  allowed,  tbe  inquiry  so 
fyt  as  to  permit  fueations  touching  bis  general 
pecuniary  condition  at  the  tiote  ot  the  porobase,  and 
tbe  witness  stated  that  he  waa  possessed  of  personal 
amd  real  eeute,  and  owned,  paroeolarly,  landaln  the 
"West  whicb,  bAfore  the  recent  depreasion,  were 
«alaed  itt  tSMQOj  it  woold  be  dlfficoU  to  aar  what 


the  property  was  woT«h  to.day.  The  witness  was 
then  examined  in  relation  to  hia  dealings  wijib  ^^ 
Messrs.  Frost,  and  said  he  had  ne^er  s^en  one  of 
them  ;  he  had  a  slight  acquaintance  with  ope  of 
tbem,  fit>m  whom  be  purchased  tbe  stock.  At  this 
point  the  bearing  was  adjourned. 

THE  OOLVMBIA  LIFE  IS SVSA.NOS. 
St.  Lotjib,  Feb.  9.— Celaus  Price,  the  State 
Superintendent  of  Insaranoe,  has  appointed  a  board 
of  special  examiners  under  the  law  to  appraise  the 
assets,  and  especially  the  real  estate,  of  the  Colum- 
bia Life  Insurance  Company  of  this  city.  It  Is  also 
the  purpose  of  the  Insurance  Department  to  apply 
to  the  court  for  the  appoiiitment  of  a  Beeeiver  for 
the  company,  on  tbe  ground  that  the  depreciation 
of  Its  sssets,  especially  its  real  estate,  has  been  so 
great  tbat  it  is  no  longer  safe  for  the  company  to 
continue  buainesi. 

INSUBANOB  AGENTS  AERESTED. 
Boston,  Feb.  9. — Joseph  H.  Dwyer,  of  Dwyer 
Brothers,  insurance  brokers,  in  this  •  eity,  was  ar- 
rested yesterday  tor  fraudulently  placing  $33,000  In- 
surance with  companies  not  authorized  to  do  busi- 
ness in  this  State.  State  detectives  alio  arrested 
Samuel  Kimball  and  Henry  B.  Williams  fur  doing 
tbe  business  of  brokers  without  proper  licensen.  A 
general  arrest  of  fraudulent  insurance  agenU  is 
contemplated. 

THE  MURDER  OF  MARY  FLOOD. 


BESULT  OP  THE  CORONER'S  INQUjtST — A 
VERDICT  AGAINST  HER  HUSBAND  AND 
AGAINST  JOSEPH  MORRISON  AS  AN 
ACCES80BY. 
The  inquest  in  the  case  of  Mary  Flood,  who 
waa  fatally  stabbed  by  her  bnaband,  James  Flood, 
m  front  of  No.  52  Crosby  street,  early  last-  Sunday 
morning,  attiacted  a  large  crowd  to  the  Coroner's 
office  yesterday.  The  examination  ot  witnesses  by 
Coroner  EUinger  was  begun  at  noon  and  concluded 
late  in  the  afternoon,  when  the  jtiry  rendered  a 
verdict  against  tbe  aeoused  husband,  and  de- 
sided  tbat  Joseph  Morrison  was  an  accessory. 
The  first  person  examined  was  William  Foster,  a 
compositor,  and  a  tenant  ot  No.  52  Crosby  street, 
who  testified  tbat,  some  time  previoas  to  the  mur- 
der, tbe  Floods  lived  In  that  bouse  on  the  first 
floor;  while  the  couple  lived  in  tbe  house  witness 
did  not  at  any  time  hear  them  quarrel,  but  be  had 
heard  rumors  to  the  effect  tbat  Mrs.  Flood  was  "  a 
fast  woman;"  on  the  morning  of  the  tragedy  wit- 
ness was  awakened  by  his  wife,  who  said  that  some 
persons  were  fighting  in  the  street ;  witness  arose, 
looked  out  of  tbe  window,  and  saw  blood-stains  on 
the  sidewalk ;  he  next  beard  a  groan,  and  on  going 
down  stairs  found  a  woman  in  the  hallway  covered 
with  blood,  and  standing  over  her  were  several  i>o- 
licemeu;  the  dying  woman  was  Mrs.  Flood. 

James  Conway,  an  officer  of  the  Fourteenth  Pre- 
cinct, testified  that  when  he  found  tbe  woman  in 
the  hallway  her  clothing,  which  consisted  merely 
of  a  chemise  and  a  black  skirt  was  saturated  with 
blood  ;  after  making  an  examination  of  the  hallway 
the  witness  went  out  and  found  tbe  "reamer  " — the 
instrument  used  by  Flood— on  tbe  sidewalk  near  the 
entrance  to  No.  52 ;  it  was  smeared  with  fresh 
blood  spots.  Officer  Corey,  of  the  Fourteenth  Pre- 
cinct, said  that  the  deceased  woman  apparently 
lived  in  constant  fear  of  her  husband,  who,  it  was 
evident,  was  exceedingly  jealous  of  her;  she 
aaked  tbe  witness  about  a  month  ago 
to  protect  her,  as  F.ood  had  acoased  her 
0^  intimacy  with  the  young  German 
grocer,  William  Alfke,  who  is  familiarly  known  In 
tbe  neighborhood  as  "Billy";  on  tbe  same  night 
Flood  told  witness  tbat  *'  a  Dutchman  was  inter- 
fering in  his  family  sffairs;"  about  ttar  e  weeks  sgo 
the  ofQcer  saw  Mts.  Flood  leave  her  residence  late 
at  night,  and  enter  the  hallway  leading  to  tbe  room 
at  the  rear  of  Alrke's  store;  on  the  aigbt  of  Feb. 
3.  witness,  while  patrolling  Crosby  street,  met 
Flood  as  be  emerged  from  Alfice's  hallway  ;  he  in- 
formed tht>  officer  tbat  Mrs.  Flood  was  tnen  with 
Alike,  and  wanted  tbe  witness  to  fetch  her  out. 

Joseph  Morrison,  the  all-night  companion  of 
Flood,  who  accompanied  bim  to  Alfke's  grsoery 
on  the  morning  of  the  murder,  was  next  placed  on 
the  stand  and  testified  in  substance  as  follows: 
He  first  described  how  be  and  Flood,  after  spend- 
ing tbe  greater  portion  of  tbe  night  of  tbe 
3d  inst.  drinking  at  a  saloon  in  tbe 
Bowery,  went  to  Brooklyn,  out  returned  to  New- 
York  soon  alter,  and  after  stopping  for  drinks  at 
the  saloon  No.  277  Bowery,  went  in  the  direction  of 
Crosby  street  lor  some  tobacco ;  they  stopped  in 
ftront  of  No.  52  Crosby  street  at  the  saggesUon  of 
Flood,  who  said  that  the  store  would  be  opened  8oon ; 
requesting  tbe  witness  to  look  oat  for  the  opening  of 
the  door,  and  to  notice  particalarly  it  a  woman 
emerged  from  the  store,  Floou  walked  into  tbeliall- 
way,  and  soon  after  the  witness,  wbo  remained  on 
tbe  sidewalk,  heard  a  noise  as  if  some  one  was 
kicking  at  a  door  ;  a  little  later  Flood  rushed  out 
on  tbe  siaewaik  and  excitedly  called  for  tbe  Police 
and  went  back  again;  as  be  aid  so,  the  door  of  the 
grocery  was  opened,  and  a  woman,  partially  dressed, 
ran  trom  tbe  store  across  the  street;  she  was 
closely  tollowed  by  Flood;  the  witness,  tearing 
arrest,  then  went  away  and  did  not  see  Flood 
strike  the  woman, 

William  Alfke,  from  whose  store  tbe  woman  was 
seen  to  escape  by  Morrison,  testiflttd  that  be  made 
the  acqaaintance  of  Mrs.  Flood  six  months  ago  ; 
she  rreqnently  visited  his  store  to  parcbaae  gro- 
ceries and  liquors,  and  often  dnnng  tbe  last  three 
months  of  her  lifetime  voluntarily  shared  his  sleep- 
ing apartment  at  night;  on  the  nig^tof  Saturday, 
Feb.  3,  sbe  entered  tbe  store  about  il  o'clock,  and 
tbey  retired  at  1  A.  M.;  Alike  arose  at  6  A.  M.,  and 
while  in  the  act  of  making  a  fire  heard  Flood,  out 

in  the   hallway,  peremptorily  ordering   "that 

Dutchman  "  to  open  the  door,  Mrs.  Flood,  recogniz- 
ing the  voice  of  her  hasband  ;  borrledly  arose  and 
fled  thi'oogb  tbe  front  entrance  to  the  street ;  some 
person  stunding  without  cried  "Here  she  is,"  and 
then  Flood  ran  out ;  Alfke  did  not  make  any  effort 
to  protect  tbe  woman,  and  did  not  know  tbat  sbe 
had  been  mordered  until  informed  by  a  Policeman. 
Officer  Quinn,  of  tbe  Fourteenth  Precinct,  testified 
that  oti  searching  Altke's  room  he  found  portions  of 
Mrs.  Flood's  clothing  in  tbe  bed. 

Alter  some  unimportant  testimony  was  adduced 
from  other  witnesses  the  jarr  retired,  and  after  a 
brief  consultation  returned  with  a  verdict  to  the 
effect  that  Mary  Flood  died  of  stab-wounds  inflioced 
With  an  instrument  known  as  a  "  reamer,"  by  her 
husband,  and  thev  recommended  tbat  Joseph  Mor- 
rison be  committed  as  an  accessory.  Tbe  prisoner 
was  soon  after  transferred  to  the  Tomb*. 


THE  KINGS  COUNTY  OLUB. 
At  the  annual  meeting  oi  the  Kings  County 
Club  held  with  closed  doors  on  Thursday  evening, 
the  following  Board  of  Directors  waa  elected  :  Bobert 
D.  Benedict,  Peter  W.  Ostrander,  John  F.  Henry. 
James  Watts,  G.  H.  Boberts,  A.  B.  Thome,  John  H. 
Burtis,  Peter  Milne.  Jr.,  David  S.  Arnott,  E.  L. 
Langford,  Albert  Daggett;   W.  L.  B.  Steers,  James 

McLear,  S.  B.  Dutcber,  £.  B.  Fowler,  B.B.  Sllliman, 
John  M.  Phelps.  Jonathan  X.  Norton,  E.  D.  Beril, 
Wilham  Waring,  E.  A.  Tweedy.  The 
session  was  long  and  excltiog  last- 
ing until  an  early  hour  yesterdav  morning. 
A  heated  debate sorang  up  00  a  resolution  offjied 
by  one  of  the  meuibers  rescinding  the  resolutions, 
passed  at  a  former  meeting  ot  the  club,  censuring 
tbe  Mayor  tor  appointing,  and  tbe  Brspnblioan  Al- 
dermen for  voting  to  confirm.  Corporation  Cuonsel 
William  C.  DeWitt.  Tbe  resolutions  were  re- 
scinded bsr  a  large  majority.  The  club  IS  tbe  prin- 
cipal Bepublican  social  organization  in  tbe  county, 
and  a  nnmber  of  its  members  tbink  that  Mayor 
Scbroeder  could  have  found  a  Bepublican  able  to 
fulfill  the  duties  of  Corporation  Counsel  as  well  as 
MIk  DeWitt,  who,  tbey  claim,  is  not  only  a  Demo- 
crat, but  a  bitter  partisan. 


TEE  REMAINS  OF  JOHN  O'MAHONT. 
The  body  of  John  O'Mahony,  which  had  been 
embalmed  by  an  undertaker,  was  jilaced  yesterday 
In  the  officer's  room  of  tbe  Sixty-ninth  Begiment 
Armory,  at  Essex  Market,  and  during  the  day  was 
visited  by  a  large  number  of  friends  and  admirers. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Council  of  the  Fenian  Brother- 
hood, and  a  committee  of  Irish  Nationalists,  held  in 
the  aftsmoon,  it  wss  tlecided  to  send  £he  remains  of 
Col  O'Mahony  to  Ireland  for  burial.  The  body  will 
be  taken  by  tbe  steamer  Dakota,  of  the  Williaffls 
and  Gulon  Line,  which  sails  next  Tuesday.  On 
Monday  nigbt  tbe  corp!>i«  will  be  borne '  to  the 
Church  of  St.  Francis  Xarier,  West  Sixteenth 
stieet  near  Sixth  avenue,  where  a  requiem  mass  for 
the  dead  will  be  chanted.  On  Tuesday,  a  funeral 
procession,  consisting  of  the  Sixty-ninth  Begiment, 
the  Veteran  Corps,  Irish  Volunteers,  Irish  Brigade, 
and  representative*  of  the  varioaa  Itisb-Amencan 
societies,  will  attend  the  body  to  tbe  steamer.  Two 
members  of  the  Fenian  Brotherhood,  and  two  or 
more  prominent  Irish-Americans  wUl  accompany 
the  body  to  Ireland. 


THE  WON  DEBS  OF  THE  AQUARIUM. 
The  Aquarium  has  aaoceeded  in  adding  to 
its  collection  of  wonders  a  young  bladder  nose  seaL 
This  animal  differs  in  many  particulars  from  the  or- 
dinary seal,  to  which  family,  however,  it  belongs. 
Tbe  most  curious  thing  about  it  is  that  it  has  the 
faculty  of  inflating  and  distending  with  air  tbe 
upper  portion  of  its  nose  to  an  immense  size.  It 
measures  over  six  feet  in  length  and  weighs  300 
pounds.  Tbe  harp  seal  since  its  arrival  has  refused 
tbe  most  tempting  lood,  and  snarls  and  snaps  at  all 
bis  admirers  when  they  venture  tou  near  bis  apart- 
ments. Its  death  is  expected  to  ooour  at  an  early 
day,  owing  to  its  refusal  of  all  food. 

BUSINESS  FAILURES. 

Washington  Hadley,  china,  of  No.  169  Sixth 
avenue,  made  an  assignment  10  James  W.  Hazlett 
yesterday. 

James  A.  Cox  and  Daniel  Hargan,  composing 
tbe  firm  of  Cox  Sc  Hargan.  leather,  of  No.  184  Wil- 
liam street,  assigned  tb-tir  property  to  John  Nugent. 

Preaoott  Burhank  and  George  P.  Nash,  com- 
posing tbe  firm  of  Borbank  &.  Na«b,  merchants,  of 
No.  49  Broad  streflt,  made  an  aasiKuuent  to  Looia 
JB.  Bade»-  .  .  .  ..  .  „       ...  , 


ttsJB&SBsaseaHli 

CITY  AND  SUBURBAN  NEWS. 


NBW-YOBK. 

Mr.  W.  B.  Smith,  of  Baldwins.  Long  Island.' 
f^lldead  yesterday  at  Second  avenue  and  Thirty 
fourth  street. 

Samuel  Cantrell,  the  Fourth  avenue  shoe 
dealer  f(  bo  shot  himself  in  the  Putnam  Bouse  on 
Thursday  morning,  waa  atill  alive  last  nigbt,  but 
nn  conscious. 

By  order  of  the  Customs  authorities,  five 
Skye  terriers,  which  their  owner  attempted  to 
smuggle  into  this  country,  will  be  sold  at  pnblio 
auction  to-day. 

The  Directors  of  the  New-Jersey  Central 
Bailroad  Company  claim  to  have  received  from 
$37,000  to  $40,000  additional  subscriptions  yester- 
day, at  "a  roagb  calculation." 

.  Gilmore's  Garden  will  be  opened  to-night, 
and  tbe  entertainment  will  consist  of  four  trotting 
races,  a  colored  fat  men's  foot-race,  over  bardies,  a 
ladies'  flat  race,  and  athletic  sports. 

Tbe  next  lecture  in  the  Cooper  Union  free 
course  for  the  people  will  be  delivered  this  evening, 

at  8  o'clock.  In  the  Great  Hall,  by  Dr.  A.  B.  Crosby, 
on  "  Tbe  Human  Foot,"  with  stereoptioon  views. 

Deputy  United  States  Marshal  Holmes,  who 
has  been  lying  dangerously  ill  at  St.  Vincent's  Hos- 
pital from  the  effects  of  Iniuries  inflicted  by  his  in- 
sane wife,  was  reported  out  of  danger  yesterday. 

Tbe  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  met 
yesterday  and  authorized  the  Controller  to  sell  by 
auction  the  leases  of  a  number  of  lots  owned  by  the 
City,  and  also  some  of  the  market  cellars,  for  a  term 
of  two  years  from  the  1st  of  May  next. 

A  woman  of  respectable  appearance  is  solioit- 
ing  donations  toward  the  support  of  the  Home  for 
the  Aged  of  the  Church  of  tbe  Holy  Communion. 
Ne  such  person  is  aarborlzed  to  receive  subscrip- 
tions or  donations  tor  tbe  above  named  institution. 

Harriet  McNeil,  aged  68,  residing  at  Look- 
port,  N.  T.,  was  run  over  by  a  Madison  avenue 
stage  last  evening  at  Pine  street  snd  Broadway. 
Tbe  driver,  Leeb  Gilman.  was  arrested,  and  Mrs. 
McNeil  was  sent  to  tbe  Chambers  Street  Hospital, 
suffering  from  a  broken  tbigb. 

A  woman  has  called  lately  on  several  well- 
known  charitable  ladiea,  beanng  a  letter  purporting 
to  be  written  by  ihe  principal  Sister  of  St.  Luke's 
Hospital.  The  letter  requests  aid  in  sending  pre- 
tended sufferers  to  Sau  Francisco,  and  bears  the 
forged  signature  of  tbe  Sister's  name  in  full. 

Tbe  seventh  annual  renDii>n  of  tbe  Bowdoin 
Alumni  Association  of  New- York  will  take  place  at 
the  Hotel  Brunswick.  Twenty-sixth  street  and 
Fifth  avenue,  on  Tuesday  evening,  Feb.  13.  The  list 
of  members  includes  many  prominent  citizens  of 
New- York,  and  it  U  expected  that  the  affair  will  be 
a  very  et^Joyable  one 

A  grand  musical  service  will  take  place  to- 
morrow morning  in  the  Church  of  St.  Cecilia,  at  the 
comer  of  Second  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and 
Fifth  street.  Tbe  fine  choir  of  tbe  church  will  sing 
Gonzanellt's  grand  mass  in  G,  and  at  the  Oftertory 
Mr.  Henry  Brandels  will  sing  the  Cuius  Animam 
&om  the  "Stabat  Mater." 

The  Customs  authorities  have  submitted  for 
chemical  analysts  specimens  of  sugar  beiieved  to 
have  been  artificially  colored,  and  entered  as  a  low- 
grade  article.  It  is  suspected  tbat  extensive  frauds 
have  been  perpetrated  in  this  way.  The  coloring 
matter  is  said  to  be  harmless,  and  to  evaporate  on 
expoMure  to  tbe  air,  leaving  tbe  sngar  pure  white. 

President  Sloan,  of  the  Delaware,  Lacka- 
wanna and  Western  Company,  said  to  a  Times  re- 
porter yesterday  that  he  will  positively  not  enter 
into  any  now  coal  combination,  beilevinif  it  to  be  in 
antagonism  with  the  interests  of  his  company  to  dn 
so.  Several  persons  representing  other  companies 
have  endeavored  to  pemuade  him  to  take  a  con- 
trary course,  but  be  has  declined  even  to  discuss 
the  subject. 

BROOKLYN. 
John  Williams  alias  John  Thompson,   con- 
victed of  an  attempt  to  pass  a  counterfeit  $10   bill, 
waa  yesterday  sentenced  to  five  years  at  bard  labor 
in  the  Kings  Conuty  Peniieotlary. 

Miss  Clara  Morris  being,  on  account  of  ill- 
health,  unable  to  give  a  benefit  promised  by  ber  In 
aid  of  the  sufferers  by  tbe  Brooklyn  Theatre 
disast^fr  has  subscribed  ^200  to  the  relief  fund. 

Henry  Dennis,  aged  50  years,  dropped  dead 
yesterday  morning  at  the  Inebriate  Home,  Fort 
Hamilton.  Deceased,  who  was  a  painter  by  trade, 
entered  tbe  Home  volantsrily  on  the  6th  of  Janu- 
ary. 

Mr.  Charles  Holt,  an  old  and  much-respected 
resident  of  this  city,  died  yesterday  morning  tt  his 

residence.  No.  93  Cambridite  place,  in  his  72d  year. 
Mr.  Holt  was  formerly  President  of  the  Brooklyn 
Choral  Udiod. 

The  temporary  foot-bridge  to  be  used  by  the 
workmen  in  laying  the  great  cables  of  tbe  Brooklyn 
bridge  was  completed  yesterday.  There  Is  now  one 
continuous  path  from  the  Brooklyn  to  tbe  New- 
Tora  ancborage- 

Justloe  Barnard  yesterday  granted  an  order 
directing  Abram  H.  Daily,  in  bis  quo  warranto 
proceeding  against  Surrogate  W.  L.  Livingston,  to 
furnish  the  latter  with  a  bill  of  particulars.  Mr.  Dally 
contests  Mr.  Livingston's  election  on  the  grotmd  of 
fraud  in  counting  tbe  votes. 

The  Directors  of  the  Bay  Bidge  and  Coney 
Island  Bailroad  have  announoed  their  intention  of 
locating  the  terminus  of  a  branch  of  tbe  road  in 
Greenpolnt.  This  determination  soiree  tbe  much 
mooted  problem  among  GreeopoiDters  of  "How  to 
establish  rapid  communication  with  the  lower  part 
of  New -York." 

Richard  Harvey,  a*ged  23,  of  No.  172  Clinton 
street,  a  dissipated  young  man,  and  one  of  tbe  heirs 
to  a  fortune  of  a  $1,000,000  left  by  his  deceased 
father,  was  committed  by  Justice  Walsh  yesterday 
on  a  cbargejfif  stealing  an  overcoat  worth  $35  from 
the  housci  of  James  Porter,  No.  68  Fulton  street. 
Harvev  admitted  bis  guilt. 

William  Hudleston,  ot  No.  94  Union  place, 
wbo  waa  arrested  on  Thursday  nigbt  on  a  charge  of 
striking  Marsaret  Robinson  with  a  frying-pan,  and 
breaking  three  of  ber  rios,  was  yesterday  committed 
by  Justice  Ferry  to  await  the  result  of  the  woman's 
injuries.  Hudleston  says  that  he  struck  the  woman 
because  sbe  tried  to  induce  his  wife  to  drink'. 

A  grand  complimentary  concert  and  8oir6e 
daiftanU,  tendered  to  Prof.  Angelo  Noziglia,  of  the 
late  Brookl3m  Theatre  orchestra,  by  the  Ancient 
Craftsmen's  Association,  will  take  place  at  tbe 
Atbectenm,  Atlantic  avenue  and  Clinton  street,  on 
Thursday  evening,  Feb.  IS.  Arbnckie  and  other 
celebrated  artists  have  volunteered  ibelr  services, 
and  tbe  programme  will  be  varied  and  entertaining. 

William  C.  Church  brought  suit  some  time 
ago  against  James  £.  Bamiugton  St  Sons  to  recover 

$20,000  for  services  alleged  to  have  been  rendered 
to  tbe  defendants  in  negotiating  an  adjustment  of 
claims,  for  arms  purcoased,  against  the  French 
Government.  Justice  Pratt,  in  the  Supreme 
Court,  yesterday,  directed  tbe  ]ory  to  find  a  verdict 
awarding  the  plaintiff  $1,00U.  Tbe  defendants  ad- 
mitteC  that  amount  to  be  due  before  the  trial. 


NEW-JERSEY. 

Mr.  John  J.  Carolan,  the  elocutionist,  reads 
for  the  Lanrel  Society  of  St.  John's  Church,  Sum- 
mit avenue,  Jersey  City  Heights,  on  Monday  even- 
ing the  12th  inst, 

George  Smith  and  Christopher  Feeley  were 
sentenced  yesterday  in  the  Hudson  County  Court 
of  Sessions  to  five  years  in  State  Prison  for  passing 
cotmterfeit  money. 

Frederick  Weinaoh,  a  Newark  saloon-keeper, 
who  was  on  trial  for  manslaughter  in  having 
caused  tbe  death  of  Anthony  Eggert  by  pashmg 
bim  off  his  stoop,  has  been  acquitted. 

The  authorities  of  New-Brunswick  con- 
template purchasing  Masonic  Hall  for  a  City  Hall. 
A  committee  of  citizens  has  been  appointed  to  con- 
sider the  matter  and  ascertain  what  the  ball  can  be 
purchased  for. 

Charles  Perkins,  a  brakeman  in  the  employ 
of  the  Beading  Bailroad  Company,  was  thrown  from 
a  coal  car  at  Milbam,  Thursday,  and  received  in- 
juries which  will  probably  prove  fataL  His  right 
leg  bad  to  be  amputated. 

At  a  late  bour  Thursday  night  Capt.  Rogers, 
Captain  of  a  grain  barge  lying  at  the  foot  of  Fif- 
teenth street,  Jersey  City,  was  returning  10  tbe 
barge  in  company  with  bis  wif**,  when  ne  was  at- 
tacked by  four  men,  wbo  knocked  him  down  and 
beat  him  iu  a  brutal  manner.  His  cries  attracted 
tbe  attention  of  Deputy  Sheriff  Michael  Hurley, 
who  came  to  his  asbistance,  and  tbe  ruffians  flsd. 

Albert  Hnber,  the  proprietor  of  the  "  Crystal" 
in  Jersey  City,  whose  place  was  raided  a  few  weeks 
ago  by  the  Police,  and  who  was  subsequently  con- 
victed of  keeping  a  tiisoroerly  house,  was  senteDoed 
yesterday  to  six  montas  in  tbe  Penitentiary.  Judge 
Huffman  took  occasion  to  remark  that  tbe  sentence 
must  not  be  taken  as  a  criterion  fur  similar  eases, 
being  made  thus  light  because  Huber  had  expressed 
a  willingness  to  reform. 

Bev.  Isaac  M.  See.  the  Presbyterian  minister 
who  was  recently  on  trial  for  permitting  women  to 
occupy  bis  pulpit,  baa  appealed  from  tbe  decisiou 
in  tbe  case.  Dr.  Cravea,  tbe  prosecutor,  has  also 
appealed.  Mr.  See  objects  to  the  decision  beoause 
it  went  too  tar,  and  Dr.  Craven  becaase  it  did  not 
go  far  enough.  A  committee  of  three  elders  has 
been  appointed  to  prepare  a  minn;e  expressive  of 
the  views  of  tbe  Presbytery  in  regard  to  balls, 
theatnoal  performances,  and  amusements  of  all 
sorts. 


SUICIDE  OF  A  OABINEl^MAKES. 

Coroner  Croker  was  notified  yesterday  of  the 
faot  that  W.  F.  Levinees,  a '  cabinetjoaaker,  com- 
mitted suicide  by  jumping  trom  the  second  floor  of 
hia  re«ideno«.  .No>  .135  Sast  One  Hondte^  an4  Voor- . 


aMiiriifrtMtfr  • 


^>;I«|U«. 


toeatii:  s^rMt.  It  i^<atibs^neatly  aaoertabsed 
that  liSTlneas,  who  waa  oonffoMBd  to  bis  bed  aufltsr- 
Ing  from  ohroaio  meningitis,  on  Monday  evenlnr 
uoae^  daring  tha  temporary  absence  ot  tala  wife,  and 
Itimpod-  ons  of  a  tron%  window.  WbUe  bis  wife 
WM  Is  another  apartment  attending  to  eome 
hotuebild  dntiea   her   attention  was  attracted  by 

'  tbe  sttange  whinlqg  of  a  pet  dog  at  the  baaement 
door  and,  on  looking  out,  sbe  discovsred  her  hus- 
band tviog  in  the  area.  He  was  removed  indoors, 
and  soon  reoovered  consoionsnesi,  but  died  on 
Tfauraday  evening.  Leviness  could  not  recall  what 
prompted  bim  to  Jump' out  of  the  window.  It  is 
jnobable  that  he  committed  tbe  act  while  snbjeot 
to  a  fit  of  delirium  resulting  from  bis  ailment. 


HOW  COLORED  CITIZENS  WERE  TIOTIM. 
IZED. 
During  the  past  Summer  some  of  tbe  colored 
people  of  tbis  City  approved  of  tbe  idea  of  organ- 
ising a  cheap  excarston  to  tbe  Centennial,  and  in- 
tmsted  tbe  details  of  tbe  matter  to  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Doflhla,  the  well-knowa  Quakeress  and  dootreas. 
and  Superintendent  of  the  Colored  Mission  at  No. 
451  Seventh  ayenne.  Mrs.  Daftuls  entered  into  tbe 
spirit  of  the  enterprise  with  warmth,  aod  was  vis- 
ited by  a  white  acquaintance  named  James  A  Lane, 
of  Harlem,  who  represented  himself  as  a  dentist, 
ud  volunteered  to  make  all  arrangements  tor  the  ex- 
onrsion.  It  was  decided  to  have  a  grand  trip  to  Phil- 
adelphia and  back  by  water,  and  Lane  received  $100 
from  Mrs.  Duffols  to  pay  tbe  first  installment  on  the 
hire  of  tbe  steamer  Granite  State,  which  he  said 
be  had  chartered  for  the  occasion.  Measures 
ware  accordingly  taken  for  carrying  cue  the 
projeoted  trip,  and  an  imposing  circular  was 
issued  to  tbe  colered  folks  in  thU  City. 
Tickets  at  $1  SO  with  $2  additional  for  state-rooms, 
sold  freely,  and  when  the  day  of  the  excursion  ar- 
rived, an  immense  crowd  of  excursionists  thronged 
the  pier.  Two  o'clock  came  and  went,  but  no  signs 
ot  the  Granite  State  could  be  seen,  and  after  wait- 
ing patiently  until  dark,  tbe  excursionists 
deoaned  sorrowfully  to  their  homes,  con- 
scious that  they  had  been  swindled.  Lane  was  sub- 
aeguently  arrestad  for  obtaining  money  by  false 
.pretenses,  and  was  convicted  io  December,  but  sub- 
sequently obtained  a  new  trial.  When  the  oase 
was  called  by  Assistant  District  Attorney  Bollins 
yesterday,  io  Part  IL  of  tbe  Court  of  General  Ses- 
sions, Lane  pleaded  guilty  to  the  charge,  and  Judge 
Sutherland  sentenced  him  to  one  year  and  six 
months  in  State  Prison. 


A  COUNTY  CLERK  SUED  FOR  LIBEL. 
Public  interest  in  tbe  trial  of  James  M, 
Brann,  County  Clerk  of  Hudson  County,  on  a 
charge  of  libel,  seems  to  increase,  and  yesterday  the 
crowd  seeking  admission  to  the  court  was  so  large 
that  after  the  court-room  was  filled  tbe  Constables 
were  directed  to  close  the  doors  and  admit  none 
except-witnesses  or  persons  directly  interested  in 
the  case.  The  Indictment  on  which  the  County 
Clerk  Is  being  tried  charges  him  with  having 
caused  to  be  p^ted  and  distributed  a  ciroular  con- 
taining scumlons  libels  on  the  personal  character 
of  M.  Mnllone,  editor  and  proorietor  of  the  Jersey 
City  Ai^giu,  coached  in  vile  and  indecent 
language.  Tbe  testimony  thus  far  aoduced  shows 
that  previous  to  the  time  the  circular 
was  issued  Brann  declared  his  intention  of  issuing 
It,  and  also  that  he  was  in  the  habit  of  making  tbe 
aame  statements  as  were  contained  in  tbe  circular 
in  bar-rooms  and  other  public  places.  Setb  Wilbnr 
Payne,  the  editor  of  a  paper  whicb  has  since  8U4- 
pended  publication,  testified  that  Brann  brought 
bim  the  manuscript  of  the  circular  and  requested 
bim  to  poblisb  it;  be  declined,  because  he  consid- 
ered it  unfit  for  publication.  Alice  Huntley  Payne, 
the  wife  of  the  previous  witness,  corroborated  her 
bflsband't  testimony,  and  added  that  she  advised 
her  husband  not  to  publish  It.  Several  other  wit- 
nesses were  examined,  and  the  oase  was  still  on 
when  tbe  court  adiourned  until  Monday. 


WRESTLING  MATCH. 
Prof.  William  Miller  and  Mr.  Ernest  Treher 
entered  into  an  agreement  yesterday  for  a  wrestling 
match,  to  take  place  on  Monday,  Feb.  19.  The 
match  was  maoe  for  the  best  three  in  five,  without 
restrietions  as  to  grips.  The  place  where  the  match 
is  to  take  place  will  be  decided  on  Monday  next. 


WILMINGTON  NAVAL  SI  ORES  MARKET. 

ViLMDJOTOH.  N.  C.  Feb  9.— Spirits  of  Turpentme 
quiet  at  4Uc  Resin  firm  at  SI  85  f  >r  Strained,  crnde 
Turpentine  steady  at  S'^  0&  for  Hard.  $3  U6  for  Teliow 
Dip,  and  $3  05  for  virgin.    Tar  steady  at  $1  00. 


"  Mokkau-Lkfevrb."  the  oldest  and  most  French 
of  Champagnes.  Victor  B.  Mahobb,  IIU  Reads  st,  N.  Y. 
— AdnerHit  ment. 


FASSENGEhS  ARRIVED. 
Jn  tUam-thiv  AUatia,  firom  Ototj/oto.— Hiss  Devlin, 
Mrs.  Braduii,  6.  Bradoo,  Miss  Mianie  Braden,  Maater 
Willie  i(rad»a  L.  W.  Muves.  aura.  Moyes,  John  T. 
Booth,  Mr.  Pearson,  E.  U.  Campbell,  John  hunt  Thos. 
Bowman.  Miss  Tilde  A  VVareo,  Mr.  McVarlane. 


MINIATVRS  ALHA.VSU—IUIS   DAT. 
Simrises 7:00  I  Sunsets 5:291  Uoon  rises..6:47 

HlOlt   W.tTBR— THIS    DAT. 

Sandy  Rook... 6:03  |  aov.l8laud..6:62  |  Hell  Gate....  8:14 

MARINE  INThiLLIOEFCE, 


HE  W.TURK FHIDAV.  FBE  9. 


CLEARBD. 

6team-shlpClanbel,  (Br.,)  Ferguson,  Gonaives,  Port 
au  Prince,  and  Jacmel,  Pun,  Forwuod  k  Co. 

Barica  Manila  U..  (Ut-r. ,)  Conner.  Buenos  Ayres. 
Fnnch,  Ed^ye  4c  Co.;  8irio,  (Itat.)  BaUumo.  Llst>oa, 
8Iucovich  &.  Co.:  CaidbeoS,  (Br.,)  Hudson,  liiverDool, 
Bowriuglt  Archibald. 

Brigs  Harry  snd  Aubrey,  (Br..)  Briggs,  Bridgetown, 
Barbadoa,  Dwlgbt  k  Flatt;  Stella,  oavis,  Montevideo 
and  Uruguay,  A.  Abbott;  Bsta»,  (Norw.,)  Mortensen, 
Lisbon  and  Uorunua,  X>ouls  Tetena 


ARHl  VED. 

Steamship  Helvetia,  (Br.,)Pearee,  LlverpoolJan.  24, 
and  QuecLStown  °.'5th,  with  mds<;.  aod  passengers  to 
F.  W.  J.  Uurat. 

Staam-shlp  Gallert.  (Oer.,)  Barends.  Hamburg  Jan. 
22.  via  Havre  3/,  with  muse,  aod  passengers  to  Kun- 
faardt  k,  Co. 

Steam-ship  W.  A.  Scholten,  (Ihitch,)  Janzen.  Botter- 
dam  Jan.  '£0,  vU  Plymouth  i!4th,  wlthlmdse.  and  pai- 
senger*  to  Punch.  Kdye  k  Co. 

Meam-sbip  Cortl«,  Prei-man.  New-Orleans  Jan.  31, 
with  mdse.  and  paeaengeri  to  Clara  k  Heaman. 

Steamship  E.  C.  Kulght,  Chichester,  Georgetown.  D. 
C,  and  Alexandria,  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  J.  L. 
Boome,  Jr. 

Uteam-rhip  Fanita,  Howe,  Philadelphia,  with  mdse. 
and  passengers  to  James  UanJ. 

ateam-ship  Agnea.  Burdlck.  Philadelphia,  with  mdse. 
aod  paaaeDfcei'a  to  Bogart  It.  kforsAU. 

Steam-Ship  Alsatia,  (Br.,)  Campbell.  Glasgow  Jan.  27, 
Moville  iWh,  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Henderson 
Brothers. 

bhlp  Qen.  McClellan.  Wheeler,  San  Fraaclaco  Sept. 
26,  witn  mdse.  to  Sutton  II  Co.— vessel  to  Lawrence, 
Giles  fe  Ca 

Bark  Johaon  Kepler.  (Ger.,)  Spllle,  Hambnig  65  ds., 
with  empty  bartola  to  H.  Koop  U.  Co. 

Bark  £.ise  Bscbricht.  (Ger.,)  Wishagen.  Bio  Janeiro 
49  da.,  with  coSfee  to  order. 

Bara  Blsinore,  Losberg,  Npwry  Dec.  20,  In  ballast  to 
Pendurgast  Broa  Anchored  la  Oravesend  Bay  for. or- 
ders. 

BarkCaspari.  (Norw.,)  flack.  Stettin  82  da,  with 
empty  barrels  to  Funon,  kdye  k.  Co- 

Brlg  Anna  jiaria,  tof  cialcombe,)  Thornton,  Bio 
Janeiro  05  oa..  with  uuflfee  to  Brown  Bros.  k.  Co.— ves- 
sel to  G.  F.  Biilley. 

Schr.  Uereward,  (of  Gloucester,  .Mass..)  Oreenleaf, 
Fortune  Bay,  N.  P.,  2U  ds.,  witn  frean  froaen  bemng  to 
maater. 

Scnr.  W.  E.  McDonald,  McDonald,  Fortune  Bay,  N. 
F.,  20  ds..  with  fiesh  frozen  herriua  to  masio;. 

Hcbr.  .Acadia,  (of  Plotou,  N.  s.,)  Cameron,  Cardenas 
13  di.,  w1tt>  sugar  Co  order. 

Schr.  falniin.  (of  Gloucester.  Uasa,)  Potter,  Fortune 
Bay,  A.  K.,  for  Pailadelpnia, 

bcbr.  Catharine  W.  May,  Davis,  Bostoa. 

Bohr.  Cabot,  Chaae.  busiou. 

Scbr.  Frank  G.  Dow,  tiimpson.  Boston. 

Schr.  NelUe  Lamper,  Uigj^ins.  Boston. 

Sobr.  Mary  Aankln,  Fuller,  Boatou,   for  Philadelphia 

Schr.  Aletbea,  Fisber,  Boston. 

Scbr.  Mary  Riley.  Uiley,  bosion. 

Schr.  HviiC,  uUver,  Providence,  for  Port  Johnsoa. 

Schr.  Ontario,  Sprague,  Providence,  lor  Port  John- 
son. 

Sch;.  Trenton,  Walla,  Providence,  for  Port  Johnson. 

Scbr.  Adeline  Townsead,  Risley,  Providence,  tor  Port 
Johnson. 

bchr.  Helen  Thompson,  Jones,  Providence. 

Scbr.  Mattie  B.  Kuion,  Ruion.  Provideuoe. 

Scbr.  David  U.  Floyd,  Gliffcrd,  Providence. 

Schr.  Terrapin,  Worster,  Providence. 

Schr.  Ida  L.  Kac,  Powers,  Fall  Ulver. 

Bohr.  Ney,  Chaae.  Fall  Biver. 

Schr.  Kllxa  B.  Cofflo.  Coie.  Fall  Blver. 

Schr.  Sarah  J.  bnutb,  ::inow.  Fail  River. 

Bctar.  West  W  Ina.  Roiaer,  Wurren. 

Scbr.  J.  Burley,  Northrup,  Warren. 

Schr.  Sra  Bird.  Cllrtl^   Virglula. 

Schr.  John  &.  Uurat,  <<ooi[,  Wickford. 

Schr.  Argo,  Gurney,  Wsreliam. 

Sobr.  Game  Cocic,  Quii;ley,  Millstone  Point. 

Schr.  liiziie.  ')  ayloi-,  ."Jew-Haven. 

Schr.  Baltimore,  Hall,  New-Haven. 

Sctir.  Niagara,  Wooten,  New-Haven. 

Sctfr.  John  Broos,  rox,  New-iiaven. 

Scbr.  Faobion,  Carberry,  New-Haven. 

Scor.  Loon,  Wakely,  New-Haven. 

bcbr.  Fraocia  Halluek,  Hallouk,  New-HaveiL 

Sclir.  Kdwin,  Francla,  iSew-Locdon. 

Sobr.  Sarah  (.tilien,  Amlerson,  Providence. 

Subr.  UinquEu,  I'hilllpa,  Provkienue. 

Sclir.  Liszle  D.  Small,  Warwlcli.  Aew-Bedford. 

Scbr.  A.  M.  Ackuns,  Uagse't  flew-Bedtord. 

Sobr.  A  G,  Hazard,  Mask.  Essex. 

Bcbr.  Anna,  Hawkiua,  Warren. 

Scbr.  Bramhall,  Hamilton,  Portland. 

Schr.  John  Mason,  Wuliums,  Portland. 

Schr.  James  A.  Paraons,  Auttur,  Boaton. 

Scbr.  John  N.  Parker.  Moore,  Boston. 

Schr.  B.  .N.  Hawkins,  Uawkina,  Boston. 

Scbr.  Charlotte  Agasta,  Uiokey,  Kastport,  with  fish 
to  master. 

Anchored  at  Hart  Island  : 

Schr.  HUa  ClUtoo.  Kemole,  (of  aad  ttova  St.  John,  N 
B..)  withluth. 

Scbr.  Ucorge  Glendon  Jewett.  (of  Boston,)  Harring- 
ton, irom  St.  John,  N.  B.,  with  liunber. 

WIND— .soueet,  iight,  S.;  clear. 


SAILED. 
Steam-ship  City  of  Dallaa,   for  Femandlna;    ships 
Uelchjur.  for  Bremen:   St  titepbeu,  tor  cian  Fraociscu ; 
tvigs  Dauntless  and  (Jrtoian,  for  Cardeaas. 


MISUELLANSOUS. 
Bark  Maud  Scammell,  (of  St.  John,  N.  B,,)  Thomp- 
son, from  UubUn^  which  arr.   7th  and   anchored  at 
SaudyHook  fororoers,  was  towed  to  tbe  Olty  tbis 
afteruson,  9th. 

♦ 

SPOKEN. 

By  brig  Anna  Maria,  Jan.  8,  lat.  Sh  <}4,  Ion.  34  20, 
bark  Mount  Vernon.  1 

By  scbr.  Acadia,  Jan.  30,  lat.  SO  Ion.  81,  ship  Sama- 
ria. 

By  ship  Oen.  MoGlellan,  Hov.  ft  lat.  28  a.  Ion.  31 
W^  shy)  JlaTgaretta- 


sOiaBaisaniBaEtMiiMBia 


'■'-'  BxoABLif.  y, 

LoKBOv,  PeK  9.-^ld.  lat  lost.,  Sosptt;  4th  inat. 
Browning  SoDbie.  Boalna  Bruno;  Ytblast..  BUaa  Qnie- 
xelo,  Abraham  Toang,  tbe  latter  (Or  watansss:  Carl 
Georg,  for  I^iim;  Martel;  Uapt.  HlOholaon :  8th  inst.. 
Mary  Lowexlson,  for  8t  Jobs,  H.  B.;  Ivanboe.  C«>t. 
Klrkpatrlok. forflandv Hookt  Uambriora.  Gapt.  Hfil, 
forTyoee;  Brava  Caot.  Cbiiatopherseu;  Samuel  .B. 
Carlton,  the  hatter  for  Hampton  Koads;  lord  Claren- 
don, Mariner,  Vnovo  Doveroi  9th  inst..  Camilla,  Caps. 
Cbristenseni  Catterina  Aooame,  Postedon,  H.  D.  Brook- 
man,  the  lattor  for  l^bee. 

Arr.  4tb  Inst.  ElUla,  Rosa.  Gapt.  Rdg;  Stbinst, 
Gerda;  7th  mat.,  O.  P.  HarUta.  Aipbooslve,  Ooneral 
Shejplev,  Graham's  Poll^  :  8th  inst..  Hugh  Caun,  Kata 
M.  Hilton.  J.  N.  Gannewell,  CHty  of  Vienna;  Otb  inst., 
Grasme^  Capt.  Windmar,  Alma,  Capt.  Iborlnomaen ; 
Herber^nileutenant,  Soren.  Bemer,  Wsymouth. 

QUKHHBTOwir.  Feb.  9.— Tbe  Williams  k  Guion  Line 
steam-ship  Wisconsin.  Capt.  Forsvtb,  firom  New-Toric 
Jan.  20,  fbr  laverpool,  arr.  here  at  8  o'clock  tbia  morn- 
ing. 9 

Moviu.a,  Feb.  8.— Tbe  Anchor  Line  steam-sbip  Cale- 
donia, Capt.  AiUson,  trom  New-Tork  Jan.  26,  for  Liver- 
pool, arr.  here  last  night. 

QtraaaiTowx,  Feb.  9.— The  Cimard  Line  steam- 
ship Ab'vssinla.  Capt.  Uurpbv,  £rom  Kew-York  Jan.  81, 
for  Liverpool,  arr.  here  at  6  P.  M.  to-day. 


CINCOBPOaATBD   IS  1861.3 

TWjJNTI-FIFTH  AHNUAL  BBPOBT. 

OF  THE 

AIA8SAOaUSETT.4  MOTUAIi    IJIFE    INSD- 

RANCB  COafPANr, 

OF  SPRINGFIELD.    MASS.. 

FOE  THE  YEAR  ENDING  DEC.  81,  1876. 

Net  asseU  Dec.  81.  1875 $5,681,120,42 

BECEiPT.x  IN  isre. 

Premiums $1,058,458  71 

Interest  and  rents.....      360,303  35—  $1,418,762  06 


Total $7,099,882  48 

DI8BUltABJ»ENTS, 

D  a  a  t  b 
claims.... $338,607  43 

Matured  en- 
do  wmenta    38,297  00 

Surplus  re- 
turned to 
poll  cy- 
holdera  in 
olvidends  245,639  78  * 

Surrender'd 
and  can- 
o  e  1  led 
poUcies...  226,251  48 


$848,696  64 


Total  pay- 
ments to 
po  1  i  c  y- 
holdera.. 

C  o  m  m  I  s- 
slons  and 
Balarie8..$161,462  37 

Other  e  X  - 
penses...     33,872  85—  19O,89!0  33 


Taxes,  li- 
ce n  ses, 
and  other 
Btetefees  $10,246  83 

Be  i  n  s  u  r- 
ance 6,244  78 

Profit  and 
loss 2,000  00—   $17,491  61 


Totat  disbursements 1,056,512  47 

Ret  assets  Dec  31,  1876 $a.t»4a,370  01 

NET  ASSETS. 

First  mortaage  loans  on 

real  estate $3395,632  24 

Loans  secured  by  collat- 
eral       219,498  61 

Doited  States  securities.      207,204  45 
Bailroad      stocks     and 

Bonds 294,685  61 

National  oaukstock 68,356  82 

State  and  Citv  bonds....         76.467  UO 

Real  estate 291,760  20 

P  r  e  m  inm 

notes    on 

policies  in 

force $897,141  35 

Leas    notea 

ffiven    on 

acco  u  n  t 

of  re  I  n  - 

auraace..         2,593  10—894,548  25 

Office  famliure 6,647  46 

Blllareoeivaole,  secured.  7,779  64 
Cssh  on  hand  and   iu 

lMW»ks 96,890  84-$6,043,370  01 

AOOITIONAfi  AsiSETS. 

Interest  ac- 
crued  $219,663  17 

Promi  n  ID  a 
In  course 
of  culiec- 
tion.  (less 

0  o  B  t    uf 

CO  1  lee  - 

tion) 65,879  76 

Def  e  r  r  e  a 

quarterly 

»ud  aemi- 

ann  u  al 

premiums 

(Ir-SA  cost 

of  coUec- 

tlon).,... 
Bal  an  o  e  a 

due  trom 

agents... 


99,212  38 


10,042  10-$S94,797  4i 


dnpreoiarion     in 
of    ktoeks     and 


Deduct 

value 

bonds 16,390  38—  ^jf^AOl  03 

-      Gross  asaeta  Dec.  31,1878 $6,421,777  04 

U.ABlLilTlS». 

Reserve  by  Massacba- 
■etts  standard,  being 
pr<>Bent  value  of  lia- 
DllitieB  under  all  poli- 
cies   $5,600,362  00 

Death  claims  not    ad- 

173.500  00 
21.239  58 


Jn«t«d  and  not  due... 

Dnpaid  dlvideods ., 

Premiums  paid   in  ad' 

vance  


1,721  l5-$5.796.722  73 


Surplus  Dec  31.  1876 86:£A,034  3t 

Surplus  by    New-York   standard, 

about 1,045.000  bO 

Number  of  policies  in  force  Dec 

31.  187H 14,45S 

Amoimt  insured  therebj 833,803*463  00 

B.  W.  BOND,  President 
AVEBT  J.  SMITH.  Secretary. 
OSCAR  B.  IRELAND,  Actuarj. 

▼.  W.  FOSTER,  General  Agent. 
No.  243  Broadway,  New-Tork. 


FAIRBANKS' 

STimiiiii  sciiis 

MADE  WITH  THE 

1.ATB8T     AND      .nO.*«T      VA1.CABL.B      lOI. 
PROViSftlENTS. 


SCALES 

TH  EWORLD'S  STANDARD 

RBCKIVED  HIGHEST  MEDALS  AT 

World's  Fair,  London 1851 

World's  Fair,  New«  York 1853 

World'a  Fair,  Paris 18«r 

World's  Fair,  Vienna 1873 

Worid'sFair,  !<antla<ro,  (ChUI) iSra 

World's  Fair.  PtaUadelpb^ 1876 

ALSO, 

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FAIKBANKS  k  CO.,  3S8  Broadway,  Albnnv,  N.  T. 
FAIRBANKS  k  CO.,  403  St.  Paul  St..  Montreal. 
FAIRBANKiS  k  CO.,  34  King  W^illiaoi  at..  London. 
FAIRBANKS,  BROWN  k  Co.,  2  Milk  St..  Boston,  ICass. 
FAIRBANKS  k  RWINO.  Masonic  Hall,  PbiUdelpbia.Pa. 
FAIRBANKS,  M0R8R  &  CO.,  Cblosxa 
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STATEMENT 


r-j  j»c^<«1v. 


OF 


THE  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY     1 

OFIKBW.YOBK. 
F.  S.  WINSTON,    PRESIDENT. 

FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING  DEC.  81,  1876. 


ANNUITY    ACCOUNT. 


InfbraeJan.  1. 187& 

Add  Prenunm  Anoulties... 
Issued ...................... 


Ho. 
..66 


Total. 


.60 


Aw.  Pat^s.  I 

$27,965  72 

6,480  79 

l.SSl-  86 


$85,827  871 


Info^oeJaa.  1,1877.... 
Add  Premium  Annuities 
Terminated 


No. 
..62 


Total 60 


AJW.  Parrs. 
$26,098  83 
6,398  46 
3.38S68 

$85,827  87 


INSURANCE    ACCOUNT. 


In  force  Jan.  1.  1876 92,393 

Hew  Bisks 8,3U 


Aaomrr. 
$305.U»7.221 
82,127,693 


In  force,  Jan.  1,  1877 92,125 

Terminated ..-    9,612 


Anouxr. 
$801,278,081 
85.906.871 
Total 101.737    '  $337,184.91411       Total -101,737  1  $337,184,914 

NOTE.— Tbe  amount  of  terminated  Policies  is  larger  than  lUuaL  The  increase  was.  In  a  great  measure 
caused  by  the  purchase  of  tumatured  Endowments,  ^her  paid  up  or  due  in  less  than  five  years,  which  were 
diaoounted  at  seven  per  cent. 


Dr. 


RETENUE  ACCOUNT. 


To  Balance  from  last  account.. ...... ..$75,411,923  42 

To  Premiums  received., 15,136,703  36 

To  Interest  and  rents 4,878,260  84 


Total $95,429,887  12 


By  paid  Death  and  Endowment  Claims.  $4,459,458  63 

By  paid  Annuities 24,ell  49 

By  paid  Dividends 3,701,700  34 

By  paid  Surrendered  Policies  and  Addi- 
tions      6,319,785  21 

By  paid  Commissions  (payment  of  cur^ 

reot  and  extinguishment  of  Aiture)..         676,967  49 
By  paid  Contingent Quaraatee  account.  56,160  85 

By  paid  Expenses  and  Taxes 664,302  35 

Balance  to  NeW' Account 79,626,900  87 

TotaL $96,429,887  13 


Dr. 


BAUANCB    SHEET. 


Cr. 


To  Beserve  at  four  per  cent $77,602,062  00 

To  Claims  bv  Death,  not  yet  due 61U,750  00 

To  Premiums  paid  in  advance 24,.S72  43 

To  Contingent  Guarantee  Fund 664,842  69 

To  Surplus  for  Dlyislou 8,568,161  57 


TotaL $82,360,188  69 


By  Mortgages  on  Real  Estate $60,856,200  18 

By  Dnlted  states  and  htate  Bonds,  kc   12,673,669  S3 

By  Beat  Estate 4,246,245  40 

By  Caab  in  Banks  and  Trust  Com- 
panies at  intereat 2,185,001  73 

By  lutereit  accrued 1,322,294  16 

By  Preminma  deferred,  quarterly  and 
semi-annual 923,882  99 

By  Premiums  in  transit,  prlncipsklly 
for  December 137.195  10 

Balances  due  byAganta 18,349  70 

Total.... $82,360,188  59 


Preminms  deferred  and  ia  transit  in  tbe  foregoing  Balance  Sheet  have  been  subieoted  to  a  deduction  o| 
twenty-five  per  cent,  by  the  Insurance  Department  cor  the  estimated  c  oat  of  collpcting  the  same.  See  Officia 
Beport  below. 

NOTE.— If  tbe  New-Tork  Standard  of  four  and  a  half  percent.  Interest  be  tued,  the  Surplus  is  $10,262,879  44. 

From  the  Surplus  fur  Division,  as  appears  in  the  iiaianoe  Sheet,  a  Dividend  will  be  apportioned  to  each  Pouoy 
which  shall  be  in  force  at  its  anniversary  in  lb77. 


I  have  carefully  examined  tbe  foregoing  Statemeait,  and  dud  the  same  ooneet. 
Jannaiy  17,  1877.  WM.  J.  BA8T0K,  Auditor. 

NOTE.— By  act  of  tbe  Tmsteea,  the  membership  of  this  Company  is  limited  to  one  hundred  thousand  inanreA 
bves. 


TRUSTEES. 


Frederick  8.  Winston, 
John  V.  li.  Pruyn, 
B.  H.  McCurdy. 
William  Betts, 
Samuel  E.  SpronUs, 
Samuel  H.  Coraell, 
Lucius  Robinson, 
W.  Smith  Brown. 
William  H.  Popham. 


Samuel  D.  Babcock, 

BenryA.  Smyths, 

William  B.  Bodge, 

Oenree  S.  Coe, 

Wm.  M.  Vermilye, 

JolinE.  Develui, 

Martin  Batei. 

Wm.  A.  Haines, 

Seymour  L.  U  us  ted. 

RICHARD  A.  McCaBDT,  Vice  President 
BOBEBT  A.  ORAKNIS8,  2d  Vice  President.  ISAAC  K.  LLOYD,  Secretary, 

W.  H.  C.  BABTLETT,  LL.D^  Actuary.  O.  H.  PALMER,  Soliciter. 

G.   ~  


Oliver  H.  Palmer, 
Uenrv  E.  Davie^. 
Bichd.  A.  MoCurdy. 
Francis  Skiddy, 
James  0.  Holden, 
Herman  C.  Von  Post, 
Geo.  C.  Richardson, 
Alex.  H.  Rice, 
W.  F.  Babcock, 


B.  Batohford  Starr , 
Frederick  H.  Cossitt, 
Lewis  May, 
Oliver  Hamman, 
TbomsM  Dickson, 
Henry  W.  Smith, 
John  H.  bherwood. 
kgisto  P.  Fabbri, 
George  H.  Andrews. 


G.  8.  WINSTON,   M.  D..     J  Medical  Eiamlnera. 
W.  E.  GILLETTE.   M.  D.J«-«dicai  lixammers. 


TO  THE  TEUSTEES  OF  THE  M.DTDAL  LIFE  INSDRABCE  COMPANY  OF  NEW-YORK: 

The  undersigned,  tbe  Annual  Committee,  appointed  pursuant  to  the  By-Laws  of  the  Company,  on  tbe  20tl 
day  of  December,  1876,  to  examine  at  the  close  of  eaob  .fiscal  year  tbe  accounts  and  assets  of  the  Company, 

Etespectfnllv  Beport,  That  tbey  have  caretoUy  examined  all  the  assets.  Investments,  and  securities  of  tbe 
Company,  and  dad — 

That  it  had  on  the  Ist  day  of  January,  1877,  stocfcsin  the  form  of  Bonds  of  the  Cmted  States,  and  of  New- 
Tork  and  other  cities,  amountina  in  par  value  to  $12,063,660,  and  in  market  value  to  $12,673,569  33,  and 
that  tblM  latter  aum  ia  immediatelv  convertible  and  available  in  cash.  That  of  these  securities  $7,473,550  are 
in  United  .states  reKlatered  bonaa.  and  $4,59u,00U  chiefly  in  city  bonda-    They  are  all   soecified   in  the  accom- 

fiauying  schedule,  are  all  genuine,  and,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Committee,  are  all  judicious  and  perfectly  secure 
Qvestmenta. 

The  (Committee  further  report : 

That  on  January  },  1877,  tbe  Company  had  invested  in  Bond  and  Mortgage  upon  real  estate  in  fee,  whicb 
was  appraised  at  the  time  of  each  investment  to  oe  worth,  at  least,  twice  the  amount  loaned,  tbe  sum  of  $60,- 
856. 200' 1& 

The  Committee  have  examined  each  Bond  and  Uortgageand  find  the  same  correct,  as  stated  on  tne  books 
of  the  Company.  The  Committee  fladthat  the  interest  on  these  bonds  has  been  paid  with  great  punctuality 
and  that  the  arrears  of  interest  for  the  last  six  months  are  only  a  very  small  i>ercentage  on  the  amouat  due. 

In  addition  to  the  aecnrlty  of  the  land  covered  by  the  Mor^tagei,  the  Company  holds  inaarance  oa  tbe  build- 
ings thereon,  as  collateral,  in  solvent  and  leaponslble  Fire  Inaurauce  Compaoies,  amounting  t-o  tbe  aum  of 
$34,000,000. 

The  Committee  farther  report: 

Tnat  the  Company  now  owns  property  formerly  pledced  to  it  In  Bonda  and  Mortfmges  to  the  extent  of  SS35, 
893  07  ;  that  thls.is  the  total  amooot  of  all  property  porohased  bv  it  since  its  orgau^zanon  on  Forecloearea 
and  held  by  It  at'  the  close  of  the  Inst  hsoal  year,  and  the  Committee  believe  that  this  property  will  be  sold 
without  mcnrring  any  considerable  deficit.  This  sum  bears  a  small  ratio  to  the  total  amount  of  the  company'i 
assets.  1>elne  about  one  (.010161  per  ceot.  thereof, 

la  oddltion  to  this  Real  Estate,  the  Company  owns  for  She  tranaaciion  of  its  business  in  the  Cities  of  New-Tork, 
Boston,and  Philadelphia,  valuable  real  estate,  costmz  tbe  sum  of  $3,41U,451  43.  The  building  In  New-York 
pays  8  per  cent,  on  its  cost,  charging  a  fair  root  for  the  part  occupied  by  tue  Company.  Tuat  in  Bostoa  is  in- 
complete, and  that  in  Philadelphia  has  recently  been  finished. 

The  Committee  have  ascertained  that  the  cash  onliandon  the  1st  day  of  January.  1877,  was  $2,183,001  73. 
This  aum,  adued  to  the  aecurities  immediately  convertible  into  cash,  maces  a  total  of  cash  assets  equal  to 
$14,856,671  06  immediately  available. 

We  have  ascertained  that  the  nxx>enBe8  of  tbe  Compan.y  for  acquiring  its  business  are  nearly  a  quarter  of  one 
(.2233)  per  cent,  upon  the  sum  insured,  and  the  expense  of  condactinc:  the  busfness,  which  includes  expenses- 
of  everv  Kind,  except  clalnas  by  death,  is  lesB  than  one-qnarter  of  one  percent,  on  the  same,  (.2191,)  which, 
in  ail,  ls~ leas  than  one-half  of  one  per  cent,  upon  the  sum  msured,  (.4424,)  and  is  six  snd  seven-tenths  (6.701] 
per  oeut.  upon  the  income  of  the  jear. 

While  the  Committee  were  making  investigation,  the  Superintendent  of  the  Insurance  Department,  with  bis 
Depnt.y,  Assistants,  and  Experts,  waa  also  enitaged  iu  examining  the  affairs  of  the  Company  as  required  by  law. 
Be  is  Still  at  woric,  exaouning  not  only  into  the  liabilities,  of  tbe  Gonipany,  but  likewise  into  tbe  matheniaticai 
principles  upon  whicb  its  business  is  conducted  and  its  Uabiiities  are  deterimned.  This  examination  will  be 
thorough  and  exbanstive,  and  Its  results  presented  in  a  report  which  will  be  published  in  due  time  and  to  which 
tbe  Committee  refer. 

All  of  which  is  respectfoUy  submitted. 

Dated  Jaauary  17,  IbTT.  ^„,      ^, 

(Signed)  HENBY  E.  DAVIB8. 

OEORiiE  8.  COE, 
SAM0EL  M.  CORNELL. 
WILLIAM  H.  POPHAM, 
H.  C.  VON  POST, 
GBOEGE  H.  ANDREWS. 


MUTUAL  lilFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  NEW- YORK. 

The  Report  oftheExaiiilaation  by  the  inraraaee  Department. 

Albaht,  February  2, 1871 
To  tlie  EMor$  of  t\e  Evening  Journal : 

GasTxsifXN— Having  caused  a  thorough  personal  examination  to  be  made  of  the  eondition  and  affairs  of  tha 
Mutual  Lite  InsuranoeCompany  of  New-Yort,  aurins;  the  month  of  January,  by  Hon.  Jotin  A.  McCail.  Jr.,  Depntj 
Bunerintendent,  in  which  examination  the  Acting  Superintendent  has  also  personally  participated,  I  deem  it  toi 
the  public  interests  tbat  tbe  result  of  said  investigation  should  be  published. 
I  therefore  inclose  the  same  for  publication. 

Yonta,  very  respeotftiily, 

WILUAM  SMTTH, 

Acting  Superintendent. 
ALBAirr,  February  1,  1877. 
Son.  WiUiam  Smyth,  Acttna  8up«rint4ndaU  JTew-  York  Inntranee  Department : 

In  accordance  with  instructions  received  from  you  tmder  appointment  Number  863,  I  report  the  completioa 
of  the  examination  into  the  affairs  of  the  Mutvial  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New-YorK. 

Made  at  a  time  ween  the  annual  inveetiaatloa  by  tbe  Trustees— a4  called  for  by  tbe  Company's  charter—. 
was  in  progress,  tbe  work  was  considerably  facilitated  by  each  department  representative  acting  with  one  ol 
the  said  ITusiees,  thus  giving  a  double  force,  with  a  check  that  was  invaluable,  as  to  tbe  correctness  of  tne  labor 
performed. 

The  v.iluations  of  the  Policies  in  force  have  been  made  in  the  Department  under  the  supervision  of  Mr.  D.  H. 
Keeter.  our  Actuary,  and  havo  occupied  his  attention,  with  that  of  the  rest  of  our  actuarial  force  not  engaged  ii 
New-York. 

The  Investments  of  the  Company,  with  other  admissible  assets,  make  a  total  of  $82,076,706  87. 

That  the  Company  has  t>een  successfully  managed  is  everywhere  conceded;  and  it  is  very  necessary  thatth« 
custodians  of  this  sacred  trust  tund  should  ba  men  eminently  competent  to  Koard  sealotisly  tne  moneys  that  in 
the  fnture  afford  tbe  protection  guaranteed  by  contracts  with  the  holders  of  ninety-two  thousand  one  hundred 
and  twenty-flve  policies. 

The  Company  does  not  need  any  other  indorsement  by  the  Department  than  is  shown  in  the  assets  and  Ua 
bilitii-s  enumerated  below,  exhibiting  a  surplus,  as  regards iralicy-holders,  of  $10,262,879  44. 

A  schedule  givmg  in  oetali  the  informatiou  necessary  for  valuations  of  property,  verihcaclon  of  title,  tc.  of 
each  of  the  seven  thousand  one  hundred  and  fifty-six  (7,156)  mortgages,  has  been  compiled,  and,  with  a  lut  of 
uncollected  and  deferred  premiums,  is  now  on  tile  in  the  Department. 

The  tollowing  was  tbe  condition  of  the  company  on  Decemoer  31, 1876: 


ASSETS. 


Beai  estate 

Bonds  and  mortitages 

8$)oks  and  Bonds. 

Dmted  States  bonds,  registered. 

N  ew-Tork  City  bonds,  resjlstered. 

Boston  Water  bonds,  registered. 

Providence.  B.  L.  bonds,  registered. 

Cherry  Valley  Town  bonds 

City  of  Yonkers  bonda 

Biiffalo  City  bonus 

blmira  City  bonds 

Missouri  .State  bonds. 

Ban  Francisco  bonda 

Doion  County.  N.  J.,  bonda 

Piainfield,  N.  J.,  bonds. 

Total 


Par  Value. 

—  $7,473,550 

...     2,4U6,000 

50U,000 

500,000 

60,000 

118,000 

140,600 

66,000 

215,000 

690,000 

14,000 

1.300 

..$12,063,550 


$4,246,245  4« 

60,866,309  1< 

Market  Value. 

$7,907,340  62 

2.412,587  60 

656.250  00 

537.600  00 

60,000  OO 

128,250  00 

145^417  60 

67,436  00 

226,025  00 

637.528  71 

14,736  00 

1,500  00 

$ia!673,669  33 


12,67i{.569  81 

Cash  in  banks  and  trust  companies. 2.183,0«l  73 

Interest  due  and  accrued 1,322.204  18 

Net  uncollected  and  deferred  premiums 796.396  07 

Total  admitted  aeseta $82,076,706  87 

LLABILITIES. 

Net  value  of  outstanding  policies  and  additions. .....$71,081,206  00 

Dnpaid  losses  not  yet  due  (iooludine  resisted  claims) 758.250  00 

Premiums  paid  in  advance 24,372  43 


Total  liabilities.... 
Surplus  as  regards  policy-holders. 


.$71,813,827  43 
.  10.-.J62.879  44 


.$8iJ,076,70«  87 


AU  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

JOHN  A.  McCALL,  Jx., 

Deputy  Superintendent. 

Tbe  Superintendent  in  person  was  present  during  the  examlaation  of  the  United  States  securities,  bonds 
and  mortcaeea.  and  other  stocks  and  bonds  owned  by  the  Company,  and  took  part  in  said  examiuation.  He 
desires  to  Join  with  bis  Deputy  in  assuring  tbe  public  that  the  system  of  management  and  accuracy  of  detail,  as 
well  as  the  checks  and  individual  respouBibillties  imposed  on  each  person  wbo  has  anythiuK  to  do  witb  tbe 
loaning  oruvesting  the  funds  of  tbe  Company,  command  his  most  hearty  approval.  The  President  and  all  othet 
officers  of  the  Company  were  mostprompt  and  courteous  in  afitbrdiag  every,  information  :  while  bo  perfect  is  th« 
organisation  oi  eacn  deparcmeot  that  any  special  item  required  waa  at  once  furniBhed,  with  all  its  necessary  and 
satisfactory  vonohers.  This  will  account  for  the  fact  that  a  corporation  of  such  vast  miguitude  and  importance 
could  be  full.T  and  satisfactorily  examined  in  a  few  weeks,  which,  under  ordinary  circumstances,  would  have 
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THE COUNTINGOF  THE  VOTE 


a  salt  in  the  proceedings. 
Vk;mocbatic  trickery  again— the  house 
rffu8es  to  go  on  with  the  florida 
case,   and   takes    a  recess    until 

MONDAY— BXTRAORDINART  RULINGS  OF 
SPEAKER  RANDALL — RUMORS  OF  FU- 
TURE DEMOCRATIC  REVOLUTIONARY 
MOVEMENTS. 

apeHal  DisfxUok  to  the  ifeuy-  TorX  Timtt. 

Washington,  Feb.  10.— The  House  and 
Senate  b«th  met  at  10  o'clock  this  morning,  but 
It  was  evident  no  quorum  could  be  obtained  at 
that  early  hour,  and  the  usual  recess  was  taken 

°  Qll  12  9' clock.    The  expectation  was  that  the 

i  joint  meeting  would  immediately  take 
place,  but  m  the  House  Milton  Saylor 
moTed  that  the  Senate  he  informed  that   the 

'  House  would  be  ready  to  receive  them  at  1 
o'clock.    This  was  clearly  a  hreach  of  the  pro- 

,  visions  of  the  bill,  which  rcQiHre  an  immediate 
meeting;  The  point  of  order  was  made  by  Mr. 
Hale,  hut  of  course  was  overruled  by  Bandall. 
Hale  declined  to  call  the  yeas  and  nays;  but 
gave  notice  he  would  do  so  when  any  further 
motion  for  delay  was  mterposed.  The  Senate 
chose  to  await  the  time  set  by  the  House, 
but  transacted  no  business,  it  being  held  tbat 
Qo  business  was  in  order.  But  in  the 
House  the  usual  proceedings  were  continued. 
The  Senate  appeared  at  1  o'ol«ck,  tbe  decision 
of  the  Electoral  Commission  was  read,  the  ob- 
jeotions  to  receiving  it  were  offered  by  Mr.Field, 
and  at  1:20  the  Senate  retired  to  its  chamber, 
that  the  objections  mieht  be  considered  in  the 
two  'houses.  Immediately  upon  reassembling, 
the  Senate  proeaeded  at  once  to  consider  the 
objections.  After  the  objections  had  been  read, 
Mr.  Stevenson,  of  Kentucky,  moved  a  recess 
antil  Monday  morning,  urging  the  importance 
}f  the  subject  as  a  reason  why  time  should  be 
i^ven  that  Senators  might  study  the  proposition. 
The  motion  for  a  recess  was  defeated  by  an 
7ea  and  nay  vote.  Nearly  one  hour  was  con- 
lumed  in  considering  propositions  presented 
oy  various  Senators  with  reference  to  the 
proper  parliamentary  form  of  language  to 
be  emploved  in  formally  confirming  the 
decision  of  the  Commission.  Finally  Mr. 
Sherman's  resolution  was  accepted,  wnich 
declares  that  the  decision  of  tbe  Electoral 
Commission  touching  the  vote  of  Florida  stand 
as  the  iudgment  of  the  Senate,  the  objections 
made  thereto  in  joint  convention  to  the 
contrarv      notwithstanding.  This      resolu- 

tion both  confirms  tne  decisitn  of  the 
Commission  and  negarivcs  the  objections 
presented  by  Mr.  Field.  Mr.  White, 
of  Maryland,  offered  a  substitute  non-concur- 
ring in  the  decision  and  declaring  the  Tiiden 
Electors  to  be  the  legal  Electors  for  Flor- 
ida. This  was  r^ected  by  yeas  26,  nays 
15.  Mr.  Sherman's  resolution  was  then 
adopted  by  yeas  44,  nays  25 — a  strict 
party  vote.  Contrary  to  general  expectation 
there  was  no  debate  in  the  Senate  on  tbe  ques- 
tion. After  waiting  30  minutes  to  ascertain 
the  purpose  of  the  House,  and  learning  that 
body  bad  taken  a  recess,  the  Senate  also  took 
a  recess  until  Monaay  morning. 

In  the  House,  as  soon  as  the  Senate  had  de- 
parted, Mr.  Lynde,  who  had  been  selected  for 
ihe  purpose,  moved  a  recess  till  10  o'clock 
Monday  morning.  This  motion  was  imme- 
diately met  by  a  point  of  order  that  it  could 
not  be  entertained  under  the  law,  which  re- 
quires the  objections  to  be  immediately  voted 
upon.  This  point  of  order  was  discussed  for 
over  an  honr,  tbe  Republicans  claiming  that 
the  motion  for  a  recess  was  not  in  order,  and 
that  it  was  a  violation  of  the  spirit,  and  even 
trie  direct  provisions,  of  th6|  law,  which  was 
designed  to  have  tbe  count  speedily  determined. 
Mr.  McCrarv  maae  a  strong  point,  that 
the  motion  was  in  violation  of  the  provisions  of 
the  Constitution,  to  which  Warren,  of  Massa- 
chusetts, answered  in  substance  that  the  mo- 
tion was  as  much  constitutional  as  the  law. 
^T.  Hoar  claimed  that  one  recess  was  allow- 
able under  the  bill  till  10  .  o'clock 
Monday,  but  that  only  one  recess  could 
be  taken  till  the  objection  was  acted  upon. 
Randall  finally  ruled  that  it  was  in  order  to 
move  a  recess,  and  the  recess  was  taken, 
by  a  strict  party  vote.  Bandall  implied 
in  his  ruling  that  on  Monday  the 
case  must  be  acted  upon  without 
%  recess,  but  his  ruling  was  so  worded  that  he 
is  not  bound  by  it  to  so  rule,  and  on  Monday 
Be  may  again  rule  tbat  a  recess  till  the  next 

lay  is  in  order.     Whether  such  a  recess  will  be 
ittempted  depends  upon  what  the  party  coun- 
■  sils  may  determine  to-morrow. 

There  ie,  of  course,  intense  excitement    over 

;be  Bituation,  but  it  is  quite  remarkable  that 
.  the  excitement  has  not  led  to  any  turbulence 
^r  disorder.  Tbe  strain  cannot  continue.  Un- 
less tbe  leading  men  in  the  Demooratio  Party 
'  display  some  patriotism,  and  hold  the  rank  and 
file  of  their  party  followers  in  check, 
there  must  be  disturbances  before  tbe  affair  is 
ended.  To-night  tbe  air  is  full  of  wild  threats 
md  rumors,  and  the  rumor  is  currently  re- 
>orted  that  Justices  Field  and  Clifford  have  al- 
•eady  retired  from  the  Commission.  This 
xtuat  of  course  be  untrue,  for  the  Commission 
lad  a  short  meeting  this  afternoon,  approved 
ihe  minutes  of  yesterday's  session,  and  ad- 
iourned  tiU  4  o'clock  on  Monday. 


WEAKNESS  OF  IHE  LAW. 
jayr  the  canvass  may  be  carbied  over 
TO  THE  4rH  OF  MARCH— THE  HAND  OP 
DAVID  DODLEY  FIELD  —  DEMOCRATIC 
SCHEMERS  AT  WORK— DETERMINATION 
OF  THE  REPUBLICANS. 

Special  IHtpaleh  to  the  New-  York  Timet. 

Washingtcn,  Feb.  10.— Tbe  Democrats 
have  disclosed  a  weakness  in  the  Electoral 
Commission  law  whieh  was  referred  to,  but  not 
yery  clearly  pointed  out,  before  the  bill  was 
roted  on.  It  was  then  only  stated  in  general 
terms  that  tbe  provisions   were    not   specific 

'  ftgainst  delay  in  the  count,  and  that  it  would 
lie  pMsible  lor  the  canvass  to  be  carried  oyer 
to  the  4tb  of  March  without  reaching  a  conclu- 
Bion.  The  framers  of  tbe  bill  saw  tbat  tbe 
Electoral  Commission  must  be  several 
days  engaged  in  examining  ttia  ques- 
tions laid  botore  it,  and  to  prevent 
delay  in  the  business  of  Congress,  it 
was  provided  that  the  two  houses  might  take  a 
recess  irom  day  to  day,  and  go  on  with  their 
ordinary  legislative  work,  beinr  always  ready 
to  aiuemble  in  loinf;  meeting  whenever 
an  announcement  should  come  from  the 
Commiseion  of  a  decision  having  been 
reached  on  any  matter  pending  before  it. 
Advantage  can  be  taken  of  this  provision  by 
the  m^erity  in  the  House  to  adjourn  from  day 
to  day,  with  the  Florida  decision  in  tbe  situa- 
tion where  i*  now  is,  the  vote  remaining  un- 
counted, and  in  this  manner  the  counting 
rf  tke  vote  can  be  delayed  till  after  the  4th 
»f  March,  and  an  electioa  be  prevented.  It  in 
>nly  necessary  tor  Bandall  to  make  a  partisan, 

■  <-^oiuEh  rather  plaosible.  Tniin".  and  for  tbe 


Democrats  to  vote  together  for  a  recess 
every  day.  The  sole  question  is  whether, 
aa  a  party,  they  will  deliberately  de- 
termine to  make  the  law  a  nullity 
for  which  aU  but  18  of  their  members 
voted.  There  is  another  plan  said  to  be  under 
serious  discussion,  and  the  authorship  of  it  is 
attributed  to  David  Dudley  Field.  It  is  that 
all  the  Democrats  on  the  Commission  im- 
mediately resign,  and  the  fillibustering 
on  filling  the  vacancies  would  consume 
the  remainder  of  the  time  till  the  4tb  of  March. 
The  reason  assigned  for  the  resignations  would, 
ot  course,  be  the  partisanship  of  the  Commis- 
sion, and  the  basis  of  the  charge  would  be  that 
none  of  the  Republicans  on  it  would  vote  for 
Tiiden.  The  Democrats  do  not,  of  course, 
vote  aa  partisans,  though  they  have 
voted  constantly  together  on  every 
question,  large  or  small,  which  has  been  pre- 
sented. It  is  probable  that  sober  second 
thought  will  prevent  the  adoption  of  any  of 
these  wild  schemes,  though  they  are  said  to  be 
advised  from  New- York,  and  the  advice  is  ac- 
companied with  promises  of  two  Cabinet  oflB- 
cea  to  the  South  if  that  seotiou  will  stand  sol- 
idly by  the  Northern  leaders. 

It  is  claimed  by  many  Democrats  that  the 
object  of  taking  a  recess  till  Monday  was  very 
simple  and  sincere.  The  reasons  of  the  Com- 
mission which  are  presented  with  the  Florida 
decision  had  not  reached  the  counsel  of  the 
Democrats  till  this  morning,  and  the  terms  of 
the  decision  made  necessary  aoomplete  change  in 
the  programme  relative  to  Louisiana.  There  was 
not  time  to  prepare  objections  to  pre- 
sent to-day  when  the  returns  from  Louisi- 
ana should  be  opened,  which  would  be  suffi- 
ciently ingenious  to  meet  tbe  altered  condi- 
tions, and  therefore  it  was  deemad  necessary 
to  seek  by  a  recess  to  secure  further  time 
for  kiaking  the  Louisiana  case  present- 
able. This  was  the  argument  on  which 
the  narty  was  held  together  on  the 
vote  to-day,  and  it  is  said  by  many  Democrats 
that  the  count  will  be  allowed  to  proceed  on 
Monday  without  further  delay.  But  this  is 
not  the  sentiment  ot  a  large  portion  of  the 
party,  and  there  are  many  conferences  and 
private  caucuses  to  see  what  measures  of  the 
character  of  those  noted  above  can  be  sus- 
tained by  a  rotyority  vote. 

The  action  of  the  ]^ous6  on  Monday  will  be 
watched  with  the  greatest  anxiety.  If  it  de- 
velops a  determination  to  prevent  the  coasum- 
mation  of  the  Electoral  count  under  the  law, 
such  indignation  will  be  aroused  and 
find  expression  as  never  was  wit- 
nessed in  the  land  against  any  act 
of  public  dishonor.  Such  action  will 
meet  with  retaliation  on  the  part  of  the  Repub- 
licans, who  will  not  under  such  circumstances 
refuse  to  sustain  the  President  of  the  Senate, 
when  tbe  3d  of  March  comes  round,  in  complet- 
ing the  count  and  declaring  Hayes  elected.  It 
may  torn  out,  however,  that  the  Democrats 
will  not  refuse  to  stand  by  the  measure  which 
they  almost  unammously  supported. 


Dttpatch  to  the  jltsodated  Pree*. 

The  temper  in  which  tbe  House  today  t«ok 

a  recess  until  Monday  oocasioas  much  com- 
ment, some  persons  supposing  the  Democrats 
intend  at  the  next  meeting  to  ensage  in  dila- 
tory motions  coneeraing  the  decision  ot  the 
Commission  in  the  Florida  case,  a^  thus  ob- 
struct proceedings,  but  tbe  more  prominent  and 
active  Democrats  say  that  nothing  of  the 
kind  is  intended ;  that  the  House 
had  a  right  to  take  a  recess,  and  this  was  aooe 
in  order  to  enable  their  political  friends  to  care- 
fully examine  into  the  vecding  question  and 
to  read  the  papers  as  they  will  appear  in  print, 
and  tbat  on  reassembling  Monday,  after  the 
necessary  preliminaries,  the  House  will  vote 
without  factious  •pposition,  and  thus 
complete  action  in  tbe  Florida  count. 
Next  will  be  counted  the  vote  of  Georgia, 
to  which  there  will  be  no  objection, 
and  following  this  Illinois,  when  objection 
will  be  made  to  Electcr  Chaffee,  on  the  ground 
of  ineligibility,  and  evidence  will  be  presented 
to  establish  it.  The  two  houses  will  sepa- 
rate on  this  objection.  Whea  it  shall 
be  disposed  of,  the  votes  of  Indiana,  Iowa, 
Kansas,  and  Kentucky,  to  which  there  are  no 
objections,  will  be  counted.  Alter  these  comes 
the  State  of  Louisiana,  which  some  persons  re- 
iiard  as  the  mo-it  important  point  in  the  eon- 
test.  Twelve  other  States  intervene  before 
Oregon  shall  be  reached.  A  conclusion  in  ail 
tbe  disputed  points  may  not  be  consummated 
for  a  week  or  t«n  days. 


THE  SCENE  IN  THE  HOUSE. 

"WHO   "WAS  THERE    AND  WHAT    THEY  DID. 

Dupateh  to  tht  AaModated  Pret$. 
Washington,  Feb.    10. — In  anticipation  that 

ibe  erand  Electoral  Tribunal  woold  report  its  de- 
cision in  tbe  Florida ,  cue  to  tbe  two  bouses  in 
joint  convention  to-day,  tbe  galleries  of  tbe 
Honae  Degaa  fiUine  ap  at  an  early  hoar.  Tbe 
House  met  as  nsnai,  at  10  o'clock,  and 
immediately  took  a  recess  until  12  o'clock.  Then 
there  was  at  once  a  scene  of  confaaion  on  tbe 
floor.  Mr.  Hunton  was  iurronnded  by  scores  of 
Democrats,  and  engaged  with  tbem  in  earnest  con- 
versation. Mr.  Kvarts.  of  tbe  Kepablican  counsel, 
oame  into  tbe  House  chamber,  passed  over  to  Mr. 
Hoar's  seat  and  bad  a  long  coaference  with  him. 
Senator  Bayard  came  over  also  and  bad  a  long  cod- 
saltation  witb  Messrs.  Payoe  and  Haotoo.  Mrs. 
Fish  waa  one  of  the  early  arrivala  at  tbe  Capitol, 
and  took  a  seat  in  tbe  diplomatic  gallery,  Jastice 
Swayne,  of  tbe  Sopreme  Coort.  alao  occapied  a  seat 
In  the  gallery.  A.S80ciate  Justice  Field,  of  the 
Commission,  came  into  the  Senate  Chamber  daring 
the  recess  from  10  to  12  o'clock,  and  had  a  long  and 
earnest    conference    witb    Senator    Bayard.       The 

Senate,  aeeompanied  by  their  officers,  came  into 
tbe  Hoiue  at  1  o'cluek.  On  a  row  of  seats  in 
the  rear  facing  the  Speaker's  chair    sat    'William 

M.  Evarta,  Stanley  Matbewi,  Jastice  Miller,  Sena- 
tor Cameron,  E.  W.  Stonghton,  and  otbers.  Among 
those  present  on  the  floor  to-day  were  ez-Seoators 
Fenton,  Fease,  Fowler,  and  Foote,  Secretary 
Chandler,  Secretary  Bobesoc,  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral Tyner,  Assistant  Secretary  of  the 
Interior,  Gorham,  ex-Sergeant  at  Arma 
Ordway,  W.  E.  Chandler,  Secretary  Cameron,  ex- 
Gov.  McConniok,  Public  Printer  Clapp.  ex-Repre- 
sentatlvea  Farnswortb,  Eldredge,  McKee,  and  J. 
M.  Wilaop,  and  Sixth  Auditor  McGrew.  The  Po- 
lice arrangements  at  the  Capitol  to-day  were 
similar  to  those  when  tbe  Jalnt  con- 
yeotion  met  laat.  A  passage  was  kept 
open  by  the  Police  from  the  Senate 
to  the  Honae  wing,  and  no  one  was  allowed  to  pass 
toward  the  Home  anless  he  bore  the  requisite 
large  yellow  ticket.  Excellent  order  waa  main- 
tained at  all  parts  of  the  bnilding,  and  although 
there  was  considerable  complaint  oa  the  part  of 
those  who  were  refased  admission,  tha  disappointed 
ones,  as  a  role,  toolc  tbe  matter  eood-natoredly, 

THE  PB0CEEDIN08  IN  FULL. 


THE  SENATE  IN  SESSION. 
The  recess  having  expired  at  10  o'clock  this 
morning,  the  Senate  resumed  its   session  at  that 
hoar.    The  Chair  laid  before  the  Senate  die  follow- 
ins  coEtmanication : 

WASHINGTON,  F*b.  9,  ISH. 

Sib  :  I  am  directed  by  the  Electoral  Commission 
to  inform  the  Senate  tbat  it  has  considered  and  da> 
cided  npon  toe  matters  submitted  to  It  ondar  1^ 
act  of  Cfongreas  concerning  the  same  toaoblng  the 
Bleotanl  vote  from  tbe  State  of  Florida,  and  here- 
with. bT  dlreoUiiii  of  aaxd  Comnuasioa.  I  tranimK 


to  yon  the  aald  dedalon  in  writing,  signed   by  the 
vembers  agreeing  therein,  to  bo  read  at  a  meetiog 
of  the  two  boaaet,  according  to  said  act.    Ail  the 
certificates  and  papers  sent  to  the  Commission  by 
the  President  of  the  Senate  are  herewith  returned, 
NATHAN  CLIFFORD, 
President  ot  (be  Commi-tsion. 
To  Hon.   Thomas   W.  Ferry,   President  of   tba 
Senate. 

But  few  Senators  being  present,  on  motion  of  Mr. 
BOUTWBIX,  of  Massacbnsetts,  a  call  of  the  Senate 
waa  ordered,  and  at  10:15  o'clock  27  Senators  had 
answered  to  their  names. 

Mr.  BouiWHU  said  aa  tbe  subject  presented  to 
tbe  Senate  was  of  mnoh  importance,  ana  an  there 
might  not  be  a  qnoram  present,  even  b;  12  o'clock, 
he  moved  that  the  Sergeant  at  Arms  be  directed  to 
reqneai  theatteadanoo  of  ubsent  Senators.  Agreed 
to.  Pending  the  execatlon  of  that  order,  the  Chair 
announced  aa  the  Coaforenca  Committee  on  tbe 
Fortification  Appropriation  bill  Meaare.  Wlndom, 
Logan,  and  Davis. 

Mr.  Davis,  of  West  Virginia,  said  he  did  not  ob- 
ject to  the  appointment  of  the  committee,  bat  be 
desired  to  Inquire  whetber  it  was  not  a  distinct  nn. 
derstanding  in  the  Senate  tbat  no  busineaa  what- 
ever shoald  be  done  between  10  and  18  o'clock  A. 
M. ;  not  even  a  call  of  the  Senate  should  be  otdered. 

The  Prksidknt  pro  tem.,  Mr.  Ferry,  replied  tbat 
was  technically  the  understanding,  and  the  Sen- 
ator (Mr.  Davisl  waa  correct,  but  now  that  the  de- 
cision of  the  Commlaalon  bad  been  received,  it  waa 
tboaght  the  Senate  shoald  be  full,  bencd  tbe  call 
was  ordered.  The  understanding  tbat  no  bualneaa 
was  to  be  transacted  applied  to  the  time  that  tbe 
Commission  was  deliberating  on  the  qucation  sab- 
mitted  to  it. 

Ihe  Senate  then,  at  10:30,  took  a  recess  until  13 
o'clock.  Upon  reaasem  iillng  at  noon,  nearly  all  tbo 
Senators  were  present,  and  among  the  prominent 
persona  on  the  floor  were  Judge  Field,  of  tno  Bloc- 
toral  CommisBioD,  and  Judge  Blank,  of  counsel  fur 
theDemorrats  before  that  Commisaioo. 

Mr.  Uamun,  of  Maine,  said  the  Senate,  having 
been  noiitied  tbat  thb  CommixHion  to  decide  the  con- 
tested Electoral  vote  for  President  and  Vice  Presi- 
dent bad  arrived  at  a  decision  on  tbe  case  of  F(br- 
ida,  be  moved  tbat  tbe  Secretary  be  directed  to 
notify  the  Uouao  of  Rupresentativea  thnt  tbe  Senate 
la  now  ready  to  meet  that  body  ^<>r  tbe  purpose  of 
proceeding  in  the  canvas's  of  the  Presidential  vote. 
Agreed  to,  and  tbe  Secroiary  pruceeded  tu  execnte 
the  order. 

At  12:20  P.  M.  Mr.  ADAMS,  Clerk  of  the  IJonae  of 
Kepreaentatives,  appear*  d  at  the  bar  of  the  Senate 
and  announced  that  tbe  House  would  be  preparo<l 
to  meet  the  Senate  in  tbe  ball  of  the  Honse  at  1 
o'clock  this  day,  to  proceed  wi'h  tbe  further  count 
of  tbe  vote  for  President  and  Vice  President.  At 
12:55  the  Senate,  headed  by  Mr.  Ferry,  President 
pro  tem,  and  tbe  officora  of  tbe  body,  lett  its  cbam- 
ber  for  tbe  ball  of  tbe  House. 

THE  HOUSE    IN  SESSION. 

The  Honse  met  at  10  o'clock  this  momtng  and 
took  farther  recess  until  11:55  o'clock.  Ac  tbat 
hunr  the  Speaker  la.d  botore  tbe  Houae  a  communi- 
cation tiom  Justice  CUff'Til,  tbe  presiding  oflluer  of 
tbe  Electoral  CommiHsion,  stating  tbat  lie  waH 
direcied  o.v  that  Cummiiitlon  to  Int'orm  tbe  Honae 
of  KepTe^teotativea  thai  it  has  considered  auii  de- 
cided on  the  matters  sabmitted  to  it  toocbmg  the 
Electoral  vote  of  Floriaa,  and  has  transmilled  said 
iJeoiPion  to  tbe  Pre'^ident  nf  the  Senate. 

Mr.  Satlrr,  ot  Obio,  offered  a  re8olation  directing 
the  Clerk  of  the  House  to  inform  the  Senate  tbat  ii. 
would  be  ready  to  receive  tbat  body  at  1  o'clock,  for 
the  purpose  of  proceeding  with  the  counting  ot  the 
Electoral  votes. 

Mr.  Hale,  of  Maine,  moved  to  amend  by  notify- 
ing the  Senate  that  the  Houae  waa  ready  at  this 
time  to  receive  the  Senate. 

Mr.  Wilson,  of  Iowa,  raised  the  point  of  order 
that  under  tbe  proTuions  uf  the  Electoral  bin  tbe 
House  was  obUged  to  receive  tbe  Senate  at  tbe 
present  time. 

The  SpFAKEB  ovarruled  tbe  point  of  order. 

A  diviaiun  being  taken  on  Mr.  Hale's  amendment, 
it  resulted  90  to  120,  and  tbe  amendmeac  was  re- 
jected. 

Mr.  Rale  said  be  would  not  now  call  for  the  yeas 
and  nays,  bat  be  would  whenever  another  attempt 
was  made  to  delay  tbe  proceeding's.  Tbe  resolution 
was  then  adopted. 


BOTH  HOUSES  IN  JOINT  SESSION. 

Precisely  at  1  o'clock  the  Doorkeeper  announced 
the  arnval  of  the  Senate  of  the  Uoiied  States.  Tbe 
Speaker  repeated  the  annoauceraeiit,  and  he  and  all 
tbe  members  arose  and  remained  stanaing  while 
tbe  Senate,  preceded  by  ita  o£Bccrs,  one  of  them 
bearing  two  strong  mahogany  boxes  oontaiuing  tbe 
returns,  filed  in  in  couples,  and  lOok  tbe  seatj  re- 
served tor  tbem.  The  President  of  the  Senate  took 
tbo  Speaker's  chair,  the  Speaker  occupying  tuu 
cbair  on  his  left. 

The  Pkesidino  OrncEB  then  rose  and  said :  "The 
joint  conreutton  o(  Congress  for  oouutiug  the  Elec- 
toral Tutes  now  resumes  ita  aeaaioo.  Tbe  two 
Uoaaea  having  separated,  pending  a  submi.'.sion  to 
the  Commission  of  objection  to  tbe  certiflcatua  from 
the  Stale  of  Florida,  have  now  reanaoiu  bled  to  hear 
and  to  coincide  or  otberwitie  witb  tbe  decision  of 
tbat  tiibnoal,  which  ileciaiun  has  been  signed  by  a 
majority  of  the  Cumminsion  in  wriling.  It  will  be 
entered  on  tbe  Journal  of  each  honse.'*  Tbo  Secre- 
tary of  the  Senate  then  read  tbe  decision  ot  the 
Cummissioo,  which  is  printed  in  fall  below : 
decision  of  the  commission. 

ELECTOEAL  COJiMISSION.  WASHINGTON.  ) 
Fob.  9  A.  D.  1877.  J 
To  the  PraiderU  of  the  Senate  o/  the  United  State* 
pririding  in  the  meeting  of  the  two  houses  of 
Congreta  under  the  act  of  Congreet  entitled  "An 
act  to  provide  for  and  regulate  the  counting  of  the 
votes  for  President  ajui  Vice  i^esident,  and  the 
decision  of  questions  arising  thereon,  for  the 
term  eommencxng  March  4,  A.  D.  1877." 
The  Electoral  Coiumisdion  mentioned  In  said  aet 
having  received  ct-rtaiij  certificates  and  papers  pur- 
porting to  be  certificates,  and  papers  accompiintiijg 
the  same,  of  tbe  Electoral  votes  from  the  State  «f 
riorida,  ahd  the  objections  thereto,  submitted  to  it 
under  said  act,  now  reports  that  it  baa  dnly  consid- 
ered the  same  pursuant  to  said  act,  and  boa  deuided 
and  does  hereoy  decide,  that  tbo  votes  ot  Prod- 
erick  C.  Humphreys,  Charles  H.  Pearoe,  William 
H.  Holden,  and  Thomas  W.  Long,  u^med  in  the 
certificate  of  il.  L.  Steams.  Governor  of 
said  State,  which  rotes  are  certified  by 
said  persons,  as  appeais  by  tbe  certificate 
sabmitted  to  tbe  Commission  as  aforesaid,  and 
marked  'So.  1  by  said  Commission,  and  herewith  re- 
turned, are  tbe  votes  provided  for  by  tbe  Constitu- 
tion ot  tbe  United  SlateH,  and  tbat  tbe  same  are 
iawfally  to  be  counted  as  therein  certified,  namely  ; 
Fonr  Toten  tor  Raiherford  B.  Hayes,  ot  thn  Siare  ot 
Obio,  for  President;  and  lour  votes  for  William  A. 
Wheeler,  ot  tbe  State  ot  New-York,  for  Vice  Presi- 
dent, llhe  Commisalou  alao  has  decided,  asd^ 
hereby  decides  and  reporUi,  tbat  the  four  peraooa 
first  before  named  were  duly  appointed  Electors  in 
and  by  said  State  of  Florida.  The  ground  of  this  ' 
decision,  stated  briefly  as  req.uired  by  said  act,  la  as 
follows:  Tbat  it  is  not  competent  under  tbe  Cun- 
atitation  and  law  as  it  existed  at  the  date 
of  the  passage  of  aaid  act,  to  go  into  evi- 
dence aliunde  the  paoera  opened  by  the 
President  of  the  Senate  in  tbe  presence  of 
the  two  houses,  to  prove  ttiai  other  persons  than 
those  regalarly  ceriiUod  to  by  the  Governor  ut  tbe 
State  of  floiida  in  and  according  to  tbe  determinaiion 
of  their  appoiotmeni  by  tbe  Board  of  State  Canvas- 
sers of  said  State  prior  to  the  time  required  for  the 
performance  of  their  duties  had  beun  appointed 
Electors,  or  by  counter-proof  to  show  tbat  they  had 
not,  and  that  all  ^iruceedings  of  the  conrts,  or  acts 
of  the  Legislature  or  of  the  Executive  ot  Florida 
anbsequent  to  the  oohnting  of  tbe  votes  of  the 
Electors  on  the  prescribed  day,  are  ioadmis- 
aible  tor  any  such  purpose.  As  to  tbe 
objectioB  made  to  the  eligibihty  of  Mr. 
Humphreys,  tbe  Commisaion  is  of  opinion 
that,  without  rat'erenoe  to  tbe  qaeation  of  tbe  effect 

of  me  vote  of  an  ineligible  Elector,  tbe  eyideuae 
doea  out  show  tbat  he  held  the  office  of  Shipping 
Commissioner  on  the  day  when  tbe  Electors  were 
appointed.  Tne  Commiasion  baa  also  decided,  and 
uues  hereby  decide  and  report  tbat,  as  a  conse- 
qaeace  of  the  foregoing,  and  upon  tbe  grounds  be- 
tore  stated,  neither  of  the  papers  purporting  to  be 
certificates  of  the  Electoral  votes  of  said  State  of 
Florida  nambered  2  and  3  by  tbe  Commidtiion,  and 
herewith  returned,  are  certifcates  ot  tt-.e  votes  pro- 
vided lor  by  the  Conatitution  of  the  United  Statea, 
and  that  they  ought  not  to  be  counted  as  such. 

Done  at  Waaliington,  the  day  ana  year  first  above 
written. 

SAMUEL  F.  MILLER, 

■W.  STRONG. 

JOSEPH  P.  BRADLEY, 

GEOKGE  F.  EDMUNDS, 

O.  P.  MORTON, 

FKBDEKICK  T.  FRELINGHUTSEN, 

JAMES  A.  GARFIELD, 

OEGBGE  F,  HOAR,  Commissioners. 
Tbe  Pbxsidinq  Offices  then   rose   and  aaked 
whether  there  was  any  obj^tion  to  tbe  decision. 

Ml.  Field,  of  New-York,  then  presented  objec- 
tions, which  were  thereupon  read  by  the  Clerk  of 
tbe  Houae,  aa  follows : 

«r  the  DEMOCKATIC  OBJECTIONS. 

An  objection  is  intorpoaed  by  the  anderaigned 
Senators  and  Bepresentativea  to  tbe  decision  made 
by  the  Commission  constituted  by  an  act  entitled 
"An  act  to  approve  and  regulate  tbe  oonnting  of 
tbe  votes  for  President  and  Vice  President,  and  the 
decision  of  queationa  artalng  thereon,  for  tbe  term 
commencing  March  4,  A.  D.  1877."  aa  to  the  legal 
Electoral  vote  of  Florida,  on  tbe  following  gronnds : 

JH'rft— That  the  decision  determined  that  the  vote 
cast  by  Charlea  H.  Pearce,  Frederick  C.  Hum- 
phreys, William  B,  Holden,  and  Thomas  W.  Long, 
as  EiectoTS  of  Presldanc  and  Ylce  Prealdent  of  the 
United  States,  In  and  for  or  on  behalf  of  the  State 
of  Florida,  is  the  trae  and  lesal  Electoral  vose  of 
the  aaid  State,  when  in  trutb  and  fact  the  vote  oast 
h>  WiUunaoD  Call,  James  £.  Yonge,  Robert  £.  Hil- 
ton, and  Robert  Snllook  is  tbe  trae  and  lawful  vote 
of  said  SUte. 

i8«eond— For  that  aald  Commiaslen  refoaed  to  re- 
ceive competent  and  material  evidence  tending  to 
prove  that  Charlea  H.  Pearoe,  Frederick  C.  Hum- 
Dhreys,  W.  H.  Holden.  and  XhoaiM  W.  Long  wet* 


not  appointed  Eleotora  in  tbe  manner  prescribed  by 
the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida,  but  were 
designated  aa  Electors  by  tba  Retarning  Board  of 
aaid  State  corruptly  and  fraudulently,  in  disregard 
of  law,  and  with  the  intent  to  deteat  the  will  of  the 
people  expressed  in  tbe  ohoioe  of  Wilkinson  Call, 
James  £.  Yongo,  Robert  E.  Hilton,  and  Bobert  Bui* 
lock,  who  were  legally  and  recnlarly  appointed 
Electors  by  tbe  State  of  Florida  in  the  manner  pre- 
scribed hy  the  LiegUlature  thereof, 

TAird— For  that  tne  decision  aforesaid  was  founded, 
upon  the  leselution  and  order  of  said  Commission 
previously  made,  aa  follows : 

Ordered,  That  no  evidence  will  be  received  or 
considered  by  the  Commiasion  which  was  not  sob- 
mitted  to  the  Jomt  convention  ot  tbe  two  bouias  by 
the  President  of  the  Senate,  with  tbe  different  cer- 
tificates, except  such  aa  relatea  to  the  eligibility  of 
F.  C.  Humphreys,  one  of  the  Electors. 

Fourth — For  that  aald  daciaiou  cxclndes  all  the 
evidenou  taken  by  tbe  two  honsea  of  Congress  by 
tbe  committee  of  each  honse,  concerning  frauds, 
errors,  and  irregularitiea  committed  by  tbe  persons 
whose  certificates  are  takea  as  proof  ot  the  due  ap- 
pointment of  Electors. 

Fifth  For  tbat  aaid  decision  excludes  all  evi- 
dence tending  to  prove  that  the~  certificate  of 
Stearns,  (Goyernor,)  aa  also  tbat  of  tbe  Board  of 
State  Canvassers,  was  procured  or  given  in  pur- 
suance of  a  fraudulent  and  corrupt  conspiracy  to 
cheat  the  State  of  Florida  out  ot  its  rightfnl  choice 
of  Electors,  and  to  subatitate  therefor  those  who 
bad  not  been  chosen  or  appointed  Electors  by  said 
State  in  the  manner  provided  by  the  Legislature 
thereof. 

Sixth — For  that  tbe  said  Commission  refased  to 
recognize  the  right  of  the  courts  of  the  State  of 
Florida  to  revise  and  reverae  the  judgment  of  the 
Returning  Board  or  Board  ot  State  Canvassers 
rendered  through  fraud,  without  Jurisdiction,  and 
retected  and  refused  to  consider  tbe  action  of  snld 
courts  after  their  decinioh  that  Charlem  H.  Pearce, 
F.  C.  Humpbreva,  W.  H.  Holden,  and  Thomas  W. 
Long  were  not  entitled  to  cast  tne  Electoral  vote 
of  tbe  State  of  Florida,  which  said  decision  was 
rendered  by  a  court  of  said  State  la  a  case  lawfully 
brought  before  said  conn,  which  court  nad  inrisdic- 
tiun  over  the  anbieot  matter  thereof,  and  whuao 
lurlndtction  over  the  said  Charles  H.  Poarcu,  F.  C. 
Humphreys,  W.  H.  Holden,  and  Thomas  W.  Long 
has  attached  before  any  act  was  done  by  them  as 
Electors. 

Seventh — For  that  said  decision  excludes  all  evi- 
dence tending  to  prove  that  tbe  State  of  Florida, 
by  all  the  departments  of  its  Gorernmout,  legis- 
lative, execntive  and  judicial,  had  decreed  as 
fraudulent  all  the  certificates  of  Gov.  Stearna. 
as  well  aa  that  of  tbo  State  Canvassers,  npou  which 
certihcate  the  said  Commission  has  acted,  and  by 
means  of  which  the  true  Electoral  votes  ot  Florida 
have  been  rejected  and  laUe  ones  subsiituted  in  _ 
thtir  s'ead  ;  and 

£ishth — For  that  to  count  the  votes  of  Charles 
H.  Pearce,  F.  C.  Hamphrcys,  W.  H.  Holden,  and 
Thomas  W.  Lung  as  Eleciora  lor  President  and 
Vice  President  nould  be  a  vlolution  of  tbe  Consti- 
tution of  tbe  United  Stat<>8. 

Signed  by  Senatois  Jones  at  Florida,  Cooper  of 
Tennessee,  Barnum  of  Connecticut,  Eernan  ot 
Now- York,  Sanlsbury  of  Delaware.  McDonald  oi' 
Inili:!na;  Representatives  Enott,  Field,  Holman, 
Tucker,  Thompson  of  Massaobuseits,  Jenks.  Fiu- 
ley,  Sayler,  Elli«,  Morrison.  Hewitt  of  New- York, 
.nuu  Sprinicer. 

WITHDRAWAL  OF  THE  SENATOKS. 

The  Pkesiuixg  Officee  then  asked  whether  there 
were  any  iuriner  opjeciions  to  the  decision.  Afrer 
a  uause  hu  said :  "  ihore  oeiug  none,  tbe  Seuaio 
will  retire  to  its  chamber  so  that  the  houses  respec- 
tively nftiy  consider  and  determine  the  ubjeotiouii. " 
The  Senators  iberenoon  withdrew. 

The  .SenHte  returned  to   its  cbamber  at  1:20  P.  M., 

and  (be  President  pro  tem.  hnuouncod  tbat  he 
having  submitted  to  the  two  honses  of  Congres*  lu 
joint  meeting  the  decision  of  Ihe  Electoral  Com- 
mission in  regard  to  the  vote  of  FloiiJa,  a  member 
trum  New-Cork  objected  thereto,  wnich  objection 
would  bo  read  by  the  Secretary.  This  having  oern 
done,  the  Chair  said  :  "  Shall  the  objection  sabmii- 
ted  to  tbe  deciHioii  of  thu  Commission  be  aastaiued 
by  the  Sena'o  I" 

Mr.  Saulbdi-bt,  of  Delaware,  thought  the  objec- 
tiona  should  be  considered  setiatim  rather  than  us  a 
whole. 

^r.  Sherman,  of  Ohio,  said  it  seemed  to  him  tbat 
tbe  form  ot  tne  question  abould  be,  "  Shall  the  de- 
ciniun  of  the  Commlsiiiou  stand  notwithstanding  ob- 
iuctious  made  tberoio  ?" 

Mr.  bTEVENtsON,  of  Kentucky,  said  be  would  like 
^  bavu  tlie  objections  priuted,  .tad  tne  Senate 
Aould  lake  a  recess  until  Monday. 

Several  Senators  on  the  Kepabllcan   side  inter- 

pOMOd  with  •'  Oh  !  no  !" 

Mr.  STEyRXSON  naid  Senators  could  say  "  Oli  ! 
no  !"  but  ibia  waa  an  important  subject,  and  he  wa.', 
unwilling  to  have  the  vote  taken  now.  He  gath- 
ered from  reports  tbat  all  tbe  evidence  taken  by 
both  houses  ot  Congress  in  reference  to  Florida 
bad  been  excluded- >liy  tbe  Coromii*au)n.  Nothing 
would  be  lust  by  taking  the  recess.  In 
his  experience  no  important  paper  was  ever 
considered  by  tbe  Sen^te  betore  being  printed,  and 
no  pno^e  woo  ot  moru  imoortanco  than  that  now 
bi'fure  the  Senate.  Hu  movud  that  the  Sunats  take 
a  recess  until  10  o'clock  Monday  morning,  and 
that  tbo  deciMion  and  objections  bo  printed,  which 
motion  was  rtrjecten — yeas,  26;  nays,  44 — a  strict 
patty  vote,  the  Democrats  yoiing  In  the  uflirmativo 
and  the  Republicans  in  the  negaiiva. 

After  some  discussion  it  was  ordered  that  the 
papers  tic  primed  in  the  Record. 

DEMOCRATS  FILIBUSTERING    FOR    TIME. 

TilT.  WllYTE,  ot  Maryland,  submitted  the  follow- 
ing : 

"  Ordered,  Tbat  tbe  Senate  do  not  concur  in  the 
deciaiou  made  by  thu  Commission  created  under 
tbe  act  approved  Jan.  29.  1877,  but  that  tbe  votes 
cast  by  Wilkinson  Call,  iiobert  Bullock,  J.  £. 
Yi>nge.'  and  R.  B.  Hilton,  aa  EleoUtrs  of  the  State  of 
Florida,  arc  the  true  and  lawlufl^utes  lor  President 
and  Vice  President  of  that  .State,  and  shoald  be 
counted  aa  the  Electoral  vote  ot  the  State  of 
Flond.i." 

Mr.  Hamun,  of  Maine,  moved  to  amend  so  as  to 
provide  tual  the  decision  of  tbe  Commission  ahull 
be  sustained,  and  to  insert  the  names  of 
the  Republican  Eieciora  instead  of  the  Democratic 
E'ectors  named  la  Mr.  Whyte'a  order 
Several  other  propositions  looking  to  the  ratifica- 
tion of  tbe  decision  of  tbe  Commission  were  sub- 
iniiteu,  but  sitDiiequeotly  withdrawn,  and  Mr.  Sheu- 
MAN,  of  Ohio,  submitted  tbe  following: 

tietolved.  That  tbe  decision  of  the  Commission 
upon  tbe  Electoral  votea  of  the  Stats  of  Florida 
stand  aa  tbo  judgment  of  the  Senate,  tbe  objections 
made  iber^'to  to  the  conirary  notwithstanding. 

Mr.  WBrra,  ot  Maryland,  argued  that  the  law 
itself  ratified  tne  decision  ofthe  Commisaion  unless 
the  two  houses  of  Congress  overruled  it.  Tboro 
was  no  necessity  tor  any  order  afflrmiug  tbe  iteui- 
siun.  It  stood  unless  reversed  by  the  two  honsea  of 
Coagress. 

Mr.  BOUT^VELL,  of  Massachusetts,  hoped  all  the 
propotitious  would  bo  rejected  and  toe  vote  taken 
upon  tbe  question  as  submitted  by  tbe  President 
pro  teiD. 

Mr.  Mebbimon,  of  North  Carolina,  inquired  if  the 
Senate  lia>i  two  hours  lor  discuBsion. 

Mr.  Saboent  aaid  tbe  two  hours  were  running 
now. 

Mr.  Mebrimon  thought  not,  and  argued  that  tbe 
two  hours  diu  nut  commence  until  tbe  main  ques- 
tion was  pot. 

A  vote  taken  in  the  senate. 

Mr,  Hamlin  withdrew  the  amendment,  which  ho 
submitted  to  the  order  of  Mr.  Wbyie,  i»nd  offered 
the  following  : 

Kesolved,  That  tne  vote  of  the  State  of  Florida 
should  be  counted  for  R.  B.  Hayea  for  President  and 
William  A.  Wheeler  for  Vice  President,  aa  de- 
termined by  tbe  Electoral  Commission. 

At  the  request  of  Mr.  Merrimon  tbe  decision  of 
the  Electoial  Commission  submitted  to  tbe  Joint 
Convention  was  read.  The  queation  being  on  the 
order  »ubmiited  bv  Mr.  Wbyte,  it  was  rejacted — 
yeas  36,  nays  45— a  strict  parly  vote,  as  follows : 

teas. 
Bailey,  Morefovd,  Norwood, 

Barnum,  Johustun,  Randolph, 

Bayara,  Jones,  (Fla.,)  Rsnsom, 

Bocy,  Keiiv,  Saulsbury, 

CocKrell,  Koroan^  tstoveobou, 

Coopei,  Mctreery,  Wallace, 

Davis,  McDounld,  Whyte, 

Eaton,  Maxey,  Withera— 26. 

Uoldtuwaite,  Uertimon. 

NATS. 

Alcorn,  Oragin,  Momll. 

Allison.  Uawes,  Morton, 

Anthony,  Dorsey,  Oelesby, 

Blaiue,  Ferry,  Faddock, 

Bootii,  Frelluffhuysen,      Patterson, 

boutwell,  Hamilton,  Bobettsoa, 

Bruce,  Hamlin,  barKeiit, 

Bumside,  Harvey,  Shaion, 

Cameron,  (Peon.,)Illtchcuck,  Sbermau, 

(  ameron,  (vVia.,)  Howe,  Spencer, 

Chaffee,  Intcalls,  Teller, 

thtistiancy,  Jones,  (Nevada,)    Wxdielgh, 

Clayton,      .  Ijogau,  West, 

CoukilDg,  Mcmilian,  tViiidom, 

Couover,  Mitchell,  Wright— 45. 

Mr.  EOMUNDS.  of  Vermont,  stated  tbat  the  Sena- 
tor from  Onto  [Mr.  Thurman]  waa  absent  from  the 
Senate  on  account  of  aickneae.  He  [Mr.  Edmunds] 
would  vote  aitainst  the  order,  and  the  Senator  from 
Ohio  would  vote  for  it.  He  therefore  withheld  his 
vote. 

Mr.  KoBWOOD,  of  Georgia,  stated  that  his  col- 
league [Mr.  Gordon ]  was  confined  to  bis  room  by 
bickncss. 

Mr.  Whyte  said  the  Senate  having  refased  to 
order  otherwise,  tbe  decision  of  the  Commission 
stood,  and  now  it  was  onlv  necessary  for  tbe  Sen- 
ate to  notify  tbe  House  of  Repressatatives  tbat  ic 
was  ready  to  proceed  with  the  count  of  tbe  votea. 

Mr.  Hahun.  of  "Maine,  said  he  desired  tbe  Sen- 
ate to  affirm  the  decision  of  the  Commission  direct- 
ly. 'i^.Wiih  snob  a£Brmative  vote  it  would  go  to  the 
country  with  more  strength,  and  for  that  reason  ho 
bad  prepared  hia  raaolucion  afiirming  the  decision. 
The  qaastion  waa  then  taken  on  the  resolution  of 
Mr.  Hamlin,  and  it  was  agreed  to — yeas  43,  nays  ij 
— a  strict  party  vote. 

After  some  further  discussion,  Mr.  Shsrhax  said 
be  dia  not  like  the  roaolution  offered  by  toe  Senator 
from  Maine,  and  Jast  adopted,  beoaaae  it  contained 
the  namea  of  tbe  persona  voted  for.  He  hoped  the 
vot*  by  which  that  caaolation  waa  agreed  to  woald 
be  reconsidered,  and  the  one  sabmitted  by  himself 
woold  be  adopted  in  place  thereof. 

THE  senate  rntx  fob  the  right. 

Mr.  Hakun  aaid  be  offered  the  reselntton  Jast 
.  adopted  under  a^mliMprehension.    Slnoe  OTftmtnlng 


that  snhmitted  by  the  gentleman  from  Ohio,  [Mr. 
Sherman,]  he  found  that  it  affirmed  the  decision. 
He  therefore  moved  to  reconsider  the  vote,  which 
resohitlon  was  agreed  to,  and  It  was  so  ordered. 

The  resolution  ot  Mr.  Sherman,  as  above  given, 
was  then  agreed  to — ^yeas,  44;  nays,  25 — a  strict 
party  vote. 

Mr.  SABOEirr,  of  California,  moved  that  the  Secre- 
tary notify  the  Hoase  of  Representatives  that  the 
Senate  tiad  come  to  a  determination  in  regard  to 
the  decision  of  tbe  Electoral  Commission,  and  was 
now  ready  to  meet  ihs  House  of  Bepresentativea  to 
proceed  with  the  count  of  tbe  vote.    Agreed  to. 

At  5 o'clock  tbe  President  pro  tem.  announced 
that  be  had  been  informed  the  Honse  bad  taken  a 
recess  until  10  o'clock  Monday. 

Mr.  SiiERMA^f  said  tbe  Senate  should  be  prepared 
with  a  full  Senate  at  10  o'clock  Monday,  to  resume 
tbe  coant,  and  be  hoped  the  understanding  \«hich 
bad  prevailed,  as  to  no  bnsiness  being  done  be- 
tween 10  and  12  o'clock  A.  M.,  would  be  considered 
at  an  end  now,  as  it  was  desirabla  that  all  Senators 
should  be  pres.'^nt  at  10  o'clock  Monday. 

.Mr.  CoxKUNO  said  he  understood  tbe  Honse  bad 
taken  a  recess  without  using  up  two  hours  lor  de- 
bate which  tbe  law  allowed.  Tbe  two  hours  might 
be  taken  by  tbe  House  on  Monday  morning,  and  it 
was  no  use  for  tbe  Senate  to  assemble  at  10  o'clock 
and  sit  idle  for  two  honrs  before  tbo  count  could  be 
resumed.  He  inquired  of  tbe  Cbair  If  legislative 
business  wonld  be  in  order  Monday  morning. 

The  Chair  replied  in  the  negative. 

After  some  further  discussion,  the  Senate,  at   3:10 

o'clock,  took  a  recess  until  10  o'clock  Monday. 


PKOCEEDINGS  IN  THE  HOUSE. 
DEMOCBATrC  OBSTINACY. 

As  soon  as  tbe  House  bad  come  to  order  after  the 
withdrawal  of  the  Sooate,  Mr.  Lynde,  of  Wisconsin, 
moved  that  the  House  take  recess  until  10  o'clock 
Monday.  A 

Mr.  Hale,  of  Maine,  raised  the  point  of  order 
that,  under  tbe  provisiooH  of  tbo  Electoral  bill,  it 
waa  not  competent  for  tbe  House  to  take  leceEs  at 
ibis  time.  The  only  thing  it  coald  do  was  to  pro- 
ceed immediately  to  detcimice  whetber  it  would 
coincide  in  the  decision  of  tbe  Electoral  Commis- 
sion. The  bill  provided  tbat  wbeh  tbe  bouses 
separate  to  consider  nn  objection  to  the  decision 
ot  tbe  Commission,  they  shall  immediately 
proceed  to  argue  whether  ihuy  shall  support 
tbat  decision,  and  tbat  no  other  baslness  shall 
intervene.  He  appealed  tu  the  Chair  not  to  over- 
rule the  point  of  order  which,  to  a  certain  extent, 
tested  tbe  etflciency  of  the  bilL 

Mr.  Sfrinob'b,  of  Illinois,  opposed  tbe  point  of 
order,  holdinj;  that  tbfro  was  nothing  in  the  bill 
which  prevented  the  House  from  taking  a  recess. 
He  thought  that  it  was  not  unreasonable  ttisc  the 
House  suould  ask  for  two  days  tu  consider  a  deci- 
sion which  the  Commission  had  been  nearlj'  10 days 
in  considering. 

Mr.  McCkauv,  of  Iowa,  thought  that  the  House 
hiid  now  arrived  at  a  point  wnero  it  was  obliged, 
anOer  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States,  to 
count  the  votes,  and  in  tbat  stage  the  Honse  could 
take  no  recess  until  a  State  was  reached  which 
would  have  to  go  to  tbe  Commission. 

Mr.  Kajsson,  of  Iowa,  ssid  that  in  the  conclusion 
of  tbe  report  of  the  Joint  Committee  on  tbe  Elec- 
^  oral  Vote  it  stated  that  tne  passage  ofthe  Elec- 
toral bin  was  neceasary  to  allay  pudlic  excitement 
and  agitntiun.  It  the  majurity  of  the  House  took 
a  recess  to-day  until  M'mUny,  instead  vf  going  on 
witb  tbe  count,  uubliu  agitation  would  be  in- 
creased tenfold.  The  ])euple  of  tbe  conii- 
iiy  would  ask  why  the  House  was  aos- 
penoing  the  process  uf  the  law  and  postponing 
'iciion  uu  the  decision  of  the  Commission.  They 
would  ask  it  it  was  tbe  intention  of  tbe  House  ot 
Rfpreaeutatives  to  prevent  the  completion  of  tbe 
Presidential  cotmt.  Right  or  wrong  that  question 
wonld  be  asked  to-moriow  morning  from  the  Atlan- 
tic to  the  i'acific  Ocean.  Certainly  tbe  reasons 
given  tor  this  delay  were  entirely  iuadtquato. 
There  ^va8  no  need  for  delay  to  consider  that  de- 
cision, because  tbe  ouosiion  which  tbe  Commission 
had  considered  bad  been  considered  by 
members  even  beiore  tbe  Commission  had  been 
orcauized.  Ho  submitted  to  the  patriotism  of  the 
House  of  Representatives,  to  the  interest  it  had  it 
prcsorviug  the  peace  and  prospority  ot  tbe  country, 
that  it  should  interpose  no  unnecesanry  delay  in 
that  process  of  law  to  which  the  whole  country  was 
looking  for  its  salvation.  The  spirit  of  the  bill  was 
to  insure  rapid  action,  and  it  was  worthy  of  the 
consiaerailun  of  the  Speaker  whether  it  tb6re  was 
any  donbt  on  the  subject  of  a  recess  the  doubt  was 
not  to  be  solved  in  favor  of  the  manitesc  intention 
of  the  act. 

Mr.  Warren,  of  Maesschnsetts,  replied  to  Mr. 
Easaon's  argument.  He  argued  tbat  to  B.-iy  tbat  the 
question  a.-4  to  the  Florida  votes  was  settled  »n  the 
Hiuipio  report  of  the  Cominission,  was  to  speak  lU- 
rectly  in  tbe  face  of  tne  act  itself  and  ut  tha  very 
purpose  at  which  it  aiinad. 

Mr.  Hooker,  of  MiH»l3i>ippi,  also  argued  in  snp- 
port  uf  the  right  ot  tbe  House  to  take  a  recess. 

THE  RIGUT  to  take  A  RECESS. 

Mr.  Wilson,  of  Iowa,  ar;>ned  against  the  ricbt  to 
take  a  recean.  Hu  held  that  the  only  piesent  duty 
of  the  House  was  to  diacuas  the  objections  to  tbo 
decision  tor  two  hours  and  then  vote  upon  it  and 
let  the  two  bouses  come  to>rether  aeain  in  joint  con- 
veniion.  Any  other  iutcipretrition  would  nullity 
tbe  Electoiiil  act  an!t  wuiitu  bo  revolutionary. 

Mr.  HosKiNS,  ot  New-VTork,  argued  against  the 
power  of  tile  House  lotake  a  recrsii. 

Mr.  Banks,  of  Massachusctt.*,  staled  tl.at  tbe 
language  of  the  Conatitution  Wau>  imperative  that 
when  tbe  Electoral  votes  were  opened  they  shall 
be  oonnted.  and  that  for  75  years  there  bad  not  been 
a  single  instance  ol  a  recess  being  taken  under 
snch  circumsiances.  The  provision  fur  a  recess 
lound  ill  the  Electoral  act  waa  applicable  to  another 
stage  of  tbe  proceedings,  but  not  to  tbe  existinir 
siSkte.  If  the  House  took  now  a  ftcess  rill  Mon- 
dny,  it  could  take  one  from  Monday  till  Taesday, 
and  from  Tuesday  till  Wednesday,  and  so  on  till 
Congress  had  expired,  and  thus  deteat  the  per- 
formance of  tbo  constitutional  duty  of  the  House. 
Ho  trusted  that  tbe  t^h.-iir  would  not  make  a  de- 
cision which  would  involve  the  House  in  this 
trouble. 

A  PARTISAN     SPEAKER. 

After  further  discussion  by  Messrs.  Jones,  of 
Kentucky.  Saylkr,  of  Ohio.  Habtuidoe.  ot  Georgia, 
iiOAR,  ot  Massacbusets,  and  Cox.  of  New- York,  tbe 
point  of  order  wan  uverroled  by  the  Speaker.  He 
held  tbat  the  clause  in  the  fittb  section  of  tha  E'ec- 
toral  act,  which  is  that,  while  the  two  honses  shall 
be  iu  joint  meeting,  no  debate  shall  be  allowed,  &c., 
and  wbich  bad  been  referred  to  by  Mr.  Hoskina, 
bad  no  pertinency  to  the  question.  The  portions 
ot  the  act  which  had  pertinency  to  a  rc- 
-cesH  were,  first,  a  pai°t  of  tbe  tenrtb 
eectian,  whicn  provides  that,  it  there  be 
objection        to     the    report    of    the    Commission. 

each  Senator  and  Kepre^entalive  may  speak  10 
minutes,  and,  that  utter  such  debate  shall  have 
lasted  two  hours,  it  snail  be  the  duty  of  each 
house  to  put  tbe  main  question  without  further 
debate.  lie  thought  tbat  under  tbat  directory 
clause  a  recess  could  not  bo  takea  at  any  other 
lime  tbai\  tbe  present  If  the  debate  bad  been  en- 
tered  upon   a   motion  to    take  a  recess    would    not 

be  in  order.  The  other  portion  of  the  bill  bearing 
on  the  subject  wis  tbat  part  of  the  flttb  section 
which  reads,  "  and  no  recess  shall  be  t„iken  anless 
a'oueaiion  »hall  have  arisen  in  reference  lo  the 
counting  of  such  votes  or  otherwise  under  this  act, 
la  wbich  case  it  shall  be  comuetent  for  either  honse 
actint:  separately,  in  tbe  manner  hereinbefore  pro- 
vided,, to  direct  a  recesa  of  snch  houae  not  beyond 
tbe  next  day  (Sundays  excepted)  at  10  o'clock  in  the 
forenoon."  It  was  a  fact,  tbe  Speaker  continued, 
that  this  waa  the  first  time  when  a  question  has 
arisen,  and  it  having  now  arisen  lor  the  first  time, 
the  Chair  thinks  tbat  it  is  competent  for  the  House 
to  take  a  recess  until  Monday  at  10  A.  M.  if  ita  Jndg- 
ment  BO  directs. 

Mr.  Hale— Then  the  Cbair  overrules  the  point  of 
order? 

The  Speaker — The  Chair  overrules  tbe  point  of 
order. 

Mr.  Hale— I  respectfoUy  appeal  from  the  de- 
cision. 

Mr.  Cox — I  move  to  lay  tbe  appeal  on  the  table. 
Carned-156  to7C. 

The  question  was  then  taken  on  ths  motion  for  a 
recess  till  Monday  at  10  A.  M.,  md  it  was  carried— 

Yea«,  163  :  cavs,  103. 

During  tbe  vote  a  message  was  received  from  tbe 
Senato  that  it  had  overruled  the  objection  to  the  de- 
cision ot  the  Commission  in  tbe  case  uf  Florida,  and 
was  ready  to  meet  tbe  House  in  joint  convention, 
and  the  Speaker  intimated  that  he  wuald  have  the 
Senate  intormed  that  tbe  Honse  had  taken  a  recess. 


WASHINGTON. 


UURDBB  IN  THE  SEOOND  DEGREE. 
Special  Dispatch  to  t>u  Neu>-  roric  TitHet. 
Hudson,  Feb.  10. — The  jury  in  the  case  of 
The  People  against  John  V.  Kiere  and  his  wife 
Ellenora,  inaicted  tor  murder,  came  into  court 
this  morning  after  being  out  all  night,  and  ren- 
dered a  verdict  of  guilty  of  murder  in  the  sec- 
ond degree  against  Kieie.  but  not  against  his 
wife.  The  unfortunate  man  was  thereupon  sen- 
tenced to  be  impnsoned  in  the  8tate  Prison  at 
Danneraora,  Clinton  County,  for  life.  He  ap- 
peared to  be  unmoved  when  tbe  sentence  was 
pronounced,  and  throughout  tbe  aelivery  of 
the  remarks  of  Judge  Osborne,  which  were  of 
a  very  solemn  and  affecting  character,  he  did 
not  show  any  f<)eling.  His  wife,  htyvever,  who 
had  previously  remained  passive,  was  moved 
to  tears.  _ 

fiXPLOSIOlf    IN    J.    NEWSPAPER     OFFIOB. 

Chicago,  Feb.  10.— About  12:20  o'clock  last 
night  tbe  boiler  of  the  DaUu  Netet  establishment 
exploded,  demolishing  the  two-story  extension  of 
the  bnilding  in  wbich  it  was  situated,  ruining  a 
folder,  and  injaring  foar  cylinder  presses  to  some 
extent.  Xbe  loss  is  not  yet  ascertained,  but  is  not 
very  heavy.  Two  or  three  folders  were  soaldea  and 
bruised. 


SANK  FAILURE. 
PoTTSViiLB,  Feb.  10. — l"he  Moantain  City 
Bank,  of  FottsviUa,  Penn.,  suspended  payment  this 
momiac.  Tbe  Directors  aasign  as  a  raason  the  heavy 
withdrawal  of  deposits,  and  state  that  time  will  ba 
reanired  to  realise  tbe  Msst*- 


SPECIMEN  DEMOCRATIC  TRICKERY. 

HOW  CONOBESSMAK  MURRISOX  SUCCBBDBD 
IX  GETTING  A  PARTISAN  REPORT  BEFORE 
THE  ELECTORAL  CO.MMISSION — THE  MI- 
NORITY RKPORT  BFFECTU.SLLY  SXJP- 
PRESSRD. 

Special  DttpateA  to  the  New-Torlc  limes. 

"Washington,  Feb.  10. — The  Congressional 
Record  tor  to-day,  which  consists  of  no  less 
than  200  pages,  was  not  issued  until  late  in  the 
forenoon.  It  is  mainly  taken  up  by  the  report 
of  Mr.  Morrison's  Loaisiunn  committee.  As 
was  generally  expected,  it  is  a  highly-colored 
partisan  document,  wbich  speaks  of 
murders  and  outrages  with  the  evident 
intention  of  trying  to  conceal  them,  and  at- 
tempts to  prove  that  the  vote  of  tbe  Stats  was 
oafit,  and  should  be  counted,  tor  Tiiden  and 
the  Demooratio  State  officers.  George  M.  Beebe, 
of  New-York,  is  among  the  signers  ofthe  report. 
The  doeumenf  is  printed  in  the  Record  beeause 
the  appropriation  for  printing  it  m  the  usual 
form  and  manner  is  exhausted.  By  the  triok 
of  sending  it  to  tbe  Record,  the  Democrats 
place  their  ex  parte  testimony  before  tbe  El- 
ectoral Commission,  white  the  minority  report, 
made  by  tbe  Republican  members  of  tbe 
committee,  is  suppressed  aud  not  allowed  to 
appear. 

THE  LOUISIANA  INVESTIOATION. 

MINORITY    REPORT     PREPARED     BY    RKPUB- 
LICAN  MEMBERS  OF  THE    COMMITTEE — A 
FATAL      ATTACK      ON      CONSTITUTIONAL 
RIGHTS  POINTED  OUT — THE   RETURNING 
BOARD  FULLY  SUSTAINED. 
Wasuington,  Feb.  10.— Representatives  Hurl- 
hurt,   W.   Townsend,    Danford,   Crapo,   nnd  Joyce 
have  made  their  minority  report  in  the  Louisiana 
investigation,  conolnding  as  follows  : 

For  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  this 
ooontrv  it  has  been  attempted  to  destroy 
tbe  lawful  and  formal  expression  of  a  State  in  the 
election  of  a  President,  by  assuming  the  power  In 
the  House  of  Bepresentatives  to  examine  into  any 
and  all  the  polls,  and  to  purge  tbe  election;  to  make 
itBolf  tbe  Returning  Board,  and  determine, 
by  a  partisan  vote,  what  Louisiana  ought 
to  have  done.  Wo  regaid  it  as  the 
most  fatsi  attack  ever  attempted  upon 
constitutional  right,  as  a  gross  usurpation  of  power, 
as  subjecting  in  its  natural  development  tbe  entire 
qnestion  of  a  President  to  the  will  or  desision 
of  tbe  Honse  of  Repreacntatives.  What  has  been 
attempted  bv  this  Democratic  Honse  in  Louisiana 
may  be  done  on  the  same  nrinclple  by  some  other 
dominant  party  in  any  other  State  whose  vote  may 
be  in  the  way  of  their  party  candidate.  The  cry  of 
fraud  is  quickly  raised,  and  is  readily  repeated,  and 
far  too  easily  believed.  Eti.lence  is  always  ready 
to  support  that  or  any  other  charge,  if  great  politi- 
cal advantage  is  to  be  gained. 

Tbe  only  way  to  preserve  the  just  balances  of 
power  is  to  staiid  by  and  support  tbe  formal,  delih- 
eratc,  and  lawful  decision  of  tribunals  constituted 
for  tbe  purpose  ordained  under  the  Constitution,  by 
the  highest  State  authority,  b.y  laws  wbich  have 
been  expounded  and  nnstaiued  by  the  proper  Su- 
preme Courts.  Any  other  coursa  is  to  snbstltate 
guess-work  tor  legitimate  decioion — the  rule  of  a 
mob  for  orderly  piocesses  ol  law — the  control  by  a 
House  of  Representatives  whose  days  are  nnm- 
bered  for  the  determination  made  by  tbe  tpeople 
^hfmselves  in  due  and  regular  form  chosen 
bv  themselves.  Passion  and  prejadice  will  wear 
themselves  ont  in  time.  Tbe  wild  declamatirm  of 
intemperate  orators  will  soon  be  inrgotten.  The 
rash  assertions  of  a  party  press  Will  pass  from 
men's  minds,  and  then  this  case  of  Lotuslana  will, 
perhaps,  be  fairly  considered,  and  the  verdict  of 
tiiuugbtfui  men  will  be  that  tbe  Democratic  Party 
of  that  nnhappy  State  aro  justly  to 
be  held  responsible  for  continuons  and  or- 
ganizt'd  attempts  bv  force  io  annul  the 
clear  will  of  the  mnjorit.v.  The  same  calm  judg- 
ment will  declare  that  the  laws  of  1870  .ind  1873 
were  necessary  safeguards  against  such  organized 
illegal  forces,  and  should  be  approved  by  all  who 
believe  in  the  supremacy  of  law,  and  that  this 
much-abused  Returning  Board  acted  in  the  spirit  of 
the  law  creating  them,  and  tbat  their  determina- 
tion IS  final  m  the  matter.  Holding  thee.o  views, 
the  mlnoiity  of  the  committee  .submit  them, 
and  do  nut  propose  to  follow  in  detail 
tbe  nnanthorized  dissection  of  the  vote  made  from 
partial  and  biased  information  by  the  majority  of 
the  committee,  bat  to  stand  npon  established  law 
and  the  deliberate  results  of  the  cnnstitadonal 
action  of  sworn  ofiicers  of  a  State,  solemnly  done, 
performed,  and  promulgated  with  all  the  sanctions 
of  law.  The  undersigned  submit  herewith  the 
reports  of  the  minority  members  of  the  sub-com- 
mittee into  which  the  main  committees  was  sub- 
divided, and  close  this  report  by  offering  tbe  follow- 
ing resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  election  held  for  Presidential 
Electors  in  the  State  of  Louisiana  on  the  7th  dav  of 
Noveraner,  1876,  was  examined  into,  determined,  de- 
chired,  and  promulirated  by  the  proper  anthontle.i  of 
axid  iatate,  under  all  tbe  forms  of  law  and  in  conformity 
with  the  Constitutiun  of  ths  United  States. 

TESTIMONY  OF  A  CLERK  OF  THE  RETURN- 
ING BOARD — ALLEGED  ALTERATIONS  IN 
"consolidated"  STATEMENTS  —  THE 
WITNESS   SUSPECTED    OF   INTOXICATION. 

Washington,  Feb.  10.— The  Committee  on 

the  Powers,  Piivileges.  and  Duties  of  tne  House 
this  afternoon  examined  .John  F.  Mulherin,  of  New- 
Orleans,  who  testified  that  he  was  a  olerk  of  the 
Returning  Board  from  Xov.  17  to  Dec.  S4  or  23,  and 
that  some  affidavits  were  made  b.y  the 
clerks  of  the  board  in  the  compiling- 
room  ;  does  not  know  whether  they  were 
used  ;  can't  tell  what  names  were  signed  to  the  affi- 
davits, most  any  name  was  used ;  on  Dec.  2  wftness 
saw  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Littlefleld  and  Ma)or  Eaton 
a  alio  ot  paper,  containing  the  total  of  the  Electoral 
vote  ;  tbe  majority  on  these  of  tbe  Democrats  was 
about  4,000 ;  these  slips  were  furnished  to  outside 
parties ;  saw  afterward  that  a  change  had  been 
made  in  the  figures  ;  heard  Gov.  Weils  in  conver- 
sation with  Mr.  Littlefield  in  Mr.  Abell's  office  on 
Saturday,  Dec.  2,  but  could  not  hear 
what  they  aaid ;  on  Monday,  Dec.  4, 
witness  saw  them  again  in  conversation  In  the 
clerks'  room,  and  there  the  conversation  was  con- 
ducted in  a  very  low  tone ;  saw  Mr.  Littlefleld 
take  from  his  desk  a  paper,  and  take  it  to  a  stand- 
ing desk,  and  get  an  eraser,  and  make  some  era- 
sures ;  this  was  abont  a  quarter  of  an  honr  after 
Mr.  Littlefisld's  conversation  with  Gov.  Wells: 
UD  to  a  week  before  December  nobody 
but  members  or  clerks  of  the  board  had  access  to 
tbe  roomsf  after  that  candidates  for  members  of 
Congress  and  Gov.  Packard  were  admitted;  after 
that  date  obangea  were  made  on  the  state- 
ment of  the  Electoral  votes  by  order  of 
Judge  Davis;  witness  saw  tbe  tabulated 
return  from  tbe  Pariah  of  Yemon  previous  to  Dec- 
3 ;  don't  knaw  what  the   vote  for  the  Electors  was 

on  it;  knows  it  was  very  small ;  on  Dec.  4  Little- 
field  told  the  witness  that  be  had  fixed  the  Psn.'th  af 
Yemon.  bnt  he  did  %»t  say  which  way  or  lii  what 
manner  he  had  fixed  it. 

By  Mr.  Lawrence — Can't  say  whether  any  member 
of  the  board  knew  tbat  affidavits  were  being  made 
UP  bv  tbe  clerks ;  witness  made  up  some  of  these 
affidavirs  himself  and  signed  tbe  names  and  cross- 
marks  to  them;  he  did  tbi5  by  the  direction  ef 
Judge  Littlefield,  who  gave  like  directions  to  the 
other  clerks  iu  tbo  room;  did  not  know  what  these 
affidavits  were  to  be  nsed  for ;  saw  no 
lurac  to  them;  saw  Mr.  Wells  and  Mr. 
Anderson  look  at  the  slips  made  up 
by  Littlefield,  and  Littlefield  told  witness  that  be 
sent  tbem  to  Gov.  Packard  and  George  L.  Smith ; 
doea  not  know  himself  whether  they  were  sent  or 
not;  witDtss  was  not  at  the  dinner  on  Sunday, 
Deo.  3 ;  Henry  C.  Dibble.  Congressman  from  the 
]<'ir8t  District,  had  access  to  the  rooms  of  tbe  board 
also,  and  at  one  time  brought  in  a  slip  containing 
tbe  vote  for  him,  as  stated  on  tbe  Cuatom-hoase 
returns ;  saw  alterations  made  by  soaie  of  the 
clerka  on  the  consolidated  statementa  from  the  aif- 
ferent  parishes. 

MQ.— Do  you  know  what  clerks  did  this  1  A.— I 
don't  want  to  know. 

Q. — Who  did  it  t  A. — I  changed  oae  myself;  I 
made  three  alterations  with  ink.  Witness  exolained 
that  these  changes  were  this :  Tbat  the  vote  of 
Eleators  was  equalized ;  that  is,  if  tbe  first 
Elector  had.  aay  506  votes,  and  the  third  Elector 
210  votes,  tbe  clerks  were  directed  to  increase  the 
latter  to  ths  same  nam  ber  as  the  first  vote  ;  if  this 
was  doing  wrong,  then  witness  had  done  wrong. 

Q. — Do  yoa  know  what  a  oonaolldated  statament 
is  f  A.— Yea,  I  do ;  there  is  not  a  man  in  tbe 
country  tbat  knows  It  any  bettw.  iLaagbter.J 
Witness  stated  that  he  never  made  any  alterations 
on  these  consolidated  atAtements.  bat  Flanacan 
and  AsTiary  did ;  vb«  change*  bv  these  two  clerks 

.  weta  maile  in  the  bodv  of  tbe  statement,  bat  wit. 


sess  did  not  qee  them  change  any  footiag;  witneai 
committed  no  forgery  on  any  paper  relatinc  to  tlk 
election. 

Q.— Have  yoa  not  been  drinking  to-day  t  A.-« 
Early  this  morning. 

Q. — ^Are  voa  not  intoxicated  new  1    A. — ^N«,  Sir. 

Q.— Where  did  you  dnnk  !  A.— Down  at  the  17a- 
tioual  Hotel. 

Q. — With  whom  f    A. — I  don't  know  their  names. 

Q — Did  yo«  take  a  drink  later  than  tbat  I  A. 
— At  about  2  o'clock  I  did. 

Q.— Nothing  since  then  f    A.— N^o,  Sir. 

Q  — What  did  you  drink  at  3  o'clock  I  /  A- — A. 
glass  of  water. 

Q. — What  did  von  drink  this  morning  I  A.— A 
elass  of  ale,  a  glass  of  elder,  a  toddy.  Mid  a  cock- 
tail, and  I  also  took  a  couple  of  cigars.  [Load 
laughter.] 

Q. — With  whom  have  you  conversed  regarding 
what  yon  knew  since' you  have  been  here?  A.—. 
With  no  one  ;  - 1  have  been  asked  by  three  or  fooi 
what  I  was  going  to  testify,  hut  did  not  tell  them. 

Q.— Who  asked  yom  1  A. — William  H.  Green,  ■ 
former  clerk  of  the  boaid. 

Q. — Have  you  conversed  with  Judge  Cavanao  m 
to  your  testimony  f  A — Tfo,  Sir ;  when  I ,  first 
went  upon  tbe  stand  I  liaoded  him  a  papac  with 
two  questions  I  wanted  asked  of  me. 

Q.— Wore  they  asked  ?    A.— Wo,  Sir.  ,^ 

Q.— What  Were  ibe3'  !  A. — I  cannot  rememuet 
now. 

Q. — What  was  the  substanoe  of  tbem  t  A.— I 
won't  answer.   - 

Q.— Why  ? 

The  Witness— Mr.  Chairman,  Is  this  a  prope* 
qnestion  to  ask  of  me  I 

The  Chairman — It  is. 

Mr.  Mais b— If  you  remember,  answer  the  qash 
tion. 

Mr.  Lawrence— Well,  will  you  answer!  A. — 'i 
can't  remember.       » 

Q. — Did  you  not  drink  any  intoxicating  ttrinka  at 
2  o  clock  ?  A. — You  have  asked  me  that  qaesdoa 
betore. 

Q.— I  know.    Did  you  f    A.— Yes. 

Q.— What  did  you  dnnk  J    A.— A  toddy. 

Q. — With  whom  ?    A. — Mr.  Heiijamin  and  others. 

Q. — Did  you  drink  more  than  once  with  him  f 
A. — Twice.  , 

Q.— Did  you  know  tbat  be  was  here  as  a  wit- 
ness ?    A. — I  did  not. 

By  Mr.  Maish— Did  you  drink  water  I    A ^Yea, 

water  and  something  else. 

Bv  Mr.  Field— What  were  tbe  contents  of  ttw 
affidavits  whieh  von  aay  were  made  up  by  tJi« 
clerks  ?  A.— T.'hey  purported  to  give  accounta  ot 
violence  and  intimidation  at  tbe  polls.  Tbe  witnesi 
stated  that  the  alterations  were  made  in  the  Suner- 
visors'  returns,  and  from  these  changed  stateisenti 
the  final  compilations  were  made. 

The  committee  at  5:30  o'clock  P.  M.  adj^onmed 
until  9  o'clock  Monday  morning. 


THE  NEW-ORLEANS  PETITIONERS  ^OT  TO 
BE  SUM.MONKD— A  NEW- YORK  <CA8HIKR 
REPORTED  AS  IN  CONTEMPT  'OP  THB 
SENATE. 
WAsniNGTON,  Feb.  10. — A  meeting  of  the  full 
Senate  Committee  on  Privileges  and  Elections  was 
held  to-day.  The  memorial  of  about  40  bankers 
merchants,  and  clergymen  of  Louisiana,  which  was 
presented  to  the  Senate  on  Feb.  1  by  Senator  Sauls- 
bury  and  referred  to  this  committee,  was  called 
np  by  Senator  Howe,  who  asked  the 
Committee  to  eabpoena  as  witnesses  to  testify  before 
the  Senate  LouLns^na  Committee  all  the  persons  wh(x 
had  aigned  the  above-mentioned  memorial.  Ttus 
proposition  of  Senator  Howe  was  strongly  oppoeea 
by  the  Democratic  members  of  the  committecon  tiha 
ground  of  the  memorialists  not  being  able  to  swear 
from  personal  knowledge  to  all  the  charges  con- 
tained in  tbe  memurlai.  It  was  finally  decided,  not 
to  issue  the  sabpceaas. 

The  committee  directed  Senator  Mitchell  to  re- 
port Conrad  X.  Joirrrtan,  Cashier  of  the  Third  Na- 
tional Bank  of  New- York,  to  tbe  Senate  as  being 
iu  contempt.  Tbe  grounds  tor  this  action  are  as 
follows:  On  Feb.  1  a  subpoaaa  was  issued  direct- 
iDff  Jonrdan  to  appear  before  the  committee  with 
an  abstract  of  his  books  showing  the  acoounts  of 
Samuel  J.  Tiiden,  W.  T.  Pelton,  and  Abram  S. 
Hewitt  during  the  late  political  campaign,  and  up 
to  Feb.  1,  ld77.  Mr.  Jourdan  has  not  obeyed  Uk 
summons.  ^^ 

ELIGIBILITY  OF  ELECTORS. 

THE  RESIGNATION  OF  VTATTS,  OF  OREGON, 
AND  HERDER,  OF  MICHIGAN,  TESTIFIED 
TO  BY  THE  POSTMASTER  GENERAL — - 
GOV.  8TEARX.S'  TESTI.'VIONY  IN  THB 
FLORIDA   CASE. 

Washington,  Feb.  10.— The  Cemmittee  •n 
the  Powers,  Privileges,  and  Duties  of  the  Hous* 
this  morning  examined  Postmastei  General  Tynet 
relative  to  the  resignation  of  Postmasters  Watta,  of 
Oregon,  and  Den  Herder,  of  Michigan,  both  of 
whom  were  appointed  Electors  in  their  respective 
States.  The  Postmaster  General  produced  from 
the  files  ef  tbe  Department  ^1  papers  liearing  upon 
tbe  resignation  of  Mr.  Watts,  which  show  that  tha 
latter  resigned  his  position  of  Postmaster  by  tele- 
graph, on  Nov.  13,  and  that  a  telegraphic  acceptance 
was  sent  by  the  Postmaster  General  on  Nov. 
14.  Mr.  Walts'  wiitten  resignation  to  Special  Agent 
Underwood  was  not  received  at  the  department  un-. 
til  Dec.  i).  The  records  of  tbe  department  show 
that  Henry  W.  Hill  was  appointed  aa  Watt's  sue. 
oessor  Nov,  23  :  tbat  Hill's  bond  was  forwarded  to 
him  on  Dec.  11,  and  was  returned  approved  on  Jan. 
3,  1877,  on  which  day  his  commiasion  was  sent  to 
him.  It  also  is  shown  that  the  special  agent  took 
charge  of  the  Post  OiBce  at  Lafayette,  on  Nov.  14, 
receipted  for  all  Government  property,  aud  re- 
moved the  office  to  another  bnilding. 

In  the  case  of  Den  Herder,  tbe  records  of  the  a» 
parimeut  show  that  he  has  held  no  appointmen' 
under  the  Post  Office  Department  for  the  paat  10 
years. 

The  committee  next  examined  Hon.  J.  M.  Mc- 
Grew, Sixtn  Auditor,  who  stated  that  pay  waa  al- 
lowed Watts,  as  •Postmaster,  to  and  inolading 
Nov.  14. 

The  examination  of  G«v.  Steams,  of  Florida,  was 
then  resumed,  and  bo  stilted  tbat  abont  Nov.  13  he 
sent  a  dispatch  to  the  President  to  the  effect  thai 
prominent  men  of  tbe  opposite  party  had  amvet] 
in  cunsiaerabie  numbers,  and  he  felt  that  be  needed 
tbe  advice  of  prominent  men  of  the  Repablicaa 
Party,    No  reply  was  received. 

Q.— Why  di(l  you,  as  Governor  of  the  State,  tele- 
graph lo  tne  President  for  advice  of  a  party  charac- 
ter? A. — Becanae  I  knew  that  the  President  bad 
acted  in  such  a  way  in  the  case  of  other  States. 
Gov.  Stearns  stated  tnat  be  did  not  enter  the  room 
of  the  Canvassing  Board  while  In  se«Bion,  and  while 
Attorney  General  Cocke  was  absent,  nor  did  he 
have  a  conversation  witb  CdwgiLl  and  Mackliu; 
never  was  interested  in  the  Tallahassee  Sentinel ; 
was  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  and 
never  siiraed  a  bill  as  passed  that  did  not  pass  ;  ap- 
pointed Pierce,  one  ofthe  Electors,  to  a  State  office. 

Q. — Did  you  not  know  that  Pierce,  at  the  time 
you.  appointed  him,  wa^  a  convicted  telon  ? 

Mr.  Lawrence  ot|jected  to  the  question,  saving 
tbat  if  no  man  who  bad  been  a  convicted  felon  was 
to  be  appointed  to  office  it  wonld  thin  the  ranks  uf 
tbe  Democratic  Party  exceeaingly. 

The  objection  was  overruled,  and  Gov.  Stearna 
atated  tbat  Pierce  was  convicted  of  ofiering  a  bribe; 
to  a  member  of  the  Legislatnre  ;  that  hia  case  was 
appealed  to  the  Supreme  Court,  and  that  the  aen- 
tenoe  w.is  confirmed  there;  witness  was  charged  by, 
Mr.  Purman,  one  of  the  members  of  Congtess  for 
I<'lorida.  witb  fraud  while  an  officer  of  the  Freea-i 
meu's  Bareau,  but  the  charges  were  not  soaiained ; ' 
he  stated  that  he  had  been  informed  tbat  Sherwia 
bad  gone  to  Europe. 

By  Mr.  Lawrence— Gov.  Drew,  shortly  after  his 
inaogurution.  telegraphed  to  Gen.  Rager  for  troops, 
bat  Witness  aid  not  tbiak  they  were  sent. 

By  Mr.  Maish— Witness  telegraphed  to  Secretary 
Chandler,  at  New-York,  for  troops ;  the  dispatch 
was  more  in  the  nature  of  iaformation,  and  waa 
sent  in  reply  to  a  telegram  from  tbe  Secretary ;  did 
not  sena  tbe  request  tor  troops  to  the  Secretary  of 
War,  because  hu  hud  not  yet  convinced  himself  aa 
to  what  be  wonld  need. 

By  Mr.  Lawrence — Had  no  authority  under  the 
law  to  withhold,  npon  more  technical  gronnds,  a 
certificate  from  the  Elector  who  bad  been  convicted 
as  a  felon,  and  who,  moreover,  had  been  fully  rt>* 
stored  to  titlzenanip  b.y  a  frae  and  full  pardon. 


ICE-aOKOE  IN  THE  SUSQUEHANNA. 
Port  Deposit.  Feb.  10. — There  was  a  eligh'' 
movement  of  the  ice  to-day  opposite  Rock  Bivet, 
but  not  enough  to  cause  any  alarm.  A  channel  li 
opening  along  the  eastern  shore  of  the  river  from 
Bock  Run  down,  and  the  channel  along  the  western 
bank*  is  growing  longer  and  wider.  A  soatheri.y 
wind  prevailed  to-day,  and  it  is  hoped  that  it  wi.l 
make  tide  enongb  to  oreak  up  and  cany  away  the 
field  below.  This  w^uld  dispel  all  anxiety  In  r» 
gard  to  the  gorge. 

COLUMBIA  LIFK  IXSURANOE  GOMPAVl. 
St.  LiOuis,  Feb.  10. — The  cvmmittee  appointed 
a  few  days  ago  by  C.il.  Price,  State  Superintendent 
uf  .Inaurance,  to  appraise  real  estate  belonging  tc 
the  Columbia  Life  In.<arance  Compan.v,  made  a  pre- 
liminary report  to-day.  This  property  is  sohedaled 
by  the  compaay  as  being  worth  il, 081,776,  while  tha 
appraisers  valae  it  a',  only  #637, 7,'iO,  showing  a  dir< 
ference  ot'|444.026.  and  it  reduces  the  asaets  of  tba 
company  by  that  amount. 


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Nbw  Havbn,  Fob.  10.— The  Lake  Shore  and 
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with  the  widow  ot  L.  C.  Ctato,  o£  this  dty,  wboaa 
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PEOPLE  ABROAD, 
■"7RH8BB8    AND     THBIB    *•  PB0TECT0B8  "— 
IKCIDBKTS   OF  STAGE  ZJFB — ^THB  TRIAUS 
OF  A  MAMAOBK— BIQKOLD'S  TRIP  ACROSS 
THJB  SKA  AN©     WHAT    CAMB     OF     IT — A 
SUIT  VOa  DAMAOSB  WITK^  A  MORA!.  AT- 
TACKS!)— TSat  ZniW    OPKBA  OF  BIOHN — 
VraT  ADYSSSS  OiUnOSMS  ARE  WRITXBN 
FOB  A  OBBAT  DAILT — OEXSKAI.  ,QOSSIF. 
St<m  Oft  ,Oif»  OorruDim^ru. 
London,  Saturday,  Jan.  27, 1877. 
Tbo  inner  life  of  tbe  tiieatgre  Jttas  a  pecn- 
fiar  atmosphere    of   romaAoe,    aingularly   4n 
keepinjr  with  ont^e  views  of  the  profee^ion, 
-wbioh  the  pab^ic  rightly  regard  as  withoat  t^e 
pale  ot  ordinary  sooiety.    Ko  women,  it  wonld 
Beem,  have  better  chancea  of  marrlaj^e  than 
snooesaful  aotresses;   no  women  as  a  role  are 
more    unfortunate  in   their  matrimonial  alli* 
ancea.    Mias  Amy  Fawaitt,  who  died  recently 
in   New- York,   thoasb  never  in    any  eenie  a 
fcreat  aotrese,  achieved   a  popiriaiity  at  the 
VaudeviUe  wbioh,  aoicompanied  with  good  and 
womanly  conduct,  brou^rht  her  several  offers 
of  marriage,  of  which   any   respectable    girl 
might  have     been    proud.      Bhe    made    the 
usual    mistake     of -her   class,    and     having 
made  that  mistake  committed  the  error  of  too 
many  who  achieve  sudden    success.      She  re- 
fused the  part  offered    to  her  in    "  Our  Boys," 
wbioh  has  now  been  running  some  six  or  seven 
hundred  ni^bts.      Then    came  disappointment 
upon  disappointment,  wxd  matrimonial  misery. 
One  night  she  arrived  at  the  Court  Theatre 
bruised  and  excited.     She  said  she  bad  fallen 
down,  but  presently  she  vowed  she  dared  not 
eo  npoR  tbe  stage,  because  ber  baaband  had 

sworn  he  vroold  shoot  her  from  the  pit,  and  she 
detected  him  sitting  there  in  the  very  spot 
which  he  had  warned  her  he  would  select,  and 
she  knew  he  carried  a.  weapon.  Was  it  aor- 
-prising  that  eventually  she  had  to  relinquish 
her  engazement  at  the  Court  on  account 
of  severe  nervous  attacks.  Is  it  surpns- 
iog  that  ahe  found  it  impossible  to 
renew  tbe  vigor  and  charm  of  her  youth  in 
New- York,  and  that  she  died  a  sad  and  lonely 
f^oman.  Miss  Nellie  Power,  of  the  Vaudeville 
Theatre,  is  another  young  ladv  who,  at  the 
height  of  her  somewhat  fictitious  success,  mar- 
ried what  is  called  "  a  swell,"  and  retired  mag- 
nificently from  tbe  stage,  to  return  to  it  for  a 
livelihood,  bearing  the  tainted  name  of  a 
schemer  and  an  adventurer.  I  could  give  you 
half  a  dozen  other  examples,  and  in  each  case 
the  lady  who  has  won  her  position  in  tbe  pro- 
fession has  turned  her  back  upon  it  to  marry 
into  what  she  considered  a  higher  social  grade, 
but  only  to  discover  that  in  tbe  end  she  has 
not  only  to  keep  her  "  swell,"  but  to  submit  to 
all  kinds  of  miseries  and  decradation.  It  is 
not  in  the  interest  of  virtue  to  -say 
60,  but  those  "ladies  ot  the  stage  "  who  prefer 
"protectors"  to  husbands  seem  to  be  the  most 
cared  for  and  tbe  happiest  They  have  seal- 
skin jackets,  diamonds,  broughams,  and,  in 
many  cases,  don't  condescend  to  take  salaries; 
but  these  "  ladies,"  as  a  rule,  only  flourish  in 
burlesques  and  light  opera,  and,  happily,  this 
class  of  entertainment  does  not  pay  nowadays. 
Even  Mr.  Hollingshead,  of  the  Gaiety,  says  he 
has  given  up  ''  legs  "  for'good,  the  genuine  le- 
gitimate.jifies  of  tbe  theatre  being  far  more 
profitable.  "The  Invisible  Prince,"  one  of 
Fiancbe's  most  charming  ola  extravaganzas, 
ifith  Miss  Jeanie  Lee  in  the  title  rdle,  is  not  a 
great  hit  at  tbe  Globe,  thousb  it  is  splendidly 
Aoanted  and  has  a  cast  worthy  of  the  work, 
^he  public  wants  stronger  meat  than  tbis,  and 
they  will  have  it  or  keep  away  from  the  thea- 
tres altogether. 

Keverting  back  to  tbe  romantic  incidents  of 
rtage  life,  .the  history  ot  "Henry  V.,"  at 
the  Queen's,  is  not  without  its  special  interest. 
Tbe  play  and  some  of  the  effects  were  rehearsed 
at  York.  If  a  man  believed  in  omens  the  awful 
death  of  the  chief  gas-man  might  have  given 
Mr.  John  Coleman  pause.  The  poor  fellow  was 
blown  to  pieces  by  an  explosion  m  tbe  cellar  of 
tbe  theatre  dunne  tbe  first  reheareaL  Soon  af- 
terward, during  tbe  deooration  of  tbe  Queen's 
Theatre,  where  the  piece  was  in  preparation,  a 
pamter  fell  from  tbe  scaffolding  and  was  killed. 
On  tbe  opening  night,  a  carpenter,  in  some  little 
difSculty  beneath  the  stage  connected  with 
the  working  of  a  platform  upon  which 
some  property  horses  were  raised  to  com- 
plete a  battle  tableau,  was  literally  decapi- 
tated by  the  collapse  of  one  of  the  stajs  or  sup- 
ports of  the  trap.  Three  deaths  I  And  chron- 
icled now  for  the  first  time,  not  in  London,  but 
3,000  miles  awi-iy,  because  our  newspapers  are 
too  busy  with  foreign  affairs  to  notice  such 
trifles.  Air.  Coleman  hopes,  however,  that  his 
own  great  losses  and  troublea  have  purged 
"Henry  V."  of  the  gloom  and  aepressing  in- 
fiuences  of  these  memories  and  sad  incidents, 
and  be  is  looking  for  the  reward  of  bis  labors 
in  the  future — looking  to  the'  provinces  and  to 
America  tor  a  solid  recognition  of  his  mag- 
nificent mounting  of  the  drama  in  which 
be  has  so  ingeniously  combined  "Henry  lY." 
and  "Henry  V."' in  ene  striking  spectacular  play. 
Tbe  dresses  and  scenery  cost  $23,000,  and  when 
the  manager  came  to  erief,  Mr.  John  Byder, 
tbe  well-known  actor  and  dramatic  coach, 
cabled  to  the  States  to  bring  Mr.  George  Rig- 
nold  to  open  in  "  Henry  V."  With  these  acces- 
sories on  Boxing  i^ght,  Ryder  felt  certain  that 
be  would  be  able  to  obtain  tbe  use  of  the  pron- 
erties,  but  he  had  counted  his  chickens  too 
early.  A  fnand  of  Coleman's  bad  purchased 
tbe  dreses  and  effects  for  "  the  other  John," 
who  at  once  announced  "  Henrv  V.,"  with  all  the 
original  dresses  and  scenery,  for  a  grand  tour. 
Meanwhile,  however,  Mr.  George  Rignold  was 
on  tbe  sea,  and  in  doe  course  in  London,  where 
he  recounted  to  admirmg  friends  his  successes  in 
America.  The  Queen's  did  open  on  Boxing 
pigbt,  and  for  that  night  only,  the  saloon- 
keeper of  the  theatre  findlpe  tbe  money.  "  East 
Lvnne "  was  the  attraction  of  the  night,  and 
the  salooh-keeper  lost  $100,  which  little  sum 
was  tbe  last  straw  op  the  eamel's  back,  and 
landed  the  saloon-jpeper  in  tbe  Bankruptcy 
Court  I  Then  Mr.  (>eore6  Rignold  advertised 
that  be  was  organizing  a  company  to  plav 
•'  Henry  V."  in  tbe  English  Provinces,  and  tbe 
papers  backed  him  with  a  few  favor- 
able lines  in  reference  to  his  "  Ameri- 
can triumph."  Mr.  John  Coleman  reiter- 
ated the  annoancenents  of  his  own 
show,  and  so  tbe  ball  was  kept  rolling.  The 
next  thing  we  bear  is  that  Mr.  Rignold  has  gone 
back  to  America,  and  that  durint;  the  year  he 
will  return  to  play  "Henry  V."  in  bis 
own  native  town  of  Birminebam.  Bather  a 
thin  conclusion  to  so  much  bounce.  Coleman 
Opens  at  Edinburgh  in  March,  and  gets  to  Bir- 
mingbam  in  "  tbe  merry  month  of  May,"  and  is 
neeotiating  also  to  run  bis  show  through  the 
United  States.  The  adaptation  is  admirably 
dene,  and  as  a  spectacle  no  Shakeapearean  work 
was  ever  produced  so  gorgeously  or  with  so 
tnach  oare  a^  to  arobseologioal  details.  Mrs. 
^Charles  Kean  placed  at  tha  adapter's  disposal 
the  elaborate  and  authentic  works  prepared 
for  her  bosband;  Mr.  Charles  Reade  and 
Mr.  Phelps  helped  him  to  ransack  the 
Bodleian  Mbraary  apd  the  library  ot  Magdalen 
Ccdlaga,  Oxford,  for  authorities  upon  tue  sub- 
ieot  {  Mr.  Phelns  gave  him  hints  derived  from 
Us  experience  at  the  Sadlers  Wells  revivals  ; 
be  was  indebted  to  Mr.  Calvert,  whose  Ifewry 
V.  is  familiar  to  you  in  New-York,  for  the  idea 
which  eolminattd  in  the  great  central  effect  ot 
*•  Th«  B»»tla  of  A«wcouxt ;"  Dean  Stanley  gave 
him  the  rnn  ofweswtoinster  Abbey,  wlere 
he  leuned  some  new  thinga  among  the  relies 
of  «•  !>»**  ;«»*»•  •'^  knowledjje  of  the 
inbieofr  eomWned  envied  him  to  pniduoe  » 
'--r—  nft^^ia^f^M  «h}iih  wara  ■aariH  .and.  ami* 


nently  effective.  An  experience  of  American 
taste  and  an  Insight  into  American  scholarslMp 
leads  me  to  believe  that  whatever  your  opinion 
of  Mr.  Coleman's  merits  as  an  actor  may  be, 
yon  will  find  much  that  is  singularly  Instruc- 
tive and  interesting  in  his  illustrations  of  tbe 
pageantry  and  nomp  of  the  grand  old  English 
days  of  regal  state  and  splendor. 

Theatrical  circles  have  hadapi(}uant  scan- 
dal to  discuaa  in  the  action  brought  by  Mr. 
Arthur  Stirling  on  behalf  of  his  wife,  better 
known  m  professional  life  •  as  Mrs.  Charles 
Vyner,  and  as  Miss  Cleveland.  Mrs.  Stirling 
was  the  wife  of  Mr.  Charles  Vincent,  or  Vyner, 
lessee  of  the  Theatre  Royal,  Melbourne,  Aus- 
tralia. Her  husband  was  thrown  trom  a  horse 
and  killed  some  years  ago,  and  she  left  Mel- 
bourne with  a  small  fortune.  She  resolved  to 
come  to  England  by  way  of  San.Francisco ,  and 
to  play  wherever  she  bald  a  chance.  With  this 
view  she  engaged  Mr.  Donaldson  (who  is 
known  to  fame  as  Mr.  Edmund  Leather)  as 
her  leading  man  and  agent.  All  tbis 
did  not  transpire  on  the  trial,  but  it 
completes  the  story  and  mav  be  added  to  the 
legal  details  with  perfect  propriety.  The  two 
Mtists  nerformed  here  and  there  in  various 
cities,  and  finally  parted  on  the  other  side  of 
the  Atlantic.  Mr.  Donaldeon  preferring  to  go  to 
San  Francisco  and  the  buxom  widow  to  Lon- 
don. Here  she  appeared  in  Wilkie  Collins' 
"Woman  in  White,"  and  later  in  "The  Two 
Orphans,"  at  the  Olympic,  having  first  done  a 
Provincial  tour.  In  her  early  days  she  had 
known  the  circumspect  but  heavy  tra- 
gedian, Mr.  Artbur  Stirling,  whom  she  re- 
turned to  find  marriedT  to  the  sis- 
ter of  Mr.  Charles  Thorpe,  who  had 
made  a  lar^te  fortune  in  Australia. 
Arthur  was  living  in  good  style  with  his  wife 
and  half  a  dozen  ready-made  children,  for  Mrs. 
Stirlmg  had  been  previously  married.  Present- 
ly Mr.  Leather  (otherwise  Donaldson)  came  to 
England  and  made  his  mark  as  tbe  hero  in 
Mr.  Charles  Reade's  "Wandering  Heir,"  at  the 
Amphitheatre,  Liverpool,  and  the  Queen's, 
London.  Mrs.  Vyner  invited  him  to  visit  her  at 
her  pretty  little  house,  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Regent's  Park-  On  tbis  occasion,  she  says,  she 
reminded  him  that  he  owed  ber  $250,  but  in 
court  he  fiatly  denied  tbe  sottimpeaohment.  By 
and  by  Mr.  Arthur  Stirling,  in  tbe  midst  of  pro- 
oeedugs  for  divorce  against  his  witie,  found 
himself  a  widower,  and  be'ore  hia  trienda  bad 
time  to  condole  with  him  they  were  called  upon 
for  their  congratulations.  He  bad  married 
Mrs.  Charles  Vyner.  Mme.  Celeste  and  Misa 
Herbert  (Mrs.  Crabbe)  were  among  the  guests 
at  the  wedding,  which  was  duly  ohroniclecl  in 
that  dullest  of  trade  journals  The  Era,  Mrs. 
Vyner  bad  money,  and  among  her  assets  it  is 
to  be  presumed  were  returned  the  $250  said  to 
be  owing  by  Donaldson  ;  for  as  soon  ati  tbe 
marriage  festival  was  over,  ber  new  lord  de- 
manded tbis  puroe  from  that  gentleman. 
Whether  it  was  trom  the  desire  to  possess  him- 
self of  this  not  very  large  purse,  or  to  justity 
bis  wife,  or  to  find  out  what  the  relationship  was 
between  Mr.  Donaldson  and  his  wife,  nobody 
knows ;  but  Mr.  Stirling  issued  a  writ  and  sued 
Donaldson  in  a  superior  court.  Counsel  were 
engaged  on  either  side,  and  for  half  a 
day  Stirling,  dressed  iu  the  height  of 
fashion,  had  to  sit  and  listen  to  the  story 
of  his  wife's  Ravels,  vn  sea  and  land, 
with  the  stalwart  and  handsome  Donaldson, 
related  amid  much  sniggering  and  laughter 
of  a  crowded  court.  It  transpired  that  tbe 
two  artists  lived  iu  the  same  lodgings  at  the 
Sandwich  Islands,  and  acted  there  by  com- 
mand ot  bis  Majesty,  tbe  King,  who  paid  them 
a  hundred  dollars,  and  took  tbe  receipts.  Here 
tbey  had  a  great  quarrel,  and  Mrs.  Vyner 
vowed  she  would  maKe  Donaldson  smart  some 
day.  They  then  returned  certain  presents 
tbey  had  made  tu  each  other.  Mis. 
Vyner  denied  that  she  ever  gave  Donaldson  a 
locket ;  but  Donaldson  said  she  did, 
and  WAS  always,  very  kind  to  him,  except 
on  this  single  occasion  of  their  quarrel.  Tbey 
naturally  had  some  financial  transactions 
together,  and  Donaldson  acknowledged  in 
court  that  Mrs.  Vyner  leut  him  money,  but  he 
declared  tbey  had  a  final  settlement  before' 
partinjc  and  squared  everything.  He  never 
heard  it  said  tuat  bo  owed  bar  $^i50  until  he 
was  served  with  a  writ  lur  the  money.  Tbe 
Judge  suggested  that  the  litigants  should  settle 
their  differences  out  ot  court,  out  they  declined, 
and,  without  deliberating  lor  five  uiinutes,  the 
iury  eave  the  verdict  for  Donaldson,  with 
costs;  so  that  Mr.  Stirline  lose^,  in  addition  to 
tbe  money  for  which  he  sued,  something  like 
|1,50U.  It  was  tbis  gentleman  who  played 
Nathan,  the  Jtvo,  bo  suuceBsfully  in  "  Leah," 
when  that  drama  was  first  produced  by  the 
Batemans  iu  London,  and  ic  was  Mrs.  Vyner 
who  produced  a  pirated  versiou  of  the  pipce 
with  great  succeiis  in  Australia,  and  thus  pre- 
vented Miss  Kate  Bateman  trom  visiting  that 
colony.  I  need  not  teil  you  that  the  dear  old 
Colonel  anathematised  Mrs.  Vyner  in  conse- 
quence, and  'bated  her  ever  atterward.  He 
also  had  a  bitter  quarrel  with  Stirling.  It  is  a 
pity  he  did  not  live  long  enough  to  sit  through 
the  trial  of  Stirlmg  vs.  Donaldson,  tbe  moral 
of  which  supports  the  philosophy  of  Mr. 
t»am  Weller,  br.,  on  the  subject  of  widows,  and 
is  equally  favorable  to  tbe  Shakespearean 
warmngs  acainst  jealousy.  Mr.  Stirimg  re- 
tired irom  that  court  ot  law  a  sadder  and  a 
wiser  man. 

The  event  of  the  time  is  the  production  of 
the  new  opera  of  "Biorn,"  founded  upon 
'•Macbeth,'' to  which  I  have  already  referred 
in  previous  letters.  The  libretto  is  tbe  work  mi 
Mr.  Frank  Marshall,  and  is  full  of  merit.  The 
principal  changes  Iron  the  original  story  are 
that  Macduff  (Bollo)  is  in  love  with  Lady  Mac- 
beth,  who  ouutesses  the  murder  of  the  King  to 
him;  tbe  witchea  are  changed  to  nomir,  or 
fates;  and  at  the  end  in  the  banqueting  scone, 
Macbeth,  iu  rushing  upon  Rollo  to  kill  him.  is 
impeded  by  his  wife,  whom  he  accidentally 
slays,  while  he  is  stabbed  to  the  heart  by 
Sollo  ;  and  the  new  King,  the  true  successor, 
comes  to  tbe  throne,  under  tbe  piardiansbip  ot 
RoUo.  Mrs.  Marshall  was  Elfrida,  or  Lad]/ 
MaiAeth,  but  she  was  very  ill  on  tbe  first  night, 
and  has  not  yet  recovered  her  voice,  though 
she  plays  tbe  sleep-waikmg  scene  with  marked 
intelligence  and  a  certain  grace,  but  tbe  part  is 
heavy,  and  requires  tbe  weight  and  dramatic 
and  vocal  power  ot  Titiens  to  do  iustice  to  Its 
amalgamation  of  devil  and  angeL  Biorn,  or 
Macbeth,  was  played  by  Sisnor  Mottino,  who  was 
as  firm  and  steady  as  a  rock  in  words  and 
music,  but  he  had  neither  tbo  dramatic  tire  nor 
the  vocal  strength  demanded  by  the  situations 
and  the  musical  score.  Miss  Cora  Stuart  as 
Hollo  made  a  genuine  success.  OracetuI,  viva- 
cious, and  possessing  a  rich  soprano  voice,  she 
stood  out  m  every  picture,  and  was  rewarded 
with  loud  and  genuine  bursts  of  applause*.  The 
music  is  characteristic,  meritorious,  here  and 
there  it  breaks  into  pretty  pastoral  melodies, 
and*  now  and  then  it  rises  to  the  level  ot 
operatic  inspiration;  but  it  is  uneven,  audit 
cannot  be  said  to  rank  on  tbe  whole  with  the 
foremost  work  of  our  modem  eompotsers.  Tbe 
opera  is  splendidly  mounted  and  tbo  orchestra 
perfect.  Portions  of  the  book  are  in  every 
way  worthy  of  tbe  subject,  and  throughout  its 
pages  are  scattered  "  verses  for  musie  "  which 
are  quite  gems  in  their  way — the  following  ser- 
enade for  example  : 
"  Wind,  idle  wind,  that  kisses  her  tresses, 
BreaiblDH  thy  leDe  in  tne  shell  of  ber  e«r, 
Tell  her  of  eyes  that  are  yearaing  to  see  her, 
"Whisper,  oh  whisper,  thy  Bollo  is  near. 

Sweet  sentle  moonbeams  that  creep  in  ber  bosom, 
>'efttle  there  closely  aad  plead  ye  my  pare; 
Sbine  from  ber  eyes  in  (be  soft  glaace  of  pity. 
Kindle  with  love  ber  cold,  passionlesa  heart." 

The  criticisms  of  the  piece,  as  a  rule,  are 
unfavorable ;  but  tbe  Daily  Telegraph  laid 
itselt  out  for  a  notice  that  was  peculiarly 
brutal.  The  critic  treated  the  whole  affair  tia 
an  elaborate  joke,  brought  to  a  fitting  con- 
clusion by  the  librettist  answering  the  call  of 
"author"  with  a  white  muffler  round  bis  throat. 
Mr.  Marshall  replied  to  the  critic.  Tbe  TeU- 
graph  declined  to  insert  tbe  letter.  Mr.  Mar- 
shall says  tbe  critic  was  ordered  to  "slate  "  the 
work,  a«  be  is  ordered  to  "slate"  everything 
[hat  is  produced  at  the  Queen's,  because  Mr. 
Laboucbere,  the  owner,  will  not  lot  tbe  proprie- 
tors of  the  TeUgrafh  go  behind  the  scenes  and 
have  boxes  free  whenever  tjiey  want  them.  Mar- 
shall is  writing  a  pamphlet  embodying  tbis  and 
Other  charges  against  the  paper,  with  a  careful 
answer  te  tbe  critic,  and  we  are  looking  for  a 
bright,  Wtter  and  spicy  brochure  on  "  Critics 
and  Criticism,"  which  wiU  wak&  up  Peter- 
borough Court  considerably',  tor  Mr.  Marshall 
has  tbe  pen  of  a  ready  writer,  and 
he  is  going  about  with  bis  teeth  set 
and  hia  fingers  in  his  splendid  curly  hair.  Mrs. 
Marshall  looks  very  ill,  and  the  dead  set  which 
baa  been  made  against  her  here  bad  the  effect 
of  makmg  her  look  and  feel  fnghtene*  in  every 

serious  situation  of  the  piece.  She  bas  a  fond 
and  devoted  husband,  and  somebody  will  have 
to  suffer  for  all  this.  Tbe  writer  ot  the  Tele- 
graph  critique  is  Mr.  Joseph  Bennett,  tbe 
"musical  editor,"  who  was  recently  induced  to 
relinquish  halt  a  dozen  engagements  and  give 
his  entire  services  to  Mr.  Levy  Lawson. 

They  have  restored  the  cottage  or  hut  scene 
of  Osip  to  "The  Danicheffs,"  as  it  stood  in  the 
original  French,  aad  tbe  draaia  is  now  an  un- 
doubted success.  'Xlio  honors  of  tbe  acting  are 
carried  oft"  by  Mr.  Warner,  Mr.  Clayton.  Mr. 
Veziu.  and  Miss  Lydia  Foote.  Lord  Newry,  it 
is  understood,  objects  to  certain  alterations 
whieh  have  been  made  in  the  work,  but 
they  are  changes  for  the  better,  and 
a  stronjser  or  better  melodrama  bas 
not  been  produced  on  the  English  stage  for 
many  year*.  There  is  every  prospect  that  it 
will  he  at^oiently  aaooeasfdl  to  revive  the 
fBrtones  of  St.  Jamea'  Theatre,  and  that  at  last 
Mrs.  John  Wood  will  score  a  success.  Sbe  is, 
.Ikowever.  onljr  Joint  spocuiatos.  hut  it  busineaa. 


la  reaily  aa  good  as  I  hear  it  is  ^he  treasury 
will  be  fuH  enough  for  two. 

Biohard  III,"   with    ^r.   Henry   Irving 


in  the  title  itOle,  and  the  play  relieved  of  every 
Hne  that  i«  not  Sbakeapeare  a,  will  be  produoed 
at  the  Lycemn  on  Monday.  Mr.  F.  C.  Bumand 
is  writing  a  comic  play  for  the  Gaiety.  "  Hunt- 
ed Down"  win  go  from  the  Globe  to  the 
Gaiety  at  Dublin  in  a  fortnight.  "DanT 
Traduced,"  a  burlesque  of  Mr,  Gilbert's  plav, 
is  not  sncaessful  at  tbe  Strand  Theatre.  Oa 
Feb.  3,  "On  Bail,"  Mr.  Gilbert's  extended  ver- 
sion of  "Committed  for  Trial,"  will  replace 
"  Hot  Water "  at  tbe  Criterion.  Miss  Jennie 
Lee  leaves  the  Globe  and  goes  op  a 
provmoial  tour  in  a  week  or  two.  A  stock 
company  is  going  to  be  formed  for  tbe 
Aquarium  Theatre.  "  Si  Slocum"  i^  to  be 
produced  at  an  East  End  house.  Mrs.  Monck- 
ton  and  Lady  Sebright  will  appear  shortly  at 
a  London  theatre  for  a  charitable  object,  and 
Mr.  B.  L.  Farjeon,  the  Christmas  story  teller, 
is  shortly  to  marry  the  daughter  of  Aip  Van 
Winkle— I  mean  Mr.  Jefferson,  with  which  in- 
teresting announcement  I  may  be  permitted  to 
close  my  budget  of  theatrical  newa  and  notes 
on  newa. 


WOMEN    ON    SCHOOL    BOARDS. 


THE  BILL  IN  THE  STATE  SENATE  MAKING 
THEM  ELIGIBLE— A  WIDK-SPBBAD  SENTI- 
MENT IN  FAVOR  OF  THE  MEASURE — 
women's  usefulness  ON  SCHOOL 
BOARDS  DEMONSTRATED  IN  OTHER 
STATES  AND  COONTKIES. 
The  question,  "Shall  women  be  permitted  to 
serve  on  School  Boards  t"  which  has  already  been 
answered  In  the  aflinnative  m  many  of  the  Eastern 
and  Western  States,  is  now  a  matter  of  disoas^ioa 
in  New- York.  A  bill  makin2  womea  eligible  for 
positions  on  tbe  boards  throaghout  tbia  State  was 
presented  in  the  Senate  a  few  weeks  ao;o  by  Seca- 
tur  Willism  N.  Emeraon,  of  Bocbester.  and  was 
referred  to  the  Committee  on  Eiuoation,  wbioh 
consists  «f  Senators  Gerard,  Wagataff,  and  Mc- 
Carthy. The  two  hrst-nanied  gentlemen,  it  is  un- 
derstood, were  frieiroly  to  tbe  measure,  but  Mr. 
MoCartby  opposed  it,  and  the  bill  was  theretore  re- 
ported from  the  oommlitee  for  tbe  oonalderatioD 
of  the  Senate.  In  the  mean  time,  the  fact  that  such  a 
meaaare  ia  pendlag,  has  attracted  the  attention  of 
ttaoae  favorable  to  it  thronghout  tbe  State,  and  a 
large  namber  of  petitions  and  memoriala  were  m 
cironlatlou  for  tbe,  algnatnrea  of  tbose  in  favor  of 
the  measnre.  One  has  been  sent  from  Mnnroe 
County  signed  by  tbe  School  Commissioners.  Oue 
in  this  City  has  already  received  itie  aignatare  of 
Mr.  William  Wood.  President  of  the  board  of  Edu- 
cation, and  many  members  of  the  Board,  while  oth- 
ers are  rapidly  aecuring  the  names  of  leading  law- 
yers and  bnainoss  men.  Those  engaged  in  colleot- 
ing  aignatnres  say  that  they  find  a  very  favorable 
feeling  to  the  moaaaro. 

The  experiment  of  putting  women  In  thoae  posi- 
tions has  been  tried  with  considerable  succesa  in 
England,  Scatland,  and  this  coantry.  In  regard  to 
tbe  recent  election  for  niembera  of  acbool  boarda  in 
England,  Miaa  Mary  E."  Becdv.  an  American  lady, 
wrltoa  to  the  VToman't  Journal : 

"  Tbe  opposition  to  having  women  npon  tbe 
acbool  boards  ia  not  only  iiot  iocreaf  ing,  but  ia 
diminishins,  and  this  view  is  cuotirmeU  by  the  fol. 
lowing  facts:  -The  recent  school  board  eleotioa  la 
tho  tbiid  since  school  boards  oegan  to  be  eatablUhed 
in  England.  !lliaB  Becker,  tbe  edicor  of  tbe  Englith 
Women't  ^u/ra^eJoumai, baskcpt  her  plsceopon  ilie 
Mauoheator  Sciiool  Board  from  ita  formation,  and  ia 
recoiiuizeil  aa  oneof  ita  moat  efficient  tuemt>ers.  Misa 
Stnrije,  iiiucn  of  the  well-Kiiown  pbilaotbropic 
Quaker,  Joaepb  Sturge,  baa  aerved  two  terms  upon 
tne  Birmingham  Scbo->l  Board.  She  retiruii  at  tbe 
ruoeur  elecriun,  aad  her  place  bas  been  filed  by  u 
iLUa  Kenarick.  Mra.  Bnctoo  eaters  npou  her  second 
term  in  the  acbool  board  of  Lfleda,  with  a  larger 
m%jority  than  auv  other  candidate.  Tbe  first 
sobuul  l>oard  in  Liudun  had  two  wfdelj-known  sod 
moatcfiSoient  women — Mrs.  Dr.  Garrett  AndersoD, 
whose  professional  autiea  required  her  to  retire  at 
the  end  of  ber  first  term  of  ufllcf,  nud  Misa  Emily 
Daviea.  wbu,  having  been  tbe  leader  In  establishing 
Girton  College  for  women  at  Cambridge  toaod  her 
presence  at  the  college  necessary  fur  directing  the 
work.  Both  these  ladies,  like  Prof.  Huxley, 
had  gone  npou  tbe  school  board  to  asaiat 
in  giving  preatige  to  tbe  work  of  tbo 
board  and  in  gutting  the'  work  supcessfally 
ataried.  The  aecond  London  board  contained  Mra. 
Cowell.  eister  of  Mrs.  Dr.  Garrett  Anderson,  and 
Miss  Chcsaar,  one  of  tbe  most  learned  women 
teachers  in  London.  These  Udies  are  accredited 
with  excellent  work,  but  tbey  did  uor  bni^g  with 
them  the  same  public  reputation  and  Influence  that 
attended  Miaa  Qaviea  and  Mrs.  Dr.  Garrett  Ander- 
son, and  ther.  too,  lonnd  it  necessary  to  retire  at 
tba  end  of  ono  term,  and  are  succeeded  by  four  ladv 
members — one  la  Ulas  Helen  Taylor,  tiie  atep- 
daugbter  of  John  Suart  Mill,  and  toe  editor  of  both 
Air.  Buckle's  and  Mr.  Miil'a  postbumona  works; 
anotbrr  ia  Mrs.  Woatlake,  the  daughter  of  Augus- 
tus Hare,  an  able  political  writer,  whose  schuiae 
for  tbe  reoreaentatioQ  of  inlnerlties  is  wvH  known 
among  all  friends  of  republican  covcrohient." 

Just  preceding  this  election  pany  Engllab  papers 
were  warm  in  their  advocacy  of  tbe  presence  of 
wcmen  on  these  ooards,  some  of  tbe  heading  Jour- 
nala  having  editoriala  urging  that  all  rato-pajera 
should  vote  for  the  lady  candidites.  In  a  long  ar- 
ticle on  the  subject  tbe  London  Daily  Ntxot  says : 
"  It  will  be  a  aorioua  hindrance  to  tbo  aucceasfnl  ao- 
compliabment  of  the  lask  that  still  awaits  tbe  ener- 
gy and  akill  of  tbo  new  board,  if  tbe  places  of  tbe 
two  ladies  w^o  have  seats  on  tbe  pteaent  board 
aboold  not  be  filled  by  auitable  represantativea  of 
their  sex."  It  then  goes  on  to  point  out  aeveral  In- 
stances ia  wbioh  (be  presence  cf  women  on  tbe 
board  aecared  advantagea  to  the  female  acbolars 
which  the  men  bad  either  overlooked  or 
neglected,  and  adds :  "  Men  constantly 
fall  into  mistakes  on  questions  affect- 
ing the  other  sex  from  abeor  Ignorance, 
because  ihej  bare  no  occasion  in  tboir  dally  lives 
to  observe  and  remember  the  facts  that  tell  in  favor 
ot  women.  It  Is  of  the  ntmost  importance  that 
some  ladies,  at  least,  abould  be  on  the  board,  not 
merely  to  aee  that  tbe  edacatiunal  intereata  of  girls 
are  not  ne;{lected,  but  to  coamunicate  with  tbo 
school-mlatresses,  and  alfjrd  them  that  sympathy 
and  anpport  which  can  best  be  given  by  women  to 
women." 

Women  have  served  with  marked  success  on 
school  boards  in  Masaacbusotts,  Illinois,  Indiana, 
WiaooDsio,  Michigan,  and  other  Weatern  Statea. 
In  Joliet,  111.,  Misa  Sarah  C.  Molntoah  baa  Just 
been  elected  Superintendent  of  Schools.  In  Mich- 
igan women  not  only  serve  on  the  boards  bnt  vote 
for  school  ofiicera,  and  hare,  aa  elaewhere,  tha  ex- 
periment bas  proved  a  success. 

INDICTED  FOB  PERJURY. 


INSiniANCE  OFFICIALS  IN  ST.  LOUIS  ACCUSED 
OF   MAKING  FALSE  STATE.MENTS — TWEN- 
lY-ONB    COUNTS   IN  THR   INDICTMENT. 
Froii%  the  St  Louit  Journal,  Feb.  8. 

The  Grand  Jury  have  bad  tbe  insurance 
crookedness  nnder  investigation  for  some  time,  and 
at  noon  yesterday  came  to  a  vote  npon  the  indict- 
ments pending  against  John  T.  Donglaaa,  Preai- 
dent  of  the  Columbia  Lite  Insurance  Company 
and  Director  in  tbe  Life  Association  of  America, 
Edwin  W.  Bryant,  Actuary  of  both  companies  and 
Yice  President  of  the  former.  The  indictments 
charged  perjury  in  maaing  and  swearing  to  falae 
statements  as  to  tbe  condition  of  the  Columbia 
Life,  and  contained  21  counts.  Each  one  of  these 
counts  was  approved  unanimously,  and  true  bills 
against  Douglass  and  Bryant  were  returned.  The 
Grand  Jury  entered  tbe  criminal  court-room  short- 
ly after  152  o'clock,  and  reported  thexe  indictments 
with  a  number  of  others  to  Judge  Jones,  who  or- 
dered warrania  laaned  Immediately  for  tbo  arrest  of 
the  Indicted  ntrties.  These  proceedings  were  con- 
dncted  with  aach  snocesaful  secrecy  that  the  press 
reporters  could  obtain  no  definite  information  upob 
the  matter,  and  tbe  evening  papers  barely  allnded 
to  the  fact  that  it  wae  rumored  two  indictments  had 
been  returned  against  certain  iniiarance  men. 

Mr.  John  V.  Douglass  came  down  to  bis  ofBoe 
yesterday  noon.  About  4  o'clock  Mr.  Bryant  made 
bis  appearance,  and  with  paintnl  trepidation  in* 
fortned  Douglass  that  there  waa  a  rumor  npou  tbe 
sireeta  that  he  (Bryani)  had  been  indicted  by  the 
Grand  Jury.  Mr.  Donglsss  evinced  little  or  no  sur- 
prise. He  saggeated  to  Mr.  Bryant  tne  propriety 
of  proceeding  at  once  to  the  criminal  court  for  the 
purpose  of  fixing  up  the  little  lonnality  of  bond, 
&o.,  ao  as  to  avoid  all  the  annoyances  connected  with 
an  arrest.  At  5:30  o'clock  Measra.  Donglasa  and 
Bryant  entered  Clerk  Clabby'a  office.  Mr.  Dong- 
Uas  approached  tbe  Clerk.,  and  after  shaking  bands 
with  blm,  remarked  :  "I  ouderstind  yuu  buve  a 
warrant  for  the  arrest  of  my  friend,  Mr.  Bryant, 
here  1"  Clabby  looked  at  Mr.  DongLass  curiunaly 
for  a  moment  or  two,  and  £ben,  with  a  twiakle  in 
bis  eye,  repbed  :  "  Yea,  and  I  have  one  for  yoar  ar- 
rest too,  Mr.  Douglaaa  !"  The  iutelligeace  fell  like 
a  thundert>olt  upon  the  ear  of  tbe  unsuspecting 
man.  He  staggered  back  a  pace  or  two,  oiasped 
his  hands  npon  his  breast,  aad  uttered  a  fetr  in- 
artlcnlate  sounds.    It  was  a  painful  piottira. 

"  What  is  tne  obarge  t"  be  at  last  found  tongue 
to  inqtdre.     "Petjury  I"  replied  the  Clerk. 

Again  the  olil  man  tottered  back,  as  it  completely 
overcome  by  ahnme.  His  face  waa  pale  as  oeatn 
and  his  hands  twitched  oonvuiaivelr.  Finally,  aa  it 
suddenly  recoltectiag  himaelf,  be  caught  Mr.  Bryant 
by  the  arm,  and  going  a  little  to  one  side,  the  two 
baatlly  discussed  the  situation,  and  then  Mr. 
Douglaaa  luqoired  the  amount  of  aacurity  that 
woald  be  required  ot  each.  XJpop  learning  that 
•1,500  each  waa  required,  Mr.  Douglass  withdrew 
and  aoon  returnea  with  I.  Z.  Smith,  Esq.,  who 
aigaed  the  l>oud  of  each  of  the  indioted  parties. 
The  three  ttaeu  left  the  court-room. 


TEMPBBAKOS  IH  ILLINOIS. 

Tbe  TenpcraQoe  Btform  CIqIis  of  JUinoia 
will  bold  a  oonyantioo  In  I'raeport,  eommanciag  on 
TnestUy,  Fab,  90,  aod  oon^oing  three  days.  Dele- 
gates lepreaestmg  theolqbi  will  be  entertaiped  ttee 
of  cost  by  the  eltlsons.  All  orgtsisttioos  aa4 
fr^(>nrff  of  tanuMcaaoa  aia  invito  to  ba  oraaanL 


iEKMAH  sQimt  mwm' 

THE  NIGHT  AFTER  THE  BALL. 
JO'!rOT2S  8UPPLEMBNT  TO  THE  GRAND  FVBr 
riC  DANCE — TEqS  BBIQ9T  OV  MUSICAL 
PLEASURE  AND  BEER-DRINKIMG — ^THIR- 
TIETH ASWlV1bB»ABV  OF  798  LBI&BB- 
XRANZ  O^OAVIKATION — A  SKBTOH  OB 
ITS  UPS  AND  DOWNS. 

"Commera"  and  " gemuetUchkeit,"  intejfax&bl^ 
as  they  are  untranslatable,  twin  gams  of  Qermsoio 
expression,  oondenae  a  world  of  meaning  Into 
their  few  syllables,  living  together  as  a  single  lova- 
ble memory  in  every  heart  that  baa  learned  to  know 
them  and  appreciate  at  its  full  worth  the  delicious 
philosophy  that  "  'tis  better  to  langb  than  be  sigh- 
ing." There  Is  no  word  in  English  for  either  of 
them,  bnt  by  many  words  acme  idea  may 
be  conveyed  at  least  of  (heir  signifloance. 
Perhaps  tbe  beat  way  to  do  so  will  b^  to  destjribe 
a  "  eommers,"  which  is  an  occasion  pervaded  by  a 
thorough  gemueUi^keit,  wbioh  is  the  spirit  of  tbe 
occasion.  None  are  more  happy  in  their  conduct 
of  a  eommers  than  tbe  festive  and  timef  nl  brethren 
of  theLiederkranz.  and  never  are  tbey  iu  better  trim 
for  such  enjoyment  than  on  the  night  succeeding 
their  annual  grand  masquerade.  Perhaps  it  may 
be  because  the  Pondarons  German  mind  wakes 
gradually  only  to  the  poaaibilttles  of  sport,  and 
when  atarted,  moves  on  its  objectlvs  point  of  fan 
In  masses,  as  it  were,  so  that  tbe  excitement  of  a 
carnival  night  is  little  more  than  a  preparation  for 
atill  greater  indulgence  and  relaxation  on  .  tbe 
night  thereafter.  Flsrbaps,  also,  a  vague  faith 
In  "  the  hair  of  the  dog  will  cure  tbe 
bite,"  may  Incline  sofne  of  them  to  aQ 
especial  fondness  tor  beer  on  the  evening  after  that 
exceptloAal  revel,  and  no  doubt  numbers  seek  tbe 
contmers  as  a  valid  excuse  for  indulging  tbf>t  relnot- 
ance  to  going  to  bed  which  many  men  have  after 
"making  a  night  of  it."  Whatever  may  be  their 
impulses,  from  100  to  150  of  the  members  of  the 
Liederkrans,  old  and  young,  sit  dswn  together  the 
ulght  after  tbe  ball  to  amoke,  drink  beer,  alng, 
drink  beer,  make  funny  speeches,  dnnk  beer,  laugb, 
drink  beer  and  enloy  general  good-fellowshiD — and 
beer. 

So  they  sat  last  Friday  evening,  more  than  100  of 
them,  around  tbe  long  tables  in  their  handsome  clnb- 
taonse  on  Fourth  street,  and  made  merry. 
Bat  tbe  occasion  was  an  extraordi- 
nary one.  It  was  not  only  the 
regular  after  ball  eommen.  'It  was  the  celebration 
ot  tbe  thirtieth  anniversary  of  tbe  formation  of 
their  aooiety.  Quite  appropriately  tbey  opened  the 
evening's  proceedings  by  singing  In  chorus  tbe 
familiar  old  Suabian  ballad  :  "  6ehi*r  dreitrig  jahrt 
but  du  alt,  hatt  manohen  slurm  erUbt."  [Just  thirty 
years  ait  thou  old,  bast  lired  through  many  storms.  1 
Then  tbe  President  of  tbe  Society  delivered  hia  an. 
nnal  address.  When  he  arose  to  speak,  the  genial 
face  of  ex-Mayor  C.  G.  Gnnther  amiied  blandly  and 
hazily  npon  him  through  the  smoke  from  tbe  further 
end  of  the  tables;  to  bis  left  beamed  the 
benign  countenance  of  Justice  Otterboarg;  on  bis 
tight  sat  tbe  venerable  white-headed  "Papa" 
Windmnller,  the  only  one  remaining  of  the  founders 
of  the  Liederkracz  ;  on  every  side  were  men  of  high 
social  standinir,  prominence  in  the  mercantile  and 
financial  wurld  and  note  in  political  afPdra.  Before 
each  man  stood  a  glaas  of  b«er ;  at  the  doorways 
stood  a  oorpa  of  nimble  waiters  quick  to  refill  tbe 
empty  glasses ;  through  a  wide  central  door  open- 
ing into  a  larger  and  leas  brilliantly  lighted  hall 
could  be  seen  a  large  orchestra. 

President  Steinway  said  in  Febmsry,  1840,  upon 
a  call  issued  by  a  German  musician  named  Krans- 
kupf.  a  meeting  wo*  held  attbeold  Shakespeare  Hotel 
to  organize  a  German  singing  society.  At  that  time 
there  was  bnt  one  soob  organization  in  the  country, 
the  "  Maennercbor  "  of  Philadelphia.  Of  the  150 
gentlemen  who  attended  that  meeting,  only  25 
proved  their  faith  by  their  works  to  tba  extant  of 
contributing  25  ccnta  each  as  a  basis  of  operations. 
With  tb use  25  members  and  in  that  bnmble  way 
started  the  Liederkraoz,  which  now  liaa  over  %0 
members,     owns    more    than    (100,000    worth    ot 

proneitv,  and  may  justly  be  deemed  tbe 
strongest  and  most  flourisb^nz  urg.inlzation  of  ita 
kind  in  the  world.  Tbe  gentleman  who  proposed 
the  existence  of  the  society  waa  Its  first  Musical 
Director.  During  the  past  27  years,  however,  tbe 
present  rfflcient  pirecter,  AgricotPaui,  bas  wielded 
the  baton  at  every  rehearsal  and  concert  except 
three.  The  formation  of  the  Lledctkranz  seemed 
to  atart  op  a  crop  of  atnging  societies,  not  only  in 
New-Tork,  but  tbrongbout  tbe  country.  Some  ot 
tbo«e  have  since  pasaed  away,  others  have  been 
consolidated,  but  the  old  Llederkranz  has  always 
held  ita  nlaco  at  tbe  head  of  tba  liat  aa  tbe 
atrongeat  and  moat  influential,  numbering 
among  ita  members  tbe  best  of  our  German  clti- 
sens,  add  ranking  higbCMt  in  mucical  attainments 
up  to  tbe  present  trnie.  In  June,  18S0,  this  society 
attended  in  Pbiindelohia  tbe  first  musical  festival 
ever  given  in  the  United  Statea,  and,  in  tbe  com- 
petitive singing,  carried  off  the  first  prize  by  its 
magnificent  rendering  of  a  cborua  from  "La  Fille 
du  Kegiment."  and  in  1851  prodnoed  here  tbe  tirat 
tierman  opera,  "Czitr  and  Zimmerman,"  ever  pub- 
licly performed  in  this  country.  In  1852  ibe  first 
general  baengerfest  was  held  here,  bnt  proved  an 
entire  financial  failure,  involving  all  the  local  ao- 
cietics  deeply  in  debt.  Tbe  Liedorkranz  alone  bad 
to  pay  some  (2,00^o  clear  itself  That  brought  vu 
bard  times  and  ibm'  inevitable  conaequenoes  of  ill- 
feeling  and  squabbllni',  one  result  ot  which  waa  the 
aecesaion  of  about  20  memt>er8,  who  started  tbe 
"  AiioD "  aa  a  rival  to  the  parent  society. 
It  never,  however,  realized  the  expeotatlona 
uf  ita  founders.  Tne  Lledarkranz  bad 
qalte  recovered  hy  1853,  and  from  that  on 
took  a  prominent  part  in  all  the  great  Saengorfests 
In  different  parts  of  tbe  ooantry.  In  1853  and  1^7 
it  took  Dart  in  tbe  festivals  at  rhlladeipbla;  in  185t 
and  1659  at  Baltimore;  1855  in  NewiYork  ;  1860  in 
Buffalo.  Then  it  aufiered  trom  the  civil  war.  More 
than  100  ot  its  best  members  Joined  the  Army  of 
tbe  Union,  and  over  50  laid  down  their  livra  on  tbe 
battle-flolU  in  defense  of  tbe  country  of  tbsir  adop- 
tion. Id  1863,  however,  the  society  was  strong 
enough  to  buy  for  its  uses  tbe  two  handsome  dwell- 
ings Nos.  31  and  33  East  Fourth  street  and  removed 
from  tboir  old  beadquartera,  in  Pjtbagoras  Hall, 
on,  Canal  street,  near  the  Bowery.  Since  then  it 
has  enjoyed  a  season  of  uninterrnpteu' prosparlty, 
and  Its  ctnb  premises  have  been  still  further'  en- 
larged by  tbe  purchase  in  1869  of  the  house  No.  35 
East  Fourth  street.  Its  musical  triumphs  have 
been  as  gratifying  as  iis  financial  success. 
F'irst   prizes    were    taken    by    its    aingers  at    the 

f;reat  Saengerfesta  of  Pbiladeipbia  in  1867,  Chicago 
u  1868,  and  Baltimore  in  ISOI.  It  alao  bore  an  tm- 
poitunt  part  m  the  llew-York  festival  of  1871. 
Since  that  time  it  baa  mainiy  confined  Itself  to  tne 
giving  of  occasional  magnificent  concerts,  in  which, 
by  its  mosical  drill  and  proficiency  and  its  numer- 
ical atrengtb,  It  baa  been  enabled  to  preaeut 
Worthily  many  works  of  tbe  great  masters  that 
conld  not  otherwise  have  been  beard  here.  It  has 
alao  done  another  thing  for  wbioh  it  deserves  credit, 
iu  fonnoing  a  tree  music  school  for  young  girls, 
where  at  present  from  80  to  100  pupils,  with  prom- 
ising voices,  receive  thorough  instruction  trom  tbe 
most  competent  teachers.  The  list  of  its  Presidents 
recalls  a  serlea  of  names  well  and  honorably 
remembered  bv  New-Torkera,  emoracpg  Dr.  Luo- 
wig,  'Papa"  Windmuller,  Mr.Jellingbaus,  O.Utten- 
dorier.  Dr.  Leilman,  O.  Sackersdorf,  L.  Klammerer, 
Gen.  L.  Burger,  ex-Mayor  O.  G.  Quntber,  and  finally 
tbe  present  incumbent  Mr.  William  Steinway,  who  is 
now  serving  his  fourth  teim  of  office.  In  conclu- 
sion, tbe  speaker  made  an  eloquent  appeal  for  the 
maintenance  of  German  unity  aud  foelmg,  and  pro- 
poaed  "  three  cheers  for  the  German  Lisderkranz." 
Members  aprang  to  their  feet,  waving  their  glasses 
in  tbe  air  aud  abooting  lustily,  wblle  the  trumpets 
blared  aud  the  drums  renounded.  Then  all  quatted 
the  conieots  of  their  glasses,  resumed  their  seats, 
and  while  more  beer  waa  being  brought.  Joined  iu 
the  old  Saabiau  aung,  "  Au'  gang  i'  turn  BrdneU 
drink  abtr  net." 

Mr.  Bernard,  one  of  the  members,  aang  with  fin* 
expieasion  and  excellent  voice  Schubert's  "  Am 
M'.er,"  and  being  loudly  applauded  followed  it  with 
a  tender  little  ballad  for  which  he  plajed  his  own 
accompaniment. 

Tbe  health  of  "  Papa  "  WiadmfiUer  was  proposed 
by  tbe  Preaidenr,  who,  to  do  the  toast  due  honor, 
commanded  "JHzercitium  Halamander."  "Sala- 
mander," "Salamander,"  "Saiamander,"  shouted 
an  hundred  voices  in  reaponsive  Jubilation.  "A 
musical  Salamander,"  further  commanded  tbe 
President,  but  as  he  seemed  about  to  commence  the 
"Exercititun,"  and  many  glasses  wete  unfilled, 
there  swelled  on  tbe  a'r  from  all  pons  of  the  ball 
a  thundering  ohoras  of  "Bier,  hitr,  bitr,  hier,  oder 
ieh  /aU  um."  •  Speedily  tbe  waiters  did  their 
outy,  and  then  the  President  directed,  "Watch 
my  latt  bai-d,"  holding  it  out  before  him 
and  beginning  to  count  "eic — swei — trei." 
At  "sin"  the  glasses  rnnbled  together 
on  tbe  tables ;  "  zwei,"  iind  their  rattling  become  a 
a  roar;  "  trel,"  and  all  was  matant  silence  as  ererv 
glass  was  lifted  to  Its  possessor's  lios  and  drained 
of  its  contents.  Then  ill  were  heldalolt  while  the 
President  counted  "elu — awel — irei,"  and  at  the 
latter  syllable  tbey  all  came  down  together  irith  a 
Simultaneous  bang  tbat  sounded  almost  like  a  can- 
non shut.  Aualn  tbe  rumbling  roll  broke  forth  like 
distant  aanitering  thunder,  coming  nearer  and 
growing  louder  and  louder  as  t&e  Presidenl'a  left 
band  waa  raised,  and  his  lips  conld  be  seen  moving 
as  if  ha  were  saying  "eln,"  and  then  "zwei."  Tbe 
"zwei "  marked  tbe  extremesi  eievation  of  the 
band  and  the  climax  of  the  noise.  From  tbat  tbe 
descending  hand  commanded  a  gradual  dirauiuando, 
from  fortiaaimo  down  to  pianissimo,  and  when 
"trel"  was  conar«d,  tbe  aouud  aeamed  but  a  mut- 
tering among  the  glaases  over  the  not  in  wnich  tbey 
bad  Just  participated.  Agaia  "eln— iwei— tret" 
were  counted,  and  at  the  latter  each  glass  was 
raised  abova.  tbe  holder's  head.  Very  quickly  now, 
and  lor  the  last  time,  "eln— i(wei— trei,"  and  with 
a  shook,  as  of  bat  one  glass,  all  were  again  upon  the 
tablei.  Tben  up  m  a  grand  volama  of  harmony 
swelled  thai  tbiillivcly  leagBiSoant  eharnf.  -  Sece 
qoam  bonam,'  sung  by  all  Dresent,  and  aocom. 
panied  by  the  orohsstra.  Higher  and  big  her,  monnt- 
1  uia   to  a  gloxloaa  ollmax.  roam  tha  atxaint.    than 


^m'l^^rv 


v:-^^i^ 


•9M  smldealy,  aad  for  an  i»i«*Bs  f^m  wm 
9Mi«e^ aUenoe.  ^ia  the  walttrf .,vnph«f.abof^ 
wither. 

"  I'tpa  *'  Wlndfltftller  stood  up  tp  repjy.    A  long 
sree^  ahada  iiooped  ovai  his  eyesi  a  t«!7  |oi)ig,pip^ 


JBtem,  ifitha  big^^wl  at  one  end  of  ft,  and  bis 
smiuig  fue  at  tbe  other,  was  in  his  hand,  ij^ 
only  suspended  hia  aaaoking  long  enongh  to  say 
that  his  fHend,  Jastloe  Otterbonrg  woola  respond 
for  him,  and  the  Justice  did  so  In  a  verr  felloitoos 
bttLe  jipeeob  ^  elicdted  hMr^  «PJ^«b|i^ 

Agrtcol  Panr  Came  to  the  front  with  an  armnil  ot 
mnsio-books,  and.  piider  his  leadership,  the  mem- 
bers sang  finely  a  oborns,  "  Farewell  to  the  Moun- 
tains." And  tba  waiters  cootiaaed  4p  rash  aooni 
with  beer.  The  Secretary  went  abont  witb  a  hat, 
collecting  money  by  voUwtary  aabserlptioos, 
to  iefFny  the  expenses  of  tbd  evemng.  Some  mem- 
bers threw  in  dollar  biUa,  others  pat  in  twos  asd 
flves,  and  some  avan  contribated  tens  and  twenties. 
Soon  the  bat  was  so  fall  that  the  seeretary  had  to 
press  down  its  eontenta.  And  the  waiters  did  not 
relax  their  activity  ia  sooplying  beer.  A  humorous 
gentleman  aang  a  fanny  song  in  a  queer  Pollsti-Jew 
dialect,  and  everybody  laughed  so  heartily  that 
thirst  was  redoubled,  and  the  wfitar^  with  their 
beer,  were  in  greater  demand  than  ever. 

Between  songs  and  speeches,  the  orchestra— well 
supplied  with  beer  and  aymoatbialDg  folly  vita  the 
general  jollity— played  lively  fragments  of  Qfien- 
bach's  merry  naughtinesses.  Men  began  to  beat 
time  with  their  glaases  to  tbe  strains  of  tbat  intoxi- 
cating mnsio.  to  lay  their  arms  oyer  each  otbar's 
Shoulders  and  laugb  together,  not  at  anythlpg 
especially  funny,  bnt  trom  sheer  gladness  of  heart. 
In  on  thp  general  disorder  broke,  like  a  clarion  call, 
tbe  first  notes  of  "Die  Waobt  am  Bhein"  from  tbe 
orchestra,  and  In  a  moment  more  all  were  singing 
it  •ntbusiastioally,  witb  a  glow  of  eameat  feel- 
ing tbat  was  beautiful  to  see.  But  singing 
makes  one  thirsty,  and  ao  "JJier  hitr,  bitrhUr,  oder 
iehfaU,  um"  was  the  next  cborua,  and  so  (he  happy 
boura  were  wiled  away  with  aong  and  speech  and 
story,  merry  conceit  and  Jest  and  kindly  words, 
ollnking  of  glasses  and  emptymg  of  glaases  and  re- 
filling of  glasses.  Tbe  air  became  Acre  and  more 
blue  witb  smoke,  higher  and  higher  rose  the  pile  of 
beer  kega  In  the  adjoining  ball,  faster  and  faster 
blew  tbe  mnsioians  their  exciting  OSienbachlan 
straltf^i  yet  all  the  while,  steadily  at  bis  post,  guid- 
ing and  directing  the  fun,  placid  as  a  moonbeam, 
aat  tbe  President,  with  the  beaming  WindmUllet 
at  hie  side  pnfSng  the  long  pipe. 

By  and  by  tbe  older  membera  reluctantly  straggled 
homeward  one  by  one,  but  the  comT»<r<  did  not  end 
until  long  after  midnight.  In  all,  that  long  sitting, 
however,  itls  worthy  of  remark,  notwithstanding  the 
vast  quantity  ot  beer  consumed,  not  one  man  was 
intoxicated,  and  not  a  single  incident  occurred  tp 
mar  the  general  taarmooy  or  do  vtolence  to  the 
Jovial,  kindly  btotberhooa  ot  feeling  ao  Tvell  charac- 
terized by  that  comprehensive  word,  " gemueilieh- 
keit." 

THE  SEA  CLIFF  CAMP  GROUNDS. 


tftiam  htfi$  waa  won  by  Rea  Thompson  in  fttfi* 
aai|  tte  ifliM  was  aocoidlDgly  awarded  to  him.  The 
koTMMjrjron  Perry  was  entered  for  a  race  against 
flniek  t|*  deaire  being  that  he  should  equal  Pilot's 
nmft  |i96h  the  beat  ever  made  in  tne  Gardta.  He 
liinM,  liowever,  attet  three  trials.    His  best  time 

was  SbWa.  _ 

MAIL  BOBBERIBB. 


ALLEGATIONS  OF  FRAUD  AGAINST  80MB  OF 
THE  TKU8TEES — REPORT  OF  THE  INVBS- 
TIG.VTING  COMRilTTEK. 

Charges  having  been  made  against  some  of 
the  Trustees  of  the  Sea  Cliff  Camo  Grounds,  a  com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  investigate  the  allegations, 
and  the  following  report,  which  appears  to  have 
been  made  last  November,  is  now  made  public  : 
To  the  Trustees  of  the  Sea  Cliff  Camp-metling  Also- 
ciation : 

Your  committee  appointed  to  investigate  certain 
reporta  and  charges  made  against  certain  Trustees 
to  (he  effect  that  tbey  have  illegally  used  and  ap- 
propriated to  their  own  use  tbe  money  and  proper- 
ty of  the  association  to  tbe  ambimt  of  $13,000,  beg 
leave  to  report  aa  follows : 

ftrtt— Tbey  find  that  both  parties  were  Trustees 
oi  aatJ  association,  and  all  agreed  tbat  it  was  roost 
important  to  have  quictc  and  cheap  tranait  to  and 
from  New- York  City,  bnt  found  upon  oonaulting 
counsel  that  under  their  charter  they  could  not 
purchase  and  run  steam-boats. 

Second— to  meet  the  above  want,  Henry  Du'Bois 
being  a  man  of  capital,  the  said  Du  Bois  and  bis 
tiiends  were  indnced  to  purchase  a  steamer  for  said 
business,  and  from  what  was  known  as  tbe  Sea 
Cliff  Steaih-boRt  Company,  the  Camp-meeting  As- 
sociation in  return  waa  to  give  the  steamrtMat  com- 
pany tbe  aole  and  exclusive  use  of  their  dock  and 
wharf  tor  Buch  trafBo,  for  the  said  steam- boat  com- 
pany and  tne  Du  Bois  party,  for  the  better  accom- 
modation ot  said  traffic,  spent  aome  $3,000  on  aaid 
docks  and  wharf. 

Third — Soon  after  the  DaBols  party  began  to  run 
their  boat,  the  W.  H.  De  Pay  party  was  forssed, 
and  chartered,  as  they  claim,  for  and  iu 
behalf  uf  said  Sea  Cliff  Camp-meeting  As- 
soolMion,  th*  steamer  Thomas  P.  Way — 
both  boats  running  and  not  bnsioess  enough 
for  oue,  and  t>oth  boats  losing  from  $60  to  $80  per 
day.  L>u  Bois  and  bia  frienda,  feeling  that  they 
wera  greatly  outraged,  were  about  to  get  out  an 
injunction  to  atop  the  said  De  Poy  party  from 
running  their  boats,  when  Da  Bois  was  asked  what 
he  would  take  to  withdraw  bis  boat,  be  being  In- 
farmed  that  the  lease  of  said  dock  bad  been  can- 
celed by  a  tbree-luurtbs  vote— tbe  lease  containing 
such  provision  ot  cancel  ment.  He  (Da  Bois)  said 
he  bad  purchased  tne  boat  for  the  sole  purpose  of 
aerving  the  Camp-meeting  Asaboiation,  but  as  they 
baa  not  appreciated  bia  aervices,  and  aa  be  was  for 
peace,  and  both  parties  were  losing  money  largely, 
and  as  be  and  bia  (Du  Bois')  friends  owned  largely 
of  tbe  stock  ot  the  Camp-meetmg  AssoclatiQu,  if 
the  W.  U.  De  Pay  party  would  bold  the  Camp- 
meetmg  Aaaociation  harmless  from  loss  and  dam- 
age by  reason  of  their  illegal  and  improper  charter 
of  said  steamer  Thomas  P.  Way,  then  tne  Du  Boia 
narty  would  take  tbe  snm  ot  $6,000  and  withdraw 
their  t>oat  from  said  rouie  of  travel. 

Fourth— Wb  find  tha  proposition  was  accepted  by 
the  W.  H.  De  Puv  party  .and  contract  executed 
whereby  said  W.  H.  De  Puy  party  and  hia  frienda 
contracted  to  pay  all  loss  that  bad  or  might  accrue 
by  reason  of  tbn  charter  of  the  T.  P.  Way,  npon 
their  completion.  We  find  that  the  said  Du  Bois 
took,  inat4>ad  of  cash,  stock  of  tbe  Steam-boat  Com- 
pany for  (6,000,  par  value,  supposed  to  be  worth  aC 
(bat  time  50  cents  on  tbe  dollar,  instead  of  tbe  $6,000 
before  named,  and  withdrew  faia  bottas  agreed,  and 
at  the  reqneat  ot  aitid  W.  H.  De  Pny,  gave  up  the 
leaae  for  tbe  dock,  be  not  receiving  one  cent  there- 
for, and  oonaidering  it  ot  nu  value,  as  one  of  its  con- 
ditions waa  tbat  it  waa  to  cease  if  the  said  Du  Bois 
aboald  withdraw  his  boat. 

i\fth—We  tlnd  that  soon  after  Du  Bois  took  off 
his  boat  and  gare  up  tbe  lease  that  the  W,  U.  De 
Puv  party,  they  being  Trustees  of  tbe  said  Sea 
Cliff  Camo-meeting  Aasociation,  did  aell  to  tbe  aaid 
Sea  Cliff  Camn-meetiog  Association  the  leaae  for 
tbe  sum  of  $12,000,  for  which  they  claim  they  paid 
$3,000 ;  but  in  our  opinion  tbe  $3,000  was  paid  lor 
tbe  taking  off  the  Du  Bois  steam -boat  to  guard 
them  against  greater  loss  on  the  T.  P.  Way,  by  rea- 
son of  which  the  Sea  Chfl  Camp-meeting  Associa- 
tion have  loat  from  16,000  to  $7,000. 

aixth, — W .  H.  De  Puy  and  hia  trienda  being  Trus- 
tees of  the  said  Sea  Cliff  Camp-meeting  Associa- 
tion and  thereby  representing  widows  and  orphans 
by  tbeir  trasteeMbip,  we  cannot  aee  any  good  reason 
why  they,  as  Trustees,  should  pass  a  vote  to  pur- 
chase from  themselves  a  lease  for  $13,000  for  which 
they  paid  nothing,  or  at  tbe  moits  according  to  their 
own  showing,  $3,000.  We,  theretore,  conclude 
tbat  this  last  transaction  is  clearly  dUbonorable 
and  fraudulent.    Respectfully, 

CHESTER  BEDELL,  One  of  said  committee. 

To  HENBif  Du  Bois,  President.    Nov.  5J7, 1876. 


CONGRESSIONAL   PROOEBDINOS. 

In  tbe  House  of  Bepresentatives  yesterday, 
the  bill  for  tbe  relief  of  the  neirs  of  the  late  Rear 
Admiral  Charles  Wilkes  was  pasaed.  Mr.  Wood,  of 
New- York,  from  the  Committee  on  Ways  and 
Meana,  reported  a  bill  amending  the  law  relative  to 
Internal  revenue  o£Boers.  Printed  and  recommitted. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Wells,  uf  Misaonri,  tbe  Senate 
amendments  to  the  Indian  Appropriation  bill  were 
non-concnrred  In.  Mr,  Warren,  of  Massachusetts, 
introduced  a  bill  to  aid  in  tbe  eatabliabment  of  cheap 
telegraph  communication  between  America  and 
Europe.  Referred.  On  motion  of  Mr.  Clymer,  of 
Pennsylvania,  the  Senate  amendments  to  the  Mil- 
itary Academy  Appropriation  bill  were  oon-oon- 
cnrred  in.  In  the  Senate  Mr^  Mitchell,  of 
Oregon,  aaid  tbat  he  noticed  a  pablished 
statement  purporting  to  contain  the  points  of  a 
report  in  regard  to  ibe  Oregon  Elector  investiga- 
tion, to  be  aubmitted  by  tbe  Coaumitte*  on  Privi- 
leges and  Elections.  As  that  statement  placed  him 
in  a  false  position,  •  he  desired  to  aay 
tbat  tbe  duty  of  preparing  tbe  report 
had  been  intmiteo  to  bun.  Tbe  report  was 
about  completed,  bnt  it  bad  not  yet  been  submitted 
to  the  anb-oommlttee  or  tbe  full  committee. 
He  bad  made  no  atatement  as  to  tba  points  of  the 
report,  bnt  may  have  given  his  ludivldaal  opioton 
on  tbe  subject.  He  never  intimated  to  any  re- 
porter of  the  press  or  any  one  tbe  pointa  ot  the  re- 
port. It  would  soon  be  submitted  to  the  sub. 
oommittee  and  tben  to  tbe  full  committee,  and  if 
adopted  would  be  given  to  the  public. 

_ sw     

BUSIUMSS  FAILUttEB. 

Tbe  following  assignments  for  the  benefit  of 
creditors  were  filed  in  the  County  Clerk's  oQlca 
yesterday:  Levy  Cohn  to  Harris  Coonj  Ar- 
thur C.  Searles  to  Edward  C.  Johnston  (  Francis 
J.  Donnelly  to  John  Dn£  and  Morrita  Mehesy  to 
Edward  Nollain. 

Frederick  F.  Beals,  President  of  the  Ameri- 
can Sardine  Company,  ot  No.  51  Broadway,  has 
gone  into  voluntary  bankruptcy  witb  liabilities  of 
$56  000,  and  nominal  assets  of  $41,000,  The  largeat 
creditors  are  Mrs.  Jaae  A.  Famargo  $80,000;  First 
National  Bank  of  Cooperstown,  N.  Y..  $13,627 ;  Mrs. 
H.  Seals,  $8,125 1  Zach  E.  Simmons,  tfi.433;  Marine 
National  Bank,  $5,500.. 

IBOTTINO  AT  GILMOBB'8  GARDEN. 
A  very  large  assemblage  witnessed  the  sports 
in  Gilmore's  Garden  laat  evening.  In  addition  to  the 

trotting  events,  there  was  a  colored  fat  msa'a  foot- 
rae«  aad  a  ladies'  fiat-race.  For  tbe  flrat  trotting 
race  there  were  six  entries,  but  all  the  horses  did 
not  come  to  the  pole.  The  first  two-mile  heats 
were  won  by  tbe  b.g.  Harvey  in  2:50  and  2:47.  re- 
spectively. The  tbirC  heat  was  awarded  to  the  a. 
g.  Pat  Lynch  on  account  of  a  foal,  although  Harvey 
passed  tne  goal  first.  Tbe  time  of  the  beat  was 
2:49.  The  blk.  m.  Jennie  Moore  won  the  last 
three  haata  in  2:49,  S:49>4,  and  2:481a  respectively. 
A  grand  trotting  match  tor  tSOU,  two-mile  beats 
between  tbe  black  gelding  Harry,  and  tbe  bsy 
gelding  Frank,  was  won  by  the  former  In  two 
straight  beata.  Tbs  time  waa  5m.  36s.  and  Sm.  91s. 
A  trot  for  WHO,  aile  beaUrWas  partUnpatM  in  bv 
the  gray  gelding  Ben  Thompson,  bay  geldinK 
Donbtful.  and  brown  celding  Ben.  Ben 
TbompsMi  won  tbe  fltat  two  heatr,  bnt 
was  pressed  closely  by  Ben-  In  tbe 
third  heat  Ben  Tbanpaea  and  B«>  foaled  one  an- 
Aihac.  and  tha  Indgas  daoided  it  a  AmmA  hasLt,    Xha 


KKW-TOtK  LSTrER-BAa.S  CUT  OPEN  IN 
CINCIKNATI — OTHER  LOSsdlS  OK  THE 
WAV  TO  IXyUHIVXLUB. 

Tbe  Qincina^ti  Enquirer  at  Saturday  priata 
tha  following  statements,  on  tbe  alleged  authority 
of  Special  Mail  Agent  Johnston  of  tbat  city: 

"A  general  robbery  system  has  been  going  on 
among  the  mails  at  tbe  Little  Hiami  Depot  and 
along  the  line  of  the  Pittsburg,  Cincinnati  and  St 
Xionis  Railroad  for  some  time  past,  though  tbe  best 
detective  skill  could  not  trace  it  to  a  responsible 
aonroe.  A  number  of  mail-bags  disappeared  from 
ibe  l>ittle  IClaml  Depot  a  few  months  ago,  bnt  ware 
returned  when  the  trail  liecame  hot  under  the 
search  of  the  Government  offi!oers.  Tbe  parties 
wbo  returned  them  claimed  that  the  bags 
had  been  lost,  and  aa  a  theft  of  them  could  not  be 
proved,  tbe  matter  was  dropped  there.  But 
about  a  month  ago  an  Saatem  mall-bag— trom  New- 
York  City,  we  believe — disappeared  while  beiag 
carried  from  Pittsbnrg  to  Columbus.  No  triaoe 
of  It  or  its  eontenu  bas  yet  been  found.  These 
roboepes  occurred  at  tbe  Little  Hiami  Depot 
during  tbe  night  of  the  16th  of  last  month.  Two 
mall-bags  trom  tbe  East  were  cut  open,  and  part 
of  their  contents  abstracted  and  carried  away. 
Both  were  en  route  to  Louisville.  The  one  had  been 
made  up  along  tbe  Pittsburg  and  Kew-York  Bail- 
road,  between  those  two  points,  and  the  other  was 
collected  bv  the  Postal-car  Agent  between  Pitts- 
burg-and  Columbus,  on  tbe  Pittsburg,  Cincinnati 
and  St^  Louis  Railroad.  The  train  from  the  East 
which  brought  them  into  Cincinnati  that  evening 
was  late,  and  mlsaed  connection  with  the  LouiavlUe 
ghpit-Une  train  going  South.  The  mail,  therefore, 
consigned  to  Loniavule  had  to  wait  until  next 
morning.  Now,  riglit  here  is  a  little  mystery.  No 
one  seems  to  know  tor  a  certainty  what  was  done 
with  the  two  robbed  mail  bags  during  the  interval 
between  their  arrival  here  and  tbe  departure  of  tbe 
6  o'clock  Sbort-line  train  next  morning.  Mr.  Johns- 
ton aaya  they  should  have  been  deposited  in  tbe 
Cincinnati  Post  Office,  bnt  tbey  were  not.  He  further 
States  that  the  'Prions  railroad  companies  have  a  con- 
tract witb  tbe  Grovemmeot  to  carry  the  mail  from  one 
end  of  the  roate  to  tbe  other,  and  that  tbey  and 
their  agents  are  reaponaible  for   ita  safe-keeping 

from  the  time  they  leceive  it  till  it  is  delivered  at 
its  destination,  where  the  bags  were  while  at  the 
depot  Is  not  dearly  known.  The  depot  authorities 
sa.v  tbey  were  locked  up  in  the  postaNcar  of  the 
morning  Short-line  train,  which  was  standing  in 
tbe  depot  allnigbt.  But  Mr.  Johnston  thinks  may  be 
they  w  ere  left  lying  all  night  on  tbe  trucks,  ex- 
poaed  to  anybody  wbo  came  along  with  a  bad  inten- 
tion. Tbe  robbery  was  discovered  the  next  day, 
wben  a  party  brought  u  some  broked 
envelopes  which  be  had  found  near  tbo 
Little  Hiami  Depot.  He  delivered  them  to  Mr. 
Johnston,  wbo.  on  examination,  discovered  tbat 
tbey  were  addressed  to  LouiavlUe,  and  had  been 
mailed  at  New-York  on  tbe  IStb.  From  these  two 
facra  he  came  to  the  concluaion  tbat  an  Eastern 
mail-bag  en  route  to  Louisville  tbe  night  before  had 
been  roobed.  A  telegram  to  tbe  Louisville  Poat- 
maater  confirmed  tbia  theory.  The  clerk  at  that 
point,  on  emptying  tne  two  bags  of  what  was  left 
in  them,  discovered  that  a  slit  had  been  cut  in 
each  and  part  of  tbe  letters  therein  taken  ont.  The 
bags  were  sent  to  Mr.  Johnston.  We  saw  them 
both  in  bis  office  yesterday.  Each  haa  a  sUt  of 
about  three  inches  long,  and  of  a  zig-zag  conrse, 
ripped  in  tbeir  side* — just  such  as  would  be  pro- 
('Uced  bv  a  rapid  Jerk  of  a  pocket-knife.  It  is  not 
certain  bow  much  valuable  mail  was  lost,  as  it  baa 
not  yet  been  time  to  hear  from  the  East,  whence 
the  letters  came." 


CAUSE  OF  SICKNESS  IN  HOMES. 
A    PAPER    BT  COL.    WARING  READ    BEFORE 
THE      HEALTH    ASSOCIATION— HOW      TO 
FRBVRNT  MALARIAL  OASES    T&OX   ^EN- 
ERATING  IN  THE  SEWERS. 

A  meeting  ot  the  Public  Health  Association 
was  held  at  No.  12  West  Thirty-first  street  last 
Thursday  evening.  Dr.  Charles  F.  Chandler,  the 
President,  in  the  chair.  A  paper  was  read  by  Col. 
Waring  on  "  Tbe  Sanitary  Condition  of 
City  and  Suburban  Housea."  A  snitably 
bailt  city  house,  he  aaid,  suitably  arranged 
and  surrounded,  was  probably  tbe  safest  of  all 
human  habitations.  Out  such  a  domicile  was  prob- 
ably the  rarest  of  all  works  of  bnman  construction. 
On.  tbe  other  band,  tbe  generality  of  country 
houses  had  all  the  advantagea  which  were  not  pos- 
sessed by  city  dwelling-houses,  such  as  an  abun- 
dance of  snnliftbt,  pure  air,  and  good  foundations. 
In  a  city  house  wtueh  possessed  good  walls 
and  good  fonndations,  there  was  little  to  be 
feared  from  exhalations  from  the  ground. 
A  house  located  upon  an  improper  site,  aa  over  a 
swamp  or  pond,  unless  its  foundation  were  securely 
inclosed  by  oloselyiemented  walls  and  paved  with 
a  tight  fiaor,  would  be  subject  to  exhalations  from 
the  soil  These  exhalations  cause  debilitating  ef- 
fects, such  as  headache,  nauaea,  and  inter- 
mittent fever.  Persons  becoming  enfee- 
bled by  these  means  were  far  more  suscep- 
tible to  malarial  diseases  than  robust,  healthy 
persona.  It  was  coming  to  be  a  well-recognised 
fact  tbat  diphtheria,  typhoid,  and  cerebroapinal 
meningitis  were  more  or  less  caused  by  impurities 
In  the  air.  In  the  coantry,  there  was  less  danger 
of  diseases  being  caused  by  foul  air  than  by  foulness 
of  tbe  water.  Tbe  ground  air  might  be  excluded 
fromonr  dwelling-bouHes  by  carefully  laying  tbe 
foundation  fioors  and  the  surrounding  walls. 

Human  ingenuity  bad  thus  far  been  unable  to 
devise  means  for  tborougtily  removing  tbe  refuse 
liquids  of  the  house  in  an  automatic  manner,  and 
tbe  eleganlly-flniehed  work  of  tba  plumber  waa  too 
frequently  the  outward  manifestation  of  a  hidden 
danger.  It  was  a  common  practice  to  attribute  all 
aewer  gas  to  tbe  public  sewer;  bat  the  vast 
amount  of  disease  and  death  sauaed  by  sewer 
gas  conld  not  always  be  laid  entirely  to 
them,  SM  the  waste-pine  of  the  house  was 
often  productive  of  equally  deadly  results.  Lead 
soil  pipes  were  very  eommonly  used,  and  it  bad 
been  proved  tbat  tbey  were  not  serviceabla  owing 
to  their  extreme  liability  to  carrode.  The  speaker 
recommended  the  aubstitution  of  eaat  and  wrought 
iron  pipes  tor  the  leaden  ones,  and  said  that  by  the  in- 
troduction of  fresh  air  into  the  '  street  sewera,  by 
means  of  opea  man-trapa  in  the  streets,  and  by 
other  patent  appliances  in  dwalling-bonses,  foul  air 
might  be  prevented  from  accumulating  in  the  sew- 
ers, and  tbsre  would  be  no  danger  to  bs  appre- 
hended from  allowing  the  sewers  to  ventilate  them- 
selves through  the  bouses. 

Remarks  indorsing  tbe  paper  were  made  by 
Uessrs.  Bayles  and  Partridge,  Dr.  Elisha  Harris, 
Dr.  BeU,  and  others. 

THE    UNITED  STATES  AND  CANADA. 


THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THE  WASHINGTON 
TREATY  —  CORRESPONDENCE  WHICH 
CONTAINS  A  VIGOROUS   REMONSTRANCE. 

Ottawa,  Feb.  10. — Correspondence  relating' 
to  the  delay  on  the  part  of  the  United  States  in  act- 
ing upon  the  provisiims  of  the  Washington  Treaty 
has  been  pnblubed.  It  contains  a  vigorous  remon- 
strance, under  date  of  Nov.  34,  1876,  embodied  in  a 
mmnte  of  tbe  Privy  Coancil  of  Canada,  against  the 
condnot  of  the  United  States,  The  ntnute  says  : 
"AUbongh  protracted  negotiations  have  occurred 
between  ber  Majeaty'a  Government  and  tbe  United 
States,  and  the  Canadian  Government  has  fre- 
quently urged'  the  necesalty  for  disposing  of  thii 
matter  in  the  way  thus  stipnlated  on  an  inter- 
national agreement,  there  does  not  appear  to  have 
been  any  practical  advance  whatever  made  by  tbe 
IJnited  Statea  Government  toward  organizing  the 
commission  agreed  to  at  Waabington  in  1871.  Sev- 
eral years  have  now  elapsed,  daring  wbioh  IJnited 
States  oltizeni  have  freely  resorted  to  our  in- 
eborea  and  availed  themselves  of  tbe  aavantages 
acquired  ncdec  these  articles,  without  tulfllling  the 
principal  condition  on  which  such  liberty  was  ac- 
corded. Tbe  committee,  therefore,  advise  tbat  her 
Mijeaty'a  Government  be  requested  to  call  the  at- 
tention of  the  Government  of  tbe  United  States  to 
the  delays  that  have  arisen  by  the  failnre  of  that 
Government  to  co-operate  in  tbe  organization  of  a 
commission,  and  to  move  tbe  Government  of  the 
United  States  to  promptly  fulfill  the  terms  of  the 
said  articles  of  the  Treaty  of  Washington." 


TEBDIOT  AGAIN  SI  SMEBIFF  CONNER. 

Yesterday  a  suit  was  brought  iu  the  Seventh 
District  Court  before  Jndge  PtncKney  by  Mr.  Isaao 
Steitel,  a  butcher  rsRiding  in  Third  avenue,  near 
Fiftieth  street,  against  Sheriff  Conner  to  recover 
$41  75  which  was  paid  to  one  of  his  deputies  last 
May  (when  Mr.  Steifel  waa  placed  imdet  arrest)  In 
order  to  induce  the  Sheriff  to  accept  hia  bail  bonds 
and  aave  him  from  being  incarcerated  in  Ludlow 
Street  Jail.  The  ease  was  tried  before  a  jury  and 
the  testimony  showed  that  tbe  money  was  paid  to 
one  ot  tbe  attache*  of  the  Sheriff's  office,  bnt  there 
was  no  direct  evidence  tbat  tne  Sheriff  had  re- 
ceived tba  moaay.  Tbe  question  involved  waa 
argued  at  much  length  by  coansel  on  both  sides, 
and  the  iury  returned  a  verdict  for  tbe  amotmt  in 
favor  of  the  plaintiff, 

OHIO  COLLEGES. 
In  a  moment  of  discouragement  the  Cincin- 
nati GatttU  sayst  "  Tbe  Trustees  of  Miami  Univer- 
stty  have  deoid^  to  give  that  institntioa  10  years 
for  rest  aad  roopperation.  Now,  If  the  maoagara  of 
StO  Other  oollsges  in  (be  State  will  adopt  tbe 
sane  eonrse,  and,  at  tbe  oxpiration  of  that  period, 
will  pool  their  resources,  we  may  yet  have  an  instl. 
tattoo  of  laaming  ia  Obio  worthy  of  the  Sute." 

rax  FOVBUKEMPSIE  BRID9B. 
fouenpuBTKB,  Feb.  10.—Th«  first  eaiaaon 
fer  the  bridge  aoraes  the  Hudson  at  this  vlaoe  waa 
aneoeasftillT  lannahed  to4A^ 


LOCAL  MISCELLANY. 

A  LESSON  FOR  THE  POLICE.  .'' 
81XTX-SBVBN  ROUNDSMEN  BBDUCEO  TO  10 
BANK  OF  PATROLMEN  FOB  ALLBaftO 
NEGLECT  or  DUTT — BTFTT-SEVEN  PA- 
TROTMBN  PROMOTED— THE  CAPTAINS 
CBN6UBBD. 

For  bome  tinte  past  the  Polioe  CoBsdai 
•hmeas  have  entertain^  saspioions  that  a  lacge 
Diuabw  of  the  roundsmen  have  faUed  to  report  <!»• 
Unquencies  on  the  part  of  patrolmen,  and  in  ordaa 
to  verify  these  suspicions  an  informal  tnvastiga* 
tion  waa  made  by  the  Committee  oa  Rules  and! 
Discipline,  wnich  reaulted  in  the  presenutioa  of 
the  subjoined  report  yesterday  to  tbe  board  : 

ieeaolwd  That  the  foUowlngnamed  roundamea. hav<i 
Ing  ftom  Warch  1.  1876,  to  Feb.  1,  1877,  dlawvSeS 
no  dellnqulncea  on  the  part  of  patrolmen  whoae  a» 
tlons,  while  on  patrol  duty,  it  was  their  duty  to  ob< 
serve,  be,  and  they  are  hereby  remanded  to  patrol  dutv 
aodassigned  to  tbe  preincts  set  opposite  their  names: 

I  Here  follow  tbe  names  of  67  roundsmen  who  are 
remanded  to  patrol  duty,  ana  tbe  names  of  57 
patrolmen  wbo  are  promoted  to  the  rank  of  rounds 
man.] 

The  report  of  the  oommittee  concludes  thus : 

"Neglect  to  properly  patrol,  such  as  slow  walking^ 
lonnging,  conversation  of  any  kind  except  on  police 
business,  indifference  to  duty,  though  apparently 
light  offenses,  are  tbose  which  create  opportunities 
for  tbe  commission  of  crimes.  It  Is  the  duty  of 
roundsmen  to  see  that  pos's  are  properly  patroled. 
The  fact  that  no  complaints,  or  only  one  or  two, 
were  made  by  these  officers  between  tbe  dates 
above  specified  indicates,  if  anything,  that  the 
patrolmen  are  attentive  to  their  duties ;  but  when  In 
all  of  these  precincts  the  roundsmen  not  remanded 
have  made  many  complaints — running  in  some 
cases  as  high  as  40,  in  most  of  which  cases  the 
charges  were  well  toanded,  and  the  Board  of  Police 
indicted  punishment  for  tba  neglect  of  duty  tbof 
reported,  from  fines  to  dismissal,  it  is  clear  tba 
roundsmen  who  are  remanded  to  patrol  duty  negf 
le«ted  to  detect  and  present  tbe  men  under  them  fo> 
violation  of  the  rules,  preferring  to  remain  friendly 
with  delinquents  than  to  report  their  sbortcomlnga 
in  failing  to  attend  to  their  duties  to  protect  tbo 
public.  The  rank  of  rotmdaman  is  one  created  by 
tbe  board,  and  is  -tor  the  purpose  ot  enabliofc 
officers  who  desire  promotion  to  show  theif 
efficiency  and  honesty  of  varpose.  Any  of 
the  rotmdsmen  by  this  order  remanded  may 
address  any  communication  explaining  his 
apparent  negligence  direct  to  the  Chief  Clerk  of  tha 
Board  of  Police  on  tbe  10th  day  of  March  next, 
wben,  if  such  explanation  is  satisfactory,  be  will 
have  another  opportunity.  The  neglect  to  properly 
patrol,  although  attributable  to  tbe  negligence  of 
roundsmen,  reflects  much  just  criticism  on  tbn  Cap. 
tains  of  precincts  wbo  do  not  themselves  attend  to 
that  duty.  The  reports  of  Captains  in  their  own 
handwriting  indicates  inattention  to  patrol  dutiei 
and  too  much  time  in  private  buainesa.  ,  There 
seems  a  erowlug  tendency  on  tbe  part  of  Captains 
to  spend  moat  of  tbeir  time  in  the  station-bonsea. 
It  must  be  remembered  ttiat  constant  and  vigilant 
patrol  IS  the  beat  means  of  preveniiog  crime  and 
disorder.  Commanding  officera  aboald  perform 
proper  patrol  duty  ao  as  to  persooally  know  tbat 
Sergeants,  roundsmen,  and  patrolmen  are  doln^ 
their  full  duty." 

PROPOSED  WONDERFUL  FEAT. 
A  Cannon  weighing  1,000  pounds  to  v\ 

FIBsb  WHILE  HELD  IN  A  MAN'S  HANI 
—NOVEL  ATHLETIC  ENTERTAINMENT  TO 
BE  GIVEN  BT  MR.    EICHARD   A.  PENNBLL. 

Among  the  million  and  a  half  inhabitanta 
of  this  City  and  its  vicmity,  Mr.  Biohard 
A..  Pennell  is  known  to  be  possessed  ol 
greater  muscidar  strength  than  any  other  in. 
dividual.  In  some  one  feature,  such,  per* 
haps,  as  the  lifting  of  a  dead  weight,  the  gentle* 
man  referred  to  may  not  be  saperior  to  Capt,  Cur- 
tis, of  Chicago,  out  on  the  whole  be  stands  at  tbe 
head  of  powerful  men.  To  lift  with  one  hand  a 
dnmb-bell  weighing  180  pounds,  and  then  by  pure 
muscular  exertion  to  push  that  enormous  playthmg 
above  his  bead,  is  a  physical  feat  to  him  by  no 
means  uncommon.  Indeed.  Mr,  Pennell 
has,  on  one  occasion  at  least,  lifted  in  tbia 
manner  a  dumb-bell  weighing  no  less 
than  S201  pounds.  Mr.  PenneU  now  proposes  to 
perform  a  feat  which,  if  successfully  accom- 
plished, will  create  for  him  a  reputation  in  all  parts 
of  tbe  civilized  world.  He  announces  his  intention, 
at  an  athletic  entertainment  to  be  given 
shortly  in  this  City,  to  raise  and  bold 
in  bis  hands,  free  trom  hia  body,  a  cannon  weighing 
1,000  pounds,  and  loaded  with  a  blank  cartridge, 
which  will  tben  be  fired  while  thus  supported. 
Oneia  reminded  of  the  story  told  of  an  army  officer 
who  conceived  tbe  idea  of  firing  off  oan&on  trom 
tbe  backs  of  mules,  whose  excellence  aa  earners  had 
long  been  recognized.  The  first  exoeri. 
ment,  however,  convinced  the  command- 
ing officer  that  the  plan  was  not 
altogether  an  economical  one.  When  the  cannon 
was  fired  the  mole  disappeared,  and  the  uaanimous 
opmion  was  that  there  was  not  aofficient  mule  to  re- 
sist tbe  recoil.  Among  the  latest  experiments  iu 
the  firing  of  cannon,  the  moat  important  has  beer 
that  of  tbe  application  of  bydranlics,  especially  as  a 
power  of  rrsiatanca  to  the  recoil  of  tbe  gun. 
The  most  powerful  steel  springs,  and  the  strongest 
cables,  iron  or  hempen,  were  toimd  lacking  in  ne- 
cessary realitant  force,  and  tbe  new  discovery  waa 
hailed  with  unt>ounded  satisfaction.  It  is  true  that 
the  reood  of  a  gun  weighing  1,000  pounds  is  not  ao 
great  as  tbat  of  one  weighing  70,000  pounds  or 
more;  but  the  principle  of  recoil  is  the  same  in 
both,  and  tbe  neceaaary  resistance  must  compara- 
tively be  aa  great  In  tbe  one  as  in  the  other. 
Wnoever  has  fired  a  fowllng-piece  will  have  a  tol- 
erable idea  of  tbe  force  of  tne  sudden  recoil  caused 
by  tbe  explosion  of  gunpowder.  It  haa  been  said 
tbat  strong  men  have  been  knocked  over  back, 
ward  by  the  "kick"  or  recoil  caused  -  by  tbe  firing 
of  a  double-barrel  shot-gun.  If  such  is  tbe  effect 
created  by  so  small  a  weapon,  how  great  must  be 
tbe  recoil  of  a  large  cannon.  Mr.  Pennell  ^eema 
confident,  however,  and  after  a  few  experimenta 
sow  making,  will  soon  be  able  to  announce  tbe  ex- 
act time  when  he  will  give  hia  exliibition  of  a  fea* 
as  novel  as  it  is  wonderful. 


A   CHARITY  RECEPTION. 
PBEPABATIONS    FOB  THE  MARTHA  WASHINCK 
TON   RECEPTION   UNDER    THE  AUSPICES 

OF  ST.  JOHN'S  GUILD. 

The  annual  "Martha  Washington"  reception* 

under  the  auspices  of  Sc  John's  Guild,  on  Washing- 
ton's birthday,  in  aid  of  the  poor  of  this  City,  has 
attained  a  prominence  eoual  to  that  of  the  Charity 
Ball,  and  althotigh  its  objects  are  similar,  its  work 
is  more  widespread  in  its  uaefalness.  Taken  in  ita 
social  aspects,  the  Martha  Washmgton  reception  is 
deservedly  popular,  tor  its  patrons  comprise  the 
6lite  of  the  City.  The  leaders  ot  fashion  and  tboaa 
foremost  In  tbe  ranka  of  trade  and  commerce  mingle 
together  here,  and  while  every  effort  is  made  to  in- 
sure the  financial  saccess  of  the  undertaking,  the 
oppartunity  for  affoiding  pleasure  and  satisfaction 
to  tbeir  patrons  has  not  been  lost  sight  of  by  the 
management,  and  the  variety  of  the  amusements 
presented  enables  tbe  public  to  forget  -for  a  time 
the  charitable  motives  of  the  entertainment.  Both 
tbe  Academy  of  Music  and  Nilsson  Hall  have  been 
engaged  for  this  mammoth  entertainment.  The 
orchestra  of  the  Academy  will  be  floored  over  for 
danomg,  and  the  auditorium  will  be  decorated 
in  the  customary  manner.  Tbe  ball-room  will  be  coo* 
neoted  with  Nilsson  Hall  by  means  of  a  covered 
pavilion,  as  it  was  last  year.  Nilsson  Hall  will  be 
devoted  to  a  new  feature,  which  is  entitled  a  "Gar- 
den Party."  The  ball-room  will  be  fitted  np  as  a 
garden,  with  every  variety  of  blooming  exotic  and 
verdant  shrub,  and  fourteen  arbors  will  be  con- 
structed, representing  the  fourteen  principal  na- 
tions of  the  globe.  These  arbors  will  contain 
varieties  of  the  plants  and  flowers  of  tbe  nations 
repreaented.  Yotmg  ladles  wearing  the  peasant 
costumes  of  the  various  countries  will  preside 
in  tbe  aeveral  arbors.  In  the  centre  ot 
tbe  hall  a  large  and  magnificent  fioral  tample  will  )>e 
erected.  The  muatc  for  both  halls  will  be  supplied 
by  Gratolla's.  Bernstein's,  and  Downing's  bands.  A 
minuet  de  la  cour  will  be  danced  by  a  party  attired 
in  the  costumes  of  tbe  Courts  of  Louis  XIV.,  ana 
Louis  XVL,  under  tbe  direction  of  Prof.  De  G-armo. 
Among  tbe  guests  who  have  promised  to  tie  pres- 
ent are  a  number  of  officers  of  the  Russian  jieet, 
and  the  Grand  Duke  Alexij  has  also  received  au 
invitation,  and  will  probably  participate  in  tb^  fes- 
tivities of  the  occasion.  Tbo  little  fiower  girls  will 
be  represented  by  tbe  ladies  of  the  Guild,  who  will 
display  charming  bouquets  and  flower-  baskets, 
which  will  be  disposed  ot  as  souvenirs  of  the 
event.  The  management  will  giva  tbeir  peraonal 
attention  to  serving  refreshments,  lu  order  to  Insnre 
the  comfort  of  tbeir  guests,  and  tbe  best  caterers  in 
the  City  will  be  engaged  to  attend  to  the  eulinary 
department.  With  so  great  a  variety  of  attracU'->^« 
it  ia  probable  tbat  the  Martha  WaBbtngtoa  recep- 
tion of  1877  will  exceed  in  point  of  elejtaboe  thi 
Centenmal  reception  of  last  year. 

SEIZTTRE  OF  AS  ILL,101X  DISTILLEST. 

Last  Friday  night  Deputy  CoUeoters  of  Id- 
temal  Revenue  Hawley  and  McLear,  United  Statea 
Marahala  Crowley  and  Dapert,  and  a  sqaad  of 
Police  made  a  raid  npon  au  Illicit  distillery  at  the 

comer  ot  West  street  and  West  Twelfth,  and  ar- 
restAd  Edward  Eennelly,  Jotm  Brennon,  and 
Charles  Eane,  captured  tbe  entire  oottkt  ot  tbe 
establishment,  which  they  subsequently  destroyed, 
and  removed  5,000  gallons  of  mash  and  a  large 
quantity  of  spirits.  The  still  had  a  capacity  of  100 
gallons  per  day.  Yesterday  tbe  men  were  taken  be- 
fore Commissioner  Shields,  who  held  them  la  d^ 
fault  of  $3,e00  baU  each. 

A  8INQULAB  PROPOSITION. 
The  Baltimore  Sun  reports  tbat  a  bill  "fit^ 
posing  a  queer  reitinctioD  upon  marriages  has  been 
Introduced  in  the  Legislature  ot  Delaware.  It 
eaaeta  that  where  both  parties,  or  the  bride  oalTt 
are  testdeote  of  that  State  they  shall  be  gnilty  of  a 
BilsdsiBeanor  if  they  leave  tbe  State  for  the  pvp 
naaa  •<  bemc  married  beyond  its  llmita- 


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^-i^,  ^    CLOSED  BOOK 

'^JnniA  It  loDK  oico,  and  M  I  rend, 
•■     A.'world  of  wonder  rose  before  my  eyet 
.  I^Mi  mdejMd  into  vastneas.  dimly  spxoad 
'JCieatlx  solemn  sldea. 

j^^rond  the  pa^  my  emaloas  deiiire 

Slvlaed  tbe  marrela  of  anwrituin  seenes 

1  wn  unbltloaB.  by  tiie  lobool-room  flre^ 
tTosc  in  my  teent  i  4 

Vvit,  tboogb  tbe  book  has  faded  oat  of  mind, 

Tboosb  all  that  dreamr  pageant  I  format, 
It*  tHadow  linirere,  vast  and  nadeflaed. 
And  haunts  me  yet. 

Tba^far-off  glory  dies  in  palUd  eleame— 
,     Cannot  a  yearning  aieb  the  flame  restore! 
GCBBOt  I  x«ad  aeain,  and  dream  those  dieams 
'  Onoe  m^e— ^noe  caotef 

T*S'    ■'''*  "^^  *""  Bassed  away,  the  book 
.^to  «oied,  and  'mid  my  chi/dish  memories  laid, 
wlta  all  ita  maeio  m  it.    I  would  look. 
Bat  am  aftaid. 

.    Iftp  do  not  name  it  'mid  Immortal  works. 
^•AAdlaCKard  Fame  is  slow  to  find    it  oat. 
xttbapt.    Jmd  yet  within  my  soul  there  larks 
v.-  Somethine  ot  doabt. 

|AOW  if  tbe  visions  whose  dim  finu^  thickened 

Bound  me,  and  thronged  my  vet  anpeopied  al9— 
Bow  if  the  fear,  whereat  my  palaes  qoioxened, 
^  Shpiild  not  be  there  I 

Hoy  if  tbe  shadow,  awfol  in  its  gloom, 

were  dwarfed  and  shriveled  when  the  daylifht 
dawned— 
fidiyrit  I  amiled  above  tbe  empty  tomb- 
How  if  I  yawned! 

How  if  I  marveled  at  myself,  and  him 

I  honored  oooe!    Sanely  the  Past  might  rise 
In  nnman  shape,  and  leok  at  me  with  dim, 
Beproaebfol  eyes. 

|Se«aa«e  for  bis  eDchsotment  )oig  azo 
'    I  bad  no  thanko  to  give  in  later  day*— 
^h,  dreams  that  flickered  in  the  drelight  glow, 
JBe  his  voor  praise  I 

pSe  gave  mv  fancy  wings,  and  in  ita  fiigbt, 

So  t'aalt,  no  failure,  could  it  stoop  to  note; 
Perhaps  I  read  the  book  he  meant  to  write, 
'  Not  that  be  wroie. 

;'Wliy  sboald  tbe  knewledze  that  in  awe  be^an 
'    Be  enaed  now  in  laoKbcer  barbed  with  pain  I 
▲ad  why  take  back  tbe  faith  that  never  can 
Bt  given  again  t 

Xo,  be  shall  keep  it  I    Do  not  draw  tbe  oartain, 
Let  my  dim  wonder  be  a  wonder  still— 

'I  Will  not  read  it— I  am  almost  certain 
I  never  will ! 
—SpeeteOor.  MABGAEET  VELEY. 

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A  river,  eighty  or  a  huodred  yards  ia 
%idth,  flowing  with  a  strong  current — a 
rounded  point  projecting  well  out  on  its  east- 
em  bank,  and  changing  just  there  the  general 
direction  of  tbe  stream— the  region,  in  the 
western  part  of  Korth  Carolina,  betoro  the 
hills  rise  into  mountains — these  are  tbe  only 
featnrss  of  the  general  landscape  which  the 
reader  of  tbe  following  narrative  will  have  to 
bear  in  mind. 

On  the  point  mentioned,  elevated  some  twen- 
ty feet  above  the  water,  stood,  at  the  time 
when  I  saw  it,  many  years  ago,  a  plain  bouae 
of  wood  in  the  ordinary  carpenter's  style. 
Unlike  most  houses  of  its  class,  which  are 
nsoally  placed  as  near  the  public  road  as  possi- 
We,  this  was  bat  a  few  yards  from  the  river, 
while  the  road  that  followed  the  mam  coarse 
of  the  stream  cut  across  tbe  base  of  tbe  pro- 
feotion  on  which  the  house  stood,  and  which  in- 
dnded  the  fifty  acres  and  more  of  the  small  farm 
attached  to  it.  With  the  road  at  a  djjtance  in 
front,  and  a  broad  stream,  fringed  with  trees,  in 
its  rear,  the  house  and  its  occupants  were  very 
nearly  shut  out  from  the  observation  of  all 
bat  persons  who  directly  approached  it. 

It  had  been  built  and  occupied  for  a  few 
years  by  William  Dempton,  who,  with  the 
wife  he  brought  with  him,  made  his  appear- 
ance as  an  entire  stranger  to  the  neighbor- 
good.  He  said  nothing  of  his  affairs,  except 
Chat  he  wanted  to  purchase  a  small  property. 
He  invited  no  questions,  and,  if  not  surly,  was 
oosociaL  His  wife  was  one  of  the  subdued 
sort — in  the  out  and  color  of  her  dreas,  the 
.tone  of  her  voice,  the  meekness  of  her  manner, 
and  even  the  washed-out  hue  of  her  obmplex- 
'ion.  People  felt,  somehow,  that  they  learn  ed 
more  of  him  by  looking  at  her  thanin  any  other 
way. 

There  was  little  learned,bowever,in  any  way. 
Dempton  bought  the  land  lying  between  the 
road  and  the  river ;  paid  for  it  in 
oaah ;  seemed  to  have  money  enough 
to  do  what  ha  wanted,  .  but  evi- 
dently wanted  to  do  as  little  as  possible — 
except  iu  hnilding  a  house  much  larger  than 

he  had  need  of.  When  a  year  or  two  went  by 
tne  problem  which  bis  coming    had    presented 

took  anew  form;   not  why  he  came  and  who 

he  was  ;  but  what  was  the  use  of  a  boose  and 
•  &rm  to  ft  man  who  who  was  not  using  either 
fiir  the  porpose  that  other  men  would  1 

IL 
"  William,  will  vou  let  me  speak  to  yoa  1 " 
"  Speak  1  wby  not }    I  haven't  stopped  yoiL" 
"Yea,  yon  have,  again  and  again;  for  yoa 
faiow   what    I   mean,  and    I    can't  keep  still 
•bout  it" 

"I guess  vou  can,  for  you've  got  to.  It's 
you  that  have  shut  as  both  up  ;  for  if  I  let 
70a  begin  en  anything,  you  get  round  right 
ofiF  to  the  same  cursed  old  subject  again." 

"Thaf  8  not  true  new,  William,  and  hasn't 
jbeen  for  a  long  while,  as  you  know  ;  for  it  was 
pomething  harder  to  beisr  than  blows  that  shut 
my  month,  except  when  I  had  to  speak,  as  I 
most  speak  now." 

*•  Xou  can't  say  I  ever  struck  you,"  returned 
;Cha  man,  with  the  ma^M^  of  one  who  was 
jWiUing  to  get  up  an  ^ercation,  if  he  could 
.change  the  subject  in  that  way. 

"  JMor  have  I  said  you  djid — with  your  hand  ; 
pior,  for  that  matter,  though  you  are  speaking 
jk)  harshly  now,  with  haid  words  either.  But 
^oa've^laid  a  weight  on  me  by  your  looks  and 
planner  that's  lust  crushing  the  very  soul  in 
■ne.  Don't  go  awav>" — and  as  the  man  rose  to 
pUa  feet  she  rose  also, — "  I'll  go  with  yoa  if  yoa 
jdo.  I'll  wait  till  you  come  hack,  it  it's  all 
plght.  Speak  I  will,  and  of  nothing  else,  even 
jtluragh  the  worst  happens  I've  been  afraid  of." 
'  She  Bad  just  acquitted  him  of  using  hard 
words,  and  one  look  into  his  face  showed  that 
^e  had  no  need  of  them.  Sonbre- 
Tlsaged  as  he  always  was,  and  with 
Itrongly-marked  features,  he  was  not  ill- 
jUwking,  with  some  smoothness  of  skin  and 
freshness  of  oomplexion.  But  while  his  wife 
was  speaking  tbe  skin  seemed  more  tightly 
drawn  across  the  forehead,  sharp  lines  cut  the 
tanooth  cheek  tbe  deep-set  eyes  half  closed 
M  if  to  hide  the  expression  that  glowed  within, 
laxd  the  paleness  of  repressed  passion  spread 
vrn  bis  face. 

••  What  are  you  afraid  off "  He  uttered  the 
)rords  qmetly ;  but  there  was  a  change  in  his 
tone  like  that  in  his  countenance.  The  woman 
ivldently  observed  and  felt  that  gathering  up 
md  preparation  of  the  spirit  to  do  ill  which  is 
foore  fearfully  suggestive  even  than  ita  out- 
break. Her  hands,  pressed  against  ner  bosom, 
trembled;  her  voice  sank  lower  in  a  com- 
pressed tone  that  seemed  to  exhaust  the  lungs 
vitb  the  one  word  "  Murder." 

For  a  brief  pause  they  stood— he  with  his  eye 
flxed  upon  her,  she  shrinking  from  it,  vet  as 
/pne  resolved  to  go  through  what  ahehadhe- 
|puu  Then,  suddenly,  with  an  impatient  move- 
isentoi'his  head,  he  exolaimed,  "Pholwhat 
-  9nt  that  into  your  head  t " 

fiowlj  drawing  a  long  breath,  as  if  some- 
fhing  had  not  happened  ahe  expected,  the 
ijroman  answered — 

**  Ton  pat  it  there,  William.  I've  seen  it  m 
•our  eye ;  I've  read  it  in  your  manner.  I  can't 
be  mistaken.  Pm  sure  tbe  thought  of  getting 
me  eut  of  tiie  way  has  come  to  yoa  more  than 
pnee.  It  hasn't  frightened  me  for  myself. 
What  good  IS  life  to  me  f  I'd  he  glad  -to 
wave  it — ^bat  not  by  your  band.  Tet  if  s 
ftos  that  thafs  hreakins  me   down   and  ha* 


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I've  fcden  thinking,  but  of  you  and  murder  to- 
getSher.  Tuii  say  that  I  alvraye  came  back  to 
the  same  aubieot.  That  is  why  I  did,  becaflse 
there  is  murder  in  it." 

•'Are  yoa  crazy  r*  here  Dempton  broke  in. 
"  In  what  was  there  murdi-r  ?  Do  you  know 
what  you  say  V 

Perhaps  it  had  not  surprised  him  that  she 
had  entertained  some  ppireoaal  apprebeasione ; 
indeed,  he  had  60snewhai>played  upon  her  fears. 
But  her  last  words  evidently  touched  upon 
something  for  which  he  was  not  prepared. 
There  was  a  startled  as  well  as  ioqauiog  4ook 
upon  his  face  as  he  raised  his  head  abruptly. 
Her  reply,  tliough  still  in  tbe  same  repressed 
voioCi  was  prompt  and  distinct. 

"Ixraght  to  know,  for  IVe  been  saving  it 
over  to  myself  for  yearn,  and  as  much  of  it  to 
you  as  I  dared — for  your  sake,  William,  more 
than  for  my  own." 

"  Stoy  it  out  then  now,  once  fur  all,  and  have 
done  wi til  it.  The  last  f^me  yoa  broke  out  in 
this  way,  I  told  you  that  once  more  wonid  end 
it.  and  now  we've  got  there.  As  sure  as  we 
are  liVmg  now,  one  or  both  of  us  will  be  dead 
before  there's  another  chance." 

"  i  knew  it,"  said  the  woman  ;  "  I  knew  it 
wasn't  only  because  I  wanted  you  to  give  up 
living  here,  and  kept  telling  you  that  your 
plans  about  it  would  never  end  well,  that  you 
looked  BO  black  and  spoke  as  you  did." 

"  Any  man  would  look  black,"  returned  her 
husband,  "  who  had  each  a  dead  drag  on  him 
as  you  have  been  since  we  first  set  loot  ou  this 
place." 

"  I  would  have  dragged  you  back 
if  I  could  when  you  took  the  first 
step  to  come  here.  I  knew  before  we  started 
we  were  coming  for  no  good." 

"Why  did  you  come  then?  I  told  you  tc 
stay  behind  till  I  sent  for  you,  but  you  would 
come." 

"So  you  did;  and  your  slsfT  wanted  me  to 
stay.  But  you  knew  I  couldn't  live  with  her, 
and  you  wanted  all  tbe  money.  And  sm  God 
hears  me,  I  would  come  because  I  was  vour 
wife,  lor  worse  as  well  as  for  better  ;  and  1  be- 
lieved the  worse  was  at  band.  I  meant  it 
should  not  be  the  very  worst,  if  I  could  hefp 
it." 

"This  was  all  for  my  sake,  was  it!"  said 
Dempton,  with  a  sneer,  yet  m  a  tone  of  in- 
quiry that  seemed  designed  to  lead  his  wile  on. 

"It  was  for  your  sake,  William,  and  my  own, 
too;  for  when  1  married  you  I  meant  to  keep  my 

frpmise,  God  helping  me,  to  tbe^nd.  He  knows 
did  not  look  for  this;  but  He  knew  that  this 
was  to  be,  and  that  this  was  my  part,  and 
I  mean  to  be  iaithtnl  to  Him  as  well  as  to  you." 
"Oh,  yes,  yes!  "  he  exclaimed,  impatiently; 
"  I  know  all  that.  We've  lived  a  hell  on  earth, 
because  you  were  too  good  to  let  it  be  anything 
else.   See  here,  Jane" — and  as  he  spoke  he  laid 

his  hand  on  her  arm.  which  shook  in  his  grasp 
as  though  the  passion  he  suppressea  in  his 
voice  was  quivering  through  his  nerves—"  let's 
have  it  all  out  now  in  plain  terms.  What  I 
understand  about  your  meaning  is  this.  You 
think  I've  wuntca  to  kill  you  rather  than  stand 
your  croaking  about  the  way  we  live  here,  and 
not  going  back  to  respectability  and  the  old 
home,  and  your  prophesying  evil  to  come  of  it. 
Keeping  that  sort  of  talk  up  and  nothing  else 
for  years  is  enough  to  make  a  man  think  of 
killing  bimselt  or  somebody.  If  I  have  let 
such  thouehts  out  sometimes,  it's  you 
and  your  doleful  way!  that  have  made  me. 
Bat  I  begin  to  think  that  you  mean  more,  and 
that  IS  just  what  I  want  to  understand.  What 
is  it,  woman  1  What  did  you  mean  by  saying 
there  was  murder  m  the  old  subject  ?  Speak 
out!  I'm  not  afraid  to  hoar  it  yuu  aint  to 
telL" 

She  met  his  stern  gaze  with  n  steady  eye.  and 
answered  still  in  the  same  distiuct,  siubdued 
tones;  but  there  was  a  huskiness  in  her  voice 
that  indicated  the  agitation  wiihin. 

"I  hoped  you  would  understand  me,  \V^I- 
liam.  without  any  plainer  Words.  There  shall 
be  no  doubt  about  them  now.  Tbe  time  has 
come  when  there's  nothing  left  but  to  speak 
out.  What  I  am  going  to  say  came  to  my  own 
eyes  and  ears — no  one  helped  me  to  it.  When 
father  died  and  left  the  old  homestead  and  all 
his  securities  to  brother  James,  because  he  was 
feeble  in  mind  and  body  both,  and  couldn't 
make  his  way  as  you  could,  I  t-aw 
the  change  that  came  over  you. 
Every  one  saw  it,  but  not  as  I  did 
— for  you  were  always  grave,  and  no  one  won- 
dered that  you  were  cut  down  at  getting  only 
the  money  iu  the  bank  and  the  little  house  and 
acre  lot  we  lived  in.  You  were  never  bitter  or 
sullen  to  me  till  then.  I  Lad  learned  before  to 
be  afraid  ot  oiiendinz  you,  but  I  never  thought 
TOU  were  a  dark  man  who  could  have  any 
deadly  secret.  When  yoa  married  me,  William, 
you  said  you  liked  me  becaiue  1  was  quiet  but 
quick."  As  she  said  this,  she  caught  her  under 
hp  between  her  teeth,  and  a  movement  in  bur 
throat  showed  her  effort  to  keep  down  her  emo- 
tion.* The  man  never  moved,  and  continued  to 
regard  hur  with  the  same  fixed  look. 

"The  six  months  after  father's  death  made 
me  quieter  than  ever,  and  quicker  to  notice  all 
that  Tvas  going  on.  I  knew  that  you  felt 
one  way  about  Jim  and  talked  to  him  another. 
People  thought  it  good  of  yoa  after  the  first 
disappointment  was  over,  to  be  pleaaanter  with 
him  than  you  ever  were  with  anyone  else.  I 
soon  began  to  feel  that  it  was  bad.  I  saw  you 
were  playing  a  game,  and  don't  mind  saying 
that  I  set  myself  to  watch  you.  Not  as  your 
enemy,  William" — she  saia  this  quickly, 
breaking  out  of  the  low  tones  she  had  used,  for 
a  grim  expression  passed  over  the  steely 
eouutenance  into  which  sbo  was  gazing — "  not 
as  your  enemy,  but  as  your  faithful  wife,  who 
would  no  more  let  you  do  harm  if  she  could 

help  it,  than  she  would  let  harm  come  to  you. 
I  couldn't  tell  you  now,  it  there  were  any  uso 
in  it,  all  that  happened  to  make  me  sure  1  was 
rieht,  and  to  show  me  what  you  were 
about.  It  came  to  me  Dy  little 
and  little;  one  thing  after  another.  It 
turned  my  heart  cold,  and  I  went  about  as  if 
I  had  drawn  a  thick  veil  round  me  to  keep 
people  from  seing  what  was  in  my  thoughts." 

All  this  while  Dempton's  hand  was  en  his 
wife's  arm.  He  had  relaxed  bis  bold,  but  net 
abandoned  it,  as  if  by  some  magnetic  infiuence 
of  his  touch  he  could  dominate  tier  spirit.  But 
at  this  moment  the  passion  he  had  so  long  re- 
pressed Was  too  much  tor  him.  Tightening  his 
grasp,  he  raised  her  arm  and  shook  it  violently 
between  bis  lace  and  hery,  which  he  had 
brought  near  together,  and  then,  with  "  Curse 
your  cunning,"  flung  her  hand  back  upon  her- 
self. It  struck  her  aornas  the  eyes.  The  lids 
instinctively  closed  with  the  suddenness  and 
violence  of  the  blow.  She  kept  them  so  a  mo- 
ment, and  then  raised  them — her  eyes  un- 
darkened  by  a  shadow  ol  tear,  but  dilated 
with  an  expression  of  horror  and  sor- 
row combined  that  bad  its  efi'ect  even 
upon        the        man        before         her.  She 

muttered:  "The  lirst  blow  I  the  first  blow!" 
and  with  the  other  hand  pressing  back  the  hair 
Irom  her  forehead,  looked  ah  him  as  if  Ills  eyes 
had  a  dreaUfuL  fascination.  There  was  no  con- 
fusion in  his,  but  somewhat  less  of  intentness 
as  he  said  quickly  :  "  Go  on,  Jane ;  I'm  sorry. 
Go  on  ;  there's  no  stopping  now." 

"  No,"  sbe  said,  repeating  his  words  with  a 
long-drawn  breath,  "there's  no  stopping  now. 
Better  get  to  the  end  as  quick  as  I  can.  The 
end  IS,  William  Dempton,  ihat  I  made  up  my 
mind  you  were  coming  here,  not  Decause  you 
oould  get  more  land  and  make  your  little 
money  go  fiirther — there  were  less  out-of-the- 
way  places  for  that  than  here — but  because 
you  had  talked  James  iutu  tbe  idea  of  one  day 
lollowing  yon,  pretending  the  dimnte  would 
be  good  for  him,  and  a  large  plantation  down 
here  would  be  a  good  investment.  You  meant  to 
get  his  money  somehow,  I  was  sure.  How,  I 
coald  not  think,  but  you  would  Hud  a  way— ^ 
there  was  no  good  way  to  such  an  end.  I  got  a 
glimpse  01  it  at  last,  Juat  before  we  left.  Do 
you  remember  that  evening  when  the  lawyer 
came  who  managed  the  purchase  ot  our  house 
and  lot,  and  you  told  him  about  lather's  will, 
and  why  yoii  sold  out  and  were  coaung  down 
here!  I  wondered  at  your  being  so  free  to 
talk  with  him.  It  was  not  natural  m  you ;  and 
when  you  raised  your  voice  so  that  every  word 
could  be  heard  as  you  went  with  him  to  tbe 
gate,  I  knew  you  meant  that  those  people  pass- 
ing by  might  hear  how  good-humoredly  you 
made  light  of  his  asking  why  you  did  not  break 
the  will.  I  had  followed  you  out  on  the  stoop, 
and  had  stepped  down  on  tbe  path  behind 
you.  As  you,  came  hack  with  a  slow 
and  heavy  tread — I  ooulan't  but  notice 
it — ^you  said  to  yourself,  bringing  each 
word  out  in  the  same  slow,  firm  manner : 
"  There's  a  surer  way  than  that."  It  was 
pitch-dark,  and  you  went  by  without  seeing 
me.  There  was  no  light  In  the  entry,  except 
what  came  through  the  door  of  the  room  where 
wo  had  been  sitting.  It  fell  on  you  as  you 
turned  to  go  in,  and  then  I  saw  for  the  first 
time  that  dreadful  look  that  struck  my  heart 
as  you  struck  my  face  just  now.  Had  it  been 
my  way  to  scream  as  some  wdmen  do,  I  should 
have  cried  out  "  murder"  then.  But  the  idea 
of  it  and  the  fear  of  it  sank  deeper  into  my 
mind.  It's  the  word  that  has  been  ringing  in 
my  brain  ever  since.  I  went  quickly  round  to 
the  back  deor,  and  perhaps  you  thought  that  I 
had  been  up  stairs,  lor  when  I  came  into  the 
room  y^u  said  nothing.  The  black,  look  had 
nearly  passed  away,  but  xny  eyes  met  yours, 
and  I  was  willing  they  skotild  speak  lor  me. 
You  never  asked,  and  I  didn't  say  anything. 
But  I  tell  you  now,  William,  that  from  that  hour 
I  have  bad  but  one  purpose  in  living^to  be  what 
you  called  me,  but  not  as  you  meant  it — a  drag 
upon  y»u.  I  have  meaut  to  hold  you  back 
from  doing  what  it  waa  you  had  planned  or 
thought  of.  doing,  and  fcom  going  any  way  to- 
ward it.  It  was  not  to  m^e  you  unhappy.  I 
believe  that  ^oa  know  well  wby  it  was,  and 
)b*C  ««&  b«Uet«  BM  ^iMPtt  Z  iftr  it  vm  otus  tu 


your  take.  1>^ot  for  anything  that  might  happen 
to  me  or  to  James,  but  to  keep  yon  ftom  mnr- 
der— murder— murder." 

Her  voice  sank  with  e^h  repetition  of  tbe 
w-ord.  and  her  iios  moved  once  when  no  sound 
issued ;  as  if,  how  the  dreadful  thought  and 
fear  were  uttered  that  bad  so  long  been  brooded 
qver,  there  was  a  dismal  necessity  to  repeat  it. 
Her  brave  spirit  bad  struggled  en  so  far. 
Sbe  had  borne  up  under  the  two- 
fold horror— that  while  trying  to  impede 
her  husband's  advance  towcurd  the  crime  he 
meditated  in  tbe  distance,  she^ might  possibly 
provoke  ita  odmmission  sooner  and  in  a  still 
more  fearfhl  way.  She  had  reached  the 
ond.  She  could  siiy,  and  do,  and 
bear,  no  more.  The  one  word,  m  tbe  utter- 
ance of  which*  her  worn-out  spirit  exhausted 
itself,  was  simply  the  token  of  tbe  Btnfe  within. 
The  pale  face  grew  more  pallid  ;  the  ouivering 
lips  became  rigid  and  bloodless ;  the  keen  ex- 
pressiou  pf  an  anguished  soul  died  out  of  her 
eyes,  and  shedell  to  the  floor  in  a  swoon. 

No  further  words  passed  between  her  bus- 
band  and  herself  ou  the  subject  that  bod  so 
powerfully  agitated  her.  He  raised  and  not 
ungentlv  laid  her  on  tbe  bed  by  the  side  of 
which  they  had  been  sitting.  Such  simple 
means  of  restoring  tjer  as  were  at  hand  he 
promptly  used.  Not  okren  a  look  was  exchanged 
as  she  recovered.  "  Will  you  lie  still  fur  a 
while  ?"  he  asked  ;  to  which  a  faint  "  yes"  was 
the  only  reply,  when  he  left  her. 

A  day  in  February  was  drawing  to  its  cloudy, 
end  as  she  moved  about  the  bouse  again ;  more 
feebly  than  her  resolute  spirit  would  have  al- 
lowed, had  there  not  been  an  unusual  reaction 
from  the   scene  through  which  she  had  just 

f massed.  The  subdued  air  with  which  she  usual- 
y  appeared  would  hot,  to  a  dose  observer,  have 
bad  the  efleot  of  weakness.  It  was  that  of 
one  Tvho  .  submitted  rather  than  was 
crushed.  But  now  an  utterly  broken  spirit 
was  evident  in  her  countenance  and  every 
movement.  She  had  made  her  last  eflort— 
with  what  result  f  • 

Somewhat  later  than  usual  the  preparations 
for  their  evening  meal  were  completed. 
Dempton  bad  once  come  in,  but  finding  the 
delay,  had  cone  out  again  among 
tbe  outhouses.  When  he  returned,  the 
fable  was  ready,  the  candle  shedding  its  dim 
light ;  but  no  other  sign  of  life  appeared.  He 
called  her  name ;  there  was  no  answer.  Ho 
opened  the  door,  calling  agam  and  peering 
round  in  the  last  glimmering  ot  the  twilight. 
He  waited  a  few  moments  and  called  onee 
more.  He  looked  for  her  bonnet  and  shawl  ; 
they  hung  upon  tbe  nail  as  usual  He  teok  the 
candle  and  went  up  to  the  story  above ;  the 
"Whole  nntinlshed  space  was  bnre  and  empty. 
His  eye  glanced  round  unon  the  articles  in 
ordinary  use.  Where  was  the  watei^pail  ?  He 
caught  up  the  lanteiTi — and  there  was  on  un- 
wonted tremulousness  in  his  manner  as  he 
hastened  to  li<;ht  the  candle  within.  Going 
round  to  the  rear  of  the  house,  the  outline  of 
tbe  footpath  that  led  down  to  tbe  river  was 
dimly  visible.  After  taking  a  few  steps, 
he  opened  the  dour  of  the  lanteru,  and  let 
its  light  fall  fiul  ou  the  path.  It  was  soft 
and  sloppy  with  the  rain  that  had  fallen  during 
the  day,  so  that  the  latest  footprint  was  well 
defined.  There  oould  be  but .  two  sorts — hers 
and  his;  anu  there  could  be  no  doubt  whose 
was  the  tresh  mark  of  the  narrower  sole  and 
smaller  heel.  Striding  quickly  onward  till  be 
reached  the  bank,  be  paused  at  tbe  top  of  the 
Bleep  descent,  and,  supporting  himself  by  a 
tree  as  ho  leaned  furward,  he  said  in  a  tone 
that,  unconsciously  to  himself,  was  low  and 
hushed,  "  Jane,  are  you  there  V  Unconsciously 
to  himself,  also,  the  idea  that  was  growing 
more  solemnly  distinct  before  his  mind  gave  a 
gentleness  to  his  voice  which,  if  ber  ear  had 
caught,  wrould  it  not  have  brought  her  back 
from  the  very  gate  of  death  }  As  he  listened 
intently,  tlia  rush  of  the  river  swollen 
by  the  rains  was  all  that  he  beard. 
It  needed  all  the  courage  of  that  resolute 
man  to  descend  the  bank,  trying  to  distin- 
guish the  forms  of  objects  amid  the  darkness, 
and  dt  last  to  stand  upon  the  log  that  was  put 
there  for  convenience  in  dipping  up  the  water. 
The  stream  was  higher,  the  current  stronger 
than  he  expected,  and  swept  close  up  to  the 
log  with  bitter  force.  He  turned  the  light  on 
either  side.  He  raised  it  above  his  head  to  cast 
its  rays  far  out  upon  the  stream — as  if  there 
could  be  any  use  in  that  I  If  anything  had 
happened  there  only  a  moment  hetore,  no  trace 
of  it  remained.  It  hapuencd  in  the  utter  lone- 
liness and  darkness,  and  vanished  into  the 
night.  "i 

He  needed  no  evidence  in  sight  or  sound. 
Only  in  this  way  couid  her  absence  be  ex- 
plained. While  waiting  for  hia  returu  sbe  had 
noticed  that  water  would  be  needed,  and  as  she 
was  accustomed,  went  for  it  herself.  It  came  to 
him,  now,  that  of  late  she  had  never  asked 
him  to  do  this  for  her,  and  he  had  never  once 
offered.  His  bosom  heaved — wretched  as  he 
was,  there  was  something  of  manhood's  best  in 
him  still — as  be  thought  of  her  in  her  feeble- 
ness goin;r  out  into  the  dark,  lor  be  had  taken' 
tbe  lantern  with  him.  Still,  perhaps,  some- 
what light-headed,  she  had  bent  over  the 
stream,  and  tbe  first  grasp  of  the  pail  by  the 
current  had  drawn  her  iu.  Once  on  her  feet, 
tbe  curve  of  the  bunk  would  priject  her  into 
the  full  force  of  the  river,  which  would  bear 
her  far  down  before  any  thing  could  arrest  her 
course  till  lite  was  extinct. 

So  it  proved  to  be.  The  next  day  her  re- 
mains were  found  amid  some  driftwood  on  the 
opposite  side  of  the  river,  and  a  luu^  way 
down,  ber  hand  still  clutching  the  pail.  Her 
cuunteuance,  scarce  more  pallid  than  before, 
had  a  placid  cxprosaioa  it  had  not  worn  for 

years.  

III. 

How  William  Dempton  met  his  neighbors, 
and  went  through  tbe  scenes  that  followed  the 
ueatb  of  bis  wife,  need  not  be  told.  Though, 
as  1  have  said,  not  surly,  bo  was  repellent  in 
manner,  so  that  as  few  words  were  exchanged 
as  circumstauces  permitted.  Whether  or  not 
tbe  idea  crossed  his  mind  that  he  was  the  ob- 
ject ot  Buspicioo,  it  made  no  perceptible  differ- 
enue  in  his  conduct.  He  stated  the  facts  as 
they  had  occurred,  in  immediate  connection 
with  the  accident,  and  loit  them  to  make  their 
impression,  apparently  careless  of  the  resnlt. 

Yet  he  felt  wb:it  had  happened  as  his  sturdy 
frame  might  have  felt  a  blow  dealt  him  by 
some  powerful  hand.  Not  overthrown,  nor 
even  staggered,  ho  y^as  intensely  conscious  that 
It  was  a  blow,  and  a  hard  one. 

Che  reader  will  have  gathered  from  tbe  con- 
versation detailed  above  the  principal  facts 
with  which  we  are  concerned.  His  wife  had 
truly  read  bis  heart,  and  it  was  this  disclosure 
ot  the  keen  discernment  of  the  woman  who, 
notwithstanding  her  occasional  expostulations, 
had  gone  along  in  the  main  so  quietly  by  his 
side,  that  provoked  his  unusual  outburst  ot 
passion.  Ihe  emotion  it  expressed  still  stirred 
his  Inmost  soul.  He  well  knew  that  her  meek- 
ness was  not  weakness  ;  that  she  was  resolute 
t*  do  whatever  she  thought  was  her  duty,  and 
that  her  conduct  toward  him  bad  been  gov- 
erned by  this  principle.  Though  not  preoared 
to  learn,  as  he  did,  from  her  own  lips, 
how  'soon  she  bad  detected  the  purpose 
which  he  kept  in  the  background  of  his  own 
mind,  he  had  counted  on  her  knowledge  of  bis 
character  as  one  means  by  which  he  would 
keep  her  silent ;  ha  had  never  supposed  that  he 
could  bend  her  to  participate  in  bis  plans.  On 
this  account  he  bad  exaggerated  his  natural 
sternness  of  manner,  and  though  never 
abusive  or  violent,  bad  affected  a  roughness  of 
speech.  She  would  take  refuge  in  silence 
rather  than  keep  up  contention.  Perhaps, 
just  glancing  at  the  future,  bo  counted  ou  her 
sense  of  a  wife's  duty  as  a  shield  when  it  migbt 
be  needed.  Thus  be  had  explained  to  himself 
their  manner  of  living  tor  the  three  or  lour 
years  past,  and  his  own  object  in  keeping  it  up. 

Tbe  blow,  then,  which  was  given  him  by  her 
death,  following  so  suddenly  on  their  last  inter- 
view, was  received  by  him  mainly  in  bia  con- 
science. Though  utterly  without  religious  prin- 
ciple, he  had  religious  ideas  that  were  as  un- 
questioned by  him  as  tbe  sunlight.  If 
he  had  wanted  to  do  anything  the  sun 
must  not  shine  on  be  would  not  attempt  to  deny 
the  sunshine,  but  would  simply  wait  for  tbe 
night.  So  in  matters  of  conscience.  God  and 
another  world  and  a  day  of  judgment  were  un- 
disputed facts.  But  be  acted  as  it  there  were  a 
mural  night-time;  not  for  him  to  hide  in — that 
-would  have  implied  activity  in  getting  out  of 
the  way  of  objects  keenly  discerned  and  felt- 
hut  to  wait  for  and  be  passively  enveloped  by 
it.  iTben  ho  would  do  what  he  pleased,  unseen 
— a  state  ot  mind  by  no  means  singular,  fur  it 
explains  many  a  man's  conduct. 

At  the  pomt  where  he  how  stood,  however,  a 
ray  of  light  darted  through  tbe  gloom  of  Wil- 
liam Dempton's  mind. 

If  all  that  whde  his  wife  had  believed  that 
hid  plans  were  tending  toward  tbe  com- 
mission of  a  deadly  crime,  what  held 
ber  back  from  speaking  out  as  she  had  done  that 
last  day  1  There  bad  been  many  an  opportu- 
nity as  good.  He  had  encouraged  her  idea  that 
he  misht  meditate  personal  -  violence  against 
herself;  it  helped  him  to  govern  her  more 
easily.  But  when  he  saw  that  she  had  nut  been 
tremoling  merely  at  this  imagination  of  her 
own,  but  was  overpowered  by  ber  apprehension 
of  the  very  truth  ibat  never  till  now  had 
seemed  so  vast  an  object  to  his  own  mind,  he 
sought  for  an  explanation.  That  he  old  not 
shrink  from  doing  so  was  oharaoterlstio  of  the 
man.  There  were  certain  objects  that  were 
troublesome  to  look  at.  If  darkness  covered 
them  from  his  sight,  ho  was  satisfied..  But  he 
)  was  no  Coward ;  and  if  he  must  see,  would 
look  with  all  hia  eyes. 

Sbe.  then,  that  shrewd,  discerning  woman. 
Who  he    knew   was    hia    ttieud  as  well  aa 


^^-..'''-^•i  .  Z'-'  :■ 


bis  wife,  hs4  judged  him  to  be  one  wbo 
could  neither  be  persuaded  hor-  driven 
froln  his  set  purpose.  Intense  as  her  desire 
was  to  arrest  tt.  she  thought  the  attempt  would 
be  bop^loas,  except  through  the  workings  of 
his  own  iainS.  He  oould  supply  the  very 
pbrase  with  which  she  w6uld  support  her  ewu 
spirit  under  that  long  "trial.  She  would  pray 
God  to  work,  iu  his  heart  through  the  few 
words  whioh  only  sbe  could  wisely  utter.  Per- 
haps he  had  overheard  some  such  prayer,  or 
something  that  had  fallen 'from  her  lips  m  con- 
versation had  suggested  the  idea.  She  had 
done  all  that  she  could  without  lessening  her 
chance  of  suoceee,  and  left  him  to  his  own  con- 
science and  to  God.  What  an  idea  of  him  sbe 
must  have  had,  if,  being  the  woman  ahe  was, 
she  would  not  attempt  more  than  this! 

Then,  tor  the  .first  time  in  his  life,  William 
Dempton  understood  what  it  was  to  bo  left 
to  bis  own  cuBscienoe.  During  the  first 
botirs  of  his  nondering  over  it,  conscience 
was  not  an  idea  only,  but  a  reality.  He  felt 
that  bis  wife  bad  more  influence  over  bim  iu 
her  death  than  in  all  her  litie  before. 

Had  this  occurred  at  a  time  when  there  was 
a  pause  in  the  course  of  events  which  he  had 
started; — when  some  fresh  imnulse  was  required 
to  continue  it — it  is  probable  that  no  such  ef- 
fort would  have  been  made.  But  wjien  such 
aff»ir8  as  his  are  in  progress,  they  gather  mo- 
mentum Which  renders  it  hourly  more  ditiSicnlt 
to  stop.'  He  wouid  have  to  be  tenfold  more  in* 
earnest  to  do  it  now  than  a  year  ago.  Yet  at 
this  very  moment  there  was  a  special  motive 
for  him  to  be  active  in  the  way. 

Happy  lor  herself  in  the  time  of  herdeatb, 
bis  wife  was  ignorant  that  he  had  received  in- 
formation only  the  day  before  of  the  success  of 
his  leng-iaid  plan.  The  post,  that  a.nved  in 
that  remote  region  only  once  a  week,  had 
brought  him  word  of  his  brother-in-law's  final 
resolve  to  join  him,  and  that  be  was  on  the 
very  eve  of  carrying  it  out.  AD  the  communi- 
cations between  the  iwofam-lies  passed  through 
Dempton's  bunds.  His  wife  knew  only  what 
be  thought  ht  to  impart.  Her  own  letters  be 
faithfully  delivered,  but  they  were  few  and 
brief,  and  the  corre8pon«lence  was  mainly  his. 
He  neutralized  the  eftect  of  her  represen-" 
tations,  partly  by  admitting  their  truth, 
partly  by  toning  down  her  strong  language; 
but  mainly  by  his  own  plausible  statements  as 
to  the  pntspeots  whioh  that  region  opened  to  a 
new-comer.  Let  James  Eisey  come  and  see  for 
bimeelf.  Let  him  bring  the  money  to  pay  down, 
whioh,  in  the  unbusiness-like  -ways'  of  tbe 
people,  would  make  the  sum  seem  twice  as 
large  as  if  be  only  promised  to  pay,  and  he 
might  auit  himself  as  10  land  on  bis  own 
terms.  \a  that  case  Jane  and  he 
would  be  together  again.  They  would  both 
have  a  better  chance  iu  tbat  climate  to  live 
long,  and  they  would  all  have  an  opportunity 
to  rise  in  the  vrorld  such  as  Demptou  by  him- 
self could  never  hone  for. 

Sucli  were  the  ideas  suggeated,  with  varia- 
tions, from  time  to  time,  that  prevailed  with  a 
lonely  man,  somewhat  feeble  in  health,  and 
shrinking  from  society,  to  cimvert  his  property 
into  ready  money,  and  join  the  sister  wbo  was 
his  only  Ultimate,  and  her  husband,  who,  be-. 
Sides  showing  a  generous  and  friendly  spirit, 
had  some  claims  on  the  score  of  his  disap- 
pointment. As  often  hsppcns.  the  resolve 
that  had  so  long  been  pondered  was  taken 
suddenly  at  the  last,  and  acted  upon  pmmptl.v. 
Tbe  letter  Dempton  had  received  annottnot-d 
tbe  writer's  immediate  departure.  He  would 
be  some  days  on  the  road;  nor,  had  Demptou 
been  so  inclined,  was  there  any  way  of  arrest- 
ing his  journey  by  tbe  news  ot  his  sistcr'^deatli. 

liere,  then,  the  crisis  in  tbe  late  ot  those 
three  persons  came  almost  in  ene  day,  and  sud- 
denly. 

Men  who  meditate  crime  seldom  study  it  out 
in  all  its  detail.  The  dark  result  ia  in  the  fu- 
ture— known  to  be  there,  but  not  actually  seen. 
'I'ho  fli-st  step,  and  tbe  next,  and  the  following, 
are  evident  and  easy  ;  after  that,  the  general 
coui-se  it' elf  is  hardly  distinct.  There  is  an  in- 
definite interval  yet  to  be  passed  over  before 
the  re^lt.  Few  spirits  are  so  hardened,  as  not 
to  receive  a  shock  when,  all  at  once,  there  ap- 
pears but  one  step  more  before  the  irreversible 
event. 

This  was  what  befell  William  Dempton.  All 
tbat  bad  as  yet  distinctly  occupied  his  thoughts 
was  to  persuade  Else.y  to  make  the  move. 
There  was  no  reason  as  yet  to  look  beyond  that 
point  It  had  been  uncertain  if  be- 
should  ever  get  even  so  far.  Thus  mat- 
ters stood  only  a  lew  hours  before, 
wiiile  he  .vet  held  that  unopened  letter  in  his 
bund.  The  news  it  brought  startled  him  v.'ith 
its  significance,  and  ho  bad  puroosely  let  a  day 
go  by  wiihoQt  speaking  of  ii  to  his  wife.  With 
the  event  of  that  day,  however,  the  final  issue 
ot  his  whole  scheme  advanced  upon  him  at  one 
stride.  For  James  Eisey  to  come  while  his 
sister  was  living,  creating  all  tbe  stir  of  such 
an  arrival  with  its  preparations  for  the  routine 
of  their  new  life,  was  »>no  thing — and  seemed 
progress  quite  fast  enougli  for  the  stcady-movmg 
spirit  of  a  man  like  Dempton.  dust  because  he 
was  so  deliberate,  it  came  as  near  as  anything 
could  to  take  his  breath  awaj%  that  things  sud- 
denly assumed  a  sliapo  so  imminent.  What 
effect  would  his  sister's  death  have  upon  Eisoy  ? 
Would  he  still  be  inclined  to  remain  ?  Would 
he  not  attract  more  observers  into  their  little 
circle  than  Demptou  cai'ed#o  havef  Obviously 
there  was  less  margin  tor  opportunities  than 
the  latter  had  counted  on.  Taere  wa.s  a  neces- 
sity to  do  promptly  whatever  ho  decided  ou 
doing. 

And  why  should  he  not  he  prompt!  If  he 
seriously   lield    to    his    purpose,  why  delay  to 

carVyitouti    Why  not  grasp  the  opportuuity 

so  suddenly  witbin  his  reaon,  and  that  migbt 
not  i-emam  there  i 

For  this  once  only,  be  looked  in  the  face  that 
truth  which  his  wiie's  worus,  aided  by  the  im- 
pression of  ner  death,  broaj^bc  before  iiis  mind 
— only  long  enough  fairly  to  see  it,  and  make 
his  rejection  ot  its  promptings  deliberate  and 
willful,  (should  be  ana  Eisev  meet  and  mingle 
condolences  as  the  afflicted  widower  and  tbe 
soirowiug  brother,  and  be  himself  take  bis 
chances  for  betiering  his  condition  that  way  1 
Where  everything  h.id  so  unexpectedly  proved 
favorable  to  his  purpose,  siiould  be  give  it  up 
because  of  what  hnd  happened  on  that  one 
da  V  i 

A  coarse  ruffian  would  have  broken  out  into 
an  oath,  and  sworn  to  have  his  own  way  in  de- 
fiance ot  heaven  and  hell. 

William  Dempton  only  paused  in  bis  walk  up 
and  down  that  path  which  his  wife  had  last 
trod  between  the  house  and  the  river,  and  rais* 
ing  both  hands  tightly  clenched  above  his  head, 
as  though  he  were  about  to  deal  a  double  blow, 
brought  tliom  forcibly  down  again  by  his  side. 
It  was  the  only  sigu  oi  emotion  that  escaped 
him — except  the  measured  heavy  tread  which, 
litce  his  slew,  determined  utterance,  had  always 
been  noted  by  bis  wife  as  indicating  tbe  immo- 
bility of  his  spirit. 

The  die  had  been  cast— Satan  had  won. 


IV. 


A  day  or  two  passed  by  when  Dempton  had 
occasion  to  drive  to  "  Spicer's  Store,"  as  it  was 
termed — the  centre  ot  business  and  (^ussip  to 
tbe  whole  neighborhood. 

No  one  would  have  thought  from  bis  appear- 
ance and  manner  that  anything  tmusual 
had  happened,  or  that  he  ha^  any- 
thmg  but  the  tenor  of  his  ordinary 
lite  before  him.  He  returned  the  greet- 
ings of  the  few  parsons  whom  he  met,  and  theu 

went  through  the  process  which  had  been  the 
unlailing  ascomshment  of  the  lookers-on  ever 
since  he 'first  came  among  them.  He  had  a  few 
purchases  to  make,  and  he  made  them  at  once 
and  was  done  with  it.  Any  one  else  would  have 
arawn  them  out  into  half  a  day's  bargainiug. 
What  a  waste  of  opportunity  I 

In  one  respect  he  departed  from  his  usual 
manner.  He  mentioned  that  he  was  preparing 
to  receive  his  wife's  brother — whioh,  as  ne  bad 
never  volimteered  before  a  statement  about  his 
own  affairs,  made  a  marked  impression.  Not 
much  was  said,  indeed ;  simply  that  Mr.  ^Isey 
was  coming  with  a  view  to  "settle"  in  the 
neighborhood ;  but  wbat  be  would  do  when  he 
learned  what  tiad  happened,  Dempton  could 
not  foresee. 

This  was  ail  that  was  made  known  of  the  cir- 
cumstances of  filsey's  coming,  except  what  tbe 
neighbors  saw  with  their  own  eyes.  Demptou 
drove  ^ast  one  day,  having  with  him  a  slight- 
built,  delicate-looking  man,  respectably  attired, 
whose  dejected  air  was  fully  accounted  tor  by 
the  dreadtul  news  he  hau  so  lately  heard.  Those 
easy-going  people  took  their  excitements  mildly, 
but  Mrs.  Dempbon's  sudden  death  bad  roused 
them  to  a  keener  interest  than  usual  in  all  that 
pertained  to  her  husband's  affairs.  On  the  day 
of  her  funeral,  when  his  house  was  necessarily 
thrown  open,  much  speculation  had  been 
started  by  the  unfinisoed  condition  of  the 
upper  part.  It  was  now  concluded  across'  the 
counter  of  Spicer's  store  that,  with  the  articles 
he  had  lately  bought,  Demoton  would  fit  up  a 
sleeping-place  for  tbe  "stranger"  up-stairs, 
and  prooably,  if  the  latter  remained,  would 
finish  ofi'  a  room,  for  wtiich,  it  -  had  been 
noticed,  there  was  abundauoe  of  unused  ma- 
terials. This  conjecture  received  confirmation 
not  long  atterwara,  when  sounds  of  hammer- 
ing came  over  to  the  public  road,  and  the 
figures  of  the  two  men  were  seen  as  if  busUy  at 
work.  With  which  incident  the  record  up 
to  this  period  in  the  history  ends. 

A  month  more  went  by.  The  Spring  opened 
alowly.  There  were  frequent  rains,  and  the 
roads  were  bad.  Demptou  had  been  seen  now 
and  them  in  his  wagon  with  Elsey,  and  once 
they  attenuea  the  nearest  place  pf  woratiip, 
excbangmg  a  few  words  with  the  neighbors  as 
they  went  m  and  out.  There  wiM  nothing  in 
this   to   exoite   donuneut.    aa    tba  una  w£i  a 


stranger,  and  tbe  ^ther  an  nnsooial  maia ;  end 
they  might  both  be  reasonably  credited  with  a 
special  reserve,  in  view  6f  tbe  late  paintul  ac- 
cident. 

But  one  day  Dempton  appeared,  with  horse 
and  waeon.  at  the  store,  imaccompanied  by 
Elsey.  Less  sparing  of  bis  words  than  usuali 
he  took  occasion  to  sav  that  hia  visitor  had 
left.  He  had  wished  to  go  up  into  "Virginia,  and 
had  started  before  dayhght  the  day  but  one  be- 
fore, so  as  to  catch  a  conveyance  on  a  road 
at  some  diatanne  to  the  north. 

One  Dick  Pender,  wbo  happened  to  be  pres- 
ent, here  struck  in  with— 

"  Wby,  that  was  you,  then,  Squire,  comin' 
across  the  creek  t'other  side  ot  my  house  just 
after  sunrise.  I  was  wonderin'  what  brought 
you  there  so  early." 

"Yes,"  said  Dempton,  "  we  started  soon  af- 
ter 3  o'clock,  the  roads  were  so  deeo ;  but  I 
made  the  distance  over  to  tbe  Comers  in 
pretty  good  time,  and  came  across  a  man  there 
who  belonged  over  toward  Wilkesville,  and 
he  was  00  his  way  home.  He  agreed  to  carry 
Mr.  Eiseyright  on  to  Wilkesville,  and  as  tbat 
saved  a  good  deal  in  distance,  Elsey  got  in 
with  him,  and  I  turned  back.  I  got  to  the 
creek,  as  you  say,  Mr.  Pender,  after  sunrise, 
but  it  was  a  good  while  after  ;  and  I  remem- 
ber thinking  you  had  overslept  yourselfi  from 
the  way  in  whioh  you  shaded  your  eyes,  as  if 
the  lignt  had  taken  .you  by  surprise." 

This  was  not  only  more  than  any  one  had 
ever  heard  Demptou  say  before,  but  the  only 
instance  in  which  he  bad  been  known 
to  attempt  a  pleasantry.  A  laugh 
went  round  at  Pender's'  expense,  who, 
under  the  circumstances,  felt  rather  flattered 
by  it ;  indeed,  it  figured  largely  in  the  ac- 
counts he  afterward  gave  of  his  share  in  this 
history.  At  the  same  time,  every  one  noticed 
that  Dempton  spoke  with  unusual  freedom, 
and  even  with  an  approach  to  heartiness  tbat 
seemed  forced.  Elsey  was  coming  back,  he 
told  them,  probably  to  remain  ;  but  his  sister's 
death  bad  somewhat  disturbed  his  plans,  and 
required  his  preaenoo  at  bis  former  home  on 
business.  Ou  bis  way  thither  he  thought  he 
would  take  a  look  at  the  up-country  of  Vir- 
ginia, for  which  he  had  adwa.ys  had  something 
of  a  fancy.  Meantime,  he  [Dempton]  meant 
to  finish  the  bouse,  for  be  was  confident  of 
Elaey'a  return,  and  wished  to  have  it  as  com- 
fortable as  possible.  He  was  about  to  plaster 
the  rooms  up  stairs,  and  came  to  the  store  now 
to  precurc  something  he  wanted  lor  that  pur- 
pose. 

All  this  was  very  naturally  said, 
end  excited  only  the  atteniion  such 
particulars  always  gain  from  such 
people  as  he  addressed.  No  remark  was  made 
upon  it  after  he  left,  except  of  surprise  at  his 
"  coming  out  quite  sociable."  Tbe  incident 
was  told  and  retold  till  interest  wns  exhausted, 
and  everything  connected  with  Dempton  had 
£»licn  into  its  usual  train. 

One  pleasant  evening  not  long  after  a  group 
was  collected  at  the  si  ore.  on  the  outskirts  of 
■which  a  half-dozen  negroes  shifted  round  ready 
to  put  in  a  word  or  let  out  a  guffaw  as  opportu- 
nity offered.  Some  one  happened  to  mention 
Dempton's  name,  when  Nep.  a  free  negro,  who 
owned  a  shift'  on  the  river,  in  which,  when  the 
water  was  not  too  high  or  too  low,  he  spent  a 
good  part  of  bis  time,  struck  in  with,  "  I  'speck 
Mas'r  Dempton  gwine  to  hab  de  frustratest 
corn  in  dese  parts  dis  year." 

"  Wbat  do  you  say  that  for,  Nep  1"  asked 
one  of  the  party. 

"'Cause  be  got  mighty  rich  heap  of  manoor. 
I  smelt  bim  toder  aay.  Golly!"  Everybody 
laughed,  each  neero  in  particular,  as  if  he  him- 
self had  to  laugh  for  everybody. 

When  the  yah-yahing  ceased,  questions 
poured  in  from  all  sides.  "  Where  were  you, 
Nep<"  "How  did  you  happen  to  be  there  1" 
"  What  were  you  doing?"  "Didn't  you  get  a 
good  whiff  of  yourself,  old  boy!" 

"  You  needn't  poke  no  fun  at  me,"  replied 
Nep;  " 'twas  jest  as  I  tell  yer.  1  was  a-trvin' 
to  git  dc  skiS'  up  roun'  depint,  and  amost  gib  it 
up,  de  current  was  wilenf,  when  I  tought  I'd 
jump  asho  and  work  up  stream  dat  way.  I 
pulled  de  skiff  along,  tuggin'  most  like  to  break 
my  back,  and  nebber  tinkin'  nufiiu'  ob  Miss 
Dempton  till  I  got  sight  ob  de  log  whar 
■he  tumbled  off.  It  kind  o'  skeared 
me,  and  I  stopped  and  sez  to  myself— 
Nep,  you  gwine  to  put  foot  right  dar  ou  dat 
welly  spot  {  And  jest  den  de  wind  cum  ober 
do  bank,  I  tell  yer— thick.  Sez  I.  dis  chile  don't 
stop  long  h'.var.  Git  de  roomatiz  iu  de  nose,  or 
de  knockdown,  or  sumfin  wua,  if  I  does.  So  I 
jump  into  de  skiff,  and  off  she  went  lor  kill 
aown  stream.  Dian't  hold  on  to  nutfiu  'cept  my 
breff,  and  when  I  let  dat  go,  de  sploshun  cum 
mighty  nigh  upsettin'  de  skiff." 

Nep's  energetic  description  brought  the 
"house  down,"  his  sable  friends  fairly  rolling 
on  the  ground  in  an  ecstasy  of  fun.  The  negro 
bad  no  more  to  tell,  though  cross-examined  till 
he  lost  his  temper,  and  walked  off.  sayin,  "Dey 
might  go  and  ameh  fordemsclves,  if  dey  liked." 
But  every  one  felt  there  was  something  in  his 
story  more  than  his  own  imagination.  Its 
trutti  was  not  questiuued,  for  Nep's  manner  car- 
ried conviction  with  it,  in  spite  of  ita  ludicrous 
accompaniments.  No  one  hinted  at  anything 
suspicious,  the  most  iikely  suggestion  being  the 
simplest — that  Dempton's  old  cow  had  died, 
and  thiit  be  bad  buried  her  near  the  river-bank. 

So  matters  stood,  or  rather  Irom  this  point 
they  started.  Nep's  adventure  was  repeated 
with  variations  till  tbe  whole  neighborhood 
beard  ot  it.  Who  car  tell  how  tbe  seeds  of  sus- 
picion are  planted?  The  birds  of  the  air  bring 
them.  The  winds  gently  wait  them  about. 
Some  slight   warmth  of    excitement   is  created 

by  an  uicident  like  that  narrated  above,  ana  all 

at  onee  a  tinge  of  doubt  spreads  itself  over  the 
whule  communuy. 

Such  a  process,  however,  takes  time,  and  that 
was  a  communuy  where  everything  and  every- 
body took  plenty  of  pme.  Weeks  passed  a\va.y 
before  people  began  to  wonder  why  Elsey  did 
not  returu.  Dempton  seldom  gave  any 
one  the  opportunity  of  speaking  to 
him.  He  was  frequently  seen  about  the 
house  and  form,  and  he  seemed  busy.  Yet  a 
abarper  curiosity  ttian  usual  noted  how  little, 
alter  ali,  he  aid.  Was  he  only  trying  to  seem 
busy?  He  was  regularly  at  tbe  store  once  a 
week,  where  the  group,  always  larger  when  the 
post  bag  wns  opened,  were  conscious  of  a  grow- 
ing desire  to  have  more  light  thrown  on  the 
point  of  common  interest;  but  none  of  them 
cared  t\>  question  Demptou,  for  he  was  emi- 
nently a  man  to  be  let  alone.  There  was  no 
want  ot  pluck  among  those  people.  Their 
slouching,  luzy  ways  covered  any  amount  of 
that  quality.  The  very  existence  of  such  a 
spirit,  however,  made  them  leel  that  whenever 
tnings  got  to  be  serious,  words  had  to  be 
weiirbed  on  both  sides,  or  frouole  would  come 
of  it.  So  Dempton  came  and  went,  impressing 
them  more  than  ever  by  his  never  taking  a 
step,  nor  speaking  a  word,  nor  spending  a  mo- 
ment more  than  what  be  was  doing  required. 

Still,  even  under  a  slow  fire,  steam  will  get 
up.  and  Dick  Pender  was  the  valve  through 
which  it  announced  its  presHure.  He  bad  more 
occasion  than  any  one  else  to  go  by  Dempton's 
place.  One  day  his  lanky  hgiire  on  an  equally 
lanky  nag  was  seen  approaouing  the  store  with 
an  evident  eagerness  to  gee  there,  regardless  of 
risk  to  man  or  beast.  Tbe  sun  was  now  power- 
ful enough  to  mnke  tbe  shady  and  breezy  side 
of  the  house  atiractive  ;  and  as  this  happened 
to  be  the  front,  all  the  loungers,  black  and 
white,  witnessed  Pender's  imusual  style  ot  ap- 
proach. Not  a  mait  of  them  uttered  a  word, 
which  was  itself  significant.  Before  he  opened 
bis  lips  there  was  ^ot  one  of  them  but  thought 
of  Dempton — so  quick  is  the  magneiisin  of 
feeling  on  a  subject  of  engrossing  interest. 

"  What's  up,  Dick ! "  uttered  by  one  of  the 
party,  was  euificient  to  tmlook  his  lips.  Not 
much,  after  all.  Y'et  m  the  mood  they  were  in 
it  seemed  everything.  Pender  had  been  slowly 
jogging  by,  his  eye  ranging  over  Dempton's 
house  and  fields  from  the  moment  tbov  came  in 
view,  aa  if  they  were  a  manuscript  iu  unknown 
charaotera  and  he  were  searching  for  the  clue 
to  read  it.  Suddenly  a  cloud  of  smoke  rose 
somewhat  on  one  side  and  toward  the  rear  of 
tbe  tiSuse — such  as  might  be  produced  by  a 
quantity  of  damp  rags  thrown  on  a  bed  of  coals. 
Pender's  one  gift  was  a  keenness  of  vision  that 
had  helped  to  give  ^him  the  name  of  tbe4>eBt 
hunter  in  all  that  region.  A  slight  rise  in  the 
gi-ound  and  tbe  bushes  by  the  roadside  gave 
him  the  opportunity  to  study  out  what  Demp- 
ton was  about.  The  result  was  to  satisfy 
Pender  that  he  was  burning — not  rags  simply, 
but  clothing  and  other  articles,  among  which 
he  was  sure  were  the  fragments  of  a  trunk  that 
had  been  pulled  apart. 

There  would  have  been  nothing  in  this  a  few 
months  ago.  The  passer-by  would  not  have 
stopped  to  notice  it.  Even  Pender  oould  not 
then  have  seen  so  much,  for  there  would  have 
been  no  intentness  of  feeling  to  bring  his  vision 
to  its  sharpest;  nor  was  it  ^  he  had  told  what 
be  had  seen  with  imwouted  point  and  prompt- 
ness of  expression  that  he  and  his  hearers  were 
aware  how  deep  was  the  source  of  tbeir  excite- 
ment. He  had  lifed  the  stone  from  the  spring, 
and  its  waters  fiowed  freely.  Then  and  (here 
tor  tbe  first  time  were  the  suspicions  that  had 
boon  gathering  strength  in  every  mind  openly 
expressed,  and  the  posaiblUty  discussed  tbat . 
James  Elsey  had  come  to  a  violent  end  by 
Dempton's  hand. 

.  Yet  I  sboald  not  say  it  was  discussed.  There 
was  much  less  among  those  poeple  of  the  spirit 
that  makes  mischief  than  prevails  in  a  busier, 
sharper  community  ;  less  readiness  to  meddle ; 
mere  ounsoious&ces  of  responsibility  in  touch- 
ing another  man's  character.  Suob,  at  least, 
was  the  impression  -I  brought  away  with  me 
from  a  two  month's  aoiouru  among  thsm ;  and 
all  tbe  experience  of  after  years  has  not  made 
the  value  seem  less  of  such  qualities — ^be  ths 
airoiimstancee  what  they  Bias  toat  ieatar  *i'^'" 


The  dulleat^nmded  in  the  group  to  whom  Pen- 
der  told  his. story  felt  tbatit  was  not  a  aaltfeet 
for  tattle.  And  it  must  giye  some  elevstivpot 
Spirit  even  to  tbe  dullest  roan  wnen  be  sets  a 
guard  upon  his  thoughts  and  words  about  a 
possible  crinunal,  in  respeet  for  tbeir  conuton 
manhood.  , 

At  any  rate,  the  aerionanesa  that  pervaded 
that  whole  oommunity,  from  that  day  onward, 
had  somethmg  dignifled  in  it— rudely  as  it  was 
somettmes  indicated. 

V. 

It  was  Dempton's  habit,  as  it  was  that  of 
many  others,  to  come  to  the  store  once  a  week 
and  on  th^  same  day,  both  on  tbe  obanoe  ot  a 
letter  arriving  and  to  make  what  purchases 
might  be  required. 

When  the  time  next  came  round'  the  com- 
pany was  larger  than  usual,  and  contained 
more  persons  of  eonsideration.  Ast  on  his  ask- 
ing for  letters,  one  was  handed  him,  it  seemed 
to  be  a  sort  of  signal  to  the  lookers-on.  No 
sooner  was  it  in  his  tiand  than  one  of  the  per- 
sons present  said : 

"Squire  Dempton" — so  he  had  been  ealled 
from  t&e  first  by  a  tacit  reoo(n>ition  of  his  au- 
perimdty — "  will  you  allow  me  to  ask  if  you 
have  lately  heard  from  Mr.  Elaey?  " 

"No,  Sir;  i  have  not,"  was  the  prompt 
response,  on  whioh  Dempton  fixed  upon  the 
speaker  a  somewhat  surprised  look. 

Tbe  pause  that  followed  iudioated  the  com- 
mon feeling  that  some  good  reason  must  be 
forthcoming  for  asking  this  question  at  this 
time.  Yet  ordinarily  it  might  have  passed  for 
a  more  expression  of  friendly  Intereat. 

"Well,  Squire,"  said  Atkins,  the  man  who 
hJEid  spoken,  "  we  all  heard  that  Mr.  Elsey  was 
ooming<back ;  and  it  has  been  talked  round  a 
good  deal  that  he  was  -going  to  settle  among 
us,  and  it  aeems  natural  to  show  an  intereat 
in  it." 

"  Did  you  make  his  acquaintanoe,  Sir,  when 
he  was  here  ?"  asked  Dempton. 

"Not  exactly.  Squire;  I  only  spoke  to  him 
once,  and  was  rather  taken  by  his  pleasant 
voice  and  looks,  ana  should  be  glad  to  Learn 
when  he  is  coming  back." 

"  That  is  to  say,  Mr.  Atkins,  you 
knew  him  just  as  much  as  you  know  me.  I 
believe  we  have  been  named  oaoe  to  eaoh 
ether." 

This  brought  Atkins  to  hia  feet,  with  a  sense 
of  being  called  upon  to  show  his  ideas  of  pro- 
priety and  self-respect. 

"  Very  true,  Mr.  Dempton,  and  I  think  once 
was  enough  to  make  my  question  a  proper  one. 
I  hope  you  don't  dispute  it.  Sir?" 

"I  have  no  wish  to  dispute  with  you  or  any 
one,"  said  Dempton,  "  hue  I  have  a  right  to  my 
wa.v,  which  ia  to  come  and  go,  asking  and 
being  asked  no  questions.  It's  not  your  ques- 
tion, Mr.  Atkins,  but  your  asking  it.  that  siu- 
prises  me;  smd  between  neighbors  wbo  want  to 

live  quietly  the  Quicker  such  a  thing  is  under- 
stood the  better." 

In-  saying  this  Dempton's  manner  was  so 
quietly  resolute  as  to  produce  tbe  effect  whioh 
he  intended  of  making  every  one  feel 
that  he  took  the  position  of  one 
who  had  been  interfered  with.  The  more 
tiivial  the  interference,  the  stronger  such  a 
position.  Only  a  weighty  reason  can  juatify 
interference  at  all,  especially  iu  the  eyes  of  a 
people  jealous  as  they  were  of  personal  rights. 
Atkins  felt  this,  instantly,  and  had  sense  enough 
to  treat  it  in  the  only  manly  way. 

Dropping  his  tone  of  self  assertion,  he  said : 
"  i  ask  your  pardon.  Squire,  for  seeming  med- 
dlesome, which  I  didn't  mean  to  be.  If  a 
gcnileman  speaks  ciyilly  when  he  meets  a 
neighbor,  and  don't  choose  to  do  more,  it's 
nobody's  business  but  bis  own.  But  i  must 
say,  Squire,  for  myself  and  the  rest  of  us  here, 
tbat  ail  we  know  of  Mr.  Elsey  was  waat  you 
told  us  yourself,  and  that's  the  reason,  per- 
haps, why  I  was  readier  to  ask  about  him." 

Demptou  saw  that  Atkins  had  drawn  back, 
and  was  too  shrewd  sot  to  coneede  something 
himself.  Neither  party  could  liave  had  more 
than  a  general  notion  what  was  in  the  mind  of 
the  other.  Each  was  intensely  conscious  of  his 
own  motive  that  gave  importance  to  an  inci- 
dent in  itself  utterly  trivial. 

'•  That  is  true.  Mr.  Atkins,"  Dempton  re- 
plied ;  had  I  thought  of  It.  your  stopping  me 
on  my  way  one  might  not  have  struck  me  as  it 
did.  I  don't  like  to  be  stopped ;  and  to  show 
you  that  I  minded  that  more  than  your  ques- 
tion. I'll  give  you  an  answer  to  it  wnen  I  have 
read  this  letter,  which,  I  think,  has  something 
to  do  with  it." 

So  saying,  be  walked  out  to  where  his  horse 
and  wagon  stood,  while  the  party  in-doors 
awaited  bis  returu  ia  silence.  The  contrast  be- 
tween what  appeared  upon  the  surlaoe  and 
what  was  underneath  imposed  restraint  upon 
t|iem  all.  Dempton  presently  returned,  and 
holdmg  tbe  open  letter  in  bis  hand  he  said, 
with  perfect  naturalness  of  manner — 

"  Gentlemen,  this  is  very  grave  business  in- 
deed, and,  as  it  turns  out,  I  am  not  sorry  for 
what  has  passed  between  us  this  morn- 
ing. This  letter  informs  me  .that  Mr. 
Elsey  has  never  reached  his  former 
home,  and  tbat  no  communication  has 
been  received  from  him.  I  have  been  anx- 
ious about  him  for  some  time.  When  he  left, 
it  was  understood  between  us  that  if  be  were 
detained  by  tbe  way  he  would  write,  but  other- 
wise I  should  not  hear  from  him  until  he  com- 
pleted his  journe.y.  Not  hearing,  I  thought  lit- 
tle of  it,  at  first,  supposinf  that  when  the  letter 
came  it  would  explain  the  delay.  But,  growing 
uneasy,  after  a  while  I  wrote  to' the  person  with 
whom  he  lelt  wbat  business  he  had.  and  this  is 
my    auBwer.     They   are   as-  Binob  in  the  dark 

as  I  am;  and  I  must  admit  that  I  am  seriously 

tioubled." 

"■As         he         ceased  Dempton        glanced 

round.  as  expecting  the  remarks 
that  would  naturally  follow.  Looks  were  ex- 
changed, but-no  words.  The  utter  silenoe  and 
grave  faces  of  the  group  were  marked. 
Dempton's  compressed  lip  and  darkening  coun- 
tenance showed  how  he  felt  is.  He  half  turned 
toward  the  door,  when  Atkins  interrupted  him 
with,  "It does  look  very  bad,. indeed."  De- 
liberately folding  up  the  letter,  and  koepmg 
hia  eyes  fixed  upon  it,  Dempton  replied  : 

"  It  looks  very  serious,  Mr.  Atkins,  and  I 
should  expect  my  neighbors  to  show  some  in- 
terest m  it.  My  friend  may  have  fallen  iU  on 
his  journey  ;  he  may  even  have  died  suddenly. 

But-. "  — and  as  he  said  this,  he  looked  full 

at  Atkins — •'  I  was  not  prepared  for  your  feel- 
ing it  so  much." 

Here  again  what  he  said  was  so  reasonable, 
his  manner  so  in  keeping  with  his  recognized 
character,  as  to  rendei-  it  difficult  even 
to  hint  at  the  suspicions  that  were  enter- 
tained by  every  one  present.  Atkins  again 
showed  bimself  tbe  readiest  man  among  them. 

"It  seems  to  me,  Squire,  that  if  Mr.  Elsey  had 
oeen  taken  sick  among  Christian  people,  or 
died  in  a  Christian  way,  word  wodldhave  been 
sent  to  you,  or  to  his  other  friends.  I  suppose 
he  bad  something  about  him  to  show  who  he 
was  ?" 

*'  That's  plain  enough  to  be  thought  of,"  re- 
plied Dempton,  "and,  makes  it  more  ot  a 
trouble  to  me.  It  is  possible  that  Elsey  bas 
come  to  a  bad  end — if  that's  what  you  meant. 
But  I  think  you  meant  more;  and  the  rule  I 
have  gone  by  all  my  life  is  to  hold  my  tongue 
altogether,  or  speak  out  all  my  mind.  I  am  no 
fool.  Sir.  not  to  understand  when  a  thing  like 
this  happens,  and  a  man's  neighbors  meet  him, 
as  I've  been  met  here  to-day,  that  there's  some- 
thing underneath  had  better  be  brought  on  top. 
I  wisii  to  know  what  it  is.  if  there's  any  one 
here  man  enough  to  tell  me." 

This  bold  challenge  took  every  one  by  sur- 
prise. Here  was  tbe  very  man  bimself  opening 
a  way  to  the  secret  which  they  had  taken  for 
granted  would  be  wrung  from  him  only  when 
be  oould  bold  it  no  longer.  He  could  not  have 
roused  them  up  more  thoroughly  than  by  the 
taunt  contained  in  bis  last  words — ^yet  they 
rather  liked  him  for  it.  The  stir  tbat  showed  a 
balf-dozeu  of  them  eager  to  take 'his  words  up, 
referred  more  to  this  taunt  than  to  their  aus- 
picions.  Atkins  promptly  interposed  a  milder 
and  more  judicious  answer  than  the  others 
would  have  been  likely  to  give: 

"Well  Squire,  I  must  say  that's  frank  and 
fair ;  and  none  of  us  is  going  to  resent  a  hard 
word  at  such  a  time — not  I,  for  one.  You 
mustn't  think  hard  of  me  if  I  answer 
you  just  as  plainly  as  you've 
asked.  But  you  know.  Squire,  why  none 
ot  us  is  very  ready  to  begin  talk  with  you — 
which,  I  must  say,  has  gone  against  you  in  this 
matter  pretty  bad." 

And  then  Atkins  went  on  in  his  blunt  way. 
but  not  unkindly,  to  tell  what  tbe  suspioioaa 
were,  ahd  how  tBay  had  been  excited.  Nep's 
adventure  and  Pender's  inspection  figured 
largely,  but  somewhat  to  bis  own  surprise, 
Atkins  got  to  tbe  end  of  bis  story  sooner  than 
he  expected.  Those  two  incidents  and  the 
'mere  fact  of  Elsey's  sudden  disappearance, 
contained  tbe  substance  of  it.  He  fait  un- 
willing to  go  back  to  the  ciroumstanoes  of  Mrs. 
Dempton's  death  which,  in  truth,  had  been  the 
first  unnoticed  stimulant  to  suspicion ;  nor 
could  he  very  reasonably  dwell  on  the  dispo- 
sition which  prevailed  to  susoeot  Dempton  on 
aficount  of  his  manners  and  mode  of  life. 
When  he  ceased  speaking,  the  cork  was  drawn 
but  the  fluid,  was  flat;  tba  peni^up  exr 
citement  of  the  past  weexa  Buffered  a  eoU^aa. 
In  bis  simplicity,  Atkihb  felt  half  ashwBed  of 
himself,  and  provoked  at  his  neighbdrs  a*  if 
they  had  got  bim  into  a  sorape.  He  was  too 
sinoere  and  manly,  however,  mot  to  give  Demp- 
ton distinotly  to  understand  that  there  was 
something  to  be  explained,  if  it  less  than  fiilly 
Justified  the-  snapioiooa  that  haid  bMO  enter- 
tained. 

Tbe  aingular  vigor  of  Demptpn'e  mind  404  ohex^ 
acternow  aboweaiteel£  Wbaterer -thekkaU* 
.  hood  beioxehtuid  «f  eeme  aaeh.eoeimMMat  to 


grsvify  and  the  tnm  it  took  haid  to  W  iiit  oa 
tbe  sBooaent.  He  saw  hw  •avtextege^  end  vtei 
it  with  deeinoD.  batvery  calmly ;  ua  notprees 
over  eagerly  the  points  in  lua  favor,  and 
promptiy  forestallea  future  prooeediagti  tty  pro- 
posimi  aax  iaomadiat*  investication.  wbiMi,  he 
•i^hehadarlghttaen  amT&wa  to  eltum  at 
tbeir  hands. 

m  Svrtf  did  »  man,  starting  under  eneh  diaed' 
▼antases,  go  so  tar  and  so  quickly  to  reinstate 
himeeTf  in  public  opinion.  )<ot  only  tbat;  b« 
gained  what  he  never  had  before — some  meas- 
ure of  personal  regard — he  seemed  so  manfjil, 
bore  himself  so  well  under  a  trial  so  sudden 
and  BO  severe.  There  was  not  a  sign  of  begging 
off  or  of  evading  any  point  of  the  inquiry.  He 
aeemed  not  to  notiee  the  favorable  dispositien 
wbioh  began  to  show  itself,  and  whioh  might 
have  been  readly  applied  to  ease  ^  the  ptea* 
aura. 

His  explanations,  whioh  we  need  fio*  •l9Ml> 
follow,  wero  mmute  and  taU.  The  letter,  which 
he  put  into  Atkins*  banda,  waa  what  he  ha4 
aaid.  A  gnm  amile  passed  over  hie  face  aa  he 
.acknowledged  that  there  was  some  oeoae  tot 
2fep'a  diatorbcmoe,  thoogh  it  was  only  a  dead 
dog  that  he  himaelf  had  been  eompelled  to  dis- 
pose of  the  next  day  by  tbe  ainiple  proeees  of 
throwingit  into  the  stream.  They  ail  knew  how 
a  negro's  imagination  would  magnify  sach  a  cir- 
cumstance. Pender,  too,  was  right.  He  had 
been  destroyiog  some  old  clothes  of  his  uwa 
that  were  made  utterly  worthless  by  the  work 
he  bad  lately  been  engaged  in  ;  and  there  was 
an  old  moth-eaten  hair-trunk  that  bad  oelonge^l 
to  his  wife  which  he  burned  at  the  same  time. 
He  touched  skillfidly  the  pr^udioe  against  bin 
on  account  of  bis  manners.  There  might  oe 
causes  unconnected  with  evil,  yet  implying 
much  sorrow  and  trouble,  to  render  him  silent 
and -reserved,  not  to  speak  of  natural  dispo- 
sition. Must  a  man  publish  all  thii^on  coming 
to  a  strange  place,  or  be  suspected  1 

The  master-move  on  Dempton's  part  then  fol* 
lowed. 

"  Gentlemen,"  he  aaid— and  the  plainer  tbe 
white  people  of  that  region,  the  more  punetil- 
ioua  are  they  on  formal  occasions  aa  to  that 
title — "had  you  been  invited  to  meet  me  here 
for  this  purpoae" — the  shrewd  man  suspected 
they  had  come  by  a  (fiuui  agreement—"  thsr« 
could  hardly  be  a  better  representation  of  the 
neighborhood.  I  am  willing  to  trust  myself  to 
your  judgment.  Your  verdict,  as  I  may  call  it, 
will  00  accepted  oy  the  whole  community.  I 
propose,  then,  gentlemen,  that  we  proceed  at 
once  and  together  to  my  house,  aad  that  a  full 
and  thorough  searoh  be  made  of  the  premises. 
I  am  ready  to  abide  by  the  reault.  If  there 
were  anything  else  that!  could  do  to  back  up 
the  assertions  that  I  have  mads.  I  would  do  it. 
But  this  is  the  utmost  in  my  power-  I  think 
tbe  law  itself  would  not  require  more." 

Dempton  had  taken  them  entirely  by  snrw 
prise  when  he  offered  to  begin  his  ex- 
planation. His  present  proposal  redoubled  the 
sensation.    A  battery  suddenly  captured  and 

turned  upon  its  defenders  oould  not  have  dona 
more  execution.  He  was  master  of  the  aitu» 
tion. 

There  was  nothing  demonstrative,  however, 
in  Ids  manner  or  theirs.  His  suggestion  waS 
instantly  and  quietly  acted  on.  it  was  ob- 
vionslv  the  only  test  of  his  expiauatiou  that 
was  within  reach  ;  but  by  bringing  it  forward 
himself  he  had  greatlv  added  to  his  Credit.  Ha 
went  out  at  the  head  of  tbe  little  procession 
that  followed  him  as  au  escort  rather  than  a 
guard.  There  would  have  been  a  promiscuous 
accompaniment  of  Doys  and  negroes,  and 
Dempton's  cheek  flashed  as  he  observed  it,  but 
be  said  nothing.  Some  remarks  passed  in  an 
undertone  among  tbe  others,  and  one 
of  them  said  aloud,  "  Gentlemen,  we  are  going 
to  visit  Mr.  Dempton's  premiaes  at  his  in- 
vitation, and  I'm  of  opmion  tbat  it  will  be 
proper  for  .the  children  and  niggers  to  stay  ba> 
hind."  One  or  two  others  besides  youngsters 
and  "  boys"  took  tbe  bint,  so  tbat  the  oarty, 
as  finally  composed,  waa  fairly  respectable  and 
representative.  Dempton's  manner  rose  almost 
to  dignity  as  he  said:  "Gentlemen,  are  yoa 
ready  i"  and  raised  his  hat ;  tlie  response  to 
whioh,  though  very  unconventional,  showed 
how  the  innate  sense  of  propriety  is  brought 
out  by  a  serious  purpose  or  any  high-wrought 
feeling.  The  half-hour's  drive  was  made  for 
the  most  part  in  silence,  and  they  were  soon 
gathered  in  one  group  before  tbe  door.  Dempton 
then  spoke. 

"  I  ask  tt  both  as  a  favor  and  a  right,  gentl» 
men,  that  you  will  conduct  this  search  thur* 
oughly  in  your  own  way,  so  as  perfectly  to  sat- 
isfy yourselves.  I  am  ready  to  answer  any 
questions,  ana  to  comply  with  any  request  you 
may  think  proper.  Will  you  go  through  tbe 
house  first  1" 

"Seeing  we  are  at  the  door.  Squire,  perhaps 
we  may  as  well  do  that  first,'' — ^whereupon 
Dempton  threw  the  door  open,  and  the  whole 
party  entered. 

It  is  unnecessary  to  accompany  them  in  every 
step  of  what  proved  to  be  a  long,  and,  so  tar  as 
any  discovery  was  concerned,  a  iriiitless search. 
The  house  and  everything  in  it  were  closely 
scrutinized.  There  were  a  bundle  of  papers 
and  some  letters,  and  a  pocket-book  with  a  few 
banknotes  m  it,  which  Dempton  offered  to  put 
into  the  bands  of  one  of  tbeir  number  for  eloser 
inspection,  if  they  desired  it.  With  like  care- 
fulnees  the  outhouses  and  all  the  sorroundiogs 
were  examined ;  every  part  of  tbe  farm  waa 
visited ;  any  suggestion  that  was  made  by  any 
one  of  their  number,  however  improbable,  was 
followed  up.  And  any  one  of  them 
might   as   well    have    submitted   bis   own 

premises  to  inspection,  so  far  as  prodno- 
ing  any  evidenoe  against  Dempton.      Throagh- 

out  the  whole  proceeding  notbtug  could  be 
more  frank  than  all  his  actions,  though  bu 
w^ords  were  very  few,  and  the  expiression  of  his 

face  intensely  rigid.  But  that  was  natural  to 
tbe  man  and  the  eocasion. 

Several  boors  were  thus  occupied,  aad  toward 
tbe  close  tbe  examining  party  showed  a  ten- 
dency to  Stop  and  consult  tcgeiher.  Demptoa 
left  them  to  themselves;  and  when  the  last 
point  ot  the  seoreh  was  passed,  they  all  found 
themselves  together  agam  where  it  began— «l 
the  front  door — Dempton  standing  a  little 
apart  There  was  a  momenf  a  silencs,  broken 
by  Atkins. 

"  Our  friends  think,  Sqture  Dempton,  that  aa 
I  took  upon  myself  to  bei^  this  day's  work  by 
the  question  i  asked  you.  it's  my  part  to  end  it ; 
and  I  have  to  say  lor  myself  and  then 
that  we  don't  find  the  first  thing  againsf 
you.  It's  all  tbe  other  way.  We  couldn't 
say  less,  if  we  were  disposed  to, 
and  you  may  depend  npon  our  saviii| 
this  whenever  the  subject  is  mentioned,  u 
seems  as  if  some  apology  ought  to  be  mads  ; 
yet  we  don't  like  to  admit  that  we  were  quick 
to  suspect  a  neighbor.  W.«  want  to  hear  1x9m 
you  tbat  you  don't  bear  us  any  grudge  for  this 
day's  business." 

Dempton  addressed  his  reply  to  tbe  whole 
con  pany. 

"I  hold  tbat  what  lit.  Atkms  hae  aaid  is  no 
more  tbEui  my  due  ;  and  feeling  it  to  be  so  from 
the  very  beginning,  I  can't  thank  you,  gen- 
tlemen, for  coming  to  this  result.  But  I  bear 
no  grudge,  and  shall  deem  you  batter  neigh- 
bors for  the  part  you  have  performed.  Wbat 
I  have  said  and  done  to-day  ought  to  bs  my 
sufficient  defense ;  but  I  may  as  well  let  yoa 
know  that  if  you  are  satisfied,  I  am  not.  I 
have  something  more  to  de,  and  that  u — to 
follow  up  Jamas  Elsey's  track  and  see 
if  I  can  find  some  trace  of  him.  I  do  not  yet 
give  up  all  hope,  and.  shall  set  about  my  searoa 
OS  soon  as  I  can  arrange    about  the  live-stook 

and  other  things  I've  got  here  that  must  be 
looked  after." 

"I  reckon.  Squire,"  said  Atkins,  "that  tnafa 
the  best  thing  yen  can'  do,  and  you  may  be 
sure  we  shall  all  wish  you  good  luck  at  it." 

And  BO  tbis  momentoos  affair  ended.  Befors 
nigbtfall  it  was  rehearsed  far  and  wide,  with 
generally  the  same  result — a  more  lavorable 
ooinion  of  Dempton  than  had  ever  been  enter- 
tained, and  an  expectation  that  the  uquiry  he 
was  about  to  make  would  solve  the  fate  ol 
James  Elsey. 

Not  so :  that  entire  oommunity  was  utterly 
misled.  Our  aoqoaintanoe  Nep  was  the  eabie 
digit  providentially  seleeted  to  point  oos  ihs 
clue.  

VL 
Agreeable  to  the  intention  he  had  annovnoed, 
William  Dempton  lost  no  time  in  preparing  for 
his  proposed  journey.  He  stnply  did  wbat  waa 
absolutely  necessary,  arranging  with  one  of  hia 
neu«6t  neighbors  to  look  after  his  hxxail  crops, 
and  diapoaing  of  his  live  stock  n^jnartg  two  or 
three  others.  A  special  readinesa  to  oolige  waa 
found  on  all  aidea.  The  result  was,  tbat  wiUi- 
eut  its  taking  that  form  distinctly,  he  virtnally  ' 
distributed  ptedgea  of  his  good  faith  throughout 
the  neigbborbood,  and  insured  the  utmost 
possible  patience  should  his  absence  be  pro- 
longed. No  one  thing  conduced  more  to  tfata 
than  his  leaving  bis  house  aa  it  waa,  Bimply 
fiaeteaing  down  the  windowa,  and  giving 
the  key  to  Atkina.  There  waa  no  dnnger, 
he  said,  tbat  any  white  man  wtmld 
duturb  it  (trampa  were  unknown  in  those 
daya  ;)  and  as  for  the  "  darkles,"  they  wouldn't 
venture  it  m  tbe  daytime,  and  no  one  of  thun 
would  dare  go  near  the  bouse  at  night 

On  tbe  motnlBg  of  his  departore,  Atkins, 
whoBk  be  had  oakod  to  be  present,  reoeiyed  the 
door-key  from  his  hand,  amd  waa  tiie  only  ene 
to  see  him  throw  his  saddle -baf^  aeroei  hia 
horse,  and  take  the  lonely  road  among  the  hUIa 
toward  WilkesviUe  end  Virginia. 

Under  ordinary  oircnmstaaoee,  haa  a  8e«<md 
month  followed  the  first  witbent  bvingiiic-iMWa 
from  tho  traveled,  it  woold  not  bate  oanaed 
moeh  eeouneat  beyoad  tba  lemarlc  that  ho  waa 
"  tiding  It  mighty  easy."  He  haA  t«rfd  At^ctni 
I  thatfka Haait^  Ua  jonmcy  -iro«yd  te,  a  town 
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result. 

When  four  weeks  went  bj,  quit©  a  lively  ex- 
pectation Bbowftd  itself  that  the  fifth  would 
briuii  word  Ironi  Diempton.  At  the  sixth, 
the  wkold  neighborhood  was  oonlident,  and 
looked  blank  when  the  post-bag  produced  noth- 
^Qff-  Here  the  part  Dempton  had  played  so 
well  told  powerfully.  Caugkt  badly  once  la 
yielding  ©ver  readily  to  suspicion,  their  minds 
were  slow  to  turn  that  Way  again.  Every 
squeal  of  Dempton's  pig,  and  mooing  of  his  cow, 
was  an  appeal  in  his  tavor.  The  key  ot  his 
bouse  would  kave  burned  Atkins'  finsers  had 
be  handled  it  suspectingly. 

Still,  it  was  generosity,  not  stupidity,  that 
was  enlisted  on  his  side.  Ail  at  once  the  idea 
awoke  in  almost  every  mind  that  such  a  mys- 
tery <jould  not  be  left  tQ  sleep  oat  its  third 
ntoath,  while  they  wailed  for  what  some  of  them 
began  to  think  mightnever  come.  Where  people 
act  under  such  cironmstances  they  are  apt  to 
make  up  tor  lost  time  by  an  exaggeration  of 
vigor.  Their  patience  swung  over  to  the  oppo- 
site extreme.  Their  qvietoess  became  clamor. 
The  stir  throughout  tne  community  was  iinpar- 
alleled.  A  demonstration  of  acme  kind  was  in- 
evitable. A  spark  would  have  kindled  it,  and 
a  very  live  coal  was  suddenly  thrown  into  the 
inflammable  heap. 

The  Postmaster  had  remembered  that  the 
letter  mentioned  already  as  having  been  re- 
ceived by  Dempton  was  in  answer  to  oue  of  his 
own  addressed  to  "  Sprage  Tompmns,  Esq.."  in 
f^^  the  town  t«  which  he  told  Atkins  he  was  going, 
i^^*  To  this  person  Atkins  had  written,  stating  the 
circumstauoes  ot  Dempton's  departure,  and  in- 
quiring about  his  moTements.  Tlie  reply  dis- 
claimed all  knowledge  on  the  subjeot.and  sharp- 
ly added,  that  by  a  slowness  which  seemed  to  the 
writer  extraordinary,  they  had  probably  given 
a  oratty  cnmmal  wuo  counted  upon  it,  ample 
time  to  esoapQ.  There  was  a  Jarge  gathering 
at  the  store,  in  expectation  ot  ,news,  when  this 
letter  arrived  ;  and  the  moment  it  -was  read 
.  aloud,  as  it  was  called  tor,  the  whole  thing 
seemed  as  clear  as  day.  Ihey  were  made  very 
mad  by  such  a  snubbing  trom  a  "  Yankee 
lawyer  ;  "  but  the  deeper  leehng  was  of  indig- 
nation at  being  the  dupes  of  Dempton.  In  two 
ur  three  hours'  time,  the  whole  community  had 
risen  en  masse,  and  lighted  down  on  Dempton's 
place — ransacking  it  to  the  very  inside  ot  an 
old  tin  kettle. 

The  negroes,  ot  course,  were  there,  but  trod 
gineerly,  and  hunted  in  groups.  Even  if  it 
were  broad  daylight,  not  a  "chile "  among 
them  was  going  to  catch,  or  be  caught  by,  a 
"spook"  unawares.  They  peered,  •with  Kep. 
nostrils  dilated  and  specially  intent,  over  the 
bank  beneath  which  he  snified  the  first  sus- 
picion of  this  new  excited  history.  Nep 
himself,  with  a  companion  or  two,  ventured 
into  the  house  and  up  stairs.  "Whar  you 
gwiae,  Nep  V  said  one  ot  them  as  he  led  the 
way.  "Why  you  go  up  dar  tur?"  But  Nep 
persisrted,  with  a  shake  of  his  head,  as  it  he  had 
at  last  made  up  ids  mind  ;  and  up  they  went, 
relieved  t«  find  they  were  not  alone.  Spioer, 
the  storekeeper,  Atkins,  and  another  respect- 
able planter  were  lu  one  of  the  back  rooms,  on- 
gaged  in  earnest  conversation  over  the  affair. 
**  \Veli,  boys!"  saic^one  of  them,  "there's  noth- 
ing to  be  seen  here  ;  you'd  better  go  down 
again."  "  Yes,  mas'r,"  replied  Nep,  but  still 
protruding  his  head  througb  the  doorway,  and 
staring  round  with  a  peculiar  expression  that 
struck  the  three  observers.  "Why,  you  fool," 
aaia  Spicer,  "  the  walls  aren't  going  to  jump  at 
you;  what  are  you  looking  fori"  Nep  fairly 
laiight  his  breath  as  he  anwered :  "1 — I 
— 1  don't  see  it,  mas'r."  "  See  what  I 
what  did  you  expect  to  see  T  "  "  Only  a  door, 
mas'r;  I  tought  there  was  a  door  hy'ar." 
^"Nep,"  said  Atkins,  quietly,  "  come  in  here." 
Nep  obeyed,  his  skin  getting  a  grayish  tinge, 
and  his  eyes  glancing  round  rapidly.  A  tre- 
mendous scuttling  on  tbe  stairway  told  what 
had  beoume  of  his  companions. 

"Now,  Nep,'' said  Atkins,  "you've  got  some- 
thing to  tell,  and  don't  be  scared  about  it. 
Were  you  ever  in  here  beloro  t " 
"Nebber,  mas'r,  so  help  me  " "  There,"'  in- 
terrupted Atkins,  "you  needn't  take  your  oath 
J'UBfyet.  Only  tell  us  the  truth,  aha  ail  you 
enow  about  it.  If  you  were  never  bere  before, 
what  made  you  thmk  there  was  a  door  here? " 

I  could  not  do  iustice  to  Nep'a  reply  without 
so  large  an  iniusion  of  that  irresistibly  comic 
element  which  marks  the  unsophisticated  negro 
in  his  most  .serious  moments — and  the  more  so 
on  account  ot  his  seriousness — as  would  nard- 
ly  agree  with  the  tragic  interest  of  the  facta  in- 
volved. 

Nep's  part  therein  was,  in  itself,  very  trifling 
•—but  on  what  trifles  do  the  gravest  events 
sometimes  depend ! 

He  told  a  straightforward  story,  helped  occa- 
sionally by  Atkins'  considerate  questions,  to 
this  effect : 

Some  months  before,  about  the  time  of  El- 
eey's  disappearance,  Nep  had  been  caught  at 
uighttall  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  river.  Ue 
bad  crossed  in  hia  skiff,  and  rcmem  bered  it  as 
tn&iirst  time  he  had  been  able  successfully  to 
stem  the  current  after  the  unusual  floods 
which  had  prevailed-  Having  to  g©  some  dis- 
tance back  into  the  country,  he  was  belated  on 
his  reiturn.  and  struck  the  river  a  good  way 
,  above  the  spot  where  he  had  fastened 
bis  skiff!.  To  reach  it  he  had  to  follow 
tbe^  curve  of  the  shore  opjiosite  the  point  on 
widch  was  Dempton's  house.  He  admitted 
tbt&i  he  did  not  like  being-  tbere  in  the  dark ; 
uid,  according  to  his  own  accouMt,  must  have 
been  stumbling  along  at  u  great  race  among 
the  roots  and  bushes  on  the  bank,  when,  all  at 
once,  he  could  not  help  crying  out,  "0,  Lordl 
what's  dae  i  for  sure's  you  lib,  I  see'd  a  lighfr 
'cross  de  ribber,  right  'boye  de  place  whar  MibS 
Dempton  must  a  come  down  de  night  she 
got  drowned."    He  waa   afraid   to    move  at 

first,  and  started  at  the  light,  eicpeci- 
ing — he  did  not  know  what.  There  was 
no  stir,  however,  and  he  soon  saw  that  it  was 
bigbei-  up  and  further  back  than  the  top  of  the 
banii,  aud  caoie  Irom  the  house  itself.  Uis 
childish  alarm  changed  to  a  child's  curiosity, 
and  he  stood  for  some  minutes  watching  tbe 
shadow  ot  tbe  -  person  who  was  hold- 
ing the  candle.  At  last  it  seemed  to 
be  set  down  on  the  floor,  and  the  jierson 
who.  had  it — apparently  Dempton  himselt — 
crossed  the  window,  and  opened  what  Nep  was 
certain  was  a  door,  lor  he  saw  its  dark  sub- 
itance  come  before  the  light,  and  noticed  also 
:he  edge  of  its  shadow  drawn  up  and  down 
the  window.  Dempton  presently  came  back. 
Closing  the  door  behmd  him,  and'  bringing  his 
3wn  shadow  lull  aeainst  the  window  as  be 
stooped  to  take  the  cantf  le  up.  All  thra  must 
have  been  noted  by  Nep  with  a  simple  pleasure 
at  the  idea  of  seeing  so  much  of  wuat  Deup- 
ton  was  doing  when  he  thought  himself  uoob- 
served.  "  I  sez  to  myself — guess  Mas'r  Demp- 
ton would  a  blowbd  aat  light  out  It  he  tought 
I  see  'um."  Nep  then  thought  no  more  about 
it,  but  made  his  way  to  the  skiff',  and  crossed 
tne  stream. 

"Did  you  never  speak  of  it  1"   asked  Atkins. 

"  Oh  yes,  mas'r — told  de  ©Id  woman  when  1 
eot  home,  and  some  ob  de  boys  de  nex'  day  ; 
hue  dar  wasn't  nuffln  in  it  and  I  soon  torgot  all 
ubout  it.  till  I  came  hy'ar  «li8  momm'." 

"  Well,  what  scared  you  bo  to-day  whek  you 
uamcinhere?"  It  was  not  strange,  for  such 
obtuseness  occasionally  happens  to  us  at  criti- 
cal moments.  But  not  oue  of  his  hearers 
seemed  to  catch  as  yet  the  point  of  his' story, 
of  which  the  negro  himself,  had  only  a  dim 
idea. 
-^  "  Dunno,  mas'r ;  made  me  feel  mighty  queer 
to  come  hy'ar  whar  I  seed  Mas'r  Dempton  all 
by  hisaell'.  It  kind  a  cum  back  to  me,  and  I 
'mem  bered  de  candle  en  the  floor,  and  de 
shadow  ot  de  door ;  an^jscbea  I  didn't  see  no 
doer  'tall,  seeiaed-frirSde  debbil  must  'a  Deen 
at  work." 

"  1  don't  see  that  this  Big's  story  goes  for 
much/'  said  Spieer;  there's  a  closet  in  the  next 
.   i-uum    with  a  door   to  it — I   suppose  it's   there 
Dempton  was." 

"  Jso  there  18,"  replied  Atkins;  "I  noticed  it 
when  Dempton  showed  his  wife's  clothes  hang- 
ing there.  Now  1  think  of  it,"  continued  At- 
kins, half  to  himself,  as  if  studying  out  the 
point,  "I  noticed,  too,  m  what  a  ciumay  way 
the  door  was  hung,  so  that  it  epened  right  back 
agamst  the  window,  and  shut  it  up.  *  Spicer ! 
that  door  would  have  shut  in  ail  the  light  of 
the  caudle,  aud  not  let  Nep  see  halt  of  it." 

The  three  men  stared  at  each  other  for  a  mo- 
ment in  silence. 

"  Good  heavens !"  exclaimed  the  planter, 
who  had  hitherto  said  nothing ;  "  «io  you  sup- 
pose he  could  have  hid  tbe  body  thekk,"  pomt- 
mg  to  where  the  d«or,  by  the  negro's  account, 
should  havo  been,  "  and  then  walled  it  upf 

Spicer  was  leaning  with  his  hands  behind  him 
agamsi  the  very  spot,  and  shot  from  it  with  a 
convulsive  sprmg.  Atkins  raised  his  hands 
and  eyes  t*  heaven.  Conviction  came  like  a 
flash  with  the  words  Just  spoken.  Nep  disappear- 
ed, with  how  maoh  or  little  of  noise  no  oue  of 
them  noticed  till  a  Joud  cry  rose  out  of  doors, 
and,  as  those  who  saw  him  said,  the  negro 
went  tearing  down  the  path  like  a  crazy  crea- 
t^ure.  crying.  "  Dey's  toun'  de  body  I  dey's 
ioun'  de  body !  "  and  then  suddenly  tbe  p*or 
teiiow  fell  down  in  a  fit. 

Tne  excitement  created  was  fearful.  Women 
screamed.  Shouts  of  men  were  presently 
mingled  with  deep  oaths.  A  rush  fi:om  ail 
sides  was  made  for  the  house.  Tbe  three  men 
in  the  fatal  room  above,  had  scarce  time  to  re- 
cover from  their  first  shock,  when  their  silence 
was  broken  by  the  tramping  anu  struggling  of 
the  6xcited  throng.  So  unseemly  a  thing  could 
' sot  have  happened  but  lor  the  fact  that  the 
uei:Vous  tension  to  which  tbey  had  all  been 
subjected  had  become,  nearly  unbearable,  and 
nature  Itself  demanded  some  i^hysioai  outlet. 
Atkma  now  gave  proof  ot  that  scurdineas  of 


peared.  He  met  the  first  who  reached  the  up- 
per floor,  looking  almost  liJce  ma<lmen,  with  an 
uplifted  band,  aud  a  manner  so  collected  aud 
solemn  that  its  calming  effect  was  iflstantlV 
felt.  ^ 

"  For  God's  sake,"  he  oried.  in  a  strong,  ear- 
nest tone,  "  keep  oooU  Don't  act  in  this  Wild 
way.  It's  all  too*  soon.  Nothing's  found  out 
yet.  Let  us  behave  like  men  who  have  a  most 
solemn  duty  to  peiform."  • 

They  were  crowding  him  more  and  more  into 
the  doorway  from  the  larger  into  the  smaller 
room,  those  behind  still  pressing  up  in  the 
fierce  excitement  of  the  moment.  He  raided 
his  voice  to  its  full  pitch,  with  the  authority 
such  exigence  gives. 

"  Friends !  neighbors  I  listen  to  me.  Some  of 
you  back  there,  stop  that  rush  and  help 
me  to  keep  order.  What  are  you  af- 
ter? There's  nothing  here  that  we've  seen 
yet  but  an  empty  room.  If  there's  any- 
thing to  be  found,  we've  got  to  find  it.  Let's 
go  about  it  as  orderly  men  should.  Keep  quiet, 
and  I'll  tell  you  all  that  has  happened." 

Such  words,  so  spoken,  had  full  effect.  In- 
deed their  passion  had  spent  itself  in  its  own 
outburst.  Order  was  soon  obtained,  and  then 
in  a  few  clear  words  Atkins  explained  what 
the  clue  was  which  the  negro  bad  so  unex- 
pectedly put  into  their  hands.  By  this  time 
the  front  room,  which  was  equal  in  size  to  the 
two  smaller  ones  at  the  back  that  opened  into 
it,  was  literally  packed  full — an  idea  of  some- 
thing proving  powerful  enough  to  keep  them 
from  passing  through  the  door  at  which  Atkins 
stood,  except  a  little  way  under  tbe  great  pres- 
sure from  behind.  No  one  stepped  in  of  his 
own  accord.  To  their  credit  it  must  be  said, 
that  as  soon  as  the  Becessicy  for  greater  free- 
dom to  move  dbout  appeared,  most  ot  their 
number  voluntarily  descended  and  awdlted  the 
result  belo'vr. 

Of  the  three  rooms,  one,  as  ah'eady  stated, 
ran  across  the  front  of  the  house.    The  two  at 

the  back  opened  Irom  it.  and  were  made  ol  un- 
equal size  by  a  rough  stairway  up  into  the  loft,  • 
under  the  peak  ol  the  roof,  constructed  against 
the  partition  that  divided  the  rooms.  The 
space  underneath  this  waa  fashioned  into  the 
Closet  which  Atkins  had  observed.  All  three 
rooms  had  been  roughly  plastered  by  Dempton 
himself  at  the  time  when  ho  bad  professed 
to   be    preparing    lor  Eisej's  return. 

The  first  step  taken  was  to  examine  tbe 
closet.  With  their  attention  thus  directed  to  it, 
its  depth,  which  should  have  been  equal  to  the 
width  of  the  stairway  into  tbe  loft,  seemed  con- 
siderably less;  on  measurement,  it  proved 
to  be  so.  They  listened  at  the  inner 
partition  of  the  closet  while  a  strong, 
rapping  was  made  upon  the  wall  of 
the  next  room.  It  was  evident  that  there 
was  a  space  between  that  deadened  the  sound. 
Thus  the  presumption  of  a  secret  there  to  be 
disclosed  increased.  Why  need  they  approach 
It  so  gradually  when  a  few  blows  of  the  axe 
would  penetrate  the  concealed  space — if  it 
were  there  1  Men  naturally  shrink  from  break- 
ing violently  in  upon  the  dark  silence  ot  such  a 
spot.  They  move  abuut  it  till  grown  some- 
what familiar  with  it.  But  at  last  there  was 
nothing  else  to  be  done.  Dempton's  own  store 
of  tools  supplied  what  was  wanted.  All  the 
rest  Stood  back  while  one  vigorous  arm 
knocked  away  the  plaster  aad  lath  till  there 
was  made — a  ghastly  holeindeed!  Who  wanted 
to  look  at  it  1  The  recoil  was  general;  and 
the  expectant  throng  below,  so  eagerly  await- 
ing the  issue  of  the  souuda  they  heard  above, 
felt  as  if  the  horror  were  descending  to  them 
when  they  saw  one  strong  man  after  another 
come  almost  tottering  down  the  stairwaj, 
white  as  a  sheet,  and  without   uttering  a  word. 

This  was  the  first  effect.  At  the  immediate 
spot  measures  were  soon  taiion  to  bring  the 
whole  secret  to  light.  And' a  niai-vel  ot  ocn- 
trivance  it  was  lor  such  a  purpose.  A  space 
some  eighteou  inches  wide  was  carefully  and 
closely  plastered  all  round,  except  a  concealed 
passage  to  the  outer  air  at  the  upper  part.  A 
layer  ct  stones,  also  thickly  plastered,  com- 
puted its  floor.  On  this  bed — a  bed  of  death, 
truly — were  stretched  the  remains  of  a  human 
form— rightly  so  termed,  lor  the  means  taken 
to  consume  them  had  Iclt  but  little.  Tbere  was 
nothing  to  tell  whose  form  it  was,  but  of  that 
there  could  be  do  doubt. 

T->  the  tew  who  had  gone  through  that  house 
before,  and  to  whom  that  irou-nwved  man  hud 
offered  lo  take  down  the  swter's  clothing 
from  the  very  partition  ihul  concealed 
tbe  brother's  fearlul  tomb,  how  strange 
it  seemed  that  they  could  have  been 
so  blind,  when  now  the  sioiy  of  his  proceedings 
could  be  so  plainly  read  in  ulmouc   every   step. 

Dempton's  first  care,  having  sJam  Elsey,  was 
to  conceal  bis  body  ;  how  be  did  it  is  su^oient- 
ly  indicated  above  without  entering  into  de- 
tail. Tbe  closet  under  the  stairway  to  tbe  lott 
was  an  atterth  ought.  The  rooms  bad  oriiti- 
nally  communicated  though  the  door  which 
tbe  negro  had  so  strangely  seen ;  and  when  he 
had  compieccd  his  piau,  Dempton  had  taken 
the  door  down  and  carried  the  siue-wuU  of  the 
rooB  smoothly  over. 

But  what  a  head  and  heart,  and  what  nerves, 
that  could  plan  and  execute  all  this,  and,  when 
done,  endure  to  be  with  it  day  and  night  for 
months !  'liiere  were  some  tokens,  indeed, 
that  Dempton  had  spout  a  portion  ol  his  time 
in  and  around  the  small  barn  ;  but  they  wero 
so  slight  as  not  to  carry  conviction.  One 
would  like  to  believe  it.  Not  that  the  actual 
difi'eieuce  between  beine  under  the  same  roof 
and  only  a  little  way  o£f  was  so  great ;  but  it 
would  indicate  that  tbe  man  had  not  stifled  all 
his  humanity. 

It  was  afterward  ascertained  that  Elsey  had 
taken  with  him  to  Carolina  a  large  sum  of 
money — the  proceeds  ol  his  whole  property,  ft 
was  tor  this  that  Dempton  bad  pl;4uned  cratti- 
ly,  smned  ruthlessly,  and  succeeded.  For  he 
was  heard  of  no  mere.  There  was  no  one  to 
press  inquiry  and  pursuit.  He  had  gained  a 
start,  at  any  rate,  that  probably  wooid  have 
rendered  pursuit  useless.  It  was  a  half  century 
ago,  when  telegraphs  were  unkoown,  railways 
scarce  beginning,*  and  the  policeman  not  yet 
evolved  out  of  the  constable.  Dempton  was 
content  to  renoimce  utterly  what  little  prop- 
erty he  left  behmd  tor  what  he  carried  wi.h 
him. 

He  succeeded — that  is,  he  was  not  pursued, 
brought  back,  and  hung;  without  which  pal- 
pabl*  demonstration  that  jiutice  overtakes  the 
criminal,  it  seems  to  some  tuinds  as  if  the  moral 
government  of  the  world  were  not  vindicated. 

Nor  am  I  able  to  tell  that  the  money  that  was 
so  ill-got  brought  a  curse  with  it  in  tbe  shaps 
of  vicious  indulgence,  and  entanglement  in 
other  snares  of  sin,  from  the  immediate  conse- 
quences of  which  there  was  no  second  escape. 

But  1  have  taked  in  giving  an  idea  of  this 
man,  if  tbe^  who  have  lollowed  this  history 
must  have  ocular  proof  of  his  punishment.  It 
was  no  shallow  nature  th>it  bad  so  yielded  ta 
the  tempter — no  natui-e  to  Ine  enervated  by  bad 
success.  Money  could  purchase  no  sensual  in- 
dulgence that  he  would  care  for,  to  stupefy  that 
vigorous  mind.  But  strong  natures,  rigorous 
minds,  and  purposes  that  are  not  only 
bad,  but  base,  often  go  together  in 
this  world.  For  yi:ars  he  had  trained  himself  to 
think  and  act  tor  such  a  purpose.  That  train- 
ing invigorated  him,  not  only  to  attain  his  end, 
but  what  he  did  nut  think  ot,  to  be  punished 
afterward.  Neither  in  meditating  nor  in  con- 
summating that  crime  had  he  joined  himself  to 
the  criminal  class,  to  live  their  life  henceforth. 
Their  excitements  and  pleasures  were  not  for 
him.  Let  him  go  where  he  might,  and  apply 
himself  to  any  occupation  that  suited  a  spirit 
like  his,  tbe  characteristic  qualities  he  could 
bring  to  it  were  stamped  with  the  mark  oH 
those  years  of  dreadful  training.  He  could  but 
coin  fresh  tokens  of  the  past  in  eyery  act  and 
hour  of  his  future  course,  which — ahail  we  cull 
it  successful,  because  it  did  not  end  on  the 
gallows  I  Though  no  record  of  him  remains, 
oue  saddens  at  tbe  idea  of  the  gloom  m  which 
such  a  lite  must  have  been  passed,  and  ended. 
— Slackwood'a  Magazine. 


.gilding  fiverywhera  elvet  a  rich  nn4  ap-'endid 
effect.  Roughly  described.  St. .  Isaac's  id  a  sort 
of  uw^'led  St  Paul's  without  nave  or  choir,  and 
tJiie  lOTStoratiou  Committee  might  do  worse 
than  study  the  decoration  of  St.  Isaac's  as  a 
possible  model  for  their  own  oathedral.— Good 
Worda. 

VNDEB  THE  STABS. 


St.  Isaac's  Chukch,  St.  Petersburg.— 
By  all  means  mount  St.  Isaac's,  even  if  you 
have  to  staym  all  day  afterward,  for  m' no 
other  way  can  you  form  an  adequate  notion 
either  of  the  prodigious  audacity  which  planned 
a  vast  city  on  a  wet  bog,  and  at  the  mercy  both 
of  river  and  sea,  or  the  extent,  and  symmetry, 
ana  picturesqueness  of  a  city  which  the  Mos- 
cow people,  sneer  at  it  as  they  may,  find  only 
too  successful  a  rival  as  the  residence  of  tbe 
Court  and  tba  seat  of  Grovernment.  This  St. 
Isaac's  Church,  built  on  piles  forced  deep  down 
into  a  yielding  morass,  and  Sontinuallj  requir- 
ing repairs,  from  an  awkward  habit  ot  slippmg, 
has  already  cost  three  millions  sterling,  and  to 
an  impartial  mind  is  hardly  worth  the 
money.  It  is  a  four-square  bailding,  ap- 
proached on  each  side  by  a  grand  flight 
of  steps,  and  supported  by  a  magnificent 
peristyle  of  columns  sixty  feet  high,  granite 
monoliths  from  Finland.  There  is  aeencrol 
cupola,  richly  gilt  and  supported  by  30  granite 
pillars,  the  whole  surmounted  by  a  golden  cross 
360  feet  from  tbe  ground.  The  capitals  of  the 
columns  are  in  bronze,  and  there  is  much  metlkl 
ornamentation  on  tbe  exterior  in  the  shape  of 
bas-reiittfs,  statues,  aud  busts,  a  mingling  of 
materials  which,  to  me,  beemed  infelicitous. 
Imposing,  however,  ^s  the  exterior  undoubt- 
edly is,  Uie  interior  is  yet  more  striking  to  an 
eye  accustomed  to  the  austere  simplicity  of 
Protestant  churches.  The  walls  are  of  polished 
Miaurble  covered  wath  pictures,  many  of  which 
are  in  exquisite  mosaia.  The  ro«f  Is  painted  in 
fresco.  'I  be  iconostas.  or  screen,  whion  in 
Greek  churches  separates  tbe  body  of  the 
church  from  the  sanutuary,  is  adorned  with  ool-. 
iip*i»*  of  *"fllBrfihitft  sdid  lania  lar"'*  mjo^  oraf iua 


BT    THE     AQTHOB    OP    "JOHN     HALIFAX,     CEK- 
TLEMAK." 

Oyontb,  rose-crowned,  yet  fall  of  strife, 

Craving  aticomareheiKled  ]oys, 
Ht>Rnng  the  desoerste  fight  of  life 

Bat  as  a  lar-off  plenaaDC  noise. 
Come,  ere  on  tby  Duld  way  tboa  atart. 

While  not  a  olond  thy  future  mars. 
And  still  tbaC'  wildiy-beatmg  heart 
Under  the  atiiri. 

O  heavy  time  of  brows  discrownerf. 
And  banginz  hanils,  and  leeble  knees, 

With  piceuas  pale  cboata  hauated  ronnd, 
Aod  longings  for  imposniule  ease  ;   , 

Nay,  beat  DO  more  like  wounded  bird 
Agninsttatfr's  iron  prison  bars  ; 

When  all  sounds  cease,  (iud'a  voice  is  heard 
Under  tbe  itars. 

0  stormy  prime,  so  b«autlfal 
With  fierce  delieht.  ecatatlo  Data  ;- 

Spending  and  being  spent ;   no  loll ; 
No  rest ;  no  count  of  loss  or  gain  ; 

£ru  with  tired  feet  thou  come  to  thread 
Tbe  bloodstained  flirld  of  ended  wara ; 

PauBP — bow  tbe  gloriea  ot  tby  head 
Under  tbe  atari. 

Soon,  soon  will  come  the  anpreroe  hour 
Wuen  like  s  painted  show  life  seeme. 

Or perfuoie  of  lemembered  flower, 
Or  dear  dead  fsoes  Heen  in  dreamR. 

Clasp  bands  beneata  tbe  xilent  nigbt 
That  bashes  all  tbfae  mortal  Jara ; 

God,  thuu  alone  arc  XiO-ve — and  XtleUt — 

Bayond  tbe  siat^ !  — Qood  Wordt. 


German  Univkrsitiks. — Contrast  with 
these  limited  views  of  Uniyersitv  life  tbe  larger 
conceptions  of  German  universities.  In 
Germany  the  bureaacracy,  as  well  as  all  the 
professions,  must  pass  through  a  course  of  uni- 
versity tralnin;^.  Even  Roman  Catholic  priests 
must  take  their  general  education  within  a  nni- 
versity.  The  essential' idea  of  German  uni- 
versities is  that  they  are  not  only  teaching  in- 
stitntions,  but  also  repositories  of  human 
knowledge,  from  which  the  life  of  the  nation 
should  be  fed  and  sustained.  The  German  uni- 
versities always  aim  at  the  fulfillment  of  three 
conditions  of  existence.  They  contend  that  a 
university  should  i;ive  the  fullest  representa- 
tion of  existiag  learnmg  in  its  academic  staff; 
that  it  should  widely  diffuse  that  learning 
through  its  teachers  ;  and  that  it  should  widen 
the  boundaries  of  learning  by  the  reseaicbes 
ot  its  professors,  fellows,  and  graduates. 
This  high  and  full  concepfion  of  uni- 
versity iiie  is  not  much  more  ibaa  half 
a  century  old  in  Germany,  but  it  has 
already  produced  a  marvelous  development  of 
culture  among  the  people.  Though  no  German 
university  would  be  considered  complete  un- 
less Its  professional  faculties  were  in  as  full 
activity  as  its  philosophical  faculties,  still  the 
separation  of  university  education  trpm  the 
State  license  to  practice  diminishes  tbe  ten- 
dency to  Brodstudien,  and  induces  students  to 
master  tbe  sciences  as  thoroughly  as  tbe  tech- 
nics of  their  prolessions.  Study  for  knowledge 
and  not  for  examinatien  distinguishes  the 
German  from  the  Euulish  universities.  The 
highest  culture  which  the  nation  possesses  is 
given  through  university  training,  but  the 
culture  is  a  true  one.  for  it  is  not  merely  dis- 
ciplinary, but  is  a  preparation  ot  the  mind  for 
nu  inteligent  and  scientific  pursuit  of  a  life's 
occupation.  The  German  university  de- 
grees are  altogether  subordinate  to  the 
s.ysten  of  education,  and  utten  are 
not  taken  nt  all.  The  degree  which 
corresponds  to  our  B.  A.  is  pasbed  on  leaving 
the  scbool,  audita  simple  Maturiidtszrugnisa, 
wliiie  the  doctorate  in  philosophy  of  the  uni- 
versity corresponds  to  our  honors,  and  is  essen- 
tially special  in  character.  It  resembles  tne 
restricted  selectiun  ot  our  raoderu  achools  aiid 
triposes.  A  German  university  degree,  there- 
lore,  represents  a  protound  knowledge  of  one 
or  two  subjects.  This  leads  to  a  specialt3-  in 
the  subject  of  profcssoiiul  prelections,  and  has 
laid  the  loundation  for  that  amuzing  advance 
in  literature  and  science  which  the  Germans 
have  made  in  tbe  hist  half-century.  Under  this 
systcu  ot  fitting  th-;  study  to  the  future  work 
of  the  student,  young  men  go  through  their 
academic  courses  without  gold  being  strewed 
OD  every  path  of  entrance  and  exit,  as  it  is  by 
the  scholarships  and  lellowships  of  Oxiord  and 
Cambridge. — Maemillan's  Magazine. 


Wis  rewarded  \y  a  shower  of  scnrrilonS  o^r- 
grains,  oue  of  which  imputed  that  he  had 
"lured"  the  accuser.  Stotnard,  u  IrioutJ  of 
many  years'  standing,  Bluke  suddenly  chttrgea, 
on  grounds  which  Mi-.  Gilchrist  admits  to  have 
been  imaginary,  with  having  stolen  bis  design 
for  the  "Canterbury  Pilgrimage,"  and  pro- 
ceeded to  riUfy  as  an  ignorant  blunderer 
who  owed  everything  to  him  except  a  "heart 
of  iron,"  a,  "head  of  wood,"  and  a  "face  of 
brass."  llils  ooarse  abuse  of  his  friends  might 
be  excused  as  the  language  of  passion,  but  in 
the  invective  which  he  employed  against  bia 
compeers  and  antagonists  it  is  difficult  to  avoid 
seeing  a  deliberate  animun.  Sbr  Joshua  Rey- 
nolds aud  Gainsburough  were  stigmatized 
as  rival  blotters  and  blurrers,  whose  popularity 
was  a  national  disgrace.  Of  the  former,  espe- 
cially, Blaike  entertained  a  lanatioal  hatred, 
alike  as  artist,  critic,  and  man.  His  copy  of  tbe 
"Discourses  on  Art  "  is  annotated  with  such 
comments  as  these  upon  tbe  opinions  with 
which  he  disagreed  —  "villainy;"  "a  lie;" 
"  damned  fool ; "~  "  a  liar,  he  neve;-  was  abashed 
in  bis  life  and  never  felt  his  ignorance ;"  'a  pi- 
tiftd  and  pitiable  imbecility;"  "tbe  simulation 
ot  the  hypocrite  who  smiles  particularly  when 
he  means  to  betray;"  "such  artists  as  Rey- 
nolds are  at  all  times  hired  by  the  Sataos  for 
the  depression  of  art;  a  pretence  of  art,  to  de- 
stroy art."  Elsewhere  he  accuses  his  success- 
ful contemporary  of  having  hired  "  a  gang  of 
cunning  ruffians  "  to  oppress  his  genius  and 
prevent  it  from  obtaining  recognition. — Con- 
temporary Semew. 


WiLUAM  BlaKk. — It  is  to  be  observed  in 
the  first  place  that  he  was  by  profession  neither 
designer,  painter,  nor  poet,  but  an  engraver; 
and  that,  by  the  admission  of  his  warmest  ad- 
mirers, his  skill  in  this  capacity  was  interior  to 
that  of  the  Schiavonettis  and  others,  whose 
style,  as  less  stiff  and  "old-fashioned,"  was 
better  suited  to  the  public  taste.  Though  bia 
professional  emoluments  were  consequently 
small,  he  was  never  without  employment,  and 
might  have  readily  increased  this  secure  means 
of  subsistence  bad  he  not  voluntarily  laid  it 
aside  for  prophetic  tasks  which  he  knew  to  be 
unremunerative,  but  which  his  belief  in  his 
mission  impelled  him  to  lulliil.  That  in  bis 
moments  of  cool  sense  he  blamed  himself  for 
yielding  to  a  "want  of  steatly  perseverance" 
and  an  "abstract  folly"  which  often  brought 
him  and  his  wife  to  the  verge  of  starvation,  ap- 
pears from  one  of  his  letters.  Mrs,  Blake's 
tactics,  after  tbe  manner  of  a  moss-trooper's 
wite,  to  induce  him  to  work  ut  his  legitimate 
coiling,  are  amusingly  described  by  Mr.  Gd- 
obrist.  Such  works  as  he  chose  to  send  to  the 
Academy    exhibitions    appear    to   have    been 

always  accepted,  but  he  only  exhibited  on  five 
occasions.     For    tbe     most     part,   his     workei, 
whether     ol     design     or     color,    poetry    or 
prophecy,  were  unpublished  and  unannounced, 
printed   and    colored    bv  the  bunds  ot    hiuiself 
or    his    wite,    and   circulated    among  his  pro- 
fessional and    private    acquaintances.     In  tbe 
few  instances  in   which   bis   designs  \vere  duly 
published    and   advertised  they  obtained  the 
suffrages  of  distinguished  artists,  and  us  much 
public  approbation  as    the   standard  ot  artistic 
culture  then  reached   in   thia  country  entitled 
him  to  expect.    For  his  water-color  and  tem- 
pera pictures   hn    had   two  or  three  steady  pa- 
trons at  successive  stages  of  his  career — Butts, 
Hayiey,   Adors,   and    Air.   Linnell— who    pur- 
chased them  at   tbe   prices  which   ho  himself 
fixed.     Besides  patrons,  be  had   a  few  devoted 
mends,  especially  Flaxman,   Funeli,  and  Par- 
ley, who  heartily  appreciat^j   his  power,  and 
.did  their  best  to  make   it   known  to  the  world. 
That  he    did  not  retain    the    patronage    and 
friendship  ut  some  members  even  of  tiiis  small 
cu'cle  was  owing,  so  far  as  we  can  judge,  to. 
no  fault  of  theirs,  but   to  certain  mental  flaws 
and  moral  failings  of  his  ^wn,   lor   wbicb  his 
advocates  have  made  most  inadequate  allow- 
ance.    Into   tbe  vexed  questiou  ol   hu  insanity 
we  need  not  enter,  but  that  he  was  eccentric  to 
a  degree  which  induced  a  belief  in  it  among 
men  such  as  Fiaxmau,  who  knew  him  intimate- 
ly, and  still  more  among  tbuae  who  know  bim 
only  by  his  writings  or  general  report,  cannot 
be  denied ;  and  the  fact  would  of  itself  account 
for   the   limited    success    which    attended    the 
ettorts   ot   his    friends    to    enlarge   his   list   of 
patrons.    It  may  be  admitted  without  reserve 
that  Lis  artistic  aims  were  high  and  bis  advo- 
cacy of  them  earnest;  that  though  puor,  be  was 
honorable  and  unworldly,  iust  and  generous. 
But  it  IS  equally  incontestable  that  he  was  ex- 
cessively su^^piciouB  and  irritable  in  temper,  in- 
ordinately yam,  and  intolerably  opinionated  ; 
jealouj,  it  not  envious,   of  the  estimation  in 
which  the  public  held  those  either  among  his 
predeoeesurs  or  contemperaries  whose  ability 
he  deemed  iuleiior  or   whose  theories   ot  art 
were  opposed  to  his  own ;  and  Intemperate,  to 
the  pomt  of  oeing  virulently  abusive,  m  the  .ex- 
pression of  either  artistic  or  personal  antipa- 
'ihies.     Almost   every  iriend  or    patron   with 
whom  he  came  in  close  contact  for  a  oufliuient 
length  of  time  h.-td  to   sufler  in   turn  n-om  his 
bitter  reproaches  of  injustice  or  ungenerosity. 
Flaxman,   who  proved  himselt   lor  years  his 
warm  ally  and  admirer,  and  for  whom  no  lan- 
guage of    praise  and   affection  was  too  strong 
while  their  fiiondsbip  lasted,  he  subsequently 
denounced  as    "  a  blockhead  "   and  an    "  ass," 
aud  accused  of  having    "  blasted  "  his   artistic 
character  at  the  very  time  that  he  was  gratui- 
tously designing  one  of  the  first  monuments  by 
which  the  sculptor  came  into  notice.     Fuseli. 
whose  friendship  had  been  scarcely  less  de- 
Voted,  was  eventually   held   up  to  odium    as 
having  given    him   "  a  dark,  black  rook  and  a 
gloOmy   grave;"    a  vague    charge,   which  re- 
sol  \ed  itself    into  that   of   having    conspired 
with  the  publisher  Johnson  to  drive   him  irom 
London  by  a  threat  that  it  he  did  not  oontbie 
himself    to   drudgery    "  be  should   not   live." 
Hayiey,  whose  lussy  ddettantiam  and  kmdlv 
dispoeitxou    were    of    the     utmost    service    to 
Blake  at  a  cntical  stage,  ana  who,  alter  a  cool- 
ness bad  grown  between  tbem,  came  forward 
at       much      personal     sacrifice       to       exon- 
orate      bim     irom      the      charge      of      sedi- 
tion   xirAtA"''^     ur    the     soldier     SahAitiAid. 


The  South  Pole.— The  greatest  point  of 

difference  between  the  Arctio  and  Antarotio 
reasons  lies  in  the  faet  that  the  former  is  dot- 
ted over  with  numerous  islands,  peninsulas, 
and  isthmuses  ;  whereas  the  latter  is  exposed 
to  the  dash  of  a  vast  and  deep  ocean.  Koss  ex- 
perienced, from  sweeping  currents  and  Winds, 
mure  than  ever  has  to  be  borne  by  northern 
explursrs.  On  one  occasion,  when  he  was  be- 
calmed for  a  few  hours,  the  dead  set  of  the 
ocean  waves  drifted  tbe  ships  toward  a  i-ange 
of  huge  icebergs,  against  which  the  sea  broke 
with  appalling  violence.  "  Every  eye  was  trans- 
fixed with  tbe  tremendous  spectacle,  and  de- 
struction appeardd  inevitable."  The  ships 
were  thus  driven  on  for  eight  hours,  until 
within  half  a  tnile  of  the  gigantic  icebergs,  when 
a  eentle  air  began  to  stir ;  the  snips  yielded  to 
the  influence  or  the  puff  of  wind,  which  grad- 
ually freshened  into  a  gale ;  and  before  dark,  to 
the  heartfelt  satisft^otion  of  all  en  board,  the  ships 
emerged  from  their  peril,  and  got  out  into  the 
wide  eoean.  Boss  bad  good  means  of  knowing 
hew  thoroughly  Wilkes  had  been  deoeived 
concerning  the  appearance  of  land  at  a 
particular  spot,  for  he  spent  three  days  in 
searching  for  land  which  Wilkes  had  laid  down 
on  a  chart;  but  six  hundred  fathoms'  depth  of 
water  was  found,  in  tbe  very  centre  of  the  po- 
sition assigned  to  the  land  on  the  chart.  Ross 
arrived  at  an  opinion  that  the  American  cem- 
mander  had  been  deceived  either  by  ice  islands 
or  fog  banks.  We  need  notgo  into  much  further 
detail  concerning  this  expedition;  but  a  lew 
•words  may  be  quoted  to  show  what  kind  of 
Weather  had  to  be  borne  in  the  very  middle  of 
the  Antarctic  Summer,  and  in  no  higher  lati- 
tuoe  than  sixty-six  degreeii.  For  nine  days  the 
crews  were  alternately  drifting,  hauling,  mak- 
ing laff,  mending  snapped  hawsers,  and  mak- 
ing efforts  to  stem  opposing  cm-rents.  On  the 
tenth  day,  during  a  thick  fog,  a  gale  came  on 
from  the  north,  "llie  sea  quickly  rose  to  a 
fearful  height,  breaking  over  the  loftiest 
icebergs;  we  were  unable  any  longer  to  hold 
our  ground,  but  were  driven  into  tbe  heavy 
pack  under  our  lee.  Soon  alter  midnight  our 
ships  were  involved  in  an  ocean  of  fiouting 
fragments  ot  ice,  hard  as  fieating  blocks  of 
granite,  which  were  dashed  against  tbem  by  the 
waves  with  so  much  violence,  tbat  their-masts 
quiverifd  as  it  they  would  tali  at  every  successive 
blow  and  the  destruotiou  of  the  ships  seemed 
inevitable  from  the  tremendous  sbocks  they 
received.  By  backing  and  tilling  the  sails,  we 
endi-..vored  to  avoid  collision  with  the  larger 
masses ;  but  this  wan  not  always  possible,  in 
the  early  part  of  the  norm  the  rudder  of  the 
Erebus  was  so  much  damaged  as  to  be  no  long- 
er ot  any  use  ;  and  about  the  same  time  1  was 
informed  by  signal  that  the  i'errur's  was  com- 
pletely destroyed,  aud  nearly  torn  awaj  from 
the  stern-pust.  Hour  passed  away  alter  hour 
without  the  least  mitigation  ot  these  awlul  cir- 
cumstances in  which  we  were  placed.  Indeed, 
there  seemed  to  be  but  little  probability  of  our 
ships  holding  together  much  lunger,  so  fre- 
queut  aud  violent  were  the  shocks  they  sua- 
laincd.  the  loud,  crashing  noise  oi  the  strain- 
ing and  working  of  tbe  timbers  and  decks,  as 
she  was  driven  against  sumo  of  the  heavier 
pieces,  which  all  the  activity  and  exer- 
tions of  our  people  could  not  prevent, 
was  sufficient  to  fi.l  the  stoutest  heart 
— that  was  not  suopurted  bv  trust 
in  Him  who  controls  all  events — with  dismay." 
Whenever  the  gallant  commander  got  south 
of  sixty  degrees  or  so,  then  the  battling  with 
iee  began  again  and  again.  He  once  touched, 
us  wc  nave  said,  tl^  seventy-eighth  parallel  of 
latitude,  and  in  all  probability  no  human  being 
has  ever  mode  a  nearer  approach  to  tbe  South 
Pole — less  by  thr^o  ur  four  hundred  miles  than 
tbe  a^jproach  which  has  been  recently  made  to 
tbe  North  Pole.  Whut  we  know  ot  the  South 
Pole,  then,  is  simplv  this*— tbat  nobody  has  got 
within  seven  or  eight  hundred  miles  ot  it;  that 
icy  harriers  arc  met  with  quite  eolinsmg  any- 
thing known  in  the  North  Frigid  Zone  ;  that 
mountains  have  been  seen  (one  shooting  lortb 
voicunic  flames)  loitier  than  any  discovered 
by  our  northern  explorers  ;  tbat  all  the  laud  i« 
covered  with  snow  at  ail  se.isons :  tbat  no 
human  being  btis  been  met  with  beyond  fifty- 
six  degrees  of  latitude ;  that  no  vegetable 
growth,  except  lichens,  has  been  seen  beyond 
fifty-eight  degrees  of  latitude  ;  and  that  nu 
land  quadruped  is  known  to  exist  beyond  sixty- 
six  degrees  ut  latitude. — All  The  Year  JRouiui. 


Dr.    Richakdson's  Cut  of  Hkalth. — 

Here  is  how  Dr.  Kiehardson  would  build  bis 
bouses  for  the  future,  so  that  we  might  be 
healthy,  wealthy,  and  wise:  He  would  build 
a  house  on  a  basement  of  three  arches,  which 
should  he  thoroughly  ventilated  and  applied 
to  vorieus  purposes,  but  which  should  have  no 
direct  communieation  with  the  house.  His 
staircase  he  would  have  In  a  separate  shaft  at 
tbe  back,  each  fioor  communicating  with  it  by 
a  door,  so  tbat  the  floors  would  be  what  mieht 
be  called  flats,  and  each  of  them  ccuild  ho 
ventilated  independently.  On  the  third  noor 
be  would  place  the  kitchen  at.  the  front, 
and  tbe  servants'  dormitories  at  the  back ; 
and  from,  a  pipe  iu  the  kitchen  hot  water 
could  bo  conveyed  to  every  floor,  which 
would  havo  its  separate  sink  and  dUst 
shaft,  so  tbat  there  would  be  no  going  ud  and 
down  stairs  with  paiis  and  du»t  boxes.  At  the 
top  of  the  house  he  would  have,  on  a  Arm, 
almost  leyel,  asphalted  roof,  a  brick  and  giass- 
covvred  garden,  equal  in  extent  lo  the  area  of 
the  house.  Into  this  tbe  stair-shaft  would  finally 
enter,  aud  any  emanations  from  the  lower  part 
of  the  bouse  would  be  caton  up  wholesomely 
by  the  living  vegetation.  Heated  readily  from 
the  kitchen,  the  garden  might  have  at  «ll 
times  a  Summer  temperature ;  the  children 
could  engage  in  luxurious  and  healthful  play  ; 
tbe  ladies  would  find  occupation  in  the  cultiva- 
tion ot  fiowers  and  everereena,  and  in  it  tbe 
stetrner  sex  might  spend  those  hours  which  are 
now  found  so  unspeakably  dull  owing  to  the 
monotony  of  one  or  two  rooms.  Capital ;  just 
the  sort  of  house  one  would  like  to  live  in  : 
but  how  about  tbe  rent  ) — Once  a   Week, 


tbe  w^oie  country  bertw'««n  th*  Oaau  jMtd  tbe 

.  Caspian,  as  fiir  east  a*  i^e  frontier  of  Afghan- 
istan, aud  as   tar  souf'h  &i  the  frontier  of  Per- 

'  sia.  The  Turkomans  themselves  use  no  slaves, 
(ind  tbey  have  hitherto  carried  pn  their  infa- 
mmis  traffic  for  the  supply  of  their  more  civil- 
ized neigbbon  dt  KbiTa.  Bokhara,  Kbokan, 
and    Samaroand.    These  markets   being   now 

'  closed,  these  people  will  have  to  fum  tneir 
bands  to  some  more  repatanle  employment 
With  stoara  disoipline  and  modern  training 
tbey  might  be  converted  into  as  efficient  a 
body  of  light  caTalry  as  any  General  oould  de- 
sire.— Ntw  Qtuirterli/  Magazine. 

FOUR  DAYS. 


Now  are  the  moments  brief  and  rare, 

Wben  DsCnre  waraa  witb  aabtle  bliaa. 
Like  some  chaste  maiden,  shy  of  air, 
Who  gives  her  lover  tbe  first  kiat  t 

The  willows  o'er  tbe  flashing  brook 
Bow  lissom,  with  freata-mantled  stem. 

Like  gracefnl  ladies  when  they  look 
To  find  their  mirrora  praising  them. 

The  orchard-aisles,  that  blooms  array 

In.odoroas  mimicry  of  snow. 
Are  thrilled  through  every  happy  spray 

With  song's  mellifiaons  overflow  I 

And  all  the  world,  witb  g^reena  tbat  ablne^ 
With  breaking  bads  and  wings  tbsi  flit, 

Seema  one  expeotanoy  divine 
01  BomethiDK  God  has  promlaed  It  t 


IL 
White  fleece*  load  the  deap-blne  day ; 

Long  fitfnl  breezes  haant  its  calm. 
Like  aweet  thieves  flying  in  dismay 
^From  far  Hesperides  of  balm  I 

The  giddy  bee,  witb  murmur  ksen, 
Beela  o'er  tbe  garden's  brurh  test  reach; 

Tbe  aly  wasp  hovers,  blaolc  and  lean. 
Above  tbe  pink  loxarioni  peaoh ! 

No  (tandy  corranta  drape  their  bonicb, 
Erewhile  with  luscionn  orinuon  twined, 

Bnt  here  lartce  velvet  leaves  o'erbrow 
The  yellowing  melon's  flgared  rind. 

And  bere  a  pumokin's  lazy  gold 
Haa  alowly  sreatened  more  aad  more. 

Till  DOW  ita  beart  might  almost  hold 
CiDderells's  fairy  cosch-snd-foar  t 


III. 


Tbia  ample  wood,  in  wbose  brown  ways, 
Damp  with  late  frost,  I  stroll  and  mnae. 

To  wind*  ol  rapid  vigor  swaye. 
One  halcyon  tanglement  of  haes  I 

Tet  I  can  never  walk  an  hoar 

Wheie  all  these  hollow  graodenrs  gleam, 
And  watch  the  land's  ereat  passioa -flower 

Ot  beanteoaa  angulab,  bat  I  dream 

How  lofty  lives  have  plaved  their  parts. 

Feignine  In  splendor  false  content ; 
How  gorgeous  robes  o'er  broken  hearts 

Have  mtode  deanalr  magnificent  I 

Or  bow,  at  Borgia's  feast,  loUg  since, 
Where  lavish  pomp  epread  costiv  signs. 

Deaib,  tbe  dark  alave  of  priest  and  prince, 
Waited  in  those  voloptaons  wines  I 


IV. 
Last  night  the  air  was  denae  for  aleet. 

And  now  I  watch,  with  smothered  algb, 
Tbe  pale  blank  maadowa  lapse  to  meet 

A  leaden  monotone  of  sky. 

On,  coloiless  and  glacial  gloom! 

Oh,  earthly  torpor,  bleak  and  stem  1 
Have  tbe  blithe  obarms  of  bird  or  bloom 

Gone  forth  to  nevermore  return  ? 

Wbat  dreary  mood  bas  fancy  fonnd? 

Real  up,  dear  love,  und  bieHk  tbe  spell  1 — 
Her  lightsome  footsteps  talntly  sound — 

Yon  come,  dear  love,  ana  all  is  well ! 

For  DOW  your  bin; hea  look  to  me 
Like  Jnne's  flr«t  rotes,  freshly  gay. 

And  in  your  deep  eyes  one  can  «ee 
The  violeia  tarrying  tilt  May  I 

EDGAR  FAWCETT. 


Thb  Tcekomans.— Tbe  Turkomans  are 
by  profession  thieves  and  slave-dealers.  To 
steal  and  sell  human  beings  is,  they  say,  justi- 
flable  not  only  by  immemorial  custom,  but 
sanctioned  by  the  laws  of  God.  A  I'urkoman, 
devout  in  his  way,  having  been  asked  how  he 
could  reconcile  it  to  his  faith  to  sell  bis  fellow- 
behever  into  slavery,  replied,  "  The  KoVan  is  a 
divine  book,  yet  it  may  be  bought  for  a  few 
crowns ;  and  Joseph,  the  son  of  Jacob,  was  a 
prophet,  yet  ho  was  sold;  but  was  he  in  any 
wav  the  worse  off  for  that  i"  These  are  the 
men  ot  whom  it  has  been  said  tbat  they  would 
sell  their  own  prophet  if  he  were  to  reappear  in 
tbe  flesh  and  visit  them.  As  horsemen,  they 
are  unequaled  in  Asia,  and  they  are  tbe  lineal 
descendants  of  those  tinbes  which,  subjected  to 
an  iron  discipline,  and  inspired  by  cntbusiastic 
devotion  to  their  great  leaders,  constituted  that 
"  whirlwind  of  cavalry  "  which  once  swept  over 
A  prostrate  world.  Tbey  are  tbe  only  people 
from  wbicjh  the  Russian  troops,  in  their  pro- 
gress to  Khiva,  encountered  even  a  tempo- 
rary check,  for  in  a  well-planned  nii^ht 
attack  tbey  nearly  succeeded  in  inflicting 
upon  Gteu.  Golovatohofi  a  very  serious  de- 
feat. It  waa  only  by  tbe  steadiness 
of  tbe  infantry,  hurriedly  formed  and  deployed, 
tbe  rolling  fire  ot  the  breechloaders,  and  re- 
peated rounds  of  grape  from  the  Russian  guns, 
that  the  Turkomans,  who  at  one  time  had 
completely  surrounded  the  camp,  were  beaten 
back  and  discomfited.  Tbe  'lurkomOns  are  a 
commumty^-or  rather  an  aggregation  of  com- 
ninnities — numbering  450,000  men  capable  of 
Itearing   arms,  and  ara   soattereav  over  nearly 


SoMB  UrtcOMMON'  Pkts. — Proud  Wolsey, 
it  will  be  recollected,  was  on  familiar  terms 
with  a  veierable  carp ;  Cowper  doffed  his  mel- 
ancholy  to    play   with    his   hares,    and  Clive 
owned  a  pet  tortoise.      Less  noted  folk  have 
taken  kindly  to  snakes,  frogs,   lizards,  hedge- 
hogs, and  other  animals,  not  usually  included 
in  the  category  of  domestic  pets.    The  driver 
ot  a  London  hansom  was  wont  to  carry  a  little 
cub  fox  on  the  top  of  his  cab,  to  their  mutual 
enjoyment,  until,  returning  from  the  Downs 
one  Derby-day,  tbe  cab  overset,  and  the  cab- 
man and  bis  odd  companion  were  both  killed. 
Mr.  G.  F.  Berkeley  made   a  household  pet  of  a 
young  stoat,  rendered  motherless  by  bis  gun, 
Totie  soon   accommodated  himself  to  circum- 
stances, and  would  leave  bis  cage  to  wash  him- 
self in  a  finger-glass  on  tbe  dinner-table,  trot- 
ting back  agaiu  as  soon  as  his  ablutions  were 
performed,  taking  a  piece  of  sponge-cake  with 
bim.    Sir  John   Lubbock  contrived  to  win  the 
aff'ection  of  a   Syrian  wasp  ;   but  the  game  was 
hardly  worth  the  candle,  or  sufficiently  enter- 
taining to   encourage  others   to  follow  suit  ; 
although   it    is     said  that,  strong   in  the  new 
feminine  faith    tbat    wbat  man    does    wom- 
an   can    da,    three    maiden     sisters    sought 
to  relieve  the  tedium  of  siu^le-blessedness  by 
devotmg  their  leisure  to  the  domestication  of 
English-born  wasps.     Before  a  week  was   out, 
one  fair  experimentalist  wore  a  large  blue  patch 
over  her  leit  ey<4,  another  carried  her  right  acm 
in  a  sling,  the  third  was  altogether  lost  to  tbe 
sight  of  anxious  friends,  and  all  had  come  to 
tbe  ooDciusipn  tbat  wasp-tarouig  was  not  their 
torte.     Better  taste  and  greater  discretion  were 
shown  by  the  lady,  who,  becoming  possessed  of 
two  butterfiies  of  different  species  m  a  chrysalis 
state,  resolved  to  try   how   far  they  would  be 
amenable  to  kindne'ss,   and   placed   tbem   for 
security  in  a  glazed  cauiaet  in  her  well-warmed 
bedroom.     A  tew    days  belore   Christmas  she 
was  delighted  by  tbe  appearance  of  a  little  yel- 
low buttei'fly,  but  was  puzzled  how  to  cater  for 
tbe  delicate  little  creature.    Taking  a  fairy-rose 
then   in   bloom,  she  dropped  u  little  honey  and 
rose-wuter  in  a  blossom,  and  put  tbe  plant  in 
the  cabinet,  aud  soon  bad  the  satisfaction  of 
seeing  tbe  butterfly  take  its  first  meal.    In  a 
lortnigbt  it  would  leave  the  rose  to  settle  on  her 
band  when  she  called  it  by  its  name  Psyche.     By 
and  by  a  peacock  butterfly  emerged  into  active 
lite  trom  the  other  chrysalis.     Tbe   newcomer 
accepted  the  sensation  of  active  life  at  once, 
and  like    its  companion,  delighted   in  being 
talked  and    sung  to,  both  especially  enjoying 
being    waved    in    the     air    and     danced     up 
and  down  while  qaietly  resting  upon  the  hand 
of  their  mistress.    Upon  tbe  coming  of  Sum- 
mer the   cabinet  was  moved  close   to  tbe  win- 
dow, and   its   deors  thrown  open.     For  soma 
days  neither  of  its  tenants  cared  to  venture  be- 
yond  tbe  window-sill,  but  one   bright    after- 
noon their  protectress,  "with  many  bitter  tears," 
beheld  tbem  take  wing  and  Jain  some  wild  com- 
panions in  tbe  garden ;  at  night,  however,  they 
returned    to    their    lodgings.     Next  day  ihey 
to6k    the  air  again  and  were  not  seen  until 
September.    One  altemoon  there  came  a  heavy 
thunderstorm,  and  when  it  was   over,   a  yel- 
low butterfiy  was  fonad  dead  on  the  window- 
sill— which    the    lady,    witb  some    warrant, 
'  lamented    over    as    her  own  particular  one; 
the  "peacoek,"  too,  would  seem  to   have  met 
a  like  late,  for  it  was  never  seen  again,     ike 
butterfly  tamer  had  an  eve  for   beauty,  but 
ugliness  is  no   bar  to  a  lady's  tavor,  so  far  as 
animal  pets  are<  concerned.    It  would  be  bard 
to  And    a    more  repulsive-looking  reptile  than 
toe  Iguana,    nevertheless    the    soeiety  of  one 
aflbrded    much    pleasure  to  an  American  lady 
residing  iu  Brazd.     Pedro,    as    he   was  called, 
was    well    provided  witb  raw  meat,  bananas, 
and    milk;  allowed    to    bask   in  his  mistress' 
room  in  the  day  time,    and  tp    make    himself 
cosy  between  the  mattresses  of  her   bed  when 
the  sun  went  down,  he  cheerfully  aoospted  the 
novel  situation,  like  a  wise  iguana.    His  loving 
lady  was    wont    to    carry    him   abroad  in  her 
arms — a  practice  that  kept  acquamtanoes  at  a 
respecttui  distance — for,  however  they  might 
pretend  to  admire    Pedro's  bead-like  spots  of 
black  and  white,  bis  bright  jeweled  eyes,  and 
elegant  claws,   they  were  careful  not  to  make 
any  near  approaches.  Nothing  pleased  Madame 
e*  much  as  to  drop  her  pet  without  warning  at 
the  isat  of  uususpeotine  gentlemen,  and  eUoit 
from  naval  officers  symptoms  of  terror  such  as 
would   not    hare    been   drawn    forth    by    an 
enemy's  broadside  or   a    lee-shore.    Of  .course 
Pedro  came  to  grief.     Rambling    one  day  un- 
attended,   he     caaie    across      "a    marauding 
Frenchman,"  bis  owner's  maid  arriving  only  in 
time  to  rescue  his  lireless  body.     It  was  sent, 
wrapped  m  black  crape,   to  a  neighbor  with  a 


karoiff  ',8«en  thia  '  enooial  <one  fondiad 
and  caressed,  he  oooldjioc  find  the  appetite  to 
eat  it :  and  bo  Pedro  was  consigned  to  the  earth 
ittstCHsid  of  the  pot.  Oe  Candolle  tells  of  a  fair 
Switser  who,  unmindful  of  Bed  Biding  Hood's 
sad  fate,  made  a  companion  of  a  yotmg  woll^ 
and  had  tbe  melancholy  satis£aotion  of  seeing 
the  fond  beast  fall  dead  at  her  feet  in  a 
paroxysm  of.  Joy  at  her  return  home  ,  after  a 
long  absence.  But  although  one  wolf  was 
f aitblul  found,  it  does  not  follow  that  the  fair 
sex  are  justified  in  going  to  the  forest  or  j.nngle 
for  pets,  llie  proprietress  oi  a  lovmg  leppard 
tbat  oame  regular^  to  her  chamber  door  in  tbe 
dead  of  the  night,  and  howled  loudly  enough  to 
wake  the  Seven  Sleepers, .  until  its  mistress 
turned  out  of  bed  andquieted  her  disturber  with 
an  offering  of  warm  milk,  might  weil  deubt  if 
she  bad  bestowed  her  affection  wisely.  Snch 
favorites,  however  kindly  they  lake  to  domesti- 
cation, are  very  undesirable  additions  to  an 
orderly  establishment.  When  Capt.  Burton 
was  dotnioiled  in  Syria,  tbe  famous  traveler 
left  the  manasement  of  ot  his  liye  stoek  to  bis 
wife,  and  under  her  fostering  care  that  depart- 
ment assumed,  formidable  proportions.  Not 
content  with  biorses  and  goats,  a  camel,  tur- 
keys, geese,  ducks,  fowls,  ai^d  pigeons,  Mrs. 
Burton  must  have  ber  ovm  especial  pets — a 
white  donkey,  a  young  St.  Bernard  dog,  tour 
English  terriers,'  a  Kurdish  puppy,  a  snow- 
white  Persian  cat,  a  lamb,  and  a  leopard.  The 
last-named,  according  to  tbe  lady's  account, 
became  Uie  pet  of  tbe  household :  which  it  de- 
served to  be,  if  the  household  abhorred  a 
quiet  life,  iq^  the  leopard  behaved  mucb 
uter  the  maimer  of  the  gazelle  whose  owner 
sang: 

He  riled  tbe  dog.  annoyed  tbe  oat. 

And  Scared  tbe  coldUnoh  Into  fits; 
He  butted  tbroagb  my  newest  bat, 

Aud  tore  my  mannscTipt  to  bitel 
Mrs.  Burton,  with  pretty  good  grace,  confesses 
her  husband  had  fair  cause  for  saying  his 
happy  family  reminded  bim  of  the  house  that 
Jack  built ;  for  the  fowls  aud  pigeons  ate  the 
seeds  aud  destroyed  the  flowers :  the  cat  ted 
upon  the  pigeons,  the  dog  worried  tbe  cat ; 
while  tbe  idol  of  the  household  harried  the 
goats  until  one  of  them  drowned  itself  in  sheer 
disgust,  and  frightened  the  donkey  and  camel 
bv  jumping  upon  their  backs,  and  indulging  in 
a  shrieking  solo,  horrible  enough  to  scare  any 
animal  of  a  well-regulated  mind  into  madness. 
— Chamber^ $  Journal. 


Thk  Eussians  in  Central  Asia. — The 
territory  now  possessed  by  the  Russians  in 
Central  Asia  amounts  to  400,000  square  miles, 
an  area  as  large  as  Germany,  the  Austrian  Em- 
pire, and  Belgium  together.  But  the  poptda- 
tion  of  this  vast  territory  does  not  exceed 
2,500,000,  or  less  than  that  tf  Switzerland.  The 
whole  amount  of  exports  and  imports  amounts 
barely  to  three  million  and  a  half  sterling  a  year. 
Snch  a  country  can  never  repay  Russia  what 
its  acquisition  has  already  cost,  still  less  for  the 
rapidly  increasing  cost  of  its  adnilnistration. 
Had  Russia  known,  flfteen  years  ago,  as  much 
about  the  countries  of  Central  Asia  as  she  now 
does,  Mr.  Schuyler  says  there  can  hardly  be  a 
doubt  that  she  would  have  made  no  movement 
in  that  direetion,  but  it  seems  ,  now  to  be  her 
inevitable  destiny  to  advance  until  Kashgar, 
Bokhara,  and  tbe  Turkoman  country  are 
either  annexed  or  reduced  to  a  condition  sf 
real  and  not  merely  nominal  vassalage.  Tash- 
kend,  the  Russian  seat  ot  Government,  is  the 
centre  from  which  will  probably  radiate  tbe 
future  civilization  of  Central  Asia.  This  city, 
with  its  140,000  inhabitants,  including  the  Rue- 
s\jtn  garrison  and  civilians,  is  eituated  on  tbe 
upper  Jaxartes,  and  was  taken  in  1865,  after  a 
very  obstinate  resistance.  It  placed  in  tbe 
bands  of  Russia  tbe  most  important  lines  of 
communication,  as  well  as  tbe  whole  commerce 
ot  Khiva  and  Bokhara,  and  it  will  probably 
ultimately  become  the  emporium  of  Central 
Asia.  There  are  already  congregated  many 
merchants  and  commercial  agents  Irom  Europe 
and  jndia.  The  width  of  the  streets,  the 
boulevai'ds  with  their  avenues,  the  white 
bouses,  many  of  hewn  stene,  give  to  the  Rus- 
sian quarter  quite  a  European  aspect.  The 
oasis,  in  the  midst  of  which  the  city  has  been 
biiilt,  is  a  forest  of  fruit  trees,  intersected  with 
numerous  streams,  which  supply  the  city  with 
an  abundance  ot  good  water.  Its  general  ap- 
pearance is  described  as  resembling  an  im- 
mense tea-garden,  and  as  houses  in  Summer  are 
only  required  to  sleep  in,  the  people  at  that 
season  lead  an  open-air  life,  and  dreamily 
smoKe  their  long  narguilehs  and  sip  their  sher- 
bet soothed  by  the  sound  of  rippling  veaters 
and  the*  gentle  rustling  of  leaves.  Gardens 
spring  up  with  magical  rapidity,  and  lyach- 
trees  are  said  to  bear  iruit  tbe  third  year  from 
the  seed  being  placed  in  the  ground.  Water  is 
introduced  in  every  inclosure,  and.  the  cool 
groves  of  elms,  poplars,  and  acacias  are  redo- 
lent of  the  perfume  of  roses,  azaleas,  and 
gyringas.  The  Russian  officers  have  estab- 
lished a  club,  and  Tashkend  can  now  boast  of 
its  casinss,  balls,  and  sou  its  musicales,  like  a 
European  town  with  eny  fasbiouaule  preten- 
sions.— Ifeto  Quarterly  Magazin*. 


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Schiller  and  Gosthb:  in  Weimar. — 
Schiller,  the  younger  and  the  second  kmg, 
strenuous  ardent,  eager,  supplied  stimulus  aud 
impelled  his  greater,  calmer  iriend  to  activity 
and  productivity.  He  also  tended  to  wean 
Goethe  from  too  much  leaning  to  science,  and 
to  win  bim  back  to  poetry,  to   romance,  to   the 

drama.     Qrave  and  earnest,  Schiller  was  oom- 

paratively  narrow,  limited,  and  one-sided.  He 
was  more  positive  and  intolerant  than  Goethe, 
and  was  harsher  in  tbe  expression  of  his  con- 
victions or  opinions.  Goethe,  so  infinitely  pro- 
founder  as  u  thinker,  so  almost  immeasurably 
greater  as  a  poet,  is  yet  his  inferior  in  dramatic 
intuition,  energy,  swing,  impulse,  and  construc- 
tion. The  dramatic  difference  between  tbe  two 
poets  may  bo  conveniently  illustrated  by  Gpethe's 
"  Egmont."  Schiller  would  not  have  construc- 
ted BO  weak  a  drama ;  be  could  never  have 
conceived  or  created  such  immortal  figures  as 
Egmont  and  Cldrchen.  It  is  iu  their  lyrics  that 
tnese  poets  most  nearly  approach  each  other ; 
but,  when  they  seem  to  touch,  Goethe  sweeps 
lightly  and  easily  aloft,  with  the  airy  wing  of 
a  sunny  song-god.  They  had  work  enoutih  be- 
fore them.  To  repress  and  discourage  the  pop- 
ular tide  of  false  and  mean  literature  ;  to  ex- 
cite and  encourage  nobler  work  in  authors,  aud 
a  purer  taste  In  the  public — these  were  aims 
higher  indeed,  but  difficult.  Truly  a  task  need- 
ful ill  our  own  day  aud  land — if  we  had  but  a 
Goethe  to  undertake  it  I  In  estimating  Goethe, 
we  must  try  to  realize  to  our  own  thought  wbat 
be  was  as  well  as  what  he  did.  We  know  s* 
little  of  the  man  Shakespeare,  and  his  work,  is 
so  sublimely  perfect,  that  we  dare  not  say  the 
same  thing  of  him.  Tha  poet  who  has  done 
"  Faust''  needs,  indeed,  but  little  allowance  on 
the  score  of  work  ]iert»rmed;  but  yet  Goethe 
himself  was,  perhaps,  greater  than  anything  that 
even  he  did.  A  king  ot  men,  sovereign  over  him- 
self and  over  this  complex,  mysterious,  many- 
sided  life  ot  ours,  was  Goethe ;  nor  sheuid  it  ever 
be  forgotten  that  be  was  always  ready  to  sacri- 
fice himself,  as  an  individual  writer,  to  the  best 
needs  of  his  time  and  country.  Me  never 
cared,  or  Btoop|ed,  to  be  merely  popular ;  he 
said  of  himself  that  bis  work  never  would  or 
could  be  popular  ;  he  despised  all  striving  for 
ignoble  popularity,  and  waited  for  fame.  Such 
men  can  wait.  He  was  ardently  eager  to  serve 
Germany  by  opposing  every  lew  aud 
unworthy  tendency,  by  lurtheriug  all 
noble  work  and  ends.  He  was,  pr»ba- 
bly,  often  less  anxious  to  produce  work 
which  would  best  have  unfolded  his  own 
rarest  powers  than  he  was  to  write  that  which 
would  most  mfiuenoe  a  whole  literature  by 
example  and  by  critical  models.  He  possessed 
m  tbe  highest  degree  the  magnanimous,  critical 
tolerauoa  which  is  a  note  of  the  very  highest 
genius.  Self  never  blurred  his  vision  or  ob- 
structed bis  view.  He  bore  all  his  weight  of 
learning  lightly,  like  a  flower ;  and  his  eerene 
and  splendid  temperament  anu  character  Were 
never  tainted  by  tbe  mflrmities  which  are  born 
ot  angry  temper.  He  had  tbe  truest  sympathy 
with  every  true  auhievenent,  and  the  most 
generous  help  at  the  service  of  any  genuine 
worker.  He  estimated,  as  only  he  could  esti- 
mate ail  worthy  effort,  and  he  praised  and  lur- 
thered  any  right  worker  iu  any  domain  of 
scieuce  or  of  art  with  tbe  heartiest  good-will, 
and  with  the  most  stimulating  comprehension 
and  encouragement.  It  is  all  hushed  now,' and 
tbe  traces  ot  it  a^e  far  t*  seek,  and  ai-e  lit  up 
only  Dy  the  ligut  which  surrounds  the  splen- 
did success  of  Schiller  and  of  Goethe 
in  theif  noble  self-imposed  task,  but  tbe 
oppesition  origin^ly  offered  to  their  crusade 
was  furious,  acrid,  and  general.  They  wera 
what  tbey  were,  but  they  were  not  yet  recog- 
nized by  the  sreneral  publio  to  be  what  they 
were.  We  have  already  s'^en  that  Wieland 
and  Herder  were  antagonistic  in  very  Weimar 
Itself;  and  Berlin  was  extremely  aotiye  in 
attack.  The  Dioscuri  were  treated  as  two  pre- 
tenders ot  doubtful  gilts,  and  tbe  romanticists 
oi  tbe  day  vehemently  impugned  their  preten- 
tious in  the  Athcncewn.  Had  1  space,  1  oonld 
easily  adduce  proofs  of  the  enmity  which  their 
efforts  excited.  The  hatred  which  was  aroused 
proves,  however,  the  eifect  with whioh  they 
worked.  Patient  merit  -takes  many  spams  of 
the  nnwdrUur>   bat  soaatiixiaa   avaa   «atiua 


oMrit  b^oones  UiB|)irtleot--«s|»eflWlr>ftif  «*• 
•akfi  of  the  oause  ;■  and  in  tbe-pre*<n>t  instaiios 
it  flanied  mto  beat  and  light  in  tbe  Xatim. 
These  epigrammatic  little  "  Donoiads  "  bavs 
nothing  of  tbe  intense  malignity  of  Pope^aas^*,! 
but  they  can  sting  too,  upon  oooasian.  Tb*7 
not  only  attack  bad  wiiten,  but  bad  writing ; 
benoe  they  have  a  wider  wisdom,  w 
less  bitterness  and  fury  of  inreo- 
five.  They  were,  in  the  strictest  ■ena^i 
tbe  joint  work  of  the  two  poets,  and  were  dje- 
continued  only  when  Goethe  became  immersea 
in  "  Meiater,''  They  were  at  one*  sp«ar  and 
shield:  they*  could  heal  and  hurt;  they  were 
for  attack  and  for  dstense.;  and  tbe  veij  ftet 
that  snob  a  weapon  was  resorted  to  bj  tw4 
suoh  men  proves  the  extent  of  the  aatagonUaB« 
misoonstmotion.  and  enmity  which  they  baa  to 
encounter  and  to  overcome.  In  the  aitst  tinSr 
when  great  men  stand  before  our  tboaght  ~  in 
the  white  calm  of  death,  colossal  in  the  martol* 
st«tae8  of  their  Immortality,  we  feel  only  the 
glory  and  the  mt^esty  of  deathless  fame,  and 
uirget  the  sorrow,  the  struggle,  the  warfare,  all 
fallen  silent  now,  througo  which  their  day  of 
strivlne  and  endeavor,  of  weariness,  of  disap- 
pointment,  of  toilsome  achievement,  d.owly  and 
often  sadly  passed.  We  overlook  the  contem- 
porary enmity,  hatred,  and  malice  ;  the  gross 
mificonoeption,  the  ungenerous  rivalries,  tba 
f  eroe  oppositions,  and  the  savMe  slanders 
whish  surrounded  and  embittered  so  atany 
years  of  their  warring  lives;  we  see  them,  in 
nh»tt,  as  we  now  see  Goethe  and  Schiller;  wa 
look  upon  the  triumphant  warriors,  and  fail  to 
realize  the  struggles  of  the  timo  when,  though 
they  bad  all  worth  and  all  merit,  tbey  bad 
not  yet  conquered  fame  or  silenced  envr. 
Time,  which  soothes  sorraw.  alone  renders  jus- 
tice to  genius. — Contemporary  Review. 

SONG  OF  TBE   CAUILLONZUB 


Ring  out,  my  bells,  in  accents  clear; 

Ring  soft  and  swest* 

And  take  a  message  true  and  dear 

To  hearts  that  beat. 

Soothe  tbesoal  with  sorrow  acbiog; 

Cheer  the  life  when  all's  forsaking ; 

Sing  of  Joy  to  heart*  now  breaking ; 

lUng  on,  my  bella* 

Ribg  out,  my  belli,  across  tbe  plain  ; 

Bins  wild  and  fr«% 
And  wake  the  ecboe*  back  again 

To  melody. 
O'er  the  monntaina  waft  my  dreamins, 
Where  the  sunset  jrlory's  streaming, 
Where  the  purple  vines  are  gleaming; 

Ring  out,  my  beUsl 

Sing  out,  my  belle ;  rine  fall  and  strong. 

My  sool,  to-day. 
Upon  inspiring  notes  of  song 

Would  float  away. 
From  the  irray  old  minat«r  pending 
Tones  that,  in  each  concord  blenmns, 
Ted  of  harmonies  uneodins ; 

Ring  oat,  my  bells  t 

Ring  oat  npon  the  fiatenine  air 

Your  silver  spell; 

Ring  oat  tbe  mnaic  qaaint  and  rare 

I  love  »o  well ; 

Hope  to  every  faint  one  bringing. 

Peace  on  eartb  tor  ever  ringing, 

And  of  Love  eternal  sineing; 

Biofc  OD,  my  belle  1 
-Chambert^ I  Journal.  E.  £.  W. 


The  Man  in  the  Iron  Mask.— Tha 
mysterious  prisoner  whose  melancholy  story 
bas  puzzledthe  wit  of  generation  after  genera- 
tion, and  foi  med  the  nucleus  of  a  mass  of  le- 
gends, was  rather  the  type  of  a  class  than  a 
solitary  example  of  regal  and  ministerial  tyr- 
anny. Richelieu  himself— the  foonder  of  tba 
absolute  monarchy — had  too  much  of  the  sol- 
dier in  bis  composition  to  care  for  mystery. 
He  bit  Iiigb,  and  he  hit  hard,  but  he  was  at 
least  above  board.  He  lopped  off  the  tall  pop- 
pyheads  in  the  open.  He  did  not  bury  his  vic< 
tims  alive ;  he  brought  tbem  to  tbe  block  in 
broad  daylight.  It  was  his  crafty,  not  to  say 
cowardly  saccessor,  the  "tacchino,"  Mazarin, 
who  led  the  way  to  the  secret  system,  car- 
ried to  perfection  by  the  great  King's  terri- 
ble Secretary  of  State  for  War,  Louvois. 
Tbat  the  kidnapping  of  troublesome  persons  on 
foreign  territory  was  a  familiar  outrage  in  tbe 
middle  of  the  seventeenth  century  is  proved 
by  tbe  following  incident.  Perhaps  the  most 
troublesome  person  to  the  successive  admmis- 
trations  ot  Richelieu,  Mazarin,  snd  Louvois, 
was  tbe  grandson  of  Henri  Quatre  and  La 
Belle  Gabrielle,  Fran9ois  de  Venddme,  Due  de 
Beaufort.  He  was  a  busy  conspirator,  and  had 
to  fly.to  England  to  escape  the  consequences  of 
his  complicity  in  the  affair  of  Cinq-Mars. 
Later  iu  life  he  organized  a  cabal  against 
Anne  of  Austria,  and  was  imprisoned  in 
tbe  castle  of  Yinceunes;  but,  escaping 
thence,  became  the  idol  of  the  Paris  mob, 
and  acquired  the  surname  of  the  Kins  of 
the  Market-place.  During  his  imprison- 
ment a  certain  Sieur  de  Beaapaya  —  liis 
faithful  adherent — thought  to  secure  tbe  bber-, 
ation  of  his  master  by  assassinating  Cardinal 
Mazaiin  iu  the  Bois  de  Yincennes.  The  attempt 
failed,  and  the  assassin  escaped  to  Rome, 
w^here  be  was  received  with  open  arms.  Here- 
at,  M.  De  Brienne — then  Secretary  of  State  for 
Foreign  Affairs — ^requested  bis  cousin,  ftL  De 
GremonviUe,  tbe  French  Ambassador  at  the 
Papal  court,  to  have  tbe  villain  privately 
seized;  to  "shut  him  up  in  a  packing-case'' 
and  send  him  to  France  "  as  a  bale  of  goods," 
under  the  "pretext  of  forwarding  part  of  a  re- 
cently purchased  library  to  France." 
The  Sieur  De  Beaupays  was  fortuuatfl 
enough  to  escatie  tbe  affectionate  atten- 
tions of  his  countrymen;  but  the  letter 
recommending  bis  abduction  is  still  extant  in 
the  archives  of  the  department.  The  Due  de 
Beaufort,  after  an  adventurous  lite,  in  the 
course  of  which  be  killed  his  brother-in-law, 
the  Due  de  Nemours,  in  a  duel,  died — or  did 
not  die — in  a  sortie  during  the  expedition  to 
Candia.  The  report  was  spread  that  he  was 
killed;  but  others  hinted  that  be  was  qaietly 
arrested,  brought  to  France,  and  conveyed  as 
a  •'  secret"  prisoner  to  Pienerol,  thence  to  Ex- 
iles, and  tbe  Isles  Salute  Marguerite,  and,  at 
last,  to  the  Bastille,  where  he  died.  It  was,  in 
fact,  said  that  he  was  the  famous  prisouer  of 
M.  Saint'Mars — ^in  short,  tbe  Iron  Mask  him- 
self— an  hypothesis  strongly  supported  by  tba 
extraordinary  respect  shown  that  prisoner, 
which  would  have  been  quite  unnecessary  in 
the  case  of  commoa  folk  like  Matthioh'and 
other  more  favored  claimants  to  this  dret^ 
identity. — All  the  Tear  Mound. 

Tbe  Influence  of  Oxford  and  Cam- 
BBiDQE  over  THB  Pbofessioxs. — It  is  neverthe- 
less true  that  Oxford  and  Cambridge  care  little 
to  exercise  a  large  influence  over  the  profes- 
sions. Let  us  take  tbe  profession  of  mediciae  as 
an  instance  in  point.  The  study  of  medicine, 
more  than  tbat  of  any  other  profession,  is  based 
upon  a  large  extent  of  scientific  knowledge, 
and  any  university  might  consider  it  a  high 
duty  to  have  its  scientific  methods  of  instruo- 
tion  adapted  to  a  noble  calling.  But  Oxford 
and  Cambridge  have  very  small  influence, 
either  on  tbe  pr<>patorj  scientific,  or  mors 
technical  training  of  medical  men.  There  lire 
14,101   medical  practitioners  in   England  and 

Wales,  and  of  these  Oxford.  CaiO' 
bridge  and  Durham  have  eraduated 
only  ;  230,  or  1-6  per  cent.  The  Scotch 
universities  have  sent  2,829  of  their  medical 
graduates  to  Eaglaud,  and  therefore  mfluenca 
the  English  medical  profession  to  tbe  extent  of 
20  per  cent.;  while  in  Seotiand,  itself,  66  per 
cent,  of  tbe  medical  practitioners  are  graduates 
in  medicine.  These  hgiires  are  taken  from  an 
excellent  lecture  on  medical  education  by  Dr. 
Morgan,  an  Oxiord  M.  D  Even  tbe  ideal  of 
Oxford  and  Cambridge,  tbat  they  should  lay 
the  basis  of  necessary  culture,  but  should  not 
teach  professions,  bears  small  fruit  in  tbe  im- 
portant profession  of  medicine,  T'he  two  uni- 
versities annually  produce  from  600  to  800  B. 
A.S,  and,  out  ot  these,  we  should  find  many 
prepared  to  enter  on  medical  studies.  But 
•nly  five  or  six  annually  become  medical  men. 
Hence  it  is  oDvious  tbat  Oxford  and  Cambridge 
have  remarkably  small  influence  *on  a  protes- 
Bion  requiring  mere  than  any  other  a  large  and 
accurate  scientific  knowledge.  Even  if  we  in- 
clude the  Londan  University,  tbe  whole 
English  universities  combined.,  only  give 
4  or  5  per  cent,  of  graduates  to 
the  most  scientific  profession  in  the  country. 
As  reeards  theology  and  law,  the  indirect  in- 
fluence of  the  Engbsh  universities  is  no  doubt 
dOnsiderable  ;  but  there  is  no  exercise  of  tbe 
higher  faculties  of  theology  and  law,  in  the 
sense  of  methodized  training  and  instruction, 
such  as  is  given  in  the  German  and  Scotoh  uni- 
versities. In  tbe  present  relations  ol  Oxford 
and  Cambridge  to  puDlic  education,  their  small 
direct  influence  on'the  professions  and  oeonpa- 
tions  ot  tbe  people  will  be  deemed  a  glory,  and 
not  a  shame.  Ihey  stand  on  tbe  higher  plat< 
form  of  givmg  knowledge  tor  its  own  sake,  and 
not  for  its  applications.  I  do  not  combat  tha 
elevation  of  the  ideal,  but  it  places  tbe  two 
universities  above  tbe  heads  of  the  great  balk 
of  the  peo,  le,  and  practically  reairiots  theu. 
advantages  to  a  class  of  wealthy  men  '  wba 
bavs  no  need  to  study  for  professions.  Middli 
class  men  and  poor  men  are  found  in  the  Old-, 
Tersities,  but  they  are  attracted  there  by  goldv 
aod  IMC  by  knowledirc. — Mmnnuilamfm  Uuaanta. 


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Wm'^:^ 


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Tims  0FHT6BANBFATIIR 

rA2fi)SR£iLT  piFfT  tnina  lao. 

4Bii  coKiiot>oiat  at  tan  wsxaS'^iBbii  cor* 

LISIOS— THK  BOTXLAT  BRt7K8WI(%'-<A 
K^.^-  SETTLEMENT    WITH    THB  COHMODOBB!->i- 

^P^^r  .  WHlST     AT     SABATOGA— T9Er    KIND    6* 

GAME   HE  PLATED — REMIMISOXNCES  OV 

FOBMEB  TIMES. 

"My  first  acquaintance  with  Van4erbllt 
f &ted  firom  about  1826.  Steam-boatias  nerer 
Was  in  my  line,  though  I  had  no  objection  to 
takingavMiturein  a  sailing  craft.  It  might 
p^: ':  Jia^e  been  in  1825  that  Stephen  Girard,  of  Pbil- 
ftdelphia,  had  an  old  brig  for  sale,  which  some 
four  or  five  of  us  bought.  She  was  of  teak, 
ud  might  have  been  fifty  years  old  whan  we 
purohased  her.  We  owned  her  for  29  years, 
Ihett  sold  her  for  more  than  we  paid  for  her, 
fcnd  I  remember  to  have  followed  her  up  in  the 
papers  with  a  certain  amount  of  interest,  and 
If  my  memory  serves  me  rightly,  I  think  I  read 
ihe  oame  to  grief  some  time  in  1856,  in  the 
Cbhia  seas.  We  wer«  in  the  habit  of  sending 
the  old  bng  to  Madeira,  and  she  brought  baok 
wine  on  ship's  acooaat,    and    did   quite   weU. 

Bhe  was  so  slow  that  the  wine   acquired, 

generally,  age  on  the  voyage.  Some  of 
f  ou  may  remember  a  ps^ tioalar  pale  Madeira. 
No  yon  don't?  Dear  mel  I  am  forgetting  my- 
lelfl     If  you  boys   nsver  hatt  a  obanoe  at  it, 

[Cf-k^  very  certainly  your  fathers  punished  it  severe- 

i!'?'  .  ly.    It  was  a  remarkably  sound  wine,  and  such 

fts  you  can't  fray  to-day.  About  from  $1  50 
to  ^  a  gallon  would  buy  the  choieest  Madeira 
in  those  times.  Our  best  market  was  in 
Charleston  and  Savannah,  and  the  consump- 
tion was  80  large  that  we  would  occasionally 
isendapartof  a  cargo  there  direct,  and  bring 
back  rice.  Southern  planters  in  tUose  days 
must  have  bathed  m  Madeira." 

"  But,  grandfather,  what  about  Commodore 
Vanderbilt  1  " 

"Oh I  1  am  coming  te it  straight.  Ton  all 
know  that  Vanderbilt  ran  steamers  irom  New- 
York  to  Amboy.  One  Spring  morning,  when 
there  was  something  ot  a  fog,  our  brig  was 
coming  in  from  Madeira.  When  just  beyond 
Port  Hamilton  one  of  the  steamers  ran  into  the 
t^/^r  brig,  and  a  precious  Jot  of  damage  was  done  to 

"^vy  .  our  vessel.    We  brought  suit  against  the  bosrl^ 

,^^>.-  depositions    were    taken,    and  we    were    pre- 

'J!,^,-  pared     to     go     into     court.     {    never    was 

i'/t,'  litigious,     and    did    not    w»nt    to   fight    the 

^'^  case,  but  was  overruled  by  the  other  owners. 

.  "^f-:  0^6  day  I  had  to  go  to  Philadelphia,  and  took 

■''{  the  steam-boat  route.    Just  as  we  were  passing 

t:        "    -    the  Kills,   I  saw  an  oysteivboat  m  the  way  of 
the  steamer.    I  was    looking    over    the  side, 
thin&iDg  that  we  would    be   pretty  certain  to 
I  -.  j_-  touch  her,  when  1  heard  a  commotion  near  me. 

^      ~"  A  rather  spare  thin  man,  not  over  well  dressed, 

but  with  the  eye  ot  a  hawk,  had  with  a  run  and 
a  jump  meunted  to  the  upper  deck,  and  was  in 
the  pilot's  cabin.  I  was  able  to  hear  a  few  hot 
words  which  passed  between  the  man  and  the 
pilot.  It  ended  by  the  pilot  being  Bumaiariiy 
tamed  out  of  his  position,  and  the  new-comer 
took  the  wheel,  and  we  just  barely  shaved  b.y  the 
oyster-boat.  I  noticed  that  the  pilot  seemed 
in  high  dudgeon,  and  was  ^ullen  and  cross. 
When  we  landed,  the  new  man  at  the  wheel 
leit  the  cabin,  and  walked  leisurely  on  the 
wharf.  We  were  to  have  taken  the  stage-eoach 
to  Brunswick,  but  it  was  not  quite  rea4y. 
Presently  the  pilot  got  off  too,  and  evidently 
seeking  a  quarrei,  called  the  man  seme  oppro- 
brious name.  Qmck  as  lightning  the  hawk-eyed 
man  turned  and  gave  the  pilot,  who  was  a  big, 
burly  fellow,  a  blow  between  the  eyes,  which 
knocked  him  flat.  The  passengers  made  a 
ring,  for  a  good  bout  at  fisticuffs  was  not  con- 
sidered out  of  order  iu  our  time. 
Bat  the  Captain  of  the  boat  interfered, 
as  did  some  ot  the  agents  of  the  line.  I  heard 
the  hawk-eyed  man  say :  '  Captain,  I  hold 
you  responsible  for  not  informing  me  that  this 
scoundrel  here  was  as  often  drunk  as  njt.  This 
time  last  year  this  pilot  ran  into  a  brig,  and  it 
may  take  $1,000  to  pay  damages.  Discharge 
him.  Now  look  sharp  yourself  or  you  will  have 
to  go,  too.  I  won't  have  the  safety  of  boats 
and  the  repntation  of  the  line  injared,  or  I  will 
turn  out  every  mother's  son  ef  yoit  as  sure  as 
my  name  is  Vanderbilt ! '  I  tjive  it  to  you 
pretty  much  as  Vanderbilt  said  it,  only  there 
was  much  more  pith  to  it." 

"  Pitli !  "what  do  yon  mean  by  pith,  grand- 
father }"  one  of  us  asked. 

"  Well,  I  am  talking  about  things  which 
.  happened  as  much  as  fifty  years  ago.  In  atter- 
timea,  'when  the  Commoaore  bad  attained  rank 
and  station,  he  didn't  indulge  as  often,  per- 
haps, as  in  his  younger  days,  and  was  less 
given  to  ripping  it  out." 
"  He  swore  some  then,  grandtather  1" 
•'  Swore !  Well,  he  was  emphatic — quite  so. 
That  evening  we  got  safely  enough  to  Bnina- 
wlck,  where  Vanderbilt  kept  a  hotel.  It  was 
cot  much  ut  a  house,  nor  was  it  well  kept.  A 
man  may  hare  all  the  cardinal  virtues,  and  be 
a  railway  king  and  so  on,  but  I  insist  that  that 
hotel  at  Brunswick  was  a  second-class  concern, 
even  in  those  days,  though  '/anderbilt  did  keep 
it.  I  know  it  ■well  enough,  for  in  -after-times  1 
told  the  Commodore  so  once  at  Saratoga,  and 
he  owned  it.  At  the  supper  table  I  took  a  cor- 
ner away  off  from  the  rest  of  the  travelers,  and 
who  should  sit  opposite  to  me  but  Vanderbilt 
himself.  I  hadn't  forgotten,  you  may  be  sure, 
about  the  drunken  pilot,  and  thought  ot  the 
collision  with  our  brig.     I   made  up  my   nund 

I  would  talk  to  VauderbUt  at  once  while  the 
matter  was  fresh  on  my  mind.  1  had  to  call 
him  by  name  two  or  three  times  before  be 
answered  me,  which  I  did  not  like. 

*  What  is  It,  Sir  ? '  he  asked  gruffly  at  last. 

*  This  is  an  awful  tough  beefsteak,'  I  said. 
'  Well,  then  don't  eat  it,'  was  the  reply. 

Mr.  Vanderbilt,'  said  J,  'if  you  hadn't 
taken  the  wheel  m  hamd  we  would  have  run 
toto  that  oyster  smack.' 

'  Quite  likely.' 
, '  Drunken  pilot' 

*  1  don't  aduiit  it.' 

*  You  mast,  because  you  said  so  yourself!' 

'  'Ihen  1  was  a fool.' 

*  You  even  maoe  reference  to  that  very  pilot 
iu  connection  -with  a  collision  last  Spring.' 

*  There  was  a  thick  log  then.  I  have  looked 
into  the  matter,  and  there  was  no  one  to  blame. 

Are  you  a  lawyer  !' 

'  3?o  ;  I  am  not,  but  part  owner  of  the  brig 
your  boat  ran  into.  If  you  employ  Incapable 
people,  which  I  can  prove  by  your  own  words, 
you  •will  be  dure  to  lose  your  case.  I  can  brine 
every  passenger  here  to  affirm  your  statement. 
I  have  three  or  f*ur  acqaaiatauses  among 
them.'  * 

•You  haven't  said  a  word  to  them  I     You 

ain't  a  lawyer  ?  Now,  you  show  me  plainly 
who  you  are.  Come  into  my  ofSce,  and  we 
will  taUc  it  over.  The  «oach  and  the  passen- 
gers may  have  to  wait  ten  minutes.' 

I  went  into  a  sanded  office,  when  Vanderbilt 
gave  me  a  cigar.  I  showed  him  som*  letters 
on  my  p«r8on,  which  answered  for  an  idencifi- 
oation.  He  was  polite  enough  now.  Mr.  Van- 
derbilt pulled  out  an  old  greasT  wallet,  and 
appeared  to  reler  to  some  notes.  '  The  dam- 
age done  us  by  that  collision  cost  the  boat 
9800.  Now,  what  did  it  cost  you  t*  repair  the 
brig  V  ^ 

'I  have  not  the  exact  amount.  We  hare  laid 
our  damage  at  $2,000.' 

*  Well,  you  never  could  get  half  ot  that.' 
'  Yes,  we  could.    The  repairs  cost  $1,500,  and 

the  time  lost  in  getting  the  brig  ready  we  put 
down  at  $500  aaore.' 

'That  ain!t  so.  She  was  fixed  up  on  the 
wharf  where  she  was  discharging  cargo.  Now 
I  will  make  you  an  offer — set  off  mva  loss 
against  your  own  bills  lor  repairs  and  I  will 
lettle  on  that.' 

'  Well,'  said  I,  'I  know  I  am  not  far  out  of 
the  way  when  I  say  fl,50a' 

'Good.  I  will  pay  for  our  people  $700  in 
quit  of  all  claims.  Here,  you  ms^e  out  an 
agreement  to  that  effect,  and  sign  it  lor  your- 
self and  owners,  and  that  will  be  the  end  of  it. 
1  will  send  you  a  cheek  for  the  money.  If  you 
fure  not  willing,  say  so,  and  I  will  fight  the  case 
tor  the  next  ten  years.  Ibat  is  my  way.'  1 
considered  for  a  monrent.  As  the  lawyers'  ex- 
penses and  the  annoyance  would  have  been 
eonsiderabla,  I  accepted  the  propo»tion. 
Two  or  three  days  afterward  oame  the  cheek, 
and  with  it  a  pass  over  the  road  to  Philadelphia 
lor  the  year,  which  pass  I  returned,  for  I  never 
have  been  nor  ever  will  be  what  you  boys  call 
'dead-headed.'  We  sent,  however,  to  .Van- 
derbilt, on  the  part  of  the  owners  of  the  brig,  a 
cask  ot  choice  Madeira,  and  ao  the  matter 
5Bded. 

It  might  have  been  in  1865  when  I  met  the 
Commodore  at  Saratoga,  i  am  fond  of  whist ; 
so  was  the  Comiaodofe.     There   used  to  be.  10 

or  15  yeare  ago,  a  set  of  players  in  Philadelphia 
who  were  the  best  whist  players  in  the  United 

States.  1  have  seeen  some  famous  games  in  the 
J^glish  club-houses,  plaved  by  leading  whist- 
players,  but  think  the  Philadelphia  game  was 
oaite  as  good.  I  remember  that  ene  of  these 
^,.,,  Philadelphia    players,    for     mischiefs    sake, 

j4^  was     in      the     h^it     of     rattlimg     about 

ail  kinds  -of  'tilings  during  the  game, 
agbtnst  all  the  rules,  but  who  had  such  a 
knowledge  of  the  game,  that  with  good  players 
he  could  almost  invariably  name  the  nine  last 
sards  In  the  other  p«eple'B  hands.  At  Saratoga 
the  Commodore,  who  nerer  hked  anything 
better  than  totaokla  witn  atrong  oi>ponsB«i, 
n^  ta  tilM  ji»t>it«<plwriag  Ui  voMmt  vitb  «bM« 


centUmen  fnmt  Philadelphia.  Now,  the  Com- 
modore never  waa  a  strong  player,  and  neyeir  ftot 
beyond  an  aopMntloa  game.  I  dxmlt  ■waH  t» 
advaBM  ttw  idM  thaVtaow  I  am  eooal  to  aopa 
^ith  those  Philadelphia  whkt-playffl«--b« 
fbey  do  say  fbat  tti  »/ tidM  I  eomd  Jfcold  aif 
own  with  the  beat  ef  them<  I  de«'t  tVisA  any 
of  yon  OB  your  lathers  will  over  play  whist 
de«entty.  a  one  of  yon  have  the  genius  or  the 
game.    I  aerer  loee  my  temper  at  Wbiat-^ 

"Oh,  grandfather!''^ 

"Except  when  people  are  dread|tilly  itnpid 
and  wantmg  in  tb«  simpleat  ^riaoiples  of  the 
game.  The  Commodore  was  my  partner  oftea, 
and  his  luck  more  than  his  nlay  used  to  carry 
us  through.  II  he  bad  stuck  tO  whiSt  entb<ely, 
he  might  have  d«ne  pretty  wall,  bat  playing 
Boston  spoiled  bis  game.  Well,  once 
we  were-  playiag  together,  and  every 
game  it  seemed  to  me  I  might  have 
Bated  the  Commodore  lost  by  bis  bad 
play.  When  we  Were  ttetmgh— i  think  we 
must  have  lost  some  five  games  stralgbt,  the 
Philadelphians  winning^-and  the  Commodore 
and  I  were  at  the  table  alone,  I  said :  '  Com- 
modore, you  can't  play  whist  with  these  gen< 
tlemen  ;  they  are  too  strong  for  you.  You 
can't  v^y  citrds.  Sir,  better  than  you  kept  a 
hotel.'  1  said  it  pleasantly,  and  the  Commo- 
dore did  not  take  it  amiss. 

'How  not  better  than  a  hotel!'  asked  the 
Commodore. 

'That  was  a  miffbty  poor  house  of  Mtev- 
tainment  you  used  to  keep  at  Brunswick  just 

fifty  years  ago  V 
'  How  poor  ¥ 
'  The  toughest  besf-Bl%aks  1' 

'  Wasn't  the  fare  good  1  The  beda  were 
clean,  though ;  I  am    positive  about  that.     See 

bere,  didn't  we  have  a  settleMeot  onee  about 

some  confounded  collision  1  I  remember  all 
about  it  now.     It  tausbt   rae   a  lesson.     I  amp- 

foselbave  gst  in  a  thousand  passions  sinoo 
hen,  and  learned,  even  when  my  temper  was 
hottest,  to  hold  my  tongue.  Bat  if  the  house  at 
Brunswick  was  so  bad,  why  didn't  you  go 
somewhere  else?' 

*  Because  it  was  the  only  one  there,  almost. 
You  had  the  monopoly,  as  tisuaL' 

'  That  was  my  way.    But,  really,  was  it  now 
BO  very,  very  bad  V 
'  Yes,  It  was.' 

•  Well,  honestly,  it  w»S  the  Only  venture  of 
that  kind  that  I  never  did  carry  through  to  my 

Eerfect  satisfaction.  Perhaps  if  Mrs.  Vandor- 
ilt  in  those  times  had  been  allowed  full  con* 
trol,  she  would  have  managed  matters  better. 
Those  days  were  the  pleasant  ones — ^the  happi- 
est of  my  life.  I  could  work  then  twenty  hours 
on  a  stretoh,  and  never  tire.  Hal  here  are 
enough  gentlemen  to  cot  in  again.  I  would 
like  another  rubber  before  my  drive.-  Come, 
will  yon  cut  in  1  I  am  not  too  old  to  learn 
whist  yet-' " 

"  Did  be  lose  that  robber,  too,  grandfather  f 
"Of  course  he  did,  fori  was  his  partner. 
He  blundered  worse  than  ever,  and  seemed  to 
enjoy  losing.  Vanderbilt  really  was  a  remark- 
able man,  but  he  never  could  acquire  the  first 
principles  of  whist." 


JVDGE  DAYIS  IN  INDIANAPOLIS. 

The  Indianapolis  Sentinel  of  the  7tk  inst 
contains  the  following:  "Jadge  David  Davis, 
of  the  Supreme  Bench  of  the  United  State* 
and  Senator-elect  flrom  Illinots,  arrived  in  this 
city  Monday  evenmg,  and  is  the  gaest  of  Gen. 
W,  Q.  Gresham.  A  SentinU  reporter  visited 
Gen.  Gresham'a  residence  last  evenlBtc  for  the 
porpose  of  interviewing  Mr.  Davis.  When  ashersd 
mto  the  sitting-room,  the  reporter  found  Judge 
Davis,  ex-Gov.  Hendricks.  Judge  Drammond,  and 
Gen.  Gresham  seated  about  the  room.  When  the 
reporter  made  known  his  business,  Jadge  Davis 
stated  xtositlvely.  but  good-natarediy.  that  he  would 
answer  no  qaeationn;  'lam  a  Judge  of  the  Su* 
preme  Court  of  the  ITnited  States,  and  cannot  make 
any  statemebta  for  the  newspapers,' said  the  Judge. 
He  we^t  on  to  state,  however,  that  he  was  on  hii 
Way  home  en  private  business,  and  would 
return  to  Washington  as  soon  as  that  was 
settled  np.  Ha  had  stopped  over  here  simply  to 
consalt  Judge  Dramaiond  on  mtrters  pertainlag 
to  th«  Federal  Oourta. 

Reporter — What  authority  is  there  for  the  state- 
ment Which  has  been  pnbliihed  to  the  efbct  that 
you  do  not  intend  to  resign  your  Jadlclal  positioa 
until  you  are  assured  that  Jndge  Dmmmond  will 
be  appointed  as  yonr  iuooessor  t 

Jadge  Davis — None  at  alL  It  is  mere  speonla- 
tion,  and  the  wildest  kind  of  speoulatlon.  I  have 
made  no  snub  statement,  sad  will  make  none.  If  I 
were  not  holding  (be  poaition  I  do,  I  would  be 
plessed  te  gire  you  any  Information  I  could. 

The  Judge  reruaed  to  say  anvthing  alhDat  his 
oploion  of   the  Electoral   Cbmmiiialon,  or  the  pro- 

Srlety'of  referring  the  matter  to  the  Commtssloo. 
adge  Davis  is  a  large  man.  He  stands  folly  six 
feet,  and  is  very  corpalenf,  and  probably  welgba 
fuUy  300  pounda.    His    bair  and  whisken  are  gray, 

and  tne  latter  are  ooly  worn  under  the  chin.   He 
leaves  for  Illinois  this  morning." 

BAJIl  BOVSTON  AS  AN  AMATEWB  AOIOB. 

Mr.  N.  M.  Ludlow,  now  in  his  eightieth  year. 
Who  was  actor  and  manager  in  St  Loais,  New-Or- 
leans, Mobile,  and  other  placet,  half  a  eentury  ago, 
has  been  writing  for  the  St.  liools  Olobe-Dtmoerat 
reminiscences  of  bis  early  advtatnres,  from  which 
we  extract  the  following,  the  scene  beiog  Nashville 
and  the  time  abont  1818: 

"From  New-Orleans  and  Natchez  Mr.  Ludlow 
went  back  to  Nashville,  where  for  a  time  be  aban- 
doned the  stage.  '  Tbey  acuok  Blaokslone's  Oom- 
mentarie*  into  my  hand,'  said  he,  *  and  tried  to  per- 
suade me  that  I  was  to  stady  law  t  bat  It  was  slow 
work  after  Shaksneare.'  In  the  intervals  of  bis 
legal  studies,  wbioh,  to  be  oandid,  were 
long  and  frequent,  he  took  part  in 
training  a  lot  of  amateurs  for  a  private 
representation  of  'Douglass,'  Home's  celebrated 
tragedy.  This  represeDtailoa  of  the  tragedy  was 
mach  more  noted  for  the  subsequent  illnstrlonsness 
of  the  actors  than  for  the  exoelieocs  of  thsir  acting. 
The  part  of  Olenalvon  was  assumed  by  Gf>a. 
gam  Honston,  wbo  subsequently  cat  suoh  a  fliture 
in  Texas  |  ^'orval  was  played  by  William  FeltoD, 
afterward  Governor  and  Uoited  States  Seuator  of 
Arkanaaa ;  Lord  Kandolph  was  placed  by  S.  H. 
Foater,  afterward  Senator  from  Xenueasee ;  the 
character  of  Old  NorvcU  was  filled  by  N.  M.  Ludlow 
himsslf  and  that  of  Lady  Bandolph  by  Mrs.  N.  M. 
Ludlow.  Sam  Houston  did  not  succeed  very  well 
AS  Olvnalvon,  bat  had  been  cast  as  a  drunken  not- 
ter  in  a  subsequent  farce,  a  part  he  could  not  re- 
fuse, since  all  the  actors  had  promised  to  sob- 
mit  to  the  opinion  and  decision  of  Mr.  Ludlow, 
the  manager.  Honston  acoepted  the  drunken 
porter  part  very  remctantly,  saying,  *  "All  right, 
Sir;  very  good,  Sir;  bat  if  tbey  hiss  msontbe 
stage,  I'll  shoot  you.  sore.'  Houston  played  the 
part  remarkably  well.'' 


TWO  lOUNQ  MEN  OF  PEORIA. 
A  telegram  from  Peoria,  III.,  to  the  Chicago 
Tri2)un«,  dated  7tb  inst.,  says:  "The  code  of  honor 
is  being  revlTed  in  Illinois  at  least  Oicar  Leacb, 
»  yonng  G«rman  dma  alerk,  baa  been  dolne  wbat 
he  could  to  restore  the  old  custom.  Feeling  offended 
at  some  slight  he  had  received  from  another  Ger- 
man— ^his  rival  in  a  love  affiur — he  forthwith  chal- 
lenged that  gentleman  to  mortal  combat     The 

challenge  was  accepted  and  pistols  selected  as  the 
weapons.  The  otber  day  the  partiea  proceeded, 
with  seconds,  a  surgeon,  and  the  usual  aocompaol- 
ments,  to  a  retired  spot  on  the  blnff.  Ersrything 
was  arranged  is  good  style,  according  to  daelllng 
rules,  and  the  young  ielloWa  were  abont  to  shoot  at 
caob  other  when  one  of  the  seconds  urged  a  settle- 
ment, A  consoltatioi  was  had.  Leach^  wonnded 
honor  was  healed,  and  no  Dlood  was  sbed.  The 
sffidr  has  been  kept  very  qniei, — so  oulet,  in  fact, 
that  00  names  are  known  except  Leach's." 

BADLY  AFPLIQTBD. 
A  telegram  iiam.  Loadonville,  Ohio,  7th 
inst  says:  "A  C»mily  named  £elchart,  living  a 
few  miles  south  of  this  place,  has  suflered  the  ter- 
rible loss  of  six.  of  their  children  within  a  few  days, 
from  diphtheria.  The  parents  are  now  in  a  very 
critical  condition  from  the  same  disease.  Members 
of  several  families  who  visited  the  Reicbart  family 
at*  also  down  with  it,  and  two  or  three  have  sinoe 
^lied."  

OVEN  ON  SUNDAYS. 
The  Boston  Joumai  says  that  the  Direotora 
of  the  Boston  Art  Museum  have  unanimously  voted 
to  open  their  beautiful  rooms  free  to  the  pnblio  on 
Sunday  af teruoous,  from  March  1  to  Kov.  1,  from  1 
to  5  o'clock  F.  M. 

MANAOEMENl  OP  THB  OHILDBETH'S  FOLD. 
Rev.  Edward  Cowley,  the  Superintendent  of 
the  Cbildrea's  Fold,  Ko.  1S7  JBaat  Sixtieth  street, 
was  formally  relieved  from  his  duties  in  that  insti- 
tution last  Tuesday.  He  stlU  retains  his  posi- 
tion as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
however,  and  calls  daily  at  the  institution. 
Yesterday  afternoon  he  conducted  prayers  in 
the  Fold,  but  the  management  has  been  trans- 
ferred to  the  Board  of  Trnatees.  The  board  met  on 
Friday,  and  plaoed  the  Matron  of  the  Sheltering 
Arms  in  charge  of  the  children,  where  she  will  re- 
main until  a  regular  Matron  ean  be  chosen.  Mr. 
James  Pott,  one  of  the  Tnuteaa  of  th*  Fold,  stated 
yesteiday  to  a  TncBS  reporter  that  the  priocipal 
tronble  with  Mr.  Cowlev  was  that  he  possessed  sn 

ongevamsble  temper,  which  led  him  to  ezeeed  tbe 
bounds  of  reason  at  times.  Had  he  made  fewer 
Statements,  and  acknowledged  hie  fanlt,  the  Trus- 
tees would  have  endeavored  to  hush  up  the  matter, 
and  Mr.  Cowley  oould  have  lett  tbe  institution  with, 
oat  aobievlag  so  great  a  notoriety.  As  it  was,  Mr. 
Pott  said  that  the  stories  ef  Mr.  Cowley's  oraelty 
Had  been  greatly  exaggerated,  and  even  the  acts 
attribnted  to  bim  bad  taken  place  several  years  ago, 
Mr.  Pott  said  that  tbe  Board  of  Trustees  intended 
toseenre  a  competent  lady  as  Matroa  of  the  insti- 
tution as  early  as  possible.  Bev.  Mr.  Cowlay  had 
no  autemeat  to  make  yesterday,  but  said  he  should 
eadearor  to  elaar  hla  repotattoo  of  the  antast  toi' 
tatieaswhiah  aad  been  oast  apoa  it  ia  a  short 


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BT  HZtB  STSAIJSS. 

#WnM  Our  Ow»  Otrrufi&Mnt, 
Pakis,  Wednesday,  Jan.  24, 1877. 
The  firtfe  of  the  balls  w^ch  President 
HaoM alHA  gives  annually  at  the  Elys^e  Palace 
««ne  off  last  night,  and  it  is  no  exaggeration 
to  say  that  it  was  the  most  brilliant  that  we 
have  had  under  the  Septennat  The  Duohesse 
de  Hagenta  did  the  honors  of  the  soir^  with 
oharming  grace  and  with  that  self-possession 
which  comes  from  experience  in  high  social  posi- 
tions. On  previous  years  I  have  noted  a  eertain 
amount  Of  nerVaasness  and  frequent  fltishes  of 
anxiety  as  tbe  highest  nobility  of  France 
crowded  into  her  saloofis ;  not  that  of  a  novice, 
be  it  ^iderstoel— since  Mme.  De  MaoMahon 
eomes  frova.  the  noble  bouse  ef  De  Castries — 

but  that  natural  ezoitement  which  eomes  from 
a  desire  to  please  iu  the  midst  of  a  diversifled 
and  greatly  divided  society.      American  ladies 

ean  form  but  a  feeble  id6a  of  the  obstacles  to 
be  surmounted.  They  ean  scarcely  imagine 
the  eare  that  is  required  at  each  of  these  pab- 
ho  gatherings,  lime.  De  MaeHakon  has  to 
offer  a  sort  Of  neutral  ground  upon  which  all 
th«  difEisrent  parties  can  meet,  and  the 
exigenoies  of  ber  high  position  demand  an  un- 
flagging attention.  Upon  her  invitation  lists 
there  are  partisans  of  Henri  V.  and  Napoleon 
rV.;  the  Orleans  Princes  and  their  partisans 
elbow  Republicans  of  various  hues;  the  world 
of  politics  and  of  finance  is  assimilated  with 
the  Army  and  the  nobility,  and  each  party 
watches  with  eager  and  jealous  eyes  to  see 
Which  faction  or  which  color  has  tbe  prefer- 
ence, the  lowest  bow,  the  warmest  smile,  or  the 
most  attention.  The  Duchess  has  to  distribute 
her  attentions  with  the  strictest  Impartiality, 
and  every  piece  of  forgetfniness  on  {ler  part 
gives  rise  to  numberless  epigrams  and  i>erhaps 
to  insintiations  in  the  partisan  journals.  If 
she  cbsmoes  to  wear  a  white  robe,  she  is  accused 
of  paying  a  compliment  to  the  Legitimists.  If 
she  has  a  bunch  of  violets  in  her  hair,  she  shews 
a  preference  lor  the  Bonapartlsts.  Sed  roses 
on  her  dress  mark  a  leaning  toward  Orleanism, 
and  a  preponderance  of  red  woald  surely  be 
taken  as  an  indloation  of  her  desire  to  eoncil- 
iate  the  Republicans.  Fancy  the  thought  re- 
quired to  prepare  a  costume  which  shall 
embrace  all  the  colors  and  give  preference  to 
none.  And  in  her  personal  bearing  she  has  to 
be  equally  careful.  If  she  talks  aside  with  the 
noble  dowagers  of  her  own  race  and  lineage, 
she  is  supposed  to  be  hatching  Legitimist 
plots,  and  any  special  attentions  to  the  Oriean- 
ists  are  immediately  noted  and  remarked.  In 
the  midst  of  all  these  difficulties,  Mme.  De 
MaoMahou  acquits  herself  extremely  well, 
and  this  year  better  than  ever.  If  she  had  any 
special  attentions,  it  was  for  the  diplomatic 
corps,  aad  I  witnessed  one  little  ssene  on  en- 
tering, that  was  oharming  In  its  grace  and 
simplicity.  Just  before  me  was  a  yoang  man 
in  a  rich  Hussar  uniform,  and  upon  bis  arm  a 
young  lady  of  extreme  beauty.  She  was 
barely  20,  with  elear-out  patrician 
features,  and  the  flush  of  youth 
upon  her  cheek.  She  had  a  tiara  of  diamonds 
upon  her  head,  and  her  white  shoulders  were 
covered  with  one  of  the  richest  ermine  cloaks 
that  I  ever  saw.  The  Duehess  rushed  forward 
to  greet  tins  brilliant  beauty  with  a  look  which 

expressed   ber   admiration,  and   with   a  regard 

which  comes  from  feminine  curiosity,  which 
every  lady  will  understand ;  she  raised  the 
superb  cloak  with    her  own  band,  and   looked 

intently  at  the  beautiful  picture  before  ber.    It 

would  have  been — it  would  be — impossible  to 
put  in  words  the  high  compliment  embraced  in 
this  act,  which^was  yet  naive  and  childlike  in 
its  simplicity. 

The  cards  of  invitation,  in  the  name  of  Presi- 
dent MaoMahon  and  Mme.  La  Duchesae  De 
Magenta,  were  printed  upon  blue  Bristol  board 
this  year,  and  stated  that  the  reception  would 
begm  at  9  o'oloek.     The  privileged  and  those  in 

the  secret  go  early,  knowing  that  it  is  next  to 
impossible  to  get  in  after  a  oertain  hour,  and  in 
order  to  see  the  President  one  must  arrive  be- 
fore 12.  He  stands  beside  the  door  from  9 
o'cloek  until  that  hour,  and  his  powers  ef  en- 
durance must  be  severely  taxed  oefore  mid- 
night Meanwhile  the  Police  are  keeping  the 
carriages  back  in  the  Champs  ElysSes,  forcing 
tbtm  to  make  a  long  detour,  and  allowing  only 

a  few  to  go  forward  every  quarter  of  an  hour. 
The  necessity  of  this  measure  is  obvious. 
The  Elys^  palace  is  very  small,  and  some  6,000 
curds  of  invitation  are  sent  out  If  all  arrived 
at  the  same  hour  it  would  be  impossible  to 
enter  the  building.  Hence  tbe  Police  keep  tbe 
carriages  in  line,  allowing  them  to  approach 
gradually,  and  the  last  are  rarely  able  to  get  up 

to  the  palace  before  1  o'clock.  Meanwhile,  the 
early  comers  are  departing,  and  alter  11  o'clock 

there  is  a  constant  stream  ot  persons  coming 

and  going. 

Tbe  palace  was  brEliantly  illuminated,  tho 
gas  Jets  haying  been  arranged  in  a  way  to  flood 

the  atreet  with  light  On  entering,  I  had  to 
Struggle  with  a  crowd  of  a  hundred  men,  push- 
ing and  crowding  to  the  cloak  room,  and  I  must 

confess  that  a  stranger  would  not  have  formed 
a  very  high  idea  of  the  manners  of  the  French 
nobititv  had  he  witnessed  this  singular  scene. 
The  arrangements  were  faulty,  however,  and 
on  another  occasion  some  remedy  will  be  found 
for  this  evil.  On  getting  out  of  tbe  crush  I 
came  upon  the  Duo  d'Aumale,  standing 
majestically  at  the  foot  of  the  staircase, 
and  talking  with  Gen.  Billot  '  A  small 
group  of  respectful  admirers  formed  a 
cirele  about  his  Highness,  and  he  stood  there  as 
if  master  of  the  oalaoe.  Near  by  was  the  Duo 
de  Nemours,  with  Mile.  De  Nemours,  who  has 
tbe  face  of  the  Naples  branch  of  the  Bourbons, 
but  nevertheless  has  the  beauty  of  youth.  Be- 
side her  was  the  Duo  d'Alen$on,  her  brother, 
a  splendid  young  fellow,  with  a  handsome, 
sympathetio  face  and  manly  figure.  He  and 
the  Duo  de  Chartres,  brother  of  the  Compte  de 
Paris,  are  the  handsomest  of  tbe  family.  Next 
was  aeen  the  broad  back  of  L^on  Say,  the  Min- 
ister of  Finance,  and  as  he  turned  his  young- 
looking  and  rather  jovial  face,  a  hand  was 
stretched  forward  and  a  voice  said :  "  What, 
you  here  I  How  goes  it  ?"  He  was  addressed 
in  this  familiar  and  off-hand  manner  by  Baron 
Alpbonse  de  Rotlischild.  He  took  the  Minister 
to  a  comer,  where  tbe  two  conversed  for 
some  time.  M.  L^on  Say  began  bis 
career  wich  the  Rothschilds,  and 
was  an  employe  until  his  fortune 
was  made.  Their  relations  are  still 
of  the  most  friendly  nature.  After  leaving  the 
ante-chamber,  one  enters  the  small  saloon  in 
which  the  President  and  Mme.  De  MaoMahon 
stand  to  bow  to  the  guests  that  pass,  and  then 
the  human  current  can  turn  to  the  right  or  left 
at  will.  On  turning  to  the  left  one  enters  the 
■  Whit^  tjaleon,  where  the  old  Legitimist  families 
have  their  rendezvous;  after  it  comes  the 
saloon  where  the  Orleans  Prinoes  hold  their 
ooort ;  then  the  diplomatic  saloon,  entranoe  to 
whieh  is  barred  by  a  bussier.  There  one  turns 
into  the  annex,  tastefully  arranged  to  form  a 
long  gallery,  at  the  further  end  of  wniob  is  the 
buffet  On  each  side  are  the  danoing-roomS, 
OBO  orehestra  peing  under  the  direction  of 
Joban  S.trauBS,  mie  other  led  by  Mdtra.  These 
two  eminent  musioians  appeared  but  rarely, 
IsavtBs    tba   batoa   ta    tbaiir    aids    tm  tba 


greater  portion  ot  the  evening.'  M.  and 
Mme.  Jules  Simon  were  listening  at- 
tentively to  dtranss,  and  near  by  war 
the  Dao  Decaf  es,  who  was  ostensibly  listening 
to  the  musio,  but  also  appeared  to  be  in  a 
deep  reverie.  In  fTus  part  of  the  hall  uniforms 
were  predominant,  the  yonng  army  officers  be- 
ing the  first  on  the  floer  at  eaoh  signal  for  the 
danee.  The  erowd  everywhere  WM  immense, 
nneemfortable  even,  and  Mme.  De  MaoMahon 
looked  greatly  fatigued  at  midmght  Up  etairs 
it  was  also  crowded,  but  there  was  less  heat ; 
but  I  went  down  the  grand  staircase  after  a 
short  stay  there,  and  made  my  exit  This  was 
probably  the  most  suooessfal  ball  the  Presi- 
dent has  yet  given,  and  it  has  given  rise  to  one 
incident  only,  and  that  of  a  petty  nature.  It 
seems  that  one  or  two  journals  failed  to  receive 
invitations  for  their  editors,  and  thev  feel  so 
much  hurt  by  it  that  they  show  ill-humor. 
This,  however,  wan  probably  a  mere  oversight. 

THE  WILES  OF  A  RUSSIAN  PRINCESS. 
SBBI008      CHARGE    AGAINST    THE     EX-PRE- 
MIEK    OF   ENGLAND — A  NUMBER    OP  MR. 
GLADSTONE'S  LETTERS  SAID  TO  BE   IN    A 
LADY'3    POS8E88IOK  — a      SCANDALOUS 
•    STORT  WHICH  WAS    RECENTLT    CONTRA- 
DICTED BT  THE  ENGLISH  STATESMAN. 
.FVoM  Om-  Oimi  OofrtnondtfO. 

Paris,  Friday,  Jan.  26,  1877. 

A  story  appeared  hero  yesterday  in  the 
lUpubliqiu  PVanociae.  the  organ  of  M.  Gam- 
betta  and  the  SepublicaA  Left.  Its  correspond- 
ent gives  a  scandal  in  wbioh  the  reputation 
of  Mr.  Gladstone  is  involved,  and  pretends  to 
account  for  the  position  that  he  has  taken  in 
tbe  Eastern  difficulty  by  saying  that  be  is 
amoureitx.  The  eminent  statesman  is  repre- 
sented to  be  in  the  hands  ef  a  Russian  Prin- 
cess of  great  beauty,  who  was  charged 
with  the  dehoate  task  of  weaving 
her  tol's  about  a  statesman  of  60 
years.  The  journal  in  question  states  that 
Mr.  Gladstone  is  now  the  object  of  public  gos- 
sip, tbe  grand  dame  Butte  in  question  having 
boasted  ot  her  success,  and  stated  that  she  had 
a  number  of  {compromising  letters.  It  is  cer- 
tain that  the  lady,  who  is  separated  from  her 
husband,  an  aide  de  camp  of  tho  Grand  Duke 
Nicholas,  has  been  for  a  year  or  more  past  one 
of  the  diplomatic  agents  of  Prince  Gortpchakoff 
in  London.  Mr.  Gladstone  has  been  extremely 
assiduons  in  his  attentions  to  her,  and  it  is  now 

said  that  It  is  owing  to  her  influence  that  he 
turned  against  the  Turks,  after  having  fought 
tor  them  in  1854.  Between  the  two  there  have 
certainly  been  frequent  exchanges  of  let- 
ters, and  the  report  ia  th'it  the  lady 
has  some  which  do  more  honor  to 
his  heart  than  to  his  prudence.  The  report 
first  appeared  in  a  journal  of  Sbefiield,  and  the 
reply  to  it  was  not  a  little  embarrassed,  but 
contained  a  sort  of  denial.  Whether  or  not 
there  has  been  an  indiscretion  on  tbe  part  of 
Mr.  Gladstone  is  more  than  one  can  Icam  from 
the  eorreapondenoe.  It  is  insinuated,  but  not 
directly  affirmed.  But  now  that  the  storv  has 
appeared,  the  enemies  of  Mr.  Gladstone  will 
continue  to  believe  that  he  wanted  to  drive  the 
Turks  out  of  Europe  at  the  instigation  of  this 
Russian  Circe,  and  that  his  remarkable  change 
of  policy  was  due  to  her  sweet  influence.  Let 
me  say  here  that  the  lady  is  as  ipiriluelle  as  she 
is  beautiful,  aod  is  one  of  those  strange  beings 
who  seem  born  to  profit  by  the  weakuosses  of 
men,  Atuc  grande  hommet  Ut  grandes  fax- 
hlettea,  B&ys  Prudhomme,  and  it  is  upon  this 
principle  that  the  wily  Gortschakoff  works  when 
he  sends  out  the  most  beautiful  women  of  his 
country  as  displomatic  agents. 

PROGRESS   OF  THE    FRENCH   ARMY. 

A  VISIT  TO  THB  BARRACKS  OF  A  REOIMENl' 
OF  INFANTBT — OFFICERS  AND  MBH  IN- 
CB68ANTLY     AT    WORK— HOW    FOREIGN 

SOLDIERS     ARE     EDUCATED AN     EXCEL- 
LENT LIBRARY. 

From  Otir  Oion  CorreipondenU 

Paris,  Friday,  Jan.  26,  1877. 

Yesterday  I  had  the  pleasure  of  taking 

breakfast  with  the  officers  of  the  One  Hundred 
and  Thirtieth  Regiment  of  Infantry,  new  gar- 
risoned at  Courbevoie,  one  of  tbe  suburban  vil- 
lages of  Paris,  and  had  occasion  to  see  for  my- 
self wbat  progress  the  French  Armv  is  making. 
I  found  both  officers  and  men  workmg  inces- 
santly, and  hard  work  will  tell  in  the  course  of 
time,  and  generally  in  a  very  short  time.  The 
difference  between  these  troops  and  those  we 
saw  just  after  the  war  was  really  remarkable. 
The  cateme  of  Courbevoie  is  a  vast  and  com- 
modious collection  of  buildings  which 
were  erected  during  the  Empire  for  a 
regiment  of  cavalry.  The  imperial  eagle, 
carved  m  stone,  stiil  stands  above  the  door. 
Everything  within  is  ,£omtortable  as  well  as 
useful.  The  married  officers  of  the  regiment 
are  allowed  to  take  their  meals  with  their  fami- 
lies, but  the  unmarried  have  lorraed  a  regular 
mess,  like  tbe  officers  of  the  English  Army. 
There  are  four  aining-rooms  for  the  officers  of 
different  grades,  a  cafi6  where  all  meet  to  take 
their  eoffee  after  the  repast,  a  billiard-room 
with  two  tables,  iumisbed  by  tbe  Government, 
and  an  excellent  library.  On  looking  through 
it  I  found  all  the  standard  military  and  histori- 
cal works,  and  2,000  or  3,000  volumes  of  light 
bterature.  Dante,  Sshillor,  Goethe,  Shake- 
speare, and  Walter  Scott  were  all  represented, 
and  a  portion  of  the  library  was  set  aside  lor 
geographical  works  and  military  maps.  The 
men  are  all  comfortably  lodged  upon  the  second 

floor,  and  are  provided  with  everything  that  is 
really  required.  Accompanied  by  Capt.  D'Har- 
court,  son  of  the  Duke  now  Ambassador  to 
£ngland,  I  went  through  the  differeat  rooms, 

and  found  the  men  engaged  in  serious  study. 

Capt.  Serre,  who  baa,  perchance,  a  marshal's 
baton  in  his  haversack,  took  us  into  all  the 
rooms  of  his  compaDy.    In*  one  the  men  were 

reading ;  in  another  tbe  writing-master  was  oc- 
cupied in  teaching  20  or  30  young  fellows  tho 
art  of  calligraphy,  and  on  glancing  at  their 
copy-books  I  found  my  own  pothooks  thrown 
into  the  shade.  Many  ot  the  young  men  wrote 
elegant  hands,  and  all  showed  an  .inter- 
est in  their  task.  In  another  room  higher 
studies  were  being  pursued,  and  in 
another  the  soldiers  were  engaged 
in  cleaning  up  their  arms.  I  saw  for  the  first 
time  the  new  fusil  Oras,  a  great  improvement 
upon  the  ChassepOt,  and  was  greatly  struck  by 
its  simplicity.  After  firing  it  is  not  necessary 
to  half-cock  the  gun  in  order  to  get  out  the 
cartridge  case,  and  this  gets  rid  of  one  of  the 

sources  of  numberless  accidents.  The  gun  is 
patented  by  Mtyor  Gras,  of  the  French  Army. 

Breakfast  came  at  10:30  o'clock,  but  previ- 
oualy  the  troopp  had  passed  two  hours  at  their 
exercises.  When  breakfast  was  over  they  went 
out  again,  and  when  I  left  at  3  o'clock  they 
were  still  engaged  upon  the  parade  ground. 
I  mention  this  to  show  how  the  French  troops 
are  working  at  this  time.  The  otSjcers  spend 
their  odd  moments  in  studying  English  and 
German,  and  among  them  I  found  young  men 
who  spoke  both  languages.  The  storehouse  is 
iu  the  upper  room  of  the  caserne,  and  there  I 
found  an  ample  supply  of  everything  required 
for  a  rapid  entry  upon  a  campaign.  The  offi- 
cers no  longer  have  to  depend  upon  the  word 
of  a  Minister,  wbo  may  be  himself  de- 
ceived, but  each  regiment  has  the  material 
that  it  requires  for  a  start  within  24  hours  from 
the  reception  of  marebing  orders.  Hard  work 
Will  tell,  as  I  have  already  remarked,,  and  these 
young  men  are  working  ,  hard.    The  progress 

made  is  certainly  immense.  But  above  all,  I 
noted  an  entire  absence  of  the  old  spirit  of 
boasting,  nor  was  the  word  revanche  even  men- 
tioned. All  modestly  stated  that  if  war  were 
to  eome  they  were  prepared  to  do  their  duty, 
but  in  a  year  from  now  they  would  be  better 
prepared.  Icanie  away  greatly  pleased  with 
my  visit,  to  send  a  few  English  books  as  my 
contribotiun  to  the  library  ;  aod  if  any  .of  our 
publishers  have  some  odd  works  to  spare,  I  am 
sure  they-oould  not  make  a  better  difposition 
of  them  than  to  eontrionte  them  to  the  library 
of  the  One  Hundred  and  Thirtieth  Regiment 
at  the  MMsriM  of  Ceoxbevoi^ 


LETTERS  TO  IHE  EDITOE. 


.  VABious  auBJEcia  DiacvaaED, 

TBM  MEN  WHO  STAND  BT  COMBLINO,' 
TotAt  Editor  ofUu  Kevt-Torh  nm«r  .- 

A  Washington  correspondent  says  Senator 
Conkliog  "was  especially  gratified  by  tbe  follow- 
ing dispatch  from  a  nmnber  of  his  townsmen,  all 
Sepublloans : 

-    ^       w    •  UtkJa,  Jan.  97, 

To  Hon.  Eoteoe  Oonlling,  Washington: 

Your  townsmen  ihanic  G'>d  that  patriots  hate 
found  in  you  a  spokesman,  and  congratulate  the 
country  on  the  triumph  of  reason  in  our  Bepnbllo. 

A.  B.  Johnson,  C.  M.  Dennison,  Beojamin  Alien. 
M.  J.  Everett,  J.  S.  Caoron,  W.  H.  Comstoolc,  D. 
Batchclor,  Lewis  Lawrence/  Lewis  H.  Lawrence, 
K.  S.  Williams.  L.  Oatley,  S.  S.  Hastings,  George 
Benedict,  W  H.  Waisnn,  C.  J.  Everett,  Heory  D. 
Plxley,  J.  Emery  Eaton.  Charles  S.  Symonds.  C.  H. 
Hopkins,  N.  A.  White.  Harrison  Gilmore,  William 
K  Gilmore,  J.  C.  P.  toncaid,  T.  K.  Proctor,  Theo- 
dore F.  Butterfleld,  Orville  P.  Allen,  Michael  Ma- 
Quade,  D  C.  Stoddard. 

Why  the  Senator  should  be  "especially  gratified" 
with  this  nobody  here  can  underaland.  With,  at 
most,  two  exceptions,. the  above  names  could  be  ob- 
tained to  soy  paper  singing  the  praises  of  Conttling. 
There  are  several  letter-carriers  whose  names  could 
have  been  secured  to  swell  the  list,  and  the  wonder 
is  they  were  omitted.  The  town  was  scoured  Satur- 
day to  get  signatures  to  the  dispatch,  and  a  list  of 
those  who  refused  to  atga  would   be  mach   longer 

than  the  one  printed.  A  brief  glance  at  the  names 
given  is  all  that  ia  necessary  to  show  the  character 
of  the    "patriots"   who   "thank  God,"   and    their 

"spokesman."  ^.  B.  Johuson  is  a  brother  of  Hon, 

A.  S.  Johnson,  whom  Mr.  Conkling  nominated  for 
XJolted  States  Circuit  Judce.  He  was  one  of  the 
delegates  who  misrepresented  this  district  at  Gin- 
cinnati.  C.  M.  Dennison  was  the  other  delegate  at 
Cincinnati,  and  is  Mr.  Coukllng's  United  States 
CommiBsioner  for  tbia  district.  W.  H.  Comstock  is 
United  States  Register  In  Bankruptcy.  J.  C.  P. 
Kincald  Is  Collector  of  Internal  Revenue.  C.  H. 
Hopldns  is  Postmaster.  Eaoh  of  these  helds  his 
office  at  tbe  Senator's  pleasure.  C.  J.  Everett  is 
a  small  lawyer,  partner  of  Dennison  before  men- 
tipned,  and  son  of  M.  J.  Everett.  W.  H.  Watson 
is  Mr.  Conkllng's  candidate  for  Beeent  of  tbe 
University.  Lewis  Lawrence  is  a  gentleman  of 
wealth,  and  was  Mr.  Conkllng's  candidate 
first  for  State  Senator,  (beaten  in  conven 
tion  by  Mr.  Sayre,)  and  secoad,  for 
Congress  (beatea  in  convention  by  W.  J.  Bacon.) 
L.  H.  Lawrence  is  the  son  of  the  much-beaten  can- 
didate. H.  S.  Hastiags  baa  a  sihall  office  nnder  the 
Government  aad  Conkling.  George  Benedict  is  ez- 
Sheriff  of  Oneida  County,  who  peddled  eel-skins 
for  Scott  Lord  in  1874,  and  did  wbat  be  could  for  his 
le-election  in  1876.  He  has  a  record  as  Sherifi  not  to 
be  proud  of.  D.  C.  Stoddard  waa  the  Conkling 
District  Attorney  last  term,  and  candidate  of  the 
same  faction  for  renomination,  and  was  Presi- 
dent of  the  famous  Conkling  Clnb  of 
Utlca  last  Summer.  Charles  S.  Symonds 
is  tbe  ConkliDg-Cernell  member  of  the  Bepnbllcan 
State  Committee  for  this  district,  wbo  holds  bis 
place  by  grace  of  tbe  anti-CoUkling  weaklings  of  the 
Saratoga  Convention.  The  two  GUmores  are  not 
Bepablloaos  bat  Prohibitionists,  Harrison  bavlog 
been  tbe  candidate  of  that  party  for  Assemblyman 
lasc  Fall.  D.  Batchelor  is  well  known  as  the 
"  learned  barber,"  whom  tbe  Conkling  faction  keep 
in  place  by  hinting  that  the  State  Senfte  is  the 
place  for  bim.  Mr.  Allen  ia  a  boilder, 
and  tor  Roythiog  I  knew,  a  con- 
scientious Conkling  man.  Ditto  Mr. 
Oatley.  Mr.  Buiterfi<^ld  is  a  brother  of  Gen.  Dan 
Butterfleld,  and  has  a  grievance  ia  that  he  thmlca 
the  aati-Conkling  Ropablicans  defeated  him  ia 
Mie  contest  for   Uayor   last  Spring.     Micbsel  Mo- 

gaade  is  tbe  father  of  Gen.  James  McQoade,  Tllden 
lector  and  office-holder  under  Govs,  floffman  and 
Tllden.  K.  A.  White  is  under  cbligations  to  tbe 
Conkling  wing  f«r  a  seat  in  tbe  Assembly  some 
years  ago.  Mr.  Proctor  is  not  understood  to  belong 
to  either  faction  of  the  party  hers.  Sis  is  one  un- 
biased name,  perhaps.  The  only  real  weigh  tv  aame 
oa  the  list  is  that  of  K.  S.  Williams.  Cashier 
of  the  Oneida  Bank,  ana  brother  of 
Dr.  S.  Wells  Williams,  of  Chinese  lame. 
No  imputations  can  be  urged  agtuudt  Mr.  Wil- 
liams' signatnre.  Tbe  only  cause  for  wonder  ia 
that  a  man  of  such  osnally  good  sense  should  add 
bis  name  to  such  a  list.  It  must  have  caused  Mr. 
Conkling  "espeoial  gratification."  Mr.  Pixley  is  a 
merchant  who  feets  under  obliRattons  to  Mr.  Conk- 
ling for  winning  a  suit  at  law  for  bim.  Of  the  otber 
three  names  It  ia  enough  to  say  they  are  those  of 
gentlemeb  whose  opinions  on  consiitutioual  matters 
are  not  nsuslly  sought. 

Tbe  didpatch  represents  tbe  sentimenta  general- 
ly or  CcTnklioK's  plaoe-men.  It  Ooes  not  apeak  tor 
the  Republicans  of  Utlca  or  Oneida  County.    LHO. 

Utica,  Honday,  Jan.  29.  1877 


POPPENHDSKN'a    LATEST. 

To  the  Editor  of  «k  New-York  Timei: 

Tbe  peculiar  abilities  of  the  Long  Island 
Railroad  and  tranches  to  inflict  severs  and  oniver* 
sal  punisbmsnt  on  the  traveling  public  are  well 
known.  An  entirely  original  aad  most  economical 
torture  bas  recently  been  discovered,  and  waa  ap- 
plied this  morning  with  great  success  to  the  Long 
snffdring  paasongers  on  tbe  "  Early  Hempatead 
train.'.'  Tbe  cars  were  stopped  at  a  place  remote 
from  any  slow  or  rapid  transit,  by  a  farm-house  be- 
ing partly  across  tbe  tracks ;  so.ne  half  dozen 
(more  or  less  able-bodied)  men  were  seeking  to 
move  said  house  no  a  steep  hill.  Here  was  a  full 
stop  for  Popoenhusen's  victims.  So  meu  and 
women  wended  their  weary  way  to  a  point  where 
Poppenhusen  thinks  frequent  trains  are  essential. 
All  tbe  sufferers  held  contracts  with  the  Long 
Island  Railroad  and  its  branches,  that  in  conud. 
eratlon  of  good  money  duly  paid,  tbey  were  enti- 
tled to  be  carried  m  a  car,  propelled  by  steam,  from 
certain  stated  points  to  certain  other  stated  points, 
within  a  given  tiae,  "  said  time  having  been  pub- 
lished by  said  Long  Island  Railroad  Company  and 
its  branches." 

This  new  means  of  torture  is  surely  unique,  and 
deserving  tbe  highest  praise ;  to  make  a  man  with 
an  important  business  engagement  at  an  early 
hour  take  a  pedestrian  tour,  is  bad  enough,  but  to 
compel  ladies  to  walk  ^mile  or  two  on  a  roajjh 
load  seams  almost  like  the  last  blow  on  the  "Span- 
ish boot."  Cannot  the  company  nave  at  conveni- 
ent distances  between  prominent  statiena  a  few 
bams,  wood-piles,  or  even  nie-aties,  which  san  be 
pushed,  pulled,  or  even  rolled,  oa  the  tracks?  Bv 
this  simple  and,  perhaps,  inexuensive  method,  vic- 
tims coald  be  compelled  to  walk  over  the  greater 
Dart  of  tbe  miles  thev  pay  ro  ride.  Trains  could, 
under  this  theory,  be  ran  so  alowlv  and  so  lightly 
freighted  that  rnnoiug  expenses  Would  be  "nix." 
Again,  a  liberal  arrangement  might  be  made  with 
that  "cab  company"  started  some  months  ago  in 
New-York,  that  when  any  accident  occurred  during 
wet  weather,  for  iuetance,  from  barns,  wood-piles, 
or  pig-stles,  a  ladicions  use  of  these  myfiterious 

vehicles  wouiil  enubie  tha  Lung  Island  Railroad 
and  its  branches  to  declare  most  exceptional  aivi- 
dendi.  HEMPSTEAD. 


^rethe  court  sboUsbed,  sad  to  the  Legislature. 
Wbetoer  the  ooort  ia  abolished  or  not^  pleas*  Mp 

me  to  abolish  Jaoksoa  aod  bis  petttloB.      ^_ 

AN  AKCIKST  MABOnOt. 
liTlW-Yosx,  Friday,  Feb.  9. 1877.  > 


ANOTHER   WAII,   FROM   LONG   ISLAKD. 
To  the  Editor  of  the  New-  York  Times: 

Many  travelers  on  the  East  Biver  Perry  Com- 
pany's boats  running  between  James  slip  and  Hun- 
ter's Point  have  been  sadly  inconvenienced  of  late 
by  tbe  ferry  company's  dtsoontlnning  the  6:30  P.  M. 
boat  from  James  sli 9.  Tbia  took  place  during  tbe 
hard  weather  this  Winter,  wheu  much  ice  was  In 
tbe  river,  but  there  can  be  no  excuse  for  not  run- 
ning the  boat  now.  Various  persons  haveinqaired 
how  soon  the  boat  will  be  put  on  again,  but  no  satis- 
faction  can  be  obtained.  The  last  train  over  the 
Suutbern  Bailaoad  leaves  at  7  P.  M.,  and  the  6:30 
boat  used  to  land  passengers  in  time  for  ic.  If  th.8 
boat  does  not  soon  recommence  running,  tho  rail- 
road company,  with  its  nenal  liberality  (?)  will  dis- 
continue the  7  P.  M.  tram.  As  it  is,  if  any  one 
wants  to  oaush  the  last  train  he  must  go  across  the 
Roosevelt  Street  Ferrr  and  take  the  cars  to  Baih- 
wlck,  running  the  chances  of  a  (allure  to  ■connect. 
Tbe  wretched  mauageraentol' Poppenhusen's  rail- 
road, supplemented  by  the  nizgardliness  of  the 
ferry  oomoany,  tends  to  tbe  OepoDalation  of  Long 
Island.  Tbe  inhabitants  of  the  south  end  are 
longing  for  the  appearance  of  the  new  railway 
((;orbln's  Narrow-gauge  Ruad)  and  its  ascompany- 
ing  ferry  to  aid  tbem  lu  their  diflSculties  aod  render 
tbe  island  habitable.  The  ferry  (the  high-priced 
ferrr)  should  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  those  wbo 
wonld  give  some  heed  to  the  public  convenience, 
and  should  not  be  controlled  by  these  penurious 
penny-makers.  H.  0.  T. 

Glendale.  Long  Island,  Thursday,  Feb.  8,  1877. 


AN  IMPUDENT  PETITIO.V. 

To  the  Editor  ofthmNe%D-  York  Timet : 

That  anybody  should  contemplate  the  abol- 
ishment of  tbe  Marine  Court  of  this  City  seems 
very  sad  to  the  Justloes  of  tbe  court  and  a  friend  of 
theirs  named  Jackson.  Sa  somebody  has  prepared 
for  Jackson  a  petition  setting  forth  the  respeet 
which  the  members  of  the  Bar  have  for  the  high 
character,  profoond  learning,  and  exhaustive 
integrity  of  tbe  Judges,  and  also  the 
grave  evils  which  would  result  immediately 
on  their  removal  from  office.  This  petition 
has  been  presented  by  Jackson  to  the  lawyers  prac- 
ticing lu  the  Marine  Court,  with  a  request  to  sign 
it,  and  tbe  farther  remark  that  he  f  Jackson]  was 
preparing  a  little  list  of  tbe  gentlemea  who  refused 
to  sign,  wbioh  he  proposed  to  lay  t>efore  tha  Jostlces 
of  tbe  court  1  Ttds  kind  mtention  on  his  part  needs 
a  little  publicity  to  Tbk  Ximbs,  I  think,  and  will 
ba  at  intaraas  to  the  BBanab«cA  •(  Um  Bo*  wba  d^ 


AN  XnfDiEnCiROtTNl)  ItAtLBOAD. 
To  the  Sditor  of  the  ITac-rorM  Tttius  : 

The  following  faots,  most  of  whieb  baT»  fttU 
come  to  band  trom  London,  ought  to  satisfy  hU 
Honor  Mayor  Ely  of  the  praetieability  ai  an  under- 
gnmnd  railway : 

The  last  report  of  the  Metropolitan  nnderground 
Company,  up  to  Jan.  1  of  this  year,  shows  a  net  In- 
come of  91  per  cent.,  and  operating  expenses  39  per 
oeot,  ef  the  gross  receipts. 

There  was  earned  net  on  its  eight  and  otie^h^f 
miles  41a  per  cent,  on  a  capital  of  aoout  $41,000,000, 
nearly  two-tbirds  of  which,  as  tbe  expenditures  of 
the  company  show,  were  paid  tor  land  er  right  of 
way.  Tttis  is  9  per  cent  on  130,300.000  aad  18  per 
cent,  on  $10,000,000. 

Let  us  now  apply  these  facts  here.  It  is  also  20 
per  cent  on  (9,000,000,  a  som  which  will  oonstrnct 
and  complete  an  underground  railway  ftom.  the 
Battery  to  the  Harlsm  Biver,  on  a  route  where  the 
right  of  wav,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  rodi^  has 
been  given,  and  bas  xemainaa  nnased  for  nearly 
eight  years. 

Sir  Charles  Fox,  his  two  sons,  both  eminent  engi- 
neers ;  Mr.  Cooper.  Mr.  Wilson,  and  3Cr.  Johnsoa, 
tbe  chief  assistants  of  Mr.  Fowler  in  making   tbe 

ubdergronDd  raiiwfty,  of  London;  Sir  Edward  Wat- 
kin,  and  many  otber  Bngluh  railway  men  aad  en- 
gineers who  have  been  here,    all  express  astontob- 

ment  at^the  enormons  movement  of  passSBgsrs  on 
this  island.  They  all  say  it  surpasses  that  in 
London,  on  elmilsr  areas,  aod  they  see 
the  cause  in  the  fact  ot  onr  being  shut  in  by 
water  on  eaoh  side,  while  London  bas  no  saob  re- 
straints crowding  travel  in  one  direction.  They 
have  seen  onr  long,  straight  streets  and  avennes, 
the  like  of  which  cannot  be  tound  in  Londoa. 
Every  one  of  the.  persons  above  named  has  re- 
peatedly said  ic  was  entirely  practicable  to  make  an 
underground  railway  under  those  streets,  and  that, 
inasmuch  as  we  will  not  be  required  to  buy  tbe 
right  of  way,  as  in  London,  they  must  necessarily 
return  a  very  large  income  to  the  capital  invested. 
Are  not  these  facts  eaoagh  t«  satisfy  the  pnblio, 
especially  when  tbey  understand,  as  tbey  are  new 
beglnniag  to  do,  the  causes  ttist  have  delayed  and 
defeated  the  ronstroction  ot  an  underground  rail- 
way for  eight  years,  that  it  Ja  not  only  entirely 
praoticable,  but  will  be  greatly  profltaole  to  make 
one  here  J  O.  YANDENBUEGH. 


THB  LYCEUM    THEATRE. 
To. the  Editor  of  the  NewTork  Timet:  ■ 

Allow  me  to  call  tbe  attention  of  the  proper 
authorities,  through  your  most  agieeable  columns, 
to  the  means  of  exit  in  the  Lyceum  Theatre.  Several 
unimportant  improvements  have  been  made  since 
tbe  Brooklyn  fire,  but  the  most  important  one  seems 
*to  have  been  neglected.  I  refer  to  the  staircase 
running  down  from  the  top  gallery,  and  passing 
across  a  large  window  in  the  front  of  the  bnilding. 
There  is  no  railing  whatever  on  tbe  side  of  the  win- 
dow, and  in  case  of  a  panic  hundreds  of  people 
would  be  pushed  off  the  staircase  in  the  rash,  and 
would  fall  through  the  glass  and  after  being  terribly 
mangled,  fall  down  on  the  portico  20  feet  below.  It 
is  doubtiul  whether  there  is  as  dangerous  an  exit  to 
any  of  onr  other  theatres  in  this  City. 

J.  G.  BRILL.  Post  Office  Box  jSTo.  1860. 
New-Torb;  Thursday,  Feb.  8.  1877. 


THE  AMERICAN  LIBRABI  IN  PARIS. 


^'^ 


AN  INTERNATIONAL    EXCBANGE    OF    WORKS 
OF  SCIENCE. 

An  important  revelation  has  just  been  made 
by  the  official  journal  of  the  French  Republic.  It 
will  be  rsmemberbd  by  many  persons  that  aboat  20 
years  ago  a  philanthropic  Frenchman,  M.  Alex- 
andre Yattemare,  after  several  years  of  laoor,  man- 
aged to  effect  an  Interchange  between  Fraooe  and 
the  United  States  of  several  thousand  volumes  of 
hooka,  mostly  relating  to  governmental  and  muni- 
eipal  administration  and  to  science.  The  American 
books  thus  collected  numbered  about  4,009,  ana 
were  handsomely  shelved  aod  catalogued  in  one  of 
tbe  large  upper  rooms  of  the  City  Hall  of  Paris. 
The  collection  bore  the  technical  name  of  the 
'■  American  Library,''  and  had  become,  imtil  the 
burning  of  the  City  Hall  by  the  Commune,  the  ren- 
dezvous of  journahsts,  literary  men,  and  lawyers  in 
search  of  facts  in  regard  to  America,  and  thus 
served  the  double  purpose  of  fuiDlshtag  correct  m- 
formatioa  and  of  relieving  the  American  Legation 

and  the  A.Tnerican  Consulate  of  the  run   upon  them 

for  books  and  information  which  preceded  tbs  ex- 
istence of  this  valuable  library. 

But  now  we  have  tbe  astounding,  and  Cassaredly 
most  welcome  intelligence  that  this  library  waa  net 
destroyed  in  the  bumlug  of  tbe  City  Hall  I  At 
least,  according  to  tbe  official  Journal,  there 
was  saved  all  that  part  of  it  relating  to 
law  and  administration.  The  Prefect — ^it  Is  to 
be  presumed  the  last  Prefect  before  tha  Revo- 
lution of  Sept.  4,  It^O— had  the  precaution 
it  is  said  to  convey  them  to  a  sate  place,  whore  tbey 
escaped  tbe  fire,  and  where  they  have  recently  hten 
discovered  in  good  conditio!.  The  official  paper 
does  not  divulge  the  name  of  their  hlaing  plaoo ; 
but  It  gives  the  gratifying  intelligence  that,  while 
waiting  to  take  their  final  resting  place  in  the  new 
City  Hall  now  in  process  of  construction,  a  tem- 
porary room  tor  their  Installment  will  be  fonnd  If 
possible  elsewhere. 

This  discovery  could    not  have  been   made   at  a 

more  opportune  moment,  tor  a  nuoleas  and  a  locale 

tor  foreign  bookd  is  soon  going  to  be  needed.  A 
congress  for  organizing  a  syatem  of  International 
exchanges  of  works  of  science  has  been  sitting  at 

stated  periods  at  the  Ministry  of  Public  Instriietlon 
iu  Paris  for  a  year  past,  and  a  majority  of  tbe  Gov- 
ernments have  already  given  in  their  adhesion. 

This  congress,  called  together  by  M.  de  Wallou, 
then  Minister  of  Public  Instruction  and  Worship, 
was  constituted  as  follows :  For  France,  tbe  Baron 
de  Yatteville,  Chief  of  tl>e  Bureau  of  Sciences  and 
Letters  at  the  Ministry,  Chairman:  Col.  Hubert, 
tor  Switzerland ;  Mr.  Stubt,  for  (Germany  j  Dr. 
Johnston,  of  Paris,  for  the  Udited  States;  M. 
d'Azevedo,  lot  f  ortugal ;  Chakir  EfienUi,  lor 
Turkev;  Count  Cbridtian  Vranas,  for 
Runmania;  M.  Sager,  tor  I^orway  and 
Swoden  ;  Aim6  Pesaic,  for  Chili.  Besides  these, 
the  different  French  Ministrie3,  which  take  an  ac- 
tive interest  in  this  work,  sent  their  delegates  :  tbe 
Marquis  de  BeauTois,  from  tbe  Foreign  Office  f  tbe 
Dake  FranQ'iis  de  Broglie,  from  tbe  War  Offiof ;  it. 
Scrveanx,  (Jbiof  of  Bareau  in  the  Mioistry  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction  ;  M.  Armand  Dumaresq,  the  artist, 
from  the  Conaultalive  Committee  on  International 
Exchanges,  and  others. 

At  first  several  of  tbe  larger  Bnropean  powers, 
supposing   perhaps    that    the    "  balance  of  trade" 

Afould  be  against  them— in  other  words  that  they 

would  have  to  give  much  and  receive  little — held 
back ;  while  the  smaller  nations,  eager  t«  avail 
themselves  of  so  good  an  occasion  to  instruct  them- 
selves in  tbe  march  of  hamau  intellect,  accepted 
the  proposition  with  alacrity,  and  have  already 
sent  to  Paris  a  eertain  number  of  their  most  valu- 
able works  for  exchange.  The  German  delegate, 
by  orders  from  bis  Government  formally  with- 
drew from  the  congress  after  the  first  sittiug.  (It 
was  specially  stipulated  in  |tha  plan  of  organization 
that  everything  relating  to  war  might  bo  excluded 
froD<  tbe  STSiem  of  exchangee.)  The  Spanish  and 
Belgian  Governments  have  since  come  into  the  con- 
gress and  given  in  their  adhesion,  and  the 
Russian  and  Austrian  Governments  are  now 
in  correspondence  with  tbe  congress,  and 
are  expected  to  acappt.  The  English  Gov- 
ernment has  thus  lar  stood  aloof,  waiting 
to  see  the  operation  of  the  system  before  entering 
into  it.  As  for  tbe  United  Staten,  Mr.  Fish,  iu  re- 
ply to  commanicatious  from  the  American  delegate, 
pointed  out  that  the  Sniitbsoidan  Institation  was 
the  proper  a>;en t  lor  this  kind  ef  work;  that  the 
Institution  was  alreadv  prepared  to  make  Intema- 
tioual  exchanges,  and,  iu  fact,  had  been  making  ox- 
changes  With  a  certuin  number  of  Governments  for 
many  yeara,  and  that  he  had,  therefore,  referred 
the  whole  subject  to  Professor  Henry,  Director  of 
the  Institution. 

There  seems  now  to  be  ao  doubt  of  the  eventual 
success  of  this  most  laudable  and  enhghtened 
proleot.  

OMEIStENSD  BT  THE  LEOISLATTTBE. 
The  Kiohmond  (Va.)  Whig  of  the  9th  inst, 
says:  "A  bill  was  before  the  Souse  yesterday 
bestowing  a  name  upon  a  citizen  of  Fauquier 
County.  The  beneficiary  of  this  act  it  seems,  was 
left  an  orphan  when  an  infant,  and  the  names  of 
his  parents  were  not  known  to  him,  and  to  this  day 
be  does  not  know  tbem.  When  he  became  old 
enough  to  feel  what  an  awkward  position  he  was 
placed  in  without  a  name,  he  assumed  cue,  by  which 
be  has  beeu  known  ever  since.  He  was  sent  to 
school,  and  in  dme  became  an  intelligent  and  hon- 
ored citizen  ut  the  community  in  which  he  lives. 
A  shoit  time  ago  he  met  a  beantifol  yotmg 
lady,  with  whom  he  became  enamored  and.  paid 
ber      bis      addresses.         She     accepted    his      love, 

and  ^e  only  bar  to  their  marriage  was  that  he  did 
not  have  a  name.    Certainly  a  novel  dilemma  to  be 

placee  in,  particularly  as  the  lady  insisted  that  he 
niust  have  one  before  she  woald  wed  taiio.  i  The 
almost  bridegroom  applied  to  legal  friends  for  as- 
sistance, wbo  examioed  the  law  upon  the  subject 
with  a  view  of  seeking  relief  from  the  oonrtii,  but 
upon  an  investigatioa  it  was  manifest  that  tbe 
courts  conld  change  .a  man's  same,  hnt  had  no 
power  to  christen  him  or  bestow  a  name  where  none 
had  before  existed.  The  only  way  out  of  tbe  diffi- 
culty was  to  apply  to  the  Legislature  and  ask  fur 
the  passage  of  a  bill  giving  «bis  petitioner  a  name, 
which  was  accordingly  done,  and  as  soon  as  the  bill 
passes  the  Senate  and  beoomes  a  law  there  will 
theo.  we  hope,  be  nothing  to  prevent  the  roallaa- 


msiAi<.i, 


POLITICS  IS  EUROPE. 

STATSaMAyaBIP  and  DIPLOMACt, 
tXCKlLLTOT  ABILTnBS  XnSPLATBD  BT  JULKS 

Boion — rtaa  kismcs  ministky   mors 

FIBHtT  SBATBD  THAW  BYIR— THE  EASt^ 
BRi!!' QUKS'nOW— WILL  RUSSIA  FlOHTf — 
A  0EXSATIOMAL  STOSTT  ABOUT  TBB  AT- 
TITUDE OT  eiERHAMT. 

JVtna  Otw  Om%  OorreipoiUleiU. 

Paris.  Monday,  Jan.  22,  1877. 
Am  ft  stotesmaD,  M.  Jnlea  Simon  has  shown 
abilities  of  tbe  highest  order,  sad  hie  presenee 
now  a*  tlw  head  of  the  QorermntaC  ofiTers 
stronger  guaftntees  for  fbe  dtzration  of  the  Be- 
puhlidthan  any  we  haveyet  had.  Even  the 
adversaries  of  the  Ministry  admit  its  strength, 
and  no  one  now  pretends  to  oentest  the  solidity 
of  the  Govemment.  The  consequence  is  a  ces- 
sation of  thfi  attacks  that  have  hitherto  been 
made  upon  it.  What  is  partionlarly  worthy  of 
note  is  the  attitude  of  the  Rejpubligue  Pranfcttse, 
M.  Gambetta'a  paper,  and  the  organ  of  the 

party  known  as  the  Bepnblioan  Union,  which 
has  lAown  a  certain  amount  of  ill-humor  ever 
since  the  nomination  ot   M.  Jules   Simon.    It 

has  changed  its  Imie  of  oonduot  completely. 
The  petty  i^ar  of  insinuations  and  of 
epigfains  which  it  made  upon  the  Ministry  at 

first    baa  been  hrongbt  to   a  close,  and   it  no 

longer  pretenda  to  giye  imperiotia  advice,  or  to 
treat  the  Ministry  in  the  ironic  manner  which 
oharaeterized  it  at  first.  Very  Soon  after  tbe 
mee^g  ef  the  Assembly,  the  Bepublicans  saw 
that  the  Ministry  were  atrtHtg  aiMl  well-seated, 
that  it  was  profoundly  and  honestly  Eepubli- 
caa,  and  that  no  serious  opposition  ceuid  be 
made  in  the  name  of  tho  Bepublis.  When  a 
Bepnblioan  Ministry  finds  itself  in  oontaot  with 
a  Ministerial  Bepublioan  majority,  an  accord  is 
the  easiest  thing  in  the  world  when  it  is 
desired,  and  M.  Jules  Simon  is  just 
the  man  to  profit  by  such  opportunities. 
It  is  said  also  that  M.  Gambetta 
has  a  more  kindly  feeling  for  his  clever  rival 
than  he  has  hitherto  betrayed,  ana  that  be  haj 
instructed  his  followers  to  treat  tbe  Premier  in 
a  friendly  way.  Probably  this  is  true,  for  M. 
Simon  is  amiable  and  philosophic  as  well  as 
politio,  and  he  is  not  the  man  to  allow  his  per- 
sonal feelings  to  enter  into  politics  wneu  the 
interests  of  the  country  are  at  stake.  Hence, 
he  Will  go  half  way  to  meet  M.  Gambetta  or 
any  other  friend  of  the  Kepubllc,  and  will  do 
all  that  he  oan  to  consolidate  the  Government. 

It  is  an  astonishing  thing  for  France  that  M. 
Jules  Simon  eould  make  a  large  number  ol 
changes  in  the  Administration  without  calling 
out  the  usual  attacks.  A  few  of  the  party 
journals  complain,  but  they  do  not  rodnlge  in 
violent  language,  and  seem  to  take  the  thing 
as  a  matter  of  course.  A  considerable  number 
of  prefects  and  sous-prefects  have  been 
changed,  and  the  personnel  ol  the  Ministry  haa 
also  been  changed  in  a  number  of  cases.  Among 
the  persons  who  have  left,  there  were  some 
who  were  not  absolutely  hostile  to  a  Repub- 
lican form  of  govemment,  but  who  were  not 
warm  partisans  of  it,  and  M.  J  tiles  Simon  can- 
not be  blamed  for  sarroanding  himself  with 
officials  upon  whom  he  can  rely.  He  has 
brought  the  Government  upon  solid  ground, 
and  cannot  be  blamed  for  defending  his  posi- 
tions. Even  his  enemies  feel  this,  and  hence 
they  cannot  logically  make  attacks  upon  him 
for  it. 

The  conference  has  broken  up,  as  the  tele- 
graph has  informed  you,  and  we  are  askinfl 
here  what  will  come  next.  The  question  is, 
whether  or  not  Russia  will  fights  If  she  is  pro- 
pared  for  war,  will  she  enter  at  ouoe  upon  the 
campaign  I  A  great  many  express  doubts  upon 
this  point,  and  they  are  partly  justified,  tor 
many  of  the  Russian  journals  are  showing  a 
more  peaceful  tendency.  There  is  no  doubt 
that  a  strong  current  of  peaceful  feeling  has 
set  in  among  the  people,  yho  begin  to  see  that 
a  war  upon  the  Turk  is  by  no  means  so 
simple  an  affair  as  was  supposed  a  few 
weeks  ago.  Eqropean  diplomacy  bas 
made  itself  ridieulons  in  tbe  eyes 
of  many,  and  it  has  certainly  sustained  a  very 
serious  defeat.  The  Porte  has  oeen  too  crafty 
lor  all  Europe  eoubined.  We  hear  to-day  that 
the  reason  for  the  sudden  ending  of  the  confer- 
ence was  the  attitude  of  Germany.  A  fnend 
of  mine,  who  is  sin  under-secretary  in  the  Gov- 
ernment, told  me  eome  time  ago  that  Pnace 
Bismarck  would  have  the  last  word,  and  this 
appears  to  have  been  the  case.  According  to 
official  report,Ru8sia  offered  Eoumania  a  tempt- 
ing bait  for  its  alUauce,  promising  to  make  it 
an  independent  kingdom.  Instead  ef  being  a 
reigning  Prince,  the  sovereign  wouldJiave  been 
a  King.  Prince  Charles  of  Hohenzol- 
lern  referred  tbe  matter  to  Berlin,  aod 
was  informed  that  Gerasany  could 
not  sanction  any  arraugemefit  of  this  kind. 
Pnnoe  Charles  had  te  submit,  uader  instruo- 
tions  from  the  Emperor  William.  This  makes 
Germany  responsible,  in  a  way,  and  offers  a 
guarantee  for  Bonmanian  neutrality.  If  Russia 
now  tries  to  march  an  Army  to  tbe  Danube 
through  Roumania.  the  German  Government 
will  have  to  interfere,  and  to  attack  by  way  of 
Asia  is  nearly  out  ot  tbe  question.  How,  theo, 
is  Russia  going  to  get  at  her  enemy  ?  Perhaps 
she  will  withdraw  altogether,  upon  Dogberry' » 
principle  that  if  tho  Turks  do  not  have  the  tear 
ef  God  before  their  eyes  it  ia  better  to  let  tbem 
alone.  It  waa  coming  down  greatly  when  Gen. 
Igaatieff  closed  the  eonference  with  the  hope 
that  the  Porte  would  in  the  future  show  more 
Justice  toward  its  Christian  subjects. 

The  second  ball  at  the  Opera  is  annoimced, 
and  Strauss  and  M^tra  are  again  to  lead  the 
orehestra  by  turns.  The  first  ball  produced 
some  85.000  francs,  and  the  expenses  of  in- 
stallation were  250,000  francs.  But  this  covers 
about  everythiag,  and  there  are  four  balls. 
Without  reckoning  the  Government  subvention, 
M.  Halanzier  paid  60,000  francs  lor  the  white 
sail-cloth  or  canvas  to  cever  the  floor.  To- 
morrow night  President  MacMahon  gives  hi^ 

first  ball  at  the  £iys6e. 

THE  LAW  ON  DUEL/NO  IJH  YlBaiNIA. 

The  Petersburg  (Va.)  Index  of  the  9tb  lost, 
says:  "  The  decision  recently  delivered  by  Judge 
Btirks,  in  the  Court  of  Appeals,  in  tbe  case  of  W. 
L.  Boyal,  establishes  the  legil  fact  that  a  person 
havmg  violated  the  statnta  egiinst  dueling  ii 
thereby,  without  trti>l  or  conviction,  nrobibited 
from  voting  or  holding  offise  ia  tbe  State  of  Vir- 
ginia; for  by  coastitutioDal  provision  the  oaths  ot 
registration  and  of  qualification  to  office  contain  a 
clause  denying  ttiat  the  party  has  participated  in  or 
been  privy  to  an  affair  of  honor.  Litely,  too,  tbe 
House  of  Delegates  has  by  a  decided  vote  refused  to 
pass  a  general  amnesty  to  parsons  having  incurred 
these  disabilities,  showing  that  public  opinion  bas 
meaenrably  at  least  imbibed  the  spirit  of 
the  law.  Under  those  circumstances  there  sbould 
be  an  efibrt  on  the  part  of  the  press,  and  of  the  lead- 
ers of  teutiment  and  of  society,  to  shorten  the 
period  of  transition,  and  to  bring  men  everywhere 
to  recognize  that  changed  condltloa  of  a£falrs  which 
is  betokened  by  the  concurrent  voiops  of  the  Legis- 
latare  and  tbe  oourts.  It  will  never  do  in  matters 
of  life  and  death  for  aooiety  to  demand  ot  itamem- 
l>ers  that  wbioh  the  makers  and  executors  of  law 
unite  in  treating  as  a  felony.  Individuals  should 
not  for  one  moment  be  left  to  judge  between  social 
disgrace  and  tbe  oriainal's  dock.  The  question 
has  passed  now  beyond  the  province  of  argumeat^ 
and  calls  for  prompt  and  positive  action.  Either 
the  laws  must  be  changed,  or  the  people  must  com- 
bine to  give  them  moral  force.  If  pains  and  penalties 
are  to  be  tbe  price  of  disot>edienoe,  taiut  anl  ostra- 
cism must  not  be  tbe  reward  of  otiedienoe.  There 
is  ao  obligation  upon  society  now,  either  to  demand 
a  repeal  of  existing  leglslatloa,  or  else  to  extend 
pleniry  absolution  to  all  who  break  ite  laws  in  re- 
cognition of  those  of  (he  State.  '  Jobn  Smicn  must 
not  be  ready  as  a  Jntyman  co  vote  away  my  life  or 
lit>erties  for  engaging  in  private  combat,  and  at  the 
same  time  awift  to  ptomttbeeoornful  dngerat  me  if  I 
decline  to  fight.'  One  or  the  other  ot  these  codes 
must  be  consigned  to  oblivUn,  or  worse  than  more 
blood  will  rest  npon  tbe  heada  of  those  who  Irams 
the  texture  of  that  subtle  thing  known  as  pnblio 
opmion.  And  it  Is  the  social  code  which  must 
go  to  the  wall ;  and  tbe  mors  speedily  the  better. 

until  it  is  revoked,  society  plays  the  part  at  once  oi 
the  murderer  and  nangman." 

SVPEBFLUOCS  HOUSES, 
The  Philadelphia  North  American  of  tha  lOt) 
inst.  says :    "  The  very  small  number  of  buildmt 
penmta  taken  out  dnrlDg  the  month  of  January  In 

dloates  that  the  eoiormous  amount  of  boUdisg  dooi 
in  tbe  last  seven  years  has  oanaad  a  sniplna  o 
heuses  and  a  senous  depression  in  real  esuta 
aided,  ao  iaf.\rt,  by  the  inaraasisc  bncdeas  of  tan 
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IfOTIOS. 

We  cannot  notice  anonnnons  coramanlcatlons.  In 
vUcases  we  reqiure  the  writer's  name  anrt  address,  not 
•  IcipnbJication.  but  as  a  Knarantea  of  good  faltli. 
'  We  oannot,  under  any  circnmstancea.  return  rej  ected 
'■communications,  nor  c*n  we  uudertalce  to  prosorre 
Vianuacriots. 


2his  naming  Tbk  Datlt  Thibs  tonsUU  of 
Twffi.TE  Pages.  JEvery  new»^aler  i*  hound  to 
deliver  the  paper  in  its  compUte  form,  and  any 
failure  to  do  so  should  be  reported  at  the  pubHett- 
fionofflee. 

Instead  of  moderating  the  heat  of  parti- 
WSan  discord,  the  first  declsioQ  of  the  Com- 
promise Commoflsiou  appears  to  have  fanned 
iit  into  flame.  Since  it  cannot  be  trusted  to 
icount  in  Tilden,'  the  Democrats  seem  re- 
solved to  break  up  the  so-called  Tribunal 
and  evade  the  provisions  of  the 
law  under  -which  it  was  created. 
There  is  nothing  very  surprising 
in  all  this^tmlesB  it  be  to  those  trustful 
ipersons  who  supposed  that  the  same  men 
Trho  condncted  a  campaign  replete  with 
"Violence^  fraud,  and  corruption  could  be 
induced.to  canvass  its  results  in  a  spirit  of 
fairness  aad  common  honesty.  The  morals 
of  the  gathbling  sharp  that  have  character- 
ized tJae  Tilden  managers  from  the  hegin- 
aing'will  characterize  them  to  the  end,  and 
the  elevation  of  David  Dudley  Field  to 
» leading  place  in  their  councils  will  cer- 
tarialy  not  tend  to  improve  either  their 
principles  or  their  methods. 


It  is  to  be  hoped!. that  yesterday's  exhibi- 
tion of  partisan  S]|ite  and  trickery  in  the 
House-of  Representatives,  and  all  the  vague 
alarms  and  threats  which  are  its  reported 
Bequel,  will  havejthe  effect  of  brushing  away 
a  good  many  illusions  which  have 
recently  interfered  with  the  united 
action  of  Republicans.  The  timid  and 
temporizing  members  of  the  party  in  both 
liousesfare  probably  beginning  to  see  that 
their  opponents  have  mistaken  their  spirit 
of  compromise  for  weakness,  and  their  hes- 
itation for  cowardice.  Even  thooe  who 
have,  not  been  unwilling  to  further  their 
parsonal  ends  by  playing  into  the  hands  of 
the.  Democrats  can  hardly  fail  to  see  how 
hopelessly  deficient  in  either  tact  or  states- 
oriaushrp  is  the  party  which  take*  the  earli- 
test  possible  opportunity  to  put  itself  in  a 
Iposition  no  less  contemptible  than  Indicrons. 
There  is  at  the  bottom  of  yesterday's  per- 
formance in  the  House  an  arrogant  chal- 
lenge to   the    Republicans   to   sustain    the 

right  if  they  dare.    It  is  to  be  hoped  that 

fchere  is  manhood  enough  left  among  the 
rey>resentatives  of  the  party  in  Congress  to 
DOe«t  that  arrogance  with  somewhat  of  the 
»ld  pride  and  decision  with  which  much 
p-aver  perils  have  been  confronted  and 
Bvercoone. 


Another  somewhat  farcical  "  conference  " 
took  place  at  the  Mayor's  office  yesterday 
between  certain  eminent  citizens  and  the 
heads  of  the  various  City  departments.  As 
n-sual,  the  eminenc  citizens  came  but  in- 
"differently  prepared  to  discuss  the  questions 
brought  before  the  meeting,  while  the  office- 
holders "were  ready  to  show  by  facts  and  fig- 
ares  th.at  the  City  was  never  so  economically 
and  efficiently  managed  as  it  is  to-day.  It 
would  probably  be  an .  advantage  to  the 
Faus'8  of  reform  if  the  excellent  and  well- 
meaning  gentlemen  who  constitute  Mr. 
Booth's  committ«e  would  either  master 
the  details  of  the  subject  which  they 
have  taken  in  hand,  or  leave  these 
Conferences  for  the  uninterrupted  ex- 
change of  compliments  between  the 
Mayor  and  the  heads  of  departments. 
It  appeais  from  the  report  that  the  Citizens' 
Committee  concurred  in  adopting  Controller 
Kelly's  resolution  "  that  the  members  of 
the  Liegishitnre  from  this  City  be  requested 
Qot  to  vt>te  for  any  measure  affecting  its 
iuterests  before  consulting  with  the  Mayor." 
tf  tha  committee  fell  into  this  very 
neat  trap,  they  are  obviously  not  sharp 
enough  fwr  the  persons  with  whom  they  un- 
dertake to  "  confer,"  and  unless  they  desire 
to  efmulatet]b6''fe^  of  the  Citizens'  Com- 
mrttee  of  Sr.  Nathaniel  Sands,  it  would 
be.  well  for  them  to  obtain  a  clearer  idea  of 
what  they  want,  and  how  they  are  to  se- 
$^are  it. 


To  Senator  Mobrissey  mast  be  awarded 
the  credit  of  imparting  some  vigorous  com- 
mon sense  into  yesterday's  Municipal  con- 
ference. Hxception  may  be  taken  to  the 
breadth  o£  some  of  his  statements,  but  their 
general  spirit  and  purport  were  alike  excel- 
lent. Mr.  MoRHissBY  made  the  somewhat 
pertineixt  inquiry,  ''  Is  there  any  gentleman 
presentthat  knows  anything  about  the  bills 
affecting  this  City  now  before  the  Legisla- 
ture 1'  but  failed  to  elicit  a  reply.  By  way 
of  enrlighteniBg  the  ignorance  which  is  un- 
doubtedly not  confined  to  the  Municipal 
cooferees,  we  present  in  another  column  a 
poetty  fiill  synopsis  of  the  measured 
io.  question.  It  wUl  be  observed- 
Ifbat  quite  a  large  proportion  of  them 
"have  been  introduced  for  the  pur- 
pose of  extending  tlie  powers  and  increas- 
ing the  revenues  of  our  gfossly  mismanaged 
FoIic«  Deportment.  This  is  surely  a  subject 
not  beneath  the  attention  of  the  Municipal 
8o<»0ty,  and  yesterday's  conference  might 
baty^  done  some  good  if  Qen.  Smtth  had 
baea  iatexrogatad  lur  lunfr  ttna  aoftlifiad  to 


discuss  the  subject  as  to  what  use  the  board 
had  made  of  its  existing  powers,  and  what 
it  ^boposed  to  do  with  the  new  ones. 


To  outside  observers  one  of  the  most 
puzzling  phases  of  the  Eastern  question  is 
to  be  found  in  the  independent  negotiations 
for  peace  which  are  proceeding  between 
Servia  and  Turkey  in  presence  of  the  near 
probability  of  war  between  Turkey  and 
Servia's  recent  supporter  and  virtual 
ally.  The  issue  of  the  conference 
unquestionably  leaves  the  insurgent 
provinces  and  vassals  of  Turkey  in  a  posi- 
tion which  compels  them  to  make  the  best 
terms  they  can  with  their  suzerain,  and  the 
Ministers  of  the  Sultan  are  by  no  means 
disposed  to  make  too  hard  a  bargain  with 
communities  whose  enmity  would  prove 
very  troublesome  in  presence  of 
a  foreign  foe.  So  it  happens  that 
the  conditions  of  peace  between  Turkey  and 
Servia  are  advancing  rather  more  rapidly 
than  the  preliminaries  of  war  between  Rus- 
sia and  Turkey,  though  the  fact  is  doubt- 
less present  to  the  minds  of  both  parties  to 
the  new  treaty  that  it  would  be  worth  very 
little  with  a  Russian  Army  on  the  right 
bank  of  the  Danube. 


THE  DEMOCRATS  AND  TEE  COMMIS- 
SION. 

The  Democratic  majority  in  the'  House 
hardly  deign  to  conceal  their  ulterior  pur- 
pose. Unable  to  repress  their  chagrin  at 
the  decision  of  the  Electoral  Commission  in 
the  Florida  case,  they  have  begun  a  policy' 
of  delay  which  may  frustrate  the  object  of 
the  Commission  and  produce  embarrass- 
ments more  perilous  than  those  which  it 
it  was  intended  to  avert.  Time  is  of  the 
essence  of  the  Commission.  It  must 
finish  its  work  with  aU  possible  haste,  or 
everything  done  will  be  of  no  effect.  This 
admitted  necessity  for  dispatch  was  the 
plea  upon  which  the  measure  was  hurried 
through  Congress,  and  its  provisipns  are 
all  framed  with  the  view  of  preventing  fac- 
tious resistance  to  the  progress  of  the 
count.  The  rules  adopted  by  the  Com- 
mission for  limiting  the  legal  arguments 
and  otherwise  excluding  irrelevant  is- 
sues, are  in  harmony  with  this  general 
idea.  The  same  intention  is  apparent 
in  the  provisions  of  the  law  respecting  the 
action  of  the  two  chambers  upon  the  de- 
cisions of  the  Commission  as  from  time  to 
time  reported.  When  a  vote  or  report  is 
brought  to  the  notice  of  the  Senate  and 
House,  they  meet  jointly;  the  statement  of 
an  objection  to  the  vote  on  the  part  of 
members  of  either  is  followed  by  the 
separation  of  the  two  houses ;  the  speech- 
es in  either  house  are  confined  to  ten  min- 
utes each,  and  the  whole  debate  must 
not  go  beyond  two  hours.  Then  the  main 
question  must  be  put  without  more  ado, 
and  the  decision  of  the  Commission  stands, 
unless  the  two  houses  concur  in  opposition 
to  it.  Each  part  of  the  plan  is  a  sequence 
to  that  preceding  it,  and  the  obvious  design 
of  Congress  in  enacting  the  law  was  that 
less  than  three  hours  should  suffice  for  all 
that  is  reserved  to  be  said  or  done  in  rati- 
fying or  rejecting  the  vote  of  the  Commis- 
sion. At  this  rate  of  progress,  Florida  would 
to-day  have  been  finally  disposed  of,  and  to- 
morrow would  have  brought  the  Louisiana 
case  before  the  Commission. 

But  the  Democrats  are  not  ready  for 
Louisiana.  Their  lawyers  are  nonplussed. 
Their  confidence  is  gone.  Their  version  of 
the  Florida  case  had  elements  of  strength 
to  which  they  can  lay  no  claim  in  the  con- 
test for  Louisiana ;  and  an  adverse  decision 
of  the  Commission  on  every  essential  point 
leaves  them  without  heart  or  hope  in  the 
struggle  they  have  undertaken.  They  have, 
therefore,  two  motives  to  delay. 
That  which  is  publicly  assigned  is 
a     desire      to       afford       their      counsel 

before  the    Conunissiori    an    opportunity  of 

reconsidering  their  steps  and  maturing 
their  procedure  when  Louisiana  shall  bo 
reached.  This  would  be  bad  enough, 
since  it  implies  a  readiness  to  break 
through  the  prescribed  methods  of  the  law 
for  the  mere  sake  of  partisan  convenience. 
The  second  purpose — which  can  only  be  in- 
ferred from  the  threats  of  prominent 
Democratic  members  and  from  the  scope 
of  the  Speaker's  ruling  on  the  question  of  a 
recess  till  Monday — is  ominous  of  more 
serious  mischief.  The  clear  intent  of  the 
law  is  that  the  action  shall  be  continuous 
from  the  moment  of  the  assembling  of  the 
two  houses  until  their  vote,  separately  or 
harmoniously,  is  recorded.  The  Speaker 
decides  that  this  construction  may  be  over- 
ridden by  a  vote  of  the  House,  and  by  a 
strict  party  vote  a  recess  until  Monday  wan 
carried.  If  it  is  competent  for  the  House  to 
disregard  the  purpose  of  the  law  by 
postponing  a  decision  two  days,  it  is  equally 
competent  for  the  same  majority  then  to 
order  another  recess,  and  so  on  day  after 
day  tUl  the  4th  of  March.  Mr.  Randall's 
ruling  opens  the  door  to  this  policy  of  in- 
definite delay,  and  his  party  in  the  House 
are  as  ready  as  himself  to  take  advantage 
of  an  interpretation,  which  violates  the 
plain  provisions  of  the  law,  and  jeopardizes 
its  declared  object. 

A  more  scandalous  ex^bition  of  partisan 
malignity  and  recklessness  has  never  been 
witnessed.  The  whole  scheme  of  the  Com- 
mission, its  organization,  its  powers,  its 
duties,  received  the  cordial  support  of  the 
Democratic  Party  in  Congress.  But  one 
Democrat  voted  against  it  in  the  Senate. 
The  opposition  in  the  House  was  composed 
almost  altogether  of  Republicans.  Had  not 
the  Democrats  been  united  in  support 
of  the  measure,  it  could  not  have 
become  law.  Their  orators  extolled  it 
as  a  wise  means  of  escaping  impend- 
ing difficulties.  Their  newspapers,  with 
few  silent  exceptions,  applauded  it  as 
sagacious,  just,  and  expedient.  When  Thr 
Times  and  other  Republican  journals  ven- 
tured to  suggest  that  the  decisions  of  the 
Commission,  whatever  they  might  be,  could 
not  possibly  please  both  parties,  and  that 
the  Democrats,  if  disappointed,  would  im- 
pugn the  impartiality  of  the  Tribunal,  the 
World,  the  Express,  and  the  entire  horde  of 
Democratic  newspapers  resented  what  they 
considered  an  imputation  upon  the  pat- 
riotism of  their  party.  We  were  told  that 
the  reserve  force  of  patriotism  throughout 
the  country  hailed  the  Commission  as  a  de- 
liverance from  danger,  and  wonld  sustain 
its  verdict  heartily.  The  ink  which  re- 
corded these  avowals  of  Democratic  mag- 
nanimity and  good  faith  is  not  yet  dry,  and 
the  DemocBatic  House  of  Representatives 
treats  tham  as  of  no  aooount— idvaa  fcham 


the  lie,  lo  fact,  and  adopts  the  very  -tactics 
which  they  solemnly  disclaimed. 

The  infamy  is  not  lessened  by  the  equivo- 
cation which  is  employed  to  hide  it.  The 
Democrats  cannot,  indeed,  fall  back  upon 
an  objection  as  to  the  constitutionality  of 
the  Commission,  for  on  that  point  they  have 
been  its  loudest  defenders.  Congress  had 
absolute  power  in  the  premises,  they  said, 
and  might  delegate  its  power  to  the  Com- 
mission. They  cannot  affect  zeal  for  the 
untarnished  name  of  the  Judiciary,  for  of 
all  the  apologists  for  the  introduction  of 
Judges  into  the  Commission,  none  have 
been  louder  than  the  Democrats.  If, 
then,  they  have  made  up  their  minds 
to  falsity  their  declarations  in  behalf  of  the 
Commission,  and,  after  all,  to  render  its 
labors  nugatory  on  the  ground  that  the  re- 
sults are  favorable  to  the  ^Republicans,  why 
not  say  so  manfully  ?  Could  not  Mr. 
Sprixgkr  muster  courage  enough  to  substi- 
tute for  his  dilatory  motion  a  declaration 
that  the  decision  of  the  Commission  does 
not  come  up  to  Mr.  Tilden's  expectations  ? 
That  would  at  least  be  honest  ''But  both 
Mr.  Randall  and  Mr.  Sprinqijr  know 
what      the   eflfect      of     such    an      avowal 

would  be  upon  the  country.  They 
know  that  the  storm  of  indigna- 
tion which  would  follow  would  be 
more  than  they  could  withstand — that  it 
would  cover  with  indelible  infamy  the  men 
who  advised  and  the  men  who  carried  out  a 
programme  so  treacherous  and  bad.  They 
have  made  a  mistake  in  supposing  that  the 
country  can  be  hoodwinked  by  the  adoption 
of  a  policy  of  indefinite  delay  instead  of  a 
policy  of  open  hostility.  One  has  quite  as 
much  significance  as  the  other.  The 
construction  put  by  Mr.  Randall  upon  the 
power  of  the  House  enabled  the  Democrats 
to  defer  the  vote  which  must  be  had  before 
the  Commission  can  resume  its  work ;  and 
in  this  fact  we  have  the  key  to  the  position 
which  has  been  claimed  for  the  House — 
that,  namely,  of  preventing,  in  one  way  or 
another,  a  formal  election  before  the  4th  of 
March. 

Will  the  Democratic  House  dare  thus  to 
prevent  a  settlement  of  the  Presidential 
question  T  Will  it  accept  the  suggestions 
of  Mr.  TiLDKK,  and  resort  to  the  most  des- 
perate and  dishonorable  measures  to  keep 
the  question  open  f  Will  the  Democratic 
Commissioners  act  upon  the  advice  of  Mr. 
Field,  and  precipitate  the  Commission  into 
inextricable  confusion  by  resigning,  on  the 
ground  that  the  decisions  rendered  are  par- 
tisan f  There  is  nothing  in  the  character 
of  Mr.  Tilden  or  Mr.  Field  to  hinder  them 
from  proposing  and  directing  the  base  plans 
imputed  to  them  ;  and  certainly,  judging 
by  the  proceedings  of  the  House  yester- 
day, there  is  among  its  members  no  lack 
of  material  for  any  use  which  the  combiued 
wits  of  Tilden  and  P^eld  may  devise.  But 
all  the  Democrats  are  not  fools,  and  only 
fools  can  suppose  that  a  party  which  adopts 
the  methods  shadowed  forth  from  Washing- 
ton can  venture  again  to  appeal  to  the 
country  for  support.  If  the  only  considera- 
tion jnst  now  to  be  thoueht  of  was  how 
best  to  blacken  the  name  and  blight  the 
fortunes  of  the  Democracy,  we  might  hope 
that  the  counsels  of  Mr.  Tilden  would  be 
followed  literally,  and  that  the  obstructive 
policy,  begun  yesterday,  would  be  pushed 
to  the  bitter  end. 


THE  I'OLICE  DEPARTMENT. 

At  no  tiqie  since  the  downfall  of  Twrkd 
and  his  fellows  have  the  people  been  so 
earnest  in  their  endeavors  to  obtain  an  in- 
sight in  the  methods  by  which  from 
$31,000,000  to  $35,000,000  in  the  shape  of 
taxes  are  annually  wrung  from  the  labor, 
industry,  and  capital  of  this  City  by  our 
Municipal  rulers,  their  friends,  relatives, 
and  political  retainers.  On  the  occasion  of 
the  recent  conference  at  the  Mayor's  office 
between  certain  prominent  citizens  and 
certain  high  City  officials.  Controller  Kklly 
said  "  he  knew  of  no  sinecures  under  the 
City  Government,  nor  was  ho  an  advocate 
of  reducing  salaries,  but  the  City  should  not 
have  too  many  employes,  and  those  whom 
it  did  employ  should  give  a  tair  equivalent 
for.the  money  paid  them."  Has  Mr.  Kklly 
read  with  care  the  departmental  estimate 
of  the  amount  required  to  pay  the  expenses 
of  conducting  the  business  of  the  Police 
Department  for  the  year  1877  f  This  docu- 
ment is  of  vital  inter«t  to  the  tax-payer. 
Its  perusal  from  beginning  to  end  suggests 
enormous  possibilities  of  economy. 

There  are  four  Commissioners;  one  of 
whom,  the  President,  receives  per  annum 
$8,000,  the  three  othei-s  receive  each  $6,000, 
making  for  Commissioners'  salaries  alone 
$26,000.  One  Commissioner  at  $5,000  per 
annum  would  amply  suffice  to  manage  this 
department.  Oar  largest  banks  do  not  re- 
quire more  than  one  head  and  one  President. 
The  Superintendent  of  Police  receives 
$6,000;  $4,000  would  *e  ample.  Four  In- 
spectors of  Police  at  $3,500  each  are  rather 
luxuries  than  necessities^two  at  $2,500 
can  readily  perform  the  duties  which  sit 
so  lightly  on  the  present  incumbents.  Nine- 
tee»  Surgeons  cost  the  City  $29,000  per  an- 
num. They  could  be  reduced  to  ten  at 
$1,000  each  without  detriment  to  the  public 
health.  Thirty-five  Captains  receive  each 
$2,000.  For  $1,200  they  could  be  duplicated 
in  forty-eight  hours  by  men  of  equal  energy, 
experience,  and  ability.  One  hundred  and 
forty  Sergeants  at  $1,600  is  more  than  they 
are  worth  in 'these  times  ;  $1,000  would  be 
ample  pay. 

And  now  we  come  to  2,261  Patrolmen  at 
$1,200  each,  amounting  to  the  startling  sum 
of  $2,713,200.  It  would  be  utterly  impossi- 
ble for  those  2,261  men,  at  this  present 
writing,  to  earn,  at  the  very  outside,  more 
than  $600  per  annum  on  an  average,  in  any 
occupation,  pursuit,  or  employment  they 
can  command.  There  are  any  number  of 
men  in  this  City,  physically,  mentally,  and 
otherwise  their  equals,  men  of  good  charac- 
ter and  respectable  antecedents,  who  would 
gratefully  accept  the  position  of  Patrolman 
at  $600  per  annum,  and  be  thankful  of  the 
opportunity.  We  are  not  pitepared  to  say 
to  what  extent  the  force  could,  without 
detriment  to  the  Police  service,  be  reduced, 
but  it  is  notorious  that  there  are  quite  a 
number  of  Patrolmen  who  do  not  come  up 
to  Controller  Kelly's  high  standard  of  merit. 
But,  leaving  them  at  their  present  number, 
their  pay  should  be  reduced  exactly  one- 
halt,  making  a  a  ving  on  this  one  item  of  sala- 
ries of  $1,356,600.  Seventy-eight  doormen  at 
$900  each  seems  rather  "steep"  in  these 
times,  when  we  consider  the  simple  duties 
connected  with  their  employment.  Many  of 
ouMarge  down-town  firms  pay  much  ^ss  to 
tnutwocthy  and  eonfideutial  porters,  who 


not  only  work  from  an  early  hour  In  the 
morning  till  after  sundown,  but  have  con- 
stantly under  their  care  and  charge  valuable 
goods  and  considerable  anms  of  money.  We 
think  $500  per  annum  would  procure  at  a 
moment's  notice  seventy-eight  or  any  other 
required  number  of  doormen.  As  a  final 
item,  we  have  for  salaries  of  clerks,  depu- 
ties, stenographers,  superintendent  of  tele- 
graph, telegraph  operator,  messengers,  clean- 
ers, steam-boat  and  other  emphyeaViQ  round 
sum  of  $50,000. 

The  vagueness  of  these  different  employ- 
ments, and  th  e  ignorance  in  which  we 
stand  of  how  many  employes  divide  up 
this  $50,000,  and  what  share  falls  to  each 
particular  individual,  precludes  us  from  in- 
telligent criticism.  In  a  word,  the  final  es- 
timate of  the  amount  required  to  pay  the 
expenses  of  conducting  the  business  of  the 
Police  Department  for  the  year  1877,  as  al- 
lowed by  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Appor- 
tionment, forms  a  grand  total  of  $3,202,400. 
The  reductions  we "^  have  suggested  and 
which  we  believe  perfectly  practicable, 
amount  to  $1,550,800. 

In  addition  to  the  sums  above  mentioned, 
the  Police  Department  receive  $725,000 — or 
say,  roughly,  $2,000  per  day— for  street- 
cleanipg  purposes.  How  shamefully  they 
have  neglected  to  perform  the  duties  con- 
nected with  the  Street-cleaning  Bureau  has 
been  of  late  a  subieot  of  general  and  indig- 
nant remark  among  the  people  and  in  the 
press  of  this  City.  There  are  some  choice 
berths  in  the  Bureau  of  Street  Cleaning. 
The  salaries  run  from  as  low  as  $480  up  to 
$2,000.  The  Chief  Clerk,  if  we  are  not  mis- 
taken, gets  $3,000.  The  Police  Department 
have  the  spending  during  the  present  year 
of  the  enormous  sum  of  $4,030,175,  being 
half  a  milliou  more  than  falls  to  the  share  of 
the  Board  of  Education,  which  ranks  next 
in  order  with  the  sum  of  $3,553,000. 

If  we  go  back  to  the  estimates  of  the  De- 
partment of  Police  for  the  years  1873-'4-'5-'6, 
we  find  ourselves  confronted  with  the  same 
melancholy  array  of  Commissioners,  Super- 
intendent, Inspectors,  Surgeons,  Captains, 
Sergeants,  patrolmen,  doormen,  &c.,  each 
with  substantially  the  same  salary  as  at 
present.  During  the  past  three  or  four 
years,  values  of  all  kinds  have  greatly  de- 
clined— many  who  were  rich  have  become 
poor — those  in  comlortable  circumstances 
are  straitened  to  a  painful  degree — while 
the  laboring  man  and  the  artisan  cannot 
find  employment  even  at  a  reduction  of 
oue-half  from  previous  rates  of  labor. 
Bank  presidents,  cashiers^  clerks,  and 
salaried  officers  of  all  kinds  have  had  their 
salaries  reduced,  while  others  seek  vainly 
for  employment  at  almost  any  price. 
Property  holders  have  become  in  many 
cases  impoverished  to  that  degree  that 
they  find  it  impossible  to  pay  their  taxes, 
except  by  a  sale  of  property.  There  are  at 
this  moment  $12,000,000  of  unpaid  real  estate 
taxes ;  $11,700,000  of  unpaid  assessments,  and 
several  millions  of  unpaid  personal  taxes, 
the  greater  portion  of  which  latter  will 
never  be  paid.  The  funded  debt  increases 
steadily  month  by  month,  and  yet,  under 
this  lamentable  state  of  affairs,  with  im- 
pending financial  ruin  staring  as  in  the  eyes, 
our  Commissioners  of  Police,  and  the  horde 
of  employes  in  the  pay  of  the  Police  Depart- 
ment, draw,  with  great  regularity,  salaries 
out  of  all  proportion  to  the  services  ren- 
dered, measured  by  the  standard  value  of 
similar  services  in  open  market.  Rents 
have  fallen,  all  the  necessaries  of  life  have 
declined,  and  yet  these  City  employes 
receive  the  same  pay  which  they  drew 
before  the  decline  in  values.  How  long 
can  this  system  last  T  How  much  longer 
wiU  the  laboring  man  consent  to  want  for 
bread  while  his  so-called  friends  and 
champions  feed  at  his  expense  on  the  spoils 
of  the  City  t 


THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF  A  NEW  EX- 
PORT. 

From  time  to  time  spasmodic  efforts  have 

been  made  to  supplement  the  home  supply 
of  fresh  moat  for  the  British  market,  but 
up  to  a  very  recent  period  without  any  con- 
siderable success.  Some  twenty  years  ago 
when  "times  were  hard  and  men  were 
pinched,"  an  enterprising  friend  of  humanity 
conceived  the  idea  of  importing  into  the 
British  market  dried  Montevidean  beet, 
which  was  to  be  sold  for  not  more  than  three 
pence,  or  six  cents,  per  pound.  Visions  of  ac- 
cumulating savings  "against  a  rainy  day" 
floated  before  the  mind  of  the  British  jjaftr 
familias,  and  unlimited  supply  of  steaks 
and  beef  in  every  form  seemed  at  last  to  be 
within  the  reach  of  the  rising  generation. 
The  sensation  caused  by  this  project, 
more  particularly  in  the  rural  dis- 
tricts of  Scotland,  where  beef  was 
at  that  time  almost  unknown,  was  extraor- 
dinary, but  the  great  scheme  collapsed  by 
reason  of  the  perverse  nature  of  the  Monte- 
vedean  "  beef."  It  had  a  forbidding  look, 
and  ifr  literally  defied  mastication.  The  beef 
had  all  the  appearance  of  compressed  slices 
of  tanned  buffalo  hides ;  all  the  substance 
was  squeezed|out  of  it,  and,  whether  roasted, 
broiled,  or  stewed  with  an  unlimited  quan- 
tity of,  savory  onions  and  spices,  it  was  pro- 
nounced hopeless.  Large  "cooking  depot 
companies"  which  had  sprung  up  in  the 
great  cities  to  supply  the  horny-fisted  work- 
ing man  with  nourishing'  Montevidean 
soup  at  about  two  cents  per  bowl,  came  to 
grief,  and  a  few  months  after  the  introduc- 
tion of  the  vile  stuff  the  large  flakes  of 
"hide"  were  utilized  as  doormats,  for  which 
purpose  they  were  admirably  suited. 

The  next  great  step  in  this  line  was  the 
supply  of  canned  meat  from  Australia.  At 
first  this  proved  a  failure,  .but  success 
rewarded  perseverance  and  scientific 
skill.  At  the  present  day  the 
trade  in  canned  meats  and  soups  with  the 
English  market  is  enormous,  and  even  epi- 
cures have  proaouucad  some  of  the 
dishes,  when  carafuUy  cooked,  good.  The 
only  sauce  required  is  the  "universal 
sausage  improver  " — unlimited  eoufide  ace. 
This  trade  has  increased  in  conse- 
quence of  the  restrictions  which  the 
Privy  Council  has  found  It  necessary  to 
place  on  the  importation  into  the  Euglish 
market  of  iive  stock  for  fear  of  the  dreaded 
rinderpeat.  At  last,  however,  the  true  solu- 
tion of  the  great  "meat  supply  difficulty  "  is 
apparently  solved.  The  genume  article, 
fresh  and  firm  and  juicy,  is  now  be- 
ing imported  across  the  Atlantic  in  vast 
quantities,  and  there  is  every  prospect  of 
this  developing  into  one  of  the  most  remu- 
nerative and  vase  enterprises.  There  is  in 
Great  Britain  a  market  tor  an  enormous 
supply  of  good  meat.  In  this  country  and 
Canada  the  flaooly  ia  aimDlr  inazhaoatible. 


and  now  that  the  secret  as  to  how  it  can  bo 
transported  in  good  condition  has  been  dis- 
covered, the  trade  most  develop  rapidly. 

The  originators  of  the  scheme  were  the 
Messrs.  tBiLL,  of  Glasgow,  and  they  are 
now  shipping  from  this  port  and  Canadian 
ports  thousands  of  pounds  of  dead  meat  and 
carcases  of  hogs  weekly.  When  it  is  con- 
^sidered  that  in  order  to  supply  the  home 
demand  there  was  imported  into  Great 
Britain  last  year  not  less  than  3,437,068 
cwts.  of  beef,  mutton,  &.c.,  some 
idea  as  to  the  extent  of  the  trade 
may  be  formed.  The  price  of  the 
fresh  beef  thus  imported  averages  about  12 
cents  per  pound  to  the  wholesale  dealer, 
and  the  consumer  can  purchase  it  for 
about  16  cents;  while  the  hom&-fed 
beef,  no  better  in  quality,  cannot  be  pur- 
chased for  less  than  25  and  30  cents. 

The  effect  which  this  trade  may  have 
on  the  home  labor  market,  is  not  to  be 
despised,  while  there  ar^  already  indications 
that  it  will  revolutionize  the  whole  system 
ot  agriculture  in  England.  The  unrestrict- 
ed importation  of  fresh  meat,  like  the  un- 
restricted importation  of  grain,  may  produce 
temporary  embarrassment  among  farmers  ; 
but  England  has  experienced  too  well  and 
appreciates  too  highly  the  benefits  .of  fr«e 
trade,  and  the  regulating  effect  of  the  action 
of  great  economic  laws,  to  dream  of 
interfering  with  this  trade.  If  the  farmers 
find  it  impracticable  to  compete  in  the  open 
market  for  the  sale  of  fresh  meat,  they  will 
turn  their  grazing  land  into  arable  land 
whenever  practicable.  If  even  this  step 
fails  to  bring  them  a  fair  reward  for  their 
labor,  and  return  for  invested  capital,  then 
rents  must  come  down,  labor  will  become 
cheaper,  as  the  cost  of  living  diminishes, 
and  solid  "  bottom "  will  be  found 
sooner  or  later.  In  Canada  we  hear 
of  many  farms  being  transformed 
into  pasture  land.  In  the  Province  of  On- 
tario this  is  pre-emnently  the  case,  and  now 
we  hear  of  renewed  efforts  in  the  direction 
of  the  breeding  of  stock  being  made  in  the 
great  West.  Whether  the  breed  of  sheep 
can  be  brought  to  such  perfection  in  this 
country,  so  as  to  enable  the  importers  of 
mutton  to  compete  in  the  British  market 
with  the  delicious  mutton  of  the  little  Welsh 
hill  sheep,  the  Southdowns,  or  Cheviots,  is 
an  open  question,  which  a  few  years'  expe- 
rience may  decide.  Certainly,  such  an  en- 
terprise as  the  one  referred  to  must  tend  to 
encourage  additional  efforts  in  that  direc- 
tion. 


A  NEW  KANSAS  QUESTION. 

Probably  the  most  dissatisfied  women 
now  living  are  the  strong-minded  women 
of  Kansas.  As  a  rule,  the  strong-minded 
woman  always  is  dissaMsfied  She  is  for- 
ever scorning  the  things  which  she  has, 
and  reaching  out  for  the  rights  and  trousers 
of  others.  Dr.  Mary  Walker  has  achieved 
trousers,  but  they  have  not  satisfied  her. 
While  yet  unattained,  they  seemed  to  her 
the  perfection  of  earthly  bliss^  but  now  that 
she  can  wear  them  where  she  will,  she  finds 
them  hollow  and  stuffed  with  sawdust,  so 
to  speak.  She  is  still  pining  for  a  dress 
coat,  and  the  right  to  sit  with  her  feet  on 
the  window-ledge  of  a  club-house;  and 
were  she  to  bo  granted  these  privileges, 
there  would  be  something  else  wanting  to 
make  her  a  satisfied  man  or  woman,  as  the 
case  may  be. 

Not  many  months  ago  the  strong-minded 
women  of  Kansas,  exasperated  at  the  tyran- 
nical conduct  ot  men  who  refuse  to  peribrm 
the  duties  of  mothers  and  housekeepers, 
and  selfishly  monopolize  occupations  from 
which  women  are  debarred,  determined  to 
secure  for  their  sex  a  share  in  the  legisla- 
tion of  the  State.  As  there  was  a  trirfiing 
constitutional  difficulty  in  the  way  of 
electing  themselves  members  of  the  Legisla- 
ture, they  magnanimously  refrained  from 
becoming  Senators  and  Representatives,  but 

they  demandnd  that  Tvomen  ahoold  be  per- 
mitted to  exercise  the  duties  of  legislative 
pages.  They  urged  that  the  office  of  page 
was  one  to  which  any  woman  was  constitu- 
tionally eligible,  and  that  female  pages 
would  be  vastly  more  useful  and  prnamen- 
tal  than  the  usual  small  boys,  who  have 
hitherto  monopolized  the  office.  They 
pointed  out  that  the  boy  pages  are  in  the 
habit  of  slyly  appropriating  the  tobacco  of 
careless  legislators;  that  they  are  fre- 
quently found  playing  leap-frog  in  the  lobby 
at  the  very  time  when  their  services  are 
needed,  and  that  they  cannot  be  induced  to 
keep  their  hands  clean  and  their  hair  neatly 
brushed.  Female  page.i,  it  was  claimed, 
would  be  free  from  these  vices,  and  would 
exercise  a  purifying  and  refining  influence 
upon  the  rude  members  of  the  Legislature. 
In  short,  it  was  so  clearly  demonstrated 
that  the  appointment  of  female  pages  wonld 
be  an  inestimable  beuefit  to  the  legislators 
and  a  grateful  recognition  of  the  rights  of 
woman,  that  the  Kansas  Senators  and  Rep- 
resentatives yielded  and  appointed  a  dozen 
or  so  young  ladies  to  the  coveted  offices. 

When  this  was  done  the  Kansas  women 
felt  the  joy  of  victory.  Their  sex  had  been 
granted  the  right  to  hold  the  office  of  page 
and  the  privilege  of  exercising  a  civilizing 
influence  upon  the  legislators.  Husbands 
who  were  about  to  take  their  seats  in  the 
upper  or  lower  house  were  triumphantly 
told  that  henceforth  no  surreptitious  bottles 
and  no  "  language  "  would  be  used  by  any 
geatleman  in  the  presence  of  young  ladies, 
and  it  was  firmly  believed  that  the  way  to 
the  purification  of  politics  by  the  presence 
of  women  was  at  last  opened.  Precisely 
how  long  the  Kansas  women  remained  in 
this  satisfied  frame  et  mmd  we  are  not  told, 
but  long  before  the  first  fortnight  of  the 
session  was  over  no  man  ventured  to  men- 
tion the  word  "page"  to  a  Kansas  wife, 
withont  first  making  sure  that  there  .was  no 
stove-lid  within  reach,  and  that  his  line  of 
retreat  was  onen  and  safe. 

To  a  certain  extent  the  innovation  has 
had  the  predicted  effect  of  refining  the  man- 
ners of  the  legislators.  A  general  tendency 
to  wear  clean  collars  and  new  coats  has 
developed  itself  among  them,  but,  strange 
to  say,  this  very  fact  dissatisfies  the  Kansas 
women.  They  might,  perhaps,  have  been 
made  to  believe  that  legislators  were  com- 
pelled to  buy  vast  quantities  of  gay  ribbons 
wherewith  to  tie  up  their  papers,  but  the 
presence  of  packages  of  small-sized  gloves 
and  lace  collars  in  their  coat  pockets 
could  not  be  plausibly  accounted  for  in  any 
such  way.  Simultaneously  with  the  dis- 
covery.of  articles  of  this  description  in  the 
coat  pockets  of  legislators  on  their  way  to  the 
Capitol,  bits  of  suspiciously  long  hair  began 
to  be  foimd  on  the  coat  sleeves  of  those 
who  T|tiuaed  home   Snm  the    oraloiuzad 


debates.  It  tvas  in  vain  that  astute 
members  pretended  that  they  had  passed 
throu^^  that  part  of  the  market  where 
butter  is  sold  on  their  way  borne. 
The  excuse  was  not  accepted,  and  scores 
of  indignant  wives  heroically  resolved  to 
spend  every  day  in  the  galleries  of  the  legis  - 
lative  halls,  where  they  could  keep  their 
eyes  on  "thMe  hussies."  The  very  women 
who  had  advocated  the  appointment  of 
female  pages,  on  the  ground  that  it  would 
improve  the  manners  of  legislators,  were 
among  the  first  to  say  to  their  husbands, 
"O,  yes,  that's  the  third  clean  collar  you've 
put  on  this  week ;  you  needn't  think  I  don't 
see  through  it;"  and  many  a  legislative 
husband  -who  ordered  a  new  coat  was  told 
by  his  sobbing  wife  that  "  he  did  not  care 
if  she  hadn't  a  rag  to  put  on,  so  long  as  he 
could  squander  his  money  in  fine  clothes 
for  a  parcel  of  hussies  to  stare  at."  It  was 
not  shown  that  the  female  pages  had  been 
guilty  of  the  slightest  indiscretion,  but  the 
married  women  of  Kansas  made  up  their 
minds  that  nothing  more  shameful  than  the 
turning  of  honest  boys  out  of  employment, 
to  make  room  for  brazen  baggages  that 
ought  to  be  at  home  working  in  the  kitchen, 
had  ever  been  perpetrated  by  any  legislative 
body. 

The  worst  of  it  is  that,  while  the  women 
freely  express  this  opinion  among  them- 
selves, they  will  not  allow  any  man  the 
same  liberty.  If  the  cautious  legislative 
husband  remarks  that  he  is  bitterly  op- 
posed to  female  pages,  he  is  crushed  with 
the  answer:  "Of  course  you  are;  you 
men  tu'e  too  mean  to ,  let  any  woman  earn 
an  honest  living  except  by  slaving  in  the 
kitchen;"  while,  if  he  takes  the  opposite 
ground,  and  asserts  that  the  female  pages 
are  much  to  be  preferred  to  boys,  he  is  told, 
with  a  burst  of  tears,  that  he  is  little  better 
than  a  heartless  brute.  The  only  possible 
wav  in  which  peace  can  be  restored  tv  legis- 
lative households  is  the  adoption  of  a  joint 
rule*  forbidding  the  appointment  of  any  fe- 
male page  uuder  50  years  of  age,  and  re- 
quiring every  page  to  wear  a  uniform  con- 
sisting' of  a  black  alpaca  dress,  a  blue  cot- 
ton umbrella,  large,  old-fashioned  over- 
shoes, and  green  spectacles.  Meanwhile, 
the  careful  legislator  wears  his  oldest 
clothes,  and  never  returns  home  without 
examining  his  coat-collar  with  a  magnify- 
ing glass.  And  it  was  for  this  that  brave 
men,  from  the  North  and  South,  fought  and 
died  in  bleeding  Kansas  ! 


JEWELL'S  QUEST. 

For  years  American  tanners  have  tried  in 
vain  to  manufacture  genuine  "Russia 
leather."  They  could  make  leather  which 
at  first  glance  looked  and  smelled  like  Russia 
leather,  but  its  gloss  and  perfiime  were  ex- 
tremely short-lived.  The  true  Russia 
leather  porte-monnaie,  which  can  be  carried 
in  the  pocket  for  years  without  loss  of  its 
lustre,  and  which  will  perftime  a  large 
woman  or  an  average-sized  man  thoroughly 
and  permanently,  has  never  been  success- 
fully imitated.  Oar  leather  manufacturers 
have  had  to  confess  their  inferiority  to  the 
foreign*  manufacturers  of  despotic  Russia, 
and  the  confession  hats  naturally  saddened 
and  humiliated  them.  Now,  however,  the 
days  of  their  mourning  are  ended.  Mr. 
Jewell,  who  not  very  long  ago  was  our 
Ambassador  at  the  Court  of  St.  Petersburg, 
remembered,  even  in  the  gay  scenes  of  the 
Russian  capital,  the  woes  ot  American 
leather  manufacturers,  and  devoted  himself 
to  the  task  of  discovering  the  secret  of 
Russia  leather.  Ho  succeeded,  and  in  every 
American  tannery  he  is  now  regarded  as  the 
ablest  diplomatist  and  noblest  patriot  our 
country  has  ever  produced. 

It  is  not  usually  a  part  of  an  Ambassa- 
dor's duty  to  learn  the  secrets  of  the  tan- 
ning industry,  and  most  men  in  Mr.  Jew- 
ell's place  would  have    beea    at   a  loss  to 

know  precisely  how  t(^  begin  the  work  of 

investigation.  Mr.  Jkwkli^  has  not  de- 
scribed, in  his  official  dispatches,  the  exact 
manner  in  which  he  made  his  discovery,  but 
the  general  belief  in  tanning  circles  is  that 
he  proved  himself  a  master  of  detective 
strategy.  It  is  qtdte  possible  that  he  has 
never  told  the  whole  story  to  any  one,  but 
we  may  safely  assume  that  there  is  more  or 
less  foundation  for  the  narrative  of  Jew- 
ell's quest,  which  is  current  among  the 
tanners  of  the  forest  and  the  merchants  of 
the  Swamp, 

Of  course,  Mr.  Jewell  knew  that  to  bold- 
ly ask  the  Czar  or  any  other  of  his  Russian 
acquaintances  how  to  make  Russia  leather 
would  be  to  invite  a  false  or  frivolous  re- 
ply. He  therefore  concealed  his  purpose 
under  the  pretext  ot  a  longing  for  a  pair  of 
Russia  leather  boots.  One  day,  when  dis- 
cussing a  bunch  of  delicate  candles  in  com- 
pany with  the  Czar,  he  casually  remarked : 
"By  the  bye.  Czar,  who's  vour  boot- 
•makert"  His  affable  Majesty,  after  wiping 
his  mustache,  briefly  replied,  mentioning 
the  name  of  the  boot-maker  in  question,  and 
adding :  "  He  can  make  you  a  good  pair  of 
boots  if  he  wants  to,  but  I  don't  believe  he 
cares  to  take  a  large  contract  jnst  at 
present.  However,  you  just  tell  him  I  sent 
you,  and  he'll  probably  rig  you  out  if  he  has 
leather  enough."  Now,  as  it  is  notorious 
that  the  Czar  wears  Russia  leather  boots, 
this  information,  so  astutely  gained,  was 
of  inestimable  importance  to  Mr.  Jewell, 
since  it  would  enable  him  to  visit  a  Russia 
leather  shop  and  to  examine  its  contents. 

As  soon  as  lunch  was  over,  Mr.  Jewell 
withdrew  from  the  imperial  presence,  and- 
flung  himself  into  a  "  suwarrow,"  or  cab, 
ordering  the  "  diebiisch,"  or  driver,  to  gallop 
his  horses,  and  stimtdating  him  with  the 
promise  of  an  extra  "  starest"  in  addition  to 
his  legal  fare,  the  eager  minister  soon  reached 
the  shoe-maker's  door.  At  first,  the  shoe- 
maker, after  a  desponding  glance  at  Mr. 
Jewell,  said  that  his  last  army  contract  had 
nearly  ruined  him,  and  that  he  could  not 
enter  into  a  second  large  enterprise.  When, 
however,  Mr.  Jewsll  airily  remarked  that 
his  friend,  the  Czar,  had  sent  him  to  the 
shop,  the  shoe-maker  heaved  a  sigh  and  re- 
plied, "  In  that  case  there  is  no  help  for  it, 
and  you  shall  have  the  boots,  if  I  have 
leather  enough  on  hand." 

For  the  next  hour  the  indefatigable  Min- 
ister searched  through  the  premises  of  the 
shoe-maker,  ostensibly  trying  to  find  leather 
that  would  suit  him.  There  was  not  a  bot- 
tle or  a  box  that  he  did  not  open  when  the 
shoe-maker  was  looking  the  other  way,  or  a 
smell  of  any  kind  that  he  did  not  carefully 
investigate,  in  the  hope  of  finding  a  trace  of 
the  genuine  Russia  leather  perfume.  His 
efforts  were  frtutless,  until,  at  last,  just  as 
he  was  about  to  give  up  the  search,  he  no- 
tioad  a  bacxei  atandinir  in  the  baek  vaxA. 


He  had  acaxodlj  lifted  the  lid,  in  order  to 
inspect  its  contents,  when  the  impatient 
shoe-maker  cried  out  that  it  held  nothiag 
but  biroh-bark  tar,  and  that  he  wished 
some  people  wonld  quit  rummaging  througli 
other  people's  things,  and  go  about  theii 
business.  But  he  could  not  disturb  the 
joyous  and  contented  Jewell.  The  latter 
had  recognized  in  the  birch-bark  tar  the 
identic^  perfume  of  Russia  leather.  The 
problem  was  solved  at  last,  and  the  secret 
of  making  genuine  Russia  leather  was  in 
the  possession  of  the  American  Minister. 

Mr.  Jewell  changea  his  mind  about  thos^ 
boots,  and  informed  the  shoe-maker  that  he 
would  not  make  a  contract  for  them  until 
leather  should  become  more  plentiful.  In 
the  meantime  he  would  buy  a  little  birfth- 
barktar  and  rub  his  Connecticut  boots  with 
it.  So  he  ordered  ten  barrels  of  the  tar  at 
ten  dollars  each,  shipped  them  to  New-York, 
resigaed  his  mission,  and  hurried  home  to 
spread  the  glad  tidings  of  his  discovery 
among  the  delighted  tanners  of  his  native 
land.  As  has  already  been  said,  this  story 
cannot  be  substantiated  in  all  its  details 
but  it  nevertheless  bears  every  appearance 
of  truth.  Mr,  Jewell  has  redeemed  oui 
diplomatic  corps  fit)m  the  reproach  of  use- 
lessness,  and  has  shown  that  an  ambassadoi 
with  a  substantial  intellect  and  a  trained 
and  accomplished  nose  can  do  something 
more  than  attend  balls  and  write  dispatches 
to  the  Secretary  of  State.  The  American 
tanners  should  at  once  unite  their  resources 
and  make  Mr.  Jewell  a  pair  of  Russia 
leather  boots  as  a  testimonial  of  their  grati- 
tude and  admiration,  and  it  might  not  be 
amiss  to  have  a  bronze  medal  struck  com- 
memorating the  ambassador's  brUliant 
achievement,  and  ornamented  with  a  bas- 
relief  representing  him  in  the  very  act  of 
opening  the  shoe-maker's  barrel  and  bringing 
into  action  his  able  and  henceforth  historic 
nose.  . 


OBITUARY. 

m 

REAR  ADMIRAL  THEODORU8  BAILEY. 
Bear  Admiral  Theodorus Bailey,  ot  the  United 
States  2favy,  died  in  WashingtoD,  yesterday,  st 
the  a^e  of  72  years.  He  is  the  third  Bear  Admiral 
on  the  retired  list  who  has  died  since  Sanday  last. 
Admiral  Bailey  was  bom  at  Plattsbure, 
N.  Y.,  in  the  year  1805.  "While  Mv- 
ing  at  his  hlrtb-place  he  witnessed  the 
terrible  naval  conflict  on  Lake  Champlain  which 
resulted  in. a  decisive  victory  for  the  American  fla^. 
Impressed  with  what  he  bad  seen,  he  accented  as 
his  pet  hero  Commodore  Msodonongb,  the  American 
commandsr  in  the  battle,  and  hie  mind  became  fixed 
upon  mailing  the  Navy  the  theatre  ot  his  life.  In 
tbe  year  1818,  wben  he  was  only  13  years  old,  an  ap- 
pointment as  Midshipman  in  tbe  Kavy  was  pro. 
cared  for  him,  and  be  immediateljnentered  upon  his 
duties.  After  nine  years  of  service  he  was  com- 
missioned a  Lieutenant.  For  two  years  thereafter 
be  was  on  dnty  on  tbe  receiving-ship  at  tbe  Brook- 
lyn Kavy-yard.  A  period  of  shore  service,  lastine 
several  years,  intervened  before  he  was  ordered  to 
the  sloop-of-war  Vincannes,  in  which  vessel  he 
made  a  two  years'  cruise  in  the  Pacific.  From  1837 
to  1843,  his  employments  were  varions,  and  not  of  a 
nature  to  bring  bis  name  before  the  pnblic.  In  the 
latter  year  he  was  ordered  to  tbe  trisate  Constella- 
tion, and  made  a  cmise  in  East  Indian  waters,  last- 
ing three  years.  On  returnins  to  this  coantry, 
after  a  short  period  of  shore  daty  at  the  Brooklya 
Navy-vard,  he  was  given  the  command  of  the  store- 
ship  Lexington.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Mexican 
war  he  was  ordered,  with  tbe  Lexington,  to  join  the 
Pacihc  Squadron.  The  Mexican  ports  of  Cslit'omia 
were  then  points  ot  attack,  and  tbe  Lexington  took 
to  the  PaciHc  Coast  several  oflScers  who  were  to 
join  Fremont,  when  the  gallant  Pathfinder  and  his 
Uttle  force  should  finish  their  long  and  toilsome 
journev  across  tbe  continent.  Among  those  officers 
were  Gens.  'Williftm  T.  Sherman  and  He»ry  W.  Hal- 
leck.  On  the  way  to  San  Francisco  Lieat.  Bailey 
put  into  the  port  of  San  Bias,  and  captured  the 
town.  He  afcerward  made  bis  head-quarters  at 
San  Francisco,  but  frequentl.v  left  there  at  tha 
head  of  expeditions  against  places  held  by  the 
Mexicans.  All  his  enterprises  were  .successfnl, 
and  he  was  Sbveral  timeS'  commended  for  his  gal- 
lant and  prudent  conduct.  "While  at  San  Fran- 
cisco he  assisted  to  establish  there,  and 
in  other  places.  our  form  of  civil 
government  instead  of  the  Mexican  system.  When 
returning  to  the  Atlantic  coast  m  tbe  Lexington, 
Lieut.  Bafley  visited  Panama,  and  suppressed  tbe 
riots  which  oconrred  there  when  the  Darien  Bail^ 
way  was  completed.  His  actions  while  at- 
t«chea  to  tbe  Pacific  Squadron  led  to  bis  pro- 
motion to  be  a  Commander  on  March  6,  18i9. 
After  several  years  of  shore  duty  he  was 
commissioned  as  a  Captain  on  Dec.  IS,  1855.  Dur- 
ing the  years  1856  and  1857  he  commanded  the  sloop- 
of-war  St.  Mary'f.  From,  the  time  of  that  service 
until  tbe  outbreak  of  tbe  rebellion  Capt  Bailey  was 
not  actively  employed.  He  was  then  given  the 
command  of  the  frigate  Colorado,  and  assigned 
to  the  "Western  Gulf  Blockading  Squadron. 
Capt.  Bailey's  first  service  against  the  rebels 
was  in  the  bombardment  of  tbe  Confederate 
fortifications  near  Pensacoia,  Florida.  In  this  en- 
gagement he  displayed  gallantry  and  much  skill  io 
the  management  of  his  vessel  and  b4r  armament. 
He  afterward  hlookaded  tbe  month  of  tbe  Missis- 
sippi, and  when  Farragnt's  expedition  arrived 
there,  previons  to  tbe  capture  of  New- 
Orleans,  he  volunteered  to  take  part  in 
tbe  conflict  .  His  services  were  accepted, 
and  he  became  second  in  command  to  Farragat. 
The  Colorado  drewt«o  much  water  to  cross  tbe  bar, 
80  he  went  aboard  tbe  Cayuga,  and.  in  ber,  led  tbe 
right  of  tbe  attacking  torce,  composed  of  the  first 
division  of  gno-boats  and  the  second  diviaton  of 
ships,  past  Forts  St.  Philip  and  JacRson,  sastalning 
and  retumiiig  with  interest  their  heavy  flre.  Hav- 
ing passed  the  forrs.  the  Cayuga  got  into  the 
midst  of  the  rebel  fleet  of  rams  and  gun-boats. 
She  was  far  in  advance  ot  the  other  Union  vessels, 
and  It  seemed  as  it  she  most  be  sank  or  captared. 
This  sitoation  called  for  the  display  of  all  Capt. 
Bailey's  courage  and  sKill  in  the  manage- 
ment of  his  vessel,  he  met  tbe  demand,  ana 
proved  victorious  in  the  face  of  tremendous 
odds.  He  heat  off  most  of  tbe  gun-boats  and  cap- 
tured several,  and  by  skillfal  steering  hepre- 
vented  the  rami  from  running  his  vessel  down. 
After  lighting  an  unequal  ba' tie  for  a  long  time, 
be  was  r^lievea  hy  tbe  arrival  of  sanpornog  ves- 
sels.  A  few  hours  later  Capt.  Bade.y  anchored 
tbe  Cayuga  in  front  of  tbe  camp  of  a  rebel 
regiment,  |and  after  firing  grapeehot'  and 
canister  for  a  time,  compelled  tbe  entire  force  is 
surrender  to  him.  with  all  their  equipments.  II 
was  to  Capt.  Bailey  that  Ifew-Oileani  was  surren- 
dered. He  went  ashore,  accompanied  only  by  a 
Midshipman,  and  passed  directly  to  the  City  Hall, 
where  he  met  Gen.  Mansfield  Lovell,  tbe  reiiel 
commander,  who  surronaered  his  sword  to  bim. 
Capt.  Bailey  then  ordered  the  Stars  and  Stripes 
to  be  hoisted  over  tbe  Citv  Hall  and  other  build- 
ings, and  on  bis  way  back  to  his  ship  bad  tbe  pleas- 
ure of  seeing  tbe  national  banner  again  flcHiting 
over  the  Crescent  City.  His  bravery  and  profes- 
sional skill  evoked  the  highest  praise  from  Admiral 
Farragnt,  who  made  him  carry  to  Wash- 
ington tbe  dispatcher  annonocmg  the  captnre 
of  New-Orleans,  which  stated  in  glowius 
words  the  honorable  part  Capt.  Bailey  took  in  tlie 
confiicts  and  their  culmination.  Cape.  Bailev  w^s, 
accordingly,  made  a  Comogodore  on  July  16.  1662. 
Although  he  was  in  poor  health,  he  asked  for  active 
duty,  and  in  the  Fall  of  the  same  year  wai 
assigned  to  the  command  of  the  Bastein 
Galf  Blockading  Squadron.  In  this  irasi 
tion,  by  his  great  energy  and  persistence,  ht 
stopped  the  running  of  the  blockade  on  tbe  Florida 
coast  which  bad  previously  been  indulged  in  almost 
with  impunity  by  theoperators  from  ]?assaa,  K.  P. 
"When  the  war  closed  Commodore  Bailey  became 
commandant  of  tbe  Portsmouth  Navy-vard,  whera 
he  remained  until  1867.  "While  there,  on  Julv  25, 
1866,  he  was  commiigioned  a  Rear  AdmirsL  l^hres 
months  later  he  retired  from  active  service,  having 
been  on  duty  for  48  years  and  10  months.  Since  his 
retirement  he  has  resided  in  "Washington,  and  baa 
sevtirkl  times  performed  special  duty  there. 

TSE  MOTTNTAIN  MEADOWS  MURDERER. 

Salt  Lakb  Citt,  Feb.  10. — The  exceptions 
taken  to  the  rulings  of  tbe  court  in  the  trial  ot  John 
D.  Lee,  tbe  Mountain  Meadows  murderer,  and  to 
his  sentence,  were  overruled  by  the  Sipreme  Conrt 
of  the  Territory  to-day.  sod  the  Second  Dutrict 
Court  was  ordered  to  fix  another  da.y  for  Lee's  exe- 
cution. It  is  proba*>le  that  an  appeal  will  be  takeir 
to  the  United  States  Snpreme  Court. 

AN  AMERICAN  CAPTAIN'S  REWARD. 
OxTOWA,  Canada.  Feb.  10. — The  Department 
of  Marine  and  Fisberles  have  oroonred  avalaable 
gold  watch  for  presentation  to  Cant.  Osborne,  of  the 
American  bark  C.  £.  Jayne,  for  rescnlng  the  oreir' 
of  th*  vreeked  British  shin  Bethleheo^ 


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PROPOSED    CITX  LEOISLATIOK 

tHX  BILLS  INTBODTOED  VS  TH2  ASSEMBLY — 
XVXRT  DKPABTMBMT  OV  THE  CITT  OOV- 
BBNMXNT  AFFECTED — BKYIXW  OF  THE 
BILLS  BKL^TIKG  TO  THE  PQUCE  DEFART- 
MEKT — ENORMOUS  EXTENT  OF  THE  POW- 
ERS PTJRFOSBD  TO  BE  VESTEP  IN  IT. 
FromOwr  Ovm  CorruooMetix. 

Albany,  Saturday,  Feb.  10. 1877. 
Examination  of  the  Assembly  books  shows 
that  up  to  this  date  77  bills  direotly  affeotniK 
the  City  of  New-York,  or  institutions  in  it, 
hare  been  introduced  in  the  lower  branch  ot 
the  State  Legislature.  Nine  of  these  bills  are 
to  extend  or  amend  the  charters  of  City  cor- 
porations ;  six -were  bills  for  the  relief  of  cer- 
tain District  Court  Clerks,  and  have  been 
merged  in'  one  seneral  bill ;  the  others  are 
tor  every  possible  and  impossible  purpose  in 
connection  with  the  City  (jtovemraent,  in  whole 
or  in  part.  Belatin^;  to  the  various  courts,  we 
have  Mr.  Langbeln's  bill  f«r  a  commission  to 
revise  and  oodifjr  the  laws  governing  the  Dis- 
trict Courts  ;  Mr.  Strahan's  two  bills  giving  the 
Judges  of  these  courts  the  right  to  appoint  their 
own  Clerks,  and  also  the  appointment  of  eight 
Marshals  to  each  court;  Mr.  Corsa's  bill  to  giv6 
the  Manne  Court  power  to  appoint  tUe  same 
nupiber  of  Marshals;  Mr.  Strahan's  bill  to 
abolish  the  Marine  Court  and  substitute  for  it 
a  City  Court,  being  the  same  bill  Mr.  Bixby 
has  introduced  in  the  Senate ;  and  lastly,  tnere 
is  Mr.  Langbein's  proposed  constitutional 
amendment,  which  was  in  the  Legislature  last 
year,  abolishing  several  of  the  lower  courts  and 
transferring  their  powers  to  the  Superior  Court. 

Of  bills  aSectiDg  departments,  we  have  bills 
to  abolish  the  I^k  Department,  to  abolish  the 
Dock  Deoartment,  and  to  abolish  the  new 
Court-Hoose    Commission,    the      powers      and 

duties  of  each  to  be  vested  in  the  Department 

of  Public  Works  ;  other  bllia  to  merge  the.  De- 
nartment  of  Buildings  in  the  Fire  Department ; 
'Mr.  O'Hare  has  yet  another  to  abolish  the 
■Board  of  Health  ;  and  there  is  the  comprehen- 
sive bOl,  in  its  present  form  mainly  affecting 
the  financial  administration  of  the  City,  which 
was  in  the  Legislature  last  session  under  the 
name  of  the  "  Woodin  Charter." 

Relating  to  parks,  there  are  three  bills.  One 
gives  the  Department  of  Pubbo  Works  power 
to  complete  Morningside  Park  ;  another  to  re- 
iPeal  the  Parade  Ground  act ;  another  to  pro- 
vide for  taking  a  triangular  piece  of  ground  in 
the  upper  part  of  the  City  for  a  park,  the  area 
of  it  being  about  three  City  lots. 

Mr.  Langbein  and  Mr.  Dimond  have  each 
lintroduced  a  bill  extenaing  the  time  for  payinjr 
laseessments  for  improvements,  and  redueing 
Irhe  rate  of  interest  upon  the  arrearages. 

Bissell,  of  Niagara,  and  Gallagher,  of  Erie, 
Ihave  bills  redaoins  the  rates  of  wharfage  tor 
leanal-boats,  both  being  measures  of  much  in- 
jterest  to  wharf-owners.  Bradley,  of  Kmgs,  has 
phis  old  bill  to  give  the  South  Perry  Company 
another  slip  for  their  boats,  and  another  blJl 
Ito  compel  the  State  to  pay  one-fourth  the  cost 
|of  the  East  Biver  Bridge.  A  bill  to  reduce  the 
{rates  lor  pilotage  comes  from  a  Long  Island 
member. 

There  are  four  bills  relating  to  the  Croton  De- 
partment. One.  introduced  by  Ecoleaine,  simply 
provides  for  an  alteration  in  a  gate-bouse,  or  its 
removal,  in  the  upper  part  of  the  City  ;  Dr. 
Hayes  has  vne  ordering  the  Department  of 
Public  Works  to  sell  the  contract  for  the  sale 
of  Croton  water  to  steam-sliip  companies,  &c., 
to  the  highest  bidder;  Mr.  Fish  has  another, 
relating  to  the  water  supply  of  the  City,  and 
the  bill  introduced  by  Mr.  Strahan,  which  was 
preparea  by  the  Corporation  Counsel,  perfects 
{be  law  ot  1871  relative  to  taking  water  from  the 
natural  lases  m  Putnam  County.  To  the 
passage  of  this  bill  the  whole  of  Putnam  Coun- 
ty is  opposed,  since  if  it  passes  the  hopes  of  a 
ilarge  number  of  speculative  propertv-owners 
(there,  who  wish  to  compel  the  City  to  purchase 
their  lands,  will  be  dashed  to  the  ground.  It 
aniuckily  happens  that  the  .  Chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  Cities,  to  which  the  bill  has 
gone,  is  the  Putnam  County  representative  ; 
jbat  despite  of  this,  it  is  not  likely  that  Mr. 
IFish  can  prevent  the  passage  of  the  bill, 
(though  it  is  likely  ha  will  fight  it  to  the  last. 

Of  City  railroad  bills,  there  was  the  bill  to 
reduce  the  fare  on  the  Elevated  Road,  which 
jis  killed;  and  the  biU  to  extend  the  charter  of 
the  Beach  Pneumatic  Company,  which  is  as 
good  as  dead — as  it  ouzht  to  be. 

The  City  armories  are  the  subject  of  two  bills, 
one  im  the  Senate,  the  other  in  the  House  ;  but 
^on  this  topic  something  further  may  be  said 
ftn«ther  time. 

Of  other  bills  which  do  not  need  more  than 
passing  mention,  there  ia  the  bill  for  the  com- 
pletion of  the  Third  District  CoUrt-house, 
which  has  been  passed ;  the  bill  reguiatingihe 
■t«rage  of  combustible  materials;  Mr.  Cow- 
din's  bill  relating  to  the  profbction  of  theatres 
«eainst  fire  ;  Fleoke's  bill  antkoriziug  the  De- 
partment of  Public  Works  to  forthwith  repave 
all  streets  below  Fourteehth  street;  Mr. 
Mitchell's  bill  amending  the  law  relating  to 
the  Presidency  of  the  Board  of  Health;  and 
lome  others. 

The  important  matter  of  a  reduction  of  sal- 
aries is  treated  in  Mr.  Langbein's  bill  on  the 
Bubjeot,  and  a  hearing  on  this,  on  tho  Parade 
Ground  Repeal  bill,  and  on  the  "  Woodin  Char- 
ter" bill  will  be  had  by  the  Committee  on 
Cities  n^xf  Tuesday  afternoon.  It  is  very  cer- 
tain;MIat  the  Salary  bill  will  have  to  be  remod- 
eJr^  beiore  it  can  be  put  on  its  pai^sage.  There 
are  certain  legal  objections  to  it  in  its  present 
form  which  aro  believed  to  be  fatal.  It  is  not 
unlikely  that  another  bill,  prepared  especially 
to  cure  the  legal  defects  of  the  present  bill,  will 
he  substituted  f«r  it  in  the  committee. 

A  large  number  of  the  bills  above  referred  to 
are  of  little  importance,  for  the  reason  that 
they  have  no  chance  whatever  of  becoming 
laws.  They  are  introduced,  sent  to  a  committee, 
and  never  hexud  of  again. 

Tne  bills  which  derive  importance  from  the 
Strength  of  the  influences  exerted  in  their 
tavor,  as  well  as  froaa  their  own  character,  are 
those  affecting  the  Pobce  Department.  These 
bills  are  numerous,  and  all  will  bear  close 
watching.  First  on  the  list  comes  the  bill  enti- 
tled '*  An  act  to  make  further  provision  for  ths 
Police  Department."  This  is  emphatically  the 
Commissioner's  bilL  It  was  drawn  up  by 
them,  it  was  sent  .  to  the  Liegislature  by 
them,  it  was  introduced  at  their  request,  and 
Commissioner  Erharut  appeared  before  the  Com- 
mittee on  Cities  to  advocate  it.  As  it  originally 
stood  it  required  the  Ma^or  to  fill  any  vacancy 
tu  the  Pohve  Board  by  some  person  belonging 
to  the  same  pohtical  party  as  the  Commissioner 
whose  place  was  filled,  a  clumsy  way  of  re- 
quiring that  the  board  be  non-partisan.  It 
gave  the  Commissioners  power  of  summary 
dismissal  over  the  whole  f*rce ;  it  created  a 
special  force  of  detectives,  under  a  Saperin- 
tendent,  at  a  salary  of  $6,0OU ;  the  salaries  of 
the  members  of  the  force  to  be  from  |1,500  to 
12,500;  it  created  a  contingent  fund  of  125,000, 
which  was  to  be  expended  by  the  Commissioners 
Without  check  or  supervision  of  any  kind ;  it 
gave  the  board  the  right  to  issue  subpcenas  to 
witnesses  for  Police  trials;  and  it  prohibit- 
sd  the  issuance  of  an  injunction  vn  the 
board,  or  any  review  of  its  proceedings  by 
the  courts.  At  the  hearing  before  the 
committee,  Mr.  Dorman  B.  Eaton  appeared  in 
>ppoBition  to  the  bill,  not  as  a  whole,  but  to 
K>me  of  its  more  objectionable  features.  The 
tommittee  finally  referred  ihe  bill  to  Mr.  Eaton 
md  Commissiouer  Erhardt  for  correction  and 
tmendment.  These  gentlemen  nave  returned 
^  to  the  committee,  but  in  what  shape  cannot 
f  et  be  known. 

The  next  bill  of  the  series  is  that  introduced 
Vs  Mr.  Cowdin,  relative  to  street  cleaning,  and 
irbioh,  with  some  amendments,  was  yesterday 
.■eported  laYorably  to  the  House  by  the  com- 
Bittee.  It  proviaes  that  the  street  cleaning 
mall  be  done  by  contract,  under  the  control 
uui  supervision  of  the  Police  Board.  The 
Blause  transferring  to  the  board  the  contract 
tor  the  removal  ot  offal  was  struck  out  in  com- 
onttee.  The  contracts  are  to  be  let  for  clean- 
ing areas  of  the  City  not  exceeding  in  size  a 
poUoe  precinct.  All  the  powers  of  inspection  and 
oorreotion  over  the  work  are  lodged  in  the 
board.  The  Democratic  minority  of  the  oom- 
naitCee  dissented  iroin  the  report,  on  the  ground 
that  the  letting  of  the  contracts  and  the  work 
of  inspeotioa  sbotdd  not  be  placed  in  the  same 
bands.  When  the  bill  comes  up  for  discussion 
an  amendment  will  probably  be  otfered,  to  cen- 
'  Btitnte   the     Mayor,    Commissioner    uf   Pablic 

Worics,  Controller,  and  President  of  the  Board 
»t  Health  a  board  for  the  letting  of  tbess  oon- 

(raots. 

The  next  bill  is  one  for  the  creation  of  a  Po- 
lice Pension  Fund*  •  It  would  allow  the  Com- 
missioners to  place  on  the  fund  any  member 
of  the  force  who  had  served  for  15  years  oen- 
tinuously  ;  and  any  member  who  lor  10  years 
had  contributed  IS  per  month  to  the  fund. 
Moneys  derived  from  fines  were  to  go  to  the 
land,  and  a  certam  prooortion  of  the  moueys 
derived  irom  the  sale  of  liquor  licenses.  This 
^lU  alao  *ov'o'^^^'--Mtlr  ivdm.  tb*  PaIwo  Board. 


and  was  drawn  up  by  the  counsel  to  ths  de- 
partment. 

Next  wo  have  two  bills,  which  may  be  very 
briefly  summarisod.  One  of  these  abolishes  tho 
Excise  Commission  and  transfers  all  its  powers 
to  the  Police  Department.  Though  necessari- 
ly Bomewha*  long,  its  object  and  intent 
might  be  thus  expressed  :  On  and  after  the 
passage  of  this  act,  the  Excise  Commission  ia 
abolished,  and  all  its  powers,  duties, 
and  obligations  shall  be  vested  in  and 
exercised  by  the  Board  of  Police.  This 
bill  was  introduced  by  Dr.  Hayes,  on 
request.  Mr.  O'Hare  introduced  a  Dill  quite  as 
sweeping  in  its  charater,  which  proposes  to 
aboUsh  the  Board  of  Health,  and  transfer  its 
duties  to  the  Police  Depaitment.  It  creates  a 
Health  Board  to  consist' of  certain  City  offisers, 
acting  with  the  Police  ofiScials:  but,  for  all 
practical  purposes,  the  Police  Board  was  the 
controlling  power.  TTiis  bill,  however,  is  al- 
ready buned,  its  intreduoer  acknowledging  he 
sees  no  hope  for  it 

The  last  bill  on  the  list  is  the  extra  one  also  rela- 
tive to  street  cleaning,  which  would  vest  in  the 
Police  Board  authority  to  contract  with  owners 
of  property  below  high-water  line,  to  build 
crib-work  around  it,  inside  of.  which  the  refuse 
swept  from  the  street  should  be  dumped,  until 
the  whole  was  filled  up  to  the  level  ot  the  sur- 
rounding streets,  the  made  ground  being  nice- 
ly covered  over  and  graded  with  at  least  two 
feet  ef  fine,  clear  sand.  This  remarkable  bill  is 
supposed  by  some  people  here  to  be  a  product 
of  tne  fertile  genius  of  Mr.  George  W.  Blunt.  If 
it  is  not,  the  gentleman  will  gladly  embrace 
this  opportunity  to  write  to  The  Times  and  dis- 
claim the  bUl. 

From  a  review  of  the  above  measures  it  will 
be  seen  that  if  all  of  them  become  laws  the  Po- 
lice Commissioners  would  be  clothed  with  pow- 
ers so  extensive  as  to  make  th<9m  the  autocrats 
of  New- York.  They  would  have  absolute  and 
unchecked  control  over  the  whole  force  of 
more  than  2,000  policemen  of  all  grades  ;  would 
exercise  all  the  powers  of  inspection,  cor- 
rection, and  control  over  the  whole  City  now 
exercised  by  the  Health  Board  ;  would  grant 
or  revoke  every  license  to  sell  liquor  within 
the  City  limits ;  would  have  the  entire  work  ot 
cleaning  the  streets  and  the  care  ot  other  sani- 
tary matters  in  their  hands ;  and,  lastly,  would 
be  authorized  to  go  into  tho  business  of  con- 
tracting to  fill  sunken  lots  all  rouhd  the  City 
boundaries.  To  complete  and  round  off'  the 
whole,  by  the  proviaions  of  the  lull  which  the 
Commissioners  have  drawn  up  for  themselves 
none  of  their  acts  could  be  brsught  under  re- 
view of  the  courts.  Of  course,  it  is  wildly  im- 
pi-obable  that  all  the  bills  referred  to  will  be- 
come laws,  but  there  is  no  certainty  as  to 
what  portions  of  them  may,  and  the  necessity 
lor  vigilance  in  respect  to  all  is  obvious. 

In  conclusion,  two  important  bills  not  re- 
ferred to  above  should  be  mentioned,  as  they 
will  probably  both  become  laws.  Oue  forbids 
employes  ot  the  City  acting  as  reterees;  the 
other  abolishes  tho  requirement  of  confirmation 
by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  ot  the  Mayor's  ap- 
po&tments. 

The  city  bills  which  ,have  come  out  of  com- 
mittee with  a  favorable  report,  and  appear  on 
the  printed  files  of  the  House,  are  eight  In 
number.  -One  is  a  private  bill  relating  to  the 
distribution  of  an  estate  ;  two  affect  charitable 
institutions  in  the  city ;  the  hill  for 
the  relief  of  the  Disti-ic;  Court  Clerks  has 
passed,  and  so  has  that  for  the  completion  of 
the  Thiid  District  Court-house.  Mr.  Langbein's 
bill  for  the  revision  of  the  laws  affecting  the 
district  courts  has  been  ordered  t.c  a  third  read- 
ing ;  Mr.  Cozan's  bill,  regulating  the  practice 
m  the  Surrogate's  Court,  is  on  the  general 
order  caleadiir  ;  and  there  also  is  Mr.  Cowdin's 
bill,  requiring  the  Mayor  to  call  an  advisory 
council  on  Municipal  affairs,  whic*h  is  not  at 
all  likely  to  become  a  law. 


A  PENNSYLVANIA  BANK  SUSPENDS. 


FAILURE  OP  THE  MOUNTAIN  CITY  ^ANK  OF 
POirSVILLK.  PENN. — THE  EFFECT  OF 
THE  HARD  ITMES  IN  THE  COAL  RE- 
GIONS— WHAT  THE  MANAGKRS  SAY  OP 
THE  FAILURE. 
Special  Ditvateh  to  tv  .V«is-  Fort  Timet. 
PoTTBViiXE,  Feb.  10. — The  hai?d  times 
which  the  slack  state  of  last  season's  coal 
business  brought  upon  this  community,  which 
is  essentially  dependent  on  the  mines  for  its 
prosperity,  are  showing  themselves  now  in  the 
breaking  down  or  withdrawal  of  the  business 
of  one  banking  institution  after  another.  Last 
Aagust  The  Times  reported  the  failure  of  the 
Miners'  Trust  Company's  Bank,  with  a  loss  to 
depositors  of  a  million  and  a  quarter  of  dol- 
lars. Two  weeks  ago  the  Merchants'  Exchange 
Bank,  another  State  institution,  incorporated 
under  State  laws,  gave  up  the  struggle  of  ex- 
istence, declined  to  receive  deposits,  and 
notified  depositors  to  bring  in  their  books 
for  settlement.  It  is  now  paying  off  its  lia- 
bilities in  full.  This  action  created  no  sensa- 
tion, but  it  was  with  much  amazement  .<md  no 
little  consternation  that  the  community  learned 
this  morning  that  the  Mountain  City  Bank  has 
dosed  Its  doors.  This,  though  a  young  con- 
cern, was  one  of  the  foremost  banking  houses 
in  Pottsville.  It  was  incorporated  m  1871, 
under  the  State  laws,  and  was  owned  princi- 
pally by  a  few  wealthy  citizens  of  the  neigh- 
boring berough  of  St.  Clair.  It  was  Brosper- 
ous  from  the  start.  Founded  with 
a  capital  of  $100,000,  only  $6,000  of 
which         was  paid        in.     ^     it  made 

money  rapidly,  and  last  Summer  invested 
$75,000  of  Its  surplus  funds  in  a  handsome  new 
building,  which  is  now  one  of  the  "lions"  of 
the  town.  In  August,  when  the  Miners'  Trust 
Bank  suspended,  its  deposits  aggregated  $205,- 
000,  and  it  was  in  the  full  tide  of  prosperitv. 
But  tne  hard  times  came,  depositors  drew  out 
their  savings  to  buy  necessaries,  money  loaned 
was  slow  in  coming  back,  and  this  mommg  the 
following  notice  was  tacked  on  the  door : 

"In  conseqaenoe  of  large  withdrawals  of  deposits 
daring  the  p»at  few  monttiB  the  Directors  ol  this 
bank  deem  ic  tbeir  duty  to  suspeod.  Thev  feci 
coofldeot  that  there  will  be  no  los»  to  depodtoss, 
time  only  being  required  to  convert  tbe  ttsaeU. 
Signed  by  order  of  tne  Board." 

According  to  a  statement  drawn  up  by  the 
Directors  tbe  assets  amount  to  $190,000,  not  in- 
cluded in  which  are  guarantee  bonds  for  the 
$40,000  of  unpaid  capital  which  is  pledged  for 
the  payment  ot  depositors.  Among  the  assets 
are  $98,800  of  bills  discounted,  selected  as  good 
of  a  total  of  $120,395.  The  liabilities  are  set 
down  at  $164,400,  only  $82,000  ol  which  is  due 
depositors,  against'  9205,000  six  months 
ago.  The  Directors  announce  their  intention 
to  convert  the  assets  into  cash,  pay  off  all  lia- 
bilities, and  retire  from  business.  Compara- 
tively few  poor  people  will  suffer  from  this  sus- 
pension, and  most  of  that  class  of  depositors 
had  already  withdrawn  their  accounts,  and  the 
loss  will  tall  principally  on  men  who  had 
big  sums  in  bank.  The  managers  express 
confidence  in  their  ablbty  to  pay  depositors  in 
full,  and  say  that  they  suspended  not  because 
they  were  compelled  to,  but  because  it  was  not 
profitable  to  continue  their  business,  and  they 
were  afraid  of  a  total  failure  if  thev  kept  on. 
The  pnncipal  bfficers  of  the  suspended  bank 
are  H.  C.  Russell,  President ;  John  Dawson. 
Vice  President ;  C.  H.  Dengler.  Secretary  and 
Cashier.  

ARREST  OF  BANK  OFFICERS. 


THE  AFFAIRS  OF  THIS  FARMERS'  AND  ME- 
CHANICS' NATIONAL  BANK  OH  HART- 
FORD— SERIOUS  DISCLOSURES  MADB — 
THE  PRESIDENT  ASD  CASOIER  AR- 
RESTED. 

HARTFORD,  Feb.  10. — ^The  examinaaon  of 
Bank  Examiner  Mygatt  into  the  affairs  ot  the 
Farmers'  and  Mechanics'  National  Bank  in  this 
city  has  caused  developments  which  led  this  after- 
noon to  the  arrest  by  the  United  Marshal  of  the 
President,  John  C.  Tracy,  and  the  Casnier,  J.  L. 
Chapman,  the  former  for  misdemeanor  in  falsifying 
acoonnta  so  that  large  deficiPDcies  from  overdratta 
and  poor  loans,  withoat  the  knowleago  ot  tbe  Direc- 
tors, were  covered  np,  and  the  Cashier  tor  embezzl  e- 
ment  of  $7,500.  Both  officers  were  broazht  betore 
tbe  United  States  Commiitsioner  and  gaye  bonds  fo 
their  appearance  before  tbe  United  States  Cuart. 
The  total  amount  of  loss  by  tbe  bank  from  the 
overdrafCd  and  loans  on  poor  Boaarltie*  aaactioDed 
by  tbe  President  is  now  chonght  to  be  about  |600,. 
000.  On  this  there  will  be  some  salvagi',  and  the 
net  lore  win  not  probably  be  over  #500,000.  The 
bank  has  a  sarplos  of  #300,000  and  iadiyidnal 
profits  of  $90,000.  Tbe  loss  will,  therefore,  wipe 
oat  the  surplus,  and  probably  impair  the  capital  of 
$1,105,000  abont  10  per  cent,  as  telegraphed  on 
Wednesday  night  last.  The  dlsclosnie  canses 
much  sorrow  as  well  as  great  astonishment  In 
all  circles  hers,  as  the  President  and  Cashier 
have  borne  excellent  characters  and  beeu  held  in  the 
highest  eatlmatioo  by  alL  The  motire  ot  tSx. 
Tracy  m  loaning  snoh  lani*  amounts  cj^nsnfflcteus 
security  is  not  clear,  as  it  does  nut  yeTappear  that 
he  has  personally  profited  by  the  loans. 

Tbe  d«&oienoy  has  been  very  adroitly  concealed 
from  the  Bank  Sxaminer  and  the  Directors.  The 
bank  ia  able  to  meet  all  its  liabilities,  and  will  coo.* 

tinae  boainesa  under  the  charge  of  Mr.  Henry 
Dewey,  tbe  leading  stockholder,  Director,  and  Vice 
President. 

A  FATssiea  LOY£  Fon  HIS  soir. 
Mbhsedb,  Feb.  10.— Judge  Logwood,  of   the 
Cnminal  Court,  this  morning  fined  ex-Mayor  John 

Tnaaaa  ISO  »i>4.  san^inasr   hin  *a  Jail  oatU  be  wDi 


answer  for  refoilag  to  testify  against  bis  son  Bobert. 
charged  with  forging  bis  father's  name  to  an  order 
for  a  small  amount  on  Messrs.  Barrhns  Sc  Mav.  Mr. 
Loague  refuted  on  tbe  gronod  that  bis  testimony 
would  disgrace  his  son. 

NBW-YOBK  POLITICIANS   ABROAD. 


WORKING  IN  THE  INTEREST  OF  CERTAIN 
PERSONS  WHO  WANT  OFFICE  —  THE 
UNITED  STATES  MAR8HAL9HIP  —  HOW 
THE  PRESENT  INCHMEENTS  ARB  TO  BE 
PROVIDED  FOR. 

Special  Diapaleh  to  the  Kew-Tork  Timet. 

Washington^  Feb.  10.  —  Postmaster 
Smyth,  of  Albany,  State  Senator  Tobey,  and  As- 
semblymen Claop  and  Waddelt,  together  with 
Sodney  Daniels.  Collector  of  tbe  Port  of 
Buffalo,  A.  B.  Coraell,  of  New- York,  and  ether 
lesser  lights,  are  now  in  Washington. 
They  are  very  reticent  as  to  the  ob- 
ject of  their  visit,  but  it  is  understood 
that  their  are  here  in  the  interest  of  certain 
gentlemen  who  want  to  be  appointed  to  Fed- 
eral office  in  New- York  State.  Among  others, 
there  is  to  be  a  change  in  the<ofQce  of  United 
States  Marshal  of  both  the  Southern  and  North- 
em  Districts  of  Wew-York.  Marshal  Quimby, 
of  the  Northern  District,  is  a  personal  friend  ot 
den.  Grant,  and  he  ia  to  have  a  place  in  the  pay 
department  of  the  Army,  and,  aocerding  to 
tbe  present  programme  Gen.  MaoDougall,  mem- 
ber of  Congress  i^m  tbe  Auburn  district,  is  to 
have  the  position  made  vacant  by  his  resigna- 
tion. This  office  Gen.  MacDougall  will  not 
refuse  to  accept.  The  visiting  gentlemen 
nnmed  hope  to  have  a  number  of  important 
offices  filled  by  Gen.  -Grant  before  his  term  of 
office  expires,  bolieviug  that  the  incifming 
President  will  not  interfere  with  appointments 
made  by  his  predecessor. 


TEE  TURKISH  COMPLICATION 3. 


A  BASIS   OF   PEACK   BETWEEN    TURKEY    AND 
8ERVIA     AGREED     UPON— RUSSIA     AND 

THK    TREATY   Ol"    1856. 

Brlgrade,  Feb.  10.— Minister  Riatics  and 

the  Turkish  delegate,  Perteff  Effendi,  in  three 
conferenbes,  have  entirelv  agreed  on  the 
formal  points  of  the  Turkish  bases  of 
peace,  namely  :  Saluting  tbe  Turkish  fiat;,  the 
conservation  of  the  Servian  fortresses,  and 
the  prevention  of  armed  bands  cross- 
ing the  frontier.  Perteff  Effendi  has 
asked  the  Porte  for  instructions  on  other 
points.  When  the  preliminaries  are  settled 
M.  Christies  will  proceed  to  Constantinople  ti 
definitively  negotiate  terms  of  peace. 

Brussels.  Feb.  10.— £e  Nord,  the  Bussian 
organ  m  this  city,  says:  "  If  Europe  renounces 
its  right  of  action  under  the  treaty  of  1856, 
Russia  will  be  justified  in  again  assuming  the 
attitude  she  held  before  that  treaty,  which  will 
thus  become  a  dead  letter.'' 


FOREIGN  BUSI^JiSS  AFFAIRS. 


THE  LONDON  STOCK  MARKKT  INACTIVE — 
THE  ERIE  REOKOA^'IZATION  SCHEME — 
THE   MINCING  LANE   MARKETS. 

London,  Feb.  10.— At  the  Stotk  Exchan«e 
dniioe  the  week  business  has  been  very  InactiTe. 
There  has  been  a  better  demand  for  ai^connt, 
both  at  tbe  bank  and  m  'be  open  mar- 
ket. Canadian  railwaya  are  uncbauKed.  For- 
eitm  Governments  have  nsariv  all  slightly 
lowered,  the  heaviest  decline  beioK  in 
Turkish.  American  Governments  were  atronz. 
Anglo-American  and  Direct  Tele<n'apba  are  %  to  1 
lower.  Erie  desoriotiona  are  heavy  in  consequence 
of  an  annonnoement  at  a  meetinsr  of  stockholders 
this  week  that  the  necessary  number  of  stock 
and  bond  holders  bad  not  adhered  to  the  re- 
orfcanixation  acbeme,  bat  the  Timet,  in  ita  finan- 
cial column  to>day,  savs  it  learns  thai 
tbe  meeting  had  a  sood  t^ffect,  and  nearly 
JB500.000,  In  bonds,  have  been  sent  in  since,  and  that 
bnt  little  more  Is  reqaired  to  give  the  acbeme  the 
necesaary  anpport.  Tbe  silver  market  has  been 
qniet  and  tbe  price  has  found  the  lerel  of  Indian 
exchanges.  Yesterday's  purchases  are  understood 
to  have  been  for  America.  Tbe  market  is  now  al- 
m  ost  bare  of  sappli  es. 

Baalneaa  in  tha  Mlnoing  lane  markets  during 
the  week  has  continned  inanimate,  and  prices  have 
varied  little.  Low  safcars  were  again  dearer.  Other 
kinds  attracted  more  attenrioo,  and  ye!*terdav  there 
was  an  export  demand  for  doacing  cargoes.  Keflned 
clones  rather  better.  Tlie  Glaagow  aagar  market  ia 
steady,  with  a  fair  basinena  doing.  Tbere  baa  been 
a  decbne  sioce  Saiurday  of  6d.  oo  yellow  and  9J.  to 
Is.  on  medium  sorts.  The  fineMt  crystals  are 
imcbanged.     Plantation  Ceylon   coff>*e  has  gone  at 

irregular    aod  ■omoiimes    lower    mtea.     A  tew  oar- 

Koes  ot  new  Rangoon  rice  sold  at  prnvious  rates  on 
a  slight  reduction,  but  cargoes  off  tbe  coast  and  on 
the  spot  kept  relatively  bitch.  Indian  teas  mot  a 
ready  sale.  The  market  for  Chios  was  unira- 
proved.  iSoma  low  Congooa  by  anctloa  met  with 
more  competition  at  tbe  recent  decline.  All  kinds 
of  spice  were  dail  and  qaotationa  tending  down 
ward.    Saltpetre  was  in  Iiiuited  demand. 

CENTRAL  AND  SOUTH  AMERICA. 


FAVORABLE  NEWS  FROM  PERU — A  LARGE 
FIRE  IK  GUATEMALA — THE  NlCARAGUAN 
CANAL  SCHEME — THE  COFFEE  CROP  IN 
COSTA  RICA — ARRIVAL  OP  MEXICAN 
REFUGEES    AT  PANAMA. 

'The  fallowing  correspondence  of  the  New- 
York  Associated  Press  was  received  by  tbe  ateamer 
Colon,  which  arrived  here  yeaterday  from  Aspm- 
wall: 

Panama,  Feb.  2. — Everything  is  qnlet  on  the 
north  and  aonth  coasta.  The  newa  from  Peru  con- 
tinues favorable.  A  delay  bad  occnrred  in  carrying 
out  the  new  law  paatied  by  Confress  which  eave 
Mr.  Henry  Meiggs  control  of  the  Cerro  de  Pasco 
Mines,  on  account  of  the  Oovemment  wishing  to 
impuse  certain  conditions  which  Mr.  Mel^gs  conld 
not  accept;  bat  it  was  expected  that  the  diffluulty 
would  be  overcome  and  the  work  proceeded  with  at 
an  early  day. 

The  news  from  Central  Amenca  is  nnimportanL 
A  large  fire  at  Champinoo,  Gaatemala,  on  the  18th 
of  January,  destroyed  aboat  |15,000  worth  of 
property,  and  came  near  destroying  abont  #,000 
qaintala  of  coffe*  stored  upon  the  premises  of 
Messrs.  Magee.  Montis  &  Co.  The  latest  general  news, 
received  by  the  ■leumer  Uoodaraa  and  pablished 
in  the  Star  and  Herald  uf  Feb.  1,  is  as  follows :  Tbe 
Department  of  Public  lostraction  baa  beeadetaobed 
from  that  of  Foreign  Aff4irs,  and  Senor  Moniufur 
apDinted  at  tlie  head  of  It/ 

The  Sovereign  Legislative  body  of  Salvador 
opened  on  tbe  15th  ult,  amid  great  rejoiein:.  The 
President's  mes«ago  is  a  very  able  documsnt,  and 
was  read  betore  the  Assemoly. 

The  presd  of  tb«  Nlcaraguan  Republic  is  fall  of 
articles  extolling  the  merits  of  the  !Nicaraguan 
Canal  scheme.  A  new  project,  proposed  by  Mr. 
Bianohet,  is  mentioned,  which  difi'ers  somewhat 
from  the  Lull  route,  and  tbe  estimated  cost  of 
wbicb  is  placed  at  abont  |38, 000,000. 

There  Is  no  improveoieai,  whatever  in  the  news 
from  Costa  Rica.  Politically,  matters  seem  to  be 
daily  going  from  bad  to  worse,  and  the  country 
oontioues  in  a  very  unsettled  conditloii,  wltu  a 
total  want  of  pablio  oonUdenoe.  The  oof- 
fee  crop  has  fairly  commenced  coming 
in  and  will  be  a  fair  average.  Rail- 
road matters  oontione  in  a  most 
ansatlafaotory  condition.  Tbe  merchants  of  Limune 
bad  visited  the  capital  in  order,  if  possible,  tu  get  a 
settlement  with  the  Quvemment  for  amonots  due 
on  railroad  account.  Alter  much  trouble  they  suc- 
ceeded in  settling  most  of  their  claims  by  receiving 
bonds  at  nine.  10,  11,  and  12  months.  To  turn  these 
into  cash  they  hau  to  lose  ver^  heavily. 

Colombian  affklrs  still  remain  in  a  most  unoatis- 
faotory  oonaltion.  From  the  interior  it  i«  impossi- 
ble to  learn  bow  matters  stand,  except  tbat  there 
bave  been,  and  still  continue  to  be,  gnerriUa  skir- 
misbee  aod  wholesale  assassinations  whenever  the 
opportunity  is  offered  ou  either  side.  From 
ihe  data  thus  far  at  hand,  there  it 
no  telling  when  tho  struggle  will  be 
ended  or  how  it  will  terminate.  Until  recently  the 
Isthmus  has  been  comparatively  quiet,  but  the 
wave  of  revolution  threatens  to  tv,  eeo  over  Pana- 
ma as  well  as  the  interior  States.  There  Is  a  feel  • 
Ing  of  insecarity  and  dread  here  lest  any  day  or 
night  thAre  will  be  an  oatbraak. 

Ex-President  of  Mexico  Lerdo  de  Tejada  and 
Static  conslstmg  of  Sell  ires  Mariano  Esoobedo, 
Bomeru  Bobledo,  J.  J.  Bu,  G.  Bjs,  and  M.  Miiorav, 
have  arrived  at  Panama,  en  route  for  New- York. 
They  were  coDveysd  ID  a  small  boat  from  a  point 
about  12  mllea  above  Aoapuloo  to  tbat  hartior, 
when  they  went  on  boHrd  the  steamer  Salvador, 
and  remamed  there  until  the  Colima  arrived.  Man- 
■iniUa  and  Masatlan  had  pronounced  for  Diaz,  and 
Acapnloo  for  Iglesias.  Xelegrapbio  maimotiona 
bave  tieen  received  by  Admiral  Murray,  from 
Washmgtou,  to  remaia  with  the  flag.shlp  Pisosaoola 
K  Panama  daring  the  present  onsettisd  stats  of 
anXai'aAl  itSEaJca  in  tbta  aaamnt- 


AMUSEMENTS. 


MUSICAL  AND  DRAMATIC. 

GRNERAI.  MENTION. 

.  The  £BOt  that  a  "bladder-nosed "  seal  has 
1(^ed  tbe  tenanu  of  tbe  Aqnarium  is  nude 
public. 

The  last  nights  of  "The  Happy  Moke"  are 
announced  at  the  San  Francisco  Minstrels'  Broad- 
way Opera-houae. 

Mr.  Hellei^s  third  programme  is  to  be  inter- 
preted nightly,  this  week,  at  tbe  Wonder  Theatre, 
matinee  performances  also  occnrrlng  on  Wednesday 
and  Saturday. 

Gilmore's  Qarden  may  be  visited  on  Tuesday, 
Thursday,  and  Saturday  evenings  of  this  woek. 
Races  and  athletic  sports  still  constitute  the  regu- 
lar entertainment.  ' 

A  concert  complimentary  to  Mr.  Carl  Alves 
has  been  tendered  to  that  gentleman  by  bis  pupils. 
It  will  take  place  at  Stcinway  Hall,  on  Thursday 
evening  of  this  week. 

The  season  of  English  opera  at  tne  Academy 
of  Muaic  terminated  yesterday  afternoon,  when 
Miss  Kellogg  sang  in  "Faost."  Tbe  andience  was, 
as  usual,  large  and  appreciative. 

A  concert  ot  English  glees  will  be  etven  at 
Chickering  Hall,  on  Thursday  evening  next.  Misses 
Beebe  and  Finch,  Mrs.  Hills,  and  Messrs.  Ellard, 
Kilsen,  Baird,  and  Aiken,  being  the  artists. 

"  Lemons"  continues  the  attraction — and  a 
potent  one— at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre.  Tbe 
comedy  appears  U&ely  to  have  as  prolonged  a  run 
as  any  of  Mr.  Daly's  more  substantial  achievements. 

The  successful  comedy  called  "  Our  Boys." 
will  be  acte4  at  tbe  2Tew  Broadway  Theatre  on  to- 
morrow evening  week.  Announcement  is  made 
that  it  will  be  represented  by  a  company  of  nbusaal 
strength. 

"  Our  Boarding  House  "  still  attracts  over- 
flowing aadlenoes  to  tbe  Park  Theatre.  Tbe  mer- 
riment which  the  nnmerons  droll  scenes  ot  the 
piece  elicit  gives  promise  tbat  the  comedy  will  have 
a  protracted  career. 

"Around  the  World"  still  gathers  large  audi- 
ences at  Klblo't,  and,  hence,  no  speedy  change  of 
programme  need  be  looked  for.  "  A  Trip  to  the 
Moon  "  will  be  produced  atter  the  present  attraction 
shall  have  lost  its  potency. 

A  concert,  in    which   a  company   of  jubilee 

singers  will  sapply  the  music,  mav  be  attended  at 
the  Grand  Opera-house  this  evening.  During  the 
week,  "  Monsieur  Alphonso  "  will  be  the  dramatic 
attraction  at  the  same  theatre. 

A  cantata  by  F.  O.  S.  Darley,  Esq.,  called 
"  Malchns"  will  be  made  known  at  Cbickerln^ 
Hall  on  Thursday  evening  next.  It  will  be  Inter- 
preted, as  to  tbe  vocal  mnsic,  by  the  New-Tork 
Choral  Union,  and  the  orchestra  will  be  under  the 
direction  of  Mr.  P.  S.  Gilmore. 

It  should  net  be  forgotten  that  Mme.  Essi- 
poff  will,  this  week,  give  three  concerts  at  Stemway 
HalL  These  Interesting  events  will  take  nlace.  re- 
spectively, on  tbe  evenings  of  Tuesday  and  Friday, 
aod  on  the  afternoon  of  Saturday.  Thursday  Mme. 
Eisipoff  ia  to  play  in  Brooklyn. 

"La  Petite  Mari6e"  is  to  have  but  three  addi- 
tional ropreaeutatiuns  at  the  Easle  Theatre.  It 
will  be  sung  there  Monday,  Tuesday,  and  Wednes- 
day, and  will  then  make  way  tor  a  new  version  of 
"La  P6ricbol* : "  or,  to  apMk  with  greater  pre- 
cision, for  a  revised  and  augmented  edition  of  tbat 
well-known  work. 

"  The  Daniobeffs"  will  be  represented  at  the 
Union  Square  Theatre  autil  farther  notice.  The 
splendor  of  tbe  misc  en  scdoe  of  tbe  drama  will  In  it* 
self  repay  attendance  at  the  performance,  even  if 
the  curious  phases  of  life  which  the  piece  unfolds 
are  not  generally  deemed  of  sufficient  variety  and 
theatrical  impresslveness  for  exhibition  npon  the 
stage. 

Mr.  Rowe'a  new  drama  called  "  Fifth  Ave- 
nue," will  be  reoreaented  at  Booth's  Theatre 
throoghont  this  week.  Liberal  excisions  bave 
made  tbe  play  more  compact  than  when  it  was  first 
acted,  and  the  variety  and  plctnresqnenees  of  Ita  in- 
cidents have  lost  none  of  their  effectiveness  by  the 
nightly  repetition  uf  tbe  piece,  to  large  audiences, 
since  Monday. 

The  West  Side  Association  for  the  Relief  of  the 
Poor  bave  arranged  with  "  Slavin's  Georgia  Cabin 
Singers"  to  give  a  series  of  concerts  in  aid  of  tl)e 
" poor  of  all  classes."  and  of  the  "Sea-aide  Sani- 
tarium." Tho  first  of  these  entertainments,  the  ob- 
{ectof  which  appears  tons  worthy  of  hearty  en- 
couragement, will  occar  at  Chiekering  Hall,  on 
Wednesday  evening  of  this  week. 

"  WUd  Oats"  will  be  acted  at  Wallack's  Thea- 
tre to-morrow  evening  and  during  the  week.  Mr. 
Wallack  will  represent  Sover,  and  tbe  distribntion 
or  rales  will  farther  enlist  the  services  of  Messrs. 
Gilbert,  Beckett  Arnottv  and  Stevenson,  and  those 
of  Misses  Rose  Wood  and  Effio  Germon.  A  revival 
of  O'Kcefe'a  famoos  comedy  with  so  powerful  a  cast 
ought  to  be  greated  with  lively  satisfaction. 

The  matinee  concert  at  Chickering  Hall  in 
wbicb  Miss  Abbott  took  part,  yesterday,  was  very 
nnmeronsly  attended,  and  tbe  applnaae  was  boun- 
teous. Tbe  la4v's  abproaching  d6bat  in  opera,  at 
the  Academy  of  Music,  is  now  aononnced.  She 
will  sing  in  "La  Ficlia  del  Begicimento,"  two 
representations  of  Dunieotti's  opera  being  an- 
nounced to  occur,  respectively,  on  Feb.  23  and  34. 

Mr.  Daly's  successful  "  spectacular  local 
folly,"  called  "  Roand  the  Clock,"  will  be  revived 
at  the  Olympic  Theatre  tcmorrow  evening  with  a 
powerful  distribution  of  parts,  and  a  mis$  en  tcine 
of  snitable  variety  and  realism.  Messrs.  Owen 
Fawcett,  Leoiercq,  Lamb,  and  Davidge,  aod  Misses 
Drew  and  Mary  Wells,  are  to  fill  tbe  principal  rOles 
m  the  play  proper,  and  the  Improsstveusss  ot  the 
scenes  accessory  to  the  drama  will  he  heightened 
by  the  performances  of  sundry  athletes,  gymoaats, 
and  vocalists. 

A  formal  announcement  of  the  approaching 
"  Waener  Festival,"  to  be  given  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Mr.  Fryer,  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  may 
be  read  elsewhere.  The  production  of  "  Die 
Walkfire"  is  promised  deflnitelyand  representations 
of  "Lohengrin,"  "Der  Fllegende  HoUtiader,"  and 
"Tannfaaii^er"  are  also  to  take  place,  the  first 
performance  of  the  series  being  sec  down  for  tbe 
evening  of  Monday,  March  13.  Wo  append  tho 
complete  list  of  artists  who,  under  the  baton  of  Mr. 
Neueodorff,  will  take  part  in  the  festival.  Engage- 
ments have  been  made  with  tho  following :  Mines. 
Pappenbeim,  Canisaa,  Listner,  and  Clara  Perl,  and 
Messrs.  Bischoff,  Frltsch,  Preusser,  Blum,  Sullivan, 
Formes,  Stembuch,  and  Lenoir.  A  suitable  array 
of  eomprimarii  and  eomprimarie  has  also  boen  se- 
cured, and  the  orchestra,  we  are  assured,  will  be  of 
unusual  proficiency  and  numerical  strength. 


TEE    WEATHER. 


INDICATIONS. 

Washington,  Feb.  II— 1  A.  TA.—For  the  Mid- 
dle and  Eaittm  State*  louth-weit  leinde,  ttationaTj/ 
or  riritig  barometer  and  temperaUtrt,  clear  or  partly 
cloudy  weather. ^ 

LOSSES  BY  FIRE. 


At  6.30  last  evening  a  fire  occurred  ou  the 
third  fl.>or  ot  tbe  St.  Germain  Hotel,  at  tbe  corner 
of  Broadway  and  Twenty-second  street,  canseo  by  a 
defective  flue.  ThH  fire  was  very  ptomptly  ex- 
tinguished. Mr.  W.  G.  Tompkins,  the  proprietor, 
estimates  his  loss  on  foruitme  at  11,500,  Tbe 
building  is  owned  by  H.  W.  Field,  and  u  damaged 
to  the  extent  of  $500.  • 

At  an  early  hoar  yesterday  morning  a  fire 
destroyed  the  large  frame  sciucture  ou  toe  corner 
of  Twelfth  and  Lumber  stree<s,  in  Chicago,  occnpied 
as  a  planing  mill  oy  W.  R.  Robbins  &  Co.,  as  a 
furniture  factory  by  Josepn  :dchuebert,  and  as  a 
aaab,  door,  and  blinu  factory  by  Fullim  &  Co.  So 
business  was  being  done  in  the  building  at  the 
time.    Tbe  loss  is  $25,000 :  iosnrance  very  light. 

The  pattern  shop  of  Josselyn's  foundry,  on 
Buggies  str'-et,  Boston,  took  fire  Irom  tbe  euuine- 
room  last  evening,  and  was  damaged  to  tbe  extent 
of  13,000 ;  InaureJ. 

Weeks'  paper  mill  at  Skanea^eles,  N.  Y.,  was 
burned  at  9  o'clock  Friday  nigii I.  Tue  fire  caught 
lu  tbe  rag-room.     Tbe  loaa  la  $15,000. 

A,  J.  Sherbourn's  stable,  at  Pitisfield.  N.  H., 
was  burned  Friday  night.  Toe  loss  is  $4,000  ;  u- 
sared. 


A  STEAM-SHIP  BUKSED  AT  SBA. 

PobtBotai.  S.  C-,  Feb.  10.-— The  steamer 
BaVaria,  bound  ITom  JbTew-Orleana  to  Liverpool,  was 
burned  at  aea  Feb.  6  at  9:30  P.  M.  The  ship  was  on 
fire  fore  and  aft,  bat  tbe  passengers  all  escaped  in 
{be  ship's  boats,  and  wtre  nicked  np  by  tho  bark 
Dorothy  Thompson  in  a  nortb-east  gale  19  hours 
after,  and  landed  at  Beaufort,  S.  C.  They  lost  ad 
their  effects. 

Nkw-Oblsans.  Fek  10.— Th^  ste^m-sblp  Bavaria 
whtob.vtts  buiued  Mt  sea  oo  tbe  6ch  lust.,  8<*U«il 
CcoMa  Jil*«u>*iunB  Jn    OB    ^(ji  ^  oaTgo  uf  4.325 


bales  of  cotton,  50  bags  of  seed-oetton,  and  iJbOO 
barrels  of  resia.  The  vessel  and  cargo  were  valued 
at  $500,000. 

NOTES  FROM  THE  CAPITAL. 


WASHoroTON.  Feb.  10.— Hon.  Charles  A.  El- 
dridge,  ex-member  from  Wisconsin,  was  before  tbe 
Seal  Estate  Pool  Committee.  (Mr.  Glover,  of  Mis- 
sonri.  Chairman,)  to-day.  He  testified  tbat  tbe 
members  of  the  pool  were  Hon.  Pierce  M.  B. 
Yotmg,  ex-member  from  Georgia,  ex-Com- 
missioner of  Indian  Affairs  Parker,  Secretary 
Belknap,  Jay  Cc^ke  &  Co.,  W.  B.  Huntington,  and 
himself.  Kilhoum  and  Latta  acted  as  Trustees 
only,  and  bad  no  peonoiary  interest  in  tbe  matter 
until  they  became  Assignees  for  the  purpose  of 
making  a  settlement  with  Jay  Cooke  &  Co.,  who 
bad  gone  into  bankruptcy.  Mr.  Eldridge  aalso 
stated  that  no  member  of  the  pool  was  aware 
where  tho  property  in  which  be,  as  a  member 
of  the  pool,  was  interested  was  located.  He  also 
says,  in  addition  to  the  at>ove,  tbat  he  was  attorney 
for  &  number  of  contraotor*  under  tbe  Board  of 
Pablic  Works,  bnt  declined  to  give  their  names, 
inasmuch  as  this,  ho  maintained,  was  his  private 
business  as  an  atrorney. 

The  Treasurer  now  holds  $339,611,450,  in  United 
States  bonds  to  secure  national  bank  circulation, 
and  $19,199,000  to  secure  public  deposits.  Amount  of 
United  States  bonds  deposited  ror  circulation  daring 
the  week  ending  to-day,  $1,398,000.  Amount  of 
United  States  bonds  held  for  circulation 
withdrawn  during  the  week  ending  to-day, 
$908,500.  National  bank  circulation  outstanding- 
Currency  netes,  $318,236,266 ;  gold  notes,  $1,428,940. 
Receipts  of  national  bank  notes  for  redemption  for 
tbe  week  ending  to-day,  as  compared  with  the  cor- 
responding week  last  year : 

1876.  1877. 

New-York «1.616,000    $1,165,000 

Boston 1, -.^09,001)       l,612,0i»0 

Philadelphia 211,000         181,000 

Miscellaneous 1,202.000      1.364,80t) 

Total'. $4,ii3d,J00    $4,212.8^0 

Receipts  for  to-day,  $784  000. 

Secretary  Mornll  h-is  conllnuod  *  to  improve 
tbrooebciat  the  day  and  evening,  and  at  midoight 
was  much  better.     He  is  regaining  his  appetite  and 

bis  friends  ars  greatly  encouraged. 

The  balances  in  the  Treasury  at  the  close  of  bnsi. 
ness  to-da.v  were:  Currency,  $'11,461,034;  apeclal  de- 
posit of  legal  tenders  for  the  redeoiption  of  certifl- 
oate8ofdepo8it,$35,815.U00;  coin,  iDcludingt54,S90,900 

lu  coin  certifloateo,    $87,825,485;     oucatandlng  leical 
tenders,  «364. 984. 81-2. 

Hon.  Alexiinder  S.  Stepbeos'  phyMciau  reports 
that  Mr.  Stephens  has  suffered  from  an  attack  of 
oneumonia,  followed  by  an  acute  bronchitis.  He  is 
rapidly  improving.  

THE  MEXICAN  REVOLUTION. 


THE     SIEGE     OF     MATAMOROS — DIAZ'S     GOV- 
KRNMEXT     SUPPORTED. 

BROWTtsvu-LE,  Texas,  Feb.  10. — The  Mexican 
steamer  Manrlco,  with  Vera  Cruz  dates  totheStb 
Inst.,  reached  tbe  month  of  tbe  Rio  Grande  this 
morning,  having  on  board  Gen.  Miguel  Blanco,  who 
has  been  appointed  by  President  Diaz  military 
commander  of  this  frontier.  Gen.  Blanco  was  Min- 
ister of  War  at  one  time  under  President  Juarez, 
and  is  an  official  of  experience  and  ability.  He 
reached  this  city  with  his  staff  abont  dusk,  and  was 
accompanied  to  Matamoras  by  Gen.  Placldo  de 
Vega  Who  hos  been  a  refugee  in  Texas  for  acme 
month.s  oast. 

The  Collector  of  customs  appointed  at  Matamoros 
Hast  Spring  by  Gen.  Dias,  entered  npon  the  dis- 
charge of  his  dnties  to-daf,  as  did  the  Federal 
Judges  and  several  civil  offlcer.s,  and  tbe  siege  of  the 
city  has  been  raised.  When  the  Manrico  left  Vera 
Criiz,  Gen.  Diaz  was  expectei  to  return  to  the  City 
ot  Mexico  in  a  tow  days.  Tbe  entire  Republic  sup- 
ports Diaz,  aod  the  country  is  ouiet. 


RELEASE  OF  CUBAN  PRISOJtERS. 
Havana,  Feb.  10. — A  decree  has  beeu  issued 
by  Captain  General  Joveliar,  in  which,  after  setting 
forth  in  a  preamble  that  the  waj  against  the  insur- 
gents is  resulting  very  advantageonsly  to  the  Span- 
iards, be  pardons  all  political  prisoners  cod- 
floed  on  tbe  Isles  of  Piaes,  who  are  natlvrs  or 
residents  of  tbat  portion  of  the  Island  of  Cuba 
lying  west  of  the  Trocba,  provided  said  prisoners  are 
only  confined  by  order  of  the  authorities  and  not 
by  sentence  of  any  court. 

ENGLISH    FISHIKG    VESSELS  WRECKED. 

London,    Feb.     10.— Forty    Yarmouth    and 

Lowestoft  fishing  vessels,  having  over  SCO  men  an't 

boys  on  b  ard,  are   missing.     The   Govammeuc  has 

dispatched  two  vessels  in  search  of  them. 

•'EPH'     HOLLAND  HELD  ly  BAIL. 

Cincinnati.  Feb.  10.— Ephraim  Holland  was 
to-day  held  In  the  snm  of  $1,000  bail  to  answer  a 
chsrge  ot  being  implicated  in  fraadulent  voting  In 
the  October  elections. 


OB  ITU  ART  NOTES. 

Ex-Assessor  Levi  Rosener  died  yesterday  at 
San  Francisco. 

Henry  J.  Tomlinson,  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  died 
at  Ashtabula  Ohio,  yesterday  of  injuries  receivea 
in  the  recent  railroad  disaster  at  that  place. 

Rev.  E.  J.  Carpenter,  of  Swanzey,  N.  H.,  was 
thrown  1mm  his  sleigh  yesterday  afteruooa,  and 
died  soon  after  from  the  iniaries  be  received. 


UNIVERSAL  TESTIMONY. 
The  famous  "  Automatic  "  is  fast  superseding 
the  noisy,  hard-running,  troublesome,  two-ibread 
sewing-inachmea  of  the  past,  and  produces,  even  in 
tho  bands  of  an  inexperienced  operator,  more  beau- 
tiful and  wnch  more  durable  work.  Call  and  ex- 
amine or  write  for  full  particnlars.  No.  658  Sroad- 
way,  corner  Bond  street,  Xew-Tork, — Exchange. 

To  WE  GENTLEMEN  Of  New- York.— We  respect- 
iUlly  annourioe  having  this  day  rbdccrd  tne  price  of 
our  widely  oopular  tiiLK  Hats  to  $S,  an.d  our  Deubt 
Hats  to  S5.  With  this  annoaucemeut  we  note  a  recent 
reuueiion  in  cost  of  UlKir  as  euabliug  us  iaa  measure 
to  meet  the  exiseucies  of  tbe  times,  and  assure  you 
that.  In  aumlatlon  ot  the  character  and  reputation  of 
ourfaiiTlOi  in  the  p»st,  wr  shnll  produce  the  Amiojx 
Uat  111'  the  tutttre.  K.  H.  A  MiDuy's  SoS,  No.  2i!0  5tb  av. 
Nsw-Yoric,  Feb.  10. — Adveriiument. 


While  Wheat  Qloten 

Cures  Con  tip^ition.      Send   for  circnlarg.      HEALTH 
POOD  CO.,  No.  137  Sch  at.— Advertisement. 


Leland's  Srnrtevani  Hou>e,  New-Tork.  Reduced 
to  i.i  aucl£3  50  per  day.  with  boinl.  Ruoms,  European 
pian,  $1  per  dny  and  }ipWATd.— Advertisement. 


Fifty  Per  Cent.  Saved 

By  using  HioeiNs'  (Jkrmak  Lacndbt  isoap. — Advertise- 
ment. 


Isaac  {Smith's   (Superior    Umbrellas. 

QINQHA.Vl,  any  oize $1  00 

0U.4NAC0,  patented 2  60 

SILK,  parsguii  t'raiue 3  50 

FliNE  SILK  UMUHKLLAc;  in  great    variety. 

UMBKELL.^a    r<nd    FAilA»iOL8   to  order  and   repaired. 

.So.  405  BBOaDVV.\Y,  nearCA.VAL  ST. 

Ka  1,20a  BROADW"\Y,  cornor  29TH  ST.,  N.  T, 

Fstnblished  1802. 


No  business  boase  can  uflTord  to  be  witbont 

the  eUclriu  pruteptiou  of  Holmes'  uuriclAr  Al.ii-m  .  ele- 
eraph  Company.  No.  571  Bruadivay,  by  t  leir  Central 
Office  B.TStem.  It  la  the  best  orotectiou  from  bur>;l'-rs 
iu  tiibOlty  01  Jfow-Voft,  as  ihe  houses  of  U.  13.  Claflia, 
J.  Thortou,  and  Lhcoh  &.  Edtun  c^in  testify,  where  tiur- 
glars  bave  bPen  caii?br.  Beware  of  Imitators,  who  •j,''t 
a  few  cents  b.v  doln?  what  they  see  otiieii>  do,  an^l  de- 
clare they  have  a  oetter  protection  for  half  the  muney. 
They  have  an  exceediugly  poor  roourd.  We  Jingle  no 
hell  at  our  door. 


From  a  uetl-Amoum  Vunkard  Preacher. 

Hartlbtok,  Union  County,  Penu.  Deo.  24,  1874. 
Mettri.  Seth  W.  Foicle  it  Sons,  Boston. 
Ciientlemen  i  Uavins  received  decided  benefit 

from  ihe  use  of  PEKUViAN  .SifKUP  fot  Oyspepsia  and 
General  Debility  oftbe  system,!  can  recommeud  It  heart- 
ily lu  all  cases  as  being  a  very  effective  and  pleasant 
preparation.  It  gives  abuost  universal-  sati:>l'actluu. 
Respectfully  yonra,  AOAM  BliAViia. 

Sold  by  all  druggists. 


niliffe'a  Taateleaa  Coil-I.iver  Oil,  L,ime.  and 

WILU  (  HiiRRlf.— Tne  advantag-  of  tUU  coiupouud 
over  the  piuin  oil  is  that  the  nauseating  tosti^  of  ibe 
oil  is  eotirely  removed.  The  offensive  taste  Df  the  oil 
has  long  acted  as  a  pprmauent  objeistion  to  its  use, 
Ijut  in  this  form  tbe  tniuble  is  entirely  obvLkted.  It.  Is 
regularly  Drescv^bed  by  the  medical  profession.  Sola 
by  drugiildts.    Depot,  Ma  0  Buwery. 


St.  mark's   I.lfe  Inanrance  Company,  one  ot 

tbe  most  reliaole  in  the  City,  have  in  tueir  service  a 
Burveyor,  Mr.  Chariss  Ross.  He  soffered  with  InflAiu- 
matory  Uheumntl^im  in  its  worst  torm  ;  every  loiut  in 
his  body  was  swolleu;  agouy  intense.  D.c  OILRS' 
Li^tlMi^HT,  used  exteraally  and  internally,  efiected  a 
rapid  cure.    Depot  t)o.  451 6th  av. 

Skin  and  Scalp  Uiseaaea.    Dr.  B.  C.  Perry, 

No.  4tfBond  St.,  Mew-Vock,  cures  falllug,  loss  of.  ami 
PfCKMATUdE  gray  hair,  RliDNbi.Sd  oi  the  nose,  untime- 

Ir  Wai.NKLES,  moist  aud  SCALt  draDdruO;  MOLKS, 
FIMPLiJoi.  blEick-beads,  aIOTH  patches,  FHKCKLES, 
and  all  eruptive  anu  otner  skin  diseases. 


Pomet-oy^a  Traaaea— By  fiarttae   Best  In  Use. 

AskTuarnU>-sictan.  POiURttOV  ittOdS  ''O..  7-16  iJ'way. 

HHERWOOD— VAN  ZANDft'.— On  Saturday,  the  lOth 
last.,  by  Rev.  Wheeloclc  U.  Parmly,   WASKxa  Shbb- 

WUOD  to  KUXABBTH  K.  VaH  ZaHOT. 

WiLLlAMd— MONROE.— Ou  kVecmesday.  Jan.  31,  at 
fhe  reaideDce  ot  the  bride's  parents,  by  Kev.  Frederick 
B.  S'avage.  assisted  by  Rev.  Nelsoo  Mlllarl,  D.  li., 
David  dAOs  Ailliaki.  of  Flushing,  Loog  Island,  to 
tiAax  LocisB,  daugiiter  of  Hon.  AUeu  Muittoe,  of  Syra- 
cuao.  D.  y- 


PIBP, 

BA'RR^^TTO.— Tn  this  City,  on  Friday,  Feb.  9,  HajraT 
CosTBK.  son  of  the  liite  Kiancls  Bnrretto. 

Tbe  relatives  aud  frien'is  ol  the  famil.y  are  respect- 
iUlly  invited  to  attend  bis  funeral  from  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  127tb  sU  aa>l  4th  av.,  on  Monday,  I'^tn  tnst.. 
at  12  o'cloolt.  Train  leaves  Grand  Central  Depot  at 
11:30  A.M. 

COMBTOCK.— Feb.  10,  1877,  of  diphtnerla,  Abthor 
BnaiTBTT.  only  son  of  Oeorp-e  W.  and  Clara  L.  Com- 
stocK,  aged  4  years  1  month  and  26  days. 

Funeral  will  be  attendeii  from  toe  residence  of  tbe 
parents,  So.  250  West  14th  st.,  on  Monday,  Feb.  12, 
I877.atll  A.  M. 

UREQORT.— On  Saturday  mofning,  Feb,  10.  1877, 
Mklvina  Aoelb  Grbsort,  need  2  years  and  4  months. 

Funeral  from  her  late  home.  No.  516  Henry  St.. 
Broolclyn,  ou  Monday,  12th  Inst.,  at  2  P.  M.  The  rela- 
tives and  friends  or  tne  tamiiy  are  respecttuUy  invited 
to  Attend. 

HAWK.— On  Friday,  9th  tnst.,  Axans^  C,  wife  of 
Samuel  Hawlc. 

'iheiUneral  services  will  be  held  at  her  late  resi- 
dence. No.  6  Bast  48tb  st,  on  Tuesday  nex^,  13th 
lust.,  at  2  P.  M. 

UOTT.— On  Saturday,  Feb.  10,  at  the  residenoa  of 
Mr.  Wm.  Soott,  No.  110  Ka.it  2Si  St.,  SntAK  Bbnxoiot, 
widovr  of  James  I.  Hoyt,  in  her  91st  yenr. 

Tbe  relatives  and  trieuds  of  the  fam11.y  are  rest>eot- 
fully  invited  to  attend  the  funeral  services  at  Calvary 
Chnrcn,  coruer  4th  av.  and  2l8t  St.,  on  Tuesday,  Feb. 
13,  at  10  A.  «. 

LBKa.— In  this  Cltv,  on  Sattrrday,  Fel>.  10,  CMAsiirB. 
beloved  wife  of  Jami-s  E.  Lses. 

Relatives  and  friends  are  respectfnll.v  Invited  to  at- 
tend the  tnnenil  from  tbe  ConETt-egutional  Cbnroh  at 
Weslport,  Coun.,  on  Tuesday.  Feo.  13,  at  2  P.  .H. 

MONTGOMERY.— In  Philadelphia,  on  the  10th  inst.. 
Hbnbt  Rolikton  MoirreoxBRT,  in  the  25tb  year  of  his 
aee.  son  of  the  lateOuwuldC.  .Moatitomerv  and  uepbew 
of  the  late  Rev.  H.  E.  "Ontgomery.  D,  I). 

ONaTIVIA.— Oboboiajta  J.,  widow  of  the  late  Jos6  V. 
Onativia,  in  her  lijth  year. 

Notice  ot  luneral  hereafter. 

ROe.— .^tHobulceu,  N.  J.,  on  Saturday,  Feo.  10,  in 
her  68th  year,  Mrs.  Mart  Roe. 

Funeral  service  at  I  rinity  Oliurch,  7th  and  Wash- 
mgton  sts.,  Hooolcen,  Moodav,  Feb.  12,  at  2  P.  M. 

SAYRE.— On  .Saturday,  lOih  inst.,  Sarah  n.  Satrb, 
widow  of  Nathan  Savre,  in  the  80th  year  of  her  ace- 

The  relatives  and  friends  of  the  family  are  Invited 
to  attend  her  fnueral  trom  the  residence  of  her  s^n- 
iD-Iaw.  W.  E.  Crary.  iNo.  3.3  Burnett  st.,  Kast  Orange, 
(junction,)  on  Monday,  the  12th  lust.,  on  the  arrival  of 
tbe  10:10  A.  M.  train  from  New-Tork. 

SMITH.— .suddenly.  Feb.  9,  Williak  Bbucb  Sxith.  of 
Balcwins,  Long  U'and,  son  <il  hmeiine  aud  tbe  late 
Jeremiah  Smith,  in  th-*  43d  .year  i>r  bis  aze. 

Relatives  and  friends  of  the  family  are  Invited  toat- 
ten!  the  funeral  irom  the  Westmoreland,  corner  of 
17th  St.  ana  4th  av..  Monday,  12th  iust.,  at  11  A.  U.. 

WILLIAMSON.— Suddenly,  ou  tbe  10th  day  of  Keb- 
rnary,  1877.  Janb  8..  widow  of  the  late  Capt.  Jonn  J. 
Williamson,  in  tbe  67t(i  vear  of  her  age. 

FuDeial  Will  tate  place  from  her  laf»  residence.  No. 
841  Kast  S.id  St.,  oo  Tuesday,  IStb  i..Bt.,  at  10  o'clock 
A.  M.  Remidiis  will  be  lalteu  to  Oalc  HiU  Cemetery, 
NyAck,  Boclclaod  Coual.v. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


OFFICUS    TO    LET 

IN    THE 

TIMES  BUILDING. 

APPJLY   TO 

UEORGE  JONES, 
TIMES  OFFICE. 


THK   MK^siHsi.  LCAVITX,  Auctioneers. 

FIKB  ART  SALE.  ~ 

MONDAT  AND  TUESDAY  EVENINGS.  Feb.  12   and  13, 

now  on  exhibition  free,  day  and  evening,  at 

the  Alt  Rooms,  No.  817  Broadway, 

PRfVATE  COLLECTION 
of  fine  Modern  Paintings,  very  many  of  extraordinary 
roeni — aesirable  aud  beautiful  plotiiies.  Among  tbem 
mav  be  mentioned  W.  H.  Beard's  tamous  "  Bears  on  a 
Bender."  tor  wbicb  the  owner  paid  $5,000;  "Paul 
Weber's  Mouasterv  on  Lake  Mag(iii>rl."  exhibited  in 
the  orinclpai  cities  of  thia  country  with  great  suocess, 
a'ld  for  which  $9,000  was  refose'd;  a  superb  picture 
uy  Ue  Jougue,  "RliVEKlK:  also,  bv  PINCHAai; 
•■  DRESil.VG  I-OE  THK  BALL,'  ROBBE.  the  finest 
specimen  ever  seen  in  this  country;  VANH'iVH.  an 
artist  whuae  wcir^s  are  very  uncotnmanin  this  coun- 
try, 'TUE  UAPPT  MOTHEK;"  also  grand  examples 
by  Garland,  GuiUemln,  B.iron,  De  Uaa<<,  M.  P.  H. 
Jules  Goupil,  Cjsilear,  Ferrari,  J.  Q.  Brown,  T. 'w. 
Wood,  Stiinfleia,  C.  R.  Leslie.  Koller,  Laminais,  Boser, 
Ries6.  Fabariua.  and  ver.v  many  otbers,  the  whole  well 
de^e^vmgthe  attention  of  buyers  and  lovers  of  good 
pictures. 

CENTENNIAL  EXPOSITION. 

ITALY'S  EXHIBIT 

8TATDARY    AND  PAINTINGS, 

By  tbe  great  Italian  Masters. 

As  exhibited  at  the  <  entennial,  nuder  the  charge  of 

I^o£  Alex  Hooi. 

Now  on  exhiiiition  at  the  new  rooms  oftbe  Messrs. 
LKaVHT,  CLINION  HALL,  Ao  22  AdTofi  PLACB. 
Admittance  25  cents. 

ORIKSTAL  ART. 
Now  on  exhibition  iit  Chmou  Hull,  and  until  time  of 
sale.    TdUHSDAY  and   FRIDAY  next,  a  superb  collec- 
tion of  euods  from  1  urUey.  (^bina  and  Japan. 


POST  OFi^-ICE  NOTICE. 

The  foreign  mails  for  the  wi-ek  ending  Saturday. 
Feb.  17,  18T7,  will  close  at  this  uffice  on  Tuesday  at 
l2.'H.,  tor  Khrope.  by  sieam-sbip  Dakota  via  Queens- 
town  ;  on  n  eduesiiav  at  11  A.  .J.  for  isurope  by  steam- 
ship I'artbia  via  Queeustown;  on  Thursday  at  11:30 
A.  M.  lor  I  urope  by  steam-ehip  Gelle't  via  Plymoutu, 
Cherbourg,  and  Uamburif  ;  on  Saturdav  at  4:3i>  A.M. 
lor  Kuiope  by  steam-ship  Ci:y  of  OheSLer  via  Queen ><- 
town  (correipondence  for  Germany,  Scotland,  and 
North  of  Ireand  to  be  forwarded  oy  this  steamer  must 
be  specially  addressed ; )  and  at  5  A.  M.  for  Scotland  and 
North  of  Ireland  by  eieam-ship  Alsatia  via  Movllie  and 
Glasgow;  and  at  xl:;jO  A.  M.  i'>r  Kurope  by  stcam-shlp 
Oder  via  Sonthamptou  and  Bremen.  The  steam-ships 
nukota,  Parihia,  and  City  ot  Chester  do  not  talte  mails 
fjr  leiimark,  Sweden,  ond  .\orw.iy.  The  mails  for 
-Vassnu.  N.  r*.,  will  leave  Nexr-York  Peo.  14.  Tbo  mails 
tor  the  West  Imlies  yia  Bermuda  an  1  6t.  Thomas  will 
leive  New-iork  Feo.  15.  Th- mails  for  Austraha,  &c.. 
will  Isavo  SaD  Kiuncisco  Feb.  2.S.  The  mails  for  China 
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BELiaiOTO    NOTIOEg. 

48th  at.,  west  of  >>th  av. 

Bev.  B.  H£BE%  NEWTON.  Reotot. 

Services  on  Snndar  at  10:30  A.li.  Prayers  at  4:80  P.I, 

Even  Song  st  7:46  P.  M. 

A  ipecial  aervlce  of  aung,  tbe  first  of  three  setmona  0 

"  Religion  in  Rvetrday  Life,' 

By  Rev.  Mr.  Newtoa 

Toimg  men  speetall.v  Invited. 

All  seats  bee  at  tbe  onenine  hour. 


AT  CHICKERING  HA  LL,  5TH  AV.,  CORNER 
18th  St.— Rev.  L.  Smith  Hobart  preaches  10:45  Sun- 
day morning;  Rev.  C.  C.  Tiffany.  8:30  arernoon.  Sing- 
ing by  Chas.  L.  Ouno  and  tbe  uurge  choir  morning  aud 
afternoon.  All  invited.  Sandfty-sohool,  &:30.  Biule 
class,  lOi. 


A LLSOUlJ*»  CHURCH,  4TH  AV.,  CORXKR  OP 
20tb  St.— Bev.  Dr.  Bellows  will  preach  In  tbe  morn- 
ing at  11  o'clock,  and  Etev.  S.  H.  Camp  iu  tiie  evening 
a*  7:45  o'clock,  whan  seats  are  free.  Sunday-school, 
9:45  A.  M. 


AMERICAN  FREE  CHHRCH,  UNIVKR  ITY 
Building.— Rev.  C.  P.  McCarthy,  Pastor,  will  prear.h 
this  morning  at  11  o'clock.  Subject—"  Love  to  Bless- 
ing." Evening.  7:30.  Subject—''  8  irft  Communion 
anu  Fellowship."    Sacred  suins  by  Hiss  Ines  A.  .^exton. 


BI.BBCKER  8TREKT  LNIVERSAUfST 
Church,  corner  ef  Uowning  st.— The  Pastor.  Rev.  KJ 
C.  Sweetssr,  will  preach  this  (Sunday)  morning  aud 
evenincat  10:4b  ond  7:.'?it  o'clock.  Morning  sulject— 
"The  Law  n  Schnoimaster  to  Bring  Ds  to  Chr>st." 
Evening  snblect — "  Religion  in  Business  ASaiis  ''—s 
sermon  to  young  men. 

BISHOP  SNOW,  OF  JWODNT  ZION  CHUaCB 
OF  CHRIST,  win  preach  in  tha  Medical  College 
corner  4th  av.  and  23d  st,  on  Sundar.  at  3  P.  M.;  seat! 
tree;  subfect,  ''The  Great  Trumpet  Sounding  and 
Israel  to  be  Gathered,"  ls&  xxvil.  13. 


CHURCH  OP  THE  NEW  JBRU»ALiBin, 
(Svredenborirtaii,) 

Ealt  35th  st,  between  4tb  (Park)  and  Lexington  ava. 
Rev.  CHADNCET  GILES,  Pastor.— Services  at  11  A.  M. 
SERMON—'"  Tbe  Signs  which  follow  Belief" 
EVENING   LECTURE   at  8  P.   M.— '•  The    Resurrec- 
tion of  tbe  Soul  from  Spiritual   Death."     (See  specia' 
advertisement. ) 

The  only  system  that  remains  able  to-dav  freely  to 
admit  tbe  mostnncompromiaing  re>nHs  of  scieati&c 
inquiry  without  fear  or  question,  and  at  the  sami 
time  to  bold  to  the  absolute  truth  of  Holy  Writ  in 
every  jot  aud  tittlo,  a'^oe.'irs  to  he  i  hit  prjci  aimed  by 
Swedenoorg.— i'he  (SoJoxy,  July.  187t>. 


CHURCH  OP  THE  BBAVENi.V  REHT. 

5TH  AV.,   ABOVE    45TH  ST. 

REV.  DR.  HOWLA.VD.  RECTOR. 
Sunday  Services,   11  A.  M.,  4  P.  M. 
Ash  vvedn^-sdav,  II  A.  M.,  8  P.  Id. 
BEV.  MORGAN  DiX  D.  D.,wlll  preach  Ash  Wedne^ 
day  in  Defaalf  of  the  Mouse  of  Mercy. 

CBURCH  OF  THB  AIESSIAH,  CORVKE  OP 
34tb  St.  and  Park  av.— Rev.  Wm.  R.  Alser  will 
preach— momlug  at  11;  subject-"  Thp  Perpetual 
Freshness  and  Charm  of  Life;  evening  nt  7:4P.  (re 
peated  by  particular  request.)  "  The  Battle  of  tho 
Tbeatre  and  the  Cbarcb."  Seats  free.  The  public  in- 
vited. 

CAL.VARV  BAPTI.ST  CHURCH,  231)  ST.. 
between  5th  and  6th  avs. — Rev.  R.  S.  MacArthur, 
Pastor,  preaches  Sunday  tuorning  and  even'na: 
Sunday-school  2: 30  P.  M.;  baptisms  at  evening  service. 
Prayer-meetings  -tionda.y.  Wednesday,  and  Friday 
evenings.    Strangers  cordially  irviteO. 

CHURCH  OJF  THE  ATONEMLENT.  MADISON 
av.  and  28th  st,  Rev.  C.  C.  Tlffanv.  Rector.— Sua- 
day-school  at  9:30  A.  M.  Divine  services  at  11  A.  .M. 
and  3:30  P.  M.  Preachins;  services  at  7:45  P.  M-.at 
which  all  seats  are  free  and  stranzers  cordially  invited. 

CEiVTRAL  BAPTIST  CHURCH,  WEST  42U 
St.,  Rev.  J.  D.  Herr,  Pastor.- Rev.  Dr.  Clay,  ef  HaU- 
tax.  Nova  Scotia,  will  preaeh  morning  and  eveniuic, 
and  every  evening  during  the  week.  Come  and  hear 
tbe  glad  tidings. 


CHURCH  OF  THE  DIVINE  PATE  KNIT  V, 
5th  av.,  corner  45th  st.— Rev.  Dr.  E.  H.  Chaoin  will 
preach  this  morning  at  11.  Evening  at  8,  vespers  aud 
an  extemporaaeous  address  by  Dr.  Cnapin,  on  the  iScrip- 
ture  lesson  of  the  evening. 

CHURCH  OF  THE  RESURKECTIO.V,  35TEC 
ai.,ijetweeQ  Lexington  and  3d  avs..  Rev.  John  W. 
Trimble,  Rector. — Services  .^nuda.y  at  10:45  A.  M.  aud 
.7:30  P.  M.  Sunday-school  at  2:30  F.  M.  All  are  cor- 
dially invited  to  attend. 

HRISTCHURCH,  5TH  AV.  AM>  aSTH  ST. 

—Rev.  Dr.  McVickar.  Rector.— service  at  10:30 
A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.  Children's  service  at  3:»0  P.  M., 
vrirb  catechising. 

HURCH   OF  THE  S  I'RA.NdiKKS,   MERCKR 
st,.  between  8th  st.  and  Waverl.v  place. — Rev   vVil- 

liam  M.  Baker,   of  Boston,  will  preicb  to-day  at  10:30 

A,  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.     All  the  seats  free. 

HURCil    OF    THE       HOLY       SAVIOUR, 

Kast  25th  St.,  near  Madison  a  v..  Rev.  Dr.  Carter, 
Rector. — Service  at  10:3D  A.  M..  and  7:30  P.  M. 

ClALiVARY   CHURCH,    4TU  AV.  AND  2l6T  ST., 
/Rev.  E.     A.    Washburn,    D.    D.,    Rector. — Services 
10:30  A.  M.  and  3:30  P.  M. 

R.  LlAnois  preaches  sunoav  at   u 

A.  M,  in  Science  Hall,  No.  141  Kast  8tb  st.  Sub- 
ject—  •What  has  Religion  Done  to  Improve  the  Racef 
Quartet.    Seats  tree- 

FIR.ST  REFOR.HED  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH. 

Temporarily  worshiping  at  Madison  av.  and  47th  sb 

Permanent  location,  (church  nuw  bmldin;:,) 

Madi^iou  av.  and  55th  st. 

Rev.  WM.  r.  SAdI.NE,  Pastor. 

Divine  services:  Morning,  10:30;  eveijiUg,  7:45  o'clock. 

•  Sunoay-subool,  9  -A.  M. 

Rev.   C.   D.    KKLLOGU,  of   the   Reformed  Church,  of 
Passaic,   n.  J.,  will  pre.iCh. 
Divine  service  Ash- vVednesaa.v  at  11  A.  M. 

I VE  POINTS  HOU.'^K  OF  INDUSTRY',  NO. 

155  Worth  St..  William  F.  Barnard.  Superintenuent. 
— .Service  ot  song  by  the  childreu  on  Sunday  at  3:30 
o'clock.  Public  invited.  Second-hand  clorbing  and 
shoes  urgently  soiicitsd. 

RACK    CHAPKI,.    EAST    14rH   ST.,  REV. 

W.  T.  Egbert,  Pastor. — Services.  II  A  M.  and 
7:30  P.  M.  Toe  Pastor  will  preach  The  hfth  and  last  01 
a  course  of  lectures  on  "Popular  SKepticisiu"  lathe 
eveumg. 

OSPEIi    HALL,,    !V».    aO     4 1'H    AV.— ThB 

Breaking  of  Bread  at  10:30  A.  .d.    Pr«aohi.ig  at  8  P. 

&].- "The  Knowledge  ot  God  see-j  iu  the  face  ot  Ji-sua 

Christ."    Tuesday,  at  8  P.  M.,  Bible  Reading,  John  x. 

TUurs.ay  at  8  P.  M.,  Tvpical  Teaohing. 

HARK  bm  UNlV£RSAiaST  CHURCH, 
127th  St.,  between  Lexington  and  4th  avs.— Sun- 
da.v  moruins  at  11  o'clock,  subject— "  Fiudinn  God:  " 
evening  at  7:30:  "The  Strusgies  of  Liff."  Mou:lay, 
IXiesday,  Wednesday,  and  Thursday  evenings  at  8 
o'clock,  preaching  by  the  different  clergymen  of  this 
City  and  vicinity.  Rev.  J.  E.Forrester.  1).  D.,  will  de- 
liver a  lecture  on  Friday  evening,  Feb.  16,  at  8  o'clock, 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Sawyer  Literary  Society ; 
Bubjeci — "Personality  of  a  Reformer."  Tickets,  26  cents. 

HOUSJS  OP  MERCY,  NBW-TORH..— THE 
anmversary  service  of  this  Institntioa  wil  i  be  heiu 
In  Trinit.y  Chapel,  West  2dth  st.,  near  Broadway,  on 
Sunday  evening,  Feb.  11,  at  7:30  o'clock.  Bsv.  Dr.  Dix. 
will  preach. 

ViMA.>    C.  IIOWK    (TRANCE    SPJEAKKR) 

lectures  tor  the  Society  of  spiritualists  at  10:3J 
A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.  at  No.  55  West  33a  st.  Seats  free. 
The  Children's  Lyceum  meets  at  '.::3il  P.  M. 

MADISON  AVENUE  CHUKCH  OF  THB 
Uisciples,  comer  45th  St.,  Kev  George  H.  Hepworth. 
— iiorning — "  The  Power  of  the  Gospel."  Evenlug— ■ 
•' A  Law  of  Success."  Monday  evening,  fonrth  lecture 
on  the  Holy  Land  by  Mr.  Hepworta,  illustrated  with 
the  stereopticon. 


MASONIC  TKMPI.K,  'Z3a  ST.  AN06TU  AV.— 
o.  B.  Frottdngham,  Pastor  of  tne  lU'lepeudent 
Liberal  Church,  t\i1i  speak  on  sonda.v  morning  at 
10:i5  o'clock.  Suiiiect :  "  Pasanism:  Old  and  New." 
Service  tor  the  young  at  3:30  P.  H. 

PILGRIM     BAPTIST    CHURCH,     33D   ST., 
near  8th  av. — Rev.    Harve.y   B.    Trevor,  of  Oswego,  1 
will    preach   Sunday  morning   and  evening.     Sunday-  ' 
school   and   Bibie   Classes  at    2:30.      strangers   wei-j 
corned. 


ROF.  FElIX    AUL.ER  W1L.L.    JuECTURE 

at  Standard  Hall,  comer  Broad wav  and  Fortr-sec- 
ond  St.,  this  (Sunday)  mornmgat  11  o'clock.  Subject: 
••  The  Origin  of  Religion,"  (continued.) 


REV.  STEPHEN  H.  TVNG,  JR.,  II.  I>., 

Will  preach   in  the 

CHDRCH  OF  THE  HOLY  TRINITY. 

Madisoli  av.  and  42d  st. 

At  10:30iu.  M  and  7:30  P.  M: 

Ash- Wednesday  ser Tic) I  at  11  A.  M., 3:30 and  7:45  P.  M)t 

Daily  services  during  Lent. 

EV.   THO.HAS    .S.  BASTINGS,  i>.  ».,  PA^ 

tor,  will  preach  in  the  West  Presoytenan  Church, 
4^:^u  St.,  between  5th  aud  6th  av*.,  on  Sundav,  the  lltu 
inst.  Service  at  10:30  A.  M.,  and  7:30  P.M.  Aduit- 
Bible  class  3  P.  M. 


REV.  1*R.  RYX.ANCE,  ST.  MARK'S  CUURl'H, 
2d  av.  and  10th  sl — Services  at  11  A.  M.  aud  7:43 
P.  .d.  Rev.  Brockholst  Morgan  will  preach  moroinj) 
and  evening. 


.•*T.  THOiUAs'  CHURCH, 

CORNER  5TH  AV.,  AND  53D  ST. 
WILLIAM  F.  MORGAN,  D.  D..  Rector:  Predericli 
Courtney,  M.  A.,  Assistant  Minister.  Lenten  Services.— 
w  ednesday  and  I'riday  raorniug.  prayer  aud  lecture  al 
11  o'clock  ;  evening  prayer  ihroughoat  the  season  al 
5  o'clock;  confirmaiiDU,  Palm  Sunday.  March  25. 


ST.lUNAl'IU.S'  CHURCH,  40rri  ST.,  BH 
tweenSthandCth  avs.,  Kev.  Dr.  F.  C.  Ewer,  Rector, 
cifficiating.— Commuuion.  7  A.  M.;  Morning  Prayer. 
9:  Litany,  10:30;  Choral  CeleOratiou,  11;  Choral 
evening  Prayerj  7:30.  Pews  aud  sittings  may  be 
bad,  tree,  for  the  Winter  upon  application  to  the  sex- 
tun. 


ST.  ANDREW'S  P.  E.  CHURCH,  HARLEM, 
(127th  St.  aud  4th  av.i-ivlomlng  service  nt  10:30; 
evening  service  at  7:30  o'clocic  Sunday-school  9  A. 
.>i.  Children's  singing-school  3:30  P.  M.  Rev.  Wm  E. 
Eigenbroot.  D.  D..  of  General  Theological  Seminary, 
-«ill  preach  in  tbe  morning,  and  Rev.  J.  U.  Hobart,  D.. 
I,.,  in  the  evening. 


ST.  STEPHEN'S  CHURCH. 

57  to  59  Wesit  46th  street. 

The  Bev.  A.  B.  HART,  Rector. 

Services  on  Sunday  at  IC:  30  A.  M  ,  and  4  P.  H. 


ST.  LUKE'S  iM.  E.  CHURCH.  41ST  ST.,KEAR 
6th  av..  Rev.  W.  P.  Abbott,  Pastor.— Prfocbiag 
at  1U:30  A.  U.  and  7:43  P.  M.  Young  people's  prayer- 
meetiog  at  6:45  P.  M.    All  are  Inviced. 


«*  TTARD  TIMES :»-CBAiON   PORTRAITS   AT 
Xlredaced  prices.    Specimens  at  stadlo.  No.  27 
East  ibth  St.,  comer  Broadway. 

I.DCU.LB  CLIflTOa. 


THIRTY-FOURTH  STREET  REFORiUKO 
«iburcb.  west  of  8th  av..  Kev.  Carlos  Martrn,  Pas- 
tor.—Divine  service  in  this  phtce  to-morrow,  liib  lust., 
at  lo:  so  A  M.  aud  7:30  P.  M.  Preaching  by  the  Pas- 
tor. In  the  eveciuf  service  ot  song,  followed  by  sat- 
mon on    "Tbe  Accosc^clon."      strangers  "welcome. 

N  I  r  1      CHAPE  L— FODRTH    CMIfABUH 
society,  128th  st,  near  4th  av.— Rev.  F.  W.   Hol- 
land wlU  preach  at  1U:30  A.  M.  and -7:30  P.  M.     Even, 
log  lecture  t>a  "  Kgypt."    Sunday-school  at  9:Si>  A.  M. 
Seats  provided  for  strangers. 

WORSHIP — TUE  NliXr  SERtlON  IN  ruE 
course  oii  Worsbtjj  will  be  eiven  lo  tbe  Cnnruh  vi 
tbe  Atooement,  Madison  av.  aud  28th  st ,  on  Sunday 
eveniag  Feb.  11,  at  7:45  Cciock.  by  liev.  K.  N.  Pot 
ifr.  u.  i>.,  Presiaeutol  Ualou.Colle««;.  >  Kuhieot— "  Tue 
C3>.|jccb  Musie  Wo  Heed." 


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VROM  ATIONON  FXVS  CBNTX7BIB8  AGO— 
TOE  CARNIVAL. 

nvm  Owr  Otcm  CorretpondeM. 

BoMK,  TbUTSd&y,  Jan.  18,  1877. 
!  Parliament  came  together  at  the  besin- 
^ing  of  the  present  -week,  after  a  racation  of 
pearly  a  month.  Not  enouiEh  Deputies  pre- 
sented themselves  on  tlw  first  and  second  daja 
to  zo  on  -with  regular  business,  and  the  oppor- 
tonity  was  used  by  one  of  the  members  for  an 
^terrogation  addressed  to  Signer  Nioolera, 
the  Minister  of  the  Interior,  with  the  intention 
of  getting,  it  possible,  that  membw  of  the 
{King's  Cabinet  into  ohaneery.  1  do  not  know 
Iwhen  I  have  -witnessed  a  livelier  ssene  than 
jth^t  presented  in  the  Chamber  during  the  dia- 
toossion.  But  the  Minister  came  out  triumphant 
from  tho  contest,  and  the  Deputy  Corte  with- 
drew his  motidn.  In  various  ways  effort  has  . 
jbeen  made  to  damage  tho  credit  of  tbe' Baron ' 
iNiCaterA,  yet  the  Minister  holds  firm,  and  seems  : 
»o  be  in  a  we^  to  leavd  his  enemies  defeated, 
porrow-sfcnoken,  and  prostrate  on  the  inbound 
twhieh  they  have  choeen  for  their  warfare.  It 
naa  repeatedly  been  asserted  that  a  division 
jexista  in  the  Cabinet,  and  that  it  cannot  long 
ptand.  But  fthm  all  trustworthy  evidence  we 
lire  led  to  believe  that  the  lOnistry  is  a^sting  in 
harmony,  and  has  as  good  a  chance  of  oontin-  - 
bed  life  as  tbe  one  which  preceded  it,  which 
JBlont;  so  tenaciously  to  power.  The  party  de- 
ieated  in  the  recent  elections  makes  in  Parlia- 
ynent  but  a  meagre  show.  The  benches  of  the 
Bight  are  thinly  filled,  and  until  the  wind 
blows  &om  another  point  of  the  compass  the 
Oppoaitioa  does  not  promise  to  carry  a  rich 
{freight  of  party  successes  into  port  An  effort 
Ihaa  already  baen  made  to  break  the 
roowertul  majority  into  two  ^  sectioma, 
put  so  far  without  any  apparent  happy  luck. 
rrhe  bill  fixing  penalties  ^or  abuses  committed 
(by  the  clergy  is  now  tmder  discussion  in  the 
[Chamber.  The  project  enaounters  in  the  out- 
JBet  more  opposition  than  was  expected.  The 
largument  is  usea  that  special  legislation  is  net 
needed,  and   that  lifwa  at  present   exiating  are 

Boffioient  to  correct  tbe  evils  complained  of  as 

cases  arise.  It  is  suggested  that  a  new  general 
law,  defining  with  more  distinctness  the  rela- 
tions and  rights  of  the  Church  and  the  State,  is 
beeded  ;  one  by  whieh  more  protection  and  in- 
idependence  shall  be  guaranteed  to  the  lower 
clergy,  with  the  object  in  view -ef  binding  them 
taiore  closely  to  soeiety  and  the  nation.  To  my 
own  knowledge  there  are  priests  waiting  and 
longmg  for  the  increase  of  the  personal  in- 
IfiaeQce  or  power  contemplated  in  tbe  projected 
ilegislation. 

One  of  tbe  abases  which  the  proposed  law  has 
In  view  to  eorrect  is  that  of  the  conduct  of  the 
priMts  at  the  final  moment  of  c*nfesslcm,  ab- 
Bolntion,  and  extreme  unction.  If  an  Italian 
Hnth  Catholic  baptism  has  taken  part  by 
political  action  in  any  manner  by  whieh  the 
Cbnreh  has  been  despoiled,  either  by  tbe  voting 
of  laws,  or  the  purchase  of  confiscated  eccle- 
siastical property,  the  priest  has  the  power, 
and  it  is  his  dutf  under  the  vows  by  which  he 
bolds  his  office,  to  refuse  the  saorameats,  with- 
out an  acknowledgment  of  error  committed  in 
the  manner  above  indicated  and  such  repara- 
tion as  it  is  in  the  power  of  the  dying  man  to 
make.  Not  a  few  eases  of  the  kind  have  oc- 
curred, and  some  have  yielded,  and  some  have 
iheld  firm  under  .  the  pressure  exercised  upon 
the  conscience  at  the  last  trying  moment. 
Xianguage  has  been  used  in  Parliament  during 
Xbis  discussion  which,  if  it  sould  all  be  quoted, 
*would  surprise  many  among  us  who  still  be- 
lieve Italy  to  be  a  Roman  Catholic  ooustry. 
The  Deputy  Trinchera,  who,  in  his  apeeeh  op- 
posed the  bill,  said  religion  is  not  a  social 
fact :  it  is  a  thing  wholly  individual,  and  the 
State  has  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  it.  Let 
us  leave  full  liberty  to  tbe  Church,  and  in  a 
few  years  it  will  either  reform  or  rum  itself. 
HeligiouB  beliefs  are  a  sign  of  weakness,  and 
for  the  same  reason  people  go  int*  a  ohuroh  as 
thev  go  into  an  asylum  ef  lunatics.  Tbe  Dep- 
uty Marziale  declared  himself  in  favor  not  ot 
ponishlne;  the  priests,  but  of  attacking  tbe 
masters  in  tbe  Vatican,  where  the  head  of  the 
evil  lies.  Until  the  law  of  guarantees  to  the 
Pope  is  revoked  cor  position  is  not  logical ; 
and  much  of  the  language  used  by  the  other 
jspeakers  was  in  the  s«me  strain. 

Yesterday,  the  17th  of  JasuarVi  was  a  day 
which  has  a  distinguished  mark  in  the  calendar 
;«f  tbe  Soman  Catholic  Church.     On  that  day, 

i'ust  five  centuries  ago,  tbe  Popes  of  Kome.  who 
lad  been  in  exile  tor  72  years,  at  Avignon,  were 
once  more  re-established  in  this  ancient  seat. 
This  i>eriod  of  residense  in  the  south  of  France 
is  commonly  called  by  Cathobo  writers  the  Cap- 
tivity of  Babylon  of  the  Pontiffs.  A  centenarv 
of  so  much  importance,  as  might  be  supposed* 
was  n*c  left  without  due  observance  here  in 
Some.  Wei-e  the  Pope  m  the  actual  enjo.rmeiit 
,of  the  temporal  power,  we  cannot  doubt  that 
the  celebration  would  have  bad  greater  €«lat, 
and  means  would  have  been  used  te  draw 
large  numbers  here  to  do  honor  to  the 
occasion.  But  48  tbe  fact  stands,  the  ceremo- 
ny of  comoiemoration  was  oonlined.  foi  tbe 
most  part  to  the  Minerva  Churob.  Under  the 
high  altar  in  that  sanctuary  is  kept  the  body 
of. St.  Catlianne,  of  Sienna,  te  whose  influence, 
more  than  to  that  of  any  other  agent,  is  given 
the  glory  of  bringing  back  to  the  Vatican  tbe 
residence  of  the  Pontifical  See-  The  triduo  in 
the  Mm«rva  Church  at  tbe  hour*  of  tbe  Ave 
Maria  was  very  brilliant  with  the  illumination 
Df  tbe  thousands  of  candles  that  had  been  put 
Of,  and  the  part  taken  by  St.  Catharine  in  tbe 
Pope's  restoration  was  signalized  by  an  iu- 
sonption  affixed  to  the  walls.  According  to 
the  story,  Catharine,  if  she  did  not  go  in  person 
to  Avijpion,  by  her  miracles  influeneed  Gregory 
XL  to  remove  the  chair  of  Peter  to  Borne.  Of 
tbe  eiebt  Popes  who  resided  at  Avignon,  seven 
were  Francbneo,  and  not  less'  tban  tbree  of 
them  trom  the  single  City  of  Limoges — a  larger 
proportion  of  those  not  bom  in  Italy  than  the 
Pontiiieate  has  known  in  the  whole  course  of 
its  history.  To-day,  in  St.  Peter's,  the  fiuictioQ 
was  ordered  with  reference  to  this  centenary, 
and  mass  was  said  in  the  tribune  in  the  prea^ 
ence  of  tbe  Chapter  of  the  Basilica  and  a  lew 
hundred  spectators,  of  whom  most  were  for- 
eigners. Cardinal  Borrotneo  conducted  the 
ofiice  with  his  usual  alif  htly  affected  and  lat- 
witted  dignity.  The  music  was  fine,  and  well 
repaid  the  journey  across  the  city  to 
hear  it.  Candies  were  lit  on  the  shrine 
containing  what  is  said  to  be  St. 
Peter's  chair,  but  hardly  any  other  sign  was 
given  that  the  occasion  was  any  other  than  one 
01  ordinary  rectirreaee.  The  Pope  is  about;  to 
add  nearly  a  dozen  new  Cardinals  to  the  pres- 
ent diminished  list.  I  do  not  hear  that  any 
Taoaat  hat  la  to  be  taken  to  America,  altbough 
It  seems  to  be  nearly  time  that  the '  southern 
portion  of  the  centiaent  bad  one  fiung  in  its 
direction.  Dob  Pedro  is  now  in  Italy,  and  is 
■oon  sxpected  in  Bome.  His  intimacy  with 
Victor  Emmanuel  is  t«o  close  to  enable  him  to 
find  great  favor  with  Pio  Nono.  The  Emperor 
has  so  mnch  franknesa  and  independence  of 
■pint  that  we  should  not  be  surprised  if  he 
■hoatd  onse  more  remind  the  Holy  Fatber  that 
It  would  not  be  Jess  graoetul  than  just  on  his 
part  t»  aaeet  the  King  half  way,  and  brmg  to 
an  end  the  old  diffsrences  which  have  so  much 
■oured  the  temper  ef  tha  hierarchy. 

In  my  letter  from  Monte  Cassino,  trusting  to 
memoi-y,  I  fail  into  tbe  error   of  saying  tbat 

fit.  Benedict  was  bom  at  Sabiaco,  wuea  it 
ahpuld  have  be«n  Norcia,  near  Spoleto,  50  miles 
or  more  to  the'  north.  The  error  u  not  a  serioaa 
one,  bat  each  locality  la  Jealous  of  tbe  glory  of 
its  o'vm  great  men,  and  Benedict  was  one  ef 
those  moral  heroea  ^of  whom  Ihe  world  pro- 
duaes  but  few.  Sienna  is  as  proud  ot  St. 
Catharine  as  Paduaisaathebirth-nlaoeofthe 
liistoirian  Ldvv,  or  Velletri  aa  the  place  where 
tba  Qotaviwa  family  had  i^  origin. 

These  who  live  iipen  amusements  aso  snnfflog 
th^  air  to  get  tha  first  saent  of  aarniTal,  tha 
begisaing  of  which  is  now  not  a  great  way  off. 

The  last  we«!k  of  sanuvai,  or  tbe  brief  season , 
of  .wibi  xiot,  d«ee  not  y^rMOiae  to  b«  one  of  eves 
usual  ammatwn:  bat  at  tiM  laat  moment  an, 
extnkaffort  xaay  m  isada  to  sars  the  popiUa«e 
£h»a  the  laeoaselabla  losairbUtii  •  ««wsitot* 


be.  1'bo  immediate  sensatien  tho  Bomaas  are 
promising  themaelvas  is  that  eosneotAd  with 
tho  arrival  of  Capt.  Paul  Boyton  witk  bis 
life-saviae  apparatus.  He  is  to  come  down  the 
Tiber  on  Sunday  next  fr«m  Orte,  40  ffiiles 
above.  He  baa  already  giVea,  in  tho  northern 
cities,  exbibitioDS  oi  bis  ingenious  invention 
and  his  oWn  daring,-  to  the  great  gTattfiaatlOtt 
of  tens  of  thousands  of  tbe  population,  and  he 
is  the  hero  of  the  hour. 


£EV.  MB,  TOOTH  IN  FBISON, 


TBE  HATCHAM  RITUALIST  IN  BORS8MONOKB 
LANE     JAIL — THE     BKVKBBND    QEMTLK- 
MAN'8  ACCOMMODATIONS. 
Eev.    Arthur    Tooth,    Vicar    of   St.    Jamea' 
Chnroo,  Hatoham,  tl'bQ  has  bean  orestiag  aaoh  a 
sensation  In  EDgland  by  bis  refusal  to  obey  tha  or- 
der of  the  Court  of  ArobSa,  directing  him  to  dis- 
continue his  extreme  ritualistic  performances,  re- 
cently surrendered  to  tne  Sheriffs  Officer,  and  is 
now  in  Horsemooger  Lane  Jail.    A  London  news- 
paper says : 

**  Some  miseonception  exists  as  to  tha  treatment 
to  wnich  Mr.  Tooth  is  entitled  at  Horaamoniter 
Lane  Jail,  in  wbloh  he  is  now  confined.  It  has 
been  believed  tbat  the  reverend  gentleman  would 
receive  the  same  attention  to  comfort  aa  attemtecl 
tbe  incarceration  of  Mr.  Valentine  Baker.  The  dif- 
ference ii  tbat  Mr.  Baker  was  leutenoed  as  what  is 
technically  known  in  prison  o£Boial  parlaoCa  aa  a 
'  orlniinal'  who  was  refeeated  to  the  cnstoay  of  tbe 
Govemor,  Mr.  Keene.  by  the  Jadgeu  as  '  a  flrat-olass 
misdemeanaur,'  wbereas  Mr.  Tonln  ia  comAiitted 
for  contempt  of  court,  and  prlsaners  for  contempt— 
whether  tbey  are  imprisoned  by  order  of  ttae  superior 
ooarts,  of  a  Connty  Court  Juago,  or  of  a  maitUtnte 
for  non-payment  of  taxes  or  loan  society  debts  for 
negleotiiiK  to  send  children  to  school  or  for  non-pi^- 
ment  of  snstenance  for  illegitimate  chiidrea — are, 
accordtne  to  tbe  rules  in  force  at  the  Surrey  Connty 
Prlaon,  treated  in  nreolsely  the  same  manner.  This 
treatment  dijfjra  ftom  that  of  a  'Urst-olass  mlade- 
meanaat '  cousiderablr.  Xbe  latcar  may  supply 
his  own  food,  always  subject  to  tbe  suparvlsion  of 
the  prison  aakhorltiea  to  see  tbat  it  is  not  too  Inxari- 
ooa  ;  ha  mar  finish  the  room  allotted  to  blm  and 
see  his  tnsnda  dally,  bat,  being  a  criminal,  be  la 
denied  the  luxury  of  smokloa — aa  tndnlKenoe  freely 
permitted  to  priiioners  for  contempt.  Mr.  Tooth  u 
confined  in  the  departn^ent  of  the  Jail  Inhabited  by 
anch  prisoners,  and,  except  so  far  aa  the  rules  will 
allow  the  Governor  to  mttiicate  the  rdjiime 
by  allowing  him  tbe  best  possible 
room  to  be  loand.  there,  is  subjected 
in  all  respects  to  tbe  treatment  meted  out  to  his 
bnmbler  neighbors.  The  portion  of  the  nriaon  al- 
located to  the  nae  of  such  ofifendera  is  a  block  of 
buildiofrs  directly  opposite  the  entrance.  It  stands 
at  one  aide  ot  a  paved  yard  environed  by  tall  and 
spiked  iron  railings,  "Within  the  building  are  small 
rooms  of  about  tbe  same  size  as  tbe  ordinary  prison 
cell,  some  of  them  a  little  lare€r,  and,  instead  of  ttae 
ordinary  stone  flooring,  boarded.  In  thoae  rooms  is 
an  iron  frame  attached  to  tbe  wall,  and  connecied 
with  the  frame  is  a  kind  of  canvas  atretober,  on 
which  ia  laid  a  humble  mattresa,  with  coarae 
aheets  and  an  equally  coar*e  coverlet.  This 
apparatus  is  tha  only  sleeping  accommoda- 
tion, fint  Mr,  Tooth,  or  any  other  prisoner  in 
the  same  category,  may  provide  bis  own  bedding. 
"So  waabinK  apparatus  ia  provided  in  the  apart- 
ment, and  tbe  only  other  acaommodation  ia  a  amall 
wooden  table  and  a  ohair.  Mr.  I'ooth  cannot  pro- 
vide aii3>thiaK  lor  nimaelf  outside  tbe  diet  set  down 
In  tbe  regulations  for  faia  class  onleaa  specially  per- 
mitted and  ordered  by  the  doctor.  The  routine  ot 
h<a  life  ia  oppressively  monotonous.  He  must 
rise  in  the  mominc  havt*  hia  bed  made  up, 
be  washed  and  dreaaed  by  breakfaat-time, 
8  o'cloek.  At  this  hour,  witblu  the'  'cage,' 
or  iron-bonnd  pavement,  but  ootslde  tiie 
bonding,  a  warder  seta  down  a  tray  contalnini{ 
tin  pannikins  of  ordinary  but  very  substantial 
'  skilly  '  and  loavea  of  bread.  Th^  name  of  each 
prisoner  la  called  oat,  and,  unless  tome  other  pria- 
nner,  who  may  be  employed  as  a  servitor,  receives 
It  for  him,  be  is  expected  to  appear  and  carry  it 
away  himself.  No  spoon  la  pravldeil  for  taking  ibe 
compound  called  '  skiUy,'  nor  ia  any  Itnlfe  supplied 
i  for  cutting  the  bread.  After  breakfast  Se  is  at  lib- 
erty to  walk  about  until  church  time,  alwaya  withm 
the  iron  cage.  At  9:30  the  '  contempt '  and  oiher 
pnsonaia  in  tbe  class  are  called  fur  '  cbarcb,'  and 
marshaled  to  tbe  priaou  cbapel  in  siDgle  file  under 
the  charge  of  warders.  Uuieaa  a  prisoner 
choose  to  register  hiaiBelf  aa  not  l>eloneinK  to 
tbe  Church  of  England,  or  be  by  illness  incapaci- 
tated, be  must  attend  'eburcb.'^  Tbe  service  is 
characterized  by  an  entire  absence  of  ritual.  It: 
consists  ot  aimple  momiug  prayers,  the  fsalma 
bsiue  read.  A  warder  acts  aa  clerk,  and  a  few 
hymns  are  sani;,  Kecerally  by  tbe  officials,  with  tbe 
vocal  aaaiataace  of  the  religiously  disposed  '  con- 
tempt '  prisoners.  Then  tbey  are  marched  back 
again  to  tbe  iron  Incloenre,  where,  or  in  in  tbeir 
rooms,  tbey  may  pass  the  time  as  tbey  beat  can.  A 
newsvendor  comes  in,  and  tbey  may  buy 
tbe  morning  papera ;  tbey  may  play  at 
'  marbles,'  or  tbey  may  smoke  and  walk  about  or 
remain  in  thsir  own  rooma  reading  or  wriiine,  there 
being  no  Itait  to  tbe  number  of  letters  to  be  reoeired 
or  to  be  written,  and  tbe  epiatlea  are  not  sntimitted 
to  any  kind  of  supervision.  At  thia  time  of  tha 
year  the  prisoners  must  be  within  doura  by 5  o'cloek, 
and  then  tbe  heavy  iron  door  is  lucked  n{>on  tbem. 
If  they  want  more  exercise,  tbey  mav  perambulate 
tbe  stuue  eorriaorrt,  or  tbey  may  adjouru  to  an  apart- 
ment known  as  tbe  'kitchen,'  and  sit  round  a  deal 
table  on  wooden  forme,  and  amuse  themselvea  by 
tne  atonea  of  their  lives.  Once  a  iv  eek  tbe  pns- 
oner  is  bnppoaed  to  wash  out  hia  room ;  but  be  need 
not  do  It,  for  it  is  permisaible  for  the  '  contempt ' 
ptlaouera  to  form  a  social  community  of  their  own. 
The  pooreat  priaoner  generally  ondertakea  tba  do- 
ti«a  ot  the  '  charwoman,'  and  is  allowad  a  amall 
aum  from  each  of  hia  feliowa  for  tne  tronble.  Tbree 
times  a  week  only  can  Mr.  Tooth  receive  a  few  of 
bis  friends,  and  then  only  within  certain  hours. 
This  is  tbe  iiie  he  must  lead  till  be  porges  hu  con- 
tempt." ^^^^ 

FOVNJD  J.FI£B  TMIHTT  YEA.R3. 
The  Kingston  Freeman  of  Monday  contains 
'the  following  account  of  a  wife's  dlaoovery  of  her 
recreant  husband  after  over  30  yeara'  absence: 
"  Nearly  34  yeara  ago  a  young  woman  named  Mar- 
tha Lane,  living  with  ker  widowed  mother  on  a 
farm  near  the  then  villags  of  Elmira,  married  a 
farmer  named  Coleman  Stevens.-  Mlsa  Lane  owned 
real  eatate  worth  about  |1,000,  Stevena  waa  from 
Orange  County.  Tbe  young  people  married  with 
tha  intention  of  removing  to  Michigan,  -and  Mra. 
Stevens  disposed  of  her  property  for  |e00.  Thia 
■Doner  bhe  eave  to  her  husband.  Two  or  three  daya 
after  their  marriage  Stevens  went  to  OraoKe County 
to  bid  hia  parenia  good-bye.  He  waa  to  be  back 
on  a  certain  day.  He  did  not  coma  After 
waittUK  aeveral  days  bia  wile  started  for 
Oranse  County  to  look  bim  up.  There  waa 
no  railroad  here  at  that  day,  and  tbe 
Journey  was  a  tedlona  stace  ride,  Mrs.  Stevens 
found  her  bnaband  at  hia  father's,  intbetownof 
Moaroe.  Her  existence  bad  not  been  made  known 
to  her  bnsband's  people,  and  her  appearance  waa  a 
surmise,  and  an  uawelcome  one.  She  inalated  apon 
her  husband  iulfilling  his  promise  to  go  to  Michi- 
gan, and  next  morning  tbey  started.  He  deaerted 
her  at  Chaster,  and  abe  never  saw  or  heard  of  him 
until  a  week  or  so  since.  She  retamad  to  Chemung 
County,  and  has  amce  earned  her  living  by  hard 
work.  Her  mother  die4  of  gnef  at  tne  loaa  of 
Stevens.  She  snb^eqnently  removed  a  few  milea 
aoath,  aoroaa  tbe  Peunaylvaoia  hne,  where  ahe  has 
aince  lived.  Her  daughter,  now  about  33 
years  old,  lives  with  her.  '  Two  or  three  months 
ago  a  gentleman  who  lived  in  tbeneigbborhoad  was 
visiting  in  California.  "While  in  San  Franeisco  he 
mat  tha  lonf-misslag  Coleman  Stevens  face  to  face. 
Stevens  said  be  sn^posed  hia  first  wife  bad  been 
dead  for  over  35  years,  having  Deaa  so  informed  by 
bis  mother.  He  was  married  attain  and  had  a 
family.  He  denied  that  he  deserted  hii  wife,  de- 
claring tbat  they  aeparated  by  mumal  consent.  In 
1849  he  left  Miebigitn,  and  was  a  mem  ker  of  one  of 
tbe  first  parties  tbat  reached  the  gold  diggings. 
Ha  had  made  a  fortune  of  flOO,000,  The  gendemau 
returned  East  a  tew  waeks  ago,  and  has  aeqaaloted 
Mra.  Stevens  witb  hia  discoverj-.  She  intends  to 
call  tbe  courta  to  ber  aid,  and  to  compel  her  runa- 
way husband  to  provide  for  his  lawful  wife  and 
daughter."  

DEATH  OF  A  CALIFURHIAN, 
The  San  Francisco  Coil  of  the  1st  inat.  says  : 
"  Gen.  John  'Wilson,  the  senior  member  of  the 
San  Francisoo  Bar,  died  at  Suisun  ou  Tuesday  even- 
ing of  congestion  of  tbe  longs.  Gen.  'Wilson  waa 
bom  near  Knoxville,  Teno,,  Peb.  27.  1790, 
and  waa  educated  in  Virginia,  where  he  was 
thrown  into  constant  communication  with  and  be- 
came a  prote&6  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  In  early 
lite  he  removed  to  Howard  County,  Mo., 
where  he  became  a  leader  of  the  'Whig 
Party,  and  trom  tbat  time  on  waa  closely 
associated  with  the  prominent  politicians  of 
that  faction,  numbering  many  of  them  aa  his 
warm  personal  irieuda.  In  1849  be  came  acroas  tbe 
Plains  as  Commissioner  to  Utah,  and  in  1850  he 
reached  California,  having  been  appointed  Naral 
Agent  for  this  coast  by  bis  relative,  President  Tay- 
lor. Ever  aince  that  time  be  baa  been  identlllrd 
witb  moat  of  tbe  public  interest.8  of  the  Slate.  He 
was  a  man  of  marked  ability,  of  untiring  energy, 
and  of  sterling  worth ;  religious  without  bigotry, 
gen  erons  in  giving  and  in  thought,  and,  all  in  all, 
a  bright  example  of  tbe  true  worth  of  cultured 
manhootl.  His  every  faculty  was  clear  and  strong 
up  to  the  hour  of  his  death ;  and  althongb  so  near 
his  elghty-saventh  birtb(Uy,  he  died  as  he  had  lived 
— in  tne  bameea  Gen.  'Wilson  leaves  behind  him 
an  aged  widow,  a  son  and  a  daughter,  and  a  boat  of 
mourning  friends."       

WELLBIQQEES  BURNED. 
John  Morgan,  James  Downey,  and  Patrick 
Maloney,  well-diggers,  wbile  engagnd  m  bonng  a 
well  on  the  farm  of  Judge  Scott,  near  Bloomingtoa. 
HL,  on  Monday,  met  with  a  remarkable  accident. 
The  well  was  dug  40  feet  and  then  bored  40.  'VTben 
the  anger  waa  pulled  out  it  waa  foilowed  by  an 
eruption  of  'water  and  mad  %nd  then  by  a  volnaae 
of  gas  Which  lisd  expelled  it,  aod  which  continued 

to  flow  with  areat  pressure  and  accompanied  by  a 
roar  Uke  tbander.  Aa  gas  .woUs  are  no  nuvulty  in 
tbe  region,  nothing  waa  thougbt  of  thta.  A  fire 
waa  lighted  by  the  men  near  the  opening  of  tbe  well, 
^larksfTom  which  blown  acroaa  tbe  gas-jet  caused  ita 
oombnatioa,  and  an  explosion  foUowea  which  waa 
beard  tor  mtlea  around.  Maloney  and  Downa?, 
-ataading  aear,  were  scorched,  balr,  eyabcowa,  and. 
wldsxers  beiag  conaomad,  and  their  faoaa  horned 
black  as  by  gnnpowdar.    Maloaify  fail  in  lbs  ttrf» 


„-  -  ...        WBd   taara  reoaivad  adAlttonat  bBxaa.    Morgan  waa 

jMtiac  9at  ttf  tUl  ■tUTISt—*"*  voold  flastiiiabL>X.stBaned  bat  nut  aaoh  udua^ 


UW  REPORTS. 

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COtJRI  NOTES. 

'William  Keibobr.  who  tfaS  convicted  in  the 
Uniied  States  Circuit  Coiift  about  lOdaysaeobf 
rtmaing  an  Illicit  diatiUery  in  Harlem,  was  sen- 
tansed  by  Judge  Benedict  yesterday  to  13  montha 
la  the  Kings  Ooonty  Penitentiary,  and  to  pay  a  fiae 
of  11.000. 

Charles  Newman,  a  yoimg  man,  was  eomnait- 
t«d  tor  trial  in  default  of  bail,  byJastlce  Otterboarg 

Jrestardav,  charged  witb  having  forced  an  entrance 
n to- the  realdenoe  of  Mrs.  Lizzie  Kruce,  No.  307 
'weat  Ponrteenth  street,  and  stole  therefrom 
wearing  apparel  valoed  at  |90. 

John  Hanlon,  a  youth  of  17,  attempted  to 
pftsa  a  counterfeit  |10  note  on  Mary  Flynn,  ef  ITo. 
85  CMtrlton  ajreet,  some  days  ago,  and  for  this  of- 
lease  was  arrested  and  arralgnea  hel'ore  United 
Statea  Commissioner  Shields  yesterday.  He  waa 
committed  to  Ludlow  Street  JaU  in  defoult  of  11,000 
bail. 

Judge  BobinsoD,  in  tbe  Special  Term  of  tbe 
Court  of  Common  Pleas,  yesterday  ordered  a  refer- 
ence In  the  suit  of  Henry  0.  Clanss  against  Mary 
Clauas.  The  action  la  brought  for  an  absolute 
divorce  on  the  ground  of  defendant's  adultery. 
The  parties  were  married  on  May  10, 1868,  and  have 
one  child,  a  boy  6  yeara  old. 

John  Brady,  aged  18,  of  No.  325  "West 
Twenty-fifth  street,  was  charged  by  "William  H. 
Mackintosh,  of  No,  110  West  Twenty-third  street, 
with  having  attempted  to  pick  a  lady's  pookat  as 
she  was  pasting  tbrongh  Twanty-aeoond  street 
near  Sixth  avenue,  yesterday.  He  was  committed 
far  trial  in  default  ot  bail  by  Jnatloe  Otterbourg, 

The  report  of  tbe  Receiver  of  the  Erie  Bail- 
way  Company  for  December,  1876,  was  filed  In  the 
Connty  Clerk's  office  yesterday.'  From  thia  it  ap- 
pears tbat  tbe  balance  of  caab  on  band  Dec.  1  was 
1583,678  06,  and  this  amount  added  to  the  receipta 
made  a  toUl  of  t2,S22S6172.  The  diabursemenis 
were  IS1.S79.358  35,  leaving  a  balance  of  cash  on 
hand  Dec.  31  ef  f34ii,903  37. 

Charles  Leser,  a  German,  aged  65,  who  was 
arrested  on  Friday  evening  for  intoxication,  at- 
tempted to  commit  auicide  by  banging  bimaelf  to 
tbe  door  of  hia  cell  in  Essex  Market  Prison.  He 
was  cut  down  by  the  Warden,  and  when  taken  be- 
fore Juitice  Murray  yesterday  morning  stated  tbat 
the  disgrace  attending  bis  arrest  bad  preyed  to  socb 
an  extent  upon  bis  mlbd  tbat  he  reaolved  to  kill 
himself  before  leaving  pritoo. 

The  case  of  William  U.  Spark,  the  Post- 
maater  of  Pelham  Station,  on  the  New-Tork  and 

New-Haven  Sailroad,  against  bis  deputy,  Cbarlas 
Merritt,  for  the  refusal  to  deliver  up  198  postal 
cards,  has  been  before  Commissioner  Gsborn  nearly 
four  weeks,  and  was  finally  disposed  of  yesterday 
by  Merritt  being  discbarged  on  condition  tbat  he 
surrender  tbe  carda  ro  thePostmaatisr.  Mr.  Sparks, 
It  seems,  removed  Merritt  trom  office,  and  aa  there 
waa  a  amall  balance  due  the  latter  fur  bia  services, 
he  claimed  tbe  right  to  retain  the  property  in  quea- 
tlon. 

John  Alien,  the  colored  man  who  was  ar- 

reated  for  robbing  Josephine  Johnson,  of  No.  75 
Mloetta  lane,  of  jewelry  and  clothing  valued  at  f75, 
was  arraigned  before  Jastlce  Otterbourg,  at  tbe 
"Waahlngton  Place  Police  Court,  yeaterdav,  and 
held  tor  trial  in  default  of  ball.  The  charge  tbat 
Mrs.  Johnson  made  against  the  accused  on  Friday 
nigbt,  to  tbe  effect  that  he  bad  rubbed  aod  mur- 
dered a  eolored  man  iu  Charleston,  S.  C,  was  re- 
tracted bv  the  woman  yeatetdav,  and  she  now  as- 
sertk  that  be  was  concerned  in  a  robbery  in  Geor- 
gia, and  fled  from  tbat  State  to  avoid  punishment. 

TBE  MAXWELL  FORQERJ  TRIAL. 

The  examination  of  George  L.  Maxwell,  tbe 
broker  charged  witb  negotiating  the  alleged  forged 
check  for  164,3115,  waa  reanmed  veaterday  in  tbe 
Tomba  PoUoa  Court.  Horace  E.  Browne  testified 
tbat  he  aaw  the  alleged  forged  check  in  Maxwell'a 
hands  when  Maxwell  recsived  it,  sbd  that  he  then 
brlieved  it  to  l>e  genuine  ;  be  had  never  given  Max- 
well any  reason  to  suppose  that  tbe  check  waa  not 
genuine ;  witoeas  thought  it  waa  genuine,  and  pre- 
sumed Maxwell  did  also  ;  it  w^aa  necesiary  to  have 
tha  check  certified  by  tbe  Union  Truat  Company 
In  order  to  negotiatv  It ;  L.  A.  Brown  and  Chad- 
wick  were  the  ouea  who  orlgiaated  tbe  plan  and 
witnesa  was  the  one  who  communioated  with  Max- 
well; Chad  wick  aaked  witneaa  if  he  knew  a  broker 
who  was  in  the  habit  of  handling  large  checks,  as 
be  said  he  knew  an  institution  in  which  some  of 
the  officers  wanted  to  have  such  checks  negotiated 
by  some  broker  so  tbat  tbe.y  could  have  depreciat- 
ed secniltietf,  inatead  of  good  ones,  aa  assets,  and 
aivido  the  difference  between  tbeir  value  and  the 
amount  of  tbe  checks ;  witnesa  said  he  knew  of 
such  a  broker,  meaning  Maxwell.,  aod  tbe  result 
wa«  tbe  arrangement  made  witb^Maxwell  which 
culminated  in  tba  negotiation  ot  tha  alleged 
torged    check  and    tba    division   of  its   proaeed*. 

A  very  important  point  ot  differrneo  bei  ween  tha 
tosiimouy  given  by  Maxwell  and  Bruwne  was,  tbat 
the  furmer  teatiflcd  tbat  bu  gave  t60,000  in  gold  cer- 
tificates to  mesxpngers  whom  be  supposed  came 
from  tbe  New-Tork  Lite  Insurauce  Compauy, 
while  the  latter  testified  that  Maxwell  gave  bim  nne 
of  theae  gold  certificates,  of  tbe  amount  of  tlO.OOO, 
which  be  got  casbud  at  tne  Sub-Treaaury.  Justice 
Duffy  was  anxious  to  have  the  case  closed  yester- 
day, saying  tbat  he  baa  devoted  ail  ibe  time  ne- 
cessary to  ita  hearing  to  form  a  tndgment  as  to  what 
hia  decision  ought  to  be.  Mr.  Seward  aaid  it  would 
be  iropoaainle  lor  blm  to  eloae  the  defenae,  aa  ha 
wauled  to  continue  for  aometime  the  cross-examina- 
tion of  Browne,  who  waa  the  most  important  wit- 
neaa agamat  Maxwell,  and  also  wanted  to  ibtrod  ace 
aeveral  witnesses  for  tha  defense  on  important 
points.  It  waa  finally  arranged  to  adjourn  tbe  case 
to  10:30  A.  M.  ou  Monday,  tbe  I9tb  insL 


BELGIAN  FOROBRH  WANTED  AT  BOME. 

Jean  Baptiate  Henri  Vanderveloen  and  bis 
wife,  the  Belgian  forgers  who  were  brought  here 
from  Indiana  some  daya  ago  prenaratory  to  being 
extradited,  were  taken  before  United  Stataa  Com- 
miaaioner  'White  yeatarday  afternoon  for  txamina- 
tlon.  The  conosel  fur  tbe  Belgian  Government  of- 
fered in  evidance  the  documentary  proof  of  tha 
guilt  of  tbe  defendant*,  and  claimed  their  extra- 
dition nnder  the  treaty  of  1674  between  thta  Gov- 
ernment and  that  ot  Belgium.  The  forgery  alleged 
to  have  been  committed  by  the  defendanta  was 
that  of  the  signature  of  a  distinguished  Baron  to  a 
note  tor  500,000  iraoos.  Thia  waa  done  in  18C2,  since 
which  time  the  Baron  died,  and  In  1873  the  deteudanta 
preseotM  tbe  note  to  tba  execntors  of  the  esiabUsb- 
ment  ot  tbe  deceased  nobleman.  Tbe  caae  came  ou 
In  the  Belgian  courts,  bnt  waa  postponed  from  time 
to  time  until  187C,  when  tbe  auit  was  vigurously 
preased.  Atiout  thia  time  it  became  known  tbat  tho 
note  waa  a  forgery,  whereupon  Vanderveipeo  and 
bia  wife  tied  to  this  country.  Tbe  defense 
aet  up  by  the  counsel  for  (he  nriaonera  in  tbeir  ex- 
amination before  Commiasionec  White  ia  that  the 
alleged  offenas  was  committed  prior  to  the  raiitica- 
tloa  of  the  extradition  traaty  between  tbe  two 
Governments.  Counsel  for  the  Belgian  autbontiua, 
however,  claim  tbat  as  tbe  suit  to  recover  the 
money  called  for  by  the  forged  document  waa 
preased  in  1876,  this  constitutes,  in  law,  aa  ntter- 
acce  of  the  torged  note  since  tbe  ratifiostiun  of  the 
treaty.  Upon  this  point  tbe  Commltsioner  wul 
pass  to-morrow. 

AN  INSPECTION  OF  LETTERS  REFUSED. 

Judge  Bobinson,  in  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleaa,  Special  Term,  yeaterdav  rendered  a  decision 
on  a  motion  in  the  suit  of  Mary  E.  Jobes  agalnat 
John  H.  Paraona.  It  appeara  that  Paraons  waa  the 
plaintlff'a  eounael  in  a  anlt,  and  recovered  a  Judg- 
ment. Sbe  now  aeeks  to  recover  from  him  a  por- 
tion of  tbe  money.  Hia  defenae  is  that,  by  special 
agreement,  be  was  to  have  one-half  of  the  amount 
recovered.  He  made  a  motion  lor  an  inspeotiun 
of  lettera  written  by  bim  to  her,  ou  tbe 
ground .  tbat  tbey  are  material  to  bim  lu  pre- 
paring for  triaL  Ha  tailed,  however,  to  show 
tbeir  materiality,  or  to  apeolfv  exaotly  what  lettera 
he  desired  to  inspect.  Judge  Kobinaon,  in  bis 
opinion,  in  speaking  of  the  subject,  says :  "It  Is 
not  enough  that  be  believes,  or  la  advised,  that  tba 
paper  eontaius  material  evidence.  Tbe  fact  must 
be  shown  to  tbe  Batiifaction  of  the  court  by  some 
statemeut  of  tbe  contents,  and  of  such  facts  and 
eircnmstances  as  satisfy  tbe  court  of  tbe  materiali- 
ty of  the  evidence.  The  defendant  seeking  tbo  dla- 
cuvery  haa  no  right  to  have  a  general  ioquiaitorial 
examination  of  all  letters  he  has  wiictuu  ibc  plain- 
tiff, to  discover  something  tbat  perchance  may  pug- 
sibly  aid  bim  in  the  avoidance  of  possible  state- 
ments on  tbe  trial  inconsistent  with  such  as  might 
t>e  contained  In  his  letters.  H&  has  no  right  to  a 
discovery  of  matters  relating  exclusively  to  plain- 
tiff's case,  I  do  not  regard  the  application  aa 
meriloriuus,  and,  therefore,  deny  it,  with  |10  costs, 
to  abide  the  event, 

♦ 

OUMULATirE  REMEDIES  OF  CREDITORS. 
In  the  case  of  Morris  PoUak  against  Merrick 
Meyer,  application  was  made  to  Judge  McAdam  in 
Marine  Court,  Cbambera,  yesterday  for  Judgment 
upon  the  answer,  which  merely  pleaded  the  pend- 
ency of  another  action  as  a  defense.  Judge  Mc- 
Adam held  the  rule  to  be,  Uiat  where  the  oaase  of 
action  is  not  the  same  in  both  snlt^,  tbe  pend- 
ency of  tbe  first  will  not  abate  tbe  second,  and 
that  sucn  a  case  is  not  withiu  the  reason  or  even 
the  terms  of  tbe  general  rule.  Hence,  in  debt  on  a 
note  secored  by  a  obattul  mortKage,  tne  penaency 
of  a  prior  action  of  trover  loi  tbe  couversiun  of  the 
mortgaged  property,  ia  no  ground  fur  the  abatement 
of  tba  aoliun  atterwarU  oomnxanoed  on  tho  note 
itself.  Creditora  may  pursue  all  tbe  auxiliary  reme- 
dies of  ttae  law  to  enforce  their  righta,  but  are  enti- 
tled to  hot  one  aatisfactloo.  Jntlgment  was  ao- 
oordingly  ^ven  for  tbe  platotiil^  witb  costs. 


KINGS  OOVmi  SUBMOGAXS'S  OOVBT. 

Tbe  following  i»  a  record  of  the  bv-siness 
transacted  during  tbe  past  week  in  the  Kings 
County  Surrogate's  Court,  Hon.  W.  L.  Livingston, 
Surrogate  ;  'Wills  Proved — Bev.  Eugene  Csaaldy, 
Patrick  Lynagb,  Tnomaa  J.  Duvle,  Curtis  Ifobie, 
Maiy  Amelia  Clero.  Margaretta  Bllsa,  Isabella 
Tammanv,  Jamea  Cody,  Aon  Carroll.  Peter 
Obarg,  Cbrlstian  B.  Steers,  Johanna  H.  Schroe- 
der,  and  Dellna  Bulkiey,  aU  of  tbe  City  of 
&eekl3ui.    I>*tien  ef  adailnlauatiOB  war*  scaawa 


in  tb•.••ut•a«^ibefeUow1ag  dsceaaed  poreona, 
via,:  Soaan  C.  Smith.  John  Moran,  "William  Martin 
Johnaun,  John  Flanagan;  Adeline  L.  Page,  Ann 
Gray,  Tbomas  E.  Chlohetfter,  Lina  Tarn.  Melvina 
P.  Seward  and  G.  H.  August  Eoater.  all  of  the 
City  of  Brooklyn.  Letters  of  troardlanship  of  the 
peraoaa  and  eatatea  of  John  A.  Lewis  were  granted 
to  Henry  M.  Lelrls ;  of  John  Walsh,  Martin  Wals:i, 
abd  Jaiaea  "Walab,  te  Mary  Hamilton ;  of  Emily 
Dreeke.  John  Drueke,  Otto  Dre^jke,  Bertha  Dreeke. 
Mary  Dreeke,  "William  Dreeke,  and  J.ulia  Dreeke, 
to  Mary  Dreske,  all  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn. 


DECISIONS. 


fiUFBXMB  COUBT— CHAUBXB8. 

By  Judo*  JBarrttt. 

Intke  matUr  of  (/ aara.—l  tblnk  tbe  amonnta  to  be 

withdrawn  should  be  specifically  limited  to  the  bills 

and  necessary  expenses  proved. 

BoMtty  tvt  ike  Bn/brmatiort  of  JTuvenile  DellnqutnU  ea 
Maier. — Order  for  lesvn  to  contest  disinUsed  and  tbe 

pUdnttir  can  take  an  attachment  to  brine  the  defend- 
ant be&re  the  conrt 

Ptrou  vs,  OA<w«.— Aa  far  aa  I  can  aacertaln  from  the^n 
somewhat  illegible  and  confused  papera,  thb  piaintlS 
haa  not  made  out  a  case  for  the  relief  asked.  It  would 
aeem  aS  though  the  plaintiff  intended  to  state  that  an 
Feb.  7,  1877,  be  bad  aerved  no  papers  for  the  first 
Monday  of  Jar. narr,  1877.  The  sf&davit  of  service  is 
otherwise  insufflolent  and  the  who'e  proceediog  Ik 
ornde,  and  thu  papera  not  auoh  aa  should  be  piesented 
to  a  court. 

Ooldmcm  va  Ooldman.—J  have  no  desire  to  impose  any 
notiecesaaiy  labor  or  expense  uoon  the  plalBttflf.  and 
if  the  Referee  will  furnish  a  certificate  in  accordance 
with  the  suggestions  of  counsel  in  tiie  note  to  me  (this 
is  aa  to  tbe  rieht  of  taking  the  teutimouy,)  1  will  con- 
firm tbs  seport. 

Liebtrma.s  v$.  OyJ<l«n.— Complaint  dismissed,  with 
coats. 

In  tht  matter  of  Dickie  .—Motion  graated;  Beferee 
appointed. 

Mallury  vi.  France. — Order  sottle*]. 

Motion*  ff/anied.— Wheeler  va.  Rowe ;  Otto  vs.  Pack- 
ner. 

By  Judge.  Donahue. 

Onier$  0ran(«d.— Amory  va,  Kelby;  Jameson  vs. 
Jameson, 

<? ranted. —Matter  of  Aldnch;  Victory  Webb  Com- 
pany vs.  Beeober. 

Opinion.— Matter  of  Rrynolda, 

Carrv*.  »Vadl<;f  — Hotlondenled.  , 

JKemorandum*,— McNeil  v,*.  Bissell ;  Foley  va  Bath- 
Doiie. 

Matter  of  Eoberie  tt  al-  Motion  denied.  Memoran- 
dnro. 

Sarlrm  Bank  re  O'A'eil— Settled.    See  amendmenta. 

Bamberger  vs.  iTyanu.— Motion  grautad.  Memoian- 
duin. 

SUPERIOB  COURT— SPECIAL  TEBU. 
By  Juda»  VCm  Vortt. 

F*nding$  *'Vn«<t.— Berntaeimer  et  al.  vs.  Willis  et  al. 

Pike  Vi.  Seiter  et  ai.— Kindlogs  and  decree  aigoed. 
UABISK  COURT— CHAMBBBB. 

Held  by  UcAdam.  Jf- 

Ofinione  ,Pf ted.— Looinls  ya.  David ;  Brown  va.  Sod- 
tti^y  ,  Irving  jiatiouul  it.ink  vs.  Peraenheim. 

iAuane  va  IViiooac— Proct-edings  alamlaeed.  (7  Abb, 
n.  a  212,  20  Howard,  pr.  97.) 

Jlfoton*  Granted. — auymond  vs.  Moore;  Dally  vs. 
MoAitbur;  Alberst  vs.  Trask ;  Hopkins  vs.  Wemple: 
Kaytau  VS.  Davies ;  M<;r;airrey  vg.  iJenoett;  Pitney  vs. 
Maooy;  ttarteia  vs.  Moore;  Emeus  va.  Bereiu;  Uow- 
land  va  HafTman, 

Oamten  v«   Burcnard. — Complaint  dismissed. 

XoAmon  v».  .<4(f>reeAC—Defeudant  discharged  from  Im- 
prisonment under  Fourteen  Uuy  Hot. 

Solomon  v*.  Jr<«7nan.— Judgment  tor  plalntifl  S250 

.,<Ar«iM  Vi,  l>avU. — Motion  for  Judgment  prunted- 

Ooulby  vt.  Conner.- Uotioufor  new  trial  denied,  with 
leave  to  renew. 

Booram  v*.  Oauin Judgment  debtor  requii-ed  to  ex- 
ecute deed  te  Beoeirer. 

Mattel  Vi.  Soung,  lyetident,  <ec— Complaint  dismissed. 

ITe/iendor/iBr  vi.  ffuwOrecAt,— Jamea  McNulty,  E»q., 
Receiver. 

IAvi»OMton  vt.  Stem — Arrest  vacated  conditionally. 

Barth  vt.  Menard. — DliicoBtluuance  allowad  on  pa.y- 

oeni  of  $10  costs.  (6ee  Appeudu  t«  Marine  Court 
1-ractlce,  p.  44.) 

BeJitoart*  vt.  Oppold. — Order  settled. 

Wooleg  Vi.  Jobber— James  McNultv,  Ksq.,  appointed 
Beoelver. 

Buiio  Vi  JfoMHanf.- Df  cisiiiu  iadnrsed  on  pat>ers. 

Dtfautti  ^^^oled.—y^,'ood  vii.  Uurrie ,  Fnuutala  vs. 
Pooiey;    McOratb  vs.  O'Uonuell;    Dewey  vs.  Burke. 

t'onnodv  VI.  MeKevtn.—L*ih  pendent  oanceled. 


VIQOROns  OLD  MEN. 
The  New-London  (Ceun.)  Telegram  remarks: 
"  It  may  well  be  ooubted  whether  the  oonatitu- 
tioual  provition  by  which  Judgea  are  cempelied  to 
retire  at  the  age  of  70  is  a  wi  jc  oae  In  such  a  healthy 
climate  as  tbat  of  ConnecUout.  We  read  iu  the 
Hartford  papera  that  Hon,  Luron  P.  Waldo,  former- 
ly a  Judge  of  tbe  Superior  Court,  celebrated  his 
Roventy-filtb  biithday  only  a  few  daya  since,  a 
large  p&rty  of  trieuda  assembling  at  bis  restdencx 
on  that  occaaiaii.  Judgt)  Waldo  ia  at  the  bea<i  of 
the  well-kuown  law  firm  uf  Waldo,  ilubburd  & 
H.yde,  auU  baa  probably  done  mure  work  auring  tbu 
past  bye  yaars  thau  falls  te  tha  lot  of  tbe  mfijority 
of  Judges  iu  our  State.  Hen.  Charles  J,  McfJurdy, 
who,  if  we  remember  aneht,  is  fxli.y  as  old  as 
Judge  Waldo,  i.t  atili  yiffuroiia  ia  mind  and  body, 
tie  was  an  excellent  Judgr,  and  the  Siaco  could  nuc 
well  afford  to  ijse  his  services  at  70,  when  he 
was  as  young  as  an  ardinary  man  at  50,  Hut. 
Ongen  S.  Seymour,  who  was  Chief  Justioe  at  the 
time  of  hia  retirement  lit  still  a  Judge  to  all  iu- 
tenta  and  puipoaes,  lur  h«  i»  constantly  engaged  in 
tha  trial  of  casi^s  aa  arbitrator  or  committee  ap- 
pointed by  tbe  Superior  Court.  Ue  stiowa  no  signs 
ot  mental  or  badily  decay  that  would  untie  him  tor 
judicial  duties.  Hon.  Lalaveite  S  Foster,  who  has 
but  Just  retired  from  the  Supreme  Court  iieuch,  is 
by  bo  means  a  fit  suhject  for  the  retired  list.  "Wo 
understand  that  be  contemplates  retnrnlnir  to  the 
practice  of  bia  profession  to  a  certain  exient  In- 
deed, be  recently  appeared  aa  senior  .:ouuscl  iu  a 
case  tried  in  this  city  and  Involviag  about  $50,000, 
We  doubt  whtrther  there  are  four  Jndgus  ol  tbe 
Bench  of  the  Superior  or  Supreme  Court  ts-dav  who 
can  endure  more,  pbyaicaU.v,  than  tho  four  gentle- 
men aoore  named  who  have  been  sent  out  to  graas 
la  compliance  with  a  coastitutlonal  provision, 
aimply  because  tbey  have  lived  to  be  73  yeara  uf 
age." 


LACES 


OF  TUli  LATE 

Empress    Eugenie. 

WE  WILL%XUIBlTlu  ** 

OUR  LACE  DKPART.MENT 

TBK3K    EXrOAORDINART    LACES, 
MADE  EXPRESSLT  for  tbe 

EiMPHEMst  EUGENIC 
By  tho 
U08TRK1LL.ED  WORKERS  UP  THE  PRESENT   AOE. 
WE  INVITE  the  ATTEKTIO.H 

or  our  FRIENDS  to  THESE 

Lace  Treasures, 

BXCELLINU  IU  QUALI I  Y 

AMITUI.SQ  HERtJTOFOKE  PRODDCED 

By  the  ART  of  LACE-MAKI.tb, 

In  COKNECrlON  WITH  TUKrf. 

WB  will  EXHIBIT  an    KXTE.VSIVB    ASSORTUENT 

OF 

LACES  In  EVERY  GRADE  and  QUALITY, 

Presenting  altosetber 

An  EXUIBITION  of  I'UIS  CLASS  of  GOOD.^ 

CNEQUALhD     lu    VALUK.    TBXTURB     and     PRICE. 

A.  T.  STEWART  &  CO., 

BROADWAY.  4TU  AV..  9TH  AN'U  lOTH  STRKKTS, 

EliF>!i  Eiifillsh  Hocks— 43  a  doz.;  25c.    a  bair: 

Keep's  Linen  Haodkerchie's   for  Kcnts,  very  fioe. 

UlorCl  60,  withf'cvboi.  KiiKP'o SHIRTS,  o71  B' way. 


INSTRUCTION. 

Collegiate    Institute, 

Ko.  40  WASHl.NUro.S    SQUARK.  ^UKW-YlRS  Oll'i. 

GEO,  W.  i;LARKft,  Ph.  0.,  PrinJlpil. 
Prepares  onpils  of  all  ageR  for  bueinesa  or  college. 


TUOUUUtJH  IN.STKUCTIO.N  IN  GUUDIAN 
language,  literature,  and  history.  Private  classes 
at  reducea  rates :  bb;it  relorences.  Address  PHO- 
F/CSSOlt,  Box  iNo.  274  TliIKi  UP-iOWN  OFFICii,  AOi 
1,257  BROADWAY, 


MOUURN  GREEK.— A  NATlVii  OF  OEEKCE.  OF 
the  hiKbcst  rcsDectablliiv,  will  {rive  lessons  of 
mouerii  Greek  at  pupils'  residence;  will  furnish  tbe 
neceaaary  booua.  AUdreas  UELLtiNIC,  Box  No.  167, 
Post  Office. 


vnA.tti.nttt.  iN.xriruTK, 

CE.VIRAL   P.IRK,     iSEvV-VOKK. 

Boarding   and   Day   School   for    bo.yj    trom  seven  to 

iwaoty  vearj  old. 


MHei.  PAKKMi*  HOAUUING  AMU  1)AV 
school  tor  youuK  ladies,  New-Brunswick.  K.  J., 
opeus  its  next  bosslou  Feb.  5,  Uircuiars  aout  if  dealred- 
'Terius  moderate. 


DEAM  COLLEGE  A.\0  CUNsiEaV  A  I'OUi 
UF  .UUSIC  tor  youuii  ladies,  Bingliamcou,  N.  Y.; 
«V!UO  per  year;  harp  extra.  Kev.  U.  A.  PATER80^', 
A.  iti,.  Prestdeut. 


PIANO  A.ND  RINGING  INSTULCi'lON    AT 
moderate  terms ;  is   guiug  to  Uarlem  once  a  week. 
Address  A.  BLKX,  So.  241  East  ■J4tb  st. 


lOKT  CHEMTEK  INSTITUTE— Port  Chester, 
M.  Y.;  limited  to  25  boys,    O.  Winthrop  Starr,  A,  M. 


MISOEULANEOUS. 

flARUI8  iSc  ROV, 

WHOLESALE  AMD    RETAIL  COMMISSION  DEALERS 

in  Country  Produce,  Poultry. 

Oame,  Bggs,  Butter,  ibeoae,  Lurd.  Potatoes,  Applea, 

no.  -ii-A  FULTON  ST., 

near  Greenwich  st. 


EPI'ei>OIK!<IA.— ORATKFULAND  (.lOuPJRl'f.VGl; 
eS'li  paoKeti3l-\bMle.),  jAMKi  K.PPd  Ji.  Ou..  Hoax-- 
opatnic  Chemiata  So.  4STiii-eadaeedle  st.  and  Nu.  170 
Pidcadillv.boaJoa,  lintflaud.   .\ew-](ora  Depot,  8M1M 
k.  VA.>iOBRBKKi{  Par^c  Due's. 


CliBJb:    GUAICANTUKU. 

Skin  DIseitaies.  Pimples,  fieab  worms.  biHCicheads.  white 
Skiu  Diseases  itcliy  anil  ecaly  tetter  of  tbe  acalp,criU)ty 
BkinDlseases^  and  scaly  tetter,  and  all  sUio  uiseases 
Sain  Diseases,  curea  by  l>r.  VA.N  D1&.K,  6  West  lUtu'Bt. 


WANTKU— ABOUT  FlFfY  FBBT  OK  OFFICE 
coanter  and  railmit,  in  hard  wood  and  good  or- 
der Address  C.  li^  G.,  Post  Offloe  Box  No.  817,  Aew- 
York  City. 


BHiLIAEDS^ 

AMERICAN  STANDARD  UiLLIARl)  TA- 
BLKB.  wiibDelanry'dwlra  cu&blons  ;  als  •  Kusalan 
btiwllng,  tripoliie,  bagatelle,  and  parlor  billiard  tables 
at  pHi^tta  to  <a)t  the  time* ;  ail  UlUiard  maienats,  auoh 
Hs  oiotb,  b..lls,  cues.  k.c.  kxtra  ludncements  now  of- 
tM*4b  W.  U.  OAU^nXtt  fc  CO.,  i).«.  40  f—ng  at. 


DRY  GOODS. 


Jais  McCreery  I  Eo, 

Broadway  and  llfh  st., 

WIU  offer  on  M Oin>AT,  Feb.  12,  a  ftesb  stock  of 


At  2  6  per  oebt.  tinder  former  prices,  inoluding  some 

of  the  finest  makes  of 

Irish,  Scotch,  and  French 

MAJfUFACTURE. 

SPECIAL  BARGAINS  IN  TOWEL9,  NAPSmS,  PIL- 
LOW LINEN,  AND  LINEN  SHBETINQ.  TABLE 
LINEN  MARKED  DOWN  FROM  $1  TO  75  CENTS 
PER  YARD. 

Alsoa-ftillline  of  IJAIN'SOOK,   ORGANDIES,    SWISS, 
and  PIQOES  at  nnuaually  LOW  PHICES. 
All  the  beat  brands  of 

SHEETIN&S  AND  SHIRTINGS 

Under  mannfacturers'  prioes, 

UPHOLSTERY   DEPARTMENT, 

A  new  and  eleicant  aasortm^nt  ot    NOTTINGEAM, 
GUIPURE  and  REAL  LACE   CURTAINS,   CRETONNES, 
SATEElts,  &.C.,  at  LOW  PRICES, 
ARE  NOW  OPEN  FOR  INSPECTION. 

ESTABLISHED  1856. 


WE    BEG  TO  ANNOUNCE  TO  THE  PUBLIC    WHO 
HAVE  SO  LIBERALLY  PATROMZSD  US  DCBINQ  TBE 
PAST 

Twenty-one  Years, 

THAT  WE  ARE  OFVERING  THE  LARGEST  An6  MOST 
ELEGANT  ASSOKTMKNT  OF  GOODS  SUITED  TO  THE 
TASTE  OP  THOSE  REQUIRI.NG  MOUSNING.AND  THAT 
THIS  IS  THE 

<INLV  ESTABLfSHIUBNT 
DKVOTED  TO  THIS    LINE  OF    BUSINESS    IN    NEW- 
YORK.      ALL     TEXTURBS    IN     DESIRABLE  BLACK 
GOOUSCANBEOBfAINKD  AT    THE    MOST    KEASON- 
ABLB  PRICES. 

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  IS  CALLED  TO  OUR 

BLACK  SILKS  AND  ENGLISH  CRAPES. 


JACKSON'S  MOURNIN&  STORE, 

MO.  777  BROADWAY,  OPPOSITE    STEWART'S. 


KEEP  MBLliS  the  Best  und  Cheapest  Shirts  iu 
the  world;  also  Collars.  cleRant   styles,  best  qual- 
ity, $1  5U  per  doz.;  six  for  75c.     No.  57i  broadway. 


ATA.  T.  STK\VAR'1»S  UAUUEiS  CITV,  L.I. 

TO  LET.  fEVERAL  ELEGANT  and  CON  \rENIENT 
DWELLINGS,  fitted  for  Winter  and  Summer  residences. 

With  all  tbe  modern  Improyements,  including  gas  and 
water  from  Public  Works,  Gardens,  to. 

HEN  rs  from  $250  to  $1,000  per  nnnnm,  according  to 
aize  and  quality  of  house  and  irrounda, 

TRAI.SS  BY  Flushing,  Morth  Shore  and  Central  Rail- 
road, via  Lona  iviand  city  or  Hunters  Point,  at  9:03 
A.  M.  and  12::i2,  V!:05,  3:32,  4:03.  6:03.  6:05.  and  7:05 
P.  M,  Returning,  6:56,  7:27.  8:38,  and  10:27  A.  M.[ 
2:20,  4:58.  6:29,  and  9:40  P.  .M,  week  days. 

SU.VDAY  1  R.US'S  :  t):15  A.  >L  and  4.33  P.  M.,  return- 
ing 8:22  A.M.  .".nd  4:41  P.  M.  Boats  connect  with 
train  from  loot  of  34th  St.,  leaving  lo  minutes  pre- 
viously. Splendid  cars,  beautiful  nde,  and  unsurpassed 
notel  and  restaurant  near  the  station. 

APPLY  to  W.  R.  HINSDALE,  Manager,  at  office  adja- 
cent to  nilrc-vtl  Btati'in. 


ANVONB  OB.slUINGiA  S.>IAL,I^  t-Utt.NlSJlliD 
house  nt  Knjlewonl,  .s.  I.,  fir  a  .year,  more  or  leas, 
would  do  well  to  communicate  with  subscnber;  house 
almost  new,  nicflv  luruiahed.  and  couvenientiT  °lo- 
catPiL  C.  O.  MU.SROE,  »o.  14  Warren  St.,  N«w-York, 
or  at  Eng.ewood. 


rpO  LET-AT  TENaFLY.  N.  J.,  A  COMFORTABLE 
X  %ve1l-ruruiahed  hi>u>ie.  well  shaiied;  lo  acres  land, 
lodee.  iisru,  Ice-tiouse.  (flhed,)  cow,  and  poultry; 
wittiin' an  hour  iif  City  ;  nominal  rent  to  good  p<irtiea. 
iddres.'t  A.,  Boi  Ni>.  124  ri;ne»tifflce. 


1^IUK«i'|{OOF  AI'AKTiTlK.NTS.— THE  KO.  K- 
lUKliam,  Broudwny  and  56th  at.;  elevutor.  steam 
heat,  nine  room-«,  with  heat  and  service;  renta  $100  to 
$140  per  month.     Inquire  on  tbe  premises. 


A      UEAiriFULi.    lJ.NFeKM.-*HUl>    MOt'!!»E 

.tafolft,  35th  St..  nenr  jjth  av.;  thref-story  browu- 
stouo,  highstoc);  complete  order  ;  rent  low  to  private 
family.    UGDii.N  kt'LAltK,  Broaiiw*v,  corner  17th  st. 


I^IOK  KEM'Al.  VKK»^  I^tlW— A  Flli.vr-,  LASS 
nicdinin-slzeil  liotel ;  unsuipassed  lonatlon;  posses- 
sing erciuairu  Rdvantai{<--..  only  respo'isible  parties 
need  atldress  D.  K..  Box  No.  137  Timen  Offlco. 


f  I^O     RE.N  r     KUO.tl 


...  ..,„..•  .....,„..,.  MAV  I-THREK-STORY 
...houte.  in  33ci  Ht.  bciweoo  Jiroadway  And  otu  av. 
Apply  to  L.  ODKLl,,  So.  48  West  33d  Bt. 


4      M!.11i{£a.      OF     CHUICKL.V.I.OCATK0 

xl.  furniabec  auil  uniurnished  dwAl.mg^  to  rent  low. 
V.  K.  SlEVE.NSO.N.  Jr.,  4  Pine  St.. or  Union  square. 


NO.  18  EAST  3JU  SI'.— TO  RENT,  U.NFUIUSH- 
ed  or  lurnished.    Apuly  to 


U.  LUDLOW  t  CO..  No.  3  Pino  st. 


A.N    ELhUANT    UiGH>.STO(IP    llUUf^E    ON 
Lexington  av..  near   38th  st.,  to  rent,   iumisbeii  or 
uuforuished.         K.  H.  LUDLoW  t  CO..   No.  3  Piue  St. 


AFLLiL-SlZE    FOUU-STOKY     bIGH-SlOOP 
lioust^  on  iUudisou  av.    near  40th  st.,  to   rent  unfur- 
nisneJ.  K.  H.  LUDLOW  &  CO..  No.  3  Pine  st. 


A 


>EVV  tilST    OF  U.NFLKMoHEQ    HO':sKS 
to  rent,  no«  ready,  will  be  mailed  to  any  address. 
E.  H.  LUDLOW  i  CO.,  No.  3  Piue  st. 


rj^O  LiKT,  KLIRNi,'9liED  UK  UNFURMSHliD— 
X  Extra  wide  bouse,  loth  at.,  neiir  oth  av.:  rent 
reasonable  to  a  (rood  leoant.        WI.saNs  ic  DAVIES. 


Ai>AUT.YlK>T!i  FULiLV  FUK.M»HEU  AND 
nnlUrnished;   Tbe  Albany,  Newport,  and  Saratoga, 
DtiKI.>0  St  C0.V1PA.SY,  Broadwav,  corner  olst  st. 


a^HK     ALIlAiW— BKOiDWAV     A.ND    51ST    ST.— 
.  VecT   cUuice    apaitmentt.      Apply    to    Janitor    on 

piemises. 


TEACHERS. 


MR«.  IVIITCHEI.L,  tDIPLO.MBE)  SUPPLIKS 
Rehools  und  (amities  with  rellal>l«  gontlomen,  lady 
teachers,  (joveruesses,  or  tutors;  Kives  information  of 
good  schools;  fumiiieu  goin-t  to  Europe  uni  country 
will  find  competent  teachers  to  accompany  them.  Mrs. 
MIS'LliKLLi  CdU  refer  to  tne  best  tanulie'i  and  scbooU 
iu  New-Vork.  Teachers' Biuean,  No.  b?  West  botUsu 
Hours,  12  till  4. 


ACScKiUAM  JLAUV  UK.'NlKt!:S  OAll.V  A 
fi'wnours'  occupation  in  a  >cbool  iu  or  near  New- 
^uik;  speaks  French  nud  KiiKlisb  and  is  «n  expe- 
rienced teacher  ol  Gi-rmAn.  drawing,  literature,  sing- 
luK,  xnd  mu^ic:  hiKUcat  City  retorenees.  Aadress  ij. 
C,  Box  296  Till  lis  UP-TOW.N  UFFICK,  NO,  i,257 
BROADWAY. 


ACiK>'i'I.EI>lAN  OF  CiluAS^IOAL  KDUeA- 
tion,  formerly  Professor  ot  Klooucion  in  l<rauce, 
wlsbes  to  give  lessous  lu  lbs  Frencli  lausuage,  pri- 
vaiely  or  in  schools  ;  teima  moderate;  unexceptiona- 
ble I'CtereueoB.  Audress  PRuFUdSOR,  cars  of  Mr.  M. 
J.  Paillard.  No.  680  Broadway. 


AWEIili  EUtUATEU  VOLNH  LADY,  Ac- 
quainted with  the  English  und  German  lauKua?ea, 
able  to  superintend  a  household,  skilled  in  lancy 
needle- work,  also  capable  of  instructing  small  children, 
desires  a  situntiou.  AdUreaa  Miss  B.  M.,  Mo.  2u7  East 
15th  St.,  New-York. 


WANTEU— A  RESIDENT  TEACHER  FOR  ONE  OF 
the  public  lastituiions  in  this  Cil.y.  1  adies  who 
have  had  at  lea^^t  five  years'  successful  exp^-rience  in 
teachiog  thu  EngUsh  hraiiches  in  public  or  private 
BChoolB  will  address  PRINCIPAL,  Box  No.  253  IIJIES 
UP-TOWN  OFFlCn;,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


ALADV  OF  liO.NUANO  !-tUCCEBSFLll.i  EX- 
peiience  in  teachilJK  music,  will  exchanze  lessons 
for  a  well-furnished  room,  located  batweeu  20th  and 
.SUthstB.,  aud  4th  and  6tb  ava,  Hixbest  refcreuce 
Itom  present  patrons.  Address  for  one  week,  INoTRUC- 
TRlSi.>B.  No.  141  East  17th  st. 


UN  PUOFEMSEUK  6UAUUE  A  PaRIo,  MUNl 
de  bonnes  r^f^rences,  desire  donner  des  le9on3  de 
Frausais,  math^^matique^,  et  desain  eu  6cbange  de  sa 
nounture.  o'adri-sser  :  U.  R.,  box  No.  279  TlMES  UP- 
TOWN OFFlQii,  NO.   1,267  BROADWAY. 


AMERICA.N  A^iU  FOREIGN  TKACUURsi' 
Aueiicy  tupplies  resident  and  non-rendeut  proiessurs, 
tutors,  (toveruesaeg,  aud  teacher  tor  every  department 
of  iniitruutiiiu.  Apply  for  circuldrs  to  Miss  M.  J. 
YODNO,  No.  23  Dniou  square. 


J\V.  !SCUEUMERHORN,  'JO  VEAUirS  HEAD 
•  u(  "American  School  Institute,"  shortly  resumes 
bcUool  Agency  work  ou  improve<i  plaua  ;  particulars 
aboai  15th  Inst.     Address  Post  Of&uu  Box,  No.  3.445. 


FKENCH  TEACBING  ilX  l)R.I..S»AtVEtR, 
author  of  "causeries  aveo  mes   blfeves,"  tc  For 
circulars,  appiv  by  letter  at  rio.  51  West  Soth  st. 


C^EUMAN,    LATIN,    AMU    AIATHEiHATlCsi 
jr thoroughly  taught  oy  A.   FRiili,   Ph,  D.    No,  147 
V\est43d8t.;  can  reter  to  the  best  families  inNew-York. 


ICE-OREAM. 


fIORTON>-«     IC'E-CUBAJU. 

Made  from  PURE  ORANGE  OODNTY  «.RBAM,  appre- 
ciateil  tor  ita  purity,  riobnaai,  aud  certainty  of  being 
delr\'ered  in  good  order. 

Charlotte  Rnsae   anil  Jellr.    dellcloiu    and 
cheap. 
Nos.  305  4th  av.,  1,264  Broadway,  and  75  Chatham  at 


1JltIJ<S4ELL»»  ICB  CREA:*!.— TWENfY-FlVK 
;  cents  per  quart,  to  cnarciiea  and  large  patira;  ctaar- 
lotte  Russe.  iu  boxes,  tooajrxy  ham^  trean  ivieea  day. 
aiu.  Vi  Klbia  Uotuak  / 


DlaY  GK)ODS. 


lOim&TAYlOR 

HAVE  JUST  BBCBIVED,  BY  THB  STBAM-SHIP  ADEI- 
Alio,  A  FOBTHER  LOT  OV 

INDIA  [YieyCuiiliereJSEAfLS, 

PURCHASED   AT   THE   LATE    LONDON    AND    EAST 
•       INDIA  aOCTION    SALES,  WHICH.  ON  ACCOONT 
OP  THB  LOW.  PREMIUM  ON  GOLD,  WILL  BB  ON 
VIEW 

MONDAY,  JPEB&UABF  19, 

AT  75  PER  CENT.  BELOW  AMERICAN   IfABEET 

VALDB. 

S350,  WORTH  8430. 

9300,  WORTH  «5»5. 

8330,  WORTH  SetiS. 

8400,  WORTH  $700. 

REAL  INDIA  CAMEL'S  HAIR  SHAWLS,  filled  oafiixea, 
805,  873,  880,  89e,  8100. 

THE  ABOVE  HANDSOME'  SELECTION  IS  .OFFBEED 
AT  ABOUT  ONE-HALF  FORMES  PRIOES. 

BROABWAYAN?20thST.,N.Y. 


R.H.MACY&CO. 

SPECIALTIES. 

DRESS-MAKING. 

BLACK  DRESS  SILKS.    BOYS'  CLOTHING. 
UNLIKE  an.v  other  establishment  in  tne  country. 
FOREIGN  DRY  GOODS,  FANCY  GOODS,  and  NOVEL- 
TIES  by  every  EUBOPEAN  STEAMER. 

ORDERS  BY  MAIL  RECEIVE  8PECLAL  CARS. 
CATALOGUES   FREE. 

14TH  ST.  AND  6TH  AVBNUB.  N.  Y. 


KfiEP'S  SHIRTS,  671  BROADWAY,    very  best 
quality;  verv  lowest  prices.      Seaa  your   address 
and  get  samples  free.    Half  the  nsnal  cost  aared. 


HAMBURG 

EMBROn)ERIES. 

imnENSE^VARIETY. 

NEWEST  DESIGNS. 

LOWEST  PRICES. 

MILLER  &  GRANT, 

No.  879  BROADWAY. 


GBUNOUT.  FKO.U  FAKIiS,  LATE  WITH 
oAueu-'te  Petit.  7  Rue  de  la  Palx.  has  received 
Parisian  lluir  Nets,  for  tbe  trout  hair.  Also  the 
latest  style  of  Coiffures,  inviaihle  crimps  :  very  laigs 
stock  of  fiis,  ouadty  hair.  Sell  at  very  low  prices. 
No.  7  Union  uquare,  n-'ar  Tiftmy's. 


KliKP».«*  PATENT  partly  made  DRESS  SHIRTS  ; 
the  very  best:    six  tor  $6;    can  be    finished  as 
easily  aa  hemming  a  hanukerchieC.    No.  571  Broadway. 


A    FINE    oTu     MANOa    BOUSE    AND    2.5 
Acres  of  land  for  sale,  at  a  great  bargain.— This 
property,  situated  in  a  uealthy  part  of  WeBtchester 

Couuty,  has  an  extensive  ana  piciuresque  view  of 
Loijf;  lelsiiil  Sound.  The  spacious,  luxurious  mansiou 
rontaius  evsiv  improvement  known  in  a  city  house. 
Ten  large,  conveDient  ontbuildines;  (tardeas  laid  out 
In   the    English    style ;    superb  Osage   orange,   arbor 

SitiB.  and  box-hedgea  Drives  of  unsurpassed  beauty, 
ood  shootiug  aud  hoiiting  near.  A  rare  chance  tOr 
persons  ot  taste  and  culture  to  secure  a  charnilns 
home  in  the  midst  ot  a  most  attractive  couutrv, 
and  only  one  hour  from  New-YorH. 

JOHN  B.  POPE,  No.  112  Front  St. 


AFltOKITABIiE  INVK.<!JT.»1K>T.— S8  OjO 
cash,  $17,000  permanent  institution,  mortgage  to 
iiDiuudiate  i  uyer,  lor  3:^.^  acres  (over  400  t'ity  lots,) 
fine  land,  residence,  stable,  be;  on  boundary  between 
t'iiies  of  New-Yoru  and  Youkers ;  lorty  minutes  to  City 
Hail  by  rapid  transit;  mflfn^ificeot  views.  Palisades 
and  Soun'l,  and  liontini;  Boulevard;  only  $550  an 
acre:  adjoiniu);  selling  lor  $4,000.  Address  GREAT 
OPPORIUNITY,  Box  No.  149  rmifj  Office. 


AT  STAMFORD,  CO.>.\.— A  HANDSOME  RESl- 
dence  for  sale  at  a  bargain,  if  applied  for  at  once; 
bouse  c'jutains  24  rooms  ;  water  and  gas  ;  stable,  barn, 
carrlace-bouse,  and  henery  ;  abundance  of  larve  and 
small  fruit ;  about  one  acre  land :  terms  to  suit ;  or 
would  exchange  lor  dry  goods  lu  the  piece.  OWNER, 
box  No.  330  bttwnford.  Conn. 


Ainil.K.  FARM  OK  X-iH  ACRE?*,  30  i.rill.ES 
iu  New-Jersey,— For  Bale  or  exchange  lor  lightly- 
encambeted  property  In  New-York  or  Brooklyn. 
Buildings  ample  aod  in  thorough  oriier;  all  neceasary 
wagons  and  farming  implements.  Stock,  4  horses,  21 
cows,  oxen,  poultry,  lie.  U.  W.  U.  ZSGLIO,  No.  7 
Bcekman  st. 


FAK.U      AT      WVCIiOFF,      >.   J.— TWENTY 
uilles  from  New- York  ;  43  acres,  good  buildings,  all 
kiuOs  fruit;  near  depot;  $12,000. 

WM.  H.  SMITH, 
Ko.  128  Broadwav,  Room  No.  2. 


OKANUE.  N.  J.-lIOONlKY  HOUSES.  LAHDIt 
iiniiTil.age  lots  tor  sale:  a  iiieAt  variety.  A^su, 
luniislied  and  unfurnished  >iouse9  co  let  for  season  oc 
^eiir.  by  WalIKK  K.  sMiTH.  tormer'y  BiackweJ  St 
">n,itli.t)rHimt%  eoruer  of  Main  and    '""odp  sta. 


1:jIAR.,n— I'WENYY  ACKE9  ;    HOUSE,  Tw  ENTY-ONE 
rooms;    floe  outbuildings,  Greenwich.  Couu.    Aiao, 
Long  Island  property  lor  sale  aad  rent. 

A.  DA1LE\,  No.  666  6th  av. 


WANTED  TO  RENT— A  SMALL  NEAT  HOUSE, 
or  part  of  a  tlrtt-class  bouse,  between  4th  and  6tb 
avt).,  to  ISUtb  St.,  Uarlem,  or  a  desirable  cottage  wlta 
grounds  in  the  vicinity  of  Mount  Vernon,  on  the  New- 
Haven  Road,  not  over  five  minutea'  walk  from  the 
depot.  Terms  must  be  very  moderate;  possession  first 
or  middle  of  Mirch.  Addiesa  WILLIS,  Box  No.  105 
Times  Office. 


W^AMiED-FIVK  BOOMS  (UNf'UK«lSHliD)  FOR 
If  housekeeping  by  an  American  lamiiy:  must  be 
situateu  between  14th  ani  40th  sts.,  and  6th  and  8th 
avs.;  private  house  preferre  1:  gas  and  uaa  of  bath- 
room; rent  must  not  exueud  $20  or  $2'A  Address  lor 
two  days  Albert.  Box  No.  223  Times  office. 


WANTKl*— A  MhDIU.d-SlZED  UOUiE  BETWEEN 
3Utb  and  45th  sts.,  Lexin^on  and  6th  avs..  In  ex- 
change for  a  brnwu-s  tone  house,  unincumbered:  best 
location  in  Harlem ;  difi'erence  lu  value  to  be  paia  m 
cash  by  tbe  advertiser.  Address  CASH,  Box  No.  672 
New-Vork  Post  Office. 


WA.sTED— A  HOUSK  25  FEET  FRONT  AND  FOUR 
stories  In  heicrht,  for  a  term  of  years,  located  be- 
tween 23d  and  34tn  sts.,  Broadway  and  Madison  av. 
Address,  stating  terms  in  detail,  F.,  Box  No,  1,360 
Post  Office. 


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CJKivTI^KIIlAN  DESIRES  A  F1K6T-CLA8S  UN- 
uiahed  nouse  ;  must  be  full  width,  in  fine  condi- 
tion, and  on  or  near  5th  av.  or  Madison  av.  Address  S., 
Post  Office  Box  No.  3.636. 


WANTEO— HOUSE   IN  GOOD  LOCATION;  PRICE 
not  exceeding  $20,000,  all  olsh.  'Ad-reaa  COOP- 
ER, P  ost  Office  Box  No.  2,681. 


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OUSES,  FUKNJSUEU  ANO  UNFURNISHED, 
wanted  tor  immediate  occupation, 

KINGMAN  F.  PAGE,  No.  42  East  23d  at. 


OFFICES  TO  LET 

IN  ^HE 
TII>I£S  BUILDING. 
APl'LF  TO 

GEORGE  JONES, 
TIJMES  OFFICE. 


TO  LEASE— THE  SPAUlODS  NEW  STORKS  NOS, 
718  and  720  Broadway,  together  or  aeparately, 
with  basement  and  aub-celiar,  at  reduced  rent ;  also 
third  and  fourth  lofts,  about  50x100  feet;  immeaiate 
possession.     Apply  to  HORACE  H.   ELY,  No.  22  Pine  st. 


TO  LET  OK  LEASE— THE  ENTIRE  MARBLE- 
front  building  No.  341  Broadway;  sizi  about  33i 
IsO  feet,  with  iiu  L  extension  to  Leonard  St.;  steam 
elevator  ana  heating  appari>tus:  immediate  posses- 
sion.    Apply  to  HORACE  S.  8LV.  No.  22  Pine  st. 


rp<»  LEASE— THE  FOUR  SPACIOUS  LOFTS  NO. 
X  550  Broadway,  (formerly  Tiffany's  ,)  aize  about  37 
xlOO;  immediate  possession.    Apply  to 

HORACE  S.  ELY,  No.  22  Pine  st 


DBlf  GOOBa 


BLACK  SILKS. 


1.200  Pieces- 
AT  OLDJRICES.  * 

The   LOWEST   PfilCES   these 


Goods  haye  been  sold 
at  since  the  War. 

AlOLD,  CONSTABLE  &  CO.. 

Broadway,  corner  19th  Streets 


AlOLD,  CONSTABLES  CO., 

Have  now  open  their 

SPRING  IMPOETATION  OF 


Edgings    and    Insertions 

FINE  ana  MSDIUM  QUALITIES  and  rariooa  Widtba  t« 

match. 

The  new   "FATEAD"   and   •'GRECIAN"   WOEK  of 

NAINSOOK  and  PERCALE  MUSLIN. 
A  foil  assortment  of  elegant  designs 

AT  REASONABLE  PRICES. 
ALSO, 

5,000  dozen  LOOM  BANDS, 

NEEDLE-WORK  EDGESv 

83  PEE  CENT.  LESS   THAV  THE  COST   OF   IMPOR- 
TATION. 

Broadway,  corner  19tJi  Street 


(COMFORT.    HEALTH.  ECONOOTF KEKP'S 
J- izht  Shirts,  extra  long,  six  for  $S :  $1  each  ;  beat 
quality.               KEEP'S  SHIRTS,  No.  671  Broadway. 


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NO.  54  WEST  14TH  ST.,  near  6th  av..  New- York,  mlf 
depot    Tne  largest  stock  of 

HUMAN  HAIR  GOODS 
retailed  at  wholesale  prloes.    Just  received  from  Paris, 
tbe    newly    invented  .\1.4RIE  ANTolSKTi'E   a»v'lrCH, 

combining  elegance  witb  doraliility,  and  lortDS  COIF' 
FURE  for  front  and  baok.  A  SWITCH  AT  810  equnl 
to  one  of  8:40  of  th'' old  style.  The  NKW  I>VI  I0L8 
FRONT,  for  young  and  old  ladles,  improving  thu  look] 
of  everyone;  $2  per  inch  on  hair  lace,  $1  per  inch  01 
Imitation  Isce. 

CURLS  warranted  naturally  cnrly  in  laree  variety! 
from  $1  upward. 

GRAY  HAIE  A  SPECIALTY, 

lower  than  any  other  bouse  in  the  country. 

HAIR  TAKEN  IN  EX'  HANQE. 

CO.MBINGS  made  up  in  the  most  approved  manna^. 

Warranted  to  t>ive  saiisfac.iou.    A  mil  assortment  of 

the  choicest 

BEAUTIFYING  COSMETICS, 
warranted  to  be  abs  ilutely  harmieaa,  on  hano. 

CKKMB  BLANCHE, 
the  ereat  magic  heautider  for  the  complexion,  s  6p» 
cialty,  $1  per  box.  Also,  an  eleeant  assortment  of  per- 
fumery, among  them  new  and  de:ic'lon8  extracts. 
MAEVKLOCS.  .IN.STaNTANKOUS  HAIR  DYE,  witb- 
out  lead,  lac  sulphur,  or  nitrate  of  sii'se.-.  Frica,  $1  &0 
per  box.    App.ied  at  the  store  if  desircu. 


KEIiP>»  CUS'lO.W  KHIft'r.<4   MADE    10  MEAS- 
URE.— Yery  best,  six  tor  $9:  no  obli^tion  to  keet 
any,  unless  perfectly  satlsfaciory.    No.  671  Broadwat 


JEILLIN^KEY.^ 

M.MB.  RO.SALIE  DAVIS,  No7  189  I<EX« 
INGTON  av  ,  between  31st  and  32d  sts.,  formerly 
at  No  29  West  12tb  st.  and  .No  t>9  East  lOtb  st.,  op- 
posite Stewart's.  All  kindsof  fine  lace  and  embroideriaa 
done  uu  like  new.     Established  1852. 


PIjAITING— ONE  CBNl  PHR  YARD  UP  TO  KOUB 
inches  deep;  shirring,  button-holes,  tic;  han4 
and  machine  emuroidering.  Opposite  Irvins  plice.  Now 
114  hast  14th  St.  C,  G,  STEVENS  b  CO. 


CITY  REAL  ESTATE. 

FOR    SALE— IN    9TH  ST.,    BETWEEN    6TH    AV. 
aud  University  place,  a  desirable  full-width  honae, 
with  extension;  lot  iu  tee. 

ALSO. 
In  19th  St.,  hetween  6tb  and  6th  ava.,   a  brown-ston4 
house  25  feet  wide. 

ALSO. 
No.  69  West   36th  st.,    25  feet   wide,    3    atoiiea  an4 
French  roof,  hrown-stone ;   lot  98.0. 

ALSO, 
Au  elegant  full-width  house  ita   38th  at,  between  Park 
and  ftl.'idisou  avs. 

.  For  permits  aud  further  particulars  apnly  to 
E.  H.  LUDLOW  &  CO.,  No.  8  Pine  at. 

New-Vobk.  Feb.  10,  1877. 

TRE  DE.nAND  FOR  HOU.->K;i  FOR  RENTAL, 
small  ones  especially,  parcels  of  land,  with  or  with- 
out loans,  likewise  houses  and  property  for  sale,  being 
moro  than  our  anticip:itiou — tbe  past  week  notably  so 
— we  ajcain  invite  owners  bavins  such  in  the  appeS 
part  ot  the  City  to  place  the  same  in  our  hands, 
PAGE  Ji  CRAWPuRD, 
No.  2,293  3d  av.,  annth-tast  corner  125th  at. 

FOR  i^ALiB— A  FIRST-CLASS  FULL-SiZB  HIGH* 
stoop  brown- stone  house,  witb  extension,  snperblj 
decorated,  on  52d  et.,  between  6th  and  6tb  kvs.  Alao, 
one  on  53d,  66tb,  aud  57th  sts.,  andoneeieirantly  tuT> 
nished  on  Madison  av..  near  34th  at  B&rsaina  Applj 
to  ISAAC  HO.NIG, 

No.  Ill  Broadway,  Rooms  G  ana  H,  basement 

NO.  10  WE.ST  4STU  S»T,  ' 

For  Bale  thia  very  desirable  four-story  brick  bonae, 
25  feet  front,  with  dining-room  exteuslon,  butler** 
pantry,  aud  back  btairs;  perfect  oner:  lot  X0U.5t 
Columbia  college;  ground  rent,  <ii35U:  lowest  price, 
830,000. E.  H.  LUDLOW  Sl  CO..  .No.  3  Pine  st. 

FOR  SAl.B  OU    Tt»     Kli>T— FDR-JISHE])— NO. 
3.S  West  22d  st,  four-story  hiirh-stoop  brown-ston« 
house,  25x65x100,  containing  twenty-Sve  rooms,  all  iq 

f:ood  order;  one  ot  tbe  most  desirable  looatlona  ia 
he  C.ty, 
Can  be  seen  from  2  to  4  P,  M. 

HK   MiW    BEAUTIFUL    HOUSE.*,    N09.' 

345,  655,  and  561  Madisou  av.;  also,  Nos.  20  and 
22  East  oGth  st.,  18  to  82  feet  front.  $26,0*0  to 
$38,000:  also,  Rob.  23  West  58th  st.,  106  West  67ib 
at.,  and  61  East  50th  st 

W.  P.  SEYMOUR,  No.  171  Broadway. 


FOR      SALiK— HOUSH    NO.   a    WKST    47rH    >T.; 
four-atories ;  Columbia  College  leasehold;    groond 
rent,  $250  per  annum;  three  reuewula. 

Apply  to  H.  H.  CAMMANN, 

No.  25  Pine  at, 

O  LET  OR  FOR  SALK-AT   A   GKKAT    BArI 

gain,  the  oeat  coruer  on  '6d  av.:    large  bouse,  floora 

all  rented ;  extra-sized  lot ;   building    space    for   two 

mote  liousea,    Principala  only   address   i^STATE,  Box 

No.  160  Time*  Office. 


NINTH  ST.,  BET  *VEKN5TH  AV.  AND  D»I. 
versity  place,— I'or  sale— A  25  foot  house,  65  feet 
deep,  witb  large  dluin;;-room  extension.  Lot  half  tM 
block;  (in  fee.)    Price,  S18,000. 

E.  H.LUDLOW  k.  CO.,  No.  3  Pine  at. 


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ikfkrk  WILL  BUY  A  KlRST-ULiAsa 

aVrVrVrfolly-tumishea     brown-atone    hooao 
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ou  wide  Htreot    OdIv  $3,0UU  cosh. 

PAUL  *«.  TODD.  No.  145  Bruttdway. 


FOR    SALE.  —  A    FIVK-STORY,    BROWN-STOSB 
house,   between  6th   and   6th   ava..   In  vioinity  of 
Windsor  Hotel.    For  partivoUra  apply    at  tfo.   1,479 

Broadway,  second  flat 


FOR  SALE.    VERY  r,OW— IN  48TH  >T.,  NEAR 
Stt  av. ,  a  four-story  browu-stose>eront  house,  full 
sice  :   Columbia  CoUezc  leasehold. 

OGDriN  k.  CLARK,  Sroadway.  corner  of  17th  at. 


FOR   WALE— NO.  26   FROSr  8T.,  23x63;    KOUB- 
atorv  warehouae,  coveruut  eatira  lot 
Apply  to  H.  H.  UAMUAXN, 

No.  25  Piae  st 


LARGK  AAO  SaiAIiL.  BOUSES  AT  SPECI- 
ALLY reuuced  pnoea.      V.  K.  STEVKNSON,  Jr., 
4  Pine  and  33  East  17ihBt 


AN  KiiEGANr  FL.OOR,  .NO.  117  FULTON 
at;  also,  first  floor,  No.  44  Ann  at:  with  or  with- 
out oteam  power ;  well  U&hted.  F.  J.  KALDENBEaG, 
No.  117  Fulton  st. 


r»Mi  liUT-TUB  HToRS  AND  BASK.Y1ENT  AUJOIK- 
J-iuR  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel,  Na  509  Broadway,  ex- 
tendiue  through  to  Mercer  st;  possession  1st  llay. 
Apply  to  HORACE  S.  ELY,  No,  22  fine  st. 


TO   JLiKASE- THE    81X-:iT0KY    WHITE-MARBLE 
bmidios,  corner  of  Broadway  and   24th  st.  Known 
an  the  All>emarle  Hotel.     Apply  to 

FRANCIS  S,  KINNEY,  No.  141  West  Broadway. 


STEAIU  POWKJIANU  FIRST  FI.UOR  AND 
cellar,  50x80  feet,  Nos.  188  anl  190   West   Honatoa 
at    Inquire  In  tbe  corner. 


JBEMOVALS^ 

REMOVAL.  —  RIDQELY  i  CO..    mPOETaBB  6» 
laoe  onrtMins   and   embcoideriea.   have   inaaTtal 
trom  No.  110  Worth  st  to  Noa.  70  and  81.   W«rt&  •&, 
between  Broadway  and  Cbtuoh  ab 
Ajsw>X«bx.  tfo,  i,  1872. 


FORTY-FIFTH  ST.,  NEAR5TH  AV.-FOUR 
Btory,  20x65  ;  in  perfect  order ;  price    low,    JotiS 
\V.  DERING  k.  COMPANY,  No.  130  Broadway. 


A     DESIKAHLK    VltXJ tS-S  CO ttX  MlQU-sruOP 

XXboose  on  Slat  at,  near  5th  av,;  In  perfect  order. 
E.  U.  LUULOvV  t  CO.,  No.  3  Finest 


A  LARUB  NUMBUtC  Oif  UOUsu-  Jia-.o.'t.i- 
.XXing  to  eatatea  and  inaUcutlona  for  aale  or  rent  M 
low  rates.     KISUMaN  F.  PAGE,  Ka  42  Eaat  23d  at 


BgOOKLYg^BEAX   ESTATE. 

FOR  SALE— ON  BROOKLYN  HEIGHTS,  A  FIRiJT* 
Glaas  tour-story  brown-stone  hoa^a.  with  bricic 
BCable  in  tbe  rear,  both  in  excellent  o.-aer:  the  loca- 
tion ia  one  ot  the  choicest  la  the  city ;  terms  ea^. 
For  p*rtieolars  apnly  at  No.  81  Plerrepoat  as,,  or  t* 
MOWABD.  BAUQEa  k  CO.,  No.  4C4  Bcuadway.  .New* 
York. 


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.  MARKET  PRICES  FOR  STAPLES.  . 

The  bntoliera  are  not  dxivins  a  very  aetire 
biuioeis  Joat  now,  and  twrgaina  may  be  bad  In  the 
jawit  departmenta  of  tbe  market*.  Porter-boose 
steaks  can  be  boagbt  at  25  cenu  to  38  oenta  per 
peoad,  sirloin  ateaka  at  18  cents  to  23  cents,  eood 
roaating  pieces  at  16  cents  tn  SO  cents,  ordinary 
cats  at  10  cents  to  16  centf,  and  pieces 
for  stewins  at  8  cents.  Mntton  obops 
sell  at  la  oenta  to  16  cents  per  ponnd ;  nioe  bits  of 
the  same  kind  of  meat  for  roasting  at  13  cents  to 
16  eents,  and  good  oats  for  ordinary  ose  at  8  cents 
tolOeents.  Lamb  is  very  scarce,  there  being  in 
fMt  no  "yeung  lamb  "  in  the  markets,  it  will 
begm  to  arrive  lUioat  tbe  latter  part  of  this  month. 
Veal  of  prime  quality  sells  at  16  cents  to 
W  cents  per  poond  for  pieces  for  roast- 
tog;  inferior  meat  at  8  cents  to  10 
eents,  and  veal  cutlets  at  25  cents  to  30  cents.  Pork 
for  roaating  mIIs  at  13  cents  per  poand,  and  chops 

.  at  the  same  nrioe.  Ham,  sugar  cnrvd,  selU  in  Waah- 
iagtoa  Market  at  16  cents  per  ponnd.  bacon  at  16 
Bents,  prime  shonlders  at  11  cents,  City-made 
taoaages  at  14  cents,  and  ooontry  at  16  cents.  Corned 
beef  sella  at  8  cents  to  12  cents,  and  corned 
pork  at  13  cents.  Batter  ranses  in  price  &om  18 
cents  to  40  centa  per  pound,  according  to  qnalltv, 
aomething  good  enough  for  general  family  uses  sell- 
ing at  35  cents.  Good  cheese  cannot  be 
boagtat  for  less  than  17  cents  to  18 
cents  per  ponnd.  Eggs  are  lower  and  prices  are 
declining.  Poultry  is  soiling  at  reasonable  rates ; 
prime  turkeys  and  chickens  sold  yesterday  in 
'Washington  Market  at  16  cento  per  ponnd, 
and  pretty  cood-Iooking  ones  at  12  oenta  to 
14  cents.  A  few  centa  more  were  asked 
for  ducks  and  a  few  cents  less  for  geese. 
There  is  a  good  aupply  and  large  variety  of  game 
IB  the  markets,  and  prices  are  not  high.  Among 
the  pnncipal  kinds  are  mallard  ducks,  wild  pigeons^ 
gronse,  quail,  partridges,  hares,  and  rabbits. 

I^sh  is  abundant.  Among  tbe  diiferent  kinds  are 
pickerel,  at  15  cents  per  pound;  shad,  from 
Georgia  waters,  at  50  cents  to  75  cents  each ; 
cod,  at  8  cents ;  smelts,  from  ^ew-£ngland  waters. 
at  18  cents  to  15  cents ;  flounders,  at  8  cents ;  fresh 
halibut,  at  IS  cents  ;  perch,  at  10  cenu  ;  white  fish, 
at  18  cents  ;  haddock,  at  8  cents  ;  Nova  Scotia  her- 
Tings,  at  8  cents;  and  lobsters,  (which 
ara  now  rather  scarce,)  at  10  cents.  Prozen 
EenneDeo  salmon  at  30  cento  per  pound,  and  blue 
fish  and  mackerel,  preserved  in  refrigerators,  can 
also.be  found.  Oysters  of  fair  quality  are  very 
plentital,  but  really  good-flavored  ones  are  not 
abundant.  They  sell  in  Washington  Market  at  75 
oents  to  91  50  per  100. 

Choice  apples  of  the  Baldwin,  Spy.  Boxbnry,  Bas- 
set, Greening,  and  other  fancy  varieties  are  higher. 
Pilc«8  for  craDberrlea  are  unchanged.  Grapes  are 
dearer,  and  oranges  sell  cheaply. 

Vecetables  cf  all  kinds  are  abundant.  Good  Irish 
potatoes  are  pretty  dear,  $4  to  94  50  per  barrel  being 
the  price  asked  for  the  best  kinds.    New  Bermnda 

potatoes,  still  hieh-priced,  are  becoming  more  plen- 
tifo],  and  so  are  Bermuda  tomatoes.  Among  the 
fresh  and  novel  things  for  this  season  in  vegetables, 
are  kale  and  spinach  from  the  South,  water-oreBses, 
celery,  and  lettuce,  moshrooma  and  cucumbers, 
reared  in  hot  homes. 


RECEIPTS  FOE  THE  TABLE. 

ficrrs  FOB  EcoitOHT.— Purchase  provisions  at  a 
/ellable  market,  cot  at  a  grocery.  A  little  expen- 
enoe  will  enable  one  to  select  sood  articles  at  less 
price  than  u  nsoally  paid.  For  breakfast,  if  meat  is 
desired,  mn  upper-cut  sirloin  steak,  broiled,  fried 
Uver,  corn-beef  bash,  or  hashed  meats  of  any  de- 
■oription,  famish  the  substaniial  part  of  a  break- 
fast. Graham  gems,  fried  hominy,  occasionally 
com-breaa,  when  eggs  are  not  too  expensive,  corn- 
meal  griddles,  flour  griddles,  mixed  lu  part  with 
dry  bread  crumbs,  Graham  musb,  oat-meal  mush, 
will  go  iar  tov*ard  sompleting  a  breaktast,  and 
with  many  families  prove  a  sufficient  variety  with 
the  aid  oi  coifee. 

Por  bearty  noon  meal  I  wonla  recommend  among 
other  thmgs,  lamb  shank  stew.  For  this,  take  a 
few  little  shimks.  boiled  till  perfectly  tender,  about 
four  hours.  At  the  proper  time  add  sliced  potatoes, 
tumips.  parsnips,  and  carrots,  if  relished,  nicely 
sliced  ;  half  of  a  red  pepper,  cut  very  fine;  tomatoes 
improve  it ;  or,  lu  tbeir  season,  in  plaee 
of  the  vegetables  named,  add  a  pint  of 
Lima  beans,  toe  same  of  sweet  com,  cat 
from  tbe  ear,  with  two  or  three  tomatoes. 
A  pot  of  baked  beans,  cooked  in  tbe  most  approved 
27ew-Iingland  strle,  will  fumisb  a  substantial  meal 
St  any  time,  especially  if  vou  add  a  good  leaf  of 
•teamed  brown  bread. 

Por  tea,  if  meat  ia  required,  chipped  beef, 
eitber  dry  or  frizzled,    and    occasionally    a  lobster, 

will  add  relish.  A  plate  of  soap  made  of  soop- 
bonec  or  bits  of  meat  left  from  the  roasto  or  steaks, 
or  clam  atew;  bread  toasted  or  fraab.  Always 
have  on  the  table  a  dish  of  oat-meal  mush,  tu  be 
served  with  sugar  and  milk,  according  to  tbe  taste 
of  each  IndlvidnaL  This  dish  furnishee  evetv  want 
Toquired  by  tbe  waste  of  tbe  system.  Apple  sauce 
or  naked  apples,  either  with '  syrup  or  wit  bo  at, 
afford  a  relish,  and  will  complete  a  repast  suf- 
flciestly  hearty  and  nutritious  to  afford  good  sleep 
and  pleasant  dreams. 

Por  desserts,  plain  boiled  rice,  or  what  is  better 
^  still,  "poor  man's  pudding,"  made  of  boiled  rice; 
"com  stareh  puddine,"  "oottaee  pudding."  "ap- 
ple Duddrng."  The  latter  is  made  by  fllllng  a  pua- 
ding-disb  nearly  lull  of  apples,  slicsd,  sweetened, 
salted,  and  flavored  as  fur  a  pie.  Place  on  top  of 
range  and  cook  till  about  half  done.  Oae  and  a  bait' 
boors  before  eating  cover  with  a  good  crust,  made 
like  biscuit;  cover  so  closely  tbat  no  steam  can  es- 
cape ;  plsce  again  on  top  of  range,  when  the  paste 
ihould  puff  very  light  to  the  top  of  tbe  disb.  ISend 
hot  to  tne  table  and  serve  with  a  liquid  sauce  made 
»f  molasses  and  sugar,  equal  parts,  a  little  butcar 
snd  floor  added,  and  boil  10  minutes.  Keep  a  care- 
ful list  of  expenditures,  computing  tbe  amount 
month  by  month,  comparing  the  expense  ot  one 
(gainst  the  others,  and  when  six  months  ars  passed 
huiUsh  "  Tbe  Household"  the  result  of  your  exper- 
iment.—Paulike. 

HXAr.THFUi.,  HOT  Fakct  Pood. — "  E.  P.  "W."  calls 
Bttentlon  to  the  fact  tbat  Vienna  bread  is  especially 
a  dinner-bread,  of  little  value  tor  family  use:  tbe 
aecond  day  it  is  dry,  tasteless,  and  chippy,  owing 
to  the  degree  to  which  all  bakers  carry  tbe 
ferment.  Good  home-made  bread,  he  continues,  is 
essily  obtained  if  ordinary  care  is  used 
in  ito  manufacture,  but  the  trouble  is  that  Ameri- 
can housewives  are  not  careful,  and  therefore  fait 
In  this  respect.  Probably  most  people  will  agree 
with  him  that  making  bread  is  by  no  means  an  op- 
eration to  be  slighted  or  handed  over  to  incompe- 
tent servante ;  it  requires  all  the  intelligence  one 
can  give  it,  ana  then  many  things  wil 
be  observed  that  are  confusing  in  tbe 
process.  American  hsusewives  are  exceedingly 
careful,  however,  as  the  Household  -  columo 
abunoantly  proves,  in  the  matter  of  sweet  cakes 
and  snob  things.  One  reads  tbe  iteration  of  receipts 
for  makins  sweet.cal:es  and  minoe-pjes  with  iuar 
^d  trem  bliog.  One  receipt  for  mince-pies  calU-  foiv 
two  quarts  of  wine  and  brandy  in  about  13  poands 
'  tut  mince  I  Is  the  woman  serious  1  No  spirit  at 
any  sort  is  ever  needed  in  mince-mee^ 
It  makes  its  own.  Minoe-meat  is  not  fit  for  use  an- 
der  a  month  from  the  time  it  is  first  mixed,  and  in 
tbat  time  the  fermentation  of  the  molasses,  sugar, 
ana  sploe  has  supplied  the  alcoholic  strength  con- 
tained in  two  quarto  of  wine  and  brandy  ot  the 
nsnal  cooking  qaalitv.  £).  P.  W.  wanto  receipts 
without  soda  for  tne  ordinary  things  of  tbe  table. 

Clsab  SoiTP. — ^Put  in  a  large  saucepan  four 
ounces  of  butter,  and  when  melted  place  in  it 
three  pounds  of  lean,  fresh  beef  and  three  pounds 
of  vaal,  cut  lu  pieces,  with  the  bones  broken; 
cover  the  pan  tightly  and  set  over  a  quick  fire; 
When  the  meat  begins  to  stick  to  the  pan,  turn  it, 
and  When  a  brown  glaze  begins  to  form  cover  tbe 
meat  Just  evenly  with  cold  water ;  waioh  carefnlly ; 
when  it  id  just  coming  to  a  boil,  poor 
In  one  pint  of  wator  and  skim;  then  add  another 
pint  of  water  and  skim  again,  but  be 
careful  not  to  stir  up  tbe  soup.  Then  put  In  tbe 
soup,' cut  in  e>msU  pieces,  four  large  whits  onions, 
two  large  turnips,  two  good-sized  carroto,  three 
bead  of  celery,  add  two  quarts  of  water,  place  it 
where  it  will  simmer  steadily  for  four  hours, 
and  tben  strain  throagb  a  linen  bag.  So  not  nut 
the  meat  and  vegetables  in,  nor  stir  it,  as  this 
:'Would  cause  it  to  be  muddy.  If  it  should  not  be 
quite  clear,  beat  up  the  whites  of  two  fresh  eggs, 
and  stir  into  it,  returning  it  to  the  fire  until  it  lust 
comes  to  a  boil,  then  strain  again.— Aunt  Asdis. 

Potato  BtTMFUNoa — (According  to  a  German  re- 
ceipt.)—Boil  five  or  six  sood-sized  pototoes  ;  lettbem 
get  cold,  tben  peel  and  grate  into  a  large  dish ; 
do  not  crush  or  mash  them  together,  but  keep  them 
Ugbt  and  flaky ;  then  peel  about  tbe  same  quan- 
tity of  raw  pptotoep,  grate,  and  put  into  a  cloth, 
Sresa  oat  all  tbe  water,  and  put  the  potatoes  in  a 
Ish;  cut  up  sn  onion  very  flue,  put  in  two  or  three 
eggs,  and  a  small  handful  ot  salt ;  cut  some  stale 
jboread  into  small  sqnarerand  £ry  in  hot  lard  or  but- 
ter nniil  they  are  brown  and  crisp;  thoroughly  mix 
the  raw  potatoes,  onions,  eggs,  and  salt ;  put  in  the 
Jiread.  and  lastly  the  boiled  pototoas,  handling  as 
Mttle  as  possible  ;  roll  the  mixture  into  balls,  and 

El  them  in  a  pot  of  boUlDg  water,  into  which  you 
«  thrown  a  handful  of  salt ;  after  they  have 
n  In  about  SO  minutes  take  out  one  and  try  it. — 

Sabatoga  PoTATOEa.— If  thOT  are  to  be  eaten  at 
lireakfast  they  should  be  peele<t  tbe  evsning  before 
and  ahaved  into  slices  the  thickness  ot  an  old-£asb- 
kmsd  wafer,  and  left  in  water  over  night ;  in  the 
mexiUng  drain  them  perfectly  dry  from  the  water, 
and  have  ready  a  kettle  of  boiling  lard,  into  which 
drop  a  few  pieces  at  a  time ;  when  nicety  browned 
sn  one  side  turn  them,  and  when  both  sides  are 
toowa  take  them  out  with  a  skimmer  and  send 
tbsm  to  the  table  hot.— W.  P. 

PiCELKTTK. — Chop  a  head  of  cabbage  very  fine, 
and  a  number  of  onions  according  to  the  size  of 
the  cabbage ;  put  them  in  a  stone  jar  with  salt 
atined  throngh  them :  let  stand  over  night  when 
drain  all  the  water  off  them ;  rake  cider  vinegar 
Boffleient  to  cover  them,  and  boiL  adding  to  one 
quart  of  vinegar  one  poand  brows  angar,  one  table- 
■potinftd  gruond  mustard,  two  tableapoonfola  black 
pappsc  two  tablaapooatnla  grooad  etnnamoo,  two 
itblespoonfals  oelery<sesd,  one  tablespoonfai  all- 
Wlsa.  cas  tablsspeoBfla   asoe.  one  lahlasBooafal. 


phlverixed  alum,  and  two  tabieapooafttla  horae- 
raoisD  ;  pour  boilinE  oyer  tbe  cabbage  and  unions  : 
let  stand  over  night,  when  strain  Uie  vinegar  off 
Hud  scald  again,  pouring  over  as  before;  r<»peat  this 
three  mornings,  and  on  the  fourth  boil  all  together 
— caboage,  onions,  vinegar,  and  spioe;  when.eold 
pack  In  small  Jara.  It  Is  fit  for  use  at  onee,  ba|  will 
keep  quite  a  time.— Aunt  Adihb. 

Otstkbb  a  l' AiocaiCAiMS.- Four  doeen  oysters  to 
one  quart  cracker  crumbs  ;  bake  in  a  12-inoh  dish, 
yellow-ware  is  best ;  blanch  the  oysters  and  diain 
them ;  piaoe  a  laver  of  oysters  in  bottom  of  dish, 
cover  them  with  crambs;  add  on*  o^noe  toble 
butter,  a  pinch  of  salt,  and  mixed  pepper, 
(two-thirds  black,  onetbird  red,)  next  a  layer  of 
oysters,  and  cover  with  crumos  ;  in  equal  piortioa 
with  the  first  layer  repeat  until  dish  is  filled,  add- 
ing butter,  &c.,  to  each  layer  of  oruaibs;  to  the 
liquor  add  the  ]aioe  of  halt  a  lemon,  two  cloves, 
one  ounce  buttor;  slmmtr  and  add  to  the  dish; 
bake  15  minutes  in  a  moderate  bven  ;  if  too  dry  add 
A  little  hot  water.  Should  a  portion  remain  after 
lunch  prepare  it  for  supper  by  adding  half  otince  of 
butter  melted  in  hot  wawr;  bake  five  minotea  and 
serye — Mubbst. 

To  Pay  Bebfstsak.— Pound  but  do  not  "haek 
it;"  have  year  pan  very  hot;  potaamall  piece  of 
butter  in  li,  and  let  it  brown  ;  season  the  steak  on 
both  sides  with  salt  and  pepper  ;  plree  in  the  pan, 
and  tarn  oonstantly,  letting  it  cook  quickly ;  when 
done  and  nicely  browned,  turn  a  plate  over  it  and 
atand  Where  It  will  cook  slowly  a  few  minuces  :  a 
spoonful  of  mas  broom  or  tomato  catsup  added  to 
tbe  gravy  u  a  good  addition.— Aumt  Addik. 

Bboiunq  Steak. — ^Beefsteak  may  be  covered 
-while  brolUn?,  out  «nouId  never  be  hacked  while 
cooking,  nor  pounded  before  oooking;  almply  lay  it 
upon  the  gridiron,  and  turn  but  once,  as  at  erery 
turning  vou  lose  tbe  Juice  of  the  meat ;  when  done, 
lay  apon  tbe  dish  it  is  to  be  served  In.  sprinkle 
over  it  a  little  salt  and  spread  over  it  some  good 
'sweet  butter.and  let  stand  five  minutes  In  the  oven. 
— Nkw-England  Houbekrkfeb. 

Baisin  Dbkbsinq  fob  Soup  Beef.— Take  two  cup- 
'fols  clear  broih,  without  thickening,  out  of  the 
soup-pot ;  put  it  in  a  saucepan,  add  one  cupful  boil- 
ing water,  half  a  cupful  vinegar,  one  teaspoontul 
salt,  one  bay-leaf,  five  grains  ot  allspioe,  one  tsble- 
sooonful  sugar,  and  a  quarter  pound  each  of  raisins 
and  currants.  Twenty  minutes  before  serTing,  take 
the  beef  out  of  the  soup-pot.  pat  it  into  this  tpravy, 
turn  once,  allowing  10  minutes'  oooking  for  each 
side  ;  tben  toce  it  out  and  thicken  the  gravy  with 
brown  flour,  and  rub  to  a  paste  with  butter.  Serve 
hot    Bound  of  beef  is  best  for  this  dish. 

Mock  Chicken  Liveb.- Take  a  liver  and  boil 
several  hours  until  quite  soft,  with  a  teaspoonfol  ot 
snzar  and  spioe,  if  desired  ;  then  out  up  and  stew 
with  a  chicken,  or  slice  and  dip  in  liattor,  and  fry. — 
Cobneua. 

Oat-ueai.  Food.— The  steam-cooked  oats  and 
wheat  save  buors  of  boiling  and  avoid  all  trouble, 
as  tbe  directious  how  to  cook  them  in  every  style 
are  on  the  packages.- Thbift. 

Bbeakfast  Oat-meal. — It  may  be  very  palato- 
b?y  cooked  in  water,  with  a  little  salt  added.  The 
water  must  be  boiling  bard  when  the  meal  is  put  in, 
and  as  soon  as  it  seu  or  thickens  the  water  it  must 
be  set  back  wbere  it  will  still  boil,  but  not  scorch. 
Much  stirring  spoils  it.  Boll  one  hour  or  more. — 
Aunt  Addie. 

Oat-meal  and  Inddin-meai..— These  are  seldom 
boiled  sufliuieutiy  ana  couaegoently  are  not  good  or 
wholesome.  A  cup  and  a  half  of  oat-meal  m  thrse 
quarts  uf  boiling  water:  stir  frequently  at  first; 
boil  two  hours  and  a  half  with  the  lid  on  the  first 
hour  sod  a  half ;  the  lid  off  the  rest  of  the  time.  A 
pint  of  Indian  preparsd  the  same  way  when  needed. 
— Lizzie. 

To  Savk  "Wastb  in  CooKrao. — To  cook  oat-meal 
or  cracked  wheat  without  any  waste,  butter  a  basin 
and  fill  it  two-thirds  foil  of  water,  and  when  it  boils 
stir  in  the  oat-meal  or  wheat ;  oe  sure  to  have  it 
thick  enough,  as  you  can  easily  thin  with  boiling 
water.  Set  your  basiin  in  a  steamer.  Bice,  lio., 
should  be  steamed  in  same  way. — H.  H.  U. 

To  Cook  'Wheatbn  Gbits. — In  one  quart  of  milk 
or  water  ai  tepid  heat  stir  five  braping  tablespoou- 
ful.«  of  grits  and  one  teasDOonful  salt ;  pat  in  a  farina 
kettle  and  place  in  the  boiline  wacbrin  the  under 
kettle.  Place  on  the  fire  where  it  will  keep  boiling, 
adding  water  as  it  boils  away.  Boil  one  hour,  tben 
turn  oat  in  an  earthen  baking  disb,  and  covet  with 

a  plate  that  covers  thedlah  tiifutiy  ;  put  in  a  rather 
moderata  oven  and  leave  a  half  boar.  If  It  should 
b>:il  very  stiff  it  must  be  thinned  by  adding  a  little 
milk  or  water. — Aunt  Addie. 

Pudding  rNDEu  Meat.— When  roasting  a  piece 
of  beef,  three-quarters  uf  an  hoar  before  it  is  done 
take  it  out  of  tbe  oven  and  pour  the  drippings  out 
of  the  pan  for  gravy ;  have  ready  six  or  aeven  nice 
apples,  pared,  cored,  and  balv(>d,  and  lay  them  in 
tbe  bottom  of  the  pan  ;  then  make  a  batter  of  two 
cupfuis  of  floor,  with  a  teaspoonfnl  of  baking 
powder  sifted  in  dry,  one  pint  of  milk,  three  eggs, 
snd  one  tablespoonful  sugar  :  pour'  this  over  the 
apples ;  then  lay  the  meat  on  sticks  in  the  baking- 
pan,  so  tbat  the  Juice  from  it  will  drop  into  the  pan 
belaw.    Send  to  table  in  a  slde-disb  with   the  meat. 

Gebman  Puffs. — One  cupful  flour,  two  cuptuls 
milk,  three  eggs,  one-half  teaspoontul  baking 
powder,  a  pinch  of  salt ;  divide  into  six  l>akiag 
costard  cups,  and  bake  in  a  quick  ovon  ;  turn  tbem 
out  and  serve.  For  sauce,  beat  the  yolks  of  four 
eggs  and  a  quarter  of  a  ponnd  of  powdered  sogar 
together  quite  light,  grate  tbe  rind  of  a  lemoa  in  it, 
and  add  gradually  to  this  a  glass  of  sherry  wine  ; 
stir  up  very  quickly  until  it  becomes  froth v ;  must 
be  placed  ou  the  fire,  but  where  the  beat  is  not 
strong;   stir  all  the  time. — Aunt  Addie. 

To  Pbesebvk  Pabsley  Thbough  the  Winter. — 
Use  fiesbly  gathered  parsley;  put  it  into  boiling 
water;  add  a  little  aalt:  boil  three  mtuates  and 
drain;  lay  it  on  a  sieve  before  the  tire  and  dry  aa 
soon  as  poaaible;  store  it  away  in  bottles;  when 
wanted  poor  over  it  a  little  warm  water  and  let  it 
stand  five  minutes.- Mubbby. 

IjEMon  Sruup. — To  every  quart  of  lemon-iaice 
add  six  pounds  of  lost  sugar;  rub  ofl  the  yellow 
rind  of  the  lemons  with  lumps  ol  sugar  ;  put  in  a 
porcelain  kettle  ;  boat  the  wtjites  of  two  egga  ver.v 
light,  and  mix  graduallv  with  one  quart  ot  water, 
which  put  io  tbe  lemon-Juice  and  su^ar.  Boil  ten 
minutes,  being  sure  to  skia  off  all  the  scum.  Place 
in  new  bottles,  cork  tightly,  aud  seal  the  tops  with 
melted  rosin  and  wax. — Addie. 

AuMONLA  Cake.— One  cupful  butter,  two  of 
sugar,  three  of  flour,  half  pint  of  oream,  a  piece  ol 
ammonia  the  sise  of  a  small  hickory  nur,  one  pound 
of  Irult,  three  eggs,  reserviog  the  white  of  oo9. 
This  sake  should  not  be  cut  tor  two  weeks ;  it  wil  I 
keep  a  long  time. 

USEFUL  FAMILY  HiyTS.' 

To  Keep  Lemons.- iJemons  cin  be  kept  a  long 
time  in  sUvur  sand  perfectly  dried.  Place  tbe  stem 
end  of  the  lemon  down  and  have  tbem  three  inches 
apart ;  keep  in  a  cool  place. — Aunt  Addie. 

Wa£HINO. — The  following  suttzestions  are  recom- 
mended by  a  correspoodenc  who  has  tested  them  : 
Foi  ordinary  washing,  use  a  tableapoonful  of  borax 
to  every  five  gallons  of  water,  and  two  ounces  of 
soap ;  soak  the  clothes  in  this  over  night;  give 
them  a  tboroueb  boiling  witbooc  wrincting.  Whun 
the  clothes  are.very  much  soiled,  see  tbat  the  water 
IS  made  soft  with  tiorax.  Clothes  thus  washed  will 
not  turn  yellow.  In  washing  flannelt<,  use  one  table- 
spoonful  of  borax  to  five  gallon*  of  water,  withont 
soap.    It  will  not  shrink  ttatm. 

For  storcbing  linen,  use  one  teaspoontul  of 
borsx  to  one  pint  ot  boiling  starch. 

For  washing  and  bhacbinz  laces,  put  one  tea- 
teaspoonful  of  borax  to  one  pint  of  boiling  water, 
leave  your  articles  to  soak  in  the  solaiiou  /or  S4 
hours,  then  wash  with  a  little  soap. 

For  cleansing  black  cashmeres,  wash  in  hot  suds 
with  a  little  burax  in  tbe  water ;  rinse  in  blue- 
ing water — very  blue,  sad  iron  on  the  wrong  side 
while  damp— HousBKEBFEB. 

AVashikq  Flannels. — Cut  very  finely  about  a  quar- 
ter of  a  pound  uf  best  yellow  soap,  pour  on  it  hot 
water,  and  let  it  dissolve ;  add  sufficient  for 
your  use.  and  when  loke-warm  stir  in  a  tablespooo- 
tul  sf  liquid  ammonia  ;  then  soak  in  tbe  flannels 
and  let  iheu>  remain  half  an  hour ;  then  wash  tbem 
well  and  riose  them  in  a  second  luke-warm  water, 
with  another  spoonful  of  ammania;  if  a  thud  be 
used  tbe  ammonia  mn«t  be  repeated.    Lizzie. 

Waehiko  DiBEcnoN's.- If  tbe  direetims  accom- 
panying the  washing  machine  are  followed  tbe 
clotnes  will  come  out  ail  that  can  be  desired. 
'White  cloihes  will  look  "nice  and  whits"  boiled 
before  they  are  rubbed. — AOnt  Addis. 

Gloss  on  Shibt  Bosoms. — Take  two  ounces 
of  fine  white  gum-arabic  powder,  put  in  a'pitcber 
and  pour  on  it  one  pint  of  Soiling  water,  cover  it 
'and  let  stand  all  night.  In  the  morning  pour  it 
carefully  from  the  dregs  into  a  bottle ;  use  onetable- 
spoonful  to  a  pint  of  starch,  made  io  the  usual  mao- 
nep;  u;>e  a  poilsbtngiron  also. — AusT  Addie. 

To  Help  a  Calla  Lilt  to  Bloom.— Be  sure  it  bas  a 
good  rich  soil ;  water  with  very  warm  water,  with 
a  little  ammoaia  or  bone  dust  added  once  in  a  week 
or  two.  Every  morning  pour  boiling  water  in  the 
saucer  of  the  pot  the  lily  is  in,  and  give  it  plenty  of 
heat  and  snnshine.  1  have  two  puts  of  lilies,  and 
have  two  fiowers  on  one  and  one  flower  and  two 
bads  on  tbe  other.— Aunt  Addik. 

To  Pkesebve  a  KABBirsKiN. — Tack  the  skin 
quite  aa  tiehtly  as  you  can  stretch  it  on  a 
board  without  tearing  it,  and  wash  it  with 
a  solution  ot  alum  and  water.  Of  course  the  fur 
slue  is  tacked  next  tbe  board,  and  the  solution 
osed  on  the  other  side. — Aunt  Addie.  . 

Pbefabing  Coupbessed  Yeast.  —  Dissolve  the 
compressed  yeast  lu  a  half  teacoptnl  of  tepid 
water,  and  stir  m  the  mixture  the  last  thing.  The 
rolls  should  be  light  in  two  boars,  ir  covered  well 
and  set  in  a  warm  place.- Aunt  Addie. 

INFORMATION   WANTED, 

How  to  fry  apples  and  pork. 

A  reseipt  for  nee  croqaettes. 

A  receipt  for  lady  fingers. 

How  to  make  frozen  Boman  pouch  ? 

How  oyster  chowder  should  be  made! 

The  proper  way  to  make  hermit  cake  1 

How  oyster  patties  are  made  I 

A  receipt  for  *'  potted  fish  "  such  as  herring, 
mackerel,  or  any  other  kind. 

How  much  ground  coffee  to  each  qdkrt  or  pint  of 
water  does  "Aunt  Addie"  allow) 

How  oat-meal  can  be  made  into  a  bread  that  will 
be  neither  hard  nor  sticky,  but  about  like  uralnary 
wheat  bread.  ,  . 

How  to  relieve  s  canary  with  asthma. 

How  to  make  and  ose  shellac  varaish  for  kitchen 
floors! 

Ho'W  to  remove  cod-liver  oil  stAuu  from 
white  goods. 

Should  black  silk  be  brushed  in  the  direotion  ot 
the  grain  t 

How  golden  curls  can  be  made  a  shads  darker,  to 
match  natural  hair. 

Will  "Bidgewood''  say  if  the  method  for 
"skeletonizing  leaves  "  will  answer  for  Ml  leaves 
alike ;  for  tbm  tender  leaves  as  well  as  iter  tougher 
like  Magnolia,  &«.  f  Alao  .wtaeo  they  should  be 
gathered— when  youag,  at  matority,  or  iaat  adout 
tonusitjttasl 


MILITARY  GOSSIP. 

— ♦ — 

A  haszar  regiment  ia  being  organized  for  the 
ITatlonal  Guard  of  Hew-Jarsey,  at  JTersey  City.  ' 

Mr.  John  W.  Yale  -was  eleoted  Colonel  of  tbe 
IVty-flrst  Begiment,  Syraoose.  last  Tharaday 
evening. 

The  Eighth  Begiment,  Col.  George  D.  Hoott 
commanding,  will  drill  at  the  State  Araenal  next 
Friday  Evening. 

The  Elerenth  Regiment,  CoL  Fredenok  Unbe- 
kant  commanding,  will  give  a  ball  at  ito  armory  on 
Thn/tsday,  Feb.  S9, 

Company  G,  Ninth  Begiment,  'will  hold  an 
election  for  Second  Lieutenant  at  thee  rgimental 
armory  next  Friday  evening. 

The  Ninth  Begiment,  CoL  James  B.  ^itoh- 
oook  commanding,  will  hold  a  leoeotion  at  ito 
armory  on  Tuesday  evening,  Feb.  2J. 

Capt.  John  H.  Horsfall,  of  Company  F. 
Twenty-seoond  Begiment,  wss  elected  IdaJor  of  that 

command  Iaat  Friday  evening,  vice  HcGrath  re- 
algned. 

The   Koctaester    JExpreat    states   that    Maior 

Gen.  Brinker,  commanding  the  Seventh  Diviaion, 

has  resigned.  Gen.  Brinker  'was  formerly  a  resi- 
dent of  this  City. 

Col.    David    E.  Aastan,   commanding    the 

Forty-seventh  Begimeut,  Brooklyn,  has  appsinted 
Harrison  B.  Moore  Qaartermaster  on  his  staff  'vioe 
David  P.  'Watkins,  resigned. 

Tbe  Forty-seventh  Begiment,  Brooklyn,  -will 
parade  for  drill  by  wings  as  follows :  Bight  wing, 
on  Tuesday,  Feb.  1.3 ;  left  wing,  on  Thursday,  Fet>. 
15.  A  drill  in  street  firing  will  toke  place  at  tlie 
armory,  comer  of  Korth  Second  and  Fourth  streets, 
Brooklyn,  on  Friday,  March  3. 

The  books  and  records  of  tbe  several  regi- 
mento  in  the  First  Brigade,  Brig.  Gen.  W.  Q. 
Ward  commanding,  will  be  inspected  by  Maior 
Bobert  Lenox  Belknap,  Brigade  Inspector,  as  fol- 
lows :  Twenty-seoond  Begiment,  Tuesday  evening, 
Feb.  20;  Twelfth  Begiment.  Friday  evening,  Feb. 
23,  and  Fifth  Begiment,  Tuesday  eyeniug,  Feb.  37. 

Tbe  Eleventh  Begiment,  Col.  Frederick  Un- 
bekant  commanding,  will  drill  by  wings  at  its 
armory,  in  fatigue  uniform,  as  follows  :  Companies 
D,  A,  B,  B.  and  K,  on  Mondays.  Feb.  13  and  19 ; 
left  wing.  Companies  C,  F,  G,  H,  and  L  on  Tues- 
days, Feb.  13  and  SO.  Line  will  be  formed  at  8  P< 
M.  on  each  occikSlon.  Company  H  gave  a  ball  at 
Gacmania  Assembly  Booms  Isst  night. 

Mi^'or  Louis  Finkelmeyer,  of  the  Thirty- 
second  Begiment,  Brooklyn,  was  lately  Captain  of 
Comnany  Company  C,  of  tbat  command.  He  took 
formal  leave  of  his  farmer  Company  last  Tuesday 
evening,  and  received  as  a  memento  of  the  ocoasion, 
and  as  a  testimonial  tor  tbe  valnable  services  he 
had  rendered  to  his  company,  an  elegantly  mounted 
dress  sword,  suitooly  inscribed. 

Col.  James  Cavanagb,  commanding  tbe 
Sixty-ninth  Begimdut,  has  issued  an  order  direct- 
ing his  commannd  to  parade  In  full-dress  uniform 
next  Tuesday,  at  10  A.  M-,  to  escort  tbe  remains 
of  CoL  John  O'Mahony  to  tbe  steamer  which  ia 
to  convey  them  to  Ireland.  Out  of  re- 
spect to  tho*  memory  of  the  late  Col. 
O'Mahony.  the  orders  calling  for  a 
battalion  drill  of  this  cimmand  on  tbe  aame  even- 
ing have  been  countermanded.  Commandants  of 
oompaoies  have  been  directed  In  ordera  to  detail 
four  files  each  for  guard  duty  to-day  at  9  A.  ki. 
Capt.  James  Plunkett  bas  beea  detailed  Officer  of 
tbe  Day.  and  First  Lieut.  James  Carroll  OfUcer  of 
the  Guard. 

The  Gatling  Battery    Artillery,  Brooklyn, 

Capt.  John  A.  Edwards  commanding,  is  under  or- 
ders to  assemble  in  full  fatigue  uniform  at  No.  470 
Pacific  street,  next  Friday,  at  8  P.  SA.,  fur  ioatruo 
tion  in  horsemanship.  Tbe  several  sections  of  this 
command  will  assemble  at  tbe  armory  for  drill  and 

instruction  as  follows  :  Sections  1  and  3,  on  Wednes- 
dny,  Feb.  21 ;  Sections  3  and  4,  on  Wednesday,  Feb. 
28 ;  and  tbe  entire  perionnel  of  tbe  battory  on 
Wednesday,  M^roh  7.  First  Lieut.  P.  I.  Hoffman 
win  assume  command  on  tbe  Slst  and  28tb  iust. 
An  election  was  held  for  Second  Lieutenant  and 
non-commissioned  officers  in  this  command  last 
evening. . 

The  armory  of  the  Fourteenth  Begiment, 
Brooklyn,  has  been  closed  for  alterations  and  re- 
pairs, and  Col.  MeLeer  has  issued  orders  to  his 
command  to  assemble  at  ito  temporary  armory.  No. 

386  Atlaotic  avenae,  tor  drill  and  loatraction  as 

follows:  Companies  D  ana  K.  on  Mondays;  Com- 
panies B  and  H,  Tuesdays  ;  B  and  I,  Wednesdays  ; 
A  and  G,  Thursdays,  and  C  aud  F,  on  Fridays. 
Boll  will  he  called  on  each  occasion  at  8  P.  M  To 
insure  proficiency  among  tbe  men.  Col.  McLeer  siig- 
eeats  that  the  companies  be  sub-divided  into  tw* 
classes,  by  which  the  men  as  they  aovance  mav  be 
promoted  from  a  lower  to  a  higher  grade.  Tbe 
third  annual  ball  of  tbo  Non-Commissioneu  Officers 
AssooiatioD  of  tbi.s  command  will  take  place  at  Gal- 
latin Hall,  No.  522  Fulton  street  on  Tburaday  eveo- 
ing,  Feb.  23. 

The  invitations  are  out  for  a  grand  dress 
parade,  review,  and  reception  by  tbe  Seventy-flrst 
Begiment,  to  be  given  on  Thursday  evening,  Feb. 
22,  but  the  place  where  this  entertainment  is  to  be 
held  is  yet  uncertain.  Gilmore's  Gat  den  was  prom- 
ised to  the  Masic  Committee  of  the  regiment,  but 
the  management  of  the  Hippodrome  is  now  con- 
sidering the  advisability  of  laying  a  floor  over 
the  arens.  The  old  floor  which  was  formerly 
used  has  been  sold,  and  a  new  one 
will  be  necesssry.  If  a  decision  is  nut 
reached  by  to-morrow,  it  is  proposed  to  exe- 
cute tbe  militory  evolutions  at  the  State  Arsenal, 
aud  subsequently  to  give  a  promenade  concert  ana 
hop,  at  the  regimental  armory.  The  right  wing  of 
this  command  will  drill  under  command  of  Lit-nt. 
CoL  Chaddock,  at  tbe  State  Araenal,  to-morrow 
evening.  An  entertainment  will  be  given  under 
tbe  auvpicea  of  Dram  Mnjur  Nat  Jeaks,  and  tbe 
regimental  drum  corps,  at  tbe  Lexington  Avenue 
Opera-house,  on  Wednesday,  Feb.  28> 

At  First  Division  Head-quarters,  the  accept- 
ance of  the  resignations  of  tbe  following  officers  bas 
been  received  :  First  Lteut.  James  L.  Cook,  Eighth 
Begiment;  Sureeon  Bache  McE.  Emmett,  Twelfth 
Begiment;  Commissary  Henry  W.  Schmidt,  Capt. 
Herman  H.  Fleidermann.  First  Lieut.  Frederick 
Freudflulhal,  Second  Lieut.  Diednch  Borghe.  and 
Second  Lieut.  WilUiam  Miller,  Third  Beeiment 
Cavalry.  Commissions  bavs  been  received  for 
Surgeon  Arthur  T.  Hill,  Twelfth  Begiment;  Adju- 
tant C.  Giiibam  Bacon,  iind  Capt.  Henry  J.  Hayden, 
Seventh  Begiment.  Spectsl  orders  from  General 
Head-quarters  at  Albany  provide  for  tbe  vacation 
of  the  commission  of  Second  Lieut.  Samuel  £. 
Perry,  of  the  Seventy-flrst  Begiment,  and  order  an 
election  to  flll  tbe  vacancy.  Lieut.  Col.  Jacob 
Beyer,  of  the  Third  Begiment  Cavalry,  has  been 
appointed  on  the  Divisiou  Board  of  Examination, 
to  flll  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  resignation  of 
Mai.>r  George  W.  Sauer. 

The  left  wing  of  the  Fifth  Begiment,  Col. 
Charles  S,  Spencer,  commanding,  held  a  drill  at  the 
Stote  Atsensl  last  Monday  ovenlng,  being  equalized 
in  four  companies  of  i6  front.  After  Col.  Spencer 
had  manmuvred  the  men  for  an  boor,  Lieut.  Col. 
Kraeger  assumed  command,  and  completed  the  in- 
siracuon  for  the  evenins.  Tbe  entire  regiment 
will  drill  at  the  State  Arsenal  on  Thursday  evening, 
March  23.  and  Tuesday  evenifig,  April  24.  The 
following  officers  in  this  command  have  tendered 
tbeir  resignations:  First  Lieut.  Georze  S.  Leland, 
Quartermaster ;  Major  Horace  B.  Williams,  Sur- 
seun  ;  and  First  Lieut.  Frits  Bergener.  Lieut.  Col. 
Peter  Kraeger  tenaered  his  resiicoation  some  time 
ago,  but  baa  thus  far  been  unable  to  Induce  Col. 
Spencer  to  accept  it.  Col.  Spencer  is  wise  tn  en- 
deavoring to  retain  the  services  ot  so  efiicient  a 
drill-master,  but  Col.  Kraeger  has  served  much 
longer  than  his  regular  term,  and  desires  to  retire  to 
ciyil  lite. 

At  a  D&eetiag  of  the  Board  of  Alderman  last 

Thursday,  Alderman  Howland'a  resolution  di- 
recting the  Commisssoner  of  Public  Works  to  re- 
move the  furniture  and  fixtures  of  the  Separate 
Troop  Cavalry  from  Its  late  armory,  corner  of 
Broadway  and  Forty-fitlh  street,  to  in  new  quar- 
ters at  Kos.  7.  9,  and  11,  West  Thirteenth  street, 
was  passed,  and  Major  Karl  Klein  has  issued  an 
order  for  the  commencment  ef  his  drill  season. 
The  troop  will  ass^-mble  for  diamonnted  drill  as 
follows:  Wednesdays,  Feb.  14  and  28;  March  14 
and  '28;  April,  11  and  25.  Mounted  drills 
will  be  held  on  the  following  dutea  ;    Wednesdays, 

Feb.  21 ;  March  7,  and  21  ;  April  4.  and  18,  aud  May 
2.  Tne  lasc  one  will  ba  tbe  closing  dnil,  ana  the 
members  will  wear  fall-dress  aniforma  Instead  of 
fatigue  dresses  on  that  occasion.  A  meeting  of  the 
troop  was  held  last  Wednesday  evening,  at  which 
it  was  decided  to  have  a  *'  houae- warming  "  in  its 
new  ariuor.Y,  as  soou  as  it  has  been  thoronghly  ren- 
ovated and  placed  in  proper  order.  At  tne  same 
meeting  seven  new  recruito  were  elected  to  mem- 
bership. 

A  correspondent  in  Jersey  City  desires  ua 
to  publish  in  this  column  the  size  of  torgeto 
and  system  of  marking  at  Creedmoor,  at  100, 
200,  and  500  yards.  We  do  so,  and  would  suggest 
that  any  further  detolls  of  this  sort  which  he  may 
desire  can  be  toond  in  tbe  ftn"usl  report  of  tbe  Na- 
tional Bifle  Association,  which  he  may  obtain,  free 
of  charge,  upon  addresaing  the  Secretory,  Mr.  G. 
S.  Schermerhom,  No.  S3  Park  row,  New-Tork. 
The  targets  used  at  300  yards,  and  under  that  dls- 
tonoe,  are  6  feet  long  and  4  feet  wide.  Tbe  "bull's- 
eye  "  IS  roand.  and  8  inches  in  diameter ;  the  "cen- 
tre" is  circumscribed  by  a  line  eocircliug  the 
"bull's-eye,"  Iravmg  a  diameter  of  26  inches;  the 
"  inner  "  is  the  space.  46  inches  in  diameter,  in- 
closed by  a  circle  surrounuing  tbe  centre  line;  ' 
the  "  outer "  is  the  remainder  of  the  torget. 
In  markmg  the  shots,  the  "  bull's-eye  "  is  signaled  by 
tne  use  of  a  white  disk;  the  ''centre  "  by  a  red 
disk;  the  "  inner  "  by  a  black  and  white  disk ;  and 
the  ••  outer  "  by  a  black  disk,  The  ■•  bull's-eye  " 
ooantoflvs:  the  " centre "  fviUi   "inner"  tbxte. 


aaassMMBSre'ars-ssfiBni 

and  "oQter  "  two.  Tke  aante  aieualn  are  m  nan  at 
the  targets  used  at  all  diatanoes  from  306  to  COO 
yards.  These  targeta  aie  six  feel  sqasro;  tbe 
"  ball'a-ej'e  "  is  S2  iocnea  in  diameter ;  "  centre  "  38 
inobes  i  "  Inner  "  54  inches,  and  "  onter  "  70  inches 
Shots  striking  eithsr  of  the  ^ur  comers  ontoide  the 
line  of  tbe  "  onter '.'  are  not  recorded. 

CoL  Joeiah  Porter,  commanding  the  Twenty- 
seoond  Begiment,  has  issued  an  order  directing  his 
command  to  assemble  at  its  armory,  by  wings,  in 
fatigue  uniform,  for  drill,  as  follows:  Bight  wing 
— rJompanies  D.  B,  C,  H,  and  L  on  Friday  evenings, 
Feb.  16,  and  March  2.  Left  wing— Companies  F, 
A,  K,  E,  and  O,  Friday  evenings,  Feb.  23,  and 
March  9 ;  assembly  on  each  ocoasion  at  8  o'clock. 
In  compliance  with  brigade  ordurs,  the  offloeu  of 
this  command  have  be  :n  directed  to  asseijWne  at 
the  Boardof  Officers  room  in  tbe  armcry  for  in^trup- 
tinn  In  the  principles  of  rifle  practice,  c*  Friday 
evening,  Feb.  16  and  23,  at  9  P.  M.  CommautAnts 
of  companies  are  directed  to  occupy  three  drill 
nights  between  now  and  April  30  in  the  ii/struction 
of  their  men  in  rifle  practice.  Capt.  John  H. 
Horslinll  has  been  relieved  from  daty  on  the  regi- 
mental Board  of  Examination  at  bis  own  request, 
with  the  thanks  of  the  commaDder,  ana  Capt.  Sam- 
uel Moore  Smith  bas  bnen  apoointea  to  flll  tbe  va- 
cancy.   Corporals  Millard  F.  Raat.  of  CompAny  A, 

and  John  J.  Sowoa,  oi  Company  I.  have  beea  re- 
duced to  the  ranks  for  general  neglect  of  duty. 

.The  annual  report  of  tho   oomparatiye  ef- 

flciency  in  rifle  practice  of  the  several  regiments 
in  tbe  National  Guard  bas  just  been  issued  from 
General  Head-quarters  at  Albany.  The  flgure  of 
merit  made  by  tbe  several  infantry  organizations 

18  as  follows:  Twelfth  Begiment,  62.72  per  cent.; 
Eighth,  38.87;  Twenty-second.  34.25;  Seventy- 
flrst,  34.16;  Seventh,  31.99;  Fourteenth, 
Brooklyn,  31.81;  Twenty-third,  Brooklyn,  31.56; 
Sixteenth  Battalion,  Westehester.  3135;  Ttiir- 
taenth  Begiment,  Brooklyn,  10.68 ;  Forty- 
seventh,  Brooklyn.  29.67:  Twenty-eighth, 
Brooklyn.  27.16;  Siitv-ainth.  27.14;  Fifth, 
26.85;  Seventy -fourth,  Boffalo,  25.75;.  Ninth,  25.29; 
Fifteenth.  Brooklyn.  24.05;  Thirty-second,  Brook- 
lyn, 23.40;  Eleventh,  21.95;  Sixty-fifth.  Buffalo. 
80.74;  Fifty-tourtb.  Bocbester,  15.73;  Twenty-sev- 
•nth.  Westchester.  IS  23.  No  returns  were  made 
Uy  tbe  other  regiments  of  tbe  State.  Tbe  cavalry 
asd  artillery  flgure  of  merit  was  aa  follows :  Wash- 
ington Gray,  70.35 ;  QaMing  Battery,  Brooklyn, 
36.65;  Separate  Troop,  Filth  Brigade,  Brooklyn, 
31.57;  Third  Begiment,  22  91;  Separate  Troop, 
Eleventh  Brigade,  Brooklyn,  16.47. 

The  Board  of  Examination  of  the  Twelfth 
Begiment  has  passed  the  following  non-commia- 
aioned'offlcers,  to  whom  warranto  have  been  grant- 
ed :  Bobert  E.  Malloy,  Sergeant  Major,  100  per  cent.; 
Corpora^  Henry  Badjuisky,  Company  1, 75  per  cent., 
and  Corporal  William  Macdonald,  Company  1, 88  per 
cent.  Seivt.  Major  Malloy  is  a  graduate  of  Com- 
pany D,  of  the  late  Seventy-nintb  Keeiment,  wbere 
he  was  Firac  Sergeant,  and  has  recently  been  a 
member  of  Oompany  I,  Twelfth  Begiment.  He  is 
considered  one  of  tbe  best  First  Sergeants  in  the  Na- 
tional Guard.  Col.  Ward  has  issued  orders  for 
evening  drills  tn  this  command,  as  follows :  Kigbt 
wing — Compsnies  A,  B,  F,  and  K,  on  Monday 
evening,  Feb.  19.  Xeft  wing— Companies  £,  G,  H, 
and  1,  on  Tuesday  evenincr.  Feb.  20.  Assembly  on 
each  occasion  at  8  P.  M.    Companies  B  and  F  will 

furnish  irtmrd  details  at  those  drills.  This  command 
held  .a  battalion  drill  at  the  State  Aiaenal  last 
Wednesday  evening.  Line  was  formed  with  eight 
compani>'8,  of  16  files  tront.  The  assembly 
was  12  minutes  behind  time,  and  it 
was      8:35     o'clock        before      tbe     command     was 

turned  over  to  Co!.  Wsrd.  A  series  of  simple  bat- 
talion movements  were  then  execated  without  any 
particular  error  being  committed,  and  tbe  marching 
was  very  gooS.  Alter  a  drill  of  half  an  hour  the 
company  ironUgu  was  rednced  to  12  files,  thus  dis- 
missing tbe  recruits,  and  tbe  command's  "advance 
and  retreat  in  line  of  battle  "  were  given  and  .wull 
executed.  Formioi;  In  a  column  of  tours,  the  bai- 
tolion  marched  around  the  room  and  wheeled  into 
line  in  verv  good  shape.  "Close  column  on  first 
division,  riebt  in  trout,"  with  accompanying  deploy- 
ments, tollowed,  aud  the  regiment  then  marched  in 
retreat,  and  wbei-llng,  advsDced  in  lUie  of  battle, 
trom  which  a  double  column  of  fours  was  formed 
during  tbe  marcbini;.  The  movement  was  very 
well  done,  although  tbe  third  and  sixth  companies 
lu  line  were  under  command  ol  Junior  Lieutenants. 
A  multiolicity  of  movemento  tollowed.  ana  tbe 
drill  terminated  witha  dress  parade.  Tbe  manual 
of  arms  showed  but  a  slight  improvement  over  tbe 
previons  drills,  and  reqiures  more  attention  from 
oompany  commanders. 

The  several  compauies  in  the  Seventh  Begi- 
ment, Col.  Emmons  Clark  commandiag,«wiII  assem- 
ble in  fatigue  uniform,  with  white  belts,  at  the 
regimental  armory  for  drill  m  the  "  School  of  tbe 
Battalion,"  as  tollows  :  Companies  B  and  T  Thnrs- 
day,  Feb.  IS;  Companies   D  and    G   Monday,  Feb. 

19  ;  Companies  C  and  K  Wednesday,  Feb.  21  ;  Com- 
panies A  and  H  Friday.  Feb.  23,  and  Companies  E 
and  F  on  Tuesday.  Feb.  27.  Lieat.  Col.  Louis 
Fitzgerald  bas  been  charged  with  tbe  'duty 
of  aupeivising  drills  in  the  School  of  the 
Company,  with  the  special  .  oliject  of  aecurine 
uniformity  and  strict  compliance  with  the  ore- 
scribed  tactics.  Uu  will  also  act  as  Chairman  of 
the  Board  of  Esaminaiion  to  cuasider  and  decide 
upon  tbf  qnalidcalions  of  all  members  elected  as 
non-commissioued  officers.  Tho  following  non- 
niimmiisioned  oliioets  have  passed  the  lioard  of 
Examination  and  have  received'^ tbeir  warrants: 
First  Sergeaots— W.-E.  Haifleld,  J.  E.  Ware.  G.  W. 
Gibson,  W.  Storer,  E.  B.  Bensel,  W.  Kobbe.  Ser- 
geants— K.  J.  Selover,  J,  V.  Freeman.  .1.  H.  B. 
Edgsr.  W.  H.  Qiick.  F.  Piwimg,  B.  J.  Smith, 
W.  A.  Hanipiou,  Jr..  E.  H.  Santord,  W. 
E.  Starr,  W.  H.  Laup,  W.  Bobisoo,  H.  C. 
Tucker,  and  J.  £.  Schermerborn.  Cor- 
porals— v.  W.  Voorhees,  .S.  .S.  Vandetbosf, 
Jr.,  J.  Chalmers,  ti.  W.  Scilven.  J.  J.  McKenna,  A. 
G.  Hamilton,  Jr.,  W.  G.  Schuyler.  J.  W.  Wenmau, 
E.  McCoy,  M.  F.  P.ant.  H.  P.  Cairington.  J.  Gil- 
lies,  L.  B.  Boll.  C.  E.  Willetts,  G.  O.  Cowl,  O.  \V. 
Muusou,  C.  E.  Perkins,  H.  Maior,  E.  H.  Cmsby,  G. 
A.  Weber.  E.  W.  Ketcbam.  W.  B.  Leonard.  R.  Oly- 
phant.  S.  (;.  Martinn.  E.  S.  Lentilbon,  J.  W.  Gardi- 
ner, K.  B.  Lane.  L.  S.  Allien,  L.  King,  and  G.  B.  De 
Forest.  The  Board  of  Examinaiion  of  Nou-com 
missioned  Officers  will  hereafter  meet  on  the  second 
Monday  in  January.  April,  and  October  in  each 
year,  at  8  o'clock  P.  M.,  for  the  exarainntion  of 
all  persons  elected  to  the  offices  of  Fiist  Ser- 
geant and  Sergeant,  and  on  the  Wedne.iday  after 
tbe  second  Monday  In  tbe  same  months,  at  tho 
same  hour,  for  tbe  examination  of  peraons  elected 
to  tbe  office  of  Corporal.  All  non-commisainned 
officers  elect  are  under  orders  to  be  present  at  the 
first  meeting  of  tbe  Board  following  tbe  date  of 
their  election.  Firat  Sergeants  who  havo  passed  ao 
examloarion  as  Sergeants  will  not  be  required  to 
appear  fur  examination.  The  attention  of  com- 
mandants ia  called  in  orders  to  tbe  importonce  of 
thoroughly  instructing  tbe  noo-eommissioned  offi- 
cers elect  of  their  respective  companies  previous  to 
tbeir  examination.  Col.  Clark  concludes  bis 
order  as  follows :  "  Tbe  attention  of  officers 
and  members  ot  this  regiment  is  called  to  Hection 
254  ot  tbe  Militory  Code,  as  recently  atn^oded,  by 
which  any  member  is  entitled  to  apply  for  b*s  dis- 
charge st  tbe  expiration  of  the  term  of  his  enlist- 
ment, aod  which  provides  that  the  commandant  of 
the  regiment  shall  crant  him  a  full  discbarge  from 
the  service  at  the  expltation  of  three  months  from 
tbe  date  of  tbe  application.  Officers  and  members 
are  liable  and  ore  held  to  duty  until  honorably  dis- 
charged." Privates  John  L.  Davis,  of  Company  D. 
aud  Henry  Yung,  of  Company  E,  have  been  ex- 
pelled from  tne  regiment. 

FOUEIQN  MARKETS. 


LOJTDOX,  Feb.  10.-12:30  F.  M.— Consols,  95 13-16 
for  both  money  and  tbe  account.  Krie  Railway  ahares, 
H%  Aew-York  Centt.il,  99.  'I'he  rate  of  discount  for 
tbree'mouths' bills  lu  the  opeu  marEet  la  1  Vi  4^  cent., 
which  IS  'q<^  oat.  belnsr  tbe  Kank  of  Kuglaud  rate. 

1  P.  m.— Coniolg,  96  15-16  for  both  money  snd  the 
account. 

2  P.M.— Brie  Railway  shares,  8hi.  ^ew-Yol•k  Cen- 
tral. 98I3. 

3:30  P.  M.— The  amount  of  bullion  withdrawn  itom 
the  B;ink  of  l!.nv;land  on  balance  to-diry  is  £J0.0U0. 

5  P.  M.— Paris  advices  quote  6  ^  cent.  Renteis  at 
Idbf.  3Uu.  for  the  account. 

Bbklin,  Feb.  10.— Tiie  statement  of  the  Imperial 
Bank  of  (iermany  shows  au  lucreaae  of  2.G;^^,t;00 
marks. 

Paris,  Feb.  10.— Hxchaoge  on  London  26£  14c.  for 
abort  uigbt. 

LiTSRPoei..  Feb.  10. — Pork — Eastern  flrmnr  at  809.; 
Western  anil  ut  tJSs.  Sacon  steady;  Cumberlanl  Cut 
at  HQa.;  Short  Klb  at  4'<!8.;  Long  Clear  at  42».;  Short 
Clear  at  43s.  Hamadull;  Lo>  g  Cut  at  46a.  :<houldL-ra 
dull  at  33b.  Beetdull;  ludia  jleasac  ^'Oa.;  Bxtr.i  uesa 
at  lU6s.;  Prime  Mess  at  80s.  Lard— Prime  Western 
dullatS.Os.  Tallow— Prime  I'lty  dull  at  i2a  Turpen- 
tlne— Spirlta  aull  at  3'2s.  Resiu  dull;  common  at  tis.: 
line  nt  lOs.  Od.  Cheese — American  choice  firmer  at 
Ti!».  Lard-Oil— None  in  tbe  market.  Flour— Kxtra 
State  null  at  25a.  6d.  Wheat  dull;  Xo.  1  hpring  at 
'lOs.  8d.;  No.  2  Spring  at  1  s.  4d.:  Wiuter  Souiht-rn, 
none  in  the  market ;  Winter  Western  ouli  at  lUs.  8d. 
Corn— Mixed  soft  dull  at  25s.  30.  tor  old,  and  24s.  yd. 
for  new. 

12  M.— Cotton— The    receipts    to-day    were   7.000 

hale*,  iaclndliip;  4.100  lalea  Amettcau.  Futores 
opened  weaker  with  free  sellers  at  last  night's  prices, 
but  have  since  become  steadier.  Uplands,  Low  Miodilug 
clause,  Fcbruarv  and  March  delivery,  6  o-8d.;  Up- 
lands. How  Uiddllna  clause.  March  aiid  April  delivery. 
634<i.:  Uplands,  Lovr  Middlinir  claoBP.  April  and  Hav 
delivery.  O'^s'i-:  Gpianda,  Low  Mlddiiug  clause.  May 
aud  June  delivery.  6  14-16d:  Uplands.  Lo%r  Middliu'g 
clause,  June  andjuly  deliver \',  7d.;  Uplands,  Low 
Middling  clause,  ahiuped  January  and  Febrtmry,  sail, 
6Sid. 

12:30  P.  M.— Cotton— The  market  ia  active  aud  firm 
Middling  Uplands  6  11-lHd.;  Mlildlin,^  Orleans.  eTgO.: 
saea  10.000  bales,  inciuning  3,000  bales  tor  ap^cula- 
tion  and  export;  addliioual  aales  yesterday,  after  ihe 
regular  cloaloK,  3,UU0  bales.  Uplands,  L.ow  Middling 
Clause,  March  and  April  aellTPry.  6  25-32d.;  Upiiiids, 
Low  Middling  clause.  Aprfi  and  Mav  delivery,  6  :i9-32d. 

1  P.  M.-tJotton— Uplands.  Low  Middling  rlause, 
March  and  April  deilverv,  6  18-16d.;  Uplands  Low 
Uiidling  clause.  May  and  June  delivery.  6  31-32d.; 
Uplands.  Low  Middhng  clause,  June  andJnly  delivery. 
7  1-3'Jd. 

2  P.  M.— Cotton— Of  the  sales  to-day  10.600  bales 
were  American.    Produce— Tallow,  4la.  9d.  ^p-  cwt 

2:30  P.  M..-<,'0tton— Futures  drm;  Uplands,  Low 
Mlddlluff  clause,  April  a;id  May  delivery,  6  rd-lUd.; 
Uplands.  Low  Middling  clause,  June  and  July  deliv- 
eiy.  7  1-1 6d. 

»  P.  M.  —  Cotton  —  Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause. 
Hay  and  June  delivery,  7d.;  Uplanda,  Low  Middling 
clause,  July  and  Angus:  delivery.  7%d.;  Uplands.  Low 
Middling  clause,  shipped  Feoruary  and  March,  sail. 
6  16-I6d. 

LoiTOo:f,  Feb.  10—5  P.  M.—Produoe— Spirits  of  Tur- 
peutiue,  30s.  6d.'<a>3ls.  4P'cwt. 

ANT-wsKP,  Feo.  10.— fetroleum— 4St  for  fine  Pale 
American. 

llAVAMA,  Keti.  ft— Spanish  Gold,  22li4922is,t.  £x- 
olnhntfe  nnchanaed.-  ^usar  uncaaDse^ 


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BALKS  BKFOBB  TBK  CALL— 10  A.  M. 


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S11,000U.   a  68. '81. 

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10,000  U.  s.   6s.  '81, 

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FIRST  UOAKD— 10:30  A.   M. 


$1,000  Ga.  7e,  sold...  106 
1,000  Mo.  6.^  ion$'..106ie 
1,000  H.  Car.  S.  T., 

2n  class 3 

6,000  C,  a.  L&F. 78.1 0834 
6,000  ChL.  B.  tQ.8».ll'.ii4 

5,000        do b.c.11214 

1,000  Cbt..  B.    !i  Q. 

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1,000  Bne  2d 105 

1,000  U.  &  St.  J.  88,      i 

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do 

do 

400  Erie  Eailway.li.c. 

loo  111.    Cen 

10(1  C.  JtB.  I b.c,  10034 

100  do. baiol 


633^ 

54 

64% 

647, 

6;> 

55% 

55% 

55 

53>!i 

06 

66% 
56 14 

b'4 

53 


200  0. 

200 

100 

500 

500 

100 

1200 

4U0 


Pt b.c.  4834 

do ba  4334 

do 49 

do 4919 

do 40% 

do 49% 

L.  Jt  W..b.c.s5.  68»2 

<io s3tt  67^ 

do 6834 


do 
do 

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do 

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do 

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do 
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do 
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68  7j 

69  . 
69% 

....  69% 
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OO'Q 

....  09% 
....  6934 
....  69% 
....  70 
....  70% 
....  7014 
....  70% 
70 


800 

1300 

400 

700 

2100 

1100 

600 

400 

1800 

'-^00  do 830.  68% 

500  do sa  70 

15  N.  Y.,  N.H.  t  H..152 
9  New-Jeraev..b.c.l37"2 

5  Albany  k  Sus.b.c.  81 
20  P.,  Ft.  W.    &  c. 

pd h.c.101% 

40Mor.  t  Ka b.c.  SQ^x 

800  Ohio  &M b.c.     6% 

100  do \j\ 


8ALB8  UEKOBK  TBB    CALL — 12:30  P.  Jt 

$3,000  U.  S.  5- '20  R., 

'67 113% 

3,000  N.  Car.  6s.  old 

J.  k  J 21 

1.000  N.J.  C.  Con...  69 

1,(100       do 6914 

1.000       do 67 

1,000  B.  &  St  J0.88, 

conv 86 

2.000  Un.  Par.  8.  f..  1^7% 
1,000  5.  W.  l8t.....l0434 


lOu  Del.  &  U 
100  do. 

100  do. 

20  do. 

200  do. 

100  do. 

200Weat.  Uo 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 


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55% 

55% 

65 

54in 

....c.  64% 
...03.  72% 
....c.  72% 
...aa  72 


100 

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100  N.Y.  C.  it  H...ba  101*4 

100  Mich.  Cen 4.^3^ 

100         do »a  4534 


100  Erie  Railway....     8% 
100  Lake  Shore. ..83.  53% 

100  do 531$ 

700  do 83.  63% 

100  do 'oa  631-i 

800  do 53% 

211O  do slo.  63% 


400  do.... 

fciOOC.  ofN.  J... 


100 
300 
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loo  do 

100  Han.  &«(.  Jo.. 
100  uo 

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do. b:H.  72 

«to b3.  72% 

do 72% 

8.i  72%,  51 10 

1700 

200 
400 
400 
300 
100 
300 


72%  lOOBt.  Paul  Pf. 


45% 
11% 

1134 

11% 
12 


100  ChL,  a  &.  «i.. 
100  Pac.  of  Mo.. 
100C.,C.  U\.  c. 
"00  U.,  1,.  t  W.... 
do 


.  53% 
....  20% 
....  20% 
....  20% 
....  20% 
....  'JO 
....  19% 
....  1934 
....  19% 
.83.  19% 
....  10% 
....  1934 
....  19% 
....  49% 
....114 
....  3% 
....  2Wj 
....  70 
....  69% 
693. 


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do... 
do... 
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69% 

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....  69% 


....c.  1-i^ 


8KCONl>  BOARD— 1  p. 

1100  West.  Un....b.c  7214 

400 

1500 

100 

400 

3"0 


do... 
do... 

do ba  72% 

do 7214 

....b3.  72% 


800  do 72% 

100  DeL  Si  Hud...o.c.  t)4'i2 

100  do 5434 

dO  do 54% 

200  Micb.  len b.c  45% 

loo  do.. 453; 

100  Krie  Rail..b.c.b3.     8% 

300  C.  of  N.J b.c.  19k; 

100  Uo 19% 

400  oo bS.  20 

3110  do 19% 

300  do 20 


1000L.aitM.8.brf.sa  53% 

200  do 53% 

100  C.  &  N.  W. b.c  33% 

HOC.  M.  it, St.  P  b.c.   19 
'200C.  M.itSt.P.Pf.b.c.  49% 

300  do 49% 

'200  D.,L.  &W....b.o.  69% 

200  do 69% 

100  do ba  6934 

100  Ohio  it  M b.c.     034 

200  C.   B.tQ.b.c8tJ0.112 

100         do seo-irjH 

10  do ....11434 

100  do 114% 

20Mor   i.  Es. b.c.  8DV> 

15  do f-934 

100Alb.ti,S....b.o.a3.  7o 
100  CC  &  1.  C.b.ie.     2% 


SALES     FHOM   2  TO   3  P.    M. 


2()0 

400 

300 

400 

700 

1000 

100 

300 

500 

100 

600 

100 

500 

1200 

200 

500 

200 

200 

200 

1800 

1700 

lOOO 

600 


$10,000  N.  W.  C.  CO.  91% 

1,000       do 91 

6,000       do 83.  91 

10,000 Gt. West.  -id...  74I4 
3.000  U.  Pac.  8.  f....  97% 

8,000  U.  P.  I.  e 10234 

1,000 D.  liH.  R..'91.lO(Ha 
40,000 N.  J.C.l8t,eon.  69 

lOti  West.  Un 72% 

500  do 72% 

600  do b3.  72 

100  do 72% 

350  do 72 

1800  do 83.  72 

,300  do *.83.  71% 

100  do 71% 

900  do 7134 

2000  do 71% 

SOO  do 83.  71% 

500  do 85.  71% 

400  do 71% 

ion.  S.    Kx 52 

lOAmcr.   Ki 58 

200  Del.  it  Hud 54% 

100  do 53%']2O0 

100  do 53%'200 

100  do 53% 

2\i0  do 5.3r% 

500     -     do b3.  63 

SOOPsolflc  Mail -.^5% 

9u0  do '"" 

116  Krie  RaU  way... 

100  do sl5 

400  do , 

300    Mtcb.    Uen. 

200  do 

300  do 

200  do.... 

100  do 

100  do 

50  do.... 

100  Lake  8hore 

100  do 

1400  do.... 

500  do 83.   53% 

400  do .•...  63% 

1000  do sa  53 

bOO  do 53 

200  North-western...  33% 

50  do 33 

100  Hortb.w.  Pf. 5234 


600  Cen.  of  N'.  J. 


do.... 
do.... 
do.... 
do.... 
do.... 

do 

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do... 


...  19% 
...  19% 
...  19% 
...  19% 
...  19% 
...  19% 
...  19% 

sa  1914 

19% 


26% 
8% 
8% 
.  !>% 
...  451-j 
...  45% 
...  4JI4 
...  45%  KOO 
b3.  45  1 100 
...  45%  800 
...  44%:200 
83.  53%  200 
so.  63%  400 
53%:  500 
400 
300 
1800 
300 
400 
300 
400 


do 83.  19 

do b3.  19% 

do 19% 

do 86.  19 

do. igig 

do 19 

do 18% 

do sa  1884 

do.... 83.  I8I3 

do I8I2 

do 18% 

do 18% 

do 18% 

do 18% 

do 18% 

do 18 

do 17% 

100  Sock  Island. .83.1(1(1% 

100  do s60.  99% 

100  do saio  % 

lOOSt.  PauLPfc 49 

100  do 48% 

120  Mor.  &  Bs. 90 

i!0  do 860.  9.1 

100  Chi,  B.  &.  Q 114% 

100  fl.) 114 

30  do 

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69% 

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69% 

69 

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6834 

..S3.  68% 

68% 

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'     Satubbat,  Feb.  10— P.  M. 

The  bonk  ststemedt  is  unfavorable,  showing 
a  loss  of  $2, 442,750  in  surplus  reserve,  which 
reducea  the  amount  held  in  excess  oi  legal  re- 
quirements to  131,394,525. 

The  following  is  the  statement  of  the  New- 
York  City  banks  this  week,  compared  'with  tbe 
last: 

Feb.  a  Feb.  10.        Dltfitrences. 

Loans $254,011,800  $256  817,100  Ine.  .$8,805,300 

Specie 38  305,100      a^616  600  Deo. .  9^688,500 

Legal  tenders,    43,305.100      43.786,700  Ino,.     481.600 

Deposits 331,191,700    S3S.035.100  Inc..     943^400 

Ciroulauon..    15  563,500      15.635,490  loo..       71,900 
The.busineBs  on  the  Stock  Rxehangeamoybated 


tol{Q,7G2  shares,  which  embraced  40,260  Ne-w- 
Jersey  Central,  30,940  Delaware,  Lackawanna 
«nd  Westers,  37,775  Western  Union,  3^^240 
Lake  Shore,  7.240  Delaware  and  RudsSo  Canal, 
6,200  St.  Paul,  4,400  Michigan  Central  2,800  Erie, 
1,700  New-T<irk  Central,  1.500  Ohio  and  Missis- 
sippi. 1<400  North-western,  1,3M)  Book  Island,, 
and  1,300  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy. 

Speculation  at  the  opening  was  characterized 
by  weakness,  but  the  early  decline  was  quickly 
followed  by  a  general  advance,  the  coal  shares 
being  most  conspicuous  in  the  upward  move- 
ment. The  improvement,  however,  did  not 
last  long,  and  later  a  feeling  of  depression  Di*e- 
vaiied,  imder  the  influence  of  which  tbe  ad- 
vance of  the  morning  was  entirely  lost,  tbe 
market  closing  weak  and  feverish.  New-Jer- 
sey Central  opened  at  a  deollue  of  %  ^  cent, 
from  the  dosing  quotation  of  yesterday,  but 
BUbeequently  became  strong  aud.  with  occa- 
sional fluotiiations,  rose  to  20%.  At  this  point 
a  presstire  to  sell  was  developed,  and  the 
pri9e  fell  off  until  it  reached  17%. 
which  was  the  closing  quotation.  Dela- 
ware, Lackawanna  and  Weatem,  after  ad- 
vancing from  68 Vi  to  70  V4,  in  sympathy  with 
the  decline  in  New-Jersey  Central,  fell  off  to 
68^1.  Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal  recorded  a 
decline  of  3V^  %>'  eent.  on  the  day's  transactions. 
Western  Union  declined  &om  72  to  71%.  after- 
ward rising  to  72%,  -with  closing  sales  at  71%. 
Lake  Shore  was  steady,  the  fluctuations 
in  tbe  stock  being  confined  within 
a  range  of  %  ^  cent  The  hiehest  and  lowest 
quotations  were  53%  and  53,  the  latter  the  clos- 
ing price.  The  Granger  shares  were  firm  and 
higher  at  a  slisrht  advance,  tbe  only  exception 
being  North-western  preferred,  which  made  a 
(ieoline  of  ^  ^  cent,  from  the  closing  quota- 
tion of  yesterday.  Michigan  Central  rose  from 
45  to  46,  but  afterward  lost  the  improvement. 
Investment  shares  were  rather  weak  in  tone, 
New- York  Central  declining  from  101^  to 
100%,  and  Bock  Island  from  101  to  100%, 
'With  no  recovery  in  the  final  dealings. 
Chicago,  Burlmgton  and  Quincy  epened  at 
111%.  a  decline  of  1%  W  cent,  from  the  closing 
quotation  yesterday,  and  subsequently  rose  to 
114Vii.  The  greatest  decline  of  the  day  was  in 
Albany  and  Susquehanna,  which  on  transac- 
tions amounting  to  only  100  shares,  dropped 
from  81  to  70. 

The  money  market  was  extremely  easy 
throughout  the  day.  The  early  business  was 
at  3®3V&  ^  cent.,  followed  by  free  offerings  at 
2®2V^  #*  cent,  at  the  close.  The  national  bank 
notes  received  at  Washington  for  redemption 
to-day  amounted  to  $760,000.  making  a  total 
lor  tbe  week  of  $4,200,000.     The  foUowine  were 

the  rates  of  exchange  on  New-Tork  at  the  un- 
der-mentioned cities  to-dav  :  Savannah,  buying 
'par,  selling  3-10  premium  :  Charleston,  scarce. 
par®^4  premium;  Cincinnati,  buying  50  pre- 
miiuni  selling  1-10  premium  ;  Chicago,  60  to  75 
premium,  and  New-Orleans,  commercial,  ^  ® 
3-16;  bank,    ^fe®V4. 

The  foreign  advices  reported  British  Consols 
slightly  improved  in  price  and  American  se- 
curities unchanged  on  the  London  market. 
Consols  for  both  money  and  the  account  closed 
at  95%®  96,  against  95%®  95%  yesterday. 
United  States  1865s  (old)  closed  at  105%® 
105%,  18678  at  109%,  10-403  at  110%®  110%,  and 
new  Ss  at  107%.  Erie  continues  weak,  and 
made  a  decline  of  V4  ^  cent.,  closing  at  8^. 
New  York  Central  sold  at  98Mi.  French  Eentes 
advanced  from  106f.  IJJMic.  to  106f.  30c.  The 
Bank  ot  England  lost  £10,000  to-day  on  bal- 
ance. The  rate  of  discount  in  the  open  mar- 
ket for  three  months'  bills  is  Hi  ?*  cent.  The 
Bank  of  G-ermany  reports  an  increase  of  specie 
during  the  past  week  amounting  to  2,622,000 
marks. 

The  sterling  exchange  market  was  dull,  as 
usual  on  steamer  day,  with  business  at  $4  84® 

$4  84^.  and  $4  85®$4  85^4  for  bankers'  60-day 

and  demand  bills  respectively. 

Gold  opened  firm  and  advanced  from  105% 
to  106,  but  subquently  became  weak,  notwith- 
Btandiog  tbe  loss  of  specie  by  tbe  banks,  and 
declined  to  105%,  at  which  the  closing  sales 
were  made.  On  gold  loans  tbe  rates  were  2^4 
to  31^  ^  cent,  for  carrying.  The  exports  of 
specie  for  the  week  were  $688,638,  of  which 
$165,000  was  Spanish  gold  and  tbe  remainder 
silver  bars  and  Mexican  silver.  The  imports  of 
specie  for  the  week  were  $194,237.  nearly  all 
silver  coin. 

There  was  little  or  no  change  in  the  prices  of 
Government  bonds,  tbe  market  having  been 
steady  in  tone.  In  railroad  bonds  there 
was  a  heavy  decline  in  •  New-Jersey 
Central  Consolidated  Firsts  and  Con- 
vertibles and  Lehigh  and  Wilkesbarre 
Consolidated.  Tbe  first  named,  which  closed 
yesterday  at  72,  sold  down  to  65,  and  later 
recovered  to  69.  Do.  Convertibles  sold  at  60  @ 
59®60,  and  closed  at  58%®59.  against  65®67^ 
yesterday.  Do.  Firsts,  new,  were  steady  at  103 
bid  and  104%  asked.  Lehigh  and  Wilkesbarre 
Consolidated,  which  sold  yesterday  at  50, 
opened  at  43,  and  closed  at  45®  49.  Toledo  and 
Wabash  issues  were  firm  and  advanced  V4  ®  Ms 
^  cent.  Great  Weatem  Firsts  were  also  ^  V 
cent,  higher.  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy 
7  and  8  per  cents,  were  ^4  ^  cent,  lower  than 
yesterday.  Chica(jo  and  North-western  Consol- 
idated gold  coupons  declined  to  91.  State 
bonds  were  dull  and  without  feature. 

United  States  Tbkasurt.     7 
Kew-York.  Feb.  10.  18T7.  > 

Gold  receipts t280.729  35 

Gold  payments 84.026  33 

Gold  balance 70,604,00-i  46 

Currency  receipts 853.327  10 

Currency  payments 694,533  87 

Corrency  balance 43,586.638  98 

Customs 264.000  00 

CLOSING    QUOTATIONS — FEB.   10. 

Friday,    fiaturilsy. 

American  eolrt 105 ''g  10563 

United  States  53.  1681.  coup llO's  XW3 

United  States  5-2O3.  1867.  conn llSig  llS^s 

Bills  on  London $4  84®i4  Qi^    $4  84®$4  84i^ 

New-York  Central 101 13 

Rocklslsnd 101  ig 

Pacific  Mail Zif^ 

Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul I8I9 

MilwankeeandSt.  PaulPref 4858 

Lake  Shore 53I4 

Chicaeoand  North- westero 32% 


Tbefollo  wing  were  tbe  oloaiuz  quotations   ai 
Government  bonds: 
„  Bid.       Aik«4. 

United  States  oorrenov  6s U3^       19% 

United  States  Ss.  ISSL  rejriaterad lISis        113%. 

United  fUates  8s.  ISSL^ooudoos 114  U4^ 

United  States  5-208.  186&  rensterftd..lO»''s       109^8 

United  States  S-StOa.  1805.  oonoons lOS'^s       U»^. 

United  States  5-90*.  1865.  new.  res 110 !«        IIOI4 

United  States  5-30S.  1865.  new,  ooui>...UOie        110>4 
UnitedStstesS-^s.  1867,  registered.. US  11314 

U  nited  States  5-90a.  1867.  oeapons. 113  l  ISig  > 

United  States  5-SOs.  186S,  recistsred  - .  U6I4       116^ 

United  States  5-30s.  1868.  coupons. 116^      .  lie's 

United  States  10-403.  registered ItO^g       llii^ 

United  States  10-408,  cou  ponsw U4i«        II 5 

United  States  5e  isau  renstered llOTis       111%  , 

United  States  5s   1881,  couoons. llO'^g        HI 

UnitedScates 4^8. 1881,  registered ...VflH       W9 

The  Sub-Treasursr  disbursed  m  gold  coia 
$67,000  for  interest,- 187,000  for  called  bonds, 
and  19,000  silver  ooin  in  exchange  for  fncuonal 
currency. 

Tne  following  were  the  gold  oleacias^s  bj  ths 
National  Bank  of  the  State  ot  New-Tork  to- 
day: 
Goldcletred |84«1».009 

Gtold  tMUanoes 1,743  565 

Uurrencv  balances 1.899,»39' 

The  following  is  the  Clearing-ho'isa  state- 
ment to-day : 

Currency  exobsnses ..f72,4SM,B39 

Currency  balances 3,8u^431 

Gola  ezobaaees 6,805.!e99 

Goldbalances S74,^ 

The  following  is  the  weekly  Clearing-house- 
statement: 

1.4.... 9446.185.463 

13,898097 

50,890.385 

^.      7,377.903P 

The  following  were  $he  bids  for  tb.6  various 
State  securities: 
Alabama  Ss.  '83 Z3^  N.  T.  68.  G.  L'n.  '93.120 


Currency  exchanges 

Currency  hsiancea 

Gold  exchanges 

Goldbalances 


Ark.  6s.  funded S7 

Ark.7s.L.K.(feF.S.is.-  10 
Arlt.  7s.  Mem.  &  L.R.  10 
A.7s.L.B..P.B.&N.a  10 
ArK.7s.M.0.&R.Eiy.  10 
Arte.  78,  Ark.  Ceu.K.  10 

Connecticut  6s 110 

Georeia  oa 93 

Georgia  78.  n.  b lOSig 

Georgia  7s.  gold  bds.105%  K.C.new  bds.A.&.0 
Illinois  War  L.oan..l02 

KentuoKy  «? 103 

Louisiana  6s 38 

Louifiiaua  68.  n.  b....  38 
La.  6.S.  new  Fl.  Dbt.  38 
La.  7s,  Penitentiary.  38 
La.  7s.  Consolidated.  57 

Michigan  7«,  '90. 113lfl 

Mo.  6s.  due  in  '77..  ..100% 
Mo.  6s.  due  in  '78..  ..lOO^* 
Fund.  bi. due '94-5..  1061s 
Lone  DS..'S2to  'OOio.lOe 
Asy.or  {Jo's,  due  'j>2.J06 
H.  &  St. Jo.,  due  '86.106 
H.  &  St.  J„  due  '87.  .106 

N.  y.  Kee.  B.  L 101 12 

N.  T.  Coup.  B.  L...101ia 
N.  Y.  6s.  G,  K.,  '87.. 120 

And  the  following  for  railway  mortgages : 


N.  C.68.  old. J.  &  J..  21 
N.  C.  6s.  A.  &.O.....  21 
N.C.6S.N.C.R..J-&  J.  67 
N.C,fi8.N.C.RA.&a  67 
N.C.6».do.o.olKJ.&J.  48 
N.C.6«.do.cotfA.&0  48 
N.C.68.  Fd'e  Act  '66.  16 
N.C.  6s.  Fd'e  Act'68.  1« 
N.  C.  new  bds. J.&  J  U^ 
11  »* 

N.C.  S.T.  class  1 3 

N.  C.  S.  T.  cla»»2....    am 
N.  C.  S.  T,  olassS...    S'^a 

Ohio 68.  '86 ..Ill 

Rhode  Islana  6s 110 

S  G.  6s 35 

S.  C.  68.  J.(fcJ 35 

S.  C.  68,  A.&0..-..  35 
S.  C.  L.  C..'89.  J.tl.  45 
S.C.L.  C, '89.  A.dtO.  45 

S.C.78.    '88.... 35 

S.  C.' STofi.  F.  bs 2\ 

Tenn.  Ss,  n.  b 4314 

Virginia  6«,  old 30 

V"a.6s.   Con.'Bond9.  ti^ 
Vii^niaOs.  ex.  m'd  c  67 
DU.  of  C.  3.65s.  1934.   72i« 


Alb.  &  Sua.  1st  bds.lOS 
Alb.  &  Sus.  2d  bds..l0l 
B..H.&Erie  Ist....  14ifi 
B..  C.K.&M.let7s.e.  39% 

C.  &  Ohio  6s   let 23 

Chic&A.S.F.,l8t...ll5 
Chic.  &Alt.  Inconte.105 
JoUet&Chic.  Ist...l08i4 
La.  &  Mo.  1st.  etd..  83 

C..B.&0..84P'ct  I8t.ll2i4 
C„  B.  &Q.  Cons.  7S..10912 
C.R.L&P.  Ist  79....108ifi 
C.R.  l.&P.SF.i.6s.  '95.102 
C.  R.of  N.  J.  I8t,n..l03 
C.R.  of  N.  .T.lst  Con.  65 
C.  K,of  N.J.lstConv.  Sgig 
L.  &  W.  B.Con.  G'd.  40 
M.&S.P.  1st  88.  P.D.II3I4 
M.&S.P.  Ist.  LaC.D.  96 
M.&S.P.l8tI.&M.D.  86 
M.&S.P.lstM.H.&D.  82 
M.  &  St. P.  Con.S.F.  8216 
C.  N.  W.  Sink.  F....106 
C.&N. W.  Int.  bds  -.IO3I2 
C.  &  S.W.  Cod.  bds.l0258 
C.  &N.W.  Ext.  bds.lOO 

C.  &N.  W.  1st 104ifl 

C.  &.  N.  W.  C.  G.  bds.  91 
C.  &  S.W.  R  G.bds.  91 
Iowa  Mldlandlst8s..94 
Galena  &  Chic-  JExt.lOf.is 

Ptnin.lstCon 103 

Chicairo  &  Mil.  1st.. 106 
(;..C..C.&.X.l8t78.S.F10!»58 
Del..  L.  &  W.  2d.. ..108% 
Dpi.,  L.  <fe  W.  78.  C..103 
Mor.  &  Essex  I8t...ll6i3 
M.  &  22.  78.  of  1871..  102^4 

Ene  2d  7a.    79 105 

Erie  3d.  78.  '83 J^5i« 

Erie4th7s.  '80 10314 

Lone  Dock  Bonds.. IO6I4 
B.,TS.T.  &E.  Ist.  77.  92 
a&St.J.  88.  Con....  86 
Ind.Bioorn.  &Wn.lBt  20 
M.  So.  7  *•  0..  2d. . .  .102'''8 

M;.s.&5r.i:.s.F.7  ^p-ct-iio 
Clev.  &  Tol.  S.  F...107 


Clev.  &  Tol.  new  ba.lOff's 
Cle>.P.  &.  A..new  bs.lU8 
Buf.  &,  £.  new  b'd8..107i« 
Baf.  &  State  Line.  7S.104 
D.  M  &T.lst78. 1906.. 105 

L.  S.  Div.  bdB 10: 

Mlch.tD.  Con.7^.1902. 103 
Mich.  C.lstSs. '8?.  SF.112 

N.  "F.  Ceu.  68. '83 104^ 

N.  T.  Cen.  68,  '87 ...105 
S.  Y.  Cen.  6s.  R  E.lOt 
N.  Y.  Cen.  6a.  Sub..J04 
K.Y.C.&  fiud.l8r.C..U7 
N.Y.  C.&  Hnd.l4tR.lJ7 
aud.R78.aa.S.F.'fe3.lU 

Harlem  1st  78.  C 120 

Barlem  1st  78.  R 120 

N.  Missonnlat 99 

Obio  &  &L  Con.  S.  £.  68 
Ohio  &  Miss.  Coos..   87H 
Ceo.  Psc.  Gold  bds. .10711 
Gen.  P.,  San  J.  B'ch  91%, 
C.  P.  State  Aid  bds.lb? 
Cen;  Pac.  L,  G.  bs. . .  93 
Cen.P.Cal.&0.l8S..  8919 

West.  Pacific  bs 101  ig 

Union  Pac.  isc 104is 

Uniqp  Pac.  L.  G.  78.IO2I3 
Pac  Rot   Mo.  Ist..  95 
P..Ft.W.&Chic.  ISL.12UI9 
Clev.  &P.Con.S.F--UOia 
Cley.  &P.  4th.  S.F.105 
Col..Chic.&Ind.  Ist.  £ 
Sr.  L.  sclTou.M.lst.-.98i<fc 
Alton  &  T.  H.l8t...l06is 
A.&T.H.2dPret..  88 
B.  ■t  S.  111.  1st.  8s...   871a 
T..  P.  &  W.  Ist,  EL  D.  85 
T0I.&  Wsb.  1st,  £z;.104 
Tol.  Wab.  Ei  Gono.  90 1«- 
Tol.&W.let.St.L.D..  821s 

I'ol.  &  Wsb.  2d 7419 

T.  &  W.  Cons.  Conv.  5l 
GtW.  2d,  ExC.,'93.  74 
IiU.&!j.Ia.  £x  Coup.  75 
HL  &.  Cent.  M.  ut..  83 
W.  tr.  bds..  19D0,  C.105 
W.  U.  bds..  1900.   B.104'8 


And  the  following  for  City  Bautc  shares: 

A.merioa 130     1  Germao-Ameiiean . .  10^ 

American  Excbange.109  '^a  Hanover 91 

Bank.  &  Brok.  Assu.  80      Mnnhattao 128 

Central  National lOOig  Market 110 


CoDtinental 63 

First  National 200 

Fourth  National 103 1« 

Fulton 150 

Fifth  Avenue 212 


Merobants' 119 

Metropolitan 131 

New-York 116 

RoDubUc 97J» 

lUnion 130 


101 14 
100  58 

25 

1P% 

4878 

53 

33  J4 

52% 

7168 

66 

681^ 

1778 

53 

90 
123 
8I9 
6% 
14014 

11^ 

25 

45I9 

S3 


Cbioaeo  ana  N'orth- western  Pret 53 

Western  Union.". II'^q 

Union  Pacihc ' 6619 

Delaware.  Lack,  and  Westem 68I2 

New-.T6.-eey  Centra! I914. 

Dftlaivare  and  Hudson  Canal M"* 

Morris  and  Essex 90 

Panama 123 

Erie eifl 

Ohioand  Mississippi 6% 

Uarletn 1401* 

Hannibal  and  St.  Joseon 11^9 

Hannibal  and  St.  JoseohPref 25 

Michigan  Central 45 

Illinois  Central 52% 

Tbe  extreme  range  of  prices  in  stocks  and 
the  numDer  of  shares  sold   ars  as  follows: 

HieheiU  Lowo^^ 

New.  Fork  Central 101^ 

Erie 8^ 

Lake   Sbore , saSg 

North-western 3312 

North-western  Preferred 531* 

Rock  LManrt ...101 

Mil.  &St.  Paul 19 

Mil.  &  St.  Paul  Pret 4938 

Del..  Lack.  &  We.stern. 70 14 

New-Jersey  Central 20% 

Delaware  &  Hud.  Canal 56 14 

Morris  &  Essex 90 

Michieau  Central 46 

Illinois  Central 53 

Chicago.  Bur.  &  Qcincy 114^ 

C  C,  C.  &I 29ia 

Missouri  Pacific 3is 

C,  C.  &I.C 21s 

Hannibal  &  St.  Joseph 11% 

Oblo  &  Mississippi 6% 

Western  Uniou 7238 

A.  &  P.  'Dblegraph 18% 

Pacific  Mail 251* 

Total  sales .152.762 

The  following  table  shows  the  half-hourly 
flnctdation%^  the  Gnld  market  (to-day  : 

10:00  A.  M 1057811:00  P-.  M., 105% 

10:30  A.  M 106     it:30P.  M-. 105% 

11:00  A.  M .....105'»8,2:00  P.  M-.... lOSSg 

11:30  A.  M ....10578  2:30  P.  Mi 105% 

12:00 M... SL...1(»'%3:00P   M* ....105% 

l_ja:30P.  M lOSSt'  ■■       1 -_■ 


FHILikOlSLPHlA  S  fOCK  PBICE3 — ^FEB,  10.      - 

Bid.  Asked. 

City  68.  New. Il2%  112'8 

United  Railroads  otNewJersey 13834  138^ 

Pennsvlvania  Railroad. 4508  45% 

ReaOiDff  Railri'eid 13  131© 

Lebigb  Valley  Railroad 47  47^8 

CatawissaKaiiroad  Preferred 33  34 

Philadelohia  and  Erie  Railroad 13  .... 

Northern  Central  Railroad. 2514  SSi-j 

Lebieh  Navieation 281*  28ia 

HestonyiDe  Railway 17  171* 

The  following  is  the  Custom-house  return  of 
the  exports  of  specie  from  the  port  ot  New- York 
for  tbe  week  ending  to-day : 

Feb.  7— Steam-ship  City    of    New-York, 

Havana— Spanish  Gold fl6S,000  00 

Feb.  7— Steam-ship  Aleerla,  Liverpool- 
Silver  Bars 10.000  00 

Gold  Bars 3,000  00 

Feb.  8— ^team-ship  Frisia,  London — 

Silver  Bars 115,000  00 

Feb.  8— Steam-ship  Fnsia,  Paris- 

SilverBars 13,000  00 

Feb.  10 — Stesm-sbip  Adriatic.  Liverpool — 

Mexican  Silver  Coin 170.127  00 

SilverBars 20.500  00 

SilverBars 30.000  00 

•      American  Silver  Coin 5,000  00 

Mexican  Silver  Coin.. 157  Oil  42 

Total - - 1688  63*43 

The  annual  statement  of  the  Brooklyn  Li^e 
Insurance  Company  of  New- York,  published  iV 
another    column,    shows    $2,482,398  70    assets,* 
12,261,551  86  liabilities  to  policy-holders,  aiu 
$220,846  84  surplus  to  policy-holders. 

CALIFOBUJA   MININ&  STOCKS. 
San  Francisco,  Feb.  10,— The  following  are 

the  official  closing  prices  of  mining  stocks  to-day: 


Alpha. 

19% 

Kossuth 

1 

Belcher 

S^ 

Kentuck  

7^ 

Best  and  Belcber.... 

3434 

Leopitrd. 

43* 

Bullion. 

ISV 

Uexiean 

v^% 

Consol.  Virginia 

6014 

Northern  Belle 

Cabfomla 

48 

Orerman.  

va 

CbolUr 

6B 

Uphir 

25^ 

Confidence. 

9 

Bavmondand  Kly 

SJ, 

Caledonia. 

9 

dilverHm 

*iU 

Crown  Point. 

9 

Savaxe  

au 

Excheouer. 

UU 

Seg.  Belcher 

eo 

Gould  and  Curry ■. 

i'2 

Sierra  Nevada 

au 

Hale  and  Norcross... 

bh 

Union  Consolidated.. 

au 

Imnerial 

Juua  Consolidated. . . 

2 

YeUow  Jacket 

i*"* 

534 

Eureka  CousoiidaCeil 

21% 

Justice „ 

13 

A   UiTidend  of  |1 

per  share  ou  Northern 

Bellr 

was  declared  to-day. 

TSE  PENySTLTANiA  COAL  TRADE. 
Ihe  Pottsville  (Penn.)  Minenf  Journal  g&vea 
the  statistics  of  the  week;  as  follows :  "Tbe  qnanCity . 
of  coal  shipped  from  the  Schuylkill  region  for  Ghs- 
week  ending  Feb.  3,  was  51,992  toas, 
against  61.454  tons  for  the  same  week  ot  last  year — 
decrease  9.462  tons.  For  tbe  .year  572,993  tens,  againss 
448.919  tons  for  the  correspondiag  period  of  last 
year- increase  123,678  tons.  The  quatitiry  seat 
from  aU  tbe  regions  for  the  week  was— Anthracite. 
240,305  tons  ;  bituminous,  44,905  ton8.^tC)tal,  285.240 
tutis;  against  262,783  tons  anthracite  and  46.354 
tons  bitaminious— total  309.137  tpns  fvrtbe  same 
week  of  last  year ;  decrease  of  anthracite,  22,473 
tons:  decrease  of  bituminous,  1,419  tons.'  Total  de- 
crease, 23,897  tons.  The  quantity  sent  from  all  the 
regions  tor  the  vearwa»— Anthracite.  L789.191  tons;, 
bituminous.  231,154  tons — total,  2.atiO,3S5  ton^ 
against  1,882,755  tons  anthracite  and  861.655  tons 
bituminious — total,  2,144,410  tons  for  the correepoud- 
ing  period  of  last  year.  Deerese  of  anthracite, 
93,574  tons ;  decrease  of  bltnmmona,  30,501  tons; 
total  decrease,  124,075  tons." 


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80ABLBT  FBYES  IN  OEIOlliaO. 
Scarlet  fever  is  raging  with  painful  severiti 
In  Chicago.  One  of  the  city  oapera,  in  its  issue  ot 
the  8th  iust.,  thus  alludes  to  It:  "TVe  baveadis. 
ease  in  our  midst  that  has  assumed  the  form  of  as 
epidemic  of  di«adfnl  fktalitv.  Notwithataoding  (Mi 
elearer  skies,  hotter  air,  and  brighter  Sunlight,  It 
does  not  abate  ;  on  the  other  hand,  tt  dally  enlarges 
its  bounds  and  attacks  new  victims,  raging  not  only  ^ 
lu  the  low  and  fltthv  parts  of  the  city,  but  also  in^ 
the  cleau  and  wholesome  sections.  Tbe  City  Gkiv- 
emmsnt  is  makiag  what  efforts  it  can,  in  tile  ex- 
hausted condition  of  its  fluaoooa,  to  stop  the  spread 
of  this  dreadful  epidemic  There  is  a  new  loan  in 
charge  of  the  Health  Deoartaeat,  and  saaitsry  po- 
licemen and  other  assistants  have  been  appoured. 
with  special  treferenoe  to.olastnsing-aau  pnni<Vinx 
the  city.  Tiey  report  tbe  oases,  placet,  and  Isuases 
where  tbe  disMse  exists,  and  atcena  te  tbe  nawnl; 
j>f  ftith  and  ASzbase  Ao9t  acMalsw."  - 


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BfttJ&S   OF   THOUGHT    6a   SACRrD  THINGS.      By 
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■  Bbothbu.    Itfiaa,  m>.  8d2.    1S7& 

.^BHONS.  Preached  tMtbM  tbs  Unlrotalty  of  Ox- 
ford and  on  Taflam  ocoMioon  By  J.  a.  Moii.it. 
B.  U.  t>«coD(l  edition.  Kew-York :  B.  P.  Ovttuv  l£ 
.  Go.    12mo,  pp.  3ia    1676. 

IttAfiON.  FAITH,  AND  DUTT.  B«rmona  or«Msbed 
abiefly  in  tbe  Coil«g«  Chapal.  Br  Jaksj  Walkkb, 
D.  U..  lili.  O.  Boaton :  BoBUxa  BxinaBK«:  Idmo, 
VIK470. 

A  large  portion  of  ths  religions  pablio  is 
fnteiested  in  flrftlrolass  pointed  aermons ;  not 

eose  wbioh  aro  published  weekly  as  bids  for 
rger  &Tor  or  inflaenoe  bj  diatin^nished , 
breaehers  among  oarBelv%s,  bnt  those  into ' 
Miicli  divines  haTS  pat  their  beat  thinking  and 
that  still  higher  element  trul  j  called  the  sonl  in 
tlAaxht.  These  sermons  belenf^  to  this  class, 
»ai  appeal  to  that  portion  ot  this  olass  -who 
ban  relish  oultore  in  religion,  who  shun  the  cheap 
»±odtemeBt«  of  revivaUsta,  and  who  look  to  ae« 
psligion  not  onlfy  the  sapreme  element  in  life,  but 
jR  controlling  influence  in  society.  They  appeal 
^  the  educated  spiritual  lite;  they  are,  in 
jGSfBt,  oniyersity  sermons.  Dr.  Walker  and  Dr. 
ICozley  distinctly  anticipated  tkeir  andienoes 
in  this  respect ;  and  Dr.  Martineau  has  lately 
ipoken  to  persons  who  are  upon  tbe  sams  plane 
of  thought  and  feeling.  They  are  therefore,  in 
a  certain  aense,  representative  disooursea,  aa 
itmly  refleeting  the  sentiments  ot  educated 
Chrlatian  believers  aa  Matthew  Arnold's  writ- 
ings represent  the  unrestfal  literary  olass 
to  which  he  belones.  They  show  in  Eng- 
land ana  in  this ,  oountry  what  tbe  ethical 
part  ot  religion  is. ''  They  dissnss  tbe  qaestions 
which  arise  in  minds  trained  to  logical  thonght 
and  reflective  habits.  They  dwell  chiefly  upon 
the  margin  or  outer  border,  where  conduct  is 
shaped  by  religioB,  and  yi,t  do  not  ahun  any  of 
Its  radical  or  ftindamental  qaestions.  They 
thus  cover  the  subjects  whisk  praotietdly  in- 
terest the  largeat  number  of  thoughtful  people 
SQd  Which  have  most  to  do  in  connecting  re- 
^  '\  lieion  with  aatual  life.  »  There  is  always  room 
--■  lor     such  ^  volumes.  •  Whether     they    come 

from  Dr.  Newman,  or  Archbishop  Manning, 
or  Dr.  Martineau.  or  Canon  Liddon.  or  Dr. 
John  Hall,  or  Dr.  Bellows,  or  Dr.  Mozley,  they 
are  always  sui«  of  select  and  appreciative 
audiences,  and  tbey  mark  the  higbeat  reaches 
of  practical  religieos  thought  in  our  own  time. 
.These  sermons  almost  belong  to  the  olass  ef 
religious  essays,  and,  except  that  they  have 
lomewbat  oi  the  spoken  style,  tbey  are  not 
many  shades  removed  from  the  remarkable 
STheologieal  JEssayt  of  Bicbard  Holt  Hutton,  the 
«ditor  of  the  Spectator,  and  perform  a  service 
as  literature  which  gives  them  prominence  in 
thought  and  lite.  Indeed,  this  literary  service, 
when  you  consider  the  great  number  of  preaoh- 
tts  in  these  days,  and  tke  chaotic  ideas  of  re- 
ligion which  they  frequently-put  forth,  is  of 
the  greatest  importance.  It  is  not  as  copies  for 
other  men  to  follow,  but  as  &esh  and  inspiring 
words  which  invigorate  and  renew  minds  which 
otherwise  tall  into  eocleslastical  ruts,  that 
these  aermons  have  their  special  value. 

Dr.  Martineau  gives  us  in  his  new  volume  a 
lequel  to  his  JJndeavora  After  the  Christian  Life, 
pnbUshed  30  years  ago.  As  discourses  in- 
ftended  to  quicken  the  oonsoiense  and  lead  to 
action,  the  sermons  are  not  suocessfuL  They 
are  rather  meditations  than  sermons.  Essen- 
tially tbe  same  vieW  oi  life,  the  same  concep- 
tion of  the  order  of  the  world,  the  same  inter- 
pretation of  the  Christian  mind,  reappears  in 
this  later  volume,  and  Dr.  Martineau  believes 
that,  while  "the  new  lights  of  historical  criti- 
cism certainly  change  in  no  slight  degree  our 
picture  of  the  origin  and  growth  of  the  Chris- 
tian religion,  every  larger  comprehension  af 
the  muverse  only  invests  the  principles  of  that 
religion  with  sublimer  truth."  His  topics  are 
ot  the  suggestive  kind — "The  Tides  of  the 
Bpint,"  "The  Moral  QuaUty  of  Faith,"  "The 
Sorrows  of  the  Messiah,"  "The  Unknown 
Paths,"  "  Time,  to  Nature,  God,  andithe  Soul," 
"The  Discipline  of  Darkness,"  "Beat  in  tbe 
Lord,"  "  The  Powers  ot  Love,"  and  the  like. 
Ton  think  over  such  a  book  with  your  fingers 
between  the  leaves,  and  are  not  less  impressed 
by  the  beauty  than  by  the  freshness  and  force 
and.  far-reachin guess  of  the  thoughts.  The 
point  is  not  that  you  shall  be  tully  satisfied 
with  your  author — for  he  professedly  holds  an 
ecclesiastical  position  which  compels  him  to 
miminize  what  the  larger  part  of  the  Christian 
world  considers  to  be  vital  truth — but  that  i  he 
ihall  enter  into  th«  substance  of  things  and  speak 
the  truth  as  be  sees  ic  Dr.  Martineau  is  intel- 
lectually honest,  and  the  usefulness  of  his  ser- 
mons is  in  thair  interpretation  of  the  religious 
thonghts  of  persoiu  who  adopt  Tennyson's 
words: 

"  There  lives  more  faith  in  honest  donbt, 
Behave  me,  than  in  half  the  creeds." 

^e  reconciles  the  reliinous  difficulties  of  the 
K>nl  as  others  reeoneile  the  difiioulties  of  Scrip- 
ture. He  gathers  op,  through  sympathetic 
feeling,  the  eonviotions  of  the  apiritual  con- 
sciousness, and,  while  the  sermon,  as  a  whole, 
does  not  set  your  heart  on  fire,  it  leaves  an  im- 
pression upon  tbe  mind  which  deepens  into  later 
oonvietion  and  is  untorgetable.  Tills  was  charac- 
teristic of  Dr.  Martineau's  earlier  discourses, 
and  the  fact  that  they  are  more  true  ,to  the 
present  time  than  they  were  to  the  generation 
for  which  they  were  wricten  shows  that  the 
author  held  his  ear  very  closely  to  the  throb- 
bings  of  hearts,  and  his  mind  in  close  sympathy 
with  other  minds  around  him,  when  he  wrote 
them.  His  sermons  are  not  simply  ethical,  nor 
entirely  meditative,  nor  very  spiritual,  but 
they  touch  upon  the  hidden,  aimost  uncon- 
tciotis,  thought  of  the  soul,  and  help  to  reveal 
one  to  himself  They  give  the  human  side  of 
religion,  and  especially  the  aspirations  which 
anlminate  in  a  more  positive  religion  than  Dr. 
Martineau  teaches.  Tkey  lead  thoughtiul 
minds  very  tenderly  up  to  its  mysteries,  and 
even  to  its  practical  duties,  and  fctve  tbe  glow 
of  beauty  to  healthy  sentiments,  so  that  Dr. 
Martineau  may,  perhaps,  Justly  be  eaUed  the 
Thomas  a  Kempis  of  the  human  side  ef  Christ. 
They  say  what  we  all  think  so  exactly  as  we 
think  it  that  the  sermons  find  their  readers, 
snd  the  volume  at  once  justifies  its  place 
beside  the  author's  previous  book  as, 
on  the  whole,  the  most  precious  work 
which  liberal  Christianity  haa  given  to 
the  world  in  recent  years.  The  spiritual  ten- 
derness andthongbtfol  pathos  of  Dr.  Martineau 
can  hardly  be  found  elsewhere  in  the  same  de- 
gree, and  his  oapasi^  to  hint  in  spiritual  things 
at  more  than  he  says  has  always  been  his  best 
claim  to  pablie  recognition.  £ven  his  dis^ 
tingnished  serrice  as  a  Christian  apologist 
who  folly  understands  the  key-note  of  modem* 
thought,  as  is  seen  in  his  jkoteruiZism  and 
Iheologjf,  recently  published  by  the  Putnams, 
Is  less  welcome  in  this  age  than  his  power  to 
touch  the  hidden  life  of  sensitive  and  awakened 
■onls.  Take  any  one  of  the  sermons  in  this 
Tolame,  and  you  find  this  capacity  to  speak 
tenderly  and  wisely.  In  the  aermon  on  "  The 
Moral  Quality  of  Faith"  there  la  a  passage 
^^.L-  which  illustrates  what  we  mean,  and  there  is 
hardly  a  page  in  the  volume  Which  does  not 
lepeat  the  same  characteristic : 

"Kothug  BO  marks  thsdegradatlonof  our  modeta 
Cariatianity  ss  the  aodoa  ihat  faith  is  enly  opinion — 
that  a  man  may  bave  it  or  not  wltboat  affacting  bia 
BotBl  worth— tbat  it  la  the  reaoitof  intellaotnal 
aoddent  or  opportonlty,  fat  which  Ood  will  never 
call  h^^  to  aecoaat.  It  jb,  «i  the  oaatxaxf,  bayoad 
an  eompailaeo.  th«  nuttt  eemplate  and  dlt- 
tUiet  asponens  ot  a  -  ioaa'a  ctutracCer;  and 
tt  M^  wa  can  get  to  knew  IC,  be  ia  ravealMt  to  oa 

moiedearlTrUMDif  thftwhol*  oatalogoeof  bis  so- 

ttona  were  glva  aafread.  Katian  of  Uatorioal 
ttaevtCHZy,  no  doobt — oAticsl  qaeatlona  aboaC  tUa 
aatbontUp  of  beeka-  and  tb*  aatbority  oX 
eoonoiis-msy    be    difEvastly    Jndgsd     bf    la- 

■alrsza  of  tba  ammm  aptntaal  sduIa.  Bat  It 
jaBoaa*  vltb  tfetadsapaaaaaoaaf  xwUctoBi  asd  Uta 

•tow  wfel«b  w»  nay  sake  «<  aar  jwcbI  teiattana,  oj 


• 

»>■.!  «3ft«ii-ts,  of  the  baiag  and  cbaraotar  of  God,  is 
it<«»  .-«K*<it  orodnotof  tbe  fadle^l  aifeottona  of  onr 
aaawra.  and  will  b«  fiOte  or  true  simply 
M  sbeae  afiaoHons  -  are  mean  or  noble. 
Our  devont  beftcfi  are  not  btdlt  aa  *o  aappote 
upon  tbe  dry  atraod  ot  reason,  bat  ride  vpoo  the 
flood  of  onr  affections,  safe  and  loyona,  boundlBC 
over  Ita  waves  wben  its  aurfaca  only  plays  wiih  the 
aweet  breese  of  heaven  ;  but  ongoifed  when  It  rages 
in  the  atorm  ot  i.assioti,  or  fixed  in  stiff  death  when 
Its  flow  la  stopped  by  ihe  Winter  ot  an  Arctic  in- 
tellect. We  do  not  simplr  learn  from  experience 
what  we  are  to  think,  but  we  carry  }nto  experience 
feelings  and  preoonceptiona  by  which  we  read  and 
Interpret  exoerience." 

But  admirable  as  these  sermons  are  for  what 
most  discoorses  lack,  the  interpretation  of  the 
spiritual  side  of  thought  and  life,  they  fail  to 
satisty  those  who  look  for  the  full  expression 
of  spiritual  truth.  They  reach  up  to  a  certain 
point,  and  never  go  beyond  it.  The  real 
Thomas  h  Kempis  surprises  you  with  his  grasp 
of  the  unseen  side  ot  spiritual  truth,  at  the 
same  time  that  he  weaves  these  truths  into  bis 
reflections  upon  the  ordinary  religions  life ; 
but  Dr.  Martineau  stops  short  where  the  in- 
tellect has  its  limitations,  and  is  wanting  in 
that  grasp  of  unseen  mysteries  which  is  such 
a  conspicuous  feature  in  Tauler,  in  Newman, 
in  Liddon,  in  Lacordaire.  While  we  gladly 
commend  tbe  book  for  what  it  is — and  it  is  one 
of  the  few  books  which  no  religions  people  can 
aiford  to  pass  by — we  miss  the  positive  faith 
which  lights  up  a  man  from  within  and  dispels  the 
glooms  of  doubt  as  the  sun  scatters  tke  mist  s 
of  a  Spring  morning.  It  would  seess  as  if  Dr. 
Martineau  himself,  in  the  last  sermon  in  the 
book,  "  Kest  in  the  Lord,"  had  indicated  tbe 
very  quality  wbiofa  all  his  writing  leads  up  to, 

but  which  praotioaliy  eludes  his  grasp,  and  is 
a  thing  wished  for  and  not  possessed.  Com- 
pare any  one  of  these  dissourses  with  those  on 
similar  subjects  by  Dr.  Newman,  and  while 
the  literary  merit  is  tbe  same,  the  bracing  at- 
mosphere of  Dr.  Newman's  thought  lifts  you 
up  to  a  higher  plane  than  any  which  Dr.  Mar- 
tineau reaches. 

Dr.  Walker  -was  a  remarkable  man,  but  un- 
fortunately one  whose  work  seldom,  if  ever,  fully 
expressed  all  that  was  in  bim.  He  did  at  Har- 
vard, in  some  raspeats,  what  Dr.  Arnold  did  at 
Bugby.  There  was  somewhat  in  him  which 
touched  men  and  controlled  their  lives,  some- 
what in  his  Bormens  at  the  university  which 
awed  and  thrilled  and  changed  the  men  who 
heard  them,  somewhat  in  his  personal  inter- 
course which  gave  peace  and  rest  to  those  who 
needed  both,  and  yet,  if  judged  by  the  two 
volumes  of  bia  sermons,  one  of  which  is 
the  volume  under  review,  he  was  not  more 
than  many  other  men  of  equal  culture  and  men- 
tal vigor.  As  sermons  for  a  listening  audience 
they  are  models  in  construction,  defiaitibn,  and 
logical  power.  They  are  the  furthest  removed 
from  Dr.  Martineau's.  or  even  Dr.  Moz- 
leys,  in  point  of  efi'eotiveness  to  an 
audience,  but  tbey  are  inferior  in  their 
ability  to  interest  the  reader,  and  Dr.  Walker 
was  undoubtedly  right,  oat  ofiregard  to  a  repu- 
tation whose  limitations  he  was  wise  enough 
to  know,  in  sommitting  his  uaausoripts  to  the 
flaaaes,  which  is  almost  the  only  defense  which 
a  really  eminent  man  can  make  against  tbe 
too  often  reckless  judgment  of  those  who  come 
after  him.  We  do  not,  by  this,  wish  to  depre- 
ciate these  sermons.  Tbey  have  certain  quali- 
ties which  are  aa  precious  as  they  are  rare. 
They  are  siogularly  clear  discussions  of  ethical 
truths,  exact  in  the  definitions  of  each  subject, 
honest  and  forcible  in  their  statemeuts  of  practi- 
cal dutr,  wise  in  their  judgments  of  men,  always 
enfBrcemants  of  great  principles  of  lit*,  pre- 
cisely the  discourses  which  have  the  greatest 
infiuenee  in  shaping  character,  coming  up  to 
the  full  idea  ot  what  a  university  sermon 
should  always  be.  Dr.  Walker's  favarite 
discourse  m  this  final  volume  is  "  On  the 
Sin  of  Being  Led  Astray,"  and  it  is  that  which 
many  Harvard  graduates  dwell  upon  as  tbe 
one  sermon  ol  their  lives  ;  but  tbe  beat  or  most 
characteristic  sermons  are  "  The  Philosophy  of 
Man's  Spiritual  Nature,"  "Our  Duty  in  Be- 
spect  to  Other  Men's  Consciences."  "  On  Keep- 
ing the  Promises  We  Make  to  Ourselves." 
"  Means  of  Strengthening  an  Infirm  Faith,"  and 
''Beligion  not  a  Science,  but  a  Want."  These 
show  how  Dr.  Walker  produced  his  strong  im- 
pressions upon  the  students  under  his  charge, 
and  they  are  admirable  specimens  of  practical 
religious  teaching.  Tbe  volume  contains  an  ex* 
cellent  portrait  of  Dr.  Walker,  and  a  statement, 
all  too  short,  of  the  chief  incidents  in  his  life. 

Canon  Mozley's  sermons  have  already  won 
their  way  to  the  front  rank,  and  were  the  most 
notable  discourses  published  during  the  past 
year.  Not  adapted,  or  in  fact  mtenaed,  for 
parochial  use,  nor  within  the  limits  or  reach  of 
ordinary  audiences,  they  yet  contaiu  nothint; 
which  is  abstruse  or  misty,  or  out  ot  range 
with  the  comsQon  thought  of  mankind.  In 
fact,  it  has  been  considered  not  a  little  remark- 
able that  an  Oxford  Professor  and  Bampton 
lecturer  should  au  readily  adapt  himself  to 
the  common  language  of  meD,  and  express 
himself  in  English  sentences  which  are  as  clear 
and  Strang  as  their  words  are  brifht,  pure,  and 
flexible.  No  sermans  since  Newman's  have 
shown  such  power  in  stating  what  is  obvious 
to  any  one  the  moment  it  is  stated,  in  language 
which,  like  the  poet's  rhythm,  all  can  appre- 
ciate and  .  verj  lew  can  imitate.  Canon 
Liddon  has  a  very  great  mastery  of 
literary  expression,  but  you  do  not 
forget  the  orator  in  tbe  reading  of  bis  sermons. 
Dr.  Mozley  has  this  genius  in  style  to  such  a 
degree  that,  take  any  paee  in  his  volume  and 
analyze  the  style  and  yaii  find  it  ex- 
actly what  was  wanted,  and  yet  prac- 
tically inimitable.  It  is  almost  the 
language  of  conversation,  but  without 
any  of  its  colloquialisms.  It  seems  to  be  tbe 
BBODtaneous  expression  of  the  man's  thought. 
It  is  so  exact  tbat  not  a  word  caa  be  abanKsd 
without  injury  to  tbe  idea,  and  yet  so  free, 
that  every  man  ttiinks  tbat  he  could  say 
the  same  thing  equally  well  himself.  And 
this  is  the  ouann  ot  all  writing, 
whether  of  prose  or  poetry,  tbat  it  shall  some- 
how give  tbe  music  as  well  aa  the  thoagbt  of 
a  man's  brain.  But  if  Dr.  Mozley  is  like  Addi- 
sou,  whose  Saturday  Spectatort  led  his  readers 
away  from  iiis  moral  precepts  to  tbe 
{admirable  language  m  which  tbey  were 
couched,  he  is  also  like  him  in 
the  substantial  quality  of  liis  thoagbt ,  in  his 
capacity  to  think  through  his  subject  to  sub- 
stantial results.  We  have  no  space  for  quota- 
tions which  show  either  Dr.  Moziey's  genius 
for  style,  or  his  incisiveness  and  grasp  of 
thought,  but  tbey  are  tbe  qualities  which 
have  been  constantly  remarked  by  all  read- 
ers, and  which  have  already,  spld  nearly  two 
editions  of  his  sermons. 

In  some  respects  these  disaourses  rcBaind 
you  of  Bishop  Butler's  f  amoua  sermons.  They 
take  a  similar  range  of  subjects,  and  treat 
them  in  much  the  same  way,  aa  pointedly,  as 
briefly,  with  the  same  s^ittness  of  lo^rlo,  tbe 
same  many-sidedness,  but  with  an  immensely 
superior  style.  It  would  be  bard  to  find  dis- 
courses anywhere  wliich  are  fresher  m 
tbaught  or  more  exhaustive  in  treatment 
than  "  The  Beversal  of  Human  Judgment," 
**The  Work  of  tbe  Spirit  on  the  Natural 
Man,"  "Our  Duty  to  Equals,"  "  The  Unspoken 
Judgment  of  Mankind,"  '*Tbe  Strength  of 
Wishes."  There  is  no  evidence  tbat  the  author  had 
gone  to  the  lull  limits  of  his  tbuuebt.andyet  the 
amount  of  suggestive  thinking,  lighted  up  with 
that  glow  whieh  religious  genius  gives  to  every 
subject  It  touches,  in  these  discourses,  is  almost 
beyond  belief.  How  tbe  Oxford  undergrad- 
uates were  able  to  dieest  one  of  these  sermons 
aa  it  was  delivered  is  a  puzzle  which  only-  a 
Philadelphia  lawyer  can  make  clear,  ibut,  in 
the  reading,  tbe  charm,  delight,  surpiise  is  so 
great  that  you  do  not  know  where  to  stop, 
and  sentenaas  and  thoughts  liniter  in  your 
meaaory  like  tbe  remembered  music  of  a  dream. 
His  discoui'scs,  like  Dr.  Martineau's  and  Dr. 
Walker's,  are  chiefly  ethical,  as  university  ser- 
mons are  apt  to  be,  but  they  are  much  dit- 
ferent.  The  atmosphere  of  doubi  in  the  one, 
the  cool  oiearBcss  of  tbe  moral  sense  iu  the 
other,  is  met  in  Dr.  Mozley's  writmg  by  a 
bright,  clear,  positive  faith,  which  informs  and 
vitalizes  his  thoughtr  and  enables  him 
to  deal  with  religious  doubt  as  tbe 
physician  gives  medicine  to  kis  patients, 
and  atiil  keep  clearly  before  you  the. 
inward  light  .of  a  pure  oonaaieaee.  Bishop 
lemple  in  bis  Bugby  sermons,  displays  aiany 
of  tbe  qnalities  wluch  are  found  in  such  kappy 
coinbinatian  in  these  diaooorses,  and  Dr.  Jow- 
«tt,  whose  univeraity  fame  and  Influenoe  are, 
perhaps,  ct«ater  than  Dr.  Moxie/s,  is  itiU  tiit 

man  wtio  treads  verr  eleaely  in  hia  fiMrtstepa 
iaUbat  vaaerabla  oniveraity  whiph  la  the  fouu- 


^jfe^ijtfa^^'ki&aaij^rfayiBai^iiMwin^ 


A  CITY  OF  THE  DEAD. 

THE  NECROPOLIS  OF  PRAENESTE. 
FROM  ROME  TO    PALBSTtUNA — TBB    ANCIENT 
X.A2)D-tIA.BKS — AN  ARCBiBOLOaiCAL  KX- 
CUBSIOK — DISCOVKRT  OF  THE     CISTiC — 
THEIR     CONTENTS— THE     STORY    OF     A 
NRCKLAOR— DBSIQKS  ON     THE    CISTiE— 
ETRUSCAN  ANn  BTRUBIAN   ART. 
Praeneste  I     How     many    remembrances 
cluster  around  this  name  I    The  bare  mention 
of  this  old  town  awakens  an  honest  curiosity 
in  the  imagination  of  those  who  love  to  dwell 
on  the   history   ot  times   which    have    long 
passed  away.    Prseneste  I  Here  are  still  those 
Pelasgio  walls  which  point  backward  to  tbe 
first  dawn  of  Italy,  there  the   monuments  of 
Etruscan  times,  tpsether  with  those  massive 
quadrilateral  structures  built  by  Scylla  in  the 
last  days  of  the  Bepublic.    You  can  find  in 
Prasneste  the  opera  lateriza  (brick  work)  which 
dates  from  the  later  period  of  Imperial  Bome. 
Preeneste   contains,  too,  in  its  midst  the  re- 
mains of  cloomy  edifices  due  to  the  Middle 
Ages,  which  Cola  di  Bieuzi  swept  away,  and 
lastly,  in  the  town,  there  is  the  palace  of  Ur- 
ban VIIL  where  that   celebrated  mosaic  is  pre- 
served, the  deciphering  of  which  is  still  an 
.enigma  for  the   arobaeologist.     During  30   cen- 
turies   of    existence    what  magnifieenoea  and 
what   misfortunes   have    not     the   venerable 
monuments  of  Preeneste  witnessed  ! 

Tbe  route  which  leads  from  Bome  to  Prte- 
neste,  (tbe  Falestrina  of  oar  day,)  called  tbe 

Via  Labioana,  is  one  which  delights  tbe  travel- 
er. There  is  a  certain  peculiar  and  inexplica- 
ble charm  which  always  accompanies  any  one 
who  Journeys  over  the  vast  and  desert  Cam- 
pagna,  with  its  far  distant  horizons.  These 
plains  have  certain  savace  beauties  of  their 
own  which  seem  to  recall  with  pride  their  for- 
mer grandeur.  Here  and  there  stand  rums, 
and  at  every  step  remembrances  start  np  aa  if 
by  encbantmeut.    If;   on  a  pleasant    Autumn 

morning,  leaving  Rome  by  the  Porta  Maggiore, 
bent  on  tbe  greatest  of  all  pleasures,  an 
arcbeeological  excursion,  you  give  yourself  up 
to  tbe  monotonous  swaying  of  your  carriage, 
your  eyes  ar^  delighted  with  the  soft,  tender 
blue  of  the  skies,  and  you  are  dazzled  by  the 
bnilianoy  of  tlie  sun  as  it  glints  here  and  there 
and  fiasbe's  on  some  old  arch  of  a  ruined  aque- 
duct. All  is  still  and  quiet,  and  there  is  Just 
that  deep  silence  "  which  the  nymphs  loved  to 
hear,"  scarce  interrupted  save  by  the  song  of 
the  lark  or  by  tbe  far  d|8tant  tinkling  of  the 
cattle  bells.  You  are  overcome  by  an  all-per- 
vading sense  of  happiness  and  are  steeped  in 
enchanting  revericis. 

JBy  degrees  tbe  ro.ad  becomes  more  distinct, 
for  now  at  each  station  tbe  stories  and  legends 
oi  the  olden  time  awaken  thought.  Here  is  the 
Tor  Pignattara,  the  tomb  of  the  Empress  Helen, 
tbe  mother  of  Constuntine.  Tbe  name  Pignat- 
tara ia  derived  from  the  Pignatte,  or  terra-cot- 
ta  amphorsB  with  which  tbe  Komans  often  con- 
structed tbe  vaults  of  their  buildings  iu  order 
to  give  them  lightuesa  with  acoustic  principles. 
Here  ia  Torre  Nuova,  where  the  gigantic  pines, 
with  their  umbrella  tops,  trace  tbeir  black  sil- 
nouettes  agaiuat  tbe  blue  ot  the  heavens.  Now 
we  approach  Castiglione,  the  old  (labii,  where 
tbe  famous  Diana,  one  of  the  treasui'es  ol  the 
Museum  of  the  Louvre,  was  discovered.  Fur- 
ther on,  away  to  ibo  right,  can  be  ueeu  the  source 
ot  the  Aqua  Felice  and  of  Lake  Begulus.'  Tbe 
ascent  is  now  more  rapid  until  you  reach  tbe 
Osteria  della  Coionna,  from  whence,  perched 
on  its  volcanic  summit,  one  catches  in  profile  a 
view  of  old  Labicuni.  It  is  about  10  miles  fur- 
ther on  from  here  to  Prifiueste.  Just  here  tbe 
road  smks  into  a  fertile  valley  which  stretches 
to  the  right  and  left.  Suddenly  this  valley  nar- 
rows, and  you  seel  cut  in  tbe  tufl'o  a  few  Koman 
tombs,  while  away  off  in  the  distance  appear 
tbe  elegant  domes  of  Zagorulo.  You  aro  new 
in  tbe  domain  of  tbe  Barbarini  family, 
and  you  pass  under  the  shade  of 
long  rows  of  gloomy  trees.  You  cannot  fail 
observing  that  you  are  approaching  some 
ancient  city,  because  your  road  is  an  old  Ko- 
man way,  and  paved  with  largo  irregular 
stones.  You  are  on  the  route  wbioU  united  old 
Prasneste  with  Labicum  and  Tuaculum.  In  a 
few  minutes  more  you  roach  tbe  Porta  del  Sole, 
and  now  3-ou  are  iu  the  midst  ot  tbe  pretty 
houses  ot  Palo^itrma,  coquetcisbly  poised  on  a 
rooky  aoupbltheatre,  and  above  them  towers 
tbe  lortress  tbe  Colonua  built.  Just  here,  nn 
this  very  place,  was  erected  tbat  most  famous 
temple  dedijated  to  Fortune,  whose  foundation 
ia  lost  in  the  dark  night  01'  ages  long  gone  past. 
Ttiis  shrine  wa.<i  so  built  that  it  overlooked  all 
Latium,  even  as  far  as  Bome.  No  matter  where 
thejpatient  laborer  might  stand  toiling  over 
his  fields,  in  tbe  immensity  of  tbe  plain,  he 
could  always  see  the  tcmuje.  As  tbe  poor  hiud 
wiped  the  sweat  from  his  brow,  be  might 
find  consolation,  even  forget  bis  toils,  as  he 
muttered  a  prayer  to  the  goddess  Vulubile. 
This  Temple  of  Fortune  was  of  such  untald  mag- 
niiicence  that  it  astonished  tbe  ancient  world. 
It  was  an  Athenian  philosopher  who  declared 
*'  tbat  he  never  cast  eyes  on  so  fortunate  a  For- 
tune as  the  one  at  Proineste."  Who  can  tell 
what  were  the  riches  amassed  in  the  sanctua- 
ries, bidden  away  by  the  priests  attached  to 
the  worship  of  the  tleity  ?  Thoso  ex  voti  due  to 
tbe  superstition  af  the  ago  must  have  been 
^showered  down  upon  tbe  goddess.  lliere 
'  might  have  beeu  found  there,  the  modest  terra 
ootta  figure,  the  offermg  of  the  poor,  with  tbe 
more  sumptuous  gifts  of  tbe  opulent  The  rich, 
who  never  could  have  been  contented,  ever 
wanting  more,  lavished  on  the  goddess  scarabs, 
engraved  by  the  greatest  artists,  or  jewels,  or 
vases,  er  purest  gold,  wonderfully  decorated. 
All  clamored  for  fortune  of  Fortune. 

"  Quest'  ^  colei  cbe  6  tanto  poata  in  crooe 
Far  ua  color  cbe  la  Covrian  dar  lude, 
Sandolo  tiasmo  a  torto  e  mala  voce." 

— Dante,  Inferno,  Canto  VIL 

When  Caius  Marius  killed  himself  within 
the  walls  of  Pi-ajneste,  Siij'lla'a  legions  laid 
violent  hands  on  the  shrine,  and  the  treasures 
ol  the  Templo  of  Fortune  were  cast  to  the 
winos.  What  a  pillage  tbat  must  have  been  1 
Superstitious  Scy  Ua.bo  wever,rebuilt  the  temple, 
ombellisbed  it,  aud  did  his  best  to  court  the 
fickle  favor  of  the  goddess. 

Augustus,  Tiberius,  Nero,  Domitian,  all  made 
Prtcneste  one  of  their  favorite  resorts.  To-day 
on  the  outskirts  may  be  seen  what  was  once  a 
sumptuous  villa  of  Adrian.  Horaco  song  of 
the  beauty  of  Prseneste.  .During  the  ninth 
century  Prteneste  took  its  modem  name  of 
Palestrma.  The  town  then  entered  into  those 
terrible  struggles  which  raged  between  tbe 
Papacy  and  tbe  Empire.  We  must,  however, 
pass  ever  in  silence  this  most  interesting  epoch 
in  tbe  history  of  tbe  Middle  Ages,  and  enter  at 
once  into  tbe  City  of  the  Dead. 

Tbe  Necropolis  ol  Prsaueste  is  situated  at  tbe 
foot  of  tbe  mouutala.  It  occupies  a  vast  ex- 
tent of  ground,  and  tbe  tombs  of  many  periods 
superposed  one  on  top  of  the  other,  seem  as  if, 
bv  their  position,  to  be  mute  guardians  pointing 
out  tbe  various  epoobsof  its  history.  Tbe  mid- 
dle of  the  tumulus  is  evidently  tbe  oldest  por- 
tion, and  around  it  are  vast  circles  of  tombs, 
which  were  constructed  as  tbe  City  of  the  Dead 
ever  increased  in  siza.  Tbe  Boman  remains 
occupy  the  largeat  circumtarenoa.  Always  ex- 
cepting .  tbe  discovery  made  'of  the  famous 
Fieoroui  cista,  preserved  in  tbe  Collegio 
Bomana,  in  tbe  greater  number  of  old  explora- 
tions tbeeo  tombs  yielded  objects  attributable 
to  the  later  periods  of  the  Boman  Empire.  It  is 
only  within  tbe  last  twenty  years  tbat  the 
true  sepulchres  ot  ancient  Prseneste,  those  of 
the  Italo-Qreciau  period,  have  been  brought  to 
light. 

A  peasant  working  on  the  Barbarini  prop- 
erty, m  tbe  act  ot  planting  a  vineyard,  ^truck 
with  bis  pick  a  cerla'in  bard  body  which  re- 
sisted his  efforts.  Ibe  man  dug  a  ttencb, 
sought  for  the  obstruction,  and  discovered  a 
sarcophagus.  This  sarcophagus  yielded  a  num- 
ber of  ornaments  fashioned  in  amber  and 
bronze,  which  were  novel  in  form  and  character. 
There  were  collarets,  tibulffi  in  amber,  combined 
with  gold  and  silver,  and  ornaments  m  bronze 
fashioned  in  a  most  primitive  style.  This  dis- 
covery was  the  commencement  of  a  series  of 
careful  exploratious,  which  gave  even  more 
satisfactory  returns.  Iu  tbe  Barbarini  library 
at  Bome,  belonging  to  Prince  Barbarini,  may  be 
seen  some  very  choice  bronze  cistse,  with  speci- 
mens of  gold  ornaments,  and  instruments  in 
ivory,  ol  arohio  form.  Apropos  of  this  jewelry, 
I  recall  a  pleasing  incident.  One  day,  iu  open- 
ing a  tomb  at  Prseneste.  a  necklace  of  pure  gold 
was  found.  It  was  a  chain  made  of  delicate 
strands  of  gold,  about  the  circumference  of  tbe 
little  finger.  It  was  a  real, work  of  Araobn^e, 
and  terminated  with  two  hOoks  arranged  as  a 
clasp.  'Ihe  whole  was  conceived  in  tbe 
chastest  style.  From  the  chain  there  hung  a 
bulla  representing  tbe  bead  oi  Arcbeloua,  with 
his  beard  aud  horns,  exactly  thp  same  type  as 
is  preserved  iu  the  Capuan  terra  eotta,  and  may 
be  seen  en  the  euiua  due  to  Neapolia.  Tbi's 
necklace,  brought,  to  Bome,  was  presented  to 

the  Pnnoesfi  Barbariai  just  wlien  she  bad  com- 
pleted her  toilet^  tne  lady  going  to  a  ball  tbat 
night.     Tbe  neol£la«e  waa  so  beaatitui,  the  color 

of  (^  gold  to  pure,  its  preservation  so  pertect, 
tbat  -fbn  Priuoi»ss  took    off   the  traditional 

diantsuda  o^'.tfae  Barbarini   £ainUr  aadielaaped 

«F9Wl4JW'^^  i>M9Ji>.1ibf  !»f?^<*«^¥J^  vr«ia< 


ure.  Tbe  lady  was  tbe  gOddMa  of  tbe  i&te,  and; 
for  many  a  day  af  tef  ward  B(we  talked  of  this 
n  i  skiaee,  which,  wrested  otiib  fibe  mornipg  from 
tbe  mystery  of  the  tomb,  on  tbe  same  evening 
bad  excited  the  eovy  of  all  that  was  most 
beautifal  of  the  Boman  arlstooraoy. 

Incited  by  tbe  suooesaftu  explorations  of 
Pnnce  Barbarini,  all  those  who  owned  land  in 
the  n^ghborbood  commenced  r^saarohes,  and 
most  important  finds  were  made.  Twelve 
cists  of  bronze  were  discovered,  all  containing 
those  curious  objects  belonging  to  the  toilet, 
such  as  engraved  mirrors  and  ivory  work,  and 
I  was  fortunate  enough  to  become  tbe  possessor 
of  these  treasures,  wtiich  now  form  a  portion  of 
my  collection. 

These  ciatse,  what'  wa^  their  use  1  At  first 
it  was  thought  tha^  cistte  were  Certain  recep- 
tacles appertaining  to  tbe  mystical  Eleusinian 
rights.  ArcbsBoiogists  of  the  eif;hteentli  cen- 
tury called  tbe  slugle  one  found  at  Ficoroni, 
"Mistica."  Tbe  engraviug  on  this  particular 
cista,  represents,  on  one  portion  ot  it,  a  gladi- 
ator bearing  a  cista.  The  figure  is  in  a  boat, 
which  is  just  reaching  tbe.  shore  of  a  river.. 
Can  this  river  be  the  Styx?  On  the  other  side 
of  tbe  cista  is  a  scene  where  Amycus  is  bound 
to  a  tree  by  Pollux,  in  tbe  presence  of  the 
assembled  Argonauts. 

To-day  every  doubt  in  regard  to  the  charac- 
ter of  tbese  cistce  is  cleared  up.  My  own  dis- 
coveries at  Prajneste  have  certainly  solved  tbe 
question.  We  have  every  reason  to  suppose  that 
these  cistte  were  caskets  which  contained  all 
the  necessary  articles  for  tbe  bath.  We  even 
found  cistffi  in  which  had  beeu  kept 
sponges,  which  were  in  perfect,  preservation, 
together  with  oomba,  rouge,  strigils,  mirrors, 
hair-pins,  alabastrons,  (perfume  vases,)  and 
even  little  leather  sandals.  Here  were  pre- 
served those  thousand  other  nothings  so  indis- 
pensable for  a  woman,  such  as  needles,  spools, 
etilels  for  writinsr  on  wax  tablets,  and  even 
dice,  possibly  to  amuse  the  ladies  of  that  day, 
and  relieve,  as  Lord  Byron  has  it,  "  tbe  sad 
labor  ot  the  toilet."  These  cietae,  usually 
cylindrical  in  form,  rarely  oval,  aro  about  a 
foot  or  a  little  more  in  diameter.  They  always 
bare  a  cover  to  them,  and  stand  either  on 
winged  spbynzes.  or  chimseras,  or  on  tbe  feet 
of  clawed  animals  of  mythological  form,  in  the 
highest  degree  of  relief.  Tbe  single  handle  to 
the  cover  is  very  characteristic.  Placed  iu  f^e 
middle,  this  handle  is  invariably  composed  of 
human  figures.  Sometimes  it  is  a  woman  in 
the  position  of  au  norebat,  or  a  druaken 
menad  supported  by  a  satyr.  It  may  bo  two 
athletes  wrestlipg,  or  two  figures,  male  and 
female,  with  outstreobed  arms,  supported  on 
each  other's  shoulders,  the  man  holding  a 
strigil,  tbe  woman  an  alabastron.  Tym  cistaa 
iu  my  collection  aro  of  wood  and  bronze.  Tbe 
handles  are  formed  by  grouping  two  athletes, 
who  carry  tbe  body  of  a  third  man.  On  the 
surface  of  the  lid  and  around  the  cistec  are 
found  grafiiti  engravings  mode  with  a  graving 
tool.  Around  the  edge  of  the  cover,  and  tbe 
too  and  bottom  of  the  sides,  are  two  circles  of 
ornamentation,  which  are  in  the  Greek  style. 
Sometimes  the  cisto)  bear  inscriptions  in  early 
Latin.  It  seems  quite  evident  that  tbe  bandies 
aud  feet  were  case  by  Etruscan  metal-founders, 
who  took  their  models  after  old  traditional 
forms,  while  tbe  engraved  work  shows  tho 
direct  influeuoe  of  an  art  undoubtedly  derived 
from  Grecian  mythology.  Sometimes  these 
outlines  are  as  pure  as  the  most  beautiful 
conceptions  traced  on  Greei  vases.  Occasion- 
ally there  it  a  certain  afl'uctation  of  style  and 
that  peculiar  mannerism  which  bcLung  more 
particularly  to  Etruscan  mirrors  aud  to  Cam- 
panian  vosos.  'llieso  cistie  date  from  a  period 
of  from  300  to  200  .veoi-s  before  the  birth  of 
Christ.  It  WHS  about  this  time  tbat  Greek 
forms  exercised  tbelr  Influcnco  <m  the  artists 
of  Campania.  Tliis  peculiar  st^le,  found  at 
Prsencate,  shows  certain  diftercnoes  in  architec- 
tural details  and  ornamentation  which  mark 
that  curious  period  of  transition  between  tbe 
Greco-Etruscan  aud  what  is  properly  called 
early  Boman  art. 

On  examining  my  catalogue  of  antiques, 
notices  on  the  various  subjects  engraved  on  tbe 
ctBta3  may  bo  consulted.  I  am  uesirous,  how- 
ever, of  calling,  more  particularly,  attention  tO 
the  No.  1  of  my  catalogue.  This  cista  ia 
oval  in  form,  and  bears  an  engraving  of  amaz- 
iug  delicacy.  Thin  casket  has  a  peculiar  archie- 
ological  value,  .ftlany  erudite  arohceoiugists 
l;avo  wnttou  that,  iu  tbe  JEneid,  all  those 
legends  relative  to  the  ibunding  ot  Itome  and 
ttio  origin  ^f  the  Latin  ruco  were  attributable 
to  Virgil,  who  was  desirous  of  flattering  the 
natural  pride  of  tbe  Boman.  Strange  to  say, 
this  cista,  which  must  hare  beeu  fashioned 
fully  two  centuries  before  Virgil  was  born,  has 
for  its  leading  subject  the  alliance  between 
Latinus  and  .£iieas.  In  tho  aumposition,  the 
old  King  bears  the  crown,  while  bo  tramples 
under  foot  the  warlike  arms,  indicating  a  time 
of  peace.  He  stretches  out  his  right  hand  to 
j^ncks.  The  Trojan  hero  points  to  tbe  dead 
body  of  Turous,  borne  ofi  by  the  soldiers,  aud  is 
apparently  clamorous  lor  tbe  reward  of  his 
triumph,  which  is  Lavinia.  Lavinia,  in  a  pode 
full  of  grace  and  timidity,  seems  disposed  to 
aacept  .^neas  for  her  npouse.  To  complete  tho 
scene,  on  tbe  left,  Lavinia's  step-mother  is  in 
the  act  of  flight.  In  Irout  there  are  tbe  recum  ■ 
bent  figures  of  the  Bivor  Minutius  and  bis 
nymph,  both  personified.  Vjrgil  repeated,  then, 
uotbiug  more  than  au  old  popular  legend. 

One  cista  (No.  4  of  the  catalogue)  represents 
Atlanta  speeding  in  tho  race.  She  is  equipped 
with  a  sword,  aud  seems  to  bo  just  about  dis- 
tancing Milaniou,  and  is  ready  to  kill  bim, 
but  her  suitor,  guarded  by  Aphrodite,  Minerva, 
and  other  divinities,  ia  in  tbe  act  of  thri>wing 
in  hCr  path  the  golden  apples,  which  Venus 
has  given  him,  so  tbat  Atlanta,  dazzled  by  their 
splendor,  shall  lose  the  race,  as  she  stoops  to 
pick  them  up.  '1  his  subject  aud  its  treatment 
is  among  the  very  rarest.  It  contains  numer- 
ous figures,  aud  the  study  of  the  whole  afi'ords 
amx^le  re^oarob  for  those  of  archsBological  taste. 
1  would  like  to  cull  attention  to  the  peculiar 
monument  which  forma  the  starting  point  of 
the  race.  Tbe  decoration  is  composed  ot 
columns  of  loman  order.  These  coiumna  bear 
on  their  upper  portions  bas-reliefs,  with  figures 
and  Bmameutations,  which  recall,  in  a  striking 
manner,  those  columns  belonging  to  the  temple 
at  Ephesua  now  preserved  in  the  British  Mu- 
seum. The  rest  ot  the  cistce  are  either  orna- 
mented with  scenes  evidently  taken  from  tbe 
pnvate  life  of  tbe  people  ot  antiquity,  or  bear 
figures  of  divinities  derived  from  Grecian  my- 
thology. SoBio  bear  Latin  inscriptions.  There 
is  one  cista,  having  on  it  a  Venus  caressing  a 
dove,  which  ia  conceived  with  amgular  grace 
and  purity. 

Snob  engraved  mirrors  as  are  found  in  these 
cistffl  also  bear  figures,  with  Latin  and  Etrus- 
cau  inscriptions.  Tbese  mirrors  might  furnish 
me  tbe  material  alone  for  au  extended  article. 
Tbe  No.  32  of  the.  catalogue  is  a  bronze  mir- 
ror case  ornamented  in  bas-relief,  representing 
Ganymede  carried  away  by  Jupiter  in  the 
torm  of  an  'eagle,  iu  presence  of  his  affrighted 
brothers  and  sisters.  This  mirror  case  is  one 
of  tbe  very  rarest  examples  of  auoient  repouss6 
work. 

All  these  various  objects,  aside  from  their 
arcbsBological  value,  arc  of  the  greatest  artistic 
merit.  The  lessons  tbey  ought  to  impart  I  am 
certain  will  not  be  lost  by  those  who  in  this 
great  country  are  desirous  of  solving  tbe  ques- 
tion how  to  blend  applied  art  with  American 
industry.  For  the  jewelers  or  silversmiths  in 
tbe  United  (states  whose  beautiful  work 'I  have 
80  much  admired,  and  ^o  already  show  such 
a  predilection  to  classical  forms,  tbe  study  ot 
tbese  oistw  would  lurnisb  models  of  great 
value.  Should  any  ut°  these  most  skillful 
artists  reproduce  in  silver  these  cistoi,  with 
their  feet,  tbeir  covers,  their  handles,  with 
tbeir  pendant  obaius  hung  iu  graceful  festoons, 
by  using  dift'ereut  shades  of  metal,  by  burnish- 
ing or  oxidation,  the  most  harmonious  effects 
could  be  produced  and  a  wori£  ot  the  highest 
artistic  merit  could  be  recreated. 

I  am  at  present  inclined  to  think  that  these 
cistffi  are  only  to  be  found  at  Prseneste,  since 
none  have  beeu  discovered  in  other  localities. 
Tbe  number  now  Known  is  quite  limited.  Tbe 
Biitisb  Museum  exhibits  three  cista3,  tbe  Ber- 
lin Museum  three,  the  Louvre  four,  two  of 
which  are  of  very  small  size. 

Bet  ore  concluding  tnis  uece88aril,y  rapid  de-. 
scription  of  the  treasures  found  at  Preeneste, 
it  is  but' fitting  that  I  should  express  tbe  deep 
gratification  I  have  felt  lor  tbe  interest  tbe 
people  of  the  United  States  have  taken  iu  my 
collections.  These  collections  I  have  left  in 
the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art  of  ]Sew- 
York,  which  tbe  Trustees  have  in  tbe  most 
liberal  and  hospitable  manner  opened  to* me.  I 
am,  tben,  only  too  happy  to  see  them  placed 
side  by  side  with  the  Cesnola  treasures.  This 
Cesnola  collection  I  like  to  call  "the  book  of 
grammar  of  Greek  art."  'I'ogether  in  one 
grand  assemblage,  these  various  collections 
offer  an  unbroken  chain  m  the  history  of  art, 
beginning  with  its  earliest  manifestations 
some  2,000  yeara  before  the  birth  of  Christ,  and 
concluding  with  the  seventeenth  century  of 
our  own  era.  Alessandro  Castellanl 


A  QUEER  JiUEL. 
The  Cumberland,  (Md. )  Neva  of  the  5th  inst. 
says:  "  Yesterday  aftarnoon  a  pigeon  aud  a  fuU 
grown  goose,  feeding  on  the  premisea  of  Mr.  W.  H. 
f  orter.  NoriU  Camutirlaad,  goiiuloa  qoarrel;  pre- 
sninabiy  ovrr  the  divUiun  ot  their  diuuer,  aud  or- 
ganiaod  a  very  lirely  oattle.  Tha  pigeon  flew 
angrily  abont  Uie  gooae's  bead,  patting  in  a  little 
peck  wbenever  be  could,  bac  fiqallr  It  received  a 
blow  from  tba  goose'a  bill  aud  fled,  trae  to  ita 
kabita,  aimiDc  at  the  roof  uf  the  houae.    Tbe  goose, 

tboToagolv  mad,  followed,  watcbiait  tbe  pi^eoB  na- 
til   x\  bcotune  neoeaaarv    to     ounoeniTitte    !<■  atten- 

tiun  on  iu  efforts  to  fly  so  high,  whan,  in  iia  blind 
fary,  it  dasbed  agamat    tlia  wall   sod  fell  to  tbs 

gruand,  deatf.      Wben    it    waa    picked    np    Ita   seolK 

Waa  fv«utd  to  ba  Wvaaih" 


^^ 


A  TROPICAL  HOTEL 

LIFE  AT  A  BJidZlLlAN  RESORT. 

THB  PUEA8URSS  OV  A  BKE^OWinED  SOUTS 
AMKBIOAir  fiOSTBLST— 'MINB  HOST  Ain> 
HI8  ObOty  CHKBR — ^MOTTNTAIN  SCBKBST 
IN  THE  TROPICS— FKBDIN AND  AND  THE 
MONKEYS. 

Bennett's,  at  Tijaca,  la.  or  was,  a  hostelry 
of  much  renown  among  South  Americans.  It 
is  not  far  from  Bio.  A  oouple  of  hours,  sheer 
up  the  mountain,  shooting  your  donkey 
through  zones  of  thnnder-cloud  and  belts  of 
rsin.  as  if  he  were  a  rocket  or  a  witch's  broom- 
stick, and  you  find  yourself  at  its  welcoming 
porcb^Yery  likely  the  Senhor  is  there  in  person 
to  greet  you,  white-haired,  rosy,  and  rotund, 
with  the  air  of  a  Biihop  and  the  soft  palm  of  a 
Doohess.  You' may  travel  far  without  seeing  an 
inn-keeper  whose  presence  betokens  such  mild 

and  venerable  aistiiustion.  He  would  not 
seem  out  of  place  uuder  the  cobalt  ensign  of 
the  Garter.  Properly  wigged,  he  would  look 
like  the  Lord  Chancellor,  even  at  the  bagatelle 
table,  with  a  cheroot  in  hia  mouth.  A  scholar 
.would  eby  that  he  might  have  translated  an 
eclogue  of  Virffii  or  wrestled  with  the  obstina- 
oies  and  obscurities  of  the  Greek  par- 
ticle. I  should  not  have  '  been  at  all 
surprised  to  have  seen  the  parchment  of  a 
university,  inscribed  with  his  name,  hanging 
upon  the  wall  of  the  little  room  in  which  be 
composed  bis  admirable  m^nus,  and  made  out 
bl9  exceedingly  moderate  bills.  It  was  a  priv- 
ilege to  be  admitted  to  that  arcanum  of  hoapi- 
tality.  There  were  long  oigairs  in  a  wicker 
basket ;  there  was  a  wondrous  flask  of  port, 
Wbioh  mysteriously  renewed  its  ebbing  ruby 
wave.  It  never  ran  dry  There  were  the  latest 
illustrated  periodicals  from  London.  Above  tbe 
door  hung  a  hunting  whip  and  born.  He  had 
bunted  in  bis  youth,  and  over  Yorkshire  and 
Snaaex  downs  heard  therhouuda,  craok-kneed 
and  dewlapped  like  Thessalian  bulls,  their  ears 
sweeping  away  the  rosrnlng  dew,  and  tbeir 
■moutha  matched  like  bells,  each  under  each. 
Since  then  his  girdle  had  lengthened  in  pros- 
perous years  of  exile,  but  be  yet  spoke,  and 
with  ardor,  of  the  mepry  November  tumult  iu 
which  his  youth  had  shared.  In  tbe  window 
was  a  |jar  containing  a  serpent's  head  pre- 
served in  spirits.  It  was  large  as  a  pome- 
granate, and  with  fangs  like  taotbpicks.  Poi- 
sonous 1  Certainly ;  a  scratch  from  one  of 
them,  and  you  are  dead  in  ten  minutes.  No 
antidote  known.  So  affirmed  tbe  Senhor,  poising 
the  ior  against  tho  ligbt  aud  shutting  one  eye 
as  be  contemplated  the  object  within  it  with 
an  interest  which  was  almost  affectionate.  He 
had  slain  and  beheaded  the-  reptile  with  his 
own  hand.  By  the  window-side  were  shelves 
with  books.  Sometimes  a  monke.y,  with  a 
countenance  ef  discouragement,  clung  at  its 
ledge,  dragging  with  him  at'each  remove  an 
unleugthening  fragment  of  chain. 

Tbe  beautiful  spot  iu  wliioh  tbe  Senhor  had 
fixed  his  abode  drew  his  attentiou  while  it 
was  yet  a  wild — a  place  of  bamboos,  of  hum- 
ming birds,  of  epiphytes,  of  the  purple  quar- 
ernna.  Ho  was  a  merchant  in  those  days,  and 
rich.  So,  aided  by  the  sorceries  of  opulence, 
he  smote  bis  stafi  into  the  earth  and  a  Faseiida 
aross.  It  was  a  hospitable  mansion  from  tho 
beginning.  The  echo  of  a  guest's  footstep  wan 
the  "  open  sesame  "  of  ita  gates  since  they 
were  first  balanced  upon  their  hinges.  How  it 
befell  that,  little  by  little,  in  tbe  course  of  years 
it  lapsed  from  tbe  condition  of  a  gentleman's 
private  Summer  mansion  ta  that-  of  an  inn.  I 
have  beard,  but  have  somehow  half  forgotten. 
Nor  is  it  of  any  import.  Nothing  about  it  wa« 
changed  exceiit  that  the  guests  had  the  privi- 
lege of  paying  a  moderate  sum  for  their  enter- 
taininent,  and  might  at  will  prolong  their 
sojourn  without  fear  that  they  were  out«tay- 
ing  their  welcome. 

All  round  it  the  mountains  rose,  climbing  tbe 
sky  with  tbeir  massy  burden  of  foliage  like  a 
queen's  robe  wrought  over  with  flowers.  Nar- 
row paths,  just  wide  enough  for  equestrians  to 
meet  and  pass  each  other,  ran  zigzag  up  tbeir 
slopes.  Sometimes,  fallowing  the  afternoon 
rain,  cascodes  shot  from  lotty.  distant  ledges, 
trailed  and  wavered  in  tbe  misty  air  for  a 
space,  and  then  faded  away  like  ribbons  of 
mist,  in  one  direction  the  summits  broke 
asunder,  leaving  a  wide  gorge,  through  which 
tho  sUnsMt  poured  its  tremendaus  and  blinding 
flame.  In  other  seasons  of  tbe  day,  looking 
thitherward  you  might  see  tbe  aquaro,  gray 
buttresa  of  tho  Gavia,  its  wall  marked 
with  gigantic  and  unknown  hieroglyphs. 
Iu  the  suuset  hours  it  was  but  a  fire 
image,  unregarded  amid  burning  im- 
mensities, drowned  in  sidcrial  deluges  ot 
light.  Through  the  gorge  shot  a  crystal  brook, 
with  the  bright  speed  of  Oxus  leaping  from  its 
high  mountain  cradle  of  Pamere — a  stream  of 
foam  ond  waterfalls.  On  its  way  thither  it  rau 
through  tho  gai-dcns  of  tho  fazouda.  From 
my  arm-chair  on  the  veranda  I  could  throw 
a  pebble  into  tbe  midst  of  its  bright,  whirling 
tumult.  Perhaps  I  could  have  thrown  the 
monkey  so  iar  it  tho  obstmute  simian  would 
have  co-operated.  But  ha  was  of  an  illiberal 
temper.  Ferdinand,  the  young  negro  page, 
one  day  sought  to  immerse  bim  in  its  waters, 
losing  considerable  wool  in  the  transaction. 
Even  with  that  sacrifice,  he  completely  failed  to 
saturate  his  monkey. 

Ferdinand  I  A  host  of  memories  come  throng- 
ing back  with  the  mention  of  bis  name.  He  was 
about  three  feet  long,  with  eyes  like  beads,  and 
a  smile  which  at  a  superficial  glance  seemed  to 
run  all  round  his  bead.  He  had  a  basis  of  good 
nature,  but  no  morality  or  sense  of  obligation. 
He  would  postpone  urgent  duties  for  the  pur- 
pose of  assuming  acroi>atio  attitudes,  choosing 
for  these  exploits  occasions  on  which  there 
seemed  neither  local  incentive  nor  any  sufficient 
cause.  He  bad  a  habit  of  standing  suddenly 
on  his  head,  without  rhyme  or  reason,  and 
exposing  tho  soles  of  his  teet,  which  were  af  a 
pale  amber  color  and  plantigrade  formation,  to 
the  vertical  rays  of  tbe  sun.  In  the  seasons 
when  his  services  were  most  desirable  he  would 
withdraw  from  observation  to  perform  that 
singular  rite.  He  could  aud  did  scuttle  up 
trees  with  as  much  agiiitj  as  tbo  monkeys 
which  be  fed  and  tended,  and  with  which  he 
was  habitually  at  feud.  'Ihere  was  a  cage  full 
of  them  across  the  open  spaco  in  front  of  the 
veranda,  aud  his  ministration  to  them  excited 
much  interest  among  tbe  guests.  From  mere 
perversity  ho  wah  always  skirting  the  edges  of 
peril,  aud  his  ears  were  pulled  by  tbe  larger 
monkeys  with  great  frequency  and  violence. 

The  duties  assigned  to  uim  vero  various,  but 
in  performing  them  ka  was  carctal  to  introduce 
no  embarrassing  precedents  of  promptitude  or 
attention  to  orders.  Wben  he  came  be  came  in 
a  casual  manner,  not  in  any  way  connected  as 
to  time  with  tho  signal  which  had  summoned 
him.  Apprehensions  were  not  wanting  that  he 
investigated  the  savor  of  dishes  on  thair  way 
to  tbe  table  with  sly  inquisitive  forefinger.  Au 
intaglio  impression  of  bis  thumb  was  a  not  in- 
frequent ornament  ef  tho  pots  «f  marmalade. 
In  tbe  evening,  wben  tbe  dining-room  was 
cleared  for  quadrilles,  be  was  accustomed  to 
engage  m  private ^reak-dowus  iu  comers,  and 
when  intrusted  with  tbe  lemonade  tray  at  tbe 
relectionary  stage  of  the  entertainment,  upset 
tbe  same  with  a  regularity  resembling  tbat  of 
a  natural  law. 

Anything  iu  a  bottle  was  hia  saoll.  He 
"  sampled  "  flasks  of  bay  rum,  caiaffes  of  aro- 
matic vinegar,  Jockey  Club,  collodion,  solntiobs 
of  borax,  anything,  with  a  subsequent  result  of 
oolio,  which  was  aiways  pi-omptly  and  vigorous- 
ly antagonized  by  the  administration  of  copious 
dosas  of  tar  water.  Senhor  Bennett's  confi- 
dence in  th&t  balsamic  eli^ar  equaled  that  of 
Bishop  Berkeley,  aad  he  gave  ic  iudift'erently 
to  his  negroes,  mules,  and  monkeys  whenever 
any  of  them  seemed  ''out  of  sorts."  Of  tar 
water  Ferdinand  was  reputed  to  have  taken  no 
end — barrels.  But  it  seeaaed  to  have  had  little 
effect  either  on  bis  morala  or  his  constitution. 

Iu  a  shady  corner  of  the  veranda,  looking 
out  upon  the  garden,  used  to  sit  tbe  Dona 
Isabel  iu  a  little  lotv  chair,  with  hor  wicker 
work-basket  on  the  one  hand  and  a  small  book- 
stand on  tbe  other.  In  tho  former  were  sprays 
and  sprigs  of  embroidery.,  b.ight  wools,  and 
many  thimbles;  upon  the  latter  a  French 
novel,  tue  Mevde  desDetix  Mondes,  a  book  of 
verses,  a  slim  crystal  vase  with  a  single  flower. 
Tbe  Dona  was  iond  of  literature,  though  she 
never  read  anything  through  ;  of  embroidery, 
though  no  more  than  Penelope  did  she  ever 
finish  the  tapestry  on  which  she  wrought;  uf 
conversatiou,  though  she  invariably  forgot 
what  she  set  out  to  say,  aud  ended  with  some- 
thing else  in  a  surprising  and  u-relevani,tkougb 
not  unamusing,  manner.  Sue  had  two  daugh- 
ters in  pinafores,  whom,  each  morning,  she 
taught,  reiicioua  lessons  nut  of  a  long  black 
baak  with  a  cross  on  it,  aud  a  black-eyed  son, 
a  dozen  years  old,  who  united  with  Ferdinand 
in  experiments  upon  tbe  beubor's  mules.  Was 
it  lorbearauoe  or  bad  kicking  on  the-part  of 
the  animals  that  young  master  and  young 
bondman  were  not  sent  flying  over  the  sta- 
bles 1  The  Dona  possessed  a  ealm  confidence 
in  Providence  which  forbade  anxiety,  and  a 
spectacle  ot  her  son  rocking  upon  the  suaamit 
of  a  squealing  hybrid,  its  ears  horizontal  with 
rags,  gave  her  no  agitating  concern. 

'xne  Dona  was  of  ranii.  Her  husbaud  was  a 
magistrate,  aud  had  held  a  Government  port- 
folio.   She  was  baadsome,  alter  a  drowsy  tash- 

ion.  Moreover,  ah«  had  a  soit  of  unexpected 
aecidontal  'wit,  the  flashes  ot  wluoh  aeemed  to 

iQ»pir«  ber  with  an  enotioi  pt  mild  surprlM, 
aa  if  Ab  wondered  where  such  clever  tfamgS 
otm»  trvm.     1m  <le£aaU  ot  a  aovereisn.  of  xnore 


unpfMia(iriMrt,itbefWltbstaUttle  «rart  ol^s- 
tered  at^nt  bar.  After  .  dinner  her  chair  was 
always  ifta  osatre  of  a  pleasant.  yivadonS 
groap.  1%flre  was  Mme.  Libra,  with  her  dark 
LMUiMBlaa  eyes  aaa  delicate  laoes  of  Alea^on  f 
Venibaf  YatoneieDaesI  I  know  not— -they  were 
ven^rare  'and  etherefil— attd  her  oaroanet  of 
rubies,  and  her  hand  of  peari  veined  with  pale 
tnrotudia-^Iaeky  tbe  aiaa  t*  whom  she  had 
given  it,  one  wb^ld  think.  He  didn't  seem  to 
be  oppcOBSed  with  the  refleotion,  but  sat  alopt 
and  smoged  hi^  cigar,  paying  little  attention  to 
tbe  feminiae  prattle.  There  WM  Mme.  Marie 
likewise,  whose  husband  looked  like  Vela's  Na- 
poleon, and  who  w«B  herself  like  Mate.  B^ 
osmier,  'She  said  notamohj  but  the  fiusb  same 
aad  went  on  heroheek  like  firo  on  opal,  and  was 
more  eloquent  than  speech.  There  was  the  coffee 
planter's  wife  likewise,  with  her  diamonds 
and  her  three  pale  pink  daughters,  shy  but 
buxoa.j  jSamoels,  tbe  Jew  baoiper^  whs  aeemed 
to  be  composed  of  contradiotion  and  kair-oil, 
wi^  a  sprinkling  of  watoh-ohain  and  ame< 
thysts ;  young  Periegesia,  whiskered  British 
swell,  blonde  and  watery,  traveling  for  his 
health,  which  seemed  equal  to  that  of  a  Nor- 
mandy dray  horse  ;  Parker,  Yankee  civil  engi- 
neer, who  had  laid  out  lines  of  railroads  all 
over  the  world,  and  who  in  this  service  had 
been  baked  tb  the  complexion  of  a  Samian 
water-pot ;  Berti,  alim  handsome  Cuban  youth, 
subsequently  garroted  by  the  Spanish 
oppressors  of  bis  native  isle,  who  cap- 
tured him  with  arms  in  ids  bands  fight- 
ing gallantly  tor  its  liberation;  the  worthy 
Senhor  Bennett  himself  and  the  sa&oa- 
colored  magistrate — proud  of  his  wife  aa 
Mathew  Bagnet,  though  In  a  less  demonstrative 
way — these  and  a  number  more  composed  tbe 
afternoon  court  of  the  Dona,  amid  whom  she 
sat,  languid,  handsome,  and  mildly  colloquial, 
till  the  sun  bad  sloped  his  westering  wheel 
toward  heaven's  descent,  till  the  dusk  cams 
and  fire-files  lit  tbe  garden,  answeriag  in  myriad 
gleams  tbe  queen  regnant's  oizarette.  For  tbe 
Dona  smoked.  Then  came  ".ea,  games,  waltses, 

moonlight  disoouraea  of  men  and  woaien,  be- 
neath the  watchful  a  tars  and  tbe  high  hovering 
garden  palms.  Then  tbe  ladies  went  to  bed, 
and  tbe  men  drew  sociably  together,  and  over 
goblets  of  claret  cup  and  regalias  chatted  of 
the  news  and  events  of  the  day.  Most  of  them 
had  been  to  tbe  .city,  returning  .at  dusk,  and 
bringing  with  them  unto  that  mountain  isola- 
tion the  echoes  of  the  world.  At  last  they 
dropped  off  one  after  another,  leaving  the 
tough  old  magistrate  and  the  equally  hardy 
civil  engineer,  who  kept  it  up  till  daybreak. 

And  speaking  of  tho  fire-fiies,  the  mountain 
slopes  blazed  with  them  from  dusk  till  dawn  as 
it  tbe  fairies  had  hung  out  all  their  lamps  to  light 
tbeir  elfin  festivitieB.  As  for  the  garden,  its 
foliage  was  shot  through  ana  through  with 
tbeir  glittering  beams,  and  the  capitals  of  the 
palms,  alive  with  their  lustra,  spread  against 
the  sky  like  oriental  aigrettes.  The  clusters  of 
bamboo  by  tbe  brookeide  wera  lit  like  giant 
Christmas  trees — like  the  branched  and  tower- 
ing candelabra  of  a  king's  hall  of  audience. 
They  were  larger  than  their  congeners,  which 
bear  tbeir  modest  midsummer  torches,  lit  and 
extinguished  in  fitful  intermittence.  along  the 
darkening  meadow  lands  of  the  N'>rth.  Put  an 
active  and  conscientious  one  in  a  glass  bottle 
and  one  might  read  tbe  newspaper  with  him. 
Did  he  fiash  bia  lantern  against  the  sicv,  its 
transitory  gleam  outshone  Canopus.  Halt  a 
dozen  enmeshed  in  bags  of  gauze  and  wound 
iu  the  hair  of  Dona  Isabel  would  pale  the  Duke 
of  Brunsyrick's  vest  buttons,  the  circlet  of 
Aurungzebe,  the  fateful  necklace  of  Boehmer 
and  Bassange. 

I  never  saw  anything  to  match  the  humming- 
birds of  tbese  gardens.  Is  there  not  a  tale  of 
a  courageous  commander  who,  wheu  told  that 
tbe  oioudsuf  Scythian  arrows  darkened  tbe  sky, 
said  it  would  be  all  tbo  cooler  fighting  in  the 
shade  t  Almost  might  lovirs  here  whisper  their 
loves  sheltered  by  a  canopy  of  humming-birds — 
pavilion  more  radiant  than  ever  shadowed 
Haroun  or  Cbosroes.  You  can  see  tham  wher- 
ever you  look,  thick  as  tbe  blossoms  themselves, 
with  wings  like  mist  and  breasts  like  fire,  ex- 
changing rays  with  the  sun  above  them,  and 
tbe  cimson  and  golden  flowers  below.  These  lat- 
ter are  thsir  urns,  tbeir  chalices,  their  Hmpborse. 
rich  with  honey  and  wine,  replenished  always 
by  tbe  bounteous  band  which  forgetteth  the 
need  of  the  humming-bird  no  more  than  that 
of  tbe  sparrow.  Some  of  them  seemed  quite 
tame.  One  eent  bia  beak  into  a  trumpet  flower 
which  I  held  in  my  band,  through  a  crevice  of^ 
foliage  in  the  wall  of  a  garden  arbor. 

In  bright  midday  compaaionship  with  the 
humming-birds  come  the  butterflies.  They  are 
of  a  thousand  sizes  and  hues,  and  as  they  gleam 
and  waver  amid  the  blooming  foliage  tbey 
seem  like  flowers  detached  by  same  fairy  in- 
cantation from  their  fettering  stems,  and 
breathed  upon  by  the  sudden  spirit  of  lite. 
Some  are  af  mysterious  sisterhood  with  the 
leaves  on  which  thev  alight,  as  if  they  mirrored 
each  other's  hues  and  shapes.  The  midday  airs 
are  bright  with  them ;  some  of  tbe  children 
have  silken  nets  attacbed  to  the  euds  of  long 
bamboo  poles  with  which  tbe  wavering  and 
unwary  psyches  are  enmeshed,  and  stuck 
through  with  pins  to  adorn  tha  Senhor's  already 
extensive  collection.  Their  beauty  is  their 
fatal  dower,  as  indeed  is  tbat  of  the  knmming- 
birds,  tor  they  are  captured  in  multitudes,  their 
bright  plumage  made  tbe  adornment  ot  hats 
and  coiiffuras,  and  their  heads  and  ueeks  set 
upon  golden  plaques  and  worn  as  necklace, 
brooch,  or  coroucL 

In  the  early  morning,  grouped  in  the  middle 
of  the  broad  open  space  between  the  fazenda 
aud  the  stables,  stand  the  fruit-seilere 
from  tbe  mountains,  with  long  trays  ot  fruit 
upon  their  heads.  They  are  women,  tall  as 
Queens'  daughters,  and  black  aa  ebony ;  a 
white  peplum  droops  from  each  sloping 
shoulder,  leaving  ooe  of  tbo  breasts  exposed. 
The  feet  are  bare,  and  the  legs,  naked  from  the 
knees,  exhibit  a  de'velopment  which  indicates 
strength  rather  than  expresses  symmetry. 
The  sun  is  not  yet  above  the  mountains,  but 
its  couriers  shake  their  red  banners  against 
the  east,  and  a  mellow,  waxing  light  illu- 
mines tbe  pyramids  ot  goldeu  and  purple  and 
crimson  fruit  with  which  these  ebony  pillars 
Eii-e  capitaled.  Mules  are  being  saddled  for 
tbe  early  riders,  Ferdinand  is  bearing  traya  of 
coffee  to  remote  apartments,  a  figure  in  a  long 
burnoose  aud  grass  slippers,  which  by  a  white 
wisp  of  whisker,  I  «:cognize  as  tbat  ot  the 
Senhor  himself,  is  moving  toward  the  bath,  a 
broad  deep  basin  in  an  adjacent  coffee  grove, 
into  which  a  slender  cascade  tumbles  i  the 
monkeys  are  clamoring  and  holding  out  their 
little  black  bands  toward  the  fruit-sellers,  who 
sometimes,  perhaps  iu  recognition  of  a  remote 
kinship,  give  them  a  few  nuts ;  there  is 
the  light  drip  of  pigeons'  feet  upon 
the  roof,  and  a  soft  sound  of  cooing; 
down  among  the  reeds  by  tbe  brookside  tbe 
ducks  are  making  a  quacking  tumult,  and 
overhead— was  it  tbe  last  bat  1— something 
brood-winged  and  dark  wheels  sullenly  home- 
ward, disappearing  in  a  thicket  oi  tamarinds. 
In  an  hour  hence  we  shall  be — let  us  say — on 
tbe  summit  of  tho  peak  of  Tijuea,  with  all 
that  tropical  world  outspread  beneath  us;  in 
two  hours,  at  breakfast,  over  which  we  shall 
chat  aud  loiter  till  the  forenoon  is  well  ad- 
vanced ;  then  we  shall  perhaps  write  our  let- 
ters, play  at  chess  with  Madame  Marie,  engage 
in  tbo  solution  of  •bstipate  puzzles  and 
charades  with  ono  of  the  pink  young 
women,  tackle  Sir  Periegesis  at  billiards, 
and  listen  to  his  intelligent  censures  upon 
all  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth  except  English- 
men, try  to  pick  up  a  little  Portuguese  by  eon- 
varsatlou  with  the  mapstrate,  aud  so  pass  tbe 
day.  It  18  too  hot  to  be  anywhere  except  be- 
neath the  shelter  ef  a  roof,  so  except  at  morn- 
ing and  evening  our  recreations  must  be  within 
doors.  We  sleep  a  good  deal.  There  are  no 
end  of  hammocks  and  willow  arm-chairs,  so 
easy  that  they  seem  irresistibly  to  woo  you  to 
slumber.  'Ihe  dinner  is  ax  4  a' clock  P.  M.,  and 
this  is  the  impressive  and  momentous  event 
of  tbe  day.  It  is  then  that  the 
Senhor  comes  out  in  his  finest  figure. 
It  is  tben  that  Ferdinand  puts  his  best  foot  for- 
ward, so  to  speak,  in  a  white  jacket  and  thread 
gloves.  It  is  tben  that  Dona  Isabel  appears  in 
her  most  elaborate  and  glossy  coift'ure.  What 
a  copious  procession  of  aishes  solicit  tbe  appe- 
tite of  the  guest  1  The  feast  is  of  British  abun- 
dance, infused  with  such  delicate  French  grace 
and  artifice  tbat  M.  Jules  is  sometimes  called 
in  at  the  close  of  the  dinner  to  receive  ac- 
knowledgments and  drink  a  glass  of  port. 
These  are  his  momeuts  of  trium^jb;  the  occa- 
sions wbioh  solaoe  bis  exile  and  mitigate  the 
exasperations  to  which  be  is  subjected  by  the 
impish  and  iniquitous  Ferdinand 

Enough  of  our  tropical  mountain  hostel.  Its 
walls  stand  yet.  The  crystal  brook  flows  past 
as  it  used  to  ;  the  same  palms  cast  tbeir  slight 
dark  shadows  along  tbe  garden  walks ;  the 
humming-birds  yet  poise  above  the  flower-ums 
of  pearl  and  alabaster,  but  tbe  Senhor  has 
gone.  He  long  since  £:irded  his  loins  and  depart- 
ed from  the  pleasaunce  which  he  had  builded. 
Another  foot  is  on  bis  threshold,  another  form 
usurps  his  chair.  Whether  he  has  gone  back 
to  his  native  land  or  haa  supped  bis  earthly, 
moorings  altogether,  I  do  not  know,  but 
wherevlr  he  abides,  in  tbe  flesh  or 
the  spirit,  '  it  seems  difficult  to  believe 
that  he  oau  have  found'  a  pleasanter 
spot  than  tba  one  he  left.  I  have  always  boped 
to  go  pack  there  soma  time,  but  now  thatSehnor 
Bennett  is  gone  it  would  nut  seetn  tb6  same 

place.  A  fragrance  would  have  laded  f^om 
Its  alleys  of  musS:  and  jessamine,  a  loatre 
from  it«  tawny  lilies  and  caps  of  hyaointb. 
Anotbor  uieht  stilt  find  it  enchanting.  I  should 
twment  tha  vanished,  iioet,  the  vaniabed   days 

Witb  their  burden  of  pleasant  memories.  I 
wiu  not  go  back.  Vale,  BMXhor,  oiul  fttf«weU  ta 

»toaaant  TUuoto 

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CHURCHES  AKD 


BOME  AND  FOREIGN  EVEIiT^. 

Lord  Penzance  will  Bear  this  weei  the 
charges  against  Eev.  Messrs.  Bodln|t<m  atfd 
Pixefl,  the  ritualiStie  etergymen  of  WdlVe*^ 
bampton. 

Father  CKlaiquy  aanotmeaa  tbat  "dtirlalf 
tbe  past  few  weeks  not  less  than  220"  Fr«k«h 
Canadians  faavo  left  the  Boman  Cal^lis 
Chnroh  and  became  Protestants. 

It  is  announced  tbat  the  conference  b*^ 
tween  the  Lutherans  and  Methodist  Prot«»C> 
ants  of  Georgia,  to  arrange  terms  of  onion,  has 
come  to  a  satisfactory  conolusioiL 

An  Irishman  bas  been  converted  to  iSM^ 
Hindoo  faith,  and  calls  himself  Haridas.  H« 
was  formerly  a  police  Inspector  in  India.  IXvtr 
be  never  appears  without  a  Kaupin. 

The  International  Executive  Committea 
of  tbe  Young  Men's  Christlaa  Association  has 
appointed  Gen.  Johnson,  of  Tuscaloosa,  Ala., 
to  organize  association  work  among  ths 
colored  people  of  the  South. 

Dr.  Philip  Sohaff,  of  this  City,  write* 
from  Switzerland  that  a  large  attendance  oi 
American  delegates  to  tbe  Pan -Presbyterian 
Alliance  is  assumed,  and_  a  good  delegation 
from  tbe  Continent  is  expe'cted. 

The  Moravian  churches  receive  candi- 
dates for  admiswon  to  membersht|>  during  tba 
weeks  immediately  preceding  the  Lent  season. 
Tbe  candidates  receive  in  tbia  period  prepara- 
tory instruction  from  tbe  Pastor. 

Dr.  R.  J.  W.  Buckland,  Professor  of  Choreb 
History  in  the  Baptist  Theological  Seminarv  m% 
Boobester,  aied  last  week  very  Buddenl,y.  This 
institution  bas  lost  two  of  Its  most  prominent 
Proieasora  withlu  a  year  or  so. 

The  Missouri  party  of  Lutheran?,  who 
are  extremely  High  Church,  have  6W  Pa^tori 
and  207,753  commnnicanta.  In  1848  they  ha4 
only  31  Pastors  and  6.928  nembera.  Th^ 
have  635  schools,  with  39,000  scholars. 

The  United  Brethren,  a  denominatioQ 
closely  resembling  the  Methodists  in  dootnne 
and  government,  report  ibr  1876,  1,952  iniaif- 
ters,  4.078  churches,  and  143,881  members,  as 
increase  of  7,805.  The  contributions  amountad 
to  $669,799. 

Another  burial  scandal  has  arisen  in  Eng- 
land, at  Bamslay.  A  poor  working  man  ap- 
plied to  the  Eector  for  leave  to  bory  his  dead 
infant,  but  the  Rector  rettised  to  allow  a  btxrial 
service  on  the  groimd  that  the  child,  had  not 
been  baptized.  • 

Of  all  the  Pastors  in  the  Associate  Re- 
formed Prenbyterian  Synod  ot  the  South,  only 
one  is  promised  as  much  as  |1,000  a  year  salary. 
Three  are  promised  $800  each,  one  $750,  and 
tbe  others  range  &om  $500  do^n  to  1200,  the 
general  average  being  $535. 

Mr.  Gladstone  is  said  to  have  expressed 

the  opinion  recently  that  the  Church'wiil  b« 
compelled  to  claim  spiritual  independence,  and 
tbat  ahe  can  only  secure  that  result  through 
disestablishment.  He  does  not,  however,  go  so 
far  as  to  favor  disendowment. 

Dr.  A.  A.  Taylor,  in  tbe  Princeton  R^ 
view  says  that  of  tbe  477  students  enrolled  la<t 
year  iu  tbe  several  Presbyterian  Theological 
seminaries,  less  than  one-balf  came' from  Pres- 
byterian colleges.  One-eighth  ot  the  numlM^ 
came  from  Congregational  schools. 

Union  meetings  have  been  held  in  Cin- 
cinnati for  several  week.s.  All  the  evangelical 
churches  are  representod  in  them,  Bishop  Jag- 
gar  presiding  on  one  occasion.  Thus  tar  tnsv 
are  said  to  have  been  verytiupcessful,  and  it 
has  been  decided  to  continue  them. 

All  former  efforts  to  bring  about  a  uiuon 
of  American  Lutherans  having,  failed  utterly, 
it  is  now  proposed  to  invite  all  to  come  to 
getber  on  the  platform  upon  which  tbe  General 
Synod  was  organized  in  1820.  The  prospects 
of  this  pro^sition  are  not  at  all  flattering. 

The  Liberal  Party  in  the  Reformed 
Church  ot  Franca  has  reluctantly  consented  ts 
observe  the  electoral  conditions  ipipoeed  by  t^e 
Synod  of  1872—3,  and  will  carry  op  its  ConsiS' 
turial  elections  in  accordance  therewith,  houin)! 
to  induce  the  next  Synod  to  grant  it  eaaiei 
terms. 

The  Bishop  of  London  has  consecrated 
a  new  ritualist  church — St.  Agnes — which  ©oat 
$80,000.  The  Bishop,  in  his  sermon,  took  oooa' 
sion  to  strongly  condemn  Mariolatry.  In  one 
of  the  windows  a  corapartment  was  filled  with 
plain  glass  which  had  been  occupied  with  a 
.picture  of  the  Virgin. 

In  1872,  Cyril,  tbe  venerable  Patriarch  of 
Jerusalem,  was  deposed  and  excommunicated 
because  of  his  views  respecting  the  autonomy 
of  tbe  Church  in  Bulgaria.  ITie  Synod  ot  Je- 
rusalem, which  pronounced  these  aecrees,  has 
now  annulled  them,  which  occasions  some  onti- 
cism  at  Constantinople. 

Protestantism,  as  the  result  of  10  or  15 
years'  work  in  Mexico,  has  125  Protestant  oon.- 
gregations  and  churches,  worth  $139,O0O;  2$ 
fvee  day-schools,  28  night-schools,  five  or- 
phanages, two  theological  seminaries,  six  re- 
ligious periodicals,  and  122  agents.  The  yea> 
ly  expenditures  are  $100,000. 

Disestablishment  has  benefited  the  Irish 
Presbyterian  Church,  which  enjoyed  graa^ 
quiet  m  1876,  having  been  free  from  controve*' 
Bies  and  exciting  events  such  as  it  bad  in  otha 
years.  The  sustentation  and  manae  funds  have 
been  handsomely  mcreased,  and  the  znissios 
work  of  the  Church  bas  been  successful. 

Key.  Samuel  Smith,  Rector  of  Lundulph, 
Cornwall,  bas  recently  been  defeated  in  suits 
brought  by  him  for  the  price  of  a  surplice,  foi 
washing  the  surplipe,  for  erecting  a  touibstone. 
and  for  rents  of  glebe  lands.  Ho  had  begun  to 
charge  fees,  he  said,  because  h&  belieced 
"Dizzy"  would  soon  disestabliah  the  Chnroh. 

The  Judicial  Committee  of  the  English 
Privy  Council  bas  been  hearing  an  appeal  is 
the  Folkstone  ritual  case.  Five  Bishops,  with 
the  ordinary  members  of  the  committee  i^nd 
eighteen  Judges  specially  summoned  eompase 
the  court.  The  decision  is  looked  upon  as  im- 
portant, because  it  will  finally  settle  the  ques- 
tions involved  in  the  famous  Poncbas  judg- 
ment. 

Some  time  ago  Bishop  Stevens,  of  Penn* 
sylvania,  made  an  inoovation  m  the  praetiea 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  by  ordain- 
ing a  deaf  mute — Henry  Syle.  Bishop  Bedelj, 
ot  Ohio,  has  followed  this  example  in  ordain- 
ing Mr.  A.  W.  Manu  for  work  among  the  deaf 
mutea.  in  this  City  the  deaf  mutes  are  minis- 
tered to  by  Dr.  Gallaudet,  who  hoide  a  8p» 
cial  aervice  for  them. 

At  a  meeting  of  UniverBalist  ministers  in 

Boston  last  week  tbe  revival  movement  waa 
discussed,  and  resolutions  were  passed  com^ 
mending  revivals,  and  discovering  in  the  re- 
cent evangelical  revival  movement  tokens 
that  the  time  is  not  far  away  whea  Universal- 
ists  will  be  inyited,  and  will  accept  the  invita- 
tion, "to  join  in  a  work  in  which  both  are  coiji- 
strained  by  the  love  of  Christ" 

The  Christian  Church  in  Madagascar  aow 

has  in  two  districts  alone  12i  oUurohes,  70 
Pastors,  548  preachers  and  evangelists,  nearly 
ISjOOO  communicants,  and  upward  ot  SJ9,- 
000  hearers,  98  schools,  and  6,^)0  scholars. 
Tbe  annual  contributions  are  $4,01)0. 
These  statistics  represent  pare  of  the  work  ^f 
the  Loudon  Missionary  Society  and  the  FriMids* 
Mission.  These  two  societies  have  in  all  aboat 
1,000  congregations  under  their  care  iu  ttw 
island. 

Dr.  Christlieb,  of  the  University  of  BopQ, 
who  made  himself  so  well  known  to  Amenoane 
at  the  World's  Conference  of  the  EvaageiiosA 
Alliance  iu  New- York,  is  wanted  by  the  Enc*  | 
lish  Presbyterians.    An  overture  will  be  pr^    : 
sented  to  tue  next  Synod  of  the  English  .lYOd^  1 
byterian  Church  asking  tbat  Prof.  Cbristlie^i 
be  called  to  tbe  chair  ot  Apologetics  and  Pay* 

taral  Theology  in  the  Divinity-school  of  that 
Chnroh.  The  propositiwi  ia  said  to  meet  witli 
much  favor,  and  it  will  be  earnestly  urged. 

The  great  temperance  revival  at  Pitt^ 
burg,  uuder  the  labors  of  Mr.  Murphy,  is  still 
going  on.  Tbe  churches  are  tilled  as  neyer  be- 
fore, on  Sundays  and  week  nights  alike.  A 
committee  to  devise  a  plan  for  systemattxing 
the  work  bas  reported,  urging  ail  to  connect 
themselves  with  the  Central  Temperanoa 
Union ;  recommending  auxiliary  organizatiotis, 
in  which  tnose  who  are  endeavoring  to  reform 
ahatl  be  advanced  to  positions  of  trust  and  con- 
fidence ;  recommending  au  imoaediate  conven- 
tion to  periect  a  system  of  working ;  also,  a 
convention  to  arrange  for  tbe  payment  oi  es 
penses. 

The  evangelical  clergymen  of  the  Cbtircb 
of  England  held  their  annual  meeting  recently 
at  Islington.  Three  hundred  clergymen  wees 
present,  including  Biahopa  Perry  and  £yaa« 
the  Dean  of  Uipon,  and  others.  Bishop  Porn 
said  4rcat  changes  bad  come  about  ainoe  iBw, 
when  the  iBvangelioals  held  their  first  medUng 
at  Islington.  Maii.y  of  tbe  practicea  wbioh  tii^ 
begun  were  now  become  universal,  aud  tWi 
altered  position  of  the  laity  waa  one  of  thej 
most  satisfactory  resulta  Auricular  oon£Q». 
aion  waa  condemned,  as  was  also  tnat  worst^jM 
wtiioh  aima  to  pieaau  the  eye  and  ear.      Caaoaaj 

Miller  said  the  eyaugelioals  were  a  powexm 
minority,  but  he  did  not  think  their  prosptwia 
bright.  It  waa  difficult  to  get  •vangetiMii 
curates  with  bawkbouaa.      He  knew  ol 

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VBB  DP-TOU  N  UFFICB  Oif  THB  TiaiB!}. 

_iM>iij  iMiiii  ooioe  of  THB  TTHBS ia  ]o«at«d at 
No.  l,3ffy  BroadfraT.  bet.  31st  and  32d  sts. 

Open  dally,  Sundays  moinded,  from  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.   AL 

SnbsoripCioiia  received,  and  copies  ot  THE  TIUES  for 

sale. 

ADVBETISBUBirrB  BBCBIVED  UNTHi  9  P.  M. 


CHA.'nB£K..>IAID.— B7  A  bCOTCH  PROTEST- 
aot  girl  R8  chamber-mHid,  or  chamber-maid  and 
waitress.  AdHreas  U.,  Box  No.  293  TIMB3  UP-TUW» 
OFFICE,  NO.  1.257  BROAD  WAT. 

HAMBIiH-MAJD.-BTAIIAUBRICAN  QIBI,  AS 
cbamber-mnid,  or  to  assist  at  cooking,  TrashlTig.  and 
ImniDz.    Ciril  at  No.  158  East  4 2d  st 


CBAU-WOiHAN.— BY  A  EK8PECTABLB  WOMAN 
to  jro  out  by  the  day  cooking,  iraahinsr,  and  ironing, 
orotherwork;  b'^stCiiy  reference.  CaU  at  No.  67  West 
18h>  St.;  lingbelL 


COOK  — C(»AUBMAN.-BY  A  PIE8T-CLA8S 
French  cook,  and  bnaband  aa  eoaobman  or  waiter  | 
no  objeccion  to  so  alone:  best  City  reference.  Address 
M.  S..  No.  150  East  42d  st. 


COOK.— BY  A  PaOTE8TANT  SCOTCH  WOMAN  A8 
first-class  cook;  Enelish  and  French  bakinc  a|id 
Dastry  ;  all  Innds  of  sweets;  beat  CitT  referenod.  CaU 
at  Na  235  Wert  M9th  at. 


plOOK.— BY  A  FIE*T.CLA8S    COOK    IN    A  SMALI, 

V>'prlvate  family ;  is  full v  competent;  City  and  conn- 
try  leference.  (;all  at  'So.  125  West  24th  St.,  be- 
twe«n  6th  ^nd  7th  avs.;    ring  bell  No.  17. 


COOK.— BT  A  KBSPKCTABLE  FBKNCH  WOMAN  IN 
a  privatelamily ;  City  or  countrv  ;  good  reft^rence. 
Call  or  address  for  two  days  No.  226  West  31st  St., 
buement. 


COOK BT  A  FIKST-CLASS  COOK;  nNDEH- 
stands  French  and  English  cooking  m  eyery  way: 
good  manager:  can  do  mArkeiiag  if  reqHired.  Call  at 
So.  lis  West  26th  at. 


COOK BV    A     FiaST-CLASS    COOK     IN    KVEET 
respect;  is  a  very  good  m  nager;  by  the  week  or 
nontb.    Call  at  Na  118  West  26ch  st 


COOK,  i&c— BY  AGRBMAN  GIRL  FOR  COOKING, 
washing,  and  ironiog  in  an  American  tamily.     Call 
£t  No.  223  East  42d  st ,  top  floor,  front 


DRB^!4.ItIAKeR.  —  BY  AN  EXPKRIENOKD 
dress-maker  J  good  trimmer,  *  cntter  by  Taylor's 
system ;  makes  over-dresses;  operates  on  Wheeler  & 
Wilson's  machine;  by  da.v  or  week;  terms,  $8  per 
week ;  oonntry  not  oqected  to.  Apply  at  No.  715  6th 
av.,  near  4.0th  et. 


DRBSai-nAKER BT  AN  ENGLISH  WOMAN  ; 
perfect  cutter  of  family  clothing ;  perfect  operator 
on  Wheeler  it  Wilson's  machine;  $1  per  day;  15 
rears'  reietenue.  Address  K.,  Box  No.  274  TIMES  DP- 
TOWN  OFKIcR,  NO.   1,257  BROADWAT. 


DKESH-mAKKR BY  A  PKR80N  OF  BXFERl- 
ence  the  work  of  Bome  families,  either  by  the  day 
or  at  her  home;  cats,  firs,  and  trims  in  French  style. 
Address  L.  E.  L.,  No.  107  Base  12th  st 


GOVERNE.SS  OR  l.AU%'>S  C03IPAN10N.— 
By  a  yonnj;  French  widow  lady  of  edncatioa,  re- 
fbitement.  and  unexceptionable  references:  is  used  to 
traveling  and  good  society:  salary  not  so  mnch  an  ob- 
ject as  an  agreeable  position.  Address  S.  M^  h.  M., 
Box  No.  120  nme$  Office. 


HODSJEKBKPER.— BT  A  TODNG  WIDOW  OP 
btKbest  cnltxire,  being  athoroagh  hooselieeper: 
would  travel  as  uompiioton  to  a  lady,  or  anything  not 
meoial  :  salary  no  object;  country  preferred  ;  refer- 
ences. Address  H.  A..  Box  No.  258  TIMES  UP-TOWN 
OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BROAUWAT. 


HODSBKEKPER— OR  ANY  PLACE  OFTRDSr, 
by  a  respectable  energetic  yonnz  Scotch  lady,  who 
Is  a  cbornngh  bousekeener  ;  ia  not  afraid  ot  her  bands ; 
is  olieefui  and  avmoathetic  ;  is  n,  eood  dress-maker; 
invaluable  whe  e  thert)  are  childreu  or  in  sickness. 
Address  Mrs.  Miller,  No.  62  Fulton  St.,  Brooklyn. 


HOUSEKEEPER.— BT  AN  INTELLKiBNT,  BN- 
ergetio  New-England  woman,  as  honsekeeper  in 
fsmiiy;  matron  in  au  institution,  or  companion  to  an 
tovalidi,  ia  competent  iiod  willing  to  fill  any  position 
not  meoial ;  reterences  exchanged.  Addruio  A.,  Box 
No.  268  TIMES  DP-TOWN  OfFICt,  1,257  BROADWAY. 


HOCSJE-WORK.— BY  A  SESPBOTABLE  YOUNG 
girl  to  do  honse-work,  or  take  care  of  childreo  ; 
retereiios.  t'altou  or  address  present  employer,  No. 
102  West  66th  St..  basement. 


LADV'.S  MAID.— BT  A  CAPABLE  GIRL  ;  DNDER- 
dtands  bair-oressiug  and  di-essi-maklng ;  oblisnug 
and  accustomed  to  travel;  City  reference.  Apply  for 
two  days  ac  ^o.  471  6tih  ar.,  in  the  miUineia';  ring 
first  belL 


LAUT'.S  MAID BY  A  YOUNG  WOWAN;  ISA 
good  dress-m'-iker ;  understands  catting,  fitting,  and 
hair-dressin;!  oertectlj;  no  objections  to  tiavel:  good 
reference.     Call  at  No.  150  East  23d  st. 


LAUNDRKS."*.— BYA  YOU.SG  COLUEKD  WOMAN, 
or  as  chamoer-mald  in  a  private  family,  City  or 
country;  best  City  reference.  Call  at  No.  141  West 
30tu  bt. 


LACNDRE^a BY  A  FIKST-CLASS  LACNUBB88 
in  a  private  f»mi'.y:  best  City  reference ;  no  objec- 
tion to  n  bhort  distance  in  the  country.  Call  for  two 
dAys  lit  No.  'Jr^S  East  3Jst  st. 


LAlJ.NDKE."«S.— BYA    BESt'eCTABLE    COLOREO 
woman  as  lanndress  or  chamber-maid.    Call  or  ad- 
dress >o.  107  West  24th  St..  top  flour. 


T^t?B.SE.— BY  A  SCOTCH  PROTESTANT  WOMAN: 
X^  is  capable  uf  taking  lull  charge  of  an  infant  from 
Us  Dirth ;  very  good  with  bottle  bciby  ;  no  objection  to 
the  coancry ;  good  rtueroncc  CaU  at  Ho.  715  6th  av., 
in  miliiaer.v  stoio. 


■V'UR.SE  AND  SEA.nsTRESS.— TAKE  THE  EN- 

X<l  tire  cboriie  uf  a  baby  or  grown  children  ;  is  neat 
endobliglnK:  has  the  bast  Cicy  references.  CaU  at 
No.  13J  ^V'est  19ih  au 


NliRj^E.— BY  A  TR-iiNliD  NUttdfi  IN  A  FAMIL? 
or  instituii'jn ;  hospital  experience;  specialty. 
Uts.  AdUr.ss  Invalid  Nurse,  Mublonourg  Shelter,  6th 
av.  and  20tli  st. 


NVtiHK nT        PaorKSTANT  GIRL   AS  INFaNT'3 
or  growing  children's   nurse;    oeat   oi  rcierences. 
Address  .S  li..  .no.  562  Broadway. 
,. ' 

NURisK BY      A.>       t-DUCATBL),      bXPliBIENCKD 
youctf  Bueiish  Protestant   «nri  lately  landed:    City 
orcuuncry,  or  would  travel.    Call  at  No.  76.'t  6th  av. 


SEA.WSTKEMS-NURSE.— BY  TWO  YOUNG 
gills:  one  as  seamstress  and  assist  at  up-stairs 
work;  the  other  t>  mind  children  and  teach  them 
Lnglish  studies.  Coll  or  address  Mias  M.  Cass,  No.  'i'il 
East  21st  St. 


VTlTA."5MliNG.— FAMIUKS'      AND      GKNTLtMK.N'S 

TT  w<.shing  by  the  wees  or  month;  prices  reason- 
able; orders  properlr  attended  to.  Call  or  address 
B.  J.  Turner,  No.  161  West  Slst  st.,  flrjt  floor. 


WA.-sHINO.- BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  LAUNDRKSS  TO 
go  out  by  the  day;  can  do  all  kinds  of  fluting, 
Uices,  ana  tine  worE  :  l>est  of  reference.  Call  at  Mrs. 
Plunketl's,  No.  326  Bast  36th  st. 


WA.-SUiXi.— BY  AN  EXPEttlKSCEo  LAa.VDRESS 
ht  all  kinds  nf  laundry  work  ;  plain  washing,  76 
eeaiB  per  dozen.  Call  or  address  Mrs.  Cooper,  Ho,  440 
West  25th  St.,  oasement. 


VXT ASHING.— BY  A  EHSPKCTAULE  COLORED 
YV  w^cm:tn  ;  gentlemen's  and  families'  washing  f^om 
CO  cents  to  7o  cents  per  dozen.  Call  or  addrens  J^o. 
118  West  26tU  St. 


WA.SUING.—  BY  A  RESPECTABLE  WOMAN, 
famijy  and  gentlemen's  washing;  75c.  a  dozen; 
fluting,  pufOng.  and  polishing.  Call  at  Mrs.  SiiHivan's, 
Mo.  420  East  i5ih  st,  third  fioor,  back  room. 


WASHING.- BY    A    TouNG     COLORBD   LaUN- 
dress.  washing  at  her  own  residence ;  best  reier- 
txtoe.    Call  at  No.  141  ^est  SUth  nt; 


WASHING.-BT     A     RESPECTABiE      COLORED 
laundress;    in  her  own  residence ;    either  ladie** 
Br  geut's.    Mrs.  Holley,  No.  258  West  27th  st. 


fflALEls. 

A^^^POSIT^ONWANTED  IN  AN  INCOEPOEATED 
Company  in  this  City,  or  charge  of  estates;  refer- 
»nc«  and  security  given.  Address  A.  K.  Lawrence, 
Box  No.  285  TlMBa  UP-TOWN  OFFlCK,  KO,  1,26';? 
BROADWAY. 


COACHJWA>i.— BY  A  COMPETENT  MARRIED 
man;  noinoombranee;  thoroagbly  understands  hia 
baalness;  has  a  Urat-clasa  knowleage  of  the  proper 
care  and  treatment  of  horses,  carriages,  bc;  flrat- 
Class  City  reference.  Call  or  address  J.  P.,  Brewster  & 
Cc's.  47th  St.  and  Broadway. 


COAOUAIAN  AM>  GROOM.- BT  A  RKSPECT- 
able  young  man,  German,  first-class  groom  and 
driver,  in  City  or  country;  willing  and  obliging;  best 
of  City  and  country  reference.  Address  Coachman, 
Box  Na  267,  TlMJiB  CP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO  1,257 
BROADWAY. 


ClOACHaiAN.- BT  A  81NGLB  MAN  WHO  THOR- 
.youghlv  understanda  the  care  of  horses,  carriages, 
and  harness;  careiulCit.y  driver;  best  city  reference  ; 
can  be  seen  at  present  emplovePs.  Call  on  or  address 
Ha  163  West  56th  st,  private  stable. 

OACHMAN.  — BY    A     SINGLE     SCOTCHMAN  ; 

thoroughly  experienced  with  horses,  carriages, 
&C.;  good  carefOI  driver,  and  good  vegetaole  gardener ; 
wUliug  and  obltgiDK.  aa  references  wiU  state.  Address 
J.  R,  box  No.  233  Time*  Office. 

OACHMAN.— BYAMAREIBDMAN;  NO  FAMILY; 

fir- 1- class  re^rences  ttom  former  employers;  no 
OQjection  to  the  country.  Call  or  aodress  for  two  davs 
CoaohMao,  Na  38  Weit  30th  at.,  two  doors  east  of 
Broadway. 


CUACUlVIAN.— BT  AN  ENGLISHMAN ;  THOR- 
ouahl.y  understands  bis  business;  three  and  a  half 
rears'  good  City  reference.  Adoreia  U.  M.,  No.  347 
rtb  av. 


COOK,  dec— BT  A   FRENCHMAN  AS  GOOD  COOK 
and  pastry  in  a  private  family ;    City  reference. 
Address  Jules,  No.  160  West  28th  st. 


EURMKU    OR  UAKDUNKK.— BY   Ail  AMBRI- 

I?  can.  with  first-clasa  references,  as  farmer  or  gar- 
leuer;  one  who  tborooKhlv  understands  the  care  of 
ituck;  engagement  deatred  by  tue  lat  of  ApriL  Ad- 
lieu  M.  a.,  Orange  Post  office,  New-Jersey. 


GAHUB^ER.— BT  A  GERMAN,  25  YEARS'  EX- 
I>erience  ia  greenhouses,  gra:>erle«,  fruit,  vegeta- 
bles, ahd  landscaping;  can  use  tools  and  milk ;  best 
references  as  to  honesty  and  capability.  Address 
a  G.,  Box  No.  307  TIMES  OP-TOWXI  OFFICE.  NO. 
3,237  BROADWaT. 

AKUKNUK.— BY     AN     EXPEEIBNCKD     MAN; 

understands  gardenlntc  and  f.irmlnz;  care  of  horses 
\  speeialtTi  dintiuguisbed  leferences  given.  Call  ox 
tadirass  LaOlUky,  Na  141  West  28ta  st.         , 


lAROENBR.- BY  A  FIRST-CLASli  LANDSUaPB 
^"gardener,  the  comoiete  oharsa  of  a  place,  (vegsta- 
Ua  or  pleasure  giousosj)  married,  no  children:  best 
tfl&ienoM.    Address  c.  SOBMbLZ.  Rabway,  N.  J. 


Gi 


r:iARl»ENER.— BY  A  I-IEST-0LAB8  FBBNCH  GAB- 
l^aener,  single ;  competent  in  all  branohes ;  of  long 
kxpeiianoe  in  this  oonntry.  Call  or  adoress  A.  B.,  gar- 
lener.  Na  136  Bleecker  ai,  »ew-Torfc 


LAKD£N1£R  AND  VAKMBR.— BY  A  YOUNG 
vAGermanas  saidea^v  and  fimner;  beat  references; 
Address  W.  f..  Wllflamsbridge   Post  Oflloe,  New- York. 

i  ARDRNRR.— THOEOUGB,   PBACTIOAL,   <ENO- 
rush :)  ase.  28{  matriedi  first-rate  refsrenee  as  to 


G 


ebanteter  and  ability.  Address  P.  w.,  Ko.  67  Massaq  st. 


H. 


JBAD   €>AIU>iBN£B.-BT  A  SING  LB  MAN,  A 

_OscaMa.  vbo  thoroagbly  understands  the  baalness 

A  ail  its  fritpflh*^ :  best  at  refarenoe  jtven.    Address 

r  &.  San  ofBekereli  »  Wilson.  fiodsM.   co^bsi 


SITUATIONSJ^AISTTED. 

.ftA  Litis. 

estant  young  man  to  drive  a  doctor's  wagon;  oaa 
care  andxirive  horses,  or  make  himself  usefdl  aroond 
private  house  :  can  clean  silver,  attend  all  kinds  of 
nimaces,  or  make  himself  nseftil  at  anytiiin^  for 
modeiate  Tattes;  A  Irefeiences,  Address  J.  w.  Aiken, 
Box  Na  236  Timet  Office. 


USEFUL. OIAM-COOK  AND  LAUNDRESS.— 
By  a  mas' and  wlfto,   lately  landed ;  man  aa  plain 
gardener,  lake  care  of  horses,  drive,  ito.,  milk,  and  be 

tteneal'ynsefoi;  wife  ia  good  plain  cook  and  excellent 
anudresa.    Call  at  No.  338  East  36th  St..  top  floor. 


TITAITER.— BY  A  RESPBCTABLK  YODSO  COL- 
yv  ored  man  in  a  private  family ;.  City  reference ; 
obliging  and  willing  to  do  anything.  Address  L.  W^ 
Box  Na  296  TIMES  OP-TOV^N  OFFICE,  NO.  1,267 
BROADWAY. 


WAITER.  —  BY  8INGLB  COLOBBD  MAN  AS 
waiter  in  first  class  private  family;  has  best  City 
and  conntmr  reference;  no  objection  to  the  country 
Call  or  address  Pender,  No.  100  Wnst  52d  &t. 


TJIfAlTER.- BY  A    CAPABLE    FRENCH     WAITER 

TT  as. butler;  has  great  expsrience  in   serving  tbe 

table  and  taking  care  of  silverware  ;  best  City  reler- 

eaee  from  last  place.    Address  N.  N.,  256  West  35tn  St. 


WAITER.— BY  A  PROTESTANT  ENGLISHMAN 
as  waiter;  ia  thorough  in  bis  duties;  best  refer- 
ence given.  Call  or  address  C.  H.,  No.  152  East  42d 
St.,  first  floor.- front. 


WAITER.  — BY    A    YOUNG-    MAN     (SWISS)     AS 
waiter  in  a  private  family;    best   of  references 
given.    Address  Augnnt,  No.  157  3d  av. 


WAITER.— BY    A    RESPtiCTABLS    YOUNG    RNG- 
llshman  as  waiter.    Address  W.  G.,  No.  231  West 
26th  St. 


UNE  SUISSE  *-RANCAISE— POOVANT  EN- 
seller  les  enfants  et  faire  toute  esodces  d'ou- 
vrages  h  I'siguiile,  desire  se  placer  de  suite,  b'adresser 
auRev.  Pons,  No.  324  West  "aOth  st. 


HELP_WAm;m 

WANTED— A  PERSON  OF  EDUCATION,  BEING 
from  28  to  35  years  of  age,  who  would  be  willing 
to  care  for,  and  be  a  conipanlon  to.  a  voungmanin 
feeble  health.  Address  X.  X.,  Box  No.  321  TIMES  UP- 
TOWN OFPICE,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


WANTED- THOROUGHLY  COMPETENT  MAN  TO 
travel  with  upholstery  goods;  one  acquainted 
with  the  Western  trade.  AUdieas  Box  No.  729  Post 
Office,  New-York. 

^\7IT ANTED -SILK  SALESMA.V:  one  who  understhnda 

T  T  the  skein  silk  and  machine  twif>t  trade;  must  have 

good  references.  Address  P.  O.  Box  1,477.  Boston,  Mass. 


FINAj^OlAIi. 


ELIZABETH    CITY 


7s 


OIATURJNG    1S78    TO    1S96. 


VOE   SALE    BT 


n&ci. 


Ifos.    lO    and    18    1%'assa.a    St. 


NEW-YORK  CITY  6s, 


DUE  I\  1879. 

OSWEGO  CITY  78, 

DUE  IN  1888, 

ELIZABETH  CITY  7S, 

DUE  IN  1896, 
FOE  SALE  BT 

DANIEL   A.    MORAN, 

NO.  40  VVAIil.  ST. 


TBB  AIARIi>OSA  liAND  AND  .MINING  COM- 
PANV  OF  CAMFOUNIA. 

0f7iCB  Nos.  9  AND  11  Nassat;  ST..  New  York.  7 
Feb.  3.  1877.     5 

THE  TRUSTEES  of  this  Company  have  levied  an  AS- 
SE8S.MENT  of  $1  per  share  on  the  preferred  and  com- 
mon stock,  payable  at  this  office  on  or  before  Feb.  17. 
Alter  that  aate  it  will  bu  delloqaent,  aud  liable  to  a 
charge  for  advertising  sale. 

COPIES  OF  REPORT  and  late  news  from  the  mine 
are  published,  and  may  be  bad  at  the  office,  or  mailed 
to  address  on  request. 

MORRIS  H.  SMira.  Assistant  Secretary. 


cnmBFuiT 

nitJNICIFAIi  BONDS,  DUE  190G.    A  LIMITED 


AMOUNT  FOR   SALE  BY 


KVHN,LOEB  &  CO.,  NO.  31  NASSAU  ST. 


TO    INVESTORS. 

BROOKLYN  WATER  BONDS, 

PAYABLE  189U. 
For  sale  by 

GEORGE  K.  SISTARE, 

NO.  84  NA«iSAlJ  ST. 


THEGOI.D  .nORTGAUEBONOH()L.DKRS 
Committee  are  now  prepared  to  purchasa  all  or  anv 
portion  ef  the  outstanding  thirlv-cwo  Gold  Mortgage 
Bonds  of  the  Toledo,  Wabash  and  Western  Riiiway 
Company,  for  the  sum  ot  $58J  68  ppr  bond,  which  Is 
the  amount  of  the  dividend  in  cash  arising  from  tbe 
Biile  under  the  foreclosure  proceedings.  Or  if  the 
holders  of  an.v  of  these  bonds  wish  to  join  the  other 
bondbo  ders  and  share  in  tbe  sale  miuie  to  the  new 
parties,  they  may  do  so.  provided  thev  ngtlty  us  by  the 
16th  ot  February.  Apply  to  W.  A.  V.  PO.ST,  Secretary 
of  tbe  Foreclosure  Committee,  at  the  office  of  Perkins, 
Livingston,  Post  k.  Co.,  No.  2'd  Nasbau  at. 
Nbw-York,  Jan.  27,  1877. 


HOTCHKISS  &  BURNHAM, 

(Memoers  New- York  Stick  Exchange,) 
COairtI18SION  STOCK  BROKERS, 

NO.  36  BROAD  ST.,  NEW-YORK. 
Stocks,  Bonds,  and  Gold  bought  and  sold  on  margin 
or  for  cash.    Branch  offices   in  Fifth  Avenue  and  Wind- 
sor Holels.    Connected  by  our  private  telegraph  lines. 
Accounts  solicited. 


AC.  BURNHAHI,  NO.  33  PINE  8T.  NKW-YORK. 
• — Investment  securities  nayins  eight  to  ten  pec 
cent,  for  sale.  Western  mortgages  a  specialty  tor  six- 
teen yoara.  References  in  New-York,  Boston,  Hart- 
ford, and  Philadelphia.    Bend  for  lists. 


BROWN  BROTHERS  «r  CO- 
NG. 69  Walu  nr., 
IfflUJs  COMMERCIAL  and  TRaVELKR?   CRbDrTS 
AVAILABLE  in    a'lPAttT.S   of   the  WORLIl. 


AT  RKASONABL.B  RATES— MOSEY  ON  LIFE 
and  endowment  insurance  policies  and  mortgages: 
same  boaght;  taaurances  of  all  kinds  effecied  with 
beat  companies.    J.  J.  HaBRICU  &  CO.,  llu  Broadway. 


Oi-I  Kf\   nnA    1'<>    I'OAN   <»N  HOND  AND 

tpXtJVfsVf VfVfmorticaKe  on  New-Yo-k  City  im- 
proved property.  Apply  to  GRANT  BROTUBRd.  No.  2 
Exchange  court. 


KOCN1ZE  BROTHERS,  BANKERS,  NO.  12 
Wall  St..  issue  letters  of  credit  on  tbe  Union  Bank 
of  London,  available  in  all-parts  of  the  world. 


fIRE    INSURANCE    STOCK!^ 

BOUGHT  AND  SOLD  BY 
E.  S.  BaILEY,  Na  B5  Wall  St. 


THE  UF-TOWN  OFKICB  OF  TUE  TIDIES. 

TheuD-town  office  of  THB  TIMES  is  located  at 
No.  1,237  Broadway,  bet.  Slat  and  32d  ats. 

Open  daily.  Sundays  included,  from  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  M. 

Subsoriptlons  received,  and  copies  of  TH,'^  TIMES  for 

sale. 

ADVEETISKMENT8  RECK IV BD   UNTIL  9  P.  M. 


CHICAGO  AND  ALTON  RAILROAD  CO. 

Secretary's  Ofvicr,  } 
Chicago,  Feb.  8,  1877.  5 
Notice  If  hereby  given  to  the  Stockholders  of  the 
Chicago  aud  Alton  Railroad  Company  that  a  cash  divi- 
dend of  four  (4)  per  cent,  has  tnis  da.y  been  declared 
upon  tbe  Preierred  and  Common  Stock  ot  this  Com- 
pany, payable  at  the  banking-house  of  tue  Company's 
Agents,  .uessrs.  M.  K.  Jesup,  Paton  &  Co.,  No.  62  Wil- 
liam street,  in  the  City  of  New- York,  oa  the  let  day  of 
Uarch  next,  to  holders  who .  are  registered  as  such  at 
the  close  of  buaiaess  hours  on  the  17th  day  of  Feoru- 
ary,  Inst.,  at  which  time  the  transfer  books  will  be 
closed,  and  reopened  for  transfers  on  the  2d  dav  of 
March  next.  W.  M.  LA RaABEii,  Secretary. 


riLKVELAND    AND     PITTSBURG     RAIL- 

\_yROAD  COMPANY. — Office  of  Secretary  and  Treas- 
urer, Cleveland,  Ohio,  Feb.  3,  1877.— The  regular 
guaranteed  quarterly  dividend  of  this  compan.y,  at  (be 
rate  of  Seven  per  Cent.,  per  annum  on  the  new  guar- 
anteed stocKs.  will  be  paid  on  and  alter  tbe  1st  March 
proximo,  at  the  office  of  the  Farmer's  Loan  and  I'rust 
Company,  No.  26  Encbanife  place.  New- York. 

Tbe  transier-books  will  close  on  tbe  10th  inst  and 
reopen  on  the  2d  March.         . 

G.  A.  rNQRaBOIiL,  Secretary. 


Thb  St  Nicholas  National  Bank  o>  New-  York,  > 
Na  7  Wall  st    NkwYobk,  Jau.  30, 1877.     J 

DIVIDEND.- A  SEMI-ANNUAL  DIVlDbND  OF 
Four  per  Cent,  has  been  declared  by  the  Direc- 
tors of'this  bank,  payable  on  and  after  the  12th  day 
of  February  next.  The  transfer  books  vUl  be  closed 
from  Che  1st  to  iSth  proximo. 

A.  PARKHDBST.  Cashier. 


HdliDEUMOV  CERTIflClTBti  FOR  THE 
pastdue  coupons  of  the  First  tlortcaxes  on  the 
Main  Line  of  the  Toledo,  Wabash  and-Weatem  Rail- 
road Compsny  may  present  them  to  the  Metropolitan 
HattoQa)  Baak,  and  hare  the  'ateieet  un  the  oop*«>^^. 


■9BB! 


mfwr: 


tttt: 


TiuTljIpCxOWN'TrBiTGB^O^^ 

The  Tip-town  ofBoe  of  THK  TIMES  Is  located  at 
No.  1,397  Broadway,  bet.  Slat   and  33d  aCa. 

Open  daily,  Sundays  included,  from  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  Mi 

Bnbiotlptlons  reoeived,  and  copies  of  THE  TIRES  for 

sale. 

ADVBRTI8BMEST8  RECEIVED  TTNTnO  9  P.  M. 


lUO.  4  WEST  14TH  ST.,  TWOjDOORS 
r\  PBOM  6TH  AV.— Newly  and  handsomelj'-ftamished 
suites  and  single  rooms  to  families  and  gentlemen,  with 
or  without  breakfast;  bath-rooms  And  running  water 
on  each  floor;  house  heated  by  steam  throughout; 
appointments  and  location  unsurpassed:  best  refer- 
ences given  and  requlredl 


A  PRIVATE  FAHllLy  OCCUPYING  A.N 
elegant  hoase,  in  close  proxiraitv  to  fastiionable 
restaurants,  would  accommodate  single  gentlemen 
With  rooms  and  service;  French  breakfast  if  desired; 
none  but  flrst-olHss  parties  treated  with.  Address 
X.  Y.  Z..  Box  No.  267  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO. 
1.257  BROADWAY. 


PRIVATE  CLL 8,  riSrH  ST.,  NEAR  BROAD- 
way. — Gentleman  wanted  to  Join  ;  "breakfast  at  all 
hours;  table  d'hote  at  6:3U  o'clock;  also  rooms; 
terms  reasonable.  Address  "CLUB."  Box  No.  252 
TIMES  UPTOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


"IVr"- 82  IRVING  PLACE,  TWO  DOUR.S  P.tOM 
J.^  Gramerov  Park. — Lar^e,  pleasant,  desirable  rooms 
on  tourth  floor,  also  ball  room  on  second  floor;  with 
board;  refterencee. 


THIRTV-ElGllTHtST.,   NO.  aOr   WEST. 
Second-story  front   rooms;    superior    board:  every 
convenience;     location    central  and  unexceptiocable. 

OiVNKR. 


NO.  344  EAST  40TH  ST.- SQUARE  BOOM, 
Buit^le  for  gentiemnn  orladv:  nicely  kept;  baili, 
hot  and  cold  water  same  floor;  Are  evenings;  private 
family ;  $3  week. 


SKCOND  FLOOR,  WITH  PRIVATE  TABLE, 
apacioos  r'  oms,  en  suite,  with  elegant  pa.rler.  bath, 
lie;  vacated  by  famil.v  coing  South ;  references.  Call 
at  No.  14  East  32d  Bt..belWL-en  5th  and  Madison  avs. 


FIFTH     A  v.,     NO.   43,    BETWEEN    IITH 
and  12th  pts.— Spacious    suite    of  well-fomlshed 
rooms  on  narlor  flnor.  with  or  wltiiout  private  table. 


NO.  43    WEST  19TH  ST.— HANDSOME   SUITE 
of  apartmenis.    with  or  without  board,  in  private 
hsuse;  references. 


NO.  8  EAST  9TH  ST DESIRABLE  SUITE  OP 
bandBomely-furnished    rooms ;    with    or  without 
private  table;  ret'erencos. 


A  LARGE,  WEIiL-FURNiSBBD   SECOND- 
Btory  front  and  hall  room,  with  board;    reference. 
Na  338  West  23d  st. 


N<».    31    STflC    AV.— PLEASA.Sr      THIRD-STOait 
ftont  room  and  hall  room,  with  first-class  board; 
reference. 


TWENTV-FIKTH    ST.,    EAST,     NO.    133 
A  private  fbmil.v  would  let  one  or  two  rooms  to  a 
married  couple  or  gentleman,  with  or  without  meals. 


HANDSO.tlELV-KtRNISHED  ROO.XS  TO 
rent  with  board,  en  snite   or  si  <glv,  at  moderate 
pnces:  references.     No.  108  East  23d  sc. 


"IW-O.  5  EAST  46i'H  .ST.,  NKAR  WINDSOR 
ll  Hotel. — Second  floor,  wel!-tumisbed,  with  flrst- 
class  tioard:   also,  a  large  room  on  fourth  floor. 


NO.    IS     EAST    a3D    ST.— ELKGANT     ROOMS 
on  second'  floor;     also  single  rooms;    table  hfst- 
cinss :  reference. 


NO.   133    MADISON     AV.— DBsIBABLK   SUITS 
ot  rooms;    also,  single  room   with    board.      Refe- 
rences exchanged. 


NO.    4    EAST  39  ru  ST.,    KETWEKN  9  PH 
AND  MADISON  AV.S.— Desirable   rooms,    first-class 
board;  also,  table  boarders. 


FIFTH     AV..     NO.    331.-FliONT    AND    HEAR 
rooms,    to  gentleman,  on  fourth  floor,-    excellent 
table:   moderite  terms. 


T\rO.  336  WEST  34TH  ST.— HANDSOMBLY- 
1.^  furnished  second  floor;  also  othi-r  rooms ;  with 
boara:  references. 


NO.  364  WEST  33D  ST.— HANdsOMELYFUB- 
nUhed  rooms,  with  ooard,  to  gentleman  and  wife, 
or  siosle  geutiemen. 


SUNNY    FRONT   SECONU-ifLOOR  SOI  TE— 
.Huperior  bo  ird ;   low  price   lor  balance  of  season. 
3:i  WVat  33d  st. 


N<L30EAST33DSr.-WITll  BOaRU;    PARLOR 
and    bedroom    first  flaor;    parlor   and    bed-room 
thirii  floor:   single  rooms. 


N 


O.   33    WEST   33D    ST.— tiOOMS    FOR   GEN- 
tlemeii,  wUh  exoellr  nt  laule. 


THIRD     FLOOR     FRONT    ROOM,     VVini     OR 
L  without  boari.    No.  127  East  24th  st. 


n; 


O.    tt    WEST      1«TU     ST.— THREE      LAuGE 
rooms,  furnished,  with  board:    reterenc.  s. 


N, 


O.  33  W*  ST  37Ta  ST.— fW'O  KRON  T  E00M8 
on  second  floor  at  reduced  price  with  bonrd. 


NINETEEN  I'll     ST.,     NO.    33S     WEST.-A 
laige  hall  room  to  let,  with  board:    gas,  fire;    terms 
moderate. 


XrO.  6  EAST  34r«f  ST Sl.SGLE  KOOM.S  WITH 

i.^  board    bouse  newly  iurni8li"'d;     ti-rms  moderate. 


N 


O.    46    WEST    a3U    ST ELtOA.M' SKi  OND 

fl'ioruf  three  rooms,  with  board:     terms  moderate. 


ILEASANT  ROO.MS,   WITH  BOARD.- REF- 

eiences.     So.  116  West  4"ith  st. 


: 


OOMS    TO    I.Kr— WIIH    BOARD,    AT    NO.  19 
East  4tith  St.;  references  exchanged. 


BOA  RD^  \\rA£TJKD. 

A  GENTLEMAN  AND  WIFE,  -TIRED  OF 
boardlnx-buuse  lil'o.  want  a  pernanent  bome  in  a 
privare  tamily;  plensant  sitiiogroom  and  b>'d-foom 
adjoining;  good,  suostanlitl  tnole  a  necessitv:  loca- 
tion Zoth  to  50th  St..  b«: ween  Madison  anl  7th  avs. 
Address,  giving  full  particulars  and  terms,  which  must 
not  exocd  $iUU  per  mouth,  Miiriln  il.,  Box  No.  Iti3 
liinea  Office. 
N.  B. — Boardinst'bonse  keepers  need  not  pnswer. 


To  LET— FURNISHEO- TWO  R00.M8WITH  ALL 
osuveniences  for  houselceeplDg:  hIso  large  aleep- 
iuK  room,  very  pleasant  tor  one  or  two  persons.  No. 
310  West  27th  st. 


PARLOR  ANi>   BED-ROO.n   TO   LET  (KUR- 
uishcd)  in  the  8herwoui  Buildliiz.  5th  nv.  and  44tb 
St..  at  reUaceU  prices  ti>  Mty  1.     Apply  at  B31  .5th  av. 


FURNISHED    KOO.US  FOR  GENTLE.UEN, 
without  board;     references.    Call  at  Na   34   Eai>t 
2Uth  St. 


JHOTELS^ 

THE  ROVAL  VICPOKIA  HOTEL. 

NASSAU,  BArtArtA  IdLA.SUi. 
For  full  information  apply  to 

JAMiiS  LIUUERWOOD  t  CO.. 

No.  758  Bro-idwiv,   VewYorlt. 


BRUEN  HOUSE- AT  PERTH  AMBOY,  TO  LEASE 
on  f  tvorable  terms:  the  hotel  ia  in  good  order  and 
convenient  lor  seabathing  and  boating;  tbe  station  of 
the  Long  Branch  Railway  is   near  the  house.    For  fur- 


ther Inlormation  apply  to 


CE  S.  ELY,  No.  23  Pine  st. 


HOTEL  URANPING- .UADlSON  AV.  AND  63TH 
St.  We  have  a  few  suites  more  of  our  pleasant 
rooms  to  let;  also  single  rooms;  prices  moderais. 
I'lrase  call  and  see. 


NEW-BNGI.AND    HOTEL.  —  LODGINUS,  60e.; 
2011  light  single  rooms  far  gentlemen  only;   weekly, 
$2  to  $3.    Corner  Bowery  and  Bayard  st. 


PJiOrOSALS. 

TO  quarrVmen  and  granite  deal- 
ers. 

PROPOSALS  FOR  cur    STONE 

OKFIOB  op  LiGHT-UODSB    hNGLVIKR, 

Thiku  Dutrict, 
ToMPKUJsviLLK,  N.  Y.,  Jau.  13,  1877. 

Proposals  are  suilcited.  and  will  be  received  until 
noon  of  feo.  2U,  i877,  for  lurnlshlmt  the  cue  stone 
for  the  dwelling  and  toner  for  Stratford  Khoals  Light- 
house. Lone  IsIIind  Sound,  New-York. 

Tbe  stone  (eranite)  is  to  be  cut  according  to  plans 
and  specifications,  which,  with  any  other  information 
desired  conosrning  tlie  worK,  will  ua  furnished  to  bid- 
ders upon  application  to  the  uudersigued. 

The  proposals  will  state  the  lump  sum  for  which  the 
stone  required  will  be  delivered  at  tbe  hnrbor  of 
Bridgeport,  Conn.  The  stones  are  all  to  be  delivered, 
cut  and  dressed,  ready  tor  settlog.  The  labor  of  erect- 
mg  the  structure  will  be  dona  by  the  United  States, 
and  should  not  be  included  in  the  proposals. 

The  stones  are  to  be  deUvered  in  parcels,  according 
to  sizes,  and  the  order  in  which  they  wLl  be  requiifed 
for  uss,  commencin.,;  the  delivery  not  later  tbun  the 
first  or  May,  1877,  and  the  entire  lot  to  be  delivered 
within  one  month  thereafter. 

Proposais  will  be  in  duplicate,  with  two  sureties  in 
an  amount  equ^l  to  the  bid  attached  to  each,  indorsed 
by  Boue  ofticer  of  the  Covernment  known  to  the 
Treasury  Deoitrtment. 

They  will  be  sealed  and  indorsed  "  Probosals  for 
cut  tftone  for  tbe  Stratford  Shoals  Light-bouse,"  and 
addressed  to  thf  undersigned,  who  reserves  the  right 
to  reject  uuy  bid  for  prouer  cause. 

1.  C  WOODRUFF. 
Colonel  ot  Engineers,  United  States  Armv, 
Engineer  Third  Ligbt-huuao  Distriot;. 

Post  Office  Box  No.  4,032,  .New- York  Citf. 


BOARD  OF  BO L CATION. 

Sealed  proposals  will  be  received  by  the  Board  of 
School  Trustees  ot  tbe  Nineteenth  Ward,  ac  the  hall 
oft;he  Board  of  Education,  corner  of  Grand  aud  Elm 
sts.,  until  TUEdDAY,  Feb.  IS,  1377.  and  until  4  o'clock 
P.  M.,  of  said  day.  for  farnlsbln.f  sliding  doors,  bo.,  in 
Grammar  School  house  Na  18,  on  hast  51st  sL,  near 
Lexiogton  av. 

Plans  and  specifications  may  be  seen  at  tbe  office  of 
theSupei1nteudent/>f  cichool  buildiugs,  Na  146Graud 
St.,  third  fioor. 

'I'wo  responsible  and  approved  sureties,  residents  of 

this  City,  wiU.be  required  irom  th^  suocesstul  bidder, 

Tha  party  submitting  a  pmposml    aud  the   parties 

proposing  to  become   sureties,   mu'st  each   write  his 

name  and  place  ot  residence  ou  said  pruiiosaL 

The  Trustei:8  reserve  the  right  to  reject  any  or  all 
of  tbe  proposals  submitted. 

J.  O.  ALSTON. 
F.  T.  llOl'KINS. 
K.  H.  POMKROY, 
M.  THALME!<SlNOER, 
JOHN   C.  DONNELLY, 
Board  of  School  Trustees,  Niueteench  Ward. 
Dated  Nkw- Yore.  Jan.  31.  1877. 


ST.,  > 
7.     S 


PROPOSALS  FOR  DREDGING  A.N  D   UlRE. 

United  6tatb8  EnoiNssB  Ovficb, 
CoBiraB  OF  Pennsvlvasia  av.  a»d  Idra  st. 
Washinqtoh,  D.  C  Feb.  3,  1877. 
Sealed  proposals  for  DredgiiiK  and    the  coostrnctlon 
of  a  Cllce  In  Rappabauauci£  River,  Va-.^iU  be  received 
at  this  Office  until  noon  oi   WED.VKsDAY,  March 7, 
IS'77,  and  opened  immedlatel.v  thereafter. 

Speoifioations  and  blank  forms  for  proposals  can  be 
obtained  on  application  to  this  offlca 

B.  T.  ABEBT,  D.  B.  CTvIl  Engineer. 


FUENITyBB. 


„  VERY  BiNDSOAIB  BBDsTBAO  AND 

.^borean,  made  for  the  Kxhibition,  is  offered  at pri- 
vatd  aalsi  »  bargain  <'>(•  •»  do.  63S  SroodwaT^ 
'tbixd  \bI^ 


1>ALY>.S  FIFTH  AVENUE  THBATRE. 

THE  CO.UBOY  HIT  OF  1877. 

Tira  PDBSST,  BEIOHTBST,  AMD  MBSBIEST  fEE' 

FOBMAITCB  IN  THB  CVtX. 

LEMONS ! 


EVBRY  NIGHT. 

BBGtRS  8. 
OVER  10:30. 

MATINBR 
8ATUttDAT. 

3KGIN.S  2. 
OVER  4:3a 


ROARSOFLACGHTBR 

At  the  soneesiag  of  Lemon  Jia  6. 
ROARs  OF  LAUGBTBR 

At  the  wateitof  pot  soene  I 
ROARS  OF   liAITGHTER 

At  thn  Major's  love-makinx! 
ROARS  OF^ LAUGHTER 
At  Jack  and  Mary's  obess  soene  I 
ROARS  OF  LAUGHTER 

At  tbe  kissing  b.y  proxy  I 
ROARS  OF  LAUGH'ritR 

At  the  tanoui  duel  affmrl 
ROAR8  OK  LAUGHTER 
For  two  glorious  hours! 


MUs  DAVBHPOBT,  Mr.    COGHLAN,   Mr.    BROUGHAM, 

Mr.  LEWIS.  Mr.  HARDBNBBBQ,  Mr.  0BI8P, 

Mrs.  GILBERT.  SYDNEY    COWALL,  and  EMILT    BIQL 

IN  GREAT  COiniC  CREATIONS. 


BOOTU'8  THBATRE.  SECOND  WKK^ 

"FIFTH  AVENUE.» 

GEORGE  PAWCBTT  BOVVE'S  GBBAT  PLAY. 

Appearance  of  the  pooular  actor,  MEL 
GEORGE    lUGNOLD. 

*«*  The  play  abounds.with  illustrations  of  the  veen- 

liar  phases,  thrilling  incidents,  and  sensational  ooenr- 

rences  of  LIFE   IN  THE  GRSAT  METROPOLIS  as  It 

was  ia  1863. 

ACT  L 
Pictures  the  SHAKING  OF   AN  OCEAN    STEAMER  ou 
the  banks  ot  Newfoundland.    Exciting  efforts  to  rescue 
the  passengers.    18G2. 

ACT  n. 
Pictures  SCENES  IS  WALL  STREET,    gtormy  meeting 
of  stockholders.     1863. 

ACT  in. 

Pictures  the  LAUNCUING  OP  THE  MONITOR.    1883. 

ACT  IV. 
Pictures  Fifth  avenue  by  nliht.  and  the  MURDER  OP 
MR.  SCHUYLER,  tbe  banker.    A  thrillins  scene.     1863. 

A'rr  V. 

Pictures   the  return   of  the  gallant  SEVEN^TH  BEQI- 
MhMr  und  their  conflict  with  the 

RIOTERS    OF    18S3. 


PARK.  THEATRE.  OUR  BOARDING  HOUSB. 

BROADWAY  AND  22D  ST. 

OPEN  NIGHTLY. 

HENIcT  B.  ABBEY Lessee  and  Msnager. 


THIRD  WEEK. 

LEONARD     GROVER'S 

AMERICAN  COMEDY, 

OUR    BOARDING    Ho  USE. 

THE  GKE.^T  SUCCESS. 

«  HOWDED  HOUSES. 

TEAliS    AND    LAUGUTRE. 

UNEQD.\LKD  CAST. 

Al-L  FAVORITE.^ 

NEWYDRK  APPROVES  THE 

VKRDIf  T  OF  CHICAGO, 

SAN  FRaN<T.SCO  and  PHILAKKLPHIA. 

8KCURE    SEATS  AHEAD. 

Reserved  balcony,  60  cents. 

Reserved  dtess  circle,  $1. 
Reserved    orchestra,    $1  50. 
Admission.  50  cents  ?udSl. 
EVERY  EVENING  ana  tiATCRDAY  MATINEE. 


PKEB  LIST  SUSPENDED. 


(OMske  no  mistake.") 


UNION  SQUARE  THEATRE. 

Proprietor Mr.  SHERIDAN  SHOOK 

Manager Mr.  A.  M.   PALMiiB 

UNEQUIYOCAL  SUCCESS 

of  the  most  important  dramatic  work  produced   in 
New-YorK  In  MANY  3;-:a80    S. 
Tbe  charming  romantic  drama  ID  4  scts.s 

THE  DANICHEFFS. 

House  crowded  to  the  doors  everv  night. 
SATURDAY  at  1:30,  second  Mattiiee  of  DANICHEFFS. 


THB  GREAT   NEW-YORK   AQUARIU3I. 

Broadway  and  Sjth  St. 

Open  dally  from  0  A.  M.  till  10  P.  M.,   (Sundays 
excepted.) 

RTARTMNG  SUBAQUkoH.S  PERFORMANCES. 
BATING  AND  DdlNKING  WHILK  U.MIKR  WATER. 
Miss  Vivienne  Labin.  the  Cspt.  Quigley.  the  won- 
water-oyiniih.  unaided  by  deiful  submanne  diver, 
any  mrchiknical  appuratus,  performs  all  kinds  of  man- 
eats  Hnd  dr  nks  while  com-  ual  labur.  ean>eater  work, 
pletely  submerged. remain,  ioluer  work,  Le..  illuatr:>t- 
inc2Hito3  minutes  with- ing  the  manuer  of  using 
cut  breathing.  'the  dive  's  armor. 

MARINE  MONSTERS  AND  WONORRa. 
BIJIDDER  NOSE    SEAL.     ONLY  ONE  ALIVl?    IN  THIS 

COUNTRY,  AND  A  GREAT  CURIOSITY. 
100,000      OIHE-t      MARINE      .viABVBLS. 

AFIERNOON  AND  EVENING  CONCERTS. 


STEINWAY  I1AI..L.  ANNETTE  ESSIPOFF. 

THREE    GRAND  COSCBETS 

Bv  that  iliUMtrious  planlste. 

TUESD.^Y^  and  PHI  WY  EVK-SlNos.  Feb.  13  and  16, 

SATUliDAY  M,\T1NEE.  Feb.  17, 
With  the  assistance  of  Miss  PALM  A  and  M.  VIVIEN. 

At  the  concert  TUESDAY  EVENING.  Feb.  13, 
Mrae.  ANNETlE  t3.-sI<-OFP  will  play 
BHEi'HOVE.V— Jmndasnata,  odu«  110. 
CHOPIN— Poionaiso  A  flat  and  Nocturne. 
ClIOPlN-LlhZr— Novellete  and  Shi-rzina 
HUUKSSTbl.N- rtomancp.     Study  on  tatse  notes. 
Admission,  $1 ;  reserve  seat.  $1  6U.    Sals  oi  seats  at 
StelnWay  Hall,  Schnbi-rth's,  and  No.  11  Broadway. 

THURSDAY    EVKNING,    Feb.      15,    thurcU    Edifice, 
Brooklvo. 


CHICHERING  HALL,  lYIOnOAT  EVENING, 
FEB.  19. — Benefit  and  last  appearance  in  New-Yotk 
this  season  of  .VI r.  A.  P.  BUKBASK.  eloouiionist,  Hssisted 
bv  Walter  EL  Johnson,  organist.  Progrdmme  oT  extra- 
ordinary excL-lIeuoo.  Admission,  5U  cents.  Reserved 
seats.  $1.    For  8:iie  at  Pond's,  .No.  39  Uuion  square. 

SAN    FRANCISCO    AlIMSTRELS. 

THE  HAPPY  MOKK. 
Last  Nights  of   Ofl'cnbach's  Latest  Opera  Bouffe. 


DISTRICT  COURT'  OF  THE  UNITED 
:$tsies  for  the  District  of  New-Jerser.— lu  Bank- 
ruptcy—In the  matter  of  WALTER  M.  CONGER,  bank- 
rupt.— District  of  New-Jersoy  as.:— A  warrant  in  bank- 
ruptcy has  been  Issued  by  said  court  ncalnst  tbe  estate 
ot  Waiter  M.  Conner,  of  the  County  of  Rssfx.  and  State 
of  New-Jersey,  In  said  district,  who  has  been  dul.r  ad- 
J  udged-baiikniDt  upon  petition  nf  biscredtiora,  and  the 
payment  of  any  debts  and  the  delivery  of  any  property 
belonging  to  said  bankrupt,  to  him,  or  to  his  nse.  sud 
the  trauhfer  of  any  property  by  htm,  are  forbiilden  by 
Uw.    A  meeting  of  the  creditors   ot   ssid  bunkrupt,  to 

grove  their  dfbts  and  choose  one  or  more  Assien^es  of 
is  estate,  will  be  held  at  a  Court  of  Baukrupicy  to  t>ti 
bolden  at  No.  U63  liroad  St.,  Newark,  in  Bald  district, 
on  the  27th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1877,  at  10  o'clock 
A.  M.,  at  the  office  ofstaats  8.  .Morris,  Esquire,  one  ^ 
the  Registers  in  Bankruptcy  of  said  district. 

SAMUEL  PLUMMER. 
United  States  Marshal  for  said  district. 
Per  JOHN  C.  BAlLb-Y.  Deputy. 


riAHlS  IS  TO    GIVE    NOTICE— THAT  ON  THB 

X  7th  day  of  February.  A.  D.  1877,  a  warrant  m 
bankruptcy  was  issued  against  the  estate  of  CHARLES 
HALSTEaD,  of  Brooklyn,  in  the  County  of  Kinss,  and 
(itate  of  Nevy-York,  who  has  carried .  on  bnslness 
for  the  six  months  next  immediatel.v  preced- 
ing tbe  tiling  of  bis  petition  at  the  City 
ot  New-York,  who  has  been  adjudged  a  bankruDt 
on  his  own  petition;  that  the  payment  of  any  debts 
and  delivery  of  any  prooerty  t>elonging  to  such  bank- 
rupt to  him  or  tor  his  use,  and  the  transfer  uf  any 
croperty  by  him,  are  forbidden  by  law ;  that  a  meeting 
of  the  creditors  of  the  said  bankrupt  to  prove  their 
debts,  and  to  choose  one  or  more  Assignees  of  his 
estate,  will  be  held  at  a  Court  of  Bankruptcy,  to  be 
holdeniit  No.  152  Broadway,  in  the  City  of  New-Vork, 
before  Mr.  Henry  Wilder  Allen,  Register,  on  the  oth 
day  of  March,  A.  D.  1.877.  at  twelve  o'clock  M. 

OLIVER  FISKe,  United  States  Marshal, 
As  Messenger,  Southern  District  ot  New-York. 


DISTRICT  C!OURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
States  for  the  Noutbern  iUatrlct  of  New-Yoric — In 
tbe  matter  of  JOSEPH  SCHMlTr,  bankrupt.— In  Bsnk- 
ruptcy.— .A  warrant  in  Bankrupior  has  been  issued  by 
said  court  against  the  estate  of  Joseph  Schmitt,  of  the 
County  of  New-YorK,  of  the  State  of  New- York,  in  said 
district,  adjudged  a  bankrupt  upon  tha  petition  of  his 
creditors,  aud  the  payment  of  any  debts  aud  tbe  de- 
livery of  any  pioperty  belonging  to  said  bankrupt  to 
htm  or  t»  bis  use.  and  the  transi'er  of  any  property  by 
him  aro  forbidden  by  law.  A  raeotinc  of  the  creJltors 
of  said  bankrupt  to  prove  their  debts  and  choose  one 
or  more  ABsiiioees  of  his  estate,  will  be  held  at  a  Court 
of  B.-iiikruptcv,  to  be  holdeu  at  No.  7  Beekmaa  street, 
New-York  City,  la  said  district,  on  the  28th  day  of 
of  Februaiy,  a.  D.  1»77.  at  one  o'clooic  P.  M.,  at  tbe 
office  of  Jiimes  F.  Dwii;bt,  Esq.,  one  of  the  Kegistets  lu 
Bankruptcy  ot  said  Court. 

OLIVEit  FISEK,  Marshal— Mnsonger. 


THIS  IS  TO  GIVE  NOTICE— TH.\T  ON  THE 
7th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1877,  a  warrant  in  bauk- 
ruptoy  was  issued  against  the  estate  of  JOHN 
fcOGART,  of  New-York  Citv.ju  the  Couutyof  New-Yorx, 
aud  Stute  of  New-Vork.  who  has  been  adiuagad  a 
bankrupt  on  his  own  petition;  that  the  p,tymeot 
of  liny  debts  aud  dehvery  ot  any  proDert.7  be* 
longing  to  such  bankrupt  to  him  or  lor  hi3  use,  and 
the  transferor  any  pioperty  by  him,  are  torbld<l>in  b.r 
law;  that  ameotin:;  or  the  crdditovsoftbe  said  bank- 
iilpt.  to  prove  their  debts  and  tu  chooie  one  or  more 
Assiguees  uf  his  estate,  will  be  hjld  at  a  Court  of 
Bankruptcv,  to  bo  ho'den  at  Na  7  Beekmaa  street,  in 
the  i'ity  of  New-York,  belore  Mr.  James  F.  Dwieht, 
Keaiater,  on  the  'Jath  day  of  februaiy.  A.  D.  1 877,  at 
twelve  o'clock  M.  OLIVER  FISK.i, 

United  States  Marshal,  as  Messenger,  uoathuru  District 
of  New- York. 


CAPITAL  WANTED.— A  SU.iLL  AMOUNT 
iu  BUbBcriptl:m  to  tbe  capital  stock  of  a  scleniiiio 
and  practical  hewspaper,  to  be  devoted  specially  to 
th '  Snipping  Interests.  Commerce,  Navigation, 
Underwritiug,      Shipbnlldiiig,      Alarine      Enirtneering. 

tbe  Naval  Service,  and  tbe  pursuits  conneoied 
wi(b  vessels.  Aildress  WM.  W.  BATS8,  x\a  %\ 
Park  low,  New-YarK. 


A  LARGE  .-illLLINERV  ANU  BRKss. 
MAKING  establishment,  doing  a  tlrst-elass  busi- 
ness, for  sale  low  for  osb;  satUfactory  reasous  lor 
disposing  of  same.  -  Address  B.,  Box  Na  266  TIMES 
UP-ToWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,267  BKOADWaY. 


WANTEB-AN  ACTIVE  YOONQ  MAN  |N  A  CASH 
tea  and  grocery  store  already  established ;  mtut 
hare  MOO  to  $8U0  oasb ;  a  good  ohaoce  tor  one  wiUiag 
.to  work.  Address,  with  teal  qasaa,  stating  where  an 
imtani»m  Biar  bahsd.  ttBO0Ba..3axXW2MaM  Office. 


IIARTH&  WASStHfitON  RECEPTION 

AND 

GARDEN    PARTY, 

in  AIB  or  TBB 

Poor  of  New  York  City 

UNDBB  THB  ADBPICES  OF 

ST.  JOHN'S  GUILP. 

ACADEMY  OF  jn|J8|C 

AND 

NXLSSON  HALIh 

FEB.  ji9.  isrr. 

BBSirSTEIM'S  ORCHESTRA,' 

GRAFDLLA  AND  DOTV4IN<3'8  BAKOS. 
MBNDBT  de  la  COUE, 
(Under  tbe  direction  of  Mr.  W.  B.  08  GABRO.) 
OBAND  floral  DISPLAY. 

"Hckets  and  boxes  can  t>e'  bad  at  the  Committee 
Booms  of  St.  John's  Guild.  No.  42  Bast  14th  street,  or 
of  any  of  tbe  manaKera 

HKCEPTION  COMMITTEE. 
Hon.  Algernon  8.  SoUivan.  Chairman. 
Hon.  Thomas  S.  Brennan,     Mr.  Philip  Blssingcr, 
Geo.  Henry  L.  Harnett,        Edward  Bayatd,  M.  D., 
Mr.  Charles  Ch^imberlAln,    Mr.  Charles  F.  Connor, 
Hon.  Doiano  C.  Calvin,  Mr.  John  H.  Draper, 

Mr.  Julius  Catiin.  Jr.,  Mr.  J.  J.  Fave, 

Mr.  Prederiok  a.  Coudert,     Mr.  Robert  M.  C.  Graham, 
Mr.  Henry  Draper,  Mr.  Henry  J.  Goodwin, 

John  W.  Dowllng,  H.  D.,  Hon.  Rieoard  O'Gornion, 
Mr.  Charles  W.  Griswoid.  Mr.  Woodbury  Langdon, 
Mr.  William  a  Grace.  Mr.  R.  Q.  Mdultoo, 

Hon.  Henry  A.  Gtunbleton,  Oen.  Joseph  Hayes, 
Mr.  Wm,  F.  Uavemeyer,        Col.  George  McCflnre, 
Mr.  E.  W.  Houghton,  Mr.  Henry  H.  Marks. 

Mr.  George  W.  Band,  Hon.  Benjamin  K.  Pbelps, 

Hon.  Thomas  L.  James,  ,  Mr.  John  F.  Plnmmer, 
A.  Jacobi.  M.  0..  Mr.  jonn  M.  Pinekney, 

Mr.  F.  U.  Ksl'  fleisch,  Mr.  Walter  Boss, 

Mr.  Henry  G.  Kelm,  Mr.  Solomon  Solomon, 

Ml'.  Chnrles  H.  Knlbfleisch.  Mr.  8.  Brooks  Scovel. 
CoL  H.  O.  btebbins,  Gen.  George  U.  Sharpe, 

Mr.  Charles  E.  Strong,  Mr.  Frederick  B.  Tayior, 

Mr.  Levi  S.  Stockwell,  Mr.  Charles  L.  Tiffanv, 

Gea  Alexander  Shaler,  Mr.  William  E.  Travers, 
Mr.  Joseph  B.  Weaver,  Mr.  William   Watson,  Jr,, 

Hon.  Chester  A.  Arthur,       Mr.  Charles  H.  Webb,' 
Mr.  Henry  A.  Appelius,        Gen.  A.  S.  Webb, 
Mr.  Arthur  Wallack. 

FLOOR  COMMITTEE. 
Mr.  John  P.  Panre,  Chairman. 
Mr.  George  L.  Chutkowski.  Mr.  U.  C.  Poppenbasen, 
Ml.  H.  De  W.  Cooke,  Mr.  0.  Frederick  Richard, 

Mr.  Frank  Damon,  Mr.  Louts  D.  Richards, 

Mr.  Walton  C.  Dupigaao,  Mr.  Charles  Bcbwacofer, 
Mr.  Charles  B.  Flint,  Benrv  L.  Sims,  M.  D., 

Mr.  J.  Noble  Hnycs,  Jr.,         Mr.  Howard  Spear, 
Mr.  Jacob  Hess,  Mr.  George  W.  Stetson, 

Mr.  Lewis  Lewis,  Mr.  John  Travers,  Jr.. 

CoL  0.  B.  Mitchell,  Mr.  John  F.  Trow,  Jr., 

Mr.  Louis  B.  Montant,  Mr.  John  Von  Gtahn, 

Mr.  Thomas  Henry  Nalrne,  Mr.  t'harles  C.  Waits, 
Mr.  William  Nordheimer,  Mr.  William  P.  Webb, 
Mr.  Samuel  J.  Peters.  Mr.  William  H.  Weed, 

Mr.  Adolph  Poppenliusen.    Mr.  Prenerick  Wiebusch, 
Mr  R.  D.  Williams. 
EXECOllVE  COMMITTEE. 

K.  A.  QUINTARD.  Fresident. 

WirxuM  H  WILEY,  First  Vice  President. 

LOUIS  V.  80NE,  Second  Via  President. 

ADOLPH  HALLGaRTEN,  Treasurer. 

HENRY  C.  DbWITT,  Recording  Secretary. 

FRANK  J.  DUi'IGNAO.  CorresDondlng  Secretory. 
Uharles  A.  Bloomfield,  J.  P.  Solomon, 

A.  K.  Bolan.  William  H.  Guion,  Jr., 

'i  had.  K.  Chutkowski,  Robert  Hargous, 

Hon.  Townsend  Cox.  J.  S.  Klous, 

F.  Preston  FVemonc,  Andrew  W.  Leg(;st, 

Tlieooore  Mosa.  Hon.  Samuel  A.  Lewis, 

Emile  Oelberm'vn,  Hon.  John  D.  Townsend, 

Hod.  Oswald  ottendorfer,    Alvah  Wlswall, 
Cbarles  A.  sterling,  Henry  H.   Weed. 

CbsrIes  P.  Wuerishoffer. 


STEIN  WAV    MALL. 

OBAND  COMPLIMENTARY  OONOBBT, 

Tendered  by  his  pupils,  to 

Mr.  CARL.  ALVES, 

THURSDAY  EVENING,  Feb.  15.  1877,  st  8  o'elock, 

Ou  wbicb  occasion  tbe  following  artists  will  aisist : 

Mr.  W.  BALCK,    Vloloncella 

Mr.  H.  GREINBR,  Piano. 

Steinway  k.  Sons'  Pianos  are  used  at  this  Concert. 

Admission,  50  cents;    reserved  seats,  $L.     Tickets 

to  be  bad  at  the  office  of  Steinway  Uail,-at  tbe  priaoi- 

fal  music  stores,  and  at  tbe  resioeoce  ot  C.  Alves.  No. 
13  2d  av.    Doors  open  at  7;  beginning  promptly  at 
8  o'clock. 


TENTH  ANNUAL  EXHIBITION  OF  THK 

AAIERICAN  SOCIETY    OF    PAINTERS    IN 
WAT£R.COLORS, 

now  open  at  tbe  National  Academy  of  Design,  corner  of 
4th  av.  aud  23d  St.,  daily,  (Sundays  excepted, )  flrom  U 
A  M.  nutil  6  H.  M.,  and  from  7  until  10  P.  M. 


ELOCUTIO.X  AT  THE 
NEW- YORK  CONSERVATORY  OF  ntOSIC. 

No.  6  EAST  14ih  St.,  second  door  East  of  bth  av. 
CLASSES  NOW  FORMING  IN  READING  AND  DECLA- 
MATION ;  also,  PRIVATE  LESSONS.      • 


SAN    FRANCISCO    MlNISTRBm. 

THK  HAPPY  MOKK. 
BRmG  THB  CHILDREN— LET  THEM  LAUOH. 


FOR  SAVANNAH    G A. 

THK  FLORIDA  POKTS. 
AND  THE  SOUTH   AND  SOUTH-WEST. 

GREAT  SOUTHERN  FREIGHT  AND  PASSENGER  LINE. 

CENTRAL    KAILROAD  OF   GEORGIA,  AND 

ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  RAILROAU 

WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY. 

a.  LIVlnosToa,  Capu  Uai.i.obx,  WEDNESDAY,  Feb. 
14,  hler  Ao.  43  North  Klver.  3  P.  M.  GEO.  YONGE. 
Agent,  Na  4UU  Broadwa.y. 

SAN  SALVADOK,  Capt.  NicKERsoiT,  SATURDAY.  Feh 
17,  Pier  43  Nortb  River,  3  f.  M.  UEO.  YONQB.  Aet.. 
40a  Broadway. 

GENERAL  BABNBs,  Capt.  CBXBSifAN.  WEDNESDAY, 
Feb.  'Jl,  Pier  16  Kast  Rivei,  3  f.  JU.  MURRAY.  FERRIS 
«t  CO..  AKts..    U',<  South  St. 

BAN  JACIS  lo,  capt.  Haxard,  SATURDAY.  Feb. 
24,  Pier  43  North  Hiver,  3  P.  M.  GEO.  YONGE,  Agt. 
40tf  Broadway.  " 

Insurance  ONE-HALP  PEE  CENT.  Sup srior  accom- 
modations for  passengers.  Ttir.iusii  rates  and  bills  of 
ludlng  ia  oonnactioir  with  Central  R.  B.  of  Georgia, 
Atlantic  and  Unit  Railroad,  and  Florida  steamers 
Cit.v  Point  and  liictaior  also,  with  the  steamer  J. 
B.  SCUILEB.  which  has  been  placed  on  tbe  inside 
route  from  Savannah  to  Florida,  aud  offers  unsurpassed 
accommodations. 

C.  U.  OVVKNS.  OBORQB  T0.SG3, 

Aeent  A.  k  G.  K.  R.  Agent  C.  R.  R.  of  Qa., 

Ng  315  Broadway.  No.  4U9  Broad w\y. 


FLOIUDA. 

Caution  to  trarelersl  Grent  reduction  in  five  via 
the  inland  route  from  Savannah  to  all  Florida  ports. 
Only  #2  to  Jackson  villa  Meats  ana  state  rooms  extra. 
The  elegant  steamer  J.  B.  bCHUVLEK  malres  close  con- 
uecUou  with  all  bavannah  steamers,  thus  foimiug  the 
quickest  and  most  agreeable  route  as  well  as  the 
lowest  in  tare.  Accommodations  for  passengers  nn- 
surnassed.  Travelers  are  cautioned  against  purchas- 
ing 1  lirough  tickets  via  any  other  route. 


I^^.^  STEAM-SHIP  LINES. 


\m 


FOR  CALIFORNIA,  JAPAN,  CHINA,  AUSTRALI.t.  NEW- 
ZEALAND,  BRITISH  COLUMBIA.  OREGON,  ka 

Hailing  from  Pier  Na  42  North  River. 
For  SAN  FKA.SCI800.  via  ISl'HMUS  OF  PANAMA 

titeiim-snio, COLON Thnrsday,  Febu  16 

connecimg  Mr    central    America   and  South    Paoiflo 
ports. 

From  SAN  FRANCISCO  to  JAPAN  and  CHINA. 

Sleam-ship  CITY   OP  TOKIO Thursday,  March  1 

From  Sun  Francisco  to  Sandwich  Islands,  Australia, 

and  New-Zealand. 
Eteam-ship  CITY  OF  SYDNEY Wedassdar.  Feb.  28 

For  freight  or  passage  apply  to 
WM.  *>.  CLYDE  t  CO.,  orH.0.  BULL  AY,  Superintendent, 

No.  tJ  Bowling  Green,  Pier  No,  42  N.  R. ,  foot  Canal  st. 


NEW-VORK  HAVANA.  A.VDilEXlCANdAlhS.  ■».  LlSi 

bteamers  leave  P>or  Miv  i  ."furca  'II. ir  tc  .{  .'.    ^ 
KOR  HAVANA  DIRECT. 

CITX  OP  HAVAi.A Saturday,  Feb.  17 

tl'lx  OK  VERA  CRUZ Wednesday.  Feb.  21 

ClTK  OK  NbW-YouK Wednesday.  Fib.  28 

FOR   VERA    CRUJ5    AND    NEW-ORLEANio. 

Via   H*iv;mi.    Hra{res»>   Oa.a r^SAohT  ■  Taxp,»ii,      and 
lampica  •  ^^ 

CliY  OF  HAVANA. -Saturday.  Feb.  17 

bteamers  will  leavd  New-nrieans  Fea  ^3  aud  March 
lU  tor  Vera  Cruz  anil '%ll  the  ubovdi>  ircj. 

Forfreigbt  or  ptssaza  topir  o 

F.ALKSANDRBi33.fS.  N01,  iland  ii  Br^*lw»r. 


NE  W-  YORKANn  HA  VAN  A 

DIRECT  MAIL    LINE. 

These  first-class  steamshlDS  sail  regularly 
at  3  P.  M.,from  PierNa  13  North  Riveras 
follows: 

OOLDMBDC WEDNESDAY,  FeJv  14 

CLYDE SATURDAY,  Feb.  24 

Abcommodations  unsurpassed.  For  fteight  or  pas- 
sage apply  to  WM.  P.  CLYDB  &  CO.,  Na  ti  Bowling 
Qi-^en.    McKBLLEB.  LCJLINQ  jt  CO.,  Agents  inflayana. 


STKAMBOATS^ 

STONINGTON  LINE 

ItOR     UOSTO>     AND    ALL    POINTS     EAST. 
REDUCED   FARE. 

Elegant  steam^i-s  leave  Pier  Na  Ai  North  Rivar. 
foot  of  Jay  St.  at  4:3U  P.  .11. 

Tickets  (Or  sale  at  ill  onnolpii  tloketofloss.  State- 
rooms secureil  at  officss'ot  Wostaott  ,iX|>r<iiS  i)i>3>pAa.f 
aud  at  .^a  H63  Broadway. 

PROVIIIBNCK    LINE. 

Freight  only,  steamer*  leavs  Pier  No,  27  .^nrtb 
River,  foot  ofPark  piice,  At4  P.  M.  Freli(ht»  via  either 
Hnetnceuat  lowest  r<iCa«. 

D.  ,s.  BABCOiJK.  P'8s.      L.  W.  Ifitxi*!.  <i    P.  Azent. 


FOR     NBW>ifAVH?<i.    HARTKOUD,    itee.— 
Fare  $1 ;  steamers  leave  Peck  slip  for  New-Uayea 
at  3  and  11  P.  .M.,  connecting  'with  roaiL. 


LilOR  BRIDOEI'OUTA.^O  ALL  FI>INr.*t    ON 

F  Hnusatomc   and    .Naagatusc    Railroad.— ^trdb     41. 
steamers  leave  nadiorine  sUo  it   il-^D  A.  it. 


ELECTIONS. 

OrnOB  OP  Tun  Co!(Soi.lDATioa  Coai.  CoapAirr  o>  } 
MABTtASO,  No.  71  BaoADWAX,  > 

Ngw-YORK,  Feb.  2, 1877.  > 

TBB  ANNUAL  MBETI.NW  OP  THB  SPOcK- 
noldefs  of  this  company  tor  the  election  of  Presi- 
dent and  Dlreetors,  aud  transaction  of  other  busi- 
ness, will  be  held  at  noon  on  WEONBSUAV.  the  illst 
InsL  Tba  tfaasfer-booKs  will  close  at  9  o'oloolt  f,  M., 
On  cbe  lOtl)  inst.,  and  vaopen  on  the  23d  Inst. 

3.  c  H(C;C8,l!eeret»rj, 


TaE  ANNUAt  BjLlRrf,10.VV0|l<i'H|iiV«ltN 
IMraetMs  of  tV^tOxth  Avea^  WAn^  Cofaitaay 
will  be  bald  ax  tba  Dejpet,  6ta  a«;,  earaar  of  iiM|  at.',  on 


TOn^DAY.  Feb.  IS,  1877. 


ACADEMY    OF   A1I78IO. 

ASKODNCEMEHT  EXTEAORDINABT. 


AjOADBMT  OF  MWID 

l6.  jr.  C.  FjlYEB 


...DUaotor 


U?Vi^B^M« 


iietacr. 


4  SIH5  WAONBR"  OPUA  FESTIVAL, 
■f  SI4KS  WAGNEB"  OPEBA  FESTIVaE 
4  ^BAKD  •'  WAQNEB"  OPEbI  FESTIVAL, 

Bayrentt  and  tbe  "Ring  of  the:  Nlbelan«Br»  txMis> 
ibnea  to  Hew-TorJk,  ^ 

JhS^Mlo  Of  the  pniod  presented  In  Its  moat  •tu»«« 

-.^CADEMT  OF  MUSIC.  KEW-TOBK. 
ROSDAT,  MABCH  12, 1877,  AT  8  P.  «- 

Rr.  J.  C  FRY  KB  has  the  honor  to  annonnee  that  ha 
has  made  axiangements  wbfa  the  foUowlag  artlsM  fin  a 
aeaaonof  -wagnbr"  opkba.     " 

'WAGNER"  OPEBA.  * 

.  ^  __.  _    _      To  coraiaence  at  the 
ACaDBMT  OF  MUSIC,  MONDAY  BVBNINQ  ,  KABOH  12. 
Mme.  EUGENIB  PAPPENHElM. 
Mme.  EDGBNIE  PAPPENUEIIL 
Mme.  PAULINE  CANIS6A.     . 
Mme.  LISTNEB. 

Mme.  CLARA  PBBIi. 
Misses  H.  COONET  and  JCLIE  HOFFMAN. 
Ifmes.  OBIMUtNQBB,  SOHPLTS.  HEEBWAQEM,  fVKI5. 

Mr.A.BISO^o'i^.'^*^*^*'  *'"^«^*'='^ 
Mr.  CBARLBS  FBIT30H, 
Mr.  FELIX  PBBOSSEB. 
Mr.  A  BLUM. 

Mr.T.  J.  BULLWAN. 
Mr.  W.  FORMES. 
_  Messrs.  8TBINBDCH  sad  LEVOIB. 

Caionu  Master Mr.  H.  OBBUTBB 

Musical  Director  and  Conductor, 
Mr.  ADOLPH  NEUENDORFF. 

This  season  wUl  be  entirely  devotefl  to  the  best  ▼•!>■ 

of  the  "  Beethoven"  of  the  present  day, 

«IC^ARD  WAGNEB, 

the  man  who  has  won  the  first  place  amonE  llrlnf; 
composers.    The  manager  Is  very  happy  to  announce 
the  arst  production  in  America  of  the  best  opera  of 
the  wonderftii  TrUogv,   which  created  such  a  sensa- 
tion at  Bayreuth,  in  Bavaria,  last  summer. 
WE  WALKURE. 
DIE  WALK'iBE. 
DIB  WALKUBE. 
The  other  Works, 
LOHENGRIN, 
PLYING  DUTCHMAN. 
TANNHABC8ER 
'Will  be  recognised  as  not  only:  popular  in  the  highest 
degree,  but  alsi  representative  oftberaried  styles  of 
the 'immortal  composer.  / 

In  order  to  insure  as  perfect  u'renreilentatlon  of  Rich- 
ard Wamer's  composition  as  jiosyble  the  serriees  of 
MEL  A.  NBUENDORFP,  Musical  Dii:^tor  and  Conductor, 
have  been  secured. who  sttendeoj^e  Bayreuth  Festival 
last  .vear  as  the  correspondent  o|rtbe  New-Yorfc  Btaatt 
Zfitung,  and  is  familiar  with  the  renowned  maestro's 
musical  ideas. 

A  largo  and  well-selected  orchestra  and  ohoras  have 
been  engaged. 
Further  particulars  shortly. 
Popular  Prices. 


NEW>YORK 

OONSERVATOET    OF    MUSIC. 

New-York  OfBoes  only  at 
No.  6  BAST  14TH  ST.,  second  door  east  of  Cthav. 


(Incoiporated  1865.) 
rNED  MUillC  SCHOOL  t 


This  BEMOWNED  MUMIC  SCHOOL  ai^d  sohool  of  Flo. 
cution.  Oratory,  Modern  Languages,  Drawing,  and 
Painting  open  Da.y  and  Evening. 

A  SPECIAL  TRAINING  Course  for  Teaohera 
Classes  of  three,  $10ner-t9rm;  two.S15:   piivate,  $30. 
QUARTERS  (}OMMENCB  FROM  DATE  OP  KNTRaNCB. 

SUBSCRIPTION  BOOKS  open  from  9  A.  M.  to  9  P.  M. 

Thecelebrated  Anon  Pianos  aroused  in  the  sobooL 


OLYfllPIC  THEATRE,         NO.  624  BROADWAY 

MONDAY.  FEB.  12. 

SPECIAL  AND  IMPORTANT  REVIVAL  OFMB.  AU- 

GUSTIN  DALY'S  most  famous  Spectacular  Folly, 

BOUND  THE  CLOCK. 

ROUND  THE  CLOCK. 

Every  Scene,  Property,  and  Appointment  New.  and 

A  GREAT  CAS  r  OF  CHARACTEBS. 

MATINEES    WEDNEoDAY  AND  SATURDAY. 

Admission 25c.,  60c.,  and  $1 


ART  WORElS  at  AUCTION, 

By  order  of  Bxecntrlx. 

AT  MINER'S  ART  GALLERIES.  NO.  843  BROADWAT, 

TUESDAY,  WEDNESDAY,  and  THURSDAY  EVENINQB, 

Feb.  13,  14,  and  15,  at  7:30  o'clock, 

of  the  late 

Mr.  J.  P.  BKAUMONT-S 

celleetion  of  fine  oil  paintings  and  water-ooloas,  em- 
braoinir  examples  b.v  leading  and  distinguished  artists 
of  America  and   Europe,  amoni;   which  are  two   very 

beautifuUv-hnished  Interims  by 
CHARLES  CHAPIN,  of  Paris,  entitled  "The  Morning 
After  the  Masquerade."  aud  "  Lady  at  her  Toilet."  bv 
C.  L.  MDLLER.  of  Paris.  A  flnelj-executed  landscape 
by  J.  H.  If.  1ILMKS,  of  Amsterdam,  an  exteilor  and 
figures,  "  The  Old  Beaux."  by  CaEL  BECKER,  of 
Berlin,  together  trith  choice  and  artistic  canvasses 
ft-om  the  studios  of  J.  Roble,  J.  V.  Chavet.  B.  Flchel, 
Otto  Erdman,  F.  Verhns,  O.  Achenbach,  Count  de  By- 
lanflt,  C.  Berres,  K.  Munler,  A.  E.  Plaesan,  A.  Toulmott- 
che,  C.  Hue.  F.  Voltz,  F.  Willems,  Thomas  Cole,  F.  K. 
Church,  J.  G.  Brown,  Eastman  Johnson,  H.  P.  Gray,  D. 
Huntington,  Gilbeit  Stuart,  and  others,  iu  oil  In 
water-colors  and  dra'wints  are  represented  the  follow- 
ing, via.:  N.  Cipriani.  L.  Brillouin,  B.  J.  Hammon,  A. 
M.  Gnlllemin,  L.  Jimenez,  H.  Baron,  J.  NalmoD,  L.  E. 
Lambert,  Domiugnez,  J.  F.  Jamie,  L.  Leboir,  J.  De 
Nitty,  A  T.  Bricker,  A.  H.  Wyant.  and  others. 

HENRY  D.  MINER,  Auctioneer. 


BARKER  &  CO., 

Nos.  47  and  49  Liberty  St., 

Will  sell  at  Anotion  on  MONDAY  and  TUESDAY,  Febrn- 
ary  12  and  IS,  Fine  Proof  Steel 

ENGRAVINGS 

trom  tbe  most  celebrated  Masters,  stamped  and  ap- 
proved by  tbe  Pnut-Sellero'  Association,  and  are  highly 
raluable.    Now  ou  exhibition,  'with  Catalogues. 

G.  I.  BANES,  AootioBeer. 


LEOTUEEa 

DEATH  AND 
RESURRECTION. 

Bev.  CHAUNCEY  GILES  will  deliver  the  third  lecture 
of  the  coarse  this  EVENING  at  8  o'clock,  in  tbe  Swe- 
denborgian house  of  worship,  35th  st.,  between  Park 
and  Lexington  avs. 

Kntdect—'*  Spiritual  Beaarrectloa.'' 

TBB  VCBIilC  ARE  CORDIALLY  INYITED. 

AJ.L  SEATS  FREE. 


THE  NEW>VORK  COLLEGE  OF  VETEB- 
INARY  SURGEONS,  the  only  one  chartered  by 
the  Slate  Legislature,  will  give  a.Spnng  course  of  lec- 
tures, commencing  March  1'^,  One  student  trom  each 
State  'Will  be  admitted  free  on  proper  recommenda- 
tions and  paying  tne  matiiculanon  fee.  Apply  to  D. 
A.  VAN   Wle,  Na  205  Lexington  av. 


VALENTmES^ 

Valentines  1 1 

FOR  ONE  WBBK, 

COM.MENCING    FEB.    13, 
I  shali  oflier  a  superb  stock,  which  I  hare   manufac- 
tured expressly  for  retailing.    No  finer  stock,  either  ia 
quality  or  ranet.y.  has  ever  been  offered. 
Prices  raage  from 

6  CENTS  TO  850. 

A.  J.  FISHER,  Mannfactuier. 
No.  08  Nassau  St.,  New-Tork. 

THE  OLDEST  VALENTINE  HOUSE  IN  AMERICA. 
ESTABLISHED  1834. 


j^^ST  AJgD  youyp. 

$600    REWARD 

For  information  wbiob  will  lead  to  the  recovery  of  a 
case  marked  D.  A.  S.  183,  and  containing  34  pieces 
heavy 

Blac)c  IJypns  Ores  Grain  Silk, 

with  white  edge  on  both  sides,  measuring  exactly  20  >g 
inches,  supposed  to  have  been  taken  firom  CUNARD 
DOCK,  between  Friday  and  Monday  last. 

C  G.  FRANCKLYN, 

No.  4  Bowling  green. 
gff— W— ^"P— —   ,    .      ■   !      '      ,■     i  '  '    I  .  II         IP 


MONBY  its  DlAHnOSUt*,  BVRS,  Oec— DIA- 
monds,  watches,  Jewelry,  silverware,  Camels'-bair 
bhawls,  seal  sacques.  sUccioaifs,  Ac,  bought  and  sold 
back  at  a  very  small  advance.  GEO.  C.  ALLEN, 
Jeweler,  No.  1,190  Broitdway,  near  29th  st. 


WATCH  E8   ANO   JUWELRY  REPAIRED 
oy  first-class    workmen.      GaO.  C.    ALLEN,  So. 
1,1 00  Broadway,  near  29th  st. 


MONKY    TO    LOAN    ON    BOND   ANO  MORT- 
gage,  large  or   small  sums,  three  or  five  yeais: 
charges  moderate.  C.  i .  PINCKNUY,  Na  82  Broadway. 


lAUCTiONJ^LES^ 

U.  B.  Hebts  fe  Boss,  Auctioneers. 
GREAT  CLO.'ilNU  8ALE 

TUESDAY,  Fe'a    13, 

of 

Fine  Gold  and  silver  Watcbes, 

Diamonds, 

Jewelry,  solid  Silver  and  Hilver-plated  War*, 

Clocks. 

Bronses,  Statuettes,  lio., 
at  tbejewelrv  store.  No.  779  Broadway, 
hetwsen-i^tb  xnd  rOtb  ate. 
Tbe  most  complete  and  exteneiye  stock  of 

SOUBAL  jiWELBT 

OfsTery desedptiaa ever  axhfbited. 

T(i<>  o^lo  vui  <mte«oa  tlia  •otire  stsek.  wUsk  arast 
to  sold  ioKatalea*  •f  (do*  to  elosa  tba  hnrinasa.  Oome 
aarl*  asid  seonca  tergaiaa. 

file  wm  h«  «|HWB9iMad  at  lOiSO  tf«lo<d(  shaip.  Oopts 
OB  euibtnoB  aaa  MtMocaea  xeAdr  as  Moaiu^ 


AMUSEMENTS. 
^wjCllack^ST 

Fropdator  #Qd  Mfinagar .,.Mr.  Z>8jrrBB  WALIiAOt ' 

Mb  LUTKg  WALLAOX 

lathe 

SBOOITD  OF  THB  COHBST  ISBXEd. 

MOjnUY.Falk  18, 

AVS  STBBT  BVBBIire  OOBIVa  TBB  WEEK, 

BAT0BDAT  RATINBB. 

Will  b*  pzasentad  O'KEBFB'S  hright  and  spaiUfa 
oomedy,  In  fir*  sots,  emtitled  ^ 

WILD  0AT8, 

irltb  entirely 

new   eharaeteriatie  and  piotnresqae  soenie  lllnstm 

ttons,  *oa  tbe  following 

FINE  CAt>T, 

Incladlng 

TH8  SPBCUb  FAVORITES  OF  THB  COMPAKTi 


EOVkB.. Mr.  LB8TBB  WALLAOt 

~  ^-^-'^ ..Mr.  JOHN  GILBBBT 


MR  G£I6r&b  THUNDBB.. 
EFHRAIM  8R00TH. 

JOHN  DOB? 

HARBTTHtlNDEE.. 

Bin 

FABMER  GAMMON. 

MB.  BAKK8..... 

LAMP 

TRAP 

LANDLORD 

BAILIFF 

LADY  AMARANTH... 
JENNY  GAMMON.... 
AMELIA , 


...Kr.  HABST  BECKBTT 
..Mr.  BDWABD  ABNOTT 
..Mr.  C.  A.  STEVENSON 

Mr.  B.  M.«OLLa8D 

Mr.J.  W.  BBANBOH 

, Mr.  W.  J.  LBORABD 

-Mr.  0.  E.  BDWrW 

Mr. }.  CURBAN 

Mr.  jTpkCK 

Mr.  T.  ATKUra 

Miss  B08E  WOOD 

....Miss  BFFIE  GEBMON 
Mrs.  JOHN  SEFTOa 


WILD  OATfi  MATINEE.  8ATUBDAT  AT  1:S0. 


A   IHO&tilNa  WITR   MONTAGICE. 

ALL  ABOUT  THE  WALLACK  FAVORITE. 

A  DOMESTIC  DRAMATIC  SKETCH. 

BEAD  TO-DAY'S 

NOAH'S  .«DSDAY  TIMES. 


ACADE'VIY  OF  AlUiJlC.  ITALIAN  OPB&A. 

MISS  EMMA 

ABBOTT 

IN  GBaND  it  ALLAN  OPEBA. 

Mr.  DE  VTVO  takes  pleasure  In    annonnoing  tha^ 
prior  to  ner  departure  for  the  West, 

MISS  KVIMA  ABBOTT  , 

Will  api>ear  in  opera,  at  the  Academy  of  Hnste,  fox    . 


FRIDAY,  Feb.  23,  and 

ONE     GRAND    MATINBB, 

BATURDAT.  Feb.  S4. 

FBIDAT  EVENING,  LA  PIGLIA  DEL  BEOQIMBNTOl 

with  a  powerful  cast.  Including  Slgaor  BBIGNOLI,  8lE> 

norFEBRAHTI,  fee. 

FuU  Chorus  and  Grand  Orchestra,  under  direction  of 

MAX  MARETZBK. 

Beservea  seats,  $1  <)0  and  $2,  according  to  looatton. 
Boxes,  S8,  $10,  and  $12.    Admission,  $1. 

*,"  The  sale  of  tickets  'will  open  at  Schirmex's,  Ka 
701  Broadway,  on 

FRIDAY,  Feb.  la 


GRAND  OPERA-HODSE.        8TH  AV.  k  23I>  ST. 

POOLE  It  DONNELLY Sole  Lessees  and  Manager*' 

THIS  (SUNDAYl  EVENING. 
THIS  (SUNDAY)  EVENING. 

GR<iND   6 ACRED  CONOEBT 
GRAND  SACRED  CONCERT 
By  the 
OBIGINAL  SLAVE  TBOUFE 
OP 
JUBILEE  SINGERS. 
Songs,     Melodies,    Camp-meeting   Hymns,  BefhUn% 
Shouts,  and  Characteristic  Ohanis  of  tne 

SOUTHEEN  COLORED  PfiOPLB. 

ADMISSION,  25  CENTS :  RESERVED  SEATS,  60  CENTS, 

TO-MOEROW  EVENING,  Dalys  Emotional  Play, 

MONSIEUR  ALPHONHE. 

Fifth  Arenne  Theatre  Company  Cast,  New  Scenery,  Uo, 

MONDAY,  FEB.    li)— THB  TWO  ORPHANS. 

Union  Square  Company  Cast. 

MATINEES  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY  AT2P.H, 


4,000  PEOPLE  NIGHTLY. 

NIBLO'B  GARDEN. 

KIBALFT  BBOTHEBS Lessees  and  Masageit 


ABOUND 

THB 

WOBLD 

DBAWS 

4,000 

PBOPLE 

AT 

ev:ert 

PERFORMANCE. 


•'  Everybody  goes  to  see  It." 

•'  The  Ladies  like  It." 

"  Tbe  Children  enjoy  it" 

The  merchants  profit  by  it" 

'•  Tbe  Clergy  indorse  it"- 

"  The  Press  have  praised  tt." 

"  'I  he  Public  patronize  it," 

aud 

ABOUND  THE  WORLD 

is  the  Greatest  Stage  Sucoeas 

of  the  age. 


In  preparation,  the  Great  Pictoral  Opera-Booffs  ot 
••  A  TRIP  TO  THE  MOON."  Every  Evening  and  Sat-, 
urday  Hatin6e.    Seats  eecored  two  weeks  in  advance.' 


NEW  BROADWAY  THEATRE. 

BROADWAT  AND  30tb  ST. 

MONDAY.  Feb.  19,  will  be  presented  tha 

,  SUCCESS  PUL  COMEDY  OF 

OUR  BOYS, 

(By  permission  of  AUGUSTIN  DALY,  Esq.)  which  ha| 

680  succpsBlve  times  in  LONDON,  and  is  still  running, 
100  times  in  NESV-YORK, 
180  times  in  PHILADELPHIA,  and 
75  limes  in  BOSTON. 
The  Comedy  will  be  oresented  'with  an 
EXCEPTIONAL  CAST,  SPECIALLY  ENGAGED, 
and  'With  entirely  New  and  Gorgeous  Scenery. 


JJELLER'S  WONDBR  THEATRE. 

EVERT  EVENING  AT  8. 

ENTIRE  CHANGE  OP  PROGRAMME, 

Being  the  Third  Series  of 

HELLER'  8    WONDERS. 

SIX  STARTLING    NECROMANTIC  WONDERS. 


New  wonders  developed  in  the 

SECOND  SIGHT  MYSTERY. 


And  an  original  Optical  MarveL  entitled 

LIVING  PICTURES. 

MATINEES  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY  AT  2. 

Cblldren  half  price  to  Alatln^es. 


EAGLE  THEATRE.   AlMEE  IN  THE  NEW  OPERA. 

Last  three  nights  of  "  LA  PETITE  MARIEE," 

MONDAY.     TCBUDAY,     AND     WED.NESDAY     NIGHTS, 

Feb.  12,  13,  and  14,  LA  PETITE  MARIEE. 

New  scenerr.  rieb  and  gorgeous  costumes,  and  a  gieat 
cnet.    THURSDAY,  FRIDAY,   and    .'SATURDAY,  also  at 
the  Gala  Matinee    SATURDAY   AFTKR:<OuN   at  li3a 
Offenbach's  entirely  new  version  of 
LA  PERICHOLE. 
Matinee — Admission,  5U  cents cnl.y. 


CH1CH.KRING  HALL, 

WEDNESDAY  RVENING,  FEB.  14, 

FIRST  GRAND  CHARITY  CONCERT  BT 

SLAVIN'S    ORIGINAL  AND  ONLY 

GEORGIA  CABIN   .SINGERS. 

UNDtR  THK     AUSPICES  OF  THE 

WEST  SIDE  RELIEF  ASSOCIATION 

FOB  THE    DESTITUTE  POOR. 

Admission.  50  cents.    Reserved  Seats,  75  cents. 

carnages  ma.y  be  ordered  at  10  P.  BC. 


CHICKBRING  HALL. 

NEW-YORK  CHORAL  U^^ON. 

P.  S.  GILMORE.  MUSICAL  DIEEOTOE. 

First  production  in  New-York  of  the  cantata  by  F.  O.  4 

Darlev.    Esq..  entitled 

"MALCUUS," 

Friday  evening,  Feb.  23,  1877. 

With  foil  chorus  of  Bociety. 

P.  8.  GILMORE-S  GRAND  ORCHESTRA, 

And  a  corps  of  eminent  vocal  artists.    Full  parti  ml  aTt 

in  future  advertisement. 


THIRD    BYKMNG    OP   ENGLISH   GuBEHf 

CHiCKERINQ  HALL. 

THURSDAY,  Feb.  15,  at  8  P.  M. 

'Vocalists, 

Miss  BEEBE,  MUs  FINCH,  Mrs.  HILLS. 

and 

Messrs.  ELLARD,  NILSEN,  BAIRD,  and  AIKEN. 

Accompanist,  Mr.  C.  FLO  RIO. 

Reserved  seats,  SI,  at  SCHUBERTH'S,  No.  23  Unio^ 

square,  and  at  tbe  hall  on  tbe  evening  of  the  ooncert. 


GILJUORE'S  GARDEN. 

WILL  BE  OPEN  IN  FUTURE  EVEBY 

TUESDAY,  THURSDAY,       ,AND  BATDBDAt 

EVENINGS  WITH 

TROTTING,  BUNNIN& 

AND 

ATHLETIC   SPORTS. 

60  cents ADMISSION 60  oent^ 


NAN  i^RANCJ8C0  iHINBlTRELSi. 

LAST  NIGHTS  of  the  GBuAT  SUCCESS.  I       Opera 
The  new  O  pera  Boufi's  .Music  bv  Offenbach       H  ouse.   . 
THE  HAPPY  MOKt:,  and  a  Broadway. 

GORGEOUS  JAPANESE  liloRAMIC Scene,  land  2Uthat. 
M  ATI  NEE  SATO  EDA  i:  AT  2.     Seats  secured. 


-  A8SAULT  AT  ARMM  AND   BOXING. 

Annual  eotertsinment  at  Col.  Monstery's  Sohool  t/ 
Arms  and  Scarring.  No.  -619  Stb  av.,  SaTUBDA  Y  EVEN- 
ING. Feb.  24,  at  8  o'clock. 


LATBaiT  AND  BEST  WEST  SIDE  LANCKB, 
bv  G.  Welnkarten.  Published  by  KEAKAUER 
BROS.,  No.  36'2  Bowery,  for  piano,  50  cents.  Send  for 
our  oatalogae  of  choice  music.'    Mailed  free. 


A  GREAT  OFFER! le.e^r.^H-.^d^.'^'S 

dispose  qf  100  PIANOH  &  ORGANS,  newaoft 
■ecoad-band.  of  flrat-dass  makers,  fatcladlnc 
WATKRe»*,atlower  prices  for  cask  ar  install* 
menta  or  to  let  antii  paid  for  tiian  ever  before 
•flered.  WATER!»^  GRAND  (5QUARi[£  and 
Uf  KXGHT  FlAN0!!^<&OKGAN!!>aretbe  UHts£ 
MADE.  AGENTM  WANTED.  lUnatrated  Cat< 
aloaaes  Mailed.  A  liberal  disooont  to  Teaehtr*, 
X^iMtert,  OMtrenes.  etc  Sbeet  imule  at  ball  price. 
HOKACE  WA'ruifJ^  <te  dUNst,  iVlanufctra.  and 
Dealers,  40  East  14th  rit.,  Cnien  e«nare,  N.  Y. 


MR.  C.  V.  miLLER  RESl'ECl FULLY  AN- 
u ounces  that  be  is  about  formine  classes  tor  tba 
siudy  of  HARMONY  and  COMPOSITION.  Circulars 
oontatntng  particulars,  can  beobtained  at  the  priailoal 
music  stores.    ADplications  reoeived  at  Steinwuy  HalL 


A— 1)100  BOS9E>VOOD  PIANO  AMI  STOOL. 
.Piunos  to  rent  $5  per  month  and  upward;  instal- 
ments taken.  GOiiDSMIlH's,  No.  26  Bleeciter  St., 
near  Bower _. . 


AVtAGNlFlCBNT  7  1-'^  OCTAVE  i>iANO. 
almost  new,  for  less  than  S20U.    Pianos  trom  $60 
upward,  on  $6  to  $10  monthly  installments,  or  ro  rent. 
KRAKAUtiR..  No.  362  Bowery.    . 


A   MOPRAMO  DESIRES  CHURCH  POSITION! 

xLreesfence.  a.  lirranL    Address    SOPRANO,  care  «a 
A.  isrrani.  No.  828  Rast  I4th  Bt. 


GUITARH.— C.  F.  MATBIN  A  CO.'S  CBLESRATEO 
Gultara.    Depot  at  a  A.  I0EBI80U  It  SONS,   No. 
4ti  Maiden  lane. 


DAJJfOIJNG. 


A 


LliEN  DODVVORTH^'t  DANCING    tiCBOOL 

BBMOVKD  TO  NO.  08I  6TH  AVBNUB. 


Nowopeu  for  tbe  raoeptioa  of  paptU. 
Pozpartieolata  eenft  iiore}re;|ta& 
Private  iessons  every  dA«. 


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A  NOTABLE  CONFERENCE. 


TALKING  AT  IBB  MAYORS  OFFICE. 

*EAD8  OS  DBPAKTMENTS,  MKMBBRS  OF  THB 
LBGISLATURB  AND  OTHBBS  DISCUSSING 
MATTERS  ArFKCTING  THB  CITV— NO 
BOOM  FOB  FCBTHBB  BCONOMT  IN  THB 
PUBLIC  OFFICES— A  GOOD  DEAL  OF  DIS- 
CUSSION    WITH    NO    PRACTICAL  RESULT. 

Wbeil  the  Board  of  Aldermen  at  the  instance 
of  lU  Presideot,  Mr.  Puiray,  passed  the  resolation 
proridlog  for  oionthly  confei«noes  on  City  afikira 
between  the  beads  of  departments  and  the  Mayor, 
they  eviaently  did  not  dream  that  the  Citizens' 
Committee,  of  which  Mr.  Booth  is  Chalrmao,  and 
the  members  of  the  Legislatara  trom  this  CitT, 
"(Toald  be  inrited  to  partioipara  in  the  oroceedines. 
Thetr  programme  of  actiOD,  newerer,  was  amended 
by  the  Mayor,  who  inyited  the  latter  bodies  to  be 
presfot.  The  conference  began  yesterday  at  rood. 
At  that  honr  the  puDlic  chamber  of  the  Mayor 
■was  literally  crowded.  Merchaots,  bankers,  lawyers, 
legislators,  professional  politicians,  Commissioner^ 
of  departments  and  mere  lookers  on  constitnted  the 
sadience.  Scattered  here  and  there  in  the  room 
were  the  members  of  the  Booth  Citizens' 
Committee  wno  have  steadfastly  complained  of  the 
extrayajance  of  the  City  Goyernment,  of 
excessive  taxation,  and  of  a  large  series  of  wroDgs 
almost  intolerable.  Near  them  were  the  represen- 
tatiyes  of  every  Mnniclpal  department,  each  pre- 
nared  to  make  an  address  showing  that  bis  depart- 
mept  was  all  ngnt,  and  that  it  wa«  ran  at  the 
emallest  possible  expense.  Perhans  no  meeting 
has  ever  been  composed  of  snoh  extraordinary,  if 
not  oonflictinc,  elements.  Amonf  ttaose  in  attend- 
ance were  Messrs.  Dorman  B.  Eaton,  Oswald  Otten- 
dorfer,  Jobn  H.  Sherwood,  Josiah  M.  Fiske,  John 
Jay,  James.W.  Pinchot,  E.  C.  Cowdin,  Gen.  Sigel, 
Sinclair  Tousey,  Howard  Potter,  William  H.  Lee, 
X..  P.  Morton,  Amos  K.  Eno,  Senators  Morrissey, 
BixBy,  and  'WasstaSI'Geo.  Spioola,  L,akeF.  Coz- 
ans,  J.  C.  Langbein,  Peter  Mitchell,  and  other 
members  of  the  Legislature  from  this  City ,-  Cor- 
poration Counsel  Wbitney,  and  nearly  all  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Board  of  Aldermen.  In  the  ante-room 
leading  to  the  chamber  were  a  large  num- 
ber of  Tammany  politicians  who  had  failed  to  ob- 
tain a^Jmissioo,  and  who  seemed  to  be  very 
anxioas  m  regard  to  the  proceedings.  Mayor  Ely 
having  called  the  meeting  to  order,  Mr.  Cbarles 
Smith  offered  a  resolntion,  which  was  adopted, 
limiting  the  time  in  whicb  each  head  of  a  depart- 
ment 'was  to  speak  to  10  minutes  and  the  speakers 
in  the  debate  that  might  follow  to  three  minates 
eacb.  Nearly  every  one  of  the  Commissioners  had 
statisti«s  to  present  abowing  how  careful  his  de- 
partment was  of  the  nnblio  moneys. 

Controller  Kelly  said  that  as  head  of  the  Finance 
Departmeac,  be  had  made  an  examination  of  its  out- 
lay and  its  clerical  force,  and  he  believed  that 
neither  «ould  be  reduced  with  benefit  to  the  City, 
because  there  was  a  very  large  amount  of  work  to 
be  done  in  his  office.  His  department  was  run 
economicah'y.  Mr.  Eelly  then  referred  to  the 
"Woodin  bill,  which,  he  said,  would  become  an  im- 
portant oae  ior  this  City  if  certain  amendments 
were  made  to  it.  He  had  gone  over  the  bill  very 
carefully,  and  added  interlioeatons  and  amend- 
nients  to  it.  It  was  his  intention  to  send  it  in 
that  form  to  Mr.  Hamilton  Fish,  Jr.  He  then 
spoke  of  the  necessity  of  having  property  owners 
notified  by  the  Assessors  when  assessments  were 
made  a£;ainst  them  for  puDlic  improvements,  so  as 
to  enable  them  to  have  a  bearing  on  the  paatter. 
He  also  referred  to  a  bill  allowing  persona  to  bring 
ictioos  against  this  City  outside  its  limits  for 
ilamases  to  their  property  from  the  water  works, 
»nd  lemaiked  that  it  was  a  very  objectionable  bill, 
because  City  officials  would  have  to  go  to  courts 
Dutside  of  this  Coontv  to  defend  the  rights 
Df  this  City  in  such  casea.  There  was  a  bill 
before  the  Xiegisiatore  to  aboiiah  the  office 
»f  the  City  Chamberlain,  who  was  the 
Treasurer  oi  this  City.  That  biU  was  a  great  mis- 
take. The  office  was  a  necessary  one.  He  did  not 
believe  that  tbe  Controller  should  have  absolute 
cuntrol  over  the  public  money. 

Mayor  Ely  followed.  In  regard  to  the  question  of 
salaries  be  said,  like  other  people,  he  did  not  desire 
to  have  his  own  reduced,  but  be  would  cheerfully 
acquiesce  in  anything  the  Legislature  might  do 
about  the  matter.  He  bad  two  bureaus  attached  to 
bis  office — the  Marshal  and  Permit  Bureaus — and 
each  was  administered  economically. 

Corporation  Counsel  Whitney  said  that  the  ex 
peoses  of  tbe  Law  Department  hkd  been  materially 
reduced  from  what  they  were  before  he  assumed 
office,  tbe  reduction  amounting  to  about  $100,000. 
Xastead  of  losing  93  per  cent,  ot  tbe  cases  liuiiated, 
as  was  the  case  before  be  cam*  into  office,  they  won 
las:  year  73  per  eent.  ot  the  cases  against  the  City. 
His  department  was  the  breakwater  at  wbicb  the 
dead  wood  of  the  Ring  dnfteJ.  He  then  referred  to 
tbe  \V  oo^in  charter,  remarking  that  some  sections 
ot  it  reqajred  amendment. 

Contruhisr  Kelly  hoped  that  the  bill  would  not 
pass  witbouj:  giving  a  hearing  to  the  heads  of  depart- 
lu  en  18. 

Mr.  E.  C  Cowdin  thought  it  would  be  better  to 
Bead  objections  to  the  bill  than  to  discuss  it  there. 
Ai  bany  was  the  proper  place  in  wbich  to  make  ob- 
{rciiona.  There  was  a  bill  before  the  Ifoase  provid- 
ing for  a  conteience  of  12  gentlemen  with  the  Mayor, 
on  City  affairs.  That  bill  would  make  the  coaler, 
euce  legal. 

Ma\or  Ely — "Don't  that  bill  apply  to  next 
year  ?" 

Mr.  Cowdin— "No;  it  takes  efieet  immediately 
after  its  passage." 

Pulice  Commissioner  Smith  said  the  standing 
committee  ot  his  board  were  engaged  inquiring 
■wneiher  they  could  reduce  tbeir  clerical  force,  but 
bud  DOC  yet  reported.  He  saw  no  way  of  ecooomiz- 
)«g  in  street  cleaning,  unless  tbe  Leeislatore  passed 
a  law  dividing  the  City  into  siijall  districts.  In 
that  case  be  tboaght  the  work  could  be  done  more 
ecunumically  and  efficiently. 

Comuiisaioner  Campbell,  of  the  Department  ot 
Public  Works,  wat  next  called  by  the  Mayor.  In 
response  he  said  tbAt  he  had  abolished  the  day's 
work  and  bad  given  out  all  the  work  by  contract, 
wbicti  was  the  most  economical  way.  As  to  tbe 
Ccoton  Bureau  in  his  department,  he  felt  bound  to 
Bay  that  ibe  works  now  in  progress  would  prevent  a 
Bcarcity  of  water  in  this  City,  even  If  the  Oronght  of 
last  SunQJier  should  prevail  again. 

Meai»r8.  Perloy,  of  the  Jj^re  Department,  Bren- 
nan,  of  thu  Department  of  Cbjrities,  and  Chandler, 
of  the  Health  Departaaent.  were  then  saccesaively 
beard  in  bebalt  ot  their  departments,  wbich  tbey 
said  were  ecenomically  conducted.  Mr.  Chandler 
stated  I  bat  tbe  expenses  of  his  department  had 
been  materially  rett need  "every  year,  while  additiooal 
dune*  were  added  to  it.  He  expressed  his  approval 
of  a  bill  proyidiDg  for  th^  abatement  of  suburban 
Duisauce^,  and,  in  this^tcoDneocionL,  referred  to 
some  manafactuzes,,^  the  other  side  ot  tbe  East 
Kiver.  'f 

Conimisaioner  Walee  argued  that  the  worit  of  im- 

E roving  Che  City's  water-iron  t  should  be  kupported 
y  means  of  Monicipial  taxation.  The  Dock  De- 
partment,  he  maintained,  was  too  important  a 
branch  of  the  City  Government  to  be  stowed  away 
jn  the  comer  of  some  otber  depariment,  as  was  pro- 
posed. Its  powers  should  rather  be  enlarged.  He 
thought  that  West  street  should  be  eontinued  on 
the  present  plan,  so  that  railways  might  be  laid  ior 
the  transportation  of  freight,  and  that  the  bulk 
aod  pier-bead  line  should  be  cbaoged  along  South 
street.  It  would  be  expedient,  he  contended,  tor 
tbe  Legislature  to  interfere  with  tbe  sytem  by 
-wh:ch  tbe  bead  of  tbe  department  is  allowed  to 
decide  npon  tbe  material  to  be  used  in  the  con- 
atruction  ot  docks. 

Mayor  Ely  next  announced  that  the  conference 
would  biive  an  opportunity  of  Usteniog  to  Mr. 
Martin,  President  of  tne  Department  oi  Parks. 
^nis  genrleman  then  read  a  dnil  statement  which  was 
cbiefly  devoted  to  an  explanation  of  the  expense  of 
the  oepartment.  and  the  reductions  which  had  been 
made  by  the  Board  of  Ipportionment.  Tbe  im- 
provements made  by  the  department,  he  said,  bad 
increased  the  resouioes  of  tbe  City  by  increasing 
tD<:  value  of  tbe  auproduotive  real  estate  in  the 
upper  portions  of  the  City. 

President  Wheeler,  ot  the  Board  of  Taxes  and 
Aaaessmenta,  briefly  stated  the  expenses  of  tbe 
buard  trom  1873.  when  they  first  began  their  labors, 
until  the  oresuDt  time.     In  1873  the   exoeoses    were 

|'jl>4,00O,  in  1876  but  1114,6'JO,  'Xhey  would  be  eyen 
iess  ia  the  present  year. 

Alderman  Purroy  stated  on  behalf  of  hia  col- 
leasuea  of  the  Commom  CooncU,  that  they  were 
saxious  to  co-operate  in  all  measures  that  would 
secure  economy  and  good  government.  lu  1871,  he 
Baid,  the  expenses  of  the  board  were  about  $299,000, 
but  they  bad  been  reduced  gradaallv,  until  at  pres- 
ent thoy  were  somewhat  less  than  one-third  of  that 

ainonn  t.    The  apeakei  devoted  the  remainder  of  his 

remaika  to  opposmc  the  proposed  bill  pruvidinft 
that  heruafter  all  beads    of  departments    should  be 

appoiuted  by  the  Mayor  without  the  consent  of  the 
Common  CounciL 

Fretldeot  Wood,  of  the  Board  of  Sdncatlon.  next 
Addressed  the  conferenoe,   and  areed  that  if   eoono- 

roy  was  to  be  practiced  it  should  be  practiced  In 
Bome  other  way  than  by  reducing  the  appropria- 
tion for  education.  The  Board  of  Appoitionment 
had  cat  oflf  taO,000  from  tbe  aam  asked  for 
teachers'  salaries.  The  teaohera  he  said,  were 
now  underpaid,  and  any  reduction  of  their  barely 
living  salaries  took  from  them  tbe  means  of  sup- 
port.    New  scnools  were  needed   to   accommodate 

the  children,  for  whom  no  educational  aocummoda- 
.tion  at  present  existed.  The  Board  of  Apportioa- 
ment  bad,  however,    cut   off  $191,000    from  t,be  anm 

Hiked  tor  the  paroha^e  of  sites  and  the  erection  of 
buildings,  and  had  thus  rendered  it  impossible  for 
the  board  to  provide  the  additional  educational  ta- 
Bilities  that  were  needed.  In  concluding,  Commls- 
Honer  Wood  read  the  drattof  a  proposed  bill  author- 
icmg  tbe  Board  of  Apportionment  to  transfer  mon«7 
.  trom  one  to  another  ot  the '  appropriations  of  the 
^eud  of  Xdnoatioa  at  tbe  reauest  «f  the  latter,  and 


also  proylding  that  appropriations  made,  but  not 
used,  in  a  previous  year,  might  be  used  to  meet  the 
exizenoies  that  might  arise  In  the  following  year. 

President  Morton,  of  the  Board  of  Ercise,  urged 
the  neceasitv  of  some  amendment  of  the  present 
system  of  enforcing  licenses,  by  which  the  board 
would  have  power  to  collect  the  penalties  by  a  civil 
process,  and  not.  as  at  present,  by  the  nooertain 
method  of  arrest  and  crimlnai  proseoutioo,  The 
system  of  restricting  the  sale  df  liaoor,  bo 
said,  also  needed  some  change,  but  he  was  not  ore- 
pared  at  this  time  to  give  the  details  ot  such 
change. 

After  some  debate  by  a  member  of  the  conference 
On  the  wisdom  and  eoonomj-  of  the  proposed  method 
of  expending  the  revenues  of  the  Excise  Board  in 
paying  for  charities  that  the  people  were  now  taxed 
to  maintain,  the  Secretary  read  a  letter  from 
Thomas  J.  Creamer,  in  which  the  writer  urged  the 
necessity  of  the  City  proceeding  at  once  to  recover 
tbe  taxes  out  of  which  it  had  been  defrauded  in  tbe 
past  either  by  the  fraud   or  nerlory  of  individuals. 

She  New-York  Central  and  Hudson  River  Bailroad, 
e  writer  said,  had  for  tbe  last  ten  years  practiced 
fraud  in  the  matter  of  tax-payihg  that  should  send 
some  of  its  members  to  Staje  Prison. 
Life  Insurance  Companies  bad  also  eluded 
taxation  by  means  of  bosus  returns,  and  the 
City  railroads,  nutil  recently,  had  bsen  able  to  avoid 
the  payment  of  taxes  righttnliy  due  tUe  City.  Th« 
writer  stated,  in  conclusion,  that  fully  fl, 850, 000, 000 
worth  of  property  in  the  Ciiy  never  paid  anv  taxes 
to  the  City.  It  wonld  therefore,  ne  argued,  be  an 
expedient  and  an  economic  thing  to  take  steps 
toward  recovering  tbe  revenue  rightfully  due  to 
the  City.     ■ 

Another  communication  was  received  from  the 
Central  Organization  of  Tav-payers  in  favor  of  the 
abolitioD  of  al  fee  offices  in  this  City. 

Controller  Kelly  moved  that  the  members  of  tbe 
Legislature  from  this  City  be  reauested  not^o  vote 
for  any  measure  afiectmg  its  interests  before  con- 
sultation with  the  Mayor.  This  was  adopted.  Mr. 
Kelly  then  expressed  the  hope  that  the  Citizens' 
Committee  wonld  not  indorse  any  bill  until  they 
bad  a  confeience  with  the  Mayor. 

Senator  Morrissey  here  rose  and  asked  if  the  Citi- 
zens' Committee  bad  indorsed  the  Woodin  bills. 

Mr.  Howard  Poiter  replied  that  they  nad  not,  and 
added  that  they  were  oceapied  in  the  effort  to  have 
the  City  debt  reduced  and  tbe  exoeuaea  of  the  City 
Goyemment  materially  diminished.  He  thought 
that  legislation  agaiast  tho  interests  of  this  City 
should  be  stopped.  In  referring  to  Mr.  Purroy's 
remarks,  he  said  that  tbe  people  of  this  Citv  were 
not  prepared  for  a  justification  of  the  salaries  of  the 
Aldermen  because  of  tneif  election  expenses. 
[Laughter.] 

Senator  Morrissey  then  made  somo  remarks 
which  bfougbt  down  tbn  bouse.  £1^  said  that  every 
Commissioner  had  come  forward  that  day  and  de- 
clared that  his  department  was  all  right,  flangbter,] 
and  that  the  e'x'peuses  could  not  be  reduced.  Now, 
one-half  the  departments  could  be  abolished.  [Sen- 
sation.] At  present  the  expenses  of  the  depart- 
ments could  be  reduced  30  per  cent.  He  proposed 
to  merge  the.  Building  Department  into  the  Fire 
Department,  and  tbe  Excise  Department  into  the 
Police  Department.  Tne  deparrmeots  at  present 
were  kept  up  by  combinations  between  Republicans 
and  Democrats.  Five  of  them  oould  be  abolished. 
In  bis  opinion,  it  would  be  necessary  to  leave  out 
party  feeling  altogether,  and  work  tor  the  passage 
of  measures  Which  would  be  beneficial  to  the  City. 

Mr.  E,  C.  Cowdin  then  made  some  remarks  com- 
mending the  bill  providing  for  tbe  appointment  of 
citizens  by  tbe  Mayor  to  make  inveBiigation  as  to 
the  number  of  <  ffice-bolders  and  their  salaries,  with 
a  view  to  retrencliment. 

Mr.  Dorman  B.  E^ton  also  alluded  favorablyto 
this  bill ;  and  then,  in  reply  Jo  Mr,  Morrissey,  said 
that  the  departmen  ts  could  not  be  abotisbed.  Thote 
were  only  six  or  seveu  ot  them,  and  how  could  five 
of  them  be  discontinued  }  Was  it  proper  to  create 
a  pool  of  promiscuous  power  in  one  or  two  depart- 
ments of  the  City  Guverument,  and  abolish  all  the 
rest?  Did  they  want  to  give  oowei  to  men  who 
had  to  go  before  the  shambles  to  buy  votes  at  an 
election  7  He  did  not  believe  that  it  would  be  wise 
or  proper  to  abolish  the  departments,  as  Mr.  Mor- 
rissey had  soggested.  As  to  tbe  appointing  power, 
if  tbe  wishes  of  tbe  people  were  to  be  consulted, 
the  Mayor  would  make  appointments  witDout  toe 
consent  of  the  Aldermen. 

Alderman  Purroy  said  that  the  gentleman  had 
misrepresented  bim. 

Senator  Morrissey  then  rose  and  remarked  that  he 
was  no  partiban.  He  would  vote  tor  Tammany 
when  she  was  rigbt,  and  agaiusn  her  when  ebe  was 
wrong.  Tur.  ing  to  Mr.  Eiton,  he  said,  '•  You  made 
a  partisan  speech.  Such  people  as  you  have 
brought  this  City  into  tbe  condition  it  is  now  in. 
Come  with  me  and   work,  if  necessary,  aeainit  Ke- 

gublicans  and  Democrats,  in  the  iuierests  of  this 
ity."  Mr.  Morrissey  ihen  contunaed  Uiat  ho  was 
right. in  bis  theory  about  abolishing  tbe  depart- 
meuts. 

Mr.  Eaton  replied  that  he  was  glad  to  find  that 
the  Senaror  agreed  with  him  iu  regard  to  the  inter- 
ests ot  the  Citv,  but  be  thought  tbac  it  would  uot 
be  wise  to  merge  the  Excise  m  the  Police  Depart- 
ment. 

At  this  point  tbe  aiidienca  began  to  retire,  but  as 
they  were  moTing  Senator  MorriHsey  exclaimed, 
"Is  there  any  gentleuisn  present  that  Knows  any- 
thing about  tbe  bills  alTcciiug  this  city  now  oefure 
the  Legislature  t " 

A  pau^e  of  a  few  minutes  followed,  after  which 
the  Mayor  said.  "As  no  uiiswer  has  beon  givan,  it  is 
to  be  piesomed  that  tbe  gentlemen  can't  reply  to 
the  question." 

Tbe  meeting  was  then  formally  adjourned.  Dak 
tbe  Citizens'  Committee  subsequeaily  had  a  private 
conference  in  the  office. 


IRE  CORONER'S  OFFICE. 


OFFICIAL  REPLY  TO  THE  CHARGES  MADE 
AG.XINST  THE  MANAGEME^T  OF  THE  DE- 
PARTMENT. 

Tbe  eharges  made  against  the  management 
of  tbe  Coroner's  office,  at  a  meeting  ot  the  Munici- 
pal Society,  were  conttidered  yesterday  at  a  siieclal 
meeting  of  the  Coioners.  who  addressed  the  follow- 
iuSL  letter,  in  answer  thereto,  lo  Mr.  Dorman  B. 
Eaton,  President  of  tbe  Municipal  Society  : 

ConoNEBs'  Office,     t 
New-Yokk,  FeO.    10,  1377,1 
Dorman  B.  £aton,  Jisq.: 

bIB:  From  a  report  pdblished  iu  The  ^'ew-Yobk 
TlUKS  of  V  eaierday  of  a  meetine  ot  the  Manicipal 
Society  held  ou  tbe  evening  of  tbe  8th  mat.,  we 
learn  that  the  society,  of  whicb  yuu  are  tbe  Presi- 
dent, propose  to  take  some  auiion  in  reference  to 
the  Coroners'  office,  aud  we  beg  leave  to  say  that 
we  who  at  present  fill  the  office  of  Coroners  wonld 
be  glad  to  assist  the  aocieiy  in  instituting  such  re- 
torms  as  may  tend  to  luitber  bcSt  tbe  interests  of 
Justice  and  good  government. 

We  must  object,  however,  to  the  circulation  of 
statements  and  reports  which  are  calculated  to  throw 
suspicion  and  discredit  upon  an  office  established 
by  the  Constitution,  and  thereby  bring  contempt 
upon  a  portion  of  tbe  legal  aud  judicial  machinery 
of  the  Government.  Siatements  liave  been  made 
at  the  meeting  in  questiou,  if  the  report  la  correct, 
of  corrupt  practice,  whicb  are  without^the  slightest 
loundatiop ;  aud  a  seciety  which  has  for  its  aim  tbe 
correction  of  abuses  ougot  to  be  careful  not  to  in- 
dulge in  general  assertions  on  hearsay  evidence, 
but,  in  Older  to  win  the  confidence  of  tbe  public. 
It  must  ascertain  tbe  tucis  before  making 
public  charges.  It  is  not  our  purpose  to  enter  at 
this  time  into  aoy  discussion  as  to  tbe  merits,  the 
necessity,  and  tbe  practiue  of  the  Coroner's  office. 
We  beg  to  state  merely  that  while  many  cases  are 
brought  witQin  tbe  iurisdiction  of  the  Cotoner's 
office  under  the  strict  provi^ioue  ot  the  law,  wniub 
alter  an  investigatidn  was  held  are  established  as 
cases  of  natural  death,  the  cnminal  character  of 
other  Cases  wbich  without  the  legal  provision  would 
remain  concealed,  and  a  door  Itrft  open  to  crime 
tearful  to  cuntemplare,  the  State  pays  a  vast  enin 
annually  for  the  uetectiun  and  punishment  ot  crimo 
simply  in  tbe  interest  of  justice,  tbe  maiutenauce 
of  wbich  is  the  highest  satui^aard  ot  society. 

There  i«  now  a  bill  before  the  German  Parlia- 
ment creating  an  institatloo  similar  to  that  of  the 
Coroner's  office  in  Eugland  and  tbis  country.  Sucb 
as  institution  is  deemed  necessary  in  the  interest 
of  h.vEienio  and  social  science.     It  i-efoims  are  to  be 

beneficial  tbey  musi  be  established  on  the  baeis  of 

thorough  science  aud  a  knowledge  ot  all  the  faets 
bearing  on  tbe  case,  and  we  shall  gladly  co-uperate 
with  your  society,  or  any  other  society,  in  tbe  per- 
formance of  sucn  duty.  Bat  to  that  eud  we  must 
protest  against  tbe  currency  of  general  and  whole- 
sale statements  devoid  ot  ail  facts,  whicb,  instead 
of  edncaiing  tbe  public  mind,  create  prejudice  aad 
distort  inlormatiOD.    Respectfully, 

MOIUTZ  ELLINGER, 
KICBAKD  CROKER, 
RICHARD  FLANAGAN, 
HEJSRY  WOLTMAN. 


A  DISPUTE  ABOUT  A  CHILD. 
Four  months  ago  Annie  Beek,  a  young  Ital- 
ian woman,  who  at  that  time  resided  at  No.  66 
Grand  street  placed  an  infant  which  she  stated  was 
her  own  in  charge  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Underhill,  at 
"So.  83  Eighth  avenuo,  and  agreed  to  pay  $10  per 
month  for  the  board  of  the  child.  Miss  Beck  was 
at  that  time  employed  at  Ebrioh's  dry  goods  store 
on  Eighth  avenue,  aud  was  eamlne  gc!od  wages. 
She  paid  the  child's  board  regularly  for 
two  or  three  weeks,  and  afterward  very  irregularly. 
Mrs.   Uuderhill   hecame  so  much  attached  to  the 

child  that   she    proposed  to  adopt  tbe  intant  aa  her 

own,  but  Miss  BecK  wonld  not  agree  to  this  unless 
the  money  she  had  already  paid  was  refunded. 
Mrs,  Underhill  declined  to  return  the  money.  Soon 
atterward  Mios  Beok  called  for  the  child,  tellme 
Mn,  Underbill  that  she  was  not  its  mother,  but 
only  the  godmother,  aad  as  the  parents 
of  the  cbild  were  in  Cuba,  she  wanted 
to  place  the  waif  in  tbe  care  of  the 
Commissioners  of  Charities.    Mrs.  Underhill  under 

those  oircnmstances  refused  to  give  up  the  child 

ootll  Miss  Beck  paid  what  she  owed  for  its  board. 
The  matter  was  broueht  to  the  notice  of  tho  Society 
for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children,  and  au 

oflBoer  of  that  society,  after  investieatiiig  the  ci^ 

onmstances,  advised  Mrs.  Underbill  to  give  up  the 
child   to    Miss    Beck,    which    Mrs.     Underbill     did, 

although  she  would  have  greatly  preferred  to  keep 
the  little  waif. 


TBB  APPBOACHINQ    OASNITAL. 

The  arrangements  for  the  carnival,   which 

will  take  place  en  April  4,  are  approaching  comple- 
tion. Mayor  Ely  and  tbe  City  autborltiea  have 
given  tbeir  consent.  A  ntunber  of  merchants  and 
manofacturera  have  signified  tbeir  intentioa  of  par- 
ticipating in  the  indnstrlal  proceasioo   whicb  will 

precede  the  grand  carnival.  Amoag  the  many  tab- 
leatLz,  (historical  and  alleeoirical,)  will  be  "  Wash* 
Ington  Croaslna:  the  Delaware,"  "Battle  of  New- 
Orleans,"  "Bbakeepeareand  bis  characters,"  "Sign- 
ing of  the  Declaration  of  Independence."  "America 
buore  ite  Diacorecy."    "  Sewina— before  and  after. 


^^pi  teas,  mtSxsiQtM^s^^ 


inppipppn 


the  In-yentioB  of  tbe  Sewing-paohine,"  and  "King 
Comas  "  anon  a  frame  1aok.a•^  (worked  inside  by 
men)  drawn  by  four  elephants.  To-morrow  the 
MartU  Oras  bead-quarters  will  be  at  tbe  St.  James 
Hotel  aad  a  down  town  office  will  be  opened  at  tbe 
Astor  House.  

THE  INSURANCE  COMPLICATIONS. 


FtJBTHKa  HEARING  IN  THE  CASE  OB"  THB  AT- 
TORNEY GEXEHAL  AGAINST  THE  CONTI- 
NENTAL LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY — 
THE  CASE  OF  JOHN  O.  HOYT— A  NEW  OR- 
DER REMOVING  MR.  ANDERSON  AS  RE- 
CEIVER TO  BE  MADE. 

Tlie  hearing  in  the  matter  of  the  Attorney 

General  against  tbe  Continental  Lite  Inraranoe 
Company  before  Mr.  Abram  V.  De  Witt,  the  Referee 
appointed  to  take  proofs  touching  the  application 
for  the  dissolution  of  the  company  and  the  removal 
of  John  J.  Anderson  aa  Receiver,  was  resumed  yes- 
terday at  No.  20  Nassau  street.  The  various  coun- 
sel representing  the  policy-holders  were  present,  as 
were  also  Mesara  L.  L.  Condert  and  John  L.  Hill 
on  behalf  of  the  new  Receiver,  Mr.  Grace,  and  Mr. 
Henry  Smith  for  the  Attorney  General.  Mr.  John 
O.  Hoyt,  the  stockholder  at  whose  suit  Mr.  Ander- 
son was  appointed,  was  recalled  and  questioned  by 
Mr.  SmiA  as  to  what  his  property  oonsistsd  of  at 
the  time  of  the  purchase  of  the  stock  in  August 
last.  Mr.  Robert  Sewell,  on  behalf  of  the  witness, 
interposed  an  ob)ectlon  to  the  farther  questioning 
of  the  witness  by  the  representative  of  the  Attor- 
ney General  regarding  his  private  affairs,  on  the 
ground  that  the  rules  of  evidence  would  not  p«rmit 
it.  A  class  of  qaestions,  he  said,  were  now  being 
propounded  to  bim,  the  purpose  of  which  was  to 
throw  suspicion  on  his  evidence  iriven  at  a  prior 
examination.  In  other  words,  said  Mr.  Sewell, 
the  worthy  counsel  for  the  people  is  endeavoring  to 
impeach  his  own  witness,  and  that  too  by  bis  own 
mouth.  Mr.  Smith,  in  replying  to  tho  ohjaotton. 
said  the  witness  had  no  right  to  appear  by  counsel, 
aod  Mr.  Sewell  ureed  that  he  was  a  party  to  tbe 
proceedings,  having  instituted  the  suit  apon  which 
tbe  Reoeiyer  was  appointed,  and  having  received 
formal  notice  ot  tbe  reference,  Mr.  Smltb  then 
waived  tbe  question,  and  asked,  "Did  you  keep  a 
bank  account  in  New-York  in  18761"  to  wtiiob  Mr. 
Hoyt  replied  that  be  kept  one  in  Brooklyn.  Upon 
the  quest  on  being  repeated  tbe  witness  said  he  was 
not  positive  ;  he  kept  an  account  at  the  City  Bank 
of  Brooklyn,  to  wbich  institution  he  transferred  it 
from  rhe'Cbatbam  National  B.ink  of  tbis  City. 
Counsel  then  asked  tbe  witness  if  be  had  not  drawn 
Sl,500  from  the  State  Bank  of  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  at 
one  time,  and  he  responded  that  he  did  no:  remem- 
ber having  done  so;  if  be  said  at  tho  previous  ex- 
amination that  he  had,  be  did  not  intend  to  say  so ; 
be  carried  (1,500  in  bis  pocket  for  three  or  four  days 
before  tbe  purcbose  of  stocic  above  refetrea  to. 
Mr.  Smith  next  a;4ked  the  witness  how  long  before 
the  puicbase  he  drew  the  money  from  the  bank  at 
Elizabeth.  This  was  objected  to,  and  was  not  an- 
swered. At  tbis  point  the  farther  bearioK  was  ad- 
journed until  tbe  23d  Insc,  in  order  that  the  refer- 
ence might  not  come  in  collision  with  tbat  now  pro- 
ceeding before  Mr.  Butler  by  order  ot  Justice  Pratt. 

The  case  of  Jobn  O.  Hoyt  aeainst  tbn  Continen- 
tal Life  Insurance  Company  came  up  yesterday  be- 
fore Jastice  Pratt  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  Brook- 
lyn, tor  a  re-.->ettlement  of  the  order,  entered  some 
days  ago,  appolutiiie  Mr.  William  R.  Grace  Re- 
ceiver, and  suspending  Irom  that  office  Mr.  John  J. 
Anderson.  Some  discussion  was  bad  between 
counsel  regarding  the  proper  torm  of  the  order,  and 
it  was  hiially  aitreed  that  Mr.  Jobn  L.  Hill 
sbomld  prepare  it  and  embody  in  it  tbe  several 
clauses  suggested  after  a  consultation  wito  the 
representatives  of  the  parties  id  interest.  The  oraer 
will  remove,  instead  of  suspending,  John  J.  Auderson 
as  Receiver  of  the  company,  his  bond  to  remain  in 
force  until  the  Roferee  shall  have  passed  bis  ac- 
couDts.  It  will  also  provide  for  au  appraisement  of 
the  property  of  tbe  company,  and  that  the  Receiver 
accumulate  no  moneys  over  the  rum  of  (5,000  with- 
out depositing  them  at  once  with  tne  United  States 
Trust  Cumpanv.  The  matter  will  come  up  for  final 
settlement  on  Tuesday  next. 

Mr.  John  A.  McCall,  Jr..  tbe  Doputy  Suoerln- 
tenden'.  of  tbe  Insuranco  Department  ot'  ibis  State 
has,  since  tbe  appointment  of  Mr.  Grace  as  Re- 
ceiver, beep  examining  some  of  tbe  books  of  tbe 
company,  principal  among  them  beiug  tbe  stock  and 
certiBcate  book». 

Another  tact  in  connection  with  the  former  Re- 
ceivership and  management  of  tbe  Continental  baa 
been  brought  to  ligbc  Tbe  Detroit  agency  of  tbe 
company,  whion  was  under  the  charge  of  Mr.  G.  A. 
Watkina,  is  charsed  on  the  books  with  a  debt  of 
(88.301  9-2.  Ur.  Watkios  states  that  ou  .Tan.  5  last, 
be  settled  his  account  with  Mr.  G.  W.  Thomas,  a 
deputy  of  Mr.  Aodi-rson,  paring  over  to  tbat  gen- 
tleman between  (5,000  and  (6,000,  which  balanced 
the  accoanr.  and  tbat  he  received  tiom  Mr.  Thomas 
a  receipt  tberetor,  together  with  the  bends  given  by 
bim  to  Sie  company. 


TBE  NEW- JERSEY  MUTUAL. 


KX-GOV.  PARKER,  THE  NEW  RECKI'VER, 
TAKES  POSSESSION  OF  TUB  NEWARK 
OFFICE — HIS  8CB8EQCENT  INTERVIEW 
WITH  THE  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  NATIONAL 
CAPITOL. 
Ex-Gov.  Parker,  who  waa  appointed  Thurs- 
day, by  Chancellor  Runyon,  Receiver  of  the  New- 
Jersey  Mutnal  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New- 
ark, filed  (200,000  bonds,  as  required  by  the  order 
appointing  bim  Friday.  His  sureties  are  Messrs. 
Barker  Gummere,  Benjamin  F.  Lee,  Clerk  of  tbe 
Supreme  Court;  Grea.  William  S.  Strvker.  aod  Gen. 
Penlne.  Tbe  ex-Governor  took  possession  of  the 
ofSce  of  tbe  company  Friday  evening,  and  yester- 
day morning;  discbareed  all  but  one  of  tbe  clerks  of 
the  compaoy.  The  one  retained  is  Mr.  C.  M.  Kase, 
wbo  will  continue  for  tho  present,  at  all  events,  to 
act  as  Chief  Clerk.  The  order  of  his  appointment 
authorized  the  Receiver  to  pay  the  clerks  and  em- 
pleyes  for  their  term  of  unrequited  service,  which 
has  probably  been  done.  The  Receiver  has  ap- 
pointed Mr.  William  Gammere  Cashier,  and  Barker 
Gummere,  one  of  his  bondHmen,  his  Attorney.  The 
number  of  employes  whom  be  discharged  was  ten. 
The  office  ib  Newark  will  be  continued  for  a  season 
forthu  purpose  of  receiving  premiums.  The  final 
report  ot  Mr.  Fackler,  tbe  Acta8.y  who  examined 
the  books  of  tbe  company  for  Mr.  Kelsey,  wilt  be 
ready  to-morrow,  and  Mr.  Eelscy  will  report  his 
action  in  tbe  case  to  the  Lecislature  Tuesday. 

Gov.  Parker,  later  in  tbe  day,  came  to  the 
ofaceof  tbe  National  Capitol  Life  in  this  City, 
to  which  company  the  risks  and  assets  of 
the  New- Jersey  Mutnal  were  transferred, 
snd  there  had  an  intenrlew  with 
the  Presideni,  Benlamin  Noyes,  who  stated  te  him' 
that  the  assets  bad  been  handed  to  him  by  Mr. 
Stedwoll,  sealed.  Tbe  seals,  be  averred,  bad  never 
been  broken,  and  tbe  package  would  be  turned  over 
to  bim  [the  Receiver]  on  demand.  Mr.  Henry  D. 
Walk>^r,  the  Treainrer  of  the  National  Capitol 
Company,  stated  yesterday  afternoon  tbat,  so  far  aa 
be  knew,  no  transfer  bad  yet  taken  place.  The  matter 
would  be  adjusted  in  a  way  tbat  wonld  prove  satis 
factory  to  all;  and  so  far  as  be  was 
ooQcemed  be  was  glad  tbe  trouble  was  over. 
He  had  always,  he  added,  been  opposed  to  the  trans- 
fer. All  ettorts  to  hnd  J.  H.  Stedwell.  the  President 
of  the  New-Jersey  Mntoal,  have   tuus   far  proved 

fatile,  and  it  certainly  looks  as  thoagb  he«wa«  eu- 
deayorine  to  keep  out  of  the  way.  Mr.  Noyes  said 
last  eveniUE  tbat  ex-Gov.  Parker  had  coaie  to  tbis 
City  in  response  to  a  letter  trom  him.  [Noyes,]  and 
that  they  had  agreed  upon  a  meeting  in  the  early 
part  of  this  week,  when  tbe  aifair  would  be  amica- 
bly settled.  Mr.  Noyes  declined  to  say  what  coarse 
he  intended  to  pursue. 


TEN  YEARS  IN  STATE  PRISON. 
During  the  Presidential  campaign  last  Sum- 
mer a  party  of  men  who  had  beeb  participating  in 
a  political  parade  met  in  a  saloon  in  Newark,  and 
were  drinking  and  talking,  when  George  Steekert 
entered.  A  quarrel  arose,  and  he  was  put  out  by 
tbe  proprietor  and  the  door  locked.  He  was  very 
noisy  in  his  demand  for  readmission,  but  finally 
auieted,  and  it  was  thought  tbat  he  had  left.  Jacob 
Maeson  and  two  or  three  others  resolved  not  long 
afterward  to  start  for  bome.  The  door  was  opened 
and   tbe  men    passed   out.    Tbey  >>ad  no  sooner 

placed  tbeir  feet  upon  the  stoop  before  Steekert. 
wbo  bad  evidently  been  awaiting  his  opportunity, 
sprang  upon  them  with  au  open  knife  with  the 
quickness  and  violence  of  an  infuriated  tiger.  In 
tne  confusion  which  followed  three  men  were 
stabbe.d,  Masson  receiving  at  the  bands  of  Steekert 
several  wouuds  which  a  few  days  later  resulted  in 
his  death.  Steekert  was  arrested  and  tried  for  mur- 
der. Tbe  Jury  mitigated  his  crime  to  manslauzhter. 
Yesterday  when  he  was  call ed  u p   for   seatence   bis 

coonsel  made  au  appeal  for  mercy,  bat  it  was  una- 

-vailing.  The  court,  giving  him  tbe  full  benefit  of 
the  law.  sentenced  bim  to  10  years'  Imprisonment 
at  bard  labor  la  the  State  Prison. 


TBE  FLOOD  WIFE  MVSDBR 
Superintendent    Walling    received    iuforma- 

tlon  yesterday  from  a  trastwortby  sonroe  that  the 

real  name  of  James  Flood,  now  in  the  Tombs, 
charged  with  having   mnrderad  his   wife    on    last 

Snnday  morning,  is  McFarlaad.  He  first  made  the 
acquaintance  of  his  wife  in  Toledo,  Ohio,  of  which 
city       she      was       a     natire.      About    10    years 

ago  Flood,  or  McFarland,  became  engaged  In  a 
street  graces  about  a  woman,  during  which  one  of 
tbe  participuitK  in  tbe  aUray  was  killed.  McFar- 
land, who  WAS  suspected  of  having  caused  tnis 
man's  death,  fled  from  Toledo,  atd,  after  wandering 
about  the  Eastern  States,  finally  settled  in  Lynn, 
Mass.,  where  be  assamed  tbe  name  of  Flood. 
Thither  the  yonng  woman  for  whose  killing  he  ts 
now  awaiting  tiial  followed  htm,  and  they  were 
married  in  Lvnn.  Subsequently  the  couple  oame  to 
this  City.  The  young  woman  calling  hamlf  Miss 
Liszie  Page,  sister  of  ibe  deceased,  it  bae  been  as- 
oeitained  is  a  married  woman,  being  the  wife  of  » 
v«Cl>knowa  iDortlnK  charaotar  la  the  West. 


CITY  AND  SUBURBAN  NEWS 

NEW' YORK. 
The  Pdlioe  arrested  1,406  peraons  last  week. 
Maiy  Carrol.   18  montba  of  age,  of  No.  38 
Thomas  straet^  svallowed  a  pin  on  Friday,  and  died 

yesterday. 

-The  anniial  dinner  and  ladies'  reception  of 
the  Blooming  Grove  Park  Association  takes  ptaoe 
at  the  Hoffman  House  oo  Tuesday  evening  next. 

The  Order  of  United  American  Meohanios 
will  oommemoraie  Wasliington's  Birthday.  Feb. 
SS,  by  appropriate  exercises  in  the  evening  at  the 
Cooper  Union. 

Mr*.  Jane  S.  WiUiamson,  widow  of  tbe  late 

Police  Capt.  Williamson,  was  found  dead  iu  her  bed 
yesterday  morning  at  her  residence.  No.  341  East 
Elgbty-inird  street.  Death  is  supposed  to  have  re- 
sulted from  heart  disease. 

There  were  reported  at  tbe  Bureau  of  Vital 
Statistics,  during  last  week  423  deaths,  484  births, 
and  15e  marriages,  showing  a  decrease  of  29  deaths, 
and  11  births,  and  an  increase  of  45  marriages,  as 
compared  with  the  preceding  week. 

Gilmore'a  Garden  will  be  open  three  times 
next  week,  Tuesday,  Thursday,  and  Saturday 
evenings.  The  entertainment  each  evening  will 
oooaist  of  three  trotting  matches,  running  race, 
pacing  race,  ladles'  flat  race,  fat  men's  foot-race, 
and  athletic  sports. 

1'hf  Customs  officials  siezed  three  boxes  of 
flae  cigars  from  the  ateam-ship  Columbus  yesterday. 
Tbey  .were  entered  as  samples,  and  were  consigned 
to  a  private  party.  It  is  believed  that  many  per- 
'  sons,  get  thsic  cigars  for  personal  use  in  this  way 
without  payment  of  duties. 

A  horse  and  ooal-cart,  driven  bj  Henry  Con- 
way, of  No.  510  West  Thirty-ninth  street,  was  run 
into  last  evening,  at  Forty-fifth  street  and  Eleventh 
avenue,  by  a  looomouve  of  the- Hudson  River  Rail- 
road. Conway  received  slight  Injuriea,  and  the 
horse  escaped  with  some  bruises. 

The  following  gentlemen  conaeoted  with  the 
Spanish  Department  of  tne  Centennial  left  this  City 
yesteroay  on  the  French  steamship  Labrador, 
bound  for  Havre,  en  route  for  Madrid:  Mr.  Lopez 
Fabra  and  wlfr,  Mr.  Alvaro-de  la  Gtmdara.  Mr.  En- 
rique de  Bretons,  Mr.  Petrt^  and  Mr.  Francisco 
Forzano. 

The  frigate  Franklin,  on  which  William  M. 
Tweed  was  brought  as  a  prisoner  trom  Vigo,  Spain, 
will  probably  go  ont  ot  commission  aext  week.  It 
IS  not  yet  known  whether  she  will  be  laid  up  in  the 
Brookly  Navy-yard  or  at  Norfolk.  Her  machin- 
ery neeos  repairs,  some  cf  the  pines  being  complete- 
ly worn  out. 

The  investigation  into  the  alleged  sugar 
firauds  which  is  now  going  on  at  the  Custom-house 

has  been  cond  acted  secretly  for  over  two  months. 
The  evidence  on  hand  shows  the  fraods  to  be  ot  a 
more  extensive  character  than  was  at  first  snp- 
oosed.  Tbe  chemical  Analysis  of  the  coloring  mat- 
ter has  nut  yol  been  completed. 

A  meeting  to  install  Rev.  O.  H.  Humphrey 
as  Pastor  of  tbe  Thirteenth  Street  Welsh  Presby- 
terian Church,  between  Second  and  Third  avenues, 
will  be  held  this  evenine,  and  will  be  p:irtioipated 
in  by  Rev.  Dr.  Bevan,  of  thu  Brick  Church  ;  Rev. 
Dr.  Roberts,  Elisabeth,  N.  J.,  and  Rev.  Hugh 
Davies,  Middle  Granville,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Dr.  R.  R.  Booth  will  deliver  a  lecture 
to-mprrow  evening  before  the  New-York  Sunday- 
school  Association,  m  St.  Paul's  M.  E.  Church,  at 
the  corner  ot  Fourth  avenue  and  Tweutv-«ecood 
street.  His  topic  is  "Adaptation  of  tbe  Bible  to 
the  Universal  Needs  ot  the  Soul,  and  Witness  of 
Christian  Men  to  its  Divine  Power  and  Grace." 

The  frigate  Trenton  will  go  into  commission 
on  Tuesday  next,  when  Capt.  John  Lee  Davis  will 
formally  take  command  of  her.  All  her  officers  are 
DOW  in  waiting  at  the  Brooklyn  Navy-yard.  The 
Trenton  will  probably  be  equipped  in  time  to  start 
for  the  Mediterranean  Station,  where  she  will  be 
the  flag-ship  ot  Admiral  Warden  on  Match  Ist. 

A  dinger  was  given  by  the  Lotus  Club  to 
Mayor  Ely  last  evening,  at  whicb  bis  Honor  ex- 
pressed the  wish  that  tho  Lotus  might  gam  in 
strength  and  beauty  for  many  years  and  continue 
to  put  forth  fresh  blossom's.  Mr.  Noah  Broo]t?l>re- 
sidp4,  and  addresses  were  msde  by  R.  B.  iRoose- 
velt,  Cnauncey  M.  Dep«w'  Judge  Brady,  and 
others. 

Entertainments  for  the  benefit  of  tho  St. 
Stephen  Orphan  Homo,  conducted  by  the  Sisters  of 
Charity,  will  he  glveo  to-morrow  and  Tuesday  even- 
ings in  tbe  basement  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  in 
Twenty-eighth  street.  Prof.  H.  B.  Danforth  will 
pertorm  organ  and  piano  solos,  and  Miss  L.  Leslie 
\Mll  give  some  readiOES.  A  troupe  of  minstrels  will 
also  take  part  in  the  exercises. 

Mr.  Bayard  Taylor,  at  the  request  of  many  of 
his  friends,  baa  decided  t6  deliver  In  this  City,  dur- 
ing the  Lenten  season,  bis  course  of  lectures  on 
German  Literature.  Tbe  discourses  will  be  given 
iu  Association  Hull,  and  lu  tbe  day-time.  In  order  U> 
accommodate  ladies  wbo  otherwise  could  not  at- 
tend them.  Tbe  first,  on  "The  Beginnings  of  Ger- 
mau  Literature,"  will  take  place  on  Friday  next,  at 
11  A.  M. 

Dr.  A.  B.  Crosby  leotored  last  evening  be- 
fore a  large  audience  in  tbe  large  ball  of  the  Cooper 
institute  on  "The  Humai  Foot,"  the  lecture  being 
illustrated  with  stereopticoc  views.  Tbe  flrst  part 
of  thelectora  was  devoted  to  tbe  mechanism  of  the 
foot,  aud  tbe  concluding  portion  to  an  explanation 
of  how  the  foot  should  be  properly  shod,  a  very  im- 
portant consideration,  upon  which  the  personal 
eomforl  of  evvry  individual  depended. 

Mr.  Samuel  Cantrell,  the  Fourth  avenue 
Shoemaker,  who  attempted  to  commit  suicide  by 
shooting  himself  In  the  bead  while  at  the  Putnam 
Bouse,  Twenty-sixth  street  and  Fourth  avenue,  on 
Thursday,  is  still  alive.  Be  is  in  a  private  ward  at 
fiellevue  Hospital,  under  tbe  care  of  Drs.  J.  R. 
Wood  and  Pell.  Although  tbe  bullet  was  lodged 
in  tbe  brain  aud  brain  matter  Is  constantly  oozing 
from  tbe  wound,  be  Is  conscious  and  able  to  con- 
verse with  bis  relatives.  In  relation  to  the  attempt- 
ed snioide  bis  mind  is  a  perfect  blank.  It  is  iK>t 
believed  tbat  he  can  survive. 


BROOKLYN.  ^ 

The  Police  made  383  arrests  daring  tbe  past 
week. 

There  will  be  religious  services  at  tbe  Good 
Ssmaritaii,  on  Willoughby  street,  from  3  to  3  P.  M. 
to-dsy,  followed  by  a  free  lunch  for  the  poor. 

The  Judgt»8  of  tbe  City  Court  have  isstied  an 
or^er  directine  that  hereafter  on  motions  for  a  new 
trial  briefs  must  be  submitted  without  oral  argu- 
ment. 

A  eommlttee  of  the  Board  of  Assessors,  com- 
posed of  Messrs.  Norton,  Breen,   and  Wilson,  was 

appointed  yesterday  to  fix  tbe  district  of  assessment 
for  the  North  Second  street  i^iprovement. 

Mr.  W.  G.  Creamer,  of  No.  75  Second  place, 
has  written  a  letter  to  the  Mayor  asking  him  to  pre. 
vent  the  newsboys  from  crying  their  wares  at  tbe 
ferries.  The  letter  was  sent  to  the  Police  Com- 
mlyioners  and  tabled. 

Hon.  Charles  Francis  Adams,  Jr.,  'will  read 
a  paper  before  the  Long  Island  Historical   Society, 

on  Tuesday  evening,  in  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church,  at  tbe  corner  of  Clinton  and  Falton  streets. 
His  topic  is  "  The  Maypole  of  .Merrymonnt." 

When  tbe  people  of  the  State  of  New- York 

brouffbt  an  action  against  the  Fisk  Flagging  and 
Pavement  Company,  Mr.  Hassen  H.  Wheeler  wss 
appointed  Receiver.  Yesterday  Judge  Pratt  granted 
Mr.  Wheeler  leave  to  sue  William  M.  Tweed,  Jr., 
whom  tke  Receiver  believes  holds  the  assets  of  the 
company. 

The  General  Term  has  affirmed  the  daoision 
granted  oy  Judge  Gilbert  appointing  a  Referee  to 
take  the  testimony  of  James  Bnnll,  President  of  the 
United  States  Life  Insnr.iuoo  Company,  In  the  suit 
of  F.  B.  O'Conor,  who  alleses  a  fraudulent  design 
on  the  part  of  the  managers  of  tbe  company  to 
transfer  its  assets. 

Tbe  twenty-fifth  anniversary  exercises  of  the 
Church  Charity   Foundation   of  Long  Island  take 

glace  this  evenine.  Quinqnagesima  Sunday,  in  the 
onrch  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  at  the  corner  of 
Clinton  and  Pierrepunt  streets-  Bishop  Littlelobn 
Will  preach  the  annual  sermon,  and  Rev.  T.  S. 
Pycott  will  read  the  annual  report. 

The  will  ot  the  late  Rev.  Eugene  Cassidy 
late  Pastor  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church  of  St' 
Mary's  Star  of  the  Sea,  was  admitted  to  probate 
during  tho  past  week.  The  only  property  left  by 
the  deceased  was  a  paid-tip  policy  in  the  bankrupt 

Continental  Life  Inanranoe    Companv.     Tho    money 

is  Willed  to  some  femile  relatives  of  the  deceased. 
Bishop  LoujEhlla  nas  issued  a  pastoral  letter 

to  the  priests  of  the  Diocese  of  Brooklyn,  directing 
tbem  to  take  up  eollections.  which  aro  to  be  pre- 
sented to  the  Pope  on  the  fiftieth  aaniversary  of 
his  elevation  to  the  Episcopacy.  Tbe  anniversary 
will  take  place  on  the  21st  of  next  May,  and  the  sub- 
scriptions are  to  be  taken  up  before  the  25th  of 
March. 

The  General  Term  of  the  Supreme  Court 
has  iust  decided  io  the  test  case  of  Jobn  Dilman, 
who  was  proseeated  by  the  Temoeranoe  Brother. 

bood  of  Chrlsttan  Chnrcbea,  convicted  of  violatine 
the  Sunday  Bkcise  law.  aod  sentenced  to  30  days   In 

the  Penitentiary,  to  sastain  tbe  decision  ot  the 
lower  court.    If  the  case  is  not  taken  to  the  Conrt 

of  Appeals,  Silaian  and  a  number  of  others  wilt 
be  sentenced  during  tbe  oomine  week 

Surronate  Liyingston  received  a  letter  to-da.Y 

f^m  tbe  National  Bank  of  tbe  Reoublio,  asking 
if  the  will  of  Robert  Jackson,  one  of  the  founders 
of  Hempstead,  Long  Island,  in  1644,  is  recorded  in 

the  Sutrottate's  office.  Thompson's  Biitorv  qf  Long 
Itlcmd    states    tbnt  tbe    will    was    dnted  Mav.    1683. 

The  records  of  the  Surrogate's  office  only  data  back 
as  far  as  1*787.  Many  of  the  county  records  were 
destroyed  duriag  the  Revolutionary  war. 

Paul  Hawloy,  a  well-known  thief,  was  coin, 
mitted  by  Jaetice  Walsh  yesterday  on  a  obarge  of 
i^mptiiia  to  break  into  tbe  dry  goods  store  of  Mr. 


L.  H,  Coley,  No,  141  Baada  atroet.  em  Thnrsday. 
Tha  attempt  waa  made  in  eoopaay  'witb  tbree  other 
bnnclars,  who  escaped.  Hkwley  waa  arreated  bv  Mr. 
Coley,  who  put  a  pistol  to  the  thiefs  head  and 
threatened  to  aboofhlm  if  be  mststed.  Oo  the  per- 
son of  the  prisoner  were  a  nnmber  of  pawn  tickets 
and  some  burglars'  implements. 

During  the  month  of  January  the  Associa- 
tion for  Improving  the  Condition  of  the  Poor  a«> 

sisted  3.S8I  families,  numbering  in  all  14,808  per- 
sona. Every  ease  was  tnoroaghly  Investigated. 
Tbe  association  is  perhaps  tbe  very  best  charitable 
organisation  in  the  country.  It  baa  never  pabllcly 
appealed  for  aid,  but  this  year,  so  great  has  been 
the  distress  among  tbe  respectable  poor,  the  Beard 
of  Managers  most  incur  debt  or  ask  the  help  of  the 
charitable.  Last  month  $5,817  SO  irim  paia  ont  by 
the  assooiatiun. 

NEW-JERSEY. 

Between  40  and  50  of  the  saloon-keepers  of 
Newark  have  been  convicted  of  violations  of  tbe 
liquor  license  law,  and  find  ISO  each. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Dapae,  mother  of  Judge 
Dupue,  of  Newark,  one  of  the  members  of  the  New- 
Jersey  Supreme  Court,  died  at  her  home  in  Belvi- 
dere  a  few  days  ago. 

Information  has  beei  received  in  Newark  of 
the  death,  in  Jacksonville,  Fla,  whither  he  wentfor 
his  health,  of  Dr.  A.  Herzog,  a  well-Knowu  German 
physician  of  the  former  city. 

Charles  Smith,  recently  convicted  in  tbe 
Essex  County  Sessions  of  having  forged  the  name 
of  his  tather-ia-law  to  t  wo  notes,  was  yesterday  sen- 
tenced to  five  years'  imprisonment. 

William  Wra.y,  of  New-York,  and  (Tobn  An- 
derson, of  Brooklyn,  were  arrested  in  Newark  yes- 
terday charged  with  having  attempted  to  swindle 
iewelry  firms  in  that  city  by  selling  spurious  nng- 
gcis  ot  gold. 

Nicholas  Murray,  residing  in  Bond  street, 
Elizabeth,  leaped  from  a  moving  train  on  the  Cen- 
tral Railroad  Friday  evening,  and,  falling  beneath 
the  wheels,  was  killed.  He  was  employed  in  the 
coal  docks  at  Hoboken,  and  leaves  a  large  family. 

Three  new  Professors  have  been  added  to 
tbe  Faculty  of  Princeton  College.  Prof.  C.  A 
Young,  of  Dartmouth,  has  been  chosen  Professor 
of  Astronomy;  Prof  C.  G.  Rockwood.  of  Rutgers, 
of  Mathematics,  aud  Prof.  S.  S.  Oris,  of  Martin 
College,  Ohio,  of  Greek. 


DUNCAN,  SHERMAN  4-  CO.'S  AFFAIRS. 

• 

EXAMINATION  OF  MK.  WILLIAM  BUTLER 
DUNCAN  AND  WILLIAM  WATTS  SHER- 
MAN— THE  MOBILE  AND  OHIO  FIRST 
MORTGAGE  COUPONS  —  MR.  WATTS 
SHERMAN'S  CONNKCTION  WITH  THE 
BANKRUPT  FIRM. 
Tbe  examination  of  Mr.  William  Butler  Dun- 
can in  relation  to  the  a£blrs  of  Dancau,  Sherman  & 
Co.  was  resumed  yesterday  in  Register  Ketchnm's 
office,  after  many  adjournments.  Mr.  Duncan  testi- 
fied at  some  length  in  relation  to  the  purchase  bv 
the  late  Ann  of  tbe  coupons  of  the  flrst  mortgage 
bonds  of  the  Mobile  and  Ohio  Railroad  Company. 
The  witness  stated  tbat  the  firm  had  purchased  the 
coupons  to  the  amount  of  aboat  |70O,O00;  these 
were  given  to  Alexander  Dnncan,  and  are  now  in 
the  hands  of  a  committee  for  the  reorganisation 
of  the  Mobile  and  Obio  Railroad.  Their  hagal  pos- 
session was  in  that  committee,  but  flu|ff*Tin1nrirrt1  to 
Alexander  Duncan.  They  were  in  Mr.  .alexonder 
Dtmcan's  possession  on  July  26.  1875,  having  been 
personally  delivered  to  nim  by  the  firm.  Mr.  Alex- 
ander Duncan  had  previously  paid  some- 
thing for  them,  but  did  not  pay  anything  at  the 
time  of  their  delivery  to  him.  The  witness  was 
not  able  to  state  exactly  when  the  previous  payment 
waa  made  without  reference  to  memoranda  of  the 
transaction,  but  be  should  say  about  six  or  eight 
months  before  their  delivery.  Tbe  entire  cost  of 
the  coupons  was  paid  by  Mr.  Alexander  Duncan  at, 
or  about,  the  time  tbe.y  were  purchased  from  the 
original  holders.  At  the  time  the  coupons  became 
due  some  of  them  were  presented  to  the  banking- 
house  of  Duncan,  Sherman  &  Co,  for  payment.  If 
they  were  presented  and  payment  asked  by  any 
firm,  representing  any  parson,  payment  was  refused, 
but  if  they  wereoSered  for  sale  tbey  were  purchased. 
Tbe  coupons   wore    made   payable  in   the  City  ot 

Mobile  aod  the  City  of  London.  Tn  response  to  a 
qnestion  as  to  why,  if  snob  were  the  case,  tho 
ooapons  when  due  were  presented  to  the  banking- 
house  of  Dnacao,  Sherman  &.  Co..  in  New-Ynrk,  the 
witness  stated  tbat  the  reason  was  that  the  firm  of 
Duncan,  Sherman  &,  Co.  purchased  tbem.  Witness 
next  stated  that  Alexander  Dnncan  becamo  finan- 
cially interested  in  the  coupons  in  Mar,  1874.  The 
firm  purchased  tbem  for  acoonnt  of  Alexander 
Duncan,  and  the  latter  furnisbed  the  firm  with  the 
money  to  pay  for  them  before  or  at  the  time  ot  the 
purchase.  The  witness  tbooght  the  money  was 
given  to  the  firm  when  Mr.  Alexander  Duncan  was 
in  New-York  in  1874. 

Mr.  William  Watts  Sherman  was  next  called,  and 
testified  thst  he  became  a  member  of  tbe  firm  of 
Duncan,  Sherman  &  Co.  in  1875;  witness  never  put 
any  capital  into  tbe  firm;  in  1875  be  drew  out 
money  for  his  personal  use,  but  he  did  not  recollect 
bow  much ;  tbe  witness  attended  to  tbe  minor  de- 
tails of  the  firm'#  management,  such  as  signing 
checks,  letters,  and  other  papers ;  he  did  not  recol- 
lect of  having  ever  seen  a  balance  sheet  showing 
the  assets  and  llaDirities  of  the  firm,  but  he  thought 
he  knew  the  approximate  amouuts  of  assets  aud 
liabilities  from  time  to  time ;  he  did  not  know 
the  amount  of  cspital  in  the  firm  at  the  time  of  his 
becoming  a  member  of  it,  nor  could  he  say  of  his 
own  knowledee  tbat  he  was  received  as  a  member 
of  tbe  firm  sclaly  because  he  bore  the  name  of 
Watts  Sherman  ;  be  signed  contracts  of  agreements 
on  behalf  of  Duncan,  Sherman  &.  Co.  to  erect  build- 
ious  on  various  pieces  of  prooerty  owned  by  them  ; 
he  conid  not  recollect  whether  any  of  the  aeree- 
meots  were  in  existence  at  tho  time  of  tbe  firm's 
failure  in  1675.  The  witness  was  asked  if  he  paid 
any  money  on  account  of  the  contract  made  by  his 
wife  with  Messrs.  Granville  &  Richardson  to  build 
a  house  at  Newport,  with  a  chock  or  checks  of 
Messrs.  Duncan,  Sherman  &.  Co.,  but  he  stated  that 
he  eould  not  answer  the  question,  as  he  did  not  un- 
derstand it.  Afterward  oe  stated  that  his  wife's 
"rrustees  paid  all  tbe  money  agreed  to  be  paid  un- 
der the  contract,  excepting  a  small  sum  which  he 
paid     himself   for    preliminary    drawings,    which 

Eayment  was  made  by  his  own  check  drawn  on 
luncan.  Sherman  &  Co.  At  this  point  the  exami- 
nation was  adjourned  until  3  o'clock  on  Tuesday 
afternoon  next.  

THE  TRENTON  POTTERY  STRIKE. 

The  pottery  strike  in  Trenton,  N.  J.,  is  still 

as  formidable  as  ever.  There  are  about  1,500  men 
Wbo  refuse  to  work  at  the  reduced  wages.  Meet- 
ings are  held  every  afternoon,  at  which  speeches  are 
made.  About  40  men  are  at  work  at  the  new  rates, 
and  strong  efforts  are  being  made  to  compel  them  to 

sTtitt  work.  On  Thursday  last  a  number  of  tbe 
/strikers  appeared  in  front  of  tbe  hoaee  of  one  of 
those  workmen,  named  Millincton,  and  threatened 
personal  violence.  Last  uigbt  between  SOO  aud  300 
strikers  assembled  m  front  of  the  house  of  another 
of  tbe  men  who  remain  at  work,  named  Fox,  and 
burned  him  in  effigy.  They  threatened  bim  and 
finally  stoned  bim.  Twelve  of  tbe  ringleaders  were 
arreated  and  bound  over  to  appear  and  answer 
before  tbe  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer. 


AU  EXPERT  HOTEL  THIEF  CAPTURED. 

A  well-dressed  man,  who  gave  his  name  as 
John  Davis,  was  caught  yesterday  morning  in  the 
act  of  attempting  to  unlock  the  doors  of  several 
rooms  at  the  hotel  Nos.  6l<4  and  696  Sixth  avenue 
witb  two  pass-keys  which  he  had  stolen  from  the 
housekeeper's  room.  He  was  given  in  charge  of 
Patrolman  F^rle.y,  of  the  Twenty -ninth  Precinct. 
On  being  arraigned  at  the  Washington  Place  Police 
Court,  the  prisoner  was  recognized  as. George  Bird, 
alias  JohnsoD,  an  expert  hotel  thief,  who  has  been 
arrested  several  times  and  bas  served  a  term  of 
imprisonment  at  Sing  Sing,  He  was  committed  for 
trial  In  default  of  |2,000  bail. 


Cognacs  bottled  at  Joozao  Distilleries :  also  in 
wood.  Victor  E.  JuauasR,  Sole  Importer,  llOlteadest, 
—Advtrti$emenL  

PASSENOESS  SAILED. 

In  tteam-ihip  Adriatic,  for  Liverpool.— Mn.  George 
Weatiniiboase,  Jr.,  Mr.  aod  Mrs.  J.  Lindsay,  ^iss  B.  Ar- 
thur. Wm.  tiowson,  Jr.,  Mr.  aro  Mr».  K.  H.  Mac.v,  Mrs. 
Wood,  Mrs.  John  Uussell  Young,  L.  Pope,  Jr..  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  t>.  T.  Brown,  A.  J.  Aikens,  John  1).  Dlx,  Rev.  Fath- 
er Gwenebaum,  Wm.  Kerr,  W.  Oostenhofer,  C.  Vv. 
Cbamberlln.  Mrs.  Chamberltn.  R.  C.  Trenbath,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  M.  Gibba.  Miss  tiibbs,  Miss  Belie  Gibbs,  Miss  B. 
Robbitt,  T.  B.  Matthews,  Miss  Louise  Howe.  E.  Kurs- 
leiner,  J.  Neale  l^lamb,  Oeor^e  GlaoKmeyer,  Charles  J. 

Cllnob.  J.  Mnnson,  Jr.,  J.  B.  Loveland,  Mrs.  Loveland, 
Miss  Nicholson.  .Miss  Howard,  E.  A.  touogs,  R.  Dela 
Boss  Colter,  Mr.  Merrylees,  Capt.  .Cautley,  W.  B.  Har- 
wood,  James  Brown,  R.  Nicholson,  M.  Valdes,  Fellclauo 
Bevla,  P.  H.  Iismallce,    Walter   Uickson,   Rooerc  Dick- 

gon,  Jobn  Faehr,  Edward  Johnston,  Hra  EaLlngs,  8yd- 
oey  C.  Jones.  Carlo  fiestlna,  M.  A.  Uyde,  D.  D.,  Mrs. 
Hrde. 

Jn  tteam-iMp  Citu  o}  Atlanta,  for   Ohartttton M.  Ii. 

Keene,  M,  Hermon.  F.  G.  Savage.  F.  Dubois,  Mrs.  Flan- 
ders, U.  W.  Belcher,  Miss  J.  Dodge,  Dr.  fi.  W.  Dudge. 

Miss  WbaUer,  Mlsa  Bpanter,  Miss  Lulu  B.  Cox,  Miss 
Mary  McDonald.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Suilrles,  W.  G.  Farfto,  J. 
B.  Piatt,  Mr.  Dodge,  J.  Fatnunr,  J.  Taylor.  A.  Brook,  M. 

Couiont,  C.  Cunnor,  A.  L.  WlUiami,  N.  Conklin,  .1.  C. 

Btepbeo,  J.  C.  Beaumont.  J.  H.  Christy,  A.  6.  Sellard, 
Mr.  and  M.ra.  J.  M.  OoHn.  Misa  Bngtuun.  Mis*  Llbbetts. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Llbbetts,  Mr.  aod  Mra.  Wise,  J.  M.  Stew- 
art, Mr.  and  Mrs,  F.  W.  Manlein,  Mrs,  H.  Goldstein.  J. 
8.  Newell,  Mr.  Llbbetts,  George  Lee,  Mra  M.  Atchison, 

Miss  Cora  Cosick.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  M.  Kellogfr,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Wain,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  B.  T.  Wylle,  A.  M.  Naasett.  J. 
M.  Bondy,  L.  A.  Oarscn,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  M.  Wales,  Uiss 
Cortage,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  B.  K.  White,  J.  M.  Lauienoe,  C. 
S,  Cosy  and  lady,  J.  M.  Watersou.  A.  R.  Kellogg.  A.  M. 
HampsOB. 

In  iteam$Mp  San  Jadt^o,  for  Savannah.— Vr.  and 
Thomas  Moran.  Mra.  Levi  itcwlev  and  daughter,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  J.  8.  Anthonv,  BUsa  S.  J.  Day,  Miss  C.  A.  iSUn- 
mons,  Mrs.  J.  Mov.  eaver.  Mrs.  Peek,  Kmd  Bmck,  E.  M. 
Smith,  P.  MiUei-,  B.  C.  WoodmS;  Mr.  ana  Mrs.  F.  W. 
Bills,  Miss  Ida  Johnson,  Mrs.  Wilmarth,  Mr.  and  Mra 
D.  P.  Ketchnm,  Miss  Miller,  Mrs.  U.  D.  Sheldon,  Miss 
Mary  iihBldon,  Mtss  Bemtatrton,  Miss  Parker,  Miss  Dora 
Deutaeh.  W.  Whalas,  W.  Toland  A.  McKensie,  J.  M. 
Dimiok,  F.  Me.yers,  J.  M.  Wubnr.  B.  Witmer,  H.  Wil- 
K.  J.  Beekmaa.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  Ryder.  Lewis 


HayexStJ,  IXUee,  A.  B.  Stor«r,  A  R.  Day,  Mr.  uul 
Mm.  ox  vcloaau,  Mz,  and  Mrs.  a.  I*;  Safl;  Mra  WU- 
ler: 

1%  stsaw  liMp  Labrador,  /or  Sa/ort Mr.   and  Krs. 

Xiopea  Fabra,  Alvaro  de  la  Oaadara.  Bnrioae  de  Bro- 
tons,  Mr.  Fetia.  Miss  Bosenda,  Franoisoo  Forvano,  Mr. 
Delias,  Hr.  and  Mrs.  J.  0.  Ltverre,  Charles  Hlrsob, 
Mra.  8.  Lillenthal,  Hxa.  Matheiu.  Krs.  Bugeole 
Iiandes,  Uis.-  Sllkton,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Baas,  Hiss 
Besrlette  Bass,  Bnrloo  Camrassl.  Hr.  ana  Mrs.  B.  Lalle- 
ment,  R.  Friedrlcb,  Mr.  and  Mrs,  E.  Glnss,  Mra  8. 
Duval,  Mrs.  B.  Carodie,  Carlo  Gludnccl.  Giuseppe  Cirri, 
J.  Bastlan,  H.  Netutas,  A.  Felder,  Mrs.  Gambler. 

In  tteam-iMp  Canada,  fOr  Iiondoit — .Mr.  and  Mrs.  B. 
Bohertson,  Mrs.  Coghlan,  Mias  Cooper,  Miss  Fulton, 
Mra  Trice,  .Master  Walter  Trice,  Frank  Seaiey,  Ddward 
D.  Bell.  Oeorcce  May,  Robert  MeC^g,  Joseph  MeCig.  Mrs. 
A  O.  Bwanson,  B.  Fenton,  Merits  Handscbin,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  A  Dolmetscb,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Hurd,  Mus 
Hunt,  Miss  Ldgh. 


PASSENGERS  ARRIVED. 

1%  sisom-slkte  Colon,  -  A'ont  AspUttealL—^on.  8.  Ledo 
deTefedo,  ex-President  of  Mexico;  Ooii.  Mariano  Rsco- 
bedo,  Manuel  Bomero  Rubio.  Juan  Jose  Bar,  T.  Ta<o 
Bar,  Iniaolo  Monroy,  Adrian  Busto  and  fam- 
llv,  Emeline  Bnsto  and  family.  Cant  WUham 
Bathhnn.  Payniaster  G.  H.  Watklna.  Dr. 
H.  Woaeacraft,  W.  H.  Kiimey,  Capt  C.  A  Thomdyke, 
Capt.  B.  A.  Barstow,  Miss  Ottwell,  Mrs.  B.  Cooledce, 
Mr.  Wheelwright,  Miss  Bertram,  W.  Hamiitoa  and 
famOy,  H.  F.  Freeman  aud  fnmlly.  Miss 
Hug.  E.  W.  Poole,  W.  J.  Busier,  H.  Mc- 
Kenuey.  B.  A.  Hull,  W.  Stewart.  J.  Dawson,  B.  Do 
Losada  Plise,  J.  l.  Martel.  Arthur  W.  Cornwall.  E.  J. 
Clspp.  H.  D.  Casey,  1).  Cain,  T.  L.  Steyglnold.  K. 
Broe,  8.  Mullet,  W.  Bamsay,  F.  BuhololT, 
8.  Abraham,  A.  Williamson,  L.  Clooney,  J. 
Kedley,  E.  Howland,  M.  J.  Mason,  P.  Grant, 
H.  DonBrumua,  G.  Scharlter.E.  WlllUms.  6.  Lincoln, 
J.  McKeneie,  J.  Kel8e.T.  B.  MoCabe.  J.  £eenes,  G.  W.. 
Brown,  J.  Mahsn,  W.  Q.  Douglas,  K.  Herecker,  J.  C. 
J'  hnsnn,  M.  Lillenthal,  W.  olafleld,  E.  McNesl,  Samuel 
BlUs,  E.  McNeal,  L.  Brown,  J.  N.  Clements,  F.  Dubois, 
O.  Chamberlaine,  Robert  Smith. 

In  iteam-»hi.p  Parthia.  from  Liverpool.— Ut.  and  Mrs. 
Cameron,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Cohen,  Miss  Cohen,  K.  Culver- 
house,  E.  W,  Disney,  Mr.  Hud  Mrs.  Foirester,  Jr,H. 
Goldscfamidt,  L.  Gnldsobmidt,  Wm.  Green,  Mrs.  Uard- 
castle.  G.  E.  Kisseil,  Malcolm  Xamont.  Mr.  Latham, 
Lennox  Ijee,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Loeb,  Mrs.  J.  Loder,  C.  A. 
MoOreery,  A,  G.  McLean.  Mr.  Tneve.  Rev.  Father  Wag- 
ner, Maior  Weir,  B.  Wlutlock.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  K.  Wilkin- 
son, Mrs.  Zorramiino,  Miss  Zorraguino,  Mr.  Bell. 

In  Bteam-ihtp  Helvetia,  from  lAverpool. — Mr.  and  Mrs. 
B.  Smith,  J.  L.  Dickinson,  E.  F.  Rlnc,  J.  Mogrove.  Her- 
man M.  Goiding,  James  ifoster,  M.  Alexander.  Mrs, 
Stack.  

MINIATVJtE  ALHANAU—iaiS    DAY. 
Sunrises 6:59  I  Sunsets 5:301  Moon  rises.. 6:21 

HlOH  WATBR— THIS   DAT. 

Sandy  Hook...6:52  |  Gov.Island..7:41 1  Hell  Gate.... 9:03 


MABINB  INTELLiaENGE. 


NEW-YORK SATUBDAt,  FEB.  10. 


CLEARED. 


Steam-ships  Old  Dominion,  Walker,  Norfolk  and 
Richmond,  Old  Dominion  Steoia-ship  Co.;  Bolivia,  (Br.,) 
Small.  Glasgow,  via  MovUle,  Henderson  Bros.;  Lone 
Star,  Forbes,  New-Orleana,  C.  A.  Whitney  &  Co.;  Pio- 
neer, Waliely,  Wilmington,  N.  C.  &c„  Wm.  P.  Clyde  t 
Co.;  Adriatic.  (Br  ,)  Perry,  Llveroool,  via  Qaeenstown, 
It.  J.  Cortis ;  Fanita.  Howe,  Philadelphia;  City  of  At- 
lanta, WoodhuU,  Charleston,  J.  W.  Qulntard ;  City  of 
San  Antonio,  Pennineton.  Galveston,  &c.,  C.  H.  Maliorv 
.k  CO..  San  Jnclnto, Hazard.  Sarannab,  Ga.,  W.  R.  Gar- 
rison k.  Co.;  Knickerbocker,  Kemble.  New-Orleans, 
Clnrk  &  Seaman;  Labrador,  (Br.,)  SDngller,  Havre,  via 
Plymouth,  Louis  De  Bebian;  E.G.  Knight.  Ohiohest-r, 
Georgetown,  0.  C,  J.  L.  Boome,  Jr.;  Canada.  (Br.,) 
Sumner,  Iiondon,  F.  W.  J.  Huist ;  Acnes,  Burdick, 
Pliilaiielphia. 

Barks  Mozart,  (Nopw.,)  Albrethsen,  Santauder  for  or- 
ders, C.  Tobias  k  Co.;  Hawthorn,  (Br.,)  Whitney.  Lon- 
don, fee,  Blalxslee  &  Caldwell. 

Brigs  Acenora,  Walls,  Matanzas.  J.  H.  Winchester  k. 
Co^T  Johanna  Ma'-garetha,  (Norw.,)  Rasmussen,  St. 
John's,  N.  F..  J.  8.  Tucker  k  Co. 

Schrs.  W.  H.  Kmspl,  Soper,  Baltimore :  A.  H.  Hurlbut, 
Griffln^,  FhiliulelDhia,  tc.  Van  Brant  &  Bro.;  <./bris- 
tinn,  (Port.,)  Lourelr.  Oporto,  G.  Amsiuck;  William 
Mazyck,  Relson,  Morfolk,  Va. 


ARBIVED. 


Steam-ship  Oder,  (Ger.,)  Leist,  Bremen  Jan.  27  and 
Benthampton  30th,  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Oel- 
ricbs  St  Co. 

Steam-ablp  Italia,  Grote,  London  JaiL  22,  with  mdse. 
and  passeiieers  to  Henderson  Bros. 

Steam-ship  Klcbmond.  Kelly,  Richmond,  Citv  Point, 
and  Norfolk,  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Old  Domin- 
ion Steam-ship  Co. 

Steam-ship  Albemarle,  Gibbs.  Lewes,  with  mdse.  and 
passencers  to  Old  Dominion  Steam-shin  Co. 

Steam-sbip  Parthia,  (Br.,)  McKay,  Liverpool  Jan. 
27.  via  Qaeenstown  28th,  with  mdse.  and  passengers 
to  C.  G.  Francklvn. 

Steam-sbip  Colon,  GrifBn.  Asplnwall  Feb.  2,  with 
mdse.  and  passengers  to  Pacific  Mail  St«ara-ship  Co. 

Steam-sbip  Neptane,  Berry,  Boston,  with  mose.  and 
papsengers  to  Meiropolitan  Steam-ship  Co. 

Steam-ship  Franconia.  Bragg,  Portland,  with  mdse. 
and  pssaeneers  to  J.  F.  Ames. 

Ship  Saracen,  (of  London.)  Lebeanf.  Liverpool  Dec. 
18,  with  mdie.  to  P.  Sprinft- 

Bark  AfOgnus  Lasaboter,  (Norw.,)  Sorensen,  Water- 
tord  50  ds.,  in  ballast  to  Funch,  Edve  &  Co. 

Baric  Granada,  Hodsdon,  Malaga 46  ds.,  witn  mdse.  to 

B.  K.  Meicalf  &  Co. 

BrlK  Manson,  Gardner,  New-Haven,  iu  ballast  to  H. 
Loud  U.  Co. 

Brig  Eiche,  (of  Turk's  Island,)  Anderson,  Puerto  Co- 
hello  21  de.,  with  coffee,  slims,  Jic.,  to  Dallett,  Boulton 
t  Co. 

Bohr.  o.  M.  Uarrett,  (of  Boothbay.)  Beed,  Mayaenes. 
P.  R.,  Jan.  26.  with  oranges  to  Wm.  Douglass— vessel 
to  B.  J.  Wenberg  it  Co. 

Schr.  Jacob  E.  Ridzeway.  (of  Philsdelotaia.)  Town- 
send,  Para  20  ds.,  with  rubber  to  Van  Bmut  &  3ro. 

Schr.  Blink  Bonnie.  (Br.,)  Swain.  Charlottetown.  P. 
£.  I.,  60  ds.,  with  potatoes  to  master. 

Schr.  Ella  Clifton.  Kimball,  (of  and  35  ds.  from 
St.  John,  M.  B.,)  with  mdse.  to  order — vessel  to  Scam- 
mell  Bros. 

Schr.  <  harlotte  AuKusta,  (of  Isastport,)  Holmes, 
Grand  Menan,  with  herring  to  master. 

Schr.  S.  R.  Lane,  (of  Gloucester,)  McKenzie,  Fortune 
Bay,  N.  It'.,  20  ds..  via  Gloucester,  with  herring  to  mas- 
ter, 

Schr.  B.  M.  Hawkins,  Wyatt,  Boston  4  ds..  with  po- 
tatoes to  order. 

Schr.  George  Glondon  Jewett,  (ot  Boston.)  HarrlnK- 
ton.  St.  John,  N.  B.,  10  ds.,  with  lath,  Uc.  to  Scammell 
Bros. 

Schr.  Wm.  M.  Gesner,  Edwards,  New-Bedford,  for 
Port  Johnson. 

Srbr.  Helen  Thompson,  Wooster,  New-Bedford,  for 
Port  Johnson. 

Schr.  Z.  L.  Adams,  Nlckerson,  New-Bedford,  for  Poit 
Johnsoa. 

Schr.  Mansfleld,  Acorn,  Providence,  tor  Port  John- 
son. 

Schr.  Wm.  McCobb,  Lyons,  Providence,  for  Port 
Johnson. 

Schr.  Salmcn  Washburn,  Hatbawsv,  Taunton. 

Schr.  Mary  H.  MlfBln.  Ferris,  Warren. 

Schr.  Beu).  D.  Prince,  Hail,  Newport. 

Schr.  Success,  Piersou,  Norwich,  for  Port  Johnson. 

Schr.  Wm.  M.  Knerett,  McDaniels.  New-Haven. 

Schr.  Sarah  J.  Onrnev,  Gnrney,  New-Haven,  for  Port 
Johnson. 

Schr.  Allen  Gumey,  Gumey.  New-Haven,  for  Port 
Johnson. 

Schr.  Qeorgo  Gnmev,  Gumey,  New-Haven,  for  Port 
Johnson. 

Sohr.  Mott  Haven,  Collins,  Calais,  with  lumber  to 
master. 

Srhr.  Bramhall,  Hamilton.  Portland,  witb  lumber  to 
mastei'. 

Schr.  Ellen  Maris,  Loud,  Belfast,  with  potatoes  to 
Austin  &  Co. 

ischr.  Curlew,  Hall,  Bastport,  with  fish  to  Crowell  & 
Pettinglll. 

Schr  Carrie  W.  Trefethao,  Eastport,  with  fish  to 
Crowell  &  PettingiU. 

Schr.  Robert  Foster,  Robinson,  Boston. 

Schi'.  Atlantic,  Coumos,  Boston,  fur  Port  Johnson. 

Schr.  South  Bhore,  Whitmore,  Boston,  for  Port  John- 
son. 

Schr.  Sallie  W.  Ponder,  Lineoln,  Somerset,  for  Port 
Johnse. 

WIND— .Sunset,  Ught,  S.;  clear. 


SAILED. 


steam-ships  KenilTvorth,  for  Antwerp ;  Labrador,  for 
Havre ;  Bolivia  and  State  of  Penns.Tlvania,  for  Glas- 
gow; Adilatic.  for  Liverpool;  Canada,  for  London; 
Claribel,  for  Port  an  Prinre  :  City  of  San  Antonio,  for 
Oalveston  ;  Lone  Star  and  Knickerbocker,  for  New-t>r- 
leons ;  San  Jacinto,  for  BavaDuah ;  City  of  Atlanta,  for 
Charleston;  Pioneer,  for  Wilmington.  N.  C;  Old  Do- 
minion, for  Richmond :  Fanita  and  Agnes,  for  Philadel- 
§hia;  K.  C.  Kniaht.  for  Georeetown,  D.  C;  bark  Cold- 
eek,  for  Liverpool :  brix  Harrr  and  Aubrey,  tor  Bar- 
bados ;  Bock,  for  St.  Kitts;  schr.  Azelda  and  Laura, 
for  Porto  Plata. 


mSCELLANBOUS. 
BarK  Elsinore,  LosberK,  from  Newrj,   which  arr.  9th 

and  anoliored  in  Qravesend  Bay,  was  towed  to  the  City 
this  afternoon. 

Schr.  Jacob  B.  Ridgeway,  Townsend,  from  Para, 
which  arr.  9th,  is  cansiened  to  Burdett  &  Fond — ves- 
sel to  B.  J.  Wenberg  it  Ca,  not  as  hefoie. 


BETUSNED. 
Ship  N.  B.  Palmer,  (.N'orw.,)  Larsen,  hence  for  Ant 
werp  Jan.  27.  Feb.  3  sprang  a  leak,  making  about  15 
inohos  per  hour;  ordered  all  hands  to  tbe  pumps,  but 
could  not  clear  tbe  vessel:  concluded  to  make  port; 
4th,  water  still  gaining,  threw  overboard  300  bbls.  oil, 
and  on  the  7th  126  bUls.  more  to  lighten  the  vessel 
aft ;  will  have  to  discharge  and  go  on  the  dry  dock  for 
repairs. 

♦ 

SPOKEN. 

By  ship  Saracen,  Jan.  6,  lat.  84  67,  Ion.  10 17,  bark 

Acacia, 

♦ 

BY  CABLE. 

■  LoHDON,  Feb.  10. — Sid.  5th  inst..  Carlton,  Capt.  Cok- 
gius;  9th  Inst.,  Danube,  Capt.  Trebucket,  the  latter 
for  Goree;  North  Wind,  for  Pensacola;  Catharine, 
Ferda^  10th  lost.,  Const:intine.  Elizabeth  Hamilton, 
H.  L.  Biohardson.  E.  R.  Thomas,  the  latter  for  Ban- 
goon,  Wawalench,  for  St.  John. 

Arr.  8th  Inst.,  Elliot  Richtie.  Chrlstiane;  10th  inst, 
Arcadia,  Liverpool,  Capt.  Lambert,  Louisiana,  Capt. 
Oliver;  Fremtid,  Sterling.  Capt.  Baker,  Burry,  and 
Tame. 

LivB&pooi,,  Feb.  lO. — The  steam-shtp  Ohio,  Capt. 
Morrivon,  sId.  to-day  for  PhUadelpbia. 

QosKNiTowN,  Feb.  10.— The  White  Star  Line  steam- 
ship Britannic,  from  Liverpool,  left  here  at  6  P.  M.  yes- 
terday tor  New-Yoric 

Havasa,  Feb.  ». — The  ateam-shin  Clyde.  Capt.  Ken- 
nedy, from  New-Tork  Feb.  3,  arr.  here  this  morning. 


Irrings  safes 


'World's  Champions' 

AT 

GREATLY  REDUCED  PRICES. 


ANOTHER   GREAT   REDDCTION  IN  PRICKS.     THB 

LABGBHT  STUCK  OF  THS   BEST  8AF£8  IN  THB 

WORLD  TO  BKLECT  FROM. 

ALSO  200  SbCOND-HAND  BAFS8  (ALL  UAKSS)   AT 
VEETLOWFBI0B8. 

HERRING  Sc  CO., 

*      NOfi.  351  Ain)  252  BSOADWAT.  HBW'TOBK. 


Brooklyn  Life 

Insnraiice    Co.   of  New-York, 

DEO.  81,    1873. 


ASSETS. 

^^  Estate _ $3U97  05 

Bonds  and  Mortgages  (on  properties  val- 
ued at  present  reduced  prices  $2,- 

^^•'^8> : 1.268.440  03 

Cashln  BankaudOfficek ,      121  057  g5 

Accrued  Interest  on  Investments 34  452  39 

Loans  on   Policies  (wholly  and  reeneo- 
lively  within  their  y^ne) 410,799  19 

net  Dnoolleoted  Fremiams 14*82''  15 

Ket  Deferred  Premiumo. Ss'sfiS  OS 

-_  Stocla  and  Market 

Bond*.       Par  Value.  Value. 

U.  6.  6b,  reg- 
istered  $125,000  00    $141,875  00 

Brooklyn  7s.  217,000  00       243,480  00 

Kings  Coun- 
ty .7s...  .      61,0tt0  Oa        62,206  00  , 

Rochester  7s     37,000  OO        40,330  00 

JBufralo7s...     30,000  00        32,700  00 

Virginia    6s, 

••old".... 19  285  00  ' 

$470,000  00    $539,875  00      639.876  00 

Loans  on  Call  (seoored  by  U.  8.  and  oth- 
er stocks) 12  200  00 

Ledger  Balances _ 19,700  00 

'^482.398  70 
I.IABI1.ITIES. 

Beserveon  all  Policies  f®  4^9  per  cent )$2,137,143  00 

C^ppald  losses  not  due,  or  in  process  of 
adfnstment 77.823  00 

Dnnald  endowments  not  due  or  ia  pro- 
cess of  adjustment 89.000  00 

Premiums  paid  in  advance,  and  other 

llabiUtles.- 7.583  88 

Liabilities  as  t6  Policy  Holders $2,261.o51~86 

Sniplns  to  Policy  Holders,  8230,846  84. 

Extract  from  the  Mtnute*  of  the  Finance  Committee,  wider 

whote    eupermtUm  the  tnvestment*  of  thi*  <!ompan% 

are  made : 

We.  the  members  of  tbe  Finance  Committee  of  the 

Brooklyn  Life  Insnrsnce  Compon.v.  hereby  certl^  that 

we  have  on  this,  the  25th  day  of  Jsnuary,  i877,  at  tne 

Annual  Meeting  of  the  Finance  Committee,  examined 

the  Deeds.  Bunds,  Bonds  and  .Mortgazes,  Securities,  and 

Bank  Certificate*  of  Deposit  suDinitted  by  the  frosl- 

dent.  and  helonging  to  the  Brooklyn   Life  Int  Co.,  «nd  we 

find  them  correct.    We   further  cerii^  that  the  said 

Deeds,  Bonds,  Bonds  and    Mortj^ages,    Securities,  and 

Bank  Certificates  of  Heposit  are  in  the  postetrion  of  the 

Comvanu,  and  the  full  fropektt  thbkeof  fbeb  op  I5- 

CtTMBKANCB. 

(Signed)  •     MICHAEL  CHAUNCET. 

DANIEL  6.  ARNOLD, 
"  J.  F.  WHITNKT. 

■  ••  R.  B.  DUTCKlNCK. 

Slate  of  ITew-Yorlc,  City  and  County  of  ITew-Tork,  ea. — 
On  this  23th  day  of  January.  1877,  personally  ap- 
peared before  me,  John  W.  Jen  kiss,  a  Notary  Public  m 
and  for  said  countv,  (duly  commissiooe^S  and  sworn.) 
the  abOTe-named  Michael  Chauncey,  Daniel  S.  Arnold, 
J.  F.  Whitney,  and  R.  B.  Duvekincki  to  me  known,  who 
sighed  tlie  foregoing  certificate  and  maac  oath,  and 
each  for  himself  made  oath,  to  the  truth  of  the  said 

(Signed)  JOHN  W.  JKK  KIN'S, 

Notary  Public,  New-Iork  County. 

FACTS  worthy  of  notice  in    eonneetion  with  the   at>ove 
Statement 

1st— The  Assets  are  stated  at  prices  actually  prevalU 

ing  at  present — lu  fact,  at  hortl-OiiU. 
2d — ^The  properties  securing  the  Loans  on  Bond  aod 
Mortgage  have  been  reappraited  within  the  last 
BU  days,  and  the  loans  thereon  do  not  average 
fifty  per.  cent,  of  said  appraisement. 
3d — The  nnpald  premiums  otily  amonot  to  $14,822 ; 
and  they  have  been  reduced  to  the  basis  required 
by  the  Instirance  Department  of  New-Tork  State. 
4th— Tbe  Brooklvn  Life  has  $109  tn  pav  each  and 
every  $100  of  its  Habilittes. 

CHRISTIAN  W.  BOUCK. 

President. 
WlLLIAK  H.  Coi,s. 

Secretary. 


CONTINUATION 

OF  OCR 

EXTRAORDIMRYSAIE 

OF 

HAMBURG 

EIBROIDEEIES. 


WB  HAVE  MADE  DURING  THE  PAST  WEEK  A 
FUBTBEB  ADDITION  OF  &  CASES  TO  ODB  IMMENSE 
ASSORTMENT  OF  EDGINGS  AND  INSERTIONS,  WHICH 
WE  CONTINUE  TO  OFFER  40  PEE  CBNT.  LESS  THAd 
THE  COST  OP  IMPORTATION. 


No.  48  East  14th  st. 


Harlnj  bought  the  entire  stock  ot  a  Freiielr 

manofacturer,  tve  ofler 
1,000  DOZEN  TIBS  AT  25c.,   WORTH  ftOc  EM< 

BBOIDERED  WITH  SILVER  AND  GOLD  THREADS. 
3.000  DOZEN  TIES  AT   30s-,  WORTH  OOc.,  RICH 

D.VMASSB,  VAEICUS  PATTEESS, 
6,000  SASHE9,  2  1-3  TaRDS  LONG.  6Sc.  EACH, 

WORTH  Si  30. 

Also,  SOO  Dozen  Silk  HandkeretatefB  at  SSe., 
aOc,  and  S3c,,  ■wortbUS  per  cent.  more. 


Le 


No,  48  East.l^th  St. 


HAZELTON 

PIANO 

TRIUMPHANT. 

Excelsior!  ''' rJ^ALli^si^rol!^'''^ 

1876. 

OFFICIAL. 
The  undersigned  have  examined  the 

Mi  Um,  id  Wt 

PIANO-FORTES 

OF 

HAZELTON  BROTHERS 

and  unanimously  recommend  for  the  same  the  Highest 
Award,  for  the  following  reasons,  via: 

ELASTIC     TODCHI 

SINGING    QDALITU 

DELICACY    AND 

POWER    OF    TONE! 

WITH  HIGHEST  EXCBIiLENOB  OF  yVORKMASSHlP. 

(Th(i  above  embrace  all  the  qnalities  of  a  ftrst-olar 

Piano-forte.) 
REPORT -SIGNED  BY  ALL  THB  JDI>7ES. 

Warerooms :  34  and  36  University  PL 


ISSIffiMCK  COMFAHT 


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T-S  .WINSION,  PRUSIDENr 
ISSUES £Vmr  DESCRIPTION  0) 

ON  TEH  MS  AS  FAVORABLE  AS  THOSl 
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KEW-YOEK,  MOJTDAY,  FEBRUAET  12,  1877. 


PRICE  FOUR  OENTSw 


■-\  - 


DEMOCRATIC  DESPERATION. 

- — ♦ 

^LANS  FOB  FVETRER  OBJECTIONS. 
i  GREAT  FIGHT  TO  BE  MADE  OVER  THELOXJ- 

ISIAKA  CASE — A  NEW  AND  IMPORTANT 
POINT  TO  BE  PRESENTED — MR.  MER- 
RICK'S CONSERVATIVE  VIEWS— SENATOR 
BAYARD  CONDEMNS  THE  ATTACKS  ON 
THE  COMMISSION — HEWITT  SNUBBED  IN 
HIS  OWN  HOUSE— INCENDIARY  NEWS- 
PAPER UTTERANCES. 

special  DiataUA  to  t]u  Ntv-  TorJeTimei. 
Washtngton,  Feb.  11,— The  Demooratio 
eaaousing  of  last  eight  and  to-day  is  believed 
to  have  ended  in  an  arrangement  of  the  policy 
that  is  to  be  followed  to-morrow,  and  until 
another  oocasion  arises  when  the  Democrats 
And  themselves  disapooined.  The  objections 
to  receiving  the  decision  of  the  Commission 
in  the  case  of  Florida  will  be  con- 
sidered and  decided,  and  the  countint^  oi 
the  vote  will  he  allowed  to  proceed  without 
any  farther  attempt  to  delay  at  this  time.  The 
vote  of  FlOrid»*wili,  of  coarse,  be  counted  for 
Hayes,  and  Louisiana  will  be  speedily  reached, 
aniess  an  objeetion  is  made  to  the  eoanting  of 
she  vote  of  the  alleged  ineligible  Elector  in 
[llmois.  It  is  not  certain  whether  this 
■  objection  will  -be  raised.  It  is  as- 
serted by  some  Democrats  that  it  will 
be,  and  by  some  that  it  will  not.  The  re- 
nowned Sprineer  is  anxious  to  object,  but 
cbere  is  a  difficulty  that  troubles  some  of  his 
solleagaes.  If  the  objection  is  raised,  and  the 
fact  of  ineligibility  is  sustained  by  proof,  it 
is  certain  that  the  Senate  will  vote  against 
sustaining  the  objection,  on  the  ground 
taken  by  Mr.  Evarts,  that  the  pro- 
vision of  the  Constitution  is  not 
self-exeouting,  and  that  the  votes  of 
ineligible  Electors  have  been  repeatedly 
counted  in  the  various  elections.  By  counting 
this  vote  it  will  be  establisbed  under  the  new  law 
that  such  votes  are  to  be  counted,  and  the 
ease  will  torm  a  precedent  for  the  Commission. 
The  point  against  Chaffee,  the  Illinois  Elector,  ia 
that  he  is  a  United  States  Commissioner,  and 
has  never  resigned.  It  seems  that  he 
is  an  old  man,  and  was  once  a  Commissioner 
but  ceased  to  act  as  such  many  years  ago, 
without  any  formal  vacation  of  the  office.  This 
^ase  is  like  that  alleged  against  Gov.  English, 
of  Connecticut,  who  was  said  to  have  been  a 
Commissioner  and  to  have  ceased  to  act  with- 
out resiening,  but  the  vote  of  Gov.  English  has 
Already  been  counted.  Republicans  are  hope- 
hil  that  Springer  will  succeed  in  objecting,  as 
the  decision  ot  the  case  will  be  in  accord  with 
yhat  is  desired  from  the  Cochmission  in  the 
case  of  Louisiana. 

Fhe  Democrats  are  determined  to  make  a 
^eat  ^ht  on  the  Louisiana  case.  They  had 
announced  that  they  had  a  sure  case  against 
one  of  the  Electors,  and  it  was  supposed  they 
meant  Levissee,  who,  they  contended,  had  never 
vacated  his   office,    but   the   fact   has     at   last 

leaked  out  that  the  point  on  which  they  depend 
IB  against  Brewster,  tne  land  surveyor. 
The       point       in       bis       case       is      a      new 

and     important      one,      and     will      excite 

some  attention,  though  it  does  not  go  to  the 
extent  of  disturbing  the  position  on  which  the 
Republicans  have  all  along  rested  their  case. 
The  point,  however,  has  not  been  decided  by 
the  Commission.  It  is  this :  That  under  a 
decision  of  tne  Supreme  Court  on  the  Tenure 
of  Office  act,  an  officer  nominated  by  the  Presi- 
dent and  conhrmed  by  the  Senate,  holds 
till  his  successor  is  appointed  and 
qualified.  Brewster  was  a  land  surveyor,  and 
resigned  his  office  before  he  was  chosen  by  the 
Electoral  College,  and  bis  resignation  was  ac- 
cepted. After  the  Electoral  vote  was  oast  be 
waa  reappointed.  The  claim  is,  therefore, 
that  he  could  not  vacate  the  office  till  his  suc- 
cessor w  aa  qualified,  and  as  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  succeed  himself,  it  will  be 
claimed  that  he  has  never  been 
out  of  the  office.  It  is  suggested  that  the  an- 
swer may  be  made  that  the  decision  depended 
on  was  made  under  the  old  Tenure  of  Office  act, 
and  that  under  the  modified  act  the  office  ter- 
minates with  a  resignation  or  a  removal.  K 
tbe  point  is  sustained,  the  question  still  arises 
whether  the  vote  of  an  ineligible  Electorjcanbe 
^  Bxcluded  without  a  statute  for  that  purpose. 
The  points  in  the  Louisiana  case  upon  which 
the  Democrats  will  rely  have,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  foregoing,  been  already  repeatedly 
pubUsbed.     The  statements  of  Mr.  Ikftrrick  aad 

Mr.  Bayard  show  the  podition  occupied  at  pres- 
ent by  the  most  conservative  element  of  the 
Democracy,  and  compare4  with  the  statement 
Df  the  revolutionary  nonsense  of  the  extremists, 
indicates  a  coming  conflict  in  the  Democratic 
ranks  which  may  prove  ot  great  political  con- 
sequence. Mr.  R.  T.  Merrick,  of  Washington, 
one  of  the  Democratic  counsel,  and  the 
only  one  who  really  made  any  reputation 
belore  tne  Commission  in  the  argument  of  the 
Florida  case,  sajs  to-night  that  theypropose  to 
contest  the  cases  yet  to  come  up  with  as  much 
earnestness  as  though  nothing  had  been  de- 
cidsd.  He  said  the  argument  and  decision 
ot  the  Florida  case  were  just  clear- 
ing away  the  brushwood  from  the 
real  strength  of  the  Democratic  position,  and 
that    there  were    new  questions  in  both   the 

-  Louisiana  and  Oregon  cases,  not  yet  argued  or 
decided,  which  they  confidently  relied  upon  for 
a  favorable  decision  from  the  CoximissioB. 
"In  the  Louisiana  case,"  says  Mr.  Merrick, 
"we  are  especially  strong,  and  there  are 
mat-erial  points  which  cannot  be '  decided 
aeainst  us  unless  the  tribunal  disregards  deci- 
sions of  the  Supreme  Court,  solemnly  made 
and  ntiver  departed  trom  ;  and  if  we  go  to  the 
Oregon  case,  that  will  certainly  prove  fatal  to 
the  Eepublioan  cause.  There  are,"  said 
he,  '•  questions  relating  to  the  juris- 
diction of  the  Returning  Board  of  Louisiana, 
and  should  the  tribunal  adhere  to  its  decision 
not  to  admit  evidences  of  fraud  as  impairing 
the  returns  of  th<j  Electoral  (College,  neverthe- 
leea  there  will  be  evidence  presented  showing 
that  the  Returning  Board  of  Louisiana  had  no 
jurisdiction  in  the  matter."  He  says  that 
every  pomt  will  be  contested  and  carefully 
and  thoroughly  argued,  and  he  expressed  nim- 
Beli  as  having  full  faith  in  the  ultimate  deci- 

I  Bion  of  the  tribunal,  and  deprecated  the  atrio- 
tures  that  had  been  made  upon  some  of  its 
members  for  their  action  in  the  Florida  case. 
He  spoke  well  of  all  the  Judges  on  the  Com- 
mission, and  said  none  of  them  could  affordj  to 
act  otherwise  than  aa  Judges  of  the  law  hnd 
the  facta  as  they  were  presented.  Ex-Senator 
-  Trumbull.  Matt  Carpenter,  Mr.  Merrick,  Mr. 
Green,  and  Mr.  Campbell  will  argue  the  Louis- 
kanaoase.  '       ... 

Senator  Bayard  said  to-day  that  if  the  Eleo. 
toral  bill  was  to  come  up  now,  with  all  that 
had  thus  lar  been  done  before  him,  he  would 
vote  for  it  He  regarded,  he eaid,  "The  peace 
and  prosperity  of  the  country  as  above  the 
Presidency,"  and  he  condemned  the  attaeks  that 
bad  been  made  upon  the  Commission  or  soma 
of  ita  members  for  the  action  they  had  taken 
in  the  Florida  case.    He  said  he  had  lull  faith 


tribunal,  and  that  these  severe  oonuhenta  upon 
their  action,  while  there  were  yet  the 
most  vital  questions  in  connection  with 
this      whole      case      to    be     adjudicated,     he 

thoui^btwereoatof  place  andmgust.  He  ex- 
pressed himself  as  having  jio  fear  as  to  the 
final   result,   and    thought    that,  w^hatever   it 

should  be,  the  people  of  the  land  would  ac- 
cept it  in  good  faith.  He  took  no  gloomy  view 
of  the  future .  of  the  country,  even  if 
Mr.  Hayes  should  be  declared  elected,  and  said 
that  it  the  decision  was  in  his  favor  he  would 
obeerftillv  acquiesce.  Ho  thought  that'  tbe  next 
four  years  would,  under  either  Hayes  or  Til- 
den,  settle  tbe  Southern  question  to  a  great  ex- 
tent and  determine  the  status  of  parties  there. 

Mr.  Hewitt  has  been,  perhaps,  the  most  dis- 
tressed roan  among  the  Democracy  here  since 
the  decision  of  the  Florida  case.  He  has  had 
several  conferences  with  his  friends  at  his  resi- 
dence, particularly  on  last  Friday  and 
Saturday  evenings,  but  he  gets  little  con- 
solation from  them,  and  he  has  blundered 
so  often  and  seriously  that  there  is  a  disposi- 
tion among  the  Democracy  to  ignore  him  here- 
after. The  meeting  of  Saturday  eight  at  Mr. 
Hewitt's  house  was  e8pe<5ially  sotable  for 
the  indifference  shown  to  the  sugeestiona  of 
the  host  as  to  the  future  conduct 
of  the  Democratic  case.  There  were  sereral 
of  the  Democratic  counsel  present,  and  what 
was  done  and  said  over  the  good  things  set  for 
their  entertainment  has  not  been  divulged,  and 
it  is  given  out  that  it  was  merely  a  little  pn 
vate  dinner  party.  It  is  known,  however,  that 
while  it  may  be  true  that  there  was  nothmg 
done,  there  was  a  good  deal  said  that  was  both 
interesting  and  important.  Mr.  Hewitt  was, 
for  one  thing,  given  to  understand  that  the  law- 
yers in  charge  of  the  Democratic  case  proposed 
hereafter  to  manage  it  without  di- 
rection or  suggestion  from  him  or  those 
he  represented,  and  it  was  strongly 
intimated  that  it  would  have  been  better  for 
their  cause  had  this  course  been  followed  from 
the  first.  Mr.  Hewitt  wanted  an  expression 
from  the  counsel  as  to  what  course 
should  be  pursued  in  tbe  manage- 
ment of  the  case  in  the  House,  but 
the  lawyers  thouehc  if  they  took  care 
of  the  legal  part  of  the  case  it  was  all  they 
could  do.  They  suggested,  however,  that  there 
should  b«  as  little  delay  as  possible  in  dispos- 
ing of  tbe  objections  made  to  the  decision  of 
the  tribunal  in  the  Florida  case,  and  it  is  said 
that  it  was  determined  to  settle  the  objection 
the  first  thing  in  tbe  morning,  and  proceed 
with  the  count  without  delay. 

The  Sunday  Capital,  Don  Piatt's  paper,  has 
to-day  a  double-leaded  editorial,  which  has 
caused  a  great  deal  of  comment  and  some  ex- 
citement. It  is  simply  an  expression  of  the 
most  revolutionary  sentiment  of  the  Democ- 
racy, and  contains  the  advice  which  is  said  to 
have  originated  with  David  Dudley  Field,  to 
show  what  the  sentiment  is,  when  fitl  y  framed 
into  words  by  those  who  entertain  it.  The  fol- 
lowing extract  from  the  article  will  prove  in- 
teresting : 

.  "  It  is  the  duty  of  the  Democratic  Senators,  the 
members  of  tbe  Hoase,  and  tbe  two  Judses  wbo 
hare  shown  a  regard  for  Justice,  to  at  odto  return 
to  their  aeveral  places  and  break  up  tbia 
infamoas  TetaniinK  board.  We  want  >to  gee 
back  to  an  arena  where  tbe  eaaitiea 
can  be  considered.  W  e  want  to  get  where  we  can 
make  these  bondholders  and  monooolista,  the  cor- 
rant  oflScials  and  infamoas  conspirators,  feel  that 
they  are  trifling  With  a  danceroua  element.  This 
thinz  is  .  sapping  the  foundations  of  self- 
goTeriiment,  is  deatroying  confldenca  in 
the        ballot  and        a        faith        in         car 

coarta.  There  is  no.' use  in  assertinK  that  when 
lioaislana  is  reached  it  will  be  found  too  offensive 
for  tbia  national  retarning  hoard  of  rogaes  to  swal- 
low. As  well  exoecC  chastity  in  a  brotbel,  honesty 
ID  aden  oftbieves,  orahaioe  from  a  charlatan.  The 
tribunal  from  which  Garfield  can  emerge  with  bis 
mean,  weak  face  aelow  with  triamph  to  teleeraph 
to  Hayes  thai  fraud  haa  won,  or  Morton  can  bobble 
oat  as  if  decay  was  without  pain, .  is  no  place  to 
wbloh  the  honest  people  _can  appeal  for  their 
rights."  ' 

Tbe  policy  of  delay  has  not  been  entirely 
given  up  by  the  Democrats.  It  is  deferred 
only  on  the  ground  that  tbe  party  cannot  stand 
before  the  country  if  they  break  up  the  Com- 
mission the  first  time  it  decides  against  them. 
The  Louisiana  case  will  therefore  b«  presented 
as  though  nothing  had  happened,  and  if 
tbe  decision  is  again  unt.ivorable  to  Tilden  the 
question  will  06  renewed  whether  there  shall 
not  be  fillibustermg  to  prevent  a  declaration  of 

the  election.  It  is  established  that  the  House 
has  the  power  to  do  this  by  taking  recesses 
from  day  to  day,  and  the  plan  of  David  Dud- 
ley Field  to  have  the  Democratic  members  re- 
sign iirom  the  Commission,  it  is  expected 
would  also  defeat  the  operations  of  the  law.  It  is 
declared  on  what  passes  for  good  authority 
in  these  times  of  thick  rumors  that  Field  has 
already  been  seeking  to  induce  bis  brother,  the 
Justice,  and  Justice  Clifford  to  leave  the  Com- 
mission, but  this  action  alone  would  be  foolish 
in  the  extreme,  for  it  would  only  secure  two 
more  Republican  Judges  on  the  Coihraission. 
The  great  difficulty  in  carrying  out  any 
revolutionary  acheme  is  foand  in  the 
attitude  of  the  Southern  members,  of 
whom  it  is  said  at  least  40  will  vote  to  stand 
by  the  result  of  tbe  law  whenever  their  votes 
become  necessary  to  prevent  its  violation. 
Tilden  has,  according  to  Demooratio  state- 
ments, sent  a  telegram  urging  the  South  to 
stand  firm,  and  indicai:ing  a  desire  to 
have  the  party  take  the  responsibility 
of  rettising  to  stand  by  what  is  called  the  par- 
tisan action  of  the  Commission.  This  is 
probaoly  exaggerated,  but  it  is  undoubted  that 
very  long  dispatches  have  been  received  from 
him,  pointing  out  the  policy  be  wishes  to  have 
pursued. 

PSESIDENT  (SEANTS  VIEWS. 

HE  BKGAED8  THE  ILLINOIS  CASE  UNTENA- 
BLE, BUT  IS  DOUBTFUL  AS  TO  THE  RE- 
SULT   m  THE    CA8B    OF  LOUISIANA— NO 

0 
DISTURBANCE   APPREHENDED. 

Washington,  Feb.  11.— The  President, 
to-night,  in  the  course  of  conversation,  said 
it  bad  appeared  to  him  that  the  Democrats  of 
the  House,  by  abruptly  taking  a  recess  yester- 
day, intended  to  obstruct  the  counting  of  the 
Electoral  vote ;  but,  on  his  being  informed 
that  many  prominent  Democrats  had  dis- 
avowed any  intention  to  engage  in  mere 
dilatory  proceedings ;  that  to-morrow  they 
would  take  action  in  the  Florida  case, 
and  that  their  delay  was  merely  for 
the  purpose  of  carefully  examiiiing 
all  the  papers  as  they  appeared  this  morning 
in  prmt,  he  said  he  was  glad  to  hear  it,  as 
nothing  eould  be  gained  by  resisting  the  regu- 
lar order  of  business.  In  speaking  of  the  in- 
tention of  the  Democrats  to  make  an  obiection 
to  the  counting  of  the  Electoral  vote  of  Illinois 
onaacountof  the  alleged  meligibility  of  Mr. 
Chaffee,  one  ot  the  Electors,  he  said  he  did 
net  see  hew  the  rote  of  the  State  on 
that  account  could  be  rejected,  and  if  the  objec 
tion  was  made  to  Mr.  Chaffee  only,  the  Demo- 
crats could  derive  no  benefit  from  it.  He 
thought  It  was  only  fair  that  if  a  State  had 
voted  for  either  Hayes  or  Tilien  the  ftill  vote 
oi  such  State  should  be  counted  aooordlngto  its 
political  complexioiL  Althougnhe  hoped  Hayes 
and  Wheeler  would  be  deelared  eleqted,  be  felt 
ttC_  tb^  JLaomewhat  unoartain .  »•  to  the  reanlt^  t>Muu)s9 


he  could  not  foresee  what  would  be  done  in 
the  case  of  Louisiana.  It  would  he  recollected 
that  four  years  ago,  after  bis  canvass 
for  re-election,  tbe  two  houses  re- 
solved not  to  count  the  Eleetbral  vote 
of  that  State ;  although  the  peasons  m  the  two 
oases  might  not  be  similar,  there  seemed  to  be 
some  uncertainty  upon  the  subject.  Should 
the  vote  be  excluded,  Hayes  and  Wheeler 
would  in  that  case  be  d'eteated,  and  Til- 
den and  Hendricks  not  elected,  the  latter 
not  havine  received,  a  malority  of  the  votes 
of  all  the  Electors  appointed,  and  therefore  the 
election  of  a  President  would  be  thrown  into  the 
House  of  Representatives,  leaving  the  Senate 
to  elect  a  Vice  President ;  but  be  this  as  it 
might,  he.was  satisfied  there  would  be  no  dis- 
turbance of  the  peace,  as  both  parties  had 
committed  the  determination  of  disputed 
points  to  the  tribunal  constituted  tor  that  pur- 
pose.   

NOTES  FROM  THE  CAPITAL. 


THE     UNITED       STATES      MARSHALSHtPS       OF 
NORTHERN  AND    SOUTHERN    NEW-YORK 
— THE   NAVAL    APPROPRIATIONS. 
Speelal Diapateh to  fKt  New-York  Tlntt. 

Washington,  Feb.  11.— It  now  seems  to 
be,  definitely  understood  that  Gen.  Clinton 
MacDougall,  member  of  Congress  from  the  Au- 
burn District,  is  to  be  appointed  to  the  position 
of  United  States  Marshal  for  the  Northern 
District  of  New-York.  Unless  some- 
thing unforseen  happens  to  change  the 
present  programme,  his  name  will 
be  sent  to  tbe  Senate  to-morrow 
or  on  Tuesday.  Should  tbe  appointment  be 
confirmed,  aa  it  probably  will  be.  Gen.  Mac- 
Dougall, who  will  not  refuse  to  accept  this 
position,  as  he  has  several  others,  will  make 
the  head-quartere  ot  tbe  Marsbalsbip  in  Auburn. 
There  is  also  to  be  a  change  in  the  Marshal- 
ship  of  the  Southern  District  of  New- York, 
and  it  seems  to-night  that  either  Lewis 
Payne  or  Charles  Blackie,  of  New-York  City, 
will  be  appointed  to  the  position.  They  are 
the  only  candidates  who  are  prominently 
named  in  connection  with  the  places.  It  is  ex- 
pected that  other  changes  in  the  civil  service 
of  New- York  will  shortly  bo  made. 

The  Naval  Appropriation  bill  which  was  re- 
ported to  the  House  last  week  provides  for  on 
aggregate  appropriation  of  $12,492,952.  The 
various  items  of  the  appropriation  are  made  up 
as  follows: 

Pav  of  the  Navy $6,417,000 

i5nrean  of  NaTigation 163,800 

Naval  Observatory 21.300 

Nautical  Almanac W.^no 

Bureau  of  Ordnance 227,500 

Yards  and  docks 4b0.000 

Naval  Asylnm 52.073 

Medicine  and  anrgery 80.000 

Provisionn  and  olotbine 990,000 

Bureau  of  Constrnolion  and  Repairs 1,550,000 

Bureaa  of  Steam  Engineerine 800.000 

Naval  Academy 96.269 

Miscellaneous 93.260 

Marine  Corpa 8'}3,330 

Bureau  of  Eqaipmeni  and  RecmUmg 740,0(iO 

Total jiaTmgTa 

Frederick  Douglass  has  resigned  aa  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Police  Board  of  Commissioners, 
President  Grant  requesting  bis  resignation  in 
oraer  that  be  might  comply  with  tbe  law  which 
requires  the  appointment  of  one  member  ot  the 
board  trom  Georgetown. 

The  House  committee  which  investigated  the 
South  Carolina  elections  will  make  their  re- 
port during  tbe  present  week.  All  tbe  poiuts 
navo  nut  been  definitely  acted  upon,  tbouijb 
they  aeree  Hayes  and  Wbeeler  carried  tbe 
State  by  700  ©r  800  majority. 

Hon.  A.  U.  Stephens  to-day  completed  his 
65tli  year.  His  condition  is  so  much  im- 
proved that  ho  acknowledges  himself,  tor  tbe 
first  time  since  the  beginning  of  his  late  illness, 
to  be  better. 


THE  MOJSUMENT  TO  AUBER. 


SVFPRESSION   OF   *' HAZING." 


ADTEB8E  REPORT  OF  THE  SENATE  NAVAL 
COMMlTTKB  OF  JOSEPH  BEALE'S  PETI- 
TION TO  BE  RESTORED  TO  THE  NAVAL 
ACADEMY — THE  LAW  AUTHORIZING  EX- 
PULSION TO  BE  SUSVAINED, 

Washington,  Feb.  11.— Senator  Sargent,  from 
the  Committee  on  Naval  Afiaits,  to  wbom  was  re- 
ferred the  petition  of  Joseph  Beale,  Jr.,  to  be  re- 
stored to  the  Naval  Academy,  from  which  be  was 
di.imiased  br  sentence  of  coort-mattlal,  haa  made 
the  following  report: 

The  petitioner  was  a  member  of  the  naval  aohool; 
was  tried  by  court-martial  and  daiy  convicted  of 
the  charge  of  "haziog,"  and  io  accordance  with  tbe 
laV  was  sentenced  to  tie  ezoelled.  Tbe  proceed- 
ings and  flndiDgsot  the  court  were  approved,  and  the 
aentenoe  baa  been  carried  into  effect.  Thi^  follow- 
ing Is  the  act  of  June  23,  1874,  the  law  upon  this  sub- 
ject at  the  time  of  tbe  procednre  referred  to  : 
An  act  to  prevent  iiazlotr  at  the  Naval  Academy. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  SeruUe  and  Houte  of  liepre 
tentativea  of  the  Vnited  State*  of  America  in  Congress 
asieml>ied,  'Ihac   in    all   cases    wbou    ic   eball    coiue 

to  the  knowledge  of  tbe  Saperintendent  of  tbe 
Naval    Academy    at    Annapolis    that    any    cadet 

aiidshipman  or  cadet  en£ineer  has  been  cml'y 
of  the  ofi'ense  commonly  knoirn  as  baeinj;,  it  shall 
be  the  dai.v.  of  the  said  Snperintoodent  to  order  a 
cnnrt-martlial,  composed  of  not  less  than  three  coni- 
missioocd  officers,  who  sbalt  miuuMly  examine  into 
all  the  facts  and  oircumatanoes  ot  the  case  and 
make  a  finding  theroon,  and  any  cadet  midship- 
man, or  cadet  engineer  found  goiiiv  of  said  ofiense 
by  said  court  shall,  upon  recommendation  of  said 
court,  be  dismissed,  and  snob  Undine,  when  at>- 
proved  by  said  Superintendeut,  shall  be  final,  aiid 
the  Cadet  au  dismissed  from  said  Naval  Academy 
shall  be  forever  ineli;;ible  to  reappointment  tu  said 
Naval  Academy. 

Tbe  matter  oi  bazing  has  been  a  serioas  injury  to 
schools  and  oollcKca  wherever  practiced,  and  pre- 
vailed to  such  an  extent  at  the  Naval  Academy  that 
iitjivas  deemed  necessary  to  pasa  the  act  quoted,  and 
to  have  its  provisions  so  strong  that  the  voang  men 
who  were,  and  in  the  I'utnre  might  be,  aesignated 
for  the  honors  of  that  inatitutiOD,  wonld  be  deterred 
from  vlolatlne  a  law  enacted  for  their  own  good  and 
necessary  for  the  maintenance  of  order  and  dis- 
cipline. Whpn  yoonu  men  pass  their  examination 
and  enter  the  academy.  It  is  intended  that  tbny 
should  Btrlctly  comply  with  all  its  rnles  and  rega- 
lationa,  and  at  all  times  abow  a  piooer  reverence 
and  regard  for  the  laws  which  govern  it.  IToless 
these  laws  and  regulations  are  enloiced  according 
to  their  letter  and  spliit,  the  stndent,  instead  of 
being  benefited,  will  be  incapacitated  lor  tbe  great 
duties  and  resDonsibilities  of  after  life.  Tbe  Board 
ot  Visitors  of  1873,  in  their  report,  referring  to  the 
faithful  efforts  of  tbe  Superintendent  to  suppress 
Immoralities  by  both  counsel  and  disclnlinp,  state: 

"  It  is  fit  in  this  connection  to  speak  with  special 
onmmendation  of  the  decided  stand  recently  taken 
by  tbe  Supenntendenc  against,  the  miscbievoos  and 
wicked  practice  of  bazinc.  The  action  here,  sus- 
tained as  it  was  by  tbe  Secretary  of  tbe  Navy  and 
tbe  President,  commands  tbe  tbanks  of  educators  in 
all  parts  oi  tbe  country  for  tbe  support  thus  ren- 
dered them  in  their  endeavors  to  sapnress  this  evil." 
Tne  Board  of  Visiiora  of  1874,  in  their  report  to 
the  SeoretAry  of  the  Navy,  under  the  head  of  disci- 
pline, comment  as  loUows:  "While  commending 
in  tbe  most  cordial  terms  tbe  general  disoipliae  of 
tbe  Academy,  tbe  board  desires  to  invite  j-our  at- 
tention to  several  points  which  it  deems  of  vital  Im- 
portance.  The  attention  ot  the  coantrj^has  been 
strongly  directed  of  late  years  to  tbe%iatter  of 
hazing.  The  board  basno  hesitancy  in  savuie  there 
ia  no  difficulty  in  patting  a  complete  stop  to  this 
disgracefnl  practice,  if  tbe  proper  authority  to  act 
be  given  to  tne  Academy  Board.  Ibe  board  re- 
oummends  tbe  enactment  of  a  law  reqoirine  tbe 
Seoretaiy  of  tbe  Navy  to  dismiss  on  tbe  recom- 
mandation  of  the  Academic  Board  any  student 
imilty  of  cruelty  to  comrades,  aud  that  snob  ois- 
mlsaed  person  shall  be  henceforth  ineUglble  to  re- 
appointment in  the  acaXlemy." 

It  may  be  said  tbe  act  of  yotmg  Beale  waa  not  a 
very  flajirant  violation  of  law,  but  bavins  delegated 
tbat  inquiry  to  a  ooort,  it  will  not  du  to  reverse  tbe 
Judgment  when  tbe  proceedings  are  regular.  These 
'  neie  approved  by  the  Snpsriuieudent.  and  if  tbere 
were  any  mitlgatiuK  circumstances  they  were  un- 
doubtealv  Drought  to  bis  attention  at  that  time  and 
fnily  considered.  Xo  grant  the  relief  prayed  for, 
woiiid  be,  in  the  opinion  ot  the  committee,  injurious 
to  the  discipline  of  ths  naval  school  The  act  of 
1870  mi>iht  as  well  be  repealed,  as  lor  Coogreis  to 
favorably  entertain  request*  of  this  kind.  G-ood 
coodaot,  indnstiioos  habits,  continued  applica- 
tion to  study,  are  a  few  of  the  re- 
qnialtes  that  mako  a  valuable  man  and 
efflcient  officer,  and  it  is  hoped  tbes^  qualitias  will 
never  be  undervalaed  by  Uongressional  action  or 
inflaanco  In  the  mMkagomentof  tbe  Naval  Academy, 
or  tbe  edncation  of  tbooe  whose  good  fortune  it  siay 
be  to  have  their  namss  on  the  list  of  atadents  at 
tbat  hoooi>ed  iastltatloo.  Ibe  oommitieo  ask  to  bo 
disobsfffsd  from  foriher  oonaideraUon  of  this  m^ 
aaoDai.  .   . 


A   LONO-NEOLECTED   COMPOSER. 
HOW    THE    REMAINS   OF    THE  GREAT  MUSI- 
CIAN    WERE      TREATED  FOUR      YKARS 

IN     A     NAMELESS     GRAVE — TBE     MOVB- 
MKNT  FOR  RAISING  A  MONUMENT  TO  HIS 

MEMOBT THRUB     THOOSAMD     FRANCS 

AND     THE      CORPSE     CONTRIBUTED     BY 
AUBKR's    HEIRS— his  DYING  MOMKNTS. 
From  Our   Own  CorretixnKtent, 

Paris,  Monday,  Jan.  29, 1877, 
The  notice  just  given  that  the  Auber 
monument  will  soon  be  raised  in  the  jCemetery 
of  P6r6  ia  Chaise,  Drii^gs  up  again  the  posthu- 
mous adventures  of  this  eminent  composer.  It 
is  rare,  indeed,  to  find  that  one  of  tbe  glories  of 
French  art  has  been  neglected  by  the  friends 
of  art.  There  is  a  sort  ot  free  masonry  among 
them  which  generally  leads  to  a  sore  of  name- 
less exaggeration,  but  rarely  to  neglect. 
When  F^licien  David  died,  'a  few  weeks  ago, 
all  the  critics  of  Paris  hastened  to  present 
their  eulogiums,  and  tributes  to  the  memory  of 
the  author  ot  ''Le  Desert"  ^ere  not  wanting. 
Auber  died  in  tbe  presence  of  a  few  faithful 
friends,  and  w&s  secretly'  hurried  into  a  iiired 
tomb,  where  his  ashes  reposed  until  the 
fnends  of  art  grew  ashamed  of  their  neglect. 
It  must  be  confessed,  however,  tbat  there  are 
certain  attenuating  circumstances.  The  author 
of  "LaMuette  dePortici"  died  in  the  midst  of  the 
Commune,  a  fQW  days  before  the  troops  made 
their  entry  into  Paris,  The  first  difficulty 
arose  when  it  became  a  question  of  his  burial, 
since  it  was  impossible  to  admit  that  Auber 
should  be  conducted  to  his  grave 
by  a  bond  of  Communards  with  red 
flags  and  red  cockades.  After  a  brief 
consultation  his  friends  resolved  to 
hurry  the  body  into  tbe  vaults  of  the  nearest 
church — La  Triuitd — where  it  would  be  free 
from  profanation,  it  was  'supposed.  But  scarce- 
ly had  the  body  been  laid  in  the  vaults  wben 
the  Versailles  troops  entered  Paris,  and  the 
Communists  began  to  put  their  dead  into  the 
vaults  of  La  Trinity.  Not  only  was  the  coffin 
of  Auber  surrounded  by  them,  but  the  stairs 
were  completely  covered.  The  fear  was  that 
when  these  bodies  were  taken  away,  as  they 
certainly  would  bo  wben  the  city  wa.s  onco 
more  in  the  hands  of  the  authorities,  tbe  per- 
sons chargea  with  the  work  of  burial  would 
make  no  distinction  between  the  bodies,  and 
throw  the  composer  into  the  common  trench. 
A  friend,  by  the  payment  of  money,  obtained 
permission  to  wateh  tbe  coffin.  AVhen  the 
church  vaulte  were  cleared,  Auber  was  taken 
to  the  Mootmartro  Cemetery  and  placed  in  the 
tomb  ot  an  undertaker,  who  demanded  a  cer- 
tain sum  per  month  as  rental.  And  there,  he-, 
neath  a  pile  of  ropes,  spades,  and  other  imple- 
ments of  the  ponipes  funibres,  the  great  com- 
poser has  since  reposed,  without  a  word  or  a 
sign  to  indicate  his  whereabouts.  And  the 
date  of  his  death  has  not  yet  been  placed  be- 
side his  bust  upon  the  front  of  the  Opera. 

It  was  with  pleasure  that  I  ioined  in  the 
movement  for  raising  a  monument  to  his  mem- 
ory in  Piire  ia  Chai?e,  where  Rossini  and  other 
great  musicians  have  long  reposed.  But  dif- 
ficulties had  to  be  encountered  at  every  step, 
and  tbe  professed  friends  of  art  will  be  greatly 
surprised  one  of  these  days  when  some  biogra- 
pher recounts  the  posthumous  adventures  of 
Auber.  The  first  difficulty  to  overcome  was 
the  question  of  money,  for  it  required  about 
20,000  iirancs  to  get  a  decent  monumsat.  That 
was  finally  subscribed,  and  the  next  difficulty 
arose  from  the  question  of  a  concession  a  per- 
petuity. The  city  had  closed  the  front  part  of 
the  cemetery,  and  it  was  not  eaSy  to  get  a 
grave.  But  a  small  piece  of  land  remained 
in  the  square  containing  tbe  tombs  of  Visconti, 
Arago,  Alfred  de  Musset,  Dauton,  Lefbbvre- 
W'61y,  Ernest  Baroche,  Cousin,  Beule,  aud 
others,  near  the  tomb  of  Rossini,  and 
a  bid  was  made  for  it  There  were  sev- 
eral members  of  the  committee  who  thought 
the  place  too  important  for  Auber,  but  after  a 
time  their  objections  were  overcome,  and,  after 
some  trouble  with  tbe  Municipal  Council, 
the  land  was  ceded  for  the  sum  of  6,000  francs, 
or  $12,00  the  square  foot.  This  money  bad  to  be 
raised  also.  One  will  probably  ask  what  part 
the  heirs  of  Auber  took  in  this  matter,  and  I  am 
sorry  to  answer  that  they  have  not  played  a 
very  creditable  rOle.  They  left  Auber,  after 
inheriting  his  worldly  goods,  for  four  years  in 

a  nameless  grave,  and  wben  asked  to  subscribe 
for  this  monument  they  replied  that  the  family 
was  not  as  rich  aa  was  generally  supposed,  and 
tbat  they  bad  no  intention  of  taking  any  part 
in  this  movement.  Eyidentiy  there  are  some 
private  motives  at  tbe  bottom  of  this  decision, 
for  Auber  lived  like  a  man  of  fortune,  and  bis 
author's  receipts  from  the  Soci^t^  Dramatique 
are  known  to  be  large.  Besides,  he  owned  his 
house  in  the  Rue  Saint  Georges,  kept  seven 
servants  and  his  carriage,  and  left  a 
quantity  of  works  of  art  of  value.  These 
who  inherited  all  this,  therefore,  cannot 
expect  the  public  to  accept  their  excuse  of  pov- 
erty. It  is  possible  that  Auber's  heirs  were 
soured  by  his  longevity,  for  when  a  hob  unole 
arrives  at  the  age  of  80  high  hopes  are  natural, 
and  it  seems  like  a  petsonal  wrong  for  him  to 
live  nine  years  more,  and  thus  deprive  his  fam- 
ily of  their* rignts.  I  will  not  pretend  to  enter 
into  this  private  matter  any  further,  but  may 
add  that  the  heirs  were  shamed  into  contrib- 
uting something  by  a  mot  of  Alexandre  Dumas. 
When  the  committee  was  im  the  presence  of 
the  notary  public,  discusssing  the  matter,  M, 
Dumas  rose  m  astonishment  when  the  heirs  re- 
fused to  give  money  for  a  monument :  "  What ! 
you  refuse  to  give !  At  least  you  will  contrib- 
ute tbe  dead  man!"  The  heirs  subscribed 
3,000  francs  and — the  remains  of  Auber. 

A  fourth  difficulty  arose  when  it  came  to  be 
a  question  ot  the  design,  and  no  monument  has 
ever  given  more  trouble,  for  the  committee  ro- 
jected  a  large  number  of  sketches  before  one 
was  found  that  suited.  At  last,  however,  a 
moaument  was  obtained,  and  the  fifth  difficulty 
arose  from  the  question  of  inhumation.  For 
six  years  the  body  of  Aubor  bad  lain  at  Munt- 
martre,  at  so  much  per  diem,  and  there  was  a 
large  sum  in  arrears  to  pay.  Finally,  to  cut  a 
,  painful  story  short,  the  remains  of  the  author 
of  so  many  great  works  were  snatched  away 
by  ftiends,  and  almost  clandestinely  taken  to 
P^e  la  Chaise.  Nor  was  this  the  end  of  the 
difficulties,  for  when  the  monument  wa^  ready 
for  inauguration  friends  surged  up  in  every  di- 
rection. They  poured  in  by  seores.  Every  one 
wanted  a  leading  rdle  in  the  ceremonies.  It 
seemed  fit  that  Ambfoise  Thomas  should  speak, 
because  he  succeeded  Auber  as  the  Director  of 
the  Conservatory,  Auber  was  an  Aoft- 
demician,  and  one  member-  of  tbat  body  had 
to  be  delegated  to  delivet  an  address.  The 
Soci^t^  des  Autenrs  Dramatique*  naturally 
had  to  say  a  word,  and  place  had  to  be  ao- 
corded  to  Baron  Taylor.  Then  oame  the  Insti- 
tute, the  Opera,  the  Opera  Comiqne,  &c— in  all 
fire  necessary  disoouraes.  One  will  see  that 
this  is  a  sufficient  number  for  any  ordinary 
ceremony,  but  the  committee  were  not  at  the 

Asd    of  their    diffionltlaa.     Anhac   'waji  Vgm.  a± 


Caen,  and  the  Mayor  of  that  ""town  put  m  his 
claims  for  a  speech,  and  would  not  be  refused, 
and  with  him  came  the  delegate  of  the  "Amis 
des  Arts,"  a  society  of  «Caen,  w^bo  thought  that 
his  titles  to  a  speech  were  superior  to  those  of 
the  Mayor.  That  made  seven  speeches  recorded, 
but  on  seeing  the  length  of  them,  tbe  loiter  was 

unmeroifully  refused.  He  will  have  his  revenge 
soon,  however,  for  the  department  of  Calvados 
is  going  to  raise  its  monument  to  Auber  at 
Caen,  and  tbe  "  Amis  des  Arts"  can  then  make 
as  many  speeches  as  they  desire.  That  is  not 
the  same  thing,  though,  as  speaking  in  presence 
oi  the  literati  of  Pans,  and  the  gentlemen  of 
Caen  are  greatly  disappoinsed.  Aft^  these 
six  speeches  the  choruses  of  the  Conservatory 
are  to  sing  two  moroeaux,  taken  from  the  chefs 
d'oBuvres  of  the  master. 

While  writing  of  these  things  the  figure  of 
Auber  as  I  last  saw  him  rises  in  my  naind.  At 
88 — then  close  upon  89 — he  presided  at  the  exam- 
inations of  the  Conservatory,  and  looked  as  if 
destined  to  see  his  hundredth  birthday.  His 
twinkling,  malicious  eyes  still  retained  their 
fire,  and  that  sarcastic,  ironic,  or  mocking 
smile  which  one  notes  in  his  portraits  still  bung 
upon  the  comers  of  his  mouth.  His  thin  lips 
were  still  compressed,  his  chin  not  having  fallen 
with  age  as  with  Rossini,  and  bis  small,  delieato 
hand  was  not  entirel.y  deformed  by  time.  He 
was  evidently  ennu^ff,  but  he  sat  through  the  en- 
tertainment in  patience,  occasionally  eivine  a 
smile  to  some  fiiend  in  the  audience.  I  saw 
Auber  but  once  after  that,  and  then  he  bad 
walked  down  to  tbe  opera  upon  the  arm  of  a 
tnond,  and  was  slowly  mounting  the  Rue  St. 
Georges  to  bis  hotel.  There  he  was  comfort- 
ably and  rtchl.v  installed,  his  working  room 
being  a  small  saloon  coquetrishly  acraneed.  He 
worked  to  the  last,  and  left  a  quantity  of 
music  yet  to  be  published.  Tuu  siege  of 
Paris  came.  Auber  lived  the  life  ot  a 
rich  man,  his  works  returning  him  a 
large  annual  revenue,  and  his  passion  waa  for 
horses.  He  hail  two  that  he  esteemed  highly, 
and,  in  honor  of  Rossini,  had  named  th^m 
Figaro  and  Almaviva.  Every  morning  he 
went  out  to  caress  them,  to  examine  tbeir 
coats,  to  look  after  the  quality  of  their  hay,  to 
carry  them  lumps  of  sugar,  aud  his  affection 
for  then  was  real.  Every  i^ftemoon«  they  took 
him  out  for  exercise,  and  for  his  accustomed 
tour  in  tbe  Bois.  One  day  an  order  came  from 
the  Government  to  seize  the  horses  of  the 
Sieur  Auber.  Almaviva  was  requisitioned  and 
sent  to  the  butchery.  Auber  was  greatly  dis- 
tressed at  the  loss  of  his  liiend,  and  at  once 
sentnPigaro  to  a  niano-maker,  and  his  life  was 
spared  on  couditiou  tbat  he  did  necessary  duty 
as  a  drav-horae  for  tbe  rest  of  the  siege.  De- 
prived ot  hia  horses,  and  of  his  accmstomcd  ex- 
ercise, Auber  visibly  languished.  At  the  begin- 
ning of  the  Commune  he  had  an  attack  of 
inflammation  of  tbe  bladder,  as  m  1869, 
and  on  tbe  8th  of  May  was  confined  to  his 
bed.  He  was  im  the  habit  of  going 
to  bed  late  and  of  rising  early — like  most  olu 
men  requiring  little  sleep — and  received  the 
pupils  ot  the  Conservatory  who  asked  an  au- 
dience at  7  o'clock  in  the  morning.  'Ihey  found 
him  at  his  piano  composing  music.  He  was 
tbere  on  tbe  morning  of  the  8th  despite  his  suf- 
fering, and  his  friends  then  tried  again  to  get 
him  to  leave  the  city.  He  refused,  saving  that 
he  wished  to  die  in  the  city  be  had  loved  so 
well.  The  next  day  he  could  not  rise,  not  even 
for  his  morning  prayer,  as  he  remarked  gaily, 
his  "  Morning  Prayer"  being  a  delicious  piece 
of  music  tbat  he  bad  recently  composed.  On 
the  10th  he  was  delirious  and  talked  abouD  mu- 
sic. On  the  morning  of  the  12tb  he  seemed 
ea.'aier,  but  whiie  his  friends  were  watching  he 
suddenly  rose  in  his  bed,  looked  intently  before 

Lim  as  if  seeing  far,  far  into  tbe  future,  and 
fell  bank  dead.  In  a  few  da^s  monuments  to 
Auber  will  be  raised  at  Paris  and  at  Caeu,  and 
soon  the  words,  "  Died  in  ISri."  will  be  en- 
grayed  upon  the  front  of  the  New  Opera. 

THE  HARTFORD    BANK  TROUBLES. 


deny  tbe  members  of  that  order  the  sacraments, 
was  read  in  all  tbe  Catholic  oburcbea  of  tbe  Scran- 
ton  diocese  to-day,  Tbe  dananolation  was  unex- 
pected, and  has  produced  a  sensation  among  the 
members  ef  the  order,  who,  for  tbe  oast  eight  years, 
have  been  in  favor  with  the  otaurcb  wltbin  tbia 
jurisdiction.    Th«  Ancient  Order  has  a  large  mun- 

Derahip  in  this  diocese. 


SEKIOUS  NATURE  OF  THE  CHARGES  AGAINST 
THK  PRESIDENT  AND  CASHIER  OF  THB 
farmers'  and  MKCHANICS'  NATIONAL 
BANK. 

Upecial  DUpatch  to  t?ie  Xew-Tork  Timet. 

Ear  I  ford,  Feb.  11.— During  the  past 
week  tbe  talk  in  financial  circles  nas  centred  in 
the  disclosures  of  the  mismanagement  of  tbe 
Farmers'  and  Mechanics'  National  Bank,  which 
followed  speedily  the  troubles  in  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank.  To-day  tbere  is  fresh  excitement 
over  the  arrest  of  Mr.  Tracy,  President,  and 
Mr.  Chapman,  Cashier,  of  tbe  bank. 
The  accused  were  quietly  taken  before 
United  States  Commissioner  Waldo,  in 
the  Directors'  room  of  the  bank,  tbe 
charge  being  a  falsification  of  returns,  which  is 
made  a  State  Prison  offense.  Assistant  United 
States  Attorney  ..Staunton  appeared  for  tbe 
Government,  and  the  bearing  was  postponed 
till  to-morrow.  Mr.  Tracy  waa  put  under 
bonds  of  130,000  for  his  appearance,  and  they 
were  given  by  Henry  Ken&y,  David  Clark, 
Charles      Beach,    and     Shailer    Bumham,     all 

directors.    Mr,  Chapman  was  ordered  to  find 

bonds  of  325,000,  and  thase  were  furnished  by 
Roland  Mather  and  Francis ,  B.  Cooley. 
It  is  said  that  Chapman's  account 
is  overdrawn  to  tbe  amount  of  about 
$15,000.  There  is  still  a  great  mystery 
over  the  inability  to  account  for  about  $150,000 
of  the  funds  of  the  hank.  There  is  a  loss  of 
over  $80,000  m  loans  to  George  H.  Ponfield,  a 
second  or  third  mortgage  of  real  estate  being 
of  no  value.  A  loan  to  tho  Hartford  Pump 
Company  accounts  for  a  bad  investment  of 
$100,000.'  Eiisba  T.  Smith,  a  distiller,  ia  a  bor- 
rower of  $100,000  more,  but,  it  is  said,  the  secu- 
rity is  ample.  So  far  as  is  known,  the  entire 
surplus  of  the  bank — over  $300,000 — is  gone, 
together  with  a  serious  impairment  of 
the  capital,  which  is  over  $1,000,000.  Tbe  babk 
has  been  considered  one  of  the  most  conserva- 
tive here,  aud  of  course  httle  attention  was 
paid  to  tbe  first  rumors  started  ;  but  as  these 
grew,  and  facts  showing  a  systematic  falsifi- 
cation of  returns  came  out,  the  public  was 
thoroughly  aroused.  Both  Tracy  and  Chap- 
man have  been  apparently  plain  livers,  and  no 
one  can  imagine  any  motive  for  collusion  or 
peculation,  va  a  few  da.ys  the  Bank  Examiner, 
Mr.  Mygatt,  will  probably  be  able  to  get  at  the 
bottom  facts.  

THE  HOSTILE  INDIANS. 


SPOTTED     TAIL    STAUTS    ON     A    MISSION     OP 
PKACE. 

Camp  Robinson,  Feb.  10,  via  Cheyenne, 
Wyoming  Territory,  Feb.  11.— Gen.  Crook  re- 
turned to.day  from  Camp  Sheridan,  where  he  has 
been  several  days.  Sootted  Tail,  chief  of  the  Sionx, 
with  a  body-saard  of  SOO  chosen  warriors,  started 
to-day  on  a  self-lmoosed  mission  to  obtain  an 
interview  with  the  chiefs  of  the  bostiles,  now  re- 
ported (o  be  massed  near  tbe  forks  of  Tongue  River, 
and  ooansel  then  to  accent,  while  there  is  y<)t  time, 
tbe  terms  ofTered  by  the  Government,  namely, 
surrender  tiielr  arms  and  ponies.  Spotted 
Tail  expects  to  be  absent  more  than 
a  month,  but  will  communicate  with 
Iren.  Crook  as  soon  as  be  leaohes  the  hostile  camp 
of  Indians.  It  is  believed  there  is  a  strong  proba- 
bilit.v  that  this  movement  will  be  sncoesst'ul  in  ter- 
minating the  war.  Gen.  Croob:  and  staff  will  depart 
tor  Fort  Laramie  on  the  12th  inst. 

FOBT  Laramib,  Feb.  11.— Yesterday,  Givin'a 
train  tonnd  the  twdy  ot  an  unknown  man  in  Cotton- 
wood Cafion,  nine  miles  from  here.  He  is  de. 
scribed  as  35  years  of  age,  dark  moustache,  five 
feet  six  inches  in  height  He  bad  a  handkerchief 
m  his  pocket  which  was  marked  "£.  D."  His 
bead  was  cut  open.  The  body  was  found  in  tbe 
snow.    The   indications    are  that  be   was  killed  a 

month  ago.     _    

XAIZROJiD  MNOiyjS.VBIVJSRS'  STRIKE. 

POBTLAND,  Feb.  11. — ^The  engine-drivers  on 
the  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad  state  they  will  ran 
no  more  tnuns  oat  until  they  have  orders  to  ao  ao 
trom  Mr.  Arthur,  the  bead  of  tbeir  organiwttlon. 


TEE  EASTERN  QUESTION. 

♦ 

THE  SERVIAN  AND  MONTENEGRIN  NEGOTIA- 
TIONS—MIDHAT  pasha's  EXPLANATION 
OP  BIS  EXPULSION — REPOPTBD  ARREST 
OF  TBE  LEADER  IN  THE  BULGARIAN 
ATROCITIES. 

London,  Feb.  12. — The  correspondent  of 
the  Times,  at  Vienna,  says  it  is  proba- 
ble that  the  Porte  Will  not  press 
its  condition  regarding  the  treatment 
of  the  Jews  in  Servia.  An  imderstanding  is 
being  brought  about  upon  one  point 
after  .  another.  The  Prince  of  Monte- 
negro seems  to  demand  an  adjust- 
ment of  the  frontier  according  to  the 
line  of  demarkation  laid  down  by  the  military 
commission  during  the  armistice.  He  also 
insists  upon  four  points,  which  include  the 
free  navigation  of  Lake  Scutari,  access  to  the 
sea,  and  various  facilities  for  more  direct  diplo- 
matio  intercourse  with  the  superior  authorities 
of  Turkey.  None  of  these  poiuts  will  prevent 
a  settlement,  provided  the  main  question  of  a 
cession  of  territory  is  solved. 

A  dispatch  to  tbe  Daily  News  from  Brindisi 
announces  tbat  Midhat  Pasba  haa  arrived 
there  and  informed  an  English  deputation  that 
his  banishment  was  due  to  Russian  intrigues. 
The  Vienna  correspondent  of  tbe  News  reports 
that  Cbeoket  .Pasha.  the  leader  in  the  Bulgar- 
mn  atrocities,  has  been  arrested  at  Constan- 
tinople. 

Private  advices  from  Kieff  represent  that 
Russia  has  ordered  all  the  railway  comoanies 
to  procure  ambulance  carriages,  and  prepare 
to  convey  60,000  men  to  Kisheneff. 

A  telegram  from  Kieenhoff  to  the  News,  gives 
facts  disproving  the  current  reports  of  discon- 
tent and  sickness  in  the  Russian  Army.  On 
the  other  hand,  the  dispateh  confirms 
tbe  report  tbat  the  passage  of  the  army  through 
Konmaoia  would  occupy  probably  about  a 
month,  as  alteratjons  in  the  guage  in  the  Rou- 
mania  railways  is  necessary.  The  correspondent 
adds :  I  cannot  learn  that  this  measure 
has  commenced.  It  naturally  will  not 
be  until  war  is  finally  resolved  upon. 
Notwithstanding  an  official  denial,  the 
recent  crisis  in  the  Roumanian  Ministry 
was  caused  by  the  question  whether  Romania 
should  form  an  alliance  with  Russia,  br  merely 
permit  tbe  Russian  Army  to  pass  under  pro- 
test. It  is  understood  that  the  new  Govern- 
ment are  favorable  to  Russia. 


OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 


GREAT  LOSS  OF  LIFE  IN  INDIA. 


FIFTY  PERSONS  KILLKD  AND  ONE  THOUSAND 
WOUNDED  BY  A  GUNPOWDER  EXPLO- 
SION. 

London,  Fab.  12,— A  dispatch  from  Calcutta 

reports  ttiat  a  guunowder  explosion  has  occurred  at 
Aahemabed,  by  which  50  persons  were  killed  and 
1,000  wounded.  . 

THE  BASQ  UE  TRO  VBLES, 


AN  AGREEMENT  FOR    A  SETTLEMENT  OP  THB 
DIFFICULTIES  PROPOSED  AND  ACCEPTED. 

London,  Feb.  11. — A  telegram  from  Madrid 
says  it  is  reported  on  good  anthority  tbat  the 
Basque  deputations  have  oroposed  and  the  Govem- 
meat  have  accepted  a  convenio  for  a  settlement, 
which  will  remove  the  present  difficulties  with  tbe 
Basque  Provinces  b.v  a  compromise.  Instead 
oi  furnishing  soldiers  by  conscription,  each  prov- 
ince is  to  maintain  a  battalion  of  Volunteers,  which 
is  to  be  placed  under  tbe  orders  of  the  Govern- 
ment in  case  of  war,  and  economical  and  administra- 
tive autonomy  is  reserved  to'th^,j^aBqae  Provinces. 
The  Basqna  Juntas  are  willinz  to  accept  this  con- 
venio, and  the  Government  wilt  sabmit  it  to  the 
Cortes. 

A  MAD  HAN'S  FREAKS. 


MOLLY  MAQUIBBS  EZOOMMUSIOATED. 

ScRASTON,  Feb.  11. — ^A  pastoral  letter  from 
Bishop  O'Hara  exeommonicating  tbe  "  Ancient 
Order  of  Hibembuis."  and  direotliuc  the  alersv  to 


CURIOUS  ANTICS  OF  A  LUNATIC  IN  A  SEC- 
OND AVENUE  LODGING-HOUSE  —  THE 
POLICB!  UNABLE  TO  ARREST  HIM  —  A 
PISTOL  FIRED  THROUGH  THE  DOOR  AT 
THE  OFFICERS  —  SINGULAR  REVELA- 
TIONS FORESHADOWED. 
The  neighborhood  ot  Second  avenue  and 
Tvelfth  street  was  the  scene  last  night  uf  consid- 
erable excitement  caused  by  the  actions  of  a  man 
occupyinK  apartments  in  the  bouse  of  Mrs.  Sparr, 
who  keeps  a  lodginghoaee  on  tbe  south-west  cor> 
ner  of  the  streets  named.  Shortly  after  dark 
people  pastinf  up  and  down  Second  aveaae 
noticed  a  carious  crowd  gathered  on  the  sidewalks, 
who  seemed  to  be  in.eresied  in  the  npper  windows 
of  tbe  bouse  -on  the  corner  mentioned  That 
part  of  tbe  building  was  brilliantly  llzhted, 
and  larce  placards,  having  on  them  "  Rooma 
to  (Let,"  were  bung  out.  There  was 
also  a  quantity  of  red  flannel  nndergarments  hung 
from  the  same  windoi*'.  Rsports  were  circulated 
tbat  a  crazy  man  occupied  the  rooma  in  qu  estion, 
and  tbe  antics  of  the  person  who  occasionally  came 
to  the  window  seemed  to  eive  foni'dation  to  tbe 
rumor.  At  one  time  the  crowd  became  sd  great  as 
to  obstiiict  the  Second  avenue  oars.  On  inquiry  at 
tbe  Seventeenth  Pracinot  Police  Station,  a  reporter 
of  The  Times  was  told  tbat  Capt.  McCnUaizh  and 
four  men  bad  gone  to  the  house  to  arrest 
the  man  who  was  creating  the  disturbance.' 
In  an  bout  one  of  tbe  policemen  came  back,  and  said 
tbat  it  W.BS  a  '*  despetato  case."  Tnere  was  a  man 
on  tbe  upper  floor  who  had  a  "whole  battery," 
and  threatened  to  kill  anybody  who  endeavored 
to  enter  his  room.  The  Captain  had  told  him  that 
be  bad  tbe  authority  to  arreat  him,  and  offered  to 
pasa  in  his  shield  as  evidence.  Tbe  man  said 
said  it  was  a  "d — d  lie."  Other  efforts 
were  made  to  get  in,  wben  a  pistol-shot 
crashed  tbrouKh  the  door,  and  came  within  an  inch 
or  two  of  Otficer  Burns'  breast.  Seelne  tbat  be  had 
a  madman  to  deal  with,  and  not  wishing  to  create  a 
greater  disturbance,  the  Captain  left  the  officers  to 
watch  the  room,  and  deferred  the  arrest  until  this 
morning. 

From  Mrs.  Sparr.  who  keeps  the  honse,  the  fol- 
lowi:)g  facts  were  learned  :  On  tbe  23d  of  iranuary 
last,  a  man,  apparently  about  45  years  of 
afte,  applied  to  ber  for  lodeinss.  He 
said  he  wished  a  quiet,  respectable  ueltibbor- 
hood;  tbat  be  was  engaged  in  literary  pursuits, 
and  that  if  she  gave  him  apartments  she  wonld 
have  no  farther  trouble  in  letting  her  rooms.  He 
trave  his  name  as  Major  G.  W.  Corlisa, 
and  was  assieued  to  the  third -story  front. 
Mre.  Spair  says  be  has  been  makine  himself 
aisagreeable  ever  since,  frequently  threatening  to 
take  her  life.  Last  evening  his  conduct  became  so 
outrdseous  that  she  bad  to  appeal  to  the  Police.  A 
woman,  who  says  she  is  tbe  man's  sister,  frequently 
comes  from  Brooklyn  and  stays  with  him,  "and  that 
woman,"  said  Mrs.  Sparr,  "  is  up  stairs  with  bim 
now.  The  Police  are  np  there  watching  their 
movements,  and  when  it  comes  into  court  sjroe 
euiioas  and  disgracotal  revelations  may  bt»  ex- 
pected." ^ 

TBE  COLUMBIA  LIFE  OF  ST.  LOUIH. 
St.  Louis,  Feb.  IL — ^The  Columbia  Life  In- 
surance Company  baa  made  a  strong  protest 
against  tbe  valuation  of  its  real  estate  made  by  the 
Committee  of  Appraiters  appointed  by  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Insurance.  Proaident 
Dooelais  pnhlishes  the  opinion  of  a  nnmtxir  of  real 
estate  firms,  who  value  the  company's  building  and 
grounds,  at  the  corner  ot  Sixth  and  Locast  street*, 
ac  #1,000,000,  while  the  Appraisers  rate  It  at  1600,000. 

SHOT  BY  BIS  BROTHER. 
PiTTBBUKO,  Feb.  11.— During  a  quarrel  yester- 
day afternoon,  between  Charlea  and  George  Seifert, 
brothers,  in  Etnaborongb,  near  tbU  oity,  George 
drew  a  revolver  aud  shot  Charles  in  the  breast, 
Inflteting  a  woand  wbicb  reaulted  in  hia  death  in  a 
short  time.  Ibe  fratricide  then  rorrendered  him- 
self to  the  aotborittes.  He  claims  to  hart  done  ths 
abootiiUK.in  aidlMUfr — 


PERSONAL  WASHINGTON  SKETCSEX 

THB    GREAT     COUNTING    DAT— DEMOCRATS/ 

AND     A,tlISTOCRAT8 — ^PEW-PORTRAITS    OI 

NOTABLE     CHARACTERS. —  A     MAN    WH<I 

IS  MISSED— A    STEP   TOWARD  CIVILIZ*-^ 

TION THB   OUTWITTED    REPUBLICANS 

Washington.  Saturday,  Feb.  3,  1877. .» 
I  waa  early  in  my  seat  iu  the  gallery 
of  the  House  on  the  great  ooun tine  day,  m& 
that  I  had  a  8?at,  I  owe  to  the  thongh/tfol 
kindness  of  Mr.  S.  S.  Cor.  the    Demooritoa,  o« 
"laughing   philosopher,"'   of   the   Demo«raey. 
For  this,  and  all  other  Democratic  favors,  1  de- 
sire to  be  truly    thankful.      Armed  with   the 
tnagio  piece  Af  yellow  pasteboard,  I  waa  treated 
tor     once     as      one     ef       the        elect,      br/ 
a      Democratic      Door-keeper.         Among     the 
first        Representatives       to      arrive      weoe 
Fernando     Wood        and       David        Dudley 
Field.     They  are  not  unlike    in  appearan/se. 
Wood  is  a  more  rigid  and  reticent  Field,  »n<T 
Field  is  a  more  brainy  and  belligerent  Wood, 
Both  are  rather  remarkable  for  an   air  habit- 
ually hauij;hty  and  arlstoeratio— in  public,  at  , 
least  —and  this  reminds  me   of  tbe   faat   that 
prominent  and  dominant  Democrats  are  almost 
invariably  essentially  undemocratic.      Jeffer-J 
son     himself    was     practically    and    by    in. 
stinct  a  patrician;' there  was  nothing  plebeism 
about  him.    If  a  demagogue,  he  was  the  priivce 
of  demagogues.     Miraboauof  the  Sans-Crilotte* 
was  Count  de  Mirabeau,  a  noble  in  blood  and 
tone.    Even  his  ugliness,   rough,   rugged,  and 
stronc.  was  of  a  grand,  unoomnaon  type.     Aud  , 
Danton — whose      motto,     "  Audacity  —  again 
audacity — al  \vays     audacity  !"     contains      tha/ 
vital     essence      of     democratic       policy — wi« 
a     man      of     no     mean     outcome.      Bobee- 
pierre.     even.      was      of       good      parentage 
and  luxurious  tastes.     Elegantl  y,   alnost  ibT> 
pishly,  attired,  he  wore  always  a  fresh  bouquet 
in  his  button-hole  to  kill  the  smell  of  blood. 
Not   even    Marat,  friend  of  the  people,  had' 
much  in  common,  besides  ferocity,  with  the  mob 
he  led.    He  had  known  courtly  scenes    and', 
habits,    and    in   his    life    of    fierce    toil     and' 
almost    savage  privation    occasionally  back- J 
slid,     it     is      said,      into    "  partial      luxury." 
He  vjould  appeeir  at  the  Club  of  Cordeliers   m 
green   velvet   small-clothes  and    white    satin 
waistcoat,   with  a  democratic   compromise  oi 
greasy  collar  and  soileA  linen.     Blood  will  tell, 
and  syntax  is  a  power.    Your    low-bnrn    andi 
bred  fellows,  such  as  Spartaeus.  .Jack  Cade,  andr' 
Wat  Tvler,  soon  come  to  the  end  of  their  rope. 
Mr.  Lamar  entered  the  hall  very  slowly,  and  I 
walked  directly  to  his  seat,  looking  neither  to 
the  right  nor  to  the    left.      He  is  of  decidedly 
Southern  aspect.     I  mean  of  that  antique  pre- 
Confederate    tyne,     which    all     old-fashioned 
Democrats  are  bound  to  respect.    The  strength 
of  the  South  has  always   been   largel.vin  the 
hair.  '  Mr.   Lamar's   is    long,  dark,   and  for  his 
years,  profuse.     In  striking  contrast  to  him  ia 
his  neighbor,  Mr.  Banks,  fast  getting  to  bfl 
enow-Banks,  with  his  silver  chevehire  piled  up 
in  white,  light  masses — and  his  apparent  cold- 
ness during  the  hottest  debates.    Then  there, 
was  the  slender,   shrewd -looking  Hewitt,  th« 
great   interviewer,    a»d    "the   gentle  Savage,** 
and  the  scholarly  Seelye,  and  the  handsome 
Walker,  and  the  fiery  Watferson,  and  Spares, 
whom  I  saw  at  one  time  perilously  near  to  l.'ar- 
box.    There  oueht  to  be  accord   between   both) 
houses  ot  this  Congress,  so  many  would  seem 
to  go  well  together.     For  instance.    Hill  and 
Clymer,    Paddock    and     Dobbins,    Eden    and 
Bliss,  Ketchum  and  Lynch,  Mone.y   and  Ran- 
somrScales  and  Wait,  Sajler  and  Strait,  Tounjj 
and     New,     Goode     and     Lord.     Woodbura 
and       Ashe.      Blaine     and      Pa.yne,      Alcorn 
and    Mills,    Fort    and     Cannon,    Hyman    and 
Knott,  Key  and  De  Bolt,  Walker  and  Wad- 
dell.     Then  Holman   and  Teese  could  pair  oS. 
You  saw  bow  quickly  the  other  day,  when  at- 
tempting to  lay  his  profane  economical  hands 
on  the  pay  of  Congressmen,  the  '•  Poor  Kich- 
ard"  of  Indiana  tound  toe  entire   swarm  abouc 
his    ears — drones      and    all.     Foi-    more    than 
two       years      1     had     not      been     in      the 
House   at   prayer-time,   and   I   must   confaea 
that  on  this  momentous  occasion  1  was  mi»re' 
shocked    than    edihed.     From    eorae   cause  oi 
other— the  growth  of  Demecracy  or  the  spread 
ot  Darwinism — irreligion  is  certainly  on  tlie  in* 
crease  in  tbe  House  of  Representatives.     1  sup- 
pose it  were  folly  to  expect  of  this  great  incon- 
gruous   assembly   a   serious,   devout  aspect, 
such     as     w^as    worn      by    tbe      picked     and. 
pious  men  ot  tbe  First  Congress,  when  Bishop 
White  read  prayers  in   Carpenter's  HaU  ;  or  to 
look  for  the  grave  attention  to  religious  forma 
accorded  by  any  legislative  body  in  tbat  primi- 
tive tijne,  when  Grotl  and  His  providence  weroi 
not   only    olScially   recognized,  but  actually, 
believed  in  tvnd  rjlied  upon.      Yet  surely,    a 
de".et!t    show  ot"  reverence   for   somethiiig,  re-; 
vealed  or  unrevealed,  a  little  above  the  strifes, 
veiaiiciis,  and  iniquities  of  this  poor  world  ofj 
ours — a  supreme  idea,  if  not  a  divine  entity — 
should    be   demanded   and   exacted   by  pubiio, 

opinion  trom  our  public  servants.  It  can  hard- 
ly be  denied  that  all  tbe  power  and  glory  no& 
centred  in,  and  absorbed  bv,  the  Forty-tourth. 
Congress  reverts  to  the  Almighty,  and  the  lace 
should  be  frankly  and  gracet-iilly  admitted  over 

there.  As  it  is,  the  lawless  behavior  ot  some  of 
these  pra.yerlo.ss  law-makers  in  prayer-time  is  de- 
moraliziiig  to  Young  America.  1  wondered  hov^ 
the  sight  impressed  the  poor  heathen  Japancf*© 
present,  and  if  they  were  not  inclined  to  think' 
there  had  been  too  much  ado  made  about  tliat 
little  aliair  ef  trampliug  on  the  Cross  and  .fis- 
posing  of  a  few  missionaries.  1  respecAed..' 
Mr.  Itandall  and  Mr.  Wood  tor  their  proper 
reverential  attitude — a  standing  rebuke  ta 
lounging  Republicans  aud  sinners.  All  rose, 
however,  when  the  Senate  entered  the  cham- 
ber, proving  that  they  have  not  altogetiier  lost 
the  faculty  of  veneration.  Is  it  that  the 
heaven  they  look  forward  to  is  the  uppei 
bouse  i  Mr.  Ferry  performed  his  dutr.es  in  tba 
simple,  manly,  straightforward  way  peculiax 
to  him,  without  the  slightest  air  of 
iniured  dignity,  as  of  one  rebbcd  of  his  pre- 
rogative, ayd  all  was  smooth  though  very  blow 
sailing,  till  they  struck  on  the  Florida  i«ef. 
Then,  after  tbe  reading  of  tbe  statement  ol 
objections,  handed  in  by  Mr.  Field  wita.  the 
Stern  solemnity  of  a  prosecuting  attorney 
opening  a  case — like  unto  au  abridged  New- 
gate calendar  of  crime  and  atrooiti^ — the 
unfinLBhed  business  w:is  passed  over  to  tho 
great  President-Manufacturing  Compajiy,  and 
tbe  vast  conceurse  broke  up,  to  go  their  mul- 
titudmeas  ways.      ' 

During  tb.it  long,  dull  sitting  I  ■  overheard 
some  icniariis  ri;.'ht  and  iett  of  me,  which 
wcr?  some-* Lilt  i^musing.  Joan  Walfcer. 
of  Vireinia,  appeared,  rcspleiuient  in  the 
trofrty  Au*uran  oi  bis  beauty.  Many  ladaea 
were  enthused,  and  one  said,  '^  I  wonder  it  he 
knows  how  "Splendid  be  is!  Of  course  he  doea, 
1  should  know  it,  and  feel  it,  all  the  time,  it  t 
were  in  his  p'afce." 

It  d3<>3  se?m  a  pity  that  nersonal  advantages 
tell  EO  little  in  republican  political  life — except 
when  a  isaii  is  a  bachelor,  and  electioneering. 
Were  poor  old  Virginia  now  the  Virgin  Queen 
lor  whom  she  wa.s  named,  the  ex-Go veoior 
would  o;aiy  havo  to  throw  his  ulster  and  hia 
devctJon  m  tne  mad  ather  teet,  to  enter  at  onud 
Oil  that  i>ath  of  royal  favor  which  leads 
to  lortuie,  rank,  miil,  perchance,  the  block. 
••  Ay,  there's  the  rub."'  Sir  Gilbert  is  better 
where  ho  is.  States  arc  more  long-suffering 
tl^n  ■•voreigus.  Another  lady,  after  point- 
ing out  tiie  eloquent  young  Brown,  (with  a 
J..)  added,  "Tnat,  Sallie,  is  the  man  who 
killed  Butler  m  the  House."  Aud  Salha 
said,  "Ah,  iTicJ::c«l !  then  1  must  take  a 
good  look  at  aim,"  aud  she  did  look, 
long  and  adnriiiugiy,  very  much  as 
Ariadne  may  bava  regarded  the  handsome 
young  slayer  of  tlie  Minotaor.  It  struck  me 
that  if  Mr.  Butler  were  in  the  place  to  which 
he  has  been  re-elected  in  spite  o*  Brown  and  hit 
kUling,  be  would  bo  teund  ri^thor  a  lively  corpse. 
I  confess  I  continuallv  miu  nim  trom  the 
House,  as  do  my  «icar  Demacratio  £rends,  but 
'•with  a  diflferonce."  Tljc'-e  vas  alwaya  "au 
atmosphere  about  hina — friv>ty,  thunderous, 
and  perbaps  a  littia  suipiUiro-is  at  times — but 
better  than  the  still  voi4,  too  utterly  vcouoa« 
to  aohe — the  dry  '^arohment  cerdfio^tes  of 
election — which  take  the  places  of  live,  repre- 
sentative men  in  some  parts  of  the  halL  Car* 
lyle  says  ,  "  On  the  whole,  the  SerCh  feel^  it  to 
be  something  to  have  a  son  of  Earto— any  realitf 
rather  than  a  b3-poori8y  and  »  fomuiU.'' 
jlr.  BlaixuaJ»o»«  about  iiim  also  irhile  hftra.  a^ 


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»tino«pbere     BtrooKly    individaal,    vital   and 
eleotnoalf  tliat  mate,  mysterions  mafl^etiam, 
which  ia  tne  effluence  of  power,  but  which  some 
men  otherwise  powerful,  nare  nothing  of. 
"  XoU  ooald  nerar  oompass  it : 
Art  its  height  ooald  never  tiit  it 
It  neret  oame  oat  of  wit" 

As  1  saw  him  sitting  there,  a  peer  among  the 
peers,  I  fancied  he  looked  round-  a  little  re- 
gretfully for  the  field  of  bis  old  eonfliots  and 
triumphs,  on  the  spot  where,  only  last  year,  he 
stood  at  bay,  like  a  magnificent  elk  ot  the 
grand  Maine  forests,  and  tossed  one  after  an- 
othitr  ot  the  finest  and  fiercest  stag-honnds  of 
the  Democracy  to  the  right  and  the 
leit,  till  it  rained  dogs,  if  not  cats. 
But  they  say  he  will  nOt  long  "  lie  down  in  the 
pleasant  pastures"  to  Which  be  has  been  trans- 
lerred,  but  will  engage  in  new  contests  with 
more  formidable  adversaries.  If  the  occasion 
come,  he  will  Inot  hesitate  to  lock  horns  "with 
the  Cretan  Taurus  ot  Democracy  from  Ohio,  or 
the  '•  golden-homed"  stag  of  £>iana  and  Her- 
cules Ironi  KeW-York.  Though  he  has  left 
in  the  House  two  admirable  lieutenants, 
Mr.  Hale  and  Mr.  Frye,  who  carry 
on  the  war  enough  in  his  gallant  style  to  keep 
his  memory  ereen^  he  is  sorely  missed  there 
this  Winter.  Though  Mr.  Qhrfield,  commonly 
regarded  as  the  leader  of  the  radical  Bepub- 
lioans,  can  neither  be  daunted  nor  driven, 
he  is  scarcely  the  man  to  engage 
the  champion  pugilists  of  the  Democ- 
racy, rough,  ready,  macvelonsly  agile  fel- 
lows as  they  are — not  too  much  hampered  by 
precedent  or  science.  Brave  and  stanch  as 
are  0  bio's  James  I.  vaA  II.— Garfield  and  Mon- 
roe— and  Massachtiaetts'  jedate  Seelye,  their 
fighting  qualities  are  ratheir  weakened  than 
strengthened  by  scholarly  culture  and  a 
too  sensitive  refinem*^nt — are,  so  to  speak,' 
diluted  by  the  T>roprietie8  of  professorships, 
ana  vitiated  by  an  infusion  of  clergyman.  If 
such  a  happy  conjunction  could  be,  the  cham- 
pion for  our  present  need  were  a  man  uniting 
the  moral  force  and  grand  obstinacy  of  a 
John  Qoincy  Adams,  to  the  training  and  cool 
pluck  of  a  James  G.  Blaine,  and  the  Wit,  au- 
aaoity,  and,  if  you  will,  the  ferocity,  of  a  Ben- 
iainin  F.  Butler. 

One  near  me  said :  "  How  pleased  Mr.  Cox 
looks;  he  thinks  this  will  elect  Mr.  Tilden." 
It  is  true,  he  looked  happy,  but  some- 
how no  lonser  "the  jester  of  Con- 
gress." There  seemed  method  in  his  mirth. 
I  could  even  imagine  him  handing 
to  the  venerable  father  of  this  partition  ar^ 
rangement  his  cap,  saying,  like  the  wise  fester 
of  JJear,  '*  Here,  nupcle,  take  my  oezoomb." 
That  same  grave  Senator  wore  also  a  look  of 
unusual  satisfaction.  He  is,  doubtless,  happy 
for  once  ;  but  somebody  has  got  to  be  disap- 
pointed, somebody  punished.  "  What  a  strange 
Nemesis  lurks  in  the  ielicities  of  men." 

The  J  udges  of  the  "  Provisional  Tribunal " 
were  present,  and  many  looked  at  them  with 
commiseration,  mingled  with  admiration,  as  if 
they  were  so  many  Curtii  about  to  tucK  thuir 
skiits  about  them  and  leap  into  the  miry  abyss 
of  politics  for  the  good  of  the  Bepublio. 
It  is  odd  to  bear  very  much  the  same 
sort  of  fituff  talked  about  these 
sacred  judicial  personages  going  out 
of  their  sphere  and  being  dragged  down 
and  draggled  up  by  political  responsibilities 
and  associations,  as  we  women  have  had  to 
hear  when  we  have  broken  through  the  close 
iaioasies  of  domestic  liie,  and  gone  about 
ireely  in  God's  free  sun-Iieht  on  what  we  be- 
lieved to  be  our  Master's  business  or 
knew  to  be  our  own— and  especially 
when  we  have  presumed  to  demand, 
as  citizens  under  our  country's  charter  of 
freedom  and  equality,  certain  political  righte. 
But  for  all  the  outcry,  no  woman  essentially 
womanly  and  sensible  has  ever  been  harmed 
or  sallied  by  enlarging  her  field  of  infinenoe 
wd  action,  and  dealing  with  mat- 
ters of  common  interest  and  im- 
Dortance,  however  much  fools  may  have 
blossomed  out  into  more  glaiing  folly 
and  lunatios  given  a  wilder  and  wider  night  to 
their  lunacies.  The  Quaker  kerchief  of  Lucre- 
tia  Mott  still  rests  bv^r  her  motherly  breast  as 
snowy  pare  as  the  veil  of  a  vestal  virgin.  Anna 
Dickinson  was  as  respectable  when  a  live 
revolution  spoke  throuscb  her  glowing  lips  as 
now,  when  sha  declaims  for  a  deaa  Qaeen. 
Jnba  Ward  Howe  has  not  fallen  from  the 
seventh  heaven  of  Beacon  street  society  through 
clubs  and  conventions,  petitioning  and  preach- 
ins.  And  so  I  hope  that  our  beloyed  Supreme 
■  Court  Judges  may  t>e  preserved  from  soil  and 
oorruption,  in  the  ermine  of  their  ofiioe,  in  the 
virgin  purity  of  their  honor. 

Siueaking  of  soil  reminds  me  of  what  I  have 
long    felt     moved  to    say    in    respect   to    the 

souther n  wing  of  the  Capitol,  and  the  rotunda — 
their  extremely  filthy  condition.  I  have  never 
seen  anything  comparable  to  it,  except,  pterhaps, 
^he  PeuDsylvanla  State-bouse,  at  Hams  burg. 
On  my  way  to  the  Capitol,  •these 
hue  days,  I  do  not  think  it  needful  to  lift  my 
skirts  from  the  well-swept  sidewalks,  but  as 
soon  as  I  get  within  the  shadow  of  the  great 
Corinthian  columns  I  pull  my  garments  care- 
tnlly  about  me,  and  wittiin  the  oiassio  preomots 
I  walk  on  tip-toe,  striving  to  avoid  the  drifts 
of  dirt,  and  dark,  slimy  pools-'mnltitudinous 
oicotian  seas.  It  must  be  tnat  expecta- 
tion begets  expectoration  of  the  most  profuse 
and  reckless  sort.  I  know  that  chewing  and 
spitting  are  not  exclusively  Democratio  vices. 
I  iinow  that  it  is  reported  that  more  than  one 
iolty  Republican  official  sits  flanked  and  cir- 
cumvallated  by  monster  spittoons.  But  to  use 
the  spittoon  at  all  is  a  step  toward  civilization. 
Most  ot  the  democracy — I  do  not  use  the 
word  in  a  narrow,  specific,  but  in  a  broad, 
generic  sense — there  are  some  good  republican 
Democrats  and  there  are  some  some  bad  demo- 
cratic ICepublicans — and  I  should  say,  per*- 
haps,  moat  of  the  masses  despise  the 
useful  and  sometimes  ornamental  spit- 
toon as  a  dainty,  efiPeminate  superflaity. 
'Ihey  consider  it  an  impertment  sugsestion, 
an  intrusiTe  interlerenca  with  their  extrusive 

rights — a  something  that  would  circumsonbe 
tlieu-  liberty,  dictate  aims,  and  asaka  a  t*U  of 
a  pleasure.  I  really  believe  that  the  only  no- 
tice they  take  of  the  thing  is  to  see  how  near 
they  can  come  to  it  without  iiittinK. 

1  witnessed  the  tamallaoaa  scene  in  the 
Hoase  on  the  night  when  the  Democrats,  in 
spite  of  the  wicked  but  somewhat  weas:  fili- 
bustering of  their  opponents,  stuck  to  their 
point  ot  having  the  1*  lorida  report  read  out 
of  Its  proper  hour,  and  carried  it,  tbroueb  the 
Komau  justiee  of  Mr.  Bandall. .  The  Bepubli- 
cans  were  not  there  in  force  with  their  leaders, 
as  they  did  not  anticipate  such  a  stroke  of 
sheirp  practice.  They  never  do.  I  feel 
somehow  like  a  mother  to  the  Ke- 
publican  Party,  and  it  goes  against 
my  grain  to  see  it  perpetually  outwitted  and 
its  easy-going  magnanimity  taken  advantage 
of.  That  ni£ht  1  fancied  the  Democracy  taunt- 
ing it,  in  the  words  the  squirrel  addressed  to 
iih«  moontam,  in  the  fable  oy  £mers*n  : 
•  "  If  I'm  noD  so  grand  m  you. 
You  are  not  au  euie  as  % 
Aud  not  half  so  spry." 

But  \t  was  a  pretty  scrimmage  after  all,  and 
broke  not  unpleasantly  the  monotonous  flow  of 
legislation.  Doubtless  there  ought  to  be  some- 
thing majestic  and  awful  in  tho  sight  of  a 
Sergeant  at  Arms  walking  up  and  down 
the  aisles,  "toting"  the  great  eilTer-headed 
mace,  but  nobody  seemed  to  see  iX,  and  all  the 
pi'olane  filibusters  kept  on,  laughing  and  shout- 
ing as  beloro,  while  the  one-man  pageant 
passed  by.  It-straok  me  that  if  that  same  ter- 
rible and  truculent  Thompson  would  perform 
a  little  with  a  broom,  in  that  littered  and  dusty 
domain  of  his,  he  might  prove  more  of  a  suo- 
M&3B.  Qkacb  Gbbenwood. 


A  QRA8SHOPPER  BOUNTY  BILL. 
A  grasshopper  bonn^  bill  has  been  mtro- 
dnoed  in  the  Lezislatmre  of  Minneaota,  whiob  pro* 
Tides  for  the  paymeat  by  the  State  ot  the  following 
bounties  for  satcbiDg  and  destroyisc  looasts  or 
th<>ir  eggs:  50  cents  a  gallon  foe  eggs;  |1  pet 
boshel  for  insects  previous  to  June  1;  50  cents 
per  baahel  t'rom  Jane  X  to  Jaae  10;  S3  cents  per 
uushel  frum  JanS  10  to  Jaly  1 ;  sna  20  cents  there- 
atier  unul  Oci.  1.  Toe  Dill  provides  for  the  ap- 
poiutmeat,  by  tbn  County  CommlseioDers  of  each 
county,  o(  a  competent  cerson,  with  an  assistaDt 
wueu  uecestiary,  la  each  towotiiip  of  the  distilcts 
wburebgga  are  deposited,  to  receive,  roeasure,  andde- 
lii'uv  rbocaptureaeaes  or  hopper*  delivered  to  him. 
The  towosmx)  grasehopper  gaogera  are  to  be  sah- 
{eoc  10  a  fine  tor  neglecting  their  dnties  of  not  less 
tbao  $10  or  more  than  $100.  or  to  be  imprisoned  in 
the  Ci'uul'^ail  fur  Iroui  iO  to  90  days,  and  to  b« 
pr>i8t'cut«*d  bv  >  be  Bnpeiviaors  ot  the  township  be- 
lore  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  reaiding  therein.  The 
Couiiiy  Auditura,  on  the  presentstlon  of  the  cer> 
lUicateb  ot  the  gaasera,  are  to  m  ke  and  deliver  to 
tnu  uolcer  au  orUer  on  the  State  Auditor  for  the  sum 
to  wuu'h  lie  is  eiitiUed.  Every  able-bodied  male 
adult  uudvr  60  yeais  ol  age  is  required  to  eive  one 
tiays'  work  iu  each  we«k  of  the  perioa  above  stated, 

'  to  I  ho  extent  of  live  days  in  all,  fur  the  purpose  uf 
catching  and  desirdyiug  the  hoppers  and  their 
egkS.  The  labor  aervioe  may  be  commoted  by  the 
lumiabinz  ol  a  snbstlraie,  or  the  payment  of  tl 
a  day,  which  is  to  be  expended  in  huring  aubsti- 
tutea.  Persons  tetnsing  to  work  or  pay  are  hoed 
(9  -A  day.  A  hnndred  thousand  dollars  fs  appropri- 
ated trum  the  State  Treasury  for  the  pnrpoaes  of 

■  Uie  bill. 

BILLIARDS  IN  EHQLAND. 
Becently,  at  the  Sorrey  Club-house,  Kenning- 
ton-oyal,  Cook,  the  obampion,  played  a  game  ot  1,000 
pointe   ia   an   boor  add  10  minatea,  the  previona 
tasteat  time   being  an  honxand  14  mtnates  by  Rob- 
erta. Sr.    Cook's  adrersary  was  Tayl-ir,  to  whom  he 
gave  a  start  of  300  points.    Trbile  the  latter  was 
'  making  87,  Cook  played  the  1,000  pomts— his  four 
Drineinal  breaks  being  413  with  136  apot  strokest 
■^  all  ronnd.  117,  and  lis,  with  which  last  be  went 
'  out :  tfaos-  Wlnslug,  laclndinc  the  start,  by  61S  points, 
f  <3^  nMtest  pertwrnane*  to  ptiblio  fbr  yeu*. 


SHELTER  FOR  THE  IDLE. 


CHEAP    LODGINGS    IN    NEW-TOBE. 

WHRBE  MAmr  UONB8T  POOB  HAYS  TO 
MINGLE  WITH  X.AZT  TRAMPS— THB  CITY 
A  WIMTEB  HAVEN  POR  THESE  RESTLESS 
PEOPLE— A  CHANCE  FOR- A  PRACTIOAL 
LAW — THE  PLAN  WHICH  NSW-JEBSEY 
HAS  ADOPTED. 
It  has  long  been  a  problem  In  this  CitvMnong 
ebarltably  disposed  persons  and  those  whose  posi- 
tions require  them  to  oontider  sash  matters,  by 
what  means  and  to  what  extent  lodgings  should  be 
provided  for  the  various  classes  of  the  poor, 
who,  for  one  reason  or  another,  do  not 
supply  lodgings  for  themselves.  These  classes  of 
the  commtmlcy  cannot  Justly  be  lumped  together 
and  one  specific  be  employed  for  the  relief  ot  all. 
Many  are  worthy  and  the  victims  of  harsh  fate,  for 
which  human  judgment  cannot  assign  a  cause. 
Many  are  driven  hurriedly  by  misfortune,  social  or 
business,  or  both,  from  honorable  positions  to  the 
bitterness  of  poverty ;  many  are  worn  out  by  sick- 
ness !  while  many  others  are  hopeless  drinkers, 
confirmed  ragranta,  professional  begeara,  or 
desperate  tramps.  In  the  view  of  most  phi- 
lanthropists and  of  most  homane  oitlsens 
the  oommnnity  sboald  provide  at  leaat  a  shelter, 
clean  and  reputable,  for  the  better  portion  of  these 
people.  Varions  attempts  have  bean  made  in  this 
City  In  a  small  way,  and  with  fair  suooeas.  to  sus- 
tain systematic  cheap  lodgings,  bat  no  general  plan 
such  as^  has  been  so  efficient  in  many  European 
cities  has  been  carried  into  operation  here.  The 
indtvidnal  bonses  that  are  scattered  here  and  there 
in  various  narts  of  the  City  are  either  private  eater- 
prises  by  which  the  keepers  gain  their  livelihood, 
or  are  sustained  by  persons  of  wealth  « ho  direct 
their  charity  in  this  way. 

Kot  to  speak  of  the  unwholesome  lodgings  which 
the  Police  stations  have  attached  to  them,  and  to 
which  none  will  go  until  they  are  lost  to  shame 
or  overcome  by  haoger  and  cold,  there  are 
several  free  houses  in  different  parts  of  the  City. 
Jiiach  Police  Captain  is  provided  with  a  number  of 
tickets  to  be  given  away  to  all  sober  and  decent- 
looking  appboants,  aud  which  eutltle  them  to  a 
night's  lodging  at  one  of  tosse.  The  best 
korvrn  is  sitaated  in  the  old  chnrok  at  the 
corner  of  Prince  and  Marion  streeta,  and  accommo- 
dates 375  persons  nightly.  This  Initltntion  has 
bean  in  operation  for  more  than  a  year,  and  is  sup- 
ported wholly  by  a  wealthy  retired  merchant.  Ap- 
plieanta  tor  admission  must  come  between  the  hours 
of  8  and  10 F.  M.  to  be  entitled  toabank.  On  entering 
the  oh  arch,  each  man  presents  his  ticket,  obtained 
at  the  nearest  police  atatioo,  and  is  assigned  to  his 
proper  place.  X)ie  banks,  or  "cols,"  conalnt  sim- 
ply of  the  old  pewa,  with  a  light  rail  tacked  on  the 
Side  and  a  wooden  support  at  the  npper  end  which 
does  daiy  as  a  pillow.  Each  psw  holds  two  lodg- 
ers, one  on  the  seat  and  one  on  the  floor.  In  the 
gallery  are  long  rows  of  canvas  cots,  for  which  10 
cents  apiece  is  cnarned.  The  basement  ooniains 
bath-rooma,  oloaecs,  Sto.,  dlvidod  off  by  rough  board 
partltionB,  but  cleanly  witnal,  notwitatanding  the 
army  of  the  negleoted  and  homeless  which  fre- 
quenis  them  each  day.  In  a  comer  of  the 
diimly-lighted  basement  is  a  rongh  kltchea  where 
immense  kettles  of  corn-meal  mash  are  cooked  and 
dlspeoaed  lo  the  inmates  each  morning.  Each  iodi- 
▼idaal  IS  given  "as  much  aa  he  can  eat"  for  two 
cents,  and  in  case  ke  has  no  money,  he  has  the  op- 
tion of  doing  a  quarter  of  an  hanr'a  work  abont  the 
building  insteiiii.  la  the  bath-room,  wana  water, 
soap,  and  dry  towels  are  providea,  and  no  resiraiut 
is  placed  on  the  number  nf  bath&  taken  dally.  The 
hours  for  opening  and  closing  are  8  P.  M.  and  7 
A.  M,  Altogether  the  building  is  admirablv  adapt- 
ed for  its  purpose,  and  ba*  received  the  warm  aaco- 
miums  of  the  charity  officials  ot  the  City  and  the 
officers  of  private  benevolent  aeoiecie*.  There  is 
another  large  free  lodgiag-house  at  the  comer  of 
Tenth  atieet  and  Avenue  iD,  where  the  facilities 
afforded  are  of  a  scantier  description,  but  the  place 
Shelters  nightly  fully  300  of  these  boneless  wan- 
derers'. 

The  places  which  the  tramps  ehooss  and  to  which 
many  decent  people  hove  to  go  are  the  cheap 
ludging-Donses  to  be  found  In  Chatham  street, 
the  Bowery,  and  the  purlieus  of  B.ixter  street. 
Here  the  ''10-cent  system''  fluoiiahes  In  all 
its  glory.  Fur  that  trifling  amonui  a  tramp 
may  ol')tain  "  all  the  comforts  «>f  a  well-regu- 
lated home,"  incladiaz  (uifiVe  in  the  morning  and 
hut  rolls  ou  Sunday.  Tbo  house  at  Xo.  153  Chatham 
Street  is  a  fair  specimen  of  the  others.  The  bea« 
are  simple  canvas  cots,  dirty  and  well  worn,  ranged 
in  row4  along  the  walla  at  ricbt  angles  to  the  street. 
Kegalar  comers  get  the  same  cut  each  night,  and 
are  supplied  with  the  dailv  papers  free  of  charge. 
Soap  and  water,  needles  and  thread,  writing-paper, 
pens,  and  ink  are  fnroisbed  tree.  la  the  oencie  of 
the  long  whitewashed  room  is  a  amall  deal  table 
at  which  several  careworn  and  hangryiookmg 
men  may  be  aeen  sitting  sigbtly,  writing,  sewing, 
and  reading.  The  atmosphere  is  cruno  and  anploas- 
antly  suggestive  of  unwashed  t)odie.4,  but  the  regu- 
lar patrons  of  the  place  make  nothing  of  it.  A 
still  greater  curiosity  in  Ha  way  are  the  "  P.  Cooper 
Dormitories"  jit  No.  -^01  Chatham  square  ana  No.  SOB 
Pearl  aireec.  Ai  these  placea  the  taritf  of  prices 
ranges  all  the  way  from  5  to  14  cents.  For  the 
first-named  sum  the  tramp  la  permitted  to  atow 
himseit'  away  on  one  of  the  tiers  of  a  wooden  plat- 
form built  up  againat,  the  aide  of  the  wall,  a  conch 
which  he  shares  with  30  others,  all  as  dirty  and  be- 
grimud  as  himself,  lu  the  centre  of  the  narrow, 
air-tight  apartment  is  a  red-hot  stove,  the  beat  from 
which  combined  with  the  efflavia  from  the  hali- 
natted  bodies  ot  the  occupants  is  offensive  to  any 
person  whose  sanses  are  at  all  active.  For  7  caui;) 
the  lodger  Is  given  a  leparat*  compartment,  in 
wblon  he  can  snore  and  perspire  without  com- 
ing into  immediate  contact  with  bU  neighbors. 
The  little  air  that  finds  its  way  throogh 
the  tightly-closed  windows  is  at  once  lost  iu  the 
stifling  heat  from  the  stovs.  For  8  cents  the 
lodger  IS  famished  with  a  mattres.s  and  blanket;  tot 
10  cents  he  recoivss  the  fee  simple  of  a  narrow 
iron  bedstead  with  mattreaa,  blanket,  and  shetjta; 
and  for  14  centM  be  oceuples  "the  best  room  in  tbe 
hoase,"  in  common  with  six  others,  all  of  them  pro- 
vided with  single  beds  and  the  usual  amount  of 
bedding.  Tbe  hoar  of  closinz  at  ni^ht,  in  muat  uf 
tbe  trampa'  lodiilna-honses,  is  12  o'clock,  but  the 
"gaests  "  may  lura  in  as  early  ar  8  if  they  so  elect, 

and  sleep  nntil  8:30  the  next  morning.  Ou  Snnday 
they  are  permitted  to  remain  In  doors  all  day.  Cuu- 
versaiionisalso  a;lowea — a  luxury  which  at  tOa  free 
lodging-houses  is  either  gieatly  curtailed  or  else 
entirely  torbidden.  Before  leaving  in  the  morning 
each  man  is  farniabed  with  a  cup  of  maddf  liquid 
called  "coffee  "  and  a  baked  substance  which  goes 
by  the  name  of  "rolls."  The  dormitories  at  No. 
301  Chatham  square  and  No.  508  Pearl  street, 
are  under  tli«  aaiue  management  aud  together  ac- 
commodate 500  persons.  Attached  to  the  latter  is 
a  "temperance  "  restaurant  which  is  a  cariosity  in 
its  way.    The  bill  of  fare  here  is  as  follows  : 

TEMPERANCE 4^.  RRSTAURAJIT. 

Be  not  among  wine- bib- 1  Kor  tbieres,  nor  covet- 
ber«;  among  notouse^teraloua.  nor  PniakarJa,  nor  re- 
of  flash;  Fur  the  UrunkardlTliers,  uor  exturtioners 
and  the  gluttou  shall  comclshall  inherit  the  kingaom 
to  DOTertv.— -froc  xxiii  ,\ot  God.— i  CorintMan$  vu 
i0-2hi  1 10. 

508  PKARL  ST.,  Nti-IR  CENTRE. 

BILL  OK   FARE. 

Beefsteak 4c  iPlg's  Feet 

Pork  Steak 4c  |Plckiod  Toogue 

Beef  Stew ~ 40., Fried  Fish 

Pork  and  Beans. 4c.|Ball  Fish 

Roast  Beef 4c.iengmh  Pudding... 

Corned  Beef  and  Beaiia..4c.  Pies  (per  cut) 


Tv???^ 


'%mff5~'^-'r^^:^^i^''K^^^^ 


wmmm 


Uam... 

ham  and  Iteans 

Fried  Liver 


4C.I  Beef  »oup 

4c.-Vfgetabie  Honp..... 


..4c. 


IilTersud  Onloas 4c. 

baosages ............40. 

Hash 4c. 

Tiipe 4c 


Beau    Snap.. 

Gaffee  (per  cupf . 

i'ea  (per    ca.j)...... 

Bread 

Putatoea  (boilea)... 


....4c. 

4c 

....4e. 
....4c 
....4c 

3c 

....3c. 
....3c 
....3c 

Ic 

Ic. 

.,..lc 
....Ic 


EXTRA   ACOOMHODATION    ACCOHDINQ   TO    PRICE. 

This  establishment  U  situated  in  a  cramped  base- 
ment, the  front  room  of  which  is  occapied  as  a 
dining-room  and.  tbe  rear  as  a  kitchafi.  Abnat 
3(X)  persons  dine  here  daily.  The  mtOoritv  confine 
themselves  to  a  single  disn  at  4  cents,  and  a  cup 
of  "  coffee"  St  1  cent,  but  a  few  of  the  richer  and 
more  eplcnrean  expend  as  much  as  10  or  12  cents 
npon  a  meal.  The  head  proprietor,  P.  Valeotiai, 
Is  a  respectably  dressed  and  affiible  Itaiian,  His 
partners,  two  in  number,  are  likewise  Italians. 
Tfie  "firm"  controls  both  of  the  cheap  lodging 
houses  at  No.  201  Chatham  square  and  No.  508 
Pearl  street,  and  lodge  and  teea  ss  many  as  400 
people  daily.  Another  cheap  restaurant,  where  the 
dishes  are  5  cents  apiece,  ia  sitaated  within  a 
block  or  two  of  the  Tombs,  bat  as  Sigaor  Valentinl 
says,  "  ours  ia  de  cheapest."  At  almost  all  of  tbeae 
houses  old  books  and  papers  are  provided  lor  tbe 
entertainment  of  the  lodxers. 

The  mucb  condemned  and  utterly  indifferent  class 
of  the  poor  known  as  the  tramp  occupies  a  singular 
relation  to  tbe  public.  In  toe  coantry  people  are 
afraid  of  these  wandering  and  never  conienied  va- 
grants. They  are  dark  of  visage  skilled  lo  noth- 
ing, lost  to  decency.  They  are  for  the  most  part 
buDglets  at  any  crime,  bat  always  ready  tu  under- 
take any  easy  task  in  villainy  which  is  likely  to 
give  them  a  temporary  lift  or  afford  susteuanoe  for 
their  prevailing  oassiuns.  In  the  City  they  find  a 
\yinter  stopping-place,  and  add  tbemaelve*  to  the 
vast  tbronic  of  poor  loafers  who  infest  the  streets 
and  obeap  raia  shops. 

In  New-Tork  the  tramp,  ss  long  ss  he  is  not  too 
troublesome,  is  left  prettv  macn  to  bimielf.  When 
his  habitual  presence  beuomes  monotunous,  and  his 
ragged  and  filthy  appearance  hints  strougly  of  pesti- 
lence, he  is  taken  oeture  a  magistrate,  and  bauded 
over  to  the  Commissioners  of  Chanties  anJ.  Correc- 
tion. Many  tramp*  g<ve  themselves  up  in  this 
manner,  salting  to  be  sent  to  one  uf  the  "  Island  " 
inscitatioQH  in  preference  tu  walking  the  street* 
longer.  Fach  morning  one  of  -the  Comuiis- 
aioners  Is  on  duty  at  the  Tombs,  and  before  him 
are  arraigned  (he  vagrant  and  destitute  who  have 
been  committed  by  the  various  Police  Justices'  dur- 
ing the  S4  boara  preceding.  From  SO  to  30  of  these 
people  are  disposed  ot  daily  by  Commissioner 
TowBsend  Cox,  For  the  months  of  '  October, 
November,  and  December,  1878,  the  num- 
ber of  commitments  of  tbis  desonption  was 
914,  classed  as  follows:  For  destitution,  601 1 
for  vagrancy,  313.  The  number  increases  constantly 
with  (be  apprtMUih  of  culd  weather,  ana  diminishes 
agaia  with  lae  eommencement  of  Spring.  At  pres- 
snt.tbeie  are  from  1,500  to  2.000  destitute  persons 
in  the  alms-honse,  hospital,  and  other  oharitable  in- 
atttationa  «b  BlaekweU's  and  Ward's  Islands.  Their 
tarau  of  oeramitnM&t  aie  genendtv  only  for  a 
few  weeks,  and  the  vork-bonae  aathorities  keep  the 
healthfs*  ansa  fbs  as  sh^rt  a  time  aa  possible. 
Soferinteadeot  Kellock,  of  tke  OsDaxtaisat  of 


Chanties,  says  that  Ui»naiaber  of  tramps  and  pro- 
tesdonat  vagabonds'  applyinir  fer  rellaf  is  less 
during  the  present  Winter  tbSn  heretofore.  Thiso 
who  do  apply  nre  referred  to  Warden  Qainn  and 
Comtnlasiooer  Cox.  and,  if  thoy  are  found  to  ba 
entitled  to  it,  are  sent  either  to  the  Alma-honse  or 
hospital.  ' 

Tbe  great  need  of  New-York,  however,  is  the  en- 
actment of  a  Tramp  law,  anch  as  the  one  In 
force  in  New-Jersey,  and  which  If  faithfully  carried 
out  would  greatly  restrict  ths  evd  not  only  in  the 
City  bnt  thronghont  the  Stat«.  The  act  referred  to. 
which  bears  date  April  19,  1876,  defines  "  tramps" 
as  follows : 

"  Ul  psrsons  who  aball  eome  from  anyplaee  without 
this  State,  or  fVom  any  citr.  countv.  townahip, 
horoagb,«rpla«a  In  this  State,  and  have  no  legal  aet- 
tlemeut  In  tna  places  in  wrilch  they  muy  be  found,  sni 
live  Idly  and  wtthont  employment,"  and  refass  fo  work 
tor  the  nsnal  and  oomnaon  wa^res  <nv>;n  to  other  per- 
sons for  like  work  In  the  place  where  they  tken  are,  or 
shall  bAfoand  going  about  t(om  door  to  door,  or  placing 
themselves  In  the  streets,  highways,  or  roadr  to  beg  or 
gather  alms,  and  oan  give  no  reHSonable  aooount  of 
themselves  or  their  business  in  such  plaues." 

The  act  fni-ther  provides  foi  the  arrettt  and  com- 
mitment of  all  snoh  persons  "to  labor  upon  any 
county  farm,  or  uoon  the  streets,  roads,  and  high- 
ways of  any  city,  townahip,  or  borough,  or  in  any 
house  of  correetl'in,  poor-hoose,  work-house,  or 
common  ]ail  for  a  term  not  exo<4eding  six  months." 
It  also  enacts  that  where  no  snitable  labor  exists 
In  such  institutions,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the 
magistrates  to  bind  out  and  k«sp  said  tramps  at 
labor  in  the  service  of  any  suitable  person, 
persons,  or  oorxiorations,  tor  a  period  not 
to  exceed  tho  one  already  mentioned. 
By  the  eighth  section  of  the  law  the  persons  com- 
mitted vider  it.  sre  to  be  compelled  "to  work  when 
able  for  not  less  than  six  boars  per  day."  The  aot 
nas  not  yet  been  fully  enforced,  but  even  its  par- 
tial operation  has  had  an  excellent  effect.  The 
existing  treatment,  of  tramos  in  most  of  the  New- 
Jersey  cities  and  towns  has  been  aammed  up  by 
a  recent  writer  as  foUowa :  "  A  warm  room,  the 
soft  side  of  a  plank  for  a  bed,  and  orders  to  lesvs  at 
daybreak  for  aome  other  locality,  witbont  anything 
to  eat."  In  some  of  the  towns  thev  are  forced 
to  break  stone  and  do  other  laborious  work — a 
procednre  wbien  has  a  charmed  effect  in  decreasing 
the  nomher  of  applicants  for  lodgincs. 

The  New-Jersey  method  has  been  tried  in  one  or 
two  instances  in  New- York  State,  ana  so  far  with 
the  best  results.  One  of  the  officials  of  Poughkeep- 
sie  reports: 

"  We  find  that  breaklnz  stone  two  or  three  hours 
befbre  breaktast  keeps  a  great  nnmber  away-  The 
mure  work  you  give  tliem  the  fewer  you  have.  The 
stone  is  used  tor  mttcadamiBliiK  our  street».  Thr 
Board  of  Sapervisors  for  9ur  eount.v  has  Jast  oassed  a 
resolatlon  that  the  Overseers  of  the  Poor  shall  keep 
no  more  uf  them.  This  I  think,  if  rightly  carried  out, 
will  eradicate  the  evlL"  •  •  *  "  The  Cltr  ot  "Jlng- 
hamton,  with  a  popntation  of  about  15,000,  ceased 
to  keep  them,  and  a»w  they  give  BinghamteE  a  wide 
berth." 

Those  who  have  made  the  subject  a  study  say 
that  there  is  no  reason  why  the  same  system  ahonld 
not  be  carried  out  in  this  City  with  the  most  bene- 
ficial reaalta.  Its  frienda  claim  that  it  would  re- 
duce the  number  of  vagrants  75  per  vent.,  and  de- 
ore.180  the  coat  of  maintaining  the  others,  while  tbt 
effect  upon  public  morals  would  be  atill  more  valua- 
ble Next  to  New-York,  Baltimore  is  probably  tbo 
best  illnstralion  of  tbe  oasy-going  system  ot  dealing 
with  this  ovil.  For  the  past  year  or  two  that  citv 
has  been  literally  overrun  with  the  most  vicious, 
idle,  and  Isziast  of  tramps,  simply  because  its  m- 
haoitsnts  have  soqaired  a  reputation  fur  nndue 
hospitality,  wbieh,  combined  with  its  m  ild  climate 
and  lax  system  of  offloial  supervision,  has  made  it 
tbe  Winter  paradise  of  the  tramp.  At  proRent  the 
city  authorities  are  building  a  large  work-house  to 
accommodate  tbe  influx  ot  vagrants,  and  in  the  end 
will  probably  be  compelled  to  enforce  the  New- 
Jersey  system  to  rid  themselves  of  the  vagabonds 
who  are  now  quartered  on  them. 


lUPPEli'S  LATEST. 


HE  DISCOVERS  THAT  THB  SOUTH    HAS    BEEN 
SLANDERED  AND  THAT    SLAVERY  WAS    A 
DIVINE  INSTITUTION  AFTER  ALL. 
Frvm  the  Charleston  (S.  C.)  Nerot,  Feb.  9. 
The  following  ode  "To  the  South"  was  written 
last    evening    by   the    distingnished    author,   and 
handed  to  us  for  publication.  ~  We  take  much  pleas- 
ure in  presenting  it  to  our  readers  as  the  frank  tes- 
timony of  an  accomplisbed  Euglishroan  to  the  facta 
of  the  past  and  the  truths  of  our  present  condi- 
tion.   Happy  would  It   be   for  tbo  South  if  other 
gifted  writers  of  "England  and   the  North"  who 
come  among  ns  ba<l  the    same  magnanimity  and  im- 
partiality as  has  inflnenosd   Mr.  Tupper  in  penning 
these  lines: 

TO  THE    SOUTH. 

The  world  has  mlK)ndged,  mistrnsted.  mallgn'd  you, 

And  Should  be  quick  to  make  honest  amends; 
Let  OB,  then,  apeai^  of  you  just  as  we  find  you. 

Humbly  and  beartil)-,  condlos  and  friends! 
Let  ns  remember  your  wrongs  and  yonr  trials, 

Slandered  and  plundered,  and' crushed  to  the  dust. 
Draining  adversity's  bitterest  vials. 

Patient  in  courage  and  stronjf  in  good  trust. 

Ton  fouebt  for  Liberty— rather  than  Slavery  I 

Well  might  you  wisu  to  be  quit  of  that  111, 
But  yon  were  sold  to  political  knavery 

Mesh'd  by  diplomacy's  spider-like  skill; 
And  yon  rejoico  to  see  slavery  banished. 

While  the  free  Bervant  works  well  as  before, 
Confldsnt,  tbongh  nisny  furtnnes  have  vanished, 

Soon  to  recover  all — rich  as  of  yore  I 

Doubtless  there  had  been   some  hardships  and  era- 
eltles. 
Cases  exceptional,  evil  and  rar^. 
Bnt  to  tell  trnth — and  rmly  the  Jewel  'lla — 
Kindliness  ruled — a^i  a  rale^ov'rywhere! 
Servants — if  slaves — were  your  wealth  and  inherlt- 
anoe. 
Born  with   your   children   and    grown    on  yonr 
groond. 
And  it  was  quits  as  much  tnt'rest  ss  merit  hence 
Still  to  maae  friends  o^  dependents  all  round. 

Tcs.  it  IS  slander  to  say  yon  oppress'd  them. 

Does  a  man  rqnander  th»prtze  of  bis  pelf  I 
Was  It  not  often  that  he  who  possess'd  them 

Katber  was  owned  by  his  servants  himself  i 
Caring  for  all,  an  in  healtb,.8o  iu  sicknesses. 

He  was  their  father,  their  patriarch  chief. 
Age's  infirmities,  infancy's  weaknesses, 

Leauiug  un  him  fur  repose  and  reliet. 

When  yon  went  forth    in    yonr    pluck    and    your 
bravery, 

Salliue  for  freedom  both  fortunes  and  lives. 
Wbere  was  that  nroune«ied  ontbarst  of  slavrry. 

Wreaking  r«venge  on  your  children  and  wires  i 
Nowhere  I    You  lett  all  to  servile  safe-keepine, 

And  this  was  f^ilthfnl  and  true  to  yoor  trust; 
Master  and  servant  tbas  mutually  reaoing 

Double  reward  uf  the  good  and  the  just  I 

Generous  Southerners  I     I  who  address  yots 
i^bared  with  too  many  belief  in  your  tttns; 

But  I  red'ant  it — thns — let  me  coniess  yon- 
Knowledge  is  victor  and  everywhere  wins; 

For  I  hsve  seen.  I  have  heard,  ana  am  suie  ot  it, 
You  have  lieeo  alaodered  aud  suffenog  long, 

Paying  all  slavery's  cust,  and  the  ouie  of  it. 
And  the  great  woild  shall  repent  ot  its  wrong  t 
MAKTIN  F.  TUPPKK. 
Chahlkston,  Thursday,  Feb.  8,  1877. 


RELIGIOUS  ¥ORK  AND  TAIK 


FATAL  EXPLOSION  IN  FRANCE. 


SOME  INTERESTING  DETAILS  OF  A  SINGU- 
LAR ACCIDENT — FIVE  MEN  BLOWN  INTO 
ATOMS,  ONE  MAN  KILLED,  AND  FOUR 
SOLDIERS  WOUMDKD. 
Some  extrordinary  and  interesting  details  ot 
tho  fatal  explosion  at  the  Fort  of  Lsrmont,  ct 
Besao^nn,  are  now  furnished  by  tbe  official  report 
of  tbe  accident.  It  appears  that  tbe  coinbnatlble 
componnd  that  caused  the  catastrophe  is  known  by 
tbe  name  of  matatietU,  which,  translated  from  tbe 
Spanish,  literally  means  "  kill-seven."  The  sub- 
Stance,  which  contains  a  large  proportion  of  nitro- 
glycerine, ia  very  much  like  what  is  called  in  Aus- 
tria the  rhexit  of  Diller.  In  Austria  it  is  vary  prop- 
erly considered  dangerons,  and  the  railways  refuse 
to  convey  it,  altboagh  they  receive  dynamite  on  the 
same  conditions  as  gunpowder.  But  m  France 
it  appears  the  case  is  Just  the  contrary.  Here, 
while  tbe  railway  companies  refuse  to  transport 
dynamite,  they  convey  mataeiette,  even  in  passen- 
ger trainsl  It  was  thus  that  the  maXaeiette  at 
present  in  question  arrived  in  October  last  at  the 
railway  station  of  Pontarlier,  by  a  passenger  train 
from  Switzerland.  It  was  packed  in  a  most  careless 
manner  in  old  petroleum  casks,  and  some  idea  of 
the  ignorance  as  to  its  real  nature  may  be  formed 
from  the  fact  that  tbe  cnstom-hoa»eofiicer  extracted 
a  sample  with  his  gouge  ana  burnt  it  on  the  cask. 
Verily,  the  railway  station  of  Pontarlier  had  a 
narrow  escape  that  day.  The  imilitary  authorities, 
iolormed  of  the  dangerou;<  nature  ot  the  com- 
pound, moved  the  oaeks,  12  in  number," 
and  870  kilogrammes  each  in  weii(bt,  to  the 
Fort  uf  Larmunt.  A  more  unfavorable  place  for 
storing  the  combaatible  coald  scarcely  have  been 
selected.  Tbe  temperature  at  ttuit  time  was  very 
high.  The  casks  soon  began  to  crack,  and  the  con- 
tenta  to  be  strewn  about  toe  flour.  However,  it 
became  neo««>ary  to  evacuate  the  barracks,  and  the 
qaeation  was  how  tu  remove  tbe  said  casks.  Alter 
hesitating  ihree  months,  it  was  decided  to  transfer 
the  matatietU  into  impermeable  aaoks,  and  pack 
tbem  up  in  uozes,  lined  with  sawduiit.  A  superin- 
tendent was  sent  specially  from  Paris  to  conduct 
the  uperatiou.  Vhe  daugerons  task  went  ou  ssfely 
for  four  days,  by  which  time  tbe  contents  of  six  of 
tbe  casks  bad  been  transferred  in  tbe  manner  Just 
indicated,  but  on  the  fifcn  day.  Just  as  tbe  men  hnd 
finished  their  day's  work,  the  explosion  took  place 
— how,  it  appears  imposaible  to  say  with  any 
certainty,-  but  it  ia  supposed  that  it  was  due 
to  the  carelessness  of  one  of  the  workmen 
either  in  lighting  his  pipe  or  in  prepatiog  the  coffee 

fiven  every  day  to  the  men  to  counteract  a  kind  of 
leadaobe  occasioned  by  the  handling  of  tbe  explo- 
sive matter.  The  five  men  who  weie  in  tlie  roum 
at  tbe  time  were  blown  into  atoms,  a  guard  at  the 
ooor  was  killed,. and  four  soldiers  close  by  were 
wounded.  The  barracks  and  gnard-hunse  were  de- 
stroyed, but  tbe  remainder  of  the  fort  was  not  dam- 
aged. However,  Judging  from  the  comparative 
small  amount  of  damage  done,  it  la  almost  oartala 
that  the  nMtaiittU,  which  had  already  been  trans- 
terred  into  the  akwdost  boxes,  remains  Intsut  uuder 
the  ruins,  and  great  care  will  have  to  be  used  ia 
aaUiac  U  «al  without  anolher  esstesieiv 


JERBT  M'AULBI'S  MlSSIOJf: 

SFBOIAL    SBRVIOBS    IN    OONNECTION   WITS 

THE    OCCOPATfOH  OV  tW&  MEW  WATBB 

STREKT       CHAPEL — THB       FASHIONABLE 

CHDRCHES      WELL     KBPBBSBIITED — ^AD- 

DBBSBES      BT       PROWNKNT      CHBISnAir 

WORKERS. 

The  special  aervioes  in  oooneotion  with  tbe 

occupation  of  the  new  chapel  of  the  MoAnley  Water 

Street  Mission,  took  plaee  In  the  ehapel,  No.  316 

Water  street^  yesterday,  in   tbe  presence  of  a  large 

congregation.    Three   eervloes   were  held— -one  in 

the  morning  at  10  o'clock,  one  In  the  afternoon  at 

2:30  u'eiook,  and  one  in  the  <  evening  at  7:30  o'clock. 

All      three     attracted    ,  Interested      andlences, 

composed      largely      of'*'    sympathetio      Mends 

from      fashionable     np  town       ohnrches.       The 

chapel    of    the    toission,     a     room    capable    of 

seating    300     people,    was   handsomely    decorated 

with  illuminated  texts  and  appropriate  designs  in 

evergreens.    Mr.    A.    S.    Hatch   presided   at   the 

morning  meeting,  ^hioh  was  chleflv    devoted   to 

prayer  and  the  rehearsal  of  personal  experienoes  on 

tbe  part  of  new  converts.    At  3:30    P.  M.   Bev. 

Gardner    Spring  Plnmley,   Pastor  .  of  the    Fulton 

Street  Chnrch,  lead  in  prayer.    A  nnmber  of  well- 

knowo  gentlemen,    inoladlog    Ur.  F.  Marqnand, 

banker,  of  WaU  street ;  Ur.  E.  B.  Monroe,  Vice 
President  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion ;  Mr.  Henry  Johnson,  of  the  Madlsoii  Square 
Presbyterlann  Church ;  Mr.  Isaac  Beale, 
and  Mr.  C.  C.  Coe,  were  present,  to- 
gether with  a  large  nnmber  of  ladies  and 
gentlemen.  At  the  evening  service  every  inch  of 
space  was  filled,  and  many  were  unable  to  obtain 
admission.  Mr.  William  E.  Dodge  presided,  and 
the  exercises  were  conducted  bv  Jerry  MoAnley, 
the  founder  of  the  institution.  Rev.  Drs.  Ormlston 
and  Taylor,  who  had  been  announced  to  speak,  were 
absent,  bnt  Rev.  Dr.  Booth  said  a  few  earnest  words 
on  behalf  of  the  clergy.  He  remarked  that  when 
doctors  wished  to  heal  an  uloer  they  sometimes  did 
BO  by  putting  sound  flesh  in  i(^  place.  This  was 
precisely  what  was  being  attempted  in  the  present 
case.  Altboagh  Mr.  McAnley  was  on  tbe  frontier 
of  the  fight,  the  people  in  the  safe  places  had  sym- 
pathy with  him,  and  were  ready  to  extend  the  hand 
of  fellowship  and  aid  to  him  in  hts  work  Tbe  only 
way  to  save  the  poor  and  ignorant  and  vicious  of 
this  great  City  was  to  take  them  by  the  band,  as 
Jesus  took  the  voung  man  by  the  hand  when  he 
came  down  from  the  Mount  of  the  Transfiguration. 

Mr.  Dodge  said  that  his  friend  MoAnley  had 
ssked  bim  to  come  down  there  and  lay  a  few  woras, 
and  what  be  was  about  to  say  be  intended  more  for 
those  to  whom  thia  sight  was  a  comparatively  new 
one.  It  was  here  that  they  were  enabled  to  realise 
tbe  transtorming  power  of  tbe  Gospel  on  hnman 
lives;  that  Christ  in  reality  came  into  this  world  to 
save  sinners,  and  that  when  tbe  poorest  and  weari- 
est of  souls  came  to  Him  He  would  give  tbem  rest. 
The  poor  drunkard  who  was  rapidly  descend- 
ing tbe  brcid  road  that  led  to  dastruo- 
tiun  was  here  for  tbe  first  time  ar- 
rested in  bis  downward  course  by  the  sol- 
emn words,  "Sinner,  torn:  why  will  yn  diet" 
There  were  those  oresAot  who  had  given  evid'^noe 
of  tbe  transforming  power  of  tbe  Gosoel  greater 
than  anvthiog  that  could  be  witneaaed  la  more  Inx- 
urioaa  and  taahiouable  churches.  And  yet  the  no- 
ble work  of  reclaiming  these  fallen  sonls  to  Christ 
bad  been  steadily  going  on  for  half  a  century, 
constantly  increasing,  and  never  failing  for  want 
of  workers.  Fifty  years  ago  snob  meetings  had 
been  held  in  the  Navv-yard,  not  so  large  as  tbis,  bnt 
still  of  sufficient  sise  to  give  encouragement.  It 
was  here  that  for  tbe  first  time  many  heard  that 
warning  message.  "He  that  believetb  and  is  bap- 
tised shall  be  sav^d,  bnt  he  that  believetb  not 
shall  be  damned."  It  was  here  that  thay  first  real- 
isiid  what  it  was  for  God  to  give  His  only  ^o-a,  that 
whoso  believed  in  Ulm  should  have  everlasting 
life.  Be  begged  his  bearers  to  take  these  things  to 
heart,  and  when  they  want  home  to  their  churches 
not  to  torget  the  work  that  was  going  on  here. 

Jerry  McAuley  gave  a  short  account  of  bow  he 
was,  years  ago,  reclaimed  from  hia  avil  ways  by  the 
chastening  power  of  tbe  Gospel,  and  nrgnd  sU  hia 
hearers  to  seek  Jesus  wlthoat  delay.  Mr.  A.  S. 
Hatch  said  he  had  been  freonently  asked  who  ran 
thts  mission.  People  said  to  nim,  "Do  you  ran  it  I" 
"No."  "DoesJerry  McAuley  run  iff"  "No-"  "Then 
who  docs  run  it  f "  To  this  question  he  coald  ooly 
answer  in  all  reverence- God.  It  was  through  Him, 
and  Him  alone,  that  this  tootbold  of  the  Gospel  had 
been  maintained  so  many  years,  and  it  was  to  His 
etrengthauing  arm  that  they  looked  for  protection 
in  time  of  need. 

About  an  hour  was  devoted  to  the  recital  of  per- 
sonal experience.s,  in  which  loaoy  who  had  been 
previonsly  hardened  sinners,  told  how  they  hsd 
been  converted  by  Ood's  grace  into  goad  citizens 
and  earnest  laborers  in  tbe  Church.  Vm  Seventy- 
fuarth  hymn  was  song  : 

"  Ob  I  to  be  nothing,  nothing. 
Only  to  lie  at  Ills  leet." 

Mr.  McAnley  stated  that  Mr.  Thnrlow  Weed, 
who  had  promised  to  be  present  and  say  a  few 
words,  had  been  detained,  but  he  would  vouch  for 
Ma  appearance  on  a  fature  occaaion.  The  Ninety- 
first  nymn  was  then  anng: 

'■  1'nere  is  a  fountain  filled  with  blood 
Drawn  trota  Kmanuel's  veins." 

The  congregation  then  dispersed.  An  earnest 
sppesl  is  made  by  tbe  friends  of  the  mission,  other- 
wise known  as  "  The  Helping  Hand  for  Men,"  for 
additional  means  to  discbarge  the  present  debt  en 
tbn  mission  property — a  neat  tbree-story  briok 
building — and  to  enable  tbem  to  increaae  tbe  now 
already  oveicrowdodcbnron  acoemmodattuna.  Dur- 
ing the  year  1H76,  424  religious  meutings  have 
been  held  here,  iit  which  the  iiggregats 
attendance  was  51.277.  and  in  which  6,260 
personal  reqaests  for  prayer  were  presented.  Meals 
and  clothing  have  also  been  famished  to  hnndreds 
of  homeless  and  destitute  persona.  About  tS.SOO 
is  required  to  relieve  tbe  iDStltutlon  from  debt,  and 
enable  it  to  continue  in  its  invaluable  work  among 
tbe  lowly  and  dcstitnte  of  tnis  negleoted  qaarier  of 

tlie  Citv.  Tbe  current  expenaes  are  supplied  en- 
tirely by  Tolnotary  contributions.  Snbsoriptiona 
either  to  the  building  fond  or  for  onrrent  expenaes 
may  be  addressed  to  Jerry  McAuley,  .Superin- 
tendent, No.  316  Water  atreet.  or  to  either  of  the 
lullowing  Xrusiees  :  A.  S.  Hatch,  (of  Flsk  & 
Hatch.)  No.  5  Nassau  street;  to  Sidney  SVhittemore, 
No.  71  Broadway,  or  to  J.  D.  Phyfe,  No.  128  Esst 
Fiil>-seveath  street. 

SPIBITVAL  RESURRECTION. 

DR.  CUAURCEY  GILKS'  THIRD  LECTURE  ON 
DEATH  AND  THE  RESURRECTION — THB 
NATURE  OF  SPIRITUAL  RESURRECTION 
— HOW  THE  SPIRITUAL  BODY  IS  RAISED 
FROM  SPIRITUAL  DEA1H  TO  SPIRITUAL 
LIFE. 

Rev.  Dr.  Cbauucey  Giles  lectured  last  eveniag 
before  a  very  lal^  audience,  in  the  Church  of  the 
New  Jerusalem,  (Swedenborgian,)  in  Thirty-flffti 
street,  on  "  Tbe  Resurrection  of  the  Spiritual  Body 
from  Spiritual  Death,"  being  the  third  ot  a  series  of 
lectures  explanatory  of  tbe  Swedenborgian  theories 
of  death  and  the  resurrection. 

In  order,  said  Dr.  Giles  in  opening  tbe  lecture^ 

that  we  may  understand  thia  qnestion  of  the  resar- 
reotion  of  the  soul  from  spiritnal  death,  and  Its 
restoralion  to  spiritnal  life  we  mnst  first  ascertain 
the  meaning  of  "  resurrection."  It  ifi  not  merely  a 
change  in  those  faculties  which  exist  and  are  active 
when  man  is  in  a  state  of  spiritual  death,  bnt  it  is  a 
change  in  their  .purification  and  reotiflcatlon 
and  reduction  to  harmony.  It  is  the  crea- 
tion witbin  man  of  a  new  heart  and  a  new  moral 
nature.  The  Lord  calls  it  moldiDs  man's 
whole  spiritnal  nature  into  His  own  Image  and  af- 
ter His  likeness.  By  spiritnal  death  man  loses  thst 
love  and  wisdom  which  is  the  embodied  law  of  the 
Lord.  By  resni^ection  he  regains  them.  The  next 
point  toward  gaining  a  clearer  perception  of  the 
subject.  Is  to  discover  what  is  meant  by  "soal." 
Tbe  soul  is  the  man  himself,  and  not  a  mere  form- 
less essence  which  keeps  the  machiaery  of  his  body 
in  motion.  It  has  form,  substance,  organization. 
It  gives  form  to  the  natural  body,  wbieh  is  tbe 
image  of  tbe  soul  in  clay.  The  soul  is  alive  when 
all  its  organic  forms  are  in  a  normal  condition,  and 
in  a  state  to  receive  life,  and  be  moved  to  pleasur- 
able activities  by  it.  It  is  dead  when  its  organic 
forms  have  become  so  deranged  and  disconnected 
from  tbe  source  of  life  that  it  can  no  longer  receive 
in  it  a  full  measure.  A  dead  soul  has  existence  and 
Bomeconscionsness  of  liie  in  itf  lowest  and  most 
imperfect  forms,  bat  It  has  no  heavenly,  spiritual 
life.  It  has  atrong  .iffeutions,  but  they  are  those  af- 
fections which  lead  to  every  possible  sorrow.  It 
has  tho  power  of  seeing  trutn,  but  no  love  of  truth 
which  does  not  favor  its  owa  evil  affatMlons.  It 
h'as  no  love  of  the  Lord  or  its  neighbor,  although  it 
has  the  power  of  perceiving  lu  obligations  to  exer- 
cise snob  love.  Right  here  lies  tbe  possibility  of 
man's  resurrection  from-  spiritual  death  and 
lestoration  to  spiritual  life.  By  hu  fall  man 
lost  the  love  of  goodness,  but  not  the  power 
of  learning  the  truth.  Man's  moral  nature 
died,  but  his  Intelleutaal  faoaltiea  did  not  die.  They 
became  obruse  and  uncertain  in  relation  to  spiritaal 
things,  but  they  did  not  lose  their  capacity  to  no- 
derstand  spiritual  triith.  It  Is  through  this  power 
of  understanding  the  trae  laws  of  bis  being  when 
they  are  revealed  him  that  man's  resurreotion  from 
spiritual  dsath  ia  possible.  Before  man  died  spirii- 
aally.tbe  Lord  operated  on  hmttaroach  bisaffeotiona 
and  by  means  of  them  ted  htm  to  all  good.  Now, 
that  way  being  closed  by  spiritual  oeatb,  Be  ap- 
proach ss  aim  through  the  inteUeot  by  means  ot 
tmih. 

Slnoe  man's  spirlioal  death,  said  the  speaker, 
was  eansed  by  bia  dlaob«4i«es  of  the  commaa^ 


iMDts,  tba  obiy  Way  be  can  regste  hillocr^fti  Is  by 
kMpiiiK  tMffl.  &  examinatiattof  tbe  JHbl*WiU 
•b«w  that  the  Lord  teaches  tbis.  a&4  tbM  lift  and 
all  its  blSasingS  come  of  keeping  tlfS  hiwi  of  Ufa 
.which  are  the  oommandments.  Mao  waa  expellea 
from  Bden  by  breaking  these  oomnMtndmmita.  He 
linds  his  Payback  to  it  by  falfllllng  tbem.  The 
answer,  then.  to.  i!b»  question  of  how  a  sonl  sjilr. 
itually  dead  is  raised  to  spiritnal  life— the  answer 
of  the  whole  of  the  Soriptnzes  la,  "by  learning  the 
commandments  and  keeping  them  to  the  best  of 
onr  ability."  Bnt  some  j  win  Say  that  we  ate 
raised  by  uith  in  the  Lord.  Bnt  the  miraonlous 
faith,  ofwhicb  so  much  is  said,  and  npon  which  so 
much  depends,  is  simply  belief  la  (he  trath  ot 
what  ths  Lord  has  said,  and  tbe  possession  ot  such 
a  dear  sense  of  Its  importaaoe  that  we  are  led  to 
do  as  he  has  oommahoed.  The  great  troable  is, 
however,  that  man  does  Lot  believe  the  Lord.  Be 
will  not  believe  that  he  is  spirittially  dead  when  tbe 
Lord  discloses  to  faim  the  fact  that  lie  is  so.  If  he 
did  believe  this,  and  also  belittyed  that  he  conld  be 
raised  from  death  and  be  eternally  happy  by  keep- 
ing the  oommandmenta,  lie  wonldioertalnly  make  a 
faithful  effort  to  keep  them.  He  is  saved  by  faith, 
not  as  a  substiiute  for  keepmg  the  oommand- 
menta, but  as  a  necesssry  means  of 
fulfilling  tbem.  Tbis  view  of  tbe  case  may  lead 
Some  to  ask  what  is  the  need  of  a  Saviour,  if  the 
keeping  of  tbe  oommandments  will  raise  man  from 
spiritnal  death  to  sptrltfial  lite.  The  reply  IS  that 
a  Savionr  is  needed  to  teach  ns  the  laws  of  life,  and 
to  help  us  to  keep  them.  The  Lord  did  not  come 
into  the  world  as  a  substitute  tot  the  keeping  of  the 
commandments.  He  said  Himself  that  He  had  not 
come  to  destroy  the  law  or  the  prophets,  bat 
to  fnlflll  them.  If  we  Keep  befure  ns  man's 
spiritnal  condition,  we  can  see  tbe  ab- 
solute necessity  for  the  Lord's  coming. 
Man  was  deaf  and  damb  and  blind,  and  leprone  and 
paralytic,  and  there  was  no  means  of  help  from  any 
bnman  scarce.   The  Lord  conld  not  help  him  from 

the  sDlritnal  aide  of  bia  nature,  beoanse  that  way  of 
approach  was  dosed  by  sin.  It  was,  therefore, 
necessary  to  approach  him  on  the  natural  aide,  and 
to  do  so  it  was  necessary  for  the  Lord  to  assume  a 
nature  which  would  be  apprehended  by  man's 
senses.  He  therefore  came  in  tbe  flesh,  and  His 
coming  in  tbe  flesh  is  the  only  rational 
explanation  for  His  coming,  and  it  teaches 
ns  tbe  manner  in  which  human  redemption 
was  wroaght  out.  After  enlarging  uoon  this  point, 
the  speaker  briefly  considered  the  reasons  why 
a  life  in  accordance  with  the  commandments  was 
the  only  means  ofreealcing  spiritaal  life.  When 
man,  he  said,  begins  to  live  according  to  the  laws 
of  his  spiritual  nature,  he  nuts  himself  in  true 
relation  to  the  source  of  life,  and  soon  begins  to 
develop  his  spiritual  being — feebly  at  first,  bnt 
gradually  attaining  full  strength  and  power.  The 
result  of  this  resnrrection  is  that  tbe  soul  is  raided 
up  to  great  sorrows  and  to  unspeakable  and  ever- 
lasting Joys.  When  the  spiritual  man  begins  to 
gain  life,  and  love  of  the  Lord  begins  to  assume 
control  of  his  nature,  there  omes  a  terrible  conflict 

—a  ooofliot  for  lite,  a  oonfllot  which  resalts  m 
death.  Tbis  conflict  is  desciibed  in  many  ways  in 
tbe  Word,  bnt  in  all  it  is  presented  as  being  the 
making  of  great  saorlficaa,  the  anfierlng  of  great 
sorrows,  for  in  it  man  loses  all  that  be  holds  dear 
in  this  world,  and  suffers  death.  This  conflict  is  be- 
ing waged  in  every  possible  torm  wherever  there  is 
a  human  soal  that  has  beeu  raised  from  spiritual 
death  to  spiritual  life,  and  it  will  continue  to  be 
waged  until  the  snbjngatlon  of  the  natural  man  Is 
com  plete,  and  love  of  the  Lord  and  tbe  neighbor 
reigns  in  undisputed  sway  over  him.  This 
is  the  reason  why  a  religions  lifS  is  pre- 
sented in  such  forbidding  aspects;  this  is 
why  the  life  of  a  good  man  seems  often 
to  be  one  ot  conflict  and  sorrow.  But  only  one  side 
of  the  picture  has  been  presented  in  such  a  view. 
The  conflict  and  snffering  are  bnt  for  a  moment ; 
the  victory  is  etemaL  The  SMStivities  of  onrnature 
will  be  reduced  to  faatmeny  and  order.  The 
whole  natural  miod  will  be  lifted  from  the  dnst  and 
turned  from  itself  and  tbe  world  to  heaven  and  the 
Lord.  The  soul  will  enjoy  quietness,  rrsr,  and 
peace,  and  a  a<<w  and  bigber  class  of  faocdtiea  will 
be  created  within  man,  which  will  open  to  him  a 
world  of  beauty  and  glory  which  the  natural  mind 
could  not  conceive  of,  and  which  will  enable  him  to 
become  part  of  the  divine  order,  a  torm  of  tho  di- 
vine besaty,  a  sharer  of  the  divine  life,  and  a  par- 
taker of  the  divine  biesssdoesst 

The  fourth  and  concluding  lecture  of  tbe  oonrse 
will  be  delivered  on  Sunday  evening  next. 

2HE  DEFAVLTEieS  RETURN. 


HOW  TBE  CASHIER,  WHO  STOLE   AN  INDIANA 
BANE,  RETURNED  FOOT-BOBB  AND  CRAZED. 

From  the  Indianapolit  Sentinel. 
FsAKKLiK,  Feb.  9. — Just  before  noon  to-day 
the  people  of  Franklin  were  thrown  into  a  fever  of 
exeltemeut  over  the  rumor  that  K.  T.  Taylor,  the 
absconded  cashier  of  the  First  National,  had  re- 
turned and  was  at  that  moment  in  the  office  of  Dr. 
P.  W.  Payne.  At  some  time  daring  the  night  Tay- 
lor presented  himself  at  Dr.  Payne's  office  and 
knocked  for  admission.  When  tbe  doer  was  opened 
he  was  found  standine  without  in  hia  stocking  feet, 
with  his  boots  in  his  band.  On  being  taken  into 
the  office  medisal  sttention  was  called  and  means 
used  to  sabdue  the  great  mental  excitement  under 
which  be  was  laboring.  A  little  before  noon  he  was 
taken  to  hia  home,  and  it  was  at  that  time  that  the 
public  tieosme  apprised  of  his  return.  Several  per- 
sons have  visited  him  during  the  cay,  and  to  all  he 
is  disposed  to  talk,  though  in  such  an  incoherent 
manner  as  not  to  give  any  very  certain  informa- 
tion. Tbis  atternoon  an  affidavit  for  embezzlement 
was  filed  by  the  Vice  President  of  the  bank,  Mr. 
William  McCaalln,  before  W.  H.  Barrett.  Esq.,  and 
pnt  into  the  hands  of  officer  John  Ballock  for  his 
arre&t,  who  proceeded  at  once  to  his  house  and  took 
him  in  custody,  ^s  soon  as  his  condition  will  war- 
rant he  will  be  removed  to  the  connty  JaiL 

It  was  given  out  along  with  the  announcement 
that  Taylor  had  returned  that  he  was  a  raying 
maniac,  bnt  on  investlEation  this  was  found  to  be 
greatly  exaggerated.  Several  physicians  visited 
him  thia  afternoon,  and  they  report  him  to  bo  labor- 
ing ander  a  state  of  great  mental  prostration  conse- 
qaent  apon  the  terribly  intense  excitement  through 
which  ho  must  have  psKseo.  His  appearance  was 
haggard  and  careworn,  bis  eyes  bloodshot,  and  his 
face  blackened  from  the  congestion  which  has  fol- 
lowed the  tenible  strain.  The  man  was  bat  a 
wreck  of  his  former  self.  Throughout  he  seemed 
to  be  contused  in  dates  and  as  to  time. 
When  first  visited  he  said  he  had  been 
gone  fi^im  borne  for  six  years,  and  had 
visited  California.  Nevada,  Chicago,  and  other 
places.  Lat4)r  in  tbe  day  he  gave  a  more  intelli- 
gible accooni  of  himself,  and  one  which  in  tbe  main 
is  most  probably  true.  He  said  be  had  visited 
Louisville,  New-Albany,  Madisan,  and  Cincinnati, 
and  a  Mr.  Rafas  Willan,  who  lives  in  Trafale&r,  in 
tbis  county,  says  that  he  saw  Taylor  last  Monday 
evening,  at  tbe  5  o'clock  down  freight  at  Green- 
wood, if  that  be  so,  the  probability  Is  that  he  went 
from  Indianapolia  to  Louisville,  and  from  there 
made  his  way  np  the  nver  to  Cincinnati,  and  tbis 
probability  ia  strengthened  when  it  is  remembered 
that  he  was  seen  in  Indianapolis  on  Monday  aftei- 
noon,  going  toward  tbe  Union  depot. 

He  states  that  In  Cincinnati  be  disgnUed  himself 
and  went  npon  tbe  street,  where  he  met  many 
wbom  he  knew,  and  this  decided  him  to  come  risbi 
home  ;  and  as  he  has  bad  his  beard  shaved  to  a  dif- 
ferent fashion,  this  i*  very  likely  true.  To  one  who 
visited  him  he  gave  a  terrible  picture  of  tbe  re- 
morse which  he  mast  have  felt  in  times  past. 
"Many  and  many  a  nigbt,"  said  he,  "have  I 
walked  the  streets  of  Fraukbn  not  knowing  what  to 
do  nor  which  way  to  turn." 

Be  claims  that  tbe  papers  have  done  him  an  in- 
justice, and  tttat  he  was  not  in  Fletcher  &  Sharpe's 
bank  at  all  on  last  Monday.  He  also  disclaims 
taking  any  money  away  with  him,  and  says  that  the 
reserve  had  been  gone  for  nine  months,  and  that  he 
bad  brooebt  in  money  from  elsewhere  to  show  the 
examiner.  From  all  that  can  lie  learned  it  seems 
that  he  wa11(ed  from  Indianapolis  here  last  night. 
He  says  that  be  had  no  mooey  with  which  to  pay 
his  fare  on  the  train,  bat  a  amall  roU  was  taken 
from  bis  person  this  morning. 

Pnblic  sentiment  is  setting  in  strong  against 
those  who  are  supposed  to  bave  been  in  the  ring 
with  Taylor  in  toe  Chicago  margin  business.  He 
says  that  he  will  have  to  bear  the  brunt  of  tbe  flght, 
snd  take  all  the  odium  of  the  crime,  but  the  people 
are  demanding  that  the  accessories.  If  any,  tie 
brought  to  light.  It  ia  hsrd  to  tell  where  it  will 
all  end.  The  bank  directory  Is  in  session,  and  each 
steps  will  dnnbtlens  be  taken  as  tbe  occasion  will 
warrant.  Facts  have  eomn  to  liffht  to  day,  ahowing 
that  tbere  is  about  $30,000  of  forged  paper 
outstanding,  and  from  all  that  oan  be  learned  it  ap- 
pears that  if  this  f urged  paper  and  the  Chicags 
man's  deposit  have  to  be  made  good,  the  stockhold- 
ers will  have  to  toot  np  a  heavy  assessment  over 
the  actual  capital  of  the  bank. 

smOJDE  Iff  COLUMBIA.. 
The  Columbia  (S.  C.)  Union-HtreM  af  tbe 
Otb  inst.,  says  :  "Last  night,  a  little  after  9  o'clock, 
as  M*-.  J.  H.  Bnnlde  was  on  his  way  to  his  home, 
at  the  residence  of  his  brother-in-law,  Hon. .  S,  L. 
Hoge,  on  Senate  street,  he  stopped  into  thr  ealooa 
and  restaurant  of  Mr.  Fine.  Here  be  met  Senator 
Owens  and  some  other  friends,  who  lovitud  bim  to 
takes  £^S8  of  win Cl  Mr.  Rankle  declined,  as  be 
said  beilad  taken  enough  and  desired  no  more,  and 
walked  into  the  restaurant  and  aat  Sown  by  one  of 
tbe  tables,  ^fo  persoa  accompanied  him,  and  tbere 
was  no  one  in  that  department.  The  report 
of  a  pistol  shot  brought  in  the  gentleman 
above  named,  who  found  the  nulortonate 
young  man  had  shot  himself  throogh  the  bead. 
Tbe  ball  passed  In  at  tbe  right  aide,  lu  front  ot  the 
ear,  and  came  one  near  the  upper  part  of  tbe  skull 
on  the  opposite  side,  lodging  in  the  partition  wall. 
Tbe  body  was  found  lying  backward  on  tbe  chair, 
the  head  near  tbe  floor  and  bleeding  copiously.  He 
was  lifted  to  tbe  matting  and  a  physician  seot  for, 
but  he  was  beyond  the  power  of  tbe  healing  art, 
and  died  In  forty  minotea  afterward, witbont  speak- 
ing. The  Coroner  waa  notified,  and  a  iury  sum- 
moned to  hold  an  inqaest,  that  the  body  might  be 
removed  to  tbe  residence  of  tbe  deoeaaSd. 
The  tury,  tiaving  beard  all  tbe  eyldenoe  in 
the  case,  returned  a  verdict  that.  J.  H.  Rnnkie 
died  from  a  pistol  shotln  the  head,  fired  by  his  owa 
hand,  while  iatiuring  under  temporary  Insanity.  The 
body  was  then  removed  to  the  hoiue  of  his  sister. 
Mrs.  Hoge.  Mr.  Rnnkie  was  well  known  in  this 
State,  bavlDg  filled  several  positioas  of  trust  in  the 
^atianal  and  State  Qoveraments.  For  tbe  four 
years  past  be  bad  been  SoUcitor  «f  the  ITifth  Olr- 
onit,  resigning  that  office  a  few  months  ago.  Ha 
was  a  young  man,  of  TrepStsssttng  appeanaioeh 
■boat  fi  years  of  age,  namitrrled,  er  a  warm- 
baarted  and  eoavivial  Batnra,  wtaleb  eansed  bim  ti 
ba  onivanallv  l.ked  by-  aU  the  people.  He  was  a 
aiaeere  ftiaad,  and  wa  qnecktea  u  fea  bad  aa  onemt 
iatba  world*" 


llERICA  AND  ENGLAND. 


TBJSIB  BELATION  10  EACH  OTHER. 
THB  ZNTBBCOUB8B  BETWBBN  THB  TWO 
CODNTBIES — ^TOB  ZAW3  OF  SUPPLY  AND 
DBMAKD — THB  ATLAKTIO  TRAFVIC. 
From  th»  London  Imtt,  Jan.  ST. 
Onr  intercourse  with  America  baa  become  ao 
enormoiu,  and  it  has  led  to  changes  which  are  now 
SO  ssseotUIly  pvts  bf  out  every-day  life,  thai  we 
ean.  hardly  realise  tbe  rapidity  with  which  it  has 
sprang  np,  or  the  oompatatively  small  limits  within 
which,  at  a  very  recent  date,  it  was  confined.  The 
survey  of  Atlantie  traffic  which  we  published  yes- 
terday, though  it  goes  back  nofbrtber  than  to 'a 
]>driod  which  most  of  onr  readers  will  remember 
personally,  yet  Seems  to  be  dealing  With  a  state  of 
things  %bieb  has  already  reosded  into  the  dim 
dutanee.  When  we  read  of  the  first  attempt  at 
estabbshing  direct  ateam  commnnioation  between 
Liverpool  and  Kew-York,  it  u^  only  by  an  effort 
that  we  remind  otursslves  of  the  lateness  of  tbe 
date  at  which  the  as  yet  doubtful  project  was  ven- 
tured upon.  Of  the  measure  of  success  whioh  has 
followed  it,  the  state  of  modern  Liverpool  is  suffi- 
cient witness.  That  it  should  not  yet  be  40  years 
Since  the  first  mails  were  conveyed  to  Amenca  by 
a  regular  service  of  steam  vessels,  and  that  tbe 
wants  of  tb«  time  were  satisfied  by  a  contract  for 
only  one  vessel  in  *  fortnight,  are  eqahlly  ftets 

whioh  It  18  diffloalt  for  oa  to  brine  home  to  onrselvas 
or  to  estimate  at  their  proper  meaning.  America 
has  now  become  io  a  very  real  sense  a  part  of  onr 
own  coantry.  Ships  from  a  dosen  of  oar  ports  ars 
sailing  tbitber  every  day  and  almost  every  tide. 
Wc  vuit  it  for  a  holiday  excursion,  and  receive  a 
message  from  it  in  th&  course  of  a  few  minutes. 
Half  a  centnry  ago  It  was  connected  with  us  only 
by  an  occasional  and  uncertain  ibik,  and  the 
passage  from  tbe  one  shore  to  the  other  was  an  ad- 
venture whioh  few  on  either  side  had  the  boldness 
or  energy  %ti  eneounter.  We  must  consider  the  in- 
terval of  time  strictly,  and  without  reference  to  the 
events  wbieh  have  happened  In  it.  if  we  are  to  keep 
it  within  its  proper  measure. 

Wonderful  as  the  growth  of  our  intercourse  with 
America  has  been,  it  has  been  in  every  aeaae  un- 
forced and  natural.  The  clrcomstanoes  of  England 
and  America  made  aach  necessary  to  the  other.  On 
one  aide  of  the  Atlantic  were  broad  fertile  lands 
nntilled  and  nnoconpled,  and  rich  beyond  belief 
witb  every  description  of  native  wealth.  The  one 
thing  needed  to  turn  ail  these  advantages  .to  ac- 
count, and  to  supply  the  world  from  their  teeming, 
inexhaustible  store  was  a  sufficiency  of  human 
labor,  and  this  was  a  commodity  which  the  United 
Kingdom  possessed,  er  seemed  to  possets,  in 
superfluous  abundance.  Population,  from  whatever 
cause,  had  increased  with  us  faster  than 
the  means  of  subaiatence,  and  we  were  glad  to 
find  an  outlet  for  some  portion  of  it.  The 
food-prodttciag  powers  of  onr  little  island  appeared 
already  to  have  been  taxed  to  tbe  uttermost,  and  we 
had  to  look eUewbere/orthemeansoffillingthe new 
mouths  which  Were  only  too  certain  to  arrive.  Be- 
tween two  such  countriei,  which  seemed  thus  made 
for  one  another,  intercourse  could  not  help  growing. 
The  thousands  of  miles  of  sea  that  lay  tietween 
them  were  indeed  a  sad  obstacle,  hot  even  tbis  van- 
ished before  the  discovery  of  the  steam-engine  and 
its  application  to  naval  use.  The  same  cause,  too, 
contributed  very  powertully  to  intensify  the  im- 
portance of  tbe  connection  it  thus  helped  to  pro- 
mote. The  growth  of  our  mspufactures  nnder  the 
new  influence  of  steam  raised  a  demand  for  American 
raw  produce,  while  America  was  not  less  in  want  of 
fibished  manufacturea  goods,  wtilch  she  had  no 
leisure  to  prapare  tor  herself.  The  division  of 
labor  was  thus  perfect,  and,  marked  out  as  it  was 
by  natural  lines  which  could  not  be  obliterated, 
both  coimtrles  would  have  done  well  to  have  ac- 
quiesced in  it  without  a  struggle.  It  was  long, 
however,  obstrncted  on  both  sides  by  the  ardfiolal 
barriers  of  a  protective  system.  Sngland  did  her  beet 
to  shut  out  American  com,  while  America  was 
equally  anxious  to  prevent  the  intrusion  of 
£ngllsb  manufactures.  We  have  grown  wiser  ia 
these  matters  than  we  once  used  to  be.  America 
baa  still  to  learn  her  lesson,  and  to  apply  it.  Tbe 
commubicStion  between  her  and  ourselves,  and  the 
vast  macbinery  by  which  it  is  condncted,  has  thus, 
we  see,  grown  op  in  spite  of  real  efibrts  to  keep  it 
down.  Tbe  laws  of  supply  and  demand  have, 
indeed,  proved  too  strsng  to  be  deslt  with  qnlte 
arbitrarily,  and  they  have  done  something  to  assert 
themselves  ;  bnt  our  trade  with  the  Great  Ameri- 
can Continent  is  even  now  much  less  than  it  ought 
to  be,  and  it  is  maintained  at  its  present  level  un- 
der djQicnl  ties  which  oaghtnot  to  exist.  We  gave 
a  very  typical  instance  of  this  yesterday.  The  sup- 
ply of  piovialone  from  America  can  be  poured  un- 
ceasingly into  this  cotmtry  witbont  danger  of  ex- 
ceeding the  ever-growing  demand.  It  is  less  easy 
just  nuw  to  furnish  a  caigo  in  tbe  opposite  di- 
rection. The  Americans  do  not  want  nnmann- 
factored  iron.  They  practically  refuse  to  admit 
hardwares  or  mannfactured  goods.  The  vessels 
which  we  send  out  to  fetch  earn  are  thus  com- 
pelled to  load  themtelves  with  something 
else  on  their  outward  voyage.  Salt  happens 
to  be  the  one  thing  they  can'  carry,  and 
they  carry  it  accordingly,  and  they  do  so,  as  might 
be  expected,  at  merely  nominal  rates.  The  couse- 
qnence,  of  course,  is  that  tbe  steamers  in  the 
American  trade  mnst  either  be  content  with  some- 
thing like  halt  profits  or  must  make  up  for  loss  in 
one  direction  by  higher  rates  in  the  other.  The 
selling  price  of  provisions  from  America  is  thus 
above  what  it  ougnt  tube,  and  the  supply  is  of 
course  less.  Both  countries  are  sufferers,  and,  so 
far,  without  even  the  aemblanoe  of  a  gain  to  either 
of  them.  Atlantic  traffic  ia  sustained,  in  fact,  juat 
now  by  hope,  and,  tbuueh  there  are  no  signs  even 
so  of  its  falling  off,  it  is  clear  that  we  can  torm  no 
notion  of  tbe  prupornons  it  might  attain  oa  less 
ohameleoo-like  fare. 

As  far  as  there  has  been  any  actual  decrease  of 
intercourse  between  the  United  Kingdom  and 
America  it  has  been  due  to  causes  wbict  we  need 
not  regret.  It  there  are  fewer  emigrants  now  than 
there  used  to  be,  it  is  because  emigration  has  done 
its  work  tborouchly,  and  has  pretty  well  eqnahied 
the  wages  of  labor  in  the  two  hemispheres.  At  one 
time  there  were  starving  niilliocs  seeking  an  exit 
from  onr  Western  porta,  and  ponrins  across  the 
Atlantic    at    every    cbauce    that  was   given  them. 

Tbere  was  certainly  briskness  enough  in 
such  a  movement,  but  we  may  prefer 
oar  present  stagnation  and  the  home  progress 
that  has  been  the  cause  of  it.  If  we  ask 
Which  country  has  been  tbe  greatest  gainer  by 
the  process  while  it  lasted,  the  question  must  be 
answered  unhesitatingly  in  our  own  favor.  Emi- 
gration has  been  for  our  people  a  matter  uf  life  and 
dearth.  Hnndreds  of  thonsanda  who  would  have 
starved  at  home  have  gone  out  to  America  aud  have 
thriven  well,  and  have  left  more  space  behind  them 
in  the  Old  Country  fur  others  to  occupy.  America 
has  had  somewhat  less  reason  to  congratulate  her- 
self noon  her  share  in  the  transaction.  She  has 
obtained  from  ns  tbe  hands  she  needed,  bnt 
they  have  not  always  been  of  the  ohoioest 
quality.  We  have  been  drained,  no  doabt, 
of  some  adventurons  spirits  which  we  have 
Ixen  sorry  to  lose,  but  ic  would  be  scarosly  true,  on 
the  whole,  to  say  th^t  we  have  seot  America  our  best 
specimens.  The  rowdy  mobs  in  tbe  Eastern  cities 
have  been  bnt  too  largely  recruited  from  the  old 
country.  New-York  nntil  quite  lately  has  been 
governed  by  Irishmen,  nor  can  we  dare  to  affirm 
that  She  has  even  yet  shaken  ofl'  their  inflnence. 
American  progress  has  been  more  rapid  than  it 
might  have  been  without  onr  aid,  bnt  English 
wages  have  been  raised  now  to  an  American  stand- 
ard. The  material  benefit  to  the  two 
countries  from  their  Intercourse  with  each 
other  has  been  leas  noeqaally  shared, 
or,  if  we  have  been  the  larger  gamers,  it  has  been 
beeaase  we  have  held  onr  arms  more  own  to  re- 
ceive the  good  gifts  which  America  has  been  will- 
ing to  send  us.  We  are  bonnd  to  America  very 
closely  already.  We  have  ao  bridged  over  the  At- 
lantic as  to  have  added  the  entire  North  American 
Continent  to  our  available  elbow-room,  and  such  an 
addition  to  onr  space  and  the  furtner  advantages  it 
has  brought  with  it  bave  been  very  far  from  incon- 
siderable. Theprofit  of  America  has  been  that  we 
have  done  some  part  ot  her  work  at  lower  rates 
than  she  conld  hav»  got  it  done  at  home,  and  we 
are  willing  to  dc  much  m  jr»  aa  soon  as  she  chooses 
to  avail  herselt  of  onr  servicea 


msrelal  eoBdltfam  of  this  oonatxy.  Xaoos  hapvrto 
think  that  betweaa  this  eonnOTMid  thsiriiitad 
States  there  la  tbe  fseliDf  whlob  sb^old  exist  be- 
tween  oonntrlBS  so  closely  eonneeted  Is  many  r» 

speots."  

TBBBIBLB  COLLIEBT  DI8ASTEE. 


THB  CHANCELLOR  OF  THE  EXCHEQUER 
ON  THB  COMMERCIAL  CONDITION  OF 
AMERICA. 

The  Chanoellor  of  the  Ezoheqner,  iu  the 
coarse  of  a  speech  delivered  at  Liverpool  on  Thurs- 
oay,  Jan.  S5,  aaid :  "There  is  a  certain  amount  of 
anxiety  in  that  great^untry  with  whioh  yoa  are 
so  closely  connected  in  business  matters — I  mean 
the  United  States  of  America — in  consequence  of 
the  agitation  that  prevails  with  regard  to  the  Presi- 
dential election.  Noofly  in  this  cnunlry  oan  fail 
to  witness  without  sympathy  and  without  a  certain 
amount  of  admiration  tbe  conduct  of  tbe  great  mass 
of  the  American  people  under  the  Very  difficult  cir- 
cumstaaces  in  which  they  find  themselves  placed. 
Perhaps  the  first  impulse  that  we  all  have 
when  we  see  what  difflonlties  their  Cocati* 
tution  baa  led  them  into  in  tbis  matter  is 
to  reioice  that  we  are  not  suMect  to  a  Con- 
Bcitutton  that  admits  of  snch  dimuulties.  Tbere 
had  been  times  when  we  had  had  the  Constitution 
of  tbe  United  States  held  forth  to  ns  as  being  a  sort 
of  model  which  we  ourselves  might  copy  with  ad- 
vantage. Setting  apart  all  questions  which  might 
naturally  be  urged  in  tbif  country  in  answer  to 
snob  a  suggestion,  I  would  look  merely  to  the  work- 
ing of  such  a  Constitution  as  the  American,  and 
aak  whether  there  are  not  iDConvenienoes  attach. 
Ing  to  their  system  which,  on  the  whole,  we  are 
rather  glad  to  be  free  from  it  under  onr  more  congenial 
system.  But  as  we  do  not,  on  our  part,  desire  their 
Constitation,  so  neith  er  ought  we,  when  wo  are 
oriiioising  it,  to  judge  it  hv  ours.  We  believe 
— and  We  acmire  them  in^believing — that  they 
are  provided  with  a  Constitation  which  they  are 
able  safely  and  honestly  to  work  among  tfiemselves, 
and  even  la  thia  great  difficulty  in  wmoh  they  are 
placed  w«  eannos  help  aeeug  that  they  are  en. 
deavoring  by  honest  exertions  to  find  conatftutlonal 
a^ntiona  for  conatitatioaal  difflooltlea  wbieh  have' 
arlssB.  This  is  a  matier  which  mnst  eome  to  aa 
«««  nefbre  long,  and  I  hope  when  tne  Preaideotlal 
qneattoa  in  tbe  United  Statea  aball  bave  been  set* 
(led.  It  nay  act  very  beBeSoially  oh  tbe  eommeteial 
entttiaasf  ▲iiimc«k  «sd  tksitltM  «i.tte-«Mf. 


XIOHTEBK  DEAD  BODIES  BX0OTB8Xl>»il 
BBART-SBNDnrO  80KBB. 
A  oorresi>ondent  of  tbe  London  3\mt»  writes 
fh>m  Bolton  Jan.  25:  "In  the  course  of  their  ezplo 
ration  thia  afternoon  Messrs.  Dickenson  and  Martis 
came  across  the  whole  of  the  18  bodies;  lAoftbaiq 
were  huddled  together  In  a  group:  some  wers 
kneeling  on  the  ground  with  their  handa  clasped  aa 
if  tn  prayer;  others  were  seated  on  the  wagon  way, 
and  had  apparently  awaited  death  with  oompotnn 
while  others  again  were  lying  on  their  fiaoea^ 
with  their  fingers  deeply  imbedded  in  tbe  earHi, 
testifying  to  the  desperate  efforts  tbeyi 
bad  made  to  crawl  out  of  the  auffoeatlnie 
amoke.  Mr.  Bickensen  states  that  if  theee; 
poor  fellows  conld  oiily  have  managed  to  battle  thete 
way  for  40  yards  farther  they  would  have  been 
safe.  Two  others  were  found  within  85  yards  of  M 
working  that  was  elear  from  smoke,  while  the 
eighteenth  was  discovered  within  19  yards  of  what 
would  have  been  a  haven  of  safety.  The  fiow  oj 
water  into  the  pit  was  stopped,  and  about  7  o'docli 
Sbe  whole  of  the  bodies  were  conveyed  to  tne  pit, 
eye,  and  placed  in  tabs,  and  covered  with  sbeeU 
ready  for  removal.  Tbe  rumor  that  the  bodies  had 
been  fonnd  spread  rapidly  through  tbe  district,  and 
some  thousands  of  persons  soon  congregated  around 
tbe  pit  bank.  In  order  fo  allay  the  excite- 
ment which  prevailed  the  Police  adopted  a  very 
pardonable  ruse,  and  informed  the  crowd  that  tbe 
deceased  would  not  be  kroaght  to  the  surface  tlU 
niebt— a  bint  which  bad  the  effect  of  considerably 
thinning  tbe  numbers  of  those  present.  The  wind- 
ing np  of  the  dead  bodier  commenced  at  8  o'olook. 
They  were  brought  out  of  tbe  pit  in  couplee  and 
propelled  along  a  tramway  into  the  colliery  yard, 
where  they  were  placed  on  atretchers  and  carried 
into  the  Joiiners'  shop.  One  of  the  first  to  be  depos- 
ited on  tbe  bare  ground  was  Daniel  Walker,  ths 
heroic  fireman.  He  was  in  a  partly  nude  state, 
with  his  hands  folded  over  his  bi'sa8t,and  his  features 
as  oa1m  and  peaceful  as  though  he  had  been  sleeping. 
The  faces  afj;ha  m^ority  of  the  dead  were  not  mucc 
swollen,  while  in  nut  a  few  instances  blood  had 
oozed  from  their  eves,  nose,  and  ears.  All  had  died 
from  asphyxia.  There  was  not  the  slightest  sign 
of  a  burn  on  any  one.  One  psor  fellow  had  been 
stricken  down  while  in  tbe  act  of  patting  on  bis 
shirt.  He  had  one  arm  through  the  sleeve,  but  the 
other  portion  was  still  on  bis  head  when  he 
fell  apparently  lifeless,  to  the  ground.  Ttie 
poor  boy  Shorrccks,  who  was  foima  in  hia 
father's  arms,  bad  apparently  passed  into 
eternity  without  a  pang  of  pain.  Judging  from 
the  happy  expression  on  bis  features.  He  was  a 
fine-looking  lad,  even  in  deatb,  and  as  be  was  lifted 
out  of  the  tub  and  placed  on  the  ground  with  hia 
safety  lamp  beside  him,  there  was  a  universal  ex- 
pression of  sympathy.  By  9  o'clock  the  whole  of 
the  deceased  had  been  placed  in  the  workshop,  and 
a  nnmber  of  women  were  at  once  introduced  into 
the  place  for  the  purpose  of  making  tbe  necessary 
preparations  prior  to  the  bodies  being  placed  in  cof- 
flas.  Tbe  faces  and  feet  of  all  the  unfortunate  men 
were  washed,  after  which  a  few  ot  their  bereaved 
fnends  were  admitted  in  order  to  testify  as  to  theii 
Identification.  The  scene  was  most  beart^eading, 
Bdfficient  to  try  the  nerves  of  the  strongest  present.'* 

OXFORD-CAMBRIDGE  BOAT  RACE. 


THE  CREWS  OF  BOTH  UNIVERSITIES  BABI 
AT  WOKK— A  CHANGE  OF  COURSE  SUG" 
GESTED. 

A  Iiondon  newspaper  of  Jan.  26  prints  the 
following,  furnished  by  special  correspondents: 
"The  Summer-like  weather  of  the  past  five  daya 
gave  way  to  wet  and  cold  this  afternoon,  the  river- 
side being  cheerless  and  comparatively  deserted  on 
the  assemblage  of  the  men  at  the  Oxford  University 
Barge.  Late  in  the  afternoon  a  change  took  place, 
and  as  the  sun  went  down  favorably  a  fine  day  may 
be  anticipated  on  Friday.  The  President  com- 
mencsd  to-day  by  taking  Messrs.  Stainton  and 
Greenfall  out  in  a  pair-oar,  after  w^ich  the  gij 
eight  was  manned  in  the  following  manner,  and  pro- 
ceeded to  Iffley  and  back  twice:  Bow,  Borne;  3, 
Cowles ;  3,  Stainton  ;  4,  Grenfell  ;  5,  Findlay  ;  6, 
Pelham  ;  7,  Hobart  ;  stroke.  Miller  ;  coxswain  and 
coach,  Mr.  Edwardes-Moss.  Tbe  rowing  exhibited 
an  improvement  on  that  of  yesterday,  the  introdno- 
tion  of  Messrs.  Findlay  and  Hobart  having  had  a 
beneficial  eflfect.  On  tbe  return  of  the  '  eight ' 
Messrs.  Moss  and  Marriott  were  accom- 
panied to  Iffley  by  Mr.  Mulbolland,  who  adsc 
had  Messrs.  iiurne  and  Cawles  out  in  a  tub.  Mr. 
Stayner,  who  is  expected  to  take  part  in  this  year'i 
tace,  has  not  vet  arrived,  bpt  it  is  understood  the 
ex-Presldent  will  be  here  to-morrow,  in  which  case 
we  may  expect  to  see  him  at  once  installed  in  the 
boat.  With  tne  President,  the  ex-President,  Mr. 
Marriott,  and  Mr.  Hobart  rowing,  which  may  be 
expected  in  a  day  or  two,  there  will  be  four  of  the 
best  of  the  last  year's  crew  to  form  the  nucleus  ol 
this  year's  selection.  The  snggestion  that  the  fix- 
tnie  might  be  altered  to  suit  the  convenience  of  old 
university  men  and  the  public  eenerallv,  seems  to 
bave  alarmed  the  Cantabs,  who.  however,  would 
not  suffer  so  much  iuconvenience  from  a  deviation 
from  the  usual  rale  as  the  Oxonians,  who  sre  quite 
a  week  behind  the  Light  Blues  in  their  preliminary 
practice.  The  matter  rests  with  the  Presidents  of 
tbe  two  beat  clubs,  who,  it  is  felt  sure,  will  not 
come  to  a  hasty  sonciusion  un  a  matter  of  snch  Im- 
portance." 

"TheCantabs  had  a  very  uncomfortable  after- 
noon fur  practice  tu-day,  and  pair  exercise  was  aban- 
doued.  'Ibe  crew  got  afloat  soon  aftei  3  in  a  steady 
rain,  and  rowed  nearly  tu  Baitsbite  and  back,  under 
the  supervision  of  Mr.  W.  B.  Close.  Upon  the  re- 
turn journey  they  did  two  tolerably  long  pieces  of 
work,  the  longest  they  have  yet  attempted.  Be- 
einning  from  about  the  middle  of  Post  Reach,  they 
rowed  np  to  the  Willows,  and  then  on  above 
Charon's  Ferry.  The  rest  of  the  journey  was  ac- 
complished bv  easier  stages.  The  constitation  of 
the  crew  was  subjected  to  the  same  changes  as  yes- 
terday, in  mid  oractice  Spnrrell  and  Hoskyna  mak- 
ing way  at  3  and  4  for  Allen  and  the  President. 
The  order  of  tbe  crew  then  stood  as  follows :  Fenn, 
First  Trinity,  (bow;)  Holmes,  Clare;  Allen,  Lady 
Margaret ;  Lewis,  Caias ;  Pike,  Caias ;  Gnrdon, 
Jesus ;  Hockin,  Jesus;  Prest,  Jesuf,  (suoke;) 
Davis,  Clare,  (coxswain.)    Owing  to  the  ram  there 

were  scarcely  any  spectators." 

"1  see  in  your  impression  that  a  chance  in  tbe 
day  and  hour  at  present  fixed  lor  the  Oxford  and 
Cambridge  boat  race  is  talked  of.  May  I  suggest  a 
change  of  place  ?  I  have  witnessed  the  race  every 
year  for  the  last  11  years,  and  have  noticed  with 
great  regret  that  tbe  crowd  and  all  the  surround- 
ings  have  become  more  vulgar,  low,  and  raffish 
every  yeai^  Last  year  was  the  worst.  1  am  sure 
that  manyold  nni  versify  men  will  agree  with  me 
that  It  is  highly  desirable  that  a  change  shonld 
take  place,  and  I  would  suggest  the  Henly  oonrse 
for  a  year  ur  two,  The  race  would  then  be  wit- 
nessed witb  eaee  and  comfort  by  those  who  really 
care  for  rowing  for  rowing's  sake,  and  the  race  it- 
self would  not  be  the  water-Derby  it  has  become 
now." 


SENIOR  VRANQLERS  AT  OaMBRIDOB, 
The  London  Telegraph  of  Jan.  27  says:  "  In 
'the  Senate  House  at  Cambridge,  yesterday,  the 
Mathematical  Tripos  list  waa  duly  published.  It 
coptains  96  names,  of  which  36  are  Wranglers,  23 
are  Senior  Optimes,  30  are  Junior  Optimes,  and  one 
ranks  as  an  aegrotant.  The  Senior  Wrangler,  Mr. 
Donald  McAlister,  is  a  scholar  of  St.  Johu's,  and  a 
iScoiohman.  both  by  parentage  and  by  edacation. 
His  eaiUeat  schooldays  seem  to  have  been  passed  at 
Aberdeen,  whence  he  proceeded  to  the  Llvernool 
institute.  He  ealned  various  prizes  at  the  Oxford 
Local  Examinations  and  in  other  public  competi 
lions,  and  four  years  ago  he  was  offered  valnabie 
exhibitions  at  Balliol  and  Worcester,  Oxford,  which 
hedeclined.  Tbe  result  has  justified  his  choice.  A 
scholarship  at  St.  John's  College  has  been  *OUowed 
by  other  prises  of  considerable  pecuniary  value,  and 
Mr.  McAliater  has  crowned  an  exceptionally  bril- 
liant career  with  the  Senior  Wranglership.  Tho 
next  to  him  in  the  Tripos  List  is  Mr.  (S-ibbons,  the 
son  ot  an  eminent  London  hamster.  Like  Mr. 
McAlister,  Mr.  (jibbons  is  not  a  public  school  man 
in  the  strictest  sense  of  tho  term.  He  seems  to 
bave  commenced  tbe  study  of  mathematics  at  a 
private  school,  to  have  proceeded  thence  to  Mer- 
chant Taylors,  and  so  to  have  made  hia  way  into 
CaiuB.  The  third  Wrangler,  Mr.  Bowe,  is  an  inhab- 
itant of  Bristol.  His  early,  education  was 
carried  on  at  the  Grammar  School  of  that 
city,  and  a  little  l»ter  he  obtained  a 
scholarship  at  Trinity,  Cambridge.  There  ia 
from  this  point  of  view  a  singular  coincidence  in  the 
histories  of  tbe  three  first  Wranglers.  Nunc  of  them 
is  a  public  school  man  in  the  ordinary  acceptance  of 
the  term ;  all  of  tbem  are,  from  the  conventional 
point  of  view,  'old  m^  ' — that  is  to  say,  men  w bo 
have  come  up  to  the  university  comparatively  late 
Id  life,  and  have  concentrated  tbeir  efforts  on  the 
Tripos  list.  Another  remarkable  incident  is,  that 
each  seems  to  have  studied  with  the  same  private 
tutor,  Mr.  Routh,  who  has  turned  out  so  many 
Wranglers  in  past  years.  It  is  always,  of  coarse, 
raab  to  generalize  from  particular  instances.  At 
the  same  time,  the  present  Tripos,  when  taken  in 
eonj unction  witb  those  which  have  preceded  it, 
goes  a  long  way  to  confirm  the  ordinary 
impression  that  in  the  Cambridge  Mathe- 
matical list  success  comes  not  so  much  to  the;* 
quick  and  bniliant  as  to  the  patient  and  diligent. 
Tne  Senior  Wrangler,  as  a  rule,  is  not  a  public- 
school  man,  and  is  generally  -one  who,  having  a 
specialty  tor  mathematics,  has  thought  fit  to  de- 
velop it  by  long  and  laborious  siudy.  At  Oxford  a 
mau  is  seldom  more  than  one-and-twenty  when  he 
takes  his  degree  At  Cambridge  the  excep- 
tiou  at  the  sister  university  would  seem  xp  oe  the 
rule,  and  tho  Senior  Wrangler  is  almost  always  a 
gentleman  who  has  passed  his  majoritv  by  at  leasi 
two  ot  three  years.  *  *  *  It  is  invidious  to  m- 
atitnte  minate  comoarisons,  but  at  the  same  time 
it  would  be  interesting  to  inquire  how  many 
Senior  Wranglers  witbin  the  last  30  years  have 
achieved  a  position  in  the  world  at  all  commen- 
surate with  the  toll  and  labor  which  they  cannot 
but  have  expendea  in  studying  for  their  degree." 

A  FOLIOEUAH  STABBED. 
An  Italian  named  Michael  Polarino,  of  "So. 
SS  Hnlberry  atreet,  last  evening  stabbed  Of&oei 
Clarker,  of  the  Fourth  Precinct,  who  attempted  t« 
arrest  aim  for  disorderly  oonduot.  The  offiser, 
^whose  wound  Is  a  slight  one  on  the  left  breast, 
was  attenaed  to  at  tbe  Cbambera  Street  Soqpital, 
■ad  the  ItaUaa  was  arrested 


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.*8  PtAllfS  OP  THB  GREAT  WEST  AND  THBIK 
UHABITANTS.  BeiBit  a  Deurlptiom  of  tbfl  Puhoi, 
Oame,  Indiana,  fco.,  of  tbt  ureat  North  Anerioaa 
Seaart.  Br  Richass  Jxrata  i>oosB,  JUiaatwiant 
Colrnel  tJolted  StBtaa  Army.  lUaattated.  N«v- 
Tork:    0^  P.  Pvtkax's  Sons. 

There  are  two  distincb  itandpoints  from 
which  to  regard  this  stoat  volame  written  by 
an  officer  of  the  Begalac  Army.  On  the  one 
band  it  is  merely  a  hand-book  for  sportsmen 
who  can  afford  the  expensive  Inxury  of  a  hunt 
on  the  Plains;  on  the  other,  it  is  an  aathentio 
dociunent,  by  an  unquestionable  authority,  in 
regard  to  one  of  the  most  serious  public  ques- 
tions now  at  issue.  The  sporting  part  treats 
indirectly  the  shocking  slaushter  of  buffalo 
and  other  game,  whleh  goes  on  without  remls- 
dou  in  the  West,  and  from  which  little  or  no 
profit  accrues  to  any  one.  But  the  Indian  por- 
tion 18  a  report  of  an  expert  on  the  actual  con- 
dition of  that  warfjEire  between  settler  and 
saTage,  and  between  savage  and  soldier,  which 
has  never  entirely  ceased  since  the  beginnings 
of  government  in  the  United  States.  Lest  this 
part  of  the  work  shoald  be  passed  over  with- 
out due  notice,  an  introduction  has  been  fur- 
nished  by  Mr.  William  Blackmore,  whose  eulogy 
Col.  Dodge  mdites  in  the  following  dedication; 
'To  William  Blaokmore,  of  Lond  on,  England, 
been  sportsman,  genial  companion,  firm  friend, 
with  whom  I  have  passed  many  happy  hours  ■ 
pn  '  the  Plains,'  and  to  whose  favorable  appre- 
ciation of  my  camp-fire  stories  the  inception  of 
the  work  is  principally  due."  A  pretaoe  in- 
forms us  that  CoL  Dodge  does  not  pretend  t« 
infallibUitj,  but  that  he  has  written  nothing  in 
malice,  and  all  in  search  of  the  truth. 

In  the  introduction  Mr.  Blackmore  puts  a 
little  more  compactly  what  Col.  Dodge  reports 
«oncermng  buffaloes  and  Indians.  In  regard 
to  the  fonner  he  says: 

"  With  the  great  economy  endeavored  to  be  In- 
trodnoed  into  each  deDartm^nt  of  the  Grovernmeut 
of  the  United  States,  it  is  dlflaoult  to  understand 
how  the  Executive,  while  they  enforce  a  heavy  tax 
upon  each  seal  vhich  mav  be  killea  in  Alaska,  has 
n'eelected  to  avail  themselves  of  snch  a  fruitfal 
source  of  revenue  as  that  which  mlzht  be  darived 
from  bnffalo'  pelts.  A  tax  of  85  on  each  skin,  which 
coQia  have  been  easily  imposed  and  ooUected,  nn. 
der  heavy  penalties  and  forfeitote  of  all  bnfiEala 
•fetns  not  having  the  Government  dntv  stamped 
thereon,  would  realize  not  lens  than  $1,000,000  per 
annam,  even  snpposint;  the  namber  of  bn&lo  an- 
noally  klUed  for  their  sklna  were  onlv  200,000,  m 
lien  of  upward  of  1,000,000.  A  tax  of  this  amount 
wonld  have  realized  upward  of  $15,000,000  on  the 
buffalo  ruthlessly  alaa^btered  for  their  hidei." 

In  regard  to  the  Indians,  after  giving  their 
numbers  and  the  names  of  bands,  the  distribu- 
tion of  the  Plains  Indians,  and  recent  military 
events  affecting  them,  Mr.  Blackmore  states 
the  principal  causes  of  wars  with  the  Indians 
to  be :  First,  non-fulfillment  of  treaties  by  the 
Umted  States  Goyemment ;  second,  frauds  by 
the  Indian  Agents,  and  third,  enoroaohmenta 
by  the  whites. 

If  this  be  so,  and  Col.  Dodge's  statements 
'bear  it  out  in  every  particular,  the  settler  is  not 
to  blame  so  much  as  the  agent  and  the  Grov- 
emment,  while  the  latter  is,  of  all  others,  the 
greatest  stirrer  up  of  war.  In  this  eonueotion 
one  may  put  a  fooc-note  by  Col.  Dodge  m  the 
body  of  the  book.  It  has  been  long  a  mooted 
questiou  how  the  Indians  obtain  tbeir  firearms 
and  powder.  For  a  century,  under  alternating 
Administrations,  they  have  been  drawing  r&- 
tiens,  buying  nfiea,  and  killing  settlers : 

"  The  following  has  been  told  me  as  tra&  If  so, 
it.  will  afford  some  light  on  the  question.  Who 
seils  the  arms  7  The  names  of  all  tne  parlies  can 
be  tarnished : 

A  few  years  ago  an  Arm.y  ofScer  of  high  rank  was 
in  command  of  a  force  confronting;  a  1^26  body  of 
Indians  who  were  believed  to  be  getting  ready  for 
an  ontbieak.  The  officer  learned  from  his  spies 
that  a  wasoa  tram  loaded  with  arms  and  ammuni- 
tion was  on  its  way  ^  the  qqasi-hostile  Indians, 
fie  ImmeOJately  ooat^ot  and  captured  the  train. 
He  reported  his  action  to  the  proper  authorities  aC 
'Washington.  The  Indian  agent  also  made  a  re- 
port, and  the  resalt  was  that  the  officer  received  a 
most  decided  snub.  Ue  was  ordered  to  release  the 
train  imd  mind  his  owa  businssii." 

It  m  ly  be  readily  allowed  that  Col.  Dodge, 
as  an  Army  officer,  would  net  be  likely  to  see 
the  difficulties  in  the  way  of  arresting  a  train 
in  time  ot  peace,  but  the  point  seems  to  be  that 
the  fault  of  each  succeeding  Administration  has 
consisted  in  leaving  the  Indians  in  such  a  posi- 
tion that  events  ot  the  kind  could  take  place 
at  alL  CoL  Dodge  seas  this,  although  he 
does  not  apply  It  to  the  instanee  abeve 
given.  It  is  too  much  to  expect  that  a  soldier 
shoTiid  have  civilian  excuses  ready  for  the  sell- 
ing of  powder  and  nfles  to  men  who  are  about 
to  fight  him.  The  first  rule  that  he  lays  down 
for  dealing  with  the  Indians  shows  that  he  can 
strike  at  the  root  of  the  eyil.  First,  he  says: 
"  No  more  treaties  should  be  made  with  In- 
dians. Those  now  binding  should  be  abrogated 
as  soon  as  possible.  The  system  should  be 
gradually  changed,  aud  tbe  Indians  as  rapidly 
as  possible  brought  directly  and  indiyidualiy 
under  the  laws."  He  then  ^oes  on  to  sketch 
out  the  rules  necessary  to  preserve  a  reserva- 
tson  from  becoming  a  farce  such  as  it  now 
appears. 

The  Indian'b   daily  life   and   habits  in  war, 

the  CDaae,  and  la  his  village,  sKetohea  by  Col, 
Dodge,  are  extremely  curious.  One  is  ready  to 
■ay  that  his  book  is  inaispensable  to  a  correct 
onAerstanding  of  the  Indian  and  the  Indian 
problem.  The  horrible  barbarities  t«  slaves 
and  captives,  which  are  usually  told  in  general 
terns,  find  In  these  pages  the  most  earefal  and 
exact  description.  They  fully  account  for  the 
ferocity  excited  in  the  mind  ot  a  TV^stem  set- 
tler when  the  name  Indian  is  mentioned,  for 
Indians,  when  at  war,  are  as  savage  and  un- 
feeling  as  wolves,  and  besides  that,  are  endowed 
with  an  extraordinary,  ingenuity  in  devising 
what  will  torture  the  mind  as  well  as  the  body. 
As  to  morality,  he  is  of  the  opinion  that  its- 
semblanoe  does  not  exist  among  them. 

Occupied  with  what  is  paesmg  around  hinu 
and  engaged  in  this    book   in  telling  what  h» 

knows  of  the  Indian  of  to-day,  Col.  Dodge  does 

not  go  into  the  question  whether  the  Indians 
have  not  fallen  in  many  ways  since  their  con- 
tact With  the  white  man.    If  they  have  it  must 

be  the  white  man's  fault.  '  But  be  that  as  it 
may,  one  cannot  rise  irom  a  reading  of  this 
book  without  perceiviag  that  it  is  the  fault  of 
the  citizens  of  the  United  States,  as  represented 
in  Congress,  that  red  men  and  whites  oontimue 
to  murdbr,  massacre,  and  outrage  each  other. 
Let  us  hope  that  it  will  induce  a  new  Indian 
pohcy  founded  on  common  sense. 


and  is«videsitl7io  aasEdttcatad  a  vaob,  tftattiM 
wonder  is  that  anybody  omi  be  f  sand  in  Bnc> 
land  to  acknowledge  to  a  title.  Another  thiag 
that  strikes  one  with  surprise  in  this  cooneo- 
tion  is  that  English  people  should  set  such 
store  by  their  aristocracy  when  their  writers 
unite  in  exhibiting  them  in  the  light  of  deplor- 
able fools  or  monsters  of  iniquitjf^ 

We  are  fnmlshed  with  a  pionio  In  this  thor- 
oughly goody  noyel,  after  the  somewhat  tire- 
some landscape  of  Windsor  and  tbe  Thames 
has  done  duty.  Bumbam  Beeches  ia  the  spot 
where  gather  together  as  huaidrum  a  party  of 
junketers  as  pionios  ever  show,  and  that  is  say- 
ing a  great  deal.  Next  we  get  some  charades 
and  tableaux  of  an  aristocratic  make-up,  which 
are  described  at  length,  with  interlardings 
of  Shakespeare  and  many  superlatives  to  de- 
note that  they  were  succesatuL  Captain  Bich- 
ard,  naughty  man,  really  kisses  Laura,  who  is 
acting  the  statue  in  a  tableau  trom  "  Winter's 
Tale,"  and  the  latter,  who  has  blushed  and 
turned  pale  so  strenuously  during  the  first  part 
of  the  book  that  there  is  nothing  else  left  for 
her  to  do,  now  varies  her  manner  by  running  to 
her  room  (after  tbe  appreyed  feminine  notions 
of  correct  strategy  and  moral  deportment)  and 
double-locking  the  door.  After  this  masterly 
retreat  she  executes  a  flank  movement,  and 
goes  to  bed  with  a  headache.  We  will  give 
here  a  clipping  from  page  174  to  show  the 
charming  simplicity  of  this  idyllic  novel : 

"  '  Yon  est  nothing,  Dlok,'  said  Bose.  reproash- 
fnlly;  and  Indeed  Philip  Bayne"  (her  afflaooed) 
"  was  not  romantic  In  the  matter  of  appetlCB;  so. 
perhaps,  the  contrast  atruolc  hsr  forcibly.  Jtic^ard 
was  thinking  of  Laura. 

"The  hours  of  meals  are  s*  simnltaneoss  in  Bne- 
land  that  It  has  often  oocnrred  to  me  to  wonder 
what  the  effect  wonld  be  If  we  could  hear  the  clash- 
ings  ot  all  tbe  knives  and  forks  between  the 
hours  of  IS  and  3  e'cloekl  The  dinner-hour  of 
tbe  working  man  at  12,  the  lunch  or  dinner- 
hour  ot  the  middle  classes  at  1,  ths  patnoian  meal 
at  2,  following  tbe  lounging  breakfast  and  prs- 
lading  the  luxurious  dinner  1"  &o. 

Toward  the  end  the  plot  does  not  develop 
badly  in  respect  to  a  codicil  to  a  will,  and  the 
aetion  of  two  step-brothers  in  respect  to  the 
same.  But  it  will  bear  any  amount  of  abuse 
otherwise,  and  we  recommend  it  te  the  irritated 
traveler. 


A   Homanoo.    Bv 

:    D.   APPLBTOH    Jc 


%  WIDOW  OP  WINDSOK.     A  Novel.    By  Axinx  Sai- 

Kxix.    Boston :    Losizro,  Publlaner. 

Here  is  one  of  the  novels  one  hvtja  on 
the  railway  for  half  a  dollar  and  reads  for  the 
pleasure  of  making  insulting  remarks  about  it. 
In  the  first  chapter  we  know  the  course  of 
events,  the  kind  of  people  we  are  to  meet,  tbe 
commonplace  comedy  and  tragedy  with  which 
We  are  to  be  dosed.    So  artless  is'  the  literary 
style  of  Annie  Gaskell  that  we  know  as  well  as 
if  we  were  in  the  room  with  him  that  the  hero 
is    geing  to  be   an    underbred  person^  who 
thinks    his  assured   soaial   position  snffieient 
warrant  for  indulging  in  mdenesa  and  imperti- 
nenee  of  a  kind  apparently  greatly  relished  hy 
readers.    Perhaps,    if  the    young    girls   who 
devour  these  pages  aotoally  net  the  hero  they 
would  resent  hla  assumption  as  much  as  any 
one;  the  young  girls  ^  the  novel  who  meet 
turn,  however.  Seem  to  consider  Ins  had  soaii- 
ners  aS  a  sort  of  proef  that  he  is    somebody. 
Kotthat  he  is  a  Boohester  or  St.  Elmo.    He 
does  not  swear  atid  say  Ha,  ha  I  ,Tkat    would 
Im    melodramatio,  but  eorrec^enough,  after 
its    kind.     Capt.     Hammer^^    u    rude    in 
small     ways    that    shew    nte     to     be     an 
indifferent  gentlaniaai.  Anothoir  man  Is  brought 
in,  under  the  ignoble  name  of  Charlie. Dobell,  to 
do  the  vulgar   fsoetions,  bat   net  eves   beside 
Jtifl^tnpidity  and  want  of  breeding  dees  Capt 
Biebard  Hammersley   soeeeed  In   shining  >y 
contrast.    Thers  ii  the  tosiHtable  Lady  Bajfna, 


THE  SHADOW  OP  THB  SWORD. 
Robert  Bcchanax.  Dew-Tork 
Co.    1877. 

Mr.  Buchanan  has  evidently  mistaken 
his  vocation  in  literature.  He  was  not  meant 
for  a  poet,  but  a  prose  novelist.  The  Shadow 
of  the  Sword  allows  one  to  compare  what  be 
can  do  in  these  two  fields,  for  it  is  ushered  in 
with  a  proem  in  verse  which  sets  torth  the 
wickedness  ot  the  Antichrist  Napoleon  and 
the  sufferings  of  one  of  his  victims,  the  hero  of 
the  noveL    Thus  be  sings  oonoerning  Christ : 

'"He  had  not  risen  ;  though  all  the  world 

Was  waiting.    Tbotigh  with  tbia  lips  oarled 

Pale  Antiohrist  upon  his  prison 

Gazed  yet  denying.    He  bad  not  risen. 

Though  every  hope  was  slain  save  htm, 

Though  all  tbe  eyes  of  Heaven  were  dim. 

Despite  tbe  promise  and  the  pain 

Be  slept — and  had  not  risen  again. 

Meantime,  from  franoe's  funeral  pyre, 

Bose,  god-like,  girl  around  with  fire, 

Imperial  Cain  I" 

This  overture  contains  the  plot  of  the  story 
in  its  large  lines,  but  only  serves  to  prove  that 
verse  is  not  Mr.  Buchanan's  best  field.  The 
novel  which  follows  is  a  beautifiilly-written 
tragedy,  with  scene  laid  ehiefly  In  a  little  fish- 
ing village  of  Brittany.  The  book  opens  with 
Maroelle  Derval  calling  over  the  cliff  to  her 
lover  and  cousin,  who  is  engaged  in  gathering 
birds'  eggs.  One  feels  at  once  the  harm  that 
the  author  has  done  himself  by  writiag  poetry ; 
it  has  Infiated  his  prose  style  a  little  beyond 
the  limits  of  good  taste ;  bat  soon  the  real 
beauty  of  scenery  and  power  of  character-draw- 
ing oyercomes  tbe  fault.  One  recurs  Involun- 
tarily to  Victor  Hugo  in  some  such  novel  as 
Lea  TravaiUeurM  de  la  Mtr,  not  that  the  scenes 
or  people  are  the  same,  but  that  the  romantic 
tone  prevails  here  just  as  it  does  in  them.  It 
is  soon  evident  that  our  author  shares  with 
Hugo  the  power  to  speak  ot  love  with  realism, 
as  well  as  to  describe  admirably  the  soenea  in 
which  his  lovers  move.  In  the  third  chapter 
Bohan  Gwenfem  has  to  carry  his  cousin  out  of 
the  "Cathedral"  through  the  incoming  tide. 
They  have  never  spoken  to  each  other  oi  loye. 

"Tbe  wall  was  soon  ronnded.and  Rohan  was  wading 
with  his  burden  to  the  shore,  so  that  be  was  soon 
onlv  knee-deep  again.  His  heart  was  palpitating 
madly,  bis  eyes  and  cbseks  were  barulng,  for  tbe 
thnll  of  his  delicious  load  filled  him  with  strange 
ecstasy,  and  he  lingered  in  the  water,  nnwiiilng  tu 
resign  tbe  treasure  he  bold  within  hi*  arma 
'  Rohan  I  quick !  do  not  linger  1 ' 

It  was  then  that  be  tamed  his  face  up  to  hers  fot 
the  first  time;  «ad  lot  be  saw  a  sight  wbiol» 
brongbt  tbe  bright  blood  to  his  own  obeek,  and 
made  bim  tremble  like  a  tree  beneath  his  load. 
Porpbyro,  gazing  on  bis  mistress, 

■  Half  hidden  Uke  a  mermaid  in  sea- weed.' 
And  watching  her  naked  beantygleam  like  marble 
in  the  moonUgbt,  felt  no  fairer  ravela'.iaa. 
Rohan,  too,  'felt  faint.' 

And  why  t  It  was  enlvthts — in  tbe  exoitenent 
and  struggle  of  tbe  passage  Marcelle's  white  coif 
bad  fallen  back,  and  her  black  hair,  loosened  from 
its  fastentngs,  bad  fallen  down  in  one  dark  shower, 
raining  alike  around  cbseks  and  neck;  and  obeeks 
and  neok,  when  Rohan  raised  bis  eyes,  were  bum< 
ing  crimson  with  a  delicious  shame.  Have  We  not 
said  thai  tne  hair  of  a  Breton  maid  is  v; rein,  and  is 
as  hallowed  as  an  BaMtera  woman's  faee,  and  Is 
only  to  be  seen  by  the  eye*  ot  bim  she  loves  t " 

The  scene  which  follows  shows  that  Buchan- 
an is  not  only  a  skillful  composer  of  phrases, 
a  word-painter,  as  people  say,  hut  a  fear- 
less   and    strong    student    of    hum&  nature. 

He  manages  to  endow  Marcelle  with  loveliness 
of  natare  and  physique,  yet  she  is  never  com- 
mon-place. The  combat  between  her  love  for 
Bohan  «nd  her  horror  for  a  man  who  can  dety 
the  Emperor  is  excellently  managed.  The 
Shadow  of  the  Sword  is  a  deeply  interesting 
jiovel,  in  spite  of  the  slight  blemishes  of  style 
already  referred  to,  and  cannot  fail  to  improve 
Mr.  Buchanan's  reputation  as  a  literary  artist 
The  character  of  Bohan  has  great  sublimity  of 
the  kind  which  is  seldom  attempted,  except  in 
poetry.  This  might  lead  one  to  the  ConolusiOn 
that  Mr.  Bacfaanan,  having  the  iaeas  and  Ideals 
of  a  Doet,  lacks  some  one  factor  among  those 

wliiob  go  to  make  ap  a  literary  mind  of  jast 
that  variety.  For  his  prose,  although  a  little 
too  poetic,  is  better,  it  seems,  than  his  poetry. 

HADOAP    VIOLET.      A  Hovel.      By    Wii,t,IAX    BZtSCK, 

New -Tork :  Hartmb,  k  Bxothkbs.    1877. 

Unlike  his  former  novels,  Mr.  Black's 
Madcap  Violet  begins  with  the  heroine  at 
once,  and  by  a  bold  sketch  forces  her  upon  the 
attention  and  into  tbe  good  graces  of  the 
reader.  Violet  is  a  sohool-girl  whose  pranks 
put  both  schooi-mistresa  aud  assistant  teacher 
to  their  wits'  end>-a  sort  of  lady-like  and  fem  - 
ininely  softened  Steerforth  in  the  school 
scenes  of  2>affid  Copperfield,  Chapter  one  is 
headed  "You  Devil  I  " 

"  There  was  a  great  silence  in  the  sehool-room.  A 
young  girl  of  10  or  17,  tall  and  strikingly  bsndsomtf 
IB  fiem;*,  with  atoandaat  bmmsbS  of  raven-blaek 
bair,  dark  eyes  under  darker  eye-lashes,  and  proud 
aad  wdl-ent  lips,  walked  up  to  tbe  sohool-i&istoMi' 
laole.  Thers  was  loaroely  anything  of  maliee  or 
mischief  visible  in  the  bold  carelessness  of  her 
face." 

This  is  Violet  Nortl^  who  has  irritated  her 
Qermaa  teaohar  into  oalhng  her  a  devil,  aad 
now  proposes  to  exact  an  apology  by  telling 
Miss  Main  all  about  it.  After  this  follows  an 
episode  of  sohool-girl  depravity  in  the  shape  of 
arunawi^for  a  day's  larking  with  a  yont^ 
named  Gteorge  Miller,  whose  acqttaintanoe  she 
makes  without  an  Introductioii.  The  school- 
girl is  weir  drawn.  When  Mr.  Black  feels  it 
beoeasary  to  remember  the  heroine,  eae  feels 
the  munblng  influenoe  of  the  ooUyentioHal  Nov- 
elist Thus,  a  seene  where  Violet  eosTulses  the 
sehool-room,  in  tbe  absenee  oi  Miss  Main,  gives 
charmingly  the  laughter-loving  nature  of  suob 
audioioea,  and  the  clannish  reverence  wMeh 
school-girls  often  show  to  the  handsome  and 
andaoious  young  women  who  assume  to  lead 
them  in  violations  of  decorous  rules.  But  here 
iS  the  saihe  bread-and-botter  miss  Who  rau 
aWay  for  a  da:^s  dfive  with  a  comparative 
sirsifiger,  whothetf ,  havmjt  got  that  youth  into 
•  seMito,  ti  gaddoOy  s«i«ed  with  stio^  twiikgg* 
titti  Ik*  ftAifriuNMii^^  ts  Urn. 


iad  hisiMlf  to  overy  on*  whnn  she  baa  in  the 

remotest  degree  deceived.    Here  the  u  at  a 
fishoy  dress  ball: 

"What  wondeifal  Tluon  was  .<na— not  the  Violet 
North  they  knew,  bat  Juliet  herself,  descended  in 
all  bar  beaalgr  term  the  moonbt  balcony,  her  faoe  a 
trifle  pale  perhaps,  but  that  may  hav»  been  tbe  re- 
fleotetf  light  of  her  robe  of  white  satin,  her  mag- 
DlfloeBt  blaok  bair  leoklog  blaeker  beoanse  of  this 
cleamiog  dress,  her  dark  eyes  fall  of  fire,  and 
Ught;  aad  gladness,  tbe  prood  sweet  month  partly 
opened  in  tbe  exoitemmit^of  the  moment,  and  lust 
showing  a  glimmer  «f  milk-white  teeth." 

It  is  true  that  Violet  in  the  meanwhile  had 
ftone  to  the  United  States  with  her  father  on  a 
trip;  butthe  United  States  is  a  strange  place 
to  get  all  these  heroio  attributes  suddenly  de- 
velop^. The  novel  itself  is,  however,  by 
no  means  'free  irom  an  American  influence,  i 
Whether- it  be  intentional  or  no t»  Mr.  Black 
seems  to  be  drawing  an  American  girl  in  many 
of  the  actions  of  Violet  North,  or  if  not  a  real 
American,  then  such  a  one  as  a  European 
might  suppose  her  to  bd.  In  character 
she  is  a  rather  commonplace  young 
woman,  who  does  wild  things  and  runs  to  vio- 
lent extremes.  She  is  alternately  slangy  and 
melo-dramatic,  but  she  is  always  doing,  always 
on  the  go,  and  would  interest  in  any  case,  from 
her  perpetual  motion  alone.  James  Drummond, 
the  philosophic  writer  and  recluse,  who  loves 
her,  and  is  really  loved  by  her  in  return,  is  an- 
other-oharacter  whose  thoroughly  commonplace 
nature  is  cleverly  covered  over  with  various 
pleasing  attributes  and  interesting  habits.  He 
dies  suddenly,  after  Violet  has  worried 
him  into  lung  fever  and  consumption, 
and  his  death  allows  Mr.  Black  to  put 
the  finishing  touch  of  Incongruity 
to  that  vigorous  young  lady's  character.  For 
Violet  shrieks,  very  naturally,  but  then  pro- 
seeds  to  become  a  monomaniac  who  is  always, 
expectmg  a  letter  from  her  beloved — the  dead 
James  Drummond.  This  oonclusion  to  a  firesh 
and  rather  pleasant-reading  novel  would  be 
harrowing,  were  it  not  so  thinly  done  that  there 
IS  little  or  no  Uluslon.  We  are  so  sure  that  the 
Violet  of  the  first  part  does  not  exist  as  a  hope- 
less  monomaniac  that  we  lay  the  volume  aside 
with  a  smile. 

Very  wisely,  it  seems  to  us,  Mr.  Black  car- 
ries his  actors  off  to  the  Highlands  of  Scot- 
land where  the  people  say  "  coot"  for  "good," 
and  pronounce  "  is"  like  "  iss,"  and  there  they 
all  see  delightful  views,  shoot  ducks,  and  eqjoy 
the  thaddening  delights  of  yachting.  There, 
too.  Miss  Violet  runs  away  again,  and  by 
leaving  her  hat  and  bag  near  some  slippery 
rooks  induces  her  friends  to  consider  her 
drowned.  The  whole  novel  is  of  a  thin  com- 
plexion, and  requires  no  trouble  in  the  reading. 
One  feels  also  that  Mr.  Black  had  little 
trouble  in  writing  it ;  m  fact,  there  is  a  feeling 
that  from  the  author  of  A  Prineeaa  of  Ihule 
one   may    not  unreasonably   expect  something 

more  solid. 

— 

LITEBARF  NOTES. 


LAW  REPORTS, 


COltRT  OALESDA.BS—TRIIS DAY. 
8UFBSMB  COCBT— CHAMBKBS. 
Meld  »v  BarrM,  J. 
Noa. 


Boa. 
12— Blydsnbnrgh  vs.  Tbe 

Mayor,  ko. 
S5— Eagle  vs.  Peck. 
68— Kat.  lills  lua  Ca  vs. 

Honagban. 
6S— Rarle  vs.  Btrahao. 
76— Whltiook  VB.  ttowe. 
Btt— Prleit  vs.  Priest. 

lOU— Mills  vsi  Bodewald. 

1U4— St.   John  vs.  Maxim 
Oas  Machine  Co. 

110— Pe  Camp  vs.I>emp8ey. 

114-^Miller  vs.  fi'd  of  Police 
CominlB&ionera. 

118— Matter  of  the  First 
Presb.  Ohnrch. 

126— Bates  vs.  Bice. 

128— Campbell  vs.  Qreen. 

129— Clews  vs.  i'lorida  B. 
B.Ca 

137— Mayer  vs.  Tbe  May- 
or, tc 

1S8— Hamiil  vs.  The  May- 
or. Jcc. 

139— BowLCT  vs.  Tbe  May- 
or, ko. 

140— Ford  vs.  Tbe  Mavor. 
ita 

•141— Starin  vs.  Freeman. 

142- CroWe  vs.Clvde. 

144 — Wnrmser  VB.Hoflrman. 

161 — Qreer  vs.  Allen. 

BUFBEME    CODBT— GENERAL    TEBH. 
AcUoumed  sine  die. 

BCFBEMB    COUBT— 8FECIAL  TBRM. 

Beldby  VaaVorst.J. 
Nos.        Demnrrers.  Nos. 


162- tyon  vs.  O'Connell. 

Ib6— Hudson  vs.  Schiller. 

136— Matter  of  Conway. 

18i— J<«rvli»  vs.  Pnrinaa. 

182— Ward  vs.  Ward. 

190— Arctic  Fire  Ins.  Ca 
vs.  Selley 

193— Rogers  vs.  Stlllman. 

2U&— Bogers  vs.  Tne  Hay- 
ox,  &c 

204— Jones  vs.  Tbe  Mayor, 
&c 

205— Greene  vs.  The  May- 
or, &o. 

230— ThePoopie,tc.,vs.Tho 
2Sd  St.  and  other 
E.  R.  companies. 

250— Minat  vs.  Allegretti 

252 — La  Rue  vs.  Hatfield. 

254— Osburn  vs.  Tneeert. 

255— Matter  ot  the  B.Ridge 
&  J.  a.  a.  Co. 

267— Clezg     vs.      Blastio 

Truss  Co. 
258— Ubl,  tic.,  vs.  Neaman. 
269— Matter    of     opening 

Eleventh  avenne. 
263— Llvinfriion  vs.  Kbbet. 
264 — Same  vs.  S.ime. 
Call  from  .So.  269  to  en(l  of 
calendar. 


14— Braloerd  vs.  Bertram 

.  etal. 
15— Same  vs.  Samo. 
22 — Grant  vs.  Anderjoa. 

Law  and  Facts. 

47— Reiily  vs.  DiUon  et  si. 

100— Fowler  vs.  Mehzbaon 

etaL 

60— De  Zavala  vs.  Hart  et 

ai. 

122— Bnokine  va  Hauselt 

etal. 
128— Orissler     «t     aL    va 

Powers,  ko, 
133 — Bnsteedvs.  Bnsteed. 
136— Jacobs  vs.  Miller. 
141— Steinbrecher  vs.  Bey- 
er et  ai. 
1 42— Guldet  vs.  Brown  et  al 
143 — Lynes  vs.Brander,Jr., 

etaL 
148— Hitch  vs.  •tlantio  1 

PaclUo  TeL  Co. 
281— NIooIl  vs.  Mcrymser. 
114 — Kinoey  vs.  Cohen. 

Bin-EKJOt   COnBT— ClUCUrr— PABT  L 
Held  bu  Donahue.  J. 


116— Kinney  TB.  Beach  et 

al. 
283— Duncan  va    Doncan 
etaL 
67— Herrlot  vs.  Herrlot 
26-Bard  vs.  U.  8.  Life  Ins. 

Co.  or  S.  T. 
76— Bnrtls  vs.  lliompson 

etaL 

38 — The  Liaw.  Gran.  Mow. 

Co.    vs.    The     O.    8. 

Coalinir  Co. 

63 — Taylor,  tc.  vs.  Roche. 

74 — Andrews   et    al.    vs. 

EvfiTh 
87— Allien  vs.  Dtossv. 
29— Green  vs.  Jflilbank  et 
al. 
334— Whitiae   vs.    Gearty 

etal. 
110— Auffartb  vs.  Schmas- 

deKe  et  al. 
149— Buel  vs.  Paine  et  al. 
151— Ten  Byck  vs.  Cory. 


— Mr.  John  Lotbrop  Motley  is  said'to  be  en- 
gaged apon  his  third  novel. 

Hepworth  Dixon's  novel,  Diana,  Lady  Lyle, 
will  be  published  by  Hnrat  II  Blackett  shortly. 

— Qeorge  Bliot  has  earned,  during  the  18 
years  she  has  been  an  author,  tbe  sum  total  of 
1165,000. 

— ^There  will  be  a  sketch  of  James  Snssell 
Lowell  in  the  Wide  AwaU  tot  March,  with  several 
capital  illostrations. 

— The  complete  works  of  St.  Thomas 
Aqnlnas,  in  33  volumes,  edited  by  M.  Frette,  is  to 
be  pnbllsbsd  by  Tives,  Paris. 

J.  B.  Lippineott  Sc  Co.,  of  Philadelphia,  an- 
noance  as  a  second  volume  of  the  Star  Series,  a 
book  by  Mary  Healy,  called  Storm-Driven. 

— A  Life  of  St.  Romauld,  founder  of  the  Car- 
naldolese  Orders,  has  been  written  by  tbe  Abb6  J.  M. 
Frichand,  and  pnbllshed  at  Harsielles  by  Lebon. 

— The  printer's  devil  has  leaked  this  time,  and 
it  Is  deflnltaly  suted  that  Mr.  B.  Ball  baa  a  hand  In 
The  Ortat  Match,  tbe  next  volome  in  the  '*  Ko-ITame 
Series." 

— A  compeadium  of  the  Moral  Theology  of 
St.  Alphonso,  for  tbe  lue  of  tbe  American  Roman 
Catholic  clergy,  has  been  isined  by  the  Messrs. 
BensigsT,  Boston. 

— J.  B.  Lippineott  St,  Ca  have  issued  a 
sebool  edition  and  a  pocket  edition  of  Oontanteav,'! 
Frtneh  and  Englith  Dictumary,  and  a  pocket  edi- 
tion of  Longvian'i  Oerman  and  Engliih  Die- 
Henary. 

—Some  Other  Soviet,  Very  Much  Like  Helen's, 
Onty  More  &o — tbe  new  name  for  Miei  at  Play. 
baa  gone  off  with  its  new  nams  to  the  namber  of 
5,000  In  tbe  last  fortnight.  This  author's  babies  are 
older  than  Belen's,  but  mach  tbe  same. 

— One  of  the  great  subjeets  of  interest  in 
Bnzland  is  still  the  Eastern  qaestion,  and  sach 
Well-known  writers  as  Rev.  Llewelyn  Davies, 
Arthor  Arnold,  andBev.W.  Denton  are  soma  of  the 
persons  who  are  preparing  traots  upon  it,  which 
will  include  many  topics  of  special  interest 

— The  new  books  which  Lee  Sz.  Sbepard  have 
in  hand  are  another  volame  of  "  Tne  Trail  Hnnter's 

Series,"  by  Samuel  Woodworth  Cozzenfi,  a  second 
volatne  of  "The  Winwood  Cliff  Series,"  and  Abroad 
^yattl^  aeompanlen  to  Oter  the  Oetan,  by  Curtis 
Qalid,  editor  ef  tbe  Huston  Commereial  Bulletin. 

— Worcester's  Dictionary  has  found  a  con- 
genial atmosphere  in  Philadelphia,  a  city  renowned 
fo>'  solid  books.  The  Lipplncotts  haye  boagbt  the 
stereotype  plates  of  the  entire  series  of  Worcester's 
Dictionaries,  seven  In  namber,  and  will  hereaftet;' 
publish  theoB  nnder  the  copyright  acquired  with 
their  sale. 

— ^The  latest  guess  as  to  tbe  authorship  of 
Js  That  All  f  in  the  "No  Name  Series"  is  Thomas 
W.  Higginson  and  his  wife,  and  the  wise  ones  say 
that  It  is  in  the  right  direction.  The  aathorahip  of 
Kienut  Is  traced  to  Miss  rietoher,  who  Is  now 
•broad,  and  a  bright  little  woman  in  tne  office  of  a 
Boston  daily  banted  after  the  secret  till  she  fonnd  it. 

—  The  reading  public,  as  any  bookseller  in 
the  large  cities  will  testify,  are  eagerly  mqalring  tor 
traSflatlohs  of  Balzac's  Uovell  Some  were  pub- 
lished in  tills  Citv  several  years  ago  by  Derby  it 
Jackson,  if  we  are  not  mlttakeo,  bat  are  now  oat 
of  print.  The  pabllshsr  who  brings  oat  a  good  edi- 
tion within  the  next  three  montha  wiU  meet  a  real 
Want  and  make  money. 

— E.  P.  Duttoa  &  Co.  are  fortunate  in  being 

th0  pabluhera  of  Dr.  Muzley's  Sermon*,  which  are 
apeeially  aotable  in  that  department  of  literatars, 
and  now  they  ace  as  prompt  as  they  are  fortunate 
in  issatog  his  Huling  Idea*  in  Sarly  Agei.  a  volame 
6f  lecttires  to  graduates  of  tbe  Uniyersity  of  Oxford 
en  the  relation  of  these  ideas  to  Old  Testament 
faith,  at  the  same  time  with  tbe  English'  pablislH 
era. 

—  Harriet  Martineau'e  Autobiography  will  be 
■issaed  simnltaneoasl.y  in  England  and  America  on 
the  1st  of  March,  and  will  prove  to  be  one  of  the  most 
remarkable  revelations  of  a  stronely  indivionat  life 
And  at  intellectual  stndies  and  literary  intimacies 
Whleh  has  been  published.  It  will  make  two  hand- 
some 8  vo  volumes,  together  amoanting  to  abont 
1,200  pages.  J.  B.  Osgood  &  Co.  are  the  American 
publishers. 

—The  Ofadle  of  the  Christ:  A  Study  of 
Primitive  OhrieHanity.  is  nearly  ready  at  tbe  Pat* 
BSCfs'i  This  is  not  a  volame  of  Mr.  O.  B.  Froth- 
Ingham's  sermons,  but  a  separate  work  of  critical 
analysts,  to  which  some  years  of  sneolal  pienara- 
tion  have  been  given.  Xhey  will  also  publish  in  a 
week  or  two  tbe  second  volame  of  Tan  Laim's  Hie- 
U/N  of  Ptifieh  lAUrature.  The  first  volunie,  issued 
last  Fall,  has  been  very  generally  eommended  as  an 
indispeasable  book  to  all  students  of  French  litera- 
ture. The  seeond  volume  embraces  the  period 
from  tbe  Benalssanee  to  tbe  close  of  the  reign  of 
Louis  XIV. 

-^A  certain  English  statesman  exclaimed,  on 
hearing  «t  the  death  ol  a  leading  atitbor,  "Ob.  how 
glad  I  am  I  Now  I  can  bind  him  up."  It  is  not  ex- 
actly tills  feeling  but  it  is  a  source  of  great  oomfort 
to  the  public,  when  an  eminent  Kterary  man  dies, 
ftet  Ms  friends  gather  up  the  memoiles  of  Ms  lif • 
inid  giye  %tn  proper  details  of  it  in  a  coiiipset  book. 
"Barry  Gemwall"  was  a  man  who  min«led  so 
freely  with  the  celebrities  of  what  is  new  beginning 
to  be  tbe  past  generation  that  his  memoir,  which 
Bobeitls  Brothers  (not  J.  £.  Osgood  &.  Co.)  will 
shortly  puhtiah.  Is  likely  to  os  a  vTork  of  great  In- 
teneU  Hiarealname  was  Bryao  W.  Proetor,  ana  tha .. 
biography  is  prodneed  under  ths  Joint  eoitorship  of  ,  i 


Not. 

201 1— Rodman  vs.  Etnir. 

1826'9— Dtiryea  vs.  Tbe 
Mayor,  kc. 

2719— Haden  vs.  Coleman, 

2725— Stranss  vs.  Wolf. 

2591— UiU  ot  aL  vs.  Con- 
nor, Ito. 

2637— Picard  vs.  Bem- 
beimer. 

1993— Fills  et    aL  vs.   On- 
derdonk. 
1— Latooratte  vaClsrk. 

2689— Boyd  vs.  Jackson. 

1613— Brown  .  vs.  Decker, 
(CO. 

2091— CnrroU  vs.  Cassldv- 

2364— Kzcelsior  Petroleum 
Co.  vs.  Fowler,  tu^ 
9i>2i»-Henlin  vs.  Powers. 

4297— Gray  et  al.  vs.  Jobes. 

2761- Beaumont  vs.  New- 
man. 

2083— Laflin  (c  Band  Pow- 
der Co.  vs.  Gal- 
laudet. 

2849— Fraan  vs.  Del.,  Lack, 
and  West.  R.  O.  Co. 

2871— Amber  vs.  CBrieo. 

2883— Burbank  vg.  Burr. 

2891-  Connor,  tc  vs.  Tbe 
MsTor. 

29U1— Harn  vs^  Sheffield  el 
aL 

2909— Bieen  va  Moloch  et 
aL 

2943— Kennev  vs.  Fasch  et 
aL 

2957— Cohen  et  aL  vs. 
Waters. 

2985— Harlrm  Bank  vs. 
Adams. 

2993 — Sprimfer  et  eL  vs. 
Herman. 

3001— Dowell  vs.  ycGnlre. 


Nos. 

3U07— UuEhes  va  BuVino, 

(No.  1 ) 
3009— Same  vs.  Same,  (No. 

2.) 
2649— Keilly  vs.  The  May- 
or, &c. 
2517— Vallely    vs.   Amend 

et  al. 
2741— Mllderbnrifer  versus 

Oer.  EvanseL  Lnth., 

St.  Jotin's.    Church 

of  New-York. 
1057- Goldsmith  vs.  Daly 

etsL 
2831— Emerson,    tc.,     vs. 

CReilJT. 
1583— <'ol!lnsvs.  The  May- 
or, to. 
1341— Fitspatrick  va  The 

Mayor,  to. 
1436— Parcel  1  va  Tbe  May- 
or, tc. 
1437— Hays  vs.  The  Mayor, 

tc. 
3o45— Voxel  va  The  May- 

<ir,  tc. 
3053— London.  N.  T.,  and 

Harttord    Pab.    Co. 

vs.  Lawrence. 
3055 — Uuknrt   vs.  Benner 

etaL 
3057— Holmes  vs.  Mott. 
8059— llecker    et    aL    vs. 

HowUnd. 
3061— Andrew  vs.  Curtis. 
306H— Hart  vs.  Brnnett. 
30e5-NanchPs  vs.  Stone. 
3069— Obrijjht    vs.    Whlt- 

mau. 
3071— The  Mavor.  to.,  vs. 

The    B'wav    t    7th 

Av.  R.  K.  Ca 
3073-DiamantvA.Met.In8. 

Co.  of  N.  Y. 


Noa 


SUFSBMB  COUBT— CIBCUIT — PABT  It. 

Held  by  Lawrence,  J. 

Nos. 


280— Lvnch.  Sheriir,  vs. 
Butler. 

1784— Breonan  ya  The 
Mayor,  tc. 

1834 — Cblfins  ts.  Pierson. 

1822— Morrfs  vs.  Elliott. 

1826— Ballard  vs.  i^chaok- 
elford.  et  al. 

1S86— Both  vs.  Mora. 

1478— Skldmore  vs.  Fuller. 

3582— BIng  et  al.  vs.  The 
Mayor,  tc. 

1036— scball  et  sL  vs.  Col- 
lier. 

2110— Do  Laralctte  vs. 
Wendt,  ez'x,  tc. 

168013-Ouollctle  vs.  Bat- 
ter. 

1550— Fallenbep  vs.  Silver- 
stime,  Inipl'd. 

1874— Barrett  vs.Uall  et  aL 


1880— Woodruff  vs.    Impp- 

rial   Plre  Ins.  Ca  of 

London. 
2562— Lewis    vs.    OhicaKO 

and  china  Tea  Co. 
2786— Vial  vs.  Tne  Mayor, 

ke.,  of  K.  y. 
3444— Lithauer  vs.  Conner, 

^sberla. 
321C-M.idhoir     vi      The 

Mayor,  tc. 
1862— Elliott  vs.   Al.    Fire 

Ins.  Co. 
1820— ^chmld   et     al,    vs. 

nils. 
17241a— Kire  Ins.   Azenoy 

Co.  vs.  Voorliecs. 
4383— Simons  v».  Cohen. 
19U2— Si-yfert  vs.  Parsons. 
1906 — Rnss.  Jr.,  vs.  Csmo- 

belL 
1908-Hi  ller  et  aL  vs.  Sack- 

mauer. 


Kos. 


EUPSSUE    COURT— CIBCUn— PABT  UL 
Held  try  Van  Brunt.  J. 
Nos. 


3022— Mack  vs.   The  D.  n. 

B.  B.  t   B.  R.  B.  Co. 

278— Reek  vs.The  PhcsoU 

Fire  Ins.  Ca 
718— Wano  vs.  AsUey. 
161>a— Huitart     vs.     tbe 
Mayor,  tc. 
2277— Delemater  et  al.  vs. 
Amer.  t  E.   C  Egg 
Co. 
1148— lioushran,    Jr.    vs. 

Matthew  a 
2287— Blake    et     aL       vs. 
Obriicbt  et  al. 
636— Davlsou    et  aL    va 
WUltttsetal. 
1741>s>— Faiilise  vs.    Ham- 
mond. 
413— McComh     vs.     The 

BxccUlor  Mfz.  Co. 
419 — MoComb  vs.  Jones. 
1097— Norton   vs.    Buckuy 
et  al.,  Adm'rs. 
C54— Peun  vs.  Ward. 

BUVBRIOh  COtTBT — ORNBBAL  TEBM. 

Adjourned  sine  die. 

SUPERIOR  COUBT-«PKCIAL  TERM. 
Held  by  Sedgtplek.  J. 


057— Tyng  vs   SerrelL 

023>a— Keasenden  vs.  N.J. 

Car  Spnnj;  k  ft.  Co. 

301— Lee  vi.  Sayles  et  si. 

1735— Henderson  vs.  White 

etaL 
2000 -Hart   vs.  Taylor  et 

aL 
1611— Dickinson  va  Dud- 
ley. 
2169— Abrahama    vs.    By- 
man. 
31 — Meyer  ei  aL  va  Am- 
Idon. 
2720— Hook,  Ex'r,  to.,  vs. 

Too  Mayor,  tc. 
2561— Menz.-l  vs.    Mallory 
et  aL 
638— Kell.iws,     Ex'r,    vs. 
lh«  Mayor,  tc. 
2288— The     People,      tc, 
state   ot    N.    T.,   ex 
reL       Bowne      vs. 
O'Brien  et  aL 


52— Beod  vs.  Livinitaton. 
64— Boodv  vs.  Tiidea  et  al 
66— MitzscherllnK  vs.  Van 

Winkle  et  al. 
It) Offlniter  et  aL    vs.    De- 

Wolf. 
26— Bradiord  va  Bissel  et 

aL 


28— Mutml  Life  Ins.  Co.  of 
N.  Y.  T«.  Davis  et  aL 

40-Powler  va  Bnlterby. 

64. — UUbank  Vs.  Nat.  BanK 
of  Nor  walk. 

68— Well  vs.  Fiscker  et  aL 

la . 

58— Diets  vs.  Fnrisb. 


Nos.. 


BUFSBIOB  COUBT— TEIAL    TBHU — PAHT  I. 

held  by  Soeir,  J. 

Nos. 


1053 — Cofifs  vs.    Lord,    Jr.. 

ft  aL,  A  m'r. 
406— Koeeland  vs.  Spltka. 
477_Cooper     et    aL    Vk 

Hmttb. 
812— Thomas  vs.  Knight 
179— Moore  vs.  TowHr. 
468 — Wrav  vs.  Fedderke. 
365— Dlamont  va  White. 
818— Sol  tins  vs.  Legendxe 

et  aL 
924— Hannliran.  Adrs'xvs. 

''rinUDlns  et  aL 

687— Purman  vg.  Titus. 
294— McEleveys,    Adm'x, 

vs.   Lodewiek. 
65 — Copeland    vs.      EUb- 

wortb. 

g7<>— Woodruff  VS.   Beek- 

man. 
456 — Gllman  vs.  Stevens. 
475 — Mor<ran,   Adm'x,  vs. 
,    .UoVlokar. 


440— Boyd     va.     Phoenix 

Ins.  Co.  ol  Hartford. 
631 — Johnson,      Trustee, 

vs.    Oppenhetm. 
486 — Schmidt  vs.  Leatn- 

am. 
768— "Melvin  va  Carey. 
400 >a— Schuster    vs.'  Mc- 

Kfllop    t    Bpraguo 

<;0. 

608— Pavne  et  al  va 
Conner.  Sberlffi 

313 — Whommirtoii,  Im- 
pleaded, vs.  42d 
and  Grand  sL  Ferry 
R.  fl.  Co. 

1095 — Corn-wall,  Adm'r,  vs. 
Mills  et  aL 

aOQijt— 8parm8n,by  Guar- 
dian, vs.  Kein. 

822 — MoiliTaoh  et  aL  vs. 
Sandford. 


BUFE^BIOB  COURT — TKIAL  TERM — PABT  U. 

Held  bu  Freedman,  J. 
Nos. 


No*. 

347— Farmers'  t    M.    Nat. 

Bank  of  Buffalo  va 

Brown  et  al. 
634— Bneas  vs.  Boops. 
63t>— Franklin    va    Catlth. 

Jr.  et  al. 
63*7-8806  vs.  same. 
572 — barrison    vs.   Beford 

etaL 
573 — Harrison  vs.  Ross. 
743— Uhl,  Receiver,  versus 

Cremer. 
744— Same  vs.  Same. 
314— Qermania  Bank  of  V. 

T.  vs.  Frost. 
613— Gerkea   va    Conner, 

Sheriff. 
616— The   (.'ulon   Bancinf 

Ca  vs.  StegeL 
618— Gilman  vs.  Fitch  et 

aL 


52a— Corn  et  al.  vs.  Davis. 
524 — Leighton   et    aL    vs. 

Perkins  et  aL 
580— Volkentng  yorsQs  De 

Graaf  et  al. 
582— Webser  vs.  MuIIer. 
569— Dye  et  al.    vs.  Adri. 

nnce. 
638— Matthews   vs.    Drls- 

ColL 
63C— Von  Glshn  va   Low- 

enalein. 
646— Banfleld  vs.  Gould. 
354— Etsel  vs.  Byru^  et  aL 
867— fiaynor,  Blecutor,vs. 

.Uartln. 
S53— Davis,   Receiver,    va 

Wood  et  aL 
339— Banford  vs.  Barlow. 
860 — Dunsoomb  vs.  BanKes 


BUFEBIOB  COUBT— TRIAL  TBBM— PABT  m. 
Held  by  CurtU.  0.  J. 
Noa 


Nos. 

790— Bauer  vs.  Dammann. 

798— Newman,     tc.,      va 

Baach. 
538— Ford  vs.  StagR. 
663— Riley  va  New-Jersey 

M.  L.  Ins.  Ca 
686— Odell  va  Keller. 
718— Farrsll  vs.   Van  Tuyl 

etaL 
716— Plunkett   ts,   Apple- 
tod. 
828 — ByersoB     ert   sL    tb. 

Tone. 
82S-^Wynant  Vs.  Ourtin. 
826— Hb^hlands    Cbem.   k 

a.  CO.  va  Parsons. 
827— Idpt^maa   vs.   Dlttle- 

noefer. 
828-^BaiikS  srt  A  va,-  Ooog- 

don. 
830— Bocker,    AAwtr,     fii 

Suns  et  aL 
8B1— MiTnehester  eit  aL  vs. 

KendalL 
832i-Johnst6a      vs.     The 

Mayor,  ke. 
833— Woodward   ys.   liar 

erty. 
834— Wood  va.  Cutler. 


COUXOV  PbCAS— TBIAL  TSBM— P ABT  I. 

Bild  by  Van  Soeteii,  J. 
Noa 


COHMON  PiXAS— OSJttBAL  TSBM. 

Moaaisa  aoiii  tta  fttst  itooAsir  «f  li«N^ 


Kos. 
803— Walker      va     New 

Central  Coal  Co.  of 

Msryland. 
1004— Lamberti  va  Meute- 

gazza. 
877— Wilson  vs.  Pine. 
683— Howard,  Jr.,  vs.  Mo- 

Cnllou^h. 
728— O'Doanell  vs.  B.  T. 

k  Harlem  B.  R.  Co. 

959 — Ue.vaeoker  vs.  Camp 

1281— Demarest    vs.    The 

Ma.yor. 
600— MoCormnck  v».    N. 

Y.  C  t  U.  B.  B.  B- 

Co. 


835— Keefe  vs.  N.  Y.  0.  t 
H.  IL  B.  B.  CO. 

836— McGeorjto  vs.  GUnst. 

837— Brigss  vs.  O'DonnelU 

838— Jaeger  Iron  Works  va 
BruS: 

840— Fielsohbauer  yertus 
Mejster. 

841 — Jagger  Iron  Worksvs. 

SlkOT. 

842— Jaeger  Iron  Works  va 

MeAuerny. 
843 — Green,  Adm'x, va  Cit. 

8.   B.  CO.  01  Troy. 
844— De   Witt   vs.    Cit.    8. 

B.  Oo.  of  Troy. 
846— Salter     vs.   BbervalS 

Coal  Co. 
847— W  heeler  vs.  FSrdon. 
848— Gibson   et  aL  versus 

Tsqaterdo. 

849— Deertag  va  Boynton. 

831- McKenneeva  Crosby 

etal. 
852— Same  vs.  Same. 
863— Bvgsles,   Betrr,    va 

Wi^inont 
854— Parker  vs.  Tmka. 
856— Andrews  va.  Hatch. 


852— Gilfs  vs.  Waralnr. 
945 — l>eau  vj.  Brown. 
2^4— Mott  vs.  Consumenf 

Ice  Co. 
1142— CBrlsn     vs.   Eoyal 

Ina.  Co.,  to. 
1070— U.   fi.    UeJleotor  Co. 
vs.  Boston. 
899— Andrews  va  Farley 

et  aL 
688— Schunok  vs.  Barker. 
392— Katcham  ve.Stevens 

76 — DtiDcby  vs.  Drake. 
690— Drayton  vs.  Crosby. 
214 -Baird  vs. Tbe  Mayor. 
1374 — Same  va  Same. 
693— Wellington  vs.  Sew-!1103— Palmer    va    Clark, 
ton.  t  Marshal. 

1166— Sellgnian  vs.  South  1209— Mnlohy    va  N.  T. 


t  North  Alabama  B: 
E.  Co. 
1206— fenn.  Ror.    Sooiety 

vs.  Webster. 
1S42— Broadway  StableCo. 

vs.  Connor. 
1223— Mclntvre   vs.     Car- 
roll. 
866— Fiynn  va  Dayton. 


Floating  Dry  Dock 
Co. 
722— Stevenson  vs.  Hop 

kins. 
in.30— Tiask  et  al.  va  Sol- 
omon. 
1163— Briggs  vs.  Berdan. 
76tJ— Duke  va  Bidder. 
993— Ho7e  vs.  Bench. 
1149 — Lunuy  vs.  Qarrlty. 

COMMON    PLBAS— TRIAL  fEBH— PABT  O. 

Held  bv  Larremore,  J. 

Nos. 

1.072— Ke.ys  vs.  Haskin. 


'  996— SellRSbnrg  vs.  Gold- 
stein. 

1131 — Conroy  vs.  Boyoe. 

1095 — Prlessenvs.  Klobols. 
143— Hunt  vs.  Roberts. 

131 1— Metropolitan  Ga  s-L'  t 
Co.  va  The  Mayor. 

1159— Pitch  vs.  Bergen. 

1197— Sylvester  vs.  Bern- 
stem. 
659— Folsom  vs.  Fischer. 
•  560— Shelly  vs.  Yard,  Jr. 
1091— Werwlck    va    Obl- 
weller. 
175 — Newltter    vs.     Ger- 
mania  Fire  Ina  Co. 
616— Malone  va  Deri>v. 
915— Bogert  va  Clark. 
1464 — Towie  vs. The  Mayor 
789— Eisner  vs.  Morgan. 
785 — Donnelly  vs.  Ma.yor. 
112(5— UcQowan    vs.    Mo- 
Go  wan. 

COMMON  PLEAS— TRIAL  TBRM— PABT  Ut, 
HeldbyJ.  K  Daly,  J. 
Noa  Nos 

478-^Earleva  N.  T.  Life 

Ina.  Ca 
647— Bmanuel     va     The 


Nob. 

1090— Haubcrt  vs.   Lereh. 
786— Schroeder    va  Lu- 

bascber. 
1093— Baldy  vs.  Shaw. 
1136— Lew  va  Potsdam. 
497— Brown  vs.Patterson. 
897- Waalden  vs.  Sohaaf. 
1066— Cohn.  Assignee,  va 

Conner. 
1067— Thompson  va  Gray. 
1137— Paulding    vs.    Com- 
pressing Company. 
1193— LHce  vs.  Yfor. 
907— Schemerhotn  versus 

Devlin. 
739— Smith  vs.  Maolay  et 

al. 
604— N.  T.  Life  Ins.   Co. 

vs.  Crosier. 
954— Dettelbach  vs.  Ber- 

ens. 
314- Devlin  va  Gallagher. 


Mayor,  to. 
430-Johnson     vs.      Tbe 

Mayor,  tc. 
920— Oakiey  vs.  Baron. 
921— Same  va  Same. 
842 — Hewison    va     Sam- 
uels. 
1194— Weldlmg    vs.      The 

Mayor,  tc. 
670— Israel  et  aL  yerins 

Nicholson. 
1179— Neasel    ver.^u8    The 

Mayor,  ta 

493— Brower  ya.  Day  ron. 

1249— Nussbaiim  vs.  Lyons 

etaL 
1079— Spencer  va  CBrieo. 
730— Roe  vs.  Brophy. 
887— WaUhvs.N.  V.  Fl'tg 

Dry  Dock  Ca 


843— Second  Nat.  Bk.  of 

Paterson  va  Porter 

etal. 

1166— Martin  vaGallsgher 

1190— Seaman   et   aL    va 

Noooan. 

710— Sblpmaa    va  Fiels- 

tlcker. 
1266— Isaacs  vs.  Baer. 
1257— Wilson  vs.  Wood.      ■ 
1140— Wynen    va    Scba]^ 

nert. 
471— The  People,  tc,  of 
State  of  New-York 
vs.  Lnmson. 
1114— Gonoade  vs.  Flood. 
641— Schlsg  vs.  Schlag. 
003— Hchenck    vs.   Mnn- 

zioacr. 
929— Cook  va  Clarlc 
1115— Vaude     Wieio     va 

Callahan. 
1023— Levene  vs.  Brush. 
937 — Knppenheim         vs. 
Pfbrzbeimer. 


COMMON  PLEAS— EQUITY  TEEM. 
Held  by  Bobinson,  J. 
Nos, 


Nog. 

15— Qoldsbear  vs.  Levy  et 


8 — Pearistrom  va  Bennett 
17— Helm  vs.  Metropolitan 

Life  Insurance  Co. 
27— Malcolm     vs.    Uolmcs 

etal. 


21— Weiner,   Jr.,   va     Mo- 
range. 
Demurrera 
3— Gompsrts  vs.  Wood. 
1 — OrDh:iu  Asy.  Society  of 
Bew-York   va    Wa- 
terbury. 
UABIKE  COUBT— TBIAL  TBBM— PABT  L 
Held  by  Alker,  J. 
Nob.  Nos 


5U14— Uirsch   et     aL     va 

Howard  et  al 
5766— Machiatosh etaL  vs. 

Roeers  et  aL 
4082— Holler    et     aL      vs. 

Sherrard,  Jr. 
3244— Kahn  etaL  vaEahn. 
32Ux— Phelps    vs.    Geisen- 

helojer. 
5994— Levy  et  al.vaCohen. 
6UU6— Taniieubaum  ys.Uol- 

lender. 


60B7— Taylor  et  aL  vs. Ray- 
mond. 

15070— Welling  vs.  Stafford. 

6o7  2— McCallum  vs.Cohea. 

0073— >prlng  vs.  Lowell. 

6076— GaugervB.  Kelemen. 

e077— Jaeger  vs.  Buclier. 

6080— Muller  vs.  Bcott 

0091— Chariton  vs.  Mc- 
Knlgbt,  Jr. 


FlUAMOIAL  AFFAIRS, 


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10,000 Gt. West.  2d,..  74>4 


3,000  0.  Pao.  a  t..\.  97'9  400 


8,000  U.  P.  I.  g. 10234 

1,000  D.  t  H.  R..  '91.10010 
40,000  N.  j.Clst.con.  69 
lOU  West.  Dn 72>4 


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100 

350 

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800 

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1700 

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232.035.100  225,558.500 

15,635,400  17,393,500 


MABUiB  COURT— TKtAL   TEBil— PABT  IL 
Helid  by  Goeop,  J. 
Noa 


Noa 

9083— McFadden  va  Elas- 
tic Truss  Ca 

8725— Kedlick  ot  aL  vs. 
hartb. 

8600— McOoiald  va  Kav- 
anagh  et  aL 

8937— Fudden  vs.  Buckrnn. 

9I08— Schuto  va  Pelbam 
Manut  t  U.  H.  Ats'u, 

6945— Brooibergor  ya  Con- 
ner ei  aL 

5947— McGregor  va  Con- 
ner. 

5948 — Haas  vs.  Conner. 

59-49— Huber  vs.  Conuer. 

586- — Kascmeyer  ys.  Dres- 
ler. 

6897— Quimby  vs.  Graf. 

9038— Magiiiu  vs.  U'Day  et 
aL 

5750— Ltppe  et  aL  vs.  Blef 

5657- Kupfer  vs.  Brlgg  et 
uL 


5607— Mandeliok  vs.  San- 
ders. 

1589— Howell  vg.  Paul. 

nti.V2— lleriE  va  ;jcbachtel. 

7402— Hamberger  versus 
Brooks. 

5386— Hawkiui  vs.  Palmer. 

5430— Mc.iuly  va  Levy. 

5877— Lampert  va  Malloy 
et  bi. 

5901 — Boyd  et  al.  vs.  Rem- 
ington 8.  M.  Co. 

4973 — Trtllmanva  beers. 

7435— Clement  vs.  Moran. 

7436 — Same  vs.  Same. 

7592— Arnuld  et  aL  vs. 
Alleu. 

58G0— Wanderlieh  vs. 

hrnst. 

5926— Mechs.  Nat.  Bank 
vs.  Shaw  et  al. 

5942— Thayer  va  tmion- 
son. 

67 12 — Hauce  vs.  LeHuray 
ft  aL 

4161— Savage  vaDry  Dock. 
E.  B.  t  B.  R.    B.  Co. 

9199— Chevalier  va  Kohn- 
Btamm. 


5SS6— Nieficker  vs.  Kata. 

5528 — I  urry  vs.  Farley. 

5746— Shane  vs.  Bergan. 

5885— .Mills  vs.  Bluut. 

5710— Weizsl  vs.  Subaat 

•J9a7 — Dutch  vs.  Doroey. 

MAKINE  COURT— TRIAL  TBRM— PABT  HI. 
Held  by  Sinnott,  J. 

Noa  Nos. 

S5ol— Williams  vs.  Spauld- 
liig. 

7105— Leon  va  Conner. 

6742— Bow<;6  et  aLva  Hop- 
kins. 

6793— Solomon    et   aL  vs. 
Hamburg. 

7009— Metzioger  vs.  Weldp. 

6056— Cabiigan   et  al.   va 
Lir.wrence  et  al. 

6057— Sleight  vs.  ^mich. 

6O08— Mcfarlan    vs.    Bui- 
lowas. 

6065 — SI Ivei stein  vs.  Her- 
man. 

6795 — Meiicel  vs.  Roeser. 


5S05 — Newburger  va  Stnr- 

tevant. 
5819 — Geduev  vs.  Conner. 
5181— Ne witter  et  al.  va 

Metzier. 
5719— O'Dwyer  va  Hunter. 
5739— Llovd  vs.  Belton. 
6977— Hiiderbrant  va  Hen- 

6093— aiaab  et  al.  va  Be- 

mentet  aL 
7232— Goraon  et  al.     vs. 

Fraser. 
6996— Kiley  vs.    Laughlin. 
dU94— Lord  et  aLva  Brady. 


COLET  OF  GENKEAL  SESSIONS — PABT  I. 

Held  by  Haekett,  Recorder. 
James  Sutton,  peri ary.  Cqnklin      Pearsall,     grand 


Inroenv. 

William  O'Brien,  grand  lat- 
ceu.y. 

John  Brennan.  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

.Mark's  Levy,  grand  larceny 


Peter  Quii  a,  felouinus  as- 
sault and  iiattery. 

Michael  Picard.  f.  lonioas 
assnult  and  battery. 

Micnaul  Laue,   burgktrv. 

EU2eue  rnllivan,  burglary. 

J.bn  Kennedy,  gruni  lar- 
ceny. 

COUBT  OF  GENGRAL  SESSIOXS — PABT  IL 

Held  by  .suthtrland,  J. 

Charles  Meyers,  grand  lar- 


Michael  Wear.y,  felonious 
assault  aud  battery. 

Patrick  Fogui-ty,  fnlooioua 
assault  and  battery. 

William  W<!8tfall,  burglary 

Charles  Tracey.  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

James  Spencer,  Cornelius 
epeocfr,  andJnmcsc^pen- 
CBi,  grand  larceny. 

OTEB   AND  TEBMINEB. 


ceny. 
Francis  Mead,  Michael  .'^ul- 

liy.tn,  and  Kerin  Dollard, 

grand  larceny. 
Daniel  Sullivan,  receiving 

stolen  goods. 
Kbeuezer     Hautord, 

preteusoB. 


fa'sa 


Held  by  Barrett,  J. 


Robert  GarritT,  homicide. 
Jamea  Rice,  homicide. 
James  Biake,  homicide. 


John       Spellmao,        man- 

siaugbier. 
Joh  J  s.  Brush,  and  John  T. 
Carpenter,  forgery. 
Oyer  and  Terminer  cases  are  simply  to  arrange  day 
of  trials.  ^ 

POST  OFFICE   CHANGES. 


Washington.  Feb.  11.— The  followinu  were 

the  Post  Office  changes  dnring  the  week  ending  Peb. 

10,  1871 : 

Hew-Hngland.—'^amt  of  OGSoe  Cban;ed— Mack- 
erel Coraer,  Carroll  County,  N.  H.,  to  Centre 
Xaf  ton  borough.  Puatmasters  .a.ppoint«d — Albert 
Mnrrill,  Belmont,  Waldo  County,  iia.f  William 
Maxwell,  Howdoln,  SaKadahoo  Cuanly,  Me. ; 
Frank  F.  Caswell,  Embdeo,  Somerset  Conufy,  Me.) 
£lijah  H.  Blaisedell,  liako  Village,  Belknap  Coanty, 
N.  H.;  Charles  L.  Uowaraj  Arlington  Heights, 
Middlesex  County,  Ma^S.;  Charles  Merrlman,  East 
Hartford,  Hartford  Coanty,  Coon.;  Mrs.  Agnes 
Houston,  I  humpsonvillo,  Hartford  County,  Conn. 

JS'ew-Iork. — Postmasters  Aupointed — Alfred  E. 
Staoev,  Klbridge,  Oaoudasa  County. 

Htw-Jertey. — Postmasters  Appointed — Thomas  M. 
Conover,  Cedarville,  Cumberland  County;  Joseph 
B.  Emmons,  Cobnrgb,  Monmouth  COunty,-  David 
Hildebraot,  Draketown,  Morris  County. 

Jfary^and.— Offices  Uisoontlnued- i'alr  Haven, 
4.nue  Arundel  County;  Mackall,  Calvert  County  ; 
Sweetzer'm  Bridge,  Auue  Arundel  County ;  Trent 
Hall,  St.  Mary's  County.  Poatroaatera-Appointed — 
Thomas  J-  Seward,  Hill's  Point,  BoroheHter  Coun- 
ty i  William  T.  Woodrow,  Jr.,  Liberty  Grove.  Ce- 
cil County. 

Pinntylvania.—Ot&cn  Established— Beech  Cliff, 
Allegbeuy  County,  John  McMichael  Po^tmasterj 
Carlisle  Springs,  Cumberland  County,  William  H, 
Kioe  Postmaster ;  Cnrryville,  Blair  County,  Cat- 
vin  Smith  Postmaster;  East  Valley,  McKean 
Coanty,  Samnel  L.  Provin  Postmaster';  Fawn,  Al. 
legbeny  County,  John  M.  Kelson  Postmaster; 
Stukesdale,  Tioga  Coanty,  E.  G.  Schiefleliu  Post- 
master; Longville,  Mifflio  County,  Eli  Long  Post- 
master. J^ames  of  Oifices  Cnanged— Colorado, 
S6buylkiU  County,  to  liost  Creek.  Postmasters 
Appointed — Maiy  E.  Dumbauld,  Champion,  Eay- 
ette  Coanty  ;  James  E.  Bruwu,  Oregon  Hill,  Ly- 
coming Ceunty;  Robert  Stewjrt^  Sinking  Valley, 
Blair  County.    ' 

Delaware. — Postmaster  Appointed — Jasper  C. 
Way,  Hookessin,  l)ewoastle  Conuty. 


AN  VNKNOWN  BODY  POUND. 
While  two  boys  named.  John  and  Edwin 
Mnrphy  were  flylni:  kites  at  the  old  Quaran- 
tine burying  gtotuid,  l^ompkinsyille,  Stafen 
Island,  yesterday  afternoon,  they  diseor- 
ered  the  dead  body  of  a  yoanjf  wdnuin, 
apparently  abont  SO  years  of  age,  lying  on  thS 
peond  near  the  place  where  they  were  playing. 
Xbe  yonhg  wtimafn  bad  a  light  complexion,  with 
blae  eyes,  and  was  dressed  In  a  llKbt  alpaea  dress 
and  oversklrt,  with  a  biaek  alpaca  waist  and  gray 
sacqne.  Coroner  JDempaey  was  at  one*  hotitted, 
and  look  charze  of  tbe  case,  but  nothing  haa  yet 
been  learned  regarding  tbe  eauae  of  death  or  «J^ 
,  tdutiur  vt  tlis  BtUorHutata  sdd. 


Bigbast. 

PsdfloJtfail 9S\ 

itUwankee  ssd  St.  Paul. .  19% 
Milwaukee  &  StPaal  Pf.  49i8 

LakeShore 55 

Cfatcago  &  North-west...  35 
Chisago  &  Nortfi-wsst.Pr.  SS^a 

Western  Union 75''a 

UntonPaclflc 68 

Toledo  &  Wahaah...: 8 

Del..  Lack,  ^^ostem...  70 J* 


Qcs!*? 
Iiowe8t.Feb.  13. '7S. 


S4<S 

jeig 

48 

51% 

70% 

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6C33 
4.111 

64  3e 

77 14 

€3 

117»4 
107  »♦ 

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133 
17% 
25  Hi 


MoNDAT,  Feb.  12r-A.  M. 

The  statement  of  the  Associated  Banks, 
issued  from  the  Clearing  House  on  Saturday 
last,  shows  a  gain  in  -ill  the  Items,  -with  the  ex- 
ceotion  of  specie,  which  is  decreased  $2,688,500. 
The  receipt  of  country  bank  nates  is  indicated 
in  the  large  gain  in  deposits  amounting  to 
$943,400.  The  loans  show  an  increase  ot  $2,805,- 
300.  the  legal  tenders  of  $481,600,  and  the  circu- 
lation of  $71,900.  The  moyement  for  the  week 
results  in  a  loss  of  $2,442,750  in  surplus  reserve, 
and  tbe  banks  now  hold  $21,394,525  in  excess  of 
legal  requirements. 

The  following  shows  the  condition  of  the 
banks  on  Saturday  'last,  as  compared  with  the 
prcTioos  statement,  and  with  the  statement  for 
the  corresponding  week  last  year: 

Feb.  3.  Peb.  10.    Feb.  12. 1876. 

Iioans ...1254,011.800    |S5e,gl7.100    1966.956,700 

Specie 38.305,100  "' 

Legal  tenders.    43,305.100 

Deposits 231,11»1,700 

Circulation  . . .     15,563,500 

And  the  following  the  relations  between  the 
total  reserye  and  total  liabilities  of  the  banks : 

Specie 138,305.100  $35,616,600  Deo.  $2,688,500 

Legal  tenders..  43,305.100  43  786,700  Inc.  481,600 
Total  reserve.. .181,610,200  {'19,403,300  Dec.  t3,20e,900 
Kes've  required 

agt. deposits..  57,772,923  58,008,775 
Excess  ot  res've 
above  legal  re- 
quirements... 23,837.275  31,394,535  Dec.  5,442,750 
Tbe  week  has  been  marked  by  great  ease  in 
the  money  market,  the  preponderance  of  busi- 
ness having  been  at  3® 4  ^  cent.,  with  excep- 
tions as  high  as  5  and  as  low  as  2  ^  cent.  The 
large  amount  of  lawful  reserye  held  by  tbe  banks 
renders  any  change  in  the  market  highly  improb- 
able, at  least  antil.a  much  larger  demand  arises 
for  mercantile  uses  and  tor  the  purpose  of 
Spnng  settlements  in  tbe  interior.  The  con- 
tinuance of  low  rates  for  money  on  call  causes 
a  good  demand  for  commeroial  paper,  rates  for 
which  haye  declined.  Strictly  prime  names 
sold  at  4®4V^  ^  cent,  and  good  at  5®6  V 
cent. 

The  foreign  advices  reported  a  firm  market 
at  London  for  British  Consols  and  American 
securities.  The  Bank  of  England  for  the  week 
ending  Wednesday  last,  lost  £273.000  in  bul- 
lion, but  no  change  was  made  in  the  rate  of 
discount,  which  remains  at  2  per  cant.  The 
Bank  of  France  gained  26,292,000  &anc8  in 
specie. 

The  sterling  exchange  market  was  quiet,  and 
toward  tho  close  became  weak.  The  nominal 
rates  remained  unchanged  throughout  the 
greater  part  of  the  week,  at  $4  85  and  $4  86>>^, 
but  at  the  close  the  last  figures  tor  business 
were  $4  84®  $4  84  >«  for  hankers'  60-day  bUls, 
and  at  $4  85  9  $4  85  Ml  for  demand. 

Speeulation  in  the  Gold  Room  was  firm  at 
the  opening,  and  the  price  advanced  &om  105Mi 
to  106  V6,  under  the  demand  to  cover  short  con- 
tracts. The  entire  advance  was  subsequently 
lost,  but  on  Saturday  thel^e  was  an  advance  to 
106,  followed  by  a  reaction  to  105%, 
Cash  gold  was  easy,  with  most  of  the  business 
at  2® 4  ^  cent,  for  carrying.  The  market  was 
for  the  most  part  quiet,  and  toward  the  close 
there  was  little  disposition  to  venture  largely 
on  either  side  of  tbe  account. 

Government  bopds  advanced  ^4  to  %  IP"  cent, 
early  in  the  week,  and  later  fell  off  ^4  to  %i  ^P" 
cent.  The  fluctuations  were  chiefly  in  sym- 
pathy with  gold.    At  times  business  was  qultd 

active,  especially  tor  New  18653,  18678,  and 
the  New  58  of  1881.  At  the  close  the  market 
was  firm  at  a  j^actional  recovery  trom  tbe  low- 
est point.     In  railroad  mortgages  the  general 

list  was  firm  for  a  time  and  there  was  an  ad- 
vance of  'lii  to  1^  V  cent,  in  Milwaukee  and 
St.  Paul,  Toledo  and  Wabash  and  other  issues, 
but  the  improvement  was  afterward  lost  and 
the  market  closed  with  comparatively  little 
recovery.  There  were  some  sharp  changes  in 
New-Jersey  Central,  which  declined  2  to  15V& 
^P"  cent,  Firsts,  new,  selling  down  from  105  id 
103,  consolidated  Firsts  frOin  77  to  65,  con- 
vertibles from  7Ahk  to  59,  and  Lehigh  and 
Wilkesbarre  consolidated  from  56  to  43.  At 
the  close  there  was  a  recovery  of  2  to  4  ^  cent, 
from  tbe  lowest  point  The  weakness  was  of 
course  due  to  the  finanoial  troubles  of  the  oom- 
pany,  which  have  frightened  holders  of  the  dlf- 
erent  classes  of  bonds  into  selling.  The  Paclflo 
railroad  bonds  were  strong  early  in  tho  week, 
but  afterward  lost  most  of  the  impro'veiiient. 
In  State  bonds  the  dealings  were  moderate  in 
amount  The  leading  features  were  a  break  of 
over  4   V  cent   m  Louisiana  Consols    and  tho 

firmness  of  Missouri's,  which  advanoed  ^  to  S 

^  cent. 

Tbe  share  speculation  was  characterized  by 
weakness,  and  there  was  hardly  a  stock  on  the 
list  which  did  not  record  a  decline.  The  coal 
shares  were  conspicuous  in  the  downward 
movement  and  touched  the  lowest  prices  ever 
made.  The  tailure  of  the  effort  to  obtain  from 
the  stockholders  of  New-Jersey  Central,  the 
$3,000,000  which  the  PreiHdent  of  Che  company 
declared  to  be  absdliitely  essential  io  the  preser- 
vation of  the  Corporation  from  impendiiig  bklik- 
ruptcy,reports  that  some  otthe  other  eompanies 
were  involved  im  serious  finanelai  difficulties^ 
and  the  absolute  refusal  of  the  Delaware^ 
Lackawanna  and  Western  Company  to  enter- 
tain any  propositioiis  looking  toward  s  revival 
of  the  old  oombihafion,  were  the  chief  infia- 
enoesthat  operated  against  the  coal  stocks. 
Western  Umion  and  Lake  Shore,  aS  tuual,  dis- 
played much  activity.  The  former  Was  ad- 
versely sffeoted  by  reports  of  dissensions 
among  the  parties  oonstitnting  the  late  pool, 
and  by  stories  to  the  effect  that  an  attempt, 
made  to  bring  about  an  amalgamation  of  the 
Western  Union  and  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific, 
had  been  unsuooessfuL  Lake  Shore,  and  tke 
other  trunk  lines,- were  depressed  by  ruinars 
that  some  of  the  railroad  companies  were  vio- 
lating the  tei^ms  of  the  recent  edmpisflt,  and 
that,  oonsequeiitly,  8  reneifal  of  th6  t&ilroad 
war  was  highly  probable.  The  eattie  inirK«t  at 
the  close  was  weak  and  feirerish  in  tentf. 

OOUKSB   OV  MARKBT— fl-BB  WBBX. 

.CIosinK 
Sig1i««fe    to#i«t  I'sl  12,  '7«. 

American  gold.  - 106^  105^  ilS 

United  States  5s, '81  coup  ..11 1 U 
Falted  States  S-aOb^ '97^13. lU^s 
IiIew*7ork  Central 102^ 


ITew  Jersey  Central S7>9  n'g 

D.&H.  Canal 61'«  53 

Morris  Sg  Bssex W  eOTg 

Panama 123  123 

Erie 9h  B^s 

Ohio  &  Mississippi 6^8  6*8 

C,  C.  &Ind.  Central....    3  2^3  •; 

Harlem (..140^  1*>^  "J^-J 

Hannibal  /i  St  Jo la's  i  1  ^  JJ^l 

Hannibal  &  St.  Jo.,  Pret.  »  25  M^t 

Michigan  Central 47  44!%  60^ 

Illinois  Central 53  51  99H 

Missouri  Paclflo 3  8%  13^ 

BANGS    OP     PBICEB    AND     CLOSINO     QUOfA- 

TI0N8— FEB.   10. 

— Closln*-. 

.    Highest.    IxiWest        Bid.    Asked. 
Ifew-Tork  Central.-.. lot  14       100»s       101       1OII4 

Harlem * 140       141 

Ene BSb  fii*  8»fl       869 

Lake  Shore 53S8  53  5278      53 

Wabasn ..  714       8^4 

Nonh-weatern 33ifl        S3  33        333^ 

North-western  Pref...  531*         52%         52i2      53*8 

Kock  Island 101  lOOSg       lOOifl    10u3i 

FortWavne --  101        IOII3 

Milwaukee  &  St  Paul.  19  38ifl        18=3     iS'^a 

MIL  &  St.  Paul  Pref..  4938         43««         48%      43^8 

Pittaburu --  921*      93 

Del.,Lftck.&  Western..  701*        68»4        6838     CSSg 
New-Jersey  Central..  S0%         17'8        17'^8     19 
Del.  &  Hudson  Canal.  56I4  53  53  53^ 

Morns&Essex 90  eg^e         89         90 

Michigan  Central 46  45  451a      43 14 

Illinois  Central 53  53  53         53 

Union  faclhc --  65  Oli 

Missouri  Pacific 3^3  3^ 

C,  C.  &Ind  Central.,    i^  S^fl  2I3      5% 

Han.  &St.  Joseoh....  11%         USa         lHa      12^i 
Han.  &St  Josenh  Pt  ..  --  24ia     SS^a 

Ohio  &.  Mismssiopi...    6%  6^8  6%       e^a 

Panama -.  122        125 

Western  Union 72%         7158         '1^     '1^ 

At  &  Pac.  Tei: 16%         le^a        16%     17 

PacifloMail 2534  25  i85  25ia 

Quicksilver. --  13         V>^4 

Quicksilver  Pref -.  SJ         2* 

Adams  Bipreas ..  104        104Jfl 

Wella  Fareo  &  Co ..  83  84 

Am.  Mer.  Union  Ex...  58  58  58         58Vj 

United    States  Br ..  51%      52 

The  following  are  the  returns  of  the  foreign 
commerce  of  the  port  of  New-York,  and  the  op- 
erations of  the  United  States  Sub-Treasury 
here  for  the  week  ending  Saturday  last,  and 
since  the  begihning  of  the  year,  compared  with 
the  return  for  the  corresponding  periods  of  last 
year: 
Imports  of  Dry  Goods  and  General  Merchandise, 

Week  ending  last  Saturday 14,570,885 

Corresponding  week  last  year 5  210,513 

Since  Jan.  1  this  year 34,163.165 

Corresponding  period  last  year..... ...  39,473,354 

Gold,  Feb.  10.  1877 "    105% 

Gold,  Feb.  18,  1876 113 

Exports  of  Domestic  Produce, 

IVeek  endine  last  Tuesday t6.522.84< 

Corresponding  week  last  rear 4.537,37} 

Since  Jan.  1  this  year 35,871,46; 

Corresponding  period  last  year 29,498,311 

Exports  qf  Gold  and  Silver. 

"Week  ending  last  Saturday f68S.638 

Correirponding  week  last  year 954. 30^ 

Since  Jan.  1  this  year 1,895,341 

Corresponding  period  last  year 3,318,040 

Heeeipts  for  Customs, 

"Week  ending  Feb.  10,  1877 $1772  62« 

"Week  ending  Feb.   12,1876 2,530.691 

From  Jan.  1  to  Feb.  10.  1877 11.002,735 

From  Jan.  1  to  Feb.  12,  1876 12,361,751 

Gold  Interest  Paid  out  by  the  Sub-Treasury. 


11,465.203 

677, 70< 

11,270  leJ 

9,037.81(1 


Week  ending  Feb.  10, 1877 

Week  ending  Feb.  12,  1876. .. 
From  Jan.  1  to  Feb.  10,  1877.. 
From  Jan.  1  to  Feb.  12,  1876.. 

The  Commavial  and  FinaneicU  Chronicle,  in 
its  issue  of  Saturday  last,  publishes  the  follow- 
ing table  of  railroad  earnings: 

, Latest  earnings  reported. , 

1877  or  1876  01 

1876.  1875 

Atcb..T.&S.F6..3(lweekofJan...    t31,845  J27.15! 
B.,  C.  E.  &  iTorth.,4tb  week  of  Jan 
Cairo  &St.  IiOuis..3d  week  of  Jan.. 
Canada  Sontb'm... Month  of  Jan 


23.435 
5.013 

107.893 


Central  Pacific... Month  of  Jan... .1,125,000 

Chicago  &  Alton..  Month  of  Jan 338,037^ 

C,  B.  &.  Quincv-. Month  of  Beo...  826,120  . 

C.  M.ife  St.  Paul..  Month  of  Jan...  315.463 

Chic.&  NorthweatMonth  ot  Deo...  909,640 

Chic,  K.  I.  &  Pac. .Month  of  Jan..  500  638 
Cin.,  Laf.  &Cbic...3i  week  of  Jan.       5,752 

CI..  Mt.  ■V.&DeL.Manth  of  Deo..  27,696 
Denv.  &B.Grde..3d  week  of  Jan..       4.66.1 

Han.  <fe  St.  Jo Month  of  Nov..,  178.401 

Hoast.  Sc  Tax.  C. .  Month  of  Deo.. . .  373.34  L 

Illinois  Central*.. Month  of  Jan....  371838 
Indian.,  Bl.  &  W. .Month  of  Jan..  92.168 
lot.  <fe  Gt.  North..4th  week  of  Jan.       71. 110 

Kansas  Pacific. ..Month  of  Deo...  216,927 
I,oui8V.,C.&Lex.. Month  of  Dec.  96,350 
Mo.,Kans.  &Tex..4th  week  of  Jan.      80.647 

Mobile  &  Ohio.. ..Month  of  Dec.  300.000 

FblU.  &£ne Month  of  Dec..  298,292 

St,L.A.ifeX.H.(b.J. Month  of  Jan...      51.413 

St.L.,  I.  Mt.  &  So.. Mouth  of  Jan . .  397,500 

StL.,K:C.&>ior...Month  of  dan..  240,042 
St.L.&Soutb-ea«t.3dweek  of  Jan..  24,622 
St.  P.&S.Cicy,&c.Moithof  Dec...  64,477 
Tol.,P.&WRr8aw.Month  of  Jan..      78,571 

Tol.Wab.&West..MonthofDec...  377.221 

Union  Paclflo Monthof  Deo. ..  953,852 

*Alain  Line. 


23,00! 
5.65S 
123  741 
994  339 
305,591 
823,463 
527.543 
933,339 
489. GSa 
9.36S 

32,6=0 
6,477 
lf9.633 
401,594 
426,163 
133, 3i6 

4i.it;a 

239,823 

74,7^9 
29  k  014 
270441 

3S.9SJ 
327,193 
246.098 

23.163 
10756} 

99.2U« 
359.284 
9J3,09) 


POISONED  TABLE  FOOD. 


BatatJMmAi 


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lit  . 
iis^s 

1006 


118 


THE  UfJURIOUS  EFFECTS  OF  PRKSEETEO 
VEGETABLES — COPPERED  PEAS  AKD 
ORBEN  PICELES. 
Mr.  Bernard  Dyer,  F.  C.  S.,  member  of  tha 
Society ,of  Public  Analysts,  writes  to  a  London  news- 
paper :  "The  question  raised  on  Monday  in  ths 
Marlboronsb  StreetPollce  Court  as  to  the  injurions 
effects  of  preserved  veeetables  contaminated  With 
copper  salts  is,  as  Mr.  Knox  remarked,  one  of  muob 
pUDlio  interest.  The  consumption  of  tinned  vetce. 
tables  and  prsserved  fruits,  oartlcularly  dariuz  tb« 
Winter  mouths,  is  safficientiy  large  to  give  nse  to  a 
considerable  trade  in  these  and  similar  articles, 
and  It  seems  to  me  that  every  precaution  ought  to 
be  taken  to  insure  their  supply  in  a  condition  &«« 
from  a  clearly  unneoessary  admixture  with  a  sab- 
stance  the  poisonoos  nature  of  which  is  even  open 
to  tjnetltion.  £very  respect  must,  of  courso, 
be  paid  to  tbe  evidence  of  Dr.  Pavy, 
who  Is  reported  to  have  asserted  that  tha 
daily  consumption  of  .31  of  a  grain  of  copper  (equiv- 
alent to  1.22  grain  of  blue  vitriol)  might  be  uoat« 
tendea  with  injury,  and  it  is  also  true  that  the 
British  Pharmacopoeia  prescribes  a  dose  of  .23  of  ai 
grain  to  two  grains  of  this  salt  as  an  astringent 
medicine.  On  these  erouuds,  presumably,  Mr. 
Lewis  raised  for  the  oefense  the  objection  that  cop- 
per, 80  far  from  being  icjurious,  is  actually  bene- 
hoial  to  health — a  statement  which  requires  but 
slight  extension  to  imnly  that  persons  careful  of 
their  well-being  ought,  by  preference,  to  dine  oa 
preserved  peas  containing  one  grain  or  more  per 
tin  of  sulphate  of  copper  or  its  equivalent.  Dr. 
Taylor  distinctly  refers  to  tbe  coloration  ot 
fraits,  vegeubles,  tec,  with  copper  salts  as 
a  noxions  practice,  ^nd  one  which  may  ba 
franeht  with  in{urious  results  to  tbe  consumer. 
There  is  no  doubt  that  copper  freqnentlv  owes  Its 
presence  in  articles  ol  food  to  tbe  use  of  coppet 
vessels  ia  the  process  ef  preparation,  withont  any 

necessarily  fraudulent  intention  on  the  part  of  tha 
manafacturer;  but  if  tnis  loop-bole  lor  escape  bo 
left  open.  It  will  be  practically  Impossible  to  obtain 
anv  conviction  in  the  oase  of  morn  seriouiioS'eoders,: 
unless  the  proportion  of  eopper  found  should  hap« 
pen  to  be  excessively  large.  If,  moreover,  the  cup- 
per vessels  employed  be  properly  tinned,  no  mate* 
rial  contamination  need  result  from  their  nsa  Tba 
sale  of  pickles  colored  bv  meaos  of  copper-salts 
may  certainly  heabefortb  be  carried  on  with  impon:- 
iy  If  the  plea  ses  up  by  Mr.  Lewis  Is  to  bold  good, 
for  the  quandty  of  pickles  likely  to  be  consumed  la 
a  single  meal  by  any  one  person  woald  naturally  be 
less  tnan  in  the  case  ot  pre^ervea  vegetables  or 
fruits,  and  tbe  aotual  weight  of  cooper  contained  ia 
one  dose — copper  being,  moreover,  assumed  to  ba 
'actually  beneficial  to  health' — must,  of  oonrse.  be 
deemed  trivial  aod  beneath  the  consideratioo  of  the 
law.  ISorr  this  Is  a  state  of  things  which,  I 
siibmit  should  be  guarded  against,  particularly 
sihoe  it  is  well  known  that  8  considerable  propor- 
tion of  the  brilliant  green  pickles  aud  bottled  fruits 
offered  tor  sale,  both  abroad  aud  in  this  coantry, 
are  colored — whether  intentionally  or  carelessly 
matters  but  little — with  what  I  still  venture  to  con- 
sider as  an  acrid  metallic  poisou.  Not  very  Ion;; 
Since  I  was  led  to  test  some  bright  green  piokles, , 
the  naaseous,  biting  taste  of  winch  raised  in  my 
mind  a  suspicion  as  to  their  parity.  Accoroingly, 
after  dinner  1  took  the  buttle  into  my  laboratory, 
and  soon  convinced  myself  of  tbe  presence  of  coo- 
per—id thii  instance,  be  it  noticed.  In  safBcient 
large  qtiautity  to  render  theiriekles  quite  uupala. 
table.  The  bottle,  I  may  add,  bore  the  capaalo  as 
wfill  as  the  label  of  a  «eii-knowU  £agli»h  firm,  tba 
gennineness  of  whose  gopds  onght  certainly  to  have 
been  abbv^  siuploton.  By  decuive  action  we  bava 
fairly  sfamoed  out  the  greater  evil  of  lead  contami- 
nation in  lemonade  and  other  aerated  waters. 
Would  it  hot  also  be  desirable  to  get  rid  ot  copper 
contamination  lii  pickles,  fruits,  and  vegetables  ? 

The  London  X>ancet  says:  "It  Is  Just  now,  curf- 
otiSl.V  Sttoui^'  a  vexed  qnestion  how  much  orrpx^er— .: 
a  foreign  and,  nnder  certain  conditiona  poisunons 
tfabltance,  with  which  preServea  peas  are  adol- 
tera1«d  to  hnpsrt  a  flue  KrMn  color  to  the  orttcde— 
may  be  taken  by  the  consamer  without  actual  in< 
joty.  This  is  a  novel  iaode  Of  looklne  at  the  snb- 
jeet  How  nraeh  lead  can  be  introdueed^to  hair- 
dyea  vrithbitt  afBiotlng  those  who  use  them  with 
iMd-eello  or  Ited-paUy  t '  How  inittih  arsenio  niy 
be  spread  over  wall-oaper  witbont  serioosljr  affeot- 
ihg  tHose  Whb  fnhablt  SjAurtmehts  In  which  such 
deietsrions  deeoratiosf  8r««anrlayMf  Hew  long 
may  a  man  go  on  emUnft  tfisbea  poisoned  wita 
minute  dosis  of  antimony  before  he  sacoombst 
Common  sense  AggwtS  tliti  ft  wOttfd  bs  Wiae  to 
eliminate  poisons  saeft  as  leaci,  arseioa,  antimony, 
from  oar  fogd^  aajieoialljr  w^n  they  are 


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The  fifth  sectiou  of  the  Electoral  law  de- 
clares, reterring  to  the  joint  meeting  of  the 
two  bouses   for   the   purposfe  of  witnessing 

-the  counting  of  the  Electoral  votes  :  "  Such 
joint  meeting  shall  not  be  dissolved  until 
the  count  ot  Electoral  votes  shall  be  com- 
pleted and  the  result  declared ;  and  no 
recess     shall    be    taken    unless    a    question 

•  shall  liave  arisen  in  regard  to  counting 
any      such     votes,    or     otherwise    under 

this,       act.       in       which       caso       it       shall 

be  competent  for  either  house,  acting  sepa- 
ratfjly,  in  the  manner  hereinbefore  provided, 
to  direct  a  recess  of  such  house  not  beyond 
tbs  next  day,  Sunday  excepted,  at  the  hour 
o/.  10  o'clock  in  the  forenoon.  And  while 
»ny  question  is  being  considered  by 
taid  Commission,  either  house  may  pro- 
ceed with  its  legislative  or  other  business." 
It  is  perfectly  plain  that  the  sole  purpose 
of  this  provision  was  to  enable  the  ordinary 

business  of  Congress  to  go  on  during  the 
lessions  of  the  Commission.  Such  business 
lould  not  be  done  in  joint  meeting,  nor  by 
the  houses  separately,  while  considering  the 
boBiness  of  the  joint  meeting.  Therefore 
each  house  was  allowed  to  lay  aside  the 
work  of  the  joint  meeting,  by  declaring  a 
recess  from  day  to  day.  To  postpone  this 
work  in  order  to  delay  it,  is  a  plain  defiance 
*£th»  intent?  of_the  law. 


It^is  quite  possible  that  Datid  Dudley 

rtE^LD  has  conceived  the  notion  that  the 
Commission  can  he  broken  up  by  the  with- 
drawal of  the  Democratic  members,  but  it 
is  a  mistake.  The  law  directs  how  the 
Commission  shall  be  '•'  constituted,"  and  it 
has  been  «o  constituted.  No  pro- 
vision is  made  for  a  vacancy,  except 
one  caused  by  death  or  physical  inability  to 
perform  duty,  and  vacancies  caused  in  anv 
way  not  only  ^ped  not,  but  could  not,  be 
filled.  The  law  provides  that  the  de 
visions  of  the  Commission,  reached 
by  a  majority  vote,  shall  stand, 
if  not  reversed.  If  all  the  Demo- 
crats on  the  Commission  chose  to  withdraw, 
deciflions  could  still  be  reached  by  the  same 
vot/3  as  in  the  Florida  case,  and  would  still 
'lave  to  stand. 

^  The  Democrats  are  worried  about  the 
partisan  Judges  on  the  Commission  and  the 
impression  which  their  conduct  will  make 
abroad.  The  easiest,  simplest,  and  straight- 
est  way  out  of  this  difficulty,  which  weighs 

80  heavily  ou  the  Democratic  mind,  is 
for  Judge  Cliffokd  or  Judge  Field  to 
vote  with  the  Republicans.  The  Dem- 
ocrats claim  that  the  injury  to  the  country 
from   the   presumption   that   the    Supreme 

Court  is  partisan  is  too  great  to  be  made 

up  by  the  benefit  from  any  possible  solu- 
tion of  the  Presidential  question.  If  this  is 
true,  tli»y  wUl  be  obliged  to  us  for  pointing 
out  SO;  perfect  a  means  of  avoiding  that 
Injurs^ 

The  present  condition  of  the  streets  of 
this  City  illustrates  at  once  the  vicissitudes 
of  our  climate  and  the  imbecility  of  the  so- 
called  Street-cleaning  Bureau.  It  is  a  bu- 
tean  which  does  not  clean.  After  tedious 
weeks  spent  in  wrangling,  the  proper  au- 
thorities did  remove  the  bulk  of  the  snow, 
ice,  and  slosh  from  the  main  thoronghfares. 
To-day  those  streets  are  loaded  with  dis- 
kgreeahle  dust,  while  the  lateral  streets  are 
still  eacumbered  with  ice.  Yesterday  sweep- 
ers were  at  work  raising  a  cloud  of  dust  on 
Broadway,  while  a  layer  of  ice,  a  foot  thick, 
and  holding  in  its  bed  a  mass  of  indescnb- 
lable  nastiness,  covered  the  pavements  of 
the  side  streets.  The  Street-cleaning  Bu- 
eeau  should  be  credited  with  an  effort  to 
•weep  Broadway  for  Monday's  inspection  ; 
bat  why  the  paleocrystic  deposit  in  other 
poxtioiw  of  the  City  should  remain  nndis- 
twbed  so  long  is  a  puzzle  to  i^ost  people. 

At  first  glai^ce,  the  penalty  accompanying 
I^Mnrietioii  iot:**  hMtisu^'  m  tlie  Nftral  or 


masmmmf 

Military  Aea*i6my  may  seem  too  severe.  A 
cadet  proved  guilty  of  this  practice  is  not 
only  expelled,  hut  is  declared  forever  ineli- 
gible for  reappointment-  Expulsion  has 
little  terrors  for  students  in  these  Govern- 
mental institutions  than  it  has  for  those  in 
colleges  and  universities.  It  is  generally 
the  rule  that  a  lad  whose  friends  had 
enough  influence  to  secure  the  original  ap- 
pointment can  manage  to  pat  him  back 
again  if  he  has  been  expelled  for  miscon- 
duct. The  rules  of  most  colle[  es  are 
more  rigid  than  the  moral  seute  of 
the  average  Congressman.  The  Conacress- 
man  relents  when  a  Faculty  will  not.  In 
the  case  of  the  young  man  whose  applica- 
tion for  reinstatement  in  the  Naval  Academy, 
went  to  Congress,  Senator  Sargent,  *in  his 
report,  has  put  the  law  and  the  facts  very 
clearly.  The  practice  of  "hazing"  is  not 
only  brutalizing  and  vulgar,  but  it  is  sub- 
versive of  all  discipline.  The  law  was  en- 
acted in  the  interest  of  good  government. 
It  was  passed  to  relieve  Congressmen  of 
the  importunities  of  friends  of  an  expelled 
cadet.  To  suspend  the  operation  of  the 
statute  now  would  be  to  open  the  door  to  all 
future  ofienders  desirous  of  returning  after 
expulsion.  It. would  effectually  put  an  end 
to  a  reformation  which  has  already  been  a 
real  benefit  to  the  educational  institutions  of 
the  whole  country. 


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Moving-day  will  soon  be  here,  and  the 
question  of  rents  has  already  become  so 
important  to  our  readers,  that  we  sur- 
render considerable  space  to-day  to  a  fair 
review  of  the  whole  subject.  Information 
covering  a  wide  area  may  be  said  to  point 
to  still  greater  reduction  in  rents.  Real 
estate  has  been  depressed,  and  this 
depression  has  affected  current  rates 
of  rent.  On  the  other  hand,  it  is  cer- 
tain that  many  tenants  have  begun  to 
repent  the  extravagance  which  betrayed 
them  into  hiring  expensive  offices  and 
stores  in  which  costly  finish  and  showy 
decorations,  rather  than  th.eir  own  needs, 
increased  their  annual  expenses.  The  same 
is  measurably  true  of  house  tenants.  What 
now  passes  for  extravagance  in  living  was 
thoughtfrugal  enough  before  the  hard  times 
came  in.  There  is  a  general  complaint  that 
rents  have  not  yet  been  reduced  to  suit  the 
altered  condition  of  things.  But  how  far 
this  not  unusual  complaint  will  affect  the 
market  cannot  now  be  determined.  The 
number  of-  "  To  Let "  bills  on  Broadway 
is    an   indication  that   many    shop-keepers 

have  sought  cheaper  localities. 


A  cable  dispatch,  a  few  days  since,  said 
that  the  Pope  would  shortly  denounce  the 
"  Clerical  Abuses ''  law  lately  enacted  by 
the  Italian  Parliament.  An  encyclical  let- 
ter will  prohably  be  the  medium  through 
which  the  pontiff  will  express  his  displeas- 
ure. A  letter  from  the  Rome  correspondent 
of  The  Times  informs  us  that  the  project 
of  law,  while  yet  before  Parliament,  met 
with  much  opposition,  and  that  its  pas- 
sage was  as  much  due  to  the  fact 
that   it   was   a   ministerial   measure,  and 

conld.       not       be       allow^ed       to       fail,       as 

to  anything  else.  The  anomalous  condition 
of  the  Papacy  in  Rome  is  sure  to  precipitate 
other  and  similar  difficulties.  This  legisla- 
tion is  designed  to  adjust  some  of  the  an- 
settled  relations  between  the  clergy  and  the 
political  government  of  Italy.  But  the 
offensive  point  in  the  law  is  that  it  pre- 
scribes    penalties    tor    "disturbing    public 

order  and  the  peace  of  families,"  said  penal- 
ties being  solely  for  the  benefit  of  the  clergy. 


the  latter,  and  bound  themselves  to  respect 
them.  The  new  rights  will  not  be  sur- 
rendered, and  they  will  be  even  more  firmly 
enforced  than  the  old  ones  would  have  been. 
The  country  i^  in  no  mood  for  trifling.  If 
the  Democratic  leaders  wish  a  peaceable  and 
orderly  decision  of  the  Presidential  ques- 
tion they  can  have  it  by  promptly  carrying 
out  the  Electoral  law  in  letter  and  in  spirit. 
If  they  wish  to  stake  their  hopes  on  the  ar- 
bitrament to  which  Jefeebsok  Davis  ap- 
pealed, they  can  do  that. 


A   QUESTION  FOB  Tlit  DEMOCRATIC 
LEADERS. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  a  plan  has  been 
formed  by  the  more  desperate  Democratic 
leaders  to  put  off  action  on  the  count  of  the 
Electoral  votes  until  after  the  4th  of  March. 
The  recess  from  Saturday  until  to-day  was  a 
step  toward  carrying  out  that  plan. 
It  was  not  a  decisive  step,  and  it  can 
be  retraced,  if  deemed  best ;  but  it  can  also 
be  followed  up,  or  if  retraced  in  the  pres- 
ent instance,  can  be  renewed. 

There  is  nothing  in  the  law  to  justify  any 
such  course,  but  the  majority  of  the  House, 
under  the  rulings  of  Mr.  Speaker  Randall, 
could  not  by  any  ordinary  means  be  pre- 
vented from  carrying  it  out.  Whether  they 
Will  do  so  or  not  depends  on  the  decision  of 
the  leaders  of  the  Democratic  Party.     With 

such  a  question  before  them,  they  need  no  ad- 
vice from  a  Republican  soorce,  and  are  Hot 
likely  to  heed  any.  For  our  own  part,  we 
are  as  little  inclined  to  offer  any.  But 
there  are  a  few  facta  which  we  shall  take 
the  liberty  of  stating,  and  which,  sooner  or 
later,  will  have  to  be  taken  into  account. 
Perhaps  it  would  be  better  soon  than  late. 
The  great  body  of  the  people  of  the 
country  accepted  the  Electoral  Commission 
as  a  means  of  escape  from  a  confused  dis- 
pute, which  they  saw  no  other  easy  way  of 
settling.  The  voters  of  the  Republican 
Party  —  the   men   who   give    it   strength 

throughout  the  country,  and  who  have 
nothing  to  make  or  seek  from  the  party 
— believed  that  in  accepting  the  Com- 
mission   they      gave      up      rights     which 

were  clearly  theirs,  and  raa  the  risk  of  los- 
ing the  control  of  the  (jrovernment,  which  by 
the  letter  of  the  Constitution,  and  by  the 
^ancient  modes  of  action,  must  otherwise  be 
confirmed  to  them.  The  compromise  was 
only  endured  because  it  was  taken  to  be 
offered  in  good  faith  ;  because,  if  followed 
in  good  faith,  it  would  lead  to  au 
easy  and  early  and  lasting  settle- 
ment;  and  because  there  was  no  apparent 
means  by  which  it  could  be  perverted  or 
the  conntry  cheated  of  its  benefits.  On 
this  view  the  people  generally  accepted  it. 
On  this  view  the  Republican  Party  would 
qiuetly  abide  by  its  result,  though  that  re- 
sult, fairly  reached,  were  a  death-blow  to 
their  fondest  hopes  and  a  denial  of  their 
most  cherishedrights.    .  .  . 

But  this  is  as  far  as  they  ever  ought  to  go, 
and  as  far  as  they  will  go.  Having  given  up 
a  certain  means  of  getting  what  belonged  to 
them  for  an  uncertain  one,  they  will  not 
now  see  the  agreement  they  have  consented 
to  evaded,  overturned,  or  bent  from  its 
plain  meaning  to  serve  the  ends  of  Mr. 
TiLDEK  or  his  followers.  If  the  Re- 
publican Party  had  fully  determined 
to  use  the  means  the  law  gave  them  to  de- 
clare their  candidate  to  be,  as  he  is,  the 
chosen  President  of  the  United  States,  they 
wonld  have  backed  that  decision  in  any 
way  that  was  necessary  to  give  it  full 
effect,  niey  waived  theii*  rights  under  the 
Constitution  for  new  oaea  under  the  Elec- 
taBBllaw:..ti««aaM  th«  Bttoxoorats  oonoeded 


THE  PRESIDENT'S  PLAN. 

The  country  is  to  he  congratulated  that 
the  President  has  thrown  the  weight  of  his 
recommendation  in  favor  of  funding  the 
surplus  greenbacks  as  a  preparation  for  re- 
sumption, thus  following  up  the  policy  rec- 
ommended by  both  Gen.  Bristow  and  Sec- 
retary Morrill,  and  supported  by  the  ablest 
advocates  of  specie  payments.  Readers  of 
Thb  Times  do  not  need  to  be  reminded  how 
persistently  this  policy  has  been  advocated 
in  these  columns.  We  take  a  special 
pleasure  in  noting  the  gi^pwlng  strength  of 
the  views  to  which  ve  have  given  so 
great  prominence.  We  have  not  been  very 
sanguine  heretofore  of  any  favorable  action 
by  Congress  upon  the  proposal,  partly  for 
the  reason  that  one  branch  of  that  body  is 
pretty  thorouzhly  permeated  with  the  in- 
flation heresy,  and  partly  because  of  the 
lack  of  agreement,  even  among  the  advo- 
cates of  resumption,  as  to  the  need  of  any 
further  legislation  in  aid  of  that  result. 
But  now  that  the  plan,  after  being  recom- 
mended with  great  force  and  ability  in  two 
successive  finance  reports,  is  again  brought 
forward  by  the  chief  magistrate  of  the 
nation,  it  is  difficult  to  see  how 
Congress  can  refrain  from  at  least 
expressing  an  opinion  concerning  it. 
The  House,  being  Democratic,  and  not 
very  much  in  favor  of  reaching  specie  pay- 
ments by  any  road,  cannot  be  expected  to 
take  the  initiative.  If  it  should  desire  to 
rise  to  the  level  of  the  occasion,  it  could  not 
do  a  better  thing  than  to  pass  the  simple 
and  business-like  bill  of  Mr.  Chittendex, 
which  has  been  pending  for  two  sessions. 
It  is  to  the  Senate,  therefore,  that  we  shall 
look  for  the  first  step  in  the  right  direction. 
The  Finance  Committee  of  that  body  will 
be  inexcusably  derelict  in  its  duty  if  it  fail 
to  perfect  and  report  a  bill  at  once,  giving 
force  and  effect  to  the  President's  recom- 
mendations. The  question  of  specie  pay- 
ments has  been  so  long  before  the  country, 
and  has  been  so  thoroughly  discussed  in 
all  its  bearings,  that  the  Senate  ought  to  be 
able  to  reach  a  prompt  decision  on  such  a 
measure,  without  opening  the  flood-gates 
of  that  sea  of  talk  by  which  the  Senate 
chamber  is  so  often  deluged.  If  the  bill 
should  promptly  pass  the  Senate  and  be 
sent  to  the'  House,  it  would  bring  the  two 
parties  face  to  face  on  the  question  of  re- 
sumption.^ It  would  present  to  the  consid- 
eration of  the  Democratic  House  "a  judi- 
cious sys>tem  of  preparation  "  for  specie  pay- 
ments, which  the  Democratic  platform  of 
last  Summer  demanded,  and  would  give 
that  party  au  opportunity  to  prove  the  sin- 
cerity, or  otherwise,  of  the  professions  of  its 

candidate  and  platform. 

It  is  a  significant  fact  that  the  Democ- 
racy, while  condemning  the  present  Re- 
sumption act  as-  a  hindrance  to  resumption, 

because  it  does  not  provide  adequate  means 
to  that  end,  has  utterly  failed  and  neglect- 
ed to  even  make  an   attempt   to  repair  the 

assumed  defects  of  that  measure,  although  it 
has  been  in  complete  control  of  one  branch 
of  Congress  for  two  years.  The  presenta- 
tion by  the  Senate  to  the  House  of  such  a 
measure  as  we  are  discussing  would  give 
the  Democratic  branch  of  Congress  an  op- 
portunity to  supply  this  omission.  If  it 
should  adopt  the  proposal,  it  would  do  a 
patriotic  act,  which  we  should  be  the  first 
to  applaud ;  if  it  should  reject  it,  it  would 
prove  the  justice  of  the  charge  that  the 
Democratic  professions  of  friendship  for  re- 
sumption are  hollow  and  insincere. 

There  is  oae  feature  of  the  financial  situa- 
tion to  which  the  President  has  not  given 
as  much  prominence  as  it  deserves.  We  re- 
fer to  the  remarkable  reduction  of  the  cir- 
culation which  has  taken  place  since  the 
Resumption  act  was  passed.  The  act  re- 
moved the  limitations  on  the  ba«k  circula- 
tion, but  required  that  for  every  hundred 
dollars  in  bank  notes  issued  eighty  dollars 
in  legal  tenders  should  be  retired  and  de- 
stroyed. The  act  of  June  20,  1874,  had  al- 
ready provided  that  the  banks  might  sur- 
render any  portion  of  their  circulation 
on  depositing  a  like  amount  of  legal 
tenders  in  the  Treasury.  The  effect 
of  the  joint  operation  of  the  two  acts  was 
fortunately  wholly  unforeseen  by  their  pro- 
jectors. If  it  had  been,  the  acts  would  never 
have  been  passed.  Senator  Schvrz  was 
almost  the  only  man  in  either  house  of 
Congress  to  foresee  that  the  necessary  re- 
sult would  be  to  reduce  the  volume  of  the 
circulation,  and  he  prudently  held  his  peace. 

This  result  arose   from   the  fact  that  every 

issue  of  bank  notes  under  the  Resumption 
act  retired  80  per  cent,  of  their  amount  in 
greenbacks,  while  the  retirement  of  bank 
notes  under  the  act  of  June  20, 1874,  was 

absolute  and  unaccompanied  by  any  reissue 

of  legal-tender  notes.  The  inevitable  con- 
sequence was  to  contract  both  the  bank  notes 
and  the  legal  tenders.  The  total  amotint  of 
circulation  actually  or  virtually  retired  un- 
der the  operation  of  the  two  acts  from  June 
20, 1874,  to  the  Ist  instant,  according  to 
the  last  statement  of  the  Controller  of  the 
Currency,  reaches  the  aggregate  of  $62,301,- 
763,  or  nearly  9  per  cent,  of  the  total 
circulation  outstanding  on  the  date  first 
mentioned.  To  those  who  believe  that  the 
chief  cause  of  the  depreciation  of  the  ctir- 
rency  is  its  redundancy,  these  facts  are  al- 
most sufficient  to  account  for  the  great  fall 
which  has  taken  place  in  the  gold  premium. 
Congress  builded  better  than  it  knew. 
The  two  acts,  both  of  which 
were  the  results  of  compromise,  and 
neither  of  which  wonld  have  been  passed 
had  its  consequences  been  foreseen,  have 
accomplished  results  as  comprehensive  as 
the  sturdiest  oontractionist  could .  desire. 
If  it  were  certain  that  thsir  operation 
would  continue  on  the  same  scale  for  the 
next  two  years,  thero  would  scarcely  be  any 
need  of  further  legislation  in  aid  of  resump- 
tion ;  the  gradtial  voluntary  contraction  of 
the  circulation  alone  would  suffice  to  bring 
the  currency  to  par  by  Jan.  1,  1879.  But 
there  is  no  reason  tm  hope  that  such  will  be 

the  case.  The  surrender  of  bank  circulation 
has  almost  wholly  ceased,  and  there  is 
uo     likelihood     that     it     will     be     ra- 


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newed,  unless  there  shonld  be  an  unfore- 
seen rise  In  the  price  of  Government  bonds. 
Such  being  the  case,  there  is  need  of  further 
legislation  to  get  rid  of  the  surplus  cur- 
rency before  the  day  fixed  for  resumption, 
and  the  simplest,  easiest,  and  most  feasible 
way  to  accomplish  this  result  is  to  author- 
ize the  funding  of  the  greenbacks  into  long- 
time G}overnment  bonds,  hearing  a  low  rate 
of  interest.  No  more  "judicious  system  of 
preparation  "^hbn  this  can  be  devised. 


fel 


A  SCRAP  OF  BISTORT. 

An   account    has    lately  been   given    of 

certain  so-called  archieological  discoveries 

in  Japan,  as  though  two  or  three  centuries 

were  antiquity  in   a  country  that    was   old 

when  Columbus  discovered  America.  The 
Empire  of  Japan  had  a  language  and  a  liter- 
ature when  our  ancestors  were  well-dressed 
so  long  as  they  wore  the  skins  of  beasts ; 
it  was  a  civilized  state  when  Caractacus 
was  led  captive  through  the  streets  of  Rome. 
Nevertheless,  the  records  and  objects  alluded 
to  as  being  just  brought  to  light  in  Japan 
have  a  peculiar  interest,  though  they 
may  not  be  so  antique  as  the 
jewelry  of  Clytemnbstra  and  the 
shield  of  Agamemnon.  The  true  anti- 
quity ot  Japan  far  ante-dates  the  be- 
ginning of  the  Christian  era.  The  Japanese 
philosopher  looks  upon  the  faith  of  the 
Western  Christian  as  a  modern  invention, 
akin  to  those  religious  theories  which  pre- 
vailed for  a  brief  space  in  the  twilight  of 
his  own  ancestral  faith,  flourished,  passed 
away,  and  were  lost  in  oblivion.  It  is  well 
enough  for  the  time,  he  says ;  it  will  not  en- 
dure ;  it  is  as  the  fashion  of  an  hour.  Never- 
theless, intrenched  as  we  are  y  the  inviola- 
bility of  the  Christian  faith,  we  regard  any 
story  of  its  earlier  struggles  with  great  inter- 
est. The  discoveries  alluded  to  are  simply 
the  recovery  of  the  records  of  some  of  the 
first  attempts  to  Christianize  the  pagan 
Empire  of  Japan. 

From-  some  dusty  depository  in  that  part 
of  Japan  which  is  yet  unopened  to  foreign- 
ers has  been  dragged  a  curious  collection 
of  so-called  antiques.  These  date  back  as 
far  as  the  seventeenth  century — a  modern 
era  in  Japanese  history,  but. old  to  ns. 
One  of  the  objects  is  a  painting  of  European 
origin,  representing  what  is  supposed  to 
be  one  ot  the  first  ambassadors  from  Japan  to 
a  European  power.  Besides  this  is  a  paint- 
ing on  copper  of  the  Virgin  and  ChUd, 
two  bronze  crucifixes  and  severaPifosaries, 
medallions,  fragments  of  bronze  plates  with 
religious  devices,  and  a  variety  of  eques- 
trian trapping."?,  all  of  European  workman- 
ship. Considering  that  Japan  hais  been 
for  centuries  a  sealed  Empire  to  th^  rest  of 
the  world,  the  finding  of  those  relics,  to  say 
the  least,  stimulates  curiosity.  The  key  to 
this  puzzle  of  the  antiquaries  was  a  parch- 
ment scroll  found  with  the  rest,  which 
turns  out  to  be  a  document  issued  by  Paul 
v.,  Pope  of  Rome,  and  dated  in  the  year 
23G6  from  the  building  of  the  City,  and  1615 
from  the  redemption  of  the  world.    It  is 

duly  blazoned  with  the  Roman  arms  and 
sundry  heraldic  devices  which  illustrate 
the  historic  period  to  which  they  refer,  as 
well  as  to  the  peri<onages  therein  cele- 
brated. 

This    curious   document    is    a   certificate 

given  by  Paul  V.,  who  wa,s  Pope  of  Rome 
from  160.5  to  1621,  to  an  embassy  from 
Japan.     European  history    makes    mention 

of  several  of  these  earlier  embassies.  The 
first  was  that  of  Valignani,  a  zealous 
Jesuit,  who,  in  the  latter  part  of  the  six- 
teenth century,  visited  Japan,  and  made 
many  converts  to  Christianity.  Chief 
among  these  was  one  Civan,  King  of 
Bungo ;  and,  in  order  to  open  com- 
munications with  the  Pope,  Va- 
lignani and  two  selected  young 
nobles  were  sent  to  Rome  bearing  messages 
of  friendship  and  many  rich  gifts.  The 
Pope,  Gregory  XIII.  then  reigning,  re- 
ceived them  with  great  ceremony,  and  with 
much  fervor.  The  King  of  Bungo  subse- 
quently fell  into  disgrace,  and  the  em- 
bassy resulted  in  nothing  that  was  per- 
manent. This  King  (or  Daimio,  as  we 
should  now  say,)  was  dubbed  Francis  I. 
by  the  Jesuits,  and  his  pagan  wife, 
whom  he  repudiated,  was  named  Jezebel 
by  the  pious  missionaries,  who  seem  to  have 
regarded  her  with  thorough  disgust.  The 
dynasty  of  "Francis"  lapsed,  but  was  re- 
vived again  in  the  next  century,  when 
Fra  SoTF.LO,  of  the  Franciscan  order,  pen- 
etrated Japan  and  persuaded  the  reigning 
sovereign  of  Bungo  to  embrace  the  Cliristian 
faith.  He  was  unwilling,  to  do  this 
openly,  for  certain  reasons,  but  one 
Date  Masumone,  Daimio  of  Oshiu, 
agreed  to  send  au  embassy  to  "  the 
illustrious  City  of  Seville,"  in  Spain,  and  to 
the  Pope  of  Rome.  It  is  the  missive  of  this 
Prince  and  the  answer  of  Paul  V.  which 
have  just  been  brought  to  light.  The 
Japanese  Daimio,  in  his  letters,  touches  on 
"the  excellent  truths  of  the  divine  faith 
and  religion"  which  he  has  received,  and 
desires  to  know  if  "  the  navigation  of  Japa- 
nese waters  by  trading  ships,  even  to  the 
Spanish  Sea,  is  to  be  expected."  He  mani- 
festly favored  the  divine  truths  and  tho 
aforesaid  commerce,  and   prayed  for  further 

instruction  in  the  same. 

It  is  a  matter  of  record   that    Sotelo  and 

the  Japanese  nobles  who  accompanied  him 
were  received  w^ith  pomp  in  Seville  ,and  in 
Rome,  and  were  sent  away  with  due  cere- 
mony and  information.  Before  they  re- 
turned, however,  commercial  intrigues  de- 
tained them  at  Manila,  and,  meantime, 
the  Japanese  Christians  were  rigor- 
ously persecuted.  When  Sotelo  reached 
Japan  he  was  delivered  up  to  the 
imperial  authorities  and  put  to  death. 
Latterly,  the  Vatican  Council  has  consid- 
ered the  expediency  of  canonizing  him  as 
one  of  the  eafly  Christian  martyrs.  It  is 
curious  that,  after  the  lapse  of  so  many 
years,  these  memorials  of  his  life  and 
mission  should  have  been  brought  to 
light.  The  discovery  verifies  an  ancient 
tradition.  Moreover,  it  illuminates  and 
illustrates  one  of  the  most  singu- 
lar missions  which  has  ever  been 
undertaken  by  any  people.  Sotelo  and  his 
companions  journeyed  tq  Spain  by  the  way 
of  Acapulco,  then  a  prominent  port  of  New- 
Spain,  on  the  Pacific  coast.  The  annual 
Spanish  galleon  from  Manila  took  them 
thence  around  Cape  Horn  to  a  Spanish  port, 
and  their  journey  to  Rome  occupied  about 
two  years.  The  voyage  across  the  Pacific 
was  made  in  a  Japanese  vessel.  Such  a 
craft  wonld  now  be   regarded  as  a  curiosity 

of  naval  architeotore  in  any  American 
port.  But  such  an  embassy  would  be  a 
nine  days'  wonder*    thoash    the    "  divine 


truths "  and   the    commerce   whioh    t&ey 
sought  are  now  free  in  Japan. 


ELECTIVE  STUDIES. 
The  complaint  now  being  made  in  Eng- 
land concerning  university  educaticm  by 
many  intelligent  and  impartial  critics  is, 
that  the  present  methods  of  teaching  do 
not  make  thorough  scholars.  Until  within 
a  generation  two  very  good  systems  were 
pursued  at  the  English  universities,  each 
of  which  famished  young  men  with  good 
educations.  The  undergraduate  became 
either  a  good  classical  scholar  or  a  good 
mathematician.  The  training  was  no  doubt 
faulty  and  left  much  to  be  desired ;  but 
this  much,  at  least,  conld  be  said 
in  its  favor,  that  it  was  an  educa- 
tion. Within  the  last  few  years,  however, 
special  sciences  have  started  into  existence 
in  many  directions.  The  field  of  mental  activ- 
ity has  vastly  widened ;  and  there  has  been 
an  effort  to  represent  this  extension  in  uni- 
versity life.  The  student  is  tempted  to  know 
a  little  of  history,  a  little  of  art,  a  little  of 
biology,  philology,  &c.  The  scholar's 
horizon  is  widened,  but  at  the  same  time  he 
himself  is  weakened.  He  gains  some  slight 
knowledge  of  a  number  of  subjects,  but 
misses,  after  all,  the  best  result  of  an  edu- 
cation, that  energy,  thai  sense  of  power 
which  comes  of  the  mastery  of  a  single  sub- 
ject. 

The  same  need  of  concentration  is 
felt  in  this  country ;  the  movement 
toward  increasing  the  number  of  elective 
studies  in  our  colleges  has  had  much  to  do 
with  this  idea  The  devotion  to  a  partic- 
ular line  of  study  has,  however,  never  been 
a  feature  of  our  American  colleges ;  hence, 
with  ns,  the  narrowing  of  the  scholar's  field 
of  study  is  not,  as  with  the  English,  a  return 
toward  an  old  plan,  but  is  rather  an  experi- 
ment with  a  new  one.  The  great  argument 
for  the  increase  of  elective  studies  is  that 
men  cannot  pursue  with  zeal  and  success 
more  than  one  or  two  subjects.  There  is  no 
such  educator  as  energy ;  there  is  nothing 
like  earnest  and  enthusiastic  work  to  de- 
velop and  strengthen  the  thews  of  the 
mind.  But  the  plan  of  education  in  our^ 
colleges  has  not  hitherto  recognized  this 
principle.  Wo  think  we  may  say  with 
truth  that  the  tendency  of  American  instruc- 
tion has  not  been  to  encourage  the  earnest 
pursuit  even  of  the  studies  of  the  course. 
Our  general  American  notion  of  the  duty  of 
an  undergraduate  has  been  that  he  should 
pursue  faithfully  and  perfectly  the  course 
laid  down  by  his  instructors,*  but  that  the 
manner  with  which  he  should  pursue  his 
labor  in  college  ought  to  differ  in  some  way 
from  his  manner  of  pursuing  his  work  after 
leaving  college.  The  ideal  of  study  incul- 
cated by  the  silent  feeling  of  our  American 
places  of  education  has  been  that  of  a  quiet 
and  orderly  acceptance  of  tasks.  Enthu- 
siasni  has  had  in  some  way  a  bad  name.  It 
was  distracting  when  employed  upon  pur- 
suits other  than  those  laid  down  by  the  in- 
structors ;  it  was  not  especially  encouraged 

even  in  the  regular  studies  of  the  course. 
Certainly,  we  see  that  in  the  general  affairs 
of  life  great  things  are  only  accomplished 
by  persons  deeply  interested   in  their  tasks. 

When  men  lose  that  elan  which  accom- 
panies their  best  enterprises,  their  day  of  ef- 
fective work  is  nearly  past.  Hypochon- 
driacs and  valetudinarians  generally  regard 
enthusiasm  as  a.  kind  of  insanity ;    but  it  is 

the  sign,  we  might  almost  say  the  condition, 
of  all  successful  labor.  It,  indeed,  is  life, 
and  the  reverse  is  death.     But  it  appears  to 

havebaen  held  by  American  Professors  that 

undergraduates  and  the  Professors  them- 
selves were  exceptions  to  this  rule.  We  be- 
lieve that  very  many  university  men 
in  this  country,  in  looking  back 
upon  fiieir  college .  career,  will  say 
that  the  instructors  who  really  sought 
to  make  their  studies  interesting  to  them 
were  few.  To  be  sure,  a  student  was  at 
liberty  to  go  to  a  Professor  and  seek  assist- 
ance and  information,  yet  there  was  a  sen- 
timent among  the  students  which  forbade 
much  intercourse  of  their  own  seeking  with 
their  teachers,  as  having  an  appearance  of 
currying  favor  with  them.  This  sentiment 
was  largely  due  to  the  apathetic  hearing  of 
the  instructors;  it  was  one,  moreover, 
■  whftjh  the  Professors  made  very  little  effort 
to  break  through.  The  notion  that  Pro- 
fessors should  strive  to  interest  students  in 
the  special  studies  they  conducted  really 
appeared  to  be  regarded  by  the  college  so- 
ciety as  Utopian  and  impracticable.  That 
it  was  not  impracticable  was  proved  by  the 
fact  that  there  were  teachers  who  succeeded 
in  interesting  scholars  in  their  work.  In 
omitting  the  appeal  to  tho  interest  and 
enthusiasm  of  scholars,  the  instructors  lost 
a  strong  ally  to  that  industry  which  they 
inculcated — an  ally  needed  by  men  at  all 
times,  but  never  more  than  at  that  period 
of  life  when  the  conscience  and  self-respect 
are  not  sufficiently  mature  to  compel  them 
to  do  their  work. 

It  would  have  been  a  great  help  in  enlist- 
ing the  zeal  of  scholars  and  in  giving  them 

a  real  education,  had  they  been  able  to  pur- 
sue at  least  one  study  to  a  considerable 
point  of  advancement.  This  is  what  the 
reform  in  the  direction   of  elective   stiidies 

seems  likely  to  accomplish.    As  it  used  to 

be,  a  hundred  young  men  left  the  university, 
not  one  of  whom  could  road  at  sight  a  page 

of  Greek,  and  very  few  of  whom  conld 
translate   Latin   with  any  ease.     They  left 

college,  having  mastered  no  one  study  to 

the  point  of  feeling  that  they  really  pos-" 
sessed  or  enjoyed  it.  They  were  told  that 
they  had  been  brought  to  a  point  where 
they  could  enter  with  zeil  upon  the  pursuit 
of  knowledge,  but  their  experience  of 
knowledge  was  such  as  to  give  them  the 
impression  that  knowledge  was  an  elusive 
phantom  which  might,  indeed,  be  pursued, 
but  which  wonld  not  be  likely  to  be  over- 
taken. But  we  are  sure  that  a  young  man 
who  should,  during  the  last  three^  years  of 
his  course  devote  the  half  of  his  time  to  one 
special  line  of  study  would  leave  college  in 
a  different  frame  of  mind.  He  would  feel 
that  he  had  at  least  one  piece  of 
solid  ground  for  his  feet  to  stand 
upon.  Besides  the  knowledge  gained,  he 
would  have  the  sense,  always  invigorating, 
that  he  had  done  something.  The  certainty 
that  he  had  done  one  thing  wonld  cause 
him  to  approach  new  tasks  with  confidence. 
Few  qualities  are  of  greater  service  to  young 
men  than  intelligent  confidence.  Disraeli 
said  in  his  address  before  the  University  of 
Edinburgh  that  youth  was  a  period  of  mis- 
taken confidence  and  of  mistaken  difi&dence. 
In  matters  of  knoy^ledge  and  scholarship  a 
young  man  Is  extremely  apt  to  exaggerate 
fha  difference  Iwtween  himself  and  an  older 


wmmaaammmmamammmimmmmBmmm^fissm 

luid  "Wiser  lona,  to-make  &  difference  in  kind 
of  what  is  only  a  diffecenco  in  de<,-ree.  An 
education  which  acquaints  a  young  man 
with  his  strong  points  and  sets  him  forward 
upon  the  paf^  he  is  best  fitted  to  pursue 
with  hope  and  zeal,  does  him  a  great  ser- 
vice. 

No  dpabt,  the  reform  is  one  which  the 
universities  should  approach  with  caution. 
There  are,  of  course,  many  cironmstances 
which,  at  the  best,  will  modify  the  good 
which  it  may  accomplish.  There  will  be 
youths  so  idle  or  so  stupid  that  no  kind  of 
education  can  do  them  much  service. 
There  will  be  young  fellows  of  a  strong, 
practical  bent,  who  can  never  be  more 
than  half  awake  over  a  book.  But  it 
is,  nevertheless,  plain  that  universities 
should  endeavor  to  suit  themselves  more  to 
varieties  and  conditions  of  mind,  that  elever 
and  zealous  young  men  shonld  have  their 
natural  paths  open  to  them,  and  that  they 
should  be  permitted  to  pursue  these  at  their 
natural  pace,' that  the  hard  outlines  of  col- 
lege life  should  be  made  more  to  re- 
semble the  conditions  of  mundane  society  in 
general.  Of  course,  the  opposition  to  the 
new  reforms  is  honest  and  often  intelligent ; 
but  may  it  not  be  also  due  to  a  dislike  of 
the  trouble  and  vexation  which  the  discus- 
sion and  establishment  of  them  will  neces- 
sitate, and  to  an  unwillingness  to  own  that 
during  all  these  yesirs  our  colleges  have 
been  pursuing  a  mistaken  course  ? 


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WANDERIKG  HOUSES. 

The  wild  animals  of  Long  Island  have  been 
pretty  thoroughly  extirpated,  except,  of 
course,  at  Huntington.  There  is  an  occa- 
sional deer  to  be  shot  on  Montauk  Point, 
and  the  fierce  and  sanguinary  woodchuck 
still  lingers  in  the  forests  of  the  North 
Shore,  but  the  bold  German  huntsman,  who 
tramps  over  Queen's  County  in  company 
with  his  Spitz  dog  and  Belgian  gun,  rarely 
slays  anything  mere  dangerous  than  the 
wild  robin  and  depraved  cat-bird.  Never- 
theless, a  strange  tendency  to  revert  to  the 
savage  state  has  of  late  been  shown  by  the 
houses  of  Long  Island.  The  meekest  meet- 
ing-houses and  the  tamest  cottages  have 
developed  a  lawless  thirst  for  adventure, 
which  impels  them  to  wander  away  from 
their  accustomed  localities,  and  to  roam  the 
face  of  the  country  as  if  they  were  habitual 
photographic  wagons  or  confirmed  gypsy 
tents. 

This  singular  tendency  was  first  devel- 
oped among  the  houses  of  Flushing.  A 
quiet  Baptist  meeting-house,  which  had 
never  shown  the  slightest  sign  ot  restless- 
ness, suddenly  left  its  usual  haunt,  and  pro- 
ceeded at  a  leisurely  rate  up  the  main 
street  of  the  village.  It  was  at  first  sup- 
posed that  it  intended  to  make  its  way  to 
the  water,  but  instead  of  so  doing,  it  wan- 
dered wantonly  through  the  village,  until 
it  was  finally  caught  by  a  tew  determined 
men,  and  confined  in  a  strongly-fenced 
yard.  Its  example  was  soon  followed  by  a 
full-grown  Methodist  meeting-house,  which 

escaped  from  its  yard  one  afternoon,  and 
created  a  panic  among  the  horsbs  by  its  ob- 
stinate  determination   to  monopolize  the 

highway.     For   fully  a  fomight   this  frivo- 

lons  building  infested  the  streets.    Every 

morning  it  would  be  found  in  a  new  locali- 
ty, and  bearing  the  most  painful  evidences 
of  having  been  out  all  night.  On  one  or 
two  occasions  it  was   found  in  the  gutter  in 

a  muddy  and  frightfully  disreputable  con- 
dition, and  it  was  at  one  time  feared  that  it 
would  make  a  violent  attack  upon  the  Epis- 
copal church,  80  prolonged  was  its  stay  in 

fixtnt  of  that  inoffensive  edifice:  After  a 
time  the  icore  hardy  villagers  rallied,  and 
by  a  vigorous  attack  overpowered  it,  and 
dragged  it  into  a  side  street,  where  it  was 
hastily  secured.  It  has  since  been  quite  do- 
cile, but  should  the  sextou  accidentally 
leave  the  front  gate  open,  it  is  very  proba- 
ble that  it  would  seize  the  opportunity  to 
make  its  escape  and  renew  its  wandering 
and  dissolute  habits. 

--Seven  miles  from  Flushing  is  Hunter's 
Point.  Whether  the  houses  of  the  latter 
place  heard  in  some  mysterious  way 
of  the  conduct  of  the  Flushing  meeting- 
houses is  not  known.  It  is  certain,  how- 
ever, that  the  general  outbreak  of  the 
Hunter's  Point  houses  occurred  soon  after 
the  disturbances  at  Flushing.  Whole  rows 
of  houses  were  simultaneously  affected.  At 
one  period  the  streets  were  full  of  wander- 
ing houses.  Here  a  disreputable  grocery 
staggered  shamelessly  through  the  mud, 
and  there  a  timid  cottage  crept  through  an 
unfrequented  street  with  the  evident  inten- 
tion of  concealing  itself  in  the  distant«nead- 
ows.  The  Hunter's  Point  citizen  who  left 
his  house  in  the  morning  never  knew  where 
to  look  for  it  at  night.  This  state  of  things 
naturally  became  intolerable,  and  the  stray 
houses  were  finally  captured  by  the  aid  of 
well-trained  steam-engines  and  sagacions 
hydraulic  jacks,  and  the  town  has  now  re- 
sumed to  some  extent  its  normal  appear- 
ance. 

60  far,  the  Long  Island  houses  had  shown- 
no  actual  hostility  tol  mankind,  and  had  ap- 
parently no  other  object  in  view  than  that 
of  escaping  from  confinement.  The  other 
day,  however,  an  escaped  house  made  a  de- 
termined attack  upon  a  Long  Island  rail- 
way train.  The  incident  occurred  near  the 
village  of  Hillside,  and  although  it  caused 

much  anxiety  and  hindrance,  it  did  not  re- 
sult in  bloodshed.    Tho  house,  which,  though 

undersized,  was  powerfnllj/sbuilt,  had  cer- 
tainly been  at  large  for  some  time,  for  it 
had  a  soUed  and  travel- worn  look,  and  was 
perhaps  suffering  frem  the  pangs  of  hunger. 
It  placed  itselt  directly  across  the  railroad, 
and  for  several  hours  disputed  the  passage 
of  any  train.  It  could  not  be  coaxed  from 
its  position  nor  driven  away  by  threats. 
The  whistle  of  the  locomotive  did  not  terrify 
it  in  the  slightest  degree,  and  the  tempting 
display  of  prize  packages  of  candy  could 
not  lure  it  from  the  track.  In  this  emer- 
gency the  threatened  passengers  felt  that 
there  was  no  hope  except  in  Popprnhusen. 
To  him  they  appealed,  and  he  generously 
heard  their  cry.  A  fearless  and  furious  loco- 
motive was  brought  from  Hunter's  Point, 
and  loosed  upon  the  still  defiant  house. 
With  a  hoarse  yell  the  locomotive  sprang 
upon  its  prey,  and  in  a  few  moments  so-se- 
verely  lacerated  it  that  it  could  no  longer 
offer  any  serious  resistance. 
•  There  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  this 
strange  form  of  madness — which  has  already 
seized  upon  so  many  houses — will  continue, 
to  spread.  It  is  evidently  infections  in  its 
character,  though  sporadic  cases  also  oc- 
cur, the  origin  of  which  cannot  be  traced. 
Darwinians  see  in  it  a  new  confirmation 
of  the  devolopment  theory,  since  the  retora 


to  sarags  and '  nomadio  life  on  the  part  ot 
a  staid  meeting-house,  and  other  oiviUzed 
buildings,  is  a  fresh  proof  that  our  present 
race  of  houses  has  been  developed  from  the 
wild  tent  of  pre-historio  ages.  The  evil 
must  be  met  with  prompt  repressive  and 
preventive  measures,  or .  Long  Island  wiU 
become,  a  howling  wilderness,  gwarminf 
with  ferocious  houses,  which,  either  singly 
or  in  packs,  will  hunt  down  the  railway 
trains  and  waylay  incautious  men,  women^ 
and  cattle'. 

Common  prudence  suggests  that  every 
Long  Island  house-owner  should  look  well 
to  his  gate  fastenings,  and  keep  his  houses 
chained  up  night  and^y.  Where  fences 
and  chains  cannot  readily  be  procured, 
large  yokes,  modeled  after  the  familiar  pig- 
yoke,  should  be  fastened  upon  the  housoSj 
so  that  in  case  they  do  escape,  they  cannol 
leap  fences  or  force  their  way  through  nar- 
row openings.  All  houses  found  on  the 
streets  should  be  instantly  destroyed  by 
proper  officers  appointed  for  the  purpose. 
In  addition  to  these  measures,  the  Long 
Islanders  should  treat  their  houses  with 
kindness,  and  thus  strengthen  their  attach- 
ment to  their  owners.  A  few  coats  of  paint, 
or  a  new  tin  roof,  judiciously  bestowed  upon 
a  house  may  secure  its  lasting  affection, 
The  truth  is  we  do  not  treat  our  houses  with 
the  care  that  they  deseive,  and  doubtless 
this  has  had.  its  share  in  reviving  in  tho 
houses  of  Long  Island  the  long  dormant 
love  of  the  wild,  free  life  of  the  Asian 
steppe  s. 


VIEWS  OF  THE  JUDGES  OF  APPEALS. 


a    note    from    chief   justice   church — 
the  opinions  attributed  to  him  bv 

THE    aiMES    correspondent     CRITI2KD 
AS  TO  FORM,   BUT   REASSERTED   IN   Sim- 
8TANCE. 
To  the  Editor  of  lAe  New- Tor k  Times.- 

Your  Albany  correspondent,  in  a  lettei 
published  to-day,  has  drawn  inferences  from 
famihar  and  casual  conversations  with  friends, 
which  may  create,  uniiitentibnally  on  his  part, 
I  presume,  an  erroneous  impression.  I  enter- 
tain and  have  expressed  doubts  about  the 
constitutionality  ot  the  Electoral  law ;  butj  m 
common  with  the  public  generally,  have  fell 
disposed  to  acquiesce  in  it  as  a  eompromifx 
measure  passed  in  the  interest  of  fairness  and 
harmony.  I  have  also  expressed  the  opinion 
that  the  authentication  of  the  election  of  Presi- 
dential Electors,  according  to  the  laws  of  each 
State,  is  final  and  conelusiye,  and  that  there 
exists  no  power  to  go  behind  it,  but  I  have 
never  undertaken  to  determine  what  questionil 
may  arise  for  decision  by  the  counting  power 
consistently  with  this  general  proposition,  and 
I  have  not  formed,  much  less  expressed,  an 
cpinion  as  to  which  of  the  candidates  is  en- 
'titled  to  receive  the  vote  of  either  of  the  dis 
puted  States.  Fer  my  associates.  It  is  but  jusi 
that  I  should  say  that  the  subject  has  nevei 
been  discussed  and  scarcely  alluded  to  at  anj 
of  our  daily  meetings,  and  I  do  not  know  thi 
views  of  either  of  them  upon  any  of  the  con- 
tested points  involved.  I  will  thank  you  to 
insert  this  note.    Truly  yours, 

S.  E.  CHDECH, 
Albany,  Saturday,  Feb.  10,  1877. 


OB  ITU. 


uam: 


SIR    WILLIAM    FERGUSSON,      BART.,     F.     R.     St, 

The  annoucement  is  made  by  telegrspk  from 

London  ot  the  death,  on  Saturday  last,  of  tbia 
emuient  soreeon  and  medical  author.  Sir  'Wil- 
liam Ferguison  wss  bom  at  Prestonpans, 
East  Lothian,  Scotland,  March  *.:0,  1S08. 
Se   received    his   early   e^acatipn     at     Z^ocbmaben 

grammar  school,  and  contlnned  his  stoiUes  In  the 
Eieh  School  and  University  of  £dinbni^.  He 
began  his  professioual  studies  at  the  aee  of  >S.  un- 
der the  noted  taatomists  Dra.  Kdox  and  Tomer, 
the  latter  of  whom  occupied  the  chair  of  Surgery  in 
the  Royal  College  of  Surseons,  Eldinbnreh. 
His  progress  was  so  rapid  that  in  lest 
than  a  year  he  became  the  confidential 
assistant  of  his  learned  and  skillful  preceptors 
in  the  preparation  of  their  "  sabjects."  He 
continued  his  intimate  professional  lelationa 
vltb  Dr.  Enox  for  nine  years,  and  thus 
enjoyed  opportunities  for  porsuine  bis  favor- 
ite study — anatomy — rarely  presented  to  tbe 
medical  students  of  liis  day.  He  becams  a  licenti- 
ate of  the  Boyal  College  of  Surgeons  in  1828.  and  a 
Fellow  ut  that  corporation  tbe  year  folIowiniE,  and 
in  1831  be  began  to  lecture  on  the  principles  and 
practice  of  surgery..  In  1836  be  was  appointed 
Assistant  Surgeon  to  tbe  Eoyal  Infirmary,  and  was 
chosen  a  Fellow  of  the  Knyal  Society  ot  Edinburgh 
in  1839.  A  year  later  he  removed  to  London,  where 
he  was  made  Professor  of  Surgery  in  Eiug's 
College  and  Surg;eon  to  King's  College 
Hospital.  He  was  chosen  a  member  of  tbe 
CouncU  of  the  Koyal  College  of  Surgeons. 
London,  and  for  some  time  was  Professor  of  Sur- 
gery and  Human  Anatomy  m  that  institution.  Foi 
five  years  he  was  Examiner  in  Surgery  at  tbe 
University  of  London,  and  was  cbosen  mem- 
ber of  most  of  the  medical  and  aclen- 
tifio  societies  of  Great  Sritain.  being  a^  Fel- 
low of  tbe  Soyal  Society  of  Great  Britain,  Vies 
President  of  tbe  Royal  Medico^Cairurgioal  Society, 
a  Fellow  of  tbe  Obstetrical  Society,  and  President  of 
the  Pathologioal  Society.  At  the  time  ot  his  death 
he  was  President  of  the  Koyal  CoUeze  of  Sur- 
geons. He  was  also  consulting  surgeon  to 
tbe  Hospital  for  Consumption  and  Diseases 
of  the  Chest,  to  the  British  Home  for 
Incurables,  to  the  Hospital  for  Diseases 
of  the  Throat,  to  the  Scottish  Hospital,  to  the  Cale- 
donian Asylum,  and  honorary  Surgeon  to  the  St. 
George's  JSSspltal.  He  was  also  Surgeon  Extra- 
ordinary  to  the  Queen.  Among  his  works  relating 
to  his  special  branch  of  tbe  medical  profession  be 
has  left  A.  System  of  Practical  Surgery,  whicb 
is  held  in  high  estimation  among  surgeons 
aud  Progress  of  Anatomy  and  Surgery  in  tht 
Nineteenth  Century,  whicu  was  published  10 
1867  ;  besides  special  papers  on  Clett  Palate, 
Lithotomy,  Litbocrity,  Excision  ot  Joints,. 
Aneurism,  and  other  subjects..  He  was  also 
the  inventor  of  numerous  surgical  instruments,  io 
the  construction  of  which  he  aisplayed  great  inge- 
nuity, besides  making  many  Improvements  in  in- 
struments already  in  use.  He  was  created  a  baro- 
net in  1865,  "  in  consideration  of  diatinguiahed 
merit  and  eminence  as  a  sureeon." 


OBITUARY  NOTES. 
Mr.  Charles  £dward  Benton,  »ne  of  the  edi 
tors  and  proprietors  of  the  Fredoaia  Advertissr  &nA 
Dunlrirk  Uniori.  gave  up  business  on  account  ot 
fating  health,  and  started  six  weeks  ago  with  bla 
wife  and  child  for  Florida  Stopping  at  Middle- 
town,  Orange  Cotmty,  for  rest,  be  was  advised  by  hit 
physician  to  no  no  fortber,  and  died  there  yesterday 
morning  of  consumption.     He  was   36  years  of  age. 

Uis  Dody  was  sent  to  Fredoaia  last  uif  ht,  and  tue 

funeral  will  take  plaoe  there  on  TVednesday. 

Kev.  John  Wiley,  aged  71  years,  who  was  fox 

30  years  a  minister  of  the  Protestant  Epiaoopal 

churches  in  Cecil  and  Charles  Oounties,  Md., 
dieu  in  Baltimore  yesterday  of  heart  disease.  He 
is  said  to  have  been  tbe  oldest  ordained  minister  of 
tbe  Episcopal  Church. 

JECAWAJI  AND  AUSTRALIA. 

San  Francisco,  Feb.  11.— The  steamer  Ci*s 
of  Sydney,  from  Sydney  via  Henolnln,  arrived  here 
to-day.  Among  the  passengers  are  Mile.  Di  Mursks 
and  Elisha  H.  Allea,  late  Chancellor  of  Hawaii, 
who,  it  is  understood,  has  accepted  the  appoint- 
ment  of  Hawaiian  Minister  Besidentet  VTashington. 

News  from  Aoitralia  is  unimDortant  Small-poz 
is  prevailing  at  Sydney.  .A.  number  of  vessels  ar- 
rived from  Chili  and  China  with  the  disease  on 
board,  and  the  steamer  Australia  also  Drought  it  on 
her  last  trip  from  San  Francisco. 

Toe  Victoria  gold  statiatios  for  the  year  show  a 
falling  ofl:  of  about  100,000  ounces.  Business  la 
New-Zealand  is  reviving.  Sir  Donald  HcLane, 
Minister  of  Defense,  died  on  Jan.  5. 

MB,  MORBILLS  OOSDITIOK  IMPROVED. 
Wabhinoton,  Feb.  11.— Dr.  Pope  reports  at  6 
P.  M.  that  Secretary  Morrill's  condition  has  im- 
proved decidedly  within  the  last  26  hours.  Xbe 
preliminary  symptoms  are  much  relieved,  and  the 
fever  almost  gone.  He  sleeps  quietly,  takes  nour- 
ishmeDt  freely,  and  the  indications  of  his  recovery 
are  promising.  

FATAL  BOILS S   EXPLOSlOy . 

CiNCDWATL  Feb.  11.— The  boiler  of  Harrisoa 

Jones'  saw-mlll,  nine  miles  from  Koblesville,  Ind., 
exploded  on  Saturday  morning.  Instantly  kilUag 
PleaMOt  Gillam  ana  James  Page,  and  injarinjc 
Marion  Stewart  and  Thomas  Jackson  so  seriouslv 
that  they  have  sinoa  died.  Xhiee  other  men  wsom 
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PBILLIPS  BROOKS'  NEW  CHUBCH. 
Second  Notiee. 

It  does  not  take  a  long  consideration  of 
Aa,  ihteiior  of  Trmity  Chnreli,  Boston,  to  ook- 
dnde  tkat  tbe  arobiteot  baa  been  very  suooeas- 
fbl  in  more  ways  than  one.  The  iireat  tower, 
of  wMoh  mention  luM  already  been  made,  oom- 
posea  tbe  main  part  of  the  ohorob,  while  tran- 

aepts,  obancel.  and  naTe  are  so  shallow,  com- 
paratively speaking,  that  the  whole  InterioriB 
bound  together  in  a  way  which  mnst  make  the 
chorch  remarkable  for  its  acoustic  qualities. 
At  the  .*Ame  time,  the  shape  brings  into  good 
▼lew  the  fine  spaces  that  have  been  left  tor 
decorations.  In  carrying  these  but,  Mr.  La 
Farge  has  continued  the  work  began  by  the 

architect,  by  uniting  all  the  limbs  firmly  to 
the  body  of  the  church.  Thus  the  horse-shoe 
arches,  resting  on  cusps  that  spring  from  the 
four  masses  of  oillars  which  support  the  tower, 
draw  a  sharp  line  between  the  tower  space — 
the  well  of  the  church,  if  that  term  be  allow- 
able— and  each  of  the  four  above-mentioned 
portions.  To  soften  this  sharp  division  between 
(far  instance)  chanoel.and  tower,  tbe  gold  on 
the  ceiling  of  tbe  chancel  has  been  repeated  in 
a  broad  gold  band  above  the  arch  and  on  the 
inner  wails  of  the  tower.  The  result  is  that  be- 
h:Ween  this  band  and  the  gold  ceiling  of  tbe 
ohanoel  the  edge  of  the  arch  has  been  softened 
down  according  to  laws  of  what  are  called 
"  values  "  in  color.  Every  painter  uses  these 
laws  more  or  less  ;  only  the  best  artists  have 
Them  at  command  so  as  to  use  them  to  increase 
'certain  illusions  of  tbe  eye  or  lessen  certain 
jothers.  Each  ot  the  four  great  arches  have 
been  treated  in  the  same  manner.  Tbe  ab- 
sence ot  this  arttul  system  of  decoration  is  left 
when  the  eye  reaches  the  end  of  the  ceiling  of 
either  of  the  transepts.  There,  where  the  ceiling 
makes  a  right  anizle  with  the  wall,  the  absence 
of  decoration  on  this  same  dull  red  wall  brings 
out  somewhat  jarringly  tbe  harsh  line  of  meet- 
ine- 

iSpeaking  of  the  walla,  the  eroundwork  of  all 
these  decorations  is,  as  it  has  been  noticed,  a 
kind  of  deep  red.  which  in  some  liehts  assumes 
a  bricky  color.  Where  the  sun-light  strikes, 
however,  a  luminous  tone  is  at  once  seen.  One 
of  Mr.  La  Fargn's  secrets  is  painted  into  these 
red  walls.  Instead  of  holding  always  to  one 
exact  sbade  of  red,  he  has  made  different 
spaces  ever  so  slightly  different ;  he  thereby 
breaks  inlallibly  any  suspicion  of  monotony. 
At  night  tbe  dilierenc  slides  are  much  more 
manliest,  for  the  gas-light  is  so  hard  that  there 
is  no  chance  for  that  mellow  eft'eot  which  sun- 
light gives,  an  effect  that  brings  the  shades 
apparently  into  nearer  harmony.  Yet  by  gas- 
light, the  church,  and  especially  the  tower,  is 
Well  worth  a  study.  The't»wer  has  a  row  of 
gas  jets  high  np  under  the  twelve  narrow  win-- 
dows  near  the  top.  From  the  centre  a  ohiinde- 
lier  of  gilt  metal  bangs  well  down  into  the  mid- 
dle nl'  the  church,  and  smaller  ones  light  the 
nave.  When  all  these  jets  flash  out.  tbe  effeot 
on  the  gigantic  saints  and  tbe  angels  that  seem 
to  lean  out  troin  windows  in  the  tower  is  curi- 
otu.  Colors  that  were  most  rich  and  luminous 
by  daylieht,  now  take  on  a  harder  tone  or 
change  m  color,  while  on  tbe  other  hand,  some 
that  looked  pale  by  day,  now  are  at  their  best. 
Gas  is  a  rude  test,  but  the  palatiugs  stand  it 
well. 

But  after  all,  it  cannot  be  other  than  a  mis- 
take to  have  .the  chandeliers  handsoaie  and  in 
excellent  taste  though  it  be,  hanging  down 
through  the  most  important  space  of  the 
churcb.  From  the  galiery,  above  the  vestibule 
in  the  nave,  it  interferes  grievouslv  with  a  view 
of  tbe  chancel  and  the  semi-circle  of  paint- 
ings that  will  some  day  decorate  the  wall  of 
the  apse.  If  there  is  one  point  more  than  an- 
other where  nothiag  should  divert  tbe  straight 
course  ''f  a  glance  toward  mural  decorations, 
toward  painted  windows,  or  wbatever  objects 
of  Still  higher  art  this  church  may  hold,  it 
IS  the  sentral  and  axial  pomt  it  is  true 
tkat  such  things  as  this  chandelier  exist 
in  great  cathedrals,  but  in  them  one  is  so  over- 
some  by  their  size,  that  a  chandelier  dropping 
a  long  line  from  high  up,  is  not  disillusioning. 
On  tbe  sontrary.  it  terms  a  measure  to  realize 
'  somewhat  the  immensity  of  the  btulding.  But 
With  Trinity  Church  the  size  is  not  great 
enough  to  warrant  such  a  triflmg  with  compar- 
isons and  proportions,  notwithstandiog  tbe 
great  inner  height  of  the  tower  itsslt.  The 
golden  color  of  the  chandelier  also  introduces 
complications  with  other  colors,  which  only 
artists  would  be  likely  to  appreciate. 

In  a  forHer  notice  the  decorations  of  chancel, 
nave,  and  the  east  cr  chancel  side  of  the  tower 
were  spoken  ot.  It  has  been  mentioned  above 
how  the  nete  of  'gold  on  the  capitals  of  tbe 
olive-colored  piers  and  on  the  ceiling  over  the 
chancel  has  been  struck  again  above  eaob  arch 
on  the  t»ur  inner  walls  of  tbe  tower.  The 
south  wall  is  decorated  as  elaborately  as 
the  east  wall,  described  in  a  tormer  no- 
tice. Hi?h  up  and  over  tbe  three  narrow 
windows  on  this  side  are  three  small  com- 
partments representing  respectively  Samson 
and  the  Hon,  tbe  Good  tibepberd,  and  the  stvry 
Ot  Jonah.  On  the  space  to  the  left  of  the  win- 
dows is  tbe  symbol  of  St.  Matthew — an  angelic 
heing,  reading  in  a  book.  His  robe  is  ot  a  fine 
blue,  which  speaks  well  for  Mr.  Latbrop'a  eye 
for  color,  tor  tbe  figure  is  said  to  be  of  his  own 
creation.  A  companion  figure,  on  the  other  side 
of  the  window,  is   tbe  eagle  used  to  represent 

bt.  John,  said  to  be  by  Mr.  May- 
nard.  The  eagie  is  treated  in  a  somewhat 
■ymbolical  way.  Chat  is,  not  realistically.  Under 
tbe  window  (and  this  holds  good  for  all  four 
Rkies  of  the  tower)  runs  a  broad  gold  baud 
with  inscriptions  in  plain  Boman  text,  which 
repeats  once  more  tbe  gold  bands  over  tbe 
arches  before  mentioned.  Between  these  two, 
and  high  on  the  arcb,  are  two  compartment^, 
'with  one  angel  apiece.  These  angels  are  dis- 
tinguished lor  their  wings  ol  skilltuUy  bleed- 
ing colors,  violet  predominating.  Tbe  coat  of 
.the  ieft-haod  angel  is  of  a  very  beautiful  green 
mixed  with  gold.  On  a  lower  plane 
and  on  the  two  sides  of  the  arch 
stand  two  more  gigantic  figures  like  those 
•described  above  the  chancel.  That  on  the 
left  is  Isaiah:  that  on  the  right,  Jere- 
Miah.  Isaiah  is  in  a  red  robe,  very  plainly 
seen  against  the  j;ed  wall,  both  shades  being 
very  differentia  neitoer  harsh.  His  position 
18  somewhat  exaggerated,  although  the  painter 
.^  had  good  reason  to  make  bis  gesture  more  vio- 
^  lent  than  the  dignified  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul 
above  the  chancel.  Tbe  saMM  criticism  cannot 
be  withheld  from  Jeremiah,  who  looks  tilted 
back,  as  if  the  artist  had  desired  to  make 
kis  figure — since  it  is  a  decoration — lollow  a 
little  the  bend  of  the  aroh  beside  him. 
Jeremiah  has  a  reddish  body-garment  and  a 
green  robe  of  a  very  agreeable  shade.  Both 
these  prophets,  and  perhaps  the  angels  between, 
have  hands  of  excessive  size.  The  result  is 
'powertul,  bnt  a  little  too  strong.  As  to  the  col- 
ors on  the  wall,  one  is  at  a  loss  to  find  a  lault. 
Mr.  Maynard  has  done  some  of  it,  Mr.  Latbrop 
a  great  deal,  but  of  course,  as  Generalissimo, 
Mr.  LaFarge  goes  over  everything  for  retouches 
or  alterations.  To  him  ia'  due  all  the  praise, 
and  on  his  head  must  fall  watever  blame  there 
is. 

The  wall  on  the  north  side  of  the  tower, 
above  the  north  transept,  is  divided  in  exaetly 
the  same  lashion  as  the  southern  wall.  St. 
Mark  and  St.  Luke  have  their  symbols  to  tbe 
right  and  left  of  the  high  triple  windows. 
These  windows  are  surmounted  by  little  paint- 
ings of  Biblical  scenes,  which  are  wonderfully 
distinct,  eonsidering  their  great  height  from  the 
ground.  Medalliou  heada  of  angels  occupy 
the  spaces  between  tbe  bases  of  the  windows, 
while  Delow  the  straight  inscribed  band  of  gold 
come  the  two  oompaxtments  for  angels,  just 
above  tbe  aroh.  Each  has  a  scroll ;  one  ia 
lookmg  up,  the  other  down,  as  if  they  were 
smging.  On  the  leit  of  ^tbe  arch  stands  King 
David,  a  stalwart  young  man  with  ruddy 
hair,  whose  legs  seem  too  large  for  the  best  et- 
tect.  He  supports  his  lyre  on  bis  shoulder.  Tbe 
raised  elbow  causes  the  whole  figure  to  follow 
the  space  lett  by  the  aroh  and  lilt  it ;  still,  to 
leave  aside  its  character  as  a  piece  of  decora- 
tion, David  is  a  little  too  athletic  to  be  merely 
shoTiidering  a  small  lyre.  Ot  course  such  crit- 
icism can  be  called  frivolous,  but  a  figure 
•boald  not   suggest  such  an  idea.    Nor  is  the 

ftneral  attitude  of  legs  and  body  pleasing, 
he  draping  is  blue,  the  body-garment  whit- 
ish. Th^  flgare  was  painted,  unless  we  are 
mistaken,  by  Mr.  Millet.  On  the  other  side  of 
tbe  arch  stands  Moses  with  tbe  tablets  ol  the  law. 
The  eloak  of  this  tigure  is  yellow  of  a  low  tone, 
ftnd  is  carried  over  the  head.  The  right  hand 
angel  over  tho  aroh  has  good  sentiment,  but 
looks  taint  in  color.  On  (he  whole  this  group 
is  not  as  satis&otory  in  color  as  that  on  the 
other  side  of  tbe  church.  All  the  mam  figures, 
ot  which  there  are  six,  stand  on  little  platlorms 
that  jut  across  above  the  cusps  ot  the  arches. 
This  must  he  considered  a  movement  in  the 
direotiou  of  realism,  for  the  figures,  since  they 
throw  no  shadows  on  the  wall  before  which 
they  seeM  to  stand,  may  be  called  in  so  far 
torth  unrealistic. 

There  are  not  eight  o^  these  figures,  because 
the  loursh  wall  over  against  the  shancel  has 
not  been  decorated  is  that  way.  The  omissien 
is  an  excellent  idea,  for  there  is  plenty  to  oo- 
oupy  tbe  thoughts  already,  and  a  further 
cruwding  ot  figures  woald  produce  oviarleading. 
As  it  is,  the  tower  8]vaoe  is  thoroughly  filled 
trom  the  very  top.  It  is  rather  the  lower 
ipaoee  of  the  ohnrcb,  the  waUs  at  rear  of  the 
transepts,  and,  notably,  the  seHiioiroU  of  the 
whaiMMl.tbatwett«f<»4«N)ffi)i«>l*    %)W7«II 


^t^. 


tower  wall  has  tables  of  insciiptions,  and  the 
othCT  paintings,  but  no  figures.  Lowering  the 
eyee'  from  the  tower,  one  finds  that  in  the  north 
trafisept,  tbe  correspondincr  apace  occupied 
by  the  orenn  in  the  south  transept  has 
been  invaded  by  Mr.  La  Farge  with  the 
brilliknt  figure  mentioned  in  a  previous  notice, 
a  St.  Thomas,  setting  and  turning  the  leaves 
of  a  folio  ;  but  it  seems  a  departure  trom  tbe 
plan  heretofore  preserved,  and  may  possibly 
carry  the  eye  away  Irom  the  fiiiures  about  the 
arch  ot  the  chancel,  and  so  ooiifuie  by  over- 
loading. As  a  contrast  to  tho  olive  of  the 
ereat  main  piers,  the  short,  thlctc  pillars  that 

uphold  two  peculiarly  charming  little  lobbies 
on  either  side  of  the  nave  have  been  painted 
chocolate.  These  lobbies  give  access  to  the  gal- 
leries m  the  transepts,  and  although  they 
theaaelves  are  so  powerfnil.y  support- 
ed by  tbe  pillars  just  mentioned,  yet 
the  galleries  they  lead  to  run  from  side 
to  side  ol  the  wide 'transepts  without  a  prop 
of  any  kind.  Minor  criticisms  of  this  nature 
may  be  made  at  more  than  one  point,  especially 
'on  the  exterior  of  this  ohurob,  out  as  a  whole 
it  must  be  conceded  to  be  a  success.  For 
tbe  present,  the  windows  are  ot  white  glaus 
with  borders  of  stained  panes.  The  intention 
is  to  fill  their  places  with  elaborate  memorial 
windows.  These,  together  with  the  rich  and 
significant  deoorationsby  Mr.  La  Farge  and  his 
young  assistants,  will  make  Trinity  a  model 
church  in  the  United  States.  Let  us  hope 
that  the  art  displayed  in  its  decora- 
tion, and  not  the  sum  of  money 
expended,  will  form  a  kind  of  standard  which 
other  congregations  will  surpass  if  they  may, 
but  not  fall  short  of  if  ttfey  can  help.  But  let 
us  also  bepe  that  no  coogregation  will  give  so 
short  a  time  to  the  painting  of  what  they  will 
be  loroed  to  look  at  for  years.  The  painters 
having  been  compelled  to  take  this  decoration 
on  eontraot,  have  beea  harassed  by  money  con- 
siderations, in  addition  to  the  thousand  annoy* 
anees  attending  any  affair  of  tbe  kind. 
But  the  severest  tug  has  been  to  do  all 
withia  a  few  months.  I'he  paintings  cannot 
be  considered  at  all  finished,  trom  an  artist's 
standpoint,  but  they  were  made  ready  for 
Consecration  Day,  by  concentrating  excessive 
labor  mto  a  few  weeks.  Tbe  actual  putting 
on  the  paint  takes  little  time.  It  is  tho 
perfecting  of  sketches  and  the  alteration  of 
mistakes  that  devour  weeks  and  months. 
Isolated  paintiags  that  are  perfectly  satisfac- 
tory by  themselves,  have  to  be  entirely  re- 
painted to  bring  them  in  harmony  with  others, 
and  to  get  them  into  tune  with  the  ideal ,  the 
grand  unity  that  is  in  the  chiet  artist's  mind. 

AMUSEMKNTS. 


THE  OPKRA    BOOFFK. 

Three  additioDal   representabona   of     "  La 

Petite  Marine,"  an  opera  boaffe,  by  Lecocq,  now  to 
American  audiences,  are  to  occnr  ut  the  Eagle 
Theatre  this  week.  "  La  Petite  Mari63"  embodies 
an  opera  bonffa  story  wedaed  to  opera  comiqaa 
music.  Tbe  libretto,  in  other  words,  abounds  in  tbe 
amasing  incidents  essential  to  works  of  the  peonliar 
plays  typified  by  "  La  Grande  Dachesve,"  while 
tbe  score  being  richer  in  graoefal  and  sentimen- 
tal than  in  nltra-vivacions  numbers,  approacbes  more 
closely  to  the  aobleyementa  of  Anber's  saccessors 
than  to  tbe  sprlgbtlv  measures  of  Herv6  and  Offen- 
bach. The  new  work  tarns  upon  the  domestic  mis- 
fortnnes  ot  an  aged  village  magistrate  who,  by 
threatening  to  turn  the  tables  upon  hi*  enemy, 
keeps  tbe  culprit,  who  has  jast  taken  to  himself  a 
wile,  in  constant  terror  of  the  Ux  talionU.  It  is 
constructed  after  tbe  oaual  fashion,  and  the 
librettists — MM.  Vanloo  and  Letorrier— have 
bandied  their  theme  with  the  deftneis  which 
cbaractenzes  most  Freoch  performances  of 
the  sort.  M.  Lecocq's  tunes  are  fluent 
and  have  a  certain  air  of  distlnctioD.  if  w«  may  so 
pat  it ;  but  tbe  lack  of  a  well-marked  rhythm  in 
many  of  tbe  pieces  ia  each  that  the  score  of  "  La 
Petite  Marine, "  interesting  tboogh  it  mast  be  to 
tbe  admirers  of  daiptiermasic  than  is  habitaally 
listened  to  in  opera  boaffe,  will  scarcely  enlarge  the 
Dopnlar  repertoire  of  eaBily-reniembured  melodies. 
Mile.  Alm6e,  of  course,  fills  the  leading  r6le  in  the 
work,  and  her  portrayal  of  Oraziella  is  characterised 
by  a  cleTcr  commingling  of  ineenaoosness  and  of 
worldly  knowledge,  implied  by  all  kinds  of  sagges- 
tive  glances  and  gestures.  No  artist  before,  tbe 
pablic  can  bope  to  compete  with  Mile.  Aim6e  in 
performances  of  this  description,  and  if,  now  and 
then,  dangeroas  groond  is  near  at  hand,  it  is  inva- 
riably.passed  over  with  a  lightness  of  foot  and  an 
airiness  andnnconscionsTicss  of  bearing  quite  inimi- 
table. The  rdle  of  St  Carlo,  tbe  repentant  and  trem- 
nlons  sinner,  falls  to  M.  Kaoolt,  and  M.  Seine  per- 
sonates tbe  injured  official.  "La  Petite  Mari6e  " 
is  placed  upon  tbe  stage  with  frexh  scenery  and 
dresses;  it  can  be  witnessed  until  ThnrHday,  on  the 
evening  of  which  day  it  Is  to  maxe  way  for  "  La 
P6nchole." 

♦ 

GENERAL  MENTIOK. 

Mr.  Burbank  is  to  read  at  Cbickering  Hall 
this  evening. 

'•  Bound  the  Clock"  will  be  acted  to-night  at 
the  Olympic  Theatre. 

"Monsieur  AlphoDse"  is  to  be  acted  at   the 

Grand  Opera-hotue  this  evening. 

TWO  ART  EXHIBITS. 


GOSSIP  FROM  LONDON; 


A  very  good  collection  of  pictures,  now  on 
view  at  Leavitt'a  Broadway  Art  Gallery,  is  to  be 
sold  this  evening  and  to-morrow  evening.  Thb 
original  owner  of  these  works  seems  to  have  made 
bis  selections  Jadicionsly  ;  his  patronage  was  abonc 
eqnally  divided  between  American  and  foreign 
artists.  Of  tbe  former  tbe  names  of  J.  W  .Casilear, 
J.  F.  Kensett  M.  F.  Do  Haas.  G.  H.  Story,  J.  G. 
Brown,  and  W.  H.  Beard  give  a  certain,  value  to 
the  collection.  Of  tbe  foreign  paint^s,  Paul  "Weber, 
Fortnny,  Pinohat,  Qoillemia,  and  Kobbe  probably 
famish  tbe  best  examples.  Paul  "Weber's  pletnre 
of  '*  The  Monastery,  of  the  Madonna  del  Sasio,  Lake 
Maggione,"  is  a  celebrated  and  remarkable  exam- 
ple of  that  master.  Theodore  Weber  is  represented 
by  a  marine  view,  "Off  Ostend,"  in  which  bis  fa- 
vorite effects  of  air  and  water  in  motion  are  olever- 
ly  introduced.  W.  H.  Beard's  well-known  "  Bears 
OB  a  Bender,"  a  hamoroas  but  not  over-reflned 
work,  is  in  this  gallery  also.  Three  or  four  sketcbes 
by  C.  B.  Leslie  and  C.  Stanfleld  and  others  of  the 
London  Sketohing  Club,  will  attract  conDouaenrs 
and  amateors.  Half  a  doieh  spirited  pen-and-ink 
sketches  bv  "William  Hart  will  also  intoreac  canon* 
students.  Tbe  picture  by  Bobbe  is  a  capital  exam- 
ple, ahd  is  in  his  very  best  pastoral  vein. 

At  Leavitt's  rooms  in'  Clinton  Hall  building, 
Astor  place,  may  be  seen  a  coliectlea  of  Oriental  art 
otviects,  most  of  which  are  of  the  best. 
In  textile  fabrics,  there  Is  a  showy  display 
of  Tarkish  Persian  and  Dagbistan  rags, 
embroideries  and  wrane.  and  some  ricb 
Chinese  silks.  Tbe  Chinese  porcelains  are  all 
sood,  and  man.v  of  them  are  quite  rare  and  carious. 
Several  SDeciineuB  of  carved  t-eak- wood  are  unnsu- 
aily  fine.  In  Japanese  goods  the  pieces  of  clolsunDe 
are  uncommonly  good,  and  sums  specimens  uf 
Banco  abd  Hizen  ware  are  fine  in  color  and  design. 
Tbe  sale  takes  place  on  Thursday  and  Friday  after- 
noons of  tbis  week. 


THE    WEATHER, 

INDICATIONS. 
Washington.  Feb.  12—1  A.  'iS..—For  the  Mid- 
die  and  Haft  Atlantie  eocutt,   ttatUmary  or  falling 
barometer,  warmer   south-east   to   south-west  vnnds, 
and  parUy  eloudv  or  clear  weather. 
IN   THIS   CITT. 

The  following  record  shows  the  changes  in 
the  temperature  for  the  past  -24  hoars,  in  com- 
parison with  the  corresponding  date  of  last  year, 
as  indicated  by  the  thermometer  at  Hudaut's  phar- 
macy : 

187B.  1877.1  1876.  1877. 

3A.  M 37°       32°I3:30P.  M Sit-       47° 

6A.M 39"       33°,   6  P.M. 47°       40° 

9AM 42=        36".    9P.  M 49^        37° 

12  M 45°       420(J2P.  M 47"        35° 

Average  temperat ore  yesterday 37»s° 

average  temperatnre  for  corresponding  date  last 

year ■■■■■- *4V 

mUSTTONB  D003,   AND  ONE   POOR  TfOX. 
The  Csemarvon  correspondent  of  the  Bead- 
ing (Penn.)  Magle  says  that  the  most  exciting  fox 
chase  witnessed  in  Conestoga  in  many  years  took 
place  on  Tuesday  from  Ammon's  Mountain  House, 
on  the  turnpike,  two  miles  west  from  "Waynesbnrg. 
Ninety-one  dogs  were  hoasad  for  tbe  obase.    Brls- 
ban  Skiles,  "  the  boss  banter  of  Lancaster  County." 
put  in  35  dogs  of  bis  own ;  Bverett  Henderson,  of 
Glen   Moore,    Cnester  County,  put  in   13:    Bm- 
baker     Bros.,       from      Boartowu,      put      in      13 — 
making    60      dogs      entered      by      three      flrma. 
The     rsmainlDg     31     were      owned     by     dif- 
ferent     parties.     At     19    o'slock    Beynard   was 
let  rnn.  "When  scarcely  out  of  slgnt  the  fiadlamltes 
were  sentpellmell  after  bim.taklng  a  zig-sag  eourse 
down  the  Welsh  Mountains.    He  made  a  splendid 
ehase  nntil  3:30  o'clock.    Directly  after  taming  tne 
eastern  termin as  of  tbe  mountain,  nine  miles  from 
the  starting  point,  he  was  overtaken  by  aboat  13 
dogs  and  killed.    Messrs.  Skiles   and   Henderson 
Were  the  first  among  the  50  horsemen  to  arrive  at 
the  plaee  of  daughter,  after  which  a  number  of  men 
and  dogs  pat  In   their  appearance,  bnt  too  late. 
B«ynara  oresented  a  sad  appearance  when  bis  re- 
mains were  conveyed  to  Laooaster  Cooniy,  at  the 
reaaeat  of  a  Mr.  MlUer,  who  wanted  tbe  lights. 
,  «tt^4» MM M«ft<n» «»•  ^K «NWWII>(i8ai 


FLTJSKEYISM  IN  OLD  ENGLAND. 

WHY  AN  IMTBLUOKNT  LAO  WAS  HRFUSKD  A 
MTUATION— HOW  IT  HAPPSNBD  THAT  A 
BAIX-TICKET  WAS  SEFT7SBI>  THB  DAUGH- 
TEBS  OF  A  LOBD  MAYOR— THK  SHUB  DI- 
RECT OIVKN  A  HIGH  SaERIXT — JOUR- 
NAUSTIC     NOTBS — CHARGE     AGAINST    A 

SKCKETARY  OF  LKGATION. 

ryom  Our  Own  CorravonOent. 

London,  Saturday,  Jan.  27, 18J7. 

If  you  think  flunkeyism  in  England  died 
out  under  the  sarcasm  of  "  the  Snob  Papers." 
you  have  complimented  us  grievously,  as  Dog- 
berry Skipwith  would  say.  It  is  on  record 
that  last  week  a  boy,  educated  at  the  City  of 
London  school,  was  nominated  to  a  clerkship  in 
tbe  City  of  London  Docks.  He  passed  a  satis- 
factory examination,  but  was  informed  that  bis 
services  would  not  be  required.  Why  f  Be- 
cause his  father  was  a  coachman  I  Yet  Lord 
Beaconsfield  was  an  attorney's  clerk,  and  his 
wife  a  milliner.  Mr.  Adams.  Queen's  counsel, 
who  was  Governor  of  Hong  Kong,  was 
a  priater's  reader,  and  his  wife  a 
seamstress.  It  may  well  be  asked 
who  are  these  snobs  of  tbe  City  of  London 
Docks,  who  disqualify  a  young  fellow  on 
grounds  that  are  no  bar  to  the  learned  profes- 
sions, nor  to  the  civil  service.  Some  years  ago 
I  had  the  honor  of  a  special  engagement  to  at- 
tend a  grand  national  ball  at  the  dowager  City 
of  Bath,  to  describe  tbe  scene  for  the  leading 
journal  there.  I  was  requested  to  go  by  a  back 
staircase  into  the  orchestra,  as  it  was  impossi- 
ble to  get  a  newspaper  man  an  invitation,  for 
the  committee  had  refused  tickets  to  the  daugh- 
ters of  the  Mayor  because  their  father  was  a 
linen-draper.  I  need  hardly  say  that  I  described 
that  ball,  but  not  in  the  local  paper,  and  I 
afterward  learned  that  no  tradesman  was 
allowed  to  sit  in  tbe  dress  circle  of  the 
Bath  Theatre.  I  once  resided  in  a  west- 
ern country.  For  the  time  being  the  High 
Sheriff  oi  a  county  is  the  direct  representative  of 
tbe  Queen.  It  is  an  honorary  ofiioe  and  costs 
the  man  who  holds  it  ten  or  fifteen  thousand^ 
dollars  at  least  He  meets  the  Judges  of  Assize 
in  State,  attended  by  his  javelin  men^  and  re- 
tainers. The  Judges  are  forbidden  to  receive 
his  hospitality,  however,  for  some  old-world 
reason  or  another.  They  are  therefore  enter- 
tained at  dinner  onse  at  least  during  tbe  Assize 
by  the  Lord  Lieutenant.  I  had  the  honor  of 
an  invitation  to  dine  at  one  of  these  banquets 
by  the  Earl  ot  B.,  but  he  excluded  tbe  High 
Sheriff  because  he  was  a  manufacturer.  Not 
even  the  royal  seal  of  mt^esty  protected  the 
plebian  Sheriff  from  the  aristocratic  snub  di- 
rect. The  late  Lord  Fitzhardinge  was  almost 
feudal  in  his  aristocratic  brutality  to  all  who 
were  beneath  him.  He  was  a  great  hunter,  and 
as  great  a  swearer.  One  day  he  encountered  a 
new  tenant  in  the  hunting-field — a  Scotchman, 
who  had  come  West  to  farm  in  the  Southern 
valley.  The  Scotchman  somehow  crossed  tbe 
track  of  the  hard-riding  Lord,  who  turned  upon 

the  Northerner  with  a  volley  ot  oaths,   "a 

you;  who  the are  you.  Sir."  The  North- 
erner put  his  horse  at  tbe  noble  Lord  and 
nearl.y  spilled  him,  with  a  volley  of  oaths  quite 
equal  to  his  Lordship's,  and  "a  — -  you,  an' 
whae  the  — —  are  ye ;  and  de  ye  think  there's 
naebody  in  the  field  can  curse  and  swear  but 
ye  I"  Lord  Fitzhardinge  was  a  man  although 
he  was  a  Lord,  and  the  oannie  Scot  dined  at 
Berkeley  Ca<itle  many  a  day  afterward,  and 
never  again  had  ho  any  cause  to  try  a  oorsing 
bout  with  his  noble  landlord. 

The  report  that  Mr.  Delaine  is  about  to  re- 
linquish the  editorship  of  tho  Times,  is  once 
more  in  circulation,  and  is  just  as  untrue  now 
as  it  was  a  year  ago.  It  is  also  untrue  that 
Mr.  Hepworth  Dixoo  ia  going  to  edit  the  Gen- 
tleman'i  Magazine,  The  pnblisbcrs  think  that 
respectable  periodical  old  enough  to  edit  it- 
self. Messrs.  Lewis  &  Allenby  are  going  to 
bring  an  action  against  Truth  for  saying  that 

they   send  their   young    men .  to   applaud    the 

Miss  Terry's  at  any  theatre  where  those  ladies 
are  engaged.  If  anybody  said  that  I  applauded 
the    T^rr.y's,   I   think    I    should  be   inclined  to 

bring  a  libel  suit  myself.  The  young  lady 
whom  Gilbert  has  been  coaching  to  pla.v  Galatea 
at  the  Haymarket,  makes  a  pitiable  exhibition 
of  it,  and  she  is  tbe  youngest  and  best  looking 

of  the  Terry's.  Coming  Events  is  the  title  of  a 
new  daily  paper,  which  will  be  ouj  with  tbe 
openiog  of  Parliament    It  will  devote  itself  to 

lifting  tbe  veil  on  to-morrow.  There  was  a  pa- 
per Started  a  few  years  ago  called  tbe  Futurt, 
but  the  Future  was  soon  a  thing  of  the  past 
Mayfair  is  doing  fairly  wolL  Its  editor,  Mr. 
Lucy,  quarreled  with  Yates,  of  the  World,  be- 
cause Yates  put  pressure  on  him  to  describe 
the  home  life  of  the  O'Gorman  and  Mr.  Cowen, 
Member  of  Parliament,  with  whom  he  has  some 
acquaintance. 

The  World,  it  would  seem,  has  changed  its 
tactics  with  regard  to  the  Prince  of  Wales, 
upon  whose  home  life  there  is  this  week  a  ful- 
some toadying  article  worthy  of  an  editor 
with  the  three-button  glove  and  the  pink  and 
white  complexion.  Mr.  Yates  is  making  $45,- 
000  a  year  out  of  the  World,  (as  large  an  in- 
come as  that  returned  by  Punch,)  which  is  a 
success  tmequaled  by  any  journal  in  so  short  a 
time.  Mayfair  is  written  entirely  by  Daily 
News  men,  five  of  whom  contribute  five  articles 
a  week.  Mr.  Lucy,  the  editor,  is  a  young  man, 
little  over  five  leet  in  height,  with  hair  that 
stands  on  end,  and  gives  the  idea  ol  a  contin- 
ual state  of  wild  excitement  I  mention  this 
as  a  warning  against  "judging  by  appear^ 
ances,"  for  Lucy  is  "the  coolest  hand  "  oa  the 
Daily  News,  for  which  paper  he  has  done  some 
very  good  work.  Sir  Harry  Havelock,  who 
expected  te  be  the  star-writer  ot  the 
last  number  of  the  Fortnightly  Review, 
was  overshadowed  by  Mr.  Gladstone,  and 
doesn't  like  it.  He  is  asking  everybody  if  they 
have  seen  his  article  ;  nobody  has,  because  all 
their  attention  was  exhausted  upon  the  essay 
by  the  ex-Premier,  who  is  now  devoting  him- 
self almost  exclusively  to  literary  work.  Mr. 
Schuyler,  Secretary  of  the  United  States  Lega- 
tion at  Constantinople,  was  charged  by  Mr. 
Labouchere  in  Truth  vnth  sending  telegrams 
to  a  London  journal  (t  Telegraph)  giving  in- 
formation which  he  bad  no  right  to  divulge. 
Mr.  J.  C.  Huetsou  has  written  to  the  Timet 
denying  this  assertion,  "because  Mr.  Schuy- 
ler's position  as  Secretary  of  the  United  States 
Lesation  forbids  him  from  writing  for  the 
press."  Mr.  Labouchere  takes  the  following 
notice  of  the  denial :  "  I  specifically  repeat 
my  assertion,  and  if  Mr.  Huetson  is  right  in 
his  statement  that  United  States  diplomatists 
are  forbidden  to  send  press  telegrams,  I  have 
only  to  add  that  Mr.  Schuyler  has  violated  a 
rule  of  the  United  States  diplomatic  service." 
The  senior  wrangler  tills  year  is  Mr.  Donald 
MoAlister,  a  Scotchman  by  birth  and  educa- 
tion :  and  it  is  a  notable  fact  that  the  two  next 
to  him,  as  well  as  himself,  are  not  public  school 

men. 

The  Whitehall  Review  has  made  a  somewhat 
snubbish  attack  on  Dublin  society,  to  which 
the  Freeman  has  replied.  The  drift  of  the  ar- 
ticle in  the  Review  is  that  in  Dublin  society  the 

professional  olaases  are  everything  and  the 
commercial  nothing ;  that  wealthy  trades  peo- 
ple are  ^ways  persistently  endeavoring  to  gain 
a  social  footing  in  Dublin,  bnt  are  sternly  re- 
sisted by  the  "Professionooraoy;"  that  no 
seamstress  works  so  hard  as  the  wives  ot  Dab- 
lin  traders  to  fight  their  way  into  the  charmed 
ring  of  lawyers  and  doctors.  The  Freeman 
says  this  is  nonsense,  but  to  say  so  is  no  proof 
to  tbe  contrary,  and  "  gentility,"  it  vust  be 
conleosed,  lingers  in  the   Irish  mty,  but   not 


Elnf^and.  As  Ameri'^a  grows  old  it  is  to  be 
hoped  she  will  not  icitate  tbe  niother  country 
in  the  practice  of  what  is  called  gentility. 

THE  NEW-JERSEY  RAILROADS. 


THE  KINGDOM  OF  ITALY. 


THK  TAXABLE  VALUB  OF  THB  PROPEBTT  AS 
ASCBRTAINBD  BT  THE  RAILROAD  TAX 
COMMISSIpNBR. 

From  Our  Own  OorretvondenL 

Tbkntgh,  Sonday,  Feb.  11,  1877. 

The  report  of  Jame»  S.  Tsrd,  the  Railroad 

Tax  Commisslooer  of  tbe  State  of  New- Jersey, 
Shows  that  although  tbe  valuations  of  taxable  rail, 
road  nrooerty  ia  tbe  Stale  amounted  to  over  113,- 
000,000  last  year,  the  valuations  this  year  aggre- 
gate only  17.701,476.  This  is  because  tbe  Tax  Com- 
missioner has  not  retained  any  property  be- 
longing to  the  United  Bailroads  of  New-Jersey, 
valued  at  over  $4,500,000,  the  Supreme  Court  hav- 
ing ac^udged  that  nnder  the  laws  cf  1873  tbe  pos- 
sessions of  that  company  are  exempt  from  tax- 
ation. Tbe  total  valuation,  ,  however,  does 
not  include  the  property  in  all  sections 
oi  the  State.  Of  the  262  mnnicipal  corporations, 
reports  have  been  received  from  only  189.  Thirty- 
eight  returned  property  liable  to  taxation  upon 
which  action  was  had;  145  showed  that  their 
property  had  bean  already  valued,  and  was  not 
liable  to  revaluation  this  year,  or  tbat  they  bad  no 
property  within  their  corporate  limits  liable  to 
taxation  nnder  the  law,-  73  townships  made  no  re- 
port whatever;  five  townships  reported  too  late, 
and  ooe  report  was  laid  over  because  of  error  in 
serving  tbe  necessary  notices.  The  report  em- 
braces valuations  of  24  railroad  corporations, 
which,  with  the  places  in  which  their  property  is 
situated  and  tbe  valuation  In  such  places,  are  as 
follows:  Belvidere  Delaware  Kililroad  Company — 
Property  in  Hunterdon  County., 'valae,  $85,600;  in 
Mercer  Connty,  $5,800;  and  in  "Vvarren  County, 
$5,400;  totaL  $30,800.  Camden  and  Atlantic  Rail- 
road Company— Atlantic  County,  $3,600;  Camden 
Connty,  $4,650;  total.  $8,350.  Camden  and 
Banineton  Railroad  Cunpaoy — Barlingtoa  Conn- 
ty, $000;  Camden  Coanty,  $700;  total,  $1,300. 
Camden,  Gloucester  and  Mount  Fphraim  Railroad 
Comp;iny— Ctmden  County.  $1,500.  Chester  Rail- 
road (Jompao.T — 'Morris  Coaniv,  $6,000.  Delaware 
and  Bound  Bmnlc  Kailroau  Company — Ulercer 
County.  $300.  Erie  Railway  Company— Hudson 
County,  in  tbe  tofruship  ol  'W'eebawken,  $778  525; 
and  In  Harrison  townsbln  $3,400;  total  $781,925. 
Freehold  and  Jameaburg  Railroad  Compan\— prop- 
erty at  Manalapan,  $1,325.  Lung  Dock  Company — 
Jersey  City,  $4,7d2.2U0,  with  dedactions  amounting 
to  $795, 739, leaving  tbe  net  value  of  taxable  property 
at  $3.086. 461.  Mercer  and  Somerset  Railroad  Com- 
pany,— Property  in  Hopewell  township,  Mercer 
Coanty,  $2,000.  Moniclair  Railroad  Codlpany— 
Hudson  County.  $12,000  ;  Passaic  County,  $1,800  : 
total  $13,800.  Moms  ami  Esa^x  Rail- 
road Company- Newark,  $106,300;  Harrison, 
$28,300;  Jersey  City,  »2, 022  600;  iMoms 
Couat.T.  $117,900  ;  Warreu  County  >6U,U84.  m^ikiTig 
a  total  vaiuaiion  lu  tbe  State  of  $2,335,184. 
Newark  and  New- York  Railroad  Compan.y — New- 
ark, $377,500.  New-Jerney  Midland  Railroad  Com- 
pany— Jersey  City.  (77,400;  Passaic  County,  $3,800; 
Sussex  County.  $1,800  ;  toti*'.  $83,000.  New-Jersey 
and  New-York  Railroad  Companvr- Total  valuation 
in  Burilogtun,  Camden,  and  Monmouth  Counties, 
$2.3i5.  New-xork  and  Long  Branch  Railroad  Com- 
pany—Middlesex Coauty,  $3,600;  Monmouth. $300; 
total,  $3,900.  Northern  Raiiroail  of  New-Jersey— 
Bergen  County,  $13,000;  Uudsen  County.  $500 ;  to- 
tal, $13,500.  Pateriiun  and  Nenrark  Railroad  Com- 
pany— >jewark,  $4,000.  Salem  Rdllroad  Company — 
Pilesgrov  •,  $200.  SuRsex  Railroad  Company— Sus- 
sex Cuuniy,  $6,100.  Xuckerton  Railroad  Company — 
Oooan  Connty,  »400.  Warren  Railroad  Company — 
Washington,  Warren  County,  $26,100.  West  Jer- 
sey Railroad  Company— Cumberland  Conncy,  $750  ; 
Gloucester,  $3,550  ;  total,  $4,300. 


ANCIENT  OARDBNS  OF  MICHIGAN. 
At  the  late  meeting  of  tbe  Michigan  State 
Pioneer  Society  in  Lanaing,  Mr.  Bela  Habbard,  of 
Detroit,  read  a  paper  on  tbe  "Ancient  Gardens  of 
Michigan."  The  first  descriptions  of  the  remains  of 
these  gardens,  be  said,  was  made  by  Schoolcraft  in 
1827.  They  are  relics  coeval,  apparently,  with  munnd- 
building.  John  T.  Blois  in  1839  again  mentions 
them,  and  a  later  writer  mentions  tbem  as  being 
found  along  the  shore  of  Lake  Michigan,  in  Cass, 
St.  Joseph,  and  Kalamazuu  Counties  these  gardeu 
beas  have  been  uumerousi.y  tound.  They  consist  of 
beds  trom  S  to  15  feet  wide",  16  to  100  teet  long,  and 
about  18  inches  hiub.  These  bed.s  are  regularly  ar- 
ranged, with  paths  between  tbem,  and  while  some 
are  as  narrow  as  5  teet,  others  are  as  wide  as  16  taei. 
Mr.  Habbard  liaa  charta  renresenting  the  formi  ot 
these  beds,  wktch  be  explained  to  tbe  au- 
dience. Sume  plats  have  been  drawn  by 
Schoolcraft.  He  savd  the  plat«  upon  which  these 
beds  are  found  are  trom  20  to  300  acres  in  extect. 
Gardena  of  this  kind  were  foand  by  tbe  early  set- 
tlers of  Cass  County,  Ealamazoo,  Prairie  Ronde, 
burr  Oak,  and  many  otnera.  Uld  settlers  say  tbat 
the  beds  which  tbey  have  seen  are  about  five  feet 
Wide,  and  are  regularly  laid  oat  tbroaghoat  the 
plat.  There  bare  been  found  eight  difierent  kinds 
of  beds  ;  most  of  tbem  are  lectaogalar.  aome  circu- 
lar in  form.  These  beds  denote  some  species  of  cnl- 
tivation,  and  were  UDdonbtedly  tbe  work  of 
people  who  Inbaoited  the  country  pnor  to 
the  Indians.  The  Indiana  callivated  only  maizf, 
and  this  was  net  grown  r6i:ularly  in  rows.  Hit- 
torians  tell   us    ttiat  the  Aztecs  had  gardens,   in 

wDlob  tbey  cultivated  varioaa  plants  lor  medicinal 
uaes,  as  well  as  fur  ornament.  "Was  there  nut  some- 
thing analsgona  to  this  in  tbe  Michigan  natives  ! 
Did  the  latter  also  have  botanical  eardens  ?  Theie 
exteoaive  iudicationa  of  ancient  cnlture  necessarily 
imply  a  settled  and  populous  comnionlty.  All  testi- 
mony agrees  thai  almost  Doue  ot  the  unaal  aborigi- 
nal relics   were   found,   no  pottery,  no  spears,  no 

■UTOw-heads,  and  nu  iuaplementa  of  atoae,  not  even 
the  oomlpresent  pipe.  Tumolt  or  burial  muanda  ut 
the  red  mao  are  not  ancommou,  thoa;;u  Dot  uumor- 
ous,  in  Western  Michigan,  but  have  no  recognized 
aaauciation  with  the  garden  race.  .There 
are     no        traces      ot        dwellings       and        there 

is  nothlDg  to  indicate  tbelr  homes.  It  aeenis  strange 
that  these  garden-beds  si^oold  ue  the  only  remains 
of  a  people  who  inhabited  ana  cnlcivated  the  earth. 
It  is  evident  they  were  a  peaoutul,  and  to  sume  ex- 
tent cultivated,  civilized,  and  scientific  people. 
The  date  of  tbe  abdnduiimont  of  these  beds  may  be 
deceimined  to  some  extent  by  the  age  ui  trees 
which  have  grown  upon  them.  One  writer  tlnds 
tbat  a  tree  growing  upon  one  of  these  bods  was 
over  300  years  old,  bat  bow  long  they  were  aban- 
doned beiore  the  tree  started  caunot  be  kuown. 
Tbe  tools  used  by  them  were  eyideotly  of  wood  and 
have  decayed,  and  everything  relating  to  tbem 
mast  be  left  to  coujecture. 


AN  ILL-PLACED  FROG. 
The  Troy  Times  of  Saturday  evening  says: 
"A  stomachic  singularity  calmiuated  in  au  up- 
heaval last  Sunday  evening.  Seven  years  ago  Lena 
Crapo,  an  amiable,  bright,  and  worthy  French  girl, 
drank  trom  the  watera  of  a  babbling  brook.  Daring 
tbe  draught  Lena  felt  a  live  lump  distending  her 
eaopbagus,  which  ahe  guloed  down.  From  that 
date  her  health  was  increasingly  impaired  with  an 
internal  disturbance.  Two  years  since,  although 
then  an  invalid,  sue  was  employed  oy  tbe  tamiiy  of 
Dr.  M.  "W^.  Campbell,  of  tbis  city,  in  the  capacity  of  a 
waiting.maid.  Fur  a  time  she  was  slighdy  ser- 
viceable, but  her  difficuliy  soon  Decame  more 
aggravated,  until  she  was  completely  disabled.  An 
ulcer  in  the  stomach  was  the  bypotbesfs  prufetstuu- 
ally  pat  forth  by  the  pbyalcans  whom  Lena  con- 
sulted: but  she  always  stoutly  maintained  that  a 
loreign  substance  was  secieted.  Sbe  was  a  great 
sufferer,  and  almost  daily  experienced  protracted 
paroxyams  ot  pain.  For  the  past  fear  or  five 
roontbs,  however,  Ut.  Campbell  Daa  used  a  galvanic 
baitery,  which  greatly  mitigated  Lena's  sufforues, 
altbuugh  her  general  couditlon  reioaloeu  unim- 
proveo.  Inability  to  retain  tuod  was  one  of  the 
most  unpieasaot  characteristics  of  the  case.  Only 
certain  dishes  were  favored  with  retention.  A 
tew  weexs  ago  Lena  was  removed  to  the  residence 
of  Mrs.  Elizuoetb  Wilson,  No.  77  Federal 
street.  Snnoa.y  evening  she  vomited  violently,  and, 
feeling  a  sabaiance  rising  in  her  throat,  sbe  thrusi 
her  fingers  down  between  tbe  tonsils  and  seized 
tbe  offending  lump,  whioh  was  triumi>hantly  cap- 
tuied.  It  was  submitted  to  the  examination  uf 
Mrs.  Wilson  and  another  lady  present,  who  pro- 
nounced (be  slimy  lump  to  be  a  dead  frog.  Lena, 
wltb  true  French  impal8ivene»»,  viewed  tne  ejeotea 
sabatance  for  a  moment  and  hurled  it  into  tbe 
stove,  foolishly  preventing  an  intelligent  analysis 
of  the  aquatic  carcass.  Lena  is  now  slowly  improv- 
ing, ana  able  to  retain  butter,  sugar,  croam.  Juicy 
fruit,  and  tat  food,  all  ot  wiucb  her  'stomach  has 
heretofore  r^ected. " 


SENATOR  ELECT  HILL. 
Hon.  Benjamin  H.  Hill,  lately  elected  United 
Sutes  Senator  from  Georgia,  has  written  to  a  friend 
In  Donglasville,  that  State,  as  follows:  "I  was 
deeply  touched  by  the  resolutions  of  tbe  Democracy 
of  Doaglas  Coanty,  passed  in  the  very  midst  uf  tbe 
late  Senatorial  contest  Happily,  the  will  of  the 
people  was  respected  by  tbe  Legislature,  and  that, 
after  all,  in  a  representative  guyernment,  is  of  more 
consequence  than  the  advancement  ol  any  public 
man.  Yet  I  confess  there  were  phases  of  tbe  late 
contest  that  emphasize  in  the  people's  triumpb  my 
own  peraonal  viudicaiiou,  and  it  is  lor  this  reason 
that  I  make  baste  to  ask  you  to  thank  the  XXemoura- 
oy  ot  Douglas  for  tbeir  special  zeal.  The  eontest  is 
DOW  ended,  and  we  mast  all  be  united  again.  I 
have  neither  exaltation  nor  reveiige  tcfgratily.  My 
Bole  purpose  In  the  Senate  will  be  to  serve  lue  peo- 
ple that  triut  me,  and  aiaong  these  none  will  take 
preeedsDoe  of  the  generons  Democracy  of  Duuglaa." 

EPlDBMlCa  IN   SAN  FRANCISCO. 

The  San  Franciseo  Pott  el  the  3d  lost,  says  : 
"Dtmng  tbe  week  159  deaths  were  registered  at 
the  Health  Officer  34  more  than  last  week.-  Males, 
98;  females,  61.  Whites,  145;  black,  3;  copper- 
colored,  11.  The  deatba  for  tbe  corresponding  week 
laat  year  were  91,  and  tbe  average  for  the  preceding 
five  yeais,  74.  Uf  tbis  total  91  were  natives  of  ta  • 
United  Stales,  and  66  foreignars.  The  principal 
cauaea  of  -  death  were  as  folio wa:  dipfatberia,  32; 
phthisis,  81 ;  small- pox,  18  ;  and  pneumonia,  11. 
There  ware  gT  cases  ot  small-uux  reported  daring 
Diphtheria  is   still    epidemic,  and  ap- 


^ , tbe  week 


GOVERNMENT  AND    THE    VATIC  AS. 

THE  rUTURE  STATUS  OP  THE  PAPACY — PAS- 
SAGE OF  AN  IMPORTANT  LAW — PfiNAL- 
TIE8  T6  be  visited  UPON  THK  CLERGT 
FOR  CERTAIN  OFFENSES— 160,000  ECCLE- 
SIASTICS SWORN  TO  OBET  THE  POPK^ — 
THE    CONDITION    OP    THB    PEASANTRY — 

BRIGANDAGE  IN  SICILY. 

From  Our  Own  oorretoonJent. 

Rome.  ThurstJay,  Jan.  25, 1877. 

The  bill  which  has  been  under  discussion 
for  more  than  a  week,  fixing  penalties  to  be 
visited  upon  the  clergy  for  offenses  "  disturb- 
ing public  order  and  the  peace  of  families," 
was  passed  in  the  Chamber  of  Deputies  yester- 
day by  a  mryorlty  of  50,  among  250  members 
present.  If  the  discussion  has  not  been  very 
profound,  the  question  of  the  position  of  the 
clergy  and  the  rights  of  the  State  has  been  en- 
tered into  in  all  its  details,  and  ever.v  phase  of 
it  held  up  more  conspicuously  than  ever  before. 
Indeed,  there  is  no  question  left  unsettled 
which  so  intimately  concerns  the  vital  interests 
of  this  political  society,  and  Catholic  society 
throughout  the  world,  as  that  of  tho  future 
status  of  the  Papacy  in  this  its  central 
seat.  The  law  just  passed  has  met 
opposition  from  all  parties,  and  does  not  seem 
to  give  full  satisfaction  to  anybody.  •  On  the 
one  hand,  complaint  is  made  that  it  promises 
to  accomplish  too  little,  and  on  the  other,  that 
it  is  calculated  to  make  the  evil  worse.  Some 
who  made  objection  to  the  project  of  law  voted 
for  it  on  the  ground  that  tbe  measure,  beiag  a 
ministerial  one,  it  was  necessary  not  to  let  it  go 
by  default,  nor  give  the  priests  opportunity  to 
aa.v  that  the  Chamber  had  not  the  courage  to 
take  BO  advanced  a  step  in  its  aggressive 
course.  As  I  can  attest,  having  followed  the 
disoussien  from  the  beginning,  the  conduct  of 
the  deputies  was  calm,  decorous,  and 
self-assured  to  a  degree  not  to  be 
expected,  and  hardly  to  be  equaled, 
perhaps,  in  any  other  Catholic  coun- 
try in  which  a  similar  conflict  of  opinions 
and  interests  is  going  on.  It  cannot  be  doubted 
tbat  the  Italian  Government  feels  assured  of' 
its  position,  and  while  it  is  not  disposed — unless 
it  is  forced  to  it — to  exercise  any  undue  pres- 
sure upon  the  Vatican,  it  is  at  the  same  time 
determined  to  make  its  authority  respected. 
The  Chamber  of  Deputies— as  also  the  Italian 
Ministry  before  this  and  all  along— has  recog- 
nized the  solidarity  of  the  great  Catholic  com-, 
munity  of  both  hemispheres,  and  has  tried  to 
temper  its  action  so  as  not  to  offend  more  than 
necessary  tbe  prejudices  of  the  more  strict 
devotees  of  the  hierarchy.  The  •Govern- 
ment has  paid  even  more  regard  to  for- 
eign susceptibilities  than  to  those  of 
its  own  subjects,  with  scruples  and 
interests  more  immediately  affected  by  legisla- 
tion. It  has  been  said  that  the  present  Cham- 
ber of  Deputies  has  in  it  so  many  free-thinking, 
or  radical  elements — so  far  as  matters  of  the- 
ology and  religion  are  concerned — that  it  forms 
a  body  of  rationalists.  Examining  some  of  its 
component  parts,  or  the  views  held  by  some  of 
the  individual  members,  the  cliange  seems  net 
'  without  a  certain  ground  of  justification.  If  it 
be  true,  the  laot  i^  a  curious  one  presented  l^o 
the  world  b.v  tbe  oldest  of  Catholic  communi- 
ties. Signer  Mancini,  the  Minister  of  Grace 
and  Justice,  the  author  of  this  measure  of  law, 
in  his  speech,  repeated  the  fact,  known 
before,  that  there  are  more  than  160,000 
ecclesiastics  in  tbe  Kingdom  of  Italy.  It 
is  a  formidable  army,  and  if  it  is 
remembered  that  even  a  larger  part  of  the 
priests  belong  to  the  basso  elero,  or  rank  and 
file,  than  the  soldiers  of  the  regular  Army — 
sworn  to  uoquestioning  obedience — it  will  be 
seen  what  a  quantity  of  fighting  material, 
using,  of  couife,  spiritual  weapons,  tbe  Lior- 
aroby  has  at  its  command.  It  mav  be  a  cause 
of  surprise  that  at  the  very  moment  of  discuss- 
ing and  voting  a  law  of  so  much  importance, 
only  250.  or  less  than  one-half  of  the  number  ot 
Deputies  beloDging  to  the  Chamber,  were  in 
their  places.  To  us  here,  the  matter  is  not  one 
of  marvel.  Tbe  confident  optimism  of  Italians, 
whether  in  triumph  or  defeat,  is  one  of  those 
happy  national  qualities  which  excites  our  ad- 
nuration,  and  which  has  carried  this  people 
through  the  vicissitudes  of  many  hundred 
years. 

Next  to  the  ecclesiastical  or  religious  ques- 
tion, and  intimately  connected  with  it,  is  tbat 
of  the  melioration  of  the  condition  of  the  peas- 
ant dosses,  which  form  the  great  bulk  of  the 
laboring  population  of  Italy.  This  not  being 
In  any  pre-eminent  degree  a  manufacturing 
country,  those  who  cultivate  tbe  soil  have  no 
choice  but  to  remain  in  their  native  districts, 
with  tbeir  miserable  pay  and  no  prospect  from 
generation  to  generation  of  improved  condition, 
or  emigrate  to  some  distant  country.  The 
"Western  Continent  is  the  land  of  hope  to  which 
many  have  already  cone,  and  the  bourn  to 
which  the  aspirations  of  a  great  many  more  are 
turned.  The  pa.y  of  one  franc  per  day,  with  no 
work  to  do  for  three  or  four  months  in 
the  year,  is  the  sad  fact  in  the 
story  of  woes  of  nearly  all  of  tbis  class. 
The  subject  is  engaging  the  attention  of 
writers  and  law-makers  n.ore  and  more 
every  year,  and  there  is  hope  that  what- 
ever can  will  be  done  before  long  to 
bring  about  a  change  for  the  better.  It  is  al- 
ready clearl.v  ascertained  that  the  disordered 
condition  of  the  southern  provinces,  and  the 
complete  derangement  of  the  system  of  public 
security,  is  in  a  great  degree  owing  to  the 
neglected  and  hopeless  state  in  which  the  la- 
boring, and  particularly  the  niral,  populations 
find  themselves.  A  great  deal  ot  fault  has 
been  found,  and  a  loud  cry  raised,  by  the  Eng- 
lish more  than  by  any  others,  because  these 
evils  have  not  been  removed  by  the  action 
of  the  Italian  Government.  But  the  evils  com-' 
plained  of  are  the  growth  of  generations,  and 
other  generations  must  pass  before  they  can 
be  entirely  got  rid  of.  The  interest,  the  good 
name,  and  the  spirit  ot  humanity  of  the  na- 
tion are  pledged  to  the  work  of  finding  a  rem- 
edy, and  the  coimtry  is  at  last  addressing 
itself  to  it  with  resolution. 

In  oonneotion  with  this  matter,  a  question 
between  certain  British  subjects  who  have  been 
sufferers  and  this  Government  has  arisen,  und 
the  English  authority  has  lately  had  the  mat- 
ter more  intimately  than  before  brought  home 
to  it.  But  there  does  not  seem  much  proba- 
bility, that  any  dlreot  satisfaction,  or  in  the 
mode  desired  by  the  aggrieved  ones,  will  be 
obtained  from  the  Italian  Government.  To- 
day in  the  Chamber  the  question  was 
asked  of  the  President  of  the  King's 
Cabinet  what  was  meant  by  the  notice  received 
by  telegraph  that  British  snbieots  residing  in 
Sicily  had  petitioned  Lord  Derby  to  exercise  a 
pressure  to  bring  about  the  redress  of  injuries 
suffered  here.  The  Minister  replied  that'  at  tbe 
movent  he  knew  nothing  mere  about  the  matr 
ter,  or  the  intentions  of  the  British  Cabi- 
net, than  that  about  which  others  were  in- 
lormed,  but  gave  it  to  be  understood  that 
if  any  action  phould  be  taken' or  correspondence 
ensue,  tbe  Italian  Gitvemment  will  know  how 
to  defend  its  dignity  and  its  rights.  The  ground 
taken  is— and  the  position  seems  to  be  just — 
that  foreigners  coming  to  reside  in  the  country 
for  business  or  pleasure  must  take  their 
chances  with  the  rest,  with  the  hope  of  no 
speoial  protection  or  immuaity  Irom  damage. 

Tbe  Pope  has  been  suffering  for  some  days 
past  more  seriously  than  for  a  considerable 
period  before;  but  from  trustworthy  evidence 
hu  case  is  not  so  bad  as  has  been  reoorted,  or 


nioh  as  need  excite  anxiety  for  an  immediate 
fatal  issue.  Pius  IX.  is  within  a  few  months  of 
ibedate  (tbe  13th  of  May)  when  he  will,  if  ho 
holds  on,  pass  into  hii!  86tli  year.  The  weather 
Is  fine  and  favor.).ble  to  enjoyment  and  health, 
but  Visitors  do  not  come,  and  the  inn-keepers 

and  money-changers  arc  all  forlorn.  The  air  is 
clear  and  '^risp  with  the  sharpness  of  northern 
latitudes,  and  the  sun  is  showering  down  rnje 
bright  as  the  javelins  tipped  with  hoar  frost 
of  an  American  Winter.  Let  none  come  to  Italy, 
led  away  by  old  illusions  of  romance,  be- 
lieving that  the  climate  is  so  gentle  that 
Spring  or  Summer  coverings  for  the  pers«u  will 
suffice.  Such  errers  cannot  be  indulged  With 
impunity.  With  few  exceptions  of  detail  the 
same  aoparel  is  needed  here  as  in  the  more 
rigid  North.  It  is  true  that  the  trial  to  which 
tbe  system  is  exposed  is  not  severe  trom  the 
intensity  ot  cold;  for,  except  among  thesmoun- 
tains,  ice  does  not  form  of  any  conside?Si>i«- 
tbiokness.  It  ia  the  quality  of  cold,  and  the 
element  of  frigid  damp  with  which  the  air  is  so 
oftea  laden,  and  the  treacherous  gnst  which 
comes  out  of  somO'Cinsuspected  cave  or  crevice, 
which  gives  the  fatal  blow  to  tbe  careless  or 
unprepared  visitor  to  these  "sunny  regions." 
It  is  not  fever  miasma  alone  against  which  one 
roust  stand  guard,  iut  the  changes  ol  temper- 
ature whioh  Btnke  suddenly  the  vital  organa 

A.  E.  STEPHENS'  CONDITION. 
The  Augusta  (Ga.)  Conatituttonalist  prints  a 
telegram  from  Washington,  dated  Pdb.  7,  which 
says:  "I  called  on  Mr.  Stephens  to-day.  The 
change  in  tbis  great  man  is  truly  pitiable.  Beyond 
the  physical  emaciation,  which  is  marvelous,  he  has 
literally  lost  bold  of  all  earthly  affairs,  and  has 
turned  his  eyes  toward  a  better  world.  When  asked 
how  he  felt,  he  replied.  'Very  bad— sinking.'  He 
called  csnstantly  for  his  brother,  and  being  unable 
tn  pronounce  tbe  woid  kept  mattering  a  syllable  at 
a  time  all  daj^long.  In  bis  delitiura  be  talked  pa- 
thetically ut  his  mother,  whom  it  is  said  he  never 
•saw.  Talking  with  Mro.  Felton,  who  has  been  his 
constant  nnrse  since  bis  sickness,  be  said,  'Iwant 
to  go.  What  is  there  left  to  tie  me  to 
this  world  ?  My  brother,  m.y  comrades,  my 
friends  have  all  gone,  and  I  am  ready  to  go  to  tbem. 
I  am  weary  of  this  world  and  its  sufferines.'  Mr. 
Stephens  seams  to  have  lost  all  earthly  animoaitiea, 
and  to  have  perlectly  resigned  hiAflrif  to  v»hateyer 
fate  is  in  store  for  him.  There  is  ver.v  little  room 
to  bope  that  Mr.  Stephens  will  ever  recoyer  suffi- 
ciently to  sit  in  a  chair  again.  Uis  doctors  think 
he  may  be  able  to  sit  np  in  bed  for  an  hour  or  so 
each  day,  if  be  continues  to  improve,  but  it  is 
easy  to  see  tbat  tbey  tear  that  tbe  end  may 
come  at  any  moment.  He  Is  seized  at  frequent  in- 
tervals during  the  (lay  with  spasms  of  cuugbing, 
during  which  he  nearly  sufiocaterf,  and  it  is  feared 
that  the  end  may  come  duiing  one  of  these  fearful 
attacks.  His  patience  and  gentleness  have  wi-n  for 
him  the  Iovp  and  reverence  of  every  one  who  is 
about  bim.  He  has  scores  ot  visitors  daily.  He  is 
next  door  to  the  room  in  which  Henry  Clay  died, 
and  within  a  few  doors  of  the  room  m  which  Daniel 
"Webster  died.  Pour  ooors  off  is  the  suite  of  rooms 
iu  wbicn  Crittenden,  tbe  splendid  Kentuckian,  dis- 
pensed tbe  princliest  .hospitality,  and  next  to 
that  Is  the  saite  from  which  Buchanan  went  to 
bis  inaugural  ceremunie.^.  If  the  worst  should 
come  to  bim,  the  '  Old  National,'  so  rich  in  histori- 
cal remembrance  already,  will  have  a  new  claim 
upon  the  hearts  of  the  people." 

SALE  OF  WINLS  IN  GEORGIA. 
The  Augusta  (Ga.)  Constitutionalist  ol  the  9th 
inst.  says :  "  Yesterday,  "Alexander  Philip,  Executor 
of  the  estate  of  James  Hope,  deceased,  sold  the 
remnants  of  the  stock  of  wine  belonging  to  the 
estate  of  Mr.  Hope.  Tbis  lot  was  perhaps  the  oldest 
wine  in  the  South,  if  not  among  the  oldest  in  Amer- 
ica. Mr.  Hope  was  always  noted  for  the  choice 
brands  of  his  wines,  and  at  his  death  his  cellars 
contained  many  brands  now  extinct.  Tbe  first  lot 
sold  lor  iS5;  ibere  were  just  one  dozsu  bottles  of 
different  urands  o^  sherry  and  Madeira.  Tbe  second 
lot  01  12  bottles  br6ughtt40;  two  of  these  were 
bottled  III  1816  and  dvo  in  1833;  two  bottles  were  of 
the  celebratud  Leacock  Madeira.  The  third  lot 
brought  $35;  fonrtb,  $3.5,  and  the  fifth,  |40;  each  con- 
lained  12  uottlcs  of  .Madeira.  Tbe  sixth  and  seventh 
lots  Drought  each  iiU.  Tbe  eighth  lot,  consisting  of 
eight  botilea  of  Lucas  Madeira  and  four  of  London 
Particular,  bronghr  i85  pi;r  dozen,  or  a  little  over  87 
per  buttle.  The  ninifa  und  tenth  lots  broagbt  each 
(35.  Some  of  tbe  Drunds  bore  date  of  1836  and  1844. 
Six  bottles  of  Medora  Madeira,  very  rare;  tour 
bullies  of  Hople.y  Madeira,  two  of  Lucas'  Aladeira, 
two  of  Leacock,  two  of  Bi^lvidere,  one  of  Madora. 
and  one  ot  Tackerman  Madeira  brought  (40  ;  10 
bottles  of  Goy.  Schley  Madeira  broa;;ht  t40 ;  six 
bottles  of  Orbit  brought  $30.  and  one  dozen  of  Hop- 
ley  brought  $35  ;  six  boxes  of  Lucas'  Madeira,  of 
12  bottles  oach,  brought  $100.  Tbis  same  wine  was 
sold  in  1860  to  Mr.  Hope,  by  a  g<>.ntleman  now  of 
this  city,  for  $105  m  gold."  Two  other  boxes  of 
Elanay  Madeira,  bottled  in  1834.  in  India,  brought 
♦80."' 

EOff  A  POLICEMAN  STOLE  A  WATCH. 
The  Pittsburg  (Penn.)  Gazette  of  Saturday 
says :  "  Shortly  before  9  o'clock  last  night  a  wo- 
man was  arrested  on  the  street  and  taken  to  tbe 
lock-up  by  an  officer.  As  usnal  under  such  circum- 
stances,   a   large  crowd  followed.    Jast  inside  the 

door  ot    tbe    Central    Station    a   yoane  man.  whose 

name  is  unkDown,  lost  a  watch.  He  ^apposed  it 
had  been  Btoleo,  and  immediately  reported  the  case 
to  CapU  Rfed.  The  watcb  coald  not  be  found,  and 
tbe  man  who  lost  it  went  away.  Shortly  after  be 
left  a  patrolman  stepped  up  to  tbe  desk  and  re- 
marked, 'Here  U  sonietbiDg  that  dnn't  belong  to 
me,'  and  banded  Cap*.  Keed  a  silver  watcb.  Tbe 
officer  was  in  tho  Station-house  when  the  crowd 
came  in,  and  just  befortk  roll-call  happened  to  pat 
bis  baud  behind  bim  as  be  was  leaning  against  the 
eate  that  closes  tbe  stairs,  and  found  the  watch 
bancring  by  the  chain  to  one  of  hia  back,  coat 
Dultons." 

^ 

A  fOVNG    GRANDFATBER. 

The  Reading  (Pa.)  Times  of  Saturday  says  : 
"  Nathan  Rue,  ot  Earl  Township,  not  35  years  old, 
is  tbe  grandfather  of  a  fine  young  ooy,  to  which 
his  daughter,  Who  is  only  a  little  over  16  years  of 
age.  recently  gave  birth.  It  is  claimed  that  Mr. 
Rue  is  the  youngest  grandfather  in  Barks  Councv. 
and  other  districts  abould  let  themselves  be  beard 
from." 


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A  Dull  Headache,  Costiveness,  Low 
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of  a  bilious  attack,  arising  from  a  torpid  liver.  Dr. 
Jatne's  Sanative  Pills  will  soon  restore  tbe  liver 
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To  THE  GENTLEMEN  Of  New-Xork. — "We  respect- 
fully announce  having  this  day  rbditcrd  tne  price  ot 
our  widely  popular  Silk  Hats  to  $S,  and  our  Dekbt 
Hats  to  S5.  With  this  anuouncement  we  note  a  recent 
reouction  in  cost  of  labor  as  enabling  us  iua  measure 
to  meet  tbe  exigencies  of  tbe  times,  and  assure  you 
tbat.  in  euiulatiOQ  ot  tbe  cbaiactur  and  reputation  of 
ourfaorici  iu  the  p»8t,  we  shiU  produce  tbe  Amidjw 
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Consctbntiousness  in  Ma.\ufacturixo  is  rare. 
JB.  T.  Babbitt's  great  reputation  would  not  permit  htm 
to  use  any  Out  tne  |mr«'8t  Teeetable  oils  iu  tbe  com- 
posiiion  of  B.  T.  Babbitt's  Toilbt  Soap.  In  asing 
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WilboT's  Cod  l^iver  Oil  and  I.ime.— The  rriecds 
of  persons  who  have  been  restored  from  confirmed 
consumption  by  the  use  of  tb.is  original  preparatiou, 
aud  the  grateful  oarties  theme'i-lves.  have,  bv  recom- 
mending it  and  aoknowledsciug  its  wondertul  effleac.y, 
givcu  tile  anicie  avas;  popularity  iu  New-England, 
ihe  COU  LIVKR  OIL  IS  iu  this  combioatlOD  robbed  ot 
its  unpleasant  taste,  aud  rendered  doubl.y  effectiye  in 
belug  conoled  with  tbe  lime,  which  is  itself  a  restora- 
tive principle,  supplying  nature  with  Just  the  assist- 
ance requi  i  ed  to  heal  and  reform  tbe  Oiseased  lujgs. 
A.  B.  WiLBOK,  Bostou,  proprietor.  ;jola  by  all  drug- 
gists.   ^ 

>o  business  lioase  can  afford  tobewittaoot 

the  elLctric  protectioa  of  Holmes' burglar  dlarm  .elt- 
grapU  Comoany.  No.  571  Broadwa.y,  by  tneir  Central 
Office  system.  It  is  tbe  best  urotectiou  from  burslirs 
iu  the  City  ot  Xew-Vork.  ae  the  bouses  of  H.  B.  Claflin, 
J.  Thorton,  aud  hacoo  &  Baton  o:ia  testify,  where  bur- 
Klars  bave  been  caught.  Beware  of  imitators,  who  Eft 
a  few  cents  bv  doin*;  what  they  see  otuers  do,  and  de- 
clare they  bave  a  better  protection  for  half  tbe  money. 
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bellat  our  door.       ^^^^___ 

Convulsed  with  Unneetsssary  Pain, 

infonts  writhe  with  colic,  who  might  be  speedily  re- 
liered  with  MILK  OP  MAGNESIA, 

Consumptives  find  welcome  relief  and  stead' 

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COX-FABBINGTON.— At  the  residence  of  the  bride  s 
micle,  Mr.  M.  Mulloru,  by  Uey.  Ot  i).  H.  Pierson,  At- 
torO  M.  Cox  to  Uias  Uakt  U.  FAKRiHOToir,  Elisabeth, 
N.  J.,  teb.  8,  1877. 

lUOMA.r— BOOlON.— On  Wedoesdav,  7th  Inst.,  in 
Brooklyn,  by  Rev.  Kt-ed  'I'hamas,  assbtnd  by  Rer.  U.  "V. 
S.  Alyeis,  JoBK  Thomas,  wf  Uieveland.  Uluo.  and  Uab- 


BAB«T  H.  BouTOH,  Of  fetooklyD,  daughter  .of  tflelaT 
Lewis  S.  Beaton^ 

BACOK.-On  Satnrda.y.  Feb  10,  of  dropsy  of  tk« 
brain,  KsTRLLB'MoaTorT.  yaunicest  ch'.ld  of  Wm.  H.  anc 
Louise  C.  liacon.  ajced  0  mouths  and  6  a«ya. 

Kelatives  and  fnends  of  tbe  family  are  respectfully 
invited  to  attend  tbe  mneral,  Itora  the  residencfe  ot  htn. 

farents.  No.  1'2  Concord  at.,  Mott  Haven,  ToesdaVr 
eb.  13.  at  '^  C  clock  P.  M. 

BABaBTTO,— la  this  City,  on  Friday,  Feb.  9,  Rmttar 
CosTKR,  son  of  the  lute  Francis  B.irretto. 

The  relatives  aud  trieniB  of  the  family  are  respect- 
fully invited  to  attend  hia  funeral  from  St.  AndreWa 
Church,  I27th  St.  and  4th  ay.,  on  Monday,  I'/tblngt.. 
at  I'Z  o'clock.    Irain  leaves  Grand  Central  Depot  at 

11:30  A.M. 

BURNETT.— auddenly.  Fell.  11,  Sarah  Gibson  uA»- 
tijia  BvBjfXTT,  the  beloved  wife  of  Gen-  H.  L.  Barneft, 
of  this  City. 

Notice  of  the  funeral  hereafter. 

UoWLKY.— Suddenly,  of  heart  disease,  on  the  29ta 
Qlt.,  near  San  BernEudino,  OaL,  John  Dowlst,  aged 
kbout  75  years.  ,  .  , 

His  funeral  will  take  place  from  the  Baptiat.church, 
Brooklyn,  corner  Nassau  and  Liberty  sts.,  oa  Wednes- 
day the  14th,  at  2  o'clock  P.  M.  His  friends,  ino  udinif 
mombers  of  the  various  soeieties  and  instlrujioni 
wltb  whioh  he  was  connuct«d,  are  cordially  lnvit»Ml  to 
attend.  His  remains  will  bo  taken  to  Boston  and  in- 
terred in  Mount  Auburn  Cemetery. 

QT*  Boston  and  Salem  paners  piensn  copy. 

UtiDNEY.— .\t  Glen  Oove.  Loud  Island,  on  Saturday, 
Feb.  10,  John  M.  Obdnbt.  aged  51  years. 

The  remains  will  be  taken  to  Mamaroaeck,  on  Tnes- 
day  morning,  for  burlaL 

GRE.GORT.— Oil  Saturday  morning.  Feb.  10.  1877, 
Mki-vina  Adelk  Grkoukt.  iized  2  years  and  4  months. 

Funeral  from  ht-r  late  home.  No.  516  Henrv  St.. 
Brooklyn,  ou  Monday,  l'2th  init.  at  2  P.  31.  The  reia 
tives  and  friends  ot  tne  lamii.y  are  respectfully  invited 
to  attend. 

HAWK.— On  Friday,  9th  mst.  Ak.oiba  C,  wife  of 
Samuel  Hawk. 

Ihe  funeral  services  will  be  held  at  be:  late  resi- 
dence. No.  5  East  ^tb  St.,  on  Tuesday  next,  13th 
inst..  at  2  P.  M.       ^ 

HOTCHKISS.— On  Sunday,  Feb.  11,  1877.  Mrs.  Sarab 
G.  Hotchkiss,  aged  76  .years,  relict  of  the  late  Hou. 
Carver  hotchkiss. 

Her  remains  will  be  taken  to  Shelburne  Falls,  Mass., 
for  lolH-rment  this  Monday  aftprnoon. 

HOTT.— On  Saturttay.  Feb.  10,  at  the  residence  oi 
Mr.  Wm.  Scott,  So.  llo  East  23J  St.,  Susan  3bsko:ct. 
widow  of  James  I.  Hoyt,  In  her  9l8t  ye<ir. 

The  relanve»  and  friends  of  the  family  are  resoect- 
fully  invited  to  attend  the  funeral  services  at  Calvary 
Churcn,  corner  4th  av.  and  2iBt  st.,  on  Tuesday,  Feb. 
13,  at  10  A.  M. 

HOWARD.— At  Camden,  N.  Y..  on  Satnrdn.v,  Feb.  10. 
1877,  Mrs.  .tui-iA  Hov7*Rn,  widow  of  Kobert  Howard, 
and  formerl.v  of  Hartlord.  Conn. 

HOYT.- Sudieiily.  at  Warwick,  K.  Y.,  on  Saturda.y, 
Feb.  10,  Maurice  ^Iott,  aged!j4  years.  11  months,  aad 

18d3.ys. 

Funeral  at  'Warwick,  on  Wedneadav.  Feb.  14.  Tralu 
leavpB  Chambers  at.  at  6  A.  M.  bpecial  from  Grey  Court 
to  Wa^-wick. 

JACKSON.— Ob  Sunday  morning.  Feb.  11,  Dajtik. 
Jackson,  in  the  83d  year  ot  his  age. 

f  nenas  and  relatives  of  rhe  fauiil.y,  also  members  of 
the  ('orn  Kxchange.  are  respectfu  Iv  invite il  to  stt«nd 
the  funeral  service  from  the  bnnse  of  hu  son-in-law, 
Richard  H.  Teller,  West  Mcmsaniu,  opposttt-  Merose 
station,  on  Tus-adav.  13th  inst. ,  at  4:30  o'clock  P.  ST. 
Traios  leave  Harlem  Depot,  4'ad  St..  at  4:05  P.  M.  foi 
Melrose  station. 

LKlio.— In  this  City,  on  Saturday,  Feb.  10,  Cesarin«, 
beloved  wife  of  James  E.  Lees. 

Relatives  and  friends  are  respectfuU.v  invited  to  at- 
tend tbe  funeral  from  th«  Coneiesxt'.onal  Church  at 
Westport,  Conn.,  on  Tuesday,  Feb.  13,  at  '2  P.  M. 

MONTGOMKav.— In  Philadelphia,  on  the  10th  Inst.. 
Heitkt  Kqunton  Mostgomert.  in  tiie  25tb  .year  of  bis 
a£e.  son  of  the  late  Oswald  C.  Monteomery  and  nephew 
of  the  lafe  Rev.  H.  E.  .Montgomerv.  T>-  !>• 

ON  ATiVIA.— On  the  lOtb  inst,  Georohnka  J.,  widow 
ot  the  late  Job6  V.  Onatlvia,  in  tbe  48th  year  of  her 
age. 

The  funeral  service  will  take  place  on  Tuesday  morn- 
Imr,  the  l;^th  inst.  at  9:30  o'clock,  at  St.  George's 
Cliurch,  Stuy  vesant  square.  Relatives  and  friends  are 
respectfully  iovited  to  attend. 

RKYNOLuS.— On  Sunday  morning.  Feb.  11,  Bobbri 
RETirOLDs,  in  the  54tb  year  ot  his  age. 

Kelatives  and  friends  art'  respectfu ll.y  invited  to  at- 
tend the  funeral  from  bi3  late  residence.  No.  7^  Jane 
St.,  on  Tuesday,  13th  inst..  at  1  o'clock  P.  M. 

ROGERS.— At  jommervine.  (8.  C.,)  ou  Friday.  Feb.  9, 
Helen  AconsxA,  eldest  daughter  of  Benajmin  T.  and 
Jane  W.  Rogers. 

Notice  of  luueral  in  papers  of  to-morrow. 

SMITH.— At  Locust  Valley,  Queens  County,  Loaj^ 
Island,  on  Feb.  9.  Fraiicib  P.  Smith,  in  his  7nth  year. 

SAYRB. — on  ."Saturday,  10th  inst.,  Sarah  t;.  satke, 
widow  of  Nathsn  Savre.  in  the  80th  year  of  her  aee. 

Tbe  relatives  and  friends  of  the  family  are>  Invited 
to  attend  her  funeral  trom  the  residence  of  her  Si:n- 
in-law.  W.  K.  Crarv.  No.  35  Burnett  St.,  Kast  Orande 
(junction.)  on  Monday,  tbe  12th  inst.,  on  the  arrival  of 
tbe  10:10  A.  M.  train  from  New- York. 

SMITH,- cuddenly,  Feb.  9,  William  Bbccb  Smith,  of 
Baldwins,  Long  Island,  son  ol  bmeline  aud  the  late 
Jeremiah  Smith,  in  the  43d  .year  of  his  age. 

Relatives  aud  friends  of  the  family  are  Invited  to  at- 
tend the  funeral  irom  the  Westmoreland,  corner  ol 
17tb  St.  ana  4th  av..  Monday,  12tb  inst.,  at  11  A.  M. 

WILOIAMSON.— Suddeulv,  on  the  10th  day  of  Feb- 
ruary. 1877,  Jask  8..  widow  of  the  late  Capt.  Jotin  J. 
Williamson,  in  the  67tb  year  of  her  aire. 

Relatives  and  friends  of  the  tamiiy  are  invitpd  t» 
attend  the  funeral  from  her  late  residence.  No-  34J 
Kaat  83d  St.,  on  Tnesdav.  13th  inst..  at  10  o'clock  .*. 
M.  Remains  will  be  talcea  to  Oak  faiU  Cemetery, 
Nyack,  Rockland  Coanty.  * 

SPECIAL  KOTICES. 


OFFICU«    TO    lifiT 

XN   THB 

TIMBS  BUILDING. 

APPLY  TO 

UCORGB  JONfS, 
TIMBS  OFFICB 


THK   MKSSKS.  t,EAVlTT,  AnccioBeers. 

FINE  ART  SALE. 

MONDAV  AND  TUESDAY  EVENINGS.  Feb.  12    and  19 

now  on  exhibition  free,  day  and  eveniog,  at 

the  Alt  Rooms,  No.  817  Broadway, 

PRIVATE  COLL5CTION 
of  fine  Modern  Paintings,  very  many  of  eitraord  lnar.\ 
merit — aesirable  and  beautiful  pictures.     Among  tbem 

may  be  mentioned  W.  H.  Beard's  famous  "  Bears  on  a 
Bender."  tor  which  the  owner  paid  $5,000;  "Paul 
vVeber's  Monaater.v  on  Lakw  Magci'>H."  exhibited  in 
tbe  orinclpal  cities  of  tUla  coincry  w^itt  great  suocbss. 

8Jd  for  Which  $i,000  was  refused:  a  superb  picture 
bv  De  Jonghe,   "EKVERIK;     also,   by  PINCil.Mil; 

••'dressing  for  the  BALL.'  ROBBE,  the  finest 
specimen  ever  seen  in  tbis  country;  VA!T  Hi>Vli.  an 
artist  whose  works  are  very  uncommon  in  this  coun- 
try, 'TtlE  HAFPI  MOTHEK;"  also  grand  eiaoi pies 
b.y  Garland,  Guillemin,  Baron,  De  Haas,  .H.  F.  ,H. 
jiiles  Goupil,  Casilear,  Ferrari,  J.  G.  Brown,  T.  tv. 
Wood,  Stanfielu,  C.  R.  Leslie.  Koller,  Lammais,  Boser, 
RissS.  Fabarius.  and  very  many  others,  the  whole  well 
deserving  tbe  attention  of  buyers  and  lovers  of  goo^ 
pictures. 

CEKTENNIAL  EXPOSITION. 

ITALY'S  EXHIBIT 

8TAT0ARY    AND   PAINTINGS, 

By  the  great  Italian  Masters. 

As  exhibited  at  tbe  Centennial,  uuder  tbe  charge  of 

Pro£  A  lei  Kopi. 

^ow  on  eibi'oltlon  at  the  new  rooms  of  the  Messrs. 
LEAVITT,  (J  LIN  ION  HALL,  So.  22  AdToB  PLAUS^ 
Admittance  2d  cents. 

ORIENTAL  ART. 
Now  on  exhibition  at   Clintou  Hall,  and  until  time  or 
sale.    TdURSDAY  and   FRIDAY  uext,  a  superb   oollec 
tion  of  eoods  from  I'urke.y.  (^hina.  and  Japan. 

POST  offtLca  yumcL. 

The  foreign  mails  for  the  week  ending  Saturday, 
Feb.  17,  1877,  will  close  at  tbis  of&ce  on  Tuesday  at 
12  M..  for  Europe,  by  steam-ship  Pakota  via  Queens- 
town;  on  Wednesaay  at  11  A.  M.  for  Europe  by  steam 
s'hlp  Partbia  via  Queenstown;  on  Thursday  at  ll:3(i 
A.  M.  lor  horope  by  steam-thip  Gellct  via  Plymoutu, 
Cherboaric,  and  Uamburn  ;  on  Saturday  at  4:3il  A.  M. 
for  Korope  by  steam-ship  City  of  Chester  via  Queens- 
town  (Correspondence  for  Germany,  Scotland,  aud 
North  o(  Irela;id  to  be  forwarded  oy  this  steamer  must 
be  specially  addressed  ;)  and  at  6  A.  M.  for  Scotland  and 
North  of  Ireland  by  steam-ship  Alsatia  via  Movilie  and 
Glasgow;  aud  at  11:30  A.  M.  for  Europe  by  steam-ship 
Oder  via  Southampton  and  Bremen.  The  sieam-sbips 
liakota,  Partbia,  and  City  ot  Cheater  do  not  take  mails 
for  Leumark,  Sweden,  and  ^orway.  The  mails  for 
Nassau.  N.  P.,  will  leave  New-York  Feo.  14.  The  mail« 
tor  the  West  Indies  via  Bermuda  an  1  St.  Thomas  will 
leave  New-York  Feo.  15.  The  mails  for  Australia,  tc. 
Will  leave  San  Francisco  Feb.  28.  The  mavis  furChtna 
and  Japan  will  leave  San  Francisco  March  1: 

T.  L.  JAMES,  Postmaster. 

New- York,  Feb.  10,  1877.  j^ 


AUCTION  KOOins  OK  OAJHiSi  &  OU., 

No.  65t}  Broadway. 
HONDAl',   Feb.    1'2,  at  4    o'clock,    8aie  of  AMEU« 

CAN. A. 
VALUABLE  GOVERNMENT  SCIENTIFIC  BEPORTS,&» 

TDBSdIyTfEB.  13, 
STALB  OP  ENGRAVINGS. 

PORfRAlTS.  PRINTS,  • 
bTCHINGS,  LANDSCAPES,  fee. 

CB1N£:!)E  AM)  JAPA.N£!SK  DBPOT!       ' 

Just  received,  per  Pacific  Railroad  and  steamers, 

ANTIQUE  PORCELAIN   AND  CLOISON.NB    VA.^ES 

KIOTO,   HIZE.S,  AND  KAGA  TETE-A-TETE  8ET&. 

EXIKA  CHOICii  FAMILY  TE.AS.  VERY  CHEAP. 

PARRE'S,    No.    l86  Front     St.,   BurlinK  slip.  New-York. 

PHRtsOSAli    TAXES.  ' 

Commission  mercbaats  and  persons  employing  tbeir 
capital  lu  importing  and  se.ling  imported  goods  in 
original  packages,  or  in  exportlug  meichanUise,  caa 
bave  tbeir  asspssmfnts  for  personal  taxes  legitimately 
removed  or  reduced  by  addreaslug  Box  No.  1,012  Post 
Office. 

SPECIAL.    POST   OFFiCB    NOTICE— MAILS 
tor  Earope  by  steam-ship  Hbeio,   via   Southsmptoa 
and  Bremen,  close  at  the  Poit  Office  at   11:30  .i.  K. 
Monday,  Feb.  1'.^.    Bapplemen'aty  mail  till  1:30  P.  M. 
T.  L.  JAMliiS,  Postmaster. 

STL'AKT   WILI^!*,    ATTORSEV   AND 

•  Counselor  at  Law,  Notary  Pubha  Nol  182  Broad- 
way. Uoom  No.  4,  New-iork. 

N  B.— Speoial  attention  paid  to  settUug  "estates,  { 
conveyancing,  aud  City  anu  connt.y  collection. 

EltlUUKHOll)!^  UU  FIL.es  PEUilANENTL^ 
sradicated  wituout  tbe  knife,  ligature,  or  caustic 
^o  charge  whatever  autil  cured.  Send  for  circalar  con- 
taing  references.      Dr.  HOYT.  21  West  24th  St..  N.  Y. 

TniUTSBNt-H    AB.'^BMBL.T  DISTR.1CT  RB- 
PDBLIOaH  ASSOCIATION.— Regular  monthly  meev- 

lug  at  Liberty  Hall,  No.  2;»1  "West  16th  St.,  on  THIS 
(Uoudayl  KVBM1>U  at  8  o'clock. 

CHABLK8  BLACKIE,  President. 
C.  G.  Archibald,  Secretary^ 

IXTKB.'STH   ASSKMBLV  OISTKICf  R.B- 

PUBLICAN  ASSOCIATION.— Regular  raonttaly  m<fct- 
lug  THIS  (Monday)  EVENING,  Feb.  12,  at  8  o'olock.al 
head-quarlers.  No.  23U  3d  av.        FBANK.  B.  UO W  B.  ' 
Alfrbd  S.  Bugbbb.  Secretary.  President. 

WKNTy-lflK.ST  ASSEMBLY    OlHTHlCf 

RKPOBLICa.S  ASSOCIATION.— Toe  regular  month- 
ly m*>eting  will  oe  held  at  Lincoln  Hall,  3d  av.,  comer 
llBth  St.,  on  TUBSUAY  KVeNI.SO^Fhd.  IS,  1877,  at 
a  i.'ciock.  RUFOS  B.  COWIM  G.  Pzwidwt. 

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MUlMthftT*  bMn  M  tollowa: 


46 

S29 

1,86» 


166 
13 
178 
13,232 


A«bc(,pka. 

Sitlhon,  ben , 

»««•.  «>«»i* *,000 

Cotton.  o»i«a, |>;o07 

Copper,  bbU.... 
Irciftd  Pratt,  pfci."..' 

Floor,  bblt "'  .w  «,. 

Wboat.  ba8heu..II.."l8.100 

Corn,  biitbelt 64,000 

0«t«.  bnaheis ie.x60 

K.Te.  bu»heU..i 1,642 

Ma)i,  busbel* 7,06*2 

EmIct.  bashela 84,202 

Pea*,  bashela 300 

Orasa-Med,  baga 1.178 

R*x-aeed,  dmts 3 

Corn.nif«l,  bbis 2,132 

Bncrw'tFlour.baati      400 

Bemp.  bales. 22 

Hops,  bblea S48 

Btaes.  A'o 33 

li»dPB.*ale».., 771 

Leatoer.  siaes 13,679 

Lead,  pies 2,460 

)lolMse8.(N.o.,)bbls      Bll 

Mobs,  bales 16 

OU,bbli 92 


SDirltsTorp.,  bbU..      496 

Tac,  ttbia 99 

KMta.  Mis 8,648 

OU-«ftke.  pw..: 1.080 

Port.  pk«...i „  1,198 

B^sf,  liks 284 

Out-meats,  pks 8.607 

Qreaae,  pks 193 

Urd,  «ka 668 

St«»riM.  pks 13 

Batter,  pks ^^  3,136 

Clieeae,  pks 1,416 

Tallow.  Oka 116 

LubriOBt'K-oil.  bbls.        60 
liresaed  Hoiis.Ko...   1.006 

M.  Seed,  baits 1,979 

Rice,  pks 348 

Sagar.  (N.  o.,)  hhda.      SB3 

Satcar,  bbla 13 

Symp,  bbla. 2 

Spelter,  pea 3,067 

SteruD.  bXB 1,178 

9kto8,  bales 186 

t'obacco,  bzs.  tcoa..         02 
V¥biskT..bbls. J^OIX 


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COFFKK— Dull;  quotations  nominally  unchanged. 
CUT! ON— A  very  moderate  call  -was  noted  for  early 
flelivery    at    former    flpirea.... Ordinary    qnoced   to- 

^.VoT?*  ^i,M^*-®ll  ^-l""-  ^o»  Middling.  123^ 
®12ipc;  Middling,  12780.®13c.... Sales  wire  ot- 
flclally  reported,  for  ptomot  dellToiy,  of  B30  bales, 
(of  whlcH  170'  bales  were  on  last  eyenlng,)  includ- 
ing 430  bales  to  spinners  and  100  bales  to  specu- 
lators... And  for  forward  deUvery  bustuess  has 
been  on  a  restricted  scale,  bnt  at  firmer 
JS*?^-"-'**'*^  tare  been  reported  since  our  last  ot 
21,200  bales,  of  wblch  6.900  bales  were  on  last 
jTtmni:  and  14,300  bales  to-day,  with  2,100  bales  on 
the  calls,  on  the  basis  of  MlddllnK.  ynta  February  op- 
tions, closing  at  13  1B-I6c.®12  31-32o.;  March. 
13  6-32c.:  Aoril,  IS^Ibc-;  alav.  13  9-100.;  June. 
13  23-32C.:  July.  13  13-16c.91S  27-32c.:  August, 
13  29-32C:  hentember.  13  17-32c.®13  9-16c.:  Octo- 
ber. IST-SZo.'aiS'^o.:  NoTcmber.  13  l-32c'3il3  l-16e.: 
December.  18o.®13  I-I60.,  ^  m,,  showlne  an  advance 
of  l-32c.®3-32c.  *"  m.,  clostoR  ba»ely  steady.... 
The  receipts  at  this  port  to-day  were  9,007  Dales,  ana 
»i  the  etilooiug  p.irta  15.388  bales,  airalnst  27,471 
Dales  same  day  last  week.  The  week' s  exports  henes 
lave  been  12,417  oalei,    inoIadln<    12,317  bales  to 

Xiverpool  and   100   bales  to  Bremen The   exports 

from  all  the  ports  slue*  Sept.    1,    IS'?  6,  hare   been 

1,868,437  bales  of  whiod  1,318.788  balaa   were   sent 

tw  the  Briti&h  ports  and  t>49.ti4d  bales  to  the  Coatlnent. 

Olo$tng  Prtat  or  Ootton  tit  tCtm-rom. 

Uniaada.  Alabama.     S.  O.       Texas. 

Ordinary 11  S-lB    113-16    116-16    116-16 

Ktnot  Ordinary. ..11  0-16    11  9-16    11  11-16  11  11-16 

Good  Ordinary...  11  15-16  11  15-16  12  1-16     12  1-16 

btnctOoodOrd...l2  3-18     12  3-16    12  5-18    12  6-10 


Low  Sliddltn? 12"% 

Strict  Low  Mld....l2Sg 

Mladllnu 12'^ 

Good  »ld<tltnii....l3i8 
Btrlct  Good  Mid..  13^ 
Middbne  Pair.....  13^ 
Fair. 14*3 


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1278 

13Hl 

13^ 

13»4 

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SlameO^ 

€ood  Ordinary 1013-16iLow  MWaUnjr . 

BtrictGood  Ord 11  7-16(lltddltaK.. 

FLOOR  AND  MB.IL-  State  and  Western  Ploar  mled 
quite  dull  to-day,  var.ying,  howerer,  as  to  raiues.  fii- 
pcrc  inquiry  unusually  tame. ...Sale*  hare  been  re- 
portea  sinca  our  laat  o!  7.500  bbis.  of  all  erodes,  luciua- 
ineuQSound  Klcrurat$3  5U'3>S9  75:  (of  wblcb  225  bbls. 
unsound  Extras  at  $6'S>$ti50;)  Sour  Flour  at  34  BO'S 
$6  7n;  poor  to  choice  No.  2  at  $4  So'o^So.  cbleflv  at 
S4  t>5a»$4  90;  Tery  poor  to  Tery  cnoice  3upeitlne 
.'WeateTD,  $0  40'S>$5  90.  mR<nlr  at  £5  66'2e>$6  85.  with 
fikocy  Michigan  do..  Winter  Wheat  product,  $5  90:  very 
poor  to  eood  Kxtra  State,  $5  75<2$0  ;  coud  to  choice 
tdo.  at  $0iz;£6  30:  City  Mills  Extra  shipping  gradeg, 
Sga  75'a.-S7  10,  uiostl.y  for  West  Indies,  on  toe  basis  of 
$6  70'S$7  10  for  good  to  vf  ry  choice,  and  quoted  at  $8 
"S^S  60  for  very  good  to  fancy,  for  tht  South  American 
trade,  and  quoted  nominally  at  $5  90  asKed  for  brands 
suited  to  the  Knglisli  traae;  iot'erior  to  i^od  sbippinK 
Kxtra  Wastem,   $5  7o®$t};  gOod  to  choico  do..  $0® 

f6  30;  and  ether  ffradeswitbia  oiir  previous  range 
ncludeg  In  the  sales  have  been  2,360    bb.s.    abippine 
lixtraB,    or  which    1,300    bbis.    City  Mills;   960    bbls. 

Miunesota  clear  and  straight  Extras  ;  650  bbls.  do. 
Patent  do.;  400  bbia.  Wintet  Wheat  Extras,  (lor 
shipment  at  $7  '2o'S>i8.)  350  bbls.  Superfine,  550  bbls. 
>'o.  2,  and  220     bbla,  uosoond  kxtxas,  at   tne   quoted 

rates Of  Southern   Flour,    850   bbla.  sold.   In  lots, 

to  the  noiAe  trade  at  unchauged  qttotatioaB....Of  Bye 
Flour,  270  bbla.  (In  lots)  chiefly  fair  to  choice  Super- 
fine State,  at  $4  IS'Wio  10;  market  as  b«fure  quoted. 
....Of  Corn-meal,  l.lOO  bbis.,  lUCladiPK  50u  bbls. 
Brandyivlne  at  $3  50,  and  450  bbls.  Yellow  Western, 
in  lots,  at  $3,  of  which  100  bbls.  PrUe  Uedal,  tiom 
duck,  at  £3.  Market  rather  weak.  And  of  Corn-meal, 
■in  bags,  2,300  bass  mostly  on  tbe  basis  of  $1  10  for 

Icoflrae  City Buckwueat  Flour  in  some  demand  at 

t63  5oa>$4  10  for  very  poor  to  v»ry  choice  ^  100  Us. 

GfiAI> — Wheat  very  quiet  te-day.  Spring  was  held 
more  Urmly  and  ofteued  sparinKly,  but  wus  dulL  Some 
•peculative  call  was  noted  for  Ha.  2  Chicago  Spring, 
but  to  <t  very  limited  extent.    Wintex  Wheat  without 

movement Sales  were  reported  to-day  of  only  8,0U0 

Itnshels  prime  Ne.  2  Ohio  go  Spring,  In  store,  on  specu- 
lation, at  $1  43;  New-YorK  ho.  2  do.,  800  busheis,  at 
$1  S'';  and  sanary  small  lots  of  Spring  at  91  i89 
$1  35,  of  which  2,U00  oushels  ungraded  at  £1  36:  re- 

dected  at  $L  20;  and  '-no  gfade"  at  $1  18 Corn 

'lias  been  io  less  request,  with  new  orep  again  ouoted 
drwn,  lu  inBtat.ces,  Ic.  a  bushel,  under  free  offerincs  : 
eld  ctop  ab  ut  steady,  bue  inactive...  Sales  have  been 
reporredsiDcn  our  last  ot  45, 000  bushels,  lncluaiug^ew- 
Tork  steamer  Mixed  at  diicSoS^c,  olosiag  at  56c. 
lur  nen ;  New-York^r^o.  2  White.  400  bushels,  at 
6f  ^c;  New-York,  ho^'grade,  (old  classification,)  and 
>o.  3.  (new  grading)  at  5534C.'956o.,(toibe  ext«at  of 
about  19.500  bashela;)  new  crop  .Mixed  Western,  cat 
lota.at  55-<.®57c.,  (of  which  4,4U0  biuliels  at  55H>c 
®5t>c.:)  uaeraded.  sailing-vessel  MiXL'd  Western,  oil 
i  -lop,  (nominal,)  at  5ei'2C.a«>2&  in  store  aod  afljat;  No. 
^  Cnic«go,  in  store,  qaoted  ,.t  59c.'d60o.,  and  afloat, 
ut  01c.®b2c.,  with  uo  further  sales  reported ;)  very 
ch'jice  Ruuad  Tellew,  400  bashels,  at  8'Jc. ;  Yellow 
Western  at  57c.;  Yeilow  Southern,  from  dock,  witbla 
the  ranee  ot  56c'95'*0:  i  and  White  Southern  at  56 '•.^e- 

' Kye  andPeas  as  last  qdoted..  .Barley  heavy,  with 

sales  of  10,000  bushels  No.  2  Canada  at  $1,  In  sioro, 
•r  $1  01^  delivered  from  store;  2,500  bushel)  uu- 
j^raded  Cauada,   averaging  aoont  45 'o   t&.,   at  92  ^ic., 

and,  rumored,  of  a  boat  load  of  ungraded  do.  at  $1 

of  Bartvj-malt.  3,600  bushels  very  cnoiee  tifo-rowea 
Sitate  sold  at  85a.    cash,   ^  bushel.  ...Of  Buckwheat, 

70   ba);s    State    sold    at  $1    ^    bushel Oats    have 

'bMu  very  ^uiet,  as  c.  rule,  to-day,  at  &omewbai  irresu- 
lar  prices  lur  ttthftr  than  the  best  Bamples,  which  were 

ield   tlrml.v.    In    -"^ew    the  scarcity    of  this  class 

Kales  reported  of  vn},5uO  bushels,  including  White 
"Western  at  40c.®49c.  tor  ver.y  Inferiur  to  very 
Choice;  (of  which  2,250  bushels  fiklr,  afloat,  at  46c.); 
White  State,  ordtnarr  to  choice,  within  the  ran^o 
?f  SlCaiooc  from  track  and  afloat;  Mixed  Western  at 
Bdc.'S48c.,  as.  to  quality;  Nu.  2  Coiettgo.  average 
quality,  in  store  quoted  at  48c.;  New-York  bxtra  White, 
750  bushels,  at  55c.;  Hew-Tork  No.  1  White.  750  bush- 
els, at  53'<>c.;  Xew^York  So.  2  White.  2,250  bushels, 
dclivereo,  at  46c;  New-YorKNo.  3  WhlA;  at^Si^c..  (as 
against  46u.  yesterday;  New-TorkNo.  2  at  i5c.@45^o  , 
(I'f  which  3,/oo  buiheis  at  45'9C.);  New-York  ho.  3, 
b,750  bushels,  at  41ow^41Uc.,  of  which  1,500  bushels 
at  ll'^c;  New-York  Reiected.  1,500  bushels,  at 
39o..  and  Miied  State  at  47c.'3>d3^c  for  inferior  to 
choice,      irum      track      and       afloat;      (of     which 

X250      bushels      very       common      at      47^c.) 

.A  fair  inquiry  hAs  been    noted  iot  Feed,   whieb  has 

'been  quoted  generally  steady We   quote:  40- Us.  at 

$18  6o3$l9  50,  chiefly  at  $199^19  50;  OO-ffi.  at 
Si9  753$20  50;  loO-B.  at  $-.aO  2U®f22  60:  Rye 
Feed  at  $23®$25 ;  Sharps  at  $22  &b®|25,   the   latter 

for  choice,  delivered Of  Clorer-seed,  further  sa;es 

of  only  small  lots  ot  prime  State  reported  at  ICac.; 
■very  choice  do.  at  IpAjt.;  fair  do.  at  I60.;  prime  West-" 

eruatlo^c,;   market  dull  and  heavy Other  Grass 

t<eeos  Inactive,  with  prices  quoted  geuerally  as  be- 
lore....or  Calcutta  Linseed  sales  were  made  of 
S3,(>00  bags,  ixom  store,  at  $2  05:  aod  2,O0U 
bags  at  equal  to  $'.!  Ob^  gold,  showing  a  decline.... 
Sale  Hay  na«  tieen  in  muJerately  active  demand, 
with  shipping  qualities  quoted  steady,  within 
the  range  ot  70c  'a>7oe.,  and  retailing  qualities 
tit  75c'3>j>i  05,    toe  extreme  figure  for  choice,  ip  100 

Ib.j  Clover,  65c. •a'75c.:  Salt    Hay,    60o.®U0o Straw 

Ims  been  In  request,  Inclnding  tlye  Straw  within  the 
range  of  OUc.'a>85o;  Oat  65c®70c  ^  100  ft...  The 
-week's  export  clearances  hence,  lor  Kuropean  ports, 
inciDded  3,025  bbls.  i'lour  i.36.973  bushels  wheat. 
8-.i-A709  bushels  Com,  26.991  bushels  Kye.  (of  tbe  lat- 
ter. 24,991  bushels  t»  Bremen,  and  2,000  bushels  to 
Bam  burgh.) 

HIDES— Hare  been  in  less  demand  at  rather  easier 

rates The  week's   rectdpts  hare  been   40.481  Hides 

|knd  164  bales  do Bales,  36,445  Hides,  the  sales  in- 
cluding, accoidlng  to  Messrs.  Pickard  k.  Andreseu,  4,825 
Vry  BuenoB  Ayres  and  butre  Ulus,  22 >a  to  23  lb.,  at 
ii'^^^.  gold,  lour  months,  usual  selection;  635  Dry 
Buenos  Ayres  and  Knre  Bios   Seconds,  23  lb,,   at  19c., 

fold,  cash,  aa  they  run:  1,000  Dry  iiueuos  Ayres  and 
ntre  Rios  Kips,  10^  &.,  at  I9c  gold,  four  mouths, 
usual  selection  :  6,8ti0  Uiver  Platte  Kips,  11  B).,  pri- 
vate terms ;  l,8d0  Dry  Corrlentes  Seconds,  21  to  23 
tb.,  at  Ibc,  gold,  four  montbs,  as  they  luu;  l.OOO  Dry 
Itlo  Grande,  Cow,  20  lb.,  paivato  terms ;  6,07o  Dry 
Calllorma.  22  to  28  fl).,  at  2l^.^^2c  gold,  30 
days,  usual  selection ;  6,865  Dr.y  Central  American.  20 
to  22  ID.,  at  lOc.'&lS'se.,  goid,  bO  days,  selected: 
646  Dry  Mexican.  21  to  22  ffi.;  440  Diy  Port  au  Platte. 
17  IZ>..  ootuprlvate  terms;  4,275  Dry  Texas,  part  to  ar- 
rive, 22  to  27  ft).,  part  at  i9'3C.®i:0'«c.,  currency,  four 
months,  selented;  550  Dry  Texas  Kips,  11  lb.;  406 
"Wet-ealted  Texas,  60  to  70  BJ.;  »05  Wet-salted  tlru- 
Kuay,  from  Europe,  40  0).,  all  private  terms,  and  1,100 
City  Slaughter,  70  ft.,  at  8\ic..  currency,  cash.... 
8toek  in  first  hands  to-day,  109,000  hlcma,  and  10 
bales  do.,  agaiast  80,60O  Hides  and  1.040  bales  do. 
samB  time  last  yea'r. 

MOLASSBS — New-Orleans  haa  been  In  request  at  from. 

tSCSi^Sc.  for  about  good  to  fancy;    SaltfS  bbls., 

maiket  otherwise  dull  and  nominal. 

AaVAL  Si'oEBB — Uesm  doil  on  the  basis  of  $2  15 
042  26  for  common  to  good  Strained,  ^  280 
lb  ...Tar  and  Pitch  as  last  quoted^. .. Spirits  TUrpeu- 
tine  in  slack  demand  with  merchantable,  tor  prompt 
delivery,  at  the  close,  at  42 '-jc'd43c.  4^  gallon. 

OIL-CAKE — Has  been  ofl'ered  more  freely  and  quoted 
lower,  on  a  modeiate  Inquiry,  with  Western,  in  bags, 
quoted  at  $85.  onrrenuy.  ac  which  pxice  160  tons 
BoM:  City,  nomtuki,  $36  60,  gold....uxporU  fOr  tbe 
-w«ek,  18,086  pkB. 

FKTKOLeCM. — Cmde  has  been  very  qnlet  and  a  noted 
down  to  11  >«o..  In  tmlk,  and  14'2C.  in  shlpolag  order. 
....BtflDedinactlre;  quoted  by  refinerBat  ;:6='4C.,  but 
irOm  second  hands  down  to  20c.  for  small  lutk.  for 

eatiy  delivery Beflned,   lu  cases,  quoted  at   SOCS 

Sl>30...-.CUy  MaphUn  quoted   ISc At  Philadelphia 

and  Baltimore  Befined  Petroleum,  for  early  delirery. 
quoted  by  refiners  at  26^c.,  but  lu  small  lots  iiom 
«ecoud  hahda  down  to  20e. 

PBOVISroMS —  A  estern  Mess  Pork  has  been  in  less  re- 

q-hest  for  early  dfehrery  at  atwut  fonner  rates Sales 

reported  of  200  obis,  of  umnsoeoted.  for  shipment,  at 
$16  76'a$16  80....0ther  Uinds  dull:  Kxtra  Prime. 
Inspected,  quoted  at  913  609413  76;  Western  Prime 

31«as  at  sin  76'3$16 And  for  forward  delivery  here. 

Western  Mess  baa  been  also  .la  less  demand:  quoted 
tor  FemriaxT  at  $16  60 1  Hareh,  S16  4U'a^l0  6t^ 
April,  »16  80®«16  7o:  and  May..  $16  75.... 
Sales  repotted  ot  80O  bbls.  February  at  $16  60  s  1.000 
bbla.  Aurll  on  pilrate  tatint ;  and  600  bbH.  Hi^  at 
$16  76...J>reaae«l  Hoos  bare  been  moderately  in- 
qidredtoh  ^tb  Western  quoted  7>9&:  City  at  8>«e.® 
b^....Cut-taieftt«  bare  been  inaeilre  at  rather 
etmia  •ncea....9ale«  include  smaU  lots  of  Ptekied 
Bellies,  In  bulk,  at  9kc.®9  V- and  sundrr  small  lots 
«f  other  City  bulk  irlthlu  «dr  prerious  range — Of 
TilMoa,  for  Ojuoago  OlUreiy,  600  dxb.  Long  aud  8hprt 
Clear  at  S8  80®i3  62^:  and  250  bxa.  do., 
Hatch  delirecr  at  $8  62ia.  M^arket  about  as 
last  quoted... rWeateicn  Steam  Lsrd  has  been  dUil  for 
eallr  didirirf,  and  quoted  weaker — Of  Western 
Bteam.  for  earlT  dellTeiy  hieie.  saiea  bare  Iwen  report- 
ed oFodlj  a&all  lo't^  ot  piime  at  $11  15,  cloamg 
BOBlJUllly  at  this  rate.. ..And  for  fbrward  delivery 
b«Nl  W«ateni  8te«m  haa  been  moderately  active, 
..^.Wertwcn     Steaait      tor    .  FebinUury     quoted     at 

tuS    ttidw*     at      $11    wa^y   i7>?!„.  >mch, 

VU'iBaH^^ll  26|  April.  Bll  S3<a'3>Sll  3B:  May, 
■11  *fi.....Balea  were  iSported  ot  Westera 
fitWUB  to  UllB  extott  of  too  tea.;  for  rebruary.  at 
mAti     Twotci.,     iArdb.      M      $11    20® 

>jBm  mSKT.  atlKl  U>a«$ll    oO.-..ClW8t«Mtt 


^"^^^^Jt^O-.^ati^*  np9tWA  ulak*ertaa»....Be«f 
and  Beef  Hams,  quiet;  quoted  as  Before.... 
Batter  baB  been  refr  moderately  soirfcbt,  and  quoted 
w%ak  thfongbont. . . .We  quote  btate  tabs,  Mt  to  rerr 
ebolee.  20«.933c.;  WBi«h  tubs,  16«.»J6o.i  do.  ftrklns. 
&ir  to  ftraey.  a»  18«^a8c;  Stau  Batter,  w^ole  oairJea, 
tkiz  to  oanioe,  20a 9260.:  Western  uaUs,  fhir  to  rerr 
choice,  S6a994ai  do.  tubs,  eomtnoa  t«  Btrletlroboioe. 
lSa92ae,|  do.  strietly  fMt  to  prime,  in  flrklua,  iae.9 
17o.i  tolls.  Mr  to  Tery  nboiee,  14e.921o....Ch««te 
has  beea  in  tatr  Aemiind.  and  the  finer  makes  quoted 
firmast«,ralaes....Wequot*8tat*irBetory  at  14i«c 
916 >9e.  lor  oholee to  Btr<ctly  fteoy.  and  lle.914i9atbr 
fair  tootaolce,andic,98o.  for  skimmed  and  Weatera 
Factory  at  I0>ae.914i40.  for  tolr  to  Btrlotlf  fauey; 

htate,  dairy-made,  poor  to  rery  choice,  8n.914c 

Eggs  bare  been  In  quite  moderate  request  at 
drooRiug  pTtcea..,.W«  quote  tresh  Eggs  within  the 
range' of  22c.'026c  lor  tair  to  fancy  marks,  "with  tbe 
dealings  reported  as  mostly  in  goou  to  choice  at  from 
23c926e.,  in  round  lois.  #•- dosen.... Tallow bas  been 

fairly  acilre  nt  eBsentlally  uncbangea  rates Sales. 

166,000  a.  prime  to eboioe  at  8>fl0. 98  3-I60. .. .Stearluo 
has  been  quiet  to-day  ;  choice  city,  la  hbds.,  quoted  at 
$11  25:    prime  Western,  iu  tea.    at  8HY*$11  12«9... 
Domestic  Bioe   has  been   quoted  firm,  and   a  moder- 
ate luquirf.  In  a  Jobblag  way We  quote  fUr   to 

atrictlv  choice  Carolina,  in  Job  lots,  ai  $6  269$7; 
liOa.siana  at  $4  25®$U  i^  100  ^...;Basc  Ihdia  Bice 
basbeeu  in  deinanu,  with  Rangoon  quoted  at  $8  IJl 'a 
9$8  25.  gold,  in  bond  ;  Patna  at  $79$7  36,  onrreaoy. 
free,  and  in  bond  at  $4,  gold,  ^  100  ft....Tbe  week'a 
exports  to  Europe  hare  '^c:ea.  1,728  pks.  Pork,  919 
pks.  Beet,  12.951  pks.  Baooa.  6.229  pks.  Lard.  13,300 
bxa.  Cheese,  5,294  pks.'  Butter;  also,  1,418  pks. 
Tailow. 

8KIN8— oeer  has  been  in  sladk  request  and  quoted 

easier  as  to    price The  week's  receipts  bare  been 

42    bales:  sales.    I.OOO   ft.   Central  Awerloan.    6,   00 

ft.  Mexican,  aud  500  ft.  Matamora*  on  private  terms 

Ooac  has  been  in  fairly  active  demand  and  quoted 
firmer;  reopip'S,  1,457  bales;  sales.  60 bales  Mexican, 
SO  bales  Curaooa,  and  62  bales  Pay ta  on  private  terma. 

We  Quote  Deer  thus:   Vera  Cruz,  3oo.;  Guatemala. 

»6c.;  Para,32H2C.'3>85c.;  Sisal.  30c:  Puerto  Cabello.SOe.; 
Bonduras,  32^c:  Central  Amerioa,  29o.'3>32iae.  ^  ft- 
.  ..And Oont thus:  Tamplco.47'3C.®6Uo.;  Uatamoraa, 
47i^ic.'S60c.;  Vera  Crus.  45c960o.,  gold;  Buenos 
Ayres,  60o.'a>52isC;  Pa.vta,  47o.'S>30c.:  Curaooa,  se- 
lected. 65o.'S)57>tC.i  Cape.  35c.i  Madraa,  550,967'vc.: 
Patna.  4U0. 942  >oo. 

SUGABS— Raw  have  been  In  rery  moderate  demand, 
bnt  quoted  at  esseatlally  uncbauged.fignres  :  with  fkir 
to  good  Befining  Cuba  quoted  at  S'^aSO'BO.  ^  ft.;  sales 
reported  or  600  hQda.  Freuoti   island  at   8^.;  and 

200  hhda.  New-Orleans  at  $8  68^t Refined  Sugars 

bare  been  quiet  with  prices  quoted  as  onyesterda.y. 

WHI8KT— Sold  to  tbe  extent  ol  6U  bbls.  at  $1  U7, 
cash;  and  60  bbls,  at  $1  07%,  regular,  closiag  at 
the  lower  rate.  And  at  Alcohol,  —  bbla.  at  $3  03  per 
gallon.  ''> 

FBlilQHT8— Berth  rates  for  Grain  were  quoted  firm^ 
er  a^aiu  to-ilay,  with  more  Inquiry  for  acoommoda- 
tion  from  the  Grain  interest,  chiefly  for  tbe  British 
ports.  Apart  from  this  feature,  tne  geueral  market 
was  without  change  of  moment,  00  a  restricted  hnsl- 

nes» Per    Liverpool,    tbe    engagements    reported. 

since  our  last,  oare  been,  by  soil,  1,200  bbis. 
Piour  at  as.  9d.  per  bbi.;  160  tens  (Mate 
at  20b.  ^  ton,  (with  room  tor  Grain  quoted  at  6d.  f 
60  ft.  from  store  bed.  aud  5>ad.  ^  standard  busbel 
asked;)  and  by  steam,  sm ill  lots  o(  Cottun  at  \tfi-jf 
ft  ;  24,000  bushels  Qrala.in  bulk,  (ons  bin)  ac  6d.  f" 
60  ft.,  (with  6'4d.  suDseqnentiy  bid  for  room  fit  slujils 
boat-loads;)  loO  tons  Measurement  Gooda  witbln 
the  range  of  12s.6a.917B.Ud.;  Il,0u0  boxes  Cheese  at 
3&S.;  1,200  bu.  Bacon,  ohiefly  at  30b  ;  small  lots  of 
Leather  at  40s.  1^  too,  and  (lu  addition  10  tbe  free 
shipments  mentioned  in  our  last)  lUOO  bblA  Apples  at 
3b. 93s.  60.  ^  bol  Aud  by  steam,  from  Philadelphia, 
(contracts  made  there.)  1,500  bales  Cotton— part 
throuKb  trelght— ot  6-16d.9eBd.  ^  ft.,  and 
25,OuO  bushels  Corn  on  private  terms.  And 
from  the  West,  by  rail  and  steam,  on 
through  freight  account.  500  bxs.  Bacon,  via.  Boston. 
at  50c  ^  100  ft.:  also  a  British  brig,  222  toas.  hence, 
with  geueral  t>argo.  on  private  terms;  a  British  ship. 
723  tons,  placed  on  the  berth  honoe,  for  general  oargo. 

For  London,  b.v   sail,    300  bbls.  Resin,  ana  40  tons 

Measurement  Goods,  on  private  terms;  and  by 
steam,    100     tea.    Beef,     at    6s.    4p-   tieroe;      2,300 

pjtgs.    Cheese    aud    Butter,    at    35s.    ^    ton For 

Uiasgow,  by  steam,  2.800  pkga.  Lard,  Butter,  and 
Clieet>e,  at  308.%35a.  ^  too;  l,6oO  bbls.  Apples, 
reported  at  4b.  4^  bbi.... (''or  Biistul,  by  sail,  25  tons 
Tallow  at  25s.  #'  ton,  aud.  by  steam.  16.000  bushels 
Grain  at  e^sd.  ^  standard  bushel;  llObbls.  Tallow  ac 

30s.  4^  ton Pur  Hull,  by  ■team,  16,000  busbala  Grain 

at  5^ 'jp  standard  bushel,  and  50  tons  Oil-oake  at 
2J8.  ^lon  ...ifoT  the  United  Kingdom,  a  Norwegian 
bark,63'J  tons,  reported  wiih  general  cargo,  from  Saran- 

nah  on  private  terms Foi    Cork  and  orders,  tunuage 

fur  Grain  wai  in  some  request,  and  quoted  here  at 
bs.  3d.95s.  Ud.;    at  Philadelphia,   at   5s.  3d.®5s.  Oo., 

and    at    Baltimore,    at    6b.    bd.  #"  quarter For    tbe 

Continent,  a  German  bark,  430  tons,  with  Uesln.  from 
harannah,  reported  un  private  terms,  quoted  nomi- 
nally at  3s.;  also,  rumored,  a  British  bark,  371  tons, 
hence,  with  equal  to  about  2,400  quarters  Oraio, 
on  private  terms,  but  rumor  not  confirmed. 
For  Havre,  the  Frensh  steamer  cleared  to- 
day with  2,000  bushels  Worn,  1,200  hX4.  Bacon, 
I.UOO  tea.  Gmas€>.  1,300  bags  Coffee,  600  pks.  Bides. 
170  pks.  Tobacco,  sou  sundry  lots  of  miscollaoeous 

our :io,  engaged  some  time  since,  at  marker  rates 

For  Bremea,  bv  bail,  50O  bxs.  Starch,  at  20b.  ^  too  — 
For  Hamburg;,  b.v  sail,  1160  bxs.  Bacon  at  SOs.  ^tou  ; 
and,  by  steaui,  of  rectiiit  contracts,  4,U00  bags 
Cott'ee,  ou  private  t«rms;  aud  small  lots  of 
Bacon  at  2.50  reiobmarks;  and  of  Meas- 
urement      Goods       at       90      to       100      do Fur 

Steciln,  b.r  sail,  some  inquiry  was  noted  fur  room  for 
Bacon  and  Lard  within  tbe   r^ngu   of  35s.'2>40s.  4^  ton. 

For  Gibraltar    aud    orders,    the   Itahau   bng,  322 

toos,  with  Refined  Petroleum,  ironi  Pbilauelphia,  men- 
tioned in  onrlast,  at  4a.   9a.  4^  bbL,  gets  22'qc  fur 

cases Fur  Genua  or  Leghorn  and    back,  a  British 

barK,  u93  tons,  with  general  cargo,  on  private  terma, 
taking  out  Kentucky  Tobacco  ou  prlrate  terms, 
gnoted  at  about  Sob.,  aud  back.  with 
Marble. ...For  Cadia,  un  Itahau  bark,  414  tous,  heuce, 
with  staves  on  th«>  basis  or  $40  for  heav.v  and  $50  for 
ektra  heavy  Pipe,  and  2,0u0  cases  Petroleum  at  ^4r. 
#>■  case. ...For  Trieste,  by  sail.  1,000  to  2,000  bbis. 
Uesiu,  reiiorced  on  private  terms — For  bt.  John's, 
N.   p.,  H  untlsb  brig,  380  tons,  hence,   with  Fleur  and 

Provisions,  at  C5c.ia'70c  ^  bbl For  Uiu  Janeiro,  a 

British  brig,  "with  about  3,000  bbls.  Flour  from 
Richmond  reported  at  ^l  ^  bbl,   and    a   bng,  with 

Lumoer,  frjm  brunswick.  at  $20 h'or  Cuban  sorts. 

a  bark  and  brig,  with  Coai,  from  Baltimure,  reported 
at  dOc.'^75c.,  uoda  schooner,  with  dt.,from  Ptiiladel- 

pDia,  at$l  75  HP*  ton For  Barbadoes  atid  Demersra, 

a  Brltisn  scbuouer,  1S8  tons,  benee,  with  gen- 
eral      cargo,        reported     at       50c.       y*       bbl 

For     U^yti,    two     schooners,    with     Lumber,   fruu 

JacksenrlUe.   ut     $7  bi)S$a For    Pooce,    P.    B..    a 

schouuer,  with  Lumuer,  ttom    Macblas.  reported  at 

about  $7 For  Matanzas,  a  schoouer,  with  Lumber, 

from    Pensacola,    at    $7 For    Yaruiuutb.    K.    S.,    a 

schooner,  with  Lumber,  from   Union  Island,  at   $7  75. 

For  psrls  in  tbo   West    Indies,   vessels    were   In 

more     leqaeat,      fur      BoBton     loading,     on      tbe 

basis      ot       about      7s.     6d.       ^      ton For     a 

port  north  of  Uatteras,  a  bark,  with  salt,  trom  L'ndls 
reported  at  10c.  ^  bushel...  For  Providence,  a 
scnooner,  with  Com,  trom  Newcastle,  at  7c.  ^  busheL 
....For  Boston,  a  scbooner,  with  Lumber,  from  Savan* 
cab,  at  V7 For  Philadelphia,  a  sehooner,  witn  Lum- 
ber from  Satiila  Blver,  at  $6.. ..For  Wilmington,  Dsl., 
two    schooners,   with    Lumo;-r,    fTom   Brunswick,    at 

$5  62»aa>$5  73 For   isew-York,   a   schooner,    with 

Corn,  from  Philadelphia,  at  6c.  ^  busheL 


TEE  S'l'AXM   OF  TR^DE. 


Chicago,  """eb.  10. — Flour  firm  and  unchanged. 
Wheat  iu  fair  demaud,  but  lower.  Nsk  2  Chteace 
Spring,  9I  80^  cash;  $1  30 V  March;  $1  ii2'B, 
April:  No.  3  do.,  $1  20;  OeJected.  $1  049$t  04*3. 
Com  dull,  and  a  shade  lower;  41Ue,.  cash;  41*36.. 
March;  45''40..  May.  Oars  dull  aui  nominal,  k.^e 
inactive,  at  7Uc.  aaiced.  Barley  la  light  demand,  but 
holders  firm  at  61'ac.9ti6c.  Pork  duM  and  lower; 
S15  859$15  90,  cash;  $16  90  old,  March ;  $16  10 
9  $16  12^  April.  Lard  dull  and  lower:  $10  76<0 
$10  90,  caob:  $10  93  asked.  March;  $11  05,  April. 
Bulk-meats  steady  anl  uuchaoged.  Dressed  nogs 
eteadv,  with  a  good  demand  ;  choice  heavy,  *7;  light, 
$6  73<j!'$6  67"^  vvhlsxy  steaoy  and  unchanged,  be- 
ceipta— Flour,  7,000  o'blB.;  Wheat,  5,6iiO  uushels; 
Corn,  64,000  busbels;  Oats,  24.000  bushels ;  Bve, 
375  trashels;  Itarley,  8,5iA)  buBuelJ.  ShipmenU— 
Flour,  9,000  bbls.;  Wneat.  37,uOo  bUsheis;  Corn. 
65,000  bushels;  Oats,  19,0ou  busheis;  Barley, 
7,5U0  busheis;  Bye.  1,200  bushels. 

Buffalo,  Feb.  10.— Heoeipts— Flour,  4,100  bbls.; 
Wheat,  11.200  boBheiS;  Corn,  21. tSOO  bushBiS;  Oats, 
13,3i)0  bushels;  Barley,  1,600  bushels;  Byej  2,8uO 
bushels,  c hi oments— Flour,  2,650  ijbla.:  Wheat,  30-, 
800  bushels:  Corn.  18,800  bushels ;  Oats,  11.900 
bushels;  Barley.  1,600  bushels;  K.Te.  2,80O  bushels. 
Market  moderately  active,''«vith  a  good  local  demand 
for  Wheat  Sales  ot  800  bbls.  Flour  at  nuchanged 
urices.  Wheat— sales,  400  bushels  Whitest  $156; 
900  bushels  No.  2  Chicago  at  $1  40;  l.OOO  bushels 
North-western  Club  at  nil  4H;  15,000  biisbels  do.  at 
private  terms;  5tK)  bushels  do.  at  $1  45;  i4.u00 
bushels  Ho.  2  Spring  at  private  terms.  Com— Sales,  7 
cuis  new,  on  track,  62  V.;  6  cars  do.  High  Mixed,  53c 
Oats — Sales,  900  bushels  .So.  2  Toledo  at  41HjC.  Bar- 
ley iu  lair  demand  ;  sales.  2,o0o  bushels  Cauada  at 
9uc,;  1.800  bushels  da  No.  1.  during  the  week,  at  pri- 
vate terms.  Rye  inactive.  Malt  in  good  trade  demand 
at  unchanged  prices.  Pork  quiet  and  lower :  qdoted 
Mess  and  Short  Cut  at  $17;  Bellies  at  $9;  Hams  at 
12c.;  Shoulders  at  8c  Lard,  llc.9lli3C-  in  tea. 
and  kegs.  Other  articles  unchanged.  Railroad  freights 
Unchanged. 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  10. — ^Flour  firm;  unchauged. 
Wheat — Buvers  and  sellers  apart;  po  transactions,  ex- 
cept in  sample  lots,  com— l.^o.  2  Mixed,  38>9C.,  cash; 
40c.,  March;  4134c.94l^c,  April;  -13 ''eo. ,  May.  Oats 
Bteadv  ;  5o.  2,  3.>^c.935-'tc.  asked.  Ryu  quiet;  un- 
changed. Barley  uull;  uuuhansced.  Whisky  quiet: 
nochanged.  Pork  opened  easier  at  $16.  35  bid,  cash  ; 
closed  at  $16  50,  codb,  February  and  March  ;  Sl6  65, 
April  Lard— None  oflTered.  Bulk-meatB  quiet;  buy- 
ers and  sellers  apart;  no  transactions  exoept  Id  a Joo- 
bing  way.  Bacon  quiet;  unchanged.  Live  Hogs 
steady;  unchanged;  Uttle  dune.  Caitie  steady  ;  un- 
changed ;  little  done.  Receipts — 2,000  bola.  Flour, 
8,000  bushels  Wheat,  28,0OU  bushels  Coru,  I.UOO 
bushels  oats,  4.0jO  bushels  Barley,  7oO  head  Hogs, 
230  head  Cattle. 

CDiCiNNAli,  Feb.  10  —Flour  qnlet  but  flrm.  "WTieat 
quiet:  Red,  $1  4o9$l  52.  Corn  in  iAir  deiUaUd  at 
41G.944C.  Oats  in  light  demand,  but  hulders  firm  at 
8<ic.942o.  Bye  quiet  at  78c.979o.  Barley  dull  and 
nominal.    Pork  dull  aud   iioralnai.    Lord  dull;    Steam 

tendered,  $10  65  bid:  $10  7o  asked,  spot;  sales  at 
11,  seller  Aoril;  Kettle,  llcdiilHic.  Bulk-meats 
quiet  but  firm:  Shoulders.  iJi^c.;  Short  Blbl,  $8  7o9 
lUj  75,  spot;  $0  25,  seller  May:  Short  Clear  BlUes,  9c 
Bacon  dull  aud  lower.  Shoulders,  7  ^c.;  Clear  Kibe, 
$9  53®«9  B2'a;  Clear  Sides,  0^40.99  Tsc.  Whisky 
easier  at  $1  04.  Butter  dull  and  unchauged.  Uogs 
quiet  and  uncbanged;  receipts,  1,135  Itead ;  ship- 
ments, SOS  bead. 

T01.EDO.  Feb.  10.— Flour  qniet.  "Wheat  steady; 
Ko.  1  White  Uichlgah.  $1  60:  Extra  ua,  $1  6'6: 
Amber  Mlehi^n. Si 493»:  March,$16l;  May.  $1  56<3: 
No.  2  uo.,  $1  30=^:  No.  1  Red  Winter,  $1  64  ;  Ho.  2 
da,  $1  47'*;  Mareh.  $i  49^:  rejected  EM,,  $1  iai» 
<;ornflnn;  High  Mired,  45c.;  Mai-ch,  46a;  May,  49c.; 
old  High  Mixed,  46  "uc;  No.  2,  44!^c.;  March,  46  >aC; 
May,  48*1*6.;  old.  45>ac;  White,  44»ie, ;  Rqiected, 
44>4e.  Oats  auiet;  Wbiie  held  at  42'sg.;  Michigan. 
40c.;  Bejeeted.  31c.  Receipts — 4.000  bushels  "Wneat. 
11  000  bushels  Corn,  BhipiaeptB— 400  bbls.  Flour, 
'8,000  buBfaeis  Wheat,  83,jOO  DUAbelii  Com,  O.oOO 
bushels  Oats. 

MiLwADKKB,  Febi  fc.— Flour  qtllet;  nn^anited, 
^Theat  uimettied;  ^o.  1  Milwaukee,  $1  43,-   Mo.  2,  do., 

fl33->4;  Jdarub,  $1  34\;  April,  $1  36%:  No.  3  de.i 
1  24 >a.  Corn  steady;  No.  2,  45e.  Oats  neglected; 
puminal :  No.  2,  34I4C.  Bye  firmer.  In  fulr  demand; 
Bo.  1,  72»ab.  Bariey  dttll ;  eASler;  ITo.  2  Bprihg,  73c.; 
Ko.  3  do.,  dull,  3ue.  Mess  Pork  dull  Laid  dttll. 
Dressed  Hogs  steady,  at  ;p6  75.  Kecelpts— 4,800  bbls. 
Flour:  1.20U0  busheU  Wheat.  Shipuibnts— a.dUO  bbls. 
Fldtir ;  6,000  busheis  Wheat. 

OswKGO.  Feb.  10.— Floor  nnohaneed ;  sale*,  1,100 

bbis.  Wheat  firm:  No.  1  Milwaukee  Clnb,  $1  60; 
No.  1  da ,  $1  5H ;  No.  2  Red  Wabaab4  $1  67;  No.  1 
White  Michigan,  $1  6S  |  extra  da  da,  $1  70.  Com 
Steady  and  unchanged.  .  Barie.r  auiet  and  unchanged. 
Cotu-meal  nnbhauiced.  Hill-feed  tihchanged.  BaViroad 
Shipments — Fjour,  l,30u  Dbla..  UaUcoad  fculgbts — 
Mour  to  Bostou,  46o.;  to  Mew-Tork.  86«--.  to  Aioanyt 
2diB. 

l^BW-OioxANB,  Feb.  10.— Cora  in  good  deanikd  st 

full  prices  at  6ae  ®Q6o.  Oats  In  fair  demiWd  iand  firm ; 
Qhtena,   *&a.    Sntokr—lateticg,  Bo.S6H<i.i    ee 
fOM.7*-«*7iMu  iMis-  nui-Ait.  li«iMI%abt 


oboloe.  aVo.#9e^  Cabttttala).  8<lte.'aS%B.:  TeHov 
clarified,  t>a«i«toV-  MolaBeet  dulT  aM  nommal. 
Other     artiolaa    uoohannd.      Bzebwice— Sew-Vork 


Bight.  >apreminm;  Sterlinc.  tS  14  tte  the  banJc  Oold, 
105«B»106V  —  w.' 

LonuviLLB,  Feb.  10.— Fionr  quiet  and  unchanged. 
Wheat  steady  with  a  fkir  demand;  Bed.  SI  46,  Am- 
ber, $1  60;  White,  tl  6a  Corn  firm;  White,  4S04 
JItxed,  4I0.  Bre  steadyanci  flrm  at  80c.  oats  in  act- 
re  demand:  Wbitn.  43o.;  Mixed,  4U«!.  Pork  In  fair 
demand  at  il7'^17  26.  Bulk-meaU  nominally  nn- 
changed.  Bacon  Boarce  and  firm;  Shoulder*,  7I40.; 
Clear  Ribs,  ii'^a;  Clear  Sides,  lOo.  Sngar-ourod Hams, 
12iae.3l3H>c.  Lara  firm:  tierce,  ll^c;  kegs,  I2S40. 
'8130.  Whisky  steady  and  unchanged.  Bagging  quiet 
and  unchanged. 

Detboit,  Feb.  10.— Flour  qnlet  ana  steady. 
Wheat  dull  aud  depressed:  extra  White  Mlcbican, 
$1  67;  MiUlog,  $1  54>a;  Na  1  White  Mloblgen, 
$1  62;  Milling,  $1  42;  No.  2  Amber  Miohigaa.  oflereii 
at  $1  41.  Corn  quiet  and  unohanved.  Oats  quiet  and, 
steady:  white,  44>ac.t  mixed,  4I0-  Beeelpts— Flour, 
935  ublf>.;  Wheat,  3,041  bush -Is;  Cora.  12,794  bush- 
els; Oats.  1,376  DuahelB.  shipments— Flour,  900  bbls.; 
Wheat,  1.146  buaheis;  Com,  19,719  btuhels;  OaiB, 
2,962  bnsbels. 

Chioaqo.  Feb.  10.— Cattle— Receluts,  850  head; 
shipments.  3,00Q  head:  market  dull  aud  nearly 
nominal;  sates  of  chuiue  at  $4  96;  stoekers  and  me- 
dium. «3  SoaiM  15.  HOEB— KecHpts.  7.000  head; 
ablpments.  4.400  head:  martlet  dnll  and  weak  1  pack- 
ing lOc.  lower;  medium  to  good  light.  $5  85a>$b  l<i: 
rough  to  good  smooth  packing,  $6S)$U  40;  good  to 
choice  shipping  and  Pbiladtilphlas.  $6  35'ai$6  76. 
Sheep— Beoefpts,  620  head;  market  dull  and  un- 
changed. 

iNDlANAPOLifl.  Feb.  10.— Flonr  qtilet,  but  flrm  and 
unchanged.  Wheat  quiet;  White  $1  40®$1  60; 
Bed,  $f  35'a>$l  60:  rejected,  «1  103$!  20.  Coin 
Bteadr  and  uuobanged.  Provisions  nominally  un- 
chauged. Balk-meats— ."boulders,  O^c.O'O'^c.:  Clear 
Ulbs,  8^;  Clear  Sides,  8''8C  Mess  Pork— Jobblnz  at 
$16  50.  Uogs  quiet  and  unchanged;  receipt's,  900 
head ;  shipments,  300  nead. 

Pbotidekcb,  Feb.  10.— Transactions  In  Printing 
Clothe  during  tne  week  bare  been  limited  br  the  lack 
of  spot  goods  in  the  market.  Prices  closed  firm  at 
5ieo.'£5'4R.  for  Standard  to  Bxtra  64x64  Cloths,  some 
holders  asking  5^c.  for  best  Uxtras. 

"WiLKDioTON,  N.  C.  Feb.  10.— SoirltB  TufDentine 
flrm  at  39Ho.  Resin  quiet;  $1  85  for  Strained.  Cmde 
'I'urpeBtioe  quiet;  »^  OS  for  bard  ;  $3  OS  for  Tstlow 
Dip,  and  $3  05  tor  Virgin.    Tar  steady  at  $1  60. 

THE  COTTON  MARKETS. 


NtW-OBLkANa.  Feb.  10.~  Uotton  strong;  some  sales 
V)- higher;  :tiddllDg.  12V-;  I'Ow  Mlddliuz.  ll<>8a; 
Good  Ordinary,  ll^c:  net  receipts,  4.437  bales: 
gross,  6,386  bales:  exports,  to  Great  Britain,  7,576 
bales;  to  France,  2,467  bales;  sales,  6,000  bales; 
stock,  296,083. 

MOBiLB,  Feb.  10.— Cotton  firm;  Middling,  I2I9C,; 
Low  Middling.  llV':Good  Ordinary,  11  >eo. ;  net 
receipts,  1,162  bales:  exports,  to  Great  Britain,  6 ; 
toFranoe,  1,441  bales;  to  the  Cuntiuent.  2,000 bales; 
coastwise,  1,456  bales;  sales.  600  bales;  stock, 
64. 10)»  bales. 

Galvkston,  Feb.  10— Cotton  steady;  Middling. 
1214C.;  Low  Middling,  ll*!»a;  Good  Ordinary,  ll^tc; 
net  reoetpts,  1,773  bales;  exports,  to  Great  Britsio, 
2,849;  coastwise,  8.344  bales;  sales,  986  bales; 
stock,  81,227  boles. 

Savaknah,  Feb.  10.— Cotton  firm;  Middling, 
12BBa;  Low  Middling.  12 He:  Good  Ordliiary,  11>90.; 
net  receipts.  668  bales;  exports,  to  Great  Britain. 
4*,8l9  bales:  coastwise-  686  bales  ;  salea.  660  bales; 
stuck,  69,936   bales.      ^ 

CHABLKflTON.  Feb.  10.— Cotton  firm;  Middling, 
12=!«o.:  Low  Middling,  12>oC:  Good  Ordinary.  12&; 
net  loeelpts,  1.U47  bales  i  exports  to.  Great  Biitatu, 
1,60,  bales;  to  tbe  « ontloeut,  2,003  bales;  coast- 
wise 16  bales;  salBS,  1,200  bales;  stock,  45,686  bAles. 

BOSTON  WOOL  MARKET. 
Boston,  Feb.  lO  —The  demapd  f  jr  Wool  ia  fair. 
There  is  no  disposition  to  press  sales  of  desirable 
Fleeces  apd  best  super  aud  Pulled  except  at  current 
rates,  while  low  grades  ate  rather  negl<;cted.  Flue 
aud  medium  grades  have  been  in  fair  request.  The 
sales  of  Ohio  aud  Peunsylvan'a  have  bee u  219,000 
IB.;  X  Ohio,  45c.  for  cnoice.-  medium  and  5a  1, 
42c.'346c.i  XX  and  almve,  4 7c. "3480.  There  baa  been 
nothing  done  in  Mlcbigan.  Some  2.^01  B.  Wiscoosln 
X  sold  at  4ua'S403«o.  Uomblag  ani  uelalna  remain 
steady,    and   air  taken  «s  fast    as  graded:    tbo   sales 

have  beeu  85,000  ttl.  Washed,  44o  «64o.;  Uuwashed, 
830.936c.  Pulled  is  in  fair  demand,  but  inquiry  is 
almost  exdnslvelv  tor  good  and  choice  lines  ot  SaD>-r 
andX;  Supers  dull  aucT  neglected:  sales,  21.<). 400  tb. 
Super,  8Sc. '3410.,  X.,  38u.''a<43c  ;  Eastern  and  Maine 
Supers,  44c. '347c.  Choice  California  Pulled  sold  as 
high  as  SOC.,  but  this  U  a  rery  extreme  figure.  Cali- 
fornia is  dull;  desirable  Spring  commands  tull  prices, 
but  Fall  is  neglected;  fair,  12c926o.,  mostly  in  the 
range  of  17o.'320c:     Sprlag.  -.24c.930>30. 

BAY  AN  A  WJEJCKLT  MARKET. 
Havasa.  Feb.  10.— Sugar— In  eonefqueboe  of 
favora'iie  Cable  dispatches  there  has  beeu  an  active 
demand,  and  prices  have  been  firm  ;  a  short  cr^p  is  au- 
tiolpatea;  stock  iu  warehouse  at  Havana  and  Uatan- 
K3S.  59,000  bxs.  and  22,500  hbds.;  receipts  ol  the 
week,  2i»,000  bxs.  and  10,700  hhJs.:  exports  of  the 
week,  4,700  bxs.  aad  4.90O  hbds.,  of  whiou  :^.600  bxs. 
and  all  the  hhds.  ware  for  the  Uuited  States  ;  clayed 
Sugars  unchaageU  ;  Molasses  Sufar.  Nos.  7  tu  10,  H^'ii 
8>areals,  gold, 'IP'arToua;  Mulas^es,  53^  reals,  gold.  ^ 
keg;  inierlor  to  fair  Mdsoavado,  %i<2  reals,  gold,  i^  ar- 
roba  I  tair  togoodoo.,  U  reals;  Oentrifugaf  Sugari  in 
buxes,  11311^4  reals;  do.  in  nhds.,  llUo'll'-j  reals, 
golti  per  arroba.  Uacon,  $36  6ii'a»$S7  ♦►  cwt.  Butter. 
$7o'2$80  ^  quintal  fur  superiur  American.  Flour, 
$34  C)0'a)s'M  ^  bbL  tor  Ameriuau.  Jerked 
Beei;  $4'33  50  Jp'  anoba.  Hams,  :i:383 
$45  ^  quintal  for  American  Sugar-cured. 
Lard,  in  kegs,  £38  1^  quintal;  da,  I'l  tins,  »-t-l'3946. 
Potatoes,  $12  &0'3$IS  ^  bbL  Tallow,  $293$30  f- 
Quintal.  Honey,  5»a  reals  ^?•  gallon.  Ouioni,  $10  #>' 
bol.  tor  Araeileau.  Coai-eil  scarce.  Kmpty  hogsheads, 
$4,  gold,  bbuoks  dull;  box.  8>«  ntais.  Sugar  hugs- 
heads,  17918  renis.  Molasses  nogsheadi,  2:^  rsais. 
White  Hav.v  Beans,  27  'a'3i28  reals  Ip"  arruba.  Chew- 
log  Tobacco,  $t>23ii04  ^  quiutal  Corn,  9^4® 
lo  reals  ^  arroba.  Uoops,  Long  •liaved  dull. 
Freights  firmer;  if  box  ot  sugar,  loading  at  Havana 
fur  the  Uniti-d  states,  "i  dc:  ^  hhd.  o(  ^nzar  loading 
at  other  polnis  on  tbe  north  ouast  of  Cuba,  S3  759$4 . 
^hhd.  of  Molasses  loading  at  Havana,  $2  25'ai$2  60} 
do.  loading  at  other  ports  ok  tbe  north  coast  ot  Cuba, 
$J  '753413;  to  ralmouth  and  oidsA.  3&a  3J7b.  Ud. 
Tobacco  unchanged.  SpanUu  Gold,  121 '4^12134.  BX- 
chauge  flrm.  ^ 

PVLTEBIZED  RUBIES  AS  A  FOOD. 

Pulrerized  iiamoods  are  in   some  parts  of 

India  reputed  to  be  the  least  painful  but  the  moat 
aetire  and  ln£sllible  of  all  poisons.  Bnbies,  how- 
•tef,  reduced  to  powder  are,  U  Beeins,  considered  to 
be  rather  beneficial  to  the  healtb  than  otberwlee. 
At  :e«st  such  is  tne  opinion  of  the  ex-Gaikwar  of 
lijroda,  who,  according  to  one  of  the  Indian  papers, 
18  now  engaged  io  repairiaj;  his  conBlitntlou,  aud, 
with  this  in  new,  is  m  the  uabit  of  eating  rubies  in 
the  form  ot  a  flue  powder  sprinkled  orer  oakee. 
His  Highnefls,  it  U  Btate;l,  entertains  a  rer^ 
high  opinion  of  tbe  medicinal  qaalltles  of 
rubles  taken  in  this  form,  and  expeuds  a  con- 
aiderable  portioa  of  bis  income  in  buying  these 
gems  fur  couvorsion  into  pbysic.  He  also  takes 
Other  precious  Biones,  not  as  pills,  bnt  as  powdets, 
to  assist  in  tne  restoration  ol  his  bualth,  aud  bas 
engaged  a  large  number  of  Dsiire  cooks,  who  have 
orders  to  leave  no  stone  unpuwdered  which,  when 
tnlxed  with  contectiouery,  may  be  eaten  with  M- 
Vantage.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  cooks  do  not 
abuse  the  coofidence  thus  reposed  in  them  by  Ap- 
propriating the  gems  to  their  own  use;  but  the 
temptation  must  oe  one  whieb  uo  British  oook  could 
wlthsiADd.  aud  it  would  be  hardly  prudent  for  any 
wealihr  Invalid  in  this  country  who  adopts  a  .iewel 
diet  in  imitation  of  the  unlortunate  Muibsr  Kau  to 
allow  the  pnlrerizing  process  to  he  earned  on  In  the 
kitchen.  ^ 

A  CALF 8RVEHAL  TEARS  OLD. 
The  Court  Circular  says  :  "  A  good  storj  ia 
told  concerning  a  townbred  curate,  who  had  con- 
Bented  to  do  duty  on  Sunday  for  his  Inend,  the  rec- 
tor of  a  country  parish  in  tbe  Midlands.  The  sub- 
ject of  the  morning  sermon  was  the  parable  ot  the 
prodigal  son,  and  in  the  b6pe  of  impressing  uiion 
his  hearers  the  )oy  which  tbe  patristcO  telt  on  tbe 
return  of  his  bod,  bb  iasianced  by  bU  ordering  the 
fatted  call  to  be  killed,  tbe  yunng  curate  feit  a 
pardonable  pride  in  dwelling  apon  a  sub- 
feet  which  could  not  fail  to  be  compre- 
hensible to  the  dullest  plow-boy  in  the  con- 
gregation, 'itemeinber,'  he  said,  'this  was  no 
ordinary  calf  which  was  to  be  killed ;  it  was  no 
common  calf  or  beast  suflbring  from  marrain;  no 
balf-Btarved  calt,  slowly  awaiting  death.  Kol  it 
was  not  even  merely  a  fatted  eaif  ;  but,' becoming 
more  iuipresslve,  '  it  was  tbe  fatted  calf  which  had 
been  priced  and  loved  by  the  family  fur  man.y 
years  I  A.  sea  of  wide  eyes  and  gaping  montbs 
arrested  for  a  moment  tbe  eloquence  of  tbe  fledgling 
parson,  and  in  the  next  there  was  6uch  a  cbuckllog 
and  grins  and  fluttering  of  old  heads  below  as  had 
not  been  witnessed  even  in  the  memory  of  the 
quaiot-leggiid  bexton  hir  more  tban  'many  yean.'  *' 
■ '■ ^ ■— 

THS  MEAL  EST  A  IE  MARKET. 


At  the  Exchanze  on  Saturday,  Feb.  10, 
under  aforedosare  decree,  bt  order  of  lbs  Court  of 
Common  Picas,  £.  M.  Henry,  Ssq..  Referee,  Hugh 
K.  Camp  sold  two  fonr-stor.y  brick  tenement- 
houses,  with  store,  with  lots,  each  20.2  by  80  on  21 
ar.,  east  side,  42  feet  north  of  74i:h  st.,  for<19,000,  to 
Cordelia  A.  Stewart,  plaintiff  in  the  legal  aution. 
Scott  it.  Myers,  by  order  of  tbe  Supreme  Conrt  in 
foreclosure,  ChorleS  T.  Middlebrook,  fi^q..  Referee, 
dispbaetl  of  a  tbree'ttory  add  buemeht  brick  house, 
with  lot  ld.6  by  74  on  £iat  49ch  St.,  north  Bide,  290 
feet  east  of  31  hr.,  fjr  |7, 130  to  Hannab  £.  Board- 
man,  plaiotiC  Under  a  atinilbr  eulirt  order,  C.  C. 
Bigelow,  S«4.,  Beteree,  A.  J.  Bleecker  &  Son  sold 
two  lota,  each  33  by  100  on  Sohnyler  sb,  south  side, 
150  feet  west  of  Coruandt  at.,  Morrisania,  for  fl.OOU 
to  Joseph  Bruzgenun,   pUintifT  in  the  legal  action. 

The  following  foredoBore  salts  were  adiourned: 
Sale  by  Hugh  N.  Camp  of  a  building,  with  lot^  Ko. 
228  Pearl  at,  near  Piatt  at.,  to  Fab.  17.  Sale  by 
William  Eennelly  of  a  plot  of  l*hd  Oh  Sast  52d 
at,  west  of  Ut  ar.,  to  March  6,  »nd .  Bale  by  R.  "V. 
Harnett,  df  three  hoases,  With  loti,  oh  West  57th 
St.,  eaatof  6thar.,  eine  did. 

The  touU  r«lae  Of  City  real  aaute  «old  at  the 
Excbthga  for  the  mfc  ending  Satarday,  Feb  10, 
was  (318,450,  aa  agalnat  1606,678,  tbe  flgures  for  the 
week  pceviotts. 

THIS  week's   AUCnONS. 
'  For  the  present   week,  at  the   Exohange,  unleaB 
otherwiae  noted,  the  following  pubtio  sales  ate  au- 

taooneed.:  .  . 

lb-day,  (iioMat.)  Ptlb.  13. 
By  A^  J;  BleMfcer  it  Sob.  Supreme  Court  foire- 
eloeure  sale.  Sidney  H.  Stuart,  JSsq.,  Befeiee,  of  a 
hoaw  with  lot  SS  by  100  bit  Pitt  st.,  Irdal  tide,  193 
feet  north  Of  Gteed  af.  'A.)ad,  toreelosore  sale,  by 
order  of  the  Conrt  of  Commi^n  Pleas,  F.  W.  Xioew, 
Xao..  Bataro^  of  a  hoiue  with  lot  8S  by  »>d  v^    -^ 


Cliatqa  at.,  aaat  side,  ISO  feet  aontb  of  Stanton  at- 
Also  alfflilar  gale.  Jamoe  Wiley,  E«d.,  Referee,  of  a 
httoae  with  lot  18.8  by  lQS.9  on  Sast  Hat  at,  north 
Bide.  S55  feet  east  of  3d  ar.  Al«o.  a  bonse  with  lot 
16.8  by  103.9  by  1S.8  by  98.0  on  Xast  41st  at,  north 
Bide,  adJoinloK  above.  Also  a  house  with  lot  16.8 
lay  98.9  on  BaaC  4lJt  at.,  north  tide,  adjoining 
abore. 

By  LottiB  Mefller,  Supreme  Conrt  foreoloanre  aale, 
Da'vld  Tomllnson.  Bra..  Beferee,  of  a  house,  with 
lot  ao  by  980,  on  Wett  40tb  it.,  tooth  aide,  130  feet 
east  of  8th  ar. 

By  H.  "V.  Harnett,  foreclosure  sale,  br  order  ot 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  .J.  B.  Strong.  Esq  , 
Beferee,  of  a  faonse,  with  lot  20  by  98  9,  on  West  231 
St.,  asutb  side,  S80  feet  west  of  7th  ar.  Also,  simi- 
lar sale  B  M.  Henr.v,  E:>a..  Beferee,  of  a  boose, 
with  lot  18  by  100.5,  on  West  531  St.,  south  Bide, 
457.6  feet  west  of  6th  ay.  Also.  Supreme  Court 
foreclosare  sale.  A.  C.  Zake,  E;iq.„  Beferee,  of  a 
bouse,  with  lot  23  by  68  8,  on  1st  av..  eaHt  side,  46 
feet  south  of  21st  sU  Also,  a  bouse,  with  lot  27  bv 
69.  on  £a«t  Slst  st,  tontb  side,  69  feet  east  of  1st  ar. 
Also,  similar  sale,  S.  M.  Morehouse.  Esq.,  Beieree, 
of  two  lots,  togetbrr  in  size  50.4  by  100,  on  11th  ar., 
sootb-east  corner  60th  st.  AUo,  similar  sals,  (ireorge 
S.  Spdgwick,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  a  plot  of  laud  87.6  b? 
lUO.ll,  on  East  106th  St.,  south  side,  130  feet  west  of 
4  th  av. 

By  Winans  tt,  Dayies.  Supreme  Conrt  foroclosure 
tale,  L.  G.  Garrettaon,  £jq.,  Retere<>,  of  one  lu:,  25 
bv  100,  on  lli.b  a^.,  west  side,  50.2  feet  north  of 
Slat  St. 

B.y  James  M.  Miller,  Supreme  Court  foreclosdre 
tale,  R.  fi.  Cudllpp,  E^q.,  Referee,  of  tbe  building, 
Mitb  lot  20  by  100,  on  W^est  £8:h  st.,  south  side,  126.2 
feet  east  of  Broadway. 

B.V  Peter  F.  Meyer,  Snnreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  J.  W.  C.  Lfveri'lge,  Eiq.,  Referee,  of  one  lot 
25  by  103.2,  on  East  d5i,h  St.,  auuth  side,  255  feet  east 
Kit  3J  ay. 

By  Saott  &  Myer.^,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  W.  A.  Boyd,  Eiq..  Beferee,  of  a  bouse,  with 
lot  18.6  by  110,  on  5ta  av.,  eaat  tide,  57.3  feet  sooth 
of  130tb  st 

By ,  Supreme,  •Court,  partition  sale.  M.  A.  J. 

Lyqoh,  £gq.,  Referee,  of  a  plot  of  land,  100  by  100, 
on  11th  av..  south-east  corner  of  lllch  bc. 

lutMday,  Fth.  13. 

By  £.  A.  Lawrence  it  Co.,  Supreme  Court  fore- 
closure sole,  £.  D.  Gale,  Esq.,  Beferee.  of  two  lots, 
each  35  by  103  2,  on  East  76th  st.,  south  side,  300 
feet  west  ot  Avenue  A. 

By  R.  V.  UameM,  Snnreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  W.  A.  Boyd,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  one  lot,  25.6  by 
100.8,  oo  East  87th  street,  south  side.  153.8  feet 
west  of  4th  ar. 

By  A.  J.  Bleecker  &.  Son,  Supreme  Court  fore- 
closure sale,  Bernard  Roelker,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  a 
plot  of  land  49.11  by  100,  on  lOtb  av.,  north-west  cor- 
ner 144th  sc 

Br  D.  M.  Seaman,  public  auction  sale  of  tbe  fol- 
io wing  Brooklyn  property  :  Five  lots,  each  20  by  100, 
on  Thumpkins  ar.,  nortb-ea^t  corner  Wilherspoun 
Bt.  a  bonse  with  ionr  lots.  eaob25  by  103,  on  Xhomp- 
kluB  av.,  south-west  corner  Witherspoon  st;  six 
lots,  each  20  by  100,  on  Witherspoon  et„  soatb  snle, 
100  leet  West  of  Thompkins  av.,  one  lot,  25  by  100, 
ou  IhumpkuB  av.,  south-west  corner  WiUonghby  av. 
fftdneaciay,  Ftb.  14. 

By  Louis  Mesier,  foreclosare  sale  by  order  of  tbe 
Court  of  CotaimoD  Pleas,  George  Waddlngtoo,  E^q., 
l«^feree,  'of  the  building,  with  lot  20  by  113.1  by 
U.4  by  1186,  on  Broadway,  east  aide,  62.3'feet  north 
of  Slst  St. 

By  Slevin  &  McElroy,  Supreme  Const  foreclomre 
sale,  J.  M.  Lrvy,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  a  house,  with 
lo'  189  bv  9d.9,  un  East  38i  sc,  Hoaih  tide,  350  leet 
west  of  3d  av. 

By  A.  H.  Mnller  Sc  Son,  Snperior  Court  fore- 
closure sale,  S.  B.  Browoeil,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  a 
house,  with  lot  25  by  100,  on  West  49cb  st,  Boutb 
side,  75  feet  east  of  11th  av. 

By  B.  V.  Harnett,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale.  Pbilo  f .  Koegles.  Esq.,  Rideree,  of  a  hon«e, 
with  lot  23.6  bv  98.9.  ou  E;wt  29Lb  st,  south  side, 
145  feet  west  of  Madison  av.  Also,  similar  sale, 
same  Referee,  of  one  lot  •iH  by  58.11  bv  33  by  61.2, 
ou  10th  av.,  east  side.  75.11  feet  north  of  106:n  st 
Also,  one  lot  85  by  38  by  31.3  by  58. 11,  on  10th  av., 
eaat  side,  adjoining  above. 

By  - — ,  Supreme  Court  foreclosare  tale.  L.  P. 
Cummiugs,  Esq.,  Refdree,  of  two  lots,  each  25  bv 
10a.a,  on  East  7Slta  St.,  north  side,  205  feet  east  of 
3dsv. 

By  A.  J.  Bleecker  &  Son,  Snnreme  Court  fore- 
closure sale.  B.  C  Chetwuud,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  a 
house,  with  lot  Sl.lO  by  1U3.2,  ou  West  8Sth  St., 
south  sine,  200  feet  West  of  8ih  a  v. 

By  E.  H.  Ludlow  Sc  Co..  Suureme  Coort  fore- 
oloanre sale.  Sidney  De  Kav,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  the 
bouse,  with  lot  16.8  bv  lOU.U.  No.  117  Eist  113th  st., 
north  side,  190. 8  lect  e.ist  ot  4tb  av. 

By  E.  A.  Lawrence  Sc  Co.,  Supreme  Court  fore- 
closure sale,  E.  D.  Gale,  £jq..  Referee,  of  one  plot 
of  land.  84  oy  300,  adjuiuiug  Grove  Hill  and  tbe 
land  of  Ejgie  Fock.  and  known  as  lot  Ko.  4  on  a 
map  of  Woodstock,  Morrls<iuia. 

lliunday,  Feb.  15. 

By  E.  H.  Ludlow  Sc  Co.,  Supreme  Court  fore- 
closure sale,  James  J.  Thomson,  Eiq.,  Beferee,  of 
the  two  buildings,  wi I h  lots,  togntuor  iu  size  50.4 
by  119  by  52.4  by  105,4,  Kua.  797  and  799  3d  av., 
norih-Host  earner  ot  49(.u  ec 

By  Louis  Messier,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
tale,  J.  J.  Thorasoa,  £.-q..  Referee,  of  a  bouse, 
wrh  lot  35  by  102  2,  on  West  84.h  su,  north  Bide, 
150  ft.  west  ut  lliu  uv. 

Bv  Scott  ic  Myers,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale.  W.  A.  Uoyd,  £jq.,  Referee,  of  a  boui>o,  with 
lot  25  by  102.2  on  E.ist  77ih  St.,  south  side,  275  feet 
east  ol  2i  av. 

By  X.  H.  MuUer  Sc  Son.  Supreme  Caurt  fore- 
closure sale,  B.  C.  Cuetwood,  £:iq.,  Beferee,  of  a 
bouse,  with  hit  15.6  by  100.11  ou  East  124iu  St., 
south  side.  73.6  feet  west  of  3i  uv. 

By  R.  V.  Harnett,'  torcclosure  sale  by  order  of 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas.  R.  IkL  Henrv.  Esq., 
Referee,  of  a.  bouse,  with  lot  20  by  100.10  on  Eusc 
120tb  st,  Durtb  side,  355  feet  east  of  3d  av.  Also,  a 
l:ousH.  with  lot  25  by  10011  uu  Eist  1331  st,  uurth 
side,  100  feet  west  ol  Isi  av. 

By  H.  W.  Coates,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure  sale 
R  '&.  Glllini  Esq.,  Beteree,  ot  two  lots,  each  25, 
by  100,  on  144ch  si.,  north  side,  200  feet  east  of 
Willis  av.,  Merrisanla. 

By  E.  A.  Lawreuue  &  (}o..  Supreme  Conrt  fote- 
eU'Sure  sale,  E.  D.  Gale,  £«q.,  Reterue,  of  a  plot  of 
land,  S5  by  300,  uu  Idanbaitaust.,  nortu-eeast  comer 
Bioomingdale  road. 

Friday.  Ftb.  16. 

Bv  William  Kennelly.  :Sapreme  Court  foreclosure 
sala  R  F.  Farrell.  E<q..  Rjforee,  of  a  house,  with 
lot,  24  by  90.  on  Mauisun  St.,  north  side,  9d  feet  east 
of  Scanimel  st.  Alvo,  similar  sale,  same  Beferee,  of  a 
houue,  with  lot  25  by  89.3  on  West  St.,  eaat  side, 
93  6  feet  north  ot  Morns  st.  Also,  Sbeiiff  sale,  Bei- 
nard  Reilly,  Ejq.,  ShBnff.  of  a  house,  with  lot  21.10 
by  — .  on  'I'blra  uv.,  west  side,  exteoiling  through  to 
B.iseveit  laue,  aud  adjoialug  the  house  of  Lewis 
Fischer,  deceased. 

By  R.  V.  UameCt,  foreclosare  sale  by  order  of 
tne  Court  ol  Common  Pleas,  R  M.  Henry,  Esq.. 
Beferee,  of  one  lit  25  bv  103.5  ou  West  SSihst..  south 
tide,  S4S  feet  east  of  6th  av. 

Bv  Bernard  Smyth,  foreclojuro  snle,  bv  orde.' of 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  S.  H.  Olin,  Esq., 
Referee,  of  a  hou<e.  with  lot  18  by  100.5,  uu  West 
S3d  St.,  south  side,  439.6  feet  west  of  6(h  ar.  Also, 
similar  sale,  P.  J.  Jjachimsen,  £«q,.  Koleree,  ofa 
house,  wiib  lot  25  by  122.6,  on  Eaat  38lh  BC,  north 
Bide,  200  feet  east  uf  21  av. 

By   Winans  Sc  D.tvis,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
Halu,  W.  P.  DixoD,  £^q„  Beferee.  of  a  plot  of  land, 
25  bv  324,  on  Buiirood  av..  east  side,  1,091  feet  south 
uf  144th  st,  extending  to  Mutt  Haven  CanaL 
Saturday.  Feb.  17. 

B.yE.  A.  Lawreuce  Sc  Co.,  Supreme  Court  fore- 
Closure  sale,  H.  Rettell,  E*q.,  Referee,  of  tliebuild- 
Ibgs,  with  plot  of  land  42.i>  by  40,  Nos.  87  aud  89 
Wall  St.,  sonth  side,  42.9  feet  west  of  Water  at. 

By  James  M.  Miller,  mortgage  sale,  Christopher 
Corsa,  Esq.,  AdmluUtrator,  ot  a  house,  with  lor, 
18.11  by  108.  un  Greenwich  aa,  west  side,  123  fees 
north  of  Barrow  st. 

By  Hugh  K.  Camp,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  G.  1.  Whitehead.  Eiq.,  Referee,  of  a  building, 
With  lot,  23.7  by  99  by  23.9  by  101.10,  No.  228  Pearl 
St.,  south  side,  between  Piatt  st.  and  Burling  slip. 
Also,  BiTuilsr  sale,  Cbailes  Jackson,  Esq.,  Referee, 
of  s  plot  of  land,  50  bv  36  bv  50  by  25  by  100  ov  35  by 
100  by  51,  on  Greene  St..  south-west  corner  Grand  at. 

By  H.  W.  Coatea.  Supreme  Conrt  foreclosure  sale, 
CharleB  £.  Lydooker,  E'lq.,  Referee,  of  a  bouse,  with 
lot  35  by  97.6.  No.  337  East  30ih  St.,  north  side,  235 
feet  west  ut  l^t  av. 

By  R.  V.  Harnett,  foreclosure  sale,  bv  order  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas,  B.  M.  Henry,  Esq.,  Referee, 
of  three  houses,  with  lots,  each  21.5  bv  98.9,  on 
Eaat  34Ch  st,  uortb  side,  185.6  feet  east  of  31  av. 


.^XOHANOE  SALES— SATURDAY,  FEB.  idf 
NEW-YORK. 
By  Hvuh  y.  CVtmp. 
2  four-story  brick  tenemnnt-houaes  aod  stores, 
vrithlots,  2dav..e.  s.,  42  ft   u.  of  74th  st., 

each  lot  20.2x80 $19,000 

Bu  Scott  tt  Mt/ert. 

1  tbree-etorv  and  basement  brick   house,  with 
lot  Bast  49lh  St.  u.  8.,  .200  fl.  e.   of  Sd  av., 

lot  19.0x74 „.  $7,120 

Bv  A.  J.  BUeeKer  tt  Son. 

2  lots.  Schuyler  st,  s.   s.,  150  ft.  w.  of  Cort- 

laudt  av..  Morrisania,  each  lot  25x100 $1,000 


REOORDEL  REAL  ESTATE  TRANSFERS. 

NK-VY-YOBK. 

Friday,  Feb.  9. 

2d  av..  e.  s.,  80.11  ft  n.  of  l'20th  st,  20x30  ; 
Philip  Knhu  and  wife  to  Charlt-s  Woehrle $6,876 

47th  St.,  s.  •.,  22  fr.  e.  ot  6th  av.,  19x70; 
Kaut'uiau  Uii'Sh  and  wife  to  John  11.  Riiter....     nom. 

6th  av.,  e.  o.,  360  tt  n.  of  Walnut  st,  125x 
100,  24th  Ward:  Frederlcka  Fischer  and 
husband  to  Second  Land  and  Buflutng  Com- 
pany         175 

76tis  St.,  s.  a.,  '200  tt.  w.  of  Avenue  A,  20x 
100.2:  Uniou  LaUd  and  Building  Society  to 
P.  Belohwem... 2,600 

4th  St.,  D.  a.,  1*24.3  It.  w.  of  Avenue  B,  24.8z 
96.2  i  Qeorge  Sehaefer  and  wife  to  Thomas 
J.  O'Connor „ com. 

Orohardsu.  w.  s..  same  to  same nom. 

74tii  st,B.s..  283.4  ft.  w.  of  ist  av..  17.2x 
102.2;  William  n'Ooriuau  and  wife  to 
Patrick  O'Otitjpan 12,000 

74th  St.,  B.  s.,  S00.6  tt   w.  of  1st  av.,  24.0x 

102.2;  sametosame ^ 18,000 

4ttb  St.,  n.  8.,  175  it.  e.  ot  Imh  av., -.25x100.4; 
Louis  Summer  and  wife  to  Ellz.i  Krueer 15,000 

Uadisob  av.,  e.  s.,  b7  ft.  a.  of  60th  St..  l8xdo  : 
Charles  Dugglu  and  Wlte  to  Margaret  John- 
son ...i i 37,000 

47th  St.,  s.  8.,  2-2  tt.  e.  ot  6th  av.,  19x70;  John 
U.  Hiker  to  ICauIman  llirsh nom. 

Uott  Bb,  e.  s.,  74  tt.  s.  of  BayarU  st.  28.ex 
18.2 :  also.  Mott  si;.,  e.  s.  50  ft  s.,  of  Bayard 
St.,  28.6x48.2;  William  Dennett  to  John 
Bennett.. 20,000 

lOotb  st,  150  ft.  e.  of  loth  ar.,  60.5x110.4; 
Cattiaiine  Quiag  to  Anna  Drew 1,000 

Both  St.,  n.  s..  100  ft.  w.  of  8d  ar..  16.8x100; 
James  M.  Davis  and  wifs  to  <torr>l>  J.  boying.       Dom. 

Sd  av.,  e.  a,  40.  lO  ft.  s.  of  llOtr.  st^  2Ox80{ 
a  U.  Olin,  Refbree.  to  Charles  H.  Davis 5,000 

Alblaoder  at.,  w.  t.,  50  ft  b.  of  ISBtbst.. 
16.8x70;  aliKi  Alexander  ar.,  w.  1,  133.4 
Ik.  s.  ef  ISOth  st ,   16.8x70,  Tboinas  tt  & 


Broadway,  n.  w.  corner  82d  st,  trregnlari  J.  A. 

Bcall.  Beferee,  to  Manhattan  Lilb  insurauce 

Company. 40.D00 

Broadway,  s.  w.   oomer  83d  at,  168x102.2; 

same  to  same. 40,000 

2d  ar.,  e.  s..  22  tt.  n.  of  74th  it..  20x8U;   K.  M. 

Henry,  Referee,  to  John  8.  Tonng 10,800 

2dav.,  e.  a,  60.10  ft.  s.  of  116th  st,  20x80; 

same  to  same y 5,000 

Broadway,  e.  a,    100  ft  a.   of  182d  st,  24.11x 

....;  F.  H.Lane.  Beferee,  to  Uichael  Hall....   16.000 

1!"  .  .         ft'  I        i 


FOJl  SALE— AT  A  BABQAIN,  AN  ELEGANT  FODB. 
story  high-stoop  brown-stone  house.  26x70x100; 
house  in  perfect  order:  located  in  West  58ih  st.,  close 
to  5th  av.;  location  unsumassed,  as  it  overlooks  the 
Grand  Plaza,  (entraaoe  to  Central  Park  at  olh  av.i  For 
full  particulars  apolv  to  UOH8R  MOUGAh,  2  Pine  at. 

l.N'i'U  MT.,  BE  1'  tVEK.N  SYH  AV.  AND   LNl- 
verslty  place. — I'or  sale— A   25   font  house.  55  feet 

deep,  with  large  dining-room  extension.    Lot  half  the 

block;  (in  lee.)    Price,  £18,000. 

E.  H.  LUDLOW  t  CO..  No.  3  Pine  st. 


<litf>Pi    fififi  >VIL.I.  PUaUHA!4t:-i'Hti  IVIK. 

^flJ^Usl/l/l/DIUlI-SlZBD     fonr-sioiy    high-stoop 
brqwn-stone  house.  No.  37  vVest  45th  st.    Apply  to 
HUUKR  MORG.\«,  No.  2  Pine  St. 


LAKtJE  ANU  iriMALL,  HOU-Uai  AT  MPIfCI- 
ALLY  reduced  pnoea     V.  K.  8TEV  KNSON,  Jr„ 
4  Pine  and  33  Bast  17ih8t 


F 


IIKSitilf.— AN    Bi.KQ.^NT   COHNKR  UOOStf  O.V 

Farkav. '  For  full  particulars  apply  to 

BOUKtt  MURUA.H,  No.  2  Pine  st 


iDg  to  estates  and  institutions  for  sale  or  rent  at 
low  rates.     KiNQMAM  1<\  PAGE,  No.  42   East  23d  st 


FOR  SAIjK-DWELLINGS,  BBOWN-STONK 
fronts,  trom  ;£5,000  to  $10,000.  Also,  one  plate- 
glass  and  brown-stone  front  store.  C.  it  W.  J. 
BEDKLL,    builders.  So.  327  Bmlth    St.,  Brookl.yn. 


FOR  HALhr^A  BBAOrTKUL  COONTBY  RESI- 
dence  In  New-Jersey,  oue  boar  from  foot  of  Cort> 
landt.  St.:  location.  000  feet  above  tide- water;  perfect- 
ly healthy,  aud  no  mosquitoes:  hou9e  baa  all  modern 
improvemeuts:  hot  and  oold  water,  marble  maotels, 
kc;  supplied  with  water  from  spring  on  side  hill  ; 
view  from  house  very  exte  sive;  handsome  lawn; 
fruit  and  shade  trees  in  quantities.  For  further  nar- 
ticulara  apply  to  T.  8.  SHEc>UBBU,  No.  145  Broadway. 
Room  So.  in. 


ULSTER  CUCJNXY  FARM  FOR  t^AijE  OR 
EXCdANQii;  FOB  (;ITY  PBOPKBTY— Containing 
2o0  acr<-8,  mostly  under  cultivation,  well  fenced,  with 
plenty  of  spriu't  water:  also  runnlag  streams;  large 
dwellin.<):,  recently  built,  with  tanu-house  and  all 
necessary  outbuUaiugs.  two  miles  from  lailroad  sta- 
tion: will  ba  sold  with  stock,  implements,  &c..  if  de- 
sired. Inquire  of  Executors,  No.  Siia  West  14th  St., 
New- York  Uty. 


OHAHOE.  !t.  J.-CU(jNfHf  HUU8B8.  L.tNDtL 
iin(lv:l.age  uits  tor  !!aie:  a  ziett  vonst.^.  .kiau, 
llimislied  and  unfurnished  iiouses  cu  let  for  seasou  oc 
yeiu-,  bv  VVAtrKK  K.  .lUiTH.  lormer  y  Blackwe^  Ji 
Sdiitli.Oi'Hiiue,  corner  urMftIn  and    •''ooescs. 


REAL^STAT^E^A^TA£(^^ 

AdbijlX  H.  Mcllbb,  Auctioneer. 
SUPREME  COURT  !!>AL.£. 

Honae  and  lot,  south  side  of  1241H  ST.,  79  feet   6 
inches  west  ot  3d  av..  to  be  sold  at  anctlou  on 

TilURSD.^Y.   FliB.    15. 
At  12  O'clock,  at   the  Kichange   Sales-room,  Ko.  Ill 
Broadway,    B.  C.  CHIiTwuOl).  Keferce. 
ADKIAN  H.  MULLErt  t  80N,  Anctioueera,  No.  7  Pine  st 


NEWPORT,  K.I.-FOB  RUNC.  FOE  TUR  8UM- 
mer,  a  furnished  cottage  oa  Washiuiiton  St.,  with 
fine  view  of  tbe  Bay.  Apply  to  MAUUEL  C.  TATUM, 
Cincinnati,  Ubio. 


HOU.-^Kfi    TO    LKT,— A   CO.JPLIiTK  LIST    OF 
llNFUBMSUKD     ANT    KCRNISUED    HOUdbS    TO 
LUl'  can  be  hnd  on  apphcation  to 

Ii,;jlBR  MORGAN.  No.  2  Pine  st. 

rilO  LET— ON  W.tsHINGTO.^  SQUaEB  NORTH, 
M.  rear  &th  av.,  an  extra  wide  thrce-^tory  house,  with 
Bt.tl>ie.  ilOMKit  MORGAN.  No.  2  Pine  st. 


fSlO  RK.NT  FROftl  i>IAY  1— THKKK-sTOBY 
Xhonse,  in  33d  St..  betwenn  Broadway  and  5th  av. 
Apply  to  L.  ODRLL,  No.  48  West  33d  st. 


AMJ.HliER      OF     CHOICKL,y.J>OCATED 
furnished  and  uniurnished  dweliings  to  rent  low. 
V.  K.  Sl'BVB.NiiON.  Jr..  4PinuBt.,or  Union   square. 


5s'roKh;s,  ot(j.,  JO  I. El. 


OFFICES  TO  LET 

I.N  THE 
TIMES  BUILDING. 

APi'L.r  TO  V 

GBORGB  JOMGS, 
TI.MBSi  OFFICE. 


m«l  I.KASB— rHh)  8P.\£lOUS  NBW  610RKM.NOS. 
J.  718  and  720  Broadway,  ^ogether  or  separately, 
with  basement  and  sub-cellar,  at  reduced  reut :  also 
third  aad  fourth  liifts,  about  50x100  fi-et:  imiiieiilale 
posst-sslon.     Applv  til  HURACK  .>.    KLY,  .No.  2z  Pine  st. 


rilO  LET  OR  LIJAS»K— rilK  ENTIRK  MARBLE- 
JL  front  building  Noi  341  Broadway;  siza  about  S3x 
IsO  feel,  with  iiu  L  exteusioii  to  Leonard  st;  steam 
elevator  ana  heating  Hpp.ir.itus;  Immediate  posses- 
sion.   Apply  to  HtlRACli  S.  KliV.  No.  -^2  I'ine  Bt. 


rpO  LKT— O.S  WEST  ST..  BKiWKK.S  Vli,.STRl£  A.^l> 
J.  Desiirosses  sta,  a  flve-^tory  warehouse,  44  by  85 
leet,  suitable  for  storage  or  for  a  manufactory  lor 
heavy  goods. 

Apply  to  H.  H.  C.AMMANM. 
No.  2.'^(  Pine  st 


1MI  RB.NT.  OR  LB.4>4ls:  FUR  A  TER.Vl  OF 
.VEAR-S,  oa  FOB  tHALli— Propertv  Nos.  1  and  2 
Purk  Row,  curaer  of  Ann  st  Apply  to  A.  L.  NKlLiSON, 
No.  7u  8toa<^ay. 


rtMt  LBf  «»R  LEA.SE.— THE  STORK  NO.  106 
X  Broad  St.,  cheap,  luquir?  of  THO.UA(<  U  BKNHaM, 
No.  108  Brood  St.,  or  DAKlbIL  S.  AllLLER,  No.  518 
5th  av. 


rpo  liKASK— I'HK  FUUK  .-^i-AClOL'S  LOFTS  NO. 
JL  550  Broadway,  (tormerly  TilfAnv's  ;)  size  about  37 
xlOO;   immediate  possession.    Applv  to 

HORACE  8.  ELY.  No.  22  Finest 


fMMt  l,ET— rilK  sTiRE  AND  BASK.UKNT  AnJOIN- 
Xing  tbe  ^St.  Nicholas  Hotel,  No.  509  Broadway,  ex- 
teudiiig  tbrousb  to  Mercer  st:  possession  1st  May. 
Apply  to  UoRaCK  S.  ELY.  No.  22  I'ine  at 


FACTORV,    ttO    BV     V£S    FEET,    rSTRONG 
una  light — To  rent  or  sell.    Apply  on  premises.  No. 
2i7  vVestaOthst. 

O  MANUFAC1'IJRERS.^SPL,<:NUIU   fluors, 
with  steam-power,   Ico.     Nos.  154  and  150    West 
lUtb  St. 


tiTEA.U  i'OVVElt  ANO  F1R.ST  FLiOOR  AiNU 

focellar.  6Ui8u  feet,  .Nos.  188  anl  19D    West   Houston 
St.    Inquire  in  the  ooruer. 


WANTED  TO  RENT— A  SMALL  NEAT  H0US8, 
or  part  ofa  tlrst-class  house,  between  47tb  and  6th 
ave.,  tu  ll^Oth  St.,  Harlem,  or  a  desirable  cottage  wita 
grounds  iu  the  viciuitv  ot  Mount  Veruon,  on  the  New- 
Uaveu  Road,  not  over  five  minute,.'  walk  from  the 
depot.  Terms  must  be  very  moderate;  possession  first 
or  middle  of  .Uirch.  .\ddieas  WILLIS,  Box  No.  105 
Times  Office. 


WTANlKD-FIVK  BOOMS  (UNFURNISHED)  FOR 
V  T  houstkeepiUK  b.v  au  American  lamilv:  must  be 
situated  between  l-lth  an  1  40th  sts.,  and  0th  aud  8th 
avs.;  private  house  preferred:  gas  and  uaa  of  bath- 
room; rent  must  not  exceed  $20  or  $22.  Address  lor 
two  davs  Albert.  Box  No.  223.  nines  nifico. 


WANTKD— A  MEDIU.rl-SlZKO  UOU3E  BETWEEN 
30th  and  40th  sts.,  Lexington  and  6th  avs.,  in  ex- 
chauge  for  a  brnwu-scone  bou:!e.  uuincuml>ered  :  best 
location  in  Harlem  ;  difference  in  value  to  be  paid  m 
cash  by  tbe  udvertiaer.  Address  CASH,  Box  No.  672 
New-Vork  Post  Office. 


Officb  of  thr  Atlantic  Ikon  Works,  No.  706  J 
Hi-ST  liTH  ST.,  Nttw-VoKK.  Feb.  1,  1877.     5 

NOTICE  IS  UEREBV  GIVEN  THAT  TUB 
partnership  heretofore  existing  under  tbe  flrm 
name  bf  BOVCB  &  MclNTlRE  is  dissolved.  Mr.  D. 
D.  Bo.vce  will  settle  the  afi'airs  of  tbe  late  firm. 

We  hereby  eive  notice  that  we  have  formed  a  co- 
partnetshlp  to  be  known  under  the  flrm  name  of 
BOYCK  U  FAlBFtBLD,  the  business  to  be  couducted 
as  formerly  at  Nos, -704  and  706  East  12lh  st,  Kew- 
lork.  DANIEL  D.  BOYCE, 

JOHN  T.  FAIBFIELD. 


fl^HE  PIRfll  OF  JNU.  tt.  GREASON  «fe  CO. 

JLls  tais  dav  disso.ved  by  mutual  conient,  J.  R. 
GRr.ASUN  alone  bavlDK  p9W9r  to  settlu  and  Uaiudate 
all  affairs  of  the  late  ooncRrn. 

The  undersigned  have  this  dav  fbrmeil  a  copartner- 
Bhlo  under  the  flrm  name  of  GREASON,  BOGARl'  U 
VltS,RCK,  as  sncceasors  to  the  late  firmot  AHTUDB, 
BUMRILL  U  CO. 

JN'O.  E.  ORE.^SOT, 
JAMES  A.  BOGABT, 
CLABENCE  F.  PIERCE. 
Kbw-York.  Feb.  1, 1877. 


FRENgH^A^DVmTISEMBN^ 

XtNE^^^JrlsSK'^FRA^MDA^ 
U  selgner   lea    enfants  et  faire  toute  esoecea  d'ou- 
rrages  &  rai°:uiile,  desire  se  placer  de  suite,    b'adresser 
auKev.  Pons,  iSo.  324  West  20th  si. 


WTANTED— A    GIRL    TO    COOK     AND    DO     T.^E 
T  T  coarse  wiuihing  tor  a  small  American  family  living 
a  abort  distance  In  the  country.    None  but  Protescants 
need  apply,     luquire  at  No.  122  Pearl  et.  first  floor. 


\»rA.NTEI>.— A8   NURiSEEY    MaID.  A  YOUNG  KNG- 
y  T  Itsb  or  German  girl   wbo  oaii  sew  nicel.v.    Call  at 
Ko.  30  Washington  square,  west  on  Monday,  before 
12  o'clock. 


\S7 ANTED.  -A  F1RST-JLA8S,  COHPKTBST  COOK, 
TV  to  assist  <^ith  washing.  Call  to-day  trom  10  until 
12  o'clock,  at  No.  37  West  47tn  st. 


WA.NTBD— FIRST- JLASS 
best  refereuee  required, 
ingtou  ar..  basement,  trom  10  to 


PttlVATii       W.jriTER  ; 


best  refereuee  required.    Applv  at  So.  248  Lex- 
"  ■  ■    12  oni.y. 


A.SlED.— A    FtiBKCU    NDRSE;    JbUST    .SFE&K 
cnrltsli ;  tlrat-qjaaa  reterence    reigulred.      Call  at 
Ko.  AU  Kamt,  Uild.  ut..  hatvaan  ll  aad  Ul  d^cloalb 


w 


PBY  GOODS. 

miiu   DijiDrTiini 


ArQoECoQtte&Co. 

Will  open  on  MO.VDAY,  FEB.  12,  a  fine  assortment  of 
entirely  NEW  DESIQN8  aud  COLORINQB  in 

Hail,  \kM,  Fancy  Eoriiiiriiil, 
M  Fiprei  Spni  Percales. 

Broadway,  Comer  19th  Street, 


R.H.MAOY&CO. 

SPBCIALTIE3. 

DRESS-MAKING. 

BLACK  DBE8S  SILKS.    BOIS'  CLOTHING. 
UNLIKE  any  other  estabUshment  in  the  oountr.y. 
FOREIGN  DRY  GOOD3,  FANCY  (JOODS,  and  NOVEL- 
TIES  by  erery  EUROPEAN  ftTEAMBS. 

ORDERS  BY  MAIL  RECEIVE  SPECIAL  CARE. 
CATALOGUES    FBEB. 

14TH  ST.  AND  6TH  AVENUE.  V.  Y. 

FEMAIJES^!  ^ 

MIE~l5KTOwir"oijScE"oP^^ 

Tbe  up- town  office  of  THE  TIMES  is  located  at 
No.  1,257  Broadway,  bet.  Slat  and  32d  sts. 

Open  daily,  Sundays  moiuded.  trom  4  A.  U.  to  9  P.   H. 

Subscriptions  reoeired,  and  oopies  of  THE  TIUES  for 

sale. 

ADVERTISEMENTS  RECEIVED  ITNTIL  9  P.  M. 


COMPANION.-BY  A  MIDDLE-AGED  SCOTCH 
woman  to  nttend  an  inralid  lady ;  Is  a  f^ood  plain 
senmstrt-sB:  EOod  reference  for  both.  Call  at  No.  176 
West  11th  St. 


CUAiyiBEK.nAIU  ANU  SEA.WSTRESS.-BY 
a  young  woman ;  operates  on  Wheeler  t  Wilson's 
machine,  and  does  all  kinds  of  family  eewins;  eood 
reference.  Call  at  No.  124  West  40th  St.,  near  Broad- 
wa.v. 

C^HAiVIKEU-nfAlU  AND  WAITRESS.— BY  A 
-/Protestant  pin,  Citpable  of  assisting  witbanv  work 
in  a  private  fam'.lv  ;  no  ooieciinn  ti  the  country; 
good  reference.    (;allat  No.  838  East  25th  st 

H  AM  BEK-'Vl  AI  l>.— BT  A  RE.SPEGTA  BLE  YODNG 
^rl  as  chamber-maid  and  waitress,  or  would  do 

sewing;  best  City  reference.    Call  at  No.  278  3d  av., 

china  store. 

HAMKEK-.IIAIO.— RY   A    Si  OTCH   PROTEST- 
ant  girl,  or  chamber-mnid  and  waitress ;    City  ref- 
erence.   Call  at  No.  107  West  26th  st,  near  6th  av. 
ko»m  No.  10. 

HAinBEK-.^IAlO       ANU       SEWING       OR 

Waitln?.— By  a  Welsh  girl;  no  oblectlon  to  the 
coiiTitrr;  City  reference.  Ar«ply  for  two  days  at  No. 
828  Went  16th  St..  fancy  atom. 

ClHA«1BER-ltIAID.  -BY  A  YOUNG  GIRL  AS 
/ch.imber-maid  and  waitress:  will  assist  with  the 
washliiir  and  Ironins  ;  willing  and  obliging  ;  best  City 
refereuees.    Call  at  No.  78  9tli  a  v. 

HA.>IBEK.MAIU  AND  FINE  WASHING.— 

By  a  ProteRtant  girl  in  %  private  lamlly ,  competent; 
reference  if  required  ;  none  but  private  families  need 
apply.    Call  at  No^  144  East  13th  st. 


/-iHAMBEK-.HAIO  AND  LACNDRESa*.— CITY 

\.>references;   Cltr  or  country.     Call  at  No.  245  West 
3.3d  St..  near  Sth  av.,  in  gmcerv. 


CHA.nBEU-raAiu     and     nuksb.-by    a 
voung    (Tirl  as   ch.imber-maid  and  miud  children; 
best  City  reference.    Coll  at  No.  731  3d  av.,  third  belt 

CXHA.MBRR.iVIAID   AND  WAITRESS.-BY  A 
/resoectable  youns  girl;    good  Ci'y  refereuee.    Call 
at  Na  303   East   60iU  at.,  between  1st  and  2d  avs. 


COOK.— BY  A  COMPETENT  WOMAff  IN  AN  AUBR- 
Ican  family;  understands  familv  nakine;  will  take 
charge  ot  milk  RDd  butter:  neat  and  particular;  Cicy 
relt-rences.  Address  E.,  Box  No.  3u8  TIMES  UP-TOWN 
OFFICE,  .NO.   1,257  BROADWAY. 


COOK.— BY  A  RESPKCTABL1-;  YOITNG  WOM.AJf 
in  a  private  familr  ;  willing  to  assist  with  the  wash- 
ing; three  years' t'ity  reference.  Address  for  two  days 
L.,  Box  No.  326  TIMES  CP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,257 
BROADWAY. 


COOK.— BY  A  iOU.NG  PKOTKSTA.nT  GIRL;  WILL 
assist  with  washing  and  ironiug;  Cit.y  or  country  ; 
best  City  references.  Cull  at  No.  258  Avenue  A,  cor- 
ner 16tii  St. 


COOK.— BY  A  PKOFK3SED  COOK  IN  ALL  ITS 
branches-  sodpa.  Jellies,  desserts;  excellent  ba- 
ker; will  assist  with  wasblns if  required;  best  refer- 
inco      Call  at  No.  213  East  25th  st. 


elOOK,  &C.— BV  A  YOUNG  WOMAN  AS  COOK, 
/washer,  and  ironer  ;  best  reference  ;  City  or  coun- 
tr.y ;  can  take  charge  of  milk  and  butter.  Call  at  No. 
244  West  47th  si...  first  floor. 


/■100K.— IN  A  PRIVATK  FAMILY;  THOROUGHLY 
^^understands  her  business  ;  will  assist  with  wash- 
ing; the  best  <it  City  reference.  Call  for  two  days  at 
No.  505  6th  av. 


COOK.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  FRliNCH  WOMAN  IN 
a  private  lamily;  City  or  countrv  ;  good  reference. 
Call  or  address  for  two  days  No.  226  West  Slst  st, 
basement. 


CiOOK— CUA.»IBEKOlALD.— BY  TWO  PROT- 
/estiut  girls;  one  as  cook,  washer,  and  ironer; 
other  as  chamber-maid  and  waitress;  best  City  refer- 
ence.   Call  at  No.  356  West  62d  st 


ClOOK.— BY  A  CO.dHETE.NT  WOUAN  IH  A  PRI- 
/vate  famil}-;  understantls  meats,  soup?,  Stc;  excel- 
lent baker-  will  assist  with  washing  and  ironinc;  City 
reference.    Call  at  No.  897  Sth  av.;  ring  second  heU. 


COOK.— BY  A  PttOTr,STANT    VVOMA.V    AS    GOOD 
plain  eook;  is  a  good  baker ;   has    City  reference. 
Call  ut  No.  731  6ih  av.,  shoe  store. 


CtlOK.— BY    A    RKiPECTABLK    GIRL     A3     PLAIN 
cook;  good  washer  and  irouer;    has  good  refetence. 
Call  at  No.  303  East  60tb  ,t. 


-tOOK.- BY  A  SOPbRlOR  COOK;  IS  AN  KXCj,L- 
.._/lent  baker,  &c.;  unaerstanda  her  duties:  City  or 
countrv;  good  referenoes.    Call  at  403  West  29tn  st 


a 


tlOOK.— BY  A  RE>PKCl"ABLS    WOMAN  AS  FlttiST- 
/olass  cook  lu  a  private  family.    Call  or  addresa  No. 
242  East  iSlth  st. 


DUE.S!!(..UAKEU PEttFEOT  KlfTEii  ANU  SPV- 
llsb  trimmer;  will  make  ther.trical  costumes  ;  re- 
modeling ;  will  eo  out  by  the  day  at  £1  60,  or  work  at 
hooae ;  Fieucii  system  of  dre£3-cutring  taught;  refer- 
ence. Call  or  addresa  all  week,  V.  B.,  No.  8d9  6th  ar- , 
second  fl  lor. 


DliESS-MAKER.— BY  AN  ENGLISH  WuMAN  : 
perfect  cutter  of  tatnily  clothing ;  perfect  operator 
ou  Wheeler  t  Wilson's  luachiiie ;  $1  per  day;  15 
years' reference.  Address  K.,  Box  No.  274  TlMliS  OP- 
TOWN  OFFICE.  NO.   1,257  BRO.*DWAY. 


HOUWKKEEPKK.— 8Y  AN  INfiSLLlGENT,  BN- 
ergetic  New-England  woman,  as  housekeeper  in 
fnmily;  matron  in  au  institution,  or  companion  to  an 
tavalid,  is  competent  and  willing  to  fill  any  position 
not  menial ;  retprences  exchanged.  Address  A.,  Box 
No.  268  TIMES  UPTOWN  OFFICE,  1,257  BROADWAY. 


HOD.SE-VVOK.K.— BY  A  RliSPECTABLE  PROT- 
estnnt  lu  a  small  plain  family;  is  a  first-class  laun- 
dress: Cit.y  or  country;  flrst-elassCitv  reteience.  Ad- 
dress Mwmie.  Bex  No.  318  TIMES  UF-TOWN  OFFICl, 
NO.  I,vi57  BROAUWAT. 


HOll.*'E.WOKK.— BV  A  EtSPEClAbLE  E.SO- 
liih  woman;  excellent  washer  and  irouei:  good 
baker;  country  preterred;  City  references.  Call  at 
No.  245  West  a3d  st.near  Sth  av.,  in  grocery. 


HOUSE-WORK.— BY  A  SMART  YoCNG  GIRL, 
lately  landed,  lor  house-work,  or  nurse  and  ud- 
Btairswork;  City  or  country:  can  be  well  reoum- 
luended.    Call  at  No.  255  8tb  av. ,  near  23d  St. 


HOUME-WORK.— BYA  PROTEsTaNT    WuMAN 
to  do  geueral  house-work ;  good  City  reterence. 
Call  at  No.  101  East  30tb  st 


LADV'.ri  NURSE.— NURSE  OP  MANY  YEARS  Ex- 
perience in  hU  kinds  of  tickness  or  monthly  nurs- 
ing ;  satisfactory  reference  from  patients  aud  phy- 
Biciaus.    Inquire  at  No.  314  East  15th  at. 


LADY'ai  .^lAlD BY  A  YOUNG  WO.rtAN;  ;s  A 
good  dresB-muker;  understands  cutting,  fitting,  aud 
hair-dressinic  ourtectly;  no  objections  to  travel:  good 
reference.    Call  at  No.  150  East  23d  st. 


LAI>\'S  IWAID.— BY  A  PERSON  AS  LADY'S  ittAID 
to  an  aiced  lad.v  or  nmse  to  growing  children;  is  a 
good,  plain  tewer;  Cit,,y  reference.  Call  at  No.  112 
West  lOtli  St.  near  6th  ov. 


LADi'.'S  I»IAll>.— BY  A  RELIABLE  PERSON; 
thoroughly  competent :  speaks  sevoral  languaees; 
Is  a  good  seamstress  and  hair-dresser ;  will  travicl ; 
best  refereuee.    caU  at  No.  662  8th  av.,  French  baiter. 


LADY'S  AIAID BT  A  GBRM.\N    WIDOW,   MID- 
dle-aged;      is     thoroughly     competent;     speaks 
French;  best  reference.     Address  M.S.,  Bot  No.  274 

TIMES  UP-TOWN    OFFICE,   NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


LADY'S   MAID.— BY   A   RESPECT .4BLE  GKR.UAN 
girl  as  lady'e  maid  and  plain  seamstress,  or  cham- 
ber work.    Call  at  No.  116  East  11th  St.,  iaird  floor. 


LADY'S    MAID.— BV    A  FRENCH    PROTESTANT 
person,  OS  lady's  maid  and  seamstress.    Call  at  No. 
167  7th  a*. 


LAUlNDKE.SS.— BYA    BESPiiCTABLE    COLORED 
woman  as  laundress  orchauiber-moid.    Call  or  ad- 
dr«s3S  No.  107  West  24th  St.,  top  floor. 


"VrURSB.— BY  A  SCOTCH.  PHOrESTANT  WOMAN; 
Xi  is  capable  of  taking  lull  charge  of  an  infant  from 
its  birth;  rery  good  with  bottle  baby-;  no  ottjectlon  to 
the  country;  good  rolereuce.  Call  at  No.  715  btb  av., 
in  millluer.v  store. 


NUH8E.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  WOMAN  OF 
ihoronsh  expeiience.,  capable  of  briugiiig  »  baby 
up  on  the  bottle  ;  would  assise  or  take  cburge  ot  grow- 
ing children;  three  years'  City  refereufe  for  capability 
and  character.    Callat  No.  291  3il  av.,  nenr  23d  st 


I^URMB.— BY  A  TOUNU  WOMAN  AS  NOR^E;  CAM 
intake  entire  charge  ofa  baby  from  its  birth.:-or 
grown  children;  is  a  good  seamstress.  Call  ut  No.  107 
West  44th  st,  preseut  employer's. 


NURSE,    dec— Br  A  VOU.VG  FRENlH  PROTBaT- 
ant  girl  tc^tdke  care  of  children  andao  plain  sew- 
ing.   Cail  at  or  audress  No.  2 16  7th  ar. 


NOR^iK.— BY    A    PROTESTANT     PERSON     AS    in- 
fant's or  child's  nurse;  City  reterence.    Call  at  So. 
332  6lb  av. 


SITCTATIOFSJ^Al^TED. 

FBftlAUBg. 

NIJ  RS^BAfTDSEAWSTRESS.— EXPBKIBBl.'FO: 
oantakechiree  of  youne  infant,  and  also  cut  aa4 
fit  children's  clothing.  Afiplv  at  No.  236  West  S4th 
St.,  present  empiovfira  ^^^^^^_^___^_ 

NORSE BY  AN  EXPERIENCED  PROTBtaTANT 
prteon  who  understands  the  eare  of  »n  infiiat 
from  its  birth  ;  City  refrrence.  Address  Nurse,  Box  Ka, 
303  TIMES  OP-TUWN  OFFICE.  NO.  1.257  BROADWAT. 

ANTRYJWAID.— BY    AS  AMERICAN  GIRL  IN  A. 

private  fsmllv:  kooiI  City  eeferenoe.  Addreflfl  S- 
B.,  Box  No,  277  TIHES  DP-TOWH  OFKICH,  NO.  1,257 
BROADWAT. 

QBAffl.>»TRBSM,    dec BY  A  THOROUGHLY  COM- 

kTpetent  person  in  a  private  family,  or  chamber-mstd 
and  seamstress;  understands  cutting  and  fitting,  all 
kinds  of  family  work,  and  workiua  ou  dresses;  ope- 
rates on  Wheeler  it.  Wilson's  aewinc-macli ioe :  «•■ 
furnish  best  City  references.  Seen  at  No.  6&9  6th  ar., 
lietween  38tli  and  30th  sts.,  in  grocery. 

EA9IS  i'RE!«iS.— BY  A  YOUNG  WOMAN  AS  GOOD 

plain   seamstress;   understands   Wbeeler  b  WtlsOD 

machine :  good  City  refeience    will  see  to  one  or  tws 

grown    children;  City  or  country.     CaU  at  Na  lH 

W»»bt  19  th  St. 

EAMSTRESS.— BY       A       COUPBTK.HT       SEaIE 

stn>n« :  expert  in  hII  kinds  of  family  sewing  9ni 
dress-making;  an  excellent  operator;  by  the  day, 
week,  or  month.     C.)ll  at  No.  159  Ea<t  28r'h  St. 

EAM STRESS.— BY    A     FRE.nCH      PER  ON     AS 

good  seamstress  and  nurse  ;  no  oiilectlou  to  coun 

try;  ("ityref-renee.    (;all  at  No.  255  7th  Rv.,fi  st  Boor, 

KT  NURSB.— BY  A  YOONQ  MARRI    DWOvlA.^; 

babr  seven  weeks  Old;  good  references.  Call  a1 
No.  126'WeBt49tbBt. 


WAITRES'*.- BY  A  FIEST-CLASS  W4lT<F,S8) 
understands  oare  of  silvei.  and  Ba,a  do  up  all  khifli 
ol  salads  :  eioellen*  City  reference  from  her  last  place; 
would  go  to  the  country.  Can  be  seen  at  No.  459  6tb 
av.,  in  the  store,  near  28th  st. 


WAITKE.^S.— BY  A  PROTF.-iTANT  «IRL  AS 
waitress  and  chamber-maid  ;  three  years'  refer- 
ence A:  im  last  place.  Call  lor  tiro  days  at  No.  125 
West  16th  Bt,  rear. » 

WAITRESS.— BY  A  RKSPECT.\BLE  YOUVO  GIRL 
aa  first-class  waitress,  or  as  chamher-maid  and 
seams  ress ;  has  first-class  referencea  Can  be  sees  fbs 
two  days  at  No.  74  East  74th  s^ 

AITKESS.— BY    A    Ff  R^T-CLaSS     WAITRESS  i 
understands  dressing  all  kinds  of  salads  and  car  j 
of  silver:  «an  fill  a  man's  place;    best  City  reteienoe. 
Call  at  No.  488  7th  av. 

WAITRESS BY    A    FIRST.CLASS    WaITRVSS; 
best  City  reference:   none  imt  private'  f  imiiy  .deed 
apply.    Call  at  No.  323  West  39th  st.;  ring  first  belL 

WA8HING.^BY  A  COMPETENT  L.4nNDR»?83, 
ladies'  and  eentlemen's  or  family  washingi  .fi atiog 
in  tbe  ne.".te8t  style  ;  no  objection  to  go  out  b.y  tbe  day; 
bes^  of  reference:  no  incumbrance.  Call  or  address 
K^  428  West  64th  st. 

ASHINU BY  AN  EXPKRIENCBD  LAUNDRESS^ 

to  go  out  by  the  day  or  take  washing  home ;  terms 

very  reasooabie;  references   giveiL    Call  at  No.  818 

Hast  39tb  st^.  Room  Na  9. 

ASHIN«.— BY  A  YOUNG  WOMAN  TO  GO  OUT  , 
by  the  day  to   work  ;   understands  fine  washiBg^ 

and  ironing;  good  reference.    Address  No.   212   West 

50th  St. 

ASHING.— BY    A      THOROUGH      L\UNDBKSS. 

(English.)  ladies',  gentlemen's,  and  lamilies? 
washing;  shirts,  collars,  cuffs,  and  frinees  a  spscialty. 
Call  or  address  Mrs.  Walker,  No.  Ill  West  1 1th  st^ 

WASHING. -BY  A    YouNG    COLOEED  LaON- 
dress,  washing  at  her  own  residence;  best  reler* 
ence.     Call  at  Mo.  141  West  30th  8t. 


"VrURSli*— Bf  A"  EXPERIENCED  NUB.sk  TO  TaKB 
±1    lull  coorge  of  an  Infant;    very  best  Cltjr  r<^ereaee 
^  U'um  teainlac^     Aualv  a«  jlia.  SUt?  JU*t  2SUi  m^ 


MALES. 

B'lJTiiER.^Y  A  RF.SPBf-TABLE  PROTESTANT 
man  in  a  first-class  private  family:  good  City  refer- 
ences and  hisrhly  recommendeiL  Address  for  four 
daysT.  R.,  Box  No.  293  TIMES  UP-ToWN  OPFICB. 
Nt).  1,257  BROADWAY. 

BUTLER  AND  WAITER.— IN  A  PRIVATE 
lamtly.  by  an  Buclisb  man  w!io  ihorouahly  undet^ 
stands  his  business ;  best  City  reference.  Apply  at 
No.  861  Sixth  av.,  in  j  ewelry  store. 

C^OAOHIUAN.— BY  A  GBnTlGMaV  FOR  HIS 
^'coachman ;  has  served  him  faithfullv  for  years 
with  the  strictest  honeetv,  sobriety,  aud  luoustry; 
thoroughl.v  understands  his  businenF;  Is  a  skillful, 
bandy,  and  industrious  <;ood  man;  strictly  temperate. 
Address  O.  K..  No.  713  7th  av. 

OACH.WAN  AND  GARDENER BY   A    StK^ 

gle  Protestunt  German;  fully  nnderstauds  the  car* 
of  norsos,  carriages,  &c.:  can  milk,  tend  furnace,  and 
is  willing  to  make  himself  generally  useful :  strlctlj 
temperate ;  best  City  reference.  Address  F.  U.,  Boi 
No.  199  nmei  Office. 

COACHMAN  AND  GROO.tl.-BY  A  SINGLE 
young  man;  thoroughly  undersiands  the  care  of 
horses,  harness,  and  carriages  :  good  plain  gardener: 
capable  of  taking  charge  o*  a  gentleman's  place ;  good 
ref-'rencea  Call  on  or  address  Joseph,  No.  433  East 
15th  B*. ^^ 

C^OACH.tlAN.— BY  A  SINGLE  MAN  WHO  THOR- 
^ougLlv  underptanda  the  care  of  horses,  carriagea 
oud harness:  careiul  Cit.y  driver;  best  City  reference ; 
can  be  seen  at  present  emplover's.  Call  on  or  addres} 
No.  163  West  n6th  st  .  private  stable. 

COACH.nAN  AND  GROO.U.-BY  A  RESPKCT- 
able  Protestant  scotcbman;  sinele-  thorouiihly 
understands  his  business  :  careful  City  driver;  no  ofr 
jection  to  the  country ;  first-clasa  reference.  Call  ot 
address  for  two  davs  Coachman.  No.  140  West  Slst  St. 

OACHiMAN.— BY     A      GK.NTLEyiKN      FOR      HTS 

cotw.hman;   .>^ootcli :  single,  strictly  temperate,  and 

obliging;  no  objections  to  tbe  country.    Call  on  or  ad 

dress  for  two  days   C.  T.  Cromwell,  ^Ko.  34  Liberty  St., 

Room  No.  4.  *  _ 

C^OAC.Wi>IAN.-BY  A  EKSPfiCTABLK  .MARRIED 
^man  ;  thorooehly  nnderstauds  the  care  of  horses, 
carriages,  and  harness  :  has  several  years'  City  refer- 
ence from  hia  ladt  employer.  Can  be  seen  for  two 
Vays  at  No.  628  Bro.idwav. 

OACHMAN,  die— BV  A  PROTESTANT  SISGLR 

man  as  coachman:    can  milk,  and   willing  to  help 

In   a  garden ;    has  some  of  the  very  beat  City  rei- 

eronces.      Addresa     Coachman,   Box   No.    216    Timtf 

Office. 

COACHMAN.— BY  A  GENTLKMAV  FOB  HIS 
coachman  :  one  who  knows  his  business,  and  ia 
worthy  of  it.  CaU  on  or  address  Jobn  Sneppard,  No, 
119  Madison  ar. 

FARMER.— BY  A  MARRIED  MA.N':  NO  IN- 
cumbrance;  tborougblv  understands  farming,  the 
care  and  manaeement  of  all  Vinds  of  stock;  capable  of 
taking  care  ot  gentleman's  place ;  wife  uoderstaoda 
dairy  and  poultry  ;  flrgt-class  reference.  CaJ  or  ad- 
dress P.  L.,  No.  876  Broadway,  Be*>d  store. 

ARDENBR BY  A  MARRIED  MAS;   ENGLISH; 

ro  family:  has  20  years'  successful  experience  la 
greenhouse,  graperies,  fr^iits.  flowers,  and  vegeta- 
bles: the  care  and  manaKement  of  stock  frtrm,  &c.; 
wife  is  fully  competent  to  take  cb.irge  of  dairy,  poul* 
trv,  &o.;  best  of  referene«.  Address  J.  B.  C.  Box  No. 
29^TI.MES  UPTOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1.257  6B0ADWAT. 

G'  A  RDENEK.— FIRST-CLASS  MABRIKD  MAN;' 
Swiss  :  has  had  seveuteen  .years'  practice  in  tb« 
culture  of  hot  aud  green  house  plants :  also  under- 
stands tbe  growing  of  allkiudsof  veuetabies;  can  be 
well  recommended  tiy  both  present  and  Insc  eoiir 
plovers.    Addresa  L  Oonrnd,  No.  138  Bleecker  a'. 

ARDENEll.— BY  A  COMi'ETK.ST  MAN;  HIGH-' 
It  qualified  in  the  cultivation  of  stove  and  green- 
house plants,  roses,  hot-hnuse  grapes,  fruits,  regeta* 
bles,  and  the  manasemeut  of  ornamental  grounds: 
best  of  references.  Address  E.  B.,  Box  No.  327  TIMES 
UP-TOWN  OFFICE.  NO.  1.257  BR0.\DWaY. 

GARDENER.— BY  A  THOROUGH  FIRSl-CLASS 
gardener;  has  had  23  years'  experience  in  tbit 
country;  is  competent  to  tak«  charge  of  both  firm 
and  garden  :  ia  a  first-class  truit.  fiuwer.  and  vegetable 
grower,  and'especially  grapes  ;  is  a  hurd-workinji  man. 
Address  B.  V..  Box  Na  624  Yonkers  Post  office. 

ARDENEK— OF     ABILITY  AND    OK    REPUTED 

merit,    understanding  all  sorts  of  grass  cultu>«  In 

its  highest   capaeity.  and  fully  pmcilcal   iu  ail  other 

brauches  re1a*iiuK    to  his  profeseion.    Address  J.  N., 

No.  15  John  St. 

ARDENBR.— BY  A  SINGLK  MAN  ;   28  TEARS  OF 
age;  can  give  the  ver.y  best  of  reference   as  to 
sobriety,  iudustry,    and   ability   in    every  branch   of 
gardening.    Address.  D.  B.,  Florist.  Uoboken,  S.  J. 

ARDENER.— BYA  iIRsT-OL.ASS  FRENCH  GaR- 
dener,  single  ;  competent  in   all  brauches ;   of  long 
experience  in  this  countrv.    Call  nr  adoress  A.  8..  gar- 
dener. No.  136  Bleecker  St.,  New-York. 


GARDENER  AND  EAK.HER.-BY  a    YOUN^i 
Qermau  as   gardener  and  farmer;   best  references; 
Addresa   W.  J.,  WlUiamsbrldie    Post  Office,  .Sew-York. 

GARDENER.— THOROUGH,    PH.iCllCAL,    (KNG- 
lish  ;)  ape,  28;   married:  first-rate  rerarence  as  'a 
Character  anJ  ability.  Address  P.  W.,  No.  67  Nassau  st. 


WAITER  AND  GE^iERAL  SERVANT.— BT 
aroung  man  ;  can  wait  on  table,  care  silver,  ttc; 
is  willing  tu  make  himself  useful :  not  nfraid  to  work ; 
wages  moderate :  first-class  recommeudatious.  Call  or 
address  B.,  No.  241  West  37lh  st. 

AITER.— BY  A  SINGLE  PROTES  I'ANf  MA.V  l."*  A, 

private  famll.V;  nDOlJectiou  to  the  country:  haa 

best  City  reference;    just  disengaged.    Addresa  J.  B.. 

Box   No.    311.   TIMES   UP-TOWN    OFFICE,  NO.  1,267 

BROADWAY.  ■ 


WAITER BY  A  RESPECTABLE  COLORED  MAN 
isiogle)  in  a  private  family  or  buardlng-nonss ; 
four  years'  Citv  reference.  Address  Smith,  Box  No. 
808  TIMES  UP-tOWN  OfFlCE,  No.  1.257  BROADWAT. 


WAITER.— Blf  A  PKOTEoiANT  BNGLl.2HMA:f 
ad  waiter ;  is  thorough  in  bis  duMes;  best  refer- 
ence given.  Call  or  address  C.  U.,  No.  164  East  42d 
St.,  first  floor,  front. 

WAITER.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE    YOUNG    MAN; 
Protestaut:  in  a  private  tatntly;  five  years' kf si 
City  reference!   wiiiing  and  obliging.  CaU  fox  two  days 

at  No.  121  West  30tU  at.  _ 

WAITER.— BY  A  COLORED  MAN    IN  A  BOARD- 
ing-hoase.  or  as  ralet  to  a  gentleman.    AadreSs 
Waiterman.  No.  692  8ih  ar.,  top  aoor,  In  tne  rear. 


\»rAlTER — A  4      FlaST-CLASS       Wall'SR      l.f     A 

TT  private  family;     best   City   refereneea    Gail  « 
address  M.  V..  at  Salter's,  .fo.  8s6  Broadway. 


WAITEH — BY    A    RBSPo,CrABLa    TOU.SG    i\NQ- 
llshman  aa  waiter.    Addresa  W.  G.,  No.  231  Weet 
26th  St. 


to   CONSIGNORS    OF   MEAT. 

Mr.  T.  B.  BLACK  begs  to  inform  eoUaiznors  of  meat 
to  She  iinglisti  market  that  all  cunsigaments  lorwaraed 
to  him  will  receive  prompt  acteotiun,  and  no  pains  wiD 
be  spared  to  secure  tbe  best  prices. 

T.  B.  BLA(.R,  Commission  Salesman, 
Ke.  IVJ  Central  Meat  Market,  ItOndoifc 
EaTABLlSHiil)  la50. 

HARRIS  &  koy, 

WHOLE8ALB  AND    RET.^IL    (  OMMISSION  DEaLRP 

in  Country  Produce,  Poultry, 

Game,  Eggs,  Butter,  i  beese.  Lard.  Poc:itoes.  A?pM 

NO.  223  FULTON  ST., 

_  near  Greenwich  st. 

EFl'S'OOCOA.— ORATKFeb  AND  OOtlFOariNS;'' 
eai-h  paoicetis  lib^llsl,  JAMKi  KPF8  Sc  C^k.  ^0lBi^ 
ODathlc  Chemista  Na  48  Toxeadijeedla  st  antl  Nub.  170 
Piceadlllv.  tK>a.u>ii,  Bogtaud.    ^f>«r-rora  Oeoitt.  SAtM 

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CONARDLINEB.  &N.A.  R.M.S.P.CO. 

NOTlOK.     . 
With  tn«»  view  of(rtmiinBhln2tii<«  oaiaMS  otijollln9a 
Aie  «t«*men  oi  this  line  tsks  m  tpeotfleil  coarse  foe  ui 
seMons  of  tbe  year.  .        _  .    _ 

On  Van  oniwrnrdo-wsi^e  ftam  Qaeenstownb*  •»»▼• 
fork  or  Boston,  onissiTia  omltflan  or  50  at  H  latita  la. 
«ri)OtblDK  to  th»»  north ntXi. 

.    On  thphomeTrardDassHse,  arossln;  li'xa    mandlaaif 
£(  «t4a.or  nothintrtotha  lorth.  of  41 

FBdM   ylW-Tl>»I  FOR  HTSaPOOt.  AVI>  QOI»<y?TOWX. 

l»ARTHIA...WKy..  Febi  ]4iBATAVlA....WKD.,Pel>.28 
CHINA Wm.  Fpd.  21IABVSSINIA.WK1).,  Mftroh7 

St««inera  roarfced  '  oo  notrnarrv  sco^Dkie  pasaensers. 

CBbin  tWBtae^SSO,  SlOO.aui  $l33,  sfnH,  imcorliii? 
toAeoommrxlation.    Ketom '^lo'fOtsoii  favorabla  turras. 

Steer^aretdokets  toan  I  trom  kll  Dai-tsof  Earopeat 
Tery  lowrnai.  i^iarlit  and  Da«st»«e  offloe,  Na4  8owl- 
jDa«eeo.  OHAa  O.  FRaNOKIiVN.  Azent. 


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WHITK  »TAK   I.INh. 

FOB   QOBBNsTOWS    AMD    UVBRPOOU      CARaVISQ 
DNIT8I)  STATES  ttAIU 

The  steamora  of  thiallaataita  tti»  Li*a«  Rout'^arv 
eommeiKtetl  bv  Lieut,  Haary,  U.  i  S.,  z<Hn<t  soufctnf 
tb«  Banks  on  tbe  paaaage  to  Qaaensiowa  aii  tha  f  air 
ronno. 

BRlTANNIf ,.^ RATDBBAV,  Fetx  24,  3  P.  M. 

CKLTIC... SATURDAY.  Marobl0.at2  P.    JL 

flEAMANTC SATORDAT.  March  17.  6:30  A.  M. 

BALTIC SATURDAY.  March  24.  at  1  P.  M. 

Prom  WDite><tar  Doolc.  Pier  No.  53^or6h  tUer. 

ThesH  stpiiscrs  art*  nnlfotm  In  aia?  and  ansaroMsa'l 
In  aBOoi-Dtm-'nts.  Ttia  s«loin.  st-itaroonn.  sraolcms 
»c<t  bath  roonn  urn  amvl^hl'M.  whers  tha  noise  am 
■jotton  ar»  least  fftlt.  aCTorllne  a  dagreeof  comfort 
kltherto  an<ttta)aable  "t ««%. 

Ratea— Suloim  «80  ^w]  ■SlOO.-pu-  return  tickets 
cmf^vorabln  tems;    stasraz's  ?Ji 

Koi  tnaoectlon  of  plana  anrlotiar  information  appir 
Bt tlie Company's offloas.  N* 37  Bcoaiw^y  New-Tirt 


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LaV£KI'0(lt.    AND    MKBAT    WKSTBRM 

MTBATt  COMPANY.     ILIMITED.! 

lilVERPOOL.   (VlaQuBMOStown,) 

CARBTING  THB  aiTlTKO  SrATKS  UAIU, 

TUE!*OAY. 

LearlngPier  Sa  46  North  Blrer  a«  follows; 

DAKOTA Feb.  13,at3P.  M. 

NEVADA Feb.  20.  at  10  A.   M. 

IDAHO Feb.  27,  at  3  P.  M. 

UONTANA March  6.  at  10  A.  M. 

WISCONSIN .'.... .March  l.'J,  at  3  P.   M. 

vnrOMING March  20,  at  9  A.M. 

BATES  OK  PA8SE5GKR3    REODCBD. 
etefirafte,  $26:  latertnedlate.  $10;  cabla,  $i>5  to  $39. 
aeoordlng  toatate-roam.    Offices,  No.  29  Broadway, 
WII^HAfltf*  de  «i)l<>W. 

aTUAS  aiAlL  UINK. 

BIJ^ONTaiiTI      3KRVICB      TO    J.iil\til\.      «atn. 
COIiOMBIA,  and  vSPINWAhli,  and   to  PAS  A  51*  aal 
SOUTH PACIKIO  POliT.S  (rla AsolnwtU.)    KiraC-sUiv 
tnlJ-T>oweT«d  Iron  scraxT  sCiA.Tajrs,    r'rjn   Ptar      No.  51 
Kortb  Kiver 

Kot  KINGSTON  (Jam.)  and  AUX  UATE3. 

ATUAc> Feb.  8 

lex  HAITI.  COLOMBIA,  t-SPHMUS    OK  PA.SAU4.     »iiC 
SOSTB  PAOIKIO  Polll'Slrla  Aspia^riU.) 

ANDES Fan.  14 

ALPii Fab.  28 

superior lr4t-oli«  om^Mr^r  ^ncoaiUJl'ktlii. 
PIM.  FORWOOD  &  Ca.  Agenti. 
No.  SUWalUw 

GREAT  SOUTHERN 

FRBIGHT  ANI»  l>AS.m<:NUBR  MNK. 

BAILI>0  FROM  PIKR  NO    29    NOliTH    RIVBB. 
WKDNKSDATSandSATDRKATS  at  .S  P.    \L. 

fOR  CilAULBSTON,  .M.  i;.,  KLOlilllA,  TUB 
MOUTH.  AND  SOtJlH-VVEST. 

GEO.  W.   CLYDE WED.nESUaY Feb.  14 

CHAMPION S.ATDRDAV Keb.  17 

SUPKRIOR  PASSKNGBR  ACnO-'flMODATloVS. 

Insurance  to  •H^ritt'^tioa  H'^'ult  >;  oi*  percent. 

Gocls  forwiirfiwl  fr>»e  if  com  nisslon.  Pa»i»en!rer  tloK- 

etgaort  bills  of  ladlnzissn-"!  '^a  I  signal  at  th?  o-flcB)f 

JA.'nif.s  \V.  QUINTARD  vV-  CO.,    Acenta, 

No.  177  West  <t.,  corn*  warroo- 

OrW.  P.  CLTDK  t'.'O..  No   BSowlinsjareen. 

Or  BKN'TLET   0.    HASELI,,  Qeneril    A»ent» 

fireat!^ont>ier.i  freiMtlit  Mae.  317    Broad^yay. 

STATE  LINE. 

ItKW.yOKK    TO   GLASGOW,     LIVhRPoOL.     DDBLLM, 

BELFAST,  AND   L.i)ND  iSDEHRY. 

These  Hrst-class  iall-po!vared  3t9aa]9rs    will  sail  from 

Pier  Sa42  SonU  Si  vac.  foDi  of  ■'.an'il  «5. 

FTAlEOK  NKVaDa Th u rail av,  Feb.  23 

RTATEOF  INDIANA Timrsriav.  March  8 

FTATh  Or  PKN1*SYLVAJ«IA ThursdoT,  March  15 

BTATb  OF  VIRGINIA Tbnrsday. March  29 

Flrat  cabin.  S't'O.  $(15,  and  #70,  aocordin?  to  acconi- 
nodaMons:  rPtura  rickets,  $110.  $125^  Seoou'l  cabia 
E45:  returi'  ticltets.  *8a  Steerage  at  lowest  rates. 
Apply  r.J 

AUSTIN  BALDWIN  dc  CO..  Agents, 

No.  72  Broadway.  New-York, 
KTKi&RAOK  ticKttts   at    No.  45  Broadway,  and  at  the 
company's  oier.  fo->t'>f  lianiUI;..    Norta  River. 


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AaiBKICAN  siTBAin.SHIP  LiNB 

Between  Phllad'a  &  Liyerpool,  calliag  at  Queenstowo. 

Thnndays  firom  Phliad'a,  Welnealavs  froax  Llyarpoot. 

Steamers  to  sail  Arom  Philadelphia  as  follows: 

PennsTlTanla.. Feb.  1 1  Illinois FeU  32 

♦City  of  Limericlc.Feb.  8    "Lord  Ciiye. March  1 

IndlaiM Feb.  15  I  Ohio March  8 

Price  of  paasase  in  currency:  .__ 

Cabin,  $75  to  $10a  Intt^rmeoiate,  $40.    Steenure.  $23. 
PKTKB  WRIGHT  t  SONS,  Ueu.    Agonta,  PUlTaa'a. 

No,  52  Broadway,  New-York. 
JOHN  MoDOSALD  No.  8  Battery  plaoa,  New-York. 


NATIONAL!   JLINE— Piers  44  and  51  North  EIyce. 
FOR  L(>.>roON.  .   _  , 

GREECE 8ATDKDAY,  Feb.  24.  at  1  P.  M. 

POK  QDERNSTOWN  AND  LIVBRPOOL. 

England.Feb.  17,  7:30  A.M.  I  Thi^Oueen.Mar  3,  74  A.M. 

Cabin  and  steerage  passase,  and   drafts  from  Xl  up- 

ward.  Issued  at  very  low  rates.    Company's  omcea  No. 

69  Broadway  F.  W.  J.  HUB8T.  Manager. 


NOKTH    HKK.HAN   M.OYD. 

STKAM-SHIP    LINK    BETWEEN'    NEW-YORK.   BOUTB- 

AMPTON.  AND  BREMEN. 

Company's   Pier,    loot  of  -Jdis..    doOokao. 

RHEIN Sat.  Feb.   iu  I  HERMANN. ..Sat.,  Feb,  24 

ODER S«t.,  Feb.  17  |  NKCK^R iSat.,  March  3 

RATE.S  Of  PASSAGK  KttOil    NKVV-TORK  TO  SO0ra» 
AMPTON.    BAVRB.    OK  BRKMEN: 

First  oaotn $100:»ol'l 

i'econd  cabin 60»old 

btfemnf SOcurreney 

Retnm  tickets  ni  reUuuedr  ii'is.  pVeTft'il  ateeraga 
lertiHcateB.  *3"iJ  currency.  ForfoiJht  or  passazH  ap- 
plyt.»  OKLKfCHS  k  'O..  <o.  2  3  oVlin?  Green: 


INDIAN  I.INK._lMAIL.srKA.MEtt.»«. 

FOR  O^EKNarOWN   ANP  LIVKEPOOL. 
err*  OF  Chester.  .Satnrday.  Feb.  17.  at  7:.S0  A.  M. 
cm  Oh  RICHMOND.  Satnrilay,  J' arch  3.  at8A.M- 
UTY  OF  BRC?<-^EL«s..8atardaT.  .March  17.  6:30  A.  M. 
. .  From  Pier  4.5  Nortli  !llv.ir. 

CAB1N,$80  and  $100. Gold  ,  Ritarii  'Jtift'Hti  onfv 
rorable  terms.  arSHRAUE.  •'2.-1.  Oirronoy  Dcifti 
at  l'>vre8t..ii:  Ji. 

Saloous,  Jitriti^-rooTU,  «(mokiDa  and  katb-rooio^ 
tniidsiiipa.  JOHN  0.  DALB,  Agent, 

Noa.  15  and  33Broa'lway.  N.  t. 


ANCHOR  LiJNB  b.  S.  .IIAIL.  S'VEAaiKU!*. 

SEW-IOHK  AND  GLASGOW 

Alsatia FeU  17.  8  A.  M.  I  tahfornia.  March  3,  8  A.  M. 

Anchorl>t..Feb.  24.  2  P.  .^1.  I  Ethiopia  March  10,  2 P.  M. 

TO  GLASGOW.  LIVKRPOOL,  OR  DKRRi, 

Cabins  $65  to  $80,  according  to  accommoilatioaa;      In* 

termedtate,  $35;    Steerage  $28. 

NEW-YORK  AND  LONDON. 

Italia Fob.  14.  2  P.  M.  1  UtoDia.  Feb.  24.  2  P.  M. 

Caoins,  $55   to  $7U      .steerage,  $28.     Cabin  ezcar- 
sion    tickets  at   reduced    rates.     Drafts  issued  for  any 
amount  at  current  rates,     Comoanv's  Pier  Nos.  20  and 
il.  North  Riyer,  N.  X.        HENDER80H  BROTHERS, 
Agents.  No.  7  BowlineGieen. 


ONL.Y  niRBCT  I..INB  TO  KKAiNCIS. 

THE  GENERAL  TRANSATLANTIC  COflPAXrS   yii.It, 

BTKAMER8BHTWEKN  .NEW-YORK  A:<uaA7a!j. 

CalKug  at  PLYMOUTH  (G.  Si.)(ot  tha  laiiJIaiof 

PaaaenKers. 

Will  sail  from  Pier  No.  42  North  Blyer.  foot  it   Morton 

»t..  eyery  alternate  Saturday,  beginning  with: 

CANADA.  Frangeni Saturday.  Feb.  24,  at  2  P.  U. 

For  panicniara  aadress 

LOUIS  DE  BEBIAN,  Agent,  No.  55  Broadway. 


FOR  SAVANNAH    GA., 

THh:  FLORIDA  PORTS,  ' 

AND  THE  aOUTH   AND  BOOTH-WEST. 

'GREAT  SOUTHERN  FREIGHT  AND  PA8SHNGEB  LINE, 

CENTRAL    RAILROAD  OP  QBORGIA.  AND 

ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  RAILROAD. 

WEDNESDAY  AND  SATUBDAY. 
,     h.  L^VlT1GSTO^,  capt  MAi.LOai.  WEDNESDAY.  Feb. 
14.  Pier  flo.    43  Nortti   River.   3  P.    M.    GEO.  YONGK, 
Agant,  No.  40t»  Broadwa.y. 

BAN  SALVADOR,  Capt.  NiCMBsON,  SATURDAY.  Feb. 
17,  Pier  43  North  HlTer,  3  P.  M.  GEO.  YONGE,  Agt, 
409  Broadway. 

OKNERALBARNEb,  Capt.   Chsesman.  WEDNESDAY, 
Feb.  21.  Her  16  East  River,  3  P.  M.    MURRAY.  FERRIS 
'  k.  CO..  Agts..   62  South  St. 

BAN  jaCINio,  capt.  Habaru,  SATURDAY.  Feb. 
B4,  Pier  48  North  River,  3  P,  At,  GEU.  lONGB-'Agt.. 
409firoaaway. 

^  Insurance  ONE-HALP  PER  CENT.  Suparlor  acoom- 
modations  for  passengers.  Throush  rates  and  bills  of 
lading  iu  ounnectioa  with  Central  S.  R.  of  Georgia. 
Atlantic  and  uoU  RaUroad.  and  Florida  steamers 
City  Point  and  itiotator:  also,  with  the  steamer  J. 
B.  SCUYLEB,  wbiob  has  been  placed  on  the  inside 
route  &om  Savannah  to  Florida,  and  offers  unsurpaased 
geconuuodations. 

C.  U.  OWENS,  GEORGE  YONGB, 

Agent  A.  fc  O.  R.  a.  Agent  C.  R.  R.  of  Ga., 

Na  315  BroaUway. No.  409  Broadway- 

JfL.ORlUA~ 

Caution  to  travelers!  Great  reduction  in  fare  via 
the  inland  route  from  Sarannah  to  all  Florida  ports. 
Only  :il2  to  Jacksonvillo.  Meais  ana  state-rooms  extra. 
The  elegant  steamer  J.  B.  bCUUVLER  makes  cluse  con- 
neetiOD  with  ail  Savannah  steamers,  thQs  forming  the 
aolokest  and  most  agreeable  route  as  well  as  the 
lowest  in  fare.  Accommodations  for  passengers  nn- 
enroassed.  Travelers  are  cautioned  against  purchus- 
ing  lUroagh  tickets  via  any  other  roare. 

FMIFICHIUDFMAMATMIT 

/^^.^  STEAM-SHIT  LINES. 


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POE  CALlFOBUIA,  JAPAX.  CHINA,  AUSTRALIA,   NEW- 

tEALAND,  BRITISH  COLDJIBIA,  OREGON,  tc 

Baldnj;  firom  Pier  Na  42  North  Rivet 

For  3AN  KRA.VCISUO.  via  I31MMDS  OP  PANAMA. 

Steiim-snio  COLOJi Thnrsday,  Feb.   15 

conneciiug   lor    Central    America   anu  South    Pacido 
porta. 

From  SAN  FRANCISCO  to  JAPAN  and  CHINA. 

Steam-shiD  CITl   OK  TOKJO Thursday,  March  1 

From  ban   Frauciaco  to  Sandwicu  Islands,  Australia, 

and  New-Zealand. 
Bteam-shiD  CITY  OF  SYDNEY Wednes'Ja.y,  Feb.  28 

For  freight  or  passage  apply  u» 
WM-  P.  CLYDK&CO..  orH.J.  BOLLAY,  Superintendent, 

No.  6  Bowiiiia  Green.  Pier  No.  42  N.   R.  .foot  Canal  St. 


HBW-VORE.  HAVANA.  A.VDdBXlCAS  a  \.lli<.  S.  LI. Hi 

Steamers  leave  .".tir  .lc».  S  Aicin  -tLic  kt  {  .'.    HL 
r^rr.  ,    ■.*^""-    »»AVA.>IA   MUtBUP. 

CITX  OF  HAVANA ^atur(]ay.  Feb.  17 

CITX  OF  VERA  CRUZ.  Wedaesaay.  Feb.  21 

CITY  liK  M-.VV-lfU..K Wpfliiesiiav.Pul).  28 

FOR    VtSRA    CRUZ    AND     NBW-ORMSAN:^. 

Via  rt,ty:mi,    Pro^raso.  Oukm^.iuar    TaxpAO.      and 
liunpico. 
tllY  OF  HAVANA. •Saturday.  Feb.  17 

feteamers  win  leave  ^levv•>)rleau3  reft,  as  and  March 
3.6  lor  Vnraoruaaiici  •»ii  rne.-iiioye  jirci. 

Korfrai^Dtoc  pMstt^a  ta,>iy  o 

F.ALttSANURBiiiJ.fj.  No].  Slaal  I)  Briklwiy, 


NE  w-  yore:  ani>  ha  van  a 

Ipj  direct  inAlL.    lilNE. 

I^v!^^  These  lirst-olaas  steamsh Ids  sail  regularly 
|\C{^»t  3  P.  M.,lrom  Pier  No.  13  North  Riveras 
lr^*«LJlollo-svB: 

COLUMBCri WEDNF8DAY,  Feb.  14 

m.yi)E        .r- 8ATDRDA1,  Feb.  24 

Aeoonj'inoiiationa  nnsurpaaseU.  For  freight  or  pas- 
W«e  apply  to  WM.  P.  CLYDE  t  CO.,  No.  6  Bowluig 
O^n.    MoKELLER.  LCLIXO  fc  CO..  Agents  in  Havana. 

HAnHljl£.U   Amenoaii    Packet    '-omDHnv's    iiim\, 
for  PLfMOCrra  CHERBOURG    and  HAMBURa   7 
OKLlL^T      ..  ...TPeU   )5iSl)KVU liaich  1 

roMMKRAAU.  :.:Feb.    22iLE88lNG.   -->'»r'=li  8 

'^S^Z^t^Z^'  OeneralPassangec  Agaola, 


_       JRAILEOADS^ 
PENNSYLVANIA    EAILEOAD. 

OR£AT  TRUNK.  JLINB 

AND  UNITED  STATE3  MAIL  ROUTB. 
Tralna  leave  New-YorK,via  Desbrosses   aal      Cort- 

landt  Streets  Ferries,  as  f jllowa: 

Express  for  Uarriaburg,  Fittsburs,  the  West  and 
Sonth,  with  Pullman  Palace  Cars  attached,  8:30  A. 
M.,  6  aiid  8:30  P.  M.,  dally. 

For  Willlamsport,  Lock  Haven,  Corry.  and  Erie,  at 
8:30  P.  M.,  oonneoting  at  Corry  for  Titus nlle,  Petio- 
lenm  Centre,  and  tbe  Oil  Regions.  For  WlUiama- 
port  and  Look  Haven.  8:30  A.  M. 

For  Baltimnre,  Washingtoa,  and  the  South,  "Lim- 
ited Washington  Express"  of  Pullman  Parlor  Cars 
aail.T,  except  Sunday,  9:30  A.  &!.:  arriye  Waahiag. 
ton  4:10  p.  M.  Regular  at  8:40  A.  M.,  1.  6.  and  9 
P.  M.    Sunday,  6  and  9  P.  M. 

Express  for  PDiladelphla,  7:  30. 8:30,  8:40,  (9:30  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4,  5.  6.  7,  8:31),  9  P.  M.,  and  12 
night.  Sunday,  8:30  A.  M..  5,  6.  7.  8:30,  and  9  P.  M. 
Emigrant  ana  second-class,  7  P.  M. 

Accommodation  fbr  Trenton.  7,  A.   M.,  2  and  4:10  P.  M. 

For  tr^'ins  to  Newark.  Elizabeth.  Rahway,  Princeton, 
I'renton,  Perth  Amboy.  Flemington,  Beivlders,  ana 
other  pointa,  see  local  schedules  at  all  Tlclcot  Of- 
fices. 

Trains  arriye:  From  Pittsburg.  6:20  ((nd  10:30  A.  M., 
and  10:20  P.  M.  dally;  10:10  A.  M.  and  6:50  P.  M. 
daily,  exceut  Monday.  From  Washington  and  Bal- 
timore, 6:30,  9:50  A.  M.,  4:10,  6:10.  and  10:20  P.  M. 
Sunday  6:3a  9:50  A.  M.  Prom  Philadelphia,  5:05, 
6:20.  6:30.  9:50,  10:10.  11:50  A.  M.  2:10,  4:10,  5:10, 
6:50  8:40,  10:10,  and  10:20  P.  M.  Sunday  5:05. 
6:20,  6.30.  9:50,  11:50,  A.  M.,  6:50,  10:10,  and  10:20 
P.  M. 
Ticket  Ofaces,  Nos.  526  and   944  Broadway,  No.  1 

Astor  House,  and  foot  of    Desbrosses  and   Cortlandt 

streets;     No.  4  court  street.  Brooklyn:     Nos.  114,  116, 

and  118  Hudson  street.  Hoboken:    Depot.  Jersey  City 

Emigrant  Ticket  Office,  No.  8  Battery  place. 

FRANK  THOMSON.  D.  M.  BOYD,  Ja., 

General  Manaser.  General  Passenger  Agent. 


TO    l'HII..AD£L.PUI.^ 

via  ^ 

PENNSYLVANIA   RAILEOAD. 

THE  OLD-ESTABLISHED  ROUTE  AND    SHORT    LINE 

between 

NE\V<YO.RK    AND    FIIIL.ADEL.PH1A. 

14  Through  Trains  each  way  dally:     3  Depot*  In  Phllv 
delphia,  2  in  lew-York. 

4    Tracks,    the  most    Improved    Equipment,   and    the 
Fastest  Time  consiatent  with  aosolute  aafety. 

Expreaa  Trains  leave  New-York,  fia  Desbrosses  and 

CortHndt  .>treets  Ferries,  as  follows: 
7:.'?0.  8:30,  8:10,  (9:30  Limited,)  10:30  A.  M..  1,  4,  5,  6, 

7,  8:30.  9  p.  M..  and  12  Midnight.    Sunday.   8:30  A. 

JI.,  6,  6,  7,  8:30.  and  9  P.  M. 
Returning,  trains  leave  Phtivlelphia  3:20,  3:30.'?,  7:30, 

8:30,  and  11    A.  M..  (Limited    Kspress,    1:36   P.    M.,) 

1:40,  4.  5:30,  7.  and  7:35   P.   M.,   and    12  Midnight. 

On  Sunday,  3:20.  3:30.  7,  8:30  A.  M..  4,  7,  7:35  P.  M., 

and  12  Midnight. 

Ticket  OflBces,  Nos.  526  and  944  Broadway,  No.  1 
Astor  House,  and  loot  of  Dest^rosses  and  Cortlandt 
sts..  No.  4  Court  st.  Brooklyn;  Nos.  114,  116.  and  118 
Hudson  St.,  Hoboken;  Depot.  Jersey  City.  Emigranl 
Ticket  OfBue,  No.  8  Battery  place. 
FRANK  TrtOMSO.V.  U.  M.   BOYD.  Jr., 

General  Manager.  General  Passenger  Agent. 


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IVrRW-YORK     CKNTRAL     AND     HUDrSON 

X^  RIVER  RAILROAD Commencing   Dei-,    -zti,     1876, 

through  traAis  will  leave  Grand  Central  Depot 

7:15  A.  M.,  VVeatem  and  Northern  Exoress.  with 
diawing-room  cars  to  Caiiamlaigua. 

i':30  A.  M..  special  (Chicago  and  St.  Louis  Bxpress, 
witb  drawinsr'^"™  cars  to  Rochester  and  Buffalo. 
Also,  throuffb  car  lo  St.  Louis. 

11:00  A.  U..  North'ro  and  Western  EiDrass. 

3:30P.  M..  spticial  Alb'tny,  Troy  and  Western  Et- 
pr<>ss  arrives  at  Baffa'.o  7: 10  A.  .M. 

5;0i)  P.  M..  Kxpress.  with  slortplnt  cars,  for  W^ter- 
town  and Canandai;;ux  Alsofjr  lloatraal  via  Plitca- 
burg. 

8:30P  M..  Paciflo  Eipresa,  daily,  with  sleeping  cats, 
lor  Rochester.  Niagara  Fails.  Buffalo.  Cleveland.  In- 
dianapolis, and  Louisville.  Also  for  Chlcaao.  via  both 
I*-  "i,  and  M.  C  Railroads,  anu  to  Montreal  via  St.  Al- 
bans. 

11:00  P.  M.,  Express,  with  sleeping  oars,  for  Albany 
and  Troy.     Wav  trains  as  per  local  Time  Tables. 

Tickets  tor  sain  at  Nos.  2j2.  '.iBl.and  413  Broadway, 
and  St  Wtstcott  Express  Conrpanv's  offices,  Nos.  7 
Park  place,  "785  and  942  Broadway  New-York,  and 
333  Washington  sC.    Brooklyn. 

a  B.   MKEKUR.  Uuneral  Passenger  Agenu 


ERIE  RAILWAY. 

Winter  Arrangement  of  through  trains.  From  Cham- 
b<»rs  Street  Uepo'.     (Kor  23U  st.  see  note  below.) 

9:00  A.    M.,   dallv,    except   Snndavs,    Cincinnati    and 
ChicaaoDav  Express,   liiawiog-roora  co^iches  toBuflalo. 

10:45  A.  M.,  daily,  except  bunaavs.  Express  Mail  for 
Buffalo  and  the  West.    Sleepins;  coach  to  Buff  ilo.        ^ 

7:00  P.  M..  daily.  Pacific  Fxpres^  to  the  West.     .'^leoM 
log  coaches  through  to    Euffaio.  Niagara    Falls,  Clncin^ 
nati,    and    Chicajso   without  change.      Hotel    dinlng- 
coaches  to  Chicago. 

7:00  P.  M.,  except  Snndavs,  Western  Bmigrsnt  train. 

Above   trains    leave   Twenty-thir.l    Street    Ferry    at 
8:45  and  10:15  A.  .M..  and  6:43  1'.    M. 

For  local  trains  ace  time-tables  and  cards  in  hotels 
and  depots. 

JNO.  N.  ABBOTT.  General   Passenger  A jrent 


NEW-YORK,     NEW-IIaVE.N.     AND     ILiRT- 
FORD    RAILiKOAD. 

After  Dec  10,  1876.  trains   leave  Grand  Central  De- 

rt  (42d  St.)  for  New-Caanan  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M., 
4:40  P.  M.;  Danbuiy  and  Norwalk  Railroad  at  8:05 
A.  M..  1,  and  4:40  P.  M.;  Nauzatuck  Railroad  at  8:03  A. 
M.,  and  3  P.  M.;  Housaionic  Railroad  nt  8:05  A.  M., 
and  3  P.  M.j  New-Haven  and  Northampton  Railroad  at 
8:05  A.  M..  and  3 P.  M.;  for  Newport  at  8:05  A.    M.    and 

I  P.    M.;   Boston    and    Albany   Railroad     at  8:05    nnd 

II  A.  M.,  3  and  9  P.  M.,  (9  P.  M.  on  Sunday ;)  Boston, 
(via  ehore  Line,)  at  1  and  10  P.  .M.,  (10  P.  M.  on  Sun- 
days.) Boston  and  New- Voric  Air  Line.  8 -A.  M.,  1  and 
11:35  P.  M. 

Way  trains  as  per  local  ttme-tableit 


IjEHIGH  VAL.I.BY  RAlL.ROAJ>. 

ARRANGEMENT.        PASSENGER  TRAINS.        JAN.  L 

1877. 
Leave  depots  foot  of  Cortlandt  and  Debrosses  sts..  at 

6:30  P.  M.— Night  Express,  daily,  for  Eastou,  Bethle- 
hem, Ailentown,  Mauch  chunk,  Wilksbarre.  Plttston, 
Ba.fre,  Elmlra,  IihaciK  Auburn,  Rochester.  BuSaIo, 
magara  Falls,  and  the  West.  PuUiuun's  sloepiaj 
coaches  attached. 

General  Eastetn  office  corner  Church  and  Cortlandt 
sta.,  CHARLES  H.  CU.tf.«INGS.   Age.it. 

ROBEHT  H.  SAYRE,  Buperinteoaent  and  Engineer. 


\lTirKFORD  BAII-ROAD  ROUTE  TO  NEW- 
fT  POK'T,  H.  I.— Passengers  tor  this   Una  take  8:05  A. 
M.  and  1  P.    M.   express    trains    from    Grand    Central 
Depot,  arriving  at  4:18  and  8  P.  M.  at  Newport. 

THBODORt;  WARREN,   Superintendent. 


STONINGTON  LINE 

FOR     BOSTON    AND    Al-b    FOINT.H     EAST. 
REDUCED   FARE. 

Elegant  steamers  leave  Pier  No.  33 -North  Rivar. 
footer  Javst..  at  4:30  P.  M. 

Tickets  for  sale  at  *ll  bnncipii  ticket  o  Boas.  •"'t'*t> 
rooms  secured  at  nfflcssot'  Westcuttiicpross  OospAur 
and  at  .Vo.  363  Broadway. 

PRi>Vtl>BNCt<     I.INiJ. 

Freight  only,  steamers  leave  Pier  No.  27  .'orth 
River,  foot  of  Park  place,  at  4  P.  .M.  FreUhts  via  either 
UnetaKenat  lowest  rates. 

Rs.  BABCOCK.  Pi-as.      L.  W.  FiLKixi.  G.   P.  Agenu 

FALL    RIVER   LINE 

FOR 

BOSTON  AND    THB    EAST. 

FAlfES  REDtCEU. 

leave  New-York  daily.  (Sunday  excepted.)  flcomPiac 
No.  28  North  River,  toot  of  Murray  St..  4:30  P.  M. 

BORDEN  &  LOVKLL.  Agents. 
GEO.  L.  (;ONNOR.  Generil  Passensf r  Aijent. 


FOR      NEW-HAVEN.    HARTFORD,     JtC — 
Fare  $1 ;  steamers  leave  Peck  slip  for  New-Haven 
at  3  and  11  P.  M.,  connecting  with  roa<U 


Li^ORRRIDUKI'ORTAlMO  ALL  PillN T.S    ON 

CHnnlatomc    and    NangatuoK    Railroad. — Viri     $1. 
Uteamers  leave natharine  slio \\  ll-3i)  .V.  H. 


LEGAL^TIOES^ 

UNITED   STATES  OF  AMERICA. 

MasBAoUusetta  District, ) .. 
seal.  5  '^ 

BosToif.  February  Sd.  1 877. 

Pursuant  to  a  monition  to  me  directed,  I  hereby  give 
notice  to  all  peisons  concerned  that  a  libel,  or  p.-ti- 
tioD,  is  filed  before  the  Hon.  John  Lowell,  Judge  of  the 
District  «;ourt  for  said  district,  by  Mr.  Frederick  Nicn- 
eraon,  Frederick  VV.  Niokerson,  Alfred  A.  Nickerson, 
and  Elkauah  C.  Crosby,  parners  under  tbe  firm  of  F. 
Nlckeraon  and  Company;  Harrison  Loriug,  Joseph 
I>iokeraon,  and  VVlniam  T.  Gildden.  owuers  of  the 
steam-ship  "Seminole,"  her  machinery,  tackle,  apparel, 
and  furniture,  and  freight,  against  John  Ma.riiire, 
claiming  to  be  the  late  owner  of  the  ateam-stilp  "Mont- 
gomery;" and  all  persons  making  or  alleaing  any 
claim  against  said  sie^im-jhip  in  a  cause  ot  collision, 
civil  and  m.irltirae.  wherein  and  w^bereby  said  owners 
Claim  the  benefit  ot  limitation,  of  liaoility,  as  bylaw 
provided,  and  upon  the  facts  and  circumstances  set 
forth  in  aaid  libel  or  petition  ;  said  collision  beine  al- 
leged to  have  occurred  between  ibo  sa'd  steioi-abip 
"  Montgomery"  and  said  steam-ship  ■'  Seminole."  on  the 
morning  of  Sunday,  the  seventh  day  ot  January,  now 
last  past;  and  pursuant  to  said  monition,  I  cite  all 
peisons  claiming  damages  for  any  loss,  destmction, 
damage,  or  inlury,  by  reason  of,  or  caused  by.  or  aris- 
ing out  of  said  collision,  to  appeal  before  said  District 
Court,  at  the  United  States  Court-house,  in  Boston,  in 
said  district  of  Massachusetts,  on  or  before  iha  first 
day  of  June  next  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.,  and  make  due 
proof  of  their  resaective  claims. 

ROLAND  G.  USHER,    United  States  Marshal 

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aaaeralPassaagec  Agaii 
6lBi'0adwaT,,S»1U 


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M£iS10ALu 

A  GREAT  OFFER! Ue\'.V^rVi-ffi 

dispose  of  100  PIANOS  &  OKGAN^5,  new  and 
second-band,  of  flrst-elaas  makers.  iDclnding 
WAVKRi»*,at  lower  prices  for  cash  or  install- 
mentfi  or  to  let  antli  paid  for  ctiaa  erer  before 
ottered.  WATEK!!*»  UitAND  sQUARiS  and 
1/ fK  1«HT  PI  AN  O."*  «c  O  KO  AN?*  a  re  the  K  Ksj  r 
MADE.  AGENTS  WANTED.  lUostrated  Cat- 
aIovae«  Alatled.  A  liber^  discount  \o  Teaeherg, 
JU.tusteri,  OkHrcAM.  etc  Sheet  mnalc  at  ball  price. 
HORACE  WA'rBRS  <&  SONS,  Maaufctrs.  and 
Dealers,  40  Kast  1 4th  a»l:..  Union  square,  N.  Y  - 


A  SOPftANU  PESJUUSS  CUVHCU  POSITION  ; 
A.refaTenoe.  a.  Errani.    Addrbaa   fiOPaANO,  care  oT 
^  A.  jirno^.  fio.,3gS^M«,li(ji  ^a- 


FINANCIAL. 


ELIZABETH   CITY 


7s, 


(UATUfUNO   1878  TO   1890, 


iron  BALB  BT 


tumye&cil 


IVos.    le    and    1.8    Massaia    St. 


NEW-YORK  CITY  6s, 


DUE  IS  1879. 


OSWEGO  CITY  78, 


DUB  IN  1888, 


ELIZABETH  CITY  78, 


DUB  IN  1896, 


FOR  SAIiB  BT 

DANIEL 


A.    MORAN, 


NO.  40  WAIili  ST. 


TO  TriE  HOLDERS  OP 

Alabama  State  8  per  cent.  Gold 
Bonds  of  1870, 

ISSUED  TO  THE  ALABAMA  AND  CHATTANOOGA  B.  H. 
Haw-YoRK.  Feb.  1. 1877. 

Having  been  appointed  by  the  English  Committee  of 
Bondholders  agents  for  the  United  States  to  receive 
the  deposit  of  Bonds  accompanied  by  a  contribution 
of  Ten  Dollars  Gold  for  each  biml.  wo  respectfully  re- 
quest holders  to  depo.it  with  us  at  our  office.  No.  51 
William  at,  their  Beads  and  tbe  stated  contribution, 
for  which  proper  reoelots  will  be  issued. 

Printed  forms  for  deposit  of  Bonds  and  oopies  of  the 
resolution  under  which  the  said  Committee  act  will  be 
furnished  on  application  at  our  office. 

FLOCK  t  CO. 


CHASE  &  ATKINS, 

BANKERS  AND  BROKERS^ 

NO.  18  BROAD  STREET,  NEW^^YORK. 

INTEREST  ALLOWED  ON  DBP03IT  ACCOUNTS 
SDBJECrr  TO  DRAFT  AT  SIGHT. 

GOLD.  QOVERNMBNT.  STATE,  MUNICIPAL.  AND 
RAILEOAD  SECURITIBi  BOCOHT  AND  SOLD  ON 
COMMISSION  FOR  CASH  OR  UPON  MARGIN. 


Choice  and  Safe  Investments. 

7,  8,   AND  10  PER  CENT. 
CITY  AND  COUNTY  MUNICIPAL  B0.W8. 

FIRST  MORTGAGE  RAILROAD  BONDS. 
CITY  RAILROAD  STOCKS  A.SU  BONDS. 

I.N'bURASOE  ANU  BANK  STOCKS. 
OAS-LIGHT  STOCKS  AN1>  BOSDS. 

STRICTLY  PIOST-CLASS  SECUaiTIKS. 
PAYING  10  TO  15  PER  CENT. 

INTEREST  ALWAYS  PROMPTLY  PAID. 
For  sale  at  desirable  prices  by 

Albert  H.  Nicolay  &  Co., 

NO.  43  PINE  ST.,  NEW- YORK. 
N.  B.— INVESTMENT  BECURITIE.i  OUR  SPBCIALTT 
26  YEARS. 


THE  NEW- YORK.     31I.NING     STOCK.      EX- 
CHANGE, 

No.  19  Broad  sr.  Organised  in  1894. 

This  association  has  been  rrorii;anl«?»d  fur  the  pur- 
pose of  fHCl'ltntlog  dealinss  In  the  stocks  ot  the  promi- 
nent mining  cumpanies.  and  thus  meeting  the  de- 
mands 01  business  ariMnc  from  tbe  iucreasetl  deyelop- 
ments  and  growing  importance  of  the  mining  lnt°rests 
or  the  countrv  ;  135  of  its  members  are  also  members 
of   tne    NEW-YORK    !>TOlK  KXCHANGK;     50    of  its 

membersareaiao  membeis  ot  the  NEW- YORK  GOLD 
EXCHANGE. 

Parties  desiring  Information  relnti  re  to  the  business 
of  the  Exchange  or  membership  therein,  may  apply  to 
the  Secretary.  J.  WY  MAN  MORRIS,  at  its  temporary 
rooms,  NO.  10  BROAD  ST. 

JOHN  STANTON,  jr..  President. 


OCEAN    NATIONAL  BANK. 
ASSETS  AT  AUCTION,  • 

MARCH  27,  1877. 
For  catalogue  apply  to  ADRIAN  IL  MULLER  It  CO., 
No.  7  Pine  st,  or  to  the  Receiver,  No.  21  Nassau  st 

THEODORE  M.  DAVIS.   Receiver. 


MDNIClPAIi  BONDS,  DUE  1»06.     A   LIUJTEO 
AMOUNT  FOR   SALE  BY 

RVHN,LOEB  &  CO.,  NO.  31  NASSAU  ST. 


Ac.  UURNUA.^I,  NO.  33  PINE  ST..  NKW-YORK. 
• — Investment  securities  naylns;  eight  to  ten  per 
cent  for  sale.  Westera  inorlgagi-s  a  specialty  for  six- 
teen years.  References  in  New-York,  Boston.  Hart- 
ford, and  Philadelphia.     Send  for  lists. 


A  HAND-BOOK  OF  CO.tlMERCE,  FINA«*C8. 
AND  1NVE.ST.VIKNTS.— The  UNANClAL  REVIEW, 
(Annual.)  price  Si  25,  is  now  readr.  Address  lor  book 
or  circular  of  contents,  the  Commercial  and  financial 
ChionleU.  No.  79  William  st. 


BROWN   UROTiiURS  <V  CO.. 

NO.  69   VV.*LL  Hr., 

JKBUis  COMMERCIAL  anl  TRAVELKK?    CRhDITS 

AVAILABLE  in    a'IPAHTS   of    the  WORM). 


<at1  K(\   (\i\f\    'J""    I'OAN    ON  HOND  AND 

tJPXtf  l/«\7  Wmortaaee^  on  „New-Ji_o  k^^Cityim- 


proveil  property. 
Exchange  court 


Apply  lo  GRANT  BROTHERS,    No.  2 


THE   UF-TOWN   OFFICKOF  THE  TIMES. 

Theui>-town  office  of  THE  TIHE3  Is  located  at 
No.  1.457  Broadway,  bet.  31st  and  33d  sts.. 

Open  dally.  Sundays  includeil,  from  4  A.   M.  to  9  P.  M. 

Subscriptions  receive^,  ami  copies  of  THE  TiMBS  for 

sale. 

ADVERTISEMENTS  RECKIVED   UNTIL  9  P.   M. 


BOAEDTNG  AND  LODGINa 

The  np-fown  offlee  of  TRX  TIMBS  ia  located  at 
No.  1 ,367  Broadway,  bet.  31st  and  39d  sta. 

Open  daily,  Sundays  Included,  from  4  A.  M.  to  0  P.  M. 

Babicriptlons  receiyed,  and  ooiHea  ot  THB  TIMB3  for 

sale. 

ADVERTISBMEKTS  RKCBIVBD  UNTHi  9  P.  M. 


Xro.  4    WEST    14TH    ST.,   TWO    DOQRH 

ii  FROM  6TH  AV.— Newly  and  handaomely-flumtobed 
■nites  and  single  rooms  to  families  and  gentlemen,  with 
or  witboat  breakfast;  bath-rooms  and  running  watar 
on  each  floor ;  house  heated  by  steam  throughout; 
appointments  and  location  unsurpassed;  belt  rofer> 
ences  given  and  required.  


A  PRIVATE  FAMILY  OCCUPYING  AN 
eletfant  bouse,  in  close  proximity  to  fashionable 
restaurants,  would  accommodate  single  gentlemen 
"With  rooms  and  service:  French  break fisss  1?  desired; 
none  but  Qrst-cliiss  parties  treated  with.-  Address 
X.  T.  Z.,  Box  No.  267  TIMKS  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO. 
1,257  BROADWAY. 


PRIVATE  CLUB,  'J8TH  ST.,  NEAR  BROAD- 
way. — Gentleman  wanted  tojoln;  breakfiMi  at  all 
hours;  table  d'hote  at  6:30  o'clock;  also  rooms: 
terms  reasonable.  Address  "  CLUB."  Box  No.  368 
TIMES  UPTOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


NO.  244  EAST  40TH  ST.— f^QUARB  BOOH, 
suitable  for  gentiem:in  or  ladv;  nicely  kept;  bath, 
hot  and  cold  witter  same  floor;  fire  evenings;  pnvate 
family;  $3  week. 


SECOND  FLOO  V,  WITH  PHIYATB  TABLB, 
spacions  r<  oms,  en  suite,  with  elegant  parlor,  batb. 
&&:  vacated  by  family  eoing  Soutn ;  references.  Call 
at  No.  14  East  32d  st. between  5th  and  .Madison  an. 


MRS.  M.  B.  SUMNER. 

Na  2  West  SBtb  at., 
has  rear  suite,  second  floor,  to  offer,  with  or  without 
private  table,  and  cne  front  upper  room. 


FIFTH     AV.,     NO.   45,    BETWEEN    1  ITH 
and  12th  sts.— Spacious    snite     of  well-ftirnlBhed 
rooms  on  parlor  floor,  with  or  without  private  table. 


NO.  49   WESTIOTH  ST.— HAMDSOMB   SUirB 
of  apartments,   with  or  without  board,  in  private 
house;  references. 


NO.  8  BA.ST  9TH  ST.— DESIRABLE  SUITS  OP 
handsomely- furnished   rooms;    with    or  without 
private  table;  references. 


A    LARGE,  WEi,L-FURNISHED  SECOND- 

xVstory  front  and  hall  room,  with  board;    reference. 
No.  338  West  23d  st 


TWENTY-FIKTH    ST.,    EA?«T,    NO.   13tt.— 
A  private  ftimily  would  let  one  or  two  rooms  to  a 
married  couple  or  gentleman,  with  or  without  meals. 


HANDSO.tlELY-iriJRNlSHED  ROOMS  TO 
ren t  with  board,   en   suite    or   singly,  at  moderate 
pnoes:  references^    No.  108  East  23d  st 


■\r<'-  3  EAST  4ai'H  ST.,  NEAR  WINDSOR 
il  Hotel.— Second  floor,  well-tumished,  with  flrst- 
class  board:    also,  a  larga  room  on  fourth  floor. 


NO.    18    EAST   3»D    ST.— ELEGANT     BOOMS 
on  second  floor;     also  single  rooms;     table  nrst- 
clnss;  reference. 


NO.  148    MADISON     AV.— DBSIRABLR  SUITE 
of  rooms;    also,  single  room  with    board.     Befe- 
rences  exchanged. 


1:;ilFTH      AV.,      NO.    Sai FRONT     AND    BEAR 
rooms,    to  gentleman,  on  fourth  floor;    excellent 
table;  raoderats  terms. 


NO.     236     WEST     34TH    HT.— HANDSOUBLY- 
furnished   second  floor;     also  other  rooms ;    with 
board;  references. 


NO.  it04  WEST  a3D  ST HANliSOMELT-PDR- 
nished  rooms,  with  board,  to  gentleman  and  wife, 
or  single  gentlemen. 


CHICAGO  AND  AL.TON  RAILROAD  CO. 

Sbcretart's  Orpio, ) 
Chicago,  Feb.  8, 1877.  J 
Notice  is  hereby  clven  to  the  Stockholders  of  tbe 
Chicago  and  Alton  B«ilroad  Company  that  a  cash  divi- 
dend of  four  (4)  per  cent,  baa  this  day  been  declared 
UDon  tbe  Preferred  and  i^'ommon  stock  of  thia  Com- 
pany, payable  at  the  baaking-house  of  toe  Company's 
AKents.  .Messrs.  .M.  K.  Jcsup,  Paton  U.  Co.,  No.  52  Wil- 
liam street,  In  the  Cit.y  of  New- York,  oa  the  1st  day  of 
March  next,  to  holders  who  are  registered  aa  euch  at 
the  close  of  busiuesa  hours  on  tbe  17th  day  of  Feoru- 
ary.  Inst.,  at  which  time  the  tranafer  books  will  be 
closed,  and  reopened  for  trnnsfera  on  tbe  2d  day  of 
March  next.  W.  M.  LARRABKK,  Secretary. 


CLEVblLAND  AND  PITTSBURG  RAIL- 
ROAD COMPANY.— Office  of  Secretary  and  Treas- 
urer, Cleveland,  Ohio,  Feb.  3,  1877.— The  regular 
guaranteed  quarterly  dividend  of  this  company,  at  tbe 
rate  of  Seveu  per  Cent.,  pet  annum  on  the  new  sruar- 
anteed  stocks,  will  be  paid  on  and  alter  tbe  1st  March 
proiimo.  at  the  office  of  the  Farmer's  Loan  and  Trust 
Company,  No.  26  Exchange  place,  New- York. 

The  transier-books  will  close  on  the  10th  inst  and 
reopen  on  the  2d  March. 

G.  A.  INGRRSOLL,  SecreUry. 


lirr,         J 

.DIMS,      > 

).  1877.  J 


Naw-Voax  ano  Color.u>o  COMPAirr, 
Pa  UK  Bank  Bdiloi 
Nbw-York,  Feb.  10 

DIVIDEND  NO.  1.— A  DIVIDE.SD  OF  ONE  PER 
cent  hxs  been  declared  on  the  capital  stock  of 
this  company,  payable  at  this  office,  on  and  after 
March  1,  1877.  to  the  stockholders  of  record  at  tbe 
closing  of  the  transfer-books,  which  will  close  on  the 
20th  clay  of  February  Instant,  and  reop^'n  .March  2, 
1877.  H.  GRObiNEMEYKR.  Secretary. 


Thk  6t  Nicholas  .^ATio.'fAL  B.tsK  o»  Naw-  York,  ) 
No.  7  Wall  St.    New- York.  Jau.  30,  1877.     } 

DIVIDEND.- A  SEMI-ANNUaL  DIVIDKND  OP 
Four  per  Cent  hits  been  declared  by  the  Direc- 
tors of  this  bank,  payable  on  and  alter  the  12th  day 
of  February  uext  Thutraniler  books  will  be  cloaed 
trom  tbe  lat  to  iSth  proximo. 

A.  PARKHUEST.  Cashier. 


HOIiDEKM  OF  CBRTIFICATES  FOR  THE 
past  due  coupons  of  fbe  First  Mortgages  on  the 
Main  Line  of  the  Toledo,  Wabash  and  Western  Rail- 
road Company  may  present  them  to  the  JMetropolitan 
National  Bank,  and  have  the  interest  uu  the  coupons 
added  to  the  certificate. 


SUNNY    FRONT   SECOND-FLOOll  SUITE— 
duperior  bo^ird ;   low  price    for  balance  of  season. 
33  Wrst  33d  Bt. 


NO.  30  EA»T  'i'ili  ST.-WlTH  BOARD;    PARLOR 
and    bed-room   first  floor;    parlor   and   bed-room 
third  floor:   stnele  rooms. 


N: 


D.    23    WEST    320    ST.— ROOMS    FOR    OEN- 
tleoien.  wPh  excellent  table. 


THIRD     FLOOR     FRONT    ROOM,     WITH     OR 
Iwitbont  boarl.    No.  127  East  24th  at. 


Ni 


O.    0    WKMT     I«TH     ST.- THRBE     LAhQE 
rooms,  furnished,  with  board:   reterenos. 


n; 


O.  33  WKST  veTTH  ST.— TWO  FRONT  ROOMS 
on  second  floor  at  reduced  price,  with  iKinrd. 


N 


O.  e  EAST  34TH  ST.— SI.SGLB  KoOMS  WITH 
board;    house  newly  lurnish-d;    terms  moderate. 


N: 


O.     4tt    WBST    32D    .HT ELEGANT  SBiOND 

floor  of  three  rooms,  with  board;     terma  moderate. 


»I..BASANT  ROO.MS.  WITH  BOARD.— REF- 

erenues.     No.  116  West  4."ith  st 


R' 


OOMS  TO    I.El'-WIl'H    BOARD,    AT   NO.  19 
East  46tb  st.;  references  exchanged. 


To  LET— FURNISHKIl— TWO  ROO.M8  WITH  ALL 
conveniences  for  housekeeping:  also  large  sleep- 
ing room,  very  pleasaot  lor  one  or  two  persona.  No. 
316  West  27th  st 


FUUM^iHUO    UOilMsi  FOR  <>ENTLE.neN, 
without  board;     references.     Call  at  Na    34    East 
2Uth  St. 


JHOTELS^ 

THE  ROYAL  VICTUKIA  HOTEL, 

NAOSAU,  BAHAdA  ULAN03. 
For  full  InToimation  apply  to 

JAMKS  LIOOERWOOD  b.  CO., 

N0.75S  Bro*dW4y.  ."(ew  Y^rk. 


NEW-B-MGLAND    HOTEL.  —  LODGINGS.  bOc; 
'.iOD  light  slnale  nxtms  f  irguutlemen  only;    Tveekly, 
$2  to  $3.    Corner  Bowery  and  Bayard  st 


J^ROPOSALS. 

TO   QUARRYMEN    AND    GRANITE    DEAL- 
ERS. 

PROPOSALS  FOR  cur    STONE 

OfFICB  or  LlOHT-BOCSa    bNOtXESR,  ) 

TuiKU  District,  > 

ToxpEixsviLLB,  N.  Y..  Jan.  13,  1877.     ) 

Proposals  aro  solicited,  and  will  be  received  until 
noun  of  Feb.  26.  J  877,  for  lurolsolnz  the  cue  stone 
for  the  dwelling  and  tower  for  Stratford  Shoals  ijight- 
house.  Lone  Island  Sound,  New-York. 

The  sume  (eranlte)  is  to  be  cut'acoordlug  to  plana 
and  speciflcatlous.  which,  with  any  other  information 
desired  concerniiiic  tlie  worK,  will  uo  furnished  to  bid- 
ders upon  application  to  the  uuderslaiied. 

The  proposals  will  state  the  lump  sum  for  which  the 
stone  required  will  be  delivered  at  the  h.irbor  of 
Bridgeport,  Conn,    The  stones  are  all  to  be  delivered, 

cut  and  dressed,  reiuly  lor  setting.  Tbe  labor  of  erect- 
ing the  structure  will  be  done  by  the  United  States, 
and  should  not  be  Included  in  the  proposals. 

Tbe  stouesare  to  be  delivered  in  parcels,  aeeordlng 
to  sizes,  anil  tbe  order  la  wbich  tbey  wl.l  bs  required 
for  use,  commenriu?  the  delivery  not  later  than  the 
first  of  May,  1877,  and  tbe  entire  lot  to  be  delivered 
within  one  month  thereafter. 

Proposals  will  be  in  duplicate,  with  two  sureties  in 
an  atuouut  equal  to  the  bid  attached  to  each,  indorsed 
by  some  ofnear  of  the  Government  known  to^  the 
Treasury  Deoartraent 

They  will  be  sealed  and  indorsed  i'  Proposals  for 
cut  stone  for  the  Stratford  Shoals  Ligbt-hsuss,"  and 
addressed  to  the  undersigned,  who  reserves  the  right 
to  reject  uuy  bid  for  proper  cause. 

1.  U  WOODRUFF, 
Colonel  of  Engineers,  United  States  Army, 
Eujcloeer  Third  Li^ht-house  Dlstrlot. 

Post  Office  Box  No.  4,U32,  New-York  City. 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

Senled  proposals  wilt  be  received  by  the  Board  of 
School  Trustees  ot  the  Nineteenth  Ward,  at  the  half 
of  the  Board  of  Education,  corner  of  Grand  and  Elm 
sts.,  until  TUEaDAY.  Feb.  13,  1877,  and  until  4  o'clock 
p.  M..  of  said  day.  for  furnlsblnc  sliolng  door.,  fc.c.,  in 
Grammar  Scboui  bouse  No.  18,  on  base  51st  st,  near 
Lexington  av. 

Plans  and  speciflcatlons  may  be  seen  at  tbe  office  of 
the  Supeilntendent  of  School  Buildings,  No.  146Qrand 
St.  tblra  floor. 

Two  responsible  and  approved  sureties,   residents  of 

this  City,  will  be  required  fromtha  auoceaaful  hiddet 

The  party  submitting  a  proposal    and  the  parties 

propoalng  to  become  suretiea.  muit  each   write  his 

name  and  place  of  residence  ou  said  proposal 

Tbe  Trustees  reserve  the  right  to  reject  any  or  aU 
of  the  proposals  submitted. 

J.  O.  ALSTON, 
F.  T.  HOPKINS. 
K.  H.  POMKROY, 
M.  THAL.ME:<S|NORR, 
JOHN  C.  HONNKlLT, 
Board  of  School  Tmatees,  Nineteenth  Ward. 
Dated  Nkw-Vobk,  Jan.  31,  1877. 


DOMINION  OF  CANADA, 

CITY  Of  MONTREAL. 

STREET    RAILWAY 
PRIVILEGES. 

SBALEO  TENDERS,  Indorsed  "TENDER  FOR 
STREET  RAILWAY  PRlVlbbGii.s,"  and  addressed  to 
the  undersigned,  will  be  received  at  the  City  clerk's 
Office,  Citv  Hull,  until 

FRIDAY,  THK  18T  DAY  OF  JUNE  NEXT, 
for  the  privilege  of  laying   rails   and   rnniimz  cars  in 
certain    etreeis     or  sections    of    streets    lu  tbis   city, 

under  certain  cuuditlnns  and  stipulations,  as  ae(ailud 
in  the  printed  specificatloiu  adopted  by  the  City  Coun- 
cil, a  copy  of  which  may  be  obtHincd  ou  spplicatlon  to 
tbe  undersigned,  by  any  pe  son  who  may  desire  to 
tender.  (tJyorder.)  CHAS.  GLACKMEYBR,  City  Clerk. 
CiTT  Clerk's  Ovficb,  litt  Hall,  Montbbal,  Feb.  1, 
1877. 


•}. 


ELEOTIO^TS. 

OPVICB  of  the  Co.NBOLIDATlO.V   Co.1L  CojIPAJIT  OF 

Mabtlajsd.  No.  71  Broapwat, 

NBw-YoBK,  Feb.  Z,  1877.  j 

THE  ANNUAL  MBETiNG  OV  THE  STOClC- 
uolders  of  this  company  for  the  election  of  Presi- 
dent and  Directors,  and  transaction  of  other  busi- 
ness, will  beheld  at  noon  on  WEDNESDAY,  tbe  2lst 
inst  The  transier-hooxa  will  close  at  2  o'clock  P.  M., 
On  the  lOlb  inst,  and  reopen  on  the  23d  Inst 
tl.  C.  HICKS,  Secretary. 

SPECIAL    MEETING   OF    THE  STOCK- 

HOLUERS  and  election  of  Directors  of  the  St  Joseph 
and  St.  Lonls  Railroad  Comoanv  will  be  held  on  the 
26tb  of  March,  1877,  at  tne  office  of  said  company. 
No.  417  OUre  st.  St.  Louis.  Ido.,  at  1  o'clock.  P.  M. 

N.  E.  GOULUY.  ^ecr^tary. 


ri^HE  ANNUAL  ELECTION  FOR  TH  lUTEEN 

J.  Directors  of  the  eixtb  Avenue  Railroad  Company, 
will  be  held  at  the  Depot,  6tn  nv.,  comer  of  4Sd  st,  on 
TUtSDAY,  Feb.  13,  1877,  from  12  to  1  o'clock. 

h:  S.  M00E:S.  Secretary. 


EEJ^DOVALS; 

RBMOTAL.  —  RIDQ8LY  It  CO  .  IMPOBTKRa  OF 
Ises  cnrcams  and  embroidenes.  have  remAved 
ftum  Mo.  110  Worth  st.  to  Nos.  79  and  81  Worth  st, 
between  Broadway  and  Church  sC 

»KW'X(tM*.Jtltti.  l,>«72i 


TRBAsnar  Drpartmbst, 

OPFIOBOFT.4B  LlOHT-HOUSB  bOABD 


WashiNOton,  Feb.  6,  1877. 
IBALBD  PROPOSAI..->  WlLI.  BERECKl 


•I 


SEALED   PROPOSAI..->   W^ILI.  BK  RECKIVWD 
ut  this  office  until  12  o'clock  id.    on  TUKSDAY.    tho 
Otn  day  of  March,  1377.    from   slilp-bullucrs    ouly,    for 

turniahiug  °he  materials  and  Inoorof  all  klnda  neces* 
aary  to  construct  a  first-class  light-ship,  iu  accordance 
with  sDucificatious  aud  drawings  datpd  Jan.  15,  1877  : 
copies  of  which  may  be  ban  on  application  to  this 
office,  or  to  the  Light-house  inspect ers  at  the  Custom- 
house. Portland,  .Me,;  at  No.  14  Pembertun  square, 
Boston,  Mass.;    at  Tompkinsville,  Staten  Island.    N.  V., 

and  at  No.  209  South  (}th  st ,  PUiladulpbia,  Penn. 

The  board  reserves  the  right  to  rtject  any  or  all 
proposala,  or  to  waive  defects,  it  it  be  d.  emed  for  the 
interests  oi  the  United  States  to  do  so. 

JOHN  G.  WALKER, 
Commander  Uuited  states  Navy, 
Naval  Secretary. 


•4 


PROPOSALS  FOR  DREDGING  AND  DIKE. 

Unitbd  Statbs  EnorxKiiR  Officb. 

COKNBK  or  PxirNSTI,yAXIA  AV.  AHO  19TH  ST. 

WASBijjBToa.  D.  C.  Feb.  3,  1877. 
Sealed  proposals  for  Dredging  aud  tbe  construction 
of  a  Dike  in  RappahanuooE  River,  Va..  will  be  received 
at  this  office  until  noon  of    WEDNESDAY,    March  7, 
1877,  Bad  opened  ImmeUlatelv  thereaftui. 

Specitiostlons  and  blank  forms  for  proposals  can  be 
obtaiubd  on  application  to  this  office. 

S.T.  ABBRr.  U.  a.  Civil  Enxlneet 


PERSONAL. 


rpHE  POJjlCBMAN  WBO  AIDED  INTAa- 

JLI>0  aa  old  woman   ont  from    onderi.  4ttaayttnua 

street  car,  on  tbe  Bowery.  D^tween  Prtaee  and  aouston 

■tt.,  outbe  nofnlng  of  Fob.  IU,  187H»  will  placM  lend 

\  kia  i^ilmss  to  oc  aaU.aa.jt.  JLJF.»Jtl_Tl-itaM  BsiUiaa. 


aMtsbmmts. 


i^^^fciAioorf**" 


NIBIjO*S  uaoobn. 

KIBALFrSSOTHBBS LesMfls  knd  Uaaaf** 

liRPAftALLKLBO    KOOCBSS. 


ABOUND  THB  WOBIiD  HT  BtOHTT  DATS. 


BVBVT  EWmttO  AND  RATUBDAT  KATOUlK, 
Seats  seeured  two  weeks  in  advanoe. 


ACADEMY  OF  MUSIC.  KBLLOOG. 

SPECnAL  MA-nNBE  ON  BATCBOAT,  FBB.  17, 
of  Meyerbeer's  grand  speotacalu  opera, 
THE  BTAB  OF  THB  NORTH, 
IflBB  CLARA  LOriSB  KBLLOGQ  A. 

and  tbe 
KILLOGQ  GRAND  BNGLiaff  OPBRA  OOKPAKT 
appeailoc. 
tiale  of  seats  eoramenOes  on  THUB8DAT,  16th. 


TBIOD    EVENING  OF  ENGLISH  GuBBM, 

CBICKBRIMQ  BALL. 

THURSDAY,  Fsh.  16,  at  8  P.  M. 

vocalists. 

Miss  BBBBB,  Miss  FINCH,  Mrs.  HILLS. 

and 

Messrs.  BLLABD,  BILSRN,  BAIBD.  and  AXEB5. 

Aoeompanitt,  Mr.  C.  FLO  RIO. 

Reserred  seats,  Sl,  at  SOHOBBRTH'S,  No.  38  Union 

square,  and  at  the  hall  ou  the  OTenlng  of  the  otmoert 


GILMOBB^S  GARDEN. 

WILL  BB  OPEN  IN  FUTUEB  EVBBY 


TUISSAr. 
TROTTINQ, 


THDB8DAT. 
EVENINGS  WITH 


AND  8ATUftt>AY 
BUNNINQ. 


AND 

ATHLBTIO   BPORT3. 
60  cents ADMISSION SO  eeats 


OLYMPIC  THBATHE,         NO.  634  BkOADWAY. 

MONDAY.  fEB.  12. 

8PBCIAL   AND  IMPORTANT   REVIVAL   OF  MB.  AU- 

GUSriN  DALPS  most  flimoua  Bpeotaeular  Folly. 

BOUND  TUli  CLOCK. 

ROUND  TUB  CLOCK. 

^err  Boene,  Property,  and  Appointment  New.  and 

A  GREAT  CAST  OP  CHARACTBB8. 

MATINEES   WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY. 

Admission 25c.,  60c.,  and  $1 


TENTH  ANNUAL  EXHIBITION  OF  THK 

AMERICAN  SOCIETY    OF    PAINTERS    IN 

WATER-COLORS, 

now  open  at  tbe  National  Academy  of  Design,  corner  of 
4tb  av.  and  23d  st,  dally,  (Sundays  exoepted, )  from  9 
A.  M.  until  6  P.  M.,  and  from  7  until  10  P.  M. 


GRAND  OPERA-HOUSE,  • 

8th  ar.  and  23d  tt 
POOLS  k.  DONNELLY,  sole  lessees  and   proprietors. 
DALY'S   GREAT   DRAMA.  "  MONSIbDR    ALPHONSE." 

MATINEES  WEDNESDAY  and  SATURDAY,  at  2. 
MONDAY  NEXT "THK  TWO  ORPHANS." 


DREAMING  lOLANTHE. 

"THE  CKNTENNIAL  BOTTAr   HEAD. 

NEXT  TO  NBW-YORK  AQU4RIUM. 

ADMISSION  25  CENTS. 

FOR   A    FEW    DATS    ONLY. 


IN  BANKRUPTCY.— IN  THB  DISTRICT  COURT 
of  the  United  States  for  the  Southern  Dlstrlot  of 
New-Vork.-lnthe  matter  of  JOHN  M.  ATtfATKR  and 
HARRY  E.  ATWATKR.  bankrupts.— Notice  It  hereby 
mvea  that  a  petition  has  been  filed  in  said'  ootirt  by 
John  H.  Atwater  and  Harry  E.  Atwater,  in  said  dis- 
trict, duly  declared  bankrupts  under  the  act  of  Con- 
gress of  March  2.  1867,  and  the  acts  amendatory 
thereof,  for  a  discharge  and  certificate  thereof  from 
all  their  debt,  apa  other  clf^ms  provable  ander  said 
act,  and  that  thtttwentletb  day  of  Febmnry,  1877.  at 
two  o'clocit  R  M.,  at  the  office  of  EdMt  Ksttihum, 
Esq., Registerin Bankruptcy.  No.  129  Fulton  street,ln 
the  City  of  New- York,  is  assigned  for  tbe  hearing  of 
the  same,  when  and  where  all  creditors  who  have 
proTed  their  debts,  and  other  persons  In  interest,  may 
attend,  and  show  caiue.  if  an.T  they  have,  why  the 
prayer  ot  tbe  said  petition  sbould  not  be  granted. — 
Dated  New- York,  on  the  27th  day  of  January,  1877. 
GEO.  F.  BETfS,  Clerk. 


INBANKUDPTCr.— IN  TUB  DI.sTRlCT  COURT 
of  tbe  Uoltea  states  for  the  Southern  District  of 
New-York.— In  the  matter  of  David  WARWICK,  bank- 
rupt Notice  IS  hereby  giveu  that  a  petition  has  beeu 
filed  in  sjld  court  bv  David  Warwick,  in  said  district, 
duly  declared  a  bankrupt  nnder  the  Act  of  Congress  Of 
March  2,  1867.  for  a  discharge  and  eertlficate  iheieof 
from  all  his  debts,  and  other  claims  provable  under 
said  act,  and  that  the  24th  day  of  Febmar:)^  1877,  at 
11  o'clock  A.  v..  at  the  office  of  Heufr  Wilder 
Allen,  Register  la  Bankruptcy.  No.  162  Broadwdv.  in 
tho  City  of  New-York,  is  asSlzned  for  the  hearing  Of 
the  same,  when  and  where  all  creditors  who  have 
proved  their  debts,  and  Other  persons  In  interest  may 
attend,  and  show  cause,  if  ao.y  th»y  have,  why  the 
prayer  of  tbe  said  oetltioo  sbonlit  not  be  granted. — 
Dated. New-York,  on  the  20th  dav  OF  January,  1877. 
J2»-law3wM-  GEO.  F.  BKTTti.  Clerk. 


DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
states  for  the  District  of  New-Jersey.— in  Bank- 
ruptcy.—In  the  matter  of  WALTKR  M.  CONGBR,  bank- 
rupt-District of  New-Jersey  as.:— A  wutant  In  bank- 
ruptcy has  been  issued  by  aaid  court  sgaliut  the  estate 
otWalterM.  Conner,  of  the  /'ounty  of  Rssex.  andBtate 
of  New-Jersey,  in  said  dlB|  ,  tt,  who  has  been  duly  ad- 
J  udged  banknipt  upon  petK.  A  of  hla creditors,  and  the 
payment  of  any  debts  and  the  delivery  of  anv  prooerty 
oeloneing  to  said  bankrupt,  to  lilm,  or  to  his  use.  and 
the  transfer  of  anv  property  by  him,  are  forbidden  by 
Ihw.  a  meeting  of  ihe  creditors  ot  said  bankrupt,  to 
prove  their  d>'hts  and  choose  one  or  more  Assignees  of 
his  estate,  will  be  held  at  a  Court  of  Bankruptcy  to  be 
balden  at  No.  663  Broad  st,  Newark,  in  said  district, 
on  tbe  27th  day  of  February.  A.  l).  1877.  at  10  o'clock 
A.  M.,  at  the  office  of  Stoats  8.  Morris,  Esquire,  one  of 
the  Begisters  m  Bankruptcy  of  said  district 

SA51UBL  PLUSMKR. 
United  States  Marshal  for  said  district. 

Per  JOHN  C.  BAILiiY,  Deputy.     • 


rilHlS  IS  TO  GIVE  NOTICK^THAT  ON  TH^ 
i  7th  day  of  Pabruacy.  A.  D.  1877.  a  warrant  in 
bankruptcy  was  issued  against  the  estate  of  CHARLES 
HACSTBaD,  of  Brooklyn,  la  the  County  of  KJnfts,  and 
(•tate  of  New-York,  who  has  carried  on  business 
for  the  sit  months  next  immediately  preced- 
ing the  filing  of  bis  petition  at  tbe  City 
ol  New-York,  who  has  been  adtudged  a  bankrupt 
on  bts  own  petition;  that  tbe  payment  of  any  debts 
and  delivery  of  any  prooerty  belonging  to  such  bank. 
Tupt  to  him  or  for  bis  use,  and  the  transfer  of  an,y 
property  by  him,  aro  foroidden  by  law ;  that  a  meeting 
of  the  creditors  of  the  said  bankrupt  to  prove  their 
debts,  and  to  rhooae  one  or  more  Assignees  of  his 
estate,  will  be  held  at  a  Court  of  Bankruptcy,  to  be 
boldeuHt  No.  152  Broadway,  in  the  City  of  New-Vork, 
before  Mr.  Henry  Wilder  AUen.  Register,  on  tbe  5th 
day  of  March,  A.  D.  i877.  at  twelve  o'clock  M. 

OLIVER  FI8KE,  United  States  Marshal, 
As  Messenniei',  Sonrberu  District  of  New- York. 


IN  BANKRUPTCY.— IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT 
of  tbe  United  states  lor  tbe  Soutberu  District  of 
New-York.— In  tbe  matter  of  JULES  CRUCY  and  AD- 
RIAN CBUCY,  bankrupts,— Notioe  is  hereby  given 
that  a  oetitlon  has  been  filed  in  said  court 
by   Adrian  Crucy,  In    said  district,  duly  declared   a 

bankrupt  under  tbeact  ofOonrress.  of  March  2,  1867, 
for  a  discharge  and  certificate  thereof  from  all  his 
debts  and  other  'claims  provable  under  said  act,  and 
that  the  ninth  dav  of  March,  1877.  at  12  o'clock  M., 
at  tbe  office  of  Mr.  John  Fttcb,  Register  In  Bank- 
ruptcy, No.  345  Broadway,  in  the  City  of  New-York, 
is  assigned  for  tbe  heaiing  ot  the  same,  when  and  where 
ail  creditors  who  hare  proved  their  debts  and  other 
persons  in  interest  may  attend,  and  show  cause,  if  any 
they  have,  why  the  pray«>r  of  the  said  petition 
should  not  be  granted.— Dated  New-York,  on  the  6lh 
day  of  Feomary.  1877.  GEO.  F.  BETT8,  Clerk. 

fl2-law3wM* 


DISTRICT  COt/ltT  OF  THE  UNITBO 
St-ites  tor  the  Southern  District  of  New- York.— In 
the  matter  of  JOSMPU  BCHMlTf,  bankrupt,— In  Bank- 
ruptcy.— A  warrant  in  Bankruptcy  has  been  Issued  by 
said  court  against  tbe  estate  of  Joseph  Scbmitt.  of  the 
County  of  New- York,  of  the  State  of  New- York,  in  said 
distnct,  adjudjred  a  bankrupt  upon  the  petition  of  bis 
ereditors,  and  the  payment  of  any  debts  and  the  de- 
livery of  any  property  belonging  to  said  bankrupt  to 
him  or  to  his  use,  and  the  transfer  of  any  property  by 
him  are  forbidden  by  law.  A  meeting  of  tbe  creditors 
of  said  bankrupt  to  prove  their  debts  and  choose  one 
or  more  Asslenees  ot  his  estate,  will  t>e  held  at  a  Court 
of  Bankruptcv,  to  be  boldun  at  No.  7  Beekman  street, 
New-York  City,  in  said  distiict,  ou  the  28th  day  of 
Of  Februaiy,  A.  D.  1877,  at  one  o'clock  P.  M.,  at  the 
office  of  Jwrnes  F.  Dwtgbt,  Esq.,  one  of  the  Eegisiers  lu 
Bankruptcy  ot  said  Court 

OLIVER  PISRE,  Marshal— Messenger. 


TBI'*  IS  TO  GIVE  NOTICE— THAT  ON  THE 
7th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1877,  a  warrant  in  bank- 
mptoy  was  issued  against  the  estate  of  JOHN 
BOUaRT.  of  New-Yorkt;ttv.  m  the  County  of  New- York, 
and  State  of  New-York,  who  has  been  adiudged  a 
bankrupt  ou  his  own  petition;  that  the  payment 
of  any  debts  and  deUvory  of  any  prooerty  oe- 
longing  to  such  bankrupt  to  him  or  lor  his  use,  and 
the  transfer  of  any  ptoiierty  by  him,  are  forbidden  by 
law;  that  a  meetinz  of  tbe  creditors  of  the  said  bank- 
runt,  to  prove  their  debts  and  to  choose  one  or  more 
Aasiffnees  of  his  estate,  will  be  held  at  a  Court  of 
Bankrnptcv.  to  be  holdeu  at  No.  7  Beekoaan  street,  in 
the  City  of  New-York,  belore  Mr.  James  F.  Dwight, 
Uecister,  on  the  28th  day  of  February.  A.  D.  1877,  at 
twelve   o'clock  M.  OLIVER  FI8KK, 

United  Sr.ates  Marshal,  as  Messenger,  Southern  District 
of  New- York. 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
States  for  the  Southern  District  of  New- York. — In 
the  matter  of  CORNELIUS  C.  SULLIVAN  and  FiiEU- 
SRICiC  MINER,  bankroDts.— In  Bankruptcy.— Before 
Isaiah  T.  Williams,  Reeister.— To  whom  it  may  con- 
cern: The  undersianed  hereby  gives  notice  ol  his  ap- 
pnliitment  as  AN>iguee  of  tbe  estate  of  Cornelius  C. 
Sullivan  and  Fredenck  Miner,  heretofore  carrying  ou 
buBlDPBs  in  the  City  of  New^-York.  in  the  County  of 
New-York,  and  State  of  New- York,  within  the  said  Dis- 
trict, who  have  been  aijjudged  bankruots  upon  the 
Betltion  of  their  creditors  by  the  District  Court  ot  said 
Istrict— Dated  at  New-York  City,  the  27th  day  of 
Jantiary,  A.  D.  1877. 

C.  GODFREY  PATTERSON,  Assignee, 
J29-law,3wM'*  No.  150  Broadway.  New-York  City. 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
States  tor  the  liistrict  ot  New-Jersey.— In  the  mat- 
ter of  WILLIAM  A.  DOAN,  bankrupt— The  said 
bankrupt  hiiviug  applied  to  the  court  for  a  discharge 
from  his  debts,  by  order  of  the  court  notioe  is  hereby 
given   to   all    creditors   who   have  proved  their  debts. 

ami  other  persons  in  interest,  to  appear  before  the 
said  court,  at  the  State-house,  in  the  City  of  Trenton, 
in  said  district  on  the  twentieth  day  of  February,  A.  D. 
1877,  at  IU  c'cluok  A.  M..  and  show  oanse.  It  any  they 

have,  why  a  discharge  should  not  be  granted  to  the 
said  bsnkrapt  W.  S.  BiiLViLLE,  CleiK. 

ja29-law3wM 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  U.VITED. 
States  for  the  Southern  District  of  New-York.—, 
in  the  matter  of  ROBERl'  A.  WILLIAMS,  bankrupt— In 
Bankruptcy. — No.  4,803. — detore  James  F.  Dwight,  Reg- 
ister.— 'to  whom  it  may  con^o'o  :  Tbe  tmdersigned 
hereby  gives  notice  of  liis  spbolntment  as  Assignee 
ot  Robert  A.  Wlllmms.  of  tbe  City  of  New- York,  i»  tne 
County  ot  New-York,  and  State  of  New-York,  within 
said  district,  who  has  been  adjudged  bankrupt  upon 
the  petition  of  his  creditors  by  the  Distnct  (;ourt  of 
said  district — Dated  at  New- York,  the  5th  day  of  Jan- 
uary. A.  D.  1877.  JOHN  H.  PLATT.  Aaaisnee, 
fe04-Iaw3wM*          No.  40  Wall  st,  New^York  City. 


UNITED  STATES  DISTRICT  CODRT, 
Southern  District  of  New-York.- In  Bankn^tey.— 
Southern  District  ot  New- York,  ss  :  At  tbe  City  of  New- 
Tork.  ihe.thlrty-first  day  of  January,'  1877.  The  un- 
dersigued,  Bdwurd  V.  B.  Dodd,  heieby  gives  notice  of 
his  appointment  as  Asshrnee  of  tbe  LUCIUS  HART 
MANOFACTCRINQ  COMPANY,  of  the  City  of  Rew-York, 
in  the  Couttv  am  State  of  New-York,  witbio  eaia 
district,  a  cocporitioa  wbicb  baa  been  adJodgM  % 
bankrupt  npon  Urn  petition  of  its  creditors,  l^  thb 
District  Court  of  said  district.  _ 

KDWABU  V.  B.  DOOO,  Asatgnee. 
Jambs  8.  8tcaxiis,  Attorney,  Bo.  74  Broadway,  New- 
lOfk. 
s^tfr-lavasi*^ 


.    AMUftBMBraa  : 

WALLACR»». 

PcopiUtwudUaiuwet Mr.  LB8TBB  ITALIiAOS 

Mr.  LEStttB  WALLAOX 
__  in  the 

SBOOND  07  THB  OOMBDT  BEBZffilL 

kONBAY.FeK  13, 

AND  rVBtY  EVENING  DURING  THB  WBBX, 

also 

BATUBDAY  MATINZN, 

will  be  presented  O'KBEFB'S  bright  and  ipaiUlag 
comedy,  in  five  acts,  entttlsd 

WILD  OATS, 

with  entirely 

new  ^ftmeterlMlo  and  plctureaq«e  ■e«iIio  lUoMra- 

tions,  ana  the  following 

FINK  OASI, 
_  including 

THB  SPBOIAli  FAVORITBS  OF  THB  COMPANY  t 

BOVKB , Mr.  LB8TBR  WALtACK 

SIR  GBOROB  THUNDER Mr.  JOHN  OILBBRT- 

BPHRAIM  SMOOTH Mr.  BARRY  BBCKBTT 

JOHN  UOBY Mr.  EDWARD  ABNOIT 

HARRY  THUNDKB.... Mk  C.  A.  STEVENSON 

SIM Mr.  E.  M.  HOLLAND 

FARMBR  GAMMON Mr.  J.  W.  SHANNON 

MB.  BANKS Mr.  W.  J.  LEONARD 

LAMP ^Mr.  0.  B.  BDWIN 

TRAP Mr.  J.  CUBBaN 

LANDLORD Mr.  J.  PECK 

BAILIFF Mr.  T.  ATKINS 

LADY  AMARANTH. Miss  ROSB  WOOD 

JENNY  GAMMON Mits  EFPIB  GBBMON 

AMELIA Mrs.  JOHN  8BPTON 

WILD  OATfl  MATINEB.  8ATUBDAT  AT  1;3Q. 
-    ACADE.TIT  OF  Ali7SlC.  ITALIAN  OPERA. 

MISS  BMMA  _____ 

ABBOTT 

IN  GKaND  FTALUN  OPBBA. 

Mr.  DB  Viro  takes  pleasure  in  announcing  that, 
prior  to  &er  departure  for  the  West, 

MISS  BMMA  ABBOTT 
will  appear  in  opera,  at  tbe  Academy  of  Mtuio,  for 


FBIDAY,  Keo.  23,  and 
ONE     GRAN  0   MATINEB, 
6ATUROAY,  Feb.  84. 
FBIDAY  BVEMING.  LA  FIGLIA  DEL  BBOQIMBNTOt 
with  a  powerful  oast.  Including  Signer  BBIGiiOLI,  Sig- 
ner PBBRAHTI.  Jco. 
Full  Chorus  and  Grand  Orchestra,  under  direction  of 

MAX  MARETZBK. 
Reserved  seats,  $1  50  and  $2,  according  to  locatloiL 
Boxes,  $8,  $10,  and  $12.    Admission,  $1. 

*»**  The  sale  of  tickets  will  onen  at  Schirmer's,  No. 
701  Broadwa.y,  on 

FBIDAY,  Feb.  16. 


HELLER'S  WdJ^UBR  THEATRE. 

EVERT  EVENING  AT  8. 

BNTIBB  CHANGE  OF  PROGRAMME. 

Being  the  Third  Series  of 

HELLER'S   WONDERS. 

BIX  STARTLING   NECROMANTIC  W0HDEB8. 


New  w  onders  developed  in  the 

SECOND  SIGHT  MYSTERY. 


And  an  oilginil  Optical  U  arvel ,  encitled 

LIVING  PICTURES. 

IfATlNBBS  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATUSDAT  AT  3. 

Cnildren  half  price  to  Matinees. 


EAGLE  THUATRE.   AIMBE  I.N  THK  NEW  OPB&A. 

Last  three  nights   of   "  LA  PETITE  MARIES." 
MONDAY.     TDB8DAY,     AND     WEDNESDAY     NIGHTS, 
-      Feb.  12,  13,  and  14,  LA  PETITE  MARIEE. 

New  a60nerr.  rish  and  goreeoui  costames,  and  a  great 

cnst    THURSDAY,  FRIDAY,  and    SATURDAY,  also  St 
the  Gala   Matinee    SATURDAY    AFTEB^iOoN    at  1:30, 
Offenbach's  entirely  neW  version  of 
LA  PBRICHOLB. 
Mating— Admission,  50  cents  onl.v. 


AHtrsBMBHrm 


CHICKERING  HALL, 

WEDNESDAY  EVENING,  FKB.  14. 
JIft8T  GRAND  CHARITY  CONCERT  BY 

blavin'8  original  and  only 
oboroia  cabin   8inobrs. 

UNDisR  THR     AUSPICES  OF  THB 

WEST  SIDE  RELIEF  ASSOCIATION 

FOB  THB    DESTITUTE  POOR. 

Admission,  SO  cents.    Reserved  Seats,  75  cents. 

carnages   may  be  ordered  at  10  P.  M. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MINSTRELS. 

LaBT  NI6BT8  of  the  QRbAT  SUCCESS.  )      Opera 
The  new  Opera  Boufllb.  Music  bv  Offenbach       Bouse. 

THB  HAPPY  MOKK,  and  a  Broadway. 

GORGEOUS  JA?ANBSE  liIORA MIC  Scene,  latid  29th  st, 
MaTINEB  BATUROAl  AT  2.    Beats  aeoured. 

FIKE  ARTS. 


TO  ABT   CONNOISSEUItS. 


A  RARE  OPPORTUNirr. 

Absolute  sale  of  one  of  tbs  flnest  and  most  important 
private  ooUeetlons  of  MODERN  PAINTINGS  of  the 
best  European  schools,  tbe  property  ot  Mr,  Hsnry  N. 
Cmith,  Na  647  6th  av.,  vriU  take  place 

FRIDAY  EVENING,  FBB.  23. 
The  eoUeotion  inclndes  chefS  d'csuvrea  by  Boaa 
Bonheur.  Jules  Bi^ton,  Gust  Brian,  Charlea  Bang- 
niet,  E.  Boutibonne,  Bierstadt,  Meyer  Von  Bremen,  F. 
Compte-Callx,  Corot.  Diaa,  Danbignv,  LeonY.  Eacosnra, 
G^rAme,  Gisbert.  Hlldebrandt.  H6bert,  Hamman,  Inno- 
centi,  Ittenbach,  Koekkoek,  Lambinet.  Rugues,  Merle, 
Moreau.  Rossi,  Rofflaen,  Jean  Robie,  Saintin,  Theodore 
Rousseau,  Tonlmonehe,  Verboeckhoven,  J.  G.  Vibert, 
F.  Ziem,  and  others. 

HOW  ON  EXHIBITION, 
DAY  AND  EVBNina, 

at  the 

EUBTZ  GALLERY. 

No.  6  East  33d  st.  or  Madison  square. 

ROBERT  SOMBRVILLE,  Auotioneex. 


BARKER  &  CO., 

Nob.  47  and  48  Liberty  St., 

Will  sell  at  Auction  on  MONDAY  and  TUESDAY,  Febru- 
ary 13  and  13,  Fine  Proof  Steel 

ENGRAVINGS 

troia  the  most  celebrated  Maaters,  stamped  and  ap- 
proved by  the  Print-Sellers'  Association,  and  are  highly 
Taluable.    Now  on  exhibition,  with  Catalogues. 

O.  I.  BANKS,  Auctioneer. 


ART  EXHIBITION  AND  SALE, 

By  order  of  Executrix. 
AT  MINER'S  ART  GALLERIES.  No.   846   BBOADWAY. 
Tuesday,  Wednesday,  and  Thursday  Evenings, 
Feb.  13, 14,  and  15, 
Otthe  late  J.  P.  Beaumont's 
Colleetlon  ef  Art  Works,  in  Oil  hud  Water-colors. 
Embracing,  among  others, 
A  most  remarkatile  and  important  canvass  from  the 
studios  of  W.  G^NTZ.  OF  BERLIN,  entitled   "  A  Cara- 
van entering  Cairo."    This  artist  hoitis  tbe  same  posi- 
tion  among    tbe   artists   of  Germany  as  is  held  by 
Oerome  ;imong  tho  French,  and  the  present  Picture  is 
Indisputably  the  finest  example  in  this  country.    Carl 
Berrer,  Preaident  Academy  of  Dusseldorf,  is  represented 
by  a  very  flnely-fiaisheu  picture,  entitled    "  The  Youth 
st  Tasso,"  exhibited  in  the  British   Academy,  and  en- 
gravad  and  published  iu  187 X,  in  LonJon,  IlliutraUd 
Aeios,  together  with  man.y  others  by  leading  artists  of 
high  rank  in  American  and  European  art  circles. 

HENRY  D.  MINER,  Auctioiieer. 


JINSTKUOTIOK 

Collegiate    Institute, 

No.  40  WASHI.NUrON   8Q0ARK,  NEW-YoRiC  Girt. 

GEO.  VV.  CLARKA,  Ph.  D.,  PrinoipaU 
Prepares  ouplls  of  all  ages  for  bwiness  or  college. 


CUAKLIKH  IN.vl'lTUTK. 

CENTRAL  PARK,   NEW-VORK. 

Boardliig  and  Day  school  for   boyi    rrom  seven  to 
twenty  years  old. 


BUSINKH».— DuLliBAR.  1,19»,  PREPARES  PU- 
pils  ptaotioall,y  tor  business  in  one  quarter.  Pri- 
vate lessons,  uav  or  eveniug.iu  ousluess  writing,  book- 
keeping, arithmetic,  correspondence,  ito. 


DREW  SEMI.>ARY    AND    FisMALE    COLLEGE, 
I  ;armel,  N.  Y.— For  both  sexes.     Rates  reasonable. 
A  school  for  eatn^at  woric.    Spiiuf  session   Feb.  19. 
GBO.  C.  SMITH.  A.  M. 


MRS.  PARKS'  HOARDING  AND  DAY 
school  tor  young  ladles,  New-Srunswiok.  M.  J., 
opens  Us  next  wesslon  Felt.  5,  Circulars  sent  if  desired. 
Terms  moderate. 


PIANO  A.VD  ."RINGING  I.XSTKOCTION    AT 
moderate  terms ;  is  going  to  Harlem  once  a  week. 
Address  A.  BLEY,  No-  '241  East  24th  st 


M>KT  CHESTER   INSTI'iUTK— Port  Chester, 
N.  Y.;  limited  to  26  boys.    O.  Winthrop  Starr,  A.  M. 


JC^EAOHEliS;^ 

A  GENTLEMAN  OF  CLASSICAL  EDUCA- 
tlon,  formerly  Professor  of  nlocutioD  lu  Fntnce, 
wisbes  to  give  lessous  in  tha  Frenob  lancnage,  pri- 
vately or  in  schools  :  teims  moderate;  unexceptiona- 
ble rcterencea.  Address  PROFE,SSOR,  care  of  Mr.  M. 
J.  Paillard,  No.  680  Broadwa.y. 


GOVERNESS.— BY  A  YOUNG  LADY  OP  BX- 
psrienoe  and  highly  qualified  a  position  as  gover- 
ness  la '  tbe  advanced  or  primary  Bnglfsh  stuoles, 
French,  and  musio:  highest  testimonials:  salary  not 
an  object  Address  Thorough.  Box  Na  327  TIMEH 
UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1.267  Bi^ADWAY. 


AMERICAN  AMD  FOREIGN  TEACHERS* 
Aaeney  tupplies  resident  andnon-re^deot  proreassrs. 
tutors,  governesses,  and  teacher  tor  every  department 
Of  iBstmotinn.  Apply  for  eirenltra  to  Mi*s  M.  J. 
YOUNG,  No.  83  Union  square. 


HALT'S  FIFTH  AVB^fI7B  THBATBB. 
THE  OOMEDT  HIT  OF  ISTf. 

TIB  FDBB8T,  BBIGaTBIT,  AND  MBBBtBBT  n» 
rOBMAKCB  IN  THB  CTTY. 

LEMONS ! 


EVEa.T  NIGHT. 

BEGINS  ir^ 
OVBB  lOiiSO. 

BIATjNBB 
SATOROAr. 

BEGINS  2. 
OVER  4:30. 


ROAKS  OV  LAUGHTBR 

At  the  sqaeecteiref  Lemoa  Ha  & 
KOAkJtS  OF  LAbGHTBR 

Atthe  watenagpotaoeiiel 
ROARS  OF  f  JUTaHTBR. 
At  tba  Mater's  lore-maldngl 
ROARS  OF^LAUOBTBR 
At  Jaek  and  atarr's  cbOas  seeast- 
ROARS  OF  LADOBTER 

At  tbe  kissing  by  proxyi 
ROARS  OF  LAU&BTBR 

At  the  famous  duel  affaut 
ROARS  OF   LAUGHTER 
For  two  glorious  honrsl 


loss  SAYBBPOBT,  Mr.  COQBLAN,  K&   BBODOBAR/ 

Mr.  LEWIS.  Mr.  RABDBNBBBG,  Mr.  CBI8P, 

Mr«.  OUiBBBT,  STDNEY  COWALL,  and  BMILT  KIQ% 

IN  GREAT  COMIC  CREATIONS. 


Jw.  sujajE^aiBKHo&N.  ao  vearh  bkad 
•of  "Aaierican  School  Instttate,'*  shortly  tesames 

bctrnoi  AfBMy  work  oa  utnraved  piwui  jpurHtaian 
•Mat  Ifith  lost. .  Addiaas  Boat  XMBoe  Box.  No.  a,AAV£^ 


BOOTH'S  TBR4TRB.  SECOND  WEEK 

.     "FIFTB  AVENUE.'' 

OBOBGB  FAWCETT  EOWE'S  GEBAT  TL^J, 

Appearance  of  the  poimlar  actor,  MB, 
.     GEORGE    RIGNOLO. 

S*  The  play  abounds  with  illtiatratioiu  of  the  pee^ 

Ilarpbases,  thrUllng  Incidents,  and  seusatioaal  oeour. 

zeaees  of  UF3  IN  THB  GREAT  METBOPOLIB  as  If 

was  In  1863. 

ACTL 
Pictures  the  SINKING  OF  AN'OCEAN   8TBAMBB  o% 
the  banks  ot  Newfountlland.    Bzcitittg  efforts  to  reseoA 
the  passengers.    1862. 

ACT  n. 
Pictures  SCENES  IN  WALL  STREET.    Btormy  meetlof 
of  stockholders.'     1863. 

Acrr  m. 
Pictures  the  L AUNCHI NG  OF  THE  MORnOB.    1863. 
ACT  IV.  ' 

Sctnres  Fifth  avenue  by  night,  and  the  MURDBB  OV 
R.  SCHUYLER,  the  banker.    A  thrlUtng  sosne.    1863i 
ACT  V. 
Ptetnres  the  return   of  tbe  gallant  SEVENTH  RE(3A 
MEHT  and  their  conflict  with  the 

RIOTERS    OF    1S63. 

PARK  THEATRE.  OUR  BOARDING  HOUSBi 

..r,       BROADWAY  AND  22©  ST. 
OPEN  NIGHTLY. 

HBNBT  E.  ABBEY Lessee  and  Manage* 

0  THIRD  WEliK. 

U  LEONARD     OROVBR'S 

AMERICAN  OOMEDY, 

OUB    BOARDING    HOUSE. 

THB  GREAT  SUCCESS. 

CROWDED  HOUSES. 

TEAR'?    AND    LAUGHTER. 

DNEQDALBD  t'ASr. 

ALL  FAVORITES. 

NKW-YORK  APPROVES  THE 

VERDICT  OF  CHICAGO. 

BAN  FEaN<"18CO  and  PHILADKLPHIA. 

SECURE    SEATS  AHEAD. 

Beserved  balcony,  50  cents. 

Reserved  diess  circle,  $L 

Reserved    orchestra.    $1  60. 

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Manager 


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...Mr.  A.  M.   PALMSff 


UNEQDiyOCAL  SUCCESS 

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New-York  in  MANY  SSASO-sS. 
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At  the  concert  TUESDAY  EVENING,  Feb.  i3, 
Mme.  ANNETTE  ESfelPOFF  will  play 
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Steinwav  Hall,  Sobuherth's,  and  No.  11  Broadway.         ' 
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Brooklvn. 
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(In  aid  of  Hosoital  for  curs  ol  Chrcnlc  Diseases.) 

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At  Pond's,  Union  square,  and  at  Box  Offlee. 


JDA^TOm^ 

A~'"jiiIiBN  i>ODWORTH»."->  DANCING    aCflOOf 
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Mow  open  for  the  reception  of  pupils. 
For  particulars  send  for  circular. 
Private  lessons  every  day. 


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PRIVATE  DANCING  ACADEMY, 
No.  7  West  32d  st.  two  doors  fh>m  6t&  av. 


THB  GREAT   NEW-YORK.  AQUARIUM. 

Broadway  and  35th  at. 

Open  dally  from  9  A.  M.  till  10  P.  M.,  (Sundays 
excepted.) 

STABTLIKG  BUBAQUKUITB  PBRFOBMANCEB. 
BATING  AND  DRINKING  WHILE  UNDER  WAT8B. 
Miss  Vlvlenne  Lubin.  the;  Capt.  Quialey.  the  woa. 
water-nymph,  unaided  by  derful  submarine  diver, 
any  mechanical  apparatus,  performs  all  kinds  of  maur 
eats  and  drinks  while  com-  nal  labor,  carpenter  work. 

Sletely  submerged,  remain-  loiner  work,  te..  Illustrat-. 
ig2^>to3  minutes   witb- log    the    manner  of    using, 
cut  breathing.  'the  diver's  armor.  , 

MARINE  MONSTERS  AND  WONDERS.  i 

BLADDER-S08E   SEAL.    ONLY  ONE  ALIVB   IN  THIS| 

COUNTRY,  AND  A  GREAT  CURIOSITY. 
100,000       OTHER       MARINE       .MARVELS. 


AUCT10^[^SALES^ 

B.  B.  Hbbts  k,  Soxs,  Ancttoneera. 
GREAT  CI.O.SING  SALE 

TUESDAY.  Feb.   18, 

of 

Fine  Gold  and  silver  Watches, 

Diamonds, 

Jetrelry,  solid  Silver  ana  Silver-plated  Ware, 

,  Clocks, 

Bronzes,  Statuettes,  tto., 

at  thejewelrv  store.  No.  779  Broadway, 

between  i)th  »nd   10th  sts. 

The  most  complete  and  extensive  stock  of 

sCOBAL  JBWKLRY 

of  every  description  ever  exhibited. 

This  'sale  will  embrace  the  entire  stock,  vrhlob  must 
be  sold  reeardless  of  price  to  close  the  business.  Come 
early  and  secure  bargains. 

Sale  will  be  commenced  at  l(h30  o'clock  sharp.  Goods 
on  exhibition  aud  catalogaes  ready  on  Monday. 


R.  A.  McDoKsxD.  Auctioneer. 

ASSIGNEE'S  !<ALE  THIS  DAY.  MONDAY. 
12th  Inst,  at  10  A.  M.,  at  N->.  ^06  Pearl  at.— .1 
stock  of  hardware,  cutlery,  be,  kc,  to  be  sold  for 
cash,  without  reserve. 

PUBLIO^OTIOBS. 

'pROin^AMATlON' 

BY  LUCIUS  ROBINSON,  GOVSRNOB. 

Whereas,  a  vacancy  exists  in  the  office  of  Member  ot 
Assembly  for  the  First  Assembly  District  of  the  City 
ana  County  ot  .sew- York,  in  ounsequeuce  of  the  deato 
of  James  Haaley: 

NOW.  THEREFORE,  by  virtue  of  the  authority  vest- 
ed  lu  me  by  law,  I  do  hereby  order   tnai  a  special  ele«> 

tion  be  held  in  and  for  the  First  Assembly  District  of 
thei^ity  and  County  of  New-York  on  WEDNESDAY, 
the  fourteenth  day  or  February  next,  for  the  purpose 
ot  choosing  a  Member  of  Assembly  in  place  of  the  said 
James  Uealey,  whose  term  of  office  began  on  the  flrsi 
day  of  January  instant,  aud  will  expire  on  the  thirty- 
first  day  of  December,  in  the  year  oue  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  Sf.vonty-seveu. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  signed  my  name 
and  affixed  the  privy  seal  of  the  State,  at  the  Cap- 
itol, in  the  City  of  Albany,  this  twenty-third  aay 
of  January,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hund.ed 
aud  seventy-seven. 
[L.  S.]  L.  HOBINSOX 

By  the  Governor. 

David  C.  Robhtbor,  Private  Secretary. 
State  of  i\ew-Tork,  Qfflee  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  cs,- 
I  have  compared  the  preceding  copy  of  Prootamatioo 
With  the  original  thereof  flicd  in  this  office,  and  do 
heieby  certify   the   same   to  be  a  correct   transcript 
therefrom  an<i  of  the  whole  thereof. 
Witnesa  my  band  aud  tbe  seal  of  office  of  tbe  Secretary 
ot  State,  at  the  City  of  Albany,  this  twruty-third 
day  of  January,  in   the  year  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  seventy -seven. 

JOHN  BIGELOW,  Secretary  of  State. 
BBBHtpp's  Opficb,   Cim  akd  t^OTrrr  o»  J 
Naw-YoKK.  Jan.  25, 1877.     5 
I  certify   that  the   fbregolag   is  a   tma  copy  of   thei 
Proclamation  received  by  me  this  dav  firom  the  Secre.' 
taiy  of  Slate.  BERNARD  RBILLY, 

Sheriff  of  the  Cit.y  and  County  of  New-York, 

i5E-CREAML_____^ 

USSELL'S     ICE       ShEAM^^^^SweNTY^ITB 
cents  per  quart  to  ounrcuea  and  large  patles ;  Cbai* 

lotte  RuBse.  in  boxes,  to  carry  home;  Crash  twijse  a  dacr 

No.  V2  Bible  House. 

WAT0HE8,    '^^LBY,    &a 

ONinrON^DlAMONBisr^ 

.monda,  watches,  J«w«txy.  tflTerwaie.  eiuneis'-hidr 

kbawla,  seal  eaoques.  sOc  eioaka,  ka.,  boagbit  and  eeU 

back  at  a  rttj  sBiaU  adraiM^    osa  C.  AliUK 
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«1NTS   STILL  DROPPING. 

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^O^TTOMFIGUBES  NOT  TET  BEACHES. 

•  %  Xa.RGB  REDUCTION  IN  BBNTALS  AIX  OVER 
THE  CITT—VBEWS^  OF  KBAL  ESTATE 
AOENTS  AND  OTHERS— <A  LARGE  NDMBER 
OF  SXORZIS  ON  BROADWAT  XTNOCCUPIET* 
—A  GBVBRAL  DEMAND  FOB  LOYTEB 
KSNTS,  BOTH  FOR  STORES  AND  PRIVATE 
HOUSES. 

"Looking  up!  yea;  real  estate  is  looking 

A>,  Jaat  as  Martta  Van  Baren  said  once  of  the  Fed- 

iralise  Part?  wbea  s^riend  aakea  bim  if  thac 
party  waa  not  looklns  up.    It  ia  on  its  back,  and 

the  only  way  it  can  look  U  up."  This  waa  the 
reply  of  a  veteran  real  estate  man  in  this  City 
when  aAdroMed  bj  a  reporter  of  Thk  TiMBS  ou  the 
BUbjaot  of  hoase  and  store  rents,  and  the  prospects 
for  landlord*  and  tenants  for  the  coming  year.  And 
tbls  opinion  is  the  opinion  of  not  one  only, 
bat  of  all  the  larjie  operators  and  Trustees  of 
real  estate  in  this  City,  down  town,/on  the 
Base  and  west  sides,  ui  the  eentre  /oi  town, 
end  throaehout  the  upper  part  of  the  ijnand.  The 
prostration  of  real  estate  has  been  the  prostration 
of  rents.  Sales,  few  and  far  between,  have  oome  to 
be  not  matters  of  pnce  so  much  as  questions  of 
title.  Property  has  bean  passing  &om  the  hands  of 
those  who  purchased  it  at  taboloos  prices  into  other 
bands  that  seized  it  as  it  was  saoriflcsd  upon  the 
auctioneer's  block,  under  orders  of  the  Referees 
Into  whose  control  it  bad  drifted,  with  loads 
of  inoumbrancea  so  heavy  that  nothing  bat 
a  return  of  inflation,  a  new  whirlwind  of 
speculation,  could  have  saved  its  unfortunate 
bolders.  This  oonditioo  of  things,  in  the  opinion 
of  sober,  conservative  business  men,  has  been  ac- 
celerated) in  this  City  by  rascally  mis  govern- 
taient,  the  imposition  of  taxes  for  imorovements 
that  were  not  needed,  the  diasioation  of  ha!;e  shms 
ot  money  expended  id  a  preteodsd  spirit  of  enter- 
prise, while  it  waa  really  devoted  to  the  en- 
Irichment  of  a  horde  of  base  politicians 
and  in  retainins;  the  allegianos  and  snp- 
part  at  the  polls  of  their  servile  fol- 
lovers.  The  effect  of  this  ruinous  course  of  things 
}ias  been  to  deepen  the  depression  into  which  all 
0orts  of  business  hM  fallen.  While  rents  have,  in 
obeiliecce  to  an  imperative  necessity,  been  dropping 
constantly  for  two  years  or  more,  they  have  by  no 
means  in  all  cases  reached  the  lowest  flgare  to 
whicJi  they  mast  com* — in  short,  they  have  not 
touched  "  bottom."  %o  ascertain  truly  the  prospect 
which  will  open  before  bosineis  man  the  comlns: 
Sprintr,  and  also  to  learn,  if  possible,  what  indaoe- 
xaents  would  be  offered  to  old  and  new  ten- 
ants in  houses  of  alt  classes,  diliscent  inquiry  has 
'been  made  In  the  real  estate  offices,  and  also  among 
tenants  themselves,  with  the  view  of  layioira  truth- 
ful report  of  the  sitaation  before  the  readers  of 
The  Times.  It  is  by  no  means  a  simple 
thing  to  reach  a  conclusion  upon  the  sub- 
ject with  the  statements  of  only  two  lead- 
ing agents.  Brokers  anxious  for  business,  con- 
fident that  they  can  accomplish  wOnderfnl  victories 
over  landlords,  and  secure  all  classes  of  property  at 
their  own  terms,  declare  that  the  story  of  depres- 
sion is  far  from  being  told.  They  defy  the  unpop- 
ularity they  are  likely  to  £aia  by  their  bearish  aa- 
■ertions,  turn  with  open  arms  to  the  economical 
public  in  search  ot  cheap  rents,  and  take  no  pains 
lo  conceal  the  fact  that  they  are  looking  for 
customers  and  are  hastening  the  downward 
course  of  events,  with  a  view  to  reaping  a 
Jiarvast  of  commiaaions  irhiie  there  ia  yet 
opportunity  to  do  it.  On  the  other  hand, 
there  are  brokers  who  hold  pri°ne  or  fancy  prop- 
erty in  desirable  neighborhoods  for  business  or  resi  - 
dence,  and  they  maintain  with  as  mach  sturdinens 
and  apparent  honesty  as  their  rivals  that  bottom 
prices  have  been  tonehed,  that  there  will  be  no 
iurther  decline,  that  landlords  will  be  immovable 
on  the  lat  of  May.  and  that  renewals  of  leaises  will 
be  made  on  the  basis  of  prices  made  a  year  er 
tvro  years  ago.  Jadging  vol  from  the  state- 
ments of  two  only,  bnt  from  the  oompared 
etatemants  of  a  large  number  of  real  estate  agents, 
The  only  conclusion  that  can  be  reached  is  that  a 
xeduotion  mast  and  will  be  made,  bat  that  it  will 
not  be  a  uniform  one.  There  is  a  eeneral  spirit  of 
liopetainess  among  the  calmer  dealers.  Some 
ot  tfcem,  in  charge  of  large  estates,  aay  that  land- 
lords are  arranging  to  a  mach  greater  extent  than 
last  year  with  their  old  tenants,  and  are  disposed  to 
be  conciliatory.  The  inqairv  among  many  of 
these  cnstodians  of  property  is  reported  as 
decidedly  better ;  and,  while  all  inqairers 
aak  greater  conoeesiona  than    landlorda   are  wil ling 

to  grant,  the  ovrpers  are  ijicliaed  to  meet  them  on  a 
middle  gronnd.    The  disposition  of  business  men  to 

scatter,  where  tbev  have  for  years  been  in 
the  babit  of  locating  gregariously,  haa  im- 
proved many  hitherto  neglected  portions  of  the 
City-  The  prooercy  considered  best  to  own  Just 
^ow  is  that  which  was  not  too  highly  overvalued 
when  the  spirit  of  speculation  was  rife,  becanse 
■that,  property — having  never  been  made  too 
-expensive  to  those  who  needed  it  for  their  basinoss 
«r  dweUihg  purposes — still  commands  a  compara- 
tively high  price,  and  the  demand  for  lower  rents 
.'does  nov  press  so  heavily  upon  its  owners.  "With 
one  agent  there  was  no  inquiry  whatever  for  the 
blgb-priced  Broadway  stores  that  were  in  request  a 
^eax  and  two  years  ago. 

BROADWAT  STORES. 

'  Tbe  assertion  that  Broadway  property  is  stron  g 
,ean  searcely  be  made  good  except  in  a  few  isolated 
Instances.  From  the  Bowling  Green  to  Thirty- 
fourth  street,  bills  stare  the  passer-by  frequently 
in  the  face,  and  it  is  not  an  unnsaal  thing  to  find 
bills  on  one  store  bearing  the  address  of  two  differ- 
ent agents.  Not  alone  in  stores  are  these 
jbills  tonad  in  great  nnmbsrs ;  they  are  posted 
thickly  in  tbe  windows  of  lofts  and  of&ces,  and  on 
many  blocks  ofQcea  will  be  found  UDoecupied  in 
two  or  three  floors  of  the  same  building.  An 
agent  may  say  that  the  owners  of  this  property 
bave  every  confldence  in  their  ability  to  obtain 
Itenants  at  last  year's  prices.  Ha  may  say  that 
inearly  all  tbe  stores  Dalow  Canal  street  arefillsd  on 
[the  west  side  of  Broadway,  and  that  the 
(tide  of  bnaiuess  that  set  away  from 
that  quarter  is  returning.  The  oeonpants 
of  stores  whose  leases  expire  on  May 
ij  do  not  agree  entirely  with  these  views.  Many 
iof  them  frankly  say  they  mnst  have  lower  rents,  or 
jtbey  will  be  compollea  to  move  out.  There  un- 
doubtedly is  a  disposition  to  decline  the  expensive 
'district    north    of    Canal    stieet,  along  Greene 

land  Mercer  streets,  and  an  equally  atrone 
tendency  to  ocsupy  the  more  convenient  sec- 
'tion  alone  Church  8tree^,  although  the  cry  of 
'bard  times,  the  complaints  of  stagnation  and  bad 
,'bebts  are  heard  in  these  busy  and  apparently  flour- 
lishing  streets.  Men  who  have  paid  110.000  for  the 
'use  of  a  store,  knowing  that  their  baamess  will  not 
I  support  the  charge,  are  seeking  release  from  their 
agreements  with  the  owners  or  surrendering  leases 
as  too  onerous  to  be  borne.  An  instance 
'is  related  of  an  insurance  company  that  took 
•  a  lease  of  property  on  a  prominent  corner 
[on  lower  Broadway.  The  company  agreed 
to  pay  $10,000  a  year  for  tbe  property.  A  little  mor^ 
j  than  a  year  ago  the  Trustees  became  aware  that  not 
'  only  clerk  hire  but  also  rent  must  be  reduced.  A 
Irelease  from  tba  agreement  was  sought  for,  bnt 
i could  not  be  obtained.  The  effurt  was  then  made  to 
'obtain  a  tenant  (or  part  of  the  ofBce,  and  it  was  of- 
tff^red  at  |3,500.  No  tenant  appsared.  The  ot- 
l^ce  room  was  offered  in  January  a  year 
atfo  at  12.900,  afterward  at  t2,003.  then  at 
$1,^00,  aeain  at  11,200,  and  still  no  sacoess.  For  a 
I tima  the  office  was  vacant,  and  a  abort  time  ago  it 
I  was  ^occupied  by  a  company  that  obtained  tbe  use 
i  of  the  partitioned  office  for  $900  a  year.  The  snr- 
[pluB  spAce  m  stores,  lofts,  and  offices  on  Broad- 
way is  estimated  by  an  old  operator  to  be 
rat  least  one-third  of  all  the  available  space, 
1)ut  this  is  undoubtedly  a  despondent  opinion 
land   exaggerated   estimate.^    Hotels      that    were 

I  let  on  10  yeara'  leases  cannot  pay  their  rent- bills 
and  live,  according  to  another  authority,  and  are 
I  either  making  quiet  arrangements  with  the  proprie- 
tors of  estates  or  neEleoting  to  pay,  as  tbe  best  of 
them  cannot  pay  within  40  per  cent  of 
the  old-time  prices  and  keep  out  of  bank- 
ruptcy. One  broker  having  stores  on 
Broadway  said  yesterday  very  glibly  that 
■tores  all  along  Broadway  were  holding  their  own 
stiffly  that  the  owners  were  renewing  leases  at  old 
prioea.  and  that  the  resistance  to  further  enoroach- 
msnis  were  maintained  as  well  on  the  side  streets 
1  M  on  Braadway.  But  out  of  20  stores  visited  the 
propriotoTti  of  all  bat  two  oxpeoted  reductions,  and 
aald  they  had  already  demanded  a  concession  or  from 
10  to  20  per  cent.,  which  they  had  no  doubt  their 
aceots  or  landlords  would  make  rather  than  allow  a 
"but  to  Ko  mp.  One  large  iron-front  store,  occupied 
.1v  a  wsUxknown  firm  at  a  yearly  rental  af  ISO.OOO. 


la  said  to  be  a  load  upon  the  firm's  hands,  and  a 
property  that  could  not  be  let  to-day  for  more  than 
130,000  if  it  should  be  put  upeo  the  market.  Above 
Canal  street,  along  up  Broadway,  vacancies  are  met 
with  frequentlj',  and  tbe  neighborhood  between 
Bleecker  and  Fourteenth  streets  is  so  heavily 
"filled"  that  noihiuK  but  a  positive  improvement 
in  trade  will  justify  the  maintenance  of  hieh  prices 
for  these  stores.  The  disposition  of  most  owners 
is  to  take  a  good   tenant  at  the  beat  price  ho  can 

net,  rather  than    destroy  the    bosioeas    character  of 

a  neighborhood  by  permitting  stores  to  remain 
continually  tale.  This  ia  not  so  in  every  case. 
A  number  of  stores  not  far  from  Bleecker 
street,  and  the  lofts  above  them,  which  have  been 
only  partly   occupied    durinjc   the    last   ave  years, 

are  Still  held  obsiiDately  and  with  apparent  iodifler- 
•noe  on  the  part  of  the  landlord  as  to  whether  they 
are  ocoapled  or  not,  althoagh  basinesa  men  in  the 
neighborhood  say  that  these  closed  shops  have  been 
a  positive  injury  to  them  for  years,  and  would 
better  have  been  occupied  at  merely  nominal  rents, 
if  only  to  retain  for  toe  baildings  a  fcood  basiness 
repatatiOD.  From  Fourteenth  stieet  up  to  Twenty- 
third  Street  the  stores  are  likely  lo  bring  about  the 
same  prices  as  were  paid  last  year.  The  locality  is 
a  desirable  one  for  retail  trade,  ana  there  is  always 
a  greater  demand  for  stores  in  this  sec- 
tion than  can  be  supplied,  so  that  the 
eagerness  of  dealers  to  locate  there  will 
sustain  the  owners  of  property  in  picking  their  ten- 
ants and  namlne  their  own  fluutes.  Above  Twen- 
ty-third street  tbe  same  inflexiuility  is  not  found  to 
exist  among  tbe  landlords.  On  a  few  blocks  which 
may  be  considered  particularly  desirable  for  retail 
trade,  the  stores  are  to  be  held  by  the  agents  very 
firmly,  but  an  instance  is  told  of  a  store  recentlv 
rent»<d  ia  the  neishborbood  of  Thirtieth  street, 
which  indicates  that  landlords  thereabout  are  ready 
to  meet  their  tenants  half  way.  Astorethat  has  been 
vacant  tor  some  time,  and  for  which  |2,000  were 
demanded  without  succeeding  in  closine  an  ar^ 
rangement  with  anyoody,  waa  rented  for  91,000. 
Shopkeepers  m  this  neighborhood  are  not  back- 
ward in  declaring  that  if  prices  are  maintained  on 
last  year's  basis,  they  will,  be  compelled  to  relin- 
quish their  stores,  as  they  could  not  continue  in 
business  another  year  and  come  oat  straight  on 
May  Dav,  1878.  Above  Thirty  fourth  street  there 
is  no  demand  fur  store  property,  and  the  few 
stores  now  in  that  district  are  by  no 
means  all  ocoapied.  All  along  Broadway,  from 
the  lower  to  the  upper  part,  there  is  a  feeling  of 
indlffetence  among  tenants  as  to  what  landlords 
may  do,  and  agents  are  disposed  to  encourage  the 
apathy  of  both  landlords  and  tenants  until  April, 
when  in  the  hurry  of  the  lew  days  that  are"  left  for 
deoisiou  it  ma?  safely  be  anticipated  that  terms 
will  be  more  quickly  reached.  "There  is  now,"  in 
the  languaee  of  one  laree  broker,  "  really 
no  market.  The  settlement  of  tbe  Presidential  con- 
troversy will  undoubted  ly  have  a'good  effect,  and  the 
adoption  of  some  good  plan  of  relieviog  tbe  City 
of  it<  present  burden  of  expenses  would  uaquea- 
tionably  have  a  better  effect.  Lower  rents  wiU  not 
pay  the  taxes,  interest,  and  the  cost  of  keeping 
property  in  repair ;  and  tbe  City  must  expect  to 
bear  its  part  of  the  burden  which  dishonesty  and 
lack  of  political  saiiacity  %as  imposed  upon  us." 

THE   EAST   SIDE. 

The  depression  of  busioess  in  manafacturing 
circles  IS  felt  by  owners  of  property  on  the  East 
aide,  where  floors  have  been  daed  op  with  especial 
reference  to  light  manufaoturiag  purposes.  The 
bard  times  have  shut  many  of  these  places  up,  and 
have  caused  a  great  nuuiber  ot  vacancies  in  the 
section  of  tbe  City  east  of  Broadway  as  far  up 
town  as  Fulton  street.  Tenement  property  is  gen- 
erally fully  ocuaoied,  bat  ic  is  too  ufteo  inhabited 
by  families  the  heads  of  which  have  been  irregularly 
employed,  and  have  been  able  only  to  pay  at  uncer- 
tain intervals  in  short  amounts.  Small  shoos  are 
in  good  demand  on  the  Bowery,  wbicb  alwaya  has 
its  throng  of  purchasers,  and  along  Grand  street 
there  are  few  vacant  shops.  While  the  tenement 
district,  from  Grand  street  up  to  Fifiy-uintb  street, 
is  well  popalated,  it  is  also  occupied  by 
persons  who  cannot  always  piomptly  pay 
iheir    rent.      Boweiy    stores     hold     their     own 

— last  year's  prioee — vei-y  wt-ll.  one  or  two 
cases  ai£  related  of  au  adyance  ra^h  tr  than  a  de- 
oHue  in  the  rents  of  stores.  In  u.  lew  oases  the 
tenants  are  preparing  to  ask  a  reduction,  but  it  is 
not  beiieyed  that  more  than  10  pur  cent,  can  be 
obtained  in  good  localiiies.  On  Third  ayenoe  tbere 
are  great  numbers  of  stores  with  bills  upon  them, 
and  the  same  thing  is  observable  on  .Second  aveiine, 
where  ba»iness  i«  in  a  very  laagxushing  state. 
Landlords  on  Third  ayenuu  have  in 
many  instances  signified  to  their  agents 
their       willingness        to  yield         something 

to  their  tenants.  One  agent,  who  handles  a 
great  deal  of  property  between  Forty-secona  4nd 
Sixtieth  streets,  said  that  tbe  reduction  ot  tbe  rents 
of  stores  would  be  greater  than  those  in  liviog 
property,  he  estimated  the  decline  at  about  23  or 
4U  per  cent,  ia  stores,  while  it  would  not  be  more 
than  10  or  15  per  cent,  in  dwellings.  Houses  in 
fair  nei;ibborboods  wiiich  rented  a  year  ago  for 
11,200  have  baeo  offered  at  |800,  and  could 
be  hired  for  9700.  In  really  good  neigh- 
borhoods there  ia  an  easy  market  lor  honses  at 
91,000  and  91.200,  but  wheu  the  tigarea  advance  be- 
yuud  that  price  tbera  is  great  difficulty  ia  obtainiot; 
parties  to  fill  them.  Leases  iust  expiring  on  stores,  tbe 
Tents  for  which  haveuut  beeachaugediu  threeyears, 
will  be  very  miiterially  reduce*.  Near  Filty-tourth 
Street,  which  is  considered  a  guud  baaiuesa  neigh iior- 
bood,  arow  of  .'ttores  which  nave  been  rented  at  91,100 
each  will  come  dowa  to  |tK)0.  Above  Sixty-hith 
street  tbe  demand  for  acures  is  alnio.st  dead, 
and  many  shops  of  various  kinds  that  were  upeoed 
in  new  buildiuLis  a  year  and  more  ..go  are  closing 
out,  leaving  the  rooms  to  wait  perhaps  fur  mouths 
before  tbey  are  filled.  Toere  is  a  good  inquiry  lor 
flats  or  tenements,  at  orices  ranging  rruui  935  to 
950  monthly,  and  even  fur  cheaper  rents.  In 
respectable  douDie  bouses,  where  a  I'amilv  coald  a 
year  ago  have  a  full  suite  of  rooms,  opening  on  a 
common  hallway  lor  all  inmates,  at  925,  it  is  now  to 
be  bad  for  922,  and  lower  rents  in  the  sam<i  house 
have  fixed  ou  the  same  rule.  There  are  a  few  mure 
than  tbe  oaual  uumoer  of  bills  on  huusfes,  which  is 
accounted  for  by  tbe  laadlorda   un    the    aupposiiion 

that  a  •lood  many  poor  tamilies  have  combined  to 
reduse  their  expenses,  and  other  families  had  tatren 

the  membBrii  of  broken  parties  into  their 
circles.  ^Numbers       et        priv.ita       booses       bavB 

also  been  pressed  into  new  service,  so  that 
they  are  privata  no  longer,  but  floors,  m  suites  of 
four  and  dve  rooms,  which  now  bring  930  and  940. 
where  (1.500  was  formerly  obcaiaed    tor    ihe    whole 

hoase.  On  Murray  Uill,  in  Madison  and  Lexington 
avenues,  in  nei;:bbnrboods  woere  handsome  houses 
were  put  up  in  large  numbers  a  lew  year*  ago.  the 
story  of  reduction  is  heard  again.  Where 
leases  are  running  oat,  no  change  ot 
prices  having  been  made  for  three  vears.  it  lit  difB- 
calt  to  make  aew  prices  at  less  than  4U  per  cent,  off 
the  old.  On  Madison  aveaue  the  same  distress  is 
to  be  felt  by  tbe  owners  of  fine  property.  Houses 
that  brought  94.0U0  and  were  considered  cheap, 
now  waittor  a  tenant  at  93,500,  and  a  case  was  beard 
of  where  a  house  that  had  commanded  94,000  has 
been  rented  for  92.500,  after  it  had  been  reduced 
from  94.000  to  93.500,  .  tbeu  to  93,000, 
and  finally  to  the  figure  ou  which 
tht        bargain        was        closed.  'Itiis        is 

not  an  uncommon  oircuaistaiice.  While  owners  of 
this  property  cannoi  afford  to  let  it  go  at  such 
prices,  their  purpose  seems  to  be  first  to 
get  a  good  occupant,  and  afterward  to  get 
tbo  best  price  obtainable  for  the  honse. 
Four-story  houses  are  harder  to'  dispose  of 
than  three-stuiy  ones.  The  reports  Irom  all 
parts  of  tbe  City  at;ree  that  tba  smaller  houses 
are  those  most  needed  just  now.  Some  of  these 
places  can  be  routed  at  the  figures  given,  because 
they  have  recentl.y  gone  througn  tbe  hands  of  tbe 
Referee,  and  tho  last  holder  is  able  to  make  a  law 
price  and  yet  not  lose  money  by  the  operation. 
Houses  on  Madison  avenue,  near  Sixty-first  street, 
which  were  built  ta  be  sold  tor  940,000  or  945.0UO, 
and  which  should  have  bean  rented  .-it  93,500  ur 
94,000,  were  rented  for  Sl,500.  At  Eighty-ihird 
street,  near  tbe  Central  Park,  a  haodsomelv- 
finisbed  three-story  and  basement  bou.se, 
with  bard-wood  trimmings,  was  rented  at  9300, 
when  the  agents  would  not  have  listened,  a  year  or 
two  ago,  for  anything  short  of  91,500  nr  91,800. 
Good  flats  in  tbe  neighborhood  of  Seveuty- 
aecond  street,  furnished  with  all  improve 
menta,  are  readily  taken  up  by  fam- 
ilies who  have  beau  living  in  private  homes.  The 
prioea  aie  by  no  means  so  bigb  as  those  asked  at 
tbe  west  side  apartment  hotels.  Many  of  the  real 
estate  agents  complain  of  the  difficulty  ot  getting 
their  rents,  even  when  they  are  made  at  tbe  lowest 
figures.  In  the  lowest  classes  ot  tenements,  where 
tL.e  prices  fur  aaites  of  aparcmeats  ranged 
a  year  ago  as  low  ■  as  $12  a  month,  they  are 
DOW  dropped  to  98,  and  In  many  oases  tbe 
loss  of  employment  by  the  men  of  families  bas 
made  it  impossible  to  collect  from  them  even  this 
small  charge.  In  Harlem  there  is  a  decline  equal  to 
25  p<>r  cent,  and  small  houses  foi'merly  occupied  oy 
one  family  only  are  m  many  cases  made  to  accom- 
modate two,  Bu  that  many  hoases  are  left  vacant, 
ana  more  arn  likely  to  become  so  before  the  middle 
of  May. 

THE  WEST  SIDE. 
The  same  conditions  are  dmcovered  to  exist  in 
the  business  parts  of  the  west  side  of  town  as  in 
the  east  side,  but  to  a  slighter  degree  in  tbe  dis- 
trict below  Canal  street  and  west  of  Broadwa.y. 
Only  in  tbe  extreme  lower  part  of  Greenwich  aiid 
Washington  atteeta  doe*  business  appear  to  be  so 
dull  as  to  cooipel  tbe  closing  of  a  few  shops.  Real 
estate  agen  ts  sa.y  that  a  movement  has  been  apparent 
among  many  merchants  who  moved  a  few  years  ago 
into  tbe  district  above  Canal  street  to  get  back  into 
neighborhood  of  Church  street,  or  in  the  streets 
that  cross  it,  both  for  tbe  sake  of  grea'er  conven- 
ience and  greater  cheapness.  While  nothing  has 
been  said  by  landlords  in  this  section  to  convey  an 
idea  of  what  they  will  do,  and  as  they  are  shrewd 
enough  to  wait  until  the  last  moment  shall 
decide  whether  business  is  to  be  good  or 
dull,  tenants  are  talking  very  confidently 
about  what  they  expect.  Tbe  firmness  of 
the  market  will  depend  altogether  apon  business 
movements,  and  it  may  be  that  the  expected  reduc- 
tions upon  last  year's  prices  may  not  be  made. 
Along  Canal  street  there  are  empty  stores  enough 
to  show  that  the  street  is  not  what  it  ones  wasi  as  a 
tboroughtare.  On  Hiidaon  street  above  Canal  there 
are  some  vaoancies,  and  on  Eighth  avenue  there 
are  many  bills.  The  prices  will  be  lower  on  all 
ot  these  streets,  but  the  reduction  will  not 
be  large  on  Bighth  avenue.  There  have  been 
daring  the  pasi;  year  many  small  failures  on 
Eighth  avenue,  and  the  frequency  of  the  notice 
"  to  let"  may  point  oat  the  danger  of  creating  a 
boainesa  purely  on  apeculation.  At  Fourteenth  and 
Twenty-third  etreets,  and  again  at  Tbitty-fbuith 
street,  tht  prices  are  held  very  firmly,  out  the 
tenants  all  talk  lower  prices,  and  expect  to  get  a 
xoooessien  of  <it lease  10  per  oent.  lu  tbe  Fifteenth 
Ward  and  Tenth  Ward,  where  largo  quautiiie* 
ot  moderate  priced  property  is  aiiuated,  there 
is  said  to  bo  less  inolinatton  to  yield 
prices  than  iu  other  parts  of  the  City.  It  Is  cnrloiu 
to  know  that  the  rents  here  have  soaroely  kept 
pace  for  five  years  with  tba  advanees  In  othar  paria 
of  the  City,  and  now  they  stand  mneh  more  nearly 
at  a  right  point  than  the  oropertiss  wbiob  bava 
obeyed  evervfiactuatloQ.  Hoases  rented  last  Spring 
in  Ninth  and  Tenth  streets  for  93,000  and 
94.000  will  in  many  Instances  he  radueed  to 
92,500  and  93.5M,  and  the  flats  are  filling  ap  with  a 
good  class  of  neoDie.    In  tbe  aeiKhborhood  of  tbo 


Fitth  Avenue  Hotel  the  depmMsum  of  bosiaeM 
and  shrinkage  of  values  bare  told  moat  sanonsly. 
A  bouse  on  a  comer  of  tbe  avenne,  below 
tbel  hotel,  onoe  rented  for  97,000,  bas  been 
vacant  fur  six  months,  and  was  recentl.y  offered 
to  a  gentleman  who  looked  over  the  bouse  for 
93,600.  Ko  one  can  be  found  to  take  it,  as  it 
would,  it  is  believed,  cost  nut  lees  than  930,003  to 
furnish  it  in  appropriate  style,  and  that  is  an  ex- 
pense which  even  the  most  jxtravngant  real  estate 

agent  is  not  preparea  CO  se«  just  now.     For   honsea 

that  will  rent  for  91,200,  91,60o,  or  91,800.  tbere  is  a 
demand  that  can  scarcely  be  kept  up 
with.  Hoiuea  above  the  highest  figure,  while 
they  are  namerona  edougta,  can  find  no 
taken   at  the   prices   fixed.     An    agent,    who  has  a 

great  deal  ot  "  fancy  "  property  on  band,  said  that 
He  knew  his  customers  would  suffer  most.  They 
would  be  compelled,  and  he  was  advising  them  t^ 
bend  graoetally  to    the  duty,  to  accept   rants  much 

smaller  than  they  would  like  to  collect  On  Sixth 
avenue  the  disposition  is  to  bold  store  property  at 
last  year's  prices,  but  west  of  Sixth  avenae  there 
ia  no  mark  at  wtilch  landlorda  can  compel 
tenants  to  stop.  Many  persons  in  this  district, 
tindmg  that  the  reduction  will  be  an  iodacement 

to  avoid  the  expenae  of  removal,  will  accept  their 
landlords'  rates  rather  than  remove.  The  demand 
for  flats,  in  tbe  upper  part  of  the  City,  on  the  west 
side,  is  excellent.  Tbe  bouses  on  tbe  Astor 
estate  tiave  all  been  put  at  cheaper  rates. 
Houses  rented  last  year  at  93,200  are  this 
year  put  at  92,000,  and  the  pnce  will  be  inflexible 
for  tbe  remainder  of  the  year.  The  same  houses 
rented  two  years  ago  for  92,600.  Tbe  demand  for 
houses  at  91,200  snd  91.500  is  greater  than  agents 
can  snpplv.  Flats  at  (55,  950,  and  $45  have  been 
reduced  each  95.  While  but  tew  writings  are  made 
for  renting  property,  it  is  reported  that  there 
are  many  persons  looking  fur  bargains  iu 
purchases,  and  ho.usei  in  Twenty -ninth  street  built, 
to  be  sold  for  940,000,  tiave  recently  been  sold  for 
925,000  ready  money.  In  the  Albany  Apartment- 
house,  where  the  prices  have  ranged  from  980  to 
9100,  the  tenants  are  looking  for  a  reduction  of  10 

Ser  cent.,  a  reduction  having  been  made  in  the 
>ewport  recentl.y.  Tbe  Albany  ia  not  full,  and  bnt 
19  out  of  30  apartments  in  the  Rockingham,  tbe 
newest  of  the  apartment  hotels,  have  been  rented 
at  tbe  rate  of  9100  to  9145 — charged  for  tbe  suites. 
Inquiry  is  daily  made  at  those  apartment-houses  for 
suites  at  from  950  to  975  by  persons  who  cannot  or 
will  not  pay  as  much  tor  a  few  rooms  as  they  would 
be  asked  to  pay  in  Brooklya  for  an  entire  honse. 


STABBED  AND   KILLED. 

FATAL  ENDING  OF  A  FEUD  BETWEEN  TWO 
GANGS  OF  YOUTHFUL  BOUGHS  IN  WIL- 
LIAMSBURG—THE  LEADERS  FIGHT  IN 
THEJSTRKET  AND  ONE  IS  KILLED— THE 
SLAYER  NOT  IN  CUSTODY. 

For  months  past  there  has  been  a  feud  in 
Williamsburg  between  two  gangs  ot  young 
roughs  aged  from  17  to  19,  known  respectively  as 
the  "  North  Side  Crowd  "  and  the  "  Broadway 
Crowd."  Frederick  Hertfelder  was  the  leader  of 
the  former,  and  William  Abernetby,  alias  "  Eng- 
glisb,"  of  the  latter.  Robert  Carr,  who  bad  for- 
merly been  one  of  the  toUowers  of  Hertfelder,  left 
nim  recently  and  associated  with  Abernetby. 
Whenever  Abernetby  and  Carr  met  Hertfelder  or 
any  of  his  friends  a  skirmish  would  occur,  and  re- 
cently, in  one  of  these  fights,  Hertfelder  got 
worsted  and  threatened  that  be  would  get  ''  square" 
with  Abernetby  and  Carr.  The  Hertfelder  gang 
used  to  meet  on  Grand  street,  and  their  opponents 
on  Broadway  and  Union  avenae.  On  Sat- 
urday evening,  Hertfelder,  with  a  iiam- 
ber      of      bis      friends,       among       whom     were 

Lawrence  Ryan,  of  No.  164  Boshwiok  avenue ; 
Frederick  Brenner,  of  No.  2U0  Stagg  street,  and 
John  Somerdyke.  of  No.  318  Humboldt  street, 
Started  to  find  Abernetby  and  Carr,  and  saw  them 
standing  ID  a  doorway  in  Broadwav.  near  Boerum 
street.       Hertfelder  rnshed    at  Carr  and  seized  bim 

by  the  throat.  Abernetby  sprang  to  Carr's  assist- 
ance, and  Kyau  and  Brenner  attacked 
Abernetby.  Hertfelder  and  Carr  moved 
into  the  middle  of  the  street,  where  Carr 
broke  loose  from  Hertfelder  and  ran 
to  the  opposite  sidewalk,  but  was  pursued  and 
canght  Dy  Hertfelder.  In  the  meantime  Ryan  and 
Brenner  bad  driven  Abernetby,  whom  they  were 
badly  beating,  to  the  same  sidewalk.  Carr  again 
got  away  from  Hertfelder  and  escaped  by  rannin;; 
up  Lyocb  street,  and  about  the  same  time  Aber- 
netby succeeded  in  releasing  himself  from  Rvan  and 
Breuner  and  lau  up^oernm  street  pursued  by  Hert- 
felder, who  drove  bim  to  the  middle  of  the  street, 
when  Abernetby  turned  aud  struck  at  bim, and  he  im- 
mediately called  out  ''I  am  stabbed," and  was  taken 
into  tbe  drug  store  of  Henry  E'ssam.  Ko.  410  Broad- 
wa.y, and  thence  to  tbe  Eastern  District  Hospital, 
where  ha  died  at  about  10  o'clock  Irom  loss  of  blaod. 
His  body  was  taken  to  the  Morgue  yesterday  morn- 
ing and  from  ibeuoe  to  his  residence.  The  wound 
was  inflicted  on  tba  left  aide  of  tbe  neck,  just  t>e- 
bind  tbe  ear.  by  a  large-sized  J;ick-knito,  which 
Aberuelhy  threw  away  and  which  was  picked  up 
by  a  boy  named  Georiie  Gteher  and  brought  to  the 
Sixth  Precinct  Station-huaHe.  All  tbe  parties  to 
tbe  fight,  except  Abernetby,  were  arrested.  He 
weat  home,  changed  his  clothes,  got  some  money, 
and  said  oe  was  going  to  New-Jersey.  Inspector 
Waddy,  who  has  charge  of  tbe  case.  Maid  that  tbe 
record  of  Abernetby  and  Hertfelder  was  bad,  and 
that  be  believed  be  would  soon  have  Abernetby  in 
custody.  Abernetby  is  about  19  years  old,  aod 
Hertfelder  waa  of  tho  same  age.  Auernetby  does 
nothing  in  Wibtcr,  but  frequents  country  resorts 
during  the  Summer,  nicking  up  money  as  opportu- 
nity may  ofl'cr. 

Following    IS    a  description   of    Abernetby,  far- 
nishea     by    SaperiDtendeut    Campbell:       "  willlnm 

Abernethy,"  alias  "£aeliAh,"  alias  "William  Jack- 
son," born  in  Ireland,  five  feet  eight  inches  high, 
stoat  baild,  broad  shuuldertf.  dark  complexion, 
scoootb  face,  gvay  eyes,  blaek  bair.  worn  well  back 
trom  foreheau  ;  nose  bruised,  scratch  oo  left  ear, 
dark  sack  overciat,  black  vsst,  daik  check  panis, 
rather  abort:  heavy  shoes,  laced  in  front;  blue 
fltuinel  shirt,  high  black  aoft  felt  hat. 


PROBABLE  MURDER  IS  HARLEM. 
Tbe  Police  of  the  Thirty-third  Precinct  tele- 
graphed to  tbe  Central  Office  at  11  o'clock  last  nlgbt 
that  Victor  Oese,  aged  33,  residing  at  No.  37  Dp- 
lancy  street,  Newark,  bad  shot  bis  fatber-in-law 
George  Charlton,  aged  48.  at  the  residence  of  the 
latter,  Tinton  avenue  and  One  Hnndred  and  Forty- 
ninth  street,  at  6:30  P.  M.  The  ballet 
from  Oese's  pistol  lodged  lu  tbe  neck  of 
bis  victim,  and  the  wound  is  considered 
ver.y  dangerous.  Oese  was  arrested,  and  'when  ar- 
raigned at  the  Morrisania  Police  Station  admitted 
that  he  went  from  his  house  in  Newark  to  the 
house  of  his  father-in-law  expressly  for  the  purpose 
of  shooting  him,  because  Mrs.  Oesu  preferred  to 
live  with  ber  father.  Charlton  is  employed  in  the 
capacity  of  engineer  in  Janes  St.  Elrkjand's  Iron 
works,  Westchester  avenue,  and  tbe  occupation  of 
his  wsuld-be  murderer  is  that  of  a  maker  of  saohel 
and  traveling-bag  fastenings.  In  coasequeocu  of 
the  lateness  of  the  hour  at  wbicb  tbe  news  reached 
Head-quarters,  oo  additional  particulars  could  be 
obtained.  

A  ROTTEN  WAH  VESSEL  SISKS. 
Tbe  United  States  steamer  Delaware  sank  at 
tbe  Brooklyn  Navy-yard  abuat  two  weeks  ago,  and 
a  board  of  officers  anootntcd  to  Inquire  into  the 
affair  bas  now  reported  to  Commodore  Nicholson, 
commandant  of  tbe  yard,  that  the  vessel  was  thor- 
oughly rotten ;  that  upon  tbe  removal  of  her  ma- 
chinery her  central  timbers  sprang  no  and  cracked, 
and  that  finally  tbe  weights  of  her  stem  aod  stern 
"hogged"  her — in  other  words,  broke  ber  in  two 
amidships.  Her  hull  will  be  taken  apart  and  the 
old  metal  saved.  The  wood-work  is  so  rotten  that 
it  cannot  be  used  for  any  other  purpose  tbsu  fuel. 
Tbe  Delaware  has  been  laid  up  in  the  Brooklyn 
Navy-yard  for  several  years.  She  was  bnllt  in  1&B3 
to  meet  an  emergency.  Twelve  or  IS  other  vessels 
were  built  at  the  same  lime,'  but  some  of  them 
were  not  takeu  off  the  stocks,  .where  tbey  are  now 
rotting  away.  Seasuned  wood  could  not  be  pro- 
cured, so  they  were  biult  of  green  timber.  It  was 
considerad  that  if  tbey  did  service  for  three  years 
tbey  would  pay  fur  their  construction.  It  has  been 
thought  remarkable  by  naval  officers  that  the  Dela- 
ware should  last  so  long.  She  did  some  good  ser- 
vice in  the  latter  part  of  tho  war,  and  afterward 
made  several  long  cruises  abroad.  Eight  months 
ago  she  was  thought  to  be  in  good  condition,  and 
the  Navy  Departmant  then  rejected  an  ofler  of 
928,000  tor  her.  Tbe  worcc  of  taking  out  hsr  ma- 
chiner.y  was  begun  about  a  month  ago  and  com- 
pleted jnst  before  she  so  unexpectedly  broke  in 
two.  ^ 

COL.  JOHN  OUAHONY'S  OBSEQLIES. 
The  Sixty-ninth  regimental  armory.  Grand 
and  Essex  streets,  waa  besieged  all  day  yesterday 
by  crowds  of  people  anxious  to  take  a  last  look  at 
tbe  dead  Head  Centre,  Col.  John  O'Mahony.  A 
detachment  of  tbe  Sixty-ninth  Regiment,  under 
command  of  fol.  Cavanagh,  and  Gen.  Bonrke,  had 
charge  of  the  remains.    Tbe  funeral  will  take  place 

tc-morrow,  at  11  A.  M.,  from  the  armorv.  The  fol- 
lowing gentlemen  have  been  appointed  pall-bearers: 
Richard  O'Gorman,  John  Savage,  Charles  O'Conor, 
James  P.  Mitchel,  William  E.  Robinson,  M.  J.  Hef- 
leman,  Thomas  Clarke  Luby.  Thomas  Francis 
Bonrke,  A.  £.  Costello,  D.  P.  Cooyngham.  Dr.  John 
Dwyer,  Robert  White,  Dr.  John  Griffin,  Patrtek 
Ford,  Frank  McEean,  H.  £.  Talmadge,  Thomas 
O'Logblen,  Patrick  J.  DuflTv,  O'Donovan  Rossa, 
John  Devov.  William  F.  Foley.  John  .J.  Breslin, 
John  C.  O'Sullivan,  John  Warren.  John  Counan, 
Hugh  A.  Coriln,  and  James  Foley. 

INSTALLATION  OS  A  PASTOR. 
Bev.  G.  H.  Humphrey  was  installed  last 
evening  as  Pastor  of  the  Thirteenth  Street  Welsh 
Presbyterian  Church,  between  Second  and  Third 
avenues.  Rev.  W,  C.  Roberts,  of  Elisabeth,  N.  J., 
preached  an  impressive  sermon ;  be  was  followed 
by  Rev.  E.  T.  Bromfl  -Id,  who  dolivared  tho  charge 
to  tbe  Pastor.  Rev.  Hugh  Davie-s,  of  Middlegrau- 
v^lla.  N.  Y.,  iostructPd  the  congregation  In  tbeir 
duties  in  rslation  to  the  church  and  their  Pastor. 
The  new  Pastor  is  a  graduate  of  Allegheny  Sem- 
inary, Pittsburg,  He  waa  called  fruai  the  semiD- 
arv  to  tace  charge  iA  an  Eitgllsh  Presbyterian 
charoh  in  Birmingham,  Penn.,  wheie  he  remained 
for  five  years,  laboring  most  sacccssfall.y.  Recently 
be  received  a  unanimous  call  from  the  Thirteenth 
Street  Welsh  Presbyterian  Cburcb,  and  finally-  ao- 
aeoted  ib        - 


GITY  AND  SUBURBAN  NEWS. 

■      *     NEW^TOKlk  *  "'": 

The  Bowdoin  Alumni  Asaodation  vdl  bold 

its  seventh  annnal  dinner  at  the  Hotel  Braoawick 
to-morrow  evening,  at.  0:30  o'clook. 
The  Order  of  United  American  Meohanioa 

will  oommemarate  WasbiDgton's  birthdar,  w  ith 
special  exercises  at  Cooper  Institute,  on  Feb,  33,  at 
1P.M. 

Mr.  John   Elderkm  wUl  address  the  Goethe 
Clob  at  tbe  Fifth   Avenne  Hotel,  next  Wednesday 


evening,  upon  tbe  subject : 

ot  Art." 


'  Goethe  as  a  Teaoher 


Bunard  Perowioe,  aged  18,  of  No.  37  Crosby 
street,  accidentally  shot  himself  in  the  right  leg 
yesterday  morning,  while  carelessly  handling  a 
revolver. 

The  opening  reception  ef  tbe  female  depart- 
ment of  Grammar  School  No.  36,  Ninth  street,  near 
Avenne  C,  will  take  place  to-morrow  morning,  at 
10  o'oloek. 

Theodore  Solari,  of  No.  44  University  place, 
and  Abraham  Kransander,  of  Na.  33  University 
place,  were  arrested  last  evening  for  violating  the 
Sunday  liquor  law. 

A  grand  jubilee  eonoert  by  tbe  National  Sa- 
ble Quintet  Clnb,  inaidofthp  proposed  hospital 
for  tbe  core  of  chronic  diseases,  will  be  given  tbls 
evening  at  Steinway  Ball. 

The  '•  Life  and  Servioe^  of  Abraham  Lin- 
coln," is  tbe  subject  of  a  lecture  to  be  delivered  by 
Hon.  Scbtiyler  Colfax,  at  Plymouth  Church,  Brook- 
lyn, next  'Thursday  evening, 

Th*  sixth  annual  meeting  of  the  Amerioan 
Fish  Cnltunsts'  Association,  will  be  held  at  the 
.Aquarium,  Thlrty-flfFb  street  and  Broadway,  on 
Wednesday  and  Thursday  next. 

James  O'Mahone.y,  aged  65,  of  No.  55  Mul- 
berry street,  who  was  arrested  on  a  charge  of  in- 
toxication earl.v  yesterday  mominE,  died  soon  after 
in  a  cell  of  the  Filth  Precinct  Station-house. 

The  Atlantic  District  Board  of  tbe  Board  of 
Appeals  will  meet  for  organization  at  the  New-Tork 
Hotel  next  Wednesday.  At  the  same  time  and 
place  tbe  Board  of  Stewards  will  hold  a  meeting. 

A  concert  will  be  given  by  Miss  Arabella, 
Root  at  Chiokering  Hall  next  Friday  evening  for 
tbe  benefit  of  the  poor  of  this  City,  The  previous 
entertainments  given  for  tbe  same  object  by  this 
lady  netted  |100  each. 

Mr.  A.  P.  Burbank,  the  elocutionist,  will 
make  his  last  appearance  in  this  City,  for  the  pres- 
ent season,  at  Chickering  Hall,  on  Monday,  the  19th 
inst.  In  addition  to  tbe  readines  selected,  a  pro- , 
gramme  of  mualu  will  be  rendered  by  W.  R.  John- 
ston, organist. 

Key.  Dr.  R.  R.  Booth  will  deliver  a  lecture  upon 
the  "  Adaptation  of  the  Bibla  to  the  universal 
naeds  of  tbe  soul,  and  witness  of  Christian  men  to 
its  divine  power  and  grace,"  at  St.  Paul's  M.  £. 
Cburcb,  Fourth  avenue  and  Twenty-second  street, 
this  evening  at  7:30  o'clock. 

Bayard  Taylor  will  deliver  a  course  of  twelve 
laoturea  on  German  literature  at  Association  Hall, 
oommencine  next  Friday,  and  continnine  on  each 
subsequent  Tuesday  and  Friday  during  Lent,  at  11 
A.  M.  Toe  first  leotuie  Is  entitled  "  Tbe  Bpgin- 
uices  of  German  Literature." 

Thomas  Colwell  and  Michael  Welsh,  watch- 
men, quarreled  early  yesterday  moruing  in  Fifty- 
fifth  street,  between  Eiebth  and  Ninth  avenues, 
Colwell  striking   bis  antaeonlst  on    the  head  with  a 

club,  iuflicting  severe  scalp  wounds.  Welsh  was 
attended  by  Dr.  Waterman,  and  Colwell  was 
arrested. 

The  next  meeting  ef  the  Yale  alumni  will 
bo  held  at  Belmonioo's,  Twenty-sixth  street  and 
Fifth  Avenue,  on  Friday  evenine  next.  A  Glee 
Club  will  be  in  attendance,  and  Hons.  B.  E.  Pbelps, 
Steward  L.  Woodford,  (.'banneey  M.  Depew,  and 
William  C.  Whitney  will  take  part  in  the  literary 
exercises 

A  meeting  of  tbe  Academy  of  Sciences  will  be 
beM  at  tbe  School  of  MInea,  Fourth  avenue  and 
Forty-ninth  atreet,  fbia  evening,  at  which  papers 
will  De  read  by  Dr.  C.  F.  Cbanoler,  on  "  The  Com- 
position of  Petroleum  and  tbe  Proper  Standard  of 
Safety,"  and  bv  Prof.  C.  A.  Seeley,  on  "  Devicea 
for  Securing  Preaauie  in  Filtration." 

The  new  extradition  treaty  between  this 
country  and  Spain  bavins  bean  «ompleted, 
anootfaer  effort  will  shortly  be  made  by  tbe  United 
Stales  Government  to  secure  the  arrest  of 
AVilliam  J.  Sharkey,  who  escaped  trom  the  Tomba 
in  January,  18'3,  while  under  sentence  of  death  for 
the  marder  of  William  Dune.  Sharkey  has  re- 
cently been  living  io  Madrid,  where  he  was  earning 
a  livelihood  b.y  acting  aa  interpreter  fur  viaiting 
Americans. 

Philip  McGuire,  aged  26,  a  clerk,  who  re- 
sided at  No.  128  St.  Mark's  place,  on  Saturday 
evening  applied  tor  admission  to  Bal.evue  Hospital, 
to  be  treated  for  opium-poisoning,  and  died  at  3:30 
A.  M.  yesterday.  Coroner  Woltman  investigated 
the  case  yesterday,  and  discovered  that  death  re- 
sulted fram  dise^ise  of  the  kidneys  No  signs  what- 
ever of  opium-poisoDing  were  found  in  tbe  system, 
aod  it  was  subsequently  ascerlaiued  that  McGuiie 
had     merely     taken    two    grains    of    tbe    drug  last 

Thursday  in  accordance  wiib  the  advice  of  a  phy- 
sician. 

A  correspondent  who  'was  a  passeneer  on  the 
Minnahanonck  on  Friday    nisbt,  and    witnessed  tba 

sinking  of  the  lighter  while  panting  through  Hell 
Gate,  writes  that  as  soon  as  Capt.  Byrd  saw  tbe  dis- 
aster he    said  to    bis  men.    "  I  wane    yoa  to  have  all 

your  ropes  ready,  all  your  poles,  and  everything 
you  can  lay  your  hands  on  to  save  the  livss  of  those 
men."  A  boat  was  also  sent  to  tbetr  relief,  but 
when  It  was  seen  that  other  boats  were  also  eoing 
to  the  scene  «f  the  accident,  aod  tbere  waa  no 
need  of  help  trom  the  Minnahanonck,  the  latter 
passed  on. 

Joseph  Batcher,  a  colored  man.  who  has 
hitherto  borne  a  good  reputation,  was  yesterday  ar- 
raigned before  Justice  Oiterbourg,  at  the  Washine- 

ton  Place  Police  Court,  on  a  charge  of  theft. 
The  complainant  was  Mrs.  Pboebe  Roberi- 
aoo,  who  keeps  a  large  boarding-house  at 
Nos.  51  and  53  West  Twenty-fifth  street. 
Tbe  lady  alleged  that  Haicber  bad  stolen  a  dress 
coat  valued  at  (30  trom  one  of  her  boarders,  and  she 
also  suspected  bim  of  Bavlng  stolen  a  valuable  dia- 
mond cross.  Tbo  accuaed  pleaded  gnlUy  to  the 
charge  of  atealmg  the  coat,  and  was  held  by  the 
J  natice  for  trial.  In  a  search  made  of  Hatcher's 
room,  iu  a  house  in  which  he  boarded  in  Thirty- 
second  street,  there  were  found  iu  his  trnnk  several 
Bibles,  a  dark  lantern,  a  set  of  women's  lalse  teetti, 
and  a  number    of  pawn  tickets. 

BROOKLYN. 

Emanuel  Herbert,  aged  19,  broke  into  the 
stable  of  his  employer,  Louis  Bradt,  No.  88  Fleet 
street,  on  Saturday  night,  and  stole  a  horse  and 
wagon  with  which  he  escaped. 

Mrs.     Susan     Conklin,    residing     at  North 

Eleventh  and  First  streets,  died  at  3  o'clook  yester- 
day morning  from  the  effects  of  burna  received  by 
ber  Clothes  taking  flra  from  a  store  on  Saturday 
nieht. 

Owen  Huzzy,  aged  35.  of  No.  191  Front 
street,  was  arrested  early  yesterday  morning  on  a 
charge  of  fetonious  assault  in  firing  a  pistol  at  bis 
wife,  Bridget,  several  times,  and  threatening  to 
take  ber  lite. 

Hon.  Charles  Francis  Adams,  Jr.,  will  read  a 

paper  entitled  "The  Maypole  of  Merrymoant,"  be- 
fore the  Long  Island  Historical  Society,  at  the  Sec- 
ond Presbyteiian  Church,  corner  of  Clinton  and 
Fulton  streets,  to-morruw  at  8  P.  M. 

George  Maohemer  was  arrested  in  East  New- 
York  on  Saturday  night  and  held  to  answer  a 
charge  of  bigamy  preferred  by  his  wife,  Emilie, 
who  resides  ia  New- York,  and  alleces  that  he  mar- 
ried a  Miss  Nellie  Gaynor  on  Jan.  15. 

LONG  ISLAND. 
A  large  sailing  vessel,  said  to  have  been  the 
lareest  in  the  world,  waa  being  built  at  the  ship- 
yard of  'Mr.  James  M.  Baylia,  Port  Jefferson,  for 
Capt.  James  Davis,  of  Brooklyn.  Capt.  Davis  had 
advanced  the  sum  of  160,000  toward  the  project, 
when  flnanoial  embarrassment  compelled  him  to 
abandon  it,  and  the  craft  waa  sold  at  auction  iMt 
Thursday  to  Mr.  Baylls  for  98,500.    ° 

NEW-JlLHSkY. 

An  investigation  hits  been  ordered  by  the 
authorities  of  Kearney  Township  into  tba  aooounts 
of  the  'Ebwnship  Treasurer. 

Jacob  Clark,  a  resident  ot  Bloomfield,  went 
away  from  home  on  Friday  and  has  not  been   seen 

since.  He  is  thonght  to  have  been  laboring  under 
mental  aberration,  and  fears  for  his  safety  are  en- 
tertained. 

It  is  said  that  suit  is  about  to  be  commenced 
against  W.  N.  Trnesdel,  of  Newark,  to  raoover 
160,000  in  bonnses  for  advances  made  to  Samuel 
Barber,  the  contractor,  who  laid  the  South  Broad 
street  pavemeat.  Barber  waa  paid  in  four-months 
temporary  bonds  and  Trnesdel  disoountcd  tnea. 

BARlHOLDVa  STATUE  OF  LIBXBTT. 
T'he  committeo  having  in  eharga  the  recep- 
tion and  location  of  Bartholdl's  statue  of  Liberty, 
bas  tieen  divided  into  sub-committees.  The  firat 
committee  will  prepare  a  national  appeal,  setting 
forth  tbe  desirability  of  framing  an  expression  of 
tbe  ftieudsblp  and  amity  exlating  batwten  France 
and  the  Uititad  States,  an  4  la  as  foUowsi  Hon. 
William  M.  Evarts.  Hr.'i.  Sdwia  I>.  Korgan.  and 
Parke  Godwin.  Tbe  SMoocd  oommittto  Is  on  .ways 
and  meaus,«8  f(>'-<«  #a :  Samuel  D.  Bao«Kk,  Wllliiun  H. 
Appleton.  Hani  J'  7.  Spanidinar,  Tr.sodore  Booaqvttlt, 
John  T.  Denny,  John  Taylor  Johnstrn,  Ansoft 
Phelps  Stokes,  William  A.  wickham,  an^  J,  Seavcr 
Pase.    Tbai  Ptiatinat  Cotamltiaa  aomDrlses  Samuel 


f.  ATtbc^llUaw  Si  APPieton.  ami  Olark  1^. 
he  oommittM  for  •elaetlng  a  site  oomprtaM  Hoti. 
wUIlam  M.  Svarta,  Son.  Bdwln  J>.  Morgan^  Hon. 
John  Jay,  Parke  Godwin,  and  Clavk  Bull.  Heasrs. 
Thaodbi^  Weatoo,  Wortbington  Whittredge,  and 
Samuel  P.  Avery  wilt  bave  ebaiyre  of  tbe  artiatia 
and  iiraotioarezeoatioo  ot  the  Work. 

SUN  DAT  AT  THE  TOMBS  POLIOS  OOUBT. 

Judge  Duffy  presided  at  the  Tombs  Polioe 

Court  yesterday  mominK  and  disposed  of  a   rnunber 

of  oases  of  intoxicatloB  and  disorderly  oonduet. 
Ameng  the  prisoners  arraigned  were  seTeral  men 

and  wamen  from.  Brooklyn  and  Strnt/y  City  who 
came  to  New-York  to  make  piiroliasea  at  the  end  of 
the  week,  and  having  indulged  too  freely  in  aloo- 

hollo  stimulants  were  obliKod  to  paas  the  night  in 
tbe  Station-houses  Instead  of  returning  to  tbeir 
families.    In  all  cases  where  the  offense  charged 

was  trivial,  and  espeoially  where  tbe  prisoner 
seemed  to  be  ai»  Indastriooa,   hard-working  man, 

«pon  whom  a  family  depended  for  innport,  Judge 

Duffy  dismiaaed  tbe  aooaaed  with  a  word 
of  advice  not  to  oome  before  bim  again.  Patrick 
Walsh  was  held  in  fSOO  bail  to  answer  for  stealing  a 
pair  of  aboea  from  the  stcre  No.  503  Broadway.  A 
respectable-looking  married  woman,  who  was  found 
in  the  streets  under  the  influence  of  liquor,  in  com- 
pany with  two  colored  men,  begged  pardon  of  the 
Judge,  and  Implored  him  not  to  disgrace  her  be- 
fore her  husband  and  obildren,  and  was  disoharged. 
"How  long  since  you  were  here  last  f  I  re- 
member your  face  t"  inquired  'the  Justice  of  a  mid- 
dle-aged female  named  Mary  MoDermott,  whose 
oonntenanoe  ii.dioafed  that  she  waa  no  stranger  to 
street  brawls  and  midnight  wanderings.  *'  Four 
months,  your  Honor,"  was  the  reply.  "What 
penalty  did  I  impose  npon  you  t"  said  tbe  Judge. 
"  Five  days,"  she  answered.  "  Then  I  will  have  to 
make  it  ten  days  this  time,"  added  tbe  Court. 
"  Yon  are  here  again,"  said  tbe  Justice  to  a  young 
girl  named  Mary  Qnian.  "Yes,  sir,"  the  girl 
sobbed  out.  "  'ton.  were  stageering  along  Mul- 
berry street  at  3  o'clock  in  the  morning  ?"  inquired 
tbe  Court  "'  Yes,  sir,"  the  girl  answered. 
"  What  do  you  work  at  f"  asked  the 
Judse.  "On  a  machine  in  Hester  street," 
she  replied.  "  I  will  haVe  to  give  you  a  month  this 
time,"  said  Judse  Duffy.  Upon  hearing  this  the 
poor  girl  burst  in'O  tears,  and  was  going  away  In 
charge  of  tbe  officer,  making  tbe  court-room  re- 
sound with  ber  lamentations,  when  Judge  Duffy 
was  touched  with  pity  and  called  her  back  and  told 
her  bo  would  make  it  10  days.  An  old  woman, 
whose  face  bore  marks  of  dissipation,  was  brought 
up  to  the  bar  cbarzed  with  being  intoxicated.  "How 
many  times  have  you  l>een  asrested  t"  asked  the 
Judge.  "  Many  a  time,  your  Honor,  but 
only  once  last  year,"  was  the  reply.  "  I  will  have 
to  give  yon  10  days,"  said  tbe  Court.  "If  von  don't 
forgive  me  this  morning,"  pleaded  tbe  unfortunate 
woman,  " I  will  lose  m.v  work."  "I  am  afraid,"  an- 
swered Judge  Dufi'v,  "you  work  more  at  whisky 
than  anything  else."  "IJpon  my  word  I  don't,  your 
Honor,'  she  replied  in  a  supplicating  tone.  "  Wil  1 
yon  promise  you  won't  drink  for  a  whole  vear  f" 
contioued  the  Judge.  "I  will  promise  until  May 
morning,"  she  responded'  after  some  hesi- 
tation, which  clearly  evinced  that  she  was 
doing  great  vialence  to  her  feelings  and  natural 
propensities.  "  Why  don't  you  say  a  whole  year  1" 
continued  the  court.  "Well,  I  will  say  a  whole 
year,"  quickly  responded  the  prisoner,  evidently 
dreadme  that  if  she  hesitated  tor  another  moment 
to  accept  the  Judge's  saggestion  she  might  be  sent 
to  the  Island,  This  had  toe  desired  effect  upoD 
Jadse  .Daffv,  who  told  ber  to  go  home  and  Keep 
sober  in  future. 

TEE  RACING  SEASON  OF  1877. 

Tbe  turf  season  of  1877  is  heralded  by  the 

opening  of  tbe  stakes  for  the  Spring  campaign  in 

the  eastern  circuit,  which  are  to  close  on  March  1. 

Seven  of  these  important   events   are  to  be  run  at 

Jerome  Park,  and  the  Urst  is  tbo  Fordham  handi- 
cap of  one  mile  and  a  quarter;  150  each,  and  910  if 
declared.  Then  comes  the  Westohester  cap;  S50 
each,  play  or  pay,  and  91,500,  two  miles  and  a  quar- 
t«r.  Since  the  weights  were  raised  tbe  Jockey 
Club  has  done  away  with  tbe  penalty  claiue.  The 
Juvenile  Stakes  for  two-year-olds  of  flOO  each,  halt 
forfeit,  with  $500  added,  half  a  mile,  has  furnished 
sharp  work  since  the  Jockey  Clab  determined  to 
race  the  yonngsters  In  tbe  Spring,  and  as  it  is  nearly 

a  straight  course  tbe  time  haa  been  very  fast.  The 
Jookev  Club  handicap  of  two  miles  is  also  an  im- 
portant event.  Its  conditions  are  $100  each,  half 
forfeit,  and  (20  declaration.  The  grand  national 
handicap  steeplechase  floisbes  the  Spring  events. 
It  IS  over  the  regular  steeplechase  course,  and  tbe 
conditious  are  fiuo  each,  half  forfeit,  and  920  if  de- 
clared by  May  iO.  The  great  increase  in  the  num- 
ber of  horses  available  for  turf  parposes  should  in- 
sure more  tban  the  usual  number  of  entries. 

On  Wednesday  next  tbe  Board  of  Stewards  of  the 
old  Septilateral  trotting  circuit,  will  meet  al  tbe 
New-Yoric  Hotel,  to  devise  a  plan  for  Kivine  run- 
ning meetini^s  on  the  courses  within  the  circuit. 
The  yearly  increase  in  tbe  number  of  thoroughbreds 
baa  been  deeaied  a  sufficient  inducement  for  tbe 
combined  associations  to  consider  the  auestion. 

A  meeting  of  tbe  board  of  Appeals  tor  the  Atlan- 
tic District  will  be  held  st  the  New-York  Hotel  to- 
morrow. The  district  comprises  the  States  of  New- 
York,  Pennsylvania,  Delavrmre,  Virginia,  New-Jer- 
sey, Maryland,  and  the  District  ^f  Colombia,  and 
all  cases  of  fraud  in  those  States  will  be  considered. 


soachw  to  nntte.  The  aant /AU  asleep  while  koM* 
ingihe  newlT-hom  infaat  ta  ber  arms,  and  on 
awaking  Utaoovered  that  It  ma  In  adyinK0i»ai> 
tloo,  Oa.tbe  neck  ot  the  child  was  a  large  aeratob, 
wbloh  b9N  tbe  appearaaoe  of  bavtaut  been  inflictea 
by  a  i^t  Spiti  dog  belonging  to  the  family.  The 
aiurt  haniedlr  summoned  a  midwife  td  attend  Mia. 
Hartman,  imt  when  abe  arrived  af  tbe  bouae  tbe 
babe  was  dead.  Deputy  Coroner  Onsbman  made 
anantoDsyof  tbe  body,  and  aseertained  that  death 

was  due  to  skook.  the  result  of  the  dos's  serateb.     ~ 


wi-i><ae«sMie6MassiaB»BKWi*« 


BXPBB81DBNI  LERDO,    OF  MBZTOO.l 
Ur.  Sebaatain   Lerdo  de  Tejada,  ex-President 
of  tbe  Mexican  SepabUe,   acoompanied  by  aeveral 

membfTA  of  Ms  staff;  arrlred  in  this  City  on  8«tar< 
day  '^  the  steam-ship  Colon,  from  Asptnwall. 
Having  -learned  that  the  ex-Preaident    had  taken 

rooms  at  the  Windsor  Hotel,  a  Tnos  reporter 
ealled  on  him  yeaterday.  Mr.  Lerdo  appears  to  be 
about  50  years  of  age,  is  slightly  built.  tLuC  is  of 
short    stature.     He    wears    no   beard     and   is 

quite  bald,  having  only  a  IMnge  of  dark 
bair  aroand  the  lower  part  of  bis  bead. 
His  eyes  are  of  a  dark  gray,  and  his  face,  which  is 
very  expressive  and  full  of  intelligence,  gives  an 
impression  of  kindliness  and  good  feelinc.  His 
manner  ia  dignified  and  graeentl,  and  bis  appear- 
aneeiatbatof  a  reflnsd  and  eaucated  gentleman. 
Of  tbe  oocnrrencea  in  Mexiso,  which  had  led  to  his 
coming  to  thia  conntrv,  he  aaid  tbere  waa  no  need 
to  speak,  aa  tbe  public  had  been  already  in- 
fonded  of  what  bad  taken  place  through 
the  newspapers.  It  was  the  end,  for  the  pres- 
ent, of  a  sirnggle  of  20  years,,  to  maintain 
tbe  oonstitutiona]  government  of  Mexico. 
In  reply  to  a  question  in  regard-to  his  future  move- 
ments, he  smilingly  remarked  that  he  cotUd  not  say 
what  be  intended  to  do.  Finding  that  he  had  been 
compelled  to  leave  his  own  country,  he  bad  simply 
oome  to  New- York  to  look  around  nim,  as  it  were, 
in  order  that  be  migbbmake  np  his  mind  as  to  what 
eourae  be  should  pursue,  la  the  present  condition 
of  Mexico,  it  was  impossible  to  sav  what  turn 
affoirs  might  take,  and  he  be  would  necessarily  be 
eoverned  by  the  course  of  events.  It  was  also  im- 
possible for  him  to  aay  how  long  be  would  remain 
here.  He  expressed  himself  as  being  much  pleased 
with  tbe  appearance  of  New- York,  and  said  that  he 
hoped  to  be  able  to  visit  at  least  some  of  the  many 
places  ot  interest  in  the  City  before  bis  aepartnre. 


A  MAN  AND  HIS  DOQ  DROWNED. 
Late  on  Saturday  evening  William  Kerr, 
captain  of  the  ice-boat  William  Kerr,  lying  at  the 
foot  of  Gansevoort  street,  left  his  vessel  with  the 
intention  of  purchasing  some  provisions  for  Sun- 
day's meals,  and  failed  to  return.  Yesterday  morn- 
ing packages  of  eggs  and  meats  were  found  on  the 
dock  near  the  ice-boat,  and  the  body  of  a 
dog  wbicb  had  accompanied  Capt  Kerr  on 
his  marketing  excursion  was  discovered  floatiog 
in  the  water  near  by.  It  is  believed  that  the  uofor- 
tunate  man,  while  in  the  act  of  attempting  to  board 
his  vessel,  stumbled  and  fell  into  the  river,  and  that 
tbe  doe  Jumped  to  the  rescue  of  his  drowning  mas- 
ter, and  thus  shared  the  sad  fate  of  the  latter.  Kerr 
usually  resided  on  the  ice-boat  with  his  wife.  Tbe 
Police  of  tbe  Ninth  Precinct,  who  were  notified  of 
his  supposed  drowning,  made  a  aearch  for  the  body, 
but  did  not  succeed  in  recovering  it. 


HOW  AND  WHY  GEORGIA  SUFFERS.  Tf? 

Tbe    Louisville   (Ky.)     Commercial  has  this 

pertinent  paragraph :    "  It  is  stated  by,  a  Georgia 

ibomal  that  larms  in  Thomas  County,  ii>  that  State, 
wbicb  produce  50  bushels  of  ooru  to  the  acre,  can 
be  bought  for  910  an  acre.  Many  farmers  tbere 
would  be  glad  to  sell  off  portions  of  their  large 
plantations,  but  cannot  find  purchasers.  Of  course 
It  would  be  a  fine  investment  to  buy  land  for  fl,000 
which  would  \ield  $5,000  bushels  of  corn  and  other 
oroDS  in  proportion,  of  the  annual  value  of  $1,500, 
putting  corn  at  30  cents  a  bushel.  But  the  farmers 
of  Thomas  County  will  wait  long  b*fore  they  wiU 


find pndHtaanlbribslrnnttBa  land,  ^fibebavaa 
will  sot  CO  tbtn.  erea  tr  tnar  sboqld  oArtttel 
landattlas  aera.  Xlia  tadnetTiaaB,  ttaxS*- «•■ 
who  want  fmnam  are  ladepeadeat,  frea.tliLsVtS 
Amerloaiu.  who  feel  that  tbey  are  tiie  equls  ofS 
largest  planter  in  TbomasOouaty  in  aOf  tiiat  ega. 

cenia  the  nsfati  of  eitisepg,  Tba  tmin)gr»ati  irdl 
not  se  to  a  eonntry  wltere  soUd  Soath  Denoflcaar 
ylaoeaunderoatxaeUn  every  voter  who  doee  net 
vote  tbe  Demooratio  ttoket.'^       > 

CHATCAtr   TuiiOABoaea.   'Dnre.   delleate  elacata.  b 
qts.,  nts..  aitd  caass.    Vioroa  B.  Mavoxk,  ho  BeaSs  «i 

PA8SENGESS  ARRIVED. 
In  »Uam-»Mt>  OOtr.  fram,  Brewien. — Mrs  Aiuniata  Woimi^ 

AlldreOtJUid  servant,  A.  B.  Boedeker,  Jowpb  Mehea 
6.  H.  A  Thomas,  H.  J.  H.  MahBken,  Oostav  Sehnlta 
UbM  CacUle  Bchults,  Mrs.  W.  Stebert.  Max  KuokenthaL 
Julius  Bndde,  Herm  Bache,  Mrs.  Emma  Knuw  Mn^ 
HeUie  Biown,  Mrs.  Fanny  iteeff,  W.  Iptei^^*^'  ^ 

MINIATVRB  ALUANAO—lurs  DAT. 
gnnrlses 6:58  I  Sunsets 6:33  I  Uoon  rise*.  6:48 

HIOH  WATBa— THIS    DAt  •  «*»o 

Bandy  Book... 7:33 1  Gov.liiaDd..8:22 1  Sell  Ofttft.».9:4/ 
MABLSriB    IHrTELLIQEirOB. 


MEW-TORK SUNDAV,  FSa  IL 


ARRIVED. 


Steam-abtp  Glenfslloch,  (Br..)  Bogg,  Shanghae  Dee. 
13,  Amoy  Idtb,  SlnKai>ore  27th,  Port  SaJd  Jan.  17,  and 
Gibraltar  zetb,  with  teas  to  order— vessel  to  Bender- 
son  Bros. 

Steam-ship  Colombe,  (6r.,>  Tate,  Catasla  JaiL  7, 
Messina  9th.  Palermo  13th,  Valencia  18th,  Malaara 
23d,  and  Gibraltar  25tb,  with  fruit,  fcc,  to  Pkel^ 
Bros.  k.  Co. 

Steam-ship  Wyanoke,  Conch.  Richmond  and  Norfolk, 
with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Old  Dominion  Steam-shli 
Co. 

Steam-ship  Caatalia,  (Br.,)  Batter,  Genoa  Dec  27. 
Leghorn  30th,  Naples  Jan.  3,  Messina  7th,  Milaxzi 
8th,  Palermo  18tD,  Valencia  22d.  Almerla  24th 
Malaga  26th,  and  Gibraltar  27th,  with  mdse.  and  pae 
aengers  to  Henderson  Bros. 

Steam-ship  General  Whitney,  hallett,  Boston. 

Bark  Tamaris.  (Fr.,)  Petetot,  Havana  Oct.  10,  via 
Bermuda  Jan.  30,  with  sugar  to  James  Henry.  Put 
into  Bermuda  Nov.  20,  with  loss  of  sails  and  leaky,  as 
before  reported. 

Schr.  Maggie  Mnlvey,  (of  Boston,)  Foimtaii),  Ua- 
tanzis  14  days,  with  sugar  to  Jales  Sazerac  k.  Co.— 
vessel  to  .1.  W,  Elweli  t  Co. 

Schr.  George  Glendon,  Jewett,  (of  Boston,)  HarriDg- 
ton,  8t.  John,  N.  B.,  14  days,  with  lath  to  order— ves- 
sel to  Hcammell  Bros. 

Schr.  Lettla  Wells,  WeUs,  Calais,  with  lath  to  ordes 

Bohr.  J,  Clarke,  Carr,  Wickford,  for  Port  Johnson. 

Schr.  Fanny  Pern,  Katon,  Wickford,  for  Port  John 
son.  * 

Schr.  Jesse  B.  Allen,  Bandall,  Providenee,  for  Por< 
Johnson. 

Schc  Henry  Cole,  Cbadwick,  Providenee,  for  Fori 
Johnson. 

Kcbr.  Elm  City,  Kidd.  Providence,  for  Port  Johnson. 

Schr.  Jennie  C.  Russ,  Norton,  Providenoe,  for  Port 
Johnson. 

Schr.  Charles  Dennis,  Weeks,  Providence,  for  Port 
Johnson. 

Schr.  D.  W.  Vaughan,  Dnscoll,  Providenoe,  for  Voti 
Johnson.. 

Schr.  Sarah  Laveme,  Smith,  Providence,  for  Fe^ 
Johnson.  < 

Schr.  John  Batch,  Hannah.  Kew-Bedford. 

Schr.  Urbana,  Allen,  Kail  Hlver. 

tScbr.  Connectlcat,  Allen,  New-London. 

Bcbr.  Niantic.  Uorris,  New-London. 

Wmd— Sunset,  light,  S.  E.;   clear. 


BT  CABLE. 

11.— Sld.  Feb. 


LoSDOir.  Feb.  11.— Rid.  Feb.  11,  HeotaaOoKas,  Sa. 
san  L.  Campbell,  both  for  T.rbee;  Bessie,  Abraham, 
H.  L.  Kouth,  all  three  for  New-Tork ;  City  of  Brooklyn, 

Arr.  Feb.  10.  Mesutan;  Feb.  11,  Lawreno* 
Brown,  Colambas,  Capt.  Rogers ;  Countess  of  Dudley, 
Sophie. 

QtTBSxsTowJT,  Feb.  11.— The  White  Star  steam-ship 
Celtic,  Capt.  Gleadell,  from  New-lfork  Feb.  3,  for  Liv- 
erpool, was  signalled  oif  Crookhaven  at  S  o"  clock  tbia 
evenine. 

(jtTXBzrsTOWir,  Feb.  11 The  American  Line  steam- 
ship Pennsylvania,  Cppt,  Harris,  froxi  Fhiladeipbia 
Feb.  2.  to^  Liverpool,  srr.  here  to-dav. 

Pi.TitouTa.  Feb.  11.  —  Ih?  Koi-th"  German  Lloydtf 
Bteam-sblp  Wieland,  Capt.  Uelrich,  from  New-York  rtb, 
1.  for  Hamburg,  has  arr. 


FUN  AT  A  MqLE  RACE. 
A  mule  race  afforded  considerable  fun  to  the 

sporting  population  of  Jamaica,  Lone  Island,  last 
Saturday  afternoon.  The  contest  was  for  a  purse 
of  |i00 :  distanc<«  800  yards,  best  three  in  five  heat*. 
Three  entries  were  made,  as  follows :  John  Morton's 
Jennie,    W.    Moaot's    Oyster   Bay,  and  Sam  Fleet's 

Jamaioi.   Tbe  start  was  effected  very  nicely,  bnt 

Oyster  Bay  conceived  tbe  mulish  idea  of  stopping 
short  before  he  traverseu  twice  bis  length.  Another 

Start  was  made,  when  Jamaica  proved  intractable, 
and  the  bell  was  rung  for  a  third  start.  Orster  Bay 
was  evidently  disgusted,  and  eettiue  his  hind  legs 
vlsorously  in  motion  he  succeeded  in  landing  his 
rider  on  his  back  in  a  very  tew  moments.  After 
starting  nine  times  the  animals  concluded  to  make 
a  race  of  it,  and  Oyster  Bay  came  in  ah^ad,  followed 
by  Jamaica.  In  the  second  heat  all  went  well  until 
Oyster  Bay,  who  held  the  lead,  had  accomplished 
une-third  the  distance,  when  he  stopped  short. 
Jamaica  s&)pped  also,  upon  reaching  Oyster  Bay. 
Jennie  took  advantage  of  tbe  opportunity  thiu 
afforded,  and  keeping  on  won  the  bear.  In  the  third 
heat  all  three  reached  tbe  goal  simaltaneously.  Tbe 
fourth  was  a  dead  beat  between  Jennie  and  O.vster 
Bay.  Oyster  Bay  bolted  iu  tbe  fifth  heat,  after  cov- 
ering 300  yards,  and  depositing  his  rider  ou  the 
road  made  lor  tbe  woods  near  at  hand.  Jennie  won 
tbe  sixtb  heat  and  the  race. 


BALLS  AND  RECEPTIOXS.  ■ 
Although   the  approach  of  Lent  praotieally 
terminates  the  ball  season,   tbere  are  a  few  promi- 
nent events  yet  to  be  given,  among  which  the  fol- 
lowing are  worthy  ef  notice  : 

A  Martha  Washington  reception  and  garden 
party  will  be  given  under  the  anspices  of  St.  John's 
Guild,  in  aid  of  the  poor  of  tbls  City,  at  the 
Academy  of  Music  and  Nilsson  Hall,  on  Thursday, 
Feb.  22,  Bewitching  toilets,  exquisite  floral  deco- 
rations, and  enchanting  music  will  form  the  princi- 
pal attractions  of  the  entertainment. 

Tbe  Eastern  Boulevard  Club  will  hold  a 
grand  Mardi-gras  carnival  at  Harlem  KiverPark, 
Second  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-ninth 
street,  this  evening. 

The  Twelfth  Regiment  will  give  a  ball  at  its 

armory,  Forty-fifth  atreet  and  Broadway,  to-mor- 
row evening. 

The  Blooming  Orove  Park  Assooiation  will 
hold  its  annual  reception  and  dinner  at  the  Hoff 
man  House  to-morrow  evening. 

A  Spanish  sociable  will  be  given  at  Germaifia 

Assembl.v  Booms,  Do.  291  Bower.y,  this  evening. 

A  ball  will  be  given  by  the  Ninth  Begiment 
in  aid  of  the  uniform  fund  of  its  band,  at  tbe  ar- 
mory in  "West  Twenty-sixth  street,  on  Tuesday, 
Feb.  80. 

Tbe  Eleventh  Begiment  will  hold  a  reseption 
at  its  armory,  corner  of  Grand  and  Ceatre  streets, 
on  Thursday  evening,  Feb.  22. 

The  forty-fourth  annnal  reception  of  tbe 
"Washington  Grey  Cavalry  will  take  place  at  its 
armory.  Forty-fifth  street  and  Broadway,  on  Thurs- 
day evening,  Feb.  22. 


THIRTY-SECOND    ANNUAL    MEBORX 

OF    THE 

N  E  W-Y  O  R  K 

T.TTPTn 

IjrSfJRAjyCE    COMPANY^ 

OFFICE, 

NOS.    346    AND    348    BROAD^VAY. 
»  J-A.KTXTJ^R'y    1,    1877. 

AMOUNT  OF  NBT  CASH   ASSETS,  JTAN.  1,    1S76 830ae«,902  •» 

REVENUE    ACCOUNT. 

^emlnma $5,810,840  87  ^ 

Interest  received  and  accrued „ $2,164,080  81  - 

Less  amount  accrued  Jan.  1.  1876 257,130  86—1,906,949  95—    7,817.790  8's 

Total 877y.V«S4,693  51 

DISBURSEMENT    ACCOUXT. 

Losses  by  death «. $1,647,648  4t 

Dividends  and  returned  premiums  on  canceled  policies... 2,516,681  16 

Life annnities,  maturi^-d  endowments,  and  re-lnsurances .......  234,230  23 

Commissions,  brokeragSB,  agency  expenses,  and  physlcdan's  fees 373,00167 

Taxes,  oiBce  and  law  expenses,  salaries,  advertising,  printing,  Uc 376,694  33 

Kednction  of  premiiims  on  Dnited  .states  stoc^ks , 140,232  3S 

On  Other  Stocks 65,307  19—  95,268,790  si 

Total 933,730,«;»8  it* 

ASSETS. 

Cash  in  Trust  Company,,  in  banks,  and  on  hand $1,427,933  18 

Invested  in  Cnlted  Stafes,  New- York  City,  and  other  stocks,  (market  yalne 
$10,311,046  67) 9,730,629  91 

Eealestate 2,641,576  4« 

This  includes  real  estate  pnrchased  under  toreclesure,    amounting    So 

$773,402  32,  a  recent  appraisal  of  which  by  competent  parties  shows   that, 

when  sold,  the  company  may  reaaanably  expect  to  realize  at  least  its  cost. 

Bonds  and  mortgages,  first  lieu  on  real  estate,  (buildmgs  thereon  insured 
for  $15,321,000,  and  the  policies  assigned  to  the  company  as  additional  col- 
lateral security) 17,354.837  Sv. 

*  Loans  on  existing  policies,  (the  reserve  held  bv  the  company  on  these  policies 
amounts  to  $3,669,490) 

'Quarterly  and  semi-annual  premiums  on  existing  policies,  due  subsequent  ta 
Jan.  1,1877 

'Premiums  on  existing  policies  in  course  of  transmission  and  eoUeotion,  (esti- 
mated reserve  on  these  policies  $505,000,  mcluded  in  liabilities) 

Aaents'  Dalances 

Accrued  interest  on  investments  to  Jan.  1,  1877 

*A  dttailed-  getiedule  of  tfieMe  itemt  voUl  aeoompany  theutvai  annual  report  filed  v>it\  th*  Insurance 
Department  of  the  State  of  Ntie-Tork. 

Excess  of  market  value  of  securities  overdost 


ARRIVALS  AT  THE  HOTELS. 

Sir  Charles  L.  Young,  of  flas^nd,  is  at  the 
St.  James  Hotel. 

Gen.  William  Pi^eston,  of  Kentucky,  is  at  the 
New-York  Hotel. 

Lieut.  Commander  F.  W.  Dickins,   United 

states  Navy,  is  at  the  Hoffman  House. 

Attorney  General  Charles  S.  Fairohild,  ot  Al- 
bany, is  at  the  Buckingham  Hotel. 

Naval  Constructor  F.  L.  Feruald,  United 
States  Navy,  is  at  the  Union  Sqiure  Hotel. 

Lieut.  Commander  Niooll  Ludlow,  United 
Statea'Navy,  and  Edwin  Booth  are  at  the  £verett 
House. 

George  Jerome.  Collector  of  the  Port  of  De- 

taxiit,  is  at  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel. 

W.  J.  Magrath.  President  of  the  South  Caro- 
lina Railroad  Company,  is  at  tbe  Ollsey  Hanse. 

Lieut..  Gov.  H.  G.  Knight,  of  Massachusetts  ; 
ex-O-ov.  A.  G.  Curcin,  of  Pen.Msylvania,  and  x<ieut. 
J.  £.  F.  King,  of  tbe  British  Navy,  are  at  the 
Fifth  Avenue  Hotel. 

Ex-Pi-esident  Sebastian  Lerdo  de  Tejada, 
(j-eu.  Jdanaoo  Eacobedo,  and  Maiiuel  itomeroKabio, 
ot  Mexico:  Albert  Keep,  President  of  the  Chicago 
and  North-western  Railroad  Company,  and  B  B. 
Harlbnt,  of  Cleveland,  are  at  the  Windsor  Hotel. 


AN  INFANT  KILLED  BT  A  D09. 
A  short  time  after  midnight  yesterday  Mrs. 
Kate  Hartman,  wife  of  AngnatTis  Hartman,  of  No^ 
131  Pitt  street,  was  delivered  of  a  fninale  .ihild, 

which,  at  6   A.  U..  was   IntrnafA^    tn  an  aunt  of  tha 


781.685  38 


432,($95  4« 


125.027  18 
36,164  19 
300,558  68-^932,790,888  29 


680.615  76 


CACiH  ASSETS,  JAN.  1. 1877 833,311.413  99 

Appropriated  as  follows : 

Adjusted  losses,  due  subsequent  to  Jan.  1.1877 $314.440  98 

Reported  losses  awaltlnfc  proof,   to '    201,152  21 

Keserved  tor  reinsurance  on  existing  policies ;  participating  insurance  at  4 
per  cent.  Carlisle,  net  premium;  non-parttcipatmg  at  6  per  cent.  Carlisle,  net 
premium 29,634,461  61 

Reserved  for  contingent  liabilities  to  Tontine  Dividend  Fund,  over  and  above  a 

4per  cent,  reserve  on  existing polidea  of  that  claaa 517,504  84 

Reserved  for  premiums  paid  In  ad'^'Mce 17,038  32— 30. 684, 597  9* 

Divisible  infplus  at  4  ^p•  cent $2,626,816  (k 

SnrpIiiB,  estimated  by  the  Nefr-Verk  State  standard  a.t  4  1-2  percent SS.SOO.OOO  09 

From  the  undivided  surplus  of  $2,626,816  tbe  Board  of  Trustees  has  declared  a  reversionary  dividend 
available  on  settlement  of  next  annnal  premium  to  participating  policies  proportionate  to  taelr  contribution  tft 
surplus.    The  cash  value  of  tbe  reversion  may  be  used  in  auch  setfiement  if  the  policy-holders  so  elect. 

During  the  year  6,514  policies  have  been  issued,  insnrlnK  $20,062,111. 

Number  of  policies  in  force  Jan.  1. 1876,44,661. 

Sumher  of  policies  in  force  Jan.  1,  1877,  45,421. 

Amountatilsk  Jan.  1,  1876 .$126,132,11$  OO 

Amount  at  risk  Jan.  1,  1877- ,»™ 127,748,478  Qf 


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THE  COSTING  OF  THE  VOTE 

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THE  STATE  OF  LOUISIANA  BEACHED. 

7LOBIDA  RECORDBD  BOB  HATES  AND 
WHEELVfR— GEORGIA,  INDIANA,  AND 
EENTUCKT  COUNTED  FOR  TILDKN,  AND 
ILLINOIS  AND  KANSAS  FOR  HATES — 
A  LONG  LIST  OF  OBJECTIONS  TO  THK 
COUNTING  OF  LOUISIANA  FOR  HATES — 
ARGUMENT  ON  LOUISIANA  TO  BEGIN 
AT    11  A.   M.   TO-DAY. 

SpteialiyUpcUeh to  the  ifew-York  Titnn. 

Washington,  Feb.  12. — The  proceedings 

la  the  count  of  the  Electoral  Tote  were,  to-day, 
exactly  aocurding  to  the  Drogramme  explained 
last  nieht  The  count  was  continued  down  to 
liooisiana,  and  the  double  set  of  returns  was 
Bent  to  the  Commission,  whicti  will  meet  at 
11  o'clock  to-morrow,  to  begin  the  exam- 
ination of  them.  The  debate  in  the 
House  on  the  objections  to  the 
decision  in  the  Florida  case  was  much  tamer 
than  it  would  have  been  if  it  bad  taken  place 
on  Saturday.  There  were  several  wild  speeches, 
temporarily  suppressed  on  the  consideration 
that  abuse  of  the  Commission  would  not  im- 
prove the  prospect  of  a  decision  favorable  to 
Tilden  m  the  Louisiana  count.  The 
speeches  were,  nevertheless,  extremely 
partisan  on  the  Democratic  side.  The  day 
bee;an  with  a  notable  attempt,  headed  by  J. 
Proctor  Knott,  to  have  the  decision  reterred 
back  to  the  Commission  to  be  revised.  He  pre- 
tended, with  mock  smoeritv,  to  desire  to  give 
the  Commission  an  opnortunity  to  explain  an 
inconsistency  into  which  they  had  fallen.  Mr. 
Hale  made  the  absolutely  sound  point  of  order 
that  the  bill  gave  neither  house  the 
rierht  to  vote  uj)on  any  such  proposition,  and 
Mr.  Wilson,  of  lowa,  made  the  further  objec- 
tion that  it  was  not  in  the  power  ot  the  House, 
aotins  without  the  oonciArence  of  the  Senate, 
to  refer  anything  to  an  outside  Commission. 
Speaker  Randall  will  not  sustain  a  point  ot 
order  made  by  Mr.  Hale,  no  matter  how  plain 
the  case  may  be,  and  so  he  overruled  the 
point  on  Sir.  Hale's  objections,  and  sustained 
it  on  Mr.  Wilson's,  the  effect  being,  of  course, 
the  aame.  The  debate  on  the  point  of  order 
lasted  nearly  an  hour.  The  Democrats  did  not 
seem  inclined  to  insist  upon  suataininij  Knott, 
as  that  course  was  no  part  of  the  programme. 
The  agreement  was  to  go  on  and  make  a  new 
tfght  over  Louisiana,  and  that  resolve  having 
been  taken  the  Democrats  were  no  leas  anxious 
than  the  Bepublicans  to  £ave  that  State 
reached. 

The  debate  on  tho  Commission's  decision 
vas  not  marked  by  any  able  speeches  against 
sustaining  it,  the  burden  of  the  Democratic 
coinplainc  being  that  the  country,  as  they  say, 
expected  the  Com  nission  to  elect  Tilden, 
and  now  it  had  already  disappointed  them 
aod  was  likely  to  disappoint  them  to  the 
end.  Some  speakers,  indeed,  endeavored  to 
express  hope  of  the  future,  but  it  was  clearly 
hope  without  exoectation.  There  was  one  re- 
markable speech  on  the  Democratic  side  by 
Mr.  Carr,  of  Indiana,  the  successor  to  the  late 
Speaker,  Mr.  Kerr.  He  was  one  of  those  who 
voted  against  the  bill  when  it  was  before  the 
House,  and  to-day  he  gave  the  Dem- 
ocrats wii«  voted  for  it  a  terrific 
scoring.  He  told  them  they  must 
stand  by  the  measure,  and  they  could  not  got 
rid  ot  the  responsibility  of  oassing  the  bill  by 
abusing  the  Commission.  They  bad  abandoned 
all  to  their  opponents  when  they  voted  for  the 
bill,  and  toeir  betrayed  constituents  would 
heap  condemnation  upon  their  treacherous 
heads.  He  made  many  points  which  produced 
applause  and  laughter.  It  was  a  soeech  which 
will  deservedly  give  Mr.  Carr  much  reputation. 

Oa  the  fiepublican  side  the  action  of  the 
Commission  was  sustained  and  supported  with 
ability  and  candor.  It  was  curious  to  see 
BooDins,  ot  North  Carolina,  who  is  on  record 
as  having  sold  his  vote  m  the  State  Legislature 
for.  $'20,  declaiming  in  tavor  of  a  decision 
oi  the  Presidential  dispute  on  the 
broad  grounds  of  equity.  The  refusal  to  sus- 
tain the  decision  of  the  Commissioii  was  made 
by  a  strict  party  votaC^o  Democrat  being  ho  n- 
Bst  or  fair  enough' to Nbreak  away  from  his 
party  and  vote  according  to  justice  and  right. 

The  joint  meeting  assatcbled  at  2:25  o'clock, 
and  in  an  hour  had  counted  through  the  list  of 
States  from  Florida  to  Louisiana.  The  two 
houses  not  agreeing  in  overrulmg  the  Commis- 
sion in  the  Fiorida  case,  the  vote  ot°  that  State 
was  simply  placed  upon  the  tally  sheets 
and  annoai  ced  without  further  tormalities. 
the  State  of  Illinois  was  passed  without  objec- 
tion.  Springer  having  been  in  some  way  sup- 
pressed, probably  by  the  consideration  stated 
last  niifht  that,  cuunting  Cha£fee's  vote,  it  he 
were  proved  ineligible,  would  be  a  strong  pre- 
cedent for  the  Bepublicans  to  carry  before 
the  Commission.  Sprmger  sat  fidgety 
and  self-conscious,  and  wore  a  simple 
smile,  while  all  eyes  were  upon  him 
expecting  the  objection  which  be  did  not  make. 
The  certificate^  from  Louisiana  were  very  long 
and  occupied  an  hour  in  the  reading.  There 
was  a  return  received  by  mail,  without  any  du- 
plicate by  messenger,  which  was  opened  and 
read.  It  was  the  Bepublican  certificate,  but 
after  it  was  mailed  some  real  or 
fancied  informahty  was  remembered  and 
a  new  set  of  certificates  was  made  with 
the  proper  correction,  and  one  was  mailed  and 
one  sent  by  messenger.  The  Tilden  certificates 
were  read,  and  then  the  corrected  Hayes  cer- 
tificates. The  Vice  President,  to  the  surprise 
of  everybody,  opened  a  fourth  envelope,  re- 
ceived by  mail,  ana  indorsed  as  containing  the 
Electoral  vote  of  the  State.  It  proved  to  be 
a  burlesque  document,  and  set  forth 
that  various  John  Smiths,  numbered  one,  two, 
and  so  forth,  had  been  chosen  Electors  and  had 
oast  the  vote  of  Louisiana  for  Cooper  and  Cary. 
There  were  several  suggestions  to  stop  the 
reading  but  unanimous  consent  could  not  be 
obtained  and  it  was  read  through,  amid  roars 
of  laughter.  It  was  finally  suppressed  from  the 
record  and  destroyed,  though  it  may  be 
doubted  whether  this  course  was  proper,  since 
in  reality  the  Cooper  certificate  was  as  good  at 
that  for  lllden.  The  bniliant  aad  reckless 
author  ot  it  remains  imknown. 

The  Commission  was  in  session  to  receive  the 
papers,  and  in  a  brief  meeting  the  announce- 
ment was  made  that  Bepresentatlye  Jencks 
and  Swiator  McDonald  would  presen^  the  fiase 
as  Democratic  objectors,  and  Senator  Howe 
and  Ktipresentative  Hurlbut  will  appear  as  Be- 
publicMU  objectors  to  the  counting  the  Tilden 
vote.  Two  hours  on  each  side  is  alloted 
them  for  argument.  The  same  time  is 
granted  to  the  counsel,  and  it  is  un- 
Btood  that  Trumbull  and  Carpenter,  lately 
profasaed  Bepublicans  are  to  represent  the 
Democratic  case,  and  Mr.  Evarts  and  Stanley 
Mathews  will  probably  speak  for  the  Bepub- 
licans. The  argament*  are  new  expeeted  to  be 
oonchided  m  two  day*,  but  in  any  event  will 
not  extend  beyond  Thursday.  The  decision  of 
the  ease  may  be  iopefoUy  expeeted  this  week. 
P^robUcwu  &al  AxttizAlv  flonfldent  of  the  rer. 


suit,  and  there  la  not  so  much  hope  on  the  part 
of  the  Democracy  as  is  pretended. 

♦ 

THE   PEOCEEDmGS  IN  THE  HOUSE. 
The  House  met  at  10  A.  M. 

THE  FLOBIDA  VOTES. 

Mr.  McCbabt,  of  Iowa,  touo  for  the  purpose  of 
opening  the  diaoossion  upon  tbe  objection  to  the 
decision  of  the  Electoral  vole  of  Florida. 

Mr.  Cltmeb,  o(  Pennsvlvaiiid,  raiaed  tbe  poiDi  of 
order  that  tbore  was  no  qaorum  present,  ana  unan- 
imoas  consent  was  given  that  the  d«bate  on  tbe 
gaeacion  ahoald  not  commenoe  antil  10:30,  and  that 
no  boaioeas  eboald  be  traasaoed  until  Jnat  time. 

The  House  resumed  Its  session  at  10:30,  when  Mr. 
Field,  of  New-Tork,  for  the  purpose  of  bJiuging 
the  matter  before  the  Koase  in  due  form,  offered 
the  following  order: 

Ordered.  That  the  counting  of  the  Electoral  vote* 
from  the  State  of  Florida  sbalT  nut  proceea  in  cooform- 
ity  v^^tU  the  d«cigi<in  ot  the  Electoral  Commlsalon.  bat 
that  the  votes  of  Messrs.  Call,  Yonge,  Milton,  anil  Bul- 
lock be  counted  as  the  votes  from  tUe  State  of  Flori  la 
for  President  .and  Vice  President  ol  tho  United  States. 

Mr.  £L&LB,  of  Maine,  moved  an  amendment,  as 
follows ; 

Ordered.  That  the  counting  of  the  Electoral  votes 
from  the  State  of  Floria.i  shall  prooeed  in  conformity 
with  the  decitiiunot  the  Electoral  (Jommissiou. 

Mr.  KsoTT,  of  Kenntucky,  offered  as  a  substitute 
an  order  reciting  the  language  ot  the  Electoral  act. 
that  ^he  Commission  mittht  take  into  view  such 
petitions,  deposition!),  and  papers  as  shall,  by  tho 
Constitution  and  now-exit.1ing  law  be  competent; 
lecitlDg  also  tiie  fact  that  in  the  Florida  case  the 
Commission  had  decided  and  determined  that  no 
evidence  should  be  received  or  considered  which 
had  not  been  submitted  to  the  two  houses  in  1  uint 
convention  by  i  he  President  of  tne  Senate;  that  cer- 
tificate No.  1  (that  ot  the  Haves  Electors)  contained 
no  evidence  whatever,  while  certlfloares  Nos. 
2  and  3  (those  of  the  Tilden  Electors) 
did  contain  evidence  fully  and  specifically  showing 
the  fact  that  the  latter  bad  been  duly  elected  and 
appointed  as  Electors,  and,  therefore,  ordering  that 
tbe  decision  of  tbe  Commission  and  the  grounds 
thereof  be  remanded  and  i-ecommitted  to  the  Com- 
mission, with  tbe  request  that  the  same  be  80  cor- 
rected or  explained,  and  that  tbe  Commission  be 
further  requested  to  furnish  in  detail  the  true 
reason  of  lis  decision,  so  that  the  Honse  may  be  en- 
ligbtened  as  to  tbe  course  it  ought  to  pursiTe  id  the 
discharge  of  ita  duties,  and  that  In  the  meantime 
the  vote  of  the  Haye^  Electors  be  not  counted. 

Mr.  Hale,  of  Maine,  made  tbe  point  of  order  that 
under  tbe  Electoral  CominissiOD  law  it  was  tbe  im- 
perative dnty  of  th»i  House,  at  the  end  of  the  two 
hour:*'  debate,  to  vote  on  the  main  question,  which 
was,  whether  the  votes  should  be  counted  m  coa- 
formiiy  with  tbe  decision,  and  that  nothing  in  the 
snape  of  delay,  in  whatever  form  presented  could 
now  arredt  the  wheels  of  its  decision. 

Mr.  Wilson,  of  Iowa,  added  to  Mr.  Hale's  point 
of  Older,  loai  thia  House  could  refer  nothing  to  toe 
Commisaiou;  that  would  require  at  ieatit  concurrent 
action. 

Mr.  Wood,  of  New-York,  declared  that  any  inti- 
mation  of  a,  desire  oa  the  part  of  tbe  Domocratio 
side  of  tbe  House  to  interpose  any  factious  opposi- 
tion to  any  decision  of  the  Eectoral  Commission 
was  entirely  siratuuous,  and  trnwarrauted*  by  any- 
thing that  had  taken  place. 

Mr.  Hale,  of  Maine — Has  anything  been  said  this 
mormiig  lo  indicate  any  oharire  of  that  kind  t 

Mr.  Wood— The  ceutleman  has  jast  spoken  of 
delay,  and  has  mtlmated  that  taere  is  an  inten- 
tional disposition  on  the  pnri  of  tbe  House  to  delay 
actiou.  I  can  assure  the  geutlemau  tuai  there  la 
no  such  intention.  While  we  are  readv  lu  good 
faith  to  carry  out,  in  all  respects,  tho  Electoral 
Cummiaslon  law,  and  the  result  that  may  be  reached 
in  pursuance  of  it,  still,  at  tbe  same  time,  we  de- 
mand tne  riuht  of  tree  expression  of  opinion. 

Mr.  JLSOTT,  of  Keutneky,  contested  the  point  of 
oraer,  ana  thou^nt  there  was  no.hiog  in  the  law 
which  prevented  tbe  Honae.  with  the  concurrence 
ot  lue  Senate,  from  remaadinc  back  to  the  Eieo- 
teral  Commusiun,  tor  their  further  cousideraiiou, 
the  decision  which  it  tiad  made  in  thu  Florida  case, 
in  order  that  it  might  have  an  opportnnitv  to  ex- 
Diain  the  giarini:  inconsistencies  which  existed  in 
that  decision. 

Mr.  Banks,  of  Massaohusettt,  said  that  under 
the  pruViSiuiiS  of  the  Electoral  act  toe  HoU'^e  was 
compelled  to  give  an  athimativs  or  negative 
vote  upon  the  decision  of  the  Commlcsion.  It 
would  not  be  r»apec[fui  to  the  Commission  to  le- 
mand  the  decision  to  it. 

The  SFEAKKa  overruled  the  point  of  order  made 
by  Ml.  ila>e,  out  sus  ained  that  made  by  Mr.  Wil- 
son, boldiug  coat  there  was  notniug  in  the  Electoral 
Commission  law  that  authorized  a  recommittal  ot 
tbe  question  back  to  tbe  Commission,  and  also  rul- 
ing that  It  wjM  not  oompeteut  lor  one  house  to  letcr 
a  bill  or  any  other  matter  to  an  ontsiae  Commis- 
sion. Tbe  suDstitute  offered  oy  Mr.  £uott  was, 
therefore,  not  in  order. 

THE  DEBATE— MB.  M'CRART'S  ABGUMENT. 

The  House  thaceaifoa,  at  11:15,  pioceeued  to  the 
discussion  of  the  oujecuon  to  the  decision  of  the 
Electoral  Commission. 

Mr.  MCvyBAKY,  01  Iowa,  addressed  the  Honae  in 
support  ot  lue  Commission.  Ha  said  that  tbe  de- 
cisiiun  of  the  Commission  embraced  several  im* 
portaut  propositions,  upon  the  correctness  of  wbich 
the  two  houses  w^re  to  uecide;  thit  these  propusi- 
lioiis  were  etuinenily  souud  and  ta>ly  supported 
both  by  reason  and  aothoiicy  seemea  to  him  en- 
tir.ly  clear.  He  said  the  first  point  decided  was 
that  the  two  houses  of  Congiess,  in  tne  exercise  of 
<heir  powers  to  count  tho  vote  for  President  and 
Tiou  PreHiuent,  could  not  go  into  an  inquiry  as  to 
the  number  01  votes  cast  at  the  polls  tor  the  Elec- 
tois  in  the  several  States.  In  other  words,  it  was 
held  that  the  decifliou  of  that  question  was  left  to 
tne  proper  anibon>y  in  the  States,  and  that  when 
that  authority  caUvaitsed  the  votes,  declared  and 
adiadged  the  rosidt,  and  certifljd  the  election  of  the 
Electors  in  due  form,  that  la  the  avpoiotment  of 
Electors  reqnmred  by  the  Constitution.  He  claimed 
ihjit  this  was  in  accordance  with  the  prece- 
dent established  by  the  bill  of  1800,  which 
passed  UOLh  houses  of  Consresa,  and  was  only  lost 
by  a  laiiure  to  agree  upon  the  form  of  a  single  pro- 
visioo.  Xbat  bill,  he  said,  created  a  (§raud  ('ommit- 
tee,  to  whom  were  to  be  referred  questions  arising 
upon  the  count  ot  tbe  Electoral  vo.ca  of  the  States, 
bat  It  was  carefully  provided  both  by  the  Senate 
and  the  House  bill  that  no  luquiry  sboold  be  made 
as  to  thenumoer  of  vo>ea  east  f,jr  the  Electors  at 
tbe  polia ;  that  beiug  regarded  uy  all  the  siateamen 
ot  that  day  us  a  matter  within  the  exclusive  control 
ot  the  States.  He  said  the  House  bill  of  1600, 
dralted,  le.'ore.t,  ad  advocated  by.Juha  Maisiiali, 
atterwara  Chiei  jivtice  of  the  United  States,  em- 
bodied the  views  of  that  irreat  coostitationtl  law- 
yer upon  ttus  question.  Alter  providing  tor  this 
ti-ranu  tJoiumitiee,  ii  defined  their  jurisdiction  in 
these  Words  :  *'And  tbe  persons  thus  chosen  shall 
form  a  joint  committee,  and  shall  have  power  to  ex- 
amine into  all  disputes  rel.itive  to  the  election  of 
President  and  Vice  President  of  the  (Juiced  States, 
other  than  such  as  might  relate  to  the  number  of 
votes  by  waion  the  EieoLors  may  have  been  ap- 
pointed." 

He  held  that  tbe  rnliog  of  the  Commission  was 
also  abuDdanlly  vupportcd  by  most  cogeut  reason!*, 
and  that  to  have  ruled  otherwise  would  have  been 
to  assert  a  Jurisdiction  toiDqiureiniu  and  overturn 
the  action  of  all  the  States  in  the  appointment  ot 
their  Electors,  and  to  insti-ute  proceedings  in  tbe 
nature  of  au  action  of  quo  warranto  to  try  the  titles 
of  every  one  of  the  persons  appointed  as  such.  He 
argued  that  the  power  of  loe  two  houses,  and, 
therefore,  of  the  Commission,  was  couterred  by 
thcse  words  of  the  Cousiiiution  :  ''And  the  votes 
shall  then  be  counted,"  and  that  the  Com- 
mission had  deciced  upon  the  soundest  rea- 
sons that  these  words  confer  no  judicial  power 
whatever,  and  that  they  describe,  and  very  aptly 
describe  ministerial  dnty  only.  The  words  of  the 
Constitution,  he  maintained,  would  be  the  Ikst 
words  that  would  bave  been  chosen  by  which  to 
confer  that  immense  power,  that  vast  Jurisdiction, 
which  has  latelv  for  the  flrst  time  bees  claimed  for 
tba  two  honsee,  and'that  the  impoasibility  of  exer- 
cising this  power  was  a  strong  argument  against  its 
existence.  How  could  the  two  houses  of  Congress, 
he  asked,  entertain  and  try  a  suit  to  determine  the 
title  of  Electors  lo  their  olfijes  I  He  claimed  that  if 
it  could  he  done  in  one  case  it  could  be  doue  in  all, 
and  tnat  there  might  be  brought  :169  contests  over 
elections  for  Electors,  with  witnesses  numbered  by 
hundreds  in  each,  all  to  be  determined  withio 
the  brief  interval  between  tho  meeting  of 
Congress  in  December  and  the  counting 
of  the  votes  in  February.  He  said  it  was  plain  that 
to  establish  this  doctrine  was  to  give  the  election  of 
President  and  Vice  Pieaident  hereafter  into  the 
hands  oi  Conereas,  and  take  it  out  of  the  bands  of 
the  State,  where  tbe  Constitution  placed  it.  The 
Commission  had,  therefore,  vary  properly,  be 
thought,  deci(i»a  that  tne  record  of  the  lliial  can- 
vass and  decision  and  declaratmn  of  tbe  result 
made  by  the  proper  State  authority 
was  final  and  conclusive,  uid  that  w4ien 
this  record  was  presented  duly  autbeuticated. 
mmI  accompanied  by  the  return  req  ulred  by  law  and 
the  Constitution,  toerewas  bat  one  tbini;  that  could 
be  done,  and  that  was  ta  ol>ey  the  mandate  of  the 
CoDstitution,  which  declares  that  "  the  votes  shall 
be  counted."  The  Commission,  he  said,  decided 
one' other  point  of  importance,  wbich  was  that  the 
appoiotmsnt  of  Electors  made  and  certified  in  the 
manner  prescribed  by  State  law  prior  to  t^e  time 
when  the  Electors  wore  to  meet  and  vote  for  Presi- 
dent and  Vice  President  was  final  and  could  uoC 
be  set  aside  by  suosequent  State  action  after  the 
.votes  bi^  been  cast  and  the  return  thereof  had 
Deen  dtirr  made  to  the  President  of  the  Senate. 
This  decision  rested  upon  tbe  following  asaong 
other  grotmd* :  First,  for  reasons  of  great  public 
importance  it  was  proviaed  by  the  Oonstita- 
tion  that  the  Electors  should  meet  in  the 
States  noon  the  same  day  and  cast  their 
vi>tes,  and  Congress  was  antborised  by  the 
Conaultntion  to  fix  the  day  for  such  meeting. 
This  power  was  exercised  by  the  passage  of  the 
act  of  1793,  flxiug  the  fiist  Wedneaoay  in  Decem- 
ber as  tbe  aay  on  which  Electors  should  meet  and 
vote  in  all  the  States.  The  ereat  wisdom  of  this 
provision  Of  tbe  Constitution  was  apparent,  as  its 
pnroose  was  to  prevent  tbe  very  mischief  which 
was  attempted  in  the  Florida  case.  It  was  lx> 
prevent  a  Slate  from  withboldiog  its  vote  until  it 
could  be  seen  how  it  would  affect  tbe  result.  It  was 
to  prohibit  a  State  ttom  changing  its  vote  after  it 
bad  once  been  cast  in  order  to  change  a  result,  and 
above  ail,  it  must  t>e  seea  that  tbe  Constitutioa 
could  not  b«  so  construed  as  to  allow  a  new  State 
adminfMration.  coining  into  power  in  January,  to 
pN0«ea  to  Mt  asidft^Bd  yvwse  the  aotioa  of  \h»^ 


, State  Goveroment  under  a  previous  admiDistratioa 
In  the  matter  of  appointing  Presidential  Electors, 
especially  where  it  appeared  that  the  Electors  were 
chosen  and  returned  as  .duly  el(>oted,  and  met  and 
performed  all  their  functions,  including  a  return  of 
their  votes  to  the  President  of  the  Senate  on  or 
prior  to  Deo.  6,  and  nearly  a  month  before  such 
new  administration  came  into  power.  Second,  if 
proceedings,  either  by  the  State  Lemslature  or 
the  State  courts,  bad  in  tbe  latter  part  of  January, 
could  be  allowed  to  set  aside  the  constitutional 
action  of  the  State  in  this  respect,  had  in  December, 
it  must  result  not  only  in  a  violation  of  the  consti- 
tutional requirement  that  the  votes  of  all  tho  States 
should  be  cast  on  tbe  same  day,  but  must  also  lead 
tothe  moat  acrioos  consequeiioes  in  the  future.  If 
a  judgment  Id  an  infenor  court  In  Florida,  Tendered 
on  the  97tli  of  January  In  an  action  of  quo  warran- 
to, could  anonl  the  vote  of  that  State  cast  on  1>he 
6th  of  December,  it  followed  that  similar  jndg- 
ments  in  any  or  all  of'  the  other  States  might  be 
certified  to  the  President  of  tho  Senate,  and  mast 
govern  the  count.  The  vote  ot  the  creat 
State  of  New-Tork  would  eenerally  be  decisive 
of  tbe  result  of  a  Presidential  election. 
In  that  State,  he  said,  he  believed  there  were  more 
than  30  Judges  possesniufc  jorisdiotioa  in  quo  war- 
ranto, •*nd  asked  whether  it  should  be  decided  th<it 
any  one  of  those  raieht,  after  the  Presidential  elec- 
tion was  over,  transfer  the  vote  of  that  State  trora 
one  candidate  to  the  other.  If  so,  how  nianv  of 
those  Judges  would  hereafter  enter  tho  list  and 
contend  for  tbe  first  chance  to  determine  the  Prosl- 
dency  1  And  what  sboold  be  done  iC  several  of 
them,  each  cl.tiniing  priority  of  jurisdiction, 
should  render  cofiflioting  Judgments  ?  Who  could 
fail  to  see  that  such  a  doctrine  would 
result  in  confusion,  disaster,  and  ruin  ? 
He  wanted  to  know  if,  by  an  ex  post  /octo  judgment 
in  one  State  one  pailiy  nhonld  secure  an  advantage, 
why,  by  a  similar  movement  in  another  State,  a  cor- 
responding advantage  micbt  not  be  sought  for  by 
tbe  other  party  1  and  cliimed  as  a  result  of  such 
policy  that,  instead  of  counting  the  votes  under  the 
Constitution  and  law  at  the  time  prescribed,  it 
wonlil  become  necessary  to  count  tbe  judgments  in 
gt«o  warranto  rendered  in  the  various  States,  and 
enter  into  an  inquiry  as  to  the  reiinlarity  and  con- 
clusiveness of  these  Judicial  proceedings.  There 
muHt  be  authority  .somowuere,  and  at  some  time,  to 
decide  who  were  appointed  Electors,  and  that  the 
only  sate  or  sound  or  constuiional  rule  that  could 
be  found  was  that  adopted  by  the  Commissiou — to 
wit,  that  tbe  decision  made  by  the  proper  State  au- 
thority, prior  to  the  time  fixed  by  the  Constitution 
and  law  for  »leotioe  the  President  and  Vice  Presi- 
dent ot  the  ITuited  States,  wan  final,  and  not  subject 
to  be  set  aside  by  Con;:ress.  The  power  of  Coucress 
was  tocount.  notto  leject,  duly  cenifled  votes  of 
the  States. 

SPEECH  OF  MB.   TUCKEK. 

Mr.  TUOKKK,  of  Vircmia,  followed  on  the  oppo- 
site side  ot  the  question.  He  said  be  did  not  pro- 
pose to  eriticise,  much  less  to  uensure  the  actiou  of 
auv  member  of  tbt>  Commission,  but  he  did  propcse 
to  criticise  its  jodgmunt.  The  members  of  that 
Commission  bad  taken  au  oatb  to  reader  judgment 
according  to  the  Couftitutiuu  and  law.  The  Com- 
mission ill  passing  npou  the  eliuibility  of  Htunphrevs 
had  declined  to  pass  upon  the  question  of  the  validity 
of  the  vote  of  an  incomoeteut  Elector.  Did  the  Com- 
mission mean  to  decide  that  thu  ineligibility  of  the 
Elector  was  to  bave  no  efiect  upon  the  validity  of 
bis  vote  I  If  a  State  appoiuted  an  ineligible 
Eleotoi,  w.is  he.  notwithstanding,  to  be  declared  by 
toe  Comniission  and  by  tbe  two  houses  to  be  a  com- 
petent Elector,  and  his  vote  to  be  counted  a  valid 
vote?  If  so,  then  the  act  of  the  Cauva»>siDg  Board 
of  aS:atewas  valid,  and  the  Coustitution,  ^uoact 
hoe.  was  void.  In  regard  to  the  main 
question,  tbe  decision  of  this  Commissiou 
was  to  the  tff,:ci  ihat  tbe  only  voice  per- 
muted to  speak  ttr  a  State  in  the  matter 
of  a  Presidential  election  was  tho  voice  of  a  Cau- 
vassing  Board,  and  of  an  Executive,  and  that  the 
voice  of  the  Judiciarr  and  the  Legislature  must  ue 
hushed  into  s'lence  before  the  omnipotent  voice  of 
a  Canvassiue  Boani  and  Executive.  He  contended 
that  all  the  organism  ot  a  State  must  speak  it.s 
voice,  but  the  Commission  n.id  decided  that  the 
only  oriianism  to  speak  it  was  the  organism  of  tbe 
Canvassing  Buard  add  the  Exi-cniiye. 

Mr.  Tucker's  tune  expired  before  he  had  finished 
his  argumeni. 

MB.  BAKKS'  ABGUJIENT. 
Mr.  Bakks,  of  Massaobusettx.  saiJ  that  it  would 
be  one  of  luu  highest  |uivile;ies  accorded  to  him  to 
he  able  to  (»ist  his  vote  tu  support  of  thu  ilecision 
and  report  of  ihe  Electoral  Commission.  lo  regard 
to  the  question  of  the  iueliuibility  of  Humphrevs, 
there  was,  according  to  tbe  decision  of  tne  Commis- 
sion and  accurdini!  to  tbe  facts  of  tbe  case,  mi  pre- 
tense of  inelizibility.  He  hau  been  a  CTnited  States 
otticer,  bnt  he  bad  resluned  his  ofiiiie.  Unless  tbe 
fact  that  a  Uuited  States  ofiice'  haa  beeu  ouco 
held  incapacitated  a  man  toievcr  Iruui 
being  an  Elecior,  this  man  was  clear 
from  any  objection  upon  that  ground. 
If  people  uted  duu  diligence  in  iniorming  them- 
selves of  the  eligibility  or  moiigibility  oi  au  Elecior, 
and,  potwithsiauiliu:^  the  eff  in  to  uaiu  that  iuf  >r- 
matioo,  an  Elector  should  be  incapacitated,  the  peo- 
ple ought  not  to  be  deprived  of  their  cboicu  on  that 
account.  In  reg.ird  to  the  main  qoediiun  be  bold 
tnat  when  an  Elector  had  cast  his  vote  be  bad  ful- 
fil ed  his  duty  and  exhau-sted  bis  tnuctioDs,  ana  no 
Slate  court  or  XToited  States  Court  ooula  t-uauge 
Ihat  act.  Tbere  was  no  court  in  Florida.  ni<r  any 
political  party,  nor  any  defeateo  caudidate  who  ban 
a  rig.il,  or  a  shalow  of  a  right,  tu  toverse  the  de. 
cisiuu  of  the  Electoral  College. 

MR.  SPRLNGEK's  8PEECU. 

Mr.  SPBUtGEB,  of  Illinois,  opposed  the  decision 
because  tne  Commission  had  adopted  an  order  to 
receive  and  consider  no  evidence  that  had  not  'oei-u 
submitted  lo  the  Joint  Convention,  and  because 
that  order  excluded  evidence  which  would  bave 
showed  conclusively  that  a  luujoniy  of  tbe  legal  votes 
actually  c^st  and  o<<nva.isea  was  in  favnr  of  tbe 
Tilden  Electors.  He  quoted  Mr.  U'Conor's 
declaration  that  "Theru  lives  not  a  man, 
ao  far  as  I  know,  on  tho  face  of 
tbe  earth,  who,  having  the  faculty  of  blnsbine,  can 
looK  an  honest  man  in  ihe  face  aud  assert  >bat  the 
Hayes  Electors  were  truly  elected,"  and  said.jLhat  it 
beiug  a  conceded  fact  that  the  people  of  Florida 
had  not  voted  tor  the  UAyes  Electors,  and  tbe 
Commission  hnviog  ailopted  the  Procrustean  rule 
which  probicited  it  from  considering  any  ques- 
tion of  fraud  thai  might  have  arisen  iu  the 
cane,  the  House  was  brought  face  to  facu 
with  a  gigantic  fraud,  and  me  decision  of  the  Com- 
mission rendered  it  utterly  impossible  to  defual  the 
accomulisbmoni  of  thai  fraud.  He  also  opposed  lue 
decision  because  tbe  oommissiou  bad  held  that  it 
was  incompetent  to  go  iuto  evidence  aliunde  of  the 
papers  opened  bvthe  President  of  the  Senate,  lie  hold 
tbdt  that  decision  was  not  law,  and  quoted  Cusb- 
Ing's  Manual  in  support  of  his  own  view.  Ho  re- 
eretted  that  the  decision  had  come  with  the  signifi- 
cant vote  of  8  to  7.  Ho  reereitea  it  the  more,  be- 
cause It  was  contrary  to  tbe  spirit  of  tbe  law,  anti  dis- 
appointed tbe  expectations  of  thone  who  framed  it 
that  it  would  be  carried  out  in  a  spirit  of  patiio:ism 
andjastice.  and  not  of  pariisausbip.  He  quoted 
from  Mr.  Hoar's  speech  in  support  of  thu  £  outural 
bill  where  it  was  asked  whether  there  were  not  in 
all  this  Sodom  10  men  who  would  obey  iiny  other 
mandate  than  tbatufpany.and  he  f.\lr.Sprlui:ci'J  re- 
plied that  this  decision  gave  tbe  auswer,  "No,  not 
cue." 

MB.  FETE  DENOUNCES  DEMOCBATIC  EFFBONTEBT. 

Mr.  Fkye,  of  Maine,  denounced  the  unulusbmg 
eftroDtery  with  wulch  churxes  of  fraud  were  made 
SiiaiUBt  the  Bepublican  Party.  The  gentleman 
from  Illinois  |Mr.  Springer  J  in  his  speech  had 
charged  uiuaniic  frauds,  and  out  of  the  einbt  objec- 
tions filed  by  the  gentleman  from  Now- Yoi it  [Mr. 
FieldJ  four  charged  fraud  agitinst  the  Hepuulican 
Party.  Tbere  was  no  Kepublican  iu  the  House  who 
would  not  court  investigation  into  the  frauds  of 
Louisiana  or  the  frauds  of  Florida.  They  courted 
inve.stieation  also  into  the  frauds  of  the  City  of 
New- York,  tbe  frauds  in  New-Haven,  Bridgeport,- 
aud  Hartford,  Coun.,  and  tbe  frauds  in  Indiana. 

SPEECH   OF   MB.    HTTBD. 

Mr.  EURD.  ot  Ohio,  said  that  be  did  not  rise  to 
complain  of  tbe  decision  ot  the  Comminsion  as  it 
might  afi'ect  tbe  candidate  of  bis  choice,  but  hs  a  mem- 
ber ot  the  legal  profession,  aud  as  a  niember  of  tbe 
Hotue  he  wished  to  enter  hla  protest  aginst  the  novel 
and  dangerous  doctrine  upon  wbich  thut  decision 
rested.  When  tbe  President  of  the  Senate  submit- 
ted to  the  Joint  Convention  the  certificates  Horn 
the  S:ate  of  Florida,  certificate  number  "  one  "  bad 
been  objected  to  on  tho  ground  that  it  bad  been 
procured  through  fraud,  and  was  the  result  ot  a 
conspiracy  entered  into  by  tbe  Keturmng  Board, 
by  the  Electors,  and  by  tbe  Governor  of  the  State. 
Evidence  had  been  also  submitted  tending 
to  show  fraud  and  conspiracy;  tbe  Com- 
mission had  excluded  this  evidence  and  re- 
inved  to  bear  ir,  and  he  solemnly  protested 
against  that  action,  fraud  vitiated  everythlDg.  It 
poisoiie4  the  source  of  all  Judgment,  It  canceled 
every  obligation,  annulled  every  contract,  and  re- 
pealed every  law.  The  Judi^ment  of  the  highest 
tribunal  might  be  regarded  as  nnll  and  void  if 
there  was  a  taint  of  fraud  attaching  to  it;  and  yet 
the  Commission  had  decided  that  fraud  would  *be 
secured  and  protected  in  this  greatest  case  of  all 
tiuie.  Any  judgment  reached  by  that.  Commission 
by  the  exclusiou  of  evidence  which  woidd  prove 
tbe  fraud  would  not  satisfy  the  country,  and  would 
not  be  sustained.  Peace  and  pronperi.y  would  not 
come,  and  whoever  vsninred  to  assume  the  duties 
of  the  Presidential  ofiice  on  a  title  obscured  by 
fraud  (wbich  it  would  be  possible  to  prove)  would 
be  regarded  as  an  usurper  by  a  large  minority  of 
the  American  people.     (Applause.] 

MB.  CABB  SPEAKS  HI8  MIND  OF  HIS  POLITICAL 
FBIEND8. 
Mr.  Cabb,  of  Indiana,  next  took  tbe  floor,  and 
made  a  speech  wnich  created  much  amusement  on 
the  part  of  tbe  Republicans,  and  of  those  Democrats 
who  opposed  the  Electoral  bill  He  said:  "I  have 
no  hesitancy  in  saying  tbat  the  Electoral  Commis- 
sion, in  refusing  to  receive  any  other  evidence  as  to 
the  genniueness  of  the  Electoral  votes  than  tbat 
presented  In  the  certificate  of  the  Governor  of  a 
State,  has  sought  to  establish  a  dostructive 
principle,  and  in  this  particalar,  for  a 
partisan  purpose,  has  ignored  its  duty*  to 
inquire  Into  the  facts,  wtuch  was  plainly 
imposed  apon  both  these  houses,  and  tbroneh  them 
upon  their  Qpmmisslon,  by  tbe  Constitution.  I 
bave  no  further  nesitenoy  in  saving  tbat  my  convic- 
tions are  that,  under  the  palpable  facta  behind  tbe 
Governor's  certificate,  the  vote  of  the  State  of  Flor- 
ida should  bave  been  returned  for  Tilden  and  Uen- 

drioki.  Bat.  Sut  I  hold  at  tho  ume  time  ttM  the 


Democratic  majority  of  this  House  has  no  moral 
right  to  comDlain  that  tbe  Commission  has  rendered 
a  partisan  decision  in  reporting  tbe  four  Electoral 
votes  of  Florida  for  Hayen  and  Wheeler.  While 
I  assert  that  this  decision  is  contrary  to  the 
tacts,  and  contrary  to  the  will  of  a  large 
majority  of  the  people  "of  the  United  States, 
yet  I  as  boldly  assert  tbat  the  wrong  is  chargeable 
to  a  cause  further  back  than  the  Commission.  The 
wrong  rests  upon  tbe  shoulders  of  those  who  es- 
tablished this  partisan  tribunal.  When  the  Dem- 
ocratic majorit.y  of  this  House  adopted  this  law, 
with  a  full  knowledge  that  a  m.<1oritv  of  the  Com* 
misslop  would  be  Republican,  goveined  by  Repub- 
lican instincts,  controlled  by  Republit^n  intere.sts, 
warped  by  Republican  biases,  ami  tnoved  b.y  Re- 
publican motives,  they  deliberately  abandoned 
every  claim  which  the  Democratic  masses  as- 
serted to  a  control  of  our  National  affairs. 
Tbe  'Commissioners  have  done  no  more  nor 
loss  than  what  could  or  sbonld  bave  been 
expected  or  required  of  them.  Yon  erected  a 
political  tribunal,  invested  it  with  politioal  attri- 
Dntes,  and  gave  them  political  questions  to  deter- 
mine, which  they  bave  settled  from  a  political 
standpolut.  Being  Republicans,  they  believed  that 
tbe  Republican  candidate  for  tbe  Presldencv  was 
and  oucht  to  be  elected.  In  makine  their  declara- 
tion they  have  been  true  and  faithlul  to  tbelr  politi- 
cal seniimeiita,  education  and  associations.  No 
leeal  wrong  can  attach  to  them  for  this,  bnt  when  yon. 
as  Democrats,  deliberate! .v  put  puch  power  over  such 
quus.iunH  lo  tbe  hands  of  a  tribunal  so  constitutco, 
you  committed  a  bold  and  daring  wrong  to  vour 
protended  oolitical  ooiivictions,  and  assuredly  to 
vour  political  assocLites  whose  politioal  sentiments 
and  rights  yon  betrayed  and  abiiudooed  to  your 
political  _  adversaries.  I  arise  to  remind  the 
Democratic  majnrity  that  in  common  deconc.v  your 
votes  on  this  measure  have,  estopped  you  fr'  in  in- 
dulging in  even  one  word  'of  criticism  against  the 
decieion  of  that  tribunal.  Sirs,  it  iu  your  own 
offspring;  you  brought  it  into  being; 
you  gave  it  life  and  power,  and  you, 
and  you  al<me,  are  responsible  for  tbe  result.  It  is 
no  excuse  for  .you  to  assert  that  you  did  not  antici- 
paie  such  a  result,  that  yon  expected  hicber  and 
better  things  from  your  foundling.  You  bad  no 
more  rittht  to  expect  a  tribunal  so  constituted  to 
produce  a  different  result  than  to  expect  a  thorn- 
bush  to  briui;  forth  figs.  Nor  will  so  weak  an  apol- 
ocy  save  .von  trom  tbe  just  condemnation  which 
your  betrayed  and  oulraeed  con8tituenc.y  will  for- 
ever heap  upon  vour  treacherous  heads.  [Laugh- 
ter and  applause.]  No,  Sits.  The  wrong,  inu  great 
and  buruins  outrajie.  is  on  your  hands  and  your 
bands  alone.  Nor  will  thu  Democratic  people  be 
■low  in  ascertaining  tbe  true  source  of  their  dis- 
comfiture and  defeat.  It  may  subserve  your  pur- 
pose lor  a  brief  time  to  attempt  to  sniuld  yourselves 
under  cover  of  bollow  denuuciatlons  of  your  tri- 
buoul,  as  tbe  cry  of  "Stop  thief  !"  for  a  moment 
may  delude  ihe  officers  of  the  law.  but  when  the 
mad  populace  shall  have  vented  unmerited  anger 
upon  this  tribunal  for  a  brief  hour,  it  will  seek  the 
true  obi>'cc  ot  its  Jiut  indiguation,  aud  tbe 
blame  will  at  last  lie  waere  it  properly 
belongs.  The  few  only  who  had  the  mural 
oouragu  to  stand  here  upon  tbe  fiaor,  and  amid  the 
derision  and  con  tuniel.v  of  the  Democratic  luajority 
dared  to  warn  you  of  the  inevitable  results  of  that 
day's  work,  bave  a  moral  right  to  complain  of  tbe 
end  of  this  tiays  labor.  But,  Sirs,  whilo  they  have 
deep  regrets  as  to  lue  actiou  of  the  Commissiou,  they 
have  deep  aud  bitter  deuouuctations  and  condemna- 
tions (o  heap  upon  the  heads  ot  those  who,  clHimiug 
to  be  leaders  ui^Xhe  great  Democratic  Par^yin  this 
trying  hour  of  its  existence,  have  provea  themselves 
selves  either  incompetent  trom  ignorauue 
or  unworthy  for  base  reasons..  [Kenewed 
lauuhierand  applause  on  tho  ilepubliuau  Hide.] 
Here  then,  in  tbe  name  ot  tbe  Democ- 
racy of  the  whole  countrj-.  I  'absolve  that 
Commission  from  all  charges,  save  it  may  be  thai  of 
au  honest  mlsUikc,  and  in  tho  name  of  tbe  same 
great  power  I  denounce  the  m^ority  of  this  House 
as  I'eiug  itspoiisiUle  for  the  wrong,  aud  recrean  — 
iunorautiv  or  corrnptlv  recreant — lo  tho  cnutldence 
wUichhas  been  reposed  in  ibem,  and  taithltiss  to 
the  trust  confided  in  them.     [Applause.] 

THE  COMMISSION    DENOUNCED. 

Mr.  Thompson,  of  MasHachasettf,  declared  th»t 
the  findiut:  "t  ihe  Commission  was  not  in  accoru- 
uiice  with  the  facts,  l)ut  nas  declaring  tbe  falsehood 
to  be  the  truth.  It  bad  refused  to  examine  the  evi- 
dence which  would  prove  beyond  Bu.y  doubt  that 
the  Tilden  Electors  uad  been  elected  in  Florida. 
What  a  spcciacla  for  the  e.yes  of  tne  whole  world  1 
A  Guveinmeut  which,  thoneh  it  couid  defend 
itself  against  its  enemies,  was  helpless 
before  iiitorual  fraud  ana  corruption,  tbat  tbe 
known  fraud  ot  a  few  men  coald  usurp  the  Guvern- 
meui,  aud  the  people  were  not  on4y  powerless  to 
resist  that  act,  but  tbe  Army  and  Navy  cou.d  be 
used  to  put  into  executiou  that  tiaud.  aud  compel 
the  people  to  accept  the  usarpsr  as  tbeii  lawful 
ruler. 

BEMABKS  OF  MB.     DUNNELL. 

Mr.  DuNNELL.  ot  Minnesota,  who  had  b^^ena  mem- 
ber of  luu  Florida  Iuvustigaii:tg  Committee,  uo- 
uounced  the  actiou  of  that  committee  in  excluding 
trom  evidence  all  that  bad  been  before  tiie  Uan- 
vassinkt  Buard  ot  that  State  iu  lofiueucing  its  de- 
cision, and  be  characterized  the  statement  of  the 
oiigoruy  it  hat  that  Statu  had  gone  for  Tilden  as 
surely  as  Massacbuseits  had  none  for  Ha.yeu  as  a 
stupendous  fiction,  shoivine  that  the  age  of  ro- 
mance bad  not  yet  passed  away. 

Mr.  'I HOMrso.N,  ot  Massachusetts,  (Chairman  of 
tha'  coiiimiliee,)  desired  tu  ask  Mr.  Dunnell  u 
question. 

Mr.  DUNNELL  declined  to  yield,  stating  tbat  ho 
had  been  voted  down  in  Florida,  but  proposed  to 
have  his  10  minutes  now.  The  rest  of  his  speech 
was  devoted  tu  the  question  ot  tbe  Florida  election. 

MB.  WALKEB  UKPUBS  TO  .MK.  CABR. 
Mr.  Walkek,  of  Virifinia,  said  tbat  he  was  one  of 
the  Democrats  who  had  supported  the  i^lectorai 
bill  in  good  faith,  and  be  would  say  to  thu  gentle- 
man from  Indiana  [Mi.  Carrj  that  it  would,take  more 
tliun  him,  and  the  lew  Democrats  who  voted  with 
hia  against  that  measure,  to  read  tne  majority  of 
tho  iiiiuse  out  ot  the  Democratic  Part.y. 
Tbe  Tote  for  that  measure  had  been  ooe  of  tiie 
grandest  aud  loftiest  evidences  of  Di^mocraiio  faith 
in  the  bouesiy  ot  manki.iC.  If  tbe  Commission  had 
i;ot  risen  to  tbe  full  heishtb  of  thu  great  occasion, 
the  Democrats  who  supported  tbe  bill  would  have 
thu  natisfaciion  ot  knowing  thet  they,  at  least,  .had 
dune  their  duty,  aud  made  every  effort  to  settle  the 
greai  qoestiou  accordini;  to  law  and  ri^bt.  Ho  did 
not  a^ree  with  tbe  decision  of  tbe  Commission,  and 
he  was  glaa  that  objection  bad  been  made  to  it,  he- 
cause  it  gave  the  Democratic  Parly  an  opportunity 
to  enter  its  solemn  protest  agaiust  tbe  cousumiua- 
tion  of  an  outraceutis  wrung  under  a  mere  legal  fic- 
tion. * 

ANOTUEB  VIETDOC8  DKMOCBAT. 
Mr.  RonniNS,  of  North  Carolina  said  that  be  ex- 
pect>jd  thai  a  aecision  would  bave  been  reachea  ou 
the  lofty  principles  of  right  and  justice,  but  he  had 
been  disappointed.  He  was,  however,  proud  of  the 
pooiliou  ot  his  party ;  it  demanded  the  Presidency 
UP  tbe  merits  of  the  case.  Tbe  other  party  said  : 
"  It  you  can  give  us  the  Presidency  tbrouiih  auy 
legal  tecbuicalitv,  give  it  lo  us  ibiough  thac  techni- 
calit.v.'  '  Tho  couuirV  would  takeoutioe  of  the  mural 
attitude  of  the  iwu  partus,  one  asking  that  the  ques- 
tiou  should  be  decided  on  the  truth  of  (he  matter, 
nud  the  ulhrr  resting  its  case  on  legal  quibbles.  If 
the  latter  p^rty  received  the  Presiueucy  on  those 
gruuuds  it  was  welcome  to  take  it;  but  history 
would  write  that  party  down,  would  write  down  tbe 
man  who  took  the  ofiice,  ana  would  write  down  the 
Electoral  Commission  to  a  place  from  which  thu 
hand  ot  resurrection  could  never  laise  them  to  tho 
respect  of  mankind. 

MB.    KAESON'S    ARGCMENT. 

Mr.  Kabson,  of  Iowa,  submitted  that  tbe  debate 
had  Wiiuauied  rather  widelj'  from  the  main  ques- 
tion. Tho  Commission  bad  made  its  repuri ;  oujec- 
tion  to  It  had  been  hied,  and  oo  this  obJdOiiou  the 
two  houses  had  been  asked  to  act.  Tbere  was  no 
evidence  before  the  House  on  which  it  could  act  iu 
tbe  case  of  Florida.  The  question  presented  was 
purel.v  a  question  ot  law,  and  tbat  qurstiun  was 
whether  tbe  Commissiou  bad  acted  coutrarv  to  tbo 
Cupstitutiun  and  the  law.  If  it  had  It  ought  to  be 
uvcrtuled,  and  if  it  bad  not  the  House,  of  course, 
ouuht  to  concur.  It  tbe  Commissiou  was  rigbc 
the  House  hau .  no  lurisuictioii  in  tbe  re- 
canvass  uf  tbe  vote  of  Florida.  If  tbe 
Commission  was  wroug,  then  possibly  it  mi^fht  be 
urged  tbat  the  House  had  tbat  i'ii;lit  The  declara- 
tion that  (he  Republlccn  Party  was  relying  on  legal 
fictions  to  elect  tbe  President  was  incorrect,  unless 
the  Cousiitnliun  Itself  was  a  legal  fictiou.  Unlets 
the  gentleman  could  point  bim  to  some  clause  or 
phrase  in  the  Constitution  which  gave  to  the  two 
Houses  the  power  to  revisu  the  action  of  Slate 
G'jvernmeuis  in  canvassmg  votes,  then  the  at- 
tempt to  do  it  was  a  usurpaiiuu  ot  authority 
ou  the  part  of  the  House,  ur  whatever  body  made 
the  attempt.  There  were  here  improvised  charges 
of  iraud,  and  the  House  has  been  tuid  ov  the  gentie. 
man  from  Ohio.  [Mr.  HuriUJ  thai  fraud  vitiated 
everything^'  Ou  that  declaration  he  took  uireot  and 
pointed  is^e  with  the  gentleman,  even  it  the  fraud 
existed.  Fur  example,  if  a  bill  passed  the  House  by 
a  ma]ority  ot  oue  vote,  aud  if  it  aftei. 
wara  turned  out  that  one  uf  tbe  mem- 
bers Toting  for  it  bad  not  been  duly 
elected,  and  if  he  were  unseated,  or  if  it  were 
shown  that  bis  vote  had  been  purchased  by  bribery 
or  (rand,  tbat  fact  would  not  affect  tbe  bill  itself; 
it  would  stand  as  law  aud  could  not  be  impeached. 
Tbe  coocts  had  decided  tbat  principle  over  and  over 
attain.  It  was  therefore  iuotirrect  to  say  that  fraud 
vitiated  evervtbing  in  tbe  sense  of  its  vitiating  a 
public  and  completed  act. 

CLOSE  OF   THE  DEBATE. 

Mr.  Field,  of  New- York,  closing  the  debate  said : 
Scarcely  Uad  the  eiecuon  taken  placv  in  November 
when  tne  President  invited  representatives  of  the 
Republican  Party  to  visit  disputed  States  in  tho 
Souib  for  the  purpose  of  witnessing  the  counting 
of  the  votes,  declaring  as  he  did  so,  tbat  no  Presi- 
dent ooula  afl'ord  to  ue  elected  by  fraud.  When 
Congress  met  in  December,  acting  in  the  same 
spirit,  it  sent  comoiittee*  of  investigation  into  tbe 
same  States  to  ascertain  the  truth.  Those  States 
have  been  ransacked,  hosts  of  witnesses  have 
been  examined,  piles  of  evidence  have 
been  laid  opon  the  table,  and  yet  now,  all  at  once, 
it  is  discovered  tbat  the  invitation  of  the  President 
was  an  act  of  superfinous  folly,  and  that  his  mes- 
sengers and  the  committees  of  this  House  went  upon 
a  fool's  errand.  This  discovery  ia  made  by  Repnb- 
lioans.  There  is  not  a  Democrat  in  either  house 
ot  Congress  who  does   not  disown  and  reject  it.     It 

u  to  ba  f aen  now  whetbAc  the  HepabUcaas  tUaova 


or  accept  it.  Is  it  now  to  be  that  tbe  Bepub- 
lican Party  has  sd  forgotten  the  great  words 
and  the  heroic  deeds  of  its  early  days  as  to  cry 
"  Evil  be  Thou  my  God,"  and  endeavor  to  install  a 
falsehood  in  the  chief  magistracy  of  tbe  lacd  f  The 
act  is  against  all  the  history  of  Congress  and  all  tbe 
precedents  of  the  past'.  The  Electoral  Commission 
which  you  have  oonstitnted  has  resolved — first,  tbat 
no  evidence  can  be  received  beyond  the  certificates 
submitted  to  the  two  houses  oy  the  President  of 
the  Senate;  and,  second,  that  of  those  certificates 
and  papers  none  can  be  received  of  any  act 
after  tbe  voting  by  a  State.  This  decision,i^ 
Mr.  Speaker,  means — for  it  can  mean  nothing  else — ' 
that  the  certificate  of  the  Governor  of  a  State,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  certificate  of  tbe  State  Canvassers, 
is  to  govern,  unless  before  the  vot«  is  cast  the  State 
rejects  the  act,  and  this  as  if  in,  I  was  about  to  say, 
insolent  mockery.  We  know  tbat  in  scartselv  a  State 
is  the  canvass  made  until  within  a  few  days  of  the 
Electoral  votes  being  oast,  and  we  know,  more- 
over, that  in  tbe  State  of  Florida  the  Canvassing 
Board  .  completed  its  canvass  at  3  o'clock 
in  the.  morning,  and  that  the  Electors 
voted  at  12  o'clock  tho  same  day.  And  yet  we  are 
told  by  this  Commission  that  unless  the  State  of 
Floritfa  within  those  i.ioe  hours  had  roused  itself — 
acting  through  its  deoartments — and  rejected  tbe 
actiou  of  this  Canvassing  Board  there  is  no  nower 
to  00  ir.  In  short,  the  docteine  is  rhis:  If  the  Gen- 
eral Commanding  in  Plorida  had  on  the  morniug  of 
the  6tn  of  December  marcned  a  Corporal's  gus'd 
into  the  State-bouse,  cold  off  four  of  bis  soldiers 
and  forced  the  Returning  Buard  to  certify 
their  election,  the  Governor  to  superada 
his  certificate,  there  is  no  power  in  tbe  land 
to  prevent  the  votes  of  these  four  soldiers  from 
being  counteil.  We  are  tu  see  whether  it  is  the 
judgment  of  the  House,  the  solemn  judgment  of 
this  House  composed  of  both  parties,  that  tbat  is 
the  law  of  this  laud.  Let  me  show  you  what  is  the 
consi  queuce :  We  offered  lo  prove  fraud;  we  were 
forbidden.  And  how  does  it  turn  out!  One  of  the 
Electors  of  the  State  of  Fl'^'i'ls,  Charles  H  Pearoe, 
is  certified  by  one  vote  of  the  CommisMou  to  be  a 
lawful  Elector  of  the  State  of  Florida.  Here 
[boldine  up  a  volume]  is  the  record  in 
the  reports  of  Florida  tbat  this  man  is  a 
convicted  felon.  Iu  tho  Fuorteenth  of  Florida  is  the 
record  of  a  case  aeainst  Charles  H.  Pearce.  colored, 
a  minister  of  thu  (xospel,  and  a  Senator  of  Florida, 
showing  tbat  he  offered  a  bribe  of^SOO  to  a  member 
of  the  Legislature  to  vote;  he  was  convicted  b.y  a 
jury;  be  appealed  to  tbe  Supreme  Court;  tbe  Su- 
prc'ijo  Court  affirmed  the  sentence,  and  that  man,  a 
pardoned  convict,  is  tbe  one  man  whose 
vote  elects  (if  be  is  elected  at  all)  Mr. 
Hayes  to  tho  Presiueufial  office.  Mr. 
Speaker,  the  decision  of  this  tribunal  as  it 
has  been  made  is  entitled  to  do  respect.  It  is  uu- 
f.undcd  in  morals  as  it  is  unsound  in  law  and  in- 
Juiious  and  pernicious  in  its  consequences.  Tbe 
specraolu  of  bucceasful  villain.y  is  cotrupting  in  pro- 
portion to  the  extent  of  the  theatre  on  which  it  is 
unacted  and  to  the  prize  which  it,  wins.  Tbe  Presi- 
dency of  the  United  States  has  never  yet  been  won 
by  fraud.  If  it  is  won  now,  the  example  will  be 
mure  injurious  to  our  good  name,  aud  more  cor. 
rupt  lo  our  people,  than  all  tbe  peculations  and  rob- 
beries and  the  frands  of  all  our  history. 

THE   VOTE   TAKEN. 

The  debate  having  closed,  at  1:15  P.  M.  tbe  House 
proceeded  to  vote  on  tho  qaeBdou.  The  amend- 
ment offered  by  Mr.  Hale  was  rejected  by  yeas  97, 
nays  167,  and  the  original  ruHolutiun  offered  by  Mr. 
Field,  ol  New-York,  was  adopted  b.v  veas  168,  nays 
103,  a  party  vote,  except  that  Mr.  Whitebouse,  ot 
.New- York,  voted  with  tbe  Republicans.  It  was 
then  ordered,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Field,  that  the  Clerk 
inform  the  Senate  of  tbo  aciiuu  of  the  Honse,  and 
also  that  tbe  House  is  now  ready  to  meet  the  Sen- 
ate in  the  hall  of  the  Honse. 

PKEPAEING  FOB  THE  SENATE. 

A  recess  of  five  minutes  was  then  taken  to  allow 
pieiiaratioos  to  be  made  for  the  reception  of  the 
Senate.  During  the  discussion  and  voting  the  seats 
iu  tbe  area  iroutintc  the  Clerk's  desk  were  occupied 
by  Messrs.  Evarts,  Stoughton,  Mathews,  and  Shel- 
labaruer,  cuimsel  tor  the  Republican  Party  be- 
loru  the  Commissiou,  aud  by  Messrs.  Merrick 
aud  Green,  counsel  for  the  'Democratic  Patty. 
The  galleries  were  fully  occupied  by  spectators, 
aome  ladies  faavmg  to  content  themselves  with 
seals  in  tbe  gentlemen's  trallery,  from  which,  how- 
ever, tbe  colored  people  who  nsnally  lounee  tbere 
appeared  to  be  completely  excluded.  Ulysses  S. 
Graut,  Jr.,  occupied  a  member's  seat  on  tbe  Repub- 
lican side. 

THE  JOINT  MEETING. 

At  3:25  P.  M.  the  Senators  arrived  and  took  their 
places. 

Mr.  Ferby,  President  of  tbe  Senate,  and  presiding 
officer  oi  tbe  .joint  session,  rose  and  said:  The 
loiot  meeting  of  Conzress  resumes  ita  session.  Tbe 
two  bouses  separately  bave  considered  and  de- 
termined the  objeciiou  submitted  by  a  member  ot 
tbe  Hoa^e  to  the  decision  uf  the  Commission  ou  tUe 
certificates  from  the  State  of  Florida.  The  Clerk 
of  tbe  Senate  will  now  read  the  decision  of  tbe 
Senate. 

The  decision  Ot  tbe  Senate  was  read  by  ita  Clerk, 
and  that  of  tho  Uon^e  by  Us  Clerk. 

The  PuEsiDiNG  Offickb  said  :  The  two  bouses 
not  concurring  in  ordering  otherwise,  the  decision 
of  the  Conimihsiou  will  stand  unreversed.  The 
counting  will  now  proceed,  in  conformity  with  the 
decision  ot  tbe  Commission.  The  tellers  will  an- 
nounce the  vole  of  Florida. 

Senator  Allison,  one  uf  tbe  tellers,  thereupon 
announced  that  ibe  State  of  Florida  bad  eiven  tour 
votes  for  R  B.  Hayes,  of  Oaio.  as  President',  aud 
lour  rotes  lor  William  A.  Wheeler,  of  New-York, 
as  Vice  President. 

THE  VOTES  OF  OEOBGIA. 

The  Vice  President  then  opened  the  certificate 
from  the  State  of  Georgia,  and  banded  it  to  the 
tellers.  It  was  read  by  Ropresentative  Cook,^of 
Gborifia.  A  slip  in  the  reading  by  which  the  one 
hundred  and  first  year  of  indepencence  was  ren- 
dered as  the  oue  thousand  and  first,  created  a  ripple 
of  Ixughter  throughout  the  auilionce. 

Tbe  Presiding  Officer  asked  whether  tbere  wits 
any  objeciiou  to  tbe  voio  of  Georgia. 

None  being  made,  be  announced  tbat  the  vote 
would  be  cuuuled,  and  directed  tbe  tellers  to  de- 
clare It. 

Mr.  COOK  then  declared  that  tbe  State  of  Georgia 
had  given  11  votes  for  Samuel  J.  Tilden,  of  New- 
York,  as  President,  and  11  votes  for  Tbomas  A. 
llondrickio,  of  Indiana,  as  Vice  President, 

THE  VOTES   OF   ILLINOIS,    INDIANA,    IOWA,.  KAN- 
SAS, AND   KENTUCKY. 

Next  followed  in  succession  the  State  of  Illinois 
with  21  votes  tor  Hayes  and  Wheeler,  Indiana  with 
15  votes  for  Tilden  and  Hendncxs,  Iowa  with  11 
>oie8  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler,  K'insas  with  5  votes 
fur  Hayes  and  Wheeler,  and  Heuiucky  with  12 
votes  for  Tilden  and  Hendricks. 

THE   VOTES  OF  LOUISIANA  OBJECTED  TO. 

Then  came  the  certificate  from  the  State  of 
Louisiana,  ehowine.  eight  votes  for  Hayes  and 
Wbi  eler,  the  presiding  officer  statins  that  the  cer- 
tificate had  oeun  received  by  mail,  and  that  no  cor- 
responding one  had  been  received  by  messeuzer.  |  The 
messeuuer  appointed  for  that  purpose  was  Tbomas 
C.  Anderson  of  the  Returniu;;  Board.]  This  was 
autbeuticated  by  Kellogg  as  Governor,  be  being 
nlmaelf  one  of  the  Electors.  Thu  certificate  having 
beun  read,  the  presiding  officer  handeo  to  the  tellers 
another  certificate  from  the  same  State,  with  a 
corresponding  one  received  by  mail,  showmg  eight 
votes  for  Tildeu  aud  Hendricks.  This  was  au- 
thenticated oy  McEnery  as  Governor  of  the  State. 
Still  a  third  certificate  was  opened  and  read,  a  cur- 
responding  one  having  been  received  by  mail,  with 
yotos  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler,  authenticated  by 
Desloude.  Secretary  of  State. 

The  Presiding  Officer  opened  and  presented 
another  certificate  received  by  maii,  no  correspond- 
ing one  havini;  been  received  by  messenger. 

Mr.  Stone,  of  Missouri,  one  of  the  tellers,  pro- 
ceeded tu  read  it ;  but  it  was  obvious  trom  the  first 
sentence  that  it  was  a  mere  burlesque.  It  com- 
menced by  cerlityiug  tbat  John  Smith  had 
been  chosen  an  Elector  from  tbe  First  Dis- 
trict; John  Smith  Ho.  1  from  tbe  second  ;  John 
Smith  No.  2  from  the  third;  John  Smith  So.  3  from 
tne  fourth;  John  Smith  No.  4  from  the  fifth; 
John  Smith  No.  5  from  tbe  sixth,  and  John  Smith 
"A'  and  John  Smith  "B"  Electors  at  Lome. 

When  the  reading  had  proceeded  thus  far.  Senator 
Sargent  rose  and  said  it  was  obvious  that  tbe  cer- 
tiUcate  was  not  bona  fide. 

°  'The  Presiding  Officer  ^aid  it  was  bis  doty  to  sub- 
mit all  tbe  papers  received  by  bim.  He  asked 
whether  the  paper  should  be  suppressed. 
iVoices— "  No,  no;  read  it.'J  The  reading  was 
proceeded  with,  to  tbe  creat  amu^ment 
uf  tbe  audience.  It  followed  the  usual  formalities, 
suowine  tbat  John  Smith  had  been  duly  cbosen 
as  Chairman,  and  John  Smith  "B"  as  Sergeant  at 
Arms,  and  that  John  Smith  No.  1  and  Joon  Smith 
"A"  were appointea  tellers;  tbat  the  eiicbt  votes  of 
the  State  bad  been  cast  for  Peter  Cooper  of  New- 
York,  and  Sam  Carey  of  Ohio. 

At  this  staee  uf  tho  reaaing.  Senator  McDonald 
of  Indiana,  suueested  that  the  two  bouses  suould 
not  be  compelled  to  listen  to  tbe  reading.  The 
Pregidmg  Officer  directed  the  address  on  tbe  en- 
velope to  be  read.  It  read — "  To  the  Vice  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  Washington.  Vote  of 
the  Electoral  College  ot  the  State  of  Louisiana  for 
President  and  Vice  President,  1876."  He  then 
airected  the  teller  to  proceed  with  the  reading. 
After  a  few  more  sentencea  had  been  read,  Mr. 
Hoar,  of  Massaohnaetts,  inquired  whether  tbe 
Chair  held  that  it  was  not  in  order  to  dispense 
with  the  further  reading  of  the  paper.  The  presid- 
ing officer  said  tbat  he  bad  askeil  unanimous 
consent,  but  tbiit  objection  bad  been  made.  Mr. 
Hoar  lequested  that  any  nerson  objecting,  should 
rise  in  bis  plttce  and  do  so.  Mr.  MiLXfi.  of  Texas, 
rising,  said:  "  As  this  ia  a  burlesque  act,  I  object." 
The  reauiug  was  then  proceeded  with  to  its  dose  ;  it 
purporting  to  be  siicned  by  John  Smith,  Company 
'Twu,  Bull-dozers,  Governor  of  Louisiana,  and  wind- 
ing up  with  the  motto:  "  Such  is  Life  in  Louis- 
iaua."  Subsequently  the  Presiding  officer  directed 
the  paper  to  be  omitted  from  tbe  proceedings  of  the 
Joint  Conventisn. 

Senator  McDoHALD,  of  Indiana,  rose  and  submit- 
ted an  oojectiou  tu  the  Hayes  and  Wheeler  certifi- 
cates. 

-  The  objection  was  based  on  tbe  ground  that  tbe 
Hayes  Electors  had  not  beisn  duly  eiectea,  and.  that 
their  election  bad  been  certified  by  William  P.  Kel- 
logg who  claimed  to  be,  but  iu  fact  .was  not.  Gover- 
nor of  the  State  of  Louisiana,  and  because  tbe  Be- 
turning  Board  of  said  State  was  without  jurisdic- 
tion, for  the  reason  tbat  the  laws  of  Louisiana  con- 

fgjxod  BO  power  on  the  fi^'nuinft  Board  t*  cMnM. 


or  compile  tbe  vote*  since  they  oonstitnted  but  four 
of  the  five  persons  required  by  law,  siuce  those  four 
were  of  the  same  political  party,  and  since  there 
was  a  vaoanc.y  in  said  board  which  tbe  four  mem- 
bers had  refused  to  fill;  because  tbe  four  members 
of  the  Returning  Bot^  had  full  knowledge  that  a 
true  compilation  of  the  votes  would  bave  shown 
that  the  Tilden  Eleotors  had  been  duly  elected  ;  be. 
cause  said  board  bad  offered  for  money  to  sell 
tbevote  of  Louisiana,  and  beoanso  A.  £.  Levisse 
and  O.  H.  Brewster,  of  tbe  Republicau  Electors, 
bad  held  offices  ot  trust  under  the  Government  of 
the  United  States  at  the  time  of  their  appointment 
a*  Eleotors. 

The  objection  Is  signed  by  Messrs.  McDonald  of 
Indiana,  Stevenson  of  Kentucky.  Sanlsbnry  of  J>el- 
aware,  and  Bogy  of  Missouri.  Senators;  Messrs. 
Jenks  of  Pennsytvania,  Gibson  of  Lenisiana. 
Tucker  of  Virginia,  Levy  of  Lonisiana.  Ellis  ot 
Louisiana,  and  Morrison  of  Dllnois,  representatives. 

Mr.  Gibson,  of  Lousiana,  also  sent  up  objections 
to  the  Hayes  and  Wheeler  certificates,  because, 
first,  tbe  Gov&rnment  of  Lonisiana  was  not  Repub- 
lican in  form ;  second,  no  canvass  was  made  on 
which  tbe  certificates  of  election  were  issued: 
third,  any  alleged  canvass  of  the  votes  was  an  act 
of  nsarpation,  fraudulent  and  void ;  fourth,  some 
of  Ibe  Electors  were  ineligible  by  the  laws  4f  Loui- 
siana, and  were  disqualified  from  be- 
ing Electors  as  holding  State  offices, 
Kellogg  being  acting  de  facto  Governor. 
Joffroin.  Supervisor  of 'Reeistratfun  for  the  Parish 
of  Poiute  Coup6e ;  Marks,  District  Attorney,  and 
Burch,  a  member  of  the  State  Senate,  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Control  of  the  State  Penitentiary,  au 
Administrator  of  tbe  Deaf  and  Duiab  Asylum,  and 
Treasurer  of  tbe  School  Bjard  of  East  Baton  Rouge  ; 
fifth,  hecans3  Joffroin  was  specially  disqualified 
by  tbe  thirteenth  section  of  tbe  act  uf  tbe  Legisla- 
ture, passed  July  24,  1674,  which  provides  that  no 
Supervisor  of  Rugis  ration  shall  be  eligible  to  any 
office  at  that  election,  and  beoanse  Joffroin  was,  at 
the  last  election.  Supervisor  of  Registration  far  the 
Parish  of  Pointe  Coup6e. 

This  ohjootiun  is  signed  by  Senators  Saulsbury, 
McDonald,  and  'Kernan  and  by  Representatives 
JeuKS,  Tucker,  Gibson.  Field,  Levy,  and  Eifbert. 

Mr.  WOOD,  of  New-York,  submitted  further  ob- 
jections to  tbe  Hayes  and  Wheeler  certificates  on 
the  grouna  that  the  Electors  were  not  elected  as 
provided  by  tbe  Legislature. 

Mr.  Howe,  of  Wisconsin,  submitted  objections  to 
the  Tildeu  and  Hendricks  certificates  on  the  ground 
that  there  was  no  evidence  that  those  Electors  tiad 
been  appointed  in  such  manner  as  the  Legislature 
directed,  while  there  was  evidence  conclusive  in 
law  that  neither  of  them  hod  been  so  appointed  ; 
also  on  the  ground  tbat  there  was  no  eviaence  that 
McEnery  was  Gurernor  of  Louisiana  in  tbe  year 
1876,  while  there  was  conclusive  evidence  thatKel- 
lo;ig  was,  during  the  year  1B76  and  for  several  years 
prior  thereto,  Grovernor  of  ttiat  State,  and  tbat  he 
was  recugnized  as  such  by  the  Judicial  aud  Legisla- 
tive Departments  of  Louisiana,  and  by  all  tbe  de- 
partments o'  the  Government  of  the  TTuited  States. 

The  Presidine  Officer — Are  there  lurther  objec- 
tions to  tbe  vote  ot  the  State  of  Louisiana  1  [After 
a  pause.]  There  being  no  further  objection,  ail  of 
the  oertifioaies  from  that  State,  with  tbe  papers  ac- 
companying the  same,  together  with  tbe  objections, 
will  be  now  suhmiiied  to  the  Electoral  Cummissiuu 
for  judgment  and  decision.  Tne  Senate  will  now 
withdraw  to  its  chamber. 

Tbe  Senate  thereupun  withdrew,  and  tbe  curtain 
fell  upon  tbe  third  act  of  the  Joint  Convention. 

A  BULB  ON    LEGISLATIVE    BUSINESS. 

Mr.  Cox,  of  New- York,  from  the  Committee  on 
Rules,  reported  a  resolution  so  amending  tbe  rules 
uf  tbe  house  that,  pending  tbe  count  of  the  Elec- 
toral vote,  and  wheif  thu  bouse  is  not  eneaged 
therein,  it  shall,  ou  a!<scmblinu  every  calendar  dav 
after  recess  from  tbe  day  precedine,  proceed  at  12 
o'clock  with  its  business  as  though  tbe  legislative 
day  bad  expired  by  adjournment.  He  explained 
that  there  were  bnt  17  working  days  before  the  end 
of  the  session;  that  tbere  were  11  uf  the  regular 
apprupnatiun  bills  undisposed  of;  that  there 
were  241  bills  on  the  private  calendar 
aud  50  on  the  public  calendar ;  tbat 
there  were  30  special  orders;  that  tbe  bill  to  pay 
the  interest  on  the  public  debt  ol  the  District  of 
Coluiiioio,  and  the  Mittsiaaippi  Levee  bill  were  be- 
fore tbe  House,  and  that  in  order  to  get  through 
this  mass  of  business  the  resolution  sbonid  be 
aouiited.  After  beiug  amended  so  as  to  prevent  tbe 
resolution  from  interfering  in  any  way  with  the 
counting  of  tbe  Electoral  votes  it  was  adopted,  and 
tbe  House  at  4:50  cook  a  recess  until  to-moiTow  at 
10  o'clock  A.  M. 

WHY  MB.  SPRINGER  WITHHELD  HIS  OBJEC- 
TION TO  ILLINOIS. 
Representative  Springer  had  prepared  ob- 
jections to  the  counting  of  the  vote  of  George  D. 
Chaffee,  one  of  the  Hayes  Electors  of  Hlinou,  on 
the  ground  tbat  Chaffee  was  a  Commissioner  of  the 
Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  within  and  tor 
tbe  Southern  District  of  Illinois  at  tbe  time  of  his 
appointinent  as  Elector,  and  of  his  voting  on  tbe  6tb 
ot  Detjember.  Mr.  Springer  was  in  possession  of  the 
record,  evidence  of  the  fact,  daly  certified  by  the 
court',  and  with  a  further  certificate  tbat  Chaffee 
bad  not  resiened,  and  was  still  exercising  the  func- 
tions of  the  office.  Mr.  Springer. was  advised  tbat 
^  case  equally  as  clear  as  Chaffee's  would  be  pre- 
sented to  the  Commission  in  tbe  Louisiana 
(sise  which  wonld  thus  obtain  a  decision 
by  thu  Commission  and  afterward  by  tbe 
two  houses.  If  objection  were  filed  to  Chaffee  tbe 
Commissiou  could  not  decide  the  case,  as  tbere  is 
only  one  certificate  from  tbat  State.  Besides,  tbe 
Sbnate  might  refuse  to  sustain  the  objection  to 
Chafiee's  vote,  and  this  refusal  might  prejudice  tbe 
decision  iu  the  case  of  tbe  assumed  ineligible  Elec- 
tors in  Louisiana.  Hence  Mr.  Springer,  with  tbe 
advice  and  approbation  of  bis  friends,  withheld  iiis 
objection  *to  Chaffee's  vote. 


THE  PROCEElUNQS  IN  THE  SENATE. 

The  recess  having  expired  at  10  o'clock  this  morn- 
ing, the  Senate  resumed  its  session  at  that  hour 
with  but  few  Senators  present. 

In  response  to  a  question  of  Mr.  Davis,  of  West 
Virginia,  the  President  pro  tempore,  Mr.  Febbt, 
leplied  that  it  wonld  not  be  in  oraer  to  take  a  recess 
except  on  a  question  raised  in  the  Joint  Convention. 
A  question  was  raised  therein  on  Saturday,  and  tbe 
Senate  bad  availed  itself  of  its  privilege  by  taking  a 
recess  nntil  this  morning.  He  further  stated  tbat 
no  business  of  a  legislative  character  was  in  order, 
pending  the  consideration  of  a  decision  of  the  Elec- 
toral Commission. 

THE  FLOBIDA  DECISION  AFFIBMED. 

By  12  o'clock  nearly  all  tbe  Senators  were  present, 
but  no  business'  whatever  was  transacted.  Tbe 
Senate,  having  affirmed  the  decision  of  the  Elec- 
toral Commission  in  tbe  Florida  case,  awaited  noti. 
fioation  from  tbe  Honse  of  Representatives  that  that 
body  was  ready  to  resume  tbe  joint  session  to  con- 
tinue the  count 

At  2:20  o'clock,  Mr.  Adams,  Clerk  of  tbe  Honse 
of  Representatives,  appeared  at  tbe  bar  of  tbe 
Senate  and  announced  the  decision  of  the  House 
that  the  counting  of  tbe  Electoral  vote  of  tbe  State 
of  Florida  shall  not  proceed  in  conformity  with  tbe 

decision  of  the  Electoral  Commission,  but  that  tbe 
votes  oi  the  Democratic  Electors  b»  counted,  ice, 
and  also  notified  the  Senate  tbat  the  House  was 
ready  to  meet  it  in  the  ball  of  the  House. 

The  Senate  then  proceeded  in  a  body  to  tbe 
Honse  of  Representatives  and  returned  to  its 
Chamber  at  4:25.  when  legislative  business  was  re- 
sumed. 

AFTEB  TILDEN'S,     PELTON'b,     AND     HEWITT'S   AC- 
COUNTS. 

Mr.  Mn^HEix.  of  OrCL'on,  from  the  Committee  on 
Privileges  and  Elections,  submitted  a  resolution 
providini:  for  the  issue  of  an  attachment  for  Conrad 
C.  Jonrdan,  Cashier  of  tbe  Third  National  Bank  of 
New-York,  he  having  failed  to  appear  before  tbe 
committee  and  produce  the  atscounts  of  Samuel  J. 
Tilden,  William  T.  Pelton,  and  A.  S.  Hewitt,  with 
that  bank. 

Mr.  Saulsbubt,  of  Delaware,  objected  to  tbe 
consideration  of  the  resolution  to-day  and  it  was 
laid  over  until  to-morrow.  He  said  be  objected  to 
the  resolution  because  it  was  not  reported  by  the 
unanimous  coniient  of  the  Committee  on  Privileses 
and  Elections.  Besides  there  were  matters  connect- 
ed with  it  wbich  should  be  inqmred  into  before 
aoy  such  resolution  was  passed. 

By  unanimous  consent  it  was  understood  that  no 
bnsineas  should  be  transacted  by  the  Senate  be- 
tween 10  and  12  o'clock  A.  M.  dnring  the  time  the 
Electoral  Commission  have  the  Louisiana  case  un- 
aer  consideration. 

Tbe  Senate  then,  at  4:45  o'clock,  went  into  execu- 
tive session,  and  wheu  tbe  doors  were  re-epened 
took  a  recess  until  10  o'clock  to-morrow. 


LOUISIANA  BEFORE  THE    COMMISSION. 

The  Electoral  Commission  was  called  to 
order  at  4:3U  P.  M.  to-day,  and  received  the  certifi- 
cates and  accompanying  papers  in  tbe  case  of 
Lonisiana  from  the  President  of  the  Senate.  Upon 
the  arrival  of  tbe  various  counsel,  (Messrs.  Field, 
Campbell,  Trumbull,  Carpenter,  Merrick,  Hoadley 
and  Green,  for  tbe  Democratio  side  of  the  question, 
and  Messrs  Evarts,  Mathews,  Shellabaricer  and 
Stoughton,  for  the  Republican  side.)  the  Presiding 
Officer  inquired  who  would  represent  tbe  objectots. 

Mr.  Field  responded  that  Senator  McDonald  ana 
Ur.  Jenks,  of  tbe  Honse,  would  appear  aa  objectors 
to  certificates  Nos.  1  and  3. 

Mr.  Evarts  announced  tbat  Mr.  Howe,  of  tbe 
Senate,  and  Mr.  Hnrlbnt  of  tbe  Honse  wonld  ap- 
pear as  objecmrs  to  certificate  No.  3. 

Tbe  Commission  tben,  on  motion  of  Jnsuoe  Field, 
adjourned  until  11  A.  M.  to-morrow. 

SmOIDE  OF  J. J/  aXOONGBESSKAy. 
EvAKSVTLLE,  Feb.  12.— Hon.  James  L.  John- 

BOD,  foriaerly  a  member  of  Oonirresa  from  Owens- 
boro.  Et-i  committed  auloide  this  morning.  Hental 
depression,  ocouionsd  by  ill-bwdtii,  wm  tbo  omim. 


RESTLESS  ENfilHEEES. 


8TBIKE  OF  LOCOMOTIVE  DBIVEBS. 

THE  KNGINEKRS  AND  FIBVHEK  O!?  TH^ 
BOdTON  AND  HAINK  ROAD  8TCNP  WORK 
— THEIB  PLACES  PABTLT  6UPFUED— 
THE  C30MPLAINT3  OF  THE  STklKERS— ^ 
THB  RAILROAD  OFFICERS  DETERMXinEl> 
NOT  TO  MAKE  THE  DEMANDED  COX* 
CESSIONS. 

Special  Diipateh  to  the  ITew-TorJc  Timet. 

Boston,  Feb.  12.— Tho  threatened  strlkft. 
of  the  locomotive  engineers  and  firemen  evof. 
ployed  by  the  Boston  and  Maine  Bailroadi 
Company,  operated  between  thia  city  a'jid 
Portland,  with  several  branches  and  tnbotar\e8, 
took  place  to-day.  At  2  o'clock  a  oommi^tea 
representing  the  engineers  waited  on  Sup  enn- 
tendent  Forber  and  presented  the  ultimatum  of 
the  dissatisfied  operatives,  and  two  hours  were 
allowed  for  a  final  decision.  The  demands 
made  were  for  a  fixed  schedule  of  rates  oE 
wages,  the  highest  bemg  |3  50  per  tlay,  with 
oertain  guaranteed  nghte,  similar  to  those 
demanded  by  the  Printers'  Union.  There 
was  no  discretion  left  with  the  employers 
in  the  matter  of  appointment  or  promotion, 
except.so  far  as  related  to  a  decision  ot  fitness 
or  capability.  The  Superintendent  promised 
to  lay  the  matter  before  the  Board  of 
Directors  at  the  next  meeting,  and  bad  la 
the  meantime  agreed  to  make  some  advances 
in  salaries,  but  could  not  guarantee  any  modi  .• 
fications  of  the  existing  rules  and  regulation.s 
of  the  corporation.  The  committee  was  tol  <t 
thia  snbstaDtially.  and  at  4  o'clock  every  fjn^ 
gineer  left  his  train  just  wbere  he  happened  to 
be  at  tbe  time.  The  iuanageii>enti 
had  been  expecting  this  and  bad  men. 
scattered  along  tbe  road,  eome  of 
them  on  the  trains,  ready  to  take  charge  at 
once,  and  the  regular  trains  came  very  near 
making  time.  _  The  main  cause  of  the  dissatis- 
faction is  said  to  be  the  tyranny  of  Master 
Mechanic  Smith,  who  has  charge  of  the  train 
hands.  The  engineers  say  that  no  has  made  their 
lives  as  wretched  and  pinched,  as  he  eould  by 
arbitrary  conduct  and  exacting  demands , 
which  the  men  could  not  comply  with  withou  b 
great  personal  eacrifices.  Their  wages  hav«a 
been  cut  down,  and  the  method  of  payme  ac 
was  such  that  they  were  perpetually  aniioy^d.' 
The  regulations  of  train-time,  the  distance,  ff.-. 
were  so  arranged  as  to  produce  incouvenit^ca 
and  trouble. 

The  excitement  along  tbe  bne  of  the  rcM^d  is' 
intense.  At  Lawrence  the  President  is  in 
charge  looking  alter  the  company's  pijoperty 
and  trying  to  direct  the  organized  and  vigorous 
movement  made  by  tbe  company  againsc 
the  strikers,  which  promises  tb  ba 
bitterly  pushed  to  the  entL  Crowds 
surroimded  the  depot  and  watched  for  any  de- 
velopments tbat  might  arise.  AU  the  wen  woo 
had  leit  the  trains  in  the  vicinity 
came  into  town  and,  joined  by  their 
friends,  formed  little  groups  to  dis- 
cuss the  wrongs  of  the  Brotherhood.  At 
Dover,  N.  H.,  the  same  state  of  affairs  pre- 
vails. The  trains  which  were  dtie  in  the 
early  evening  had  not  come  in,  and  the  depuc 
and  the  streets  leatUng  to  it  were  lined 
with  .  people.  So  far  as  heard  from 
there  have  been  uo  disturbances  or 
disorder.  The  men  are  determmed  to«' 
"stiek"  and  to  force  the  company  to  come  t> 
their  terms  by  peaoeaole  means.  The  cor*. 
pauv.  on  tbe  other  hand,  are  equally  earnest  ca, 
their  professions  ot  ability  to  get  along  wi^^ 
out  tbe  strikers.  Tbere  were  63  engineers  ifad. 
the  same  number  of  firemen  who  left  work,  and 
about  20  of  each  class  stepped  in  to  take  liheii 
places. 

Mr.  Pnrber,  tbe  Superintendent,  had  arr.'jiAged 
a  new  time-table  by  which  be  couid  con6C|Lidat« 
some  trains  and  keep  all  his  new  men  aVwork, 
but  he  has  bad  so  many  ofiers  of  aid  chat  ha 
has  determined  to  carry  out  the  old  E^heduie 
time  on  all  through  trains,  at  least  Ue  baa 
had  promises  ot  ^men  trom  the  Concord  Bai^ 
road  and  other  sections. 

The  Brotherhood  here  is  a  poweijful  orga/ii- 
zation  with  a  large  bank  aooounv,  and  it  baa 
voted  to  stand  by  the  strikers.  A  puolie  meet- 
ing will  be  held  in  Faneuil  Htjli  to-mc«rrow 
evening  for  the  purpose  of  presenting  io  tha 
people  Che  true  state  of  affairs,  at  least  trum  tha 
standpoint  of  the  engineers.  They  asserc 
that  all  the  men  who  took  trains  .ti>-Uay 
were  discharged  trom  tne  road  or  trom  other 
roads,  for  inoomptoncy  or  dmnkenness,'  and 
the  people  will  not  long  patronize  a  road  run 
by  untrustworthy  engineers.  Ic  is  hard  to  pre- 
dict which  side  will  win,  but  one  thing  may  bo 
said — the  road  will  suffer,  owing  to  tho 
trouble.  Keports  from  all  puiuta 
along  the  road  to-night  state  tbat  the  draw- 
bridges  are  all  guarded  by  policemen  and 
special  offioere,  and  all  the  company's  prouert.y 
is  strictly  watched.  No  aemonscrationa  of  hos- 
tility are  reported,  but  tr«uDle  is  apprehended- 
to-morrow. 

BAILROAD  FEEIGHIS   ON  EXPOBItS^ 

MEETING  OP  GENERAL  FREIGHT  AGEr^Ih 
OF  TRUNK  UNES  IN  CHICAGO— R>jrW 
TO  BRITISH  AND  EUKOPKAN  POKTS^ 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  New-  York  Tiniet. 

Chicago,  Feb.  12. — A  very  imj^/ortanf 
meeting  of  general  freight  agents  of  tae  trunk 
railroads  was  held  at  the  office  of  tbe  Lake 
Shore  road  in.  this  city,  to-day.  There  were 
representatives  pr.'sent  from  the  Baltimore 
and  Ohio,  Michigan  Central,  Pittsburg 
and  Fort  Wayne,  Pittsburg,  Cincinnati,  and 
St.  Louis,  and  the  Grand  Trunk.  Tne  meetiqg 
was  called  to  settle  the  schedule  oomplicatioos 
which  have  arisen  regarding  the  rate  on  fort^gn 
freights,  tbat  is,  to  adopt  a  plan  tor  instwinR 
unitbrm  rates  upon  comp^tive  traffic  des4;ined 
to  European  ports.  The  following  tariff  waa 
agreed  upon  :  Chicago  to  Liverpool — Wheat* 
52  cents ;  com,  53  cents ;  provisions,  60 
cents ;  flour.  $1  24  Chicago  to  London — 
Provisions,  72  cents  ;  flour,  $1  3D.  Chicago  ta 
Glasgow — Wheat,  34  oents  ;  com,  56  oenta ; 
provisions,  72  cents  :  flour,  ft  43.  Chicago  to 
Bremen — Provisions,  88  cents.  Chicago  to 
Antwerp — Wheat,  68  cents ;  com,  69  cente  ; 
provisions,  83  cents ;  flour,  $1  55.  Tha 
rate  from  Milwaukee  to  the  same 
points  will  be  two  cents  higher  in 
gola  than  tbe  tariff  from  thu  city. 
Flour  •vriil  be  charged  lor  by  the  barrel,  and 
other  freights  by  the  100  pounds.  Wnile  ibe 
plan  adopted  admits  of  but  one  uniform  rate 
on  all  export  freights,  the  trunk  Hues  are 
left  free  to  maJte  any  inland  race 
they  please,  so  long  as  it  doea 
net  conflict  with  the  agreed  upou 
tariffto  European  points.  This  arrangement 
goes  into  effect  to-morrow,  and  as  an  experi- 
ment, will  remain  in  force  during  this  week,  at 
least,  and  for  as  much  longer  time  as  may  be 
agreeable  to  all  parties.  It  is  a  part  of  tbe 
agreement  that  the  general  fr«ighc 
agents  shall  meet  every  Saturday  and  revise, 
or  if  necessary,  revoke,  the  new  Boheduie,  and 

Sthe  meeting  in  New-York,    on  the  27th  lust, 
e  plan  will  be  finally  approved  or  disapproved 
by  the  Eastern  and  Westemlinesmconventioife 

AN  ENXEBFBISIAG   FARMER. 


HB  OFFERS  $300  TO  8BCBBTART  CHANDLER 
FOR  A  FAVORABLE  DECISION  IN  A  LAIO) 
CLAIM,  AND  IS  PBOMPTLT  ARRESTED. 

San  Fkakcisoo,  Feb.  12. — United  States 
Deputy  Marshal  Finnegass  brongbt  to  thi%oity 
from  Harysville,  last  night,  Taaaey  Stewart,  a. 
farmer  in  the  vicinity  of  Wheatland,  Tuba  Cooatv. 
as  a  priaoner,  on  a  charge  of  attempting  to  bribs 
Secretary  of  the  Interior  Cbaodier  to  render  a  de- 
cuion  in  nis  favor  In  a  oonteat  over  tbe  title  to  ■ 
quarter  seotisn  of  United  States  land,  fie  wrote  to 
Secretary  Chandler  in  October  last,  and  again  in 
November,  offering  him  |300  for  a  prompt  and  fkvoiv 
.able  deolBion.  Mr.  Chandler  referred  tbeletten  to 
tbe  Attorney  General,  who  tranamitted  them  toDis* 
triot  Attomav  Cogblan  with  uistreotlons  lo-bnns 
Stewart  to  justice.  Stewart,  when  arrested,  intut 
mated  tbat  he  thought  the  out-going  administntion 
would  be  ready  to  take  advantage  of  an  opportnoity 
to  make  money.  Tbe  Grand  Jarv  ot  tbe  tb«  IXaiced 
Slates  Court  found  en  indielnwnt  acemei  Stewart 
oa  Jcld^r  iMfe 


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:  LATEST  MEWS  BY   CABLE. 

THE  SITUATION  LS  TEB'EAST. 

PKOBABILITT  THAT  THB  POWERS  WIIX  NOT 
ANSWER  THE  RUSSIAN  NOT?— THB  EKG- 
USH  UBERALS  VX  TAVOR  OF  COEBCINO 
TURKEY— THB  SEETIAIT  PEACE  NBGOTIA- 

tiONS— t6e  great  skupochtuna  to 

BB  CONVENED. 

jLoNl>o>f,  F«b.  13.— A  dispatch  from 
Vienna  says :  "  It  is  stated  Iiere  that  the  pow- 
ers will  probably  not  answer  the  Kossian 
oircolar  at  all.  -  If  an  identical  answer 
'  w^e  giren  the  five  powers  would  tacitly 
acknowledge  Bossia's  claim  for  herself  of  free- 
dom to  withdraw  from  eommon  action  when- 
ever she  please^,  while  separate  answers 
wt>ald  destroy  the  effect  on  the  Czar's  reso 
Intions,  which  an  enan<^ation  of  all 
the  powers  might  have.  The  oiroolar 
ifself  did  not  ask  nor  reqnire  an  answer.  It 
simply  instructed  the  Bassian  representatives 
to  ascertain  the  views  of  the  Cabinets  to  which 
they  are  accredited.  Curiously  enough,  Bussia 
does  not  seem  very  anxious  to  know  the  views 
of  the  Cabinets,  for  the  Bassian  representa- 
tives have  not  yet  taken  any  steps  toward  as- 
eartaininsr  them." 

The  Birmingham  Post  asserts  that  the 
Liberal  leaders  after  consultation  Have  deter- 
mined to  stfbmit  a  motion  declaring 
that  it  is  the  duty  of  England,  in 
concert  with  the  European  powers, 
or.  failing  this,  with  Bussia  alone — ^to  enforce 
upon  Turkey  the  adoption  of  necessary  pro- 
visions for  the  security  of  Christians  in  the  dis- 
turbed provinces. 

London.  Feb.  13. — A  Vienna  dispatch 
says  Kussian  advices  confirm  the 
rtsports  that  the  number  of  arrests  made  of 
Commanist  and  Nihilist  conspirators  ia  Mos- 
cow and  neighborhood  is  increasing  daily.  The 
Russians  are  distributing  notices  in  Poland 
thieatening  with  severe  punishment  all  persons 
who  join  theTarkish  Army. 

A  dispatch  from  Belgrade  reports  that  M. 
Christies,  who  has  been  appointed  Envoy  to 
Constantinople,  and  is  empowered  to  sign  a 
treary  of  peace,  is  Expected  to  start*  for 
that  city  to-day,  Servia  having  so  far  accepted 
all  the  Turkish  conditions  except  that 
relative  to  Jews,  and  having  appointed 
a  Turkish  Commisseu-y  to  reside  in  Bel- 
grade. The  appointment  of  M.  Christies  w.ould 
0rd1naril5.be  very  reassuring,  as  he  -is  one  of 
the  most  prominent  advocates  of  peace,  but 
extraneous  induenees  complicate  the  situation. 
The  Servian  G'ovemment  are  much  em- 
barrassed because  the  Busaian  Gov- 
Bi-nment  have  not  answered  their 
appeal  for  audieooe.  Mew  causes  of  disaerree- 
dtent  may  be  started  at  any  moment  should  a 
favorable  opportunity  occur  of  securing  assist- 
ance against  the  Porte.  The  district  officials 
have  received  orders  to  prepare  ior  elections 
for  the  Groat  Skuptschina,  which  is  only 
ooDTered  on  extraordinaryjf  occasions.  As  it 
comprises  a  larger  number  of  members  than 
the  ordinary  Skuptsciiina,'  the  ieleo- 
toral  formalities  are  combrous,  and 
it  will  be  impossible  to  complete 
them  before  the  1st  of  March.  Therefore  if 
the  treaty  is  to  be  negotiated  for  ratification 
by  the  Great  Skuptschina  a  prolongation  of  the 
armistice  will  be  necessary. 

It  :8  stated  in  Belgrade,  on  very  good  au- 
thority, that  Idontenegro  has  not  accepted 
Turkey's  proposals  for  peace. 

A  new  insurrection  has  broken  out  in  the 
Districts  of  Tnzela  and  Maglay  in  Bosnia. 

A  Vieima  correspoadenc  says  the  Porte  has 
dropped  its  demand  about  the  Jews, 
t^  A  correspondent  at  Pera  writes  under  date  of 
Feb.  5,  that  the  only  business  of  the 
Turkish  Govemmene  seems  to  be  to  send 
soldiers,  and         vet         more  soldiers, 

to  »h6  Danubian  frontier.  Every 
nerve  is  strained,  and  eyery  farthing  lavished, 
to  piepare  as  if  for  an  inevitable  contest. 
Muskeis  arrive  from  America  by  hundreds  of 
Uionsands,  and  cartridges  by  millions. 


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votes  which  the  Chairman  of  the  late  mMtipg 
of  shareholders  decided  invalid,  and  deol^te 
the  resolutions  of  Mr.  Pender  Cwho  represents 
the  amalgamationists)  adopted.  It  is  believed 
that  a  decision  will  be  obtained  within  a  fort- 
night. 

MISCELLANEOUS  FOBEIGN  NOTES, 

REPORT  THAT  SIR  EDWARD  THORNTON  IS  TO 
BE   TRANSFERRED   TO   THB  POBTE. 

LOMSOK,  Feb.  12. — ^A  special  dispatch  from 
Pera  says  it  is  reported  that  Sir  £dward  Thornton, 
now  Bridsti  Minister,  to  the  United  States,  will  be 
appotaited  English  Ambassador  to  the  Porte.  The 
report  creates  a  fiivprable  impression. 

The  motion  for  a  new  trial  in  the  case  of  Twy- 
cross  vs.  Albert  Grant  et  al.,  to  recover  money  al- 
le)(ed  to  have  been  obtained  by  ^raadalent  repre- 
sentations regarding  the  Lubon  Steam  Tramway 
Companv,  has  been  denied  and  jadgment  given 
against  Baron  Grant,  according  to  tne  Jary's  ver- 
dict. 

The  British  bark  Qneen  of  Hearts,  Capt.  Brennan, 
&om  Greenock  for  Hampton  Boada,  in  ballast,  is 
ashore  oa  the  Island  of  Arran.  The  crew  have 
landed. 

Silverelosed  to-day  at  S7^d.  per  <^ee. 

Madbid.  t'eb.  13.— The  Spanish  Govemmant  baa 
decided  that  all  foreigners  living  in  Spain,  inelad- 
ing  Eogiiahmen,  are  liat>le  to  resideace  tax,  nnless 
specially  exempt  by  treaty. 

IiONDOKi'-Feb.  13. — ^A  oorrespondsnt  at  Paris  says 
it  is  roborted  aa  probable  that  the  Daka  Decazoa 
will  reaign  the  Miolstry  of  Foreigfk  Affairs  and  be 
sent  as  Ambasaador  to  St.  Peterabors. 

The  India  Offloe  publlshea  a  teleeraphle  Tdifpatoh 
from  the  Viceroy,  Lord  Ljrtton.  dated  Feb.  11,  stat- 
ing that  the  condition  of  the  distressed  districts  is 
practically  ancbaoged.  The  nambers  receiving  re- 
lief have  tarthe*  deoreased  40,030  la  Madras  and 
25,000  in  Bombay.  Sir  Kiohard  Temple  telegraphs 
tnat  tbronghont  the  entire  Presidency  of  Mitdraa 
atarvation  is  prevented.  Some  deaths  from  want, 
however,  are  reported  in  districts  near  Madras. 

A  dispatch  from  Borne  reporta  that  the  Pope  is 
much  displeaseo  at  the  reolv  of  the  Cardinals  con- 
cemioa  the  resamptioa  of  the  Vatican  Coonoll, 

A  Madrid  dispateh  savs  Captain  General  Campoa 
telegraphs  that  the  Caban  Insanectioa  will  be 
almost  entirely  sappresaed  by  May,  when  be  will  be 
able  to  return  to  Spam. 

DOOM  OF  THE  NE  fVARK  MUBDEREBS. 


OCEAN  CABLE  COMPETITION. 

SBE  MEETIKQ  OF  THE  ANGLO-AMERICAN 
CABLE  CQMPANT — EFTECTS  OF  COMPE- 
TrriON — THB  CONTEST  BETWEEN  THE 
COMPANIES. 

London,  Feb.  12. — The  Timet^  money  ar- 
ticle of  Saturday,  Feb.  10,  referring  to  a  meet- 
ing of  the  Anglo-American  Cable  Company, 
Bays :  "  In  connection  witti  'the  meeting  of 
the  stockholders  ef  the  Anglo-American  Tele- 
graph Company,  held  to-dav,  it  is  worth  calling 
attention  to  the  distinct  threat  uttered  br  the 
Coairman  against  the  Direct  Cable  Company, 
tiiat  he  and  his  board  were  determined  to  in- 
stitute what  he  called  "an  internecine  war* 
till  the  weaker  went  to  the  wall,  should  tbe 
attempt  now  l>eing  made  by  the  Globe  Tele- 
graph and  Trust  Company  party  to  destroy  the 
D.rect  Cable  Company  fail.  He  was  frank 
enough  to  tell  the  shareholders  that  this  war 
might  be  very  costly,  but  none  the  less,  it  is 
the  determination  ot  his  board  to  have  no  ri- 
val if  s  fight  could  destroy  that  rival." 

Tbe  following  is  a  report  of  the  Acglo- Ameri- 
can Cable  Company's  meeting  on  Fnuay  last : 
'•  I'he  ordinary  general  meeting  ot  the  Anglo- 
American  Telegraph  Company  {limited)  was 
held  y<>scerdav  at  the  City  Terminus  Hotel. 
Viscount  Mouck,  the  Chairman,  presiding. 
The  Chairman,  in  moving  the  adoption  of  the 
reoort,  briefly  alluded  to  the  great  depression 
of  trade.  Iheir  own  business  was  not  less 
sensitive  to  the  effects  of  the  depression  than 
other  modes  of  employing  capital,  but  not- 
withstanding the  tact,  there  had  been  transacted 
duriug  the  last  yearas  large  a  business  in  teleera- 
pby  across  the  Atlantic  as  in  the  year  preceding. 
I'he  cosupany,  however,  bad  not  obtained,  as 
the  shareholders  had  felt  in  their  dividend,  the 
full  amount  ot  the  bvisiness,  a  fact  attributable 
to  the  existence  of  a  competitive  company, 
which,  ot  course,  by  carrying  a  portion  of  the 
business,  had  to  that  extent  deprived  them  ot 
their  profits.  The  obvious  and  ordtaary  mode 
of  mteting  a  competitive  rival  in  the  field 
would  be  to  carry  on  what  he  might  call  a  sort 
of  'iniernecine  war'  with  bim  till  they  had 
brought  him  to  such  a  condition  as  would  induce 
him  to  come  to  an  amicable  arrangement. 
Such  a  course,  however,  would  involve  a 
oertain  loss  of  revenue  to  both  companies,  and, 
having  iho  fact  before  their  minds,  they  de- 
sired to  exhaust  every  means  at  their  disposal 
for  arriving  at  an  amicable  arrangement  with 
their  competitor  before  they  •  drew  the  sword' 
and  embarked  in  a  hostile  competition  with 
him.  To  show  the  anxiety  of  the  Directors  not 
to  embark  in  any  hostile  competition  with 
tbe  Direct  Cable  Company  as  soon  as  that 
company  had  begun  work  he,  though  repre- 
semiug  the  senior  company,  requested  an  in- 
terview with  the  Chairman  of  the  Direct  Cable 
Company,  and  asked  if  they  could  not  come  to 
some  terms  enabling  them  both  to  live  without 
expending  the  capital  and  money  of  their  share-, 
huiueis  in  a  hostile  competition.  The  Chair- 
man of  the  Direct  Cable  Company  met  him 
with  a  point-blank  retueal  to  do  what  he  pro- 
posed, but  he  did  not  tell  him  that  it  was  im- 
possible. That  was  subsequently  discovered. 
I'his  point,  however,  was  now  to  be  decided  by 
a  court  ot  law,  and  the  Directors  had  eome  to 
the  conclusion  that  they  should  wait  and  see 
how  the  question  was  decided  before  they 
adopted  any  alteration  in  their  policy.  He  had 
heard  it  said  that  the  Globe  Company  was  only 
the  'creature'  of  this  company  in  these 
transactions.  The  Globe  Company,  however, 
was  interested  in  this  company  to  tbe  extent  of 
£l,iJ5U,0uO,  over  a  seventh  part  of  tneir  whole 
capital,  and  they  were  also  largely  interested 
iu  the  Direct  Cable  Company.  It  was  there- 
fore obvious  to  any  one  that  the  eontesc  be-> 
tween  those  companies,  in  both  of  which  the 
Globe  Company  was  deeply  interested,  must  bo 
prejudicial  to  tne  intereeca  of  that  campanj,  and 
therelore  it  was  their  duty  to  prevent  it. 
Ao  stated  in  the  report,  they  intended  to  send 
out  an  jxpedicion  this  year  to  repair  the  cable 
ot  18t».  1  he  cable  of  lsS66  was  recently  broken, 
but  in  very  shallow  water,  and  ho  believed  the 
break  was  capable  of  easy  repair.  Ihe  repitir 
ot  these  two  cables  and  the  consequent  in- 
fonnat.on  tliey  Would  obtftiii  would  oeofthe 
hi;{lie8t  interest,  not  only  to  themselves,  but 
to"  ail  proprietors  of  telegraph  oaoles.  The 
great-  difficulty  which  they  liad  all  had  hitherto 
Was  their  absolute  ignorance,  so  far  as  expe- 
rience was  concerned,  of  the  length  of  time  on 
which  they  might  caloillat<j  on  the  service  of 
any  given  cable.  The  state  of  these  cables 
when  they  were  taken  up  would  go  tar  to  re- 
late that  iijnorance,  and  it  would  enable  them 
IB  a  great  degree  to  eoonomizo  witii  reierenoe 
to  the  necessity  tor  future  restoration  and  re-* 

pftir. 

Sir  D.  Qoooh,  M.  P.,  Direotop,  seconded  th« 
lAoption  of  the  resort  whiohAras  oarried  onan- 
taofisij  without  diaoussioa,  ftnd  tbe  dividends, 
bi  *e«ord8Boe  with  tbe  report  were  deolared." 

,A]>plteatioa  baa  been  aiede  for  A  maadimttfl 
wSSnA  ti»Dir«ot  Unitod-fitatee  C»ble  Con- 
psB^  JBouA  of  Dlxeeton  «•  x«eoKttic<  tkt. 


FAILURE  10  PASS  THE  WRIT  OF  ERROB  BILL 
IN  TBE  NBW-JEB8EY  SENATE  — 
THE  EXECUTION  TO  TAKE  PLACE  ON 
THURSDAY. 

Svteial  Disvatehto  the  New-TorX  Timtt. 
Trenton,  Feb.  12. — In  the  House  this 
evening  28  bills  were  offered,  but  none  of  pub- 
lic interest.  Tbe  only  thing  of  any  interest  in 
either  house  was  the  consideration  in  the  Sen- 
ate of  Gov.  Bedle's  veto,  of  Friday  last,  of  the 
bill  granting  the  writ  of  error  in  murder  cases. 
After  all  the  calendar  business  had  been  dis- 
posed of.  Senator  Magic,  who  intro- 
duced the  bill,  addressed  the  Senate 
in  its  support.  He  denied  that  the 
pendinz  execution  of  the  Newark  murderers 
was  tbe  cause  of  the  bill.  It  was.  however, 
the  occasion  of  it,  because  it  was  while  engaged 
in  the  effort  to  secure  a  ne^  tnal  lor  his  con- 
victed clients  that  the  anomalous  character  of 
the  old  law  was  lirought  to  his  notice.  He 
thought  it  monstrous  that  greater  safeguards 
should  be  thrown  around  the  liberty  and  prop- 
erty of  a  condemned  man  than  around  bis  lite. 
He  also  took  up  the  objections  of  tbe  Governor, 
set  forth  in  the  Message,  and  discus^ied  them 
seriatim.  Senator  Ward  arose  in  reply, 
and  warmly  suoported  the  veto.  Senator  Ber- 
gen, having  been  called  to  the  chair.  President 
Abbett  took  the  floor.  He  said  that  he  partly 
differed  Irom  tbe  gentlemen  who  had  preceded 
him.  The  old  law  which  made  a  wnt  of  error 
a  'wnt  of  right  in  minor  cases,  and  a  writ  of 
grace  only  m  eaoital  oases,  was  an  outrage.  It 
ought  not  to  stand  on  the  statute  books.  At  the 
same  time  the  Governor  pointed  out  one  ob- 
jection to  the  bill  which  he  regarded  as  of 
sufficient  weight  to  justify  him  [the  Senator] 
IB  sustaining  the  veto.  It  was  the  fact  that 
no  time  was  fixed  in  which  the  writ  of  error 
must  be  applied  for.  That  error  was,  to  bis 
aiud,  a  fatal  one<  The  question  whether  the 
bill  should  pass  notwithstanding  the  Governor's 
veto  was  put  and  negatived  by  the  Vote  ot  15 
Senators  sustaining  the  veto  ana  G  against  it. 
I'he  SIX  who  voted  in  favor  of  the  passage  of 
the  bill  over  the  veto  were  Senators  Hill, 
Hobart,  Lejiming, Ludlow,  Magie,  and  Sobulize. 
This  defeat  aestroys  the  last  hope  of  the 
Newark  convicts  for  their  lives,  and  they  will 
be  executed  in  the  Essex  County  Jail,  next 
Thursday,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the 
Governor's  respite. 


TILDEN'S  "  GOBBLE"  DISPATCH. 
THE    TRANSLATORS    SUMMONKD    TO  APPEAR 
BEFORE    THE    SENATE    ELECHON     COM- 
MITTEE. 

Bpedal  DUpateh  to  th«  Ifew-Tori  Time$. 

Detroit,  Feb.  12. — ^A.  B.  Hiuman  and  A. 
W.  Shaw,  of  this  city,  constituting  the  firm  uf 
A.  B.  Hinman  &  Co.,  oil  dealers  aud'  mining 
operators,  have  gone  to  Washington  on  a  sub- 
pcena  of  the  Senate  Election  Committee.  They 
are  the  decipherers  of  the  "  Gobble  "  dispatch, 
who  furnished  its  translation,  published  last 
week  by  the  Detroit  Tribune,  and  they  have 
taken  to  Washington  the  dictionary  used 
for  the  cipher,  namely.  The  Household  Dic- 
tionary, published  by  T.  Nelson  &.  Sons,  ot 
Paternoster  row,  London.  They  have  used  it 
repeatedly  in  tne  past  for  mining  operations  with 
Patrick,  of  Omaha,  and  will  expiam 
method  to  the  Senate  Committee. 


the 


LITTLEFIELD  FIN  ALLY  DISPOSED  OF. 


HIS 


ATTEMPT  TO  SELL  HIS  "  TESTIMONy" 
TO  THE  HIGHEST  BIDDER. 
Chicago,  Feb.  12. — Th^JoumaVa  Davenport, 
Iowa,  dispatch  says :  "  Hon.  Ira  M.  GifFord,  who 
Clerk  Lictle&eld  swore  offered  him  money  to  go  to 
(Vasbington  with  tbe  Vernon  I^arish  return,  sajingr 
he  could  set  $100,030  from  the  National  Repnblioau 
Commit  toe  for  tbe  rappressinn  of  that  erldenoe,  this 
mornine  published  a  denial  of  this  story.  He  aays 
LUtlefield  said  prominent  I>emocrat8,iocladinK  Gov. 
Palmer,  had  approached  him  and  offered  him  large 
soma  of  monev  to  dlaclose  what  be  knew  of  the  Re- 
turning Board.    He  being  a  SepnbUcan,  however, 

preferred  to  keep  silence  for  a  less  snm  than  the 
X)emocrats  offered.  Gov.  Palmer  approached  bira 
in  vaiious  ways,  and  intimatecl  he  could  get  $10,000 
for  bis  iDformadon.  Mr.  Giffotd  aays  he  la  ready 
to  make  these  statement*  under  oath. 


A  WHISKY  WAli  IN  OEOBGIA. 


LIEUT.  M'INTYRE,  OP    THE    SECOND    INFAN- 
TRY, KILLED  BY  AN  AMBUSHED.  PARTY 
OF   SMUGGLERS — ^EIGHTY-FOUK  ARRESTS 
MADE  AND  THIRTY- THREE  DISTILLERIES 
DESTROYED. 
Washington,  Feb.  12. — A  dispatch  to  the  In- 
ternal Sevenae  ComaiLiBioner  from  Agent  Obam- 
berlaiii,  dated  Cartersville,  Ga.,  mentions  that  npon 
a  raid  in  the  northern  part  of  that  State  84  arresta 
were  made  and  that  33  distilleries  were  destroyed. 
Lieut.  Molntyre,  of  tbe  Second  Infantry,  was  killed 
In   tbe  Frog   Mountains  by   illicit  aistillers  in  am- 
bnsh.    The  attack  opon  tbe  Government  forces  was 
made  bv  tbe  distillers,  30  in  number,  under  cover  of 
niifht. 

Atlanta,  Feb.  li— On  Friday  night  a  detach- 
ment of  United  Siates  Infantry  accompanviug 
Beveoae  aeeuiB  were  atcaoked  by  ambushed  distil- 
lers in  Gilmer  County,  and  Lieut.  Mclntyrw,  of  Com- 
paoy  E.  Second  Infantry,  was  kilL^d.  A  detach- 
ment which  WAS  sent  oot  to  recover  the  body,  U 
said  to  have  killed  ttiree  distillers  before  compass- 
ing that  end. 


A  GOAL  bOSlfi.PIX  la  TROUBLE. 

PiTtSBUBQ,  Feb.  12, — In  the  United  States 
Circuit  Codrt  this  morning,  Samuel  Dlckmn,  of 
Phlladelpbia,  made  a  motion  for  the  appointment  of 
Bdward  W.  Cl&rk,  Benjamin  Williamson,  and  Wil- 
liam H.  TilUoghast,  as  Receivers  of  tbe  Lehigh  and 
WilkeSbarre  Coal  Company,  and  after  areument, 
the  persons  named  were  appointed.  They  were  re- 
qnired  to  file  bonds  to  ths  amount  of  |300,000  for 
the  taithfal  performance  uf  their  duties.  An  in- 
Jnnotlon  waS  granted  restrainiui;  all  parties  from 
iniartenng  with  aaid  BeceiVera  In  takine  possession, 
and  in  ib*  trahsaotioa  of  all.thslr  bosiness  as  Be- 
celvefs. 

-'  WiUacBBAXtB,  Feb.  19. — The  annonnoemMit  hSre 
at  head-quarters  that  the  Lehigh  and  Wllk«a> 
Darre  Coal  Company  bad  to-day  applied  for  a  Re- 
ceiver wis  not  entirely  unexpected.  Ic  \am.  eaused 
no  panioky  feeling  aa  yet.  Jt  ia  thooght  tbe  mines 
will  be  wwksd  as  oaoaL 

PHSUDiurau,  Feb.  it.— Tbe  eoal  inteveete  taste 

wsre  mooh  depressed  tp-dar  br  tb«  newa  of  th» 
m^mv^  Sf  ths.Bs^JTets  of  lb«  Ii«njtb  aaa 


mt  OLD  SOtTHEfiN  WHI6S. 

■  — .    * 
TEEtn  BTATVS  IN  NOBTB.  CAROLINA. 
THE  oLd  Whigs  the   most   violent  men 

IN  the  DEMOCRATIC  FARTT— HOW  THK 
SECESSION  ORDINANCE  WAS  PASSED — 
THE  PEAOB  MOVEMENT  OF  1862  AND 
WHAT  CAME  OF  IT — OLD  DEMOCRATS 
KEPT  OUT  OF  OFFICE  AND  WHtOS  KEPT 
IN— REPURLlCAN  iROSPtOti  ttf  *ttll 
OLD  NORTH  STATE. 

From  as  OpxMonat  Owruooninl. 

Rauuoh,  Friday.  Feb.  9,  ISTf, 

Mueh  has  been  said  and  wtitten  about  the 
old  Whig  element  of  the  Soatharn  Sutes,  and  it  has 
been  prophesied  that  this  portion  qf  the  Dsmo- 
oratijs  Party  will,  sooner  or  later,  join  the  Repub- 
lican Party.  This  prophecy,  so  far  as  North  Caro- 
lina is  conosmed,  will  never  do  realised,  Stoange 
to  say,  tbe  most  bitter  and  unrelenting  men  of  the 
pemooratio  Party  are  the  old  Whig  leaders — men 
who  loved  the  Union — some  of  whom  remained  tras 
to  their  principles  daring  the  entire  war.and  yet,aiter 
tbe  war  was  over,  jomed  the  •uemles  of  the  Union, 
and  became  tbe  most  violent  men  in  tbe  State. 
Ia  18S0  the  Whigs  of  this  State,  polled  44,990  votes 
for  Bell  for  President.  Ail  these  men  were  Union- 
ists, and  bitterly  opposed  to  secession.  Ia  Febru- 
ary, 1861,  when  the  people  voted  upon  the  ^nes- 
tlon  of  convention  or  no  convention,  and  for  dele- 
gates, tbe  Union  men  defeated  the  convention,  and 
elected  two-thirds  of  the  delegates  by  30,0p6  majori- 
ty.  There  were  many  Democrats  Jr^o  were 
loyal  to  tbe  Union,  and  they  /helped  to 
swell  this  vote.  After  Sumter  wan  fired  on, 
and  Lincoln  issued  his  proelamation  calling 
for  75,000  troops,  a  convention  was  called  without 
snbmitting  tbe  question  to  a  vote  of  the  people' 
The  secessionists  worked  np  publlo  sentiment  to 
snob  an  extent;  because  Lincoln  proposed  to  coerce 
the  Southern  StaiJiss,  and  browbeat  Union  men  by 
denominatlne  tbem  "  lubmissiooiita  "  to  Lincoln 
and  his  hirelings,  that  a  larze  mt^jority  of  the  dele- 
gates elected  to  the  conveatton  were  original  seces- 
sionists. George  E.  Badger,  one  of  the  ablest 
men  this  State  has  ever  produced,  was 
elected  ttom  Wake  County,  and  William  A. 
Graham  was  elected  from  Oranne  County. 
These  two  men  were  the  leadera  of  the  Union  dele- 
gates, and  so  powertnl  was  the  current  of  secession 
that  Mr.  Badger  Introduoea  an  ordinance  of  seces- 
sion, and  so  arrogant  were  the  aeoesaion  delesates 
that  they  voted  down  the  ordinance  Introduced  by 
Mr.  Badger  and  adopted  that  introduced  by  Barton 
Criige,  of  Rowan.  After  tbe  secessioa  ordinance 
was  enrolled,  every  member  of  tbe  convention 
signed  it ;  tbe  Union  delegates  were  afraid  to  re- 
fuse, because  they  would  have  been  hanaed  to  the 
trees  in  the  Caoltot  square.  From  this  time  until 
Jannarv,  1863,  the  ostracism  and  oppression  of  the 
Union  men  by  the  secessionists  was  worse  th^n  that 
endured  by  the  white  Republioaas  uf  tbe  South 
since  1868. 

As  the  war  proeressed,  and  men  and  boys  were 
conscripted  aud  hnrrled  to  tbe  front,  tbe  people  be- 
can  to  mnrmur,  and  the  war  began  to  grow  nnpop- 
alar;  and  when  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus  was 
suspended,  the  mnrmurings  broke  into  open  denun- 
ciation of  Jefferson  Davis  and  his  Go  vernmenL  This 
was  in  1863,  and  while  tbe  Lecislatnre  was  in 
session  peace  resolutions  were  Introdneod  aod  voted 
down.  Tbe  movement  spread,  and  in  less  tban  two 
months  peace  maetines  bad  been  held  in  nearly 
every  county  in  the  Stata,  Tbe  result  was  the 
election  of  Z.  B.  Vance  by  tbe  Union  mea  in 
Angust,  1862,  as  Governor.  While  there  was 
no  fixed  understanding,  it  was  tacitly  under- 
stood among  the  Union  men  and  old  WhlKs 
that  Gen.  Vance  was  to  embrace  tbe  first  opporta- 
nity  that  presented  itself,  to  recall  tbe  North  Car- 
olina troops  from  Virginia,  and  call  a  convention 
and  take  the  State  out  ot  the  Confederacy,  and  thus 
break  the  t>ack-bone  of  the  secession  movement* 
Up  to  this  time  the  old  Whigs  had  maintained 
their  principles,  and  were  opposed  to  Jefferson  Da- 
vis and  his  government.  In  an  evil  hour 
Vance  went  to  Riclimond  to  see  Davu, 
and  from  that  -  time  forward,  be  was 
a  changed  man — from  an  outspoken  Union  and 
peace  man,  he  became  tbe  most  vigoroas  Wnr  Gov- 
ernor in  tne  Sontb.  and  carried  with  bim  the  great 
minority  of  tne  old  W  bigs.  Tbis  was  tbe  beginning 
of  the  departure  of  the  old  Whigafrom  the  Union  or 
Conservative  Party;  and  when  tbe  w^r  ended. 
Gov.  Vance  and  every  Whiz  who  toUowed  him, 
were  the  moat  ultra  in  opposition  to  tbe  Govero- 
niont  in  tbe  State. 

Tbe  appointment  of  W.  W.  Holden  in  1885,  aa 
Provifiional  Governor  by  President  Jonnson, 
aogerexi  the  old  Whigs,  and  when  Gov.  Holden  re- 
iused  to  recommend  the  pardon  of  W.A.Graham 
and  other  old  Whig.4  wbo  had  followed  Vauce  into 
tbo  camp  of  .leff  Davis,  they  set  al>aat  at  once  to  or- 
ganize a  party  lo  opoositiou  to  Holden.  In  looking 
around  tor  an  available  man,  Gov.  Graham  and 
bill  followers  nnited  apon  Jonathan  Worth, 
who  waa  an  old  Whig  and  a  Umon 
man  who  had  been  appointed  State  Treaanrer  by 
Gov.  Holden.  Worth  beoame  a  candidate  for  Gov- 
ernor ai  tbo  election  In  November,  1865,  and  waa 
elected  by  6,000  majority.  From  tbis  election 
surnng  the  oresent  Democratic  organlzaiion.  The 
wniies  refused  to  vote  on  the  queation  oroaltiog  a 
convention  in  1867  to  frame  a  Conatitniton  un- 
der the  Reconstruction  acts.  In  February, 
1868,  the  Democrats  held  a  State  Cun- 
veution  in  this  ciiv,  with  W.  A.  Granam 
AS  President  who  annonncsd  in  his  speech,  on  tak- 
ing tbe  obair,  that  the  line  of  demarkation  betcreen 
the  two  parties  was  tbe  line  of  coljr.  Vance, 
Leach,  Turner,  Gilmer,  Dsviilson,  and  almost  every 
old  Whig  leather  followed  Graham  as  they  did  Vance, 
and  in  ibis  State  itiey  have  taken  absolute  control 
of  tbe  Democratic  Party,  and  have  held  nearly  all 
tbe  ofBoea  since  1670.  Xheiefore  there  is  no  disoon- 
tent  among  the  old  Wbigs  in  this  Stale  becauae 
they  control  tbe  party  and  rem  it  in  their  interest. 
What  hope  is  ibeie  under  these  circumstances  that 
tbeae  men  are  going  to  break  with  tneir  party  and 
attach  ibemselvea  to  the  Kepabllcau  Party }  None 
whatever.  The  party  huh  is  brongbt  into  play  at 
the  slightest  sign  of  independence  on  tbe  part  of 
any  Democrat,  and  he  la  driven  back  into  tbe  party 
or  crushed  out  at  once.  There  are  few 
Democrata  In  this  State  wbo  have  opin- 
ions other  tban  those  laid  down  for  them 
by  party  caucuses  and  conventions,  and  not  one  of 
tbem  dares  to  oppose  any  party  movement,  on  pain 
of  being  driven  oot  of  the  party  and  denounced  as  a 
Radical.  Therefore,  It  Korthsrn  Republicans  are 
expecting  an  addition  to  tbe  party  10  this  State 
ftom  the  old  Whl/^  element,  they  are  coimting  oa  a 
btvken  read. 

To  show  that  the  party  in  tbii  State  Is  controlled 
by  the  old  Whigs,  it  it  suflicieot  to  mention  tbe  fol- 
lowing wbo  ara  now  in  othoe:  Z.  B.  Vance,  Gov. 
emor:  A.  S.  Merrimoo,  Unitsd  States  Senator>  J. 
J.  Teatod,  A.  M.  Waddell,  J.  J.  Davis,  W.  M.  Rob- 
bins,  and  R.  B.  Vance,  Congressmen:  M.  L.  £ure 
and  John  Kerr,  Superior  Coort,  Judgesj  T.J. 
Jarvis,  Lleuienani  Govemori  J.  M.  Worth,  State 
Treasurer,  and  many  other*,  while  there  are  not 
more  than  six  old  Democrats  now  m  oflioe. 

When  the  Republican  Party  was  organized 
in  this  State  in  1867.  the  following  old  Wbigs  en- 
rolled tnemselves  under  the  Kepnblloan  banner,  to- 
wn :  John  Pool,  Alfred  and  Oliver  Dockery,  G.  W. 
Logan,  C.  L.  Harris,  William  Barrow,  D.  M.  Car- 
ter. D.  B.  Goodloe,  W.  A.  Smith,  D.  L.  Rasssll.  A. 
H,  Jones.  J.  W.  Bowman,  C.  C.  Jones,  and  a«  many 
more.  Of  the  old  Oemooratic  leaders  tbe  following 
look  sides  with  tbe  Renublican  Partv :  W.  W. 
Holden,  Thomas  Settle,  W.  B.  Rodman,  R.  P.  Dick, 
Rofos  Barringer,  J.  W.  Atbertson,  and  a  few  others. 
Aamitting  that  the  negroes  voted  their  full  strength 
in  April,  1868,  chat  is  79.000,  Holden's  vote  for  Gov- 
ernor uaing  93  335,  u  will  be  observed  that  only 
13,235  white  men  voted  the  RapubUcan  ticket  at  the 
Apiii  election  in  1868.  Granting  that  5,000 
negroes  did  not  vote  in  April,  1868,  tbis  would  give 
18,335  IT  bite  men  who  voted  the  Republican  ticket 
at  loat  election.  At  the  election  in  November  last 
not  more  tban  80.000  negroes  voted  tor  Settle,  mak- 
ing the  white  Repatillcaa  vote  30,000 — a  gain  of 
13,000  since  Aoril.  1868.  Vance's  vote  oelug  123,000 
BOuws  that  only  one  nbite  man  Out  of  every  five 
voteu  Ihe  Republican  ticket.  With  every  depart- 
ment of  the  State  Government,  with 
every  railroad  and  other  corporation  in 
wbich  tbe  State  has  a  cootrolUug  interest, 
and  with  two-tbirds  of  tbe  counties,  in  the 
bands  of  tbe  Demourats,  it  will  be  seen  that  there 
is  every  reaaon  why  the  Demooratio  vote  should  be 
increased  at  every  election.    Should  Hayes  be  de 


„  lora 
pe>tenoe.   , 

ailemBibfi  and  tu  flj 


my.,  l^fcat  was  j^sed.as 

I  went  into  it,  bntit  #i« 

Med_bf  sobeming  men 

not  save 


did  '  lie '  most  egregionalx.  Tk*  State  will 
a  dollar  prsotloally. 

FmtrtK—Xh«  average  of  your  LegislatnTe  will  be 
lower  thfonpWL  for  reaso9«*boift,«ojUB9Wted,.tMi- 
isss  you  are  very  nnob  wiser  tiiaB  we  are  iii  Ver- 
mont." .     -  ■     ^  _,.:.., , 

SALE  OF  Oil  P4INTIN0a. 

k  YitLttAitie  iittttcnon  pii^oekti  6*  at 
VKftr  jjoit  ndCRU— nu  ttaowB  se- 
AuzEb. 
Meean,  Lesvltt  ft  Ca  diipMM  of  i  larjte 
ntimber  ef  valuable  oil  palntitiga  by  auction,  at  their 
art  sales-rooms,  No.  817  Broadway,  last  avening. 
Very  few  of  the  paintings  brotigbi  their  valine,  and 
i9  many  instances  works  of  art  valued  at  several 
thousand  dollars  leidlaed  aS  many  hnadred.  The 
principal  palntinr  offered  w|is  Paul  Weber's  -'Mon- 
aaterr  on  Lake  Maggiori."  for  which  tt,ODO  bad 
been  refused,  and  which  was  sold  last  night  at 
11,100.  The  work  is  eight  fitet  lon|:  an4>lx  feet 
nAde,  and  is  snrronp4ed  bv  a  mMslva  gilt  frame. 
Tbe  oamti.ngf  and  frames  wsre  sold  together.  Fol. 
lowing  is  a  list  of  the  principal  paintings,  with  their 
artlata  and  the  orieea  realised  i 

Weber Monastery sa  LakeHagglori.$l,100  00 

Reatd Sear  Dance , 690  00 

Portman Soeq*  in  the  Tyrol 256  00 

Yaini Bptso<ie  of  tba  Krenob  \Var.,...*JOO  00 

pe  Baas Wreck  on  Ijon«  Ulaod  Coast. .400  0(J 

Farrari... .Salutation  to  the  Croks., 535  Ou 

Van  Hove The  Hapoy  Uotb,er 760  00 

Pabnua Uatchtng  Herrings   neur   Hol- 
land  200  00 

Ptnohart Oressmg  ftor  die  Ball 2ii5  0(1 

Madon Popping  the  Question 175  OO 

Boaer The  Orphan 200  00 

Plassan Tbe  Luncheon ijo  00 

liumuutls The  Firat  Ride •i2it  OQ 

Eobbe Pastoral  Scene. 250  00 

Pe  Jongbe Heverle 400  00 

Fortman Sc^ne  nearl^rol; , ,.260  00 

Satmer The     Widow   Van   Oifeabam- 

velt... n 

Weber,  T Seen  a  off  Us  tend 

Ferrari 'lunlsiaa  Jleiobanta , 

0-<rlaad Crossing  tbejS  (ream , 

Chapman Tba  l>0Kr>'«  Palaoe 

(JHrUnd The  Suddea  Attack 

Wlnteraalter....Sceue  from  Uanboe 

Qoupll The  Sad  tiewt 


...-165  00 
....21U  00 
....860  00 

....no  OU 
....100  00 

....lUO  00 

....aao  00 


^aron T_ha  J'ronbador loa  Oi 

Iclana. 142  0( 

S86  OO 


S{{ 


Urown Hide  and  Heek.. 

Mansoni 0«a«t  «f  Dovnr 100  00 

Storr Tli»  liOtter 00  00 

SahultBe Taking  a  Nap 8J  00 

Wnat IceOewsoff  Kewtonndland 8U  OO 

Cbapmaa Oatherlng  Qrapes 75  OU 

bulk tttreat  Scene  lu  Aasterdam....  00  00 

Miidleton Arm.v  near  Paris 75  OU 

VanSeben fikating..: 60  00 

VanBsest ThePUot-boat 66  00 

Pevnes The  Coinrersatlon „ 55  00 

McCord Landscape— Lake  Ueerge 65  00 

Veron dpriug-time 46  00 

t>eriit Qypiv  Booamoment. 40  00 

Coomao Autumn 45  oo 

Culcman , Kandscake— North  Conway 60  00 

Hamilton Liverpool  Harbor b5  00 

Do  Pauld On  Matin , 61  00 

Bmliile .I'armlngton,  Conn 6ti  00 

Brown FruU 60  00 

('asilear Soeuelnthe  Ali>a 66  po 

Wiles Shelter trum  tbe  Storm 70  00 

Bucnanan Will  o' the  Wlip «5  00 

There  was  besides  a  large  number  of  good  works, 
which  brought  from  tlO  to  (35-  A  collection  of 
Urawlogs  from  the  sketches  of  tbe  Euglifb  Clnb; 
and  a  few  fine  water  colors  were  also  disposed  of. 
The  sale  will  be  continued  this  evening. 


THB  pbesebvahon  of  game. 


MEETING  OF  THE  ASSOCIATION  FOB  THB 
PROTECttON  OF  OAME — THE  AMEND- 
MENTS TO  ^HE  GAME  LAW  LIABLE  TO 
BE  PASSED — LBOISLATIOlf  RECOMMEND- 
ED TO  PREVENT  TBE  SPEARING  OF  FISH. 

The  monthly  meeting  of  the  Association  for 
the  Protectioo  of  Game  was  held  but  night 
at  the  residence  of  Mr.  Charles  H.  Hoiu- 
msn,  No.  19  £ast  Fifty-fonrth  street.  Mr. 
Clinton  GIltMrt,  President,  occupied  ihe 
chair.  The  Seoratary  read  a  maaa  of  eorrespond- 
enee  from  persens  In  other  States,  asking  for  infor- 
mation and  advica  on  tba  subject  of  tbe  preserva- 
tion of  game,  aod  stated  that  the  most  cordial  co- 
operation had  been  extended  to  all  snch  inqairers. 
Senator  Wagsiaff  reported  that  tbe  ameacfments  to 
the  Game  laws  would  nndonbtedly  be  passed  at  the 
presant  session  of  tae  Legislator*,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  aeotlan  6,  which  reads  aa  follows  t 

"  In  any  proieoutlon  or  tnal  under  the  provisions  of 
this  act  of  any  oerson  tor  ha\inK  in  bis  possession  any 
qnadrupedi,  birds.  Uali.  or  Bhell-nab  In  tbe  months  or 
parti  of  months  when  br  law  be  ia  ro.-bidden  to  bare 
the  name.  It  absll  be  lawful  to  t>e  aliowu  in  evidence 
that  tbe  quadrupeds,  birds,  tt.b,  or  tbeliasti 
in  aneatiOB  were  not  taken  or  killed  witlilii 
tbe  tlmt-  prohibited  by  law,  or  were  not  taknu  or  killed 
within  Ibis  btat«;  and  such  evidence,  whan  deemed 
snffltJent  by  the  eenrt  oaving  jurla'lietiou  ot  the 
offunse  aUegod,  ahall  be  a  sufSetvut  defense  to  such 
action." 

Xhia  seotion.  Senator  Wagstaff  explained,  would 
entirely  nnlllfr  all  previons  legislation  for  the  pre- 
■ervation  of  game,  and  had  oaassd  the  defeat  of  the 
bill  last  year.  With  tbe  objsetlonable  seotion 
stricken  oat,  the  bill  would  nndonotedly  pass.  He 
wonld  suggest  that  the  next  night  of  meeting  be 
altned  to  Friday,  so  as  to  give  them  an  opportunity 
of  Inviting  the  members  of  tba  Legislative  Commit- 
tee on  Amendments  to  the  Game  law,  and  discuss- 
ing tbe  subject  in  all  its  bearings.  The  suggestion  of 
waa  adopted,  aiid  the  next  meeting  night  changed 
to  Saturday.  J.  W.  Whitehead  reported  that  no 
Veniaon  could  now  be  found  in  the  markets,  nor  was 
there  any  la  the  City  ezsept  wlut  was  secreted  by 
soma  commission  merchants,  who  managed  to  elude 
the  vigllaoso  of  tbe  officers  of  the  association,  bot 
would  nnqneationably  bt  entrapped  some 
day.  J.  W.  Whitehead  also  commended 
to  the  notice  of  th«  meeting  that 
section  of  the  Pennsylvania  Game  laws  prohloit- 
Ing  tbe  x>ollntionot  streams  and  nvers  by  tbe  re- 
fuse of  oil  factories  and  gas-works,  which  practice 
waa  terribly  dtstrnctivs  to  hah.  The  matter  was 
referred  to  tbe  Committee  on  By-laws.  Oa  motion 
of  J.  W.  Cnthbert  the  Bzeontlve  Committee  was 
■nthoriaed  to  Invest  a  snrplns  of  1500,  in  addition  to 
tbe  fnnd  of  HOM  already  invested. 

Hon.  Seth  Grean,  who  was  presOht,  aail  that  in 
his  opinion  one  or  tlfe  greatast  mistaKM  mado  In 
framing  the  Game  laws  waa  In  allowing  the  spear- 
ing of  fish  in  anr  season.  The  practice  had  been 
extended  into  the  spawning  season,  and  as  a  conne- 
quenc*  baas,  bull-beads,  and  other  fish  were  being  de- 
Btroved  br  wholesale.  Mr.  Robert  B.  Roosevelt  also 
alluded  to  the  practice  of  spearing  In  tbe  spawning 
season,  and  said  that  legislation  waa  absolntel.v 
nsoeaaary  to  stop  the  wholesale  destrootion  of  fish. 
Tbe  State  Fishery  Commissioners  had  stocked 
Qwaaso  Lake,  in  this  Stale,  bnt  no  sooner  did  tba 
flsa  oegin  to  thrive  than  tbe  residents  of  tbe  locali- 
ty oomihenced  the  prnctlcS  of  speanng,  and  oon- 
tinned  it  through  the  spawning  season,  taking 
In  as  many  as  300  pounds  of  hsh  a  night.  So 
defiant  and  ISwleas  did  they  become,  too,  that  no- 
body dated  interfere,  and  the  consequence  w«s  that 
the  flih  which  had  been  placed  there  at  stloh  im- 
meosb  trouble  and  eznensa  wafe  speedllt  extermio- 
ated.  The  snbieci  was  one  of  very  gceatimportance, 
and  he  hoped  the  association  Woald  meat  the 
Fishery  Commissioners  and  agree  npon  a  Joint  plan 
of  action  tor  securing  legislation  and  to  do  away 
with  the  evil.  The  meeting  then  adjourned,  and 
the  members  were  entertained  by  J.  >y,  Housmfcn 
with  a  fine  tame  snpper. 

IfOMINATlON  FOR  ABSEMBLT. 
A  meeting  of  the  Tammany  Hall  delegates 
from  tbe  First  Assembly  District  waa  bald  last 
evening  at  Cahlll'a  salooe,  in  Park  row,  to  noBiinate 
sn  Asaemblyman  to  fill  tbe  vaoaney  oaiised  by  the 
death  of  Mr.  James  Healey.  The  convention  was 
called  to  order  by  Justice  Duffy,  Who  occupied  tbe 
chair.  Ihe  Conference  Committee,  which  had  held 
a  meeting  in  the  aftamoon  to  consider  tbe  snbleot 
of  the  nomination,  reported  in  favor  of  Mr.  Edward 
Cahill.  That  gentleman  having  declined  to  accept  the 
nomination,  however,  tbe  convention  proceeded  to 
ballot  for  a  nominee,  the  candidates  bslng  John  F. 
Bemgan  and  Jaates  Madlgan.  A  motion  for  a  recesa 
baving  bean  deolared  carried  by  the  Chairman,  the 
supporters  of  Berrlgan  retired  in  a  body.  AS  they 
did  not  return,  the  remaining  delegatea  went  into 
aession,  and,  after  considerable  debate,  nominated 
John  Moors  in  plaoe  of  James  Madigab,  their  first 


i';i;ed  Pr:;idVn"'wim  the  change.  TtiiTb  are  to  V  f^^*' ,5?i'«  J"  *»"'"''^  ""  Alderman  under 


JonffUB^ 


be  made  by  tbe  present  Lezislature  In  tbe  county 
governments,  in  the  judiciary  system,  and  in  tbe 
eleotiim  uf  olfloers,  there  may  be  a  cbauoo  for  the 
Reunbiicaos  lo  rally  and  make  a  vigoroas  campaign 
iu  Novemoer,  1878. 

OPPOSMD  10  SlEXNIAL  BBSSIOyB. 

The  Legislature  of  Maine  is  considering  the 
subject  of  biednial  sessions,  and  the  papers  of  that 
State  print  a  letter  from  Mr.  Lewis  B.  Hihbard,  edi- 
tor of  tbe  Vermont  FamMr,  lo  which  he  alludes  to 
tbe  experience  of  Vermont,  and  aaviaes  against  the 
proposed  change,    fie  says: 

"Firtt — ^You  will  get  a  lower  average  standard  of 
ability  m  your  biennial  tban  your  annnal  sessions. 
I  shall  not  stop  to  dwell  npon  ttiis  point.  .  The  fact 
is  quite  patent  with  us  for  reasons  which  thmklng 
men  will  see. 

iSsoond— Very  few  old  members  are  returned  the 
aeoood  aeasion.  The  American  peculiarity — a 
baakeriog  after  office— ia  so  great  and  powerinl 
that  it  beoomes  a  marked  exception  for  a  man  to 
t>«  returned  the  second  time.  1  beard  this  evil 
depioced  m  a  recent  tanners'  meeting  by  tbe  nrm- 
era  themselves,  and  yet.  In  187S,  ther  will  elect 
new  0109.  as  ao  many  wise  to  'go  to  glory '  end 
ahama  (oo,  I  may  add.  In  too  nuay  eaaes.  Con. 
sadnentty,  a  few  schemlag.  lawyers  or  other  wizor 
ptUlers  meolpaUite  thtoge  te  theiv  itklat  with  mush 
ai^e^er  aaae.  A.  few  days  slhee  one  ot  oar  Vermoni 
timexk  eau  ia  jk .  paWe  jmntMrrr^ua,  he  ]C%i « 
Witts:  aaaBaiMCw  tbe  leak  Lagialatnte  ..lihst  a 


the  T4resd  regime. 


LAW  REPORTS. 


.     AN  lUPBBtAL  JBaLL. 

aneiai  tHtptueh  t»  M<  ytio-  nrt  nwm. 
Norfolk,  Feb.  12.— The  Grand  Duke 
Alexis  will  give  a  grand  ball  »bd  reoeption  on 
board  hit  ship,  the  Svetlans,  to-iiibrrow,  in 
Bassian  s^le,  the  reception  commencing  at 
midday  flflaolbSing  with  »  e*ll  iu  the  evbnlng. 
All  the  military  and  naval  bffiocrs  at  this  sta* 
tiou  have  been  invited,   and   the  civil    iunc- 

Sonariea  ot  this  oity  ;  and  Portsmouth  also, 
arou  dhiskin,  the  Russian  Minister,  and  other 
invited  guests  from  Washington,  will  grace  the 
oeoiMlon.  Mew- York  will  be  represented  by 
Commodore  MoCready,  President  bf  the  Old 
Dooiinion  Bte*m-shi|)  Cbmpany. 

'  -ifci-- — 

AN  SHQIJfSXn   SUB  or  MB   AND   MILLED. 

mar-RkyKS,  Feb.  i2.-^Ai  the  PhilAdfel^Uli 
tbroegb  axpreoa  train,  oa  tbe  Rosion'  and  Kew> 
York  Al^Lln«  BoAd,  wU  pasfeihg  Weeteheeter  BUi- 
O^ti,  ibihe  ioifrii  of  CelohMtar,  dh  Bhiidj^  mdrtoiiig. 
it  sleilred  up.  te  lei  eatlaeer. Jkaiteew  fiaooa  oi^ 
boeKL .  qe  seiMd  tto  hM«>r»U  bf  ne  angU^  but 
sUnied  so  Aat  tbelMdee  wheels  sttiMd  over  Jtii 
tight  1st  *>^t»  the  MJiklei.aiid  lefkwsf^  eraMihir 

te  dMdaa^8«aaaE.n%i:pfc 


A  REMlNl>BR<iF  THOMAS  C.  TIELD8. 

A  SUIT  TO  FORftCLOSE  A  MORTGAGE  MADE 
HT  HIM— HOW  lilS  SURETIES  FARED. 
Some  interesting  statements  are  contained  in 
tbe  papers  in  the  case  of  the  Mutual  Life  In- 
surance Company  against  Thomas  C.  Fields  and 
otbera,  la  which  Judge  Barrett,  in  Suoreme  Court, 
CluHpbete^  yesterday  rendered  a  decision  on  an 
^pplloat4on  made  by  Hawley  D.  Clapti.  one  of  the 
defendanta.  Mr.  CJapp,  in  his  petition  to  the  court, 
setfbrth  tliat  the  action  was  broagh  t  for  the  fore- 
^Ibinfe  of  a  mortgage  tor  |S2,000  made  bv  Thomas  C. 
Fields  aod  wife  on  July  1,1872.  In  October,  1871,  Fields 
had  been  arrested  by  tbe  Sbenff  in  one  of  tbe 
"Ring  "  suits,  and  held  In  |iO(i,000  bail,  Mr.  Clapp 
and  Wiiliam  Florenoe  becoming  his  sureties.  On 
Bae.  14,  1871,  before  tbe  execution  of  the  mortgage 
referred  to.  Fields  and  his  wife  executed  and  de- 
livered a  deed  of  trust  to  Henry  Parsons  of  some 
property,  inclndlng  the  premises  covered  by  the 
mortgage.  This  deed  Mr.  Clapp  says  be  believes 
was  made  so  that  tbe  property  might  be  sold, 
and  he  and  Florence  Indemnified  in  case  they 
sbonid  be  called  npop  to  pay  anything;  o^ 
should  suffer  any  damage  by  reason  of 
their  becoming  sureties  for  Fields.  A  year 
later  Fields  aod  his  wife  executed  a  deed  of  the 
premises,  in  which  the  consideration  was  stated  to 
be  fl,  and  in  which  the  names  of  the  granreea  were 
left  blank.  This  deed  was  made  at  Havana,  Cuba, 
and  after  its  arrival  in  this  City  the  names  of 
Messrs.  Clapp  and  Florence  were  inserted  also,  fo^ 
tbe  purpose,  as  Mr.  Clapp  says,  of  indeiunifjrina  tbem 
against  loss  on  account  of  their  snrutyabip.  Mr. 
Clapo  savs  he  nevtir  bargained  for  nor  purchased 
the  premises,  nor  agreed  to  pay  any  considerauon 
for  tnem.  The  mortf  age  on  the  property  was  fore- 
Closed  by  the  plaintiifi.  When  the  summons  and 
complaint  in  the  suit  were  kerved  on  him.  Mr.  Clanp 
says  he  paid  no  attention  to  them,  but  merely 
turned  (hem  over  to  Mr.  Fields'  attorney.  He 
found  out  atterward  tbiit  the  mortgaged  premiees 
had  been  sold  lor  le^s  than  the  amo<int  of  the  mort- 
gage and  that  judgment  for  18.684  66  had  been 
entered  against  him  and  Florence  on  Feb.  17,  1376. 
Florepce,  be  says,  has  succeeded  in  having  the 
judgment,  as  to  him,  set  a^iae,  aod  lo  having  a  trial 
ordei-ed  to  ascertain  his  liability.  Mr.  Clapp  seeks 
the  same  kind  of  relief  Ou  tbe  other  h^d,  how- 
ever, Mr,  ^cClure,  one  ot  tbe  DlaintlflEs'  attorneys, 
makes  affiuavit  that  Clapp  had  knowledge  of  all  tbe 
proceediugs  in  the  loreclnsure  euu,  was  repre- 
sented by  cunusol  in  the  same,  and  never  denied 
bis  liability  noder  the  mortgage.  Judge  Bariett 
denied  the  motion  to  have  the  Judement  ior  the 
deficiency  set  aside  as  to  Mr.  Clapp,  but  without 
preindlce  to  a  renewal  by  the  latter  on  affidavits  m 
answer  to  tbe  allegations  in  tbe  affidavit  of  Mi-. 
MoClure. 

IS  A  LIVJSRT  kTABLE  A  BUISANCEf 
Tbe  case  in  which  Mrs.  Caroline  G.  Eeed 
seeks  to  enjoin  Matwin  Livingston  from  conducting 
a  livery  Stable  business  in  East  Fifty-third  street, 
on  tbe  ground  that  it  would  prove  a  nuisance  to  the 
neighborhood,  came  on  for  trial  yesterday  in  the 
Special  Term  of  the  Superior  Court,  before  Judge' 
Sedgwick.  Mr.  Wheeler  H.  Peckbam  appeared  for 
Mrs.  Reed  and  Mr.  Waldo  Hutohina  for  Mr. 
Livingston.  Mr.  Peckbam,  in  opening  the  case, 
said  that  Mrs.  Reed  owned  the  two  residences 
Noii.  6  and  8  East  Fifty-third  street,  sod  that  before 
purchasing  the  property  she  had  been  assured  that 
the  character  and  standing  of  tbe  owners  of  the 
vacant  lota  adjoining  were  auch  that  no  use  would 
be  made  of  them  unworthy  of  tbe  select  and  fash- 
ionable quarter  in  which  they  were  situated.  Wbile 
in  Europe  in  the  Summer  of  1876  she  heard  from  her 
brother  tbst  Mr.  Livingston  contemplated  erecting' 
a  livery  stable  on  two  of  the  lots  immediately  ad- 
joining ber  houses,  and  she  quickly  returned  and 
nprned  negotiations  with  Livingaton  for  the  pur- 
chaae  nf  tbe  lots,  for  which  he  wanted  ISA,  000. 
As  Livingston  bad  paid  only  133,000 
for  tbem  and  property  was  greatlv  depreciaied  in 
vilue,  ahe  refused  to  pay  the  amoimt  asked,  and 
waa  referred  to  a  bnilder,  Mr.  Jamea  Nailor,  to 
make  terms  with  bim,  Mr.  Livingston  saying  he 
WDuld  be  satisfied  with  any  arrangement  Mr.  Nailor 
might  make.  Mr.  Nailor  made  tbe  extraordinary 
proposition  that  for  a  bonus  ot  125,000  be  would  see 
that  two  good  houses  were  erected  instead  of  the 
stable.  Tbis  proposition  was  indignantly 
rejected  and  tbe  present  prooeediogs  inati- 
tuted.  Mr.  Peckbam  said  that  tbe  exist- 
ence of  a  livery  stable  in  such  a  flrst-claas 
ncitihborhood  was  a  nuisauce  wolch  ought  to  be 
abated.  The  ballding  had  been  erected,  and  pre- 
aeiited  an  unsightly  Bj)pearance,  projecting  out 
aome  distance  beyond  tbo  front  of  tbe  residences 
adjoining.  Mr.  J.phn  H.  Sherwood,  a  lawyer,  called 
bv  Mr.  Peckbam,  described  tbe  neiiibborhood  as 
brat-class,  and  oaid  that  the  effect  ot  permlitiog 
this  stable  to  be  concucted  would  be  prejudicial  in 
the  highest  degree,  depreciating  tbe  vaiuu  of  prop, 
erty  near  by  to  the  extent  ot  from  33  to  50  per  cent. 
Messrs.  Ciiaiies  Duggin.  an  architect  and  E.  H.  Lud- 
low, the  real  estate  anent,  oonobul-aced  lh»  lesti- 
roony  of  Mr.  Sherwood.  Dr.  Maiibew  D.  Mann,  of 
No.  8.  West  Fortv-tiltD  street,  testified  thai  he  had 
resided  next  door  to  a  livery  stable,  aud  found  it  au 
intolerable  nuisance,  on  account  of  the  noise,  offen- 
sive odors,  unsiebtiv  objects  connected  therewith, 
.and  swarma  of  flies  In  warm  weather.  Other  tes- 
tlmonr  of  a  similar  cbaraoier  wes  given,  ana  much 
amusement  was  created  by  Daniel  Harneit,  keeper 
of  a  hvery  atabia  in  East  Tolrtleth  street,  who  had 
been  called  by  Mr.  PecGliain  to  prove  that  in  his 
opinion  a  livery  ataole  was  a  nuisance  in  a  first-cla^s 
neighborhood,  testifying  that  bo  believed  ihat  they 
were  in  every  respect  not  only  unexceDtiunaole, 
bnt  were  great  and  desirable  iiuprovemenrs  to  any 
neighburhood.  no  matter  how  select. 

The  further  bearing  was   adjuumed    to  tbe  34th 
inst.,  when  the  defense  Is  to  ofi'or  testimony. 


OB  TRIAL  FOR  PERJVRY. 
James  Sutton,  President  of  the  Aldine  Pab- 
lisblng  Company,  was  placed  on  trial  for  perjury, 
twtore  Recorder  Hacketr,  yesterday,  ia  Part  I.  of 
the  Court  of  General  Sessions.  From  the 
opening  of  Assistant  District  Attorney  Her- 
ring it  appeared  that  on  the  24th  of  June, 
187S,  a  fire  broke  out  on  the  premises  occupied 
by  tbe  Aldine  Company  at  Nos.  23  Liberty  street 
and  58  Maiden  lane,  and  raged  for  over  two  hours 
on  the  third  and  fonrth  floors  of  the  Liberty  street 
house,  extending  to  the  roof  of  that  and  the  Maiaen 
lane  building.  After  tbe  fire,  iu  making  out  his 
proof  of  loss,  Mr.  Sutton,  aa  alleged, 
swore  that  bis  loss  by  tbe  fire  in 
tbe  Maiden  lane  bnildlng  was  1122,966  62; 
and  in  the  Liberty  street  building  |S3,00U,  wuiie  his 
iosnranoe  on  both  buildings  amonnied  to  tl09,19i). 
A  sworn  investigation,  the  Diottiot  Attorney 
claimed,  revealed  tbe  fact  that  riie  total  losses  on 
both  premises  did  not  exceed  |40.000.  and  that  of 
the  8.700  pounds  of  valuable  eieciroplates  which 
Sultun  awore  were  with  other  valuable  property 
absolntely  consumed  in  the  fire,  only  49  ponnds 
could  be  i'onud  in  the  debris.  On  tbis  state  of  facta 
Mr.  Snlton  was  arrested  for  perjary.  and.  as  already 
staled,  la  now  on  trial.  John  J.  Stevens,  of  the 
Insaraboe  Patrol,  proved  the  fire  at  the  premises  in 
question.  Tbe  Fire  Marshal  testified  to  the  state- 
ments made  by  Snlton  in  his  sworn  examination. 
The  case  will  be  resumed  to-day. 


MR.  LENHEIM  LIBERATED  ON  BAIL. 
On  Wednesday  last  Lewis  S.  Lenheim,  of 
Great  Bend,  Penn.,  father  of  the  younger  Lenheim, 
at  present  in  the  Tombs  anaiting  trial  for  forgery, 
was  brought  on  to  this  City  to  answer  a  similar 
charge,  connected,  however,  in  no  way  with 
tbe  transaction  in  wbich  the  younger  L<>nheim 
was  concerned.  It  is  alleged  that  in  October 
last  Lenheim  offered  for  discount  to  tbe  Park  Bank  in 
this  City  a  note  for  $9,560,  purporting  to  be  signed 
by  H.  N.  St  S.  r.  ClarK,  ot  Great  Rend,  Penn.  Tuo 
nste  as  alleged  was  a  tcrgery,  and  it  was  to  answer 
that  Charge  thatLenbeim  waa  brought  wltbln  ttils 
Jnrlfediotion.  Tbb  accused  was  committed  to  the 
TolnbB  in  default  ol  110,000,  and  remained  there 
tmtil  yesterdav,  when  be  lurnished  the  necessary 
amoaiit  ot  bail  In  tbe  person  of  Nathaniel  Van 
Sickel,  of  Goshen,  Orange  County,  N.  Y.  Tbe  bail 
was  aeoepted  oy  Recorder  Hackeit,  and  the  accused 
was  liberated. 


OTEB  AND  TERMINER  CASES. 
In  the  Gourt  ot  Oyer  and  Terminer  yesterday 
da.ys  were  set  aa  folio  «rs  for  tbe  trial  of  the  princi- 
pal cases  on  the  calendar:  Jamea  Rio<^,  indicted  for 
the  mnraer  ot  Hugh  McCabe  during  a  fight  between 
batchers  in  Waahington  Market,  was  remanded  for 
trial  on  Friday  n<iXi.  Toe  case  of  Robert  Ger- 
rtiy,  indioi«d  for  the  murder  of  John  Smith,  was 
set  down  lor  tnal  to-dav.  The  trial  of  August  Ross 
tor  the  murder  ct'  Dennis  Leary,  by  staboiog  bim 
with  a  knife  on  ibe  3d  of  last  bepiem ber,  was  put 
down  for  to-morrow.  On  applicati  >n  ol  counsel  for 
Warren  N.  Herrlck  and  William  Swauston,  fur  tbe 
forgery  ot  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railroad  bonds, 
uf  tbe  Prauie  da  Chien  Division,  the  case  was  pac 
over  to  Wednesday,  tbe  3isi  inst. 


next  ^tatimll.  nnlese  be  purobasefl  another  ticket 
Beyat^ds  l&ilea  to  purchase  tbe  ticket,'  and  was  put 
oot,  btlt.  tlie  Companv  says,  tbin  was  done  gentlv 
and  with  lis  little  force  as  rtas  absolutely  neceasar.v 
Xoe  oese  18  still  on.  Henry  Dailv,  Jr.,  appears  for 
the  pluntifi^  and  Barlow,  Larocque  &  MoFarland 
for  the  defendanta^ ^^^^^^ 

THE  OUTLET  OF  A  8EWEB. 

HOW  LAND  WAS  INCLOSED  AND  FILLED  IN 
AND  DRENCHED  WITH  SEWAGE  MATTER 
— ^THB  CITT'S  defense  IN  A  SUIT  FOB 
DAMAGES.  . 

The  suit  of  Joselph  W.  Duirvea  against  the 
Mayor,  &c.,  was  brongbt  to  trial  before  Judge 
Donohne  and  a  Jury  in  Part  L  of  the  Supreme 
Coort  yesterday.  In  this  action  the  plaintiff  seeks 
to  recover  950.000  for  Oamsge  to  some  of  his  land 
under  water  at  the  foot  of  Fast  Thirty-fonrth  street, 
caused  by  the  discharge  of  sewage  from  the  outlet 
sewer  at  the  place.  It  appears  that  in  tba  Winter 
of  1864.  the  late  Oliver  Charlick,  acting  for  the  East 
River  Ferry  Company,  extended  Thirtr-fourth 
street  some  300  feet  into  the  East  River,  and  bnilt 
ferry  slips  at  the  extremity  of  the  extension.  Prior 
to  this  the  large  Murray  Hill  outlet  sewer  dis- 
charged its  contents  at  a  point,  about  100  feet  east 
of  First  avenue,  which  was  then  the  high  water 
mark.  Charlick  undertook  to  oontioue  tbe  sewer 
tnroogh  the  made  (and  by  means  ot  a  box  extension. 
The  latter  was,  however,  so  poorly  constructed  that 
it  became  choked  up  with  diri,  and  the  sewage 
matter  was  sent  back  and  floudod 
celiacs  in  First  avenue  and  Thirty-fourth 
street.  At  this  time  Mr.  Talman,  the 
Vice  President  of  tbo  Farriiers'  Loan  and  Tm-it 
Company,  held  the  title  to  most  of  the  lend  in  the 
viciiilty.  Tbe  complaints  from  his  tenants  were  so 
persistent  that  Messrs.  Craven  and  Wekton.  of  the 
Croton  Aqueduct  Bo^ird.  which  then  had  charge  of 
the  sewerjt,  undertook  to  remedy  the  difficulty  by 
building  a  side  cut  from  the  mouth  of  the  oLi  sewer 
northerly  across  Thirty-fonrth  street,  to  land*  then 
covered  with  water  and  lying  between  Thirtv- 
fourth  and  Tbirty-fifth  streets.  The  City  m.-ists 
that  this  was  done  wiib  the  permission  of  Mr.  Tal- 
man, wbo  then  owned  the  land.  After  the  side  cat 
had  been  in  operation  for  some  time  Duryea  be- 
came the  owner  of  ihe  land  lying  east  of  Firftt  ave- 
nue and  extending  from  between  Thirty-fourth  and 
Thirfy-fiith  streets  to  Thirty-sixth  street.  In 
July,  1887,  Duryea  obtained  from  George  W.  Mc- 
Lean, then  Street  Commissioner,  a  permit  to  build 
a  bulkhead  on  the  river  front  of  the  land.  Acting 
under  this  pHrmlt,  Duryea  built  the  bulkhead  and 
then  began  fihing  in  the  space  between  ihe  b^k- 
head  and  the  snore,  and  by  degrees  altered  tne 
direction  of  the  flow  from  tbe  sewer  and  foroedJlt 
acrn°8  the  centre  of  his  land.  When  be  undertook 
to  fill  in  this  new  chnnnel,  through  which  the 
Hewage  flowed,  he  waa  restrained  by  the  Bureau  of 
Sewers  under  threats  of  fine  and  imprisonment. 
The  discharges  upon  the  land  grew  very  offensive, 
and  the  Board  of  Health  intervened  and  ordered 
Duryea,  under  petialties,  to  continue  filling  in  the 
land.  Duryea  did  not,  however,  continue  the  work 
of  filling,  but  permitted  the  water  to  escape  over 
hi^  land,  fie  alleges  that  in  consequence  he  was 
unable  to  improve  or  rent  the  land  for  nearly  two 
yfrnn. 

The  City  alleges,  in  answer,  that  Dnrvea  sbonid 
b|ive  obtained  its  permission  betore  building  the 
bulkheads,  and  that  a  nermit  from  the  Street  Com- 
missioner was  not  sufficient  to  authorize  the  work. 
It  Is  urgHd  also  that  Duryea  hart  no  nght  whatever 
ti)  fill  in  tbe  eround  Irom  tbe  bulkhead  to  the  shore. 
The  City  also  contends  that  be  should  have  con- 
tinued the  sewer  through  his  own  land,  and  must 
take  thexonseqnences  if  he  chose  to  act  otherwise. 
The  case  is  stiil  on.  F.-I.  Fithian  and  A.  J.  Vander- 
poel  apoear  tor  the  plaintiff^  aiid  A.  J.  Reouier  and 
E.  Henry  Lacombe  for  the  City. 

A  CLERGYMAN  IN  AN  J.WK  WARD  POSITION. 
The  trial  of  James  M.  Brann,  Count.y  Clerk 
of  Hudson  County,  on  an  indictment  charging  him 
with  having  prepared  and  caused  to  be  printed  and 
distributed  a  circular  containing  an  infamous  at- 
tack upon  Mr.  Mullone,  editor  and  proprietor  of  the 
Jersey  City  Argus,  couched  in  the  most  vile  and  in- 
decent language,  had  a  dramatic  and  very  exciting 
termination  yesterday  afternoon.  The  State  rested 
its  case  just  before  recess.  After  recess  Mr.  Col- 
lins opened  for  the  defense,  and  stated  that  he  pio- 
posed  to  put  in  a  general  denial  and  impeach  the 
State's  witnesses,  but  intimated  that  the  defense 
was  not  sufficiently  prepared,  owing  to  a  lack  of  suf- 
ficient time.  Before  tbe  counsel 'bad  closed  his 
opening  speech  Rev.  Henry  A.  Brann,  B.  D., 
Pastor  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church 
at  Washington  Heights  In  Jersey  City, 
■and  a  brother  of  the  defendant,  wbo  has  been  a 
constant  attendant  at  court  since  tbe  commeccs- 
meot  of  tbe  trial,  slipped  up  to  Judge  Hofi'man'a 
desk,  and  held  a  few  moments'  conversation  with 
bim.  The  doctor's  agitation  was  observable,  aud 
tbe  large  crowd  with  which  the  court-room  was 
flllea  bad  cbeir  cariosity  excited.  TbeJudge  con- 
ducted Dr.  Brann  and  some  of  tbe  counsel  into  bia 
chamber,  where  a  private  consultation  waa  held. 
When  they  returned  into  court  Dr.  Brann's  face 
was  deathly  pale,  nnd  he  appeared  nervous  and 
very  much  agitated.  Announcement  was  made  bv 
counsel  ior  tbe  defense  that  Br.  Bcann  desired  to 
make  a  sworn  statement  which  would  put  a  new 
phase  upon  the  case.  Ko  objection  being  offered 
bv  thu  prosecution,  Br.  Brann  was  sworn,  and 
made  a  brief  statement,  declaring  ihat  he  alone 
wrote  the  circular,  bad  it  printed,  and  caused  it  to 
be  circulated,  and  that  his  brother,  the  County 
Clerk,  knew  nothing  aooui  it.  He  admitted  that 
he  was  tbe  culorit,  and  expressed  bis  willingness 
to  submit  to  any  pnuisbment  the  court  might  see 
fit  to  iuflict.  The  confession  created  a  great  sensa- 
tion, and  it  was  some  time  betore  business  could  be 
proceeded  with.  After  cou<!ultation  with  counsel. 
Judge  Hoffman  decided  to  adjourn  tbo  case  until 
WedddSdav,  when  some  coursi;  of  action  will  be  de- 
cided upon. 

♦ 

PROPERTY  "WITR  A  COilPLIOATED  TITLE. 
An  interesting  instance  ot  thb  complications 
which  arrise  al  times  in  regard  to  the  title  to  real 
estate  is  afforded  in  the  recital  of  certain  com- 
plaints filed  in  the  County  Clerk's  office  yesterday 
by  Messrs.  Hatch,  Van  Allen  &  Brown,  as  attor- 
neys for  William  G.  Kicoli,  Receiver.  The  proper- 
ty involved  in  the  suits  thus  begun  comonses  a 
number  of  lots  on  Fifth  avenue,  valued  at  over 
$490,000,  and  was  owned,  over  30  years  ago, 
by  Peter  Poillon.  According  to  tbe  papers 
in  the  casej,  a  Receiver  of  Poillou's 
waa  appointed  in  a  proceeding  by 
creditor's  bill,  aod  Poillon  made  an  assignment  of 
his  oroperiy  to  tbe  Receiver,  who  died  soou  after- 
ward. In  1843  Poillon  went  into  bankruotcy,  and 
he  and  bia  Assignee  in  bankiupioy  gave  deeds  of 
the  lots  in  suit  by  virtue  of  wbion  tbe  present  hold- 
ers claim  title.  William  G.  l^icoU  has  been  ap- 
pointed Receiver  in  the  place  ol  tbe  one  wbo  died, 
and  brings  tbe  present  acnoiis  for  decrees  that  be 
is  entitled  to  the  propert.y.  The  present  holders  of 
tbe  property  are  William'  J.  Gessner,  Levi  P.  Mor- 
ton, John  W.  fiealy.  Margaret  M.  Ahearoe,  Aclam 
Ruths,  Wiiliam  E.  Waring,  aad  George  M.  iioyd. 
Mr.  ITlcoll  claims  that  they  are  chargeable 
with  notice  ot  Potllon's  assignment  made  over 
30  years  ago  by  the  old  Court  of  Chancery.  Tbe 
suit  ia  rather  remarkable,  since  ic  involvos  tbe 
question,  whether  under  tbe  old  practice  a  bona  fide 
purchaser  tor  value  is  chargeable  white  notice  of 
tbe  t'aoca  set  forth  in  a  Chanoerv  suit  involving  the 
title  to  real  estate  wi  bout  any  lis  pendens  having 
been  filed.  Mr.  NicoU's  attor.ieys  insist  that  the 
baokraptcy  scQeclnies  are  puDho  records,  and  that, 
as  they  recite,  tne  present  holders  are  chargeable 
with  such  notice.  The  filing  of  the  complaints 
promises  to  be  merely  the  beginning  of  a  long  liti- 
gation ^ 

DAMAGE  TO  SEAHIDE  PROPERTY. 
Judge  Barrett,  in  Supreme  Court,  Chambers, 
yesterday,  rendered  a  decision  in  the  suit  of  Joseph 
T.  Howland  against  George  W.  Curtis  and  Jere- 
miad W.  Cunis.  in  which  the  plaintiff  songht,  by 
injnoctiou,  to  restrain  the  defendants  from  reopen- 
ing a  channel  separating  the  lands  of  the  parties  at 
Ling  Branch,  N.  J.  The  channel  was  the  outlet  of 
a  body  of  water  known  as  Gre9n  Pono,  and  bad 
been  cut  as  the  most  direct  route  from 
tbe  latter  to  the  ocean.  The  plaintiff  claims 
that  it  Injures  his  property  seriously.  Oue  of  the 
points  raised  by  the  detenaants  Wiia  that  ihn  litL^a- 
tiou  beiiig  aooot  land  In  New-Jersey,  tbe  courts  of 
this  State  could  have  no  iunsdiction.  iludge  B,ir- 
reit,  hovrever,  in  tbe  memorandum  oi  his  <lecisivn, 
says:  ''On;the  more  quesdonof  law  aa  to  the  juris- 
diction of  the  coort,  1  ahoulu  have  been  preoarcd  to 
continue  the  iujcmoiiun.  Bnt  upon  the  tacts  set 
forth  in  the  opposing  affidavits  I  am  satisfied  tbat 
the  plaintiff  sbonid  be  remitted  lotbe  Special  Term. 
The  plaintiff's  right  noun  these  opuoaing  affidavits 
cannot  be  said  to  be  so  clear  and  plain  as  to  entitle 
him  to  an  jojunction  duriug  tbe  pendency  of  the  ac- 
tiOu*  especially  when  the  oeteouaots  are  amply  re- 
sponsible, and  irreparable  injuiy  in  a  legal  sense 
cannot  result  wbiie  awaiting  a  regular  tiial."  The 
temporaty  injuuctiOL  is  therefore  dissolved. 


up  all  ber  clsims  either  as  widow  or  AdmlnlMratrlf 
in  one  action,  the  subject  mattn of  the  soU  befau 
the  same.    The  motion  waa  denied. 


A  PASSE  NO  BB  PUT  OFF  THE  OARS. 
The  trial  of  the  suit  of  Ira  Beyuolds  against 
tbe  Erie  Railway  Company,  was  begun  betore  Judge 
Van  Hoesen  and  a  jury  in  Part  L  of  the  Court  of 
Common  Pleas  .yesterday.  According  to  the  plaintiff's 
story,  he  purobaaed  what  he  was  told  waa  a  "stop- 
over" ticket  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  for  ibis  City. 
Alter  stopping  at  various  places  on  the  route, 
ifr.  Reynolds  eame  to  Oswego  in  tbis  State. 
where-  he  went  off  the  train,  fie  remained 
»t  tbe  plaoe  ior  eome  time,  and  then  took 
a  train .  bound  eastward.  Tbe  oondnotor 
of  ibe  train,  however,  refused  to  ceoognise  his 
tlentk  and  pat  him  off  the  cars  at  a  point  about  two 
milfMi  east  of  Camnville.  Mr.  Reynolds  alleges  tbat 
bs  "Was  put  off  fgreiUv,  aad  was  serioiuly  Injored. 
fie  eleims  130,000  damagee.  'Tbe  e^pany,  in  de> 
Csnesi  s^fs  'bat  Seynolds'  tloket  had  bean  puachM 
mrthat  dlvialoft  ra  tli*  road  betweon  Owegoand 
S9S%aBhiBi>a,  aad  tikat  u  vie.  of  no  oae  at  the  tine 
en.  be  i^teseAtes  it  .Xke.  ooaduetor,  thay  say,  tii 
'  ^  .enav ii*.R«t  ^eboard tlm ewsi  tbatpe  tr 
beetaoiad  ftom  the  tCMB  at  OamBVilMw  thcJ,^( 


A  JUDGMENT  For  the  OITY. 
In  the  ease  in  w^oh  Ellen  Kelly  sought  to 
recuvei  |10,000  damtCges  trom  the  City  for  injures 
receive  by  her  from  the  falling  of  tba  wall  of 
James  M.  Shaw  &  Co.'s  store  on  to  tbe  roof  ot  St. 
Aoureit's  Cburcn.  oorner  ot  Dnane  street  and 
City  Hall  plaoe,  the  City  demaried  on  tbe  ground 
tbat  it  waa  not  responsiole,  aud  tbat,  if  there  was 
any  responsibility,  it  rested  with  tbe  Snperinien- 
dent  of  Boiiaings,  as  a  public  offiobr.  Yesterday 
Judge  Barrett  gave  ludsment  for  tbe  City  on  the 
demurrer. 


WIDOW  AND  ADMINISTRATRIX. 
Dora  M.  Peyser  iS  the  Administratrix  of  her 
deceased  hnsband^  Max  M.  Peyser,  aad  claims 
that  a  vested  remainder  eoming  to  her  hnsband 
from  his  nnclS's  estate  Was  personal  property  to 
wliieb  stie  was  entitled  as  Administratrix.  In  vari. 
ons  places  m  her  oomnlaint  In  an  action  to  secare 
this  remainder,  ahe  tdeseribes  herself  as  the  widow 
of  Peysec  and  seems  to  claim  a  ligbt  as  widow 
iusteaa  of  as  Administratrix.  A  aotioa 
was  made  yesterday  before  Judge  Barrett,  in  Bar 
pretne  Court,  Cbambera,  to  strike  oat  aU  of  this 
olaaaofaUegatloasi  but  It  was  argBSd  in  oi^oel* 
tien  Am  the  atateffleai  of  her  ricbu  i«  ▲dminiatcib 
tiiziBValved.the.  faeli  that  ahe  was  ths  widow  ef 
"^enar.  end  that.  tt.iBy^l«kabeJiad  Axi<AUa.eet. 


COUBT  NOTES. 


United  States  Gomuiissioner  Kenneth  <!^ 
White  yesterday  refused  the  motion  of  ooan^  to 
diamiaa  the  ease  against  Vasdarvtlpan,  the  Belgiaoi 
forger;  and  placed  tbe  prisoner  on  his  defease 
which  will  be  be«rd  to-day. 

Tbe  case  for  the  plaintiff  in  the  celebrated 
Emma  Mine  snit  waa  closed  yesterday,  wheretuioa 
Mr.  Beaoti,  oonnsel  for  the  defendant,  moved  ta 
OisidiBS  the  case  on  the  ground  of  lack  of  sufflaedi 
evidence.    Decision  was  reserved. 

Leon  Bresolles  gave  Mrs.  MaryMcDemar^ 
of  1^0.77  Eist  Tenth  street,  a  ootmterfeit  ISiObiU 
last  Saturday  in  payment  of  board  for  himself  aad 
wife.  He  was  arrestml  yeaterdav  and  arndgned 
before  Commissioner  Bnell,  who  committed  him  in' 
default  of  tl.COO  baiU 

John  Bronson,  alias  "Blaok  Jack,"  alias 
"Morris  Jacobs,"  was  arrested  yesterday  on  a 
charge  of  passing  a  counterfeit  tlO  note  on  Davil 
Abramwifz,  a  barber  doing  business  at  ISo.  lijis 
Henry  street.  He  was  committed  by  Comtnissioner 
Bnell  in  default  of  $1,000  baiL 

A  case  is  on  trial  in  the  Supreme  Court,  be* 
fere  Judge  Van  Brnnt,  in  which  Mrs.  Mary  Hagart 
seeks  to  recover  |10,000  damages  from  tbe  City  for 
injuries  she  received  by  failing  into  a  sewer  excava- 
tion iu  Oae  Hundred  and  Tenth  street,  between 
Sth  avence  and  the  Boulevaro,  on  the  SSd  of  ApiiU 
1868. 

At  the  Essex  Market  Police  Court  yesterday,, 
before  Justice  Wandell,  John  Gleason,  of  Ifo  693 
Third  avenue,  was  charged  with  forcinganentranoa 
to  the  liquor  store  of  Thomas  E.  Sweooey.  No.  33 
Broome  street,  and  taking  therefrom  property 
valued  at  {15.  He  was  held  for  trial  in  default  of 
$1,000  bail. 

While  Officer  Clarke  was  in  the  act  of  die* 
persing  a  crowd  of  brawlers  wbo  bad  congregated 
in  front  of  No.  9  Mulberry  street,  on  Sunday  last, 
he  was  suddenly  stabbed  b.y  Michael  Polarino,  aa 
Italian  laborer.  At  tbe  Tombs  Police  Court  yester- 
day, Polarino  pleaded  not  guilty,  and  waa  oommiS* 
ted  for  tnal  in  default  of  (LOOO  bail. 

Bernard  Zowadski,  a  Polish  tailor  In  the  em* 
ploy  of  Bernard  Cohen,  of  Ifo.  29  Essex  street,  waa 
arraigned  at  the  Essex  Market  Courr.  yesterday  on 
tbe  oharee  of  taking  from  the  premises  of  bis  em- 
ployer 26  coats  valued  ar  9206,  belonging  to  Masara. 
Cuyler,  Warmsley  Sc.  Kingsbnrv,  No.  4l  White 
street.  Justice  Wandell  held  the  prisoner,  in  de- 
fault of  $1,000  bail,  to  answer. 

On  Deo.  2,  1869,  the  Bank  of  New  York  nego- 
tiated at  the  Tenth  National  jBank  a  check  drawn 
on  the  latter  bank  for  $1,533  7K  and  indorsed  "m- 
dorsement  correcu  "  by  the  former  bank.  It  was 
afterward  learned  that  the  obecc  had  been  raised 
trom  $41.  Suit  has  been  brought  by  the  Tenth  Na- 
tional Bank  against  the  Bank  of  New- York  for  tba 
exeess  oaid  by  tbe  Tenth  National,  and  the  oaso 
was  ordered  on  the  shore  cause  calendar  yesterday, 
by  Judge  Barrett. 

In  a  case  in  which  Joseph  D.  Whitfield  had 
been  ordered  by  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  te 
pay  $6  a  week  to  his  wife,  Samh  J.,  who  had 
charged  bim  with  abandoning  her,  Whitfield  yee- 
terday  obtained  a  writ  of  certiorari  from  Jndga 
Barrett,  in  Suoreme  Court,  Chambers,  on  ino 
ground  that  neither  the  Police  Court,  which  had 
first  ordered  mm  to  pay  maintenance,  nor  the  Coar( 
of  Special  Sessiund,  wnicb  had  modified  toe  order 
as  to  amoimt,  had  jurisdiction,  as  there  waa  no 
proof  that  the  offense  had  been  comimtted  in  tiua 
county. 

A  case  came  on  tor  trial  yesterday  in  tba 
Court  of  Common  Pleas,  before  Judge  Larremore^ 
in  which  Joanna  Lyons,  a  working  woman,  seeks  ^ 
torecover  from  Edward  C.  Richards,  a  storekeeper 
at  No.  90  Third  avenue,  $10,000  damages  for  injuriea 
received  on  March  18  last  in  failing  through  an  al-. 
lesed  insecure  grating  ia  front  of  the  stora  Tboi 
defendant  denies  that  tbe  grating  was  iDsepure. 
and  claims  tbat  the  plaintiff  fell  down  the  cellar 
stairs  wbile  carelessl.y  advancing  toward  the  win* 
dow  of  his  store.  He  also  avers  that  the  only  in- 
jury she  received  was  a  sprained  ankie. 

Charles  Williams  yesterday  encored  the  ree* 
tanrant   of  the    Metropolitan    Hotel    and  ordered 
some  lunch.     'When  be  bad  finished  be  was  given  a 
check  lor  the  amount  of  tbe  meaL    Instead  of  pay- 
ing his  debt,  however,  he  secreted  the  cneck  on  hia 
person,  aodattemoted  4o  escape  from   tbe  restau- 
rant.   On  being  arrested  he  ooufessed  th.tt  hs  bad; 
ordered  the  lunch  without  having  the  money  to  pay 
for  It,  and  also  confessed  tnat  he  had  obtained   food 
Dy  similar  means  on  several  other  oooaHioas   and 
escaped  payment  for  them  bj  destroying  the  cbeoks. 
The  prisoner  was  arraijined  before  Justice  Kiloreth. 
at  the  Tombs  Ptillce  Court,  aud  committed  to  answer 
in  default  ot  $300  bail. 

A  MAN  SUING  HIS  BLIND  BROTHER. 
Evan  Jones  and  John  Jones  are  brottaers  oi 
ex-Oongreiisman  Morgan  Jones.  Evan  and  John, 
tn/latter  of  whom  is  blind,  were  partneis  In  real 
^ate  speculations  in  Westchester  Connty.  Evas 
/barges  that  while  he  was  absent  in  the  West^  his 
Irotber  John  defrauded  him,  and  asiut is  now  on 
vial  in  tbe  Speciil  Term  ol  tbe  Supreme  Court,  be< 
i|re  Judge  Van  Vorst  in  which  Evan  seeks  for  ao 
(^counting  from  his  brother.  Judge  Van  Vorst  aa* 
vised  tbe  parne.i  to  endeavor  to  settle  the  matter 
amicablv,  and  said  he  hoped  they  would  come  If 
that  determiuation  by  this  morning. 


COURT  OF  APPEALS. 
ALBAirr,    Feb.    12.— In    Court    of  Appeals, 
Monday,  Feb.  12,  1877 :   No.  155,  Johnson  vs.   Mor. 
gan ;  argument  resumed  and  concluded.     Ko.  147, 

Odell  vs.  Montrass  ;  argued  by  Thomas  B.  Odell  foi 
aiipellant,  John  A.  Mapes  fur  respoudenC  .No.  13^ 
Marston  vs.  Guuld;  argued  by  Thomas  G.  Snear- 
man  for  appellant,  W.  W.  McFarland  for  resjiond 
eut. 

Day  calendar  tor  Tnesdav,  Feb.  13—2S[oa.  143,  17* 
84  'ft  127.  178,  187 13,  192.  193. 


DECISIONS. 


SUPEEJtB  COUBT— CHAilBEBe, 
Bi/  Judge  ^cuerenM. 
Tim  vs.  Tinu— Report  of  Referee  is  oonfiimad,  am 
jndt^ment  rendered  lor  defeadant. 

Orders  aa  Setlled.—tinmat6tui  vs.   Hoadley;  The  Pef 
pie,  &e.,'  TB.  ihe  Masuu  M.  nnfacturing  Company. 
Opinion. — Bard  vs.  Delafielu. 

Si/  Judge  Barrett. 

Murlcen  vs.  Murken. — Report  confirmed  and  ludj^ 
menb  cf  divorce  granted.  Custody  of  the  ctiudret 
awarded  to  tbe  piaiattS. 

Society  for  the  Reformation  of  Juvenile  Delinq^aent*  ca 
Jtfaier.— liie  atSd:ivlts  are  entirel.y  ijsufflcieac  to  !» 
lieve  the  defeudaut.  lie  cannoL  l>e  permicted  to  htuAa 
the  jUiiBdictlun,  and  an  atiacbment  mast  litsae  C( 
bring  him  beiore  tbe  cuurt  to  answer  lor  his  nuscon 
aucc. 

Gijits  vs.  G<Ue».—1t  Is  usual  where  the  adultery  is  d» 
nied.  to  award  temporary  alimony,  but  to  tola  ruli 
there  ar*  exceptious,  and  that  is  where  the  deiendaul 
ia  livius  in  open  adultery;  aaotber  wnere  a  clear  caas 
Is  made  out,  and  there  is  no  explanation  and  no  df  nial 
except  the  general  denial  of  auswer,  (vetlHed  not  aa 
au  affidavit  but  in  the  ordinary  torm  required  b.v  toe 
nleadin^S.)  Thti  latter  la  this  case.  To  grant  alimony 
npon  bUch  noexplalned  facta  as  aro  fnv^jloas  iu  toese 
opposing  affldavlts.  woaid  be  to  enoum-aee  vic«.  1  be' 
defendant 'Uia.r,  however,  have  a  reaeooabie  sum  with 
wbioo  to  defend  herseit  Alimony  denieo,  and  counsel 
fee  of  $iUU  awarded. 

Carter  vs.  TallcoL — After  fnB  consideratloa  I  see  no 
Way  ot  avoiding  a  refereno?  un'.esi  toe  defendant  wiU 
stipulate  tbat  in  case  the  issue  uf  neg  J^ence  be  fouoil 
tigaiuBt  him,  the  value  ot  the  differout  items  of  ser- 
vice shunld  oe  considered  as  specihed  in  the  bill  of 
I>artlcii>arB.  If  this  stipulation  cannot  bo  given,  then 
a  reference  must  be  oruered.  B.  V.  bneppard,  iiso-.  in 
■thMt  event  ta  appointed  ttefbree. 

Folder  vt.  Ftlder.—HoUoa  denied  without  oosta. 
(6ec.  4  ti«WB,  377.) 

Erstopsvi.  B0VU.—I  sm  unable  to  say  upon  this  evl. 
deuce  tnat  ihore  Is  probable  cause  tor  error.  I'here 
is  no  reason  to  doubt  tiiat  the  couvlction  waa  ooriect, 
aod  tbat  it  will  be  affl.  me-d.  Tne  writ  must  b«  dia- 
missed  and  tbe  prisouer  remanded. 

Svoeeney  vs.  ParoesAo.— Tue  rule  is  onite  well  settled 
fb...t  all  execution  upon  a  judgment  canaut  be  iesuuO 
upon  the  apiiiication  of  tiie  executors  uf  a  de<;eaaed 
piainiiif  npuii  motion  The  remedy  is  by  aotiou.  (3 
Huer,  664,  6J7,  uo.e  A,  1  Abb.  K-,  126;  *>  tow..  P.  B., 
37ai  12  Mow.,  1-.  H.,539;  22  Uow.,  P.  E.,  7el.l  Ma 
tiou  denied  with  $iu  costs. 

fetper  vt.  WtnUt. — Moiiuu  denied,  with  $10  oost^ 

Jfutuat  Life  Insurance' Comvany  vi.  /^i«l<li.— Motion 
denied,  with  ilu  custs,  without  prejudice  to  a  renew^ 
ipou  payment  of  sue. 1  co.^ts,  and  upou  further  papeta 
cuntainbig  a  proi  er  answer  to  tbe  factb  set  fur.h  to 
Mr.  Mc^lure'ii  alBdavit,  (as  to  knowledge  uf  what  was 
bought  as  against  Ola  jp  lu  tbe  suii,  of  what  had  been 
outaiiied  aKai:<Bt  bim,  oi  tbe  negoUatioo:}  indicating 
his  acqulesc'-nce  in  toe  r?8ult,  and  of  hia  laches,  &.o.,l 
it  Buub  paoers  cau  be  trurbiullj  farnlBbed,  aud  if  said 
Ciapp  Oe  so  adviiied. 

Ordham  vs.  ffai-n«{7(oH.— These  opposing  afildavits 
OToi wbelmlugly  duoiove  tbe  facts  s.ated  li.v  uarring- 
ti>ii.  Tlie\  show  tb.ic  the  dating  bacK  of  the  ajmis- 
Bton  ot  service  was  bis  own  act,  and  was  fur  the  ex- 
press purpose  Of  euubliiig  tbe  piainiiff  to  enter  judg- 
ment spjenily.  It  Is  tme.  the  admission  of  service 
Bbould  nave  been  acknowledged,  and  that  the  cum- 
plaiut  was  irregulaiiy  veriUfU  by  the  aitorne.v,  who 
should  oei'taini  v  nave  knuwn  oetter.  But  ihest.  irrogu- 
larities  may  be  relieved  ag  inst  nunc  pro  tunc  in 
and  01  an  honest  indgmeni,  wnich.  if  not  aphuld. 
may  cost  ihe  plaintiffs  toeif  claim,  (4  Huw., 
15d;  10  How.,  I'.i2i^ ;  as  to  Uclntire  it  is  abuadautly 
eaiablsbed  that  he  satisUed  narriiiKtun's  act  In  aii- 
mittiug  servioe  lur  hiia  Tuu  plaintiff  baa. leave,  there- 
tore,  to  reverity  the  complaint  aud  hie  such  <'erihcati^& 
nunc  pro  tunc  upou  payment  of  i^lu  coats  to  bo 
charged  upon  the  attorney  personally,  (3  Att  8/2.)' 
He  may  aiso  annex  an  affldaTU  verifyiuK  thea>iniib!>ioa 
ot  service  nauc  pro  tmiu.  upua  cimpUjiuoc  witii  thoo 
terms,  'fhe  raoilou  to  vacate  the  lodgment  is  dmied.  • 
'i'btt  same  decuiuu  in  tbe  cuse  ayainst  UarriDgtOQ  per- 
sona ly  ana  the  same  cOsis  m  ist  be  paid  and  iu  the 
same  manner  ara  charged  upon  the  attorney 

Inihe  matter 0/ J esuiinn.—WheT>i  a  debtor  puts  his 
property  <iut  ot  bis  bands  to  prevent  his  eredlcor* 
ITom  reacning  it,  bis  pruceedings  can  scaicelv  l>e  Just 
or  lair  uutU  he  produces  such  property.  But  here  lt» 
was  the  creditor's  pi  opertv  which  the  debtor  put  out 
of  his  biiiids.  He  paid  his  debts  iherewith. .  His  pro- 
oeeoihga  are  jnat  aud  fair  if  he  produces  what  Is  leifi. 
Tbe  arjpimeni.  tbat  the  conversiun  made  tbe  prop^-rty 
the  debtor's,  and  that  the  piyment  uf  it  to  his  brokers 
W.1B  a  itaadolent  dlapoaition  of  his  (the  debtor's)  prop- 
erty, is  ingenious,  bnt  not  in  my  lodgment  a  somia  ' 
view  of  tbe  meaning  of  the  statute.     Prisoner  di» 

otePwipte,  Jtc.vt.  The  NetB-Tort  Board  of  F(reXf»asr* 
•rfiara.— It  IB  very  clear  upon  these  taota  that  tee  d«> 
ftodaot  •'  negotiated  lor  aod  placed"  the  rUk,  and  that 
uieyHiaed  inefKMitmgan  unauthorised  insnraAe&"  • 
Tha  letter  of  May  S5  indorsing  tba  PoUey  fiw  WaaA 
ooiaplaved  the  ^tMse.  That  it  was  snbaeqeently  ea» 
eeleo  fer  noii^p»rmeat  of  nramioB  does  net  alter  tba 
fact  that  the  detendaut  aided  in  ettaettagn  nauthoe. 
iMd  insnreaos.   Jtotton  dented  with  •lOebm. 

1  ^^MmTn  jSii If f    H nt'nn trHiuiiU^TMlSlnaiiB^ 


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_  «sd  tenpota*T  Udo^ptton  di«^tv«4  tnfh  tlQ 
to  abide  Ute  etent.    b«e  manorandiun. 
■Unm  COXTBT-MilBdUlT— PABT  s. 
Bj/  JuSfft  I/Mntnte. 
PoKlima  v$.  THe  Xavor,  itt-Sfo  memoruidiun. 
Oora  v&^{am<]/.— Case  aaA  amehdmenta  lettled. 
§nta*r  V.  r«<0*ry.    See  opinion. 

VUFBBUS  COtJBT— S?SCUL  ZSBV. 
£y  Judifre  £arr«(t 
Loeb  v».  TM  JSquitabU  Liji  AMwanee  SoeUty  of  the 
\WUfd  at9ta.—Jn&timeaS,  for  the  plapitiff  upon  the 
demtirrcr  with  coats,  wilh  leave  to  the  defendants  to 
kESiver  wlibln  tweuty  da^a  upon  psymeat  of  tuoti 
'coace.    See  memorandiuii. 

By  Judgt  Van  VoraU 

Xtlly  v«.  nu  Itayor,  <to— Jadnoeot  for  defendant  on 
fdewarrer. 

Bail  etalvt.  Belden  et  aX—Hoaoa  for  new  trial  de- 
wud  wlUii  $10  ooata. 

BT77£JUOB  COUET — BFBCIAL  TKRU. 

By  Judge  BedgviicX. 

rjk«  THftufK  AgsoeUttion  vi.    SmitA.- Eemlttitnr  filed, 

«nd  appeal  dismissed  with  cosvb. 

^   SeftOrti  r«.  Bat«T.— Order  allowing  defendant  to  serve 

>M)BWIT,  &o. 

BUlingervt.  Strgmutler.— Order  den ylnz  motion  with- 
lont  costs,  and  with  leave  to  renew,  &o. 

Byt  et  a',  vs.  .^^({rianee:.— Reference  ordered. 

Jenking  vt.  The  Central  Pari,  K,  and  B.  &B,  Co.— 
(Order  restorias  cause  to  calendar. 

Tk»  People,  de.  cs.  Starttceatft*r.— Case  and  exoep- 
Itions  ornerfcd  on  fl  e. 

The  Union  BanHnq  Company  vt  Sv^t,— Order  allow- 
■}ne  complaint  to  be  answered,  &c 

Davia  vs.  £ur(.-^rdur  of  reference  to  Hon.  Freeman 
i.  Plthian. 

Bertert  vk    Bieppt— Undertalns  approved. 

Bobemuin  v$.  MeCanerti/.—OtAer  allowing  amend- 
BiQnt  ot  summoDs  and  compluiut,  &.C. 

JFranklin  v8.Ca<!<7i.—.\iot1ou  denied  witnout  costs. 

Oonlit  vt.  Soman  et  aZ.— Order  lor  onmmisstoQ. 

The  vn.  ttc,  Atwciation  vs.  The  Tritmne  Association. — 
Caae  setded. 

Orclert  Granted.— Cook  vs.  Evans  et  aL;  Saner  vs.  The 

Alayor.  &c.;  Siuith  vs.  Thomas:  Shaster  vs.  Killop,  Itc.; 

Xau«btor  vs.  Perkins  et   al.;    Cbaus   vs.    The  QDhert 

Elevated  fiaiiroad  Company  ;  Hale  vs.  Barrett. 

UJlBINB   COUBT— CHAUBBBa. 

Bu  Judge  MeAdam. 

Ppinion»  if^fed.— Rowland  vs.  Wheeler;  Wolff  vs. 
'#nue:  Pollak  va.  Meyer. 

Brovett  vs.  Palmer.-  Order  of  arrest  vacated  condi- 
tldnailv.    (7  hud.,  196.) 

Biecisiont  Indorud  on  Paper*.— Floo  va.  Atwater; 
Ketcham  vs.  Green. 

Sehajftr  vs.  Jfei/er.— Motion  to  open  aefault  denied. 

Complaints  DUmUsed.—Ktfraa&ngii  vs.  Meyer;  Kuck- 
enbacker  vs.  Kimer:  Ueader  va.  Jaeger;  Pierrea  vs. 
Hoasseli;   Sciiultze  vs.  Williams. 

BaUway  Advertising  tompanv  vi.  Souse.— The  default 
comolKined  of  was  taken  at  the  Geierdl  Term  and  tne 
Matters  new  offered  in  excuse  tor  the  default  were 
there  presented  as  a  cause  for  postponement.  The 
veneiai  Term  decided  that  the  excuse  was  insufflcient. 
That  decislou  is  conolnsiye  upon  me.  The  m..tioa  to 
open  default  will  therefore  be  denijd. 

Bam*  vs.  iSatne.— The'tact  that  the  execntion  was  re- 
taroHl  lelore  the  explrntlon  of  siztv  days,  only  con- 
atitutes  a  t>ar  when  it  is  the  result  of  a  collusion  with 
theplalntint  It  is  tiie  fraudulent  act  of  the  plaintiff 
WUc^  yitlates  the  return  of  the  execution  and  de- 
prives hiin  of  bis  equitable  action  in  the  nature  of  a 
■ereditor'a  tiill.  {Jr<rriei  vs.  fyaller,  25  IT.  T.,  p.  AS8.\ 
7he  vroofa  prcf  ented  taU  to  show  fraud  or  collusion  or 
buy  po^tive  oiitdtioa  to  retuon  the  writ.  Motion 
aenlel 

aiotitnm  Bnmtad. — Mootrosa  vs.  Steinbardt ;  Iivden' 
vs.  Cook  ;  Wemple  vs.  Searles;  Don  jlass  vs.  Seville ; 
^ooley  Ts.  tee;  Htiff  va.  Koran;  Hart  va.  Bebeider; 
OofBo  vs.  Kopoel. 

D^ulti  iV*o<«i.—i Klpventh  Ward  Bank  vs.  Feward ; 
Po«rsckle  vs.  Scbocing  ;  Lase.u  vs.  Soese ;  BUm  va. 
Beim. 

tValter  vs.  CoffAZon.— Cnmmis^ion  ordered. 

JBatOi  vs.  a/teridan. — Motion  to  open  default  denied. 

Belding  vs.  Behrend, — Allowance  of  6  per  cent. 
fXanted. 

Antkone  vs.  Kellv. — Judgment  vacated,  and  anppli- 
Bentary  proceealaas  set  aside. 

Page  vs.  £Iodcr^*.  — Proceediocs  dismissed. 

Belding  vs.  iftftrmd.— Judgment  for  plaintiff 

Order*  Granted. — liynch  va.  St.  John:  Brooka  va.  Con- 
Se^;  Uoldie  va.  Conner ;  Antboay  vs.  Keily;  Court- 
XiJEbt  vs.  Qurana :  Kelsel  vs.  SCurch;  Gilsey  vs.  Qug- 
aenheim ;  Uerta  vs.  Stuart ;  Duryee  vs.  Harrison ; 
Tbome  va.  Thompson;  Dobelman  va.  Poitier ;  Bram- 
acn  va.  Ebrcbart. 

McUUpt  M  .ifual— Bamagea  aaaesaed  at  $307. 


COURT  OALEHDABS—TSrii  DAI. 

BCTBKMS    COUBT— CRAMBKBS. 

Stld  by  Barrett,  J. 

Dos. 


Iti6— Matter  of  Conway. 
177— Matter  of    instate   of 

Cogswell. 
178— Loid  vs.  llflany. 
188— Ahem  vs.  Weir,  ke. 


Boa. 

^98— Priest  va.  Priest. 
il4— Miller  vs.  B'd  of  Police 

Commissiunera. 
119— Matter  of   tbe   First 

Fresh.  Cburcli. 
9.44— WMmservs-HoStaian.  il9d— Wbiion  va.  Masury. 
146— Tbe   Mayor,  &&,    va.  2o'2— La  Rue  vs.  Uatfleid. 

Seiter.  1209 — Matter     of     opening 

149 — HofCman  vs.  Burke,     i  Bieventta  avenueb 

Call  ftom  So.  269  to  end  of  calendar. 

SVFSBIOB   COUBT— SPKCIAL  TSBIC. 
B*ld  6tf  Van  Forst.  J. 

Nob. 

114 — Kinney  vs.  Cohen. 
115— Sluney  vs.  Basch   et 
al 


Kos. 

47— Beilly  vs.  Dillon  et  al. 
lUU— Fowler  vs.  Mebxbacn 

etaL 
103— Miles  et  aL  vs.  Tltns 

et  sL 
,'205— Hailem      Bank     va. 

Decker  et  aL 
\  BO— De  Zavala  vs.  Hart  et 


283 — Demean   vs.    Duncan 
et  aL 
67 — Herriot  vs.  Herriot 
•^6—BaiA  vs.  0.  8.  Lite  Ins. 

Co.   ot  tr.  Y. 
38— The  i.aw.  Gnin.  Mow. 
Co.    vs.    Tbe     O.    b. 
CoalioK  Co. 
63— Tavlor,  vs.  Roche. 
74 — Andrews   et    al.    ra. 

Evan. 
87— Allien  vs.  Dioaav. 
29— Qreen  va.  JUloanlc  et 
al. 
334— Whiting  ra.    Oearty 

et  al. 
110 — Anffartb  vs.  Behtnae- 

deite  et  aU 
151— Ten  Ryck  vs.Cor7,&c. 

8TJPBEMB    COUBT — CIBCUTT— PABT  I. 

Btld  by  Bonohue,  J. 

N»8. 

2741— MildeTbnrger  versus 
Oer.  EvangeL  Lutb. 
St.  Joiin's-  Cbiucb, 
Kew-York. 

1657 — Goldsmith  vs.  Daly 
et  al. 

1583— CoLinsva.  The  May- 
or, i^a 

1341— Fitzpatrick  vs.  The 
Ma.ror,  to. 

U3&-Purcell  ya.Tbe  Uar- 
or,  &C. 

1487— Ma.TS  vs.  The  Uayor, 

2769— Vas   va    Third    av. 

UaUroad  Company. 
2721 — SbeUman  vs.  bnum- 

uel. 
2845— Qainslgamond    Nat 

Bnk.     va.     Sewioz 

Machine  Knglne  Co. 
9861 — Louenran  v>.  Cbam- 

Derlaln. 
2913— ACen  et  aL  TB.  Aohe- 

aon  et  aL 
3679~B07atskl      vs.     Bo- 

(tatskL 
3077— The  Jiaror,  tee.  vs. 

D.  D.  K  a  fc  &  B. 

B.  Co. 
3079— The  aiayor  vs.  Klntb 

av.  B.  ft.  Co. 
3081— Tbe    Mayor   versus 

Blet- eker  at.  k,  K.  F. 

B.  E.  Co. 
3083— The  Uayor  va.  C.  P. 

M.  t  C  E.  a.  E.   Co. 
3086— Asgall    vs.     Jacobs 

et  aL 
3087— Ouldman  va.  Merta. 
3089— RKtiera    va.   Maltov 

etal. 

3091— Wilbur  vs.  Tavlor. 

3093— Wortb  Ta.  McSwee- 

ney. 
3095— Ooddaid.  ita.va. 

BUTBSKB  COITBT — CIBCtTIT — PABZIt. 
BeUt  by  Latcrenos,  J, 
Noe. 
1906— Bnsa,  Jr.,  va.  Camn- 

beii. 

1644~McLane  vs.  GnO. 

1062— Cnstanoe  va.  Burr. 

1486— Lew  et  aL  vs.  Ja- 
cobs et  aL 

1764— HcOraw  va.  Allaire, 
tc 

1764— Chapel  Ti.  Bateaaz 

14.'i2— Herrick  vs.  Smith. 
1888  >9— Atkinson  va.  Mor* 

timer. 
4470— Baer  vs.  Ucles  et  aL 
1742— The  Urader  Cotton 

G.  Mr«.  Co.  vs.  H.  T. 

a  Mtg.  Co. 

1794— Elliot  va,  Wesicbes* 
ter  tire  Ins.  Co. 
600 — Baiiey  vs.  Dodge. 


ai. 

122— Bueklng  vs.  Banselt 
etaL 

12d-GHasler  et  aL  -^ 
Powers,  &c. 

133— Busieed  vg.  Bnsteed. 

186— Jacobs  va.  Miller. 

341— Steinbrecber  va.  Bey- 
er et  at 

142— Guidet  vs.  Brown  et  al 

i43 — LruesvaBrauder,  Jr. 
48— B^tch  vs.    Atlaottu  &. 
Paciflo  TeL  Co. 
S81— BlcoU  vs.  sicrymser. 


■oa. 

soil— Kodman  vs.  Emz. 

3719— Baden  vs.  Coleman. 

^691— till!  et  aL  vs.  O'Con- 
nor. 

^S7— Pecard  vs.  Bem- 
heimer. 

1908— Pitts  et  aL  va.  On- 
(lerdonk. 
1 — Laionxe  tte  vs.  Clark. 

£S89— Bovd  vs.  Jackscfti. 

[1518— Brown  Tt.  l;e«Ker, 

!  kc 

2091— CnrroU  vs.  Cassldv. 

ES64— Bxcelsior  Petro  eum 
Co.  vs.  Fowler,  tc 

i«02*»— Henlin  vs.  Powers. 

'4397— Gray  et  aL  vs.  Jobes. 

8761— beaumont  vs.  Dew- 
man. 

S808— Band  Powder  Co. 
vs.  Gallaudet. 

2849— Frane  vs.  Liel.,  Lack. 

<  snd  West.  R.  E.  Co. 

2871— Archer  va.  O'Br.en. 
2883— Burbunk  vs.  t.urr. 
S891-  CoDuor,  be,  va.  Tbe 

Maror. 
^01— Barm  va.  8h<>ffleld. 
2909— Breen  vs.  MDb;4Cb. 
B943— Kennev  vs.  La^cb. 
£957 — Conea     et     aL     vs. 

Waters. 
2985— Barleoi     Bank    -vs. 

Adams. 
299fr— tlprin^er   et    eL   vs. 

hermau. 
W)07— Hagbea  va.  Bnbiao, 

(No.  1.) 
Same  vs.  Some,  (No. 
4^  2.) 

pi9— Keilley  vs.  The  May- 
;  or,  Jto. 

8017^— Tallely,  ke.,    versos 

AJDocnaetal. 


The 


!l784— Breunan    ra. 
I  Jaayor.  fco. 

1822- Morris  vs.  BlUott. 
3.686— Botb  va.  Mora. 
SMS— Btng  et  aL  va.  Tbe 

MayoE. 
0.088— .-cbaUet  aL  va.  Col- 
r  UetV 

U60— FaDeoBM  ra.  Bllrer- 

[  stone. 

2562— Lewis    vs.    Chicago 

and  China  Tea  Co. 
786— Vial  ra.  Tbe  Mayor, 

he 
i8444— Llibanerva.  Conner, 
tieSO—  cbmM   et    al.   vs. 
I  iiMe. 

I72419— Fire  Ins.    Agenoy 
'  Ca  vs.  Voorbees. 

Simons  vs.  Cohen. 


ffoa. 


tCPBEUa   COUBT — (^BCUn— PABT  UL 
Meld  by  ran  Brunt,  J. 

yos. 


SU28— Msok  va.  D.  D..  E. 
B'way,  fc  B.  B.  B. 
'  Co. 

#78— Peek  ▼a.Tbe  Pbcanix 
i^  Ins.  Co. 
177— Delemater  tb.  The 
Amer.  Ji  B.  C.  Bgg 
Co. 
114»— LouKbran  vs.  Mat- 
t  thews  et  aL 

IS87— Blake   et     aL      ts. 

ObrlghtetaL 
18S6— Davisou    et  al.    va. 

Wliletts  et  aL 
|741>»>Faa]iee  ra.  Ham- 
mond. 
'418— MoComb  va.  Kxoel- 

■lor  MJz.  Co. 
419— MoComb  Ts.  Jooea. 
*64— Pannvs.  Ward. 
907- Tyngva  BeneU. 
W'»  fSeisendeB  vs.  tt.i. 
Car  Sprmg  It  B.  Co. 
fO&-A«a  Va.  Sajlea  et  aL 


1735— Benderaonva.  White 

etaL 
2096— Hart  va.  Taylor  et 

aL 
1611— Dlckbuon  Ta.  Dod- 

lev. 
81— Meyer  et  aL  tb  Am- 

Idon. 
2720— West  Hook  va.  Tbe 

Mayor,  jto. 
2561— Uorengel   va.     Mal- 

lorv  et  aL 
2288— People  ex  reL  Bowne 

vs.  O'Brien. 

634— Donobae  et  al.  ti. 

Sherwood  et  aL 
IMIV- Bnnpbr    va.   The 

■  Uayoi-,  be. 
2287- Bevnolda  Ti.  Baird 

267>9-Wood  Ta.  Bria  BaU- 
way  Co. 
SIS— Winter  Ta.  Whit*  at 
aL 


OMOKMr  FLBA8— JTBIAI.  TIBK-^ABT  L 

aod  by  ran  Bottm,  J. 
Noa. 


I  808— Walker  Ta.  Kew 
Central  Coal  Coi  of 
Muyland. 

1004— Lam  bertl  va.  Mente- 

877— wllaoa  t*.  Pine. 
MS— Howard,  Jjc.  va.  Mc- 

CnUoBgb.  ^ 

728— CuonneU  vs.  B.  T. 

h  H«rlem  B.  K.  Co 
969— Ueyoeoker  va.  Oamp 
600— Heconnaok   va.    B 

T.  a  fc  H.  a.  B.  B. 

^^ 
308— WeillogtoB  TS.  5ew- 
_         ton. 

nstl    Bniigman  ti^  Booth 
'  itBorthAtehaaiaB. 

fStM— f ean.  Hot.    8o«let7 

To.  Webster, 
at— <■  Broadway  8taMaCo. 

IMWi-Metntyia  ti.  Oar> 
ton. 


ISSj^SCtlTw^S^J; 


946— Dean  t^  Brown. 
284— 'Mott  T(k  Conaumera^ 

lee  Co. 
1070— D.   8.    Reflector  Co. 

Ta.  Rnaton. 
899— Andrewa  tb.  Farley 

et  aL 

688— Scbenck  vs.  Barker. 

892— Ketobam  vs.8teTens 

690— Drayton  ts.  Croaby. 

1103— Palmer   Ta.    Clark, 

to. 

190»— Malonl^    va.  K.   T. 

Floating  Bit  Bock 
Co. 

1180— Trask  et  aL  T8.  Sol- 
omon. 

1163— Brlggs  vs.  Berdan. 
796— DBke  Ta.  Bidder. 

1149— Innny  ts.  Qarrlty. 

1186— .ragiiar  vs.  Cnnnlng- 
bala. 
868— tlca«ir«  tb.  IT.  T.  C. 
Ii  H.  B.  B.  B.  Co. 


960— AlaadaU  tb.    Oarda 
MaL 


Slid  ty  Larrtmort.J. 
Koa, 

10T2-Keya  vs.  Haskin. 
996— SeUsbwrg   tb.  Gold- 

BTelb. 
1131— Conroy  va.  Boyee. 
1095— FriessenTs.  Hichols. 


143— Hunt  TB.  Boberts. 
1811— The       Metropolitan 
Qas-Ught    Co.    va- 
Th6  Mayor,  &0. 
1169— Fitch  TS.  Bergen. 
1197— Sylvester  vs.  Bem- 
att*]!). 
659— Folsora  vs.  Fischer. 
660— (shelly  vs.  Yard,  Jr. 
1091— Werwick    vs.    Obl- 

175— Newittet    ■"•     Gor^ 
inanlaFtre  Ina.  Co. 
616— M^lene  va.  Derby. 
915 — Bogert  vs.  Clark. 
1454— Xowle  va.  Tbe  May- 
or, be 


KOB. 

789— Slaner  va.  Morgan. 
786— Donuellv    vs.     The 

Ma.ror,  Ita. 
1128— MoQowan    va.    Me- 

G»wan. ' 
1090— Banbert  va.  Leroh. 
788— St-hToeder  va.  leu- 

b^ct^et. 
1 093— Baidey  va.  Shaw. 
11.^6— LeTT  TB.  Potsdam. 
497i-Brown  vs.Patterson. 
897-  Waalden  vs.  SbbaaC 
1066— Cohn,  fcc,  TB-   Con- 
ner. 
1193— L«oeTaTfor. 
907 — iScbemerhoin  Tersua 

Devlin. 
604— The  fl.  T.  Life  Ina. 

Co.  vs.  Croaier. 
314 — Uevlin  vs.Gallaeher. 
1097— Uhlman  va.Ueyman. 


COMMOS  PLEAS— TBIAL  TERM— PABT  UI. 
BeldbyJ.  F.  Daly,  J. 
Nos. 


Bos. 
478— Earlevs..H.  T.  Life 

Ins.  Co. 
647— Emauuel     vs.     The 

Mavor,  Sco. 
430-^ohnson     vs.      Tbe 

.Mayor.  &.a 
920 — Oakie.r  vs.  Baron. 
921 — Same  vs.  Same. 
942 — Hewison    vs.     Sam- 
uels. 
1194— Weldhng   va.      The 
^    Mayor,  &c. 
57dL-Israel  et  aL  yersus 
Nicholson. 
1179 — Nessel   versus    Tbe 
Mayor,  to. 
493 — Browervs.  Day  ton. 
1249 — Knsauaum  et  al.  vs. 

Lvona  etal. 
1079 — spencer  vs.  O'Srlen. 
780 — Roe  et  aL'  vf.  Brophy. 
887— Walsh  vs.  N.  Y.  fi'tn 

Dock  Co. 

843— Second   Nat.   Bk.   of 

Paterson  vs.  Porter 

1166— Martin  vs.  Gallagher 

1190— Seaman  et  al.    va. 

ftoouan. 


71C^-^1>ipman   vs.  Piela- 

•   tickei". 
1256 — Isaacs  vs.  Baer. 
1140— Wynen    vs.    ocbap- 

nert. 
411— The  People,  tc,  vs. 

Lamson. 
1114— Gononde  vs.  Flood. 
64l— Schlae  va.  Scblag. 
CU3— '^ehenck    vs.   Mnn- 

zliisi'ir. 
929— Cook  va  Clark. 
1115— Wieie  vs.  Calinban. 
Idaa-Levene  vs.  Buah. 
937— Kuppenhelm        vs. 
Pftirsheimer.    • 
1053— Kollett  vii.  Soencer. 
1054— PoUett  v8.The  Leech 

Aut.  Machine  Co. 
631-Kuse  vs.  The  S.  i.  t 
N.  H.  R.  B.  Co. 
1221— Brink  vs.  Fray. 
327— KainiKal   vs.    Sonth 
Mde  R.  R.  Co.  of  L.  I. 
1184 — Acuerman    vs.    Mc- 

Arihur. 
1182— BodgeaTa.  Mnapratt 
et  al. 


COHMOK  PLEAS— liQUITT  TBBM. 
Meld  by  Bobinson,  J. 
Bo  day  calendar. 

SUPEBIOB  COUBT— SPECIAL  TKBlt. 
Ueld  by  Seigxoitik,  J, 


Kos. 

54— Boody  va.  Tiiden  et  al. 

C^tS— Mitascherllng  vs.  Tan 
Winkle  et  al. 

18— Offiuger  et  aL  vs.  De- 
Wolf: 

26— Bradiord  va.  Bissel  et 
al. 

28— Mntnal  Life  Ins.  Co.  va. 
Davis  et  sL 

40— Fowler  vs.  Bntterby. 

64— 'llllbank  vs.  >at.  Bank 
of  Noiwalk. 

68— Well  TB.  Fischer  et  al. 

79— The  Beal  Estate  Ti-nst 
Co.  TB.  Baloh  et  aL 

58— Diets  vs.  Farisli. 


Nos. 
8— Fleming  vs.  Tbe  Con- 
solidated F.  Jar  Co. 
16— Oakley  vs.  Hyett 
20— Whitney  vs.  Martlne. 
24— Armstrong  vs.   xiollet 

aL 
60— Cnrran  vs.  Mplntyre. 
71— Whitney  vs.  ihe  Cen. 
K.  R.  Co.  of  M.  J. 
9— Arnold  et  hi.  vs.  Angell 
21— Ooyla   at  al.  vs.  Lord, 

Jr. 

23— Starr  vs.  Moore  et  al. 

72— Boese,  tc.  vs.  Luckey. 

Demturec 

6 — Koch  et  aL   vs.  Wbite- 

bouSe  et  aL 


Kos. 


BDPBBIOB  COURT— TRIAL-  TBRV— PABTL 
Held  by  Bpeir.  J. 
Nos. 


1063— Caffa  va  Lord,  Jr. 

et  al.,  tc. 
40iS — Kneeland  vs.Rp!tzka 
312— Tbomas  ts.  Roigbt. 
468— Wrawa.  fedderke. 
865— Diamont  vs.  White. 
818 — SeUluicvs.  Legendre 

et  aL 
687— Fortnan  vb.  Tltns. 
60 — Copeland    vs.     £lls- 

worth. 
456 — Gllmau  vs.  SteTens. 
476 — Jlorzan,  Adm'x,  vs. 

McVickar. 
446 — Boyd     vs.     Phcenlx 

Ins.  Co.  of  Hartford. 
631 — Johnson,  tc,  vs.Op- 

penheim  et  aL 
48&-^Sohinidt  tb.  Leatn 


768— Melvtn  tb.  Carey. 
506— Payne    et    aL     va 

Conner,  tc 
813 — Whoriiington,     tc, 

va    42d    St..    tc, 

Kerry  B.  B.  Co. 
SOO^s — Snarman,   tc,  va. 

Kirim. 
822— Moilpraonet  aL  tb. 

Sandford. 
376 — Tbe     Manni'rs    and 

Builders'  Bank  vs. 

Paiigbom. 
619— Clearv.fccTB.  Qam- 

bling, 
876— Atwater  ts.  Sklddy. 
877     White  vs. Van  Vleclc 
878— Peck,  tcTs.  Cohen. 
880— L'ority  tb.  Johnaun 

et  ai. 


FIIfAIfOIAJj  AFFAIRS. 


SUFBBIOB  COUBT— TBUL  TERM— FAST  U. 
Held  by  t'reedman,  J. 
Nos. 


KoB. 

347— Farmers'  t    M.    Nat. 

Bank  of  Buffalo  vs 

Brown. 
636— Franklin    v&    CatUn. 

Jr.  et  aL 
637 — Same  vs.  Same. 
572— Harrison    va    Beford 

etaL 
373— Harrison  va.  Boas. 
743 — Chi.  to.,  v».    Cremer 
314— Germania   Bank    vs 

Fnist. 
523 — Coru  et  al.  vs.  DaTis. 
669— D.ve  et  aL    vs.    Adri 

ancc 
633— MatthewB  tb.    Dria 

CulL 
63r— Voa  Olahn  Ta   Low- 

ensiein. 
645— Bandeld  vs.  Gotild. 
521— Loid  et  aL  vs.  Allen. 


j90— Tateset  aL  va  Smith 

tc 
361 — Wiremanvs.  Bemlog- 

ton  8.  M.  Ca 
Sti4— St.iff'ird.  tc,  va    N. 

Y.  C.  t  H.  B.   R.  E. 

Co. 
3B5 — Shaw  vs.  ."leavon. 
iG6— Slug  va  Kellr. 
^67— KdU  vs.  Mather  et  al. 
it>9 — McDermoit     va    Ly- 

coxiutr  Kire  Ina.Co. 
<70 — Wbeelock  va.  Ameri- 
can .National  i.antc 
S71 — Juhusou   vs.    liuiison 

Ulrer  B.  H.  Cc 
;72 — Hedges  et  aL  vs.  H. 

H.  B.  R.  Co. 
;7.S — ijorkwood     vs.     Far 

r.n.itoii  et  aL 
j74— Tersea,  Jr.,  ts.  Gould 
et  aL 


BUTBBIOB  COURT— TBIAL  TERM— PAST  BL 

H*li  by  CurtU,  0,  J. 


Nos. 

790— Bauer  vs.  Dammasne. 
7l5— Plnnkett    va    Apple- 
ton. 
828 — Banks  ot  aL  vs.  Cong- 

doD. 
799— Olweel.  arc,  vs.  Haa- 

broucK  et  aL 
883 — Dowduey  vs.  Volken- 

Ine. 
834— Nayior  vs.  MeebaiL 
88  J — 3^1  lue  vs.  eame. 
886— Walling    vs.    Bensel 

et  aL 
887— Pray  vs.  Bensel  et  aL 
888— Judd  vs.  Savage. 
889— Lutm^n.  tc,  va  Bo^t 

11  van  et  aL  ' 

890 — Qugoizjk     vs.    Gillies 

Pt  nL 
892— Mitchell  vs.  Jarrett. 
803 — .*<cbuen  vs.  <  ook  .-t  aL 
894 — Savage,  to..  V8.Tbay- 

er. 

895— Talcott  va.  Bzownei 
et  aL 

H96— Diehl  vs.  Clark   et  al. 

897— Ham  etaL  ts.  Ham. 

BUPZBIOB  COUBT— ^DTBBAI.  TSBX. 
Adjourned  sine  die. 

MABINB  COUBT— TBIAL  TBBM— PABT  L 

HtldbvAlter,J. 

Noa. 

b7t>6 — Mackintosh  etaL  ts. 

Roeers  et  aL 
4682— Holier    et    aL     tb. 

Slierrard,  Jr.,   tC 
8244— Kahn  va  Kahn. 
32Ux— Phelps    va    Qeiseb- 

heloier. 
6077— Jaeger  vs.  Bncher. 

69o7— The         lYadesTnen's 

Fire  Ina  Co.  versus 

0'^hea. 
7651— Fnrcbt  vs.Zink  etaL 
6694— Aliltes  vs.  Conner. 


Noa. 

9uu— Shannon  va.  Stafford. 

Uo2— Wilkinson  et  aL   vs. 

Orvis  et  aL 
903— CowVig,tc,TS.  Smith 

et  sL 
904— BengcbeaTaMayorg) 

etal. 
905— >Scott  et  aL  va  Con- 
ner, to. 
907— While  et  aL  va  Oil- 

sey  et  aU 
908-Byau  ts.  Wilson. 
909— Gent  vs.  Moouey. 
9X0— Wooilruff  va  N.  Y,,  N. 

H.  t  M.  K.  B.  CO. 
911— Same  va  Same. 
916— Kn  ibe  et  aL  vs,  Fam- 

bam,  tc. 

918— Breltjtisupt  vaBrooka 
9 1 9— Perle  vs.  Brouka 
9:r:U— RasKnp  vs.  Brooka 
921 — JobuBon  et  ai-vs.  Col- 
lins et  si. 

922— Peck  vs.  Kennedy. 
928— Scbrrmerho  r  a     T  a 
Imdley  et  aL 


Nos. 

eiuu— Lukes  vs.  Blake, 

U102— The    Providence    t 

ti.  T.  K.  a  Co.  va 

Oilpeke. 
6103— Oomi'S   et     aL    va 

Boguet. 
6104— Ftsber  ts.  Baker  »t 

nl. 
6106— Hlidebrandt   Terana 

Ucnev  e(  aL 

6106— Schillloger     Terana 

Kbileg  et  aL 
6107— Bailey  va  Magnlre. 

liABINB  COURT— TRIAL  TBBM— FABr  IL 

Btldby  Oaeoi>,J. 

Nos. 

7435— Clement  va  Uoran. 
7436 — Same  va  Same. 
7aU^— Aiould    et    aL  ts. 

Alieu. 
6860— Waoaerliob  ts. 

Kmat. 
6V12— Hauce  tb.  LeHoiay 

rt  aL 
4161— Savage  va  Dry  Dock, 

K.  B.  t  B.  R.    R.  Co. 

9199— CnevaUer  TS.  Koba* 

stamm. 
6902— Brown  Ta  FarbT. 

f,743 — colt  v».  Stevens. 

69u8 — Camman  ts.  Doll  et 


Noa. 

9U83— McFadden  va  Elas- 
tic Truss  Co. 

6947— McGregor  va  Con- 
ner. 

6948 — Baas  va  Conner. 

6949— Hnber  Ta  Conner. 

686;i— Kaaemeyei  ra  Dres- 

ler. 
6897— Qntmby  va  GraC 
8038— .Maginu  vs.  0'L)ay  et 

aL 
5750— Ltppe  et  al  va.  Blet 
6657— Kopfer  va  Brigg  et 


5886— Nieflcker  vs.  Kati. 
5528— I  urry  va  Fane.y. 
u745 — Shane  vs.  bergao. 
5835— Mills  VB.  Blunt. 
5710— Wei  zel  vs.  Schaafc 
2987- Dutch  va  Dorsoy. 
56U7— Manaelick  tb.  cian- 

ders. 
1589— Uowell  Ta  Paul. 
5Sij2— tieria  va  SebaehteL 
7402 — Hamoerger    Tersua 

Brooks. 
6836— Hawkins  Ta  Palmer. 


ai. 
563^ — Koeller  Ta  Toimg  et 

aL 
5086— Kl  lis      et      al.     ti. 

Sehenek  et  aL 
9173— Brooklyn  Bank  Tf. 

Menard  et  aL 
6820 — f  aogborn  et  al.  Ta 

Cohrn. 
6564— Inrnbnll  tb.  Seed. 
6240-3.Uet>  vs.  Aaron  et  aL 


MABINS  COUBT— TBIAL  TEBlfr— FABT  BL 
Beld  by  BUmott,  J. 
Nos. 


Noa 

7106— Leon  tb.  Conner. 

5742— Bowes  et  aLTa  Hop- 
iilns. 

6066— Silvecstein  va.  Her- 
man. 

6796- Meikel  va  Roeser. 

68U5— iTewbnrger  va  Btor- 
tevant. 

6819— Oedney  va.  Conner. 

6181— Sewitter  et  aL  tb. 
Metzier. 

6789— Lloyd  Ta  Belton. 

COUBT  OF  OBKBBAI,  BBSBIONS— FABT  t, 
Beld  by  Badutt,  Recorder,  and  Uuthtrland,  J, 
Jamea  Sutton,  perjury. 

COUBT  OF  aSNERAL  SESSIONS— PAST  IL 
Beld  by  Sttfkerland,  J. 


6996— RUey  Ta  Langhlln. 
6094 — Lord  et  alTa  Brady. 
6594 — ljra.sinnek  et  aL  TS. 

Diusmore,  ac 
6061— lionnolly  Ta.    Kelly 

e*  \L 
6797— ^rfinkerhoff  Ta  Tan 

deave. 
60et»— Cordta    TB.    Horat- 

mauD. 
6099— Tncbahorn     tb. 

Bgeoer  et  at 


Thomas  Qnmea,  robbery. 
William    Block,     felooions 

aasault  and  battery. 
Tbom.ts  Cryatle,  feionlona 

asbanlt  and  battpry. 
Frank  Wheeler,  barjJary. 
Thomas  Kenuy  aud  Betsey 

Kelly,  irtirgiary. 
John  WUliama  bnrglary. 
WllUam    b<riuodev.    Dorf- 

larT. 

Mary  Dnnleayey,  grand  lar- 
ceuv.  ^  , 

George  Gordon,  grand  lar- 
ceny. ^   , 

John  Bothera,  grand  lar- 
cenT.  , .  . 

Mary  Jane  Jenklna,  grand 
laroesy. 


Belly  Greene,  Edward  Mc 
Lean,  and  Frederick 
Bro-wu,  grand  laict-ny. 

J«mes  Barry,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

Wijiiam  Hnele  and  Junes 
O  >eil,  eran-i  larceny. 

John  N.  Mfwklta,  reoelver 
of  s.oien|Oiida. 

Oaear  Book,  {toot  easea,) 
petit  larceoy. 

Da  via  young,  Patrick  Brad- 
ley, and  John  limith,  petit 
larceny. 

John  bmith,  Tialatlan  of 
lottery  lawa 

David  Ride,  >l*latiea  ef  lot- 
tery lawa 


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10,000  U.  a.   5-20  C, 

'65  N 110>« 

8,000  C.  H,  6-aO  C., 

■67 b.o.U234 

50,000      do liaTg 


riBST  BOAKO— 1(1:30  A.   tt. 


A   CBANOB  FOB  BOSTOira  ASXIOVB  ASD 
AIMLESS. 
The  BoatOB  Traveller  of  Saturday  prints    an 
adTortisement  whiob    reada :   "  A  Christian   gentle- 

ynan,  ^idowor,  over  50,  in  apleBdid  bealtb,  no  Uqaor 

or  tobaeoo,  pleasant  manners,  desires  to  make  the 
aeqnaintanoe  of « lady  of  IntelUgeaoe,  poaitien,  and 
(rood  health,  not  over  40,  with  a  view  to  matrimony." 
The  Traveller  indorses  thla  as  1'ollowa :  "  The  ad- 
Tertiser,  wo  have  taken  pains  to  _ptoTo,  la  all  he 
claims  to  be,  and  evvn  more — a  CbriaClan  eentleman 

of  M)(h  tett^  Ihe  ehanewr,  biMaed  witi  iatbl- 
ffence  and  persoaal  good  qoaUtlaa,^  and  meraoTar,  of 
Sanriaarable  weatth.^Jjyaj»firttiMaMit  14  tefaMad 


$12,000  Teon.6a,new.  424 
3,000  Teuu.  6b,  n.s. .  4L'4 
8.0uop.oiC.^.e5s.b.c  724 
4,000  Chi.,  B.   t  Q. 

con.  7a 110 

10,000  N.  J.  C.  Istn.. 10234 

e.OoO      do. 1024 

6,000  L.  t  W.  B.oon.  434 

10.000      do as.  43 

7,000  Krle  4tb 1034 

2,000  NoTib  Mo.  Isi.  99 ^ 
2.000  Ceu.P.g'Ul...cl07% 
1.000  Cen.  Pac  1st, 

C.  t  O.Br...  90 
1 1,000  On.  Pao.  Ist. .  1 04  4 
4,000  C.C.t  LCI  St.  Ud 
3,000  bt,  L.  fc  L  jU. 

1st...* 98 

1.000 Gt.  vv.111,'88. 104*4 

4,000      uo lu4'e 

l,o00      do 1044 

1,000  T,  t   *.   Ist. 

ex  coupon...  91 
2,000 Quint ToL  1st  83 
4,000  i»,  t  H.  H.'Ol.lOO 
4,000  W.  D.C.,19u0.104';9 
6,000  Hbr.  lst7B,C.120 
15  Am.  b^cb.  Banc. 1104 

6  uo no 

7  Cent  Bank 68 

4b  Fourth  Mat.  Bk..l*J44 

5  Met.  Bink 134 

100  UeL  t  Hnd...b.c.  b2 


6.'iON.T.C.feH.b.e.f3.1DQ 


100 

200 

760 
loo 
200 

100 


_lo04 

.100% 

do 1004 

do iS.iOO 


do 

do 


d". 

do 99''j 

do c.  OB'S 

500  Erie  Bailway.h.c    84 

aoo  do 833 

500  do b3.     84 

300  Mlob.  Ceo.. ..6.0.  44^4 

100  do 44% 

llpO         do 4434 

1100L.S.t.Vl.u.b.cs3.  62 


700 

4U0 

700 

1360 

6Kiil 

100 

100 

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do 

10.- 


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do.— 
do.-., 
do.... 
do.... 

100  111,   Cen 

100  do 

100  do.... 

300  do 

000  ChL,  HiL  t  Bt.  P. 


534 
.bS.  6314 
....  52% 

524 

624 

.b3.  62  ^ 
.b7.  62 

624 

.....  63 
.b.c  524 
....  53 

6234 


PI. 
300  a  ot  M.  J 


130  do 514 

100  do 014 

100  do 61% 

100  ao ola^ 

;!00  do 52 

300  do 52i2 

60  do 5234 

50  do 52    , 

200  do blV654 

i:00*  do 51     1100 

100  do 511341200 

100  do 504  5<iO 

200  do s3.  50% 

luo  do 501.J 

1150  Pac  Mail be  24^8 

140  U.  8.  Kx u2 

oil  Wells- Farpo 83 

2li0Uariem....b.c.s3  140 

2i  do 140 

2jti  On.  Pac...b.cs3.  65 

aov  iio bj4 

lliiOWeai.  lJuiou.bc  Tu% 


be  49 
.b.0..  10% 

10% 

10% 

164 

164 

164 

do 16% 

do 16% 

du c  16^i 

16% 
17 


do 

do 

do... 

do... 

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:soo 
90J 
100 
600 
1700 

700 

1700 

18U0 

200 

800 

lOOO 

21u0 

1000 


tio „b:i  703^ 

do s5.  70% 


do 7i".. 

do 70% 

00 ..S3.  701, 

do 70% 

do 70'.. 

do 70»i 

do 70'-j 

do 7oah 

do S3.  704 

do 704 

do 7.-4 

do 70% 

100  CtN.  W..b.c.s3  32% 

100  do a3.  324 

100  CbL  t  N.  vv.  PI. 

b.c S3.  62 

100  do 624 

10 K.  T.  blOTsted...  50 


do  .... 

no 

do :  174 

do 174 

do 17 

do 1634 

do 164 

OOa  t  B.  1 1(10% 

2U0  do b.cJOO% 

400  do 1004 

loo  do 100% 

100  du , Io0% 

30  do b3.l004 

400  do lUOaa 

lUOC,  C.C.tLbCC  2684 
be  084 


1000.,  L.  tW.. 


200 

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lOJ 

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684 
68% 
(i84 
084 
084 
6.S33 

684 

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0834 

68'8 

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G8% 


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6a% 

1000.,  B.  tQ 114 

JOO  Pitts..  it-W.  t  c. 

Ofd 1014 

100  Mor.  &  Bs be  894 

100  Ohio  tM b.0.     64 


SALKS  BKFOBII  TBB    C A  LL— 18:30  P.  IC 

26  Nortb-wnatem 
10  do.... 


$60,000  C.  8.  5-30  C, 

'67 .n2''8 

10,000  0.  S.  44B..e  107  4 
6,Oi)0  Ln.  Pac.  isi-lOriV 
3,000  M->r.  t  Bs.  1st.,  lie  4 
5,000  bne  otb lOO 

iroOON.  W  C.  CO..  91 

COuOC.B.  t  Q.7S.110 

lOoDeLtU sio.  504 

1200  do 61 

loo  do 603^ 

200  H.T.  (".  tU 1004 

3U0  Brie  BaU  way,  s60.     8% 

700  Most.  Un 70% 

800  do 70>4 

300  do Jt)3.  70% 

320  do ;...  V0% 

1800  do 

900Uioh.  (eu. 

loO  do 

200  do 

200  do _ 

200  do S3.  46 

100  do -,— -  44^1 

2U0  Lake  Bbore-.slO.  52 


7o4 
444 


894 
3214 
looHonh-w.  Pf. 624 

300  do 62  4 

loO  do S3.  61% 

100  do B3.  5134 


200 


do. 


ut; 


X 00  Pittsburg. Z.1I.  00% 


20  00 

1300  0.  OfN,  J. 


2.^0 

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20 
200 
100 
200 

ilOO 


do 

do 

do 

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do 

do. 
do 


40U  Bock  Island. 

100    do... 


443.1  500  St  Pani  Pf.. 
44%' 100 
4o4  100 


9l7g 

16% 

16% 

164 

164 

16% 

....  1634 

....  16% 

....  17 

100% 

....100% 
....  4834 


2UOO 

1400 

13110 

1100 

1167 

100 

500 

200 

4U0 

200 


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do 

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62 

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62 


du 48% 

000  do 49 

60  a  ^Q.....B»0.113 

loo  do S60.112 

20«  <tD 1X4 

lOOOD.,  L.t  W 684 

6O0  do 683* 

1200  do.... 

vJoO  do 

200  do 

200  do 

1800  de 

1300  do 

60  Albany  fc  Sua... 


....  68>4 
....  68% 
....  684 
....  68% 

....  6|% 

76 


do 624 

d< ba  62% 

do s3.  62 

do Si's 

do s6.  61»4 

lOOC,  C,  C.  tL..»S,  264 

GOVKRMMBNT  8T0CEB — 9  F.  IL 
$10,000  U.  &  6s,  '81,  ,$10,000  U.S.  5-20  B., 

B 113  '60 108% 

21,000  U.  s.  6b,  '81.  50.000     do lo84 

c. 113%  20,000  U.  a  6s.  •81. 

10,000c.    ».    6-20  C,  B« H0% 

^^      '68. 11641 

8KC0NU  BOARD— 1  P.   M. 


$6,000  N.    Car.  F.  A., 

'68 16 

15,000  Dla.    of    Col. 

8-G5s....h.c  72% 
2,000  ih..  B.  ItP7».lo84 
S.OOOM.  tStP.lst, 

La  C.  Dlv....  974 
2,000 M.  t  E.  con..  974 
2.000c.  t.>l.',V.y.F.107 
3,000 No.  Ao.  1st-..  904 

2,0000.  t  «.  2d 50% 

6,000  T.tW.lat.b.c  105 
4,000  Cen.  Pac  gold.  107% 
6.000       do 1074 

10,000 IJ.  P.  Ist...b3.l044 

8.000      do 1044 

16  Fourth  Nat.  B  k.l04  4 

IftoO  West  Lln.-..b.c  703t 

800  do 70>? 

1900         do 70% 

70O  do... 

1400  do-  — 

V!l>0  IBleb.  Cen. 

800  do-„ 

100  D«L  t  Bod 


2100  L.B.tai.8.b.ca3.  5134 

61% 

61% 

61% 

62 

..s3.  61% 
61% 


6uo 

do... 

1660 

do... 

100 

do... 

.•00 

«Ju... 

400 

do... 

700 

do... 

100 

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100 

aoo 
100 

200 

2<JO 
200 
100 
400 
100 
100 
60O 
460 
80O 
100 
100 
100 
100 
300 
200 
200 
300 


moUn.  Pac be,  68 

IQO  do S3.  06 

loo  0.  t  N.  W.....b.c  3v!4 

.:00  do 324 

500  do 32 

60  do 82% 

400  do 81% 

100  do s».  3l»4 

200  c.  tN.W.Pt..bc  51»4 

200  0.  tB.  i b.c.100% 

100  C,  U.  t  St.  P  b.c    18% 

100  u.  M.fcst.p.pr.b.c  4334 

b3.  70%  100  do a3.  48% 

70S,  iooC.  ofN.  J b.c  17 

.b.c  46%  800  do l«a. 

.  ...  45    |100  do 16% 

604    60  Ao 18% 

do b:<  50    llOO  do al5.  16% 

da sea  494  200  do 16% 

do 604  605  de 17 

ac.b.caSO.  49»4    10  P.,  Pt  W.    t  C. 

do 504  gd. b.e.l01ia 

do 504  300  do 101 

do 504lOOH.fc  8t.Je.b.cb3.  11% 

00 60    ilOO  do 1184 

do 4934  100  C,  a,  t  L  C 24 

do 494  300D.,Li.  tW....b.e.  6^4 


do 60     609 

do 49%  2000 


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200  do.... 

160  de...- 

1800  do.... 

100  do 

100  Obi.  It  AU.. 
82  do.... 


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do alo.  49%  lOUO 

do 49341600 

do 49t»  1600 

do 404  2100 

do 49%  209 

do 49% 

do 83.  4«% 

do 60 

11  N.  T.  OtUnd.b.clOO 

60  d« 106% 

20O  do ..S3.1004 

SOOAtLfcPao..— b.e.  164 

SALES  FBOM  2:30  TO  8  F.    U. 
$15,000  Diof  C8.65S.  72%  100  Boitb-weatem 

4,U00C.B.IfcP.7alO84 
10,000  L.  fc  W.B.ooiL.  40 
26.O0OU.  Pao.  lst..-10«4 

SOttPsoiao  Mail M% 

100  Kne  Railway....    8% 

100  Del  fc  Hud. 60 

400  do S3.  4934 

100    •       do 60 

300  do 493^ 

80«  «• 494 

100  do 49% 

860  do 494 

100  Ifioh.   Cen. 4o 

109  nL  Cent 624 

8(10  W«M.  Uu „  70% 


88% 

684 

68% 

«8 

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88% 

68 

:::::ii5 

68% 

684 

68% 

.h.cl01% 
101 


100 
2200 
1200 
500 

3300 

l2UO 

2600 

5U0 

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do s4.  704 

do 704 

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81 

100  de 3O84 

100  da blO.  SU% 

100  do 30% 

100  do 80% 

100  north. w,  Pf 614 

100  da 61 

200  no 604 

100  <io 60«'4 

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koBDAT,  Fab.  12— p.  M. 

The  stock  stiarket  to-day  was  active  and 
exdited,  with  Western  Unloii,  Lake  Shore,  and 
the  coal  shares  as  the  leading  features  of  speou- 
latiooi  Pnoes  opened  weak  at  a  decline  of  ^ 
to  %  ^  eent.  from  the  olosini;  quotations  of 
Saturday,  and  before  midday  made  a  further 
decUBe  of  H  to  3%  ^  pent.  ArepCiTeryof  ^ 
to  ^  IP'  cent.  ensue4<  hfft  tbi#  was  soon  loat, 
and  at  tije  close  tb^  iowpst  quotations  were 
generally  qurrept. 

The  entire  transactions  for  the  day  amount- 
ed to  1^,449  snafes,  which  embraced  40,620 
Western  Union,  ^,S£0  Delaware,  Lackawanna 
and  Western,  88,760  Lake  Shore,  25,^30  Kew- 
Jersey  iGentral,  11,484  Delaware  aod  Hudson 
Ganal.  6.M0  Michigan  Gentral,  5,570  New-Tork 
Central,  4,p)  Sb  Paul,  3,860  tfortb-westexn. 
3,430  I^ok  ItOand.  2^  Bne,  aq(i  2,150  Pacific 
MaiL 

Advidesfrom  Fhiladelphii^  that  tbeLehifth 
and  Wilkesbarre  Coal  CJompany  h  Jd  passed 
into  tbe  bands  of  a  Beceirer,  coupled  with  re- 
ports that  the  New-Jersey  Central  Company 
had  withdrawn  itself  from  the  jurisdiction  of 
the  courts  of  tUs  State,  and  taken  refuge  in 
New-Jersey,  and  tbat  its  meagre  bank  account 
in  this  City  had  been  attaobed,  were  used  with 
effect  against  the  coal  sbarea 

Western  Union  coutii^ues  to  be  adyersely  af- 
fected by  tbe  dissensionB  among  tbe  members 
of  the  recent  pool,  wLo  are  still  threatening  to 
have  recourse  to  the  courts  for  redress  of  their 
real  or  Imaginary  grievfuaces.  Among  tbe 
many  rumors  afloat  to-day  la  regard  to  the 
matter,  was  one  to  the  effect  that  papers  have 
already  been  served  ia  a  suit  instituted  by  one 
of  the  pool,  who,  having  become  convinced 
that  treachery  was  praotioel  at  his  expense, 
now  B#fllu  to  restrain  any  dealingi^ 
m  the  stock  on  bis  acccont,  and 
in  tbis  ^nnectioii  the  names  of 
tbe  parties  who  it  is  asserted  composed  the 
pqol  are  given.  Prominent  a^one  tbein  figures 
the  naiqe  of  the  President  of  a  leading  financial 
Institution  on  tbe  Pacific  slope,  a  circumstance 
wbicb  tends  to  deprive  tbe  story  of  any  plausi- 
bility, as  it  is  scarcely  at  all  likely  that  tbe 
official  in  question,  with  the  melancholy  f^te  of 
his  predecessor  still  ftesh  in  the  public  mind, 
would  embark  in  a  gambling  speculation  and 
thus  run  the  risk  of  injnrioualy  affecting  the 
credit  of  tbe  oorporatton  with  T^hioh  bo  is 
identified.  Tbe  announcement  that  the  Balti- 
more and  Ohio  Bailroad  Company  bad  dissev- 
ered its  connection  with  tbe  Western  Union 
Company  and  given  the  use  of  its  wires  to  the 
Atlantic  and  Pacific  Company,  also  exercised  a 
depressing  influence  upon  Western  Union  stock 

Among  the  coal  etooks  Delaware  and  Hndson 
made  the  greatest  decline,  receding  irom  53^ 
to  40%,  and  closing  at  49Mi.  New-Jersey  Cen- 
tral fell  off  from  18  to  16%,  recovered  to  17,  and 
at  the  elQse  touched  15%  a  15%.  Morris  and 
£«s^  declined,  on  small  saies,  from  89  ^  to  89. 
Delaware,  ]!iaokawanna  and  Western  did  not 
share  to  any  extent  in  the  depression,  advanc- 
ing to  69,  declining  to  68.  and  closing  at  68Vi, 
against  68^  on  Saturday.  Western  Union 
dropped  from  71^  to  69%,  and  closed  at  70. 
New- York  Central  was  heavy  and  deolind  from 
101  to  99%,  with  the  final  sales  at 
100%.  Tbe  Granger  shares  were  weak.  North- 
west common  selling  down  from  33%  to  30%, 
preferred  from  52%  to  50%,  and  St.  Paul  pre> 
ferred  from  49  to  48%.  Lake  Shore  fell  from 
52%  to  51%,  and  dosed  at  52'3i53%.  Aliebigan 
Central  recovered  to  45%,  after  selling  down 
to  44%.  Illinois  Ceatral  declined  to  52%, 
Rook  Island  to  100.  Fort  Wayne  to  101.  and 
C,  C,  C.  and  L  to  26%.  Chicago,  Burlington 
and  Quincy  sold  at  114  regular,  and  at  112 
seller  60,  and  Pittsburg  at  90%.  Express 
shares  were  dulL 

Tbe  money  market  was  exceedingly  easy,  and 
call  borrowers  were  supphed  at  2%®3%  V 
cent.,  with  some  exceptions  late  in  tbe  day  at 
2  V  cent.  Prime  mercantile  paper  was  quoted 
at  4^5  ^^cent  .  Tbe  national  bank  notes  re- 
oeiyea  at  Washington  for  redemption  to-day 
amounted  to  $1,000,000.  The  follovring  were 
tbe  rates  of  exohauKB  on  New- York,  at  the  nn- 

dermantioned  cities:  Savaunab,  buying  par, 
selling  3-16  premium  ;  Charleston,  scarce,  buy- 
ing par  %  1-16  premium,  selling  %  premium  ] 
St  Louis,  25  premium;  Cincinnati,  firm,  buy- 
ing oar,  aeliing  1-10  premiom;  New-Orleans. 
Commeroial,  %  9  3-16,  Bank,  %  \  Chicago,  60 
preminm. 

Tbe  foreign  advioes  recorded  no  obange  in 
the  prices  of  ••onritles  at  London.  British 
Consols  for  both  money  and  the  account  dosed 
at  95%'396,  whlob  waa  alao  tbe  closing  quota- 
tion on  Saturday.  United  States  1865s  (old) 
closed  at  105%,  1867b  at  109%,  10-40s  at  110%, 
and  new  5s  at  107%.  Erie  common  sold  at  8% 
and  New- York  Central  at  99.  Bar  silver  was 
qaoted  at  67  %d.  V*  danoe.  At  Amsterdam 
Erie  dosed  at  8  and  North-western  preferred 
at  50%.  Treaoh  Bentes  fall  off  from  106fL  80o> 
telOOf.  12%o. 

Tbe  sterling  exehaoca  market  waa  doll,  and 

rates  were  reduced  early  in  the  day  from  $4  85 
and  $4  86%  to  $4  84%  ana  |4  86  lor  bankers' 
60  days  and  demand  bills  respeotiTely.  Aotnal 
business  was  at  about  $4  84  and  $4  859 
$4  85Vi.  The  inquiry  for  bills  was  Tery  light 
and  the  market  presented  no  new  feature. 

Tbe  gold  speculation  was  steady  at  tbe  open- 
ing, when  sales  were  made  at  105%  9105%,  but 
after  the  rednotlon  in  exobange  became  weak 
and  tbe  price  declined  to  105%,  at  which  figure 
the  oloiiog  sales  ware  made.  Gash  gold  loaned 
up  ffva.  2%  to  5  ^  cent,  for  earryinc;  the  last 
rate  having  been  4  ^  cent. 

Government  bonds  deelined  %  to  %  ¥*  cent., 
in  sympathy  with  gold.  The  dealings  were 
small  outside  of  1867s,  sales  of  which  were 
made  at  112% '3112%.  Sixes  of  1881,  coupon, 
sold  down  to  113%,  new  1865s  to 
110%,  and  new  5s  to  110%.  In  rail- 
road mortgages  the  business  was  light. 
The  most  Important  cliaage  was  a  decline  of  4 
V  oent.  in  Lehigh  and  Wilkesbarre  Oon  soli- 
dated,  which  sold  as  lew  as  60.  New-Jersey 
Central  i'lrsts,  new.  fell  off  to  102%.  Morris 
and  Essex  Firsts  sold  at  116%,  and  da  Consol- 
idated at  97%.  Tbe  latter  were  only  recently 
in  demand  at  99999%.  Chicago  and  North- 
western consolidated  gold  coupons  declined  to 
91.  Brie  Fourths  8o|d  at  103%,  and  Fiftbs  at 
100.  The  Pacific  issues  were  steady.  Harlem 
eonpon  Firsts  brought  130.  Great  Western 
Firsts  sold  at  104%«ie4%.  State  beads  ware  ^ 
qoiat  and  steady. 

9iiTnu>  Statxs  Xbbasdbt,     l 
Nhw-Yobk.  Peh.  19,  isn.  ( 

Gdd  rwMfpts K17.<>51  33 

Gold  paymenta 809.317  80 

~  "  ....71.013,635  98 

....  1,059,964  18 
....  936,669  69 
....43,708,440  54 
....     007,000  00 


J^Wr?"r»«vv??'r?"rr?r— "T- 


ISO 

140^ 


8% 

S»ttMd»f>Mlss|ppl... 6% 

AflriA .: ....14014 

Bi^nBtbeiand^c.  JoaepD ll% 

HaDnibalsndS^JoaepbPrer &5 

liiohlgab  Cetatral.. A5^  49 

lUlnois  Cenrn^ S3  W»a 

Tbe  extreme  range  of  prices  in  stpoks  and 
the  number  of  shares  sold  are  as  fellofrs: 


Hlttbest.  LowAst 


New-JorkOentral lOl 

Harlem i40 

Erie sog 

Lake  Shore 5-i%. 

Nortb-WBatem 33^ 

North -western  Preferred 52J« 

Kock  Island 100^ 

Fort  Wayrfe 101% 

Mil.  &  St.  Panl 19 

Jan.  Si  St.  PinlPret 4D 

*Pittebarg 91J38 

OeL.  Lack.  &  We-ntem. 69 

New-JeraeT  Central 18 

Delaware  &  Had.  CanaL 52% 

MorrlB  St.  EiS^x 89>9 

MIobiean  Central 4SI3 

Tlliaols  Central 53 

Union  Pacific....... ....  66 

C.  C.  p.  4t  L a6?Si 

C,  C.  &I.C 21a 

Hannibal  8c  Sr.  Joaepb ll'a 

Chicago  Sl  Alion 101% 

Chicago.  Bur.  d^Qciudy 114 

Western  Union 7114 

A.  &  P.  Tele«;raph ISifl 

Paoifld  Mall ii\ 

United  States  EspresB S3 

Total  sales 


161a 
2473 
53 


Bhode  ialana  tss Ill 

S.  C.  68 35 

8.0.63.  J.  &J 35 

S.  U.  6s,  A.  &  0 35 

8.  C.  6s,  F'K  Act  'ea,  35 
S.  C.  L.  C..'89.  J.&l.  45 
S.  C.  Ii.  C,  "89,  A.&0.  45 

S.  C.7a    '88 36 

8.0.  Non.  r.  bs 2% 

Tfnn.  6s.,  i\.  b.,  n.  s.  42% 

Virginia  6 «,  old i30 

Vir(;laia63.n.bd8.'66   30 
Virginia  08.n.brt8. '67.  30 
Mo.  ea.  due  in  '77..  ..100%  Va.  64.   Cun.  Bonds.  78I3 
Mo.  6a.  dnein  '7rf — IOII4  Vire)nia6s.  ex.  m'dc.  67 

Fand.  Da.dne -94-5..  106    jVa.63.  Con.  2d  S 37is 

Lone  08.. '82to  '90in.  105%  Va.  6b,  Deferred  bda,    7 
Aav.or  l/o'y.  dne  'tfS.lOSia  Dia.  01  C.  3.63j.  1924  .    t2ia 
.  U.  teSt.Jo.,  dne  '8S.106     <Di8.  of  C.  Bee 7^13 

And  tbe  tollowing  for  railway  mortgages : 


Gold  balance.. 

CorrMMT  resalpu 

Carresor  parmanta 

Ciirreaey  MlaoSe 

Costeaui. <.... , 


lUOvea.  01  M.  i.... 

100 

100 

200 
1000 


200 

200 

100 

SOU 

100 

1000 

>2000 

»«e 
100 

50f 


oo..— .... 

do 

do 

do 

de 

do 

do 

do 

de 

do 

tto 

d»..i 

CO aS.  1- 

do.,-. — ...  1« 


.  17 
.  17 «« 
..  I7>a 

.1714 

..  17% 
..  17 
..  IS^a 
..  10% 
..  l«a« 
.-  IG^* 
..  ISH 


fiLoaura  quoTAnoira— vxb.  12. 

Batnrday.  Monday. 

Amerloancold........ ^...IQSi^  105% 

Uaiud  Seates  M.  1881,  edna 110%  -     110% 

United  StateaS-jNs.  18ST,  ooop 113%  113 

eilUon  LSbdoS. #484914  84%    §4  64 

»ew.Y«rkJ}«and..,.. 101%  100% 

BooklalaiAI.. ._. lM<e  100 

ParaHe  Had 7i7i, s&  W^ 

MriwaaksesnaSt.  Faal 18%  187« 

HilwankeeandSL  Paul  Fref *»fa  48% 

£Ake  Saore..i S3  Sa 

Cbioaeoaod  Norta-veatern,. 39%  30% 

CbioagoAHalfortli-lfresteriiPret....  SS%  sO% 

Weaaem  XSma* tl^  70 

DnloiPaetbc tS  . 

IMiaf'ire,  iAek.aad  Wsstera «% 

Nnr^sMar  Qeolrai.... m« 

Pa>»wiaa  aad  MtmsjMt  Canal S. 


180.449 

Tbe  following  table  shows  tha  half-hourly 
fluctuations  in  tbe  Qold  market  to-day  : 

10:00  A.  M .-..1058811:00 P.  M 105% 

10:30  A.  M 105%'l:30P.  M lOSBg 

11:00  A   M 105 1^1 2:00  P.  M. 105% 

11:30  A-  M 105«>8 -2:30  P.  M Id5l>8 

18:00  M 105tS8  3:00P    M 105% 

12:30  P.  M 10568 

Tbe  following  were  phQ  dosing  quotations   of 

Qovemment  boi^ds: 

Bid.  Aalied. 

United  States  cnrrenoydi. 13338  12338 

UoUed  State:!  6 j,  Idt^L  reelstered I13''a  113 

United  .Statea  63.  1881.  ooudods 113%  114 

United  States  5-203.  \»6%  r^matered..  108%  108!% 

United  Statea  5-308.  1805.  oonDOOa 10&%  108% 

P^nited  Siatea  S-20a  1863l  new.  re? 1097a  HO 

United  States  5-209.  1865.  new.  Conp.-.lOO'a  HO 

United  States  5-208.  1867,  reifistered-.llSTg  113% 

United  IStateti  5-208.  1667,  couponit. 112'^  113 

United  Stated 5-^s,  Idea  reziaterea..li5%  116% 

United  States  5-2D!<.  1868.  coupona. 115%  116 

United  States  10-4')3.  registered llOSa  110'''fl 

United  States  10-4U/I,  cobponH 114%  ll4i% 

United  States  58  1831.  rezistered 110%  110% 

United  Stares  Sa   1831,  con  pons. 110%  llO^i 

UiiltedStates  4%8.  ISdl,  registered...  107 ag  1071^ 

The  Sub-Treasurer  disbursed  in  gold  icoin 
$45,000  for  interest,  173,000  for  called  bonds, 
and  $7,000  silver  coin  in  ezohadge  for  fraetional 
currency. 

Tne  following  were  the  gold  clearings  by  the 
National  Bank  of  the  State  ot  ]!fev-York  to- 
day: 

(zold  cleared |2t  619.000 

Gold  balances 1,330.069 

Carrencr  balances 1,406,530 

The  folio viag  is  tha  Cleariag-hoiua  state- 
ment to-day: 

Cnrrencv  exohanees (86,676.029 

Currencv  balances 2.787,061 

Gold  eiobanKea 10,779,757 

Gold  balances 1,416,104 

Tne  following  were  the  bids  for  tbe  various 

State  seonnties: 

33%:H.  &  St.  J.,  dne  '87.. 106 
33%lN.  r.  Reg.  B.  L.....101^ 
33%  N.  Y.  Conn.  B.  L--.10l% 
83%  K.  C.6A.  old.J.  tcJ..  20% 


Aiabaina5^  83 

Alabama  58. '86 

Alabama  8a. 'tJ6 

AlabamaSa.  '88 

Alabama  88.  '92. 
Arkansas  6s,fanded.  25 
Ark.78.L.K.&F.S.is..  9 
Ark. 7a.  Mem.&L.R.  9 
A.78,L.E..P.B.&N.O.  9 
ArK.78.M.O.&R.RiT.  9 
Ark.  78.  Ark.  Cen.R. 
Conneoiiont  6s... 


...  17 


111% 

Georeiao*.. 93 

GeorKia78.  «.  b 106 

Guortrla  7s,  indorsed.lOS 
Ga.78.  Gild  bonds.. 106 
Illinois  oooD.  6i.  '79.-101% 
Illinois  War  L,oan..l02 

KeDtDOEytt!) 102% 

Loaistana  6ii 38 

Lonl8iana6s.  n.  b....  38 
La.  68,  newFL  Ot>t.  38 
La.  78.  Penitentiary.  3d 
La.  68,  Levee  bunds.  38 
La.  8a  Leree  bonda.  38 
La.  8a.  L.B8.  of  '75..  33 
La.  78.  Consolidated.  57% 
Michiean68  18-79.. .101 
.Vlichi);an6a,  '83.-*--.lU4 
MiobiKHn  T',  '90 il3% 


N.C.68.N.C.R.,J.&J.  67 
N.0.«8.N.C.R,A.&0.  67 
N.C.6a,do.o.ottJ.(feJ.  43 
N.C.6«.do.c.otlA.&0  48 
N.i;.68.  Pde  Act  '66.  16 
N.C.  6a.  Fd'e  Act'68.  16 
N.  C.  new  bda.J.ifc  J  13 
N.  C.  new  bda.  A.diO.  11% 


N.C.S.T.  class!.. 
N.  C.  S.  T.  cla«s2... 
N.  C.  S.  T.  ola8a3.. 

Ohio  6s.  '81 

Ohio  6a   '88.-- 


2% 
.  2% 
.  21" 
.103% 
.110 


Alb.  k.  Sua.  lat  bd8.109% 
Alb.  &  Sns.  2d  bda.. 10 1 
C.  AOhiu  6a  lat....  23 

Chlo.&A.S.F 104% 

Cblo.  &A1t.  Income. 105 
Joliet&Chto.  1st. ..108 
La.  &.  Mo,  Isf,  etd.-  84 
SL  L.  J.  &Chic.lBt.l06 
C.B.&a.Sfct  I8t.ll2 
C,  B.  &.(J.  Cons.  7S..110 
C.R.LJIC  P.  1st  73..  ..10838 
O.B,l.&P.SF.i.6»,'8.5.108% 
C.  B.  of  N.  J.  l8tn..l02% 
O.K.  of  K.  ,T.l3tCon.  68% 
C.  B.ofN.  J.Conv,..  61% 
L.  &W.  B.Con.  G'd.  42% 
M.&S.P.  lat  8a.  P.D.113% 
M  &S.P.  iRt.  LaC.D.  97 
M.dt.StJ>.  Ist-C.&M.  96 
M.&St.P.  Con.S.F.  82% 

M.  i.St.  P.  2d 90 

C.  K.  W.  Sink.  F....106% 
p.&N.W.  Int.  bda. .103% 
C.  It,  S.W.  Con.  bds.103% 
C.&N.W.Ext.  bds.lOO 

C.  &.N.  W.  l»t 104 

Galena  3t  Chic  Ext.lO? 

Ptnin.laiCon 100 

C..C..C.4:I.l8t7a,S.P10»% 

Del.,  L.  &  W.  3d lOSia 

Del.,  L.  &  W.  7*.  C..108 
M,  tE.  78.  of  1871..  102% 

Erie  2d  7a    79 105 

Ene3d.  7a   '83 lOS'a 

Erie  4th  7».  '80 103% 

Erie  7s.  Cod.  O.  bda.  43 

LiODc  DoolE  Bonds..  106% 
B..N.Y.&E.lat  "77.  91 
P..N.T.&E.  L.bds.  »0 
H.&  S.J.Land  G'nta.ilO 

H.  &  St.  J.  83.  Con 66 

Ind.Bloom.  dtWu.lst  SO 
M.SU.  7^0..  2d....l02% 


M.S.&N.LS.P.7  ^-otioa 
Clev.  &  Tol.  S.  F...108 
Clev.  &  Tol.  new  ba.  106% 
Clev..P.  &  A..olrt  b8.1U5 
Cle*.P.  &  A..new  b8.107% 
Bnf.  4c  E.  new  b'd8..107% 
Buf.  &  Stale  Line, 78.104 

Kal.  &  W.  Pie.  1st,.  85, 
D.  M&T,lst7s,  1906.. 105 

L.  a  Div.  Dds lOT 

Mlob.  C.  Onn.7«.1902. 103 
Miob.C.l8t8i'82.Sir.ll2 
N.T.  Cen.  68. '83.... 103% 
N.  Y.  Cen.  6a.  Bab..  104 
N.Y.C*  Hnd.lst.Clie 
N.Y.  C.&  Hnd.l»tR.116 
Hud. R.78.21I.8.F. '65.113 

Harlem  Ist  78.  C 120 

Omo&lI.Con.S.  B.  87% 
Ohio  ic  Miss.  Cons..  £7 
Cen.  Pac.  Gold  bd»..107% 

WesfPaoiflo  ba 100% 

Union  Pac.  lat* 104 

Union  Pao.  L.  G.  78.102% 

Union  Pac.  S.  P 07% 

So.  Pao.  08.  ot  Mo.-  71 
Pac.  R.ot    Mo.  Ist..  93 
P..Ft.W.&Chic,li>l..ll9 
Ulev.  &P.Con.S.F.-110% 
Col.-Cbio.&lnd.  1st.   33% 
St.  L.  «lr»nM.l9t...98 
A.  &T.  H.2C1  Pref..  87 
B. -(cS.  111.  1.-)!.  84...  83 
T..  P.  &  W.  1st,  K.  D.  64 
Tol.fc  Wab.  lat,  Ejc.104% 
Tol.  Wab.  Ex  Con D.  91 
Tol.<fc\V.l8t.:?t.L.D..  82 
T.&  W.Cona.  Conv.  51 
Gt.  West.  l3ts  '88. ...104% 
GtW.  3d,  ExC./93.  73% 
HI.  ic  So.  Iowa.  IhU.   88 

VV.  U.  bds.,  19ja.  C. 10478 
W.  V.  bd»..  1900,  R.  104  73 


And  tbe  following  for  Olty  Bank  shares: 


America 130 

B*nk.  &  Brok.  Asao.  80 
...151% 

..lOl 

..111 

..  6d 

..129 

..200 

..150 

..213 

70% 

94 

01 


Import.  Sc  Traders'. 167 

Ifarkei. 

M.eobanl08'. 

Merobants' 

MecTopoliian.. 

New-Tork 

Para 

People's 

Republic 

St.  NictlOlM... 
Stateof  N.  Y.  (new).125 

Tralesmen's 130 

Union 130 


...110 
...W3 

...119 
-.131 
...118 
...111% 
...  93 
..  97% 
100 


Broadway. - 
Central  Katioaal 

Commerce 

Continental 

Corn  i^iobantte. 
First  l^ational.. 

Fnlton 

Fifth  Avaoue 

German- Amerioan 
Gold  BzebanKo... 

lianoTer. 

pau.a.DteLPaiA  stock  pbicbs — fbb.  13. 

Bid.        Asked. 

CitySa.  New 113%       11278 

United  Railroads  otNew-Jeraey, 138%       138% 

Pennsjlvanla  Railroad. 45<^         45% 

Beaaincr  Bailroad 14  14% 

Lehijtb  Valley  Railroad 47  47% 

Catawiaaa  Raiiroad  Preferred 33  34 

Pbiladeluhia  and  Brie  Railroad 13  

Northern  Central  Railroad. 35%         25% 

LehlEh  NaTisratlon 28%         28% 

Heaumnile  Railway 17  17% 

Tbe  stockbolders  of  tbe  Chicago  and  Alton 
Railroad  Comoany  are  notified  that  a  cash 
dividend  of  foiw  V  etnt  upon  the  common 
and  preferred  stock  of  the  company  baa  been 
declared,  and  will  be  oayable  on  and  after  the 
Ist  of  March  next  at  tbe  banking-house  of 
Messrs.  M.  K.  Jesnp,  Paton  ic  Co.,  No.  S3  Wil- 
liam a.\xb9t 

The  New-Tork  and  Colorado  Company  has 
dedared  a  dividend  of  On*  ¥  9ttH,  on  its  oapi* 
tai  Stock,  payable  Alarob  1. 


ol% 

4S% 

-„■«-. 

Mm 


BANKING  AND  FINANCUL 


|9>  TO  THB  BONDHOIiOBRS  OP  TBB  HOBILB  AlfD 
OHIO  BAlLBOAD. 

The  agreeinent  of  1st  of  October,  1876,  harinK  been 
signed  by  a  nujorttr  of  tbe  first  morttage  indebtedneaa 
aa.l  Tennessee  aub-bondboldsra  baa  beooma  biodlng  on 
tbe  subsoribers  tbereta 

Any  otbar  plan  of  reor|tanlastlon  predicated  npon 
ohtalntn/t  tbe  conaent  of  toe  majority  of  the  first  mort- 
gage indebtedneaa  beidets  haa  now  beeomn  imprsotl- 
oable.  and  It  ia  therefore  the  Inlereat  of  tbe  yet  out- 
BtandlB<  bondholder*  to  join  tbp  party  whIob  will 
hare  the  beat  chance  to  nnrobasa  tbaroad  wheuoTer 
a  dHOree  for  ita  aale  wiQ  have  been  obtained. 

We  herooy  idre  notloe  that  booda  ean  be  depoaited 
nnder  thia  asTeemeni  np  to  the  1st  of  March  next  t 
all  bondbotdars  who  have  uot  aocedod  to  it  b.y  tbat 
time  will,  at  tha  alacretion  of  the  committee  and  with- 
•ut  {Otttaer  notloe.  be  liable  to  be  debarred  flom  par 
tidpatisc  In  It. 

WILLIAM  H.  BATS.         1 

WIlililAM  B.  PIBBSON.SOommittea. 
T.  UASKINB  SO  POT,    ) 


f ^^  ^!T»pelb« ;  nod  (lr8tB.jB,7009«,J|5D  xtin  9 10 
kiloa.    Bzt^ange  on  Ldndbn,  24%. 

THE  LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 


_  Naw-ToRK,  Monday.  Feb.  12, 1877, 

There  waa  a  sld#  steadv  tf»<i«  In  hdriied  edttls 
pn this  forenoon.    The  q^nality  of  the  herds  to  hsBdwjiB 


prii  . 

12%c,  ff  ft.,  weJ«tht  etoQiacwt,  At  Uarsimna  Oovo 
pric«-s  ranged  from  9'2C.ai2%6.  if'  lb.,  wei}tbt6%td 
10  BWt.  Prom  65  to  .58  Ss.  has  been  allowed  net ;  ften- 
cral  sales  on  66  to  67  lb.  net.  Milch  Ciows  not  onotod. 
Veaia  fand  Ualvea  held  on  aalt^  Sheep  vpry  dnil  and  ofiT 
in  feelintr.  Sheep  sold  at  6%o.®7%c.  ^m.;  LamDj  at 
7%e.®7'H)0.  If  a;  mixed  fluokk  at  6'aC®7iac  #1B. 
There  were  no  live  Uogs  on  aale.  Olty  Dressed  not 
quoted  at  noon. 

BALFS. 
At  Sixtieth  Street  Tarda— T.  C.  Sastman  sold  for 
aelf  53  curs  of  horned  cattle.  8a1fs  as  fuUowa:  104 
cotbmoii  Ilnnols  Steers  at  9>40  ^  lb.,  wt-iebt.  6»4  owt.: 
89  fair  Illinois  bteers  at  10c  ^  lb.,  weiKlit  7^  cwt.;  tS4 
tair  Illinois  Hteers  at  lOHjc.  9'  Bs..  weleht  7^cwt.;  49 
tair  Illinois  fit<>e:s  at  10^.  ^  0).,  weisbt  7>a  owe;  8d 

feuernllv  sood  Illinois  ^iteers  at  10^40.  ^  tb.,  weiKhC 
%cwt.;  63  Eoodlliinois  Steers  at  lie.  v  &> .  weleht 
8  cwU;  Ti  good  Ildnois  others  at  lie. 
^  lb.,  welttht  8%  cwr.;  29  croOd  lUlnoia  Meers  at  llUc. 
#■  IS.,  w-ight  8*2cwt J  14 1  linois  steers,  f -om  good  to 
choice  from  llc.S>12c.  ^  tb..  welcbt  8>4  cwL;  55 
Kenerally  choice  Illinois  eiieers  at  li^C^iSc  ^  Its.. 
Wei»hc  9  cwt.;  142  Kentuctcy  Steers,  ttoin  fair  to 
(Eood.  iTom  lOaSlIc.  ^tb.,  weight  73^ cwt.  T.  Wheel- 
er sold  tor  T.  C.  Kastmaii.  60  eood  Illinohi  Steers  at 
lle.®l  1  ^c.  ^  lb.,  weight  8  cwt.;  with  lops  at  ^Zc  9" 
K.  H.  F.  Burchard  soLi  for  UMOkln  &.  Thomnson,  1  .S4 
lliiool:)  Steers,  troro  fair  to  good,  irom  lOc.  a-H'ao.  ^ 
VB.,  weight  7  cwt..  strong.  T.  Uillls  sold  lor  self  and 
Brown,  43  lihnois  Steers,  from  commun  to  (cooa,  from 
QKic.'allho.  ^  Vi.,  weight  7^3  Owt;  36  geaerally 
choice  Illinois  SteeiB  at  ll^ao 'Sl'^'^c.  ^  fis,  weiKht 
9%  cwt.  Cooa  &  Thompson  sold  Ibr  Uan- 
Icin  b  Thompson.  16  fair  Illinois  Steers  at  I0>4C. 
^Ib..  welKht  7'pcwt.;  for  selTes  ii6  common  Illinois 
Steers  at  9%c  **  ft.,  weisht  6  ^  cwt.;  30  good  Ill':nois 
biterrs  at  llu. '^fls.,  weiKbt  8  cwt.:  14  good  lUlaols 
iSteetsat  i2c.  v  ft-,  weight  9%  owe  Dlery  &  Gary  sold 
for  M.  Kirch  way  U4k  II liuols  .steers,  from  common  to 
fair,  from  9>30.®11^.  f-  ft.,  weight  7*2  cwt  F.  8am- 
nels  sola  fur  ti.  Uorrls  6  Illinois  Balls,  live  weight 
1.7.i0  ft.  ^  beqd.  «t  4^0.  ^  ».;  16  cooimon  Illinois 
Steers  at  90.  4P'  lb.,  with  $1  on  ■fhaad.  weisut  6^  owt; 
81  ccmmun  Iliinota  Steers  at  9Vo.S'9%c.  ^ft..  wtiighta 
e^a  to  684  owt.;  47  fair  lUinoia  ^tee^  at  10c.  4^  ft., 
weight  7  cwt.  U.  L^ylugstone  Bold  for  Bell 
t  Waixel  36  com-ied  Texan  Stcrs  at  834c.  9"  ft.. 
weight  6  cwt.:  til  common  Iliiools  Steers  at  9'2C.  ^ 
ft.,  weight  6>9  cwt.:  34  generallr  fair  lUinuia  8teer8  at 
9^40.  ^P' ft  .  weight  7  cwt.  B.  Vog.tlsold  lor  N.  Morris 
96  common  Illiuois  Steers  at  H^o.'S'Q^o,.  ^  tb.,  wol2lit 
eia  cwt.;  33  geneirally  tair  llliaois  oteers  at  9J4e.  ^  ft., 
weights  6^1  to  7  cwt.;  15  fair  Illinois  Steers  at  IOhiC. 
^  ft.,  weight  7  cwt.  BiCKel  &  Myer  sold  for  selves  49 
lalr  Ill.nqU  Uteers  at  lUc.  ^  ft.,  with  6Uc.  off  ^  head, 
weights  0%  to  7  cwt;  held  on  sale  50  Illinois  Steers. 
Home  Ii.  h'Uiott  sold  180  Ohio  Sheep,  weight  13,970  ft., 
at  512C  ^  ft.;  68  Uiilo  8heep.  weifbt  7,130  ft.,  at  6^40. 
^  ft.;  208  Indiana  Sheep,  weight  19.010  ft.,  at  6c.  ^ 
B.f  J90  State  Sheep,  weight  15,620  ft.,  at  o^sc  ^ffi,; 
64  Slate  isbeep,  wright  6.39i)  ft.,  at  6c  ^  ft.;  179 
btate  Sheep,  weight  15,730  ft  .  at  6^«c.  #'  ft.;  tid  State 
Hhe  p,  weight  6,530  ft.,  at  6>2C  ^ft.;  llSStatfl 
Lamos.  weignt  IO.O81)  ft.,  at  ^^c.■^tb.^,  64  btate 
lianibs.  wel):ht  4.3>>o  ft.,  at  7^ac  -^  ft.  Sold  for  weeK 
endmg  Feb.  10.  187  / :  4,7  J5  Bueep  aud  Iiamba  at  $6  40 
average  ^  head;  b8  Yeaia  and  Calvea  at  ;^12  40  aver- 
age ^  bead. 

At  Forty.eighth  Street  Sheep  Fords— J.  lUrbv  aold  276 
Sheep,  weight  24.520  to,  at  6S4C  ^  ft.;  183  iSheep, 
weight  16,310  ft.,  at  5  V- #  ».;  81  Bheep,  welgUt 
8,6X6  ft.,  at  S6  30  per    cwL ;  255   sheep,  weight 

?. 1,030  ft.,  $6  SlUcper  cwt;  179  Sheep,  weight 
7.400  ft.,  at  6c.  ^  tb.:  68  Sheep,  weight  7  330  ft.,  at 
713C.  4^  ft.  Davis  b  UaUenbeclc  Sold  l94  State  bheep, 
weight  16,750  ft.,  at  S^bC.  ^p^  ft.;  138  State  Sheep, 
weight  11,550  ft.,  at  $0  7>>  per  owt;  I8I  State 
ifbeeiL  weight  16,170  ft.,  at  O^^o.  V'  ft.; 
1'47  State  Sheep,  weight  24,710  ft.,  at  5c.  ^  ft.j  IttO 
State  sheep,  weight  16.490  ft.,  at  $6  704p'cwt.;  131 
btate  Sheep,  weight  16.110  ft.,  at  $7  45  *"  cwt;  197 
Illinois  Vbeep,  wtJight  16,82u  US.,  at  $5  45  #"  cwt;  128 
Ohio  sheep.  weigDt  17.880  ft.,  at  ^^^c  ^ft.;  169 Ohio 
Sheep,  weu'ht  17.570  ft.,  at  ti^io.  f  ft.;  92  Micbiaiin 
Sheep,  weight  8.940  ft.,  at  S'^ec  ^tt.;  270  MicUican 
shceo,  weight  2J.400  ft.,  at  be.  t' ft.:  la'2  Hicbigaa 
Sheep,  weight  17,970  ft.,  at  6%j.  4^  ft.;  135  Canada 
kwea  aud  Oiamha.  wel.bt  11,720  ft.,  at6'2C.  »  ft.; 
135  Canada  Sheep  and  Laml)p.  weight  16.46.1  ft.,  at 
7'ac  ^  ft.:  sold  for  week  ending*  Feb.  10, 1877.  6,la4 
bbeep  and  Lamos  at  $5  72  ^  cwt 

At  Barsimus  Cove  Tards — Conev  and  McPberson 
aold  S.  Brown  15  Kentncky  Oxeu  at  9c.®lUc.  #'  ft., 
weight  7^2  cwt:  foe  C.  8.  Jones,  15  Ohio  Steers,  from 

common  ro  good,  from  Oi^cSllc.  ^ft.,  wei^rbt  8  owe; 
lor  A.  Kewton,  55  KeutnoKy  Steers,  f.om  common  to 
fair,  from  9i4C.®10'2c- ^  ft.,  weight  7'>i  cwt;  for  A. 
Caste.'iue.  3l  Ooio  Steers,  trom  common  Co  fuir.  with  a 
choice  top.  IVom  8'2c.®ilc.  4P'  ft.. with  2  bead  at  12'ac. 
^  ft.  weights  6  108^0  cwt.;  tor  1).  s.  CUdfelter,  39 
Illiuois  Steers,  from  fair  to  good,  from  IMUc.'S 
ll>ac.  ^  ft  .  weight  T^  cwt  M.  tioldschmidt  soid  on 
cumuiissioo  27  cara  of  horned  Catrle,  siles  us  follows : 
Foi-  A.  Morris,  14  lair  Illinois  tsteers  at  luo.  ^  ft., 
with  $1  off  ^P"  bead,  weizht  6^4  cwt,  scant:  23  fair 
lUiiiois  S'.eers  at  Id^iO.aiO'ac.  4?  Id..  weiKht  7  cwt.; 
tor  A.  Vogel,  28  tair  lUinoia  Steers  at  lOC  %^  ft.. 
Weight  t)^^  cwt;  for  a.  Etothschild.  31  gen- 
erally fair  Misaoori  Steers  at  9^ic.  #'  ft.. 
%« eight  614  cwt,;  17  fair  MlSsoari  Aterrs 
at  lu'ttc.  ^  ft.,  weignt  7  cwt;  32  good  Jilssonri  Steers 
at  llc.®ii!'40.  f  ft.,  with  $1  off  f  head  on  15  head 
sold  ar  top  r.te.  weight  8  cwu;  fbr  U.  Kiofxfer  5l 
common  Jaisiiouri  ^tcera  at  9'3C  'S934C.  ^  ft.,  weights 
HI3 to  6\  cwt.  scant;  10  fair  lUissouci  Steers  at  i.6c. 
^  ft.,  weight  b34  owt;  92  fair  Mlbsouri  Steers  at 
IOI4C.  ^  ft.,  weighU  6^4  to  714  cwt  B.  t  U. 
W-estbeimer  sold  fir  J.  Bates  15  coarse 
but  tat  State  S'eers  at  l^^c.  4?*  ft. 
weight  8  Si  cwt;  for  Ii.  Bird  13  fair  Ohio  Steers  at  be' 
^  ft.,  weight  7^  cwt;  fur  U.  T.  Uosentbal  34  coinmou 
Illinois  Steeis  at  9-^20.  <)P' ft.,  weight  6^  cwt.;  15  fair 
Ilauois  Steers  at  10^40.  ^  ft.,  weight  7  cwc.  strong ; 
for  Wuixel  Ii  Alletton  28  common  Illluoia  Steers  at 
9c.®9t4c.  |>  ft.,  weight  6^  owt:  36  common  lllinoia 
Steersut  G'sc.^ffi.,  with»i  ott  #^  head,  at  934O. -j?"  ft., 
weight  OSiCWt.  l>.  Waixel  sold  tor  Waixel  &Aiiertoa 
33  common  Illinois  fiteeis  at  d^c.  <t^  ft.,  weiglit  6*4 
cwt. ;  10  common  Illinois  Steers  at  9  ■ac  ^  ft  .  weight 
0^4  cwt.;  34  geuerjUv  lair  Illinois  oteers  at  0^40.  ^P'ffi., 
weight  O**!  cwt.;  36  fair  Illinois  btee.s  at  i0'4U.  <tf  ft-, 
with  $1  off  ^  bead,  weight  7U  owt;  25  good  lllinoia 
bteers  at  IXMic  <i?' ft.,  weight  Sh  cwt  S.  W.  Sher- 
man sole  for  Waixel  tt,  Alierton  30  common  Illinois 
Steers  at  9>2C  ^  ft.,  with  $10  ofi  on  15  bead.  Weight 
U>9  cwt  M.  i.aaterbBCb  sold  for  Waixel  & 
Alierton  68  common  liiluois  Steers  at  9^c.  ^ 
ft.,  weight  6^  cwt:  27  lair  Illinois  oteers  at  lUHic. 
^  ft.,  weight  7^4  cwt;  4  Illinois  Oxen  at  10 -.c 
#  ft.,  weight  10  cwt.  Tuffey&Sons  sold  for  H.  Klop- 
ter  37  coru-led  Texan  Sieers  at  9c.  ^  ft.,  with  50o.  On 
4^  he:;d  on  10  bead,  weit{htB  0^4  to  6^  cwt;  35  com- 
mon Hissonti  bteors  at  9^40.^  ft.,  weight  6i4CWt; 
lor  K.  Morris  10  common  Illinois  l'^teer8  at  9c.  •^  ft., 
weight  534  cwt;  70  common  Iluaois  Steers  at  9»2C.  "^ 
ft.,  With  6O0.  on  ^  b«ad  on  46  head  andSloff^* 
head  on  '/4  head,  weights  OVi  to  6^  cwt; 
33  fair  IlliDOls  Steers  at  luc  ^  ft.,  with 
5U0.  ou  HP*  head,  weight  0^4  cwt.  strong.     S.  O'Donoell 

BOld  for  Waixel  it  Allertou  41  common  Illinois  Steers 
at  9c.'&'9k:0.^  ft.,  weights  6^4  cwt.  scant,  to  6^4  cwt.; 
29  generally  fair  Illinois  Steer.i  at  9S4C.  ^  ft.,  weights 
0^to6»4CWt  W.  G.  Dudie.y  sold  for  U.  Jilopter  65 
common  mixed  Missouri  cattle  at  9^c.  ^ft..  weight 
O'acwt;  forM.  Morns  68  common  Illinois  oteers  at 
9I4C.  ^  ft.,  weignt  6^4  owt;  74  common 
Illinois  Steers  at  9>2C  ^  Vs.,  with  5uc.  oa 
^  head  on  24  bead,  weights  6^4  to  7  cwt; 
Ii.  Eeg^nstem  soid  foraeli  and  Meyer  17  commea  ll- 
liaois oteera  nt  9'2C.  ^  ft  .  weigl'D  6^3  cwt;  iOli  fair 
Illinois  Stesra  ai  10c.  #-&..?  eights  0^4  to  7  ewt;  16 
fair  Illinois  oteers  at  10 ^c.  4^   th..  weishc7   owt.;    47 

fair  Illinois  bteets  at  10>ac.  ^  ft.,  weight  7^4  cwt. 
Judd  It,  Buckingham  sola  I9i  lUiuoia  Sheep,  weight  84 
ft.  ^  head,  at  6>9C.  ^  ft.;  156  State  Sheep, 
wtdgat  ILO  ft.,  at  $6  66^  ^  cwt;  281  State 
Sheep,  weight  126  tt.  ^  hi-ad.  at  TV-  iP" 
ft.  base  li  Hdcoolc  Bold  14S  lllinoia  Sheep,  weight 
118  ft. '^head.  aieUc.  ^  ft.;  sold  for  weeic  ending 
Feb.  10.  ia77, 4.50!)  oheeo  aud  tamus  at  $5  8u  av- 
erage ^  head.  C.  f .  Housmao  sold  104  State  Sbeep, 
Weight  82  ft  Sfif  head,  :U  oUc.  ^  ft.  W.  K.  Newton 
aold  83  Ohio  Sheep,  weight  106  ft.  #  head,  at  6c.  4^  ft.; 

24  Ohio  Sheep,  weight  00  ft.  -^  head,  at  6I4C  ^  ft.; 
561  Ohio  sneep,  weight  113  ft.  ^  head,  at  7 '4c.  ^  ft.; 
15U  Ohio  Sheep,  weight  125  ft.  head,  at  TV-  #'  ft.  VV. 
A.  Vanderoec^  sold  101  State  Sheep,  weight  78  ft.  V 
head,  at  C>i«c.  4P' its. 

BECEIPT8. 
Grosa  arrivaia  at  Sixtieth  Street  Tarda  for  the  week 

endiua  Feb.  12.  1877  :      4,004    head  of  faoroed  Cattle, 
27   Cows,  4o3  yeals    dnd   OalViw,    6,847  bbeep  aud 
Lambs. 
Urusa  arrlyals  at  Fort.y-eloBlb  Street  Sheet)  Taida 

for   week    eadlne   Feb.    12,.. '1677:    8,376  Sbeep  and 
Lambs.  18  Cows,  4  Calves. 
UiosB  arrivals  at  Fortieth  Street  Hog  Tards  lor  wees 

endiog  Feb.  10, 1877 :  10.1)06  Hogs.  Kteali  arrirala 
at  s<ime  yards  tor  yesterday  and  to-day.  636  Hogs. 

Grojs  arrivals  at'Haisimus  Cove  yards  for  week  end- 
ins  Veb.  10.  1877:    6,(1^3  head    of  bjTiied    Cattle,  38 

Cows,  10,208  Sheep  and  Laiuba,  9,578  Hoga  Freab 
arrivals  at  same  yacd^  for  yesterday  and  to-das*, 
l,99i«head  ot  homed  Cattle.  6,136  Sbeep  and  Lambs, 
3.3(4  UoRs,  1&  Cows. 

East  Libehtt,  Penn.,  Feb.  12. — Cattle— Becelpta 
since  Jb'iiday,  l,o98h8Sd,  or  66  oars  of  toroogb  and  28 
cars  of  yard  slock,  making  tne  total  for  the  weetc. 
4,267  bead,  or  160  cars  of  tntough  and  74  cars  of  vard 
stocb,  against  178  cars  of  through,  and  135  cars  of 
yard  slock  last  week;  ,no  business  done,  and  hence  no 

quotations.  llo.fS — Ueoeipta.  5,830  head,  maklnK  the 
total  f.ir  thu  week  14.410  hea.i,  against  17,105  head 
last  week;  Yorkers,  $6  25(^jj6  5U;  Philadelphias, 
$7'^7  15.  Sheep— Ueceipts,  3,600  head,  malting  tue 
total  for  the  week  ll.OUO  bead,  airainst  10,900  bead 
last  week;  aeLing  from  $3  6j®4>5  70. 

Chicago.  Feb.  12.— Cattle— Receipts,  850  bead; 
shipments,  1.540  head:  fairly  active;  firm:  me- 
dium to  good  CovTS  $3  30&$3  85;  EOOd  to  choice 
steers  $4  40'3>M  00;  choice  to  extra  shiopia!!  $6'^ 
$5  15.  Hogs— Receipts.  8.OU0  head:  shipments. 
3,0U0  bead:  steady  and  firm,  in  good  demand  :  all  sold; 
(  mis  $4  75&$5;  Light,  $6  90®$8  10 ;  facklng,  $5  90 
'SiSO  35;  good  tOAXtra  heavy  shipping,  $6  36@$6  75. 
Sheep— Keceipta,  700  head;  fairly  active,  ateady; 
quoted  at  $3  703$5  26. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  12.— Cattle  moderately  active. 
Sales  1,800  bead.  Kxtra  f  ennsylvania  and  Western 
Steers.  e<40.®6a4C.:  fair  to  good  do.,  5^c'2>6c.;  com- 
mon, 4c. 'S5c.  iSbeep  in  fair  demand  at  6'ao.®7'«o. 
Hogs  duU.     bales  3,600  head,  at  7^40.'38a. 


THE  BTATE   OF  IBADB. 


TBX  OOBTXM  MCXMKBTS.- 

JHuent.Vdb  18.--0oSiM  qamea  it  1,40091,100  Nil 
.Sm  fjaaaaa.  jMk  M.    Ouihe  .yagc.*w»tfa«t«- 


Buffalo,  Feb.  12.— Reoelpta— Floor,  5,700  bbls.; 
Wheat,  13.6U0  bosbeU;  Ooro.  28.200  bushels;  Oats, 
16,1**0  bushels;  Bskrlsy,  6,0<  'i  bosbals:  Bye,  3,2u0 
buthela  cbiomenta— Kluur.  4,  '^0  ubls.:  Wheat,  12,> 
800  biiabela:    Com,   26,000   boehalsi  Uata,    15.400 

bushels;  Bailev.  6,600  bosbeU;  Uya,  8.200  bushels. 
Grain  In  store  and  afloat— Wheat,  800,471  bushels  ; 
com.  261,873  busbels ;  Oata,  1 1,889  basbeia ;  Bariev, 
342.766  bnahela;  Bye,  8.410  bnabela:  t>eas,  799 
bnsbets:  Uait,  46.738  bnahaia;  total.  872,<)98  bnabala. 
Market  Arm.  Com  In  good  demand  Wheat — Pair  inquiry. 
Flour— Sales.  8do  bbls  at  unchanged  prieea.  eaies, 
ot  450  bushels  North-western  Wheat  at  $1  45:  14,000 
bushela  Bed  Winter  at  $1  46 ;  400  buabela  Na2Cn<- 
oaeo  at  $1  42 1  900  buaaela  No.  1  White  M<ohlgan  at 
$1  68:  400  bdebela  (apeoial  bito)  UinneaoU  at  91  68 ; 
4.800  bushels  Ma  2  Chicago  at  private  terma  Salea  ot 
5  cats  new  Com,  on  track,  d3>3C.;  2  cars  do.  at  53c^  6 
ears  da  Ulgb  Mixed  at  63o.  Oats— Sales,  400  boabelB 
Western  at  prirate  tetma  Rye— Salea  500  bnahela 
Westom  at  private  terms  ;  1,000  oushela  Hlcbigan  at 
60o.  Other  articles  qolet  and  nucbanged.  EiOlruad 
freights  unchanged. 

Chicago,  l''eb.  13.— Flonr  firm  and  nnohanfed. 
Wheat  muderately  active  and  nf?her ;  tfo.  1  Chicoatc 
Spring.  SI  S7;  So.  '2  do.  regalar.  $1  81^  ca«h: 
$1  32en,  March ;  $)  83''ig.  April:  No.  8  do.,  $1  19 Hi 
®$1  20;  r^eoted,  $1  04®$!  06.  corhtairiT  aotire 
and  a  sbade  bleberi  413ec>.,  cash;  41<^®41>ac. 
Marcb;  45^c.'S4.>>90.,  aiay;  reieotad,  Sbiso.  Oata 
firmer)  35«80.%35SjO.,  cash;  Sb^^e.,  Marcb:  86^0., 
Apriii  rcJectvO,  27>2<!.1t'28o.  R.vesteady  and  firm  at 
70o.  Bsiriey  quiet  hat  steady  at  6oe.96dc.,  cash. 
6(ic..  March.  Pork  unsettled,  bat  genersllv  bigber; 
ai6  90,    eaab;    «16  87>99«91&  9U,  Blatctat    «10  16, 

April  I«rd  fteadr,  witb  a  tair  demand;  ilU  97<Si 
ctth;    tlO  87is««10   IM,    Mateb ,    $lt)  9t%«lll! 


Hogs  in  fWr  demands  Mixed.  «7a«7  16:  PaeUnit 
fiVj^^if.  WhlBky,$l  06.  Beo^ipts— Klonr.  7,<»o3  | 
bbla;  wbest,  IG.fftlt)  bushela:  Uoru.  61.000  buBbeU;  I 
Oata,  15.000  bushels;  Eve.  2.200  bushels;  Barler, 
8,0uu  bnahela.  Shipbients- Flour.  fi.ODO  bbls.:  Wheat, 
21,000  bnahela;  Corn,  33,000  bushels:  Onls.  7.600 
bushels ;  Eye.  2,100  bushels ;  Barley  16,000  buBbels. 
At  the  afternoon  call  of  tbe  board,  Wheat  steady; 
Corn  firmer,  at  41%!..  Mhrch  ;  O&tsnnchBDged;  Pork. 
$16  07>s,  April;  Laid,  $1U  SOi  March;  $10  95,  April. 
New-6rlkans,  Feb.  12.— Flonr  soaroe,  excited, 
and  higher;  Superfine,  $b  25:  Iloable  Extra,  $S7${ 
Treble  do.,  $7  Zb'a>$82o;  filgb  Grades.  %8  60®$S  75. 
Com  in  fair  demand,  aud  firm  at  54c.'S'55c.  Oats  la 
good  demand,  and  a  shade  higher  at    50c.    Coro-meal 

3niet  and  wpak  at  $2  8u.  Bay  dull  and  nominal.  Pork 
uU and  nominal.  Lard  stead v,  with  a  tair  demand; 
tierce.  llu^lHiC;  keg,  llS4C®i2c.  Rnlk-meata 
ste  dy  and  fi.rm;  Bhonldera,  loose.  B^tCSo  >2C.i 
packed,  e%e.a>0^o.:  Clear  Elba.  8*4''-;  tHoar 
fellies.  90.  Bacon  easier;  Bbouldera.  7%c.t  ci^ar 
Ribs,  IOI4C.:  Clear  SiocB,  10=80-  «ngnr-cn«d  Uams 
quiet  but  firm  at  12c.®  1 2 »«8Q.  Whisky, quiet  atSl  08 
WSl  10.  Cnffee  dull;  ElO,  cargoes,  oriin.<ry  to 
prime,  18Uc®2iJ94C.,  gold,  ^ngar  in  good  dema  id  as 
tail  prices;  inferior,  6c.@6^a;  common  to  good.  7o. 
©7341-.;  f4ir  toniliy  tair.  SCSH^Kifi.;  prime  to  choice, 
8'ac.®9c;  Centrifugal.  8'40.®9'4i:.:  ie  low  Clanfled, 
9'ttc.®10\c  Wolftsses  quiet  but  ateady;  com- 
mon, 30CWS2VC.;  Ceutrifngal,  25o.a3io.p 
fair,  85c.®37c.;  prime  to  choice,  40c.®50o. 
Eice  qniet.  but  steady,  at  4>3a  Bran  aoaroer  and 
firm,  held  at  9'Je.  Exchange— New- York,  aight.  ^c. 
premium;  Sterling,  $5  13'ator  the  bank.'  Oold  103^3 
®10o34. 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  12.— Flonr  firm  »nd  oncbanged. 
Wheat  higher  for  low  and  medium  erades;  No.  2,  Red 
Fall.  $1  00  bill,  cash;  $1  48  bid,  February:  Na  3  do.. 
$1  4b^.  oa»h:  $1  47'a.  M.arch.  Corn  easier;  So.  2, 
Mixed,  38^BC®38H>c.,  cash;  SOaic  Match:  4l34C.t 
April:  43 V^.,  May.  Oata  Inactive  and  lower: 
.nO.  2  at  3434C,  cash.  '  Eye  firmer  at  67430, 
Barley  dull  and  unchanged.  Whisky  quiet 
and  nncbauged.  Pork  firm  and  in  enni 
Jabbing  demrtnd;  $16  5oa^l6  75  offered;  $10  99, 
April;  $16  6 J,  bid.  Lard  dull  and  nominal  Hulk- 
meats  firmiT;  Shoutdera.  6c.;  Clear  Ribs,  $8  67  Hi® 
$8  62'8;  Clear  biaes,  $8  75  Bacon  firm  and  in  gDod 
Jobbing  demand ;  Shoulders,  7c.;  Clear  Kibs.  $9  40<S 
:£9  50;  Cle^r  aides,  9S4C.  Hogs  stf-adv  and  no  changed. 
Cattle  steady  and  unchanged.  Beceipts— Flour.  8,700 
bbis.;  Wheat  10,000  bushels;  Coru.  48,000  bushe.a; 
oata.  6.000  bnsbela;  Bar!  y,  4,UU0  boabela ;  Hoga, 
29,000  bead ;   Cattle,  1.30U  head. 

CracraHATL  Feb.  12.~Flonr  in  fair  deinand  and 
firm;  Family,  $ti  8d®.$7.  Wheat  stioog;  Red,  $1  43 
®j>l  63.  Corn  in  good  demand  for  shelled,  at  43c.® 
44c  Oats  firm  at  38c.®42o.  Eye  qniet  at  78c.®d.»c. 
Barley  onll ;  trime  Fall,  85c,  Pork  inactive  ami  ni>ml> 
nai;  $16  5.'.  spot;  sales  at  £16  60,  seller  March.  Lard 
quiet,  hut  firm;  Steam-rendered,  nominally  $10  75® 
$10  80.  spot;  ealc8at$ll  IQiQ&Sll  15, seller  M.ay:  Ket- 
tle, ll^c.91134C.  Bulk-meats  firm:  Shoulders.  6>4C® 
6%c.;  Clear  Ribs,  8S4C.;  Clear  Hides,  Oc.  Ba^on  stronger; 
Shoulders,  7HK5.;  Clear  Ribs,  9^. 29940-:  CI.  ar  Sides, 
978C-®10c  Whisky  In  good  demand  at  $1  04:  gener- 
ally held  higher.  Butter  dull  and  unchanged.  Ho;<a 
dull  and  drooping;  common,  £3  25®$.>  75:  fair  to 
good  Ught,  $5  85®$6  15^-  pickinc  grades.  S6  20® 
$6  45;  choice  heavy,  $6  5u®$6  70;  reoeiota.  1,45:2 
bead ;  ahipmenta.  440  bead. 

L0DI8VILLB,  Feb.  12.— Flonr  firm,  nnchan^ed. 
Wheat  firm;  Eed.  $1  45®$1  47;  Amber  and  White, 
$1  5  .®$1  o3.  Corn  firm;  White,  43c.;  Mixed,  370. 
Bye  ateady  at  80c.  oats  quiet:  White,  4^c.;  Mixed, 
37c.  Porit  strong  at  $172'$  17  25.  Bulk-meats  ateady 
with  a  fair  demand  at  6hiC.  S^sC  and  9>so.,  for  auoald- 
ers.  Clear  Rip,  and  clear  Sidea  Bacwn  quiet,  uu- 
changed,  Sngar-cnredHams,  12&®l3'sc  Larufirm: 
tierce.  11'2C.®1134C.;  kega,  12^c'S>liie.  Whisky 
$1  05.    Bagging  quiet  at  llJac 

MiLwAUKiBB,  Feb.  10.  —  Flour  qniet,  nominal; 
Wheat  firm;  .no.  1  Milwaukee,  $1  42;  nlo.  2,do.,$l  85; 
Marcb,  $1  35H);  April,  $1  36<^:  No.  3  da,  $1  26. 
Corn  scarce  ;  No.  2, 45c  Oats  scarce  and  firm ;  No.  2, 
3414C..  Eye  scarce,  wanted;  Ho.  1,  7  2ia0.  Barley 
dull,  weak;  No.  2  Upnng,  74c..  Provi:>ioQS  a  shada 
firmer.  Pork  duU.  Laid  dull.  Dressed  Uogs  steady 
at-$6  75'S$7.  Receipts — 4,500  bbls.  Flour.  13.0.^0 
bushels  Wheat,  Shipments— ;i,300  bbls.  Flour,  26,000 
bnaljeiB  Wheat. 

Oswego,   Feb.  12.— Flonr    steadv;     sales,   1,300 

bbls.,  at  $7  e0®*8  for  No.  1  Spring ;  $7  75®$8  20  for 
Amber  Winttr:  $8®*8  50  »cr  vvhite  Winter:  48  25® 
$8  75 for  liouble  iiztra.  Wbeat  firm;  No.l  MUwan- 
kee  aub.  $1  60;  No.  2  do.,  $1  6:^;  No.  2  Bed  vva. 
bash.  $1  57;  Na  1  White  Uicliigan,  SI  65;  extra 
da  do.,  SI  70.  Corn  unchanged.  Bariev  qniet  and 
unchanged.  Com-nieal  unchanged,  idili-i'eed  un- 
changed.    Bailroad  Shipments— Flour,  1,400  hols. 

Dbtboit,  Feb.  12. — Flonr  very  quiet  ana  nn> 
changed.  Wheat  dull  and  esay :  extra  White  Michigan, 
$1  58;  Uilllnc,  $1  56:  No.  1  White  Micblgsn,  $1  o2^ 
Milling,  $1  47.  Corn  quiet  and  unchan::ed.  (.lata 
easier;    White,  44e.;    ^ixed,    42c.     Receipts— Flonr, 

585  DblB.;  Wheat,  3.433  bushels;  Corn,  y.744  bush, 
els;  Oats.  2, b76  linsbels.  shipments — 1< lour,  426  bbls.; 
Com,    13,776  bushels;  Oats,  13,528  busbela 

iKDiAKAFOLis.  Feb.  12. — Flour  firmer:  fancv, 
$7  25®$7  75;  family,  $6  5o®*7  :  low  grades.  $4®$5. 
Wheat  quiet;  White  $1  40®*1  50;  Amber,  $1 40 
®*1  50;  Red,  $1  35®$1  50;  rejectW,  «1  lu®$i  20. 
Coin  qniet  and  nnonanged.  x'rovisions  qniit  bat 
steady.  Balk-meats— Clear  Ribs,  8'^.;  Clear  (tides, 
S'^ec  Fork— Jobbing  at  $16  50.  iiuga  steady  at 
S6  7.5®$6;  receipts,  1,200  head;  shipments,  1  8li  nead. 

Memphis,  Feb.  12 Flour  firmer  ;   choice   family, 

$812'^®$8  25.  Corn  firm  at  47u.®49c.  Oats  scarce 
and  firm  at  60o  ®55&  Pork  firm  at  $18  5lJ®$18  7o. 
I.ard  firm;  tierce,  II34C.;  keg,  Iki^tc.  Bulk-m^ats 
firmer;  bbonidera,  7o.;  Clear  Ribs,  9^0^  Clear  bidea, 
9^ 

Wilmington,  2T.  C,  Feb.  12. — Spirits  Turpentine 
firm  at  39'90.  Resin  nominal:  Crude  Tnmentioe  quiet 
at  SI  90  tor  hard ;  $2  90  for  YeUow  Dip,  and  iZ  dQ 
tor  Virgin.    Tar  ateady  at  $1  60. 


THE  COTTON  MARKETS. 


Kew-0elean8,  Feb.  12.— Cotton  slightly  irregula»| 
Ulddiiag.  I214C. ;  Low  Middling.  II340.;  Good  Ordi- 
nary, ll»ec.:  net  receinta.  14,564  bales:  gross.  14,777 
bales:  exports,  to  Great  Britain,  12,995  balea:  t« 
tbe  Continent,  1.873  bales;  coastwise,  2,314  bales; 
aalea,   8,000  balea;   stooa,  Z92,ti78  balea 

Galveston,  Feb.  12.-r-Cotton  firm;  good  demand; 
offerings  light;  Middling.  12 I4C.;  Low  .Miildliug,  1 1  :>40-: 
Good  Ordinar.r,  ll^c.;  net  rec.:ipts,  1,123  bales;  gross, 
1.1°^8  bales;  exports,  to  France,  l,8d5  bales;  coast- 
wise, 3,805  bales;  aalea,  225  bales;  stock,  76,749 
bales. 

Satankah.  Feb.  12.— Cotton  qtiiet  and  firmj 
Hidaiing.  I'.j<^;  Low  Middling.  12i«c.:  Good  Ordinary, 
Il^c.;  net  receipiis.  1,371  bales;  exports,  to  Oreikt 
Britain.  3.523  bales:  coastwise,  l.lul  bales;  salea, 
450    balea;  atock,  55,733   bales. 

Mobile,  Feb.  12. — Cotton  nochaneed;'*  Middling 
12  316c;  Low  Middling,  II340. :  Good  Ordinary. 
11  3-16C.;  net  receipts,  5.196  balea:  exports,  coast* 
wise,  1,043  bales;  aales.  6U0  bales;  stook,  68,86i 
bales. 

Chableston,  Feb.  13.— Cotton  quiet;  Middllna 
12840.:  Low  Kllddhng,  12»<ic;  Good  Ordinary,  12c.: 
net  leceints,  1.285  bales;  ezoorts,  coistwlsa,  672 
balea ;  aales,  SOO  bales ;  stoek,  46.199  b-vies. 


FOREIGN  MARKETS. 


London.    Feb.   12—12:33  P.   M U.   S.  Bond^ 

1867s.  109 ^e.    Hew-\ork  i  entral,  93. 

6  P.  M. — lllloois  C'entral,  52.  Paris  advices  quota 
6  V  cent.  Rentes  at  loUt  12  ^c.  for  the  account. 

LiTBKFOOL.  Feb.  12— 12  M.— Cotton— The  reteipta  to* 
da.v  were  7.600  bales,  of  which  5,200  iiales  are 
Ameilqaoi.  Futures.  bu.rers  offeriug  l-32d.  faiehei 
than  Saturday's  biKbest  price-  Vplaads.  Low  .Mtadllua 
clanae,  Febraarv  and  march  delivery.  6\d.:  Up- 
lands.  Low  Middling  clause.  March  aud  April  delivery. 
6%i.:  Ciplands,  Low  MiddUoir  clause.  April  aud  May 
aeuverj,  0  8-32d.;  Uplands,  Low  Middlin;;  claUse.  May 
and  June  delivery,  7  l-32d.;  also  sales  of  tb« 
aams  at  7  l-16d.;  Uplands,  Low  Middling  elanae, 
June  and  July  delrfer.v,  7  3-32d.;  Uplands.,  Low 
Mldnling     clause,  shipped  January  and  Kebroaiy,  aaii, 

e'ed. 

12:30  P.  M.— Cottotj — The  market  Is  active  and  firm- 
er;  Middling  Uplands  634d.';  Middling  Orleans, 
6  15-lbd,:  saes,  jS.OUO  bales,  incluaing  3.000  b^lea 
tor  speculation  and  export.  Uplands,  low  middling 
Oiaase,  shiDPed  Feoruarv  aud  Mai'cii,  sail.  6  31-3id.; 
alao'saies  of  the  same  »t  7d.:  Cpliuds,  Low  Middiinf 
clause,  shipped  March  and    April,  sail,  7  3-32d. 

1  P.  M.— Cotton — Uplands,  low  Middling  clans4, 
April  and  May  delivery,  7d.;  also  aales  of  the  same  al 
631-320.;  Uplanda  Low  Middling  clause,  June  and 
July  delivery.  7  ^d. 

1:30  p.  M.—Provlshms— Bacon,  42a  60.  f  cwt.  for 
Long  Clear  Middles;  and  438.  tid.  for  .short  Cleix 
Middlea    Produce— fallow,  4la  6d.  ^  cwt 

2  P.  M. — Cotton — Oplauas,  Low  Middling  clause, 
Mav  and  June  dedvery,  7  l-32d.;  Uplauda,  Lo« 
Middling  claiLMs,  June  and  July  delivery.  7  3>3^d. 

3  P.M. —Cotton— Uplands,  Low  Middling  cianaf. 
March  and  April  deli  tery,  6  27-32d.;  also  Bales  ol 
tne  same  at  a  lS-16d.;  Uplando.  Lott  Uiddline  clause. 
April  and  .May  delivery,  6  i5-16d.;  Uplands,  low  Mid- 
diiog  clause,  shipped  January  aud  Feomacy.  adli, 
6  27-32d. 

8:H(*  P.  M..— The  sales  of  Cotton  to-day  Included 
13,800  bales  American. 

3:46  P.  M.— Cotton — Uplands  TioW  Mldoling  clanaa, 
May  and  June  delivery,  7a.;  Oolanda  Low  Mi  idling 
clanss.  Jttufa  and  July  delivery,  7  l-16d.;  Uplands  Low 
Middling  clauee,  shipped    February    ana    March,   sail, 

6  29-32d. 

4  P.  M.— Cotton— Uplands,  Lnw  Middling  claiue, 
Apnl  and  May  deliver.v.  6  29-32d. 

4:30  P.  M.— Cotton— Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause, 
March  and  April  delivery,  6  25-32d.;  Uolauds,  Low 
Middling  clause,  May  and  June  delivery.  6  31-32d.: 
Uplands,  Low  Middliug  clause,  June  and  July  delivery, 

7  J-32d. 

6  P  M. — Cotton — Futuros  flat  ;  Uplands,  Low  Mid- 
dling Clause,  March  and  April  delivery,  634(1-;  Upanda, 
Low  Middling  ciause,  April  and  .Way  delivery,  6'fed.; 
Uplands.  Low  Midiiling  clause,  May  aud  June  deliVerv, 
6  16-l6d.;    UilHUds.   Low   Middltn;!   clause,  June   and 

July  delivery,  7d.     Provlaions— Lard,  &4s.   ed.^p'owt. 
for  American. 

LONDON.  Feb.  12—5  P.  M.— Produce— Tallow,  43a® 
43s.  3d.  i^  cwt.  Befined  Petroleum,  143«d.  ^gaUo% 
bpirlta  Of  Turpentine.  29s.  6d.  V  cwu 

CAhlFOBJilA  MlSlim  BIOOKS. 
Sa»  Prancisoo,  Feb.  12.— Tlie  followine  are 
the  cloaing  official  prlcaa  of  mining  stocks  to-day: 
Alpha. i <  20^  RoBsntb „...    a 


Belober l 8^ 

Best  and  Belcher....  34^2 

Bullion. 14 

Conao  L  Virginia 51^ 

Cahiomia....^ 49 

Chuli.>r OS's 

Confidence.. .........     9 

Caledonia. 9 

Crown  Point 884 

Excheauer_...^......      tj*3 

Gould  and  Cnrry 12Hi 

Bale  and  Norcroas.^.     S'a 

Imperial 2 

Julia  conaoUdated...     eai 
Justice 1334 


Kentacic  „ yig 

Leopard.. _......     A.h 

Mexican..............  17^ 

Northern  Belle V8^ 

Overman.  ............  u5 

Ophir ..,.  2o'4 

Raymond  and  Riy....      6^ 

oilverUill 

Sava<e  

.jeg.  lieicher. ......... 

Sierra  Nevada ..... 

Union  Coosolidikted.. 
Tellow  Jacket.... 
Etueka  Couaaiidated. 


60 

8>a 

9 
14»4 
19^ 


AprOl    Bnlk-ni«ats  steady  an!  firm':  H^onUe'car  SVs-i      on  the  gronnd  bows,  arrows,  ana  olnba.    The  era^ 


A  CBEWm  UKWELOOMB  COMPAlfY. 
The  Boston  Joural  of  Saturday  says :  "The 
Captain  af  the  bark  Stone  wall  JaoJcson,  of  thia 
port,  reports  tbat,  Kot.  S,  while  on  tbe  vorage  fh>oi 
Kew-York  to  Yokohama,  Japan,  be  sent  a  boaf  4 
crew  to  Ombay  Island  for  water,  a  paaaenger  ao- 
eompanvlng  them.  Soon  after  landing  they  ware 
Slirronnded  by  hnndreda  of  nativ^  ^perfectly 
naked.  Tbe  chief  laid  his  hands  on  tbe  vasdenicee 
and  commenced  pulling  at  his  shirt,  and  tbe  otbac 
natlTeB  got  bold  of  tbe  crew  and  did  tbe  tame^ 
aod  seeing  reaistanoe  waa  nsaleas  tbev  gave  ap 
tbeir  shirts,  and  tben  tbe  natives  commenced  daii» 
ing  around  and  fighting  among  themselves  fbr  tb^ 
shirts,  while  some  scrabbed  t&e  men's  knives  tlrom 

their  sheaths.    The  passenger    and    seoond  mare. 

SeeUia;  now  aecioua   thinua   were  beKinniog  to  look, 
isoharged   tb^r .  revolvers   into  ibe  midst  ot  tba 

•atacee.  >ho  broke  Uid  flsd  tor  theli^MNU,  1*vin| 


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izan  Car  tbeir  boat  and  r«ir«doa«ktottMaiuj».^ 


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©^  SW»  gjorR  ernms. 


NEW-XOEK,  TUESDAY.  FEa  13,  1877. 


;,3*; 


AMV&£iaST8  THIS  MYSSiyQ. 

WALLAriPS  THEATBB.-Wai)  OAw-Mr.  Lester 
w  allack.  Mr.  Jolm  Qllbert,  Mr.  HatrT  Beckett.  MIm 
B««e  Wood.  ' 

FIFTH  AVEJTDS  TIlEATRB.-tKK(ws:  OB,  Wedlock 
ion  SXYxs — Mr.  C  P.  Cogiilao,  Mias  F.  Daveoport 

BOOTa'3  THTjATBE.— FirTH  ATi.<n7x— Mr.  George 
RiKnoId,  Misa  iiaud  Granjter. 

VAVX.  THBATHK — Oira.  'BohsjtTsa   HonsK— Mr.    8' 
BobBon,  Mr.  W.  H.  Crawo,  Mrs.  A.  K  Baker. 

•ONTOV  SQUARE  THKATBB:— Thb  OAincHBFFs— Mr.  C 
E.  Thome.  Mr.  W.  B,  Floyd.  aUaa  Katienne  Bogert. 

BROADWAt  TSEATBE—Oira  Bots. 

HELLER'S    WOKDER    THBATKB—PaBaTiDisiTATioiT, 

Music.  Axn  HmoK— Mr.  Robert  Heller.  Migi  Heller. 

NIBIiO'S  GAET)E5.— AROtTND  thk  Wobio  ik  Eishtt 
DATS  (.Sfcectaoular)— Klralfy  brotbers. 

EAQLK  THKATRE.-tA  Pktim  Mabike  (Opera  Bouffe) 
MBe.  Marie  Aimee. 

QaMOSE'S  GAHDKN.— KQn«BTRiA»  Qaxu  aitoFikm 

.-POSTS. 

OLTMPiC  TaBATBB.-EoTODTM  Clock. 

KEW.YORK  AQUARIDM.— Rarb  ato  Curiods  Fish  and 
Majimaija,  Statda&t.  tc. — Day  and  evenlas: 

GRAND  OPERA  HOU8B.-MoN8WTO  Alphonis.    ' 

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andl^SRO  CoiucAUTiRS 

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K8BI!J0£ 

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NOTICE. 
^^  cannot;  notice  anon  rmons  commanicatlons.    In 
|11<*W8  we  reqiure  the  writer's  name  and  itddreas,  not 
Ici-publicatlon.  but  as  a  gnaraniee  of  good  faitti. 

"  e<»annot,  under  any  circumstauces,  return  rei  eeted 
jtfjimiinlcations,  nor  otn  we  oudertake  to  prcaorru 
S  anuacriota. 

It  is  satisfactory  to  learn,  on  authority  so 
unexceptionable  as  that  of  Fernando 
Wood,  that  the  Democrats  in  the  House 
"  are  ready  in  good  faith  to  carry  out,  ia 
all  respects,  the  Electoral  Commission  law, 
and  the  result  that  may  be  reached  in  pur- 
Bnance  of  it."  As  the  representative  of  the 
"invincible  in  peace"  party,  Mr.  Wood 
might  naturally  have  been  expected  to  be 
one  of  the  first  to  repudiate  in  advance  any 
decision  that  should  fail  to  elect  Tilden.  The 
coui»try  will,  doubtless,  breathe  more  freely 
for  the  assurance  that  the  Democrats  do 
.  nob  propose  to  add  falsehood  and  bad  faith 
to^aeir  campaign  of  firand  and  violence. 
It»  hardly  needed  the  home-thrusts  at  his 
Q^wn  party  of  Mr.  Cakr,  of  Indiana,  and  the 
Virtuou,"  indij^nation  of  Mr.  David  Dudley 
Field,  to  make  the  Democratic  speeches  of 
yestertf.ay  as  suggestive  as  they  were 
amusiag.  Jlr.  Cabr  was  good  enough 
to  ubsolve  the  Commission  .  from  all 
char;/j;es,  save,  it  may  be,  that  of  an  honest 
>/  misfake,  but  he  was  moat  emphatic  in  de- 
nor^ncing  the  majority  in  the  House  as 
"  y  jjnorantly  or  corruptly  recreant "  to  the 
o  jufidence  reposed  in  them  that  they  would 
'oy  hook  or  crook  make  Tilden  President. 
llr.  Field  very  justly  remarked  that  "  the 
spectacle  of  soccessful  villainy  is  corrupt- 
iag  in  proportion  to  the  extent  of  the 
tbe-Ttre  on  which  it  is  enacted  and  to  the 
prize  which  it  wins."  That  will  explain, 
among  other  things,  the  very  strong  odor 
of  rascality  that  is  inseparably  associated 
with  the  name  of  David  Dudley  Field. 

The  presentationof  a  burlesque  Electoral 
certificate  firom  Louisiana  yesterday  served 
to  show  how  easv  it  would  be,  under  the 
prinf;iples  adopted  by  the  authors  of  the 
Compromise  bill,  to  throw  into  doubt  and 
cor.fusion  the  results  of  a  Presidential  elec- 
tutn.  Absurd  as  this  document  was,  it 
v.as  really  no  more  irregular,  when 
tested  by  the  requirements  of  law, 
than  the  Bo-called  Tilden  certificates, 
to  whose  consideration  th^  Commission 
are  about  to  devote  several  days,  and  which 
will  famish  occasion  for  another  day  or  two 

of  tiseless  speech-making  in  the  House.     In 

th^  exercise  of  his  constitutional  functions, 
the  President  of  the  Senate  could  as  justly 
Jiave  thrown  aside  the  bogus  certificates  of 
the  persons  claiming  to  be  Tilden  Electors 

as     he   did    the    barlesqne    return   of    the 

mythical  John  Smith,  To  order  all  refer- 
ence to  the  latter  production  to  be  expunged 
from  the  record  was  a  stretch  of  authority 
to  which  the  supporters  of  the  Compromise 
plan  should  logically  have  objected.  It  was 
clearly  an  overstepping  of  the  purely  min- 
is'cerial  powers  which  are  supposed  to  be 
t^jesole  attributes  of  the  President  of  the 
•Joint  Convention. 

The  statement  that  the  engineers  ap- 
pointed to  examine  the  Washington  monu- 
ment have  agreed  to  recommend  its  being 
taken  down,  indicates  that  that  hapless 
pile  has  not  yet  reached  the  end  of  misfor- 
tune.  It  is  said  that  the  ground  on  which 
the  structure  has  been  so  far  built  will  not 
permit  any  more  weight  being  put  into  the 
monument.  If  the  stones  are  to  be  taken 
down,  it  is  imlikely  that  they  will  ever  be 
put  together  again  in  a  new  and  more 
prosi>erous  design,  though  a  plan  of  some  sort 
is  under  consideration.  The  unfortunate 
part  of  this  business  is  that  blocks  of  ma- 
terial firom  foreign  Governments  and  asso- 
eiations,  as  well  as  froqi  various  American 
Stiitee,  have  been  built  into  the  work,  or 
Ofce  now  on  liand  awaiting  reHumpcion  of 
Isperations.  If  these  ooold  be  utilized  in 
■ome  way,  we  might  as  ^^ell  felinqnish  th« 
jyajegjgf  obe3i«k  ox  aluifb .  itvt  this  ctenex&- 


tion.    Clettfly,   the    monument  cannot  beg 
its  way  toward  the  skies. 


There  was  another  Municipal  conference 
yesterday,  with  what  result  ia  not  known, 
only  the  proceedings  are  believed  not  to 
have  been  harmonious.  This  fact  is  at 
least  a  consoling  one,  since  it  shows  that 
the  members  of  the  Citizens'  Committee  are 
beginning  to  realize  that  the  interests  of 
the  tax-payers  are  irreconcilable  with  the 
demands  of  the  office-holders.  The  attempt 
to  convince  our  local  rulers  that  the  affairs 

of  the   City  are  extravagantly  and   incom- 

tentiy  managed,  is  as  likely  to  prove 
unsucceMful  as  the  attempt  to  secure  their 
co-operatlpn  in  legislation  which  must  be 
based  on  tl\at  assumption.  Republicans  at 
Albany  have  no  excuse  whatever  for  mis- 
apprehending the  public  demand  that 
a  very  sharp  turn  shall  be  made  in 
the  direction  of  economy  and  efficiency 
in  our  local  Government,,  and  they 
certainly  cannot  afford  to  allow  the 
City  to  be  6nce  more  cheated  out  of  some 
radical  measures  of  reform.  An  office- 
holder's lobby  has  already  been  organized 
to  stave  off  or  defeat  all  measures  tending 
to  reduce  offices  or  cut  down  expenses. 
The  persuasive  efforts  of  these  persons  will 
be  as  narrowly  watched  as  the  course  of 
weak  or  mercenary  Eeptfblicans,  to  whom 
their  efforts  will  be  chiefly  directed. 


The  too  familiar  proposal  to  turn  a  cer 
tain  portion  of  the  Central  Park  into  a 
Parade  Ground  for  the  National  Guard  is  up 
again  at  Albany.  It  will  be  generally  conced- 
ed that  our  City  regiments  need  a  convenient 
parade  ground,  but  there  will  be  but  one 
opinion  about  the  inadmissibility  of  any 
plan  for  surrendering  to  them  any  portion 
of  Central  Park.  There  is  but  one  way  to 
preserve  our  beautiful  pleasure  ground 
in  such  a  condition  as  to  make  it 
an  object  of  pride  and  admiration 
to  our  descendants,  and  that  Ls  to 
resist  all  encroachments  whatever  upon 
the  purposes  for  which  it  was  created.  The 
public  opinion  of  the  City  has,  so  far,  suc- 
cessfully resisted  the  numerous  efforts 
which  have  been  made  to  pervert  the  Park 
to  uses  incompatible  with  the  plans  of 
those  who  laid  it. out,  and  it  ought  not  to 
be  very  difficult  to  defeat  this  latest  one. 


THE  NEXT  CASE  FOR  THE  COM- 
.  MISSION. 
The  Electoral  vote  of  Louisiana  w as  jes- 
terday  submitted  to  the  Commission  on 
two  sets  of  objections  to  the  Hayes  Electors, 
and  one  set  of  objections  to  the  Tildon 
Electors.  If  the  former  are  examined 
with  reference  to  the  decisions  alreatly 
made  by  the  Commission,  it  hardly 
seems  probable  that  they  w^ill  present  a  verv 
formidable  case  for  consideration,  or  that 
they  will  occupy  any  more  time,  at  most, 
than  was  spent  on  Florida.  Though  the 
counsel    on     the    Democratic     side    are 

much  stronger  than  in  the  case 
of  Florida,  iucludinsf  Judge  Trum- 
bull and  Mr.  Carpenter,  both  of  them 
far  more  able  than  any  Democratic  lawyer 
yet  heard  by  the  Commission,  and  particu- 
larly familiar  with  the  political  history  of 
Louisiana ;  and,  though  thoy  will  make 
every  possible  effort  to  convince  the  Com- 
mission, we  shall  not  be  surprised  to  see  a 
decision  reached  by  Saturday  night. 

The  Democr.itic  objections  are  as  follows: 

1.  ''That  the  Hayes  Electors  were  not 
duly  elected."  ^  This  is  a  question  which 
the  Commission  has  decided  that  it  cannot 
go  into. 

2.  '•  That  their  election    was    certified    to 

by  William  P.  Kellogg,  who  claimed  to 
be,  but  in  fact  was  not,  Governor  of  the 
State  of  Louisiana." 

That  Mr.  Kellogg  was  not  of  right  the 
Governor  of  Louisiana  is  a  position  long 
since  taken  by  the  Democrats  in  Congress. 
That  he  was  not  so  in  fact  is  a  statement 
which  it  will  be  difficult  to  prove.  He  oc- 
cupied the  office  ;  his  signature  gave  final 
effect  to  the  laws  of  the  State  ;  his  veto 
defeated  proposed  legislation ;  his  com- 
missions were  the  evidence  of  author- 
ity for  State  officials  recognized  by 
the  courts ;  his  orders  were  obeyed  by  the 
Militia ;  his  acts,  and  his  alone,  were  those 
proper  to  the  office,  and  were  respected  as 
such.  The  Commission  has  decided  that  in 
the  case  of  the  Florida  Electors,  it  would 
recognize  the  de facto  officers;  it  can  hardly 
refuse  to  do  the  same  thing  with  Gov. 
Kellogg. 

3.  Various  objections  are  made  to  the 
competency  and  jurisdiction  of  the  Return- 
ing Board,  all  turning  on  the  alleged  failure 
of  the  Board  to  fulfill  the  conditions  im- 
posedby  the  law  creating  it.  The  principal 
objections  are  that  the  board  was  con- 
stituted of  four,  instead  of  five,  per- 
sons ;  that  the  four  members  were  all  of 
the  same  political  party,  and  that 
they  refused  to  fill  the  vacancy.  There  is 
nothing,  however,  in  the  State  law  which 
makes  these  objections  in  any  sense  fatal  to 
the   authority  of  the    board's    action.     The 

law  says  that  five   persons  "shall  be  the 

returning  officers  for  all  elections 
in  the  State,"  but  it  adds,  "  a 
majority  of  whom  shall  constitute 
a  quorom  and  have    power  to  make  tlie  re- 

turns  of  all  elections."    The  lawrequres 

that  the  five  persons  originally  appointed 
by  the  Senate  shall  be  "  from  all  political 
parties,"  but  it  makes  no  such  requisition 
as  to  the  majority  which  "  shall  constitute 
a  quorum  and  have  power  to  make  returns 
of  all  elections."  Finally  it  says  that  any 
vacancy  "  shall  be  filled  by  the  residue  of 
the  Board  of  Returning  Officers;"  but  it 
does  not  declare,  and  it  cannot  be  inferred, 
that  if  a  vacancy  is  not  thus  filled  the  action 
of  the  board  wiU  be  invalid. 

4.  "The  four  members  of  the  Returning 
Board  had  full  knowledge  that  a  true  com- 
pilation of  the  votes  would  have  shown 
that  the  Tilden  Electors  had  been  duly 
electad."  To  sustain  this  objection  the 
Democrats  must  break  down  the  certificate 
of  the  board  tl*  at  a  true  canvass  gave  the 
election  to  the  Hayes  Electors,  and  they  can 
only  do  this  by  going  into  the  facts  as  to  the 
popular  vote,  which  the  Commission,  ac- 
cording to  the  decision  in  the  Florida  case, 
will  not  allow. 

5.  "  Said  board  had  offered  for  money  to 
sell  the  vote  of  LouisiaHa."  It  is  Mot  al- 
leged that  the  board  did  sell  the  vote  of 
Lotiisiana,  and  the  Commission  is^not  likely 
to  go  into  an  inquiry  as  to  an  offer  which,  in 
fact,  had  no  effect  on  the  action  of  the  board 

6.  "  A.  B.  Levtssb  and  O.  H.  Brewster,  of 
theBepublican  Electors,  held  offices  of  trust 

BJodBZ  the  GoTenunast  of  th*  United  Siates 


at  the  time  of  their  appointment  as  Elec- 
tors." Levissb  was  appointed  by  the  re- 
maining Electors,  having  previously, 
but  after  the  popular.  election, 
resigned  his  Federal  office.  His  ap- 
pointment, therefore,,  dates  from  the 
6th  of  December.  The  Commission 
has  decided,  in  the  case  of  Humphreys,  in 
Florida,  that  under  substantially  like  cir- 
cumstances, the  Elector  was  eligible. 
jBrewstkr  resigned  before  the  election,  but 
was  reappointed  after  the  meeting  of  the 
Electors.  The  Democrats  will  main- 
tain that,  under  the  Tenure-of-office 
law,  he  retained  his  office  until 
the  new  appointment  or  reappointment  was 
made.  But  the  law  in  question  only  pro- 
vides that  an  officer  is  "entitled"  to  bis 
ofQce  until  his  successor  is  appointed  and 
confirmed.  It  does  not  compel  him  to  re- 
tain it,  and  there  is  grave  doubt  whether  it 
could  compel  him,  even  if  it  so  declared. 
The  right  of  an  officer  to  free  himself  from 
office  by  his  own  act,  independent  of  the  ac- 
ceptance of  the  appointing  power  was  sus- 
tained by  Mr.  Evarts  in  the  case  of  Hum- 
phreys by  both  argument  and  authority. 
The  question  in  Brewster's  case  has  not 
been  distinctly  adjudged  by  the  Commis- 
sion, but  it  is  not  likely  to  give  any 
trouble. 

There  was  also  submitted  to  the  Commis- 
sion yesterday  a  batch  of  objections  pro- 
posed by  Representative  Gibson,  of  Louisi- 
ana, and  Senator  Saulsbury.  But  they  do 
not  amount  to  anything.  They  start  off 
with  the  familiar  dogma  that  Louisi- 
ana has  "  not  a  republican  form  of 
Government,"  a  proposition  about  as  per- 
tinent to  the  question  before  the  Commis- 
sion as  a  statement  that  the  *'  Miltonian 
hypothesis"  of  creation  is  erroneous.  They 
cite  various  instances  of  alleged  ineligibili- 
ty of  Electors  under  State  laws,  which  also, 
of  course,  the  Commission  has  nothing  to 
do  with. 

On  the  other  hand,  Mr.  Howe,  of  Wis- 
consin, for  the  Republicans,  objected  to  the 
Tilden  Electors,  that  there  was  no  evidence 
that  they  had  been  appointed,  and 
none  that  McE>fEnY,  who  certified 
to  their  appointment,  was  Governor, 
which  covers  the  whole  case.  We  venture 
the  prediction  that  the  argument  in  the 
Louisiana  case  will  be  more  obstinate  than 
important,  and  that  unless  "Matt"  Car- 
penter manages  to  infuse  into  it  some  of 
the  vivacity  for  which  he  was  noted  in  the 
Senate,  it  will  be  rather  tedious.  We  have 
no  misgivings  as  to  the  result. 


DEBTORS   DICTATING  TERMS. 

The  tone  assumed  by  the  advocates  of  the 

Union  and  Central  Pacific   Railroads,  in  the 

controversy  with  Congress  and  the  Treas- 
ury, is  a  very  good  imitation  of  the  tone 
adopted  by  the  agents  of  Mr.  Tilden  in  his 
contest  for  the  Presidency.  "  Let  us  have 
our  own  way,"  say  the  Democrats,  "  and 
there  will  bo  no  further  trouble.  Let  the 
Electoral  Commission  decide  every  dis- 
puted vote  in  our  favor,  and 
we  shall  extol  ils  wisdom  and 
impartial  it}'.  Lot  it  decide  against  us,  and 
WO  shall  denounce  the  Commission  as  a 

fraud  and  the  Judges  concerned  in  it  as  un- 
fit for  their  judicial  positions."  Substitute 
the  Senate  for  the  Commission,  the  united 
Pacific  railroads  for  the  Democracy,  and 
Messrs.  C.  P.  HuxTiXGTON  &  Co.  for  Mr. 
Tilden  and  his  agents,  and  wo  hare  in  this 
sentence  a  specimen  of  the  style  of  argument 
whichis  relied  upon  to  influence  the  action 
of  Congress  on  the  question  of  the  com- 
panies' indebtedness.  The  letter  we  print  in 
another  column  adheres  to  this  method  of 
influencing  public  opinion  in  their  behalf. 
The  substance  of  the  writer's  statement- is 
this :  The  Supreme  Court  having  decided 
that,  by  the  terms  of  the  existing  law.  the 
companies  are  not  bound  to  make  any  pay- 
ment to  the  Government  on  account  of  the 
principal  or  interest  of  the  bonds  it  issued 
to  aid  the  construction  of  the  roads  prior  to 
the  maturity  of  the  bonds,  the  com- 
panies are  under  no  obligatioa  to  accept 
any  modification  of  the  contract  which  is 
not  convenieift  to  thom.  They  are  de- 
sirous, however — so  the  plea  runs — to  ter- 
minate a  harassing  contest,  and  they  ac- 
cordingly submit  certain  propositions. 
True,  these  propositions  fall  far  short  of  the 
equities  of  the  case  as  determined  by  the 
House  last  session,  and  as  sustained  by  the 
Judiciary  Committee  of  the  Senate ;  but 
unless  Congress  allowsthe  companies  to  die- 
take  the  mode  of  discharging  their  indebted- 
ness to  the  Government,  they  will  resist  in 
the  law  courts  any  moasuro  wliich  may  be 
enacted.  "You  had  better,  therefore, 
acquiesce  in  our  view,"  remarks  the  person 
put  forvard  to  state  the  companies'  case, 
"or  there  will  be  endless  litigation,  and  we 
shall  pay  only  when  and  how  we  please." 
There  is  nothing  like  a  frank  declaration 
of  this  sort  for  enabling  the  country  to  ap- 
preciate the  moral  weakness  of  the  com- 
panies' position. 
The  question  is  confes-edly  beset    with 

many  difficulties.  Whether  the  conipanies 
are  correctly  advised  as  to  the  alleged  con- 
stitutional inability  of  Congress  to  amend 
provisions  of  the  original  acts,  or  whether,  as 

the  Senate  Judiciary  Committee  maintain, 

tke  reserved  right  to  amend  w^hich  the  or- 
iginal acts  assert  covers  the  right  to  do 
what  may  be  necessary  for  the  protection 
of  public  interests,  as  between  the  Govern- 
ment and  the  roads,  is  a  matter  which  the 
Supreme  Court  should  be  left  to  decide.  The 
members  of  the  Judiciary  Committee  are,  to 
say  the  least,  quite  as  likely  to  be  right  as 
the  lawyers  retained  by  the  companies,  and 
certainly  their  conclusions  are  fortified  by 
the  ordinary  considerations  of  justice.  They 
have  not,  however,  pushed  to  an  extreme 
the  claim  of  the  Government  to  protection. 
A  rapidly  accumulating  debt  wjiich,  in  less 
than  twenty  years— when '  the  whole,  prin- 
cipal and  interest,  matures — will  amount  to 
$150,000,000,  makes  some  new  arrangement 
necessary.  To  leave  the  matter  open,  in  its 
present  shape,  would  be  to  insure 
the  transfer  of  the  roads  to  the 
Government  in  1895,  when  their  in- 
debtedness will  so  far  exceed  their  ability 
to  pay  that  all  securities  after  the  second 
mortgage,  whichis  held  by  the  Government, 
and  all  the  stock  of  both  companies,  will  be 
worthless.  On  the  other  hand,  it  is  clearly 
inexpedient  to  impose  upon  tha  roads  con- 
ditions too  onerous  to  be  borne.  Common 
sense  suggests  a  compromise,  and  this  is 
what  the  Judiciary  Committee's  bill  really 
amounts  to.  It  provides  that  the  annual  pay- 
ment to  be  fixed,  together  with  the  half  of 
the  earnings  for  Qovemment  transportation, 
and  the  five  ner  canL   of  tba  nat  aarninffs. 


shtill  not,  itU  told,  exceed  twenty- 
five  per  cent,  of .  each  company's  net 
earnings.  The  counter-proposition-  of  the 
companies,  and  which  at  the  time  received 
the  sanction  of  the  Senate  Railroad  Com- 
mittee, was  so  grossly  Inadequate  that  it 
cotdd  not  be  regarded  as  a  practical  ap- 
proach to  any  agreement.  Its  main  feature, 
was  the  sale  to  the  Government  of  many 
millions  of  acres  of  the  land  which  the  Gov- 
ernment, in  its  liberality,  had  granted  to  the 
companies;  the  cash  payments  to  be  made 
in   addition    being    less    than    half    the 

amounts 'fixed   by  the  Lawrence  bill,  which 

the  House  passed  last  Summer,  and  which 
was  in  all  respects  moderate  and  fair. 

As  the  companies  are,  on  their  own  show- 
ing, sufficiently  prosperous  to  pay  good  divi- 
dends on  their  stock,  there  can  be  no  pre- 
tense of  inability  to  meet  the  demands  even 
of  Mr.  Thurman's  bill.  The  dividends 
would  be  less,  of  course,  but  the  intrinsic 
value  of  the  stock  would  grow  with  the 
provision  for  discharging  a  debt  that  will 
otherwise  extinguish  the  stock.  The  al- 
ternative the  stock-holders  have  to  con- 
sider is,  a  temporary  sacrifice  of  profit  or 
an  ultimate  forfeiture  of  principal.  There 
might  be  less  difficulty  in  coming  to 
an  understanding  upon  this  point  if 
the  controversy  were  not  complicated  with 
a  question  which  goes  to  the  bottom  of  the 
companies'  business.-  They  are  compelled 
by  the  law  as  it  stands,  to  pay  into  the  Fed- 
eral Treasury  five  per  cent,  of  their  net 
earnings.  The  Lawrence  bill  retains  this 
feature.  So  does  the  bill  reported  from  the 
Judiciary  Committee  of  the  Senate.  The 
latter  bill,  moreover,  uses  the  phrase  "  net 
earnings"  as  the  measure  of  the  maximum 
which  the  companies  shall  be  required  to 
pay.  What,  then,  are  net  earnings  ?  The 
Judici.iry  Committee  hold  that  they  are  the 
sum  remaining  out  of  .gross  earnings  after 
the  operating  expenses  have  been  paid. 
The  companies,    on    the    contrary,  contend 

that  the  net  earnings  are  only  so  much  of 
the  total  receipts  as  may  be  left  alter  meet- 
ing running  expenses,  and  also  after  pay- 
ment of  interest  on  bonded  debt,  on  im- 
provements, and  under  various  other  heads, 
all  indicating  an  enhancement  of  the  value 
of  the  property,  and  conspquently  of  the 
stock.  The  question  is  i>ending  in  a  suit  in 
California,  and  will  probably  in  the  end 
reach  the  Supreme  Court.  Ou  its 
face,  however,  the  position  assumed 
by  the  Judiciary  Committee  would  seem  to 
be  the  equitable  one.  So  far  as  the  stock- 
holders are  concerned,  the  sum  available 
for  a  dividend  is  the  sum  left  after  payment 
of  all  current  liabilities,  including  the  five 
per  cent,  due    the  Government.    And  the 

five  per  cent,  should  bo  taken  off  the  total 
net  earnings,  which,  according  to  all  busi- 
ness analogies,  are  simply  the  difference 
between  the  gross  inc«me  and  the  outlay 
required  lor  maintainiug  and  ruDDing  the 
road. 

The  companies  will  commit  a  mistake,  we 
think,  if  they  adhere  *to  their  policy  of 
dogged  resistance  to  the  demands  for 
an  efl'ective  settlement,  and  a  dogged  re- 
fusal to  accede  to  any  terms  not  made — as 
in  the  case  of  the  Gordon  bill — notoriously 
in  their^ntorcst.  The  country  has  no  dis- 
position to  force  upon  thom  conditions  need- 
lessly harsh,  or  that  would  impair  the  work- 
ing of  the  roads.  But  it  is  growing  weary 
of  the  studied  attempts  of  the  companies  to 
frustrate  legislation  which  aims  simply  to 
comi>€l  them  to  do  something  toward  the 
payment  of  their  honest  debts.  The  longer 
the  delay,  the  less  will  be  their  chance  of 
obtaining  easier  terms. 


THE  FOREIGN  TRADE  OF  NEW-FORK. 

The  vexed  question  of  the  reliittve  stand- 
ing of  Now-York  with  reference  to  tiie  for- 
eign trade  of  the  country  is  one  which,  like 
most  other  vexed  questions,  has  two  sides 
to  it,  and  which  the  advocates  of  either  ex- 
treme view  can  very  easily  misrepresent. 
On  the  one  hand,  there  is  no  doubt  that  the 
Cities  of  Philadelphia  and  Baltimore  not 
only  do  a  good  deal  more  foreign  trade  than 
they  used  to  do,  but  that  they  do  a  consid- 
erable amount  which  New- York  might  rea- 
sonably have  expected  to  do.  Ou  the  other 
hand,  there  is  no  need  to  suppose  that  New- 
York  has  lost  all  that  Baltimore  and  Phila- 
delphia have  gained,  or  that  what  it  has 
lost  18  beyond  recovery.  In  this  connection 
some  statistics  recently  reproduced  by  the 
Siecretary  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
from  the  reports  of  the  Washington  bureau 
have  been,  it  seems  to  us,  misunderstood, 
mainly  because  they  have  been  used  in  a 
fragmentary  form,  and  not  in  comparison 
with  the  fuller  statements  from  the  same 
source  covering  longer  periods  of  time. 

The  statistics  referred  to  set  forth  in  some 
detail  the  foreign  trade  of  this  City,  and  of 
all  other  ports  in  the  country  in  certain  lead- 
ing articles  for  the  year  ending  June  30, 
1876.  They  also  compare  the  increase  or  de- 
crease of  the  foreign  trade  of  New- York  with 
that  of  all  other  ports  from  the    year  1871. to 

1876  inclusive.    By  these  figures  it  appears 

that  the  total  amount  of  foreign  imports,  less 
foreign  exports,  into  New-York  for  1875-6 
was  $297,844,589,  (gold  value,)  while  the 
amount  for  the  entire  country  was  $455,407,- 

836,    At  the  same  time  the  domestic  exports 

from  Now- York  (mixed  values,  chiefly  in 
paper,)  were  $294,705,902,  against  $655,463,- 
969  for  the  entire  country.  By  comparing 
these  figures  it  will  be  seen  that  for  the  fis- 
cal year  1876,  New- York  made  65  per  cent. 
of  the  imports,  45  per  cent,  of  the  exports, 
and  54, per  ceut.  of  the  foreign  trade  of  the 
country. 

Comparing  decrease  and  increase  only, 
we  find  that  the  foreign  trade  of  the  United 
States  advanced  from  1871  to  1873  inclusive, 
and  declined  for  the  three  years  next  follow- 
ing. The  advance  was  $349,002,332;  the 
decline  was  more  than  one  half  of  that 
amount,  or  $187,487,346.  Of  the  advance, 
New-York  contributed  $234,121,582,  or  67 
per  cent.  Of  the  decline,  New-York  suffered 
$138,136,356,  or  74  per  cent.  In  other  words, 
compared  with  the  remainder  of  the  country, 
New- York  appears  to  lose  more  rapidly  than 
she  gained.  The  explanation  of  this  is 
found  in  some  of  the  more  detailed  state- 
ments. 

Thus,  we  find  that  in  1871  New- York  sup- 
plied all  but  a  few  hundred  thousand  of  the 
total  increase  of  foreign  trade  in  the  coun- 
try. In  1872  she  supplied  a  little  more  than 
one-half.  In  1873  her  share  of  the  increase 
fell  to  42  per  cent.  In  1874  the  for- 
eign trade  fell  away,  and  New-York  lost  al- 
most exactly  one-half  of  all  that  was  lost. 
The  next  year  she  rallied  somewhat,  and 
lost  only  40  per  pent.  Bat  last  year 
1  — tha^     iai      lib*     ireat      wdinf^     -vith 


June  last— she  lost  $93,054,516,  while 
the  remainder  of  the  country  gained 
$11,435,223.  These  figures  are  certainly  &ot 
encourasring.  They  tend  to  show  that 
New- York  has  a  weaker  hold  on  its  trade 
than  the  remainder  of  the  country;  that  it 
does  not  get  as  large  a  relative  share  ot  in- 
crease when  trade  is  prosperous;  that  it 
loses  more  rapidly  in  times  of  depression  ; 
and  that  during  the  last  year  its  loss  has 
been  made  in  the  face  of  an  actual  gain  by 
other  cities. 

But  while  these  inferences  are  correct, 

so  far  as  they  relate  to  the  tendency  of  the. 

trade  of  Now-York,  a  wider  view  shows 
that  the  City  still  occupies  a  position  of 
scarcely  varied  importance  in  the  commerce 
of  the  country,  and  that  it  has  what  may  be 
called  a  solid  capital  of  trade  transacted, 
from  which  everything  can  be  hoped  m  the 
future,  if  her  conimercial  leaders  are  true  to 
their  own  interests.  During  the  last  four 
years  the  percentage  of  the  foreign  trade  of 
the  country  done  by  New-York  has  been  as 
follows :  : 

^J2-3,     1873-4.     1874-6.  1875-6. 

P&cent.  Per  ceut.  Per  cent  Per  cent. 

Itnporta 64  66  66  65 

Exports 48  48  51  45 

Total 56  56  58  54 

It  will  be  seen  by  the  above  th  at  New- 
York  still  holds  more  than  one-half  of  the 
foreign  trade  of  the  country  ;  that  her  im- 
ports are  relatively  larger  than  three  years 
ago,  and  that  her  exports  have  fallen  aWay 
but  3  per  cent,  of  the  entire  exports  of 
the  country.  This  particular  fact  is  of  great 
interest,  and  deserves  to  be  carefully  ex- 
amined ;  but  it  would  be  idle  to  reason,  in 
the  face  of  such  figures,  that  New- York  has 
lost  and  must  lose  her  commercial  suprem- 
acy. It  is  threatened,  but  it  is  for  her  mer- 
chants to  say  whether  it  shall  be  properly 
and  fully  defended  or  not. 

In  conclusion,  we  refer  our  readars  to  the 
following  tables  of  the  exports  and  imports 
of  the  four  principal  seaboard  cities  of  the 
country  for  the  past  three  years.  The  fig- 
ures for  1875  cover  the  twelve  months  ending 
May  31,  but  are  substantially  of  the  same 
value,  for  comparison,  as  the  others,  which 
cover  the  respective  fiscal  years  : 

IMPORTS. 

1S76.  1875.  1874. 

Baltimore $22.103866       $28,045  073  $29,122,540 

Boston 36.199.379        50,419,511        49,937,382 

P^llarielpbia...  22,433.797        24.127,252        26,424.605 

New- York 297.844,.'i39       356.651,715  380,500,159 

EXPORTS. 

1870.                1875.  1874. 

Baltimore $31,210,807      $27517.918  $27,513,111 

Boston 36,041,892       28.908.495  28,335  627 

Philadelphia...  40,254,075        28,680.934  33,098,905 

New-York 294,705,902       323,916,647  340.360.269 

It  wUl  be  seen  that  all  the  cities  have  lost 
in  imports,  while  all  the  cities,  except  Nsw- 

York,  have  gained  in  exports,  Philadelphia 
having  gained  the  most,  relatively.  The 
statistics  for  the  calendar  year,  which  must 
soon  be  forthcoming,  will,  however,  throw 
some  light  on  the  question  whether  the 
changes  hero  shown  ai;^  still  going  on,  and 
at  what  rate. 


A  CASE  OF  MISTAKEN  SYMPATHY. 
A  working  men's  organization  in  Philadel- 
phia has  committed  the  amazing  folly  of 
holding  a  mass-meeting  to  protest  against 
the  sentence  of  the  convicted  "  .MoUie  Ma- 
guires  "  of  Schuylkill  County.  The  meet- 
ing was  held  last  Sunday  night,  and  is  called 
by  the  local  papers  "a  rousing  affair."  The 
vroceedings,  in  order  to  give  them  the 
sanction  of  a  largo  society,  were  held  under 
the  auspices  of  what  is  known  as 
the  Philadelphia  Section  of  the  Work- 
ing Men's  Party  of  the  United  States. 
Making  all  allovrance  for  the  unthinking 
ignorance  of  the  speakers,  it  must  be 
confessed  that  the  spirit  of  the  meeting  was 
alarming.  There  was  no  pretense  that  the 
convicted  men  were  innocent  of  the  fright- 
ful crimes  charged  against  them.  The  plea 
urged  in  palliation  of  their  guilt  was  that 
they  had  been  oppressed  by  a  rich  monopoly. 
One  speaker  said  "the  unlortunate men  had 
been  led  into  what  they  had  done  for  the 
cause  of  the  working  men."  That  is  to  say, 
the  murders  were  planned  and  committed  in* 
the  interests  of  a  class,  and  not  for  private  re- 
venge or  gain.  Another  speaker  said  that 
"  the  people  were  fast  drifting  into  a  condi- 
tion where  revolution  would  be  necessary  to 
obtain  and  retain  the  people's  right8,of  which 
they  w^ere  being  defrauded  by  monopoly." 
The  condition  of  the  working  men  was  de- 
scribed as  being  one  of  "  frightful  feudal- 
ism." and  that  of  the  miners  as  slavery.  The 
resolutions  which  were  adopted,  besides  de- 
manding commutation  of  punishment  for 
the  convicted  murderers,  denouuced  the 
privileges  of  "capitalistic  classes  as  the 
primary  and  ultimate  cause  of  the  crimes 
which  had  been  committed  in  Schuylkill 
County."  It  is  a  wonder  that  these  men 
were  willing  to  admit  that  the  murders  of 
mining  bosses  were  crimes.  Since  these 
deeds  were  committed  in  the  interests  of 
working  men,  they  ought  to  be  chivalrous 
and  honorable. 

It  should  not  be  necessary  to  say  a  word 
to  describe  the  enormity  of  the  crimes 
which  have  been  perpetrated  in  the  Penn- 
sylvania mining  regions.  Nor  is  there  any 
doubt  as  to  who  were  the  criminals.  The 
record  in  Schuylkill  County  for  less  than 
four  years  shows  a  total  of  fifty  murders, 
to  say  nothing  of  innumerable  murderous 

assaults.       In    most    instances,  the    victims 

were  men  who  had  notoriously  incurred  the 
enmity  of  the  Mollie  Maguires.  They  were 
mining  bosses,  informers,  or  workmen  who 
had  taken  contracts  outside  of  the 
pale  of  the  secret  organization  known 
as  Mollies.  The  tales  of  the  machina- 
tions of  the  carhonari  of  Southern 
Europe  ara  not  more  revoltiag  than 
the  disclosures  made  at  some  of  the  trials 
in  Schuylkill  County.  Frequently,  when 
prisoners  at  the  bar  have  seen  their  own 
conviction  becoming  certain,  they  have 
made  confession.  Kerrigan,  on  trial  for 
the  murder  ot  Policeman  Yost,  was  one 
of  those  whose  revelations  showed  the 
wickedness  of  the  great  conspiracy.  Mc- 
Parlan,  the  detective,  who  played  the  part 
of  a  desperate  adventurer,  and  consorted  for 
months  with  the  Mollies,  unraveled  a  chain 
of  evidence  which  was  as  damning  as  it  was 
conclusive.  And  Kelly,  another  witness 
familiar  with  the  inside  operations  of  the 
gang,  has  just  divulged  a  similar  story  of 
murder  in  the  trial  now  in  progress  at 
Bloomsbnrg,  Penn.  The  secrecy  of  the 
movements  of  the  oath-bound  ruffians 
and  the  unamimitv  with  which  they  usually 
stand  by  each  other  in  their  crimes,  have 
made  convictions  difficult.  Nevertheless, 
■everal  of  these  murdererg  have  been  found 


guilty  on  evidence  "vhioh  cannot  be  dis- 
turbed. * 

The  fact  that  the  organization  which  is 
variously  known  as  the  Mollie  Maguires,  or 
the  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians,  is  a 
widely -ramifying  conspiracy  has ''been  the 
canee  of  its  great  strength.  So  many  mnr- 
ders  were  committed,  and  so  many  persons 
were  implicated,  that  the  members  of  the 
.order  seemed  to  think  their  arrest,  con- 
viction, and  execution  a  physical  and 
moral  impossibility.  One  of  the  imprisoned 
Mollies  was  heard  consoling  his  accomplice 
in  the  next  cell  with  the  remark  that 
it  would  not  be  fair  to  hang  two  or  three 
men  and  let  the  rest  get  off;  and  that,  if  all 
were  to  be  hanged,  it  would  be  too  out- 
rageous for  the  community  to  endure.  Grad- 
ually, too,  these  monsters  have  so  accus- 
tomed themselves  to  the  shedding  of  blood 
that  men  and  women  alike  regard  their 
"enemies"  as  fair  game.  They  have  no 
more  compunction  at  perpetrating  murder 
than  if  the  deed  were  a  trivial  proceeding 
for  their  own  convenience.  One  of  these 
rnffflans,  -when  remonstrated  with  for  being 
party  to  the  killing  of  an  obnoxious  work- 
man, replied,  with  nsulvet^,  "Sure,  wasn't 
he  warned?"  as  though  that  justified  the 
subsequent  proceedings. 

It  is  a  frightful  error  tor  honest  and  law- 
abiding  working  men  in  any  part  of  the 
country  to  profess  sympathy  with  the  con- 
victed murderers  of  SchuylkilL  That  they 
have  been  thus  convicted  in  communities 
where  the  weight  of  public  opinion  was 
made  by  their  accomplices  and  sympathizers 
is  conclusive  of  their  guilt.  In 
a  county  where  bloodshed  has  been 
common,  it  is  now  proclaimed  that 
the  guilty  men  should  be  spared.  They 
spared  nobody.  The  gang  which  these 
brutal  ruffians  represent  spared  nobody.  If 
a  mining  boss  or  a  casual  laborer  incurred 
their  displeasure,  he  was  executed  with  the 
coolness  and  deliberation  of  a  judicial  pro- 
ceeding. Perhaps  the  hanging  of  a  few  of 
these  monsters  will  have  no  deterring  effect 
upon  their  surviving  comrades.  Certainly, 
nothing  short  of  this  will  terrify  them. 


INEXPENSIVE  GIRLS. 

Every  intelligent  man  knows  that  what 
is  popularly  called  "  perpetual  motion"  is 
an  impossibility ;  nevertheless,  the  constant 
idiot  who  believes  that  he  can  make  an 
engine  which  will  furnish  its  own  motive 
power  never  loses  faith  in  perpetual  motion. 
He  goes  on,  from  year  to  year,  spending  his 
money  in  cog-wheels  and  other  rain 
machinery,  and  dies  iu  the  full  conviction 
that  if  he  could  have  lived  a  fortnight  longer 
he  would  have  proved  the  practicability  of 
perpetual  motion. 

Closely  analogous  to  this  curious  delusion 
is  the  theory  that  it  is  possible  to  construct 
a    girl   who   shall    live    without   food.     As 

science  has  conclusively  shown,  the  mys- 
terious object  commonly  known  as  the 
human  girl  is  merely  an  engine  which  con- 
sumes caramels  and  other  miscellaneous 
fuel,  and  which  Jis  built  ot  weak  materials, 
which  cannot  last  much  longer  than  sev- 
enty years.  To  invent  a  girl  that  will  fur- 
nish her  own  motive  power  and  will  con- 
sume no  fuel  whatever  is  as  impossible  as  to 
invent  any  other  variety  of  perpetual- 
motion  machine.  And  yet  ignorant  persons 
are  constantly  engaged  in  this  hopeless 
task,  and  about  once  in  every  year  we  are 
told  that  the  desired  girl  has  been  success- 
faUy  consti-ucted  and  is  in  full  operation. 
The  latest  announcement  of  the  kind  comes 
from  the  town  of  Galesburg,  111.,  which 
boasts  the  possession  of  a  girl  who  has 
eaten  nothing  since  last  July,  but  who  has 
nevertheless  been  in  constant  motion  ever 
since  that  date. 

There  is  no  doubt  that,  were  it  possible  to 
manufacture  girls  who  could  live  vrithout 
food,  they  would  speedily  supersede  the 
kind  of  girl  now  in  use.  At  present 
girls  are  undeniably  dear.  The  first 
cost  of  a  well-built  girl  is  not  very 
great,  but  the  necessity  of  suppl.ving  her 
with  food  three  times  a  day  entails  a  con- 
stant outlay  of  money.  There  is  no  economy 
in  feeding  her  with  .an  inferior  quality  of 
food,  or  in  diminishing  the  amount  which 
she  is  calculated  to  consume.  Scientific 
persons  have  ascertained  the  precise  num- 
ber of  "  units  of  work"  that  are  contained  in 
a  single  pound  of  pure  caramels,  and  if  a 
girl  is  constructed  so  as  to  perform  a  cer- 
tain amount  of  flirtation,  piano-playing,  and 
novel-reading  upon  one  pound  of  caramels, 
she  can  do  only  half  as  much  work  upon 
half  a  pound.  The  worst  of  it  is,  the  girl  re- 
quires to  be  regularly  supplied  with  food 
and  to  have  her  steam  constantly  kept  up, 
BO  to  speak,  no  matter  whether  there  is  any 
demand  for  her  services  or  not.  In  this  re- 
spect she  is  decidedly  inferior  to  the  ordinary 
steam-engine,  the  fires  of  which  may  be 
banked  or  even  entirely  extinguished  when 
the  engine  is  not  in  use.  No  such  expedient 
can  be  adopted  in  the  case  of  a  girl,  for  as 
soon  as  she  is  deprived  of  food  her  machinery 
falls  to  pieces,  and  she  becomes  entirely 
valueless.  It  is  true  that  occasionally  she 
may  be  sold  for  a  trifling  sum  to  the  junk 
department  of  some  medical  college,  but  the 

demand  for  sorap-girlis  usually  very  limited. 
There  would  obviously  be  a  great  saving 
effected  if  this  daily  consumption  of  fuel 
could  be  avoided.  If,  during  Lent,  for  ex- 
ample, girls  could  have  their  fires  banked, 

and  their  machinery  oonld  remain  inactive 

until  they  should  be  needed  to  set  society 
once  more  in  motion,  the  saving  thereby 
effected  would  be  enormous.  Every  scien- 
tific peison,  however,  knows  that  this  is 
impossible  so  long  as  the  law  of  nature, 
which  strictly  prohibits  the  production  of 
effects  without  adequate  causes,  remains  in 
force.  When,  therefore,  the  inventor  of  the 
Galesburg  girl  grimly  asserts  she  has  used 
no  food  for  six  couseputive  mouths,  and  is, 
nevertheless,  in  good  running  order,  we 
know  that  he  is  an  impostor.  It  is  admitted 
that  the  girl  does  not  develop  as  much  power 
as  an  ordinary  girl  ot  the  same  dimensions 
would  develop.  She  walks  slowly,  and  a 
local  young  man  who  has  experimented 
with  her  asserts  that  she  swings  on  the  front 
gate  in  a  feeble  and  listless  manner,  and 
that  her  stroke,  when  engaged  in  croquet, 
is  weaker  than  that  of  the  average  theo- 
logical student.  Still,  the  fact  that  she  .is 
capable  of  any  work  whatever  proves  that 
she  consumes  food.  The  quantity  may  be, 
and  probably^is,  smaller  than  that  used  by 
other  girls,  but  that  she  is  regularly  sup- 
plied with  food  is  an  absolute  certainty. 

The  inventor  claims  that  the  girl  con- 
sumes her  own  adipose  tissue  by  some 
mysterious  system  of  absorption,  »nd 
that   as  fSut  as   it  ia  conauaad  it  nap- 


peara  in  its  original  shape.  Wete  any  one 
to  assert  that  the  smoke  and  gases  arising 
from  the  coal  consnmed  by  a  Cnnardei 
could  be  coUeot^i^  and  solidified  into  pre- 
cisely the  original  quantity  of  coal,  and 
that  this  could  be  again  nsed  as  fael,  he 
would  be  instantly  advised  to  go  West  and 
edit  the  Louisville  Cowier-Jimmal.  Yet. 
there  are  persons  not  entire1.v  devoid  of  io^ . 
telligence  who  really  believe  that  the  Gales- 
burg girl  constantly  accomplishes  gnite 
as  impossible  a  feat.  When  it  is  remam-, 
bered  that  they  believe  this  solely  upon  the 
bare  word  of  her  inventor,  we  can  hardly 

wonder   that    purchasers   have    been  found 

for  the  stock  of  the  Keely  Motor  Company.  ' 
There  is  a  very  simple  way  of  exposing 
the  false  claims  made  for  this  Galesburg 
girl.  Let  her  inventor  allow  her  to  be  thor- 
oughly searched  for  concealed  sausage  and 
other  condensed  food,  and  then  let  her  b( 
confined  for  a  week  iu  a  cell  where 
no  food  can  be  secretly  brought  to  her.  Be- 
fore that  time  has  expired  the  girl  wiU 
either  beg  for  food  or  her  machinery  will 
have  ceased  to  act.  Of  course,  the  inventor 
will  not  consent  to  do  this,  since  it  is  much 
more  profitable  for  him  to'  exhibit  his  gir 
at  popular  prices,  but  his  nnwilliugness  tc 
allow  her  to  be  thoroughly  tested  will  be  t 
sufficient  proof  that  he  is  imposing  upon  the 
Galesburg  public  and  raising  false  hopes 
among  unscientific  fathera  who  are  dissatis- 
fied with  the  annual  cost  of  operating  girls 
of  the  usual  pattern.  | 


THE  PACIFIC  RAILROAD  DEBATE 


To  the  Edztor  of  the  Nerc-  Totk  Times  ; 

The  discussion  now  progressing  in  tbeSenai 
over  the  Pacific  Railroad  Sinking  Fund  turns  upon 
the  qneHtion  as  to  wtaicb  of  the  two  bills  reported- 
one  by  the  Judiciary  and  the  other  by  the  Bailway 
Committee— is.  on  the  whole,  the  best  adiustmeni 
for  the  G-ovemment  and  the  Treasury.  They  diflfjr 
in  principle  aa  well  aa  in  details.  Xbatof  the  Jaaici- 
arv  Committee  is  drawn  on  the  theory  of  compulsion 
and  legal  enforcement  of  the  harshest  policy  agaiosl 
the  railroad  comDanies ;  that  of  tbe  Railwa.y  Com 
mittee  treats  tbe  saDject  as  a  dispute  between  tw< 
business  concerns  not  necessarUy  hostile.  Tbe  one 
points  to  a  lone  litigation,  the  oiber  to  a  dednite 
and  final  settlement  of  all  disputes  in  regard  to  these 
bonds.  Ii  is,  therefore,  a  choice  of  methods  of  pro- 
cedure. 

It  is  characteristic  of  the  bias  which  tralnina 
gives  to  men's  minds  Jo  find  the  lawyers  (or  ratbei 
a  part  of  them)  on  tbtf  Judiciary  Committee  inclin- 
ine  toward  and  recommendlne  a  plan  for  enfdrclnz 
aflsnmea  legal  riehts ;  and  that  tbe  businessmen: 
of  the  Railway  Committee  (which,  however,  con- 
tains eood  lawyers  also)  should,  with  great  una- 
nimity, incline  to  a  practical,  countiUK-hoase  plan 
of  adjobtment  as  the  best  for  both  parties.  To  tliS:, 
average  lawyer  tbe  prospect  of  a  law  suit,  with  ItEi 
successive  appeals  and  delays,  which  strikes  terror 
to  the  heart  of  all  bat  angry  laymen,  is  a  matter  of 
course ;  it  is  In  tbe  line  of  his  professioo.  Bat  to 
the  average  business  man.  with  bis  ofi^band  meth- 
ods of  settling  things  as  they  arise,  a  protracted 
litigation  ia   regarded    as   aboat  the  worst   possible 

conclusion.  It  means,  in  most  cases,  not  only  a 
possible  loss  of  tbe  case  itself,  but  also  a  certain 
loss  of  time,  money,  and  labor.  In  abort,  as  a 
mode  of  recovery  of  bad  or  doubtful  debts,  or  fox 
anticipating  debts  not  yet  dne  and  ill.secnred,  it  is 
equivalent  to  throwing  away  good  money  after  bad. 
Too  often  the  winner  of  the-  sail  is  a  loser  by  it. 

Tbe  Judiciary  bill  attempts  to  define  "net  earn- 
ings "  as  the  gros.4  receipts,  less  only  tbe  expense 
of  operation,  allowing  no  deduction  tor  interest  pay- 
ments, taxes,  renewals,  &o.  It  then  retiuires  25  per 
cent,  ot  the  net  earnings,  so  ascertained,  to  be  paid 
into  a  sinking  fand  to  cancel  tbe  United  States 
bonds  at  maturity,  together  with  the  whole  of  the 
transportation  bills  for  Government  freights,  &c 
I(  farther  declares  this  claim,  so  set  up,  a  lien  on 
the  property  of  tbe  company  ahea^  of  tbe  later 
issues  of  beads,  floatiiig  debt,  and  capital  stock.  It 
is  contended  by  its  friends  that  Congress  has  re 
served  the  power  to  change  the  contract  in  these 
particulars,  and  to  this  extent. 

This  position  is  resisted  by  other  Senators  on 
the  ground  tbat  the  power  to  alter  or  amend  the 
original  acta  was  expressly  limited  to  certain  pur- 
poses, tor  the  completion  ot  tbe  road,  and  keeping 
It  in  repair ;  and  that,  at  any  rate,  tbe  vested  rights 
of  the  companies  are  saved  in  tbe  same  clause. 
Senators  Conkling,  Mitchell,  Bontwell,  Hitchcock, 
West,  and  Logan,  attack  the  comoulsory  bill  as 
unconstitutional  in  tbis  respect,  as  It  violates  cue 
contract  with  these  parties,  and  breaks  the  pnblio 
faith  to  no  good  purpose,  and  describe  it  as  "a 
legislative  b'under."  bactfje  all  that  it  seeks  to  ob- 
tain by  coercion  and  cosily  collision  in  the  courts, 
can  be  had  witbouMr.  by  tha  peaceful  and  arbitra- 
tive  measure  introducdd  by  Sanator  Gordon  as  a 
compromise. 

Tbe  Railway  Committee  bave  bad  this  dispute 
before  them  for  two  years,  and  last  aesaion  adopted 
apian  for. be  creatloD  of  aslntctug  fund,  ana  for 
taking  the  unsold  laud  of  tbe  company  ss-secnrii.v 
for  tbe  debt.  Meanwaile  tbe  House  has  passed  a 
bill  similar  to  that  now  pending.  The  Gordon  bill, 
as  amended  by  the  Bailway  Cuoiinittee,  deems  ^ 
wise  not  to  enter  noon  any  such  mode  of  seitlemenc 
as  percentages  uf  net  eamias« — wherein  tne  Giv- 
emment  would  always  be  at  a  disadvantage^'DUC  to 
adopt,  instead,  a  specific  sucn  aaapted  to  ihe  ora']- 
able  ability  of  tbe  cumoanies  to  meet  and  which 
will  cancel  the  debt  wiibin  a  reasonable  tune,  the 
eq^uities  on  both  sides  being  dnly  rt'enrded. 

The  Substitute  Dill  goes  npoii  this  priuCiple,  and 
requires  a  sinking  fund  of  a  milliin  at  tbe  stare 
from  each  of  the  two  solvent  companies,  (all  tbe 
rest  are  either  insolvent  or  without  any  nee  earn- 
ings to  divide)  and  at  least  (750,000  annaaliy,  which 
will  overtake  and  extinguish  the  subsidy  bonas  .and 
interest  thereon  bv  19152.  It  sDonld  berememoered 
that  the  United  States  bonds  dooot  mature  till  1893- 
1900,  and  that  by  tbe  decision  of  tbe  Supreme  Cuurt 
coe  companies  are  not  liable  to  pay  thviU  till  then. 
Tbe  Government  Is  not,  therefore,  entitled  to  aoy 
interest  upon  interest,  com pouo ding;  but  if  the 
companies  pay  in  advance  the.v  are  entit.el  to  in- 
terest on  their  monev.  The  mistake  commonly 
made,  and  into  which  even  Senator  Wal- 
lace fell  in  bis  remarks,  consists  in  treaiiog 
the  delivery  of  the  subsidy  bonds  as  so 
much  money  paid  ouo  of  tbe  Treasury,  instead  of 
promissory  obligations,  aod  coocludvug  tberefroia 
that  the  Government  is  entitled  to  interest  upon 
what  it  owes.  Tbe  (xovernment  bad  not  the  money, 
hence  it  borrowed  it  aud  pars  Interest.  The  bonds 
not  having  been  paid  yet,  the  companies  oniv  owe 
it  in  the  sense  that  they  are  liable  to  pay  it  when  it 
is  dne,  some  20  odd  years  bence.  Tois  u  a  matter 
wnicb  accooDtsinls  and  bankers  auder^cand  perfect- 
ly well;  and  if  Cousress,  instead  of  exploring  tbe 
oooiiS  tor  precedents,  Uiion  wti;it  most  be  oonies^ed 
as  an  nnprecedeoted  operation.  The  proper  organ  of 
the  Government,  were  to  leave  it  to  some  such  builv 
as  the  Arbitra. ion  Committee  of  oor  Cbamb-r  of 
Commerce,  there  wou.d  bo  no  difiScalty  in  roacbiai 
a  satisfactorv  decision  .by  wnicii  bulb  sides  cuuid 
abide. 

In  the  absence  of  any  such  body  tbe  Railway 
Committee  has  perfected  a  short,  simple  bill,  after  a 

tall  examination  into  its  merits.  Or  course,  fOe^ 
powerial  railroad  companies  will  reaiat  anycbins 
like  harsh  nr  comp;iliory  measures.  Tnev-  are  ad- 
vised by  the  ablest  legal  lalunt  in  the  coantry  as  ro 
their  rigbts  under  their  contract  with  the  G-ovem- 
ment ;  and  tbe  resalt  ot  the  litigation  up  to  tbia 
time  shows  how  much  better  they  have  been  served 
than  the  nation  bas  by  its  legal  oouuseL  There  is 
no  rational  douut  aa  to  the  tate  uf  toe  Juliciary 
bill  if  It  goes  before  tbe  Supreme  Court.  On  tba 
ground  that  if  tnis  Congress  cau  take  23  per  cent 
of  their  raven  ues.  tbe  next  one  may  take  50  oer 
ceut.,.tbe  compaules  will  be  bound  tu  bave  their 
rights  determined  by  the  tribonal  charged  with 
that  function  by  tbe  Constitution.  The  Judiciary 
bill,  if  It  were  passed,  setdes  nothing.  It  only  in- 
vites these  companies  into  eourt,  and  tempts  ibdm 
to  besiege  future  Couiiresses  to  repeal  it.  Wnuevei 
wan£s  to  see  tbe  legislation  ot  tbe  conutry  exempt- 
ed from  these  ioflueuces,  and  at  the  same  time  see 
tbis  8eoond-m<ir triage  deot,  of  doubifiil  coUectu- 
bility,  paid,  sbonid  deaire  to  bbc  the  sabsrituie  bill 
prevail.  The  Government  and  tbe  companies  can 
accept  that,  and  that  ii  an  end  of  ibe»e  coufilc  i.-i; 
contentions.  C. 

'TRE  NEW-JERSEI    OONIBOLLERSHIP. 
Special  Disvateh  to  the  Sew- Torie  times. 

Trenton,  Feb.  12.— Both  parties  can- 
cused  this  evening  to  prepare  for  the  jcnnt 
meeting  t«-morrow.  Tbe  Bepublicans  made  no 
nomination,  but  wdl  reconvene  in  the  morn- 
ing. In  the  Democratic  caucus,  on  the 
first  ballot,  William  P.  MeMichael,  for  State 
Controller,  received  21  votes,  being  a 
malonty,  but  before  the  result  had  been 
annoimoed,  Paxton,  of  Hudson,  went  ^ 
over  to  Eobert  Stockton,  who  was  declared  the  ' 
nominee  of  the  caucus.  An  ettort  was  made  ' 
to  make  the  nomination  unanimous,  but  tbis 
was  stoutly  resisted  by  McMiohael'a  friends, 
aud  it  tailed.  There  ie  serious  talk  of  a  bolt. 
Mid  one  oromtnent  Democrat  is  o£fermg  to  bet 
(1.000  that  ScooKton  will  not  be  eleoved.  to-mox^ 


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Cd^^GBESS  BRBJND  IN  ITS  WORK. 
1  BILL  ADOPTED  IN  TflE  HOUSS  BBMOYINQ 
XHB  BARBIXB  TO  LEOISI^TION  CAUSES 
BT  TBB^  XLECTORAI.  COrTNT— ONLT  ONB 
OF  XHS  APPROPBIATION  BILLS  THUS 
FAR  PASSEI>— THS  TKXAS  PACIFIC  8UB- 
8IDT. 
apteial  Dtipatch  to  flu  A'eie- For*  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  12.— Since  the  first 
i&y  the  two  houses  met  in  Joint  convention  to 
count  the  Electored  vote,  a  technical  barrier 
has  precl^d  all  leeislative  acts  except  action 
upon  the  Appropristiom  bills,  and  such 
business  as  might  be  iransacted  b7 
nnanimouB  consent.  The  Electoral  Com- 
muaion  act  prevents  an  adjonrnment 
pending  the  counting  of  the  rote,  and  each 
house  has  been  required  to  take  a  daily  recess 
untSl  10  o'clock  the  following  day.  By  a  sort 
ot  legislative  fiction  the  sessions  of  Congress 
■ince  Feb.  1  are  regarded  as  a  continuation  of 
the  session  of  Thursday,  Feb.  1,  and  the  records 
of  both  houses  show  that  everything  done 
since  was  done  as  of  that  date. 
The  result  has  been  a  kind 
of  legislative  deadlock,  from  which 
there  was  no'  relief  except  by  legislation. 
To-day  the  House  Committee'On  Bules  reported 
an  amendment  to  the  rules,  providing  that 
pendmg  the  Electoral  count  and  while  the 
Honse  is  not  engaged  in  that  bnsiness  the  rega  • 
lar  legislation  may  proceed  each  calendar  day 
the  same  as  if  an  adjournment  had  taken  place, 
this  rule  not  to  interfere  in  any 
way  with  the  progress  of  the  Electoral 
count  or  the  consideration  c£  the 
decisions  of  the  Electoral  Commission  when 
piesented  to  the  Joint  Convention.  The  new 
rule  was  adopted.  The  necessity  for  this  relief 
was  imperative.  There  are  now  only  17  legisla- 
tive days  remaining  to  the  present  Congress, 

and  the  calendars  of  both  Houses  are  crowded 
with  bnsiness,  some  of  }t  quite  important 
in  character.  Of  the  12  resrular  appro- 
priation bills  only  one  has  been  enacted 
and  much  of  the  time  yet  remaining  to  the  ses- 
•ion  will  be  required  to  complete  these.  Oa  the 
private  calendar  of  the  House  tb^re  are  240 
Wis.  and  en  the  public  calendar,  €0.  In  addi' 
tion,  there  are  30  bills  set  aside  as  special 
orders.  Considering  the  time  that  must  ne- 
cessarily be  occupied  with  the  Electoral  count 
and  the  consideration  of  the  regular 
appropriation  bills,  it  is  plain  that  very  little 
pending  legislation  ot  a  general  character  will 
be  passed  upon  at  this  session.  There  is  one 
anfortaaate  feature  of  the  affairs  and  that  is, 
ithe  opportunity  it  affords  to  the  Texas  Pacific 
;  Bailroad  people  to^et  a  vote  upon  their  subsidy 
MIL  It  is  also  likely  that  the  railroad  influence 
was  more  pressing  than  the  demands  of  public 
'business  for  the  adoption  of  the  rule.  Because 
of  the  false  economy  of  the  Democratio  House 
the  appropriation  for  ^he^HH^  printing  has 
been  completely  eihaustedior  several  days, 
and  there  is  now  a  halt  in  the  consideration  of 
the  appropriation  bills  because  they  cannot  be 
printed  for  the  Senate.  Eepresentative  Hol- 
naan,  of  Indiana,  the  Chairman  of  the  Appro- 
priation Committee,  is  temporarily  unfitted  for 
work,  and  it  is  impossible  to  get  the  Confer- 
ence Oommittee  together  to  adjust  the  difier- 
ence  between  the  two  houses  in  the  Deficiency 
^ill  far  the  pubUe  printing. 

NOTES  FKOM  THE  CAPITAL. 
A  PBOPOSAL  TO  CARKY  THB  CHINESE  MAILS 
FOR  THE  yOSTAQE  AS  COMPKNSATIOJI — 
CALL  FOR  THE  REDEMPTION  OP  5-20 
BONDS — PRESIDENT  GRANT  PREPARING 
TO  VACATE   THB  WHITE   HOUSE- 

Washington,  Feb.  12. — A  member  of  the 
jBouse  Committee  on  Appropriations  said  to- 
<lay  that  the  committee  has  before  them  a  prop- 
osition from  the  Occidental  and  Oriental  Steam- 
ship Company  to  carry  the  mails  between  San 
Francisco,  Japan,  and  Chma  for  the  postage 
•nly  as  compensation.  There  is  an  amendmont 
to  the  Post  Office  Appropriation  bill  before  the 
Senate,  reported  by  Senator  Hamlin,  to  renew 
the  contract  for  monthly  service  with  the  Pa- 
cific Mail  Steam-ship  Company,  and  appro- 
priatmg  $500,000  for  that  service;  but  this 
amendment  cannot,  it  is  said  by  members, 
be  passed  by  Congress,  as  it  is  viewed 
ID  the  light  of  a  subsidy.  The  probability  is 
that  nothing  will  De  done  on  this  subject,  as 
the  Postmaster  General,  under  the  present 
laws,  is  authorized  to  oentract  for  ocean  mail 
:BerTice;  giving  the  postage  only  as  compensa- 
Ition. 

I     The  Acting  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to-day 
issued  the  thirty-ninth  call  for  the  redemption 

of  5.20  bonds  of  1865.  May  aad  November.  The 
call  is  tor  $10,000,000,  of  which  $7,000,000  are 
coupon  and  $3,000,000  registered  bonds.  The 
principal  and  interest  will  be  paid  at  the 
Treasury  on  and  after  the  12th  day  of  May 
next,  and  the  interest  will  cease  on  that  day. 
Following  are  descriptions  of  the  bonds : 
CunpoG  Bonds— $500.  Nos.  31,501  to  35.800.  both 
inclusive  ;  $1,000,  Nos.  70,551  to  79,000.  fiegis- 
tered,  Bonds— $50,  Koa.  401  to  450,  both  inclu- 
sive ;  $100,  Nos.  5301  to  5,950  ;  $500.  Nos.  3,6J1 
to  3,800  ;  Sl.OOd.  13.351  to  14.300  ;  $5,000,  Nos. 
5,101  to  5,350 ;  $10,000,  Nos.  9,301  to  9,750. 

The  requisitaon  of  tne  War  Department  in 
£b,tot  ot  Capt.  £ads  for  half  a  million  dollars 
worth  of  bonds,  on  account  of  his  work  in  the 
Missiasippi  Biver,  has  been  honored  at  the 
Trcasxirv  Departuient. 

A  statement  having  been  published  that  the 
late  parade  of  tbe  ELnigbts  ot  Momus  in  New- 
Orleans  was  a  gress  travestie  ot  the  President, 
his  Cabmet,  and  other  prominent  fiepublican 
otticers,  Gov.  NichoUs  telegrapbed  Coi.  Burke 
to-day  as  follows:  "The  sentiment  of  tha 
'Whole  community  is  opposed  to  what  appeared 
at  the  celebration  on  Thursday  last  It  was 
the  act  of  a  tew  private  individuals,  entirely 
nnauthonzed  and  unknown,  and  muyersally 
condemned  and  regretted." 

Dr.  Pope  this  evening  reports  that  Secretary 
Uomll  IS  steadily  though  slowly  improvmg. 

Until  farther  notice  the  President  will  not 
receive  visitors  on  business)  after  12  o'clock,  as 
he  IB  buaily  engaged  in  packing  up  his  papers, 
&c.,  preparatory  to  vacating  tbe  White  House. 
^  The  Board  of  Engineers  appointed  to  ex- 
amine into  the  stability  of  the  foundation  of 
the  Wastiingtou  Monument  has  decided,  it  is 
'  understood,  to  suggest  to  Congress  the  advisa- 
bility of  tearing  down  the  present  neglected 
Atruoture  and  the  removal  of  the  stones  to  tbe 
circle  at  tbe  intersection  of  Massachusetts  ave- 
nue and  Fourteenth  street,  where  they  could 
be  used  as  a  t>ase  ior  a  granite  sUaft  of  impos- 
ing height  and  design.  The  site  selected  is  the 
most  elevated  point  in  tbe  District,  and  is  snr- 
Tonuded  by  some  of  the  finest  dwellings.  This 
action  on  the  part  of  the  engineers  is  believed 
to  be  instigated  by  the  fact  that  in  boring  to 
ascertain  the  stability  of  the  foundation  ot  the 
monument  they  discovered  that  there  is  not 
firmness  euuugu  in  t  lie  soil  to  bear  the  increased 
"weight  of  the  addiBon  proposed  to  be  put  upon 
[the  Shalt.  .. 

A  petition,  signed  by  n75  influential  citizens 
ef  New-York,  waa  presented  to  tne  President 
to-day  by  Jared  oamord,  of  New- York  City, 
asking  that  W.  H.  H.  Ely,  of  Tarrytown,  who 
is  confined  m  the  Kings  County  Peuitentiary 
for  aiding  and  abetting  in  naturalization  &auds 
-which  were  practiced  at  Tarrytown  during  the 
late  election,  be  pardoned.  Ijetters  favermg 
the  petition  from  numerous  officials  of  West- 
ebester  Coonty  were  also  presented. 

liieut.  Emory  H.  Launt  is  ordered  to  the 
Portsmouth  Navy-yard.  Ensign  Qeorge  .  E. 
Hutter  is  ordered  to  the  Banger.  Lieut.  Oeorge 
C.  Clay  is  detached  Irom  the  Colorado  and 
ordered  to  the  Brooklyn  Navy-yard.  Lieut  B. 
E.  Carmody  is  detached  trom  the  Brooklyn 
Navy-j'ard  and  ordered  to  the  Colorado.  Chap- 
lain George  Crawford  is  detached  from  tbe 
receiving-ship  Wabash  and  ordered  to  the  Bos- 
ton Navy-yard. 

.  A  dispatch  from  the  United  Srates  Consul 
General  at  Berlin  contains  intormation  that 
the  cattle  disease  commonly  known  as  the 
Binderpesthas  made  its  appearance  in  differ- 
ent parts  ot  (Germany,  and  is  rapidly  spreading 
and  increasing  tbruugbont  the  country.  Con- 
sequently the  Treasury  Department  prohibits 
the  importation  of  neat  oatUe  and  the  hides  of 
neat  cattle  into  the  United  States  trom  Gter- 
-mamy  nntii  farther  ordera. 

The  PiMident  sent  tbe  following  nomina- 
tuna to  thaSa&at* to-day;   lUahanl  A.  W>*ts. 


to  be  United  States  Attorney  for  Wyoming 
Territory ;  John  B.  Keeter,  to  be  a  Paymaster 
in  the  Armr  with  the  rank  of  Me^jor.  Post- 
masters— Henry  Little  at  Auburn,  Me.;  Robert 
F.  Millner,  Newnan.  Ga.;   M.  A.  Breeden,  Santa 

F6,  New-Mexico, 

The  loUo^ng  were  the  balances  in  the  Treas- 
ury at  the  close  of  busineea  to-day  : 

Cnrrenoy,  $11,8024.53;  special  deposits  of 
legai'teoders  tor  the  redemption  of  certifioates 
of  deposit,  $35,985,000 ;  coin,  (including  coin  cer- 
tificates, $54,718,200,}  $^  618,227  ;  outstanding 
legal-tenders,  $364,984,812. 

The  receipts  trom  Internal  Bevenue  to-day 
were  $550,9<»17.  and  fiom  Customs,  $433,56l>33. 

THE  FAMOUS M AD DOX'S  CHARACTER 


HORB  WITNESSES    WHO    WILL    TESTIFY  KE- 
QAaDINO     HIS     FHAUDtTLBNT     TBANSAC- 

T10S8. 

Speoial  tHspateh  to  the  Nevo-Tork  Times. 
Baltimokk,   Feb.    12, — Gen.    Charles    C. 
Edgerton,  Deputy  Sergeant  at  Arms  of  the 

House  of  Bepresentatives,  arrived  here  this 
mommg  and  summcmed  Robert  Goldsborough 
Keen,  William  A.  Fisher,  Enoch  Pratt, 
CoL  Charles  Marshall,  and  W.  H.  Allen. 
These  gentlemen  letl  tor  Washington  to- 
day, and  will  appear  to-morrow  be- 
fore the  House  Committee  on  Powers 
and  Privileges  and  testify  in  regard  to  the 
character  of  Maddox.  It  has  been  ascertained 
that  the  gentlemen  named  are  cognizant 
of  frauds  perpetrated  by  Maddox  in  the  issue 
ot  bogus  stocks  ot  the  Parkersburg  branch  of 
the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  Company. 
Other  prominent  Baltimore  Democratic  politi- 
cians, who  know  more  about  '*  the  ways  that 
are  dark"  than  they  care  to  divu  ge,  will  at 
once  be  called  upon  to  visit  Washington. 


AMUsEMEjyTS. 


"  WILD  OATS  "  AT    WALACK'9. 

O'Keefe's  comedy   of  •'  Wild    Oats  "    was  a 

favurite  witn  audiences  in  very  old  times,  and  it 

still  keeps  its  bold  upon   the    stace — by    virtue    of 

Ita     incidental     rindication       of     the        player's 

art,  and  its  satire  ot  hypocrisy,  not 
to  sTieak.  of  its  two  or  tbree  amusing 
passages  of  eqaivnqae  and  ita  well-contraated  groap 
of  charactera.  This  piece  was  played  in  a  remark- 
ably spirited  manner  last  nigbt,  at  Wallack's,  and 
was  received  with  the  heartiest  approbation  by  a 
crowd  that  filled  tbe  theatre.  Mr.  Wallack  rattled 
through  Bover  with  nimble  grace,  and  gave  the 
qnotatioDs  after  tbe  manner  of  Charles  Keao,  anl 
was  very  happy  m  burlesqae  of  stage  maacerlsm. 
Ha  had  two  recalls  apon  the  scene.  Mr.  John  Gil- 
bert, as  Sir  Qeorge  Thunder,  gave  a  taste  of  his  beat 
quality  in  tha  choleric  scoae,  and  was  recalled 
with  quite  an  affectionate  enthasiaam.  Mr.  £. 
M.  Holland  made  a  neat  little  hit,  as  Sim 
Iklr.  ArDott  and  Mr.  ^Beckett  were  notably 
good  as  John  Dam/  and  £phraitn  Smooth.  Tbe  re- 
ception accorded  to  "  Wild  Oaia"  jaatlflea  anticipa- 
tion that  it  will  have  at  least  a  week  of  success. 


LOCAL   MENTION. 

A  concert  complimentary  to  Mr.  S.  Lasar 
will  take  place  at  the  Strong  Place  Baptist  Charch, 
in  Brooklyn.  Soesini'a  "Stabat  Mater"  Is  to  be 
snnz. 

Mr.  Daly's  adaptation  of  "Monsieur  Al- 
phonie "  is  tbe  current  attraction  at  tbe  Grand 
Opera-house.  Next  week,  "The  Two  Orphans" 
will  be  acted  tbere. 

Mme.  Annette  Essipeff  will  give  the  first 
concert  of  her  second  series  of  performances  at 
'Stemway  Hall,  this  evening.  She  will  have  tbe  co- 
operation, as  heretofore,  of  M.  Yivien  and  of  Mile. 
Pal  ma. 

"  Cymbeline"  was  acted  at  the  Walnut 
Street  Theatre  in  Philadelphia  laat  night  for  the 
first  time  (except  on  one  benefit  night)  since  tbe 
days  of  Ellen  Tree.  Tbe  aoenerr  waa  very  fine 
and  tbe  stage  attire  onnaaally  elegant.  Mlaa  Neil- 
son's  creation  of  CyitibeliTt*  was  poetical  and  tonota- 
ing  in  no  ordinary  dt-gree.  The  repreanntation  bore 
the  character  of  a  great  Sbakeaperean  revival,  and 
was  witnessed  by  a  thronged  house.  Tbe  applanse 
was  frequent. 

Mr.  Daly's  "local  folly,"  entitled  "  Round  the 
Clock,"  was  produced  at  the  GlTmpio  Theatre  yes- 
terday evemng.  *  This  well-remembered  panorama 
of  scenes  of  life  In  New-York  is  exhibited  under 
very  favorable  circnmsiances  at  the  Ol.vmpio.  the 
distribution  of  i6  es  calling  into  reqalsttion  tbe  aer- 
vices  of  Messrs.  Owen  Fawcett,  Lamb,  Leclercq, 
Davidge,  and  Barrymore.  and  those  of  Misses  Dtew 
and  Mary  Wells,  and  the  stagu  attire  of  tbe  work 
leaving  nothing  to  be  wished  for. 


FOREIGN   AFFAIRS. 

Straus  and  M^tra  each  receive  $2,800  for  con- 
ductmg  the  four  masked  balls  at  tbe  Paris  Opera. 

Gotz's  unfinished  opera  is  to  be  completed  by 
Herr  Frank,  of  Mannheim,  and  revised  by  Herr 
Brahms. 

Herr  Strauss'  buff'o-opera, ,  "  Prince  rfethu- 
salem,"  has  met  with  a  cordial  reception  in  Yienna, 
and  will  probably  become  popalar. 

The  production,   at  tbe  Brussels  Monnaie  of 

"Aids,"  with  tbe  French  book  of  MM.  dn  Loole 
and  Naitter  has  been  entirely  sacceHatuL 

It  is  announced  in  Paris  that  M.  Gounod  has 
sold  the  French  puolishing  nght  of  "Cinque  Mars" 
to  tbe  bouse  of  Gnu  fur  tbe  large  price  oi  £5,000. 

A  critical  journal,  entitled  the  Theatre,  is  to 
be  produced  in  London  at  once.  Mr.  Ozenford, 
formerly  of  the  lime*,  is  to  be  one  of  tha  contrlb- 
ntora. 

A  comedy  by  Mr.  W,  S.  Gilbert,  entitled 

"On  Bail,"  was  announced  for  production  at  the 
Criterion  Theatre,  m  London,  on  the  3d  of  Feb- 
ruary. 

Mr.  Irving  is  acting  in  "  Richard  ID.,"  the 
version  of  the  trauedv  being' pattiallj  rteed  trom 
Coiley  Gibber's  intarpolailons,  at  the  Lyceum  The- 
atre lu  London. 

M.  Sardou's  comedy  of  "  Fernando  "  has 
been  revived  at  the  Fans  Qymnase,  with  Mile. 
Legault  as  the  heroine,  a  part  la  woiuh  ahe  la  noi 
seen  to  tbe  nigheat  advantage. 

M.  Humbert's  latest  production,  "Jeanne, 
Jeanette,  et  Jeanneton,"  has  proved  as  snccessfal 
as  it  has  already  done  in  Patla.  Tbe  opperetta  has 
also  been  produced  at  St.  Petersburg. 

Two  important  sales  by  auction  will  take  place 
in  London,  this  month,  namely,  tbose  of  Her  Majes- 
ty's Theatre  and  tbe  Alexandra  Palace,  la  tbe  fjite 
of  both  of  which  the  musical  ctroles  are  muca  in* 
terested. 

The  subventions  granted  for  1877  to  some  of 
the  Paris  theatres  are,  Grand  Opdca,  800,000  francs; 
Com6die  Frtto^itse,  340.000  firaocs  ;  Ou^ra  Comiqae. 
140,000  rrancs ;  Lyriqae,  100.000  irauca;  Oaeon,  60,- 
000  irancs. 

M.  Bandmann,  a  German  aetor,  who  has 
achieved  a  ceitaln  celebrity  by  playing,  in  EugUah, 
Shakespeare's  characters  at  London  and  in  the  prov- 
inces, is  now  obtaining  great  applause  at  tbe  Thea- 
tre Boyal,  B«rlin.  by  peraonatlua;  Othello,  HamUt, 
King  L*ar,  d^c,  In  German. 

Mr.  Frederick  Sullivan,  whose  funeral  took 
place  a  fortnight  ago  in  London,  waa  a  brother  of 
the  composer,  and,  although  he  had  practiced  as  an 
architect,  took  to  the  lyiio  stage,  having  a  bass 
voice.  He  distingolshed  himself  in  the  part  of  the 
jndse  in  the  comic  operetta,  "Trial  by  Jury,"  by 
Messrs.  Giloert  and  Arthur  Sollivau. 

The  death  is  announced  at  Florence  at  the 
age  of  86  of  Pietro  Rumani,  the  celebrated  com- 
poser, vocalist,  and  singing-master.  Tha  Italian 
papers  say  that  Bomani,  who  was  an  intimate  friend 
of  Husainl,  really  compusud  Bartolo't  air  in  '*  11 
l>arbiere,"  and  alao  otchesiraied  soveral  of  Bua- 
Bini's  operas,  but  tbia  statemem  mnat  be  accepted 
with  a  yety  large  grain  ot  saltlndsed. 

The  inauguration  of  the  monument  to  Auber, 
the  composer,  was  to  toke  place  on  Jan.  27  in  farts, 
at  Fdre  la  Cbaiae  Cemetery.  In  the  evenfllg  there 
were  to  be  performances  of  his  wdrka  at  the  Ka- 
tional  Grand  Opera-house  and  at  tbe  Op6ra  Comlqne, 
(Salle  Favart ;)  at  the  latter  the  u^jnt  of  Mlie. 
Fechter,'  danj^ter  of  the  French  actor,  in  the 
'•  Ma.qovL"  was  to  take  place. 

The  anniversary  of  Moli&re's  birth  was,  as 
usual,  signalised  at  tbe  Paris  Franoais  and  the 
OuSon  by  the  productibn  of  apropos  sketches.  At 
the  former  houae  the  ilovolty  is  entitled  "  Le  Mag- 
iater,"  and  at  the  latter,  "  Le  Barbier  de  Pesenaa." 
Both  pieces  are  in  verse,  and  in  botn  Molidre  la  in- 
trodnoed.  At  the  FraB9al»,  he  ia  presented  by  M. 
Coquehn,  at  the  Od6jn,  oy  M.  Porel. 

Herr  von  Supp6,  the  composer  of  "Fatinitza" 
and  varioiu  aimilar  worka — extremely  popular  m 
Aastria  and  Germany— Is  not,  as  people  generally 
suppose,  a  native  of  "Vienna.  He  was  bom  at  Cre- 
mona, In  Iwy'.  Before  adopting  the  mnaioal  pr»- 
tesaioD,  be  atudieo  first  phUoaopby,  ana  then  Joris- 
prudence,  at  ^iogna.  In  order  to  qualify  himwlf 
for  a  post  la  tbe-ntablio  ciyll  aorvlcs,  out  the  love  of 
maalo  piiedoninSted,  and  brought  him  to  the  Aiu- 
tnan  eaiiital.  <«rhere 'he  baa  fwt  years  offlototed  as 
jo^tilatoff  at  tB0'3Eazl  Xiuaa»^ '  , 


MRS.  SPARE'S  LODGER. 

— — « — 

NEW  WAT  OF  ADVERTISING  ROOMS. 

THB   SIITCrT7I.AR   SPKCTACI.K  ON  SUNDAY — MA- 
JOR CORLISS    GIVES  AN   KXHIBITION    OF 

PICTURBS  BT  DAV,  AND  AN  ILLUMINA- 
TION AT  NIGHT— A  DISTRESSED  LAND- 
LADY, AND  A  PUZZLED  POLIOB  FORCE — 
STRANGE  INFATUATION  OF  THE  DAUGH- 
TER OF  A  BROOKLYN  CLERGYMAN — IM- 
PRISONMENT OP   THE   PRINCIPAL  ACTOR. 

In  The  Times  of  yesterday  there  appeared  a 

report  of  a  singular  distarbanoe  that  occurred  on 
the  preceding  day  and  evening  in  the  house  No. 
189  Second  avenue,  occupied  by  Mrs.  Mary  Sparr. 
a  widow.  About  10  o'cloolc  on  Sunday  mominK 
M^or  G.  W.  Corliss,  who  occupied  two  rooms  on 
the  third  floor  of  tbe  honse  in  question,  exhibited  a 
number  nf  placarda  in  his  windows,  beanne  tbe 
wordi  "Rooms  to  Let"  In  large  letters,  some  of  tbe 
placards  being  faatened  to  large  pictures  in  gilt 
frames  nfaiob  he  bad  taken  &om  tbe  walls  of  his 
room.  After  dark  he  changed  bis  programme,  and 
illuminated  the  windows  by  placine  a  namber  of 
candles  in  them.  This,  of  coarse,  caused  a 
large  crowd  to  assemble  in  front  of  the 
honse,  and  at  one  time  so  many  persons  had  assem- 
bled that  tbe  passage  of  the  street  cars  was  ob- 
structed.' The  Police  were  called  upon  by  Mrs. 
Sparr,  and  »a  officer  was  sent  to  the  house.  Upon 
rapping  at  the  door  of  the  Major's  room,  he  refused 
to  open  it,  and  finally  fired  a  pistol-shot  through  the 
door,  the  ball  passing  within  an  inch  or  two  of  the 
•fDoer's  breast.  Capt  MoCnllach,  of  the  Seventeenth 
Precinct,  was  then  informed  of  what  had  taken 
place,  and  went  to  the  honse.  He  also  spoke  with 
the  Major,  and  endeavored  to  Indnce  him  to  open 
the  door.  He  persisted  in  his  refusal,  and  swore 
that  he  would  shoot  the  first  man  who  came  in. 
should  tbe  door  be  broken  open.  Capt.  McCallagb, 
tbinkfng  that  he  had  to  deal  w  itb  a  madman,  decided 
that  it  wonld  be  better  to  proceed  cantioaaly,  and 
avoid  bloodshed,  and  to  that  end  withdrew  his 
men  from  tne  door,  tellinz  them  to  arrest  the 
man    ao    soon     as      he    ahonld     leave    his    room. 

Tde  officers  remained  on  guard  until  8:30  o'clock 
yeaterday  moming,  and  when  Mt^jor  Corliss  was  in 
the  act  of  leavine  the  hon«e  arres  ed  him.  Upon 
being  searched  at  the  Saventeenth  Precinct  Station- 
house  a  small  four  barreled  reyolver  was  found 
upon  bis  person.  OflSoers  were  then  seat  to  search 
his  rooms,  and  there  a  large  navy -size  seven-bar- 
reled revolTer  was  found,  with  five  of  the  cham- 
bers loaded  with  ball  cartridge.  Upon  compar- 
ing tbe  aiee  of  tbe  hole  in  the  door  of  tbe 
room  with  the  diameter  of  the  hole  of 
this  pistol,  it  was  evident  that  the  shot  which  had 
passed  so  un&t  the  officer  had  been  fired  from  It 
From  the  Station-house  Major  Corliss  was  taken 
to  tbe  Essex  Market  Police  Court,  before  •Instice 
Wandell,  where  Mrs.  Sparr  appeared  aeftlnat  him. 
After  heanne  the  case  the  Jostlce  fined  tbe  pri.<*- 
onerflO,  tfd  held  him  to  bail  iu  tbe  sum  of  $1,000 
to  keep  tne  peace  for  one  year. 

In  drder  to  learn  all  the  facts  in  tbe  case,  a  Times 
reporter  called  ou  Mrs.  Sparr  at  her  residence  yes- 
terday afternoon.  Mrs.  Sparr,  who  appears  to  be  a 
very  respectable  lady,  was  mil  suffering  fiom  tbe 
agitation  caused  by  tbe  events  of  the  day  before, 
and  her  appearance  in  the  Police  Court  as  a  com- 
plainant. She  said  that  she  woald  prefer  to  say 
nothing  about  tbe  trouble  she  bad  with  Major  Cor- 
liss, but  under  tbe  circumstances,  she  had  come  to 
the conclnsion  that  it  woolil,  perhaps,  be  better  to 
make  a  fall  statement  of  all  that  bad  occarred,  in 
order  that  her  actions  might  not  be  nii..constraed. 
On  tian.  24  Major  Corliss  had  come  to  h^r  house 
and  had  engazcd  two  furnished  rooms  on  tbe 
third  floor  at  the  rate  ot  |30  per  month,  and  bad 
paid  her  that  sum  in  advance.  He  represented  him- 
self as  being  a  literary  man,  connected  with  the 
Insurance  Oritic,  a  ionrnal  published  in  Chicago, 
and  said  that  be  hoped  there  would  be  no  objection 
made  to  his  sister  calling  on  him.  .  He  also  said  that 
he  would  be  called  upon  occasionally  by  ladies 
whom  be  employed  to  do  literary  work  for  bim. 
To  all  of  this  she  consented,  and  he  then  remarked 
tbat  his  alster  would  probably  come  to  bis  rooms  on 
the  next  day  "to  strew  Autumn  leayes."  On  tbe 
following  afternoon  a  young  lady  rane  ^he  front 
door  bell  and  asked  for  Major  Corliss.  Upon  being 
told  that  he  was  out,  she  said  tbat  she  was  bis  sistsr 
and  would  go  to  his  rooms  and  wait  for  bim.  Mr*. 
Sparr  said  that  if  abe  was  his  sister  there  was  no 
objection  to  her  doing  so.  Tbe  young  lady  was 
then  shown  to  tbe  Major's  rooma,  where  she  took 
off  her  wraps  and  made  herself  at  home. 
The  Major  came  in  shortly  after,  and  tbe  two  re- 
mained In  bis  apartments  until  6:30  o'clock,  whoa 
they  went  out  to  dine,  and  shortly  after  retnmed, 
and  stayed  in  bis  rooms  until  between  9  and  10 
o'clock.  On  Sunday  morning  tbe  yonng  lady  came 
aealn,  and  passed  the  whole  day  in  the  Major's 
rooms.  On  the  next  day  (Monday)  tbe  Major  aaked 
to  tee  her,  (Mrs.  Spnir,)  and  spoke  to  her  about 
the  smell  from  tbe  kitcbon  which  pervaded  the 
bouse,  aayine  that  bi.-i  l.idy  friend  objected  to  it. 
She  thongbt  It  strange  tbat  he  should  speak  ef  bis 
sister  in  that  way,  and  it  aroused  her  snspicions 
tbat  all  waa  not  ngbt.  Sbe  said  nothing  about 
that,  however,  bat  contented  herself  with  saying 
that  there  was  only  one  way  to  ston  the  smell,  and 
that  wa^  by  doios  wUbout  eatius,  and  sbe  did  not 
propose  to  do  tbat  Oo  tbat  day  and  on  Tuesday 
two  other  ladies  called,  and  on  Wsdnesday  tbe 
young  lady  who  had  represented  herself  as  be- 
ing his  sister  came  again.  Tbe  Major  was 
not  in,  and  she  proposed  to  go  to  his 
rooms  and  wait  for  him  as  Defore,  bat  she 
was  not  pennitt3d  to  so.  She  then  went  to  the  St. 
Denis  Hotel,  and  telegrnpbed  him  as  follows:  "I 
am  waiting  for  yon- — Grace,"  In  at>out  half  an 
boor  the  Major  came  io  with  the  yonni;  lady,  and, 
after  leaving  her  ia  bis  rooms,  asked  to  see  Mr*. 
Sparr.  and  complained  tbnt  bis  sister  bad  been  in- 
sulted. He  said  tbat  she  would  i;race  any  parlor,  ro 
which  Mrs.  Soarr  replletl  that  she  anoald  not  erace 
hers.  He  theu'asked  her  whether  sbe  had  any 
man  to  back  her,  and  told  her  that  be 
would  '•  fix  "  her  if  it  '  took  hia  life. 
VTtien  the  youne  lady  left  the  bouse,  Mrs.  Sparr, 
dktennining  to  flj<1  out  who  sbe  was,  followed  tier, 
and  learned  tbat  sbe  waa  the  daughter  of  a  clergy 
maa  residing  in  Brooklyn.  Tne  next  day.  alter 
consulting  with  a  legal  iteotlemaa  ot  hrr  acquaint- 
ance, she  decided  that  sbe  Witnld  see  the  yonog 
lady  s  mother  and  tell  her  of  what'  was 
eoinz  on.  Upon  arrivinz  at  tbe  bouse  she 
asked  tbe  lady  t«  allow  her  a  few  mom-nta  pri- 
vate conver-ation,  and  was  requested  to  walk  into 
tbe  back  parlor.  There  sbe  found  the  young  lady 
who  bad  been  in  the  babii  of  giinj;  to  her  bouse, 
and  whom  she  knew  as  Grace.  Upon  djsclo«ine  tbe 
object  of  her  visit  rbe  mother  was  much  affected, 
and  told  her  that  two  years  before  sbe  bad  insisted 
th^t  Major  Corliss  should  not  visit  her  bouse. 
Her  daughter  bad  become  infamated  wi<^h 
Uita  and  would  not  believe  any  ill  of 
bim.  She,  T^be  mothei.l  however,  bad  heard 
that  he  had  a  wife  livin):  lu  Fair  Haven,  Conn.,  ami 
bad  gone  there  and  bad  foond  a-  lady  dying  of  grief 
wno  bad  told  her  tbat  sbe  was  his  wite.  This  lady 
bad  also  told  her  that  he  had  been  trying  -to  get  a 
dirorou  from  her.  She  then  begged  Mrs.  Sparr 
to  tell  what  she  knew  of  Corlisa,  and  said  that 
if  she  would  do  anytoiug  to  break,  tbe 
infatuation  of  tbe  daueh  er  she  would  he  extremely 
^ratetul.  Mrs.  Sparr  thun  told  of  the  frequent  tIs- 
Ua  of  ladies  to  Major  Corlisj,  but  ibe  .younz  la^y 
refused  to  believe  nbat  she  said,  and  stated  that 
abe  was  married  to  him.  Mrs.  Sparr,  who  had  also 
ascertained  soiuething  of  the  character  of  a  woman 
whom  Corliss  was  accustomed  to  visit  in  Eighteenth 
Street,  told  the  ladies  what  sbe  bad  learuea  about 
her.  She  then  took  her  leave,  and  rotamed  Co  New- 
Tork.  ,   ^ 

A  tew  days  afterward  the  clergyman  s  wife  called 
on  Mrs.  Sparr,  with  lier  daughter,  and  a.skcd 
her  to  go  with  them  to  the  house  in  Figbteenth 
street  ia- order  that  the  young  l.idy  might  be  as- 
Bureil  ol  the  truth  of  Mrs.  Sparr's  allegations.  Mrs. 
Sparr  then  accompanied  them  lo  the  touse,  where 
the  iMidlady  zave  them  conclusive  evidence  of  the 
veracity  of  her  statements.  When  Major  Corhss 
learned  of  ber  visit  to  Brooklyn  be  was  Very  much 
incenaed,  and  again  saiu  that  ne  would  "  flx"  ber. 
Among  other  tuings  be  was  in  tbe  habit  of  leiting 
the  gas  bum  in  his  rooms  until  a  very  late  hour, 
and  sometimes  all  nignt.  In  order  to  save  ber  gas 
she  bad  tour  of  the  Ave  burners  in  bis  room  sealed 
uponSatuiday  last.  He  complained  of  thi«  very 
bitterly,  and  told  her  to  give  him  the  money  he  had 
paid  in  advance  and  he  wonld  leave  the  house. 
Xbis  sbe  retuaed  to  di>,  and  he  then  went  out  and 
bouiiht  a  lot  uf  candled  and  placed  them  all  about 
the  room  to  tbe  great  danice^  of  burninif  tha  house. 
On  Sunday  morninK  be  pinned  up  tbe  luce  curtains,  ' 
and  Just  as  tne  people  were  koiok  to  chtircb  bung 
her  pictures  out  ot  tbe  windows  «rith  placards  on 
them  annonnciug  that  the  rooms  were  to  let,  and 
also  displayed  the  tidies  tbat  were  on  tbe  foi-niture 
;ind  other  things  in  the  wiudows.  Mrs.  Sparr  re- 
monstrated wit  a  him,  but  he  paid  no  attention  to  ber, 
and  kept  up  the  display  until  3:30  o'clock, 
when  he  went  out.  She  then  had  the  pictures 
taken  in  and  the  rooms  put  in  order.  At  ni,iht  he 
leturned,  accompanied  by  a  lady,  and  having  pro- 
cured a  large  lot  of  caudles  made  a  regular  lilnmi- 
nation  in  nls  room.  Sae  aeain  remonstrated  with 
bim  and  be  renewed  bis  threats  ot  "  fixing  "  her. 
Sbe  then  applied  to  the  Pohce  for  protection,  and  an 
officer  was  sent  to  tbe  house.  Upon  being  asked 
to  open  the  door  be  refused,  and  uoon  tbe  otficer 
toraimc  the  knob,  fired  at  him  throuen  tbe  panel, 
the  ball  just  grazing  bis  breast.  Capt.  MoCullagh 
afterward  came  to  the  honse  and  endeavored  to 
pi-evail  upon  bim  to  open  tbe  door,  but  be 
still  refused,  and  declared  tbat  he  wonld  kill 
tha  flcat  maa  tbat  aatared  his  zoom.    Cant  Mjo- 


Cnliaeh  then  made  a  rsent-aotsanoe  through  the 
keyhole  and  saw  tbe  Major  standing  opposite  the 
door  with  %  cooked  revolver  in  his  hand.  He  then 
detailed  two  officers  to  romaiti  in  the  honse,  with 
orderi"  to  arrest  tho  MaJ-ir  u.-»  .soon  as  ho  should  at- 
tempt to  K«  oaf.  This  was  .l.'uo.  and  he  waa  taken 
to  the  station-house  aud  aftvrwanl  to  tbe  Essex 
Mnrket  Police  Court,  as  has  already  been  related. 

Capt.  McCullsgb,  ot  tbe  Seventeenth  Frecinot, 
when  called  apon,  corroborated  Mrs.  Sparr'a  state- 
ments in  regain  to  the  proceeding  of  tbe  Major  on 
Sunday,  and  said  that  he  had  never  seen  such  con- 
daot  in  a  sober  man  in  all  his  expenenoe  as  nn  offi- 
cer of  the  I'olioe.  fl«  thouehk  from  his  actions  at 
the  time  that  hs  waa  crazy,  but  after  haying  seen 
bim  and  conversed  with  bim  in  the  station-bouse 
and  in  the  court,  he  bad  no  reason  to  believe  that  be 
was. 

Major  Corliss,  who  up  to  a  late  hoar  bad  not  been 
able  to  furnish  bail,  waa  found  by  a  reporter  of  TUB 
Tikes  in  the  Essex  Market  Jail.  He  said  tbat  he 
had  advertised  for  rooms  as  follows: 

"WAyTKD— By  a  Uterarvman,  a  second-story,  well- 
ftimtsheu  and  heated  room,  nltn  mnninK  water;  ab- 
solute ladepoadence,  witbout  question;    state   terms." 

In  reply  to  this  adyertisement  he  bad  received  a 
letter  from  Mrs.  Spatr,  telling  him  tbat  ahe  had 
rooms  ahe  thoutcbt  would  suit  bim.  This  letter  was 
siened  "  Widow  Lady,"  bearing  at  tue  bottom  a 
postscript  to  inls  efiect,  "  All  tbe  quietneaa  yon 
wish."  He  '  had  gone  there  and  taken  the  rooms 
and  bad  told  ber  that  he  would  have  to  receive  a 
number  of  ladies,  as  he  had  business  to  transact 
With  them,  and  for  tbat  reason  rented  a 
parlor  as  well  as  a  bed-room.  She  had  aereed  to  the 
arrangement.  Sbe  had,  however,  objected  to  their 
coming,  and  bad  followed  eeveral  of  them  to  their 
homes.  A  young  lady  whom  he  had  represented  ss 
his  sister,  and  who  bad  come  to  see  him  quite  often, 
was  really  not  bis  sister,  but  bis  betrothed. 
For  private  reasons  be  could  not  yisic  her  at  her 
house,  and  she  came  to  see  him. '  Mrs.  Sparr  had 
followed  this  yoang  lady  to  her  mother's  bouse,  and 
had  afterward  called  on  her  mother  and  made  many 
false  statements  about  himself.  Pinding  that  sbe 
had  done  this,  he  toid  her  tnat  she  bad  done  bim  an 
irreparable  injury,  and  that  he  would  make  ttouhle 
for  her.  He  did  not  mean  that  he  would  do  ber 
bodily  harm,  and  she  did  not  so  understand 
him.  He  meant  that  he  would  seek  legal  redress. 
Annoyetl  at  this  interference  with  his  private 
affialrs,  he  offered  to  give  tip  the  rooms  if  she  would 
return  bim  the  rent  for  the  time  still  to  be  com- 
pleted. Sbe  refused  this,  and  he  then  informed  her 
that  he  would  adveriiso  them,  in  older  to  try  to  get 
some  one  to  take  them  ofl'  his  hands.  To  this  she 
made  no  objection,  and  he  inserted  the  following  in 
a  morning  lunmal : 

"So.  189  tJECOVD  AvaiTua. — Furnished  parlor  and 
bed-room;  tbiru-story.  front;  heated:  hot  and  cold 
water;  rent  very  moderate  to  suitable  parties;  abso- 
lute indepenaeuce  without  question." 

Several  persona  called  to  see  the  rooms  thus  ad- 
vertised, and  sbe  showed  tbem  in  his  absence, 
not  knowing  that  he  had  advertised 
them.  Besides  interferine  with  his  visitors 
Mrs.  Snarr  adopted  other  ways  of  annoyinz  bim. 
and  on  Saturday  last  sbe  bad  caused  four  of  the  five 
gas-burners  m  bis  roomx  to  be  sealed  up.  Under 
these  oircamstancea  he  was  compelled  to  use  can- 
dles, and  as  he  had  no  candlesticks  he  was  obheed 
to  place  tbem  around  tbe  room  as  he  best  could. 
Ou  Sunday  morning  be  thought  thai  ashisadver- 
tisemeiit  iu  the  newspaper  had  not  brought  him 
any  return,  be  wonld  adopt  another  mode  of  lettins 
the  people  know  bis  rooms  were  for  rent.  Seeing 
some  family  pictures  aronnd  tbe  room,  be  thought 
it  would  be  a  good  thing  to  exhibit  them  as  an 
inducement  to  the  passers  by  tu  take  the  rooms. 
He  accordinely  bune  one  of  '  tbem  out  of 
tbe  window  and  attached  a  card  to  it  with  a  notice 
that  tbe  rooms  were  for  rent.  Other  pictures  be 
placed  in  tbe  windows,  and  also  displayed  several 
tidies  in  a  way  he  thongbt  would  attract  attention. 
He  then  waited  patiently  until  3:30  in  the  aftemoou 
to  receive  applicants  for  tbe  roomi.  None  came, 
however,  and  he  then  went  out  to  din- 
ner. He  returned  a  little  before  dark  ac- 
companied by  a  lady,  and  found  tbat 
Ins  advertisementa  had  been  taken  down.  At 
nightfall  be  tried  to  lieht  the  gas,  but  upon  finding 
tbat  it  would  not  burn  ne  went  out  and  onrchased 
some  eamllcs.  Goins  hack  tu  bis  room  he  thouebt 
tbat  it  would  be  a  eood  thine  to  continue  his  ad- 
vertising, and  to  this  end  he  placed  a  number  of 
candles  in  the  windows  and  again  stuck  no  some 
cards.  Shortly  after  this  tbe  lady  went 
away  and  ha  remained  alone  in  the  rooms, 
still  hoping  to  have  an  application  for  tbem. 
Daring  tbe  morning  and  afternoon  ne  had  reoetved 
several  messages  from  Mrs.  Sparr  asking  him  to^ 
take  down  bia  cards,  but  be  had  refused-  to  do  so.'' 
Shortly  after  he  had  illuminated  hl»  windowa  he 
had  another  message  to  the  same  effect,  and,  later 
OB,  a  man,  who  said  be  waa  a  policeman,  rapped 
at  tbe  door  and  ordered  him  to  open 
it.  He.  refused,  and  tbe  man  aaid  be 
wonld  "spud  it  in."  Pearing  personal 
violence  he  took  out  his  pistol  and  called  out  that 
ho  was  in  bis  rooms  and  would  not  permit  any  in- 
trusion, and  that  be  would  fire  on  any  one  who  at- 
tempted to  enter.  Several  efiorts  were  then  made 
to  break  open  his  door,  and  he  fired  through  it. 
About  10  o'clock  some  gentlemen  from  tbe  Police 
Station  called  at  his  room,  and  he  let  them  in,  as  he 
knew  one  of  them  by  sight.  He  told  tbem  what 
bad  taken  place,  and  put  out  some  of  his  lights. 
Later  oh  he  heard  another  rap,  and  upon 
Boking  who  was  at  his  door,  waa 
tuld  that  a  friend  wanted  to  see  bioi. 
Not  recoccizing  the  voice  he  ueclinen  to  admit  this 
person,  who  then  said  he  was  the  Captain  of  tbe 
Police  of  the  preciuet,  and  told  him  he  most  put 
out  the  lights.  He  would  not,  and  the  CapUun 
threatened  to  break  down  the  door.  He,  in  his 
tuiD,  threatened  to  shoot  an.v  one  who  came  in.  He 
was  then  let  alone  for  tbe  night,  and  was  arrested 
early  tbe  next  morning.  He  bad  communicated 
with  bis  friends,  and  wuiUd  be  bailed  out  to-day, 
whan  be  would  take  steps  to  obtain  legal  redress 
fur  what  had  been  done  to  him. 


ALBANY. 

LAST  E'V'EJflNG'S  8I.88IONS  OF  BOTH  HOUSES 
— TBE  KQUA^ZATION  OF  ASSESSMENTS 
— THB  ATLANTIC  AVENUE  FERBY-^A 
PARADE  GWUND  FOR  THE  FIRST  DI- 
VISION  IN    CkMTRAL   PARE. 

Bpeeial  CHti>ateh  to  the  New-  Vork  Times. 

Albany,  Feb.  12. — The  greater  portion  of 
the  seesion  of  the  House  this  evening  was  occu- 
pied with  tbe  discussion  of  a  bill  to  amend  the 
law  in  relation  to  the  equ.-ilizatioD  of  assess- 
ments. There  was  a  warm  debate  between 
Messrs.  Alvord,  Post.  Hegeboom,  and  Hepburn, 
and,  it  appearing  that  bo  agreement  oould  be 
reached,  the  bill  waa  progressed. 

The  ferry  bill  of  Mr.  Bradley,  of  Kings,  was 
ordered  to  a  third  reading  without  opposition. 
It  requires  the  Union  Perry  Company  to  run  a 
boat  from  the  foot  of  Whitehall  street  to  the 
foot  of  Atlantic  avenue,  in  Brooklyn,  once  in 
every  12  minutes,  trom  5  in  tbe  morning  untill 
10  at  nizht;  and  irom  10  at  night  *till  5  in 
the    morning,    once      in      every     30    minutes. 

Mr.  Langbein  introduced  a  bill  to  establish 
the  ball  ground  or  Oreon  ot  Central  Park  as  a 
paradr:  eround  for  the  use  of  the  First  Division 
of  the  National  Guard.  The  bill  requires  the 
Commissioners  oi  the  Park  Department  to  set 
aside  tnis  portion  of  the  park,  to  be  used  for 
parade  purposes  between  the  Ist  of  May  and 
tbe  Ist  of  July  m  each  year.  Tbe- 
Park  Commissioaers  and  the  Commander 
ot  the  First  Division  of  the  National  Guard  are 
empowered  Jointly  to  make  all  needful  regu- 
lations for  the  proper  control  of  the  Parade 
Ground.  Mr.  Langbein  states  that  this  bill  has 
powerful  support  from  tbe  military  command- 
ers on  account  of  the  proposed  repeal 
of  the  .  Parade  Ground  act.  It  is 
certain  the  bill  will  be  pushed,  though  it  is  by 
no  means   tbe  first    time   that  a  proposition  to 

use  the  Central  Park  lor  a  parade  Ground  has 
been  tought  and  defeated. 

Among  the  bills  introduced  in  the  House  were 
the  following  : 

By  Mr.  Hogeboom— For  the  relief  of  George  W. 
Pbelps,  for  reconstructing  the  abutment  to  a  bridge 
ovf-r  Gonesee  River. 

By  Mr.  Gallagher— To  pnnish  acts  of  cruelty  to 
children,  giving  jurisdiction  to  Justices  uf  the 
Peace  and  Police  Justices. 

Tho  following  bills  were  introduced  in  the  Sen- 
ate: 

Ily  Mr.  Sprasue — To  oonflrm  the  official  acts  of 
John  O'lo,  a  notary  public  of  Ecio  County. 

By  Mr.  Schoonmaker — To  amend  the  laws  re- 
lating to  the  adjournment  of  Circuit  Courts 
and  Courts  of  Oyer  and  Terminer. 

By  Mr.  Schoonioaker,  providing  that  the 
following  sentence  shall  be  added  to  section 
121  of  tbe  Code  of  Procedure:  "A  cause  of 
action  shall  not  be  affected  by  death  of  a  per- 
son jointly  liable  with  others  upon  the  same 
obligation  or  instiument,  nor  shall  the  estate 
of  such  person  be  discharged  from  liability  by 
his  oeatn,  and  an  action  against  persons  so 
liaole  may  be  continued  against  the  survivors 
and  the  legal  representatives  of  a  deceased 
party." 

The  following  bills  were  ordered  to  a  third 
reading  :  Obliging  telegraph  companies  to  re- 
ceive and  forward  messages  from  rival  lines ; 
for  funding  part  of  tbe  debt  of  Troy. 

Senator  Emerson's  bill  relative  to  women 
holding  elective  school  offices  was  made  the 
epeoial  order  for  Wednesday  evening. 

Senator  Woodin  introduced  Mr.  Cowdin's 
bill  introduced  ic  the  Assembly  on  the  lltb  of 
January  tor  the  purpose  of  securing  greater 
economy  in  tbe  government  of  the  City  ot  New- 
York.  The  bill  is  printed  and  known  as  No. 
115  of  tbe  Assembly. 

A  CLUB  HECEPIlOy. 
The  Lotos  Club-house  was  thrown  open  yes- 
terday afternoon  to  the  ladies  and  other  invited 
ttoests.  The  rooms  were  crowded,  and  the  usual 
display  of  pictures  was  much  admired.  A  light 
musical  and  elocutionary  entertainment  waa  pro- 
vided for  the  Euasis.  This  comprised  vocal  music 
by  Mrs.  Izora  Elder,  Miss  Field,  Mr.  Humphreys, 
Mr.  Kouse,  and  Mr.  Thomas  Whiffen;  piano  aolos 
by  Mr.  G.  W.  "Warren,  and  violin  solos  by  Mr.  Wil- 
liam Withers.  Becitations  were  given  by  Messrs. 
A.  P.  Burbank  and  W.  S.  Andrews.  The  whole 
programme  was  admirably  arraosed  and  well  re- 
ceive i.  Among  the  notable  pictures  exhibited  was 
a  beUliaBt  landsoaoa  bv  J.  F.  Croosey:  also  pottraita 


by  Tbomaa  Hicks  and  David  Johnaon,  and  a  capital 
stndy  of  a  horse's  head  by  Schrevor.  A  new 
picture  by  T.  W.  Wood,  •'  The  Poddlet's  WaKon," 
attracted  much  attention.  A.  F.  Tait  exhibited  a 
capital  and  caretiilly  fliii<ihcd  pictnre  representing, 
two  terriers  overwhelmed  by  a  basket  of  <vKam- 
pagne  while  pumnins  their  gan^e.  Mr.  iJolph 
showed  an  admirably  composed  group  of  caHle. 
Two  strong  marine  studies  represented  Edward 
Moran'a  eenina ;  and  tbere  weris  oontrlbutions  of 
hlKh  merit  from  B.  S.  Gifford,  L.  C.  Tiffsn.v,  East- 
man Johnson,  C.  H.  Millar,  J.  H.  Beard,  A.  D. 
Sbattuok,  Clinton  Ogilvle,  George  luuess.  and 
others.  

TEE  HABIFOBD  BANK  FBAUD8. 


THE  ALLVGBD  FALSE  EliTBIXS  AND  OVER- 
CHARGES— THE  RESPONSIBILITY  OF  THB 
PRESIDENT  AMD  CASHIER — HOW  THE  IR- 

REGULAKITIE8  WERE  DISCOVERED. 

dpeeial  DItvatehto  the  l^tio-VorM  Time*. 

Haettord,  Feb.  12.— Thfere  are  no  new 
developments  in  the  Farmers'  and  Mechanics' 
Bank  affair.     It  is,  however,  tbe   general    topic 

Ot  discussion  m  business  cirolee.  Few  persons 
knew  of  the  arrest  of  tbe  President  and  Cashier 
till  this  morning.  Many  rumors  aie  afloat  as 
to  the  oriminal  responsibility  of  one  or  both  of 
the  officers.  While  both  are  accused  in  the 
official  prosecution  with  falsifying  returns,  sep- 
arate charges  are  made  against  Mr.  Chapman, 
the  Cashier,  for  embezzling  $7,500  and  charging 
the  same  on  tbe  books  to  tbe  First  National 
Bank  of  Suffield.  The  false  entries  in- 
clude an  overcharge  of  $120,000  against 
the  American  Exchange  National  Bank  of 
New-York,  and  also  one  of  $100,000  against  the 
Continental  National  Bank  of  Now- York,  and 
both  the  President  and  Cashier  are  involved. 
The  discovery  of  the  rascaht.y  is  attributed  to 
various  sources.  One  report  ia  of  a  super- 
natural order  to  the  effect  that  a  leading  stock- 
holder and  Director  dreamed  two  nights  in  suc- 
cession that  something  was  seriously  wrong  in 
tbe  bank,  and  tbat  he  went  to  Mr.  Tracy,  the 
President,  and  related  his  suspicions.  Mr. 
Tracy  assured  him  that  all  was  right, 
but  on  the  following  day  went  to 
bim  and  •..  made  a  full  confession. 
Mr.  Tracy  himself  admits  that  he  first  denied 
to  the  Director,  but  went  to  his  home  tbat 
mgbt  in  West  Hartford  and  admitted  all  bis 
shortcomings  to    his  wite,     and  thus  haviag 

once  cleared  his  mind,  was  prepared  to  make  a 

clean  breast  of  everything  without  restraint. 
At  the  Brokers'  Board  to-day  80  was  bid  and 
85  asked  for  the  stock  of  the  bank. 


THE    WEATHER. 


INDICATIONS. 
Washington,  Feb.  13 — 1  A.  M.— Jbr  the  Mid- 
dle and  Eastern  States,  north-west  to  southwest  winds, 
cooler  followed  by  warmer,  ■partly  cloudy,   or  clear 
weather,  and  rising  barometer. 

VX  THIS  CITY. 
The  following  record  shows  the  chaugis  in 
the  temperature  for  the  past  24  honrs,  m  com- 
parison with  tbe  corresponding  date  of  last  year, 
as  Indicated  by  the  thermometer  at  Hudaut's  phar- 
macy: 

187«.  1877;  1  1876.  1877- 

3  A.  M 43'=        33"^;   .<?:30P.  M 62«-        51° 

6  A.  M 43»        3A°.    6P.  M 49°        SS-^ 

9  AM 42=        36'-,   9P.  .M 44'-        34° 

12  M 47°        430;i2P.  M 41"        22° 

Averace  temperature  yesterday SB^g^ 

Average  temperature  for  corfespondine  date  last 
year. 45° 


SALB  OF  TBB  BEAUUONX  COELEOlIOy. 
This  evening  there  is  to  be  a  sale  at  Ko.  845 
Broadway  of  a  collection  of  oil  paintings  and  water- 
colors  beloBtrlng  to  the  late  J.  P.  Beaumont.  Tbe 
sale  will  occupy  tbe  two  following  evenings,  ana 
will  be  cocdncted  by  Henry  D.  Miner.  A  large 
namber  of  American,  Roman,  French,  and  Kether- 
land  painters  are  represented.  W.  T.  Richards  has 
a  small  smdy  iu  trees ;  Daniel  'Huntineton,  Cole, 
J.  F.  Weir,  Kensett,  Cropsey,  Church,  William 
Hart,  Bierstadt,  and  Thomas  Moran,  are  also  repre- 
sented. There  is  a  very  genuine-looking  specimen 
of  Henry  Inman,  and  a  portrait  of  President  Madf- 
sop  by  Thomas  Sully,  said  to  he  that  from  wbicb  the 
engraving  was  taken.  Eastman  Johnson  is  rep- 
resanted  by  a  very  successfal  head  of  a 
New-England  peddler.  Among  the  foreieners 
Oswald  Achenbach,  Willema.  Verboeokboveo, 
Fraotz,  H.  Corroeoe,  Girardot,  and  Backalowlcz  are 
notable.  There  is  an  interesting  ''Rest  of  the 
Caravan"  by  Gentz,  of  Berlin,  and  two  speoimena 
of  Chavet,  of  Paris.  These  last  are  remarkably 
clever.  There  is  also  a  Toulmoncbe  as  £ood  as 
ntnal,  althoneh  evidently  not  a  reeent  pictare.  As 
pleasing  a  pictnre  as  any  is  a  cattle  piece  by  Robbe, 
of  Brussels,  who  appears  to  have  been  appreciated, 
while  living,  with  medals  and  honors.  Tbe  only 
picture  assuming  tbe  position  of  an  old  master  is  a 
"  Ventu  and  Adonis"  by  Carlo  Cisnani,  a  Boloemese 
artist  living  at  the  beginning  of  tbe  last  century. 
There  are  a  number  of  Roman  pictiirea  in  this  col- 
lection, especially  among  the  water-colors.  Galofie, 
of  Madrid,  appears  in  three  specimens.  D.  Nitty, 
of  Rome,  has  two  most  excellent  ink  and  sepia 
drawings — small,  full-length  figures.  Louis  Leloir 
has  a  small  drawing.  Tbere  is  an  ambitious  "  De&th 
of  Seoeoa"  by  Dominguei,  ot  Madrid — a  water- 
color.  Jimenez,  of  Rome,  and  Frantz,  of  Faiis,  have 
good  work,  while  Tiltany  and  Bricher  represent 
America  io  the  same  line  of  art. 


ItttazMioe,  and  tbe  term  tor  which  It  will  Insure 
sball  be  determined  according  to  the  age 
of  the  ■  party  at  the  time  of  the  lapse 
of  the  policy,  and  the  assumptions  ot  mor'ality  and 
Interest  aforesaid;  but  if  the  policy  shall  bean 
endo  vment  payable  at  a  certain  time  or  at  death,  if 
It  should  rrevionsly  occur  ;  then,  if  what  remains 
•a  aforesaid  shall  exceed  the  net  single  premium  of 
temporarv  insurance  for  the  balance  of  the  endow- 
ment term  for  tbe  full  amount  ot  the  policy,  such, 
excess  sball  be  considered  as  a  net  single  prentlum, 
or  single  endowment,  payable  onlv  at  the  same  time 
as  the  original  endowment,  and  in  case  the  life  in- 
enred  aarvlves  to  such  time;  and  tbe  amount  thus 
payable  by  tbe  company  shall  be  determined  ac- 
cording to  the  age  of  the  paityat  the  time  of  the 
lapse  of  tbe  ooUcy,  and  tbe  assumptlonB  af  mortahiy 
and  interest  aforesaid.  For  the  purpose  of  this  act, 
when  the  premiums  upon  any  policy  sball  be  pay- 
able oftener  than  once  in  every  year,  and  default 
shall  be  made  in  the  payment  of  any  premlam  alter 
the  policy  shall  have  been  In  force  tor  three  full 
years,  the  policy  shall  be  valued  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  it  would  have  been  had  the  whole  premintn 
for  the  policy  year  last  entered  noon  been  paid  in 
full,  and  the  balance  of  said  year's  premium  actually 
unpaid  shall  not  oe  deducted  from  the  reserve  as  an 
outstanding  indebtedness  at  the  time  of  default,  but 
shall  become  a  nart  of  the  forborne  premium  as 
hereinafter  providad. 

Sec.  a.  If  the  death  of  the  life  insured  occur 
within  the  term  of  temporary  insurance  covered  by 
the  value  of  the  poiioy,  as  determined  in  the  pre- 
vious section,  and  if  no  condition  of  the  insurance 
other  than  the  payment  ot  premium  has  been  vio- 
lated by  the  insured,  tne  company  shall  be  bound  to 
pay  the  amount  of  the  policy  the  same  as  if  there 
bad  been  no  lapse  ot  premium,  anything  In  the  pol- 
icy to  the  contrary  notwithstandmg ;  provided, 
however,  that  notice  of  the  claim  and  proof  of  the 
death  shall  be  submitted  to  the  company  m  the 
same  manner  as  provided  bv  the  terms  of  the  policy, 
within  90  days  after  the  decease;  and  provided, 
also,  tbat  the  company  shall  have  the  richt  to  de- 
duct trom  the  amount  insured  in  the  policy  the 
amount  compounded  at  7  per  centum  per  annum  of 
all  the  premiums  that  had  been  torbome  at  the  time 
of  the  death,  including  the  whole  of  the  year  s 
premium  in  which  tbe  death  occurs. 

It  will  be  observed  that  tnis  act  applies  to  all 
such  policies  "which  shall  have  been  in  force  three 
full  years.,  and  which  shall  not  contain  provision 
for  a  surrender  value  at  least  equivalent  to  the 
value  arising  tmder  the  terms  of  this  act."  That 
is,  the  insured,  in  the  absence  of  other  specified 
protection,  is  protected  by  this  law  according  to  its 
terma.  but  is  not  deprived  of  any  additional  value 
which  may  be  secured  to  him  by  bis  policy. 

The  equity  and  advantage  to  policy-holders  of 
this  enactment  will  be  readily  obvious.  With  a 
view  to  affording  the  greatest  protection  to  its 
members  THE  UNION  Mutual  Life  INSURANCE 
COMPANT,  which  Has  an  office  in  this  city,  SUGGESTED 
AND  URGED  THE  PASSAGE  OF  THE  BILL,  and    with  this 

liberal  provision,  in  addition  to  the  many  other  ad- 
vantages conferred  by  its  policies,  the  company 
will,  no  doubt,  be  enabled  to  largely  increase  its  new 
business.    Below  will  be  found  the 


A  CARD  FROM  TBB  SEA  OIFF  TRUSTEES. 
To  IhtEdUor  of  the  Nevi-Yorlt  Tvmei: 

Our  attention  has  been  called  to  an  article  in 
your  edition  of  Sunday  last  purporting  to  be  a  re- 
port from  a  committee  appointed  by  the  Trustees 
of  the  Sea  Cliff  Grove  Association  to  investigate 
certain  allegations  of  a  misappropriation  of  funds 
hy  some  of  the  members  of  tbs  board.  Permit  us 
to  aay  that  no  such  report  either  in  words  or  sub- 
stance was  ever  presented  to  our  Board  of  Trustees; 
nor  did  either  of  us  (though  present  ataU  the  meet- 
ings of  the  board  when  tbe  question  referred 
to  was  considered)  ever  hear  of  that  alleged  "  re- 
port "  until  we  saw  it  In  your  paper.  The  report 
of  the  committee,  which  was  signed  by  all  tbe 
members  except  one.  (and  he  was  absent  and  made 
no  minority  report,)  declared  that  "no  fraud  had 
been  committed,"  and  that  "value  was  given  for 
value  receiyed.''  Tbat  report  was  adopted  by  a 
unanimous  vote,  only  one  Trustee,  (John  Fal- 
-ooner,)  not  voting,  and  be  stated  In  tbe  presence  of 
the  board  that  be  did  not  believe  any  fraud  had 
been  committed. 

Tbe  charges  that  tbere  was  any  misappropriation 
of  funds  in  the  purchase  of  the  Sea  Cliff  docK 
property  reterred  to  are  utterly  unfounded.  The 
facts  show  (of  which  there  is  abundant  proof)  tbat 
the  seven  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  who 
purchased  the  said  dock  property  did  so  for  the  bone- 
fit  of  the  Sea  Cliff  Association,  and  at  the  request  of 
amajority  uf  the  board,  and  tbat  they  subsequently 
transferred  It  to  the  Association  without  a  single 
dollar's  profit. 

Hearing  afterward  tbat  certain  designing  per-, 
sons  were  covertly  charging  a  wron^  in  the  tra'il^ 
action,  the  Trustees  selling  tbe  property  to  the 
board  offered  to  repurchase  it,  paying  therefor  tbe 
aame  amount  in  value  and  kind  as  that  received 
from  the  board.  This  offer  was  declined  by  the 
board. 

The  present  members  of  the  board  (15  in  number, 
and  all  well-known  citizens.)  are  in  tull  accord  in 
the  administration  of  tbe  Sea  Cliff  affairs.  The 
only  complaioers,  so  far  ss  \ye  know  or  believe,  are 
those  wnose  recent  efforts  to  be  elected  Trustees 
have  tailed  of  success. 

E.  RINEHART,  President. 

H.  L.  KlCHABDBON,  Secretary. 


THE    TAX-FATEB8  WIN. 

In  the  case  of  J.  W.  Simington  (acting  lor 
the  Tax-payers  Association)  against  the  Trustees  of 
the  Village  of  New-Brighton,  Staten  Island,  tbe 
Supreme  Court  has  rendered  a  decision  sustaining 
the  tax-payers'  complaint  and  granting  tbe  perma- 
nent iidanction  asked  by  plaintiff  This  injunction 
restrains  the  Trustees  trom  running  the  village 
into  debt  or  contracting  any  obligations  in  antici- 
pation of  realized  revenue,  or  making  road  Improve- 
meuts  out  of  general  funds  of  the  village,  such  as 
plaintiff  claimed  were  legal  under  the  charter,  only 
at  the  expense  of  tbe  ward  in  which  located. 

THEHEWLIFEINHURANOB  LA  W  OF  MAINE. 
There  is  no  subject  of  more  interest  or  impor- 
tance to  the  general  public  at  the  present  time 
than  that  of  Life  lainranoe.  The  new  law  wbicb 
was  passed  by  tbe  Legislature  ot  Maine,  a  few  days 
aeo,  affords  the  most  perfect  security  to  policy- 
holders, and  for  the  benefit  of  the  thousands  of  in- 
■ared  in  this  community,  we  print  below  the  law  in 
full: 

Section  1.  £vary  policy  of  life  insurance  iasned 
on  and  after  the  Ist  day  ot  April,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy- 
seven,  Dy/any  company  chartered  by  the  authority 
of  this  State,  which  may  be  forfeited  for  non-pay- 
ment of  premiums  (including  all  notes  given  tor 
premiums  or  interest  thereon)  after  it  sball  have 
been  In^force  tbree  full  years,  and  which  .shall  not 
contain*'  provision  for  a  aurrender  valne  at  least 
equivalent  to  tbe  value  arising  under  tbe  terms  of 
this  act,  shall,  nevertheless,  be  euntinued  in  force  to 
an  extent  and  for  a  period  of  time  to  be  determined, 
as  follows,  to  wit :  Tha  net  value  of  tbe  poiioy 
when  tbe  premium  becomes  due  and  is  not  paid, 
sball  be  ascertained  according  to  tbe  combined  ex- 
perience nr  Actuaries'  rate  of^mortality,  with  inter- 
eat  at  4  per  centu-n  per  annum  ;  after  deducting 
Itom  three-tonrtha  of  such  net  value  any  indebted; 
ness  to  tbe  company  or  notes  held  hy  the  company 
against  the  insured,  which  notes,  if  given  for  pre- 
mium, shall  then  be  eanceled ;  what  remains  shall 
.  be  oonaideted  as  a  oM  single  preaiom  at  tannoparv 


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PAIRCHIT-D.-On  IWday.  rho  9th  Inst.,  suMenly. 
RoBCKT  G.  Faibchild,  iiil  the  71at  year  of  his  a8«». 

Fnneral  will  take  place  at  bis  lat*-,  re8ij<?iicp.  Nn.  "'= 
Weat  S2d St..  on  Tuesday,  the  13th  iii=t..  u.  .  ..V-;  ;':t 
PH. 

HAOAR.— In  Brooklyn,  on  February  12,   Thomas  3. 

Uelatives  and  friends  of  the  fomily  are  Invited  t"  at- 
tend his  funeral  from  his  late  residence.  So.  Wii 
Washington  av.,  on  Wednesday  afternoon,  Feb.  14,  at 
4  o'clock.  .      _,  .„^. 

BAKRIa.— In  Brooklyn,  on  Mondav  mornrnz,  12oli 
Inst.,  EiTA  E..  wife  of  ixaac  Harris,  and  only  daucnter 
Of  Joseph  Coffin,  of  Derby.  Conn.,  formerly  ol  Brook 

■funeral  services  will  be  held  at  her  late  residence, 
So.  448  5th  St..  Brooklyn.  Wednesday  :i'  AV.  .^ 
HAWK.-On  Friday,  9th  inst..  Amaxda  C,  wife  of 

^The^fu^eraV  service,  will  be  held  at    he-lateT|M. 
dence,  No.  5  Bast  48th   St.,   on  Tuesday  nei.,    IStu 

HlksuSIAN.-bn  Monday  morning,  at  C  o'eloc'*.  at 
the  residence  of  her  dantrhter,   Mrs.  .N.  Gross,  ^o.  im 

West  32d  8t.,  Mrs.  Fansik  HIRSHMAH.    ,„     .    ,      ,      _„^ 

Faupral  on  Wednesday  m.,rnl-.ig  at  10  o  clocV  troTn 
No.  366  West  SJd  st  Friends  and  relatives  are  in- 
vited to  attend  without  fnrthernotice. 

HOTT.— On  Satardav.  Feb.  10,  at  tti°  residence  ot 
Mr.  Wm.  Scott.  No.  llO  Kast  2^1    St.,  Su?AS-  BbxicdICt, 

widovr  of  James  I.  Hoyt,  in  hpv  9l8'  ye.»r. 

The  relanves  and  friends  ol"  the  f.imilv  are  rC8i»Ct- 
fullv  invited  to  attend  the  funeral  services  at  t  aiv 'rv 
Chxircn.  comer  4th  av.  and  ^ist  at.,  on  Taristlay.  FeD. 
13.  at  10  A.  M.  „  . 

HOYT.— Sudleniy.  at  t^arwick,  N.  Y..  on  Sa'-nrdftv, 
Feb.  10,  Maurice  Hott,  agccl8i  .years.  11, months  BQl 
18  dsvs.  _     . 

Funeral  at  Warwick,  on  Wednes^lav.  Fob.  14.  Train  . 
leavs  Chambers  st.  at  6  .\.  -M.  Special  irom  Grey  Court 

JACKSON."— Oc  Sunday  morninij.  Fob.  11,  Dasiki. 
Jackson,  m  tbe  83d  year  of  his  aef. 

Friends  and  relatives  of  the  famil.y,  also  metn'i^rs  ff 
the  Cocp  Kxohanse,  are  respectfu  Iv  invite  1  to  att'-nti 
the  fuSeral  service  from  the  house  of  bis  son-in-law. 
Richard  H.  Teller,  West  Momsanil,  oppositi-  Me  mso 
St.ation,  on  Tuesday.  1 3t.ti  inst. ,  at  4:o.)  o'clock  P.M. 
-Trains  leave  Harlsm  Depot,  42d  at.,  at  4:05  P.  .U.  lor 
Melrose  btation. 

LTITLE.- on  Sunday,  the  11th  inst,  Mri.  Sahah 
IjIttlk.  aged  69  years.  ..-.■, 

Her  funeral  will  take  place  nther  latf  reaidercp,  I<.>>. 
226  East  20th  st,  on  Wednesday  the  14th  at  3  0 
o'clock  A.  M. 

MOoaE.— On  Mondav.  Feb.  12.  of  T>n°nraonii,  >  at. 
daughter  of  Thomas  J.  and  Harriet  A.  Moore,  ageu  3 
years  7  months.  r,  v  i ., 

Fimeral  services  at  11  A.  M.  on  Wednesday.  Feb.  14, 
at  the  residence  of  her  pnrents.   So.  3C6  iJowerv. 

ON  ATlVIA.— (.(nthe  1 0th  inst,  Gkokqiansa  -J.,  widiw 
Ot  the  late  Jos6  V.  Onaiivia,  in  tue  48tli  year  ot  har 
age. 

The  funeral  service  will  take  nlace  on  Tuesday  room- 
ine,  the  l:^th  inst.  .it  9:30  o'clock,  at  St.  G^-^Tsro  s 
Church,  Stuyvesaiit  square.  Relatives  and  Jrienda  are 
respeci^iiHy  invited  to  attend.  ,,   „ 

EKTNOtuS.— On  Sunday  morning,  Feb.  31,  RoBzuT 
Eeyi^olds,  in  the  54tb  vear  ot  his  age. 

Relatives  and  friends  are  respectfully  Invitei  ro  at- 
tend tbe  funeral  from  his  lat*;  residence,  .No.  7  "2  Jane 

St.,  on  Tuesday,  13th  Inst.,  at  1  o'clock  P.  M. 

ttOGECS. — .*.t  SummerviHe.  S.  C.  on:  Fi-ilav.  Ff  h,  9, 
Helen  Augusta,  second  dauehter  of  Beniamin  T.  and 
Jane  W.  Roeers. 

Relatives  and  friends  ot  tlie  family  .ir°  rpspeotful'.v 
Invited  to  actcud  tlie  funeral  services  from  St.  Peii-ra 
Church,  West  20th  St..   ou   Tuesday,    l'.:tU  tuat,  at  11 

RU8SEL.— On  Sunday  momins.  Feb.  11.  in  tho  fth 
year  of  her  ace,  Hblkk,  the  ywauseat  and  last  remain- 
tng  child  of  Chas.  P.  Russel.  M.  D. 

She  was  buried  in  \\oodlawn  Cemetery. 

SANBORJs.-  feh.  11'.  Sarah  i3bllk,  only  dangliter  of 
Dr.  Euecne  B.  and  Isjlbella  .Sanbiim.  . 

Funeral  Wednesday  at  1  o'clock  at  So.  51^2  west 
32il  st  '  „    T    «, 

STK'KLK.- At  Beach  Glen.  Morris  County.  N.  J.,  airs. 
Anna  Stickle,  in  the  89th  ye«r  of  ber  acp. 

Funeral  services  at  the  Presbyterian  Churcn, 
Wednesday,  Feb.  14.  at  11  o'clock  A.  M. 

KQUIER.— At  Klizabetu,  .N.  J.,  Feb.  11.  1877,  Mrs 
Chaklottb  Squier,  ill  the  80th  year  of  hernce. 

Funeral  services  to  be  held  at  the  liouse  ot  J.  R. 
Bquier,    No.     51    Wett    Grand    St.,     Eiisib -thC~I«.    J- 

Wednesday,  Feb.  14.  at  11  A.  M.  rrlenaa  and  relative 
are  respectfully  invited  to  attend. 

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"Doubting  Castle." 

When  once  deceived,  some  refuse  to  again 
place  confidence  in  any  thins.  Is  this  fair  1  Do  you 
doubt  the  chutch  and  religion,  because  yoa -chauce 
to  know  one  or  two  hypocrites  J  vVoald  you  refuse 
all  money  because  you  bad  taken  one  or  two  coun- 
terfeits? Or  because  your  catarrh  is  aegravated 
by  using  the  base  and  worthless  preparations  tliat 
are   "puffad  up"   and  run   for  a  season,  will  you 

oou^emn  Dr.  Sage's  Catarrh  Kbhedt,  tba^^aa 
been  the  standard  remedy  for  Catarrh  and  colder 
in  tbe  head  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century? — 
Advertisement.  

To  the  Gentlemen  of  New- Vork. 

We  respectfully  announce  having  this  day  reduced 
toe  price  ot  imr  widely  popular  silk  Hats  to  $S,  and 
our  Dbkbt  Hats  ti)  $5.  With  this  announcement  we 
note  arecent  reiluotiou  in  cost  of  labor  as  euabliu^  us 
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asBure  you  that,  in  emulation  of  the  character  aud 
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BACON.-On  Saturday,  Feb.  10,  of  dropsy  of  the 
brain,  Kbtsi.i.b  Mohton.  youngest  child  of  Wm.  a.  and 
Louise  C.  iiacoo,  aged  6  mouths  and  6  days. 

Relatives  and  fnends  of  the  family  are  respectfully 
invited  to  attend  the  funeral,  from  the  residence  ol  her 
parents.  No.  i'2  Concord  St.,  Mott  Haven,  Tuesday. 
Feb.  13.  at  '2  o'clock  P.  M. 

DEALING. — un  Sunday.  1 1th  lost.  WiLUAJcDBAiJua 
aged  71  yeurs  and  9  months. 

The  tunera^ services  will  beheld  at  his  Iste  residence. 
No.  317  West  42d  st,  ou  Wednesday,  14th  inst,  at  1 
P.  M. 

DUWLET Suddenly,  of  heart  disease,  on  the  29th 

ult,  near  San  Bernardino,  CaL,  Joh»  Dowlbt,  aged 
about  75  years. 

Ills  funeral  will  take  place  from  the  Baptist  Cburcta, 
Brooklyn,  corner  Nassau  and  Liberty  sts.,  on  Wednes- 
dav  tne  14lh,  at  2  o'ciock  P.  M.  Hia  friends,  including 
member)  of  the  various  societies  and  instiratlons 
with  which  be  was  connected,  are  cordially  invited  to 
attend.  Uis  remains  will  be  taken  to  Boston  and  In- 
terred in  Mount  Aubnm  Cemetery. 

19*  Boston  and  Salem  iwiMxa  daaiwaoa^ 


TUK    AXL.ANTIC    ANO     P.^CIflC    TEL.E- 
GKAPH   C<»3lPAi\ir. 

145  BROAD vVaT. 

New-IjOrk,  Feb.  12.  1S77. 
CIRCULAR. 

An  exclusive  arransement,  takine  effect  to-day,  h»* 
been  made  willi  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  '-'fWi- 
panv  for  the  use  ol  its  wires  and  toi-  an  '-sdiausie  ui 
public  telegraph  business  -with  all  the  ofllcvs  on  the 
Unesof  that  Railroad,  in  counectioii  with  the  .^yst  la 
of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Ti-lesriipii  Company,  instead 
of  tho  Weateru  Union  compauy,  ,t8  Upri-.to'ore. 

ti early  all potnU  on  that  roaa  will  now  be  reached  onlji 
by  the  lines  of  this  Company. 

All  the  offices  and  Hues  on  the  EnUimore_and  Ohio 
Railroad,  main  stem  and  Di-anchea.  Ltotal.  175  iifflcjs. 
and  l,0CO  miles  of  wire,  heivtofore  included  iu  the  le- 
portsoftheWfBteru  Union  Company.  Diatiict  :"->urhein 


Baltimore,  M  .  ,    „       .        .,.•    t  •    ■  •  _ 

Theoffici's  of  the  Marietta  and  Cincinnati  DivisK.a 
will  be  added  May  1,  -when  the  conn  act  4»etwci-u  the 
Railroad  Company  and  the  Western  Uu  on  relui;rapn 
Company  affecting  that  Division  will  expire. 

An  arrangement  has  also  b:en  made  with  t'le  Penn- 
■vlvania  Railro.ad  Company  for  an  excbauixc  oi" puulio 
telcraph  bnsiness.  with  tlie  offices  in  Pennsy  1  vdni;i 
ou  tho  Main  Stem.  [PliHadelohia  to  Pittsburg.]  a  id  va- 
rious Branchca.  iuclnding  the  Pliiladeiunia  and  Env 
Railroad  [Uarrisburs  to  liie]. 

THOMAS  T.    ECKERT.  President. 

THE  MESSRS*.  liKAVlTT,   AtcllOAiiiiUSs 

THIS  (TUESDAY)  EVENING 

at   8  o'clock,  second   and   concluding  sale   of  FIXB 

MODERN  PAINTINGS,  at  th^  Art  Rooms,  No.  817Broad 

way.    On  exhibition  until  3  o'clock  P.  M. 

THli   aUiSSIiS.  JLEaVITX,  AtlCTlONilKliS. 

THURSD.^Y  AND  FRIDAY  AFTERSOOVS  next  at  2 
o'clock,  at  Clinton  Hall,  and  novr  on  exUibitiou, 

ORIE-VTAL  ART, 

TURKEY. 

cniN'A, 

J.^PA^ 

A  superb  collection  of  ORIENTAL  GOODS  o  tii_e 
finest  aud  chuiceat  description,  proliablr  tbe  most  ele- 
eant  and  desirable  ever  displayed  or  ottered  for  sale  in 

this  City. 

FOST  OPflCH  NOil  'ti. 

The  roreign  mails  for  tbe  wrek  ending  Saturdiy 
FeJb.  17,  1877,  will  close  at  this  office  ou  lut-s.iny;:! 
12  M.  for  Europe,  by  steatn-ship  Dakot*  viii  yuet-cs- 
town;  on  U  ednesciav  at  11  A.  M.  lor  liumpe  by  sn:am- 
aliip  Parthia  via  Queenstown;  on  Thursaay  at  ll:.Jt» 
.\.  M.  tor  rurope  bv  steam-ishi;)  (rL-llc-o  via  Plvmuut  i. 
Cherbourg,  and  Hamburg;  ou  saturdav  at  4:3  /  .i.  aI. 
lor  Kuiope  by  steam-sbip  City  of  Chester  viaQie.«ns- 
town  (correspondence  for  Germany,  Scotland,  sua 
North  ot  Iretand  to  lie  forwarded  uy  tnis  steu  uer  mast 
be  specially  addressed:)  ai)dat5  A.  SJ.  lor  StotlaQd  aud 
North  of  Ireland  by  steam-ship  Alsatia  via  Movii  i;  aud 
.  Glasgow;  aud  at  11:30  A.  .M.  i-ir  Euroixs  by  steani-sni!; 
Oder  via  Southamntou  and  Bremen.  I'lie  sit-aui-sliipd 
l;akota,  Parthia.  aud  City  ot  Chester  do  not  tato  m ms 
for  leumark,  Sweden,  and  .vorwiy.  Tue  mills  io.- 
N  ^asau.  N.  f*.,  will  leave  New-York  Fea.  14.  Tii :  mail" 
for  the  West  Indies  via  Bermuda  au  I  iSt.  Thoma ,  will 
leave  New-iork  Feo.  15.  Tlie  mails  for  Australia,  ic 
will  leavu  San  Francisco  Feb.  2.S.  Tbe  ma>to  for  China 
and./apan  will  leave  San  Francisco  .U  .rch  r 

^  T.  L.  J  AMES,  Postmaster. 

Nkw-Tork,  Feb.  10,  1877. 


C'H*J<ESE  AND  JAPANESE  DliPOT: 

Justreeeived,  per  Pacific  Railroad  and  steamers, 

ANTIQUK  PORCELAIN   AND  CLOISONNlv    VAliS 

KK)TO     HIZKS,  AND  KAGA  TETE-A-TUTE  SiiTS! 

tXrttA  CUOICh;  family  teas.  Vi-RYCllEAl'. 

PASKE'S,    No.    186  Froat    St.,   Burling  slip.  New-lorX 

p-ifiKSONAlj     TA.VKw. 

Commission  merchants  and  porsoos  employing  then 
caoitaJ  m  importing  and  se.lins  imparted  goo  Is  lu 
orieinal  packages,  or  in  eipjrtiug  meichau  iisi'.  c  ui 
have  tbeir  asspssmeots  for  uersonal  taxes  legirim  ''elv 
removed  or  reduced  by  atidressiug  Box  No.  l.OiJ  Poat 
Offlce. __^ 

STfJAitr  wri^r.is.   atvo tts^v  a<<j 

•  Coun8e)x>r  at  Law,  Notary  Public.  -No.  IS-'  Lroad- 
way.  Room  N. 1.4.  Now-icwk. 

N   B.—SpeciM  attention  paid  to   settling       esfvtes. 
convevauciug,  .'tud  Cit.v  agiT  county  coll^;''.  lo-i. 


KEKP»S  CUSTOM   Sflllt'i'S   MAUc;  TO  .dii.va 
URE.-Very  b.-st.  six:for*9;  no  ob.itfatiou  to  kee 
any  unless  periectfy  satiStacC^jry.     No.  o .  1  Bro.idwg,' 


NEWJPUBL^ATIONS._^ 

JLiIPPINCo'tx'S  MAGAZiNK 

FOB    M.A.RCH. 
HANDSOMELr  ILLl'SfR-lTED. 
now  ready,  conraiulng 
■■•  IN  THE  VALLKY.s  OF  HiSRU.    IP.ustra'ed. 
2*  AN   4UVKiNTUKiv  IN  JAKAN.     liluilr.ited. 
3*  WITH  LIFE— HOPE.    Bv  Chaklks  U     Kat. 
a'  .sKTH.  a  Story.    By  Fasni.^  rioDOSo.-*  Bdknett. 
5.  REMINISCENCES  OF  A  Pu«T-PAI.>TtR.     ^y  JoH« 
o  Tait 

6  TBI?  MAKQUIS  OFLOSSIE.     By  GnOEGR   Macd  <»• 

AiiP,  author  of  "Malcolm."    "Alec  Fovoes,"  &c, 

7  A  JEVj'ISH  FAMILY.     A  Story.    JProm  the  German. 

8.  REMt;.>IBKRED  MUSIC.    By  Katk  Uili-ard 

9.  PLACE  AUXDaME^:  or.Tlie  Lailie-.  >UL-akit  Lasc 
10    HEDBRK.ASf  IN   TAMPA-     By  SinxKV   Lanier. 
ll'.  YOUNG  aLOYS:   or.  The  Gawk  from    .menca      Bv 

_     Bkrthoi.t>   Acekbach.      Translated  by  (.haklbs 

12.  OUtt  MONTi.\I/Y  GOSSIP.  The  Seine  and  its  Uses : 
A  Pennsylvania-German  Poet:  Turkiub  Adnunis 
tration  ot  j'ntitice ;  Fosial  Cards;  Axseuic  i!.aC 
iui;. 

la  LITERATUaE  OM  THE  DAY. 

FOB  SALE  BT  ALL  BOOK  AND  NKWS    DEALERS. 
TERMS.— Y'early     subscription,    *4,    postage     palA 
BliUJle  number,  35  ceut.s.    Liberal  clubbing  rates. 

sPEClJltN    NUMUblK  mailed,  postage  paid,  to  anJ 
address  ou  receipt  of  20  ceuts. 

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POLITICAIi. 


SECOND  A.«*SK:>IJJL.Y  .DISTRICT  KEPUB^ 
LICAN  AShOlJlATluN.— Bejular  montblv  me  ling 
this  eveniBK.  at  8  o'clock,  at  lilsad-qaarterB.  So.  A6ti 
Petirist.  DEKia  8MBA,  President. 

Thokas  Baowa.  Secretary. 

vVKNTY-KlK.ST    AS.«*K.tli.'«l.  V     DXS  t'ACl C X" 

KKPDBLICa.n  ASSOCIATION.— Tlie  rceaiar  inoath- 
Iv  m*«tln(r  will  oe  held  at  Idocoln  iSall,  3d  av.,  coraar 
lieth  8t.,ou  TUESDAY  KVeNING,  F  iU.  13.  1877,** 
»  o'clock.  .  RUFUS  B.  COVfXS  G^  fx«aid«a» 

OaaCBV  VftaMtu.  Snnr«tftrjt»    ^ 


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pOMM^nolAZ  AVJ^AIB& 


11 

713 

2,826 
8 


Vrw-TosuE.  liondikT.  FeTx  12.  1877. 
_IS?!r?^*'0^*>'^opnBciB»iKUuiset  Frodoss  ffooe 
««TMth»t6l»ea  »ildll6tf»:  _  ' 

itldts.bftlM 198 

Leinbef.  «ia«a 16.5Q9 

t^iO,  t>t«B..... l,70o 

BoM8S««,(N.0..1bbU      lau 

Oil-oa»e,pt» 984 

rink.  pka. 969 

Beet  pSs 456 

OiiMncats.  pits 4,2tl 

Gre««e,  okg 328 

tirfl.  BltB 2,388 

ItanL  ken 122 

Ntearirie,  ptci 150 

Bmter.  okB 3,491 

Cneete.  oka 983 

T*llow.  0ke 35 

L8rd.oll.  bbl« 89 

(iressfxl  Rosei.  No...   1.250 

Pea-ants,  bags 1,080 

6t»iuD.  Bxa 2,IC0 

ettos.  bales, 3 

Tobacco,  nbua 118 

1'obacco,  bxs.  k  cs. .      604 

Wbiflty.  bbls. 741 

Worfl.  Dales 103 


A»h«%Dka.... 
9«tneti,  bArs 

BettBs;  obte...7. 

Cotton,  ttaiee. 

C.S.Ca&e.  bbls 

V§PP*&  bbls... 

t*i«d  Froit,  pks 

llcgi.  bbu. 1,060 

FlWir.  bbU.. 11,1»Q 

Wheat,  btisheis 2S,()40 

Com.  biiitiels 84.44'.2 

Oata.  bushels 30,480 

*ye.  bnahfls j,325 

Unit.  bnsbelS 4,25U 

Barle.T.  buabels ii.50O 

gnss-aeed,  Onxs 1.903 

Flay-seed,  ba?a 20 

Optn-mettl.  bbls 1,4hO 

Baokw'cFlcmr,  pKs..        7i 
Buck  ir't  Flour,  basb      400 

Qat-meal.bbls. lOO 

Bops,  bales 79 

fijd£J>.  NO-_ 100 


Low  Hidduna 12^ 

Strict  Low  Ui<1....12^ 

MlildlmK 12''ii 

Oood  ilid(nine....l.S>8 
Strict  Good  Mid.. 1389 
Jt'ddHnit  Fair.....  1334 
Fair. 14Hi 


(t"FFEJj(tHaa  been  cenerallT  dull  to-day,  with 
Taraes  quutea  esaentiallv  as  before.  Of  B16,  3,000 
bags  by  the  Nautilna  -were  taken  from  stoctt.... 
We  quote  iavotces  thus  :  ftio,  ordinary,  17>ac.®l7!'4a: 
fair,  itCoc^lO^ic;  good,  2Uo,®20>*c.;  prime,  'Zb^^c.^ 
21c..  Boid.  4?  flj..  60  days'  credit:  Elo,  lu  lob  lots, 
17»4C-®'';'2>*s..gold..„.SantoB,  fair  to  good  inyoices. 
18'4C.®19^c.,  and  In  ]od  lots,  orilinarr  to  very  ohoioe, 

16S4C.®21Sjc.,  Rold Java,  iuToices,  22a®24c. ;  Mar- 

acaiDo.  18'2C.®20c.;  iiajruayra.  18'2C.®20c.;  Uexioan, 
18c.®2Uc.:  Costa  Bloa.  18c®21c.;  Jacqaica,  17c.®18c;: 
BavanUiaat  ia'ac.'S20c.,  and  San  Ubmloco,  16^40. '3 
le^^tc  gold.  *■  lb.  ^ 

COTTON— Has  been  dall  to-day  tor  early  delivery 
atuncbauzed  quotntlous Ordinary  quoted  to-day  at 

11  3-lbc.®U   5-16C,:  Low  SiWdUuB,    12a8e.'S12'up.; 

MlddlinK,  1278c'aiac Bales  -were  ofBolaily  reported, 

for   piomot  dellTory,  of  204  bales,  (of  wbieh  70  balea 

■were  on  !<aturday  eyeulug,)  all  to  spiuuers And  tor 

forward  delivery  bnsiuess  bas  been  quite  extensive, 

but  at  reduced  flcnrps Sales    nava  i>een   reported 

siQce  our  last  c:  41,800  bales,  of  which  1.100  bales' 
Were  on  iiaturday  eTrmne  and  40,700  bales  to-day. 
with  2,300  balea  on  the  calls,  on  the  basis  of 
Middling,      ^ntn      Februar.y      options,     ulosltie     Ht 

12  23-32c®12  13-16C.:  March.  12  Sl-32c.® 
13c:  .dpnl,  13  S-iec.®13  7-a2c.;  May.  133bc 
-aiS  13-32C.;  June.  13  17-32c®13  9-loo.; 
July.  13  21-320. :  Angost,  13  23-32c.;  bcptember. 
18  7-iec®13  15-32C.;  Octooer.  13>ac.313  1-I6a; 
November.  12  27-32c.®12  29-320. ;  December. 
12  27.;32c.®12  29-32C  3p-  ttj..  showing  a  decdne  of 
3-32c®3-16o.  *•  tb.,  closing  steady.. ..The  re- 
ceipts at  this  port  to-day  were  2,826  Dales,  and 
at  the  shlDDiuK  purts  29,028  bales,  acalnst  28,140 
bales  same  day  last  week,  nad  thus  far  tbti  week. 
44.396  Dales,   against  55,  617  bales  same  time  last 

week I'he  receipts  at  the  shipptiif:  ports  since  Sept 

1.  1876.  have  been  3,329,290  bales  against  3.224,913 
bales  for  the  corresponaiug  tims    in   the   preceding 

Cot  Con  year Cousolidafed    exports    (ons    dav)    tor 

Qreat   Britain,   (torn  all  the  sbippine   ports,   22,393 

bales;    to   tbe  Continent.     7,938  bales Stock    In 

New-loi  k  to-day.  2'73.9b6  bales  ;  consolidated  stock 
»«  the  ports,  882.722  bales. 

o'toftaff  Frieei  or  Cotton  (a  Xew-Yorb. 

Uplands.  Alabamik      N.  o.       Texas. 

:)tdlnary , 113-16    113-10    116-16    115-16 

Strict  ordinary...  11  9-16    11  9-10    11  11-16  11  11-16 
Good  Ordinary... 11  15-16  11  15-16  12  1-16     12  1-16 
Strict  Uood  urd...  12  3-16     12  3-16    12  5-16    12  5-16 
12^         121a         12>a 
12  Sg  123*  12^ 

12^8  IS  13 

ISH  I314         IS"* 

13=^  13>u  13»Q 

13^  137,  laTg 

14^  14<>a  14<W 

Stained. 

G«od  Ordinary. .. .10 13-16iLow  Middling II34 

BtTictGood  ord U  7-16i  ttlddhna 1214 

JfLODR  AND  MKAli— A  freer  movtiment  was  report- 
ed in  State  and  Western  I'lOur  ai  generally  ancbauKud 
prices,  the  feature  of  the  day's  business  haying  been 
the  activity  in  City  Mills  Extras,  for  shipment  to  the 
^est  Indies.  Minnesota  bxtras  attracctru  rather  more 
sttentloii  from  tbe  home  trade  interest.  Superfine  and 
No.  2  brands  were  alsu  more  sought  after,  the  former 
aousuat.y  scarce  and  q noted  Strang  as  to  price.  Hur- 
cbasers  fur  the  Isuropean  markets  were  in  small 
amount,  making  an  unimportant  aegresate.  Unsouud 
Extras  Were  in  some.wbat  better  reqaeac.  Otberwiae 
the  reports  through  tbe  market  were  of 
Very     light    transactions,     even     in     the     jobbing 

way dales  have    been    reportea  sincs   our  last  01 

14.950  buis.  of  all  zrades.  liiciuaing  unsound  Flour  at 
ES  SU'S'SO  75:  (of  wblcn  525  b.bla.  unsound  Extras  at 
$5  60®$B  60;)  Sour  Flour  at  "$4  50®$6  7.1:  poor  to 
choice  ^o.  2  at  $4  25^$6.  chiefly  at  £4  tioi'ij  lor 
apout  good  to  choice,  and  down  to  $4  25  tor  c  uimon; 
very  poor  to  very  cnoico  Superilne  Western,  iu  40® 
$5  90,  ma^olv  at  $5  059$5  90.  with  fancy  Minnesota 
do..-£rom  dock,  25  bbls.,  at  $6 :  poor  to  good  Kxtra 
State.  $5  7d@$o;  soud  to  choice  do.  at  !i>tia>$6  30: 
City  Mills  Eiua  shipping  gradea,  So  lo'it'H  10.  nearly 
all  for  West  Indies,  on  tao  basis  of  i6  07i<>'^$7  10  tor 
good  to  very  choice,  and  quoted  at  it8S*8  50  for  very 
good  to  lancy,  for  the  tjouth  American  trade,  and 
anoled  nominally  at  $5  90  asEed  for  brands  suited  to 
tne  iin-iilsli  traae;  inferior  to  goad  sbippiax  Hxtra 
Western,  $5  7ba)^;  good  to  choice  do..  $ti'a)$6  30; 
very  poor  to  very  t^oice  Western  Trade  and  Family 
Kxtni.  Spring  Wheat  stock,  $'j  id'S$S  50;  interiur  to 
very  cnoice  ao.  du..  Bed  and  Amber  Winter  Wheat 
Clock,  at  :$6  25®$d  50  ;  part  fur  sliipmeot  at  ^T'eSBd, 
(of  wbich  650  bbls.  sold;)  ordinary  to  very  cbolce 
White  v\  heat  do.  do.,  at  $6  25&'$9  25  ;  very  poor  to 
verr  tancy  St.  Louis  Extras,  $8  2o'3>$9  75 ;  £xtra 
Oeuesee  at  ;S0  35'ai$7  50.  the  latter  an  exircme; 
poor  to  very  choice  jiiuuesata  clear  and  straight  ex- 
tras at  $6  HbaiS  25,  cbietly  at  $7  2b'ai$ii  26  for  fair 
to  very  choice,  iwith  verj- inferior  Iocs  called  Minne- 
■ot.i.  at:&6  15'3^0  25;)  and  MioneSQla  I'atent  faixtms, 
ordioar-tj  very  taney,  at  i8  15&$11.  mainly  at  $9<d 
SiO  2d  Vlt  h  ua  to  $lu  bO'S-$l  I  for  small  lota  of  very 
choice;;}. .  nutly  fancy,  (and  odd  lota  of  very  interior, 
called  Minnesota  Patent,  as.  In-rr  as  $7  bkySSS.).... 
InclQieo  in  tbe  sale:*  have  been  8,650  bbli.  shippiai; 
ixtras,  of  which  7,300  bbis.  City  Mills;  1,450  bbla. 
Minnesota  clear  and  stiaigbt  l:.xtr.ia:  700  bbls.  do. 
Patent  do.;  650  t>bis.  Winter  Wheal  Extras,  (tor 
Shipment  at  4-7^>£8.)  425  bbls.  duperdue,  575 
bbU.     No.  2.     and     52u     bbls.     unsound     Uxtras, 

ac    tbe    quoted    rates Southern    Vlour     ha«    teen 

quoted  steady,  as  a  ruie,  on,  bowever.  a  comparatively 
liiuUed  muvbinent,  almost  exclusively  lu  ^  Jobbing 
way,  for  borne  trade  purposes .-ales  Uavrt  been  re- 
ported here  of  9oO  bbls.,  in  lots,  at  $5  b0@.t6  for  poor 
to  strictly  choice  SupurhaB;  $0  25'®$7  50  for  poor  to 
verv  choice  shipping  hxcras ;  $7  6U'S'i9  50  lorialrto 
&ncy  trade  and  family.  The  aealinga  wt-re  mostly  ia 
Kxtraa    at  «»um  $7  4uS$8  90,  ot    which  4uu  bbls.  at 

97  4U<£$7  75 uye  Floar   was  in   slooK  reqaest  and 

rather  weak  In  price We   quote  at  from  $4  iOW 

^5  10  for  about  fair  Western  to  very  choice  State 
Superfine,   and     $3'3>$4     lor   poor    to    choice    floe. 

bales  repurted  of  210  bbis.  lu  small  lots,  chiefly  at 

S4  76tf45  for  fair  to  very  good  superfine  State  ;  $5  lO 
fur  choline  do.;  $4  70®$d  lor  Penusvlyania,  the  latter 
for  choice,  and  $4  40"a<$o  toi  about  fair  to  very  choice 

Western Corn-meal  bas   been  In   fair   demand  at 

about  tormer  lisures We  quote  at  $ii  i)Qtci3  10  for 

:fiiir  tu  choloe  Yellow  Western;  32  9oa*3  10  for  Yel- 
low JeXSey;    $3  SOforTeliow  Baltimore,  and  $3  50^ 

$3  55  for  Brandywine Sates  have  been  reported  of 

l,o75  bbls..  inclndlog  850  bbls.  Yellow  Westeru.  chiefly 
lac  £3,  (of  wbiub  50u  biils.  Frlza  Medal,  from  docK.  at 
'$8.  lor  shipment  to  Ualifax,    and  50  bbls.  Brandy  wine 

at  $3  60 Corn-meal,  in  bogs,  has  been  moderately 

active  within  tbte  range  ot  $i'S)iil  46  for  poor  to 
very  choice  HP"  100  IB.  Most  of  tue  saiea  have  been  of 
coarse  lota  at  $1  OS'SSl  10,  leavln;:  off  p.t  91  08  for 
City  Mills;  $1  08®*1  10  for  Westeru,  and  $1  tor 
Baittmoie,  irom  docit,  (of  wbicb  latter  400  bags  at  the 

qnoted  rate  of  $1) Oat-meal  has  been  inactive  with- 
in the  lanjie  of  $6  Z5'a>$7  tot  lalr  to  utioiee  City  and 
Western;  very  choice  to  fancy  held  higher ;  Canada, 
$7^$7  50 Buckwheat  Flonr  bas  been  in  better  sup- 
ply and  difficult  to  market,  tbe  demand  having  fallen 
oS  materially;  prices  were  much  depressed,  lower. 
and  irregolar;  quoted  to-day  mthln  tbe  range  of  $3'a> 
$3  75  fur  very  poor  to  strictly  choice  State,  Jersey, 

and  Pennsylyania tloit  of  the  lots  sold  were  at 

$3  5iy&^S  '75  for  fair  to  cbolce  ^  100  lb. 

QRAi:S  -Under  a  somewhat  livelier  inquiry  for  ship- 
ment, local  mil.lng,  and,  to  same  extent.  Western  spec- 
tiiaiiye  account,  Upnog  oi  prime  quality  was  adyanceU 
^cBSc.  ip'  bnsbel,  closing  firmly,  on  restricted  offer- 
ings. Uugiaded  Spring  waa  in  less  &vur,  and  quoted 
trregnlar  as  to  values,  though,  in  most  Ipstancea.  held 
With  iucreased  confldenee.  Winter  Wheat  waa  yery 
quiet,      but      stiffly      held;       prime     offered     spar- 

Injtly Sales      have       been       reportea       to-day      of 

60.V0O  bushels,  Including  prime  No.  2  Milwaukee 
Sprinz,  in  store.  24JJ00  bushels,  represented 
as  tor  export,  at  $1  48QS1  49.  (ot  woicn  16,000  bush- 
els at  SI  48.  and  16.U00  bnsbels  at  $1  49,  tbe  latest 
trade  at$l  48;)  No.  3  Milwaukee  Spiing,  8.000  busb- 
«l!,  la  store,  tor  local  milling,  at  $1  40,  (with  8,000 
bushels  additional  rumored  as  marketed  at  the  same 
rate;)  and  ungraded  Spring,  In  lota,  about  18,0l>0 
bushels,  within  the  range  of  from  $1  26^1  30,  of 
wbich  13,000  bushels  about  fair  ordinary  Chicago,  In 
store,  tor  export,  at  $1  28.  (with  strictly  prime 
Do.  2  Chicago  BprlDg,  In  store,  quoted  up 
to  $1  45  asked,  with  SI  43  reported 
bid  on  speculaiive  account). ...New  erop  Corn  bas 
been  offered  and  purchased  more  freely  at  a  furtber 
and  slight  reduction  in  prices,  the  JeaHngs  have  been 
mostly  in  J<ew-York  steamer  Mixed  and  bew-York  No. 
3,  or  "no  grade."  on  home  trade  account,  though,  to 
a  moderate  extent,  for  shipment.  So  further  move- 
ments  were  reported  in  old  crop,  which  was  quoted 

nominally  as  before  as  to  price Sales  have  been 

reported  since  our  lastot  73,000  busbela,  lucluolng  New- 
Tort  steamer  Mixed,  (revised  gradlnz,)  ac  56c.®5ei<!0., 
closing  at  56c,;  da,  old  certificates,  at  SScSSo^c.; 
JJew-York  No.  1  quoted,  {nominally,)  at  56H»c.S57a; 
>ew-Yovk  Mixed,  old  oertlficates,  at  67c.  asked; 
Kew-York  steamer  White,  56c.;  New-Tork  steamer 
Yellow,  800  basbels.  at  503^c:  New-rork,  no  grade, 
(old  classiflcation.)  and  £io.  3.  (nerw  grading,)  at  55c. "S 
59  '&c;new  crop  Mixed  Western,  in  lots,  at  54c.'957e., 
<of  which  10,000  bushels  at  fi6c.,  afloat,  called 
•teamer  Mixed,  sold  by  sample;  angnwted,  sailing- 
vessel  Mixed  Western,  oil  crop,  (nominal,)  at  68a.9 
61c  in  Store  and  afloat;  No.  2  Chicago,  in  store,  quoted' 
ac  59c..  and  afloat,  at  &lc,;  Tellaw  Western  at  56c. 
'd57c.;  Yellow  Southern,  from  dock,  within  the  ranee 
ot  56c.®57c:  t  and  White  tiouthem.  from  track, 
tiOO  bushels  at  68c.  ^bushel Bye  quiet  and  droop- 
ing; 5,000  bosbels  prime  Jersey  reported  sold  at  9()o 

Canada  Pea8.4o  bond,  quoted  at  93c,,  bid,  and  95c., 

asked:  no  sales  reported barley  offered   freely  and 

quoted  he^vy,  with  sales  of  10,000  busheU  No.  1 
Canada  oil  private  terms,  oaotsd  at  cl  10®$1  12; 
and  13,000  bushels  unjj^sded  Canada  within  the 
zangeof  from  92^20- @$  1  05;  and  small  lots  of  Feed 

stock  at  4bc.'948c Barley-malt   dull;    choice  two- 

tuwed  Statu  last  sold  at  85c,  cash,  f  bushel. ...Buck- 
wheat qui^t :  prime  State  held  at  $1  ^  bushel Oats 

bav«  been  moderately  dealt  in  at  firmer  priees 
tot  good  to  choiee,  and  easier  rates  lor  less  desira- 
ble qualities,  the  latter  constituting  the  bnik  of 
the  offerings Saiea  reported  of  25,000  bushels,  in- 
cluding White  Western  at  42o.'a>50c  fo^  inferior  to 
very  choiee,  (of  which  750  buabela  choice,  afloat,  at 
Buc;)  WhlA  tttate.  ordinarr  to  choice,  witliiu  the 
range  ef  &Qc.9it6e.,  Ixom  track  and  afloist.  chiefly  ear 
{•ta.  at  50a®52'30.;  MixeA  Western  at  3dc®48o.,  as 
to  quality,  mainly  car  lots  at42c.'S44a:  No.  2  Chicago, 
trvnage  qnali^.  in  store,  quoted  at  4So.;  New-York 
Kxt»  White,  750  bushels,  at  55c.;  ITew-Tork  Ko.  1 
Irblte  at  53V:-;  >ew-York  Bo,  2  White,  1,600 
piuliel*  delivered,  at  47c.;  Mew-Tork  No.  3 
fVUte,  1,600  bushels,  at  46o.;  New-Iork  Extra, 
i,600  bushels,  at  54'9a:  New-Tork  No.  3,  3.000 
bushels  at  41a;  New>Tork  B<jected  quoted  at  39c, 
BO^   Mixed   State    at     47a'3>53>!to.     for    Inferior    to 

Choice,  from  track  and  afloat,  iiiaiiilyat50o.'a>52i2C 

l^eed  more  aongbt  after  at  very  firm  prices ;  2.460  t»n» 

lO-D.  reported  told  chiefly    at    $20 Clover-seed 

flulL  wttn  prime  to  choice  Weatem  quoted  at  16  V)-'2S 
^6Vo,:  State  at  16^c®l6'4C.... Other  Seedi  quoted 

Mbcfl9re....HayaudStTawanehaiiged Tbe  stock  of 

Gr«ls  in  store  at  this  port  to-day  embraces  8,047,666 
Mahda  Wheat,  x,ll4,240  bnaheis  dom,  374,142 
bnabels  Bye,  64'>,678  bushels  Barley,  863.928 
bushels  Malt,  966,696  Duahela  Oats,  and  9,632 
vnAatis  Feaa....Tbe  acgre^ate  of  Gram  in  store  la 
r,608,«87bnsl)eu.  as  a«aiaa«  7,785,076  bqabeia  last 
U^ai*y.  sod  7.481.171  btwhela  on  ftb.  14. 1876. 

M1L&— The  contract  pfteea-pnd  tat  a  toppiy  of  JCUk 
(or  the  month  of  Vetooaiy  are  3o.93i3a  4r  quart, 
PttOTIiUONB— We»t«-m  Mea*  iPork  baa  been  in 
BnltMl  reanett  ftir  arlrdeltyery  at  easier  rates.... 
Wite  BW»rted  of  .18U  bbli.  af  nniAipected  for  ship- 
be«it,^6  6ov$18  SS^;  and  87  bbls.  Inspeeted  on 
KftiW  teitaa:..j(Haer  Mada  qniec  fiiraari/' dehjMyi 
^IdCttsPilSto.  imnMtMd,  doDited  at  «l8'»u9fl»  75 1 
„ -iXBw  Mmk  at  As  75«$ia.   Mm 


^^liYMT  hme   lli^tfra  B«!MI,^   m^WT 


P'5!"i9?J?*"5Ji'S7^  ^^ '«» fair  r€«rae«%,  with  tr«ten» 
bn&ted 7V'.»7«faB.,  (Mlw;  7  <j«B jj-ted  City  *t*.» 
8^;  HgbtPtgs  it  8iad.... Cat-meats  have  been  mOd^ 
rateiysottch taller  bttrregdUir  prices.... scales  lUolaae 
10.1.(10  tt.noiUea  Beines.iu  bulk,  i3«to  lo^tb.,  hi  9^'. 
«9i«p.,  and  aupary  smaU  iota  or  other  pity  bnlk  with- 
in qur  ranne.  And  50  bxs.  BeUiea,  12: ft.,  at  8»40,...  v  e 
quote:  CityPlckled  t  boulders.  In  bulk,at  7^40.;  Pickled 
llatqs  at  lO^c;  ,'^;moked  Shoulders  nt  8I4C.:  Smoked 
IlaflHatllSicaiSUi;. ;  Western  Ury-sa(t«d  8h<»tt-cut 
Hrtms,  20  to  16  ».,  fBomlnaIly,)l0i2'c.'ailo.;  Western 

Pickled  Bams,  In   to*.,    at  loiijo.®lli40 Baoon   ba» 

been  in  slaox  demand,  with  Wbsteru  liong  Clear  quoted 
^t  M84C.;  a«d  (nty  do,  at  9o.;  Long  and  Sbort  Ciear, 
early  denyeiT,  at  9o.  Salts,  CO  bxs,  Loni: 
Ci?ar  here  st  834C----4nd  for  Chicago  drliv- 
ery.  ^.op"  and  Short  CK-^r  for  early  deliyery, 
at  SV-  wltb  sales  reported  of  POD  bxs.  at  S'fec.;  and 
I.50(rbxi,  for  March  delivery,  at  8  V-.,  all  reported  0s 

for  shiDcnent vVestei-n  Steam  Lard  has   been  tery 

duiet  for  early  delivery,   and  Mgdin  quoted  weaker 

of  WHSteru  Steam,  for  earlv  deliver^  hero,  no  sales 
bilTe  been  reported  of  piime,  wbicb  was  qgoted  »I 
$11  05  ;  sales.  160  tea  off  gt^o  at  $10  12^^|U---- 
Aud  for  forward  delivery  nere.  Western  Steam  baS 
beeii  fairly  active,  but  lower,  cTosinj^  heavjr .■•... West- 
ern BCeam,  fcir  February  qubtedat  tliecloSeat  ^11  15; 
H&cb,  $11  17 Hi;  AOnl.sll  27ia:   May,  $1140  ask^d. 

bales     were     reported     of   WMtern     Steiim    to 

tba     extent     of     1,260     tos.,      fi^r     FebrtMiry.     at 

til  16®$11  17>a:  4,60u  tus.,  Marob.  at 
11  I7.^j9$ii  23  <d:  6,'^a^>  tes.  April,  at,  ill  27  >a 
®$1X  37is!  apd  250  tos.  Hay.  at  $U  40.... 
City  Steam  and  Kettle  very  dull;  qiioted  at  the 
clpseSlO  75;  Saloe54  (cs.   at    SIO     78....Ahd  No.    1 

quot^4  nbihitial Refine  1  L'Srd  quiet :  quoted  for  the 

Continent,  for  early  delivery,  at  $11  37^.  aiid  for  the 
t\  est  Indies  at  $0  87^®$10.,..Salei  repotted  of  200 

tcs,  for  tbe  W^st  Indies,  at    $9  87^'@$li) Beef  bas 

been  in  light  request  at  I'oimer  rates We  auote  Bar- 
rel Beef  at  $122)$]  2  §0  lot  Kxtra  Meas; 
at  310  (iO'3)4ill  50;  lor  Plain  Mess, 
and  $13  50®il4  for  Packet  9'  bbl.... 
Tierce  Beef  quoted  thas  :  Prime  Mess,  new,  lit  $19 
'S>$-20;  India  Stlesd.  new,  $20t;$2L;  City  Extra  India 
Me^,  $2o;  BiUes  at  Ptiiladelpbin,  100  tcs.  PMladelpbia 

Messut  $22  ;')0 Beef  Hams  have  baen  qulat.  with 

choice  West.rn  quoted  at  S24@*24  60^  bbl But- 
ter, CTheesa  and  Kggs  about   as  1  .St  quot.-d Tallow 

has  been  moderately  act  lye  ut  rather  easier  rates 

Bales.  95,000  tb.  prime  to  choice  at  8l8C Steartne  baa 

been  inactive:  cnoice  City,  la  bhds,,  (juoted  at  $11  25; 
prime  Western,  lu  tcs..  nt  Sll. 

TliAS — Have  been  mqderately  sought  after  within 
onr  previous  range  with  sales  reported  of  6.200  nalf- 
obests  Qreen  and  900  baU'-ca*i)tB  Japan  on  private 
termi. 

WuiSKt— Sold  to  the  extent  of  76  bbla.,  at  $1  08, 
showingmore  firmness. 

FREIGHTS — Trade  has  been  quiet  to-day  Id  this  line. 
Rates  on  Grain  on  berth  have  bean  qnoijsd  stronaer. 
thus  checking  the  outward  movemiiqt.  w{ilch  was  fur- 
tber impeded  by  the  sharp  rise  in  Spring  wheat 
here.  i'he  offerings  of  Provisions  were  fair,  ana 
of  other  general  cargo,  quite  moderate,  tbe  pialn  call 
for  accommodation  having  been  fbr  British  ports. 
And  in  the  chartering  line  a  dull,  but  generally  steady 
market  was   noted.    Inqniry   oiostly  lor  tonnage  for 

Gruin,  Petroleum,   Slate,  and  J,nmber For  LiTer- 

pool,  the  eneagements  reported  since  our  last 
have  been,  bv  steam,  200  bnles  Co^on  at  itd.:  1,8(10 
lialesdo.,  (Of  throu^ii  freight,)  pan  reported  at  5-ltJa. 
HP  Its.;  6,0u0  bxe.  Cnocse  at  3oa.:  1,600  pks.  Bacon  Knd 
lard  at  30s.;  small  lois  of  Lentner  at  458.:  and  of 
Measurement  Goods,  reported  at  17s.  eifai'iOa.  #"  ton; 
and  600  bbls.  Apples,  part  at  3s.  6d.  ^  bbl.,  with 
Grain  .^■oom     quoted,     by     steam,     at      6'2d,     bid 

and      6d       asked And       by      steam      from     tbe 

West,     of     throuuh     freight.     1.750     bx«.     Baoon, 

viaBostou,  reported  on  the  basis  of  5Qc.  ^  100  tb 

For  London,    bv   steam,    small    lots  i.f  Apples  reported 

at 4a #' to PorGlasgow,  by  steam,  l,3uO  bbls.  ^iopr 

(repurted,  as  lu  port,  tnrongh  frei^jbt.)  on  private 
terms;  120  pks.  Seed,  at  30s,;  1.200  pks.  Provisions, 
in  lovs,  reported  on  the  ba^sls  of  30s.'332s.  6d. 
^  ton;     and,    (of    recent     shipment,)    6,500    cases 

t^anned  Goods,  and  15,o0o  Staves  on  pnvste  terms 

For  Bristol,  by  sceam,  1,000  pks.  Butter  and  Cheese, 
at  4us.  H^  ton... .For  Cork  and  orders,  a  Uei man  bark, 
780  tons,  bebce  with  about  5.500  bols.  Kefined  l'«- 
troleum,  at  4s.  to  the  United  Kingdom  or  tbe  Conti- 
nent, WiCb  3d,  ofl' If  direct,  per  bbL :  a  Norwigian  i>ark, 
427  tons,   hence,  wiih    about   3.000  quarters  Wbout. 

al68.1Htd.  ^  quarter A  Biltish  bark,  with  about 

2,100  bbls.  Bedned  Petroleum  from  Pbtladeiphla,  re- 
ported (as  a  recbarter)  at  43.  0  '■^d.  ^  bbU;  and  an  Aus- 
trian bark,  641  tous,  hence,  with  Slate,  reported  iit 

27s.  3d.  ^  tun For  Havre,  by  sail,  l.OJO  tons  Agri- 

cultural  Implemenis.  on  private  teims;  quoted  at  20s. 
'S>22s.  6d.  '^  measurement  tun:  150  pks.  Copper,  also 
on  private  terms  ;  and  200  bbls.  tlsh  Op  at  2^40.  ^ 
gallon :  also  a  German  ship,  750  tons,  plnced  on  tbe 

berth,  neace,  lor  general  cargo For  a  French  port, 

direct,  an  American  bng,  453  tons,  with  about  3,000 
quarters  Giaiii,  ftroin  Norfolk,  reported  ac  78.  ^pqoarter. 

For  Breineu,  the  regular  weeKly  steamer  took    out 

13,ij00  buabPls  Ooru,  b.OOO  bushels  Kye,  650  pks. 
Baeou  and  Butter.  550  pks.  Tobacco,  75  pts.  Leuilier, 
and  sunliy  smail  lois  ot  mis>  eilaneous  cargo,  engaged 

some  time  binco  nt  market  rates For  St.  Jooa's,  H.F., 

by  sail,  l,50O  bbls.  Fionr  at  G5c.  ^  bbL 

tm:e  real  eutaie  market. 


Considerable  buainess  was  tranaa«teil  at  ttao 
ExcbanKe  yesterday,  (Monday,)  Feb.  13,  as  will  be 
■een  from  a  review  of  tlie  proceedings,  aa  follows: 

A.  J.  Bleecker  ic  Son,  by  order  of  tbe  Supreme 
Court  in  foreclosure,  Sidney  H.  Stuart,Eiq.,  Referee, 
sold  a  three-story  frame  bouse  (front,)  and  four-atory 
brick  tenement-bouse  (rear.)  with  lease  of  lot  23  by 
100  on  Pitt  St.,  west  side,  125  feet  north  of  (irand 
St.,  for  $2,850,  to  Abraham  Newman  plaintiff  in  the 
legal  action.  Leased  Iday  1,  1872,  term  19  years; 
g  round  rent  (560  per  annum. 

Tbe  same  auction  Arm,  under  a  foreclosure  decree, 
by  order  ot  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  F,  W. 
Lo  ew,  Esq..  Buferee,  disposed  ot  the  six-stor.v  bnck 
tenement-bonae,  (front.)  and  four-atory  brick  tene- 
meot-bonae,  (lear,)  witb  lot  a.'i  by  100,  Ho.  48 
Clinton  St.,  east  side,  150  feet  aonth  of  Stanton 
St.,  for  114,450  to  T.  Schaupert,  plaintiff;  The  same 
firm,  under  similar  conit  order,  James  Wiley,  Esq., 
Keferee,  sold  two  four-story  l,rick.teneta]ent-honaet>, 
with  lots,  each  16.8  by  102.3,  ou  East  4l8t  si.,  north 
eiae,  255  feet  east  of  3d  av,,  fur  $12,735  to  Georee 
B^btuss.  plaiutitL  Also,  a  similar  house,  with  lot^ 
16.8  by  98.9,  on  l^^ast  4l8t  St.,  north  aide,  aojoiuiag 
above,  sold  lor  kd.385  to  same  bnyv's. 

Louis  Mesler,  by  order  of  tbe  Supreme  Canrt  in 
foreclosure,  David  Tumliusou,  £f(l_  Buferee,  sold 
a  three-story  and  basement  tJriak  ^ouae,  with  lot 
29  by  98.9.  on  West  40^  st.,  south  side,  120  feet 
east  o>°8(b  av.,  for  $8,990  to  F.  E.  liilpathck. 

B.  V.  Harnett,  under  a  foreclosure  decree  by 
order  of  tbe  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  J.  B.  Strong, 
£sq.,    Beteree,    sold    tbe    tbree-scory  and  basement 

bruwD-itone-front  hoase,  witb  lot  30  oy  08.9,  No. 
230  WeM<  22d  st.,  sontb  side,  280  feet  west  ui  7tb  av., 

lor  $13,500  to  J.  N.  Borland,  plaintiff  in  tbe  legal 
proceedings.  Tbe  same  auctioneer,  under  a  similar 
court  order.  B.  M.  Henry,  Esq.,  Beteree,  disposed  of 
a  foar-story  and  basement  brown  stone-front  boiuu, 
with  lot  18  by  100.5,  on  West  53d  St.,  south  side, 
457.6  feet  west  of  01  h  ay.,  for  912,730,  to  Walter  J. 
Price.  Mr.  iiamett,  by  order  ot  tue  Supreme  Court 
ia'iforeelosure,  A.  Czaki,  Esq.,  Referee,  sold  a  foar- 
story  brick  tenemeDt-bonae,  witb  lot  23  by  63.6,  on 
1st  av.,  ease  side,  4(i  feet  south  of  21st  St.,  lur  $5,100, 
to  Bernard  Earl,  plaintifL  Also,  similar  bonse,  with 
lot  27  by  69,  on  East  21sc  St.,  aonth  side,  C9  fbet  east 
of  Iscav.,  »old  for  $5,000  to  same  buyer.  Tbe  same 
auctioneer,  under  a  similar  court  order,  Qeorge  6. 
Sedgwisk,  Esq.,  Beteree,  disposed  ot  a  plot  of  land, 
87.6  by  lOU.ll.  ou  East  106tb  St.,  south  side,  130leet 
we.'<t  of  4th  av..  lor  $5,000,  to  P.  A.  Morgan,  plaintiff 
in  the  foreclosure  snic 

Wisans  &  Dayies,  oy  order  of  the  Sapreme  Coart 
in  foreclosure,  L,  G,  Garrettaon,  Esq.,  Referee,  sold 
one  lot,  25  by  lUU.ll,  with  frame  bouse  on  tbe  rear 
thereof,  ou  lltn  av.,  west  side,  50.2  feet  north  of 
5l8C  St.,  for  |^,C00,  to  Mary  B.  Prime,  plaiatiOl 

James  M.  Miller,  under  a  Supreme  Court  fore- 
closure order,  R,  H.  Cndlipp,  IJsq.,  Keteroe,  sold 
one  lot,  20  by  lOU,  on  West  38i>b  9r.,''M)uth  side,  196.2 
feet  east  of  Broadway,  for  fll.OOO,  to  Bobert  B. 
£llersoD.  plaintiff  in  tbe  legal  action. 

Scott  Si  Myers,  also  under  a  Supreme  Court  fore- 
closure decree,  W.  A.  Boyd,  Eiq.,  Beferee,  sold  a 
tbree-story  and  basement  brown-atone-froot  house, 
with  lot  18.6  by  110,  on  Stb  av.,  east  side,  57.3  teet 
south  of  130tb  St.,  for  |7,0S0,  to  W.  V.  Phitt,  plaintiff 
in  tbe  legal  action. 

Tbe  following  legal  sales  were  adjourned  :  Sale 
by  Peter  F.  Meyer  of  one  lot  on  East  85th  st., 
eaat  of  3d  av..  to  Feb.  19,  and  sale  by  Scott  4c  Myers 
of  a  plot  of  land  ou  lltb  av..  south-east  corner  of 
llltb  St.,  to  Feb.  21. 

to-dat'8  auctions. 

To-day'B  sales,  all  ac  tbe  Exchange,  are  as 
follows : 

By  £.  A.  Lawrence  St.  Co.,  Supreme  Conrt  fore- 
closure sale,  E.  O.  Gale,  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  two  lota, 
each  25  by  102.2,  on  East  76cn  St.,  south  Side,  300 
feet  wesc  ot  Avenue  A, 

By  K.  y.  Uamett,  Sapreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  yf.  A.  Boyd,  Esq.,  Beteree,  of  boo  lot,  95.6  by 
100.8,  on  East  87th  St.,  sontb  side,  158.8  feet  weat 
of  4cb  av. 

By  A.  J.  Bleeoker  St.  Son,  Supreme  Conrt  fore- 
elosore  sale,  Bernard  Roelker,  Ejq.,  Beferee,  of  a 
plot  of  laud  49.11  by  100,  on  lOtn  ay.,  north- weat  cor- 
ner 144tb  at 

By  D.  M.  Seaman,  public  auction  sale  of  tbe  fol- 
lowingBrooklyn  property  :  Five  lota,  each  SO  by  100, 
on  Thompkins  av.,  north-east  corner  Wilherspoon 
St.,  a  bouse  with  four  lots,  eaob  25  by  iOO,  on  Tbomp- 
klns  ST.,  south-west  corner  Witberspoon  St.;  six 
lots,  each  20  by  100,  on  Witherspoon  St.,  sontb  side, 
100  teet  west  of  Thompkins  av.;  one  lot,  25  by  100, 
on  Thompkins  av.,  south-west  corner  WlUongbby  ay. 


SZOHJJTOB  BALES— M01IDA.Y,  TUB.  19. 

NEW-TOBX. 

By  A.  J.  BUecUr  <£  Bo%, 
1  three-story  frame  houae,  (front. )  four-story 
brick  tenement-house,  (rear,)  with  lease  of 
lor,  Pftl  st ,  w.  s.,  126  ft  n.  of  Giand  si.,  lot 
25x100;  leased  .-day  1,  1872.  term  19  years; 
ground  rent,  $660  per  annum $2,850 

1  six-story  brick  tenement-house  (front)  and 
four  s cor V  brick  tenement,  (rear,)  with  lot. 
No,  48  CUntou  st,  e.  s.,  150  it,  a.  of  Stanton 

st,  lot  26x100 -~   14,460 

2  four-story  brick  tenement-houses,  with  lots. 
Bust  41st  st,  n.  a.,  266  ft  e.  of  3d  av..  each 

lot  16.8x102.2 : 12,736 

1  similar  bouae,  with  lof^  Kaac  41st  st,  n.  a.,     _ 

Mjoining  above,  lot  l&8x98.e  6,386 

By  LouiM  Metur. 
1  three-story  and  basement  brick  house,  with 

lot.  West  40th  st,  s.  s.,  120  ft.,  6.  of  8th  av.. 

lot  aOxOaO $8,990 

Ba  it.  r.  HanuU-  •' 

1  three-story  and  basement  brown-stone-front 

house,  with  lot.  No.  230  West  22d  tt,  S.  a.^. 

280ttw.  or7tb   av.,  lot  20x98.0 .918,500 

1  four-story  and  basement  brown-stune-ftont 

house,  With  lot.  West  53d  at.,  s.  s.,  467.6  tt 

w,  of  6th  av.,  lot  2Ux9a9 12,760 

1  fbur-story    brick    tenement-house,  with   lot, 

1st  av.,  e.  s„  46  tt  fi.  ot  21st   St.,  lot  23x6a8     6,106 
1  similar  house,  with  lot.  Bast  21st  at,  a.  a.. 

B9  tt  e.  Of  10th  aT..  lot  27i69 6.000 

1  plot  ot  laud.  Base  lOUth  St.   S.  a.,  18<i  tt  W. 

of  4th  av.,    87.0x100.11 6,000 

Bt  Wiiuiat*  *  Iktviu. 

1  let.  with  Smatl  frame  houae,  11th  «▼.,«;  s., 
60.3  (C.  n.  of  61st  at.  lot  26x100 $8,000 

I  let  West  B8th  st.  ■.  ■..  18aa  fL  «.  «f  Btoad-  ..  _ 

.■waihJtteUtWl..^**.!.!*!   1  I    I-  r  -•i-,-.  i'  I  >.»  r-ift1lii$fl$>, 


inentniim^n^BiiPPPPPf^Rpffiii 


4tr  ^H  *  MjHfrt, 
1  thiM-story  and  baMmaxt  browD-stone-finmt 
witii  lot,  Silt  a* .  •.  ■..  Vl,%  tt  $.  of 
at. $7,060 


■T^'-^v' 


REOOt^VSIt  REAL  EBTATB  TRAlfSFERS. 

NKW-TOBX. 
^^tuxdeof,  4eb.  1(L 

West  St.,  n.  e.  oerncr  of  Liberty,  alao  Me.  1Q6 
West  at..  al80_.West  st.  d-  »:.  66.3  ft.  w..  of 
Liberty  :  also  \^eet  st,  ^  a,  83  ft  u.  of  lib- 
erty;   algpNo^lfS  tiji^ity  ;   afso  WsiM^g- 


Ion  St.,  w.  a,  85  n.  n.  of  Liberty ;  also  Wa^ 
ington  St.,  75.1  tt.  ut  of  Liberty  st,  No.  162  : 
James    A.    Damil^h   to    Cem'ral  Oailroaa  of 
Kew-JersSy.......... nom. 

Bame  property ;  Central  ftaUroad  of  New-Jer- 
sey to  Ed.  c.  Kqigbt nom. 

3dav..  B.  e.  eoVtffc*  bf  106th  St.;  74xloii.9j 
Mauley  4<,  Finch  and  wife  to  Daniel  C Dell... $16,000 

2.Sd  St..  West,  Nii.  vB9,  (^s  part  of:)  Manuel 
Covin  t)  R.  V-  Miranda ^ 

Boulevdrd.  n.  w.  cyAerof  71st,  105.2iaxl39.1. 
also  72«^st.  s.  s.,  450  ft.  e.  of  Ilttisv.,  82.3z 
100.3 :  nbber(  4.  Hone  and  wile  tb  Charles  U. 
Busaell..., 

103d  St.,  s.  s., -160  w.  of  9tb  av.,  42.10x100.11; 
Josephine  W.  ffbguU  to   Anne  M.  Kins 

Du'lson  St.,  a.  w.  corner  of  Vestry.  79xl00; 
also.  Qudsoo  st,  w-  a..  50  tt  w.  oi  Lslzut  st, 
46xlUU:  Jabie'i  B.  Hnlie  aiid  wife  to  Miadle- 
town  Natiqnsl 

14tb  st,  8.  8.,  219  tt.  e.  of  1st  av..  26x103.3; 
John  A.  ^mtth  and  wife  to  Ann  M.  8mitii .; 


1,600 


nom. 
6.000 


nom. 


7.000 

38th  st,  n.  s.,  394  f^.  e.  of  6th  av,,  16x98,9; 

~  Kathatine  R.  Lodkwood  and  hnaband  to  A.  J. 
can«n 27,000 

Lawrence  st,  w.  s.,  193.6ft.  «.  of  lOth  av.  25 
xlOO;  Edward  Koacb  and  wif^  to  Michael 
Bocbe. 6,000 

6thav..  w.  s..  69  ft  n.  of  IBih  st,  46xlOOt 
Ceorg^  Oiebelbaus  and  wife  to  Sophia  F. 
presiler nom. 

Broome  st.  So.  120  ;  John  H.  Ksplenbeok  and 
wife  to  Qeorge  W.  Kills nom. 

6th  ay-,  w.  s.,   09' ft.  n-  of  leth  st.,  46xipO;     . 
Johh  H.  Dressier  and  wife  to  George  Giebel- 
haus ,■ nom, 

4th  av.,  north-west  cortjer  b6th  st,  60x100; 
Rat^ael  S'^vre  to  Blizabeth  A.  (I'rie'r :      nom. 

3d  av.,  e.  s,  76.11  ft  a.  pf  123d  st.  24x30  ; 
William  Klausman  and  wlte  to  Pbllip  Bolls- 
man IS.OJU 

Mill  Brook,  161x26.  (28d  Ward;)  Williain 
Klausmaa  and  wife  to  Philip  Uolatnann 800 

89fb  st,  n.a.,  323  ft  w.of  9tbav.,  2ax9agi  Ja- 
cob Datid  and  Xrife  to  A.  H.  Jonas 17,000 

Br  ome  st..  No.  120 ;  G.  W.  Bllis  to  John  H. 
Kepleubeok  . • nom. 

112ihBt,  si.s.,  170.10  tt  e.  of  4?bay.,  17x 
100.11;  Frank  R.  Theiss  to  Thomai  A.  Leo- 
nard       nom. 

48th  St.  a  s. .  21  .4  ft  w.  of  2d  av.,  18.8x 
10(1.5;  William  H.  Kewmin  and  wife  to 
Mi^fy  Lackay nom. 

Waverley  place.  No.  116  (l-16tb  part  qt).  also 
No.  1  Snulb  st:  J.  E.  .Vorns  to  K.  C.  Hoi  tins.       nom. 

S9tb  St.  u.  8..  325  it  w.  of  9th  av.;  25x03.9; 
Abraham  U.  Jonas  and  wife  to  Benjamin 
Vfallace 17,200 

83d  St.  h.  s.,  241-8  ft  e.  of  9th  av.,  Iti.Bx 
102.2 :  E.  Putterson,  Keferee.  to  North 
American  Life  iBSoranoe  Company 10.000 

Branch  Bailroad.  e.  ot,  2Sd  Ward;  8.  U  Glf- 
ford.  Referee,  to  Ii,  Zwink 

37tb  st,  s.  s..  225  tt  w.  of^tb  av.,  «25ili.9.3; 
O.  W.  Wingxte,  Hetferee,  to  Bank  tor  Sav- 
ings   14,600 

Madison  av.,  s.  w.  comer  Waverlyht.,  i()0xl25, 
23d  Werd;  W.  P.  Dixon.  Beferee.  to  L.  Q. 
Morris. 2,375 

17th  st ,  n.  B.,  100  ft  w.  Qf  Irving  place.  25^ 
92 :  iV.  B.  Hascall.  Beferee.  to  Ddlo'n  Dime 
Savings  Bank ^^'MP^ 

L^ASBS  BECOBDEO. 

24th  st   East,!  No.  33,  6  years;    F.   P.  Chase 

to  John  B.  Tyler $2,000 

Greenwich  st.  No.,  210,  6  years  ;  A.  A.  Qruoe 

t»  P.  bieversand 2.750 


FOR  8AliB-TQE  ATTHACTIVB  FOUB-8TORY 
H  ngliah-basemeut  brown-stone  bouse.  No.  40  \S*ft 
S6th  St.;  we,lbu:ltund  arranged,  and  in  uood  order ; 
lot  98.9:  Will  be  sold  low,  with  immediate  possession 
if  desirid;  very  liesiiaiile  lor  a  pby8ii'i-«n. 

li.  H.   LUOLOvV   t  V.O.,  No.  3  Finest 


TO  ItBAL.  E!«TA TB  OW.MfttS.-I  AM  RK.NT- 
lag  ray  proxKirty  Irum  forty  to  fliy  per  cent  lower 
tbap  before  the  war ;  the  butcher,  bont-mnker.  hatter, 
hotel  keeper,  tie.,  h.ive  made  no  cnrresponiltng  reduc- 
tion in  tbeir  cliarccs:  taxes  are  lncreai>inc:  shall  we 
make  furiber  conOfssioos  I  QUERIST. 


OR  8AL.K— 1.<  39TH  ST..  BKTWKKN  PARK  A.M) 
houSe.  25  feet  wide;    lot  §8.0,  .with  eitra^lot  lu  rear; 


MadiS'-ii  ays.,    an   elaimTkt  four-storv   browo-sione 


price  very  low. 


K.  U.  LUDLOW  It  CO., 
No.  3  I'ine  st 


N    Bt>tiGA.NT   ITUtil.-BJlZii    H'^Ur^B,  FOUR 
stories,  orowu  stone,   tor  sale  in  34th  it,  Dciweea 
thaud6tbava.  B.  U.  LUDLov\   k  Co.. 

No.  3  Pine  st 


I:SlFril       AV.-FCLL-blZB       COUN8B        HOUdK. 
.lowest  only    $j,.,0"0,    V.    K.   BlBVbNSD.N,   Jr..  4 
rine  or  33  Ea^t  17th  st 


A  L>AIC«<:£  .NUMUKlt  Oe  HOlJ5«KS  BKLO.^:?- 
.^ing  to  estates  and  iustltiitlnns  for  sale  or  rent  at 
low  rates.      KlMiiU.iN  K.  PAtiE.  No.  42    Bast  23d  st 


MIIUKAY    HII.Li.-KLSOA.Sr  22-FOOl'  .Nl>ltrH- 
west-oomer  liousi   for  sale  10 w.     V.  K.  BTEVKN- 
8U.N.  Jk.,  4  Pine  st  or  33  East  17cli  st 


FOR  ttALB   AT    A    BARttAIN-AN   ELlOAJiT 
25  foot  house  on  Bait  48tb  st.  close    to   6th   av. 
Apply  to  UOMbR  MORGAN,  No.  2  Pme  st 


BEOOKLYN^REAX^ESTATE. 

rilO  l,BA.>^B—$rtOO.— FOUR-STORY  BHOWN-8T0NH. 
JL  bigh-tcoop  bouses,  K2x55  feet,  on  lot  100  feet,  sit- 
uated on  3d  «t«.brooklyQ,  near  7th  av..  and  on  tba 
liigh  ground  M(\)ulniug  Propped  Pam.  Tbinist  Is  the 
extru-wide  street  le.iding  to  the  eutrani^e  totbePatk. 
Tills  is  the  bl);p«st  and  moat  Ueultliful  PV t  of  tba 
whole  city.  The  bouses  are  fii»t-gla»«  lu  every  re- 
spect, in  perfect  order,  and  immi-diate  possession 
cau  lie  given.  Apply  to  J.  B.  RANOf.L  li  SO.n'  ,No.  1 17 
Broadway,  .few- Yoik.  or  10  IRA  A  KIMBALL,  comer 
6ib  av.  and  9th  sc,  Brooklyn. 


FOtt  HALlC-nWKLLtNas.  BROWN-»rUNB 
fronts,  from  45.000  to  «tii.OOO.  Also ,  oua  plate- 
glass  and  tirown-stone  front  store.  C  fc  W.  J. 
BUUKLL,    builders,  ^o.  327  Smith    st,  Brooklyn. 


COUNTR^iEA  LJiST  ATE._ 

FI»R  SAIilfr^FAUM  Ts^OHl^NGB^COU.NTr,  73 
acres;  bind  choice;  situation  handsome ;  buildings 
ample  :  ehurmlug  home;  excellent  iuvostm!>nt  A\bo, 
village  boose,  tamtsbed  :    corner    lot,   barn;   very  eom- 

plet>.      Address   Box   No.    5ii,   Montgomery,  Orange 
County,  N.  Y. 


EXCHANfclfc:.— THRliK  UANUSIlMi.  COU.STRY 
residences  within  one  boor  of  Sew-Tork,  tree  of 
mortgage,  to  exchange  for  City  improved  property  not 
too  heavily  encumbered.  Apply  10  T.  8.  bUliPdKitD, 
Mo.  145  Broadw,>y. 


$1 


Ofiji^l   — TKK.>|!i    TO    SUIT— WILL    BUY 

•  OilUea   house,   six   rooms,    ihil  lot:    also 


ycty   nice  house,   seven  rooms,   for  $3,600;    other 

booses,  $800  upward,  Kllzabo.b,    M.  J.      8ee  circulars. 
K«LLOua.  No.  3  Broadwuy,  City. 


OKAMUB.    N.    .l.-cuijMrRir     IIUUSKS.     L.VROa 
sndvil.age  mis  lor   »aie:  egteat    vanety.     .Usut 

fumislied  and  unfurinsbed  nouses  co  let  tor  season  at 
TCJtr.  bv  WatrkK  K.  .iAIiTH.  mrmer  y  Blackwo.!  X 
Nn.it  It,  oi-»ii&u.  corner  of  Main  and    •''one  sen. 


FAHni— TvVKNTT  ACRKJ  :    MOUSE,  TWBNTK-ONB 
rooms  ;  fine  outoulldlngi;    Q.eenwiob,  Coun.;  also 
Long  Branch  property  for  sale  and  runt. 

A,  DAI  LEY,  No.  688  6th  ay. 


MOUNT  TBHNON— O.NLY  THlRTy  MlRUl'ES 
trom  City,  bodse  and  two  lots  for  sale;  fine 
hcaithy  locatiou,  $3,800  ;  very  easy  terms.  I).  PEAK- 
BON.  Home  lu/ittruncs  Company,  Mo.  139  Broadwa>. 


R^ALJSTATEJlTAO^ 

ASfitGNKSl'ii  HAL.B  IM  BANKUUPTCY 
In  the  matter  of  JdH.N  M.  ATWATKU  and  HARllI 
E.  ATWATiiR,  comprising  the  firm  of  ATvVATER  & 
BBO.,  bankrupts.— Notice  is  hereby  given  that  1  will 
sell  at  public  auction,  at  the  Township  ot  Crautord, 
County  of  Onion,  and  State  of  New-Jcrs?y.  on  the 
premises  hereinafter  described,  on  the  26mi  day  of 
February,  A.  D,  1877,  at  11  o'olmjk  in  the  forenoon,  in 
such  lots' or  parcels  and  upon  such  terms  as  shall  then 
be  determined  on,  all  the  right,  tlt^e  and  interest  of 
John  M,  Atwatt-r  and  Harry  H.  Atwnter  in  the  follow- 
lug-describedj-eal  property,  situate  in  tbe  township  and 
County  afurealid,  and  more  particularly  described  as 
follows:  All  those  certain  lots,  pieces,  or  parcels  of 
lauds  situate,  lyiuK  and  being  lu  said  township  of 
Cranford,  county  of  Union,  and  Btateot  Mew-Jeisey, 
described  and  set  forth  on  a  certain  map  ot  vula  aitea 
ofCraulord,  N.  J.,  drawn  by  J.  Vf.  8oppr  &  Co.,  civil 
engineers,  1869,  and  filed  in  the  ofdce  of  the 
Clerk  uf  County  of  Union  on  tbe  26  h  day 
of  March,  1874,  said  lots  bsing  numbered 
on  tbe  said  map  as  lots  4.  6.  6,  7,  8.  and  9,  In 
block  1 ;  lots  1.  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8  nnd  9  in  block  3  1 
lots  1,  2,  3.  4, 18, 14,  15,  16,  and  17  in  block4|  lots  1, 
2,  3,  4,  6,  6,  7,  8.  0,  10,  12,  13,  14.  15.  10,  17, 
19,  and  20,  In  block  6;  also  a  certain  plot  containing 
about  one-half  an  acre,  known  and  distinguished  on 
said  may  as  plot  "  C;"  also  a  certain  other  plot  known 
and  distinguished  on  said  ntap  as  plot  "A,"  and 
containing  about  one  and  ttiree-quarters  acres. 
Tne  above-deacribed  property  t>elng  a  portion  of 
tbe  land  couveyed  by  tbe  Central  Bailroad  Com- 
pany uf  IJew-Jers''y  to  Alexander  Stewart  ard 
John  M.  Atwater,  by  deed  doited  March  15,  1869. 
and  recorded  lo  book  No.  38  of  deeds,  in  the  of- 
fice of  tbe  Clerk  of  Union  County,  ac  pages  376.  ice.;  the 
interest  of  tbe  said  bankrupts  being  one  equal  undi- 
vided half  interest  in  the  said  plotii,  lots,  pieces,  and 
parcels  of  land,  and  tne  same  being  free  from  incum- 
brance, except  the  above-meutioued  lots  1,  2,  16, 
and  17  in  block  4.  and  lot  2  in  block  3,  which  are  sub- 
ject to  a  certain  mortgage  for  one  thousand  dollars, 
made  and  executed  by  John  M.  Atwater  aud  Uarry  B. 
Alwater  to  Charles  U.  Benedict,  aud  tlie  right  of 
dower  of  the  respective  wives  nf  said  bankrupts  in 
said  property.  For  further  particulars  apply  to  the 
undeisigned.  HENRY  8.  CUANOLKR,  Assignee, 
Ho,  261  Broadway,  New-York. 


AnniAir  U.  Mullbb,  Auctioneer. 
gUPKBMB  CUUKT  UA1^£. 

House  and  lot,  south  side  of  124rH  BT.,  79  ibet   6 
inches  west  ot  3d  a  v..  to  be  sold  at  auction  on 

TUURBOAY.  FK&   16. 
At  12  o'clock,  at  tbe  Exchange  Bales-room,  Ba  111 
Broadway.    B.  0.  CUETWOOU.  Refbree. 
ADRIAN  H.  MULlER  It  80H,  Anocloneera.  Bo.  7  Pine  at 


HOUSES  &  EOOMS  WAl^TBD 

WANTJfJ)  TU  KBNT— A  SMALL  NBAT  HOU8B, 
or  part  of  a  Brst-elasa  house,  between  4th  and  6th 
ays,',  to  130th  st,  Harlem,  or  a  desirable  cottage  wltn 
noonds  lu  the  vicinity  bf  Mount  Vernon,  on  tbe  New- 
Haven  Road,  not  over  five  mlnute«'  walk  from  the 
depot  Terms  must  be  very  moderate;  possession  first 
or  middle  ot  Msroh.  Address  WILLIS,  Box  So.  106 
Time*  Offloe. 


\fi 


'ANl'KO-FIYK  ROOMS  (UNFURNtaHBD)  FOR 
housekeeping  b.v  an  American  lamiiy;  must  be 
Situated  between  14th  an  1  40th  sts.,  and  6th  and  Btb 
ava;  private  bouae  preferrel:  gas  and  uss  of  batli- 
room;  rent  most  opt  exceed  $30  or  $22.  Address  lor 
two  days  Albert  Box  So.  228  Hvfiu  omoe. 


1|}JC!4iHaKO  AND  UMVLIANlHaBO  HOU8RS 
_  WAMTAD.— Great  demand  (or  deairable  booses ;  no 
^argefor  registedag.  J.  BKL80N  LUCKEK,  M^  66 
East  23d  st.  corner  of  .4th  a^- . 


iBAU-ruuij  »oVilt'ii*Olfr  uiau-aroop 


m 


DWBIililNQS  TO  LET. 


T&  hltP^fVVSlSatO  Oft  USPDRN{8HBD-r-TBB 
privBt«  restdenoe  of  James  C.  W  oodruft  ooutaiodnK 
16  rooms,  on  the' corner  of  Weat  Jersey  st  and  De  Uars 
plaoe.  BUSabeth,  S.  J.;  grounds  of  one  acre :  Iswa, 
iardeTi,  fruit  stsble,  abd  hen-bonse;  Inquire  of  A  Qt. 
CRAKB.  No.  135  Broadway,  or  C  H.  LAHQDON,  Noa  6£ 
and  84  ^orth  at 


'5? 


VBAIALBH. 


SOKfi.*!*    TO    LliT.-A   GOaPLKTK 
PIJFORMSHBD     AND    FOB^SISHED    I|0 
eah  b«  had  on  application  to 

fiVi.^Ka  MOtlQAN,  No.  SPinest- 


l-WT    OH' 
Dda8   TO 


ANUAlttBll     OK      CUOlCBLV-t.OCATKO 
■vrulsbeti  and  nufamislied  dwelliusa    to  rest  low. 
T.  K.  8TKYBNWN,  .Jr..  4  Pi  le  St.  or  U  ilon  square 


rn«   AkSt  FROn    mat  1-tukeis->toby 

Xhonse,  InSSd  at.  bscwM>n  Broadway  and  6th  itv. 
Ailpljr  to  lToXIELL,  No.  48  West  33d  st 


JSrOUhiH,   .S:U.,    JO   LET. 


OFFlpfiH  TO  liBT 

lai  THB 
triilipS  BUILOiNG. 

APl'LiF  TO 

GEORQB  JOMGS, 

Ti:U£8  OFirXCB. 


UFFICBM   TO  UBiNT 

IN 
Hos.  113.  115.  117.  119  BROADWAT. 
Two  largo  elevators.    Cheapest   bSoesin   the  City, 
couilderlug  location.  £.  IL  LUDLOW  &  CO., 

NO.  3  Pine  st 


TO  LET, 

A    tour-story   bnck    8TOUB   on   FULTON  ST.,  near 
WILLIAM  ST..  from  May  1. 
Apply  to  ADRIAN  H.  MOLLKR  Ic  SON, 

Np.  7  Pine  st 


BItPE.N  HOUf*lK— AT  PERTH  AMBor,  TO  LK,*SE 
on  f  tVorablH  terms :  tbe  ho'ei  la  in  good  order  and 
convenient  for  soa-Oatoins  and  boatlnc;  the  station  of 
the  Long  Branch  Railway  is  near  the  bouse.    For  fur- 


tber information  apply  to 


RACK  8.  ELY,  No.  22  Pine  st. 


rtMt  i.kame— THh  .sp.^rioud  saw  isroRKD  sua. 
X.  718  an!  720  Broadway,  together  or  separately, 
with  basement  and  sub-cellar,  ut  reduced  r^ui :  alsd 
third  and  fourth  Ipfts.  at'out  bOxlOO  ft^et:  immeoiate 
possession.     Apply  to  HOHACE  ».   ELY,  ->'o.  2.i  fine  st 


TO  LiET  OU  KKAlSU— THii  BNTIRK  UA.'.ULR- 
(font  building  So.  341  Broadway;  siz.^  about  33x 
ISU  feet,  with  an  L  extBiision  to  Leonard  at;  steam 
elevator  anu  heating  app,4r«tus;  immediate  posses- 
sion.    Apply  to  UOltACK  S.  HLV.  No.  -z^i  I'ine  at 


TO  liBT-OS  .M  (DiiRATK  TERMS,  AT  NO.  43 
ftlm  St.,  one  door  from  M'orth  st,  a  flrst-class  store, 
25x76  fet-t.  to::ether  with  basement  and  fourth  loft; 
or  would  let  tne  store  sDd  b  isement  together.  Ingulre 
of  W.  C,  MlLi-KB,  No.  146  South  otii  av. 


TO  HBNT.  on  l.B.4!SB  FUR  A  TBR.tl  OF 
TEARS,  OR  FOB  SALE— Property  Nos.  1  and  2 
Park  How.  corner  of  Ann  st  Apply  to  A  L.  NEILSON, 
No.  7u  Broadway. 


rriO  liEf  OK  UJA.SK.-THE  STORE  NO.  108 
X  Broad  st,  cheap  Iiiquir<>  of  THOUAN  &  BKNRAM. 
No.  108  Broad  st,  or  llANIiiL  S.  MILLER.  No.  618 
5th  av. 


TO    LBA.SB— THE    FOUR    nl-ACIOCS    LOFfS  NO. 
650  flrosdwny,  (formerly  Tiff.iiiv's  ;)    size  about  3? 
xlOO;   immediate  possession.     Apply  to 

HORACK  8.   ELY,  No.  22  Pine  st 


TO  LET— CAPACIOUS  OKHCE8,  CORN  HE  <■? 
Broadwa.y  and  Barclay  st.  (Hamilton  Building, I  ou 
first  floor,  and  Immeoiate  possession.  Apply  ou  the 
premises.  Room  No.  27. 


TO  liET— TUB  ST  IRE  AND  BASBMBST  AHJOLN- 
lug  the  St.  Nicholas  llott-l.  Na  509  Broadway,  ex- 
tending tbroagb  to  .Uerrer  st;  possession  1st  May. 
Apply  to  HORACK  S.   KLY.  No.  22  r-ine  at 


EIUHTII  AV WKjT  hide   stores  TO  RKNl  — 
33d  and  34th  sta    Apply  to  J.  ROMAI.VE  BttOWN, 
No.  1,'JSO  Broad wav. 


raiO  I.Br— >Hi<  SrOrtli  and  BAsitMENT,  NO.  2 
X  New  Chambers  St.  now  ocoupiud  as  a  restaurant. 
Apply  to  W.  L.  CO.^I£LI.N.  No.  i-i4inav. 


OTEA.U  I'OWKIt  ANO  FIR.ST  FliOOK  AND 

j^celiar.  oUxSb  feet,  .Sos.  188  anl  19J  West   Uoustou 
st    Inquire  in  the  corner. 


TDBAly  E.**TATK  TO  E.\CHAN<iB.— WANTBD. 
Xt/a  small  oanbtry  paoo,  tnrne  or  four  acres,  (West 
Cliestcr  County  prcferreit.)  with  a  good  house  unln- 
ouraoered,  w  >nh  from  $3.00o  to  $4r000,  tor  which  a 

well  assorted  Bti>sk  ol  readr  made  clolbiog  will  lie 
given.  Address,  giving  parilcalaza,  llANbO.N,  Station 
D,  Ntw-Ti>rk. 


WANTBII— A  FOOH-lt'RY  UuL'HB.  NOT  LKSa 
than 'JO  fei-t  frcut,. between  17ib  au't  47th  st^i., 
Lexington  and  tith  ays-.,  unmoumbered,  in  txcuanire 
for  a  tbreo-slory  linik  house,  25  feet  front,  near 
Cooper  Institute,  and  cash  for  dlfierence.  Adilr<-ss, 
with  location  nnd  price,  BUUl),  Box   124    /"(dms  Office. 


WA>'rKI>— A  .UhliiUu-SlZtiO  IIOUSK  BETVVKK."f 
30(h  and  4.'>lh  sts.,  Lexington  knd  6th  avs.,  In  ex- 
obaiiiie  for  a  browu-sion->  bou-e.  uuiuunmhereU  :  tiest 
looatiQu  in  Harlem  :  dlQ'erence  in  value  to  be  pato  in 
cash  bj  the  udvcrtisur.  Address  CA^iH,  Box  No.  072 
New-Vork  Po  ,t  Offlie. 


\XTA>TKU-A   8>1ALL    NKAT     HOUSE,    (KNt.LlSH 

y  T  basriuent  preferred,)  betwesen  aadlsnn  and  6th 
av^.  and  24th  and  40th  sis.  Address  MA8T,\R,  .No 
3S4  Ota  av.,  comer  24tbst.  otating  lowest  price  and 
location.  ■ 


SITU  ATIOJJS^W  A  N  TED. 

if  HM  ALES, 

THB    |)P-TOWN"oti^FujK^F  TMK  TI.llKs*. 

Tbeup-townofBceofTEIE  TIMES  is  located  at 
No.  I,'2a7  Uroadfvay,  bet.  31st  and  34il  sts. 

Open  daily,  Sundays  moinded.  from  4  A.  M.  to  8  P.    .M. 

Snbscriptidnt  received,  and  copies  ot  TUB  TIUG3  for 

sale. 

ADVEHTISEMBNTS  RRCEIVKD  TNTtL  9  P.   M. 


C0.11PAN|0>.-BY  A  YOUNG  LAOt  OK  Kl)U(,'A- 
t ion  ami  refinement  as  companion  'o  lady  going 
•broiid.  Aitilress  Cap<tbilitr.  Box  No.  264  TlMbS 
UPTOWN  OKFICE.  NO.  1.2.17  bItO.*l>WAT. 


CO.»ll'ANION.-BY  A  .VlIDDLK-AtiBD  8t:0TCn 
woman  to  Rttend  Hu  invalid  lady;  is  a  good  plain 
seamstri'ss:  good  reference  for  botli.  Call  at  No.  176 
West  lltii  st 


f  mA.>IOER.>rAID.-BY  A  YOUNG  PBGTBSTANT 
V^woman  ai  chamber-maid  and  wattresi  ;  good  refer- 
ences ;  waees  no  obd'Ct  to  a  gool  home ;  City  or 
eoon^.  Call  at  No.  89  Weat  11th  at,  between  6tb 
and  6tn  ava 


CIHAftlBBR-.tlAIO.    —    BY      A      RKSPEinABLB 
.(voong  girl  as  ohamber-mnid   and    waiiress  ;  Is  will- 
ing and  obliging:  good  reference.    Cau  at  No.  602  2d 

•  V. 


CHA.nitBlt.rtlAII).  —  Bi  A  RBSi'KlTiBI.B 
vonng  Eurllsb  girl  as  chamber-mnid  and  waitress 
in  a  nrtvate  family  :  best  Cit^'  rsterencs.  Call  at  No. 
448  7ih  av..  between  34th  and  35th  sts. 


CBA.TIDER-nAin  ANU  "WA ITRF'^^*.— BT  A 
yonnc  woman  ns  clinmbiT-maid  anrt  waitress,  or 
will  asnst  with  the  washing  end  ironing;  good  City 
reference,     (all  at  No.  115  West  19th  st 


CBAMHBR..1IAIU.—  Y  A  YOUNG  WOMAf, 
Utely  landed ;  will  do  fl;ie  wnshing  In  e  private 
family:  no  obleotlon  to  tbe  country;  best  reference. 
Call  at  No.  H3i  Kiist.  5Uth  at. 


HAiTIBUH-lVlArO.— BT  A   TOCSG    WO.MAN;  13 
a  izood  pl.iin  seamstress  :  c  .n  operate  on  Wheeler 

k.    WiUoii    machine;     good    City    reference;     City  or 

country.    Cail  at  No.  4.^  Kast  52d  st 


C: 


CHA.TIOUK-VIAID  AND  WAITHESS.-BY  A 
Touni;  woman  In  a  private  lamlly;  no  objection 
to  the  country;  best  reference.  Call  at  No.  833  Kast 
59th  st 


C^IIA.llBKU-tlAin.-BY  A  YOU.VQ  WOMAN;  IS 
/'firAt-class ;  is  n  good  sew  r;  don't  ol|]ect  to  wait 
on  a  lady  or  children;  good  refereucea.  Call  at  No. 
107  West  5Sd  st 


C1HA;>IBBR-»IA1D.— BY  A  FIRsT-CLAsS  CHAM- 
yoei-m'iidand  assist  to  lanndry j  bfst  City  reler- 
eoce:  lady  to  lie  s''en.  Call  ac  No.  982  8th  av.,  near 
6Sth  st,  second  floor. 


CHAniBliK-»IAl».-BYARB.'<PEOTAbLE  YOUNG 
girl  as  cDsmber-maid  and  waitress,  or  would  do 
sewing ;  best  City  reference.  Call  at  No.  278  3d  av., 
china  store. 


CUA.UBBR-.I^IAID   ANU     FLAl^    SEWINO.- 
Ponr  years  in  her  last  {dace.    Apply  at  No.  166  Blm 
at,  Juilalnge. 


ChAMBKH-MAIO.-BY    a    YOUNG  GIRL     NOT 
lone  in  this  country ,  to  do  upstairs    work  or  assist 
wltn  cblMren.    Call  at  No.  314  tiast  31st  st 


CIBAOIBBR.MAIU,    dcc-BY    A     COMPETENT 
^cbamber-mald;     is  An  excellent    laundress  i    best 
City  reference     Call  at  No.  153  West  18th  st 


CHAMBER-MAID.  — BY       A       EESPBCTaBLE 
young   girl  aa  chamoer-mald  and  waitress  i    City 
reference.    CaH  at  No.  341  West  17tb  st 


CUAftlBBtl'MAlU.— BY  A  Rl-.8PBi;TAdLK    GIRL 
asohaml>er-maid  and  to  >isBlst  with  wasblne  :  good 
City  refeieucoa.    Call,  for  two  days,  231  East  37th  st. 


C1HA31BKR.MA1U.-BY     A    YOUNG     GIRL     Ad 
vchamber-maid  or   waitress    in  a  private    family ; 
best  city  reference.    Call  at  No.  26 J  West  35th  st 


(^HA.NBKR-.nAlU.— BY  A  RiiSPBCrABLB  GIRL 
^aa  ohnmber-tnata  aud  waltreas ;    best  City  refer- 
ences.   Call  at  No.  232  Bast  4&th  at 


CHAMBBH-MAID.- BY     A     YOUNG     GI.tL    Aii 
charabor-maid  and  waitress  in  a  private  lamlly; 
belt  of  Olcy  reference.    Call  at  No.  141  West  27(h  st 


CIHAAIBKK-MAID.-BY  A  BU.sPBOlABLii    COL- 
J  oredgiri  as  chamber-maid,  waitress,  or  nurtei  can 
(ive  best  City  reference.    Oail  at  No.  36  West  44th  st 


CaAMBBB-iMAiU    OH    OBNBJElAlj    HOUSB- 
work.    Call  at  No.  164  West  62d  at 


COOK.— BY  A  FlR:)T-CLA8S  KNGLISH  COOK  IN  A 
private  lamily;  superior  family  oook  ;  can  take  en- 
tire charge  of  a  kltcjeu;  no  objeciiou  to  Brooklyn; 
Blx  years'  City  referenea.  Call  for  two  days  at  No.  135 
West  28tb  at 


COOK.— BT  A  RKBPiiCn'ABLli  YoUNQ  WuMaH 
lua  pnyate  family ;  willing  to  assist  with  the  wash- 
ing; three  years'  (Uty  retferenoe.  Address  for  two  days 
L.,  Box  No^  326  TIMBd  DP^TOWN  OFFICB,  NO.  1,267 
BROADWAY. 


C>OOK.— BY  A  1-IKST-CLA83  PROTKSTANT  WO-M- 
;sn :  understands  ail  kinds  of  cooking,  Prcnoh  and 
Anerican,  and  all  kinds  of  fancy  dlsbei;  willing  to 
tmke  otmrge  of  kitchen)  will  tro  in  tbe  eouncry;  ref- 
erence.   Ciill  or  addr.:ss  Na  218  t.a'jt  21st  st 


COOK.— BY  A  PROTEbrANTaiRL  Att  COMPETENT 
cook;  makes  qxceUei#  bread,  btaouit.  and  pastry; 
will  MSlat  with  WBtbimr :  City  or  cbtutry.  Address 
V.  B.,  B4t  Mo.    800  XUm*  fi|^«a«^,  <^»«p%  Mf^ 


i^^iiinm^rcirtAMBSSifiAi^^ 

VapeeUble  girls ;  one  ^t  foo4  |Bieo|t )  trill  aislat  ^th 
hashing:    the  other  as  ohambe'r-maid  aiid  waitress j 
together  pref 
^est  28th  st 


together  preferred  i   best  reteresoe.    CaU  at  So.  133 
"""     hst 


CO  a  A,  <\.'C.-BY  A  BB^PECTABLE  OIKL  IN  A 
private  Caffllly  as  cook,  atid  asSist  WIttf  tbe  wasta- 
Ipg;  has  no  obl^ction  \o  go  a  sbort  distance  in  the 
couut^y;  can  give  lO  years'  City  reference  Yrom  her 
labt  employer.    Ctjil  at  No.  601  6th  av..  corns*  3Uth  st 


COOK.— CHAiUBBii-niAIU.— BY  TAO  YOUNG 
lUtUi  one  as  c^onlt.  washer,  and  iroiier.  and  the 
Other  as  chamber-maid  and  waitress ;  good  C^ty  refer- 
ebcs  ban  be  given.  C^i'  at  No.  317  East  37th  et, 
KopQi  Np.  6* 


piUOK,    WAi^HBR.    AND     IHONBR.-^Bt    A 

5-^y.)Uus  woman  in  sn  American  family;  nn<4en>tand8 
family  bauins ;  eiriellent  c(blrt-lrone  :  t^ity  reference.' 
Call  at  S,o.  142  West  28tb  st.  rear.  Room  No.  0. 


C»»OH.— Bf  A  YODSO  GIUL  AS  CO  >E  AND  ASSIST 
witiiwashinz  and  Ironing.  orbopso-^oft<  in  a  small 
family;  good  reference.  .  Call  tor  two  days  at  No.  614 
3d  av.,  top  floor. 


C100K.  —  BY  A  FfRST'CLASS  COOK:  OROKE- 
ygtandscooktiieinall  its  branches;  no  obiection  to 
do  coarse  washing ;  City  or  country  ;  excellent  refer- 
ences,   can  at  No  24H  West  2Tth  St..  first  floor. 


COOK.— BV  A  COllPcTENT  COOK  IN  A  PBIVATB 
fatally:    would  assist  wllh  wasliiog;    City  refer- 
ence.   Citll  at  No.  244  West  33d  st,   between  7tb  ani^ 


CKIOK,  >VAHBBI^4J''D  IftONKK.-BY  A  BE- 
;speccable  Protestaac  woman;  no  objection  to  a 
brarding-house :  goad  telerenoe.  Call  at  No.  237  West; 
35th  St.,  first  9oor. 


CO(IIit  dipc— I^T  A  BESPECTABLB  WOMAN  A8 
coo!£.  nnd  nsslst  with  washing ;  best  City  reference. 
Can  be  seen  for  twouays  at  No.  254  Bast  74'ih  St. 
near  2d  av. 


CO(»K.— BY  A  STBAUr  EKLIABLB  PROTESTANT 
as  good  plain  cpok ;  willing  to  assist  in  washing; 
good  City  reference;  City  or  country.  Call  at  So.  aSO 
1st  av.,  near  14th  st,  grocery  store. 


COOK BY  A  BBSPECT.ABLB  tOONQ  GIRL  A8 
good  cook,  and  would  assist  with  the  washing; 
best  reference  :  can  be  seen  fur  two  days.  CaU  at  No. 
141  West  30th  st 


CO  I  (K.— BY  A  BESPECTABLS  WIDOW  WOMAN 
as  goou  oook,  washer,  nnd  ironer,  or  general  house- 
work In  a  small  private  family;  oest  City  reference. 
Cailat  No.  234  East  4'6th  st 


COOK.— BY  A  PROTESTANT  YOUNG  WOMAN  A8 
flrst-class  ctiok  In  a  private  family;  understands 
all  kinde  ot  oooking:  best  City  testimonials.  Call  for 
two  days  at  No.  30  West  43d  st 


C^OOK.— BY  A  PROrBSrA.>JT  WOMAN;  THOR- 
^ougbly  nnderet  nds  her  business :  is  a  good  baker. 
Ice;  (ley  or  country;  best  of  references.  Call  at  Ko. 
403  West  29th  st 


C100H,  WAaHKR,  ANU  IRttNBU.— BY  A 
/'Scotch  Protestant  woman;  or  do  general  house- 
work in  small,  plain  family ;  good  City  reterence.  Call 
for  2  days  at  Ko.  1,414  Broadway,  first  floor. 


Coon,  WASH  Kit.  ANU  IRONfttf.— BY  A 
competent  woman;  City  or  country;  best  City 
reterence.  Call  for  cwo  days  at  No.  124  West  33d  st. 
basement  back  room. 


COOIi.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  FBiiNCH  WOMAN  IN 
a  private  lamily ;  City  or  countrv  ;  good"  reference. 
Call  or  address  for  two  days  No.  226  >Ve«t  31st  st, 
basement. 


ClOOK-CHAMBiSlt-MAlD.— BY  TWO  PROT- 
/est;iut  gins:  ona  as  cook,  washer,  and  irouer; 
other  as  chamber-inaid  and  waitress;  best  City  refsr- 
euce.    Call  at  No.  366  West  62d  st. 


C1itOKA.NO  ASssIss'T  WITH  WASHING  ANO 
yironmg;    bust  City  reference.    Call  at  No.  142  WeSt 
2Stb  St..  second  flight 


COOK.— BY  A    FIB.>T-0LA»8   COOK    l.l    PRIVATB 
lamily ;  country  or  Cit.v ;   best  City  reference.    Call 
at  No.  lib  Wesc  iSch  st.,  third  floor,  front 


COOIi.  A.ND   ASaJ.ST   UN  WASHING.  IF  RB- 
quired :  three  years'  Oily  reference  from  laat  place: 
city  or  country,  call  at  8ot>  Bast  S6tb  st.one  flight  op. 


C^OOK.— bY    AN    AHiiRICA.V    A8  COOK  IN  A  PRi- 
yvate  f.i>uily  or  go  out  by  tbe  day;  good  City  refer- 
ence.   Call  at  .No.  150  VVest  41st  et. 


ClOuK.— bY  AN  ENGLISH    PR^TKBTANT  WO.dAN 
.^us  cooK  or  lious°-work  in  a  small  family.    Call  or 
address  111.,  No.  337  9th  av.,  tor  two  days. 


C100K.— BT    A    YOUNG    OliKM.^N    GIRL    A3    8cC- 
JoU'l    cook    in    a     bourding;^house   or   restaurant; 
good  tefeicnce.    Cail  at  IjO  West  25th  st,  first  floor. 


C'lOOK.— Br    AN    BNGUtSil    GIUL    Aa    COOS  ANU 
.Vuoarue  washer  aud   irouer ;  good  City  reference. 
Cau  at  No.  897  8th  »v. 


ClOUtv Bi  A  COMPliTliNr    YuUflG    WOM.*N    AS 
./good  plain  cook,   washer,  and    irouar;     best    City 
rele  ence.     Call  utNo.  lid  West  l9ih  sr. 


CniOK.— B*   AS     hXPcttlK.SClil)    COolC  IN  APttl- 
/vate  family :    is  fuily  competent;  best  City  reier- 

encfe.     Can  oe  seen  nt  .no.  37.2 7ib  av. 


tlOOK.— BY    AN    AMnRlCA.V    YOU.N'G  WoMAN    a6 
/'cook  ;  would  du  tbe  fine  washing  of  a  small  facully  : 
City  refenucp.  Crill  .-itNa  131  Wej-t  lOtbst..  top  floor. 


CIOOK.-Blf    A    HR.SI-OLASS   COOK* AND   UOUSK- 
/koeper:     Kuiilisn  and  I'reuch  conking;     good  man- 
ager: cau  market  if  required,   call  ac  118  We^t  26ch  sc 


D 


mazier;   by    tbe    week  or  mcn.h;  cuts,  fits,   and 


RbM.-v-.MAKBlt.— BY    A    i<I.iSl'-CLA8S    DRBSS- 

>y    -  ,   -      -.. 

trimd  in  tne  latest  style  |  understands  all  kinds  of 
family  sewing;  make  dresses  over  as  Kood  as  new; 
has  lock-srucb  machine;  uesc  city  reterence.  Ad- 
dreas  M.,  no.  130  Greenwich  av. 


DKESJ5-.UAKKR.— PEtttE  "1"  KlfTlilt  ANU  STlf- 
lisb  trimmrr;  will  make  tbot^trical  costumes  ;  r'e- 
mqiieiinc  i  wtU  go  out  by  the  day  at  $1  60,  or  work  at 
home;  Fieuch  system  of  dress-cutting  taught;  reier- 
euce.  full  or  adaress  all  ireen.,  V.  B.,  No.  ti^O  Och  av.  , 
second  fl  or. 


D 


uiiSi^-MAKElt.-BY    AN    ENQLlsH  WOMAN  : 

per-coc  cuuer  ..itamily  clothing;  perfect  operator 

uu  Wheeler  &.  WiUon's  micblue ;  $1  per  iUlJ;  Id 
years'  releience.  Address  K.,  Box  No.  274  TlMliS  DP- 
TJvVN  OFrlctJ.  No.  1.257  BROaDWAY. 


DUUHr-'MAH-Htt^-UH  A  YUU.sG  LADi  AS 
dress-ma^er  by  day,  weok.  or  mouth  g  thoroughly 
unuerstauas  her  business  in  all  its  branches;  terms 
moderate.    CuL  ac  Na  115  VVest  15th  st. 


HOf.lISttK.tJIiA'ilK.— tiY  A  aKLI.\BL><,  MIOOLE- 
aged  German  lady,  speaking  French,  lo  assist 
a  lady  in  the  management  and  care  of  tbe  house- 
hold duties  :  best  reterence.  Address  L.  A.,  Box  No. 
1(71  TlJltiS  Ui'-TOWN  OFUCB.  NO.  1./57  BSOAUvyAf. 


HOU»K-\VOuK.— BY  A  WOjIAN  fVITd  A 
voiid  3  years  old,  to  do  gaaeral  house-work: 
ttn>t-class  laundress ;  moderate  wages  lequir  d ;  good 
reretenoe.  CaU  a.  No.  u^l  Baat  S8cta  st,  rear,  secoud 
floor. 


HOUisU.WOUK.-BY  A  QEEMAN  GIRL  IN  AN 
Americau  family  to  do  cooking,  washing,  and  iron- 
ing; pood  referauoes.  Call  ac  No.  £23  l^iUt  42d  st,  top 
floor,  trout. 


HOU»i  -VVtiKK  AND  \VA!9H1N«<  ANOIRON- 
Ing,  or  will  t*ke  a  laundress'  place  in  a  private 
lauiliy;  lour  years' reference  trom  laat  place.  Cailat 
No.  503  West40tb  St. 


HOtSii-W»>Ul4.-BYA   PROft.sTANT    WoMaN 
to  do  general  house-work ;  good  City  retereuoe. 
Cull  at  No.  101  linat  3utli  St. 


HOlJ?!lB>\VOliK.-UY    A    YOUNG    GUL;    18   A 
good  cook  ano   baker:  thorough  laundress  ;  good 
Cicy  reference.     Call  at   107   Wesc  l8ib  st,  top  floor. 


LADV'S  MAID.— oY  A  (;0MPciT8.>T  FRK.sCH 
maid  witb  a  family  going  to  Enrope;  does  not  ob- 
Jrcc  to  chll  Iren  :  flrst-class  reference.  Address  Heuri- 
ette.  No.  061  6th  a  v. 


LAU  V'iS  MAIU.-BY  A  FRENCH  PKESON  ;  FHiST- 
class  seamstress  aud  ball -dresser ;  excellent  tit.v 
reterence.  .Adoresa  A.  V.,  Box  No.  320  TIMES  UP- 
TOWN OFFICE  NO.  1,267  BROADWAY. 


LADY'S  MAID.— BY  A  YOU.NQ  WOrtAN;  IS  A 
good  dresB-m:iker;  understands  cutting,  fitting,  aud 
bair-dresslng  perteotly;  no  oOiect.ous  to  tiavel:  good 
relereuce.    Call  at  No.  160  East  23d  st 


LADir*!*  .MAID.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  GEE.MAN 
girl  as  lady's  maid  and  plain  seamstress,  or  cham- 
ber work.    Call  at  No.  116  East  11th   st,  tulrd  floor. 


LAUNDRKbH.- BY  A  IOUNG  UIRL  AS  1<IBST- 
oiass  laundress;  ihorougliiy  uuderstands  flaiisg 
and  ),olJsbing.  Can  be  seen  for  two  days  at  present 
emplovei's,  .no.  41  West  2dth  st. 


rbspuotabgk   young 


LAUNUitB!<a>.-By 
t  oman  as  lirsl-olass  latmdress  ;  French  fluting  and 


putUncr  done  in  gooa  style ; 
No.  3o7  KusC  44lh  st. 


good  retereuoea.      CeQI  ac 


LAUNDUii:!!}^.— BYA  FIRST-liLASS  LAUNUSKSS 
iu  apriratu  fumlly  ;  best  City  reierenoe;  no  ot^ec- 
tiou  to  a  short  distance  in  tbe  oountry.  OaU  for  two 
days  at  No.  253  tvnst  31st  st 


LAL'.\DliBS8.-BY  A  YOUNG  WOMA>  A8F1EST- 
class  laundress;  can  use  the  scissors  and  assist  in 
chamber-work;  t  wo  years' City  relereuce.  Cailat  No. 
245  Weat  33d  st 


LAllNDltB»i«.-BY    A    CoMPKTB.xT      WUJ4AN  ; 
,:ood  City  reference.    Call  at  No.  210  Bast  66th  at, 
top  floor.  


LAUNDRB    S.-IN     A     PRlVjlTE     FAMILY,    OR 
would  cook,  wash,  and  iron;  the  best  of  city  refbr- 
euee.    Call  at  No.  256  West  2^d  st 


IVrUitSB.— Blf  A  SCO  feu  PKOTESl'ANT  WOMAN; 
J3I  is  capable  of  taking  mil  charge  of  an  infant  from 
its  Dirth;  very  good  with  bottle  baby;  no  otjeotion  to 
the  country;  good  reference.  Cailat  Na  T15  6lh  av., 
in  miliiaery  sto;'e. 


IVI  lIK!iK.-BY  AN  KNGLiaa  PROTSUITA-NT  WOM- 
i3lau;  can  take  care  of  an  inf.iiit  from  birth;  had 
children  of  her  own ;  reference  undoubted.  Address 
P.  A..  Box  No.  280  TIMhS  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  Na 
1.257  BROADWAY. 


NURSE.— BYARBSPECTABLB   WIDOW   LADY  IN 
a  widower's  famUy  as  nurse  and  house-keeper  ;  is  a 
good  seamstress,   ean  cot  aud  fit  is   lond  of  oblluren. 
as  good  reference.  Can  In  the  millinery  store.  No.  607 
6tb  av.,  between  28th  and  v^Oth  scs. 


XriJR."!ifi.— BY  A  COMPKTiiNT  aNO  TEMPBEATE 
i3l  man  as  nurse  or  attendant  to  a  alok  or  lovaiid  gen- 
tleman; gooJ  City  reference.  Address  Hervev.Box  No. 
265  ilMESUP-i'OkVN  OKFltJE.  NO.  1,267  BEOADtTAY. 


NUUbB.— BY  A  FiUST-CLASS  CHILD'S  NUR.^B; 
take  fnll  charge  from  birth:  wllUns  and  obliging: 
no  objrotlon  to  travel ;  best  City  referenoe.  CaU  at 
No.  lo9>a  West  15th  st.  rear  house. 


NCAHB  and  mBAMMTRBSS.  —  BY  A  BB- 
spectable  young  girl:  ProteatasLi  bait  City  refer- 
ences. Address  X,  Bdx  No.  288  TU1B8  UP-TOWN 
OFFICE,  SO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


._        _  BESPBOTaBLE    PROrBSTANT 

_  woman,  unmarried,  aa  nnrae  and  seamstress, 
cuamber-mald,  or  waitress.  CaU  for  three  days  at  So. 
244  East  39th  st 


NUH-SB.  — BX   a 
y 


1\TUR!SK.— OF  MANi:  HEARS  KXPERIBNCE  IN  ALL 
i^  kinds  of  tiokness  or  monthly  nursing  i  sarlsfaotary 
reference  from  pjktienta  and  nli.yaiciaus.  Inquire  for 
LMd.y'B  Nurse  at  Na  314  East  15tbst 


■KT^i  RMB.- B  V  A  RiiSPECrABLrt  FKBNCa  PROTBST- 
jJi  ant  girir  lately  arrived  lu  this  oooncry ;  wUllog 
to  assist  witb  ni>-stairs  work.  Addiesa  Nurse.  Box  Na 
817  TtMHS  DP-rOVVN  Or'FICB,  1^0.  1.267  IiRC^AUWaY. 


NUASB.— BY  APkotbSrANTOlBLlN  A  PRIVATE 
family  to  t^lce  ears  of  otaUdreil ;  wtUlng  *6  assist 
lu  obamoer-wtkrk I  best  CtSjf  wtUnmam.  A^*^'^'*^. 


mmmmmmmmmmmmBamim 

BITllATICGffa  WAJSTTBD. 


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§P8  i'i||B8py-To;ffs  ftyf icp.  qp.  Laei^jta^, 


UKttS.— BY  AN  8XPBB;BNi.<BDMfrtl8B  TOT^tB 
^,  tttUtktitgitStintolWti  tMrr  1^  Cttt  tetbteno^ 
fr9m  laatplafla.    App|.T  Kt  Na  ^Sf  fttat  8gtb  gt 


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l»0B8fE.— BT  Alt  BXPBKlBKbEU  NOBSB ;  CAN 
11  t»ke  Charge  bf  <in  infiuii  ftotb  Its  blrtli :  lO  ytors' 
reference  trom  last  place.    Ct»ll  at  tj«^  49"  ^  »▼' 


U6C  AMD  MBA.llerrB:B»».— BY  A   oompb- 

i)t  Ptoteatant  -iremao  oif  mtaiid  ledy: ;  beet  city 

relerenees.    Seen  for  tv*^  (jays  at  No.  210  Kast  '.^Sd  st 


1»URtfB.— BT  A  FAITHFUL,  H0H88T  WOMAN 
il  with  excellent  ref^ferioeS.  Apjlljr'  to  Mrs.  JP4nny 
Barrow.  No.  30  Bast  Bfitb  st 


"«rURSB,-BT  A  ttfiSPBCTABLE  Woa**Afil'IE.sT 
i3l  nui{|e  ;  can  take  entire'  charge  of  a  baby ;  bas  best 
Clfy  reference.    Apply  at  do.  537  3d  4v, 


\f  DR.SK.— BT  A  TOONQ  GIRL  AS  NUR9B  ASD  TO 
1 V  assist  with  cbamber-worV  and  sewing.  Call  at  No. 
128  West  60th  st 


s, 


BAftl!«t|l£fSH.-BY  A  tJOMPKTBNT  PBBtjOS  11? 
a  pKvate  family  aeseamsttesti  or  ebambei^tiail  and 


sewing-iiiachiae;  can  fornisb  best  City  reference,  aad 
be  Seen  Where  she  has  lived  at  Ko.  26  West  39ch  st 


CJKA.nSITitKSW.— BY    A     RKSPKCTABLB     TODNO 

(awpman  ss  first-class  seamstress  in  a  private  f%mily ; 
aan  cut  tod  fit  ladies' dresses;  can  bring  otrn  sewiog 
machine  tf  required:  Wilt  assist  Witb  other  light 
W'Tk;  tiest  Oity  reierepce.  Cail  at  present  employ- 
er's. No.  16  East  47th  st         .  ' 


SPAMiyi'RES!«l.— BY  A  YOO.N'Q  WoHAN  AS  GOOD 
plain  seamstress;  understands  Wheeler  ti  Wilson 
machine :  good  City  reference-  will  see  to  one  or  two 
grown  children;  City  or  country.  CaU  at  Na  llO 
West  19  th  st 


CiEAMHTRBS!!*.— BT  A  COviPETBNr  PERSON  AS 
1^  senipstresB ;  would  qss*st  tfith  children :  operates 
ou  different  machines;  good  reterences.  Address N.  N-. 
Box  So.  260  TIMES  DP-TOWrN  OFMCB,  NO;  1,267 
BROADWAY. 


Wlil"  NURSB.-BY  A  YOUNG  MARRIED  WOMAN: 
baby  seven  yreeks  old;  good  ref^nces.    Call  at 
No.  125  West  49th  st 


WAlTRKiiS.  —  BY  A  RKSPBOTABLB  YOUNG 
womsu  as  flrst-class  waitress  in  a  private  family ; 
understands  the' care  of  silver  and  mnklog  of  salads. 
icC!  is  also  capable  of  filling  a  man's  place  :  has  excel- 
lent City  reference.    Apply  at  No.  18  East  3»tli  st. 


VATAtTJttES!}.- BY  A  YOUNQ  WOMAN  ;  18  FIRST- 
V  T  class  ;  or  as  p.irlor-maid  in  a  private  family ;  best 
references.    Call  at  No.  206  West  58ta  st 


WTAITRBSS.— Br  A  PROTESTANT  GIRL;    OR  AS 
J  J  ctaamb°r-mBid  and  waltreas  in  a  private  famUy; 
g6od  City  reference.    Call  «t  No.  229  WeSt'27tfa  st 


WASHING.— BY  A  EK8t*ECTABLii  WIDOW 
woin'<n,  a  few  ladlr-s'  or  gentlemen's  washing;  all 
kinds  of  fine  muslin;  fluting  done  by  machine;  terms 
moderate;  best  reterence;  beautiful  pluoe  for  bleach- 
ing; by  the  month  or  dosen.  Call  at  No.  349  West  43d 
st,  between  8th  and  9th  avs..  third  floor:  Mrs,  Moore. 


WAsUIRIi.— FAMILIES' PRBFKRBBD,  BTA  SWE- 
disb  woman,  formerly  in  privt^te fiimUea ;  tbe 
very  best  City  testimonbils;  will  do  cheap  and  spleo- 
did  work:  widow,  nooliildren;  OaU  at  Itts.  Brikson, 
No.  32o  Bast  '.'2d  st,  rear  hpusa. 


WASHING.- BY  A  COMPETENT  LAUNDRB8S. 
ladles'  and  gentlemen's  or  family  washing:  fluting 
in  the  nenteit  style  ;  no  objection  to  go  out  by  the  day; 
best  of  reference;  no  incumbrance.  Call  or  addreas 
Na  428  West  54tb  st 


WA«4f)lN<:>i.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  LADHDRBSS; 
ladies'  and  gentlemen's  washing:  understands 
fluiting  and  fine  washing;  60  to  76  centS  a  docsh;  best 
of  reference.  Call  or  address  Mrs.  Ualone.  No.  113 
West  46th  Bt 


WASHING.— BY  A  THOROUGH  LAUNDRESS. 
(Engjisb.)  ladl°s',  gentlemen's,  and  tamiltes' 
washing;  shirts,  collars,  cnfb,  and  fringes  a  specialty. 
Call  or  address  Mrs.  Walker.  Na  111  West  lltb  st 


"MTAiiHING.— BY    A    REBPBCfABLE     WOMAN    A 
y  T  family  washing,or  would  go  out  bv  the  day :  takes 
care  of  a  private  house;  best  City  reference.    Call  at 
No.  19East6istst 


WA<<HIN6.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  COLORED 
woman  :  gentlemen's  and  families'  washing  from 
50  cents  to  76  cents  per  doSsn.  CaU  or  address  Na 
118  West  26th  st 


WA8H1NU.— BY    A    COLOBBO    WOMAN,  WASH- 
ing  and  ironing  and  daya'  work ;  good  references. 
Aduress  Virginia,  No.  304  West  21st  st,  rear. 


WA.-^HING.  — BY   A    Yi»uNO    COLORED   LaCN- 
dress.  washing  at  her  own  residence;  best  refer* 
ence.    CaU  at  No.  141  iVest  3Uth  st 


MALBis. 

BPTLBK.— IN  A  PRIVATE  FAMILY ;  UNDER* 
stands  his  business  in  every  respect,  tbe  care  of 
sliver  aud  lamps  :  understands  mtdrKetlug:  has  good 
C^iy  referenoe  and  ao  obieotion  to  the  country.  Ad- 
diess  H.  R.  6.,  No.  Ii5  East  27th  st. 


BDTLBR  ANU  WAITER.- IN  A  PRIVaTH 
lamily.  by  an  Enclisbnian  wuo  tborous:hly  uuder- 
stands bb}  business ;  best  City  reference.  Apply  at 
No.  861  Sixth  av.,  in  Jewelry  store. 


BCri<BK.-BY  AN  ENULISUMAN  OF  15  YEARS' 
experience,  both  in  England  xnd  this  City,  as  fi^at 
man  (where  a  second  is  kept;)  unexceptionable  refer- 
ences.   Address  Wallace.  No.  350  Weat  46tb  st 


f  U)ACU»1AN  AND  GARDBNBR.-BT  A  FIBST- 

V/'class  Sober,  in  lustiious  single  maa ;  thoroughly 
understands  the  proper  care  and  management  of 
horses,  harness,  and  carriages :  sate  aud  experienced 
driver, good  milker:  wi. ling  nnd  obiisriug:  good  reter- 
ence.   AdUresa  T,  B,,  No.  102  vVashington  st. 


IIAOllftlAN  ANU  tiRO«»i>l.  — TdOEOUQHLY' 
understands  his  business:  willing  and  obUging; 
no  objection  to  country;  nnders'aade  tbe  care  una 
treatment  of  gentlemen's  road  horses ;  highly  ie>'om- 
mended.  living  six  years  in  one  placa.  CaU  or  address 
tor  two  davs  O.  «.,  No.  48a  8lb  av. 


COAOHJIANANDGBOOM.-BTACOMPETE.nT 
single  man  ;  baa  a  brst-class  knowledKe  of  bis  Uusl- 
nets  .  experienced  groam  ;  oareful  City  driver;  willing 
andobUging;  excel.ent  City  reference  from  moat  re- 
spectable &miiies.  Call  or  address  C.  W.,  at  J.  B. 
Brewster's  wsrerooms.  Na  145  6tnaT. 


COACHMAN.— BY  A  PROTalSTANT  MARRIED 
man;  thoroughly  understands  bid  duties  in  every 
respect;  no  obj.^cti  ms  to  manage  a  vegetable  garden 
if  required;  no  iocumbrance;  i2  years' unaurpasaed 
referaice  Address  James.  Box  Ko.  263  TIMEB  UP- 
TOWS  OFFICE,  NO.  1,267  BuOADWaY. 


/lOACUHAN  ANDGARUKNBK.-8T  A  SOBbR 
\_>'reliuble  single  Scntehman:  understands  the  care  of 
bo  ses  aud  carnages  tl>oroaehlj  :  careful,  driver,  and 
good  ve^etaole  guiaeoer;  can  milk:  would  make 
bimselinseful:  bist City  references.  Address  James, 
Box  No.  224  Tinu*  ofSce. 

OAr.HMAN.— BY      A      GBnTlKMAH      FOR     HIS 

ooaehman;  has  served  him  faithfully  for  years 
witb  the  strlolest  honesty,  sobriety,  and  iBOaatry: 
thoroughly  understands  his  business;  is  a  skilUul, 
bandy,  and  Inaoatrious  eood  man;  strictly  temperate. 
Address  U.  K.,  No.  713  7tb  av. 


Cuachihan  and  groom.-by  a  single 
young  man;  thoroughly  uuderstanils  tbe  care  of 
boxses,  harness,  aud  carriages :  good  plain  gardener; 
capable  of  taking  cnarge  of  a  gentlem.tn's  place ;  good 
rei''renoes.  Call  ou  or  addreas  Joseph,  No.  433  lUit 
15th  st 


I'll 

V^on^chlT  tuidei'standa  the  care  of  horses,  carriages, 
and  harness:  careiui  i^ity  uriver;  best  oity  reference ; 
can  be  seen  at  present  emplnver's.  CaU  00  or  address 
No.  163  Weat  56th  st ,  private  stable.     * 


COACHi>IAN  AND  GJROO.M.-BY  A  BK8PBCT- 
able  Prot'Stant  Scotchman;  single;  thoroughly 
understands  his  business  :  careful  City  driver;  no  ob- 
jection to  the  country :  first-clajs  reference.  Call  or 
address  for  two  days  CToacbman.  No,  146  West  Slst  st 


COACHMAN.- BY  A  OK.NTLEaKN  FOB  HI8 
coaobman;  .sootoli ;  single,  strictly  temperate,  and 
obliging;  no  ol\)ections  to  tbe  couutry.  Call  on  or  ad- 
dresa  fbr  two  daya  C.  T.  Oromwall,  Ma  34  Liberty  st, 
Room  Na  4. 


C10AC.riMAN.-BY  A  RKSPBCTABLK  .MARRIED 
^mau ;  thoroughly  understands  the  care  of  horses, 
carriages,  and  harness  ;  has  several  years'  City  refer- 
enoe from  his  last  employer.  Can  be  seen  fbr  two 
days  at  Na  62S  Broadway. 


COACH.WAN-COOK.— BY  A  YOUNG  MARBIED 
man  as  coachman  and  groom;  wife  as  flrsr-olass 
cook;  no  objections  to  either  City  or  country:  wltbout 
any  inoumbrances.  Call  or  address,  for  two  days. 
private  stable.  Na  61  East  38d  st 


COACHiHAN    ANU    OUOO.M.-BY    A    YODNft^ 
man  who  thoroughly  undeiscands   his  buiness; 
is  peifectly  sober:    will  oe  found  wilUugaud  obliging; 
best  City  retereros.    Address  M.B.,  Box  Nok  817  TIKES 
CP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,267  BROADWAY. 


C^OACHMAN.— BYA  COMPETENT  AND  RBSPECT- 
j  able  Protestant  single  man;  Scotch:  understands 
gardening  and  otu  mUk  if  necessary;  City  or  eooatryi 
firsi-class  leterences.    Address  for  three  oaya,  H.  A.  J., 

No.  208  East  4-ttb  st 


COACHMAN.- BY  A  RESPECTABLE  COLORED 
man  aa  coaobman;  12  years'  experience;  no  ob- 
jection to  City  or  country ;  good  City  reference.  Ad- 
dress W.  M..  Box  Na  287  TIMES  CP-TOWN  OFFIOB, 
NO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 


COACHMAN.— BY  A  BIHQLB  YOUNG  MAN,  JU^T 
from  Scotland,  in  some  gentleman's  fhsally 
as  coachman;  hia  references  pror*  blm.  t»  t>e 
thorougbl.y  famiUar  with  his  dnaea.  Addreaa  J.  W., 
Box  No.  2^6  Tinut  OfBce. 


COACHMAN. -BY  A  SINGLE  MAN  WHO  THOB- 
ougbly  nnderstauda  tbe  osre  of  boraes,  earrlace*. 
and  bamess ;  caretul  City  driver  i  oesc  City  reterence ; 
Can  be  seen  at  present  emp  oyer's.  Cab  or  address  Bo. 
103  West  66th  st.  private  stable. 


COACHMAN.— BY  A  QBNTLE4IA.'<  FOR  HIS 
coaciiman ;  one  who  knows  his  business,  aod  ia 
worthy  of  it  CaU  on  or  address  John  sneppud,  Na 
119  Madison  ar. 


COACUiUAN.- BT  A  SINGLE  MAN  WHO  DNDBB- 
scanib  the  b-sstness  the  'oncblv ;  seven  jtMil  best 
City  reference;  wilt  be  found  wuUng  and  obliging. 
Address  P.  N..  No.  131  West  SBd  sr..  private  stable. 


COAOBMAN.  -  BT  A  KASfaiJ)  MAB;  J-IRST 
class;  EngUsh ;  wiUlng  and  obliglag :  City  or  ooun- 
try; auezeeptlonable  City  refbrenee  froni  laat  em- 
ployer..  Address  Competeat,  No.  8  West  45th  st 


FAttMBa.-BY  A  UAiiUIBB  MAN:  NO  IN- 
eumbtaooei  thoronghlv  ouderitands  tarming,  tbe 
care  and  management  of  aU  iQnds  of  stock;  cajncble  of 
taking  eare  ot  gentleman's  plaoe ;  wife  oodersUada 
dairy  and  poultry  ;  flrst-elasa  referenoe.  CftU  er  s4- 
dress  P.  L.,  No.  876  Broadway,  seed  store. 


-OAROlBa  AND  GA1|DBMKH«  OB  WOULD  QO 
J?  as  first-elae*  gwdauer  ;  seven  yeara'  teferraoetram 
present  place:  marked:  no  famUy.  Addreas  T.  0;, 
care  Peter  Beid,  Aocist,  236  Cllnto;i  st,  Brooklyn,  K.  T. 


G. -  ..... 

Swiss ;  baa  bad  seventeen  .veara'  praetiee  In  the 
cmtnxe  of  hot  and  green  boiue  pUntsi  ftiao  under- 
Stands  the  growing  of  aU  kiuda  of  vegetables ;  oan  be 
weU  reeommenOed  by  both  pr«senk  JMal  late  ess- 
players.    Addxeaa  L  Osmrad,  No.  188  B1«St«r  at. 


SITI7Agfe[Og^   WANTED, 

GAttnBNBR«-B|aBiratS   THE    P^OB  P*  A 
firlt-claiik  VSie,  ti^fe  oi»  er  more  mea  ate  |ev4« 
is  a  tton  T«ry  ir^titiftkt  mi  esp^b^  lb  Wl  «£MWMl 

of  his  bnaioass;  is  a  Scbtepniani  *"A  *3"'-?^f  ft>t<S*»S 
tbehlkheitreieteheafrtmSciSiiihd  iitXW»_^rmrr^ 

drey  J,  KMIOHT,  Sew  lltreebt,  N.  Y.  ' 


riAftpBN8R.-BY  A  TaOBOUqH  FIBBl'-CLABS 
VT^Udeiier;  h&s  bad  22  year^  eipefie^ee  m  ibl4 
country  I  Is  couipetent  to  take  charge  of  betb  fina 
•nd  garden  ;  Is  a  flrst-olass  tmit.  flower,  and  vekOtsbio 
grower,  and  e^neci^lly  grApee  ;  is  a  b'srd-wurkmg  r 
A4dre|s  B.  V..  ^oz  Na  624  lonkerf  Post  office. 


ri^ROB!<BR.— liT  A  BIBST-CLAS8  OaBDBNRB;  4 
\jritrit^liMSol'a)!e:  la  thdtonghly  versed  in  «t&r^ 
tbiiMc'atfpertyintiig  to  flowers,  lawns,  wallat  BOT- 
hon  M,  fcc  Call  on  or  aldress  Garoener.  oare  «C  I. 
''-^Isea;  Bo.  287  Brotldway. 


f3.AlfcDBNBRi— BY    A      .HINGLE     MAS:      STukE 

VTstaads  greephotue.  eraperies.  C^t  trees,  graf^ 
ihg,  Kudafng,  giroviugmnshTonnu,  and  fartiimg  ttm 
(n^bly :' tn^nty  ye«r  experience.      ""         -    - 


B.titherfp.r<t  Park,  if-  J- 


AOdresS  T.B., 


AKOBNBR.— BY  A  MARRIED  MAN;  UNDiiB- 
..'stuAs  flowerfl,  graperies,  vegetables,  (to.;  is  an  ex- 
pert at  grafting  1  can  do  all  the  reossrs  on  a  K<>ntie- 
mau's  wafse :  twelve  years'  reference.  Address  Gai^ 
duBbeL^oX  No.  240  Timi$  Office. 


rAfiDBNBtt.-ATHOaoaGHO\RI)KNER:  W'^I. 

Tup  ta  fnilture  of  grapes,  peaches,  rases.  &c  .  nnaez 
glass  ;  references  SB  to  onaractet  and  ability  first-class. 
Address  X.  M.,  ear«  ls«*e  BUchanaa,  Bsq.,  No.  1  West 
17tb  st 


/3.ARDBNER.— BY  A  PiR3T-Ct.ASS  MA.'i, 
\3rS0otcb,  (inarrled.)  thoroughly  understands  his  bua- 
loessio  all  its  branches;  15  years  un^xcep  ionabie  ref< 
erence  as  to  character  and  ability.  Address  L.,  Petei 
li  Anderson.  Esq.,  Na  36  CortlandcSt 


riARDENER— OF  ABILirr  AND  OF  BBPUrSD 
Vlsmerit,  understanding  all  sorts  of  glass  caltu<« In 
its  bighest  ctipaclty,  and  fully  prscilcal  in  ail  othei 
branches  relathig  to  bis  protekiion.  Addreas  J.  S., 
No.  15  John  st 


riAJ(lUKNER.-BY  A  SISGLK  MAN  ;  28  TtABS  Qt 
VXage';  can  gife  the  very  best  of  reference  as  tc 
sobriety,  industry,  and  ability  in  every  branch  as 
gardening.    Address.  D.  B.,  Flonst  Hobokep,  N.  J. 


GARDBNBB.— BY  A  tIRST-CLASS  FRENCH  QaB- 
aener,  siugl6  ;  competent  in  all  branches:  of  long 
experience  in  this  oountry.  CaU  "r  adoreas  A.  S..  gm> 
dener.  No.  136  Bleecker  st,  New-To;^k. 


aAUPBNER  ANO  irAK.MER.-BY  A^YOONj* 
German  as   garaeopr  and  &rm'er;   t>est   ris&renbe^ 
Address  W.  J..  WiUlamsbridie    Post  Ofilce,  New-Yor^' 

ARDBNBR.- TyuRuUOa.    PRaCHJAL,    (-.N«- 

lish  ;)  age,  28:   married;   first-rate  reference  aa 'o 

ehanieter  and  ability.  Address  P.  W.,'No.  67  Nassau  at 


1    (^  ARDiSNIf K^BI  A  O^MrKtllbnP  J|4II  f  ,  HJett 


qaahlled  In  the  enltlvatiaa  gf  st»ye  <ad  eteen- 

bouae  AantSi  xeeear-bat-bimae  enisM.  fMtli,  VMreta- 
blea,  and  1I^»  iwaaagemimt  oI^otaMWalHI.  toc^mmmt 


iBsaaaemimt  ol;,  ofsawsalai  gteMUWt 


GROOM  AND  FOOTMAN.— Bt  A  MARBTtSt) 
man  as  groom  ^nd  iootmao;  llrst-clsss  reneteneo 
from  iiresent  emplover.  Address  T.  C,  Box  No.  8t>4 
TIMES  DP-TOWN  OFFICk.  NO.  1,257  BKOAOWAY. 

UlUtB  OK  VALBT.— BY  A  HIGHLY  (tdSi-KOr-' 
able  young  Englishman  of  great  expariepoe  In 
rubbing,  bathtng,  aud  ell  cases;  traTeliag  prefc^tted; 
first-class  reference  from  leading  phyaielHis  ajfd  pro- 
mioept  City  gantiemeu.  Address  B.  M.  C.  Box  -^o.  ^168 
TIMES  UP-TOWN  UFKIOB.   Ng  1.267  BkOADWaY. 

ORTBR  AND  USEFUL  .MAN.-iS  A  UUtKt"- 
or  private  boarding-house,  by  a  sosez.  steady  qiaq, 
not  atrald  tb  work  at  smail  wases ;   good  recommenda- 
tions.   Address  C  Box  230  Ttmti  Oftce,  for  two  dayS. 

TTSKFUL  MAN  AND  POOTMAN."— riT  AN  BX- 

V/perienced  young  man;  single:  will  attend  fur- 
nace, clean  silver,  wiouows.  shoes.  &a ;  will  work  in  a 
atable:  five  years'  city  reference.  Call  or  address 
Footman,  No.  202  East  28tb  st. 


WAI'TBR. -IN  A  PRtVAlK  FAMILY  Bi  A  YOCNS 
Englishman  single  and  Protestant:  tborougly 
nnders^ds  his  business  in  all  its  branches  ;  higpiy 
recommended  by  his  last  employer  in  the  City;  noolv 

i action  to  the  country.    Address  fiir  two  days  W.  &, 
ia  1.278  Broadway,  between  S'id  and  33d  sts. 


W^ 


WAITBtt.— BY  A  YOU.NG  E.NOLISHMAN  Ui  A 
prtvatelatnily  m  the  City  or  country:  has  KOOiS 
City  reference  as  a  good  house-servant.  Address  d.  C. 
Box  Ha  272  TIMBd  Uf-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  l^SW 
BRbADWAY. ._ 

"AITEtt.-BT  A  RELliBLE  AND  COMPETENt' 
Pzotestant  man  as  flrSi-claas  waiter  in  a  pnvata 
family;  bas  the  best  Cicr  reference;  no  objection  to 
Clly  or  ootintry.  Address  G.  R.,  Box  Na  3o2  TIMES 
UP-TOvyN  OFFICE.  HO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 

VJtTAlTKtt- liAUNDKBSaT.— BY  A  FRENCHMAN 
T  y  aiid  wife;  man  is  a  first-ciass  waiter:  worn  n  aa 
lanndrrsa;  first-claas;  doea  gener|U  bouso-work; 
wages  $35:  City  references.  Apply 'at  Ba  144  West 
24tb  st     Ring  bpti  twice. 

WAITER  OR  BUTLErk  FOR  CITY  OR  COO.t- 
try;  has  lived  many  years  as  such  in  Englaod;  11 
reliable  in  all  respects  ;  can  with  confi,ience  refer  to 
four  first-oiaas  tamines  lu  Cfcv.  Adaresa  H.  M..  Boa 
Na  263  TIMES  UP-lOA'^N  UFFiCg,  1,257  BROAoWAf. 

WAITER  AND  GElsBRAL  »»BKVANT.-BT 
a  young  man ;  can  wait  on  table,  care  aUver,  ttc, 
is  wliUug  to  make  himself  nsetol  :  not  nfTaid  to  work; 
wages  moderate:  fii  st-class  recommendacious.  CaU  or 
address  B.,  So.  241  West  87tb  st 

AITBK.— BY  A  SlNOL_)2  P*uT8S  I'ANl'  MA.V  1.%  A 

private  family;  no  olJect;on  to  the  couutry:   haa 

best  City  referenea;   Just  discngaKed.    Address  J.  B., 

Box  No.   311,    TIMES   UP-TOWN    UKFICE.  NO.  1,26'? 

BROADWAY^ 

AITBR.— BY   A   a-tsBPEC TABLE  COLORED  MAS 
(singlel  in  a  private  famUy   or  boarding-uouse; 

four  yetoa'   City  reference.     Address   Smith,   Box  .So. 

308  TIMES  DP-TOWN  OFFICE,  HU.  1,257  BROAD,*" AY. 

AITER.- BY    A    PROTEaiANT     ENGLl^aMAN 
as  waiter;    is  thorough  in  bis  duties;    Dest  reter- 
ence given.     Call  or  addreaa  O.  H..  Ao.  154  East  4'M 
st,  first  floor,  front. 

WAITBK.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  YOUNG  MAN; 
Protestant :  in  a  private  lamily;  five  years' beat 
City  reference:  wUUng  and  ebUxUtg,  CaU  for  two  days 
at  Ng  121  West  3otb  st i 

/  AITKK.— Bir  A  I-RIVaTE  WAIi'iiK;    H.^d  LONG 
and  gooU  references  from  high  families,  both  iiere 
and  m  England.     CaU  or  address  Na  2U4  West  27th 
st,  for  two  days, 

W"  AITKR.— BY  A  SWISS  AS  WAICSll  ..N  A  Ftsl- 
vate  family ;  speaks  French  and  German  and  a 
little  English.  AiAxM»  J.  B„  Box  Na  269  TIMlts  UP* 
TOWNObPlCB,  NO.  1.267  BBOaU WAY. 

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WAITER.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  FRI^NCH 
waiter;  understands  service  at  tab. e:  bas  taken 
charge  ef  sliver  litr  a  priyate  family;  best  city  relei> 
enots.    Address  N.  Y.,  Na  255  West  35th  st 

WaITK^.— BY    A    SOBxsa.    STEAor    M.A.S    WrtO 
thorongbiy  understands  bis  buslnsss,  and  refbrs 
to  his  last  employer  where  he  lived  for  a  unmber  of 

years.     Address  W'ulter,  No.  398  4ch  av..  &ib  score. 

AITKR.— BY  A  KtiJPECrABL.E  KXf.BltmCeJt 

young  Kn<;hsbman,  as  waiter.      Address  A.   Bi, 
Ko.  231  West  26tn  st 

WAlTKK.— ilY   A    SINGLE    COLOitbU      MAN      AS 
waiter  or  in  a  store;    best  City  and  country  it^ 
ereuce.    Call  or  address  J.  P.  a,Na  lo9  Wesc6^dst. 

WAITKK.— IS  A    PttiyArM    PAJdlLV ;    MK-if    0> 
city  reCerenee  from  lass  plaoe.    Apply  or  addreaa 
Ko.  9  West  17th  st 


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WAITER.- BY  A  YOUNG  FRcNCHHaN  AS  fiRsT- 
claas  waiter  lu  a  pri  Tate  f  tmilv:   v  Ity  referanea. 
Cull  or  aUdrees  Genet  Na  150  East  42d  St. 


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AiTKit.— BT  A   YOUNG  COLORED   MAN    IN  i[ 


private  family;    good  City  re^arenoe.    Callorwirt 
dress  J.  Mu.  No.  110  Sth  av. 


WAITUR.— BY   A    FiRsr-CLAi^S    WAIl'SR   L'f   A 
private  family :  best  City  references.    Address  M. 
v.,  at  Salter's.  Ho.  886  Broadway. 

Al'i'BR.— BV  A   COLORtiU  MAN     iN   A   BOARD- 

iog-hooae.  er  as  yalet  to  a  gentleman.    AadrsM 

WaitermAn,  Na  692  8.h  av.,  top  floor,  in  tne  rear. 


WA4TJBR.— Aj      FlttST-CLASa      WAlliB      I.f     A 
private  famUy;    best  City  references.    C«U  o> 
addreaa  M.  V..  at  Salter's,  Na  S86  Broadway. 


FBEyPH  ADyEBTISEMEOTS 

UNB  »l)tl»SB  FRANCAIt^B— POUVANT  BA- 
seigner  lea  eafiints  at  falre  tonte  espies  d'oa- 
vrageaA I'aiguiile,  ceatre  ae  planer  de  snit^  b'adreaseT' 
auBev.  Pons,  No.  824  Weat  20tb  st 


WANTED- A  GIRL  TO  COOK  AND  DO  TIE 
coarse  washing  tor  a  small  American  famUy  Uving 
•  short  dlstanoe  iu  the  country.  None  but  Procescoata 
need  apply.     Incnire  at  No.  122  Pearl  st.  first  fl  joc 


XXTAMTBU— A  BOOK-KaBPER  LS  A  MERCA.>i  TiLtf 
yy  hoBse;  to  a  suitable  man  the  position  will  bofi 
permanent  one.     Address,   In  handwnt^g  or   appU- 
cant,  .-<..  Box  No.  1«8  TVmes  Office. 


WANTED.  -A  FIRST- JLA8S,  COMPETE.VT  COOK, 
T  T  to  assist  with  washing.    CaU  to-day  from  10  Botfl 
12  c^cloek.  at  No.  87  West  47th  st 


\]|rAN*ED— FIRSr-OLASS      PRIVATE     WAlTBRt 
y  T  best  referenoe  required.    Apply  at  Na  248  Lex- 
tngton  av..  Daaeaent,  from  10  to  12  only. 


WAN'tBO.— A    FRENCH     NURSE;     ftiUST     BPBAS 
bnglisb ;  flrst-class  reference   reiquired.      Call  at 
No.  42  Bast  iM  st,  between  9  and  12  u'cloeK. 

I    ' '"     '       '"     aiaagssigBsa 

BA T^KBjJPT   yOTIOEa 

UNITE  O       STATES      Die^-rRIcr      VttVB.'t 
for  tbe  Ifootbem  District  of  Bew-Tork.— In  Bank- 

ruptey In  the  matter  «#  BBBnABd  BKKHaN  and 

ELlA.s  OLBNICK.  Baa kzttbts.— Settee  la  hereby  gren 
that  I^,as  Assignee  in  baakruptey  ef  tb«  estate  and  ef- 
leots  ot  tbe  siSreaaid  bankrupts,  will  aeil  at  pubtlo  auo- 
tion,«n  the  10th  day  of  March,  1877,  at  ttilf-paat 
tern  o'olook  in  the  tbrenoen,  at  toe  trf&se  ef  Hen.  Imso 
Dayton,  Register,  Jto.,  at  Na  832  BroMd  way,  £  the  Ottr 
of  Mew-Yort^  certain  bUts,  notes,  waims.  Isnl  oths* 
evideooes  of  debt,  cotapdsia«  all  o(  iherproperMl 
assets,  and  eOsota  ot  the  eiitate  ef  ssid  BsmkrapQ 
BOW  lematoteg  tn  asy  hnndi  nndlsimstJ  ufT  Aiub  ' 
uleof  saldfirepeity.  ke-.tsos  &»  ftttbeoq 
Begister.  OEOaaE  CILAPJ 

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IN  BANKRCPTCT.— IN  THE  IMsTHKjrr  COURT 
of  the  United  Btatoa  fcr  tbe  Bontbern  jDUtrictcC 
New-Torii — In  the  natter  of  FRKUaBICK  -CHO- 
CHARDT  and  lAWBBNCE  WELLS,  Baukmpts.-No- 
ttceis  hereby  RlTen  that  the  uooersignedj  Assignee 
herein.  wiH  tat  hta  aeamnts.  for  tbe  parpoaa  of  having 
the  same  aoiUked  and  inssed^oa  the  14cb  dky  of  Feb- 
zuasy,  1877,  with  Jona  Fltcn.  Esq..  tbe  B.kgiate~  la 
Bauxkraptcy  in  charge  et  these proceedloga,  ai  bis  offle^ 
Ka  843  Broadway,  New-Teck  tAty.  DatedUew-YoctT 
61t9.  8(tthJaaaary,  1877.  "^ 

CUABLES  M.  FRY.  Assignee. 
No.  48  WaU  street  New-York  ca^. 
CAaraa  Jt  Exiov.  Attorneys  fbr  Assignee,  _  _ 

Ja30-law8wr. No.  346  BrwriiwaT,  N.  T. 

IN  THB  DCDSTKICT  eOCJRT  OF  THB  OBlTaO 
States  £ar  the  Eonthem  Distric:  ot  New- York.— In  tbe 
saattet  of  QOt>PBET  PUCK,  oankruot— la  Baokroptey.— 
Beiece  Aiaws  F.  1>  wtcht,  B«gl>ter.  To  whom  it  may  eon. 
eero!  The  naMcMlpiad  beceb!^  gives  notice  of  ms  *|j 
nototmest  aa  Aasicaee  of  Sedfrey  PUe^  ef  tbe  City  tt 
«  ew-Tdrk,  In  tbe  Goonty  of  New- York,  and  State  ef  MeW- 
Tork,  wittaln  said  dtstiiet,  who  Has  been  adjodgcd  banf - 
tapt  oMn  the  sehttan  ef  his  ereidiMrs  by  the  Otatim 
OsMt  of  aaU  oinlqt,  tUsA  on  4tk  dar  of  Hareh,  1»7{, 
—Dated  at  New-Tork.  tba  iBtb  Aav  of  Apd^  A.  a  iSltW . 
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MMOM of Jt)i«-Man       ,    .  •.     — ,  .      .    .   .    ,      ,     - 

fink  or  Boatoa,  OB)«sii|ff  latridUa  of  Su  (^  4:i  I  MUala, 
CTHtttW-iig  ts  te»  ■!»»ai  of  j^ i.  r      ^  ,       i     - 

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c»hi4^,,,,.wm.  vgn.  aaiABvsaiMiAiwicii..  Maiph7 

efe"iners  marced  "  ao  iiat<i«rrv  ■caira?e  paasehzer^ 

ChMo  D<»M»?^  S30,  $100, uil  iiSJ,  ^ili,  8«icordi>i^ 

to  Maomraodation.    KetarBflaic«t»oii  faTorahlaternns. 

8ttier>i«etiokuts  toan  I   from  til    Da>-t*if    Bnropeat 

^»r»  >»wr  itet     Preteii*  aiid  oiMOUta  aaoe.  No.  4  Bo«v 

jfacteea.  cUaS.  a,  PBAHilKMTil.  Aeonu 


rmterk  ftom  cb&  CnocTd  wtiB^.  f6ot  of  Oi^ad   it, 
J-ntj^ty.  at  S  P.  M.  on  W6D»hisDAT.  iStbFeSraw' 

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UNITBI)  STATBS  ItAll* 

Tn»  Kenra*r(  of  thuiin'i  ^aice  tli»  Li»»i«  ft'»iWr»« 

c«mmeT)<led  by    Lie»t,  Wlaacy.  U,  i.  S..  5'»lna  ioatli  i* 

»»>•   Banks  on  toe  pasaaje  Co    QaaonstowdiMi  tharaa' 

nrimv 

BglTAlfNlC, -..RATDBOAy.  Vth  24,  2  P.  «. 

CTLTie. .....8AT0RDAI.  March  10.  at  a  P.    4 

OSHMAinC PATrEDAY,  :H»roh  17.  6:30  A.  M. 

»*LT»C ^SATOBOAT.Marob  24,  at  1  P.  K. 

FTOTB  WmtestarOootc.PlerNa  53  "»orth1I':i>r.     . 

TlWS*-  8li»amcE9<vCf  anlfnrtn  In  sUl  aol  iin^OtOMiS'l 
to  ^MK0"iiitin'»Ht3.  Tfia  sulmn.  st^torooTH.  sTiitan* 
IM  *»tb  rooms  <ire  ^ml-l^hHs.  whers  tt\9  dqU^  ^al 
pn^on  «!•  le^**!  ffiit  affopjlne  a  dsgreaof  omafort 
hwiArio  an^ctain-tble  »t  *«v 

Itwtes— Salo.in  '680  tn'!  flrOtt.-fJlf  toiurn  Ctokets 
OBty^voTahla  ternaa-.    stasra^rs  *5i 

■y«T  tnsosotlon  of  olaqs  and  Other   mlhrnistlo*  «h>t)1  r 
•»theCompftny'>o(Su«t.  N(i.37  Broa'iw<>y  New-Y»rst. 
R.  1.  (loirii   isanb. 


l.lVl£kl'UoL    A.XO    <^UKAT     W  KHT  B  itN 

MTEAfl  t;0,»IPANY,     (UMITSai 

LIVEaPOpIi.  (Vla9ae'n>sti)wiu^ 

CiRSIlNO  THK  aiTlTKU  SrATKS  ^Ik 

TDfi««UAY, 

tMk-ring  Pier  Ko.  46  North  RiTor  as  foUoTrft 

DAKOTA ,,,FeU  13,  at  3  P.  M. 

miVADA Feb.  -20.  at   10  A.  M. 

5)AH<)..„ PeK  27,  at  3  P.  M. 

IIOJJTANA March  6.  at  10  A.  IL 

WISCONSI.N Uarahl3.  at3  P.    M. 

WTOMINO .,». Uazch  30,  at  8A.'U. 

BATES  OK  PASSBNOICBS    REOqCKQ. 
Ste^raee,  926:  Interwadiate.  $49;  oabla.  Hi  to  $30t  . 
>ooordbig  coatate-roona.     OfBoM,  Ho,  29  BroadlKr, 
«VII.I.1Ai)IM  «5  UlIION. 


atLam  MaiL  Lists. 

BI^J^ONTBLI      SBBVIOH*     VO    JAJtilCl.      «Afh. 
OOIiOMBIA.  <tal  vSPINlVAbti,  and  to  VS.HKV.i  ant 
6OCTHPACIW0  POUT.S    (rta  AsalrnTllt.)     Fir8B-3l^M 
toll-powered  tcoa  soriixr  acjAiasci,    froJiPixr      !(»  51 
Korth  Itivar; 

tciHATTl,  COLOMBIA.  fSTHMn«    OK  PA>JAttA.     autf 
ijOUTd  PAOIFIO  P()ftT3(n*  Aspin^iU.I 

AHDBS..... Feo.U 

VLP» ^ Feb.  28 

For  KINU.STU.1  (Jim.)  and  AUX  CATBS. 
tTLAS March  14 

bupuriorlrit'Olt^s  i*ini t^r  »ooo3Xi»Dl»l;l3i. 

PIM.  KORWOOD  t  CO..  iffenti.1 
No.  5U  WalUk 


GREAT  SOUTHERN 

jrRliit3iH'r  A.NI>  HAMHKNiJ^BR  L.INIC 

EAILI.no  from  PtKR  .■«<).  20   SOItTH  RIVRB. 

WKDNKSDAYSandSATDRDAyg  at  «.  P.    M,. 

fOR  C'HAt{LE!<TON,  .«.  i;.,  IfLOJMUA.  TDK 

SUI'TH.  AND   SOUTH-VVEf*!'. 

fBQ.  W.    ctTDE WKDNESUAY....Feh.  14 

WAMPlOJi SATURDAY Feb.  17 

BOPKRlOR  PASSKNQBB  ACOOMMODATION.I 

Insnrance  to  ■l9<tla'\tioo  JQ'i-Snlf  >f  o-i'  p«rc9ot. 

6oo<l«  forwardwl  fer^o  of  oom  nIssJon.  Pasaenier  tioK«  * 

•ttaoH  bills  ofladinziaia-i'l  an  I  airned  at  the  ofietuC 

JA.'niC.««  \V.  QUINTAGtn  A:  CO.,  Agents, 

_  No.i77  Westifc,  cnnier  Warrea.   ' 

OrjW.R  C6TDB  too..  No.    tJBovrlin!' Green. 

Or  BXTTLEy   0.     HASSt.1:,   Oeneral     Asent 

RrratMoBtHera  (freUtat  Uae.  3J7  Breadwar. 


STATE  LINE. 

5TJW.TOBR    TO    GliASOOW,     LIVKaPiiOL.     ODBLIU, 

BBl.P4.<T,  AND  LONDdKDBUBI. 

rbeee  Hrst-cl^ss  'all-powered  ateamara   wiil  sail  ftom 

Pier  So.  42  .^ortU  ftiyer.  foot  of  Canal  »t. 

STAiB  oc  NEVADA T..". Thnrsiar.  Feb.  23 

»T«rBQF  tJTDIANA - TTmrwIav.  March  8 

BTATh  oy  PKN«JSYl,VAaiA Thitradny,  March  16 

BTATh  OF  VIRGINIA Thnrsdar. March  29 

Flr«»  cabin,  fJ'O,  $fl5,  and  $70,  aecordinc  to  accom- 
gaodar.ions:  retnrn  rickets,  $110.  8125.  Secon"!  cabin. 
W5:    retarn    ilckeca    SSa     Steeraee  a*   lowest  rates. 

AUSTF.N  BALDWIN  dc  CO..  Asentv, 

i        No.  72  Broadway.  New- York. 
STKURAGK  tlenets  at   JJou  45  Broadway,  and  aC  tha 
wmDanv's  oler,  fo3t'»r  •ian'^lis..   Noi-tn  Rivac. 


JK9IAN  IJNB.  -lUAIL.  STKA.HBKi4. 

FOK  onEKXSTOWX   AIIP    LIVKRPOOL.. 

CITi  UK  CHF8TEB,  Saturrtar.  Feb.  17.  at  7:110  A.  SL 
cn  ^  Oh  RJCHilONU.  HatunlBv,  March  ,S.  at  8  A-M. 
ClTl  OK  BRDSsELs..gaturdaT.  aiarcli  17.  6:30  A.  M. 

#..Tiw  *.)■.  From  Pier  4.5  Nortli  Rlv.ir. 

CABIN,  $8tL  and  SlOO.Uoltt  »  Kacuru  5i,jt»it»  onTv 
rorablo  term^  SCBUaAGa.  ^"O,  Oorronor  Draft, 
at  lowest.-iijs. 

Saloons,    State-room%      "(mokina,    and    Batb-rooin*. 
tmldsiiiiia>  JOHN  0.  DALE,  ARent, 
No8.  1 5  and  ;S3  Broad  way.  N.  X. 


^„.„„«OKTH    bil<:RinA>  M.OVU.  . 

8TKAM-SUIP    WNE    BETWEEN   .lEW-YOttK.  tlODTB. 

AMPTOn.  and  BRKMEil. 

CompnuT's  Pier,    toot  oi  -Jdii.    dobolcen. 

ODER Hat..  J«eD.  iV|  NECKAR....Sat..  March  3 

HKRM.i.N.S...sn\.  Feb.  i;4l  AMK   ('A.. .Sat.,  March  10 

JtATK.S  OP  PA?<S4Gk  PKOit     NKW-rORK  To  SOOTa- 
AilPTOit     HAVltS.    OU   BUKME* 

First  caotn $lO«y>ia 

Second  cauiu 60«old 

fct^enjte 1!!"!     SOcarrener 

certiticates,  £32  curreocr.     Forfrjijiit    orpasBaznap- 
plTi.>  ObLKtOas  !t  JO..  So.  2  Sowliaif  Green. 


ONLY   UIRiiCT  I..IXK  TO   KKAiNCK. 

THEGKNEEALTRANSATIiANTTC  CO<lPA.fr-«    HAlCi 

BTKAMEKSBKTWEKN.SEvV-YORKANDaiVai. 

CalHuxatPLVMOUTHfU.  G.)  f.ir  taaUuUaiJt 

will  sail  from  Pier  Ka  4:2  Noitli  Rirer.  foot  )t   Morton 
it-,  CTerv  alternnte  Saturday,  besinnin<;witli: 

.CA.NAJ.*A,  Franaeui Satordav,  Feb.  24,  at  2  P.  tf. 

For  pariicui^rs  aadress 

LuVli  1^  BBBlA.f,  Acent,  If  a  55  Broadway. 


n^ATlUNAL.   iJNE— Piers  44  and  51  North  RiTcn 
Xl  FOE  l,i>(n)0>f. 

GSEECB &ATUKDAY.  Feb.  24. at  1  P.  M. 

FoK  QOKKNtsTOWN  ASO  LrVERPOOL. 
£aKiana.FebL  17,7:3o.A.il.  I  Thu «}(ueeu.M»r  3,  7ViA.M. 
'   Cabin  and  steerage  paasaze,  and   drafte  Crom  £1  np- 
^rd,  iasneu  at  rery  low  rates.    Compauv'g  oESces  No. 
69  £r<'auwsy  >.  W.  *  U  UEUT,  ManaRer. 


FOR  SAVANNAH    GA., 

THK  FLOalDA  PORTS.  ' 

AHD  THK  BOUra   AND  SODTH-WBST. 

«BBAT  80UTHKRN  FREIGHT  AlfDPASSKUQBR  IitNE, 

CiJWTRAIi   RAILROAD  OP  GEORGIA.  AND 

ATI^NTIO  AND  GULF  BAlLttOAU 

WEDNESDAY   AND  SATURDAY. 

h.  LrVmGSTO>,  Oapu  Maixobt.  WEDNESDAY,  Peh. 
44,  Pier  do.  43  Norlb  Klver.  3  P.  M.  GBO.  YOSOB. 
Ajtent.  No«  40i)  Broadwa.r. 

(BAN  BAbVADOtt,  Uapt.  NiCKBxaos,  SATURDAY.  Feb. 
171  Pier  4a  North  BiTer,  3  P.  M.  dEO.  Y0N6E,  Ait. 
4MBroa<iwa.r.  •  ' 

&KNKKAL  BABNBu,  Capt  CEXxsKAir.  WEDNESDAY, 
«b.  21.  Plor  16  Kast  Elrer,  3  f .  iu.  UDRBAY.  FBBB15 
k  (JO..  AKtS-    a-^  Sontb  St. 

^hAJ«  JACISio,  UJDS.  Haiabih  SATURDAY.  Fob. 
84.  Pier  43  Nortn  Riyer,  3  P.  M,  QKa  YONQU,  Agt. 
MdStoaaway. 

-  Urimrance  6?TE-ttAlF  PER  CTEJtT.  Superior  aeeom- 
puxUtiiBot  for  pasPCDirera.  Thr  Jtuta  ratea  ani  bills  of 
ladlDK  lu  oonncctioa  with  Oeutral  R.  B.  of  Georgia, 
'Atiiuitie  and  UoD  BaUroad,  and  Florida  steamers 
CIt;  Point  and  IMistator:  also,  with  the  steamer  J. 
B.  t*CUK  LES.  which  Has  been  placed  on  the  inside 
route  from  Savannah  to  Florida,  and  offers  unsurpassed 
Boixunmodatioos. 

C.  a  OWENS,  GEORGE  YOSGB, 

Agent  A.  &  G.  B.  R.  Agent  O.  R.  B.  of  Ga,, 

fro.  315  Broad'^ay.  No.  409  Broadway- 


FtiOlUUA.   • 

Caution  to  trareleral  Great  reduction  In  fkrarla 
;tbe  Inland  route  from  Saranoah  to  aU  Florida  ports. 
Only  $2  to  Jackson rtlle.  Ueais  ana  state  rooms  extra. 
S'be  elegant  steamer  J.  B.  6CUDYLBR  makes  close  con- 
beetiOD  with  ail  sarannib  steamers,  thns  fbrtniog  tbe 
qnicJcest  Mtd  most  agreeable  route  as  well  as  the 
loweift  m Dare.  Acxsummodations  for  passengers  nn- 
•nroassed.  Travelers  are  cautioned  agalnjic  purchas- 
ing I  lirough  tickets  ria  any  other  roare. 


niUILDFMilTililllilT 

STEAM-SHIT  LtNJElS. 


B  CALlFOBKIA,  JAPAJT,  CHINA,  AUSTRALIA,  HBW-- 
AUANU,  BttlTIsa  COLDJIBIA,  ORBGON.  to. 

I   baUiJK  from  Pier  Na  42  North  Rivet 

Por  SAN  FKA.NOI80O,  vUISfdMUd  OF  PANAMA. 

IBteMnj-anio  COLON Thursday,  Feb.  15 

Bonntjctiug  lor   Ceacrat    America   ana  ikuith    Pacific 

Iwrte, 

I         h-rom  SAN  FRANCISCO  to  JAPAN  and  CtllNA. 

^eam-ship  CITK  OY  TOKIO....... Thursday,  March  1 

WTQoi  can   Francisco  to  Saniwiea  IsUndt,  Atutralta, 

1  and  ITew-Zealand. 

htoMn-rtilpCITYOPbJDAKir Wednesdacr.  F6h.  28 

IPbr  irelgbt  or  passage  apply  to 

nl*-  *iU"'^''^°'^-*'«^-''-  BUt-LAT,  Superintendent 

I    Ha  8  Bowniig  uteen.  Pier  Wo,  42  N.  R.  ,Toot  Canal  sb 

KBW-YORK  HAVANA.  A.IDdBXICAS  am,*.  \   LIS,!. 
I    titeamers  leave  Piur  .lii.  S  i  tcCa  'U'tr  vc  .{  .->      ^ 
'^  |f(»K.   ilAVANA  UIKBUCU 

tan  OF  eAVASA..»4>. eiaturday,  Feb.  17 

C1T»  OF  VERA  CBUa.  ) Wednesday.  P?b.  21 

.Via  itaV;uia,    PrOitresix  Oain,>aAuliy    Tuxoao.      and 
Cii*  yjf  HAVANA. -SatnrdAy.  Feh..i7 

.V    fcteamers  win  leartj  Ms^-Oriaaos  Kuo.  ;ui  aaa  March 
1.6  tor  VHraurutaiiit  til  riie<iuor».>jcssi 

ForfraUhCar  i)U3:ts;atopif  ci  , 

I   y.AiiEXA.MORBic  JJ.ii.Noi.  U  aai  ^S  8ri>»liHr, 

smEW-  YonKAmy  ha  vana 

DlltBCT  MAIL   LINB. 

These  ilrst-cla88..ateausblps  sail  regularly 
iat  3  P.  U.,ftola  PlerNa  13  xtorth  Biveraa 


iLDMBUvS WEDNKBDAl,  Feh  14 

TUB °."."r.".. SATOBDA*'  Feb.  24 

'""oditions  nninrpaased.     For  ftotghi  or  paa- 
WM.   P.   ClTdB  t  CO..H&B  BotrT^ 


ft>rPl,yfia&l 
UBBT. 


»^«t,' 


KUBRAMa. 


iCLER.  LPLINGfctX).,  AitentfclhHaVaha. 

paeiet    iH>mn»ny'a.Liaiv 
CHEBBUPAe   Bhd  IIAM8DB(4. 

S  2«iI.Ba8MrO.>^.-.~.>.S»rcli  8 


aod^t  poteisla  Uiiifaai^  Fiiak  oabta.  iSluJ 


g^  Beeond  Oabin.  <3t> 
-^•■MBU  A(cantC_  _ 


Ml4(  4IMsruni  9A9,  eorrei 


t^'^X 


SHippoffa 


AMBRIOAN  8iTBAili.!SHii>  LiNB 

Between  Pbihidra  £  ClvarnooL  caUla?  at  Qoeenstowu, 
Thursdays  &»■»  PhUa^a.- We  tBesla^a  ftona  Urarpoo;. 
ii:^****™*^ to  fall  ft!9m  PhUadelpbia  a»  follovw    ^ 

Indiana... ,..Feb.  15  I  "Lord   Ciive. .March  8 

JJi^JwM Bek  22    PeMOTlTanla....lU»r«h  19 

Ohio.., ,,.^aft»r«h  X\  IpdiaiM. March  22 

.,  ^    i^.  i  Price  of  pAssage  iii  cnrwmojs  ^„^ 

tig*n.W  U*l()$  ifiSmSoUte,  MO.    ate«»f».*38. 

PETKK  WRIQaT.4  40^4.  GeHk  agents.  PUllad'*. 

„  _  NOk  62  Broadway.  New-Tort 

JORB  M<;D0^ALD  Ko.  8  Battery  pUaa.  NeY.TerIc 


AMOHOtt  LlNB  Li.  b.  .MAIL.  ^TKAOlicUM. 

JiBW'YOXK  AND  ULABGOW  - 

A)«tlA„.,FeU  11  Ah.  «.  I  i;fili&vnla.«Wh8.8A,  M# 
Ancharia..Feb.  24,  2  P.  M;  I  Eihiopia  Morch  10,  2P.  M. 

TO  atASaOW.  LtVKBPOOU  ORDRRBl. 
CaUna  $Uo  taMO«  aeeordjiur  to  a«c*nirao'lattoasi      Id* 

jifiw-tofcTAND losBiJi  ^  „ 

ItaUa,..,..Feh.a4,  a  e.  M.  l  ntijpia.  tab.  24.  3  P.  M. 
Cabins  $55    to  S7U       fiteerag-e,  iE2y.     I'abia    exonr> 

•too  rloke^  af  redoceJ  xate?,  iir«f(a  issued  for  any 
•BioaBtirtaiUTentratoj.  -  UemBSQAr's  Pit^rNoa^  SO  and 
'^X.  dortb  River,  si.  t        HBNUBBJiioa  BROTHERS, 

Agents.  Mo.  7  BowllnE  Qreen. 


Merbliants^  S  team-ship  Lineto  Brazil 

FOB  PBRNAMBDCO  AJ»0  BAHIA. 
8teatD-«Up  CABsitU  will  sail  about  MARCH  1.    Bates 
of  paaaace  and  trflgbt  have  b«ea  tlxea  on  »  low  basis. 
For  fortuar  iororiaarion  apuly  to  tbe  agent, 

.     JR,  ^,  BuBlAiD,  JSo.  70  Wall  kti^lleir-Torlt; 


EAILROAPa 
lEMSYLVlNiriMLEOlSr 

GREAT  TBUNK  LdlNE 

AND  UNITKD  STATES  MAIIi  ROUTB. 
Tratos  leave  New-Yors,  via  Desbrosses   anl      Cort< 

landt  Btreeis  Kerri^,  as  f  j11ow3: 

Express  for  llarrUbarg,  Pittsbarg,  tha  West  and 
South,  with  Pnllman  Palace  Cars  attached,  8:30  A. 
M.,  6  aua  8:30  P.  M.,  dailr. 

For  WiUiamsport,  Lock  Haven,  Corry.  and  Bria,  at 
8:30  P.  M.,  cuoneotlns  at  Uorry  for  'Fltusville,  Petio- 
lenm  Centre,  and  the  Oil  Resious.  For  Williams- 
port  and  (iock  Haven,  8:30  A.  M. 

For  Baltimore,  Washington,  and  the  South.  "Lim- 
ited Waablagton  Bxpress"  of  Pullman  Parlor  Cars 
aallT.  except  Sunday,  9:30  a.  M.;  arrive  Washiuj^ 
ton  4: 10  P.  M.  Resmlar  at  8: 40  A.  M.,  1.  6.  and  9 
P.  M.    Sooday.  B  and  9  P.  M. 

Express  for  Pblladelpbla,  7:  30,8:30,  8«40.  (0:30  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4,  8,  6,  7,  8:30,  9  P.  M.,  and  13 
liight.  jinnday,  8:3U  A.  M..  6,  6,  7.  8:30,  and  9  P.  M. 
Emigrant  ano  seoond-class,  7  P.  &1. 

Acrommudation  tor  Trenton.  7  A.   M.,  3  and  4:10  P.  M. 

For  tr  •ins  to  New;irk.  Gllid,i>eth.  .iiabway,  Prlncaton. 
Trenton,  Perth  Amboy,  FlHmington.  BoivldBr>,  and 
othar  points,  see  iociU  sohedales  at  all  i'lcket  Of- 
fices. 

Trains  brrlvee  From  PItlabarg.  6:20  and  10:30  A.  M., 
and  10:20  P.  U.  daily.  10:10  A.  M.  and  6:50  P.  id. 
daily,  exceot  Monday.  Prom  Washlnsrton  and  Bal- 
timore. 6;30,  9:!)0  A.  ltf.,,4:lU,  5:10.  and  10:20  P.  M. 
Sunday  6:30,  9:50  A.  M.  Prom  Philadelphia.  .5:05, 
6:20.  6:30.  9:50,  10:10.  11:60  A.  M.  2:10,  4:10,  6:10, 
6:50  8:40,  K^IQ,  and  10:20  P.  M.  Sundav  6:05, 
6:20,  6.30,  9:50, 11:60.  A-  M.,  6:50.  10:10,  and  10:20 
P.  M. 
Ticket  OfOoes,   Noa.  636  and   944   Broadway.  No.  1 

Astor  House,  and  foot  of    Desbrosses  and   Cortlamlt 

streets;     Mi.  4  Court  street,  Biooklyn:    Nos.  114,  116, 

and  118  Hndsoo  street,  Hoboken:    Depot.  Jersey  City 

Emigrant  Ticket  OfUce,  No.  8  Battery  place. 

FBANK  THOMSON.  D.  M.  BOYD.  Ja., 

Oenexal  Manaaer.  Oen!>ral  Passenger  Agent. 


TO    FIUJ<AI>£L.PHIA 

PETOSYLVANIA  EAILEOAD. 

TBE  OLD-BSTABLIBHED  ROUTE  AND    SHORT   LINB 
_  between 

^BW.TOKK    AND    FH1L.ADEL.PH1A. 

14  Thronsh  Trains  each  war  daily;     3  Depots  In  Phila- 
delphia, 2  th  lL>w-york. 

4   Tracks,   the  most   Improved   Equipment,  and    the 
Fastest  Time  oonsisteut  with  absolnie  safety. 

BxpresB  Trains  leave  New-York,  via  Desbrosses  and 

Cortlandt  .ttreets  Ferries,  as  follows: 
7:30.  8:30,  8:40,  (9:30  Limited,)  10:30  A.  M..  1,  4,  5.  6. 

7,  8:30,  9  P.  M.,  and  12  Midnight.    Sunday,   8:30  A. 

M.,  6,  0.  7,  8:S().  and  9  P.  M. 
Returning,  trains  leave  Phi  ivlelphia  3:20,  3:30,7,  7:30, 

8:30,  aijd  1 1  A.  M.,  (Limited   Express,    1:35  P.    M.,) 

1:40.4,5:30,7,  and  7:35  P.  M.,  and   12  Midnight 

On  Sondav,  3:20.  3:30.  7,  8i30  A.  VL.  4,  7,  7: 35  P.  M., 

and  12  Midnight. 

Ticket  Offices,  Nos.  526  and  044  Broadway,  Na  1 
Astor  Hoose,  and  loot  of  Desbrosses  and  Cortlandt 
sta.,  No.  4  Court  sU,  Brooklyn;  Nos.  114,  116.  and  118 
Hndson  St.,  Hoboken;  Depot.  Jersey  City.  Emlgranl 
Ticket  Office,  Ho.  8  Battery  place. 
FRANK  ThOMSO.V.  D.  M.  BOYD,  Jr., 

General  Manager. General  Passenger  Agent 


NRW-VORK     CBNTKaL.     AND     HUDSON 
RIVER   RAILROAD i;ommencln?  Doc    -ja,     1870, 

throngb  traiua  w-tn  leave  Urand  Central  Depot: 

7:15  A.  M.,  Western  and  Northern  Express,  with 
drawing-room  cars  to  CJanauilaigua. 

i^:30  A.  M..  special  Chicago  and  St  Louis  Bxpress. 
wito  drawing-ruiim  cars  to  Rocbester  and  BaSalo. 
AiS".  throngb  ou  to  St.  Lonia. 

11:00  A  M.,  Nortbern  anil  Western  Rxoresi. 
.   3:30 P.  M.,  special   Albany.  Troy    and    Western  Bz- 
nross  arrives  at  Baffilo  7: 10  A.  M. 

6:00  P.  M.,  Kxpress.  with  sleoptnr  c-vrs,  for  Water- 
town  and  Canandalgusk  Alsofjr  .Moatr3Al  via  Plstcs' 
bura. 

8:30  P  M..  Paclflo  Bxpres^  dally,  with  slQepin<;car«. 
tor  Rochester.  :4iagara  Falls.  BulXalo.  Cleveland.  la- 
dianapolia,  and  Louisville.  Also  for  Chicaao,  via  both 
I-  •'^  and  M.  C.  Railroads,  ana  to  Montreal  via  St.  Al- 
bans. 

11:00  P.  M..  Hipress.  with  sleeplnir  cara.  for  Albany 
and  Troy.     Way  irains  as  p«r  local   Time  Tabloa. 

Tieketa  lor  sale  at  Nos.  252,  '/ei,  and  413  Broadway, 
and  8t  Westeott  Kxpress  Oompaoy's  offlcfs.  Noa.  7 
Park  plaoew  735  abd  94'.i  Broadwav  New-York,  and 
333  Washington  SL,    Brooklyn. 

G.  B.  MKEK Bit.  General  Pasienirer  AgenU 


ERIE  UAILWAY. 

Winter  Arrangement  of  throngh  trains.  From  Cliam- 
bers  Street  Uepor.    (Kor  23d  st.  see  note  below.) 

9:00 A.  M.,  dailr,  except  Bnadavs,  Cloclnnati  and 
Chicago  Dav  Exoreas.   Drawing- room  coaches  to  Bufialo. 

10:45  A.  M.,  daily,  except  ftiunaavs,  Kxpres»  MaiJ  for 
Buffalo  and  the  Weat.     Sleeping  coach  to  Buffvlo. 

7:00  P.  M.,  d.ilJy,  Pacific  Kipreas  to  the  West.  .»;iecp- 
ing  coaches  tb rough  to  Buffaio.  Niazara  Falls,  Cincin- 
nati, and  Cbioago  without  cbange.  Hotel  diniug- 
coaches  to  Ctaicago. 

7:00  P.  M.,  except  Sundays,  Western  Emigrant  train. 

Above  trains-  leave  Twenty-thiril  Street  Ferry  at 
8:45  .ind  10:15  A.  -M..  and  6:45  P.   M. 

For  local  trains  see  time-tables  and  cards  In  hotels 
and  depots. 

JNO.  N.  ABBOTT.  General  Passenger  Agent 


NBW-YUKK.    xNBW-ElAyB.N,    AND    HART- 
FOKU     RAIA.KOAD. 

After  Dec  10,  1876,  trains  leave  Grand  Central  De- 
pot (42d  st.)  for  New-Caanan  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M., 
i,  4:40  P.  M.:  DanburvandMorwalk  Rallroiid  at  8:05 
A.  M.,  1,  and  4:40  P.  M.;  Nauzatuck  Railroad  at  8:05  A. 
M.,  and  S  P.  M4  Uoosaconlc  Rallroaa  at  8:05  A.  M., 
and  3  P.  M.;  New-Haven  and  Northampton  Railroad  at 
8:05  A.  M..  and  3P.  U.;  for  Newport  at  8:05  A.   U.    and 

I  P.    M.;   Boston    and    Ainany   Railroad     at  8:05    and 

II  A.  H,  3  and  9  P.  M.,  (9  P.  M.  on  Sunday:)  Boston, 
(via  ehere  Line,)  at  1  and  lOP.  M.,  (10  P.  M.  on  Sun- 
days.) Boston  and  New- York  Air  Lino.  8  A.  M.,  1  and 
11:36  P.M. 

Way  trains  as  per  local  tlme-tablea. 


I.EBIOM  VALIiBY  RAILROAD. 

ABBANGEMBNi:         PAS8KNGER  TRAINS.         JAN.  L 

1877. 
Leave  depots  foot  of  Cortlandt  and  Debrosses  Ms.,  at 

6:30  P.  M.— Night  Expresa,  dailT,  for  Eastou,  Bethle- 
hem, Allentown,  Mauuh  Chunk,  Wllkabarre.  Fittstoo, 
Sayria,  Blmira,  Ithaca,  Auburn,  Rochester,  BuSaIo, 
Niagara  Falls,  and  the  West  Pulloian's  sleeping 
coaches  attached. 

General  Eastern  office  corner  Church  and  Cortlandt 
sts.,  CHARLES  B.  CUMMINQ:).    Ageut 

ROBBttTH.  SAYRB,  Superintendent  and  Engineer. 


WICK.FORORAILRUAD  ROUTE  TO  NEW- 
PORT.  R.  I.— Passengers  tor  this  Une  Uke  8:05  A. 
M.  and  1  P.  M.  express  trains  from  Qrand  Central 
Depot,  arriving  at  4:18  and  8  P.  M.  at  Newport 

THBOUORt;  WABRKN,  Superintendent. 


STEAMBQATSu 

STONINGTON  LINE 

VOR     HOetTOM    AND    ALL.    FOLNTH     KA»T. 
RBDUCBU    FARE. 

Blegsnt  steamers  leave  Pier  No.  33  North  River, 
foot  of  Jay8t.  at  4:30  P.  SL 

Tickets  for  sale  at  >ll  bnncip  li  ilokat  o  tloes.  .statty 
rooms secureil at  ufflueaoi'  Westcutt><cprdAS  tJuoipaay 
and  at  .^»  3B3  Broadway. 

PROVIOENOK    LINE. 

Freielit  only,  steamers  leave  Pier  No.  27  .'nrth 
River,  foot  ofPark  plnoe,  at4  P.  M.  Frelglits  via  either 
line  takeu  at  lowest  rAtds. 

D.i  BABiJ0i;K.  P-as.      L.  W.  FiLitisi. 'I.    P.  A  genu 


FALL    RIVER    LINE 

FOB 

309T0N  AND    THE    EAST. 

FAR£!i»  UEDUCKU. 

Leave  New-York  dally.  (Sunday  excepted.)  fTomPiat 
No.  28  Nurtb  River,  toot  of  .durray  sU,  4:30  P.  M. 

BORDEN  b  LOVKLL,  Agents. 
GEO.  L.  CONNOR,  General  Passenger  A>{unt 


FOR      NBW-HAYE.N.    HAKTFOltD,     «ko 
Fare  $1 ;  steamers  leave  Peck  slip  fur  Jfew-Havea 
at  3  and  11  P.  M.,  connecting  with  road. 


tl'lRBKIUQEPORTAyDALI.  POINT.S    ON 
Hnusatohio  and    .Naugatuoic    Railroad.— Vari^     SI. 
Ateamers  leave  Pathariiie  slio  w-  11-3J  .1.  H. 


MUSICAL. 

rGREAf  OFFER!  I.H^^i'J^a^x 

diapoae  of  lUO  FlANo»  ife  Ott4i»AN.'»,  new  and 

■econd-luiiiil,  ctTflnt-class  maltm,  Inciadlmr 
WAiKi&at'.atlowerpriceii  fot.cmh  or  Inataita 
menta  or  to  let  antii  paid  for  than  ever  before 
Ottered.  WATbUC:^  UUA.NU  JsQUAats  and 
Lf  RlUfiT  FiANU!«&  OtCUANiSare  the  BK!!i T 
MADeTa^.nTS  WANTED.  lUastrated  Cat- 
aloaves  Mailed.  A  liberal  dlacoont  to  XaaeKen, 
M  fiuters,  Oitureiua,  etc  shtiet  Inaaia  at  ball  priee. 
UOUAOtf-WAl'ERm  dc  siuN.S,  inanafctrs.  and 
Dealera,  40  Bast  14Ui  .■st.,  Union  sqnare,  N.  Y. 


MISOELLAgEOUS. 

HARRIS  <fe  ROY, 

WfiOIiESALB  AND    RETAIL    COMMISSION   DBALBBS 

In  country  Produce,  Poultry, 

Same.  Bggi.  Butter,  oheeie.  Lard.  Potatoes,  Apples, 

HO.  •i23  FULTON  ST., 

bear  Greenwich  at 


CbRB  GUARANTEED.  ■       ■   ' 

Bkln  Diseases.  .Pimples,  flesbwormi.  blackheads,  white 
SklD  Diseases,  litehy  And  scaly  tetter  of  the  scalpicruaty 
8kinDiaea«eS.|aadaealy  tetter,  audall  skin  diieases 
Skin  Dla«ases.|enredby  Dr.  VAN  DtaE.  6  West  16th at. 


B 


FPa^  GOOOA»— aRATKFUL  AND  UOuFORriNO; 
..L.Jeai;h  oaeketls  labMlad,  JAMiii  RPP^  A  Co..  HOia:%- 
opatiklbCfitl&utl.  ltd.  48  ThreAdQAedia  st  *nd  Ho.  170 
Piae*<iUI.v.Ii4adMi.Bn«lAlid.   Mew-Ierk  Depok.  EHfrH 
It  VANPBBBttaB.  P»rk  pUee. 


EtK 


SPBf^AL  ATTBNTIOB  Is  INVITED 

^  To  the 

-    VBIBB  and  ATTBAOTIv  B  IXFOBTATIOn  of      ' 

HOVBLTIES 

In 

Lace  Curtains  and 
Window  Sliades, 

Oammaliig  ALL  the  NBWB3T  and 

MOST  FAjBHIOVABLB  DBSIOKB 

In 
AJITIQUB,  auiPUBB, 

TAJlBOUea,N6TTinGHAV, 

BMBBOIDBBKD  SWtSP. 
•   .  SAXOiiT  M.081I1I, 

AndRBAL  BRUSSELS  LiACii  CURTAIHS, 
Inoludlng 
BBAL  GCIPURB  D'ART 

And  QUIPUBB  ANTIQDB. 

Also,  a  FULL  LINB  of 

Window  Shades 

In  WHITE.  BROWN,  JBUFF,  BLUE,  and 

Cardinal  Red. 

Tte  LATTER  an  EHTIRECT  NBW  ARTIOLl, 

Of  SUPBR3  COLOR,  and  In  VARIOUS  WIDTHS, 
At 
EXCEEDINGLY  LOW  PRICEa. 

A.  T.  STEWART  &  CO., 

BROADWAY,  4Ta  Av'.,  9TH  AND  lOTH  STS. 

LACES 

OF  THE  LATB 

Empress    Eugenie. 

WE  ARE  BXHIBITING  in 

OUR  LACE  departjibi|;t 

THESE    ErTRAORDINABT    LACBS, 
tfADE  BZPRBSSLY  for  tbe 

BMPRES8  £UGE9(tB 

By  the 
UOBTBKILliBD   WORKERS  OF   THE    PRESENT    AGE. 

WB ISVITB  the  ATTENTION 

Of  our  FBIBND8  to  THESE 

Lace  Treasures, 

EXCELLING  In  QUALITY 

ANYTHING  HEBETOFORB  PRODOCED 

By  the  ART  of  LACE-MAKINQ. 

In  CONNECTION  WITH  TtlEM. 

WB  DISPLAY  an  EXTENSIVE  ASSORTMENT 

OP 

LACES  in  EVERY  GRADB  and  QUALITY, 

Presenting  altogether 

An  EXHIBITION  of  THIS  CLASS  of  GOODS 

UNEQUALkD     In    VALUE,    TEXTURE     and      PRICE. 

A.  T.  STEWART  &  CO., 

BROADWAY.  4TH  AV..  9TH  AND  lOTH  8TRBKT8. 


SPRM  IMPORTATION 


RICH  and  BLEQANT  DRBSS  GOODS. 


A.  T.  STEWART  &  CO. 

OFFER  • 

An  UNDSTALLT  CHOICE  SELECTION 
•f 
SPRING  DRESS  GOODS  and  SUITINGS, 
COMBINING  the  LATEST  NOVELTIES 
of 
PARIS,  L05D0S,  BBRLIW,  VIBSJtA. 


BSOADWAT,  4TH  AV..  9TH  and  lOTH  STS. 


R.H.MACY&CO. 

SPECIALTIES. 

DRESS-3IAKING. 

BL.\CK  DRESS  SILKS.    BOYS'  CLOTni.XO. 

CNLIRB  anv  other  establishment  In  the  country. 
FOREIGN  DRr  GOODS,  F-ANCY  QOODi,  and  NOVEL- 
TIES by  every  EUROPEAN  STEAMER. 

ORDERS  BY  MAIL    RRCBIVE  SPKCIAL  OABB. 
CATALOGUES   FBEB. 

14TH  ST.  AND  OTH  AVENUE,  N.  Y. 


DTVIDENDS^ 

THB   HP-TOWN  UFKIOU   OF  TUB  TIiUESi. 

Tbeuo-town  office  of  TUB  TIMES  is  located  at 
No.  l.asr  Broadway,  bet.  3  let  and  32d  sts. 

Open  daily.  Sundays  included,  from  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  M. 

Subscriptions  received. '%nd  copies  of  THii  TIMES  for 

sale. 

ADVERTISKMENT.S  RECEIVED    UNTIL  9  P.   M. 


office  of  the  NEW-YORK  FIRI-;  INSURA.NCE  COMP'Y, 
NO.  rit  WALL  8T. 

Nkw-York,  Felfc  6.  1877. 

76th  Dividend. 

A    SEMI-ANNUAL    DIVIUEND    OF    10    PER    CBNT. 
has  this  day  been  declared,  payable  on  demand. 

ACGU.-HTUS  coLS<.)S,  Becretary. 


CHICAGO  AND  ALTON  RAILROAD  CO. 

SECREtABT'S  OmCE,  ) 

Cbicaoo.  Feb.  8,  1877.  5 
Notice  is  bereb.v  given  to  iba  Stockholders  of  tbe 
Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad  Company  that  a  cash  divi- 
dend of  fuor  (4)  per  cent,  has  tbLs  day  been  declared 
noon  the  Preterred  and  Common  block  ot  ibis  Com- 
pany, payable  at  tbe  baoking-honse  ol  tbe  Company's 
Agents,  .Mrtesrs.  M.  K.  Jesnp,  Paton  &  Co.,  No.  52  Wil- 
liam Street,  in  the  Git.v  of  New-York,  oa  the  Ist  day  of 
March  next,  to  holders  who  are  registered  as  such  at 
the  close  of  bnsluess  hours  on  the  Ivtb  uay  of  Feum- 
ary,  inat..  at  which  time  thu  transfer  books  will  be 
closed,  and  reopened  for  transfers  on  the  2d  dav  of 
March nexr.  W.  M.  LAHRAUKc:,  Becretary. 


THC  fT  NlCR0I,A8  NaTIOIVAL  BAKK  OF  NBW-  YoRK,  } 

No.  7  Wall  8t    NEW-roaK.Jau.  30,  1877.     > 

DIVIDE.MJ A  SEMl-ANNU.iL  DIVU)K.ND  OF 
Four  per  Cent  has  Leen  declared  by  tbe  Direc- 
tors of  this  bank,  payable  on  and  after  the  12tli  day 
of  February  next  The  transfer  books  will  be  closed 
from  the  1st  to  I3th  proximo, 

A.  PARKHURST,  Cashier. 


HOLOBuS  OF  CERTIFICATE.^  FOR  THB 
past  due  coupons  of  the  Ftr^t  Mortgages  on  the 
Main  Line  of  tbe  Toledo,  Wabash  and  Western  Rail- 
road Company  may  present  them  to  thu  Metropolitan 
National  Bank,  and  havo  the  interest  uu  the  coupons 
added  to  the  certificate. 


ELECTIONS. 


Officb  or  TUB  Consolidation  Coal  Coxpast  of 
Mabtlamd.  No.  71  BaoADWAr, 

NBw-lfoRK,  Feb.  i!,  1877.^ 

TRB  ANNUAL  MBEIINU  Ut**  TUB  SiOcK- 
oolders  of  this  company  for  the  election  of  Presi- 
dent and  Directors,  and  transaction  of  other  biui- 
nesB,  will  beheld  at  uoon  on  WbU.NE.iDAY,  the  2l8t 
Inst  Tbe  transfer-books  will  closo  at  2  o'clock  P.  M., 
On  the  10th  lust,  and  reopen  ou  tbe  23d  lust. 

H.  c.  HICICS.  Secretary. 


A  SPECIAL  AlEETiNU  OF  'lHH  STOCK. 
HOLDERS  ani  election  of  Direciors  of  the  St.Josdpa 
una  St.  Louis  Railroad  Comoanv  will  be  held  on  rne 
26th  of  March,  1877,  at  tiie  .fflce  of  slid  company, 
No.  417  Olive  st,  at.  Louis,  Mo.,  at  1  o'clock.  P.  UT 

N.  H.  QOOLUV.  ^ecrJtary. 


TBE  ANNUAL  KLECTlO.N  FOR  THlKTiCBN 
Dlreotosa  of  the  sixth  Avenue  Railroad  Company 
Will  be  held  at  the  Depot,  6ta  uv.,  comer  of  43d  st,  on 
TUiiflDAI,  Feb.  18, 1877,  from  12  to  1  o'clock. 

H.  8.  MOORii,  Secretary. 


AtJCTJON  SALES. 


BANK.KUPT  .  .SALB  OP  llOSlElCY  ANO 
FA.NCY  G00D3.— In  the  matter  of  JERKMIAH 
JUUNSO.N,  Jh.,  UDWaRD  L,  RIiQDA,  and  OEO^iGK 
WILCOX  hankrnpts.— The  dnderalghed  will  sell  at- 
pnblic  auction  at  the  oremises  lately  occupied  by  said 
bankrupts,  No.  61  Walker  street,  in  the  City  of  New- 
York,  On  the  27th  day  of  February,  1877.  beginning 
at  lU  o'clock  A.  M.,  the  stock  of  hosiery,  gloves,  sus- 
penders, buttons,  needles,  thread,  yarn,  and  otuer 
iano,v    goods,    late  of  the  bnainpss  of  the   said    bauk- 

rnpts.  together  with  the  counturs.  shelving,  office 
fnmitnre,  and  other  fixtures  and  tumlture  lately  used 
in  Uid  bntHueBS.  JOHN  H.  PLAT1\  ASBignee, 

f6-law3wTn  Mb.  40  Wall  st.  New-York. 


sift  pRRfl^  €mm^i  it\ 

'1.1     Mif  iiKwaaaaaiMMMi  -  '  - 

PEOPOaAlDS^  _ 

^HW^^   /,....    ..  -  , 

Post  Orrioa  DBBAHmuiT, ) 

„  .     .       . ,         ..  ajp; !».  i»77.   I 

Sealed  proposala  are  Jnri^i  fiom  steel-plai*  en- 
graverA  and  pi^  printer*,  unu.tfiH  be  rec«lvoJ  at  this 
department  until 'l2  o'clock  M.  ou  'Wi^nesday-,  the 
28tb  day  of  Febmiiry,  1877,  for  furniehlng  nil  the 
poatfige  stamps  which  t'b'*  department  TOAT  re<»olro 
for  public  ana  offlciiil  u^  during  a  period  of  four  years, 
commencing  on  the  lit  day  ol  May,  1877,  via: 

1.  Stamps  lor  the  use  of  the  puhjio. 

Q.  Official  stamps  foi;  the  use  of  the  exeotttlve  depart- 
ments. 

3.  Newspaper  and  periodical  stamps. 
OUALITY  (IP  STAMPS., 

"Che  stamps  must  be  furpUhed, .  sniijeot  to  the  uth 

f>roval  or  the  depai-lmeot.  irom  steel  plates,  engraved 
n  the  highest  style  of  tb^  arc  ol  steel  engraving,  and 
piit(te(]  Iniucli  ciilors  ^a  mar  from  t)nie  to  time  be 

selected  by  the  department,  in  the  best  and  most  ap- 
proved manner,  upun  paper  of  the  beat  quality,  suita- 
ble tor  the  purpose  And  satisfactory  to  tly^  depart- 
ment, thorouglily  gumpied  wiih  tne  best  qnality  of 
adhesive  gum,  peiliirnted  in  such  manner  ibat'cach 
separate  stamp  can  i^e  reailiKr  detached  god  used,  the 
sheets  to  be  well  pressed,  and  packed  so  %a  to  prevent 
thero  rroiu  adhering  to  each  other;  tbe  same  to  be 
furnished  with  all  roasonable  dispatch  in  such  aoAQ- 
lilies  ns  may  in  each  ca^e  be  ordered  by  the  depart- 
ment daily  to  &J  requUitiuna  trom  Poe'tmaaters  and 
from  the  executive  denaf  iments.  The  stamps  must 
be  priuied  on  baud-roller  presses. 

DIES,  RotLS,  AND  PL-iTES. 

The  dies,  rolls,  and  plates  from  which  postage  stamps 
are  now  printed,  being  the  property  of  the  (Jpited 
St.ites.  wul  bo  placed  In  the  kcepiug  and  custody  of 
the  coiiti-autor  on  or  bulore  the  first  day  of  May,  lb77. 
the  S2me  to  be  heid  sniiject  to  the  order  and  oqutrol 
of  (be  department,  ga  hereinafiex  provided;  and  tbe 
contractor  will  be  required,  f^om  said  dies,  rolls,  and 
pI  tea.  and  from  buoh  rolls  und  plates  As  may  be  ne- 
cessvry  to  be  reproduced  trom  the  original  dies,  to 
hnve  ou  b.ind,  ready  fi.r  issue  on  the  dav  the  contract 
term  commences,  a  sujfivient  citook  of'stamiu.  of  the 
several  denuzniniUions  and  kinds  required,  to  fill  the 
current  daii.y  ruqnisiilous  from  the  department,  with- 
out biudiance  or  delay. 

The  contractor  win  be  further  required  to  keep  in 
repair  all  dies,  rolls,  and  plates  from  which  stumps 
may  be  piiuted.  and  to  renew  the  SAme  wbi-neyer  re- 
quired; and  sliooid  new  designs  b^  required  at  any  ■ 
time  tu  taeetne  place  of  the  piesjnt  series  of  stamps 
for  the  use  of  the  public,  or  of  anv  of  them,  or  for  de- 
noniiuatiuDs  of  stamps  not  now  in  use,  the  same  sh.iil 
.be  tnrnished  ani  engraved,  subject  to  the  npuroyal  of 
tbe  Poattnostjr  General,  upon  his  request,  within  a 
re.-isonuble  time;  all  wnicU  shall  be  done  ana  executed 
in  the  bObt  stylo  of  stsel  engravine  by  the  contractor, 
aod  ai  his  own  expense,  ho  change  will  be  made  in 
the  prteeot  design:)  of  official  postaije  stamp^i,  or  of 
new^papel  anil  pi-rludical  stamps;  but  the  contractor 
will  ho  required  to  keep  in  repair,  ami  renew  wlien  re- 
qui.ed,  tbe  dies,  ruUs,  and  piiites  for  these  scamps,  the 

same  as  lor  ibe  stamps  for  the  use  of  the  public.  All 
dies,  rods,  and  plates  made  or  used  at  any  time  in  fill. 
lUK  the  contract  shall  immediatel.y  beecime  the  abso- 
luto  property  of  the  United  States,  and  shall  be  de- 
livered, in  good  working  order,  to  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral or  his  autbotizt^d  axent  wbonever  demaaded. 

BUILDING.  PLACE  OP  MANUFACTURK,  kg. 

The  stamps  will  be  required  to  be  manufactured  In  a 
fire-proof  building,  and  in  separate  upartmeais,  dis- 
tinct irom  tbdse  in  which  any  oth^r  work  is  done  by 
the  coi  tmctor — the  wuole  to  bo  suljaci,  to  the  approval 
of  the  depa>rtu:eni. — and  when  floiisued  must  be  placed 
in  a  tire  aud  iiurj^lai-pi-ooi  sale  or  v.iult,  to  bespiciully 
provided  for  tha;  purpose,  ana  constructed  to  the  eat- 
isfauiion  of  the  depariment.  'ITie  contractor,  bis  em- 
ployes, and  agent*  shall  couforin  to  such  regulations 
as  the  ilepartmeDC  may  ti'om  time  to  time  adopt  for 
the  kBCurlty  of  the  Government 

aOKNT-OFFIUE-ROOMS— INSPECTION. 

A  resident  agent  of  the  departmeat  wilt  have  super- 
vUtoQ  of  the  uanuiaclure,  storage,  and  issue  of  the 
stamps,  who  shall  at  ali  times  h:ive  full  aod  free  ac- 
cese  to  the  aiHtrcmeots,  sates,  and  vaults  where  the 
smmp.  ure  manufiUituTed  aua  stored,  for  the  pnruose 
of  liisp  cting  tne  same  ;  and  ihu  contractor  snail  lur- 
ni«li  bim  and  his  clerks  suitable  offioe  aud  desk  room, 
,ior  the  traujauiiou  of  tlio  uu^iueos  of  his  ugeucy, 
without  cobt  to  the  Oovernraeut.  The  Postmaster 
General  shall  also  hive  tlip  right  at  any  time  to  cause 
an  inspuctioii  to  be  made,  by  any  aeent  or  agents 
wnom  he  may  specially  designate  lor  tlte  purpose,  of 
the  apartiiieutA,  safes,  ami  vaults  used  for  the  mann- 
tacture  and  storage  of  stamp.4.  and  of  the  stamps  in 
course  of  mauuiacturo  or  in  stock. 

STOCK   ON  HAND. 

Tho  contractor  shall  at  all  liuies  keep  on  hand  a 
etocK  of  the  several  denominations  and  kinds  of 
stamps,  Buiject  to  ihe  control  of  the  Post  Offloo  De- 
piiiiment.  lis  regularly  vutDorUedageot,  orsucu  other 
Hgeucs  us  may  be  specially  authorized  by  tbe  lost- 
iu:(8t«r  General,  lu  all  stages  of  manuiacture,  sufficient 
to  meet  all  orders  or  the  department,  aod  to  provide 
against  any  and  ail  coutin;;eiicies  that  may  be  bkoly 
to  occur  during  the  existence  of  the  coutrAct,  so  that 
e^ch  aai  every  order  ot  the  department  may  be 
promptly  filled,  aud  the  department  iiiall  have  tbe 
rlgiit  10  require  tbe  coutracior  at  any  time  duiine  the 
exisienoe  of  the  contract  Id  furnish  an  extra  quantity 
of  stamxis  not  exceeding  a  supply  for  three  mouths. 
I'ACKLSG. 

Stamns  to  be  transmitted  by  sea  routes  must  bo  se- 
curely packed  in  hermetically  scaled  tin  cases,  wrapped 
in  Strong  mxnlla  paper;  all  otuers  must  either  be 
packed  in  strong  bindeis'-board  boxes,  bound  on  the 
edges  and  corners  with  mnsliu,  aud  enveloped  in  two 
tliu'kuesses  or  strong  maulla  paper,  or  inelosed  iu 
strong  inanlla  envelopes,  as  ihe  quantity  to  be  ^rans- 
mitteii  mar  require;  lul  packaees  to  be  ao  'ncJosed  as 
to  enable  the  ugeutof  tbe  department  to  officially  seal 
thcnt. 

DKLIVKRY. 

The  stamps  may  be  required  to  bo  delivered  by  the 
contractor  In  sepprate  packages,  as  above  provided 
for,  at  the  Post  Office  iu  the  plucu  wbeie  tho  same  are 
nianufactureil.  or  at  such  utner  Post  Office  in  the  Im- 
mealaca  vicluit.v  of  the  puce  of  manulacture  as  the 
Postmaster  Ueueral  may  direct:  ot  in  sacu  qantitiea 
nt  the  Pust  office  Depariment,  Washington.  D.  C.  (eaoh 
deoomiuatiou  and  kind  bciuic  kept  separate,)  aa  tho 
Pustmaater  General  may  direct 
BLA.<<KS. 

In  addition,  the  contraetor  will  bo  reqmred  to  Tax 
nio  labels,  and  direct  the  same,  for  cotn  package,  iu 
accorilaiicj  with  the  daiiy  lists  fnruished  by  ihe  agent 
of  tho  department,  tiii:-:iher  with  nli  orher  blacks  le- 
quired  to  oe  iiicloB<Hl  wi.h  the  stamps ;  niso,  all  iihinks 
loi' daily,  vroeKlv,  tiionibiy,  and  quarterly  returns  re- 
lating to  the  number  and  denominations  of  stamps 
luruisbed, 

BEP0RT.<». 

The  contmctor  "WlU  be  required  to  report  weekly,  un- 
der o.iih,    tne    numoor,    Uenuminacion,    und     kind    of 

Stamps  inanafiiciured,  (dnishuil,  uuflnishcd,  and 
spoiled,)  the  number  U^ued  ddrlug  tbe  w^ek,  aud  the 

iiuoiiier  avbi.abic  lor  issue  ;  all  aj. oiled  stamps  to  be 
desLroTed  by  iiie  aKenr  *}t  ilie  depHrtmeuc    m  the  nrea 

euce  of  the  contractor  nr  his  rupn  sentatlve,  or  other- 
wise disposed  of,  as  the  Pcstm.isicrlieneral  may  direct 

AWARD. 
The  contract  win  bo  awardei!   on    the  basis 'Of  the 
number  ot  the  several  kinds  of  stamps   isaued  during 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  3'-).  IS7U,  as  follows  : 

1.  .Number  or8t:imps  for  use  of  the  public. 098,799,090 

2.  ^umoer  of  official  stamt^s  tor  use  ot  the 
executive  dLp,iri,mentB 17,082,665 

3.  Nuinuer  ot    uewspaper    »ud    periodical 
stamps 1.290,347 

Total 717.772,102 

Bids  must  be  made  lor  each  kiud  of  stamps  sepa- 
rately, the  bidders  stating  in  the!  proposals  the  price 
per  thousand  scamps.  Including  everything  required 
to  bo  done  or  turnlshed.  as  set  jorih  in  this  advertlsc- 
meut;  aud  the  cou;raot  will  be  awarded  as  a  nhole  to 
tue  lowest  lespouslhle  bidder  In  tbe  tig:;reKBie,  tbe 
amount  01  a  bid  to  be  ascertain-'d  uyexkeuding  tbe 
above  issues  at  tho  prices  bid  respectively,  and  then 
aggregating  the  amounts  of  the  three  several  items. 
It  must  be  underst'iod,  however,  that  proposals  made 
under  this  advertisement  shall  include  all  the  stamps 
needed  bv  tne  dcp.irtmeut  durln;;  ths  contract  term, 
without  reference  to  the  above  issues,  .should  the 
use  of  auy  of  the  a'lnve  kinds  of  stumps  be  disron- 
linncd  during  the  contract  term,  the  contractor  will 
not  ne  entitled  to  damages  ou  acooimt  of  suon  discou- 
^  tiuuauce. 

PROPOSAtiS— AGREEMENT— BOND. 

Each  proposal  must  lie  signed  by  the  Individual  or 
parfneiBiiip  making  U,  and  when  made  by  a  partner- 
ship the'uame  of  eaon  partner  thereof  must  be  dis- 
closed: and  it  must  bo  aceompuui.-d  by  a  guaranty, 
Blgued  by  at  least  two  resuouBiule  guarantors,  that  tbe 
bidder  aball,  within  tou  tluya  alter  belhg  called  upoa 
to  do  so,  execute  a  contract  to  Inrnish  promptly,  and 
In  qnaniltles  aa  ordered,  tbe  article  or  articles  to  be 
furnished  by  him,  the  responsibility  and  sdfficieiicy  of 
tbe  signers  to  tueh  guaranty  to  bo  certified  to  by  the 
Postmaster  or  United  .>tates  Attorney  whcio  tbe  bid- 
der rcsiiies  ;  and  in  such  contract,  the  coatractur  and 
his  sureties  sh.itl  co'euant  and  agree  that  in  case  tbe 
said  contractor  shall  tail  to  do  or  perform  all  or  any 
of  the  covenan  s,  stipulations,  and  agr.'emeats  of  said 
contract  on  the  part  01  the  said  coutractur  to  be  per- 
formed, as  therein  set  lorth,  the  said  contractor  and 
his  ^ltreties  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  tbe  Uuitel  States 
ot  America  the  sum  of  two  hundred  thnusnud  dollars, 
for  wnicli  sold  firieiiuro  the  Bald  .uontrautor  and  his 
Bu:-etl..'8  shall  oe  jointly  :inJ  severally  liable,  as  Itqui- 
duted  damages  to  be  sued  tor  in  tbe  name  or  tne 
United  States. 

If  the  bidder  to  whom  the  first  award  m.iy  be  mtde 
sbould'fatl  to  enter  into  a  contract,  as  herein  provided, 
then  the  uwaid  may  beauDuiled,  and  thecoutrsot  let 
to  the  next  lowest  respiiuslulo  Didder,  if  nut  deemed  too 
high  by  tho  Post.m<i8ter  (jeneral,  and  soon  until  the  re- 
quired contract  is  executed;  aua  such  next  lowest  bidder 
ehall  be  required  to  tuiUii  every  stipulation  embraced 
herein  as  it  ho  were  the  origmal  parly  to  wuum  tho 
contract  was  aw.irded. 

The  coctractwill  also  provide  thtt  if  at  nny  time 
during  its  continuance  tn-  sUx-tleS  shall  die  or  be- 
coiho  irresponsible,  the  Pustmaater  Qelieral  shall  have 
the  right  to  reauire  additional  and  sufficient  sureties, 
wliicb  the  contractor  shall  furnish  to  the  acceptance 
01  the  t^ostmaster  Ueueral  wichin  10  days  alter  notice 
and  in  default  thereof,  the  contract  may  be  anoulted. 
HESIiRVATIONS. 

The  Postmaster  General  resorvuB  the  right  to  ic^ject 
anv  aod  ail  bids  if,  in  his  Juugmeut,  the  Interest  ol  tbe 
Goverument  i-equires  It;  also  tne  right  to  annul  the 
contract  if,  in  bis  opinion,  there  shall  be  a  failure  ut 
auy  time  toperlorm  faithiuliv  any  of  its  stiuulutlons. 
or  in  case  ol  a  ^Tilllul  attempt  to  Impose  Upon  the  de- 
pariment scamps  luferiur  to  those  required  by  the 
contract 

PAYMENTS. 

Payments  for  stamps  actually  Issued  and  delivered 
will  be  made  quarterly,  after  proper  examination  and 
adi.istmeut  ot  acoouuis. 

CUNlttACT  NOT  ASSIGSABLR. 

The  contruct  cantiot,  in  auy  case,  bo  lawfully  trans- 
ferred or  assigned. 

EXTENSION. 

Ehould  the  interest  ot  the  Government  reanire,  the 
concract  mav  be  exiended  beyond  tlio  time  named, 
not  exceeding  three  moncbs,  by  order  of  tbe  Post- 
master General,  and  the  cuntri^ct  prices  and  all  con- 
ditions herein  set  lorth  shall  govern  in  shch  exteilded 
contract 

ADDRESS. 

AU  ptoptisals  mnst  bo  madbon  the  blank  forms 
fhrnlshed  by  the  department,  securely  enveloped  and 
sealed,  indorsed  on  the  back  "Proposals  toi-  Postage 
stamps."  and  addressed  to  the  Third  Assistant  Post- 
master General.  Washington,  D.  C, 

JAMES  N.  'lYNER,  Postmaster  General. 


1%  tdTT^ 


iPS^^HBWiPSi^PiP 


mmm 


PttOJPQgSALiS. 

FROFOSALH  VOR.DRBDGINU  ANO  1>1RB. 

DinnB  Statbs  Essurua  Onica.       } 
C6i»i*%  ot  PkiriistLVASiA  a  v.  ajIo  IOtb  st.,  > 
WAsaureToii.  O.  0.,  Ftib.  8,  1877.     S 
fl«aled  Tvoposals  for  Dredsidf:  and  tbe  oooittactHoa 
ef^a  Dike  In  BappahanDoak  wviMf.  Va..  irtU  be  received 
at  toit  offloe  until  noon  of  Wbonehday.  iiueh7, 
1877,  aiid  oMoao  immeiUatelr  thereafter. 
6M<4i|^^0M  KOd,  Voak JMma  Air  prbjIeMla  wta  1m 


BOARD  OF  BIM.' CATION. 

Settled  proposals  will  be  reoelvt  d  by  the  Board  of 
School 'i'ruBtees  ot  the  Nineteenth  Ward,  ac  tbe  half 
orthu  Board  of  Kducation,  corner  of  Grand  aud  Elm 
8t»..  until  lUKoDAif.  Feb.  13.  lo77,  Bnd^ntiL4  o'clock 
P.  M.,  of  said  day.  for  furnisbintc  sliaing  doors,  be.,  in 
Grammar  Schooi  house  No.  18,  uu  bast  51st  st,  nea^ 
Lexington  av. 

Plans  and  speclQeationa  may  be  seen  at  the  office  of 
the  Supeiintendent  of  School  Bnildiugs,  No.  146  Grand 
St.,  third  floor. 

Two  responsible  And  approved  sureties,  residents  of 
this  City,  will  be  required  ttom  the  suooessful  Udder; 

The  party  submitting  a  proposal  and  the  parties 
proposing  to  become  snreties,  mu.it  each  write  his 
naine  and  place  of  lesidence  ou  said  propoeal. 

The  Trustees  riiServe  the  right  to  reject  any  or  all 
of  tbe  proposals  submitted. 

J.  0.  AUTOB, 

F.  T.  HOpjLiaa. 

M.  TtlAiiJIB^HQRB. 
JOiHN  &  DOBMBlibl,       , 


BOABUTNtJ  AKD   LODGING. 


,     The  ^p-to^n  ot&op  of  T^ J{  TIl|B|i  1#  liOMW  ai. 

No.  t  ,257  riroadWa.r,  liel.  Slrit  and  siid  its. 

Open  dally,  Sundaysdneraded,  ftbm  4  A.  M.  io  0  P.  M. 

Sobioriptlens  raoeired,  aoi4  ooptes  of  THB  TIBB8  for 

sale. 

ADVBRTISBMntHTS  RKCEIVRD  UNTUi  9  P.  M.  , 

TWO,  4  West  x4tk  st.;  tivo  bbfiMs 

i^  FROM  6TH  AvT— Newly  and  handsom^ly-ftarhished 
■uitea  and  siae^e  r«am«  to  fiunUt^*  a«d.Keatlans«n„wi>h 
or  withoiit  breakCaat:  batfarrooms  And  running  water 
on  each  9ooi^|Flibns4  belited  bf  iteam  tfironvhoiK; 
appointment*  «pd  location  nnstirpasasdt  best  ratar^ 
ences  given  and  required. 


PHlVAJBChMB,  t^Sra   HT.,  BBARBBqAO. 
way.— Gentleman  VTAntt^  to  Jnlu;  brekkftistat  all 

hours;  table  d'hote- at  B:30  oV.leok;  alaa  rooms  1 
tprms  reasoDahle..  Address  "  CLUB."  ■'^ax  No.  262 
TIMES  DP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  I, Ss'T  BROADWAY. 


M^TinrsuMNittr 


No^  a  Weat  3»rh  aK, 
ha* rear  suite,  second  flnor.  to  offep,  with  or  without 

prirate  table,  and  rne  front  upper  room.  • 


TVr«.  1*2  JJIADIISDN  AV.-DEalRABLB  ?UITB 
X^  of  rooms,  also  single  room,  with  board ;  references 
ezehangpd. 


TW-b.  42  tVBS'i'iQTil  «T.-HANUSOME  fltJlTB 
1.^  of  ap4rtments.  with  or  without  board,  in  private 
house;  references. 


NO.  8  EAT>r  9TH  8T.-rDESlRABIiB  SUITE  OF 
handanmely-rttmished    rooms;     tftth    or  without 
private  rablei   rerereneejs. 


HANO.HO.VfBLY-rURNIlKfitfeU  RO<i!tii»  TO 
rent  with  board,  en  suite  jr  singly,  at  moderate 
prices;  referecces.    No.  108  Bast  23d  st. 


0.  18  Bast  a20  e»T.— blrqant  booms 
_  on  second  floor;  also  single  rooms;  table  -arst- 
clnss:   reference. 


N 


O,    a36    WEsT    j^TH    ST.— fiANDBOMELY- 
furnished  second  floor;     also  other  rooms;   with 


boara;   references- 


NO.aOBAl^r^iSII  ST.-WITH  BOARD;    PARLOR 
and    bed-room    first  floor;    parlor   and    bed-room 
third  floor;    single  rooms. 


N 


O,   «    WE.ST     J6Ta     8T,— THREE     LAUOB 
rooms,  furnished,  with  board:    reterenoes. 


N 


0.6  EAST  3.4Tf7  »T.— SINGLE  ROOMS  WITH 
board;    house  newly  mmlBlied:    torros  moderate. 


N 


O.    46   WEST   3!iO    ST.-tBLEGANT  SRI  OND 
floor  of  three  rooms,  with'  board;     terms  moderate. 


n; 


O.  81  W^EMT    18TB   AT— SUITE    OF    ROOMS 

tn  let  With  first-clMS  board.  Befweuces. 


»LBA!!iANT  ROtLYIS,  WITH  BOARD.— REF- 

eienoes.    No.  116  West  A'lth  at 


: 


flOaiM   TO    LBl'— WIl'H    BOARD,     AT    NO.  18 

iBait  46th  at;  reforancat  exchanged. 


F'^nUHNtsulBirROilGns^lFOR  (JBNTLB.nEN. 
without  board;     references.     Call  at  Na    34    East 
2Utb  et 


NO.  18  WEST   ^STH    ST.,    PAELfJR    FLOOR, 
drawing-roam,  bed-room,   and  dressing-room,  with 
bath,  fcc 


HOTKl^ 

TUB  ROVAL  VICTORIA  UOFBL, 

NAttSAU,  BAHAXA  ISLANDS. 
For  full  information  apply  to 

JAMKS  UDGERWOOD  &.  Ca, 

No. 753  BroidWiV.  VewYorlt. 


NBW.ENUI^AND    BOTBL.  —  LODGINGS,  60c.; 
20U  light  slnsie  rooms  for  gentlemen  only;   weekly, 
$2  to  $3.    Corner  Bowery  aatl  Bayard  st 


i^lNANOLAJL 


ELIZABETH   CITY 


7$, 


MATURING    IStS   TO    1896, 


FOB   SALE   BT 


mniiYi  k  CO. 


IVos.    16    and    19    IVasaau    St. 


NEW-YORK  CITY  6s, 


DUE  IN  1879. 


OSWEGO  CITY  7S, 


DUE  IN  1888, 


ELIZABETH  CITY  7S, 


DUB  IN  1898, 


FOE  SALE  BY 

DANIEL 


A.    MO  RAN, 


NO.  40  WALI^  ST. 


OrriCB  OP  TBE  FaRMBBS'  JmA^  ANO    '1  aCST  L'OXPAnV,  ) 
No.  20   ExCHAifOB  FI.ACB,  CaaNRK  WlLLIAX  ST.,      / 

New- York.  Jan.  8,  1877.  S 

THE  FARI»IBRS»  L.OAM  ANO  TRUST  <:05I- 
PANYofthe  City  of  New-York,  Trustees  of  the 
sinking  fund  of  the  construction  and  equipment  bonds 
nf  the  Cleveland  and  Pittsburg  Railroad  Company, 
ihereby  give  notice  thnt  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  the  said  Biaklng  fund,  thpy  have  drawn  bv 
lot  the  following  numbers  of  sixteen  of  said  bonds, 
vit:  Nos.  50.  440,  584,  076.  709,711.  739,  867,  883. 
888,  923,  945,  9."»9.  9di),  1,100,  1,312,  and  that  on 
piesentation  and  delivery  to  them  nf  said  elxteeu 
bonds,  or  any  Dart  of  the  same,  theiy  will  be  redeemed 
at  par  value  thereof,  and  that  Interest  on  all  of  the 
said  sixteen  bonds  not  prcBsnted  for  redemption  on  or 
before  the  1st  (lay  of  July  next  will  cease  from  and 
alter  that  date.  R.  O.  ROLSTON.  President 


THE  BANK  OF  MONTREAL 

18  PRRRARXD  TO  ISBUK 

CIRCXJLAR  NOTES 

AND 

LETTERS  OF  CREDIT 

TO  TRAVELERS, 
available  in  all- parts  of  tim  world. 

CUARLBS  F.  6.V1ITHBB8.  >  .„.„». 
WALTER  WaTSO.V,  J  Agents 

NOS.  89  AND  61  WALL  gT. 

3 

10 

DICNICIFAL  BONDS,  DDE  1908.    A  LIMITED 

4 
AMOUNT  FOR   SALE  BY  < 

KtHN^LOEB  &  CO.,  NO.  31  NASSAU  ST. 


AJsmsEMB5;Ta 

„ .  ^        ,„    ivALLACk».S.  _     ,    „, 

Proprietor  and  Manager MR.  LESTEB  WALIiAOK. 

ME.  LBSTBR~WA.LLACK, 

epdUw  ;Bok  l7..j«ria  ho  •riNMnted  «'fCPJtPE^  Inright 
and  snarkUqi;  comedy,  tp  fire  apts,  entitled 

WILD  OATS, 

witti  eBtii«I.v  new  oharadteriaho  and  piciniefqiu 
aeenlo  llnstraboas  ana  a- :    .     - 

FUJB  CABT, 
includhig 

H«.liBSTBBW.AUiAOK Taa... .ii.^ROTBB. 

_;i*Stf' Ckft^"^"  Pt  4eB»rB.  JOHN  GILBERT,  BABr 
BT  BBCKBTT,  ED.  ABNOTT,  C.  A.  BTEVEN80J*.  J.  W. 
SHANNON,  E.  M.  HOLLAND,  W.  J.  LBONABD,  fX  R. 
EDWm,  J.^.ODBflAN,  J.  PKCS.  T.  .ATjUNHt  MISS  BOSS 
WpOD.HISS,  EFFIK  GERMON,  MR8.  JOHK  SEFtOJi 
AND  MISS  bAtK 

IHiPf)BTAfrT  N0VBLTIE8  are  In  Active  prewtratlon. 

l>ALV;s  FIFTH  AVBNUB  TUBATRB. 
_^_       TUB  CO .11  Kb Y  aiT  OF  1877. 

THE,  PUREST,    BKlGHTBST,    AHD    MERRIEST    PER- 
ifOtt*fA.Vl'K  IN  TUB  niTV. 

Xi  m  DSwdl  O  I<T  S !  J 

ROARS  OF  LAUGHTER 

At  the  squeeeing  of  Lemon  No.  6. 
ROARi*  Off  LAl;4^HTBK 

At  the  watering  pot  seenel 
ROARS  OF  liAUfiBTBR 

At  the  Bsjor'e  lovejnakinfS 
ROARti  iflrLAUGHTBR 
At  Jack  and  Mar.v'a  chess  scene  1 
ROARS  OF   LAU6HTBR 
At  the  MsBiog  by  prozyl 
ROARS  OF  LAU«JHTBR 

At  the  tamons  duel  affairl 
BOARS  OK    LiAUGHTKR 
For  two  glnriouB  hoursl 
BztTsMttln«eWA6H1NGTON'8  BIRTHDAY,  at  2. 


BTBSV  NieHT. 

SBQIBR  a. 
VBB  10:§0. 

MATINER 
SATURDAF. 

BKGIN'8  '2. 
OVER  4:30. 


NIBLO'S    UARDBN. 

KIRALFT  BROTHERS Lessees  and  Managers 

UNPARALLKLBD     SUCCESS. 


\      ABOUND  THE  WORLD  IN  EIGHTY  DAYS. 


W.»^*^^^V.»^AA/VI.A»A^^^<»S»^, 


EVERY  EVEXI5G  AND  SATCTRDAY  MATINEE, 
Beats  secured  two  weeks  in  advance. 


ACADEftlJf  OF  AlCSlC.  KELLOGG. 

SPECIAL  MATINEE  ON  SATURDAY,  FEB,  17, 

of  Meyerbeer's  grand  spectooulsr  opera, 

THE  STAR  OF  THE  NORTB, 

MISS  CLARA  LOUISE  KELLOGG 

and  tbe 

KBLLOQQ  GRAND  ENGLISH  OPERA  COMPANY 

appearing. 

Male  Of  seats  eommenoes  on  THURSDAT,  ICtb. 


JUBLLBli'S  WOMDBk  THBATRB. 

EVERY  EVENING  AT  8. 

ENTIRE  CHANGE  OP  PROGRAMME. 

Being  tbe  Third  Series  of 

HKl,LliE'8    WONDERS. 

SIX  STARTLING    NECEOMA.'^TIC  WONDERS. 


Sew  wonders  developed  in  the 

SECOND  SIGHT  MYSTERY. 


Andan  oiiginal Optical  darvel.  entitled" 

imSG  PICTURES, 

MA'HNBES  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY  AT  2, 

Children  half  price  to  Matinees. 


CHICKERINQ  HAt.L. 

WEDNESDAY  RVUNINQ,  FKB.  14, 

FIB8T  GRAND  CHARITY  I  ONCERT  BY 

BLAVifJ'S    ORIGINAL  AND  ONLY 

GEORGIA  CABIN    SINGERS.  / 

DNDtB  THK.     AU8PICK8  OF  THE 

WE.ST  SIDE  RELIEF  ASSOCIATION 

FOR  THE    DESTITUTE  POOR. 

Admission.  50  cents.    Reserved  Seats,  76  cents. 

carnages  maybe  ordered  at  10  P.  M. 


THB    ORttUNAL    TBNNESSEANS, 

SLAVE  CABIN   SINGERS, 

Will  give  one  of  their  UNIQUE  CONCERTS 

in  tbe 

ALLEN    BTRKET   M.  E.  CHURCH. 

Between  Delancey  and  Rivlngton  sts., 

THIS  (TUESDAY)  EVENING,  FEB.   13,  1877, 

for  tbe  benefit  of  the 

LADIES'  CHURCH  AID  SOCIETY. 

COME  AND  HEAR  THi<    SWEET  SINGERS. 


'i'HIRD    BVENING  OK  ENGLISH   GLEB8, 

CHICKBUING  HALL, 

THURSDAY.  Feb.  15,  at  8  P.  M. 

Vocalists, 

Miss  BEBBB,  Miss  FINCH,  Mrs.  HILLS. 

and 

Messrs.  BLLARO,  NIL8RN,  BAIRD,  and  AIKBK. 

Aeoompanlit  Mr.  C.  FLOH.IO. 

Reserved  seats,  Si,  at  SCHUBEKTU'S,  No.  23  Union 

square,  and  at  tbe  hall  on  tbe  evening  of  the  concert 


NBW  BROADWAY  THEATRE, 

Broadway  and  30th  st 
MONDAY,  Feb.  19,  will  be  presented 
OUR  BOYS, 
With  an  exceptional  cast  spsciallv  selected,  and  ap- 
propriate scenic  adornment 


TENTH  ANNUAL  EXHIBITION  OF  THE 

AMBRICAN  SOCIBTY    OF    PAINTERS    IN 

WATBR.COLORS, 

now  onen  at  the  National  Academ.y  of  Design,  comer  of 
4tb  av.  and  23d  st,  daily,  (Sundays  excepted, )  from  t^ 
A.  M.  until  6  f.  M.,  and  from  7  until  10  P.  M. 


HAN    KilA.NCISCO  l>ilNSTRKL.S. 

Last  wights  of  the  GRkAT  success.  1      Opera 
The  newOpera  Bouffe.  Music  by  Oflfenbach       House. 

TlIK  HAPPY  MOKK,  and  a  Broadway. 

GORGEOU-s  JAPANESE  DloBAMIC Scene,  land  29th  st, 
MaTINEE  SaTURDAH  at  2.     Seats  secured. 


WHERE  ARE  YOO  UOING  TO-MGBTf— 
The  HAMPTON  SINGERS;  or,  VIRGINIA  CHOR- 
ISTERS, give  a  concert  at  the  Fourteenth  Street 
Presb;teruin  Church,  coraei;  of  2dav,  THlJJ  EVEN- 
ING. Come  and  hear  them.  Tickets  50  cents  ;  to-  be 
had  at  Scribner,  Armstrong  &  Co.'b,  or  at  the  door. 


FmE^AETS. 

FINE  ARTS  AT  AUCTION. 

THE  BEADMONT'COLLECTIOK 

of 

HIGH-CLASS  OIL  PAINTINGS  AND  WATEB-COLORS 

Will  be  Bold  at  auction  . 

THIS    TUESDAY  AND    WEDNESDAY  AND  TflURSDAT 

-  Eveningsat7!30  o'clock,  Feb.  13, 14, and  15. 
AT  MiNER'a  ART  OALLKEIKS,  NO.  845  BROADWAY. 
The  cellection  embraces  many  very  Important  and 
choice  examples  in  oil  and  water-colors  by  leading 
artists  of  the  Kurepean  and  American  schools.  Now 
on  exhibition  free  till  5  P.  Af.  each  day. 

HENRY  D.  MINER,  Auctioneer. 
Office  and  Art  Galleries  No.  845  Broadwa.v. 


TREROLD  .nORTGlAUBHONOHOLDER  S 
Committee  are  now  prepared  to  purchasu  all  or  anv 
portion  of  the  outstanding  thirl  v-two  Gold  Mortgage 
Bonds  of  the  Toledo,  Wabash  and  Western  Railway 
Compan.v,  for  the  sum  of  $580  68  per  bond,  which  la 
the  amount  of  the  dividend  in  cash  arising  from  the 
Siile  under  the  foreclosure  proceedings.  Or  if  the 
holders  of  an.v  of  these  bonds  wish  to  join  the  other 
oondho  ders  and  share  in  the  sate  made  to  the  new 
parties,  they  may  do  so.  provided  they  notify  us  by  the 
16th  of  February.  AppU  to  W.  A.  V.  PO.^T,  fiecretar,y 
of  tbe  Foreclosure  Committee,  at  the  office  of  Perkins, 
Livlogston,  Post  &  Co.,  No.  23  NtMsau  St. 
Naw-YoRk,  Jan.  27,  1877. 


TO   mVJESTORS. 

BROOKLYN  WATER  BONDS, 

PAYABLE  1899.. 
For  sale  by 

GEOBGE  K.  SISTARE, 

NO.  34  NASSAU  ST. 


BROWN   UROTHl£R>  «.-  CO.. 

NO.  69  Wall  sr., 

I^♦^tJE  COMMERCIAL  and  TBaVbLKKJ   CRhDITS 

AVAILABLE  in   a'lPAttT.^  of   the  WORLD. 


NATIONAL  KXPRKSs*  COftlPA.NY  STOCK 
fbr  sale  :  Wabash  coupon  certificates  for  aftle,  W. 
a,  DICKINSON,  member  of  New- It ork  Stock  Bxchange. 
No.  14  Wall  st 


(Si.1  KA  AAA  "*'<*  I'OAN  ON  noND  and 

CpXilvfavvfl/mortgage  on  New-Vo  k  City  im- 
proved propert.y.  Apply  to  GRANT  BROTHERS.  No.  2 
kscbauge  court 


DAXOU?(G. 
"A~i2LK?r2M72rvvoSTH»^^ 

"■REtfOVhD  TO  N(.\  o81  oTH  AVB.fUS. 
Now  open  for  the  reception  of  pupils. 
For  particulars  eenit  tbr  cirbuiac 
Private  lessons  evbry  Hfty. 


OB  GARfttO><4 

PRIVATE  DANCING  ACADEMY, 
Ao.  7  Wesc  32d  Bt,  two  doots  from  6th  av. 


lOB-ORBAiL 


FUS8ELL»S  ICB  CttBA.ili-TWERTY-PlVa 
cents  per  quart  to  ennrehes  and  lartce  paries;  Char- 
lotte Russe.  iu  boxes,  to  carry  home;  freab  twice  a  dav. 
No.  V2  Bible  House. 


EEMOTALS^ 

BBMOYAU  —  RIDOBLY  fc  CO .  IMPORTERS  OF 
laoe  eurcauis  and  embroideriea,  have  removed 
from  No.  110  Worth  kt  to  Nos.  79  And  81  Worth  st, 
betwvaa  Broadway  and  ChnrCii  at 

Naw-YoKX,  Feb.  1, 1877. 
II  "iV  ••fi-yaM^aiMfa'i-iT--i' 


itt^MMA^ 


N  XcTiviTiibiiKioEnri^AM 

'  ifk  %,iltt*-tilait9  faMOEtitw  aad  «D»a«£iAinri9B 


LEGALJ^OTIOES^ 

SUPRE9IB  COURT  OP  THE  STATE  OF 
New-York,  City  and  County  of  New- York. -CHARLES 
UAUN,  plaiutifr.  ugainst  DANIEL  EBERHAROl',  as  Ex- 
ecutor of  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Ludwig  Ned- 
die, deceased,  and  as  Executor  of  the  last  will  and  tes- 
tament of  Franz  Dengier,  deceased.  Apollonia  Kopp, 
formerly  Apolioula  Neddie,  Louisa  Richter,  an  infani; 
under  the  age  of  fourteen  years:  Ottmar  Kupler- 
Bchmidt;  Maria  Anna  ^Kupferscbmidt,  Kiisabetha  Kup- 
ferschimdt,  Sabiua  Kuplerscbmidt,  Resiiia  Knpter- 
BOhmidt,  and  blisalietiia  Oengler.  delendants.— Sum- 
mons—for  relief.— (Com.  not  served.)— To  the  defend- 
apts  above  named  and  each  of  them  :  You  are  hereb.v 
summoned  and  required  to  answer  the  complaint  in 
tliia  action,  which  will  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
Clei-k  of  the  City  and  County  of  New  York  at  the  Court- 
house, in  the  Cit.v  of  New-York,  and  to  serve  a  <  opy  of 
your  answer  to  the  snld  complaint  on  tbe  ButMcrtoer  at 
ills  office,  No.  11  Avenue  A,  in  the  Ciiy  of  New-York, 
within  twenty  days  alter  the  service  ot  this  summons 
on  you,  exclusive  ot  the  day  Of  such  service;  and  if 
yon  tsli  to  answer  the  said  complaint  within  the  time 
aforesaid,  tbe  piaiutiff  iu  tbls  action  will  apply  to  tbe 

conit  tor    the  relief  demanded  iu  the   complaint 

Dated  New-York.  February  1,  1877. 

EDWARD  F.  H.iS.'^Ey.Jlainfifl's  Attorney, 
No.  11  Avenue  A,  2<ew-York  City. 
The  complaint  in  this  action  trai  duly  filed  in  the  of- 
flee  of  the  Clerk  of  tbe  Cit.v  and  County  of  New- York 
on  the  2d  dav  of  February,  1877. 
f6-law6wl"u*  KDWARD  V.  HAS3ET. 


SUPREME  COURT— CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF 
New-York.— MURRAY  HILL  BANK,  of  the  aty  of 
^ew-York,  pinintiff,  against  MArTIN  u.  SMITH  and 
A.  P.  SMITH,  defend  ants. —Summons  for  a  money  de- 
mand on  contract. — (C!om.  not  served.) — lo  the  deieud- 
ants  aoovb  named  and  each  of  them:  Yon  are  hereby 
summoned  and  required  to  answer  the  complaint  in 
this  action,  which  will  be  filed  m  the  office  of  tbe 
Clerk  of  the  Citv  and  Count.y  ot  New-York,  at  the 
Oonnt.v  Court-biiuse,  New- York  City,  and  to  ierve  a 
copy  of  your  answer  to  the  said  complaint  on  tbe  Bub- 
Bcnbers.  at  their  office,  number  154  Aassau  street, 
(3Vi'i«neBulldiug.)in  said  Citv,  within  twenty  days  after" 
the  service  01  tli  is  Bummons  on  you.  exclusive  of  the  day 
of  such  service ;  and  If  you  fail  to  answer  ti  e  said  com- 
plaint within  th»  time  aforesaid,  the  plaintitt  in  this 
action  will  take^udemeat  against  you  for  the  sum  of 
ttn  hundred  and  ulaety-five  and  77-100  dollars,  with 
iuteiest  thereon  from  the  th.rteenth  day  of  /lu^st, 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventv-aix,  besides 
the  costs  of  this  action. — Dated  at  New-York,  Jan.  l9, 
1877.  KUNKlB  it   KNULEUAKT, 

Philntifl^s  Attorneys, 
The  complaiat  in  this  action  was  duly  bled  in  the 
office  Of  the  Clerk  of  the  City  and  County  of  New-York 
on  the  8tb  day  of  February.   1877. — Dated  New-York, 
Febiuary  12,  1877.         BUNKLE  k  ENGLtiHART, 

Plffs  Attys. 


SUPRE.TIB  COURT,  NEW-VOtlK  COUNTY— 
J.  DAGGliiT  HUNT,  plaintifif,  against  GEORGE 
O.  MULFORD,  defendaut.--Summons  tor  a  money  de- 
mand ou  contract.— cam.  not  served. — To  the  defend- 
ant above  uamad,— You  are  hereby  Bummoned  ana  re- 
quired to  answer  the  complaint  in  this  action,  which 
Will  be  filed  in  the  office  of  tbe  Clerk  of  the  City  and 
•County  of  New- York, at  tlie  Courthouse.  New-York 
City,  and  to  serve  a  copr  of  your  answer  to  the  Said 
complaint  on  the  subsoriber.  at  his  offlre,  Ko.  1  Col- 
lege place,  NeWrYork  City,  withiu  twenty  days  after 
th«^  service  Of  this  summons  on  ^ou,  exclnslve  of  ihe 
day  of  Buoh  service :  and  if  you  tail  to  answer  the  said 
complalaiMrithio  the  time  aforesaid,  tiie  plaintiff  in 
this  action  will  take  Judgment  ugainst  you  tor  the  sum 
of  sltbaadredBDdBtveutv-seyen  16-100  dollars,  with 
interest  f.om  the  21  st'day  oi  October,  one  tboasand 
eight  huudied  and  seveut.v-flve,  besides  tlie  costs  of 
this  action.— Dated  MeW-York.  January.  1877. 

8TEPHBN  B.  BRaGUE,  PUlntifTs  Attorney, 
No,  I  College  place,  New-york. 
TIi,e  complaint  in  the  above  enticieil  action   was  filed 
In  the   effloe  oi  the    Cievk  of  the    City  and  Cuuniy  of 

New- York,  at  the  Court-house  in  tbe  City  of  New- York, 
on  the  second  day  oi  February,  1877. 

STEPUii.N  B.  BRaGUE.  PlaintifT*  Attorney. 
fB-lawBwTu'* 


IN  PURSUA>CB  OF  AN  ORDBR  OF  THE 
Supreme  Court,  First  Judicial  District,  made  and 
entered  on  the  6i  h  day  of  Febrnaly,  1877,  hotibe  Is 
hereby  given  that  WILLIAM  OOTUOUT.  now  Of  the 
Clt.y  ot  Paris,  in  tbe  Bepnblic  of  Praooe,  will  apply  to 
the'  court  at  a  BpeeM  Term  thereof,  to  be  heidat 

/.|.AM«1.A...  .n  f.lia  rlnnhtiv  CnnrK.limfaA.   1«  *hM    ^.«H  t^ti-.. 


Chambers  in  tha,(S>nnt.v  Coortrhouso.  la  the  said  City 
of  New-York,  oil  Monday,  tlie  2d  day  of  ApHl,  1877,  at 
10  o'clock  A.  M.,oras  Boon  thereafter  as   eounslsl  eaa 


be.beard,  for  an  order  that  be  be  discharged  from  hit 
office  as  one  of  tho  Trustees  of  a  certain  mortgage 
Esada  and  exeonted  and  deUvered  to  him  and  another 
bv  the  Neir-lork  and  Bllrer  Peak  Miuinf  Compaav. 
The  petition  of  ihb  Said  WilUAm  Ooihont,  apod  «hle& 
tbe  said  oroar  wa«  granted,  was  daly  Alod  ia  the  oflle« 
a#  tbe  Olerk  of  tha  Oity  aad  Coonty  of  Rew-Tork  on 
the  Stji  telJl  Febmarr.  1877. . 

HBN&t  BBAC&MWiMT Sniaia  tftmnMtt^ 


aase 


AMUSEMENTS., 


BOOTH'S  THEATRB.  SEOU»  Wx£i^ 

"FIFTH  ATBNUB.» 

OBOBaB  PAWCBTT  Kt)WE'S  GBBAT  ritiX, 

Appearanne  eif  Hie  poonlar  aetor,  MB. 
GBORGB    RIGNOliO. 

*«*  The  pl^  aboanda  with  UlnaCiatioaa  of  tha 

Uarp9uM«a,  fhrOliDS  incidents,  and  ■eniatlnnal 

reneea  of  LIFE  m  THE  GREAT  MBTSOPOIiII  n  tt 

was  In  186S. 

AOTI, 
Pictures  the  StKfaKO  OF  AN  OCBAIT  9nAXIt  «^ 
the  ban  ks  ot  Me wfbondland.    Bxcitlng  eflbrta  to  nseaa 
the  paaaengera.    1862. 

*CTIL 
Pictores  SGBNB8  IH  WALL  8TBBBT.    Btonsy  mMttD| 
of  stockfaoldera.     1863. 

ACT  ur.  _. 

Pletnree  the  LAUNGHISG  OF  THB  MOXITOB.    X88(k 

ACT  IV. 
Pictures  Fifth  avenne  by  night,  wid  the  MTOOBB  Of 
MR.  BCHOYLBR.  the  bankrr.    A  thrflllng  aoana.    106& 

AOT  V. 

Fictnres  tbe  return  of  the  i;allant  SEyEKTH  BKK- 

MKBT  and  their  conflict  with  the 

RlOTBR-S    OF    1883. _^ 

PARK.  THEATRE.  OUR  BOARDUra  HODfl^ 

BROAD  WAT  AND  22D  ST. 
OPEN  RIGHTLY. 

HBKBT  B.  ABBEY Lessee  and  ManaM» 

O  THIRD  WEliK. 

0  LBONABD     GROVERTS 

B  AMB&IOAN  COMEDY, 

OUB    BOARDING     HuU8& 
B  THE  GREAT  SDCCEBS. 

0  CROWDED  HOUsBi 

A  TEARS    AND    LAUGHTER. 

B  DNEQDALED  CAST. 

D  ALL  FAVORITES. 

1  5EW-Y0RK  APPROVES  THB 
N  VERDICT  OF  CHICAGO. 

G        SAN  FRANf^ISCO  and  PHILADKLPHIA. 

SECURE    SEATS  AHEAD. 
H  Reserved  balcony,  50  cents. 

O  Reserved  dtess  circle.  $1. 

V  Reserved   orchestra,   $i  60. 

S  I  Admission,  50  cents  and  S 1. 

K  I    BTBBY  EVENING  ana   8ATDRDAY  MATUrE& 
FREE  LIbT  SUSPENDED.  ("  Make  no  mistaka^, 


UNION  SQUARE  THEATRE. 

Proprietor Mr.  8BERIDAN  SBOOB 

Manager -...., Mr.  a.  M.   PALMEB 

UNEQUIVOCAL  SUCCESS 

of  ihe  most  important  dramatic  work  prodooed  tt 
New-York  in  MANY  SE.^SO.nS.     > 
The  charming  romantic  drama  In  4  acta, 

THE  DAHHEFFS.' 

House  crowded  to  tbe  doora  everv  nl«ht. 

SATDRDAY  at  1:30,  second  Matinee  of  DANICHEF^ 


BAGLB   THEATRE. 

AIMBB  IN  THE  NEW  OPKE.A. 

EAGLE  THEATRE-Broadway  and  33d  st         AIMB% 
Proprietor MR.  JOSS  HABT 

Last  nights  of  La  Petite  Marine. 

Positively  last  performances  ot 

THB  LAST  EUROPEAN  MUSICAL  SENSATIOBT^ 

LBOOrO'S  MOST  RECENTLY  ^DCCBSSFDL  WOB& 

LA  PETlfB  MARIEE.  LA  PETITE   M.ARIBK. 

ULLB.  AlMEE  (last  time)  aa  Gnudella, 
With  a  Great  cast,  compnalng  the  entire  oom. 
papy.  and  entlrelv  NEW  SCu-KKRV,  RICH  AND  GOd- 
GEODS  COSTUMES,  APPROPRIATE  ACCE8SORIB8. 
and  an  eoUpsing  SPLKNDOE  OF  MISE  EN  SCENE, 
Thursday,  Friday,  and  Saturday  evenings.  Also  at  tbe 
Gala  MATIN  r.E,  Saturday  at  1:30,  ouly  perfermanoa 
of  an  entirely  new  version  of  Offenbach's  nooularoper* 
LA  PERICHOLE,  (THE  bXBEET  MNGEBL) 
AIHEB,  in  her  original  character.  LA  PERICHOLE. 


THB  GREAT   NEW-YORK  AQUARIUM. 

Broadway  and  35th  st. 
Open  daily  from  9  A.  M.  till  10  P.  M.,  (Sunday! 
excepted.) 
8TABTLIKG   KUBAQOi-OllS  PERFORMANCES. 
Miss  Vivienne  Lubln,  un-l    Capt.   Quigley    perform* 
aided    by   any    apparatus,  all  kinds  of  manual  labor, 
eats  aad  drinks  while  com-  carpen<'er  worlc  &c..  Ulos- 
pletely  submerged,  remain-  tra ting  tbe  manner  of  nsinf 
ing2i^to3  mlnntes  with- the  dive-'a  armor, 
cut  breatbiniL  I 

MARINE  MONSTERS  AND  WONDERS, 
BLADDER-NOSE    SEAL.    ONLY  ONE  ALIVE    IN  THIS 
CODNTEY, 
APTERSrOON  AND  EVENING  CONf^RTS. 


STBXNWAY  HALL.        TO-NIGHT.         ESSIPOFP. 

TBREE   GRAND  COS'CERTS 

By  that  illustrious  pianiste. 

THIS,  TDEBDAi,  and  FRIDAY  EVENINGS.  Feb.  13  and,' 

SATURDAY  MATINEE,  Feb.  17.    

With  the  aasiatance  of  Miss  PAL.MA  aod  M.  vivusJf 

At  the  concert  TUESDAY  EVENLVG,  Feb.  13, 
Mme.  ANNETfE  BS.SIPOFF  will  play 
BEETHOVEN— JrandSanata,  opub  110. 
CHOPIN— Poionalse  A  flat  aud  Nocturne. 
CHOPIN— LISZT-Noveliete  and  ShPrzino. 
EUBtSSTEIN— Romance.    Study  on  false  notes. 
AdmiBsion,  $1;  reserve  seat,  $i  00.    Sale  of  seats  ai 
Stelnway  Hall,  Bchuberth's,  and  No.  11  Broadway. 
THURSDAi,  Feb.  15,  Church  Edifice,  Brooklyn. 


KILMORE'S  GARDEN 

WILL  BE  OPBN,  THIS  (TUESDAY)  F.VENINS,  Feb.  ISU 
THREE    TROrriNG    RACES, 

RUNNING  RACE, 

LADIES'  FLAT  RACE,  and   a 

COLORED  FAT  ilES'S    FOOT  RACB. 

THURSDAY  and  SATCRDAT. 

TWO    GREAT    ENTERTAINMENTS, 

50  CENTS ^ADMISSION 50  CBSTA 


ACADBOIY  OF  MUSIC.  ABBOTX. 

Mies  EMMA  ABBOTT  -      - 

in  Italian  Opera, 

FRIDAY  EVKNING,    Feb.  23. 

LA  FIGLIA  DKL  RKGGIMENTO. 

SATURDAY.  Feb.  24-ABBOrT  MAir.VKB. 

Sale  ot  seats  will  ooen    at   Schlrmer's.   AO.  701  Broad* 
wa.v.    FRIDAI.  Feb.  16. 


GIfANU  MARDl-GRAS  CAKNlVAL.-BAti 
MASQDE  CERCLK  ••  KrtANCAlS  CALYPSu"— Tam- 
manv  riall.  TOKSDAX  KVESING,  Feb.  13.  Compii- 
meiitar.v  tickets  may  be  had  at  .Rullman's,  Na  111 
Broadwav;  George  Francis',  No.  11  Broad  et;  E.  Sim- 
moods',  French's  ilotel,  nud'boi-offlce,  'lammnny  HalL 


OLYMPIC  THEATKB. 


NO.  624  BROADWAY. 


BOUND 

THE 
CLOCK- 


MAGNIFICENT    CAST, 

SPLENDID  TjOCAL  SCENERY; 

GBLfflCO-lCDMAN   WRESTLING,   fee. 

Matinees    WKDNEaOAY    and     SATDRDAT, 


GRAND  OPERA-HOUSK.         Sih  av.  and  23d  st, 

PO<}LE  &  DON  NELLY,  sole  lessees   and   proorietorv 
DALY'S    GREAT.  DRAMA.  •■  MOS.slKDE    ALPHO-vSE." 

.MATINEES  WKDNKSDAV  and  8ATUf?DAY,  at  2. 
MONDAY  NEXT 'THK  TWO  ORPHANS." 


•VirAN TED.— A  GENTLEMAN  TO   GIVE  A  COURSH 

T  T  ot  lectures  in  chemistry  with  experiments.    Apply 

this  week,  between  12  and  2,  at  No.   17  West  88lh  st 


lySTBUOTION. 

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TBE  CONTINENTAL   LIFE  COMPANY. 

XXTKAORft-INAKT   KEVKLATIONS    BY  A  JJlTE 

AGENT  ^F  THE  CONCERN — THB  "FREEZ- 

ing-oct''  process  fullt  described — 
the  plan  adopted  tor  jkeducing  the 
reserve — how  policies  were  forced 

■     TO   LAPSE. 

Some   Btartlin^    disclosures    regarding   the 

•  xnaoDbr  io  wblch  the  o£Scer8  of  the  Continental 
lAf-  iDsiirance  Coiupaiiy,  or,  at  least,  some  of  them, 
TLasa&ed   tbat   coocerD,  were  made    yesterday   at 

ftie  heariDK  in  the  case  of  Stephen  Engliab  and 
oti  'era  acainst  the  compairT',  before  Mr.  William 
AU  '"^n  Batler,  tbb  Referee  appointed  by  Judge 
Prat  ^  The  witness  who  made  known  some  of  the 
inner  worklnss  of  the  company  was  Mr.  S.  M.  Ham- 
mood,  .of  the  firm  of  Hammond  &.  Grabb,  of  Cincin- 
nati, ami  who  was  fonnerly  employed  as  an  apent  of 
the  Continental.  He  was  called  by  Mr.  Sapbaei  J. 
Moses,  oi  counsel  tor  the  policy-holders,  and  testi- 
fied tbat  ^e  had  not  acted  as  the  General  Aseot 
of  the  coiTipi.ny  in  the  pnrcbase  of  policiea.  but  he 
had  parchaaeit  policies  for  them  in  California,  Iowa, 
I^ebraska,  and  the  Soathern  States ;  witness  made 
iiee;otiation3  w1  th  the  Soathern  Xiife  Insnranoe 
Company  of  Mem.phis,  Tenn.,  for  the  reinsurance 
of  the  Southern  ris,fc8  of  the  Continental  Company, 
and  the  amount  paid  by  the  latter  company 
•was  about  €23.400.  Mr.  Hammond  said,  in 
answer  to  further  questions,  that  he  first 
»  went  to  California  in  September,  1875,  and  leturned 
ju  rebroary  of  the  followine  year ;  Mr.  L.  W. 
Frost,  the  President  of  the  company,  went  there 
j^ith  him  and  came  back  hero  In  October,  1875; 
while  in  Calilornia  witness  purchased  policies  for 
the  t'.ompany,  the  reserve  on  which  would  amount 
io  t> 'tween  f  100, 000  and  $200,000;  when  be 
went  i^ut  to  CaJitornia  Mr.  L.  "W.  Frost  gave  him  a 
drscriptive  list  of  the  policies  he  was  to  purchase  or 
chance;  in  addiaon  to  these  he  found  a  great  many 
others,  not  on  the  list,  which,  according  to  instruc. 
tions,  be  oaebt  to  and  did  purchase;  tbe  bishest 
limit  ha  was  nllowed  to  pay  for  these  policies  was 
fcO  per  cent,  of  the  reserve;  he  might  At  times  have 
Bxcet'ded  ihaC  amoaot,  bat  ii  be  did  it  was  accepted. 
In  answer  to  a  question  as  to  the  man- 
ner of  makiDg  these  purchases  the  wit- 
ness   stated      that     an      offer      was     made    to    the 

policyholaer  to  buy  his  policy  or  to  give  In  exchange 
tor  it  acottier  policy,  which  latter  transaction  was 
known  as  tbe  "Continental  plan,"  and  consisted  in 
the  cbangmK  ot  the  life  policy  for  what  la  known  as 
a  20-Tear  term  policy  The  witness'  impression  was 
f:hat  tills  plan  'was  the  same  as  tbat   in   operation  In 

■  the  ^Sew-Jei'sey  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company, 
ami  in  regard  to  which  Mr.  Barnes,  the  former 
Sui^oriDtendent  of  the  Insurance  Departmentof  this 
Sta  te,  had  said  there  was  133  per  cent,  -'loading ;" 
It  wvs  a  term  policy  on  which  there  were  mutual 
raies  of  premium,  it  being  specifioally  agreed  that 
the  inaitrajice  should  end  after  29  yaars.  Witness 
coald  not  toll  how  many  policies  they  got  in 
Ifflbraska,  but  the  amount  of  the  reserve 
there  would  be  about  125,000;  he  could  not 
tjive  tbe  amount  of  the  reserve  that  was 
run  ofl;  by  tbe  purchase  of  policies  in  the  Southern 
Statps;  his  instructions  when  he  went  South 
■ware,  he  said,  to  buy  up  all  the  insurances  he  conld 
get,  and  oy  so  doing  the  liabilities  ot  the  company 
there  were  reduced  from  nearly  $2,o6o,000  to  be- 
tween SSOO.OOO  and  |600,0OO,  and  these  were  rein- 
aured,  as  above  stated,  in  the  Southern  Life  Insur- 
ance Company  of  Memphis,  which,  however,  tailed 
about  SIX  months  aiterward  ;  the  contract  of  rein- 
surance he  believed  was  ..drawn  by  Mr.  Whitney, 
md  iiie  payment  was  made  by  draft  from  the  Mem- 
pliia  company  »o  the  Continental. 

Air.  Moses,  who  had  thne  far  carried  on  the  ex- 
Bm>natioij,  then  asked  the  witnest  what  was  done 
WHO  the  unexpended  balance  of  the  reserve  on  the 
policies  purchased  in  the  West  and  South  by  him, 
BtaiiDi:  that  he  desired  to  show  that  the  balance  of 
ihe  100  per  cent,  was  drawn  out  bv  Mr.  Luther  W. 
ITost  a..d  appropriated  by  him  to  his  own  use.  Tne 
witness  said  be  did  not  know  what  t>ecame  of  the 
biilanee;   lOe    payment  ot   wnatever  percentage   of 

*  The  reetrvo  the  agent  agreed  to  give  the  policy- 
holder Tor  a  release  of  bis  claim  was  made  by  draft 
on  I  he  company.-  The  witness  was  next  asked  if 
Mr.  L.  W.  Frost  kept  a  little  book  in  which  he  cal- 
culaiert  Ilia  1  the  witness']  transactions  every  morn- 
ing, to  which  he  replied  that  he  did  not 
thTnk  he  did.  He  then  related  one  in- 
gsanco  where  Mr.  frost  had  said  the  company 
(useaning  the  company  that  was  purchasing  the 
pulxiBa,)  had  made  so  much;  witness  did  not  re- 
member ttie  aDnoanit,  but  it  was  the  balance  of  the 
reserve  of  a  purcbiised  policy.  The  witness  added 
that  he  had  asked  Mr.  Frost  on  one  occasion  how 
IDany  jjersous  there  were  in  the  company,  and  he 
vepU'ed  that  be  could  state  the  number  but  did  not 
(l-,a.re  to  do  so;  he  afterward  gave  nim  to  under- 
stand tbat  this  course  was  being  parsued  in  order 
to  make  some  money  for  himself  and  associates; 
the  witnea.s"  repiirt  of  his  transactions  wna  made 
lo  Mr.  John  Ctoaffee  at  the  office  of.  the  Con- 
iineDtal  Comuuay ;  he  had  nothing  to  do 
Avith  the  cash  transactions,  but  only  made 
the  pniichases ;  ilr.  Blake,  the  company's 
Coast    aueut,    attended    to     the     cash    business ; 

,  Tfitnes^  aid  i;ot  remtsnber  haviogiboaght  a  policy  for 
t4i)  in  Omaha,  and  sent  a  dratt  to  New-York  for  160, 
Di»:din2  the  oalance  with  Mr.  Metzger,  the  agent  of 
Llie  company  at  that  p^ace;  he  remembered  a  man 
aamed  Fitz.:eraid  who  held  two  policies — a  life  and 
Ku  endowment  pobcy ;  .the  amimnt  of  the  reserve  on 
one  ttf  these  was  about  |6.000;  they  tried  to  pur- 
chase them,  but  were  not  successful.  In  response 
to  tnrther  question.-!  the  witness  said  he  did  not 
carry  thu  money  trora  JTew-York  to  Memphis  to  pay 
lo.r  toe  reiusnrance  in  the  Souti>em  Life  Company  ; 
he  did  not  pay  to  the  oflBwers  of  th'at  instiiuiion 
13,000  and  divide  the  rest  with  Lather  W.  Frost ; 
rue  whole  amount  was  paid  to  the  company;  he 
conld  DOC  sav  what  disposition  was  made  of  the 
money  subsequently.  Mr.  Hammond  denied  bav- 
in'•  fcaid  to  Ml-.  Metzger  in  the  Metropolitan  Hotel. 
OmaJia,  in  April,  1676,  that  he  had  divided  $17,000 
between  Mi".  Frost  and  himself, 

in  response  to  questions  from  Mr.  Van  Pelt,  an- 
Dther  of  tbit  counsel,  Mr.  Hammond  stated  that  his 
■  iouip -iisation  was  a  salary  of  ?10,000  a  year  and 
pxpci.srs:  he  received  the  money  from  tne  Contl- 
Deuial  Life  Insurance  Company,  and  his  voucher* 
wece  sent  to  the  office  of  that  Institation.  He  was 
oeii  questioned  by  the  Referee  as  to  the  object  of 
parcliasing  tue  policies,  and  said  that  he  could  only 
;e^tiiy  to  what,  had  beeu  told  him  in  regard  to  that 
inbjbct.  It  was  stated  to  him  that  the  company 
Dt  aid  not  meet  certain  obligatious.  and  that  there 
w»-i  necessity  for  pnrchabing  them;  the  im- 
pression on  the  Pacific  coast  was  that  it 
wat.  done  to  make  money  for  the  officers ; 
when  a  policy-tiolder  was  called  upon 
whose  policy  they  desired  to  pnrcbase,  he  was  in- 
/ormed  itai' the  company  was  insolvent;  this  was 
as 'ar  bacK.  as  1874  and  1875.  long  before  the  com- 
pauy  tailed.  "■  Tuat  was  oone,"  suggested  Mr.  Van 
Pelf,  "  lor  the  purpose  of  operating  on  their  fears?" 
•'  St),  Sir,"  reolied  the  witness,  "at  least  it  it  was 
I  ciiuuui.  help  it."  In  reply  to  a  question 
aa  to  whether  or  not  the  company  had 
fcuv  such  arrangement  with  parties  other 
than  himself,  the  witness  said  he  believed 
Uiry  had  a^jeu/s  here,  bac  thought  they  worked  on 
a  slightly  uitierert  plan;  in  California  they  had 
cousuieraltle  i  rouble,  ana  the  Insurance  Cummis- 
eiouer  there  denounced  the  Continental  Company; 
liie  Governor  of  Alabama  also  denaunced  the  com- 
pany tor  lit.  tranaa<;tiouH  there,  but  this  was  betore 
ihe  witness  went  South;  they  (the  company)  had 
resorted  to  ihe  "ireezing  out"  process,  and  all 
t.'ioir  aaeucies  were  dropped.  The  witness  was 
called  dpon  to  explain  the  "freezing  out"  process, 
and  oaid  that  when  a  company  desired  to  torce 
Tts  policies  to  lapse  they  neglected  to  send  notices 
to  the  policy-boider.s  ihat  their  premiums  were 
due,  aod  suusequently,  when  these  premiums  were 
leiiQered,  they  lejuseil  to  accept  them  unless  the 
jioi.cy-holder  woizid  submit  to  a  re-examination  ;  in 
tms  way  luinv  policies  were  taken  up;  on  being 
furicer  examined  in  relation  to  the  proposed  trans- 
lei  ot  ihe  risks  to  the  New-Jersey  Mutual,  the  wit- 
nebs  a»iQ  that  Mr.  Frost  had  used  language  which 
L  (t  hinj  to  believe  that  the  transler  wqpld  take 
pL.ee  lu  September  last;  he  did  not  know  what  had 
pieventeu  it.  ,.,,.„ 

jar.  Kobert  Sewell,  of  counsel  for  the  former  Re- 
ceivor,  Mr.  John  J.  Anderson,  then  examined  the 
wiiuess  at  leugib,  and  he  tesiitied  that  he  never  had 
,»Qi  uealiuga  w.th  married  women  ii.  whose  names 
tfe  e  iusurauce  was  effecied ;  witness  knew  of  the 
ex.  BteLcc  of  a  law  in  this  State  which  prevented 
iu.«  iiittd  women  surrendering  policies,  but  paid  no 
titte:itJon  to  it,  as  nis  instructions  were  to  have 
tiieas  ladies  write  tneir  names  across  the  face  of 
lOe  policy;  ho  followed  his  instructions  re- 
guidUss  of  consequences;  Mr.  Frost  had  said  it 
was  a  necessity  loat  tii«  policies  shonld  be  pnr- 
«uased.  and  tnat  if  they  could  carry  the  matter  far 
eoiuugh  the  compaiiv  would  again  be  made  solvent; 
wLiUe  iii  Calitoraia, "witness  received  10  per  cent  of 
iDo  reserve  on  every  policy  parehased  or  changed. 
When  ttSkedil  be  ki.ewot  any  other  companies  that 
resorted  to  this .  prouess,  the  witness  said  there 
was  not  one  in  the  South  that  had 
HOD       practicea      it ;  it       was       called       the 

"rerniperatite  process,"  but  its  t^hnical  term 
.in  iusi-rance  circles  was  "  wrecking^  TherS  are, 
8.  lid  ihe  witness,  various  ways  of  wrecking  a  com- 
T)i  i,v  Buctias  "freeziDgout,"  "sWHating."  "buUdoz- 
iu  '•'•intimidating,'  &*%;  witness  was  familiar  with 
all  these  various  modes  ot  doing  business,  as  he  had 
beeii  tn  the  business  a  great  many  years;  if  the 
C«u  Jneniai  had  coniinued  t»  do  business  he  should 
have  resumed  the  purchase  ot  policies  in 
Janmiry  lor  u  was  the  incention  that  he  should  go 
aii  ihruneii  the  Uniied  States;  he  believed  the  pro- 
cess was  lo  •'are  gone  on  whether  the  company  re- 
iusured  its  risks  or  not ;  he  had  negotiated  for  the 
ivBiu«urancc  of  iia  Southern  nsks  with  the  at.  Louis 
iife  Xnaurance  Uompany.  tbe  Piedmonl  and  Ar- 
lininon   Company   of  Richmond,    the   Eqmtable  ot 

■  Xwuisana,  and  the  MobUo  Company  of  Mobile ;  the 
aiianzemeuc  was  that  a  certain  quota  of  the  reserve 
abouid  be  paid  in  cash  and  the  balance 
■when  the  poliuies  were  taken  np ;  witness  was 
rfmoly  the  agent  of  the  Continental  Company  to 
«tfeeta  reiniuraoce  of  its  poUoies,  it  heoooldflnd 
ODV  co*npany  foolish  enough  to  ^ake  the  risks. 

Mr'>G.  H.  Thomas,   the  book-keeper,   was  next 
call""^    and  testined  that  Mr.  L.  W.  Frost  kept  a 


allowed  to  aee ;  there  was  a  diflerence  tn  the  two 
accounts  of  132.000,  wblob  Mr.  Frost  bad  crecUted  to 
himself.    The  bearing  was  then  ac^ootued. 


SUIT  AGAINST  THB  EQUITABLE  OOMPANT. 
George  K.  Leet  insured  bis  life  for  the  ben- 
efit of  bis  wife  in  the  Equitable  Life  Assurance  So- 
ciety for  $10,000,  and  made  17  quarterly  payments. 
He  was  not  notified  «o  make  the  eighteenth  pay- 
ment, which  was  for  the  last  quarter  of  1873,  add  he 
charged  tbat  the  company  in  order  to  work  a  for- 
feiture of  his  poUoy  fraudulently  omitted  to  send 
him  the  nsnsl  notice.  He  sabseqaently  offered  to 
pay  tbe  premium,  which  was  refused,  and  the  offi- 
cers, he  said,  persuaded  him  to  surrender  tbe  policy 
without  proper  oompeneatlon,  though  enough  of 
dividends  was  then  due  to  bay  two  premiums.  Tbe 
case  was  arguea  some  time  since  in  Supreme 
Court,  Special  Term,  before  Judge  Barrett,  on  a 
.  demurrer  to  the  complaint.  In  a  previous 
case  against  the  company,  by  A.  Hicks,  In  which 
the  allegation  was  tbat  the  company's  officers  bad 
traudnlently  neglected  to  send  a  notice,  and  that 
Hicks  was  indnoed  by  frand  to  sell  his  policy  for 
S300,  Judge  Barrel;!  sustained  a  demurrer.  But  the 
Leet  case  ne  distingnisbef  from  the  other  by  tbe  al- 
legation of  a  positive  act  of  trandnlent  suppression 
of  notice  which  misled  Leet  and  directly  resulted 
in  the  destruction  of  the  oentraot,  and  in  tbat  it 
was  not  averred  that  Leet  received  anything  upon 
the  surrender  of  tbe  policy.  He  thereiore  give* 
judgment  for  Leet,  holding  that  he  has  tbe  right  to 
sue,  though  tbe  policy  was  for  the  benefit  ot  his 
wife. 

VERDICT  AGAINST  THE  NEW-JERSET  MU- 
TUAL. 
In  the  Superior  Court,  before  Judge  Curtis, 
yesterday,  a  case  was  tried  in  which  Catharine  M. 
Kiley,  widow  of  James  Xiley,  sued  tbe  New-Jersey 
Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  of  Kewark,  to  re- 
cover oB  a  policy  of  {5.000  issued  to  her  husband. 
Kiley,  wno  was  an  old  employe  in  the  New- York 
Post  Ofiice,  obtaioeu  the  policy  on  March  10,  1874. 
and  died  on  tbe  2d  of  January.  1875.  Tbe  defense 
set  up  was  that  at  the  time  the  policy  was  issued  to 
Kiley,  be  "  had  the  seeds  of  consumption,"  and 
knowingly  concealed  that  tact  from  Moses  Solo- 
mon, tbe  agent  of  the  company,  through  whom  the 
insurance  was  efiected.  It  was  also  set 
lip  that  defendant  had  made  application 
previously  to  the  Arctic  and  Manhattan 
Life  Insurance  Companies  and  a  third  company,  all 
of  whom  had  rejected  bim,  and  that  he  had  con- 
cealed the  fact  of  his  rejection  from  the  Matnal 
Company.  Tbe  plaintiff  claimed  tbat  her  husband 
was  not  disqualified  at  the  time  of  making  the 
anplicstion.  and  that,  if  he  was,  be  was  not  aware  of 

It ;  that  bis  preTions  applications  were  not  rejected, 
to  his  knowledge,  and  that,  if  they  were,  Solomon, 
fihe  agent.]  mast  have  been  aware  Of  tne  tact,  as  he 
was  the  agent  be  applied  to  in  all  these  in- 
stances. It  was  further  claimed  tbat  Kiley 
was  not  sick  until  the  Fall  of  1874, 
and  that  tiis  illness  was  the  result  of  overwork  in 
tbe  Post  Office.     From  the    testimoDy  of  Joahns  G. 

Wilber,  the  Medical  Examiner  of  the  companr,  it 
appeared  tnat  on  Kiley's  representations  and  wit> 
ness'  examination  of  him,  he  reported  favorably  on 
his  application.  Judge  Curtis  said  that  it  'was 
simply  a  question  for  the  iary  whether  Kiley  had 
truly  stated  bis  condition,  according  to  bis  best 
knowledge.  If  he  had.  plaintiff  was  entitled  to  a 
verdict,  otherwise  a  verdict  should  be  given  for 
the  company.  Atter  an  absence  of  a  few  mlnntei*, 
the  Jurv  found  for  the  plaintiff  for  the  full  amonnt 
claimed— tS.OOO  with  interest,  making  $S.C04  71. 
Wakeman  &  Latting  for  plaintiff;  S.  A.  &.  D.  J. 
Noves  for  the  company. 


EFFECTING  UN AUTnORIZED    IN8UR.\XCE. 

Judge  Barrett  yesterday,  in  Supreme  Court, 
Chambers,  denied  amotion,  in  tbe  suit  of  the  People 
ex  rel.  A.  J.Gross  and  A.  Faitout.  to  vacate  an  order 
of  arrest  against  defendants.  Tbe  suit  is  for  $500 
penalyt,  on  the  ground  tbat  defendants,  as  insnranca 
brokers,  had  effected  an  insurance  in  a  company 
outside  of  this  State  which  had  not  filed  security  in 
this  State.  Judge  Barrett  said  it  was  clear  tbat  tbe 
defendants  aided  in  effecting  an  unauthorized  in- 
surance. The  procurement  of  the  policy  completed 
the  offense,  and  the  fact  that  it  was  canceled  for 
non-payment  of  premium  made  no  difference. 

THE  NEW-JERSEY  MUTUAL. 

ISEPORT  OF  THE  SECRETARY  OP  STATE  TO 
THK  LEGISLATURE — GROSS  IRREGULARI- 
TIES IN  THE  MANAGEMENT  OF  TUE 
COMPANY. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  New-  York  Time$. 

Trenton,  Feb.  12. — Hon.  Henry  C.  Kelsey, 
Secretary  of  State,  submitted  to  tbe  Legislature 
this  evening  the  report  of  the  prooeedloga  in  con- 
nection with  the  New-Jersey  Mutnal  Insurance 
Con>;;any.  He  says  that  when  Steadwell,  the  Pres- 
lden>:  of  the  company,  was  informed  of  the  appoint- 
ment of  Mr.  Fackler  as  Actuary,  he  protested 
against  it  on  toe  ground  that  Fackler's 
connections  and  preconceptions  were  sacb  as  to 
endanger  bis  impartial  performance  of  his  duties, 
Mr.  Fackler  was  nevertheless  directed  to  go  on  with 
bis  examination.  Tbe  evidences  of  gross  irregu- 
larities of  management,  coupled  with  the  fact  that 
the  alleged  assets  were'kept  mostly  m  New-York, 
and  the  probable  actual  insolvency  were  so  clear  at 
the-  very  commencement,  that  Mr.  Kelsey  ap- 
plied to  the  Attorney  General  to  take  steps 
for  an  injunction  against  the  transfer  of  the 
company's  assets.  The  Attorney  General  advi/ed 
him  that  the  Chancellor  could  do  nothing  under 
tbe  law  till  a  deficiency  had  been  shown  aod  an 
opportunity  to  make  it  good  had  been  allowed  the 
company.  It  further  appeared  bv  examination  of 
Stedwell  that  he  had  hypothecated  145,000  or  tSO,- 
000  of  tbe  company's  assets  to  secuie  a  loan 
of  about  that  amonnt  to  himself  person- 
ally. It  finally  became  known  that  Noyes,  tbe 
company's  attorney  bad  taknn  np  the  loan,  in  order, 
as  Stedwell  admitted,  tbat  the  bonds  might  be 
prodnoed  on  exrmination.  Mr.  Kelsev's  demand 
that  tbe  t>onds  be  kept  in  Newark  was  demarred  to, 
and  bis  subsequent  effor^  to  take  possession 
of  them  for  the  purpose  of  retaining  them  was 
forcibly  resisted,  and  the  bonds  were  taken  to 
New-York  again.  Mr.  Kelsey  then  recounts  the 
transfer  to  the  National  Capitol  Life  Insurance 
Company  and  the  subsequent  proceedings  before 
the  Chancellor.  He  says,  as  to  tbe  alleged  rein- 
surance of  the  bnsiness  of  this  company  by  the  Na- 
tional Capitol  Life  Insurance  Company,  that  it  may 
well  be  asked  how  a  corporation  which  has  not  as- 
sets to  discharge  Us  own  liabilities  can  procure  tbem 
to  be  assumed  by  another  corporation.  And  when 
it  is  understood,  as  in  this  case  is  the  fact  so  far 
as  known,  that  the  company  assuming  snch  liability 
has  not  assets  of  tbe  value  of  tl,  the  transaction  be- 
comes mote  unworthy  and  discreditable  than  before. 
The  supplemental  and  final  report  of  O.  P.  Fackler, 
the  actuary,  is  appended  to  Mr.  Keisey's  report.  In 
making  his  policy  valnatlons,  he  says  it  was  as- 
sumed tbat  all  premiums  should  have  a  margin 
'for  expenses  of  from  S  to  10  per  cent.,  according 
to  the  class  of  policy.  In  225  cases  tbe  premiums 
fell  below  his  extremely  moderate  standard.  Some 
of  the  most  striking  cases  were  those  of  three-year 
endowments  witb  the  same  premiums  as  10-year  en- 
dowments. In  3,547  ca^es  entered  by  the  company 
as  term  policies,  the  premiums  were  found  to  oe  lu 
very  very  nearly  all  cases  fully  up  to  the  ordinary 
participating  rates  for  wbole  life  insnranoe.  In  all 
tnese  cases  a  double  valuation  waa  made,  one  as  a 
term  policy,  and  one  as  a  whole  lite  policy,  and  the 
excess  of  tbe  latter  over  the  fbrmer  was  considered 
as  a  special  reserve  which,  in  equity  if  not  io  law, 
should  be  held  by  the  company  on  behalf  of  those 
policies.  Qtute  a  o  amber  of  cases  ot  term  policies 
were  omitted  from  the  calouUtion  because  the 
premiums  were  not  np  to  the  participating  stand- 
ard, although  tar  above  the  ordinary  term  rates. 

Tbe  results  of  these  valuations  are  briefly  as  fol- 
lows :  "  According  to  the  American  experience 
mortality  table  with  four  and  one-half  percent,  in- 
terest, 10,83S  poUcies.  insuring  919,8Gl,68i2,  requiring 
on  ordinary  assumptions  a  "nee"  reserve 
ot  $1,556,266.  For  225  cases  of  insuffi- 
cient premium  must  be  adoed  $49,330 
and  for  3.547  oases  of  peculiar  term  poUciesmust  be 
added  $49,330,  and  for  3,547  cases  of  peculiar 
term  policies  should  be  added  $91,421, 
making  a  total  of  $1.6d'Z,017.  The  valoation  shoaid 
be  made  much  larger,  for  a  great  many  policiea  bear 
special  indorsements  reducing  the  premium  pay- 
able below  the  rate  stated  in  the  body  of  tbe  policy 
and  in  the  register,  which  indorsements  are  not  in 
the  registers  nor  on  the  lists  furnished  me  by  the 
company.  It  should  also  be  added  that  about  100 
policies  were  omitted  from  the  company's  valtiatlon 
sheets  by  an  oversight.  It  will  be  observed  that 
the  reserve  on  outstanding  policies  is  actually  i 
$1,697,017.  which  alone  increases  the  company's  de- 
hcic  by  $197,000  beyond  the  amount  approximat«d 
in  the  preliminary  report,  or  to  a  total  of  1618,500, 
and  this,  too,  on  the  assumption  that  the  mortgages 
submitted  and  examined  are  worth  their  face." 

The  report  was  ordered  to  be  printed,  and  on  mo- 
tion of  Mr.  Vail  it  waa  refeired  to  tbe  House  Com- 
mittee  on  Banks  and  Insurance. 


LOCAL  MISCELLANYs 


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NATIONAL  PUULIBY  SHOW. 

Chicago,  Feb.  12.— The  second  annual  poul- 
try show  of  the  National  Association  opened  this 
atteinoon  in  the  Exhibition  Building  witb  a  re- 
markably fine  display  of  about  1,200  chickens.  The 
exhibition  will  last  until  S  atarday  night,  a>d  pre- 
miums to  the  amount  of  $5,000  will  be  awarded. 
Frot.  Giovanni  has  ah  exhibit  of  trained  canaries, 
and  a  steam-bacching  apparatcu  ia  at  work  in  the 
building.  _      

MOTOUS  STBIKERB  DENOUNCED. 
Tbenton,  Feb.  12. — At  the  delegate  meet- 
ing of  the  Potters'  Association,  and  at  the  public 
meeting  held  this  afternoon,  the  riotoas  pmoeed- 
rags  of  some  of  the  strikers  and  tbe  burning  in 
effigy  of  certain  men   who  have  gone  to  work  were 

denouooed  In  stroae  terms,  and  it  was  resolved  not 
to  stand  by  the  persons  who  have  assembie'.l  during 
tbe  last  tw»  ox  three  nights   fo^  purposes  of  tatim- 


SHOOTTNa  BIS  FATEEB-IN-LAW. 

THX  ATTEMPTED  VURDER  OV  GEORGV 
CHARLTAN  BY  HIS  SON-IN-LAW— PAR- 
TICULARS or  THB  AFFRAY  AT  MORRISA- 
NIA. 

Some  fiirther  particulars  in  relation  to  the 
attempted  murder  of  Gaorge  Charlian  by  fau  son-in- 
law.  Victor  Oeae,  at  the  residence  of  tbe  former  on 
Linton  avenue,  near  One  Hundred  and  Forty-ninth 
street,  Momsania,  on  Sunday  evening,  were  ob 
talned  yesterday.  Froid  tbe  statement*  made  by 
Mr.  Cbarltan's  family  it  appears  thHt  Oese  married 
Miss  Annie  Charltan  about  two  years  ago,  and 
with  $400  which  he  received  as  a  present  from  bis 
relatives  In  Germany  he  set  np  honseaeeping  with 
his  wife  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  where  he  was  employed 
In  a  sachel  factory.  He  spent  nearly  all  the  money 
in  buying  unnecessarily  expensive  furniture, 
and  neglected  his  work  so  muoh  tbat  he 
was  unable  to  snpport  his  wife  de- 
cently. Mrs.  Oese  was  taken  siok.  and 
as  she  was  not  receiving  the  care  and  nourishment 
rendered  necessary  by  her  condition,  her  father 
took  her  to  his  bome  in  Morrisanla,  where  sbe  was 
tenderly  oared  for.  Oese  became  distatiafled  at 
the  absence  of  his  wife,  and  called  several  times  at 
Mr.  Cbarltan's  residence  to  induce  her  to  return 
to  him.  Several  altercations  between  him 
and  his  father-in-law  were  the  natural  con- 
sequences of  these  visits,  and  Charltan 
on  one  occasion  called  in  the  aid  of  the  Police  to 
eject  Oese  from  the  premises.  Since  that  time  the 
son-in-law  bas  not  Intruded  so  frequently.  On  Sun- 
day he  went  to  his  father-in-law's  house  with 
tbe  avowed  Intention  of  shooting  bim.  As  Oese  en- 
tered the  house  Charltan  sprang  to  tils  feet,  bat  be- 
fore he  could  utter  a  word  Oese  drew  a  revolver  and 
fired.  Tbe  bullet  entered'  tbe  right  cheek,  grazing 
tbe  Jawbone  and  lodging  fn  tbe  muscles  of  tbe  neck 
immediately  behind  and  pressing  upon  the  carotid 
artery.  Mr.  Charltan  fell  to  the  floor  and  Oese 
fired  another  shot  at  tbe  prostrate  lorm  of  his 
father-in-law,  the  bnllet  going  wide  of  its  mark.  He 
was  then  secored.  The  wound  is  of  a  highly  dan- 
gerous nature,  and  it  is  feared  tbat  it  will  result 
fatally.  From  its  position  the  ballet  cannot  be  ex- 
tracted withont  laying  bare  the,  entire  mtuctilar 
Dortion  of  tbe  neok,  an  operation  which  the  patient 
is  too  weak  to  undergo  at  present. 

Oese  atter  his  arrest  made  a  statement  chargingbii 
father-in-law  witb  having  endeavored  to  separate 

him  from  hla  wife.  When  his  wife  became  111  and 
worK  was  slack,  the  father-in-law  proposed  tbat 
they  should  both  live  at  bis  house. 
He  paid  bis  wife's  board  whenever 
he  was  able,  but  it  was  soon  apparent  to  him  tbat 
bis  father-tn-law  w^as  endeavoriog  to  estrange  his 
wife  from  him,  and  t9  separate  tbem  altogether. 
Charltan  forbade  him  the  house,  and  be  was 
warned  that  it  wonld  be  dangemoa  to  him  to  meet 
bis  father-in-law.  and  be  therefore  armed  himself 
With  a  revolver.  He  went  to  the  house 
to  see  his  wife  and  was  retiued  admit- 
tance. He  went  there  again  on  Sunday 
night  for  the  same  purpose,  and  on  seeing  his  fatb- 
er-in-iaw  his  feelings  overcame  him  and  be  did  not 
know  what  he  did.  Oese  waa  arraigned  before 
Police  Justice  Wtweler  and  remanded  to  await  the 
result  of  tbe  injuries  to  his  fatber-in-law. 


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NEW-JERSEY  CENTRAL  TROUBLES. 
AN    ATTACHMENT    AOAINT    THE    COMPANY'S 
BALANCE  IN  TBE  BANE  OF  COMMERCE — 
NOT  AN   AFFAIR   OF   STOCKHOLDERS. 

Beports  were  in  circulation  yesterday  that 
an  attachment  had  been  served  by  lodgment  cred- 
itors upon  a  balance  held  by  the  New-Jersey  Cen- 
tral Railroad  Company  in  the  Bank  of  Commerce, 
and  tbat  this  attachment  was  the  beginning  of  a 
movement  on  the  part  of  dissatisfied  holders  of  se- 
curities. The  officers  of  tbe  bank  admitted,  when 
questioned,  that  an  attachment  bad  been 
served,  but  deolioed  to  give  any 
more       Information       on       the      anblect.        At 

tbe  Sheriffs  office  the  fact  was  also  admitted, 
but  further  mtormation  was  declined,  as  likely  to 
interfere  with  the  full  operation  of  tbe  attacoment. 
The  attorneys  of  the  Judgment  creditors  were  as- 
certained to  be  Miller,  Peet.  Opdylce  &  Co.,  and 
trom  Mr.  Peet  a  statement  was  obtained  which  will 
greatly  relieve  those  sbareholders  of  the  company 
who  had  feared  that  the  threatened  Receiver  was 
about  to  appear,  and  that  the  evil  day  in  tbe  rail- 
road's history  had  come.  It  aopears  that  the  firm 
ot  J.  &  J.  K.  Gray  sold  tbe  New-Jersey  Central 
Railroad  Company  a  ferry-boat,  which  tbe  company 
considered  was  not  wbat.they  wanted,  and  declined 
t-o  take  it.  A  verdict,  noon  suit,  was  given  in 
favor  of  Gray  &.  Co.,  and  late  last  week  a  judgment 
was  obtained  in  the  Supreme  Court  for  the  amount 
awarded  to  the  creUitora.  Tjpon  this  Judgment 
an  attachment  was  ordered,  and  the  attachment 
having  been  placed  in  the  hands  ot  Sheriff  Reilly,  it 
was  served  on  Saturday.  Yesterday  the  Central 
Railroad  Company  made  aq  arrangement  witb 
counsel  for  the  creditors  and  gave  security  for  tbe 
payment  of  the  amount  ordered  by  the  Judgment. 

STEAM  TO  SOUTH  FERRY. 
COMPLETING  THE    ELEVATED    ROAD  ACROSS 

BATTERY  PARE — CARS  TO  RUN  TO  SOOTH 

FERRY  IN  TEN  DAYS. 
Acting  promptly  upon  tbe  deoision  of  Chief 
Jnstice  Curtis  in  tbe  Superior  Court,  rendered  on 
Thursday  last,  the  New-York  Blevated  Railway 
Company  on  Saturday  took  up  tbe  work  whion  had 
been  saspended  when  tbe  suit  of  Jeremiah  Spader 
to  prevent  it  from  building  across  Battery  Park 
had  been  instituted  against  It,  and^n  injunction 
had  lestrained  them  from  finishing  the 
road  to  South  Ferry.  A  large  force 
of  men  was  employed,  who  diligently  dug 
tbe  holes  and  prepared  tbe  fonndatlons  for 
the  upiigbti,  beginning  at  a  point  opposite  No.  10 
Battery  place,  and  operating  at  as  many  points  as 
possioie  with  the  force  employed  to  tbe  end  of  the 
route  on  Whitehall  street.  The  iron  for  all  the 
uprights  was  already  upon  the  ground,  and  some  of 
tbe  cross  beams  were  also  at  hand  to  be  placed 
across  tbe  uprights.  Work  was  suspended  on  Sun- 
day afternoon,  as  it  was  found  that  the  iron-work 
for  the  beams  upon  which  tbe  ties  are  laid  would 
not  arrive  soon  enough  to  warrant  any  further  effort 
immediately.  The  stmctnre  across  the  Battery  De- 
gins  at  a  point  opposite  the  end  of  Greenwich  street, 
and  describes  the  boundary  of  the  pa''k  until  it 
reaches  Whitehall  street.  It  passes  between  the 
trees  standing  in  the  park,  aud  it  will  only  be  ne- 
cessary to  lop  off  afewoverhancing  branohes  to  per- 
mit the  cats  to  pass.  The  contractors  In  charge  of 
the  work  piomise  to  have  it  finished  so  that  the 
company  can  run  oars  in  10  days  from  tbe  time  the 
work  began.  The  Passaic  Kolling-mUl  Company  on 
Friday  last  began  loading  30  cars  on  the  Erie  Rail- 
way with  iron  for  tbe  Elevated  Railway,  and  this 
iron  is  expected  to  arrive  to-day.  Should  no  legal 
interference  Interrupt  the  work.  It  is  exoeoted  tbat 
passengers  will  be  carried  from  South  Ferry  to  Cen- 
tral Park  In  less  than  two  weeks. 


A  OASU  BOt  ASSADLTSD  AND  RQ-BBED. 

A  man  who  gave  his  name  as  Hendricks,  and 
who  represented  himself  to  be  a  boarder  at  the 
Metropolitan  Hotel,  entered  the  dry  goods  store  of 
Messrs.  Lord  dc  Taylor,  in  Grand  street,  yesterday 
morning.  The  stranger  selected  SIS  yards  of  black 
allk,  wblch  he  ordered  to  be  sent  to  his  wl/e'a  ad- 
dress at  the  Metropolitan  Hotel.  At  his  request 
James  Meehan,  'a  cash  boy,  accompanied  him  to 
the  hotel  with  the  goods-  On  reaching  the  hotel 
Hendricks  endeavored  to  obtain  tbe  silk  by  telling 
the  boy  to  wait  in  the  lobby  until  he  took  it  up 
stairs  to  sea  if  bis  wife  liked  the  purchase.  Tbe 
boy  refused  to  allow  the  parcel  go  out  of  his  posses- 
sion without  its  being  paid  for,  however,  aud  Hen- 
dricks then  invited^  bim  to  accompany 
him  to  hla  wife's  "  room  where  he  said 
the  moj^T  would  bo  given  him.  The  boy  con- 
senting, ther  passed  along  the  corridor  toward  tbe 
southern  end  ot  tbe  building.  When  ,he 
had  reached  the  staircase  at  tbe  end  ot 
the  corridor,  tbe  bov'  was  suddenly  strook  a 
.stunning  blow  from  behind  that  buried  him  agttnst 
tbe  wall  In  a  senseless  condition.  Wben  he  bad  re- 
covered consciousness  Hendncks  bad^  disappeared 
with  the  parcel.  As  soon  as  he  was  sufficientty  re- 
covered the  boy  returned  to  his  employer's  store, 
and,  after  relating  bis  adventure,  went  to  Police 
Head-quarters,  where  he  recognized  the  portrait  of 
bis  assailant  in  the  rogue's  gallery^  Several  de- 
tectives ace  now  in  search  of  Che  thief. 


A  PROJECTED  STOCK  EXCHANGE. 
For  a  long  time  past  many  members  of  the 
Stock  Exchange  bave  fougbt  persistently  for  a  re- 
turn to  tne  low  rates  of  commission  prevalent  a  few 
years  ago.  They  complained  tbat  th*  high  rates 
drove  away  customers,  bat  to  no  effect.  The  advo- 
cates ot  the  high  tariff  have  been  too  strong  for 
them.  Meantime  business  has  eontinaed  to  grow 
duller,  and  yesterday  about  100  brokers  held  a  pre- 
liminary meeting  In  Delmonioo's,  in  Broad  street, 
to  consider  the  advisability  of  starting  an  opoosi 
tlon  Stock  Exchange.  The  proposition  found  much 
favor,  and  was  finally  agreed  to  amid  great  enthu- 
aiaam.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  draft  a  set 
of  by-laws  and  report  on  Thursday  next.  It  seems 
from  careful  inquiry  tbat  this  moyement  ia  a  genu- 
ine one,  and  tliat  its  projectors  are  in  earnest, 
whether  they  be  snccesstul  or  not. 


A  MERCHANT  COWARDLY  ASSAVLTED. 

At  9:30  o'clock  on  Friday  night  last,  -while  a 

well-known  carpet  merobaot,  living  at  No.  107  Bast 
Thirty-first  street,  was  passing  along  West  Xhirty- 
fourtb  street  near  Fifth  ayenue,  he  waa  suddenly 
stniok  from  behind  with  some  blunt  weaoen,  which 
inflicted  a  severe  wound  In  bis  right  cbeek.  He  turned 
upon  bis  assailants  and  endeavored  to  grapple  with 
them,  until  help  should  arrive.  He  called  loudly  for 
the  Police,  bat  no  officer  oomlng  to  his  aaaiatanoe.  the 
men  succeeded  in  making  their  escape,  wltbout, 
however,  succeeding    in  their  object  of  robbing 


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of   his    watoh    and    money.    The    gentleman 
s*  »ubianaanttT,^..XM"»*  m^  J*-  ^-^.-^^  J«>»»i«"a. 


etmdiUon  by  some  paasers-by.  who  aummoiMd  a  ni- 
rtage  and  bad  him  eonveyed  to  bis  residenoe.  He 
now  lies  in  a  critical  oonaition,  and  bis  triends  are 
Jastly  indignant  ac  tbe  tact  tbat  no  Police  officer 
was  In  the  Tieinity  to  answer  hla  cries  for  help  and 
aid  in  tbe  oaptmre  of  tbe  ruffians.  It  is  asMrted 
that  the  neighborhood  In  whiob  the  at>a«ult  occurred 
is  never  properly  guarded  and  thst  a  similar  as* 
sault  is  liable  te  ocoor  there  at  any  time. 

DISCUSSINa  TUB  DOCK  SYSTEM. 

FOKTHKB  CONFERENCB  OF  COMMERCIAL 
BODIES  ON  THE  SUBJECT — THK  QUES- 
TION OF  SBLLINe   THB  DOCKS. 

The  conference  of  oommeroial  bodies  on 
doeks  held  another  adiodrned  meeting  in  the  Clum- 
tier  of  Commerce  yesterday  afternoon,  Capt  Snow 
in  the  chair.  Mr.  Webb,  from  Committee  No.  1. 
■aid  that'pn  Thnrsday  last  the  oommutee  had  sent 
a  note  ao  tbe  Department  6t  Docks  expressing 
anxiety  to  have  an  early  conference.  No  answer 
was  receive^  that  d&y,  but  in  the  eveoina  the 
speaker  met  President  Wales  in  tbe  Union  League 
Club,  and  was  Informed  that  he  hdd  no^his  figures 
ready.  He  said,  however,  that  the  board  would 
bave  a  meeting  next  day,  and  if  the  committee 
would  call  the  Commissionera  wonld  see  them.  The 
oommitteffwere  present  accordingly,  but  the  Com- 
missioners asked  for  further  time  to  prepare  some 
figures  to  show  tbat  the  committee  ware  mistaken 
ia  their  estimates  of  the  cost  of  atone  bulkheads. 
Subsequently  the  Commissioners  notified  them  that 
they  will  be  ready  next  Thursday. 

Mr.  Schwab,  of  the  same  committee,  said  he  had 
a  personal  conversation  with  Mr.'  Wales,  who  ad- 
mitted to  him  that  the  books  ot  the  department 
were  not  kept  in  each  a  manner  that  any 
figures  could  be  obtained  from  tbem.  The  money 
that  had  been  spent  in  itnprovements  had  been  put 
down  to  a  general  construction  fund,  and  it  was 
impossible  to  oias.tify  the  items  of  past  years  with- 
out overhauling  «il  the  bills  and  pay  rolls.  This 
was  tbe  reason  of  the  delay.  The  speaker  had  told 
Mr.  Wales  that  suob  details  would  not  be  conclu- 
sive proof  of  the  incorrectness  of  the  committee's 
figures,  and  asked  him  to  abandon  the  idea  of  eon- 
troverting  these  figures;   but  he  would  not.    The 

committee  will  require  time  to  verify  tbe  Commis- 
sion's flgores  wben  lecstved,  and  Mr.  Schwab  sus- 
gested-that  wben  an  adjonroment  was  had  it  should 
be  until  the  call  of  the  Chair. 

Mr.  Webb  presented  to  the  conference  a  map 
showing  tbe  plana  upon  whicta  the  Engineer  of  the 
Dock  Xiepartment  proooses  to  construct  tbe  wharves 
in  the  future.  The  comments  of  the  members  were 
not  favorable  to  the  Engineer's  ideas. 

Committee  No.  S  reported  progress  and  asked  for 
further  time,  which  was  granieo. 

Committee  No.  4  was  then  called  out  of  order,  the 
Chairman,  Mr.|  Opdyke,  not  being  present.  Mr. 
Henry,  one  of  tbe  members,  addressed  the  con- 
ference to  the  effect  tbat  it  was  impossible  for  the 
committee  to  agree.  Three  different  reports  had 
been  vrritten,  and  neither  one  had  been  signed  by 
any  two  mem t>ers.  Tbe  Cbatrmao  was  in  favor  of 
toe  City  selling  all  its  docks.  Mr.  Miller  did  not 
wisb  any  sold.  The  speaker  would  sell  a  portion. 
Mr.  Henry  wanted  to  present  bis  report.  This 
gave  rise  to  some  discussion,  and  tbe  conference 
finally  agreed  to  allow  the  reports  of  Mr.  Henry 
and  Mr.  Miller  to  be  read  as  sutements  of  those 
gentlemen's  views  only. 

Mr.  Henry  premised  that  the  management  of  the 
dcclcs  bad  not  beeu  satisfactory,  from  a  financial  or 
commercial  point  of  view,  lie  was,  therefore,  in 
favor  of  selling  some  of  tbe  docks  to  private  per- 
sons, with  the  restriction  that  tbey  should  In  no 
case  sublet  them,  or  impose  excessive  rates  of 
wharfage.  Nor  should  tbe  sale  be  made  indis- 
criminately. It  is  of  paramount  imnortsnce  that 
no  impediment  should  be  offered  to  commerce.  The 
docks  can  and  should  be  made  seli-sustaining. 
Competition — not  combination — should  be  the 
watchword.  Mr.  Henry  combated  Mr.  Opayke's 
views,  and  stutained  bis  own  at  length. 

Mr.  Miller  then  took  the  floor.  He  said  that  the 
sublect  of  wharfage  Is  of  vital  importance  to  the 
commerce  ot  the  City.  A  considerable  portion  is 
already  in  prlvat«  hands,  aod  in  no  instance  have 
proner  accommodations  been  erected  for  the  various 
sieam-sbip  lines,  although  tbev  bave  beeu  a  neces- 
sitv  for  twenty-five  years.  The  larger  steamers 
have  airt>een  driven  over  to  the  New-Jemey  shore. 
While  It  is  trt.'j  to  an  extant  that  the  sale  ot  docks 
to  pnvats  Individuals  doea  not  prevent  the  City 
from  sabaeoaently  exercising  control  over  them, 
yet  expeiience  oas  shown  tbat  such  control 
is  not  obtained  without  veaatious  delays  and 
annoying  litigation.  The  value  ot  tho  entire  taxable 
real  estate  of  I  he  City  depends  upon  commerce, 
aud  thus  the  rentals  of  tho  docKs  become  a  question 
of  minor  importance.  Some  might  be  sold  to  ori- 
vate  persons  with  profit,  but  only  under  the  most 
stringent  restrictions.  Theie  should  be  a  clause 
making  them  revert  to  tbe  City  in  the  event  of  non- 
oomplianoe  with  the  terms  of  sale,  and  the  City 
should  have  the  right  to  :rvporohaso  them  at  a  price 
to  be  fixed  by  three  appraisurs  when  the  parties 
owoiog  them  bad  no  furtber  use  for  them. 

On  motion,  t>oth  reports  were  laid  on  tbe  table,  as 
were  also  a  set  of  resolutions  incruduced  by  Mr. 
Henrj',  confirmatory  of  his  views.  The  meetiug 
then  adjourned  subject  to  the  call  of  tbe  Chair. 

WORKING  WIIHOUT  ORGANIZATION. 
THE    BROOKLYN    ALDERMEN    ACTING    UPON 

VARIOUS  MATTERS  OF  PUBLIC  INTEREST. 

During  tbe  past  week  the  members  of  both 
political  parties  in  the  Brooklyn  Board  of  Aldermen 
met  in  caucus  to  agree  on  some  ipethod.  if  possible, 
by  which  tne  deadlock  that  disclosed  itself  at  the 
first  meeting,  on  tbe  8th  of  JaouskPy,  misbt  be 
broken.  It  was  tacitly  understood  when  tbe  board 
met  yesterday  that — no  agreement  having  been 
reaohed^.only  a  formal  attempt  at  organization 
wonld  be  made.  The  business  transacted  was, 
for  tbe  most  part,  of  a  routine  character.  The 
report  of  the  special  committee  to  whom  had 
been  referred  a  resolution  offered  at  the  last  meet- 
ing in  reference  to  awarding  the  bids  lor  street 
cleaning,  caused  a  long  wrangle  rather  than  a  de- 
bate, during  which  it  was  once  tabled  and  after- 
ward passed.  City  Works  Commissioner  Fowler 
tned  to  lobby  through  the  board  a  resolution  divid- 
ing the  City  lor  street-cleaning  purposes  into  three 
districts,  and  instructing  the  Board  of  City  Works 
to  award  the  contracts  in  the  said  three  districts  to 
responsible  bidders.  Under  snch  a  resolution  only 
contractors  of  vsiy  large  means  could  undertake 
the  work,  thereby  shutting  off  competition  to  a 
large  extent.  The  resolatiou  was  promptly 
voted  down  by  a  decided  majority.  The  report, 
wbicb  directa  the  Board  of  City  Works  to  recom- 
mend to  the  Board  ot  Aldermen  the  lowest  bidders 
for  street  cleaning  in  each  ward  was  formally 
adopted.  The  Special  Committee  on  Salaries  re- 
ported a  resolution,  which  was  adopted,  setting 
forth  tbat  the  salariea  of  city  officials 
and  employes  should  be  reduced,  and  tbat  tbe  Com- 
mon Council  was  tbe  proper  body  to  make  snob  re- 
ductioo.  The  committee  also  reported  the  draft  of 
a  short  act  empowering  the  Aldermen  to  act  in  ac- 
cordance witb  the  rseoluiion.  Alderman  Burnett, 
Renubhcan,  tried,  bo  t  without  avail,  to  bave  the  mat- 
ter laid  over  on  the  general  objection  that  tinkeriug 
with  the  city  charier  was  not  advisable.  He 
thought  a  law  oagnt  to  be  passed  preventing  the 
amendment  of  the  city  obarter  more  than  once  in 
10  years.  He  was  in  favor,  however,  of  having  a 
carefully-drawn  cnarter  framed  before  the  passage 
of  such  a  law. 

Alderman  Griswold,  Republican,  offered  a  reso- 
lution, which  was  passed,  insiruoting  the 
Corporation  Counsel  to  draft  an  ace  re- 
dacing  tbe  commissions  by  which  the 
city  IS  now  governed  to  siugle  heads.  Resolutions 
Were  also  passed  Instrooting  the  Chairman  pro 
tem.  to  appoint  Special  Committees  on  Pnntiug  :ind 
Supplies  and  on  Lands  and  Buildiugs.  Alderman 
Fisher,  Repnblican,  offered  a  resolution  of  respect 
to  the  memory  ot  tbe  late  CoL  John  O'Mshoney. 
who  was  at  one  time  a  resident  of  Brooklyn.  The 
resolution,  which  was  passed,  instructed  the  Chair- 
man to  appoint  a  committee  of  five  to  attend  the 
remains  of  the  deceased  to  the  steamer  which  is  to 
convey  them  to  Ireland.  Alderman  Fisber-  said 
Col.  O  Mahoney  waa  an  alien,  always  owning  allegi- 
ance CO  the  land  ot  his  birth,  but  that  during  the 
war  of  the  rebellion  be  had  fought  bravely  for 
the  IToion,  and  had  during  his  life  made  many  sac- 
rifices in  the  cause  of  hutnan  liberty. 

Alderman  Duane  offered  a  resolution  directing 
the  Controller  to  issue  certificates  of  indebtedness 
to  the  amount  of  $197,624  to  pay  the  salaries  of  215 
patrolmen,  which  it  is  proposed  by  the  Commis- 
sioners to  add  to  the  force,  if  the  Aldermen  con- 
sent, from  the  1st  of  next  March.  Tbe  reso- 
lution recites  tbe  reasons,  wbicb  have  already 
been  repeatedly  published,  why  tbe  increase 
In  the  force  is  absolutely  necessary 
for  the  proper  protection  of  lite  and  property  in 
Brooklyn.  With  49  more  miles  of  paved  streets 
than  New-York,  not  more  than  275  policemen  can 
now  be  on  duty  in  Brooklyn  at  one  time.  Many  of 
tbe  "posts"  are  so  long  that  U  takes  an  officer  all 
the  time  he  is  on  duty  during  each  tour  to  walk 
once  over  his  beat.  The  Cbalrman  was  instructed 
to  appoint  a  temporary  committee  on  Police 
and  Excise,  and  Alderman  Ddaoe's  resolution  waa 
referred  to  that  committee.  Atter  tbe  ordinary 
business  of  the  board  had  been  transacted.  Alder- 
man Sterling,  Democrat,  moved  that  a  vote  betaken 
Dit;a  coos  for  permanent  President  of  tbe  board. 
After  the  votes  had  been  taken,  no  candidate  re- 
ceiving a  majority  of  all  the  votes  cast,  tbe  board 
adjourned.  As  most  of  the  committees,  to  which  It 
Is  needful  to  refer  local  legislation  have  now  been 
temporarily  appointed,  and  tbe  public  business  cau- 
not  suffer  to  any  grea*  extent,  it  is  not  probable, 
from  the  present  aspect  of  affairs,  tbat  a  permaneut 
organizatloQ  will  auon  be  efiected.  Tbe  majority  of 
both  narties  still  stick  to  their  original- candidates — 
the  Rennblioans  to  William  H.  Ray,  and  the  Dem- 
ocrats to  Robert  Black. 


BUSINESS  FAILURES. 
Charles  E.  Goodrich,  Albert  R.  Searles,  and 
Henry  C.  Dart,  oomposlog  the  firm  of  Goodnoh  &. 
Searles,  assigned  their  property,  for  the  benefit  of 
their  creditors,  to  Edward  Dare  yesterday. 

Charles  Halstead,  glyoerine,  at  No.  62  Vesey 
street,  has  been  adjudicated  a  voluntary  bankrapt, 
wi'«h  liabililies  amounting  to  $100,000,  and  nominal 
asseu  $25,000.  Claims  to  the  amount  of  (63,000  are 
•ecored  by  bond  and  mortgages. 

John  Bo({art,  engineer,  at  Ko.  60  Broadway, 

has  gone  Into  bajucruptcyj    liabilities  fSoiOOO^  nom-. 


CITY  AND  SUBURBAN  NEWS. 


NEW'TOBK. 

Tho  Bemi-aonual  e^Iiibition  of  the  Senior 
Class  of  Colombia  OoUege  wUi  take  place  on  Fri- 
day evening  next  at  tbe  Academy  of  Music, 

The  olosing  ezerciaea  of  male  evening  school 
Na  33  will  take  nlaoe  on  Friday  evening  next  at 
tbe  school  building  in  Ihlrty-flttb  street,  near 
Ninth  avenue. 

The  body  of  Capt.  William  Kerr,  of  the  ice< 
boat  William  Keir,  who  was  aeoidently  drowned  at 
tbe  foot  of  Gansevoort  street  on  Saturday  night, 
was  recovered  yesterday  at  the  foot  of  Horatio 
street. 

Mrs.  Laura  Little,  aged  66,  an  inmate  of  the 
Home  tor  Respectable  Aged  and  Indigent  Females, 
No.  366  East  Twentieth  street,  died  yesterday  morn- 
ing from  the  effects  of  burns  aooidently  received  by 
he  clothing  getting  in  contact  with  a  lamp. 

The  report  of  the  mail  matter  collected  and 
delivered  by  the  carriers  in  this  City  for  the  month 
of  January  shows  that  there  were  429  carriers  em- 
ployed at  an  expense  at  129,408  35.  From  sevsa  to 
eight  delivery  trips  were  made  each  oay,  resulting 
in  tbe  delivery  of  5,268,340  letterx,  415,797  postal 
cards,  837,497  newspapers,  and  26,123  registered  let- 
ters. _ 

BROOKLYN. 

During  the  last  13  weeks  215  deaths  from 
diphtheria,  and  150  from  scarletina  have  occurred 
in  this  city. 

James  Joy.  a  well-known  sneak-thief  and 
confidence  man,  pleaded  guilty  to  grand  larceny,  in 
the  Court  of  Sessions,  yesterday,  and  was  sent  to 
the  Penitentiary  for  eight  years  by  Judge  Moore. 

William  Abemetby,  alias  English,  who 
stabbed  and  killed  Frederick  Hertfelder  In  Wil- 
liamsburg on  Saturday  nigbt  nnring  a  fight  be- 
tween two  gangs  of  roughs,  of  which  Abenetbyand 
Hertielder  were  the  respective  leaders,  has  not  yet 
been  at  rested  by  the  Police. 

Koundeman  Stellwagon  arrested  yesterday 
ni'jrniDg  a  burglar  named  Michael  Drum,  on  tbe 
bridge  which  connects  Greenpomt  with  Long  Island 
Ciiy.  Drum  is  believed  to  be  the  man  wno  com- 
milied  a  large  number  of  burglaries  which  have  re- 
cently occurred  in  Greenpoint. 

Superintendent  Campbell  received  a  letter 
yesterday  morning  from  J.  M.  Thomas,  Chief  of 
Police  of  Jefferson,  Texas,  askiog  him  to  arrest  a 
man,  whose  description  is  contained  in  the  letter, 

for  the  m  order  of  a  woman  on  tbe  21st  of  January. 
A  reward  of  fo,000  is  oflered  for  the  capture  of  the 
prisoner,  whose  name  is  said  to  be  Monroe. 

In  the  old  City  of  Williamsburg,  before  its 
annexation  to  Brooklyn,  it  waa  the  custom  to  pay 

arrears  of  taxes  without  defanlt  or  Interest.  In 
acr.ordaoce  vrith  this  cnstom,  tne  Aldermen  passed 
resolutions  yesterday  exempting  the  taxation  dae 
on  crr'ain  lots  in  that  section  of  the  city  for  the 
year  1844  from  tbe  penalty  of  default  or  interest. 

Thomas  Skelly,  a  wealthy  and  well-known 
builder,  died  at  his  residence,  No.  205  Sixth  ave- 
nue, yesterday  morning  from  the  effects  of  injuries 
received  by  beiag  thrown  from  his  wagon  in  Ocean 
ParKway  on  the  6ch  iust.  Too  wagon  driven  by 
Mr.  Skelly  came  into  collision  witb  a  wagon  driven 
by  Charity  Commissioner  Storms.  Both  genilemeu 
were  tnrown  violently  out  aud  the  wagons  broken, 
but  Mr.  Storms'  injunea  were  not  of  a  serious  nature. 

Professor  Angelo  Noziglia,  of  the  late  Brook- 
lyn Theatre  orchestra,  will  be  the  recipient,  on 
Thnrsday  evening  next,  of  a  grand  complimentary 
concert  and  goirSe  daniantt  tendered  by  the  Ancient 
Ciattsmen's  Asaociauon.  The  event  will  take 
place  at  the  Atuenaeum,  Atlantic  avenue  and  Clin- 
ton s'jreet,  and'  it  i»  anticipated  that  a  very  large 
number  oi  the  beneficiary's  friends  will  be  present. 
Mr.  Arbuokle,  the  cornet  player,  and  other  cele- 
brated arusts,  have  volunteered  their  services. 

WESTCHESIHK   COUNTY. 

Diphtheria  is  very  prevalent  at  Dobb's  Ferry, 
and  several  deaths  from  the  disease  have  already 
occurred. 

The  contributions  from  tbe  different  towns  in 
Westchestoi  to  the  Westchester  County  Bible  So- 
ciety, for  the  past  year,  amounted  to  $1,521  98. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  tlie  American 
Bifie  Association,  held  at  Mount  Vernon,  the  fol- 
lowing officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year : 
President,  Col.  John  T.  Underbill  ,•  Vice  President, 
Lieut  Col  Charles  AL  Shifleiio  ;  Secretary,  Cipt. 
Joseph  Porter;  Treaaurer,  Dr.  Gill;  Executive 
Committee,  Capt.  Corcoran,  Lieut.  J.  Jarvis,  and 
David  F.  Davids. 

Counsel  for  tbe  Board  of  Supervisors  have 
sued  out  a  writ  of  certiorari  in  the  case  of  the  City 
of  Yonkers  against  the  board,  io  which  it  is  alleged 
that  the  city  was  illegally  assessed  by  tbe  former 
lor  $10,000  more  than  the  amount  for  which  Ic  was 
liable.  The  wnt  bas  been  served  on  tbe  membera 
of  the  Board  of  State  Assessors,  In  order  that  the 
decision  of  that  body  reoejtlv  made,  aod  sustained 
by  Judge  liykmau,  direoiing  tbe  Supervisors  to 
credit  Yimkers  wiih  the  amount  stated,  may  be  re- 
viewed in  the  Supreme  Court. 

NEW-JjiRSEY. 

Jacob  Clark,  aged  45,  of  Bloomfield,  is  miss- 
mg  fijom  bis  home  since  Friday.    He  Is  insane. 

Mrs.  Boylan,  of  No.  545  Market  street,  New- 
ark, who  was  burned  recently  by  the  explosion  of  a 
kerosene  lamp,  has  died. 

The  Newark  Police  are  scouring  that  City 
for  the  supposed  hidin,^-plaoe  of  English,  the  mur- 
derer of  Hatheld,  of  Williamsbnrg. 

Willium  P.  Ackerman,  an  old  and  well  known 
resident  ot  Passaic  County,  died  in  tbe  86  th  year  of 
his  age  on  Sunday  at  his  home  in  Clifton. 

James  Griffith,  alias  Spaulding,  one  of  the 
Newark  bank  robtiers,  sentenced  to  the  Coimty 
Jail  for  90  days,  is  dangerously  ill.  He  is  suffering 
irom  a  dis  ease  coniracted  while  in  JolietPrison. 

The  Randolph  Light  Guard,  the  pet  Tilden 
Democratic  club  of  Newark,  has  split,  and  the  civil 
officers  and  a  number  of  members  will  form  a  new 
organization.  The  Guard  were  to  attend  the  in- 
angoratiou  of  Xilden. 

Andrew  McKay,  son  of  Hugh  N.  McKay,  was 
arrested  in  Jersey  City  yestenlay  oa  complaint  of 
his  father,  who  charged  him  with  fortsing  his  name 
to  a  check  t€t  |10  and  attempting  to  pass  it.  Tne 
prisober  was  held  for  examination. 

Officer  Vogel  discovered  two  men  in  the  act 
of  taking  down  the  shutters  of  the  store  corner  of 
Eighth  avenue  and  Borden  street,  Newark,  on 
Sunday  morning.  When  he  attempted  to  arrest 
tbem  ihey  ran,  and  the  officer  fired  several  shots 
after  them.  He  secured  James  McCann,  alias 
Bishop,  who  was  recognized  as  an  old  offender. 
Denis  O'Hare  was  arrested  suDdequenily  on  sus- 
picion. 

Daniel  Beardou  and  John  Howe  were  ar- 
raigned in  the  Fir.'it  District  Court  in  JerS'iy  City 
yesterday  morning  on  a  charge  of  assault  aud 
ba<  tery,  preferred  agaiust  tbem  by  James  Clare. 
Wben  Clare  went  on  the  stand  and  gave  nis  testi- 
mony be  succeeded  in  convincing  Justice  Reuse 
that  be  himself  was  tbe  aggress'ir  and  the  Justice 
oidered  bim  into  custody,  while  the  prisoners  were 
released  aud  made  a  complaint  against  him.  Clare 
was  placed  under  (1,000  bonds  to  answer. 

t 
PRIVATE^  CONFERENCE  ON  CUT  AFFAIRS. 
Shortly  alter  2  o'clock  yesterday  afternoon, 
Messrs.  Howard  Potter,  Dorman  B.  Elton,  Jackson 
S.  Schuitz,  and  a  tew  other  members  of  tbe  Booth 
Citizens'  Committee  called  at  the  City  Hall  for  tbe 
purpose  of  consulting  with  Mayor  Ely  m  regard 
to  legislation  at  Albany  for  this  City.  The  Mayor 
ushered  them  into  a  private  room  adjoining  bis 
office,  and  soon  atter  left  for  tbe  day.  In  the  mean- 
time, the  Controller  and  the  Corporation  Coupsel 
arrived,  and  a  conference  ensued  which  lasted  over 
one  hour.  No  reporters  were  admitted  while  it 
was  in  progress.  At  the  close,  however,  the  Cor- 
poration Counsel  stated  that  nothing  definite  had 
been  agreed  upon.  It  is  said  that  various  amend- 
ments lo  the  Woodin  bill,  sucb  as  were  mentioned 
by  Mr.  Kelly  at  the  conference  on  Saturday,  were 
proposed  at  the  meOiin?,  and  weie  approved  by 
some  of  the  gentlemen  and  rejected  by  otoers.  The 
reoorts  tbat  were  circulaieu  in  the  City  Hail  about 
tbe  conference  indiOdtes  tbat  it  was  not  harmo- 
nio  us.  ^^^^^ 

PLANS  FOR  A  SIRANGE  UNION  CHECKED. 
About  midnight  Sunday  nigbt,  a  carriage 
stopped  at  Justice  McCoy's  residence,  on  Giaud 
street,  Jersey  City,  aud  a  man  who  occupied  it  re- 
quested tbe  Jnstice  to  accompany  him  for  the  pur- 
pose of  performing  a  marriage  ceremony.  Justice 
McCoy  consented,  and,  entering  the  carriage,  was 
driven,  as  he  thinks,  to  Bayonne,  but  he  ia  not 
certain,  as  the  night  was  dark  ana  he  paid  no  par- 
ticular aitention  to  tbe  route  taken.  When  the  car- 
riage stopped  he  was  taken  to  tbe  second  floor  of  a 
frame  house  and  Into  a  room  where  six  persons 
were  gathered  about  a  bed,  on  which  lay  a  youth  of 
about  16,  apparently  at  the  point  of  death.  A  gitl 
of  about  14  was  ushered  luio  tbe  room,  and  tbe  Jus- 
tice waa  tequested  to  marry  her  to  tbe  dying  man. 
'The  girl  burst  into  tears  and  protested,  whereupon 
the  Jnstice  refused  to  perfoifai  the  ceremony  aod 
left  tbe  bouse.  He  waa  noable  to  aso^rtsln  tbe 
names  of  the  parties  or  fix  the  location  of  the  bouse 


Donnell'a  bead  and  eatering  tbe  door-post.  After 
some  diQouIty  tbe  Folioe  captqied  iO  of  the  g^m- 
bien,  only  afewesoaping.  m'-f 

jomr  auAMONTa  funeral. 

All  day.  yesterday  tbonaandfl  of  people  oon* 
liregated  in  and  aronnd  the  Sixtr-aiath  Segiment 
Armory,  to  demonstrate  tbelr  sympathy  for  the 
late  Femaa  Heed  Centre,  Col.  John  0')(abony. 
Arrangements  were  oompUted  by  CoL  CavanaiKh 
and  Gen,  Boarke  for  tbe  line  of  pro- 
cession to-day,  and  several  civic  and  military  Irish 
societies  havQ  expressed  their  desire  to  be  present. 
Among  these  are  the  jEilxtyninth  Regiment,  the 
Irish  Voiuateers,  the  Eighth  Begimeot,  First  Segi- 
ment  of  the  Irish  Legion,  the  Iriaii  Brigade,  Holy 
Innotnnt  Cadets,  tb*  Emerald  Guard,  of  Newark, 
and  contingents  from  Philadelphia  and  Paterson. 
Tbe  Ntnety-ninth  Regiment,  Col.  O'Mationy's  old 
regiment,  commanded  by  Adjt.  Norns, 
will  assemble  at  9  o'clock  A.  M,  at  MiUtary  Hall, 
Bowery,  and  then  march  to  their  appointed  place 
in  Une.  The  civic  societies  which  will  attend  are 
tbe  Fenian  Brotherhood,  Clan-na-Ghael,  Ancient 
Order  of  Hibernians,  St.  James'  Society, 
and  others.  The  religious  ceremonies  will  take 
place  at  9  o'clock  A.  M.  at  St.  JEVanols 
Xavler's  Church,  Sixteenth  street,  near  Sixth 
avenue,  after  which  the  remains  wilt  be  taken  to 
the  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  Armory,  where  the 
friends  of  the  deceased  will  be  permitted  to  view 
the  body  previons  to  their  removal  on  l>oard  the 
steamship  Dakota,  at  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  wben  the 
procession  will  form  in  Une  and  march  to  tbe  foot 
of  Canal  street.  

AMERICAN  GAME  AND  POULTRY  ABROAD, 
A  eorrespondent  writes  to  a  Lendon  news- 
paper to  draw  attention  to  the  extraordinary  im- 
portation ot  game  and  poultry  which  has  taken 
plaee  lately  into  Leadenhall  Market.    Large  eon- 

signmepts  of  Canadian  turkeys  have  been  received 
equal  in  firesboess  to  those  coming  from  France 
or  ored  In  England,  and  excelling  them  in 
quality,  besides  thousands  of  Virginian  quails  and 
American  prairie  bens.  Ptarmigan,  black  game, 
and  cappercailzie  have  arrived  by  the  shipload  at 
London  and  Hull  from  Nsrway,  as  well  as  an 
enormoas  quantity  ol  bares  from  Hungary,  ranging 
in  weight  irom  eight  pounds  to  14  pounds.  This  is 
alleged  to  be  due  to  the  Increasing  protection 
afforded  abroad  lo  animal  life  daring  breeding- 
time.  ^ 

ARRIVALS  AT  THE  HOTELS. 
Hme.  Essipoff  is  at  the  Westminster  Hotel. 
Samuel  Bowles,    ot  Springfield,  Mass.,   ia  at 
the  Brevoort  Hoese. 

Assemblyman  Greorge  West,  of  Ballston,  N. 

v.,  IB  at  tbe  Grand  Central  Hotel. 

Capt.  Henry  Tibbits,  of  the  steam-ship  City 
of  Chester,  is  at  tbe  Everett  House. 

John  WUliam  Wallace,  President  of  the  Hia- 
torical  Society  of  Fsnnsylvaaia,  is  at  the  Fifth 
Avenue  Hotel. 

A.  B.  Mullett,  of  Washington,  and  CoL 
George  W.  GUe,  iTnited  States  Army,  are  at  the 
Aster  House. 

A.  L.  Hopkins,  Beceiver  of  the  Toledo, 
Peoria  and  Warsaw  Railway  Company,  and  Rouert 
Garrett,  of  Baltimore,  areac  the  Windsor  Hotel. 

Ex-Congressman  Charles  B.  Farwell,  of 
Chicago  ;  Theodore  M.  Pomeroy,  of  Auburn.  N.  X., 
and  E.  R  Morgan,  of  Aurora,  N.  Y.;  Capt.  James 
B.  Eads,  orS(.  Louis,  ana  Judge  T.  W.  Bartiey,  of 
Washington,  are  at  the  St.  Nioho.as  Hotel. 

"  Mobeau-Lefkvbs."  toe  oldest  and  most  French 
of  Cliampagnes.  Victok  E.  Mauoxh,  110  Eeade  st.,N.Y. 
— Advertitem^nt.  

PASSENGERS  ARRIVED. 

Ingteam-thip  OUy  of  Chester,  from  Livervool. — John  F, 
Bean  Uenry  O.  Branoretb,  John  Burte.  Alphonse 
Coirthe,  Wni-  Dean.  Lieur.  G.  W.  DeLong,  Wm.  Field- 
ing, Rev.  J.  Hutcbinsoa,  Williasa  JonOd,  W.  H.  Suow.es, 
Rfv.  H.  P.  Menaes,  A.  Jllllar,  V.  C.  Millar.  John  8. 
Owden.  Mrs.  M.  Powers,  James  Beid.  B.  8.  ftobert«oiu 
Harry  Rosenbaum,  Gboree  bmith,  W.  H.  Thoruley,ilr8. 
Thornton,  Jllz.  Thompson. 


MINI  A  TV  RE  ALMA.VAU—IUIS   DAT. 
Stmrises 6:56  I  Sunsets 5:331  .Moon  sets... 6:50 

Hioa  WATBK— THIS   DAT. 

Sandy  Hook...8:07  |  Gor.l8land..8:J6|  aell  Gate..  10:18 

MABIKE)    INTELLIQEl^C  E. 


NBW-^RK MONJAV,  PEE.   12. 


CLhARED. 

Steam-ahips  Kbein,  (Ger.,)  Franke,  Bremen,  via 
Southampton.  Oelrichs  k,  Co.:  Franconia,  Bragg,  Port- 
lana,  J.  F.  Ames. 

bhip  LeoDie  bdouard,  (Belg.,)  Mecklenburg,  Antwerp. 
Funcn,  £dye  &.  Co. 

Barks  iNova  Scotian.  (Br.,)  Abbott,  London.  Dill  & 
B«dmann;   Komen.  (Norw..)   Olsen.    Entterdara,  Louis 


Tetenat  Heebe.  (»onr.,)  QTan^VMa»t•,  -ss^ 
k.  Go.;  Colombia,  Dtckeosons.  Bridgetown,  O.  H.  \ 
bridge  it  Co. 

Brigs  Helen  O.  Hobaes,  KdiMUw.  JIalto  agA  a  ma*. 
ket,  suitor  It  Hongbton  •.  Bllen  P.  Stewart.  MfUet.  Vew- 
ark,  V.  J.,  J.  Borlaad^  Co.:  Jamaa  MUter.J^rta^^so. 
foegos.  J.  B.  WazdV&M  (Atrit  Bertha  Ball,  jUta» 
•as.  Biett.  Son  Ic  Cou;  AHoe.  HoatfUDmr,  Orapd  Tvlq 
Bggers  k  Hslmlln :  Mary  Gtbbe.  WWttemeM,  Oarxa 
IL^nnter  fc  Co.t  Ban  Wm»,  (ItaL.)  Caftem,  UstNB 
9enham  k  Boyeaen.  _        . 

Sobrs.  SaUie  Barton,  Bortey.  Bridgeport,  StamftqcA 
Maontacituring  Oa;  Eleanor,  equlies,  Oeonretowa  aad 
Port  BluO,  8.  0.,  B.  D.  Hnrlbut  £  Ca;  Cliasspioa,  (Bfi,,) 
GranvtUe.  St.  John.  H.  B..  P.  L  Jieviae fc  Son:  WeleooM 
B.  Beebe.  Lester,  Charieston.  Bvans.  Baa  h  Co;  Ma 
Palmer,  Pataaer,  Bridgeport.  Staafozd  Utaataetar^ 
Co.  .", 


ARRIVED. 

Steimwhlp  City ef  Chester,  (Br.,)  Tibbits,  Livsrpasi 
Jan.  31  ana  Qoeenstowa  Feb.  1,  with  mdse.  and 
passengers  to  John  G.  Dale. 

8t«un-sblp  Berman  Livingston.  IfallozT,  Bwran- 
nah  Feb.  7.  with  mds*.  and  passangexs  to  Qw»ta 
Tonge. 

Steam-ship  Plamborongh,  (Br.,)  Fraser,  Hallux  Feb, 
9  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Clark  It  8«aman. 

Steam-ship  John  Olttson,  Uastngo,  Georgetowa  Di 
C,  and  Alexandria  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  J.  It. 
Boome,  Jr. 

Steam-ship  HarHsburg,  Worth,  Phlladalphla.  wttb 
ooat  to  Beading  Railroad  Co.  | 

Steam-ship  Geo.  W.  Clyde.  Ingnun.  Charleston  FeV 
24.  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  James  W.  Qointud 
kCa      .  .  ' 

steamship  Neptune,  Berry,  Boston,  with  mdae.  and  . 
passengers  to  Metropolitan  Steam-ship  Co. 

Steam-ship  Begnlator.  Doane,  Wllmlngton^^ir.  0., 
Feb.  8,  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  wm.  P. 
Cl.vde  b.  Co. 

Steaati-ship  Somerset,  (Br.,)  Western,  Bristol  Jan. 
20  and  Queenstown  30th,  with  mAse.  and  pasaengen 
to  W.  D,  Morgan 

sup  Anole  H.  Smith,  (new.  1.503  tons.)  Bartlett, 
Calais  Felt.  8.  In  ballast  to  master.  Will  load  tot  Sjd* 
ner.  S.  S.  W. 

Ship  Joseph  8.  Splimey,  (of  Tbomaston,)  Jordan  Liv- 
erpool Dee.  27,  via  'Tybee,  ia  ballast  to  Snow  It  Sat- 

gess. 

Brig  Charley,  (of  Parrsboro,  N.  8.,)  Mshoney,  Mataa- 
sas  17  ds.,  with  sugar  to  Rlonda,  Benjamm  k.  Co.— ves- 
sel to  P.  I.  Neviiis  ft.  Son. 

Schr.  Clara  Jane,  (of  Lubec,)  Armstrong,  Dorchester, 
N.  B..'3U  ds..  with  bmldlng  stone  to  G.  P.  Sherwood— 
—vessel  to  Jed  Frye  Ic  Ca 

Schr.  Bpring  Bird,  (of  St.  John,  Tf.  B.,)  McLean, 
Cornwallis,  N.  S.,  16  ds.,  with  potatoes  to  William  S. 
Duryea. 

Scbs.  Erlent,  (of  Gloucester.)  Lee,  Fortune  Bay,  N. 
F.,  10.  ds.,  with  herring  to  master.  ' 

Scbr.  Moses  Adams,  (of  Gloucester.)  Adams,  FortiUM 
Bay,  N.  F.,  11  ds.,  with  herring  to  master.  1    I 

Uchr.  Percy,  Mitchell.  Eaatport,  with  flab  to  order-a 
vessel  to  John  Boyn ton's  Son  ' 

bchT.  Velma.  (oi  Hachlas.)  Ploakett,  Jeremle  30  ds., 
with  logwood,  coffee,  Itc,  So  H.  Becker  &  Co. — vessel 
to  Miller  U  Houghton.  ; 

Schr.  Lizzie  i'oang.  Toung,  Virginia.  P 

Bchr.  Henry  J.  Baymood,  Cranmer,  Vlrginiai 

Schr.  C.  W.  Wrlgbt.  Johnson.  Virslnia.  '' 

Sclir.  Twenty -one  Frtenda,  Jef&eja,  Virginia. 

Srbr.  Wauponsa,  Brannon,  Virginia. 

8chr.  Wm.  8.  Farwell,  Lord,  B^timora. 

Schr.  Anthea  Godfirey.  Price.  Philadelphia. 

Schr.  Helen  Tiiompson,  Bradford.  Phifadelphl^l 

Scbr.  Narraganseti,  Shaw,  Philadelphia. 

8chr.  E.  F.  Cabada.  Burst,  Boston. 

Schr.  Hargnret  and  Lucv,  Fales.  Boston. 

Schr.  Hastings,  C!hase,  New-BedCord. 

Scbr.  U  aria  Adelaide,  Kect,  New-Bedford, 

Schr.  Python,  Merrill,  Providence. 

Schr.  Oleuwood,  Haliock,  Providence. 

Schr.  S.  H.  Skinner,  Thrasher.  FaL  River. 

8<!hr.  Charles  F.  Liiwrence,  AUen,  New-LondOlk 

bchr.  Joseph  Woolev,  Hall,  New-London. 

Bchr.  Battle  Douglas,  Smith,  New-Loadoiu 

Scbr.  American  Cblet,  Snow.  Hyannis. 

Schi'.  Joan  Somes.  Weeks,  New-HaveiU 

Bchr.  EmtLT,  Morrell,  New-HaTen. 

Schr.  Clara,  Wilson.  Mew-Haven. 

Wl!^)— jiunset,  frgsh,  N.  W.;  cloudy. 


SAILED. 
eteam-ships  Bhein,  'for  Bremen;  Albemarle,  tat 
Lewes  :  barks  Tempiar,  for  Calcutta ;  Hawthorn  and 
Areo,  for  London  ;  MAuila  LL,  for  Buenos  Ayres;  Co- 
lumbia, for  i-arbaaos;  brigs  Esraa.  for  Ust>on  ;  Stella, 
for  Montevideo;  Anna,  for  Pemaiubuco?  Johanna  MaX'^ 
garetha,  for  St.  Joan's,  N.  F.  Also,  via  Long  Island 
tsouod.  steam-ship  Franconia,  for  Portland :  echc  Har- 
riet (;haBe,  for  tM;.  John,  N.  B.,-  Claiissa  Allen,  for  Bosr 
ton. 


BT  CABLE. 

LowDoir.  Feb.  12 — Sid.  18th  ult. ,  Empire  of  Peaee, 
Busaia,  Idomene ;  26tb  ult.,  Pembroke  Castle,  the  lat-' 
ter  passed  St.  Helena;  Ith  inst.,  Neptune,  (Jiaot.  Ol- 
sen; Konigen  Augusta,  Pater;  10th  iust.,  Alpha.  Capt. 
Maroni;  ProsperlnaPalosso,  FridaLement;  12th  inst.. 
Vision,  Bebe,  Capt.  Bogge. 

Arr.  1st  inst.,  Olina;  6th  inst..  Paul«  ;  7th  inst.; 
Mary  Lord;  9tb  inst.,  ImmaouKl,  Otus;  10th  inst,  F. 
H.  Diews.  Bolivar.  Capt.  Dobertr,  steam-sUp;  Lake 
Nepigon,  steam-ship;  ijpringtield^  Otag  ,  Capt.  Rose; 
11th  inst..  NalTig,  Carmelta,  Po  ;  12th  mat..  Frolic, 
Gleiiliervie. 

Livbepooih  Feb.  1?.— The  National  Line  steam-sbip 
Egypt,  (.'apt.  Groean,  from  New-Tork  Feb.  3,  art.  off 
FaStnet  at  3  P.  M.  to-day  on  tier  w«y  to  this  {Mrt. 

MoviiXB,  Feb.  12.— The  State  Line  steam-ship  Stats 
of  Indiana,  Cant.  Sadler,  from  Mew-Xork  Feb.  1,  fot 
Glaso^tow.  air.  heie  to-dav. 

M0VIW.B.  Feb.  12.— The  Anchor  Line  staam-sbtp 
AneUa,  Capt.  McKay,  from  Ifew- York  Jan.  28,  tor  Glas- 
gow, arr.  here  to-dav. 

Gia,80ow,  Feb.  12.— The  State  Line  steam-solv  State 
of  ludiana.  Capt.  Sadler,  from  Kew-York  Fek  1,  arr. 
here  at  4  o'clock  this  at'tornoon. 

Uavasa.  Feb.  12.— Tbe  eteam-shio  CHty  of  Kew-Tork, 
Capt.  Tiinmermann,  from  New-Tork,  arr.  here  this 
mommg. 


CATARRH,  DEAFNESS, 


AND  DI15BA8ES  OF  THROAT,  HEAD,  AND  NEEV0U8  8TBTEM  8PEEDILT  AND  PBEMANENTLT  CUBED  B7^ 

Dr.  LIGHTHILL,  No.  32  WEST  26th  St. 


> 


DRIVING  GAMBLERS  OUT  OF  THEIR  HOLE. 
Capt.  McDonneli,  of  the  Eighth  Frecinot, 
^ded  by  Detectives  BeynSlds  and  Murphy,  and  a 
section  of  pat^lmen,  made  ai  raid  Iat«  last  pight  on 
a  gambling  den  kept  by  Ssmnel  Johnson,  on  the 
top  floor  of  No.  15  West  Houston  street  As  the 
Police  *aacendad  the  stairs  lef^ding  to  the  place,  their 
approach  was  discovered  by  the  gamblers,  who  en- 
deavored to  escape  through  the  windows  to  (be  roof 
of  an  extension.    One  of  tbe  men  flrad  a  revolver, 

,  Jha  hoLlAt  naaauuL  wituin  a  few  iaohta  Of  Ca^t.  ICc^ 


Dr.  LKtHTHILL  takes  pleasure  and  ptiae  in 
presenting  to  the  eonsideration  of  those  interested 
a  few  of  the  numerous  testimonials  of  euros  whiobof^ 
he  bas  received  from  well-known  gentlemen  whose 
social  standing  and  high  character  cannot  fail  to 
Inspirs  public  confidence. 


mOil  ME.  P.  W.  GAXLATTDKT,    NOS.  3  AND 
5  WALL  ST.,  NEW-TOEK. 

'  The  unmistakable  proofs  which  I  have  of  the  mas- 
terly skill  of  Dr.  Lighthill  in  the  treatment  of  dsaf- 
ness  and  catarrh,  in  a  case  where  be  succeeded 
after  some  of  our  most  celebrated  physicians  had 
completelr  failed,  enables  me  tj  reoomihend  him 
warmly  to  tbe  favor  of  all  in  need  of  bis  professional 
services,  and  to  tender  him  witn  pleasure  mv  name 
as  reference.  P.  W.  GALLAUDEX. 


FROM  MR  B.  A-  ABMSTR05IG, 
Of  Brainerd,  Armstrong  &  Co.,  No.  4<i9  Broadway. 

I  had  suffered  for  some  time  with  a  very  peculiar 
and  distressing  throat  affeotion,  and  five  physicians 
having  treated  the  disease  without  produciog  more 
than  temporary  relief,  I  placed  myself  uader  the 
care  of  Dr.  Lighthill,  who  in  a  short  time  effected  a 
radical  and  permanent  cure.  In  my  opmion  Dr. 
Lighthlll's  experience  and  scientific  treatment  of 
bead  and  throat  diseases  is  far  superior  to  anything 

known  in  general  praocics. 

B.  A.  ARMSTEONCJ. 


PEOM  HIS  HONOE  JUDGE  B.  H.  BIXBT. 

I  cheerfully  furnish  my  testimony  of  Dr.  Light- 
Mil's  skill  in  the  treatment  of  my  catarrh,  where- 
by he  effected  a  radical  and  permanent  cure 
after  some  of  the  most  celebrated  pbysicians  had 
signally  failed. 

B.  H.  BIXBT,  No.  119  Lexington  av. 


FEOM  ME.  R.  B.  LIVEEMORB,  No.  133  W^SV 
47TH  ST.,  NEW- YORK. 


I  am  happy  to  state  thst  Dr.  Lighthill  eflhctad  l- 
radical  and  complete  cure  in  an  aggravated  case  of 
catarrh  from  which  I  had  suffered  for  many  year% 
and  which  had  seriously  impaired  my  hearing.  Do 
Lighthill  removed  every  vestige  of  the  catarrh,  ans 
restored  my  bearing  to  all  its  former  perfectioa. 
Being  awareof  the  great  prevalence  of  oatarrh.  and 
having  myself  experienced  its  pemioians  effects,  I 
feel  it  my  duty  to  let  others  know  where  they  oas 
obtain  skill  and  attention  which  I  am  oonfldent  eaa 
not  be  surpassed  in  this  department  of  medioa^ 
science.'  B.  B.  LIVEBMOB& 


FROM  MR.  MORRIS  PHILLIPS, 

Editor  and  Proprietor  of  the  JTeto- Fori  Home  Journal 
I  testify  with  pleasure  to  the  success  which  at- 
tended Dr.  Ligbthiirs  treatment  in  tbe  case  of  my 
orother,  who  bad  been  affected  with  deafness  and 
noises  in  tbe  bead.  The  results  of  Dr.  LigbthiU's 
applications  were  as  prompt  as  they  were  effective.! 
The  hearing  was  restored,  tbe  noises  removed,  and! 
the  cure  was  as  radical  as  it  has  since  proved  per 
manent.  MOESIS  PSILUPS. 


FROM    GEORGE     JEFFRBTS.    BSQ..     NO.    49 
EAS^^OTH  ST. 

Dr.  Lighthill  : 

Dbab  SIB:  You  can  add  my  name  to  the  long  list 
of  in^teful  patients  who  are  indebted  to  yonr  aUll 
for  their  relief  from  deafness.  Tour  treatment  re- 
stored my  hearing  to  all  its  former  perfection  and 
aonteness  without  giving  me  a  particle  of  pain  oc 
aistress.  It  will  always  be  my  nieasure,  as  well  aa 
my  duty,  to  recommend  you  to  any  one  in  need  ci 
medical  talent  and  skill. 

GEORGE  JEFFEBYS* 


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TILDE2PS  LATEST  PUBCHA8X. 

^/MSORACES'DL  SCEIfE  IN  THK  HOUSE — MB. 
PUBMAN,  A  BEFXTBUCAX  KBPBE8BNTA- 
TIVB    FBOM    FLORIDA,    FOBMALLY    DK- 

XIVSRB    BIHSELV   OVEB    TO    THE  DEMO- 
CRATS AND  DBCLABES  THAT  TILDBN  CAR- 

.     BIED  FLORIDA.      ' 

Speeua  DUptMJe  to  the  New-  Torh  Tlmea. 

Washington,  Feb.  13. — One  of  the  most 
iamiliatiog  speotsoles  erer   witnessed  in  the 
Boose  Tf  SB  presented  to-day  by  Williain  J.  Por- 
toan,  a  Bepablican  Representative  from  Florida, 
wbo.in  a  brazen  manner  stood  ap  and  deliv- 
ered liimselt  to  the  Democrats  in  accordance 
with      what      may      be      properly       termed 
ft  formal  contract.      Daring  the  Presidential 
oampalgn  Mr.  Parman  supported  Hayea,  and 
until  very  recently  was  earnest   in   publicly 
expressinf  his  belief  that  Florida  had  been 
furly  carried  by  the  Bepoblioans.    During  the 
days  of  doubt  and  uncertainty   immediately 
following  the  November  election  Mr.  Pnrman 
remained  steadfast    in  his  faith  that  Hayes 
had  earned  Florida,   and  sent    nameroos  tel- 
egrams  to  Bepublioana  in   the  North   to  this 
effect    Since  his  arrival  in  Washington  and 
until  within   the  last  month  Mr.  Purman  was 
bold  in  maintaining  Hayes'  election,  and  in 
conversation  with  members  boasted  of  bis  own 
labors  in  procuring  this  result.    He  was  a  oap- 
didate  for  re-electioB  to  Congress  and  was  duly 
returned*  although  his  seat  will  be  contested  by 
bis  competitor.      About  three  weeks  ago  Mr. 
Pnmam  began  to  exhibit  symptoms  of  a  change 
of  mind.    Finally  it  became  known  that  he  was 
preparing  to  take  himself  ov«r  to  the  Democratic 
ude  bv  a  speech  prepared  for  him,  it  is  said,  by 
a  department  clerk,  from  notes   furnished  by 
Mr.  Purman.     Ko   one,    therefore,    was   sur- 
lirised  when  to-day  he  fulfilled  the  contract 
made  with  the  Democrats,  and  in  an  hour's 
.reading  from  manuscriot  declared,  in  the  hear- 
ing   of    the    House,    that    Florida    had    been 
given    to    Hay<v    by    illegal     and     fraudu- 
lent   acts     on     the     -part     of     the     State 
Canvassers.      When    Mr.    Purman    hsA'  con- 
cluded, a  number  of  Democrats,  led  by  Messrs. 
Coz  and  Hewitt,  presented  their  oongratola- 
tions  for  the  manner  in  which   he  had  fulfilled 
his  part  of  th6  contract,  and  welcomed  hmi  in 
the  name  of  Democracy  and  reform.    There  is 
so  secrecy    about  the  motive  whieh  induced 
Hr.  Parman  to  barter  himself  to  the  Democrats. 
About  three  weeks  ago  he  informed  a  Bepublican 
Hiember  of  the  House  that  the  campaign  had 
rained  him  financialjy,  and  that  he  would  be 
eompelled  to  do  something  to  recover  from  hia 
pecuniary  embarrassment.     "  The  Democrats," 
said  he  in  substance,  "  have  now  the  lines  in 
Florida,  and  will  manage  to  hold  them.     1  can- 
not go  back  there  unless  something  is  done  for 
me ;  and  if  these  Republicans  don't  help  me.  I 
must  help  myself."  To  another  member  he  said, 
that  during  the  campaign  he  had  spent  about 
$5.00b,  one-half  of  which  he  had  raised  on  prop- 
erty owned  by  bis  wife;  that  be  was  not  able 
to  redeem  the  collateral,  and  would  be  com- 
pelled  to  do  something  to   obtain    relief.     He 
requested       Senator     Couover     to      interest 
himself    in   having  retained   in    the   depart- 
ments  certain  relatives    and    friends  appoint- 
ed upon  Purman's    recommendation.       Other 
evidences  of  Mr.  Purman's   shamefal  conduct 
are  not  wanting.     In  bis  eagerness   to  obtain 
relief  from  his  pecuniary  embarassment,  he  has 
been  bartering  his  own  vote  and  negotiating 
for  the  sale  of  the  votes  of  other  members,  with 
reference  to  the  Texas  Faorfio  bill.     It  can  be 
prAved  that  Mr.  Purman  approached  several 
members,     informed     them    that     the    Texas 
Pacific       people     were      willing     to      spend 
money        to       pass         their        bill,        and 
requested  them  to  join  bim  in  a  combination  to 
exact  money  for  their  votes  on  that  measure. 
It  is  also  said  that  he  was  in  negotiation  in 
Florida,   pnor  to   the  canvass    of  the   vote, 
with    agents     of     TUden     for      bribing      the 
lietuming     Board.       This     Parman     stated 
himself,     bat     explained     that     he    entered 
into  the  negotiation  merely  to  prevent  Tilden's 
agents  from  opening  negotiations  with  other 
parties  who,  being  less   honest  than   Purman, 
would  have  made  an   assault  on  the    board. 
Samuel  B.   McLin,  a  member  of  the   Florida 
Canvassing  Board,  as  long  ago  as  Jan.  8  wrote 
to  a  gentleman  here  cautioning  him  against 
Purman.      McLin.      in    his    letter,    said    that 
Pnrman   told  him  prior  to   the  canvass  that 
Til  den     bad     too     much      money      to      be 
defeated,  and  that  they  should  not  stick  with 
the  Repubbcan  Party  and  lose  the  opportunity 
of  doing  something  handsome  lor  themselves. 
Such  is  the  man  who   to-day  as   a   Republican 
Representative,  declared  that  Tilden  carried 
the  State  of  Florida.  It  is  believed  that  in  con- 
sideration for  his   speech  the  Democrats  have 
agreed   to   place   his   name    on    the   rolls   of 
the  Forty-fifth    Congress  as  a  member   from 
Florida — that  is,  giving  him  a  prima  facie  right 
to  Che  seat,   which  will  carry  with  it   about 
one  year's  pay  and  mileage,  even  shoald  the 
contestant  be  finally  awarded  the  seat.    Pur- 
man has  been  afraid  that  be  would  not  be  put 
upon  the  roll,  and  it  is  beyontt  question  that 
this  speech  is  made  to  secure  the  object  above 
mentioned.    This  is  the  end  of  his  career. 

THE  OREGON  INIQUITY. 
THE  CASHIEE  OF   TtLDEN'S  BANK  TO  BE  COM- 
PELLED   TO     TESTIFY    KKGARDING    THK 
18,000  DRAFT— THE  GOBBLE  DISPATCH.* 

Special  IHat>atehU>Ote  New-York  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  13.— The  Senate  to- 
day spent  along  time  in  the  discussion  of  the 
question  whether  the  officers  of  the  Third 
N&TOonal  Bank  of  New- York  shaU  be  compelled 
to  show  the  Democratic  accounts,  particularly 
with  reference  to  the  money  sent  to  Oregon. 
The  Democrats  feel  greatly  otitraged  by  this 
proposition,  though  they  saw  nothing  wrong  in 
Field's  committee  getting  Mr.  Chandler's  ao- 
Boant.  Senator  Kelly  was  drawn  into  the  dis- 
oussion,  and  explained  that  the  only  money  re^ 
oeived  in  Oregon  from  New- York  was  the 
18,000  aboutwbicb  so  much  has  been  said.  There 
was  some  difficulty  qbout getting  this  money,and 
duplicate  drafts  were  made,  which  made  it 
look  as  though  $16,000  were  received.  Mr. 
Kelly  says  the  $8,000  was  changed  into  gold 
netting,  |7,300.  Of  this,  $6,200  had  been  ex- 
pended, including  the  $3,000  paid  to  Cronin, 
which  Kelly  intimated  was  in  his  opinion  mote 
than  the  service  was  worth.  It  was  decided 
that  the  Cashier  of  the  Third  National  Bank 
should  be  called. 

.  Senator  Mitchell  has  secured  the  dictionary 
key  to  the  "Gobble"  cipher  dispatch.  The 
interpretation  is  substantially  that  which  has 
been  published.  By  it  Grover  is  recorded  to 
tiave  said  that  he  would  decide  in  favor  of  the 
Democrats,  aid  afterward  he  went  through  the 
faree  of  a  bearing  in  the  case  and  a  pretended 
Tsonsideration  of  it.  ^^__^ 

XXqwIcA  to  t\$  Aatoeiated  Pre—. 

Watts,  the  alleged  ineligible  'Elector  from 
Oregon,  Jias  returned   to  this   city  from  the 


Republican  Electors,  on  the  eround  of  Dr. 
Watts  being  ineligible  at  the  time  tbe  Elee- 
toral  vote  was  oast,  as  well  as  at  the  time  of 
his  election.  '  He  will  remain  here  for  the  pur- 
pose of  giving  testimony  before  the  Electoral 
Commission  when  the  Oregon  case  si^U  come 
before  that  body. 

MB.  FIELD'S  COMMITTEE. 
A  little  scheme    OF    THE    BEDOOBTABLE 
NEW-TOBK       BARRIBTEB       FOILED       BY 
JUDGE  LAWRENCE. 

SveeM DuoateMo  thf  New-Yorlt  Tlmst, 

Washington,  Feb.  13.— David  Dudley 
Field's  committee  continues  to  investigate  the 
Louisiana  case,  with  even  less  success  than  at- 
tended them  at  first.  To-day  a  number  of  un- 
important witnesses  wereexammed,  but  no  tes- 
timony of  interest  was  elicited.  Mr.  Field  was 
at  his  old  tricks  again,  however,  and  seemed  to 
be  very  much  astonished  when  one  of  his  little 
schemes  was  discovered  and  stopped.  He  had 
another  pefc  vritness  to-day — a  waiter — who  he 
stated  could  testily  to  a  conversation  which  he 
bad  overheard  between  Gov.  Wells  and 
the  clerk,  littlefield.  while  they  were  at 
dinner  in  the  restaurant  where  he 
served.-  Unfortunately,  however,  he 
could  not  speak  English  well,  and  Field  wanted 
him  to  give  his  testimony  through  a  French  in- 
terpreter, who  would,  of  course,  be  under  no 
oath  to  give  a  true  translation.  Judge  Law- 
rence  objected  to  this,  saying  very  pointedly 
that  if  the  French  waiter  understood  English 
well  enough  to  comprehend  the  conversation 
which  had  been  carried  on  between  Gov. 
Weils  and  Littlefield  he  imderstood  enough  to 
testify  in  English.  The  obijeotion  was  sus- 
tained amid  considerable  laughter,  and  Mr. 
Field's  waiter  was  obliged  to  tell  his  story  in  a 
language  which  was  understood  by  all  present. 

ELECTION-DAY  LAWLESSNESS. 
REPORT  OF  THE  ATTORNEY  GBKBRAL  RE- 
GARDING THE  EMPLOYMENT  OF  DEPBTY 
MARSHALS  AT  THE  POLLS  —  LAWLESS- 
NESS AND  INTIMIDATION  IN  SEVERAL 
STATES  —  THE  NUMBER  OF  MARSHALS 
EMPLOYED — GREAT  FRAUDS  PREVENTED 
IN  TBB   CITIES.  , 

Washington.  Feb.  13.— In  the  Senate  to-day 
the  Preaident  pro  t«ai.  presented  a  oonmanioation 
from  the  Attorney  Qeneral  in  reply  to  the  resolu- 
tion of  the  Senate  of  Dec.  13,  adopted  on  motion  of 
Mr.  Bayard,  directing  him  to  oommnnicate  the  in- 
formation in  regard  tu  the  employmeot  ot  Dopaty 
Marshals  throagbout  the  ITQlted  Stales  in  connec. 
tlon  with  the  olectioB  held  on  the  7th  of  November 
last.  The  Attorney  Ganerai  states  that  the  several 
Marshals  give  lu  their  reports  the  reason  for 
the  appointment  of  daputiea,  and  the  results 
of  their  employment.  These  were  made 
generally  on  the  application  of  citizens, 
who  believed  it  necessary  to  the  eeonrity 
of  voters.  He  refers  to  the  act  of  Congress  on 
which  his  instiuctions  to  the  Marshals  were  baaed. 
Toey  constituted  in  no  case  a  military  order,  bnt 
emlMdied  a  poiie  eomitattu.  Tbe  only  difference 
between  the  exercise  of  the  power  of  the  Sheriff 
or  Marshal  in  calling  oat  civilians  and  that  of  call  - 
ing  oat  soldiers  is  that,  in  the  latter  case,  when 
soldiers  are  organized  under  the  command  of  of. 
fleers  they  are  called  in  their  organized  form  with 
their  officers.  The  number  of  Marshals  appointed 
in  Alabama  was  ISO,  ^itb  135  voting  precincts ;  in 
Arkansas,  Eastern  District  785.  with  381  precincts  ; 
Western  District  214,  vritb  16  connties ;  in  Cali- 
fornia   344,     with     56    oreoiuota ;     in    Dtlaware 

135,  with  10  precincts  in  Florida.  Northern  Dis- 
trict. 745,  with  19  ooontiea  :  in  Georgia,  Kortbem 
District,  155  in  1  countv  ;  Soatbem  Distrlot,  52  in 
1  county  ;  in  lllinuis,  Northern  District,  113  in  81 
coanties ;  in  Lonisiana,  840  in  120  precincts  ;  in 
Maryland,  l,22;i  in  115  precincts  ;  in  Massachasetts, 
117  in  25  councies ;  in  Miasissinpi,  Kortnem  Dis- 
trict, 339  in  65  counties  ;  in  Mlssoari,  Soatbern 
District,  1,028  in  90  voting  places  j  in  New- Jersey," 
249  in  66  precincte  ;  in  New- York,  3,565  in  895  pre- 
cincts;  in  Nortb  Carolina,  176  in  176  precincts  ;  in 
Pennsylvania.  347  in  327  preciocts  ;  in  Sunth  Caro- 
lina, 338  in  17  precincts  ;  in  Texas,  1  to  each  pre- 
cinct, and,  in  Virginia;  301  in  35  precincts.  In  tbe 
lemaining  States  verv  few  deputies  were  appoint- 
ed. There  were  a  total  of  2,737  voting  places  at 
which  the  attendance  bt'  11,615  deputies  was  had. 

The  Marshal  of  Florida  reports  that  in  addition 
to  his  regular  ^brce  be  appointed  745  general  depn. 
ties.  There  were  75  in  EaoamDia  County,  50  each 
in  Jackson,  Gadsden,  Leon.  Jefferson,  MAOison, 
Columbia,  and  Alaotiua,  and  small  numbers  in  tne 
other  counties,  iaclading  10  in  Baker  Cotmty.  The 
Marshal  says  with  the  exception  of  Jackson  County 
nearly  every  portion  ot  tbe  State  was  peaceful  and 
orderly,  one  io  that  county  bis  eflorts  to  secure  a 
fair  election  were  ao  entire  failure. 

The  Lonisiana  Marshal's  report  merely  states 
that  840  deputies  were  appointed,  that  tbey  were 
equally  divided  among  ISO  precincts ;  that  750  of 
them  served  for  one  day,  and  the  remainder  from 
two  to  14  days  eacb. 

Tbe  Marsbal  of  South  Carolina  reports  that  79 
deputies  were  distributed  to  17  precincts  in  tbe 
City  ot  Charleston,  and  important  precincts 
througtiout  the  State,  but  be  says  in  many  coun- 
ties men  could  not  be  found  who  were  wil- 
ling to  incnr  the  personal  danger  of  attempt- 
ing to  nreserve  the  peace  arotmd  tbe  poils, 
and  to  protect  colored  Republioaa  voters  from  the 
intimidaliou  and  violence  of  the  Democrats. 
Emissaries  from  Mississti^i  bad  visited  all  parts  of 
tne  State,insiructine  ib,e  Den)ocratio  organizations. 
A  Bepublican  majority  in  that  State  bad  t>een  over- 
come, and  what  was  termed  the  "shot-gun"  or  ''Miss- 
issippi" policy  was  vigorously  indorsed  with  telling 
effect  aealDst  tbe  Republicans.  The  Marshal,  in 
tbe  course  of  bis  long  report  concerning  this  state 
of  afiairs,  also  says :  "At  a  number  of  precincts  tbe 
deputies  were  driven  away  without  being  allowed 
to  vote  themselves,  and  in  several  counaes  on  tbe 
Savannah  Biver  (particularlv  in  Edeefleld)  men 
who  were  voting  the  Democratic  ticket  boasted  of 
being  Georsrians,  and  dared  the  i^athority  of  the 
Deputy  Marshals."  Similar  reports  as  to 
the  necessity  of  employing  special  deputies 
are  inclosed'  by  tbe  Attorney  General  from 
the  Marshals  of  Georgia,  Alabama,  and 
Mississippi.  Tbe  Marshal  of  the  Northern  Dis- 
trlob  of  Mississippi  coociudea  his  report  as  follows: 
"  I  am  JQstilied  iu  saying  that  to  have  carried  out 
tbe  law  at  any  voting  precinct  in  ipy  district  would 
have  cost  the  life  of  the  officer  execnting  it.  My- 
self and  deputies  were  subjected  to  repented  Indig- 
nities, and  tbreaiened  with  arrest  for  interfering  to 
discharge  our  duties  at  the  hands  of  the  members 
•f  the  party  claiming  to  possess  all 
the  intelligence,  virtue,  and  patriotism  of 
tbe  country.  I  h«ve.  therefore,  to  report 
that  I  was  powerless  to  check  the  lawlessness 
which  swept  over  this  Stat«  at  and  prior  to  the  7th 
day  of  November,  1876,  a  lawlessoeas  so  organized 
and  controlled  and  guided  bj  madness  that  it  par- 
alyzed lustice  and  made  human  rights  a  mocltery." 
Ibe  Marshal  for  the  Southern  Mlsaiasipui  Dis- 
trict leports  that  his  deputies  generally  performed 
tbe  duties  required,  but  that  in  one  instance  a 
special  depnty  was  obliiied  to  flee  from  Jeflerson 
County  for  salety  prior  to  tha  electijn. 

Tbe  Georgia  Marshal  does  not  report  any  lawless- 
ness as  having  occurred  in  that  State  on  the  day  of 
the  eleotioi:,  bat  says:  "Without  tbe  protection 
of  tbe  United  States  laws,  and  tbe  clficers  ap7>ointed 
nnder  them,  tbe  colored  voters  complained,  and  I  be- 
lieve Justly,  that  tbey  were  unable  to  cast  their  bal- 
lots freely  and  fully  for  the  candidates  of  their 
choice." 

Tbe  Marshal  for  the  Southern  District  of  Ala- 
bama states  the  cauEes  for  tbe  erooloyment  of  depu- 
ties to  be  "the. almost  total  disregard  of  the  rights 
of  Bepablican  voters  by  the .  class  in  possession  of 
tbe  ballot-ooxes."  He  continaes  as  follows: 
"  Bribery  and  oalolery  is  fir^t  attempted  to  control 
the  vote  of  tbe  colored  people.  This  failing,  vio- 
lence and  intimidation  are  practiced.  This  failing, 
fraud  and  obicanery  due  resorted  to,  and  ballots  cast 
for  Bepublican  candidates  in  tbe  lyornuii;  come  out 
for  Demovralic  candidates  in  the  eveulnir." 

The  Delaware  Marshal  reports  that  before  the 
election  it  was  repeatedly  and  publicly  anuouoced 
by  prominent  Democratio  leaders  that  tbe  Enforce- 
ment acts  of  Congress  were  unoonstimtional  and 
void,  and  tLat  no  officer  of  the  United  States  in  tbe 
State  had  tbe  right  to  interfere  with  the  November 
eleoUon,  which  was,  they  asserted,  wholly  under 
the  control  of  State  officers.  In  tbe  morning  of  tbe 
eleotlOD,  in  the  Tenth  Ward  of  Wilmington,  a  man 
who  voted  iIleKall.y  was  arrested,' aod  at  once  res- 
cued from  the  oiistody  of  tt>e  deputies.  A  force 
of  20  deputies  was  at  once  dispatched  to  tbe 
scene  of  tbe  violence,  who  found  tbe  Mayor  at  the 
polls,  and  that  i^dal  immediately  gave  orders  for 
tbe  arrest  of  the  deputies,  and  three  of  them  were 
arrested  and  one  hadlv  beaten.  About  11  A.  M.  an 
illegal  votei  was  arrested  at  tbe  Fonrtb  Ward  polls, 
and  while  being  conveyed  to  tbe  Court-house  the 
Mayor  personally  attempted  to  rssene  tbe  prisoner, 
when  he  himself  was  arrested  by  tbe  Hantbal  and 
taken.totbe  Conit>hons«.  Great  excitement  pre. 
vailed,  and  finally  an  asrecmsnt  was  made  with  the 
TTnited  States  Supervisor,  the  Marshal,  and  tbe 
Mayor,  that  the^pedal  deputies  .and  speoial  police 
should  all  remain  at  a  Uttle  itstanoe  £p>m  th%  polls, 
that  ntiiher  class  of  offloer^  sttouild  arrest  men  UU' 


Wean,  in  view  of  objectioM  being  raised  to  the 

^mmtiuirof  thavote  of  OMgon  aa^oaft  by  tlte,.JLieMtiHp  United  States  Sw«rTls«r  M  Iii«»e«tor» 


election  dbreered  it.  About  3  o'clock  this  arronee- 
ment  was  broken ;  a  man  voted  illegally  in  the 
Fourth  "Ward  j  he  was  arrested  bv  two  Deputy 
Marshals  and  rescued  by  tbe  Police,  and  four  of  tbe 
Deputies  arrested  ;  after  some  parley,  the  deputies 
were  released,  and  from  3  to  5  P.  M.  the  polls  closed. 
There  was  a  constant  cooflict  of  antborlty,  the 
Folioe  ioterfered  with  the  Deputy  Marshals,  and 
rescued  prieeners  whenever  and  wherever  tbey 
oould  muster  safficlent  force. 

The  Marshal  of  tbe  Northern  DlstrlOB  ot  New. 
Tork  states  that  tbe  duties  of  tbe  Depaty  Marshal 
chiefly  consisted  in  being  present  at  the  places  of 
registration,  wheie  they  were  directly  instrumental 
in  preventing  a  great  deal  of  illegal  voting  by  a 
tboroBgh  personal  scrutlntv  of  the  registry  lists. 
In  the  Southern  District  of  that  State,  tbe  Marshal 
reports  that  tbe  service  of  tbe  clepaties  averaged 
one  day  tu  each  man,  and  tbe  causes  and  necessity 
for  their  employment  were  the  excited  condition 
of  public  feeline  in  connection  with  electing  a 
President  of  tbe  ITmted  States,  tbe  large  fraudulent 
registration  and  naturalization,  and  the  well- 
founded  apprehension  of  serious  disturbances  oo- 
cnrrlne  at  the  polling  places.  In  the  Eastern  Dis- 
trict the  usual  interest  manifested  in  the  eleotiou, ' 
and  the  great  excitemeut.  necessitated  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  large  force  of  Deputv  Marshals  in  sev- 
eral districts  of  tne  two  great  cities.  They  were 
called  upon  to  preserve  the  peace  and  assist  in  mak. 
lofc  arrests. 

The  Marshal  of  Penns.vlvanla  reports  that  the 
Depn^  Marshals  employed  in  the  Western  Distrio 
of  the  State  were  required  to  keep  the  peace  at  tbe 
polls  snd  see  that  every  man  entitled  to  vote  should 
bave  that  onvlleice  accorded  bim. 

The  Maryland  Marshal  reports  that  the  outrages 
and  frauds  committed  at  the  polls  In  Baltimore 
City  at  the  election  for  Governor,  in  1875,  where 
voters  were  shot  at  and  dnven  from  tbe  polls,  pro- 
duced such  a  state  of  terror  that  very  many  peo- 
ple, both  white  and  colored,  declared  that 
they  would  be  afraid  to  go  to  the  polls 
on  tbe  7ih  of  Kovember,  1876,  unless  protection  by 
the  United  States  authorities  oould  be  guaranteed 
to  them,  while  others  were  sftaid  that  by  frauds 
lu  registration,  and  also  on  election  day,  tbey 
would  be  cheated  of  their  votes  if  tbey  ran  the 
risk  of  makinc  the  attempt  to  vote  acrainst  tbe 
regalar  Democratic  ticket.  These  opinions  were 
HO  generally  and  freely  expressed  that  the 
Marshal  felt  It  his  dnty  to  do  all  in  his  power  le- 
gally to  prevent  fraud  at  the  registration  and  elec- 
tion, and  to  secure  protection  to  everv  voter  in  biH 
effort  to  deposit  his  ballot  The  result  was  that  tbe 
election  was  very  qniet.  The  duties  required  were 
to  old  the  Supervisors  orBeeistrntion  in  preventing 
and  detectinz  Iraud,  in  keeping  order  at  tbe  places 
of  registration,  and  to  preserve  the  peace  at  the  polls 
on  election  day  and  prevent  fraudulent  voting. 

NOTES  FBOM  THE  CAPITAL. 


THE  ELECTORAL  TRIBMliiL 


Washington,  Feb.  13. — ^The  Investigation  by 
the  Treasury  Department  Into  tbe  exaction  of 
heavy  fees  for  tbe  collection  of  unclaimed  interest, 
which  practice  has  been  going  on  for  four  or  five 
years,  will  culmio^kte  to-morrow  m  the  arrest  of  a 
New. York  claim  agent,  and  of  a  clerk  in  the  office 
of  tbe  First  Auditor.  At  least  t5O,00U  bave  been 
collected  through  the  connivance  of  this  official  and 
the  New-York  agent.  The  department  does  not 
yet  consider  it  advisable  to  give  tbeir  names. 

By  direction  of  the  President  Col.  G.  W.  Getty, 
Third  Artillery,  is  ordered  to  relieve  Col.  Barry,  of 
the  Second  Artillery,  of  tbe  command  at  Fortress 
Monroe,  Va.,  and  the  Artillery  Sfhool  at  that  post, 
and  Col.  Barry,  on  being  lelieved,  is  ordered  to  as- 
same  command  of  his  regiment.  Lieut.  Col.  Emory 
Upton,  First  Artillery,  is  ordered  to  duty  at  the 
Artillery  School  in  place  of  Col.  James  Boberts, 
Fourth  Artillery.  Fir«t  Lieut.  John  Al.  K.  Davis. 
First  Artillery,  is  ordered  to  report  in  person  to  the 
commanding  otBeer  of  the  Artillery  School  at  For- 
tress Monroe.  Vs.,  for  speoial  duty. 

Manton  Marble  published  a  card  in  the  Daily 
Union  of  this  morning  denying  certain  statements 
of  Bepresentative  Frye  made  in  the  House  of  Bep- 
resenttotives.  He  says:  "First,  there  were  no 
New-York  politicians  m  Tallahassee  at  the  time 
mentioned  by  Mr.  Frye;  second,  Attornoy  Gen- 
eral Cocke  never  agreed  to  throw  out  the 
vote  of  Monroe  Countv ;  third.  Attorney 
General  Cocke  never  voted  tu  throw  out 
the  vote  of  Monroe  County  ;  fourth,  nobody  ever 
proposed,  and  no  member  of  the  Canvassing 
Board  ever  aereed,  or  ever  voted,  to  throw  out  tho 
vote  of  Monroe  County."  He  says:  "  When  tbe 
two  Bepublican  members  of  tbe  atate  Canvassini; 
Board  of  Florida  had  completed  their  share  of  tbe 
shamefal  partisan  fraud  which  has  now  reversed 
the  vote  of  the  people  ot  Florida — a  fraud  dsnouoced 
by  the  Executive,  tbe  Legislature  and  tbe  Judicial  y 
of  that  State  in  every  possible  way — it  wa*  perceived 
that  the  process  ot  fraud  had  been  worked  oat 
mainly  in  four  counties.  They  touk  away  ],500 
vot«B  from  the  Tilden  Electors  and  500  voles  from 
tbe  Hayes  Electors,  a  net  gain  of  about  1,000  to  the 
Hayes  Electors,  which  was  ten  times  more  than 
enough  to  overbalance  tbe  aotual  majority  of  86 
which  tbe  lower  Tilden  Elector  bad  over  tbe  higher 
Hayes  Elector,  as  shorn  upon  tbe  face  of  tbe  re- 
tarns." 

Geo.  Sherman  and  Secretary  Cameron  have  gone 
to  New- York,  to  beabaent  until  Saturday. 

Ensign  Georze  ^Pftters  is  ordered  to  the  Banger; 
Eoslen  Charles  W.  Haskell  to  tbo  Trenton  ;  and 
Mate  William  Janny  to  tbe  Navv-yard,  Boston. 
Lieut.  Boutelle  Noyes  has  reported  bis  return  home, 
having  been  detached  from  the  Kichmond,  South  At, 
lantic  Station,  on  Oct.  20,  last,  and  placed  on 
waiting  orders.  Lieut.  W.  McCarty  Little  is  de- 
tached from  tbe  Saratoga  and  placed  on  waiting 
orders ;  Ensign  0.  W.  Lowry  from  tbe  Coast  Sur- 
vey and  ordered  to  the  Thalia,  South  Atlondc 
Station,  per  steamer  1st  of  March  troia  Philadel- 
phia, and  Ensign  B.  F.  Nicholson  from  the  Hart- 
ford snd  ordered  to  tbe  Powbaun. 

The  Senate,  in  executive  sesalon,  to-day  confirmed 
the  lollowing  nominations :  K.  A.  Watts,  to  be 
United  States  Attorney  for  Wyoming  Temiory;  L. 
P.  LucKey,  Seoretaiy  of  Utah  Territory ;  John 
YounE,  Indian  Aicent  at  Blackfeet  Aseucy, 
Montana ;  H.  W.  Bineham,  Indian  Agent  at 
Wheutone  Agency,  Neb.;  G.  B.  G-  Pit- 
kih,  United  States  Marshal  for  Louisiana ; 
George  Arthur  and  W.  H.  Busk,  Assistant  Soxiieons 
iu  the  Navy;  0.  B.  Keeter  to  be  United  States 
Army  Paymaster,  with  (he  rank  of  Mfjur.  Post- 
masters: MissS.  E.  Richardson  at  Gardner,  Mass.; 
Henry  Little.  Auburn,  Me.;  B.  F.  Milliner,  New- 
man, Ga.;  Mrs.  E.  E.  Colton,  Versailles,  Ky.;  S.  W. 
Osborn,  Darlington,  Wis.;  £.  P.  Liscomb,  Lebanon, 
N.  H.;  J.  A.  Hubbard,  Lockport,  N.  Y-;  James 
Barriman;  Waterford,  N.  Y.;  H.  C.  Stevens,  Keese- 
ville.  N.Y. 

The  State  Department  bos  received  a  circular 
from  tbe  American  Legation  at  Paris,  announcing 
that  an  International  Serloultnrai  Congress  will 
be  held  at  Paris  in  1878,  on  the  occasion  of  the 
projected  Universal  Exposition.  A  committee  for 
the  oreamzation  of  tbe  cooKresa  has  been  appointed, 
which  will  meet  on  tbe  20th  of  January,  at  No.  44 
Place  Saint  Germain  des  Pris,  tor  the  purpose  of 
preparine  a  list  ot  questions  for  discussion.  All 
silk  producers  are  invited  to  communicate  the  re- 
salts  of  tbeir  observation  and  experience.  It  is 
requested  that  all  communications  be  addressed  to 
M.  Gernez,  Secretary  Eoole  Normale  Saperiente, 
Paris. 

Tbe  fimeral  of  Bear  Admiral  Bailey,  of  the 
United  States  Navy,  who  died  oti  Saturday  momine 
kst,  took  place  this  afternoon,  and  was  attended  by 
a  large  concourse  of  friends,  including  many  dls- 
linguisbed  persons  of  every  branch  of  the  Govern- 
ment. A  battalion  ot  United  States  marines, 
beaded  by  tbe  full  band,  and  nnder  command  of 
Col.  Hey  wood,  formed  tbe  escort. 


THE  NEW- JERSEY  CENTRAL. 


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AN  APPLICATION  FOB  THE  APPOINTMENT  OF 
A      KKCEIVER     TO     BE     HEARD    BY  THE 

CHANCELLOR  TO-DA-^ 

Special  Ditpateh  to  (A«  Ntvt-  York  Timet. 

Trenton,  Feb.  13. — Rumors  gamed  cur- 
rency in  this  city  this  momlng^>Mmt  an  ap- 
plication would  be  made  to-day  for  the  ap- 
pointment of  a  Receiver  for  the  New-Jersey 
Central,  and  at  10  o'clock,  when  the  Court 
of  Chancery  opened,  John  Taylor  Johns- 
ton and  others  interested  in  the  rail- 
road put  in  an  appearance  in-  the 
Chancellor's  Chambers.  Ex-Chancellor  Wil- 
liamson, Attorney  General  Yanatta.  Thomas 
N.  McCarter,  ot  Xfewark,  and  other  lawyers 
who  are  to  figure  in  the  case,  awaited  an  op- 
portunity all  day  to  have  tbe  matter  heard  by 
the  Chancellor.  At  6  o'clock  a  whispered  con- 
ference was  held  with  tbe  Court,  tbe  result  of 
whioh  was  ascertained  to  be  that  the  Chauoel- 
lor  will  not  hear  the  application  to-night,  but 
set  down  tbe  hearing  for  to-morrow  morning  at 
9:30  o'clock. 

HA0KBN8A0K  RA.1L&OAD  TROUBLES. 

Special  DitpaMi  to  the  Nev>-  York  Timet. 
Tbenton,  Feb.  13. — The  old  Haokensaok 
Ballroad  Company  gave  a  first  mortgage  bond  on  its 
road  for  tlOO.OOOin  1867.  It  was  subseqaently  con- 
solidated with  tbe  Haverstraw  extension,  tbe  name 
of  the  consolidated  companies  being  tbe  New- York 
and  New-Jersey  Bead.  The  consolidated  roads 
passed  into  tbe  hands  ot  Becelvers.  The  flOO.OOO 
bends  became  dae  on  Jan.  1,  and  were  not  paid. 
This  morning  Garret  Aoberaou,  Trustee  fjr  tbe 
nortgazees,  applied  to  tbe  Chancellor  tor  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  special  Bucetver  to  collect  the  mortgage. 
Ue  claimed  that  ibe  lien  of  the  mortgaee  on  somach 
of  the  road  as  was  owned  by  tbe  Hackensack  Com* 

Sanv  was  not  Impaired  by  the  sntMeqaent  oonsob- 
atlon.  Chancellor  Williamson  resisted  tbe  appli- 
cation. The  Chsnoellor  ordered  tbe  Receivers  to 
keep  their  aocoonta  so  as  to  show  the  amount  due 
the  Hackensack  Boad:  that  a  Master  be  appointed 
to  ascertain  the 'amount  wUob  shoald  be  paid  the 
old  company,  aad  that  the  Becelvers, pay  over  such 
amount  to  the  Tn-tee  on  aoeooat  of  the  mortgag*. 


ARGUMENT  ON  THE  LOUISIANA  CASE. 
THE   SECOND   DISPUFED     STATE    RBFEBpED 

TO  THE  COMMISSION — SPBECHBS  1  OF 
MESSRS.  M'^DONALD  AND  JKNKS,  |THE 
DEMOCRATIC  OBJECTORS,  AND  MESSRS. 
HURLBUT  AND  HOWS  ON  THK  BEI^TB- 
LICAllr  SIDE — ARGUMENT  BY  DElpiO- 
CRATIC  COUNSEL — A  NIGHT  8B8S|ION 
— THE  ARGUMENT  TO  BE  CONCLUDED  [TO- 
DAY. 1 
Special  LHtsateh  to  the  Ne\B-York  Timei.         \ 

Washingion,  Feb.  13.— The  Eleotbral 
Commission  resumed  its  labors  this  momins(  at 
11  o'clock,  all  the  members  being  present  Ex- 
cept Senator  Thurman.  It  was  known  that  he 
was  senously  indisposed,  and  ^or  a  time  it  was 
believed  that  it  would  be  neces- 
sary to  adjourn  the  meeting  un- 
til he  oould  be  present.  He  arrived 
shortly  after  tbe  opening  ot  the  session,  bow- 
ever,  and  the  business  of  tbo  day  was  pro- 
ceeded with.  The  court  room  was  densely 
crowded,  as  it  has  been  at  all  the  sittings  of  the 
Commission,  and  among  the  audience  were 
seated  nearly  all  the  well-known  members  of 
both  Houses.  The  venerable  Judge  Campbell, 
of  Louisiana,  occupied  a  prominent  place  .on 
the  floor,  appearing  as  one  of  tbe  Democratic 
counsel.  It  will  be  remembered  that  the 
Judge  at  one  time  held  a  seat  upon  the  Su- 
preme Bench  of  the  United  States.  He  re- 
signed to  cast  his  fortunes  with  the  South. 

After  Senator  Tburman's  arrival  this  morn- 
ing, Mr.  Justioe  Clifford  announced  that  tbe 
Commission  would  take  up  the  consideration 
of  the  Louisiana  case,  and  the  two  objectors 
on  either  side  should  bave  one  hour  eacb  to 
present  their  arguments.  Senator  McDonald 
and  Bepresentative  Jenks  appeared  on  the  part 
of  tbe  Democrats,  and  Senator  Howe  and  Rep- 
resentative Hurlbut  on  behalf  of  the  Repub- 
licans. Senator  McDonald  was  the  first 
speaker.  He  said  that  be  and  his  associates 
and  his  party  objected  to  the  counting  of  the 
Hayes  certifioatea,  known  as  certificates  num- 
bers one  and  three,  for  five  reasons.  The  first 
objection  was  that  tbe  Legislature  of  Louisiana 
did  not  provide  for  the  appointment  of  Elec- 
tors ;  second,  the  Hayes  Electors  were  fraudu- 
lently returned  as  elected  by  the  officers 
who  were  charged  with  the  canvass  and 
count  of  the  vote ;  third,  that  two  of  the 
Hayes  Electors  were  incompetent,  under  the 
Constitution  of  tbe  United  States,  to  serve  iu 
the  capacity  named  ;  fourth,  that  others  of  the 
Hayes  Electors  were  disqualified  by  the  Con- 
stitution of  tbe  State  ;  and,  fifth,  that  at  the 
time  of  their  appointment  Lonisiana  was  not 
enjoying  a  republican  form  of  govern- 
ment. Upon'  this  somewhat  remarka- 
ble foundation  Senator  McDonald  built 
a  very  flimsy  superstracture  of  words 
which  would  not  be  dignified  with  the  name 
of  an  argument,  and  whieh  certainly  did  not 
prove  that  any  of  the  objections  advanced  by 
him  and  his  party  were  well  founded,  either  in 
law  or  in  fact.  He  contended  at  great  length 
that  the  Louisiana  Election  law  of  1872 
superseded  and  took  the  place  of  all 
laws  previously  passed,  and  that  under 
it  there  was  no  pirovision  for  the  appointment 
of  Electors  ;  that  by  its  provisions  all  Electors 
had  to  be  chosen  at  a  popular  election.  Sena- 
tor McDonald  did  not  explain  what  his  object 
was  in  making  this  statement,  but  it  is  pre- 
sumed that  he  intended  by  it  to  show  that  the 
Electors  Brewster  and  Levisse,  who,  because 
tbey  held  Federal  ofSoes  at  tbe  time  of 
the  election,  did  not ,  meet  with  the  col- 
lege, '  and  who  were  appointed  to 
fill  tbe  vacancies  caused  by  their  own 
absenee,  were  not  eligible  to  such,  appointment, 
and  that  such  appointment  was  not  legal.  Mr. 
McDonald  next  referred  to  tbe  constitution  of 
the  Returning  Board  and  its  action  in  throwing 
out  the  votes  of  certain  polls  and  precincts. 
He  repeated,  with  much  noise  and.  bluster,  tbe 
old  and  long  since  exploded  argument  that 
there  should  have  been  five  members  of  tbo 
board,  who  shoald  represent  all  political  par- 
ties, and  that  as  there  were  only  four  members 
upon  it  at  tbe  time  the  votes  for  Electors  were 
counted,  their  action  was  void  and.  illegal. 
Referring  to  and  misqueting  the  report  made 
by  Messrs.  Hoar  and  Frye,  as  members  of  tbe 
Congressional  committee  that  visited  New-Or- 
leans two  years  ago,  he  stated  that  the  vote  of 
Louisiana  was  not  counted  iu  1S72,  not  because 
there  bad  not  been  an  honest  election  in  that 
year,  but  because  the  Returning  Board  had  not 
beeii  properly  constituted,  aud  because  it  had 
not  acted  in  conformity  with  law.  After  at- 
tacking tne  members  of  the  board  in  a  way 
which  was  neither  justified  nor  called  for,  and 
denouncing  as  a  fraud  their  notion  in  declar- 
ing the  State  for  Hayes,  Senator  McDonald 
turned  his  attention  to  tbe  Commission,  and 
in  not  very  choice  language  warned  the  i^en  tie- 
men  who  composed  it  that  tbey  were  watched 
by  the  whole  country,  and  that  they  should 
do  their  duty  without  fear  or  favor.  After 
this  Mr.  McDonald  sat  down  amid  a  some- 
what amiable  smile  occasioned  by  his  rude 
and  injudicious  attack  upon  the  Tribunal 
whose  favor  he  was  trying  to  gain. 

Mr.  Jenks  was  the  next  speaker.  He  com- 
menced by  going  over  the  worn-out  Demo- 
cratic buncombe  about  truth,  justioe,  and  the 
universal  rights  of  man.  Then  he  succeeded  in 
repeating  a  number  of  figures  of  speech  whioh 
he  had  evidently  carefully  committed  to 
memory.  Referring  to  the  refusal  of  the  Com- 
mission to  go  into  the  evidence  in  the  Florida 
case,  he  broke  into  a  eoniewbat  wild  flight  of 
eloquence.  "  If,"  said  he,  '♦  if  tbe  Governor 
of  Louisiana  had  been  taken  onboard  a  ship 
by  a  part.y  of  pirates  and  compelled  to  sign 
the  certificates  of  a  set  of  rascals  for  the  posi- 
tion of  Electors,  would  it  not  be  the  duty  of 
this  Commission  to  go  into  an  investigation  of 
the  matter.  How  much  mora,  then,"  continued 
Mr.  Jenks,  "  is  it  the  dut.v  of  the  Coi^mission 
to  investigate  the  acts  ot  a  set  of 
insidious  scoundrels,  worse  than  pirates, 
who,  imder  false  pretenses,  had  se- 
cured to  the  '  Bepublican  Electors  the 
certificates  of  Gov.  Kealogg."  After  this  out- 
burst Mr.  Jenks  went  into  a  discussion  of  tbe 
Louisiana  electiou  laws,  referring  particularly 
to  the  provisions  for  tbe  Qltng  of  protests,  and 
claimmg  that  these  provisions  had  not  been 
complied  with  by  the  loc8kl  and  parish 
election  officers.  He  then  went  through 
a  list  of  the  parishes  where,  .he 
claimed,  the  law  bad  not  been  complied 
with,  naming  among  others  East  Baton  Rouge, 
Ouachita,  and  the  Felicianas.  He  did  not  state. 
hovever,  that  by  tbe  mnrder  of  a  score  or 
so  of  American  citizens,  tbe  whipping  and  out- 
raging of  hundreds  nmre,  at  (east  4,000  votes  in 
those  parishes  were  suppressed  and  never  went 
to  tbe  polls.  He  concluded  "by  a  long  argu-' 
ment  in  which  he  tried  to  show  that  the  Eleto- 
tors,  Brewster  and  Levisse,  were  not  eligible 
to  the  positions  named. 

.Representative  Hurlbut  aaxt  spoke  on  be> 
half  of  the  Repabllcaos,  appearing  as  an  ob- 
Jeotor  to  tbe  oooatin*  of  iha  TilAen  Tote.  OAr- 


tified  to  bv  the  pretender  MoEnery.  He  argued 
very  clearly  that  no  man  could  oast  a  vote  as 
Elector  unless  he  had  received  a  certificate 
from  tbe  chief  magistrate  of  the  State  in  which 
be  bad  been  elected.  In  tbe  oase  of  Louisiana 
it  was  a  vital  question  which  of  the  two  gentle- 
men signing  the  rival  certificates '  sent  to  the 
President  of  the  Senate,  was,  in  fact 
and  law,  the  Governor  ot  the  State.  Then 
there  oould  be  no  question  that  Mr.  Kellogg 
was  that  man.  He  bad  been  repeatedly  ac- 
knowledged as  Governor,  both  by  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  bv  tbe  two  houses 
of  Congress,  and  by  the  capitalists  of  the 
world  who  held  many  millions  of  dollars' 
worth  of  the  bonds  of  Lonisiana  signed  by 
bis  hand.  Mr.  McEnery  could  certainly 
lay  no  claim  to  that  position,  for  by  the  terms 
of  the  Wheeler  compromise  he  and  his  party 
bad  given  up  all  the  idle  pretensions  in  that 
direction  which  they  at  one  time  held  or  pro- 
fessed to  bold.  If  Kellogg  ■was  Governor,  Mc- 
Enery consequently  was  not.  The  importance 
which  was  to  be  attached  to  any  certificate 
was  to  be  attached  to  those  signed 
by  Gov.  Kellogg.  After  referring  to  the  fact 
that  in  1873  the  Supreme  Court  of  Louisiana 
decided  that  it  could  not  go  behind  tbe  action 
of  the  duly  constituted  Board  of  Canvassers, 
Mr.  Hurlbut  argued  that  this  decision 
should  be  accepted  as  a  safe  preoedenfc, 
and  that  tbe  Commission  should  re- 
fuse to  examine  an.y  other  evidence  than  that 
submitted  with  the  certificates.  In  conclusion 
h3  referred  to  the  strictures  upon  the  Commis- 
sion and  tbe  Returning  Board  which  bad  been 
made  by  Messrs.  McDonald  and  Jenks,  and 
held  that  it  was  highly  improper  for  gentlemen 
speaking  in  such  a  presence  to  make  use  of 
expressions  which  implied,  even  remotely, 
that  the  Commission  would  not  act 
with  strict  justice  and  fairness  to  all  parties, 
to  all  men,  and  to  the  people  of  the  United 
States.  Every  menace  which  had  been  uttered 
against  the  Commission  was  in  accord  with  the 
very  spirit  of  intimidation,  that  very  "bull- 
dozing," so  to  speak,  ot  whioh  the  Republicans 
of  Louisiana  complained. 

Senator  Howe  closed  the  argument  on  the 
part  of  the  Republicans.  He  referred  to  the 
charges  of  fraud  which  had  been  made  by  the 
Democrats  against  the  Returning  Board,  and 
said  he  would  like  some  gentleman  who  was 
familiar  witn  tbe  matter  to  tell  him  what 
fraud  could  be  so  great  as  McEn- 
ery's  claim  that  he  was  Governor  of 
Louisiana,  and  was  authorized  to  sign 
certificates  of  election  if  Kellogg  was  ^ 
(Jovemor,  which  Mr.  Howe,  with  all  the  rest  of 
the  world,  claimed  be  was.  Why,  his  right  to 
the  office  bad  never  been  attacked  by  any  tri- 
bunal or  body,  other  than  the  White  League. 
Senator  Howe  then  went  into  an  exhaustive 
discussien  of  the  manner  in  whioh  the  last  elec- 
tion was  conducted  by  the  Democrats  in 
Louisiana,  referring  particularly  to  the  reign 
of  terror  which  had  been  established  by  the 
Tilden  agents  in  the  parish  of  Ouachita. 

At  the  close  of  his  address,  Mr.  Carpenter, 
on  behalf  of  the  Demoaratic  counsel,  asked 
that  the  time  for  arguments  be  extended  to  six 
hours  on  a  side.  Mr.  Evarts  said  he  oould  see 
BO  necsessity  for  this  extension,  and  pending 
tbe  disoussion  of  the  question,  the  Com- 
mission took  a  recess  for  three-quarters 
of  an  hour.  Wben  they  resissembled  it  was 
announced  that  the  time  would  be  extended  to 
four  hours  afld  a  half  on  each  side,  and  then  a 
further  recess  wae  taken  until  5  o'clock,  with 
the  understanding  that  tbe  Commission  Bbould 
sit  till  9. 

A  NIGHT  SESSION   WITH   CANDLES. 

The  Electoral   Commission  made  an    unsuo- 
CBSstul  attempt  at  progress  with  the  arguments 
this    evening.    The    time  ot  counsel    was    ex- 
tended to  four  and  a  half  hours  on  each  side,  on 
the  understanding  that  there  was  to  be  a  ses- 
sion  of   the    Commission   till    9    o'clock    to 
finish     four     hours     of     the      nine     which 
the      new      grant     of     privileges     provided 
for.       The    concluding  five  hours  was  to   be 
taken  to-morrow,  so  that  the  Commission  could 
bave  the  case  on  Thursday  morning.      Such  a 
course  would  insure  the  decision  of  the  Louisi- 
ana case  before  the  end  of  the  present  week. 
The    Commission     met     after     recess    at    5 
o'clock,  and  Mr.  Carpenter  opened  the   Dem- 
ocratic argument.     When  tbe  evening  grew 
late    tbe  court-room  presented  a  novel  aud  pic- 
turesque scene.     The    room  bad  not  been  used 
at  night  for  many  years,  and  perhaps  not  at  all 
since  the  Senate  met  in  it  nearly  20  years  ago. 
The  Commission    has    had  already  one  or   two 
secret  evening  sessions,   but  to-nigbt,  for    the 
first    time,  the  public    was    admitted.    There 
are     no     chandeliers,    nor    gas    fixtures    of 
any  kind,    and    for    light,    about    five    dozen 
candles  in  as  many  painted  tin    candlesticks 
were  scattered  about  the  tables  and  along  tbe 
desk,    behind    which  tbe     Commissioners  are 
seated  in  a  row,  and  three  or  tour  were  set  like 
beacons  on  the  high  shelf  which  serves  the  pur- 
pose  ot     a  reporter's  gallery.    The    candles, 
of    course,     gave      but     a    dim     light,     and 
the    room     abounded      in     deep     shadows, 
as        impenetrable       as       the       Democratic 
revolutionists.       Mr.     Carpenter      spoke     till 
6:20,    and  then  complained  of   being  unable 
to  see,  and  of  being  made  sick  by  the  smoke  of 
the  candles,  and  he  plead  so  tenderly  with  tbe 
Commission  that  a  postponement  was  ordered 
till  to-morow  at   10  o'clock.     Mr.    Carpenter's 
excuse  was  probably  valid  enough,  though  he 
seems  a  healthy  aud  rugged  man,  and  quite  able 
to  endure  as  much  as  Senator  Morton,     Justice 
Bradley,  and  Justice  Clifi'ord,  who  are  old  and 
not  very  strong  men,  and  tbey  sat  in  tbe  candle 
smoke  till  9    o'clock  not  long  since.    Tho  un- 
charitable suggest    that    Carpenter,   who  has 
about  40  minutes  more  to  speak,  has  concluded 
his  argument,   and  will  spend  the  remaining 
time  in  making  a  display  ot  oratorical  pyrotech- 
nics.       This     he     desires    to    let     off     when 
the  room  is  crowded,  and  there  being  out  few 
persons  present  to-night,  except  the   lawyers 
and  tbe  Judges,  the  .time  was  not  propitious, 
nor  to  bis  taste.    I»Ir.   Carpenter  spent  some 
time  in  attempting  to  explain  to   the  Commis- 
sion that  they  are  a  legislative  bod.y.     He  then 
quoted  and  expounded  Louisiana  State   laws. 
He  presented  the  case,  and  concluded  that  be 
did  not    care   a   fig     what    the   decision    of 
the  Commission  micht  be  on  the   points  made, 
because  if  they  decided  one  way  it  would  throw 
out  all  the  Electoral  votes,  and  if  tbey  decided 
tbe  other  way  it  would   throw  out  two  or  three 
Hayes    Electors,   which    he    remarked    would 
equally  well  answer  the  purposes  of  this  case. 
Carpenter  made  a  rather  elaborate  effort  to 
show  that  Electors  are  Federal  -and  not  State 
officers.    He  was  put  in  an  unpleasant  predica- 
ment by  a  question  Irom  Senator  Edmunds  as 
to  the  provisions  of  tbe  Constitution   that  the 
President  shall  commission  all  officers  of  the 
United  States.    Carpenter  flippantly   disputed 
that  there  was  such  a  provision,   and   when  it 
was  shown  to  bim  acknowledged  that  he  didnot 
know  it,  but  still  be  adhered  to  his  argument. 
In  the  beginning  Mr.  Carpenter  took  pains  to 
dedare  that  he  did  not  appear  as  the  oounsel  of 
Samuel  J.  Tilden.    He  bad  voted  against  him, 
and  would  T«ta  accainst  bim  again.    He  ap- 


peared as  the  counsel  of  10,000  disfranchised 
citizens  of  Louisiana,  for  mone.y,  of  course, 
though  he  did  hot  sa.y  so.  This  is  not  the  first 
time  Mr.  Cari>enter  has  appeared  as  counsel  for 
L*ni8ia|Ba  people,  disfranchised  or  otherwise. 
He  is  on  record  as  having  received  |3,000  from 
Gov.  Kellogg  for  services,  the  value  of  which 
IB  not  stated.  It  is  charged  that  the  13,000 
was  increased  to  i(5,000.  Carpenter  bemg  re- 
tained as  Kellogg's  counsel  while  the  investi- 
gation of  the  State  election  was  going 
on  in  the  committee  of  which 
Carpenter  was  a  member.  Afterward,  for 
some  unexplained  reason.  Carpenter  made  a 
different  report  from  what  was  exoeoted,  in 
which  be  undertook  to  bave  over  half  the  peo- 
ple of  Louisiana  disfranohiBed.  He  did  not 
mention  these  things  in  his  speech,  nor  refer  to 
sundry  letters  of  his  whioh  would,  it  is  said, 
upset  his  pretended  anxiety  about  disfran- 
chising 10,000  citizens  of  Louisiana. 

It  is  tbe  intention  of  the  Commission,  in 
suite  of  the  forced  adjournment  to-night,  to  sit 
to-morrow  till  the  arguments  are  oouclnded. 
There  are  seven  hours  and  a  half  remaining, 
under  the  agreement  to  extend  the  time,  but  it 
la  quite  possible  the  Republican«ounsel  will 
not  use  all  the  time  to  whioh  they 
have  the  right.  Only  those  points 
which  relate  to  the  ineligibility  of 
Electors  are  regarded  as  needing  much  argu- 
ment. The  Democrats  can  gain  nothing  in  any 
other  part  of  their  case,  unles§  the  ruling  in 
the  Florida  oase  is  reversed  and  evidence 
other  than  that  sent  to  the  Commission  from 
the  joint  meeting  be  received.  The  Commis- 
sion, no  doubt,  intended  in  the  former  decision 
to  cover  all  the  disputed  States,  and  therefore 
the  arguments  of  Carpenter  and  Trumbull 
will  be  more  expensive  than  useful  to  the 
Democratio  cause. 


Sk, 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  COMMISSION. 


The  Electoral  Commission  convened  at  11 
A-  M.  to-day  to  hear  the  argument  m  tbe  case  of 
Louisiana.  All  the  members  were  early  in  their 
places,  with  the  exception  of  Senator  Thurman, 
whose  prolonged  absence  rendered  it  neoessarv  to 
proceed  without  bim.  Tbe  minutes  of  the  previous 
session  were  read. 

Mr.  Justioe  Clifford  announced  the  three  certifi- 
cates that  were  before  the  Commission  nnder  ob- 
jection. For  convenience  be  said  they  had  been 
numbered  one,  two,  and  three,  and  objectors  to 
nnmbets  one  and  three  would  lirst  be  beard. 

Senator  McDonald,  for  tbe  Democratic  side,  be- 
fore begintiing,  requested  that  tbe  proceedings  be 
delayed  a  few  moments,  until  Senator  Thurman 
could  arrive,  and  inqmred  also  as  to  the  rnle  of  the 
Commission  In  case  of  the  nbsence  ot  a  member. 

Mr.  Justice  Clifford  replied  that  no  rule  was  set- 
tled in  regard  to  it,  only  in  case  of  physical  inabil- 
ity to  attend  measures  may  be  taken  to  fill  the  va- 
cancy. 

Senator  McDonald  said  be  understood  that  Sen- 
ator Thurman  had  been  ill  for  some  days. 

Senator  Edmunds  said  it  did  not  seem  to  bim  that 
tbe  Commission  was  }astided  in  waiting  in  the  ab- 
sence of  a  single  member  of  the  Commission  at  the 
present  stage  of  affairs.  There  were  only  16  work- 
ing days  left  in  the  month,  and  it  seemed  to  bim 
important  and  their  duty  to  proceed.  Of  coarse,  in 
case  of  tbe  Senator's  illness  the  vacancy  must  be 
filled,  bat  without  any  evidence  of  his  illness  tbe 
Commission  should  proceed. 

Senator  Bayard  here  stated  he  had  sent  a  message 
to  the  room  of  tbe  committee  of  which  Mr.  Thur- 
man was  Chairman  to  Inaaire  of  the  Clerk  in  refer- 
ence to  the  Senator's  absence. 

Pendmg  the  interval  that  ensned  while  the  mes- 
senger  was  on  bis  way,  Mr.  Evarts,  of  cocmsel  for 
the  Bepublican  side,  called  the  attention  of  the 
Commission  to  certain  laws  of  Louisiana  which  were 
not  in  the  eompilation  '  before  the  court,  and  then 
the  messenger  arrived,  bringing  word  that 
Mr.  Thurman  was  aufferine  with  netiralgia,  but 
would  attend  during  tbe  day.  The  Presiding  Jus- 
tice then  put  tbe  question  whether  the  Commission 
shoald  proceed,  and,  tne  question  being  carrieo. 
Senator  McDonald  was  invited  to  express  the  views 
of  the  objectors  to  the  certificates  numtiers  one  and 
three. 


SPEECH  OP  SENATOR  McDONALD. 
Senator  McDonald  said  : 

Mr.  Prbsidbnt  and  Gentlemen  of  the  Commis- 
sion :  The  oeriificates  announced  by  tbe  Presiaent 
as  first  under  consideration  embraco  the  Electoral 
votes  cast  for  Hayes  for  President  and  "Wheeler  for 
Vice  President.  Ii  tbe  evidences  contained  in  these 
certificates  are  the  eridences  provided  for  in  the 
Constitution  then  they  are  to  be  counted.  To  con- 
stitute them  the  votes  provided  for  in  tbe  Constitu- 
tion tbev^must  bave  been  cast  by  Electors  wbo  are 
eompetent  and  who  have  been  appointed  Electors  in 
tbe  manner  prescribed  by  tbe  Legislature  of  the 
State.  Tbo  objections  that  were  made  to  tbe  evi- 
dences embraced  in  these  certificates  are,  first,  that 
the  Legislature  did  not  provide  the  manner  of 
tbeir  appointment;  second,  that  they  were  I'saud- 
ulently  returned  by  the  officers  entrusted 
with  tbe  canvass  and  return  of  the  voteo^; 
third,  that  two  of  them  were  iocompetency 
under  the  Constitution;  fourth,  that  others  of  tbem 
were  disqualified  irom  acting  by  tbe  Constitution  |. 
and  laws  of  the  State  of  Louisiana;  filth,  that  at 
tbA  time  of  tbeir  appointment  tbe  State  of  Louisiana 
did  not  bave  a  Government  republican  in  form. 
With  respect  to  tbe  laws  of  the  State  aathorizing 
the  appointment  of  Electors,  I  shall  call  tbe  atten- 
tion of  the  Commission  to  the  statutes  which  bave 
heretofore  been  enacted,  and  which  are  understood 
to  stand  still  upon  the  statute  books.  It  will  be  foimd 
in  the  Sdoeion  Laws  ot  1863  that  a  soeoial  law  was 
enacted  for  the  appointment  of  Presidential  Elec- 
tors, and  tbat  this  special  law  was  re-enacted  in 
the  Bevised  Code  of  1S70. 

T\io  speaker  then  irave  a  detailed  history  of  the 
legi&latlon  on  tbe  subjects  ot  elections  iu  Louisiana, 
showing  that  a  revision  of  tbe  statutes  was  in 
progress  whUe  laws  were  passing  in  tbe  Legisla- 
ture. Continuing,  he  said  :  Tbese.acts  embraced  in 
tho  revised  statutes  are  tbe  revision  of  tbe  law 
compiled  by  authority  ot  tbe  Legislature,  and  to 
tuke  efiect  by  its  wUl,  and  at  tbe  same  session  iu 
which  It  acted  on  revision  it  was  passing  Ittws. 
Its  ses^on  acts  wore  from  day  to  day  coii- 
sidered  and  passed  by  if,  ana  in  contempla- 
tion tbat  there  mit^ht  be_  confiicts  between  these 
session  aAts  and  this  revised  code  that  was  oeing 
prepared,  viey  declared  the  force  and  effect  of  tbeir 
session  acts  as  well  as  with  respect  to  those  revised 
statutes;  spit  is  not  to  be  said  tbat,  when  they 
passed,  this^  act  was  restricting  tbe  operation  and 
efi'ect  of  tbe  revised  statutes,  that  notwithstanding 
tiiat  the  reidied  statutes  contained  the  last  will 
of  tbe  Legis^ture  made  tbe  last  of  April,  or  at  a 
later  period  than  tbe  passage  of  this  law. 
I  bave  not  tisne  to  elaborate  this  proposition,  and 
can  but  state  it  for  the  consideration  of  tbe  Commis- 
sion ;  but  if  it  bad  tbe  efiect  which  the  law  of  the 
Legislature  desired  that  it  should  bavo,  the  ae^  of 
1&50  then  went  upon  the  statute  book  as  the  election 
law  of  1870,  and  provided  tbe  mode  and  manner 
which  the  State  desigcea  to  carry  into  effect  the 
provisions  of  Ibe  CoBsiiintion  with  reference  to  her 
right  and  authority  to  appoint  Electors.  If  the 
section  of  tbat  law  to  which  I  bave  called  ynur  at- 
tentiou  fully  covets  this  question,  and  in  point  of 
fact  it  was  so  con8idet«d  by  tbe  autbonties  of  the 
IState  of  Louisiana,  and  when  tbe  election  for  tbe 
appointment  of  Electors  in  1872  took  place,  the 
election  took  place  unuer  the  special  acts  of  1870, 
both  of  election  and  tbe  returns.  Theactof  186d, 
carried  forward  Into  tbe  revised  statutes,  was  ig- 
nored ana  the  act  of  1870  was  the  one  regarded  as  in 
toice,  and  was  so  rej^arded  nntil  tbo  20tb  day 
of  November,  1872,  when  another  act  was 
passed.  Ton  will,  perhaps,  take  notice  ot  tbe  fact^ 
judicially,  tbat  at  that  time  the  Lsgislatare  of  tbe 
State  of  Lomsiana  was  not  in  session.  Tbe  act  had 
been  passed  at  the  previona  session,  bat  bad  not 
been  signed  bv  the  Governor,  and  was  not  signed 
by  him  until  the 20th  ot  November,  1872.  This  he 
wuB  dutburizea  to  do  under  thoiCoustitation,  and  tbe 
law  took  efi'ect  from  tbe  date  of  his  signature. 
Tbe  first  aecQon  declares  that  tbe  elections  therein 
pcovmed  shall  be  styled  the  General  Elections. 
Tbe  seventy-first  section,  wbidb  is  tbe  repealing 
clause,  is  as  follows : 

"That  this  act  shall  take  eSuot  <rom  and  after  its 
passace,  aud  all  others  on  the  tiuLij&ct  of  Kiectiou  law 
be,  and  tbe  same  are  hereby,  r<:pea>ed." 

This  unqut'Stionably  repealed  tbe  session  act  of 
1870.  It  is  an  act  on  the  sxme  subject  torooebout, 
so  tar  as  the  general  elections  of  the  State  of  Loais- 
iana  ore  concerned,  bat  it  omits  -  to  make  any  ap* 
pointmeot  of  Electors.  Section  29  is  tbe  only  one 
that  makes  any  reference  to  iha  subject  of  Presi- 
dential Electors.    It  is  as  follows  : 

"  That  in  every  y«ar  in  which  an  electieD  shall  be 
held  for-  Electors  of  President  and  Vice  Piysideut  of 
the  United  states,  tucb  an  election  shall  be  held  at  tbe 
time  &i.ed  by  the  act  or  Couere&s." 

And  it  follows  tbat  such  elections  staonld  be  held 
tmder  the  provisioos  cf  ttiis  aut.  Ton  will  see  by 
comparing  this  section  with  the  one  I  have  already 
qnotea  on  the  the  seesiou  acts  pf  1870,  that  while 
it  refeu  to  Presid«ntial  Electors  and  tbeir  appoint- 
ment It  makes  ao  orovisioo.u  the  other  act  aoet.for 


their  election  or  appointment  If  the  act  of  1S6}^ 
stood  aaafiiacted  by  tbe  Leeulatare  of  1670,  thea: 
this  section  would  leave  something  to  apply  t  •,' 
bnt  the  Session  laws  of  1870  repeal  tbe  act  of  186S. 
Then  this  act  could  not  be  held  to  apply,  for  there 
can  be  no  question  but  what  tbe  act  of  1870  in  tela 
was  repealed  by  this  act  of  18^  If  theprovlsiuud 
had  not  been  snob  as~  wonld  brio'.- 
them  In  conflict  a  repenling  olanse  of 
tbe  act  of  1873  unquestionably  embraoea  ir. 
Again  I  may  state  that  tbe  authorities  of  Lou^ 
isiana  regard  the  act  of  1872,  afUd  tbe  amendments 
sabseaiientlv  made,  as  the  only  laws  in  force  regu. 
Uinne  the  election  of  all  officers,  and  of  all  persons  j 
and  if  it  coold  be  held  that  under  this  twenty-sixtb 
section,  and  tbe  reference  there  may  be,  tbert* 
might  be  held  an  elsction  for  Electors— if  thai 
could  be  held — it  leaves  this  difficulty  yet  nnpr  j- 
vided  for.  and  tbat  is,  tbat  there  is  not  any" 
where  in  the  act  of  1870,  or  in  the  acts  of  1872  and,' 
tbeir  amendments,  any  provision  whatever  for 
filling  vacancies  in  the  Electoral  Colleges  except 
by  election.  No  other  provision  exists  m  either  o'^ 
these  laws  for  filling  vacancies  ot  this  class  exce;  jt 
by  pooalar  election. 

Now,  as  the  fact  was  tbat  the  officers  in  char  g? 
of  the  administration  of  the  laws  tn  the  State  u^  .. 
Louisiana  with  respect  to^er  elections  did  Uol<t 
the  election  under  the  act  of  1872,  I  proposa 
to  consider  .in  what  manner  they  hel'l  it. 
The  powers  and  duties  of  the  Ketuming  OlHoers  oi 
the  State  are  defined  in  sections  3  and  2G  of  ti:^ 
act  of  1872.  First,  however,  as  to  tbe  constituti.  u 
of  this  board,  the  section  provides  that  five  pers<^u^,' 
to  be  elected  by  the  Senare  Irom  all  political  parp.es,' 
shall  be  the  Returning  Officers  for  all  elections  ia. 
the  State,  a  majority  of  whom  shall  constitute  » 
quorum,  and  shall  have  power  to  ipake  returns  oi 
all  elections.  In  casffof  any  vacancies  bydoa*b, 
resignation,  or  otherwise  of  either  of  tbe  board, 
then  the  vacancies  shall  be  filled  by  vha 
residue  of  the  Board  of  Ketuming  Officers."  Von 
will  see  that  the  board  herein  provided  consists  o' 
five,  and  tbat  in  its  political  cast  it  shall  represent 
all  the  political  parties:  and  if  a  vacancy  occnis, 
the  remainine  members  of  the  board  shall  fill  it 
This  is  a  very  peculiar  statute — a  very  sinonlai! 
law.  Here  aboard  organized  with  powers  over  ilia 
election  returns  of  all  elections,  is  made  perpetu- 
al, with  a  power  within  itself  to  effect  tha^  perpt-. 
tuitv.  "When  once  established  the  power  bos  gon  a 
oat  from  the  State  authorities,  from  the  peupii-, 
fiom  all  popular  control  into  the  hands  ot  thesa 
men,  and  ihey  coctinue  to  go  on,  on,  on.  lorever. 
Now  let  us  see  what  construction  has  beeb  eive:v 
to  those  powers  heretofore ;  and  I  will  nrst  ciT 
your  attention  to  the  report  made  by  tbd  Sana'.,; 
Committee  on  Privileges  and  Elections,  datted  Fe'o. 
10,  1873,  submitted  by  Senator  Morton,  Chairm.-.nl 
The  following  language  is  used:  "The  Statu  to* 
ot  Louisiana  antborized  the  Supervisor  of  Regie  ir:i. 
tion  in  tho  parishes,  or  tbe  Commissioners  of  Elec- 
tion, to  make  affidavit  in  regard  to  any  violeuoL-, 
fraud,  or  hrioery,  by  which  a  fair  election  has  bem 
prevented,  which  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Retur.i.- 
ing  Board  alonz  with  the  retutm,  ana  uoou  whicli 
the  Rerurning  Board  may  reiect  the  votes  ot  tlio 
poll  in  making  the  coant;  and  if  the  evidencrj  ot 
the  officers  of  the  election  is  not  snfficipnn 
to  satisfy  the  minds  of  the  Reiuraiii;; 
JtJoara  in  regard  to  the  matter  charged,  they  um 
authorized  to  send  for  persons  and  papers,  aad  u. 
take  further  lestiiiuony  upon  the  matter,  but  thuY 
bave  no  authority  to  make  such  Investigariou, 
unless  the  foundation  is  first  laid  by  the  swori'j 
statement  ot  tbe  officersof  election  just  before  me;/, 
tloned."  Also  in  the'  Hotue  of  Representatives  ti  ^a 
committee's  report  was  made,  signed  by  IIo:,s. 
George  F.  Hoar,  William  A.  Wheeler,  and  W.  P. 
Frye,  members  of  said  committee.  They  repoii  aa 
length  sections  numbers  3  snd  26.  Mr.  Mclioju.d 
read  tbe  sections  which  authorized  tbe  ibrowin;r  out 
of  votes  in  Iccalities  where  violence  occun  ed,  an  i  pre- 
scribing  the  mode  of  proceeding  m  sucbicases,,tb-.-  ,;vi- 
dence  of  eucn  violence  to  accompany  the  ruturu 
made  to  the  Canvassing  Board. 

Commissioner  Thurman — is  there  any  evidenco 
before  us  that  they  thiew  out  returns  that  wora 
not  accompanied  by  certificates  ? 

Senator  McDonald — I  shall  call  tbe  attention  of 
the  Commission  before  I  am  through  to  what  I 
claim  to  be  evidence  upon  tbat  subject.  Nunv. 
then,  what  do  we  propose  to  show  m  regard  to  tlio 
action  of  this  Returning  Board  J  Prom  the  voces 
actually  cast  at  the  lace  election  for  the  appuint- 
ment  of  Electors  in  Louisiana,  tbe  Democratic  Eli>» 
tors  received  majorities  ranging  from  5,300  to  S.^JP 
on  the  face  of  the  returns.  As  retnmed  by  th  a 
Supervisors  of  Regiatration  to  the  Board  i  f 
RerumiDg  Officers  their  majorities  ranged  fro  x 
3,459  to  6,405  votes  actually  returned  to  them  by  tua 
Returning  Officers.  But  by  their  canvass  and  i;e- 
turns  and  their  certificates  they  certified  a  major  ,i  v* 
in  favor  of  these  men,  who  have  cast  this  v  jie, 
ranging  from  3,427  to  4,800.  There  you  have  iiia 
whole  affair  ana  condition  of  the  election  in  Louis- 
iana at  onco  presented  before  you.  A.  ljir;;ii 
popular  m^jonty  is  returned  one  way,  and  that 
popular  majonty  ia  reversed  by  the  action  of  tius 
Board.  We  say  there  was  actiial  fraud  conjmitted 
by  tbem  aa  follows:  In  the  first  place,  uhey  cl;<l 
not  undertake  to  canvass  and  compile  tbestaie- 
ments  of  evidence  made  by  tbe  Commis&ioneri<  of 
Election.  They  threw  them  on  one  side  and  toui; 
the  statement  of  votes  made  by  tbe  Supervisors^ 
of  Registration  and  considered  tbem,  and  theiaj 
alone— that  is,  as  far  as  it  suited  their  ptr-i 
poses,  for  tbey  did  not  follow  that  ru!o 
ail  tbe  time,  and  under  the  operatiun 
of  that  rule  they  threw  out  the  votes  of  Grant  i'ai'-.' 
ish  entirely.  Tbese  statements  of  the  votes  n:  ado.; 
by  tbe  Commissioners  of  Election  were  before  tiiam 
brought  by  the  United  States  Supervisor  oif. 
Election  for  that  parish.  But  the  Supervisor  ot 
Registration  had  not  maae  a  reiutn.  That 
is  all  there  was.  There  was  no  etutt-' 
ment  of  violence,  intimidation,  or  fraud.; 
We  claim  tbat  to  accompUsb  tbeir  purposes  tbcdo 
men  rejected  69  polls,  embracing  22  pdrisbes  in. 
whole  or  in  part. 

Now  there  is  one  other  consideration,  can  thi,? 
Commission  look  into  these  questions  i  Where  is., 
th»  evidence  of  it  ?  We  say  it  has  been  taken,  .  ha  a- 
tbe  evidence  in  support  of  this  char{;e  of  fraud  aii  il' 
Illegality  will  be  found  in  the  investigation  ma;'.(i' 
first  by  the  Committee  on  PrivileEes  ana  Eiectioi  is,; 
also  tbe  House  committee  appointed  to  Invostiij  tie 
the  reeent  election  in  Louisiana  and  the  action  of. 
tbe  Returning  Board  of  tbe  State  in  reference  tti  ere- 
to.  We  say,  then,  that  these  steps  have  alr-iaUy 
been  taken.  Can  you  look  at  tbem  1  JBLave  j'oa  n 
rlcbt  to  consider  them?  The  speaker  cout^nuevi 
that  the  Commission  could  exercise  all  the  powers 
possessed  bv  the  two  houses  of  Congre.s8,  acting' 
separately  or  together,  and  to  determine  and.  deciao 
■whoiher  any  and  what  votes  Irom  the  State  of  Li.a-' 
isiona  are  the  votes  provided  for  by  the  Cuns.itu/j 
tion  of  the  United  States,  and  how  many  and  wbAJI 
persons  w«re  duly  appointed  Electors  lu  sacbbt»i.i.! 


V  ARGUMENT  OF  MR.  JENKS. 

'  Representative   Jenka    next    addressed    tin 

Commission,  an  abstaot  of  whose  speech  follows  : 

By  the  organic  act  under  which  this  tribunal  ia  con<i 
stituted,  and  the  decision  which  has  been  rendereo 
thereon  and  adopted  by  the  bouses,  tbe  princi^jiu 
has  been  established  that  the  houses  of  Cun;£ie^g 
shall  count  the  votes.  That  being  fixed  as  a  iac; 
from  which  to  start,  the  inquiry  is,  what  is  impii-iU 
in  the  "couuting  of  votes  J"  Oountiugauy  >;ivta 
thing  implies  two  dift'oreut  actions  of  the  iuiu:l, 
the  manner  of  designating  and  determinins  to  ti:ii 
that  the  tbina  to  be  counted  is  eanerically  ot  il.u 
kind  tbat  is  to  be  cjiunieo,  and  the  countiug  is  itit> 
act  of  enumeration  or  finding  the  result  from  iho.->H 
acts  ot  determination.  To  tnrow  oat  either  wurcl 
from  the  sentence  that  tbe  votes  sh.'iU  bfi 
counted  would  be  to  destroy  its  sense,  and  when  i» 
power  is  conferred  by  tbe  Constitution  (and  i>orr< 
we  will  assume  tbat  tbe  Constitutiun  has  said  Lur.t 
the  houses  of  Congress  shall  count  the  vote=)  evei  y 
power  ib  necessarily  implied  to  perform  tbat  pow.  r, 
ana  when  the  power  is  granted  and  the  emergen  .-.y 
arises  when  that  power  should  be  executed,  ijja 
execution  of  tbat  power  becomes  a  duty  and  ihat 
omergenc.v  has  arisen.  If  the  act  of  Coneress  :iixyt 
that  the  Executive's  certificate  tball  oo 
the  only  evidence  received,  tben  the  quirsi- 
tion  ot  determining  tbe  legality  of  ibac 
goes  with  it.  because  here  are  two  lecislativu 
bodies  of  a  great  nation.  They  are  required  to  at- 
test by  (heir  journals  a  fact  which  is  to  go  dowu 
throuEh  all  mstory,  as  a  truth  over  tbeir  own  hii:- 
natorea,  and  no  power  on  earth  can  say  that  you. 
shall  put  upon  those  journals  tbat  which  j'ou  and 
everyone  else  knows  to,be  false;  so  that  iberj. 
can  be  no  such  thing  as  blinding  the  eycj.  '■ 
I  wish  to  call  the  attention  of  the  Cod  A' 
mission  to  this  other  point.  It  has  bee  a.' 
farther  assumed  tbat  ibis  is  a  judicial  tribuo  ii. 
I  am  unable  to  agree  in  that  view.  It  is  legislative, 
esseuviallv — nothing  more,  nothing  less.  J.'ha 
United  States  says  to  her  two  booses  of  Congressj 
tbat  "the  certificates,  true  and  false,  being  opened,' 
you  are  required  to  go  and  trntDfally  count  tuosti! 
which  are  t;«nuine,  and  repudiate  those  that  arm 
false; "  and  it  is  the  nation  doing  it  for  herself ;  it  is 
not  for  parties.  This  discussion  has  been  somo-i 
what  depreciated  in  its  curracter,  in  that  it  has  beeu 
sometimes  assumed  that  this  is  a  contest  between 
parties.  It  is  not  tbat ;  bnt  it  ia  forty-five  nitliioua 
of  people  speaking  tor  themselves  tbroagh  their 
representatives,  and  saying,  ' '  Ton,  for  me,  count 
these." 

Here  are  two  certificates  present,  each  of 'which 
represent  eight  Electors;  each  of  which  bears  tba 
seal  of  tbe  State ;  each  of  which  bears 
the  signature  of  tbe  Governor.  Now.  shall: 
both  be  counted  ;  shall  either,  or  shall  neither  Ii 
in  ask  whether  both  ahallnot  ba  counted,  what  ia, 
the  response?  The  response  is,  in  tbe  language  ofi 
the'  Coustitucion,  verv  simple,  very  short;  botb 
cacnoti  be  counted,  because  the  Constitutlou  pro- 
vides that  the  number  of  Electors  shall  be  equ-ti  to' 
thb  whole  number  of  Senators  and  Rspresectaiiriea 
to  which, each  State  may  be  entitled  in  Congres.s. 
Tben  tbe  Constitution  (at  once  meets  you.  becansa 
the  number  is  prescribed  therein,  and  both  canaut 
be  counted  rot  that  reason.  Bat  tne  Constitaiion,! 
in  tbe  vtxy  identical  clause,  fixes  the  uthei 
qualifications  as  to  the  manner  of  their  choosing,' 
and  as  to  tbe  q  oaliflcations  tbat  tbese  men  shall  | 
have  in  ordei'  tbat  tbey  shall  be  choseiL  Nuw< 
if  you  settle  so  peremptorily  and  speedily  when  ihetj 
Constitnlioa  meets  you  In  reference  to  the  nnmber,j 
have  you  a  right  on  some  mau's  oeriiflbate  to  sayi 
tbat  .vou  will  ponder  a  while  wbethes 
you  will  recognize  the  Constitution  as  ta 
the  loanner  or  as  to  the  qualification  ?  Tni 
answer  saould  be  equally  prompt.  As  the  Legisi<« 
tures  of  those  States  direct  is  tbe  manner,  ana  thil 
qualification  Is  that  uo  person  holding  an  o&oe  ol 
trust  or  profit-under  tbe  United  States  shall  oe  up 
pointed  an  Elector.  If  either  oae  eonAirms  to  tbe  Ui( 
of  the  land  in  all  its  e8s«n(lal  partloolan,  ttaatu  m 


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SCDidas.  If  eltlier  tAila  to  isonform  to  th*  law 
^  itM  land  in  thosp  particalaTa,  that  Is  filie. 
In  reference  to  the  MoEnery  oertifloate,  or  oertlfl. 
cate  So.  2,  «•  It  has  been  deaiKnated  by  the  board. 
We  olaia  and  are  prepared  to  prove  that  theae 
pieotpn  were  elaoted  in  the  manner  prescribed  by 
*he  State  of  Loniaiana  t  second,  we  are  prepared  to 
trove  that  the  Eleotors  that  are  oertifled  to  by  Mr. 
Kelloftu  were  not  elected  In  conformUy  with  the 
laws  of  LoaiB,lana.  "We  are  also  prepared  to  prove 
that  In  parsnaoce  of  the  statatea  of  the  United 
States  the  one  waa  elected  on  the  7th  of  November, 
fttsd  the  other  was  not  elected  naQl  the 
Btb  of  Beoamber,  so  :  that  afflrmatlTe  law, 
In.  addltivi-  to  the  -  Conatitntlon,  will  be 
In  fovor  of  coon  tine  certificate  No.  2. 
Wa  aare  also  prepared  to  show  that  thoie  who  claim 
QBder  certiQcate  2fo.  3  voted  and  exercised  their 
Mght  of  office  on  the  day  preaeribed  by  law.  Tliat 
is  a  very  enenttal  point,  and  in  this  respect  certlfl- 
tsate  No,  3  la  in  precise  conformity  with  law.  Cer- 
ttflcates  Soi.  1  aod  3  lack,  first,  the  qaaliflcations 
that  ibey  are  not. elected  io  pursuance  of  the  mode 
prescribed  by  the  lieinslatare,  and  were  not  elect- 
ed oa  the  day  prescribed  by  act  of  ConereBS. 
Vftk  propose  to  prove  that  the  certificate,  as  signed 
by  GroT.  KelloEe,  was  procured  tbroagh  the  frandu* 
lent  acts  of  the  Betamioe  Board.  But  it  may  be 
objected  that  we  have  no  right  to  inqnire  into  that. 
n  Conjpress  compelled  to  certify  to  what  la  known 
to  be  false,  and  transmit  it  in  to  history  in  that 
way  I  Has  the  State  of  Louisiana,  Florida,  or  any 
»ther  Statdthe  right  to  pat  in  the  food  we  all  eat 
of,  iwison,  and  require  us  to  eat  it  f  Tbe  (Jovem- 
ment.  until  the  votes  are  opened  in  the  House,  has 
no  opportunity  to  know  whether  it  is  food  or 
poison,  ana  if  a  S:at«  violates  the  Coostl- 
ration  of  .the  ITnited  Stat«a  by  torc^  we 
will  call  a  million  men  to  arms  and 
wash  her  to  the  earth  ;  On«i  if  by  &aad,  we  will 
iake  the  poison  and  let  the  nation  die.  Is  tbat  true, 
or  IS  it  false  t  This  nation  is  prepared  to  gnara 
against  fraud  as  she  has  force.  Suppose  the  cercifl- 
sate  of  the  Governor  bad  been  procured  by  a  band 
of  bnccaneers  sailintt  np  the  nver  to  New-Orleans, 
who  oapcared  him  and  took  him  aboard  and  forced 
Mm  to  siirn  his  ssme  to  ihe  certificate — would 
yon  hesitate  a  moment  to  inqnire  into  tbatt 
And  Ifi  instead  of  that,  a  band  of  more 
insidious  scoundrels  deceives  him  and  induces  him 
to  sizn  tbat  certificate,  does  that  render  it  the  more 
saered't  Mr.  Jenks  claimed  that  tbe  vote  actually 
east  wa^  in  tavor  of  Tilden  Electors  by  a  ma- 
jority ol  6,000  to  9.000.  The  papers  that  passed 
into  the  bands  of  the  Betuming  Board  were  only 
•pbemeral ;  they  were  not-made  records  for  preser- 
ration,  and  after  they  had  passed  Into  the  bands  of 
Ike  board  no  one  knew  What  became  of  tbem. 
Tbe  law  provides  no  place  for  their 
pr^seirvation,  and  they  are  %nly  used  for  the  tem- 
porary ipurpose  of  canvassine.  But  there  is  re- 
corded evidence  by  wblch  yon  contest  the  veracity 
of  the  acta  of  this  fietnrnlns  Board.  The  only  evi- 
dence preserved  nnder  the  Mw  ia  this : 
That  the  Commissioner  of  Bjection  shall 
file  his  statement  with  tbe  Supervisor  of 
Jte^istration  in  duplicato.  and  the  Saoervisor 
of  Kesistratlon  shall  make  bis  Statement  in  dupli- 
cate, one  fiaalW  passing  to  the  Clerk  of  the  court 
of  the  pariah  and  the  other  to  this  Beturnine 
Board.  Ttiat  of  the  Betornine  Board  la  tempora- 
xy,  the  other  becomes  a  standing  muniment  of 
title.  Then  tbe  only  mnolmenta  of  title  tDat  are 
placed  on  record  in  that » State  are  in  tbe 
elvil  courts  of  record.  Bat  the  result  was 
Changed  in  some  way.  It  was  changed  so 
tint  a  certiflcAte  Was  givtn  by  (icy.  Kellogg  and  it 
wks  done  l^  the  exclndine  of  13,236  r>emooratic 
Votes  and  !2,178  BeoaOlican  votes,  a  aiffarence  of 
11,053.  It  has  already  Deen  elaborated  before  tbe 
CommiSBioD  that  wbere  there  is  a  protest  filed,  if 

the  law  be  oonatitatlonal,  there  Is  power  on  the 
establishment  of  certain  facts  to  exclada  cer- 
tain votes  of  certain  polls.  Kow  this  is  a  law 
eoDf6iTiiit>  special  jorisdiotioD,  and  is  one 
where  it  must  receive  a  atric^  construction. 
In  order  to  obtain  Jansdiction  there  mast   be  a  pro- 

tes*  filed  by  the  Saperviaor  of  BeglstratloD,  if 
there  be  any  intimidation  or  fraad  darine  the  period 
of  the  respatratlon.  fie  has  no  power  to  file  a  pro- 
test with  reference  to  viofenoe  or  anytbiDi;  of  the 
kind  on  election  daj — only  dtiring  the  registration 
knd  the  revi'iion  ot  tbe  registration.  But  the  Com- 
gaissloners  of  Election  on  election  day  may  file  pro- 
t^ts  because  of  fraud  or  violence.  Now,  if 
it  be  nut  sbown  by  one  of  these  parties 
Thete  iSDO  power  to  inqoire  concerning  it,  and  if 
inquiry  be  maae  it  ia  nsorpacion,  and,  m  addition 
to  tbatj  we  will  prove  it  la  a  fraud.  Then,  with  this 
preliibinary  statement,  and  also  this  protest,  there 
Binst  ba  a  duplicate  in  conn  in  order 
tbat  there  may  be  a  prosecution  by 
the  Diatrlct  Atcorney,  if  there  be  any 
criminality  attached.  If  there  be  no  dnpboate  filed 
In  codrc  there  is  no  Jurisdiction.  I  may  uow 
state  that,  except  in  the  Parishea  of  Baa- 
Bier  and  Concordia,  there  was  hoc  a  single 
protest  in  a  single  parish  ot  Louisiana. 
The  law  of  Louisiana  reqaires  that  the  oarLib  ofiS- 
cers  shall  be  citizens  of  tbe  State,  and  yet  in  Bosaia 
Parish  a  man  nAmed  Clover,  who  waa  appointed 
Supervisor  of  Befcistration  in  East  Baton  Kouge 
was  a  citizen  of  Misaissiopi,  and  held  two 
offices  there  until  the  l.tt  of  January,  1876, 
whereas  it  requires  one  yeai's  residence  in  Louisi- 
ana to  become  a  citizen.  He  was  appointed  Saper- 
■visor  of  East  Baion  Rouse  because  it  was  known 
that  fb&t  pariah  was  becoming  strongly  Uemo- 
ci'atic.  CloDS  havn  been  organized  there  in  which 
there  were  from  500  to  700  colored  voters,  and  it  be- 
came necessary  to  put  mis  parish  under  the  charge 
ot  an  approbriaio  Sapervieor  of  Begiatra- 
tion.  This  man  filed  no  protest  with  tbe 
Clerk  of  tbe  court,  and  none  is  found  on 
fUe^  and  is  so  proved  by  tbe  testimony. 
Then,  ibis  Supervisor  nf  Begistration  of  East  Baton 
Souse  threw  out  1,14?  votes,  makioe  a  cbanse  of 
1.1^  in  that  parish.  That  was  before  it  came  to  the 
£eiarning  Board.  Mr.  Jenka  then  enumerated  the 
'^tfiterEBt  parishea  and  gave  a  list  of  the  namber  of 
,voce3  thrown  out  in  each.  J  wane  yoa  to  take  this 
fact  into  coo8ideration,  that  the  acting  Governor  of 
the  State  is  a  Repnblicao.  He  appoints  the  State 
'Saperviaor  of  Beeixtration.  He  also  appoints  every 
Supervisor  in  the  Stace  and  the  :jaDerv|sora 
of  registration  appoint  every  Commissioner  of  Elec- 
tion in  the  Sfate.  The  colored  Supervisors  of  Reais- 
tration  were  all  Bepablican — that  1?.  geDerall  Ke- 
puolicao  ;  I  believe  there  were  one  or  two  excep- 
tiona.  !Nuw,  every  aiagle  nilstake  that  was  mane 
happened  to  go  one  way,  and  we  snggest  the  possi- 
bility that  tbsro  rnieht  be  a  design  in  it,  because  it 
teems  to  me  conclusive  evidence  of  design. 
If  a  claim^Qf  for  an  otiice  has  a  right  to  come  belore 
this  board  and  allege  that  he  la  elected,  of  coarse 
his  opponent  bns  a  ri^hs  to  come  and  deny  that 
allegation,  t^e  then  find  every  element  constitut- 
ing a  cuurt,  every  judicial  characteristic  in  all  Its 
particular?,  and  yet  the  Consticutipn  savs  and  the 
law  of  Louisiana  aavs  that  all  Jadiolal  powers  shall 
be  vested  in  certain  courts,  apd  that  none  shall  be 
exercised  by  any  other,  and  yet  these  parties 
claim  that  a  certain  man  may  come  irom  the  State 
and  file  a  protest  in  (he  case,  and  I  say  that,  if 
There  waa  a  protest  by  tbe  officers  tbat  claim  to  ^e 
elected,  there  was  no  protest  at  all  as  contemplated 
by  this  act. 

There  are  certain  persons  who  are  alleged  to  be 
Qlsqtialifled.  A.  £,  Levisse  and  0.  M.  Brewster  wa 
allege  are  dlsqaalihed  under  the  Constitution 
oi' tne  TJni  ted  Scales.  v9'e  wilt  prove  that  Levisse 
was  a  Commissioner  appointed  by  a  certain 
eoort  of  the  United  Staces  holding  at 
the  time  of  the  election.  .  We  will 
prove  that  ilri  Brfewster  waS  Surveyor  of 
{he  land  district  for  .the  State  of  Louisiana.  He 
swears  himself  tbat  three  or  four  days  after  tbe 
election  he  wrote  a  letter  of  reaigoaiinn,  asking 
tbat  it  might  take  effect  as  of  the  4ch  of  Novem- 
ber. This  was  written *on  the  10th  or  lltb  of  No- 
vember. It  Wiis  received  In  Wishington  the  18th, 
and  on  the  23il  he.  received  a  reply,  accepting  his 
resignaticn  as  of  the  4tb.  Hence,  on  tbu  day  of  the 
election  be  was  diaqoailfled  from  holding  the  office, 
and  as  we  decided  so  promptly  tbat,  when  the  nam- 
ber  is  limited  by  the  Constitution,  it  is  our  duty  to 
decioe  equally  promptly  tbat  the  disqaaliflcatiou  is 
binding  equally  upon  us. 

The  disqaallflcation  of  tlie  Constitution  does  not 
extend  to  tne  officer  alone,  bat  goes  down  and  per- 
vades tbe  whole  connCry.  The  Elector  who  casts 
bis  vote  for  a  disqualified  person  does  the  same  as 
tboagb  he  case  a  blank  vote,  for  he  is  as  mdch 
bound  by  the  Constitution  as  is  tbe  officer  to  be 
elected.  The  supreme  fundamental  law  raling 
everv  citizen,  from  the  lower  to  the  higher,  and  a 
disqualification  made  it  equivalent  to  the  absolute 
Hot-voting  for  the  party  who  threw  a  vote  for  a 
Qonstitutionailt  disqualified  man.  Tbat  is  tbe 
yrfeyr  we  take  ot  that.  Then,  with  refer- 
chce  t'O  tbe  other  ol&cers,  we  find  that 
J.  A.  Birch  was  a  State  Senator  from  Louisiana. 
BV  tbe  provisions  of  the  Constitution  of  the  State 
Hi  Louisiana  It  is  provided  that  no  person  shall  hold 
any  two  offices  ander  the  said  state,  excepting  those 
©f  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  notary  public.  Mr. 
■Birch  was  a  State  Senator  prior  to  tbe  election,  and 
continued  so,  as  we  will  prove,  up  to  this  date.  By 
lioldiiig  that  wWch  he  held  before  then,  the  dis- 
qualifications of  the  State  Constitution  render  the 
vote  of  a  citizen  and  the  vote  of  Birch  the  same  as 
it  not  cast.  He  was  not  elected  even  if  he 
blkd  a  inalority  of  votes.  Morris  Marks,  another 
of  the  Electors  was,  prior  to  the  election.  District 
Attorney  for  the  distiiot  in  which  the  Parish  of  Sr. 
fames  i.i  and  continues  to  hold  down  to  thia  date, 
fie  is  disqualified  bv  the  Constitution  of  the  State. 
We  will  itlso  show  tbat  Oscar  Jefterson  was  Super- 
'fvisor  of  Eesistration  from  Point  Coupee  Parish. 
Be  is  disqaalifiea  by  the  Constitation  of  the  State, 
and  also  aiaqualifled  by  this  present  enactment : 
Sicause,  in  lue  Eegistraiionlaw,  section  13,  yon  will 
(find  that  a  Snpei  visor  of  Kogistration  is  expressly 

Idisqaalified  from  being  a  candidate  for  an.y  office 
jvoieil  for  daring  tbe  time  of  his  offloiatinfe  as  Saper- 
Wsor  of  Begistration.  The  proviso  is  Ihtt  no  Super- 
.TiBor  of  Begistration.  appointed  nnder  this  act,  no 
tflerk  of  sach  Supervisor  of  Begistratiou  abail  be 
[eligible  to  any  office  of  election  when  such  officer 
Ib^uiates.  So  there  la  an  express  statute  disquslifi- 
eation  with  reference  to  him,  and  we  will  prove  that 
lio  was  acting  or  connected  clear  through  as  Supar- 
.vlsbr  of  the  election  of  the  Parish  Point  Coupee. 
rW^e  will  show  that  in  addition  to  this,  prior  to  tbe 
tiieeiing  of  the  Betnrning  Board,  there  was  aiele- 
Ctiib  sent  bv  John  Bay,  who .  was  the  attorney  for 
the  Eetarniiig  Board,  and  went  throaj^b  all  its  seS- 
iionu,  public  and  private,  in  which  he  makes  tne 
Joiiowingetafcelnent: 

y.  R.  Wat,  WasMttiiton. 

"  The  returns  to  date  leave  a  majority,  throwinit  out 
Slve  parishes." 

That  is  dated  Nov.  16,  before  the  Betnrning 

Buard  aiet,  showing  that  tbe  attomev  whom- they 
Selected  to  discharge  the  functions  of  tbeir  advisor, 
stated  in  advance  tbat  five  districts  were  to  be 
•brown  out.  "We  will  corroborate  that 
Uv  predictions  made  from  another  source.  On 
.Me  17tU  ot  November,  1876,  J.  B.  G.  Pitklns 
lUnited  States  Marshal,  telegraphs  to  J..R.  West : 
''Our  Northern  friends  stand  firmly  by  n\  The 
Eeiomiag  Board  will  hold  its  own."  This  shows 
khat  there  was  no  reliance  on  the  vote*  of  the  poo- 

£ie  but  their  hopes  centred  in  the  Beknm- 
jE  Board-  Th»a  tbe  attention  of  the  board, 
Mras  called  to  the  fact  that  it  was  their  duty  to  flU 
(Uie  board  and  to  deliver  them  from  suspicion. 
SWyhooy  knew  that  prior  to  this  these  men  had 
bMB  EOllt^  of  doina  disboneat  acta  with  retexence 
W  to?  «l»otJon.  The  liiT  wja  Uld  befbre  thwn. 
mUr  idmltted  it  wfe>  tha  law.  bat  rabintttiad  ttut 


they  oonid  regard  or  dtcregard  a  dtareotov*  lav  as 
tbey  pleased.  Their  attention  wa«  aUp 
called  to  the  fact  with  reference  to 
making  tbeir  oompllations  itnm  the  stat^pieat  of 
votes.  They  made  in  violation  of  tbe  law  tbeir  i«- 
tarns  from  the  SapervisoTs  of  Beglatratloii,  and 
thereby  threw  out  the  whole  Panah  of  drany,  and 
exoladed  the  statements  which  were  not  retntned 
by  the  Supervisors  of  Begistration,  by  which  they 
made  3,900  difierence  in  their  action.  History  will 
iudge  and  will  know  the  truth,  and  we  are  asking 
now  the  simple  truth,  tnat  the  great  moral  law  of 
the  universe  may  be  permitted  to  sblne  upon  this 
transaction  and  clear  oat  ail  this  poUntlon.  and  let 
our  eonntry  be  free  from  the  usgraoe  ot  being 
poisoned  by  ;the  act  of  this  vile  Betuming  Board. 

SPEECH  OF  MB.  HUELBUT. 
Mr.  Hnrlbnt  followed.  He  said  :  Mr.  Presi- 
dent I  wish  that  my  mind  oonla  be  relieved  of  the 
difference  of  opinion  expressed  by  the  several 
members  who  objected  in  advance  of  me,  and  tbe 
important  question i could  be  determined  either,  aa 
claimed  by  Senator' McDonald,  that  this  is  a  Indi- 
olal  tribunal,  or,  as  <  claimed  by  Mr.  Jenks,  of  the 
House,  that  it  is  a  legislative  tribunal.  Tbe  judi- 
cial power  is  limited  by  '  the  Constitution 
and  r  yon  r  certainly  possess  not  that.  The 
legislatire  power  '  is  equally  limited  by 
the  Conatitntlon  *  and  yoa  certainly  possess 
not  tbat.  I  apprehend  tbat  tbe  duty  of  this  Commls- 
sloQ  is  to  determine  the  laws  as  a  oomtaittee — ^If  I 
may  call  it  so — appointed  by  the  twcTfabuses  to  de- 
termine .!■  npon  certain  questions  which  have 
arisen  t  with  regard  to  this  Presidential  elec- 
tion, and  that  this  committee,  -  or  this  Com- 
mission, it  supposed  to  pass  npon  these  questions 

in  conformity  to  well-settled  and  regnlarly-estab- 
llahed  law,  'and  not  at  all  in  conformity  to  any 
vague  suggestion  of  matter  which  is  before  the 
record,  which  is  among  the  things  committed  to 
you  by  the  "Vice  President,  and  which  already,  if  I 
understand  the  decision  of  the  Commission,  are 
barred  by  tbe  decision  made  in  tbe  Florida  case. 
Now,  I  am  here  in  the  discharge  ot  n  duty  that  has 
been  oast  upon  me,  to  do  two  tbings.  to  object  to 
tbe  papers  known  as  "No.  2' — the  Mc- 
Enery  certificate.  Tbat  may  be  done,  ^s  I 
understand  it  in  two  ways :  Pirst,  by  showing  that 
tbe  certificate  itself  is  not  good  ;  second,  by  show- 
ing that  MoEnery  himself  la  not  Q-ovemor.  That 
is  an  attaokiog  process  to  the  certificate  and  to  the 
title  of  tbe  man  who  gives  it.  Again  the  attack 
may  be  made  jdst  as  well  by  supporting  by  law  and 
tbe  evidence  tbe  existence  and  legal  effect  of  the 
other  counter  certificate,  purporting  to  be  given  by 
William  P.  Kellogg,  and  the  establishment  of  the 
Government  to  the  satisfaction  of  this  Committee 
and  ot  the  world  tbat  William  P.  Kellogg  is  and 
was,  at  the  time  when  tbat  cartiflcatecWas  given, 
tbe  only  legal  and  recognized  Grovernor  in  the  State 
of  Louisiana.  Fortunately  there  is  an  abundance 
of  proof  upon  that  question.  There  ia  no  Governor 
that  has  held  office  in  theae  TTnited  States  tnat  ia  so 
abundantly  bolstered  up  by  proof  of  his  existence 
as  a  Governor.  Here  Mr.  Hnrlbnt  stated  the  many 
ways  in  which  Kellogg  bad  been  recognized  as  Gov- 
ernor of  Xronisiana — by  the  State  itself,  by  the  Pres- 
ident, by  the  Senate  and  the  House  of  BepreseDtatives. 
Continuing  he  aaid :  The  committee  of  the  House 
known  as  the  Loaisiana  Committee,  which  has 
been  referred  to  b.y  Mr.  Jenks  in  his  srgament,  re- 
ported certain  resolutions.  On  the  Journal  of  the 
House  of  Kepreseatatlyes,  page  603  of  the  session 

1874-5,  this  resolntlon  appears : 

Betolved,  That  WUUam  Pitt  Keilog.^  be  recognized  as 
the  Governor  of  the  btate  of  Louisiana  until  tne  end  of 
the  term  ufofflce  fixed  by  the  C^stltution  of  tbat  State. 

That  resolution  waa  adopfed  by  a  vote  of  165  to 
89.  This  same  committee,  of  which  Mr.  Wneeler 
and  Mr.  Hoar  were  members,  were  anxious,  ai  all 
tme  men  ought  to  be,  to  nut  an  end  to  tbe  bad  state 
of  tbings  which  contossedly  prevailed  then  in 
Louisiana,  and  to  that  end  they  undertook, 
at  the  rrquest  of  tho.ie  parties  (John  Mc- 
Enery,  this  contesting  Governor,  being  one,) 
to  make  an  award  wblch  was  to  be 
carried  ont  by  certain  changes  by  resignations  on 
the  one.  side,  and  putting  intn  office  on  tbe  other,  in 
the  Legislature  of  that  State.  Tbat  award  was 
made  by  them,  and  in  pursuanee  of  tbat  award  the 
Legislature  of  Louisiana  passed  a  resolution  by 
which  they  agreed  tbat  tbe  tenure  ot  office  of  William 
Pitt  Kellogg,  daring  the  time  for  which  be  had 
Deep  elected,  and  uatil  his  saccessor  should  be 
appointed  should  not  in  anj  way  be  interfered  with 
by  tbat  Legislature  of  tbe  State  of  Loaisiana  in  cnn- 
aideratiun  of  ibia  award.  Now,  I  will  come  back 
first  to  the  qneation  of  his  election.  In  1872  the  con- 
test was  between  John  McEnpry  and  William  I'itt 
Kellogg  for  Governor.  Gov.  Warmoth,  who  under- 
took to  mauinulate  more  things  tha.n  he 
could  carry,  endeavored  to  complica&e  the 
matter  by"  Iweaftiog  up  the  legal  Boaid 
of  Betnrning  Officers  which  existed  uuuer 
The  act  of  1870,  and  to  create  a  board  of  oreatares 
of  hia  own.  So  that  in  fact  at  tbat  election  of  181i 
there  were  two  conflicting  boards  of  Betnrning 
Officers  of  Election,  one  ot  them  known  aa  tbe 
Lynch  Board  and  the  other  as  the  former  board. 
Now,  tbe  coart  ot  the  St!ita  ot  Loaisiama  ba^  set- 
lied  tbat  question.  Tbe  Supreme  Court,  in  the 
twenty-fifth  annual  reports,  in  the  case  of 
The  State  ex  rel  Attorney  General 
against  Wharton  ana  others,  repders  thia 
decision  on  page  14  :  ''  It  ia  therefore  oraered  and 
aojudged  that  the  Board  ot  Beturning  Officers  com- 
posed, ice,  &,c,  was  the  legal  Betnrning  Board  of 
the  officers  of  election  in  Loaisiana."  And  that  was 
the  board  by  whoso  certificate  of  election  Kellogg 
derived  his  title. 

Now,  if  It  be  true  that  William  Pitt  Kellogg  was 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Loaisiana  on  the  6th  of 
December,  1876,  it  is  manifeatly  true  that  John  Mc- 
Enery  was  oot,  and  whatever  virtue  or  value  in  tbe 
way  of  evidence  this  Commission  may  attach  to  the^ 
certificate  of  a  Governor  mast  be  given  to  the  Gov- 
ernor, who,  by  election,  recognition,   and  all   other 

iieps  known  to  tbe  law,  w.ii  at  tbe  time  aotaal 
Governor,  and  not  to  a  mere  pretender  who  retired 
from  that  aonteat  by  his  own  will  in  1874,  and  has 
not  in  any  way  undertaken  to  assert  or  exercise 
any  possible  control  over  the  offloo  ot  Goyernor  of 

that  State  from  that  day  to  thia. 

Agalo,  1  call    the   attention   of  the   committee  to 

the  peculiar  wording  of  tbe  certificate  given  by 
McEuery.  He  was  careful  as  tar  as  ne  could  not 
to  oummit  himself  to  a  statement  of  esaential  faco 
as  appearing  by  evidence.  Ibis  is  a  certificate 
that,  "  Tbe  following  is  a  tme  and  correct  list  of 
tbe  names  ot  the  Electors  of  President  and  Vice 
President  of  the  tTnlted  States  for  the  next 
ensuing  regular  term  ot  tbe  regular  offices  thereof, 
being  the  Electors  duly  and  legally  appointed  by 
and  tor  the  State  of  Louisiana,  baring  each  received 
a  majority  of  the  votea  caat  for  Electors  in  the  elec- 
tion of  the  State  of  Looitiana,  held  in  accordance 
with  law,  this  certificate  being  turmsbed,  as  di- 
rected by  law.  by  tbe  executive  authority  of 
the '  State  of  Louisiana."  Tnere  is  no  record 
there  of  any  source  known  to  the  law 
from  which  he  derives  his  recognition.  There  is 
no  reference  to  any  returns  on  file  in  his  office,  be- 
cause he  had  no  ofBce.  He  bad  no  retams.  He  bad 
no  Secretary  of  State.  He  had  no  man  in  all  Louis- 
iana who  would  come  forward  and  verify  the  seal 
of  tbe  State  and  the  signature  of  the  Governor, 
by  aigning,  "Bv  the  Governor;  So-and-so.  Secre- 
tary of  State,"  Now.  tni*  brings  me  to  consider 
what  are  the  evidences  that  ordinarily,  in  the  regu- 
lar coarse  of  law  in  all  cases  of  elections,  come  up 
before  a  canvassing  or  det;:rminiDg  triounal  1  i^es 
any  one  contend  tor  a  moment  tfaattbia  Commia^a 
either  has  the  power,  the  authority,  or  the  means, 
or  time  to  purge  the  election  in  Loaisiana ;  to  pass 
through  the  whole  system  aa  it  was  Uia- 
played  there  on  tne  7th  day  of  Novenber; 
to  examine  into  every  roll,  or  even  to 
rsad  tbat  mass  of  balderdash  under  the  name  of 
evidence  tbat  ia  sent  up  here  and  halt  of  which  la 
yet  unprlnted  }  la  It  not  true  that  thia  Comniiasion 
IS  exercising,  to  a  certain  extent,  a  political,  not 
a  jadicial  power,  and  that  you  are  exercising  U  as 
ail  political  bodies,  determining  bodiea,  pass  npoa 
elections,  not  npon  tbe  very  facts  that  may  have 
taken  place  away  down  to  tbe  r;-motest  poll  p^  the 
dlfl'erent  parishes,  but  npon  the  regular 
returns  of  the  officers  constiiuted  for 
tbat  purpose  and  sent  "forward  to  it. 
Now,  it  was  stated,  and  stated  correctly  by'the  dis- 
tingmsbed  counsel  who  argued  another  caue  before 
thia  tribunal  [Mr.  Mathews,  |  tbat  an  election 
necessarily  consists  of  certain  steps  moving  for- 
ward. Now,  where  you  have  a  commupity  in  which 
general  education  Is  diffused,  and  in  whieh  there  is 
a  general  desire  to  maintain  fair  dealing  and  bui>- 
port  tbe  law — as  prevails  fortunately  lu  most  of  the 
States  of  this  Union;  but  unfortunately  uot  in  Louis- 
iana—then the  election  processes  begio  from  the 
buttons,  then  commences  in  tbe  eommanity  the  low- 
est possible  subdivision  of  political  power,  and  the 
people  themselves  are  fit  te  be  trusted,  and  ought 
to  be  trusted,  with  tbe  power  of  determining  iu 
those  little  local  communities,  undfer  tbe  inspec- 
tion of  their  neighbors.  Who  shall  be  judges 
of  their  election.  So  we  h;»ve  and  oau 
have  lodges  of  electiofi,  and  from  that  baais  tbe 
election  processes  go  up  by  retorus  fTom  township 
to  oooncv.  trom  county  to  distinct,  from  district  np 
to  the  State  Canvassing  Boards,  and  in  every  one  of 
those  processes  the  subordinate  tribunals — every 
one  of  them  election  tribunals — have  and  ex- 
ercise the  power  properly  meant  by  the 
power  of  making  returas.  Tney  are  Be- 
turnipg  Officers.  In  Loaisiana  there  baa  been  a 
deliberate,  settled,  persisteat  resolution  to  crush 
out  b.v  violence  and  force  all  tboae  tbings,  no  mat- 
ter What  they  were,  -whioh  stood  in  the  way  of  the 
party  that  sought  to  make  itself  dominant  by  force, 
when  it  was  not  dominant  by  numbers ;  and  thus 
the  Legislature  commenced  iu  1868  by  first  creating 
a  sort  of  Beturning  Board,  consisting  o±  the  Governor 
and  certain  otticers,  and  using  a  Judge  for  the  par- 
pose  of  determining  tbeab  facts  of  intimidation,  and 
having  constituted  thein  Judges  tbey  make  them 
the  filial  jiiuge  and  only  tribunal  whioh  hks  tho 
right  to  give  a  prima  fikcie  cartificato  of  election  for 
all  elections  held  in  the  State,  aiid  the  question 
gravely  reaolvea  itself  back  to  this  :  Whether 
the  Presidential  election  ot  1876,  m  which  cert.Mn 

gersons  were  chosen  as  Electors  was  aa  election 
eld  within  tbe  State  of  Louisiana.  If  it  waa.  then 
these  men  have  jfUriadictiori.  Now,  the  election  of 
Eleotorii  in  LoniE^ana  ataoas  npon  two  statutes. 
There  is  one  8tata(0>ta  the  Bevlaed  Code,  which  la 
on  the  question  of  elections,  which  maites  tbe  pro- 
vuioa  that  in  ©very  year  (section  14,  p.  110)  in 
which  an  election  shall  be  held  for  Electors 
such  election  shall  be  held  on  the  Tuea- 
dar  next  afb&r  the  first  Monday  in  the  month 
of  November,  and  such  election  sliall  be  held  and 
conducted  in  tbe  manner  and  form  provided  by  law 
for  general  and  State  eleotionf.  N07,  there  is  an- 
other law  l£  the  Kerised  Staiui  -s,  on  page  551,  sec- 
tion 2.823.  It  is  simply  a  repetition  of  section  1,410, 
and  aecllton  2.824  proceeds  'to  direot  the  man- 
ner m  which  tbey  shall  vote,  and  sections 
2,826  and  2,827  and  others  relate  to  a 
special  mode  of  return  provided  by  that  law.  Now, 
1  apprehend  tbat  in  considering  the  eSect  of  stat- 
nte4  that  are  elaimed  to  repeal  tbe  one 
or  the  other,  the  ficat  question  la  aa  to  what 
the      probable     Intent     and     meanu^g     of      the 


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file  l«0alat«ra  ofl/niisuna  ta.Mpeal  tbe  right  of 
tha  people  to  caat  their  votea  for  Electors  fot 
Presiaent  ahd  Vlee  Preaident.  tThr  f  Because  It 
la  iacoiuisteQt  with  the  actnal  state  of  things  tbat 
bafi  prstrailed  sinte  that  time ;  t&e  there  baa  been  a 
Fneidentlal  eleotioo  held  alnoe  toat  in  187S,  aqd 
taeld^  by  this  .tame  prooeM  of  votmg  by 
the  people.  There  has  b«en  •-  Presiden- 
tial election  held  In  '  1876,  and  tbat: 
held  in  the  same  maimer  and '  by  the  same  process 
of . ascertaining  tbe  choice  of  the  people  in  the- 
matter  of  appointment  of  Electors,  so  that  tbe  oon- 
■tmotion  to  be  derived  b.v  the  usage  of  the  Govem-t 
ment  itself  ia  against  the  theory  of  repeal.  And, 
besides,  there  cornea  in  another  great  princi- 
ple of  interpretation,  that  laws  repeal 
only  BO  much  of  the  preceding  law 
as  IS  inconsistent  witbthe  one  to  be  enacted«  ana 
hence  It  has  been  held  In  practice  in  Louisiana,  and 
nndoubtedly  IS  the  clear  law  of  the  case,  that  tbe 
repealing  act  of  1870-2  creating  this  Beturning 
Board,  only  interfered  with  the  act  In  regard  to 
Presidential  Eleotora  so  far  aa  to  do  away  with  tbe 
speoial  tribunal  provided  under  tbat  prior  act  and 
to  submit  that  election  and  all  other  elections  held 
In  tbat  State  to  the  arbitrament  and  determination 
of  this  Board  «f  Betnrning  Officers.  Now,  I  may 
perhaps  be  pardoned  in  saying  thit,  whatever  may 
be  the  amplitude  of  the  power  committed  by  theae 
statutes,  under  the  will  of  tbe  people  ot  Louisiana, 
to  ibis  Board  of  Beturning  Officers,  whatever  may 
be  the  peril — and  I  can  see  it — of  giving 
00  large  a  jurisdiction  to  any  board,  the  thing 
whioh  was  behind  it  and  the  cause  of  it,  tbe  cause 
of  the  enactment,  is  infinitely  worse,  and  deserves 
the  condemnation  ot  every  man  who  loves  his  conn- 
try  and  believes  in  the  rights  of  tbo  down  trodden 
and  tbe  oppressed.  For  I  say  bere,  from 
some  knowledge  of  tbe  facts  and  close 
investigation,  that  tbe  history  of  Loulsiaha 
since  tbe  reconstruction  has  been  nothing  more 
nor  less  than  a  aeries  of  deliberate  attempts  to  over- 
throw existing  law  bv  force;  that  tbe  old  Anglo- 
Saxon  method,  by  which  existing  evils  are  corrected 
in  the  form  of  law,  never  seems  to  have  entered  into 
the  imaginaitop  of  tbat  'hot-headed,  raah,  and  im- 
perious people;  they  have  adopted  rather  the  Latin . 
form  that  ibeir  neighborhood  to  Mexico  would  in- 
duce— sounding  pronunoiamentos.  revolution, 
— followed  no  by  torced  loans  npon  tbe  com- 
merce and  '  industry  of  the  country,  to  support 
an  illegal  and  irregular  armed  force  In  breaking 
down  tbat  which  the  Constitation  and  the4aw8  give 
to  tbe  people  of  that  State,  and  therefore  tbe  board 
With  all  its  powers  came  into  existence.  Mr.  Hurl- 
but  then  argued  tbat  the  Commission  could  not  go 
behind  the  action  of  tbe  board. 


SENATOR  HOWE'S  ADDRESS. 

Senator  Howe  then  addressed  tbe  Commission  on 
behalf  ,of  the  Bepublican  objectors.    He  taid  : 

I  am  somewhat  mortified,  having  been  assigned 
to  speak  In  support  of  ObjecCion  No.  4,  to  find  how 
very  small  a  thing  it  is.  But  wo  respectfullv 
object  tbat  you  shall  not  count  tbe  votea  tendered 
by  MoEnery  and  his  associates.  First,  becaase  you 
have  no  evidence  that  they  were  directed  by  tbe 
Legislature  of  Louisiana  to  vote  for  President, 
and  you  ought  to  have  such  evideiice 
before  yen  receive  them.  The  statutes  of 
tbe      United      Statea      require    yoa    to    have    it. 

No  man  can  hare  bia  vote  as  Elector  counted  for 

PrSaident  and  Vice  Preaident  unleas  bia  right  so  io 
vote  Is  certified  by  the  Governor  of  the  State.  Xbeee 
gentlemen  who  adjure  you  to  accept  the  votea  ten- 
dered bere  by  McEuery  do  uot  seek  to  deregate 

from  tbe  aatbority  of  tbe  TTni led  Statea  at  all.  Cbcir 
effort  ia,  you  find,  to  elevate  John  McEnery  himself 
to  the  dignity  of  Governor  of  Louisiana,  and 
so  you  find  him  certifying  as  Governor 
of  that  State  to  llie  authority  of  that  Board  of 
Electora  at  the  head  of  which  yoa  tlnd  bis  own 
name.  There  is  a  practical  dimcalty  wbich  im- 
perils the  success  of  that  ofibrt,  and  it  ia  this  : 
John  MoEnery  was  not  in  November  laat  and  never 
was  Governor  of  Louisiana.  How  do  we 
know  that!  Why.  simply  because  we  are 
rational  beings  and  as  such  we  sre  now  boond  to 
know  it.  But  I  do  not  content  myself  merely  with 
the  propositions  that  we  arc  bound  to  take  judicial 
notice  of  who  IS  Governor  nf  the  State;  we  are  not 
bound  to  take  this  sort  ot  notice;  but  ever.v  mem- 
ber of  this  Comraission  ha*)  belped  to  give  Do'ice 
and  ban  served  ni-tice  to  the  world  tbat  John 
McEnery  was  not  Governor  of  Louisiana  and  that 
Kellogg  waa.  When  a  committee  of  one  house  of 
Congress  went  to  Loaialflfaa  u  few  years  ago,  and 
undertook  i»  compose  that  Stale  by  compiling  a 
Government  for  it,  no  saohwalico  as  John  McEaery 
got  into  that  patch-work  flinotber  man  was  recog- 
nized as  the  Governor  of  Louisiana  then  and  there  ; 
and  yet  this  man  cornea  here  now,  in  these  laat  few 
days,  and  undertakes  to  certify  to  the  right  of 
men  to  vote  for  President  and  Vice  President 
in  tbe  name  of  Loniaiana,  I  have  heard  sumetning 
said  here  this  morning  about  fraud  and  corruption. 
Do  you  know  or  have  you  heard  of  an.y  indication 
of  fraud  anywhere  or  in  anybody  so  complete,  so 
bold  and  paloable,  as  tbia  attempt  of  John  McKoery  , 
to  paaa  biajseit  not  oni.v  upon  thia  high  Com  Uii3i>iun, ' 
but  upon  the  nation  itself,  aa  Governor  of  Louisana. 
I  will  uot  spend  more  time  on  McEnery,  but,  as  I 
have  aaid,  you  have  already  determin<-d  on  another 
man  to  be  Goveinor  nf  Louisiana — Kellogg-  For 
four  years  pa!>t  William  Pitt  Kellogg  has  presided 
oyer  tbat  State  and  been  recognizt^d  as  its  lawtul 
Governor.  When  tbe  pretensions  of  both  men — 
Kellogg  and  McEnery — were  before  the  House, 
one  certitying  tbat  Spencer  was  entitled  to  a 
seat  and  another  ceriii.ying  that  Morey  was  en- 
titled to  a  seat,  the  House  of  Bepresentaiives  said  : 
"  We  know  Kellogg,  but  we  do  not  know  McEuuTy, 
therefore  Morey  shall  take  bis  seat  In  tbe  Mouse 
and  Spencer  must  stand  back."  The  President  more 

than  once  has  recognized  Kellotig.  .He  Is  the  man 
who  has  signed  the  enactmonte  of  the  Legislature 
or  has  refused  to  Sign  tbem,  and  performed  all  the 
other  functions  pertaining  to  his  office.  Kellogg,  I 
think,  will  pass  nere.  a-i^  elsewhere,  as  the  Governor 
of  Loaisiana  ID  Novomb'ir  last,  and  be  tells  vou  who 

were  tbe  Electors  ol  that  State  aa  elected  b.y  the 
people  in  November.  l)o  you  want  more  uvidcoce  ♦ 
Will  you  ooutradict  that  i  It  is  the  very  evidence 
Which  our  statute  tells  you  to  look  for.  I 
know  tbe  ConHtitntiou  says  tbat  each  State 
shall  appoint  the  proscribed  number  ot  Electors 
in  such  way  as  tbe  Legislature  of  the 
State  shall  direct  and  perhaps  you  may  feel  au- 
thorized to  go  a  httle  back  ot  this  certificate  uf  the 
Gi>vemor  ol  the  State  in  order  to  sec  whether  bo 
has  acted  in  accord  with  the  direction  of  tbe  Lpgis- 
lature  or  has  not,  tbat ;  in  other  wordn,  you  are 
bound,  if  the  statute  ot  the  United  States  does  not 
have  respect  for  the  authority  ol'  the  Legialaiore  aa 
clear  aa  it  ought,  you  aie  bound  to  keep  your  eye 
Upon  Tbe  Legiilatnre  of  the  State  and  see  what  it 
has  done,  and  see  if  it  haa  told  tbe  Goveruor  thai  bu 
may  say  what  bo  has  said,  or.  If  be  baa 
aaid  something  as  Governor,  wkicb  the 
Legislature  did  not  permit  him  to  say. 
If  yon  fell  called  upon  to  go  to  that  extent,  you 
will  find  that  the  officers  created  by  the  laws  of 
Louisiana  to  canvass  the  vote  of  the  people  of  tbat 

State  m  lioveniber  laat  havr  declared  that  a  ma- 
jority of  them  voted  for  the  Electoral  ticket  headed 
by  Kelloeg,  and  a  mioority  of  them 
voted  for  the  ticket  beaded  by  McEnery. 
Tod  will  find  that  board  by  the  laws 
of  tbe  State  instructed  to  canvass  tue  votes  given 
at  all  tbe  electiooe  and  to  doclare  the  result.  Tbey 
are  called  tbe  Betnrning  Officers  of  tbe  State,  and 
the  State  toils  you  in  the  most  unqualified  terms 
that  their  doturmination,  when  made  and  promul- 
Cated,  is  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  right  of  every 
man  to  hold  office  whose  right  ia  determined  uy 
their  certiflcftto,  and  if  the  State  had  not  said  so, 
you  know  such  would  bo  the  effect  of  their  certifi- 
cate, and  ia  in  law  the  eli'eut  of  such  certificate, 
given  by  every  similar  board  In  every  State  tbat  I 
know  of  in  the  Union.  Will  you  go  further 
than  this  in  that  direction  ?  I  heard  yon  Just 
now  Invited  to  go  further  still,  and  it 
is  intimated  in  that  case  some  suggestive  and 
impressive  testimony  would  be  laid  before  you. 
I  would  not  like  to  tell  you  precisely  what  you 
would  find  there  in  case  yon  did,  bntltniuk.  I  oouid 
give  you  a  little  bint  ot  what  you  would  find.  Under 
instructions  of  the  Senate  of  the  United  States  I 
have  m.yself  made  some  ioqniries  in  that  direction. 
I  differ  from  the  gentleman  who  has  preceded  me 
[Mr.  Hurlbut.j  who  thinks  tbat  an  investigating 
committee  is  a  poor  instrument  for  getting 
at  the  truth.  Well,  mv  experience  will  not  cor- 
roborate tbat  opinion.  Tbe  oomuiittee  of  tbe  Sen- 
ate wbich  went  to  Louiiiana  represented  both  po- 
litical parties,  and  tbey  went  there  instructed  to 
ascertain  if  the.v  could  whether  the  right  of  snt- 
frage  of  tbat  State  had  been  abridged  in  any 
way,  either  by  fraud,  force,  excluding  votes, 
01  a  refusal  to  count  the  yotoa  after  they 
had  been  depoaited  in  the  •ballot-box.  We 
spent  much  time  and  money  iu  this  investigation, 
not  by  way  of  ex  parce  inquiry  by  any  m-jans,  but 
we  took  np  pajisb  by  parish,  and  uid  not  quit  until 
we  supposed  we  had  every  fact  concerning  it  which 
witnesses  could  establish,  and  I  believe  when  that 
committee  closed  ita  labors  a  majority  of  the  wit- 
nesses who  bad  been  sworn  bad  been 
called  by  the  minority  of  that  committee. 
Senator  Howe,  who  is  Chairman  of  that  commit- 
tee, then  took  np  the  difiereiit  paiishea,  beginning 
with  Ouachita,  and  relateu  instances  tof  intimida- 
tion and  violence  toward  Republican  voters,  as 
proved  by  the  testimony  taken  before 
the  committee,  and  quoted  Irom  tbo 
testimony  at  great  length.  He  continued:' 
Tou  all  knoY  that  in  September,  1874,  Lunisiaua 
bad  a  government  as  regular,  as  well  Recognized, 
as  well  known  to  the  people  of  the  United  States  as 
that  of  New-'STork,  and  as  respectable  in  all  its  de- 
partments. But  an  armed  band  of  men  took  posses- 
sion of  the  streets  of  New-Orleana,  and 
suddenly — in  a  tmoment  almost — drove  the 
constituted  Governor  of  the  State  from 
his  place,  and  would  have  driven  bim  out  of  exlet- 
encs  bad  he  not  fonnd  protection.  I  know  they 
say  that  Kellogg  was  only  a  make-believe  Governor, 
Who  says  tbat  ?  He  who  says  it  in  Louisiana  or 
outside  of  Louisiana  is  not  loyal  to  tbe  law  of  Louisi- 
ana. Ail  tbe  law  and  all  the  voice  there  was  iu 
Loaisiana  said  that  Kellogg  waa  Governor  lawfully. 
After  reciting  in  detail  a  large  namber  of  the  facts 
sbown  by  the  testimony  taken  betore  tne  Commit- 
tee of  Inveatigation  in  Louisiana,  heretofore  pub- 
lished, concerning  the  killlnf  uf  many  prominent 
Bepnblioans,  Mr.  Howe  stated  that  he  bad  among 
hia  papers  a  achedale  of  80  odd  difforent  out- 
rages committed  in  Loniaiana  during  rbe 
last  few  months  preceding  the  election.  He 
gave  this  on  his  own  personal  responsibility,  as  the 
committee  referred  to  had  no:   jet  made  its  report. 


ttr  eAoltsiafl,  and  Conmilai^oner  Abbott  submitted  a. 

tobUooiko  tjuffe  vftoit 

Comi^iaaionerGaidEeld'dioved  totloMwAby  mak- 
ing thWtime  foni>  hours  for  eaoli  Mo. 

WitmotvotfaiK  oa  the  ^estlon  the  GonttlasioD, 
on  mofOD:  of<)oinmiaaioner  IMmmids,  took  a  reMM; 
nntil  t-3A  o'clock. ;  On  reaawmbll^g  the  ComuM-: 
■ion  aiooBneed  that  four  lioura  anii*a  half  woald  bal 
allowsl  to  each  side  for  their  arguments,-  and  tbat* 
the  emimlBslon' would  commence  tbe  hearing  at  5- 
to'olooK  and  sit  nntil  &  o'clock  this  evening. 


,  BfB.  CAMPENTEB'S  SPEECH. 
Wlen  tile  Commutaion  aKain  assembled  at  5' 
o'clo(^  Xz-Seoator  Carpenter  rose,  and  after  an 
expI^tlMi  that  he  was  ooonsel  for  10,000 
people  in  Louisiana,  said  the  honorable  gentlemen 
fromlthe  House  who  have  appeared  here  againat  na 
do  ndt  pretend  tbat  by  tbe  votea  given  on  the  7Ch  of 
Nov4mbep  the  Hayes  Electors  were  elected  in 
Lou^iana.  No  serious  pretense  of  that  kind  is 
mad*.  Since  the  last  election  the  Democrats  have 
got  possession  of  Florida,  saved  to  tbem  by  tbe  de- 
cialcn  tbat  where  clear  proof  Is  offered  that  a  Can- 
vasang  Board  baa  acted  fraudulently  in  making 
up  Itheir  certificates  this  high  tribunal  will 
taK<  no  notice  of  tt^  and  if  this  tribunal 
will  not,  neither  boose  ot  Congress  c^  for  you 
hav^  bere  the  power  of  each  house  and  of  bota 
bosses,  and  if  these  Bemocratlo  Canvassers  of 
Flotida  do  not  send  up  anbtber  ticket 
fieri  by  10,000  ma|ority  it  will  be  because 
the^  have  not  improved  upon  the  lesson 
given.  It  it  be  true  tbat  the  Governor  can 
certify  a  man  as  duly  appointed  an  Elector  of  tbe 
Staie  who  has  not  received  a  sfngle  vote  at  the  poll, 
and  ttiat,  too,  npon  tbe  action  of  a  Canvassing  Board 
which  has  been  0ril>ed  or  coerced  to  throw  awa.y 
all  the  ballots  cast  and  certify  a  falsehood  known 
to  both  houses  of  Congress  by  the  invejtigations 
they  have  made,  who  ia  so  hopeful  as  to  believe 
there  will  be  another  Preaident  elected  by  anything 
but  fraud?  The  first  question  which  naturail.y 
tnggests  itself  for  argument  ia  what  is  tbe  nature 
of  ibis  tribunal  and  tbe  obaraoter  of  its  powers  I 
The  Constitution  of  the  United  Statea  embodies  tbe 
American  conception  of  a  republic.  It  gives  tbe 
Gtxvernment  soyereign  powers  over*  certain  enu- 
merated subjects,  wbich  powers  it  carefully  separ- 
ates into  classes — Irgialative,  jadicial,  and  ex- 
ecutive—and  distributes  tbem  among  three  equally 
co-ordinate  departments  of  the  Government. 
The  legislative  power  is  vested  in  tbe  Congress, 
the  executive  in  the  President,  the  Judicial  in  tbe 
Supreme  Conrt  and  in  such  other  courts  as  Con- 
gress may  trom  time  to  tinie  establish.  Now,  upon 
the  very  basis  of  the  bill  creating  this  tribunal 
your  deoiiions  are  to  be  reported  to  both  houses  of 
Congress,  and  the  two  bouses  of  Congress  may 
set  them  aside.  There  is  an  end  then  of  saying 
tbat  this  tribunal  ia  exeroiaing  Judicial  power,  or 
that,  whether  yon  decide  that  the  vote  shall  be 
counted  for  Mr.  Hayes  or  Mr.  Tilden,  tbat  decision 
preoludes  the  qaesrion  between  tbe  two.  It  does 
not.  It  cannot.  But  ibis  great  emergency  has  arisen. 
What  are  the  powers  possessed  by  this  tribunal  7 
I  tnink  I  have  showed  that  they  are  not  Judicial. 
Tbe  duty  devolved  by  tbe  Constitation  noon  the 
two  houses  of  Congress  is  to  onant  the  votes  given 
for  President  at  the  Electoral  Colleges  on  the  Gth  of 
Deoemt>er  last.)  Now,  I  submit  to  voor  Honors 
that  wherever  any  question  is  pending 
before  any  legislative  body,  whether  national  or 
State,  it  is  within  the  province  and  power  of  either 
house  of  the  Legislature  to  investigate  the  subieot 
to  their  hearts'  content.  When  it  becomes  the 
daty  to  ooant  these  tu>bs  it  is  to  be  done  by  the 

two  booses.  How  are  they  to  do  it,  tntelligontlv  or 
blindly — so  as  to  encoarago  Instice  and  tratb,  or 
to  as  to  ensbrine  lu}ustice  and  fraud  f  May  not 
the  Senate  raise  a  commutee  and  take  eyidence 
tending  to  show  what  has  been  in  these  several 
States  1  May  not  the  House  do  the  aanie  thing  1 
May  tbey  uot  oceato  a  Joint  committee  ?  Such 
a  bodv  as  this  is  no  novelty  now.  Whatever  you 
decide  the  two  Honses  may  sat  aside,  clearly  de- 
claring that  the  ultimate  power  of  making  thia 
count  lain  the  two  honses.  In  no  possible  aspect 
of  the  case  can  it  be  maintained  that  this  tribunal  is 
anytbtogon  earth  but  a  legislative  committee  of 
inveatigation. 

At  this  point  Jtutlce  Bradley  interrupted.  '*  I 
don't  think  there  is  a  difference  of  opinion  on 
that  point.  It  ia  tbe  nnlveisal  tbeory.so  tar  as  I 
am  informed,  that  the  powers  of  tbla  Commission 
extend  so  far,  and  so  far  only,  as  the  powers  of  the 
two  houses  of  Congress." 

Mr.  Carpenter— In  other  words  then,  it  is  a^eed 
on  all  bands  tbat  tbe  powers  of  thia  Commission 
are  political  powers,  are  legislative  powers  dele- 
gated by  tbe  two  houses  of  Congress.  Your  Honors 
would  bave  relieved  yoarielves  from  the  Infiiction 
of  the  last  20  minutes  if  you  had  announced  it 
earlier. 

Commissioner  Hoar— I  did  not  understand  that 
Judge  Biadley  announced  the  proposition  tbat  you 
bave  inat  stated.  ^, 

Mr.  Carpenier — The  proposition  is  to  my  mina 
self-evident,  and  so  fottihed  by  the  Constitution 
that  I  will  slop  on  the  mere  suggestion  Judge 
Bradley  has  made  on  tbe  subject. 

Judge  Bradley  intimated  that  the  counsel  had 
drawn  his  own  intereoces,  to  wbich  Mr.  (;arpenter 
replied  :  It  is  certain  tbey  are  exercisln":  some 
power,  or  else  we  would  not  be  wasting  i>Tl  theae 
candles  here  at  night^t he  property  of  the  United 
States.  If  its  powers  are  not  jadicial,  no  one  will 
claim  tbey  are  executive;  then  they  must 
be  legislative;  therefore  I  say,  that  when  this 
Commission  sits  bere  nnder  th'.s  act  of  Congress, 
exerciAing  political  powers,  its  auty  Is  precisely 
what  the  law  of  creation  pre.scriboa,  and  all  thia  has 
been  for  the  purpose  of  coming  to  the  inquir.y : 
What  are  tbe  powers  vested  in  this  Commission! 

Mr.  Carpenter  then  quoted  tbe  langnage  of  the 
act  creating  tbe  Commission,  and  conteuded  tbat  <t 
ia  tbe  doty  of  this  tribanai  not  to  ascertain  what 
appears  to  be  the  case,  but  who  have  been  duly  ap- 
pointed. Now,  Ibis  is  preciaely  the 
jurisdiction  exercised  by  all  courts  in 
trying  a  writ  nt  quo  warranto.  Let 
me  s])euk  for  a  moment  of  \i>is  quo  loarranto  busi- 
ness, as  far  as  a  private  citizen  m.iy  spoouiam  about 
the  intentions  of^  u  mi'mbur  ot  Congress.  In  tormer 
times   the   writ  sf  qun   warranto   was   regarded   as 

a  criminal  pruceeiiln^',  but  eiuco  then  it  has  been 
held  ia  certain  cases  to  be  only  a  civil  proceeding, 
Mr.  Carpenter  then  quoted  vaiioiia  authnntius 
to  sb'>w  that  the  writ  of  quo  warranto 
was  not  a  criminal  proceeding,  althoagh  it 
is  la  form,  but  in  substance  is  a  civil 
one.  Now,  the  Constitution  of  thH  United 
States  declares  ttiat  the  judicial  power  of  the  United 
States  shall  extend  to  ail  caite!<  aribing  under  this 
Constitution,  to  all  treaties  miidu  in  pursuance 
thereof.  Ac.  Now,  then,  if  Mr.  Tilden  is  counted 
out,  and  Mr.  Uaycsls  counted  in,  or  vice  versa,  and 
the  controvei'dy  rests  between  tbem  as  lo  which 
is  entitled  to  exercise  thu  office  of  Presi- 
dent, DO  man  woald  say  that  wa.i  uot  a 
case  arising  under  the  Constitution  and  laws  of  the 
United  States.  Now,  let  us  see  whether  any  conrt 
has  juriidicUon  to  try  it.  Congress  has  seen  fit  to 
raise  a  Commission  and  impose.upon  it  the  duty.not 
of  ascertaluiug  who  ought  to  be  counted  la  and 
who  has  the  prima  facio  case,  but  to  ascertain  who 
weru  duly  uppoiuted  £loctors  ot  the  State  of  Louis- 
iana. Ibia  etatate  has  legislated  npun  thia  Coni- 
roisaion  precisely  the  duly  wblcb  the  common  law 
l.^ys  upon  a  judicial  court  in  the  cose  of  a 
guo  warranto.  Th'fe  speaker  then  proceeded 
lu  disciua  tbe  Election  laws  of  Louisiana 
and  the  quoatlon  whether,  on  the  Ist  of  April,  when 
tbe  Revised  Statutes  took  effect,  they  did  not  repeal 
nil  anterior  coufiiotlng  statutes,  or  was  this  act  of 
1&70  saved  from  repeal  by  tbo  act  ot  38th  of  February} 
Upon  either  theory  that  it  did  or  did  not  be  would 
come  out  just  as  salisfactorily.  He  continued : 
Now,  it'  the  act  of  1869  was  in  force  at  the  laat 
election,  ii  is  not  pretended  that  there  has  ever  been 
any  canvass  of  the  vote  uf  tbat  election  according 
to  the  statute.  They  acted  on  the  theory  tbat  the 
other  law  was  in  force,  so  that  if  your 
Honors  shall  bold  tbat  the  act  of  1863  was  in  toroe, 
because  embodied  in  the  revision  taking  effect 
April  1,  and  thia  not  repealing  the  tor- 
mer act  ot  the  16th  of  March,  then  this 
case  tonight  is  precisely  fn  the  attitude  in 
which  it  was  four  years  ago.  At  that 
time  ,  there  came  no  from  Louisiana  a  regular  cer- 
tificate of  its  Governor  that  »o  many  persons  had 
been  duly  appointed  Bleotors  of  the  State,  but  the 
Senate  going  npou  the  theory,  which  I 
maintain  is  the  true  and  proper  one, 
raised  a  committee  in  advance  to  examine 
into  the  facts  about  the  election  of  tbat  College. 
They  sent  for  witnesses  and  brobght  tbem  hither  in 
large  numbers  and  made  an  examina- 
tion and  the  committee  reported  on  the 
snbjecc,  not  expressing  an  opinion  whether 
tbey  abould  or  should  oot  be  excluded,  but  stating 
the  ^ct  tbat  there  hud  never  been  a  canvass  of 
those  votes  by  any  person  authorized  to  canvass 
them,  and  suomltted  tbe  question  to  tbe  two 
bouses  whether  the  vote  abould  be  counted  or  not, 
and  the  two  honses.  acting  each  for  itself,  decided 
tbey  should  be  excluded.  No  w,I  ask  this  Commission 
whether  it  will  do  to  decide  tbat  Congress  violated 
its  oonstitutional  duty  or  usurped  i>ower  in  boltling 
that  the  vote  abould  not  be  counted,  four  years  ago, 
Tbat  must  be  the  conclusion  you  are  to  hold,  for  you 
cannot  go  back  ot  the  Governor's  certificate.  When 
we  come  to  the  repeal  of  the  act  of  187U,  the  ques- 
tion may  be  rained  whether  the  repealing .  law 
revived  the  original  law ;  but  iu  tunt  State 
tbat  fact  is  forbidden  by  tbe  Cunstitntion, 
BO  tbat  the  subsequent  repeal  of  the  act 
of  1370  wonld  not  revive  the  act  of  1868.  The  act 
of  1868  ia  lost  entirely,  unleaa  it  is  continued  in 
force  by  the  revision.  If  the  Revised  tSaiutes  con- 
tin  aed'  in  furce,  then  the  act  ot  1868  did 
contain  proviaiona  in  regard  to  the  electors. 
The  ac(  of  1873  did  not,  except  to 
fix  the  date,  which  was  wholly  unnecessary,  Con- 
fpress  having  determined  that.  Now,  then,  I  main- 
tain tbat  Electors  are  uot  State  officers.  Tbey  are 
therefore  not  excluded  in  these  general  provisions 
of  tliis  act  of  187;2.  He  then  went  ou  to  argue  in 
Support  of  this  view  at  some  length. 

Mr.  Carpeotep  complained  of  feeling  unwell 
from  tbo  close  atmosphere  ot  the  court- 
room, which  had  been  some  time  brevioasly 
rendered  very  disagreeable  by  the  smoke  of  the 
candles  with  which  alone  11  waa  lighted,  and  tbe 
Commission  thereupon,  shortly  before  7  o'clock,  ad- 
ionrned  until  to-morrow  at  11  o'clock  A.  M. 


A  RECESS. 
At  the  conclusion  of  Senator  Howe's  argu- 
ment Judge  Campbell  informed  the  Commisaion 
that  Messrs.  Carpenter,  .Trumbull,  and  himself 
would  appear  as  counsel  for  the  Demooratio  side  in 
this  case. 

-   Mr.  Bvarts  annoim.eed   that  Messrs.   Stonghten, 
Shellabarger,  and  himself  would  appear  for  the  Be- 
pablioahs., 
LegUiatUre     was.     No     man     pretends    that    it        Judge  CampbeU  reqneated  that  the   tlaio  for  the 
WM  tbe  piObaiUik  iBttnt  ■&&  meftiing  orparpotaoClsnauumtaon  ttieneiita  be  extendi  to  tix  bonra 


eEIiEBAL  MlSCEIiANI. 


I  MA^DI  QBAS. 

•  XHB~$7BLEBRATIOKS  .  JXf^f  MXSCPHUI^  .  IfXW- 
P^  ORUEAMSjMAirD  MOBILE. 

^^  Mkufhis,  Feb.  13b— Daring  the  entire  day 
.  Maine  ana  other  prominent  streets  were  filled  with 
maskers  and  speotatora,  and  the'-  entire  city  was 
given  up  to  the  reign  of  the  Merry  Monarch,  who, 
at  3  o^olook.  i  traversed-  Main  street  with  his 
.  royal  «retinoe.  His  majesty  waa  mounted  on  a 
royal  chariot  drawn  by  IS  .white  ateeds,  and 
attended  *  by  the  Society  of  Ulka,  who 
had  13  eomio  floats  or  oars,  eaeh  being 
a  good  bnrleaqoe  of  some  aabjeet,  prominent  among 
whioh  were  "The  Baby  the  TTniversal  King"  in  a 
royal  oradie;  tbe  "Texed  Baatern  and  Sternal  Qnea- 
tion"— Turkey  represented  by  an  eaormoos  turkey, 
with  representatives  of  the  different  Bnropean 
powws  anzions  to  taka  a  slice  with  the  sword; 
"Der  Wachtam  Bhein;"  "  Origin  of  Chivalry," 
"St  Patrick  Banishing  Snakes,"  &c. 

The  crowning  glor  y  was  the  gorgeous  pageant  Of 
thtfltfemphi  at  night,  the  dArkneas  wblch  overhung 
the  city  serving  to  heigbten  tbe  effect  of  the  bril- 
liant parti-oolored  lights,  which  displayed  in  all 
ttieir  grandeur  the  maenifioent  oostumes,  drapery, 
and  architeotnre  of  the  characters  and  scenes  re- 
presented ;  Main  street;  being  brilliantly  illuminated 
by  means  of  calcium  lights  and  chemical  fires.  Tbe 
subject  represented  was  India  from  the.  date  of 
Aryan  pbiloephy  and  birth  of  Brahma  to  tbe  en- 
slavement of  tbat  land  and  its  abandonment  by  the 
apint  of  Memphi.  The  coatumes  were  from  Paris, 
and  the  scenic  paintings  by  the  best 
scenic  artista  to  be  obtained.  After  the 
pageaqt  a  series  of  tableaux  were  given  at 
the  new  Memphis  Theatre,  after  which  a  grand 
ball  was  given  to  tbe  guests  of  tbe  Mempbi.  Balls 
were  also  given  at  Exposition  Hall  Oi>era-hou?e, 
and  numerona  other  halls.  Tbe  whole  affair  passed 
off  without  a  single  disturbance  or  accident  to  mar 
tbe  feaiivitiea.  It  is  estimated  that  from  30,000  to 
25,000  strangers  were  present. 

Nkw-Oblbans,  Feb.  13.— The  weather  was  im- 
favorable  for  the  Carnival  to-day,  a  light  rain  hav- 
ing fallen  during  the  forenoon.  Notwithstanding 
the  Inclement  weather  the  programme  of  the  pro- 
cession of  tbe  King  of  Carnival  was  carried  out. 
The  subfecc  was  tbe  history  of  tbe  military  progress 
of  tbe  world,  the  different  periods  being  repre- 
sented by  groups  appropriately  ooatnmed.  Thou- 
sands of  strangers  are  in  tbe  city,  and  tbe  hotels 
are  crowded. 

Mobile,  Feb,  13.— The  night  festivities  of  Mardi 
Gras  by  the  O.  O.  M.  and  Infant  Mystics,  the  two 
celebrated  societies,  wblch  promised  to  be  grand  ia 
the  extreme,  were  sadly  marred  by  the  inclemency 
of  the  weather.  The  former  society  rep- 
resented Dante'a  veraion  of  Paradise  and,  though 
the  rain  came  down  in  torrents,  made  a  beaatiful 
Street  parade.  The  tableaox  at  the  theatre  were 
unenrpa^sed.  The  latter  society  were  to  represent 
the  "Genesis of  Japan,"  but  postponed  their  street 
parade. 

DINNER  OF  TME  BO  WDOIN  ALUMNI. 

A  PLEASANT  REUNION  IN  THE  HOTEL  BRUNS- 
WICK—REV. DR.  JOHN  COTTON  SMITH 
KL.ECTKI>  PRESIDENT  FOR  THE  ENSUING 
TEAR — SPEECBE8  BY  THE  MEMBERS. 

The  seventh  annual  dinner  of  the  Bowdoin 

Alumni  Association  was  given  at  the  Hotel  Bruns- 
wick last  evening.  A  business  meeting  of  the  as- 
bociation  was  held  in  one  of  the  parlors  of  the 
house  before  the  dinner  hour,  at  which  Mr.  N. 
Cothren,  the  President,  occnpied  the  chair.  An 
election  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  was  then 
held,  the  following-named  gentlemen  being 
unanimously  chosen:  President,  Rev.  Dr. 
John  Cotton  Smith;  Vice  Presidents,  N. 
Cleaveland,  William  H.  Allen,  N.  Cothren, 
C.  F.  Brackett,  and  William  A.  Abbott ;  Recording 
Secretary,  Frederick  S.  Dow;  Corresponding  Sec- 
retary, Theodore  D.  Bradford ;  Treasurer,  Samuel 
L,  Gross  ;  Executive  Committee,  Dexter  A.  Haw- 
kins, 6.  P.  Hames,  Charles  E.  Sonle,  B.  B.  Foster, 
and  James  McKeen.  After  the  result  of  tbe  elec- 
tion had  been  declared,  Mr.  James  McKeen  offered 
a  set  of  resolutions  prepared  by  Rev.  Dr.  George 
L.  Prentiss,  expressing  the  regret  of  the  association 
at  tbe  death  of  Rev.  Dr.  Henry  Boynton  Smith,  of 
thia  City,  who  died  on  the  7th  inst. 
The  resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted. 
Some  routine  business  was  then  transacted,  and 
the  meeting  was  adjourned.  Dinner  was  then  an- 
nounced, and  the  members  proceeded  to  tbe  large 
roopi  fronting  on  Fifth  avenue,  where  the  meal  was 
served.  Tbe  table  was  handsomely  decorated  with 
growug  plants  in  vasea  and  .pyramids  of  candled 
fruits.  At  tbe  loiter  end  of  tbe  table  a  grote.ique 
statuette  of  Offenbach  on  a  pedestal  of  contectionerr 
waa  the  principal  ornament. 

After  tbe  dinner  was  over,  the  President  of  the 
aesociatioo,  Mr.  N.  Cothren,  made  tbe  first  speech. 
After  expressing  bis  gratification  at  tbe  present 
flourishing  condition  of  the  college,  and  the  favor- 
able reports  received  from  tbo  sister  associa- 
tions ot  the  Alanini,  which,  he  said.  he 
had  good  reason  to  believe  would  soon  .extend 
to  the  Pacific  coast,  he  proposed  tbe  toast  of  tbe 
evening  "Our  Alma  Mater." i  This  was  re- 
sponded to  by  President   Jushna    L.    Chambeilain, 

of  Bowdoin  College,  Ho  thanked  the  asancia- 
tion  for  tbe  invitation  extended  to  him,  and 
spoke  of  the  pleasure  it  afi'orded  him  tu 
see  so  many  of  bis  old  classmates  around  bim, 
and  then  referred  to  the  nnmber  of  illnatrions  men 
who  bad  been  graduated  at  Bowdoin.  In  conclu- 
sion, he  said  he  Would  try  to  make  the  college  fill 
the  plsce  in  tnis  generation  which  it  had  filled  iu 
the  laaL  Prof.  Carmichae),  ot  Bowdoin,  aud  Mr. 
F.  R.  Upton,  Mr.  Charles  E.  Sonle,  and 
Mr.  William  H.  Allen,  President  of  OirSrd 
College,  Philadelphia,  then  spoke,  and  were  followed 
by  tbo  President  elect,  Ruv.  John  Cotton  Smith, 
who  thanked  the  association  for  tbe  honor  they  bad 
done  bim.  Among'  the  gentlemen  present,  besides 
those  alreidy  mentioned,  were  Hon,  C.  A.  Wash- 
hurne,  Pror.  E.  R.  Peaslee,  Rev.  R.  B.  Howard, 
Prof.  C.  F.  Brackett,  of  Prmoeton,  and  Prof.  Upham, 
ol  Philadelphia. 

DOMINION  AFFAIRS. 

TBE  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTS  PRESKNTfeD  TO  THE 
HOUSE— REPORT    OF    THE    DEPARTMENT 

OF    MARINE  AND  FISHERIES. 

OTTAyyx,  Fob.  13.— The  Public  Accounts  lor 
1876  have  been  laid  before  the  House.  The  receipts 
for  the  last  financial  year  were  $22,587,587,  the 
principal  portion  of  which  was  derived  from  Cus- 
toms and  excise.  In  consequence  uf  the  falling  off 
in  revenue,  there  is  a  deficit  this  year,  the  first 
since  oonfederation,  of  11,900,785,  tbe  total  ex- 
penditure for  the  year  being  (31,488,37-2. 
The  report  of  the  Department  of  Marine  and 
Fisheriea  has  also  been  presented  to  the  House.  In 
connection  with  the  various  branches  of  this  de- 
partment the  expenditure  for  the  year  ending 
June     30     last,     was     11,088,455.        The     report 

shows  that  Canada  has  407  ligbt-bonses  and 
S4  steam  whistles.  Casualties  to  British,  Including 
Canadian  and  foreign  Hea-going  vessels,  reported  as 
having  occurred  in  Canadian  waters  and  to  Cana- 
dian sea-going  vessels  in  waters  other  than  those  of 
Canada,  were,  during  the  year,  327,  repre- 
senting a  loss  of  #1.885,996.  The  number  of 
lives  lost  was  344.  A  smaller  loss  of  property 
is  sbown  than  during  any  preceding  year  since 
1370,  but  a  larger  sacrifice  of  life  than  last  year. 
The  merchant  shipping  remaining  on  tbe  register 
books  of  the  Dominion  Dec.  31,  1876,  amounted  to 
7,192  vessels,  showing  a  measurement  of  1,260,893 
tons.  This  shows  an  Increase  on  1875  of  240  vessels 
and  55,328  tons  measurement.  If  C30  a  ton  be  taken  as 
a  fair  value,  then  the  value  of  tbe  whole  registered 
tonnaie  of  the  Dominion  on  Dec.  31,  1676,  would 
bo  137.828.790.  There  are  now  seven  puOlio  estau- 
lisbmentsfor  fisboulture;  the  total  namber  of  ova  at 
present  in  these  establishments  which  will  be  hatched 
in  the  Spring  and  di^ibdted  among  the  rivers  of 
the  Provinces  amounts  to  14,000.000.  The  number 
distributed  last  year  was  10,000,000. 


MIOBIGAN  REPUBLICAN  CONVENTION. 

Special  Dtsvatch  to  (A«  iVcw-lTor*   TimcM. 

Detroit,  Feb.  13. — The  Republican  State 
Convention  to  nominate  one  candidate  for  Jus- 
tice of  the  Supreme  Court  and  two  for  Regents 
of  the  University,  to  be  voted  for  at  the  State 
election  in  April,  has  just  been  called  to  meet 
at  Lansing  on  March  7.    The  probabilitieB  all 

point  to  arenominationof  the  weU-known  jurist 
Thomas  M.  Cooly,  whose  terns  as  Supreme 
Court  Judge  expires  next  December. 


sr.   VALENTINE'S  DAY. 

The  old  custom  of  sending  samples  ot  af- 
fection to  adorable  young  ladies  in  oaro  of  the 
postman  is  apparently  losing  ground  very  fast,  if  it 
can  be  fudged  by  the  appearaiice  of  the  raa^  in  the 
New-York  Post  Office.  Eight  or  10  years  ago,  even, 
the  traffic  was  much  larger  than  it  has 
since  been,  and  last  night,  when  ail  the  City 
mail  woe  la,  there  were  so  few  valeptines  in  the 
ofSce  that  tbey  could  be  counted  by  hundreds, 
while  the  number  of  large  packages,  boxes,  bundles, 
and  rolls,  was  not  more  than  a  hundred  all  told. 
Of  course,  a  good  manv  valeh  tines  reach  the  office  on 
St.  "Valentine's  Day,  bv  far  the  mBjority  of  the  laoe 
and  fiawer  fabrics  of  which  they  are  so  nnltormly 
constructed  being  consigned  to  the  letter-boxes  on 
thel4Lh,  But  enough  has  been  seen  to  shbw  tbat^ 
as  cbmiiared  with  other  yaars,  the  old-fashioned 
QUsto^n  haa  lost  popularity,  and  ia  ateaUily  on  the 
van*. 


IKORBA8ED  STEAM-SHIP   FACILITIES. 

Upecial  DUivatch  to  the  Neva-  Yorit  Tirms. 
Norfolk,  Feb.  13.— Commodore  McCready, 

President  of  the  Old  Dominion  Sceam-sliip  Compa- 
ny of  New-York,  owmg  to  the  increased  demand 
for  sbipnients  and  to  facilitate  the  grosying  and 
vlgoions  busmees  of  the  company,  has  puirchased  a 
line  of  wbarv^  running  from  Oburcn  street  to 
Graves'  sbip-yard,  about  70O  feet,  for  tbe  rise  of  tbe 
steamers  ot  the  line  in  this  city.  The  Improve- 
ments will  cost  aboutll.'iO.OOO. 


ACCIDENT  TO  FIREMEN, 

Wliile  the  track  ot  Hook  and  Ladder  Com- 
pany Ko.  7  waa  being  driven  along  Third  avenue 
last  evening,  it  was  overturned  at  Thirty-third 
street,  an4l  the  firemen  who  were  riding  on  tbe 
truck  were  thrown  to  the  pavement.  .  Alonzo 
Ponconrt  received  a  compound   iractnre  of  tbe  left 

leg,  and  was  sent  to  Beilevue  HoapiiaL  Moaes 
Byer  and  .  X>'Wrehce.  Murphy  reiseiyed  .  slight 
injuries.    The  truck  w  as  considerably  damaged. 


abiitMWHoa  valaaUe  letters  from  the  malls.  Mrs. 
Whiter  GmI  entire  charge  of  the  mails  at  North 
Ll^wvir.  Vk6  Postmaster  being  ill  and  rather  inoa- 
"pmAimod  Ibp  the  dntiea  of  tbe  position. 

00  VEBNOB  HAYES. 
HE  SiXUVBRS  AN  ADDRESS  AT  THE  TWELFTH 
ANNTVEBSABT      OF      THE       CIKCINNATt 
CHILDKEN'S   HOME. 

Cmcsmiaa,  Veb.  la— €toT.  Hayea  pnadded 
to-night  at  the  twelfth  anniversary  of  the  Chil- 
drens'  Home  in  this  city,  and  made  a  brief  but 
«BrneatBppe*l  to  thoaepreaeat  to  sntwerlbeto  a  fond 
of  150,000  needed  to  plaoe  ihe  institotioaupon  a  firm 
foundatioa.  He  stated  the  objeet  of  the  Childiea's 
Home,  and  said  that  he  had  nothing  to  add  to  it. 
except  to  commend  it  as  altogether  worthy  of  eon - 
fldenoe  and  the  eaoonragement  of  every  christian 
man  and  woman.  He  wonid,  however,  offer 
a  anggeetton.  Many  of  the  best  minds  in  tlie  coun- 
try are  engaged  in  devising  tbe  beat  means  to  re* 
form  criminals,  remedy  panperism,  and  get 
rid  of  tramps.  The  Childrens'  Home  goes  to 
the  fountain-head  of  these  evils,  for  it  most  be  elear 
that  tbe  tramp,  the  pauper,  and  the  criminal  of  to- 
day was,  15  years  or  ao  ago  a  homeless,  Mesdless 
child,  BO  thai  the  objeots  of  this  home 
being  well  carried  ont  must  go  a  great 
way  to  reform  tbe  great  social  evils  alluded  to. 
After  reading  tbe  annual  report,  about  125,000  was 
aubaoribed  by  those  present  to  eatablish  the  home 
in  permanent  quarters. 


FORTY-f OURTH  CONGRESS^^^ 

SECOND  SESSION. ,..KL<^ 


Wabbik&toh,  Feb.  13.— At  a  full  meetme  of 
the  Toung  Men's  Republican  Clnb  of  the  District 
of  Columbia,  held  thia  evening,  the  following  was 
adopted : 

Retolved,  Tbat  the  President  and  Corresponding' 
Secretary  be  directed  to  procure  the  announcement 
through  the  several  press  asaooiations  of  the  eonn- 
try that  organizations  proposing  to  visit  this  city 
and  participate  In  tbe  inauguration  procession  and 
ceremonies,  notify  this  cluD  of  such  intention,  in 
order  tbat  information  may  be  sent  tbem  to  further 
tbeir  proper  reception,  quartering,  and  assignment 
in  tbe  procession  ,-  tbe  information  gained  by  this 
announcement  to  be  reported  by  the  club  to  a  gen- 
eral meeting  of  citizens  to  be  called  at  an  early  day. 

All  communications  sbonid  be  addressed^  Cor- 
responding Secretary  Young  Men's  Republican  Club, 
Wsebington.         . 

THB  END  OF  A  CAROUSAL. 
A  aeene  of  death  again  ends  a  carousal  in 
Suffolk  County,  Long  Island.  Tbe  locality  is 
shifted  from  Bay  Shore  to  GreenporC,  and,  al- 
thoagh it  is  not  a  case  of  murder,  with  hanging  or 
the  State  Prison  as  a  probable  consequence,  the  cir- 
cumstances are  in  some  respects  even  more  horri- 
ble. The  fishing-smack  Alice,  Capt.  Cook,  arrived 
at  Greenport  on  Saturday  night  last,  and,  after 
making  her  fast  to  the  wharC  the  Captain  left  for 
his  home,  leaving  the  vessel  in  charge  of  two  of  the 
crew,  Benjamin  and  John  Franklin.  Tbe  men  re- 
mained on  board  until  Sunday  aftelrnoon,  when 
they  det«rmined  to  go  ashore,  and,  hiring  a  horse 
and  wagon,  they  drove  to  the  Yillage  of  Southold. 
While  there  they  fell  in  with  a  dissolute  young 
woman  residing  in  the  place,  named  Ida  Tinker, 
and  remained  in  her  compaay  during  the  remainder 
ot  the  afternoon.  When  night  came  on  the 
men  statted  to  retnrn  to  Greenport,  and 
Ida  accompanied  tbem.  They  spent  some 
little  time  in  the  Village  of  Greenport, 
but  finally  the  three  wput  down  to  the  wharf 
and  aboard  the  smack,  where  they  remained  con- 
versing Until  5  o'clock  on  Monday  morning.  Both 
the  men  and  Ida  Wished  to  avoid  observation,  and 
instead  of  going  directly  from  the  smack  to  tbe 
wbarf,  as  tbey  could  have  done,  tbey  took  the  yawl, 
intending  to  pull  around  to  tbe  railroad  wii^t,  so 
tbat  Ida  eonld  take  the  early  train  from  Greenport 
and  reach  her  home  Lefore  breakfast.  Ida  and  Ben- 
jamin were  the  first  to  enter  tbe  boat.  "When  John 
attempted  to  step  in  he  stepped  upon  tbe  gunwale, 
and  the  boat  was  immediately  capsized,  throwing 
the  three  into  the  water.  Benjamin,  being  unable 
to  swim,  sank  and  was  drowned.  John  struck  out, 
leaving  the  rest  to  tbeir  late,  and  succeeded  iu 
reaching  tbe  shore  In  safety.  Ida's  clothing  buoyed 
her  up  for  a  time,  and  sue  shrieked  for  help  before 
she  sank.  Her  cries  attracted  the  attenti?n  of  some 
men  In  a  schooner  near  by,  and  she  waa  with  great 
difflcnlty  rescued  and  taken  on  shore.  Con- 
aiaerable  time  elapsed,  however,  belore  the 
services  of  a  physician  were  procured.  Mean- 
time nothing  was  done  for  ber  resuaci- 
taiion,  and  being  tborongbly  chilled  by  her 
immersion,  she  died— in  consequence  of  this  in- 
attention, doubtless — about  two  hours  after  being 
taken  from  the  water.  The  body  of  Benjamin  was 
recovered  late  on  Monday  afternoon.  Coroner 
Skinner,  of  Greenport,  held  an  inquest  upon  the 
bodies  yesterday  morning,  and  the  iury  found  a 
verdict  of  accidental  dbath  by  drowning.  In  tbe 
case  of  Ida  Tinker,  they  further  found  that  she  died 
Irom  neglect,  tbey  believing  tbat  if  tbe  proper 
meaaures  bad  been  adopted  when  she  was  first 
taken  from  tbe  water  her  life  could  have  been 
saved. 


A  Inflict  of  jttrisdiotion. 

The  case  of  Michael  Qrosz  &  Son  against 
George  W.  Riggs  &,  Co,,  which  is  one  branch  of  the 
Park  Theatre  litigation,  was  brongbt  Pefore  Judge 
Barrett  In  Supreme  Court,  Chambers,  yesterday,  on 
a  motion  to  vacate  an  injunction.  It  appears  that 
in  March,  18G8,  James  Purssell  leased  tbe  ground  on 
wbich  tbe  Park  Theatre  stands  for  21  years,  from 
the  New- York  Life  Insurance  and  Trust  Company. 
For  the  purpose  of  building  the  theatre,  Purssell 
made  a  t2U,000  mortgage  of  tbe  leasehold  to  Dion 
Boucicault,  who  took  a  lease  of  the  theatre 
itt>eif   on    behalf  of  'William   Sttiart.      Boucicault 

assigned  the  mortgage  to  Biggs  &  Co.,  who 
brought  a  foreclouse  suit  against  Purssell.  In  this 
latter  suit  a  sale  of  tbe  theatre  premises  was  or- 
dered. Tbe  Messrs.  Grosz,  who  had  a  mechanic's 
lien  for  $3,000  on  the  property.  Were  present  at  the 
sale,  and  ofi'ered  (42,000,  whioh  was  tbe  highest  bid, 
the  next  highest  being  one  for  $41,500.  When  tbe 
time  came  to  complete  the  purchase,  tbe  Messrs. 
Grosz  discovered  that  the  property  was  incum- 
bered with  certain  agreements,  and  they 
therefore  refused  to  pay  tbe  amount  of.  tneir 
bid.  Riggs  &  Co.  then  made  a  motion  before  Judge 
Brady,  in  Supreme  Court  Chambers,  to  compel  the 
Messrs.  Grqsz  to  complete  their  pnrcbase,  and  the 
motion  was   granted.     Tbe  General  Term    of   the 

conn,  and  the  Court  of  Appeals,  affirmed  this 
decision.  Riggs  &  Co.  then  advertised  tbe  promises 
for  sale,  and  Inserted  in  the  notice  all  of  tbe  objec- 
tions raised  by  the  Messrs.  Grosz.  On  the  second 
sale,  as  claimed,  there  were  no  bidders,  and  Riggs 
&  Co.  bongbt  m  the  property  for  11,000.  They  then 
made  a  motion  to  compel  tbe  Messrs.  Grosz  to  com- 
plete tbe  sale  or  pay  toe  defioiency  of  141,000.  Tne 
Messrs.  Grosz  then  brought  the  present  suit  to  stop 
the ptoceedings  on  the  judgment;  to  have  it  satis- 
fied of  record,  and  to  compel  Riggs  &  Co.  10  pay 
them  (4,200 — the  ID  per  cent,  of  the  pnrobbse  money 
paid  down  on  tbo  first  sale.  On  application  to 
Judge  Donohue  the  Messrs.  Grosz  obtained  an  or- 
der enjoining  tbe  motion  to  compel  them  to  com- 
plete their  purchase,  &c.  This  injonction  Mnssrs, 
Riggs  &  Co.  yesterday  sought  to  have  set  aside  on 
the  ground  that  on  the  hearing  of  the  motion  itself 
all  the  qnestions  involved  can  be  disposed  of ;  and 
further,  that  it  ia  not  right  for  one  court  to  enjoin 
the  action  of  another  court  of  adequate  jurisdic- 
tion, aud  more  particularly  that  one  branch  or  Judge 
of  the  same  court  ahonid  notenioin  tne  action  of  an- 
other branch  or  Judge  of  tbat  court.  Deoision  waa 
reserved,  Elbridge  T,  Gerry  and  John  K-  Porter 
appeared  for  the  plaintiffs,  and  John  E,  Parsons  for 
the  defendants. 


CITY  HALL  NOTES. 
A  telegram  from  Albany  orieated  a  great  deal 
of  excitement  yesterday  iimong  the  City  Fathers. 
It  stated  tbat  the  Cotirt'of  Appeals  had  decided 
tbat  the  Aldermen  were  not  entitled  to  salaries  as 
Supervisors.  Their  claims  tor  special  Salaries  as 
members  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  have  been 
riegularly  deposited  in  the  Finance  Department 
every  month. 

Mayor  Ely  has  not  yet  signed  the  Aldermanio 
resolution  providing  for  an  inveatigation  of  the 
charge  made  by  Mr.  Tnom»y,  tbat  Commissioner 
Campbell  has  neglected  to  perform  his  official  du- 
ties. It  is  tbougbt  probable  tbat  tbe  Mayor  will 
take  action  on  it  to-day.  Tbe  Committee  on  Public 
Works,  to  whom  the  charge  was  referred,  will  meet 
next  Tuesday. ' 

The  Controller  paid  the  lollowing  amounts 
yesterday,  in  pursuance  of  the  laws  pro'viding  for 
per  capita  allowances  to  charitable  insticntions : 
Association  for  Colored  Orphans,  $558  50;  Institn- 
tiou  of  Mercy,  f883  72 ;  Nursery  and  Child's  Hospi- 
tal, $8,605  63  J  ,  New- York  Catholic  Protectory, 
(20,011  72  :  CbUdren's  Aid  Society,  123.333  33.  The 
Con i roller  also  paid  the  sum  of  1760  to  the  Society 
for  the  Preventioa  ot  Craolty  to  Animals. 


A  DISHONEST  POSTMISTRESS  ARRESTED. 
CiNC!r!initi.T]:,  Feb.  13.-;-ifra.  Nelli4  Whistler, 
actmg  ^oatmistreaii  at  l^orth  Liberty,  Adams 
County,  Ohio,  aaii  C41tin  Sbiiik,  4  a«b«ol  teacher 
with  wliom  ithe sloped,  Ir(pi  that  t>laob  on  Friday 
laatk  w«re  ftirrolMd  here  Ust  iyenlug  bbatkM  with 


A  MARRIAGE  FOLLOWED  BY  AN  ARREST. 
Huida  Fxeba  sued  William  Bedeens  in  tbe 
Marine  Court  to  recover  |2,000  damages  tor  breach 
of  promise  of  marriage.  Bedeens  was  arrested, 
and  being  unable  to  procure  bail,  his  case  was  given 
a  preference  and  was  brought  to  trial  before  iudge 
McAdam  yesterday.  The  plaintiff  who  is  a  woman 
of  about  2i  years  of  age,  featified  tbat  Bedeens 
made  the  prbrdise  to  marry,  and  while  thoy  were 
engaged,  iiidalged  in  improper  familiaritt.es.  She 
also  said  she.  la  likely  to  becoipe  a  mother  aooii. 
Bedeens  refused  to  fulfill  bis  promise,  but  after 
i^riting  her  loving  letters  went  off  and  married  an- 
other young  womaii.  His  marriage,  on  Jan.  30,  was 
succeeded  by  hia  arrest  on  tbe  tollowing  day.  It 
appeared  on  the  trial  yesterday  that  the  deiendant 
is  only  24  yoars  of  age,  and  is  a  salesman  in  a  retail 
shoe  business..  Considering  his  impecunious  oondi- 
tion.Judge  McAdam  gave  jndgmenc  for  the  plamiiff 
for  only  (250.  Redeens  was  remanded  to  Ladiow 
Street  Jail,  where  he  is  to  remain  nntil  the  payment 
of  Che  amount,  together  with  about  1100  of  costs. 


SUMMAET  OF  THE  DAY'S  PEOCEEpiNQ^ 
In  the  Senate  the  credentials  of  Parid  "k 
Corbin,  of  South  Carolina,  signed  by  Got.  Cbanu 
berlain.  ware  placed  on  file.  Mr.  3fltohelI'«  MMlod 
tion  fox  the  issue  ot  an  attachment  for  Conrad  JT' 
Jordaa,  Oashisr  of  the  Third  ITational  Bank  ol 
Sav-York,  he  aavlng  fatled  ^  to  ^.appear  W 
fore  the  Sleatlona  Committeo-^  to  ^  teatifr  ~ 
garding  the  bank  aooount«:of ''•Haasra.  TUd 
Felton  and  Hewitt,  was,  after  ■■  eonslderable  dl 
slon,-  agreed  to.  The  Pacific  Railroad  Sinking ; 
bill  -was  taken  up  ao  that  it '  would  come  np  aa  1 
flniahed  bnainesa  to-morrow.  i 

Intbe  Houaathe  Sanate  UUcto  promote  tdet 
graphic  oommunioacion  between  Europe  and  Amei^ 
ca  Was  pasaed.  The  reports  from  the  Committee  01^ 
Rlectiona  on  the  Florida  Bleotion,  came  np  aa  thW 
regular  order,  and  was  dlaonaaed  at  length,  and  it 
was  finally  agreed  .^  that  a  vote  akonld  be  taken  to* 
morrow. 

SEKATB. 
The  Senate .  reassembled  at  Id  (/olook  thli 
morning,  and  without  transacting  any  bnalaeaa 
took  another  reoeaa  until  IS  o'clock.  Upon  ra 
assembling  at  noon  a  Message  was  laid  before  th« 
Senate  from  the  President  of  tbe  United  States, 
transmitting  a  memorial  of  the  oltizena  ot  New- 
York  in  regard  to  a  colosaal  fetatne  of  Liberty  pro 
posed  to  be  erected  in  New-Tork  harbor.  Referred 
to  the  Committee  on  Foreign  Belatlons. 

CBBDEirriALB  OF  DAVID  T.  COSBIN,  i  OF :  SOXTIfl 
CABOUNA. 
Mr.  Pattebsok,  of  South  Carolina,  presented  thi 
credentials  of  David  T.  Corbin,  claimed  to  hav4 
been  elected  United  States  Senator  from  the  S'atol 
of  South  Carolina  for  six  years  from  March  4.  1877. 
The  credentials  were  signed  by  Gov.  Chamberlain, 
and  after  being  read  they  were  placed  on  file,  no  ob- 
jection being  made  thereto. 

THB  BprES  SBGABDINa  THB  CAI<EKI>AB  DAT. 

Mr.  Ha'WT.tn,  of  Maine,  from  the  Committee  oa 
Rules,  reported  back  the  proposed  amendment  to 
tbe  rules,  recently  submitted  by  Mr,  Boutwell,  pro- 
viding tbat  during  the  session  of  the  Electoral  Com- 
mission, each  calendar  day — when  legislative  busi- 
ness shall  have  been  transacted — shall  be  treated  aS 
snoh,  and  the  journals  of  tbe  twb  houses  ahall  be 
kept  and  dated.    Agreed  to. 

THB  RIVBB  AND  HABBOB  APFBOPBIATIOKS. 

Mr.  Mbbbqion,  of  North  Carolina,  from  the  Com< 
mittee  on  Bales,  reported  an  amendment  to  tba, 
rnles.  so  as  to  provide  that  appropriations  for  the' 
improvement  of  nvera  and  harbors,  and  all  amend- 
meota  thereto,  shall  be  referred  by  tbe  Committeaj 
on  Commerce  to  tbe  Secretary  of  War,  who  shall' 
make  inquiry  and  report  npon  tbe  extent,  expe- 
diency of,  and  tbe  neoeasity  for  the  proposed  im- 
provement, and  such  report  shall  be  made  a  part  of 
the  report  of  tbe  Committee  ot  the  Senate.  Ordered 
to  be  printed.  He  gave  notice  that  be  would  call  it 
up  for  consideration  to-morrow. 

THE  LXPEKSB  Ol"  XNVE8TIOATIONS. 
Mr.  M1TCHBI.1.,  of  Oregon,  submitted  an  amend- 
ment to  tbe  Deficiency  Appropriation  bill,  apprtf- 
piiating  {25,000  to  defray  the  expenses  neoessarilj 
incurred  by  the  Committee  on  Privileges  and  £lec< 
tions  in  making  tbe  investigationa  as  to  tne  election 

in  various  Soithem  Statea,  under  the  resolution  of; 
Mr.  Edmunds,  adopted  on  the  5th  of  Deoenxbee^ 
Ordered  to  be  printed. 

IHB  OREGON  CABB. 

Mr.  Mitchell,  of  Oregon,  called  up  the  reaolntioiv 
submitted  oy  bim  yesterday,  providing  for  the  issue 
of  an  attachment  for  Conrad  N.  Jordan,  Cashier  of .) 
tbe  Third  National  Bank  of  Kew-York,  be  having 
failed  to  apfiear  before  the  Committee  on  Privilegea 
and  Flections  to  testify  as  to  tbe  accounts  of  Samuel 
J.  Tilden,  William  T.  Pelton,  and  A-  S.  Hewitt  if 
that  bank, 

Mr.  MrrcBGLL  argued  that  he  waa  authorized  by 
a  unanimous  vote  of  tne  committee  to  present  this 
resolution  to  the  Senate  and  asl£  for  its  passage, 
and  there  was  a  full  meeting  of  the  committee  when  , 
the  vote  was  taken.  The  eubpoBoa  for  the  witness 
was  ordered  by  the  commicbee,  and  not  by 
an  indiyidual  member  thereof,  as  had  been ' 
stated.  He  referred  to  the  testimony  in  the 
case  of  tbe  Oregon  Elector,  and  argued  that 
(15,380  in  money  was  placed  to  tne  credit 
of  the  Democratic  leaders  in  Oregon  to  be  used  Inl 
connection  wiib  tbe  controversy  going  on  between 
Watts,  tbe  Renublicau  Elector,  and  Cronin.  iha 
Democranc  Elector.  The  money  put  up  in  Oregon 
came  directly  from  the  head  of  the  great  Demo- 
cratic Party  in  New- York.  Samuel  J.  Tilden  was 
one  of  tbe  Directors  of  tbe  Third  National  Bank  of 
New-Tork,  and  the  testimony  woold  show  tbat  thia' 
whole  conspiracy  in  regard  to  the  Electoral  vole  of 
Oregon  originated  in  the  very  head-quarters  of  tha 
Democratic  Party  in  New-York  City. 

Mr.  Kernan.  of  New- York,  argued  that  the  wit- 
ness  Jordaa  bad  been  pubpcenaed  at  the  instance  of 
an  individual  member  of  the  committee,  and  not  by 
tbe  committee.  The  gentleman  presenting  this 
resolution  to  the  Senate  f  Mr.  Mitchell]  bad  deemed' 
it  proper  to  go  into  a  discussion  aa  tu  what  the 
tea  I  imony  showed  belore  the  proof  was  all  in,  and 
had  it  noc  been  for  that,  he  [Mr.  Eernanj  would  nod 
refer  to  the  matter.  Mr.  Kernan  then  qaoced  from 
>be  testimony,  and  said  when  it  was  discovered^ 
that  Watts  was  ineligible,  it  was  thought  that  suits; 
would  be  instituted  to  compel  Gtot.  Grover  to  giye 
him  a  certificate,  and  funds  were  raiaed  to  deiendl 
those  suits.  It  was  suggested  that  the  National' 
Democratic  Committee  should  bear  the  expense, 
and  telegrams  were  sent  to  New- York  for  that  xit^T-  \ 

pose.  There  never  was  a  suggestion  that  money 
sboald  be  used  for  improper  purposes  in  Oregon. 
Money  sent  to  Oregon  Irom  New-York  was  aubse- 
qneniiy  returned.  He  had  no  idea  tbat  the  bank 
account  of  Mr.  lllden  would  show  that  any  monevj 
had  been  used  improperly,  and  be  was  willing  tol 
throw  open  tbe  doors  to  see  if  corruption  exisied.     ] 

Mr.  MrrcHELL  said  (3,000  were  paid  to  Cronin,  thsf 
Democratic  JSlector  irom  Oregon,  ostensibly  to  pay! 
his  expenses  to  Washlngiun,  but  it  was  welI-known| 
that  (600  would  have  paid  bis  expenses  both  ways., 
He  argued  that  money  was  improperly  used  in 
Oregon. 

Mr.  Savlsbdbt,  of  Delaware,  argued  tbat  the 
aubocena  for  the  witness  Jordan  had  not  tteea 
pioperly  issued,  and  it  was  no  slight  thing  to  arrest 
a  citizen  and  deprive  him  of  his  liberty  without 
due  process  of  law.  He  [Mr,  Sanlsbury  |  was  op- 
posed to  dragging  the  private  scooimts  of  Samuel 
J.  Tilden  before  the  public  upon  the  niere  suspi- 
cion of  a  Senator  that  money  bad  been  improperly t 
expended  by  him. 

After  some  farther  discussion,  the  resolution,  asj 
submitted  yesterday  by  Mr.  Mitchell,  for  tbe  arrest^ 
of  Jordan  was  agreed  to  without  a  division. 

THE  PACIFIC  BAILBOAD  IKDEBTEDNB8S. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  West,  the  bill  to  amend  the 
Pacific  Kailroad  acts  so  aa  to  create  a  sinking  fond, 
for  the  iiuuidation  of  the  indebtedness  dne  tbo 
Government  by  the  Pacific  Railroad  Cdhipauies 
was  taken  np,  in  order  that  it  should  be  the  unfln- 
iabed  business  to-morrow. 

Tbe  Senate  then  went  into  executive  session,  and 
when  tbe  aoors  were  reopened  at  4:40  o'olook  took 
a  recess  nntil  10  A.  M.  to-morrow. 


FATAL  RAILSoAd  COLLISION. 
TBOt,  Feb.  13.— .A  oollislon  between  a  ca- 
boose ptisiieii.,  by  an  .engiiie.  and  a  alee^iii^  oar  on 
the  Troy.a^id  Soston  Railroad  ocsarred  near  Eagle 
Br;dge  at  S  o'clock  t^lis  ffloroini.  C.  E.  Oa^welJ,  a 
uraketaah,  was  killed,  and  Willlain  HatioAn  and 
Clatk  Jafiieii,  eiDployeS  of  i^e  road.  W4tee  badly  in.; 
Jdre* 


HOUSE   0FSEFBE3ENTATIVES. 

The  House  met  at  10  A.  M.,  and  from  tbat 
hour  until  11:45  the  Clerk  was  engaged  in  reauLug 
the  journal  of  the  legislative  day  of  the  lat  of  FetK' 
ruary,  which  by  successive  recesses  coutinned  ap 
to  and  including  yesterday.  By  the  new  mla 
adopted  at  the  close  of  yesterday's  proceedings  thia 
anomaly  closes  and  henceforth  each  day  Is  to  tie  con- 
sidered a  legislative  day.  Tbe  hour  of  13  M  hav- 
ing arrived,  alter  prayer  by  the  Chaplain,  tbe  jour- 
nal ot  Monday,  tbe  12th  last.,  waa  read -and  ap- 
proved. 

TELEGBAPH  CABLES   TO  ETmOPI. 

Mr.  Hewttt,  of  New- York,  trom  the  Committea 
on  Foreign  Ai&irs,  reported  back  tbe  Senate  bill  to 
encourage  and  promote  telegrapbio  communloAtioa 
between  America  and  Europe. 

Mi.  C0N6BB,  of  Michigan,  asked  if  the  bill  wonld 
not  permit  numerous  lines  to  be  laid  all  along  tbe 

Mr.  Hewitt  said  he  did  not  think  it  would,  but 
even  if  it  did,  he  could  see  no  harm  in  opening  the 
gates  to  telegraphic  commnnication.  He  womd  he 
in  lavor  of  a  general  bill  allowing  everybody  to  Uy 
telegraph  cables. 

The  bill  was  then  passed. 

THB  SENECA  INDIAN  LA'WS. 

Mr.  SSELTB,  of  Massachusetts,  from  the  Commits 
tee  on  Indian  Affiurs,  reported  a  bill  amending  tne 
act  authorizing  the  Seneca  Nation  of  Indians  of 
New- York  to  lease  lands  within  the  CattaraUgof 
and  Allegany  reservations.    Passed.        \ 

TEE    FLOBTDA  BEPOBT8. 

Tbe  House,  as  the  regular  order,  proceeded  to  the. 
eousideration  of  tbe  report  of  tbe  Committee  on  thA) 
Election  in  Florida,  declaring  that  the  Tilden  Ueo>| 
tors  bad  been  elected  in  that  State. 

Mr.  'WrLSON,  of  Iowa,  asked  Mr.  Hopldna,  of 
Pennsylvania,  who  had  charge  of  the  matter,  what 

latitude  he  was  going  to  allow  to  debate. 

Mr.  Hopkins  said  tbat  he  would  aUow  the  other 
side  aa  much  time  as  it  desired. 

Mr.  Wilson   replied  that   bo    did    not  want  any 
time.    He  did  uot  want  to  « be  bothered  by  this  ^ 
funeral  business. 

Mr.  HOPKINB  said  that  he  had  intended  to  limit 
tbe  debate  to  one  hour,  trat  since  be  had  seen  the 
extraordinary  apectaoie  of  a  tribunal  refusing  to 
investigate  into  the  real  vote  of  Floridai 
since  he  had  seen  the  report  of 
tbe  minority  of  the  committee  containing 
evidence  which, had  never  been  taKen.  and  contain- 
lag  reflections  upon  tbe  m^ority  wbich  were  utter- 
ly unwarranted,  he  thought  there  shonid  beanora 
^me  for  debate.  He  then  proceeded  to  argae  in 
support  of  tbe  reeolu<ion,  and  declared  tbat  as  soor^ 
as  it  was  found  to  be  of  tbe  utmost  importance  that" 
Florida  should  be  counted  for  Hayes,  the  Repnbli- 
oan  conspiratora  bad  sent  man  and  money  to  tbas 
State  to  accomplish  tbat  object.  By  this  means  the 
election  had  been  carried  by  fraud,  and  an  eUctioa 
thus  carried  was  a  stab  at  the  very  vitala  of  the 
Republic. 

Mr.  DiTNNELU  of  Minnesota,  who  had  signed  the 
minority  report,  spoke  ih  support  of  that  report^ 
and  characterized  tbe  action  01  tbe  majority  of  the 
oominittee  as  partial.  He  pronounced  it  as  oppoaed 
to  a  full  investigation.  Tbe  minority  had  not  bees 
asked  where  it  desired  to  go— wbere  it  desired  to 
investigate — but  it  bad  been  led  wherever  the 
niajori^  ihoncht  Bepublioau  frauds  might  be  du- 
ouverea  H$  defem^ed  the  action  of  the  fileotoral 
Commlsavm  in  refnaing  to  receive  the  rept^t  of  tM 
mat<iFi<ty  as  evideaoe  in.  the  Florida  tsa^,  Ko  l|l> 
'         in  the  world.,  be  said,  'would  raoeive  U  ••  en- 


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4«ie6,    It  WM  simply  aa  laT«8tlK»tion  o»Fried  on 
Vr  ft  PftTtiMui  minority,   iMndled  for  »  pntp^se^  and  : 
Itft&dled  MUsly  for  the  accompiUbment  Ot  ttat  par- 
poie. 

^Mr.  Ptomaw,  of  Florida,  favorod  the  resQlatlon  of- 
Qie  majority,  deolariiiK  the  Tilden  Bl6ot)tir«  duly 
i«l««ted.  lo  tbe  eoar**  of  tals  remarks  be  said  :  I 
^wlicit  tbe  ladalKenoe  of  tbe  House  wblle  briefly 

Aalliflg  attenlioa  to  ft  oertain  oIbm  of  mealiy  whose 

Mbor*  and  bravery  tbe  Bepabiicaa  Party  in  the 
nodth  waa  first  nabered  into  orfcauized  oxfiatenoe. 
'■^  tbe  Qloae  of  tbe  war,  these  men  exohaii((ed  tbe 
uniform  of  the  soldier  for  the  earb  of  tbe  peacefal 
4dt'xei].  end  oast  tb^ir  lot  in  the  ijtatea  tbeir  valor 
'liad  saved  to  tbe  Union.  'NVitn  energy  and  brain, 
and  often  with  capacity,  they  embarked  in  varioas 
'employments  and  pursolts,  seekinK  that  reward 
and  respect  which  never  fail  to  come  to  tb«  honor- 
able and  enterpriains  citizen.  Ties  of  friendship, 
'of  maiTiaze,  of  success  In  business,  and  of  perma- 
nent invesiment,  fixed  many  of  this  class  so  that 
they  became  mdissolnbly  linked  wiUi  the  fortnnes 
or  misfortunes  of  the  communities  and  States  in 
|irbich  their  destiny  was  now  oast.  I  refer  to  tbat 
jplaaa  of  heroic  men  commonly  but  erroneously 
nuled  •'  carpet-basgers."  But  this  opprobrioTia 
lepitbet  only  came  into  politloal  parlance  after  the 
jadoptioa  by  a  Sepnblicao  Congress  of  a  civil  and 
politioal  reconairuoiion  policy  lor  the  South,  and 
.Which,  for  a  time,  seemed  likely  to  fail  for  lack  of 
X)roper  agency  to  execate  it.  As  is  well  known,  tbe 
)M>al  of  tbis  policy  was  the  legal  recognition  and 
dnforoement  of  the  political  equality  of  tbe  colored 

Siee.  Aeaicst  tbis  scheme  of  reconstruction  tbe 
oatillty  and  prejudices  of  the  whites  in  the  South 
jatonce  arrayed  tbemnelyes,  and  with  such  a  degree 
Ipf  intolerance  that  to  be  even  iriendiy  to  the  spheme 
jWBs  eoough  to  call  down  a  yiaitaticm  of  tbe 
Mverest  ostracism.  Tbe  colored  race,  wttose  lights 
lo  tbe  reconstruction  measures  were  the  bone  of 
BOQtenUon,  were  entirely  unable  from'  want  of 
pmowledge  an*  experience  to  carry  into  operation 
^fy  vast  a  system.  At  tbis  important  .^nncture  in 
Ute  political  history  of  tbe  Soaib,  the  Northem-bora 
jpnen  as  a  class  stepped  out  to  the  front,  took  hold  of 
jkhe  maohinei7  of  recons traction,  and  carried  into 
paeoesatal  itzecntion  wbar,  witbout  their  direct 
jSEenoy,  miebt  have  been  the  thwarted  and  discarded 
nolicy  ot  a  Kepnblican  Congreis.  Then  wl^^e  opened 
{he  vials  of  a  pent  np  wiatb  upon  tbe  beaids  of  tbis 

glass  of  men,  and  since  then  langnaeo'  has  been  ex- 
aiuted  by  one  politioal  party  tor  words  of  obiurKa- 
lUon  and  epithets  to  apply  to  them.  Bnt  uninflu- 
enced by  all  this  unjust  opposition.  States  were  re- 
,icod8tract^d  on  n^  and  improved  Coostitntlons, 
'fend  the  statutes  abonnded  with  the  wholesome  and 
brogresslve  laws  born  ot  a  Republican  dispiensation. 
,A.  better,  more  enligbtened,  and  prosperoaa  era, 
the  State  of  Florida  never  saw  than  that  which  is 
4iatinzuished  as  her  eiebt  jears  ot  <ucperience 
lander  tbe  rale  of  the  Kepnblican  Party. 
■When  the  Republican  Party  aaanroed  poasesRion   nf 

the  Qovemment  ot  i'lorida  in  1868  the  snm  ot  SI  59 
ras  found  in  the  State  Treasury,  and  the  public 
predit  on  ber  State  bonds  was  down  to  20  cents  on 
H  dollar,  wnile  less  than  three  months  axo,  when 
the  State  Government  again  changed  hands  and 
passed  under  the  control  of  the  Democracy,  tbe  re- 
MTiog  Republican  officers  turned  over  $M5,000  in 
^e  Treasury,  and  with  it  a  credit  on  State  bonds  of 
^  cents  on  tne  dollar.  In  1868  there  was  not  enongh 
isaouey  in  tbe  State  Treasury  to  buy  matebea  for 
one  scbool-bouse;  now  there  are  common  schools 
established  in  every  county,  and  |30,000  in  cash 
belongine  to  tbe  school  fond  was  lately  turoed  over 
by  the  Republican  to  tbe  Democratic  Trisaanrer. 
,Wben  the  Presidential  oampaiKn  of  1876  commenced 
the  Repoblican  Party  in  the  Soatberii  States  buckled 
on  its  armor  and  entered  the  field  band  in  band 
;«1th  its  Northern  ally — I  mean  tbe  ITortherji  wing 
pf  the 'Republican  Party — determined  to  do  valiant 
jMttle  for  its  candidates  and  pinnciplea.  iEvery^ 
:where  in  the  South  we  labored  under  some 
dlsadvantaees  and  disconragementa,  more  particu- 
larly under  a  really  depressing  spirit  eansed  by 
the  determined  Iront  of  tne  Democracy  eye^y^f  here. 
,%bo  now  carried  npon  their  banners  tbe  prestiee  of 
their  victoi?  in  Mississippi.  To  counteract  tbe 
sUeot  power  ot  this  pre-iilge  it  became  necessary  to 
poi  forth  renewed  exertions  and  to  invoke  renewed 
pntbusiasm,  and  in  the  creation  of  these  new 
fkuxiliaries  we  partly  succeeded,  though  unaldled  by 
pnr  ally  in  tbe  North,  to  whom  we  appealed  in:  vain 
for  a  tew  public  speakers  and  from  whom  we  could' 
,obtain  not  one  dollar  of  assistance  to  help  detrav 
the  legitimate  expenses  of  the  Presidential  cam; 
'pdisn.  It  i*  sinealar  to  contemplate  bow  much  in 
>ctueye.nent  and  in  rascality  is  expected  from 
Boatbern   Bepnbiioans  in  national  elections,  and 

El  now  studiously  they  are  unaided  in  their  tsam- 
gn  emergencies,  and  ienorea  in  the  boor  of  Wic- 
y  and  poasesalon.  Can  any  one  answer  the 
tfolitical  oonoQdram',  why  it  is  that  Bepablican 
speakers  will  eloquently  vibrate  fVom  Maine 
to  Indiana,  and  from  New- Hampshire  to  Maryland, 
ftnd    yet      never      pat     a      foot      across      the 

SoUHnao  River  to  help  us  in  the  Southern  States  to 
ilht  tbe  same  great  battles  for  principle  and  coon- 
^y  .  Can  any  one  explaia  to  tht  saiisfaction  of  a 
Bouthern  Republican  why  money  waa  collected  from 
office  holders  in  the  South,  and  then  why  not  one 
dollar  waa  contributed  by  any  of  our  Natioanl 
Committees  for  campaign  purposes  in  Florida  !  Is 
It  any  wonder,  Sir,  that  the  Repnblicau  Party  haa 
been  growing  weaker  and  weaker  each  year 
In  the  So  uth,  and  all  for  want  of  fostering  care  and 
.'•ncouragement  from  our  national  p^rty  lunctiona- 
rlesf  Is  it  any  wonder  that  both  our  leaders  and 
masses  are  filled  with  disgust  and  demoralization 
"When,  before  tbe  election  and  during  the  cam- 
paign, they  were  compelled  to  hea;  the 
proposition  gravely  propounded '  whetner  a 
"solid  Sooth"  shonid  not  be  encouraged 
^d  be  permitted  as  tbe  safest  issue 
npon  which  to  rally  or  fire  a  "solid  North,"  and 
npoD  which  sectional  excitement,  "  that  red  sea  of 
ttonble  In  which  so  many  of  our  coantrymen  were 
■wallowed  up  in  civil  war."  our  candidate  shonid 
ride  in  triampb  into  the  'White  House.  Tea.  Ask 
your  fellow  Kepuoiicans  in  tbe  South  to  calmly 
commit  suicide.  "  Aak  tbe  colored  voters  to  sus- 
pend their  exercise  of  snffrage,  and  caliulr  accept 
.the  consequences  of  a  Demooraiio  Goyemment." 
'Ask  these  encouraging  favors  before  the  campaign 
ihas  advanced  I'ar  enough  to  scatter  yoor  paper  cal- 
.colations,  and  leave  only  blank  wonderment  m  their 
places,  and  then  it  we  decline,  '*  more  in 
laorrow  than  in  anger,"  refuse  to  send  ns 
,either  speakers  or  assistance,  look  indifferently  or 
jnot  at  all  npon  a  brave  band  strnggling  single 
lianded  against  a  well  organized  and  relentless  po- 
Utical  foe,  but  wage  a  useless  war  against   impreg- 

jiuible  Democratic  fortiflcatioiis  in  New- York  and 
lladiana;  and  then,  on  the  day  after  election  ner- 
iroasly  ask  yooraolf  what  is  tbe  result  of  tbia  hap- 
tbaxard  campaign.  The  result  is  logical ;  defeat  by 
the  people,  and  this,  Mr.  Speaker,  brings  me  to  tbe 
Bravamen  of  my  remarks  upon  tbe  subject,  which  I 
^ow  take  occasion  to  present  to  tbe  reflection  of  my 
^ontiymen  who  believt  that  the  purity  and  exact- 
jBesa  of  the  ballot  are  the  first  foaodationa  upon 
Uibioh  to  rear  and  preserve  the  liberty  and  stability 
,6f  our  free  institutions. 
'     I  waited  impatiently  for  the  Special  Committee 

SI  Florida  to  submit  the  report  of  their  Investiga- 
on  to  tbis  Souse,  and  again  I  looked  forward  wich 
/A  reasonable  expectation  that  tbe  Electoral  Commis- 
,8ton  would  decide  to  admit  evidence  sufficient  at 
least  to  satisfy  the  country  as  to  which  Electorswere  , 
'really  elected  by  tbe  people  of  Florida,  but  I  find 
now  tbe  appropriate  opportunity  ^to  state  from  my 
own  knowledge  tbe  true  condition  of  the  Presiden- 
iial  vote  in  my  State  concerning  which  so  much  Is 
Evolved  in.  misunderstanding  and  controversy. 
The  Republican  Party  in  our  Slate,  with 
all  ita  QlssensioDB  taealed,  aoU  with  tbe  whole  ma- 
pbinery  of  the  State  Guvemment  in  its  hands,  went 
|nto  the  last  campaign  determined  to  win  if  oar  re- 
aoorces  and  eflEbrts,  coupled  with  the  most  heroic 
'devotion  on  the  part   of  our  Toters,    could   achieve 

Ebb  an  end.  It  was  without  exception  the  most 
acefai  election  ever  held  in  the  State,  and  not 
e  case  of  violence  or  disturbance  on  electlou 
da^bas  come  to  my  knowledge.  It  seemed  the 
peeoliar  privilege  of  the  Republicans  to  win  under 
all  these  advantageous  circumstances;  but  it  is 
a  fact,  Sir,  which  I  cannot  stand  upon  this  floor  and 
deny,  and  which  every  man,  woman,  and  child  in 
my  State  knows,  that  Florida  was  lost   by  the  Re- 

Kiblloan  Party  in  the  late  election,  and  that  the 
omooratlo  Governor  and  the  Tilden  Electors  were 
truly  elected.  I  make  this  declaration  now  under 
ibe  most  solemn  sense  of  public  duty,  and  from  an 
uresistible  feeling  of  obligation  to  the  people  of  my 
etate^  wbo  have  a  right  to  expeoc  that  nowever 
ipartuan  their  representative  may  be  In  his  politi- 
cal faith,  he  should  at  least,  on  questions  of  public 
flaot,  be  an  honest  man. 

Mr.  'WOODBDEN,  of  Nevada,  (a  member  of  the 
fioramlttee,)  criticised  the  gentleman  from  Florida 
[Mr.  Furman]  for  characterising  the  Canvassing 
Board  of  Florida  as  a  l>old,  uuscrnpulons,  and  dis- 
ibonest  sec  The  gentlemen  composing  that  board 
iWonld  compare  favorably  with  the  gentleman  from 
'Florida,  or  with  any  member  on  the  floor,  and  he 
iwished  to  remind  tliat  gentleman  that  he  had  been 
canvassed  into  tliis  House  by  the  very 
aame  board  and  in  the  very  same  manner 
In  wnich  tbe  Hayes  Electors  had  oeen 
declared  elected.  The  .testimony  taken  by  the 
committee,  npon  which  It  based  its  report,  would 
be  totally  inadmistable  in  any  court  of  lustice  in 
the  country.  He  went  into  the  details  of  the  elec- 
Itions  In  the  difl'erent  States  In  order  to  show  that 
,lf  any  fraud  waa  perpetrated  in  Florida  it  was  per- 
petrated by  tbe  Democrats.  Bnt,  notwithstanding 
that  fact,  the  Hayes  Eleotora.  had  been  duly 
(elected. 

Tbe"  previons  question  '  being  seconded  it  was 
Agreed  that  tbe  yote  on  the  resolutions  should  be 
itakea  to-morrow  at  12  o'clock,  although  Mr.  Fosteb, 
lof  Ohio,  suggested  that  the  funeral  ceremonies 
«botild  be  flniataed  to-nlgbt  and  the  corpse  bnried. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Cox,  of  New-Xork,  the  Senate 
xesolntion  that  each  calendar  day  should  be  con- 
Videred  as  a  legislative  day,  and  tnat  tbe  jonmal  of 
tbe  day  before  should  be  so  dated,  was  adopted. 

.  IHB  BTATUB  OX*  UBKBTT. 

.  ^Thel^  Speaker  laid  before  the  House '  a  Message 
Imn  the  President,  transmitting  a  memorial  from 
biiisens  of  New-Xork.  asking  for  tbe  passage  of  a 
law  aatboriziDg  the  proper  department  to  set  apart 
•aJSoienc.  ground  on  either  Bedloe's  or  Governor's 
Island,  in  tbe  harbor  of  New- York,  as  a  site  for  tbe 
■tatae  of  "Liberty  Enlightening  tbe  World,"  which 
to  been  presented  to  the  United  States  by  tbe 
French  people.  The  memorial  is  signed  by  W.  M. 
Srarta,  £.  D.  Morgan,  William  C.  Bryant,  and 
Others.  Referred  to  the  Committee  on  Foreign  Af- 
blrf. 
^  Ihe  Honse,  at  4:30  P.  M.,  took  ;a  recess  •nntil  to- 
naoixow  at  10  o'clock.  

iSOOMX  OF ISAA.0  M.  tiUfQUB'S  OHILDBEK. 
^  Applioatioii  waa  made  to  Judge  Barrett,  in 
Boiaeme  Coort,  Chambers,  yesterday,  by  several 
children  of  th«  late  Isaac  M.  Singer,  for  allowanc  es 
ftom  their  father's  esUte.  Caroline  Virginia  Fos- 
ter one  of  the  applicants,  says  that  under  Mr. 
Blnger's  will  she  is  entiUed  to  about  |260,000.  She 
la  a  minor,  being  only  Ifl  years  of  age,  and  is  mar- 
nod.  David  Hawley.  her  testamentary  guardian, 
^laa  allowed  her  $500  per  month.  She  says  that  her 
health  rfQolrea  that  she  should  have  a  carnage  and 
horses  and  ride  out  .  She  asked  f2.500  for  a  team 
and  an  increase  in  her  allowance  to  fl.OOO  per 
[moBtb.  Xnla  applioabon  was  referred  to  ex-Judge 
IJiitebell  as  Beferea  Three  otbercbUdien  of  Mr. 
fatD««>  applied  to  ba^e  an  allowance  gl»en  them  of 
jlSOO  per  month  e^ta,    Jadca  J8-ttett  awaraed  each 

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UW  RBPOktS. 

BOODl'S  SUIT  AGAI2f8I  TILPSN 

TH«  njLlSnsV  AX.I<BeXS^THAT  T0K   DKFEND- 

ANT     0WE8     HIM    |26,000— HOW     THB 
STOCK  POOL  OP  1864  WAS  EOBMBD. 

The  long  delayed  suit  of  Henry  H.  Boody 
against  8amael  J:  Tilden  and  others  WaM^l^^tiSht 
to  trial  yesterday  morning  in  the  Special  Term  of 
the  Superior  Court,  before  Judge  Sedgwick. 
The  suit  is  tfor  an  accounting,  Boody  alleging 
that  Mr.  TUden  owes  him  126,000  on  a 
stock  pool  formed  in  1864  tor  the  purpose 
of  oonsolidatiBii  tbe  Chicago  and  Iforth- 
western  Railway  and  the  ChioaKO  and  Galena  Union 
Railroad  Companies,  which  amount^  it  is  alleged, 
was  overpaid  to  Mr.  Tilden  under  a  misapprehen- 
sion as  to  the  Supposed  profits  of  the  pool.  The 
other  defendants  are  William  B.  Ogden  and  George 
M.  Bartholomew,  wbo  were  interested  in  the  pool 
with  Boody  and  Mr.  TUden,  and  who  Boody  alleges 
were  also  overpaid.  Mr.  Bartholomew,  however, 
is  only  a  nominal  defendant,  aa  he  desires  an  ac- 
counting, having,  as  claimed,  acceded  to  the  justness 
of  Boody's  demands  therefor.  Mr.  Dexter  A.  Haw- 
kins appeared  for  Mr.  Boody,  and  Mr.  'William  'W. 
Nlles  for  Mr.  Tilden,  who  la  regarded  as  the  real 
defendant 

The  complaint  recites  that  the  pool  was  formed 
by  an  oral  agreement  on  the  28th  of  March,  1864,  to 
buy  enongh  of  the  stock  of  the  Chicago  and  Galena 
Union  Railroad  Company  to  enable  those  in  the 
pool  to  control  the  next  election  of  Directors  of  the 
Company  to  be  held  early  in  tbe  following  Jane, 
and  thus  enable  them  to  consolidate  that  company 
with  tbe  Chicago  and  North-western,  of  which  com- 
pany Ogden  was  President  and  of  which  all  in 
Idle  pool  were  Directors,  and  all  except  Bartholo- 
mew were  members  of  tbe  Executive  Committee. 
Ogden  was  to  have  an  interest  of  6,000  shares  in  the 
pool,  Tilden  2,0u0  shares,  Bartholomew  1,000,  and 
Boody  as  many  shares  as  it  shonid  be  necessary  to 
buy  of  the  Chicago  and  Galena  Union  stock,  in  ad- 
dition to  the  9,000  shares  mentioned,  and  what 
proxies  might  be  obtained  to  help  to  effect  the  con- 
solidation, which  interest  of  Boody  turned  out  to  be 
9,450  shares,  making  18,450  shares  in  the  pool. 
Boody  was  to  manage  the  pool,  and  all  were  to 
share  profits  or  bear  losses  in  proportion  to  their  in- 
terest in  it.  Boody,  in  the  Interest  of  the  pool,  pur- 
chased, on  the  SSth  of  March,  1804,  11,000  shares  of 
Chicago  and  Galena  Union  stock,  and  continued  to 
purchase  afterward  until  he  obtained  18,430  shares, 
costing  from  12273  to  144  per  share,  making  the 
total  costs,  including  commissions  and  incidental 
expenses,  nearly  13,000,000.  Tilden  contributed  no 
capital  whatever,  bat,  on  the  contrary,  borrowed 
from  Boodyto  tbe  extent  of  t^,  000,  without  seouritjr . 
Boody  did  not  discover  until  long  after  Tilden  and 
Ogden  had  received  large  payments  Irom  the  pool 
that  they  bad  overdrawn  their  share  of  the  sup- 
posed profits,  the  discovery  noC  being  made  until 
the  Fall  of  1875,  when  Boody  immediately  demand- 
ed an  accounting  and  s&ttlemeni^  to  which  request 
Bartholomew  was  willing  to  accede,  but  which  was 
refused  by  Tilden  and  0;:den. 

Mr.  Hawkins,  in  opening  tbe  case,  said  that  on 
Sunday,  the  27th  ot  March,  1364,  the'pool  project 
was  hatched  by  Tilden,  Ogden,  Henrv  H.  Smith, 
the  Vice  President,  and  James  R.  Young,  the  Bec- 
retary  of  the  Chicago  and  North-western  Railway 
Company,  while  tbey  were  riding  in  Central  Park. 
Mr.  ^iles  made  a  sarcastic  objection  that  a  con- 
tract made  on  Sunday  was  illegal. 

Judge  Sedgwick  said  tbat  soma  contracts  mado 
on  that  day  were  found  very  binding. 

Counsel  resumed,  saying  (bat  Boody's  office  was 
at  Nos.  8  and  10  Wall  street,  where  the  office  of  tbe 
Chicago  and  North-western  Company  was  also  lo- 
cated. On  the  following  morning  (Monday,)  Ogden 
went  early  to  Boody's  office  and  told  him  about  the 
project  into  which  Boody  entered.  When  it  was 
loood.  that  enough  stock  had  been  secured  to  con- 
trol a  consolidation  of  the  companies,  Tilden  told 
Boody  that  when  the  consolidation  waseffected  they 
would  have  so  much  stock  that  it  would  be  better  for 
him  (lioodv)  to  begin  immediately  to  sell  the 
Chicago  and  North-western  stock,  and  thus  get  the 
larger  part  of  the  stock  sold  before  the  consolida- 
tion was  completed,  as  otherwise  they  might  break 
tbe  market  down  ;  ana  Boody  went  un  and  sold  a 
large  amnmnt  of  the  siock.  A  rough  calculation 
was  made  by  Mr.  Boody  in  August  IS^i  of  the 
condition  of  tbe  pool,  ana  Tiidun  was 
allowed  to  pay  only  $19,000  for  500  shares 
of  Chicago  and  North-western  preferred  stock  at  90, 
the  stock  being  worth  145.000  at  that  figure,  but 
Tilden  receiving  credit  for  126,000,  which  were  aun- 
posed  to  be  coming  to  bim  aa  profits  from  tbe  pooL 
when,  in  fact,  as  an  alter  examination  showed,  he 
was  indebted  to  the  pool  instead  of  too  pool  beiog 
indebted  to  him.  Ii  would  be  claimed,  on  behalf  of 
Boody,  tbat  tbe  parties  to  the  pool  were  copartners, 
anfi  tbat  tbe  conn  should  take  the  accoants  and  aa- 
Ji4t  them  equitably. 

When  Mr.  Hawkins  had  concluded  his  opening 
Mr.  Mills  moved  to  dismiss,  mainly  on  the  ground 
tbat  tbia  was  a  suit  bronghc  tor  an  accounting, 
wben,  on  tbe  allegations,  it  oagbt  to  be  an  action 
to  recover  an  overpaid  balance. 

The  motion  was  denied.  Judge  Sedgwick  saving 
he  would  hear  evidence  to  ascertain  wbether  an 
accounting  should  be  ordered,  and  that  if  he  so 
determined,  the  accoants  would  be  sent  to  an 
auditor, 

Mr.  Boody  was  called  by  Mr.  Hawkins,  and  testi- 
fied that  he  had  known  Tilden  since  1857,  and  bad 
had  several  trausactions  with  bim  before  tbe  one 
reiaiing  to  the  pool;  Tilden  had  been  coonael  for 
tbe  Chicago  and  Nortb-west^im  since  its  reorganiza- 
tion in  1859  ;  witness  saw  Tilden  at  tbe  Jatter's  of- 
fice in  relerenee  to  tbe  formation  of  tbe  pool,  on 
Monday,  March  28,  1864,  and  found  out 
he  already  knew  all  aboni  it;  witness 
asked  Tilden  wbat  interest  he  Intended 
to  take,  when  Tilden,  in  bis  peculiar  way,  put  his 
month  oloae  to  witness'  ear  and  whispered:  "I 
never  go  largely  into  anything ;  I  will  take  2,000 
shares  ;"  Tilden  and  Ogden  left  town  that  day  tor 
tbe  North-west;  on  tbeir  letum  tbey  strongly  ap- 
provkd  of  a  coabtion  witness  bad  made  with  other 
parties  whom  he  found  were  buying  Chicago  and 
Galena  stock ;  when  a  large  amount  of  Galena 
stock  had  been  secured  Tilden  said  it  could  not 
be  carried  on  call  loans,  and  he  introduced 
witness  to  William  G.  Coleman  &  Co.,  with 
whom  negotiations  were  made  for  time  loan^i  to 
carry  the  stock.  Wben  th<)  panic  came  in  Wall 
street  witness  thought  he  would  be  rained,  as  he 
had  invested  all  he  had  to  carry  tbe  stock  he  had 
bought  and  he  went  lo  Ogden  atid  Tilden  for  aid  ; 
Ogdeu  immediately  loaned  bim  (5,000  himself  and 
got  a  loan  of  (50,000  from  Mr.  Booth.  President  of 
the  American  Exchange  Bank,  but  Tilden  gave  no 
aid  whatever;  ail  of  the  common  stock  of  Cblcago 
and  Nortb-western,  except  a  small  portion,  nad 
been  sold  jost  previons  to  the  coo8olid»tion  of  tbe 
two  companies,  and  the  sales  of  tbe  prelerred  stock 
were  continued  atter  the  consolidation  had  been 
effected  op  to  tbe  19th  of  Augast  wben  Tilden  said 
he  would  take  500  shares  of  tbe  prelerred  stock  at 
90,  and  ne  was  to  be  told  how  much  be  would  have 
to  pay  for  them  after  deducting  bis  share  of  tbe 
profits  of  tbe  pool ;  Mr.  Young,  Ogdeu  's  con- 
fidential Secretary,  and  witness  went  hur- 
riedly over  the  pool  accounts  to  sue  what 
t5alance  of  profits  there  would  be,  and  made  np 
rough  memoranda  with  pencil,  which  memoranda 
was  afterward  lost  or  destroyed.  Witness  then  let 
Tilden  know  tbat  if  he  took  500  shares  at  90  it 
would  require  his  check  for  $19,000  to  balance  his 
account;  Tilden  gave  the  check  on  the  22d  of 
August  and  the  shares  were  delivered  to  him  on 
tbe  31st;  the  shares  at  90  were  worth 
(45,000,  so  that  in  paying  only  tl9,000 
he  got  credit  for  |26,000  as  coming  to  him  from  the 
pool.  It  would  have  been  necessary,  lu  making  an 
accurate  examination  of  tbe  accoants,  to  have  gone 
over  at  least  seven  books;  but  not  more  tnan  four 
were  examined.  The  books  in  which  these  accoants 
were  kept  were  open  to  all  those  having  accounts  in 
them. 

An  adjournment  was  taken  at  tbis  point  to  10 
o'clock  tula  morning. 

Mr.  Tilden  waa  not  in  tbe  court-room  during  tbe 
day,  and  Mr.  Nilea,  his  coansel,  said  that  he  would 
not  probably  be  present  dunog  tbe  trial,  unless  it 
was  necessary  to  call  him  as  a  witness. 


by  3lMl»k  Giurteir  f ot  vpptfUmt  Ind  \>J  S.  ^d  tat 

TheftuowinR is  the  day  oslendar  of  the  Court  nf 
AnpMU  ror  'W't'dnssdAy,  Feb.  14  :  ITos.  178,  193. 
193.  IM,  189,  71, 190. 198. 


COURT  OF    APPEALS. 


COVRt  NOTES. 


3^t»  6edg;vdck,  in  the  Superior  Court. 
SpeeUd  Term,  yesterday  ordered  a  reference  in  the 
ease  of  {$»Uqb  Ralph  ^gainst  Joa?pb  Z.  Balph.  Tbe 
parties  were  married  in  1843,  and  tbe  wife  now 
seeks  an  absolute  oivoroe  on  the  ground  of  the  al- 
leged adultery  ot  her  husband. 

Mary  DonleavT)  a  servant,  who  on  Marob  1, 

1675,  stole  a  watch  and  chain,  valued  at  (95.  the 
property  of  Mrs.  Jane  Bvron,  of  No.  402  West 
Thirty  iargt  street,  pleaded  guilty  yesterday  in  Part 
II.  of  the  Court  of  General  Sessions.  She  was  sen- 
tenced to  one  year  In  the  State  Prison. 

In  Part  II.  of  the  Court  of  General  Seasions, 
yesterday,  Jsbn  Williams,  a  negro,  wbo  maoe  a 
burglarious  entry  into  tbe  premises  ot  Charles  A. 
Greene,  No.  79  £ing  street  with  intent  to  steal, 
pleaded  guilty  to  burglary.  Judge  Sutherland  sen- 
tenced the  prisoner  to  tlpiree  years  in  the  State 
Prison. 

The  will  of  William  Jay  Haskitt,  the  lawyer, 
who  died  recently,  is  being  contested  by  the  widow 
on  the  gronnd  of  mental  inoapaoity  on  the  part  ot 
the  testator..  The  matter  was  yesterday  referred  to 
Mr.  W.  J.  McEenna  as  Referee,  and  will  come  up 
again  to-morrow.  The  estate  of  the  deceased  is 
valued  at  (30.000. 

The  jury  in  Part  III.  ot  tho  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas,  yesterday  gave  a  verdict  fer  the  de- 
fendant in  the  suit  of  Edward  Aaron  against 
Samuel  Godobaod  and  another.  The  case,  which 
has  been  reported  hitherto,  was  brought  to  recover 
damases  for  an  alleged  wrongful  seizure  ot  the 
plaintlfTs  goods  by  a  City  Marshal  acting  for  the 
defendants. 

On  the  night  of  Jan.  27  William  Sobroeder,  of 

No.  85  Sonth  Fifth  avenue,  broke  into  the  stable  of 
Pairtck  Slevin.  No.  240  East  One  Hundred  and 
Thirteenth  street,  and  stole  a  turkey.  He  was  ar- 
rested, and  Pleaded  gnllty  yesterday  In  Part  XL  of 
the  Court  of  General  Sessions.  Judge  Sutherland 
sentenced  Schroeder  to  two  years  and  six  montns  in 
the  State  Prison. 

The  •will  of  Margaret  Fritz,  who  died  recent- 
ly, leaving  property  valued  at  about  (30,000.  is  being 
contested  before  Surrogate  Calvin  by  tbe  nephew 
of  tbe  deceased  on  the  gronnd  that  the  will  was  not 
properly  pnblished.  There  is  a  codicil  to  the  will, 
however,  which  is  properly  pablisbed,  and  the  Sur- 
rogate yesterday  held  that  tbis  fact  makes  a  pab- 
lication  at  the  will  good  and  Buffloient: 

The  trial  of  tbe  suit  of  Daryea  against  the 
Mayor,  tic.,  in  which  the  plaintiff  seeks  (50,000  dam- 
ages for  injaries  to  his  land  caused  by  the  discbarge 
Irom  the  Thirty-fourth  street  sewer,  was  resumed 
before  Judge  Donobue  and  a  jury  in  Part  I.  of  tbe 
Supreme  Court,  yesterday.  The  plaintiff  called 
sevt^ral  witnessea  to  prove  the  extent  of  hia  damage, 
and  also  called  one  of  tbe  Bewer  Inspectors.  Tbe 
latter  te^^tified  tbat  he  built  the  sewer  outlet  by  the 
direction  of  Mr.  Craven,  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct 
Board.  It  appeared,  however,  that  the  couseot  of 
the  then  owner  of  the  land  bad  been  obtained.  The 
City's  side  of  the  case  will  probably  be  opened  to- 
day. 

'  In  Part  II.  of  the  Coart  of  General  Sessions, 
yesterday.  Assistant  District  Attorney  Lyon  called 

the  case  of  Elijah  W.  Houghton,  of  No.  47  East 
Twentv-eigbth  strvet  against  whom  three  indict- 
ments bad  been  found  for  grand  larceny  and 
embezzlement.  It  appears  that  Houghton,  while  en- 
ga°red  as  book-keeper  in  tbe  employ  of  Hamilton 
Gordon,  No.  13  East  Fonrteenth  street,  appropriated 
to  his  own  use  a  note  of  Gibbons  Si.  Stone,  of  Roch- 
ester, N.  Y.,  for  (173.  He  also  appropriated  a  check 
for  ^0,  another  check  tor  (38.  and  varioas  other 
sums  of  money,  the  property  ot  his  employera.  On 
being  arraigned  Houghton  pleaded  guilty,  and  was 
sentenced  by  Jadge  Sutherland  to  four  years  in  the 
State  Prison. 

OVER  FIVE  BUSDRED  CITY    LOTS  IX  SUIT. 

The  tnal  of  one  of  the  moat  complicated  of 
cases  wiiich  have  yet  come  before  the  courts  was 
begun  before  Jndge  "Van  'Vorst  in  the  Supreme 
Court,    Special    Term,     yesterday.     The    suit   is 

brought  by  Robert  L.  Fowler  against  Solomon 
Mehrbacb,  and  numerous  others,  and  in  it  tbe 
plaintiff  seeks  fees,  an  accounting,  and  to  he  ru- 
muved  from  a  trust  in  regard  to  betwf^en  SOO  and 
600  lots  of  ground  in  this  City.  The  property  is 
situated  between  Ninety-seventh  and  One  Hundred 
and  First  streets.  First  avenue,  and  tbe  East 
River.  It  was  formerly  nurcbaaed  by  the 
Street  Cleaning  Association,  a  joint  stock  company 
of  which  the  late  John  L.  Brown,  the  street-clean 
ing  contractor,  waa  President.  In  this  company 
were  also  interested  William  M.  Tweed.  Jr.,  An- 
drew J.  Smith,  James  M.  Sweeny,  E.  F.  Smith, 
Richard  M.  Tweed,  Sheppard  F.  Knapp,  Charles 
Devlin,  William  King,  and  John  Scott.  An  agree- 
ment was  Uiode  in  1873  becwsen  John  L.  Browc,  as 
President  of  the  asaocution,  and  Solomon  Menrbacb, 
by  which  the  property  was  convoyed  to  tho  latter. 
Under  tho  conveyanco  two  mortgages  on  the  laud, 
aggregating  (79,000,  were  to  be  paid,  and  Brown,  as 
President  was  to  retain  an  interest  in  one- 
half  the  profits  of  the  sale  of  tho  lands.  Mr. 
Fowler  and  one  McCahUl  were  afterward  ap- 
pointed as  Trustees,  and  the  property  was  con- 
veyed to  them,  tney  giving  back  a  trnst  deed 
according  to  which  they  were  to  sell  tbe  lots  at  cer- 
tain specified  rates  before  May  10.  1875,  and  distrib- 
ute the  proceeds  properly  between  Mehrbacb  and 
Brown  as  President  Only  tonrlots  weru  sold,  aod 
the  prices  brought  aggregated  (7  000  less  than  they 
should  have  been.  Mehrbacb,  howaver,  promised 
to  make  up  the  difference.  Mr.  Fowler  now  seeks 
to  be  released  from  his  trnst  and  to  bave  tbe  conrt 
determine  the  claims  of  different  parties  to  the 
property.     The  trial  will  be  resumed  next  week. 


A  PUBLISHER  0^  TRIAL  FOR  PERJURY. 
The  trial  of  James  Sutton,  President  of  the 
Aldine  Publishing  Company,  indicted  for  periary  in 
swearing  faliiely  to  the  amonnt  of  his  losses  by  a 
fire  at  No.  23  Liberty  street  and  No.  58  Maiden  lane, 
Jnne  24, 1875,  was  resumed  before  Recorder  Uackett 

yesterday  in  Part  I.  of  the  Court  of  General  Ses- 
sions. Tbe  evidunce  of  tbn  Fire  Marshal  having 
been  concluded.  Assistant  District  Attorney  Her- 
ring called  Julius  Bien,  of  No.  16  Park  plavp,  as  an 
expert  in  littaograDhs  and  ctiromos.  Mr.  Bien 
estimated  tbat  the  lithographs  and  ohromos 
held  in  stock  by  the  Aldxne  Company  at  the 
time  of  tbe  fire,  could  be  produced  for  a  much  lens 
sum  than  tbat  swora  to  as  their  value  by  Mr. 
Sutton  in  bis  proof  of  Iohs.  Frank  Lawrence,  a 
former  employe  of  tho  Aldint,  testified  tbat  he  bad 
packed  up  a  pile  of  stereotype  plates  ready  for  re- 
moval previous  to  the  fire,  and  bad  seen 
some  of  the  chromos  damaged.  Be  had  heard 
it  said  among  the  employes  tbat  tbe  firm  was  about 
to  collapse,  and  that  tbo  fire  Insurances  were  to  be 
renevred.  The  witnesses  were  oros.x-examined  at 
length  by  Col.  Fellows.  At  tho  adjournment  of 
court,  Assistant  District  Attorney  Herring  asked 
the  court  to  hold  the  accused  in  additional  bail  of 
(5,000  during  tbe  trial.  Recorder  Haokett  granted 
the  desired  motion,  and  the  necessary  bail  was  fur- 
nished by  John  Siisby.  of  Brooklyn. 


A  BIOBWAT  ROBBER  PUNISBED. 
On  the  afternoon  of  the  3d  inst,  aa  Mrs. 
Catherine  Cbauncey,  of  No.  49  West  Thirty-second 
street  was  walking  toward  her  home,  she  was  at- 
tacked by  a  ruffian  wbo  struck  her  a  violent  blow 
on  tbe  shoulder  with  his  clenched  fist  nearly  throw- 
ing her  to  the  ground.  While  the  lady  was  suffer- 
ing from  the  shock  of  the  blow,  her  assailant  seized 
her  band,  in  which  she  held  a  pocketbook  contain- 
ing (25,  and  forcibly  twisted  ii  nntil  be  compelled 
ber  to  relioqaish  her  hold.  The  highwayman  then 
ran,  but  was  subsequently  arrested  and  Identified 
by  the  lady.  When  the  case  was  called  by  Assist- 
ant District  Attorney  Lyon  yesterday,  in  Pan  II. 
of  the  Court  of  General  Sessions,  the  nrisooer,  a 
well-known  thief  named  JThomas  biuns,  alias  .Tames 
Mnrpby,  living  at  No.  235  East  Twenty -elubth 
street,  pleaded  guilty.  Judge  Sutherland  sentenced 
him  to  six  years  and  six  mouths  in  the  State  Prison. 


Albakt,  Feb.  13. — In  the  Court  ot  Appeals 
to-day  the  following  decisions  were  handed  down  : 

Judgment  affirmed  with  eosts — Hoffman  vs.  Tbe 
Union  Ferry  Company ;  Crawford  vs.  Everson ; 
Billings  vs.  Tbo  Mayor ;  Van  Sohaick  vs.  The 
Niagara  Insurance  Company ;  Vanderlip  vs.  Key- 
ser;  Tnska  vs.  O'Brien;  Stewart  vs.  Patrick; 
Lewin  vs.  Redfleld. 

Judgment  reversed  and  new  trial  granted,  costs 
to  abide  the  event, — Nash  vs.  Tbe  Manufacturers' 
and  Traders'  Bank ;  Nash  vs.  White's  Bank  of  Buf- 
falo; Tyler  vs.  Brock;  Marcus  vs.  The  St. 
Louis  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  ;  Tbe  Trus- 
tees of  East  Hampton  vs.  Kitk.  Order  grant- 
ing new  trial  reversed  and  judgment  entered  on 
report  of  Referee  affirmed  with  costs — Foster  vs. 
Perscb.  Jnidament  removing  Commissioners  from 
office  abd  setting  aside  tbeir  proceedings  reversed, 
and  the  appeal  from  tbe  other  Indiments  and 
parts  of  iudgments  dismiased — People  ex  rei.  Cor- 
win  vs.  Walter;  People  ex  rel.  Stockwell  vs. 
Walter  i  People  ex  reL  Mentz  vs.  Walter ;  People 
ex  rel.  Hess  vs.  Walter.  Order  granting  new  trial 
affirmed,  and  judgment  absolute  for  respondent  on 
stipulation  with  costs — Long  vs.  Warren.  Appeal 
dismissed  ■with  coats — Martlne  vs.  Lowenstein. 
MoUon  denied,  (when  costs  are  given  it  means 
costs  of  this  court  to  the  snccessful  party  aa  against 
the  tmsucceeslul  party) — Siatera  of  Charhr  vs. 
Kelly. 

The.  following  waa  the  business  in  tbe  Conrt  of 
Appeals  Tuesday:  Motions:  Na  387 — Greaver 
vs.  Gouge;  ordered  forward  to  >o.  IBOifl  on  Judg- 
ment calendar.  Appeals  from  orders :  No.  416— 
The  Union  Consolidated  Mining  Company  of  Ten- 
nessee vs.  Raht ;  argued  bv  Simon  Sterne  for  ap- 
pellant and  by  William  Man  for  respondent.  Gen- 
eral calendar :  No,  134— Marscon  vs.  Goold;  argu- 
ment resumed  and  coocladed.  '^fi.  174— Flood  vs. 
Mitchell;  argued  by  C.  Pond  for  apoeUant,  and  by 
L.  B.  Pike  for  respondent.  No.  84''i8— The  People 
ex  rel.  Etesser  vs  ^iiaslmmonS ;  argued  by  G.  L. 
Stedman  for  appellant,  and  by  A.  J.  Parked  for 
^xesnondeat.  -  JNo.  127-  Lavertyvs.  Snetheat  .Argae<^ 


JUAJOR  CORLISS  JilSCHARQED  Olf  BAIL. 

Several  friends  of  Mi^or  G.  W.  Corliss,  Mrs. 
Sparr's  belligerent  lodger,  called  at  Essex  Market 
Police  Court  yesterday  juat  before  the  hoar  of 
closing,  and  deposited  with  Justice  Wandell  (1,000 
In  bank  notes  as  temporary  security  for  the  re- 
appearance in  court  of  the  Major  to-morrow  with 
regular  bail.  His  fine  of  (10  was  also  paid,  and,  be- 
ing released,  he  left  the  court  bowing  with  Cbes- 
terfleldian  grace  to  tne  Magistrate. 


aitt  M  to  the  aneition  of  aMIIlemaBt,  they  ttoit  ftp- 
pew  before  aie  lor  oisl  arandnartpn  oa,lBe  iQth  Ivst, 
at  2  P.  M.,  In  Older  that  Ima.rlntelUfeeotly  determine 
wtdeh  or  them  la  tellteK  the  trotb. 

Coyte  vt.  Bff  Cool.— Motion  denied  with<yat  costs. 
Xettger  v$.  Lov)ry.-«tt  iijdorsement  on  papers. 
jBoorom  aa.  <7a«fis.— Leave  to  sell  graat>'d. 
MiTshherg  va.   Smith. — Cotnpl:iJnt  <Ii8ral9»ed. 
BailMMy  Advenislng    Oovipan)/  ve.    «p«*«.— Order  set- 
tled. 

Hoagland  vs.    (?e*m«r.— Judgment  f*T  plaintiff  on 

deinijirer.  i 

SarUnva  fsnc— Beferred  to  C.  A.  P«al)odv.  Kaq. 

Motion*  Oront^d.— Coalon  vs.  Harwfty:  Arabrozctti 
VB.Demena;  Barth  vs.  Kelly;  AnspaeU  vs.  Qiecnneld ; 

ArkcU  vs.  Hbucox:    Williams  vs.  Kunl*. 

Coften  V*.  acUmomaiet. — f  roi^cedings  dlsmlssea. 

Emmerich  vs.  lAions. — Det'eudai.t  uU^bar^^ed. 

FlUrtvt.  iJoticfc.— Defenilant  diaclittged  from  impiis- 
onmeui  uudvr  Fourteen  Day  Act. 
'     ScAubocA  »j.  iru(»«(;in.— Motioa  dejiipd.     No  costs. 

Eim^r  v».  fleiaehtr. — Slotlon  to  amend  granted,  on 
pa.vment  within  three  days  of  $10  c»st«,  answer  to  be 
sprvf d  at  same  time. 

jVordelli  v».  Jlfarina.— Two  p«r  cent  allowance 
granted. 

SUagerland  tw.  Hordu.— Motion  csanted  for  March  9, 
1877.    No  costs. 

Saengtr  vi.  Settgcu.— Default. 

Burke  vs.  Z^j/o*".— Judgment  for  plaintiff,  S90. 

KilleoK  vs.  Van  iianst.— John  A.  Ballistier  appointed 
Boceiver. 

ApvteUmvt.  8lephen$.—'Ree»iyet'»bnni  approved. 

Barlon  vs.  Kaiu. — Order  of  reteienoe  granted. 

OOUUON  FLEAS— BPKCtAL  TBBM. 
By  Judge  J.  f.  I>aly. 
Keuler  vi.  fesslCT-.— Divorce  grin  ted. 
atefMliariU  vs.  auinkardU—H^tiw  of  motion  to  con- 
firm new  report  must  be  given. 


COURT  CALEHDARk—TRIls  DAY. 

SDFBBUE  COUBT— CHAUBBBS. 
Btld  bu  Barrett.  J. 
Noe. 

144— Wormser  vs.  Hoffman. 
146— Tho  Mayor,  tc,    vs. 

Setter. 
140— Hoffman  vs.  Burke. 
178— Lord  vs.  liffany. 
188— Ahern  vs.  Weir, 
lilrt — 'Wbiton  vs.  Masury. 
74— ijniitu  &  GrlgiCk'  M'ik 

Co.  va  Talcott. 
92— Biggs  vs.  Purcell.        , 
110 — DeCainp  vs.  UempsPV. 
118— ISeiiiert      vs.      Tuck- 

129— Clews  vs.  Florida  R 
H.  Ca 
Call  from  Xo.  269  to  end  of  calendar. 

SirPBBUB    COUBT — BFRCIAL  TEBU. 

HeiabfVan  Vorst,  J. 


Kos. 

lUl— Jarvls  vs.  Furman. 

150— .orotic  Fire   Ins.    Co. 

v«.  Selley. 
214— Smith  vs.  Hodgdou. 
ai 7— Smith  vs.  Smith. 
219— Cockroft  vs.  Ahflm. 
220— Matter  of  Cockroft. 
228 — Karle  vs.  ftowilen. 

232— Brisbane  vs.  Travors. 
233— McDonald  vs.  boseu- 

stein. 
241 — Hpury  vs.   Bnokman. 
258— Uh),  &o.,  Receiver,TB. 

Newman. 


oaxkan  FtSAs— eqvitt  tisk. 

IttU  by  Bobtnton,  J: 
Mos. 

10— Sehmitt  vs.  Joelsohn. 
11— Zentel  vs.  Joelsobn, 
25— Ooldsmith  va  Patter- 
sou, 
nimar  vs.  PattjBrson. 


tto.'. 

l."> — Gnldahear  vs,  I<evy. 

8i~.Mackellnr  vi  Uurplfy. 

Demurrer. 
I    1— 'Plio     Urohan    Asylatn 
Society   Tt.  water- 


19— Beamesys.  Townes, 
6— Kiey  vs.  Uealey. 

COMMON  FLEAS — TIUAX  TEBU — PABT  I. 

Held  by  Van  Uoesen,  J. 

Nos. 
8U8— Walker      vs.      New 

( 'entral  Coal  Co.  of 

Maryland, 
1004— Lam  berti  vs.  Mente- 

gazza.  * 

877— Willson  vs.  Pine. 
683— HowarJ,  Jr.,  vs.  Mc- 

Culiongh. 
723— O'UoDnell  vs.  N.  T. 

&.  Harlem  R.  R,  Co. 
959 — Heyjieoker  vs.  Uamp 
600— McCormaok   vs.    S. 

y.   C.  &  H.  E.  R.  E. 

ca 
693— Wellington  vs.  New- 
ton. 
1156 — Seligman  vs.  South 

&  North  Alabama  R. 

E  Ca 
1206— fenn.  Hor.    Society 

vs.  Webster. 
1342— Broadway  ijtableCo. 

ra  Conner. 
1223— Mclntyre   vs.     Car- 
roll. 
866— FlvTin  vs.  Dayton. 
362— Giles  vs.  Wetzlar. 
946— Dean  vs.  Brown. 
284 — Mott  vs.  Conaumera' 

Ice  Co. 


Nos. 

47— RelUr  vs.  Dillon  et  al. 
102— Miles  et  at  vs.  Titus 

et  aL 
105— Harlem      Bana     vs. 
Decker  et  al. 
60— De  Zavala  vs.  Bart  et 


122- 


ai. 


'Bnoking  va  Hanselt 

etal. 
128— Qrissler     tt     aL    vs. 

Powers,  &.O. 
133— Bus  teed  vs.  Busteed. 
136— Jacobs  vs.  Miller. 
141 — Steinbrecher  vb.  wfey- 

er  et  ai. 
142— Ouidet  vs.  Brown  et  al 
143 — Lynee,  iccvaBrander, 

Jr. 
148— Hitch  vs.   Atlsotio  &. 

•    Pacitio  Tel  Co. 
281 — NicoU  vs.  Scrymser. 
1.14 — Kinney  vs.  Coben. 


Nos,  < 

116- Kinney  vs.  B^sch    et 

al. 
283— Duncan   vs.    Duncan 
eiaL 
67— Herrlot  vs.  Herrtot 
26— Bard  vs.  U.  S.  Lite  Ins. 

Co.   of  N.  Y. 
38 — The  uaw.  Griin.  Mow. 
Co.    vs.    The     O.    B. 
CoalioK  Co. 
53— Tsvlor,  VS.  Roche. 
74 — Andrews  et   al.    ys. 

Bynn. 
87— .Allien  vs.  DlOBsv. 
29— Ureeu  vs.  Milbank  et 
al. 
334_W  lilting   vs.    Gearty 

et  nl. 
110— Anffarth  vs.   Scbmae- 

deue,  &c. 
I'll— Ten  Ryckvi.Cory.tc. 
36— Burrows   vg.  Atlantic 
National  Bank. 


BUPBBMB  COUBT— CIBCUIT— PART  I. 
Held  bv  Donahue,  J. 

Nns. 


Uo*      • 
2011— Rodman  va  Kint;. 
2719 — Haden  vs.  Coleman. 
2691— um  et  al.  vs.  O'Con- 
nor, &C. 

2637— Pecard    vs.     Bem- 

helmer. 
1993— Pitts  et  aL  vs.    On- 

(lerdonk 
1— Latouretto  vs.  Clark. 
"589 — Boyd  va  .laekeon. 
1613— brown   vs.    Docucr, 

Imprd,  k.0. 
2091- Carrollvs.  Cassidv. 
2364 — Excelsior  Petroleum 

Co.  y&  Fowler,  kc. 
9o2><»— UenJin  vs.  Powers. 
4297 — Gray  et  al.  vs.  Jobes. 
2751 — Beaumont   vs.  New- 

niaa 
2803— Laflln  &  R.  Powder 

Co.  vs.  Gallaudut. 
2849— Frano  vs.  i>el 


verans 


2517-Vallely,  t<;., 
Amend  etal. 

2741— MllderburgMi-  v«. 
Ger.  E.  L.  St.  Johif  a 
Ch. 

39C5 — Sanchez  vs.  Sterne. 

1657— Uoldsmith  vs.  Daly 
et  al. 

1683— I  oUiuavs.  Tiie  May- 
or, to.,  N,  y. 

1341— Vitapatrick  vs.  Same. 

1436— Purcll  vs.  Hame. 

1437 — Hurs  vs.  Same. 

2769— Voa  vs.  Third  av. 
Railroad  Company. 

2721— Thlelman  vs.  Eman- 
uel 

2B13 — Ader  et  al.  vs.  Ache- 
son  et  aL 

3679— Bojratuskl     vs.    Bo- 


309 


i-^-l 


atzskl. 
Ibur  vs.   Taylc 


and  West.  R.  E.  Co.l3786— Obng   vs.  Brodio   et 


al. 
3007— Ctcanno  vs.  Beards- 
lev. 
3099— The  Mayor,    &c.   vs. 

Third  av.  R.  H.  Co. 
3103— French,    Rec'r,  tc, 

VI.  Gearty  et  aL 
3109— McKeou  vs.  DonoelL 
3117— Asmokeag  Sav.  Bk. 

vs.    Brady's     Bend 

Iron  Co. 
3131- ProdUi-e  Bk.  ot  N.  T. 

VI.  Angfll  et  si. 
3123— Produce  Bk.  of  N.Y. 

va.  Angell. 
.Sla7— Caesar  vs,  Konger. 
3131 — Wynen    vs.    Scbap- 

pert  rt  aL 
3135— Mock  vs.  Meagher. 


2883— Burbunlv  vs.  burr. 
2871— Aroher  vs.  O'Brien, 

to. 
2891-  Cnuiior,   Adm'r,    vs. 

The  Mayor,  fee 
2901— Hann  va.    Shrfheld 

ei  aL 
2909— Breen  vs.  Muloch  et 

al. 
2943— Kenney  vs.  Basch. 
2957— Ciiheu    et    aL     vs. 

Waters. 
2995 — Sprinj?er    et    eL    vs. 

Herman. 
3007— Hughes  vs.  Rubino. 

(No  1.) 
3009— Hame  vs.  Same,  (No. 

2.) 
2549— Keilley  vs.  Tbe  May- 
or. &c.,  N.  \. 

SUPREME  COURT— cmctnT — PABXrt. 
Held  by  Laivrenee,  J. 

Nos.  Nos, 

1096- Hewlett  vs.  Wood. 
171*4 — Urennan      vs.      Tho 

Mayor,  &c 
1586— Koto  vs.  Mora. 
3582— King  et  al.   va.  The 

Mayor,  i:c. 
1036— .schall  ct  aL  vs.  Col- 
lier. 
2110— De     Lavalette     vs. 

Weniit 
1B60 — KalleuDee  vs.  Bilver- 

stime. 
2662— Lewis    vs.   Chicago 

and  China  Tea  Co. 
2786 — Vail   vs.  The  Mavor. 
S444 — Litbauer  va.  Conner. 

to. 

3216-Haiahofr     vs.    The 

Mayor  U.a. 
1820— schmid  vs.  Illis. 
1724*2— Fire  Ins.    Aeenc; 

Co.  va  Voorhues. 


1644 — Hamilton  vs.  Eno. 

1486— Levy    et    aL  vs.   Ja- 
cobs et  hI. 

1888>a— Atkinson  vs.   Mor- 
timer. 
600 — B.iLey  vs.  Dodge. 

1608— Newman     vs.     The 
Mavor.  Stc. 

3254— Gannlug     vs.     Ilic 
Havur,  sic. 

1S96— Sallonal  Bankof  P. 
va.  Collier. 

1664— Tuniaon  va.  Camp. 

1792-Bellv8.  McCoot. 

1844— DnnkiQ  va.  Allerton 

1826— Ballard  vs.  Shackel- 
ford. 

83V»— Vanderhoef         vs. 
Tucker  et  aL 


SCPBEME    COUBT — CIBCUrr— PART  IIL 
Held  by  Van  Brvitt,  J. 
Nos. 


1611— Die kinaon  vs.  Dud- 
ley. 
31 — Meyer  ei  aL  va  Am- 
idon. 

2720— D(i  Wint  Hook,  tc, 
vs.    The  Mayor,  tc. 

2.">61— Menzul   vs.   Mallory. 

2283 — People  ex  reL    Uarue 
va.  O'Brien  et  al. 
634 — Dunohiie    ot  al,    va. 
Klierwood  et  aL 

3303— Brown,  tc..  va.  The 
Mayor,  &0. 

2352— BiglT  et  nL  vs.  Tho 
Mayor,  be 

1739— Corn  va,  Connor,  tc. 

2175 — McKeone  va.  Miller. 

2890— Miller  vs.  The  May- 
or, to. 

4357— Fox  et  al.  vs.  White- 
man. 


Nos. 

278— Reck  vs.The  Phoanis 
Ins.  Co. 
2277— Dolemater  vs.Araer. 

t  K.  C  Egg  Co. 
1148— Louchran    va  Mat- 
thews et  aL 
2287— Blake    et     al.       vs. 
Obrlghc  et  al. 
636— Daviaou    et  al,    va 
WUletts  et  aL 
1741'a— Fallliee  vs.    Ham- 
mond. 
413 — McComb  va.   Kxccl- 

aior  Mfs.  Co: 
419 — McComb  vs.  Jonea. 
554— Pennvs.  Wart). 
557— fyng  va   SerreU. 
923>a — Fessenden  vs.  N.J. 
Car  Spnne  t  R.  Co. 
301— Lee  vs.  Bayles  et  al. 
1735— Henderson  ys.  White 
rtaL 


8UPBBI0B  COUBT— TRIAL    TEBU— PABT  ( 
Held  by  Speir.  J. 
No*.  Nos. 

10i3— Csffo  vs.  Lord,  Jr.. 
et  aL,  to. 
405— Koeeland  vs.^pitzkii 
312— Thoraaa  va.  Rnight 
468— Wray  va.  Fedderke. 
365— Diamont  vs.  White. 
318 — Selliogva  Legendre 

et  aL 
687— Purman  vs.  intua. 
65 — Copeland    vs.     Ella- 
worth. 
466— Oilman  vs.  Btevena. 
475— Morgan,  tc,  verkUf" 

McVlckar. 
446— Boyd     va.     Phoenix 
Ins.  Co.  of  Hartford. 
631— Jobnaon,  tc,  va.  Op- 

penhelm  et  aL 
486— Schmidt  va.   Loato- 

am. 
768— Melvln  vs.  Carey. 


506 — Pnvne    ct     al.     vs. 

Conner,  tc. 
300>2— Soarman,  tc.  vs. 

Keim. 
370— The     Manut'rs    and 

Builders'  Bank  vs. 

Paiigbom. 
619 — Cleary,tc.,va.  Gam- 
bling. 
1049— Bell  va.  Spotts. 
875— Atwater  vs.  SKlddy. 
878— Peek. tc.vs.  Cohen. 
248— Cooper  vs.    Opdyke 

etaL 
4  50— Earle  va.  Fink  et  aL 
435— Hall  vs.  Bariett,  tc. 
925— Bontlllier  et  aL  vs. 

Torrey. 
926— Durant,  Jr.,  varans 

Abondroth  et  aL 


fiUPBBlOB  COUBT — TRIAL  TERM— PABT  H. 
Held  by  fYeedman.  J. 

;N0» 


BEOISIOTSS. 

SUPBSUB  COUBT — CUAUBEB8. 

By  Judge  Barrett. 

In  the  Matter  of  JUatthewt  ;  in  the  Matter  of  Mat- 
tluvoe  ;  in  (Ac  Matter  of  AfaUArtos.— The  amountreported 
seems  to  be  extravagant.  These  young  pe;>ple  should 
havean  allowaoceiu  aecordaooe  with  their  condition 
and  expectatlona.  hut  the  couit  ought  not  to  euoour- 
age.  and  will  not  authorize,  extravaaance  and  waste. 
For  all  proper  ourpoaes  ot  education  and  comtorc  1 
think  $4,0UU  per  annum  would  be  ample. 

Banman  v*.  JTucAtrMcW,- -wotion  tor  a  new  trial  on 
tbe  ground  of  uewly-dlscoveced  evidence,  tc,  denied, 
with  $10  costs. 

In  the  matter  of  Foster. — Tbe  guardian  In  such  mat- 
ters shoitld  not  consent.  The  queitton  should  be  left 
to  the  court. 

Percy  va.  Chave. — I  cannot  read  mnch  of  thoae  papera 
nor  underatanil  the  matter.  The  plaintiff  abouid  pro- 
ceed npon  legible  papera.  The  motion  waa  really,  so 
far  aa  I  can  make  ont,  erroneously  made  for  January 
and  not  Pebroaiy.  Thepialutiif  ahuald  get  somebody  < 
to  copy  bis  papera  in  a  legible  manner  and.  if  posalble, 
get  bia  proceeoiDKs  olear^  before  tbe  court. 

iritdson  vt.  iSMiiier. — Without  passiag  upon  the  necea- 
aity  or  propriety  of  the  amendment  the  plalntifi  may 
amend  as  ahe  may  be  adviaed  npon  payment  of  $1U 
coata  ol  motion. 

Lyon  vt.  Oonnell—Oidei  granted. 
By  Jtulge  Donahue. 

Horandt  vs.  Chdse. — Motion  denied. 

BUPBBMB  COUBT— 8FKCUL  TBBH. 
By  Judge  Van  Vorst 

Findings  jStfrnect —Hebrew  Benevolent,  tc,  86oiety 
VS.  The  Mayor,  kc;   LhL  be. ,  va  Milhauaer. 

Bemheimer  et  aL  vs.  ITiltis  et  ai.— Decree  aigaed. 

MtrthmUf  SanJt  of  uanadd  vs.  Barrett  st  oL— Find- 
ings settled  and  signed. 

MABIICK  £O0BT— CHAXBBBa. 
By  Jitdgs  MeAddin. 

90iOlMl)  vs.  Jiew*— Tho  nartiaa    b>*«<is  Kata*  inaon- 


Noa. 

347— Farmers'  t    M.    Nat. 

Bank  of  BoSslo  vs. 

Brown. 
636— Frauklta    va.    Catlln, 

Jr.  et  al. 
637 — Same  vs.  Same. 
672 — Uarriaon    vs.   Beford 

etnL  • 

573 — Harriaon  va.  Rosa. 
743— UlU.  tc,  vs.    Cremer. 
314— Germanla   Bank    va. 

Proat. 
623 — Com  et  aL  vs.  Davia. 
569— Dye  et  uL    vs.   Adri- 

ance. 
633— Matthews   va.     Drla- 

colL 
645— Bandeld  vs.  Gould, 
52i — Lord  et  al.  va.  Allen. 
eC6— King  va  Kelly. 
867— ttau  vs.  Mather  et  al. 


629— Wbito  et  jiL  vs.  Tal- 

maee  et  al. 
591 — Seymour  vs.  Fellows, 

tc 
632 — Wiesener   ct   aL    va. 

Klien  et  aL 
040 — Nlckeraon  et   aL  vs. 

Ruger  et  al. 
641— Phillips  vs.  Rnger  et 

al. 
771— Klein,  to.,  vs.  Blanc 
784- Banman     vs.    Hitch- 

923— Jaffer  Iron  Works  va 

Phelps. 
929— Wiley.  tc.,vs.  Gen.  P. 

N.tE.  River  R.R. Co. 
930 — Sacia  va.  O'Couuer  et 

al. 
aSl- Kellogg    Vs.    Dough- 
day. 


Noa. 


BUPBBIOB  COUBT— TRIAL  TERM- PABT  m. 

Held  by  CurtU,  0,  J. 
Not. 


715— Plunkett    vs.    Apple- 
ton. 
886— Walling    va.    Beuaei 

etal. 
887-^Pra.v  va.  Bensel  et  al. 
916-^Knabe  et  aL  va,  Farn- 

bam,  to. 
654— Gregory  vs.  Conner, 

tc 
671 — Blown  et  al.    versns 

Btokea  et  al. 
695— Jeaaup  vs.  Woodward, 

Itc 
729 — O'Bonrke  va.  Taylor. 
890— Oogorza     va.    Qllllea 

et  aL 
032— PlerlDgvs.Steerset  al 
933— Maraball  va.   Pegget 

al. 
934— Lee  va  Keep. 
937— Godley  va  Coulter. 
841- Walker  et  aL  vs.  The 

New  Cen.   Coal  Co. 

of  Maryland. 
942— Bartholomew  et   al. 

vs.  Kaufman  et  al. 
943— The    American    Goal 

Co.  Ts.  Qalntard. 
045— ttayer  va  Dncker. 
946 — The  American  Truat 

Co.  ot  N.  J.  versus 


948— Scbell  va.ButterBeld. . 
949— The  People,   tc,   vs.^ 

Bull. 
961— Singleton  vs.  Single- 
ton. 
952— Lookwood  vs.  Bartott  ■ 

et  al. 
953— Lookwood  vs.  Beyer. 
954— Saqie  vs.  dame. 
956 — achenck  vs.    Chnroli 

of  the  Incarnation. 
956— Newberrj   et  al.   va. 

Wall  etaL 
957 — Sanderaoa    vs.     Am. 

Nat.  Life  tTrnstCq. 
958— Chewer     vs.    Taylor 

et  »1. 

E61— Solomon  ya.  MoraL 
62— Walker  et  al.  vs.  Tne 
New  Cen.  Coal  Ca 
ot  Maryland. 

963— Grahain  versns  Globe 
Mnt.  Life  Ina.  Ca 

964— The  Nat.  Batchers'  t 
D.  B'k  vs.   Duryea. 

966— Kirk  vs  The  Mercan- 
tile Mut.  In"-  Co. 

966— Singer  Manufacturing 
Gc  va.  Van  Uoesea 

967 — Alvord  vs.  Allen. 


FeigelstooE. 

BUPBBIOB  totTtt—encvkh  Tisu. 

Stld  by  Sedgvrtct.  J. 
Caae  ea— Ko.  64— Boodr  vs.  Tilden  eta^ 


bury. 


Xos. 

1070— U.   8.    Reflector  Ca 
va.  Ruaton. 
899— Andre  wa  vs.  Parley 

et  al. 
688— Schenck  va  Barker. 

590 — Dayton  vs.  Crosby. 
1103— Palmer    va.     Clark, 

to. 
1209— .Mnlcnhy    vs.  N.  T. 
Floating  Dry  Dock 
Co. 
llSO-Tiaak  et  aL  vs.  Sol- 
omon. 
1 163— Brigga  vs.  Berdau. 
1149— Lunuy  va.  Garrlty. 
1136— Jagear  va.  Cunning- 
ham. 
362- UcGulreva.  N.  Y.  C. 

t  H.  R.  B.  a.  Co. 
966— Amsdell  vs.   Garde 

etaL 
355— Bauka  va.  Carter. 
892— Shandley    vs.    The 

Mayor,  tc. 
463— Eelan   verana     The 

Mayor,  tc. 
715— Bttsaell  va.  Heliua. 


COMMERCIAL  AlTFAina. 


Ksw-YoKB.  Taeadav.  Po>  18.  1877. 

..  — .'  the  pnnci  pai  1 

our  lalt  hare  been  as  tollows: 


Therecetptaof  the  principal  kluOsot   Froduos  slnoe 


COMMON    PLEAB— TRIAL  rBBM— PABT  H. 
Held  by  Larj-emore,  J. 
Nos. 


Noa. 

1072— Keya  va.  Haakin. 

996— SeUgsburg   va.  Gold- 
ateln. 
1131 — Conroy  va.  Boyce. 
1095— Friessen  vs.  Nichols. 

14;^ — Hunt  vs.   Roberts. 

1311— Tbfl  MetropoUtan 
Gas-light  Co.  va 
The  Mayor. 

1159— Fitch  vs.  Bergen. 

1197 — Sylvester   va.  Bem- 
etem. 
659— Folaora  vs.  Fischer. 

660— Shelly   vs.  Yard.  .Ir. 
1091— Werwick    va.     Obl- 
weller. 

175— Nevyitcer    vs.    Ger- 
mania  Fire  Ins.  Co. 

516 — M.<lon«  vs.  Deruv. 

015— Bogert  vs.  Clark. 
1454— Towle  vs.  The  May- 
or, tc. 

789— Bisner  vs.  Morgan. 

785 — Dooiiellv     vs.     The 
Mayor,  tc. 


1128— McGowan    va    Mc- 

Gowan. 
1000— Haubert  vs.   Lercb. 
786— Sdhroeder  va   Leu- 

buscher. 
1093— Raidey  vs.  Shaw. 
1136— Lew  vs.  Potsdam. 
497— Brown  yB.Patter8on. 
897-  Wnalden  vs.  Sohaaf. 
1066 — Cohn,  tc,  va   Con- 
ner. 
1193— Lace  vs.  Yfor. 
907— Schermerboin      vs. 

Devlin. 
604— The  N.    Y.  Life   Ina. 

Co.  va.  Crozier. 
314— Devlin  vs.GalUzher. 
1()97— Uhlman  va.Heyman. 
860  -McUanua  va.  Uavin. 
1215 — Shlfferdecker  veraua 
Gothwala. 
385— Bacltingliam  va.N.T. 
<;.  t  H.  B.  R.  R.  Co. 
1050— LHwrence  et  aL  va. 
The  Mayor,  tc 


Noa. 


COMMON  PLEAS— TRIAL  TERM— PABT  Ul. 
HeldbyJ.  f.  Daly,  J. 
Noa. 


The 


The 


647— Kmanuel    vs. 

Mayor,  tc 
430 — Jofahaon     va. 

Mayor,  tc 
920— Oakiey  va.  Baron. 
942 — Hewiaon    va.     Sam- 
uels. 
1194— Weidlmg    va.      The 
Mayor,  tc. 
670— Israel  et  aL  versus 
Nicholsou 
1179 — N  esse  I    versus    Tne 
Mayor,  tc. 
493— Brewer  vs.  Dayton. 
1249 — Nussoanm  et  al.  vs. 

Lyons- etaL 
1 079— Spencer  va  O'Brien. 
730— Roe  <'t  al.  y?.  Brophy. 
887— Walsh V8.N.  Y.  PPtg 

Drv  Uock  Co. 
843— Second   Nat.   Bk.   of 
Pateraon  va.  Porter 
116G— Martin  vaGallagher 
1190— Seaman    et    al.     vs. 
Nootian. 
710— Shipman    vs.   Plela- 
ticker. 
1 266— Isaacs  vs.  Baer. 
1140 — Wynen    vs.    Schap- 
oert. 


411— The  People,  tc.,  vs. 

Lamaon. 
1114— Gononde  va.  FlooU. 
641— Schlag  va.  Schlag. 
603— .Schenck    va.   Mun- 

ziiiger. 
929- Cook  va  Clark. 
1116— Wiele  vs.  Callahan. 
1023— Levene  vs.  Brush. 
937— Kuppenhelm        vs. 
Pforzheimer. 
1053— Kollett  vs.  Soencer. 
1054— Follett  va.The  Leech 

Aut.  Machine  Co. 

631-Ku8e  vs.  The  N.  Y.  t 

N.  H.  B.  U.  Co. 

1221— Brink  va.  Pay. 

327— K.iinikai  vs.   South 

.side  R.  R  Co. 

1184 — Ackerman    va.    Mc- 

Arthnr. 
1182— HodgeavB.  Muapratt 
et  al. 
827— Heldic  va.  Boyd. 
1060— Targeffort  vs.    Van 

Ingen  et  al. 

1258— Outel   et  aL  va.  Tho 

Cora.  Gen.Tran- .  Co. 

403— Collins  va.  PbUadel- 

phia  Iron  Diking  Co. 

380 — Conlon  va.  Core. 


MARINE  COURT— TRLAI.  TERM— PABT  I. 
Held  by  Mke'r.  J. 


Nos. 

6914— Hlrsch    et     aL    va. 

Howard  ct  aL 
4344 — HcArdle  vs.  Ryan. 
8722— Hume      et      ttl.     vs. 

Frank. 


KOB. 

5766— Macli  in  tosh  etaL  vs. 

Roeers  et  al. 
4682— Holler    et     aL      vs. 

Sherrard,  te. 
6694— Allites  vs.  Conner. 
6038— Bockover vs.  Uainea'Olll- Eggeling  vs.   NageL 

etal.  10114— stovell  va.   Keeuan. 

4988— Stoekliammer        vs.  6117- (Ulss  va.  Uilleaberg. 

MarabnU.  6119— Zweig    va.      liowen- 

4989— Rcyher  va.MaranalL  stein  et  al. 

3097— Raymond  va.  .\loore.l6123— Wi?ht  va.Hlnckling. 

MARINE  COUBT— TRIAL   TEEM— PART  II. 
Held  by  Ooepp,  J. 
No  day  calendar. 

MARINE  COORT- TRIAL  TERM— PART  QL 
Held  by  Sinnotl,  J. 


Noa. 

7105— Leon  va.  Conner. 

5742— Bowea     et    aL     va. 

Hopkins. 
5705— Meikel  va.  Roeser. 
5805— Newburger     veraua 

Sturtevant 
5819 — Gedney   va.  Conner. 
5996— Riley   va.    Laaphlin. 
6061— Donnelly    va.    Kelly 

et  111. 
5797_Brinkerhoff  va.  Van 

Cleave. 

COUBT  OF  GENEBAL  BKS8I0N8— PABT  L 

Held  by  Hackett,  Recorder. 
James  Sutton,  periury. 

COURT  OF  GENERAL  3E98IONS— PABT  U. 
Held  by  Aulherland,  J. 


Noa. 

6016— Hauley  vs.    Parley. 

5771^Gilbert    va.    CoUina 

et  .11. 
3583— Linkert  vs.  Shiels. 
5877— Uilderbrandt  veraiu 

Henrv  et  aL 
9201 — Shaw  vs.   Falling. 
58i)8 — Mulligan  vs.  Conner. 
2946— Galliigher    va.    The 

D.,  L.  t  W.  R.  R.  Cc 


Charles  Newman,  burglary. 

Jamea  Kennefick.  burglary. 

Jolin  Davis,  bur;;lory. 

Joaeph  Uatchen,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

John  Murray,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

Emma  John,  grand  larceny. 

Ueorge  H.  Fltzwllsou.  Wil- 
liam Carrese.  and  Philip 
Smith,  falae  pn-teuse. 

James  McPauI  and  James 
Smith,  n-ceiyiog  stolen 
cooda. 

Albert  H.  Sylvester,  petit 
larceny. 

AUred  Miller,  violating  lot- 
tery laws. 

William  BeU,  violating  lot- 
tery lawa. 


Henrv  Smith,  violating  lot- 
tery laws. 

Ad.itn  Deidrlcb.  violating 
lottery  lawa. 

Jacob  Bender,  violating  lot- 
tery laws. 

Thomas  Moore,  violating 
lottery  lawa. 

Charles  Bcxl,  violating  lot- 
tery laws. 

George  Smith,  violating 
lottery  laws. 

Samuel  H.  Marx,  violating 
loitery  laws. 

William  Arde  and  Jamea 
O'Neil.  petit  larceny. 

Nellie  Oaborn,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

Edw&rd  McLean  and  Fred- 
erick Brown,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 


THE  STATE  OF  TRADE. 


Chicago,  Vob.  13.— Flour- Demand  fair  and  mar- 
k  t  arm.  Wheat  fairly  active;  No.  2  Spring,  »1  3104 
®$l  32,  caab;  $1  32^4,  Murch;  $1  34>^4.  April: 
SI  37%,  May,  No.  3  do..  $1  19'iiS'$l  25,  ucoordmg 
to  location;  rejected.  $1  OS's®*!  04.  Corn  moder- 
ately active  at  41%c,  caab  ;  41^4U,,  bid,  March ;  45^40., 
bid.  May.  Oata  quiet  and  nnchauged.  Rye  ateady  and 
unchanged.  Barley  In  fair  demand  at  (i3c.  for  fresh. 
Pork  dull  and  weak  at  $lo  60®$16  62 12.  cash  and 
March  ;  $15  iiTu'a>$l5  00,  April  ;  $16  15.  May.  Lard 
dull  aod  weak  at  $10^60^$10  02  >3,  cash  ;  $10  65 
@!«10  U7>.j,  March  :*$10  80®$l0  SaHj.  April; 
$10  90,  bid.  May.  Ball»-meat8  easier  4  5V-.  S'-jc, 
and  834c  for  hhoolderS,  (<hort  Uib,  and  Short  Clear 
Middles,  all  boxed,  cash.  Dressed  Hogs — Mixed, 
$6  87's:  choice,  $7®$7  10;  Smoked.  $5.  Bcoeiuts 
—8,000  bbls.  Flour,  9.000  bushels  Wheat,  58,000 
bushels  Corn,  24.000  bushels  Oats,  1.200  bushels 
Rye,  11,000  l.ushels  Barley.  Shipmcuts— 8.000  bnsu- 
ela  Flour,  15.U0U  bushels  Wheat,  70,000  bushels 
Corn,  21.000  bushels  Oata,  400  bushe'a  Rye,  10,000 
busnela  barley.  At  the  atternooti  call  of  the  board: 
Wheat  unchaugeiL  Corn  firmer  at  41 ''ec '34 2c., 
March.  Oatj  uuchanged.  Pork  heavy  at  $15  72 ^a, 
April;  off'redat$15  50.  cash.  Lard  weak;  easier  at 
$i0  60.  caab;  $10  72Ja®$10  75,  ApriL 

St.  L,0UI8,  Feb.  12. — ^Tlour  firm  snd  unchanged. 
Wheat— ^o.  is  Red  Fall.  $1  52,  caab;  $1  63!^®$!  63 »a, 
March:  No.  3  (lo.,$l  47.ca8h;  $148®$!  49.March.  Corn 
easier;  No.  2  Mixed,  38^40.,  caab;  39<^.,  March;  41  ^c 
®41'^c.,  April.  Oats  firmer;  .so.  2,  35c..  cash.;  3bc 
asked,  Pcbruory.  Rye  dull  and  lower  to  seU ;  66e.  bid. 
Barley  dull  aua  unchanged.  Whisky  active  at  $1  Oil. 
Pork  dull  st  £16  at  Peona,  cash.  Lard  dull  and  nomi- 
naL  Bulk-meats  easier  at  o^4e.'a)6o.  for  Shoulders; 
sales  of  Clear  Rib  Sides  at  $8  52  "2:  Clear  Sides,  SOgC. 
^8^40  Bucon  easierat  7c,  9%o.'(r9'ac.,  and  9 ^40.  lor 
bhoulders.  Clear  Rib,  and  Clear  feides.  iloga- Light 
shipping  to  good  Yorkers,  $5  30®$6  80;  packing, 
$5  76a'S6;  butchers',  $5  93®$6  'ZO.  Cattle  in  good 
demand,  steady  and  onchanged.  Receipts — Flour. 
2,000  bhis.;  V\'heat,  10,000  bushels;  Corn.  19,000 
bushels;  oata,  3.000  bushels ;  Kye,  1,000  bushels ; 
Bogs,  2,900  head  ;   Cattle  1.400  head. 

Buffalo,  Feb.  13.— Receipts— Flour,  2,600  bbla.; 
Wheat,  8.000  buahels;  Corn,  15.200  bushels;  Oats, 
8,4U0  bushels;  Barley,  4,400  huabela;  Bye,  l,0uo 
buBhela.  ^ht omenta— Flour,  2,100  l>bl8.;  IVheat,  7,- 
6U0  bosbeln  :  Corn,  14,000  bushels;  Oats,  8,40U 
buahels;  Barley.  4,400  bushels;  Uye,  1,600  bushels. 
Market  only  moderately  active.  Wheat  in  moderate 
demand.  Fair  inquiry  for  Corn  In  car  lots.  Oata  duiL 
Rye  and  Barley  neglected.  Fair  demand  for  Seeds. 
Other  articles  unchanged.  Rail  freights  unchanged. 
Sales  of  450  bbla.  uf  Flour  nt  uncbangeil  prlcea.  Wheat 
— Sales,  1,50U  bushels  epecial  Diu  sample  ot  Minnesota 
at  $1  65;  J900  White  Michigan  at  $1  57  ;  400  Wbite 
Winter  at  $1  57.  Corn— Saies,  '20  cars  of  new  at 
62^c.;  8  cars  do.  High  Mixed  at  53c  Seeds— Sales  of 
65  bags  Timothy  at  l£V3 ;   10  bags  Largo  Clover  at  $9  76. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  13.— Wool  quiet  and  firm; 
prices  steady  and  without  change:  supply  light;  Ohio, 
PeunaylTanla,  and  West  Virginia  XX  and  above,  46c. 
®4dc.;  X,  44c'2>46c.;  medium,  41i^.'S>45c.i  coarso, 
36c.®38u.  New-York,  Mioiiigan,  luoiaua,  and  West- 
ern, lino,  S9c'342c;  meaium,  41'<ic®43c.;  coarse, 
36c.'938c:  combmg,  washed,  52c.(Z<56c;  do.,  un- 
washed, 37o.  Canada,  combine,  5'.ii'oc;  flae  unwashed, 
25c.®28c.;  coarse  and  mediuiu  unwashed,  28c.®31c; 
tub-wasned,  40c®45c.  Colorado,  washed,  18c'022a; 
unwashed,  l7c®lS'<jc.;  extra  and  merino  pulled,  33c 
®38c;  Texas,  fine  and  medium,  20o.®25c;  oonrae, 
17c®20c.  Calirornia,  fine  and  medium,  16c®30c.; 
coarse,  15c®20c. 

CnciNiiATL  Feb.  13.~Flonr  in  fair  demand  and 
firm.  Wheat  in  good  demand:  Red,  $1  43®$1  6S. 
Corn  quiet  at  40c'&4,Sc  uats  in  good  demand  at  38c 
'©420.  Pye  dull  at  78c.®79c  Barley  anil  and  un- 
changed. Pork  dull  cud  nominal.  Lard  dull;  Steam- 
rendered,  $10  eoaSlO  70;  Kettle  do..  Hi4C®1134C 
Bulk-meats  dull  and  nominally  unchanged.  Bacon 
quiet  and  unchanged.  Whisky  In  good  demand  and 
a  shade  higher;  light  offeringa  at  $1  u5.  Butter  dull, 
weak,  and  lower;  packing  grades,  12o.®14c.  Hogs  in 
iatr  demand  lor  shioping  grariea ;  heavy  weights  uull ; 
common,  $5  25®$o  oU ;  tair  to  good  light,  $5  009 
$5  90;  packing,  $6®$6  35;  heayy  butchers',  $6  40® 
$6  65 ;  reoeipta,  2,470  head ;  shipments,  214  head. 

LouisTOXiE,  Feb.  13. — Flour  firm  ;  nnohanged. 
Wheat  firm  at  $1  46®$1  47  tor  Bed;  $1  60®$1  63 
for  Amber  and  White  Corn  dull :  Wbite,  43ci  Mixed, 
37c  Bye  ateady  at  80c  uats  quiet;  unchanged. 
Pork  firmer  at  $17a>$17  25.  Bulk-meats  In  fair  de- 
mand; steady  at  O'tiC.  8  V:-.  and  9>scj  for  Shoulders. 
Clear  Rib,  ahd  Clear  Sidea.  Bacun  quiet,  unchanged. 
Bugar-enred  Ham*,  ll'actvlV'sc  Laro  in  good  de- 
mand. Wniaky  steady,  unchanged.  Bagging  quiet  at 
11  ^c. 

Fbovidbncb,  Feb.  13.-<-Priotina  Cloths  firm  at  pre- 
vioua  quotations;  pesc  extra  6A  souards  .axe  onoted  at 
6^e.®a  i>-lti«> 


Asbes,  pks. 

Bees- wax.  pks.. 

Bnihon,  bars 

Beans,  bbls. 

Cotton,  bniea. .. 

C.  a.  Cake,  bags 

Copper,  bbla 

brfedPrait,  pks.... 
igga.  bbla 

Flour,  bbls 

Wheat,  bus  heis 

Corn,  husheU.. 


61 
3 

735 

2o3 

1,823 

200 

285 

128 

1,073 

11,766 

2,400 

39,700 


Oats,  bushels 7,300 


Eye.  bushels 

Malt,  bnsbela..... 
Barley,  bushels.. . 

Peas,  bosbels 

Graas-seed,  bags 

Corn-ineal,  bbls 

Corn-meal,  baga 

Hops,  bales 

Bidea.  No 

Hides,  bales 


618 

_   2,000 

..   2,208 

..  2,200 

..      969 

722 

56U 

404 

749 

499 


Snirits  Turp.,  bbls.. 
Resin,  bbls.. » 

Oil-oake,  pks 

Pork,  pks 

Beer,  pka 


85 

8,118 

1,866 

67tf 

216 


Uut-meata,  pics .    8,898 


Grease,  pks 

Lard,  nks ,., 

Lard,  kegs 

.~^teariiie,  pks.... 

Butter,  pks .. 

Cheese.  Oks... 


226 
2,084 

11 

2,773 
1,649 


Tallow.  Dks 313 


Lard-oil.  bbla.. 
Dressed  Hogs.  No... 

Rice,  pks 

Starch,  bxa 

Skins,  hales 

Sponge,  biles . 

Tow,  bales 

Tea,  half  chests.... 

Tobacco,  bbds 

Tobacco,  hzs.  &OS.. 
Whiaky,  bbla 


12 
862 
100 
653 
114 
S2 
47 
144 

1? 
60 
835 


(Vool,  Dales 139 


Leather,  siaea 10,849 

Lead,  plaa 1,011 

Molasses, (N.O.,)bbla         45 
COFF8E— Has  been   inactive   to-day,    with   values 

S noted    essentially  unchanged Week's  receipts  of 
10  and  Santos  here,  23,228  bags :  sales,  18,423  bags; 
stock  here  this  morning,  25,425  hags,  and  at  the  out- 

gorts.  47,988  bags ;  afloat  and  loading  for  tbe  Doited 
tatea  to  Dec   30,  104,764  biiga :    purchased  fOr    the 
UnitediStates  to  Feb.  10,  235,0u0  bags. 

COTTON — A  limited  ousineas  has  been  reported  tor 
early  delivery  at  drooping  r.itea Ordinary  quoted  to- 
day atll3-16c®115-16c.;  Low  Middling, 1288C®12'aC.; 

Middling,  12'8C®13c Hales  were  officially  reported, 

for  piomot  oelivery,  of  329  balea.  (of  which  —  bales 
were  on  last  evening,)  including  25  balea  to  abippera 

and  304  balea  to  spinners And  tor  forward  dehvery 

busiuess  has  been  again  extensive,  at  easier  figures. 

Sales     iiave    been     reported    since    our     last    ot 

53,700  bales,  of  which  14,800  bales  were  on  last 
evening  and  34,900  bales  to-dav,  with  2,800 
bales  on  the  calls,  on  tbe  basis  of 
Middling,  with  February  options,  closing  ut 
12         23-32c®12a!4.:  March.  12        29-32c.® 

12  15-16C;  Aonl.  13i«®13  6-32c.:  May.  13  6-16c 
■aiS      ll-32c;       June.       13     15-32c.®13>2C.i        July, 

18  19-32c®13'^c  :  August,  13  21-32c®13  11-lbc; 
September.  13  U-32o.®1313-32c;  Ociooer,  1231-32c. 
®13c.;  November,  12  23-32c.®i2  25-32c;  December. 
12  23-32c.®13  25-32C  ^  lb.,  showlnir  a  decUne  of 
l-32c®^c  ^  lb.,  closing  steady. ...The  re- 
ceipts at  this  port  to-dnv  were  1,623  Dales,  and 
at  the  ahipDiug  ports  23,928  balea,  against  24,915 
bales  same  day  last  week,  and  thns  far  thla  w^eek, 
08.324  oales,  against  80,632  bales  aame  time  last 
week., ..The  reoeipta  at  the  shipping  ports  aince  Sept. 
I,  1876.  have  been  3,353.218  balea  against  3.242,450 
bales  for  the  corresponding  time   in   the  preceding 

Cotton    year CoiisoUdated    exports  (three  days)  tor 

Great  Bntaln.  from  all   ttie  shipping   ports,  40,901 

bales:    to   the  Continent,    11,616   balea Stock    In 

Mew-York  to-dav,  274.264  balea;  consolidated  stock 
at  the  porta,  875,734  bales'. 

Oloslna  Prices  of  Cotton  </»  Keio-Tork. 

Uplands.  Alabama.      N.  O.       Texas. 

Ordinary 113-16    113-16     115-16     116-16 

Strict  ordinary... 11  9-16  11  9-16  11  11-16  11  11-16 
Good  Ordinary... H  16-16  11  15-16  12  1-16  12  1-16  • 
Strict  Good  Ord... 12  3-16     12  3-16    12  6-16    12  5-16 


Low  Middling....  12*^ 

Strict  Low  Mid 12"^ 

MiddUng 12''« 

Good  .Midiillng 13^8 

.strict  Good  Mid..  13% 

Middhng  Fair 13^4 

Pair. 14'3 


12%  121q  121a 

1208  1234  1234 

12%  13  13 

131a  13^-4  I314 

13%  131a  131a 

1334  13  Tg  13 'a 

14>a  14<^  14% 

StavMi. 

Good  Ordinary. .. .10  13-16( Low  Middling II34 

StrlctGood  Ord 11  7-16iMiddhng 1214 

PLOUR  AND  MEAL— State  and  Weatem  Flour  haa 
been  very  moderately  sought  after,  chiefly  on  home 
trade  account,  tho  export  iaqtiiry  having  been,  aa  a 
rule,  on  a  limited  acale.  Prices  have  varied  little,  the 
piinclpal  holders  having  been  comparatively  firm  in 
tbeir  views.  City  Mill  Extras  attracted  most  attention 
irom     abippera,     mainb-     lor      the     West      Indiea. 

Sales     have     been     reportea  since   our    laut    ot 

9  100  bhia.  of  all  erodes,  including  uosound  Flour  at 
S3  50®$6  75:  Sour  Flour  at  $4  o0®$6  75;  poor  to 
choice  No.  2  at  $4  25®$5.  chiefly  at  ffi4  eo&SO  lor 
lair  to  choice:  very  poor  to  very  choice  Superttno 
Western,  $5  40®$5  90.  maiolv  at  $5  65®£5  85,  with 
fancy  brands  held  higher;  pooir  to  good  Kxtra  State, 
S5  8'5®$6  10,  chiefly  at  $5  90  a$6;  good  to  choice 
do.  at  $6  10®$6  85,  mostly  at  $6  25® $6  30; 
City  Milla  Extra  shipping  grades,  for  West  Indies,  on 
tbo  basis  of  *6  70®$7  10  lor  good  to  very 
choice;  do.  for  South  America,  at  S8®*8  50  for  very 
good  to  fancy  do.,  for  the  English  markets,  (of  the 
grade  of  standard  extra  State.)  quoted  at  $5  90  asked, 
(at  which  price  600  bbla.  were  placed; )  inferior  to 
good  Bbippine  Kxtra  W  estem,  $5  80®$ti  05  :  good  to 
choice  do..  ffiO  05a>$6  MO;  very  poor  to  ver.y  chides 
Western  Trade  and  Family  Kxtra,  Spring 
Wheat  stock,  $3  15®$8  60;  inferior  to  very 
cnoice  do.  do..  Red  and  Amber  Winter  Wheat 
atock,  at  $6  26®$8  60 ;  part  for  shipment  at  ¥6  75'&$8, 
(of  which  670  hbls.  sold;)  ordinary  to  very  choice 
White  Wheat  do.  do.,  at  $6  25@$9  25  ;  very  poor  to 
lancv  St.  Louis  Kitras,  $6  25®$y  50;  Extra 
Genesee  at  $6  35®$7  50,  the  latter  an  extreme; 
poor  to  very  choice  jMinnesota  clear  and  straight  e^x- 
traa  at  $6  35®$8  25,  chiefly  ac  $7  26®$8  for  fair 
to  choice,  (with  very  interior  lots  called  Minne- 
sota, at  $6  15®$6  25;)  and  Alinnesota  Patent  Extras, 
ordinary  to  very  taney,  at  $8  10®$11,  mainly  at  $9<» 
$iO.  with  up  to  $10  50®$11  for  small  lots  of  very 
choice  to  strictly  fancy,  (and  odd  lots  of  very  inferior, 
cahed  Minnesota  Patent,  as  low  as  $7  15®$7  75, 
of  which  60  bbls.  '•second  run"  as  low  as  S7  15.). r;. 
Included  in  the  sales  have  been  4,350  bbla.  abipping 
tSilraa,  of  which  3,450  bhis.  City.  MiUa;  1,300  bbli, 
Minnesota  clear  and  straight  Extras:  050  bbla.  do. 
Patent  do. ;  670  bbla.  Winter)  Wheal  Extras,  (tor 
shipment  at  $6  76'«»*8,  mostly  at  ¥7  25ffi$7  50,1 
47i>    bbls.       Superflhe,        350       bbls.      ^°o.      2,      at 

the       quoted       rates A         reatricted       businesa 

haa  been  reported  in  Southern  Flour,  mainly  in  a  job- 
bing   way.    for   home     use,    on     the     nrevions    basis 

as      to     values sales      have     been   reported  here 

of  750  bbls.,  in  lots,  at  $6  60®$6  tor  poor 
to  strictly  choice  Superfine;  $6  25®$7  50  for  poor  to 
very  choice  shipping  Extras ;  $7  50®a9  25  for  lair  to 
fancy  trade  and  fiimlly.      The  aealinga  were  mostly  in 

Extras   at  trom  $7  ao®$8  50 Eye  Flour  has  been 

selling  very  slowly,  and  wholly  lu  small  lots,  to  meet 
the  urgent  wants  of  the  jobbing  interest.  Tho  ttfer- 
inija  have  been  more  liberal,  and   prices  have  favored 

buyers    throughout We     quote    ot    from    $4  40® 

$5  10  for  about  fair  Western  to  very  choice  State 
Superfine,  and      $3®$4     lor  poor    to   choice   fine. 

^ales  reported  of  245  bbla.,  nearly  ail  in  amalUots, 

onietty  at  $4  70®$5  for  fair  to  choice  Superfijie  State; 
$5  lo  for  very  choice  do.;  *4  70®$d  lor  Pennsylya- 
nia,  the  latter  for  very  choice,  and  $4  35®$4  90  lor 

about  fair  to  very  choice  Western Corn-meal  has 

been  in  quite  moderate  request  since  our  last,  at 
previous    prices We    quote    at    S2  90®ji3  10     for 

air  t.)  choice  Yellow  Western;  $2  90®$3  10  tor  Yel- 
low Jersey;    $3  60  for  leliow  Baltimore,  and  $3  50 

for   Brandy  wine Sales   have   been    reported   of  960 

bblB.,mclndhig  300  ubla.  Yellow  Westeru.in  lots,  chiefly 

at  $3,    and        500     bbls.   -Brandywlneat      $3  60 

Curii-meai,  In  bags,  bus  been  iu  ample  stuck,  aod 
Ather  slack  demand,  within  the  range  of  $1'<»$1  45 
for  poor  to  very  choice  V  100  fls.  Moat  of  the  aales 
haye  been  of  coarse  lots  at  $1  U6®$1  08,  chiefly  at 
$1  06  for  City  Mills;    and  $1   for  Baltimore,   irom 

dock Oat-meai  continues  inactive  within  the  range 

of  $6  25a'$7  Jor  tair  to  choice  City  and  Western; 
very  choice  to  fancy  held  higher;    Canada,  $7a>$7  50. 

Buckwheat    Flour     has    been    in    compaiatlvelV- 

I'imited  demand,  within  the  range  of  $3  26® 
$3  75  for  poor  to  stnctly  choice  btate,  Jersey,  and 

Pennsylvania Moat  of   the  lots  sold  were  at  $3  50 

@S3  75  for  lair  to  choice  ^  100  lb. 

GRAIN— W  heat  waa  oflerea  very  reservedly  and  at 
extreme  prices,  thus  impeding  business.  A  limited 
Inquiry  prevailed  lor   Spring,  partly  apeculative,  and 

a    VLry   light  call  noted  for  Winter Sales  were  re- 

portett  to-aay  of  25,000  bushela,  including  Kew-York 
No.  1  Spring,  2,400  buahela.  in  atore,  for  export,  at 
$145;  piime  No.  2  Milwaukee  Spring,  in  store, 
16,000  bushels  at  $1  48  la^  inferior  and  rejected 
Spring,  odd  lota,  at  $1  16®$1  20;  kxtra  choice 
White  Michigan,  in  store,  1,000  bushels,  lor  local 
milling  -    purposes,       at       $1    65,       and      rejected 

Red     Western,     4,000     buahela     at     $1  20 hew 

crop  corn  ralliod  to-day,  >3C.®lc.  a  bushel, 
having  been  ofiered  leas  freeiy  and  mora  urgently 
Bought  atter,  partly  for  export;  New- York  steamer 
Mixed  and  New-Xork  No.  3,  New- York  No.  1,  (ola,) 
and  Southern  Yellow,  afloat,  attract  most  at- 
tention  So       transociions       were      reported        in 

old  I  No.  2  Chicago,  which  waa  quoted  nominally 
aa  before  aa  to  aakiag  rates.... Salea  have  been 
reporteasmce  our  last  ot  lo7,00  buahels,  iu- 
cluaing  New- York  steamer Mtxed,(reyised  grading.)  at 
56c.®67c,  closing  at  57c.,  (12,700  bushels,  afloat, 
taken  at  67c  tor  export ;)  do  old  certificates,  at  56c; 
New-York  No.  1,  old,  21,000  buahels  for  export,  at 
59c.,  and  new.  80O  buahels,  at  57c.;  New-York  No.  2 
w  hue,  4oO  bushels  ut  57c.,  and  1,200  oushels  at 
60  "ac-;  New- York  steamer  White,  1,200  buaheis  at 
68c.;  New-York  Na  3,  (new  grading,)  at  55c®66i2C; 
now  crop  Mixed  Western  in  lots,  ut  66c®57c.:  un- 
graded, aaihng-yeasel  Mixed  Western,  old  crop,  (nom- 
inal.) at  58c'a>61c  in  store  and  afloat ;  No.  2  Chicago, 
iu  store,  Quoted  at  59c,  ueked,  with  bid  reported  of 
59c  for  important  amouuta ;  Yellow  western 
at  5tjc®57c;  Yellow  Southern,  from  dock, 
odd  lots,  within  the  range  of  66c®67c,  and 
afloat,  20,000  bushels  at  57iac.  (tor  home 
uao  ;)  White  Bouthern,  58c;  and  round  Yellow,  400 
bushels,  at  75c Rye  dull  and  drooping;  prime  Jer- 
sey last  s  >ld  at  90c.;  State  quoted  at  80c.®9  ic,  afloat, 
though  for  veiy  choice  np  to  95c  asked :  Western. 

80c.^84c  in  car  lots Canada  Peas,  lu  bond,  in  good 

reouest,  lor  shipment,   with  sales  reported  of  8,0u0 

busheia  at  94c Barley  inactive  and  depreaaed,  with 

aales  of  9.500  bushels  ungraded  Canada  on  private 
terms,  Quoted  at  about  $i  04;  and  500  biuhols  six- 
rowed  State  at  75c Barley-malt  iu  moderate  re- 
quest; chuice  two-rowed  State  last  sold  at  boc,  cash; 
prime  to  choice  Canada  quoted  at  $1  20®$1  30,  cask 
and  time,  on  which  basis  some  sales  haye  been  rumored 
as  recently  eflfe^Jted,  but  without  defiuite  particulars. 
....Buckwheat    inactive:    piime   State  h«ld  at  $1  ^ 

bushel Oats     have      l)eeQ     more     aouijht      after, 

eapecialiy    good     to    choice,    which    were     quoted 

a     shade      higher      on      limited      offiirings Sales 

reported  of  27,600  biuuels,  including  White 
Western  at  42o.®50c.  for  inferior  to  very  choice; 
Whue  State,  ordinary  to  very  choice,  within  the 
range  of  50c.®65^c.,  from  track  and  afloat;  Mixed 
Weatem  at  39c.®48c.,  aa  to  quality,  mainly  car  lota,  at 
43c.a'4d>2C;  New-York  Extra  Wnite,  1,600  buahels, 
at  55iac.;  New-York  No.  1  White,  1.500  bushels,  at 
64c.;  New- York  No.  2  White  at  47c®47»ac;  New-York 
No.  3Whiceat45c®45i2C;  New- York  Extra,  1,500  bush-, 
els,  at  65c  New- York  No.  2  nt  45 'aC;  New- York, 
No.  3  at  41c ;  New- York  Rejected  quoted  at  89c, 
and  Mixed  State  at  49c®6do.  tor  infeirior  to  very 
choice,  from  track  and  afloat,  mainly  car  lots  at  60c.® 

62iao No.   2  Cliicago.   average  Quality,   lu  store, 

quoted  at  48c,  but  without  transactions Feed  ac- 
tively aougbt  after  at  stronger  and  buoyant  prices; 
2,850  baga,  40-01.,  sold  at  $20®$21,  and  a  carload  ot 
108  B.,  average  quality,  at  $22. ...Clover-seed  inac- 
tive, with  prime  10  choice  Western  quoted  at  I6I3C® 
I5340.;  State  at  l6i9C®l634C    About   900  bags  prime 

Weatem  reported  sold  at  Idisc Other  Seeds  quoted 

as  before.... Bay  and  Straw  witbout  important  altera- 
tion. 

GUNNT  BAGS  AND  BAGGING- The  Inquiry  haa  been 
quite  moderate,  almost  wholly  ior  domesvlc  Bagging, 

at  former  rates Domestic  Bagging  quoted  at  j.:^  14c. 

912%o Native  Bagging  abaut  9  >90.    A  sale  of  lou 

bales  Borneo  cloth  was  reported  at  12%c..  cash. 

MIliKi— The  average  dally  receipts  of  Milk  during  the 
week,  were,  via  the  Erie  Bailroad,  2,700  cans  ;  Har- 
lem, 2,500  cans;  Midland,  800  cans;  Hudson  River. 
tiiiO  caaa  .  New-Iiaven,'  6OO  cans;  Scattering,  1,500 
cans ;  total,  8,700  cans.  The  supply  is  ample  for  all 
requirements,  and  pnces  are  easy.  The  contraot 
price  paid  to  dairymen  tiy  large  dealers  for  a  supply 
for  tbe  month  of  February  ia.3ii>c  4^  qnart.  Some 
contracts  for  the  latter  naif  of  January  have  been 
settled  at  the  rate  of  4c  ^  quart.  Sales  of -snirnlua 
Milk  are  made  on  the  depot  platforms  al  $1  6tr®$2  9* 
40-quart  can. 

MoLASSKS — Hew-Orleans  has  been  moderately  sought 
after,  at  from  48o.®68c  for  good  to  strictly  ehoioe. 
Market  otherwise  without  mnch  show  of  animation ; 
prices  quoted  nominally  unchanged. 

ftiTROLBUM— Toe  tendency  naa  been  toward  lower 
figures,  the  offerings,  especially  trom  second  hands, 
gaining  on  the  demand,  which  has  been  generally  lim- 
ited....Crude  has  b«en  iuaotive  and  quoted  down  to 
lie,  in  balk,  and  14c.in  shipping  order.... Kefloed 
has  been  sparingly  sought  after ;  quoted  bv  refineis  at 
^26^c..  a&a  from  second,  hands  to  ISo..  in  an^a  juitik  tag 


eaflr4elirerr....^(«fla«4.tt  oasM.«nettd  afi  38c, — 
Ctly  HaBhth»  t(U^a<U8«....At(>hiiad»lbhi»^  B«l 
tlaore  ii«flued  I'at^Cll(am.  for  early  delivery,  qnotei 
by  rofiosFs  bC  96V,o..  sQd  in  SBaalL  lota-^aat  s<M0>4 
hiiods  rt6wii  to  13'  !'3.Ml9o.  (^ 

l'KO?lSlUi{fi->We«trm  Mess  PorlT&u  been  slow  #f 
sale  for  early  deUvery  at  lower  anddroopinz  tatr.8.... 
BiUee  reported  or  SOtf  bbls.  of  uniaspacted  for  eiitp- 
ment,  $16  S5®$16  60 Other    binds  also    dull    for 

early  delirerr :  Extra  Prllueqtiotod  Ht$l.sO$}3  50: 
Western  Prime  Mess    at  $15  SO-SOSIB  75.    Sales  2a 

bbla.  Extra  Prime  at  S19 And  for  ftirwu^d  delivetjr 

here.  Western  Mess  has  bfwu.ia  «u4jc  rni^lernte  re- 
quest at  reduced  figures ;  quotea  for  Jebmarv  at  the 
close  nominal;  March,  $16  10 aike'I:  April, 'fild  26. 
and  May.  $16  36ii>«ie  60.  Salea  roportotl  nf  1.2*0 
bblp.,   March    options,     at  $1(1  iO-a^lS  15;     and  750 

bbls  ,  April,  at  $16  25®$16  30 Dressed  Ho^s  have 

neen  modprately  sought  after,  with  Westeiu  quoted 
713c.®?  9-16CC.  for  prime  to  choice,  (3  oars  sold  art 
7iac;  1  car  at  7  9-l6o..  and  1  cj»r  good 
reported  at  7I4C;)  and  City  at  acc3>2C.... 
Cut-meats  have  been  In  slack  demand  andeasler  atlr 
regtJar  prices.... Sales  loclude  8,000  fls.  Picklad  jieDies- 
in  bulk.  12  Bj.,  at  8i«c..  and  sundry  small  .ots  dl  ott-oi 
City  bulk  wtthin  our  ranae.  And  60  bxs.  heavy  Bciiie*. 
lafc.,  on  private  terms;  and  50  tos.  Western  PiokW 
Homa,  17  lb.,  at  10c... .We  quote  :  City  Pickled  thoul; 
dera,  in  bulk,  at  7^c;  Pickled  llama  at  10»3C:  Pmokea 
Shoulders  at  8I4C;  Smoked  Hamsat  llV-^l^i^c.}. 
Western  nry-aalted  Short-cut  Hnma,  2o  to  15  Vb.,  ^oai\- 
inal;     Western  Pickled  Hams,  iu   tea.,  at  lOcSlOM- 

Bacon  has  been  inactive   to-day,    with    WeAtern 

Long  Clear  quoted  at  834c. SSTgC;  and  City  do.  at  9c.: 
Long  and  Short  Clear,  early  delivery,  at  9c.,..JUmI 
for  Chicago  dollvery,  lK>ng  and  Short  Oiear.for  early  «*• 
livery,  at  8«^.,  with  no  further  Sa.ei 
reported Westcru  Steam  Lard  has  beeu  moder- 
ately Inquired  for,  to-day.  for  early  delivery.  tA 
a  further  reduction  in  prices,  inflneaced  by  the  decid- 
ed    adverse   reports   from   tho   West ^Of   Western 

Steam,  for  early  delivery  here,  sales  have  been  re- 
ported of  370tC8.  piimo.  at  $10  90®$I0  95,  cloalng 
at  $10  90  asked:  and  50  tcs.  choice  at  $11.,!-. 
Aud  for  forward  delivery  bore.  Western  Steam  hai 
been  in  less  active  demand,  and  ranch  lower,  cloain;; 
weak.. ..Western  Steam,  for  February  quoted  at  the 
closest  $10  95  asked;   March,  $11;     April.   SH12'a; 

May,  $11  27I3  asked Sales  were  reported  ofWe8^ 

ern  Steam  to  the  extent  of  2.0(K)  tea,  for  Feb- 
ruary, ut  $10  95®$11  02i2i  3,250  tcs.,  March,  at 
$11®$11  17 -I! :  6,750  tcs.  April,  at  $11  Vi}^^ 
$11    2212;     and     1,250     tea.      May.     nt     $11    2/>.j 

'®$ll'32i-j City  Steam  and   Settle  quiet;    quoted 

at  the  close  $10  50®$10  75;  Sales  75  tea.  al 
*10  75 And  No.  1  quoted  notnloal RsBnel    Lard 

in  light  demand;  quoted  for  the  Conliuer.t.  for  early 
delivery,    at    $11   25,     and     for    the    ^^  est     Indies 

at$9  871a Salea  reported  of  lOOtos-for  the  West 

Indies,  and  160  tcs.  for  south  America  on  piivats 
terms The  inquiry  fur  Beef  has  been  quite  moder- 
ate, even  in  a  lobbing  way,  at   hualtered  rates We 

quote  Barrel  heef  at  $i2rt>$12  50  lor  Kxtra  Mess: 
at  «1«  50®^ll  50  lor  Plain  Mess. 
and  $13  50®$14  for  Packet  ^  bhl.... 
Tierce  Beef  quoted  thns :  Prime  Mess,  new,  at  iS19 
®$20;  India  Mess,  new,  $20®$2I:  City  Extra  Indl;* 
Mesa,  $25;  shIcs,  50  tcs.  Philadelphia  M-as  onprlvats 
terms Beef  Hama  continued  quiet.  ■withcUoico  Wes- 
tern quoted  at  $24®$24  SO^bbl Butter  and  Checaa 

have  been  in  f*irly  active  requoat  on  the  b.isU  of  pre- 
vious figures,  in  good  part  for  shipment. ...Kggs  mot- 
Ing  slowly,  quoted  at  aOca'JSo.  for    good  to  liney.... 

Tallow  has  been  less  active  ;it  drooping  nitea Salea. 

75,000  ft.  about  prime  to  choice  ai8e.®Si8C;  aud  S7  IB. 

at  8c Stearinehaa  been  dull  to-day;    choice  City,  iu 

tahda.,  quoted  nominal:  prime  Western,  in  tcs..  at  Sll. 

SUGARS — Raw  have  been  moderately  sou.;ht  after, 
with  fair  to  good  Refining  Cuba  quoted  at  9^c®9isc. 
JP'HS.  Sales  of  1,200  bbls.  Cenirifugal,  lO^c, ;  692 
baga  do.,  IOI2C  ;  28hhds.  Molasaas,  S'sC;  64  hhds. 
Derosne  at  914C:  and  197  bhda.  Melado  on  private 
terms.... Refined  'Sugara  continue  in  fair  reque-it.  with 
prices  to-day  quoted  a  shade  lower;  Soft  Tellow 
at9i4C.®10J4C. ;  Soft  White,  lOi^c.®  11  isc  ;  Crushed, 
li"^;  Powoered  at  ll"^.;  Granulated  nt  llSaC; 
Cut  Ijoaf,  ll'8C.®12c. 

TEAS— Bave  been  quoted  essentially  npchangsd  M  . 
to  price,  with  eales  reported  since  our  last  of  4,000 
half-chests  Green  and  6.000  half-cheats  Oolong  on  pri- 

WHISKV— Dull;  offered at$l  08  regular,  nndSl  07 '^ 
cast),  withont  leading  to  imsioess.  Alcohol  offered  at 
$2  02  ic.  but  without  demand. 

PRliIGHT,S — A  fair  inauiry  was  reported  for  room.£n 
berth,  at  generally  steady  rates,  mostly  for  Grain  and 
Provisions,  with  some  demand  for  accommodation  for 
Besln,  Hops,  aud  Slate,  and  other  general  cargo.  Ship- 
owners were  less  urgent  in  their  ofleringa  of  berth- 
room,  and  tonnage  on  charter  at  the  ruliug  figures. 
In  the  chartering  line,  however,  business  wa-a 
alow  here  and  nt  the  ontports.  Veaseis  for  Grain. 
Petroleum,  Lumber,  aud  Timber  were  inquired 
for,  but  the  bida  were  not  satlafectory,  anil  negotta- 
tioua  made  slow  pro;;resa.  Tonnage  for  the  West  In- 
dies, as  also  for  coastwise  trailrs,  was  in  very  moderate 

request  at  about  late  quotation} For  Liveipoo!,  the 

engagements  reported  since  our  last  have  oeen,  by 
sail,  150  tons  Oil-cake  at  16a.  3d.  ^p-tou.  (with  Gratu 
room  gnoted  at  5C.  -^  60  fl5.  bid,  and  room  for  E-usiu 
at  2b.  bid; )  and.  by  steam,  1,200  pkga.  Frovisiona 
mlots,  at  308.;  50  pka.  Tallow  on  private  terms:  300 
pks.  Butter  at  358.  ^  ton.  (n-ith  Grnln  room  qnuted  ac 
5d.®5i2d.  ^  bushel,  and  (of  recent  shipment)  1.300 
pks.  Cotton-seed  Meal  and  37,000  Staves  on  private 
lerms.  Also,  by  steam,  from  the  Wcist,  ol  through 
Freight,   further   shipments    of  Bacon    reportod.    via 

Boston,  at  50o.  ^  loo  lb Frr   London,   by   sail.    500 

bbls.  Besin  at  23.  6d.  f>'  280  16.;  600  tons  Slate  at 
37s.  6d.  ^pton;  and,  by  ateum,  2.000  bxs.  Cheese  at 
35s.  ^  ton,  and  600  bales  Hopa  on  private  terms;  also 
an    Italian    bark,    750   tons,    placed    on     the    berth 

hence  for  general  cargo For    Glasgow,    hy    steam, 

16.0110  bushela  Grain  at  5  "ad.  ^  60-llJ.;  50(5  bxs.  Ba- 
con at  308.  ^  ton ;  400  bbls.  Pork    at   3s.    6d.®4s.  ■?" 

bW.;   200  tea.  Beef  at  5b.    43"   Uerca For   Bristol,  by 

steam,  2,0o0  bxs.  cheeee  at  40s.  ^  ton,  and  14  hhds. 
Tobacco  on  private  terms. ...Kor  liull,  hy  steam,  8,000 
bushels  Peas,  iu  bags,  at  ss^u.  &  b0-lb..,-For 
Cork  and  orders,  a  Norwegian  bark,  460  tons,  bence, 
with  about  3.000  quarters  Grain,  at  5a.  3d. :  another, 
with  ahout  4,800  quaitcra  do.,  from  Baltioiore.  and  an 
Italian  bark,  ^yilll  about  3,000  quarters  do.,  fi-om  do., 
(reported  as  chartered  therel  at  58.  33.  ^  quarter.... 
Kor  Hamburg,  by  sail,  500  his.  Starch,  at  208.  ^  ton 
measurement... For  Bordeaux.  aBritiahhark,  567  tons, 
hence,  with   ebout  3.800  obis.  Naphtha,    (chartered  a, 

few  days  since.)  at.  4s.  3d.  ^  bbl For  Barcelona,  an 

Italian  bark,  335  tons,   hence,  with  abaut  2,100  blils. 

Refined  Petroleum,  at  5s.  ^  bbl For  an  Italian  port, 

direct,  a  French  brig,  215  tons,  hence,  with  Reaiduuiu, 

reported  on  private  terms For  Java,  a  British  hark, 

607  tons, hence.  With  about  22,000  cases  I'etioleum, 

at    35c.     ^     case For  Jlartiniane.      an  Americiu 

schooner, with  coal, from  Philadcl phiu. reported  »t  .-^3  ^ 

ton For  Cuba  and  back  north  of  Hatteras,  tonnage 

was  moderately  soushc  atter,  and  quoted  lU 
the  biiels  of  9oa)$b  25  for  Suzar.  from  thu 
north     side,      and      $5  25®S5  50      for      do.,      from 

the  sonth   side For  Havana,  nn   American  brig.  c>4(J 

tons,  hence,  wilh  general   cargo  reported  on   private 

terms For  St.  John,  by  sail,  60  bbls.  Pork  at  70c.  i?' 

boL,  and  300  pka.  butter  at  Ode  ^  200  0).. ...Market 
otherwise  devoid  of  activity  aud  rates  somewhat  l» 
regular.  ^^^^^ 

TEE  LIVE  STOCK  MABKRTS. 


BCFFATX),  Feb.  13.— Cattle— Receipts  to-day,  357 
head,  making  the  total  for  the  week  tuns  fat  4,069 

bead  against  4,896  h«ad  for  tue  same  time  last  week 
showing  a  decrease  In  the  receipts  of  the  week  tiius 
far  of  49  cars;  market  active;  good,  fat  Cattle,  i»c. 
advance  on  1  st  week's  qnotatio  is,  and  li)c.®15e.  ^ 
cwt.  on  medium  and  fair  grades:  common  stock  at 
weak  last  week's  quotations;  offerings  mainly  medi- 
um to  common  lots ;  good  Cattia  scarce;  de- 
mand hardly  supplied:  70  cars  disoosed  of,  a 
fair  proportion  being  for  Eastern  tiade; 
BAles  of  shippers'  Ste.era  at  $5®$5  75:  butchera'  Cat- 
tle, mediom  to  good,  $4  75®$d  37  ^a;  common  stock 
at  $3  25®$4;  stockers  and  feeders  at  $3  10®$3  90: 
about  20  cars  of  common  atock  remain  uoaold.  Sheep 
and  Lambs— Receipts  to-day,  2,100  head;  making  the 
total  lor  the  week  thus  far  9. 600  head,  against  9,400 
head  for  the  same  time  L^st  week;  market  fairly  act 
ive ;  demand  chiefly  to  supply  the  Bri;;bton  butcbei 
market;  sales  of  35  cars,  21  cars  for  6riguton.  9  for 
the  Baatern  market,  and  5  tor  local  dsmaud :  offerings 
generally     gooa      to      choice;       pnces    strong;     last 

week's  rate^ ;  sales  of  good  to  cnoice  hheep  at 
$5  60S$6  10;  fair  to  good  at  $4  80'SSo  50:  common 
at  $3  80®$4 ;  Weatem  Lambs,  3  cars  at  $6  75®$7: 
8  cars  remaialng  unsold.  Hogs — Receipts  to-day,  400 
head,  making  the  total  for  the  week  thus  far,  5,400 
head,  against  5,200  head  for  the  same  time  last  week ; 
mar  Ret  ruled  inactive  for  want  uf  stock  to  operate 
with;  only  3  cars  light  to  good  Yorgers  on  the  marset, 
which  weie  disposed  of  at  $6  05'<z>$d  25®$6  50;  few 
heavy  sold  to  City  butchera  at  $6  65;  demand  fair; 
yards  hare  of  stock. 

Chicago,  Feb.  13.— Cattle — Receipts,  550  head; 
shipments,  1,670  head  ;  market  "^ery  dull  anu  hea^, 
except  for  better  grades;  prices  generally  unchaixged; 
sales  of  Butchers'  at  $3  '.^9®$4  25.  Hogs — Receipts, 
16,000  head;  ahlpments,  1,840  head;  market  dull; 
10c.®12>i2C  lower;  common  light.  $5  mai£i>  85; 
good,  $5  90®$6;  heavy  packing.  $6®$6  20;  good  to 
extra  assorted  shipping,  $6  25®$6  65.  Sheep  in  good 
demand  :  receipts,  1,200  bead ;  market  firm  for  good; 
others  dull  aud  nominal ;  sales  at  S4  7&®$5  10. 

WATEBTOWN.Masa.,  Feb.  13. — Cattle— Receipts.  474 
head;  increased  treight  rates  caused  a  heavy  fHlUag 
off  in  receipts  from  the  West,  l^ade  brisk  at  Vlc. 
advance  on  best  grades :  choice,  $8  76 ;  Kxtra.  ${j3 
$8  50;  first  quality,  $7®7  75 ;  second  quality,  $6® 
$6  75:  third  quality,  $5®$5  76.  Sheep— Reoel^U 
2,095  head;  demand  moderate  ;  no  advance  notice- 
able; in  lots,  $2  50,  $3,  $3  50,  and  $3  75;  Uxtra, 
$4®$6  60,  or  from  3c®8>qc  ^  tt. 

EASTLxBERTr,  Mass.,  Feb.  13.— Cattle— Beceipts 
to-day  731  head,  all  for  this  market ;  run  hght.  a  Kood 
many  being  shipped  on  fur  want  of  buyers ;  nest  at 
So  25;  medium  to  good  at  $4  50®$5 ;  common  to 
fair  at  $4®$4  50.  Hogs— Receipts  to-day,  1.695  head: 
Yorkers  at  $6  25®$:!  60;  Philadelphias  at  $7® 
$7  15.  Sheep— Reoeipta  to-day.  6,00(>head;  aelliiv 
at  $4  50®$6  lO ^ ^ 

THE  COTTON  MARKETS. 


Nbw-Oelkans,  Feb.  13— Cotton-^-Very  little  doing; 
MiddUng.  Vi^c;  Low  Middling,  1134c;  Good  Ordi 
nary,  11  <^c;  net  receiots,  12,888  bales:  gross.  i4,04^ 
bales:  exports,  to  .Great  Britain,  8,530  bales:  t« 
France,  1.868  balea;  to  the  Channel,  1,31C  bales; 
sales,    200  balea;   stock,  ^95,011  bales. 

Chablbstom.  Feb.  13.— Cotton  unchanged  ;  Uid- 
dltng,  12"4C;  Low  Middling,  12>9C:  Good  Ordinary. 
l2c;  net  leceipts,  1,036  bales:  exports,  coastwise^ 
66vi  bales ;  sales,  750  bales ;  stock,  46,723  bnies. 

Savannah,  Feb,  13.— Cotton  qtiiet;  MiddUng. 
1208C1  i-cw  Middling.  12i«c:  Good  Ordinary,  11>3C: 
net  receipts,  660  balea;  exports,  to  France,  1,484 
bales;   salea,  600  bales ;  atock,  64,809  bales. 


FOREIGN  MARKETS. 


London,  Feb.  15—12:30  P.  M Consols,  95 13-it 

for  both  money  aud  the  acconnt.  Onited  States  Bunds, 
1867s,  10934:  new  5a,  107 ^a.  New-York  Central,  93. 
lUiooia  Central,    Sl'a. 

3:30  P.  M.— The  amount  of  lyillion  withdrawn  from 
the  Bank  of  Bngtand  on  balance  to-day  is  £29,00i'. 

4:30  P.  M. — Oonsola,  95  11-16  lor  both  money  and 
the  account,  llllnole  Central,  51.  Paris  advicea  quota 
6  f  cent.  Rentes  at  105t  90c  for  the  account. 

FBANKTOKT,  Febu  13.— Cnit«d  States  Bonds,  new  6s, 
103%. 

PAKts.  Feb.  13.— Exchange  on  London,  26£  13c  for 
short  sight. 

LrvEBPoon,  Feb.  13-12  M.— Ctotton— The  receipts  to- 
da:f  were  32.000  hales,  of  which  11,500  bales  are 
Amerieen.  Futures.  l-32d.  dearer:  Uplands.  Low 
Middling  clause,  Februarv  ond  March  delivei-y. 
6  ll-16d. ;  Uplands.  Low  Middliug  clause.  March  aud 
April  dehvery,  6  25-3/d.;  Uplands,  Low  Middhng 
clanae.  April  and  Kay  delivery,  G'ed.;  alao  sales  of 
the  same  at  6  29-32d. ;  Cpianas,  Lovr  Middling  clause. 
May  aud  June  delirery,  6 16-16d. ;  Uplands.  Low 
Middling  clause,  Jnly  and  August  dehvery,   7  1-164. 

6  P  M. — Cotton— Knturee  flat  :  Uplands,  Low  Mid- 
dling clause,  Jttareh  and  AprU  delivery,  6^|d!.;  Upianda, 
Low  MiddUng  clause,  April  ahd  May  delivery,  Q'igd.; 
Uplands,  Low  Mid0linK  clause.  May  and  June  dehmrr. 
6  16-l6a. ;  Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause,  June  sad 
July  delivery,  7d.  -"Trade  Report — The  market  fbi 
yams  snd  Fabrics  at  Manchester  is  qoiet.  but  un 
changed.  Provtaiona— Oheesp;,  71b.  6d.  f"  owt  for  tbi 
best  grades  of  American. 

6  P.  M.—Prodnee— Spirits  of  TnrpeiiHne.  Sla.  Ip'  6wt 

LovDOK, .  FeOu  13—5  P.  M— Prodnee— SefltMd  P« 
troieum,  13>ad.®14d.  ^gallon.    TaUow,  iSa.  ^  cwz. 

jSresuc.r>Unaee<l-flll,lBSs  6d.^  rwt. 

Bavaxa,  Fee  12.-6Banlah  Oeld.  180*i91.  Xl 
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NEW-YORK,   WEDNESDAY,    FEB,  14,  1877. 


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WALLACKa  THE4TBB.— Wild  Kats— Mr.  Lester 
))  ftllack.  Mr.  JoUn  Gilbert,  Mr.  Harry  Beckett.  iUsa 
Ec86  Wood. 

^IPTH  AVENUE  THEATRE.— LEKoya;  or,  Wkdmck 
POR  Sbtrn— Mfc  0.  P.  Uoghlan.  Miaa   F.  Dsrvenport 

BOOTH'S  THBATRE.— Fifth  Aybsub— Mr.  George 
Rifcnold,  ^iss  Ji and  Granger. 


fARK  THEATRR.—Obr  Boardisq  Housb— Mr.   Stnart 
RoJ»80n.  Mr.  W.  H.  Crane,  Mrs.  A..F.  Baker. 

ONION  SQUARE  THRATRE The  Daitichbffs— Mr.  C. 

R.  Tborne.  Mr.  W.  R.  Floyd,  Miss  KaUierine  Roger*. 

BROaDWAT  THBATRE.— Ona  BoTS. 


HELLER'S    WONDER    THKATRE.— Pbbstidigit*tios 
J1D3IC,  AST»  HuMOK— Mr.  Robert  Heller.  .Miss  Heller. 


NIBLO'S   GARDEN.— AROinrD    thk    World  in  Eiohtt 
Kats  (Spectafcnlar)- Kiralfy  Brothers. 


EAGLK  THEATRE,— La PetitrMaribr  (Opera  Bonffe) 
ATlle.  Marie  Aimee. 

OLYMPIC  THEATRE. -Round  Thb  Clock. 


SEW-YORK  AQUARIUM Rarr  and  Ctirioos  Fish  and 

MAjutALiA,  Statuart,  &.a. — Day  and  evening. 


5RAKD  OPERA  HOUSE.— MoNsisrR.ALPHONSR. 


BAN  FRANCISCa  MINSTRELS.— Minstrblst.      Farcbs 
and  Nkoro  Coxicalitibs. 


METROPOLITAN   MUSEUM   OP    ART.— Eihibitios  o» 
Ancient  Statuart.  Paintinqs.  tc.    Day  only- 


SATIONAi    ACADEMT    OF    DKSIQN BXHIBITIOX    OP 

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We  fear  that  but  few  of  our  readers  will 
Snd  either  time  or  patience  to  wade  through 
iho  somewhat  tedious  speeches  made  before 
Mio  Electoral  Commission  yesterday.  The 
jrations  of  the  Democratic  objectors  are 
largely  occupied  with  the  rhetorical  flour- 
i3he.=<  by  which  the  Congressman  of  the 
per.od  delights  to  dazzle  his  constituents 
an  cl  tmng  down  the  gallery.  What  thev  ought 
tc  have  been,  is  a  clear  and  concise  statement 
c  t  the  reasons  which  are  alleged  in  support 
t'f  certain  well-defined  positions.  What 
they  are,  is  a  loose  and  wordy  argument 
oboufc  the  Democratic  complaints  against 
the  Louisiana  election  in  general  and  the 

iliaracter  and    methods    of    the    Returning. 

Board  in  particular.  No  attempt  is  made 
to  discriminate  between  matters  not  before 
the  Commission  and  the  questions  to  which 
ilone  they  can  address  themselves,  and  there 
s  an  ecjual  absence  of  any  effort  to  avoid  im- 
putations of  motives  where  they  are  equally 
urelevant  and  incapable  of  proof.  Senator 
Carpenter  made  the  remarkable  announce- 
ment that  he  did  not  appear  as  counsel  for 
Mr.  TiLDK-V,  but  for  the  ten  thousand  dia- 
Eranchised  citizens  of  Louisiana.  It  hap- 
pens that  most  of  the  disfranchised  Toters 
of  the  State  are  on  the  other  side,  but  Mr. 
Carpentbr  is  probably  less  concerned 
aboQt  pleasing  his  clients  than  earning  his 
fee.     - 


The  Senate  has  adopted  Mr.  Mitchell's 
resolution  for  an  attachment  to  bring  to 
JVashington  Conrad  N.  Jordan,  the  Cashier 
>f  the  Third  National  Bank.  His  testimony 
a  required  in  regard  to  the  bank  accounts 
>f  Messrs.  Tilden,  Pelton,  and  Hewitt, 
lud  when  it  is  forthcoming  some 
vevj  interesting  developments  may 
be  expected.  The  cool  remark  of 
Senator  Kern  an  that  "  there  never  was  a 
Bviggestion  that  money  should  be  used  for 
improper  purposes  in  Oregon,"  is  abont  as 
good  as  Senator  Saulsbury's  solemn  utter- 
ance about  it  being  "  no  slight  thing  to  ar- 
rest -a  citizen  and  deprive  him  of  his  liberty 
without  due  process  of  laws."  Democrats 
in  Congress  are  quite  agreed  that  it  mat- 
Vera  a  good  deal  whose  ox  is  gored. 


ilr.  Salgak,  Consul  General  for  the  United 
States  ot  Colombia,  writes  a  conrteous  note 
Lorrecting  an  impression  which  might  have 
been  made  by  a  recent  comment  in  these 
■-•olumn*  on  the  revenue  derived  from  the 
Panama  Bailroad  by  the  Colombian  Eepub- 
lic.  Mr.  Saloar  points  out  that  the  Re- 
public receives  only  $250,000  annual 
rent  from  the  railway  company, 
and  that  tlje  franchise  and  other 
concessions  are  worth  much  more 
than  this.  In  addition  to  this,  it  is  urged 
1  iiat  the  duty  of  Colombia  to  protect  the 
lives  and  property  of  passengers  has  made 
it  necessary  to  maintain  an  expensive  gar- 
rison at  Panama.  Noth withstanding  this, 
however,  more  than  $150,000  was  paid  to  the 
United   States    Government   as     damages 

arising  from  a  riot  in  Panama  in  1856.  It  is 
evident,  therefore,  that  the  direct  receipts 
of  the  Colombian  Government  from  the  rail- 
road company  cannot  afiEbrd  that  republic 
its  main  subsistence. 


The  State  Senate  has  taken  up  the  reform 
bills  for  New-York  City  in  a  spirit  which 
means  business.  The  first  of  the  Woodin 
bills  for  cutting  down  expenses — that  re- 
lating to .  the  remuneration  of  Coroners — 
was  ordered  to  a  third  reading  yesterday. 
The  tone  of  the  debate  on  this  meas- 
are  showed  that  members  of  both  par- 
ties in  the  Senate  are  pretty  thoroughly 
impressed  with  the  fact  that  the  people  of 
Jsew-York  will  stand  no  more  trifling  with 
their  demand  for  a  less  expensive  City 
Government.  Senator  MorRissky  reiterated 
the  sentiments  which  he  expressed  at  the 
Municipal  conference  the  other  day,  and  for 
which  he  has  justly  received  so  much 
credit. .  He   exor«Med  his   detezmination 


not  only  te  vote  for  all  propetly 
considered  measures  ot  reformt  '>at  also 
to  test  the  sincerity -of  the  desire  for  bet* 
ter  and  more  economical  goverliEfient  ex- 
pressed by  the  Mayor  and  his  colleagues. 
It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  sleepy  movements 
of  the  Assembly  Committee  on  Cities  will 
be  nerceptibly  accelerated  by  the  very 
prompt  and  business-like  action  of  the 
Senate. 


The  bill  defining  the  powers  and  provid-. 
ing  for  the  remuneration  of  the  new  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Works  passed  the 
Assembly  by  a  vote  of  ninety-mne  to  one. 
A  good  deal  of  credit  is  due  to  Mr.  Baker, 
of  Washington,  the  Chairman  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Canals,  for  the  vigorous  and 
persistent  way  in  which  he  has  pushed 
this  very  important  measure  through 
the  House  in  the  face  of  an 
adroitly  managed  opposition  which  sought 
to  defeat  the  bill  by  loading  it  down  with 
unnecessary  amendment?.  It  Is  to  be  hoped 
that  it  may  find  an  equally  pertinacious 
advocate  in  the  Senate.  It  would  also 
be  well  for  the  Assembly  committee 
which  has  in  hand  the  Senate  bill 
providing  for  the  appointment  of  the 
Superintendent  of  State  Prisons  to  take 
some  prompt  action  on  that  matter.  It  has 
had  ample  time  for  deliberation  and  the  ne- 
cessity for  carrying  out  the  prison  amend- 
ment to  the  Constitution  is  too  pressing  to 
be  made  the  subject  of  partisan  or  personal 
intrigue. 


The  strike  of  the  locomotive  engineers 
and  firemen  on  the  Boston  and  Maine  Rail- 
road is  a  fair  sample  of  demonstrations 
of  this  kind.  The  men  demanded  an  ad- 
vance in  wages.  This  was  retused.  At  a 
certain  hour  in  the  day,  previously  agreed 
upon,  engineers  and  firetuen  abandoned 
their  engines  wherever  they  happened  to  be. 
Trains  in  transit  were  brought  to  a  stand- 
still, and  the  road  was  at  once  blocked  from 
end  to  end  with  deserted  locomotives.  The 
damage  to  the  corporation  was  considera- 
ble. The  inconvenience  to  passengers 
was  very  great.  Yesterday,  an  attempt  wsis 
made  to  resume  business,  and  passenger 
trains  were  run  by  men  who  do  not  belong 
to  "  the  Brotherhood,"  as  the  organization  is 
caUod.  This  excites  the  ire  of  the  strikers, 
who  try  to  bribe  the  new  men  to  quit 
work.  They  also  threaten  to  stop 
business  on  all  the  Boston  roads, 
if  other  railroai  corporations  assist 
the  Boston  and  Maine  Company.  It  is  urged 
that  the  men  need  higher  wages.  But  it  is 
noticeable  that  thev  are  now  paid  a  daily 
stipend  equal  to  the  amount  which  they 
formerly  received  for  their  labor.  Besides 
this,  large  sums  are  offered  to  the  new  men 
to  induce  them  to  leave  work.  This  money, 
so  freely  disbursed,  is  part  of  the  savings  of 
the  strikers.  Like  most  dissatisfied  men 
who  engage  in  this  species  of  warfare,  they 
are  wasting  time  and  money,  and  depriving 
their  cause  of  public  sympathy. 


THE  SUPREME  COURT  AND  TEE  COM- 
MISSION. 

Probably  most  men  of  intelligence  recog- 
nized as  the  worst  feature  of  the  Commis- 
sion scheme,  the  injury  it  was  sure  to 
work  to  the  Supreme  Court.  It  gave  to  the 
Judges  of  that  court  purely  political  duties, 

and  it  gave  these  to  them  not  as 
Judges,  but  as  politicians.  Nothing 
could  have  been  worse  for  the  future 
of  the  court,  for  its  own  self-respect,  for 
the  influence  it  would  exert,  for  the  reputa- 
tion It  would  have  with  the  people,  and  for 
the  position  it  would  hereafter  be  assigned 
in  the  governmental  system.  The  law,  al- 
most in  terms,  pubUahed  the  Jus- 
tices as  partisans,  because  it  em- 
ployed them  as  partisans.  The  plea 
that  the  selection  of  the  Justices 
was  made  from  considerations  of  their  sec- 
tional distribution,  only  made  the  real  mo- 
tive plainer  and  more  injurions.  It  added 
the  taint  of  false  pretense  to  an  act  which 
was  in  itself  a  gi'ave  error.  It  was  an  ac- 
knowledgment that  the  real  motive  was 
uniustifiable,  and  an  attempt  to  cover  it  up 
by  a  device  which  only  made  its  actual 
character  more  apparent. 

With  such  an  implication  involved  in  the 
law  creating  the  Commi88ion,it  is  notsurpris- 
ing  that  the  Judges  who  sit  with  that  body 
should  already  be  the  subject  of  bitter  par- 
tisan attack.  Up  to  the  present  time,  the 
action  of  the  Commission  has  been  favorable 
to  the  Hepublicaus,  and  it  is  the  Democrats 
who  are  assailing  it.  But  if  the  action  of  the 
Commission  had  been  in  the  contrary  direc- 
tion, we  should  no  donbt  have  plenty  of 
Republicans  ready  to  accuse  any  one  of 
their  own  party  among  the  Commissioners 
found  on  the  Democratic  side  of  having 
been  controlled  by  unworthy  motives.  Dem- 
ocrats call  the  Republican  Judges  par- 
tisan now ;  had  their  decision  been  the 
other  way  they  would  hardly  have  escaped 
even  harsher  epithets.  We  have  no  donbt, 
from  our  standpoint,  that  the  judgment  of 
the  Commissioners  has  been  entirely  impar- 
tial, and  that  both  the  Democl-ats  and  the 
Republicans  have  decided  in  sincerity  as 
they  believed  the  law  and  their  dutv  re- 
quired. We  should  hold  the  same  opinion 
if  the  number  who  agreed  with  our  own 
view  had  been  seven  instead  of  eight,  and 
though  the  Presidency  had  been  turned 
over  to  Mr.  Tilben  on  the  Florida  case,  be- 
cause we  know  of  nothing  to  cast  the  slight- 
est suspicion  on  the  fairness  of  any  one  of 
the  Judges.  But  it  would  have  been 
idle  for  uS  to  try  to  convince  a 
great  part  of  the  Republican  Party 
that  a  Republican  Judge  could  sustain  Mr. 
Tildek's  cause  in  the  Commission  honestly. 
Still  more  difficult  is  it  to  persuade  the 
Democrats  that  the  Republican  Judges  can 
and  do  consider  the  Democratic  arguments 
with  clear  and  unprejudiced  minds.  More- 
over, it  must  be  added  that  the  more  intelh- 
gent  Democrats,  who  can  themselves  con- 
ceive of  the  Republican  Justices  being 
wholly  candid,  make  Utile  efibrt  to  spread 
that  impression. 

Indeed,  the  most  unpleasant  illustraticn 
of  the  evil  influence  which  the  C^mission 
plan  is  having  on  the  Supreme  Court  is  the 
persistency  with  whi(^  -  the  Democratic 
press  is  trying  to  warp  the  action  of  the 
Judges  by  considerations  wholly  for- 
eign to  their  real  duty.  The  alle- 
giance of  the  Judge  is  to  his 
own  conviction  of  what  the  law 
demands.  He  is  bound  to  ask  .himself  the 
single  question,  what  is  the  law  f  He  is 
bound  to  inform  himself  by  all  available 
means ;  but  the  moment  he  sets  up  any 
other  standard  than  his  o^n  alaar  oimcla< 


sious  from  his  own  examination  of  the 
case  before  Irim,  he  departs  from  his  line 
of  duty.  Ho  has  no  right  to  inquire  what 
the  pablio  will  think  of  him,  or  of  the 
court  of  which  he  is  a  member.  There  is 
•nly  one  absolutely  safe  way  for  Mm  to 
guard  his  own  reputation  and  that  of  his 
court,  and  that  is  by  strict  fidelity 
to  his  own  conscience.  When,  there- 
fore, the  World  asks  the  Judges  on  the 
Commission  to  change  their  view  of 
their  powers  and  of  thef  scope  of  their  juris- 
diction in  order  to  defeat  the  accusation  of 
partisanship,  that  moment  it  seeks  to  per- 
vert their  action  and  to  introduce  a  motive 
at  once  specious  and  bad.  In  substance, 
it  declares  that  if  the  justices  who  are  Com- 
missioners, and  who  have  been  classed  as 
Republicans,  do  not  allow  the  Democrats  to 
go  behind  the  certificates,  the  pnblio 
will  lose  all  faith  in  their  judicial  integ- 
rity. But  obviously  this  is  a  mere  threat 
addressed  to  the  Judges.  It  is  an  appeal 
which  no  lawyer  would  be  allowed  for  a 
moment  even  to  suggest  before  the  Commis- 
sion. It  is  a  plain  attempt  to  frighten  the 
Judges,  and  it  shows  that  the  World  has  a 
very  imperfect  conception,of  what  judicial 
impartiality  really  is. 

If  it  were  proper  to  make  any  suggestion 
to  the  Judges  at  all,  as  to  what  would  be 
the  effect  of  their  course  on  their  own  repu- 
tation, and  on  that  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
the  World  should  address  itself  to  the  Dem- 
ocratic Judges,  and  should  tell  them  that 
the  only  way  in  which  the  absence 
of  partisanship  can  be  completely 
proved  is  for  them  to  act  with 
the  Republicans.  This  would  have  a 
double  effect.  It  would,  of  course,  be  con- 
clusive proof  that  the  Democratic  Judges 
were  not  acting  as  partisans,  and  it  would 
be  strong  presumptive  proof  that  the  Re- 
publicans were  guided  only  by  the  law, 
which  their  Democratic  associates  interpret- 
ed in  the  same  way  as  themselves.  Surely, 
never  was  there  a  simpler  means  of  doing  so 
great  a  good,  and  we  wonder  that  the  World 
has  not  adopted  this  suggestion  which  we 
took  the  trouble  to  make  for  its  benefit  some 
days  ago.  Whatever  real  basis  there  is  for 
prejudicing  the  public  mind  in  regard  to  the 
Justices  on  the  Commission  is  contributed 
quite  as  much  by  the  Democrats^ 
as  by  the  Republicans.  If  the 
Judges  have  divided  on  a  party 
line,  the  minority  have  recognized  that  line 
quite  as  much  as  the  majority.  Under  the 
law,  the  vote  of  the  majority  prevails,  but 
the  members  of  the  minority  have  the  same 
responsibility  with  their  fellows.  A  change 
of  one  of  their  votes  would  destroy  the  pre- 
sumption of  partisanship  at  once.  If  the 
Democratic  organs  really  cared  for  the 
reputation  of  the  Court,  and  wished  to  see 
it  redeemed,  and  believed  it  proper  to  ad- 
vise the  Justices  how  to  redeem  it,  they 
would  urge  them  to  straightway  divide  on 
the  next  political  question  which  arises,  or, 
better  yet^  to  both  vote  for  Mr.  Evarts' 
side. 


THE  GREAT  SUBSIDY  SWINDLE.  , 
Innocent  people  may  have  imagined  that 
the  amendment  to  the  rules  adopted  by  the 
House  of  Representatives  on  Monday  was 
intended  to  facilitate  the  transaction  of 
legitimate  public  business.  A  great  deal  of 
work  remains  to  be  done,  and  the  time 
available  is  too  brief  to  be  wasted.     Hence, 

vre      are      told,      has      arisen      the      new 

rule.  The  influences  which  contributed 
most  to  its  adoption,  however,  sug- 
gest other  and  less  creditable  considera- 
tions. The  great  subsidy  swindle  of  the 
session  happens  to  be  at  the  bottom  of  the 
calendar,  with  no  possibility  of  rising  to  the 
surface  without  extraneous  help.  The  pre- 
dicament was  not  a  pleasant  one  for  the 
schemers  and  jobbers,  great  and  small,  who 
are  associated  in  support  of  the  Texas- 
Pacific  bill.  It  is  the  measure  by  which  the 
feasibility  of  other  subsidies  may  be  tested. 
The  well-organized  lobby  who  look  to 
Messrs.  Scott  and  Huntington  for 
orders  are  roinforced  by  representa- 
tives from  the  States  which  are 
to  be  benefited  by  the  construction  of  the 
branch  lines.  These,  again,  have  the  assist- 
ance of  the  Southeni  members  generally, 
who  imagine  that  their  section  is  to  be  a 
gseat  gainer  from  the  projected  transcon- 
tinental road,  and  who,  moreover,  see  in  it 
a  precedent  that  would  make  the  way  easy 
for  other  attacks  upon  the  Treasury. 

If  no  other  reason  than  this  could  be 
found  to  justify  the  new  rule,  we  should  not 
regret  its  acceptance  by  the  House.  The 
question  whether  the  subsidy  system  shall 
be  revived  for  the  benefit  of  the  South,  or 
any  other  section,  is  one  that  ought  to  be 
answered  decisively  and  without  delay. 
The  Northern  Democrats  have  claimed 
credit  for  the  support  given  to  Mr.  Hol- 
man's  resolution  of  last  session,  condemna- 
tory of  all  subsidies.  The  Southern  Demo- 
crats declare  that  the  passage  of  that 
resolution  was  a  trick,  designed  to  produce 
effect  upon  the  Presidential  campaign.  Their 
newspapers  state  explicitly  that  the  Demo- 
cratic Party  never  proposed  to  be  bound  by  the 
Holman  declaration  any  longer  than  might 
be  expedient  for  election  purposes  ;  and  the 
election  being  over,  they  insist  that  the 
Northern  wing  of  the  part.y  shall  fulfill  its 
bargain  with  the  Southern  wing,  and  con- 
cede the  material  aid  which  is  called  for  in 
behalf  of  various  Southern  enterprises. 
None  of  them  pretend  that  the  Texas- 
Pacific  bill  will  fully  satisfy  them.  It  is  to 
be  the  beginning  of  a  fresh  era  of  subsi- 
dies, that  shall  include  the  Louisiana 
levees  and  we  know  not  how  many 
other  plans  for  squandering  the  money 
of  the  United  States  to  enrich  the  South. 
We  desire  to  see  the  subject  disposed  of,  one 
way  or  another.  Was  the  Holman  resolu- 
tion a  sham, .  so  far  as  the  Democrats  are 
concerned?  Are  the  Southern  Democrats 
so  completely  dominant  in  the  direction  of 
their  party's  affairs  that  they  can  commit 
it  to  the  various  plans  which  have  been 
heard  of  for  overloading  the  credit  of  the 
country,  and  heaping  burdens  upon  its 
tax-payers  f  These  inquiries  have  an  obvious 
significance  in  connection  with  the  Texas- 
Pacific  bill,  and  the  proceedings  in  Congress 
within  the  next  few  days  will  probably 
supply  an  answer. 

Certainly,  no  more  searching  test  could 
be  applied  than  that  which  Mr.  Lamar's 
Texas-Pacific  scheme  supplies.  Nothing 
more  impudent  or  more  profligate  has  been 
before  Congress  in  many  years.  If  it  can 
be  passed,  we  can  conceive  of  no  swindle 
that  might  not  claim  Mr.  LaMak's  indorse- 
ment with   a.   itood  chanoe  of  suonesa.     The 


main  line  dlone— that  U  to.  say,  the  Texas 
and  Pacifik;,  west  from  Fort  Worth, 
and  the  Sotrthern  '  Paoifio,  east  from 
Fort  Yumar— w6nld  reqtiire  a  Government 
loan  amonotinK  to  nearly  $48,000,000.  Add 
the  five  bratoohes  provided  fof  ini  the  bill, 
and  which  are  the  bribes  offered  to  certain 
States  to  secure  the  support  of  their 
Senators  and  Representatives,  and  the 
bonds  to  be  gaaranteed  by  the  Gov- 
ernment wil^  be  somewhere  between 
$81,580,000  and  -$89,470,000,  the  differ- 
ence depending  upon  detailed  esti- 
mates of  routes.  The  interest  to  be  paid  by 
the  Government,  m  gold,  is  at  the  rate  of 
five  per  cent.,  and  the  duration  of  the  lia- 
bility is  to  be  fifty  years.  The  total  pay- 
ments on  account  of  interest  involved  in 
this  guarantee,r  es  palonlated  in  Mr.  Eas- 
son's  minority  report,  amount,  on  the  lower 
estimate  as  to  distance,  to  $203,950,000,  or, 
on  the  higher  estimate,  to  $333,675,000. 
Either  amount  is  sufficiently  formidable  to 
startle  those  who  xeoognize  the  necessity  of 
guarding  the  credit;  as  well  as  husbanding 
the  resources  of  the  GUivernment. 

What  security  do  the  companies  propose 
to  furnish  for  the  reimbursement  of  either 
of  these  enormous  ^ms  T  The  net  proceeds 
of  the  land  sales  are  one  item  ;  in  other 
words,  the  sales  of  the  nation's  own  proper- 
ty, with  part  of  the  Texas  grant  added,  are 
to  be  relied  upon  by  the  Government  as  in 
part  an  equivalent  for  its  guarantee.  A 
portion  of  the  earnings  of  the  roads  is 
another  item.  A  Ueu  on  the  roads  and  thbir 
equipments  is  a  thirds  The  Grovernment 
transportation  is  a  fourth.  But  who  supposes 
that  these  sources  will  be  at  all  commen- 
surate with  the  drain  which  for  fifty  years 
is  to  be  kept  up  on  the  national  Treasury  T 
The  contest  now  going  on  between  the 
Union  and  Central  Pacific  Companies  and 
the  Government  may  serve  to  throw  some 
light  upon  this  inquiry.  The  total  bonded 
indebtedness  of  the  two  companies  to  the 
Government  is  $55,092,192,  or  $34,377,808 
less  than  the  amount  on  which  it  is  pro- 
posed to  guarantee  interest  for  the  Texas 
Pacific.  We  know  what  the  Union  and 
Central  Companies  say  in  reply  to  the  de- 
mand that  they  shall  make  provision  for  re- 
imbursing the  Government  on  account  of  the 
interest  payments  in  their  behalf  They  are 
finished  roads,  well  equipped,  and  doing  a 
large  business  ;  yet  they  plead  that  they 
are  unable,  without  detriment  to  the  work- 
ing of  the  roads,  to  contribute  to  the  pro- 
posed sinking  fand  the  sums  required  to 
save  the  Government  from  loss.  No  man 
in  his  senses  can  believe  that  the  Texas 
Psicific  will  be  able  to  pay  $4,473,500  inter- 
est yearly,  for  fift^years,  out  of  its  earn- 
ings and  land  uj^  From  first  to  last, 
the  burden  will  rostSnpon  the  Government, 
which  the  successors  dfs3Iessrs.  Scott  and 
Huntington,  borrowingVsleaf  from  the 
record  of  the  latter  gentleman,  will  proba- 
bly propose  to  pay  by  selling  to  the  coun- 
try all  that  may  remain  o'f  its  land  grant. 

The  whole  scheme  is  a  fraud.  It  is  a  pro- 
position to  the  effect,  as  Mr.  Kasson's  re- 
port puts  it,  "  that  the  Government  shall 
create  a  property  by  a  definite  and  absolute 
liability  of  its  own,  and  shall  accept  what 
it  creates  as  security  against  its  liability." 
Not  a  word  is  said  about  capital  stock. 
The  Government  is  to  supply  the  money  and 
the  stockholders  are  to  spend  it.  The 
checks  which  the  Government  is  empow- 
ered to  apply  would  be,  as  experience  has 
proved,  practically  worthless.  The  stock- 
holders ate  to  have  the  manipulation  of 
$89,470,000,  while  of  their  own  lona  fide 
interest  in  the  concern  we  have  no  knowl- 
edge whatever. 

We  think,  then,  that  the  Texas  Pacific 
bill  affords  an  excellent  opportunity  for  de- 
termining whether  the  subsidy  system 
shall  or  shall  not  be  renewed.  Messrs. 
Scott  and  HuNnNOTON  are  not  open  to  the 
imputation  of  mock  modesty.  They  scorn 
paltry  pretenses.  They  make  no  parade  of 
public  virtue.  They  go  to  Con- 
gress boldly  and  ask  that  it  shall 
assist  them  in  perpetrating,  at  the 
public  expense,  a  colossal  fraud.  Now  let 
us  see  how  many  votes  they  control  in  the 
House  of  Representatives  T  There  can  be 
no  mistake  about  the  demerits  ot  the  bill. 
It  is  as  bad  as  it  can  be.  If  it  have  any 
chance  of  passage,  the  country  is  entitled  to 
be  informed  of  the  fact  in  ofder  that  it  may 
understand  the  liabilities  that  are  in  store 
for  it 


THE   TRIBUNE  METEOROLOGIST. 

In  these  times  of  doubt  and  uncertainty 
at  least  one  public  man  keeps  his  head. 
We  refer,  of  course,  to  the  meteorological 
philosopher  of  the  Tribune.  There  may  be 
convulsions  of  nations,  foreign  wars,  and 
internal  commotions  ;  the  philosopher  goes 
on  his  cheery  way,  picking  up  the  frag- 
ments of  yesterday's  broken  prophesies, 
and  putting  them  together  again  as  if 
nothing  had  happened.  Every  morning  he 
exhibits  his  checker-board,  with  the  track 
of  a  fiy  in  milk  across  it,  with  the  serene 
indifference  to  disaster  of  a  man  whom  no 
catastrophe  can  shake,  no  cataclysm  alarm. 
Such  an  optimist  is  invaluable  in  a 
community  like  ours.  It  is  a  pity 
that  he  has  such  a  limited  client- 
age. The  few  people  who  read  his 
newspaper  derive  solid  comfort  from  his  his- 
torical statements  of  the  weather  of  yester- 
day and  day  before.  Therefore,  though  they 
know  that  what  he  predicts  is  valueless, 
they  enjoy  his  poetic  descriptions  of  what 
has  happened  and  is  beyond  recall.  The 
way  in  which  be  accounts  for  a  failure  of 
all  his  predictioos  is  tngenious ;  and  though 

he  never  guesses  rightly,  the  ease  with  which 
he,  next  day,  explains  why  he  didn't  is 
beautiful  to  see.  A  philosopher  who  di- 
vines the  past  so  olearlvcgBJ)«<rbe  expected 
to  be  equally  sure  of  the  future.  It  is  an 
old  saying  that  one's  "  kindsight  is  much 
better  than  his  foresight."  This  is  es- 
pecially true  of  the  Tribune  philosophei;. 

It  is  entertaining,  in  these  days  when  the 
newspapers  are  full  of  politics  and  Elec- 
toral debate,  fe  rtod  a  history  of  yesterday's 
weather.  It  is  as  fresh  as  last  year's  al- 
manac. And  the  Tribune  philosopher 
thereby  escapes  the  necessity  of  saying 
what  the  weather  will  be  to-morrow.  For 
example,  he  oantiouBly  predicted  for  Mon- 
day "another  pleasant  day,  with  a  slight  in- 
crease of  warmth  and  haziness."  The  cold 
rain  of  the  afternoon  and  the  freez- 
ing blast  which  succeeded  it  did 
not  dismay  the  philosopher  in  the 
least.  He  rose  next  day,  equal  to 
the  oooasioQ,  and  oheerfcilly  declared 
that  "  the  erratic  curve  of  afr  pressure, 
jrasterda^.  fafthfiillv  mirrored  in   i^van«a 


the  rapidly  changing  weather  of  the  dcj." 
To  those  who  expected  warmer  andha^y 
weather,  and  went  lerth  with  umbrellas 
and  light  wearing-gear,  thia  was  consola- 
tory. They  were  overtaken  with  a  freezing 
gale,  to  be  sure,  but  it  was  due  to  the  "  er- 
ratic curve  of  air  pressure."  In  the  midst 
of  the  commotion  of  Tuesday  morning, 
while  the  poorly-informed  Governmental  ob- 
servers were  fl3ring  their  danger  signals, 
the  smiling  philosopher  proclaimed  that 
'*  the  present  wind-storm  will  not  be  of  long 
duration,"  and  that  "decreasing  and 
warmer  winds  will  follow."  This  was  not 
true  ;  but  it  reads  well.  The  good  man,  of 
course,  knew  what  the  weather  would  be, 
but  he  did  not  want  to  come  upon  us  too 
suddenly  with  it.  It  was  far  better  to 
break  it  to  us  gently— to  let  the  gale  tell  its 
own  story,  as  it  were.  Why  should  the 
philosopher  of  the  Tribune  distress  his 
readers  with  Cassandra-like  prophesies 
when,  if  he  amused  them  for  a  while,  they 
would  know  the  worst  in  time  t 

The  philosopher  is  aged.  He  delights 
chiefly  in  reminiscences  of  the  past.  The 
wayfarer  who,  shivering  in  last  night's  icy 
gales,  blamed  him  who  had  promised 
decreasing  winds  and  warmer  weather, 
expects  too  much.  Let  him  be  content  and 
read  to-day  the  elegant  language  in  which 
yesterday's  weather  shall  be  described.  If 
he  wants  to  know  just  how  much  he  has 
been  deceived,  let  him  gaze  on  the  Tribunes 
checker-board,  where  he  will  see  "  the  erratic 
curve  of  air  pressure  faithfully  mirrored." 
We  venture  to  say  that  no  living  man  can 
describe  yesterday's  weather  so  beautifully 
as  the  Tribune  philosopher.  It  never  rains 
with  him,  but  there  is  a  precipitation  of 
moisture,  accompanied  by  increased  cloudi- 
ness. He  never  stoops  so  low  as  to  say  that 
the  wind  New,  but  there  was  a  decided  ele- 
vation of  air  pressure.  And  at  the  worst, 
he  applies  to  the  weather  no  more  oppro- 
brious epithet  than  "  marked  depression  of 
the  barometric  curve." 

We  commend  the  cheerful  philosophy  of 
this  sage  observer  to  politicians.  The  po- 
litical atmosphere  is  confessedly  cloudy. 
A  great  many  people  are  running  about 
and  watching  the  barometer,  and  betting 
for  or  against  Tilden,  as  the  indications 
seem  to  justify.  How  much  better  it  would 
be  if  they  would  imitate  the  philosopher  of 
the  7'ribune  and  wait  until  they  can  find 
their  politics  in -history.  They  would  save 
themselves  much  wear  and  tear  of  mind  ; 
and  then  they  could  eloquently  describe 
how  it  all  happened.  Instead  of  predicting 
that  in  the  national  game  of  poker,  the 
objectors  on  the  part  of  the  House  would 
see  the  Senate  and  go  one  better,  they 
could,  next  day,  record  how  Judge  Stanley 
Mathews  went  out  on  a  blind,  and  Mr. 
David  Dudley  Field's  erratic  curve 
showed  that  he  had  four  aces  in  his  shoe. 
Of  course,  this  would  not  be  so  satisfactory 
to  a  community  which  declines  to  invest  in 
pea-nuts  until  it  knows  precisely  who  is 
elected ;  but  it  would  be  a  much  safer  way 
of  doing  business.  It  is  easy  to  say  that  a 
Kentucky  statesman  will  produce  100,000 
unarmed  Democrats  from  the  cellar  of  his 
Washington  boarding-house  and  seize  the 
Presidency  for  Tilden,  wherever  he  finds 
that  useful  office  lying  around  loose.  It 
does  not  cost  anything  to  predict  that 
Justices  Field  and  Clifford  will  resign 
from  the  Commission  in  order  that  two  Re- 
publicans may  be  put  in  their  places.    But 

all  these  vaticinations,  like  certain  weather 
prophecies,  are  extra-hazardous.  Besides, 
they  worry  people  by  exciting  false  hopes 
and  false  alarms.  How  much  better  it  is  to 
follow  the  example  of  the  Tribune  philoso- 
pher, and  confine  one's  self,  as  far  as  possible, 
to  what  has  happened.  When  predictions 
are  exacted,  the  philosophic  politician  may 
mystify  the  public  with  parabolic  curves, 
precipitations,  and  learned  nothingness. 
Then,  when  caught  tripping,  he  may  escape 
by  a  neat  and  "  chipper  "  description  of  his 
own  mistakes. 


ROTATION  IN  ANIMALS. 

Rotation  in  crops  is  one  of  the  funda- 
mental principles  of  scientific  agriculture. 
If  a  particular  field  is  sown  year  after  year 
with  the  same  kind  of  seed,  the  soil  be- 
comes exhausted ;  whereas,  if  it  is  sown 
one  year  with  oats,  another  year  with  mac- 
caroni,  the  next  year  with  grass  or  cheese, 
and  the  fourth  year  with  oats  again,  the 
soil  is  constantly  in  good  condition,  and  is 
always  prepared  to  answer  any  reasonable 
requisition  which  may  be  made  upon  it. 

This  great  principle  of  rotation  in  crops 
is,  however,  capable  of  a  wider  application 
than  that  usually  given  to  it.  Years  ago 
an  ingenious  person  proved  experimentally 
the  wisdom  of  rotation  in  animals.  He 
had  swallowed  a  mouse,  and,  thereupon,  in 
order  to  avert  the  abdominal  disasters  that 
might  follow  the  exclusive  swallowing  of 
mice,  he  swallowed  a  young  cat.  There  is 
no  doubt  that  this  ingenious  man  grasped 
the  principle  of  rotation  in  animals,  but 
centuries  passed  away  before  the  true 
value  of  his  discovery  was  appreciated. 
The  recent  action  of  the  Australian  colony 
of  Queensland  is  the  first  instance  in  which 
any  attempt  to  apply  the  principle  of  rota- 
tion to  wild  animals  in  a  thorough  and 
systematic  way  has  been  made. 

Several  years  ago  the  pastures  of  Queens- 
land were  so  thickly  infested  with  weeds 
that  the  sheep  began  to  perish  from  starva- 
tion. No  hoe  wielded  by  merely  human 
hands  could  eradicate  these  weeds,  and 
there  was  a  prospect  that  the  grass 
would  be  completely  exterminated  and  the 
business  of  sheep-raising  destroyed.  It  so 
happened  that  these  weeds  were  of  a  varie- 
ty which  is  held  in  high  estimation  by  the 
ordinary  English  rabbit,  and  it  therefore 
occurred  to  certain  wise  men  that  the  intro- 
duction of  rabbits  would  save  the  Queens- 
land pastures.  The  suggestion  was  prompt- 
ly adopted,  and  a  whole  cargo  of  particular- 
ly hungry  rabbits  was  imported  and  let 
loose  in  the  fields. 

The  result  more' than  answered  the  popu- 
nlar  expectation.  The  rabbits  devoured  the 
weeds  with  a  steady  energy  worthy  that  of  a 
small  boy  at  a  Sunday-school  strawberry 
festival,  and  before  very  long  there  was  not 
a  weed  left  in  the  colony.  Unfortunately, 
the  rabbits  did  not  pause  when  thefr  legiti- 
mate business  was  finished,  but  fell  to  at 
the  grass  and  vegetables,  as  if  the  latter 
were  a  second  course  and  they  had  only 
whetted  their  appetites  on  the  weeds.  More- 
over, they  increased  with  alarming  ra- 
pidity. As  a  multiplier,  it  is  well  known 
that  the  rabbit  can  give  odds  to  the  ablest 
mathematician  now  living ;  and  the  Queens- 

lanil    rahhita     mnljtiDliad     rathar    faster    in 


Asstnuiii  t2u»a  t!v>7  wcrzld  Iuts  tirils(p%»d 
had  they  remainsd  in  Sa^Iand.  S'ct  oaly 
did  tiuy  evlace  a  determination  to  oat  any 
given  thing  in  the  colony,  bat  they  swarmed 
in  the  streets  and  houses  to  that  extent 
that  life  became  almost  unendnrable  to  the 
imbappy  colonists.  They  galloped  over  the 
beds  of  tronbled  sleepers  at  night,  they  in- 
fested the  kitchen  and  the  store-rooija,  and 
they  gnawed  the  books,  household  linen, 
and  the  extremities  of  helpless  infants  with 
insatiable  appetite  and  impudent  boldness. 
Heavy  old  gentlemen  were  daily  tripped 
up  by  rabbits  on  the  sidewalk,  and  even 
during  church  services  ladies  were  in  the 
constant  habit  ot  leaping  upon  the  seats, 
violently  shaking  their  skirts,  and  fran- 
tically imploring  the  nearest  man  to  "  take 
it  away."  It  was  plainly  evident  that  un- 
less something  was  speedily  done  to  sup- 
press the  rabbits,  Queensland  would  become 
a  wilderness  howling  exclusively  with 
those  hungry  beasts.  The  rabbits  had  ex- 
terminated the  weeds,  but  a  new  kind  of 
animal  was  imperatively  needed  to  exter- 
minate the  rabbits. 

Now,  the  wessel  is  the  natural  foe  of  the 
rabbit,  and  hence  it  was  determined  that 
the  next  crop  of  Queensland  animals  should 
consist  of  that  sleepless  and  penetrating 
beast.  A  ship-load  of  weasels  was  accord- 
ingly imported,  and  at  present  they  are 
revfeling  in  rabbits.  The  rabbits  fairly 
melt  away  before  them,  and  the  weasels, 
with  delight  beaming  from  their  happy 
faces,  pursue,  them  to  their  hiding-places 
and  massacre  them  by  thousands.  It  is  es- 
timated that  within  the  next  six  weeks 
there  will  not  be  a  live  rabbit  in  Queens- 
land, and  that  the  soil,  enriched  with  the 
remains  of  millions  of  the  departed  beasts, 
will  produce  grass  at  a  rate  never  before 
known, 

So  far  the  Queensland  people  have  prac- 
ticed the  system  of  rotation  with  eminent 
success.  The  four  successive  crops  of  grass, 
weeds,  rabbits,  and  weasels  have  thriven 
wonderfully,  and  they  are  now  ready  for  a 
new  crop.  If,  however,  they  undertake  to 
return  at  once  to  grass,  they  will  make  a 
serious  mistake.  Wild-cats,  and  not  grass, 
are  the  crop  which  Nature  intended  should 
follow  weasels.  In  fact,  unless  the  colo- 
nists import  a  very  large  quantity  of  the 
very  best  quality  of  wild-cats  they  will 
soon  find  that  their  weasels  are  quite  as  un- 
profitable as  were  their  rabbits.  To  sow 
weasels  one  year  and  grass  the  next  would 
be  unscientifio  and  unsatisfactory ;  whereas 
wild-cats,  if  sown  the  next  season  after  a 
harvest  of  weasels,  will  not  only  flourish 
luxuriantly,  but  will  completely  crowd  out 
the  undesirable  second  growth  of  the 
previous  crop. 

After  a  crop  of  wild-cats,  science  points 
unmistakably  to  a  crop  of  tigers.  These 
might  be  distributed  over  the  land  at  inter- 
vals -sufficiently  wide  to  permit  of  the 
simultaneous  growth  of  a  crop  of  wolves- 
just  as  the  farmer  plants  pumpkin-seeds 
between  his  hills  of  corn.  As  to  what  should 
succeed  the  tigers,  authorities  differ,  but  it 
is  probable  that  the  early  elephant  would 
prove  a  good  and  remunerative  crop.  The 
truth  is,  rotation  in  animals  is  wider  in  its 
scope  and  necessarily  slower  than  rotation 
in  vegetables.  The  Queensland  colonists 
should  not,  however,  be  discouraged.  Let 
them  go  on  in  their  present  path,  sowing 
new  animals  every  year,  and  trusting  that 
in  time  they  will  arrive  at  the  proper  period 

for  planting  grass,  and  thus  complete  the 
most  satisfactory  experiment  of  rotation 
that  agriculturists  or  zoologists  could  well 
desire. 


■Js/i'V*-  ■''■,W«M5''i»l  SS'i' 


ALBANY. 


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NEW-JERSEY  CONTROLLERSHIP. 

\  • 


THE  REPUBLICANS  LOSE  AN  OPPORTUNITY 
BY  THE  ABSENCE  OF  A  SENATOR — GEN. 
SEWELL'S  flying  trip  from  CAMDEN 
— ^A  SPLIT  IN  THK  DEMOCRATIC  RANKS 
— ^INSURANCE  MATTERS. 

Ftvm  Our  Own  CorresponiterU. 

Tbenton,  Tuesday,  Feb.  13,  1877.  ~ 
All  of  last  night  the  greatest  excitement  pre- 
vailed over  the  joint  meeiinx  of  the  houses  for  the 
choice  of  a  State  Controller.  The  feeling  aisainst 
(ren.  Stockton  because  of  his  affiliation  with  the 
State-bouse  ^ng  was  bitter.  More  than  10  i  mem- 
bers declared  they  would  not  support  him.  They 
were  all  strict  party  men.  This  morning  they  were 
as  obstinate  as  ever,  but  at  the  Joint  meeting  time 
they  kept  their  bile  measurably  under  controL  The 
greatest  solicitude  was  felt  over  Kreuger,  the  Ger- 
man Democrat,  of  Newark,  on  whom  the  party 
traces  rest  bat  liehtly.  He  emphatinally  avowed 
that  he  would  not  vote  for  Gen.  Stockton,  aud  that 
if  Samuel  Korrow,  of  Newark,  who  is  his  coun- 
selor, were  accorded  the  Republican  nomination, 
he  would  give  his  support  to  that  gentleman.  The 
reason  which  he  assigns  for  his  defection  Is  this: 
That  bis  district  is  largely  Bepnblioan;  that  he 
was  returned  to  represent  it  by  the  aid  of  RepubU- 
can  votes,  asid  that  his  constituents  expect  some  in- 
dependence oi  action  on  his  part.  To  bis  Intimates, 
a  different  reason  is  given.  He  wishes  the  Grov- 
emor  to  appopt  es-Jndge  Ise  a  lay  Judge  on  tbo 
Esiex  County  bench,  and  as  Gen.  Stockton  is  gen- 
erally understood  to  be  the  •' Governor's  candi- 
date "  for  Controller,  he  retused  to  cast  his  vote  for 
the  nominee  till  the  Governor  should  have  ap- 
pointed Ise.  Thisieffort  to  intimidate  the  Execu- 
tive was  not  successful,  and  as  the  prooeedmtrs  of 
the  caucus  showed  t«-dav.  Mr.  ELrenger  could  not 
he  induced  to  recede  from  his  position.  This 
morulDc  the  Republican  caucus  nominated  Mr.. 
Morrow,  but  when  the  joint  meeting  assembled  it 
was  discovered  that  Gen.  Sewell,  one  of  the  40 
Republicans,  was  sbsent.  That  left  the  Democrats 
41  votes,  including  Krenger,  and  the  Repn  blicans 
but  39.  When  nominatioas  for  Contrulier  were 
called  for,  Mr.  Bergan,  for  tbe  Democrats,  named 
Stockton  ;  Mr.  Uill,  for  tue  Republicans,  presented 
Morrow's  name  ;Mr.  Egan,  for  a  bottine  fiacrion  of 
Democrats,  named  William  P.  McMichaeU  On  the 
roll-call,  Krenger  voted  with  the  Bepublioans  for 
Morrow,  leaving  him  short  but  1  vote,  which 
Qen.  Sewell,  had  be  been  present,  would  have  cast 
lor  him.  Tbirty-slx  of  the  Democrats  gave  their 
votes  to  Stockton.  Egaa,  Winanta,  Hannon  and 
Harris  voted  for  McMichsel,  but  thev  obansed  thsir 
votes  to  Stockton,  giving  him,  like  Morrow,  40 
votes.  There  was  a  tie  and  no  election.  It  was 
known  that  Sewell  was  in  Camden,  attending  tbe 
yearly  meeting  of  the  PennsTlvunia  Railroad  Com- 
pany, and  a  dispatch  was  sent  directing  bim  to 
come  on  at  once.  He  bad  a  locomotive  attached  to 
a  pilace-oar,  and  Started  for  the  capital  at  tbe  rate 
of  50  miles  an  hour.  Meanwhile,  the  Bepublioans, 
seeing  their  opDortaniiy.  tillibastered  vieoronsly 
for  time  to  allow  Sewell  to  make  his  distance,  and 
succeeded  in  staving  off  unfavorable  action  for  an 
hour.  Speaker  Rabe  finally  got  m  a  motion  to  ad- 
joarn  tillXaeaday  next,  and  called  the  preyioDB 
question.  President  Abbett  refused  to  entertain 
tbe  intervening  dilatory  motions,  and  the  vote  was 
taken.  Ereuger  voted  with  the  Democrats,  and  the 
meeting  arose.  At  the  same  moment,  tbe  special 
train  boarine  the  one  needed  vote  tbunuered  Into 
the  depot.  Senator  Sewell  alighted,  and  jumping 
Into  a  carriage  drove  at  break-neck  speeA  for  the 
Capitol  building.  As  be  arrived  at  the  eate,  he  re- 
ceived the  nnwelcume  inteUigence  from  the  mem- 
bers who  were  pounng  out  ot  tbe  doors,  that  he 
was  too  late  by  five  miontes,  to  bo  of  service. 

Tbe  biU  abolishing  commissions  in  Jersey  City 
was  called  up  in  tne  House  this  morning.  Mr. 
Drobaa  moved  the  suspension  of  the  rules,  so  tbat 
it  might  be  put  on  its  final  passage.  I'ho  motion 
was  agreed  to  without  opposition.  Then  Drohan 
made  a  speech  in  which  he  detailed  the  iniaulties 
ofoommlnlon  rule.  Finally  it  was  laid  over  till 
the  afternoon,  and  at  tbe  opening  of  the  3  o'clock 
session  was  laid  over  till  to-morrow  morning. 

The  agitation  of  insurance  matters  has  led  to  the 
introdnotion  Into  the  Senate  by  Mr.  Sewell  of  a 
bill  forbidding  any  insurance  company  organized 
under  the  laws  of  the  State  to  reinsure  the  whole 
or  any  part  of  its  obligations  in  any  other  company, 
unless  effected  withm  60  days  al'tfir  tbe  date  of  the 
issue  of  the  policy,  and  only  after  that  date  by  the 
consent  of  the  owner  of  the  policy,  aud  only  upon 
the  sanction  of  the  Superintendent  of  Insurance  and 
Attorney  Geoeral.  The  Receiver  of  any  life  insnr- 
ance  company  may  reinsure  the  policy  obligations, 
or  percentage  of  them',  m  any  other  solvent  com- 
i  panv,  whenever  tbe  assets  are  suffideat  *a  eiSect 

^afiOk  ill"!"*"**   '*'*  fhM  ooDltlnBA  Tiami^ 


eiTT  SILLS  IN  THE  8ENATB. 

THE  0£BATE  ON  THE  CORONERS'  BOX— IT  U 
ORDERED  TO  A  THIRD  READING — THK 
COMMISSIONER  OF  JURORS'  BILL  PBO- 
QBESSKD— IMPORTANT  STATE  IJEGISLA- 
TION  IN  THE  ASSEMBLY— THE  POBUO 
WORKS  BILL  PASSED. 

From  Owr  Own  (Jor-rttponOertt, 

Albany,  Tuesday,  Feb.  13, 1876. 

In  the  Senate  the  special  order  was  the 
consideration  of  the  four  bills  introduced  by 
Mr.  Woodin.  making  the  County  Clerk,  Reg- 
ister, Commissioner  of  Jurors,  and  Coroners 
of  the  City  of  New- York  salaried  officers.  The 
Coroners  bill,  being  first  in  order  on  tbe  cal* 
endar,  Mr.  Woodin  read  to  tbe  Senate  extracts 
from  a  oommunioation  made  last  year  by 
Controller  Green  to  Coroner  Croker,  ex- 
posing the  practical  workings  of  tbe  Cor- 
oners' oMce  as  now  administered  in  New- 
York.  The  fa«t8  detailed  in  this  com- 
munication, Mr.  Woodm  thought,  were 
amply  &uffioient  to  show  the  need  of  a 
radical  reform  in  those  offices,  and  it  was  the 
design  of  this  bdl  to  effect  such  reform.  He 
said  it  met  with  the  approbation  of  tax-payera 
of  both  parties.  It  would  reduce  the  cost  ol 
Coroners  to  New-York  $60,000  annuallv,  and  h« 
knew  ot  no  ene  who  wotdd  oppose  it  except 
politicians  who  wished  to  retain  patronage  foi 
party  purposes. 

Mr.  Gerard  was  m  favor  of  rsfrenchment  and 
reform,  and,  in  the  maiu,  was  in  favor  of  thi? 
bill ;  but  he  doubted  whether  the  two  Coronen. 
provided  for  in  tbe  bill  were  enough.for  a  cit^ 
like  New- York,  and  he  thought  their  saiarie* 
should  be  $5,000  each  instead  of  $4,000. 

Mr.  Bixby  also  believed  'trmh"  principle  oi 
reducing  the  compensation  of  ^Scials  in  New» 
York,  and  approved  of  the  main  features  oi 
this  bill.  Heretofore  the  efforts  at  reform  bad 
been  mostly  in  the  reduetion  of  the  wages  ol 
labor,  and  he  thought  it  was  about  time  thac 
the  occupants  of  lat  offices  were  looked  after. 
The  office  of  Coroner  in  New-York  was  worth 
at  present  about  $17,000  a  year.  He  thongbl 
that  $5,000  would  be  a  fair  oompensatten,  and 
he  also  believed,  with  Mr.  Gerard,  that  there 
should  be  three  Coroners. 

Mr.  Morri8se.v  said  that  m  regard  to  those 
bills  introduced  by  Mr.  Woodm  he  was  in 
favor  of  all  ot  them,  with,  perhaps,  some  sUirht 
amendments.  He  said  he  attended,  by  inf 
vitation,  last  Saturday  a  meeting  ot  seekers 
alter  reform  at  the  Mayor's  office  in  New-York. 
tAA\  the  heads  ot  departments  were  there,  and 
they  all  appeared  to  be  entirely  satisfied  with 
their  present  condition.  Not  one  of  them  could 
see  where  the  expense  of  his  department  conld 
be  reduced  a  cent,  or  how  anybody  could  Ixi 
discharged.  None  of  them  had  apparently 
ever  seen  or  heard  of  Woodin's  bills.  Now,  foi 
his  own  part  he  wonld  like  to  go  further  than 
these  bills  proposed.  A  number  of  tbe  depart- 
ments, in  his  opinion,  ought  to  be  abolished 
altogether.  There  was  the  Department  ol 
Docks,  for  instance,  which  spent  more  monej 
and  eave  less  satisfaction  than  any  othei 
department  in  the  City  ;  it  ougot  to  be  made  a 
bureau  in  the  Department  of  Public  Works. 
The  Buildmg  Department  ought  to  be  consoli- 
dated with  the  Fire  Department,  and  the  Ex- 
cise with  the  Police.  It  cost  tbe  City  $40,000  to 
run  the  Excise  Department  when  it  ought  not 
to  cost  more  than  fS.OOO.  He  said  he  would 
like  to  have  these  biila  postponed  till  the  headi 
of  departments,  who  were  all  coming  to  Al« 
bany  this  weeic,  could  see  them.  He  wanted  td 
see  whetl-er  they  were  really  in  favor  ot  reforio 
or  not  He  would  take  the  bills  to  these  ueadj 
ot  departments  himself,  and  ask  them  whethei 
they  were  in  favor  ot  them  or  not,  and  it  made 
no  difference  whether  they  were  or  not,  ha 
would  vote  for  them.  He  wanted  to  sec 
whether  Tammany  Hall  was  for  reform  or  not 
The  leaders  were  all  present  at  the  meeting  the 
otberday,  but  they  did  not  say  how  they  stood. 

Mr.  Woodin  thought  that  if  all  the  New-Yorl 
heads  of  departments  were  coming  up  here  thU 
week,  it  was  the  best  reason  in  the  world  whj 
the  bills  should  not  be  postponed.  He  could 
well  understand  how  Mr.  Morrisse.y  might  hav( 
a  motive  tor  compelling  Tammany  Hall  to  take 
a  position  for  or  against  the  bills,  bat  he  could 
not  Bee  the  necessity  of  delaying  actioa  on  them 

The  bill  was  then  read  and  discussed,  section 
by  section,  and  ordered  to  a  third  reading  with 
oiit  opposition,  after  being  amended  so  as  to 
provide  lor  three  Coroners  with  salaries  ol 
$5,000  each.  The  provision  prohibiting  Coro- 
ner's Juries  except  on  the  certificate  of  tbi 
physician  that  they  w^ere  necessary,  was  alsi 
amended  so  as  to  provide  for  a  jury  whenevei 

the  Mayor  or  District  Attorney  shall  demand 
it,  or  whenever  any  citizen  shall  ifiake  affidavit 
that  he  has  reason  to  believe  that  death  wai 
caused  by  violence  or  foul  play.  With  thes* 
amendments  the  bill  will  probably  pass  to 
morrow  unanimously. 

The  bill  relating  to  the  Commissioner  ol 
Jurors  was  next  considered.  Mr.  Woodin  ex 
plained  that  the  Commissioner,  under  the  pres 
ent  law,  receivea  the  enormous  salary  ol 
f  15,000  a  year — more  than  the  Mayor  of  tht 
City  or  the  Governor  of  the  State,  and  thai 
the  fees,  amounting  to  $20,000  more,  were  aU 
spent  by  the  Commissioner  in  clerk  hire.  Il 
appeared  during  the  discussion  of  this  bill  thai 
the  law  does  not  fix  the  term  •!  office  of  tht 
Commissioner  of  Jurors.  Mr.  Bixby,  on  beinj 
asked  what  was  tbe  term  ot  office,  said  he 
didn't  know ;  he  only  knew  that  the  present 
incumbent  had  held  office  continuously  in  New- 
York  lor  a  period  of  about  50  years.  [Laughter.] 
Pending  the  discussion  of  the  bill  the  Senate 
adjourned,  Mr.  Woodin  havmg  first  given  no- 
tice that  he  should  offer  an  amendment  that 
the  term  of  the  present  Commissioner  of  Jurori 
expire  three  days  after  the  passage  of  this  act 
and  that  his  place  be  filled  by  the  Mayor. 
THE  ASSEMBLY. 

In  the  Assembly  the  following  important 
bill  was  presented  by  Mr.  Uusted  this  morn- 
ing, as  Chairman  of  the  Ways  and  Means 
Committee,  and  on  his  motion  it  was  read 
twice,  ordered  prmted,  and  committed  to  the 
Committee  |of  the  Whole,  thus  greatly  advau' 
cing  it  toward  final  passage.  The  bill  reads  as 
tollowB : 

The  Treasurer  of  the  State  shall  pay  on  the  wr» 
rant  or  the  Controller,  the  sum  of  t2,169.543  71, 
which  IS  hereby  appropriated  from  the  moneys  is 
the  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  general  fund  debt 
sinking  fund,  to  be  applied  to  the  paymeo  t  of  thai 
portion  of  the  general  tnnd  State  debt  held  by  th« 
Controller  in  trust  for  various  funds,  incladinj] 
M.000,  reimbursable  July  1,  1875,  not  paid. 

The  explanation  of  this  bill,  as  substantially 
stated  by  Mr.  Husted  to  the  House,  is  this : 
On  the  amount  of  debt  referred  to  in  the  bill 
the  State  baa  to  pay  interest  at  7  per  cent;  on 
the  amount  of  money  which  is  now  in  hand 
and  ready  to  reduce  the  debt  the  State  onlj 
gets  4  per  cent,  interest  By  paying  off  thii 
portion  of  the  debt  the  difference  m  interest, 
being  3  per  cent,  is  saved,  and  the  saving 
amounts  to  about  $150  per  day,  or  about  $50,004 
per  year.  The  bill  was  drawn  up  at  the  sng- 
gestion  of  the  new  State  Controller.  Mr.  Oicott, 

Mr.  Dimond.  of  the  Fifteenth  District,  has  al- 
ready one  bill  in  the  House  to  reduce  the  rate 
of  interest  on  arrearages  ot  assessments  from 
12  to  7  per  cent.,  and  this  morning  he  brought 
in  another  bill  to  make  the  same  reduction  in 
regard  to  unpaid  taxes,  the  reduction  to  apply 
to  the  tax  tor  1876  and  every  year  thereafter. 
Interest  is  to  begin  one  year  after  the  oonjinna-- 
tion  of  tbe  tax. 

Mr.  Cowdiu  introduced  a  bill  which  leoitei 
that  hereafter  no  local  improvement  shall  Im 
made  in.  on,  or  along  an.y  street  or  avenue  is 
the  City. and  tbe  expenses  ot  such  improvement 

or  of  any  part  be  assessea  upon  the  proi>ertjfeiw 
tended  to  be  benefitted,  unless  said  improve- 
ment be  made  on  tbe  petition  of  the  owners  oi 
at  least  one-half  of  the  hneal  feet  of  frontage 
on  auch  street  or  avenue. 

Mr.  Orady,  Democratic  member  from  the 
Second  District,  introduced  another  Pohoe  bid, 
which  is  as  follows  : 

Section  l.  The  Board  of  Police  of  the  Police  De- 
partmeat  of  tbe  City  of  New-York  is  hereby  author- 
ized and  empowered  to  make  contracts  for  ooe  oi 
more  years  with  any  responsible  person  or  person* 
ier  the  removal  of  ashes.  gark>a<2e,  and  street  swe»p 
ings,  or  any  one  of  them,  from  the  Cityof  New-York| 
provided  such  removal  can  be  effected  at  less  cost 
and  with  greater  efficiency  by  meaus  of  sach  cuA> 
tract  than  by  the  methods  heretorore  employed. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediatelv. 

There  was  a  long  and  warm  debate  in  the 
Assembly  this  morning  on  the  bill  to  prohibit 
pool-selling.  The  point  of  attack  being  (h« 
amendment  inserted  on  motion  of  Judge  Hoge 
boom  when  the  bill  was  under  consideratiot 
last  week.  Rochester  and  Buffalo,  wnere  then 
are  very  costly  driving  parks,  were  againSi 
the  bill  so  lone  as  the  prohibition  of  sellinf 
pools  on  race  tracks  was  continued  in  it.  A 
the  conclusion  of  the  debate,  in  whi.:h  entilee* 
questions  of  parliamentary  law  had  bea 
raised  and  nued  upon,  the  bill  was  re 
committed  to  the  Judiciary  Committee,  U 
allow  further  hearing  upon  it  It  will  b«  r» 
ported  back  to-morrow,  and  every  effort  mad< 
to  push  the  bill  to  immediate  passage.  Ja&t 
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taosd,  Mr.  Alvord  pat  in^  one  on  tbi»  laldeot, 
vbiob  pmved  to  be  the  pooI-selKne  bill,  as  it 
Kppean  «>n  the  Drhited  ftiea,  but  the  olaiue  pro- 
idbiting  iraol-selling  on  electiona  was  stridden 
i>at.  :  Hie*  explained  that  if  the  bill  which  bad 
been  rearomautted  was  fcoing  to  be  confined 
limply  to  pool-eellinx  on  electiona,  he  woold 
have  another  to  prevent  the  aeilinK  of  pools  on 
horse  raitjea. 

The  bsll  in  relation  to  the  of&ce  of  Superin- 
tendent ^f  Pablio  Works  was  road  a  third  time 
and  passed  by  the  Assembly  this  momm$t-  It 
now  gOKis  to  the  Senate.  This  is  one  of  the 
two  most  important  State  measnres  of  the 
session.  The  other  is  the  bill  in  relation  to  the 
office  of  Saperintendent  of  State  Pnsona, 
Which  was  passed  by  the  Senate  some  time  ago, 
»ent  do«wn  stairs,  and  for  some  unaccountable 
Reason  seems  to  stock  firmly  in  the  Ways  and 
Means  Comioaittee.    It  is  a  comparatively  sim- 

J>le  bill),  but  it  apoears  to  require  a  lonft  time 
or  its  consideration.    The  Public  Works  bill  is 
BO  important  that  it  is  eiven  entire,  as  follows : 

'  8»0. 1.  The  Sinperlntenflent  of  PnbUc  Works,  to  oe 
iftppolnted  by  the  Gorernor  by  anJ  with  th«  advice 
C°*  ««n»ent  of  th»  Senate,  shnU  reoeire  a  salary  of 
Cb.OOu  pet  aDCoam,  together  \rith  all  necessary  travei- 
u«  expenses,,  t.o  be  anuiced.  allowed  and  paid  monthly 
•ny  the  Andit<j«'  of  the  Canal  Department,  by  warrf^nt, 
to  be  count  efrsloned  by  the  Controller.  Before  he 
Shall  enter  n^faa  the  duties  of  his  ofQce  he  shall  take 
and  suDBoric*'  the  conatUutionai  oath  of  office,  and 
xUe  the  same  In  the  ofBoe  of  the  ^^ecretary  of  State, 
and  Bball  ex(  Msute  a  bond  to  the  people  of  this  State  In 
the  penal  an  on  of  $2d,UOO,  wlih  two  or  more  substan- 
tial beehold  e-n  of  this  btate  as  sureties,  conditioned 
for  the  &it  kiful  dticharge  of  the  dutieA  of  his  office 
and  for  truiQ/-  acouunting  for  all  mondva  intrusted  to 
bim  aa  auoh  anperiutendent,  which  boud  shall  b«  sub- 
ject to  the  SppruTal  of  the  Cuntioller.  and  when  so 
approve  I,  s'b  all  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Controller, 
and  shall  bi<<  lenewed  whenever  and  ai  often  as  the 
same  shall  bie  required  to  tw  by  law,  or  by  concurrent 
rekolauon  otf  the  Senate  and  Assembly. 

8X0.  2.Tt)e  Assisianc  Superiatendents.  to  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  Bnperintenileut  ot  Public  Works,  shall 
sach  reoel «  e  a  aalar/  of  $3,000  per  annum,  tOKetbei 
With  all  tlie  necessary  txaveliag  expensea,  to  t>e  au- 
llied.  aIiowred,Hnd  paid  monthly  oy  the  Auditor  by  war- 
rant to  be-  couniersiimed  by  the  v'ontroller.  Before 
eitnexof  tb.em  shall  enter  npon  the  duties  of  his  ofBce, 
be  Shall  ta  ke  and  auuscribe  the  conatitntional  oath  of 
office,  anJi  file  ttie  same  in  the  office  of  the  decre- 
tsry  of  State,  and  shall  execute  a  bond  to 
the  people  of  this  State  in  the  pena!  sum 
nfjlU.UM),  wivh  two  or  more  substantial  freeholders 
of  this  Statce  as  sureties,  conditioned  lor  the  fitithfal 
ducbarxe  of  tbtt  duties  of  hia  office  and  for  truly  ao- 
CoautuiK  for  ai>  moneys  mtiudted  to  bim  as  such  Aa- 
tutant  mperlntt-ndent;  wbieb  bond  shall  be  sabject 
to  th  e  approval  of  the  Controller,  and  when  so  ap- 
proved ahall  bo  filed  in  the  offlct^  of  the  Controller, 
and  shall  oe  renewed  whenever  and  aS  often  as  the 
tame  shall  be  re<ialred  to  be  by  law,  or  by  couoorrent 
resulutlon  of  th*  senate  and  Assembly. 

Sro.  3.  The  ti-nperintendent  of  l'u>>Hc  Works  shall 
have  the  poweir  lo  purchase,  from  time  to  time,  all 
materials  vshuih  sball  be  necessary  for  use  in  kerpiug 
the  canals  and  structures  thereof  In  safe  eondlcion  for 
tood  uavi{^tio  Q :  and  lor  that  uurx>ose  he  may  deslg- 
Dutteand  aathi  >rizs  any  one  of  the  Assistant  huperin- 
teadents  of  i^ibiio  works  to  purchase  all  such 
l&nterialt  as  may  be  reautred  for  the  repair, 
ktaiate&ance  er  Improvement  of  the  canals,  under 
mob  leguiati'tms  as  the  Superintendent  may  adopt, 
subject  to  mo(l^lflc!«ilon  by  the  Legidatare. 

Sso.  i.  The  auperintendent  cf  t^blio  Works  shall  di- 
ndethe  caualjs  of  this  State  into  sections,  andstiall  ap- 
point a  comiHrtdnt  foreman  to  take  cbar«;u  ot  each 
seotion  ana  Iw  oversee  and  direct  the  wurk  of  aach 
meOQaulcal  aud  common  laborers  as  shail  be 
required  for  the  repair,  management,  and 
ImproTement  thereof  and  such  patrolmen  or 
watchmen  ■•  may  t>e  emploved  thereon.  Tbe 
foreman  of  ea.eh  section  shall,  oj  the  first  day  ot  each 
month,  make  'a  monthlv  statement  of  the  names  of  all 
laborers  employed  upon  his  bection  under  him,  includ- 
ing bis  own,  (he  kind  oi  labor  performed,  the  price 
Der  day  or  per  month  allowed,  and  cbe  amoont 
Sue  each  for  the  preceding  month,  which  statement 
ihall  be  duly  rerlfled  by  him  and  lorwaided  by  him  to 
the  Snperlutendent  of  PnoUc  Works,  who  shall  tbere- 
apon  file  due  same  with  the  Aualtor,  together  wicb  a 
itacetuent  ilnly  verified  by  him  of  all  bills  for  ma'eriaia 
purohaaed  and  delivered  oa  account  of  the  canais  for 
the  piecedln  K  month,  and  payment  for  all  such  labor 
done  and  pevlormed.  and  all  materials  so  purchased 
and  delivei«d  saaU  be  made  on  or  belore  the  16tb  day 
Ot  each  month. 

Sbc.  b.  All  payments  for  labor  and  materlali  done 
and  provided  on  account  of  the  canals  sbail  be  made 
nnder  tbe  dtreotlon  of  tbe  Auditor  of  the  Canal  Depart- 
ment; for  tuat  purpose,  be  shall  appoiot  one  or  more, 
lud  uor  exoeediits  three  paymasters,  who  shall  hold 
office  for  one  year,  or  until  thtir  succesaoia  are 
tppointed,  wh'oas  daty  shall  be  to  pay  off 
and  discharge  ai  1  claims  and  demands  contracted  br 
the  Supenutennent  of  Public  Works,  or  by  his 
sathoilty,  on  ac  Moot  of  ttie  canals,  feuuject  to  auuh 
rules  and  regatations  as  may  be  adopted  thertifor  by 
the  Auditor  and  the  Saperintendent  of  Pubilc  Works. 
]£aoii  uf    the  aeireral  paymasters  tboa.  appolnr«a  shall 

execute  snob  bcmds  to  the  people  of  this  state  as  the 
Coutroiler  ihalU  reouire  of  him  for  the  faithiul  pei- 
(brmanoe  ot  his  duties  and  for  truly  accounting  for  ail 
moneys  intmstkd  to  him  as  such  paymaster.  Tbe 
aualtor  may  direct  a  paymaster  to  attend 
apou  the  occuiireuce  of  any  break  in  the  canals  or 
taeir  structures  requiring  immeiUate  lepairs,  and 
tbe  employmiei  It  of  Jaoor  and  the  use  of  materials  be- 
yond the  ordiriarv  estimate  and  allotment,  and  pay- 
ment tnerefbr  shall  be  made  under  sach  rules  and 
r<  gnlatlous  as  may  be  adopted  by  the  Commisaioaers 
bl  (he  canal  I'ond  and  the  anperintendent  of  Public 
Works,  and  appt.'oved  by  the  Auditor. 

Sac.  d.  WherjBver  any  new  work  tor  construction  or 
tanpruvemeot  sbAU  ba  ordered  by  the  LeRislature  or 
Canal  Hoard  to-  t>e  done  upon  any  ot  tbe  canals  ox  this 
State  the  lat>or  and  mat  rials  therefor  shill  be  pro- 
vided by  tbe  S  aperintendent  of  Public  Works,  and  the 
execution  of  tli«  work  be  charged  npoo  him,  after  sor- 
Veyn,  maps,  plnns,  specifications,  and  estimates  there- 
of shah  be  maiie  by  the  6Tate  Engineer  and  Surveyor, 
with  his  approval  Indorsed  thereon,  ana  which  mav  oe 
adopted  by  the  I'anal  Board  and  tjie  Supafinteudent 
Jointly,  ,>aymeat  for  suca  labor  and  materials  shall  bn 
maue  in  the  sfone  manner  as  is  herein  provided  for 
tbe  payment  otf  ordiaarv  repairs. 

Sbo  7.  ThOivalary  of  the  paymasters  shall  be  fixed 
ty  tbe  Audlto<r,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Commis- 
sioners ot  the  canal  tnnd,  and  tbey  shall  be  subject  to 
■uspe.jaion  oirreinovai  by  the  Auditor.  The  compensa- 
tiou  for  ull  officers  and  employes  under  tbe  aupeiin- 
tendent  of  labile  Works,  not  hereinbefore  p  uvidtsd 
for,  snail  be  (Lxed  by  the  Superin.eudenc,  subiect  to 
the  approval  of  the  Canal  Board,  and  when  so  fixed, 
the  schedale  Df  prices  shall  be  filad  in  the  office  of  the 
Controller. 

Sxc?  8  The  offices  of  Superintendent  of  Canal  Re- 
palrs,andof  ISlvision,  Resideut.and  Assbtant  Engineers 
on  the  line  o'Cthe  canals  are  hereby  abolished;  and  when- 
ever the  ser  rices  ot  an  engineer  may  be  requLrea  b; 
the  Supermtieodeat  of  Public  Works  upon  any  portion 
ot  tho  canaia  undersuinK  repairs  ana  iuvolving  sno- 
stantial  chaiieesof  plans  or  .be  constractioa  of  uew 
Work,  tbe  S'sp^srintendent  may  call  u^n  tbe  Statn  Gn- 
gmeer  and  surveyor  tor  assignmeat  of  said  Bngineer, 
■who  shall  receive  such  compensation  for  tbe  time  em- 
ployed as  nioy  be  dctenuined  oy  a  schedule  of  orices 
previously  adopted  by  the  Canal  Board. 

Sec  9.  in.  case  any  ufBcer  or  employe  in  the  service 
of  the  ^.aie.  under  tbe  provisiuns  ot  this  bin,  shall 
tise  bis  po  iver,  pusltiou.  or  patronage  for  tbe  promo- 
fteu  or  defeat  of  partisan  or  pnrty  nnrposes,  shall  be 
deemed  giiod  and  sufficient  cause  lor  removal,  and  in 
case  any  anperior  officer,  having  autboiicy,  aball  re- 
take or  ue.gleot  to  take  coguiaance  thereof,  and  to  re- 
move theiiefor,  tne  qaeatlon  or  auoh    violation  may  be 

tried  and  <let«rmlned  by  any  Justice  ot  tbe  sjuoreme 
Court  halving  Jurisdiction  in  the  comity  wherein  such 
aLeged  vtolatlon  occurred,  apou  the  written  cuarges 
znaue  tuid^r  oatn  by  nve  substantial  freeliolders  of  toe 
nelKuborbood.  and  in  case  the  said  Justice  shall  sus- 
tain such  charges  he  sball  certiiy  tnat  fact  to  tbe 
Haperiutendc^nt  of  PnbUc  Works,  or,  in  case  of  the 
bearing  et  charges  against  tbe  latter,  to  tbe  Uovemor, 
woo  apon  the  receipt  of  suob  certificate  shall  remove 
■uch  lueiilpated  officer  or  employe.  And  uo  increase 
Of  the  foSce  upon  the  canals  shall  oe  made  at  any  time 
within  90  days  preceding  any  annual  election  tor 
State  ofBcers.  except  when  tUe  Snperintendent  of  Pua- 
11c  Works,  shall  certify  tliat  tbe  npeds  of  the  pnb'lc 
service  make  such  increase  necessary  at  that  time, 
wnich  CBTLificate  shall  be  immediately  published  whea 
made  lu  the  offlual  State  Joumai 

Tbe  Committee  on  Cities  gaye  a  hearing;  this 
^Ktteiaaon  on  some  Brooklyn  laills,  in  regard  to 
which  Mayor  Scbroeder  appeared,  and  on  tbe 
Salary  bill  ef  Mr.  Laogbein,  and  on  tbe  bill  to 
repeal    the    Parade-ground    act.      There  was 

DO  time  for  tbe   discussion   of  any    other 

measnre.  The  last-named  bill  was  argued  on. 
behalf  of  tbe  property-owners  by  a  representa- 
tive, and  on  behalf  of  tbe  tax-payers 
by  Mr.  Fitch,  of  the  Council  of  Political  Re- 
form. The  comioitt^e  will  probably  report  the 
bill  favorably.     In  respect  to  the  salary  bill 

Mr.  Fitch  also  spoke,  bat  only  in  general 

terma  Indeed,  tbe  obiect  of  getting  him  to 
apeak  at  all  was  mainly  to  see  how  the  Demo- 
crats wonlid  act,  and  they  left  po  douot  on 
the  subjects  Almost  from  the  first  moment  tbey 

'  began  to  iiKterpoae  objections,  push  interroga- 
tories, and  question  scatementa.  Mr.  Grady, 
who  appeared  to  come  forward  as  the  self-ap- 
pointed, otiampion  of  the  Tammany  obstruc- 
tionists, was  so  constant  in  hla  interruptions 
that  the  committee  had  to  call  him  to  order  to 
keep  him  quiet  He  made  the  extraordinary 
Statement  that  the  New-York  members 
of  the  Assembly  had  expressly  agreed 
at  the  conference  on  Saturday  that 
they  would  advance  no  measure  in  the  Legis- 
lature untii  Mayor  Ely  had  been  consulted 
Upon  it  and  ffiren  his  consent  thereto.  This 
was  instantly  and  fiaUy  denied  by  Mr.  Lang- 
bein.  W  hen  Mr.  Fitsh  had  finished  speaking 
the  comiaittee  intimated  they  were  ready  to 
hear  Mr.  Grady.  Then  commenced  one  of 
the  most  laughable  farces  which  has  been 
enacted  in  a  committee-room  at  Albany  for 
some  years.  The  yoong  man  prepared  himself 
to  speak  with  solemn  deliberation.  Taking  off 
his  overcoat  and  careluliy  laying  it  on  his 
Chair,  he  cleared  his  throat,  struoK  an  orator- 
ical attitude,  and  instantly  was  soaring  away 
into  auch  cloudy  regions  of  rhetoric  and  poli- 
tios  that  ha  had  to  be  brought  down  by  several 
reqaests  of  the  Chairman  aud 
otners  to  speak  on  the  bill  tin- 
der oonsideratiun.  This  he  tried  to 
do,  and  to  answer  the  numerous  questions  put 
to  him.  EiMjh  moment  he  waxed  warmer  un* 
der  tbe  inspiration  of  his  own  eloquence  until 
he  Was  wildly  paoina  the  floor,  throwing  aloft 
his  arms,  sprawling  over  the  table,  striking 
tragio  attitudes,  and  altogether  making  such  a 
speotaole  «f  himself  that  at  last  everybody 
in  Che  room  gave  way  to  continuous  and  inex- 
ttagnishablsniinghtef,  and  the  oomuiittee  had  to 
acgonm.  '£his  only  could  be  gathered  from 
tbe  proeeedings  of  the  afternoon,  that  in  what- 
eves  shape  or  lorm  the  proposition  to  out  down 
the  City  expenses  is  put — ^whether  it  comes 
ffrlth  Mayor  Ely's  sanction  or  without  it — it 
Will  be  longht  to  the  last  extremity  by  the 
Pemoorata.  Come  in  what  shape  it 
may,  or  under  any  auspices  it 
will,  fhey  will  favor  nothing  that  looKs  like  re- 
trenohmeatt.  l^et  any  other  idea  be  abandoned 
atonoe.  TIi»  spirit  displayed  thia  afternoon 
was  unmistakable.  For  instance,  when  Mr. 
Grady  was  decdaiming'about  the  right  and  ius- 
tioe  ot  i»»  lowing  the  Mayor  of  the  City  to 
detcimme  w|iat  relorms  should  be  made, 
be  Was  asked  if  he  was  ready  to 
to    toKT    redoeUona    wbioh  _  M«yor 


Ely  sboold  suggest.  He  at  once  deolsT<)d  he 
was  not,  asserting  he  was  not  to  be  baught  in 
any  such  trap.  Mr.  Cowdin  also  must  have 
been  oonvinoed  by  what  he  heard  to-day  of  the 
es'^eutially  misobievoua  and  useless  chara6ter 
of  his  Advisory  Council  bill,  for  while  the  City 
Democrats  are  seizing  upon  this  as  their 
main  hold  tor  effecting  delay,  they  mtisaate 
that   they    do   not    bind    themselves    to  sUp- 

Eort  what  such  a  council  may  propose, 
lelay  and  delay  is  the  whole  policy  until  it  is 
too  late  to  do  anything.  It  is  abundantly  evi- 
dent that  any  measure  of  real  reform  tor  New- 
Tork  will  have  to  go  through  on  a  strict  partv 
vote,  and  with  a  call  of  the  House  to  back  it  if 
necessary. 

tAnateh  to  the  AuwAaua  Pre$$. 
An  ac[]oumed  meeting  of  the  Committees  on 
Ways  and.Meana  of  the  House  and  Finance  of  the 
Senate,  was  held  at  No.  148  State  street  thia 
afternoon.  The  committees  were  present 
in  full  numbers.  Lieut.  Gov.  Dorsbelmer  ad- 
dressed the  committees  on  behalf  of  the 
Advisory  Board,  dnrinz  which  he  stated  un- 
der     tbe      law      passed       last      Winter      the 

Advisory  Board  are  only  authnriz.^d  to  advertise 
for  bids  and  report  to  the  liSgialatnre,  which 
they  have  done.  He  charged  that  the  in- 
terior of  the  old  plans  was  a  sham 
and  deaention,  while  the  interior  of  tbe  new  plans 
was  a  renlity.  Under  the  old  plans  the  cost  would 
he  fl. 363,569,  and  under  the  modi-fled  plans, 
$793,796.  The  Advisory  Board  made  a  statement 
that  the  cost  of  the  entire  building,  ioclndtng  ap- 
proach stairs  on  the  east  front,  withont  terrace, 
would  be  94,386,366  76;  terrace,  9851,097  ex- 
tra; cost  of  building  from  its  present 
State  to  top  of  cornice,  without  roof,  cornice,  chim- 
neys, or  exterior  finish.  91,045,891 ;  cost  of  building 
from  present  state  to  top  of  root  finish  inside 
and  out.  9a 651, 131  75, 

Architect  Fuller  presented  a  statement  showlne 
that  the  total  coat  nf  the  bnilding  under  bis  plana 
up  to  the  roof  was  94.345,222.  Tbe  estimate  for  put- 
ting on  the  roof,  including  dormers  and  chimnevs, 
was  91.553,734.  TbeSe  figures  we.-e  based  npon  tbe 
eatimates  of  last  year.  The  Joint  Committee  went 
into  execative  session,  and  on  coming  oat  ad- 
journed.   

THE  BOSTON  ENGINEERS'  STRIKE. 


EFFORTS    MADE    TO    BUY    OFF     TlBE     NEW 

MEN — HO     VIOLENT     DEMONSTRATIONS 
MADE— OTHER    ROADS  THREATENED    IN 
CASE    TBEY    AID  THE   MAINE   COMPANY. 
Special  DitoateJt  to  the  New-Tork  Tlmt*. 

Boston,  Feb.  13.— The  strike  of  the  en- 
gineers and  firemen  on  the  Boston  and  Maine 
Boad  continues.  Thtis  far  no  outbreak  has 
occurred,  though  crowds  have  been  all  day 
long  at  the  Maine  station  and  about  tbe 
engine-houses,  and  tbe  substitutes  who  have 
been  put  on — "  scabs "  the  strikers  ctdl 
them — are  '  jeered  and  hooted  at  as 
they  go  about  their  work.  The  strikers 
appear  to  be  quite  as  confident  of  the 
ultimate  success  as  when  they  left  their  ma- 
chines. The  Brotherhood  of  Engineers  have 
atnple  fiinds,  and  are  caring  for  the  men  who 
are  out,  giving  them  the  same  amoimt  per  d&y 
thev  were  receiving  when  at  work.  Officers  of 
the  brotherhood  have  been  busy  dur- 
ing the  day  endeavoring  to  buy  off 
the  new  engineers,  but  they  have 
succeeded  in  only  a  very  few  cases.  The  rail- 
road company  offer  tlie  substitutes  tbe  same 
wages  paid  regular  men,  aud  in  some  cosej*  a 
bonus.  The  running  of  trains  to-day  has  been 
a  trifle  more  regular  than  yesterday,  alter  tbe 
strike.  There  is  no  denying  the  fact  that  the 
basinesB  of  the  road  is  seriously  interfered 
-with.  The  ranning  of  freight  trains  haa  been 
entirely  discontinued.  The  through  Port- 
land passenger  train,  due  in  this  city  at 
7:30  Monday  evening,  which  was  abandoned 
between  Biddeford  and  Kennebonk  by  tbe  en- 
gineer, did  not  reach  here  until  7:30  this 
morning  ;  and  the  trains  which  left  this  oitv  at 
12:30  and  3:30  Monday  afternoon  for  Portland 
were  joined  at  Kennebtmk,  and  carried 
along  to  Portland  aa  one  train,  ar- 
riving there  at  1:15  tliis  <moming.  Tbe 
road  was  cleared  entirely  of  abandoned 
trains  during  Monday  night,  and  all  tbe  stray 
locomotives  were  brought  to  shelter.  Nearly 
all  the  local  trains  were  sent  out  on  time  to-day 
and  to-night.  Superintendent  Furoer  to-day 
sent  the  loilowiug  dispatcn  to  leading  railway 
supenntendents  m  New-York,  Philadelphia, 
and  Baltimore : 

"  Our  eaeineers  have  all  struck,  and  the  brother- 
hood are  bnyiuK  up  every  man  whom  we  can  em- 
ploy. If  vou  can  send  ns  anv  men  woo  will  be  trae 
and  will  atick,  please  do  so." 

A  dispatch  sent  this  evening  to  tbe  same 
points  states  that  the  brotberbood  has  paid  as 
high  as  $500  in  one  instance  to  one  of  tbe 
newly-employed  engineers  to  quit,  and  Mr. 
Arthur,  the  bead  of  the  organization,  states 
that  if  tbe  other  roads  continue  to 
lurnish  help  to  tbe  Boston  and  Maine, 
he  will  stop  every  road  running  out 
ot  Boston.  The  head-quarters  of  tbe  engineers 
at  No.  47  Hanover  street  have  been  tiiron;!ed 
all  day.  The  men  say  they  are  determined  to 
hold  out  to  the  bitter  end,  and  no  man  who 
"struck"  will  be  allowed  to  go  baek  till  ail  are 
reinstated.  They  say  toat  they  bold  them- 
selves ready  at  any  moment  to  meet  tbe 
officials  of  tbe  company,  and  tbey  think 
that  it  a  fair  and  Impartial  heanng  was  given 
themthe  matter  would  be  adjusted.  iVIany  of 
the  men  who  have  left  their  engines  have  been 
in  the  employ  of  the  company  tor  years.  Two 
of  them  for  30, 12  or  15  for  35,  and  a  large  num- 
ber tor  from  8  to  15  years.  Tbe  ac.ion  ot 
other  roads  in   sending   engineers   to  run   the 

trains  on  tbe  Boston  and  Maine  is  severely 
criticised  by  tbe  organization. 

To-niijht  a  strong  Police  force  guards  tbe 
station  and  tbe  yards,  prepared  to  prevent  any 
interlerence  with  the  new  engineers.  None, 
however,  is  expected,  as  no  attempt  was  made 
in  tbe  city  or  .'lout;  tbe  line  in  tbe  sumiros  to 
create  a  disturbance,  or  to  make  trouble  with 
the  new  men.  Travel  on  tbe  road  is  much 
Ugbter  than  usual,  and  fewer  trams 
are  run.  There  is  no  doubt  that  the  strikers 
have  the  pubbc  with  them  m  their  demand  for 
better  wages  and  better  treatment,  though 
their  action  in  leaving  their  machines  is  con- 
demned. To-mght  a  large  meeting  was  I^ld  in 
Faueuil  Hall,  called  by  tbe  strikers'  committee, 
to  listen  to  P.  M.  Arthur,  tbe  Grand  Chief 
Engineer  of  the  Brotberbood.  He  defended 
tbe  organization,  maintaining  that  it  had 
done  much  toward  raising  the  standard 
ot  character  among  locomotive  engineers,  and 
was  an    oreanization    for   their   good  and  for 

the  benefit  of  their  tamilies.    Ue  asserted  that 

it  was  opposed  to  strikes,  only  as  a  last  re- 
sort ;  that  in  tbe    case  of    the  Maine  Railroad 

there  had  been  every  effort  to  settle  the  diOi- 
culties     amicably.      Had     there      been      a 

courteous  spirit  shown  by  the  man- 
agers       of       the      road,        and        those      of 

the  New  Jersey  Central  and  the  Grand  Trunk 

there  would  have  been  no  strike  along  the  lines 
of  eitber.  The  brotherhood  had  gained  the 
victory  over  the  New- Jersey  Central  aud  tbe 
Grand   Trunk,  because   they  had  asked,  only 

their  riefats,  and  aianiu!ly  defended  them,  and 
tbey  would  gain  the  victory  over  tbe  Boston 
and   Maine.    They  could  hold   out    till    tbe 

grass  grew  green  over  tbe  rails  of  the  road. 
Mr.  Arthur  denounced  the  engine  dispatcher. 
Smith,  as apeijured  viUam  who  had  violated 
his  oath.  .  He  gave  warning  to  the  Old  Coiony 
Bailroad  managers  that  if  they  did  not  imme- 
diately desist  Irom  giving  aid  to  tbe  Mame 
Boad  they  would  have  a  strike  on  their  ro»d. 

AMUSEMENTS. 


THE  ESSIPOFF  CONCERTS. 
Mme.  Essipoff  gave  the  first  of  a  series  of 
three  concerts  at  Stein  way  Hall,  yesterday  evening. 
Her  reappearance  brought  together  a  tolerably 
numerous  audienoe,  and  her  performances  were 
heartily  applauded.  After  what  has  been  written 
of  Mme.  Essipo^  in  this  place,  time  and  aeaio.  it 
will  scarcely  be  thought  necessaxy  to  dwell  upon 
the  artiai's  talent.  Yolume  and  quality  of  tone, 
and  breadth  and  elegance  of  phrasing  are 
still  oonspioaous  characteristics  of  her  style,- 
and  a  more  beautifnlly  aonorous,  varied, 
and  tasteful  delicacv  of  the  compositions 
she  interprets  is  not  likely  to  be  enjoyed  in  many 
years.  Beethoven's  sonata  numbered  Opas  IIU 
opened  the  concert,  and  subsequent!^  Mme.  Essi- 
poff rendered  a  nocturne  by  Chopm  and  the  well- 
known  and  vigorooa  polonaise  in  A  fflihor}  the 
Cbopin-Luzt  ''Chaut  Polonals;"  excerpts,  if  we 
are  not  mistaken,  trom  Schumann's  "Pbantasie 
8tfiqk"and  "Faachlngsohwank,"  and  Bnbenateln's 
pretty  Romance  in  F  and  odd  "Study  on  False 
IfotM."  M.  Vivien  contributed  to  tbe  programme 
a  violin  and  piano  sonata  by  Bust  and  a  tantasia  on 
operatio  airs  by  Yleax»mpa,  and  Mile.  Palma  sang 
savsrai  songs.  ^^ 

THE   WE  A  THE Jf         > 


INDICATIONS. 

Washington,  Feb.  14-r-l  A.  M.— iPbr  the  Mid- 
SU  and  JiatUm  States,  eooUr,  foUototd  by  toartMr, 
eUar,  or  parflti  eioudy  vtathtr,  north-wcft  to  north- 
Kti(windt,ttnd$tationaniorni»ai>atram«t»r.    ,  . 


LATEST  NEWS  BY  CABLE. 

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TURKEY'S  MENACI2{Q  ATTITUDE. 

PRINCE  NIKITA  DETERMINED  TO  NEOOTIATK 
FOB  PEACE  AT  YIENKA — DISTURBANCES 
FBABED  IN  CONSTANTINOPLE — THE  RUS- 
SIANS ASSUMING  THE  OFFENSIVE — 
THE  INSTRUCTIONS  TO  THE  VABIUUS 
DEIiEOATES  TO  TBE  BECENT  CONFER- 
•    ENCE. 

London,  Feb.  13. — A  telegram  firom  Con- 
stantinople says,  despite  the  Porte's  request 
that  a  Montenegrin  delegate  should  be  sent  to 
Constantinople*to  negotiate  for  peace.  Prince 
Nikita  persists  in  his  desire  to  have  the  nego- 
tiations take  place  at  YienusL 

Tbe  uneasiness  on  the  Stock  Exchange  and 
the  Pans  Bourse,  in  consequence  of  tbe  uncer- 
tainty oi  Eastern  affairs,  is  intensified  by  va- 
rious adverse  rumors  that  Bussia  will  precipi- 
tate a  eonfltct ;  that  negotiations  with  Monte- 
negro are  suspended,  &o.,  none  of  which  are 
traceable.  No  business  is  doing  in  interna- 
tional stocks,  and  the  tone  of  the  general  max- 
ket  is  flat. 

London,  Feb.  14. — A  dispatch  from  Berlin 
says  that  despite  all  the  official  denials,  disturb- 
ances are  feared  in  Constantinople.  The  troops 
are  confined  to  their  barracks,  and  numbers  ot 
the  "Young  Turkish"  party  have  been  im- 
prisoned. 

A  letter  to  tbe  Cologne  OazelU  from  South 
Russia  reports  that  the  Police  have  been  or- 
dered to  hasten  tbe  general  levy,  which  will 
defend  the  country  and  maintain  order,  but  is 
not  liable  to  service  outside  of  Bussiau  terri- 
tory. This  is  thought  to  indicate  that  the 
Southern  Army  vrill  soon  assume  the  offensive. 

A  correspondent  at  Paris  summarizes  toe 
instructions  given  to  the  various  foreign  dele- 
gates to  the  conference.  Glen.  Igoatieff.  be 
says,  was  instructed  to  press  three  points,  viz., 
the  occupation  of  Bulgaria  by  a  Russian 
force,  the  autonomy  of  the  Christian  pro\cinoe8. 
and  the  disarmament  of  tbe  Mohammedans 
therein.  He  had  the  widest  discretionary 
powers,  being  even  authorized  to  order  an  ad- 
vance ol  the  Russian  Army.  Tbe  following 
telegram  was  sent  to  Ignatieff  on  his  "  name 
day :" 

"  The  General  of  the  Army  ot  tbe  South  and 
the  Generals  under  hia  orders,  and  his  Imperial 
Majesty's  troops  address  tbe  sinoerest  congrat- 
ulations to  Gen.  Ignatieff  on  the  occasion  of 
his  tece,  aud  impatiently  await  his  order  to 
begin  their  march." 

The  foregoing  was  not  in  cipher,  and  was  con- 
sequently known  to  the  Porte.  MM.  De  Chan- 
dordy  and  Burgoing,  the  French  representa- 
tives, were  instructed  not  to  agree  to  tbe  occu- 
pation of  Bulgaria  by  any  regular  army  ;  to  con- 
cur with  any  design  intended  to  prevent 
or  modify  an  occupation  so  as  to  render  it  in 
offensive,  to  try  to  prevent  any  rupture 
between  Russia  and  England,  to  maintain  ctn- 
stant  accord  with  all  the  neutral  powers,  and  to 
agree  to  no  proposal  which  would  conflict 
with  the  will  of  Germany.  The  instmctions 
of  Count  Corti,  tbe  I.alian  delegate,  were 
almost  identical  with  those  to  the  French 
delegates.  Count  Zicby,  the  Austrian 
Ambassador,  was  instructed  to  refuse 
any  proposal  for  occupation  by  Austria  in 
order  to  be  able  to  oppose  Bussian  occupation  ; 
to  join  the  neutral  powers  in  any  pronosal  de- 
signed to  prevent  war,  and  to  sound  Baron 
Von  Wertber's  decisions  as  far  as  possible. 
Baron  von  Wertber,  tbe  German  Ambassador, 
was  directed  to  associate  himself  with  Russia 
and  Austria  in  all  questions  on  which  tbey 
agreed.  The  above  are  the  open,  as  distin- 
guished from  tbe  secret,  instructions  to  the 
Plenipotentiaries. 

Roumanian  papers  again  assert  that  a  treaty 
has  been  signed  to  permit  the  passage  of  Rus- 
sian troops  through  Boiimania. 

M.  Ristics  has  left  Belgrade  for  Constanti- 
nople. 

A  special  from  Pera  says  the  Grand  Vizi<>r  at 
a  recent  interview,  said  he  was  quite  sanguine 
that  peace  would  be  concluded  with  Servia  in 
three  days  after  Ristics'  arrival.  ■ 

It  baa  been  decided  to  grant  Montenegro's 
request  for  a  rectification  of  her  frontier.  An 
amicable  arrangement  is  also  probable  as  to 
the  place  where  negotiations  sball  be  held. 

THE  POSIIIOJS  OF  ENGLAND. 
A  DISCUSSION  OF  THE  SnUATION — THK 
OTTOMAN  EMPIKE  TO  BE  ABANDONED 
TO  ITS  FATE — POSSIBILITIES  OF  INTER- 
VENTION—THE  WAULIKK  PREPARATIONS 
AT   PEKA — THE     FORTHCOMING     PAKLIA- 

MEiWAKY   DEBATE. 

London,  Feb.  13. — The  Times,  in  a  leading 
article  discussing  tbe  momentary  lull  m  the 
Eastern  dispute,  says: 

"  The  opening  of  Parliament  has  sbown  tbe  direc- 
tion in  wbicLi  Englmli  iutloence  will  be  exerted. 
There  is  no  radical  difference  between  ibe  vidws  of 
tbe  Ministry  and  the  opponuioo.  Thus  at  home 
and  abroad  tbe  cooditiona  of  the  problem  are  now 
better  discernible.  'We  cannot  aporoacb  a  nrnral 
eertainty,  but  as  regards  thiuKS  of  utmost  moment 
which  were  previously  in  doubt,  we  have  the  very 
highest  aegree  ot  protiabilitv — we  know  wbat 
Torkev  ha.i  aone  ;  we  can  speak  with  the  ere.itest 
couUdouce  uf  uur  own  conntrv;  we  tbiuk  wo  know 
what  Russia  will  do.  Even  tlie  policy  ot 
Germany  aud  Anetria  is  defluiuK  itseU^  while  ii 
comes  to  tnis,  that  takine  tbe  puliucal  situation  as 
U  supervened  on  the  diesolotion  of  tbe  conference, 
there  is  imminent  danger  ot  a  ureat  war  between 
the  Russians  aud  Turns  in  wbicb  tbe  Earupeun 
Goveruments  will  leave  tbe  Otcomao  Power  to  its 
fate,  reserving  lo  tbcmaelves  tbe  rigut  of  inter- 
ference at  some    future   time  should   tbe   disposal 

of  the  occnnled  or  conquered  territory  affect  their 
interests.  This  contln,£eooy  has  otteu  beou  talked 
of,  bat  it  has  generally  been  met  witb  a  sort  ot  m- 
credulity  that  danger    would  ever  become   urgent. 

Some  anbsidence  uf  national  excitement,  some  re- 
turn of  prodeuce  and  reflecrioo,  toe  cunxcience  of 
an  Emperor,  tbe  remonstrances  of  a  Finance  &iiui«- 
ter  might  remove  tbe  causes  for  apprehansion  ;  or 
wbern  [be  two  adversaries  stood  upuuded 
to  each  other  toey  would  find  means 
to  come  to  terms;  or,  fioally,  Enroue 
would  reconcile  tnem  by  tbe  contereuCe. 
Noibins  of  tnln  bas  t>een  doue.  and  aeemiusly  tne 
inevitable  hour  draws  neater  and  nearer.  Tbe 
panta  ot  which  we  are  codhcIjus  arises  irooi  tbe 

feeling  that  the  die  has  ueen  cast — that  perhapj  tbe 
power  to  obanice  tbe  coarse  of  events  exiata  no 
mora  There  is  no  longer  anything  properly  in 
suspense.  Tbe  orials  ii  past  so  tar  as  olpiomatio 
in.erlVrence  is  concerned,  ai>d  any  further  arbitra- 
ment must  be  of  a  dilfeieut  order.  liut  sucb  a 
pbase  of  feeling  cannot  endure  long.  When  tbe 
people  recover  irom  the  Oewilderiug  efi'eci  of  ail 
tbese  events  and  revrlations,  they  will  combine  aud 
comnare  them  in  their  minds  aud  ask  whetuer  tbere 
is  nuthinic  more  tu  be  done.  That  is  a  question 
which  wi.l  daily,  hourly  become  more  urgent,  aud 
will  animate  the  loriucomiug  p.u-liamentary  debate, 
which  would  otherwise  take  tbe  form  of  au  histori- 
cal disonisitlon.  It  is  prett.v  certain  that  on  both 
sioes  tuere  will  be  a  aiB,josition  toatimii  that  tbe 
European  States  ouKht  not  to  Ksze  m  scandalous 
helplessness  on  a  terrible  cutasiropbe.  But  tbe  na- 
ture ot  tbe  interrention,  wbiuh  might  rauife  from 
the  whisper  ot  a  drsKomao  to  tbe  thunder  of  an  80- 
pounder,  will  exhibit  as  wide  diversities  of  opiuion. 
The  debate  will  oe  pointed  by  tbe  knowledtce  tbat 
tbe  Bussian  circular  baa  been  dispatched  and  rc- 
qairea  an  answer.  It  bas  beeu  said  that 
toe  Government^  objecting  to  answer  in  a  body, 
and  finding  it  inconvenient  to  answer  sln^cly,  may 
take  refuKC  In  a  resolve  not  to  answer  at  all,  but 
the  worst  of  this  wonid  be  that  when  a  document 
is  not  answered' the  author  haa  a  certain  riant  to 
assume  that  it  cannot  be  answered.  If  tbe  Gov- 
ernments content  themselves  with  formal  phrases, 
the  decent  veil  of  tbe  admission  tbat  ibey  have 
nothing  to  say,  we  give  a  moral  advantage  to  a 
power  which  we  may  be  sure  will  not  be  slow  to 
use  it.  These  consioeratious  tend  to  show  tbat  the 
Gtoyemment  cannot  better  puisne  a  policy  wbicb, 
dui'lnic  the  last  three montbs, bas  conciliated  national 
confidence,  tl>an  by  using  every  opportunity,  and  if 
possible  making  one,  to  retrieve  tbe  errora  into 
wbicb  tbe  forte  has  been  led  by  its  own  natural  ob- 
siinaey  and  the  snsgestions  uf  thoughtless  or  in- 
terested Enropeana.  Tbis  may  ludeea  be  a  oitficult 
task.  Our  correspondent  at  Pera  describes  tbe 
preparations  for  war,  tbe  effect  of  which  is  that 
while  they  ruin  tbe  State  indnsiriallv,  they  brine  a 
larse  armed  force  into  Europe,  and  fill  the  capital 
with  martial  spirit,  and  make  a  compromise  almost 
impossible.  Every  nerve  is  atiaineu,  every  fanning 
lavished  to  make  ready  as  if  for  an  ineriiable  con- 
test. ;£be  Asiatic  provincea  have  been  tor  a  whole 
mouth  drained  of  able-bodleu  meo.  muskets  come 
from  America  by  hundreds  of  thousands,  and  metal- 
lic cartridges  b3'  miuious.  Tnooah  it  is  impossibie 
to  refuse  our  admiration  to  a  people  who  tbns  pre- 
pare tu  defend  themselves,  we  cannot  forget  that 
they  are  outnumbered  many  times  by  the  popula- 
tion of  the  hostile  Empire,  aud  seem  to  ue  entering 
on  a  neiiioiu  stmEaie  with  mistaken  netlona  ot 


their  own  strength  and  of  th*  rtlatloiis  of  the  other 
powers  toward  them." 

THE   EXTRADITION    CONTROVERSY. 

LORD  DERBY'S  EXPLANATION  OE  THE   NEQO- 

tlATIONS. 

London,  Feb.  13. — ^lu  the  House  of  Lords 
this  afternoon  Lord  Derby,  Foreiitn  Secretary, 
in  reply  to  a  question  by  Earl  Granville,  gave 
details  regarding  the  extradition  controversy. 
He  said  the  difficulty  arose  because  America 
intimated  that  she  would  try  Lawrence, 
who  was  extradited,  lor  another  offense 
than  the  one  named  under  the  treaty, 
it  the  first  failed.  America  oommuni- 
cated  in  August  that  she  never  inlemled 
to  try  Lawrence  for  a  second  offense.  Tbe 
British  Government,  therefore,  while  maintain- 
ing tbe  construction  it  adopted,  ielt  that  tbere 
was  no  reason  for  lousier  suspending  the  opera- 
tion of  tbe  treaty.  The  surrender  of  Brent,  the 
Louisville  lorger,  was  unconditional  because 
couditions  were  not  required,  arrangments  con- 
tinuing as  before.  Negotiations  ai'e  now  pend- 
ing for  a  new  treaty. 

MISCELLANEO  US  FOREIGN  NO  TES. 

Loia)ON,  Feb.  13.— A  correspondent  at 
Paris  telegraphs  :  "  Tbere  is  a  coalition  in  the 
Chamber  of  Deputies  against  the  Duke  De- 
cazes,  Minister  of  Foreign  Affairs,  and  bis  po- 
sitiun  is  regarded  as  endangered.  It  is  report- 
ed that  be  will  shortly  exchange  his  present  post 
for  the  St.  Petersburg  Embassy.  Though  the 
same  report  has  been  circulated  several  times 
heretofore,  I  cannot  say  tbat  it  is  now  at  all 
improbable.  In  that  event,  M.  Jules  Simon  will 
become  Foreign  Minister,  lliis  ohan^e,  or  any 
disturbance  of  the  Cabinet  at  this  time,  would 
be  little  short  of  a  public  calamity. 

A  later  dispatch  says  it  is  stated  in  official 
circles  that  the  importance  of  tbe  attacks  on 
th£  Duke  Decazes,  Minister  of  Foreign  Affairs, 
has  been  exaggerated.  It  is  certain  that  tbe 
Cabinet  aud  the  leaders  of  the  majority  in  the 
Assembly  are  now  disposed  to  exert  all  their 
mliuenoe  to  sustain  bim. 

^m 

ANOTHER  FlGHl  WITH  CRAZY  HORSE. 


THE  STORY  TOLD  BY  AN  ISDIAlN  RUNNERS- 
ATTEMPTS  OF  SAVAGKS  TO  AMBUSH  350 
flOLDIKRS— THE  RESULT  ONLY  A  SKIR- 
MISH. 
Chetknne,  Feb.  13. — A  Red-Cloud  Agency 
special  to  tbe  Cheyenne  Hun  says  Red  Sack,  au  lu- 
dian  runner  tram  Crazy  Horse's  village, 
brings  partlcolai'B  of  a  fight  which  occurred 
near  tbere  about  Jan.  3.  This  ranner  has 
been  closoly  questioned  by  different  parties,  bat  ad- 
heres strictly  to  tbe  following  which  he  told  yes- 
terday to  Gen.  Crook  and  other  officers  :  About  a 
month  as:o  tbe  main  body  of  boMtilos,  consislioK 
of  800  lodges,  was  encamped  on  Tongue  River 
near  the  month  of  Hanging  'Woman's  Creek. 
A  small  band  of  Cbeyennes  were  encamped  lurtber 
oown,  and  about  Jan.  3  they  discovered  some 
3S0  infantry  advancing  from  the  direction 
ot  tbe  Yellowstone.  A  skirmish  ensned,  the 
Indians  retrealiug  to  tbe  main   villano.     The   smnll 

t>quad  of  savaees  cave  tbe  alarm,  and  a  lartie  force 
of  tbe  Crazy  Uurse  warriors  advanced  18  miles 
down  Toneue  River  to  meet  the  soldiers.  A 
few  Inuiaus  w«ie  thrown  forward  as  a  decoy, 
while  the  remainder  unau^ed  tliem^telves  along  Itie 
c^Q  .n  to  ainbu£,b  ttie  auvacrtoe  troup.-*.  A'coidiug 
:o  Red  Sack,  huwever,  ibe  Indian  sairmisbers  were 
not  followed  into  tbe  irap,  and  alter  a  desul- 
tory lire  oJ  Ibree  or  four  hours  the 
military  returned  uurthward  bv  the  same  route  by 
wbicb  It  bud  a'lvanceu.  Th^  luilians  had  tbre» 
men  badly  won  deu,  two  of  whom  died.  The  vil- 
loee  bus  siac;,  i.oVcd  westward  tu  tbe  head  water  uf 


tbe  Roae  tixxd. 


FinSI  WARD  ROWDIES. 


A  NICE  SPECIMEN  OF  A  DEMOCRATIC  CON- 
0HE8SMAN— •'  NICK  "  MULLkK'S  AMUSE- 
MENr   IN   SHACN    RYAN'd  LIQtTOR   8XOKE. 

A  fierce  free  light,  iu  which  political  loafers 

of  the  First  Ward  were  the  participants,  took  plac,) 
Rt  1  o'clock  yesterday  moruiug  iu  "Sbanu" 
Ryan's  liquor  store  on  State  street,  op- 
posite the  Battery  Park.  The  affray  is 
made  specially  oisgraceful  Dy  tbe  fact  tbat  one  of 
tbe  actors  in  it  was  Nicholas  Muller,  who  Was  elected 
a  member  of  tbe  Hulled  States  House  of  Kopresen- 
tatives  last  Fall,  havlug  been  nominated  by  Tam- 
many Hall.  After  tbe  antazonistio  Assembly 
Couventions  cf  Monday  mubt,  at  which  ex- 
AidermanJoho  Mouro  was  nominated  to  fill  the 
place  of  tbe  late  Asttemblyman  Healey  by  tbe  Tam- 
many-Duff^ fuciioa,  and  Jobn  F.  Bi-rrizau 
by  toe  Mullerites.  Both  parties  en] oyed  themselves 
after  (be  uanal  manner  of  Tammany  politiciana 
About  mlduinht,  Nick  Muller,  accompanied  ov 
tour  or  five  tollowers,  entered  "Suaun"  Rvan's 
drinking-salooo.  Tbey  loand  there  a  party  uf  men 
wbo  favored  the  election  of  ftloore  to 
tiie  Assembly.  An  acrimonions  discussion  im- 
mediaiely  arose.  Muller  aud  bis  party  ce- 
nouncod  Mooro  ;  tbe  others  cimdemued  Bor- 
rigan.  A  youug  man  namtd  Jobn  O'Connor, 
Said  something  whicb  was  resented  by  Cun<n'e»8- 
min  elpci  Muiier,  wbo  deliberately  spat  in  O'Cou 
nor's  fdue.  O'Connor  strnck  at  bim,  other  pera  >ns 
luteriered,  and  a  free  Ugot  began.  Muller  sirack 
at  a  per6  jU  called  Matt  stripp,  aud  in  return  waa 
knocked  uudfir  a  taole.  While  he  lay 
tbere  tbe  cui  flict  raged  auout  bim.  AYben  be 
arose  be  drew  »  oocketkuife,  opf^neil  it.  auu  ntter- 
ID);  an  OHth,  ran  toward  6tripp.  Ho 'struck  at  bim 
once,  but  tailud  to  bit  bim,  aud  beiure  be  cuuid  rt-- 
Deat  tbe  blow  a  burly  laborer,  named  Thomas 
Cougblin,  wrested  tbe  knife  irom  nia  grasp.  Ue 
was  tben  bAi  back,  and  tbe  ct-uflict  was  stayed  tor 
a  moment.  It  was  reopeued,  however,  by 
Mike  i;<junori».  who  is  employed  by  Muller  to  look 
alter  hit  btisiuess  in  Ca.'<tle  tirardi-n.  Connors 
struck  Jobn  O'Connor,  and  was  hit  in  return.  Oace 
more  the  crowd  struggled  around  the  ruoru,  and,  al- 
thoueh  tueir  oufciirs  were  loud,  no  pol're- 
man  appeared  to  pieveno  posaible  murder-. 
When  tbe  fizbtinj:  ceased  again  iu  tiie 
saloon  Mike  Connors  was  nut  satisflod. 
He  cballeuged  a  littlo  tailor,  whose  name  nobody 
appeared  to  know,  to  fleht  hiin,  and  the  ctaalleni;e 
being  accepted,  <he  two  repaired  witbout  fnenas 
to  the  Ba'tery  Park.  Tbere  in  the  darknesa  they 
fouKbt  uoMeed^  but,  vtheu  tbey  reappeared  in  tlio 
bar-room  Mike's  lace  was  mncb  worse  loosing  than 
his  diminutive  but  Uou^b  y  opponent's.  \S^beu 
Ryan's  bar-rooin  and  State  street  generally  were 
quiet  once  more.  Congressman  elect  Niok.  Muller 
was  li£bted  to  bis,  borne  by  "  Torchlight  "  D'lc- 
harty,  a  Rentleman  wbo  owes  bis  title  to  the  rubi- 
cund charac.er  of  his  vintage.  The  First  Ward  is 
now  in  a  condition  oi  flrment,  and  it  is  likelj*  soma 
fierce    fi;:bi3UK  will    occur    proVious    %j  aud    at    tUe 

election  ot  tue  successor  ot  tne  late  Assemblyman 
Healey,  which  occars  to-day. 


A  BUSY  LIFE  ENDED. 


ACCIDENT  TO  MR.  A.R1UVR  OHBSBY. 

Mr.  Arthur  Cheney,  proprietor  ot  the  Globe 

Theatre,  Boston,  was  au  inmate  of  the  Mercer 
Street  Police  Station  last  nie'bt.  An  officer  of  the 
Fifteenth  Precinct,  while  on  pitrol,  noticed  a  man 
sitcins  on  a  doorstep  in  Fourth  avenue  ne^ir  Tbir- 
tflenth  street.  He  was  well  dressed,  being  attired 
in  a  fall  dress  aui.',  and  was  bleeding  profascly 
f-om  a  severe  cot  on  bis  forehead,  and 
was       almost       unconscious        from       loss       of 

blood.  Assistance  was  procured  and  tbe  man  was 
taken  to  ih<)  station  in  a  waaon.  Uis  mjurir^s  weie 
caretnlly  attenued  to,  aud  after  be  re.aiued  c^n- 
Hciuusness  be  informed  Capt.  Byrnes  that  he  was 
Mr.  Arthur  Cbeney,  and  tbat  be  bad  oined  dnniig 
tbe  evoningwith  Mr.  \Y.  R.  Fioyd,  the  well'-known 
actor  at  tbe  Union  Si^^uare  Theatre,  and  witn  some 
other  friends.  Alter  dinner  he  started  tu  visit  tbe 
tlolon  ii^qnare  Theatre,  and  on  bis  wav  he  slipped 
and  telt  ueavily  un  the  sidewalk,  catting  his  bead 
severely.  He  became  uuconscious,  and  some 
passers  by  picked  nim  up  and  seated  him  on  tbe 
stoop  where  the  officer  found  him.  Owiug  to  bis 
conditiiin,  Mr.  Cheney  remained  at  the  Station- 
house  for  the  night. 

SSOBTCOMIAQij  OF  LA  WTERS. 
At  the  meeting  of  the  Bar  Association  last 
evening,  Mr.  B.  Barling,  from  tbe  committee 
kpuumted  to  investigate  the  charge  made  azainst 
William  C.  Barrett,  a  late  member  of  tbe  asso- 
ciation, reported  tbey  bad  every  reason  to  believe 
that  he  had  been  anilty  of  grosa irregularities  in  his 
practice.  Tbey  had  presented  the  matter  to  tbe 
Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court,  who  bad  promised 
to  looK  into  the  matter.  The  Executive 
Committee  reported  that  tbe  case  ot  Titus 
H.  Eldridge,  who  was  accused  of  irregularity  of 
practice  m  the  Surrogate's  Co  art,  had  been  re- 
ferred by  the  Supreme  Court  to  William  H. 
I<eunard,  Seferee,  to  take  testimony  and  reeom- 
mend  that  the  association  appropriate  (500  for 
counsel  to  prosecute  tbe  matter.  Ic  was  so 
ordered.  A  Kenersl  and  lengthy  discnsslun  on  tbe 
question  of  tbe  morals  of  the  Bar  followed.  Mr. 
Ouarles  Price  said  tn'at  be  knew  of  at  least  two  mem- 
bers of  tbe  S'lsociation  who  should  be  made  the  sub- 
jects of  discioUue,  and  that  it  would  oe  well  for  the 
Executive  Commiitee  lo  take  the  work  in  hand. 
Mr.  Cifford  H.  Hand  said  that  tbe  condition  or 
theBari'f  New- York  was  fast  becoming  a  source 
of  public  discussion.  He  beUeved  there  was 
a  terrible  amount  uf  piracy  and  extortion  practiced 
in  some  or  tbe  courts  by  tnemtiers  uf  the  Bar,  and 
the  Supreme  Court  Bench  should  be  aided  in  bring- 
ing tne  ofieooers  to  insi  ice.  He  moved  a  resoluion 
to  the  effect  that  tbe  Executive  Committee  should 
invefltijrate  the  matter,  with  power  to  appoint;  ouu- 
Committees  or  employ  counsel  to  aid  tbe  Sapreine 
Conn  of  the  district  in  its  efforts  to  remedy  tne 
evil.    Xha  teaolntiou  was  adopted.  _         . _. 


DEATH  OF  A  NOTED  BROOKLYN  MAN. 
DEATH  OP  HON.  CYRUS  P.  hMITH— A  CAREER 
THAT  COVERS  THE  MOST  IMPORTANT 
PART  OP  BROOKLYN'S  HISTORY. 
In  the  death,  yesterday  morning,  of  Mr. 
Gyms  P.  Smith,  the  City  of  Brooklyn  lost  one  of  its 
most  prominent  and  respected  oitiiens.  Passing 
away  full  ot  years,  his  life  is  the  history  of  Brook- 
lyn durinz  the  period  in  which  it  zrew  up  from  a 
mere  village  into  a  great  city,  and  tbe  Influence 
that  Mr.  Smith  exerted  m  devuloping  tbe  trade  aud 
commerce  of  tbe  city  will  gain  for  bis  memory  in 
years  to  come  a  meed  of  heartfelt  and  deserved  rec- 
ozuition.  Cyrus  Porter  Smith  was  tbe  son  of  Ed* 
ward  and  Hannah  Smith,  and  was  bom  April  5, 
1800,  at  Hanover.  N,  H.  He  worked  on  his  father's 
farm  during  bis  boyhood,  gaiuin^  such  an  education 
as  could  be  obtained  by  Irreeular  attendance  npon 
district  schools.  Determined,  however,  to  have  a 
liberal  edncatlon,  he  studied  bard  with  bis  brother 
Noah,  then  in  college,  and  eu'eiing  Dartmouth 
when  he  wsi  18  years  ot  age,  paid  his 
way  by  teaching  district  schools  daring  the 
Winter  in  New.Hampshirs  and  Virrmont,  and 
was  graduated  witb  honor  in  1824.  Eoter- 
ini:  the  office  ot  Chief  Justice  T.  S.  Williams,  in 
Harlfiird,  Conn.,  he  studied  law  under  the  direction 
of  tbatjurist,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  1827. 
While  studying  in  Hartford,  to  eke  oat  his  .scanty 
resources,  he  taujiht  singing  sohoula  iu  diff.ircnt 
pans  of  the  State,  and  on  one  of  these  excursions 
became  acquainted  with  the  lady  who  afterward 
became  bij  wife.  He  looked  about  for  a  place  in 
wbicb  to  practice  bis  profession,  and  decided  to 
locate  in  Brooklyn,  to  which  villaee  he  removed 
frooi  flariford  in  September,  1827.  He  was  a 
lawyer  without  a  client  until  tbe  follow- 
ine  April,  when  be  '  earned  his  first 
lee  of  $5.  He  was  not  discouraged  with 
tardy  success,  bat  determined  to  trust  bis  fur. 
tunes  witb  the  growth  of  the  town.  He  made  many 
friends,  and  having  cannecied  bimsslf  witn  the  First 
Presbyterian  Cburcb,  of  whitJh  Dr.  Cox  was  Pastor, 
was  its  chorister  from  1827  to  1353.  During  the  Presi- 
dential campaign  of  1823,  when  Jackson  was  a  can- 
didate. Mr.  Smith  came  into  nutics  as  an  active 
Whig.  Hb  was  Clerk  of  tha  Village  Board  of 
Trustees  from  1833  to  1835,  and  Corporation  Couasel 
of  the  new  city  from  1835  to  1839,  enjovlng  durine 
thistimea  nractice  as  larae  as  that  of  anv  lawyer 
iu  the  city.  He  was  the  fourth  Miyjr  of  tbe  city 
in  1839,  when  he  was  elected  by  the  B'y.ird  of  Alder- 
men. An  act  of  the  Lezuliture  having 
sent  tbe  election  of  Mayor  to  tbe 
t>eople,  he  was  elected  to  that  offi.io  bv  a  popular 
majority  in  1840,  holding  the  office  until  1843.  or,  in 
both  terms,  a  period  of  tliree  years  and  four  montbH. 
He  was  Supervisor  in  1836  and  1837,  and  iu  1843. 
seeking  to  establish  a    company    for   eupplyins    the 

City  with  gas,  was  elected  Alderman  from  the  Third 
Ward,  and  to  his  fff.)rts  iu  public  and  private  was 
largely  due  tbe  successful  inception  of  tbe  first  gas 
company  m  Brooklyn.  Being  deeply  interested 
in  public  education,  he  became  an  active  and  ioflu- 
ential  member  of  tbe  School  Board,  and  was  the 
President  of  tbe  Board  of  Education  for  21  years. 

The  present  systeoi  was  put  Intii  practical  opera- 
riju  during  ilr.  Smith's  oti]<-.ial  counectijn  with  it, 
and  when  be  retired  lu  ls08.  after  10  years'  asso- 
ciation witb  the  ciutie,  leaviuc  33  schools  utteuiled 
by  GO.OUO  children  in  charge  ol  the  C<<miiiissiouer8, 
texiiiuuny  was  officially  and  persoiiallv  ten.ler,;cl  to 
bim  bv  his  tmsuMaies  for  hi.?  loo i:  and  Impnriant 
siTVices.  In  1S56  and  1857  Mr.  jmitu  repieseatt-d 
bis  di->lrict  in  the  State  Suuare.  and  a*  Cbairaiju  of 
the  Committee  on  Commerce  auti  Xavi.aLiju  un- 
dertook with  his  committee  tbe  iioportani  duly  uf 
detiniiel.v  esiaiilisliiug  the  sliOiB-.iues  of  isVw- 
York  aud  Brooklyn.  Takiuir  always  a  deep 
interest  in  ferry  cmmiiuication  betwet^u  itie 
two  cities,  he  beoime  In  1839.  up"U  the  t/ruun'ZAtion 
o  the  Ni w-YoriHud  Brooilyu  F.rry CouiDaiiy,  one 
of  the  Directors  of  that  corporatiou.  Ik  1S44  be  w  is 
ap  jointed  one  ot  a  commitien  xelucted  ui  a  public 
lueeiiug  where  it  was  resolved  that  measures  suuuia 
be  taken  to  a'cerinin  whether  tbe  tissumed  right  of 
the  Ci  y  of  Neu-York  to  lease  the  ferries  was  a 
lraiicui.se  or  simuly  a  tunsuiciion  uui.jec:  to  recall 
uy  the  S'aie.  Snbseqiieiitlv.  on  July  i,  1844.  when 
the  Bruuklyu  Uuion  Ferry  Company  was  or- 
ganizo.i,  he  became  a  Director,  ana  "Wilh  Mr. 
Ge..r;;e  Wooa — wbo,  like  Mr.  Smirh.  was  fuliy 
cuuveisant  with  the  prav.ous  condition  of  tbe 
terries — ilrew  up  the  articles  ot  association. 
Upon  tbe^uiisoliuation  of  the  Fulton,  South,  Catha- 
rine. Hamilton  avenue.  Wan  street,  Roosevelt 
sireet,  and  Goverueur  street  ferries,  on  .Niv.  10, 
1854,  uader  the  name  of  tbe  Uoion  Fdiry  Cumiiauy 
.  f  .^rooklvn,  M.  Smith  WHS  cui'sen  asDiiector.  lu 
1855  he  was  elcctcu  Mauairing  Director,  and  rerained 
iliAt  positiou  to  tbe  (lav  ot  bis  Ue.ith.  Iu  1833  au  ac- 
cident occurred  in  Fultou  street  near  too  Ciiy 
Hall,  by  which  a  stranger  haa  bis  leg  brok  n.  ill. 
Kituith  wUuessed  the  uccioeut,  aud  .learned  that 
There  was  no  )iuo  ic  provision  tor  sui-h  cases  nearer 
than  the  Alms-uuuso  at  Flarbusb,  tuur  miles 
il'stant.  lie  met  tbe  laio  Gen.  lljo- 
ere  Nichol  a  tew  moments  later,  aod 
had        the         injured         man         conveyed  lo 

a  house  near  by.  The  two  ;:emlemou  ut-iiayed  tbo 
expeu!<e3  ot  the  iujored  man.  aud  ihe  ciroumstauc.s 
luiiiitssed  upon  born  ol'  luem  t'ua  cecessiiy  for  a 
city  bospicai.  This  was  esiab.ished.  alter  many' 
o 0.1  f<cle«  bad  been  overcome,  in  1839,  r.uriug  Mr. 
Siuito's  first  term  us  Ma>ur,  wueu  «.j  appropnaii  >u 
was  made  lor  the  purpose  b\  the  Cumtuou  Council. 
In  Jauuary,  1869.  Mr.  Smith  was  uppoiuted  Aoiiug 
freaiuent  ot  tiie  iSrookivu  Cliy  Kailrnsd  Company, 
wicn  which  he  nau  beeu  couuecteU  for  several  veara, 
thus  becumiug  controller  ot  tue  two  leaUiug  tnuaos 
of  ecicss  aud  iueiena  tor  the  ciiy.  He  was 
Preaideot  of  the  B  lani  ot  Trustees  in  the 
Pirsi  Fresbvleiiau  Church,  was  one  1  the  c  irporaie 
members  ot  the  BruOkivn  Savings  Bank,  tue 
wealthiest  inetitatiou  ot  tuo  kind  in  the  City,  a 
memoer  of  tbe  Boant  of  Directors  ot  Greeb-Wood 
Cemetery,  a  Trustee  ot  tbe  House  of  lialuue,  a 
D.ri'CHii-of  tbo  Packer  Female  CoUegiaie  lusiuute, 
also  a  Director  of  tbe  Bruokl\  u  Asaociatu  n  for  loi- 
pruviug  the  Condition  uf  ihu  P.  or,  and  "As  a  moin- 
ber  ot  the  Advisory  Board  of  loe  Graham  Homo  tor 

Aiied  Wcinen.  on  Wa-vhingtoii  avenue. 

flir.  Siuiih  had  beeu  affected  with  a  trouble- 
some complaint/  for  iivo  years  past,  •  but 
tougbt  braveir  against  it.  He  was  present 
on  isaturoay  afternoon  at  a  moetiog  of  the 
Directors  ot  ihe  Brooklyn  City  Hospital,  and  batur- 
day  uvenins  at  .ended  a  leception  at  the  boUse  of  Hou. 
Joualb^o  0;;Uon  to  Kev.  air.  Hall,  recently  ca.led 
to  the  pastorate  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church. 
Hecomplaiuedolilliiedsuuriuelbeeveniug,  was  very 
ill  later  iu  the  evening,  but  was  belter  un  Sunday, 
and  saw  several  IrienUs.  He  sank  rapiuiy  ou 
Mouday,  tbe  visits  of  tVieuds  being  torbvldeu,  aud 
without  rallying  decliued  nntii  bKtween  6  and  7 
o'clock    yesterday   morning,    when   be    peacefully 

died.  He  leaves  a  WK'ow  and  five  children,  tuur 
sons  and  a  daughter.  He  leav-s  au  ample  fortune. 
He  will  be  burir-d  to-monow  atieruoon  at  2  o'clock, 
from  tbo  First  Pre8i.<yterian  C  iircb  iu  Meory 
street.  Tbe  Common  Council  ano  the  organiz  mous 
ot  which  he  wan  a  memocr   will  take   furmiHl  action 

in  recogiutiju  of  liis  tJeaib  to-day.  The  flaits  ou 
the  boars  of  the  ferry  Companies,  at  tbo  ferry- 
buusev,  on  the  City  Hall,  aod  other  public  boildiags 
were  yesterday  disola.ytd  at  half  mast  in  respect  to 
bis  memory.  

A  DOWN-TOWN  CXjUB-BOCSE. 

About  the  bocmuine  of  the  year  a  movement 

was  started  in  WhU  street  to  form  a  Down-Town 
^orchantb'  and  B.inkers'  Association.  Tbe  initia- 
tion iee  was  set  at  §100,  and  the  annual  dues  ac  |30. 

The  membership  was  limited  to  500,  and  it  was 
Stated  that  wueu  300  pers'iua  should  have  sub- 
scribed tbe  club  should  be  considered  as  estab- 
lished. The  li^ts  rapidly  filled  ufatil  they  now  con- 
tain the  names  of  nearlv  every  prominent  banker, 
broker,  lawyer,  and  basincss  man  having  dealinzs 
in  the  vicinity  of  the  street,  an-l  it  is  annoaucec' 
the  requisite  number  of  members  having  been  se- 
cureo,  that  negotiations  have  been  entt-red  .into  fir 
the  lease  or  purchase  of  cbe  old  Merchants'  Ex- 
change,  Kos.  50  and  52  Pine  sireet,  with  a  view  of 
converting  it.  into  an  elegant  club-house,  ztier  the 
style  of  tbe  London  Merchants'  and  Bankets'  Coffee* 
bouse.  The  best  cooks  that  can  be  ootained  win  be 
secured,  aud  all  tbe  luxuries  tne  market  can  afford 
will  be  served  to  memuers  at  cjst  price.  Tue  idea 
ofth%club  13  to  provide  a  place  ot  reception  tor 
out-ot-town  customers,  and  also  a  place  wbeie 
meals  aod  relresbmeut  can  be  bad  at  moderate 
rates.  Tne  new  club-house  will  be  richly  fitted  nt), 
aud  will  contain  every  convenience  that  modern 
taste  can  sugeest. 

REWARDING  MEBITOUIOUS  CONDUCT. 

The  ceremony  of  lormally  presenting  medals 
and  compllmentaiy  resolutions  to  five  members  ot  the 
Police  force  took  place  yeaterday  in  tbe  President's 
room,  at  Police  Head-quarters,  in  the  presence  cf 
the  full  Board  of  Commissioners.  Capt.  Murray,  of 
the  Fourth  Precinct,  whose  clever  capture  of  tbe 
Astoria  masked  burglars  received  complime^TOiry 
recognition  from  the  board,  was  formally  presented 
by  (ien.  Smitb  witb  an  engrossed  copy  of  the  resolu- 
tions recently  adopted.  The  President,  in  makiugthe 
presentatiou,  expressed  his  gratification  tbat  CaptI 
Muiray,  whose  promotion  from  the  rank  of  Sergeant 

had  been  earned  by  faithful  performance  of  his 
duty,  had  proved  by  bis  conduct  tbat  tbe  board  had 
not  erred  in  elevating  bim  to  tbe  rank  of  Captain. 
After  Capt.  Murray  had  thanked  the  board  in 
appropriate  terms.  Roundsman  John  Mc- 
Dowell, of  rtio  Twenty-ninth  Precinct,  who,  about 
Six  weeks  aga  was  shot  by  a  burglar  whom  be  ar- 
rested, was  presented  with  a  silver  medal,  a  series 
of  complimentary  resolution?,  and  a  check  for  Sl.OuO 
voted  to  him  by  tbe  Riot  Relief  Fund  Commiiiee. 
Kuundsiuau  John  Gannon,  uf  the.  Mounted  Squad, 
received  a  silver  medal  and  resolutions  in  consid- 
eration of  h'S  bravery  m  stouping  a  lunaway  team 
in  Central  Park.  Roundsmen  John  Murphy.  Chris- 
topher Wall,  and  Pa. nek  F.  Byrnes,  who  were  in- 
■trumeata'l  m  saving  the  lives  uf  persons  imperiled 
in.  burning   bniidlu&s,    were   presented   with   en. 


giosMd  copies  of  resolutions  compUmentiDg  tltsm 
for  their  braverv.  _ 

SALE  OE  PAINTINGS. 


THE  BEAtJMOXr  COLLECTION   AT  AOCTIOK — 
.  THE  PKICES  REALIZED  LAST  EVENING. 

Mr.  Heury  D.  Miner  commenced  the  sale,  by 
auction,  of  the  Bsanmont  collection  of  oil  paintings, 
at  his  gallery,  Ko,  843  Broadway,  last  evening.  The 
catalogue  contains  272  numbers,  and  is  allotted  to 
three  evenings.  Tbe  principal  work  sold  last  night 
was  Carl  Bewer'a  'Youth  of  Tasso,"  whicb  cre- 
ated quite  a  sensation  In  tbe  art  circles  of  London 
when  it  was  first  completed,  and  copies  of  it  were 
made  for  distribution    with  the  Cbnstmas  dumber 

of  tbe  London  Illustrated  News  in  1871.  It  sold  last 
night  at  $415.  The  principal  works  disposed  of, 
with  their  artists  and  prices  obtained,  wereas  fol- 
lows: , 

Artist.  Subiftct.  Price. 

Verbas News  irom  the  Wave $5.)0  GO 

Bewer Youth  of  l  asso 4j5  00 

Huntington. Vew-H tmpshire  Scenery 240  00 

Belnk'i Pleasures  ot  Ohilduood 163  00 

.sbattuck... Landsoaue:   Past  'ral lUU  00 

Maver Reoglous  Meditation 135  00 

lofe Catiklll  Lake UO  OU 

Chavets The  Condd-aiits 190  00 

Darvelas bxecuting  the  DolL I'.i2  50 

Bllilers Siorm  on  Mountain 190  OO 

Jbcobson ecene  iu  .Norwuy 1G5  00 

Gray Normaudy  Uirl 175  OU 

Uevaui Devotion 107  00 

Wilson Pride  ofQvpse.v's ..125  00 

h:iyer The  I'lrert  Uleaners. 155  00 

Veiheydcn......l}etected  Corresponaence......   9"2  uO 

i'art  n The  Adimndacks 76  GO 

Richards Study  of  Trees 72  50 

ooutaji Lake  Scone 40  00 

Thorn Young  Ijoutinc  Party . 97  50 

Wyngaerdt Qatuering  Wood oo  00 

Mourmans tiama  ol  Chess 75  00 

Oeniz A  Ciiravan  at  Hest SO  00 

I  huich....- Sylvan  Luke 300  00 

F.orent tiady  at  Toilet 80  00 

Boor?ard btuDle  Interior 67  oU 

PUssan Tb«    iilet  Doux 245  00 

auldrayer Baby  Don't  Like  it 70  00 

CitEiiaiii . Venus  and  .Aaoiils.. 175  00 

Bmi  lie Lauiiscai'e 37  oO 

ivlazzola I  he  blighted  Homestead 183  OD 

Cole Villavof  Vautluse. l.SO  00 

Hue .......Liierarv  Bif reeb  ueui: .. .  75  UO 

Ever  en vv  lotiir  in  Breda 60  00 

Jourjnia Birthday  Present Go  00 

OeBylaudt Lake  loun,  Switierlaud 175  00 

The  sale  will  be  continued  this  evening  at  S 
o'clock. 


MODERN    PAINTINGS    SOLD    BY  MESSRS.  LEA- 
VITT   &  GO. 

The  sale  of  oil  paintings  at  auction,  by 
Messrs.  Gaoree  A  Leavitt  &  Co.,  No.  817  Broad- 
wav,  was  continued  last  evening.  The  best  paint* 
inea  in  the  coliectiou  bad  been  disposed  of  on  tbe 
previous  eveniuii,  but  there  were  some  excellent 
works  sold,  at  rales  far  below  their  value.  The 
following  ia  a  list  of  tbe  chief  specimens  sold,  to- 
gether with  the  prices  rcidizod,  and  the  names  of 
iheir  artists: 

Artist.  ^^       Pnbjfct.  Price. 

Wood JSyouniry  lluctor S-42  OO 

isucueuthal.  ..^,he  i'oaebers iioo  00 

Ue  UauB -Sarra^auaeLt  I  oast ...185  00 

LiiiLuai'u.. ...... Fariulu^t'iu,  Conn 42  00 

ilci^Pl Sunda.y  Morniug 49  00 

"Kuimermau ->choeuiiieer.  Hollaud 40  UO 

fcpoliler . KiTer  ciceue,  Huiiaud 42  50 

Uisai.. aju.jiu ....    50  oO 

VoJl Ibe  C'omiu;; Storm 215  Ou 

Story TukiuKa  -NS'J 5ii  6J 

KinsetL LaKe  George 85  00 

DuuKiusou Praiileou  i<'ire 42  50 

Vviles i^oast  of  ftiuiue i'Z  60 

Scbellout Wiuier  aceiie 130  00 

Ko..er Ubrti-ty „ 190  00 

Cryseliucke JuTenilu  ciports ....    55  OO 

Meaaowa Sceoe  lu  hssex 55  00 

bene .iriisilc  Kccreaii.n 45  00 

."buiier Sunday  Moiuiu^ 110  OO 

Keu8;ti. L.tudacavie 60  00 

•.oiT.s L.inOacape ..........    50  OU 

Foriuuy. .\  tiomaii  .'dodel 42  50 

jio  el J^Vreiit  Scene 40  00 

.Ml  re  I Lveuiug  on  th?' Uhine.... 40  00 

A  number  of  gemd  aud  picciii'es  of  minor  value 
sold  at  gojd  prxcs  and  closed  the  sale. 


FVSERAl,  OF  JOUS  0'MAHO\F. 
The   remains    of   Col.  -John   O'Mahony  were 
takcu    irum    tbo    Sixiy  iiiuili   E'giiuCDt  Armory 

yesterday  laoraina  to  St.  Fiancis  Xiviec's  Church, 
Six.eeuih  street,  near  Siixrh  aveijue,  where  a 
solbmu  rtQuiem  mass  was  celebrated  over  the 
body  by  Rev.  Pai.her  Dalv,  who  was  as- 
sisted bv  Kev.  Father  Whyte,  Deacon,  and 
Kev.  Faiher  Plait,  Sub-deacon.  The  floral 
olferings  were  very  handsome  and  expensive. 
The  most  prominent  amoug  those  who  attended  the 
ubsequi.^s  aud  uoteU  as  pa.ibearers  are.  KicbarJ 
OG.im  u,  JudtiB  Cb.,rle8  P.  D^ly,  01)in..vaa 
Kosaa,  William  K.  Kuuinsou,  Gen.  Tiiomas  F.-aucis 
BouTKe,  James  rialtijiaa,  Lir.  Deuis  Dowiing  il.il- 
caliy,  John  J.  Biesno,  Tb  m.s  Clarke  Luby,  K  b- 
eri  ^Vuite,  Capt.  Uames  Mitchell,  and  •lohu 
Savage.  The  iiiilitaiy  escort  was  compuserl 
of  ine  Sixty-uinih  Kt<>iment,  Col.  Cav- 
auagh  comoiaudiut;;  Ciumpauies^  of  the  Iri^^h 
Lecion  composed  uf  respresenratives  irom 
I'uuauelphia,  Aevvark,  Parersou,  Trenton,  aud 
N.w-Y"rk.  Tbe  Sneares  K. firs  from  Philadelphia, 
caUeitt  01  tbe  Holy  lunucenis,  coutiijgeuts  from  the 
.Niiiei  v-uiuth  Kej^'meni,  under  cummaoid  of  Aoju- 
taoi  N  ,rr  8.  tue  Xrisu  Vuluutet  rs,  "auu  other  locai 
military  compautus.  The  siati  of  the  Sunday  Citi- 
zen, headed  by  Mr.  James  Haltigau,  were  aas'.ifued 
u  pi.ice  in  the  luiieral  processioa  next  io  the  Sixty- 
uiu;.h  K.:giujeui.  Col.  O'.UaUony  was  the  touuUer 
ot  lb<  Pop  r.  Tue  civic  societies  represeuted 
were  :  Tne  F'ciuian  Broiheruood,  the  Clau-ua-Gael, 
Mu  uui  Al.iaucu  aud  ^''ather  Alatbew  Tempeiauce 
S  'Cie.iss.  Tuo  fuueral  cor.6^e  was  quite  imposiu;;, 
anil  iho  sti'se  s  a.'ouc;  the  line  oi  marcn  were 
liuvd  with  spectators.  TQe  line  ot  marca 
was  up  Sixieento  stieot  to  Fittb  avenue,  tbruu;<n 
T.^euty-tbira  street  to  Broio way,  tbeuce  to  Oanal 
sireet  to  the  Williams  &  Guiun  Duck,  where  the 
remains  were  placed  ou  board  tbe  steam-sDip 
Daivuia  to  i.e  conveyed  to  I:e.aud.  The  delegatus 
Who  accompauied  the  remaius  consiBted  ot  Dr.  D. 
D.   Mdicaby.    V\''illiam  F.  ftuauirce,  Capt.  Cusauk, 

biOriUen  J.  0'K.cliv,  and  ruouias  J.  tiiil. 

SALE  UF  AhlEKlCAS  OOILERY.  s 

Tbe   first   public   sale  of    cutlery  under  the 

auspices    of     the     Taulo    Cutlery     Mancfacturera' 

Association  of  tbe  Uaited  States— comprieing  the 

Beaver  Falls  Cutlery  Company,  Landers.  Frary  & 
Clark,  John  Russell  Cutlery  Compjny,  ileriden 
Cuilsry  Compauy,  Cliioajio  Cutlery  Manulacturing 
C'impany,  aud  Lamsou  &  Goounow  Manufacturini; 
Company — was  beaun  yesteiday.  These  companies 
and  firms,  althouoh  ibey  have  succeeded  in  driving 
most  of  tbe  £  j;;li8h  maunfacturers  oat  ot  the  mar- 
ket. I  avc  met  witb  a  set!  lus  oustacle  of  late  in  the 
establishment  of  catlery  manutacturing  companies 
in  tue  West.  They  thereby  lost  a  considerable  oro- 
portion  of  their  trade.  This  fact,  and  the  ceneral 
depression  uf  irade,  have  ielt  on  their  bands  a 
iart;e  overstock  of  goods  tbat  tbey  wisbed 
to  aet  rid  of.  Then  the  practice  has  ob- 
tained by  individual  compaaies  of  constanriv 
iniroducihg  new  styles  and  patterns  of  cutlery  not 
incinded  in  tbu  curabinatiun  price-list,  witb  tbe  two- 
f<iln  obiect  otp.mderine  to  local  tastes  and  avoiding 
their  ioiut  obligrations.  Toua,  a  company  coula 
easily  make  it  au  obiect  to  a  purchaser  to  take  a 
line  ot   g(.oi8fiom   tuem   at   reuular  combination 

pries  b>  ihrowiiit;  in  at  a  nominal  rate  a  few  eross 
of  uoo  IS  of  a  paiteru  not  contemplated  by  tbe  con- 
federated scheuuie.  To  do  away  with  this  device 
was   another  ooject  uf  tbt>   sale,   it  baving  beeu 

agresd  to  withdraw  from  tbe  market  all  the  pat- 
terns offerett  aud  not  to  introduce  any  new  ones  ex- 
cept SUCb  as  tbe  combiu.'iiiau  may  authorize.  A 
tniid   ooieiji  was   to  fix   piice.-i,  wbicb  have  beeu 

moch  broken  up  by  the  various  causes  atKive 
slated.  It  is  said  on  good  auiUurur  tbat 
tne  list  is  to  be  advanced  20  per  cent. 
on  tbe  rates  obtained  at  tbe  sale.    This   i.s  taitins 

Since  through  Messrs.  Blasell,  Welles  &  Mtllett, 
o.  15  Murray  Sireet.  Tbere  was  a  very  large  at- 
tendance, mciading  represoutatiyes  of  the  leading 
bouses  in  B.>ston,  Philadelohi.i,  Cincinnati.  Chicago, 
Baiiimore,  and  even  San  Francisco.  Several  bayer^ 
Were  oreseni  wbo  have  not  been  iu  this  Citv  tar  a 
number  of  years,  having  transferred  tbeir  trade  to 
the  Wejitero  mnnnf.iorurers.  Between  10:30  A.  M. 
ana  5  P.  id.  some  800  lots  of  American-made  table 
cmlery  were  sold,  ranging  from  a  irross  or  two  to 
30  and  40  gro"s,  and  tbe  prices  obtained  were  ex- 
tremely satisfactory,  beiug  well  up  to  current 
market  rates.  The  sale  of  cutlery  will  be  continued 
to  day,  and  will  bo  followed  by  the  offer  of  a  large 
assonmeut  ot  American  and  toreiern  pocket  cutlery 
— razors,  scissors,  and  similar  articles.  Tbere  is 
already  talk  of  making  these  sales  a  permanent 
thing.  

THE  HERALD' 6  SPECIAL  TELEQRAMa. 
To  the  EdUor  of  the  New-  York  Timet: 

la  the  Herald  of  this  morning  appears  a  long 
dispatch  on  tbe  political  crisis  in  England,  which 
purports  to  have  been  soecially  teleeraphed  from 
London,  Tbat  telegram  contained  no  further  in- 
formation than  is  given  in  a  brief  dispatch  to  Thb 
Times,  except  a  gross  blunder,  which  would  not  be 
committed  by  a  psrson  eren  superficially  familiar 
with  English  politics.  I  am,  therefore,  of  opinion 
tbat  tbe  t«legram  is  a  wordy  and  exceptionally  in- 
sipid elaboration  of  the  brief  eeneral  news  para- 
eraoh  which  appeared  m  tbe  other  papers. 

In  the  Herald  it  la  stated  tbat  tbe  meeting  of  the 
LiOeral  Parcv  to  arrauge  an  opposition  scheme  of 
a- tack  on  the  Eastern  policy  of  tbe  Government 
was  bcld  at  the  house  ot  Sir  Stafiurd  Northcoie  1 
This  is,  of  course,  abturd.  but  it  is  vol  so  stuoid  as 
the  rambling  speculations  of  the  "Teleijraph 
EJitor  "  who  I'jfiated  tbe  dispatcb.  Tbe  statemeut 
teleirrapbed  by  the  Associated  Press  is  an  extract 
from  the  Birminifham  Post,  a  paper  which  is,  above 
all  others  in  England,  tue  lecosoized  organ  of 
Jobn  BriKht,  Joseuh  Chamberlain,  and  the  ad- 
vanced wing  of  tbe  Liboral  Party.  Sucb  a  orsan 
is  likely  10  be  well  "posted"  on  tbb  impending 
policy  ot  tbe  Liberal  Party  lu  England. 

EX- JOURNALIST. 

Nkw-Tobk,  Tuesday.  Feb.  la.  1377. 


Maltbt's  otstehs  are  best ;  cost  lefe  than  any 
food  m  mactiet  New-York  depot.  So.  41  Harrison  st. 
—Exchange. ^ 

As  A  Rbllablb  Reiibdt 

lur  coughs  aud  eoldt  use  Pobtkr's  Bauaic 
Price  25.  60,  aud  7d  oeuts.— JdvcrltsnMn^ 


A  DvLi.  Hbjldacbk,    Costtxmna,    la^ 

spirits,  and  no  appetite  are  some  of  tbe  icidieatlons 
of  a  bilious  attack,  arising  from  a  -torpid  itver.  Dr. 
JaysbTb  Sasattvb  Pills  will  soon  restore  the  liver 
to  action,drlve  allsymtrtoms  of  biliousness  from  the 
system,  and  assist  in  bringing  aboat  a  regular  ao. 
tion  of  the  bowels.— 4(ii>ertf««n«nt         _ 


To  the  Gentlemen  of  XewaTork. 

We  respectfully  announce  bavinjt  this  d»y  antwa* 
toe  price  ot  "ur  widely  nopular  bilk  HAts  to  $8,  and 
omDKHBVHATSto  9a.  With  this  announcement  wa 
note  .irecent  reonotion  In  cost  of  labor  as  enabUne  ii» 
in  a  measure  to  meet  the  eiiaenciea  of  the  times,  aud 
assure  von  ibat.  in  eruulatloQ  ot  the  chaiaoter  nnd 
reputation  of  our  fabric  in  the  psst,  we  shall  produce 
tbe  Amidjji  Hat  of  the  future. 

F.  a.  AaiIJ>ON»3  SON, 

New- York.  Feb.  10.  No.  220  6th  avi 

—Adveriisrmtnt. 

Every  druetrist  and  dealer  now  piles  his  counter* 
witn  B.  T.  BAEBrrr's  Toilet  soap.  Why  f  TJie  answer 
lothe  coiiun  irum  is  that  no  toilet  fi'iants  so  oure  and 
delicious  for  bath  and  toilet.  Mothers  nlVselect  it  for 
the  r  ctilldreu  ou  account  of  its  tQuocence.*-.«awi'»i«« 
menu  ^ 

THE  WEEKLY   TIMES. 


TDK  NEW-tORK  WEEK.LY  TIMES,  pUbUshed  this 
momin;;,  contains: 

THE  LATRST  POLITICAt  ASD  UBSKBAL  ITBWS. 

CODNTI.VQ  THK  ELKCT3RAL  VOTES;  THE  ISt 
VESTlGATIONS. 

LETTEE:J  FEOM  ODE  COELRB8PONDHST3  AT  HOM.B 
AND  ABRO.lD. 

EDITORIAL  AHTIOlES  tJPON*  CURRENT  TOPICS. 

AGRICULTURAL  .MATTER:  GOVERNMENT  AIDTft 
FARSIERS;  ARTIFICIAL  INi;UBATIOK:  SB'^DS  ANI> 
aBbDI.NG;    AN8v\-ER3  To  CORRESPO.VDlsNrs. 

With  a  si&^t  variety  of  unsoellaneoas  realln?  mat. 
ter,  and  full  reports  otFI.VASClAL  and  COMSIERCIAIi 
AFFAIRS,  the  LIVE  STOCK  ANO  FARSI  PRODUCE 
MARKET.-i. 

Copies  in  wrappers,  ready  for  mailinz,  for  sale  at 
THE  TIM KS  OFFICE ;  also  at  THE  TItt"ES  UP-TOWN 
OFFICE,  NO  1,257  BR0.4.DWAr.    PEICE  FIVE  CiJNTi 

Or.    ^ilbor's    Cod    I.lver   Oil   and   I.fme.- 

Invaiids  need  no  ionzer  dreau  to  take  that  crest  spe- 
cific forconsumnnon,  asthma,  ani  threatening  coaehi 
—  COD  LIVKR  OIL.  -As  pre  pared  by  Ur.  Wlloor.  it  li 
rob'ied  of  the  nauaeatinff  taste,  and  also  embodies  a 
prep.iration  of  th«  phospWate  of  lime.  glvluK  natur« 
the  verv  article  required  to  aid  the  healing  qualitiei 
of  the  oil,  and  to  recreate  where  disease  has  destroyed, 
It  .ilso  forms  a  reoarkable  touic,  an!  will  cause  •weak 
and  debilitated  persons  t.>  become  scronst  and  robust.  Ko« 
sale  bv  all  r-s  .'tctable  drugeists  throughout  the  t«>un- 
fry,  and  should  b  •  ki-ot  in  every  family  for  Instant  use 
oii  the  firat  app»»»r.inC3  of  coughs  or  irri  ation  of  'be 
luntrs.  M.aiin:actured  only  br  A.  B.  (VILBOS,  Chemist, 
Boston.    Sold  by  all  drutrRists. 


>'otes  of  Woe 

Cense   when  q   cryini  bsby  la  given    MILK  OP  MAQ*^ 
NESiA  for  sour  stouaoh  and  w:ud  in  that  organ. 


If  Tour  Hair  is    tiray,  nsd  Parker's  Bair 

B.\i/SAM.    Ton  will  be   ael;gbted  with  the  way  it  re- 
stores the  color. 

Pomerny's  iTosses— By  far  rha    Best  tn  Use. 

AskvoarpUvsician.  l:»o.*IRK.jy  raUS-5  I'C.  746  6"  way. 

STOSE— W^AT<ON. — On  Tues.laT,  Feb.  13,  l."???,  al 
the  Church  of  the  TransllKaratioii,  by  Rev.  Edward  C 
Houshtou.  Mr.  MASOSf  A.  Stosb  aud  Ml-s  Uosaub  B. 
Watsos,  second  flauihtet  of  Wm.  Watsou,  Esq. 

ADASf.— Tn  Stockbiidze,  Mass.,  on  the  lOtb  insti 
Eliza  Pkenticb,  wife  of  Dr.  L.  S.  Auams,  aged  (w 
ve.ir8. 

DJiALtVG. — on  Suniiay.  llthinat..  yViLttAK  Dealiko, 
aged  71  years  au<l  9  months. 

The  funeral  services  will  beheld  at  his  late  residence. 

No.  817  West  42t.l  St.,  on  Wednesdav,    lAth  insL,    at  1 
P.  M.  J 

DO.iKE.— On  Tuesday,  Feb.   13,    1877.  Mabtha  L. 

DOAEE. 

Tue  relanves  nnd  friends  of  the  family  are  respect- 
faliy  iuvited  to  atrend  her  funeral  on  Thursday,  Feb. 
15  lust.,  at  12 'I'docK  il.  at  the  Churcu  of  the  Holy 
Communion,  6th  av.,  <  orner  of  20th  st. 

fttA.SK.-un  .Jondav,  Keb.  I'A  of  scarlet  fever  and 
diphtheria,  Miltos  R.  Kraitk.  aged  1  vear  and  1 
montn.  youn<;eac  S'>n  ot  Joseph  and  rlannab  Pranlf. 

Funeral  vVedm-sdav  mornuig,  Feb.  14,  at  9:30  trom 
Ko.  46  West  50ib  St. 

(^"Chicaao  pupers  please  copy. 

iiAiiilI>. — in   Bcootiyn.   on  iviondav  momlns,   12th. 
inst.,  KiTA  ii..  wife  OI  l!).-tao  darru,  aad  only  Oausbter 
of  Joseph  Cofflu,  of  Derov,  Coan.,  formerly  ot  Brook-  . 
l.yii. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  at  her  late  residence^ 
No.  44.-i  oih  at..  Urooteivn,  Wedu-^div  ur  3  P.    il. 

HECKKK.— jutao  lo'th  inst .  of  di  ntberia.  Paitlisi 
Mabib.  yoiineest  daughter  of  George  V.  and  Josephine 
Hectei,  aaed  0  years  aniL.9  mont*i8. 

Fuu.ral  will  taite  place  from  the  residence,  Ko.  278 
Madison  av.,  on  Weduesday,  tha  14th  inst..  at  li 
o'c  OeU. 

HIRSHMAN.— On  Monday  m  or  nine  St  6  o'clock,  at 
the  resid  uce  ot  her  dauebtei.  .Mrs.  S.  tiruss.  Na  3l56 
West  32d  >t.,  Mrs.  Faknie  Uirshxas. 

Fuut-ral  on  Wednesday  murui.iK  at  10  o'cloct  from 
No.  ;S66  West  H-'d  6t.  Friends  and  relatives  are  In- 
vited to  attend  without  further  uotlce. 

HUBiJ.^R  >.  On  the  i-.i!th  inst.,  of  consumolion, 
EmmaG.,  daughter  01  the  late  Dr.  John  Uubourd.  ol 
Jiaiiie. 

KE.NDALL.— On  Ta»sdav.  Feb.  13.  o'' typhoid  poeu. 
mouia,  Ja-mes  VV.  Kkxdall.  ia  the  *8th  year  of  his  age 

.dmiRr.. — Un  .Monday,  Feb-  Iv!.  of  pn-uaionii,  .wat, 
daughter  of  Thomas  J.  and  Harriet  A  Moore,  aged  3 
year-  7  mouths. 

Funeral  ^^e^vlce8  .at  11  A.  M.  on  Wednesday,  reb.  14; 
at  tlie  reaideu  e  of  her  parents.  No.  32t>  Bowery. 

S.MI  I'U.— On  Tues  lav  mor  ling.  13tli  i  'st.  at  bis  re«- 
ideuc",  Ho.  1^  lerrepoiit  sr..  Brooklyn,  Cikcs  P. 
.Smith  ii^  the  77  h  yem-  ot  his  .\ie.  ■ 

F.iend  >  an  .  relatives  »we  invited  to  attend  the  fu- 
ner.il  aervlcea,  to  oe  held  at  First  Presbytoriau 
Church.  Hen  v  st.;  ou  Tiiursday,  15lh  inst.,  at  2 
o'clock.    Frieods  arev^equest  d  to  omit  flowers. 

&.MITH.— Ou  Monoavt  reb.  12.  1877,  .v-JC.  3.  SurrH, 
a^ed  07  years,  .ormeriv  of  Yonkers,  uow  residtoit  ol 
^o.  l.'iM  Kast  118l1i  St. 

Relatives  and  friends  are  Invited  to  attend  the  fu- 
neral bervices  irom  ihe  First  Methodist  episcopal 
Church,  in  Souaers,  K.  V.,  tuts  dav  at  1:30  P.  .M. 

vVKBrJ.— Feb.  13,  Mrs.  .Mart  v\'sbb,  aged 85,  widow 
of  Jimne  Webb. 

Friends  aud  relatives  of  tbe  family  are  respectfullV 
invite  1  to  attend  ber  tmierul  t'coui  he  late  residence. 
No.  7S  .Jil  St.,  T bufsday  mormoe  at  II  o'clock. 

WILL.fiMfeON.— on  luesd.ay  morning.  Feb.  13,  of 
chrouio  pneumonia,  Kicbakd  WillIAMSOX,  in  the  76th 
ye  ir  of  bis  aae. 

The  tonerai  services  will  take  place  at  bis  late  resi- 
dence, so.  i3ij  yth  ay  .  at  lo  A  M.  on  Thursday,  tha 
15tnit,st.  iieiati res  and  friends  are  respectftulv  in- 
vited tu  attend. 

I'    '    '--   -  .  .     .I.,     i.i™"^^^^ 

SPECIAL  :N"0TI0ES. 


OFFICES    TO    IdST 

IN   THE 

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APPA-Y   to' 

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TJJIBS  OFFXa' 


i'OST  OFiilCIS  N«*r£vE. 

The  foreign  mails  tor  the  weet  emding  Saturday. 
Feb.  17,  1877,  will  close  at  this  office  on  Tuesday  at 
i2  M..  tor  tSnrope.  by  steam-sbip  Dakota  via  Queens- 
town;  on  >\  edueaoav  at  11  A.  .M.  for  liurope  by  aieam- 
SliipParthia  via  Queeustowa;  on  Thursday  at  11:30 
A.  M.  lor  I  tirope  by  steam-shid  Oelle't  via  Plymoutfc, 

Cberbourj;,  and  Hamburg  5  ou  SatmaAav  at  4:3J  A.  M.. 
lor  hurope  Oy  steana-ahip  City  of  Chester  via  Qaeens- 
town  (correspondence  for  Germany,  Scotland,  and 
North  01  lre:a.id  to  ue  forwarded  uy  this  steadier  must 
be  specially  addressed;)  and  at  6  A.M.  for  Scotland  aHii 
North  of  IreliiUd  by  8i.eani-sblp  Alsatia  via  ^ovilie  and 
Gla.igow:    und  at  11:^0  A.  il.    in  Korope  by  •team-shltf 

Oder  via  Southampton  and  Bremen.  The  sieam-sbip* 
bakota,  Parihia.  and  City  ot  Chester  do  opt  tate  mails 

for  I  eamart,  Sweden,  aud  .vorw.ty.  The  mails  fori 
Nassau,  ^.  P.,  will  le.ive  New-York  Feo.  14.  The  matlal 
for  the  West  Indies  via  Bermuda  an  I  St.  Thomas  will! 
leave  New-iork  Feu.  13.    Th"  mails  for  Australia,  tc 

will  leave  San  Francisco  Feb.  2?J.  The  mavlS  for  ChlUV 
aud  Japan  wiU  leave  2Sh.ii  Francisco  M.iXcb  1. 

T.  L.  J.iMKS,  Postmaster. 

yEW-YoRg,  Feb.  10, 1877. ^ ^ 

TH.E   MiSSSKa.    l^liAVT  1' f ,  AOCTAONKBKS- 

THURSDAY  and  FRIDAY  atternoons  next,  at  2  o'dotl^ 
at  Clmton  Hall,  aud  now  on  exhibition. 

ORIENTAL  ART. 

TDRKEY. 

CHTKA.  _       ,. 

JAPA* 
A  superb  collection  of  oriental  goods,  elegant  »ad  ae- 
Birable. 

"A  most  fflsclnatiuK  collection  of  oriental  art."— W«» 
Tork  Herald.  Feb.  13. ' 

RSTLAltr    WlL-t^l-*,    ATTOUNty    AXtf 
•Counsellor  at  Law,  Notary  Public.  No.  182  Broad" 
way.  Room  No.  4,  Now-iork. 

n'  B.— special  attention  paid  to  settling  "estates,  : 
convevancing,  aud  Citv  aoa  county  coUecoiou. 

QOLO    Pfi.VS.  ' 

VOLBPS  CELKiiRATED  OOLD  PENS. 
NO.   J  A.srOR  aOOAB, 
Oppoai^  Herald  Oifli^.. 

HE.MORRHOl»!4  UH  PILES  PJiRMANE.NTLt 
eradicated  witnout  the  knife,  ileature.  or  caustic 
t\u  ch.iree  wb«tever  uulli  cored.  Send  for  ctrcnlar  con- 
tains relerences.     Dr.  UOYT.  21  W*8t  24th  St.,  N.  Y. 

WHAT  IS  GJING  ON  I.V  SOClt'TY? 
HO.UK  JOVRSXIa. 

OUT  TO-DAY. 
Contains  full  reports  ot  the  JuUlarff-Codflltt  wetfdlng» 

other  lasbluoabie  mai-na^es:  u.rs.  D&vies' reee^ition ; 
fcra.  Astor's  diuiier;  all  the  r.ishlooabie.  dinners;  ket- 
tledrums and  parties  of  the  weet;  Mr*.  SteVens' grand 
ball:  her  seven  hundred  jcuests  :  ibternff  of  Mrs.  Ste- 
vens'mansion :  the  Li.;derkrau*  iffld  US  history ;  In- 
fant Asylum  kettledrum  at  Delihonlco's;  wbo  wer« 
there  and  wbat  ibiev  wore;  arraojfemeuts  for  the  iklaj> 
tha  Washington  garden  oarty :  hoV  Purtm  will  t>e  ol^ 
serveo;  what  the  amateui  actors -re-ptaying;  doings 
at  the  clubs;  ladles'  day  at  the  ^otos;  the  Borosls  ana 
OiherclnOs;  society  ia  WnsbiUKton;  Mrs.  Gr  nt's  lass 
recention;  the  cabinet  laoies'  receptions;  society  hi 
Albauv;  society  in  Paris.  (AmericaflS  at  the  rovai  OaO;) 
Ckieiety  in  .»-urtoik.  Va..  (Duke  Alexis'  ball:  1  in  short,  a 
complete  mirr.)r  of  uoiugs  in  society  Ibrougboui  tha 
woud.  yor  «ale  at  ^o.  3  Park  piece  aod  eise where. 
Price  seven  cents. 

(i  pimEii  KKCIFES."— ^i^CU.ND  £OiriON:    112 
Xpaees:     &xii  paper      70^    rSCipes  ft>r   praetioal 
honsekeeperj.  fioffl    Household  ooiumo.      NeW-fUftK 
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QOTBRNHENT  STOCKS— 10:15  AND  11:30  A.  M. 


S^S.OOOV.   S.68. '81. 

-B 113 

10,000  U.S.  68,10-40 

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10.000  U.  S.  6-20  B.. 

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200  do. 860.137  Ha  200 

200  ni.  Cen b.c  5a      300 

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218  a  k  P.Q'd.b.c.sS.  9u%  iJOO 

1000.  Sl  H.  I..t>.c.a3.  99% 

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100  do 32% 

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jOO  do 61 

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100  C,M.ft8tP.b.c.83  18% 

600  do 18% 

3U0C.,  M.  ft  St.  P.  PC, 

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60  C  C  C.  ftL.b.o.  26 

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100  Pac.  or  aio....b.c     3 
200  P.,  Ft  W.    ft  0. 

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2,000  J«.J.C.l8t.oon.  66% 

200  Del.  ftUnd. 46 

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110  do..........  453. 

600  do 46 

600  do 830.  45 

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45  do 46 

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800  West  Un :..  t59% 

130(1  do 69% 

1000  Padfio  Mall 24% 

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900  Mich.  Cen. 44% 

25  Panama 122 

100  IIU  Cent. 5134 

100  do 8l0.  6I34 

100  do b3.  51% 

100  North- w.  Pf. 51 

100  Cen.  ot  N.  J 14'8 

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100  do 14% 

400  do 14% 

215  Bock  Island 99% 

50  do 99% 

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200  St.  Panl 18% 

200  8t  PaulPref...84.  48% 

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^  GOYKBHUENT  STOCKS— 3  F.  U. 

•«0,000  U.  B.  6a,  '81,  |$1,600  U.  S.  58, 10-40 

B 112%  C 114% 

^•TfiOOV.i*.    5-20   C  110,000 U.  B.    6b,    '81, 

■66 108%!  B. 110% 

2,000  0.  a.  6-20  C,  120,000  0.  8.   5b,  '81. 

»67. ...ill2%i  O llO^fl 

18.000 D.B.10-40B...110%1 10,000  U.S.  4%B,'91.107% 

SSCOND  BOABO^l  F.  M- 
.^1,000 Mo.  6»,  lon»..106%      6  U.  S.  Bx......b.c.  61% 


8.000      do..: 105% 

16,000  Tenu.  6s,  n-a..  42% 
4,000 Teon.  Ba,  new.  42^ 
1,000  LehlKb  ftW.B. 

Con 38 

^0,000      do b30.  36 

6,000  S.  J.  C.lst,n..l02 
11,000  K.  J.    C.    Isl. 

•on......b.c.  68 

6,000  N.  J.  C.  co&T..  60 
1,000  M.  ft  St.  P.,  C 

ftM.S 97% 

S,OOOIiQL  ft  St.  P., 

c.  a.  f. 88% 

4,000  Erie  4tb .104 

1,000  Bne  5th 100% 

1,000  Cen.  P.  gold..  107% 
2,000  Cen.  Pao.  lat, 


C  ft  O.  Br...  89%  1.00  0.,a,  C.  ft  l.b.0.  24% 


8.000  C.  Pao.  lat.  ..104 !« 

lOBIColN.  Y 118 

'68  Met.  Bank 134 

S  Park  Bank ..115 

;S0OP»e.MaU b.a  24% 

100  Del,  ft  U b.c  46% 

aoo  do 46% 

ht/O  do 48% 

=000        do tea  46 

*00  do 46% 

[.26  do _  46% 

loo  do _  46% 

SOO  do 41 

000  do 47% 

.800  West.  0n..b.e.a3.  69% 


200  Erie  fiaU..b.c.83.     8% 

500  do b3.     8I4 

aoo  do 83.     8% 

300  Mioli.  Cen b.a  4434 

300  do 44% 

1200  do 45 

100nn.Pac b.c  6634 

100  IkS.  &M.a...D.c  51% 

700  do 83.  51 

100  do 61% 

400  do 51% 

1450  do 61% 

1000         do 61% 

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200  do..., 90 

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100  0.  ft  B.  W.  Pi.b.c  61% 
100  do 61% 


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100    ■       do 14% 

20O  do 14»4 

700  do 14% 

200  do 1434 

600  do 14% 

300  do 16 

400  do c.  14% 

700  do 1434 

660  C.  ft  B.  I b.c  991a 

400  do ..bS.  89% 

1000  Chi.,  MIL  ftSLP. 

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600  do 4734 

SOO  do 860.  47% 

300  do 48% 

300  D.,  Ik  ft  W Uo.  66% 

2700  do 65% 

700  do 66 

125  do 83.  66% 

1000  Ohio  ft  M.... b.0.     6 
100  Han.  ft  St.  Jo.....  11% 
l(J0Alb.itS....b.o.83.  60 
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10  do 83.  69% 

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IUll.X.C.ftU....U&  99% 

10  do 99% 

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10  do.. 99% 

K»  do 99% 

BAIiCS  raOM  2:30  TO  3  F.   ■. 

500  Lake  Shore 61% 

luoO         do...i...83.  51% 

600  do.. 61% 

800 


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loOaoBth«wwt.Piet  el's 


Tdesday.  Feb.  13— P.  M. 
The  dealings  on  the  Stock  Exchange  cob- 
tinae  to  reflect  the  feelinj;  of  depression  which 
exists  in  specalative  circles  an  to  the  future 
of  values,  and  to-day  a  majority  of 
the  active  stocks  reeorded  a  lower 
range  of  prices.  The  market  opened 
at  a  decline  of  Vi  to  2  ^  cent,  as  eompared  with 
yesterday's  closing  figures,  and  before  midday 
prices  dropped  oflf  ^  to  4  !?  cent,  except  for 
the  North-western  shares,  which  were  strong 
and  higher  throughout  the  day.  In  the  after- 
noon chore  was  a  general  recovery  of  ^  to  3^ 
¥'.cent.,  but  toward    the    close  prices    fell  off 

&gB,iQ.  to  the  extent  of  V*  to  ^  ^  cent. 

The  entire  transactions  tor  the  day  amounted 
to  208,632  shares,  which  embraoed  45,500  Dela- 
ware, Lackawanna  and  Western,  43,833  West- 
ern Union,  27,450  Lake  Shore,  19.250  New-Jer- 
fiey  Central,  15,995  Delaware  and  Hudson 
Canal,  8,200  St  Paul,  6,720  Miohiean  Central, 
5,830  Erie,  4,300  Obio  and  Misaisalppi,  4.140 
New-York  Central,  2,900  Eook  Island,  and  2,900 
Pacific  Mail. 

The  widest  fluctuations,  as  usual  of  late, 
were  in  the  coal  stocks.  Delaware  and  Hud- 
son declined  from  49  to  45.  recovered  to  48  Vit, 
and  closed  at  47%.  Delaware,  Lackawanna 
and  Western,  which  recently  received  sooh 
stead.y  support  from  its  friends,  was  weak  to- 
day, and  the  pnce  fell  off  from  67^  to  65Vfc, 
with  closing  quotations  at  a  recovery  ot  IVi  ?• 
cent,  from  the  lowest  point.  New-Jersey  Cen- 
tral, after  selling  down  from  15^^  to  13%,  ral- 
lied to  15  and  closed  at  14%.  Morris  and 
Essex  declined  to  85  Mi  and  closed  at  that 
price,  as;ainsc  89  yesterday.  Western  Union, 
which  was  the  leadine  stock  in  point 
of  activity,  fell  off  from  69%  to  69  V4, 
the  lowest  point  for  some  time  past,  and 
after  riaine  to  70 14  reacted  to  69%  970.  New- 
York  Central  declined  to  99  V^,  and  Rock  Island 
to  99^,  closing  at  99^  and  99^/6  respectively. 
Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Central  were  heavy 
early  in  the  day,  the  former  selling  down  to 
50%  and  the  latter  to  44^,  but  a  re- 
covery of  ?4®%  ^  cent,  subsequently 
ensued.  The  North-western  shares  advanced 
from  So  Ml  to  32^1:  for  the  common,  and  from  bO^i 
to  51^  for  the  preferred.  St.  Paul  common  de- 
clined to  I8V4,  and  the  preferred  to  47%, 
the  latter  closing  at  a  recovery  of 
%  V  cent.  Illinois  Central  fell  off 
to  51%,  and  closed  at  52.  Union 
Pacific  was  dull  at  65%.  C,  C,  C.  and  I.  sold 
as  low  as  24,  and  later  rallied  to  25.  Chicago, 
Burlington  and  Quincy  sold  at  113%  regular, 
and  at  112  seller  60.  Albany  and  Susquehan- 
nah  was  notably  weak,  and  sold  at  60,  against 
70^,  bid,  yesterday,  Harlem  tell  off  to  138% 
regular  and  137^  seller  60,  against  140  regular 
yesterday.  Pittsburg  declined  to  90.  Among 
the  low-pnced  shares  Erie  declined  to  8,  and 
Ohio  and  Mississippi  to  5%,  with  final  sales  at 
8V4  for  the  former  and  6V4  for  the  latter.  Ex- 
press shares  were  neglected. 

The  alleged  heavy  losses  of  the  recent  pool  in 
Western  Union,  amounting  according  to  some 
rumors  to  between  $300,000  and  $400,000,  and 
the  threats  of  law  suite  among  the  parties 
who  composed  it,  continue  to  be  the 
fruitful  source  of  gossip  on  the  "street." 
In  connection  with  the  threatened  litiga- 
tion, report  has  it  that  the  question  with 
regard  to  the  liability  of  each  member  of  the 
pool  for  the  acts  of  his  associates  will  be  one  of 
the  main  issues  to  be  determmed.  Mr.  D.  O. 
MiUs,  President  of  the  Bank  of  California,  has 
addressed  a  card  to  the  public  denying  all  re- 
ports coanesting  his  name  with  any  combina- 
tion to  manipulate  Western  Union  stock.  This 
action  on  his  part  is  timely,  ancpwiil  tend 
to  quiet  the  apprehensions  of  same  iunid  stock- 
holders of  the  bank  who,  according  rokthe  tenor 
of  private  dispatches  f^om  San  Fra«;|Bco,  feel 
alarmed — and  not  unnaturally — at  gbB  sensa- 
tional reports  appearing  in  the  newspap  ers  of 
that  city  as  to  Mr.  Mills'  supposed  connection 
with  the  pool. 

The  money  market  worked  smooth  ly,  and 

horrowera  on  call  sapplied  their  reqairementa 

at  3'®4  ¥  cent,  uotil  late  in  the  day,  when 
there  was  an  abundant  supply  offering  at  2  9 
2Mt  ^  cent.  Prime  mercantile  paper  was 
quoted  at  4'2>5  ^  cent.,  with  exceptional 
sales  at  3\i  ^  cent.  The  national  bank 
notes  received  at  Washington  for  redemption 
amounted  to  $400,000.  The  following  were  the 
rates  of  exchange  on  Nesv-Tork  at  the  under- 
mentioned citie»  to-dav:  Savamnah,  ^  prem- 
ium ;  CharlestoD,  easier,  par  to  ^  prem- 
ium;  St.  Louis,  par  ;  Cincinnati,  firm,  buying 
psr,  selling,  1-10  premium  ;  New-Orleans,  holi- 
day ;  and  Chicago,  60® 75  premium. 

The  foreign  advices  reported  a  weaker  tone 
in  the  London  market  for  British  Consols  and 
American  Secuntiea.  Consols,  for  both  money 
and  the  account,  closed  at  95  4^  'Si95%,  a  decline 
of  ^  ^  cent.  &om  yesterday's  closing  figures. 
United  States  1867s  receded  from  109%  yester- 
day to  109%  '3109%  to-day ;  New  Ss  from  107% 
to  107%  ©107^8.  and  10-408  from  107%  to  107% 
'S>107\i.  1865s  (old)  were  uteady  at  105%.  Erie 
fell  off  frem  8^4  to  7%.  New-York  Central 
made  a  decline  ot  1  4?  cent,  dosing  at  98. 
Illinois  Central  was  quoted  at  51.  Bar  silver 
opened  at  56%d.  V  ounce,  being  a  decline  of 
%d.  from  yesterday's  quotation,  but  subse- 
quently advanced  to57d  At  frankfort  United 
States  new  5s  sold  at  103%.  The  Bank  of  Eng- 
land lost  £29,000  to-day  on  balance.  French 
Rentes  decUned  from  lOBf.  IS  Vic.  to  105f.  90c. 

The  sterling  exchange  market  was  quiet, 
with  actual  business  at  about  $4  84  and  $4  85® 
|4  85V4.  The  nominal  rates  remain  at  $4  84Vi 
for  bankers'  60-day  bills,  and  $4  86  for  de- 
mand, y 

The  gold  Bheonlatiob  was  firm,  with  all  the 
sales  at  105^i  and  105%,  the  former  having 
been  the  opening  and  closing  quotation.  On 
gold  loans  the  rates  ranged  from  3^  ^  oept 
for  carrying  to  flat.  The  final  rate  was  1  V 
cent,  for  carrying. 

The  call  for  $10,000,000  5-20s  ot  1865  issued 
by  the  Treasury  yesterday  had  the  effect  of 
weakening  the  market  for  -ijlovemmeht  bonds 
slightly  at  the  opening  of  business  this  morn- 
ing, but  at  the  close  a  steady  tone  prevailed. 
An  active  trade  was  done  in  New  18658  and 
lS€7BatI09%«I09%for  the  former  and  112% 
<3ll2%  for  the  latter.  New  5a  sold  down  to 
11014  and  the  New  4^4  ¥*  cents,  to  107^.  After 
yesterday's  call  for  $10,000,000  old  i865s  has 
been  satisfied  there  will  still  remain  $70,538,650 
ofthat  issue  outstanding.  Bailroad  mortgages 
were  fairly  aotive,  with  the  most  important 
changes  iii  New-Jersey  Centrals.  The  Firsts 
(new)  sold  down  to  101  V>,  and  olosed  at  102, 
against  102%®  103  yesterday.  The  Consoli- 
dated Firsts  touched  66,  and  oioaed  at  65®  69, 
against  68®  69%  yesterday,  aiid  the  Con- 
vertSblM  dropped  to  60,  agaiiut  62'd63Hi  at  the 
'tdose  yesteidaj.  Lehigh  ahd  Wilkeibarte  fell 
.  mS  A  V*  o«at.  t«  3{^  bat  olAwd  at  a  raooTuv  Cb 


89%.  IMiiman  i^dU^ii^  t«i^itktl^  GtlBSI 
and  1884  sold  as  low  «•  99,  bnt  the  former  later 
rose  to  99%.  Qhicago  and  North-western  Con- 
solidated Gold  Coupons  declined  1  #'oent.,selIing 
down  to  90.  C,  C,  C.  Sc  1.  firsts  fell  oS  \i  V 
eent.  to  109.  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Consoli- 
dated Smkhig  Funds  were  fiirm,  and  advcmced 
from  83  to  9i%.    There  was  very  little  change 

in  State  bonds.  Miasodri  Long  6j  sold  at  105% 
'Sil05%.  Tennessees  were  steady  at  42 V&. 
North  Carolinas  sold  at  21  for  old,  Apfil  and 
October,  at  12  for  new,  Januarv  and  July,  and 
at  I6V4  for  Funding  Act  of  1868.  District  of 
Columbia  3.65a  were  firm  and  8oldat72V^'9 
72%. 

The  exports  of  produce  itom  the  port  of 
New- York  for  the  week  ending  this  date  were 
$4,977,839,  against  $3,440,295  for  the  correspond- 
ing week  in  1876,  and  $3,952,534  in  1875.  The 
total  exports  ot  produce  since  Jan.  1,  this  year, 
were  $40,849,.307.  against  $32,939,232  for  the  cor- 
responding period  in  1876,  and  $30,758,635  in 
1875. 

Untied  States  Trbasurv.     I 
Kkw-Yobk.  Feb.  13. 1817.  5 

60M  reoeipts J609.170  86 

Gj>ld  psymentB 343.832  91 

Gold  balance 71.878,^73  73 

CnrrenoT  receipts 625,314  45 

Cnrrencv  parmants 41il,135  26 

Cnrreqcf  balance 43,921,619  73 

Customs 555,U0J  00 

CLOSING   QUOTATIONS — FEB.  13. 

Monday.   Toeadav. 


American  gold 10519 

United  States  53.   1681.   coup.' 110»5a 

United  Sti^tes  5-304. 1397,  coup 113 

Bills  on  London H  84 

New- York  Central 100^4 

Bock  Island UK) 

Pacific  Mail 2479 

Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul IP'^e 

Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Pref 48!^ 

Lake  Shore 52 

Cbioaeoand  North- western 30% 

Chioaeo  ana  North-western  Pret 5034 

Western   union 70 

Unioc  Paoinc B8 

Delaware.  Lack,  and  Westero 68>4 

New-.Ter8ev  Centra! 153t 

Delaware  and  Hndson  Canal 49*9 

Morris  and  Essex 89 


Panama 123 

Erie , 81s 

Ohioand  Miasisstppl b% 

Harlem 140 

HaBBibaiandSt.  doaenn ll'^s 

Hannibal  and  St.  JoseotiPref 35 

MicbiKan  Central 45 

Illinois  Central 5319 

The  extreme  range  of  prices  in  stocks  and 
the  number  of  shares  sold  are  a)  follows: 

Bo.   of 


1051a 
110  la 
11268 
34  84 
99% 

85 

18'4 

4814 

5X^2 

32lfl 

5163 

70 

6S3i 

66  >4 

im 

47% 
85l2 
123 

8^4 

139 

©■^ 

44'8 
53 


HllUMt-    I'Own^t. 


New- Fork  Central 99% 

Barletn 139 

Brie 8I4 

Lake   snore 51% 

North-western 3S^ 

North-western  Preferred 31  Og 

RockLiland Qg'e 

Fort  Wayne lOO's 

Mil.  dsSu  Paul 18% 

Mil.  &  SS.  Panl  Pret 48% 

PltUbars 9i)% 

Del.,  Lack.  Sc  Western. OTig 

New-Jersey  Central I514 

Delaware  &  Hud.  Canal 49 

Morris  &.  Essex 87 


M.lctai£aa  Central 45i8 

lUiDois  Central 52 


99H 
138% 

e 

50^8 

30  Is 

501s 

09^ 

100  ^8 

I8I4 

47% 

00 

651« 

13% 

45 

85I9 

44  >« 

513a 
65% 
113% 

3 
24 
Ills 
5% 
69 14 
16 13 

S4'^e 

4% 


bharea. 

4,140 

563 

5,830 

£7,450 

1,500 

2,100 

2,900 

33S 

9UU 

7.360 

618 

45,500 

19.250 

15,995 

7U0 

6.7-30 

700 

300 

25U 

100 

650 

100 

4.300 

43.8S5 

623 

2.930 

100 


Union  Paclflo 65% 

Cfaicaeo,  Bur.  &  Quiucy 113% 

Missonn  Pacific 3 

C,  C.  C.&  I :.  25 

Hannibai  &.  St.  Josepli It's 

Ohio  Sc  Mlasisaippi 6'a 

Western  Union 70U 

A,  &,  P.  Telegraph 17 

Pacific  Mail 25 

Mariposa 4% 

Total  sales .208.633 

The  following  table  sliows  the  half-bourly 
fluctuations  in  the  QoM  market  to-Uay  : 

10:00  A.  M 105i«|l:OOP.  M lOSifi 

10:30  A.  M IWOalliSOP.  M. 105% 

11:00  A.   M lU5«qi2:00  P.  M lOSIg 

11:30  A.  M 105'>8U:30P.  H lOSag 

12:00  M 105>fl|3:(»P    M 105i« 

12:30  P.  M 1051a 

Tbefollo Wing  were  cba closing  quotations  ot 
Government  bonds: 

Bid.  Asked. 

United  States  onrrencT  6  j 12398  123% 

United  States  6i.  IdriL  reeiatered IIS^  US^e 

Uoited  State*  6s.  1881.  couooaa II319  113% 

United  State*  5-20a.  lc>65.   rearutered..  lOdSs  lOeSg 

United  Stste*  5-3US.  1865.  conDOOs lOS^s  IOSBs 

Ouited  Slates  5-20s.  186V  new.  res lOQSg  109% 

Unitea  States  5-201.  1865.  new,  coap...l09°8  109% 

United  States  5-2U9.  1867,  registered..  11238  112^8 

United  States  5-208.  1867.  ooupunn llJSg  )l-l% 

United  States 5-204,  1863,  registered.. llSis  116 

Dnitnd  Scatea  5-20».  186d.  coupons 1151^  116 

United  States  10-41)3.  reitiatered 110%  II0I4 

United  Scateit  10-40S.  coupons 114'a  1M% 

United  States  38  UH.  rsiEigtered ilOia  llOSg 

United  Sute^  5s   ISSI.  coapoos. 1103a  llOSg 

United  States  4  ^2S.  ISJl,  rezi»terel...lU7ia  107% 

The  Sub-Treasurer  disbursed  in  gold  coin 
$74,000  for  interest,  $23,000  for  called  bonds, 
and  $37,000  sdver  coin  in  exchange  tor  fractional 
currencj. 

The  following  were  the  gold  clearings  by  the 
National  Bank  of  the  State  ot  New- York  to- 
day: 

Gold  cleared $36,918,000 

Gold  balances 1,194200 

Correncr  balances 1.265,979 

The  foUowinz  u  tUa  Clearia^-hoosa    state- 

meut  to-dav : 

Cnrrencv  exobanaes (70,376,976 

Cnrrencv  balances 3.911,733 

Gola  excbanices 6,051,017 

Gold  balances TO7.799 

The  following  were  the  bids  for  the  v  trio  un 
State  securities: 

Alabama 5«,  83 SSisiH.  &  St.  J..  dne '87.  .lOSig 

Aiabania53,'8C 3313'N.  C.6.««.  old.J.  &  J..  21 

Alabama  8j. '66 33>9|N^.C.6s.N.C.R..J.&J.  68 1^ 

Alabama  8a.  '88 3313  N.C.fia.N.C.E.  A.&O.  68 


.^.labama  8a.  '9Z 

Arkansas  6s,fuuded.  25 
Ark.78.L.R.&.F.S.i8..  9 
Ark. 78.  Mem.&L.K.  9 
A.7s.L.K..P.B.&;N.O.  9 
Aii£.7».M.0.&K.Kiv.  9 
Ark.  ^i,  Arlt.  Cen.R.    9 

Connecticut  63 llOii 

Greorgia  e-< 93 


N.C.64.du.c.on"J-&J.    4ahi 
N.C.6».rto,c.odA.&0  48>5 
N.t;.6s,  Fd'jrAci  '66.  1614 
N.C.8»,  Fd'jj  Act.6*..  16 
N.  C-  new  bils.J.&  J   1-2 
a.  C.  new  bd8.A.&0.  ll^s 

N.C.S.T.  class  1 3 

N.  C.  S.  T.  claj»5  2....    2 
N.  C.S.  T.  cla.is3...     2 


Georgia 78,  n.  b 105% 'Ohio  6s,  "81 103»8 

Georgia  78, 1ndor8ea.l05ia  Ohio  6s.  '86 112 

Ga.  78,  Gold  bonds.. lOS^slRbode  islana  «s 110 


llllnowconn.  6s. '79..IOII3  S.  C.  6s... 


Illinois  War  L,oan.-103 

Kentucky  69 102 

Louisiana  6s 39 

Louisiana  6s.  n.  b 39 

La.6s,  newFI.  Dbt.  39 
Ls.  6g,  Levee  bonds.  39 
La.  78.  Consolidated.  57 
Micbiean68   ^8-79...10^ 

.Michigan  63,  '83 104 

Michigan  7^  '90 115 

Mo.  68.  due  in  77.. .  .100% 
Mo.  6».  due  in '78....  101 14 
Fund.  Ds. due -94.5..  106 
Lone  08.. '83 to  '99 in.  105% 
As.y.or  iJn'y.  due  'i(2.105i2 
H.&St.Jo..  due  'SS.lOSJfl 


35 
35 
35 
45 

35 
2I3 


S-C.  63.  J.  &J.„.. 
S.  C.  6«.  A.  &07... 
S.  C.  L.  C..'89.  J.&l 

S.  C.  73.    '88 

S.  C.  Non.  r.  bs 

Xenn.  es.,  n.  b.,  n.  s.  4213 

Teun.  68,  n.  b 4314 

Xenn.  6s,  new  aeries.  42ie 

Virginia  6 1,  old 29  »a 

Vlrelnia68.n.bd8.'66  30 
Yireinia08.n.bd8.'67.  30 
Va.  6*.    Con.  Bonds.  78ifl 
VirKinlaOs.ex.  m'do.  661^ 
Ya.  68,  Deferred  bds,     7 
Dis.  ot  C.  3.65J.  1924  .    72*9 
Dis.  ofC.  Bee 72ifl 

And  the  toUowing  for  railway  mortgages : 


Alb.  &  Sua.  let  bds. 108% 
B..  C.ll,&M.l8t7a.K.  40 

C.  &Oblo  68   lat SS 

Chic.  &AU.  Income. lOSig 
Joliet&Chic.  l.-ft...l08 
La,  A  Mo.  Isr.  etd..  83 13 
St.  L..  J.  &Chic.  l8t-l06 
C..B.&Q..8*'ct  I3t.ll2 
C,  B.  &.O.  Cons.  78..IO9I3 
O.B.L&P.lst  73-...10ei2 
C.B.I.<tP.SF.i.69.  '85. 103 13 
C.  R.  of  N.  J.  Istn.-lOlifl 
CB-ofN.  .T.latCon.  66 
C.  R.of  N.  J.Conv-..  57 !« 
L.  &W.  B.Con.  Q'd.  37 
M.&.S.P.  Ist  8a.  P.D.ll3ia 
M.<feS.P.2d.73-10PD.  95 
M.&SP.l8i79.|(t,BD.  93 
M.&S.P.  lac.  LaC.D.  97 
M.&S.P.lstL&.M.D.  86is 
M.  &St.P;l8I.L&D.  81 
M^St.  P.l3t.H.<i^D.  ei 
llSc.St.P.  l»t.C.&M.  95 
M.  &  St. P.  Con.8.F.  8214 

M.  &St.P.  2d 90 

C.N.  W.  Sink.  ^....167 
C.  &  S.W.  Coo.  bdB.103 
Galena  &  Chic  £xt.lU7 

Ptnln.lstCon 104 

Chlcaeo&Mll.  l8t..l06 
Del..  L.  &  W.  2d.... 108 
Mor.  &  Essex  lst...ll5 

Mot.  &E«sez  3d 106 

Mor.  tt  B.  Con8t'n..l02 
il.^B.n,ot  1871..  97  la 

Erie  2d  78.    '79 103 

Ene3d.  7e.  '83 105 

Erie  4th  7».  '80 lOSig 

Erie5ch7«,  '88 100 

Lone  Dock  Bonds. .IO6I4 
B.,N.Y.  &B.lBt.  "77.  90 
H.ftSt.J.  88.  Con....  86I4 
Dub.  Sc  Slonx  ClBt.  .105 


Ind.Bloom.  &Wn.lat  20 

M.  So.  7  *>  0..  2d 103 

M.S.&N.1.S.F.7  #-01.110 
Glev.  &  Xoi.  new  bs.  1061a 
Cle*.P.  &  A..new  b8.107ifl 
Buf.  &  E.  new  b'ds.  .107ia 
D.  M&T.l9i7s.  1906.-105 

L.  S.  Div.  bds 107 

L.  S.  Cons.  B.  Ist...  100% 
Mioh.  C.  Con.  7.'«.  1902. 103 
Miob.C.lvt8i.'8j.SP.112 
N.  Y.  Cen.  68.'83....104»a 
S.Y.C.Sc  Hnd.lst.C.Ueifl 
N.Y.  C.&  Hud.UtR.116ifl 

Harlem  let  78.  C 130 

Harlem   1st  do.  A.    120 

N.  Missonn  Ist 99^ 

Ohio  &  M.  Con.  S.  i  .  87  la 
Ohio  &  Miss.  Cons..   87I4 
Ohio  &M.  2d,  dons..  5OI4 
Ceu.  Pao.  Gold  bds. .107 
C.  P.  State  Aid  bds.108 
Cen. Pac  L.  G.  be...  93 

West  Paciflo  bs 101 

Union  Pao.  isi IO4I8 

Union  Pao.  L.  G.  7s.l02% 

Union  Pao.  S.  F 97 

Pac.  R.ot  Mo.  Ist..  941^ 
P..Ft.W.&Chic.l»u.ll9 
P.,  Ft.  W.  &C.  2d. .112 
Clev.  &P.  4th.  S.F.104 
Col..Chio.&Ind.  1st.  35 
8t.L.  &lroaM.l8t...9a 
.A-&T.H.2dPref..  88 
l'ol.&  Wab.  ist,  Ex.104 
Toi.&W.l8t.St.L.D..  811a 
X.&  W.  Cons.  Con V.  51 
Gt.  West.  iBt.  '88....104J* 
Gt.W.  2d,  ExC.,'83.   73*9 
Qalncv&Xoi.l8t.'90.  80 
U.  &  Cent.  M.  1st..  83 
\V.  U.  bds.,  1900,  U.105 


CAhlTOnaiX  MINING  STOOKA. 
8ak  Pbancisco,  'Feb.  13.— The  following  are 
the  closing  official  prioea  of  mining  stocks  to-day : 


Alpha, 

Beiofaer 

Beitjknd  Belcher.... 

CooMirvirxtnla 

Califtir&la..... 

Cboi^r. ,- 

Contldance.. . 

Ualedpoia... 

Crown  Point. 

Bxcfatiqaer.., 

Q«nld  and  Ctirrj 

BaleaDd  Nraroross... 
'ImperiAl.*. ........... 

JnUa  Consolidated. . . 

JUstiM.... 


...  k0>9  SdsButh 


Kentaok  ..., 

lietfpard.. 

Uaxioan 

.Norttiera  Belle 

Overman.  

Ophir. 

Kaymond  and .  KVr. . 

dllrerfflll .:... 

8»T»|{e , ., 

eieg.Beloh9r 67>a 

Sierra  Merada 8>a 

tfni»a.Coa*«lidated..      9W 
Sellaw  iavkai.,^^..   16 

aankaCoDfouOaced.  19 'a 


4ia 

IT'S 

8^ 
§?9 


iASXM  Aiftf  f-tSMciAfi 


BT  TO  THB  B0imB(^DEtt8  09  TBB  UOBILS  AMD 

OHIO  SA1L.BOAD.       . 

The  airteemeut  of  lat  of  October,  1876,  ha-rltiK  been 
aiened  by  a  m^oritr  of  tlie  first  mortgage  fndehtedness 
ouil  Tenneasee  sub-bonaholacrs  has  become  biodinc  on 
tne  eabactlbeta  tbamtik 

Anjr  otber  plan  of  reor{tanl*atlon  predicated  npon 
obtaiBfng  the  consent  otlbe  m^oritr  of  the  first  mort- 
xage  iodebtedQess  hotter*  has  now  beeome  impractl- 

oabla,  and  it  is  tlierefore  tbe  Inl^rest  of  the  yet  out. 
BtMtdi&Jt    iKnutholdecs  to  Join    tb?^  part.r    whlota  wlU 

have  the  best  chance  to  purchase  the  mad  whenever 
a  dforee  foritt  sale  wilt  have  be«n  obtained. 

We  liereay  give  notiee  thai  hoods  can  be  deposited 
under  this  aareemeni  up  to  tlie  1st  of  March  next; 
all  bondhoid^««who  IiaTe  uot  aocsdad  10  it  by  fbat 
time  will,  at  the  diBcretion  of  tbe  committee  and  with- 
out further  notice,  be  llabloto  be  debarred  trom^par- 
tlcipating  in  it. 

WILLIAM  H.  HATS.         > 
WI[,IjIAU  S.  PI£BS0N,  (committee. 
T.  UASKINB  DD  PQY,     J 


TH£  REAL  EtSTAl£j  MARKET. 


At  the  Exchange,  yesterday,  (Tuesday,)  Feb. 
13,  by  order  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  foreclosure, 
E.  D.  Ghde,  Esq.,  Beferee,  E.  A.  Lawrence  -&  Co. 
sold  two  lots,  eacb  23  by  100.2.  on  East  76th  St.,  300 
feet  west  of  Avenue  A,  for  |1,200  to  John  Farr,  Jr., 
plaintiff  In  the  le^al  action.  X)  nder  a  similar  ^onrt 
order,  W.  A,  Boyd,  Esq.,  Beferee,  B.  V.  Harnett 
disposed  era  three-story  and  basement  brick  house 
and  lot,  95.6  by  100.8,  on  East  87th  st.,  south  side, 
1583  feet  west  of  4ih  av.,  for  |5,000  to  Sarah  Taylor, 
plainb£  A.  J.  Bleecker  &  Son,  also  under  a  sim- 
ilar court  decree,  Bernard  Boelker,  Esq.,  Beferee, 
ai^osed  of  a  plot  of  land  49.11  by  100  on  lOtb  av., 
north-west  corner  144th  st.,  fur  $3,000  to  Adolphns 
Smedbere,  plaintiff  in  the  lesral  action. 

Tbe  following  Brooklyn  property  was  knocked 
down  by  B.  M.  Seajnan,  but  not  sold:  Five  lott  00 
TomolcinB  ay.,  north-eaat  oomer  Wltberspoon  et., 
tS,473;  honse,  with  plut  ot  land,  on  Xhompkins  av,, 
west  side,  40  feet  sonth  of  'VTltberspopo  St.,  sontn 
side,  100  feet  west  of  Thompklna  av.,  |5,000. 
to-dat's  auctions. 

Tcday's  sales,  aU  at  tbe  Exchange,  are  as  fol- 
lows: 

By  Lonla  Mesier.  foreolosnre  sale  by  order  of  the 
Conrt  of  Common  Pleas,  Georee  Waddlngton,  Esq., 
Referee,  of  tbe  buildine,  with  lot  20  by  113.1  bv 
19.4  by  118.6,  on  Broadway,  east  side,  63.3  feet  north 
of  Slat  St. 

By  Slevin  St,  McElroy,  Snpreme  Court  foreclosure 
sal«,  J.  M.  Levy,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  a  honse.  with 
lot  189  by  98.9,  on  East  32i  St.,  south  side,  350  leet 
west  of  3d  av. 

By  A.  H.  Mailer  &.  Son,  Superior  Court  fore- 
closure sale,  S.  B.  Browaell,  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  a 
house,  with  lot  25  by  100,  on  West  49th  st.,  south 
side,  75  feet  east  ot  11th  nv. 

By  R.  Y.  Uametr.  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
aale.  Pfailo  f .  Bnegles,  Esq.,  Bt^teree,  of  a  house, 
witb  lot  23.6  bv98.9.  on  £i8t39ib  st,  south  side, 
145  feet  west  of  Madison  av.  Also,  similar  aale, 
same  Beferee,  of  one  lot  25  by  53.11  bv  33  by  81.2, 
on  10th  av.,  ea^t  side.  75.11  feet  uorth  of  106:n  st.  * 
Also,  one  lot  S5  by  39  bySl.S  by  58.11,  on  10th  av., 
eastsidp,  adJoiniDK  above. 

By   ,  Supreme    Court    foreclosure  sale,  L.  P. 

Cumminga  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  two  lote.  each  25  bv 
103.3,  on  East  7(ith  St.,  north  side,  205  feet  east  of 
3d  ar. 

By  A.  J.  Bleecker  Sc  Son,  Snnreme  Court  fore- 
closure sale.  B.  C.  Chetwuod,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  a 
boose,  with  lot  21 10  by  102.2,  on  West  85th  St., 
Bontb  sine,  200  feet  West  of  etb  ay. 

By  £.  H.  Ludlow  Sc  Co..  Supreme  Court  fore- 
closure sale.  Sidney  De  Kav,  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  the 
house,  with  lot  1O.8  bv  100.11.  No.  117  East  113th  St., 
north  side,  196.8  leet  east  ot  4tbav. 

By  E.  A.  Lawrence  Sc  Co.,  Supreme  Court  fore- 
closure sale,  £.  D.  Gale,  Esq.,  Rfferee,  of  one  plot 
of  land,  84  oy  300,  adjoiniug  Grove  Hill  and  the 
land  of  EoKle  Fdok.  and  known  aa  lot  Ko.  4  on  a 
map  of  Woodstock,  Morriaania.  ' 


EXOHAKQE  SALES— TU£liDAT.  lEB.  13,  1377. 

NRW-YOBK.    . 
.    £v  B.  A.  Lawrence  d  <Jo. 

2  lots,  East  76th  at.,  a.  a..  300  fc.  w.  of  Ayenne 

A.  each  25xj0'2.-,< $1,200 

B\i  R.  r.  ffamtU. 
1  three-BtoiT  basement  brick  bouse,  with  lot, 
K.,Bt  87th  St.,  a.    a..  15&8  H.  w.  of  4th'ay; 

lot    25.0x100.8 $5,000 

Ity  A.  J.  Bleecktr  dt  Hon. 
1  p^toflaud,  10th  ar.,  d.  w.  corner,  144th  St., 

4».llxlOUx ., $3,000 

m 

RECORDED  REAL  ESTATE  TRAySFERS.. 

KEW-YOKK. 
iifondair.  fib.  13.  " 

49tn  St.,  a.  a.,  175  tt.  w.  of  0th  av..  25x36.8; 

Aoam  Aekerman  and  wile  to  John  B.  Uart...    $2,600 
ProBpect  81..  e.  s.,  50zl50( '.^4tu  Ward;  David 

H   Bryant  to  Catharine  iloyd 4,5u0 

117tb  at.,    n.  B.,9U.li    ft.  w  of    lat    av.,    lOOx 

lOo.ll  I  Samuel  C^Ueu  aud  wife  to  Elisabeth 

Coheu 600 

lo5tb  at,  D.  a.,  3'20  ft  w.  ot  VVusQliiKtun   av., 

liSxlOU,   2:jd    Ward;     Peter  Kuoolock    and 

wite  to  P.  Kaoblock 1,000 

MavumUs   liam  road,  s.  w.  corner  Inwoud  ay., 

50i;,iJ5,     i!4th     Ward;     Myron     Perry    to 

Wthlam  II.  Perry 3.000 

127th  at,  u  a.,  v!:i6  ft  w.  of  -lib  av  ,  18x9si.  11; 

Prankiiu    F.    Sawver  and    wife    to  Julia    M. 

K^ynor. 15,000 

4S>lUst.  a.  a.,  2'J'2  It  c.  of  3d    uv.,  4'-'xlUU.5; 

P.  M.  SheiwooU    and    buabaod    to   Henry  M. 

Niren 48,000 

58th  St.  8.  B.,  280  It.  e.  of  &th  av.,  -JUxlOO.3; 

same  to  same 32,500 

William  St.,  So.  71.  w.  k..  41  ft  n.  of  (Jeaar  st.; 

24.10x71.8;     f.     J-     Betta.     Kiecutor,     to 

Nathan  Stcphena 20,000 

3d  ay.,  8.  w.  comer  COth  st,    'JU.lxd9:    also, 

HOtb  St,  8.  K..  oH  ft  w.  of  8d  av.,    36x60.3  ; 

Henrietta  fox  tij  BoBe  Fox nom. 

3d  av..  snme  property ;  Ro^e  Fox  to  Mmou  f  nx.       nom. 
5th  ay.. w.  a.  01.11  tt  n.  uri24(h  St.  lU.OxSO; 

Ge:jrge  8.  QouluiuK  to  Catbannu  Sauudera..  28,000 
8th  »▼.,  w.  8.,  25.5  it  11.  01  57th  Bt.,   75x100; 

KuKe'ne  Uutor  to  Cbarlea   Holor 14,000 

ISlat    at.    n.  a.,    125  ft  w.  of  7tb  av..  150x 

lOaiO.  '9  part  of;    Mary   U.    Moseley   and 

uusbaiid  to  John  U.  Cad  walsdf  r nom. 

lll!ihai.,  a.  a.,  285  ft  e.  or3i  av.,  •20x100.10: 
Mar.v  U'Uonncll  to  Ulizaoetb  T.  Power nom. 

I'^Sdat.  8.8  ,  200  It  w.  of  Avenue  A,  18  9x 
1U0.11;  8opliia  A.  Van  Demitrkand  husband 
to  Charles  uenner. nom. 

63d  at;  a.  a.,  457.6  ft  w.  of  lith  av..  18x100.5; 

B.  AL  Henr.y,  Betcreo,  to  Walter  J.  Pnoe 13.750 

Waverley  place,  c.a,  between  5tli  av.  audMac- 

dou^al  at,  25x138.5:  C  0.  bigluw,  Beferee. 

toC-Tag 19.000 

78tli  at,  a.  s..  302.6  ft.  w.  of  3d  av  ,  18.9x 
103,2;   E.  D.  Gale,  Keteree,  to  W.  Trotter,  Jr.     4,700 

LEASE  RECOBDEO. 
Sd  av.:  No.  615.  S  yeara;     J.  Heller.  Bexecntor, 

to  William  Cammiu«;8,  J  r C2,000 


CITY  KEAL   ESTATJ£. 


F 


UR  8AliB.-TaB     FOLLOW INui 
honses,  with  poSBPBSlon  May  1 : 

So.  15  tSaat  Otii  at. 

No.  77  Weal  11th  st 


ujidiaASiiK 


Vo.  28  West  l9th  at 
Mo.  20  West  21st  St.      . 

Mo.  6'2  Weat  VJStU  it 
^o.  40  Wrat  3tith  M. 
Ke.  32  Kaa(39:b  st. 
Ko.  22  West  40th  st. 
Ko.  10  West  48th  st 
Mo.  22  East49ih8t. 
No.  vO  West  52d  at 
Na  24  E  iSt  55th  at 
Mo.  22  East  58tu  st. 
No.  178  MadUon  av. 
For  permits  and  particulars  apply  at  No.  3  Hne  at. 
K.  H.  LUDLOW  k  CO. 


FOR.  8ALJB1— THB  ATTRACTIVE  FOUR-STORY 
HnxUsb-baaement  brown-atone  honae.  Mo.  4O  Weat 
S6th  at;  weil  built  and  arranged,  and  iu  itood  order ; 
lot  08.8:  will  be  aoiri  low,  with  immediate  poBaeBsiou 
if  desired;   very  desiraole  lor  a  pbyaici-tn. 

S.  H.  LDDLOvV  U  ^O.,  No.  3  Pine  st 


FOR    SAIiK-lN    13TH    dT.,    NKAR   7fH   AV..    A 
three-itury  biick  bouse,   2u.  10x60  feet;  in  nood 
order;   price  $12,500. 

ALSO,    ■ 
A  house  in  Lexineton  »v. ,  near  28th  st;  price  $16,000,' 
li.  H.  LUuLOW  k  CO.,  Mo.  3  Pine  et 


AnOUrsB   IN   BOND   ST.   F(IK  !!lAt.KOBTO 

let,  orleasH  for  business  uurposes;  has  extension 

of  first  hour,  with  (rood  li^ht  for  omces.  Inquire  at  Mo. 
79  William  st.,  in  din.uff-room. 


tPO.DUO  all  p; 

pHBte\l  list    ISAAC 


TO  9U0,0(I0  FOR  HOUfSBH  IN 

■■■"■.    Call  or  send  for 
Broadway,  rooms 


piiBte'a  list    ISAAC  HOMO.  No.  11 
O.  and  U..  basement 


arts  of  the  City.    Call  or  send  for 
II 


A  [iAUt^JB  MU^lBBtt  OF  HUCciISS  BBLONQ- 
,la.ioK  to  estates  and  iustitntiiins  for  sale  or  rent  at 
low  rates.      KlMQUAN  i'.  PAUS.  Nu.  42   East  23d  at 


^OOgLTO^REAX^ESTATE. 

FOli        tSAJLK-OVVELLINQS,  BE6wN-8TONG 

taunts.  Irum  $3,O0U  to  SlU.OuO.  Also ,  oue.  plate- 
glass  and  brown-stonu  front  store.  C-  &  W.  J. 
BBDKLL,    builders,  1*0.  327  Smith   st,  Brooklyn. 


JCOU^E^REAI^ESTATE^ 

FOR  SALk— A.  BEAtTriFDli  OOONTrF  HE8I- 
dence  in  New-Jersey,  oue  hoar  from  foot  of  Cort- 
landi  St.:  location,  tiUO  leei  above  tide- water;  perfect- 
ly heaitby,  ana  no  uiasqiiitoes;  bouta  has  all  modern 
improvemeuts;  hot  and  cold  water,  marble  maotels, 
kc;  supplied  with  witter  from  sprini;  on  elde  hill ; 
view  from  bouse  very  exteuSive;  bandaome  lawn; 
fruit  and  sliade  trees  in  quantities.  For  Airthar  par- 
ticulars apply  to  T.  ii.  saiii'UBRO,  Mo.  145  Broadway. 
Boom  No.  19. 


AWONDBRFUL.  BARGAIN-FARM  61 
acres;  (toudfenoes;  ftmit;  two  boosea;  15  reomS; 
Bbade;  Cnor  barna,-  and  numerous  outbaildinga  ;  ail 
in  order,  near  bommarvUle,  in.  J.:  lu  a  yillofte  opposite, 
store.  Post  Offloe,  depot,  ttc  ;  very  healthy  licaUty  ; 
forced  aale;  ouiy  $6.^60.  BTANLBlf  yBBQUSOl^, 
Ma  101  Broadway. 


mmm 


mmmmm 


mamammmmmammltk 


d)1    ARA  -^BKMS  TO  SUIT-WILL  Bl 
<3)X*\.r<Lf.\/*a   huuse,   bIx    rooms,    tUll  lot;    a 
Very   nice   houae,    seven  rooms,   for  $3,600 ; 
"  ard,  Blicabeih,  S.  J.     Bee  cu 

KkLLOQQ,  Ma  S  Broadway,  City. 


BUY 

1 80 

Other 


housea,  $800  upward,  Blicabeih,   M.  J.     Bee  circnlarB. 
"kLi "    — 


OKAJNUK.  >.  J.-cooM  t-Kf  HUU888.  1..4K0M. 
andvil.aice  ints  lor  sate;  a  en  eat  variety.  .Usoi 
iXimialied  and  unfuruiahed  iiouoea  to  let  for  season  oc 
jear,  hy  WalTKb  R.  sMiTH.  tormer-y  BlockweJ  k 
Rn.ltJi.UrniiaB.  uuruKT  oriaain  !ind    ■''ooesta. 

FKUIT  ANU  POULTRY  FAKAI— 20  ACBBS, 
ten-rooacottaxe;  laise  lawn,  Bptlnx,  bruok,  groves, 
kii-i  ten  miles  ftom  tiewrTork;  boau  or  oanj'tiruis 


easy; 


cottage;  large  lawn,  Bptlnx,  bruok,  groves, 
^   IS  ftoin  iiewrTork;  boau  oroani'tiru 
S5,60p.  .  .  OLiyBB,  Na  162  Broadway, 


FORHALK-ttiiicXCHAMUK— 1.<*  Pi.AlMFUtl.0- 
plot  luuxlSO,  «a. i^Mridjur.,  b«tw«ea  BIloafeetUAt. 
and  Pembeiton  av.  nais  offer  *o  VAf-BoxK*.  177 
B«atOxaBg»,M^* 


T^IGHTT-FiFrenSlMiBaTl^BW-IOB 

■^-'pteme  Court— City  toA  Oenat^  of  Kew  Tortd— 
FBAKCIS  £.  WALBS,  *piaintur;  against  IiBWte  J. 
PBILLiP.S,  WllUoin  /.  Metweod,  John  Botke.  and 
Fvederiek  Lewis,  ••  Aasicnees  of  Iisw}s  J-  Hiilllps,  fbr 
the  benefit  of  creditors'  dafbndonta. — ^ta  pnxsaanoe  of 

ajudgment  of  foreclosore  aind  sale,  made  and  entered 
in  the  above-entitled  acUon^  beorliiK  «late  the  15th 
day  of  Ilovam1>er,  1876,  I.  Sobert  towell,  the  Beferee 
in  said  jodgmeut  named,  will  sell  at  pnbliaaaotion,  at 

the  lixcbange  Salesroom,  No.  Ill  B.'oadway.  in  tl)^ 
City  of  New- York,  by  Beoj.  P.  Pairchild,  auetloueer, 
ontiATURDA^,  tbe  24tb  day  of  Febmary.  1»77,  at  1^ 
o'clock  aoon  of  that  day.  tha  tbilowlng-descrlbed 
premises  to  wic:  All  those  six  certain  lots,  pieces, 
aud  parcels  of  land  known  aud  diBtin)taisfaed  on  a  oi-r- 
talu  map  or  lands  in  Bioomlosdale.  i<i  the  Oate)  12th 
Ward  of  tbe  city  of  New-loric,  belooging  to  William 
W.  Woulsey.  made  iv  Edwin  J.  Kmiih,  «>ty  Surveyor, 
in  June,  1835,  with  alterations  and  additions  made  la 
May.  1863,  and  filed  in  the  nffice  of  the  Register  of 
tlie  Cit.v  aud  County  ot  Mew-Tora,  in  tan  ease  219,  aa 
Numbers  281.  28;2,  283,  284,  285.  and  28S,  which  said 
BIX  lots,  taken  together,  are  bounded  aud  described  as 
follows:  Beginning  at  »  point  on  the  norther l.y  side  of 
Kighty-tlfth  street,  distaat  two  hundred  feet  eatiterly 
from  the  eaeterly  Bide  of  the  jiiuth  avenue,  and  thence 
ruimine  northerly  ami  parallel  with  the  Ninth  avenue 
one    hundred   te«t|     toeuce    runnlu<!    easterly    aud 

Sarallei  with  Ki<iht.y-nt'th  street,  one  hundred  and 
ft.y  feet;  tbence  southt'rly  and  parallel  with  tbe 
Ninth  avenae,  one  hnndreil  feet,  to  Eiehty-fifth  street, 
and  thence  westerly  along  Kighty-fifth  stn-et,  one 
hundred  and  fifty  fuet,  to  the  place  of  beginning. — 
Dated  Mew-york,  February  2,  1S77. 

BOBERT  8BWELL,  Referee. 
0.  W.  (.'OTTBRiLLiPlaiutifTB  Attorney,  No.  175  Broad- 
way, New-York.  f3-law3w8 


AsRiAir  H.  Uvi/jKu;  Auctioneer. 
SUPREniR  buURT  HAlJ£. 

Honae  and  lot,  aouth  aide  of  124tH  ST.,  79   feet    6 
inches  west  01  3d  av.,  to  be  sold  at  auction  on 

THUK8D.AY,  FliB.  15, 
At  12  O'clock,  at  the  Bxchange  Bales-room,  No.  Ill 
Broauway.     B.  C.  CUBTWuOU.  iieferr>e. 

ADRIAN  a.  MULiiER  k  SON,  Auctioneers.  Mo.  7  Finest. 


Adkun  H.  MotJ.BR,  Auutloueer. 

AUCTtOM  !!iAL.B  Oif  FBAMB  BUXIiDlNG 
AND'IiOT.  Bitoate  on  tbe  south  aide  of  124tti  at, 
64  feet  west  of  3d  av.,  on  THURSOaT,  Feb.  16,  at  12 
O'clock,  at  tbe  Kzcbange  ^ales-roum,  No.  Ill  Brood- 
way.         ADRIAN  H.  MULLBR  &,  SON,'  Auctioneers. 

TO  RBNT,  UNFURNXSUBO. 

Irving  pi.,  eor.  18th  et,  4-8t'y  browo-ftune,  25x76x106. 
Lafayette  pL.  cor,  4th  st.,  3-story  brick,  23x8Uxlo0. 
Wosbiugtoasq.,  north,  bet  (Juiyeralty  pt  and  Gtliav., 

3-stury  br.,  31x00  andext'nxlaO,  aau  stable  25x25. 
Maaiaonav.,  nnar  32d  st.,  4-stor.y,  French  basement 

brown-stone.  Iti.8x65?:l«'0. 
4,h  av..  near  2oth  st,  4-story  English  basement  brick, 

20x6o»76. 
W.   2tith  st,  near  Broadway,  4-story  brown-stone,  2dx 

00x100. 
E.  29th  St.  near  Madison  av.,  4-story  brown-stone,  20x 

60,  and  2-8tory  extensloii  xlOO. 
E.  3dth  st,  nearStb  av.,  4-story  French  basement  b'r- 

stone,  ^22x70x100. 
E.  49tb  st,  near  Madison  av.,  4-story  brown-stone,  26x 

60,  and  2  story  back  building. 
Clinton  pi.,  near  5th  av.,  3-story  brown-stone.  25x50x 

100,  partly  furnished. 

FURNISHED. 

Madlsnn  av„  corner  42d  St.,  4-story  brown-stone,  26x 

.66x1 00,  per 'annum. 
Madison  av.,   near  ti6tb  st,  4-atory  brown-stone,  22x 

55,  and  extension  xlOO. 
Madison  av.,  near  82a  St.,  4-8tory  French  baeement 

brown-stone,  16.8x60x100. 
E.    14tb  St..   near  5th  av.,   4'9tory  brick,  25x60,    aod 

3-story  extension  xl03. 
W.  17tb  Bt,  near  5tu  av.,  4-atory  English  basement 

brown-stone,  18.6x75x100. 
W.  '2'.2d  st,  near  &tb  av..  4-8tory  b'n stone,  28x65x100. 
W.  34in  St.,  near  5tb  av.,  4-story  b'n-8toDe,2dxtl0xlO0- 
W.  38tb  Bt,  close  to  5th  uv..  4-st'y  b'n-8t'e,25x66xl00. 
£.  38th  ST.,  near  Uauisouav.,  4-story  orown-atone,  25x 

66x100,  per  annum. 
W.  40th  Bt.  near  5ta  av.,  4-st'v  b'n-stone.  20x65x100. 
£.  49tb  st,   n'r  Madlsou  av.,  4-Bt'y  b'n-atoue,   2Ux6UX 

100. 

AT  A  BARGAIN,  AND  MANY  OTHERS.  DESIRABLE 
HOUSES  ON  TBK  LEAUIisO  AVENUES  ANC  CROSS 
8  IBB  11TB. 

Full  list  and  informatinn  on  application  to 

HOJlt<.R  MOtcGAN,  No.  2  Pine  st. 


A  T  A.  T.  »TB  WARl>s  UARUKN  ClT  V,  L.I. 

TO  LET,  SEVERAL  ELliGANT  and  CONVENIENT 
DWELLINGS,  fitted  for  Winter  aod  Summer  residences, 
with  all  the  modern  improvements,  inclaolng  gas  and 
water  from  Public  Worke,  Gardens,  kc 

RENTS  from  $->oO  to  $1,000  per  annum,  according  to 
size  and  quallt.v  of  bouse  and  groundn. 

TflAI.NS  BY  Flushing,  North  Shore  and  Central  Rail- 
road, via  Long  Island  City  or  Hunter's  Point,  at  9:03 
A.  M.  and  12:32.  2:05,  3:32,  4:03.  5:03,  6:05,  and  7:05 
P.  M.  Keturning,  6:56,  7:27.  8:38,  and  10:27  A.  M.; 
2:20.  4:58,  6:29,  and  9:40  P.  M.  week  days. 

6UNDAT  TRAI.N'S  :  i>:15  A.  .M.  and  4:33  Y>.  H.,  return- 
ing 8:22  A.  M.  and  4:41  P.  M.  Boats  connect  with 
train  fTom  foot  of  34th  Bt,  leaving  15  minutes  pre- 
viouBly.  Splendid  cars,  beautiful  nde,  and  unsurpassed 
hotel  and  restaurant  near  the  station. 

APPLY  to  W.  R.  HINSDALE,  Manager,  at  office  adja- 
cent to  r.iilroad  statlDiL 


LONG    BRANCH,     itlON.nOUrU    BBACU, 
abd    Seabnsht  cottaees  to  rent  for  the  Summer. 
Full  particulars  and  catalogues  may  be  had  trota 

F.  G.  k  C.  8.  BKilWN, 
No.  90  Broadway. 


NEWPORT,  K.I.— FOB  BiiN  I'.  FOB  TUK  SUtt 
mer,  a  furuisbed  cottagu  on  Washington  St..  with 
fine  view  of  tbe  Bay.  Apply  to  SAilUEL  0.  TATUM. 
Cincinnati,  Ubio. 


»0»»K.-SI0N     NOW    OR     MAY.— CALL    FOB 
urinteu  list.    Open  evenings. 

MORKIS  B.  BAER  &  CO.,  NO.  72  West  34tfa  st. 


TO    LEf— ON     WASHlflGrO-N     SQUARE     NOitTH. 
pear  5th  av.,  an  extra  wide  tbrre-story  house,  with 
Siabie.  hOUEtt  MOKQAN,  No.  2  Pine  st 


HOE^ES&EOOMSJ^AJTTBD 

AN7iai^^^MVK"'RooarTijS^^ 

housekeeping  b.y  an  American  tamlty;  must  be 
situated  between  14th  an  I  40tU  5ts.,  and  6tU  aod  8tb 
ava;  private  bouse  preferred:  gaa  and  uaa  of  bath- 
room; rent  must  not  exceed  $20  or  $'22.  Address  lor 
two  days  Albert.  Box  No.  2'23  Itmts  offlce. 


OFFICES  TO  LBT 

IN  THB 
TIMES  BUILDING.     ^ 
AJPfAiY  TO 

GfiORGE  JONBS, 

TlSUBsi  OFFICE. 


TO  liBT, 

A  tonr-story   bnck   STOUfi  on  FOLTON  ST.,  near 
WlLLlAd  ST..  from  May  1. 

Apply  to  ADRIAN  B.  MULL  KB  tt  SON, 

No.  7  Pine  st 


TO  L.KT— 0.1  WEST  ST..  BEf  vVEKN  VSSTRY  A«D 
Des drosses  sts.,  a  flve-sstory  warehouse,  44  b.y  86 
leet,  suitable  for  storage  or  for  a  manufactor.y  tor 
heavy  goods. 

Apply  to  H.  H.  CAMUANN, 
No.  25  Pine  st 


TO  LKASK— THE  SPACIOUS  NEW  STORES  NOS. 
7l8  and  720  Broadway,  together  or  separately, 
with  basement  and  sub-cellar,  at  reduced  rent ;  also 
third  a3d  tbtirtb  lofts,  about  60x100  fttet:  immediate 
puaaesalon.     Apply  to  UOBACB  .s.    KLY,  No.  2J  Pine  at 


TO  L.ET  OR  L.EAa>U— THB  ENTIRE  MARBLE- 
tront  building  No.  341  Broadway;  siss  about  S3x 
IhO  feet,  with  au  L  extension  to  Leonard  st;  steam 
elevator  and  heating  apparatus;  immediHte  posses- 
ale^.     Apply  to  UORACE  S.   tiLV.  No.  22  fine  at 


TO  LET— ON  UoDiiRATtJ  TKRM^,  AT  NO.  43 
film  St.,  one  door  from  Worth  Et,  a  flrat-clasi  store, 
'25x75  feet,  tosether  with  basement  and  fourth  loft; 
or  would  let  the  store  and  basement  together.  Inguire 
of  W.  C.MILLER.  No.  145  South  6thav. 


TO  RENT.  OB,  L.E.4.ME  FOR  A  TEKJl  OF 
YEARS,  OB  For  SALE— Property  Nob.  1  and  2 
Park  Row,  corner  of  Ann  st  Appl.y'to  A.  L.  NEILSON, 
No.  "70  Broadway. 


TO  LiET  OR  liEA.SE.— THE  STORK  NO.  108 
Broad  st,  cheap.  Inquire  of  TUO.UAS  k  BKNHAM. 
No.  lOU  Broad  st,  or  DANIEL  8.  MILLER,  No.  518 
5th  ay. 


TO    IiEASli- THK    FOUR    isPACIOCS    LOFfS  NO. 
550  Broadway,  (formerly  Tiffany's  ;)    size  about  37 
XlOO;   immediate  possession.     Apply  to 

Horace  a.  ElY,  Ka  22  Pine  st 


To  LiET— CAPACIOUS  OKFIOfiS,  CORNER  OP 
Broadway  and-Barclay  St.,  (Hamilton  Building,)  ou 
first  floor,  and  immediate  possession.  Apply  ou  the 
premises.  Room  No.  27.  


TO  i.ET  OR  UEAtSB-AT   NO.  68   WALL  ST.,  A 
fine  suite  of  banking-offices;  three  communicating 
rooms  ou  Bcound  floor.    Apply  to 

JOHN  WaRrBN,  No.  68  WaU  st 


TO  litT— THE  8T0RB  AND  BASEJAENT  ADJOIN- 
Ing  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel,  No.  609  Broadway,  ex- 
tending through  to  Mercer  st;  postessiou  iBt  May. 
Apply  to  UORACB  8.  BL**,  So.  22  elne  St. 


EltiHTU  AV.— WEST  SIDE  8Tf>RES  TO  RENT— 
33d  and  34tb  Bts.    Apply  to  i.  BOM.AINB  BUOWN, 
No.  1.280  Broadway. 


TO  MANDFACTORERS.— aPLdNDlD   FLOORS. 
With  steam-power,   ko.     Nos.  154  and  166   West 
lOtb  Bt 


rInO  jLE't'— iHii  STORE  AMD  BASEMENT,  KO.  2 
J.  New  Chambers  st,  how  occupied  as  a  restaurant 
Apply  to  W.  L.  cOiSKLIN,  No.  18  4th  ay. 


STEAlU  POWKUANU  FIRST  FtjOOR  AND 
cellar,  60x80  feet,  Nos.  188  and  190  West  Houston 
st    Inquire  in  tbe  corner. 

FFii;B  'I'o  Hent.— soitabLe  iroa  afikst- 

ctass  pbystclan.     No.  lib  Boat  sOth  st. 


ress    Eudeiiie 


LACESk 


W£  ARB  I^PCHIBITING  in 

0DE1ACEDEPAIITM.BHT  _^^ 

THESE    EXTRAOBDINABT    100X9, 

HADE  E3CFiCSSSLT  for  the 

BMPRBSS  £UGBNIfi 

By  the 
MOSTSKILlBD  WORKBRSOP  THE  taSSEKT    A6B. 
WE  OrVlTB  the  AttEKTlON 

Of  onr  f  BIBNDS  to  TBB8B 

Lace  Treasures;, 

EXCELLING  in  QUALITT 

ANYTHING  BEBETOFOBB  PKODQCED^ 

By  the  AST  of  LACE-lCKIira. 

In  C05NBCTI0N  WITH  THEM, 

WE  DIBFXAT  an  EZTBI7SIVB  ASSOBTMBNT 

OP 

LACES  in  EVBBY  GBADB  and  QUALITT, 

Presenting  altogether 

An  EXHIBITION  of  THIS  CLASS  of  <^00P9. 

UNEQUALBD    In    VALUE,    TEXTURE     and     PBtCB. 


A.  T.  STEWART  &  CO. 


BROASWAT.  4TH  AV..  0TH  AND  lOTH  8TRBRTS. 


R.H.MACY&CO. 

SPECIALTIES. 

DEESS-MAKING. 

BLACK  DBEHB  SILKS.     BOYS'  CLOTHING. 

UNLIKE  any  otber  establishment  in  tne  coanti.r. 
FOREIGN  DRY  Q0003,  FANCY  GOODS,  and  NOVEL- 
TIES  by  every  EUKOPEASr  8TEAMER. 

ORDEBS  BY  MAIL  EBCEIVB  SPECIAL  CABB. 
CATALOaUES   FREE. 

i4tH  BT.  AND^TH  AvBUUE.  N.  Y. 


THE   UF-TUWN  UFKICB   OF  THE  TIALESS. 

Tfaenn-town  office  of  TUB  TIMES  is  located  at 
No.  1,257  Broadway,  bet.  31st  and   3'ii  sts. 

Open  daily.  Sundays  included,  from  4  A  M.  to  9  P.  M, 

Subscriptions  received,  and  copies  of  THE  TIMES  for 

sale. 

♦DVER'nSEMENTS  RECKIVED  UNTIL  9  P.  M. 


fmun&ii 


Ifo*.   16  and  18  JXmMttm  *%»-■ 

NEW-YORK  CITY  6s, 

DUB  IK  1879. 

TOSWEGO  GlTT  IB, 

t^  lit  itHs 

BLlZAfiETH  elTY  79, 

FOB  SAtiB  Bt 

DANIEL  A.    MORAN, 

-wo.  <40  W^AXJ^  «»T.  ;        -■       - 

CHASE  &  ATKttS, 

BANKERS  AND  BROK^I^S^ 

NO.  18  BttOAD  tSTRBRT,  NBW.VORlK. 

niTBRSST  ALI^WEO  <J*r  «EPo3rr  ACC0C»T!» 
StIBJKCT  TO  PRAFt  AT  SIGHT. 

GOLD.  GOVgRXVEHT.  STATS,  M0MCIPAL.  AKt> 
RAILBOAD  BECURITIEj  BOCOHT  AND  SObB  OS 
COMMISSION  FOB  CASH  OB.  UPO.V  MARGIN. 


HIHB.lSG't'VtiD  NOTICE. 

CHICASO.  MttWATOB.  AND  SX,  PAJ^  BAaWat  Cf4i  I 
No.  e8  WiuAAm  ST..  N«w-ToaK.  Dee.  2».187*i  • 
Notice  is  hereby  Klyen  tbat  tbe  tellowlne  beads  a< 
this  oompany,  of  #1.000  each,  known  as  ConfeHdate* 
SiafeJiig-itiBd.  Bonds,  have  been  desigdoted  hy  hft  to  v 
paid  St  par  and  seemed  int^estou  prt««ntatieu'  » 
tnls  offiee.  aocordlni!  to  the  jrovisions  of  the  doedol 
trust  seeaiiiig  tbe  same.  "Tne  nnmoers  are  as  RH- 
lews: 


MAR!!lHAl.>.H  SAUK.-BY  VlitTDB  OF  AN  EX. 
ecutton  1  will  sell  at  pnoiio  auction,  at  the  cor- 
ner of  &9th  Bt  and  Seventh  ay.,  at  H-.iO  o'doelc,  THIS 
DAT  :  Two  horses,  one  top  wagon,  one  sleigh,  one 
donole  set  harne^a. 

CORNELIUS  FARLET, 

Marshal. 


A— ONfi  Vt<Akli:NCE,  N&ARl>r  ^£W,  MADii: 
•by  Brewster  &.  cu.;  o  .e  coupe,  one  nark  phaeton, 
ou«  doctor's  phaeton,  r^nd  one  side-bar  top-wagon,  at  a 
sacrifice,  to  settle  np  an  estate.  To  ue  seen  at  M. 
cDRLEY'S.  No.  109  East  13th  st. ,  near  4tli  av. 


AUCTJON^SALES^ 

IN  THB  msl'RlCT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
iitates  for  the  Bunthern  District  of  New-Tork. — In 
Uaakinptcy.— In  the  matter  of  jAPUET  M.  TUURP 
aud  EDMUND  A.  TUOl^P,  baokrupts  — No.  5,450— 
Assignee's  8<ile.— The  nndersigaed,  AsBignee  in  bank- 
ru}>tcy  of  tbe  estate  and  effects  ot  tbe  above-named 
baalcrupts,  hereby  eiyes  notice  tbat  he  will 
sell  at  public  auction,  (by  Richard  V.  Har- 
nett, auctioneer,)  at  the  sales-rooms,  No.  Ill 
Broadwa.y.  tn  the  City  of  New-lorK,  on  the 
seventh,  day  of  March,  1877,  at  iwelye  o'doelc 
noon,  the  following  described  property  of  the  said 
bankrupts,  to  ?rit:  4-49  Interest  of  tiie  said  Japbet  M. 
Thorp  end  Euniund  A.  Thorp,  bankrupts,  in  and  to 
th«  premises  situate  on  the  uorih-easc  curuer  bt  'Tbird 
ayenne  aod  GigUtv-sixtn  street,  known  as  Parepa  Hall, 
held  by  them  under  a  certain  agrrement  bearing  date 
8th  April,  1874 ,'  also  1 68  shares  of  tbe  uuildiuK  stock 
ot  the  East  Side  Association,  ioclurliag  any  interest 
which  said  bankrupts  may  hare  acquired  in  personal 
property  oeretofore  held  by  tbe  Bast  aide  Association. 
— DateU  New-York,  Feb.  8th.  1877. 
fl4-law3wW     THOMAS  PEARSON,  Assignee,  kc. 


AfitilGaBB'a  8AI>E  IN  BANRRDPTCV.— 
A.  U.  NICOLaY  &.  CO.,  auctioueers,  will  sell  at 
auction,  at  their  office,  No.  43  Pine  street,  in  tbe  City 
of  New-York,  on  WEUNE8DAY.  the  VJlst  day  of  Feb- 
mar.y,  1H77,  at  12  o'clock,  noon,  the  outBianding  and 
nucdtiected  debts  due  tbe  estate  of  J.  M.  ATWATliR 
k,  BRuTHKK,  bankrupts,  amouutiui;  in  the  asgreeate 
to$ll,0u0aad  upward;  aiao,  certain  personal  prop- 
erty and  effects,  cousistinz  of  a  safe,  scales,  '2  hand 
trucks,  6  offloe  deelcs,  letter  Dress,  lounge,  5  chairs, 
S  baiTeis  of  viaegar.  34  empt.y  barrels,  and  oue  lot  of 
damaged  brooni-liandles  »Hid  personal  property  con 
be  seen  and  examined  at  the  store.  No.  304  Qreeuwicb 
Bireet,  New-York  City.  For  further  particulars  apply 
to  -  HSNRY  S.  CHANOLKR,  Assignee. 

No.  261  Broadway,  New-Vork  City. 


PEOrO^ALS. 


,KD,  > 

7.     ) 


Thbasurt  Dkpaktmbnt. 
Office  of  tuk  LiOrHT-Hociis  uoakd, 
Washington,  Feb.  ti,  1877. 

SEAtiBD  PRUPU!iAI>'4  WjI<4.  Bli  RtiClilVED 
at  this  of^ce  uutll  12  u'cioce  i<I.  on  TUESDAY,  the 
6th  day  of  March,  1877,  from  Bhip-builaers  oul^  fur 
lurnishing  the  matei^^ils  and  labor  of  uii  kinds  neces- 
sary to  construct  a  hrst-class  light-ship,  in  accordance 
•vrlib  Bpecincatioas  and  dratvings  dated   Jan.  15,  1877  ; 

copies  of  which  may  be  bad  am  application  to  this 
office,  or  to  the  Light-house  luspectord  at  tbe  Custom- 
house. Portland,  Me.;  at  No.  14  Pemberton  square, 
Boston,  Mass.:  at  Tompkinsville,  Staten  Island,  N.  X„ 
and  at  No.  i209  South  OtU  St.,  Fhiladelobia,  Penn. 

'I'he  board  reserves  the  right  to  r^ect  any  or  all 
proposals,  or  to  waiye  defects,  if  it  be  deemed  for  the 
Interests  of  tbe  United  Statea  to  do  so. 

JOHN  G.  WALKER. 

Commander  United  states  Navy, 
Naval  Secretary. 


4 


FRUrOSAL.S  leOB.  0REDeiN»  AN»  DlU.fi:. 

Unitbd  States  Edsinbeb  Officb, 
CoRSSR  OF  Pennsylvania  Ay.  and  19tb  bt. 

Wajbhinotoh,  D.  C,  Feb.  3,  1877. 
Sealed  proposals  for  Uredgiai:  and   the  coostruction 
Of  a  Dike  In  Bappahaunock  ttiver,  Va..wiU  be  received 
at  this  offlce  until  noon  of   WKDNE.sDAY,   March  7, 
1877,  and  opened  immediately  thereafter. 

Specifications  and   blank  forma  foe  proposals  can  be 
obtained  on  application  to  tbis  office. 

S.T.  ABER1\  U.  a.  Civil  Engineer. 

•       '         •     "■ 

BANKRUPT    NOTICES. 

IN  THB  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
States  for  the  District  of  New-Jersey.— In  the  matter 
of  RCDOLPHDS  li.  oacDTT.— bankrupt.- The  Said 
bankrupt  baying  applied  to  the  court  for  a  discbarge 
from  his  debts,  by  order  of  the  court  notice  is  bereuy 
given  to  all  creditors  who  haye  proyed  their  debts, 
and  otber  persons  id  interest,  to  appear  before  the 
said  court  at  tbe  State-house,  lu  the  Clt.7  of  'I'renton, 
in  said  District,  on  the  twentieth  day  of  February,  A.  1). 
1877,  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.,  and  ebow  cause,  if  any  they 
have,  why  a  discharge  ehould  not  be  granted  to  tbe 
said  baukrupt.  W.  S.  BKLViLLe:,  Clerk. 
Ja31-law3wW*  


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OE  THE  IGNITED 
States  for  the  isouthem  Ulstnct  of  New-York. — In  the 

matter  p*  JOHN  PFkIFKR,  baukrupt lu  Bankruptcy. 

—Southern  District  of  .New-York,  bs.;— At  the  City  of 
New-Yurk.  the  'i7tb  day  of  January,  1877,  the  nnder- 
siinied  hereby  Kiye  notice  of  his  appointnent  as  As- 
signee of  the  estate  and  effects  of  John  Pfeifer,  of 
the  Citv  or  New- York,  in  Bald  district,  who  was,  on  tbe 
third  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1877,  ac^uaged  a  bank- 
rupt, noon  his  own  petition,  by  the  District  Court  of 
the  United  States  for  the  said  Southern  District  ot 
New- York.  WILLIAM.  T  UAEl^l8LE» 

f7-lawawW*  Aesiguee,  No.  322  Broadway. 


IN  BAN  RRUPTCY.— DISTRICT  0»  NEW.JEE- 
sey,  sa. — At  Newark,  on  tbe  5th  day  of  February,  A. 
1).  1877. — The  undersigned  hereby  eiyes  notice  of  his 
appointment  as  assignee  ot . HUGH  HOLMES,  of  Bell- 
yilie,  lu  the  County  of  Essex,  aud  State  of  New-Jersey, 
within  said  district,  wholxas  been  adjudged  bankrupt 
upon  his  own  petition  by  the  District  Court  of  said 
district.  B.  N.  ^MflTSB,  Assitrnee,  &o,. 
No.  782  Bfoad  street,  JSewarkrN.  J. 
f7-law3wW-  /_ 


^^ 


Noitra 

AliliBN  DODWORTU'.S  DANCING    SCHOOI^ 
EUiUOVKD  TO  NO.  08I  5TH  AVENUE. 
No  w  opeu  for  tbe  reception  of  pupils. 
For  particulars  siind  for  circuiac. 
Private  lessons  eyer.y  da.y. 

-Sl»*l^i^MMM««*»— *■■— i— ■«— Bl— SSfMM— — ^— i^ 
] lOE-OREAM;; 

HORTON'H    ICB.CRfilAM. 

Made,  firom  PUKE  OKANGE  UOUN  fY  cHEA)!,  apprs- 
elated  for  its  ptirity,  richness,  and  certainty  of  being 
deilyered  tn  gOod  order. 

Charlotte  Rnase    and  Jellyt    deHclons    and 
cbeap. 
Nos.  805  4th  ay.,  1,264  Broadway,  and  75  Chatham  Bt 

1Tllj!«t4EL.I<'S  ICE  CRKAili  .— TWEN  f  Y-FlVK 
'  cents  per  quart  to  churcbsB  and  large  paries ;  i;har- 
lotte  BuBse,  in  boxes,  to  carry  home:  ITesb  twioe  a  day. 
No.  12  Bible  llouse. 


^^EATJgSTA^TEJWA^ 

EArTESTATE^virEXCH^ 

a  small  oonntry  place,  three  or  four  acres.  .(West 
Chester  county  preferred.)  with  a  good  house  nnin- 
combered,  wurib  from  $3,000  to  $4,000,  tor  whieb  a 
well  osoorted  Bto4.k  oi  readv  made  clothing  will  be 
{HTen.  Address,  giTing  poriloulars,  UANsON,  Station 
D,  New-York. 


Wi 


ANTEO-A  SMALL  MEAT.  HOdSB,  (KNuLUU 
.  .  basement  prtfatMd.)  betWeoetl  l^adlaon  aid  6th 
wra..»ndMth.  aod  Aoth  sta..  AdaMa*  habTick,  .\o. 
394  6th  av.,  eoxBttc  Mth  ft.  statiiiK  lovwt  9i1g«  aad 
■laoatti^ 


_JBUSI^[EgSJJUAN^ 

rpO  1.EASE— FIRST-CLASS  MBUIUjI-SIZE  HOTEL; 
-^  splendid  locoltton ;  an  especial  opportunity.  Ad- 
dress H.,  Box  No.  149  Timet  Office. 


AN  ACTIVE  OR  KfBClAL  PARTNER  WANT- 
ed  In  a  flrst-closa  import!  dk  and  manufacturing 
house  established  over  fifty  years,  to  take  place  of  re- 
tiring partner.  Address  ABT,  Box  Na  124  T(in«s  Office 

WATCHES.    JEWELRY,    &0. 


OiAli. 


ELIZAfiETH 


MAttJiuNG  ista  10  t^ift, 


1<»&  SALS   M 


M 


UNBY  ON  DlA.'HlOND.x,  EURsi.  «;i^-DlA- 
.tnonda,  wattes,  Jewelry.  sUrerwaz^,  oomela'-hadt 


..158, 
,67S, 

J,  131. 

?.7;J9, 

5,5S9, 


til,  282,  350,  630, 

1.22s,  1.431,  1,471.  1.482. 

1,774,  1,815,  2.054.  2,103. 

2,305.  2,416,  2,6.'J6,  2,639, 

2,808,  2.812,  2,8^5.  2,910. 

3,246,  3,309,  3,316.  8,452,    ^„.  -,    j-,--.,     -,-.., 

4,172.  4,309.  4,6.<18,  5.030,    6,256,    6,294.    6,208. 

6,326.  6,462,  .^,473,  5,617'. 

Interest  on  tlisse  bonds  will  ceass  on  tbe  Ist  day  of 
July,  1877.  ,  ■ 
JULIUS  WADSWORTH.  Viee  Preeidont.  ; 

Choice  and  Safe  InvestnieiitS' 

7,  8,  AND  10  PBJt  CENT, 
cm  AND  COUNTY  MUNICIPAL   BO.TD3.  .    J, „  . 

FIRST  MOUTGAQE  BAILBOAU  BONDS. 

crry  EAUiEOAo  stocks  ani>  bonds.  ^     ^^^-l 

INSURANCE  AND  BAIIK:  STOCK}. 
QAS-tlQHT  STQOK$  AND  BOND:?.  ...,.„«*»* „& 

__  STWCTlT  PiaST-CLAsa  SECD&ITIES. 

PATBfra  iO  TO  16  PER  CENT.        -        " 

ISTEEEST  ALWAYS  PROltPTLT  PAID. 
For  sale  at  desirable  prices  by 

Albert  H.  Nicolay  &  C6.« 

NO.  43  PINE  ST..  NEW-YOBK. 
N.  B.— INVESTMENT  SECOatTIEi  OtJH  SPBCIALTt 
26  YEARS. ■ 

SUPBSVIBOR'S  OSTICK,    ToWS  OP  SOOTHAMPTOir.  i 

SuPFOLK  CocsTT.  Feb.  6.  1877.      > 

FIVE  FEB.  CENT.  COUPON  BONDS  OF  THE 
Town  of  Southampton,  for  sale  at  par.......$80,00k 

Bee  proyislons  of  Chap.  101,  Laws  of  1869. 
Interest  payable  at  tbe  office  of  the  Supervisor,  a&' 
nnally,  Feb.  1st. 

Principal  redeemable  after  two  years  from  issoe,  «M 
payable  Feb.  1,  1899. 
A  perfectly  safe  inyestment. 

First  iiisued  at  7  per  cent.,  reissued  st  6  per  c«nt.> 
and  now  beiug  issued  at  6  per  cent. 
Original  amount  not  increa:>eil  by  later  issues. 

WILLIAM  a  POST, Supervisor. 
Post-office  address,  Southampton.  -  .-,    ^ 

THE  NEW-YORK.    MINING     is-tOCfiL     ElC* 
CHANGE, 

No.  19  Broad  sr.  Organised  in  1834. 

This  ossociatioQ  has  been  reorganised  for  the  pur- 
pose of  fAcilitating  dealinss  in  the  stoeks  Of  the  promi- 
nent mining  corapauies,  and-  thns  ineeitio|t  tlis.  de- 
mands (M  bnsinesB  arisine  from  the  ineres^ed  develop- 
ments and  growing  importanco  of  the  mining  intTesta 
or  the  country ;  136  of  its  menibers  are  aiao  memberf 
of  tne  NKW'-TOKK  ^TOCK  KXCHASOEr  50  of  rte 
memoers  are  also  members  ot  the  KEW-iOEK  GOLD 
EXCHANGE. 

Parties  desiring  ioformation  relative  to  tbe  ImMness 
of  the  Ekchange  or  memtierBhip  therein,  may  apply  t^ 
the  Secretarv.  J.  WYMAN  IdOR&Id,  at  its  temporary 
rooms,  NO.  19  BROAD  ST. 

JOHN  STANTON,  JR..  Presluent 


CinillTI7 


SIUNICIFAL  BONDS,  DUE  1906.    Al  IIMITBD 
AMODNT  FOR  BALE  BT 

KCHW,LOEB  &  CO,,  NO.  31  NASS^AP  ST. 
NEW- YORK    CITY   BOJfDS, 

MATORINS  1879  TO  1904. 

BROOKLYN   WATER   BONDS, 

DVF.  1899. 
POE  SALE  BT 

GEO.  K.  SISTARE, 

NO.  24  NASdAD    SC. 


OCEAN   NATIONAL  BANK 
ASSETS  AT  AUCTION, 

MAECH  27,  1877. 
For  catalogue  apply  to  ADRIAN  H.  MOLLSS  k  OOt, 
Ko.  7  Pine  st,  or  to  tlie  Receiver,  No.  21  Naasaust. 

THEODORE  M.  DAVIS,  B«<>«tTe& 


AC.  BURNHAIVI.  NO.  83  PINE  ST.  NSW-T*RBa 
•—Investment  seenritiee  oayicg  eight  to  ten  pet 
cent,  for  sale.  Western  mortgages  a  specialty  lor  six 
te6o  yoar«.  KeCerenees  in  New-Torfc,  Boston,  Uarc 
ford,  and  Philaoetphio.    Send  for  lists. 


BROWM  BR«>TReR*«  Oc  CO.. 

NO.  69   Wall  ST.,  

iNBUit  COihmEa<;lAL  and  TRAVEL kr?    CKi^tT» 
AVAILABLE  in   a'l  PAHT.S  of   the  VVOSLia 


<JP  1 5  0  •  0  U  U  mortB8g» 

proved  propert.r.     Apply  to  OE 


.  propert.r.     Apply 
Exchange  court. 


l<OAi\    ON   ROND  AND 

on  New-Vo  k  City  ii* 

oTi 


RANT  BROTHBRd.   Na  ! 


ESTATE   EUNUS 


yeorisat 


_     ^ _         ,      jJIAN    O.V    BOND  AND 

Imortsage  tor  ftve    yeu-Rst   six  pi-r  ceot. ;  gooo 

appUcations  wanted.            E.  H.  lCDLOW  &  CO., 
No.  S  Pins  St. 

I»  LOAN  ON  BOND  AxNU   M O RTlSl AGJB-pOS 

City  and   Brooklyn  improved    property.      Aodr«8» 
Box  No.  6,434  Post  Office. 


CjSiCAGO  and  AL.TON  RAILdaOAD  CO. 

6ECR«rART'8  OCTIOK,  { 

Chicago.  Feb.  8,  1877.  } 
Notice  Is  hereby  triven  to  ibe  Stocknoiders  of  tb« 
Chicago  and  Altou  Eaih-oad  Compsuy  tbat  <-»  cash  divl. 
dend  of  four  (4)  per  cent,  has  tttis  day  heeo  deolar^ 
upon  the  I'reterred  and  (Jommon  otoctol  iblsCoi% 
pany,  payable  at  the  bankinK-house  of  iiie  Comp;iny'8 
Agents,  iuessrs.  M.  K.  Jesap.  Paton  &  Co.,  No.  62  Wl^ 
liom  street,  in  the  City  <>f  New-Yort.  on  the  Ist  day  id 
March  next,  to  holders  who  are  registered  a«  such  M 
the  close  of  busiaess  hours  on  the  17  tu  aay  of  Keont- 
ary,  inst.,  at  which  time  the  transfer  boniu  will  bs 
closed,  and  reopened  for  tranifers  on  the  9d  day  vt 
March  nexr.  W.  M.  LABRABKo,  Itecrstaacy.  , 

New-Tork  asb  Colorapo  Compavt, 
^  Park  Baitk  Buit.DtN' 

.  Kaw-VoRit,  Feb.  lO.  1 

DITIDBND  NO.  1.— A  DIVIDEjO)  OF  ONE  Pgrf 
cent,  h.is  been  declared  on  the  capital  stock  (n 
this  company,  payable  at  this  office,  «n  and  after 
JHarcIi  1, 1877.  to  the  stocidiolders  of  record  alt  tbe 
closing  of  the  transfer-liooks,  which  will  close  6n  tbi 
2Dth  day  of  February  instant,  and  reopen  March  ii, 
1877. H.  OROKNEMBllia.  Seoretary. 

tTOLDEKS  OF  CERTIFICATES  FOtt  tKB 

JZLpast  due  coupons  Of  the  First  Mortttages  on  ths 
Main  Line  of  tb«  Toledo.  W'abaah  and  Western  Rail- 
rood  Conwony  may  present  them  to  tixe  MetroppUtoK 
National  Banu:,  o^d  have  the  interest  on  the  doapoos 
added  to  tbe  ocitiflcata.  .  .  ^ 


n,        i 


fctittwlOt  oes^  aaaiiueik  ^Uk,  coeicsi  k-n..  boiicht  aa(^  . 
back  at  a  very  unail  oovance.  UEo.  C.  AuU 
-lawelar,  Jlo.  l Jim)  Eroadvay.  naor  29tb  s^ 


BLEOTIOm 

XtmCJt  OW  THB  CONSOLtPATIOX  COM  QpHPAffi  Of] 
MARTIJLHD,    tie.  71  BROAOWAt,  > 

TNaw-foRK,  Feo.  J,  1377.  )_ 
RE  ANNUAL  MBBTISG  OK  Trik  SiOUK- 
hoidetB  of  this  oompany  for  tlic  election  of  i'rea- 
dent  and  Directors,  oiul  transaction  of  otber  ba4; 
neaa,  will  beheld  at  iioon  on  Wi:;u.vSt>DAY,  the  21st 
iUBt.  The  transfsr-books  will  das')  at  ti  o'clock  P.  M., 
On  the  10th  inst,  and  reopen  on  tbe  23d  inst. 

H.  c  mCKa,  aecretary. 

Al4     AUJODRWRD     MliEPiNG      0F~tS2 

A.  Btooklioldars  of  Charles  F.  Wlogato  fe  Ca.  (lun, 
ited,)  Will  b«  held  at  No.  OU  Duane  at.,  oh  Feb.  M,  at 
noon,  Ibr  the  election  of  Director*.  ^  ^.    .'      ... 

CflABLES  V.  WISGATE.  Preeldent.    . 
Jans  P.  PoRTRK,  a«cretary  pro  tein. 

£  fi^&CLAL  MEiJTlNi;  OF   iWK  SfocJ 

jpLEOLUKKiJ  au-i  election  of  Directors  of  tne  bUOi^ 
•iia  Bt.  Kovis  Bajlroad   comiMnv  wvll  be  held  on 
86tb  oC  Mar<ib,.1877,    at  toe   office  oC  said   coi6^ 
«a  417  uityest.  bt.  iJVUlB.  Mo.,  at  1  o'clock. P.  u. 
ti.  ii.  QOOUUX.  MecAtuf 


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With  tbo  new  of  aU&<:ia^ta<(£b"  oaaflees  of  aoHtnoa) 
tb«  steamers  ot  this  tlnff  taVffa  ipedfled  coarse  foriU  ^ 

■eaaons  of  theyeir.  HJ 

.Oil   tUt«  Qi?twtadflL<»M»ip>  fkpm  Qnasnstownttt  ISeir-  «; 

f^  at  Bo9tbp.^i«{«iit  Sieti4t«i}  of  5(1  M  in  tittntaldi. ' 
ftrpptbiM  to'tfi^  doiaof  ♦* 

■  iSo  Ih^v  H6iiibT*j»rd  paMjirfe,  OTcmlna  sUa  mendlsn  jf 
11  at  4'^.  or  uotbinstotlie  txorth  of  43. 

":  >io*  fftw-TDTOK  froR  ursRpooi  axd  qowiirno'srs. 
mTHl4...WKi;..  FeU  ]4lB4TiVlA....WBD..PeT).28 
rafei VVWD..  PeK.  21IAPTS$1H1A.W«U..  Karcli? 

Bt^-.ttii*!-*  marfcetf-  arinofciiatrV  ati03r»«e  jwasenzers. 

Cabin  t>h*84ei»,  1580,  $100,  atjd    Itil30,  ^rilcj;  iKicoiWng 

loaoeoranitxiatioii.  itetnrnHofcetsou  faTorabletermi. 
8teer-i?etiotet$  toarj  I  ftpta  »)l  naitsof  Europeat 
»ry  lo writer.-     freight  »na  paa»»ga offloe.  No.  4  BowU 


J!«  PBK  8TBA10-»*H1F  PARTfllA 
li«  Oun»*a  ^^rt  fooit  of  Orand  tt, 
=„»       ^r,    ^    „^-*  onWEJJirBsDAT.  14th  Jetarnsrr. 
877.       CH4ttLE*.r6.    FaAJSCKLlTN,    Ho.    *"  B6i«llU[ 

' — 111,  yew-Tors.  ^ 


Fpft^OBBBrtvafesi    4!jD    urHBPOOU      CABBIISO 
II.1.      i  uWpBW  STATEa  HAiti.  *• 

TW  »WW?»^  oif  rt»l«itn9  taitQ  tli^  b»n<»  Ront'«»p>- 
ieTidMl  bv  Lient  Maraey,  U.  i  !!..  «toin«  soakU  >f 
Sankson  the  passage  to  Qaeenstoira  all  tUH/itar 


tTc. _. 


SATOBBAT.  Feb.  94.  2  P.  M. 

SaTUPDAX.  MerchlO.ata  P.    M, 


fSllM^'lC.... 84TUi«)AT,  March  17.  6:80  A.  M. 
khr\t aATBRBAI.Merob  84.  at  1  P.  U. 

Ptwrq  Wnite  star  Ooolt.  Pt«r  So.  53  Sorth  Flirar. 
Tbg»»-  »teaqjeMrflrt»  nQlfnrtn  in  8i»3  aai  nn9aro»»»9'l 
Sp,  j^fwiTjtiijoijtaL  Tiia  saloin,  st^terooTi*,  atnotoa? 
■■nfl  oatn  rooms  i»>  ami'lshins-  vrhers  the  noise  ani 
■ol^Qn  ar*  leMi  felt.  aOnrdlnC  a  degree  of  oomfiicc 
SUTinrto  dn^(ta)aame  »taA-v 

BAtes— Saloon  $80  *n>\  ^iQQ.  pil-      reiurn    tickets 
•nfikTOrabla  rer^iJ:   etesrau^  Sli 

Vat  tasowtian  of _pl*tja  »ni1 3t!»9r  ratOrmatlou  appi » 
at  £})«  CoihpanT's  oUutM.   No.  37  8c3aaw»y.  New-Y'itt 
B.  J.  noiris.   Aijsat. 


/jVEJtPO"*.    A.XP    GKKAT     WKSl'BKN 

MTGiAW  «<>:«P.*NY.     «LlMlTBai 

tlV^RPOOL.   (FlaQ^e"^9to^Tn,) 

CARBI1^G  'J3K  DNITKU  SrATKS  il.\IU 

TUE-<OAV. 

Lea-TlDg  Pier  No.  46  North  River  as  follows: 

KEVaDA Feb.  20.  at  10  A.   M. 

IlJAHO Feb.  27,  at  9  P.  Bt 

MONTANA Marcb  6.  at  10  A.  Jl. 

WISCONSIN Marchl3,  at3  P.    M. 

WYOMING , March  30,  at  9  A.  M. 

PAKQTA _ March  27,  at  3  P.  M. 

Bates  ok  passkngkrs  REDOCKa 

StceraRe,  S26;  later  mediate.  $40;  cabla,  $35  to  $34 
according  to  state-roam.     Offloea,  Ko.  29  Broad-vray. 
\VII,i.,IAnii»  ie  UUION. 


ajI'tiA."*  MAIL  LINK. 

Bi-.^tosTSiiX   iSKRvios     rci  j.mvioi,     «4Yn 
COLOMBIA,  and  ASPIJIWALtj,  and   f.o  PaSaM*  anl 
SODTHPA0iKlG;Pi>»T.-J  (rtaAsoinirilUJ    Kirac-olH* 
laU-poworod  1roa<^ord\T  atiAinaca,    tTooo   Pior      Mo.  31 
Kortb  iiiver 

>Dr HAITI. COLOMBIA.  rSTH.Yin«    OK  PANAMA,     aiii? 
60UTH  PACIVIU  Pilars  (rli  A8pin<rall.» 

ANDES Fen.  14 

ALPS „Febi  28 

1-or  KING.STON  (Jiim.)  (lu.l  ADX  UAIBS. 

.ATLAS Marcb  14 

Superior  1  ra'- ol  m  liimnc  inooaiiiJl^btii. 
PIM.  PORWOOU  it  CO.,  Asenti 
Ng  50  Walt  >t^ 

GREAT  SOUTHERN 

KREIGHT  AM»  PA.M«»EN«iKR  LINK, 

6AILr.N0  FROM  Pt«R  .Vi>    29    SO«Ta  RtVBR. 

WKUNPSDAYa  and  SATO Rl) AYS  at  A  P.    «., 

FOR  CHAIttiEMTON,  .•*.  i:.,   irL.OK.IUA.   TOE 

MJM'Ta.  AND  KOCTH-WEWT. 

flKO.  W.  olTDE Wt:D.NEBDAY....Feb.  14 

CHAMPION ; S.iTURD.AY. Feb.  17 

SUPKRlOR  P.ASSKNQBK  AGHOMMODATION.X 

InsurancB  to  •l^<cla'\uioti  >T?-i»ii:  >:'  oa*  pT  oeot 

Goods  forw:ir(lB<l  f^oe  if  com  nlssion.  Paissn^er  lion- 

.  «tEaD(l  bills  oMa*iine'8su-'l  MO  I  siTnel  at  th5  otfic«>f 

JA.mK>,  \V.  QDINTABD  iV  CO.,    Asents, 

No.  177  West  Ht.,  corner  Warren- 

OrW.  P.  OLTDB4.i!0.,  So    ti  Bowlin'Grflen. 

Or  BKN'TLBY    D.     HASgLfl   aeaeril     Aarent 

Great soatner-ii^reiiriit  iJltie.  SIX  Broadwar. 


STATE  LINE. 

IIBW-YORK     XO    GbASUOW,     LIVKBPoOU     ODBLIB. 

BGLS'AST,  ANI>  UONDi  INDKHRY. 

These Hrat-el^as- inll-powerei  steanasrs   wtil  salt  ttom 

Pier  Na4(2  ^ortij  River,  foot  of  Cat«H6. 

pTAiE  OK  NKVaPa Thursday.  Feb.  22 

BTATBOF  INDIANA Tlmradav.  March  B 

STATh  OV  PKNNSYLVANIA Tbiiradav.  March  J5 

BTATfc.  OF  VIRGINIA Tbdrsdiv. March  29 

First  cabin,  Sl-0.  $(\f>,  and  $70,  accordinr  to  acconi- 
modariiins;  rfturo  tickets, $110.  S125.  8econ-l  cabin. 
S46:  retarii  tickets.  SSa  Steerage  a*  lowes*  rates. 
Apply  ti 

AUSTLN  J8ALDWI?»  &  CO.,  Agertts, 

No.  72  Broad iray.  Kew-forlc 
STKtiRAGK  tlcKBts  at    JSo.  45  Broadway,  and  at  the 
tomoany's  oier,  fbJtuf  catttUD..   Nortn  Rlvar. 


SHiPPma 


IN.^IAN  l^iNB.    ItlAILSTEA.UKKS. 

__^^     i-OK  OHRiSltBTOWS   Ayr   i-lVKRPOOii. 
ClTI  OK  CHeSTER.  vSatnrdaT.  Feh  17.  at  7:aO  A.  M. 
im  Oh  BICHilOKU.  Saturday,  March  .^  at8A-lL 
ClTli  OK  BRUSSELS. .Saturda,v.  March  17,  6:30  A.  M. 
„._,_  .^„  From  Pier  4.1  North  Rlrr>c. 
CABIN,  $80  and  $100,  Gala,  ^aafcara  M'J'C'ita   ontv 
"ftttahle  termSk     BrBBSiQB.   fi28L   Oorrono?      Drafts 
;it  lowe8t.-.>aJi. 

BalooiiB,    Statft-isjoTns,      Smol«na    and    Bath-roonUk 
taildsiiipa.  JoaN  0.  DALE,  Agent, 

Kos.  1  a  and  33  Broadway.  N.  I. 


fTEAM-SHlP    tlOT    BKTWEKN   NEW-YOBK.  BODTB- 

AMPTON.  ANU  BBEMBJt 

Company's  Pier,    looc  of  -idii.    dobokeB. 

ODEB Sat.  Feb.  lY  I  N5CKAR....8at.,  March  3 

HERMANN. ..sa'..  Feb.  ii't  I  AMK  <!(  A...Hat..  March  10 

JIATES  OK  PASSAOk  PKOH    NKW-TORK  TO  80018' 

AMPTON.    HAVRB.   OB  BHSME& 

First  cabin ., $100mii 

Ee<:ood  cabin 60<old 

••**2t8B '„    3Uoarren«T 

\mmm  tickets  at  redticedrio>(s.  PrePaitl  steerasa 
eertiaeateB,  $32  currencT.  POr  frsuht  or-pasaaffe  ap- 
^t.>    .  QKLKrVHaitCcx.  ng,  2  B owHng  Green. 

ONLY  DIRECT  LINE  TO  FRANCE. 

^'S.S?S15^%'^^*''iL^'*T^A^'"o  conPAirr'*  hail 

•!      STBAMBRSBKTWBBtr.SBtV-YORKANU  BA^Bti. 

eaiHng at  PbYMOUTH  (G.  B.)  for  the  lattJIaj  o? 
w.  1     .. .._      »..      i,  PaMenuera. 

WUI  sail  from  Pier  Bou  42  North  River,  footer  Morton 
■t..  every  altern»ta  Satnroay,  beginning  with: 

C4*ADA.  Frangeui Saturday,  Feb.  24,  at  2  P.  M. 

For  particulars  address 

LOClj  UB  BEBIA.f,  Agent,  Kg  SS  Broadway. 

WaTIUNAAi  law  E— Piers  44  and  51  Worth  Riyoc 
>L^  POB  LONDON. 

BBEBCE 8ATDKDAY.  Feb.  24,  at  1  P.  M. 

^...  . .  rOK,  QDBEHSTOWN  AND  LXVERPOOt. 
toiAland-,.Feb.  5J1, 11  A.M.  l  The  Qneen-Mar.S.  7>a A.M. 
tSbin  and  ateerag«  ptfssase.  and  dtatts  firoth  £1  iit>- 
«wtl,  isaoed  at  very  low  rates.    Companv'B  offices  No. 
g9  Bri'ftaway  V.  W.  J.  H  L'asT,  Manager. 


FOR  SAVANNAH     GA., 

THB  FLORIDA  Ports,  ' 

A2TD  THE  SOUTH  AND  SOUTH-WEST. 

tEEAT  SOUTHKES  FREIGHT  AND  PASSKNQBR  LIHBL  • 

CENTRAL    RAILROAD  OF  GEORGIA,  AND 

ATLAiiTlC  A«D  QULF  EAILKOAU. 

/    _       _      WBDNRSDAS  AND  SATURDAY. 

B.  LrVlflGSTOft,  Caps.  McuoAt.  WEDNESDAY,  Feb, 
[J4,  Pier  HO.  43  North  River.  3  P,  M.  QEG.  YOHaB. 
^gent.  Ng  40U  Broadway. 

.  BAN  SALVADOR.  Capt.  NicKBRaoar,  SATURDAY.  Feb. 
•17,  Pier  43  Nortn  Biyer,  3  P.  M.  GEO.  YONQE,  Agt. 
409  Broad wa.y.  ^    "  * 

I  GKNKKALBABNEb,  C*pt.  CHBXSlfAV,  WBDNE8DAT. 
Feb.  21.  Her  IB  Baat  River,  3  P.  M.  MLDfiRAY.  FERRIS 
k.  CO..  AKta..    (51s  SoQth  st. 

BAN  JACIN  to,  l/«pi.  Hazakd,  . JSATDBDaY,  Feh. 
S4,  Pier  43  Nortn  Kiver,  3  P.  M,  QBo.  lONGH,  Agt. 
Mv  Bioaawa,y.  -•  -s  i 

'  InWance  ONE-HAtP  PEB/3BjjT,  {taoarlor  »oooin> 
tSUMUtioa^  for  paaaeogertL  Throagh  rates  and  bills  of 
.iuOiag  in  oonbeotloa  ifieh.  cental  R.  E.  of  Georgia, 
i  Atlantic  and  tioU  BfilroAd,  and  Fiorldd  ateamera 
jClty  Point  and  inctator:  also,  with  the  steamer  J. 
S.  SCUYLEB.  wUoh  AM  tteen  placed  on  the  inside 
youte  from  Savannah  to  Florida,  and  offers  unsurpassed 
^Mcoaunodationfc 

C.  a.  OWENS.  .    qeobGb  yongbl 

Agent  A  &.G.  R.  &       ^  Akent  U  £U  B.  of  Ga., 
-N<v315Btoad^ay.  No.  409  BrOadw^y. 

1*  PLoRlbA. 

i  CAtitlon  to  trAveletft  Gireat  ledttction  In  flkre  via 
Kbe  inland  route  from  Savannah  to  all  Florida  porta. 
Only  #2  to  Jacksonville.  Me^Mt  anOr  state-rooms  extra, 
niie  elegant  steamer  J.  B.  SCtlUYLEB  makes  close  con- 
Boeotlou  with  all  savi^nnati  steamers,  tbos  forming  the 
nulokest  and  pao9%  l^preeabie  ronte  as  well  aa  the 
|u>west  in  fare.  Aceommodatioiis  for  paAsenJters .un- 
surpassed. Travelers  are  cautioned  agAlnbt  porchas- 
Jsg  lUroQgb  tickets  via  any  other  rodt& 


nnjiFiiniT 

«>R  CALlFOENIA,  JAPAN,  C3BUI«A^ AUSTRALIA,  NEW. 

BE4LANU,  BRITISH  COLUMBIA  OEBGGN,  && 

r  aailiui;  from  Pier  Ka  42  North  Klven 

I    For  SAN  P8A.SCIS00.  via  UTHMDS  OP  PAJ^AMA    ., 

[BCfcim-ahip  COLON,. ...........Thnrsd^y,  Feb.  15 

gO^ecciug  lor   Central   Anierica   ana  South   Fabind 

j¥tom.8ABFEANCISCOtoJAI»ANBndC&IUA. 

tortm-ehip  CITY  OP  TOKIO Thursday,  March  1 

ban  Franclaca  to  Sandsvioh  Islands,  Auatralia, 

— aud  New-Zealand. 

f^ilvCITY  OF  SIDNEY Wednesday.  Feb.  28 

trelgbl  or  passage  apply  to 

P.CLYDEtCO.,orH.J.  BtlLLAY,  Superintendent, 
a  JBowiing  Oreea.  Pier  No.  42  N.  R. ,  foot  Canal  sS 

Ki^-XQB^.  HAFaSA.  ANbviMlCAfl  ilAlLA  i.  SAXi, 

^^Vt  8S  fi^Moi;::::::::::::;»^'SSk^.f2^.  U 

DITY  1>K  NKW-lW>ttH ^...Lj...*.W«due«iav.  Feb.  28 

P04t  > IS«4  l!#»    ASb   ,NBW-i*1buEAN.H. 

_Fuk.  iliiv«ia.    Proitruao.   OaoiPeatjliy     Toxpa^,      and 

j.of  .mavana ,44furiaar„  ^etL  i? 

|^t^aer» will teare  ^e«iM>rieaaa  i''eOL  23ahd  Muefa 
j-ior  VnraUruzaixt  411.  rtieiil>pre;ijrca. 
foifrelcator  paaa^ire.tppiyoj  • 

KALK-'a  jlflttBitd  J.is.  iioi.  a  Ani  Si  Bm^lifaiy, 

tpiBrr-TOnKAWB  HAVANA 

DipjRCT  iflAlL   Llii^. 

These  flrst-class  ^teamsbioe  sail  regniwly 
lat,  3  P>  M.,  from  Pier  Ng  13  North  Riveras 

'cbtDaBUs!!?J!!i WKDNFJ8PiY,  Feb.  14 

'■'  Accoiumoaations  unsurpassed.      For  freight  _or  pas- 

^     my  to  wm;  p.cltob  t 

"^McKKLLCH.  LaLl.NG  &.  CO. 


'ihitlk  to  wm;   p.  .  CLTOB  t  CO.,  Jio.  6  BowJ^ 
•^..ic-L-f  I  "u   I  !7i.i^'(:  V  no..  Agents  inUavana. 


Green, _^_ 

3'AiVIBLli.Ci  Asiinoao  PacMt  ''Omo^nT's  Line, 
i»i  PL Y ilO^  PH.  qa iiaBOUBG.  and  UAU  BUR^ 

'  Bt"iv     ......Feu  JdlBOByiA Majohl 

lKiiAi.L»        nt  52itSSSI.N'G...^..,„.MMeh. 8 

_So?Baa«*r'St>  rivm^tien.    tiOJidon.  Chef botirg. 


ANt)Ho|t  Line  b.  8.  afAiL.  8<tB4AusBff; 

»,    ^  UaW-tdEK  AlTD  OtASdOW. 

4^]St*l5;—|«»>"  17. 8A  M.  I  CihfornlAjlittehS,  81.  M. 
ia6h<»flft..Feh  24. 2  p.  M.  I  Bthl0nf».lfiShlu,  2R  JL 
^  ...^   tfi.OI'ASCtoW.  LTVBKPodL,  ORDKBJn. 
cauins  S63  td  $^,  aoeoMivCg  to  aooommaitatlons;     lo- 

It*b» Feb,  14,  2  P.  ».  I  Dtonta.  VigS.  24.  3  P.  M- 

Cablns,  f  35  to  $7U      Steerage,  $a&    CfMn  exeta- 
awn    jlokets  at  rediiceil        '   '      ~       "■      


■monot  at  entient  rates. 
iJ,  N6rth  Rltet.  ».  z 


waftp  ^tiwi  <b»  any 
iDUiv'i  Pi«tm  20  and 
HMUERiibM  BBOTHBB8, 


rated. 

Uoini] 


Agents.  Nc<.  7  BowUng  Green. 


KEO  i^TAU  »TK4m-.'4aiP  liINB. 

ApfpolntM  to  oarry  the  Bel^an  and   United  Htiites 
malls.    Tile  following  steamers  are  appoliited  to  iail 

TO  AICFWRRR 
From  Pntladelpbia.  i  From  New-Tork. 

VADERLAIH) Feb.  16iKBHItWOBTH......Febb  3 

>EDERLAND Harch  IUi8WiTZKBLii;D,...Feb.  27 

itetesof  oaSsAge  in  ourrenoy: 
First  Cabio,  ^U:     Second  Cabin,  $eih    Steerage.  $26. 
FBTBB  WBIUHT  k  EOJrSTGerieral  Agents,  Phllad'a. 
So,  62  Broadway,  New-Tork. 
JOHN  McDonald,  no.  8  Battery  place,  Afew-Tork 


SITUATIOKS^AJlfTED. 

FEOlALfi!}. 
THE   UP-TOWN^oiFIOjrojf  THE  VIMBH. 

The  up-town  offloe  Of  THE  TIMES  Is  located  at 

No.  1,257  Broadfvay,  bet.  31st  and  33d  ats. 

Open  daily,  Sundays  momded,  ttom  4  A  tL  to  8  P.   M. 

Snbscriptiona  received,  and  copies  of  THB  TISBB  for 

sale. 

ADVERTISEMENTS  RBCBIVBD  UNTIL  9  P.  M. 


CHAI«tBBR..nAID  ANU  WAIT^ESM.-BY  A 
Protestant  girl  capable  of  asaisttng  in  any  othor 
kind  of  work;  City  or  country :  beat  reference.  Call  at 
Ng  360  2d  av. 


CHAiYIBBH..-nAlD  AND  WAITBEfcjS.— BY  A 
neat  and  tidy  colored  girl  as  first-class  ohambei- 
maid  and  waitress  or  norsg  Call  or  address  Ng  l4l 
East  16tb  St. 


CHAmtER-mAlD  AND  WAITRBSS.— BY  A 
respectable  girl  aa  chamber-maid  and  waitress ; 
has  the  best'  of  City  reference.  Call  at  Ng  149  Bast 
60tb  St..  between  Sd  and  Lexington  avs. 

UAMBKR-.VIAID.  —  BY       7         RK8PECTABLE 
ynung  gill  as  chamber-maid  and  waitress  in  a  nice 


c 


family:   is  willing  and  obliging;  good  reference, 
at  Np.  502  7fch  av. 


Call 


ClUA.VlBBR.iUAID   AND 
./Four  years  in  her  last  place. 
St.,  Ju:lalnge. 


PLa1«    SBWINQ.— 
Apply  at  No.  106  Blm 


CHA.IIBEK-.MAID.— BY      A    YOUNG    GIKL     AS 
ehamber-mald  or  do  general  houae-work.      Call   at 
No.  301  East  61st  st,  drat  floor. 


CQAinBEK-.HAIU.— BY  A  COMPKTK.ST  YODNQ 
woman;  will  take  care  of  growing  children :  best 
City  reference.    Call  at  No.  796  6th  av. 


C()OK-CHA.>IBb;B>:nAID  AND  WAITRESS.— 
By  two  aistera  in  one  house;  both  eood  laun- 
dreases;  will  do  the  work  of  a  amall  famiVv  if  re- 
auired;  City  or  country;  the  best  of  City  leferences. 
Call  at  No.  40  Bast  41st  It. 


COOK— CBAMBBR-.UAID BY  TWO  SI8TKRS. 
who  want  to  live  together — one  aa  excell  ent  cook 
and  help  with  tbe  washing,  the  other  as  chamber-maid 
and  assist  with  the  washing ;  City  reference.  Call  at 
Ng  4U6  i<:ast  IStb  at 


COOlt.  WASH  Ett,  AND  IRONER.— BY  A  RE- 
apectable  American  woman  as  plain  cook;  flist- 
claas  washer  and  iruner;  best  City  reference.  Address 
S..  Box  No.  261  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  KO.  1,267 
BROADWAY. 


COOK.— BY  A  FIBST-CLASS  KNGLiSH*  COOK  IN  A 
private  tnmilr;  superior  family  cook ;  can  take  en- 
tire charge  of  a  kiteben;  no  objecilon  to  Brooklyn: 
six  yeara'  City  reference.  Call  for  two  days  at  Ng  136 
"West  28th  at. 


C100K.-Br  A  HRST-CLAS3  PROTBSTANT  WOM- 
J»n  :  understands  all  kinds  of  cooking,  French  and 
American,  and  all  klnda  of  fancy  dishes:  willing  to 
take  charge  of  kitchen;  will  iro  in  the  country;  ref- 
erence.   Cull  or  address  No.  218  Fait  21at  at. 


COOK  — OHA.>lBEil.iHAlD.  —  BY  TWO  RE- 
apectable  glrla ;  one  as  good  cook  ;  will  aasist  with 
washing:  the  other  aa  chamber-maid  and  waitress  ; 
together  preterred  j    best  refierence.    Call  at  No.  183 

West  28th  St. 


COOK,  ifec— BY  A  RE8PECTABLB  GIRL  IN  A 
private  family  as  cook,  and  aasist  with  tbe  wash- 
ing ;  has  no  obiectinn  to  go  a  short  distance  In  the 
countrvi  can  give  10  years'  City  reference  from  her 
last  employer.    Call  at  No.  501  6th  av.,  comer  3Uth  at. 


COOH.-CHAIVlBER.AiAIU.-BT  T»VO  YOUNG 
girls ;  one  as  cook,  washer,  and  iroiier,  and  the 
other  aa  chamber-maid  and  waitress  :  good  City  refer- 
ence can  be  given.  Call  at  No.  317  East  37th  at.. 
Boom  No.  5. 


COOR BY  A  RBSPECTABLB  WOMAN  AS  KIRST- 
elass  cook  in  a  private  n>m!Iyi  excellent  refer- 
ences. Address D.  F. ,  Box  No.  201  TIMES  UP-TOWN 
OFFICE,  NO.  1,287  BROADWAY. 


COOK.— BY   A    SCOTCH 
will  assist  with  washing  and  itoniag 

try:  beat  reference.    " ~" 

IBth  st 


PROTESTANT      GIRL ; 

City  or  coun- 

Call  at  No.  238  Avenue  A,  corner 


COOK.— BY  AN  EXPERIBNCBD  PERSON  AS  GOOD 
cook  and  assist  with  washing  and  inining  in  a  nrl- 
ate  family ;  is  a  good  baker ;  City  reference.  Call  at 
Ko.  324  Eaat  36tb  st      ^ 


riOOK.— BY  A  PROTESTANT  WOMAN  AS  COOK; 
V^mnoeratanda  all  kiddi  of  CimlLy  cooking  and  bak- 
ing; country  preferred  :  good  reference.  Call  at  No. 
134  west  17th  at,  basement 


COOK KNOWS  HER  WORK  THOROUGHLY  IN 
all  its  branch>-8;  good  baket;  will  assist  with 
washing ;  %est  city  reference.  AddrOis  or  call  at  No. 
246  Eaat  27th  St.;  ting  belL 


C'lOOK.— BY  A  AlOST  RESPECTABLE  YOUNG  WO.M- 
jem;    is  a  good  plain  eook:    flrst-olass    washer   and 


ironer;    two  years'  City  reference. 
7tb  Av. ,  near  b2d  st 


CsU  at  Ng  779 


i^OoK,  WA.sHER,  AND  IRONER.-BY  a  COM- 
Vy/petent  person  in  a  private  mmity;  good  City  refer- 
ence. Call  at  No.  344  West  28th  at,  between  8th  and 
6tb  avs. 

OOtt.  —  BY    A     FIRST-CLASS     COOK;     t'NDBk- 
stands  cooking  in  all  its  branches ;  no  obiection  to 
do  coarae  washing ;  City  or  country  ;  excellent  refer- 
encea.     Call  it  No.  243  Weat  27th  at..  Hrst  floor. 

boK,  WASHER,  AND  IRONER.-BY  A  BB- 

spectable  Protestant  woman;  iio  objectioa  to  a 
brardlng-hoage  :  good  reference.  Call  at  No.  237  West 
35th  St.,  first  floor. 


Cook.— BY  A  EESPBCTABLe  FBENCti  VVOUaN  IN 
a  private  family ;  City  or  country  ;  good  reff>rencg 
Call  or  addresa  for  two  daya  No.  226  Weat  31at  at., 
baaeinent. 


OOK-(DHA>IBER«inAlb.-BT    TWO    PBOT- 
estant  girts;    one  as    cook,    washer,  and    ironer; 

other  aa  chamber-maid  and  waitresa;   best  City  refer- 

eiace.    CaU  at  No.  366  VCeat  6 2d  at. 


COOK,    WA8HEK,    AND    iRONER.-BY    A 
competent  young   woman;     best    City   reference. 
Call  at  No.  115  Weat  19th  at. 


COOtt.— BY   A    FIRST-CLASS    COOK :    NO  OBJBC- 
tlbn  to  help  with  tbe  washing.    Can  be  Seen  at  tbe 

residence  of  present  employer,  Iio.  110  East  45Ch  at. 


COOK,— BY  A  PROTESTANT  GIRL  AS  KIBST-CLA83 
coot;  country  preferred;  good  reference.    Call  for 
two  davs  at  No.  144  Eaat  15th  at. 


COOK.— BY      A     GIBL      AS     FlRST-CLASS    COoK, 
washer,  and    ironer;    four'years'  experience.    Call 
at  No.  iSa  East  42d  at 

COOK.— BY     A    VERY     RESPECTABLE     ENGLISH 
peraod  as  first-rate  cook  and  good  manager;     can 
take  entir-1  obarge,    CaU  at  No.  118  Weat  26th  at 


maker;  bv  the  week  or  mcnih  ;  cuts,  flta,  and 
trima  in  the  latest  style ;  understands  all  kinds  of 
family  sewing :  make  dresses  over  as  good  as  new; 
has  lock-stitch  machine:  best  City  reference.  Ad- 
dress M.,  NO.  130  Greenwich  av. 


DRBS-SoMAHER.,  —  THOROUGHLY  DNDBE- 
stands  catting  and  Uttii^g  In  latest  style;  is  a  good 
operator  on  Wheeler  &  Wilson's  nxacbine;  .iVoold.like 
a  few  more  engagements  by  the  day.  Address  Adver- 
tiser. No.  204  Bast  Q^d  st 


D] -  - 
maker ;  by  tbe  week  or  month  ;  underatanda  dif- 
ferent m^cninea;  also  underatanda  mlUinery;  terms 
mbaerate.    ChU  at  ^o.  221  Eaat  31  at  at 


HOIJ»EKEEPER.-BY 
aged 


A  EELIABLR,    MIODLE- 

German  lady,    speaking    French,  to   assist 

lady  in  tbe  management  And   cate  of  the  hodse- 

hoid  duties ;  beet  reter<u)ce. .    Address  L.   A.,  Box  No. 

271  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,267  BROADWAY. 


HOUMEKBEPBR.- BY  aN  AilERICAN  WOMAN 
as  working  housekeePeti  Understands  all  kinds  of 
house-work;  can  operate.;  is  good  hand  sewer ;  wages 
not  ao  much  an  object  as  a  pleaaant  home;  City  or 
conotr.y.    Call  at  Mo.  317  East  24th  at,  second  fioot. 


■BX    TWO    YOUNG  GIRLS    TO 
[b  the  work  of  a  houae  ^pkether ;  ^ood  City  refer- 
ence.   Call  at  No.  119  West  46th  st,  in  this  store  near 
6th  av. 


TjryUSE-WOKK, 


Q0U8E.W0aK.       - 
girl  to  do  house-work  In^a^smali  private   family; 


good  referencg 


BY  A  RESBECTABLB  YOUNG 

kin  a  small  prlva 

Call  at  No.  336  Avenue  A 


LAl>'X»a»  .tlAlW.— BY  A  CAPABLE  GIRL  ;  UNDER- 
atands  hair-dressing  and  dress-making :  obliging 
and  accoatomedto  travei;  City  reference.  Apply  for 
two  days  at  No.  471  6th  av.,  in  the  milliners';  rink 
first  belL  "^ 


LADY»8  inAJl*.- BY  A  COMPETENT  FRENCH 
maid  with  a  fikmily  Kping  to  Europe :  does  not  ob- 
ject to  children ;  flrst-clasa  reference.  Address  Henrl- 
ette,  Na  661  6tn  av.. 


LA 
si>eaks  sevetal,  langua£es;  will  wait  on  an  elderly 
laa.y;  la  a  soodaeafiistreaa;  best  references.  Apply  nt 
Ng  b62  8th  av. 


LAtJNDttE8S.^BI,  A  PE0TB8TANT  SCOTCH 
girl  .a, flrst-clasa  laundress,  underatanda  fluting; 
no  ot){}eotlaa  to  a  large  iamily  ;  good  reference.  Call  at 
No.  43  Perry  st,  flrst  Boor. • 


LADN DRESS.— BY  A  YOUNG  WOMAN  AS  FIR8T- 
claas  lanndzeas  in  ;t  pilvate  family ;  has  flxat-daaa 
City  reterencg    Call-at  No.  21&Eaat  29th  st,  Boem  13. 


T  AUNl)iLE|SS;-BlAFlBST-CtASS  LAUNDSE88; 
Xjiio  omeotton  to  aasist  with  chamber-work;  beat 
City  xeiereocg     CaU  af-  No.  2ol  Lexington  av. 

AtJNiDlCB8!i.-Bt  a   YoONQ  WOMAN   TO  DO 

fine  waAUng    and    chamber- work;  the  best  City 

reference  can  begiveg    CaU  at- No.   413  East  19th  at. 


■|W"URS.B:»— BX   A  RE3PBCTABLB  YOUNG   WOMAN 


cj  is  capable, Of  taking  oare  of  a 
or  has  no  objection   to  ohamber- 


_  .  as  chHdren's  nurse! 

child  from' ii:a  birth:   °^ i  -i„,   •        * ^^-, 

work/and  fiiiewasbiog;  the  beat  of  City  reference  of 
fiveyears.  Can  be  seen  for  two  days  at  No.  264  West 
47th  St.,  up  one  flight  stairs. 


NliUSK.— SYASBSPECTAbLE  WlliOW  LADY  IN 
a  widower's  family  aa  nurse  and  house-keeper :  is  a 
Cd  seamstress,  can  cut  and  fit.  is  fond  of  cbUdien. 
good  reference.  Call  in  the  millinery  store.  No.  507 
6th  av.,  between  28tb  and  29th  sta. 


TW'U'SWE'— BY  A  BKBPBCTABfcB  PBO'CBSTAN:^ 
jj%  ybnng  woman  a«  nurse ;  J^laln  sewer.  Call  at  Noi, 
236  Weat  29th  at. . 

I)JSSB.->BT.  A  .  J^E^pBaXABLE     PBOtBISXiNt 


SlTUATIQISrS    WAI^THB. 


A    SBAT.    COMPBfBNT    BBdUSS 
rl  Aa  m^ld.  orais  nilrie  ahd  seaftiatreiKa ; 

„  bringing  up  of  ablldr'Mi  tborttdifhiy. 

Cnn  be  tseiti  «t  present  ttovmjtti,  kit  tiro  dayi,  Mo. 
10  West  Sotb  st 


"M'PRSB.— BY  A  PRCTE.<»TANT   YO0MG    OIBL    OV 

XI 14  io  take  o»n»  Of  obrdren  In  a  private  family ;  a 
good  1iom6  more  ot  an  obteot  thali  vagei.  Apply  at 
Ng  I68BaaT  SOthst 


NUASE.-^BT  AN  BZFBBIBBCEU  PROTESTANT 
person ;  is  excellent  to  bring  ap  an  in&nt  on  bottle 
from  birth.  Call  at  Ho.  ib9  West  2ltt  st,  present  em- 
plo.ver. 


'WrUHSB.— BT  A  PBOTKbTANT    GIBL    A3    CHILp'S 

i.1  nurse;  jTofrlng  ooildren;  willing  and  obliging; 
best  City  reference.  Call  for  two  days  at  Ng  139  iiast 
40th  at 


NUBSB.— BY  AN  KZPBBIENCBO  WOMAN  ;  CAN 
take  entire  charge  o(  an  infant  from  birth ;  best 
City  referancg  Seen  fox  two  days  at  Ng  273  6th  a  v., 
over  corset  store. 


NV&9B  AND  HBAMi^TRBiSH.  —  BY  A  BE- 
apectable  young,  girl;  Protestant ;  beet  City  refer- 
enees.  Address  X.,  Box  Ng  288  TIMES  UP-TOWN 
OFFIOB.  HO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


NURMB.— OF  MANY  YEARS  RXPBRIfCNCB  IN  ALL 
kindtof  (iokness  or  monthly  nursing;  satisfaotory 
reference  from  patients  and  pbysiclaos.  Inquire  fof 
Lady's  Nurse  at  No.  314  East  16th  st 


NVRUE  AND  SEA,>lSTRli88.— BY  A    COMPE- 
tent  Protestant  woman  on  invalid  lady  ;  beat  City 
relerenoes.    Seen  for  two  days  at  No.  210  Eaat  23d  st 


NtTRsSK      AND      SBAitliiTRBSM.- BY    A    RB- 
speotable  young  girl,  Protestant    CaU  at   No.  340 


East  31at8t 


SBAfflSTRSMU.- BY  A  BESPBOTaBLR  YOUHG 
woman  as  aeamatress;  is  perfectl.r  competent; 
no  objection  to  aasist  with  children;  City  or  eonntr.vt 
five  years'  excellent  City  referenee.    Address  M.  B.  M., 

Box    Ng    377  TIMES    OP-TOWN   OFFICE,    KO. 
BROADWAY. 


B.  Jn., 
1,267 


SBAinSTBE.<4!i!<.-BT  A  TOUNQ  FBlsNCU  GIBL, 
and  take  care  of  growing  children;  understands 
sewing  on  machine;  good  reference.  Apply  to  B.C., 
at  Prainier'B,  No.  26  tVeit  13tb  at. 


SEAni8TREi4!!).-BY  A  GENERAL  FAMILY  SEAM- 
stress  and  dress-maker,   also  boys'  suits ;  by  the 
day  or  montb.    Address  Aovertlser,  i29  Weat  lath  at. 


WET  NURSE.- BT    A     RKbPBCTABLE     YOUNG 
woman  aa  wet  nurae:  mtlk  six  weeks  old ;  hxs 


doctor's  lines. 
milk  storg 


Apply  at  Ng  147  Eaat  32d  st ,  m  the 


t;|7'et  nurhe.— by  a  healthy  youn«  woman 

Y  T  as  wet  bursg     Call  at  No.  488  2d  av.,  third  floor. 


WAITRBStS.- BY  A  EBSPKCTABLB  GIRL  AS 
first-class  waitress;  thoroughly  understands  her 
business;  can  do  up  salads  and  care  for  silver;  willing 
and  obiigingt  no  objection  to  the  country;  good  City 
relerence  irom  last  placg   Call  at  No.  221  Eaat  2 1st  at 


WAITRESS. —  BY  A  Rr.SPEC  FABLE  YOUNG 
woman  as  first-class  waitresa  In  a  private  family  ; 
noderstands  the  care  of  silver  and  mnslng  of  salads, 
&g;  is  also  capable  of  filling  a  man's  place  :  has  excel- 
lent City  referenee.     Apply  at  No.  18  East  3sth  St. 


WAITRESS.  —  COMPETENT  ;  UNDERSTANDS 
dressing  all  kinds  salads;  oare  of  silver;  capable 
offlUing  a  man'r  place:  best  City  reference;  City  or 
country.    Call  at  No.  488  7th ^v. 


TYAITRBH.S  AND  CHAinilER-aiAlD.-BY  A 


respectable  young  girl ;  willing  and  obligin 
reference  from  last  place :    country  preferreg 
two  days  at  Ng  420  West  30tn  st,  fancy  st'ire. 


beet 
aUlor 


WAITRESS.— BY  A  MRST-CLA68  W3lTaB>8: 
understands  ber  bu tineas  thoroagbly;  would 
make  herself  uaeful :  City  or  country  ;  beat  Cit.v  ret- 
ereuce.    Call  at  No.  742  .Sd  av..  ciruer  16ch  at 


WASHING.-BT     A     RKSHBCTABLii 
womnn,  a  fbw  ladies'  or  gentlemen's  waabing: 


WIDOW 

..  all 
kinda  of  floe  muslio;  flnting  done  by  machine;  terms 
moderate:  beat  re terence;  beautiful  nUacu  for  ble:)ch- 
ing;  bv  the  month  ordosen.  Call  at  No.  349  West  43d 
St.,  berween  8th  aud  9th  ay.i.,  third  floor:   Mis.  .Moore. 


WASUINIi.- 
disb  woman,   furtnerly 


FAMILIES' PREFERRED,  BY  A  8VVE- 

in  private  fam  lies  f  tbe 
very  best  Cit.v  testimonials:  will  do  cheap  and  splen- 
did work  :  widow,  noclilldreu;  Call  at  Mrs.  Krikson, 
No.  320  Bast  -.'2d  St.,  rear  housg 


WASHlNtiJ.- BY 
liidies' 


FIRST-CLASS  LAUNDRESS; 
and  gentlemen's  vraahing;  understands 
flniting  and  fine  waabing;  50  lo  75  cents  a  dozen;  beat 
of  reference.  Call  or  addreaa  Mra.  Maloue,  No.  113 
West  46th  st 


WASHING.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  L.iUNDitBsS  TO 
go  out  by  the  day  or  month  ;  can  do  alt  kinda  of 
fluting,  laces,  lace  curtnina;  can  do  childreo's 
clothes  splendidly ;  has  the  best  of  reference  from 
last  employer.     Call  at  326  East  96tb  at.  Urat  floor. 


U( 


"WrASHlNG.-BY  A  SWEDISH  LADNURB8S,  WITH 
TT  flrdt-cK-iaj  reference:  ladies'  or  gentlemen's  or 
families' fine  washing;  the  clothes  well  done  np  and 
carefully  attended  to.  Call  at  No.  159  62d  it,  be- 
tween Ad  and  Lexington  avs. 


WASHING.- BY  A  BBSPECTABLE  WOMAN; 
waabing  and  ironing  at  her  home;  would  go  out 
by  theda.y:  good  City  reterence.  Call  at  No.  1,000 
6th  av.  comer  66th  at,  Candy  atore. 


WASHING.  —  BY     A     EBHPECrABLE     WoMAN 
gentlemen's  or  famille<i'  washing  ;  Clt v  references. 
CaU  or  address  Mrs.  Leroy,  Ng  106  West  26th  at 


"\«r ASHING BY    A      COMPETENT   l.AUNI)RESS; 

Y  T  gentlemen's  oriamily  washing  at  her  own  house; 
best  of  referencg    Address  Ng  417  West  S2d  st 


BOTliER.— IN  A  PRIVATE  FAMILY ;  UNDER- 
atanda  his  business  In  every  respect,  the  care  of 
silver  and  lamps  ;  understandH  marketing;  has  good 
City  refereuci"  and  uo  objection  to  the  country.  Ad- 
diess  H.  R.  B.,  No.  116  Eaat  27th  at. 


BUTLBR.-BY  AN  ENGLISHMAN  UF  15  YEARS' 
experience,  both  in  England  and  this  City,  as  flrst 
man  (where  a  second  is  kept;)  one xception able  refer- 
ences.   Address  Wallace.  No.  350  West  46tli  st 


BUTLER.— FIRST-CLASS  ;  WILLING  AND  OBLIQ 
lag;  City  or  country;  best  Cit.v  references.  Ad^ 
dress  Camllle.  Box  Na  328  TlMliS  UP-TOWN  OFFICK. 
NO.  1,267  BROADW.AY. 


COACHMAN  A.ND  GRUOM.— BY  A  REsPECT- 
able  man;  married;  experienced;  capable  and 
trustworthy;  knows  the  City  well;  make  himself  use- 
ful: in  every  respect  a  good  man:  flrst-clasa  reference 
from  late  employer,  wn*  can  be  seen.  Addresa  for  ttf  o 
days  T.  H.,  Box  So.  318  TIMES  OP-TOWN  OFFICK, 
NO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 


COACHMAN  AND  GROOM.— BY  A  WBLL- 
expeiienced  man ;  underatanda  the  care  and  man- 
agement of  barges,  carriages,  iic;  is  a  careful  driver ; 
is  a  good  vegetable  gardener;  can  milk  and  make 
himself  uaefni :  good  reterence.  Address  Coachman, 
Box  No.  241  Times  OfBce. 


COACHMAN  AND  GROOM. -TilOBOUGHLY 
understands  his  business:  willinz  and  obliging; 
no  objection  to  country;  understands  the  care  and 
treatmeot  of  gentiemi-u'a  road  horses;  hlehly  lerom- 
mcnded,  living  aix  years  In  one  placg  Call  or  address 
for  two  davs  G.  B.,  Na  486  8th  an 


COACHMAN  AND  GBOOM.— BVACOMPETE.NT 
single  man ;  has  a  flrat-class  knowledge  of  his  bual- 
ness  :  experienced  groom  ;  careful  City  driver;  wiUiPK 
add  obligloK;  excellent  City  reference  from  most  re- 
spectable fomilles.  Call  or  audresa  C.  W.,  at  J.  B. 
Brewster's  wareroouis.  No.  145  6tnav. 


C10ACHMAN.-BY  A  SINGLE  MAN  >yHO  THOB- 
^oughlv  understands  the  care  of  hdraes.  carriages, 
and  harness :  caireiul  Cltv  driver;  best  City  reference ; 
can  be  seen  at  present  employer's.  Call  on  or  address 
No.  163  West  66th  St..  private  stAblg 


COACHMAN-COOK.— BY  A  YOUNG  MaBBIED 
man  as  coachman  and  groom;  wife  aa  first-class 
cook;  no  objeotioas  to  either  City  or  countr.y:  without 
any  Incnmbrances.  Call  or  address,  for  two  days, 
private  stable,  No.  61  Bast  33d  st 


C^OACHMAN.— BYA  COMPETENT  AND  BEfiPBCT- 
J  able  Protestant  single  man;  Scotch;  understands 
gardening  and  cun  milk  if  necesaar.y;  City  or  country; 
firat-clasa  leterenceS.  Addresa  for  three  days,  H.  A.  J., 
No.  208  East  44th  st 


COACHMAN. -BY  A  SINGLE  MAN  WHO  THOB- 
ongbly  understands  the  care  of  horses,  carriages, 
and  harness;  caretul  City  driver ;  best  City  reference; 
can  be  seen  ut  present  employer'a.  Call  or  address  Mo. 
163  Weat  &6th  at,  private  istablg 


ClOACflMAN  AND  UROOM.-BY  A  SINGLE 
^man ;  thoroughly  nnderatands  the  bnaineas ;  caii 
give  aatlslactory  reference  aa  regards  bonest.y  and  so- 
briety. CaU  or  addresa,  tor  3  daya,  M.  O.,  Ng  146  6th 
av.,  cor.  21atst,  J.  B.  Brewster  h  Cu. 


COACH  9IAN.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  PROTB8T- 
ant  married  man ;  no  famUy ;  la  a  good  groom  and 
careful  City  driver;  best  City  references;  City 
or  country;  wUl  be  found williog  ana  obUging.  Call 
or  address  G.  W.,  No.  32  Eaat  40th  st.,  private  stable. 


0ACHI>IAN.— BY  A  BINGM  MAN  WHO  UNbER- 
standa  tbe  business  thoroughly ;  seven  .years'  best 

Cit.y  ref'erehoe;    will  bu   found  willing  aud  obliging. 

Address  P.  N.,  No.  131  West  32d  sr.,  private  stable. 


COACHlHAN  AND  .GARDEN  ER.-BY  A  YOUNG 
single  man  capable  of  taking  charge  of  a  gentle- 
man's place;  is  a  good  driver;  can  milk,  &c.  Address 
John,  No.  238  Eaat  12th  at. 


FARMBR  AND  GARDENER,  OR  WOULD  GO 
as  first-elass  gardener  ;  seven  years'  reference  f  rpm 
present  place;  married:  no  family.  Address  T.  O., 
care  Peter  Beid,  florist,  236  Clinton  st.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


GARDENER.— REQUIRES  THE  CHARGE  OF  A 
flrst-clasa  place,  where  one  or  more  men  are  kept; 
is  a  man  very  trustworthy  and  capable  in  all  branches 
of  his  business;  i^  a  Scotchman,  ana  can  bring  forward 
the  highest  references  from  .Scot. ana  and  this  connry 
as  to  character  and  ability;  present  employer  will  sat- 
isfy All  inqtiiries  as.  to  tlie  cause  of  leaving,  &c.  Ad- 
dress J.  Knight,  xVew  Utrecht  N.  Y. 


GARDENER.- BY  A  FIRST-CLAbS  GARDKNBR  A 
flrst^asa  place;  ia  thoroughly  versed  la  every- 
thing appertainhig  to  flowers,  lawns,  walks,  hot- 
hon^es,  &g  .  Call  on  or  address  Garaener,  care  of  I. 
Davtdaon,  Ng  237  Broadway. 


GARDENEB.-BY  A  SINGLE  MAN:  UNDEK- 
Btanda  greenhouse,  graperies,  friiit  trees,  graft- 
ing, budding,  growing  mushroums,  ana  farming  thor- 
oughly; twenty  years'  experience.  Addresa  T.  L., 
Butherford  Park,  N.  J. 


GARDENER.- ATHOBOUGHOlRDENBR:  WELL 
up  in  cultwre  of  granes,  peaches,  roaes,  &c. ,  nnaer 
glass ;  referenceaas  to  ^baiapief  and  ability  first-class. 
Address  J.  M.,  care  Isaac  Buchanan,  Esq.,  No.  1  West 
17th  at 


GARDBN,ER.— BY  A  FIBST-ClASS  :^AN, 
Scotch,  (married,)  thoroughly  understands  his  bus- 
iness io  all  Its  t^ranches;  15  years  unexceprlonable  ref- 
erence as  to  character  and  ability.  Addread  L.,  Peter 
Bendersan,  Esq.,  Ng  36  Cortlandt  st 


GARDENER.— ISY  A  8COTCHMA.V,  AGED  28, 
ainele,  on  a  gentleman's  place  ;  is  a  flrst-clOBS  and 
competent  man;  a  hrat-class  place  wanted;  best  of 
reference  from  last  employer.  Address  Lennan,  No. 
238  East  12th  st 


riAROBNBR.— BY   A. 

VBtamlly}.  ' 


^,  MAaRIBD    MAK.    dMALti 

., „  ,    h»s  a .  thojrottgh,    tooirleilifre  of   eYety 

1>£aiMb/>ltbe.J>.aalneas,andcAd  ftlve  gopd-referenoes. 
Addteak  Gardener,  Ng  6'i  ,NaBai4  St..  Ia«d  fctdte. 


i^a?JS«Sll"aim»*1g?fif"'*^'**  -LSS&!1-^*^''  ^- 


eAROENE|t».-TBT  A  SINffi-BrKQUNO  MA«.  0^^.^ 
BUfflJ  8bod)|Hr4eriand  t«t»|a>te.jiwB^^tet^t 


GARDENER.  — BI  A*MABBJKB  BOOTCHMAS; 
wlthont  famllyi  nadeMtfthn  all  kinds  of  vege- 
tables,  gieen-honae.  grapwys  wU^  wHliag  to  aasist  In 
btfasA  Xall  or  addMsa  r.  Oavertf,  NoT?  Barday  st, 

M«d  gtora,  tit  tun  d*.TB. 


/2LARDBNKR.— BY   A 


__  PBAOnCAL   OARDBRBS  » 

UTSootobi  married;  is  open  for  an  ongacemeut :  nn- 
derstehdr  the  business  in  an  Ita  brKaenes;  flrst-oiass 
referantsea,  Addreaa  J.  P.,  care  of  Fetat  Beadenoii, 
Ng  86  Cuttlandt  st 


aARDBNBR  AND  FLORIST.— BT  A  HiNOLIt 
qermaa;  understands  the  culture  of  hot  and 
neeuhou86  plants,  and  all  outside  gardening  in  all  Its 
Dranahasi  good  references.     Address  A  B.,  Tremoht, 

N.  Y. 


TOUNrf 

^  .'Qermau  as  egrden«>r  and  farmer;  best  references; 
Address  W.  J..  WiUlamsbrid?e   Post  Qfflofe,  New-Yotk. 


GARDENER  AND  PARMBA.-BT  A 


eARDBNBR.— THOROUGH, 
llib';)  age,  28;  married;  'first  rate  re/er«noe  as  to 


PRACTICAL,    (ENG- 

....^ ..... ,,  mti'^j  .»,  ..^....^.u,  ....V  rate  referinoe  as  to 
eharaeter  and  ability.  Addfess  P.  W.,  Bo.  67  Nassau  it 


GROOM   AND     FOOTMAN.-BY    A 
B 


makribd 

'man  aa  groom  and  footman;  flrst-clasa  reterenos 
from  preeent  employer.  Address  T.  C,  Box  No.  3U4 
TI.MES  DP-TOWN  OFFICK.  NO.  1,257  BKOAUWAY. 


NfJRSBf— BY  A  COMPETENT  aNO  TEMPERATE 
man  as  narae  or  attendant  to  a  aiok  or  Invalid  gen- 
tleman; good  City  referenog  Address  Herrev,  Box  No. 
286  IIMBSDP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,267  BBOADtVAY. 


PORTBR  OR  JANITOR.- BY  A  PROTESTANT 
ynangman;  is  willing  to  work;  can  give  four 
yeara*  satis&otory  referencg  Address  D.  L.,  Ng  561 
Atlantlo  av.,  Brooklyn. 


WATTBR.— BY  A  SINGLE,  PROTESTANT  MAN  IN 
a  private  famfly  :  flrst-olass  City  references  from 
his  last  places:  noobjeoiion  to  the  country.  Address  for 
two  days  Q.  H.,  Box.  No.  291  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFIOB, 
NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


WAITER BY  A  RESPKCTABliBMAN  AS  WAIIBE 
in  a  private  family;  speaks  French  and  English; 
best  of  reference  from  last  and  present  employers. 

Address  f.r  two  days    E.  B.,  Box  No.  297  TIMBS  UP- 
TOWN OFFICE.  NO.  1,267  BROADWAY. 


WAITER-LA  UNDRESS.-BT  A  FRENCHMAN 
and  wife;  man  is  a  flret-oiata  waiter;  womnn  aa 
laundreaa;  firac-olaaa;  does  general  housa-work; 
wages  $36;  City  references.  Apply  at  No.  144  Weat 
24tb  st    fiine  bell  twice. 


WAITER.— BY  A  PRIVATE  WAITHR;  HAS  LONG 
and  good  references  from  high  famillea,  both  here 
and  in  England.  OaU  or  address  No.  204  West  27th 
st,  for  two  days. 


IITER BY 


RBSPECTABLB       FRENCH 


WAL -- 
waiter;   understands  service  at  tab le;  has  taken 
ohargeofellver  for  a  private  family;   best  City  refer- 
ences.   Address  N.  T.,  Na  255  VVeBt  35th  st 


WAlTBrt.— BY  A  SOBER.  STEADY  MAN  WHO 
thocoughl.y  underatanda  hia  business,  and  refers 
to  his  last  employer  where  he  lived  fur  a  number  of 
years.    Address  Walter,  No.  398  4th  av.,  fish  store. 


PRIVATB 

family  ;  with  firat-clsss  City  references  from  his 
last  places.  Address,  for  2  days,  0.  G.,  Box  No.  294 
TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  Ng  1,267  BROADWAY. 


WAITER.— BY  AN  ENGLISHMAN  IN  A 
f 


WTAITEB.— BY  A   RESPECTABLE    YOUNG    MAN. 
11  Protestant,  in  a   private     family;     willing    aud 
obliging;  five  years'  best  City  reference.      CaU  for  two 
days  at  No.  104  Weat  Slat  st 


A   RESPECTABLE  YOOHG    MAN. 
Protestant    in   a   private   family;    willing    and 
obliging  ;  best  Cit.v  referencg     Address  J.  J.,  Box  Ng 
819  TItlESUP-rOWN  OFFICE,  NO,  1.257  BROADWAY. 


I^AITBR— BY 


FIRtlT-CLASS         FEMALE 


WAITER.- BY 
waiter;  two  years'  flrat-olaaa  City  reference   from 
last  plaee;  in  crlvate  family;   City   or   country.    Aa- 
dress  S.  T.,  No.  "417  6th  av. 


WAl 
thoronghlr  understands  his  Dusineas,  and  refers 
to  his  last  employer,  where  he  lived  tor  a  number  of 
yeara.    Addn-as  Waiter,  Ho.  398  4th  av.,  flab  store. 


WAITER.- BY  A  RBtiPBCTABLB  COLOREU  MAN 
as  Urat -class  waiter  in  a    private    fbmiiy ;  thor- 
oughly understands  bii business;  gave  satlaiaction at 
laat  place.    Address  K.  J.,  Box  .No.  233  rim«a  Office. 


VmTAITER.- BY  A  KEJPECTABLB  BXPr-EIENCKD 
TT  young  Englishman,  as  waiter.      Addresa  A.    B., 
Ng  231  West  26th  at  > 


MAN      AS 

waiter  or  in  a  store;    best  City  and  country  ref- 
erence.   Call  or  address  J.    P.  .S,,  No.   109  West  62d  st 


VyAlTER.— BY  A    SINGLE    COLORKD 


PRIVATE    FAMILY;     bE.ST    OF 

Itr  reference  from  last  placg    Apply  or  address 
Ng9Westl7th8t 


WAITER.- IN 
Cl 


WAITER.— BY  A  YOUNG  FEKNCHMaN  AS  FIRST- 
class  waiter  in  a  pri  rate  f-tmlly:   city  reference. 
Call  or  address  Genet  No.  IDO  East  42d  st. 


YOUNG  COLORED    MAN    IN  A 
private  family;    good  City  referenog    Call  or  ad- 
dread  J.  M.,  No.  110  otii  av. 


■VyAlTER.-BY 


WA1TER.-BY 


A    KIRsr-CLASS    WAITER   IN   A 
private  family :  beat  City  references.    Address  H. 
v.,  at  Salter's,  No.  886  Broadway. 

WANTED— A  BOOK-KEEPER  IN  A  MBEOANTiLB 
house;  to  a  suitable  man  tbe  position  will  be  a 
permanent  one.  Address,  in  handwriting  of  appU- 
cant,  s..  Box  .No.  108  Time$  Office.        . 


WANTEU— A    COMPETENT    COLOBED    MANIAS 
waiter. 


CaU  from  10  to  12  A  M.  at  No.  345  West 


34th  at 


RB.SPECTABLE  WOMAN  TO  COOK, 
wash,  and  iron  in  a  small  family ;   must  have  best 
City  reference.    Apply  at  No.  137  East  16th  at. 


WANTBD- 
V 


WAITRESS      TO    ASSIST    WITH 
lamber-work.     Apply    on   Wednesda.r,    aflfer   1 
o'clock,  at  No.  6.0  East  tuth  at 


W-4NTED  -  A 

TT  cbai 


GIRL      TO      DO 
chamiier- work  end  walling.    Call  at  No.  116  Weat 
21st  st,  between  tbe  hours  ot  9  and  12, 


•«yANTBD.— A      PROIESTANT 


STEAMBOATS. 

STONINGTON  LINE 

irOR     BOSTON    AND    ALL   PiMNT.1     EA.'^iT. 
RBDL'CED    FARE. 

Elegant  steamers  leave  Pier  No.  33  North  River, 
foot  of  Jayst,  ivt  4:30  P.  .M, 

Tickets  for  sate  at  \II  onnoip^l  tloket  offices,  citato 
rooma  aecureil  at  iifflcesof  Westcottrixpross  OompaaY 
aurt  at  Xa  :<63  Broadway. 

protuSenck  une.^ 

Freight  only,  steamers  leave  Pier  Ng  27  itortb 
Blver.  foot  of  Park  place,  at4  P.  tL  Freights  via  either 
tinetalceuat   lowest  rates. 

D.  S.  BABCOCK.  Pres.       L.  W.  FiLxufs.  'J.    P.  Agenv 


FALL   RIVER   LINE 

FOR 

BOSTON  AND    THE    EAST. 

FARES  REDUCED. 

Leave  New- York  daily.  (Sunday  excepted,)  fromPiec 
Kg  28  North  Blver,  foot  of  Murray  at.  4:30  P.  Jt 

BORDEN  i^  LOVELL,  Agents. 
GEO.  L.  CONNOR,  General  Paasenger  A^ent. 


ti'rtR     NEtF-HAVbN,    HARTFORD,    &c.- 

JP  Fare  $1 ;  ateamers  leave  Peck  alip  for  New-Uaven 
at  3  and  IIP.  M.,  connecting  with  road. 


fjiORBKrOQEFORTANO  ALL  POINT.H    ON 

JT  Bousatonic   and    .Naagatuoe    Railroad.— Fare^     !£!. 
neamers  leave  Hathariiie  alto ai.  11-30  A.  H. 


INSTRUOTIOK 

CnARLiER^INSTlTTj^, 

CENTRAL   PARK,     NEW-YoRK. 

Boarding  and   Day  School  for    bo.ya    from  seven  to 

twenty  years  old. 


DREW  SEJIttlNARV    AND   FEMALE    CjLLEGE, 
<;armel,  N.  Y.— For  both  aexea.     Rates  reasonablg 
A  school  for  earnest  work.    Spring  session  Feb.  19. 
GBO.  C.  SMITH.  A  M. 


MRS.  PARKS'    BOARDING      AND      OAV 
school  tor  yotmg  ladies,   New-Branswlok.   N.    J.. 


opens  Its  next  besaion  Feb.  5. 
Terms  moderate. 


Cfrcuiars  sent  if  desired. 


PIANO  AND  SINGING  INSTRUCTION    AT 
moderate  terms :  is  golDj;  to  Harlem  once  a  week. 
Address  A  BLBY.  No.  241  Ea^t  24th  at 


ORT  CBBSTER  INSTITUTE— Port  Chester, 
N.  Y.;  limited  to  2^  boy*.    O.  Winthrop  Starr,  A.  J|, 


jDEAOHEES^ 

MISS'M.  J,  YOUNG,  AFTER  TWELVE  YEARS 
successful  management  of  tbe  "Anierlcan  School 
Institute,"  has  severed  laer  connection  therewith  in 
conaequence  of  the  bankruptcy  of  J.  W.  Schermer- 
horn  ii.  Co.,  and  has  opened  her  own  AMEUICA.N  AMD 
FOREIGN  TEACHERS'  AGBNCV  at  No.  23  Union 
square ;  office  hoars,  9  A  M.  to  4  P.  M. 


THE  NATIO.NAL  SCHOOI^  BUREAU  IS  A 
reliable  agency  for  supplying  sohnole  and  families 
with  teachers,  and  teachers  wich  positions.  Xncreus- 
Ing  demand  lor  good  teachers.  Apply  early  for  Au- 
tumn vacancies.  Send  stamp  for  application  form, 
T,  COTES  WORTH  PINCKNKY.  Domestic  Building, 
comer  14th   st  and  Broadwuy,  New- York. 


A    TEACHBR.  WILLING    TO  TAB B    BOABU- 

.oLera  and  competent  to  provide  a  good  home  for  pri- 
vate pupils,  can  near  of  a  favorable  opportunity  for  es- 
tablishing a  .permanent  business  by  .applying  to 
SCHKRMEBHORS'a  SCHOOL  AGENCf,  Ng  14  Bond 
St.,  upstairs. 


A  MERlt'AN    AND    FOREIGN  TEACHERS> 

J[1l  Agency  supplies  resident  und  noa-resi dent  professors, 
tutors,  governeaaes,  and  teacher  tor  every  department 
Of  instnictioa.  Apply  for  crrculars  to  Miss  M,  J. 
i'OENG,  Ng  23  Uniou  equarg 


E 


l.JiDY    (DiPLOMEB)     KRO.ll   FRANCE, 

.give J  lei^ons  in  the  French  language,  at  her  own  or 
pupil's  resideuce;  terms  moderate.  Apply  to  or  ad- 
dress Aime.  PAUL,  So.  149  Otb  av.,  second  floor. 


N6.  dsd  6'i'HAV.— French  lr.sSons.with  a 
pure  pronunciation  given  in  private  families  or  at 
Protessor'a  residence,  by  Mr.  Q.VBEAU,  formerly  a  mag- 
istrate and  njp.mbpr  of  the  University  of  prance. 


A  GREAT  OFFER!  !the\^e''Htl^d''i'^l^! 

dispose  of  IttU  PIANOS  ds  Ok.GAN.-9,  new  anU 
second-uand,  of  .llrat-class  maJierB,  Inclndihig 
WATBKS'.atl^wer  prices  for  cash  or  litittall- 
mentaor  to  let  antti  paid  for  than  ever  iMlbre 
oflered.  WATBRS'  GRAND  SQUARE  4ihfl 
Ui'RIGHT  PIANOai^c  ORGA.VSareiiie  BESi' 
MADE.  .'\OENTS  WANTED.  Illoatrateil  Cat> 
aloKues  .Mailed.  A  taberaJ  discount  to  feaiiihin, 
Mmutert,  OlMrehtk.ela.  Sheet  mnsic  at  bait  torice. 
HO  RACE  WA:TBlUi  4k  SON$,.i>laipiM«tn>  and 
Uenlefra,  ,40But  1^1|  St..  UnleiTaaSar^^.r^^.X- 


miOUS      NdTlOESi 


BOABDrere  Am)  liOriGma 


The  ap-tovn  offlee  d  TAX  TIHE8  l»  loetim.  at 
Mo.  13ffV  Broadwmy.  k<M.  Slat  aia^  3949  «^ 

Open  daily,  Snndays  liiomded.  fro^  4  A  M.  to  6  P.  BL 
Bnbtcriptioaa  reoefTed,and  copies  of  THE  TIMES  for 

aalg 

ADVEBTUBMBIIT8  BHCBtTBD  UNTIL  9  F.  X. 


11  FBOJil  6TII  AT.— N^wl^  and  handsdmelT-fonisheid 
■nltes  and  single  rooma  to  Camllie*  and  gentlemen,  with 
or  witbodt  Ureakfiisi;  bath-rooms  aflcf  monUg  watM 
on  Mob  floor;  bodae  baated  by  tt«aih  tbrovgboTU; 
appointmenta  and  location  ansurpatsed;  Ixist  r«f«i^ 
eaces  given  and  required. 

MRS.  M.  B,  SVJnNBK, 

9o.  2  West  39th  «t., 
has  two  seoond-story  rear  rooms  to  offer.  wUb  or  with- 
ont  private  table,  and  one   single   room   tor   gentle- 
men. 

NBA|l  BBOAD- 
breakOasi  at  all 

_    _ ;•     alao   rooms; 

terms' reaeonable.  Adores*  "CLUB."  Box  No.  262 
TIMES  PP^dWNOPFICB,  NO.  1,267  BBOADWAY. 

FIFTH  AT.,  NO.908.  CHBeTBRFIBLD  HODSB.— 
Parlor  and  bedroom,  with  flrst-class  board;    party 
occupying  second  floor,  front,  will  let,  with  or  wlthont 
board,  lor  balance  of  season  ver.y  raasonably. 
JOHN  P.  W0R8TBLL. 

NO.    MO    EAST    S9TH    ST.-NBATLY     FUB- 
nisbed  rooms,  with  or  without  board,   or  for  light 
housekeeping ;  good  neighborhood :  term*  moderate. 

bcono  floor— spacious  apartments  en 

suite,  hapdsom^y  furnished,  elegant   parlor,  be., 
with  private  table,    ho.  14  East  33d  st,  near  5th  av. 

TU^O.  14S  WEST  44TH  8T— 8UNNT  FBOJfT 
jji  room,  with  board  for  families  or  single  gentlemen ; 
referenog 


NO.   33    WB.ST  3SD  ST.— SDNNT  FBONT  SEC- 
ood   floor   suite;     superior  board;    low  price  for 
balance  of  aeaaon. 


"IVTO.  1»3  MADISON  av.-dBsirablb  huitb 
Xi  of  rooms,  alto  singie  room,  with  board ;  references 
exchanged. 


NO.  8  CAST  9TH  i$T.— desirable   8DITB  OP 
bandsomely-fbrntsbed  rooms;    vith    or  wltboat 
private  table:  referenoeg 


HANDSOMELV.VURNISHBD  ROOMS   TO 
rent  with  board,  en  suite  "or  singly,  at  moderate 
pnces;  references.    No.  108  East  23d  st 


NO.    18     EAST    3aD    ST.— ELKOANT     BOOMS 
on  second  floor;     also  single  rooms;    table  hrst- 
cinss;  reference. 


NO.    S36    WEST    84TH    ST.— HANDSOMBLY- 
furnisbed  second  floor;     also  other  rooms ;    with 
boara;  references. 


NO.  20 EAST  ^'^D  ST.-WITH  BOARD;    PABLOR 
and    bed-room   ffrst  floor;    parlor   and   bed-room 
thfrd  floor;    single  rooms. 


Ni 


O.   E    WEST     lETH     ST.— THBBE     LAbGE 
rooms,  furnished,  with  i>oard:    references. 


N 


O.  6  EAST  34:TH  ST.— SINGLE  ROOMS  WITH 
board;    house  newl.y  tarnished;    terms  moderate. 


IS 


O.  31  WEST   18TH  ST— SUITE    OF   BOOMS 
tn  let  with  ttrst-class  board.  Beferences. 


»LEASANT  ROOMS.  WI'PH  SOARD.-BBF- 

erences.    No.  116  West  45th  st 


PHYSICIANS  ANO  DENTIST.S.— HANDSOME 
back-parior  to'l.et;  heat,  gas,  and  attendance;  $16 
per  week;  other  bright,  pretty  rooms.  No.  336  A  est 
28th  st 


FURNISHED  ROOMS  FOR  GENTLEMEN, 
without  board;     references.     CaU  at  Ng    34    East 
ZOth  at 


NO.  J  8  WEST  29 TH   ST.,    PABLOB   FLOOR, 
drawiug-room,  bed-room,  and  dressing-room,  with 
bath.  kc. 


HOTELS. 


THE  ROYAL  VICTORIA  HOTEL, 

NAH8AU,  BAHAdA  ISLANOi. 
For  fall  Information  apply  to 

JAMES  LIDGBRWOOD  b  Oa, 

No.  753  Broadwty.  New-York, 


NEW>ENUIJkND   HOTEL.  -  LODGINGS,  60g; 
200  light  single  rooms  for  gentlemen  only;    weekly, 
$2  to  $3.    Comer  Bowery  and  Bayard  st 


EAILROAm 
PENNSYLVANIA   EAILR0AD7 

GREAT  TRUNK  1.INB 

AND  UNITED  STATES  MAIL  ROUTE. 
Trains  leave  New-Yorit,  via  Desbrosses  and      Cort- 
landt Streets  Ferries,  as  fillows: 

Express  for  Harrisbtuig,  Pittsbnrg,  the  West  and 
South,  with  Pullman  Palace  Cars  attached,  8:30  A 
M.,  6  ana  8:30  P.  M.,  daily. 

For  Williamaport,  Lock  Haven,  Corr.y,  and  Erie,  at 
8:30  P.  M.,  connecting  at  Corr.y  for  Ti  ttunlle,  Petio- 
leum  Centre,  and  tbe  Oil  Regions.  For  WilUams- 
poix  and  Lock  Haven.  8:30  A  M. 

For  Baltimnrc  Washington,  and  the  South,  "Lim- 
ited Washington  itxpress"  of  Pullman  Parlor  Cars 
aally.  except  8tinda.y,  9:30  A  M.:  arrive  Wasblhg- 
ton 4:10  P.  .M.  ilegular  at8:40  A  M.,  1.  6,  and9 
P.  M.    Sunday,  6  and  9  P.  M. 

ExpreasforPlilladelphla,  7:  30,8:30,  a-40,  (8:30  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.M.,  i;  4.  6.  6,  7,  8:31),  9  P.  M.,  and  12 
night.  Sunday,  8:30  A.  M.,  5,  6,  7.  8:30,  and  9  P.  M. 
Emigrant  ana  second-class,  7  P.  M 

Accommodation  for  Trenton.  7  A   M.,  2  and  4:10  P.  M. 

For  trninK  to  Newark,  Elizabeth,  Rahway,  Prinoetori, 
I'renton,  Perth  Amboy,  Flemington,  Belvldere,  And 
other  points,  see  local  achedules  at  all  Ticket  Of- 

Trains  brrive:  From  Pittsburg.  6:20  and  10:30  A  5L, 
and  10:20  P.  U.  daily:  10:10  A  M:  and  6:50  P.  M. 
daily,  excent  Monday.  From  Washington  and  Bal- 
timore. 6:30,  9:60  A.  M..  4:10,  5:10.  and  10:20  P.  M. 
Sunday  6:30.  9:50  A.  M.  Prom  PhUadelphla,  5:05, 
6:20,  6:30,  9:50,  10:10, 11:50  A.  M.,  2:10,  4:10,  5:10, 
6:50  6:40,  lOtIO,  and  10:20  P.  M.  Sunday  6:05. 
6:20,  6.30,  9:50,  11:50,  A.  M.,  f.:.=i0.  10:10,  and  10:20 

Ticket  Offices,  Nos.  526  and  944  Broadway,  Ng  1 
Astor  Uotue,  and  foot  of  Desbrosses  and  Cortlandt 
streets;  No.  4  Cotirt  street  Brooklvn;  Nos.  114,  116, 
and  118  Hndson  street.  Hoboken:  Depot.  JerSev  Clt.y 
Emigrant  Ticket  Office,  Ng  8  Battery  placg  . 
FBANK  TH0M80K.  D.  M.^OTO,  Jr., 

General  Manager.  Giehernl  Passenger  Agent 


TO    PIUL.ADB1.PH  I A 

PENNSYLVANIA  RAILEOAD. 

THE  OLD-ESTABLISHED  ROUTE  AND    SHORT    LINE 

between 

NBW.TORK    AND    PHILADELPHIA. 

14  Through  Trains  each  way  daily;     ^Depots  in  Phllar 
delphia,  2  in  ITew-TOrk. 

4  Tracks,  the  most  Improved  ^hdlpment.  and   the 
Fastest  Time  conaiatent  with  absolute  safety. 

Bxpress  Trains  leave  New- York,  via  Desbrosses  and 
Cortlandt  .^treets  Ferries,  aa  follow*: 

7:30.  8:30^8:40,  (9:30  Limited.)  10:30  A.  M..  1,4.  6,  6, 

7,  8:30,  9  P.  M.,  and  12   Midnight     Sunday.    8:30  A 

M.,  6,  6,  7,  8:3b.  and  9  P.  M. 
Retnmlng,  trains  leave  Philadelphia  3:20;  8:30,7,  7:30, 

8:30,  and  1,1  A.  M.,  (Limited   Express.    1:35  P.    M.,) 

1:40,4.5:30,7,  and  7:.'J5   P.    M.,    and    12  Midnight. 

On  Sonday,  3:20,  3:30,  7,  8:30  A.  M.  4,  7,  7: 35  P.  M., 

and  12  Midnigbt 

Ticket  Offlcea,  Nos.  626  and  944  Broadway,  Ng  1 
Aator  Houae,  and  loot  of  Deabrosses  .and  Cortlandt 
Bts.i  No,  4  Court  St.  Brooklvn;  Nos.  114,  116,  and  118 
Hndson  st,  Hoboken;  Depot.  Jersey  City.  Emlgrahl 
Ticket  Office.  No.  8  Battery  place. 
FRANK  THGMSON.  D.  M.  BOYD.  Jr.. 

General  Manager.  General  Pasaeiiger  Agent 


BW-YORK     central     AND     HUDSON 

BTVER  RAILROAD Commencing  t>%c.   2R    1876, 

tbroiigb  trains  'nill  leave  Grand  Central  t>et>ot: 

7:15  A.  M.,  Western  and  Northern  ExoreaB.  \ritb 
drawing-room  cars  to  Cauandaigug 

8:30  A  M.  apeoial  Chicago  abd  St  Louts  Express. 
With  drawing-room  cars  to  Rochester  and  Buffalo. 
Also,  through  car  to  St,  Louig 

11:00  A  M.,  Northern  and  Western  Express. 
'  8:30  P.  M.,  s|)ecial  Albany,  Troy    and  Western  Ex- 
press arrives  at  Buffalo  7: 10  A.  M. 

6:00  P.  kL,  Kxpreaa.  with  sleeping  cars,  for  Water- 
town  and CanandaigtiX  Alaofor  Montreal  via  Platta- 
burts.^  , 

8:30p  M..  Pactfio  Express,  daily,  with  sleeping  oars, 
lot  Bochester,  Niagara  Falls.  Buffalo.  Cleveland.  In- 
dianapoli«,  and  Loulsvillg  Also  for  Chicago,  via  both 
T<-  S.  And  M.  a  Railroads,  aha  to  MontteAl  via  St  Al- 
bans... .      • 

11:00  P.  M..  Express,  with  Bleeping  oars,  for.  Albany 
and  Troy.    Way  trains  as  per  local  Time  Tables. 

Tlcketejtor  sale  at  Nos.  252.  261.  and  413  Broadwa.v, 
and  Bt  Weatcott  Kxpresa  Coipnany's  offices,  Nos,  7 
Park  place,  785  and  94v;  Broadway  New-York,  and 
333  Washington  at.   Brootlyg 

C.  B.  MEEKER,  General  Passenger  Agent 


BRIE  RAILWAY. 

Winter  Arrangement  of  through  trains.  From  Cham- 
bers Street  depot.    (Por  23d  st  see  note  below,) 

9:00  A.  M.,  dallv,  ekoept  Bundavs,  Cincinnati  and 
Chitogo  Day  Exnreas.  Drawing- room  conches  to  Bufialg 

10:45  A  M.,  dally,  exoept  Sundays,  Express  MaU  for 
Buffalo  and  tbe  West    Sleeping  coach  to  Buffalg 

7:00  P.  M.,  daily.  Paclfl*  Express  to  the  WiBst  Sleep- 
ing coaches  through  to  Buffalo,  Niagara  Falls,  Cihcln- 
natt,  and  Chicago  without  change.  Hotel  dlnlng- 
coaches  to  Chicago. 

7:00  P.  M.,  except  Snndays,  Western  Emigrant  train. 

Above  trains  leave  Twenty-thitd  Street  Ferry  at 
8:45  and  10:15  A.  M.,  and  6:45  P.   M. 

For  local  trains  sea  time-tables  and  cards  in  hotels 
and  depots.  : 

JNO.  N.  ABBOTT.  General  Passenger  Agent 


NEW-YORK.    I^BW-HAVEN,    AND    llART. 
FORD    RAILROAD. 

After  Dec.  10,  1876.  trains  leave  Grand  Central  De- 
pot (42d  st.)  for  New-Caanan  Railroad  at  .8:05  A.  M.. 
1,4:40  P.  M.;  Daubiiiy  andNorwalk  Railroad  at  8:05 
A.  M.,  1,  and  4:40  P.  M,;  Nangratack  Railroad  at  8:0&A. 
M„  and  3  P.  M.;  Uoosatonic  Railroad  at  8:05  A,  M.. 
and  3  P.  M.;  New-Haven  and  Northampton  Railroad  dt 
8:05  A.  M..  and  3  P.  M.:  for  Newport  at  8:05  A  M.  and 
IP.,  M.;  Boston  and  .VHmny  Railroad  at  8:05  and 
11  A.  M.,  3  and  9  P.  M.,  (9  P.  M.  on  Sunday ;)  Boston, 
(via  6horo  Line,)  at  1  and  10 P.  M.,  (10  P.  M.  on  Sun. 
days.)  Boston  and  New-York  Air  Line.  SAM.,  1  and 
lirssP.M. 

Way  tratna  aa  per  local  time-tables. • 


LJBlllOH[  VALLEV  RAILROAD. 

ARRANGEMENT.         PAS.SKNGER  TRAINS.  JAN.  L 

.  .  IS??..     . 

L'eave  depotB  foot  ot  Cortlandt  and  Udbrpates  ats..  at 
,  8<30>.  M.— Night  Express,  dailv.  f.ir  tiaetou,  Bethlo- 
hent,  Allencown,  Maach  Chunk,  Wilkab:irce.  Pittsbon, 
Sajre,  Blniira,  (tbaoa,  Ahbura,  itocbeatei;.  Baitalo, 
Niagara  Falls,  and  the  West  PuUaian's  sleeping 
coaches  attached.    ' 

General  Eaatecn  office  corner   Church  and  Cortlandt 
sts,  CHARLES  B.  CU.MMINGS.   Ageut 
ROBEKT  H.  SAYllE,  Soperiuteoaeut  aud  Engineer. 


WICKPOitD  RAILROAD  ROUTE  TO  NEW- 
PORT, a.  I.-,-Paasengers  for  this  line  take  8:05  A. 
M.  and  1  P.  M.  express  trains  from  Gr^nd  Central 
Depot,  arhv)neat  4:18  and  8  P.  M.  at  Newport 

T.HEOOOBK^.WABBRN,  Snpeifntendent 


Removals. 


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Bitra  Matin«e  WA8B1NQT0N'3  BIBTUOaT,  at  2: 


THB  BSSIPOFF  CONCBRTS. 

8TBIlfWAT  HALL.  ABKBrTE  BSSIPOFF. 

nUDAT  BVByrWG,  FBB.  le.  at  & 

«88i?oFF— vmas— PALMa. 

MHB.    ESBIPOFF    will  play  Sarabandg  Doable    Ga- 
votte, Gigne,  (from  tbe  talto  in 

D.Major T.S.Baoh 

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d.    esvott* .tBaff 

Bondo— '"  Perpetunm  Mobile  ".. Weber 

SATURDAY  at  2,  E8SIP0FF  MATINEE 

AdmisatonSl;  Beservea  seats  Si  60:  Saie  of  seat*  at 

8t«tnirayHaU,  Sohnbert's,  and  Ng  111  Broadifay. 

BsSlPOFP  MATINKE,  SATUBDaT,  Feb.   IT,  at  2. 

Seats  for  Matln6e  can  now  be  had. 


tilLlOORB'S  GARDEN. 

OPBB  THBBB  BYENINQS  IS  THB  WBBK. 
0  TOESDAT,  THUBSOAT,  and  SATUBDAT. 
TOMOBBOW,  THUBSDAT  BVBNUrQ,  FBB.  16, 
AV  BNOBMOnS  BNTEBTAIMMBNT. 


60g 


ADMISSION, 


60c. 


NIBLO»S    GARDEN. 

EIBALFT  BROTHERS Lessees  and  Manager* 

UNPABALLBLBD    6UCCB88. 


>«/^^^^#«^</N/^^^4V  ^**^****' 


ABOUND  THB  WOBLD  IN  EIGHTY  DATS. 

EVBEY  EVENING  AND  SATURDAY  UATINBB. 
Seata  seeured  two  weet:8  tn  advance. 


ACADEinir  OK  MUSIC.  KELLOGG. 

SPECIAL  MATIN  BB  ON  SATURDAY,  FEB.  17. 

of  Meyerbeer's  grand  spectacular  ojiera, 

THE  STAB  OP  THE  NORTH. 

MISS  CLARA  LOUISE  KELLOGG 

and  the 

KBLLOGG  GRAND  ENGLISH  OPERA  COMPANY 

appearing. 

Sale  of  seat*  commences  on  THUR8DAT,  15th. 

hbllEr^s  wonder  theatre, 

eveet  evening  at  8. 
entibb  change  of  pbogbamme. 

Being  the  Third  Series  of 

HELLKE'SWONDBES. 

SIX  STARTLING    NECROMANTIC  WONDERS. 

New  wOnders  developed  in  the 
SECOND  SIGHT  MYSTERY. 

And  an  original  Optical  .Ylarvel,  entitled 

LIVING  PICTURES. 

MATINEES  WEDNESDAY  AND  8ATUBDAT  AT  2. 

Children  half  price  to  Matinees. 

cHlickkring  hall, 

wednesday  rvrninq,  fkb.  14, 
first  orand  charity  concert  bt 

SLAVIN'S    original  and  ONLY 

GEORGIA  CABIN    SINGERS, 

UNDER  THE    AUSPICES  OF  THE 

WEST  SIDE  BELIEF  ASSOCIATION 

FOR  THB    DESTITUTE  POOE 

Admission.  60  cents.    Reserved  Seats,  76  cent*. 

Carnages  may  be  ordered  at  10  P.  M. 

ACADEMY  OF  MUSIC.  ABBOTT. 

Miss  EMMA  ABBOTT 

tn  Italian  Opera, 

FRIDAY  EVENING,  Feb.  23, 

LA  PIQLIA  DEL  REGGIMENTO. 

SATURDAY,  Feb.  24— ABBOTT  MATINKE. 

Sale  ot  seats  will  open  at  Schirmer's.  >o.  701  Broad- 

tva.y.  FBIDAl,  Feh.  Id 


DREAMING  lOLANTHE. 

'THE  CENTENNIAL    BUTTER  HEAD." 

NEXT  TO  NEW-YORK  AQUARIUM. 

ADMIB810.*4  25  CENTS. 

FOR    A    FEW     DAYS    ONLY. 


LBGALJWIOEa^ 

QUFREME  COURT— city  ANU  COUNTY  OF 
pNew. York. —JOHN  JACOB  ASTOR,  WfUiam  Astor, 
Franklin  H.  Delano.  John  Carey,  Junior,  William  W. 
Aator,  afa^  Cbai'les  F.  Sonthmard,  as  Executors  of  the 
last  lyiU  and  tebtdinent  of  William  6.  Astor.  deceased, 
niaintiffi),  agaiost  CHARLES  B.  WOOD,  and  Antmnette 
E.  Wood,  hi*  Wife,  Barah  M.  Star*,  Frederick  Wood, 
'indiviunaUy  and  a*  sole  acting  Bxecutor  of  the  last 
will  and  testament  of  David  A  Wood,  deceased,  James 

fnell,  Sylvann*  J.  Mady.  Horace  Bipley,  Edgar  s.  Hicks. 
dwaidM.  Gedney,  The  Tenth  National  Bank  of  the 
Citv  of  New-York,  Alexander  Irvine,  The  Erie  RaUvyay 
Company,  Hugh  J.  Jewett,  ae  Receiver  of  the  property 
of  The  Erie  RAIIwA.t  Company,  Lewis  J.  Blnsae,  Alfred 
Bihase,  Aagnstns  V.  Blnssb,  Edward  Blnsse,  Emily 
LouiBa  HonltOD,  The  Lawrenceville  Cement  Company, 
Archibald  GUIes,  August  J.  Paris,  Peter  W.  A.  Meye'r, 
Jacob  RQck,  Stephen  Blezard,  William  Drenuen, 
Thomas  U.  Moiistery,  Amos  S.  Rogers,  Francis  W.  Blood- 
good,  Francis  S.  Btowu,  and  Enoch  P.  Uincks,  defend- 
ants.—Sttinmons  for  relief- (Com.  not  served.)— To  tbe 
defendants  above  named,  and  each  of  them  :  lou  are 
hereby  summoned  aild  required  to  answer  the  com- 
plaint in  this  action,  which  will  be  filed  in  the  office  of 
the  Clerk  of  the  Citiy  and  County  of  New-Tork,  at  the 
Court-house  in  aaid  Cit.y.  and  to  serve  a  cop.y  of  your 
answer  to  the  said  complaint  on  the  subscribeta,  at 
their  office,  number  52  wall  street,  tn  tbe  City  of  New- 
York,  within  twenty  days  alter  the  service  of  this  sum- 
moiis  on  jou,  exclusive  ot  the  day  of  such  service,  and 
if  yoh  fail  to  answer  the  said  complaint  within  the 
rime  aforesaid,  the  plaintiffs  in  tnls,  action  will  apply 
to  the  court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint. 
-Dated  January  9,  1877. 

EVARTS,  SOUTHMAYD  &  CHOATE, 

plaintiffs'  Attorneys. 
The  complaint  in  the  above-entitled  action  was  duly 
filed  in  tbe  office  of  the  Clerk  of  tbe  City  and  Count.y 
of  New-Tork,  in  the  Court-house  in  said  City,  on  the 
ntath  day  of  January,  1877. 

.  EVARTS,  SOUTHMAYD  t  CHOATE, 
fl4-law6wW  Plriuttffa'  Attorneys. 


QUPREME  COURT,  COUNTY  OP  QUEENS.r- 
ORICHARD  POWELIi,  plainttfi.  against  JANE  E. 
FOWLtS,  Seneca  A.  Swalm  and  Jennie  A.  Swalm  hia 
wife,  Leo  C.  Dessar  and  Misttess  Leo  C.  Dessar  his 
wife,  Bimon  M.  Ebrlioh  and  Uistress  Simon  M.  KbrUcb 
hia  wife,  Patrick  Bade,  and  Mistreaa  Patrick  Hade  hia 
wife,  Richard.  P.  Mesaiter  and  Mistress  Richard  P. 
Messlter  his  wife,  Abraham  Cohen  and  Jnistress  Abra- 
baitt  Cphea  tils  'trife,  delendanta.— Summons  fbr 
relief. — Com.  not  served. — To  tbe  defendants  atnive 
named  and  each  of  thom:  YbU  are  hereby  sum- 
moned and  required  td  answer  the  complaint  in  this 
action,  wuicb  will  be  filed  in  tbe  office  ot  tbe  Clerk  of 
tne  County  of  Queens,  at  the  village  of  Jamaica  in  the 
aald  Cotmty,  and  to  serve  a  copy  ot  your  answer 
to  the  aaid  complaint  on  the  subscriber,  at 
his  offic^  No.  40  Court  street,  in  the  City 
Of  Brooklyn,  Counlgr  of  Kings,  within  twenty- 
days  after  the  service  of  this  sumtiiona  on  yOn,  exclu- 
eltie  of  the  d.iy  of  such  service ;  aud  if  you  fail  to  an- 
ewer  tbe  Baid  complaint  fvithin  tbe  time  aforesaid,  the 
plaintiff  in  tbia  action  will  apply  to  the  court  fur  the 
relief  demanded  la  the  complaint— Dated..  Brooklyn, 
Decemoer,  13,  1876.  JOHN  H.  KNABBEL, 

Plalntifl^s  Attorney. 

Tiie  said  comnlaint  was  duly  filed  iu  the  office  of  the 
Clerk  of  the  Coiint.v  pf  Qiieens.  at  the  vill^e  of  Jamai- 
ca, in  the  said  connty.  and  State  of  New-Yotk,  on  the 
15tti  day  Janttary,  1877. 

JOHN  H.  KNAEBBL,  Plaintiff's  Attorney. 

Jo24-law6wW* 


SUPRBMB  COURT— CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF 
New-York.— MDEEAY  HILL  BANK,  Of  the  City  of 
tiew-TortpiiUntilt,  against  MARTHA  D.  SMITH  and 
A.  F.  SMITH,  defendant*.— Summons  for  a  money  de- 
mand oi^  contract. — (Com. not  served.) — To  the  detend- 
anta  above  nsoned  and  each  of  them:  Toil  are  hereby 
Bummoiied  and  required  to  answer  tbe  complaint  in 
this  aotloii;  which  iml  be  filed  m  the  olSce  of  the 
Clerk  of  this  city  and  Conut.y  ot  New-York,  at  the 
County  Cotxrt-huose,  New- York  City,  and  to  serve  a 
copy  of  your  answer  to  tbe  said  complaint  on  the  sub- 
aoriners,  at  their,  office,  number  154  Nassau  .street, 
I  Trihune  Building, )  in  said  Citv,  within  twenty  days  after 
the  service  ol  this  summons  oji, you,  exclusive  of  the  day 
of  such  service ;  and  if  you  fail  to  answer  tti«said  com- 
plaint within  the  tiine  aforesaid,  the  plaintifi  in  this 
aetion  will  taKe  Judgment  against  youfor  the  sum  of 
teahiindred  and  ninety-five  and  77-100  doilari,  with 
iiitereat  thereon  f^m:  the  thirteenth  day  of  August, 
one  thousand  eifi:ht  httndred  and  seventv-six,  besides 
the  costs  of  this  action,— Dated  at  New-York,  Jan.  19, 
•1877.  KDNKLE  &  KNtJLBHAKT, 

Plain  ilfl''s  Attorneys, 

The  ,  comoiauit  M>  this  .action  was  duly  filed  in  tbe 
office  or  tbe  Clerk  of  the  City  and  County  of  New-Ybri 

on  the  8th  day  of  Febrdary^   1877 Dated  New-York, 

Febiuary  12,  1877.         EUNKLE  &  ENGL  EH  ART, 

fl4-law6wW*  Plff's  Attys. 


SUPRE;»IE  COURT-CITT  AND  CODNTT  OF 
New-York.— SAMUEL  B.  JANES,  Asslgnise  of  Ben- 
lamin  Collins  and  John  Bowns,  plaintiff,  against 
WILLIAM  BOiRaOWE,  and  Joshua  B.  Wright  Jks 
Trustee  under  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Jaines 
Baitow,  dedsased.  Fanny  Borrowe;  Sarah  HoIl.y,  Alice 
Ba)TOw,  IsivbeUa  Ongood,  Franklin  Osgood.  Thomas 
Barrow,  Mary  K.  Darrbw,  and  Caroline  L.  Green, 
defendant's.  Siimmohs. — For  ielte£  (Com.  hot  served) 
-T;Ta,^h«i  defnnd)inte above  named:  You  are  hereby 
Buh)tnoiied  aiid  requfred  to  ansvrer  the  complaint  in 
this  fictiba;  which  will  bo  filed  In  the  office  of  the 
Cl^rk  of  the  Cit.v  and  County  of  Kew-Yorfc  at  tbe 
Count,y  Conrt-house  in  said  City,  and  to,  serve  a  copy 
of  .vpnr  answer  to  tbe  aaid  compiaint.on  the  subscriber, 
at  his  offio<3  No.  37  Pine  street,,  ^ey-York  City,  within 
twenty  days  after  the  service  of  this  suminons  on  you, 
exclii^ye  of  the  day  ot  snctLservlee  :  and,  if  you  fail  to 
asi^wer  the  said  oomplaint.wtthtn  t^e  time  aforesaid^ 
the  plaintiff  in  iiii*  action  will  apply  to  the  «ourt  for 
tbe  reBefdemknied  in  the  complaint — Dated  NoremUei: 
20,  1876.     JOSEPH  K.  MURRAY,  Plaintiff's  Attorney. 

Tbe  cemplalut  in  the  above  entity  action  was  diilir 
filed  In  tbe  office  of  the  Clerli;  pf  the  City  a»d  County  of 
New-Yorkj  In  the  County  Courtrhonse  In  said  City  oh 
tlie  23d  day  of  November.  1876.   , 

JOPEPH  K.  MUBEAY.  Plaintiff's  Attorney. 

fl4-lawewW* 


A  S.«HS«EE'S  N0T1CE.-^N0TICE  IS  HEREBY 
iVgtven  that  GEORGE  HATHAWAY,  of  Oceau  town- 
ship, Mgnmouth  County,  New-Jersey,  hath  this  dav 
mado  an  usslgnment  to  the  subscriber  for  the  equal 
benefit  of  tils  creditora,  i^d  that  ;8aid  ecedltora  must 
preseut,  iheir  pliima  under  oaJ,h  or  affirmation  to 
itie,BUbscrii4er  withiu  tb>;ce  montha  froia  date  neieot, 
or  be  forever  barred,  fromcomicg  in  for  a  dividend  Of 
his  estate.— Dated  Jeniiary  29,  1877, 

UK.'SitY  B.  SHEllMAN,  Aj»Biihee, 
17-lAw3wW*  Long  Branch,  N.  J. 


NOTICE  OF  ASSIGNMENT.- Notice  la  h«*eVv 
given  that  JOHN  A  CLARK,  of  North  Piainfleid, 
County  of  SoUierset  Stafnij  o'  New-Jereev,  hatli  this 
diisr.n|ade  en  assignment  to  tbe  subscriber  of  bis  ea- 
t*t*  foir.,t|»e,  eaim  b«iiieat  otW*  treditort,  and. tb«t 


AMUSEMENTa 


wax;lack*i3. 

PropsiatoianaHaaacar. JSx.  LBSTBB|WAUiA01i 

A  TBnncPS 

BOB  EVER r BUDT  OOltCKBITED. Stixtit, 

Th«  srodaetion  of  CXeeiiB'a  Hkdou  ooQfldr  flf 

VtXLD  OATS 

•B  Mondagrerentoc  created  aaanthnrfaamna*iixpaa*e4 

by  any  prevloaa  prodnca«»  at  tills  theatre.    TQI    ^ 

KOYBB 

Of 

KE  LB8TBR  WALLAOK 

A  BTLBBfilD  FIBCR  OF  A  OTUia— SiralS. 

In  Sfr  George  Tbnnder,  Mr.  JOHN  GILBBET  BaOa  M 

charaetar  after  hia  own  heart— RitraUL  ^ 

ItK  BBCKBTT  wa*    notably    good    M    Epbnii^ 

Smooth. —*2V*Ma. 

Mr.  B.  ABNOTT  neraonated  Jotm  Oody  wtQi  slcta^ 
fisellng  and  dtjfiroeiwrt     TVfbiWM 
Sltt^  Mr.  S;  MTHOLLAlrD,  *  deUdoiu  ^M  of  aettns; 


Bany  Thunder,  ph^ed  b.v  Mr, 
hu  wonted  Ki*og—fl«ra7(t 


a  8TETBSB09  -mK^ 


Mlaa  BOir  WOOD  played  Udr  Amanuith  with  fla« 

grace  and  delicate  hnmor,  and  MUa  BFFIB  GBBMOq 

was  eonally  at  home  In  the  merry  Jenny  Gannnon.    In^ 

deedjfiom  Mr.  WALLACE  htmselr  totfia-  lianghndW 

the  "Bislag  tlon,"  tne  play  wa«. 

A^BIuMPH 

FOB  EVBETBODT  COBCBBBBD  \-BmM, 

THE  GRBAT  GOMBDT 

wUl  be  perfomed 

BVBET  BYBHINQ  UBTUi  FOBTHBB  XOTIOIt 

with  Its 

XZCBPTlONAli  CAST 

and  '  * 

PtCTDEBSQUB  8CBKI0  HiLUSTEATIOim, 

Box  Offloe  open  two  weeka  In  advanog 
BOOTH'S  THBATRB^  SBOOED  WBBItf 

"FIFTH  AVENUE.** 

eBOBOB  PAWCSTT  BOWE'S  GBBAT  PLiX. 

Appaaranee  of  the  pooolar  aetor,  MB. 
UBORGE    RlGNOLiD. 

*«*  The  play  abounds  wUh  lllnatratioas  of  the  neeok 

lJarpIia0e*,thrOllBg  incidents,  and  aensational  oecnr*. 

renees  of  LIFE  CN  THE  GEEAT  MBTEOPOLIS  as  If 

was  In  1863. 

ACT  L 
Pictures  the  BINKING  OF  AN  OCEAN   8TBAXER  o« 
the  banks  ot  Newfonndland.    Bxoitiag  efforts  to  zeseoe' 
the  paeaenger*.    1862. 

ACT  U. 
Piotnres  SCBNES  IN  WALL  STREET.    Btoimy  mMtlor 
of  stockholders.     1883. 

ACTm. 
Pictures  the  LAUNCHING  OF  THE  MONITOB.    186S. 

ACT  IF. 
Pictures  Rfth  avenue  by  night,  and  tlie  MTJBDBR^OF 
ME.  SCHUYLBB.  the  banker.    A  thrilling  soang    186a 

ACT  V. 
Pictures  the  return  of  the  gallant  BEYBNTH  BBOfr 
MKNT  and  tbefr  conflict  with  tbe 

RIOTERS    OF    1883. 


UNION  SQUARE  THEATRE. 

Proprietor Mr.  SHEEIDaB  SHOOK 

Manager Mr.  A.  M.   PALMSE 


UNEQIPOCAL  SUCCESS 

be  most  important  dramatic  work  prodnee( 

'-Tork  in  BIANT  SBAS0>8. 

leT charming  romantic  drama  In  4  aots. 

THE  DMICIM 

House  crowded  to  tbe  door*  every  night 
SATURDAY  at  1:30,  second  Matinee  of  DANICHEFFS, 


PARK    THEATRE.        ODR  BOARDING  HOUSa 
BROADWAT  AND  22D  sT. 

HENBT  K  ABBEY Lessee  apd  Managet 

TBURD  WEEK,  and  CONTINUED  SUCCESS, 
of  Leonard  Glover's  amuaine  comedy,  intoox  aiots, 
"  OUB  BO.^BDINQ  HOUSE." 
"  OUB  BOARDING  HODSB," 
•■OUR  BOARDING  BOUSE," 
•'  ODE  BOAEDING  HOUSE," 
"  CUE  BOAEDING  HOUSE." 
,  "  OUB  BOARDING  HOUSE," 

■'  OUR  BOARDING  HOUSE" 
Rvery  evening  and  Saturday  matinee.    No  free  list. , 
Beserved  seats  50  cents,  SI,  iind$l  60.    Admibslon  60| 
cents  and  $1. 

SPECIAL  MATINEE  THURSDAY,  FEB.  22. 


THE  GREAT  NEW-YORK    AQUARlUiK. 

Broadway  and  35tb  st 
Open  dally  from  9  AM.  tiU  10  P.  M.,  (Sundays 
excepted.) 
STARTLING    SUBAQOiions  PBRFOBMANOEE 
MlBB  Vivienne  Lnbln,  an-[    Capt  (^mgley   peifonnt 
aided  by  any  apparatus,  all  kinds  of  manual  lalior, 
eats  and  drinks  while  com-  carpenter  work,  be.  iUoa- 
pletely  submerged ,  remain-  trating  tbe  manner  of  uslnf 
lng2i2to3  minutes  with- the  divei's  armor. 
cut  breathing.  I 

MARINE  MOKSTERS  AND  WONDRRB. 
BLADDEE-NOSE    SEAL.    ONLY  ONE  ALIVE    IS  THI9 
COUNTRY. 
AFTERNOON  AND  EVENINg  CONOBBTS. 

1.ECTC  RE— CONCERT. 

CHARLIER  INSTITUTE, 

Ng  107  West  28tn  *t. 

THUBSDAT  EVENING,  Feb.  16. 

Miss  KATE  STARK.  Soprano. 

Mr.  JULES  G.  LUMBAED,  Bassg 

CHOIE  OF  THE  CHURCH  OF  THE  HEAVENLY  RB8T, 

trnder  the  direction  of  Mr.  CHAS.  8.  FISCHBE,  Jr. 

Mr.  FREMONT  GBDNET,  Accompanist 
"Historical  Sketch  of  the  Development  of  Sacrei 
Music,"  by 

GEO.  G.  BOCKWOOD. 
Admission  free,  by  tickets,  to  be  had  at  Bode  wood's 
Photographic  Gallery,  No.  17  Union  squarg 


EAOliE  THEATRE.  Broadway  and  SSd  *& 

TO-NIGHT  Positively  last  performance  ot 

THE  LAST  EUROPEAN  MUSICAL  SENSATION, 

LECOCQ'S  MOST  RECENTLY  SUCCESSFUL  WORK. 

LA  PETITE  MAEIEE.  LA  PETITE  MARIBE. 

Thursday,  Friday, and  Saturday  evenings,  also  at  the 

GALA  MATINEE,  Saturday  at   1:30,  only  performance 

of  an  entirely  new  version  of  Offenbach's  nopulBroper» 

LA  PBRICHOLE,  (THE  STREET  hINQKE) 

AIMEB,  in  her  original  character,  LA  PH:&tCU(>LB. 


Next  week,  Monday  and  Tnest^ny.  La  Grande  Dnchesse, 


THIRD     BYBNING    OF   ENGLISH    GlJSBSr 

CHICKERIRQ  HALL, 

THURSDAY.  Feb.  15,  at  8  P.  M. 

Vocalists, 

Miss  BEBBE,  MUa  PINCH,  Mrs.   HILLS. 

and  

Messrs.  ELLaRD,  KILSEN,  BAIRD.  and  AIEEK. 
Accompaniet,  Mr.  C.  FLO  RIO. 
Reserved  aeata,  $1,  at  SCHUBEKTH'S,  No.  23  UnSOi 
square,  and  at  the  hall  on  the  evening  of  the  concert 


TENTH  ANNUAL  EXHIBITION  OF  THB 

AMERICAN  SOCIETY     OF    PAINTERS    IN 

WATER-COLORS, 

DOW  open  at  tbe  National  Academy  of  Design,  corner  ot 
4tb.av.  and  23d  st,  daily,  (Sundays  excepted, )  from  9. 
A  M.  TintU  6  P.  M..*md  from  7  uatjl  10  P.  M. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  AIINSTRELS. 

LAST  NIGHTS  of  the  GRsAT  SUCCESS.  I      Opera 
The  new  Opera  Bonftie.  Music  by  Offenbaohl      House. 

THE  HAPPT  MOKK,  and  a  Broadway. 

GORGEOUS  JAPANESE  DIOBAMIC Scene.  |a=d  -iythst. 
MaTIKBB  SATUBDAi:  AT  2.    Seats  secured.         ^ 

NEW  BROADWAY  THEATRE. 

Broadwa.y  and  30th  st 

MOHDAY,  Feb.  19,  will  be  presented 

OUR  BOYS, 

With  on  exceptional  cast  specially  aelecteo,  and  spi^ 

piopriate  scenic  adornment 

OLYMPIC  THEATRE.        NO.  624  BROADWAT.!: 


BOUND 

THE 
CLOCK- 


MAGNIFICENT    OAST, 

SPLENDID  LOCAL  SCENERY; 

GRiECO-ROMAN  WRESTLING,  bts. 

Matinees    WED.N'ESDAY    and     SATCRDA^ 


GRAND  OPERA-tlOUSE.  8th  av.  and  2Sd  st. 
POolE  &  DONNEDLY.  sole  lessees  and  proprietors, 
DALY'S  GBBAT  DEAMA,  ••  MONSIUUB  ALPHO.^SE." 

MATINEES  WEDNfiSDAY  and  SATURDAY,  at  2. 
MONDAY  NEXT.... "THBTWO  OEPHABS." 

PmE  AETS. 


TO   ART   CONNOIiSEITRE. 


A  RAIifi  OPFDRTUNlTr. 

A1>*olntiB  sSie  of  onei  of  tlie  finest  and  most  Impoctanft 
private  collections  of  MODEBN  PAINTINGS  of   the 
best  Enrbifean  schools,  the  property  ot 
MR.  HBNRY^  N.  SMITH,  NO.  047  STH  AY.. 

will  take  place  ^ 

FBIDAT  EVENING.  FEB.  23. 

The  coUeotaon  includes  ehef^'asuvrea  by  Bosa 
Bonhenr, '  Jules  Brbton,  Gust  Brion,  Charles  Baog.' 
niet,  B.  Boatibonne,  Bierstadt,  Meyer  Von  Bremen,  P.' 
Compte-Callx,  Corot  Dias,  Danbignv,  LeonT.  Baooisanv 
GSrftme,  Gisbert  HUdebrondt,  Hubert,  Hamm^n,  lnno.< 
oentt,  ittenbaob,  Koekkoek,  Lambiset,  Hugnes  Mnle^ 
Morean,  BossI,  Bofflaen,  Jean  Bobie,  Saintin,  Theodore' 
Bottssean,  Toulmouohe,  Verboeekhoven,  J.  G.  Vlbett.'i 
F.  2i6m,  and  othert. 

HOW  OH  EXHIBlTrOB, 
DAY  AND  EVENING, 

at  the 

KURTZ    GALLEET. 

lig  BBast  23d  st.  on  Madison  sqnate. 

EOBEBT  SOMBEVILLB,  Anettoneea. 


FINE   ARTS. 

CONtlNtJAtlON  SALE 

of  the 

BEAUMONT  COLLECmON  _, 

THIS  WBDNESDAY  AND  TO-MORROW  (TflUBSDAII 

EVENING^.  AT  7:.10  O'CLOCK, 

At  MINER'S  ART  GALLEBIES,  No.  846  Broadway. 

This  evening's  sale  embraces  the  balance  uf  tbe  oH 

paiiitin'^  and  inclndea  a  number  of  moat  importaot 

and  hlg$-clasa  plctnrrs  by  distingnlahed  and  esteemed 

native  and  loreign  artUta. 

.  ,B£NBY  D,  MIN  KB,  Auctioneer. 

^        .  ^     9$ce  .and  4rt  GaU^riea.  No.  845  Broadway. 


MlSOELLAl^EOUS. 


EPPS'COCOA.— QRATRFULAND  COMFOBriNO: 
eauh  paoket  is  Hbelled,  JAMES  KPPS  li  Co..  Uam»- 
opattiio  Cheintsts,  Ng  48  Threadaeedle  at  and  Bg  170 
|>i<-.ba(iilty.  LbaJon,  EagtanJ.  New-Tork  Depot.  SMITH 
£  VANDBEBKBKlParkolacg 


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'     LOCAL  MISCELLANY. 

A  CSABGE  OF  ABANDONMENT. 

tHB  WiyB  OF  ▲  PROMINENT  BKOADWAY 
MERCHANT  OOMPLAINa  THAT  SHE  HAS 
BEEN  PKSICRTED  BY  HER  HUSBAND — 
PREXI^iprART      EXAJdlNATIOS      IN     THE 

i-        YORKVIIXB  POLICE   COUl^T. 

/  On  Monday  last  a  warrant  was  prooared 
from  Jaxnoe  Bixby  by  M.rs.  AieUide  :SiDZ3y,  of 
JSo.  125  £aac  Tuirfy-arst  street,  for  the  arrest  of 
lier  hnaband,  WUii^im  Kiocev,  of  No.  767  Broad- 
way, a  well-Known  dealer  id  t'aocy  soods.  Yesterday 
momine  at  10  o'clock  ^r.  Kiazey  appeared  io  ibe 
BOmnany  of  an  dfflner.in  ttiB  ftfiy-seyentb  Street 
^oUoe  Ooart,  where  he  was  eoafcoaed  by  Mrs. 
Xuizsy  and  hsr  conaael,  Mr.  Joba  D.  Townaead. 
The  oiroomstancea  of  tne  alleged  abandunm^t  of 
Ilia  wife  by  Mr.  Einze,T  were  tben  detailed  tut  Jus- 
tice fiixby  by  Mr.  Xu'wnsend.  as  follows  :  Mr.  Kia- 
-sey  employed  the  BlainliS  for  several  years  pl<^ 
r^oofito  187J  as  a  .clerk  la  his  store.  Needing 
fands  to  carry  oa  bi»  boainess  successtally,  be  bor. 
rowed  from  bis  olerk  the  earn  of  |1,603,  the  acca- 
malated  savinzs  of  years  of  labor.  He 
was  at  tbit  time,  it  wa.4  alleged,  payinf; 
ftttentioDS  to  her.  and  later  on  be  married 
her.  Previons  matrrmoni*!  experiments  of  tbe 
coapl»  baa  ruaalied  aiibappiiy.  Mr.  Kmzey's 
former  wiie  Jiad  pcucored  a  divorce  iroiu  him  ia 
Counecticai.  Tbe  secunu  Airs.  Kiczu.v  uni.y  oru* 
eaied  her  treeuom  to  contract  a  seuupd  aliiauce 
(hroogb  tbe  qbseucu  of  ber  first  basbaud  tiom  her 
for  mure  than  10  years.  Tbe  aoscouding  husband 
was,  it  .<vae  saiti,  a  wortbluss  teiluw,  to  wbum  sne 
bad  beeo  marned  when  only  15  ye  trs  ot  aire,  ai>d  ic 
was  said  be  was  compelled  to  leave  this  City, 
though  .the  nacate  of  bisy'uifflcaliies  was 
not  revealed  iu  tiie  court  yesierday.  Tbe 
law  of  tiiis  brate  permits  a  woman  wbo  nas  nuc 
beard  from  ber  husband  for  five  ye<tra  ro  marry 
again,  but  also  decUves  that  the  secoud  marria;;e 
Way  be  set  "aside  by  tbe  Supreme  Cuurt  without 
detriment  to  tbe  cbi>raoter  ol  tbe  woman,  ur  the 
.  legitimacy  of  the  iasue  ot  tbe  mamaet).  When 
^r.  KiLzey  proposed  to  marry  bis  lad.'^  clerk  she 
accepted  him,  both  pariits.  accoriiiirs;  to 
Mr.  TowDseud,  knowing  the  tacts  related 
by  bim.  Their  union  proved  buppv,  and 
for  sis  years  there  was  appareuUy  no 
cronDle  in  tbe  Kinzey  uonsenold.  'i  be  coaple  vis- 
ited Lon2  Branch  and  other  pleasure  resorts  last 
Summer,  ana  sou;;ai  tbe  "  ueat  society''  iu  those 
places.  About  two  months  ago  Mr.  Kiuz-iy  left  ibw 
plaintlfiL  allegine  that  sue  had  auoiUer  hu:;iDunu  aud 
was  rbtirelore  not  bis  wife,  lie  aid  nut,  however, 
Smmeaiateiy  cease  to  provide  fur  her  support,  out 
Bent  ber  120  -a  voek  tur  a  muutb  ur  more. 
At  the  end  of  that  penod  be  wr  te  to  Mrs.  Kin- 
zt-y,  sayiKS  that  tie  bad  beard  she  cLaimeii 
an  hers  ot  fight  the  'Wc'eEiy  sum  be  gave  ber  lu 
kiadue<!S.  and  be  would  tbereture  cease  tu  send  it. 
tlrs.  Kiuzey,  tberetore,  orocureJ  counsel,  and  the 
result  was  ihe  arrest  ot  ber  busoaud  un  a  cbarse  ot 
abandonment.  iJannn  Mr.  TowuseoU's  remarks 
Ur.  Kiuzey  said,  loudly,  relemnsi  to  one  ot  tbe 
itatemeuts,  '*Tbat'sa  Uw."  Tbe  lawyer  turned  uud 
laid  fiercely,  "If  you  make  that  remaik 
igain  wi>h  reforeuca  to  me,  I'll  puil 
tour  nose."  Mr.  Kinzey  explained  that  he 
l^d  not  mean  Mr.  Towuaena's  s'a.emect 
was  false  witbiu  conusei's  Kuowledee.  "When  Mr. 
I'owB&end  b.kd  tliiio,ueu  his  staiemnnt  Mr.  K.inzey 
asi^ed  that  tbe  exauiinaiiun  into  (be  case  be  pusi- 
poned.  Alter  some  discu-ssiun  Justice  Blxoy  au- 
joumed  Lbs  case  on  couuliiun  that  Mr.  £.inz-y 
■Loald  pay  bis  wite  ac  ihe  rate  ot  1*20  per  wuek 
irom  tne  time  the  payments  bad  ceased. 


.NATIONAL   TUOTllNG-   ASSOCIATION. 
CESSION  OF  THE  BOAKDOF  APPKAXS    OF  ,THE 

ATLANTIC     DISTKICr SEVlSRAL      CASES 

'      Ht-ABP  AND  BEFERRED  TO    THE    EXKCU- 
/'•        IIVE  COMMITTEE. 

f   The  Board  of  Appeals  of  the  Atlantic   Dis- 
itrict  ot  tbe  National    Trotting  Association  com- 
jnenced  Its  sessions  at  the  24ew-7ure  Hotel   yester- 
day afcemooD.  Mir.  C.  W.   Huccbinson,    Vice  Presi- 
dent;   in   the  chair.     Tae  members    present   were 
JEdwin    Thorne,    of  Millbrook,    2^    Y;    Giles    H. 
Sarnard,   Troy.   N.   Y.;   Georye  Scari;es,    Pniladel- 
phia ;  C.  J.  Eamlin,  Buffalo  ;  W.  M.  Parks,   Brook- 
lyn,  and   Charles    W.    Hayes,    Wasbingion.     The 
first  case  which  came  up  for  review  was  that  ot  Mf. 
S.   J-    HelIiDt;s,    of    \Villiaaisbar<;,    Long   Island, 
jteainst  the  Brooklyn  Driviau  Park,    owned   by   M. 
rWuliams  &  Son,  at  Parkville,  Long   Island,    askin^i 
for  the  removal  of  a  sospensiou  entered  against  tbe 
plaiatiff  by  that  asaociaiion,  on  tbe  ^ruaud  that   be 
"wiibdrew  his  horse  from  a  race  in  disobeiieuce  to  a 
rule  of  the  assooiatton,   which  provides  toat    "  no 
horse  shall  be  diawu  except   by  perniissioa  of  tbe 
Judges  of  the  race,  uulass  at  or  before  7  P.M.  of 
the  day  precedioz  the  race  tbe  proper   party   shall 
bave  lodged  with  the  President  or   other   othcer  of 
the  couree  a  written  notice  of  his  intention  not;   to 
etart."       The       plaintiff      declared       that       Mr. 
■Williams      bad     made      several       entiles       after 
the    parse    had     closed,     at     which     /uod     Che 
latter    informed     him      there    were    only    tli^t 
jeatries   in   the   rjca.      Mr.   Hellings   snbseq.ueui!y 
;found  that  there  were  11  en  trios  in  the  raoe,  and  ho 
had  withdrawn   on   that  account.    Besides  this,  be 
,bad   made   his  entry  conditionally   upou  his  beinj; 
isble  to  arive  bis  horse  ac  the   time  of  tbe  race,  as 
.the  plaintiff  bad    been  thrown  trom  his  suluy  nna 
had  received  iqjuries  which  disaoleU  hito.  Mr.  "Wil- 
liams, ou  tbe  oinur  band,  claimed  chat  no  conJitioa- 
al  entry  had  been  maue,  and  submitted  tbe  original 
jentry  in  writing,   in  which  it  did  not  appear  chat 
lany  special  oonditions  were  entered.     Tbe  ca'^e  was 
Bdjouroed  uatil  tbii  morning.     A  recess  ot  one  boar 
rwas  oBXt  taken,  atier  whion  the  case  of  Hiram  \V. 
fHowe,     of    Gravesend,     Loua   Island,    who    bud 
•■been    susoend^J      by      tbe     Point    Breeze     Park 
Association       of      Poiladelpbia,      was       cousiderBit. 
.'M.r.    Howe    had    entered    a   horse    named    Delhi, 
Deloneing  to  Cuarlea  N.  Kimplana,  of  Brooklyn,  at 
s  race  lo  Philadelphia   Isbt   yeur.   buU  won    tbe  race 
And    a   parse   of   (750,  which   nad  been  paid  to  Mr. 
;I0.owe,    when    it    was    tiiscovereu    that   Delhi  was 
formerly  Ja>ov?D  aa  Piaah,  aud  owned  la  the  South, 
"Where  he  had   made  a   record   of  better  time  ihau 
■was   expressed   in   the  limit   of  tbe   race  in  whicn 
"Delhi  was  entered.    He  was   thert  fore  not  eliffibie 
to  trot  ui  the  race  at  Philadelphia,   and   Mr.  Howe 
was  aoooFdxngly  suspended.     Mr.  Hotve,  in  bis  own 
^etense.    testified  ttiat    be   tootc   toe    b  .rae  ot   Mr. 
Kimpland,    trained    aim,   and    took  him  to  Phila- 
delphia, and  nad  won  the  race  "open  to  horses  who 
had  never  trotted   io   2:45;  "    be   had   never  heard 
that  Delhi   had   lormerly  been   knowo   aa  Piaab,  or 
that     the    norse    was     not   a     green     horse,    as 
he     bad      been      represented      to      be     by      Mr. 
Kimplano.       The    -case     ■  was      referred      to      the 
board  lor  action  in  executive  sesaiou.     Tho  nt^xi. 
case  was  that  of  Mr.  Charles  B.  Gilmm,  of  Brook- 
lyn, N.  T..  against  the  Point  Breeze  Park  AsS'icia- 
tiou   of  Pbiladelpbia,  for  tbe  removal  of  tho  uecren 
of  suspension  aKainst  himaeli''  and   his  oay  erlaio^ 
Bay,    and  for   reimhuisement   for    his    expenses, 
to    taking    bis     hor»e      to     Philadelphia,    to    the 
amount  of  SIOO.    He  claimed  that  he  had  received  a 
aotice  ol  the  race  from  Mr.  Towne,  Secretary  of  tb» 
Point  Bretza  Park  Association  of  Paiiadulohia,  in 
which   he  nad  soiiciteu  him  lo  enter  in  the  races  at 
tbe  Spring   meeting  of  that  as^otiatiou.     Jo  reply 
jilr.  Guman  wrote  Mr.  Towne  that  if  he  felt  uin- 
posed  to    'trust"  him,  be  woafd  enter  in  a  specified 
race,  but  he  had  not  the  readv  money  to  nay  too  en- 
trance lees.     He  received  no  reply  trom  Mr.  Towno, 
and  considered  his  siieuce   an    acceytauce  of   his 
proposuion.    He  arrived  at  Fhilaielpbia  with  bis 
horse  Bay,  and  wnen   his  horse    was  placed   on  the 
track  he  was  ruled    off  Oecause  Mr.  Oilman  had  not 
paid   the  entrance   tees'.    Mr.  Towne,  on  behalf  of 
the  association,  said  that  Mr.  Gilman  had  not  come 
near  him  at  ail  on  the  day  of  the  race,  and  that  had 
he   known   that   Mr.   Gilman   was   there  he  suould 
'have  seen  him  and  anauced  dis  entrance  money  for 
him.     Tbe  case  was  referred  to  loe  board  in  execu- 
tive session.    The  case  ot  Hiram   Schitier,  ot  Kead- 
ing,   Peun..  against  the  Point  Breeze  Park  Associa- 
tion,   W.   H.   Dohle,   apd  John  Turner   was    next 
tried.    Mr.   Scbitler  entered   his  mare  Litile  Marv, 
in  a  race   at  Point  Breeze  ParK,    Puiladelptila,  on 
June  13.  1876-    A  Jocaoy  named   William  Hughes 
was  eoiployed  to  drive  thp  mare,  aud,  after  winning 
two   bears,. Mr.   Schitier  discovered  that    Hugnes 
was '•  palling"   Lii.ile   Mary,    evidently    with   the 
view  ot  thro,  ing  the  race  luro  ihe  hands   of    other 
nartiee.     Xne  plaiutjff  rei.eved  Hughes,  and  drove 
^the  final  teat  hima^li,  duriuj    waicti   L<"vi  Monii', 
'the  driver  of  too  Iforse  JohL  S.   Heild,   deliberately 
erossed  bis   triiok   severil  times,    thus    "louliug  " 
him,  ami  preventing  him  from    wiuuiug  the  race. 
AtfiJavitjS  dttnving  ibe  oharges  were  suomitted   by 
■Meaars.  Dobio'and  Tuiner.  and  ihe  Secretary  of  the 
ssaooidtiuu  leaiided  tnut  the  mooey  had  oeeu  <vith- 
held  trom  all  purcie.s.  and  was  still  in  tbe   hands  of 
the  association.     Tbe  case  was  tneri  referred  lo   tho 
hoard  for  action  In  exocuiive  session.    Attor  trying 
some  Cduses    of  minor    importance    the    board  ad* 
Joarned  until  this  moining. 

I  HUMILIATlyti  MIS  OFPONBNT. 

'  About  11  o'clook  on  Mouday  night  a  coward- 
ly assanit  was  committed  in  presence  of  a  number 
«t  ladies  bonina  tbe  scenes  of .  ho  Brooklyn  Academy 
of  Music  on  Mr.  Thomas  P.  Ciarii  by  one  Douelasa 
.'Walker,  a  youog  man  wbo  is  said  to  be  engaged  in 
the  insopanoe  businens.  At  tbe  time  of  the  assault 
A  large  audience  w&a  asxemblea  in  tho  Academy 
to  witness  an  amatear  performance  given 
for  the  benefit  of  Mr.  Leouard  D. 
St.  Geofge,  a  weil-koowu-  amateur  actorl 
Dtmng  as  inter miaalon  In  the  performance  Walkei 
abrnpdy  l«xft  a. box  which  he  occupied  and  passed  on 
'to  the  stMie.  which  was  crowded  with  ladies 
and  eenUemen.  Walking  op  to  Mr.  Ciarfc  he  pulled 
from  under  Bis  vest  a  slender  riding-whip  and  with 
an  oath  simck  the  former  across  tbe  face.  Halt  a 
-  dozen  blows,  accompanied  oc  the  part  of  Walker 
■With  vsry  lonl  langusge,  feli  on  the  head  *nd  sbonU 
'deraof  Mr.  Clark  betoxe  tho  astonished  spectators 
of  the  outrkEO  could  Interferf-.'  "Walker  was  ar- 
rested  by  Officer  Mills  a«  the  conclusion  of  the 
perforumnce,  and  -.eiterdsy  morning  he  nresented 
himself  at  Justice  Walsh's  tJourt.  at  9  o'clocu.  but, 
■a  no  person  appeared  to  prosecute,  ho  was  allowed 
to  go  &•«.  Mr.  Clark  Is  •  member  of  the  Wallaok 
Amsteur^Ofljety,  and  Secretary  to  Gen.  Bckert, 
•Preatiiantof  the  AtianUo  and  Pacific  Telegrat>h 
fjanqyaav.   Wallier.  jrhfiJA  JutAEod  on  ttisfoilsa. 


retoro  as  a  "blerk,"  gives  aa  hi*  reason  for  aasanlting 
Clark  that  he  had  sworn  to  hnmiliate  tbe  latter 
in  public.  Mr.  Clark's  assailant  is  a  member  of  the 
Amaranth  Dramatic  Society. 

IRE  CON  TIN  EN  I AL  LIFE   COMPANY. 

TESTIMONY  BEFORE  THE  RBFBREE — MB. 
GEOROB  W.  THOMAS,  THE  BOOK-KEEPER, 
GIVES  EVIDENCE  REQABDINQ  CERTAIN 
ENTRIES  IN   THE  JOURNAL. 

The  hearing  before  the  Referee,  William  Al- 
len Butler,  in  the  matter  of  the  Continental  Life 
Insurance  Company,  was  resumed  yes :er day  after- 
noon at  No.  20  Nassau  street,  when  Mr.  Hubert 
Sewell.  of  counsel  for  the  former  Keceiver,  John  J. 
Anderson,  stated  that  tbe  receiocs  whioh  were  to 
be  given  by  Mr.  Gi'acs  for  tbe  assets  of  the  conoem 
were  not  yet  ready,  and  that  more  time  was  de- 
sired. The  receipts  will  probably  be  ready  to-day, 
and  a  scbeanle  of  the  ai^sets  will  then  be  put  iu  evi- 
dence. Mr.  George  W.  Thomas,  the  book-keeper, 
was  recalled  and  gave  testimony  regarding  certain 
entries  found  in  tbe  lonrual  that  was  missing 
from  Oct.  24  until  Jan.  23.  Dae  of  these 
entries  was  as  follows  :  "Dr.  to  parchaoed  policies 
account,  $.333,312  50."  This  item,  Mr.  Thomas  said 
he  was  led  tu  believe,  referred  to,  and  was  intended 
to  acoouut  for  tbe  bonis  and  mortgages  that  were 
sent  to  the  New-Jersey  Mutual  Life  Insurance 
Company  at  tbe  tiaie  the  cum  race  for  reinsurance 
was  made  by  tbe  Continental  Coinpcm;.  This  im- 
presAon  was  caused  by  the  eutrlos  oa  the  cre.iit 
side  of  the  j  urual  whioh  corresponded  iu  amount 
with  tbut  on  the  debit  side,  and  were  as  follows: 
''  Bonds  and  mortgagees  surreodare  i  ai  per  acc<0ot. 
;»S91,yU0  ;  Umted  Siates  bonds,  1^63  412  50."  Tuese 
two  auiouuLS  added  together  make  a  cotal  tbe  same 
as  '  ibe  amount  above-mentioned  cUargeu 
to  purchased  policies  accouuu  Mr.  Thomas 
s.iid  he         did  not         know         anything 

aoout  the  actual  transfer  of  these  seourittes,  but 
there  was  notding  else  ihat  he  knew  of  at  tbac 
lime  to  which  tbe  imountcoald  be  charged  :  it  had 
no  retecence  to  the  purcba:je  of  policies  in  Califor- 
nia anu  tb»  Southern  Sla.es. 

Mr.  L  V.  SiUea  Was  ineo  called,  and  cave  testi- 
mony reierring  to  the  same  auuiecr,  bis  cmolusioos 
Qeiug  The  same  as  those  of  Mr.  Thomas;  h'.i  had 
kept  ibe  bond  and  laortgage  auoouut,  and  fiund 
that  there  WaS  1291, 4U0  miasing  aooat  The  fme  of 
ibe  rrausfer;  these  securi  les,  bethought,  wereiu 
the  othce  wiblu  30  days  beore  thai  iiuie;  witness 
examined  the  account  aoout  hve  da.\s  after  Mr. 
Anderson's  appointment,  and  asked  that  i^entie- 
uian  for  some  explanation  of  the  m.<it- 
ter,  which  he  waa  naahle  to  give; 
he  than  asked  Mr.  Audur^oa's  attorney, 
Daniel  J.  Noyes,  and  was  informed  that  some  ot  tbe 
oecurilies  had  gone  to  the  New-Iersey  Mu.uil,  and 
that  others  were  still  in  bis  f  Noye^J  oands.  At 
rbis  point  the  nearing  was   adiouruea  uuiil  to-day. 

The  resettlement  of  tbe  oroer  atipoiiiiing  William 
K.  Grace  KefctiTer  of  the  Continental  Company, 
was  again  before  Justice  Pratt  yes lerday.  No  im 
portant  changes,  otuer  than  those  already  reported, 
were  made  in  it.  j 

THE  BEUVK  M  VRBER. 

NO  HOPE  FOR  OSCHW.aLD  AND  RYAN — THE 

DOOMED  mi:n  to  bh  hung  on  FHIDAY. 

Sheriff  Harrison,  ot  Essex  Couunty,  New- 
Jersey,  was  notiSeu  late  on  Monday  night  that  the 
Senate  bad  sustained  Gov.  liedle's  veto  of  the  bill 
passed  by  the  L^islature  lor  the  benefit  ot  Cyan 
and  Oscbwald,  the  men  who  murdered  Policemau 
Brock  in  Newark  in  A  agust  laat.  There  is  now  no 
hope  of  escape  tor  the  two  men  trom  the  penalty 
imposed  by  tbe  court,  and  oreiiaratiou.i  are  makin:: 
for  their  execution  on  Pnday  morning.  Tbe 
scaffold  will  be  erected  on  Thursday  night  in  the 
main  corridor  of  tbe  Newark  Jail,  between  the  cells 
and  the  eastern  wall,  about  20  feet  north  of  tbe 
cells  in  which  the  prisoners  are  confined.  Yesterday 
morning  the  condemned  men  were  informed  officially 
otthe  action  of  the  Senate,  whes  they  evinced  a  pain- 
lul  seu.-iO  ot  the  danger  wuich  threaiened  them. 
The  two  men  are  confiued  together  in  i-ell  No.  24  ou 
tbe  second  tier.  Byau  bung  ois  brad  wheu  the 
news  was  communicated  to  him,  aud  itid  not  make 
any  reply  for  a  momenu  Alter  a  while  he  said  : 
"  1  em,  then,  to  bo  murdered  lor  -x  crime  I  never 
committed.  The  Police  will  gloat  over  it.  They 
have  hunted  me  hko  a  liog."  To  the  qne«tiou 
whether  he  would  make  any  speecn  on  the  ncaff  ild, 
be  replied  that  he  had  nothing  to  sav  except  toai  he 
is  iuuocent  of  the  murder,  and  that  tbe  people 
know  It.  When  Oscbwald  was  told  that  he  mast  die 
be  buried  bis  head  in  his  hands,  and  tear^ 
were  s^en  to  trickle  down  his  face.  -  He  is  about 
23  years  ot  age,  ot  good  appearance,  and  wire  blace 
side  whisKers  aud  mustacue.  He  declined  to  eay 
much,  asserting  that  he  was  inn<jceot,  and  that  us 
ne  must  die  there  was  nothing  to  be  done  but  to 
prepare  himself  for  aeath.  He  expressed  great  con- 
cern tor  bis  paren:s,  auu  said  that  he  Could  stand 
bis  disgrace,  bui  tbai  its  ettect  upon  them  would  be 
terrible,  and  that  he  could  not  bear  tbe  tdougbt 
that  he  bad  been  born  for  such  a  fate.  Ho  declared 
that  be  would  keea  up  aud  die  like  a  man,  and 
knowing;  nis  innocence  it  would  aid  uim  to  meet  bia 
late.  A  Methodist  minister  will  tender  spiritual 
aiivice  and  consolation  to  tbe  doomed  men  until  tho 
execution. 

THE  BOAHB  OF  HEALTH. 
REPORTS  OF  THE  SANITARY  INSPECTORS 
OS  THE  DIKIY  CONDITION  OF  THE 
STREETS— MORTALITY  STATISTICS. 
At  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Health  yes- 
terday reports  from  the  Sanitary  Inspectors  in  're- 
laiiun  to  tho  disgracefully  filthy  condition  of  the 
streets  ware  received  and  referred  to  tbe  Bjar  d  of 
Police  for  their  action.  Dr.  Morris  reports  chat  all 
the  streets  m  tbe  Eieventb  anil  Seventeenth  Wards, 
uortn  of  Houston  street,  were  in  a  terrible  condi. 
tion,  and  the  advent  of  warm  weather 
would  certainly  bring  with  it  disease.  Tbe 
Dreaent  method  of  cleaninsr  (')  tbe  streets  wan 
a  disgrace  to  the  City.  Dr.  Bryant  states  that 
large  piles  of  filth  are  to  be  lound  in  Seveotb, 
Eighth,  Ninth,  and  Tenth  avenues  si  as  almost  to 
impede   t'-avel,    and  in  ail  the  side  streets  between 

Fourteenth  and  Fortieth  streets,  and  from  Sixth 
avenue  ro  the  Hndaon  River,  esuecially  West 
Twenty-sixth.  Twentj'-seveurh,  Xweotv-eiglith,  aod 
Twenty-ninth  streets,  between  Ninth  and  Kleventh 
aveuu.-s.  Sixteenth  street  between  Ninth  andT^nrh 
avenues,  and  Thlrty-thircl  street,  between  S.xib 
?nd  Seventh  avenues.  Dr.  Hughes  reported  that 
Greenwich,  Sullivan,  Thorn psoo.  King,  Clarksou, 
Watts,  We.st  Houston,  Downing,  Gansevoort, 
Jones,  Cornelia,  and  Spring  streets,  west 
of         Varick  street,        are        in        a       fearlul 

condition.  Dr.  Ewine  also  reported  that  the  streets 
in  his  district  are  in  a  terribly  filthy  condition. 
In  West  Oue  Hunoredrh  street,  wheie,  within  the 
radius  of  1,000  teet,  77  famiiies  reslQ?,  the  road 
way  is  iu  a  iiisgusting  s'ate.  Tbe  street  has  not 
been  cleaned  lor  a  long  time,  and  the  a«hes  aud 
garbage  are  not  removed,  but  are  turown  into  the 
street,  where  the  accumulations  almost  prevent  the 
passage  ot  vehicles.  All  the  Inspuciors  condemn 
the  present  ^aetbod  of  siroet-cleaning  and  removal 
of  aahes  and  garbage,  and  make  suggestions  for  a 
thorough  cleansing  of  the  City,  which  must  oe  ac- 
compli.ihed  before  the  warm  weather  sets  in,  or  a 
pestilence  will  result. 

The  followins  is  a  synopsis  of  the  weekly  reoort 
of  Dr.  John  T.  Nagle,  Deputy  Resisier  ol  Records: 
There  were  423  deaths  reponed  to  have  occurred 
io  this  City  aurine  the  week  ending  Saturday,  Feb. 
10,  which  is  a  decrease  of  29  as  compared  with  tbe 
number  reported  the  preceding  week,  and  187  less 
than  were  reported  duiiug  the  corresponding  week 
ot  1875.  The  actual  m  rtaliLy  tor  the  Week  endina 
TTeb.  3was4i3,  whica  is  146  leos  than  the  average 
numoer  of  deaths  lor  the  c  irresponding  week  of  the 
past  five  years,  and  repre.ieats  an  annual  death-rate 
ot  20.05  per  1.000  persons  living,  the  population 
estimated  at  1,07J,880. 


THE  QUAEAyilNE   COMMISSION. 
REPORT  OF  THE  BOARD  FOR   THE  YEAR — THE 
EXPENSES  RKDUCED,  AND  A  BALANCE  OF 
LAST  year's  APPROPRIATION  ON  HAND. 

The  Commissioners  of  Quarantine,  W.  L.  B. 
Steers,  David  W.  Jndd,  ana  James  McQuade,  yes- 
terday presented  their  report  lor  the  year  1876  to 
the  Legislature.  The  report  gives  a  detailed  his- 
tory of  New-York  Qaarantine  ftom  its  establish- 
ment in  1794  on  Governor's  Island,  until  tbe  nrescnt 
time.  Tbe  State  appropnations  began  in  1837,  and 
have  amounted  to  mure  than  (2,000,000. 
Last        year        tbe         Commissioners  recom- 

mended that  tbe  appropriations  should  cease 
and  that  the  department  should  be  made  self-sus- 
taining by  applytyg  the  revenues  to  the  payment 
of  tne  expenses.  JPollowing  this  recommendation 
only  $10,000  were  applied  for  Q  larancine  expenses 
last  .\ ear,  whereas  the  anpropnati-./ns  avpraaed  for 
the  io  preco  ina  years  f2o3,0d0  anaually,  including 
con.siraclion  fund.  This  nominal  sum  ol  110,000  has 
been  suthcient,  and  a  iialance  s:ill  remaiua  ou  h-^ud  . 
The  com  of  maintaining  the  ar;iflcial  ic-lauds, 
Health  Ofhcers  resioeuce,  aud  8>eam-boats  has 
oeeu  greatly  reduced.  The  ai  earner  Nelson 
K.  Hopkiuv  whicu  In  previous  years  has  cost  the 
State  $10,000  annually  far  ruuuing  expense.*,  last 
vear  paiii  ner  own  expense-*,  and  tne  Governor 
Feutou  was  run  without  expea-<e  to  the  State.  The 
Quarantine  Cotnmiosion  pai:i  tor  lawyers'  fees,  from 
lc*70  r»  1873,  S24  000.  Prom  1873  ro  1875  the  counsel 
fees  were  oniy  *1.U00.  and  lu  ia76  tuey  were  uoih- 
iiig.  Tbe  fees  tor  boarding  vesieis  havo  not  been 
charged  since  1820.  and  were  $6  50  tor  toreign,  and 
from  $1  50  to  |3  for  coast-wise  vessels.  The  fees 
tor  foreign  vessels  are  collected  at  the  <;u8tom- 
housc,  and  tbe  coasters  pa.y  their  tees  when  board- 
ed. "Tbe  fnmigation  caarges  were  reduced  by  tbe 
Commissioners  at  the  beeinning  of  last  season. 
Bt'lievtng  tbat  Hoffman  Island,  which  is  an  un- 
used artificial  •tincture  that  nas  cost  the  State 
neatly  half  a  million  of  dollars — could  he  perma- 
nently utilized  for  the  purposes  of  the  Commission- 
ers of  Emiumtion,  it  was  olTeredto  that  board 
when  Castle  Garden  was  burned.  Tbe  lower  artifi- 
cial island  baa  been  named  Swinburne,  in  con- 
formity to  legislative  enactment.  Tbe  Commis- 
sioners believe  that  no  apprehension  need  be  felt  as 
to  the  ability  of  the  board  to  control  cholera  and 
yellow  fever  in  the  future.  During  1876  99  yesselt 
anlTed  on  which  yellow  fever  caaas  had  uooorred. 


the  number  in  1875  being  16.  The  number  of  pa- 
tients removed  to  Hospital  ^ras  39  aa  compared  with 
33inl875.  _  

BET  ON  TILDKN  AND  LOST. 

A  SCENE  IN  Art  UP-IOWN  HOTEL — ^HOW  THE 
PEOPLE  VOTE. 
The  betting  propensity  is  one  that  the  Demo- 
crats have  even  more  credit  for  possessing  than  they 
have  deserved,  but  that  they  do  possess  it  some- 
times in  a  foolish  degree  was  illustrated  last  even- 
ing in  the  lobby  of  a  well-known  np-town  hotel.  A 
company  of  gentlemen  were  discassine  the  pros- 
pects of  the  election  of  Hayes  or  Tilden,  among 
the  number  being  a  popular  gentleman 
wbo  is  a  firm  believer  in  the  election 
of  Hayes  atnd  a  very  loud  and  positive 
Tllden  man.  The  argument  came  at  last  to  a 
warm  conclusion,  when  the  ardent  Bernblican 
ofiered  to  bet  any  man  in  tbe  crowd  tS.OOO  that 
Haves  would  be  the  next  President  of  tbe  United 
Sates.  Democratic  cooSderce  was  not  qnlte  up  to 
tb:«'  point,  but  tbe  gentleman's  proposition  was 
followed  Dy  a  milder  and  less  expressive  one  from 
tbe  Tlidenite,  who  wanted  to  wager  "diinks  for 
tbe  crowd  "  that  ihere  were  more  Tilden 
men.than  Hayes  men  in  the  room.  Just  then  the 
elevator  stopped  at  tbe  floor  and  dropped 
oui 'tbe  elevator  boy,  whom  the  anxious  Democrat 
was  immediitely  desiions  should  be  iiiclnded  in  the 
count.  A  loud  ninrmnr  of  dttseot  was  h^ard,  the 
iiieligibilify  of  the  boy  either  to  vote  or  drink  being 
urged  without  regard  to  parry  politics.  The  boy's 
ineligibility  having  been  accepted  without  further 
complaint  on  tbe  Democrat's  )>art,  and  tbe  parry 
numbered  aud  found  to  consist  of  17  men,  the  Til- 
den champion  took  bis  stand  at  one  side  of  tbe  room 
and  oaid,  "As  many  of  you  as  are  in  favor 
of  tbe  election  of  Mr.  Tilden  raise  your  ri,ht 
hands."  Tbe  band  of  the  Democrat  went  no 
in  solemn  solitude.  Tbe  gleeful  aud  handsome 
Hayes  man's  turn  had  come,  and  he  pat  the  ques- 
tion for  Hayes.  Sixteen  hands  went  no  and  tbe 
Democrat's  chin  went  down,  but  without  hesitation 
be  led  tbe  party,  which  cooisted  of  persons  from 
every  part  of  the  country,  who  nad  only  happened 
to  be  together,  to  tbe  bar  to  receive  the  wager  be 
had  lost.  

THE  BAR  ASSOCIATION. 
IMPORTANT  RECOMMENDATIONS    ADOPTED — 
APPROVING       OF     FIXtD     SALARIES    IN- 
STEAD CF  FKES. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Bar  Association  last 
evening,  the  following  veselutions  wore,  en  motion 
of  Mr.  Dwighf  H.  Olmstead,  ununimously  adopted  : 
Resolved,  That  the  recomiuendntloiis  contained  In 
the  report  made  in  1872  by  the  Comailttee  ou  '.xtor- 
tlons  are  appr  >Te  I  by  toU  associ  ition,  and  that  a 
comuil:  tee  of  three  be  appointed  bv  the  Chair  to  pro- 
care  such  legislation  as  shall  give  effect  tp  said  recom- 
mendations. 

iiesolu^d.  That  this  association  aoproves  of  such 
p.'irts  of  the  ImUs  pendlux  iu  the  LeidBlature.  Intro- 
duced by  .■•euiitor  Woodin.  as  provide  that  the  County 
I  lerk  and  lieetiter  m  thtd  City  receive  salaiies  Instead 
of  fees  f.jr  tiieir  compensation. 

Tbe  following  are  the  recommendations  above  re. 
f erred  to: 

Firtt — The  preparation  and  adoption  by  the  Le- 
gislature at  once  of  a  new  Fee  bill  for  all  tae  offices 
above  named  ;  making  it  i^uiform  for  tne  State,  and 
the  repeal  at  the  same  time  of  all  the  existing  stat- 
ntes  relating  to  the  fees  and  perquisites  ofibose 
offices,  wito  suitable  provisions  tor  enforcing  oon- 
foruiiiy  to  such  new  Pre  bill 

Heeond — All  sain  offices  to  be  salariet],  and,  so  far 
as  piaciicaule,  lees  abolished;  but  when  fees  are 
retained,  they  to  be  as  small  as  the  Hsrvlces  will 
warrant,  and  in  the  ore  important  offices  be  paid 
to  a  person  specially  designated  to  receive  them, 
give  receipts  therefor,  and  pay  them  over  into  the 
public  Tre  surr.  Iu  this  manner  it  will  soon  be 
Fouad  wnat  offices  are  self-supporting,  aod  what  re- 
duction or  Increase  of  charges  is  proper. 

'Ihird — For  the  purpose oi  facliiiaiing  the  trans- 
fer ol  uilea  to  real  exiate.  and  les^enini;  tbe  ex- 
pense-i  thereof,  the  loliovving  cbanEtes  to  l>e  made. 
(1.)  The  number  nnd  duration  of  liens  on  real  es- 
tate to  De  materially  reduced.  (2.)  AH  such  liens, 
aud  also  wills  and  uecrees,  afiec  ing  real  property, 
to  be  recnrued  in  tbe  same  office  In  each  county 
where  deeds  are  now  recorded;  and  no  Judgment 
berealier  recovered,  or  other  lien  hereafter  created, 
to  be  opttrative  as  nuch,  until  the  same,  or  a  tran- 
s'lript  or  a  notice  thereof  be  filed  in  the  recording 
office.  ^ 

IHE  MA  TPOLE  OF  MERRIMO UNT. 
LECTURE  BY  HON.  CHARLES  FRA.NCIS  ADAMS, 
JR.,  BEFORE  THE  LONG  ISLAND  UISTORI- 
CAL  SOCIKTY— A  HU.MOROUS  I.PISODE  IN 
EARLY  NKW-KNGLAND  HISTORY. 
Hon.  Charles  Francis  Adams.  Jr.,  read  a 
paper  entitled  "The  Maypole  of  Merrymount"  be- 
fore tbe  Long  Island  Historical  Society,  in  tbn  Sec- 
ond Presbyterian  Church  in  Brooklyn,  last  evening. 
Rev.  Dr.  Ricbard  S.  Storrs  presided,  and  a  distin- 
gulshea  company,  composed  of  the  leading  citizens 
of  Brooklyn,  filled  the  church.  The  hero 
of  Mr.  Adams'  interesting  sketch  wss  a 
roistering  Englishman  named  Thomas  Mor- 
ton, who  settled  near  Mount  WulleHton,  on  tbe 
shore  of  Massacbosetts  Bay,  somewhere  between 
tbe  years  16.25  and  1630.  While  tbe  other  colonies 
at  Plymouth  and  elsewhere  were  composed  ot  G'<d- 
fesi'ing  and  gloomy-visaged  Puritans,  Morton  and 
nis  followers  were  a  set  of  perpetual  holidav-mak- 
ers,  and  endeavored  in  a  small  way  to  introduce 
and  establish  the  roistering  customs  of  "  Merrie 
England"  on  tho  savage  shores  of  the  New  World. 
In  tbe  intervals  of  hunting  and  trading  with  tbe 
Indians,  they  set  np  a  Godless  Mavpole,  and  cele- 
brated its  erection  with  drunken  frolics  which  scan- 
dalized tbeir  Puritan  neighbors  greatly.  They  also 
took  untothemselves companions  from  among  the  fe- 
male "aalvages"  without  tbe  ceremony  ot  marriaeo. 
These  tbines  continued  until  lUev  b>-^.ui  to  iujure 
their  plDusueighbois  in  pocket,  by  offering  tbe  In- 
dians unlimited  arms  and  wbinkev,  in  re- 
lura  for  pe  ts,  and  then  the  Ions  cent  up 
indignaticn  nt  the  Puritans  burst  torth.  In- 
effectual efif.irts  10  suppress  the  roister- 
ers of  M(.  Wolleaton,  otherwihe  known  as  "  Merry- 
m'>onr,"  were  made  bv  tUe  auih^riiiea  of  Plymouth 
and  Massachusetts  Bay,  and  finally  Capt.  Miles 
Standisii  was  disparched  with  a  lorce  of  eight  men 
to  arreat  Morton  and  l.is  comrades.  Alter  several 
mlsuaps  the  job  was  accomplished,  and  Morton  ulti- 
matelv  sent  back  to  Erii^laud.  Here  the  "  L  >rd  of 
Misrule,"  as  the  Puritans  termed  him,  spent 
bia  time  in  plots  aseinst  Gov.  Wintbrop  and 
others  of  tbe  colonists,  and  at  one  time 
enlisted  in  his  lavor  tbe  sympathies 
of  .Archbishop  L^ud  and  others  nigh  in  the  King's 
confidence.  In  1637  he  appeared  in  Holland,  where 
he  published  a  book  euMtled  TA«  ^ew-Lngland 
Canaan,  iu  which  he  ridicul'^a  the  Puritan  auiuun- 
ties  IU  no  gentle  strain.  In  1643  the  founder  of  tbe 
Merrvmonnt  Mavpole  returned  to  Boston,  where 
ho  wa4  subsequently  arrested  hnd  condemned  lo 
pay  a  fine  of  £100  tor  his  share  in  tbecourtancrigue 
against  Gov.  Wintbrop.  Morton  subsequently 
di'-d  at  a  coantrv  sertlement  in  Maine  in  the  year 
164?,  and  Mount  Wolleston  nassed  into  tbe  hands 
01  a  descendant  er  Miles  Scandisb'a  celebrated 
sweetheart,  wbose  charms  have  beeu  sung  by  Long- 
fellow. Mr.  Adams'  paper  waa  listened  to  thruugh- 
our  with  close  attention,  and  received  the  hearty 
laughter  and  applanse  of  tbe  audieuce.  At  its  close 
a  receptio.j  was  given  to  tbe  author  at  the  residence 
of  Uou.  Heorv  E.  Pierrepont,  at  which  a  laree  and 
fashionable  assemblage  was  present. 


TBE  SBORTUST  OUAKGE  ON  RECORD. 
A  very,  good  example,  which  might  be  fol- 
io »red  with  advantage,  was  set  by  the -courts  coun- 
sel, and  the  jury  in  the  suit  of  John  H.  Earle  atrainst 
the  New-York  Life  Insurance  Company,  which  was 
tried  before  Judge  Joseph  F.  Daly,  in  Part  UL  of 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  yesterday.  The  snit 
was  brought  by  the  plaintiff  as  the  Assignee  of  the 
Executor  of  one  Daniel  Ladd,  deceased,  to  recover 
(3.025  and  interest,  as  the  baiapce  diie  on  a  tS.OOO 
policy  of  insurance  issued  by  tbe  defendants. 
Tbe  company  resisted  payment  because  ti.ere  were 
confirctiog  claims  to  the  money,  and  principally  be- 
cause in  one  suit  for  the  recovery  of  the  money  by 
Georgia  creditors  of  ihe  deceased,  tbe  amount  bad 
beeu  attached  under  the  tcarnishmeni  or  trustee 
proc38sat  Savannao.  The  plaintifi''s  counsel  summed 
up  bia  case  in  about  four  sentences.  Tho  oefeud- 
auts'  counsel  !>aid  he  did  not  wish  to  boro  the  jury, 
and  said  no  more.  Judtre  Daly  merelv  remarked  : 
"  Gen  I  lorn  •iu  of  the. jury :  If  .von  believe  the  plaintiff, 
yt)U  will  find  a  verdict  in  bia  favor  tor  the  whole 
aoiouut  claimed."  The  jury,  without  leaving  their 
seats,  found  a  verdict  lor  ihe  plainiiff.  The  sum- 
minz  np  and  charge  aod  finding  occupied  less  than 
three  minutes.  Raphael  Moses  appeared  for  tbe 
plaiutifi',  and  S.  K.  Ten  £vck  and  Henry  £.  Knox 
appeared  for  the  defendants. 


CANNOT  BATE  A  DOOBLE  SALARY. 
The  case  of  Billings  against  the  Mayor,  &o., 
was  decided  by  the  Court  of  Appeals  yesterday. 
The  action  was  brought  to  recover  a  salary  of  92.000 
per  annum  fur  services  as  Sapervisor  since  Jan  1, 
1875,  in  addition  to  the  salary  received  by  the 
plaintiff  tis  Aldprmau.  Tbe  defense  urged  by  the 
Curpnration  Counsel  was  that  by  the  amendment  of 
the  Constitution  iu  1874,  all  the  powers  of  Supar- 
visors  in  theClry  of  New- York  devolved  upon  the 
Aldermen  and  were  exercised  thereafer  by  tbrm 
as  Aldermen,  aud  tbat  the  salary  received  by  them 
aa  .a.ldei'Ui«n  was  all  lUe  comi>eD->atioa  to  which 
they  are  entitled.  The  Court  of  Appeals  baa  sus- 
laiued  tbe  defense  and  relieved  the  Ciiy  Treasury 
trom  claims  preferred  bv  Hie  City  Fathers,  amount- 
ing to  upward  of  iltiO.OOO.  George  P.  Comstock 
aopeared  tur  the  plaintiff,  dud  D.  J.  Dean,  Assistant 
Corporation  Counsel,  for  the  City. 


SERGT.  UILLER  AGAIN  VISAIISSED. 

The  second  irial  of  Sergt.  AugustuB  Miller, 
late  of  tbe  Tweuty-seotmd  Precinct,  before  the  Po- 
lice Board,  resulted  yesterday  in  bis  dismisKtl  from 
the  department^  Miller  was  tried  in  Marcb.  1875. 
on  the  charge  of  playing  cards  in  a  liquor  store,  and 
was  dismissed.  By'  order  ot  the  Conrt  of  Appeals 
he  was  reinstated,  but  was   tried  again~  on  the  old 

Charges,  irhloh  were  aiutaiDea  to  the  Mtislaotion 
.o£tbe.boac^>        i-     ,      ...,-.. 


CITY  MB  SUBDRBM  NEWS. 


NEW- YORK. 

Slavin's  Oeorgia  Cabin  Singers  will  give  a 
oonoert  this  evening  at .  Chiokerine  Hall   lor  the 
benefit  of  the  deatitnte  poor. 

Judge  Wallaoe,  yesterday,  denied  the  motion 
ofconnselfor  the  defense  in  the  Emma  Mine  oaae 
for  a  dilmlssal  of  the  snit  on  the  ground  of  a  lack 
of  evidence. 

J  ^seph  Sohmidt,  wholesale  dealer  in  tobacco 
at  No.  186  Water  street,  has  been  adjudicated  an  in- 
voluntary bankrupt  on  the  petition  of  his  creditors. 
Lialilities,  $64,M0;  nominal  assets,  t24,000. 

The  further  hearing  in  the  case  of  Messrs. 
Duncan,  Sherman  Sc  Co.  was  yesterday  adjourned 
"  without  flay,"  by  Beglster  Ketobum,  tbe  counsel 
for  tbe  creditors  not  being  present  to  continue  tbe 
examination. 

Harriet  McNeil,  aged  68,  of  Lookport,  N.  Y., 
wbo  was  lun  over  by  a  Madison  Avenue  stage  at 
the  comer  of  Broadway  and  Pine  street  on  Friday, 
the  9ib  inst.,  died  yesterday  at  tbe  Chambers  Street 
Hospital  from  rbe  effects  of  ber  injuries. 

James  O'Brien,  residing  in  Hicks  street, 
Brooklyn,  while  employed  in  loading  lumber  on  the 
wharf  at  the  foot  of  West  Fourteenth  street,-  yes- 
terday, fell  overboard,  and  was  rescued  from  drown* 
Ing  bv  Patrolman  Helme,  of    tbe  Ninth  Preoinot. 

Gen.  Sherman,  Senator  John  Sherman,  and 
Secretary  Cameron  arrived  in  tbe  City  yesterday  for 
the  purpose  of  inspecting  tbe  forts  in  the  harbor. 
Last  evening  Seostirand  Gen.  Sheiman called  at 
the  Windsor  Hotel  and  paid  their  respects  to  ex- 
Presiuen   Lerdo.  ot  Mexico. 

The  meeting  of  the  American  Fish  Culturists' 
Assoc!a.ion  will  take  place  to-day  at  the  Aquarium, 
Thiriy-flfth  street  and  Broadway.  In  the  evening 
at  S  o  oiocg  a  dinner  will  be  ofi'ered  by  Mr.  Coup  to 
the  members  of  tbe  association,  at  the  Gil-ey 
House.     Tbe    rnimt   will  be    composed  entirely  of 

Mr.  Thomaa  J.  Creamer  has  addressed  a  let- 
ter to  Controller  Kelly,  in  which  he  asserts  that 
the  burdien  ot  taxation  is  increased  in  consequence 
of  tbe  evasion  by  various  corporations,  dry-dock 
o<iinpanieB,  life  insurance  asoociations,  and  mer- 
chants of  the  taxes  which  should  be  imposed  upon 
them. 

The  committee  appointed  on  the  6th  inst.  to 
investigate  the  condition  of  the  Central  Bailroad 
Company  ot  New-Jersey  have  agreed  on  tbeir  re- 
port.<and  have  ouiified  the  officers  of  the  company 
to  tbat  eff.ot,  and  requeated  them  to  call  a  meeting 
of  the  stockoolders  fur  Thursday,  Feb.  15,  at  noon, 
to  receive  the  same. 

President  Sloan,  of  tho  Delaware,  Lacka- 
wanna and  Western  Company,  pronounces  the 
Statement  tbat  a  combination  with  tbe  New-Jersey 
Central  18  contemplated  by  his  company  "an  in- 
lamous  lie."  Tbe  assertion  that  the  Delaware, 
JLiSckawanna  and  Western  has  not  paid  its  Novem- 
ber vouobers  is,  he  said,  equally  fsilse.  It  is  now 
pa.vlug  lis  December  dividends.  \ 

Isaac  Van  Winkle  delivered,  at  tne  Columbia 
College  Law-scbool,  last  evening,  the  third  of  a 
series  of  lectursa  on  Comparative  Jurisprudence. 
The  subject  was,  ''  Puternitv  ;  or,  tte  Powers  of 
tne  Fatner  in  the  Diffr^reot  A.<;es,  and  among  the 
D.ff'^reot  Nations."  'Ine  lectures  aru  free,  and  are 
uehvered  each  Tuesday  evening.  The  next  leo 
ture  of  the  oouise  will  be  on  "  Civil  L..w,  trom  the 
lime  of  Alexander  Severus  to  the  time  of  Justinian." 
The  aduresses  are  not  only  for  lawyers,  bat  also  for 
laymen,  aod  are  intended  for  tbe  disouss'on  of  vaii- 
ous  Interestine  tonics  in  Jurisprudence  In  the  light 
of  historical  research. 


BROOKLYN. 
Some  of  the  fiiends  ot  Mr.  H.  N.  Conklin, 
tbe  old  gentleman  wbo  disappeared  from  home  un 
Jan.  30,  believe  tbat  ha  Is  not  dead,  but  in  the 
bands  of  some  men  who  hold  him  lor  a  ransom. 
Private  detec.ives  are  at  work  on  tbe  case. 

A  number  of  the  'longshoremen  who  have 
been  on  striae  tor  the  past  month,  offered  yesterd.iy 
to  go  to  work  at  tbe  reduced  rates.  Tbe  employers 
having  engaged  a  sufficient  number  of  new  men, 
retuaed  to  t«ke  back  the  strikers.  Some  trouble  is 
anticipated  as  tue  result  of  this  decision  of  the 
warehuuaomen. 

In  the  City  Court  yesterday,  Ellen  M.  Pike, 
widow  of  the  late  S.  N.  Pike,  of  Opera-nonse  fame, 
recovered  |657  48  Irom  Isaac  Biistow,  a  former 
partner  ot  ber  husband.  Bristow  bought  a  ooup6 
from  Mrs.  Pika  lor  the  amuuot  named,  but  subse- 
quently refused  to  pay  more  than  1400,  on  the 
ground  that  he  bad  to  have  the  conv^  repaired. 


WESTCHESTER    COUNTY. 

The  oaae  of  William  H.  Hammond,  Keeper,  of 
the  County  Alms-bonse,  who  was  charged  with 
misappropiiatlng  county  supplies  and  ill-treating 
paupers,  which  hai  been  under  invustieatlon  for 
aome  weeks  past  bv  a  committee  appointed  by  the 
Board  ot  Soprrvlsurs,  came  to  a  conclusion  yester- 
day, the  committee  acqu.tting  Hammond  of  all  the 
acousations  preferred  against  bim. 

Some  months  since  Ellen  Frayne,  of  Yonkers, 
preferred  a  charge  ot  seduction  against  a  man 
named  John  Mack,  and  be  fied  to  New-Jersey  to 
avoid  tbe  conseqneocea  On  Monday  Deputy 
Sheriff  Ford,  of  Westchester  County,  ariued  with  a 
leqnisition  from  Gov.  Robinson,  proceeded  to  New- 


ark, where  ha  arrested  Mack.  He  was  brought  to 
White  Plains  on  Ifonday  nifht  aod  lodged  la  the 
ConntyJaiL 

Daring  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Super* 
visors  of  Westohester  Count}'  yesterday,  »  commu- 
nication was  reoeivad  ftom.  County  Treasnrer  Da- 
vids, containing  an  order  ftom  tho  Supreme  Court 
of  New- York  City,  oroorlDghim  to  show  oaure  why 
a  mandamus  should  not  issue  compe  ling  him  to 
produce  certain  oertlfieates  of  sales  and  leases  of 
land  for  non-payment  of  taxes  on  property  in  the 
annexed  district.  Aocomnanvlng  the  letter  was  an 
affidavit  made  by  Controller  Kelly,  to  the  eflbot 
that  the  City  and  County  of  New-York  has  repeated- 
ly  but  without  Success,  attempted  to  get  possession 
of  the  documents  In  qoestton.  The  matter  was  ro. 
ferreo  to  the  oonn»el  for  the  board. 

LOU  a    ISLAND. 
At  an  election  held  in  the  town  of  Babylon 
yesterday,  the  advocates  tor  the  creation  of  the 
proposed  County  of  Naasan  were  in  a  n^Jorlty 
of  109.  • 

NEW-JERSEY. 

The  subject  of  annexing  Bayonne  to  Jersey 
City  is  again  being  agitated  by  a  number  of  large 
pnperty  owners  of  the  former  City  who  are  anxious 
for  a  change. 

William  Stickles  was  sentenced  yesterday, 
in  the  Essex  County  Court,  to  five  years'  Imprison- 
ment  in  State  Prison  on  six  charges  of  burglary,  to 
which  he  pleaded  guilty. 

Mary  Wagner,  a  widow,  residing  at  No.  76 
Chambers  street,  Newark,  was  strack  by  a  loco- 
motive yesterday  morning,  while  picking  ooal  on 
the  Newark  and  New- York  railroad  track,  and  was 
lataliy  injured. 

William  Campbell,  Alderman  from  the  Sec- 
ond Ward  of  Paterson.  died  yesterday  morning  at 
his  residence  in  tbat  city,  at  the  age  of  59  years. 
The  immediate  oauso  of  his  death  was  lunir  disease 
superinduced  by  a  cold,  which  he  contraoied  on 
election  day. 

The  body  of  an  unknown  man  was  found  yes- 
terday morning  lying  on  the  track  ot  the  Delaware, 
Lackawanna  and  Western  Eailroad.  at  Dover,  with 
both  legs  severed  from  the  bod.v.  It  is  not  known 
how  the  accident  occurred,  and  no  one  has  been  able 
to  identify  the  body. 

An  unknown  man  dressed  in  sailor's  clothes 
attempted  to  commit  smcide  Monday  on  the  Jersey 
City  f firry-boat  John  S.  Daroy  by  cutting  hla  throat 
with  a  kiiite.  Some  of  the  passengers  pi  evented 
him  from  accomplishing  bis  purpose,  and  gave  bim 
in  co:itody  ot  an  officer. 

Mrs.  William  Madden,  residing  on  St.-Panl'e 
avenue,  Jersey  City  Height^  went  out  yesterday, 
leaving  two  small  children  In  the  bouse.  A  few 
minutes  later  amoke  was  seen  issuing  from  toe  win- 
dows, and  some  of  tne  neighbors  roshed  in  Just  in 
time  to  save  ine  lives  of  tbe  chiloren.  The  fire, 
which  originated  from  a  defective  chimney,  was  ex- 
tinguished before  any  material  damage  had  been 
effected.  \ 

A  woman  giving  her  name  as  Josephine 
Keefe.  and  who  bad  a  six-year  old  child  iu  her  cus- 
tody, was  arrested  tn  i^rristown  Monday  night  on 
snspioion  of  having  gidnap-ied  the  child.  The 
woman  said  she  lived  at  No.  32  Oxford  street,  New- 
ark, and  ths  authorities  of  tbat  city  beine  communi- 
cated with  stated  that  the  child's  name  was  Mary 
Haokner,  and  tbat  she  had  been  kidnapoed  from 
her  parents'  residence.  No.  30  Oxford  street.  The 
woman  and  chi-d  were  aent  to  Newark  yesterday. 

ViCTOB  E.  Mauobb's  Amkbicas  Platino  Cabds, 
new  designV  Eoid  by  the  traae  generally.— .<f<(ti«r(i<«- 
maU. ^^^^^^^^^^ 

MINIATVRE  ALHANAO—lUrS  DAT^ 
Suhrises 6c55  I  Sim  sets 5:34  I  Vloon  sets...  6:69 

HIOB  WATBB— rats   DilT. 

Sandy  Book...8:39  |  aov.I«laad..9:28 1  Hell  Gate. .  10:50 

MABIJSrE  INTELLIQEWCE, 


NEW-YOKK TtrusDAS,  FBR  13. 


CLEARED. 


Steam-thlps  Daxota,  (Br..)  Price,  Liverpool,  via 
Quf>enBtown,  Williams  &  Guion;  vVyanoke,  Concb, 
hurfoilc  Citv  Pomr,  and  Ricbmo'id,  Old  Domiuiou 
Htoam-ship  Co.:  Asnes,  Burdick.  Philadelphia;  Gen, 
Whitney,  Uallett,  Boston,  H.  F.  Dimock. 

BarKa  Anna  Walsh.  Lawrence.  Buenos  A.yres.  J.  Nor- 
ton Jt  Sons;  TraveJer,  iBr.,)  Covert  Havre,  Bovd  & 
Uincken. 

Brl):s  atenben  Bishop,  Oiikey.  Cadiz.  B-  P.  Buck  & 
Co.:  S.  V.  Nichols,  (Br.,)  Chase,  Matanzas,  Sionda,Ben- 
Jimin  k  Co. 

Hcors.  Kate  Carleton,  (Br.,)  Grant,  Port  ot  Sp^in. 
Howlau'l  k  Aspluwall;  J.imestown,  Uacleton.  Kich- 
moud,  Va.,  Van  Brunt  It  Broj  Boslna  Arabell,  Car- 
berry,  8t.  Pierre,  ttari.,  B.  J.  Wenberg  U.  Co.;  J.  J.  Har- 
ris, Hu'isou.  Blneflelds.  Nicaragua,  otrout  k.  Bro.:  Lia- 
sie  Lee,  .Mubbs,  Jacmel,  I.  a.  tjtaples;  Snow  Bird, 
)«Jr.,)  iTlpps,  St.  Jubu,  N.  B.,  1*.  I.  Nevius  II  bon:  Ame- 
lia Aiunsia,  Mott,  New-Haven.  Cartwrlgbt  &  Doyle. 


ToGEL  Brothers, 


TBE 


LEADING  CLOTHIERS, 

BROADWAY,  CORNBR  HOUSTON  8T., 
8TH  AY..  NEAR  42D  ST. 


•?.     :  V  AJtRirHD. 

fUSUa-tattf  laaao  BeU,  LawreBoa,  Blebnond  aod 
Voifqlk.  wltkibdae.  and  passeogera  to  Old  D  oiBiaiOQ 
Steut^blpiOe. 

Steam'^mn  Olanons,  Bearte.  BosfeoiL  with  mdse.  and 
paaa^qgeln M  HetroMilitan SteamablpCa 

Bteam-'ahtp  Agnea.  Burdick.  Philadetphia.  with  mdae. 
and  passengers  to  Bogart  fc  Horsaa. 

8t<«iQ-shlp  '(Indicator,  Bowe.  Fldladelpbia,  with 
mdae.  and  paaaengera  to  James  Hand. 

Sohr.  Crown  Prinoe.  (of  St.  Jobo.  M.  B..)  BMcoaah, 
Halifax  V.  S.,'  16  da.,  wiUi  potatoea  to  order— veaael  to 
P.  L  Mevins  M  Son. 

Scbr.  Opera,  Fawler,  (ot  and  from  St.  John,  B.  B.,) 
via  Prpvlaence,  ta  ballast  to  P.I.  NeviTis  &  Son- 

8chc;  Aeara,.  (of  Maohlas,)  Church,  St.  John,  5.  B., 
10  da.,  with  plUng  to  order. 

Sobr.  Para,  Bryant,  Machlaaport  8  da.,  with  hunber 
to  StnpaoD,  (napp  k.  Ca 

Scbr.  Jnlia  Hewell,  Sbeppard,  Bookport,  wltb  lune  to 
Havllaad  It  Preasy. 

Sohr.  4^  It.  Burns,  Crosby.  Boston. 

Schr.  Mary  H.  ^tockham,  Beed,  Boston. 

Sobr.  A.  A.  Peary,  Peary,  Providence,  for  Port  John* 
sen. 

Schr.  Silver  Spray,  ChadfleM,  Provldenoe.  for  Port 
Johnson. 

Scbr.  Alton  T.  Miner,  Miner,  Providence,  for  Foit 
JobnaoD. 

Sotar.  Bertha,  Conover,  Providence,  for  Pert  John- 
aon. 

sohr.  Francla  Edwards.  TV  est,  Provldenoe,  for  Port 
Jobnaon. 

Scbr.  Henry  Adelbert,  Allen,  Provldenoe,  for  Port 
Johnson. 

8chr.  James  M.  Bayles,  Arnold,  Pawtucket. ' 

WIND— ftunset,  fresh.  S.  W.;   clear. 


SAILED. 


Steam-ships  Dakota,  tor  Liverpool;  WvanoVe,  for 
BIchmiind;  Agaes,  for  Philadelphia  ;  sh'p  Vantus.  for 
Tacoma,  W  T.;  barks  Nova  Sootian.  for  London;  (Co- 
lumbia, for  Barbados;  briss  Mary  Oibb«,  for  Havre; 
Alloe,  for  Turn's  island ;  James  Miller,  for  Cienfuegos: 
Carrie  Bertba,  tor  Matancas.  Also,  via  Long  Is  and 
Sound,  steam-ship  Gen-  Whitney,  for  Boston;  aohra 
Champion,  for  at.  John,  N.  B.;    Arctic  and  Sfary  Lang 


doB,  foe  Bdllwtf  7|— ■—  '  '--"T-rr  mjl  IHlniii.'li. 
PoctUsd:  BveUse.  J-  H.  Dtaaiuoto,  ifaKy  A.  VnpaZ 
and  A.  W.  Bilis,  te'  iiostOD:  Geoqce  |-.  ftfamTm 
AUva'a  Point;  Heiae  B.  Bene^Oct.  tit  avm^inaj 
Mary  A.  Predmore,  for  Provldenee. 

rOMElBN  POJJTA, 
Biaanma,  Feb.  S-^Art.  at  tbe  port  c^r  WM..T;^ffn  y^ 
6,  ateam-abip  Canbaa.  Laddieoat.  NewJ  fork. 
Sid.  Jan.  26,  brig  Poronall,  JaAMs^   for  ChaileMB^ 

_  Arr.  at  tbe  port  of  Bt,  <}eorge  J#bi  29,  bark  Blln 
Baraa,  Ve«ey  TJew-York.  ^^ 

Sid.  Jao- 26.  brlK  Falrfleld.  Mearziaa  London:  bark 
Tamaris.  Pelltot,  Naw-Tork;  Fob.  8,  ■  ohrs.  Dnad  Mot. 
Pruoena,  New-Tork;  aehr.  Beta,  OnptI  i,  Boetoa 


B7  OABLB. 

LoiTDoir,  Feb.  13.— Sid.  Stblaat..  'Boaina  0  V  B 
Cnements,  the  latter  for  Oloaoeater^  u.  x,nin.  A^ 
Inafc,  Albert  Smith,  for  New-Tork;  l|;th  hut  C^\abt 
Capt  Backer,  fur  St  Thomas;  HaSMil,  MartbA.  Ckot! 
Lewin;  12tb  Inat,  Minnie  H.  (Jtiiondj  iStbiniS!! 
Weitern  Bmpir^,  J.  C.  Kobertson,  boitb  for  Kev  Wmc^ 
Amerioana,  for  Mobile  :  Jane  Fisb,  tor  Sandy  Hook; 
Corolla. 

Arr.  6tb  inat.,  M^la,  Capt  Ambf  oaano  t  Btb  inaa. 
Bumooldt  Capt  Cornelius ;  IStb  int  <t,  Sobert  Horrid' 
eon^  Davlea,  Benry  :>.  Sanford,  Vlciof  la,  Capt  "lunicn 
tien:  13tb  inat.  Ansona,  Beau  Monde,  ChriatoitQ  Co 
lumbna.  Nlctaux,  Homeward  Bonjid,  Abraham  Un. 
coin. 

H0VI1.1.S.  Feb.  13.— The  Ancboi;  Line  stean-abln 
Victoria,  Capt  Hedderwick,  from  New-Xork  Feb.  3. 
tor  Glaagow,  arr.  here  to-day.  ^ 

Hovtixa,  Feb.  13. — The  Allan  Line  ateara-abia 
Pmsdian,  Cant  Bltohie,  from  Portland  Feo.  3,  by  way 
of  Halifax  Feb.  4.  for  Liverpool,  arr.  here  to-day. 

'Bristol,  Feb.  13.— The  Great  W«iatem  Line  steam 
ablp  Cromwell,  (^pt  Stamper,  fii°n>  New-York  Jmi 
81.  »rr.  to-day.  ' 

HaxBitao,  Feb.  13.— The  steam-rtoip  Sue  via,  wbie) 
was  to  have  aid.  for  New-Tork  on  (flaturday  last,'-wai 
detained  at  Havre  until  ^nnuay. 

CouTHAXPTOK,  Fetk  IS. — The  Notnb  <3«rman  Llovd* 
steam-ship  Weser,  C)apt  Von  Bn^jw,  from  New- York 
Feb.  8,  for  Bremen,  arr.  here  to-day. 


The  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Telegraph  Company. 

NO.   145    BROAD^VAY. 

New-TorJc,  Feb,  12,  1877. 


CIRCULAR. 


An  e  Insive  arritncement,  taking  efTect  to-day,  baa  been  mads  with  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  Com- 
pany  for  the  use  of  Its  wires  and  for  ao  exchange  of  pnblio  telegraph  bn«ineas  with  all  the  offices  on  the  lines  of 
that  railroad,  in  connection  witQ  the  system  of  the  Atlantic  and  Facile  Telegraph  Company,  instead  of  the 
Western  Union  as  heretofore. 

yearly  all  the  places  named  below  mil  now  be  reached  only  by  l\t  Untt  of  thi*  eompam,v.      ^ 

All  tbe  offices  aud  lioea  on  the  Baltimore  and  OhioBallioad,  Main  Stem  and  Branches,  [total,  175  offices,  and 
3,000  miies  of  wire,  heretofore  included  in  the  reports  of  the  Western  Union  Company  as  the  Seventh  District, 
Southern  Division,]  will  from  this  date  constitute  ths  BoUtntore  and!  O.tio  DivlHon  of  the  Atlantic  and  Padfie 
Telegraph  Oompany.  Robert  Stewart,  General  Superintendent,  Baltimore,  Md.,  to  whom  all  reports  and  lemit- 
tances  wiU  be  made.    Tbe  Section  rate  shown  on  Map  Circnlar,  Dec  1,  1S76,  will  apply  to  these  offices. 


Adamstown.   Md. 

Altam'iut.  Md. 

Attic  I.  Ohio. 

Aliita,  Ind. 

Albion.  Ind. 

Auburn  Junction,  Ind. 

Avilu,  lud. 

Benwood,  W.  Va. 

Berkeley  Sp'es.W.  Va.    SnmKdinoure,  Va, 

Beilnire,  Ohio,    [mer  office  ]  Fairmont,  W.  Va. 


Columbus  Depot.  Ohio,  Ck.    Kingston,  IlL 
Cromwell,  Ind.  rColumbus.]  Keedyavilie,  Md. 
Dod  Gully.  W.  va.  Kanawha,  Vv .  Va- 

Deer  Park,   Md.     Summer    Littiecou,  W.  Va. 
Defiance,  Ohia         [office.]  Lexington,  Ohio. 
Desuler.  Ohii>. 
Delaware  Bend,  Ohio. 
KllicottCitv.Md. 


Belmont,  Onto. 

Barnesviile,  Ohio. 

Black  Hand.  OhU. 

Bl«  Walnut.  Oulo. 

Belleville,  Ohio. 

Baltimore  Junction,  IU. 

Breme>i,  Ind. 

Bo.vo's.  Md. 

Bioomdale,  Ohio, 

Broadwav,  Va. 

Chicago  Junction,  Ohio. 

Cai-o,  W.  Va. 

Cameron,  W.  Va.  ....,»w.»."...-,  . 

Central  Station,  Dodd  Co..  Hoi;:ate,  Ohio. 

Clarksburg.  W.  Vit.[VV.  Va  ]Hicksville,  Onto. 

C'omjralils,  W.  Va.  Hoyt's  Corners.  Ohio, 

Crononry  Summit,  W.  Va.      Uxrrisonburg.  Va. 

Cherr.y  Eun,  Bid.  Ilcheuier,  .dd. 

Cumberland,  Md.  Independence,  Obla 

CTamariJge,  Ohio.  Junocioa  Citv,  Ohio. 

Camden   station,   Md.,  Ck.  Kayser,  W   Va. 

CharlBBtown,  W.  Va.  [Bait.]  Kirkersville,  Ohio. 


f^mlogton,  W.  Va. 
Hemlnirtou,  W,  Va. 
Fredeilck,  Md. 
Frerteriok  Ju  iction,  Hd. 
FiisLoria.  Ohio. 
Frederioktown,  Ohio. 
Glovei's  Gap,  VV.  Va. 
Grafton,  W.  Va. 
Green  oprlag  Bun.  W.  Va. 
Garrett.  Inil. 
Galthersburg.  Ind. 
Haroer'ii  Ferry,  W.  Va. 
Hngerstown,  Md. 


Rockville.  Md. 

Kowleaburg,  W.  Va. 

bandy  Hook,  Md. 

Salem.  W.  Va. 

Sir  John's  Bun,  W.  Va. 
Looaz    Ind.  BykesvUte,  Md. 

Locust  Point.  Md.,CnE.  Bal-  Spencer's,  <>hlo. 
Martin  burg.W.Va  [tlmordShelby,  Ohio. 
Mouudsvillo,  W.  Va.  cttrasburg,  Va. 

Mt.  Airr.Md..Ck.  Baltimore.  Sandusky  Depot,  Ck.  [San- 
Mt.  Clare.  Md.,  Ck.  [Bahl-Somerset,  Ohio.        [dusky.] 
Mt.  Vernon.  Ohio.       [more.]  liver  Sprine.  Md. 
Mt.  Jackson.  Va.  cihawnee,  Ohio. 

ManaQeld,  Ohio.  Summit,  Licking   Ca,  Ohio. 

MansUeld  Depot.    Ohio.    CcSuminit  Point,  W.  Vo. 
Mo.iro'ville,  O.  [V1anaaeld.]SumaD,Ind. 
Milford  Jnaotioo.  Ind.  .Stephenson's  Depot,  W.  Va. 

Middletowu,  'V.  Va.  St.  Joe,  Ind. 

newbu.'R.  W.  Va.  S.vracuse,  Ind. 

No.  12  Water  Station,  W.  Va.Tuauelton,  W.  Va. 
Norwich,  Oh.o.  Tuomoort.  Ohio. 

Newark,  Ohio.  Union,  Licking  Co.,  Ohia 

Newark  Depot,  0.,Ck.    New-Union  Mills,  Ind. 
New-Baltimore  Ohio.  [ark.]Qtioa,  Ohio. 
Oakland,     Md.       Summer    Volcano,  w.  Va. 
Parkeraburg,  W.  Va.  [office.]Weverton.  .Md. 
Paw  Paw.  W.  Va.  Wheeling  Depot,  W.  Va. 

Petroleum.  W.  Va.  Waiherton.  Ind. 

Pieamoiit,  W.  Va.  W  ah'n  June.  Md.  [Point 

Plymouth,  Ohio.  WinohestBr,  Va,  [oi  Rooks.] 

Penusbjro,  W.  Va.  Woodstock,  Va. 

P.%taBKala,  Ohio.  Zane8vUle,Ohio. 

Quaker  City,  Ohio.  ZinesviUe  D't.Cic.  ZanesVle. 


All  the  above-named  offices  will  check  direct,  except  where  otherwise  Indicated. 

The  followmg-n.imud  offices  ou  tbe  Marietta  una  Ciacinnsti  Division  will  be  added  about  May  1,  when  th*e 
contract  between  tbe  raiiroad  company  aud  tbe  Wesceru  Umon  Telegraph  Company  affecting  that  division  will 
exp,re : 

Hillsboro,  Ohio.  Mineral  City,  Ohio. 

MartlusviUe.  Ohio.  Attieus.   Ohio. 

Vienna,  Omo.  Atheuji  Depit.  Ohio. 

Leesburs,  Ohio.  Canaaaville.  Ohio. 

Greeufldid,  Ohio.  Guysviil«,  Ohio. 

Fran Kford,  Ohio.  Stewarts,  Ohio. 

ChlMcotbe  Depot  Ohio.      Coai&eld.  Ohio. 

Londonderry.  Ohia  Torch,  Ohio. 

HamJen,  Ohia  Be. pre,  Oiiia 

Z.iliskl,  Ohio.  Bi,t  Liun,  Ohio.  ' 

An  arrangement  has  also  been  made  with  the  Pennsylvania  Eailroad  Company  for  an  exchange  of  pnbUo  tele- 
craph  biisiiiesa,  wit  i  tbe  fullowlui-aaiueti  offices  on  cho  .vlain  dt^'m,  [Phil  koeiphu  to  PitcsbuM;.]  the  Northern 
Ceucral  ttaliway,  Baltimore  Division,  [B.iltimure  to  Uarnabur^,  and  Che  Fulladelphia  and  Krlo  Railroad,  [Uarxia- 
burg  10  lirie.] 


Cincinnati  Paaaenger  Depot,  Ohio 

Cincinnati  FrsWht  i^epot,  Ohio. 

I.  and  i;.  Junction.  Ohio. 

Stock  Yards.  Ohio. 

Cuaiminsvillo,  Oaio. 

C.  and  6.  Junction,  Ohio.  . 

Madiaouville,  Ohio. 

Madeira,  Ohio. 

Loveland.  Ohio. 

BiRncuenter,  Ohio. 


Vincents,  Ohio. 
Marietta,  Oiilo. 
Jackjoo,  Ohio. 
Oak  Hib,  Obio. 
Monroe  Furuaoe,  Ohia 
Webster,  uhio. 
Pciotoville,  Ohio. 
Portsmouth  Depot,  Ohia 


i  he  section  rate  will  no*  apply  to  these  offlcea 


Adamsburg,  Peno- 
Aqneauut,  i-enn. 
Aiiegh  oyJunotton,  Penn. 
Ado. 10,  Peun. 
La  nbrlilae.  P«nn. 
beavertowo,  Peun. 

Bens  ttiiU,  f  ena. 

Blalrsviile,  Peun. 

BialravHl.1  Interse'n,  Penn. 

Bnn  oa.  Peon. 

Cameron,  Peon. 

CooKey  viUe,  .dd. 

Coriy.  F»>iin. 

ConuedsviUe. 

Conemaogh. 

Cressoo. 

Derry. 

Eiisaoetbtown. 

Everaon. 

GallittilL 

Glen  Looh. 


Garland. 

Oo.aeuorn,  York  County. 

Ulou  dock. 

Henrietta 

Hi,(nsplre. 

BoiU  lava  burg. 

Unn  iogdou. 

Irwlus. 

Irviaeton. 

JobujunoarK- 

Keating. 

Klttamog  Point. 

Laudlamle. 

Latrobe. 

Lewis  town. 

Lack  aavjn. 

Ludlow. 

Ml.lersoori^ 

aiiiton. 

Montandon. 


Mo.itrose,  Allegheny  Ca 

Malvern. 

HoClure- 

McKe.S. 

M./ircinsburE. 

Mliidldburg. 

Natrona. 

Northiuniierlana. 
New  florence. 
Ne»t.>a  Hamilton. 
Park.ou,  Md. 
Pixnaix;,  Md. 
Fainter. 
Peno. 
Pomeroy. 
Boariiig  Spring. 
Bockviile. 
Uathbuo. 
Beuovo. 
Bouud  Island. 
St  Marys. 


Saltsbure. 

SLarpauurg. 

Sbeffleld. 

Suri.ig  Creek. 

8pnn.idale. 

Ster.lni^ 

Spruce  Creek. 

Behosgruve. 

Sonman, 

Tarr**. 

Tar  du  turn. 

Onion,  Une  County. 

Uuiooiown. 

Wuilamabura. 

WU  .lore. 

Wataootown. 

W.itortord. 

War  ran. 

■Wayne. 

West  lort. 

WUcoi. 


All  tbe  above-named  efflo<^s  will  check  direct  Officea  on  tbe  Pennaylvanla  Railroad  Division  wi)l  s?nd  re- 
ports ana  remittances  to  Cbarl  8  A.,  tic  ormicK,  AUooaa.  Penn.  Offices  on  iTortUum  Central  Railway.  Balti- 
more Dtvlaioo,  to  Division  Operator,  Baltlaiore.  Offices  on  the  Philadelphi  i  and  Erie  Division  will  tend  reports 
by  mell  x»  IX  U.  Bates,  Geneial  Sapenntendeat.  A.  D.,  Na  14q  Broadwity,  New-Kork,  and  remittanoea  by  Poat 
Offioamoaay  order,  or  expreas,  aa  may  be  cheaper,  to  B.  T.  Mackay,  Auditor,  same  address. 


THOMAS  T.  ECKERT, 


T  HIB  T  Y'S  E  C  O  NJ>    A  N  N  U  AL    RJS  P  O  R:i 

OF   THB 

N  E  WYO  R  K 

LIFE 

INSURANCE    COMPANY 

OFFICE, 

NOS.    346   AND    848    BROAD'WAY: 

JA-IsTXTAJl-S-    1,    1877- 
AiriOITNT  OF  NBT  CASH  ASSETS,  JAN.  1,  1876 ~ Sa!8,14M|90SI  et 

REVENUE    ACCOUNT. 

Premiums 9S,910,BM  87  ) 

Interest  received  and  aocnied $2,x64,080  81 

Less  amoant  accrued  Jan.  1,  1876 257,130  86—1,906,949  95-..    7,817,790  9 

Total 8^7^984,093  » 

DISBURSEMENT    ACCOUNT. 

Losses  by  death $1,647,648  43 

Dividends  and  returned  premiums  on  canceled  Dollcies 2,616,68116 

Lifeannuitiea,  matur.'dendowmenta.  and  re-insurances 234,230  22 

Commissions,  brokerages,  agency  expenaea,  and  physician'a  feea '-  873,00167 

Taxea,  office  and  law  expenaea,  aalariea,  advertising,  printing,  &0. ...... .......    ^^z  376,694  33  .  ■ .' 

Beduction  of  premlnma  ou  United  States  stocks -  140,232  32 

On  other  stocks 65,307  19—  C5,268,798  8t^ 

Total 833,730,888  M^ 

ASSETS. 

Cash  in  Trust  Company,  in  banks,  and  on  band $1,427,933  18' 

luveatedin  United  Statea,  New- York  City,  and  other  stocks,  (market  value  .!^'> 

$10,311.046  67) 9,730,829  91  '^.     ^ 

Ecalestate :  2,'641,67B  46^  - 

This  includes  real  estate  purchased  under  foreclosure,    amounting   to       -  \./''.  ,      ' 

$773,402  X2,  a  recent  appraisal  of  which  by  competent  parties  shows  tbat,  « 

when  sold,  tbe  company  may  reasonably  expect  to  realize  at  least  its  cost 

Bonds  and  mortgages,  first  lien  on  real  estate,   (bulldmgs  thereon  insured  r  , 

for$15,321,000,  and  tbe  policies  assigned  to  tbe  company  as  additional  ool-  .' 

lateral  aeovulty) „  17,354,837  84 

•Loans  on  existing  polidea,  (tbe  reserve  held  bv  tbe  company  on  these  polimea 
amounts  to  $3,659,490) » ^^  781,586  S9 

"Quarterly  and  semi-annual  premiums  on  existing  poUoies,  due  subsequent  to  '  '   ' 

Jan.  1.1877 ;. :-  432,695  40$ 

'^Premiums  on  existing  policies  in  oourae  of  transmiasion  and  collection,  (esti- 
mated reaerve  on  these  policies  $506,000,  included  in  liabilities) 125,027  15 ) 

Agenta' balances 36.154  19* 

Acomed  interest  on  investments  to  Jan.  1,  1877 300,558  68iT.^2,790,8dS  9V 

*A  detailed  eeheduie  of  ttnte  items  wiU  aeoompanv  the  viual  annual  r<port  flUd  with  the  Intursme^ 
Department  of  the  state  of  New-  York. 

Excess  of  market  value  of  aecurities  over  cost 680.616  It- 

CAHH  A8SBTS,  JAN.  1,  1877 .838,311,413  9f 

Appronriated  aa  follows : 

Adjoated  loaaea.  due  subaequent  to  Jan.  1,1877 .7 .  $314.440  98 

Beported losses  awaiting  proof,  tc. ............ ...... ..,.,...„. „..„.. ..........   ^    201,162  2X 

Keserved  tor  reinsurance  on  existing  polltAa ;  partldpattng  Insurance  at  4 
per  cent  Carlisle,  net  premium;  non-particlpatmg  at  5  per  cent.  Carlisle,  net 
premium 29,684,461  91 

Reserved  for  contingent  liabilities  to  Tontine  Dividend  Fund,  over  and  above  a  / 

4  per  cent  reserve  on  existing  policies  of  tbat  class S17.504|B4 

Reserved  for  premiums  paid  ia  advance 17,038^82— 3a684,597  ©8 

DlTislble  surplus  at  4  ^?  cent ,.. 4.....$2,626,8X6  OG 

Sarplas,  estimated  by  the  New-York  State  standard  at  4  1«2  percent,  over...,).  .85,500.000  09 

From  the  undivided  surplus  of  $2,626,816  the  Board  of  Trrutees  has  declared  a  ntrersionary  dividend^ 
available  on  settlement  of  next  annual  premium  to  participating  policies  proportionate  to  their  cootribntloa^ 
suiplus.   The  cash  value  of  the  reversion  may  be  used  in  such  settlement  if  the  poUoy-holdcks  so  elect. 

During  tbe  year  6,614  polloiea  have  been  issued,  insuring  $20,062,111. 

KnmberofpoUoies  in  force  Jan.  1, 1876,44,661. 

Knmber  of  pollcleain  force  Jan-  1.  1877,  45,421.  ^ 

Amount  at  risk  Jui.  1,  1876 

Amount  at  Tiak  Jan.  I,  1877...' 


i.... $126,132,119  00 

..4. 127,748,473  04. 


MORBIS  FRAITKLIN, 
DANIBL  6.  MILLEB, 
BOBBBT  B.  COLLINS, 
CHARLES  WEIGHT,  M.  D., 
J.  F.  SBTMOPB, 
HBNRT  BOWERS, 


TRUSTEES. 
DAVID  DOWB, 
JQH.y  UAIB6, 
WILLIAM  BARTON, 
WILLIAM  A.  BOOTH, 
C.  B.  BOOERT,  M.  P., 
EDWARD  MARTIN, 
WILLUM  H.  BBEBS. 


ISAAC  C.  EB?n>Ai;>L, 
WM.  H.  AFPtETpir, 
lOOMIS  L.  WHITE. 
H.  B.  0LAFIJI9, 
OBOItOB  A.  O8000S. 
JKO.  M.  FORMAS, 


MORBrs   FBANKL.IN.    President. 

WILLIAM  H.  SBERS,   Tice    l^realdent   ud  Actaary* 

THEODORE  H.  BANTA,  Cashier. 
D.  ODBLL,  Superintendent  of  ^gKnr^K^ 
CORNELIUS  B.  B06EET,  U.  D;, 
CHAEOiES  WRIGHT.  M.  O., 


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VOL.  XXVI ^O.  7933. 


NEW-YOEK,  THUESDAY,  FEBEUAEY  15,  1877. 


PEIOE  FOUB  OKETTS, 


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WASHINGTON. 

m 

IILDBU'S  OREGON  TRANSACTIONS^ 
tEZ  TRANSLATORS  OF  THE  "  GOBBLE  "  DIS- 
PATCH DECIPHER  THE  OTHER  OREGON 
TELEGHAMS — $5,000  THE  PRICE  OFFERED 
FOB  A  SEPDBLICAfeT  ELECTOR — THE 
"  GOVERNOR  ALL  RIGBT  WITHOUT  RE- 
WARD "—CONTINGENT  FEES  "  INCRE- 
MABLB  SLIGHTLY "  THE  MUNIFICENT 
REWARD  PROMISED  BY  TILDEN. 

Washington,  Feb.  14. — The  Senate  Com- 
mittee on  Privileges  and  Elections  were  in 
seasion  until  a  very  late  hour  this  evening, 
occupied  with  the  examination  of  Altred  B. 
Hinman  and  A.  W.  Shaw,  of  Detroit, 
Miolb,  who  have  had  business  traaa- 
aotiooa  with  J.  B.  N.  Patrick,  of  Omaha, 
Neb.,  and  who  have  communicated 
with  him  bj  telegraph  in  cipher  for  some  vears 
past.  The  key  to  the  cipher  used  by  them  is 
the  Household  English  Dictionarv,  and  by  the 
aid  of  this  key  the  tollowins  translations  of 
oipher  dispatobes  relative  to  the  Oregon  Elec- 
toral case  were  made : 

POETLAND,  Nov.  28, 
W.  T.  Pelton,  Ito.  15  Qramerey  Park,  Kew  York  : 

Certificate  will  be  issaed  to  one  Democrat.  Mnat 
purchase  a  Bepablioan  Elector  co  recognize  and  act 
with  Democrats  and  secure  the  vote  and  prevent 
trouble.  Deposit  (10,000  to  my  credit  wittt  Koantze 
Brothers,  Wail  street.    Answer. 

J.  H.  N.  PATRICK. 

I  ftillV  indorse  this.  JAMES  K.  KBLLEY. 

POETLAND,  Nov.  30. 
W.  T.  Pelton,  Ko.  15  Gramerey  Park.  Xew-Tork  ; 

Governor  all  ii;iht  without  reward.  Will  iagne 
:ertificate  Taesday.  This  a  secret.  Rspablicans 
threaten  if  certificate  iasued  to  ignore  Democrats 
BlaimH  and  fill  vacancy,  and  tbas  defeat  ac- 
tion of  Governor.  One  Elector  maat  be  paid 
to  recoecize  Df  mocrat  to  secure  majority.  Have 
employed  three  lawyers  ;  editor  of  only  Republtcan 
paper  as  one  iawysr ;  fee,  13,000.  Will  take  |3, 000 
for  Republican  Elector;  maat  raise  money ;  can't 
make  fee  cuntingent.  Sail  iSaturany.  Kelly  smd 
Bellinger  will  act.  CommaBicaie  with  them.  Must 
tcr  promptly. 

\lSu  si^atnre.  | 

PoBTLAirt).  Dec  2. 
if.  T.  PeUon,  No.  15  Sramersy  Park,  Aew-TTk  : 

Impossible  to  ooovene  Legislature.  P.  left  before 
telegraph  arrived.  Can't  draw  the  eight  deposit, 
Cbaxles  Dimon,  No.  113  Liberlv  street,  to  order 
Bu^b  St,  Ladd,  Salem.  Mast  bave  it  Monday. 
Can't  understand  langbable  Everett  Eoase  last, 
your  teleeram,  K.  f  jr  P. 

Portland.  Dec.  3. 
W.  T.  Pelton,  A'o.  15  Gramerey  Park  S eta- York: 

P.  will  be  at  Grand  Hotel.  San  Francisco,  Monday. 
Be  Suit  Lake  three  daya  tbereaboais.  Have  to  bor- 
row money  on  my  indiviaaal  responsibility,  in  nmst 
pon  ean  replace  it  K. 

New-Yobk,  Nov.  29. 
7.  H.  N,  Patrick  Portland,  Oregon : 

No.  How  sjon  will  Governor  decide  ceriiflcate  ? 
It    y<ra   make  ooiieatioa    coDangent  on   resalx  in 

Usrcb,  i'  can  be  dune  and  incremable  sligbtly,  if  ne- 
cessary. [N')  siznatnre.  | 
New-£okk,  Dec.  1. 
J.  E.N.  Patrick: 

Can't   voo   send  special  messenser    and  convene 

Legislature  by  Taesday  and  elect  l^leotors,  neces- 

lary  expense  would  be  paid.     See  proceedings  in 

iitber  States  telejrapbed  yoiL     Coasalt  Governor 

utd  Senator.    Answer.  \^o  signature. 1 

Sjls  Fbaxcisco,  Dec.  6. 
'Bon,  Jamce  K.  KeUey : 

Tbe  eight  deposited  as  directed   this   morning. 

Let  no  tecbuicaliiy  prevent    winning.    Use  yoar 

di^icretion.  [No  si  gn  ature.  J 

Nbw-YoeK,  Dec.  3. 
Eon.  James  E.  KeUty : 

Talegrapb  Kemloek  eo  ahead.  Yoa  sball  be  re- 
imbuised.  Do  not  fall.  All  important.  Advise 
progress.  FNo  signaturp.J 

Salem    Oregon.  Dec  5. 
W.T.  PeWm,  So.  15  Brrmerey  Park,  New  York: 

Can't  yua  deposit  the  eight,  Charles  Dimond,  sub- 
luct  tbe  order  L^da  &  Bnsb.  Salem  f  Can't  get 
aannev  bere:  must  have  it 'Wednesday.  Teiegrapb 
Be  Salem.    Vier  will  not  fall.  DOCTEINAL. 


THE   MORIBUND  FLORIDA  CASE. 

AEMC^RATS  STILL  ENGAGED  IN  THE  POST- 
MO  KTRM  KXAMIXATION — PCRMAN  SOLD 
AND  DELIVERED — RKMARKABLB  ACTIV- 
ITY OF  DUDLEY  FIELD  ABOUND  THE 
CORPSE— HE  ENCOUNTERS  A  BAD  WIT- 
NESS. 

Soeetal  Ditvateh  to  th»  New-Tor k  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  14— In  the  House  to- 

lay  the  disoassion  of  tbe  report  of  tbe  Florida 
(sveetiKatine  Committee  was  continaed,  oc- 
supyine  most  of  the  session.  Upon  its  conolu- 
jion,  the  resolution  reported  by  the  maiority 
»f  tbe  committee,  declaring  the  Tilden  Electors 
v>  have  been  legally  obosf  n,  was  adopted  by  a 
party  vote.  Furman.  of  Florida,  ratified  his 
hargain  with  the  Democracy  by  voting  f«r  the 
resolution. 

David  Dudley  Field  is  kept  busy  skipping 
between  tbe  Electoral  Commission  and  the 
CtfixAaittee  oyer  which  Proctor  Knott  'was  ap- 
pointed to  preside.  Field  continues  his  exami- 
nations of  witnesses  when  not  attending  the 
sessions  of  tbe  Electoral  Commission,  but  for 
what  purpose  he  persists  in  taking  testimony 
[s  not  apparent.  To-day  a  number  of 
witnesses  were  examined,  but  nothing  material 
was  developed,  except  in  the  case  of  Green, 
who  was  Assistant  Secretary  to  tbe  Louisiana 
Betuxnine;  Board,  and  who  Littlefield  testified 
was  present  when  he  made  the  alterations  in 
the  Vtmon  Parish  returns,  and  heard  Wells 
issue  instruotiops  to  make  the  alter- 
ations. Green  was  not  a  good  wit- 
cess  for  Field,  He  testified  that  he 
did  not  hear  Wells  issue  such  instructions  to 
Littlefield  ;  did  not  see  Littlefield  making  al- 
terations, and  knew  nothing  about  any  fraudu- 
lent or  irregular  transactions  on  the  part  of 
the  Returning  Board  or  its  officers  in  connec- 
tion -witb  tbe  canvass  and  return  of  the  vote  of 
Louisiana.  '    ■'' 

dN OTHER  DEMOCRATIC  DISCOVERY. 

'^    glover's    COMMIITEE  INVBS'nGATING 
VABIOU8     DISTRICT     SCANDALS — AN   AL- 
LEGED   BRIBERY    OF   CONGRESSMEN  BY 
A   FIRM  OF    CONTRACTORS — TWO  DEMO- 
'       CBATS  IMPLICATED. 

Si>eeiaXVisDatehlothi  New-York  Timet. 
Washington,  Feb.  14. — Mr.  Glover's 
Seal  Estate  Pool  Committee,  which  has  author- 
ity to  investigate  universally,  is  again  at  woik 
conducting  some  halt-a-dozen  investigations 
into  District  of  Columbia,  as  well  as  other 
ftffairw.  To-day  they  bad  the  most  interesting 
meeting  of  the  present  session.  Col.  WUUam 
A.  Cook,  an  attorney  here,  was  before  tbe  com- 
mittee for  some  time,  and  was  examined  upon 
every  conceivable  subject  of  scandal  in  and 
about  the  District,  There  was  little  of  inter- 
est and  nothins  of  importance  in  his  testimo- 
nj.  He  was  followed  by  Mr.  Taylor, 
.of  tbe  late  firm  of  Taylor  &  Fil- 
bert, who  were  large  contractors  under  the 
late  Board  ef  Pubho  Works.  This  firm  did 
several  hundred  thsusand  dollars  worth  of 
work,  and  vh«i  they  came  to  close  up  the 
boBinees  of  the  flrin,  Mr.  Taylor  claims  that 
there  was  ever  $60,000  between  the  partners. 

\  irae  daived  by  Fnbert,  m  Taylor  Mys, 
jOJM  it*'  f™*ir""*i  )u4>  twen  exoeaded  ia  U»-, 


ing  certain  lobbyists  and  members  of  Congress, 
and  in  subsidizing  certain  newspapers  and 
correspondents  to  puff  the  Board  of  Public 
Works.  Ho  objected  to  the  expenditure,  and 
ItbEks  become  the  subject  of  litigation  between 
them.  Therefore,  Taylor  appears  before  tbe 
Committee,  and  produces  what  he  calls  a  cash- 
book,  containing  certain  memoranda  as  to  the 
payment  of  money.  The  book  was  deposited 
With  the  committee  today  and  Filbert  sum- 
moned to  appear  to-morrow  and  produce  his 
check-book  to  verily  the  story  of  the  eash- 
book.  It  is  claimed  that  this  book,  now  in  the 
hands  of  the  committee,  shows  payments  of 
14,500  6aoh  to  ex-Congressman  Charles  A.  El- 
dredge,  of  Wisconsin,  and  Judge  Woodward,  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  $3,500  to  C.  Harmer.  of  Penn- 
sylvania. Woodward  and  Eldredge  are 
Democrats  and  Harm«r  is  a  fiepuhlioan.  It  is 
also  said  that  the  names  of  Col.  J.  W.  Forney, 
D.  C.  Forney,  and  a  newspaper  correspondent 
now  deceased,  are  recorded  as  having  received 
certain  sums.  What  explanations  Mr,  Filbert's 
stubs  and  check-book  may  give  of  these  en- 
tries will  be  seen  to-morrow,  and  whether  they 
were  legitimate  business  transactions  or  notS- 
remains  to  be  explained.  Mr.  Glover  thinks 
he  is  on  the  track  of  something  very  interest- 
ing and  important,  and  therefore  tbe  cash-book 
presented  to-day  has  been  carefully  guarded, 
and  when  Mr.  Filbert  appears  to-morrow  the 
■whole  mine  ia.  to  be  exploded. 


TEE  PACIFIC  RAILED  ADS. 
the  sinking  fund  blli,  considered  in 
the  senate — mr.  booth  denouncks 
tue  lobby,  and  succekds  iv  defeat- 
ing its  schemes  for  the  prilsknt  at 
L<:ast. 

Special  Dispatch  to  ttie  New-  York  Tlmss. 

Washington,  Feb.  14.— The  bill  provid- 
ing for  the  establishment  ot  a  sinking  fund 
to  reimburse  tbe  Government  for  money  ad- 
vanced to  the  Pacific  railroads,  was  considered 
in  tbe  Senate  to-dayv,  Tbe  bill  under  con- 
sideration is  that  repoWed  by  Senator  West 
£iom  the  Committee  oOsRailroads,  and  is 
known  as  the  bill  favored  by  the  compa- 
nies, and  for  the  passage  of  which  a 
large  and  mfiuential  lobby  daily  besieges 
tbe  Senate  wing  of  the  Capitol.  The  opera- 
tions of  the  lobby  have  become  so  bold  and 
persistent  that  Senator  Booth  to-day  called 
attention  to  their  operations,  and  denounced 
them  in  a  very  sharp  and  vigorous  speech.  A 
vote  was  taken  to-day  on  a  very  material 
amendment  to  the  blil,  resulting  m  a  defeat  of 
the  lobby  scheme.  The  third  section  of  Mr. 
West's  bill  provides  that  the  payments  to 
be  made  for  sinking-fund  purposes  shall 
be  in  liea  of  all  payments  or  other 
reqoiremeuts  from  the  companies  under 
the,  act  of  1862.  Mr.  Dawes  oSered 
an  amendment  providing  that  the  sinking-tund 
payments  shall  be  in  addition  to  tbe  payments 

now  required,  but  subsequently  withdrew  it. 
Mr.  Booth  immediately  renewed  it,  and  it  was 
susiained  by  a  vote  of  22  to  20.  This  vote, 
close  as  it  was.  alarmed  the  friends  ot  the  com- 
panies, and,  fearing  to  proceed  further,  a  mo- 
tion to  go  into  executive  session  was  adopted 
upon  the  motion  of  Mr.  Ingalls.  Tbe  motion  for 
an  executive  session  was  made  in  order  to  give 
the  friends  of  the  West  bill,  in  and  out 
of  tbe  Senate,  an  opportunity  to  master 
additional  forces.  The  Senate  was  very  thin 
when  the  vote  was  taken.  Fort.y-two  votes 
were  recorded  and  five  pairs  were  announce  1, 
which  makes  the  record  equivalent  to  52.    It  is 

reasonable  to  suppose  that  of  the  more  than 
20  absentees  the  proportion  of  those  who  would 
have  voted  for  the  bill  is  tbe  greater,  because 
tbe  lobby  bad  gotten  together  as   many    of  the 

fnends  of  the  Railroad  bill  as  possible.  The 
result  shows  that  there  is  need  of  great  vigilance, 
bowevcr,  to  prevent  the  Senate  from  passing 
the  bill.  The  amendment  destroys  the  West 
bill,  so  tar  as  it  is  of  use  to  tbe  roads,  but  it 
was  made  in  Committee  of  tbe  Whole,  and 
there  is,  therefore,  anotber  chance  to  vote 
directly  upon  it  before  the  main  question  on 
the  bill  can  be  put.  The  passage  of  the  bill 
without  this  amendment  would  make  the  end- 
ing of  this  Congress  infamous,  though  up  to 
this  tiae  the  legislation  daring  two  sessions 
has  been  unusually  clean  and  free  from  jobs. 

A  CONSPIRACY  kXPOSED. 

CLAIM    AGENTS     DETECTJCD     IS     COLI.ECT1NQ 

UNCLAIMED  INTEREST  ON  REGISTERED 
BONDS— A  CLERK  IN  THE  FIRST  AUDI- 
TOR'S   OFFICE    IN     LEAGUE      WITH    THE 

SWINDLERS. 

Sx>eelal  Ditvateh  to  thi  New-  Tor)c  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  14. — A  short  time  ago  the 
existence  of  a  eonspiraoy  among  certain  Now- York 
lawyers  and  Treasury  officials,  for  tbe  nnrpose  of 
collecting  unclaimed  interest  on  registered  bonds, 
was  exposed  in  The  Tiueb.  Tbe  atten- 
tion of  Secretary  Morrill  having  been  directed  to 
tbe  matter  he  at  once  took  steps  to  ferret  out  tbe 
guilty  parties.  The  case  was  placed  in  charge  of 
William  B.  Moore,  SaperviAng  Special  Agent,  who 
detailed  W.  H.  Tlmmons.  of  tbat  division,  to  con- 
duct  tbe  investigation.  Mr.  Timmons  proceed- 
ed to  New -York  and  after  two  weeks' 
labor  obtained  a  clue  which  enabled 
him  to  fasten  gailt  upon  a  prominent 
claim  agent  in  that  city.  This  claim  agent  was 
discovered  to  be  in  frequent  correspondence  with 
Tbomaa  6.  Donglasa,  a  clerk  in  the  First  Audi- 
tor's office,  and  further  investigation  devsloped 
the  fact  that  Douglass  has  been  in  tbe 
babit  of  fnmiibing  information  from  the 
records  of  the  department  npon  which  tbe^  claim 
agent  operated,  the  collection  of  unclaimed  interest 
thtis  fraudulently  made  being  divided  between  him 
ana  Done;! ass.  Douslass  was  arrested  this. evening 
at  bis  borne  tn  this  rity  by  Mr.  Timmons,  and  the 
arrest  oi  bis  Kew-Turk  accomplice  bas  been  or- 
dered. It  is  believed  from  certain  evidence  in  tbe 
possession  ot  tbe  Treasnry  officials  tbat  other  par- 
ties in  New- York  and  Wasbidgton  have  tieen  en- 
gaged m  tbe  swmdie,  and  other  arrests  may  sbortly 
follow. 

♦ 

THK  NAMB  OF  THE  NEW-YORK  CLAIM  AGENT 
ASCERTAINED. 
The  New-Tork  claim  agent  referred  to  in 
tbe  aDove  dispatch  from  Washington  is  said  to  be  a 
lawyer  named  Jenkins.  Tbe  officer  detailed  by  Mr. 
Moore  to  work  np  tbe  case  gained  tbe  conflaence 
of  Jenkins  and  soon  got  the  matter 
into  a  shape,  and  Mr.  Moore  was 
compelled  to  ask  th«  co-operation  of  the  United 
States  Treasnror  to  identify  the  parties  In  tbe 
Treasnrv  Department  who  were  furnishing  in- 
formation to  Jonkins  and  others  to  enable 
them  to  carry  on  their  swindle.  He  re- 
ported what  had  been  ascertained  by  tbe 
officer  referred  to,  to  Secretary  Morrill. 
Douglass,  tbe  Washington  clerk,  bas  been  dismissed 
from  the  service  and  placed  under  arrest,  and  Jen- 
kins bas  been  djpbarred  from  practice  before  tbe 
department.  Jenkins,  who  It  is  estimated  has 
made  abont  tSS.OOO  out  of  the  swindle,  has  nor  been 
arrested,  but  is  known  to  be  in  the  City.  Others 
who  are  supposed  to  be  implicated  in  tbe  trsuSs 
will  be  shortly  exposed. 

NOTES  FROM  THE  CAPITAL. 


and  by  tbe  Redemption  act  of  Jantiary,  1875.  The 
amonnt  of  greenbacks  to  ha  funded  into  this  stock 
is  tIOO.000,000.  limited  to  110,000,000  in  any  one 
month.  A  ttirlber  sum,  say  of  130,000,000  in  green- 
backs, is  authorized  to  be  withdrawn  in  exchange 
for  subsidiary  silver,  and  to  this  end  tbe  coin  Is  to 
be  increased  to  tbe  aggregate  of  $80,000,000,  includ- 
ing the  t-~)0,000,000  at  present  autborized.  Tbe 
theory  of  the  provision  la  that  silver 
change  will  take  the  plaoe  of  tbe 
small  greenback  ones  and  twos  below  the 
denomination  of  t5.  llieie  are  limited  by  the  oot 
ot  1868  to  135,000,000.  Bat  tbe  amonnt  now  oat- 
stanning  is  belieTed  to  be  below  f30.OGO.000. 
No  commissiou  is  allowed  lor  tbe  funding  or  ex- 
change of  tbe  greenbacks  for  bonds  or  silver 
coin.  Tbe  expenses  df  engraving,  printing.  &o., 
of  tbe  bonds  are  limited  to  one-fonrth  of  one  per 
cent.  Some  assurances  have  been  given  tbat  the 
bill  will  meet  with  favor  from  both  Bides*  ot  the 
Honse  of  Representatives  auer  tbe  Fresidentia 
trouble  shall  have  been  settled. 

Owing  to  the  arduous  duties  of  tbe  five  Justices 
of  the  Supreme  Court  on  the  Electoral  Coromisslon 
the  court.  Instead  of  commencing  onsiness  on  the 
19th  inst,  pursuant  to  adiournmeat,  will  probably 
take  a  tortber  recess  until  the  26tb  Inst. 


THIS  LOUISIANA  INVESTIGATION. 


Washington,  Feb.  14. — A  bill  has  been 
drafted  to  meet  sabstantiaUy  tbe  recommendations 
of  the  President  in  bis  recent  special  Message  with 
regard  to  early  si>eole  payments,  and  submitted  to 
him.  as  it  probably  will  be  to  the  Committee  of 
Ways  and  Means.  Its  provisions  differ  In  several 
respects  from  the  «iifgeatioBs  of  the  President;  but 
there  is  reason  tobeliere  tbat  be  will  not  seriously 
obieot   to  tbe   changes.    The     bill    provides    for 

the    iMue    of    the     30    years    4    per     cent. 


Washington,  Feb.  14. — The  Committee  on 
tbe  Powers,  Privileges,  and  Duties  of  the  House 
this  morning  recalled  Charles  H.  Brash,  one  of  tbe 
telegraph  operators  from  Florida,  who,  daring  his 
previous  examination,  bad  declined  to  answer  cer- 
tain qnestiocs.  He  stated  that  he  bad  been  present 
ever  since,  holding  himself  In  readiness  tor  the  com- 
mittee ;  he  said  that  he  was  appointed  a  member  of 
the  Provisional  Capitol  Pjlioe  force  by  Sergeant  at 
Anns  Tbotnpson,  at  the  request  of  Mr.  Finlev, 
member  of  Congress  from  Florida  ;  be  said  that  he 
did  not  cummnnicatu  bis  knowledge  of  telegtams, 
in  reference  to  which  he  had  testified  betore  this 
committee,  to  any  one  except  operators  who,  like 
himself,  were  bound  not  to  divulge  these  telegrams ; 
he  thinks  he  told  De  Berry  and  Mills  about  tbe 
contents  ot  these  (li-ipatcben ;  Sergeant  at  Arms 
Thompson  sent  fnr  witness  yesterday,  au'I  told  him 
that  when  he  [Tliomi^RODl  nopolDted  wiiness  he 
was  under  the  imuresaion  that  witneos  hud  been 
discharged  as  a  witness,  and  told  him  to  report  this 
morning ;  witness  was  not  aware  tbat  the  fact  ol° 
bis  being  a  witness  precluded  bis  accepting  an  ap- 
pointment on  the  Capiiol  Police  torce,  and  was  not 
aware  tbat  Brewster  had  testitied  himself  that  he 
wrote  It  on  Nov.  4.  [The  application  ot  Brewster 
tor  reappulntment  is  dated  Dec.  9,  and  not  Nov.  19, 
as  erroneously  stated  yusterday.  | 

Q.— Is  it  tbe  practice  of  the  department  to  accept 
a  resignation  as  of  a  time  past }  A. — It  tbey  are 
tendered  in  that  manner. 

Q Is  it  the  OiOiniun  of  tbe  department  that  an 

officer  can  be  relieved  of  his  doty  bv  such  an  act  1 
A. — I  can't  say  tbat  he  could  not  receive  bis  pay. 

Q. — Was  not  the  application  oast  dated  in  tnis  In- 
stauce  to  enable  bim  to  be  eligible  as  an  Elector  } 
A.— Kot  tbAt  I  know  ol ;  I  did  not  even  know  that 
be  was  a  candidate. 

Q. — How  was  it  tbat  Brewster  was  reanpointed 
to  bis  office  shortly  alter  voting  as  an  Elector  1 
A. — I  c;muut  say. 

Q. — Was  U  not  in  purstiance  with  a  preatranged 
plan  tbat  this  courve  was  pursued  t  A. — Nut  su 
tar  as  I  know. 

Q. — Who  would  know  bere  in  Washington  when 
Mr.  Brewster's  letter  of  redignation  was  received] 
A. — I  don't  know  whether  tbe  Presideut,  or  the 
Commissioner  of  tbe  Land  Office,  or  I  myself  re- 
ceived it. 

Q— Would  tbe  President's  Private  Secretary 
knuw  ?    A. — I  can't  tell. 

Wiltiaiu  H.  Green,  tbe  colored  Assistant  Secre- 
tary of  tbe  Louiiiiana  Sun  ate,  and  former 
Minute  Clerk  of  tbe  Returning  Boaid, 
staled  that  he  knew  thiit  the  board  and 
tDe  clerks  diued  together  on  Sunday,  Dec.  3. 
They  were  at  tbat  diooer  when  witness  returneu  to 
the  office.  Gov.  Wells,  wben  be  returned  from 
dinner,  asked  witness  to  briog  him  the  rutams  from 
various  parisbe.'f.  Those  of  Vernon  Parish  mar 
bave  been  among  them  ;  saw  Littlttfleld  at  work  on 
retains  from  S'lme  parish ;  could  not  say  whether 
it  was  Vernon  Parish  or  not. 

Q. — Did  yon  see  Gov.  Wells  at  a  de'k  in  the 
clerk's  rooni  that  evening  i  A. — To  my  recollection 
I  did  not. 

Q.— Did  you  see  Mr.  Littlefield  at  the  desk  that 
eveoing  7  A. — I  can't  say  if betber  I  did  or  nut ;  be 
may  have  been  there. 

Q — Diu  yoa  see  Littlefield  anparently  trying  to 
conceal  some  papers  from  vou  ?  A.— I  did  not,  to 
the  best  of  my  recollection.  Tbe  witness  stated 
tbat  the  board  ordered  tbe  retuins  from  tbe  ParUh 
of  Vernon  to  be  compiled  on  Dec.  5 :  a  mionte-book 
of  the  proceedioj^s  was  kept  by  the  witueis  ;  uu 
minute  was  made  of  tbe  findiogs  of  tbe  board  in 
any  particular  parish:  no  mentlun  of  any  particular 
poll  in  Vernon  Parish  was  made  ;  at'trr  tbe  piomal- 
gation  ot  the  returun  witness,  during  a  oonveraaiiun 
with  the  other  clerks,  asked  what  was  tbe  mtttfar 
with  Vernon  Psrisb,  but  nobody  answered  ;  two 
days  later  be  aske'l  ttie  same  qnesiion,  but  he 
could  not  Sky  whether  anybody  replied  ot  not; 
Green  said  tbat  be  looked  at  the  compiled  returns 
in  the  Secretary  of  State's  office,  but  brongbt  none 
back  to  the  uffice  of  tbeReturuing  Board,  and  could 
not  say  whether  anvtxMly  elae  had  done  so  or  not ; 
could  not  say  tbat  be  bad  seen  any  in  the  office  of 
tbe  board  after  they  bud  been  in  tbe  Secretary's 
office  ;  has  seen  the  original  reiom  from  Vernon 
Parish,  but  has  not  seen  it  since  it  bas  beeu  altered; 
does  not  know  tbat  the  onginal  was  brought 
back  from  tbs  Secretary's  office  and  a  copy 
snbitlcatod  fur  it ;  bas  not  written  any  of  toe 
affiaavits  used  l>etore  tbe  board  ;  bas  not  seen 
any  written  in  bis  presence ;  on  Dec.  9  nearly  100 
affidavits  came  to  tbe  tioard  ;  abont  oue- half  were 
signed  bv  ptrsons  who  made  their  mark  ;  atiout 
one-half  of  the  affidavits  were  from  Repai>li(.ans, 
sod  were  mi>stlv  sworn  to  before  Mr.  Wulffliiy ;  wit- 
ness bad  some  affidavits  relating  tu  Vemou  Parish; 
cannot  say  wbetber  there  were  three  or  fuur;  qoes 
not  know  what  names  were  signed  to  them ;  kept 
an  index-book  of  all  signatures. 

Q. — Were  there  not  tbree  affidavits — one  siimea 
Saiuael  CoUins,  bia  mark;  tbe  other  Tom  Brown,  bis 
mark ;  tbe  third  Samuel  Carter,  bis  mark  ?  A.— 
I  remember  tbe  name  of  Loilins,  but  not  ibe  other 
two. 

Q. — Were  not  these  received  on  Dec.  5  i  A. — Ob, 
no,  Sir;  witness  turned  over  to  Judge  Cavaoac  all 
the  affidavits  bo  fwitnessj  bad  in  bis  possessiou; 
believes  there  were  protexCs  and  affi  lavits  rec<;ived 
by  the  t>oard  after  the  retarns  of  the  Supervisors  of 
Election  were  in;  did  not  know  tbat  affidavits  were 
daily  manufactured  at  tbe  Custom-house .-  heard 
such  rumors  on  tbe  streets ;  never  mentioned  it  to 
bis  fellow-clerks. 

Q.— Did  you  'lot  make  a  remark  tbat  if  anything 
wa<j  going  to  be  divulged  regaiding  tbe  actions  of 
the  board  yoa  were  nut  going  to  be  lelt  oati  A. — I 
may  bave  made  tbat  lemark. 

(j— Did  yoa  not  see  some  of  the  clerks  making  the 
cross  marks  on  the  HffldavitH  !  A.— I  did  not.  It;  re- 
ply to  questions  by  Mr.  Lawrence  witness  stated 
that  moat  of  the  Democratic  affidavits  were  sworn 
to  before  Mr.  Henston  j  bad  not  beard  of  any  affi- 
davits being  manufactured  bv  tbe  Democrats  ;  does 
not  know  ot  any  alteration  of  tbe  returns  by  aoy  ot 
tbe  clerks  or  by  members  of  the  boiru  or  by 
their  direction;  bas  no  knowledge  of  any  paper  be- 
ing burned;  knows  of  no  clerk  making  affidavits, 
and  bad  not  beard  of  anything  of  the  kind  while 
the  board  was  in  session. 

By  Mr.  Field — Did  you  tblBE  the  preponder- 
ance of  evidence  was  ratlier  on  the  Democratic 
side  1  A.— You  told  me  a  minute  ago  not  to  think. 
[Laugbter.J  Wituess  was  handed  tbe  original  re- 
turns from  Vomun  Parish,  and  stated  tnat  tu«  votes 
sow  stated  on  the  same  fur  the  Hayes  Electors 
were  178.  but  that  wben  it  was  first  received  oy  the 
board  there  wot e  only  two  votes  lor  i hem  ;  bow 
tbid  came  is  one  of  those  mysteries  wbicb  I  cannot 
explain.  Tbe  witness  stated  that  be  did  not  hear 
Judge  Davis  give  any  clerk  instructions  to  alter 
any  papers  or  sign  any  name  to  any  affidavit,  al- 
tbougb  he  might  have  done  so  wiibuut  witness 
knowing  anything  about  it. 

ALLEGED  INELIGIBLE  ELECTORS. 
The  Committee  next  proceeded  to  tbe  examina- 
tion of  alleged  ineligible  Electors.  George  D. 
Chaffee,  one  of  tbe  Electors  in  lUmois,  testified  that 
be  received  verbal  notice  cf  having  been  appointed 
Commissioner  of   tbe  Clrcait  Coart  of  the  buatbern 

District  of  Illinois ;  never  took  the  oath  ot  office  or 
entered  into  any  bond,  or  bad  any  papers  trom  or 
connection  with  tbe  Government,  out  bas  signed 
aomo  affidavits ;  -never  resigned,  or  tendered  any 
resignation,  because  he  never  receiveft  any  but  a 
verbal  notice  cf  bis  appointment.  A  copy  of  tbe 
recerd  of  tbe  court  sbuwlng  Cbatfee's  appointment 
was  pat  in  evidence. 

Mr.  Lawrence  said  what  he  objected  to  was  tbat 
a  witness  who  was  under  a  contempt  to  tbe  commit- 
tee should  be  appointed  as  a  guard.  In  renly  to  a 
question  by  Mr.  McDill,  the  witness  stated  tbat  he 
did  not  communicate  tbe  contents  of  tbe  dispatch 
Which  be  baa  beard  going  over  tbe  wires  to  any  oue 
in  Florida;  did  not  tell  De  Berry  about  it  In 
answer  to  Mr.  Field,  witness  said  be  was  dis- 
cbarged  from  tbe  employ  of  tbe  Western  Union 
Teiegrapb  Company  for  testifying  to  the  trutb,  and 
tbat  he  did  not  think  it  any  barm  to  accept  tbe  po- 
aitlou  bere.  He  also  said  be  was  paid  his  witness 
fees  and  mileage  up  to  Jan.  30. 

Sergeant  at  Aims  Thompson  made  a  statement  to 
the  effect  tbat  be  appointed  Bruab  under  tbe  im- 
pression that  the  latter  had  been  discharged  by  tbe 
committee. 

Hon.  Z.  Chandler,  Secretary  of  tbe  Interior,  was 
called,  and  produced  papers  relating  to  tbe  resigna- 
tion and  anplicatiun  for  reappointment  of  Orbuido 
H.  BrewstXr,  one  of  (bn  Louisiana  Electors.  He 
said  be  supposed  tdat  Brewster's  letter  of  resigna- 
tion, dated  Nov.  4,  was  received  on  Nov.  15  or  16;. 
did  not  know  whether  he  received  it  from  the  Presi- 
dent or  not ;  did  not  know  it  wa^  ante-dated. 

John  H.  Moore,  of  Xennessee,  Elector  of  the 
State,  testifleu  that  he  was  in  the  Naval  Aeademy 
trom  1859  to  1800  as  Acting  Hidsbipmao  ;  tailed  to 
pass  tbe  examlDaiioo.  and  left  tbe  Academy,  bat  has 
no  reoelleotlon  of  ever  bavug  tendered  any  forailkl 
resignation;  entered  the  Confederate  aervica  la 
1861,  and  ferved  dnziBC  the  war.    Tbe  committ** 

tbw,  At  2:45  o'clock,  MlJOBnMil  nr^l  Frid*7mora< 


THE  ELECTORAL  TKlBUillAL. 


LOUISIANA   STILL    UNDER   DEBATE. 

DEMOCRATIC  TRICKS  TO  GAIN  TIME  FOR 
TALK — A  QUESTION  OF  RECEIVING  EVI- 
DENCE THEUST  IN— -ARGUMENTS  ON  THE 
POINT  BY  MESSRS.  TRUMBULL,  8TOUGII- 
TON,  AND  SHELLABARGER— A  TELLING 
POINT  MADE  BY  READING  JUDGE 
church's  letter  to  the  -nMES. 
Special  IHepateh  to  the  Neto-Tork  Tlme$. 

Washington,  Feb.  14. — The  Electoral 
Commission  met  this  morning  at  10  o'clock, 
and  Mr.  Carpenter  concluded  bis  speech,  talk- 
ing, during  tbe  last  part  ot  his  time,  to  the  Com- 
mission as  if  he  were  addressing  a  jury.  He 
was  particularly  sharp  in  reading  a  portion  of 
Mr.  Hoar's  report  on  tbe  Returning  Board  two 
years  ago,  and  in  alluding  to  Mr.  Edmunds' 
speeches  on  the  Pinchback  case,  and  he  seemed 
to  be  sorry  that  he  could  not  find  some  old 
document  to  hurl  at  eacb  member  of  the  Com- 
mission severally.  He  had  something  to  say 
about  the  prospect  ot  the  Government  going  to 
"smash"  in  the  Centennial  year.  Carpenter 
spoke  till  ho  had  occupied  in  all  two  hours  of 
the  tour  and  a  hall  allotted  to  his  side.  At  this 
point  a  new  Democratic  trick  was  displa.yed.  It 
wae  expected  tbat  the  Louisiana  case  would  be 

fully  discussed  iu  all  its  phases  in  tbe  time  first 
granted,  but  Mr.  Trumbull  in  tbe  middle  of  the 
argument,  after  Mr.  Carpenter's  speech,  made 
on  offer  to  submit  evidence  to  sustain  the 
Democratic  Directions  and  asked  for 
time  t»  argue  its  admissibility.  The 
reading  of  tbe  statement  of  what  tbe 
Democrats  ofiferod  to  prove  took  a  full  hour. 
Then  followed  a  talk  between  tbefCommission- 
crs  and  tbe  counsel  about  the  new  arrange- 
ment of  time  for  discussion  made  neces- 
sary. Trumbull  asked  tor  three  hours  on 
each  side  to  discuss  this  interlocutory  question. 
Each  of  the  Commissioners  expressed  bis^views 
about  the  order  ot  argument,  tbe  point  being 
whether  tbe  admissibility  of  evidence  should 
be  first  argued  and  ducidod,  or  wbetber  argu- 
ments should  embrace  tbe  entire  subject. 
Justice  Strong  moved  to  give  each  side  two 
hours  to  argue  the  question  of  evidence. 
Senator  Edmunds  moved  a  substitute  to  give 
each  side  three  hours  to  nrcrue  tbe  case  as  it 
stood  witb  the  offer  of  evidence  made,  and  his 
purpose  was  to  bave  the  proceedings  in  such 
form  that  wben  the  Commission  retired, 
if  it  decided  to  exclude  evidence,  it  could 
finish  the  whole  case  without  further  argument 
Mr.  Tburman  spoke  rather  complainingly  that. 
counsel  would  not  agree  to  submit  all  the  evi- 
dence and  argus  tbe  effect  it  would  bave  if 
considered.  This,  of  course,  tbe  Kepublicau 
counsel  never  dreamed  of  consenting  to. 
Finally  it  was  arranged  that  two  hours  should 
be  given  to  each  side  to  arguo  the  question  of 
testimony,  witb  the  further  privilege  tbat  more 

time  could   be    taken     by    either    aide    on 

this  branch  of  the  case  by  deducting 
from  the  four  and  a  half  hours  previously  al- 
lowed on  the  general  discussion.  Except 
for  this  permission  the  first  question  would 
have  gone  to  the  Commission  witb  two  hours 
more  of  argument  on  the  Democratic  than  on 
the  Republican  side,  because  Carpenter's 
speech  related  na  much  to  the  con- 
siaeralion  of  evidence  as  though  prepared  on 
that  subject  This  was  tbe  trick  in  postponing 
tbe  offer  of  evidence  till  Carpenter  had  spoken. 
TLe  arrangement  as  finally  made  was  equita- 
ble, and  was  only  subject  to  tbe  criticism  of 
causing  unnecessary  delay.    There   can   be  no 

harm  from  this,  however,  for  if  the  evi- 
dence is  excluded,  as  is  eispoctod, 
there  is  time  enou2:b,  and  it  there 
sboold  bo  an  attempt  to  examine  the  evidence 
offered  by  Mr.  Trumbull,  a  decision  could  not 
be  reached  by  the  4th  of  March,  if  that  day 
wcresCill  six  months  distant  instead  of  less  than 
two  weeks;  and  the  liberality  of  the  Commis- 
sion in  grantiug  time  for  argument  may  bo* 
taken  rather  as  an  intimation  tbat  tbe  evidence 
will  not  be  considered,  except,  as  in  the  Florida 
case,  such  as  relates  to  the  ineligibility  of 
Electors. 

At  12:30  tbe  Commission  took  a  recess  of  half 
an  hour,  and  at  1  o'clock  began  the  hearing  of 
the  new  question  raised  by  tbe  offer  of  evi- 
dence. Mr.  Trumbull  was  toe  first  speaker 
on    the      side      of     tbe     Democracy.  He 

made  an  exceedingly  ingenious  argument, 
which     was,    however,     more     notable     for 

its  Bopbistry  than  for  any  new 
light  which  it  threw  upon  the  Presidential 
comnlications.  He  said  that  the  Electoral 
Commission  was  tbe  only  tribunal  that  could 
decide  tbe  vexed  questions  which  had  grown 
out  of  the  recent  elections.  Tbe  Commissiou 
was  not  a  returning  board,  uor- could  it  bo 
termed   a  court.      It  was,    he   contended,  a 

body  which  had  not  only  been  cre- 
ated by  Congress,  but  which  fully  rep- 
resented the  two  bouses,  and  had  all 
the  powers,  as  to  tbe  counting  of  the  v^tos, 
which  were  possessed  by  them.  Having  such 
powers,  it  was  competent  to  go  to  the  bottom 
in  any  investigation  which  it  was  necessary 
to  make  regarding  the  recent  election 
and '  its  results.  Tbe  Commission 
was  to  decide  who  had  received  tbe 
vote  cf  Louisiana,  and  that  question  could  not 
be  determined  without  examination  and  in- 
vestigation. If  his  party  were  allowed  to  do  so, 
Mr.  Trumbull  continued,  they  would  undertake 
to  prove  tbat  their  opponents  entered  into 
a  conspiracy  to  capture  tbe  vote  of 
the  State  by  trsnd  and  forgery.  Not 
content  witb  this  general  and  sweeping  allega- 
tion, which  was  made  witb  a  grand  flourish 
that  would  have  done  honor  to  "  Hamburg- 
Massacre  "  Butler,  or  unreconstructed  Govey. 
Mr.  Trumbull  attacked  Ex-Gov.  Kellogg  witb 
a  great  deal  of  bitterness  ;  then,  rushing 
back      to      tba     question      of      how     far     the 

power  ol  the  Commission  extended,  he  quoted 
Irom  Cushing  and  other. legal  authorities  to 
prove  that  it  would  be  just  and  lawful  for  it  to 
gaintoa  full  and  exhaustive  investigation  of 
all  the  charges  made  by  his  party,  and  that 
to  do  this  it  would  be  necessary  to 
examine  and  hear  the  testimony  which  he  and 
his  associates  were  ready  to  submit.  Mr. 
Tmmbtill's  next  point  was  a  rather  lame  one. 
He  said  that  there  was  not  a  republican  form  ef 
government  in  Louisiana  when  the  recent 
election  waa  held,  and  tbat  tbe  State 
Government  of  which  Kellogg  was 
the  head  could  not  havo  existed  for 
an  hour  if  it  was  not  upheld  by 
the  power  ot  the  United  States  Armj.  Mr. 
TrumbuU  might  have  gone  further  than  this, 
and  stated  that  there  was  no  republican  Qov- 
emment  m  any  part  of  the  South  which,  un- 
aided by  the  Federal  power,  oould  resist  the 
attaoks'of  the  White  League  and  other  lawless 
and  murderous  bands  ef  men  organized  in  the 
interest  of  the  Democratic  Party.  Mr.  Trum- 
bull was  .  wise  enough,  however,  to 
make  no  reference  to  these  faotfi.  He 
argued  at  considerable  length  that  firaud,  if 
proved,  woold  be  fatal  to  the  returns  made  by 
ibe  Loaisfsns  canvassers,  and  then  referred 
*ntil  xreat  A"\nhnaia   uid  ouica  dAolamatonr 


force  than  was  ever  displayed  by  him  before 
to  what  he  was  pleased  to  call  "  the  infamous 
fraud  in  the  parish  of  Vernon."  He  alluded, 
of  course,  to  tbe  trumped-up  tale  which 
was  told  about  Gov.  Wells  by  David 
Dudley  Field's  pet  witnesses,  tbe  Clerk  Liittle- 
field.  Mr.  Triimbull  then  spoke  at  lengttv  re- 
garding the  composition  of  the  Returning 
Board,  claiming,  of  course,  that  it  was  illegal 
because  the  vacancy  upon  it  was  not  filled  by 
the  appointment  of  a  Democrat,  To  support 
this  charge,  however,  Mr.  Trumbull  was  un- 
able to  bring  anything  which  could 
be  called  proof.  This  part  of  his  argument 
was  very  weak.  He  closed  by  stating,  with 
a  great  effort  at  dramatio  effect,  that  if  the 
vote  of  Louisiana  was  counted  lor  tbe  Repub- 
lican candidates,  it  might  be  so  counted  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  forms  of  law,  but  it  could 
not  be  done  In  conformity  to  the  spirit  of  the 
law  or  the  rights  of  the  people. 

During  the  delivery  of  bis  address  Mr.  Trum- 
bull was  frequently  interrupted  by  members  of 
the  Commission,  who  broke  in  upon  his  argu- 
ment to  ask  him  questions  regarding  it.  These 
he  answered  witb  great  politeness.  He  was 
not  BO  courteous,  however,  to  some  of 
his  associate  counsel  Ex-Senator  Carpenter 
tried  three  or  four  times  to  draw  his 
attention  to  certain  points  but  he  would  not 
listen   to  bim,  and  once,  amid   considerable 

laughter,  be  told  him  plainly  that  he  knew 
what  he  was  about  and  did  not  vrant  to  bo  in- 
terrupted. At  tbe  close  of  Mr.  Trumbull's 
speech,  Mr.  Carpenter  obtained  tbe  floor  under 
the  pretext  of  reading  certain  legal  references, 
and  succeeded  in  making  another  bun- 
combe stump  speech  about  tbe  rights 
of  the  down-troddon  people,  the  majesty 
of    the    law,    and    all    that    sort    of    thing. 

Mr.  Stoughtoii  came  after  him.  appearing 
for  the  Republicans.  His  speech  was  the 
event  of  the  day,  and  was,  unquestionably, 
one  of  tbe  best  efforts  .yet  made  beiore  tbe 
Commission.  Reterring  to  tbe  charge  that  Mr. 
Kollogg,  while  acting  as  Governor,  oould  not 
ccrtily  to  his  own  election  and  serve  as  Presi- 
dential Elector,  be  called  attention  to  tbe  fact 
that  Gov.  Ingersoll,  ol  Connecticut,  was  in  pre- 
cisely the  same  situation,  and  acted  precisely 
as  Gov.  Kellogg  had  done,  yet  the 
Republicans  had  made  no  idle  objections  to 
the  counting  of  his  vote.  In  bis  opinion  such 
objections  were  unworthy  the  attention  of  the 
tribunal  and  should  not  be  advanced.  Re- 
garding Mr.  Trumbull's'deolaration  that  the 
Kellogg  Government  could  not  have  stood 
without  the  support  of  the  Federal  power, 
Mr.  Stougbton  made  a  strong  point  by  showing 
tbat  the  very  fact  that  such  support  had  been 
given  to  bim,  the  fact  that  he  had  been  reciog- 
nized  by  the  President  and  the  I^ational  Ad- 
ministration, was  sufficient  proof  tbat  he  had 
been,  in  fact  and  in  law,  the  Governor  of  Lou- 
isiana. Mr.  Stougbton  then  entered  into  a 
long  and  exhaustive  legal  argument  which  clear- 
ly proved  that  the  States  had  the  right 
to  decide  in  what  way  the  results  of  elections 
should  be  determined,  and  that  Congress  bad 
no  jurisdiotioQ  and  could  not  legally  go  behind 
tbe  action  of  the  Board  of  State  Canvassers, 
who  were  duly  chosen  and  constituted.  He 
read  extracts  from  a  report  made  m  1872  by 
tbe  Senate  committee  of  wbicb  Senator 
Trumbull  was  a  member,  and  which  agreed 
exactly  with  tnis  opinion.  Further  on  be 
created  a  sensation  by  producing  tbe  letter 
written  to  The  Times  by  Chief  Justice  Church, 
of  New- York,  m  which  that  gentleman  says  : 
"  I  have  also  expressed  the  opinion  that  the  au- 
thentication of  the  election  ot  Presidential  Elec- 
tors, according  to  tbe  laws  of  eacb  State,  is  final 
and  conclusive,  and  that  there  exists  no  power 
to  go  behind  it."  For  a  moment  after  this  was 
read  there  was  an  uneasy  movement  among 
the  Democratic  counsel.  Judge  Trumbull 
turned  abont  in  bis  cbair  nervously,  and  then 
Senator  Tburman,  of  the  Commission,  asked 
if  he  might  see  tbe  letter.  Mr.  Stougb- 
ton handed  It  to  him,  and  it  was 
examined  carefully  by  nearly  all  the 
members  of  the  Commission.  Soferring  to 
Mr.  Carpenter's  statement  that  he  did  not  ap- 
pear as  tbe  counsel  for  Tilden,  and  tbat  he 
would  regard  the  success  of  the  Democracy  as 
a  calamity  to  the  country,  and  also  to  Mr.  Car- 
penter's remark  that  tbe  rejection  of  two  of  tbe 
Louisiana  Electors  would  answer  the  purpose 
of  this  case,  Mr.  Stougbton  created  some 
amusement  by  sbowing  tbat  if  this  latter 
statement  was  true  Mr.  Carpenter's  object  cer- 
tainly was  to  bring  about  the  very  calamity  re- 
ferred to  by  bim. 

At  tbe  close  of  Mr.  Stoughton's  speech  it  was 
past  sundown,  and  Mr.  Shellabarger,  the  next 
speaker,  was  obliged  to  make  his  address  in 
the  dim  and  uncertain  light  afforded  by  three 
or  four  dozen  candles  placed  on  tbe  tables 
of  the  Commission  and  counseL  Ho 
made  a  strong  legal  argument  against 
tho  admission  of  testimony,  and  quoted  from 
scores  of  authorities  to  show  that  the  Electoral 
Tribunal  bad  no  power  to  go  behind  tbe  action 
of  State  officers.  When  he  closed,  tho  Com- 
mission, after  being  in  session  for  eight  hours 
and  a  half,  took  a  recess  until  10:15  to-morrow 
morning.  Mr.  Evarts,  on  behalf  of  the  Repub- 
licans, will  be  tbe  first  speaker.  He  will  proba- 
bly be  followed  by  Judge  Campbell,  who  will 
appear  for  Mr.  Tilden. 

The  extension  of  time  for  argument,  caused 
by  the  offer  of  evidence,  prevented  the  Com- 
mission from  getting  to  the  consideration  ot 
tbe  case  to-night.  At  I  o'clock  there  were 
still  11  hours  for,  argument.  About  half 
of  it  was  gotten  through  with  to- 
night, and  there  are  about  five  and 
a  half  hours  left  for  to-morrow.  Mr.  Evarts 
will  in  the  morning  conclude  the  Republican 
argument  on  the  admissibility  of  evidence,  and 
one  of  tbe  Demooratio  counsel  will 
close  on  their  side.  The  understanding 
is  that  the  Commission  will  decide  the 
question  of  evidence  as  in  the  Florida  case, 
and  then  take  testimony  as  to  tbe  eligibility  of 
Brewster  and  Lsvisse,  and  hear  arguments  on 
tbe  certificates  if  other  evidenee  is  excluded. 
But  tbe  case  is  somewhat  mixed,  and  the  argu- 
ments on  evidence  may  be  followed  by 
the  conclusion  of  the  general  argument, 
without  any  intermission.  There  can  be  no 
doubt  tbat  tbe  rule  made  in  thVlB'lorida  case 
respecting  evidence  will  stand,  though  many 
Democrats  have  plueked  up  courage  and  think 
testimony  will  be  admitted.  The  arguments 
of  Trumbull  and  Carpenter  are  so  much 
above  the  Democratic  arguments  in  the 
l<londa  case  in  point  ot  dash  and  style, 
f^  to  have  produced  this  expectation.  ButRe- 
publican  confidence  is  unshaken.  Tbe  Com- 
mission, or  at  least  some  members  of  it.  will 
strive  to  get  tbe  ease  into  private  consultation 
for  decision  on  Friday,  so  that  a  joint  conven- 
tion may  be  called  on  Satutday,  but  the  suo- 

oeas  of  Buob  an  effort  ia  now  a  little  doubttul. 


ing  to  tbe  disagreeable  and  suffocating  odor  from 
the  candles,  he  really  could  not  nave  stood  on  his 
feet  20  minutes  more. 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  COMMISSION. 


The  Electoral  Commission  assembled  prompt- 
ly at  10  o'clock  this  morning  and  resumed  the  pro- 
ceedings 80  abruptly  broken  off  at  Mr.  Carpenter's 
earnest  solicitation  last  night  Wben  the  oounse  1 
rose  to  oonttnne,  be  thanked  the  CommissU-a  for 
the  humanity  they  bad  displayed  in  permitting  him 
A.M  (A^mlMdoa  oatU  morniogi  and  sttted  that,  oyr* 


'•.S.i'^i'ij. 


'^''^S^^^S^te^ttS^i^K''^^' 


'^h'ti 


JIR.  CARPENTER'S  ARGUMENT  RESUMED 

lilr.  Carpenter  then  referred  for  a  moment 
to  a  question  put  to  bim  by  Senator  Ed. 
mnnds  in  that  part  of  his  argument  tend- 
ing to  show  tbat  Eleetors  were  Federal, 
and  not  State  oiBcera.  Tbe  practical  construction 
put  upon  tbe  Constitution  had  always  been  tb.it 
those  ofiicers  appointed  by  tbe  President  mnst  tie 
commissioned  by  him.  Those  appointed  by  the 
beads  of  departments  are  invariably  commis- 
sioned by  such  heads  of  departments.  For  instance, 
all  Postmasters,  after  tne  first  grade,  which  are  not 
required  to  be  confirmed  by  the  Senate,  are  all  com- 
missioned by  the  Postmaiter  General.  Tbe  appoint- 
ment of  Electors  is  provided  fur  by  the  State;  they 
are  not  confirmed  by  tbe  Senate  or  appointed  by  the 
Pre»ident,  and  upon  tbe  uniform  action  under  this 
Constitution,  they,  of  course,  would'  not  be 
commissioned  by  the  President.  Nobody  would 
claim  tbat  a  Senator  is  an  officer  of  tbe  State 
from  which  be  is  elected.  He  is  an  officer  of  tbe 
United  States.  No  one  wonid  deny  tbat  ibe  nfficeis 
ot  the  Internal  Rerenne  Department  are  United 
States  ofiSoers,  fur  they  are  to-day  tmder  indictment 
and  in  prisOu  as  such,  and  vet  they  are  not  com- 
missioned by  tbe  President  but  by  the  Secretary  of 
State. 

Commissioner  Garfield  bere  Interrupted  to  say 
that  tbe  beads  of  departments  of  course  appointed. 

Mr.  Carpeutcr^There  are  no  such  dlsanctions  in 
tbe  Constitution. 

Commissioner  Garfield— I  think  you  will  And  tbe 
language  ia:  "Such  interior  officers  as  Congress 
may  uireot  may  be  appointed."  ice. 

Mr.  Carpenter — The  question  is  not  whether  this 
man  is  an  interior  or  superior  officer.  Tbe  question 
is.  wbetber  be  is  an  officer  of  the  Uoiteo  States, 
aud  tbe  clause  bere  which  rrqnirei  the  President  to 
commission  ip,  that  be  shall  commission  all  officers 
of  tbe  Uuited  States.  An  inferior  officer  is  an  offi- 
cer. The  clause  would,  of  coarse,  inonde  the  in- 
ferior as  well  as  thu  auoenur.  Now,  if  your  Honors 
please,  I  will  proceed  with  tbe  argument  at  tbe 
point  where  I  stopped  last  night.  We 
shall  ott'er,  and  are  aole  to  show  bere  con-- 
ciusively  by  record,  testimony  tbat  this 
Keturntng  Board  of  Lousiana  excluded  some  8,000 
or  10,000  V'ltea  given  lor  the  Tilden  Electors,  so- 
called.  We  claim  tbat  that  law  nuder  which  they 
pretend  toact  was.  iu  the  firs:  place,  wholly  uncon- 
stitutional. The  Constitution  of  tho  State  «f  Louisi- 
ana is  peculiar.  It  provides — Article  73 — ''The 
iudicial  power  shall  bu  vested  in  a  Supreme  Court, 
in  District  Courtn.  in  Paiisb  Courts  aud  Justices  of 
the  Peace,"  aud  then,  after  defining  tbe  duties  of  the 
District  Courts  thus  mentioned,  it  provides — Article 
94 — "  Ko  judicial  powers,  except  as  Committing 
Magisiiatea  in  criminal  cases,  shall  be  conferred 
upon  any  officers  other  than  those  mentioned  in  t.bia 
title,  except  <>uoh  as  may  be  necessary  in  towns 
and  cities,  and  tbe  judicial  powers  of  such 
offiuera  shall  not  extend  futtber  than  tbe  cog- 
ni^aoce  of  the  cases  arising  under  tbe  Police 
regulation  of  tbe  towns  aud  cities  of  the  State.  In 
any  case  where  aucU  officers  shall  as«nme  junsdic. 
tion  over  other  matters  than  those  which  may  arise 
under  Police  regulations,  or  under  their  jurisdic- 
tion as  Police  Magistrates,  they  shall  ue  liable  to 
an  action  for  damages  m  favor  of  t!ie  party  injured 
or  bi9  heirs,  and  a  verdict  in  favor  of  the  party  in- 
jured shall,  ipso  /aeto.  operate  a  vacation  of  tbe 
(iffice  ot  said  uuiuer."  So  that  yoar  Honars  will  see 
that  this  IS  not  only  affirmative  language  which  is 
founded  on  tbe  ConsiUuiiun  of  tbe  Uuited  States, 
and  Iu  tbat  ot  most  States  vesting  tbe  iudicial  pow- 
er In  certain  tribnnais,  but  in  this  Constitution  there 
is  the  negative  language  forbidding  the  Legislature 
to  base  any  iudicial  power  wuarever  in  any  body 
except  tbe  courts  mentioned  in  tbe  first  part  of  ttie 
Cuustitution.  How,  tbe  sections  quoted  in  my  brief 
bere,  and  1  bave  quoted  tbem  in  lull,  witnout  note 
or  c.imuient,  on  pages  25  and  26,  being  sections  3 
and  26  of  the  Election  law  of  167;i,  undouotedly  pre- 
tena  to  confer  iudicial  power  upon  tbe  Keturniug 
Board.  Tbe  highest  pcnaitv  tbat  can  be  visited 
upon  an  American  citizen  is  dislrancbisement. 
Tbat  can  only  be  done  afjcr  tbe   man   has    been    in- 

oictea  and  tried,  and  puniebed  in  "ihe  court  of  ju- 
dicial Jurisdiction,  according  to  the  course  Ot  com- 
mon law.  Now,  let  us  see  whetner  this 
1:1  distrancbisemeut  or  not,  anu  see  how 
IS  It  tve  enjoy  it.  Tbe  Fiiteenth  amendmeoc 
of  the  CoDstiintion  provides  tbat  "tbe  right  of  cit- 
izens of  the  United  States  to  vote  sball  not  be  de- 
nied or  abridged  by  tbe  United  States,  or  bv  any 
State,  on  accuimt  of  race,  color,  or  previous  condi- 
tion of  servitude."  Now,  what  would  be  said  of 
tbe  statute  passed  by  a  Southern  State  which 
should  provide  that  tbe  votes  of  all  colored  citizeus 
should  be  received  and  deposited  iu  the  box,  but 
sboulu  not  be  canvassed,  and  have  no  eflect  in  de- 
termining tbe  electiou.  Would  not  everybody  call 
that  a  palpabie  violation  of  tbe  spirit  and  pur- 
pose embodied  in  tbe  Fifteenth  amendment  ? 
wual'J.  nut  every  lawyer  say  that  disftanchisement 
had  been  visited  in  tbe  resmt  1  And  tbat  to  vote,  as 
the  word  la  used  here  in  tbe  Constitution,  means 
nut  merel.y  tbe  right  to  deposit   tbe  ballot  in  tne 

box,  but  u>  cotinc  it  and  make  it  efiectnal  in  deter- 
mining tbe  result  of  tbe  election.     And  anything 

which  prevents  tbat,  in  any  of  tbe  slaves  to  #bich 

thu  vote  IS  made  efiective  between  its  being  put  in 
tbe  ballot-bux  and  counted  in  tbe  final  result,  would 
be  didfrancbisement.  JSow,  then,  a  power  granted 
to  a  Returning  Board  tu  exclude  the  vote  ol  a 
whole  parish  u  a  power  to  visit  disfranchisement 
upon  the  people  of  ihac  pariah,  and  tbat  is  judicial 
power.  'I'hey  are  not,  by  the  terms  of  this  law, 
authorized  to  do  it  because  thev  want  it,  but  tbey 
are  tu  do  it  in  a  particniar  instance— tbat  is,  when  a 
toundatlou  IS  laid  for  tbem  to  proceed  upon — to  wit, 
a  protest  by  tbe  otficer  holding  the  poll  that  there 
was  rJot  and  tumult  sufficient  to  interfere  with  tbe 
leault  of  tbe  election ;  then  tbe  board,  not  otnerwise, 
are  authorized  by  law  to  proceed  to  investigate  the 
matter,  and,  if  tbe^  are  satisfied  that  that  allegation 
IS  true,  to  exclude  the  vote  of  an  entire 
parish.  Is  there  any  escape  from  the  objection 
tbat  that  is  an  exercise  of  Judicial  pcwer  I  Does  it 
not  on  Its  face  pretend  and  purport  to  be  an  exer- 
cise ot  tbe  Judicial  power !  Any  man  who  bas 
raised  a  tumult  or  practiced  bnbery  or  other  cor- 
rnotiOD,  should,  on  conviction  ther^f,  be  distraii- 
chised;  but  betore  tbat  result  can  be  visited  upon 
him  be  must  be  indicted;  he  mnst  be  notilled  and 
have  a  hearing  and  a  trial,  and  there  mnst  be 
juaicial  conviction.  All  tbat  is  visited  on  a 
thousand  people  at  ouce,  without  a  bearing. 
We  say  fur  that  reason  tbat  law  is  void. 
But  let  us  concede  tbat  that  law  is  perfectly  valid; 
there  ia  not  a  man  in  iiis  senses,  I  thiuk,  tnat  Will 
claim  that  such  a  law  vesting  such  sweeping  conse- 
quences by  tbe  action  of  a  board  composed  ot  tour 
poiiticiaus,  sittiuK  alone  aud  in  secret,  should  be 
stretched  beyond  its  letter.  Xbe  ductrine  la  well 
settled  tbat  even  a  iudicial  court  proceeding  t-o  exe- 
cute a  Statutory  power  outside  of  its  ordinary  juns- 
dictioD,  18  bound  to  have  a  case  clearlv  within  its 
jurisQlction,  and  to  proceed  strictly  according  to 
the  method  pointed  out  by  the  statute.'  [Counsel  bere 
quuted  from  tbe  well-known  case  of  Thatcher 
vs.  Powell,  6  Wbeaton,  IIP  Marshall,  C.  J.] 

Now.  tben,  let  me  call  your  attention  to  now  care- 
faliy  this  act  bas  restricted  this  jurisdiction,  and  we 
will  show  you,  if  permitted  to  do  so,  that  not  in  a 
sinirle  parish  did  this  Keturniug  Board 
have  a  certificate  in  the  form  and  com- 
plymg  in  substance  with  tbe  twenty-stxlb  section. 
Jlir.  Carpenter  then  recited  the  provisions 
of  the  act  in  question  on  this  point,  and  continued  : 
Kow,  mark  how  carefully  they  have  provided  here 
that  all  this  is  to  be  done  by  the  law  in  24  hours, 
before  any  particular  locality  can  have  knowledge 
ot  what  bas  been  tbe  general  result  of  the  election 
in  other  places,  and  therefore  be  subjected  to  a 
temptation  of  altering  or  corrupting  tbat  return.  1 
am  very  glad  to  be  fortified  hero  oy  the  report  made 
by  the  'House  Committee  signed  by  Hon.  George  F. 
Hoar,  \7illiam  A.  Wheeler,  and  William  P.  Frye, 
in  Wbicb  tbey  say  "  upon  this  statute  we  are  all 
cleaily  of  opinion  that  the  Setumicg  Board  had  no 
right  to  do  anything  except  canvass  and  compile 
the  returns  which  were  lawfully  made  to  them  by 
tbe  legal  officers,  excepting  in  oases  where  they 
were  acoompanieu  by  the  certificate  of  tbe  Super- 
visor provided  for  in  :.ho  third  section.  In  such 
ease  the  last  sentence  shows  that  tbey  would 
ordinarily  exercise  the  grave  aud  delicate 
dutv  of  investigating  charges  of  riot,  tumult.  See," 
It  never  con^d  have  ueen  meant  tnat  ibis  boara,  of 
its  own  motion,  sitting  in  New-Orleans,  at  a  dis- 
tance from  tbe  place  of  voting,  and  without  notice, 
should  decide  a  case  claimlog  to  be  elected.  Let  us 
turn  to  tbe  twenty-sixth  section  and  see  what  it 
says.  It  says  tbat  it  "  sball  be  so  annexed  to  bis  re- 
tams  ot  election  by  paste,  wax,  er  some  other  ad- 
hesive substance,  tbat  tbe  same  can  be  kept  to- 
gether, aud  tbe  other  copy  tbe  Supervisor  of  Regis- 
tration sball  deliver  to  tbe  Clerk  of  tbe  court  of  his 
palish  for  tbe  use  of  the  Dintnct  Attorney."  In 
other  words,  we  will  show  affirmatively  tnat  this 
State  tribunal  bad  no  jurisdiction  to  exclude  a  vote, 
but  tbat,  in  violation  of  every  statute 
tbey  were  proceeding  under,  tbey  ex- 
cluded 10.000  given  fur  the  Tilden  Electors. 
Wou't  Mr.  Wheeler  wake  np  astouisbed  if  be  finds 
himself  counted  in  Vice  President  by  an  utter  dis- 
regard and  violation  of  the  very  principl'^  which  he 
laid  down  in  this  report)  Will  not  tbe  American 
people  think  tbat  is  somewhat  remarkablel  But. 
says  Judge  Howe.'tbere  are  streams  in  this  State 
tbat  run  blood.  Now  I  hate  the  siglit  of  blood,  and 
I  hate  the  thought  ot  It.  I  never  vindicated  it,  or 
justified  it.  Tbat  there  bave  been  violations  of  tbe 
Uw,oatrage8 unnumbered,  is  imqaestionable.  Butis 
that  to  be  cured  by  comm.tmgupou  the  whole  State 
a  wrong  and  outrage  mote  dangerous  even  to  our 
iustliutions  than  those  bluody  outrages  themselves) 
Tbey  tall  noon  individuals,  bat  it  unrinsticutiousare 
to  be  stabbed,  it  falls  upon  tbe  whole  nation. 
If  Justice  IS  to  be  slaughtered  at  our  owu  temple.  If 
tbe  laws  are  to  be  immolated  by  our  sworn  priests, 
if  fraud  is  to  be  sanctioned  and  solemuized  as  an 
instrument  for  electing  a  President  of  tbe  United 

States,  tben  farewell  to  the  future  hopes  of  tbe 
country.  Ibe  state  of  Intimidation  in  the  South 
bas  every  variety  of  form  and  degree  from  absoiute 
murder  down  to  saying  to  the  laborer,  "If 
yon  don't  vote  an  «na  so,  I  will  not  employ 
yon."  Witbont  making  any  -apology  or  excuse 
for  tbe  things  tbat  bave  undonb;.edly  been  done,  let 
us  look  at  the  state  of  things  deSorioea  by  tbe  oom- 
mittee  ia  their  report.  I  do  not  say  that  a  man 
wben  his  nose  is  wrung  ought  tb  kill  a  man  ;  but  I 
say  wben  bia  nose  is  wrung,  if  be  then  kills  a  man 
tbat  faoi  ought  to  be  taken  into  oonsideretion. 
Take  a  cotpmooity  of  American  citizens,  a  State  in 
this  Unios.  Dut  over  l^em  a  Goreincic  by  Iraad  and 


by  violence — for  tbat  ia  the  ivay  EeUogg  got  bi^ 
seat,  as  we  all  know,  as  tbe  wbole  nation  knows— 
not  by  any  ascertainment  of  foots,  no,  I  guess  not— 
facts  would  not  bave  done  the  business  ;  be  Was  tbors 
by  the  same  aanitation  of  tne  Canvassing  Board 
tbat  tho  Hayes  Electors  were  declared  appom  tec 
oy ;  and  tbat  State,  smarting  under  that  outrage, 
goes  on  notwithsumding  these  act*  are  committed. 
Is  it  a  good  way  to  provide  a  good  feeling  in  that 
State  to  continue  tbat  irritation  aud.  keep  thea 
under  a  Government  wbicb  cannot  rest  upon  ascer- 
tained facts— which  is  baaed  upon  nothing  but  (raua 
and  perjury  1  Is  tbat  a  legal  way,  a  prudent  way, 
a  statesmanlike  way  of  dealing  with  tbe  distem- 
pered condition  of  things  in  this  State  T  I  sabiaii 
It  is  not.  I  do  not  know  that  I  can  quote  correctly, 
but  your  Honors,  all  being  Christians,  will  t>e  able 
to  recognize  it  if  I  am  not.  The  injunction  of  tbs 
Apostle  is,  "  Be  ye  first  pure  and  then  peaceable. ' 
There  is  no  injunction,  even  of  religion,  that  author 
izes  any  man  to  expect  peace  who  is  not  putt). 
Peace  in  an  American  State  where  tbe  Governor  ol 
tbat  State  is  forced  upon  them  by  tbe  villainy  oi 
four  men  1  peace  under  a  Government  resMng  nol 
on  ascertained  tacts,  but  aaoertamed  falsehoods  ? 
No ;  I  submit  to  your  Honors  tbat  you  bold  the 
peace  of  tbat  community  in  your  bands,  and  that  tbe 
oerlormance  of  the  legal  uuty  devolving  upon  you 
to  ascertain  wbo  were  duly  appointed  Electors  o< 
that  State  will  do  more  to  giiide  the  sentiment  and 
quell  tbe  disturbance  existing  there  than  a  regl 
meni  of  troops  could  do. 


A  QUESTION  OF  EVIDENCE. 

At  the  conclusion  of  Mr.  Carpenter's  epeeetu 
Mr.  Trumbull  arose  and  ofi'ered  to  prove  before  tb( 
Commission  that  William  P.  Kellogg,  who  oertiftcd 
as  the  Governor  of  tbe  State  of  Louisiana,  under 
tbe  appointment  of  tbe  Electors,  was  tbe  «nme 
William  P.  Kellogg  who.  by  said  oertifleate,  was 
certified  to  have  been  appointed  an  Elector — ^in 
other  words,  Kellogg  certified  to  his  own  appoint- 
ment as  snob  £lector,  and  he  offered  to  prove  that 
Gov.  Kellogg  and  the  Elector  Kellogg  were  the 
same. 

Justice  Clifford  inquired  If  be  proposed  to  stato 
all  bis  offers  of  proof  at  once. 

He  replied  in  tbe  negative.-  tbat  he  only  ofbred 
to  prove  tliat  fact  that  he  had  stated,  aud  anlesr 
here  was  some  objection  to  it  they  would  call  twt 
witnesses  for  that  purpose. 

Mr.  Evarts  objected  on  the  ground  of  Its  inad- 
missibility. 

Mr.  Trumbull  claimed  his  right  to  be  heard  on  tba 
question. 

It  Commissioner  Strong  stated  that  if  counsel  would 
offjr  in  writing  all  that  he  proposed  to  prove,  It 
would  simplify  very  much  the  labor  of  the  Com- 
mission, wbo  could  tben  determine  wbetber  the 
wbole  was  admissible  or  wbetber  any  part  was; 
otherwise  they  might  be  obliged  to  retire  for  consul* 
tation  again  and  azain. 

Mr.  Trumbull  Inquired  if  tbe  argument  upon  the 
introduction  of  testimony  would  be  limited  tw  1° 
minutes.  There  were  various  branches. ot  it,  and 
be  could  hardly  read  all  the  offers  of  testimony  in 
15  minutes. 

Commissioner  Strong  replied  that  the  Commis- 
sion wOnld  be  quite  willing  to  bear  all  tbat  was 
proposed  to  be  offared  as  a  whole.  I 

Mr.  Trumbnli  *ssented  to  Commissioner  Strong's 
view  of  the  oase,  and  certified  bis  readiness  to  offiir 
the  whole  testimony  at  once,  wi'h  the  nnderstanaa- 
ing  tbat  it  coald  be  offered  as  a  whole  or  in  part. 

Mr.  Evarts  tben  said  tbe  only  proposition  of 
evidence  tbat  bas  been  made  to  the  Commisaioa  is 
to  prove  tbat  Mr.  Kellogz,  wbo  appears  iu  the 
certificate  opened  by  the  President  of  tne  Senate  to 
be  Governor,  and  who  appears  also  to  be  Elector, 
is  tbe  '  same  person.  Now,  while  we. 
regard  thd  admission  of  any  evidence  relating  to 
the  certificates  that  were  opened  by  the  Preeident 
of  the  Senate  as  inadmissible,  we  should  nut  in  ar. 
gnment  upon  those  certificates  contend  tbat  they 
were  not  the  same  person.  , 

Justice  Cbfford — I  understand  you  now  to  accept 
the  suggestion  cf  Judge  Strong  to  make  all  youi 
ufi'ers  at  tbe  same  time. 

Mr.  Trumbull — At  the  same  time  and  in  part. 

The  Presiding  Justice  then  directed  Mr.  Xrum.- 
bull  to  proceed. 

Mr.  Trumbull  proceeded  to  state  hi<  second  offer, 
the  first  being  in  refereoce  to  Mr.  Evarts'  admis- 
sion. We  oBer  to  prove,  said  Mr.  Trumbull,  thaM 
Kellogg  wes  not  duly  appointed  one  of  the  Biectora 
in  the  State  in  1876,  and  tbat~'tbe  certifi- 
cate is  untrue  in  fact.  To  show  this  we 
offer  to  prove  by  certified  copies  of  tbe 
list  made  out,  signed  aud  sworn  to  by  tba 
Commissioners  of  the  electiun  of  any  poll  ana 
voting  placa  in  tbe  said  State,  and  delivered  by 
said  Commissioners  to  tbe  Clerk  of  ibeDisrricc 
Cburt  wherein  said  polls  weie  estaolisbed— except 
in  the  Parish  of  Orleans,  and  in  that  Parish  toey 
are  delivered  to  tbe  Secretary  of  tbe  State — tbat 
tbe  said  Kellogg  received  5,300  less  votes  than  were 
in  such  election  cast  for  each  ana  ev&ry  of  tbe 
McBoery  £leccors.  That  form  ot  testimony  in- 
volvea  the    merits,   to    some   extent,    of  our    case. 

Yoar  Honors  will  remember  tbat,  by  the  law  ol! 

Louisiana,  tbe  elections  are  held  by  persons  denom- 
inated "Commissioners  of  Elecrion."  They  cot» 
respond  to  Judges  of  I^lectioo  in  most  S  ates. 

Mr.  Tburman  then  at  some  length  detniled  V)» 
operation  of  holding  an  election  under  tbe  Louisi- 
ana laws,  and  continued :  Nuw  our  offer  In  ^is 
instance  is  to  prove,  by  certified  copies  of 
the  State  returns,  made  up,  signed,  aua 
aworn  to  by  tbe  Commissioners  of 
Election,  tbat  there  is  in  tbe  State  of  Lomsiana  a 
perfect  return  trom  every  vjcing  place  la  the 
State  to  this  Board  of  Bietuming  Officers.  Piom 
tbat  we  say  it  will  appear  that  tbe  maiority  given 
to  what  is  denominated  as  tbe  Tilden  Electors  v.iried 
from  6,000  to  9,CO0,  speaking  iq»  round  iiamt>er8. 
We  offer  now  to  show  tbat  to  this  tribunal,  oy  cer- 
tified copies  of  these  papers,  that  you  may  see  wbst 
the  fact  is.  Tben  the  question  arises,  wnat  is  this, 
tribunal  to  do  i  Tbat  has  been  gone  over  by  all  ttia 
counsel  wbo  bave  spoken,  but  I  trust  you  will  par- 
don me  if  I  very  briefly  state  my  view  of  what  this 
tribunal  is,  and  what  its  duties  are. 

Commiasiuner.  Strong — Before  that,  allow  me  to 
ask  you  a  question  :  The  action  tbat  is  said  to  t>e  in 
the  Canvassing  Board,  the  action  of  that  botutl, 
and  the  resuibs  at  wbicb  they  amve,  are  not  tietore 
US,  I  think. 

Mr.  Trumbull— We  propose  to  preseot  tbein  be* 
fore  you ;   that  is  one  of  the  propositions. 

Commissioner  Strong — But  thus  far  it  ia  sot  be- 
fore us. 

Mr.  TrumbuU— Perhaps  I  will  bo  bettor  imder* 
stood,  and  perhaps  tbe  Commission  will  better 
understand  the  state  of  the  case,  it  I  anticipate  a 
little  what  we  propose  In  tbat  regard,  m  connec- 
tion Witb  tbe  certified  copies  of  said  list.  He  tben 
stated  that  they  ofi'ered  to  prove,  substantiaUy.  tbat 
the  Beturning  Board  did  not  receive  from, 
poll,  voting  place,  or  pansb,  nor  bave  before  tbem 
any  statemeut  by  any  Supervisor  of  Registration  or, 
Commiasiuner  of  Election,  as  required  by  law;' 
that  in  manv  instances  Ibe  Supervisors  ot  Regis- 
tration willfully  and  fraudulently  omitted  from 
tbe  consolidated  statement  the  result  of 
the  votes  given  at  certain  polls,  as  shown 
to  them  by  the  returns  and  papers  of 
the  Returning  Board  to  said  Supervisors 
by  the  Cummissioners  of  Electinn  as  rt'quired  by 
law ;  that  tbo  Returning  Board  willfully  and  rraudu. 
lently  neglected  aod  relused  to  make  any  cauvass 
of  tbe  majontlea  so  omitted,  or  estimate  tbem  lu 
any  way  in  their  pretended  determination  tbat  Kel- 
logg was  dmly  elected  an  Elector;  that  by  the  returoe 
i  I  appeared  tnat  Kelloggreeeived  3. 459  less  votes  than 
the  other  ticket;  that  &9 ^turning  Board  counted 
as  votes  in  favor  of  Keflogg,  234  voles  wbicb  were 
not  shown  to  have  beeu  given  at  any  poll  or  voting 
place  m  the  State ;  tbat  toe  votes  cast,  as  shown  by 
the  Commissioooi's'  returns,  bave  never  beeu  rvim- 
piled  nor  canvassed,  and  that  tbe  Beturning  Board 
never  even  pretended  to  compile  or  canvass  too 
retarns  made,  but  only  pretended  to  canvass  the  re> 
turns  made  by  tbe  Supervisors  of  Registration :  tbat 
tbe  votes  given  bave  never  been  opened  bj  itm  Gov-, 
emor  of  said  State  in  tbe  presence  ot  the  Secrettiry 
of  State,  the  Attorney  General,  and  tbe  Bistnci; 
Judge  of  the  district  m  which  the  seat  of  Guverii. 
ment  was  establishod.  nor  in  the  presence  of  any  of 
tbem,  as  by  law  directed;  tbat  Kellogg,  when  be 
made  and  delivered  tbe.  certificate,  well' 
knew  tbat  said  certificate  was  untrue,; 
and  tbat  be  well  knew  tbat  all  tbeEieetors  on  tbwi 
other  ticket  had  received  more  than  5,000  of  thp 
legal  votes  for  Electors  more  than  bad   oeeu  caK| 

for  himself;    that  in    Sepiember,  1876,  Kellugg    aad 

the  members  in  the  Returning  Board  entered  iuto 
a  conspiracy  to  cause  Kellogg  and  others  to  b^  re 
turned  as  having  reoeiveu  a  maiority  of  all  votes 
cast,  whether  such  should  tbe'  fact  or  not,  and  tbat 
on  tbe  lt7h  of  November,  after  it  was  kuowu  tbat 
Kellogg  aud  tbe  others  bAd  oeen  defeated,  ttm  Re- 
turning Board  assembled  in  New-Orleans  and  pr*- 
tendea  to  canvass  tbe  vtatement  of  votes  given  by 
the  Commissioners  of  Election  according  to  law; 
tbat  Wells  and  tbe  other  members  of  tbe  board,  all 
members  of  tbe  Kepublioan  Party,  were  the  only 
members  of  said  board ;  that  tbore  was  a  vauancy 
iu  tbe  board  which  it  w«a  their  duty  to  fill  vntc 
some  one  tielongiug  to  tbe  opposite  political  par>y, 
but  neglected  an4  rsfosed  tu  do  so  for  the 
reason,  as  assigned,  that  tbev  did  not  wish  a  Demo- 
crat to  witness  the  proceedinga  of  tbo  ooarr]. 
White  pretending  to  t>e  in  aesslou  as  a  BeturuUig 
Board  tbey  employed  persons  ot  notoriously  bas 
character  to  act  as  their  aaststants,  and  oonfiaed 
tu  their  clerks  tbe  duty  of  compiling  and 
canvassing  all  returns  :  although  rei^unsbtd  by  tbe 
counsel  acting  lor  tbe  Demuctatio  party,  wbo 
charged  tbat  all  the  clerks  were  Repubii«3Mis,  and 
that  the  Democrats  bad  no  check  on  tbem,  tu  allow 
tbsir  party  to  name  three  respectable  persons,  wbu 
Bbuuld  be  present  in  tbe  room  during  the  oompUa* 
tion,  with  a  view  to  satisfy  all  par  Am  that  tbeta 
had  been  no  tampering  or  unfair  prscttce  lo  eoo- 
nection  therewith,  tbe  board  refusaa  to  permit  soeb 
persons  to  tie  present. 

Mr.  Trumbull  went  on  to  detail  otiier  acta  of  the 
board  during  the  canvass  wbiob  he  j;lauoed  to  be 
iu  violation  of  law,  which  they  would  prove. 

Mr.  Trumbull  then  procesded  to  state  gtonnda  of 
objection  to  five  of  tbe  Bepnbtioaa  X<l«otata 
as  follows:  that  Oscar  JeSnwa,  «m  s 
Supervisor  of  Registraaon  in  th*  Paxisb 
of  .Pomte  Conp^;  tbat  A.  B.  ^^tvUes  was  a 
Commissioner  of  the  Circuit  Coo^  «f  the  Ctdto4 
States  for  the  District  of  LoaisiM»|  ttMt  0.  S, 
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cffloe  of  Snrv^or  Geoersl  of  the  Land  Ctlce  for  the 

BJjirictot  Louisiana:  tbat  Marks  was  JJistrict  At- 
Uirney    for    the    Fourth    Judicial    Dlairiof  of  the 

Btaie  at  the  tSmo  he  cast  his  vote,  and 
tfiat  J.    H.   Birch   wae  a  member  of  the  Board 

ot  OODtPol  of  the  State  Penitenflary.  and  held 
otaer  local  otBcea.    'Wealso  offer  to  prove  that  the 

•t»t«meDts  and  aflanaviis  purporting  to  be  made  and 

forwaided  to  (he  Eetnming  Soaxd.  in  parsoanoeof 
tBe  election  law  ot  1872,  aUeelnfr  that  riots,  tntlmi- 
fl»t«)n,  and  -violence  existed   at  certain   polls,  were 

»ll«y  fabricated  and  forged  by  disieputabie  per- 
aoKronrter  the  direction  aad  ^llh  the  kaowledse  of 
the  ]^etpir<i>ns  Soard. 

OomvisBlnuer' Abbott  Inatiired   bow  mnoh  time 

pooasel  desired  to  aritae  these  qaeetiont.  Com- 
afltiatooer  Bradley  8ai<f  he  tmderstood  the  deciaion 
to  be  tbsc  It  -vraa  to  oome  ont  of  the  time  allowe<j  to 
ooansei  on  eacb  side,  tboneh  tbo  time  consumed  in 
refdios  tne  printed  brief  sboald  not  be  ooaoied,  bat 
hfe  thoashi  It  -wps  breaking  the  rale  if  tbev  alloved 
nnra  than  f  mr  an4  on«-half  hoars  on  each 'side. 

Mr.  Trumbull  tbonebt  their  Bide  should  have 
three  hoiira — aa  hoar  each. 

<Commis^oner  Scrons  did  not  tinderstand  the  or- 
der ot  the  oom-t  as  to  time  as  Commissioner  Brad- 
Jf^y  had  nnderstood  ir,  and  thought  the  time  oocn- 
pied  ID  offeriufc  evidence,  or  ablections  thai  might 
be  made  to  itt  admiaaiDility,  or  arnaments  nude  in 
Support  of  the  admisdibllUv,  was  not  to  be  taken 
oil  ottha  four  atid  one-balf  hours  which  was  al- 
lowed for.the  jreuoral  arsrument,  and  he  moved  that 
two  bonra(  b«*  allowed  eaob  side  for  that  purpose. 

.Commissioner  Edujunda  said  that  the  length  of 
time  required  for  the  discussion  depended  upon 
whether  thn  counsel  should  di'iznss  the  oSer  of 
testimonv  as  a  mere  technical  qneBtion,  or  whether 
the  fact  itself  is  one  that  falls  within  the  scope  and 
^08ider.itiOQ  of  the  Comnussion  in  its  aspect  of 
the  case.  In  regard  to  the  admisa.bility 
of  the  testlmotiy  and  Its  lezai  effect.  It  covers 
tne  whole  eround,  and  if  counsel  could  manage  to 
argoe  the  whole  8nb|ect  presented  as  well  as  its 
maceriaUty  aod  the  result  to  be  deduced  If  the 
fauts  were  proved— -thea,  If  the  Commission  should 
be  oi  the  opinion  that  it  was  competent  to  go  Into 
ttjat  subject,  that  would  he  the  end  of  the  matter. 
Afid  if  it  should  deterinina  that  it  was  cothnetent 
to  go  into  it  or  any  part  of  it,  then  they  would 
have  (letKrmiued  the  relevanov  and  <>ffdct  uf  the 
facts  if  they  sboulJ  oe  established.  The  difScnlty 
about  ta^in;  proot  provi'siotially  is  that  if  rou  ad- 
'  nut  it  oo  the  part  of  the  obiectors  vou  must  admit 
ti  al.-'O  on  the  other  side,  and  yoa  at  once  go  on  lu  an 
indefiaite  period  taking  testimony  to  prove  that 
certain  oircnmsnanOes  already  exi«t  under  which. 
if  the  law  of  L'juiaiana  is  coostiintiooal,  and  be  ap- 
plied to  this  cal3^  it  waa  the  duty  of  the  board  to 
proceed  to  reluct  the  polls,  &o.  The  result 
of  the  tatting  of  evidence  on  both  eides 
would  be  that  they  might  find  themselvas  at  the 
ena  of  a  week  or  10  days  in  the  attitude  of  discov- 
ering that  they  had  wasted  all  this  time  In  eoing 
into  a  TADge  of  inquiry  tb;it  they  felt  under  the  lair 
-^bey  had  no  right  to  go  into,  and  he  thought  that 
,the  rules  adopted  io  the  Florida  case  would  be  bet- 
*Ser  than  to  hear  the  qaestioa  arened  now  as  to  the 
effect  I  f  the  evidence  and  their  powers,  &c. 

Commissioner  Bradley  arened  that  the  case  should 
be  areued  the  same  as  ihe  !^'orida  case  was. 

Commiasloaer  Xdm'uods  moved  to-modify  the  mo- 
tion by  ailovfing  cuusael  to  he  beard  on  the  wboje 
suoJMCt  At  tbe  case  now  stood,  and  four  hours  be 
glvpu  t->  each  si d?. 

Mr.  EvariB  thought  that  was  hardly  fair,  as  they 
bad  been  prupeeaing  upon  the  undefatandiog  that 
eaob  side  should  have  four  and  one-half  hours,  and 
one  side  bad  been  consumlog  part  of  its  time  al- 
ready. 

CommisAioDer  Tburman  said  if  it  was  meant  that 
the  whole  case  should  be  submitted  after  four  hours' 
sriiument  on  each  side,  he  thought  that  not  rieht,  as 
oneside  had  already  occnpieU  two  hours,  which  would 
ivk  effect  give  tUem  six  hours  and  the  othur  but 
fonr.  If.  after  deciding  whether  we  have  anything 
in  evideacti  at  all,  we  are  to  fix  a  nme  to  have  the 
whole  caee  submitted  and  the  aremmont  finally 
ctbaed,  and  then  re  ire  and  give  out  final  decision,  I 
do  npt  koow  -n'hat  kind  ot  a  judicial  proceeding  that 
would  be. 

Commissioner  ^-bbott  said  it  was  an  argument, 
not  only  upon  the  tact  of  the  competency  of  the 
te3iim"ny  and  a  decnarrer  to  the  evideaoe,  but  also 
an  argument  upon  the  whole  case,  so  that  when  the 
nreameni  was  once  made  they  were  to  decide  the 
wtiole  caae  unless  they  admitted  the  teetimonv. 

Mr.  EvartB  Snid  tbey  Old  not  wish  to  place  them- 
eeives  in  tbe  position  of  treating  the  evidence  as 
all  in,  and  then  argniotr  as  to  its  effect,  but  wished 
to  cuaru  against  auy  such  im  plio<ition.  He  said  ic 
xpuld  seem  to  enlarge  a  little  the  area  of  argument 
when,  in  addition  to  what  was  supposed  to  be  tbe 
liocv  Imnoaed  on  coansul  wnen  i'oar  and  one-half 
hours  was  allowed,  there  is  now  a  somewhat  sepa- 
rate consideration. 

Co  turn  is  si  oner  Payne  said  there  were  twelve 
proposition.",  ot  course,  to  he  artraed,  and  it'  the  lim- 
ired  time  Wiis  allowed  them  that  was  suggested  it 
would  ohly  give  counsel  fitteeu  minutes  upon  each 

plOpOtlitlOO. 

Com mujsiope^-^orton  stated  that  in  view  of  tbe 
limited  time,  be  would  be  compelled  to  vote  against 
any  extension  of  time,  and  waa  in  favor  of  proceed- 
ing under  the  rule  as  it  now  existed.  He  thought 
It  wRs  unfair  to  give  six  hours  to  one  side  and  four 
to  the  other.  Xha  be;it  way  was  tu  take  up  tbe 
(idestion  ot  adniisaability  ot  evidence  and  discuss 
it,  and  if  it  abould  bo  decided  to  admit  any  or  all  of 
it  then  the  efiiect  of  what  is  admitted  would  he  dia- 
oassed. 

Gommissiooet  Hoar  said  that  this  was  not  an 
ordinarv  uuestioo  ot  presenriug  eyldense  in  a  opart. 
The  qusatioo  here  is,  is  cooslitutional  power  vested 
in  ibe  two  bouses,  or  eitoer  of  them,  by  ihe  pro- 
TisiJU  lb  it  tbty  shall  be  preseut  at  tbe  opening  of 
thfcdu  certifies te«i,  to  bear  tbe  evidence,  and  im- 
peach those  certificate.^  i  It  that  power  bo  vested 
jn  the  two  bouses,  then  comes  uo  the  crdioary 
qut-^tioo  of  detail  as  to  tbe  evidence  wbich  ia  to  be 
luTrodaced.  It  ibat  power  be  not  vested  in  the  two 
bouses,  aad  tarungb  them  in  the  Commissiou.  then 
to  ask  tu  exTi'ise  it  is  to  ask  them  to  do  what  is 
loiputed  as  a  crime  tu  the  ofSoers  tVhose  aciinn  is 
now  belore  the  Commission — that  Ie,  to  usurp 
power,  to  redress  what  we  laocy  is  wrong.  Kow, 
if  the  evidence  be  inadmissible,  it  is  so  in 
const  guenue  of  one  view  of  that  ques- 
tion. It'  aamissible.  it  is  admissible  in 
consequence  of  auolber  vjew.  Therefore, 
I  .think  the  amet.dment  of  Senator  Edmunde  brings 
up  practically  wbat  we  all  know  must  be  brought 
up  pracucaily 

Cotumissinoer  Garfield  said  the  propnaition  cf 
Tud^e  Srouii  pmceeoed  on  tbe  supposition  that 
tije  order  of  last  night,  which  was  practically  exe- 
cuted, had  been  arrested  by  an  interlocutory  ques- 
tion, ii'onr  and  a  half  hours  was  the  time  allotteu  last 
nigbr.  anu  as  t'uras  anyching  was  before  the  Commis- 
sion then,  it  was  on  the  fin<il  question.  \Xwo  hours 
had  bt»<rD  occupied  on  one  sidt;,  aud  now  the  argu- 
ment bad  been  acreated  by  an  offer  of  proof.  It 
fioemed  to  me  much  plainer  and  easier  to  arrest  the 
P70.:r<i83  of  tne  Coinmisslon  here,  to  hear  the  ques- 
tion tor  two  houra  on  a  side,  wbica  being  settled 
to»  Comtni^ioj  might  proceed  to  hear  the  other 
efde,  which  bi«d  yet  two  ooors  remaining  for  argu- 
ment. 

It  was  moved  to  strike  out  "two"  in  Judge 
Stroce's  resoii^tiun  and  insert  "three."  Tbe  qnes- 
tioa  was  out  to  the  Commission,  and  decided  iu  tbe 
negative  by  the  following  vote  : 

JS^Ts-T-Messrs.  Uralley,  Edmunds.  Freiingbuyien, 
Garfi.:id,  Uo<^,  MlUer.  Morton,  anil  Strootc. 

The  question'then  came  up  on  Mr.  Sdmunds' 
am>-ndment  to  su-ike  out  the  order  aubstitnted  by 
Judge  Strone,  giving  tbe  count>el  two  hours.  It 
was  lost:  only  four  members  cf  the  Commission — 
Messrs.  Edmuods,  Frelinghuysen,  Hoar,  aud  Miller 
— Voted  in  tbe  affirmative.  The  motion  of  Justice 
SiTun.r  that  the  counsel  be  allowed  two  hours  to  ar- 
gue the  question  of  the  admissibility  of  the  offer  of 
e'yideoce  upon  each  side,  was  then  carried  unani- 
mouslv. 

Mr.  Erarts  here  asked  if,  after  two  hours  bad 
'been  cuesum^d  bv  each  side  on  this  matter  of  the 
ibtruductiou  of  evidence,  then  tbe  order  of  yester- 
day allowing  four  and  a  half  hours  to  his  side  would 
be  in  torce. 

Coouiiesioner  Clifford  said  that  rhe  question  now, 
nnaer  the  present  decision  of  the  Commission,  was 
to  allow  each  side  two  hotirs  to  discuss  the  quer.- 
troo  of  the  admi.^sioility  of  the  proofs  ofiexed. 
When  that  w<is  concluded,  tbea  tbe  question 
woalu  pome  up  »s  tbe  execution  of  the  former  order. 

Mr.  £vartl  alluded  to  the  great  disparity  in  the 
arguments  of  the  two  sides  iu  case  they  were  cutoff 
trum  the  two  houra  originally  allotted  to  thsm. 

Mr.  £[uribat  sazgested^thii,  if  it  was  found  neces- 
eaxy  to  6is;ni8s  ttie  question  of  admissibility  at 
"more  long  b  than  two  hours,  the  counsel  be  allowed 
t^  continue  tbe  ditfcuuiun,  and  subtract  it  from  the 
two  i3ooi's  eacb  bad  been  allowed. 

Cummissionei  Bradley  said  that  tbe  proposition 
oow  maue  seemed  lo  him  (o  be  a  very  fair  one.  He 
tBoved  'bat  tbey  be  petmitteu  to  do  sc    Adopted. 

Cou>mia«ioner  Cliff  >rd  called  upon  Mr.  Evarts  to 
go  on  with  bia  argnmeot, 

Mr.  jEvrfTts  objected,  saying  that  io  the  Plorida 
3$ae  the  oppoaiie  order  was  adopted,  tbe  Bemo> 
sra-ic  side  having  the  openinjr  and  closing  of  the 
v«e.    ■  _____ 

ABG1?MBNT  OF  MB.  TRUMBULL. 

Mr.  Xrumboll  readily  aasented,  aad  began  hia 
vrgumeut  aa  follows: 

We.  Preaident,  under  the  roliog  of  the  Joint 
iMmmisslou  we  are  brought  face  to  faoe  with  tbe 
qujscion  whether  a  Preeidant  of  the  TTuited  States 
1^  m  be  made  by  forgery  and  fraud  and  conspiracy 
OD  the  part  of  officials  whose  dnty  it  is  to 
oe^tiiy  the  Electoral  vote  of  the  iState,  and  it 
is  bubmltied  to  °  ttna  Commission  looldlv 
to  deciue  that  question.  The  power  rents  nowbefe 
el«e.  There  is  uo  tiibanal  in  this  land,  ludioiid  or 
otherwise,  that  can  inquire  into  this  matter  except 
this  Gommisaioo.  and  when  I  speak  of  chia  Commis- 
Bion  I  couaiUer  myself  as  adoreasin^  tht  two  booses 
of  Coutiress  asseui  Die  J  together  tor  tbe  purpose  of 
couotiDK  (be  Eectoral  vote  from  tbe  various  states. 
In  my  judgmvot  tberg  haa  beea  a  very  great  mis- 
conceptiuu  la  re£atd  to  tha  powers  of  this  tribunal. 
Ii  is  neither  a  oanvaasiog  board  to  determine  who 
Is  elected  a  eoD«Cat>ie  iu  soma  u>wq.  nor  la  ic  a  jadi- 
cial  tribunal ;  but  it  ia  tbe  Congresa  of  the  TTuited 
S»te«,  vested  with  power  to  goto  the  bottom  and 
Iwestlgato  any  qaeation  that  it  has  a  rittht  to  coo- 
alder.  It  has  been  settled,  aad,  therefore,  is  not 
I10W  CO  be  queMioned,  that  the  two  Hoobea  of  Con- 
gresa axe  tuoonut  ttie  Electoral  vote,  and  yoa  are 
now  those  two  houses.  The  qne«tion  has  arisen 
that  i»  Bubmiitad  to  you,  how  maay  and  what  votes 
thail  be  oouuted  from  the  State  of  Louisiana,  and 
ther«  is  submittad  to  yon.  not  only 
that  queatloB.  bat  the  law  of  your 
organization  deeiares  all  qnestions  upon  or  in  re- 
inect  to  do«bto<iNiarn«  that  have  been  submitted  to 
your  eonBidMation.  Now,  does  it  turn  out  that 
ctkiaCoBMntoaion  i*  {brmed  for  the  mere  pnroose  of 
doing  a  sum  in  arithmetic,  tu  add  -up  certain  flgurea, 
wta^Dttwaasaid  to  the  country  that  yon  were  to 
demde  all  aue»tione  upon  or  in  respect  to  such 
double  tetnrns  ?  Does  it  need  nothing  more  than 
that  you  tihBuia  add  one  of  the  returns?  When 
tfM  oAth  waa  takan  to  examiue  aud  consider  all 
qaesUoaa  Babouued,  Aid  tua  nM«B  that  you  wer* 
t|»4ak«^&n  wth  auaply  to«dd  togstbar  tbe  flgureel 
Boea  "examia*  anU  «oaaid«"  apply  merely  to  a 
•^ifwaatlcftl  vcopofllfim  of  th^  kladf  Yen. 
•n  xettMinif/r  tlMtev  t*  weMe4  to  ooosider  tbe 


t 


▼otea  flrom  tbe  $Cat»^of  Looiaiaaa  are  the  Ttttaa  ttQ>* 

vided  for  by  the  ConstitaUon,  aod  how  raaaV  and 
what  persons  were  doly  appointed  in  tbftt  StSw. 
Now,  can  yon  determine  that— can  yoa  d^rnlqe 
how  many  and  what  peraons  were  duly  apisoidted 
Sleocors  In  Loaislana — withont  Inqatrias  Whether 
tbe   certificate  which    is    laid    here  ia  s-torgfryl 

The  House,  said  the  speaker,  has  sent  its  ooiAmit« 

toes  and  the  Senate  haa  sent    its  committeea  te 

Xiuiiislana.  and  they  tailT'e  taknn  testimony, 
and    we  are  prepared   with    it    hero    to-day,    ana 

It  is  evidence  taken  under  the  well-established  rule 
1  have  i-eferred  to.  TTow,  one  of  these  returnii  la  M 
good  as  the  othsr.  It  was  said  here  yesterday  by 
my  distinguished   friend  from  "Wisconain,   in'  bis 

quiet  way,  that  you  knew  wbo  "Willisnj  Pitt  Kel- 
logg was,  but  yon  did  not  know  Mcfinery ;  that 
John  McEnery  had  riven  hia  certificates  to  persona 
who  came  here  knocking  at  tbe  doors  of  Congress, 
but  tbe  gate  Was  never  opened.  If  I  have  not  for- 
gotteu,  hardly  12  months  have  transpired  since  a 
person  onme  here  knocking  at  tbe  door  of  the  Seo^ 
ate,  with  a  paper  signed  William  Pitt  Kellogg, 
stating  that  be  bad  been  duly  elected  to  the  Senate. 
Bid  the  Senate  open  its  doors  to  him  f  Why,  he 
has  stood  there  knocking  ever  since  Kellogg  pre- 
tended to  be  Governor,  until  finally  tbe  tjeoaie  abut 
the  door  in  his  face  and  sent  him  away.  Kuliogg, 
then,  is  in  no  better  condition  tban  McEnery. 

Mr.  Trumbull  then  read  from  Story  and  other 
waiters  on  tbe  Constitution  and  commented  thereon, 
aaying  that  Story  had  predicted  that  if  a  mo- 
narchical (rnvernmest  was  established  in  one  State 
of  the  TTiiion  it  would  bnng  on  the  ruin 
of  the  whole  Bspnblic.  He  continued:  We 
are  threatened  to-day  with  that  rulu  that 
Mr.  Jiutlce  Story  foresaw  years  ago. 
The  Constitution  says  that  each  State  shall  appoint 
in  such  manner  as  its  Legislature  shall  direct,  a 
number  of  Electors  equal  to  the  unmber  of  its  Sen- 
ators and  Kepreaentativea  in  Congress.  But  it 
most  be  a  State  that  does  it.  And  what  is  meant 
b.y  a  State  t  A  despotism  or  a  State 
having  a  republican  lorm  of  government 
where  the  people,  not  nsuroing  Judges,  rule!  You 
have  a  certificate  here  from  a  person  claiming  to  be 
Governor,  a  certified  list  as  it  ia  called  m  tbe  stat- 
ute, ot  the  names  of  tbe  persons  elected  Electors. 
What  does  that  amount  to?  Did  the  Con- 
fititution  require  it  t  Tbe  Cotstitution  said  the 
Electors  should  paeet  in  their  respective  States  and 
vote  by  ballot  for  two  persous,  of  wbom  one 
at  least  shall  not  be  an  iobabitdot  of  the  same  State 
with  tnemseives.  and  tbey  sbuuld  make  a  list  of  all 
tne  per8on8*vott:d  for,  and  of  the  number  of  voles 
for  each,  which  list  shall  be  signed,  certified,  and 
transmitted  sealedijto  the  seat  oc  tbe  Generak  Gjv- 
emment,  directed  to  tbe  President  of  the  Senate. 
The  President  of  the  Senate  then,  in  the  presence 
of  tbe  Senate  and  House  of  Bepresentatives,  will 
open  all  the  certificates,  and  tbe  votes  shall  then  be 
counted.  That  is  all  the  Electors  have  got  to  do. 
This  is  a  right  not  inherent  in  the  State,  but  deriv- 
ative from  the  Constitution  ot  the  'CTni.ed  Sta  es. 
wbich  is  as  much  a  part  of  the  Cousti.ution  of  every 
State  as  it  is  of  the  United  States.  Eveiy  word  and 
every  letter  in  this  Constitutioa  is  as  binding  on 
tbe  State  as  on  the  United  States.  It  was  framed 
for  the  purpose  of  forming  a  General  Government, 
and  also  for  tbe  purpose  of  protecting  the  States  in 
certain  national  rights.  This  Constitution  said  to 
the  State  of  Louisiana  :  "  Yoa  mav  appoint  Elec- 
tors in  such  manner  as  your  Logislatare  sball  di- 
rect. They  shall  meet  aud  cast  their  ballots  in  a 
certain  way  ana  send  them  to  the  President  of  the 
Senate,  and  the  vote  shall  then  he  oouutea,"  Tell 
me  by  what  autboilty  Congresa  passes  a  law  toat 
tbey  shall  not  be  counted  ?  By  what  authority 
has  Congress  said  to  ttie  Governor,  of  Louisiana 
or  the  (iovernor  of  any  State,  Yon  m»y  certify 
lists  uf  tbo  names  of  the  persons  voted  for  as  Elec- 
tors, or  appoiuted  Electors.  It  may  be  a  matter  of 
convenience,  but  it  is  entirely  at  the  option  of  the 
Governor  ot  the  State  to  obev  it  or  not.  And  old 
John  Hancock,  a  oeutury  ago,  before  he  would 
make  any  such  certificate,  sent  a  communication  to 
the  Legislature  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachu- 
setts, to  know  whether  it  would  meet  their  ap- 
proval ir  he  did  it.  Aud  what  waa  said  by 
a  committee  of  tbe  Senate,  In  a  unanimous 
repoit  made  by  them  on  that  subject  in  1373 } 
The  third  section  of  the  act  of  Congress 
Ot  1792  declares  what  shall  be  the  official  evidence 
of  tbe  election  of  Electors,  and  provides  that  tbe 
Executive  authority  of  eacb  State  sball  cause  three 
listu  of  the  names  ot  Electors  of  such  State  to  be 
made  and  certified,  ana  to  i>e  delivered  to  tbe 
Electors  on  or  before  the  first  Wednesday  in  De- 
cember, and  the  Electors  sball  annex  one  of  such 
lists  to  each  of  their  votes.  The  certificate  ot  tbe 
Secretary  of  State  Is  not  required,  and  the  certifi- 
cate uf  the  Governor  as  pioviued  for  in  that  section 
seems  to  be  tbe  only-evidence  as  contemplated  by 
the  law  of  tbe  right  tu  cast  tbe  vote  ot  tbe 
State.  If  Confess  chooses  to  go  behind 
the  Governor's  certificate  and  inquire  who  have 
been  chosau  Electors,  it  is  not  violating  any  princi- 
ple of  the  Constitatiou  of  the  State,  bat  simplv 
going  behind  the  evidence  aa  .prebcribed  by  the  act 
uf  Congress.  And  thus  going  behind  tbe  certifi- 
cates of  the  Governor,  we  dnd  the  official  returns 
and  the  returns  of  tbe  Electors  from  tbe  parishes  ot 
Louisiana  ha?e  never  been  counted  by  anybody 
having  the  authority  to  count  tbem.  What  was  the 
result  of  tbatreporti  The  Stinaie  and  tbe  House 
of  Bepresentatives  voted  not  to  count  the  Electoral 
vote  of  the  State  of  Louisiana.  Congress  looked 
into  it,  aud  its  committer  reported  that  tbe  votes 
bad  never  been  cmvassed  br  anyoody  having 
authority  to  canvass  tbem,  and  tbo  result  was  that 
tbe  vote  of  the  State  ot  Louisiana  was  rejected. 

Justice  Bradley — Who  made  the  cauvaas  at  that 
time  f 

Mr.  Trumbull — It  was  required  to  be  maae  by 
the  Ki'turuing  Board,  which  uoasisted  of  ih^  Gov- 
ernor, the  Secretary  of  Atate,  tae  Auditor,  and  two 
other  persous,  and  there  was  a  controversy  as  to 
which  waa  tbe  true  Canvassing  Board. 

Justice  Bradley— It  was  beldc  that  the  proper 
board  bad  not  made  the  canvass  t 

Mr.  Truuiooil — Ic  was  not  decided  in  tbe  report 
of  tbe  Commit  leu  on  Privileges  and  Elections. 

Senator  Morton — Have  you  the  whole  report 
there  I 

Mr.  Trumbull — I  have;  one  of  the  points  stated 
is  tbau  the  persona  who  in  fact  mude  the  examina- 
tion and  count  bad  no  legal  authority  to  do  so. 

Senator  Edmund.s — Do  I  understand  yoa  to  aay 
that  the  indgment  of  the  Senate  four  years  ago 
was  on  the  question  of  fact  as  to  what  the  real  vote 
of  the  people  ot  Louisiana  was  } 

Mr.  Xrumbail— it  u  difficult  to  tell  on  what  con- 
sideration Senators  vole.  The  cerliflcaie  of  tbe 
Governor  of  Louisiana  in  that  case  was  in  proper 
form,  and  for  some  reason  both  houses  cunourreil  io 
re)ectiDg  tbe  vote  of  Louisiana.  Sj  that,  if  this 
aoiouuis  to  anything,  it  is  a  decision  that  tbe  duly- 
antborized  certificate,  of  the  Governor  ia  not  cun- 
clusive  on  tbe  two  bouses  of  Ooogress. 

Senator  Edmunds — Tbe  resoluiiou  adopted  there 
was  that  all  the  objeciiuna  presented  having  boeu 
considered,  no  Electoral  vote  purporting  to  oe  that 
of  Liouisiana  should  be  coontea.  Xoat  was  adonted 
by  a  vote  of  33  to  16.  Among  tbe  objsotions'was 
one  bv  Mr.  Carpenter,  of  VViscuoain,  ou  the  ground 
that  there  was  no  proper  return  ot  tbe  votes  cast 
by  Electors  in  the  State  of  Louisiana,  aod  because 
tuere  was  no  State  Governmeut  there  republican 
in  lorm,  and  Because  no  canvass  or  count  of  tbe 
votes  had  been  mnde  prior  to  a  meeting  of  tbe 
Eectors.  Another  objection  of  a  similar  Import 
was  made  by  Sanator  Trumbull,  ot  Ilimoia. 

Tne  Presiiiug  Justice  (interposing) — Yon  are  en- 
titled to  tJie  fl  jor,  Mr.  TrumbuU  ;  unless  you  yield, 
proceed. 

Senator  Edmunds  (to  the  Presiding  Justice,  with 
some  asperity  of  tune) — J)o  you  mean  to  say  that  a 
member  of  the  Commission  cannot  make  an  in- 
quiry ! 

Tbe  Presiding  Justice  (authoritatively)— I  say 
that  Mr.  Trumbull  is  entitled  to  the  floor. 

Mr.  Justice  Bradley  (to  Mr.  Trumbull)- 1  under- 
stand that  the  decision  of  the  Senate  iu  ttiai  case 
went  to  the  form,  and  not  to  the  point  wbetber  the 
cernficate  of  the  Guveraor  waa  not  jconcloeive. 

Mr.  Xrumbnll  read  Gov.  Wormotb's  certiflcat* 
iu  that  caae,  and  said  that  this  one 
thing  waa  certainly  settled  by  Congress 
there,  and  that  was  the  Governor's  certificate 
(the  aame  as  that  known  as  "  So.  1 "  lu 
toa  caae)  mighi.  be  overruled  by  the  coocnrrent  ac- 
tion of  tne  two  booses.  The  report  of  the  commit- 
tee was  that  tbe  vote  bad  pot  been  properly  can- 
vassed. Now,  we  propose  to  show  that  ibo  vote  of 
Louisiana  uaa  never  beeo  Canvassed ;  that  the  pre- 
tended canvass  is  a  fraud  ;  that  the  papers  are 
forged  ;  that  the  returns  are  altered  and  falsified  ; 
and  I  would  like  to  koow  whether  a  count  onJer 
such  circumstances  is  any  bei/ter*  than  a  cuuot 
made  by  persons  who  bad  not  any  lichi  to  count. 
We  propose  to  show  that  the  Preslaeot  of  tbe 
Louisiana  Belnrniog  Boarii,  with  the  oonuivauce  of 
bis  ouniederatfs,  altered  the  return  from  Ternon 
Parish,  took  178  votes  irom  one  side  and  put  them 
on  tbe  oiber  uy  a  forgery  of  the  pupst.  We  offer 
to  prove  It,  aud  we  have  the  evidence  to  doit; 
and  according  to  MeUrary  on  ±,Uctions  a  fraud 
committed  by  an  oflScer  is  tatal  to  bis  return. 

Justice  Miller — Allow  me  to  mafte  a  pomt  which 
came  np  m  the  Florida  case,  and  to  which  I  attach 
a  good  deal  of  impo^cance.  It  the  only  thing  that  a 
JKepabiio^n  Reiu:ning  B.>ard  can  do  is  to  determine 
Whether  certain  pjiis  are  to  be  cuuuted  or  reieoied, 
your  argument  is  a  perfectlv  good  one.  But  u  it  not 
also  tine  that  the  jurisdiocioa  of  the  board 
is  commensurate  wicn  tbe  duties  and 
tuuctiooa  which  io  has  to  perform  ?  And  is  it  not 
true  that  the  one  fact  which  it  has  to  perform  is  to 
ascertain  who  are  EUotim,  aud  to  declare  that 
fact'}  Aud  can  it  be  said,  if  that  board  mistaaes 
tne  law  on  some  points  while  discharging  that  lunc- 
ton  that  tbe  mlaiake  is  so  juriadioiienal  as  to  vitiate 
iia  return  1 

Mr.  T.umbnll— No,  sir;  I  do  not  contend  for 
that.  "^ 

Justice  Miller- Then  my  sngsrestioa  is  that  tbe 
jurisdiction  of  that  board  u  to  ascertain  and  declare 
Who  were  elected,  aud  that  all  below  that  is  the  ex- 
ercise of  the  means  and  mode  of  the  procedure. 

Mr.  TrombuU— To  ibat  I  cannot  qtute  assmt.  I 
aaseae  entirely  to  the  proposiiiuu  that  in  any 
matter  over  which  this  board  had  Jorlsdio- 
uon  and  discretion  to  act^  ice  jadgmeot 
is  not  to  ha  oistnrDcd ;  that  tbe  puini  which  I 
make  is  whether  it  is  its  duty  to  canvass  aod  com- 
pile the  vote.  It  ia  also  its  »wom  auty  not  to  take 
jurisdiction  of.  the  question  or  rejeotiug  votes  un- 
less a  foundation  is  laid  for  iu  We  also  offer 
t»  prove  that  the  board  was  .  not  so 
oonstituted       aa       to       have       lurisdiction       of 

Sie  canvass  at  all,  becaase  the  law 
eclares  that  five  persons,  to  be  elected  by  the 
Senate  from  all  political  parties,  shall  constitute 
the  BeturotDg  Board  of  that  State,  and  I  insist 
that  it  was  not  competent  for  foar  persons 
to  act.  Three  (a  quorum)  might  act  if  tbe 
Board  waa  full,  but  where  a  datr  is  to 
be  performad  by  five  persoua  of  different 
political  parties,  it  is  not  lawful  to  perform  u  by 
four  oersons,  all  of  the  same  party.    ' 

Sanator  Edmunds — Your  point  ia  that  no  steps 
ooBld'je  taken,  by  the  Betoming  Board  oatil  the 
board  was  fuU. 

Mr.  Trumbull- No  steps  could  be  taken  antit  tha 
board  waa  foil,  tbey  having  »athoxity  to  fill  It.  to*- 
Bibiy  a  difibrant  r«i«  might  apply  if  they  bad  not 
the  power  to  fill  vaoaneies ;  oat  tha  powar  being 
thert).  aad  tlia  constitaent  eUmenta  of  tbla  Satora- 
iag  Board  beuf  repaired  to  ooDsiat  «f  persouof 
different  ^itioal  bastiea.  I  loalat  that  (ba  koard 
.  doold  BOt  go  en  wltaoitt  flllinc  u  the  TaeMaef. 
'■  Xbe  Praaidlaf  Juatioe  a*tl&d  Mr.  Trtnabnll  that 
^ttMiuMl  wadwd.  A.lwtt  *»  Maatitfiljfla  aCi»L 

a  .         ...    V  -     ^  ■-      ■  '      ,     " 

gS'v-  '3i*^ii'iA^'<;'^i,-£ 


yorloaa  i^tttTopttopf  ^  'n^i9k  kehad  been  soV 
feeteo.  irama  Itirttiar  tiBse  waa  MisoHlad  bim,  wbldli 
he  used  (n  presentiaK  the  ^bJeotiodfT  to  the  Elec- 
toral tpteavaTttrews^r  ud  f.eT(«M.  who  ltal4 
Federal  omee  at  the  tiis^  of  fiieli'  eleotioo. 

Justloe  Bradley— S<^'  jroii  intend  to  prove  that 
t^ey^MBs  ?t^eral  oiao*4ioi0en  M  the  ttmeth^ 

wereelsotedt 

Mr.  Trumbull— Yes. 

Justice  Bnullev — And  tnat  they  were  office- 
holders at  tbe  tine  thev  oast  their  votes  I 

'  Ut.  Tni«)>all-Iiro;  I  aorter8t«na  tW  tti«  proof 

will  abow  that  Brewater  tendered  his  resignation 

on  tbe  4th  of  November,  and  that  It  waa  aooepted 
on  tbe  lOtb.  and  that,  very  slugnlarly,  too.  it  waa  ac- 
cepted to  ^ke  effect  on  the  4tMoine  IS  daya  tteCora 
It  waa  received  at  the  Interior  Depaetm%ar. 

Senator  Tbnrmim— Dofa  not'tbe  law  of  Lonislaaa 
provide  that  If  a|i  Elector  who  has  been  oboseia  dpes 
not  appear  by  a  oertaii^  hour  the  remainluK  Bteotora 
may  proceed  to  fill  tbe  vacancy  t 

Hr.  Tt  ambuil- Thers  is  such  a  provision  In  the 
act  of  1868. 

Senator  Edmonds— But  yon  say  that  law  is  not  m 

force- 
Senator  Thnrman— If  that  law  was  in  force,  and  if 
Brewster  did  not  appear  at  the  time,  then  waa  there 
a  vacancy  under  that  law  I 

Mr.  Trumbull — No  ;  I  do  not  consider  that  there 
was.  The  Statutes  ot  the  United  States  make  two 
provisions  :  one  is  for  filling  any  vacancy  that  may 
occur  In  the  College  when  the  Electors  meet  to  give 
tbe  Electoral  vote,  and  the  other  when  an  election 
has  been  held  und  no  choioe  has  been  made 
on  the  day  prescribed  by  law.  In  that  case  the 
Elector  may  be  chosen  on  a  subsequent  day.  Here 
there  was  no  choice.  It  was  just  aa  if  two  persons 
had  received  tbe  same  vore,  or  aa  if  there  had  been 
no  election  on  tbe  7th  of  November. 

Senator  Tknrman— Is  not  the  real  question 
whether  there  wa.i  any  power  in  the  Electors  to  fill 
tne  vacancies  1  Suppose  these  persons  had  been 
qualified,  but  bad  nut  appeared  t 

Mr.  Tmmbnll— Then  if  this  statute  ot  1863  waa  in 
force,  tbe  other  Eleetors  could  have  filled  the  va- 
cancies. 

Senator  Thnrman — But  suppose  that  law  was  not 
in  force ) 

Mr.  Trumbull — Then  there  Is  no  law  to  fill  the 
vacancies. 

Representative  Hnnton— Except  by  election. 

Mr.  Trumbull — That  brines  np  these  comnlicated 
statutes.  The  statute  of  1S73  provides  for  filling 
all  vacancies  by  popular  election.  If  that  statute 
was  in  force  then  these  vacancies  would  have  to  be 
filled  by  popnlar  election.  If  the  law  of  1868  was  m 
force,  then  the  absence  of  these  two  Electors  would 
give  tbe  others  authority  to  fijl  the  vacancies,  pro- 
vided anybody  had  been  elected.  If  the  votes  of 
Levisse  and  Brewster  are  to  be  counted,  and  if  a 
map  is  to  be  made  Presidentof  tbe  United  States  by 
counting  their  votes  as  the  votes  ot  Louisiana,  then 
it  IS  done  by  mere  forma  of  law,  contrary  to  these 
principles  of  tbe  Constitution  ot  tbe  United  States 
anl  in  vlolstion  ot  tbe  rights  of  the  people. 

Senator  Thnrman — Is  there  any  statnte  of  Lou- 
isiana that  requires  tbe  certificate  of  the  Governor  t 

Mr.  Trumbull— There  is  a  statute  wbich  reqoiras 
the  Governor  to  commission  all  officers  except  cer- 
tain persons  theiein  named,  and  which  do  not  in- 
clude Presidential  Electors. 

Senator  Thnrman— That  is  the  law  of  1872;    but 
is  there  anv  statu 'e  requiring  him  to  issue  cerllfl- 
oatfis  to  PreMdeutial  Electors  t 
'    Mr.  Trumbull— No.  Sir  ;  not  specifically. 

At  the  close  of  Mr.  Trumbull's  argument,  he 
filed,  on  behalf  of  Messrs.  Hoadley,  Green,  and 
faimseir,  a  brief  on  tbe  subiect  of  the  Electoral 
votes  of  LcviBse  and  Brewster. 


MB.  STOUGHTON'S  AEGUMENT. 

Mr.  Stougbton  followed  with  an  argu- 
ment on  tbe  Bepnblioan  side  of  tbe  ques- 
tion. He  expressed  bis  surprise  at  the  ob- 
jection that  tbe  certificate  of  Gov.  Kellogg 
was  inoperative.  It  would  be  remembered 
that  When  the  vote  of  Connecticut  waa  counted, 
her  Governor,  Mr.  Ingersoll.  was  a  Prosidential 
Elector  at  large,  aud  that  his  certificate  bad  been 
rectived  withont  objection.  Such  objections 
were  hardly  suitable  to  the^lignity  of  tbe  occasion. 
It  bad  also  beeo  ob|eoted  to-day  (and  the  obiection 
had  been  urged  with  a  gbod  deal  of  teal,)  that  Gov. 
Kellogg  was  not  the  Oovarnor  of  Louisiana,  and  that 
Louisiana  waa  governed  by  a  military  despotism. 
He  supposed  that  that  meant  that  a  military  force 
bad  been,  on  application  of  Gov.  Kellogg  to  the  Pre 
sident,  ordered  to  Louisiana  for  tbe  purpose  of  sup- 
pressing insurrection.  Tbe  learned  connssl  [Mr. 
Carpenter,!  was  right,  (he  aupponed,)  In  saving 
that  without  such  aid  the  Government'  ot 
which  Mr.  Kellogg  was  the  head  would 
have  been  overturned.  But  counsel  should  have  re- 
flected that  tbe  very  fact  that  (3K>v.  Kellogg  had 
made  such  an  application,  and  that  it  had  b^en 
granted,  was  decisive  evidence  that  he-was  tbe  Gov- 
ernor of  Louisiana.  What  was  tbe  ofler  here  on  tbe 
other  side  f  It  was  that  the  Commission  should, 
by  a  search  and  scrotioy  of  many,  if  not  all,  the 
polls  in  Louisiana,  ascertain  what  had 
been  tbe  vote  of  Louisiana  at  the 
last  election.  It  was  proposed  that  tbe 
Commugion  should  overrule  and  disregard  and  go 
behind  the  action  of  the  final  Beturnine  Board  of 
that  State  and  hold  it  for  naught.  He  said  he 
would  satisfy  the  Commission  beyond  all  question 
that  the  Refuraing  Board,  aa  constitated,  tiad  the 
power  delegated  to  it  bvtbe  statutes  of  Louisiana  to 
determine  the  number  of  votes  catt  for 
Electore,  and  power  to  certify  it  finally, 
so  far  as  the  authority  of  that  State 
was  concerned,  and  he  would  also  satisfy  the  Com- 
mission that  tbe  objection  that  a  vacancy 
in  tbe  Electoral  College  could  not  he  filled  by  tbe 
Collei:e  itself,  had  no  foundation  whatever.  It 
seemed  to  bim  that  the  decision  of  the  Commission 
iu  the  Eloiida  case  determined  tbe  entire  question 
here  raised  as  to  the  right  of  the  Commi.ssion  to  go 
behind  tbe  action  of  the  Beturoing  Board,  and  ha 
could  not  perceive  that  any  question — much  less  tbe 
main  question — was  now  open  to  argument.  He 
quoted  against  Mr.  TrombnU's  argument  to-day 
from  a  report  made  by  Senator  Tmmbnll  to 
the  effect  that  neither  the  Senate,  nor  the  House, 
nor  both  houses  jointly  have  power  under  tbe  Con- 
stitution to  canvass  the  returns  of  an  election,  and 
ths.t  tlie  mode  and  manner  of  choosing  Electors 
was  left  excluHlvely  to  the  States.  He  also  quoted 
on  tbe  same  point  a  IC^tor  recently  published  from 
ex-Judge  Church,  of  New- York,  whom  he  charac- 
terized as  a  great  lawyer,  an  upright  Jnage  and 
even  a  pore  politician.  He  went  on  to  argue  that 
tbe  State  corrects  the  frauds  of  its  own 
officers  and  does  not  apply  to  Congress 
tor  the  purpose,  and  that  Congress 
would  best  pterform  its  dnty  by  discharging  It  with- 
in its  flutb'irity,  leaving  these  occasional  frauds  that 
are  sometimes  assumed,  and  sometimes  offered  to  be 
pioyed,  tu  be  taken  care  of  by  tbe  tribunals  havme 
Jurisdiction  over  them.  Congress  might  have  the 
power,  out  it  did  not  have  the  tight  toTlisregard  the 
highest  legal  antburlty  ot  a  State.  Tbe 
offer  made  on  the  other  side  would  lead  to  pro- 
ceedings endless  in  detail,  harassing  in  their  y^ry 
nature,  increasing  tenfold  the  public  excitement, 
which  waa  already  seen  gathering  about  tbe  tri- 
bunal. Here  wero  offers  of  evidence,  inflamed  to 
tbe  last  degree  by  their  mode  of  statement,  involv- 
ing inquiries  of  tbe  most  extraordinary  and  painful 
character,  leading  to  answers,  leadinz  to  tes- 
timony in  reply — leatimony  in  justifloatlon 
of  the  Retuming  Board  that  would  be 
endless  and  difficult  of  procurement.  And 
all  for  whatt  To  enable  thia  tribunal  to  vio- 
late the  supremacy  of  the  Siaiew  He  had  heard 
more  than  one  threat  couched  under  shields  of  lan- 
guage and  so  framed  that  they  might  not  quite 
reach  In  plain  terms  their  mark,  but  he  nnderstood 
them,  and  they  were  unworthy  of  the  circum- 
stances under  which  the  tribunal  waa  formed,  and 
quite  unworthy  of  those  who  sought  its  iurisdiotion. 
He  proceeded  to  discuss  tbe  laws  of  Louisiana  aa 
to  the  power  to  fill  vacancies  in  the  Electoral  Col- 
lege, and  in  reoly  to  a  question  by  Mr.  Hunton, 
wiietber  tbe  act  of  1873  did  not  repeal  the  act  of 
1803  in  that  reeard,  he  said  that  it  did  not  touch  it 
at  all,  and  that  it  was  an  absurdity  to  hold  that  an 
express  purpose  of  tbe  Constitution  which  had 
been  carried  out  by  Feaeral  legislation,  supple- 
mented by  State  legldbtiou,  oonld  be  defeated  bv 
giving  a  violent  coostrnction  to  a  clause  which  had 
abundance  of  other  matter  to  fe.ed  upon  without 
beinir  applied  to  tne  casa  of  Presideniial  Electors. 

Commtstioner  Hoar  suggested  to  Mr.  Stougbton 
that  it  was  hardly  worth  while  for  bim  to  apend 
time  in  the  endeavor  to  satisfy  the  Commission  on 
that  point. 

Mr.  Stougbton  acted  on  the  anggestion,  and 
passed  to  other  points.  Coming,  in  tbe  course  of 
bis  argument,  to  the  objection  made  to  the 
Returning  Board  of  Louisiana  for  not  hav- 
ing filled  tne  vacancy  in  the  board,  he 
said  that  the  law  on  the  subject  was  merely 
directory,  and  that  a  failure  to  obey  the  law  did 
not  interfere  in  any  manner  with  the  caoacitv  or 
jurisdiction  of  tbe  Board.  It  two  of  the  five  mem- 
bei'S  had  been  Democrats,  and  had  afterward 
changed  their  politics,  would  the  board,  he  asked, 
cease  to  exist  oj  tbat  account  f  He  stated  tbe 
problem  which  had  presented  itself  to  be 
solved  in  Louisiana  by  the  Democratic  Party 
as  being  tbat  in  40  parishes  about 
which  there  was  no  dispute  there  was  a  Republioaa 
majority  uf  6,097  voters,  and  that  in  tberedainiug  17 
parishes  there  were  20,323  colored  voters  registered 
and  16.253  white  voters.  How  was  that  proolem  to 
be  solved!  The  records  of  these  parishes  showed 
that  the  problem  had  been  sought  to  be  solved  by 
bloody  hands.  Iu  conclusion,  he  said — talk  to  me 
about  ontragea,  frauds,  and  the  disfranchisement 
of  voters!  There  are  two  sides  to  the  question,  and 
if  you  sit  here  to  go  b40k  aod  canvass  the  votes  you 
sit  here  to  administer  tti*  laws  of  Louisiana,  and 
you  most  administer  them  by  learning  who  have 
been  disfranchised,  and  what  was  the  lawful  vote  of 
ttiat  State  in  barmony  witb  hor  lawa^  and  not  in 
liarmony  witb  the  will  of  a  party. 


SPEECH  OF  MB.  SHELL.ABABQER. 

Mr.  Shellabarcer,  of  counsel  for  the  Bepub- 
licaa  side,  next  addreaaed  the  GomiBisaton.  He 
said  the  first  qaestioa  waa  what  are  tbe  statatea 
enacted  by  Lonisiasa  directing  the  appelntmeot  of 
Eleotors,  and  what  statutes  were  in  force  laai  year 
covering  that  matter!  The  Commission,  after 
careful  examination,  wonld  be  noanimoas 
in  the  opinion  that  the  act  «f  187S 
did  govern  in  187S  daring  the  Presiden- 
tial eleotieo,  and  that  the  Bevtaery  aet  of  1870, 
whioh  provided  for  a  oanvaas  of  the  Tetums  by  the 
board  and  Governor,  was  repealed,  and  was  not  in 
force  in  1876.  For  that  provision  which  made  the 
Governor  the  canvasser  for  tbe  pnrpoaes  of  tbe  elec- 
tion was  inconsistent  with  the  fifty-fourth  section  of 
ttia  seauon  aet  of  1870  whieb  expressly  provided  a 
diffbtaat  trlbaoal  for  all  the  alaCtuma,  iseladiag  tke 
Stsctoral  College.  It  was  also  repealed  b^  th« 
repeiUing  elaose  of  tha  aeaaloa  aet  of  ISTQi 
nta  aotof  l«>»Mrpeitta  «eamralyihe  ttaeklnacy 
l/sr  afamMMto  «MtlM  IB  tiw  Mito  kr  itt 


Stitt«,  an^  yoif  l}ftT«1(D,sH9My  4.ilbs>rd  tbe  «xpi«s8 

W^O^dlng  oTtha  act,  >s^ibbi|t  any  hiatbortty  tpt  sodvi- 
r««wcdtna:lk  orntlaayt^a  h^ve  go^ao  to  treat  thtalaw. 

The  qtiestion,  t&en,  is  vSSi   now  can  yod  pre- 
serve and  keep  in  fiktee  toii'l  raoVliioa  ot  the  act 

of   1870,  revising  that   of  1S(I&  itfhioh  provides  for 
fllUnK  the  Eleotoral    College  eonsietently  with  that 

yMfi  in  up.  twt  PMif-etiUBt^t  I  wntx,  fnt 
of  sll,  that  itis  air  fxceedlsety  DeniRU  oinion  ofin- 

terpratatlon    that  a  taw  la    never  repealed  by  » 
new    act   nnleea    either    exprMsly  dofae.     Or  else 

the  rasnicpaqo^  hn  such  thet  it  wpniA  be  iinpossi- 
ble  for  the  two  lets  to  stand  toirether, 
and  in  tisiag  tula  langnaae  I  am  but  repeaUtic  the 
vrqrdt  Of  tP^  Sojtrsme  pOprt  of  tl;a  Uci^  State* 
aa  annonnoed  oh  many  oocasions.  Another  rule  of 
nterpretation  is  this:  That  In  cases  of  doubt, 
whenever  an  interpretation  would  lead  to  conee- 
quenoes  tbat  are  eittter  absurd  or  htutfUl  to  the 
pnbtio  welfare,  that  interpretation  wfU  nerer  be 
toieiHted,  unless  Its  escape  is  impossible.  The  next 
step  is  this:  Is  it  poaslble  to  escapa  the 
conclusion  that  nuder  fhe  legialation  of  Louis- 
iana, Louisiana  was  disfranchised  f  And 
I  Invite  the  gentlemen  on  the  other  side  who  may 
anppos^  this  act  is  repealed,  by  which  only  the 
Electoral  College  can  be  filled,  to  show  me  some 
statnte  that  forces  upon  yon,  either  Dy  direct  pro- 
Viaion  oi:  by  any  fair  interpretation,  the  oondiulon 
that  Louisiana  has  been  disfranchised' In  thlapro- 
cesB  of  legislation.  There  is  nothing  to  rqpeal  tbat 
section  wbich  provides  for  the  flOliig  of  vacancies 
ondar  the  Jaw  of  1868  and  1870,  except  the  repealing 
clause  of  the  act  of  )S7^  :which  sa.vs 
tbat  "  all  other  acta  on  the  aubject  of  eleotlon  laws 
are  hereby  repealed."  Is  it  possible  for  tb*  act  of 
1870  to  stand,  consistent  with  that  repealing  clause  t 
If  It  la,  yon  are  bound  by  yont*  oath,  and  by  all  rules 
of  interpretation,  to  let  it  stand  ;  first,  because  yon 
most  not  make  it  repealed  by  impllMtion  if  yon 
can  help  it ;  and  second,  because  if  yon  do  make  it 
work  a  repeal  ,yott  work  a  dislranohisement  of 
the  9tate.  Another  raie  of  interpretation  is 
this — that  where  a  statute  has  received  what 
your  Supreme  Court  calls  a  practical  constmctlon. 
and  haa  been  executed  according  to  tbat  practical 
construction,  In  every  case  of  doubt  the  practical 
construction  that  has  been  given  to  tbe  law  is  con- 
clusive. The  next  question  is.  What  was  there  left 
for  doubt,  debate,  or  dispute  in  regard  to  the  ques- 
tion of  the  power  of  Gov.  Kellogg  to  certify  this 
election  !  I  want  to  add  to  Mr.  Stouehton's  argu- 
ment, by  way  ot  refreshing  your  memory,  and  will 
quote  tbe  words  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  tbe  United 
States  on  that  point,  hScanse  tbey  are  bo  exactly  ap- 
posite and  conclusive  that  it  seems  to  me  to  close 
forever,  and  to  all  tntenta  and  purposes,  the  discus- 
sion in  regard  to  the  question  as  te  who  was  the 
rightful  Governor  of  Louisiana,  and  who  was  en- 
titled to  make  tbe  oertifioate. 

Mr.  Commissioner  Payne  Inquired  of  tbe  eounsel 
whether  there  were  any  provisions  of  the  act  of 
1863  that  the  counsel  claimed  were  not  repealed  by 
the  repealing  clause  of  1672  except  those  named  ! 

Mr.  Shellabarger  stated  in  reply  that  he  had  not 
gone  over  the  law  of  1875,  or  that  of  1870  in  all  its 
parts,  and  oonld  not,  therefore,  answer  the  question 
categorically.  "  But,"  be  said.  "  I  understand  that 
aa  examination  will  result  in  finding  that  all  the 
provisions  of  the  act  of  1868  are  superseded,  without 
exception,  bv  the  revision  of  1870." 

Mr.  Commissioner  Hoar  said  that  tbe  law  of  1870 
was  a  revision  of  the  whole  statute  law,  and  con- 
tained provisions  for  the  appointment  of  the  Presi- 
dential Electors  and  how  they  shall  dbrtlfy  their 
acts,  &c, 

Mr.  Everts  said  he  would  like  to  suggest  to  Mr. 
Commiasioner  Payne  that  there  was  a  General  Elec- 
tion law  of  1668.  aod  an  Eleotoral  law  of  1868,  whioh 
are  two  independent  acts,  found  In  the  session  lawa 
of  the  Same  year. 

Mr.  Shellabarger  continued  as  lollows:  Now  I 
take  tbe  laneuace  ot  tbe  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States  and  apply  it  to  these  prupo- 
sitions.  It  is  in  these  words:  "It  rests  with 
Congress  to  decide  what  Government  is 
the  eatablished  one  in  a  State  and  when  tbe  Sena- 
tors and  Representatives  fpom  a  State  are  admitted 
into  the  oonnoils  of  the  Union  the  authority  of  the 
(jrovemment  under  which  they  are  appointed  as 
well  as  Its  republican  character  is  recognized  by 
tbe  propor  oonetitutional  authority,  and 
Its  decision  is  binding  on  every  depart- 
ment of  the  Governqient  and  could  not  be 
questioned  in  any  Judicial  tribtinal."  That 
langnaee  is  absolute  and  conclusive  of  this  whole 
question.  Now,  as  to  tbe  iDeligibllity  alleged  to  be 
wrought  as  to  certain  of  these  Eleotors  bv  the  fact 
that  some  of  them  held  State  offices,  I  will  make  & 
familiar  quotation  from  »  speech  made  by  Cbarles 
Pinckney  on  a  bill  that  was  pending  in  Congress  In 
the  year  18C0,  proposing  to  craatea  CommisHion  like 
this,  and  1  want  to  show  by  it  that  it  was  not  tbe 
design  of  the  Constitution  to  permit  a  State  by  any 
method  to  add  to  or  substract  from  the  quAliflca- 
tions  of  the  Presidential  Eiectora.  He  save  that  it 
was  the  spirit  to  elve  to  Congress  no  right  of  inter- 
ference or  aontrol  over  the  election  of  a  President ; 
that  CongrasB  could  not  object  to  any  vote  or  aay 
whether  it  was  constitutionally  given,  but  that  waa 
a  matter  left  to  the  State  Legiaiature  and  with 
tbat  alone  reats  the  power  to  look  into  the 
matter.  He  says  the  disqualifications  against  any 
citizen  betng  an  Elector  are  very  few;  they  are 
that  no  officer  of  the  Luited  States  shall  be  an 
Elector,  and  that  no  member  ot  Congresa  shall  bo 
an  Elector. 

Mr.  Commissioner  Thnrman  inquired  wtmtfaer  it 
wonld  be  uneonstitutional  fur  a  State  to  require  tbe 
Elector  to  be  a  citisen  of  the  State  in  which  he  re- 
sides. 

Mr.  Shellabarger  said  that  In  hia  judgment  it 
would  be. 

Mr.  Commissioner  Thnrman  asked  whether  a 
State  could  oboose  an  alieu  tor  Elector  or  Senator! 

Mr.  Shellabarger  replied  that  If  there  was  any  in- 
eligibility  on  the  part  of  an  Elector  it  must  be  such 
as  the  Constltuttou  uf  the  United  States  has  Indl- 
osted.  The  Constitution  baa  not  problblied  it;  it 
has  only  made  the  two  prohibitions  already  referred 
to.  It  was  a  long  time  doubted  wbetber  the  Statea 
oonld  appoint  their  Electors  by  an  act  of  tbe  Legis- 
lature ;  but  that  was  settled  long  ago  that  there 
'was  no  limitation  of  the  power  of  a  State  in  regard 
to  the  method  of  appointment,  but  that  there 
waa  a  prohibition  in  regard  to  What 
the  qualification  of  the  Elector  should  be. 
The  next  question  is  whether  tbe  Retnming  Board, 
as  organized,  waa  a  legal  board  as  to  its  members. 
It  is  said  tbat  because  it  bad  but  four,  when  there 
ought  to  have  been  five,  it  was  rendered  moapaole 
of  action.  Mr.  Shellabarger  quoted  several  author- 
ities, showing  tha{  this  was  not  a  defect  in  their 
#otiun.  In  (me  of  these  cases  it  was  shown  tbat  a 
board  composed  of  10  persons,  with  power  to  flll  a 
vacancy,  did,  by  a  vote  of  five  ot  its  members,  re- 
move a  Superintendent  of  Schools  at  a  time 
when  there  waa  an  unfilled  vacancy  in  the  board, 
on  the  itrouud  tbat  a  majority  could  act,  and  five 
was  a  majority  of  nine.  This  waa  a  caae  wbere  tbe 
facts  were  much  like  those  we  are  dealing  with.  In 
the  case  quoted  the  numoer  of  persons  was  fixed  by 
statute.  There  was  a  vacancv  at  tbe  time  of  the 
action,  aud  there  was  power  to  fill  the  vacancy  in 
the  body.  It  was  also  a  case  where  thsy  failed 
to  flll  the  vacancy,  and  ,  where,  bad  they 
filled  the  vacancy,  the  vote  by  which  the 
act  was  done,  viz.,  five,  wonld  not  have  accom- 
plished the  removal.  In  this  case  tbe  court  was 
brought  squarely  to  the  question  whether  a  board 
thas  constituted  could  act.  It  Is  the  exact  case 
with  which  we  are  dealing. 

In  response  to  a  question  from  Commissioner  Ab- 
bott as  to  whether  the  beard  was  full,  aud  there- 
fore the  vacancy  was  a  mere  absence  in  the  cases  he 
had  examined,  the  counsel  replied  ttiat  these  cases 
were  not  so  directly  on  all  lOnrs  with  the  caee  at 
bar  aa  the  case  he  had  read,  because  In  mast 
of  them  the  absence  was  not  by  reason 
of  death  so  as  to  ■  create  an  ac- 
tual vacancv;  bnt  all  the  reasoning 
of  tbe  oonrt.  Bald  be,  ia  entirely  io  harmony  with 
oar  position,  to  wit :  ttiat  the  public  interest  will 
not  be  Imperilled  or  stopped  by  absence,  whether 
that  abaenoe  is  death,  or  what  not. 

Commissioner  Abt>ott — I  put  tbe  question  because 
I  am  quite  sure  there  are  respectable  cases  wbere 
court  haa  held  that  a  majority  may  act  if  the  board 
ia  full,  but  tbe  action  of  a  minority  will  not  bind. 

Mr.  Shellabarger — Xbe  provision  Is,  in  its  very 
nature  and  oy  the  necessities  of  the  case,  directory, 
and  it  does  not  go  to  the  essential  power  of  that.  Yen 
most  know  tbat,  from  tbe  very  common  sense  of  the 
case,  because  how  are  you  to  test  whether  a  man  is  a 
Democrat  or  a  Republican?  How  are  you  to  flud 
wbetber  bis  poiitios  changed  yesterday  or  to-day, 
or  wbetber  tuey  will  to-morrow  f  It  Is  most  ob- 
vious, I  submit,  that  tbat  is  a  directory  provision 
to  be  abided  by  and  performed  in  good  faitn,  and  if 
there  were  no  reason  for  its  being  omitted  in  this 
csae  then  it  is  an  act  to  l>e  condemned,  but  it 
doea  not  go  to  the  jurisdiotion  of  tbe 
party.  Let  me  say,  if  you  open  this  door  I  sball 
prove,  if  the  gentlemen — and  tuey  seem  to  me  to  be 
ot  the  very  highest  character— have  not  falaifled  to 
me,  I  will  hrove,  if  you  compel  me  to  go  into  this 
door,  that  we  tendered  again  and  again  .the 
filling  ot  that  vacancy,  and  it  waa  refused 
by  every  man  to  whom  the  application 
was  made,  because  they  did  not 
want  to  be  mixed  np  with  tha  troublesome  affairs 
of  Looieiaoa,  and  tbe  long  labor  or  some  such  reason 
as  tbat.  I  only  say  that,  in  passing,  to  re- 
pudiate and  repel  these  Incessant  inunda- 
tiona  that  we  have  in  tbe  way  of  denuncia- 
tion,      iuveotive,      and      declaration     of      fl-aod. 

I  now  come  to  the  next  point  that  I  have  marked 
on  this  brief,  and  that  is  tbe  propositloa  that  my 
friend.  Senator  Carpenrer,  seemed  to  attach  some 
consequence  to,  though  I  do  not  know  that  any- 
body else  on  his  side  haa  specially  discussud 
it,  and  it  is  the  proposition  that 
these  functions  of  the  Returning  Board 
are  iudicial  in  their  nature,  tbat  they  cannot,  un- 
der the  Constitutioo  of  Louisiana,  be  Conferred, 
and  hencestnis  law  goes  by  tbe  board  for 
tbat  reason.  Let  me,  in  the  first  place,  give  you  a 
reference  in  tbe  caae  of  Tha  State  vs.  Hufiy, 
{Eleventh  Annual  Report,]  which  waa  decided  in 
1856.  I  quote  tbat  in  order  to  get  yon  away  baok  of 
these  nnbealthy  influences  that  are  alleged 
to  have  pervaded  tbls  case  since  the  rsbeliion. 
In  all  these  caaee  wtalob  I  give  you  the  qoestlon  of 
the  vsdidityof  this  law  fpvlng  this  power  to  the 
Betanung  Board  is  involved,  althongb,  perhaps, 
in  no  one  of  them,  certainly  net  in  all 
of  them,  was  tbe  question  directly  and 
expressly  made.  Bnt  it  waa  involved,  and  la  each 
one  of  these  oases  it  was  decided  that  it  is  a  valid 
law.  and  chat  tte  qoast-Judiaial  powera  that  are 
oonfcrred  upon  the  Beturoiog  Board  are  entirely 
competent  to  be  conferred  under  the  Constitution  of 
Loalaiaoa.  Counsel  also  referred  to  Cooley's  Con- 
stltotio&al  Limltatloos  (p.  6g3)  in  verification  of  what 
he  bad  claimed,  holding  tha^  according  to  thia  an- 
thori^,  in  every  one  cf  these  eesea  there  were 
special  sutatoiT  tYlhnnaU  and,  in  most  of  them, 
they  were  not  the  courts.  I  oome  now  to  the  real 
questloB  in  this  eaae,  and  really  the  only  questioa 
tuere  is,  aod  that  ope  ia  decided  by  what  you  have 
jost  decided  in  the  ease  of  Florida,  and 
that  ia,  whether  or  hot  it  la  eompetent 
for  you  to  go  belUnd  the  aotlen  of  the  Jteturnlng 
Board  of  Coaiaian>  for  the  purpoae  of  lidding  out 
what  hainiened  in  ita  exeroiae  of  tlie  Inxladlotiea  be- 
Btewed  toy  i^nsha.  InoUaocpsssate  Wkashaebee* 
.deeldadiaFrarlda.  I  waaii  to  say  ibat  <asT  )»ttma- 
tien  that  waea  we  deny  tbe  power  efgslvg  ba^&kd 
t«k*  trnttmrnatltm*  tal»4^  «*  Msa  ikaiftt  flinttsi^ 


^m 


npDtwuls  or  nwkinK  to  Mcspe  aatattbini;,  is,  J, 
iubmk  unuttCTadly  nnjost.  It  bu  odt  even  the 
e^bUnce'^f  ^tciie««^in  it.  Why'f  X  wa«°  sni- 
pttSea  wi^h'  my  friend  BtongbtOn  attbal^dde- 


dolged  yesteWlfy.'  I  aay  the  lankaaal*  wiia  not 
worthy  of  mr  (nipd- 'It  Is  not  Sfu-elv  worth v  of  thia 
thbnnal.-  why  do'  I  siy  that !  First,  of  all.  be- 
oanie  it  ii  benimioK  (M  whole  qneBtion  to  say  thaf 

yon  have  a  right  to  try  the  qnestions  ot  fact  that 
diaoioae  this  firaad  In  thia  tnbiioal.     It  is    an  insult 

to  your  intelligefiot  tQ  s^  that  because 
as  mere  oonnters  and  mer«  ministerial .  officere, 

because  you  cannot  go  into  tranda  that,  therefore, 
it  is  ah  attempt  to  cover  ap  fraad.  'Why  look  at  it 
a  moment  ic  ^otber  light.  Xhla  flrat  argument  of 
the  geotlemeii  cohtains  in  itself  a  true /eio  (ie  «e. 
How  loud-mouthed  was  their  declaratiou  wnen  they 
were  taUttng  about  fTandB '  in  the  RetiirniuK 
Board  >  What  was  that  fraud !  It  was  a 
fraud  committed  by  tbem  being  mere  ministerial 
officera,  a  frand  committed  in  osurpiiig  Jurisdiction 
and  going  behind  the  retnms  from  the  Drecinots  and 
Counties  and  nndertaKing  to  throw  out  votes  iu  vio- 
lation of  law.  There  waa  a  case  where  fraud  could 
qot  be  inquired  into  according  to  your 
law.  Stand  op  to  it  now  and  take  its 
consequence.  Itisrigbt^  and  it  is  right  just  be- 
canee  of  what  you  put  into  your  report  m  1872,  to 
wit,  that  the  two  bouses  combined  have  not  tbe 
powers  of  a  qxto  warranto  court.  Yon  cannot  go 
behind  tbe  returns  therefore.  You  cannot  talk  to 
me  atiout  our  position  being  one  desiened  either  by 
logic,  law,  or  merit  to  abut  out  frauds.  It 
ill-becomes  our  friend  to  talk  to  us  about 
this  being  an  attempt  to  put  a  man  into  tbe  Presi- 
dency of  the  United  States  by  fraud.  Then,  in 
another  case  we  find  these  gentlemen  coming  and  say- 
ing, "Oh  1  Mr.  Kellogg  is  the  Governor  of  Louisiana, 
and  therefore  he  is  no  Elector;  and  then  the 
next  momect  yoa  have  them  coming  forward  aod 
anylng,  "Obi  he  is  no  officer  at  all ;  be  is  not  the 
GKiveroor  of  Louisiana,  bnt  McEnery  is."  To  such 
Strange  positions  gentlemen  most  eminent  are 
driven,  in  this  frantic  endeavor  to  trample  down  or 
to  escape  from  the  familiar  requirements  of  law. 

Mr.  Abbott  -1  wonld  like  to  ask  a  question. 
What  do  you  make  of  the  provision  tbat  any  per- 
son interested  in  the  opposition,  by  reason  of  being 
a  candidate,  shall  be  allowed  a  bearing  on  making 
application  within  the  time  allowed  for  forwarding 
the  returns  of  said  election  ?  Can  the  essential 
right  of  persons  interested  in  an  office  to  be  heard 
before  the  Returning  Board  be  preserved  if  rou  re- 
gardi  this— if  you  regard  this  as  merely  directory 
and  essential ! 

Mr.  Shellabarger — I  answer  that,  first  bv  saving 
that  this  suggestion,  addressed  to  the  consideration 
of  evidence,  that  it  is  a  useful  provision  beyond  all 
doubt  It  is  a  proper  provision  to  be  obered,  but, 
it  beine  a  mere  quesliou  or  suggestion,  going  to  the 
convenience,  it  is  not  of  essence.  Because  this  is  a 
political  process ;  because  it  is  a  step  in  i;ovem- 
ment  as  distinguished  from  a  trial  of  piivate 
rights  of  citizens  in  courts;  becanse  it  is  that, 
therefore,  in  every  i-uch  case  you  will  find  the  law 
directory.  Look  at  the  reason  of  the  thing.  Is  it 
possible  that .  vou  are  going  to  hold  with  that 
same  violence  that  rendered  it  imposaible  to  vote, 
and  at  tbe  same  time  renuersd  it  impossible  for  offi- 
cers safely  to  make  their  affidavits  in  their  returns 
tbat  they  cannot  do  it  at  another  time!  Beware  be- 
fore you  come  to  such  a  conclusion.  If  you  do  it, 
yon  will  have  to  do  it  in  the  face  ot  tbe  law. 

I  now  conclude  tbls  argument  by  an  allusion  to 
what  has  been  the  weight  and  burden  on  the  other 
side.  It  is  in  regard  to  this  alleged  outrage  in 
the  State  of  Louisiana.  Why,  gentlemen, 
can  yon  shut  your  eyes  to  what  is 
now.  if  not  the  aaddeet,  certainlv  one 
of  the  saddest  chapters  in  American  history  ?  By 
actual  count  through  the  aid  of  Gen.  Sheridan,  it  is 
now  set  down  as  a  part  of  your  history  that  in  this 
blighted  and  blasted  State  of  Louisiana,  4.000  and 
odd  citizens  have  been  murdered;  murdered  by 
plan,  murdered  by  system,  by  organization ;  mur- 
dered for  the  purpose  of  nutting  down 
tbe  right  of  the  black  man  to  vote, 
and  that  thing  .  has  been  going  on  and 
on  tnrough  these  dark  and  terrible  years.  It  was 
my  misfortuue,  gentlemen,  to  go  once  myself,  in 
1866.  to  this  State,  sent  by  tbe  Congress  of  the 
United  States,  and  I  took  the  testimony  of  hundreds 
of  men,  and  when  I  was  taking  it  I  literally  sat 
with  my  feet  in  pools  of  human  blood, 
shed  in  putting  out  the  free  Government  of  the 
State  of  Louisiana,  and  they  did  pat  it  out — oh, 
right  frell  and  effectually.  Gentlemen  of  America, 
you  have  written  in  the  last  15  years  a  grand  his- 
tory for  your  country  in  its  general  aspects.  John 
BriKht,  of  England,  once  said  to  me  :  "  Sir,  I  bave 
been  a  part  of  the  Biitish  Government 
now  for  30  years.  In  that  time  we  have 
conducted  great  afikirs.  We  have  extended  the 
right  of  Englishmen  to  vote ;  we  have  abolished 
tbe  rotten  borough  system  ;  we  have  emancipated 
the  Jews  ;  we  bave  elevated  our  colonies  ;  we  have 
extended  the  right  of  the  children  to  be  educated," 
and  so  he  went  on  in  a  grand  catalogue  and  con- 
cluded by  saying,  "Sir,  notwithstanding  what  I  have 
said  about  my  country,  I  say  to  you  that  you  have 
dwarfed  " — and  he  brought  bis  band  down  on  the  ta- 
ble with  startling  emphasis — "you  have  dwarfed 
all  that  we  liave  done  in  tbe  life  of  the  British  na- 
tion by  what  you  have  enacted  in  the  last  10  years 
of  your  life.  You  have  saved  the  life  of  the  last, 
the  one  Republic  of  the  earth,  a:id  you 
bave  put  out  of  your  Constitution,  and  thereby 
ultimately  out  of  tbe  earth,  the  chattelization 
of  the  human  soul."  Was  it  not  a  grand  tribute? 
Let  me  aaj  to  you  now.  if  this  career  of  yours  as 
a  nation,  whioh  began  15  or  20  years  ago  in  tnis  di- 
rection by  tbe  election  of  Mr.  Lincohi  to  tbe 
Presidency,  then  by  tl^e  putting  out  of  tbe  re- 
bellion, then  by  the  extinction  of  slavery, 
then  by  yonr  amendment  making  ail  men  equal 
before  the  law,  then  making  all  men  vote — if  this 

^ recession  of  yours  as  a  nation,  which  is  indeed 
ke  the  procession  of  the  gods  whose  every  foot- 
fall marks  a  coustenation  and  shakos  from  its  san- 
dals the  star-dust  of  tbe  heavens.  Is  tu  end  here  by 
yonr  turning  buck  and  abandoniuic  tu  these  murder- 
ers this  land  already  deluged  lo  blood  for  the  purpose 
of  disfranchisement, then  indeed  this  career  of  yours 
will  be  like  tbat  French  astronomer's  described  so 
magnificently  by  one  of  our  most  gifted  men,  who 
marched  Iq  search  of  the  central  sun  of  the  universe 
nntil  h»  found  it,  and  then  deuied  the  existence  of 
the  God  that  made  it,  and  walked  back  to 
perdition  in  tbe  night  of  his  own  shadow. 
I.tben  conclude  this  discussion  by  saying,  gentlemen 
of  America — that  is  a  higher  designation  than  gentle- 
men of  the  Commission — remember  that  there  is  on 
trial  here  to-night  the  question  of  -nhetber 
those  laws  made  ik  Linisiana  in  pur- 
soimce  of  that  one  hundred  and  third  ar- 
ticle of  her  constitution,  enjoining  it  on  the  Legis- 
lature to  make  laws  of  protection  of  the  right  of 
the  freedmen  to  vote,  are  to  be  executed.  If  you 
fall  to  execute  these  laws  you  will  bave  stabbeC 
vour  country  in  that  place  where  we  are  taught 
from  childhood  the  life  of  the  country  !•*  to  be  fouid 
to  reside — to  wU.,  in  the  freedom  and  purity  of  the 
ballot-box. 
The  Commission  then  adjourned  until  to-morrow. 


PBOTECTINO  TBJti  JJ  VMB  ANIMALS. 


LAST  year's  work  OP  THE  SOCIETY  FOE  THE 
PREVBNTION  OF  CRUELTY  TO  ANIMALS — 
ADDRESS  OP  MR.  HENRY  BERGH— 
VARIOUS  REFORMS   ADVOCATED. 

The  annual  general  meeting  of  the  Society  for 
the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals  waa  held 
yesterday  afternoon  at  the  head-quarters  of  the 
society,  corner  of  Ponrth  avenne  and  Twenty-second 
street.  In  opening  the  meeting  Mr.  Henry  Bergb, 
the  President,  made  a  brief  speech,  in  which  he 
reviewed  the  work  accomplished  by  the  society 
during  the  year.  In  opening  Mr.  Bergh 
apoke  of  the  necessity  for  an  eqniliz.^• 
tion  of  the  penalties  imposed  for  crimes 
perpetrated  against  the  lower  animals. 
The  bill  relating  to  the  transportation  ot  cattle 
from  a  distance,  which  was  introduced  in  tbe 
United^States  Senate  last  year,  and  passed  by  that 
body,  bad  not  yet,  he  said,  received  the  sanction  of 
the  lower  House.  The  evils  attending  the  treat- 
ment of  canal  horses  also  atiU  existed,  altboush  in 
a  somewhat  mitigated  form.  A  satisfac- 
tory reform  in  this  direction  could  not 
be  effected,  be  was^SBonvinoed,  until  ju- 
ries began  to  realiEO  their  responsibilities 
in  the  matter.  The  slaughter-honses  of  the  City 
and  State  were  far  from  being  satisfactorily  con- 
ducted, as  their  proprietors  still  continued  to  dis- 
regard the  promptings  of  humanity  in  the  final 
treatment  of  the  helpless  animals.  It  waa  almost 
i  ncredihle,  he  said,  that  these  men  should  continue 
insensible  to  the  tortures  ot  these  helpless  crea- 
tures, and  denv  them  swift  and  merciful  death. 
But  that  they  were  so  was  a  fact,  as  they 
still  inflicted  upon  the  cattle  torments  tbat 
wero  as  cruel  as  they  were  unchristian-Uke. 
Yiviseotion  has  he  said,  of  late  received  a  severe 
rebuke.  The  commission  appointed  under  the  an-' 
thority  of  the  English  Government,  coupled  with  a 
personal  desire  on  the  part  of  the  Queen  that  this 
practice  should  be  thorangbly  investigated,  has 
made  its  report  during  the  oast  year,  and  tbe  result 
is  adverse  to  tbe  pretentions  of  those  parties  who 
favor  tha  coutinuanoe  of  such  brutal  solentifio  ex- 
periments. 

The  bill  forbidding  the  salting  of  the  arrests, 
which  waa  introduced  to  the  Legislature  last  year, 
has  been  vigorously  enforced  this  season,  despite 
the  opposition  which  it  gcgre  rise  to,  to 
the  manifest  discomfort  of  offenders.  In 
referring  to  the  subject  of  the  abuses 
carried  on  under  the  guise  ot  "vetennary  surgery," 
the  speaker  said  tliat^  owing  to  tbe  Don-existence  of 
any  iocorporated  ooUege  or  school  aatborized  by 
tbo  State  to  examine  the  Ipretensions  of  practition- 
ers and  issue  diplomas  or  certificates  as  to  their 
qnalifioationa,  every  hostler,  whose  experience  has 
uever  extended  beyond  tbe  confines  of  a  stable  or  a 
blacksmith's  shop,  is  permitted  to  matriculate  him- 
self, and  thenceforth  practice  on  horses  and  other 
animals  a  aeries  of  the  most  diabolical  tortures. 
Private  Interest,  as  well  as  humane  policy,  demand 
withont  delay,  suitable  legislation  with  this  rsgard. 

In  oooninsion,  the  speaker  urged  the  necesaitv  of 
the  granting  by  tbe  City  antboritiea  of  a^  moderate 
appropriation  to  aid  the  society  In  oarryiirg  out  ita 
ptojeota  for  tbe  care  and  removal  from  the  streets 
of  vagrant  tmd  Buffering  aDimals. 

Tbe  Secretary  reported  tbat  in  thia  City  1,005 
oases  of  cruelty  bad  been  prosecuted  during  the 
year,  while  in  Brooklyn  the  agents  of  the  society 
fiad  on  2,010  occasions  prevenud  the  iaflioiion  of 
oruelty  npon  animals  in  toe  streeti;  tbe  animala  in 
eaob  case  being  relieved  from  any  further  labor 
nntil  tbey  bad  .euQcieaciy  reeovered.  'Sq  arrests 
war*  made  in  tha  abffve  caaas  as  the  dziv«s  were 
teix^  to  have  inflieted   emel 


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ttealpeoti  la  it.Ml  cases,  anloala  rendered  unfit 
for  Inrttaip  service  by  reason  of  disease,  old  age. 
neale^t,  ot-'aaoideats,  were  IclUed  by  aeents  of  tbe 
a^clen- l|i' this  City.  On  256  oocasions  the  ambn- 
iaaoea'  of  the  society  were  called  out  to  re- 
^ovf^  dtoabled  horses  {torn    the  streets,  a  large 

pr^imrtlon  of  which  were  saved  by  the 
prompt  assistance    thus    rendered.     The    derrick, 

for    raiaiDg    animals    from    excavations,    &o., 

was  also  tbe  means  of  aaving  the  lives  of  seyer^d 

valuable  animala.  In  conoladlni:  hia  report  ihe 
SeoretaiX   stated    tbat  the   society  has   Kreatly  ex- 

teiia6(ritk  OperatidhI  tbronftibtit  the  State  by  tlie 
organization  of  blanches  and  the  appointment  of 
additional  agents,  havinir  now  14  branches  in 
active  working  orate  and  ISO  aanite  oucside  the 
Citv.  The  societies  in  the  United  States,  Canada, 
and  Nova  Scotia,  organised  on  tfad  plan  of  the 
parent  sooletv  in  New-York,  and  emptying  its  em- 
blem as  their  official  seal,  are  40  in  number,  many 
of  which  b.«ye  brsoches  and  agencies  m  various 
parts  of  their  respective  States. 

The  Treasurer  reported  the  income  of  the  socie- 
ty, trom  alt  sources,  from  tbe  1st  of  January  to  ttie 
Slat  ot  December,  1876,  including  tbe  balances 
brought  forward  from  the  previous  year,  as  115,- 
563  69,  and  tbe  expenditure  during  tbe  same  period 
aa  114,799  27,  leaving  a  balance  of  9769  42. 

Tbe  election  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  re- 
sulted in  the  choice  of  the  following : 

Presi'denf— Henry  Bergh. 

Vice  Pretidentt—Hvaty  W.  Bellows,  James  Brown, 
Horace  B.  Claflin,  Peter  Cooper,  John  A.  DIx,  BIbrtdge 
T.  Oerry,  Bei^amin  1).  Hioka,  John  T.  Hoffman,  Mar- 
shall O.  Koberts,  Moses  Taylor. 

Sxeeutive  Oommtttee—fl.  M.  Beckwith.  Jame^  M. 
Brown.  Thomas  C.  Doremns,  Nathan  C.  Riy.  Frederic 
Gallatin,  Eibridge  T.  Oerry,  John  P.  Haines,  Townsend 
Harris,  Charles  banter,  Frank  lieslle,  Edward  Matthews, 
hoyal  PhelDs,  Frederic  W.  Stevens,  James  Stokes, 
Charles  L.  Tilranv.  ^ 

IVeosMrer— Charles  Lanier. 

OounuC — B I  bridge  T.  Gerry. 

/Secretory— ii.  P.  Hosack. 


THE  ORIGIN  OF  TBE  ALEXANDERS. 


LECTURE  BEFOEE  THE    NEW-YORK     GENEA- 
LOGICAL AND    BIOGRAPHICAL  SOCIETY. 

Considerable  interest  vras  manifested  last 
evening  at  Mott  Memorial  Hall  by  the  membara  of 
tbe  New- York  Genealogical  and  Biographical  So- 
ciety in  an  address  cn  "The  .AJexanders  on  both 
sides  of  tbe  Atlantic  and  their  True  Orifiiu." 
Dr.  D.  Parsons  Holton  introduced  tbe  lecturer, 
Mr.  Charles  Sotheran,  to  the  members  of  the 
society  as  the  author  of  several  workB  of  a  histor- 
ical character,  and  formetly  editor  of  the  American 
Bibliopolist  Mr.  Sotheran  prefaced  his  remarka  by 
alluding  to  tbe  high  veneration  paid  by  many  an- 
cient nations  to  ancestry.  Tbe  philological  deriva- 
tion of  "Alexander"  was  from  two  Greek  words 
meaning  "helper  of  men,"  audit  is  said  to  be  the 
title  given  to  tbe  Trojan  hero,  Paris,  by  the  shep- 
herds on  Mount  Ida.  The  name  was  common 
among  the  Greeks,  Bomans,  and  early  ecclesiastics 
long  before  surnames  came  into  use  in  the  thir- 
teenth and  fourteenth  centuries.  The  essayist  then 
gave  tne  equivalents  of  the  word  ^  10  or  12  Eu- 
ropean languages.  In  England,  Italy,  Germany, 
Prance.  Boumania,  and  elsewhere  it  was  very  com- 
mon as  a  surname,  also  among  the  Israelites.  Most 
of  the  more  important  Alexander  famihes  set- 
tled in  America  and  Great  Britain  are,  how- 
ever, of  immediate  Scotch  extraction.  The 
descent  of  the  Alexanders  is  ft-om  a  mem- 
ber of  tbe  great  Clan  MacDooaid,  called 
Alexander  De  Yle,  a  son  of  one  of  the  Einss  or 
Lords  of  tbe  Isles  on  whose  history  Scott  founded 
one  of  bis  finest  poems.  The  MacDonalds  and 
Alexanders  are  really  of  Kelto-Picto-Gaelic  origin. 
If  we  accept  the  truth  of  the  bardic  legends  and  of 
tbe  various  sacred  writs  it  is  comnarativeiy  simple, 
Mr.  Huxlt>y  notwithstondine,  to  trace  the  pedigree 
even  baok  to  Adam  and  Eve.  Some  of  the  genea- 
logical savans  found  no  difficulty  in  giving  the 
names  of  the  Kings  of  Ireland  both  before  and  im- 
mealately  atter  the  flood.  It  was  from  the  later 
Hlberniau  monarchs  the  MacDonalds  are  descended. 
The  lecturer  then  started  witb  Noah  and  bis  grand- 
son Magog  and  took  the  Alexander  pedigree  step 
by  step  up  to  an  Iilsh  monarch  named  Conn, 
of  the  Hundred  Battles.  Eight  generations 
after  this  potentate  came  Cairbrie,  the  one  hun- 
dred and  tenth  King  of  Ireland,  one  ot  whose 
sons  was  in  the  fourth  century  driven  into  the 
islands  to  the  south-west  of  Scotland.  An  ex- 
haustive account  of  the  Lords  of  the  Isles  was  theu 
brought  before  the  society.  The  evident  object  ap- 
peared to  be  to  combat  the  Norwegian  descent  of 
the  family  paternally,  aud  although  it  was  acknowl- 
edged that  it  could  'be  materially  proved  thiough 
tbe  marriage  of  "the  mighty  Somerled,"  King  or 
the  isles,  to  Eflnca,  granddaughter  of  Harold  the 
Black,  of  Iceland.  According  to  the  Norse  Sagas 
the  ancestor  of  this  monarch's  wife  waa  Tbor, 
whose  progenitors  were  Wodin  and  his  wife  Friga. 
Mr.  Sotheran  seemed  to  consider  that  Tbor  was  not 
a  myth,  but  really  the  Buddha  or  Moaes  of  his  race, 
and  who,  after  long  ages,  was  deified  by  tbe  graie- 
ful  Scandinavians  holdine  bim  in  reifiembrance. 
"Much  curious  and  interesting  Informauou  was 
given  respecting  the  claims  of  the  chiefs  of  the 
difi'erent  MacDonald  clans  to  the  headship  of  the 
entire  Clan  Donald.  The  Alexanders  claimed  to  be 
the  representatives  of  the  early  Lords  of  tbe  Isles. 
Many  of  the  Maodonalds  went  to  Ireland  and  be- 
came there  MacDonnells.  Evidence  from  t3o 
"  Annals  of  tbe  Four  Masters"  and  other  ancient 
histories  was  then  adduced  to  show  that  tbe  Irish 
anualiata  always  recognized  the  Beltic  origin  and 
relationship  existing  between  the  branches  uf  the 
family.  One  of  the  MacDonalds,  who  married  the 
heiress  of  the  O'Cahans,  bad  as  bis  wife's  mar- 
riage portion  a  number  of  handsome  young 
men.  Most  of  the  families  which  planted  America 
have  been  cbaracterizeo  by  an  intense  spirit  of  ad- 
venture. In  the  Alexanders  the  Viking  spirit  in- 
termingled 'With  the  restlessness  of  tbe  Keltic  and 
Gaelic  tribes,  and  was  only  the  natural  outcome  of 
tbe  yet  earlier  branches  of  tbe  great  Aryan  family, 
which  had  scattered  themselvea  first  over  Europe, 
and  within  a  few  centuries  back,  over  this  Conti- 
nent, One  ot  the  descendknt«  of  the  MacDonalds 
and  belonging  to  the  Alexander  family,  had  granted 
him  the  whole  territories  of  Nova  Scotia,  New- 
Brunswick,  Canada,  Long  Island,  and  all  that  part 
of  New-England  betwixt  tbe  rivers  of  Kennebec 
and  St  Croix.  This  was  Sir.  vV^illiam  Alexander, 
Lord  of  Menstrie,  and  First  Earl  of  Stirling.  He 
was  a  great  friend  of  James  I.  and  an  eminent 
poet.  All  tbe  Baronets  of  Nova  Scotia  were 
created  by  thia  nobleraau  between  1625  and  1637. 
and  he  obtained  about  £30C  from  each  purchaser 
of  the  title,  and  who  also  obtained  into  the  bargain 
a  pretty  large  slice  ot  American  soil.  Long  Island, 
formerly  called  Stirling  Island,  was  colonized  by 
Lord  Stirling,  and  he  was  tbe  author  of  several 
works  on  America.  Tbe  lecturer  stated  tbat  tbe 
magnificent  territories  granted  to  the  Alexandera 
proved  their  ruin.  In  those  days  "  bonanzas  "  for 
lack  of  capital  and  difficulty  of  transit  became 
"  white  elephants."  In  this  century  claims  to  a 
considerable  portion  uf  America  have  been  made  by 
Individuals  un  the  strength  of  these  seventeenth 
century  grants.  Quite  a  number  of  lurge-sized, 
tabulated  pedigrees  were  exhibited  to  the  members 
of  the  Bociet.Y,  and  who  seemed  to  have  brought 
before  them  in  one  hour  and  a  half  all  tbe  Alex- 
anders of  all  the  different  stocks  on  both  sides  of 
the  -Atlantic.  

ST.  VALENTINE'S  DAT  OBSERVANOBS. 

The  rush  of  valentines  through  tbe  Post 
Office  yesterday  showed  that  the  worship  of  the 
time-honored  saint  who  is  popularly  Bupposed  to 
preside  over  the  14ch  of  February  bad  lost  none  of 
Its  old-fashioned  fervor.  Notwithstanding  the 
"bard  times"  and  the  comparative  desuetude  into 
which  the  practice  of  sending  valentines  is  sup- 
posed to  bave  fallen,  tbe  number  of  these  missives 
consigned  to  the  mails  yesterday  exceeded  in  number 
that  of  any  previous  season  lor  many  years.    In  the 

24  boors  endlns:  at  6  P.  M.  vesterday  over  35,000 
valentines  passed  through  the  general  Post  Odice 
m  this  City,  and  fully  20,000  more  are  estimated  to 
have  been  delivered  through  tbe  agency  of  the  dif- 
ferent stations  about  town.  Up  to  Tuesday  after- 
noon only  a  few  valontiBea  had  been  received  at 
the  Post  Office,  and  the  officials  at  one  time  im- 
agined that  the  number  sent  this  year  would  be  less 
than  heretofore.  During  the  evening,  however, 
they  were  undeceived  by  the  enormous  quantities 
wbich  continued  to  pour  m  and  in  tbe  end  tested 
the  distributing  power  of  the  office  to  its  fullest 
extent.    In  the  City  Box  Department  a  force  of 

25  clerks  was  keot  working  until  5:30  o'clock  on 
Wednesday  morning  sorting  and  distributing  the 
thousands  of  valentines  of  all  shapes,  sizes,  and 
cost.  Superintendent  Yeoman,  of  the  Distributinir 
Department,  sa.yg  tbat  the  number  passing  tbrousb 
the  mails  last  Tuesday  and  Wednesday  exceeds 
that  of  any  year  since  1867.  A  very  large  propor- 
tion of  them  came  from  Brooklyn  anu  tbe  suburbs, 
where  tne  rage  for  these  showy  little  tr.fl.-s  is 
gieatost,  and  their  sale  forms  a  very  lucrative 
part  of  the  stationers'  ousiom.  It  is  'noticeable, 
hewever,  tbat  the  number  mailed  for  delivery  out- 
side of  the  City  is  extremely  BUiall. 

.     THE  NEW-YORK  M.  E.  OONFERENOE. 

The  Bession  of  the  New-Yerk  District  branch 
ot  the  New- York  Methodist  Episcopal  Conference 
was  oontlnned  yesterday  at  the  Central  M.  E. 
Church,  Seveoth  avenue  a,ud  Fourteenth  street. 
Biahon  W.  L.  Harris  presided,  assisted  by  Presiding 
Elder  Dr.  Crawford.  The  entire  forenoon  sesbiou 
and  a  portion  of  the  afternoon  meeting  was  devoted 
to  the  work  of  granting  licenses  to  exhorters  and 
reviewing  the  licenses  of  local  preachers.  Arrange- 
ments were  made  for  ootainlng  a  fall  and  oorrec!; 
list  ot  the  members  of  the  conference,  something 
Wbich  bad  not  previously  been  prepared.  After 
arranging  tc  bold  the  next  couferiocein  ttus  City, 
in  February,  1878,  the  conference  adionrned.  After 
the  adiourumeut  a  meeting  of  the  olasn-leaders' con- 
vention was  held,  at  which  Dr.  Ciawiord  delivered 
an  address.  *ih  which  he. urged  the  value  of  class- 
teaching  as  a  branch  of  church  work,  reviewed  the 
necessary  obaraoieristics  of  class-leaders,  and  ex- 
plained the  best  methods  of  conducting  class-meet- 
ings. The  address  was  listened  to  with  mnch  at- 
tention, and  at  its  eonclueiou,  after  the  transaetion 
of  some  misoellaneotu  business,  the  meeting  ad- 
journed. 

^ 

ELECTION  OF  A8SSMJ8LTXAS. 

John  H.  Berrigan.  "  Nick "  Mailer's  oandi. 
dat«,  was  elected  Assemblyman  yesterday  in  the 
Firak  District,  to  flll  the  vacancy  canaed  by  the 
death  ot  James  Heeley,  Tbewbole  number  of 
▼otea  east  was  3,6S3,  of  which  Berrigan  reeei'V«d 
1.86);  John  Moor^  the  vMular  Tamraesy  nomiaae, 


treatment  umn* .  ^ - . ,  — , -.,.. 

teBnenaUy.  ^  Both  tke  drbrwa  and  AVaere  wen     il86;  John  H.  Ortmea.   (Bep.)  0T7 ;  J.  UoHanoii 
traneC  bowever.   aoainata  resetlttoa  '•f  BMit.lilM.aUQ.a^Beetcaraui,  17%     .        .  '^ 


AMKBICAN  nSH  CUlTUfiE; 

THE  ASSOCIATION  IN  BESSION, 

IKTERESTIKO    PAPEB     OK   .TBB  BEStTZ.TS  OB 
ABTIFICIAL    CULTURE  .OF  FISH    ZH  TBH 

STATE — THE     NECESSITY      OF     LSOISLA- 
TION     »OB     THE     PSOTKCTZOK     OF-    nS|^ 

FULIY   DISCUSSED— HISTORY    Of  ^^kSi 

CULTURE   IN  THIS    COUNTBT — ^ELECTKUI . 
.    OF   OFFICEBa.  ''''"*  ^ 

The  sixth  annual  meeting  of  tbe  AmerioM 

Fish  Culturists'  Association  waa  held  yeat«ad«y 
afternoon  at  the  New-York  Aquarium,  comer  of 
Broadway  and  Thirty-fifth  street  Hon.  Bobert  R 
Boosevelt,  the  President,  occupied  the  «halr< 
Among  the  members  present  were  Prof  Speaod 
F.  Baird,  of  Washington,  Secretary  of  the  Smith) 
aonlan  Institute,  and  United  States  Fish  Comniia< 
sioner ;  Prof.  J.  W.  Milner,  of  the  Smithsonian  lai 
stitute  ;  Mr.  Samuel  Wilmet,  of  the  Fish  Commissi 
sion  of  Canada ;  Mr.  William  M.  Hudaon,  of  the 
Fish  Commission  of  Connecticut ;  Hr.  T.  B.  Fergu- 
son, of  the  Fish  Commission  of  Maryland;  Mr.  M. 
Walheim,  ot  the  Fish  Commission  of  Norway;  Mr. 
Livineston  Stone,  of  California ;  Mr.  Seth  Green, 
Superintendent  of  the  New- York  State  Hatchings 
houses;  Mr.  Charlea  B.  Evarta,  of  Vermont;  Mr. 
B.  B.  Porter,  of  New-Jersey ;  Mr.  C.  J.  Battemannsb, 
Superintendent  of  the  fisheries  in  Hollud;  Mr. 
William  M.  Tileston  and  Mr.  J.  j.  Van 
Wyck,  of  New- York;  Mr.  B.  Phillips,  ol 
Brooklyn ;  Mr.  F.  Mather,  of  New-Yorlc, 
and  Mr.  M.  C.  Edmunds.  Secretary,  and  B.  G. 
Blackford,  Treasurer,  of  the  associatioa.  The 
meeting  was  called  to  order  by  the  President,  who 
read  a  short  paper  on  the  results  of  the  artifloial 
culture  of  fish  in  this  State  by  the  New- York  Fish 
Commission.  Before  reading  his  paner  M'.  Boom- 
velt  spoke  of  the  great  change  that  had  taken  place 
in  the  condition  of  tbe  sliad  fisheries  of  tbe  Hudson, 
and  said  that  in  conaequence  of  tbe  results:  of  th« 
labora  of  the  commiseion  there  were  now  ten  flsher< 
men  employed  where  seven  or  eight  years  ago 
there  was  only  one.  He  also  spoke  of  tha  dUb- 
culties  attending  the  interference  of  the 
Commisaionera  with  the  fisheries  tlirongbont 
the  State,  and  suggested  tbe  propriety 
of  intelligent  legislation  in  regard  to  the  protection 
of  fish  in  the  waters  of  the  State.  Since  the  organ- 
ization of  the  commission  some  640  ponds  and  lakea 
in  the  State  had  been  stocked,  but  in  some  places 
it  waa  useless  to  put  flsh  in  the  ponds.  In  Owasoo 
Lake  300,000  salmon  trout  had  been  introduced,  bat 
the  nativea  had  immediately  proceeded  to  speai 
tbem  in  the  spawning  beds.  Following  is  a  eyoopaia 
of  Mr.  Eoosevelt's  paper : 

Tbe  artificial  propagation  of  shad  was  begun  in 
1869,  and  15,000,000  were  hatched.  The  work  haa 
been  vigorously  prosecuted  ever  since,  aod,  includ- 
ing last  year's  operations,  a  total  of  49,880,000  young 
sbad  had  been  placed  in  New- York  waters.  The 
first  experiment  with  salmon  tront  was  sucoesefully 
made  in  1870,  and  has  been  annually  continued.  A. 
total  number  of  5,947.000  fry  and  456  boxes  of  eggs 
have  been  distributed.  In  1868  tbe  culture  of  whtce- 
flsh  was  begun,  and  to  the  present  date  1,758,000  fTr 
and  26  boxes  of  egcs  bave  been  givfn  oat. 
The  culture  of  salmon  was  commenced  in  1871  witb 
eggs  obtained  rfom  Canada.  The  work  haa  met 
with  no  very  encouraging  demand  from  the  publie 
for  a  supply  of  the  young ;  about  210,000  only  hav- 
ing been  distributed  annually.  The  California 
salmon  was  introduced  in  lo  the  waters  of  New-Yorfc 
in  1873,  and  a  total  of  636,000  have  been  given  out. 
Blue-backed  trout  eggs  were  broneht  from  Maine 
in  1874,  but  the  attempt  to  introdnoe  tbem  was  un- 
successful. Some  little  attention  had  beea  devoted 
to  eels,  bnt  more  to  their  protection  tbau 
to  their  propagation.  In  1874  36,000  of  tbem 
were  placed  in  Bnfi^o  Creek,  above  Niaeara 
Falls,  to  see  what  would  be  the  result 
of  introducing  tbem  into  Lake  Erie.' 
Experiments  with  stargeon  were  bcEun  four  years 
ago,  but  without  success.  In  1875  they  were  re- 
peated with  great  success,  and  about  100,000  young 
fish  were  turned  mto  the  Hudson.  Tbe  hatching 
of  brook  trout  was  commenced  In  1875,  and  1,223,000 
young  fry  and  24  boxes  of  eggs  have  been  distrib- 
uted since  that  dat«.  Importations  of  the  eggs  ot 
tbe  California  brook  trout  had  also  been  received, 
but  out  of  1,800  only  260  hatched  out.. 

The  President  then  called  upon  Mr.  J.  W.  Milner, 
of  the  Smithsonian  Institute,  wlio  read  a  paper  on 
the  protection  of  fish  by  legislation,  recounting 
from  the  essays  of  Carl  Peyer,  of  Austria,  Bouchon 
Bradley,  of  France,  and  Theodore  Lowda  Kevicz,  ot 
Vienna,  tbe  efforts  since  the  middle  ages  to  pre- 
serve tbe  fisheries  by  legislative  enact- 
ment. Tbe  continual  amendment,  repeal,  and 
re-enactment  indicate  a  an  inadequacy  in  this  means. 
Switzerland  and  England  in  tne  last  decade  were 
the  only  countries  of  Europe  which  gave  eaoourag- 
ing  tidings.  In  tbe  United  States  the  history  of 
the  laws  waa  similar.  Canada,  bowever,  by  the  en- 
forcement of  stringent  laws  and  artlfical  propoga- 
tion,  had  accomplished  much.  Mr.  Milner  also  gave 
a  general  analysis  of  the  lesal  enactments  relaiing 
to  fisheries,  and  the  Canadian  system  was  dwelt 
upon  St  length.  This,  however,  he  considered  im- 
practicable in  the  United  States,  because  ot  tha 
large  extent  of  waters  to  be  protected. 

Mr.  J.  C.  Bottemanne,  Superintendent  of  the 
Fisheries  of  Holland,  theu  spoke  of  tbe  laws  of  hia 
country  for  the  preservation  of  fish,  and  said  that 
in  Holland  there  was  a  regmlar  fishery  poUoe,  and 
recommended  the  appointment  of  a  similar  force  in 
America.  ' 

Mr.  Tileston,  of  New- York,  remarked  that  be 
tfaougbt  there  was  too  much  legislation  in  this  State 
concerning  game  and  fisti.  He  ofiered  a  resolution, 
seconded  bv  Mr.  Phillips,  that  Mr.  W.  C.  Coop  bo 
elected  anhonorary  member  of  the  association  The 
resolutioa  was  unanimously  adopted,  and  Mr. 
Xileston  then  invited  tbe  members,  in  Mr.  Coop'a 
name,  toeo  down  to  the  aquarium  to  examine  a  new 
fish  which  had  just  been  placed  on  exbibinon  in  one 
of  the  large  tanks,  in  order|that  they  might  decide 
as  to  what  anecies  it  belonged. 

Mr.  Samuel  Wilmot,  of  Canada,  was  next  aaUed 
upon  by  tbe  President.  Alter  spealcing  of  tbe 
pleasure  it  gave  him  to  visit  the  beautiful  Aqua- 
rium, of  which  he  bad  beard  so  much,  and  the  op- 
portunity offered  him  to  converse  with  so  many  in- 
telligent persons  upon  fish  culture,  he  touched 
upon  the  question  of  legislative  protection, 
which  be  toougbt  ought  to  be  fully  given. 
He  then  proceeded  to  give  an  account  of.  fisu  ctU- 
ture  in  Canada,  which,  be  said,  bad  been  begun  by 
himself  in  1865  as  a  psivate  enterprise.  The  Gov^ 
emment  heard  of  it  in  1866  and  1867.  and  had  de- 
termintd  to  take  hold  of  it  themselves,  conaideriug 
tbat  it  could  not  be  properly  cairied  on  as  a  private 
enterprise.  Xhere  were  now  in  Canada  six  large 
fisb-breedioK  establisnments,  and  there  were 
at  present  6,000,000  Balmon  and  9,000,000  of  white 
fish  almost  ready  to  be  placed  at  liberty  in  tbe 
streams.  He  desired  to  call  the  attention  of  the 
meeting  to  the  stntfed  salmon  hanging  ou  the  wall 
of  the  room.  In  1865,  in  a  small  stream  emptying 
into  Lake  Ontario,  there  waa  not  a  aal- 
mon  to  be  found.  Since  then  salmon  fry 
had  been  placed  in  it  by  himself,  aud 
last  Antumn  they  had  entered  by  thousands, 
varying  in  weight  from  five  to  20  ponnas.  The 
stream  was  shallow,  and  last  year  hia  men  had  ac- 
tually to  clear  out  the  channel  with  rakee  and  Riee 
to  allow  tbe  larger  ones  tu  pass.  The  specimen  be^ 
fore  the  meeting  weighed  17  pounds  and  had  been 
caught  In  the  stream  in  question  in  July  last.  For 
two  eeaaous  be.ore.  g|it  bad  been  oangbft 
on  its  return  from  the  lake  to  thfr 
stream,  as  was  proved  by  the  noles  in  the  dorsal 
fin  and  tail,  which  bad  been  made  by  himself  or  hia 
assistants.  Mr.  Wiimoc  also  spoke  strongly  in 
favor  of  legislative  protection  for  fisheries,  and  of 
the  importance  of  fish  culture,  which  be  said  waa 
now  recognized  by  every  civilized  government  on 
the  globe.  In  reply  to  a  question  by  the  President, 
Mr.  Wilmot  said  that  he  believed  that  toe  sea 
trout  or  Canada  trout  and  the  «oJnio/ontinaIts  were 
the  same,  and  in  a  discuBsion  which  eosuea  it  ap- 
peared that  a  maioritv  of  the  members  were  of  the 
same  opinion.  At  the  close  of  his  remarks  Mr.; 
Wilmot  complimented  Prof.  Baird  on  baving  intro'' 
duced  Caliiornia  salmon  into  Eastern  waters. 

Mr.  Biaokiord,  of  New- York,  then  spoke  in  t»^ 
gard  to  tbe  protective  laws.  'While  he  believed  in 
their  being  as  stringent  as  po^siule,  he  thought 
that  when  there  was  no  intent  on  the  part  of  toe' 
person  having  fish  in  hia  possession  out  of  seJMoa,  I 
lie  ought  not  to  be  poniatijik  i 

Prof.  Baird  renlied  "to  J^  Wllroot's  remarks  ta, 
regard  to  his  having  l^piducod  California  salnoD 
into  Eastern  waters,  ana  disclaimed  the  credit  of  U^' 
which  he  baid  beloneed  to  rhe  -^asooiation  then  as- 
sembled. Prof.  Baird  also  gave  an  outline  of  the 
formation  and  labors  ot  the  United  States  Fish 
Cummissiou  and  spoke  at  some  length  of  the  pro- 
posed introduction  ot  tench  and  carp  into  tnig 
country  from  Europe.  The  carp,  he  said,  lived  on 
water  plants,  and  in  favorable  looalitiea  1,!)00 
pounds  uf  fish  were  annually  produced  to  tbe  acre: 
Tbey  and  the  tenon  were  very  easily  cnlttvated 
and  were  very  hardy.  One  gentlaman  in  Aoatrfa 
bad  20,000  acres  of  carp  ponda,  and  derived  a  lar^ 
revenue  from  them. 

Mr.  Milner  theu  gave  a  hiatory  of  shad  culture  in 
the  United  States,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Umted 
States  Commission,  and  said  that  it.  had  beeu  con- 
clusively proved  that  Eastern  shad  fry  that  had 
been  placed  in  tbe  Sacramento  Biver,  in  Calofomia, 
bad  grown  and  flourished,  and  that  be  hoped  ia 
time  to  hear  that  tbey  would  increase  to  subu  an 
extent  as  to  prove  valuable  as  food  for  the  iababi* 
tants  uf  that  State. 

Mr.  Liviagaton  Stone  also  spoke  of  the  ancoeaa 
of  the  shad  culture  m  tbe  Sacramento  Biver;  and 
then  gave  a  history  of  the  exportation  of  tbe  eggs 
of  the  California  salmon,  which  Was  becomiog  mora 
and  more  auccesstnl  everv  year.  In  1873  32,000 
eggs  had  been  brocght  to  tbe  'Atlantic  Coaat,  aod 
up  to  daie  there  bad  been  brought  a  total  of  25,000,- 
UOO  eges,  which  had  cost  about  tl  per  thousand  in 
gold.  A  new  feature  in  regard  to  tbe  Calif'>rnia 
salaion  eggs  was  their  exportation  to  New-Zealaad« 
to  which  iaiand  about  400,000  of  tbem  had  beep 
successfully  carried  during  the  past  year. 

Prof  Baird  added  that  of  these  egtts  SO  per  cent 
had  been  hatched  out,  and  that  at  last  advioea  tha 
fry  were  doing  well.  Daring  tbe  meeting  the  fol- 
lowing officera  were  elected  for  the  eosning  year : 

Preaident^  Hon.  Bobert  B.  Roosevelt;  Vioe-Prttr 
ident,  George  Shepard  Page;  Treaaurer,  XugeneG. 
Blaoktord;  Secretary,!  B.  Phillips  <  Xxeeatlvis 
Committee— H.  J.  Seader,  Saatao.  Pesn.i  Fir^ 
ll£alher,  New-York;  Alexander  KeBt,^Baitim«ce| 
W.  F.  Wtaitcher,  OtUwa,  Canada:  deth  Qtwm, 
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SENATE. 

A*  Senate  reaasembled  at  10  o\3look  andim- 
iMAiately  took  another  reoeu  xmtil  13  o'eiock. 
im:  NATIONAI,  XUSEITH. 

Upon  reMaemblins  »t  noon,  Mr.  Mobrill,  of  Ver- 
mont, from  tbe  Committee  on  Pablio  BdildinKs  and 
Oroonda,  reported  f»Tor»blj  on  the  Senate  bill  for 
tile  erection  of  a  flre-ptoof  bnildlDft  for  the  Kational 
MiJ»emn.  Placed  on  the  Calendar.  It  appropriates 
1250,000  for  the  erection  of  euch  bnildlnjr,  300  feet 
iqnare,  on  the  irest  side  of  the  Smithsonian  Xnatl- 
cote. 
T08BFH  B.   JOmraTOH'S    DI8ABILmB8  BEHOVED. 

Mr.  CONKLIKO,  of  New-York,  reported  from  th»> 
fadloiary  Committee  tavorably  upon  the  bill  to 
remore  the  political  dlaabilities  of  Joseph  E.  Jolin- 
iton,  of  Tirginia.    Passed. 

AIXBOBS    TBAUDS     TS    THE      MEXICAN     CLAIX 

AWABBS.  \ 

Mr.  CONKUKQ  called  ap  the  Honse  bill  to  provide 

for  the  distribntlou  of  awards  made  nnder  the  con- 

Teotlon  between  tbe  TJnited  States  and  tbe  Bepub- 

lic  of  Mexiou.  and  asked  that  "it   be  passed,  but  ob- 

feotion  was  made  by  Mr,  Sfencbb,  of  Alabama,  wtio 

Mid  he  bad  a  telegram  from  one  of  bis  coostitaents 

(bat  there  was  traud  in  tbe  matter.    Tbe  person 

vho  sent  him  the  telejiram  was  now  on  his  way  to 

Taahlnston,  and  would  be  here  in  a  few  days. 

dCBEASINO  FENSIONS. 
Vr.  Tngalls,  of  Kansas,  from  the  Committee  on 
Pensions,  reported  favorably  on  the  amendments  of 
tbe  House  to  tbe  bill  increasing  ibe  pensions  of 
tbuBd  who  have  lost  both  an  arm  and  a  foot  from 
tS4  to  136  Der  month.  He  said  the  Senate  passed  a 
bill  tr  mcreasa  snob  pensions  to  $37  per  mootb.  bat 
the  Hoaae  reduced  it  to  $36.  and  as  there  were  only 
16  persons  on  tbe  pension  rolls  affected  by  it  tbe 
eommlttee  tboneht  it  best  ta  have  the  Senate  con- 
ear.  Tbe  amendmenta  were  cononrred  in,  and  the 
Wll  was  passed. 

THE  TEXAS  PACIFIC  COMPBOMISB. 

Vfr.  DoBSEY,  of  Arkansas,  introduced  a  bill  amen- 
datory of  and  suDplemental  to  the  ace  of  March  3, 
1871,  to  incorporate  the  Texas  Pacitlo  Ilailroad, 
aod  tbe  act  of  July  27,  1866,  granting  lands  to  aid  in 
the  construction  of  a  railroad  and  telegraph  line 
trom  rbo  States  of  Missonri  and  Arkansas  to  tbe 
£§.clflo  Ocean.  Referred  to  the  Committee  on  Kail- 
Toads.  The  bill  is  a  copy  of  tbe  so-called  compro- 
mise Texsw-Paoiflo  bill  recently  reported  to  tbe 
Sense  of  Representatives  by  Mr.  Lamar  from  the 
Committee  on  Paclflo  Railroads. 

THE  PACrFIC  BAILBCAD  SnrEI>X-FUXD  BILL. 

The  Senate  resumed  the  consideration  of  the  nn- 
Snished  business,  being  tbe  bill  to  amend  the  Pa- 
otfio  Railroad  acts,  so  aa  to  create  a  sinking  fnnd 
i<ot  the  liquidation  of  tbe  indebtedness  due 
the  6ovexnc6ent  by  the  Pacific  Railroad  Com- 
panlest. 

Hk^ohtwbll,  of  Massachusetts,  withdrew  the 
KDsndment  submitted  by  blm  several  days  ago  to 
(he  bill  of  the  R&ilroad  Committee,  providing  tbat 
ibe  payments  of  f7SO,000  per  annnm  to  he  made  by 
be  railroad  companies  to  the  toredit  of  tbe  sinking 
tead  uall  be  in  addition  to  all  payments  on  re- 
^tuieimata  ot  the  companies  nnder  the  original 
»eta  Instead  of  in  lieu  of  all  payments  or  require^ 
menta  nnder  those  aots. 

Mr.  Booth,  of  California,  renewed  the  amend- 
ment.- He  also  submitted  an  amendment  to  the 
second  sebtion^ot  tbo  bill  of  tbe  Railroad  Commit- 
tee so  as  to  provide  that  tbe  Central  Pacific  and 
Union'  Pacific  Companies  sball  each  pay  into  the 
U^ceasuryof  the  United  States  1750.000  per  annum, 
in  equal  semi-annual  installments  on  the  Ist  day  of 
April  aiMl  October  in  each  year,  commencing  on 
Oct.  1. 1877,  In  lawful  money,  until  said  sums,  with 
Interest  thereon  as  hereinafter  provided,  sball  be 
«afflclent  when  added  to  the  other  snme  to  the 
oredlt  of  tbe  sinking  fnnd,  to  pay  off  and  extinguish 
tbe  Government  bonds  advanced,  witn  6  per 
cent.  Interest  thereon  from  their  respective 
dates  np  to  the  date  when  they  are  so  paid  and  ex- 
tingnlsned.  Interest  on  all  sums  placed  to  tbe 
oredlt  of  said  sinking  fnnd  shall  be  credited  and 
added  thereto  semi-annually  at  the  rate  of  six  per 
Bent,  per  aiSnnm.  provided,  hovrever,  tbat  if  the 
iforegoing  provision  shall  prove  insufficient  to  ex- 
tlngnlah  the  Government  bonds  and  interest 
jtbexeon  at  maturity,  tbe  semi-annual  payments 
■hall  be  increased  to  such  a  sum  as  will  be  sufficient 
for  that  purpose.  He  also  moved  to  strike  oat  the 
tflftb  section  of  the  bill  reported  by  the  Committee 
Ion  Bailroada  which  provides  that  each  of  said 
leompanies  shall  be  entitled  at  any  time  to 
'anticipate  any  or  all  of  the  eemi-annnal  payments 
by  tbe  payment  to  the  Government  of  tbe  then 
present  yalae  of  snob  sum,  annual  payments  dis- 
counted at  tbe  rate  of  6  per  cent,  per  annum:  but 
the  snm  so  paid  sball  not  be  less  than  $1,000,000  at 
any  one  time.  He  also  submitted  an  additional  sec- 
tion of  the  bill  providing  that  Congress  sball  have 
power  ac  any  time  to  amend,  alter  or  repeal  tbe 
act. 

Mr.  Booth  reviewed  at  Rome  length  the  history 
of  Pdcifio  Railroad  legislation,  end  referred  to  the 
arguments  of  Messrs.  Boarwell,  Cookling,  and 
others  in  eppoaition  to  the  bill  reported  by  tbe  Ju- 
flidarv  Committee.  He  contended  tbat  the  roads 
took  what  tbe  Government  gave  them  and  enjoyed 
it,  but  now  they  come  here  and  attemut  to  repudi- 
ate the  conditions  upon  which  the  bounties  were 
lavished  upon  tbem.  He  argued  tbat  tbe  [tower  re- 
served by  the  original  acts  to  alter  or  amend  them 
give  Congress  power  to  enforce  by  proper  legisla- 
tion the  terms  of  tbe  original  contract.  He  com- 
xneoted  on  the  bill  reported  by  the  Committee  on 
^Railroads,  and  argu^  tbat  it  would  cause  a  loss  to 
the  Government.  It  would  take  more  tnan  (50,003,- 
600  of  the  money  of  the  people  and  transfer  ii  to  the 
coffers  of  tbe  two  corporations. 

Mr.  West,  in  reply  to  tbe  argument  of  Mr.  Sher- 
tman,  in  opposition  to  tbe  biU  of  tbe  Railroad  Com- 
miitee,  made  several  days  ago,  read  from  tbe  Eecord 
'to  sbow  tbat  several  years  since,  when  tne  subject 
(Was  beine  debated  in  tbe  Senate,  tbe  Senator  from 
Obio  expressed  the  opinion  tbat  Coogress  had  the 
Zlgbt  to  make  the  railroad  companies  pay  the  in- 
terest on  bonds  as  it  became  due.  Sabseqnently 
tbe  matter  went  to  tbe  Snnreme  Conrt,  and  tbat 
tribunal  decided  directly  the  opposite.  Therefore, 
he  i^aa  not  disposed  to  accept  the  predictions  of  the 
Senator  from  Ohio  now.  He  arsned  that  unless 
Cmgress  should  properlv  deal  with  the  Paoiflo  Rail- 
road Indebtedness  to-day.  (135,000.000  belonging  to 
the  United  States  would  be  lost  io  1898,  and  it  was 
xo  prevent  this  loss  tbat  he  urged  the  bill  reported 
by  tHe  Commutes  on  Railroads. 

The  discussion  was  continued  by  Messrs.  Harvey, 
iWest,  Wright  and  others. 

Tbe  question  was  on  tbe  amendment  of  Mr. 
Sooth  providluK  tbat  the  1750,000  to  be  paid  bv  the 
companies  to  the  credit  ot  the  Binkiuz  fund,  shall 
be  in  addition  to  other  payments  instead  of  in  Ilea 
of  other  payments  or  reqairemeots.  The  amend- 
fitent  was  agreed  to — yeas,  22 ;  nays,  20. 

Pending  diaoossion,  the  Senate,  on  motion  of  Mr. 
JSOALLS,  of  Kansas,  at  3:40  P.  M.,  went  into  execu- 
tive session,  and  'when  the  doors  were  reopened  tbe 
SaUxoad  bill  was  laid  aside  with  tbe  understanding 
that  it  shoiild  be  tbe  nnfluisbed  busiiness  to-morrow. 

IHB  EXPENSES   OF   THE  ELECTOBAL  COSUnSSION. 
Mr.  TVISDOM,  of  Miunesots,    called  np   tbe  Senate 
bill  appropriating  #7,000  to  pay  tbe  expenses  of  the 
Electoral  Comoiisslun,  and  it  was  passed. 

THE   PKIKTING  DEFICIESCT  BILL, 

Mr.  Sabuent,  of  California,  from  tne  Conference 
Committee  on  tbe  bill  appropriating  (350,000  to 
anpplv  a  deficiency  in  the  appropriation  iur  public 
printing  and  binding  during  tbe  cnrrenl  fiscal  year, 
Bade  a  report,  which  was  agreed  to,  and  ttie  bill 
passed.  Tbe  bill  aa  passed  provides  that  from  and 
after  the  present  session  of  Congress  tbe  Con- 
Kxesalonal  Printer  shall  not  nay  a  price  exceeding 
50  centsr  per  1,000  ems  for  composition,  and  40  cents 
w  hoar  for  time  work  in  binding,  &o. 

Tbe  Senate  then,  at  4  o'clock,  took  a  recess  until 
t  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 


HOUSE  OF  BEPBESENTATIVES. 

The  House  met  at  10  o'clock,  and  according 
io  an  agreement  made  yesterday,  took  a  further  re- 
CdM  ootll  11:55  o'clock.  At  tbe  expiration  of  tbe 
recess  prayer  was  offered  by  the  Chaplain,  and  the 
teornal  of  JTaeaday,  tbe  13Ui  mst.,  was  read  and  ap- 

ffored. 

SPECIE  PATMBNTS, 

Mr.  Satlxb,  of  Obio,  asked  leave  to  offer  a  reso- 
Intioo  directing  tbe  Secretary  of  tbe  Treasury  to 
report  to  tbe  House  within  10  days  tbe  actual 
amount  of  gold  coin  and  bullion  and  aUver  coin  and 
bolllon  now  in  the  Treasury,  together  with  a  de- 
tailed statement  of  all  oDtsiandlne  obligations  pay- 
able on  demand  in  coin,  with  tbe  balance  actually 
owned  by  the  Treasury  available  for  resumption  of 
■Sede  payments,  and  also  wbetber  any  bonds  or 
otoec  interest-bearing  obligations  have  been  issued 
daring  tbe  oast  or  present  year  iu  the  paichaae  of 
any  such  coin  or  bullion. 

Mr.  £uk£80N,  of  lowa^  objected. 

THE  FLOBIDA  ELECTIOir. 

The  House,  at  1  P.  M.,  resumed  the  oonslderation 
of  the  reaolations  rerpor>ed  by  the  Special  Com- 
mittee charged  with  iuvestieating  the  recent  elec- 
tion in  Florida,  and  was  addressed  by  Mr. Thompson, 
ot  Mabsachostttts,  tbe  Chairman  ot  the  ComoiltCee. 
Ha  defended  the  majority  from  tbe  charges  made 
agalnstltbytbeminority  report,  and  stated  tbat  tbe 
RUDonty  bad  been  treated  with  the  greatest  fair- 
aesa,  and  any  charge  to  the  contrary  was  utterly 
nntme.  Tbe  niinonty  bad  gone  down  to  Ploi^da  in 
order  to  justify  tbe  Illegal  action  of  tbe  Canvass- 
|D(  Board.  Ha  criticiaed  tbat  portion  of  their 
report  which  states  that  the  action  of 
tbat  lioard  was  "  aineularly  faltlifnl."  Faith- 
fol  to  wbat  T  Palthtui  to  the  countrv  f  No. 
7«ltbfal  to  tbe  State  of  Floiida?  TSo;  it  bad  tinder- 
taken  to  cheat  tbe  people  of  Plonda  out  of  their 
Icwtolly  elected  Governor.  The  majority  had  never 
rafaied  to  summon  a  witness  when  aesirad  by  tbe 
jBiuorltT.  The  geni%man  from  Minnesota  [Mr. 
panaell]  had  charged  on  the  floor  of  the 
Uonse  yesterday  tbat  Bamooratic  fraud  existed  iu 
Flonda.  Why  had  he  not  proved  it  when  he 
Hhtatliere  t  He  had  been  given  every  opportunity 
iio  do  so,  and  yet  he  could  not.  In  shore,  he  [Mr. 
SChompson]  declared  that  the  miooritv  report  was 
•abatautiitlly  untrue  from  beginning  to  end,  al- 
though the  facts  were  well  known  to  them  when 
they  made  tbe  report.  The  Tilden  Electors  had 
been  as  traly  elected  in  Florida  aa  the  Hayes  £lec- 
torahad  been  in  Massaobusetts. 

Tbe  majority  resolution  declaring  tbe  Tilden 
Xteotors  duly  elected  in  Florida  was  then  adopted. 
xeas  143k  iui'^8  33 — *  party  vote,  witn  tbe  exoep- 
ttoB  of  Mr.  Parman,  of  Florida,  who  voted  in  the 
normative. 

TBB  NATAI<  APFBOFBIATIOIT  BILL. 
TlM  Hoose,  at  Si40  P.  M.,  went  into  Committee  of 
ibe  Whole  (Mr.  Mllla,  of  Texas,  in  the  chair)  on  the 
|l«iral  .^Lppacbptlatioa  tlU.    The  bill  appropriates 

§a.mjM  10.  « 


iM^^P^pC? 


pron«rpl|_ 

a  but  termed  !&«bl  the  G^SiRee  on^a^  Af- 
Mr»  to  anthorlae  tbe  apoovrtmeat  of  a  iUxe4  com- 
infsatbh  to  flecld6  npoii  tb6  Imvifb  naval  polliDy  of 
the  Ubited  Stfltes.  He  tailed  attention  to  tbe  f^t 
thatainoe  1861  there  bad  been  expended  oo  tbe 
Navy  the  sam  of  over  1600,000,000,  and  yet  it  waa 
not  aa  efficient  to-day  as  it  was  iif  1661,  Tbe  Presi- 
dent had  stated  in  bis  annual  Message  to  Con8;resa 
that  the  Navy  was  stronger  no^  than  it  bad  ever 
been,  but  he  [Mr.  Whitthomej  did  not 
wish  the  connt^-  to  be  misled  by  that 
statement.  The  strength  of  a  navy  did  pot  consist 
in  the  number  of  its  vessels  or  of  its  officers  and 
men,  but  in  its  power  to  destroy,  and  the  United 
States  Navy  hvd  become  so  powerless  as  not  to  have 
a  standard  among  the  navies  of  tbe  world.  In  the 
power  of  destroying  its  adversaries  the  United 
States  Navy  was  in  the  rear  of  even  the  Brazilian 
and  Turkish  Navies.  His  opinion,  personally,  was 
tbat  the  da VB  of  vast  navies  and  armored  vessels 
had  passed,  and  that  the  futnre  naval  policy  of  tbe 
United  States  sbould  be  alone  confined  to  tbe  idea 
of  speed  in  the  vessels.  If  a  commission  were  sp- 
pointed,  the  result  would  be  that  tbe  United  States 
Navy  wonld  again  become  the  pride  and  boaat  of 
the  American  people. 

Mr.  Hale,  of  Maine,  said  tbat  the  gentleman 
from  Tennessee  |Mr.  Whittbome]  bad  last  year  dia< 
covered  a  method  for  improving  the  Navy  of  the 
United  States,  wbieh  was  by  tbe  impeachment  of 
tbe  Secretary  of  tbe  Navy.  That  attempt  had 
failed.  Now  be  came  tdrward  with  a  oroposition 
for  a  commission  which  was  to  be  a  panacea  for  all 
tbe  ills  which  afflicted  tbe  Navy  Department. 
Tbat.  commiESion  was  to  be  made  up  of  three  per- 
sons who  bad  passed  their  lives  in  tbe  naval  service, 
and  of  SIX  persons  who,  in  all  piobabiiity,  would 
know  nothing  whatever  about  the  subject  which 
they  were  to  inquire  into.  He  denied  that  the 
American.Navy  was  in  a  worse  condition  than  it 
bad  ever  been  before,  and  he  believed  tbat,  if  war 
had  ensued  between  Spain  and  tbe  United  States 
during  tbeVirginius  excitement,  the  United  States 
Navy  woald  have  come  out  conqueror. 

The  bill  was  then  considered  by  sections,  and 
various  amendments  were  proposed ;  but  irithout 
coming  to  a  rote  the  committee  rose. 

THE  PRINTrNG  DEFICIBNCT. 

Tbe  conference  report  on  the  bill  providing  for  a 
deficiency  in  tbe  apnrnpriations  for  the  support  of 
tbe  Public  Printing  Office  waa  agreed  to. 

Tbe  Honse  then,  at  4:55,  took  a  recess  until  7:30 
this  evening  :  tbe  evening  session  to  be  for  the 
consideration  of  the  Naval  Appropriation  bill. 

The  Honse  met  at  7:30,  and  immediately  went 
into.  Committee  of  the  W'uole — Mr.  Hills,  ot  Te^as, 
in  the  chair — on  tbe  Naval  Appropriation  bill.  Tbe 
pending  question  was  on  an  amendment  offered  by 
Mr.  Hale,  of  Maine,  increasing  tbe  appropriation 
for  the  pay  of  officers  and  men  in  the  Navy  from 
K;.250,000  to  97,000  000.  After  considerable  debate 
tbe  amendment  was  rejected. 

A  long  discussion  took  place  over  the  proposition 
of  Mr.  Seelye,  of  Massachusetts,  to  aparopriate 
(5,000  for  tbe  reduction  of  tbe  observations  on  the 
transit  of  Yenus,  Mr.  Holman,  ot  Indiana,  taking 
tbe  ground  that  nav«l  officers  should  be  detailed  to 
do  that  soientiflo  work,  Mr.  Seelye  replying  to  him 
that  such  computations  were  a  specialty  to  whicb 
very  few  sonolars  devoted  themselves,  and  Mr. 
Conger,  of  Michigan,  remarking,  in  his  usual  sar- 
castic tone,  tbat  Mr.  Holman  himself  was  tbe  man 
to  do  tbe  work,  if  he  oonid  show  as  m'ach  readiness 
in  reducing  scientific  observations  bs  be  bad  shown 
in  reducing  tbe  expenditures  ot  the  GovemmeDt. 
Finally,  Mr.  Seelye's  motion  was  carried,  though 
Mr.  Holman  still  characterized  it  as  a  ridioulouS 
absurditv.  vVitbout  flaisbing  tbe  bill,  tbe  Commit- 
tee rose,  and  the  Honse,  at  10  o'clock,  took  reoesa 
nntii  10  A.  M.  to-morrow. 


LIIEBAKY  NOTES, 


— ^Hoberts  Brothers  propose  to  publish  the 
new  Goethe  correspondence  at  an  early  day. 

—John  B.  Bartlett  has  in  press  a  new  and 
enlarged  edition  of  bis  IHctionary  of  AmerieanUtru. 

— The  sale  of  the  little  companion  to  Melen't 
BabxM,  entitled  Annals  of  a  Baby,  has  already 
reached  lO.OOO  copies  In  two  weeks. 

— Still  the  babies  are  ahead.  D.  Lothrop  Sc 
Co.  say  that  their  new  magazine,  Babyland,  is  meet- 
ing with  a  success  unprecedented  in  magazine 
literature. 

— The  Life  of  Edwin  Forrest,  the  great  actor, 
in  preparation  by  Rev.  W.  R.  Alger,  may  soon  be 
expected.  His  manuscript  is  at  length  in  the  prin- 
ter's bands. 

— G.  W.  Carleton  &  Co.  will  publish  in  a  few 
days  a  new  novel,  entitled  Madame,  by  Frank  Lee 
Benedict,  who  u  passing  tbe  Winter  with  hit  1am- 
ily  In  Pan,  Hantes-Pyrenees,  France. 

— ^ITie  developments  in  life  insurance  are  now 
specially  attracting  tbe  attention  of  writers  in  that 
department  of  literature,  and  the  March  Seribner 
will  contain  the  most  complete  and  practical  explan- 
ation of  the  anbject  recently  given  to  the  public. 

— Mrs.  E.  A.  Lawrence,  of  Marblehead,  Maes., 
has  had  tbe  good  fortnne  to  write  tbe  memoir  of  a 
female  missionary,  Mrs.  H.  A.  L.  Hamlin,  which 
has  already  reached  a  ninth  edition,  and  has  perma- 
nent interest  for  the  religions  commanity  generally. 
D.  Lothrop  &.  Co.,  Boston,  are  the  puDHsbers. 

— ^D.  Lothrop  &  Co.,  Boston,  propose  to 
publish  early  in  March  a  volume  entitled  The 
Great  American  Evangelitts  and  their  Work.  It 
embraces  the  work  of  Mr.  Moody  and  Mr.  Sankey 
in  Fnrope  and  America,  and  will  have  a  full 
account  of  the  revival  work  now  in  progress.  Biog- 
raphies of  the  evangelists  are  to  be  given,  with 
steel  engravings  of  Mr.  Moody,  Mr.  Sankey,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Bliss,  Dr.  Touijde.  and  outs  of  Mr. 
Moody's  birth-place,  the  Boston  Tabernacle,  &c. 

— The  present  day  bleing  an  era  of  haste  and 
condensed  food,  we  find  a  growing  habit  of  con- 
densing books  into  a  kind  of  literary  pemmican  for 
use  on  travels.  Tbe  disquisitions  of  Cnrlstopber 
North  and  bis  friends  have  been  cat  down  from 
their  farmer  size  into  a  handy  volume.  John  Skel- 
ton,  advocate,  a  littdrateor  of  some  note  In  Snglaud, 
has  performed  the  operation,  and  the  book  appears 
from  the  presses  of  Lovell,  Adam,  Wesson  Sc,  Co. 
under  the  title  of  The  Comedy  of  the  Noctu  Am- 
brotiance. 

— Harper  Si,  Brothers  have  published  another 
novel  by  B.  Jj.  Farjoon,  the  widely-read  author  of 
Blade  o'  6ra*s,  Grif,  and  a  boat  of  other  romances. 
It  is  in  their  cheap  paper  aeries,  and  is  ealled  The 
Duehet*  of  Botemary  iMne.  It  need  not  be  sup- 
posed that  because  Mere  is  a  title  in  the  name  of 
the  book  the  characters  move  in  any  lofty  sphere  of 
life.  Mr.  Farleoa  sticks  to  tbe  classes  first  thor- 
oughly popaiarized  by  Dickens,  and  in  his  Duchesi 
of  Soienuiry  Lane  relates  with  bis  accustomed  am- 
matioQ   tbe  miseries  of  tbe   poor.     Sqaalid   cellars 

and  reeking  by-ways  are  the  scenes  in  which  his 
actors  live  and  move. 

— Fiammarion  is  a  Frenchman  who  does  not 
curb  bis  imagination  enough  to  suit  tbe  staidness  of 
English  taste.  Bat  bis  History  of  the  Heavens 
contains  so  macb  tbat  is  good  that  it  has  been  used 
as  a  basis  tor  a  more  serious  work  by  John  F.  Blake. 
The  method  has  been  changed  from  dialogue  be- 
tween friends  to  straightforward  didactic  language, 
and  various  facts  and  novelties  recently  discovered 
have  been  added  which  cannot  be  found  in  Flam- 
manon's  book.  The  English  translation  and  adapta- 
tion 18  pabiisbed  in  a  pretty  volame.  octavo,  by  Mac- 
millan  &  Co.,  of  London,  and  contains  a  number  of 
illustrations  by  Frencb  workmen. 

—Mr.  William  C.  Prime  will  publish  im- 
mediately, through  A.  D.  F.  Randolph  &  Co.,  a 
aomewhai  carious  little  book,  which  wUl  intsrest 
all  leaders  of  recondite  history.  It  is  a  sketch  of 
tbe  entile  history,  so  far  as  it  can  be  gathered  one 
of  many  books,  of  the  wood  known  as  tbe  True 
Cross,  which  played  so  important  a  part  in  the 
world's  history  for  hundreds  of  years.  Mr,  Prime 
does  not  bellevo  in  tbe  verity  of  the  wood,  but 
rightly  judges  tbat  its  central  importance  m  his- 
tory Jostitica  saon  a  sketch.  The  subject  drifts 
into  all  departments  of  history,  literature  and  arc, 
and  la  remarkably  general  ia  its  interest. 

— ^Tourg^nief  has  taught  Europe  and  America 
more  about  Rossian  life  than  any  of  bis  coaqtry- 
men  who  preceded  him  in  literature.     Bac  before 
Tonrgeolef  became  famous  Jacob  Grimm  called  the 
attention  of  a  narrower  aadlenoe  to  the  existence  of 
a  great  body  of  popular  legends  among  the  Kas- 
sians,  lust  as  bs  bad   brought  oat  tbe  underlying 
Strata  of  mythology  among  the  folk-stories  of  other 
nationa    A  Canadian  firm,  having  a  branch  In  New- 
Tork,  Messrs.  Lovell,  Adam,  Wesson  &  Co.,  liave 
republished  here  a  volame  of   Uuttian  Folk-tales  by 
W.  B,  S.  Ralston,  of  the  Britism  Museum.     He  has 
already  written  on  Russian  sabjeota  like  and  very 
■Imilar  to  this.     Tlie  Songs  of  (Al  Russian  Peo- 
ple  and    KrUoff    and  his  Fables  are    by    him. 
Lovers  of  fairy  tales  will  flad  the  present  volume  a 
great  treat. 

— Ihe  Emphasized  New  Testament,  n  ewl 
translated  from  the  text  of  TregeUes,  and  critically 
emphasize^  aooording  to  the  logleal  idiom  of  tbe 
original  brineana  of  ondersooredhnea,  by  Joseph  B. 
Rotherbam,  who  fumlabes  an  introdaction  and 
occaaional  notes,  will  soon  be  published  by  Jobn 
Wiley  St.  Sons,  No.  15  Astor  place.  Its  leading 
features  are  that  it  distinguishes  all  emphacie 
worda,  shows  every  recurrence  of  the  Greek  arti- 
cle, whether  translated  or  not  renders 
the  theological  />  and  ecclesiastical  terihs 
aeoordiog  to  tlmr  simple  meaaing,  and  ia 
an  entirely  independent  translation  made 
directly  from  the  Greek,  amd  la  in  no  sense  a  revi- 
sion of  the  old  translation.  The  book  la  made  in' 
England,  and  WUay  A,  Boos  bare  only  Imported  an 


edicioii, '  The  work  baa  alCMfjiP 
<i^m.ViasjB.tta>JL"M  ■>'»«atlaBUiihriM»^^^ 


tU«Mta» 


BOODTS  SUIT  AGAINST  TILDBK. 
CONCLUSION '' OF    PLAINTIFF'S    BIRKOT    EX- 
AMINATION —  TILDEN'S      DEVCK8C— HB 
PLCADS  THB    STAnTTB  OF   USnTATIONS. 

Thd  trial  of  th6  Bait  of  Henry  H.  Boody 
•gainst  Samuel  J.  Tilden  and  others  for  an  aooount- 
ing  in  the  pool  tranaaotiona  of  1864,  resulting  m  the 
consolidation  of  the  Chicago  and  North-westein 
^Bailway  and  the  Chicago  and  Qaleoa  Union  Bail- 
road  Companies,  was  resumed  yesterday  morning 
in  the  Special  Term  of  tbe  Superior  Court  before 
(lodge  Sedgwick,  Mr.  Dexter  A.  Hawkins  appear- 
ing for  Mr.  Boo3y,  and  Mr.  William  W.  Nilee  fot 
tbe  defendanta Tilden  and  Ogden— Bartholomew,  the 
third  defendant,  having  agreed  to  abide  tbe  issue  of 
an  accounting.  Mr.  Boody's  direct  exaiilioatioa 
was  concluded  by  Mr.  Hawkins,  witness  testilylng 
tbat  when  be  and  Mr.  Young  examined  tbe  books 
in  Augnst,  1864.  they  ascertained  the  ratio  per 
1,000  shares  of  the  supposed  profits  to  be  divided 
among  the  parties  to  the  pool.  Mr.  Nlles  cross- 
examined  Mr.  Boody,  who  testified  that  be  swore  to 
the  complaint  in  this  suit  on  tbe  1st  of  Mary,  1876  { 
witness  had  sworn  in  the  complaint  that  Til- 
den'was  a  Director  and  member  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  of  the  Chicago  and  North-western 
Railway  Company  on  tbe  28tb  of  March,  1864,  and 
had  sworn  in  an  affidavit  made  on  Oct.  23,  1876,  that 
Tilden  was  a  Trustee  at  the  time  mentioned;  wit- 
ness, in  the  pool  arrangement,  was  to  buy  enough 
shares,  added  to  those  bougbt  bv  other  members  of 
tbe  pool,  to  carry  out  the^bject  of  the  pool.  He 
was  the  private  owner  of  3,100  shares  of  Chicago 
and  Galena  XTnion  stock  prior  to  the  formation  of 
tbe  pool ;  the  other  members  of  the  pool  did  not 
know  of  witness'  ownership  of  thuse  shares  until 
some  days  after  the  pool  was  formed ;  some  fear  had 
been  expressed  that  the  Chicago  and  Galena 
stock  woald  go  so  high  that  it  wotUd 
not  be  profitable  to  secure  enough  of 
it  to  control  the  consolidation  of  the  two  companies, 
and  then  witness  informed  tne  other  members  of 
tbe  pool  that  be  had  about  3,000  shares  of  the  stock 
and  that  tbe  vote  on  those  sbtires  and  on  the  proxies 
he  could  command  would  be  anfficient,  added 
to  other  votes  they  conld  get,  to  insure  tbe  consoli- 
dation ;  Witness  bad  devoted  3,300  shares  of  his  pri- 
vate stock  at  rates,  running  from  (119  to  (134  50  per 
share,  to  tbe  saccessot  tbe  pool  ;  be  had  not  charged 
(139  per  share  for  tne  stock,  but  gave  U  to  the  pool 
at  tbe  prices  be  bad  paid  for  it  himself ;  witness 
failed  in  1866 ;  he  owed  at  that  time,  according  to 
tbe  books  of  tbe  Cbioaeo  and  North-western  Com- 
pany, (134.000  to  tbat  company,  whicn  had  been 
loaned  to  him  by  Mr.  Ogden,  which  loan  witness 
leoaid,  principal  and  interest,  on  tbe  9th  of  May, 
1871 ;  wltnesK,  about  1866,  eUKaeed  with  Mr.  Ogden 
In  ailver,  gold,  and  iron  mining  speculations;  be 
made  no  assignment  In  Marob,  1866 ;  he  went 
on  and  paid  all  bis  creditors  a*  fast  as  be  got 
money  enough  to  do  so,  and  there  was  no  person 
who  had  a  claim  against  him  in  1866  that  had  one 
now,  to  his  knowledge. 

To  Mr.  Hawkins — When  witness  looked  over 
the  accounts  of  the  pool  with  Mr.  Young, 
in  August,  1864,  there  was  no  entry 
made  in  them  of  tbe  losses  witness 
sustained  during  the  panic  of  18C4  in  his  efforts  to 
carry  The  Taat  amount  of  stock  he  had  bought  iu 
tbe  interest  of  the  pool ;  these  losses  amounted  to 
over  (71,000.  In  tbe  midst  ot  the  panic  call  loans 
were  demanded,  and  witness  stated  the  case  to 
Ogden  and  Tilden,  and  O.'den  said  that  every  effort 
must  be  made  by  witness  to  carry  tbe  pooltbroagb, 
as  failure  would  be  ruinous,  involving  tbe  loi 
about  (600,000  ;  witness  used  bis  best  end^avtJrs  to 
carry  the  pool  through,  and  did  so  atyefory  sacri- 
fice, for  be  could  cet  no  aid  from  Tilden  or  Ogden, 
except  (5,000  from  Ozden.  ^ 

Cross-examination  tesufir^ — Within  one  or  two 
weeks  after  tbe  panic,  Cbic<igo  and  Galena  Union 
stock  reached  as  high  a  figure  as  it  had  sold  at  be- 
fore tne  panic;  witness  bad  lieen  authorized  by 
Mr.  Ogden  to  use  moneys  of  the  Chicago  and  North- 
western Railroad  in  this  pool  transaction.  [Wit- 
ness here  gave,  in  great  detail,  in  response  to  ques- 
tions by  Mr.  Nile.^  statements  in  reference  to  bis 
purchase- of  Ci.icago  and  Galena  Union  stock, 
and  the  incidental  expenses  connected  there- 
with, durmg  tbe  time  ho  was  obiaioing  such 
stuck  to  farther  tbe  consolidation  of  the 
Chicago  and  Nortb-westein  and  Chicago  and 
Galena  Union  Companies.]  Witness  resumed — 
Never  bad  beard  Tilden  or  Ugden  give  any  instruc- 
tions about  entries  m  the  t>ooks  ot  the  Chicago  and 
North-western  Company  or  tbe  books  of  tbe  pool ; 
did  not  discover  tbat  be  bad  overpaid  Tilden,  0;:- 
den,  and  Bartholomew  until  about  two  years  and  a 
hslt  ago ;  he  bad  found  that  be  was  more  straitened 
financially  than  he  thungbt  be  ought  to  be,  and  ibis 
led  to  an  examination  of  his  books  and  the  discov- 
ery of  the  overpayments  ;  be  bad  made  a  devand 
on  the  Chicago  'and  North-western  Railway  Com- 
pany for  tne  refnuding  ot  this  mune)-  betore  makiug 
a  Oemand^n  the  defendants,  but  Pud  finally  made 
tbe  demand  on  tbem  because  he  was  led  to  beli»ve 
that  they,  and  not  the  company,  weie  rcsoonsible 
10  him. 

An  adionmment  was  here  taken  until  11  o'clock 
this  morning. 

Tbe  answer  of  Mr.  Tilden  interposes  three  de- 
fenses— a  general  deoial,  tbe  statute  of  limitations, 
and  a  claim  ot  tbe  release  of  Tilden  and  Ojden  on 
tbe  ground  tbat  Bartholomew,  one  of  tbe  detend- 
ants,  has  been  released,  and  tbat  bis  release  re- 
leases them,  if  there  was  sny  claim  against  them. 


SVIT  AGAINST  THE  CITY  DISMISSED. 

THE    CASE    OP    DURYEA    ENDED — THE   DAM- 
AGES CAUSED   BY  THE   PLAINTIF£''S  NBQ- 
LIGENCf. 
The  trial  ot  the  suit  of  Duryea  against  tbe 
Mayor,   &c.,  was  resumed  before  Judge  Donohue. 
in  Part  I.  of  the  Supreme  Court  yesterday.    In  this 
suit   tbe  plaintifi  claimed  (50,000  damages  for  in- 
juries to  his  land  resulting  troin  a  discharge  thereoa 
of  the  water  Irom  tbe   Tliirty-fourth   street  sewer. 
It  was  shown  by  tbe  City  yesterday  that   the  plain- 
tiff bougbt  bis  lots,  which  were  under  water,  with 
full  knowledge  of  tbe  fast  tbat  the  sewer  waa  dis- 
charging so  near  as  to  oveiflow   tbem.     It  was  next 

proved  with  regard  to  the  "side-cut,"  which  was  me 
main  cause  of  the  damage,  tbat  so  far  from  being 
built  in  violation  ot  private  right,  a  license  had  first 
been  procured  for  its  construction  trom  George  F. 
Tallman,  who  owned  tbe  land  whlob  tbe  plaintiff 
subsequently  bought,  and  on  which  the  side-cut 
was  built,  and  also  booses  on  the  line  of  tbe  sewer, 

which  were  benefited  by  its  erection.  Mr.  Craven, 
who  was  at  tbat  time  the  head  of  the  Croton  Board, 
refused  to  build  it  without  Mr.  Tallman's  written 
permit,  and  one  of  the  residents  on  Thirty-fonrth 
street,  who  was  Mr.  Tallman's  agent  at  the  time, 
procured  it.  Baring  tbe  many  changes  of  quarters 
wnlch  the  Comoiissioner  of  Public  Works  bos 
made  daring  the  oast  few  years,  this  paper  was 
lost,  but  its  existence  when  the  side-cut  was  built 
was  sbowu  by  uncontradicted  evidence. 

Tbe  defenaauts  then  pat  one  of  their  engineers 
on  tbe  stand,  who  tetitified  that  he  bad  made  a  sor- 
vey  of  tbe  bulknead  which  the  plaintifi  oailt,  and 
that  tbe  same  projected  from  6  to  20  feet  beyond 
tbe  line  ustablisbed  by  law  and  known  as'  tbe 
Harbor  Conncitsiuners'  line.  This,  it  was  con- 
tended by  tbe  Ct<y,  made  it  an  illegal  structure 
and  forpclosed  the  plaintiff  from  recovering,  any 
damage  wbich  it  helped  to  cause. 

Mr.  Avery,  tbe  City's  engineer,  testified  that  on 
the  southerly  lino  of  Thiriy-fltth  street  the  Harbor 
Commissioners'  line  ran  333  teei  easterly  from  tbe 
easterly  side  of  First  avenue,  whereas  Duryea's 
bulkhead  ran  341  feet  easterly. 

Gen.  Yiele,  who  made  the  surrey  for  tbe 
plainiiff  when  he  began  to  fill  in,  was  tb«in  called  in 
rebuttal,  and  produced  a  tracing  of  a  survey  of 
Diiyrea's  premises  showing  tbe  Harbor  Commis- 
sioners, line.  On  cross-examination  by  Mr. 
Lacombe,  he  testified  that  on  the  southerly  line  of 
Thirly-fitth  street  this  line  lay  as  shown  on  his  snr- 
ve.v,  333  feet  2  inches  easterly  from  tbe  essterly 
line  of  First  avenue.  The  two  Surveyors  being 
thus  at  odut<,  tbe  defendants  produced  the  Haroor 
CommissiuoerH'  maps,  and  the  coarse  and  aistanca 
tablef,  upon  whicn  the  bulkhead  line  at  the  point 
indicated  was  described  at  323  feet  easterly  from 
the  easterlv  line  ot  First  avenue,  thas  showing  tbe 
accuracy  of  Mr.  Avery's  sorvey  in  that  particular. 

Upon  the  coociasion  of  the  testimony.  Judge 
Douuhne  dismissed  the  complaint  upon  the 
grounds — first,  that  tbe  plaintiff,  having  boDiibt  tbe 
property  with  tne  knowicdee  of  tbe  uxisteoco  of 
the  "side-cut,"  could  not  ask  damages  for  tbo  na- 
tural results  of  its  exietcnue ;  and,  second,  tbat  his 
own  neglijience  contributed  to  the  Injaiy  in  tbat  bo 
did  not  protect  himself  by  building  a  bulkhead  on 
bis  southerly  line.  F.  J.  Fithian  and  A.  J.  Yan- 
derpoel  appealed  for  the  plaintiff,  and  A.  J.  Beqoier 
^od  £.  H.  Lacombe  for  tbe  City. 

ALLEGED  FALSE  PRETENSES. 
On  Aug.  19,  1867,  John  M.  Worth,  of  this 
City,  died  while  a  passenKer  on  board  the  steam- 
ship Ooean  Queen,  from  Aspinwall,  and  left  a  sam 
of  over  (698  38  in  money,  which  was  taken  posses- 
aion  of  by  PubUo  Administrator  Roberts,  deceased, 
as  alleged,  having  left  no  relatives.  After  adminis- 
tering to  the  estate,  and  paving  all  expenses  con- 
nected with  the  death  of  Mr.  Worth,  the  Pablio 
Administrator,  by  order  of  the  then  Surrogate,  de- 
posited the  balance,  (511  44,  in  the  City  Treasary. 
Subsequently  proceedings  were  instituted  betore 
the  Surrogate  ior  tbe  recovery  of  this  sam  by  a  man 
representing  himself  aa  William  H.  Worth,  a 
brother  of  the  deceased  and  sole  heir. 
Tbe  Surrogate  appointed  Cornelius  Miner 
a  Befert^  to  take  testimony  in  tbe  case,  and  m  the 
proceedings  before  that  gentleman  the  claimant 
again  swore  tbat  bo  was  William  H.  Worth,  a 
brother  of  tbe  deceased.  On  these  representations 
the  Referee  reported  tbat  '*  Worth  "  was  the  sole 
heir  ofJohn  M.  Worth,  whereupon  the  Surrogate 
ordered  tbat  be  be  paid  (511  44,  with  Interest,  the 
residue  of  the  dead  man's  estate.  The  money  *  was 
^d  over  to  tbe  claimant,  and  it  was  snbseqaently 
ascertained  that  he  waa  no  relative  whatever  or  the 
dead  man.  but  a  person  named  William  Dwyer, 
wbdttad  personated  the  brother  of  the  d«)oeased  in 
oraer  to  otitain  the  money  inHhe  bands  of  the  City 

Treasurer.     These  facts  being  laid  before  Disizlot 
>t(acssr  f  MMi  tlunkeatlaaiaa  ha4  JDifyltt's  eue 


kkSuaiefmSi:m.v6iUuiMigMis^iMk  praieuea 
•ntQat  the  aeotued.  Dwyer,  who  was  arrested  ob 
TttSMay,  ShU  be^atralgnM  to-taortoir. 

■'-./•     ■   '-^ — ■    ■ 
-.    ^    COU&T  NOTE& 


itUlhttA  Bran  was  arrested  yesterday  by 
Officer  Crowley,  of  the  United  Sutei  Dlstnet  At- 
torney's oiBoe,  on  a  warrant  cbarslugbim  with 
oompUoity  with  Eph  Holland  in  the  Clnciunati 
i^ectioii  fraada.  He 'will  be  accorded  a  hearing  to- 
oay. 

An  order. Was  entered  by  the  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas,  (General  Term,  yesterday,  expunaing 
trom  the  docket  of  judgment*,  in  tbe  County  Clerk's 
Offiee,  the  Jddgments  for  IliOOO  entered  against 
Ctaarleii  Devlin,  Tweed'a  surety  In  the  oriminal 
proseoutlonl 

The  Sixth  Avenue  Bailroad  Company,  hav- 
ing beeu  sqeoessfol  in  Its'Soit  to  restrain  tbe  Gil- 
bert Elevatei  Bi^lrosd  Company  ftom  building  its 
road  along  Sixih  avenoe,  has  made  a  motion  in 
Bayertor^ourt  for  an  extra  allowance  of  (2.000. 
The  matter  will  be  argued  to-morrow. 

Judge  Sedgwick,  in  the  Superior  Court, 
Special  Term,  yesterday  ordered  a  guardian  to  be 
appointed  for  Annie  Beer,  a  minor,  who  desires  to 
sue  tbe  Ninth  Avenue  Bailroao  Company  for 
damages,  on  account  of  personal' injnries  received 
by  her  in  being  rdn  over  by  one  of  the  car*. 

l^he  jury  in  Port  II.  of  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas,  yeateroay,  gave  a  verdict  of  |300  to  the  plain- 
tiffin  the  suit  of  Joamia  Lyons  against  Edfrard  0. 
Richards.  The  plaintiff  sued  to  recover  (10,000 
damages  for  personal  injuries  received  bv  her  In  fall- 
ing through  an  Iron  grating  in  front  of  the  defen- 
dant's premises  on  Third  avenue. 

Judge  Barrett,  in  Supreme  Conrt,  Chambers, 
yesterday  reserved  his  decision  on  a  motion  for 
leave  to  fl:e  a  supplemental  complaint  in  the  case  of 
Charles  Cartis  against  Adelbertas  Mielcasozey, 
and  others.  Tbe  action  is  tor  tbe  foreclosure  of  a 
(28,500  mortgage  on  the  property  occupied  by  the 
Polish  Soman  Catholic  Cburob,  in  this  City. 

The  Grand  Jury  yesterday  found  an  mdiot- 
ment  for  murder  m  tbo  first  degree  against  James 

Flood,  who  killed  bis  wife  Mary  with  a  "  reamer  " 
on  the  stoop  of  No.  52  Crosby  street,  on  Sunday 
morning,  the  4tb  Inst.  Uorris'on,  the  boon  compan- 
ion of  Flood,  who  witnessed  tbe  tragedy,  was  held 
as  a  witness,  and  committed  to  tbe  House  of  Deten- 
tion. 

Judge  Barrett,  in  Supreme  Court,  Chambers, 
yesterday  granted  a  writ  of  prohibition,  restraining 
Judges  Shea,  Sinnott,  and  Alker,  sitting  in  the 
Marine  Cart,  General  Term,  from  acting  in  tbe 
appeal  in  the  case  of  Adolphus  against  Cantrell,  in 
which,  as  alleged.  Judge  Alker  sat  as  one  of  tbe 
General  Term  Judges  to  pass  upon  an  order  made 
by  him  at  Trial  Term. 

The  trial  of  the  suit  of  Andrew  J.  Thomas 
sgainst  Henry  Bnlght  was  begun  betore  Judge 
Speir  and  a  Jiiry  m  Part  L  of  the  Superior  Court 
yesterday.  The  plaintiff  seeks  (2,500  for  the  al- 
leged wrongfill  conversion  of  two  diamond  rings 
pledged  by  him  with  the  defendant  as  security  for 
a  loan.  Tbe  derendant  claims  tbe  property  is  only 
worth  (600,  and  that  ho  has  offered  to  return  it- 
Tbe  oaae  is  still  on. 

William  Smith  was  married  to  Mary  Paul 
and  Anton  Steiner  to  Rmma  Woods  by  Judge 
lilcAdam,  in  Marine  Court,  Chambers,  yesterday. 
All  the  parties  were  in  their  work-day  clothes,  and 
the  countenances  of  the  grooms  betrayed  a  remarka- 
ble absence  of  soap  and  water.  One  of  tbe  fair 
brides  was  also  adorned  with  a  black  eye,  whose 
color  was  not  entirely  owing  to  nature.  All  four 
came  in  court  together,  and  departed  in  great  glee 
after  the  ceremony  had  been  performed. 

Judge  Joseph  P.  Daly,  in  the  Special  Term 
of  tbe  Cour^  of  Common  Pleas,  yesterday,  rendered 
a  decision  in  the  suit  of  Jobn  Olendorf  against  £>!- 
ward  W.  Wilson.  In  this  case  the  plaintiff  asked 
for  an  injuootioo  to  restraiu  tbe  defendant  from 
carrying  on  tbe  bnsiness  of  coloring,  re-coloring 
and  re-bring  teas,  and  also  sought  for  a  Receiver  to 
t4ke  possession  of  tbe  goods  ot  a  firm  of  which  the 
plaintiff  and  defendant  were  partners.  The  motion 
for  an  injunction  and  a  Receiver  was  granted. 

On  Tuesday  afternoon  the  firm  of  Arthur 
W.  Kipling  &.  Son,  Jewelers,  No.  24  Maiden  lane,  in- 
formed the  Police  of  the  First  Precinct  that  a  case 
of  jet  goods,  vaiuea  at  (700,  wbicb  a  truckman  from 
the  Appraiser's  office  bad  deposited  in  front  of 
their  store,  bad  been  stolen  by  two  men,  who  had 
placed  tbe  case  in  a  cart  and  driven  away.  De- 
tective Maloney  arrested  Georee  Wilson  in  Soutn 
street,  fludins  the  t>ox  in  his  cart,  but  upon  beiog 
arraigned  at  Essex  Market  Police  Court  yesterday 
be  was  discharged  for  lack  of  evidence. 

Tbe  case  of  Rodh  against  Mora  was  brought 
to  trial  before  Judge  Lawrence  and  a  Jury  iu  Fart 
U.  of  the  Supreme  Court  yesterday.  Tbe  plaintiff 
seeks  to  recover  (4,122  50,  sold,  which  he  says  the  de- 
fenOant  collected  on  a  draft  on  a  house  in  Havana, 
Cuba. Tbe  drai  t  was  given  for  collection  to  Mora  Feb. 
26,  1663.  and  came  back  at  first  protested,  bat  it  was 
afterward  collected.  The  plaintiff  says  the  de- 
fendant failea  to  account  for  the  money.  Uora 
says,  however,  that  he  did  account  and  afterward 
went  into  partnership  with  Rodh.  .  The  case  is 
still  on. 

A  sealed  verdict  was  ordered  by  Judge  Yan 
Brunt,  io  Part  III.  of  the  Supreme  Court,  yester- 
day, in  tbe  case  of  Lintpold  Mack  against  the  Dry 
Dock,  East  Broadway  and  Battery  Railroad  Com- 
pany. Tbo  plalntifiV  it  seems,  was  ndinic  on  toe 
front  platform  of  one  of  the  defendants'  oars,  on 
April  10,  187S.  In  Cortland t  street,  near  the  lerry, 
a  Collision  occurred  b.y  wbich  tbe  pole  of  a  truck 
was  dflven  throagh  tne  dash-board  of  the  car,  and 
against  tbe  plaintiffs  knee.  Tbe  ttnee-pan  waa  dis- 
placed, tnd  the  plaintiff  sues  for  (10,t)00  damages. 
The  company  says  tbe  aooideot  was  the  plamiiiTs 
own  fault. 

In  the  case  of  Hofiman  against  Burke  the 
plaintiff  recovered  Judgment  in  a  suit  for  tbe  fore- 
closure of  a  mortgage  for  (35.000  on  property-  near 
Ninety-seventh  street  and  Third  avenue.  TLj  mort- 
gage was  made  in  1875,  the  property  being  then 
valued  at  (70,000.  The  defendant  baa  appealod  txom 
the  Judgment  of  foreclosure,  and  made  amotion  lie- 
tore  J  adge  Barrett,  in  Supreme  Court,  Chambers, 
yesterday  for  a  stay  of  proceedings  under  lbs  judg- 
ment, pending  tbe  appeal,  witbonc  bis  giving  se- 
curity. Bortte  claims  the  prooerty  la  satUcicDi 
secarity  for  tbe  judgment,  but  tbe  plalatiff  claims 
that  tbe  property  has  depreciated  so  much  as  no 
longer  to  be  an  adequate  security.  Decision  waa 
reserved. 

William  Conroy  was  working  with  a 
derrick,- On  June  9.  1876,  amone  the  ruins  of  a 
bnmed  building  on  Broadway,  between  Grand  and 
Howyxl  streets,  and  while  so  occupied  was  ran 
over  and  tramplud  on  by  a  horse  attached  to  a  car- 
liatie,  wblob  were  owned  by  a  livery  stable  keeper 
named  Ira  W.  Boyce.  Conroy  brought  a  suit  for 
(2,000  damages  in  tbe  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  and 
tbe  case  was  brought  to  trial  yestertiay  before 
Judge  Larremore.  Conroy  claims  the  horse  was 
left  standing  in  tbe  street  by  the  driver,  and  that 
the  animal  wus  not  fastened  nor  attended.  Boyce 
claims  there  was  no  negligence,  and  tbat  the  driver 
merely  got  ofi  the  carriage  to  look  after  one  of  the 
horsed  shoes.  A  sealed  verdiot  was  ordered. 
Charles  S.  Spencer  appeared  for  tbe  plaintiff  utl 
A.  H.  Hltehouok  for  toe  defendant 

In  the  suit  of  Cohen  against  Smith,  decided 
by  Judge  Barrett  in  Supreme  Court,  Chambers,  yes- 
terday, the  defendant  is  a  City  Marshal,  and  was 
endeavoilng  to  execute  a  warrant  of  dispossession 
agaiiiSt  Cohen.  Tbe  latter  was  not  named  in  the 
warrant,  but  be  was  merely  a  sub-tenant,  and  the 
tenant  waa  named  in  tbe  warrant.  Cohen  obtained 
a  temporary  Injunctiou  restraining  the  Marsbal 
trotA  executing  bis  warrant  against  him  be- 
cause he  had  not  been  made  a  party  to 
the  proceedings.  Cohen's  sub-lettine,  however, 
tiegan  on  the  day  the  warrant  ot  dispossession  waa 
issued,  and  Judge  Barrett  says  there  is  a  suspicion 
tbat  the  sub-letting  was  not  in  good  faitb.  The  in- 
jimotion  is  vacated.  Judge  Barrett  saying  that  if  the 
Marshal  exceecis  his  authority  Cohen  can  sue  lor 
damages. 

THE  STTTJON  PSBJVRY  TRIAL. 
The  trial  of  James  Sutton,  President  of  the 
Aldine  Pu6liBhing  Company,  charged  with  perjury 
in  swearing  to  a  false  list  of  losses  by  a  fire  at  the 
premises  No.  83  Liberty  street  and  No.  S8  Maiden 
lane,  on  Jime  24, 18'75,  was  resumed  before  Becordet 
Hackett  yesterday,  in  Pf  rt  L  of  tbe  Court  of  General 
Sessions.  Assistant  District  Attorney  Herring,  who 
conducts  the  case  for  tbe  prosecution,  produced  a 
number  ot  exoerts  in  the  manutacture  of  chromes 
and  eleotrotyi>eB,  by  wbom  be  sbowed  tbat  the  esti- 
mates of  losses  sworn  to  by  Mr,  Sotton  in  his  proof 
of  loss,  amounting  to  over  (200,000,  was  greatly  ex- 
aggerated. Tbe  witnesses  were  cross-examined  at 
teugth  by  Mr.  Jotm  R.  Fellows,  coansel  for  the  ac- 
cused. I'he  cas9,  from  its  nature,  is  necessarily 
tedious,  and  will  occupy  several  days  in  trial. 


OOVBX  OF  AFPMALB. 

Albavt,  Feb.  14.— In  Court  of  Appeals  Wed- 
nesday, Feb.  14.  1877.  No.  127.— Laverty  vs.  Snetn- 
ern;  srgument  resumed  and  oonoladed.  No.  178. — 
Baird  vs.  Duly  ;  argued  by  S.  Hand  for  appellant ; 
B.  H.  Yary  iot  raspondaot.  No.  192.— Yan  Wyok 
vi.  AUeu  ;  argued  by  D.  B.  Baton,  for  appellant; 
M  A.  Halbert  tor  respondant. 

The  f'jilowing  is  the  day  calendar  of  tbe  Court  of 

Appeals  for  Thursday.  Feb.  19:     .Not.   193,  194,  189, 
71,  196,  188,  163,  and  199. 


DE01S10N8. 

exresatK  cocbt— cbaubbbs. 

Bv  Jvd^  Barrett. 

Thomas  vs.  Brundot^a— Motion  for  a  Beceivef 
deaiSd. 

Bcheider  v$.  (7orfty.— Jastifioatioa  approved. 

in  the  matter  of  the  Petition  of  tKt  FtrHt.  rrutryterian 
CMtreh.—Uotlnn  denied,  with  ilU  costa 

JThurbar  va.  Pyo^— Moiion  granted  tor  Peb.  3& 

Vradlty  v».  McLaughlin Urder  of  rttferesoe  vacated 

and  cause  sent  to  tbe  Oircutt  for  trial. 

JnthematterofOlementt,Jr.,etekf.—Beifort  now  eon- 
firmed  and  order  granted. 

KtUi)  vt.aulUvan.—Tbia  moat  be  viewed  dlfferantlr 
from  a  foieelusnie  suit,  or  frum  a  pattitioa  suit  wbere 
tbe  property  has  been  purchased  by  a  stranger.  It  is 
not  denied'  that  the  pcevarty  was  bid  ia  on  behalf  of 
the  plaintiff  in  partinon.  Then  there  waa  eerrainly  a 
misiuidezst«D<tanc,  to  say  th*  lasst  at  the  sale,  rartbar, 
iiitai)t^  xepteaeaied  bv  »  oahUe  (rfHoial  baveaoon- 
tlngent  tnterest  lisstly,  a  large  laoreaab  updn'the 
hla  is  oflured.   VnAsft  sooih  etrmmataaoca,  a  xeaale 


A_"'!TTr;_'"_'" 


eent.  npon  iS^incrtaaid  ISid  oOBi^rvia'ieiiU:  t!S 
Befkreeeaaneit  resale,  in  e^M  Mr.  Bracken  Shall  bb 
the  soocessfUi  bidder,  to  accept  an  a'sslgnmbnt  of  the 
Olerk's  certlSeate  as  oaih  te  tbi  extent  of  tb«  fiob 
tbereof. 
'Pi«*ljJ».  Pftf^  et  at.— This  aptiticatioa  must  be  de- 
nied. The  certifloate  of  the  CluMBbeium  UAtfttar- 
sished.  nor  that  of  the  Count?  Clerk,  aa  required  by 
the  rule.  The  report  is  loosely  pinnf>d  to  the  tejil- 
tnony,  and  tbe  latter  is  almost  illegible,  aheire  seems 
to  be  another  mortgage  Und  no  evldenee  of  notfes  ot 
proof  as  to  priority.    The  whole  ptoceedhig  exhibits 

Wet*  9$.  frUet  et  ai.— ReAirred  toT.  P»  Smith.  Esq.  ,tO 
take  proof  of  tbe  Csots  stated  In  ttie  affidavits  oTboth 
Sides,  tbe  witnesses  to  be  examined  and  oross-exaatin- 
edbefbre  him,  and  tnrther  witnesses  to  be  called  if 
'  either  side  be  so  advised  t  the  Beferee  to  report  such 
t«stimooy  -with  his  opinion  thereon ;  the  motion  to 
Jt9  brought  dp  upon  such  reported  tfstimony  and 
opinion  upon  two  days'  notice. 

Cohen  vt.  SmUA.— The  iDjnnetlOn  eannot  be  upheld. 
(L)  Tlieie  Bbonld  have  been  a  verified  complaint, 
making  it  appear  that  the  plaintiff  is  entitled  (o  the 
rehef  demanded.  (Code  sec.  219.)  (2.)  The  undertak- 
ing was  entirely  iusoiBrlent.  (3.)  The  defendant 
sDouId  not  be  fuiolned,  even  if  these  obJe«tloDs  were 
cured.  He  will  executa  his  warrant  accordine  toKS 
tenor.  If  be  exceeds  hishnthorit.T,  tbeiJiaistiff  has  an 
ample  and  adequate  remedy  at  law.  (4.)  Tbe  oppos- 
ing affldarits  throw  snspicion  npon  tbe  rood  faith  of 
the  pnrties.  It  looks  like  a  plan  to  evade  the  magis- 
trate's process.  Motion  denied,  and  injunction  dis- 
solved, with  $10  costs. 

By  Jvdge  Brady. 

Ludington  vi.  Sb»tson.—wm  hear  thbi  motion  on 
Tbdrgday  at  10:SO  A.  M.  at  Ootut  of  Oyer  and  Term- 
iner. 

The  Bant  of  Ohio  Valley  vs.  JTee'ea.— Coimsel  will  ap- 
pear on  Tbnraday  at  10:3U  A.  AL 

SUPBKUK  CODBT— BPBCIAL  TSBH. 
By  Judge  Van  Voret. 

Ward  vs.  Krumm. — Case  and  amendments  settled. 

Empire  Building  and  JUaucU  Loan  A$toelat%on  v$. 
Stevens  et  al. — Me'iiorandnm  for  couusel. 

Jfational  Park  Bank  VS.  Dioi{r/>(.— i-iudtngs  signed. 

COHHOK  FLKAS— SFBCtAL  TBBM. 
By  Judge  J.  F.  Daly. 

Zollendorf  vs.  TFiUon.— Motion  tor  Becelver  and  con- 
tindatiou  orinjanction  grunted. 

JJreyfus  vs.  Phelps.— OidcT  tor  oOmmistiou  settled. 

JUatler  of  Jackson Prisoner  is  entitled  uponthS  proof 

to  bis  discbarge. 

Bavss  vs.  The  Ocean  N^ational  Bank— Motion  deniea. 
See  memorandum. 

By  Judge  BotHnson. 

Booth  et  aL  vs.  Ferguson. — Bre  memorandum. 

Bibbard  vs.  The  Central  Kailroad  Company  ofNew-Jer- 
tey. — Motion  crranted  on  terms. 

Mailer  of  Angel.— Vrayen  of  the  petitioner  denied, 
costs  to  the  Sbenft  and  uetiineer. 

Batfts  vs.  Noble.— lA.ot\on  to  open  default  denied,  with 
$10  costs. 

UABINE  COUBT — CHJLUBBBS. 
By  Judge  Mcddam. 

Motions  Granted,— Be jvannrt.  Eendskopf:  Kelly  vs. 
Sheehy  ;  EUbop  vs.  Shook  ;  Biegen  vs.  Kjansfield. 

Smith  vs.  Boberts.—The  motion  papers  herein  are  te- 
qalred  before  the  motion  can  be  decided. 

Loeb  vs.  Levy. — Costs  tnxed  at  $117  35. 

B<'./tr«it«e.— Brown  VB.  kno;  Same  vaCtiablng;  re- 
ferred to  P.  T.  BuKgles,  Etq. 

Wade  vs.  .Annin. — Refhrred  to  B.  T.  Handolpli,  Esa. 

Folkart  vs.  Felix. — Security  for  costs  ordered. 

Sigekw  vs.  Solomon — Stay  ^ranted  condition  ally. 

Bokomb  vs.  Sfrttm;?/.— Proceedings. dismissed. 

Defaults  A' ottd.— a-patiktaim  vs.  Ritimus;  Damson  vs. 
Olner  :     Gniterman   vs.  Wronkon. 

Bavens  vs.  Eschbaeh ;  Same  vs.  Same.—'B.  Jacobs,  Esq., 
anpointed  Becflver. 

Orders  G'ronted.— Young  vs.  Cutler:  Herdman  vs. 
Ooln  t  Benton  vs.  Qordon ;  Qins  vs.  Knemig;  Krecbe 
vs.  Melman;  GiUls  vs.  Weed;  Qoldscbmiat  vs.  Labagb; 
Israel  vs.  Levy;  Elmer  vs.  Fleischer;  Wilson  vs.  Wil- 
liams;. Billings  vs.  Cole;  Biestighvs.  Herrick;  Burns 
va  McUolloogh. 

isv  Judge  Ooepp. 

FhUHps  vs.  fai/.— Opinions. 

Dwenberry  va.  tTMftip.— Judgment  for  defendant,  with 
costs. 

Appell  vs.  Conner. — Modon  denied  ;  no  costs. 

Irwin  vs.  Zychlinsky. — Biotlon  denied,  with  $1U  costs 
to  deiendant.    See  indorsement. 

By  Judge  Sheridan.  t 

Dunn  vs.  TTeHs.— -Findings  settled. 

Bunt  vs.  Woodruff:— Otier  settled. 


COURT  CALENDARS— THIS  BAT. 

BCrBEaiB  CODBT— CHAKBBBS. 
^Held  by  Barrett,  J. 
Nos. 


Nos. 

106— Bryan  vs.  Paoll  Belt 

Co. 
144— Wormser  vs.Hofftean. 
166— Matter  of  Conwa.y. 
235 — Sweet  vs.  Adams. 
242— Snme  vs.  Same. 
250— Minat  vs.  Allegrettt 
262— La  Hue  vs.  Hatoeld. 
258 — Uhi,  &e..  vs.  Kewman. 
268— Citizens'    Ins.  Cu.  va 

Harris. 
278— Leng  vs.  Ballard. 
280— Wolff  vs.  Hsmel. 
28s— Piatt  vs.  Piatt. 
281 — Stewart  va.  Harris. 
293— (Jtllihan  v8.Mittnacht 
284— Bryan  vs.    PaoU  Bell 

Co, 


300— Zychlinski  vs.  Schier- 

iclc 
302 — Oourand  vs.  Spencer. 
303— Bray  vs.  Pollston. 
304 — FiaSer  vs.  Brown. 
3U6— Newball  vs.  Cashing. 
.S06— Hanna  vs.  McDonald. 
309— SchBaf  va  ■  aker. 
:s  12— Matter  of  Bixi.y. 
314— Boeeis     Locomotive, 

be,  vs.  8t.  Luuls  k. 

».  B.  R.  Co. 
316— Green  vs.  Brsckea 
318 — Collius  vs.  Cushman. 
321— Br.vsn  vs.  PaoU  Belt 

Co. 
324— Standard   Sugar   Be- 

fluing  Co.vs.Uavtoa 


Nos. 


BUPBEJIE    COCBT— 6PHCIAL  TEBK. 

Held  J>»  Van  Vorst,  J. 
Demurrer.  Nos. 


21— Labntutvs  Uelatonr. 

Law  and  Pact. 
47— Belli r  vs.  Dillon  et  a). 

102— Miles  et  aL  vs.  Titus 
et  al. 

lOS — ^The  Harlem  Bana  va 
Decker  et  aL 
60— De  Zavala  vs.  Bart  et 
ai. 

122— Bucking  va  Hauselt 
etaL 

128— Grissler  vs.  Powers. 

133 — Busiced  vs.  Uusteed. 

135— Jacobs  vs.  Miller. 

141- Steinbrecher  vs.  Bey- 
er et  at 

142 — Gaidet  vs.  Brown. 

143 — Lynes  vs.  Brander, 
Jr. 

148— Hitch  vs.  Atlantio  ik 
PaciUo  TeL  Ca 

281— NIcoU  vs.  Scrymser. 

114 — Klnoey  vs.  Coben. 

SUPBEME   COURT— CIBCUrr— PABT  I. 
Held  bv  Dcnohue,  J. 

Not. 

2741— Milderbtirger  vs. 
Qer.  E.  L.  »t.Johb'8 
Cburcb. 

2011- Kodman  va  Kmz. 

27l9— Uaden  ▼&  Coleman. 

2591— UiU  et  al.  vs.  Con- 
ner, &c. 

2087— Pecard  vs.  Bern- 
helmer. 

1993— Fitts  «t  aL  vs.  On- 
ilerdonk. 
1— Latonrette  vs.  Clark. 

2689 — Bovd  vs.  Juckson. 

1513— Brown  vs.  Decker, 
kc. 

2091— Cntroll  vs.  Cassidy. 

2364— Excel  Blor  Pet  ro  eum 

Ca  vs.  Fowler,  &c, 

9u2>q— Uenlin  Ta  Powers. 

4297— Gray  et  sL  vs.  Jobes. 

2761 — Beaumont  vs.  New- 
man. 

280S— Laflio  k.  R.  Powder 
Co.  va  Gallandet. 

2883 — Burbank  vs.  i>urr. 

2871— Archer  vs.  O'Brien, 
&0. 

2891-  Conner,  kc,  vs.  The 
Mavor.  &.C. 

2901— Hann  vs.  Sheffield 
etaL 

2909— Breen  vs.  Mnloch. 

294»— Kenney  vs.  Lasch. 

2i)9o — tsprlnger  et  eL  vs. 
Herman. 

3007— Hughes  vs.  Rublno, 
(No  L) 

3009— Same  vs.  Same,  (No. 
2.) 

2549— Kedley  vs.  The  May- 
or, ice., 

817FBBUB  COITRT— CIBCinr— PABTtt, 
Beld  by  Lawrence.  J. 


et 


115— Kinney  vs.  Beach 

aL 
283— Duncan  vs.    Dimcan 
etaL 
67— Berriot  va  Herrlot 
26— Bard  vs.  C.  8.  Lite  Ins. 

,Co.   olN.  y. 
38— The  uaw.  Gran.  Mov. 
Co.  vs.    The   O.    S. 
CoalloK  Co. 
53— Taylor  vs.  Koche. 
74 — Andrews  et   al.    vs. 

Ryan. 
67— Alden  vs.  Diossy. 
20— Green  vs.  Mlluank  et 
al 
334— Whiting   vs.    Gearty 

etaL 
110— Anffarth  vs.  Schmao- 

deKe 
151— Ten  Kyckvs.  Cory. 
35— Burrows  et  aL  vg.  At- 
lantic Nat.  Bank. 


2517— Vallely.  et  al.  versus 
Amend  et  aL 

3966 — Sanchez  vs.  Sterne. 

XU57 — Goldsmith   vs.   Daly 
et  al. 

1683— Collins  vs.  The  May- 
or, fc.0. 

1341— Fitzpatrick  vs.   The 
Mayor.  &c. 

1436— Purceli  verssusTbe 
Mayor,  ko. 

1437— Ua.Ys  vs.  The  May- 
or, tc. 

2769— Vos   vs.    Third    av. 
Railroad  Company. 

2721— Tblelman,    Jr.,  vs. 
Emrinuel. 

2913— Aden  et  aLvs.  Ache- 
son  et  aL 

3679— Bogatzski     vs.    Bo- 
eat  zsicL 

3091- Wilburvs.  Taylor. 

3785— Obng  vs.  Btoilie  et 
nL 

8103 — French,  tc,  versui 
Oeartv  et  al. 

3109— MoKeon  vs.  DonnelL 

3127— t  eB<ar  vs.  Kruger. 
261— MeCaffli  et  aL    vs. 
Cliftord. 

2979 — Bntler  vs.  Seymotir. 

3141— Flood  vs.  Cashing. 

3143— Levy  vs.  Coager. 

3153— Builer,  kc,   versus 
Phvf-. 

3165 — Butler,  kc,  versus 
Frsndenteis. 

3167— Butler,  kc,  versus 
BreyfooB. 


Nos. 


Beta  Hy  Fireedmem,  J. 
NOi. 


Nos. 

lo98— Hewlett  vs.    Wood 
et  al. 

1784— Breo  nan     vs.      The 
Mayor,  to. 

1834— Oollius  vs.  Piersoo. 

3582— Ring  et  al.  vs.  The 
Mayor,  &o. 

1086— ."-obaU  et  aL  vs.  Col- 
lier. 

2110— De     Lavalbte     vs 
Wendt.  kc  ' 

1650— Falleubee  vs.  Silver- 
Stone. 

2786— Vail  vs.  The  Ma.vor. 
tc. 

3444 — Lilhaner  vs.  Conner 
tc. 

1820—  chmid  vs.  IUIr. 

1644— Hamtl  onve.  \iao. 

1486 — Levy  vs.  Jncoba. 
600— Bailey  vS.  Dodse. 

8UFBBMB    COUBT — CIRCUIT— FAST  m. 

Beld  by  Van  brunt.  J. 


Nos. 

1608— Newman     vs.    The 

Mavor.  to 
1586— National  Bank  of  P 

vs.  Collier. 
1664— Tunlson  vs.  C»mp. 
1844— Uunkiu  vs.  AUertun 

etaL 
83  "a—  Vande  rhoef       vs. 

Tucker . 
1694— tisllv  vg.  Keys  et  aL 
iOU6— Cammann  vs.  Wem- 

pie. 
1470— MoHugh     vs.      Mc- 

btave. 
19 10— Pomeroy  vs.  .A  llerton 
i912— Fhlliips  vs    Interna- 
tional Pub.  Co. 
1920— O'Brien   et   al.    vs. 

Webir, 
l922— Miller  et  aL  va  Os- 

mar. 


Noa. 

278— Rech  vs. The  Phoenix 
Ins.  Ca 
2277— Delemater  vs.Amer, 

&  K.  a  Bgg  Co. 
1148 — Lougbran    vs.   Mat- 

the'^s  et  al. 
2287— Blake  et     aL      vs. 
Obright  et  a). 
636 — Davlsou    et  al.    va. 
Willetts  et  aL 
1741'a— FoJbee  ti.   Ham- 
mond. 
413— McComb  vs.   Bxoel- 

Blor  Mfk.  Co. 
419— McComb  vs.  Jones. 
664— Pennva  Ward. 
667 — Tyng  vs  SerrelL 
9:}3'a — Feasenden  vs.  N.J. 

Car  Spring  R.  Ca 
301— Lee  vs.  Sayles  et  sL 
1735— H  enderaon  T  s.  White 
etsL 


Nos. 

1611— Dickinson  vs.  Dud- 
ley. 
81— Meyer  et  aL  vs  Am- 
idon. 

2720— Db   Wint    Hook   va. 
The  Mayor,  tc. 

2561— Menzel  va   Mallory 
etaL 

2288— People  ex  reL   Bame 
vs.  O'Brien  et  al. 
634— Donohue  et  aU  va 
Sherwood. 

1739 — Com  vs.  Conner,  tc. 

2890— UiUer  vs.  The  May- 
or, to. 

1195ia-TohervB.Mott. 

1362>ft— Townsend     et  aL 

vs.  NebeuzahL 

849— Saportas     vs.     The 

Mayor,  be. 
193— Lordlard    Fixe   Ins. 
<°o.  vs.    Hltcboook, 
ta 


8UFSB10B  OOUBT— gPECLO,  TKBM. 
Jleta  by  SeOgwiek.  J. 
Case  on— Ha  64— Boody  vs.  TUden  et  aL    No  day 
calendar. 

BCPBBIOB  (X>irB1N— TBIAL   TBBU— PABT  L 
Held  by  Bpeir.  J. 


Nos. 

1053— Caffs  vs.  Lord,  Jr., 

et  aL,  ta 
468— Wrav  vs.  Fedderke. 
865— Diamlmt  va  Whita 
818— Seldngva  Lsgendre 

etaL 
687- Parman  vs.  Titos. 
05— Copeland    vs.     Slls- 

wortb. 
476— Morgan,  tc-,  vetsns 

Mcvickar. 
446— Boyd     vs.    Phcspis 

Ins.  Ca  of  Hartford. 
631— J[0hnion,  to.,  va  Op- 

pepheipi  et  aL 
iae-'Behmidt  vs.  Leatn- 

^'788— Velvia  vs.  Csxey, 


Noa 
300>9— Soarman,  to.,  vs. 

Keim. 
376— Tbe    Hannt'rs   and 

Builders'  Bank  vs. 

Pangbont  ■ 
619— Cleary,  ta.vs.  Qam- 

blinic 
876— Atwater  vs.  Skiddy. 
878-Cohen  .tc.va.  Peek. 
4  60— Barle  va.  Fink  et  aL 
435— UaU  vs.  Bariett,  ta 
361— Wiremau  vs.  Rem. 

fiewmguaoblne  Ca 
288— VVslter.     te.,      vs. 

Bernard. 
21 4— Stenbrig  va.  miss. 
264— EUsava  stenbtig. 
4<>i— Ludlow    et  Id.  TS. 


k  3fl9i4&^aTC 


847— Patmers'  t   M.   Nat. 

Bonk  of  BuOklo  i*. 
.        Bxown. 
637— TnmkUn   vo.  XatUn, 

Jr.  et  aL 
573— Harrison   va  Eefbrd 

ettiL 
678— Harrison  vs.  Ross. 
743— Dhl.ta,  vs.  Ctemer. 
S14— Germania  Bank    vs. 

Frosty 
669— Dye  et  aL   vs.  Adri^ 

ance. 
633— Matthews  vs.    Dris- 

colL 
645— Banfleld  vs.  Gould. 
521 — Lord  et   al.  va.  Allen. 
806— King  Vs.  Kelly. 
629— White  et  aL  vs.  Tal- 

maee. 
691— Sevmonr  vs.  Fellows, 

ta 


841— Phiiups  va  Roger  et 

784— Baoman    va.   BiUih- 

eoek. 
930— Saoia  vs.  O'Conner  et 

al. 
981— KeUogg    va   Doagb- 

day. 
627— Cogsbail  VS.  Bloom  et 

al. 
667— ScUUy  va  Sandera 
742— Davis  vs.  Blauvelt. 
748 — Bencensteia     versus 

Simon. 
761— Hswley  vs.    Selover 

etaL 
754— Lawson  et  aL  versus 

MversoD. 
777— Luidet,  .Jr.,   ta,  vs. 

MyersoiL 
1006— Witkowskl  vs.  Bien- 

nan,  ta 

6UFBBI0B  COUBT- TEIAL  TERM— PABT  DI. 

Beld  by  Curtis,  P.  J. 
Nob. 
983— Rich,  Jr.,  vs.  Syler 

et  aL 
984— Flanagan  et  aL  vs. 

Conner,  tc. 
986— Nichols   vs.  Lyman. 
987— King    vs.    Stemam 

etaL 
988— Alexander  vs.   Su4- 

deer. 
989— Thiirber    et  aL    vs. 

Brown. 
090- Maasvs.  Bntler. 
994— Kc'Ity  et   al.  versus 

Tmgue. 
997— W  ebb  vs.  Cnmen-  ^ 
998-The  Oriental  Bank 

vs.  Lewis. 
999— Tripp  et  aLvs.  Phln- 
ney  et  al. 
1000— Poffer  vs.  Loewen- 

stidn  et  al. 
1001— Liseberger  vs.  Watt 

etnL 
1002— Butler  va  The  Am. 

Pop.  Lite  Ina  Ca 
1003— t'lniteniLamp        vs. 

Se-ger. 
1004t— Murphy,     ta.     vS. 
The  oonth  Ferry  &. 
B.  Co. 
1006— Cutler  vs.  Cary. 

COMHON  PLEAS — EQUITY  TESlt. 

Beld  by  Robinson,  J. 
Nos. 

10— fichmitt  vs.  Joelaohn. 
11— Zentel  vs.  Joelsobn 


Nos. 

890— Oogona  et  aL  vs.  Gil- 

lies  et  bL 
955— Scbeock  vs.   Cburcb 

of  the  Incarnatiim. 
631— Chattertoo    va.    Mul- 

ford. 
701— Roelman   et    al.    vs. 

Barctta 
716— Archer  vs.  Garde. 
717— Hofcbiouck,  tc,    vs. 

Garae. 
259— Cullen,  tc.  vs.  The 

23d  St.  R.  R.  Oo. 
969— Mariner  vs.  Soule  et 

al.,  ta 
970— 1  horn  DBon  vs.  Kiddle. 
971— RoftbPsberger  et  aL 

972— Gelber  et  aj.vs.  Peter. 

973— McLean  versus.  Ber- 
liu. 

974— Chi.  k  ta.va  Abend- 
roth,  ta 

976— Smivh  vs.  Uhort 

976— Barber  et  aL  va  De 
.-       Orttffet  aL 

977— Hoahiand  vs.  Barney, 
ta 

978— Bogeil  va  Malloy. 

980— Glase  vs.  The  Amity 
Ins.  Co. 


24— Howe  vs.  The  Second 

Avenue  R.  B.  Co. 
29 — Oswalder  vs.  Sperty. 

COMMOS  PLEAS— TRIAL  TEEM— PART  I. 

Btld  by  Van  Sotsen,  J. 


Kof. 

31 — Van  Dermart  versus 
Smith. 

17— Heith  vs.  The  Metro- 
politan Life  Insur- 
ance Ca 


Nos. 
868— Walker      vs.      New 

Central  Coal  Co.  of 

Maryland. 
877— Wilson  va  Pine. 
683— Howard,  Jr.,  vs.  Mc- 

Culiouffb. 
723— O'uoDnell  vs.  N.  T. 

t  BSrlein  R.  E.  Co. 
959— Heyoecker  VB.Oamp 
600 — McCormaek   vs.    K 

Y.  C.  t  U.  B.  &  a 

Co. 
1156— Seligman  vs.  South 

t  West  Alabama  R. 

R.  Ca 
1206— fenn.  Hor.    Society 

vs.  Webster. 
1342— Broadway  iitableCo. 

vs.  Conner. 
1223— Mclntyre   vs.     Car- 
roll. 
866-Fiynn  vs.  DAyton. 
352 — Giles  vs.  Wetzlar. 
945 — Dean  vs.  Brown. 
284 — Mott  vs.  Consumers' 

Ice  Co. 
1070— U.  &    Reflector  Co. 

vs.  Ruston. 
899— Andrews  vs.  Farley 

et  ol. 


.Vos. 
688— Schenck  vs.  Barker. 
690— Drayton  vs.  Crosby. 
1103— Palmer   va    Clark. 

ta 
1209— Malo->hy    va.  N.  T. 
Floating  Dry  Dock 
Co. 
1130— Trask  et  aL  vs.  Sol- 
omon. 
1163— Brljigs  va  Berdan. 
1149 — ^Lnmiy  vs.  Garrity. 
1136— Jagcar  vs.  Cunning- 
ham. 
362— UcOuire  vs.  N.  T.  C. 

t  U.  R.  B.  R.  Co. 
966— Amsdell    et  aL    vs. 

Garde,  ta 
865— Banks  vs.  Carter. 
892— Shandley    vs.    Tbe 

*       Mayor,  &c. 
463— EKlim   versus     The 

Mayor,  tc. 
71J. — Russell  vs.   Helnis. 
1139— Miller  vs.    StudweU 

et  al. 
1200— Haymanysr-  Strath- 

998— Hoflf  vs.  Beach. 


1186 — Sicftsvs.  Gasser. 
1121 — Eiseman  vs.  Mayer. 
COMMON    FLEAS— TBUL  rEBM— FAST  H. 


Nos. 

1072— Keys  vs.  Haskin. 
99tl— Seligsburg   vs.  Gold- 
stein. 
10955 — Friessenvs.  Nichols. 

143 — Hunt  vs.  Roberta. 
1311— 1  he       Metropolitan 
Gas-light     Ca     va 
The  &iaror. 
1159— Pitch  vs.  Bergrn. 
Il97— Sylvester  vs.  Bern- 
stein. 
659 — ^Folsom  vs.  Fischer. 
660 — shelly   vs.  Tard,  Jr. 
1001— Werwick    vs.    Obi- 
weller. 
176— Newitter    vs.     Ger- 
mania Fire  Ins.  co. 
516 — M.ilone  vs.  Demv. 
015— Bogert  vs.  Clark. 
1464— Towie  vs.  Tbe  May- 
or, ta 
789— Risner  ts.  Morgan. 
785^Doniiellv     va.     The 
Mavor.  tc. 
1128— McGowan     vs.    Mc- 
Gowan. 


Beld  by  Larremore,  J. 
Nos. 


1090 — Hnnbcrt  vs.   Leroh. 
786— Schroeder  va  Leu- 
bnscher. 
i093— Eaioey  vs.  Slmw. 
1136 — Lew  vs.  Potsdam. 
497— Brown  v8.Patterson. 
897-  Waalden  vs.  Scbaaf. 
1066 — Cobn.     vs.    Conner. 
1193— L^cevs.  Ifor. 
907 — >;cbermerhoin      vs. 

DevlriL 
604— The  N.  T.  Life  Ins. 

Co.  vs.  Crozler. 

314— Devlin  vs.Gallairher. 

1097— Chlmao  vs.Hayman. 

860    Mcuanus  \8.  (iavin. 

1215 — ^htfiTerdenker  versus 

Oottwajd. 

385— Bao'fingi  am  V8.N.i^ 

(;.  &  O.  R.  R.  R.  CO. 

1050— Lawrence  et  aL  vS. 

The  Uavor.  tc. 
403 — t  nn  is  vs.  The  May 

or.  tc. 
880 — Coniou  vs.  Core. 
1188 — Dooobne,     ta,    vs. 
Booram. 


COMMON  PLEAS— TBIAL  TERM— PABT  UC. 
BeldbyJ.  F.  Daly,  J. 
Nos. 


Nos. 
430— Johnson    vs.      Tbe 

Mayor,  tc. 
942— HewiBon    vs.     Sam' 
ueU. 
1194— Weidhng    vs.      The 
Mayor,  ta 
570— Isratsi  et  aL  versus 
Nicholson. 
1179— Nessel   versus    The 

M.iyor,  to. 

493 — Browerva.  Day  ton. 

1079— .Spencer  va  O'Brien. 

730— Roe  et  aL  v«.Brophy. 

887— Walsh  vs.  N.  Y.  Fl'tg 

Drv  Uocfc  Co. 
843— SecbiJd   Nat.    Bk.   of 
Paterson  vs.  Porter 
11C6— Martin  vs.GaIli<gber 
1190 — Seaman   et   al.    vs. 
Nooiian. 
710— Shipman.  vs.  Piels- 
ticker. 
1256 — Isaacs  vs.  Baer. 
1140 — Wynea    vs.    Schap- 

oert. 
1114— Gononde  vs.  Flood. 
64l— Schl.ig  vs.  Schlag. 
COS — r^chencc     vs.    Mun- 
ziuger. 

MABINB  COUBT— TBL4L  TEHU— PAJII  L 
Held  by  .Alker.  J. 
Nos.  Nos. 


929— Cook  va  Clark. 
1115 — Wieie  vs.  Calinhan. 
l()23-LeVfTie  vs.  Brush. 
937 — Kuppeubeim        vs. 
Pforzheimer. 
1053— Kollett  v«.  Spencer. 
1054— Follett  TS.The  Leech 

Aut.  Machine  Co. 
631-Ku3e  vs.  The  S.  Y.  t 
N.  ri.  H.  H.  Co. 
1221— Brink  vs.  Pay. 
1184 — Acicerman   vs.    Mc- 

Arihur. 
1182— Hodges  va.  Muspratt 
et  al. 
827— Hfidic  vs.  Boyd. 
1060— Turgpffort  vs.    Van 

Ingt-n  et  aL 
1258— Dulel  et  al.  vs.  The 
Com.  Gen.Tran  .  Co. 
735— Meacham  vs.  Camp- 
bell 
738 — Blower    vs.   Camp- 

oelL 
737— Loomis    vs.    Camp- 
bell. 
736— Hunt  vs.  Campbell. 


6766- MacliintoshetaL  vs. 

Roeers  et  al.  ^ 
4682— BoUer    et    al.     vs. 

Klierrard,  Jr.,  tc. 
6694— Allltes  vs.  Conner. 
6038— Bockover  rs.  Uames 

etaL 
6073 — Fpring  vs.  Low^lL 
9219— Frost   vs.   McVeany 

et  aL 
62C9— Ro.ich  va  Connor. 

6124 — Connolly   vs.  ismlth.  I 


6126— Button  VS.  Bradley. 
6127— Tyson  vs.  Hulin. 
6131- Keteltas  vs.  otif  i>er. 
6137— J-oi est   Steam    Pub. 

Co.  vs.  Ukicran  et  aL 
Q1S8— Stewart  «t  al.    vs. 

Voorhis,  Jr. 
6141— Clan       BoKutld     vs. 

Trenor. 
8722— Hume     et     aL 

Frank. 


va 


MARINE  COUBT- TRIAL  TERM— PABT  IU 

Beld  by  OocDB,  J. 
Nos. 


Nos.  • 

6947 — McGregor    vs.   Con- 
nor. 

6948— Haas  vs.  Connor. 

69i9— Huber  vs.  Connor. 

6862- Uasemeyer  vu.  DrcS- 
Icr. 

5897— Quimby  vs.  Graf. 

9038— iiaguln  va  (^Day  et 
aL 

e750'-Lippe  et  aL  vs.  Rief. 

6657— Hupfer  Vs.   BriKg  et 
al. 

5886— Nieftcker  vs.  Retz. 

6f>28 — Curry  vs.  Parley. 

6745 — Shane  vs.  Ber::an. 

5885— Milis  vs.  Blout. 

67  lO— Wetzel  vs.  tjcbaafl 

2937 — liutcb  vs.  Dorsey. 

6607— .MandeUck  vs.  ban- 
ders. 

5862— Hertz  vs.  SchachteL 

74u2 — Humoerjcer     versus 
Brooks. 

5830— ManKlns  vs.  Palmer. 

7486- Clements  vs.  .Vioran 

7430— Samp  vs.  Same. 

5860— Wanderlioh     versos 
Krost. 

4161— Savage  vs.Dry  Dock, 
K.  Bv.  audB.  R.  K.  Cu 

9199— (^'bevalier  vs.  Kohn- 
stamm. 

6902— Brown  vs.  Furiey. 

5748- Colt  vs.  steyens,  tc. 

59U§ — Cumman  vs.  Dad  et 
al. 

MARINE  COUBT— TBIAL  TKBM— PABT  HL 
Held  by  Sinnott,  J. 

Kos. 

7105— Leon  vs.  Conner. 

6742— Bowes     et    aL     vs. 
Hopkins. 

6819 — Gedn  y  vs.  Conner. 

699t>— Rile.v    vs.    LaiuhUu. 

6061— Donnelly    vs.   KeUy 
etaL 

5797— Brinkerhoff  vs.  Van 
Cleave. 

6016 — Hanley   vs.    Farlev. 

6771— Gilbert    vs.    CoUlns 
etaL 

COUBT  OF  GEXBBAL  SEE6IOKB — PABT  L 
Held  bv  Hackett.  Beeordsr. 

James  Sutton,  peijary— continued. 

COUBT  OF  GCNBBAL  BBS8IOHS— PABT  XL 
Held  by  Sutherland.  J. 


5682 — Koeller  vs.  Tonng  et 

al. 
5086— KIlis  et   al.   versus 

bcnenck  et  al. 
9178- Tne  ^rooklvn  Bank 

vs.  Meuard  et  tU. 
5820— Pangbura  et  aL  vs. 

Cohen. 
5364— 'lurnbuU  vs.  Reed. 
0245 — Metz  vs.  Aaron  et  aL 
o763 — Lord   et  aL    versus 

Crane. 
5188— .Neville    va    Kusen- 

tha'. 
4672— Beid  vs.  Stone  et  al. 
5716— Phillips  vs.  Lewis  et 

aL 
5743- Naylor'  va.    Cov«t 

et  al. 
5856— Krogssntiri  vs.  Kut- 

ruflfpt  SL 
5815— cnsmenger  vs.  Gold- 
stein. 
8937— Fadden  vs.  Buchran. 
:'i430— McAuley  vs.  Levy. 
4662— Pf.  rzlielmer  versus 

Tncktr. 
3916— Bailantineet  ak  vs. 

McSorley. 
58)3— hsher  vs.  Clark. 
66^9— Leary  et  aL  Tersuk 

Kro  mer. 
6910— The  Hub  Publishing 

Co.  vs.  Earn. 


Kos.  , 

3583— LinkertNVs.  Shiels. 

5977— Hilderbrandt  versus 

Heorvet  oL 
7220— Devlin  vs.  Caldwell. 
602o— Ross  et  al.  vs.  The 

Grand  Trunk  B.  U. 

Co,  of  Canada. 
7009  — M  etzl  nger  vs.  Weldo. 
6057— Sleisht  va.  Senett. 
76lS— Micbel  vs.  Marroede 

etaL 


Charles  Davia  bnrglary. 

Peier  Hetzman.  burglary. 

Frank  Plniuegan,  borxiary. 

Charles  Dorbuz,  bur^iary. 

Joseph  r  ord,gnuid  larot-nv , 

Jiliaa  Uurpby,  grand  lar- 
ct!n.v. 

Joseph  Pitts,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

Patrick  Fogarty,  grand  lar- 
oea.v. 

HXW-TOBE  OTBB  AND  TEBJOBBB. 

Held  by  Brady,  J. 

John  B.  Brash,  John  J.  Car-:  Nathan  LenliBlm,  forgery, 
penter,  forgery.  I 


JHJS  COTTON  MARKETS. 


William  Black,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

Frank  MQIer,  James  Brown, 
burglary. 

Cyruj  G.  Clark,  forgery. 

JaUos  TubiiaB,  petit  larceny. 

Jobu  McQurvev,  petit  lar- 
ceny. 

rbomas  Blake,  petit  lar- 
ceny. 


New-Oblkans,  Feb.  14.- Cotton  qaiet;  Middling, 
12i«c.;  Low  Middling,  lis^a;  Good  Ordliavy,  11 V-.: 
nft  receiots,  4,449  bales;  gross,  4,466  baMs:  exportsi, 
coastwise,  1.340  bales:  sales,  2,600  bafiis,-  stock. 
298,127  bales. 

Cbablebton.  Feb.  14.— Cotton  steady ;  'MMdline, 

123^0.;  Lqw  Middling,  12*aC;  Good  Ordfnarr.  12a; 
nptie«etpt«,  75;j  baies:  exoorta,  coistwlsa,  X68 hales; 
sales.  1.20U  bales;  stock,  47,818  b>Mes. 

SatabsaH.  Feb. .  14.— Gnuon  strady ;  KiddUaff, 
VllsAiiivi  mdlUUb.la>ii(U  flood  OaUtmOr.  XlAMki 


m^^ 


mimmi,HiU!ISitiuikba.  ils  i^f'i$ek,isijUt 


THIS  LIVE  STQCJt  MASKET/S. 

- — .<>    ".>        ■    ■ 

^.   .  W»w-Vo«i^  Wednesday;  Feb.  ll.l8T». 

There  was  no  change  in  tbe  tone  or  tntge  in  hon^ 
CattiO  OB  this  fbrenoon,  Siii««  oarj^att  dgdiyaaotattons. 
At  Sixtieth  Street  Yards  prices  were  9a'9r2e.  ^  lb, 
weights  &98ia  cwt.  ht  Barstaias  Cove  Xaxda  -prifei 
zaaged  from  9a'912V:.  9'  lb.,  wetgbu  evdia  cwt, 
nom  66  BL  to  69  Bl  has  been  allowed  n«t,  and  le  n 
car-loads  were  held  on  sale  when  the  markets  ek)aec« 
stnooD.  QaailtygeneriUy coarsebutfatwitbaebatoa 
topu  MilA  Cows  very  doll  at  $403)869  V head.  Calyej 
Included.  Veals  and  C»lves  little  more  than  AotnlnKl. 
Sheep  slow  01  sale  in  amsll  lots,  prices  S^.'ST^acj^ 
m.  Lambs  not  quoted.  , 

Live  Hogs  at  $6  6.J985  68^^  cwt:  City  J>Uur 
extremely  slow  of  sale,  at  Sa'38^a  ^  D. 

BALES. 

At  SkiHeth  Street  Yard*.  -T.  C  Eattman  sold  fo"  sel; 
33  cars  of  borned  Cattle,  sales  as  follows:  121  com- 
mon Illinois  Steers  at  9^0.  ^  lb.,  weigbts  6>a  cwL:  X4 
tair  Illinois  Steers  at  il^^c.  <t>'  m.  weljht  'fcwC:  IU 
litir  Illinois  Steers  at  10a  f'Si.,  wltli$I  nh^n  ad 
weight  7^4  CWu;  3cJ  good  Illinois  Steers  at  11a  #'16., 
wclgbt  7^cwt.;  275  good  Illinois  Steers  at  lie.  ^  ib.. 
weixht  7ig  cwt;  24  good  Illinois  Ht^ers  ai,  12c.  ^  16., 
weiitbt  8  cwt.;  13  Rood  Illinois  Steers  at  l'.ia  <t^  tb., 
weinlit  Hi«  owt.  F.  tiamuels  so>d  lor  iN.  Morris  Oi  vom- 
moa  Illinois  ^teer9  at  9'^4C.®9^a  #'  lb  ,  with  $1  oo  9 
head  on  19  head  so  id  at  top  rate,  weight  6^ 
to  6^  cwt4  62  fiiir  Illinois  Steers  at  0^0. 
#  IS.,  weight  6^4  owt.;  48  tilr  Ulidoia 
Steers  at  10c.  ^p*  lb.,  wembcs  Oli  to  7  cwt. 
E.  V.igel  8  iWt  for  N.  Morris  17  couimon  Illiuuls'  8t.^T3 
at  9'2a  ^  lb.,  weight,  (i^  cwt..  scant;  Io  ciimniou  Uii- 
noU  iStoers  at  9I2C.  'ip'lb.,  weight,  6^4  cwt.,  scant;  48 
lair  lllioois  Steers  et  9^4a  ^  to.,  weight,  6^^  owt., 
Btrong,  to  7  cwt.;  60  &ir  iliiuois  Steers  ac  10a  4^  lb.. 
With  $1  off  ^P'  bead,  weight,  611  cwL;  Idfilr  ilnnjia 
Steers  at  10\tc,  f  SS.,  weignt,  7  cwt.,  koant;  10  Sli 
Illinois  isteuis  at  li;i3c.  ^?' tb.,  weight.  7»a  cwt.  biegel 
t  .Me.ver  sold  lor  selves  16  tnir  alis.ioarl  ateers  at  9^a 
^a..  witb  oOc.  on'P'  liead,  weigbt  7  cwt.;  49  liur  Illi- 
nois Steers  at  lO^^c.  ^  Hi  ,  wei^.a.  33*  cwt..  witb  50a 
on  Jf  beted;  16  fair  Illinois  bteers  at  iO>4a  <|p^  IS  .  wKh 
5oc.  on  Ip'  head,  wei.ht,  6,=U  cwt.;  19  good  DU110I3 
Steers  at  1114a  4^  lb.,  weight,  8  cwt.  Coon&Toomps  n 
sold  tor  A.  L.  Kouse  18  comnion  Missonrl  bieers  at  9c. 
^  lb.,  weight,  6^  cwt;  21  tnir  Missouri  bieers  at  lO^^a 
^  Us.,  weight,  7  cwt.;  32  good  Misaoari  Stocx:! 
at  lie. ^P'B..  with  $i  on  4?"  bead,  w?izht  714  cwt.;  11 
eood  liiinuiS  steers  at  Ilka  ^  &.,  wcitcht  7^ 
cwt.  For  Coon  &  Uas'onrv,  34  fair  Illiaois  St«ers  ac 
10a  ^  lis.,  weight  6i>4  cwt.;  16  fair  Illinois  Steers  at 
10i<2C.  ¥  its-,  weight  7  owt..  20  fair  ilUuois  Sieers-at 
10^4C.  4^  tts.,  weigbt  7^  cwt.;  16  lair  lUinois  Steeri  at 
11a  ^  IB.,  weight  7  \t  cwt;   XU  good  Illiuois    Steers  at 

11  ^c  ^  m.,  weigbt  8»a  cwt  Hume  k  Elliott  sold  267 
Indima  Sheep,  weigbt  22,9j0  lb.,  at  S^aC^P'OS.;  121 
Micbisan  Sheep,  weigbt  10,880  ft.,  at  6SUc.  ^  tt.:  --ej 
Ohio  sheep,  weicbc  25,69i)  Q.,  at  bisi:.  #  lb.; 
8  Veals,  weigbt  123  IB.  #•  head,  at  9J*c.  ^  IB^  rf 
Veais,  weigbt  x50  lb.  »  head  at  lO^^a  ^  lb.  E.  K.nowl> 
ton  sold  5  Veals,  weight  120  IB.  ^  head,  at  Hc. 
*>»>.;  7  Veals,  weieht  160  fls.  ^  head,  at  9«aa  ^ 
IB.:  6  veals,  weigbt  173  IB.  4^  h.eaO,  nt.li>c.  ^  S). 

At  Forty-eighth  Street  She'p  Marixt.—J.  Klrby  •  .Id  164 
Ohio  Sheet),  weight  12,9^0  2D.,  at  oHic.  ^  JH.,  With  ilQ 
off  the  Oock. 

At  Fortieth  Street  Hog  Tardt. — George  Beld  sold  7i 
Ohio  Hogs,  live  weight  ISu  Bs.  ^  bewd,  at  $6  06  ^  cwt.; 
68  uhio  Hogs,  hve  weight  lo5  lb.  ^  bead,  at  i9  OS^ 
^^cwt 

At  Harmtsus  Cove  Tard* -Coney  k  McPhershh  Sold 
tor  cbunc^liur  ii  Seymour  54  Vufrinli  Stears,  fi.-oca  eem- 
mon  to  fair,  trom  9^20. 310^.  ^  flj.,  weights  6^  ta 
6^4 cwt;  for  W.  Moonshine.  61  lliliiols  Sixers,  from 
common  to  good,  from  ^'dC.'S'l  1  ^C  ^  lb.,  weigbis  6  to 
7^  cwt.;  for  Wheeler  i.  Co.,  16  tair  Ohio  Steers,  trom 
10a®llc.  ■iP'lB.,  weiKbta6i4to9  cwt.  W.  1£.  ba>ll^y 
sold  for  N.  Moms  66  common  Itiinols  Steeca  at  9hsc.'a 
912C.  ^  ft.,  wl  b  $1  off  <j^head  on  83  head  sold  at  Ofi 
rate:  »2  common  Illiuois  Steers  at  9^20 'S>934C.  4?' ft., 
weiehtsb^^to  O^cwc;  34  tair  Illinois  Steers  4(1;  luc. 
^  ft  ,  with  $1  on  ^  bead,  we^jbt  6»4.  cwt.  iL  L,iuter- 
bach  sold  tor  Waixei  k  Allt-iron  17  common  lliiiioi/ 
Steers  at  914a  ^  IB.,  weieht  e"*  owt.;  17  oommoD 
liilnoia  Steerii  at .  ^^c  ^  ft-,  with  $1  off  ^htad,  wei;iht 
6^4  cwt.;  15  tair  Iliiuou  iiteers  at  1U>4C.  ^  ft.,  weiiriit 
7^4  cWt.  Toffe.y  &  Sons  sold  tor  N.  .Morns  3t>  commou 
Illinois  Steers  al  9a®9Slc.  ^P'  IC.,  weight  6^4  owt.;  SJ 
common  lUiuois  steers  at  9 "^40  #■  ft.,  w  inht  ti  cwu;  30 
fair  Idinois  Steers  at  934c.  ^  JB. ,  wpigni  ti'4  cwu  L. 
Kesenstein  sold  lor  selr  and  .'lyers  34  common  Illiaoia 
Steers  at  9a'<2.9'3a  ^  ft.,  Wfijjhts  oSj  to  e^a  cwt; 
32coaraK  Illiuois  Steers  at  934c.  <^  ft,  weigbts  6^  t<i 
7  cwt.:  32  tair  Illinois  Steers  at  10c.  ^  ft.,  welg:i» 
6^  cwt;  86£air  Illinois  Steers  at  10>4C.  ^  ft..  wc;«rntr 
7  to  7 'a  cwt;  10  Kood  liiinuis  hteeis  >it  llu^l-ffi., 
wsiglit  7^  cwt.  8.  &  H.  Wesiheimer  soM  fjr  iL  otan- 
ley  13  cboice  Ohio  steers  at  12  Hic.  f  ft.-,  lire  weiKiit 
2,o00  tt.  f  head,  to  dress  5»  ft.  net;  lor  T.  W.  tea 
10  good  Ohio  steers  at  lie.  ^  ft.,  weiseht  9^4  cw...; 
tor  T.  VV.  Fai  thing,  18  stlil-fed  ililLois  Bol.s.  i!v« 
weigbt  1,13'J  ft.,  at  4'4C.  ¥'  ft  ;     for  Lebman  crofbers, 

12  good  Ohio  bteers  at  lie.  <t^  ft.,  weight  8%  cwt:  loi 
Walxel  &  Allertoo.  3a  Illinois  bteers.  tiom  Commjnto 
lair,  Irom  »c.SlO^.  ^ft.,  weisbts  i>  to  7hi  v-wc.  m. 
Goloscbmitit  sold  on  cummis^iuu  24  cars  of  buraeJ 
Oattie ;  sa'.es  as  toilow^  :  Fur  N.  Mnrns,  l5  commoa 
illiuois  ftuet'S  at  9'aa  ^ft..  weishis  0I4  to  6^l0wt.;  j.a 
fnir  Ihiuois  aieeis  at  lua  f^ft.,  weisbcs  ^^tolhtowt.; 
25  lair  Illiuois  oteers  at  10140.  ^f  ft.,  wei^at*  ti^t  to  ; 
cwt;  26  fair  Illinois  Steers  at  lu'ac.  ^  ft.,  weight 
7VCWV'  for  il.  S.  liuseotbal  17  tair  Illinois  isteers  at 
b^^c.  ^  ft.,  weignt  ti'^  cwi.;  14  good  Illinois  nteera  at 
ll-'iC.  •f  ft.,  Welgat  7^4  cwt;  for  L.  Kuubscbli'i  ol 
coru-ted  CiierokpesteM's  at  9»2i'.  ^  ft-,  with  oo\i.  off  <* 
head,  weight  6^cwt.;  ^  stil.-ied  Musouri  iiulL  live 
weigbt  S-.a^J  p.,  at  i^c  ^  ft.;  65  fair  ja.issoan  Steers 
at  a^iC.  ^  ffi.,fwitli  60c.  Wu  ■*<■  bead,  woi^ht  v^*  cWt  i 
66  tuir  MiasoOri  .Steers  ak  lu>4u.  4^  ft.,  weiieuts  6>a  i.a 
7^4  cwt  b.  u'vonueil  soid  lor  ^.  Ju.,  rns  6a  commca 
llUnois  Steers  at  iiUCad'aC  ^  ft.,  weigutd  O's 
to  t>34  cwt.  D.  Waiael  sold  tor  vva'jtcl  « 
Allerion,  2B'lilinoi3  S'eerJi  from  commoa  ro  tair,  Iroin 
9e.'©9^4C.  /JP"    to.,   weigbt   o^    cwt :    14    gooj    illtirei4 

i^l\8cw:.    K.Be&Piacock 

mieep.-wei^ut  17,45  J 
tiuuls  att^ep,  weigbt  ^.oo.'  ft-. 
jutld&  Buekingbaui  sola  idd  I.iiuO^a 
ttbeep,  weieat  15,uuO  ft.,  at  u'aC  ■^  ft.;  197  •JUia 
bbeep.  wei^ibt  17.i6il  ft.,  at  o^c.^ft.:  154  Sta;e 
Sbeep.  weigbt  17,b40  ft.,  ai  ^'^40.  <#  ft. 

^^-^.^^  EECEIPTS. 

Freshsarrlvais  at  Slxtietli  Street  Tards  for  yesterd^i} 
and  lo-d.iy?'  1,235  ueaU  of  borned  cattle,  J.2  Cows, 
2o3  Veals  .>nd  Ciiives,  501  esbeei>  sud  Lajios. 

Fresb  arrivals  at  Forty-si>:nta  btreei  dUeen  Markes 
for  yesterday  and  to-day:  79^  Sbewp  saj  LaotOi.  7 
calved,  4  Bulls. 

Firsu  arrivals  at  Fortieth  Street  Hog  Tards  lor  yes- 
teruay  and  to-osy :     4,tji0  Ho.'s. 

Fresb  arrivaU  at  Haisima:i  Cove  Vards  for  yesterday 
and  t<nJay :  1,317  heaii  of  Homed  Catt'ie,  i,z7i 
Sheep  and  Lambs,  2,Vi43  Hogs. 

liro^s  arrivals  ut  Vt  eehawKen  Tards  lor  the  week 
endiUji,  Feb.  iii,  1877  :  12 1  Beevej,  6,2/0  Sneso  aoa 
Lambs.  2U  Cows,  40  Veals  ana  Caive^  5.028  xioga,  43 
iiorsLS. 

BUFFATX),  Feb.  14— Cattle— Receipts  to-day,  1,02a 
head,  total  fur  tbe  week  thus  tar  5,u89  bead ;  6,372 
bead  for  tbe  Sdme  time  last  werk;  cei:rease  in  receipt^ 
lor  tbe  week  ti.ua  inr  17  cars.  No  s,ues  to-dzv;  re' 
cripts  consigned  tbruugh;  yards  bare  of  etocic;  \Xw 
mand  only  piie-bali  supuiied.  Sbeeo  and  L^mos— Bo> 
ci-ipts  tu-rtay,  3,zou  lieaU;  total  :or  the  week  tnus  lar, 
12,!5UU  he.ad;  lU.OiJO  beau  tor  tb.i  same  limu  l^sc 
week;  market  dull  uud  lower,  luiiu^  full 
I4C.  off  last  week's  prices;  demana  dmited; 
Eastern  dispatches  cause  deiircssion;  triuisactions, 
Iu  cars,  4  lorNew-lTork,  4  for  F..iladeiDl2ia.  and  ^  to 
local  butchers:  sales  fair  to  cood  Sbejep,  at  $4® .do  li; 
choice,  averaging  li.7  ft.,  at  $j  35;  2  cars  extra  se- 
lected, averagjig  130  ft.  to  145  ft.,  at  S8  7o^$7. 
Hugs — fiecejpta  to-day,  1,65U  head:  8.O60  beaa  )ur 
tbe  &am.e  tuco  last  wee^:  e.4du'besd  fur  tbe  sanit 
time  last  .yenr ;  market  dull  and  slow;  demand  ang 
oderings  light;  sales,  2  cars  light  I'orKers  at  $6  lu; 
1  car  medmui  heavy  at  $6  40;  oabuice  of  receipts 
consigoed  corou:;!!. 

Chicago,  Feb.  14— Cattle— Beceipts,  5,000  head: 
sbipmeais,  1,900  bead  ;  active,  stead.y  aadhrm  under 
a^  heavy  suppiv  ;  cboice.  So  SoSiC ;  good.  $i  Tod 
$6  Xc  ;  modium.  $4  oWSi^  till :  BaLcHets'  S3SJJ  73; 
blockers',  $J  15a'$3  75;  interior,  $2  26^.2  IQ, 
Uogs— Receipts,  18.000  head;  shipments,  3,700 head; 
dull,  weak,  and  lower;    good  to  choice  heavy  nicain;; 

$5  t>0®49'>  90;  ligbc  smouch  paclau^  and  sbippinx* 
$5  Uo'a';l-5  75  ;  sooa  to  cUuiue  snipping.  q»d  15^4Sd  3U. 
Sheep— lioceipts,  2,500  head  ;  active  uni  higher ;  ex- 
tra fat  heavy,  $6®^  121^:  common.  $3  ZoWiX  25. 

East  Libeett,  Penn.,  Feb.  14. — Cattle— Reeeipta 
to-day  4os  nead.  all  for  8=le  here  ;  total  for  two  days, 

1,139  bead;  supply  light,  with  a  slow  marketj  uesi  at 
$6®it6  25;  medium  to  good  at  $j  2o®SJ  75:  com- 
moa to  tair  at  4-4  oO'S$4  75.  Hojts — Receipts  to-day, 
X.21U  bead;  total  fur  two  days,  2,805  beid:  VorEera 
at  $6a-$d  40;  l-LUadeiphias  at  $i®4>7  'Jo.  buefcp 
— Receipts  to-day,  2,200  head;  total  fur  two  daj% 
7,2u0  h..ad;  selling  at  4a&Ca 


THE  STATE  OF  TRADE.       c 


Chicago,  "Peb.  14. — Flour  quiet  and  unchaneed 
Wheat  uns.ttled,  active,  but  weak  and  lower;  Ka  1 
Chicago  spring,  $1  37;  No.  2<lo.,»l  S.J^b.  oa-ih;  salfi 
at  161  29^4®*!  a2 34.  March.  Closed  at $1  Si's  March; 
^1  3339,  -ipril:  SI  36,  M.y;  Ko.  3  da,  $1  Mht:  in- 
jected, $1  u5.  com  ac'ive,  but  a  shade  lower:  4l>«c. 
d-ilV.,  cash;  41»8<;-.  MJ.  Msrch;  45»8C,  bid.  May. 
Oats  unsettled  and  luwer;  35a,  cash:  35i4c.,  March; 
36^a.  ApriL.  Bye  doil  and  a  shade  lower  at  QH^se, 
Barley  dull  and  lower  at  69c.,  aslced.  Font  hsavv: 
$lo  12V5'fl5  15,  cash;  $15  17^®jjl5  20,  Marchj 
sales  at  $16  30®£15  6a.  April :  cloiied  at  $15  42^3 
$15  46,  .ipril:  $15  IfyWSVt  lb.  May.  Lard  unset- 
tied  and  lower:  $10  4U®S10  45,  cash ;  $iu  43 
-©$10  471..2,  March;  $10  62i2,®$l0  66  Apr  1: 
Bulk-meats  in  fair  demand,  bat  lower;  ahoulders, 
SOga;  ^bo^t  Rilis,  8%c.;  Bnoit  Clear  Sides,  S»8a 
Dressed  Uoos  dulland  luwer  ;  buyers  and  sellers  ap  irt; 
packing,  $6  60  asked;  goud  Mixed.  $6  76.  Wbi^t:] 
Steady  and  uncbanged.  Recsiuts— 7,ciOO  obla.  Flour. 
9  UOu'  bushels  Wneat,  61,000  bushels  Corn,  16.U0i 
bushels  Oato,  2.000  buaheU  Eye,  4.100  lutheis  Bart«-y 
Shipments — tj.5u0  bbls.  lilour,  6,500  bushels  Wbeat. 
47,000  bushels  Com.  15,000  bushels  «Mt8,  l,70G 
busbe  s  Barley.  At  close  vyheai  firm  r.r  $1  82^ 
Mareb;  $1  3»S4,  sprit  Com  firm  at  41T6C-'342a, 
March  :  4i^ ^40.,  May.  uats  a  icb&uzed.  Porkboavvat 
$15  10,  Match ;  $15  40,  ApriL  Laru  easier  at  $10  47^3, 
March;  lO^sc  April, 

St.  Louis,  Teh.  14. — Flour  active  and  Arm  foj 
Supers  and  Extras,  whicb  are  scarce;  Supar  FfciL 
$6  25®$5  50:  Kxtra  do.,  $5,73®$6  15:  Doniile 
kxtra  do.,  $6  36®.*tj  65;  Treble  Extra  da,  $6  763>$7. 
Wheat  dull  heavy;  No.  2  Red  FaU,  $1  60,  bid,  cash: 
$1  5I84.  bid.  Niarch:  No.  3  do..  $1  4G,  bid.  cash  :  Sales 
»t$l  4S,  Marcb.  Corn— Na  2  Mixed,  ii8<%u..'3SS4c(^. 
cash;  39»4C.®39V^..  March;  4l^Ba,  April.  4a^.3 
43340..  Ma.r.  Oats  tinner;  0,  2,  Si^c  easlu;  S7c., 
asked,  March.  Uye  firm  at  67  >3a  Barley  dull;  Prime 
to  Fancy  Northern,  tioCSil  10.  Wbieky,  $1  05,  bid;  . 
no  saleis.  Pore  ouU;  £16  25,  asked,  casn  and  Keb- 
raary;  $16,  bid  ;  sales  at  $16^16  10,  Uari:b. 
Lard  dull  at  lO^^c,  asked.  Marcn;  loVa,  bid. 
BTilk-meats  flat;  Shoulders,  534a,  hSlied  eauh ;  6>3C, 
bid;  salesatbisc.  April;  Clear  Ulbs,  SHn.  a^ked;  flt^. 
bid;  Clear  Sloes  no  transactions,  bacon  doll: 
shoulders,  9*sc.3dVk  Hoes  dull  and  lower;  lighi 
ehippiniz  to  good  Yorkers,  $3  '1^'SHfo  60;  packlujt. 
$5  6U'a'$6  80;  butehers'.$5  (iktSi9&  IU.  Cattle  stead  v. 
With  a  tair  demand :  choice  to  fancy  Steers.  $5  263 
$5  60;  good  to  prime,  $4  60®$5  12V);  bgbt,  $4-3) 
$4  25.  Cows  aoa  Ueil'era,  $3  X2^'3M:  com  ted 
Texans.  $3  75®$4  12>a.  Receipts — Flour,  S.b0U  bbis.; 
Whtat,  10,000  bushels;  Corn,  .i  1,000  bosbeis:  o»ts. 
2,600  bushels;  BaAey,  1,000  basnels;  Hogs,  6,8o<J 
head :  Cattle.  2.60U  bead. 

BUFFAUO,  Feb.  14. — Receipts— Fioar,  a209  bbls.; 
Wheat,  7.600  bosheis;  Corn,  19.200 'bushelS;  Oats, 
10.000  bushels;  Barley,  2, 80O  boshets:  Rye,  'i,t)00 
bushels,  .hiomenls — Fiuur.  2,64b  obla.:  Wheat,  7.. 
BOO  bdsbols  :  Cern.  17,1)00  bushels;  Oats,  ll'.SlH] 
bushels;  Bailev,  2,800  bushels,  Itvo.  1,60P  bushsia, 
MoTKets  qtilet  Flour  in  good  demand  and  4rm  ;  siilt^ 
800  hols,  at  tmchanged  prices.  Wheat— Sales,  2,500 
bnsheis  (special  bin)  Minnesota  at  private  terms; 
2,500  Wisconsin  »p.iiiB>  at  SI  5.0  ,  500  VTjjite  JOtebi. 
gan  at  $160.  Com— Saies.  »  cars  of  new.^n  track, 
at  52^.  Oats  Sales,  1  car  Toledo  at  private-terms. 
Barie.v— Sales.  9,200  bushels  Caiiaoa,  at  private  terms 
Seeds'— sales  ot  160  bnfttiels  Timoibv  at  $23^2  >^ut 
700  bushels  medium  Clover  at  $9  75.  Pork  quiet; 
qnotably  60a  Fbbl.  lower.  Other  axUcleauacliaugei 
UailToad    fielfihts  unchanged. 

WiLMisoxoN,  Feb.  14.— Spirits  of  Tarpeoiine  dnl 
at89e.  Besm  ouiet  ait  $1  7»  fbv  giX4tBed.  Cmdt 
TorpeDtioe  aniet  at  $1  SO  to  Hard;  9Z  80  tag  faUe^ 
Ms  i  tS  m  KM  VnarUk  OtoManajr  a(|«rwb 


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JiEW-TO!ffi,  TflUBtSDAY.  FEB.  IS,  1877. 


AkV&Bi^iilS  THIS  ETEyjNe. 
w^»«k.  Mr.  John  GUbert,  Mr.  Harry  Beckett.  Miss 

^ITTa  A VESDB  THBATRSr-ILMOM:     o*.  W.diock 
itm  Sarxx— lix:  C  P.  Coghian,  MUa  P.  Davenport 


jSOOTH'S     THSATKB.— PwTH    Atknto— Hr. 
'       JuKDold,  ailsa  Jiaud  Granxec, 


George 


PARK  TaBATaB.-OrR  BoAHDnro  Homn-Mr.  Stuart 
.      KobsoD.  Mc.  W.  H.  Crane,  Mrs.  A.  K.  Baker. 


S/bt'^^UBsb  mlttt^    SnirtYIVtt     I  coMciouaness  incendiary  messages  between 
9    :  «^^^    S"***    tdUAUW^      Eepublicans,  was  appointed  on  the  Capitol 

Police.  Nevertheless,  his  services  to  the 
Democratic  cause  were  neither  laborious  or 
▼aluable.  At  this  rate,  LiTTLstTEUD  ought 
to  have  a  first-class  clerkship,  M&ddox  a 
place  somewhere  in  clover,  and  the  illustri- 
trious  Pickett  should  not  be  allowed  to  go 
**'!Iff  ^***  anything  less  than  a  good  for- 
S^fi^nissioD. 

The  bill  for  creating  a  commission  to  pre- 
pare or  select  a  uniform  series  of  text-bookd 
for  use  in  the-public  schools  of  the  Sfca  te  is 
up  again  at  Albany.  While  it  may  be  true 
that  local  boards  make  too  firequent  chaoeces 
in  school-books,  and  that  their  motives  for 
so  doing  are  not  always  of  the  highest 
kind,  it  is  suflSciently  obvious  that  the  bill 
simply  aims-  at  curing  a  minor  grievance 
by  furnishing  an  opportunity  tor  much 
more  serious  evils.  The  people  are  not 
prepared  to  trust  any  State  Board  with 
powers  80  sweeping  and  so  liable  to  be 
abused  as  those  which  the  bill  would  con- 
fer. The  unrestricted  competition  of  pub- 
lishers furnishes  the  best  possible  guaran- 
tee for  maintaining  the  quality  and  the 
cheapness  of  our  school-books,  and  if  the  dis- 
cretioa  of  Boards  of  Education  is  liable  to 
abuse,  the  people  have  the  power  of  regu- 
lating its  exercise  entirely  in  their  own 
hands. 


•^•'"S^^?''^^^^  THRATRB.-THB  PAjncHBWs-Mr.  C. 
I       B.  Thornt.  Mr.  W.  R.  Floyd.  JUas  Kalhenne  Rogers. 

QILMORE'S  GARDEN.— EQuasTSiAX  Gakzs  ajtd  Fikld 
^p<l»Tg. 


HELLEE>8    WONDKR    THKATttK.-PBSSTlDiaiT»TJO». 
alviic.  xxn  HiTMOK— Mk  Robert  Ueller,  Uiaa  Heller. 


-NlBLCiJ  GAKDEN.— Around    thk   Woelo  uf  Eiohtt 
DATS  (Spectaonlar)— Klralty  Brothers. 

OWMPIC  THEATBa-Rotrsn)  Ths  Cioci. 

SEW- YORK  AQUARIUM._Bark  axd  Cxmioirs  Pish  asd 
-aiAkiCAUA,  Statcart.  &c.— Day  and  erenlng. 

■GRA>'D  OPEHA  HOUSB.-MoNSiKr»  Alpho5»i. 

;:an  yKANcisco  mixstrkiis.— MumaiMr. 

andNBORo  Coxicautibs 


PABcn 


CHICKEEnrO  HALL.-COKCMT   o»   Bholish  Glk«i— 
Jliss  Beebe.  Mr.  EUard. 


tTLlSTOS  HALL,  Astor  irlace.— Statcabt  asb  Paistt- 
ixes.  (Italy's  Centennial  Kxbibit.) 


3PECfQ   STREET     PRRSBTT^RrAN  ,  CHURCH.— Cox- 
CE&T  by  The  Hampton  Singers. 


CBAHLIER  INSTITOTB.— LacTmsa  ahd  Costcbrt— Mr. 
G.  C.  Rock-wood,  iJiss  Kate  Stark,  Ox.  J.  Lumbard. 

NATIONAL   ACADEMY   OF    DESIGN.— KXHIBIXIOS-    OF 
Watbk  C01.0BS.    Day  and  eTenin?, 


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^^Wresa              CJTHE  NEW- YORK  TIMEa 
. New-YorkUitv 

IKo  more  important  duty  can  devolve 
upon  the  Governor  of  this  State,  at  the  pres- 
ent time,  than  the  nomination  of  a  Super- 
intendent of  the  Insnrance  Department. 
The  services  required  of  that  oflBcer  were 
nev^r  of  a  more  arduous  or  complex  char- 
acter, nor  have  they  at  any  time  involved 
the  care  of  public  interests  of  so  much 
grwtvity.  The  office  needs,  more  imperatively 
than  it  has  ever  done,  an  incumbent 
as  free  from  the  entanglements  of  partisan 
politics  as  he  is  elevated  above  the  reach 
of  undue  influence  on  the  part  of  the 
companies.  He  stiould  bring  to  the  dis- 
charj^B  of  his  duties  mature  experience,  indi- 
cia limpartiality,  and  unbending  resolution. 
It  csmnot  be  said  that  Postmaster  Smythe, 
of  Albany,  is  deficient  in  all  these  qualifica- 
tiobs,  but  he  is  certainly  wanting  in  most 
of  them.  He  is  a  trading  politician  of  a 
cftther  low  order,  a  man  totally  destitute  of 

the"  special    kind     of    experience      needed 

in  the  head  of  the  Insurance  Department, 
and  one  whose  appointment  to  that  office 
would  be  in  every  way  calculated  to  ex- 
cite public  distrust  instead  of  allaying  it. 
A  man  w^ho  has  been  chiefly  distingalshcd 
for  incompetency  in  the  management  of  a 

third-rate  Post  Office  ia  about  the  most  un- 
fit person  who  cauld  have  been  thought  of 
fer  Superintendent  of  Life  Insurance. 

•  Of  course  the  nomination  by  a  Democratic 
Governor  for  a  highly  important  office  of  a 
liack  politician  of  the  opposite  party  excites 
a,  great  deal  of  speculation  at  Albany.  It 
is  rumored,  with  what  justice  we  have  no 
means  of  judging,  to  be  the  first  fruits  of 
an  assumed  Tilden-Conkling  '•  trade "  for 
place  and jtower.  Politically,  Mr.  Smythe  is 
simply  the  creature  of  Senator  Conkung, 
and  has  always  been  one  of  his  most  active 
and  least  scrupulous  agents.  There  is 
nothing  in  the  character  of  either  party  to 
the  supposed  tsansaction  to  exclude  the 
Bupposition  that  the  theory  in  question 
is  the  true  one.  But  the  nomi- 
nation is  sufficiently  disgraceful  with- 
out connecting  it  with  any  corrupt 
poHtical  bargains*  No  one  knows  better 
than  Gov.  EoBmsoN  what  are  the  require- 
ments of  the  office  which  he  proposes  to  fiU 
Eo  unworthily,  and  if  h^  is  acting  in  the 
matter  as  the  c*t's-paw  of  the  arch- 
intriguer  TrLDEN,  he  is  simply  placing 
in  a  more  shameful  light  his  be- 
trayal of  the  interests  of  thou- 
sands of  life  insurance  policy-holders. 
Since  the  scandalous  partisan  dicker  by 
which  Gov.  TiUDEN  brought  about  the 
present  maladministration  of  our  Police 
Board,  there  has  been  no  more  unworthy 
prostitution  of  the  Executive  office  than 
thia  to  which  Gov.  Bobinsox  has  just  Isnt 
hiic.sel£ 

There  is  some  danger  that  the  Pacific 
Railroads  may  succeed  in  evading  the  just 
"demands  of  the  public  Treasury.  The 
Sinking  Fund  bill  of  Senator  West,  which 
Is  favored  by  the  companies,  was  under  dis- 
cnssion  yesterday  in  the  Senate,  and  it  was 
only  by  the  very  close  vote  of  22  to  20  that 
Senator  Booth's  amendment  was  adopted, 
providing  that-  the  sinking  fund  payments 
to  Secure  redemption  at  maturity  of  the 
Cfovemment  loan  should  be  in  addition  to 
the  payments  now  made.  The  powerful 
ind  not  overscrnpuloos  lobby,  acting  m  the 
interests  of  the  companies,  will  strain  every 
effort  to  reversQ  this  decision,  and  it  is 
not  absolutely  certain  that  in  a  full  Senate 
they  will  not  succeed.  While  the  question 
in  dispute  may  be  one  whjch  admits  of  an 
lionest  difference  of  opinion,  there  can  be  no 
doabt  aboat  the  side  to  which  the  prepon- 
cLeratrng  weight  of  character  and  principle 
will  incline.  It  is  a  little  unfortunate  for 
his  reputation  that  the  £epablican  Senator 
from  this  State  should  be   found  sustaining 

the'Qase  of  the  railroads  with  aU  the  ardor 
^^  tt  paid  attorney. 


It  would  be  interesting  to  know  the  scale 
%f  rewards  arranged  for  Mr.  David  Duclky 
/nxx/s  witnesses.  BatraH,  the  Florida  tele- 
.jfic^l^ioj^aaitorf  who  evolved firom hisjnner 


The  Assembly  Committee  on  Cities  has 
unanimously  reported  in  favor  of  the  very 
salutary  amendments  to  the  New-York 
charter  introduced  by  Mr.  Fisa.  These  are 
intended  to  check  the  growth  of  the  debt, 
to  simplify  administration,  and  to  reduce 
expenses.  They  are  far  irom  containing  all 
the  reforms  needed  in  the  City  Government, 
but  they  furnish  a'  very  respectable 
installment.  A  constitutional  method 
of  reducing  City  salaries  appears  to  be 
greatly  sought  after  at  Albany,  though  to 
the  lay  mind  it  would  seem  that  the  lan- 
guage of  the  constitutional  amendment  re- 
ferring to  "fees,  percentages,  and  allow- 
ances" does  not  refer  to  salaried  officers 
at  aU,  but  to  officers  paid  like  the  Sheriff, 
Register,  and  Coroners.  It  needs  some  little 
ingenuity  to  assume  that  "  allowances  " 
in  this  connection  mean  salaries.  It  is  pro- 
posed to  surmount  thia  real  or  imaginary 
difficulty  by  passing  a  general  law  which 
shall  meet  the  case  of  New- York,  and  such  a 
measure  was  introduced  yesterday  provid- 
ing for  a  uoiform  ten  per  cent,  reduction  of 
the  salaries  of  all  municipal  officers  through- 
out the  State.  The  chief  objection 
to  this  bill  is  that,  so  far  as 
this  City  is  concerned,  it  is  not 
radical  enough.  It  could  readily  be  adapted 
to  our  special  needs,  however,  by  the  inser- 
tion of  certain  maximum  amounts  which 
the  salaries  of  any  officials  or  sets  of  offi- 
cials should  not  be  allowed  to  exceed.  The 
bill,  as  introduced,  does  this  in  the  case  of 
the  Commissioner  of  Jurors,  and  there  ia  no 
reason  why  it  should  not  do  so  in  a  score  of 
other  cases  should  the  difficulty  over  the 
meaning  of  the  word  "  allowances"  prove  to 
be  insuperable. 


The  silly  scheme  to  organize  a  street  car- 
nival in  New-York  has  been  snuffed  out  by 
the  municipal  authorities.  The  laws  of 
the  State  prohibit  the  appearance  in  "  any 
road,  public  highway,  field,  lot,  or  mclo- 
sure,"  of  any  person  masked  or  disguised  in 
a  manner  to  prevent  identification.  This 
statute  has  been  rigidly  enforced  hereto- 
fore, and  there  is  no  e;ood  reason  why  it 
should  not  be  in  this  case.  As  the  pro- 
moters of  this  particular  piece  of  folly  pro- 
posed to  have  their  carnival  after  Lent,  in- 
stead of  at  the  orthodox  season,  they  have 
been  spared  a  sudden  collapse  of  their  ill- 
timed  show. 


IHE  LOUISIANA    CASE    YESTERDAY. 

The  Democrats  yesterday  presented  noth- 
ing new  in  the  Louisiana  cajo  except  a 
brand  new  definition  of  the  character  of  the 
Commission.  When  the  Florida  cose  was 
up,  it  will  be  remembered,  the  Democrats 
insisted  that/  the  Commission  was  a 
court,  with  power  to  make  such  an 
inquiry  as  is  involved  in  a  case  of  quo  war- 
ranto. But  yesterday  Mr,  Trumbull  de- 
clared that  the  Commission  was  a  legisla- 
tive body,  sitting  to  make  inquiry  touching 
the  matters  referred  to  them,  and  having 
the  powers  enjoyed  by  a  Congressional 
committee.  This  view  of  the  matter  was 
taken  to  enable  Mr,  Trumbull  to 
get  around  the  decision  in  the 
Florida  case.  If  the  Commission  will  not 
go  behind  the  returns  as  a  court,  possibly, 
he  argues,  it  may  do  so  as  a  Congressional 
committee.  Beyond  this  change  of  stand- 
point there  was  nothing  novel  in  the  matter 
presented  by  the  Democrats. 

Most  of  Mr.  Carpknter's  argument  was 
dall ;  and  much  of  it  was  very  shallow  as 
well.  His  attempts  at  wit  degenerated  into 
a  rather  rude  familiarity  toward  the  Com- 
mission, and  into  flippancy  with  reference 
to  his  subject.  He  appeared,  for  the  most 
part,  to  be  under  groat  restraint,  and  by  no 
means  did  himself  iustice.  Two  years  since, 
when  he  discussed  the  Louisiana  matter  in 
the  Senate,  he  did  so  with  a  practical  end  in 
view,  which  he  ardently  desired  to  bring 
about.  Then  he  was  trying  to  get  a  new  elec- 
tion m  the  State,  under  Federal  supervision, 
in  order  that  it  might  be  peaceful  and  fair. 
To  do  this,  he  was  compelled  to  show,  and 
did  show,  in  strong  colors,  all  the  irregnlari- 
ties  and  frauds  on  both  sides  in 
that  unhappy  State.  But  he  failed 
to  convince  the  Senate,  or  any  considerable 
number  of  Senators,  that  there  was  any 
power  in  the  Federal  Government  to  take 
on  itself  the  conduct  of  so  strictly  a  State 
affair  as  an  election.  At  the  present 
time,  he  is  arguing  for  the  election  of 
Mr.  TiLDEN',  which  he  does  not  desire, 
and  in  favor  of  an  assumption  of 
power  by  Congress  which  is  greater  than 
the  one  he  formally  proposed.  It  is  not  sin- 
gular that  his  argument  is  feeble  and  wide 
of  the  noint.  Both  Mr.  Carpenter  and  Mr. 
TRUMBUI.L  gave  a  great  deal  of  their  time 
to  what,  with  all  respect,  must  be  called 
pure  buncombe — eloquence  not  intended  ior- 
the  Commission,  but  meant  to  influence, 
as  far  as  possible,  the  current  of  public 
opinion.  When,  for  instance,  Mr.  Carpen- 
ter talked  about  "this  centennial  of  our 
national  bragging  and  boasticu^,"  and  about 

oar  having  invited  all  the  world  Xojlqq  a 
governmental "  machine  which  waa^  dan- 
ger of  going  to  smash,"  he  could 
hardly  have  expected  the  Commis- 
sion to  give  much  weight  to  the  re- 
mark. And  when  he  exclaimed:  "If 
inatice  is  to  be    slatuzhtenuV  At  oo^  own . 


tetnple;  if  the  laws  are  to  be  immolated 
by  our  sworn  priests;  if  flraud  is  to  be 
sanctioned  and  solemnized  as  an  instru- 
ment for  electing  a  President  of  the 
United  States,  '  then  farewell  to  the 
future  hopes  of  the  ooantry," 
he  must  have  known  that  such  balderdash 
had  no  significance  at  all,  except  so  far  as 
it  covered  an  unseemly  appeal  to  the  Com- 
missioners' hopes  and  fears.  There  was  less 
of  this  stuff  in  Mr.  TRUMBtrix's  speech,  but 
there  was  too  much  of  it. 

The  Republican  counsel,  on  the  contrary, 
eschewed  fine  talking,  and  spoke  with  great 
clearness  and  precision  to  the  questions  te- 
fore  the  Commission,  which,  owing  to  the 
offer  of  proof  made  by  Mr.  Tbumb-CLL, 
were  mainly  the  power  of  the  Commis- 
sion with  reference  to  taking  evidence, 
and  the  effect  of  the  laws  of  Louisiana 
upon  the  conduct  of  the  Returning  Board. 
The  first  of  these  points  is  clearly  and  com- 
pletely covered  by  the  decision  of  the  Com- 
mission in  the  Florida  case.  It  was  there 
held  that  the  Commission  would  not  go  be- 
hind the  certificates  sent  up  to  the  Federal 
capital  by  the  authorities  of  the  State.  But 
the  Democrats  now  say  that  the  Returning 
Board  of  Louisiana  was  not  competent  to 
establish  a  basis  for  action  by  the  State  au- 
thorities, because  of  legal  detects  in  its 
Constitution  and  in  its  conduct.  "We  have 
already  examined  these  alleged  defects  with 
some  particnlarity,  and  the  Republican  eoun- 
sel  yesterday  took  substantially  the  same 
position  as  that  we  have  heretofore  indi- 
cated. The  provision  of  the  law  that  a 
vacancy  in  the  Returning  Board  should  be 
filled  by  the  remaining  members  was 
directory  and  did  not  attach  a  condition 
to  the  exercise  of  the  board's  authority. 
They  ought  to  have  filled  the  vacancy,  but 
that  they  did  not  does  not  make  their  action 
void.  The  point  touching  the  repeal 
of  the  act  by  which  the  right  of  the  remain- 
ing Electors  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  their  num- 
ber was  given  is  a  very  intricate  one,  which 
we  shall  not  attempt  to  elucidate  here.  Wo 
beg  to  refer  our  readers  to  the  argument  of 
Mr.  SHei.i.A.BARaitR,  which  was  clear,  can- 
did, and  conclusive. 

It  is  not  quite  plain,  from  the  ruling  of 
the  Commission  yesterday,  what  course  will 
be  taken  with  reference  to  a  decision. 
It  may  be  that  the  Commission  will  decide 
to-day  on  the  admission  of  the  evidence, 
and  if  that  is  excluded,  hear  more  argument 
on  the  main  question.  And  it  may  be  that 
the  whole  argument  will  be  sobmitted  to- 
day, and  a  decision  be  reached  on  the  final 
question  to-morrow.  But  if  the  evidence  is 
admitted  there  is  uosaying  when  the  end  will 
come.  The  Democrats  offer  to  prove  that 
the  Returning  Board  did  not  act  on  proper 
evidence.  If  this  is  gone  into,  the  Repub- 
licans will  seek  to  show  that  they  did,  and 
thus  the  whole  election  will  be  brought 
up.  We  have  already  several  thousand 
pages  of  testimony  on  this  ques- 
tion, and  if  the  Commission  is  to  take  more, 
the  4th  of  March  wilt  have  come  and  gone 
before  a  decision  can  be  made.  There  is 
nothing  in  the  case  to  load  one  to  suppose 
that  the  Commission  will  reverse  the  deci- 
sion in  the  Florida  case. 


CURBEXCY  CONTRACTING    ITSELF. 

The  act  of  Jan.  4,  1875,  known  as  the  Re- 
sumption act,  removed  all  restrictions  upon 
the  maximum  of  national  bank  issues,  and 
provided  that,  until  the  legal  tenders  out- 
standing became  reduced  to  $300,000,000, 
$30  of  them  should  be  withdrawn  and  can- 
celed for  every  SlOO  of  additional  bank-note 
circulation  emitted ;  the  act  of  Juno  20, 
1874,  gave  the  banks  permission  to  retire 
their  circulation.  The  unlimited  permis- 
sion to  surrender  circulation  has  now  been 
in  force   two  years  and  seven  months,  and 

the  unlimited  permission  to  emit  n^w  notes 

has  been  in  force  two  years.  The  following 
is  a  complete  statement  of  actual  operations 
under  these  two  acts  down  to  the  present 
month  : 

Bank  circulation  Jane  20, 1874 1349,801,182 

Isfined  Jaue  20, 1374,  to  Jan.  14, 

1873 «4,T34,500 

Redeemed  and    retired    same 

time 2.767.232 


Net  increase  Detween  those  dates. . . 


«1, 967. 203 


Outstandinc  Jan.  14,  1875 $351,861,450 

lasaed  Jan.  14,  1873,  to  March 
1,  1876 13820.780 


Kedeermed    and    retired    same 

time 120.852  323 

Sarrendered  same  time 4.110,004 


Net  decrease  above  period 111,141,567 


Amount  oaUtandine  March  1,  1876 f340,719.883 

Issued  March  1,  1876,  to  Feb. 
1,1877 $7,448,225 


Kedeemed  ana   retired   same 

time $25,983,978 

Surrendered  same  time 3  231,432 


$21,787,205 


Net  decrease  above  period 

Amoant  outstanding  Feb.  1,  1877 $318,932,C7d 

Lecal-tenders  in  Treannry,  Jane  30,  1374, 
to  retire  notes  of  failed  and  liamaatlnx 

banks 3.813,675 

Deposited  up  to  March  1,  1876,    to  retire 
bank  notes 43,533,670 


Total '. $47,353,345 

Uded  to  retire  notes  in  above  period 23.619.555 


Deposits,  March  1,  1876 23.733,73i) 

Deposited  to  retire  notes,  March  1,  1876, 
to  Feb.  1,  1377 20,408.934 

44,142,7-^4 
Used  to  retire  notes,  March  1,  1876.  to 
Feb.  1.1877 25.983,978 

Leeal-tenders  on  deposit  Feb.  1, 1877....  $18,158,746 
Legal-tenders retlired  to-March  1,  1876....    U  056.603 

Legal-tenders  retired  to  Feb.  1.  1877 17.015,188 

Bank  note  decline  to  Feb.  1.  1877 30,961,504 

The  net  result  is  therefore  a  contraction 
of  $30,961,504  ia  the  bank  circulation,  and 
$17,015,188  in  the  legal  tenders,  or  $47,976,- 
692  in  all.  Separating  this  movement  into 
the  several  terms  covered  by  the  summary, 
it  appears  thus : 
Inorease  of  bank  notes,  Jane  20.  1874,  to 

Jan.  14,  1875 $1,967,268 

Decrease  of  bank  notes,  Jan.  14,  1875,  to 

March  1,1876 11.141.567 

Decrease  of  bank  notes  March  1,  1876,  to 

Nov.  1,  1876 19,569,165 

Decrease  of  bank  notes  Nov.  1.   1876,  to 

Feb.  1.  1877 2.218,040 


Total  net  bank  note  decline $30,961,504 

During  the  seven  months  intervening  be- 
tween the  passage  of  the  two  acts,  the  is- 
sues of  bank  notes  exceeded  the  retirements 
slightly,  but  in  the  two  years  then  fol- 
lowing, and  now  just  concluded^  the  move- 
ment was  all  the  other  way.  During  the 
thirteen  and  a  half  months  from  Jan.  14, 

1875,  to  March  1,  1876,  the  issues  were 
$13,820,760,  and  the  withdrawals  were 
$24,962,327,  makmg  a  decrease  at  the  rate 
of  about  $803,000  a  month ;  during  the 
eight  months  from  March  to  November 
last,  the  withdrawals  w^re  in  excess  of  the 
iaaoAs  at.  the  rate  of .  $2,446,145  a  month  ; 


and  during  the  three  ■m0S$$^::StUiil^/-t^i^^ 
ended,  the  excess  of  withdrawals -was  at  the 
rate  of  $739,346  a  month.  The  withdrawal 
of  legal  tenders  has  much  less  stgnificanoe, 
inasmuch  as  it  follo^  the  issue  of  new 
ounenoy,  and  has  no  relation  to  the  net  in- 
crease or  decrease  of  that  onrrency ;  but 
for  the  whole  term  of  two  years  it  has  been 
at  the  rate  of  about  $708^000  a  month.  The 
following  comparison  of  the  sixteen  months 
from  June  20,  1874,  to  Nov.  1.  1875,  With 
the  year  ending  Nov.  1,  1876,  shows  the 
remarkable  contrast  of  bank-note  issues 
declining  to  less  than  one-half,  and  retire- 
ments nearly  doubling : 

Issued. 
June  20, 1874,  to  Nov.  1, 1875.. $15,721,175    |17,337,537 
Nov.  1, 1875,  to  Nov.  1,  1376..     7,093.080      31,529,664 

In  the  retirements  for  the  first  term  are 
included  $4,607,723  notes  of  liquidating 
banks  and  $2,690,918  surrendered  notes ;  for 
the  second  period,  $3,114,726  and  $4,022,883 
for  the  same  items  respectively.  Up  to 
August,  1875,  the  issues  and  retirements  af- 
ter June  20  (exclusive  of  the  class  of  sur- 
renders just  mentioned)  pretty  nearly  bal- 
anced each  other  monthly  ;  from  August  to 
October,  inclusive,  the  retirements  were 
about  3  to  1  of  the  issues ;  during 
November  and  December  they  again 
ran  nearly  equal;  but  with  1876  a 
heavy  excess  of  retirements  began,  they 
being  to  the  issues  as  high  as  20  to  1. 
Up  to  November,  1875,  Massachusetts  took 
one  fourth  ot  the  issues,  Pennsylvania  took 
13  per  cent.,  Kentucky  11  per  cent.,  Indiana 
8,  New-York  7 ;  at  the  same  time,  New-York 
led  in  the  withdrawals,  followed  next  by 
Illinois  and  Missouri.  During  the  past  year, 
Massachusetts  still  led  in  issues,  with  much 
smaller  figures,  followed  by  New- York  and 
Pennsylvania;  New- York  led  the  retire- 
ments, followed  by  Massachusetts,  Pennsyl- 
vania, Illinois,  Indiana,  and  Missouri,  in 
the  order  named.  During  the  firat  period, 
16  States  received  more  than  they  returned, 
and  19  returned  more  than  they  received ; 
during  the  second,  3  States  had  an  excess 
of  issues,  and  32  States  an  excess  of  with- 
drawals. 

Legislation  intended  by  at  least  some  of 
its  advocates  to  produce  expansion,  has  thus 
resulted  in  an  actual  contraction  of  nearly 
$20,000,000  a  year,  and  this  has  not  been 
effected  by  legislative  mandate,  but  by  the 
voluntary  action  of  two  thousand  corpora- 
tions seeking  their  own  interest,  and  merely 
using  the  permission  given  by  law.  Is  there 
a  man  living,  and  neither  an  inmate  of,  nor 
a  candidate  for,  a  lunatic  asylum,  who  will 
assert  that  this  contraction  has  injured  any- 
body, or  deny  that  it  has  come  about  in  the 
natural  working  of  financial  laws?  The 
currency,  let  alone,  has  contracted  it^lf, 
thus  proving  its  own  redundancy.  This  is 
its  contraction  in  law;  but  the  contraction 
in  fact  has  been  vastly  greater,  currency 
heaping  up  m  vaults  and  staying  there,  be- 
cause no  demand  called  it  forth.  We  offer 
no  comment  on  these  figures,  for  they  are 
sufficiently  simple  and  instructive  with- 
out it. 


PURBOY  AND  PURMaN. 
New- York  and  Florida  have  simultaneous- 
ly produced  two  statesmen  whoso  names 
should  bo  coupled  together.  This  ia,  par 
excellence,  the  reform  period.  Yet  PuRROY 
and  PUR.MAX  may  be  said  to  have  taken  the 
longest  step  in  advance  of  any  of  those  who 
desire  to  lay  down  new  political  principles. 
PtJKBOY  IS  a  New- York  Alderman  who  ad- 
vances his  theory  of  popnlar  government 
with  that  easy  assurance  which  characterizes 
tho   true   reformer.     He  is  as   outspoken  as 

GuMBLETON,  who,  When  the  World  praised 
him  for  being  chiefly  instrumental  in  re- 
ducing the  wages  paid  to  City  laborers, 
indignantly  denied  that  he  had  so  much 
as  winked  at  such  an  economical  measure. 
While  Gumbleton  believes  in  subsidizing 
workmen  w^ho  do  not  work,  but  who  can 
vote,  the  candid  Purroy  favors  a  system 
of  remuneration  of  civic  dignitaries  which 
shall  enable  them  to  meet  their  "election 
expenses"  and  have  something  left.  There 
are  no  disguises  about  PuRROV.  He  thinks 
that  his  services  are  so  valuable  to  the  tax- 
payers of  New-York  that  they  should  be 
willing  to  nay  his  election  bills,  Purman, 
on  the  other  hand,  is  disposed  to  throw  the 
costs  of  his  election  on  the  party.  Finding 
the  Republicans  unwilling  to  see  him 
through  his  financial  ditficulties,  he  has 
gone  over  to  the  cause  of  Democracy  and 
reform. 

Let  nobody  think  hardly  of  Purmas.  He 
only  practices  what  Purroy  preaches.  He 
is  a  claimant  for  a  seat  in  the  next  Con- 
gress. Qiiring  his  campaign  in  the  Con- 
gressional District  in  Florida  which  he  rep- 
resents in  the  present  Congress  he  expended, 
he  says,  a  great  deal  of  his  wife's  money. 
Rather  than  see  the  Second  Congressional 
District  of  Florida  misrepresented  in  Con- 
gress, ho  would  sacrifice  upon  the  altar  of  his 
country  all  his  wife's  relations,  some  of 
whom  he  succeeded  in  immolating  upon  the 
shrine  of  the  Treasury  Department,  where 
he  procured  them  clerkships.  His  pecuniary 
embarrassments  preyed  upon  the  noble  mind 
of  PuRMAN.  It  was  in  vain  that  he  had  kept 
his  name  before  the  people  during  the  excit- 
ing period  which  followed  the  Presidential 
election.  It  was  not  money  in  his  pocket 
for  him  to  continually  telegrj^ph  to  the 
Northern  newspapers  that  Hayks  had  cer- 
tainly carried  Florida.  He  complained  tbat 
he  never  received  a  cent  for  informing  the 
world,  as  he  did  daily,  that  he,  Purman, 
would  hold  the  fort,  or  perform  feats  ot 
that  description.  The  simple-minded  Re- 
publicans supposed  that  all  this  enthusi- 
asm and  warao^of  manner  was  disinter- 
ested. PUBMAN  knew  better.  He  was 
working  for  his  election  expenses.  The 
contest  over,  Purman  was  ready  to  pass 
around  the  hat.  Not  a  dollar  did  he  receive. 
Strange  to  say,  the  Republican  Party  did 
not  recognize  the  necessity  of  paying  for 
Purman's  re-election. 

The  most  natural  thing  fo^  him  in  this 
crisis  was  to  turn  his  eyes  toward  Tildkn 
and  Reform.  Unhappily  for  the  first-named 
member  of  this  celebrated  firm  he  baa  the 
reputation  of  being  enormously  rich.  Any 
man  who  has  had  votes,  influence,  or  other 
valuable  political  consideration  to  sell,  has 
driven  a  hard  bargain  with  Tildek.  His 
famous  barrel  of  money  has  been  emptied 
many  times.  Pukman,  good,  simple  man, 
went  to  his  Uncle  Sammy  like  a « re- 
pentant prodigal  who  had  spent  his  all 
in  riotous  election  expenses.  Up  to 
that  moment  he  had  been  engaged  in 
holding  the  fort,  and  declaring  that  all  was 
weU.  Now,  he  saw  a  great  light.  He  was 
just  as  sure  that  Tildkk  had  carried  Flor- 
ida jw,he_had  before  beeajBonvi^ced  .that. 


m»  Stafe  bad^ne  BepubUean.  He  dallied 
on  the  way.  Like  the  illustrious  Pickktt, 
of  Louisiana,  he  had  had  notions  that  a 
Returning  Board  might  be  bought.  He 
had  hinted  as  much  to  the  Tilden 
agents.  But  this,  he  explains,  was 
done  in  order  to  draw  ofl  the  aforesaid 
corruptionists,  as  they  might  tempt  some 
man  less  impeccable  than  he,  and  so  cap- 
ture the  Electoral  vote  of  Florida.  Then 
this  honest  man  had  flirted  with  the  Texas 
Pacific  Railroad  job.  He  had  gone  around 
among  the  members  with  his  empty  pooketsi 
hanging  out,  complaining^  that  the  rail- 
road lobby  was  ready  to  spend  money.  He 
exhorted  his  fellow>members  to  stand  firm, 
and  not  let  their  votes  go  ior  this  infamous 
measure  without  getting  a  good  price  for 
them.  PUR.VAN  is  determined  to  be  a  high- 
priced  statesman. 

But,  after  all,  Purman  found  nothing  so 
promising  as  Tilden  and  reform.  Tilden, 
he  said,  had  too  much  money  to  be  beaten. 
So  he  went  over  to  that  eminent  reformer 
bag  and  baggage — passage  paid.  Yesterday" 
he  closed  the  account  by  voting  with  the 
Democrats  on  the  proposition  that  Florida 
had  gone  for  Tilden.  He  had  previously 
made  a  speech  to  the  same  effect,  and  had 
been  congratulated  thereupon  by  those 
stainless  patriots,  Mr.  S.  S.  Cox  and  Mr. 
Abbam  S.  Hewitt.  Let  us  hope  that  Pur- 
MAN  was  not  too  hard  in  his  bargain  with 
the  Democratic  leaders.  He  says  he  is  out 
of  pocket  about  $5,000  for  election  expenses. 
Purman  would  be  dear  at  half  the  money. 
If  he  should  be  put  on  the  roll  of  the  next 
Congress  as  a  contestant,  he  would  draw 
about  one  year's  pay  and  mileage.  And 
this,  we  submit,  would  be  paying  a  hand- 
some price  for  Purman.  It  is  not  every 
man  who  would  be  willing  to  eat  his  own 
words  for  that  amount  of  money.  And  a 
Congressman  who  manfully  declared  for 
three  months  that  his  State  had  gone  Re- 
publican, and  who  was  then  willing  to  take 
it  all  back  in  a  speech  written  for  him  by 
another  man,  ought  to  be  encouraged. 
American  politics  do  not  develop  many 
such  contortionists. 


HIBERNATING  INFANTS. 

It  is  very  easy  to  mock  at  the  despised 
American  Indian,  but  after  all  there  is  no 
doubt  that  he  is  a  man ;  at  least,  up  to 
a  certain  point.  He  is  not  only  capable  of 
fighting  in  a  way  that  justly  exasperates 
the  newly-scalped  soldier,  but  he  also 
possesses  a  keen  love  of  domestic  peace, 
and  in  the  pursuit  thereof  displays  remark- 
able ingenuity.  This  is  sufficiently  proved 
by  the  manner  in  which  the  Owasso  Indian 
disposes  ol  his  babies  during  the  long  winter 
months  which  he  is  compelled  to  spend 
chiefly  in  his  wigwam. 

However  ardent  a  child  fancier  a  man 
may  be,  there  are  times  when  the  noise  of 
children  becomes  intolerable  to  him.  In 
this  respect  the  Owasso  is  like  his  white 
brethren.  He  may  be  passionately  fond  of 
his  babies,  but  when  he  puts  on  his  dress- 
ing-gown, and  sits  down  in  his  study  to 
spend  a  pleasant  Winter  evening  in  reading 
the  latest  work  on  the  ''Theory  and  Practice 
of  Scalping"  he  does  not  like  to  be  disturbed 
by  a  sudden  avalanche  of  infants  on  the 
front  stairs,  or  by  an  infantile  rehearsal  of 
the  tribal  war  dance  in  the  back  parlor. 
Were  ho  a  white  man  he  would  probably 
urge  his  wife  to  take  the  children  and  make 
a  long  visit  to  her  mother.  Such  an  expe- 
dient would,  however,  bo  despised  by  a 
true  Owasso  brave,  especially  as  in  most 
cases  he  brains  his  wife's  mother  with  a 
war-club  before  the  end  of  the  honeymoon. 

The  Owasso  is,  of  course,  an  ignorant 
pagan,  but  there  is  a  good  deal  of  tho  in- 
telligent angel  in  him  at  times.  He  has 
grappled  with  the  problem  how  to  dispose 
of  his  infants  during  the  Winter,  and  has 
solved  it  in  a  way  that  secures  the  greatest 
attainable  comfort  both  to   bia   babies   and 

himself. 

Early  in  November  the  Owasso  father  pre- 
pares as  many  water-proof  birch-bark  bags 
as  he  has  infants.  In  each  of  these  he 
places  a  baby,  and  then,  having  sealed  up 
the  bags  with  native  pitch,  carries  them  to 
a  lake  lying  some  distance  north-west  of 
Lake  Superior.  This  lake  is  in  a  wild  and 
desolate  region,  into  which  few  white  men 
have  penetrated,"  and  in  which  no  Owasso 
ever  thinks  of  fishing.  In  its  deep  waters 
he  sinks  the  bags  and  their  infantile  con- 
tents, and  then  wends  his  way  homeward 
with  the  happy  air  of  a  man  who  has 
proved  himself  a  kind  father  and  secured 
the  certainty  of  a  quiet  Winter. 

When  May  arrives  and  the  ice  has 
melted,  the  Owasso  father  takes  his  grap- 
pling hook  and  seeks  again  the  lake  at  the 
bottom  of  which  rest  his  hermetically- 
sealed  children.  It  usually  takes  him  but 
little  time  to  fish  up  his  family,  as  he 
knows  exactly  where  the  bags  lie.  Some- 
times an  unprincipled  father  is  guilty  of 
poaching  among  other  men's  babies,  and  oc- 
casionally the  wrong  baby  is  caught  by 
mistake.  Poaching,  whether  intentional  or 
accidental,  is,  however,  so  severely  pun- 
ished that  offenses  and  mistakes  of  the  kind 
are  exceedingly  rare.  When  the  bags  are 
opened  the  babies  are  found  to  be  sleeping 
SO  soundly  that  they  have  to  be  shaken 
with  considerable  energy  before  they 
awake.  As  soon,  however,  as  they  regain 
consciousness,  they  clamor  for  food  in  a  way 
that  clearly  demonstrates  their  healthy  and 
vigorous  condition. 

There  are  skeptics  who  will  deny  that  a 
hermeticaUy-sealed  infant  can  remain  un- 
der water  for  six  mouths  without  giving 
up  its  entire  ghost.  With  such  people  it  is 
entirely  useless  to  argue.  The  fact  that 
the  Owasso  babies  do  pass  their  Winters 
under  water,  and  that  ninety-eight  per  cent, 
of  them  are  fished  up  in  a  healthy  state  evejry 
Spring,  rests  upon  the  unimpeachable  testi- 
mony of  a  California  editor,  who  derived 
his  knowledge  of  the  matter  from  a  white 
man  who  had  lived  two  years  with  the 
Owasso  tribe.  If  any  one  doubts  his  story, 
he  is  ready  to  point  out  on  the  map  the 
precise  location  of  the  lake  where  the  in- 
fants spend  their  Winters.  It  is  difBcult  to 
imagine  that. dispassionate  men  would  seek 
any  further  evidence.  As  for  the  scientific 
persons  who  deny  that  a  baby  can  live  for 
months  at  the  bottom  ef  a  lake,  let  them 
first  experiment  with  a  few  Owasso  babies 
before  arrogantly  deciding  what  that  vari- 
ety of  infant  is  capable  of  doing. 

It  must  nqt  be  supposed  that  the  example 
of  the  Owasso  fathers  is  held  up  for  imita- 
tion to  the  fathers  of  inchoate  American 
voters.  If  any  man  wishes  to  see  if  white 
babies  can  hibernate  under  water,  he  had 
better  make  his  experiments  with  caution. 
He  should  begin  with  his  less  yaluable  ohil-. 


dren,  or  withKti''|fo1v  smiJl  bpys  borrowed 
from  his  iieigU|iittrSy«ud  in  no  case  should  he 
keep  them  8i:|:MifOte  moAt^  under  yttitdt. 
Ia  the  case  of  a  small  b6y  who  ha»  devel- 
oped nnnsual  lung-power  by  constant  prac- 
tice on  the  tin  horn,  itmiicht  be  safe  to  leave 
him  for  three  wee^  or  even  a  month,  at 
the  bottom  of  a  pond,  but  as  a  rule  every 
sunken  in&nt  ^onld  be  fished  up  once  a 
week  for  examination. 

Of  course,  accidents  might  occur  during 
the  progress  of  these  experiments,  but  the 
man  who  fears  to  run  the  slightest  risk  will 
never  make  any  valuable  discovery,  and  has 
no  right  to  criticise  bolder  and  more  deter- 
mined men.  Moreover,  what  is  the  small 
boy  that  his  imaginary  value  Is  to  be  set 
above  that  of  science  ?  Surgeons  have  not 
the  least  hesitation  in  vivisecting  the  most 
estimable  animals  in  the  alleged  interest  of 
science,  and  they  could  hardly  consistently 
object  to  the  sinking  of  a  few  experimental 
boys,  in  order  to  ascertain  if  our  entire 
juvenile  population  can  be  thtik  success- 
fully kept  out  of  mischief  fitim  November 
to  May.      

THE  FUXVBE  OF  NEW- YORE. 

LETrER  L 
TV)  the  Editor  of  the  New-  York  Time* ;. 

In  complying  with  your  request  to  pre- 
sent my  views  as  to  the  outlook  of  affairs,  I  beg 
to  say  that  I  am  not  animated  by  any  rash  de- 
sire to  rush  in  where  wiser  men  would  fear  to 
tread.  The  situation  is  one  full  of  difficulties, 
before  which  hold  men  quail.  It  is  a  time  for 
plain  talk,  calm  thoujcht,  and  decisive  action. 

It  is  a  sweet  use  of  adversity  when  it  is  ac- 
cepted as  a  schoolmaster  teaoliin;;  lessons  of 
wisdom.    Por  nearly  four  years  New- York  has 
lain  in  the  very  ashes   of  adversity.    Every 
trade,  every  calline:,  every  man,  has  feit  its 
chilling  touch.    And  now  on  all  sides  is  heard 
the  inquiry,  is  the  daylight  at  hand — u  thare 
hope  in  the  future?  -   This  trial  of  adversity  has 
not  been  limited  to  the  area  of  our  own  City, 
State,  or  land.    With  more  or  less   intensity  it 
has  extended  as  far  as  civilization  extends.     I 
do  not  propose  to  discuss  in  any  general  way 
its  causes  or  its  cure,  but  to  deduce  soma  prac- 
tical lessons  for  the  admonition  of  the  people  of 
this  City,  and  to  make  some  practical  8Ujr£;e9- 
tions  which  may  inBoire  the  desponoient  with 
hope,  that  they  may  endure  the  present  with 
fortitude  and  be  animated  to  new  achievements 
and  new  sucoesses. 

It  is  to  he  accepted  as  a  trufh  that  New- York 
is  no  longer  endowed  by  natural  advantasres 
with  the  commercial  supremacy  which  crownad 
her  by  divine  right  as  the  empress  of  trade 
upon  this  continent.  Her  proximity  to  the 
ocean,  always  and  easily  accessible  by  sailing- 
vessels:  her  facility  for  reaching  the  interior 
by  the  Hudson  Eiver,  and  the  exclusive  pos- 
session by  the  State  of  a  depresaioa  in  the  Al- 
leghany range,  which  afforded  easy  egress  to 
the  West,  were  natural  advantages  such  as  no 
other  city  upon  the  Atlantic  coast  enjoyed. 
The  Erie  Canal  emphasized  and  supplomented 
these  natural  advantages,  and  gave  the  com- 
merce of  the  City  an  impulse  which  sent  the 
population  from  123,003,  m  1820,  to  202,090  in 
1830, 

For  long  years  after  this  the  merchants  and 
traders  of  New-Yoric  had  no  other  care  than 
to  gather  the  harvest  which  each  raturaing 
season  brought  to  their  ooffora  ;  to  take  toll  of 
tbe  products  of  foreign  nations  and  the  great 
West,  which  found  ingress  and  egress  by  her 
gates.  While  huge  wagons,  drawn  by  six  or 
eight  horses,  were  painfully  climbing  the 
heights  of  the  AUeghanies  with  thrae  or  four 
tons  of  freight  to  or  ii'om  Philadelphia  or  Balti- 
more, a  canal-boat,  drawn  by  a  single  horse, 
conveyed  to  New- York  10  or  20  times  the 
weight  and  bulk  borne  by  the  wagon.  This 
City  had  no  competitor,  and  feared  none,  and 
complacency  was  the  prevailinj  mood  of  her 
merchants. 

This  oomplaconcy  was  first  shocked  by  the 
solid  and  ia^seemg  men  of  Boston,  who  de- 
termined at  any  cost  to  secure  a  portion  of  the 
Western  trade,  and  the  railroad    trom   Boston 

to  Albany  was  the  outcome  of  that  determina- 
tion. The  Cunard  line  of  steamers,  with  Boston 
as  the  American  terminus,  was  also  a  thorn  in 
tho  flesh  of  this  complacency,  which  compelled 
the  recognition  of  tbe  then  appalling  fact  that 
there  coiUd  be  such  a  thing  as  competition  ; 
and  under  tbe  influence  of  this  spur  the  Hud- 
son Biver  Railroad  was  constructed,  and  Nsw- 
York  was  again  supreme — at  least  for  a  time. 
But  the  old  mood  of  complacency  was  never 
again  so  fully  indulged,  although  to  this  day  it 
prevails  in  a  degree  which  has  brought  some 

eviis  and  threatens  with  others. 

Daring  these  halcyon  days,  while  merchants 
were  exclusively  enga^ted  in  gathering  gains, 
the  Government  of  the  City  was  given  over 
almost  wholly  to  politicians.  The  lormer  were 
so  well  contenc  with  their  gains  that  they 
rarely  complained,  even*  when  the  latter  ap- 
propriated an  immoderate  share  of  those  gains. 

Other  cities,  less  alert  than  Boston,  at  last 
concluded  to  follow  her  example  and  attempt  to 
secure  a  share  of  the  Western  trade.  Steam 
was  the  agent  to  equalize  the  advantages  ot 
contending  and  competing  cities.  The  prox- 
imity of  New- York  to  the  ocean  was,  as  an  ad- 
vantage, neutralized  when  steam-saips  vexed 
tba  Delaware  and  tbe  Chesapeake.  The  more 
difficult  grade  of  the  AUegbanies  at  the  ap- 
proaches to  Philadelphia  and  Baltimore  was  to 
a  large  extent  a  question  of  fuel,  and  tbat  was 
cheaper  upon  the  lines  ot  tbe  roads  encounter- 
ing the  heavier  grades  than  upon  the  lines  in 
this  State,  and  so  it  has  come  to  pass  that  the 
supreme  advantages  which  New-York  long 
enjoyed  by  a  divine  right  or  srift  of  nature,  and 
in  later  years  by  artificial  water-ways  connect- 
ing the  Hudson  with  tbe  lakes,  have  ceased. 
Supremacy  has  lyielded  to  equality,  steam 
being  tbe  leveler. 

That  which  costs  most  is  prized  most.  The 
advantages  which  New-York  enjoyed  cost 
nothing.  They  were  nature's  endowment.  The 
Erie  Canal  cannot  be  said  to  have  cost  the 
State  anything,  so  ample  were  its  rovei  ues  tor 
more  than  a  generation.  Philadelphia  and 
Baltimore,  on  tba  contrary,  have  bought 
their  equality  at  a  great  price,  and  tbat  equali- 
ty they  mean  to  maintain,  and,  if  posaibie,  ac- 
quire a  deeree  of  supremacy.  In  those  cities 
there  is  no  sentiment  of  complacency,  it  is  all 
competition,  rivalry,  expectancy.  This  feeling 
pervades  all  classes,  trom  tbe  merchant  to  the 
laborer.  They  strip  thomseives  of  every  im- 
pediment as  for  a  race — a  race  lu  which  they 
have  gained  great  advantage,  and  in  which 
they  hope  and  mean  to  win. 

While  It  is  true  that  these  cities  have  great- 
ly gained,  it  is  also  true  tbat  New- York  has 
not  greatly  lost.  A  vessel  does  not  cease 
to  move  wlten  the  propelling  force  has  ceased 
to  act.  An  insolvent  bouse  ot  long  standing 
enjoys  credit  after  the  line  of  solvency  has  been 
passed.  A  great  city  will  maintain  its  trade 
by  the  mere  force  of  mothentupi,  long  alter  ad- 
verse influences,  hostile  to  its  prosperity  and 
destined  to  work  its  rain,  become  active.  But 
the  momentum  reaulting  trom  the  spent  energy 
of  forces  is  a  feeble  dependence,  and  must  be 
supported  by  new  agencies,  or  the  end  lunsc 
come.  This  does  not  yet  truthfulry  portray 
the  condition  ot  New- York.  It  ib  not  bo  bad  as 
that.  Still,  a  city  of  great  resources,  and  of 
vast  possibilities,  her  eutrgies  are  at  present 
hampered,  and  her  future  darkened  hy  circuru- 
Btanoes  yet  controllable.  Samson  is  not  wholly 
shorn,  or  qmte  blind. 

in  other  letters  I  hope  to  point  out  some  of 
those  circumstances,  and  perhaps  suggest  soma 
methods  oi  controlling  them. 

George  E.  Andrews. 


ELECTED  TO  TEE  ASSEMBLY. 
Mtodletown,  Feb.  14. — 1«  the  special  election 
to  flU  the  Assembly  vacancy  in  tbe  Second  District, 
Orange  Coanty,  yesteroay,  John  Van  Dozsn  Bene- 
dict, of  Warwict,  Democrat,  was  elected  over 
Charles  W.  Uoaglase,  of  Pore  Jerris,  by  Aboat  800 
malority.    The  vote  was  lisht. 

BURIAL  OF  AN  ASHTABULA  YIOTIM. 

Bbidoepobt,  Feb.  14.— Col.  Henry  T.  Tom- 

linson,  a  victim  of  tbe  Ashtabula  disaster,  waa 
buried  here  to-day  with  Masoolc  honors  by  Hamil- 
ton Commander,v.  SInigtita  Templar^'^  vnioh  he 


A  WJ^SM  SESSION  OF  TBS  ASSBMSLf, 

THE  OBSTBUCTIoklSTS  OF  THS  BOOSE— A 
KEW  8AIABY  BILL — OTHBB  BILLS  IK- 
TBOOUCEO — ^BUSINESS  VSt  THE  SEKAXB— 
A  NOMINATION  FOB  SUPEHINTENDBOT 
OV  INSUaA.NCB  WHICH  LOOKS  USB  i 
FOUTICAL  BARGAIN.  >. 

From  Our  Own  norremondent  .      ; 

ALBimr,  Wednesday,  Feb.  14,  ISft. 
The  adjournment  of  tbe  Assembly  to-daf 
cut  off  the  most  excited  disturbance  which  him 
happened  this  session.  There  had  been  several 
warm  little  disputes  during  the  mornings 
which  had  warmed  up  the  members  ;  but  noth- 
ing very  exciting  happened  until  Mr.  Langbein'a 
bill  to  appoint  a  commission  to  revise  and  eod< 
ify  the  laws  relating  to  the  District  Courts  came 
up  for  third  reading.  The  little  group  to  the 
left  of  the  Speaker,  composed  of  Messrs 
Grady,  Purdy,  and  Spinola,  to  whom  Mr.  Peter 
Mitch^l  supplies  the  brains,  bristled  up  ready 
to  fight  tho  bill  the  instant  its  title  was  read 
by  the  Clerk.  Mr.  Lanzbein  asked  unanimotu 
consetit  to  coirect  a  clerical  errar  in  it.  Mr. 
Spinola  obieoted.  Mr.  Strahan  got  over  that 
by  a  motion  to  recommit  with  instructions  to 
asoenil  and  report  at  once.  This  being  adopted, 
the  bill  in  the  same  instant  was  reported  back 
amended.  The  Cleik  resumed  the  reading, 
but  was  interrupted  by  Mr.  Purdy — who  bad 
just  learned  from  Mr.  Strahan's  action  how  tc 
move  an  amendment  to  a  bill  when  on  its  third 
reading — with  a  proposition  to  amend  by  cuttinf 
ciown  the  CommissiotaCr's  compensation  59  pet 
cent.  This  was  voted  down.  Very  soon  h^^  had 
another  amendment  to  offer,  which  he  stated 
from  his  place.  The  Speaker  required  him  t« 
send  It  up  in  writing,  and  to  allow  him  the 
opportunity  to  do  so,  with  a  courtesy  vorv  ill 
requited,  laid  the  bill  aside.  When  the  Clerk 
took  it  up  again  it  was  1:35.  Mr.  Purdy  begsa 
to  talk  and  hal  spokei  five  or  tea  minutes, 
when  Mr.  Grady  asked  him  if  he  would  yield 
tlie  floor.  Purdy  did  so,  and  Gradv  commenced 
to  talk.  It  was  seen  in  a  instant  that  be  waa 
talking  againsv  time.  Purdy  wanted  the  fl:)or 
back  again  to  talk  against  time  bimself,  (ail 
these  young  statesmen  have  the  talking , 
mania  m  an  acute  de.gree,)  but  could 
not  get  it.  At  1.56,  amid  much  confusion 
in  the  House.  Purdy  asked  Gradv  to  yield 
a  moment.  He  did  so  and  sat  down. 
Before  vhe  young  Westohesier  ''statesman" 
could  gather  bimself  together  to  speak,  Mr. 
Straban  sprang  to  bis  feet,  was  recognized  by 
the  Speaker,  and  moved  the  previous  question. 
The  House  had  become  thorouihiy  aroused. 
Mr.  Straban  was  flushed  and  rrsmbiing  with 
nervous  excitement  when  he  offered,  or  rather 
shouted,  his  motion.  Mitchell,  Grady,  Spinola, 
and  Purdy  were  all  on  their  feet  at  once.  The 
Speaker  ruled  that  Mr.  Strahan  had  the  fluoc 
Grady  declared  that  be  had  appealed  from  the 
decision.  Strahan  moved  that  the  time  of  the 
session  be  extended.  Mitchell  made  the  pomt 
that  it  could  not  bo  done  when  the  motion 
for  the  previous  question  was  still  before 
the  House.  Strahan  withdrew  that  motion  and 
renewed  tbe  one  for  the  extension.  Grady 
still  was  loudly  declaring  that  he  appealed 
ftom  the  decision  of  the  Chair,  and  at  the  neight 
of  the  contusion  and  noise  the  hour  of  2  struck, 
and  the  Speaker  declared  the  House  adjourned. 
He  descended  trom  his  chair  hot  and  excited, 
and  there  was  instantly  a  rush  to  him  oi  a 
crowd  of  excited  Republican  members,  with 
old  Mr.  Alvord  at  the  head,  who  furiously  de- 
clared that  the  Speaker  should  have  rapped 
down  this  corner  crowd,  whether  it  was  in  or 
out  of  order  :  that  this  perpetual  filibustering 
had  gone  fai-  enough  ;  that  the  House  must 
protect  itself  at  any  cost,  and  other  things 
of  the  same  sort.  Mr.  Sloan  listened 
quietly  to  it  all,  and .  said  noth- 
ing. He  is  the  presiding  officer  of  the 
whole  House,  and  not  of  any  one  sec- 
tion of  it ;  and  nothing  can  or  will  provoke 
him  to  do  anything  which  is  not  in  accordance 
wiih  the  rule's  governing  the  House.  The  eftecC 
of  to  day'd  performance,  however,  will  be  to 
bind  tbe  Republican  members  together  more 
firmly  than  ever,  and  to  lessen  tho  chances  of 
any  opposition  beine  successlUl  to  their  meas- 
ures. So  far  as  Mr.  Langbeiu's  bill  is  con- 
cerned, its  passage  is  only  delayed  24  hours. 

'iho  State  Prison  bill  was  reported  from  the 
Ways  and  Means  Committee  this  morning,  and 
was  made  the  special  order  for  to-morrow  im- 
mediately  alter  the  reading  of  che  iournaL 
This  is  a  most  satisfactory  indicaiion  of  the 
speedy  passage  of  the  bill. 

Mr.  Nacthmann's  resolution  to  print  3,001! 
copies  of  the  Grovemor's  Message  in  the  Ger- 
man language  was  the  subject  of  a  lively  de- 
bate this  morning,  and  was  linally  voted  down. 
Most  of  the  Democrats  supported  Nactbmann, 
and  Mr.  Ecclesine  delivered  himself  ot  a  speech, 

in  a  strong  German  accent,  on  the  subject. 

Mr.  Fish  thia  morning  introduced  the  foilow- 
ing  bill  in  relation  to  reduction  of  salaries  : 

SECTION  1.  The  officers  aad  clerlLS  retetrud  to  and 
embraced  m  this  aet  are  all  those  i^d  their  sac* 
cessors,  elected  or  appointed,  under  any  law  pro. 
yiding  for  tbe  local  goverament  of  any  city  iu  thia 
State,  or  amenctioi;  acy  such  law,  or  aopointed  ot 
elected  pariiuant  to  any  local  law  for  any  said  city, 
ezceot  tbat  thlH  act  shall  nut  embiace  tbe  salary  ol 
any  officer  daring  that  term  of  office,  pending  wblcb 
his  saliiry  or  allowance  cannot,  under  tbe  Cunstitu- 
tiun  of  this  State,  he  reduced  by  a  general  law. 

Sec.  2.  Whenever,  m  or  by  any  law  aforesaid,  the 
aalar.v  or  compenaation  of  any  said  officer  or  clerk 
is  declared  or  fixed  for  or  by  the  year,  or  any 
portion  of  a  year,  the  said  salary  and  compensaiioa 
18  bereby  fixed  and  declared  to  be  an  annual  som, 
leas  by  10  per  cent,  in  tbe  amoant  thereof,  rea* 
pectively,  tban  tbe  saiu  or  ra.e  per  year,  or  pare  ol 
a  year,  that  was  paid  or  payabl<>,  to  raid  officers  ot 
clerks,  rej^pectivel.v,  accoidingly  to  law,  iu  or  for 
tbe  year  1876,  or  any  part  tbereot ;  wblon  rednced 
rate  shall,  arter  tbis  act  goes  into  effect  be  ibi 
saUry  and  compensation  per  year,  to  become  dne 
and  vayable,  instead  of  said  prior  aalary  or  com- 
pensacion,  and  no  more  tban  said  reduced  rates 
sball  be  paid.  But  no  mure  than  $6,590  abail  Oe  das 
or  paid  as  tbe  aalaiy  or  cumpeusation  of  any  Com- 
misaioner  of  Jurors  in  or  tor  any  city  or  county  ia 
tbid  State. 

SEC.  3.  Whenever,  in  or  by  any  law  aforesaid, 
any  officer  or  officers,  or  any  body  or  Duard  of 
ufficers,  is  or  are  aathorizsl  to  fix  or  declare 
the  aalary  tor  compensation  of  any  clerk  or  odl* 
cer,  isaid  officer  or  officers,  body  and .  board  re- 
speoavely  so  empowered,  ara  bereby  aacbor. 
izdd,  and  (unless  good  reasons  of  lostic?  and 
amy  to  the  contrary  shall  to  tbem  appear) 
tbey.  and  eacb  of  them  as  empowered,  are 
bereoy  respectively  required,  to  redace  every 
sacb  salary  and  compeusatlon  10  per  cent,  or 
more ;  and  at  such  rate  tu  fix  tbe  same,  below 
the  rate  that  was  paid,  or  payable  in  or  tor  tbe 
yaar  1876,  or  dciring  any  part  thereof;  which 
reduced  rates  ahull,  after  tbis  ace  goes  iuto 
efiecr,  be  tho  salary  and  compensatian  to  be 
come  dne  and  payable,  instead  of  said  prior  salary 
aad  compensation  ;  and  no  more  tban  said  redaoed 
rates  of  compensaUon  shall  be  paid  aaiil  the  sama 
sball  be  otberwise  fixed  by  competent  anthorlty. 

Sbc.  .4.  All  acta  and  parts  of  acta,  so  far  as  in 
consistent  with  this  act,  are  bereoy  repealed.  Ana 
any  omissisn  or  refusal  of  uuy  clerX  or  ofiicers  atore* 
aaid  to  accupt,  receive,  or  receipt,  tur,  sucli  redaoed 
salary  or  rate  of  cumi>en8auoD,  aa  beine  in  full 
satiataccion  fur  the  services  and  claims  ot  sacb  uffi- 
cer  or  clctk,  hereafter  as  sucb,  sjali  be  re,:jraad 
and  acted  apon  as  a  aool  cause  fur  the  remoy  it  or 
dismissal  of  each  officer  or  clerk,  by  any  officer, 
board  or  body  bayiu^.  for  any  causa,  ttie  rii;nt  of 
removal  or  dismissal  of  the  officer  or  clerK  so  omit. 
ting  or  refasmg. 

&EC.  5.  TbiB  act  sball  take  efioct  on  the  lat  day 
of  June  nest. 

This  bill  has  been  drawn  up  to  avoid  the 
constitutional  objections  to  a  local  bill  havuu; 
the  same  ooject.  It  is  made  to  apply  to  all 
cities  in  the  State.  There  will  be  a  furchei 
hearing  on  tbe  matter  to-morrow  before  th« 
Committee  on  Cities,  wMen  Mr.  Rush  Haw 
kms  will  speak,  and  then  the  bill  wLloome  into 
the  House. 

Bills  are  pending  in  the  Assembly  to  reduce 
the  interest  on  arrears  ol  assessments  m  tue 
City ;  aUo,  to  allow  these  assessments  to  oe 
paid  in  annual inscailments  for  five  years  ;  yes- 
terday came  a  bill  to  reduce  tue  interest  ^a 
arrearages  oi  taxes,  and  another  to  reqoira 
the  consent  of  uue-bait  the  property-ownei-s 
tor  aay  improvement.  To-day  Mr.  EccK-sine 
put  in  two  bills,  wnion  he  can  scarcely  hope  to 
pass,  but  which  are  prooably  offered  tor  local 
popularity.  One  bill  provides  that  wuea 
any  local  improvement  is  in  or  along 
any  street  or  avenue  in  the  City,  wbica 
by  law  is  to  be  regulated  or  graded 
to  tbe  width  of  109  feet  or  upward,  one  baif  of 
the  expense  ot  such  improvemeBC  suali  be  as- 
sesstd  upon  the  property  beneficed  tbereoy. 
The  secoud'bill  is  aimilar  in  pnucipie.'  It  pro- 
vides tbat  the  assessments  heretotore  cou< 
filmed  fur  the  improvement  ot  ti^xtb  and 
Seventh  avenues,  and  aveuue  St.  Nicnohu, 
norta  of  the  northerly  Ime  of  Central  PorJc, 
shall  be  paid  one-na>t  oy  the  City,  and  the  re- 
maining half  only  shall  remain  a  uen  as  hereto- 
fore upon  the  lands  assessed  lor  the  same.  In  all 
cases  where  payments  lor  such  assesamt-nts 
have  already  been  made,  the  Citv  is  reqmred 
to  repay  to  a'uoh  persons  one-bait  the  amount  fo 
paid  by  them,  witu  interest  at  the  raie  of  7 
per  cent,  per  annum  from  the  date  of  such  pay- 
ments. Mr;  Eco^esme  represents  the  up-tovn 
district  wuich  Mr.  King  represented  Uwt  yttft, 
and  every  member  oommg  from  it  is  sent  ta 
fAlba&v  for  the  <'ne  poriwM  of  oactiaa  tto  4tt»< 


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of'tiie  ntbp«rty-o^fiim  -oks  iox  the  improTe- 

laMDta,:  .    ;/^ 

I  Mt.JUiit  iatrodaoed  a  bill  to  amend  the 
^aaltli  iMin,  '  It  proTidiM  that  the  business  of 
UUM  ■osirenffen  shall  be  oarried  on  only  be- 
tw«an  thft&<n|n  of  9  atni^ht  and  5  m  the  morn- 
fnieintbe  Winter  months,  and  between  10  and  4 
in.  the  Summer  montbi.  Ni^ht  soil  is  to  be  re- 
hioved  in  oloeed  tanks  or  barrels  direct  firom 
the  vanlts  to  the  docks,  and  shall  not  be 
bm^tied  in  open  carts  In  the  streets.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Health  Oficer  to  erant  per- 
mits to  do  scaTenger  work  t«r  all  seayengers  in 
the  City  of  Nevr-York  who  shall  be  duly 
licensed  by  the  Mayor  of  the -City,  and  shall 
carry  on  the  btLsinesa  of  night  scavenzers  in 
aooordance  with  the  proylsioDs  of  this  act 

t  THK   SSNATB. 

^The  Senate  resumed  the  consideration  of  Mr. 
Woodin's  bill  relative  t«  the  o£E<.e  oi  Commis- 
noner  of  Jarors,  to-day,  and,  after  making  one 
or  two  amendments,  ordered  it  to  a  third  read- 
*•>«  without  a  dissentine  vote.  Mr.  Woodin 
■aid  that  be  had  examined  the  la*r  with  some 
•pate  and  was  unable  to  find  any  act  that  lim- 
ited the  term  of  office  of  that  official.  Mr.  Ge- 
Tsird  was  ot  the  opinion  that  a  proper  oonstruc- 
tton  ef  the  charter  of  1873  would  fix  the  term 
irf  office  for  six  years.  To  avoid  all  dispute  on 
that  point,  and  also  the  possible  constitutional 
D^eotion  that  the  salary  could  not  be  reduced 
during  the  term  of  the  nresent  inoombenc,  Mr. 
Woodin  offered  as  an  amendment,  which  was 
adopted,  that  the  term  of  office  of  the  present 
Commissioner  of  Jarors  expire  three  days  af- 
^ter  the  passaee  of  this  act,  and  that  the  Major 
"bo  anthorLRed  to  fill  the  vacancy — the  new  ap- 
pointee to  hold  tbe  office  until  Jan.  1,  1880,  and 
xntore  appointees  to  hold  lor  a  term  of  lour 
jears.  'Ine  other  aaendments  to  tbe  bill  were 
uinff  the  salary  at  $4,000,  and  allowing  tbe 
Commissioner  threo  oler&s  and  one  messenger, 
whose  aexregate  salaries  shall  not  exceed  i|6/000 
per  annum. 

-  Senator  Morrissoy  offered  a  joint  resolution, 
wUoh  was  unanimously  adopted,  directiug  tbe 
Cobnnittees  on  Cities  of  tbe  two  houses  to  meet 
toK«itaer  and  agree  upon  and  report  a  single 
bill  ^bodying,  so  far  as  is  practicable,  all  the 
meoBures  for  reducing  the  expenses  of 
the  City  Qovemment  of  New- York  em- 
braced in  tbe  yariona  bills  that  have 
been  introduced  in  both  houses.  Mr. 
;  Momssey  thinks  tbat  unless  this  is  done  notb- 
finjt  will  be  accomplished  in  the  way  of  reform 
rfer  New-York  this  session  ;  but  that  the  uiulti- 
:plicity  of  bills  will  result,  as  most  of  them  were 
I  doobtlesB  intended,  in  defeating  all  legislation 
'•on  the  subject.  If  all  ths  projects  lor  reform 
'can  be  embodied  in  a  single  bill,  he  thmks  tbat 
teveiymamber  will  be  compelled  to  face  the 
!iinuuc,  and  put  himself  squarely  on  the  reeord 
!tor  or  agamss  retrenchment. 
[  The  Senate  had  a  long  executive  sessisn  to- 
"day,  which  was  occupied  mostly  in  the  disous- 
•ion  of  rules  and  points  of  order.  A  rumor  had 
obtained  corrency  during  tne  morning  that 
'Ctov.  fiobinson  was  eoiag  to  send  in  the  name 
Of  John  F.  Umythe,  the  Albany  Postmaster,  tor 

Sopenntendent  ol  Instuance.     'Ibis  rumor, 

(taken  in  connection  with  the  fact  that  Mr. 
'Sxny the  has  just  returned  trom  Washington; 
|tbat  he  is  a  zealous  friend  and  champiun 
Jot  Boscoe  Conkling,  and  that  he  had  not 
•before  been  talked  ot  or  thought  of  for  this 
'office,  gave  rise  to  various  surniises  and  specu- 
lations. Some  said  it  was  a  part  of  the  Conk- 
ling  bargain  to  aid  Tllden  in  his  scramble  for 

"the  Presidency,  in  consideration  of  nis  Irienila 
'bemg  provided  tor.  At  all  events  the  rumor 
tnmed  out  to  be  well  founded,  and  was  the 
oanse  of  the  long  exeoutive  session.  The 
vtanding  rule  of  the  Senate  requires  that  all 
nominations  of  the  Qoveraoi-,  belore  being  acted 
upon,  be  sent  to  the  standing  committ.e  hav- 
ing in  oharge  the  matters  pertaining  to  ihe 
office  to  be  filled.  In  this  case,  of  course,  it 
["would  be  the  Insurance  Committee,  which  is 
tcomyosed  of  Senators  Tobey,  Prince,  and  Wag- 
JBtaff,  When  Smythe's  nomination  was  read, 
ISenator  Harria,  of  Albany,  moved  that  he  be 
|oonlirmed.  Senator  Woodin  moved  to  amend 
by  referring  the  nomination  to  tbe  Insurance 
Committee,  aa  required  by  the  rules.  Discua- 
Bion  ensued  as  to  the  true  meaning  of  the  rule, 
which  says  that  the  nomination  shall  be 
aent  to  the  standing  committee  having 
the  subject  matter  in  oharge,  "  unless  other- 
wise ordered."  Mr.  Woodin  contended  that 
these  words  meant  "unless  referred  to  some 
pther  committee,"  which    was     undoubtedly 

Shat  was  intended  by  tbo  framers  ot  the  rule, 
arris,  on  tbe  contrary,  maintained,  with 
Several  of  the  Democratic  Senators,  that  it 
meant  "  unless  tne  Senate  shall  choose  to  con- 
firm the  nomination  without  a  reference." 
Dorsheimer  decided  that  tbe  Democratic  in- 
terpretation was  correct,  and  an  appeal  was 
taken.  Subsequently  It  was  withdrawn,  ana 
B  vote  was  t&k^n  on  Woodin's  amendment 
to  refer  the  nomination  to  the  Standing 
Committee  of  lasorance.  It  was  carried — all 
the  K«pablioiMii  iiionators  votin-;  for  it  except 
Barris  and  Tobey,  who  voted  with  the  Demo- 
crats. As  this  committee  is  constituted  the 
uominatiou  "will,  of  course,  be  lavorably  re- 
ported, and  one  Bepublican  vote,  in  addition 
to  those  of  Harris  and  Tobey,  will  make  a  tie 

on  the  question  of  contirmation,  leavrng  the 
deoision  with  the  Lieutenant  Governor,  who 

wooldi  of  coarse,  vote  to  conhrm.  Every- 
body la  surprised  at  the  nomination,  and 
enrions  to  .know  tbe  secret  that  led  to 
It.  Mr.  Smythe  has  no  special  qualifications 
for  the  office,  and  is  only  known  to  the  public 
as  an  active,  and  not  very  scrupulous,  politi- 
cian Ot  the  Conkiing  stripe.  Tne  nomination 
([Was  evidently  made  in  pursuance  of  a  political 

■bargain,  without  any  reference  to  tbe  quaiifica- 
ftaaras  oi  the  nominee,  and  in  this  light  it  is  not 

Ijery  creditable  to  Gov.  Robinson,  it  it  is  to  be 
taken  as  aa  indication  ef  the  motives  and  con- 
■ideratioas  tbat  are  to  control  his  appointments 
In  future,  the  public  will  have  littie  reason  to 
hope  for  anything  better  than  they  got  from 
the  bogus  *'  Beformer"  who  preceded  him. 
John  Fi  Smythe  came  to  Albany  several  years 
ago  trom  Oaeida  County,  where  he  was  employed 
a»  book-keeper  in  the  Clark  Cotton  Mills,  eight 
miles  from  Utie<k  Since  he  has  been  in  Albauy 
his  basiness,  outside  ot  politics,  has  been  tbat 
of  a  brewer.  Ue  got  tne  appointment  of  Post- 
piaster  here  through  Senator  Conkling,  and 
S  undertaken  to  rule  the  party  bere  in  Couk- 
^B  interest  ever  since.  All  who  know  him 
.  tliat,  whatever  merits  he  may  have,  he  is 
not  Buon  a  man  as  ought  to  be  appointed  Su- 
'^rintendent  of  Insurance  at  this  time,  and 
.Whey  are  astonished  tbat  Qov.  Robinson  should 
{have  nommated  nim  lor  the  office. 
I  Another  name  sent  in  to-day  was  Judge 
oturgis,  of  Otsego,  for  Canal  Appraiser.  This 
|b  the  same  man  who  was  sent  in  for  the  same 
^office  by  TUdeu  last  Winter.  He  was  not  con- 
[firmed  then,  and  is  not  Likely  to  be  now,  unless 
this  renomination  shall  prove  to  be  a  part  of 
ithe  Conkling-Sobinson-'iilden  "bai-gain,"  which 
jeveiybody  la  speculating  about  here. 
t  Ail  the  principal  committees  were  busy  this 
"afternoon.  That  on  Commerce  and  Naviga- 
tion had  the  various  bills  relating  to  wharfage 
and  pilotage  fees  under  consideration.  The 
Vudiciary  Comoiittee  beard  further  argument 
^rom  the  Rochester  and  Bufialo  men  on  the 
'Pool-selling  bilL  The  Ways  ana  Means  Com- 
mittee finished  the  annual  appropriation  bill, 
and  will  report  it  to-morrow,  it  will,  according 
to  custom,  be  made  a  speeial  order  and  will 
probably  be  disposed  of  early  next  week.  The 
JSapply  bill  will  follow  later.  The  Committee 
on  Cides  heard  argument  Irom  Mr.  Laugbeiu 
on  bis  bill  to  amend  the  Excise  laws,  and  at- 
'terward  agreed,  by  a  unanimous  vote  of  tbe 
icommittee.  to  report  tavorably  the  New-York 
|blti.  Which  for  convenience  has  been  called  the 
'"  Woodin  Charter  bill."  Its  provisions  have 
heea.  given  at  length  in  Thb  Tuies.  'i'he 
bill  has  the  support  of  both  Republicans  and 
Democrats  and  should  go  through  without 
trouble  or  delay.  The  members  of  this  com- 
mittee, of  both  parties,  feel  somewhat  ag- 
grieved at  tbe  charge  that  they  are  lazy  or  lu- 
tlolent  in  their  work.  For  the  past  two  weeks 
they  nave  held  sessions  every  morning  belore 
/the  Uoose  met ;  have  gone  Irom  the 
eommittee-room  into  the  Mouse;  have 
«eft  the  House  at  2  o'clock,  and  have  met  at  3 
•nd  sat  until  past  6  each  day.  Besides  this, 
many  of  tbe  evenings  have  been  s]>ent  in  in- 
formal consultations.  Tbe  Ways  ana  Means, 
Cities,  and  Judiciary  are  necessarily  tne 
iiardest-worked  Committees  in  the  House. 
(More  than  two-thirds  of  all  the  bills  mtroduced 
yo  to  them. 


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IKDICAIIOXS. 
jfWASHlKOTON,  Feb.  1&— 1  A-  VL—For  ihe  Mid- 
dU    8tmt€t,  north-Mtt  to  ttmth-eoH    winds,  ■warmer, 

^mVty  doudv,  foUvwing  foggy  veaOur,  and  itationarv 

fir  fatting  baromtter: 

'    tor  hnt-HngUmA,  north-wett  to  south-wett  winds, 

iMrm*r,  parUv  eUnudy  weather,  and  stationary  or  fall- 

\pf  barofmsUr. ^ 

y^jLir  Jjnisme  but  sbbiojjs  mistake. 

,  CatcxsTAXi,  Feb.  14. — Considerable  exdte- 
^aeat  has  been  eaosed  recently  at  Rismg  San,  Ind., 
vytbo  robbery  of  graves,  and  the  citizens  have 
made  efforts  to  prevent  such  oocnrremcea.  the 
{body  of  a  Uttle  girl  was  baried  yesterday,  and  her 
ttleads  hired  two  max  to  watch  the  grave.  Mayor 
-fiUieapM  also  sent  two  men  to  watch  tha  grave,  not 
{koowuuc  of  the  aittion  of  tbe  sirl's  relatives.  £;ich 
patty  mistook  ttao.other  for  "  body-snatohers,"  and 
Opened  Are  npon  eaeh  other.  Henry  Summers,  of 
—  «  Karoc's  party,  was  sUgbtly,  and  Joseph  Jones, 
tbe  otlior  p*r^.  was  daogeronaly  wonikde^  tbfi 

;aw«l^jlKlAJ*UW^'      : 


THEUEW-JERSEY  CENTfiAL 


BON.  :pBA2fCl3  S.  LATBBOP,RECEirEB 

THB  ALLEGATIONS  MADE  BY  THE  BILL 
VILED  IK  CHANCERT  IN  NEW-JKBSKY 
TESTERDAT — ARQOMENTS  OF  COON8KL 
ON  THK  APPLICATION  FOB  THE  AP- 
POIKTMKNT  OB-  A  BBCKIVBR— THE  POW- 
ERS CONFSMtRBO  UPON  MR.  LATHBOP. 
From  OMr  Ovm  CorresvoniXmt 
Tbenton,  Wednesday,  Fob.  14,  1877. 
A  large  number  of  prominent  lawyers 
and  railroad  men  assembled  .in  the  Court  of 
Cfaanoefy  In  this  city  this  morning  to  take  part 
in  and  listen  to  the  arguments  on  the  antici- 
pated motion  for  the  appointment  of  a  Receiver 
for  the  New-Jersey  Central  Railroad  Company. 
Chancellor  Runyon  had  designated  9:30  o'clock 
as  the  hour  at  which  be  would  commence  tbe 
hearing,  but  he  was  delayed  by  other  business, 
and  it  was  considerably  after  10  o'clock  before 
he  rapped  his  gavel  and  called  tbe  court  to  or- 
der. Almost  immediately  afterward  Hon.  Abram 
Browning  arose  in  his  seat  with  a  voluminous 
document  in  bis  hand,  and  said  that  be  had 
come  to  make  application  for  the  appointment 
of  a  Receiver.  Tbe  bill,  he  said,  was  filed  by 
the  Lehigh  Coal  and  Navigation  Company, 
and  set  torth  the  insolvency  of  tbe 
Central  Railroad  Company.  The  bill 
showed  enough  to  authorize  immediate 
action  in  the  premises.  If  tbe  Chancellor  de- 
cided to  appoint  a  Receiver  or  Receivers,  he 
suggested  the  names  of  ex-Chancellor  Benjamin 
Williamson  and  Mr.  Pre8ideT)t  Knight,  now 
the  chief  executive  ofBoer  of  the  road. 
The  main  allegations  ot  the  bill  snb- 
mitted  by  Mr,  Browning  are  as  follows: 
That  the  Lehigh  Coal  and  Navigation  Com- 
pany is  a  corporation  of  the  State  of  Penn- 
sylvania ;  that  the  coal  company  is  a  creditor 
of  the  Central  Railroad  Comoanv  of  New-Jer- 
sey, and  that  the  bill  is  filed  on  behalf  ot  itse  t 
and  other  creditors  ;  that  the  Central  Railroad 
Company  leased  the  Lsbigh  Coal  Company  at 
a  rental  of  one-third  of  the  gross  receipts  from 
tbe  traffic  and  business  ol  the  leased  company, 
the  Central  also  to  pay  the  interest  upon  a  debt 
of  $2,310,000  semi-annually,  to  wit,  on  the  15th 
days  of  June  and  December  ;  that  the  Central 
Railroad  Company  is  indebted  to  tbe  complain- 
ants in  the  sum  of  $234,000  for  rent,  $128,000 
for  tolls  and  revenues,  $250,000  tor  promissory 
notes  which  become  due  on  March  7,  1877.  mak- 
ing In  all  the  sum  of  $612,000,  besides  $2,310,000 
purchase  money  of  the  rolling  stock,  all  of 

which  the  Central  Sailroad  Company  have 
failed  to  pay.  The  bill  iurtber  sets  forth  that 
the  property  of  the  Central  Railroad  is  mort- 
gaged to  the  amount  ot  $25,000,000,  the  payment 
of  interest  thereon  having  been  made  with 
great  difficulty ;  and  that,  besides  the  mortgage 
and  the  indebtedness  to  the  '^iatifif,  the  Cen- 
tral Railroad  Company  is  indeoied  to  the  State 
of  New-Jersey    in  the  eum  ot  §131,000  for  taxes. 

and  1300,000  to  its  employes  for  arrears  of 
wages,  creating  in  all  a  floating  indebtedness  nf 

$30,000,000.  The  bUl  eharsea  that  the  company 
is  hopelessly  insolvent,  and  prays  tor  an  mjunc- 
tion  and  tbe  appointment  ot  a  Keccirer. 

Attorney  General  Vauatta,  representing  the 
interests    of    the    Riparian    Commissioners,  to 

whom  the  Central  Company  owes  $100,000, 
and  of  the  State,  asked  that  time  be 
given  that  counsel  might  have  an  oppor- 
tunity to  prepare  tboaselves  properly,  and 
in  order  that  the  ceurt  might  not  commit 
itself  to  an  imprudent  course  of  action. 
He  protested  with  particular  warmth  a<rainst 
that  feature  of  tbe  proposed  order  for  tbe  ap- 
pointment of  a  Receiver  which  authorized  the 
Receiver  to  run  the  leased  roads  in  Pennsyl- 
vania. The  main  road  is,  he  s<iid,  105  miles  m 
lenjrtb,  and  the  aesregate  distances  ol  the 
branches  nearly  approximate  that  figure. 

Ex-Chancellor  Wiiliamsou  interrupted  Mr. 
Vanatta  at  this  point  to  state  that  the 
road  referred  to,  it  is  known  to  all  conversant 
with  the  afi'airs  of  the  company,  is  a  source  of 
large  revenue  to  the  Central.  It  will  prove  its 
salvation.  "Why  here,''  he  said,  "the  Central 
have  that  magnificent  line  for  one-third  of  its 
gross  receipts.  The  books  show  that  it  is  one 
of  the  most  profitable  ot  tbe  road's  con oectiona. 
The  connection  with  the  Lehigh  .ind  VVilues- 
barre  road  is  what  haij  drawn  the  Central 
down." 

Mr.  Vanatta,  resuming,  said  that  he  was 
glad  of  the  suggestion  of  Air.  Williamson.     He, 

however,  bad  doubt  of  the  right  of  the  Central 
Railroad  Company,  imder  iis  charter,  to  make 
the  lease.       He   had   not   had  time  to  examine 

the  charter. 
Chancellor  Eunyon  here  remarked  that  the 

bill  made  a  prima  tacie  case,  shosving  the  Le- 
high Coal  and  Navigatiun  Company  to  be  u 
creditor  of  the  Central  Uoad. 

Mr.  Vanatta  said  that  the  fundamental  con- 
dition on  which  the  company  coula'apply  for  a 

Receivership  was  that  the  creditor  is  a  lawful 
creditor.  If  it  were  a  mere  volunteer,  though 
the  Central  Comp:iny  were  ever  so  insolvent,  it 

could  have  no  standing  m  court.  * 

The  Chancellor  broke  in  again  at  this  point 
with  the  statement  tliat  no  order  would  be 
made  as  to  the  running  of  tbe  leaacd  road  with- 
out due  deliberation.  One  ot  the  questions 
suggested  to  his  mind  was  how  far  tne  court 
was  bound  to  inquire  whether  the  applying 
creditor  is  really  a  creditor.  The  court  could 
not  try  the  question  now,  m  this  preliminary 
sort  Ol  a  way,  as  to  whether  the  person  claim- 
ing to  be  a  creditor  is  really  a  creditor  or  not. 

Mr.  Vanatta  rose  to  press  his  motion  tor 
time.  It  was  now  on  the  ground  that  the  selec- 
tion ot  a  proper  person  for  a  Kecuiver  was  an 
important  duty  of  the  court.  It  was  the  more 
importaut  in  this  State  because  ot   the  extent 

to  which  the  people  of  the  State  are  pecuniarily 
interested  in  the  road,  'ihero  is  hardly  a  iamiiy 
Ot  means  that  does  not  count  among  its  posses- 
sions some  of  the  stock  of  the  road,  and  in  many 
instances  it  is  almost  their  ouly  poor  depend- 
ence. f.1  the  court  thought  it  necessary  to  pro- 
ceed at  once,  the  Attorney  General  desired  to 
suggest  a  person  suitable  tor  the  position.  Ue 
trusted  that  the  court  would  proceed  upon  cer- 
tain fixed  principles.  In  tue  first  place  he  hoped 
that  the  court  would  not  make  a  double  or 
tnple-headed  Receivership,  but  would  put  the 
road  under  the  control  ot  one  Receiver.  That 
the  court  might  have  the  Receiver  always wiin- 
in  its  juriBOiction,  the  Attorney  General  8U;<- 
gested  tbat  no  one  be  selected  who  is  not  a  res- 
ident of  tne  State  ot  NeW'Jersey.  In  this  view 
be  suggested  the  name  ot  Hon.  Francis  S.  Lalh- 
rop,  of  Morris  County,  as  that  of  a  sm table  per- 
son for  tbe  Keceiveri^bip. 

Hon.  Clarkson  N.  i'otter,  of  New- York,  said 
that  he  appeared  as  the  representative  of 
$9,000,000  of  the  consolidated  bonds,  hold  in 
England.  He  bad  consulted  witu  his  clients 
by  cable,  and  they  bad  this  moruiag  instructed 
hiu  to  name  a  gentleman  to  tOe  Cuancellor. 
The  Enjilish  boud-holaers  wouid  be  unwilling 
to  see  any  one  connected  witui  tne  adiuiuistra- 
tion  ot  the  company  appoiutod  ;  nor  wouid  it 
be  wise,  in  his  view,  to  appoint  more  than  one 
Receiver. 

Chancellor  Runyon  said  that  only  one  Re- 
ceiver would  bo  appointed,  and  he  would  be  a 
resident  ot  the  State. 

Mr.  Potter  suKeested  the  name  of  Robert  B. 
Potter,  of  Phiiadelohia,  who  was  Receiver  of 
the  Atlantic  and  Great  Western  Railroad  Com- 
pany, and  wno  wound  up  tne  adairs  of  tue 
company  with  eminent  success.  Mr.  Potter  ia 
not  now  a  resident  of  tue  State,  but  couusel 
tendered  assur.nces  that  it  he  were  appointed 
to  the  position  he  wouid  remove  into  it  at  once. 
It  the  court  did  not  desire  to  appoint  him, 
counsel  suggested  tue  name  of  Gen.  John  S. 
Sohuitze,  present  State  Senator  irom  Ocean 
Couuty.  Next  alter  these  two  gentlemen  his 
Clients  wouia  probably  preter  Hon.  Francis  S. 
Lathrop. 

Cnancellor  Rutiyon  inquired  ot  counsel 
whether  the  interests  Of  tue  road  demanded 
tbat  a  Receiver  be  appointed  at  once. 

Mr.  lUcCarter,  couusel  lor  the  company, 
urged  that  prompt  action  be  taken.  The  very 
disousoion  oi  tne  question  as  to  the  necessity 
oT  a  Keceiver  and  tne  best  man  for  Keceiver, 
only  tended  to  bnrt  the  interests  ol  all  con- 
cerneiL^Jn  view  oi  the  lact  that  no  charge  of 
fraud  or  bad  faith  bad  been  made,  be  thought 
that  little,  if  any,  weight  ou  ht  to  bet^ven  u> 
the  suggestion  tuat  tne  Receiver  be  not  con- 
necteu  with  the  managemeut  ot  the  company, 
in  the  oaSe  of  the  Ene  Kaiiroad  Company,  fltr. 
Jewett,  tue  President,  had  been  appointed  Re- 
ceiver ot  the  road,  and  that  appointment  had 
been  sanctioned  by  the  ancillary  action  of  the 
Cbanoellor  himself. 

Hon.  Courtlandt  Parker,  wj^o  was  associated 
with  Mr.  Potter  in  representing  the  Euglisn  in- 
terest, replied  that  Mr.  Jewetc  had  been  ap- 
pomied  at  the  instance  ot  the  sbme  ciatis  of 
creditors  whom  he  and  Mr.  Potter  appeared  tor. 
He  urged  tne  appointment  ot  Gen.  i'otter. 

Messrs.  Gibbon  and  BuUit,  ot  Puiladelphia, 
also  added  their  testimony  to  the  necessity  of 
prompt  and  immeUiate  action.  Tbe  company 
was  tbreatened  with  attaobmonta  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, wnero  it  has  deotoi'S  to  the  amount 'of 
hundreds  of  thousands  jf  dollars.  The  effect 
of  fuch  attachments  would  be,  they  saiu,  to 
yiX  th«  9oal  bosineM  o£  cigLorpad.    Mi^ 


BalUt  said  thaf  he  represented  $2,500,000  of  the 
stock,  nearly  one-half  of  the  owners  of  which, 
with  faith  In  the  value  of  the  stock,  had  he- 
come  holders  of  it  within  the  last  three  months. 
They  asked  that  Mr.  Knij^ht  be  appointed,  but 
expressed  tiieir  satisfactioa  with  Mr.  William- 
son. 

After  some  delay  the  Chancellor  said  that  hi 
had  concluded  to  appoint,  first,  a  gentleman 
residing  in  this  State,  and  always,  therefore. 
In  the  jurisdiction  of  the  court ;  and,  Beoondly, 
he  had  decided,  for  considerations  which  were 
weighty  with  him,  to  go  outside  of  the  present 
management  of  the  road  lor  a  Receiver.  This 
conclusion  was  reached  because  of  no  personal 
obiection  against  the  present  management,  but 
a  Receiver  would  avail  himself  naturally  of 
whatever  advice  and  assistanoo  the  present 
management  can  give  bim.  The  gentleman 
whom  he  had  selected  had  no  connec- 
tion with  the  road.  Then,  he  named 
Hon.  Francis  S.  Lathrop.  Mr.  Lathrop 
is  a  wealthy  resident  of  Morris  County, 
whose  home  is  near  Madison.  He  is  very  hign- 
Jv  esteemed,  and  officiates  in  the  Court  of 
Errors  and  Appeals,  the  court  oi  last  resort  in 
the  State,  as  lay  Judge.  lie  was  also  one  of 
the  ongjnators  ot  tbe  Morris  Plains  Luuatio 
Asylum,  and  is  now  one  ot  the  Commissioners, 
and  is  a  member  of  tbe  Riparian  Commission. 
He  Is  said,  too,  to  be  largely  interested  in  the 
Delaware,  Lackawanuii,  and  Western  Railroad 
Company.  Mr.  Lathrop  was  m  Trenton  this 
afternoon  in  answer  to  a  telegram  summoning 
him  here,  but  was  not  prepared  at  the  time 
to  file  the  $500,000  bonds  which  the 
order  requires  him  to  give.  He  will  ptobably 
secure  his  sureties  toMiay,  and  will  enter 
upon  the  discharge  of  his  duties  at  once. 
Besides  the  usual  process  given  to  Receivers 
the  order  invests  Mr.  Lathrop,  under  the  further 
snecial  authority  of  the  court  to  sell,  convey, 
and  assign  all  the  real  and  personal  estate,  and 
pay  into  the  Court  of  Chancery  of  New-Jersey 
all  the  moneys  and  securities  tor  moneys  arising 
from  such  sales  and  which  he  shall  collect  or 
receive  by  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in 
him,  to  be  disposed  of  by  him  trom  time  to 
time  under  the  order  and  direction  of  the  court 
among  the  creditors  of  the  said  defendant ; 
and  until  the  further  order  of  the  court 
to  the  contrary,  he  shall  have  lull  power  and 
authorily  To  run  and  operate  the  railroads  of 
the  said  defendant,  as  well  those  situate,  lying 
and  being  in  this  State  as  those  connected 
therewith,  and  leased  by  said  detendant  of  the 
said  complainant,  ami  situate,  lying,  and  being 
in  the  State  ot  Pennsylvania,  and  the  ferry  at 
Communipaw ;  and  it  is  made  bis  duty  to 
preserve  and  protect  the  corporate  Iranohises, 
privileges,  and  propert.y,  and  the  corporate 
existences  of  the  Central  and  of  the  cooipiain- 
ant  as  lessor  and  revers.oner  of  the  said  rail- 
roads m  the  State  ot  Peunsylyania. 


REPORT  OP  THE  EXAMINING  COMMITTEE  ON 
THE  CONDITION  OF  THE  ROAD. 
The  report  of  the  committee  appointed  by 
the  atockholtlers  to  examine  the  books  of  tbe  New- 
Jersey  Central  Railroad  Comoany  will  bo  presented 
at  a  meeting  to  be  held  lo-aay.  and  will  be  a  very 
unfavorable  »ht«wiDg.  A  member  of  the  committers 
assured  a  Times  repirter  yesterday  tbat  nothluE 
wonid  be  wbitevrashetl,  and  a  lively  time  is  antici- 
pated in  coD^eqaeDCc.  A  namber  of  tbe  acook- 
holders  are  reported  as  in  favor  of  c(in- 
solidating  with  the  Lehigh  Navigation  Com- 
pany aa  the  beat  means  of  escaoini; 
Irom  ..their  prosains  enibnrrassiDeots.  It  la 
proposed  tbat  preferred  ntocK  aball  be  isaned  to 
stockholdors  of  the  Lehigh  CompaDy  in  full  tor  its 
capital,  and  that  tho  common  stock  of  the  consol- 
idated company  shall  be  issued  lo  the  holilurs  of  the 

Stuck  of  both  the  other  companies  as  well  rs  hold- 
ers of  tbe  filiating  debt  of  both.    It  h  said  tbat 

noless  sach  u  coar-e  is  taken  there  will  bo  a  fore- 
cloanre  by  bondholders,    which  would    wipe  out  the 

entire  pioportv  of  both.  It  is  argued  that  the 
earolDgs  of  rhe  cousoliilated  line  would  bo  ample  to 
pay  iucerest  and  aivideads   ou   the  preferred  stock. 


A  SUIT  FOR  DAMAQKS. 

Charles   E.  Hibbard  has  begun  a  suit  in  the 

Court   of   Common    Pleas  against   the  New-Jeraoy 

Central   Riilroad   Company,   wbiuh  ia  a  noteworthv 

case  as  being   the   first  commenced  in  conspqaenca 

of  the  accident  which  occnrred  on  Oct.  24,  187G,  at 
Evona,  N.  J.,  rfsultiiij  frnm  the  didnlacemeut  of  a 
switch  dtiriuz  the  strike  of  the  en-jinecrs  of  the 
road.  Uibbard  was  iojared  in  person,  and  clairon 
tS.OOO  Uamaires.  The  answer  makes  a  denial  ot  all 
neeligeooe,  aud_  seta  up  that  the  accident  waa 
caused  by  tbe  criminal  nets  ot  some  pernoo  or  per- 
sons, not  In  the  company's  eniploj-ment,  in  openinK 
the  switch  anil  setting  the  siitnal  lights  hO  as  to  lu- 
dicatb  that  the  switch  waa  correctly  turned.  The 
Company  claims  It  is  not  iherefore  liable. 


THE  KEW-JERSEY  LEGISLATURE. 


THE      FIXAL     ADJOUHXMKNr      RESOLUTION 

CALLKD    ITP    IN     TlIK    SKNATE — CTNIXIEK- 
ESTIXG  SESSION  OF   BOTH   HOUSES. 
From   Our    Own  CorretvondeiH. 

Trexton,  Wednesdav,  Feb.  14,   1377. 

The  business  of  the  State  ih  the  two  liouscs 

of  Lesialaturo  was  almost  eotiroly  devoid  of  iuter- 
est  to-Jay.     Thr  Senate  was    busy  all    the    morning 

in  the  discuislon  uf  Ward's  bill  fi'dng  the  rate  of 

interest  at  G  per  cent.,  and  makios:  a  larger  Tate 
asarv.     Hobarc  succeeded  in  amendine  it  so  that  it 

should  not  be  applicable  to  existing  contracts.  Jnst 

before  adjoarnment  there  was  a  little  brash  over 
the  resolatioa  dxiaz  March  2  as  tbe  diy  fur  a  final 
atljonrnment.  Ths  resolutiun  passed  the  House 
sonic  days  aao,  ))at  when  it  reached  the  Senate  it 
was  put  on  the  Speaker's  desk,  sod  baa  been  tbt-re 
ever  since.  The  DemocraJi  have  been  afraid  to 
touch  It.  A  dim  cnnscionsneits  h»s  pervaded  them 
that,  the  parpose  of  prejsiog  the  resolution  for  final 
adjournment  was  in  some  wayconoeoted  with  a  pre- 
sumed deswn  to  defeat  an  election  in  Joint  meeting. 
Tbo  resolution  was  called  up  iu  the  Senate 
this  momins,  by  a,  motion  to  take  it  from  the  tabic. 
Tue    uaolion    was    adopted    by    tbe   aid    of  Senators 

Madden  and  Eidgeway,  two  Democratic  members. 
The  Democrats  accepieu  the  vote  aa  an  indication 
tbat  the  resolnrion  would  itself  pass  if  the  Reoub- 
lit:ans  sacceedod  m  cattiue  it  before  the  Senate.  A 
motion  to  adjourn  was  sprung  and  declared  carried 
in  the  twinklmt;  of  an  eye. 

The  H'  use  had  twuses<ion<i,  but  nothloe  of  public 
interest  was  transacted.  Mr.  Bngbam  made  ao 
eff  >rt  to  call  up  Senator  Abbeit's  Anii-Comanision 
bill,  bai  It  tailed  bv  a  tie  vote. 


0J3I1  UAHY. 


M.  AMI  DIE  PICHOT. 
The  death  of  M.  Amedie  Picaot,  the  French 
writer,  is  annoanced  by  cjUIh  from  Paris.  He  was 
a  native  of  Aries,  bom  in  1796,  studied  at  the  Col- 
lege of  J  ailly,  and  afterward  studied  medicine  at 
,Montpelior  and  Paris.  In  the  latter  city  he  began 
tbe  practice  of  medicine  in  1S19,  but  soon  aban- 
doned it  for  literature,  the  languages,  and  general 
science.  Ue  visited  England  and  Scutlnnd  iu  18*32 
and  1824,  and  roturaed  to  France  with  a  miud 
stored  with  iniormatlun  respecting  these  countries, 
and  more  or  less  tainiliarizad  wiih  their  litoraturJ. 
Ill  polmcsaud  in  literature  his  sympathies  tended 
toward  the  moderate-liberal  school.  In  18-13  he 
succeeoed  M.  L.  Uallbert  as  editor  in  chief  of  tbe 
JSetme  Britanniqtu,  in  which  position  he  remained 
np  to  the  time  ol  bis  death.  Amouc  the  works 
that  \ib-i,v  hia  name  are  various  sketches  ot  travel 
in  Euuland  and  Scotland;  tranaUtiuns  of  Eoiflish 
publications  aud  essays,  aud  aiteicues  on  historical 
and  legendary  eubjecis. 


OBITUAKY   NOTES. 

M.  A.  Kearney,  Mayor  of  VVilkesbarre,  Ponn., 
died  of  pneumonia  on  Sunday  night. 

John  Alorean  Cobbett,  (Conservative,)  mem- 
ber ot  Parliament  for  Oldham,  Eu2.,  is  dead. 

Samuel  J.    Osgood,   Past  Grand    Master   of 
New-Hamoshiro    Oid-fellowSk     <lied    ut     Laconia 
N.  H.,  yesterday. 

Maurice  Hoyt.SSyears  of  age,  the  oldest  Mason 
in  Orani^e  County  and  orobably  in  the  State  of  New- 
York,  died  suddenly  on  Saturday  last,  at  Warwick, 
while  slltin.;  in  a  chair  at  theresidenae  of  Kev.  Ver- 
non B. Carroll,  Paaior  of  the  Ketormed  Church.  Ho 
was  a  Ma.'ton  for  over  59  year8,and  was  exalted  to  the 
Knyal  Arch  degree  with  tT"n.  Lafayette,  in  Jernsa- 
lem  Cbaoter  No.  8,  New- York  City.  The  tnneral 
will  taKe  place  lu  Wednesday  mornint!,  Feb.  14, 
under  the  direction  of  Warwick  Lodge  No.  514,  f! 
aud  A.  M.,  of  Which  be  was  tbe  Chaplain. 

THE    AFFAIRS  OF  A  <£   W.  SPHAGUE. 
Providence,  Fob.  14.— The  non-payment  of 

interest  on  A.  &.  W.  SproKue's  notes  and  other 
shrinkage  of  values  constrains  the  Trustees  to  ask 
that  ■!  temporary  injunction  issue  restraining  the 
witburawal  ot  oeposiia  anril  the  accruinic  Interest 
shall  make  up  the  present  deficicieocy,  now 
estimated  at  not  more  than  7  or  8  per  cent.,  be 
granted. 

A  BANK  FRESlOJiNT  ATTACKED. 

Providekce,  Feb.  14,— Horatio  N.  Reynolds, 
President  of  the  Wlokford  Savincs  Bank,  was 
knocked  aown  in  Wlckford  last  night  by  a  mf- 
flan,  who  made  an  inefl'tiCiaal  attempt  to  rob,  and 
who  filed  a  pistol  at  a  man  who  came  to  tbe  as. 
Bistance  of  Air.  fieyaolds.     The  niffi.tn  escaped. 

A  TELEORAPH  OOMPANrS  SUIT. 
Baltemobe,  Feb.  14. — Couusel  for  tbe  West- 
ern Union  Telegraph  Company  brought  suit  this 
momisg  in  tue  Circuit  Court,  asking  for  an  Injucc- 
tion  to  restrain  the  Baltunore  and  Ohio  Kaiiroad  and 
tbe  Atlantic  and  Psolttc  Telsgraph  Company  from 
using  and  operating  the  lines  formerly  operated  bv 
the  Westeru  Tole^rapti  and  tbe  Baltiiiiore  and  Ohio 
JEUilloatL  CcaxuMoiieB.    A.  bearina,  it  ••tfoi;  Vah.  9(k 


lATEST  NEWS  BY  CABLE, 


THp  EA8TEBN  WAB-CLOUD. 

BtJSSIA'i  UNB  OF  ACTION— SIX  MORE  ARMY 
CORPS  TO  BE  MOBIUZED — ^THE  COM- 
MKNCEMENT  OP  WAR  IMMINENT— 
SRXAtDFUL  STATE  OF  ONE  OF  THE 
TURKISH  ARMIES. 

BeloraD',  Feb.  14.— a  decree  has  been 
issued  convoking  the  Great  Skupocbtijua  for 
Feb.  26. 

London,  Feb.  15. — A  dispatch  from  "Vienna 
says  the  Servian  Diplomatic  Agent  there  has 
intimated  that  the  Czar,  on  the  24th  iustant, 
will  order  the  mobilization  of  six  more  Army 
corps.    Bussiabas  already  decided  upon  her 

line  of  action. 

A  later  telegram  from  Vienna  says  advices 
from  St.  Petersburg,  Kisheneff  and  Berlin,  in- 
dicate a  decided  tendency  in  the  direction  of 
war.  It  is  asserted  that  tbe  Czarcwitch  has  de- 
clared that  the  commencement  of  war  is  immi- 
nent. 

A  Berlin  correspondent  says  tbe  Government 
is  a;:ain  considering  the  expedienc.v  of  pro- 
hibiting the  exportation  of  horses  from  Prussia. 

An  English  physician  with  Mukhtar  Pasha's 
Army,  in  Trebinje,  wntes  to  the  Stafford  House 
Charitable  Committee  reporting  that  the  Army 
is  in  a  dreadful  state  on  account  of  tbe 
insuffioienoy  of  hospital  accommodations,  lack 
of  medicines.  &c.,  that  between  20  and  30  sol- 
diers are  dying  daily,  and  dysentery  and  t.y- 
phoid  fever  have  appeared  and  are  spreading 
rapidly. 

A  dispatch  trom  Belgrade  says  Servia's 
appeal  for  advice  from  Russia  is  still 
unanswered.  The  Russian  Consid  Gen- 
eral declares  that  ho  is  greatl.y 
embarrassed  at  the  silence  of  his  Government. 
It  is  surmised  that  the  Servians  have  been 
abandoned  by  Russia  as  the  price  of  Austrian 
acquiescence  or  co-operation  in  Russia's  policy, 
beoause,^  if  Servia  is  quieted,  the  great  cause  ot 
restlessness  among  tbe  Slavs  in  Htmgary  would 
bu  removed.  Itj  is  probable  that  Russia  will 
not  adopt  a  similar  course  toward  Montenegro, 
but  will  put  her  forward  as  tbe  cnampion 
of  tbe  Turkish  Christians.  It  is  reported  tbat 
Karageorgewitch's  partisans  are  intriguing. 
Some  demonstration  is  possible  in  the  Skuooch- 
tijua. 

A  correspondent  at  Kisheneff  gives  a  full 
account   of  tbe   Russian   mobilized   army  in   a 

letter  dated  Feb,  9,  whicli  lias  been  delayed  in 

transmission.  He  states  that  the  army  at  Kis- 
heneff, which  would  first  move  against  tbe 
Turks,  numbers  120,Ono  infantry,  8,000  cavalry, 
and  428  guns.  It  would  be  immediately  followed 
by  two  corps  which  are  now  at  Odessa,  making 
the  total  of  the  army  ol"  advance  180,000  infan. 

try,  12,000  cavalry,  and  720  guns.  TUo  cor- 
respondent continues :  "  As  far  as  I  can 
ascertain,  everything  is  ready  for  the 
army  to  take  the  field  at  a  moment's 
notice.  A  tLousand  horses  bavo  been  bought 
for  the  train.  The  bridge  lying  here 
is  capable  of  passing  the  whole 
Army  over  the  J)anube  in  a  day. 
There  are  also  13  enoruyous  steam  launches 
large  enough  to  cross  the  Atlantic,  two  large 
barges,  seven  small  bo.^ts,  and  masses  ot"  other 
things,  showing  that  everything  i.s  looked  after 
to  the  smallest  detaiL  Ko  difiiculty  has  been 
experienced  in  obtaining  horses.  I  am  assured 
that,  despite  rumors  to  tbe  contrary,  mobiliza- 
tion has  proceeded  so  satisfactorily  that  within 
a  month  four  army  corps  could  have  crossed 
the  Prutb." 

A  Vienna  correspondent  says  :  "  It  is  stated 
here  on  trustworty  authority  that  the  powers 
arc  disposed  to  leave  England  to  give  the  key- 
note for  a  reply  to  Gortschakoff's  circular." 

THE  LONDOy  iSlOCK  MARKET. 
DEPREbSlNO   EIFECT   OF   THE   WAR  KU.MORS. 

London.  Feb.  14. — The  Daihj  Xetca  in  its 
financial  article  says  :  "The  stock  markets  were 
droupini!  throughout  tbo  day  yesterday,  closing 
at  the  worst  points  touched.  The  cause  of  this 
was  tbo  unsatistaotory  tenor  of  information 
from  the  East,  and  rumors  that  a  rupture  is  im- 
minent.    Without  specil'yiu^  more  particularly 

the  exact  nature  of  these  rumors,  it  will  suffice 

to  siiy  that  a  belief  that  hiehly  unfavorable  in- 
telligence had  been  recsived  in  influential  quar- 
ters was  deemed  sutficient  to  produce  general 
weakness.  A  bclicl  in  commercial  circles  that 
war  is  inevitable  between   Russia  and  Turkey 

gains  ground,  aud  little  desire  is  shown  to  ex- 
tend commitments  in  the  stock  markotn.' 

India  Council  bills  were  awarded  to-day  at 
about  1-lGd.  per  ruju'c  lower. 

Silver  closed  to-day  at  50^4 d.  per  ounce. 

MISCELLANEOUS     FOREIGN    NOTES, 

A  jrOGMEIJT  ADVERSE  TO  TUE  DIRECT 
CABLE     COMPAJSY — QUKE.V    VICTORIA   TO 

VISIT     GERMANY— TKKRIBLtt    COLLIKKY 

EXrLOSION       IX     FnANCIC--^OM       PEDKO 

VISITS  THK  POPE — TUE  J<reERTY  OF  THK 

FRKNCH   PRESS. 

_  London,  Feb.  14.^Th<f  Privy  Council  has 
delivered  judgment  /^ulverso  to  the  Direct 
United  States  Cably  Company  on  an  appeal 
from  the  deoision  oTthe  Supreme  Court  of  New- 
foundland contuming  the  injunction  against 
the  Direct  Caole  Company's  using  tbe  main- 
land of  Newfoundland  for  the  purposes  of 
telegraphic  communication  or  operating  the 
section  of  cable  moored  in  Conception  Bay. 
The  appeal  was  dismissed,  with  costs.  As  the 
Direct  Company,  in  anticipation  of  this  judg- 
ment, some  time  since  removed  their  cable 
from  Conception  Bay,  tbe  decision  above  re- 
ferred to  does  not  now  affect  thorn  in  any  way. 

Tbe  statement  written  ou  a  piece  ot  paper 
found  in  a  canister  near  Whitehaven,  saying 
"Lucy  Bartram  to  America  lost  in  fog,"  is 
probably  a  hoax. 

A  dispatch  from  Berlin  says :  "  It  is  expect- 
ed that  Queen  Victoria  will  visit  Germany 
about  Easter." 

The  Italian  bark  Prosperina  Paloaso,  Capt. 

Drago,  iroin  Plymouth  Feb.  11,  for  New-York, 
has  put  back  to  Plymouth,  baviug  lost  her 
sails. 

Cairo,  Fob.  14. — Col.  Gordon,  tbe  Alrican 
explorer,  has  been  appointed  Goveruor  of  the 
entire  province  ot  Soudan. 

Paris,  Foa.  14. — A  toiTiblo  explosion  has 
taken  place  in  one  ot  tbe  coal  mines  ut  Grais- 
sessac.  in  the  Departmout  of  Herault.  Fifty- 
tive  miners  are  known  to  have  perished. 

The  Court  of  Appeal  has  coutirmed  the  sen- 
tonco  passed  on  the  journal  Lea  Droits  de 
V Homme  The  Left  Centre  has  passed  a  reso- 
lution in  favor  ot  the  restoration  of  trial  by 
jury  lor  press  oft'enses-,  and  has  instructed  its 
bureau  to  unite  with  those  of  the  other  sections 
of  the  Left  in  urging  the  Government  to  change 
tbe  oMcials  in  the  Press  Department. 


OHIO  OPINIONS  OF  THE  COUNT. 


GOV.  QAYHS  SERENE  AND  CONFIDENT — 
THE  TRIBUNAL  DENOUNCED  BY  A  DEMO- 
CKATIC  NEWSPAPER — A  POLICY  Off  DE- 
LAY URGED   ON    THE     PARTY    LEADERS. 

Special  DUpalch  to  tlu  New-  York  Timet. 

Cincinnati,  Feb.  14. — Gov.  Hayes,  who, 
with  his  wife,  has  been  in  the  city  for  two  or 
three  days,  returned  to  Columbus  this  evenine. 
He  appears  to  be  very  little  disturbed  over  the 
proceedings  at  Washington.  He  has  a  serene 
confidence  in  tbe  result,  and  loses  no  sleep  ou 

account  of  the  Presidency.  In  eonversar 
tion  to-day  he  remarked  that  he  sup- 
posed     the      Democrats      had      it     in     their 

povrer,  if  they  chose,  to  piac6  obstacles  m 
the  way  of  the  tribunal,  and  possibl.y  prevent 

a  decision,  but  be  bad  no  thousht  that  they 

would  do  such  a  thing.  They  could  not  afford 
to  place  themselves  in  such  an  attitude  before 
the  country. 

The  Enquirer  declares  to-day,  in  a  double- 
leaded  editonal,  that  there  is  no  hope  for  jus- 
tice  or  fairness  irom  tbe  tribunal,  aud  boldly 
advises  tbe  Democrats  who  hold  seats  in  it  to 
refrain  trom  further  participation.  It  urges  the 
House  *  to  place  every  obstacle  iu  its 
power  in  the  way  of  the  counting  of 
. ,  the   vote,   and  refiue  to  reoogn|ze^  HayesL  ^b 


President  after  the  Commission  has  proclaimed 
itsflndlRKS.  It  calls  apon  De^pocrats  every- 
wbare  to  write  and  telegraph  their  Itepreaenta< 
tivea  to  inauguratei  a  policy  of  delay  and  fight 
every  step  to  tbe  hxa.  This  remarkable  ad- 
vice  is  not  acted  upon  with  alacrit.y  by  the 
Democrats  here,  who  oanuot  forget  that  two 
weeks  ago  tbe  Enquirer  was  I*ua  in  its  praises 
of  the  arbitration  plan.  The  general  feeling  m 
the  party  is.  tbat  after  the  enthusiasm  shown 
for  tbe  Commission  in  its  early  stages,  they 
cannot  repudiate  ir«  decision  without  making 
themselves  appear  ridiculous. 


THE  BOSTON    ENGINEBBSk  STBIKE. 


NO  MATERIAL  CHANGE  IN  THE  SITUATION — 
THE  STRIKERS  BUYING  OFF  THK  NEW 
MEN-j-FREIGHT  TRAFFIC  OIT  THE  LINE 
ENTIRELY  SUSPENDED— A  WARNING-  TO 
OTHER  ROADS  FROM  THE  BROTHER- 
HOOD 

Special ZHspateh  to  t%e  XeW'Tort  Tinui. 
Boston,  Feb.  14. — The  strike  ou  the  Bos- 
ton and  Maine  Railroad  continues.  The  mana- 
gers of  the  road  seem  to  find  no  difficulty  in 
obtaining  substitutes,  but  many  of  these  are 
incompetent  men  and  patrons  of  tbe  road  dis- 
play much  uneasiness,  fearms  trouble  and  disas- 
ter from  the  running  of  the  engines  by  new  men. 
No  overt  act  has  yet  been  committed  by  tbe 
strikers,  but  several  of  the  engines  run  by  tbe 
new  men  bnve  been  found  to  bo  unsafe,  owing 
to  the  "frothing"  of  the  water  in  the  boilers, 
produced  by  soap,  which  has  been  found 
in  large  quantities  in  them.  This  is 
cbarced  upon  tbe  strikers,  but  their  leaders  in- 
sist that  they  are  ignorant  of  any  suob  per- 
formance on  tbe  part  of  the  men  out.  The  road 
to-da.y  had  no  better  success  than  yesterday  in 
running  the  trains.  Tho  freight  traf- 
fic IS  at  a  complete  standstill,  and  quantities 
ot  merchandise  are  accumulating  along  the 
line,  interruBting  business  and  causing  serious 
diiticulty.  '1  he  few  through  trains  which  Jiavo 
been  out  from  this  city  went  through  all  right 
to-day,  but  the  day  train  Irom  Portland  which 
usually  starts  at  9  did  not  get  off  till  1:10 
this  aftei-noon.  The  first  engineer  who  was 
placed  in  charge  of.  tbe  engine  on  this  train 
was  bought  off  for  $100,  and  the  non-Brother- 
hood man  who  finally  took  it  out  is  reported 
to  have  refused  $1,000  to  desert  his 
post.  Other  new  engineers  have  been 
bought  off,  and  the  chief  work  of  the 
leaders  of  the  strikers  at  present  seems  to  be 
directed  toward  this  end,  and  their  funds  ap- 
pear to  be  ample.  Nothwitbstanding  the 
threats  ot  last  night,  tbe  officials  of  some  of 
the  other  roads,  particularly  the  Boston  and 
Albany,  tbe  Old  Colony,  and  the  Baltimore 
and  '  Ohio,  furnished  men  to  the 
Maine  managers  4o-day,  and  an  order  has  gone 
out  Ircm  the  Brotherhood  to  the  several  com- 
mittees  to   notify   the   assisting    managers   of 

these  roads  tbat  they  must  desist,  or  strikes 

along  their  lines  will  be  ordered.  At 
a  special  meeting  of  tbe  Board  ot 
Aldermen  to-day  extra  Police  were  appointed 
to  serve  at  tiie  station  and  along  tbe  line  of  tbe 
road  within  the  city  limits,  and  a  special  meet- 
ing of  the  stockholders  of  the  road  is  proposed. 
The  chances  of  the  ultimate  success  ot  tbe 
strike  are  dail.y  growing  more  encouraging  to 

the  triends  ot  tbe  ongmeers.  The  patrons  of 
the  road  are  talking  of  getting  up  a  petition 
to  put  itj  management  into  the  hauds  of  the 
State  until  a  new  management  can  be 
chosen.  There  is  little  sympathy  with  the 
corporation  in  its  struggle,  for  there  is  a  gen-- 
eral  belief  that  there  has  been  good  and  sut- 
ficient  cause  for  the  opposition.  The  branch 
roads  am  nearly  all  crippled.  A  man  sent 
out  to  Great  Falls  to  run  an  engine 
there  to-day  was  bought  off"  before 
be  had  finished  his  first  trip,  and  tbo 
ti-aveiing  public  must  depend  on  carriages.  At 
Dover  the  same  thing  was  done,  and  the  com- 
pany cannot  now  de,oend  on  any  of  the  new 
baiitls.  ao  they  do  not  know  how  long  they  will 
remain.  Tho  present  condition  of  affairs 
cannot  last  more  than  a  few  days 
longer,  tor  the  people  will  not  tolerate 
it.  'Ihe  Brotherhood  of  Engineers  have  of- 
fered to  expel  any  man  who  will  bo  found 
guilty  of  in  any  way  interfering  with  tho 
property  of  tho  corporation,  and  this  puts 
them  on  a  Kood  standing  with  tbe  comniuuity. 
The  Lynn  Crispins  have  sexit  them  a  series  of 
resolutions  of  eymp-  hy. 

THE  HOSTILE  INDIANS  OF  DAKOTA. 


EMISSAHIES  FUOM  CRAZY  HORSE  AND  SIT- 
TING BULL  PROPOSING  PEACE — THE  DA- 
KOTA LEGI8LATUUB  AND  IMMIGRATION. 
CuETEXNE,     Feb.    14. — Two    Sioux    Indians, 

"Charging  Horso"   and   "Makes-them-stand-up," 

arriveu  at  the  Spotted  T^il  Agency  on  the  9th  lost., 
bsTlDg  left  the  hostile  camp  Jan.  16.     They  report 

that  Crazv  Horse,  with  all  tbo  hostiles  excent  tho 

UneaDapai),  is  encamped  on  the  Toneuo  River, 
near  the  mouth  of  Prairie  Dag  Creek ; 
tbat  Sitting  Bull,  with  hia  band  ij  on 
th'.s  Bide  ot  the  Yellowstone,  marchin;;: 
to  ioin  them  ;  that  all  desire  to  make  peace  on  the 
best  terras  obtainable,  and  tbat  they  themselves  are 
official  coariars  to   notity  Geu.  Crook  that   sucb  are 

the  facts.  Tbo  liostilcs  fnrchormore  desire  tbat 
SiKitted  Tail  may  visit  tbetn  in  person,  and  bring 
somo  tobacco  la  proof  of  tbe  siocenty  of  tbo 
whites.  They  express  a  willineness  to  come  in 
with  Spotted  Tail  and  acknowledge  bis  authority. 
Spotted  Tail  himself  places  confiience  in  the  truth 
of  these  statements,  and  has  no  doubt  that  be  will 
be  able  tn  bring  them  all  io.  It  is  reported  tbat 
there  are  ereat  numbers  of  baffdio  near    the   hostile 

camp,  and  that  tho  conatry  thereabouts  is  covered 
with  deep  snow,  tbe  crust  of  which  will  bear  no  a 
borse.  Gen.  Crook  and  Htaif  arrived  at  Fort  Lar- 
amie last  night,  where  he  will  remain  for  tbo  prea. 
eot. 

Yankton.  Feb.  14. — A  bill  lias  passed  both 
houses  of  tbe  Legislature  and  will  be  approved 
by  the  Governor,  giving  the  Ijlack  Hills  a  United 
States  Court,  aud  assimilng  an  Associate  Jus- 
lice  there  as  resident  Judge,  to  take  effoct 
immediately  on  ratification  bv  Congress  of  tlio 
agreement  with  the  Sioiix  Inaians  ceding  that  coun- 
try. Provision  is  also  made  for  organizing  onunties 
there,  giving  them  local  courts  and  connty  officers. 
Tbe  Legislature  has  mode  a  large  appropriation 
for  locating  anu  improviog  three  loads 
from  the  Biack  Uills  to  points  on  the  Missouri 
Kiver.  All  tbat  now  remains  to  furnish  a  large 
population  there  with  all  the  facilitioa 
for  local  government,  is  the  ratificatiou 
of  tbe  agr'^eiuent  by  tbe  house  of 
liepresentatives.  tbe  Senate  having  already  an- 
provea  it.  Tbe  very  mild  weather  of  the  month 
(last  has  served  to  give  impetus  to  emigration  there, 
and  trains  are  leaving  here  almost  daily  for  the 
Hills.  The  Legislature  has  also  changed  tbo  loca- 
tion of  thp  United  States  Court  in  the  Northern  Dis- 
trict from  Fargo  to  Bismarck. 


IHE    GOETHE    CLUB. 


LECTURE  BT  Mlt.  JOHX  ELDEEKIN  ON 
"  GOETHE  AS  A  TEACHER  OF  ART." 
Mr.  John  Elderkin  read  a  paper  entitled 
"Goethe  as  a  Teacher  of  Art,"  before  the  Goethe 
Club,  at  the  Pifth  Avecue  Hotel,  last  evening.  Dr. 
A.  Kuppaner  introduced  the  speaker.  Mr.  £laor- 
kin,  after  referring  to  Goethe's  icflaence  upon  the 
men  and  literature  of  his  time,  said  that  the  reason 
why  America  still  lacked  the  poetic  and  artistic 
taste  which  distinguished  certain  foreign  nations 
was  because  of  our  superlative  activity  in  business, 
social,  and  political  fields  of  action.  Tho 
widespread  desire  for  wealth,  tbe  constant 
bustle  ol  trade  and  politics,  the  jarring  indaenoe 
of  the  current  literature  of  the  day  with  its  endless 
succession  of  new  ideas  and  absorbing  facts,  were 
all  opposed  to  tho  cultivation  of  the  artistic  faculty. 
In  Goethe's  day  the  newspaper  was  a  petty  and 
Stale  affair  compared  with  tbe  journal  of  tbe  pres- 
ent, and  yet  he  writes  of  it,  "that  it  exorcises  any- 
thine  but  a  stimulating  effect  upon  art."  The 
truth  was  tbat  true  art  formed  like  crystals,  in 
silence  and  in  the  dark.  Tho  action  of  tho  mmd  in 
its  highest  state  was  automatic.  Goethe  bad  said 
that  tbe  true  formula  of  art  was  "tbe  stilling  of 
the  soul."  Repose  was  indispensable  to  its  highest 
intellectual  action,  and  no  one  realized  this  truth 
better  than  he.  Sobiller  bad  called  tbe  artistic 
faculty  "  tbe  play  faculty."  to  distinguish  It  from 
the  utilitarian  or  "work"  faculty.  It  was  one  of 
the   beauties    of  Goethe's  character  tnat  he  never 

suffered  his  art  to  be  dwarfed  bv  the  supernat- 
ural. [Applause,]  When  in  1792  Dumounez 
opened  fire  on  Talmy,  Goethe  told  the  Germans 
that  they  now  beheld  the  commencement  of  a 
new  era  in  haman  history.  The  excesses  of  the 
French  Revolution,  however,  so  disgustea  him  tliat 
be  refused  bis  support  to  tbe  new^  ideas,  wbicb 
were  in  efi'ect  but  the  legitimate  fulfillment  of  his 
own.  The  enemies  of  Goethe  had  called  him  "  O.d 
Heathen  "  and  "  friend  of  the  powers  that  he,"  but 
not  all  tbe  caviling  of  bis  critics  could  obliterate 
his  great  services  to  the  cause  of  free  thought  and 
art.  If  Scbiller  wrote  for  the  great  prinviples  of  tne 
Revolution,  Goethe  wrote  for  a  renewed  spirituality. 
It  WHS  too  much  tbe  fashion  for  the  American 
Philistine  to  nueer  at  tbe  superiority  of  £arape  in 
ihs  realm  of  art,  and  to  jnake  up  for  oar  deficieii- 
cies  by  lauding  tbe  Intensely  practical  spirit  Of^cnr 
.Mce.aod  rSimntcy.  .  '£09^  leotw.er._Ui_«)aclusiaa,. 


dwelt  uixHX  the  present  •bortcomlogs  of  Amerioaa 
artt  and  pointed  oat  the  directions  in  wbloh  im- 
proTieiment  was  most  neoouar.?. 

T^E  BEAUMONT  ART  COLLECTION  SALE. 

The  sale  ot  the  Beaumont  collection  of  paint- 
ings was  continued  last  evening  In  Iflner's  Art 
Gallery,  Ko.  843  Broadway.  Tne  attendance  was 
qolte  large,  but  the  bidding  poor,  all  tbe  pictnree 
being  disposed  of  at  a  sacrifice.  Appended  is  a  list 
of  tbe  moie  valuable  paintings  sold,  with  the  names 
of  the  artists  and  the  prices  realized  : 

Artist  Picture.  Price. 

A.  Blerstadt Mount  Adams $500  00 

Ii.De  Buel Relurnln^  Home 130  OO 

M.  Blanchi The  Choir  Rehearapl 110  00 

li.  Robbe Landscape,  wUh  Sueep laO  00 

B.  F.  Znber Morning 110  00 

R.  Cc'rroenue The  lieply .S80  00 

J.G.Brown DeadBroke 130  00 

Thsmas  Cole Landscape— Sunset 290  00 

E.Uanier Types  of  Cbi'.ahooa 175  00 

W.  S.  Mount Tho   Haymaker 100  00 

N.A.Sllva On  the  Hudson  River 175  00 

J.  Carolus The  Love  Test IH  60 

O.  Achenbacb... Bay  of  Naples 500  00 

Charles  Cbaplin.HorniQg  after  the  Masquerade   775  00 

Otto  Erdmann.. The  Ih-clodure 850  00 

J.  W.  Ca8ilear...8wi8S  Mountain  View 160  00 

C.  L  Muller Contempliiion .350  00 

F.  Voltz Laudscape  and  Cattle 700  00 

tug.    Verhoeck- 

hoven ftalian  Greyhound 310  00 

A.  Bartolini Tho  Mask 115  00 

J.  v.  Chavet The  Mirror 430  00 

J.  Gilbert Knglish  Lanascape 200  00 

K.  Johnson New-Kngland  Peddler 210  00 

J.  H.  M.Tilnes.. Wood  Scene 190  00 

Car!  Becker The  O'd  Beaur 775  00 

Gtllicrt  Stuart... Portrait  of  Washington 290  00 

J.  C.  Wiggins.... Schroon  Lake 1^2  60 

O.  L.  Ver-.vor Tbe  Boudoir 149  50 

W.  GeDtz Cuiavan  Entering  Ciiro 700  00 

Tbomas  Cole in  tho  Catskills 735  00 

The  sale  will  be  concluded  this  evening,  when 
tbe  water-color  paintings  will  be  disposed  of. 

COUNTERFEITERS  ARRESTED  IN  IOWA. 
Ddbuque,  Feb.  14. — Officers  to-day  arrested 

four  counterfeiters  :  Reason  Lyon,  Calvin  Lyon, 
Joba  Lyon,  and  Alexander  Jackson.  They  had  a 
fall  equipment  of  dies  and  molds  for  making  five- 
cent,  ton-cen',  and  fifty-cent  coins,  of  which  tbey 
bad  a  considerable  supply  when  captared.  They 
also  had  a  set  of  burglars  tools.  Two  mon  were  ar- 
re>ited  yesterday  at  Clinton,  who  are  supposed  to 
belong  to  the  same  gang. 


HAMPTON  ISS  UINQ  MILITIA  COMMISSIONS 
Charleston,  Feb.  14. — A  telegram  from  Co- 
lumbia to  the  Neios  and  Courier  siys  that  Wade 
Hampton  has  inaugurated  the  organization  of  tbe 
State  Militia  by  issuing  commissions  to  several  gen- 
tlemen appointed  by  bim  as  officerj. 

TOnN   ELECTIONS. 

Elmira,  Feb.  14.— The  11  towns  of  Chemung 
County,  at  the  town  meetings  to-day,  elected  five 
li^pablican  and  five  Democratic  Supervisors. 

At  the  Schuyler  Connty  town  meetings  yester- 
day five  Republicans  and  thiee  Democrats  were 
elected  Supervisors. 


SUPERINTENDENT  OP  STATE  PRISONS. 

MoNTPELiER,  Feb.  14. — Gov.  Fairbanks  has 
appointed  H.  F.  Spencsr  Superintendent  of  the 
State  Prison. 

DEATH  BX  SUICIDE. 

Mr.  Samuel  Cantrell,  who  shot  bimself  in  tbe 

Pucoam  House   on   Thursday,  the  8tb  inst.,  died  at 
Bellevue  Hospital  at  12:47  A.  M.  to-day. 


FINEST  OLIVE  OB  SALAD  OIL 
Ever    imported.     Selected    especially    tor,    im- 
ported and  bottled  bv,  Caswell,  Hazard  &Co.,  drug- 
gietw,  FiFrii  AvESUK  Hotel  Building  aud  Sixth 

avenue,  corner  of  Thirty-ninth   streat;    also  !No.  132 
TUoiuas  street,  Newport,  K.  f.     Our  only  places   of 

business  are  as  above.  —Exchange. 


Ik  Yot;  desire  rosy  cheelM  and  a  complexion 
fair  and  free  from  pimples,  blotches,  and  eruptions, 
purify  your  blood  by  taking  Dr.  Piekce's  GoldeN' 
Medical  Discovery.  It  baa  no  equal  for  this  pnr- 
pose.  Dr.  Pierce's  memorandum  books  given 
away  by  all  druggists. — Advertisement. 


"The  dear  littln  dimpled  darling  never  saw 
Christmas  yet,"  hut  sho  hart  hardly  opened  her  sweet 
eves  to  the  sunlliht  ere  she  became  aware  oi  the  lux- 
ury of  a  bath  in  which  B.  T.  Babbitt's  Toilet  Boap 
was  used  by  tiio  loving  nurse. — Advertisement. 

Fifty  Per  Cent.  Saved 

By  using  Higgiss'  (Jerma.v  Laundry  Soap. —Advertise- 
nifnt. 


From  a  well-known  Dunkard  Preacher. 
Hartlkto.v,  ITcion  County,  Peun.,  Dec.  24,  1874 

ifessra.  detli  TV.  Foicle  <t  Sons,  Boston. 
(xentlcmen  :  Having  received  decided  benefit 

from  tiie  use  of  PliUUVi.-V.S  rflRlIP  for  Dyspepsia  and 
General  Debility  of  the  system,  1  can  recomijieud  it  heart- 
ily in  all  cases  as  being  a  very  eftective  and  pleasant 
preparation.  It  gives  almost  universal  satUl'actiou. 
Resiiectfully  yours,  ADAM  BJiAVjill. 

Sold  by  all  druggists.         _ 

First    i'remiain 

Awarded  by  rcut<'niiial  Kxpjairioa  to  ELECTRO  SILt 
CON.  The  best  arriiilcforcieaiiiaijaad  polishing  silvei'- 
ware  and  household  utaasils.  Sold  by  draagiats, 
house  I'urnishers.  jewelers,  and  grocera. 

For  all  Bronchial  or  Long  Complaints 

Use  OLLIFFE'S  T.'^STELESS  COO  LIVKS  OIL  with 
H.UE  and  VVILU  CUhKKY.     tSold  by  druggists.     Depot, 

Ho.  b  Bowery. 

^        — 
Parker's    Cinscr     Tonic     Strengthens     tho 

appetite  and  lu^tkcs  digeatiou  easy.  It  is  tue  ouly 
efiVctivc  reini-dy  lor  dyspepsia  and  other  ills  common 
to  the  stomach  and  bowels. 


Pomci-oy's  Trasses—  Bj-  far  tlia    Best  in  I'se. 

Ask  your  phvaician.  PO.UKXJ"  1UO,S3<'0..  746  b'way. 


EUSH— RICHAtlDoON.— In  this  City,  Feb.  5,  1876, 
by  Kev.  Mr.  Weddemei',  Fua.vk  G,  Bush  to  Carrib  J. 

RlCH.\nDS0N. 

iJO-NaijUSON — GORDON.— On  the  Sth  inst..  by  Rev. 
Williaoi  tcrrie,  A.  M.,  William  John  Donaldson,  of 
Dethel,  M.  y.,  to  Miss  JA.VE  tiOKoax,  ol  lX7tb  st.,  this 
Ut.v. 

POBTER— TAYLOR.— .\t  the  residence  of  D.  R.  Jer- 
auld, Esq.,  at  Niagara  Kails,  on  llio  latU  inst..  b.y  Rev. 
isiiward  luiiersoll,  D.  D.,  assisted  by  Rev.  WilliauiShel 
toil,  1).  D,,  Phthk  a.  Porter,  Ksq.,  to  Aliss  AucK  Apelb 
Taylor,  both  of  Niagara  Falls. 

KOBl.NSON- sENuf.— In  Brooklyn,  Feb.  13.  at  the 
residence  of  the  biiile'a  parents,  by  Rev.  John  »V. 
Beach,  Kelsox  Robi.vson  to  Lilue  R.,  dauschter  of 
George  1.  ^eucv. 

SlWAl'S— ROllWELL.- At  the  Church  ot  the  Holy 
Communion,  ou  Tuesdiv,  Feo.  la,  bv  Kev.  F.  is.  Law- 
rencL*,  t'KEDEaicK  D.  Staats,  of  thu  Cii.y,  to  Kuma  A. 
RoDWBLL,  tJau^nUr  ot  too  late  Leonard  Kod-wud,  of 
KorlolK,  Englaud. 

WAi>DELL— ULEMF.NT.— In  Jersey  City,  N.  J., 
Thursday,  Feb.  8,  by  Kev.  P.  D.  Van  Cleef.  Robbht 
Wadubll,  of  Live-pool,  biiillaad,  to  Isabella  G.  C'lem- 
KNT,  of  Jersey  City. 


CHESTER.  -  m  Elizai.eth.  N.  J.,  ou  the  night  of  the 
13th.  of  brouchitis,  F.annie  A.,  uaugQter  of  Walter 
Harris,  and  widow  ol  too  late  Johu  ft.  Chester,  of 
fiew-Yor»i. 

^o^il:e  of  funeral  hereafter. 

DO.VKE.- Ou  Tuesday,   Feb.    13,    1877,   M.aktha  L. 

DOAKE. 

The  relatives  and  friends  of  the  family  are  respect- 
fully iuvitcd  to  attend  her  funeral  ou  Tliursda.y,  Feb. 
15  iust..  at  I'i  ircloci:  M.  nt  tbo  Church  of  the  Holy 
Coinmuuiou,  0th  av.,  corner  of  2Uth  st. 

KUSV.iPtilliVi-:.— AtPlainfield,  N.  J.,  Feb.  14,  1877, 
Km  KLINE  L.,  wife  of  A.  Uilery  Isustaphleve,  a;;ed  33 
years. 

t^uuflfilo  papers  please  cony. 

u.^.MiiLlNG.— On  Tuesday,  Feb.  13,  Joseph  C.  Gamb- 
ling, Udeti  ol  vears. 

Funeral  services  to  be  held  at  his  late  residence 
Mamarouecli,  Wealeliester  County,  on  Frida.v,  16th,  at 
1  o'clock  P.  &I.  .Nu\r-llaven  Kaiiroad  tram  leave*  at 
12  .d. 

UORTON.— On  Wednesday,  Fob.  14,  Lizzis,  wite  of 
Tbomas  U.  Uorton,  of  Jloaat  Veruou,  M.  1.,  aged  Hi. 
years. 

JSoticeoi  funeral  hereafter. 

JaUDO.m.— AtPmla.l.-lphia,  on  the  9th  in«t..  Mart, 
wife  of  Dr.  Chas.  B.  Jau-.lou,  and  diushter  ol  the  late 
Commiidoro  Bui'ibridge.  Uaiced  iStates  Navy. 

KKSDALL.— On  Tuesday,  i'eb.  la,  uf  typhoid  pneu- 
monia, James  W.  Kbnpall,  aji^ed  48. 

Kuneral  Friday  at  1: 3u  from  his  late  residence,  Ko. 
204  6th  iiv. 

LlVl.N'GaTON.— On  Wednesday,  Feb.  14,  Mrs.  Belin- 
da Livingston,  widow  ot  the  late  Johu  Livingstou, 
aired  51  years.    . 

'1  he  relatives  aud  friends  of  tbe  family  are  rospect- 
lully  invited  to  arte  ad  h.-r  funeral  on  Friday,  Kith 
inst.,  at  1  o'clock  P.  M.  nt  the  Church  of  St.  John  the 
EvaugedstJ  West  11th  st..  comer  of  VVaverley  place. 

-HK.-iD.- At  M«.  Alar.y's  Knoll,  8carboroui;h-on-Uud- 
sou,  on  Tuesday,  Feb.  13,  Edward  t^cuBRXERuoKN 
Mead,  secoud  sun  of  Rev;  Edward  li.  Mead,  u.  U,,  ia 
the  29th  year  of  his  ace. 

Ttie  relatives  aua  ineods  of  the  famil.v  are  Invited  to 
attend  his  lliiierai  at  St.  Mary's  t'hurcU,  Beech  wood, 
ou  t^aturday,  Feb.  17.  at  3  o'clock  P.  M.  Trains  leave 
Hudsoa  River  Railroad  Depot,  42d  St.,  lor  Scarborough 
atl:3Ur.  M.;  roturniug,  leave  Scarborough  at  4  aud 
b:44  P.  M. 

ROE.— At  Newburff,  N.  T.,  Tuesday,  13th  inst.,  Maria 
IIazarp,  'Wife  01  the  late  William  Roe,  io  tue  90th  year 
of  her  ase. 

Funeral  services  from  her  late  residence,  Newburg, 
at  11  o'clock  ou  iSRuurdav,  17ib  inst. 

SHOPP,— On  Wednesday,  Feo.  14,  Laitra.  G.,  eldest 
daughter  Of  BoiijaminR.  and  ^arah  J.  ijhopp,  aged  ll 
years  and  7  days. 

BeUtivoB  ana  friends  of  the  family  are  respectfolly 
fnvited  to  attend  the  funeral  from  the  residence  of  her 
pareuts,  So.  399  Fairmouat  av.,  Jersey  City,  ou  Tlitirs- 
da.y,  the  15th  inst.,  at  1  o'clock  P.  M. 

EjMli'U. — On  Tuesday  moriilnii,  I3th  Inst.,  at  his  rea- 
ideuoe,  No.  73  Fierrepout  st..  Brookl.yn,  Ctbbs  P. 
Smith,  in  the  77tb  year  <>i  bis  ase. 

Friends  ana  relatives  are  invited  to  attend  the  fu- 
neral servicea,  to  be  held  ot  First  Presbyterian 
Church,  Henf.v  St.,  on  Tbursdaj',  15th  insc,  at  2 
O'clock.    Friends  are  requestud  to  omit  flowers. 

W  BBB.- Feb.  13,  Mrs.  ALarx  Weub,  aged  85,  widow 
of  Jamse  Webb. 

Friends  and  relatives  of  the  family  era  respectfully 

invitetl  to  attend  her  taoeral  troui  her  late  residence, 
No.  78  3d  St.,  Thursday  morniQE  at  11  o'clock. 

WILLLVMbOS.— On  Tuesday  morutn(j,  Feb.  13  of 
cbronlc  pneumonia,  KicnAKD  vYilliauson,  in  the  7'6th 
year  of  bis  age. ..     • 

The  lunerai  services  will  take  place  at  big  late  resi- 
dence. No.  133  6th  av..  at  lO  A.  U.  on  Thursday,  the 
loth  iust.  Relatives  and  friends  are  respectfuUv  In- 
vited to  attend. 

WILLIAMS.— On  tbe  14th  iust..  at  the  residence  of 
her  brother-in-law.  Dr.  F.  J.  Bumstead,  Bllbn  E.,  wi  fe 
of  Isaiah  T.  Williams  and  dauKbter  of  tho  late  Ferdi- 
nand E.  White,  of  Boston. 

YOUM4N8.— On  Wednesdav.  Feb.  14.  1877.  at  the 
leside-ico  of  bis  grandparents,  Craklu  StiCKHCT 
YouHASs,  infant.  m>iv:9fIilBaie  tJ.  ^d  Daniel  a.  You- 


j.-'r-^' 


OFJnCBS  TO  LSti   ^' 

IS  THE  ^    • 

^piaUSa  BOLLDINO* 

AFPLT  TO 

tiBOKGS  JONJBS, 
TUtlBS  OFPiUB 


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POST  OFtrlCB  JilfMCB. 

The  roreiirn  malls  for  the  week  ending  8atn-diy. 
Feb.  17,  1877,  will  close  at  this  office  on  rnj-sdiv-t 
12  M.,  for  Europe,  by  steam-sbtp  Dakota  via  Queens- 
town;  on  Wednesdav  at  liA.  .d.  for  Kurope  by  s  .  am- 
slilpPartbia  via  Queer a'.own;  on  Thursday  at  llz.iU 
A.  M.  for  Kurope  bv  steam-ship  Gelle-t  vi.-*  Plymjut^, 
Cherbonrg,  and  Hamburg:  on  Satardar  at  4:3_i  A.  a. 
lor  Europe  b.T  steam-shin  City  of  Chester  vlaQiejU'- 
town  (correspondence  "for  Germany,  Scotland,  ana 
North  of  Ireland  to  Ije  forwarded  oy  this  stea.ner  must 
he  spcciallv  addressed :)  andat  5  A.  M.  for  Scotland  and 
Nori'i  of  Ireland  bv  steam-scip  -ilsatia  via  Movile  and 
Glasgow;  and  at  11:30  A.  .K  for  Europe  by  •team-ship 
Oder  via  Southampton  and  Bremen.  The  siram-ships 
Dakota,  Parthia.  and  City  ot  Juester  do  not  take  niit« 
for  Leumark,  Sweden,  aud  iSorway.  The  malU  lor 
>'a8sau,  N.  P.,  will  leave  Nvw-Tor"!  Feb.  14.  Th5  mai!« 
for  the  West  Indies  via  Bermuda  an  I  St.  Tbomas  will 
lesve  New-iork  Feb.  15.  The  mails  for  Australia,  kc. 
will  leave  San  Francisco  T^b.  2H.  The  mails  foP  Ch,lu»- 
and  Japan  will  leave  San  Francisco  March  1. 

V.  L.  JaHES,  Postmaster: 

Kew-York.  Peb.  10, 1877. ___^ 

THE  IT    HAVK    NO    JEQUAL.,  "" 

Are  air-tight  and  indestructible,  presernus  the  boa:;; 
for  .years,  and  protecting  it  from  vermin,  rep:iies,  oc 
body-snatchl.ig.  Their  use  prevents  ths  spisad  of  cou 
taeious  diseases  at  funerals  or  elsewhere. 

Metalhc  Burial    Cases   and   Cas>rets    are  made  in  aD 
sizes,  from  tbe  cheapest  to  the  most  expensive. 
Sold  bv  all  flrst-claos  nndertakers'and  sextons. 
UAYKOSi)  .MaaDFACTURING  rO -IPANI', 

so.  348  PEARL  ST..    NtJW-YORK. 

CillK£Sf£  ANI>  JAPA.-HESB  DKFOl'I  ' 

Just  receiyed,  per  Pacific  Bailroad  and  steamers, 

ANTIQUE  PORCELAIN  AND  CLOISOXXfl    VA-KS 

KUITO,   HIZES,  AND  KAGA  TETE-A-TeTE  SliTS! 

EXl'HA  CUOIOK  FAMILY  TE\8.  VERY  CHEAP. 

PAEKiS'S,  No.  186  Front    st,  Burling  slip.  New- ::o'iw 

AUCTION  KOOlttS  OF  BAN.iS   &  CO., 

NO.  656  BROADWAY. 
FRIDAY,  Feb.  16,  at  4  P.  M., 
Sale  of  LAW  BOOKS,  comprising  many  valuable  Ame& 
can  and  Kngllsb  reports,  tieatises,  kc. 


"JAPANESQDU," 


R      STUART   WILLIS    ATTOKNfiy   A<if 
•  Counselor  at  Law,  Notary  Pnbhc  Na  1»2  Broad- 
way. Koom  No.  4.  Ncw-1'ork. 

>    B. — Special  attention  paid'' to    settling     "estties, 
convevancing,  and  Cit.y  and  county  coUec  ioa. 


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bhirts;  the  very  best;  six  for  $8;  can  b'»  floi'sbed 
EiBily  as  benimini;  a  handkerchief.-,  571  Broadway. 


APFLETONS'  JOUUNAL 

FOB  MAKCH.  " 

A  BRILLIANT  SEKTAL    HOVEL,  EXCSLLEST  SHOBv. 
ST02IK3,         PICTURESQUK         DliSC&IPTIOA'S 
OF     PLACES     IN      THB      OLD      AXD       THE 
»EW        WORLD,         ROMANTIC         TRADI- 
TIONS, DELIGHTl'nL  POEMS. 
CH.\RMLVG     ESSAYS  1 

TABLE    OP    CONTENTS. 
TBE   MOUNTAIlN    EEGIOJT   OF    NORfS  CAROLLVAi 

By  CaaiSTiAji  Bbid.     (With  seven  Illustrations.) 
LOVE  OR  STUDi'.    By  iL  E.  W.  8.    (With  three  Ulns' 

trations. ) 

•'CHERRY  RIPE!"  A  Novel.  Chapters  VI.-IX.  By 
Helrn  B.  Mathers,  author  of  *■  Comlrf  Thro"  tiie 
Eye."  ''As  He  Coines  up  the  (Stair,"  tc.  (Witb  ar 
Illnstra*'ion  by  C.  S.  Kelnbart  ) 

THE  YOUNG  DOCTOR.    By  Ellks  W.  Oi.KKr. 

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do 

do 

do 

do.. 


67% 
67% 

.  67 

.  67% 
0«% 
663l 
66% 
67% 


ftoH:*  •t.Jo.b.o.ba  11% 


aykus  mm  2:30  to  3  p.  ic. 


fitO.OOOO,  a5J|.<91. 


0 .:..I..tio%ioat«..Cve.iti. «7% 


JX.  k.W.e.caiT.  fiZ 
IrWjn.........  |g% 

OO..........  J  o% 

|r.!n!:!ifel 


iqOErieBsUirkT.....    8% 


00  NurtS-ireatotn . 

"oaoiM.  J. 


lOU 
:iio 


..  32% 
15% 


do 16% 

dS::;::::;::  }l% 

do 14% 

do Ult 


la*  Mknt.«.M« 


400  do 

200  ilo..... 

MO  do..... 

lOO  (]6 

300  do..... 

800  do 

100  h. 


"ifii 


600 


6U% 

!.'ia  49% 


4?:::::::"  is'i 


i§»^" 


loaptw.iiau.........  as% 

100         do 2 

loo  jr.  Y.  c.  tH... 

200 

100 

100 

920 

lup 
100 
100 


do ...;  89 

do 98% 

d*. TLKO.   89 

50 ,...  88% 

do i...  98% 

do 88% 

-   -     .       do 98 

200  Mich.   Cen........  45% 

100  do 45% 

lOOlAke  8hoie....B;{.  51% 


400 

100 

1800 

900 

600 

800 


do !'.*a  61% 

do 61% 

do sa  61% 

do... 

do 
do 


0 sa  61% 

o 51% 

i>.......8a  61% 

0 81% 


200 

300 

1300 

600 

700 

8UU 

600 

SOO 
.4«M» 
800 

.$uo 

200 
200 
SOO 
200 
40O 
300 
800 
600 


dfti.v. . 

do.... ...63. 

do...,.,.... 

d9 

do „  _ 

do... ...  88% 

do... 

a«...w 

do. ...  68% 

do. 68% 

flO 68% 

do....- 68% 

do 68% 

do.. ....  68% 

do....:. .  68 

.  67% 


do. 
do 
do. 
do 
do 
do 


::tVri 


.ta 


300St.P«MLPt...,...i8% 
60 C.  B.  lcQ......8all4 

20  Mot.  ft  la........  86% 


C.  &  lcQ......8all4 

100  Alb.  at  8 filf.  64% 

60  do....- 03. 

lOOH^tl.  &6t.J0.....  11% 


WE^itBBDAT,  Feb.  M— p.  M. 
SpecolaMoh  on  ihe  Stock  Bxolitage  to- 
day wti  irtejulai-/ vrlth  wide  andfrequeht  fluc- 
tuations in  piicea  The  cOal  Shares  irete  in  the 
main  strong  oti  co7«rinK  of  short  contracts, 
while,  on  thC/Wtrarj,  inreStincnt  itooks  were 
eeierally  weialE  and  lower. 

The  entue  trauBactions  amounted  to  191.079 
shares,  wliioh  embraced  67,275  Delaware,  Lack- 
awaniuii  and  Western,  34,720  Wfesteni  Union, 
24,800  Lake  Shore,  15.180  Delaware  liridHadsbh 
Canal,  14,575  New-Jersey  Central,  7,864  New- 
York  Central,  5,500  St  Paul,  4,546  Miohlcan 
Gentrai.  3,250  Rock  Island,  and  3,050  Pacific 
Mail 

New-Jeraer  Central  figured  less  oonspiou- 
ously  in  the  dealings  than  of  Iat<s  and  was 
comparatively  steady,  which  wa6  doubtless 
owinf  to  the  fact  that  the  appointment  of  a 
Beceiver  to-dar  had  been  generally  anticipated, 
and  therefore  discounted.  Dislaware,  Lacka- 
wanna and  Western  declined  at  the  opening 
from  66^  to  65^,  and,  after  rising  to  66V6, 
dropped  to  65%.  The  stock  later  rose  to  68, 
and  finall.y  sold  at  67  V^.  Delaware  and  Hudson 
Canal  declined  from  48  to  47  ^,  rosd-to  49%,  de- 
clined to  47%,  advanced  to  51^,  and 
closed  at  49%  950.  New-Jersey  Central 
advanced  from  14^  to  15%,  bnt  loat 
the  improvement  at  the  close.  Morris  and  Es- 
sex closed  at  85,  the  extreme  prices  having 
been  85%  and  85  regular,  and  84%  and  84  seller 
30  days.  Western  Union  ranged  between  69% 
and  70%,  closing  at  70^.  There  were  ireo  offer- 
ings of  the  stock  ou  teller's  Option,  66  days, 
at  a  concession  of  %  from  the  regolttr  price, 
which,  however,  found  few  takers.  New- York 
Central,  in  regard  to  which  a  variety  of  unfa- 
vorable romors  were  in  circulation,  Was  heavy, 
and  declined  £rom  99%  to  98,  closing  at  a  frac- 
tional recovery.  Bock  Island  declined  Irom 
997^  to  99%,  and  Cbicafco,  Burlington  and 
QuiQcy  from  114Vi  to  114.  Lake  Shore  rose 
from  51  \i  to  51^,  dropped  to  51,  and  closed  at 
51^.  Michic;an  Central  advanced  from  44% 
to  45%,  Ulinois  Central  from  52\4  to  53,  and 
C,  C,  C.  and  L  from  25^4  to  27^4.  The  North- 
west shares  were  weak  at  the  opening,  and  de- 
clined from  32%  to  32  for  the  common,  and 
from  51%  to  51  for  the  preferred.  The  former 
closed  at  32V4  and  the  latter  at  51>.  St.  Paul 
common  was  neelected.  The  preferred  ruled 
steady  at  48®48<4.  Harlem  sold  at  139^. 
Pittsburg  declined  to  89^.  Atlantic  and  Pa- 
cific Telegraph  advanced  from  16%  to  17%  on 
sales  of  1,100  shares.  Express  shares  continue 
qmet  and  steady. 

The  supply  of  money  seeking  employment 
continaes  largely  in  excess  of  the  demand,  and 
t^e  ruling  rates  for  call  loans  remain  at  393Vi 
V  cent,  with  exceptional  transactions  at  even 
lower  figures.  Discounts  are  onohanged.  The 
national  bank  notes  received  at  Washington 
tor  redemption  to-day  amounted  to  $700,000. 
The  following  were  the  rates  of  exchange  on 
New-York  at  the  undermentioned  cities  :  Sa- 
vannah, ^  premium ;  Charleston,  easier,  par 
to  hi  premium  ;  St.  Louis,  ^  premium  ;  Cin- 
cinnati, firm,  buying  par,  selling  1-10  premium; 
New-Orleans,  commercial,  %  93-16;  bank,  ^; 
and  Chicago,  6-10  premium. 

The  foreign  advices  reported  British  Consols 
and  American  securities  steady  and  unchanged 
in  prices  at  London.  Consols  for  both  money 
and  the  account  closed  at  95%  995%.  United 
States  1865s  (old)  at  105%.  18678  at  109%,  new 
58  at  107  \4,  and  10-408  at  108^  ex 
coupon.  Erie  recovered  the  ^  V  cent, 
decline  made  yesterday,  and  closed  at 
8V^.  New-York  Central  recorded  a  further  de- 
dme  of  1  ^  cent,  closing  at  97.  Bar  silver 
was  lower,  and  sold  at  56%  d.  V  oune&  At 
Amsterdam,  Erie  was  quoted  at  7%,  and 
North-western  preferred  at  49  ^.  French 
Rentes  improved  5o.,  closing  at  105f.  95o.  The 
Bank  of  England  lost  £15,000  to-day  on  bal- 
ance. 

The  sterling  exohanne  market  was  quiet  at 
|4  842)$4  84%,  for  banker's  60-day  bills,  and  at 
$4  859$4  85>4  for  demand.  The  hiquirv  for 
bills  was  very  light. 

The  gold  speculation  was  entirely  devoid  of 
feature,  the  market  bavins  been  extremely 
dull  with  all  the  sales  at  105V4  and  105%.  The 
latter  was  the  opening  and  closinc  quotation. 
On  gold  loans  the  rates  ranged  froi9  3  V  cent 
interest  for  carrying  to  flat 
There  was  a  firm  undertone  to  the  Government 
bond  market  and  a  good  demand  prevailed. 
Business  was  moderately  large,^  the  ease  in 
money  stimulating  purchases  for  investment. 
In  railroad  mortgages  the  general  list  was 
steady,  but  in  the  New-Jersey  Central  issues 
some  wide  changeawerojaoced.  Firsts,  new, 
raneed  between  10234  and  103,  dosing  aP  the 
former  figure.  Consolidated  Firsts  declined 
from  66  to  65,  advanced  to  67^,  a^d  closed  at 
66^.  Convertibles  fell  off  from  60  to  59Vit,  and 
Lehigh  and  Wllkesbarre  Consolidated  from  40 
to  3814,  the  latter  closing  at  38^.  Chicago  and 
North-western  oonsolloated  gold  coupons  de- 
clined to  89%  and  closed  at  90.  Milwaukee 
and  St  Paul  Consolidated  SiiikinK  Funds  ad- 
vanced to  84,  Ohio  and  Mississippi  Consolid- 
ated Smking  Funds  to  88,  do.  consolidated  to 
87%,  do.  Seconds  to  51,  J>ittsbare  Fourths  to 
95,  and  Hannibal  aad  St.  Joseph  Convertibles 
to  86%.  In  State  bonds  Missotui  Long  Qs 
rose  to  106.  Tennessees  were  stetady  ac  42  Mi, 
notwithstanding  the  announcement,  that  the 
Qovemor  of  the  State  bad  appro vecf^he  reso- 
lution of  the  Legislature  postponing'  the  pay- 
ment of  interest  on  the  bonds.  DiBti^t  Colum- 
bia aeSs  were  firm  at  72%. 

Ukitep  Siatss  TK>Agt;BT,      t 
Skw-Took.  7eb.  £4.  tSH.  $ 

Gold  reeotpts f75e,6«)  00 

Gold  payments, 1,159.088  16 

Gold  balance 70,679,483  57 

Curreaoy  rOoeipU 682,^7  13 

Curronov  payments .' 464^673  U 

CorreooT  balance .44138,954^74 

Customs 117,00U  OO 

Csaceled  aeldeertiticatos  seat  to  Waso- 

iBgtos.T MP«,000  00 

OhOBVUQ  QUOtATlOK!* — VBfl.  li. 

Tuesday.  ^tAadnexdmi 

Amerlcangoia 105%  105% 

United  Stacos  3s.  1881,  coup 110»j|  JIOI9 

Uoiaod  States  5-30S.  18S7,  oooD USSs  *13% 

BiUs  00  Loadon •«  84    44   849|4  84J4 

Kew-York  Ceatrat 99%  98% 

fookisOmd 9978  99»a 

soldo  toau 25  '■»„ 

MawaakeegadStPanl... 16V  IS^s 

MiiwsnkeesndSt.  Paul  Prof 48M  46% 

LakO  Sbore 9»*«  5^^ 

Cbioaaoaad  ^Tortb-weatero 38%  33% 

Chioaso  ana  North- waiitemPror St^s  &1'4 

^Kesiortt  Union 70  W*» 

HidonPaasnc «!%,  t5« 

Delswarrv  l«a«l«.  »u4  Western. 66%  «J% 

Se*-Jen»v  Central U%  1.4% 

Delaw«M«ndJtfqdaaBOaiuU ti%  49% 

llorris  ftod  ^Mex 85%  85 

Pauuntf^ i...« 183  133 

Brie. 8%l  8% 

Ohio  and  Ulsstsstppt trtf  6^% 

Harlem , ...13»  138% 

Xusnibi^iDidSt.  Josebo 1X%  M^ 

jM&fgaa  Ciatrar....;..; tflS       ,  #4 

2iua«asC«Btral...>.. ^  8»  P 


mf^"^"""^^^^ 


n«  ^^timi,  rldgi  be  ]»cte4^  in  Aioiikl  laid 


iism^imSSmm 


fiUctie^k  Lovront. 

98ifl 

13SH 

8% 

31 


..  85% 
..  4538 
..  M 
..27% 
..114 
..lOlig 
..  11% 

63a 

7088 

1738 

85% 


51 

99% 

100% 

48 

89% 

es^s 

14% 

4738 
85 
44% 
62% 

114 
101 
11% 

69^8 
1678 
24% 


ilo.  of 

bliat«4. 

7,864 

140 

1,700 

S4.80O 

1.8Q0 

l.l»0 

aaso 

lOU 

5.960 

335 

14.575 

15,180 

1.324 

4,546 

900 

400 

4lK) 

245 

ISO 

450 

34,720 

1,100 

3.050 


New.rurkOentriJ. .i.;......  JWb 

Harloaa .139% 

£rlB..s.....i...; 8% 

baJfA.Hbon.....^. ..........  61% 

gom-wsste^.,.,,,..., ..;....  »% 
orih-weatam  PceCemid ....  51  % 

Jtibkjbliind 3»% 

ForctVayne ...100% 

Mil.  &  8f  Paul  PrW 4614 

Plttsbmc 89% 

Pet.  XdMli.  A  Weatetn. OSSb 

New.Jer»ev  Central..,, 15% 

Delaware  &  Had.  CanaL....  5i% 

Mocris  &.  Essex 

MiObiaao  Central.. 

lUidois  Central 

C..C..C.&  L 

Ctueago,  Bur.  & Qulooy... 

Cbicaso  &  Alton 

Banplbal  &  St.  Joseph 

Ohio  &,  HlsslssippL 

Western  Voion 

A.  &  P.  Telejtraph 

Pacific  Mall . .  .7, . .  

_    Total  sales 191,079 

The  following  table  Shows  tha  hair-hourly 
fluctuations  In  the  Gold  markflt  to-day  : 

10:06a.  M 105f%|l:00P.  M tOSlg 

10:36  A.  M 105lfl'l:3UP.  M. lOSlfl 

11:00  A  M 105t>8i2:00P.  M. 105>3 

11:30  A,  M 105 »fl 1 2:30  P.  M. 105«8 

12:00  M...: 105Bb|3:OOP    M ...WSBs 

18:30  P.  M 1051« 

Tbefollonring  werechsdoain^C  quotations  of 
Qovernment  bonds: 

Bid.       Aakeo. 

United  States  ourreoovSj 133U       1231s 

tjDlted  States  64.  lijjl.   reeiatered li^ls         112% 

trhited  Ktates  Oa.  1661.  eouooaa. 1133g        iiSSs 

U&ite4 Scatofc  S'SOa  IdSS,  retnstered..l0d38       106% 
United  States  5-3uaL  1865.  coaDpos.... 11)838       10898 

tJoited  Statea  S-SOs.  1865.  new.  rett 109^%        100% 

United  Bcatea  S-80«.  1863.  neir,  ooap...l09S8        109% 
United  States  5-30s.  1867.  rematered . .  1  ISSg       113% 

United  States  5-SOs.  1867.  coupona lid's        )l-i% 

Jolted  States 5-20*.  I88d.  reeistered..ll5ifi        116 

United  States  5-20)1.  Id6d.  ooupooa IIS^        116 

Upi ted  States  10-448.  registered llOSs       HO^^ 

Unitea  States  10-40.<i,  coaoon^ 114^9       115 

(Jofted  States  5s  18Sl.  i-ezidterad 110%        llOBg 

United  Statett  9s  ISdi.  coaooos. iiQSs       iiOi% 

United  States  4  ^ss.  18J1.  rezisters'l ...  107  ^       107% 

The  Sub-Treasiirer  disbursed  in  gold  coin 
^38,000  for  interest,  117,000  for  called  bonds, 
and  15,100  silver  coin  in  exchange  for  fractional 
currency. 

Tne  following  were  the  gold  clearings  by  the 
National  Bank  of  the  State  ot  New-Yurk  to- 
day: 

Gold  cleared 118.037.006 

Gold  balances 1,269.000 

Carrenc?  balances 1,342,272 

The  folio wiuK  IS  tlia  Clearing-house  state- 
ment to-day: 

Currencv  exotaanses 173,547.590 

Currenov  balances 3,426.617 

Gold  ezcbanses 6,582,469 

Gold  balances 1,096.673 

And  the  following  for  City  Bank  shares: 


America .-..130 

AmerioanExobaDge.llO 
Bank.  &  Brok.  Asso.  80 

Central  National 101 1« 

Commerce 112>4 

Continental 68 


Corn  Exchange 134 

First  National 801  ^8 

Fnltdn 150 

Fifth  Avanne 213 

Galatin  National...  108 
Germao  American..  70 
Uanover 91 

OALIFORyiA  MINIKH  STOOKS. 
San  Frakcisco,  Feb.  14.— The  following  are 
the  closing  official  prices  of  mining  stocks  to-dar  = 


Import.  &  Tradera'.l87 

Market 113 

Mechanics 133 

Merchants' 120 

Nassnu 99 

New-York 116^4 


Phanix 95 

Reoablio 97ifl 

State   of  Nevr-York 

(New) 125 

Tradesmen's 130 

Uoion ..130 


Alpha. 

:'n 

Knaaath 

1 

Bfitcber 

Kontaok  

•iU 

Beat  and  lielclier... 

.  36 

I.eopird. 

4>a 

Bnilion. 

.   16 

alexican 

y,^ 

Conaol.  VlridOla 

.   63>4 

.N'orthern  Belle 

1!634 

California 

.   50H] 

OTsrman.  

U4 

Choil« 

.   70 

Ophlr 

W 

Confldence 

.     9 

Raymond  and  8lv.... 

^!» 

C'alMlonia. 

.     9«a 

dllTerHiU 

tih 

Crown  Point. 

.    iO 

Ssva/e  

Shi 

Bxcheoaer.. 

.     7 

Seg.  Belcher 

67  »a 

Qonld  ana  Carry 

.   13 

Sierra  Kevod;* 

8^9 

Bale  and  Sorcross.. 

.     SVj 

Union  Coaaotidated.. 

y^ 

Imperial , 

-     214 

Yellow  Jacket 

15»4 

JnUaConaoliOated.. 

.      O'a 

Boreka  Couso  liOateiL 

10  >4 

Jujtlce 

.  14    1 

BANKING  ANJ 

}  FINANCIAL 

ar  TO  THB  BOKDHOEDKR3  OF  THB   MOBILS  AMD 
<^HIO  RAIl,S()AD. 

The  Rfrreemnnt  of  lat  of  Ootober,  1876,  hiyine  been 
Btgned  by  a  m^urltv  of  tho  first  mortffSKe  ludebtedueas 
ani  Teonesaee  sub-bODdbolilera  baa  Become  binding  on 
tlie  Bubsrribera  tbereta 

Any  other  plan  of  reorKanisittion  predicated  upon 
obcaluinjc  the  cooseat  o(  tbe  majority  of  tbe  ttrst  mort- 
KSSHinUebtedDefls  holders  has  now  becomn  imprnoti- 
oable,  andit  Is  tbei-efore  the  inlereat  of  the  yet  out- 
atandinff  bundholdu/a  to  Join  tbc  party  which  vt\\\ 
liave  the  beat  chance  to  purchase  the  ruad  wbeiiever 
a  drcree  for  Its  sale  will  havn  been  obtained. 

We  hereby  (rive  notice  that  bonds  can  bu  depoaited 
onder  thia  aKi-eemeni  up  to  the  lat  of  March  next; 
all  Irandboklnrs  who  have  iiot  acceded  to  it  b.T  tliat 
time  will,  at  the  discretion  of  the  committee  and  wlth- 
ont  fUrtber  n<>tioi*.  be  liable  to  be  debarred  from  par- 
ticipatiAK  hi  it. 

WILLIAM  n.  H.wa.       ) 
WILLIAM  a  PIBR.SON,> Committee. 
T.  UASKINb  DO  FOY,     > 


COMMERCIAL  AFFAIRS. 


Haw-ToBE.  Wedneadar.  Feb.  14.  1877. 
The  receipts  of  the  pnacip^i  acludi  ut   froduos  aiaoe 
our  laat  have  been  aa  tollowa: 


iahea.  pka 29 

Bees-wax.  pka o 

B.  E.  Feaa,  Da|[a 6 

beauB,bbia 2,677 

Cotton,  oaiea. 9,034 

Cotton-aeed  oil,  bbia      35u 

Copper,  bbla IgO 

bried  Frail,  pu 281 

BeKi-bbie. l.SSii 

Floor,  bbla 10,194 

Wheat,  boabeia S.Suu 

Corn,  buahel*. 56,841 

Uata.  boabeia 7, '.^72 

Malt,  boabeis Z.tfi* 

Barley,  boabeia 418 


Pesa.  bnsheia... 


1.950 


Oraaa-seed.  buKa....  1.457 


OILbbli 

^Dlritti  Torp.,  bbla.. 

Tar,  bbla 

(teaio,  bbla 

Oil-cake,  p^a 

eorlr.  oka 

Beer,   pks 

iJut-meata.  pKa 

ilreaae,  uka 

Lard,  oka 

Butter,  pka.. 

Cheese,  pks 

TbIIow.  pre 

Lard-oil.  bbla 

Iireased   Hoita.  ^o... 

Pea-nuts,  baxs 

Pecans,  pks 

Bioe,  pka 

Sugar.  (N.  CI.,)  bbda. 

Suuar,  bbla 

htarvu.  bza 

fklna.  bales 

Silk,  pka 

Tea,  half  cte»ta 

robacco.  nbda 

Tobacco,  hxa.  &C9.. 

Whisky,  bbls. 

iVool,  bales 


60 

260 
..  174 
...  319 
..  b-5.S 
...       817 

104 
..   3,710 

138 
..  1,513 
..  4,111 

746 


375 
5 
276 
367 
193 
16 
861 
12 
1,695 
278 
402 
1.699 
70 
706 
1,080 
418 


Flax-seed,  bars 627 

Corn-meal,  bbla 420 

Corn-meal,  bafia 50 

Oat-meai.  bbls 100 

Uopa.  bslea.. 600 

Hides.  No 08,1 

Hides,  bales 3.9.56 

Ibile,  bales 19 

Leatoer,  sines 16.223 

Lead,  pie* 1,200 

klol»saes.(N.O..)bbla       170 

Moaa,  bales 120 

COTTOIi— A  very  alow  movement  baa  been  reoorted 

tor  early  deliverv   at    esseutially  nnaltered  rntea 

Ordinary  quoted  to-day  at  11  3-tbc.'Sll  5-l(ic.;  Low 
UiddMnc,  12%e.®,12H8C ;  Middllns,  127flc®13c.... 
gales  were  offluially  reported,  for  piomot  de- 
liveiy.  of  34u  bales,  (of  wiiich  90  balea  were  ou 
last  .  evening,)     Ineluding   SOU    bales     to     apiunera 

and  34  bales  to  apecuiatora And  tor  for  ward  deiiTery 

a  urisk  busiaeas  baa  beei)  reported  at  firmer 
pricoa.-.JIales  i>ave  lieen  reported  aince  our  laat  ot 
60,400  bales,  of  which  12.000  bAlea  were  on  laat  evi-n- 
mit  and  47,8(|U  balea  to-dav. -with  1,600  bales  on  the 
calls,  on  tbe  baaia  of  MlddHnK.  witn  FebruHrv  optinna, 
cloainr  at  12  27-32c'a)12T8-!  March.  13c.®l8  ]-32c; 
Aonl.  13  7-32cai3>4C.;  Mav.  13  13-32c.®l3  7-10o.; 
June.  13  9-16o.®13  19-32c^  Jniy.  13  11-lba;  au- 
Kust.  I334P.;  eeptember.  18  7-16c.®13'3C.;  Octooer. 
13  3-3ac.'a'l3>8U-:  .November.  12^^®  12  i6-16«.;  De- 
cember. 12^80.  di2  16-16c  ^  16.,  abowloa  an  ad- 
vance  of    1-I6c 85-220.      *■     lb.,      cloain*    firm 

The  receiota  at  this  porfto-flav  wero  9.934  bales, 
and  at  the  sbinpuix  ports  11,729  bales,  a^Rinst  16,8:^4 
balea  same  day  last  week,  nnd  thus  far  tbtn  week, 
80,u63   oalea.    agniast   97,356    balea   same   time  last 

-week Xaa  receipts  at  tbe  ahlpplug  ports  since  Sept. 

1, 1870.  have  been  3.364.917  baka  against  3,258,861 
bales  for  the  corieapondbiK  time    in   the   preceding 

Oottou    year donaoUdated    exports   (fuur    Java)  tor 

Great  Bntuiu.  fi-om  all  tne  ahippins  porta.  57.68-.ri 
Oales:  to  the  Continent.  16,283  balea — Stock  In 
New-Korlc  to-dav.  271.818  bales;  ounaolldated  etocit 
at  the  porta.  874.273  bales. 

tJtoting  fneet   or  Ootton  (•>   Xno-Vorlt. 

CD'aoda.  Alabama.     N.  '.>.       Texas. 

Ordinary 113-16    11316    116-16    116-16 

Strict  ordinary...  11  9-16     119-lB     1111-10  1111-16 
Good  ordlnary...ll  15-1^  11  10-1612  1-16     121-16 
Strict  OoodUrd...  12  3-16     12  3-16    12  6-16 


Low  Uiddilne....l2^ 
StrictLuw  Mid....l2°a 

Biddlrait 12^8 

Uood  .\lid<ainK....13i8 
Strict  Good  irid..i:i% 
KiddUoE  F»Ir.....l3\ 
Fair. 14'n 


12  5-16 
12i^  I219         I2I3 

Ij!^  1234  123* 

12^8  13  l:i 

13ie  1354         13V« 

l.H«%  la.'n         la^g 

13»4  13  T,         IS^a 

Hhi  14Ba         14<^ 

Stainfit. 

Good  Ordinary....lO  13-10  Low  MWdllnsr... 1134 

BtrictGuod  ord....ll  7-l6(Aliadhng 12^* 

FLOUE  AN'D  MEAL— State  and  Weatera  Flour  baa 
been  aouiowbat  briaker  to-duy  on  tho  basis  of  about 
prevloua  Quotatious,  with  tbe  most  important dealiuca 
reported  on  export  account,  lu  City  Hill  Extras  lor 
the  Weat  Indies,  aud  di^airable  Trude  Kxtrae,  partly 
I0<   the  buropcau  markets.    Home   trade   purchases 

were   comparatively    limited bales  have    lieen  re- 

poTtea  aiuos  uur  laai  01  Il,8uu  bOiS.  of  all  urades. 
lDCinai»K  uoaouad  Flour  at  SH  50'S>$ti  75:  bour  Klour 
at  <4  60®$6  7Cr,  poor  to  choice  No.  2  at  $4  25®S6, 
ehieflv  at  S4  759$6  lor  kowI  to  choice:  very  poor 
to  very  cooice  Supertlne  Western,  $5  40'<^S5  k)il, 
ma^Dlv  at  So  70'3$6  85,  with  fluiuy  branda  heldhi^h- 
dr;  poor  tu  good  Rxtra  State,  $S  80S>$B  15  ;  ^ood 
to  choice  da  at  W  15'<^S6  36,  mostly  at  $6  26; 
CityUUia  Kxuaahlpmng  aradea,  tor  Weat  iiidiea,  on 
the  basis  of  liiU  76947  10  tot  ftOod  to  Very 
choice,  (of  wMch  I.OOO  bbls.  at  the  extreme  rate  of 
47  10) )  do.  for  Soutn  America,  at  »8®<|jd  50  for  very 
cood  to  faoOy ;  do.  fur  the  Snxliah  laarketa,  (of  the 
arado  of  ataudara  hxtra  >tato.)  4iiutedat$5  U09$6: 
E^fUior  to  atrietly  ttoodabipptot  i-xtra  Western,  $6  65 
^|t>  16;   icood  U>  choice  00.,  90  15®M  .36;  ando.her 

gri^a  witbia  the  previous  ringe lacluded  In  the 

Silea  have  ueen  6, OOO  buU.  abippliig  bxtras.  of  whicb 
3,900  bbla.  >  ily  Millf;  950  bblai  Ui&OtiSota  clear  and 
attOlchtliXtms:  55u  bbla  do.  Patent  do.;  650  bbla, 
Winter  Wbeat  Sxtraa.  (lur  ahlpmeut  at  90  909 
S?  7i :)  1,000  bbU.  .Uichlgau  trade  Jtxtirsi  (thia  lor 
ahipliiaat  io  Barope)  at  <0  70:    4BO  bbia  Soporflde 

aud  ^^    obla    Na    2,    at     tho    quot<'4    rases 

Of  BOBthera  Flour,  2.100  bbia.  suid  ac  anchaaged 
QOotattoiMj  of -wblou  1,300  bbls  isxtraa  f^  export  to 
konth  America  wlihlo  the  rauge  of  $7'3^  ...OfBy^ 
Floor.  300  OhlS..  in  tbu,. chiefly  lalr  to  choice  tao^^eiBae 
State,  a»  S4  l^'^tH:   very  chotoe  da  do.  at  $9  40foi 

Mtiart  if.tai.  dtarkdt  hAavy ux  Com-meol,  450  obia., 

Iii0)d«tnt£  a^^a ^nd  et  Btiia^rtHtM  at  «»  50aM3  (SS, 

aaifl:  275  owa  Y*ao#'jvmi«e«<iif  am,  at  $s.  or«iuah 

IVOMIK  rriaa  iiedsi;  lYomdotk,  atiMi    ItaAetdail. 

,  .^^AQdt  ot.  cotn-uiMi,  1&  Dacciu  l.auo  ham,  tfuatu  99 

woMMs  efil  U69ii  Od  Orduaraa  uuvs  100  baca 


#&•  iratiti  CtiTr«i»lee.  x4#o*ia4aoUt 
BnekwlMt  Fiow  la  lucht  demand  ac  $3 
poor,  to  ohdico  ^  100  lb. 

OfiAla— Wlieatwaa  rery  quiet  acahi  te-dsTi  hnyers 
barinit  been  nawiUiiiB  to  operate  freely  at  the  -very 
tail  i^oes  claimed .  by.  holders,  who  yr«^  oflUHng  sap- 
pliea  apsHuKlv,  and  sUowliit:  ho  diapusttlda  to  t«cede 

iTotu  asktiiK  r.it^ 8*le«  wSr^  reported  of  ^4,000 

trasbals  unjit-aded  Sprios.  In  store,  for  export,  at  si  28; 
two  to  (arce  boat  loads  of  veify  cheteo  tURaded 
6i>xinf,  (oallei  Na  2  UUwi|Qk«e,)  lu  store,  fur  ahlp- 
imnt,  nuhoreo^at  $1  4tf,  bht  mthOut  oonflrmatlbn: 
So.  1  tilnneaota  BprUur,  40O  hnshela,at  Ml  60;  aha 
imgTsdodSailnK,4Mdoiirlo*s,  at  $1  409$1  49.  Prime 
Da  2  Milwaukee  SprInK,  In  store,  anotod.  at 
91  47^®«1  48    bid,     aiuT'  ii]>    to    $1  60    aited. 

Mo.      ::      Chloaeo      Spzlng      wttoUr   .  ponlnat 

Corn  has  been  less  active,  the  lighter  offerlnfcs 
of  new  crop  aodaomewhat  higher  prloes  asaedoper- 
atinc against  iSree  mo* emeota.  espeoIaUy  oa export  ao- 
oonnt.... Kales  haw  been  reported  since  our  last  of 
47,000  baahelSrinolading  Nesr-YorK  steamer  mixed, 
ireyJsea  icrading,)  at  5t)34C'3>57c,  nearly  all  at  57c.; 
New-York,  Mo.  2,  (new  grade.)  5.U00  bushelaHt  57o.; 
New-York  No.  3,  (new  grading.)  at  55-*4c.'a>57a;  new 
crop  Mixed  western  lu  Iota,  at  !S6hp.'tio76.:  round 
VeUow,  from  track,  at  65o.;  Yellow  tlouthem,  from 
dock,  odd  lota,  vAtliln  tbe  raogo  of  66o.® 
67c.,  and  afloat,  5.000  bushels  at  57^0.;  un- 
craoed,  aailimi-veesel  Mixed  Weiuern,  old  crop,  (oom- 
fnal.)  at  SScwBlo.  lu  store  and  afloat ;  Na2Chicaeu, 
in  store,  Quoted  at  59c..  asked,  with  68o.  bid,  aa  on 

yesterday Bye    qoiet  and  droopioji;  prime  Jersey 

last  a  lid  at  9Uo.;  State  here  quoted  at  90c.®92c.,  afloat. 
Western,  80c.®84o.,  m  car  I019.  A  boat-loitd  of  Jeraev, 
State,  und  Pemisylvania,  to  arrive  l»y  April  1,  aold  for 
eliipment.  at  SO'se Caaada  Peas,  in  bjud,  (Julet  to- 
day, with   prime   quuted   at   U4c®Uoc Bailey  de- 

prcaaed  ami  unaottled  under  tree  ufferlugs,  >vitb  sales 
01  8,000  buahela  Canada  Kast  at  6Su.;  (with  No.  1 
qaoted  at  flriim  $1  08®$  1  12,  as  to  quality,  as  askinii 
ratea.  and  a  boat-load  of  uugraded  luojorea  sold  ou  pri- 
vate terma ;)  and  for  ablpmuut  to  the  Contiueut,  about 
30,000  buahela  Feeil  Barley,  in  store,  at  40c'<»49iac.  iP" 
bushel,  (part  tor  a  British  bark,  371  tons,  previously 
reported,  dn  private  terms,  as  tor  Gr.iln,  uow  quoted  at 
6a  #* quarter.). ....Barley-malt  iu  quite  moderate  de- 
mand; ohuioe  two-rowed  »tate  last  aold  at.'tido.rcaan; 
prime  to  fancy  Canada  new  crop  quuted  at$l  20® 
$  1  35,  cash  and  time,  on  which  baala  some  further 
sales  have  beeu  rumored  without  any  trust  wurtby  par- 
tlculaiB,  Salea  were  made  of  12,uu0  bushaU  fair  old 
Canada,  afloat,  at  75u.,  and  l,ooo  bu.^Qela  very  choice 
to fauov  six-rowed  state  ut  £1®$1  U5,  oaah,... Buck- 
wheat dull;    State,  lair    to    uUolcc,  qaoted  at  Oac-iaSSl 

^  boahel Oata  have  been  less  active.    add'oB  tbe 

poorer  qualttiea  sotnewnat  weaker  and  uuset lied 

Sales  repoited  of  23.0UO  buahela.  Inulndltig  Wluie 
Weatem  at  42o.®50c.  for  inlcrlor  to  very  choice; 
White  State,  ordinary  to  very  choice.  AVitliin  the 
range  of  oOc.®d5c.,  trom  tracii  and  afloat;  (3,5uO 
buahela  about  prima,  <u  atore,  went  at  64c.;l  Mixed 
Weetern  at  39c.®4bc  ,  as  to  qunhty,  mainly  ear  lots,  at 
40o.<i4&c:  New- York  So.  1  White  at  64c.i  New-York 
N0.2  White  at  47c.;  New-Yoi-kSo.  3  White,  3.000  bush- 
els, delivered,  at40c.j  New-York  No.  1  offered  at52»a>'.i 
^ew•Yo^k  No.  2  (quoted)  ut  43c.®46c.;  Alew-VorK^  Na 
3.  7.60O  bushels.  at<41o.;  New-York  Kejected  at  39o. 
®39Vlc,  and  Mixed-  Btnte  ut  40c.®0ic.  lur 
Inferior     to   very    choice,   from    trwcV:     ar.d     afloat, 

mainly        car        lots        at       61c.®53>qc idorn 

Inquiry  has  been  nuted  for  Feed,  wluoU  h«s  been 
scarce,  the  Jobbmc  traue  having  iit  preseut  to  depend 
for  supplies  almost  wholly  on  the  local  mUls.    Pi-ices 

have  shown  <iven  more  nrmnnaa We  qujtte:  4(i>I&. 

at*20  50®«21  60,  chiefly  at  $20  75®$2l  40.  (-witbiu 
which  latter  raase  ab..ut  2,900  h»K8  sold;)  eo-lb.  at 
ft21®$22;  lOO-tt.  at  fi22®*24 ;  Hye  Feed  at  i^Sd 
$26;  Sbarpi  at  $23®4><J0,  tbe  latter  for  very  choice, 
delivered.  From  mills  in  the  iuteiior  very  amall  ahip- 
menta  and  reoelpta  have  been  recently  reported, 
most  of  them  haviug  ccised  worklug,  temporarily  at 
least,  in  goodp.irt  because  uf  the  relatively  high  prices 

of  Gralu Baao  Hay  has  been  in  demand,  with  abip- 

ping  qualities  qnntsd  at  from  70a®76c.,  and  retailiu); 
auiiUies  ut  75c®$l  05,  the  extreme  figure  lor  choice 

fMOOlb.;  Clover,  05c.d<75c;  Bait  Hay,  60c®a0c 
traw  ooutlnuea  in  request,  inclnding  Bye  btr,ivr  nnthiu 

the  range  of  60c.®85c.;  Oat,  55c.  a'7lic  ^p•  100  fis 

Ciover-sei'd  has  been  verv  quiet,  with  prime  to  choice 
Western  quoted  at  16>40.®i6'ae.i  lancyda,  15*40.; 
about  pTiPie  to  very  choice  State  at  IB^cGlO^^o. 
About  150  bags  prime    Western   reported   suldonpil- 

vatu  terms Other  Beeda  quoted  na  before,  without 

transnctions. 

A10LA."JS14S — Sew-Orleana  has  been  quite  moderately 
ioauired  for  at  irom  48c.  S'JOc.  for  good  to  atrictly 
fancy.  Uaikot  otherwise  iuai-tlve:  prices  quoted 
nominally  as  before,    buppliea  of  foreign  as  yet  unim* 

Surteat Stock  brrn  estimated  at  307  lihda.    Cuba, 
69  bbda.   BngUsh  Island,   and  25,OOl)  bbla.  New-ur- 
leaua. 

FBOVIBIOKS— Wpstern  Mess  Pork  has  been  quoted 
weaker  lu  price  for  early  delivery  and  rcatiictea  m- 
qulry;  Westeru  advices  uufavoiable.. . Sales rep.)rtod  of 
iH)0  oblB.torBhiptueut.$16  25  2'$16  6u.with  umuspected 

quoted  at  the  close  as  available  at  $16 Other  ktada 

Id  moderate  requeat;  hxtra  Prime  quoted  ut  $12  5:) 
®$13  ;  Weatem  Prime  Meaa  at  $15  ,10®$10.  Sales  400 
bbls.    Bztra   Prime    reported   as   wltliiu   our   quoted 

range  for   this    quality And  for  forward   delivery 

here.  Wealern  Mess  has  been  Usa  soaght  after ;  quoted 
for  February  at  tho  close  uoiuinal ;  March,   down  to 

$15  75asi5  85;    April,    $16,    and  May,    nominal 

balea  reportml  of  750  bbls.,  .March  optiuus,  at  $15  65 
®$15  75;  and  1,000  bbla,  ApriL  at  $JO....Ureased 
Hogs  quiet  and   weak,  with  Western  quntod   7^e.® 

7>ao.    lor  prime,  and    City  at  BCaH^^c Cut-moata 

have  been  in  limited  request  ut  drooping  pncea 

Salea  include  8.0UO  lb.  Pickled  Bellies  in  bulk,  lotb.,  at 
93^-.,  and  ,  sundry  smull  lots  of  otber  City 
bulk       within     our      previous     ranite.        Aud     100 

bxs.    Bellies.    12    lb.,   part   at   6^40 Bacon  quoted 

a  ahade  cheaper,  with  -sales  reported  here  since  our 
last  of  550  bxs.  Western  Lonic  Clear,  bgbt  to  lull  aver- 
age. at8HiC.®834C.;  29  bxa.  Bbtrt  Clear  ut  0  S-16e. 
Aud  for  Chicago  delivery.  500  bxs.  Long  and  short 
Clear,  lor  shipment  to  Liverpool,  Tia  Boston,  at 
8  O-lBc  subbeauently  quoted  at  BHic;  also.  2.0u0,00ii 
tb  bhurt  Bib,  in  bulk.  on  tbn  basis  of 
;jl8     12»«®$8      16     for     Match     aud      .$8     M     for 

April    deliveries Western    Sitfam  Lard  kat'  been 

lea.i  sou,;ht  after  tor  early  delivery,  at  eusier  and  van- 
able   prices,    influenced    i>y    the    Oecided    fluotuatia^ 

teuor  01   tbe  reports  from  the    West Ot    vVetteru 

Steam,  for  early  delivery  here,  salea  have  beeu  re- 
ported of  187  t<»    piinie,    at  $10  70®$10  81),  cloaing 

at    $1V  So,  (lOU  tcs.  lur  shipment) Aud  for  forward 

delivery  bet e.  Western  Steam  has  been  la'uer  more 
freely  dealt  in,  but  quo:<;d   lower,  cloain;;  with    more 

8tead:ne8s Weatern steam,  tor  February,  quoted  at 

the  cloae  at  $10  80 ;    March,   $10  87>s;    April,  sil; 

May,     $11    12^1 Salea     were     leporteil    of   Weat- 

ern  Steam  to  the  extent  of  1,230  tcs.,  for  Fao- 
ruary.  at  SIO  75®$1<>  82H2:  3,'.!50  tea.,  March,  at 
$10  h5®$1U  90;  5,500  tea.  April,  at^$li)  9j<M«ll  05: 

and  2.750  to*.  May,   at  $11    OJ'aa'iill   12H» City 

Steam  and  Kettle  dull;  qcutod  at  the  close  $la  5U® 

$lu  62  la;    aa:ea,    100  tea.  at   $10  50 And    Na    1 

quoted   uomiual   $10®$10  12Hi Befined     Lard     lu 

rather  more  demand;  quoted  for  the  Continent,  for 
e»rly  deli-erv,  at  $11,  aud    Om^  the    West  ludies  ot 

$9  75 Salea   reported  uUtGo  tea.  for  the  West  I  a- 

dlea  ou  private  tetma,  aud  375  tea.  for  South  America, 

part  at  $11  50 Ueel,  and  Beef  llama,  duii  at  lormer 

flcurea Buiter     haa     beeu     rather    mure    sought 

afier,  but  bids  ou  moat  Kluda  have  been 
ruling  low,  thus  checking  uiieratiuna.  The 
offennga  have  been  liberal,  uut  the  princtpul  holders 

have  beeu  uuwiiUug  to  malto  Oirther  voneesaloua 

We  quote  Stat*  tuus,  fair  to  very  choice  20cS3;Jc.: 
Welsh  tuba,  1 6c.a'26c;  do.  firkina,  fxlr  to  fancy,  at 
18c.®23c.;  State  Buttei',  whole  dainea,  fair  lo  choice, 
20o.®25c;  Western  paila,  (air  to  very  eholce,  2bc.® 
35c.;  do.  tulM.  common  10  slnctly  choice,  13c.&22c.; 
do.  Strictly  fair  to  prime,  iu  tirklua,  i3c.<z>l7c.;  rolia, 
fitir  to  very  choice.  14c.  a>2ic..., Cheese  has  been  111 
moderately    active    demand,    with    the    flour    makes 

quoted  strong  as  to  values  on  restricted  ufferiags 

we  quote  State  Factory  iit  14*30  ®l»'au.  for  onuice 
to  atrictly  fnnoy,  and  llc.®14>3C.  for  fair  to 
choice,  aiid  4u.'a'8e.  tcr  Skimmed  and  Western 
Factory,  at  10'«c.'&'14i4C.  for   fair   to  atrlctlv  faucy; 

Bt:<te,    dairy-ma.ie,    poor  to  very  choice,  »c.®14c 

kggi  have  been  rather  more  inquired  for,  wltti  tresh 
EgKa  quoted  aoiuetvhat  steadier,  within  tbe  raugu  ot 
lSu®.J4e.  lor  lair  to  fancy  marks,  aud  tbe  dealings 
reported  aa  mostly  iu  good  turboice  atfiuu  2L)c.®2-Jc., 

in  rounl  lots.  #  doaeu I'uUow  uaa  been  in»derateiy 

active,  but  at  easier  rates Salea  12a,0i>u  lb.  prime 

atSc,  mostly   for  shipiueut  to  British    ijorts ^ti-a- 

rinn  has  been  very  quiet  to-Uay;  choice  city,  in 
hhds.  quoted  notmuHl;  prime  Westeru,  iu  tcs,  at  $11. 

Uomestic  nice  lias  been  lu  ino.ier^te  request  at  es- 

senti'illy  unchanged  rates We  quote  fiilr  to  strictly 

choice  <- aruUoti.  in  Job  tots,  ut  $u  2j®$0  75;  Loni«i- 
ana  at  $4  50 ^$6  25  ^  100  lb....Buat  ludia  Rice  has 
beeu  inactive,  with  Rangoon  quuicd  at.'i'3  12'a®$3  25, 
gold,  in  bond;  Pntua  nt  $7®$7  12'a,  currency,  fiee, 
and  iu  bona  at  $4.  gold  ^  luo  tt. 

WHtSKV— Sold  to  tne  extent  of  100  bbl.  at  $1  07*2, 
recular, -l^galloo;  market  weaker. 

FitKlGliTS— lu  tho  general  market  leas  animation 
was  apparent  to-day,  with  rather  less  flrmnoas  noted 
in  the  line  of  berth  freights,  the  iuquiry  for  accom- 
modation having  beeu  less  urgent.  The  Grain  move- 
ment wad  checked  by  the  Tcry  lull  prices  asked  tor 
Wbeat  and  Coru....ForLlveri)ool,  theeiiga.;emeuti  re- 
ported, aiuce  our  last,  have  beeu.  by  aall.  50  tous  Oil- 
caKe  at  16a  3d.;  50  tons  Slate  at  20a.;  300  toua  Bone 
dust  at  21s.  3d.  ^tou;  aud  by  steam,  8,0U0  buahela 
Corn  at  5(1.  ^  00  tb.;  7u  tons  Lomestic  and  other 
Meaanrenient  Gooda  at  208.;  120  tons  Provisions,  in 
lots,  at  equal  to  30b.  ^  ton.  Also,  a  British  brig,  l9u 
tons,  hence,  irith  general  cargo,  on  private  terms,  and 
placed  on  tbe  bertn.  And  by  a'..eam  from  Chicago,  of 
through  freight,  500  bxs.   Bacon,  vih  Boston,  reported 

nt  ouc.  ^  XOO  Tb FuL-  Londou,  by  aall.  8U  tons  .vli^aa- 

urement  Gooda  at  178.  lid.  ^l*'  too;  1.000  hols.  Fioar 
(rumored)  ou  private  terms;  and  by  steam, 
32,000  buahela  Gram  at  Od.  ^  60  K).;  loo 
oalea  Hops  ou  private  terms;  225  tona  Pro- 
visluna.  iu  lota,  repotted  at  equ  il  to  3da.®35a.  ^  tuu  ; 

and  100  balea  Hops  ua  private  terms For   Giasgoiv, 

by  aall,  6,000  Staves  (01  recent  Bblpmeut,)  on  privxte 
terma;  aud,  by  steam,  8,00u  busbeia     Grain  at  O'ad. 

^60  n>.;  loo  ley.  Beet  Ba.  4P' tierce Fur  Uristol,   by 

sail,  20  toua  Tallow  at  26a.  ^  ton  -.  50  tcs.  Beef  at  5s. 
6d.  <P'  tierou ;  and,  by  ateam,  50  hhds. 
Tallow  at  30s.;  l,OuO  bxa.  Cheese  at  4Ua  ^ 
ton ;  50  tea.  Btet  ot  78  ^  tiuree ;  30 
bbis.  Pork  at  6s.  ^  bbl For  Coik  and  orders,  au  Ital- 
ian bark,  with  about  3,UU0  ciuarSers  Grain,  from  Balti- 
more, (repuried  aa  cbart»r>  d  theru,)  atOa.  M.,  quuted 
subsequently  at  os.®.'>8.  3d.  ^^q-jorier,  aud  two  uaricB, 
with  corn,  from  .New-Orleans,  (chartered  there,)  on  the 

biisia      of     lod.     ^      buahei rur      the      Couii- 

ueut,  a  bark,  ^vithabout  6,000  bbla.  Ueflued  Petruleuiu, 
f^om  Baltimore,  rumored  at  3s,  9.,  uud  a  Norwegian 
bark.  375  toua,  heuce,  with  about  2,400  bbla.  Naphtha, 

rnmored    »t   5a.  Jp'  bbl For  Stettin,  by  tull,  about 

2,000  bxi.   Starch,   reported   at  about  22a.  6d Fur 

tbe  Hiver  Platte,   aBriUah  brig,  witn   lumner  trom  Sa- 

yaunah,  reported  at  $19 For  Rio  Janeiro,  a  British 

bark,  with  lumber  from  Brunawiek,  reported 
at  $20.... For  a  New-Zeland,  an  American  bara, 
OijS  lous.  hence,  witu  general  cargo,  reported 
at  £2,000.  (optica  of  three  ports:)  and  another. 
552  toua,        with  do.,         from  uuston, 

reported  at  £1.700 For  Valparaiso,  a  British  hark, 

799  tons,  beuce,  wliU  geaurul  cargo,  reported  at 
£1,50'). ...For  the  Lumber  trade,  coaatwtse,  a  moder- 
ate C)ill  was  noted  for  tonnage  at  about  preyions  rates. 
For  the  Coal  trude,  coast  wise,  marKet  duiL  and  ueavy ; 
quoted  lor  local  loading  ou  the  basis  of$140®$15U 
for  Boston,  #'  tou. 


THMJ  MEAL  EST  A  IE  MARKET. 


The  following  business  was  transacted  at  the 
Exchange  yesterday,  (Wednesday,)  Feb.  14  : 

Slevin  &  McElroy,  by  order  of  the  Supreme  Conrt 
Id  foreolosnre,  J.  M.  Levy,  Esq.,  Beferee,  sold  a 
threc-story  and  t^aaement  brick  house,  -with  lot 
18.9  by  98,9,  on  £aat  33d  at,  lonth  side,  350  feet  west 
ul  sa  ST.,  for  $8,535,  to  John  A.  Dodd. 

A.  H.  Hnlier  &  Son,  by  order  of  tho  Superior 
Court  in  foreclosure;  S.  B.  £rownell,  Esq.,  Beferee, 
sold  a  foor-story  brick  tenement-house,  with  loC  85 
by  100,  on  Weat  49th  St.,  south  side,  75  feet  east  of 
nth  av.,  tor  17,000,  to  Hannah  E.  Boardman,  plain- 
tlff  in  tb*  legal  aotlon. 

B.  V.  Hftruott,  by  order  of  the  Supreme  Conrt  in 
foreoloaure,  Philo  T.  Baggies.  E-iQ..  Beferee,  sold 
tbe  plot  of  land,  SO  by  Z9  by  64.8  bv  81.2,  on  10th  av.. 
east  side,  75.11  feet  north  of  106tb  at.,  for  14,2)0,  to 
Amelia  Bobioa. 

A.  J.  Bleeeker  A.  Son,  nader  a  Subreme  Conrt 
foreeloaare  order,  L.  P.  Cammlnga,  S^q.,  Belercb, 
sOld  two  three-sfery  and  base  i.ent  broif a-ateoe- 
ftoat  hoosQs,  with  h>ta  each  39  by  103.^  00  East 
T6tb  St.,  north  ilda,  SQS  feet  eMt  of  3a  at.,  for 
190.(90  .to  Bsb^oea  J.    Cnamiaia,  aiooiul'  vimfr 


■^^^^"■'•"^■Y'\ 


Irjfe^r^ 


;tor>,  fhriba  boUe;  irlib  tol  ,Sa6,,. . .. 
8Sth  St.,  ibnth  aida,.  906  f^M -tfreat  Of 
$3,500,  to  A.nn  CoiHey,  iO^tUl.       ,  ^ 


"*pfajjfra. 
abWilt 
aV.,  Ibr 


£.  A.  Lawrenea  «  G«i.,  also  nbder  *  SnprMia 
Court  urder  in  fbraoloaare,  S.  D.  Oaie,  Esq.,  Betoaa, 
sold  >  plot  at  lalad,  84  jo^  300,  adjottips  UroyO  HiU 
and  the  land  of JBui^e.FMk,  and  known  aa  lot  Ko,  ,4 
on  a  map  ot /Woodstock,  MwrhMpia,  for  .ItOO,  to 
Georce  B.  Smith  and  6th«ra,  pialiitifls  in  the  l6itia 
aotlon. 

Tbe  following  fbreoIosiiTO  sales  were  Kdjonmed  : 
Baleby  B.  H.  £adloir  &  C(>.  oi  a  honie,  with  lot  K6. 
117  East  llSth  si.  eastoJT  4th  av.,  to  February  Si ; 
sal*  l^  Louis  Msaior  of  the  bnlldlnff,  with  lot  on 
Broadnay,  north  of  Slst  St.,  to  March  7,  and  sale  by 
B.  y.  Harnett  ot  a  house,  with  lot  on  East  S9Ui  St., 
west  of  Madison  a^-i  f^  die^ 

to-day's  AUOnOMS. 

To-day's  sales,  all  at  the  Bxohaage,  ire  is  fol- 
lows: 

By  E.  H.  Ludlow  It,  Co.,  Supreme  Court  fbre- 
oloaura  sale,  James  J.  Thomson,  Esq.,. Beferee,  of 
the  two  buildines,  with  lota,  together  is  size  50.4 
by  ni  bv  S2.4  by  105.4.  NoS,  7fl7  and  799  3daT., 
north-east  oomer  ot  49th  st. 

By  Louis  Messier,  Supreme  Conrt  foreolosore 
sale,  J.  J.  Thomaon,  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  a  house, 
with  lot  25  by  lOd.3,  on  West  84tb  St.,  north  side, 
150  ft.  -vyestof  11th  BV. 

By  Soott  tc  \Lytin,  Steoreme  Court  fo^olosare 
sale.  W.  A.  Boyd,  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  a  boose,  with 
lot  25  by  103.3  on  Eitst  77th  st.,  south  side,  275  feet 
east  of  31  av. 

Bv  A.  H.  MuUer  &  Soii.  Suoreme  Court  fore- 
closure sale,  B.  C.  Chetwood,  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  a 
house,  with  lot  15.6  by  100.11  on  East  134ih  St., 
south  side.  79.6  feec  west  of  31  av. 

By  B.  v.  Haraott,  foreolosnre  sale  by  order  of 
the  Court  of  Common  Pteas,  B.  M.  Henrv.  Esq., 
Befereo,  of  a  ho^ue.  with  lot  20  by  100.10  on  East 
120th  st,  north  side,  255  feet  east  ot  3d  av.  Also,  a 
hoiua.  with  lot  25  bv  100.11  on  But  122d  st.,  north 
side,  100  feet  weat  of  lat  av. 

BvlL  W.  Coates,  Supreme  Conrt  foreclosure  sale, 
R.  "b.  Gillim,  Esq.,  Beteree,  ot  two  lots,  each  % 
by  100,  on  144th  au,  north  side,  300  feet  east  of 
Willis  av.,  Morrlsauia. 

By  B.  A.  Lawrence  &  f '0.,  Supreme  Conrt  fore- 
closure sale,  E.  D.  Gale,  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  a  plot  of 
laud,  25  by  300,  ou  Manhattan  aU,  north-east  corner 
Bioominttdale  road. 

♦ 
EXOHANQB   SALE8—WMDNBBDA.Y,  FEB  14. 

NIW-rOBK. 
Bv  5Ieo<»  <£  MeEWoy. 
1  three-story  and  basemeat  brick  house,  -with 
lot.  East  »2d  St.,  s.  a..   350  ft.   w.  of  2d  av.; 

lot  18.9x9a9 $8,625 

By  A.  H.  Mvillsr  <£  Son. 
1  fouT-atory  brick   teneinent-honae,    with  lot. 
Weat  49ih  at.,  a.  a  .  75  it.  e.  of  lltu   ar. ;  lot 

26x100 i $7,000 

Bv  B.  V.  Hamttt. 

1  plot  of  land,  10th  av.,  a.-  a.,  75.11  ft.  a.  of 
lOOtbat.,  50x39x64.8x81.2 $4,260 

By  A.  J.  6leee\«r  A  Son, 

2  three-storv  and  basement  bro-wn-stone  front 
houses,  with  lots,  Kaat  78th  at.,  u.  a..  205  ft. 
eastofSd  av.  ;  lot25xX02.2 $30,050 

1  two-story  tteme house,  -with  lot,  Kaat  85th  at., 
a.  a,  200  It.  w.  ot  Stb  av.;   lot  21.10x102.2.      2,600 
By  E.  A.  iMwrenee  <t  Oo. 

1  plot  of  land.  aqJoiulnK  Grove  Hill  and  land  of 
Emrle  Feok,  and  kuown  aa  lot  No.  4  on  a  map 
of  Woodatock,  Uorriaania,  81x300 $700 


BECOBDED  REAL  ESTATE  TBANSFESS. 

NK-W-YOBK. 

Tuetday,  Feb.  13. 

ilat  at.,  a.  a.,  101  ft.  w.  of  2d  av.,  24.8>qx74: 

KaroUne  Maler  to  John  Sommex , $16,000 

4th  av.   8.  e,    corner  7 lat  at.,    06.5x83.6;  8. 

Murphy  and  wife  to  J.  Murphy ,. 1,000 

Harlem  Biver.    23d  Ward;  Albert   N.    JBrovm 

and -wlte  to  B.  F.  Hyde Dom. 

Same  property;   B.  F.  Uyde  and  wife  to  Mary 

A.  Brown nom. 

Washingiun    av.    and    7th    at,    98x160,   2iid 

Ward;    Uobert  B.    Sherwood   and   wife  to  R. 

Maplesden 12,884 

69ih  at.,  n.  a.  125  ft.  w.  of  lOtb  av.,  2.)XlOU.5: 

Georee  Wooater  and  wife  to  F.  Uilller 10,000 

4th  av.    w.   a.,  25.11  ft.  n.  of  lV!9th  at.,  9ux 

174.11;   Jamea  8.  Whigbtmau  to  Tbomaa  P. 

Bhea 40,000 

106th  at.,  a.  a.,  125  it.e.of  2.iay.,  175x100.11; 

Thomas  Murphy  to  C.  A.  Arthur 2,000 

Suffolk  St.,  e.  B..   luo  ft.  a  of  Broome  at.,   25x 

lOO;  George  Vt  erner  and  wife  to  B.  Herbeiger  16,000 
36th  at.,  E.  8..  104.10  fu  w.  of  8th  av.,  Vi3x 

53.4;  Bdward  T.  Patterson  to  F  Cohen nom. 

Pitt  St.,  w.  a.,  125  tt.  n.  of  Grand  at..  25x100; 

S.  H.  Steward,  Keteree,  to  A  Kewman. 2,500 

3day..  CB.,   106.2   fU  a  of  108th  at.,  17.8x 

lOU;  A.  Uclntire  to  John  McCuol 9,950 

55th  St.,   n.  a.,   125  ft.  e.  of  Madison  av..  )i{)x. 

1005;    K.  Baudfo.-d.  Beferee,  to  U.  Oeukit- 

speet , 21,000 

55tb  St.,  lu  a.,  156.0  It.  e.  of  Madison  av.,  16.6 

xlOO.5;   same  CO  same 17,000 

55th  aU.  u.  a.,  173  ft.  e.  of  Madiaon   av.,  lB.6x 

100.6!  aametoaame 17,800 

55tb  at.,  n.  8..  100  fi.   e.   01  Madiaon    av.,  20x 

100.5;   aametoaame 20,500 

65th  at.,  n.  a.,  189.6  fu  e.  01  Madiaon  av.,  16.6x 

100.5;  aametoaame 18,000 

4uth  St.,  a.  B.,  120   It.  e.  of  8th   av.,   20x0^9; 

I).  Tomliuaon,  Beteree,  to  F.  B.  Eilpatrlck....  1,225 
Noitb  Mo»re  at.,  s  a.,  lot  No.  268.  25x87.6  ;  N. 

Jnrvis,  lieteree,  toOanlelPike 12,760 


AL.ARIJE  NUinBEK  OF  HOUe«li:!<»   BBLONd- 
lug  to  estates  and  iuatiiutiona  fur  aalo  or  rent  at 
low  rates.      KiNUMAN  F.  PAGE,  So.  42    Kast  23d  at. 


BUO  VVN-STONE  UUCsiii!!<    ON    THB    1,1  NB 
or  Broadway,  between  79tti  and  42(1  ata.;  $8,000 
lo  $25,000.     J.  W.  STiiV.'.NS.  broadway  and  52d  st. 


LAKl-iE       ANIJL      MMALL        HOU&tKaj      AT 
specialty  reduced  prie°a.     V.  K.  bTBVBKBO!7,  Jr., 
ha  4  Pinu  and  No.  33  Uaat  17th  at. 


riiO  I.BASB— $800.— FOlfB-STORr  BEOWN-STONE, 
X  bigh-atoop  honaes,  22x55  feet,  on  lot  100  feet,  sit- 
uated ou  3d  at,  Brooklyn,  near  7th  av.,  and  ou  tbe 
Mlth  Kround  udjoiuioK  Prospect  Park'.  Third  at.  lathe 
extrd-widc  arreet  leaulne  to  tbe  eotranee  to  the  Park. 
Thia  ia  tue  hiKbest  and  most  healthful  part  of  tbe 
whole  city.  The  housoa  are  flrst-claas  iu  every  re- 
spect, in  perfect  order,  aud  immediate  Dossdasiou 
cau  lieitiven.  Apply  to  J.  B.  BANUUL  <c.  BON  ,No.  117 
Broadway,  .Vew-Yoik.  or  to  lUA  A  KIMBALL,  corner 
6'.h  av.  aud  9th  at.,  Brooklyn. 


1i*UU,        »AIjB-UVVKLL1NQS.  buown-»tunb 

f  ttuuts,  Irom  ;^5,000  to  qiiO.OOO.  Alao,  oue  plate* 
glaaa  and  orown-atone  front  atore.  C.  it  W.  J. 
BEOKLL,   builders,  t>o.  327  Smith   at,  Brooklyu. 


oou:n^try  real  estate^ 

XCH  ANG  E.— THRBk""  B^AnTsoMK     COUNTRY 
residences   within  one  hour  of   New-Tork,  tree  of 


E 


moitgage,  to  exchuniie  for  City  improved  property  net 
too  heavily  encumbered.  Apply  to  T.  8.  BUtiPuBBD, 
No.  145  Broadway. 


OKA^c>fc:.  i>.  j.-(!UbNi'Kf  miusBs.  L.tifoa, 
unUvil.aKe  <iit«  tor  stale:  a  ziest  variety.  .Usu 
IXimislied  and  unfurnished  nouses  cu  let  for  aeasou  ot 
jenr,  bv  VVALrKK  R.  SMITH.  '  lormer'y  Bliwkwe,!  a 
8n,it]i.0rHii;;c  corner  of  Main  and    '''ooesia. 


rno  liET— FUK.VKSHED  OR  UNPUR.MSHED— THE 
JL  private  residence  ot  Jamea  C-  Wuddrulf;  ooutalning 
16  rooms,  ou  the  corner  of  West  Jersey  at.  and  De  Hurt 
place.  BlizabetU,  N.  J.;  grounds  of  one  acre;  lawn, 
garden,  fruit,  stable,  and  ben-hoiise.  Inquire  of  A  G. 
CRANE,  Na  135  Broadway,  or  0.  H.  LAMUUON,  Doa  8 J 
and  84  Worth  Bt. 


FURMIiSHBD  HOU8E  FOU  RB.NT  IN  PERTH 
a:v1BOV,  N.  J.— Coutaluiujc  nlue  rooms,  five  bed- 
rooma,  good  cellar,  heater ;  water  iu  kitchen ;  good  lo- 
cality, neat  the  water;  lot  large,  and  all  in  good  order; 
will  be  rented  for  .Summer,  one,  or  three  years  FUfl- 
MSUBD.    Apply  to  C.  L.  PARKER.  Perch  Ambuy,  N.  J. 


STA-'tlFORII— POPULATION,  12.000— CITV  so- 
ciety nnd  convenlencea,  with  oouutry  attiactiona; 
cotlagoa  and  cuuntiT-seats,  all  sliea,  to  let  for  aeaaon 
or  year  :  moderate  rents  ;  all  trains  atop.  UOBBARU, 
Town  Hall,  Stamiord.  Conn. 


rpARKVTOWM  AM>  BELL.BVtl<LB.-BBAU- 

X  tlful  bousea;  pictoreaque;  fruit;  water;  every 
conveulenoc;  rent  or  aell.  Addreaa  PARTRIDGE,  Na 
1V!9  Broad  at. 


mo  KENT-A  TURiilv-STOEY  BROWN-STONE 
J.  house,  4oth  at.,  between  3d  aud  Lexington  ava., 
north  side.  Apply  to  J.  A.  HAWKKliWOBTU,  No.  82 
Beaver  at. 


AUAND-SOmE  FOLHrHTORY   UOUi!«IC  TO 
LET— With  eaa  flxturea  lud  mlrrora.on  Lexington 
av.,  between  34th  aud  35th  ata.;  private  family  only. 
BKERB  it  Ou.,  No.  1,474 Broadway. 


ANt.VIBBROU'   FlR8T-CiLiAHi!<,  FURNISHED 
and  unfurnished,  bousea  to  let.    B.  W.  WILLIAMS, 

No.  say  6th  av.        , 


AMJ.nHBR     ot**     CHOICRLV-LOCATBD 
furoiahed  aud  unfurniahed  dwellluara  to  rent  low. 
y.  K.  STEVENSON,  Jr.,  Na  4  Piue  at.,  or  Union  aqaare. 


HOUSES&ROOMSJWAOTED 

WA.NxBl*-FIVK  BOOMS  (OilFUBiNlSHliD)  FOR 
housekeeplug  by  au  Americun  family;  must  he 
situated  between  14th  ani  40tb  ats.,  and  6th  and  8th 
ava;  private  houae  preferred^  gas  and  uae  of  bath- 
room; rent  must  not  exceed  $20  or  .$2-^.  Addreaa  tor 
two  dava  .Albert.  Box  No.  223  'limes  offloa. 


AKOO.n  WITH  FIKfi-l'LiAOK  AND  CAEPkT 
wanted  by  a  lady  who  is  a  teacher,  in  a  clean  house 
aud  street,  with  reapeciabie  people,  aud  at  a  moderate 
price ;  reiei-eace.  Addreaa  UPRIGHT  PIANO.  Box  300 
TliUiS  UP-Tl)WN  OFFICE,  NO.    1,257    BROADWAY. 


WANTttD.— A  HOUSE  FOB  A  TKRjI  OF  YEARS, 
tu'i-uiahed  or  unfurniahed ;  location  between  6th 
aud  6th  avB.,  42d  and  60th  ata.  Addreaa  with  fail 
partioulara  DOCTOR,  Box  No.  287  TIMES  UP-TOWS 
OF*lCii,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


WANTED— A  SMALL,  NEAT  BOUSB,  B.\QUSH 
baaement  preferred,  between  Madison  and  6tb 
avB.  and  26th  and  SOth  ata  Address  W.  6.  L.,  Box  No. 
273  TlUlio  UP-  fOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


WANTED— SMALL  FABU,  HEAR  BY.  MODBRATB 
rent;  also,  amall  house.  28d  Ward  or  Harlem, 
for  immediate  occupancy  or  May  1.  TENANT,  Box 
No.  135  Timei  Offlse. 


WAMTBD— A  FUR.VISUBD  HOUSE  FROM  MARCH 
1   to    Nov.    I:    rent    $150  per  moUtU.     Address 
Fa&U,  i>ox  Na  1.957  Post  OiOce. 


EIUIITU  AV.— WEjf  SIDE   STORES  TO  BBNT- 
33d  aud  ^th  kta.     Apply  to  J.  BOMAINB  BitOVVN, 
JSa  l,28i>  Broadway. 


raiO  L,|j'r— iHii;  STORE  AND  BASEMBNT,  MO.  2 
JL  New  Chambers  St..  now  occupied  aa  a  reatadramt. 
apply^o  W.  L.  OO.'tELtN,  No.  Ii5  4tU  aV. 


STttAlU  PUWBtt  AND  Fl&iiT  Fl<mitt  AND 
celior,  60x80  tiwt.  ^os.  IM  aod  190  Wast  Baostou 
a<.   InoBlcala  ta*  OAUiaa 


tiasLiak  bfevtcs. 


oWWiemWroLBT, 

WltR  111  TBB  KOptm  lUPliOTlclIBMTS, 

SPLKNDI0  LipBT  AND  VJlNTILATION, 

nrrrAitil'  #ob 

Banka^'Batnkeiw*  iijwkarBf  iaei«hBitta«  X*w 

yera,  uailtnix.lnainiance.aiid  otber  Vanpaaiea, 

IN  BUlLDINr  ----- 


in  ituitiumue  oVk  4  VTAJbli  HTw 
38,  SB.  40,  ^,  ^Ag^J'^  $%*  ''1'  ''^S*  78  dE  80 

Nu.  A,  7, 17, 19,  34,30,  40;*a3  NEW  ST.. 
Nob.  17,  IjB.  iSl,  and  38  BtiMIAD  HT'i 
Nob.  55  and  57  JBXOHANUE  pLaCJB, 

Alili    NEAR    WAIili    ST. 

APPLI  AT  THB  OFgiCB  QF    _^^ 

EDWAKD     MATTHEWS, 

No.  71  Broadway. 


OFFICHH  TO  RJBNT 

IN 

Nos.  113.  116.  117,  119  BBOADWAT. 
Two  large  elevators.    Chespeat  offices  in  the  City, 
couaiderlog  location.  £.  H.  LUDLOW  &.  CO.. 

Na  3  Pine  at. 


BUDBN  B0D8B-AT  PBRTB  AMBOf,  TO  LEASE 
on  fivorable  terms;  tbe.  hotel  ia  lu  good  order  aud 
convenient  for  aea- battling  aud  boating;  the  station  of 
tbe  Loug  Braocti  Railway  ia  near  tbe  lionsa  For  fur- 
ther inforxoation  apply  to 

BOKACB  S.  ELY,  Ko.  ti2  Plhe  *t 


TO  Ll£AS£— THE  SPAOlOUd  NKW  BTORlJB  NOS. 
718  and  720  Broadway^  together  or  separately, 
with  baaement  and  aub-cellar,  at  reduced  rent:  also 
third  and  fbnrth  lofta,  about  50x100  ftiet;  immediate 
poaaeasion.    Apply  to  HORACE  S.  ELY,  No.  22  Piue  at. 


TO  liET  OK  LiBASB— THE  ENTIRE  UARBLE- 
troni  bulldtng  No.  341  Broadway;  aiza  about  33x 
180  feet,  with  au  L  extenalon  to  Leonard  at;  ateam 
elevator  ana  heating  apparatus:  immediate  poaaea- 
aion.    Apply  to  HORACE  S;  ELY.  Mo.  22  Pine  at. 


TO  liET— ON  MUDEBATE  TERMS,  AT  No.  43 
Elm  St.,  one  door  fTom  Worth  at.,  a  first-olasi  atore, 
25x76  f^et.  together  with  basement  and  foortb  loft; 
or  would  let  the  atore  aiid  Daseoient  together.  Inquire 
of  W.  C.  MILLER,  No.  145  South  5th  av. 


TO    LBASE— THE    BIX-STuur    WUITE-MABBLS 
building,  corner  of  Broadway  and  24th  st.,  known 
as  the  Albemarle  HoteU    Aoply  to 

FBANCI8  8.  KINNEY.  Ko.  141  Weat  Broadway. 


O    I^BASK- THE    FOUR    MPACIOUS   LOFTS  NO. 
660  Broadway,  (formerly  Tiffanv'a ;)   sise  about  37 
xlOO;  Immediate  poaaeasion.    Apply  to 

HORACE  8.  ELt.  No.  22  Pine  at 


Ti 


fflO  MANCFACTLItEitS.- THE  NEW  HOUSE, 
J.  No.  10  Pell  at.  near  Bowery ;  well  situaied,  lighted, 
and  ventilated:  rent  cbeao.  Appiy  to  JOHN  O. 
O'KBEPB.  office  of  H.  L.  Horton  &  Ca,  No.  56  Broadway. 


TO  l^KT— CAPACIOUS  OFFICES,  CORNKB  OP 
Broiadway  and  Barclay  at,  (Hamilton  Building.)  on 
first  floor,  and  immediate  poasession.  Apply  on  the 
premiaea.  Room  No.  27. 


rilO  I.KT-THB  STORE  AND  BASEMENT  AUJOIN- 
J.ln(tthe8t.  Nicholas  Hotel,  Na  609  Broadway,  ex- 
tendiuK  through  to  Mercer  at;  poaseealon  1st  May. 
Apply  to  HORACE  S.  ELT,  No.  22  Piue  at. 


RUAU  ESTATE  TO  EXCHANUE.-WANTED. 
a  small  country  place,  tnree  or  four  acres.  (West 
Chester  County  preferred.)  with  a  good  bouse  unin- 
cumbered, worth  from  $3,000  to  $4,000,  torwhieba 
well  aaaorted  atoek  ot  ready  made  clothing  irlll  be 
given.  Address,  glviiix  partlcolars,  HANSON,  Station 
D,  New- York. 


OFFICE  WANTED 

for  George  P.  Rowell  &.  Ca'a  American  Newspaper  Ad- 
vertising Acency.  now  occupyine  nearly  tbe  whole  Of 
tbe  second  floor  of  New- York  Times  Building.  Would 
buy  a  building,  location  and  price  suiting.  Muat 
be  within  five  minntea'  walk  of  Printing  Houae  aquare. 


WANTED— A  SUALL  NEAT  HOUSE,  (KNiiLISH 
basement  preferred,)  betweeen  Madison  aud  6ch 
av.i.,  and  24th  and  40th  ata.  Address  UASTtfR,  No. 
394  6th  av.,  comer  24th  st.  btating  lowest  price  and 
location.    "'  ' 


JN^TRIJOTIOK 

COAttUBa  IN.STITUTK, 

CENTRAL    PARK,     NEW-VoRK. 

Boarding   and   Day  .School  fbr    boyj    from  seven  to 

twenty  years  old. 


DBANCOLiLiBUB  AND  CUXsitCKVArOUV 
OF  AlUSlU  for  youuz  ladies,  Binshamton..  N.  Y^ 
$-.200  per  year;  harp  extra.  Rev.  U.  A.  PATERSON, 
A  M„  Prealdent  ^ 


RYE  SEMINARF. 

Bye,  N.  1.    For  particulara  addreaa 
Mrs.  8.  J.  LIFE. 


MH!$.  PAKKsi'  BUAUDI.XG  AND  DAV 
achool  tor  young  ladies,  New-Brunswick.  N.  J., 
opeua  its  next  aeasion  Fob.  5.  Clrcuiara  aeut  if  deslredL 
Terma  moderate. 


»OKT  CHBaiTEK   INsiTlTUTB— Port  Cheater, 
N.  Y.;  Umited  to  25  boya.    O.  Wliitbrop  Starr,  A.  M. 


TEACHERS. 


MRS.  MlTCHKI.L.  tDIPLOUEE)  SUPPLIES 
achools  and  families  with  reUable  gontlemen,  lady 
teachera,  governeaaes,  or  tutors;  gives  infurmatlou  of 
good  achoola;  famiiiea  goinit  to  Europe  an<i  cuuotrv 
will  find  competent  teachera  to  accompany  them.  Mns. 
MlTohBLL  Citn  refer  to  tbe  best  tamilieH  aud  schools 
in  New- lurk.  Teachers' Bureau,  Na  67  Weat  35th  at. 
Houra,  1'.^  till  4. 


MiHS  AI.  J.  YOUNG,  APTKH  TWELVE  YEAAS 
BQCcessful  manaitemeut'Of  tbe  "American  School 
Institute,"  has  severed  her  connection  therewith  in 
consequence  of  the  bankruptcy  of  J.  W.  Schermer* 
born  ti  Oo.,  and  has  opened  her  own  AMEtUCAN  AND 
FOREIGN  TEACUEttS'  AGENCY  at  No.  23  Union 
square ;  office  hours,  9  A.  M.  to  4  P.  M. 


TUE  NAriONAL.  SCHOUi^  DIIKBAU  ISA 
reliable  agency  tor  eupplylng  schooia  and  famiiiea 
-with  teachers,  and  teachers  with  poaitiona.  locreaa- 
ing  demand  for  good  teachers.  Apply  early  for  Au- 
tumn vacancies.  Send  stamp  for  application  form, 
T.  COTESWORTH  PISCKNEY.  Domeatio  Building, 
corner  14th   at  and  Broadway,  New- York. 


AMEKICAN  AND  FOHUIGN  TEAguUKsi' 
Atfcucy  i:upphes  resident  andnoo.resident  professors, 
tutors,  governesses,  and  teacher  tor  every  deparrmeat 
of  inatructiou.  Apply  tor  circulars  to  Miaa  M.  J. 
YOUNG,  Na  23  Uniou  aquare. 


FRENCH  TBACBING  Br  DR.I^.SALVBtK, 
author  of  "Causeries  avec  mes    blfeves."  &a  For 
clrcuiara,  apply  by  letter  at  Na  51  Weat  35th  at 


To  JMERCHANTSii.— A  LAWYBii  WHO  HAS  BAD 
a  liirge  aud  aucceasful  expeiieuce  in  the  collection 
of  daima  for  merchants,  deaizing  employment,  woula 
take  charge  ot  the  coUectloua  of  one  or  more  Arms  ac  a 
very  moderate  coinoenautioo,  contiuaent  upon  colleo- 
tiou :  higheat  reierences  Kiven.  Addreaa  C.  B.,  Box 
No.  146  ZVflua  Office. 


STATE  RI14HT8  OK  A  VAL.UAULE  PATENT 
FULLY  DEVELOPED.- To  partiea  of  moderate 
means,  thia  offera  inducemeuta  of  a  large  biuinesa,  pay- 
i OR  50  to  100  per  cent,  protlta;  -very  liberal  arrauKe- 
menta  will  be  made  ou  basis  of  a  royalty  ou  sales. 
Address  b£EkS,  No.  93  Liberty  at.  New- fork. 


rpO  L.EA8E— FIRST-ULA8S  MEOIUM-SIZE  HOTEL; 
-^  a{dendid  location ;  an  eapeoial  opportunity.  Ad- 
dreaa H.,  Box  No.  149  Tima  Office. 


AN  ACTIVE  OR  SI'ECIAL.  FARTNER  WANT- 
ed  in  a  first-class  imperii  u(c  and  manufacturing 
houae  eatablished  over  fifty  yeara,  to  take  place  of  re- 
tiring partner.  Addreaa  ART,  Box  Na  124  nm«t  Office 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

CLRE   GliARANTEBD. 

Slcin  Diseaaea.  Pimples,  fleabworma.  blackheada.  white 
Skin  Diseases,  itchy  and  scaly  tetter  of  tbe  aoalp,orasty 
Skin  Diseases,  and  scaly  tetter,  aud  all  akiu  uiaeaaes 
Siiiu  Uiseasee.  cured  by  Dr.  VA.V  DikK,  6  West  16taBt. 


EPI'as'OOOOA.— ORATKFULAND  OOuFOBHNUi; 
ea'-li  packet  is  labcUeil,  JAMKS  KPP3  Jt  Ci>..  Hom^- 

updtulcChemlsta.  No.  43  Threadaeedle  at  and  Na  170 
Pii-,caultly.  LoaiOQ,  EnglauJ.  Mew-lTork  Depdt,  SitflTH 
tL  VaNDERBEKK  Park  oUc.a. 


ri^AinAR    INUIKN.— A    LAXATtVB    FRUIT    IjOZ- 

X  enge :  agreeable  to  take ;  apeeiflc  tor  constipation 
and  its  oonsequeucea  B.  GBILLON,  No.  27  ftueRamau- 
teur.  Paria  depot      CASWELL,  HAZARD  b.  Ca,  N.  Y. 


JI3A^^INa^  _ 

A  LXUN  OOOWORTU'.-i  DANCING'scHOOL 
^^REMOVKD  TO  NO.  08I  5rH  AVENUE.  Spring lewn 
now  commencing.  For  pattloalaia  send  tOroirouiar. 
Private  ieaaoua  every  lUkv. 


MEETmgs. 

AMERICAN  iNsiTlTLTE  POLYTECHNIC 
ASSOCIATION.— Regular  weekly  meeting;  THIS 
(Tburadav)  EVENINU  at  7:30  o'cloiik,  lu  room  Ha  24 
Cooper  Union.  Mr.  DE  lidRGUE  will  lecture  ou  "The 
Flab  Inauatry  of  New-York."    Admisaion  firee. 

J,  V.  C.  hMITH,  Chairman. 
Joax  W.  StTTTotf.  Secretary. 


jOE-OREAM^ 

FU88Bl.Li>Ji»  ICE  CREAM.— TWBNTY>FlV£ 
ceutsperquart  to  churches  and  large  paties;  cbu- 
lotto  Ruase.  in  boxes,  tocarrt  home;  tteidi  twice  a  day. 
So.  12  Bible  House. 


WATOHESj^^JJW^J^S^M: 

Mt^NEY  UN  DlAraONDH,  FCRS,  Ace.-DIA- 
tuonda,  watchea,  jewelry,  aOverware.  -camels'-hhtc 
bbawis,  aeiH  Haeigniea.  sOix,  cioefea,  Ste.,  bought  and  aold 
hack  at  a  very  small  advano*.  uEo.  C  ALLItS, 
Jeweler.  Na  1,190  Broadway,  near  29th  st. 


:ff?!lt!Sl 


mm  k  1, 

Woji.   Ig   and   18   Njassfttt   Iftt,^, 

THE  BANK  OF  MONTREAL 

18  PRBBAS>U>  TO  ISSUE 

OntCtTLAJEt  NOTES 

AND 

t-ETTERS  OP  CREDIf 

TO  TBAVELESS, 
available  In  all  parts  of  the  world. 

CHAELJBS  F.  SMITHBH8.  \  j,^„l^ 
WALTER  WAT89.V,  J  4««n» 

NO.<4.  59  AND  61  WALK  8T. 


THIS  MAlUFdi^A  LAND  AND  ilf  lNtN«  Cl>3f> 
PANT  OF  CALlPbRNlA. 

OmoK  Nos.  9  AStD  11  a'issAtr  M»  \ 
Nsw-Yoki,  Feb.  .S,  1877.      J  . 
THE  TRtJSTBE^  of  thia  Company  have  leviidl  an  AS* 

SRSSMENTof  $1  i)er  share  on  the  preferred  and  <i<»k- 
mon  atock.  payable  at  this  office  on  or  before  Feb.  17. 
After  that  date  it  -wiU  be  delinquent,  aud  liabb  tb  k 
charge  for  advertlaing  aaie. 

COPIES  OF  REPORT  ani  late  newa  boax  tho  aiine 
are  publiahed,  and  may  be  had  at  the  office,  or  mslisi 
to  addreaa  on  request. 

MOKRtS  H.  KMITB.  Assistant  8eere.l«itjr. 


AlITNIClPAL  BONDS,  DUB  IttOB.    A  LttUSSH 
AMOUNT  yoa  8ALB  BT 

KtHNiLeEB  A  CO.,  HO.  31 NASSAIT  #. 

rtXBEOOLD  MOttTUAUB»0^DiaOLDEkt» 

JL  Committee  are  now  prepared  to  purchase  all  or.sa.v 
portion  of  the  outstandinK  thirty-two  Qold  Mprtgaige 
Bouda  of  the  Toledo.  Wabaah  and  weatem  Eaiiway 
Compan.y,  for  the  sum  of  $580  68  per  bond,  which  is 
the  afhotuit  of  the  divideod  In  cash  ariaini  froai  ttic 
sule  under  tbe  foreclosure  proceedinga.  Or  II.  the 
holders  ef  any  of  theae  bonds  -wish  to  Join  the  0tb4r 
Dondho  dera  anrl  share  in  the  aaie  made  to  the  new 
parties,  they  may  do  so.  provided  they  noWr  us  by  the 
15th  of  February.  Aoply  to  W.  A,.  V.  POST.  Sacratai^v 
of  the  Foreclosure  Committee,  at  the  office  of  Pecklju, 
Livlogston,  Post  b  (^.,  Na  ^3  Kassau  st 
Kkw-Yobk,  Jan.  27WiaW>r»i>.  .'.  ^_^- 

NEW- YORK   ClTir  BONJDS 

MATURING  1879  TO  1904. . 

BROOKLYN   55?ATER    BONDS^ 

J)1)K  1899. 
FOB  SALE  BY 

GEO.  K.  SISTARE, 

NO.  24  NASSAU   ST. -   -  -•- 

Tub -QtrTccsiLVEs  Uiinse  CoKpairir, ) 

No.  19  KAStAil  IT,  > 

Kxw-YoEK,  Fob.  15,  1877.    J. 

THB  ANNUAL  MEETING  OB  THlE  oTOOK- 
holders  -will  be  held  at  the  ofBos  of  tbe  company 
ill  the  City  of  New-Toric  on  WEDNEBDAt,  Feb.  ii|^ 
1877,  at  1  o'clock  P.  M. 

The  annual  election  of  Directors  will  be  held  at  tike 
same  place  on  the  same  day,  between  tbe  honiraof  8 
and  3  P.M. 

The  transfer  booka  will  be  ctosedon  the  l9t3i  last 
and  reopened  Marcb  5, 1877.  . 
DAVro  MAHASY,  Secrstsry. 

BAliWN  BKOTHUK.'-i  dt  CO.. 

NO.  69  VVihl,  ST.. 

Ii«t)UE  COJfMERClAL  and  TRAVEL Ktt9    CREPfTS 

AVAILABLE  in   a'l  PAXTS  of  the  WPRLIU 

OONTZB  BKOl'HE&.S  BANKEftS,  NO.  12 

Wall  St.  issue  letters  of  credit  oi^tbe  Union  Bask 
01  London,  available  iu  all  part's  of  tbe  world. 

egggaegs   '  '    ""    '  '   "     HBg 

CHICAGO  AND  ALTON  KAILKOAD  CO. 

Seckbtabt's  Opvicb,  i 
Chicago.  Feb,  «,  187  7.  5 
Notice  is  bereby  eriveu  lo  the  Stocknoidera  of  ta« 
Chicago  aud  Altou  Railroad  Compauy  that  a  csali  difl- 
dend  of  four  (4)  per  cent,  has  tbis  day  been  deelared 
upon  tbe  Preterrt^d  and  Common  btock  of  this  Ueoi- 
pany,  payable  at  the  banking-house  ot  tne  CompinyH 
AKents.  Messrs.  SI.  K.  Jesup,  Pa  ton  k  Ca,  Na  G^  WU- 
Uain  street,  iu  the  City  of  New- York,  on  ibe  1st  day  Vt 
March  next,  to  holders  who  m«  registered  as  suen  at 
the  eloae  of  buaiaesa  hours  on  the  17tb  oay  of  Feorh. 
ary.  inst,  at  wtiicb  time  tbe  transfer  books  will  M 
olosful,  and  reopened  fbr  transfers  oh.  the  2<1  day  wC 
March  nexr.  W.  M.  LARRABEa,  Secre&ary.. 

_^ I —  I     J  1 1.  ■   )« 

Offloeof  the  NHW-TORE  FIRE  LSSURANCE  COUf't 
NO.  TSe  WALL  ST. 

Nkw-Yoek,  Feb.  5, 187¥ 

76th  Dividend. 

A    SEMI-ANNUAL    DIVIDEND    OF    10    PER    CENt. 
has  tbis  day  been  declared,  payable  on  demaao. 
AUGPaTUj  <.;oL30N,  secretary^ 

OFTICX  op  THB  STXKLljra.  FtSB  UtS(r£AlS'OB  Cc,.* 

Ko.  155  BaoaswAT.  Nbw-Yokx,  Feb.   14,  i.877.     \ 

TWENTIETH  DIVIDEND. 

A  SEMI-ANNUAL   DIVIDEND  OF  FIVE  FEB  CSNl 
is  iiayable  on  demand.  ^^-^ 

J.  K.  VAN  RENSSELAER,  Secrstary; 

AOAX'a  EXFSBBS  CoXPA2tT.  Na  59  Beoaowat.      } 

NBW-YoaK,  Feb.  14, 1*7 /.J 

THE  TRANSFEK-BOOHS  OF  THIS  C^^l^^i? 
-will  be  cloaed  from  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  Feb.  19,  to  fM 
Bioming  of  March  2.  3.  C.  BABCOOK, 

Trwaarnfc- 

OLOEKS  OF  CERTIFICATES^  FOK  Xfllt 

past  due  ouupona  of  the  First  Mortgages  Mi  iba 
Main  Lme  of  tbe  Toledo.  Wabaah  and  Weatern  JSatt- 
road  Comps-uy  may  present  them  to  the  MetrojKUitaft 
National  Bank,  aud  hare  tbe  Interest  ou  the  oeupi»s 
added  to  the  ccrttflcate. 


ELECTIONS^ 

CLEVxuiirD,  CoLTrxBUg,  CmctinrAn  kSt\ 

IXDlANAPULia  KAILWAI-   COMPijrt.       > 

UiJ£Vai.ASD,  O..  Feb  16,  1B77.^> 

TBE  ANNUAL  lUKKTlNtJ  OF  THE  STOv;£. 
holderti  oi  this  company  for  the  election  of  Idrais 
tors,  and  lor  the  trauaaction  ot  otlier  buaiuesa,  W01  he 
held  at  tbe  office  of  the  company  in  ClevelaiiA,  da 
WEDNESDAY.  MaTch  7,  1877. 

The  traoater-book4  -will  be  cloaed  from  the  avaalag 
<^  20th  inat,  UUtU  March  8. 

GEO.  H.  RUSSELL,  fiecretary^ 


Ovnba  OF  tbb  Conbolidatiox  Coal  CosrAinr  «*"*  , 
Mabyiasd,  No.  71  BaoAowat,        > 
KBW-Yoas:,^  Feb.  2, 1877.  ) 

TBE  ANNUAL  MBETI.X'I*  OK  THB  STOuB- 
bolders  of  thia  company  lor  the  election  of  PssM- 1 
deotand  Directors,  aud  tranaaction  of  other  baal- 
oeas,  will  be  held  at  noon  on  WEDNESDAV,  tba  SIM 
ihat  llie'trausfer-tKraks  will  close  at  2  o'clock  F.  M., 
On  the  10th  lust,  aud  reopen  on  tbe  23d  Inst 

11.  c.  UiCKS,  Secretaty.. 


Ai»P£ClAL   iHEETlNU  OF   THE  B'TUCK. 
HOLDERS  an-1  election  of  Direutora  of  the  SUoianb 
and  St  Louis  Bidlroad  compouv  -will  be  held  on  los 
Z6th  Of  March,  1877,  at  tue  office  of  said  oompaaf. 
No.  417  OUve  st.  St  Louis.  Mo.,  at  1  o'clock.  P.  SL         i 
N.  K.  OOULUV,  BeorataxT.    ' 


___JjEGA]y^TICES;__^ 

NlW^     eTATlK""eUl'JaEi>lE    cocht.— 

city  and  County  of  Kew-York.— SUiAN  MILt, 
plaintlK  sgaluet  PHILIP  NU»^6AU.U,  Heurlctte 
Nhssbaum  hia  -wife,  Emauuel  Nussbaum,  Sara  LafbtXa, 
Jacob  B.  AUyu,  Fredertck  P.  Pfarr,  Cbarles  McAtauO^, 
JSUolUtfd  K.  NiehoUs  and  Alexander  Litt,  FoscAt  4. 
Weeks,  John  £.  Pitt,  ^amea  F.  Bagiea  and  RnsaaU  C. 
Johnaou,  Tbe  Harlem  Bank,  Hemy  Kiaher,  Jt.  Loah 
Ellas  A.  waVinaon,  Eileha  B.  Gaddis  aud  Fr«ak 
tfVilkinaon,  John  Blohm,  aod  Justua  Scbmtilta,  MS 
ret  C  Stidolpta  aud  Joun  Hughes,  defendants.- 
moualor  reUet— (Com.  uot  serveO-l-To  the  i 
anta  above  named  :  Vou  are  bereby  anmmened  a«d  ta- 

guiffcdtoaoBwer- tbe  complaint  ia  this  aotioa,  -Wbleh 
as  this  day  been  filed  iu  tue  office  ot  the  Clerk  of  tb% 
atv  and  County  of  New- York,  at  the  Citv  Hall  Ik  idNl 
Cltv.  apd  to  serve  a  copy  ot  your  aiiswer  to  131b  Satd. 
complaint  on  tbe  subscriber,  at  bia  office,  number  ,M. 
Wall  Btreet,  in  said  City  of  New- York,  ^tbih  t-«^«asy 
daya  after  the  service  of  this  aumjnoas  on  rott.  OtiaiS.- 
sive  of  tbe  day  of  sucli  service;  and  if  you  Adl  to  aa- 
swer  the  aatd  complaint  within  tbe  Ume  atoreaaiO,  tbe 
plaiutlffin  tbis  action  win  applj  to  the  eoortior  tOe 
t«net  demanded  iu  the  comphuut— Dam  Nsw-Yb^ 
December  8, 1S76. 

Q.  McADAM,  PlaintilTs  Attornay, 
Na  SO  Wall  street,  New- York. 

The  oomplaTnt  ia  the  ahove-entitted  action  was  filed 
on  the  eighth  day  Of  December.  IStO,  in  the  office  of 
the  Clera  of  the  City  aud  County  ot  Mew-Yurk,  in  the 
new  Court-boaac,  in  the  ITity  of  New-York  and  the 
State  of  New- York.— Dated  Fbbmarv  14,  1877. 

flS-lawewTh*      Q,  JHCADAM,  flalntlff 8  Attorney. 


_^SUBBOGATB^5>MOJ^__ 

IN  PURSUANCE  OF  AN  ORDJBU  OF  ^BL- 
AJIO  C.  CALVIN,  Bs4,,SarroKate  ot  the  Conasy  of 
heW'York,  notice  u  hereby  inven  toall  oarsops  bavtag 
^hams  against  JOBS  CAMPBELL,  lateot  tho  <;it7  of 
Naw-Yow.  itaehaaad,  to^reaButthesanie.Mthvd^oiiairs 
ibareot,  tothesabteriber,  athis  ni»M  «±  ttaaUietUur 
bnaweas.  No*.  110  and  lUi  AaAaa  atcwt^  iatlaa  i^n^ 
of  New-xuck,  on  or  baiora  vhe  1st  4«y  or  Seyteiabor 
naxt-a>atM[  fiaw-To^i^  tho  l'4tb  dsgr  af  S^^i; 

i«77.  &  &  0KMaetSiL,ium^\ 


SdPKKME  COURT.- THE  ^IBST  NAllO-SAX 
HANK  OFKASUVILLKaaatnat  WlLLIAlf  S.  HOLl/0- 
WAY  FBESCOTT  BuRBANK.  ahdGSOBGEF.  UtASU.- 
Bmnoiona  for  money  demand  On  contract— (Coaa.  nc« 
aer.) — ^To  the  abore  named  defendants:  Yea  ai«  bei». 
by  anmmoned  cuad  reoolzod  to  answer  tbe  complaint  in 
thi'saction,  whidiwaallledlnthe  officvof  the  Circle 
Ot  the  City  and  CoUutv  of  N«w-Yotk,  Jaunai?  IvA, 
1877.'at  the  Court-house  in  New-York  Cltv,  and  «o 
serve  a  copy  of  xonr  answer  to  the  aald  complaint  on 
the  snhscriber,  at  his  office,  at  Na  128  Broadway- la 
the  C«y  of  Mew-Yoik,  within  twenty  days  after  tho 
•ervlce^ihis  summons  ou  you,  ek-cltisive  of  ttaedav 
of  sdch  service ;  aitu  if  you  fail  to  answer  the  sal  j  OgW-, 
pUlnt  within  the  time  albreaaid  the  plaintiffwiii  ta«^ 
jadEmeut  acalnilt  you  for  the  sum  of  seven  tMttMu 
aOiTtwentv-six  78-100  dAlUrs.  with  intereat  fLomVto 
6cfa day  6f  Deeenber,  one  thousHnd  eight hnwiiwlaail 
«BTsaty-six.  besides  the  coat«  of  thia  aoiipn,r*Mil 
jann!^,  1877.  oTw.  FBETBR,  PiaintilTs  Attomar. 
)l8-law«wTb* 


l^OTIjUE  OF  AK«Jl«»NaiENT,-rA«S  WPTO^ 
J^  that  by  Thrtue  of  a  deed  of  aasalgnftsni  "Bade  »  - 
Oil  tBb  JSm  iaif  «  Vebroary.  A.  D.  1B77.  X.Jto  htt 

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Th«  steamArs  of  tfilinins  e»ice  tl»  ti«ixn  ftoqt««?). 


BD&T,  P«K  24.  3  P.  IC 

rnHitroh  10,  lit  2  P.  m. 


^ sltORl^.VaMh  17.  6:S0X  U. 

«tt.Tt^.. BATpaBAt.  Iifcwli  H^  rt  1  f.M, 

Id  Bpoointmonti.   Ttie  Mlotn.  stttarasni    (tnitHftaz 
MA4IMII  r«em»nn  amMs^iDk.  vrhera  tti6  QOi*B»ni 

^«Ktoanactit|a»W»«tM)a.       .        . 

IsMM-^fonfl  ^  •mX  n\0%v>\v    rwurn  ttotett 

eaAfoYabta  wrmft  •tosra^e,  *43.  '^Y 

|«(Mt  bUTi«rttoh  ofpbiaa  Miito£bsf  mft>;in»tloa  airplr  - 
■ttb«Coia{Mn;^oaott«.  Sa.37  8»o».lw^y.  Now-TWrt 


CUNARD  LINE  8.  &  ft.  A.  R.  W.  S.  P.  CO. 

With  t!M»  new  of  almhuihtnff  thH  oanno«a  of  oolUstoa 
t%»«f«uo«n  oithi* tina  take « apecifled course  fbtwi 

JOo  tetr  oiit«r»inro-«aa»9CO  ftnin  Qnnenstowa  ia  "(aw-  r 
tok  or  Botton,  emtsine  tnsrWUn  ©r  50  at  43  Utital*  | 
ort*rtiinttoth«»i(nrthrtf45.  I 

On  thPltome\rardtia»a>iirn.aTosstn3  i!"\9    mendiaait 
£»«  4a,  o»  nothmi to tlio  niirth  of  4-i. 

59l9i......WBI)..  IfpD.31riBTS8miA.WKl)..  March? 

BlTAVU — Wgii..Feijt  28l/!IQls«U.WKl)..  March  14 
'M*iia«ta  marfeetf  ^  ao  aotnurrv  stesracs  naaseireera. 
CliMa  p»8«sgn>.  !BSO,  $100(3111]  Sl.'lO.  K^^i,  a<ieord«un 
toj)4<iQ(iHao<tatinn.  i<«tnro'°loket»o>i  furoraMe  t«rrii». 
iiir-iiMttekiats  toanl  ft'om  Ul  n&ittnf  Bnropeat 
^^'wre'iie^'  irreiKht  and  oassiu;*  offlea.  Na  4  Bow1< 
jfpaatj.  CB.AS  a.  toancklys.  Asent. 


IIVEBPOOL.   <Vla<3ao"Tisti>WTi,) 
CARSXINO  THK  umTKD  STATRS  itilh. 

TUE«40AY. 

ZiMiTing  Pier  Ha  46  Notch  Rl'rer  m  {bllows: 


37404 .... 

iioaiTASA ^ 

'?1tpOS8tN 

vttoaimo 

OAXOTM^ 


Feb.  20.  at  10  A.  M. 

....Fe>  27,  at  3  P.  Ml 

Uaro|x  6.  at  10  A.  M. 

ilarobl3,8t3P.   M. 

March  20,  at  9  A.  JtL 

Marcb  27.  at  3  P.  M. 

Bates  ok  passbnobbs  BEoocBa 

Ste«traKe,  $'^6:  lotermadiate.  $10;  cabia.  $ii5  to  $30, 
Moxdlag  to  state-room.     Offlcea,  Ko.  29  Broadway. 
■^      "  WII.LIAflt!-*  die  ttlJIWJt. 

i'^-  ■  ^TCAJ*  rUAlI.  LINK. 

BMCOSTHLX     SKRVICB      I'i)   JAinKU.     haYO. 
COLOMBIA,  aoit  vSPINWAbli,   aiitl    fa  PA.^AU^  ant  , 
BOCTH PACIFIC  PORT.'^  (vta AsiJlrnTilU)     KiraC-jUi*    . 
joll-poirefed  Iroa  sordxr  aCdAraacj,   I'rajs  Pi^ir      No.  5>i 
Korth  Riven 

^CT HAITI.  COLOMBIA  fSTHMDH    OK-PAHAMA     auci 
■  "^PTH  PAOIFlO  PORTS  I  vU  AspnnVill.) 

Al?T>?flf........... .1 Pen.  14 

4J4f». - Felfc28 

^  'VotKlSqSTOS  (Jam.)  anil  AUX  CATES. 

VJ;Ui^,.... March  14 

Snporlotlrit-olns  liSniTsr  tno^m-nslitiD  1. 
PIM,  KORWOUO  1^  Ca,  Affenti 
Ng  SUWalUw 

QREAT  SOUTHERN 

JKRBlGilT  AND  PAHSKNf^BR  LilNi£. 

•  KnxfNG  rftoa  pikr  .v<k  29  north  rivrr. 

WKUNKgDAYSandHArORllATS  at  .S  P.    M., 
Wn  CHAULGMTON,  H.  t:.,  FLI»KI1M.  TUB 
'      WtHTd.  ANI>  MOUTR-WPST. 

aABAiB«TOM.......;......:s»TCRi)AT Feb.  17 

£F0|^8)^RAM ■WEDNKSDAy Keb.  21 

WPBafO?  P4S3KNGBtt  AOOOMMODATIONX 

jDSBiapee  to  'laSttnitnin  .>a«*-tiilf  it  oa»  p«r  cant. 

9«'*tt»rw*td«wl»t«e  i' enmiiiaslon.  PikSfen^t  tioK- 

ttesDdbilis  oMadiaeisgan'l  $a  l3i<;nel  at  tba  oSovif 

JAMB.*!  W.  «UIvrAttl>  itr  CO.,   Agents, 

_  No.  177  West -it.,  corner  warren. 

Or  BMStLBt  a    HASBLlu   General     Agent 
.  fiy»atftony<ieyo  Bre^g^t  Mae,  air  ^road'tray. 

Z,    STATE  LINE. 

*1|W.T0RK    TO   QliASUOW,    LIVkRPdOU     DDBLLN. 

'  BEbPA.-^T,  ANI>  l.ONDoh-bE«aY. 

These  Urat-elass  inil-povrered  stasmara  wtll  sail  ftonj 

,  Pter  8a 42 .'Tonii  fairer,  foot  ofRanaUt. 

BTAlBOK  NEVADA Thurgrtav.  Feh.  23 

BTATBOF  INDIANA TJmrsdaV,  March  H 

BTATh  0)r  PRNMSTLT?  AfllA THursdnv,  -VTardh  16 

BT4T11  QF  VIBGWIA Tl.UTBdav. March  29 

Ffraf  cabin,'^ff6(),  SRr>.  and^TC  apcordin?  to  accom- 
nodanona:  rftnm  ticket*,  $110.  $125.  Secou'lcnWn 
M^    return     tickets.   SStt     iSt^^eraee  a'   lowest  rates. 

AUSTIN  BAI.PWIN  ds  CO.,  AEents, 

■    ,    ^   ^„  ^       Ha7'^  Broad\ray.T«ew-Yoric 

KTKbRAOK  Mcsetj  at  Ho.  45  i}roadvs7.  and  at  the 
wmpaayis  ptsr,  fo'jtxf  liatMUc.   Sortn  River. 


^team-ship  Li^e  to  BiasU* 


FOU  FSaNAMBUCO  AxiD  BAHlAc 
CtMia.«htp  CABSIKt  will  saH  about  MARCH  1.    Rate* 


;tt>MWM  ana  trt'ltht  have  beeii  lUed  oti'  a  1  cw  batia.' 
'Qt  intater  ntbtmaUoii  a-pitly  TO  the  aKsnt, 

»  »>.  BOBbAXD.  »t».  70  WaUat,  Mew-Totk. 


Vta 


SSilV.^— — ""f«*»k   l«(fl©B%A........:..*larch  1 

Pf>MHBBA«iA...„F«a   22lIiB88IS«. March  8 

.Bateaorfkaasatoo  Ptrmottta,  (i9al9ii,  «:)iarboarL' 
l«ahm!|batid-ili  points tni§ri«laa  I.  Kir«t  daMo,  $l((<) 
wi^  SeewMl  Cabin,  fitlj  golife  sta^racs,  «:-(0.  oarrencr . 
KONHlBDfft  Co..  U&   RiOHAdDfe  BUAd^ 

Q^'^1  irentA'  Oeoeral  PassenTer  Asaata, 

61Broaas^lf.(  01  Broadway.  .V.X. 


SITUATION^JWANTBP. 

TBB  CP^fOWN  OfFIOB  Oir  THK  TIMBGi. 

The  up-town  office  of  THE  TIMBS  is  located  at 
No.  1,297  liraadway,  bet.  Slat  and  Sitd  ■(■• 

Open  daily,  SondaTs  laemded.  from  4  A.  U.  toi  0  P.    Jl. 
Snbscrlptlcma  received,  and  aoplesof  TBB  TlVBS  for 
aale.      • 
ADVBRTISIUBNTS  BBCBIV^D  DNTIL  9  P.  M. 


CAHHIBR.— BX  A  TOUNO  LADY  AS  CASHIBS  IN 
a  hotel,  or  any  petition  that  leqnires  a  i^od  Knir- 
HshedncatioB;  best  City  ieterence,  if  required.  Call 
on  or  addreas  if.  M.,  Na  24T  Kast  37th  st.,  all  week. 


rM»M|»AN|«N.— BY  AN  AMERICAN  YOUNG  GLBL 
V/  to  wail  oh  a  lady  or  (crowiaK  children,  or  as  seam- 
stress aiid  a«8i9t  in  Uftbt  work:  eood  operator  on 
Wlieeje*  and  Wilson's  machine ;  City  or  country.  Call 
at 'No.  B^  West  28th  St.,  present  employers. 


CHAMBBa-MAID  AMU  WAITKBMS.-BY 
twoalaten.  (ficoteh  Protestants  i)  woald  do  work  of 
smalt  family  lietween  ihe^;  country  orsferred :  best 
of  reference.  Call  at  Sa  13  West  44th  at.,  r6ar.  for 
two  days.    ' 


CHAAIBURtelUAiD.  —  bY  A  BEciPECTABLB 
yonoft  girl  nofrlonjrm  the  Countrv  ;  to  do  chamber- 
work  and  -aeai^t  with  the  washing,  or  would  take  care 
of  children'  and  do  Be-Arinjr ;  Kood  reference.  Apply  at 
Na  234  West  14lh  St       : 


C~HAIIIBI{Bi..>IAffU— OOOK.-BY  TWO  RE- 
spectabte  Fretsstaot  «ir)s  toaether,  one  as  ohamtMr- 
maid  and  VftitreBS,  or  ohambdrmal^  bd^  seainatrfeBs ; 
the' ether  OS  cook;  exoelleBC  Oicy  refei^noes.  Call  at 
No.  lp«  Bast  44th  St 


CHAMBBR-MAIO.— BY  A  CO.MPBTKNT  GIRL, 
and  to  assist  with  launrtiy.work :  villinff  and 
ohllfriag:  firat'^lass  City  reference.  '  Call  at  Ma  119 
West  46th  St.,  secoud  floor. 


P<aAl»IBBR'»IAID.— BY  A  YOONG  GIRL  IN  A 
V^rivate'  family  as  chamber-maid  and  laundress: 
three  yenrs'  reference  &om  last  place.  Call  at  No.  442 
West  36th  St. 


GHAMBBR>#IAI».-BY  A  YOUNG  GIRL  IN  A 
'pxVrtM  fkihlly  to  do  chamber-work  and  sewinfr; 
three  tears' C^itv  reierence  from  last  place.  Call  at  No. 
442  yrest  seth  at. 


pUAmSBB-^lAIO  AND    WAITRBSM.-BY  A 

VJvonns  woiftan  as  cbamh4r-mald  and  waitress  in  4 

Srtvate  SunHy :  elsht  years'  Cltr  reference.      Call  at 
o.  224  Bast  47  bh  SI. 


/^UAIMBBK-Af  AJP.~9T  A  RhSPECTABLK  GIRL. 
vvaa  cbamPer.mala  or  aeneral  house-work;  best  City 
|«ferenoe.  Call  at  Ka  340  East  24th  St..  in  grocery 
Btoreu 


CHAMBBR-JIAID.-BY  A  YuUI^O  GIHL  AS 
chambpr-maid and  waitress;  is  willing  to  assist 
with  ctrtldren ;  Oeat  City  reierence.  Coll  at  Na  157 
East  62d  st. 


CffAIUBBBJUnAIO  AND  WAITUB!«8,  OR 
Laundress.— By  an  American  girl;  good  Ctfv  lef- 
erencew  Adare«s  E.  B.,  Box  Na  304  lUtbS  OP-TOWN 
OFFICE.  Na  1,257  BROADWAY. 


GHAA{BBH->fAID  AND  T(>  AH.-SI.ST  WITH 
the  Cure  of  Children.— By  an  Ameiican  elrl:  good 
City  reference.  Addresls  K.  B.,  Buz  Na  311  TIUES 
DP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BllOADWAY. 


I1?W 


SITUATIQNSWA^^BID. 


CHAMBBR.YIAID  ANU  WAITKKsiiSi — BY  A 
Protestant  eirl  capable  of  asaistlne  in  any  other 
kind  of  work;  City  or  country ;  best  reference.  Cail  at 
No.  450  2d  ay. 


CiaAMBBR-mAID.— 81  A  COMPETKNT  PBRsON 
as   chamuer-maid:    City  references.    Can  be  seen 
for  two  days  at  No.  3  West  V)Va.  st. 


>S-UANi4Nl.    »IAILSTKA.TIE«i«. 

FOR  oFBENStOW*'  Al»r  UTHRPOOU 

^y^  OF  CUFBTEB,  Saturday.  Feb.  17.  at  7:30  A.  U. 
jyP  <>•■  llCBUONU.  Saturilay.  March  .S.  at  8  A.M. 
C1T>  OF  BBOSNEIi.'*.. Saturday,  slarch  17.  6:30  A.  M, 

....>.»  -o.v  ^f'™™  •^^  ^^  ?tbrth  Rivir. 

<'^»lN,S«o  fttid  S100.G»li  .,  Ratam  'nut=»64  onfv 
rorable  terms.  grBirSAGR  "'i-i.  Oirronor  UfAft* 
sWowest.-iii*. 

Saioonal    JitAO^-roo-nj,      smofclna    and     Batb-rooiaa, 

«ftta«nriJ8.  joun  g.  oalb,  Agent; 

Nos.  1 5  and  ;{S  Broadway.  N.  i. 


,.,.^..,=.'*"'*^H    GERMAN  \AM\\t, 

ITEAM-SHIP    UNB_BBTW8KN    SBW-YORK.   BOUTB-, 
AMPTOtN.  AND  BRBMBN. 
Company's  Pier,    toot  nt  -.idit.;    aobokea. 

?B55 ^*^-  ^^^-  1'  I  NKc5.iR....Sat..  March  3 

lKRMANN...Sa'..  Feb.  24  I  AM  8  :(l(A...Kat.,  Marrh  10 

lATlSSOl'  t-ASSAGB  PKOM    NSW-YORK  TO  SOOTa- 

AUPION.    BAVR8,   OB  BUHMBS 

first  caotn SlOOroil 

iecona  cabin (Kl^old 

t|«r;vKe 'J'"     30cnrren«T 

Return  tickets  >«  reiiuuedrir.M.  PrePaid  steerage 
ertihcates.  $32  currency.  Por  fr  « ta;  pr  passase  ap- 
"ytk> ObliKiOdSfcJO..  <o.  2  8ovyliag  Green. 

.^NOHMH  LjSp  t.  a.  .IIAJL.  tSTBAAIiCKS. 

SEW- York  and  ulasuow 

Alaatia Feb.  17,  8A.  M.  i  Cshforuia.  March  3,  8  A  U. 

4^lCho^ill^..Feb:  24.  21'.  !C  I  Ethiopia. March  10,  2P.  JL 
»  ,_   10  GLASGOW.  LIVKEPOOL,  ORDHBRY. 
DaWns  SBo  to  $80,  accorrtma  to  aaoommoilatioai-      lo- 
termediate,  $35;    Steeraee  ig2a. 
REW-TORK  ASD  LONDON. 
Jtopia.  Feb.  24,  2  P.  M.     t  Klvslk... March  IQ,  2  P.  M. 
Caoins,   $56    to  S70       Steerage,  S28.     Cabin   exenr- 
uon    rickets  at   reduce!    rates.     Umfts  Issued  for  any 
UDOunt  at  current  Mte*     Uomoanv's  Pier  Nos.  20  and 
»i,  North  River.  N.  t        HE.VUKR^oa  BEdTHEBS, 
,  ••        •  AcBnts.  No.  7  BoTTliuz  G'reen. 


C1«»<)K.-FIRsT-CLleJ8,  IN    A  PRIVATE   FAMILY; 
yunderdtands  Krench  and  American  cuokinfC;   nu  ob- 
jections Jo  the  country ;  6  years'  City  reference.    Ad- 
Wuresa  t<.  B.,  Box  No.   269    llMBi]    UPTOWN  OFFICB. 
NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


ONLY  DIRECT  M,>B  TO  KKA^CK. 

IBK GENERAL  TRA.V3ATLANTTC  OOyiPA.'*!'-*   ttilL 

BTHAMER8BliTWKKN.>JEiV-YOBKANuaA7R4 

CaJtlugat  PLiVMpUTHO.  c.)  for mij  liuJiai  ji 

Will  »*llfro«  Pier  Ka  4V!  North  Rivet  foocVt   Morton 
It..  eTOT?  alternate  Saturday,  beginning  with: 

CA.PADA»  Frangeni Saturday,  FeO.  24,  at  2  P.  M. 

FocparticalarB  oodress 

\0\i\-i  U£  BEBIAN,  Aeent,  Na  65  Broadway. 


NATIONAL.  L.1NE— Piers  44  and  51  North  River. 
„_„„  ,  FOE  Li'NDON. 

GSEBCB SATUKDAY.  Feb.  24,  at  1  P.  M. 

FOK  QDEENSTOWS   AND  LIVBEPOOL. 

BBgland...Fe6.  21,  H  a.m.  I  Tb«<^een.Ji8r3,  7'gA.JI, 

Cabin'  and  steerage  passage,  and   drafts  from  ^1  up- 

JKd,  tesoed  at  veij  low  ratea.    Company's  offices  No. 

WBroSidwAy  F.  W.  J.  tfURS'lP,  Manager.     • 


rOR  SAVANNAH     GA., 

THK  FLORIDA  PORTS,  ' 

ABD  THK  ^iOUTH  AND  BOUTfl-WBST. 

4]^|AT  SqjITHKBN  FREIGHT  AND  PASSENGER  LIJIB. 

CBNTBAL    KAILROAD  OF   GEORGIA,  AND 

4.TLANTIO  AND  GULP  RAILttOAa 

WESNR9DAY   AND  SATURDAY. 
,  Ml  BAUyAbOK,  Capt.  NiCKB&sotr,  8AT0RDAY,  Feb. 
IT,  na  4B  North  Biver,  3  P.  M.     G^O.  YONGE,  Agt/ 

^OENEHALB'aBHBb,  (^pt.  Chmbmax  wBdnksday, 
Feb.  21.  Pier  Itt  Kast  Riven  3  P.  auMORRAY.  FBRRi:i 
fcC|t.^4Xt«..   6:i  South  St. 

ttAN  O^AtHBru,  L»Pt.  Haubp,  SATURDAY,  Feb, 
M,  Pier  43  Nortn  River,  3  P.  iU  QEo.  liONGB,  Agt. 
lOBBroaawav.  "•     a   . 

ii.  LIVixiGSTOft,  Capti  MAI.MKT,  WEDNESDAY.  Feb. 
»8,  Pier  aa  43  North  ajyet.  3  ^  M.  QBO.  lOHQB, 
igent,  Na  40S^  Broadway.  . 

Insurance  ONE-HALF  PEE  CENT.  Superior  accom- 
a«({^ipn«  for  passengers.  Throogii  rates  and  billaoC 
MlOK  In  ooqaeotioii  with  Central  R.  R.  of  Qearjia, 
Itaatittc  and  Gait  Railroad,  and  Florida  steamers 
HHif'  PbiBt  and  IXctator:  also,  with  the  steamer  J. 
K.  9Cui;  LBB,  which  b«^  beep  placed  01^  the  inaide 
ioBt«  from  sAvanoaa  to  Florida,  9114  offit^ra  usaurpaased 
ic«oi)unoaations. 

-     C.  U.  OVVBNB,  GEORGE  YONGE. 

Agent  A.  &  O.  R.  R.  Agent  U.  R.  R.  of  Ga., 

iTa  815  Broi|dwa.y.  No.  409  Broadwiy. 


"  VXMMXUA. 

Caution  to  travelersi      Great  reduction  in  fhrevia, 
Uie.lniand  mute  from  Savanoah  to  all  Florida  ports. 
Only  ■i-i  to  JackSopTillo.    Mpals  and  state-rooms  extra. 
rhe  elegant  ateamer  J.  B.  BCUUYLBB  iqakea  close  con* 
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twest  m  fare.  Aecoaunodi^tlons  for  passengers  nn- 
tUTMaaed.  Travelera  are  caiitioned  against  pnrcbaa- 
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ClHAx^IBBK-.tXAlD  AND  T(|   110  VISB  WABH- 
ing. — Is  a   first-class  ohnmber-mild;    best   of  City 
referenca    Call  at  No.  115  West  41«t  st 


C»>OK— CHAM  BKR-M AID  AND  WAITRB8.1.— 
By  two  slaterH  in  ooe  house;  both  eood  laun- 
dresses; 'ttill  do  the  work  of  a  small  family  if  re- 
Quired:  City  or  country;  the  best  of  City  leferenoes. 
Call  at  Na  40  Kast  41st  tt 


CDOK-CHAAJBBR-.HAIU.— BY  TWO  SISTERS, 
who  want  to  live  together — one  as  excellent  cook 
and  help  with  the  wasbiog.  the  other  as  chamber-maid 
and  assist  with  the  washing;  City  reference.  Call  at 
Na  4UQ  Kast  18th  st 


COUH.— Bf  A  FIR8T-CLA.SS  PKOTBfTANT  WOM- 
on ;  understands  all  kinds  of  oookinir,  French  and 
American,  and  all  kinds  of  fancy  dishes ;  willing  to 
take  charKP  of  kitchen;  will  go  in  the  country ;  ref- 
erence.   Call  or  address  Na  218  Bast '.21st  bt. 


COOK.— BY  A  PaaTESTANT  WOMAN;  IS  AN  Ex- 
cellent cook,  and  baker;  strictly  sober  and  reli- 
able ;  good  references ;  wages  no  obirct  Address,  Cook, 
Box  No.  256  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  I,a57 
BROADWAY. 


COQK.— UY  A  GOOD  COOK:  WILLING  AND 
obliging ;  wUIlDg  to  aasifit  with  washing  and  iron- 
ing, and  make  herself  generally  useful;  uu  objection  to 
Citv  or  country ;  best  City  reference.  Call  at  No.  448 
Wf^t  52d  sti.'Ktore. 


(100K— CHAMBBR-.MAID.— BY  TWO  RB- 
^/ipectable  eirls.  one  as  cook  and  the  other  as  cham- 
ber-maid or  waitress;  ho  objections  to  the  washing 
and  ironing;  best  City  telereno.-.  Call  at  No.  614  3d 
av.,  too  floor. 


COOK.— BY  A  GOOD  COOK:  WILL  ASSIST  WITH 
washing  and  ironing  in  a  small  private  t^mily  only; 
beat  City  reterehc^  Call  at  So.  208  West  19th  st, 
for  two  dayA 


I^OOK.— BY  A  RESPEOTABLB  W0M.4N 
V^'plaio  eook.  washer,    and   ironer :   Ljit; 


best  City  reference, 
front  room. 


Call  at  No.  156 


AS  GOOD 
or  coantry; 
eat  18th  s(., 


COOK.— BY  A  YOUNG  WO.MAN  A8  GOOD  PLAIN 
cook,  washer,  ^nd  Ironer,  or  house- work  in  a  small 
private  &miiy;  good  refurencei.  Call  at  Na247 
West  27th  8f. 


COOK,  IVASBGR.  AND  lUOMHK BT  A 
Protestant  woman ;  understands  all  kinds  baking, 
or  will  do  general  house-wort ;  I'ity  or  country:  best 
reference.    Call  at  No.  423  East  13th  st 


COOK  —BY  A  PIKST-CLA8.S  COOK.  WILLING  TO 
assist  with  washing  and  ironiug  excellent  baker; 
best  City  reference.  Call  at  Na  304  West  38th  st, 
near  8  th  av. 


CI|OK.— BY  AN  EZPEBIBNCBD  WOMAN  AS  GOOD 
Cbo)(,  and  to  assist  with  the  washing  of  a  private 
Aimily:  good  baker;  City  reference.  Call  at  No.  324 
Bast  36tb  st 


C100K.— BY  AN  ENGLISH  PROTB."«T ANT  WOMAN 
/'as  iirst-olass  cook;  uailersionds  French  and  bn- 
glisb  cookioc;  City  or  country ;  good  City  reference. 
CaU  at  No.  145  West  26th  st.,  two  fllKhto  up. 


COOK,  -WA<!iHEU.    AND    IRONBK.-BT    A 
respectable  woman,  or  Seneral  house- work  in  small 
Srjvate  fikmily :  no  oldaction  to  the    oouptry.    Call   at 
o.  400  Eafct  61st  tt.:  entratiee  on  1st  av. 


COOK.— BY  A  RB8PECTABLB  WOMAN  AS  COOK, 
waahpr,  and  iTpner,  or  would  do  eeperal  bouse- work ; 
City  reference.  Call  at  Na  630  2d  av.,  between  34th 
and  S5th  sts. 


COOK.— BY  A  RE8PE0TABLE  WOMAN  AS  GOOD 
cook;  no  ohIecCion  to  assist  with  washing:  best 
City  retbrence.  Call  at.  fbr  two  days,  No-  lo9  West 
Blat 


(at 


COOK,    WA8HBR.  AND     IRONBR.— IN    A 

small  private  family;  1  icy  or  oouatry ;  good  t^ty 

reference.     Apply  at  No.  150  West  28th  St.,  second 
floor,  front 


COOK.— BY    A    BEBPKCTaBLE     YOUNG 


,  GIRL; 

'woiild  assist  with  washine :  best  referenca  Can  be 
seen  for  two  days  at  No.  159  West  5lst  st,  between 
6th  and  7th  av*. 


COOK,  WASBBB,  AND  IRONBR.-BY  A 
woman;  or  would  do  aeneral  house-work;  Steady 
place  more  ohJept  than  wages;  flrstclass  reEerence. 
Call  at  No.  134  West  17th  st. 


COOK.— BY  A  BESPBCTABLE  FRKNCH  WOMAN  IN 
a  private  family;  City  or  oountrv :  good  refarence. 
Call  or  address  for  two  days  Na  228  West  31st  st, 
baaement 


COOK*— Ul    A    GIRL    AS    FiRST-CLASS    COOK, 
washer,  and    ironer;    four  years'  experience.    Call 
at  Na  1«8  Bast  4ad  st 


COOK,  dfec— BY     A       COMPBTBNT 
wouiddo  coarse  washing;  City  reference: 
No.  i>38  East  20tb  st,  third  floor. 


PBRSON ; 
Call  at 


tlOOK,    i&c— BY    A    GOOD    PLAIN   COOK   ANO 
;tlrst^;laasWt)aherandiroaer  ;  williug  and  obiislng  ; 
belit  City  reference.    CaU  at  No.  »26  Kast  d6tb  st 


COOR BY  A  YOUNG  PROTESTANT  GIRL  j   WILL 
assist  with  washing  ;  city  or  country.    City  refbr- 
pnces.    CaU  at  No.  150  East  aOth  st,  near  Bth  ay. 


/^OOK.— BY  A  RRSPBCTABLB  GIRL  TO  C0OK, 
V/wash,  aqfd  iron ;  b^at  of  City  reference.  Call  tor 
two  days  at  mo.  363  Bn«t  81i(  «t,  coraar  of  lit  ar. 


COOK.— BT   A  BBSPBCTABLB   FBBNOH  PBBSON  ; 
flrsfriciaas  cook ;  place  in  priTate  iaiBU.y  ;  City  refer* 
ence.   Call  at  Na  2ga  7th  ay. 

rS6dK,— Slf  A  *oON(G>  WOMAN  A3  good  pIaIN 

V/oook,  washer,  and  tron^.  tja*  be  seen  at  presaat 
tStmjVfitm  fro  dUTa.  Ba  Oa  west  49tb  »t. 

/^ODK.^BY  A  li^SPl^arABLB  YOUNG  WotfAifAa 
V./good  BOOK  a&>l  baker;  wiu  assist  with  waahine  and 
jrg^aiti  h^t  refbrance.    pa"  >t  Na  3081  West  4l«t  st 


7TSoK7-^ByA~BB&P£OTABLB  WOMAN  ;  WILL  AS 
U3bi  with  washing  and_lrojiln|-     '-  -"  - 


erence.    OaH  at  N«.1.07  West  2d 


has  good  Oity  rof-' 
ihs^ 


nOOK.-BI  A  PROTBSTAlfT  W03UN  AS  COOK ; 
L/gMdCltr  re«|repee.  UaU  at  Na  105  West  17tb  st, 
a»«r  8  A.  M. 


DAiKSSi.inAKBR>-Bir  A  pkbfbctly  aro 
thereii«bty  coa$a(ei>t  ouUer.  flttw.  and  te^iy 
aewer,  hy  d»  or  wrek ;  operatea  on  Wheelar  A  Wil. 
aoB'saaaeUrtai  Mper  wesk.  Address  M. M-,  Box  Na 
lOe  Tn^^DltTOWN  OFFICB,  Ha  1,V57 BROADWAY. 


5aBl«8WIKAKBU.-Bt  A  FtBST-ULAiW  I)»Bsa- 
maker  •  bw  mora  «iun«aBan(s  by  the  day.  or 


Aodxeas 


•nxaaaiBants  tty 
woold  take  work  home,  at  a  reasonable  prices 
Na  182  Was*  aotb  at.  

i^liR.— B^  AN  AMEBIC 4 J>.  WOMAN 


VroUiiMiBBip 

XjUswortl^gapf) 
hooaa-waAr  easto 


pae^sepen   aaderstaods  all  kinds  of 
i0aa«-w4|d|:,-  'md  op«r«t«,i.  Is  coed  hand  sawer  s  waceb 

onnSriT  (SjlAt  »a  8l7  gaat  g4th  at.  twxjnd  t^t.  . 
UrolkJ&r^W  A    YduNs    QIBL   01  -. 


.    A 


:s^smmss^M^^^  ««*^'5Hj 


FBAI4liBS. 

HdiTME-WoRK.— BT  A  BBSPBOTABLB  WIDOW 
and  daoghter.  a^ed  17;  would  do  entire  work  of  a 
Vrtrrftfc'fhii^;  heat  Cit.T  reterfeuee,  CaU  at  No,  823 
TEijat  29th  at,  a^t  floor,  front    ' 


Hp[}MB«WO<CK.— 9^  A  YOU.NG  GIRL  TO  DO 
geb^riil  fiodae^wbrkTa  a  small  pHvaie  tamlly.  City 
or  country :  beat  City  reterenctt.  Call  at  Na  21 1  West 
aBHtstvkasemwne.    ■ 

TTOUMB-WOICK.— Bt  TWO  YOONG  GIRLS  TO 
XXdo  tba  work  of  a  house  together ;  good  City  refht- 
ende.  Call  at  Nh.  1  IB  Weit  '46th  st ,  in  the  ^tore  near 
6th  ar. ■      "         

HOf}S)9-WOUK.— BY  A  RESPECTABLB  WOMAN 
toiio  g«narid  boase-worUt  to  go  home  at  olelit ; 
City  refereneeJF  CaU  at  Na  238  West  37th  st;  one 
fUaht,  ITont. 


TTOUaiB-WOKK.-Br  A  COtfPSTiiBT  WOMAN 
JUto  do  the  h(inse-Work  of  a  smaU  fhmily;  beat  of 
reference.    CaU  at  No.  687  7th  av. 


HOUi$B-WOftK.--BY    A   SCOrOHOIBLt    CITY 
or  country ;  City  refereneeA  CaU  at  No.  464  West 


19rb  st 


LADY»»  MAID.- BY  A  COMPKTBNT  FBE.SOH 
maid  with  a  family  going  to  Kuropo ;  does  not  ob- 
ject to  children;  flrst-class  reference.  Address  Ueurl- 
ette,  Ra  601  etn  av. 


LADNDRK.«*8.— BY  A  FIBiiT-CLAriS  LAU.NDRKBS; 
noderstands  her  business  In  nil  its  brauobes ;  would 
assist  With  the  chamber- work ;  ts  willing  and  obliging: 
has  best  reference  irom  last  employer.  Call  at  Na  326 
Bast  36th  St.  first  floor. 


LAUNDaUSa).-!!!  A  FIRST-CLASS  LADN0UE8S: 
no  objection  to  assist  with  cbamber-work;  best 
City  reference.    Call  at  No.  2ul  i.exlnirtan  av. 


LAUNPRES.«).-By   A   YOUNG   WO.viAN    TO   DO 
Ann  wathtng   and   chamber- work ;  the  beat  City 
reference  can  be  given.    CaU  at  No.   413  Bast  19th  st 


"I\rilRf<li.— BY    A  BH9PECTABLB    YOUNG    WOMAN 

Xl  as  children's  nurse;  is  capable  of  taking  care  of  a 
child  from  its  birth:  or  Das  no  objection  to  cham'oer- 
work  and  fine  washing;  the  best  of  City  reference  of 
five  years.  Can  be  seen  for  two  days  at  Na  264  West 
47th  St.,  up  one  flight  stairs. 


NVH.HE  AND   i»KAi>lS'rRB!>i8.-BY  A    YOUNG 
woman  as   nurse  and  seams Cr  ss:   can  take  entire 

charge  Of  a  baby  from  Us  birth  or  hrint  it  up  on  the 
bottle ;  flrst-class  City  reference.  Ctui  at  Na  246 
We«t  47th  st 


NDRsiB.— Br  A  NB.\T,  COMPETENT  BNGHisH 
Protestant  glrlas  maid,  cms  nurse  and  seamstress; 
understands  the  briagiug  up  of  children  tboroagbl.r. 
Can  DO  seen  at  present  employer's,  for  two  duys,  Na 
19  West  311th  at 


NIHWE.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  ENGLISH  WO.MAN 
as  nurse  ami  seamstress  ;  can  cut  and  fit;  also  a 
good  machinist ;  has  no  oijectiou  to  eo  a  short  dis- 
tance in  thetiountry.  Call  at  No,  607  6th  av.,  between 
BOrh  ana  31st  sts.,  in  the  millinery  store. 


NLRSU.- BY  A.N  AMKRICAN  YOUNG  GIRL  A3 
mirso:  capable  ot  teacbi  11);:  would  travel  with  a 
Ia<ly :  unexceptionable  relerences;  City  or  conntry. 
Apply  nt  Na  404  Bast  29th   St.,  first  floor,  back  room. 


NLRi'SK.- BY  A  KRENCH  PRO  PES  PANT  INFANT'S 
nurse;  will  assist  with  grown  children  or  do  some 
mending;  has  beat  City  rufereuocs.  Address  No.  226 
West  3l8t  st 


1  RlTE-iTANT 

giriasnnrae:  capable  of  bringing  up  «.  bab.y  from 
birth  ;  three  yeivrs'  reference  ;  wiT.ln%  to  do  plain  sew- 
ing.   CaU  atNa  804  vVeet  38th  st,  near  8ih  av. 


T«"UKf<E.  —  BY    A    B.JSPECTABLi': 


NIIRSK.— BY  A  HIGHLY  RESPBO TABLE  MIDDLE- 
sjred  woman  as  profess  onal  nurse;  highest  medi- 
cal reference  given.  Call  or  address  C.  K,  Na  154 
East  4'Jd  at,,  first  floor,  front 


NUttSiB.— BY  A  RBSPECTABLK  YOUNG  WOMAN  ; 
is  a  goon  plain  sewer,  or  would  nssist  in  chamber- 
work;  understands  care  of  a  bnby  Irom  Dirtu;  City 
reference.    CMl  at  No.  105  East  3&th  st 


NURSE.— BY  A.N  tXPBRIhNCKD  PROl'EsTANT 
person  who  understands  the  care  of  an  infant 
from  its  birth;  City  re/urence.  Address  Nurse,  Box  .Sa 
803  TiilBS  OP-TOVVN  OFFICE,  Ni).  1,267  BROADWAY. 


"]\rUKSE.— BY  AN    KXPtRIE.SCKD 

XI  take  entire  charge  of  an  infant 


City  reterence. 
ovpr  corset  store. 


WuMaN ;     CAN 

from  birth :     btst 

Seeli  tor  two  aa.ys  at  No.  273  6^  av.. 


NUKSB.— BY  A  XOU.SG  GIRL,  A6  NURSE  AND 
seauBtress ;  would  be  wiUlng  to  asstsD  with  the 
ciiamoer-work;  has  thu  best  or  City  reference.  Call 
or  address  Na  28  V\  est  ISth  st.  for  two  days. 


NI;R«»K BY  AN  EXeERIENCKD  NURSE  lO  TAKE 
charge  Ola  new  boru  Infant  or  invalid  lady;  Citv 
and  doctor's  reference.  Aodres.i  D.  C.  Box  No.  307 
II.UE8  UP-TOWN  OFFICB,  NO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 


TyUKsiE.-BY  A 


RESPiiCTABLB    YoUNO   W'JMAN 
as  bab.y  nurse;    is  a  good  seamatresa;  would  take 
charge  of  a   baby  Irom  birth;    good    City  rderences. 
Call  on  or  address  M.  -U.,  No.  206  Kast  63u  st 

NDRl^U.— OF  MANi'    YEARS  hXPtidlKNCE  I.N   ALL 
kinds  of  rlcknees  or  monthly  nursing;   satisfactory 


Aference   from   patients  and  pliysici.ius. 
L.tdy's  Nurse  at  No.  314  East  15Ch  at 


Inquire  tor 


RBSPECTABLB     Ptti'TEMlANT 

young  woman  as  nurse;  plain  sewer.      Call  at  Nu. 
235  Weat  29th  st 

VU.HU.—ttY  A     8WK0ISH    YOUNG    GIRL     AS    A 
nurse  and  Ught  chamber- woVk ;    good  City  refer- 
ence.   Call  at  No.  405  West  S.id  st 

VrUR'^B.— BV  A  YUU-'iG  GIllL  AS  ftURaE,  A\D 
Ll  will  mako  herself  geuemUy  useful:  no  oijection  to 
the  country.    Call  oraddress  No.  417  Kast  18th  at. 

LKi^B.- BY  A  RESPElTABLK  YOU.NG    GIRL    AS 
nurse ;  willing  to  aasist  with  chamber-work ;  City 
reference,    (all  at  .So.  222  East  29th  st. 


Nttt'^li.-BY      A 


KcSPECTABLli    GIRL   TO     TAKF 
care  of  children  and  dopluui  sewing  :  good  refer- 
ence.   Call  at  .N a  17  West  liithst,preseutemplo;cr's. 


■J^tKME.— BY 


RKSPKOTABLli    VoUNG    GIRL  AS 
lurse  and  aviist.  with  the  ohumber-wuriL.     Call   at 
Na  117  Weai46ihst. 


TVIDK«U.— BY 
Xl  nu 


NLKe«E.— BY  A  YOUNG  COMPETENT  WilMAN  AS 
intaut's  nurse  or  to  grown  children;    best  Ciiy  ref- 
erence.   Call  at  Na  156  Hasc  42d  at. 


NUUSK.— BY   A  NOUrU    OF  IKKLA.NU    PRUIEST- 
ant  as  first-class  nurse:  CUy  preferred;  best  ref- 
erence,   (.all  nt  No.  150  West  3ad  st. 


OPKKATMK.  —  BY  A  CO.Ml'KTEN  V  OI'r.tta- 
tor  on  fine  white  work,  on  Wheeler  It  WlUon 
machine,  a  tew  engagements  to  go  uot  by  thu  dav.  Ad- 
dress K.  T..  Box  .^a  205  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE, 
No.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


KAi>l|STKK»!«;.— BY  A  RE-^PECTABLE    FRENCH 
_  person  as    seamacress:     will   take   care   of  erown 
children:  nu  oblectlon  to  country.     Addreas  H.  Ij..  Box 
No.  302TIA1E.S  UPTOWN  OFFICB.  1.267  DROADWAV. 


WAlTRKS.«s.-BY  A  RESPKlTABLK  GIRL  AS 
tlrst-class  waitress;  thoroughly  understands  her 
business;  can  do  up  salads  and  care  for  silver;  wililnt; 
and  obliging;  no  objection  to  the  countr.v;  good  City 
reierence  from  last  place-   Call  ar  No.  2'jl  East  21st  at. 


WAlX^tKoS BV  A  Rl-.SPliOTABLK  YOU.-<U 
woman  as  first-ciaas  waitress  in  a  private  family ; 
noderstands  tbe  care  of  silver  and  mxktng  of  salads, 
fee.;  is  also  capable  of  filling  a  man's  place  :  has  excel- 
lent City  reterence.    Apply  at  No.  18  Bast  36th  st. 


FIRST-CLASS:       U.NDERSTASDS 

dressing  salads  nt  all  kinds  and  care  nt  silver;  is 

capable  of  filling  a  man's  place;  best  City  reference. 

Call  at  Ko.  488  7th  av. 


WAITRKSiS. 
i 


WAITRBS;^ BY  AS  AMERICAN  GIRL  AS  FIRST 
class  waitress :  would  assist  w.th  cbamijer-wock  : 
capable  in  both  capacities ;  CUy  reterence.  Call  at 
Ko.  116  West  33d  St. 


WAITKBS!!.- BX      A     RBSPfiCTABLE      YOUNO 
girl  as  first-class  waitress ;  wiKlng^  and  obligini; : 


beat  City  reference. 
Lexington  av- 


CaU  at  !>o.  152  East  42d  st,  near 


A    FIRST-CLASS    WAITRESS; 
understands  care  ot  silver  and  doing  up  all  kinds 
of  salada :    excellent   Citv  relereucs   from  last  place. 
Apply  at  No.  4b9  6in  av..  in  store,  near  2Sth  st 


■ytrAlTRESH.- BY 


RESPECTABLE     GIRL    AS 

first-claas  waitress   in    a  private  Csmliv;  City  or 

country  ;  good  reference.    Call  at  No.  843  Ud  av.,  near 

61st  St. 


"^AXTBESS.— BY 


WAITRBSS.- BT  A  GIRL:  IS  FIRST  CLASS;   OR 
would  do  chamber- work  and  waiting;  best  City 
reference.    Call  at  No.  306  East  24th  st 


WASHING.— FAMILIES' PRKFKRRBO,  BY  A  SWE- 
dlsh  woman,  formerl.y  in  private  fsuu' lies;  the 
very  best  City  testimonials;  will  do  cheap  and  spleu. 
did  work  ;  widow,  nocUildreu;  Call  at  Mri;.  brlkson, 
ao.  320  Bast  2'2d  St.  rear  house. 


WASHING.- BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  L^UNOciEbS  I'O 
go  unt  by  the  day  or  moaih ;  can  do  all  kinds  of 
fluting.  laces,  lace  cortHins;  can  do  cblldreu's 
clothes  splendidly;  has  tiie  best  of  reference  from 
last  employer-     Call  at  326  Bast  36th  st.  first  floor. 


WASHfNG.-BY  A  SWEDISH  LAU.S  DRESS,  WITH 
firat-clas)  rentreuoe:  ladies'  or  gentlemen's  or 
families'  fine  washing ;  the  clothes  well  dune  up  and 
carefully  atteudeil  to.  Call  at  So.  159  52d  it,  be- 
tween Hd  and  Lexington  av% 


^^MAJLE&._^_^^ ^„^^^.^ 

COOK.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  MA.HCOOK;  CITY  OR 
conntry;  restaurant   boardiog-honse,  or  hotel :  18 
Sears'  reierences.    CaU  or  address  fur  three  days  R. 
.,  No.  323  West  43d  at 


COACHJVIAN  AM>  GROOin.-BY  A  SINGLE 
young  iaan  :  thurougbly  uaderatands  tbe  care  of 
horses,  harness,  and  carriages ;  Is  a  good,  plain  gar- 
dener, and  is  capable  of  taking  charge  of  a  gentleman's 
place;  good  references.  Address  M.  M.,  Box  No.  S28 
TIMES  OP-TOWN  OFFIGK,  No,  1,267  BROADWAY. 

OACdAlAN   AaD    GARDB.NBU — ^Y    A  UU- 

Speetahle  single  young  mad;  thorougnly  under- 
stauds  tbe  proper' care  of  horses,  carriages,  and  har- 
ness; careful  driver :  wiUlng  and  obliging:  can  milk 
if  required;  flrst-class  reference;  City  ur  country. 
Address  A.  Vf.,  Box  No-  2il  Timet  Office,  for  two  dayA 


/''lOACHiYIAN  AAO  UUOOiU.— BY  A  Sl.VOLB 
V./man;  thoroughly  underaiands  th;^  bnsiiieaa ;  can 
give  satlalactory  reference  as  regards  honesty  and  so- 
briety. Call  or  address,  tor  3  days,  M.  O.,  Na  145  5tli 
av.,  cor.  aXst.st.  J.  b.  Brewster  &  Ca 


COACHMAN.— BY  A  BESPBCTABLE  PROTJtST- 
aut  married  man;  no  family;  is  a  good  groom  and 
careful  City  driver  :  I>est  City  reterence*;  City 
ot  country:  will  be  found  wUUog  ano  obligiiig.  cdu 
p^ddress  0.  W.,  Na  32  East  40tn  St.,  nrivate  stabla 


ri(»AC|IRIAN  AND  UA&PBNB4i.-^l^  A  COM- 
Vjpatenl  inarriad  man;  understands  the  care  and 
manageinent  of  a  genileman'a  plaee;  beat  of  refer- 
encaa.  Address  F.  B.,  Na  71  Franklia  st.  Greenpoint, 
Iioiy  laland. , 


COACUiHAN.- BY  A  FliiB  r-UuASS  ENGLISHMAN 
Who  tlaqroaghl.y  nnderstauds  his  business  In  every 
particniar;  nutiried,  without  iucumbmuce  ;  firsi-olnss 
City  nfsrehca.  CaU  or  addreaa  B.  P.,  Na  152  Weat 
'i!7tu  st 


GOAVUMAN  ANB  OKOO^I — ^BY  A  YOUNG 
man  who  taprunghly  understands  his  business; 
Is  peifBCtly  sober;  will  tie  found  wUllag  and  obllgiuj; 
beat  Cftr  raferenoe.   Addresa  B.  K.,  Box  Na  817  TIMdS 

OP-TOWN  OFFICB.  HO.  1,257  BROAD  WAY- 


/^OAC«*IAN.-BY  A  MARRIED  4UN !  HO  FAMILY; 
V/flratotass  references  from  former  employers;  no 


obje^fioa  to  the  country.  CaU  Or  addresa  luy  two  days 
CoaeamaUt  Na  39  We«t  aoth  st.,  two  doois  east  of 
BpM»dwfy. 

▲N.-BT  A  B1B<IL«  M4ir,  ^BO  UijOBB- 
mus^Mnia  thof«!D«t«l7 1    H^n    Tears' 


SITUATIONS  WANTiiJD. 


.nALiB.'*. 


riOACa^lAN  AND  OROOai.-BYA  RESPEOT. 
viable  PnMeatanfr Scotchman;  single:  thoroughly  un- 
derstands bis  business ;  iiirefhl  Cltjr  driver;  ati  otjeo- 
tion  to  the  country ;  irst-olis*  reierence.  Cailor^ad- 
dress  for  two  daya  Coacbman,  Ha  140  West  31st  st  _ 


r^UAPW^tAti  and  GAICOBfrBtt.-BY  A  YOUNft 
v/siogle  man  capable  of  takihg  chiree  df  a  gentle- 
mnn'a  slaett;  is  a  good  drvvor;  can  niU.  ka  Aduress 
Jobn.  Na  2B8  Easri2th  st. 


GOACHiriAN  AND  GARDii;NBR,  AND  QsN,- 
erallv  Osefhi  M»n.— By  a  sinzle,  sober,  stea'iy  man; 
throe  years'  reference  from  last  piaue.  Address  fbc 
two  dav--,  J.  C,  Yonkera  Post  Office. 


I^AHMtCK.-Ur   A    MARllIKD    BUX,    NO 


INCOM 
branee;  tboroughly  understands firmlUcr:  tbecare 
and  nianagemeut  of  all  kinds  of  stock:  wife  under- 
stands dairy  and  ixiultry  ;  first-oliMs  reterence.  Ad- 
drejs  P.  I.,  Box  Na  '^76  TIMES  UP-TQWN  OFFICE, 
NO.  1,2.j7  BROADWAY. 


PVUOIKK    AND    UARDKI^KR.,— BY     A     MAR- 

MJ  ried  man,  no  fainily;  wnnid  accept  a  flrat-olass 
gardener's  position;  seven  years'  reference  from  uis 
present  place.     Address  W.  N..  Box  236  J^meM  Office. 


GAKOE.VUU BY  A  SCOTCHMAN.  AGED  28, 
aiuelo,  on  a  gentleman's  place ;  is  a  flrst-class  and 
comnetent  ninn;  a  tirst-clas*  place  wanted;  Mat  of 
reference  from  last  employer.  Address  Leuhon,  No. 
2.-i8E«st  12th  sf. 


GAKDENBjR.-BY 
tamlly;     has   a   th 
branch  of  the  bnaineas,  and  can   give  i;ood  references. 
Address  Gardener,  No.  67  Nassau  St.  B«oa  store. 


A    MAkKIRD    man,    small 
thorotish    knowlc'lffe  of   every 


GAKUKNER.-BY  A  SINGLE  VOUNG  MAN,  QBR- 
man;  good  nursery  and  vettetable  gardener:  best 
rol^reoce.  Address  T.  L.,  Sosrsdale,  Westchester 
County,  N.  Y. 

ARDijNBB.  — BY   A    MARRIED   bCOrCUMAN; 

withont  tnmily:  un:ler8tands  all  kinds  of  vege- 
tables, green-ttouse,  graper.y:  wife  wiUing  to  assist  la 
house.  CaU  or  address  P.  Caven,  Nu.  7  Barclay  st, 
seod  Store,  fbr  two  days. 

piARDtiNUK BI    A    PRACTICAL    GAKOESER; 

UTHcotcb:  married:  is  open  for  iiii  cngagemeat:  un- 
derstands the  business  in  ail  its  bradlshes;  first-claas 
references.  Addresa  J.  P.,  care  of  Peter  Henderson, 
Na  35  Ci  rtlaiidt  at. 


GARDBNKR  ANO  FliORlST.-BY  A  SINGLE 
German;  underatau'ls  the  culture  of  hot  and 
creeiihouae  plants,  and  all  outside  gardening  in  all  its 
Dr:iDChes;  good  references.      Addreas  A.  B.,  Tremont, 


GAROENKU.-BY  A  nINQLiJ  8C0Tl!HMAN:  COM- 
roereial  place  pr-f'-rred;  thoroughly  understands 
all  branches  ut  tno  florlat  business,  designs.  Ice.  Ad- 
dress J.  S.  fi.,  care  of  J.  Fleming,  aCedsmau.  Nassau  st 

ARDBNBK  AND  FAR.HKR.-BY  A    YOUNo 

German  as  gantent^r  and  farmer;    best   referenoes; 

Address  W.  J..  Wiaiamsbridie   Post  Office,  Sew- York. 


riROOftl.— BY  A  VOU.NG  MAN,  AS  GROOM  AND 
\']Scoaohm'aD ;  country  place  p.eferred;  flrst-class 
reference  trom  present  employer.  Audrers  T.  C.  Box 
No.  280  TIMKK  UPTOWN  OFFIi'K,  1,257  BROADWAY. 


NCJRSK.— BY  A  COMPETENT  aNJ  TEMPERATE 
man  asnu'se  or  attendant  to  a  sick  or  InYalld  gen- 
tleman; pooii  City  reference.  Address  Hervev,  Box  No. 
265  IIMESUP-rOWN  OKFI.iE,  NO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 


PORTER  OK  JANITOIC.-UV  A  PROTESTANT 
young  man;  Is  willing  to- work;  can  give  ijpur 
years'  sariafaotur.v  rnrelunce.  Address  D.  L..  Na  561 
Atlantieav.,  Brooklyn. 

SKEUL  MAN.-BY  A  RB8PEC  TABLE  YODNQ 
man,  aged  IB,  to  make  himself  generail.y  useAil  in 
a  nrlvnts  family  or  l>oar<ling-honBe,  to  attend  furnace, 
Ice;  good  reference.  Address  lor  two  days  J.  O.  P^ 
Box  Na  280  TIMES  Uf-TOWN  OFKICB  HO.  1,257 
BROADWAY. 

.SEFUli   I*IA.\.— FIRST-CLASS:    U'^DERSTANOS 
farming,  plain  gard  niug,  and  care  of  boraes  ;  first- 
claas  Cily  re.ereiice.    Address  tur  three  days,  Farmer, 
Box  Mo.  224  Timet  Office. 


■y^ALiET.-BV 


RESPECTAbLE  VOLiNG  iiAN, 
Protestant,  to  a  geutieman:  no  oljeoMon  to  trav- 
eling; will  be  lOtind  willing  and  urtUgiug;  five  years' 
best  City  reierence.  .\ddress  J.  A.,  kox  No.  287 
TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.    1.267  BROADWAY. 


WAITER.- BY  A  RK-PKCTABLK  YOUNO  COL- 
•rred  man  in  a  private  family;  City  reference; 
uuderataudh  all  kinds  ofsaiaos  ;  obUging  and  wililug 
to  do  anything.  Address  L.  W.,  Box  No.  316  TIMES 
UP-TOWN  Ol-FICB,  NO.  1,267  BROAD W.\Y. 


WArn':R.— BY  A  RELIABLE  AftD  CO-UP:  TE.<iT 
I'rotestant  mau  as  Urst-clasa  waiter  In  a  iirlvate 
family:  has  the  best  City  reference  ;  no  ojection  to 
City  or  country.  Address  G.  B..  Box  No.  302  TIMES 
UP-TOWN  OFI-ICE,  No.  1.267  BBOAUWAi. 


WAITER  OK  HUTVER  FOR  CITY  OR  COUN- 
try  :  has  lived  many  years  as  such  m  England ;  is 
reliable  lu  all  respects:  can  wl:h  confidence  lefer  to 
four  Qrst-claas  laniUies  In  City.  Address  if.  M.,  Box 
No.  203  Tl-Ml^UP-rO^.N  OFKtCe,  1,257  BROADWAY. 


WAITER.-BY  AN  E-SOLISUMAN  IN  A  PRIVATE 
larull.v  ;  witU  flrst-clsss  Citv  refei-ences  from  his 
last  places.  Addreas,  for  2  days.  G.  G..  Box  No.  294 
TIME.S  UP-TOWN  OPFKE.  No.  1.257  BROADWAY. 


YOUNG    Man, 
privuto     family;     willing    and 
obliKing;  five  veara'  bent  (ity  refurence.      Cull  for  iwu 
days  at  No.  lO'l  Wi-at  3Ut  st 


WAITER.- BY  A    KE.-(PECTABi.K 
Prutestaut,  iii 


A    RESPECTABLE    YOUaO    MAS. 
Prot  ataut,    in    a   private    family;     willing    :tud 
obligl'ig  ;  best  City  reference.     Address  J.  J. ,  Box  Na 
31l>  lUIEsUP-TOvVK  OFFICE.  .NO.  1.267  UROAIuVAY- 


VYAITKR.— BY 


tT  thoroughlv  understands  his  ouaiueaa.'-uud  refers 
to  Ilia  last  employer,  wheru  he  lived  lor  a  numiier  of 
years     .Idlrisa  Waiter.  .No.  .S9a  nth   av.,  fish  ato.-e. 


WAITER.- BY  A  REaPKCTABLK  COLOItEO  MXS 
DS  ilrar -class   waiter  in  11    private    family:  thor- 
oughly understanda  his  business:  gave  satisfaction  at 
last  place.    Addreas  K.  J.,  Box  No.  233  TtniM  Office. 


WAITER.- aif  A  FIRST-CLASS  FKK.Nld 
waiter  In  private  family:  iwii  years'  first-ciuas 
Ci^y  reference  frum  last  place :  City  or  country.  Call 
or  uditress  •■'.  1'.,  -fo.  417  6th  av. 


WAITER  AND  tSEFUii  MAN  —  UOUSE- 
work. — Uy  uiau  ami  witu  to  do  the  work  of  a 
privalo  family,  city  or  country;  seven  years'  City 
references.    Cull  at  No.  334  Kast  ti3d  st.,  second  flo:>r. 


Wi 


.MTEK.-BY    A    PROTbSl'ANl'      ENGLISHMAN 
aa   waiter  ;    Is  taoroueb    lo  bis  duties  ;   best   City 

reiereuce  given.    C. ill  or  address  C.  U.,    No.    134  East 

42d  at,  drat  flour,  trout 


WAITER.- Of 
arrived  from  Europe 


YOUNO    SWI.SS    MAN,     LATELY 
•paaks    Bngluh.  in    u  pri- 
vate family  as  waiter.  'Call  or  address  L.,   Na  100 
Eaat  42dBt 


W  thorouglily  nnderstauds  bis  buaiuesa,  and  refers 
to  bis  last  employer,  where  he  lived  for  a  number  of 
yeais.    Address  'Waiter.  No.  3J8  4th  itv.,  8ah  store. 


\t  er,tl  isnguagea,  in  a  private  family  or  boarding- 
house;  little  wages  asked.  Addreas  C.  D..  Box  No. 
267  TIMES  UPTOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1.257  BROaIjWAV. 


WAITER.— BY     A    THOROUGHLY     SOBlfR     AND 
industrious  man,  in  a  private  family;  good  City 
refereucu.    Address  I.  a..  Hi.  342  Esst  2Ut  st. 


SWISS  MAN  ;  IN     A    PRIVATE 
good  reference.    Address   P.  K.,   No.  302 
6th  uv..  iii  tlie  grocery  score. 


WAITBR — BY   A 
f-imily; 


A    FIRS » -CLASS    WAITER    IN    A 
best  Citv   refereocos.      Call   or 
addreas  M.  V.,  at  Salter's,  No.  8S6  Broadway. 


WAITEK.-BY 
private  family; 


VVAITKR.-BY  A  FRKNCHMAN    A3  WAIT  Kit  IS  A 
yy  private  lamlly;   beat  (Uy  references.     Address  A. 
C.  Na  245  iiaat  umii  st.  Room  Na  2. 


WANTED.— A  STRONG,  COMPETENT  PBOTEST- 
ant  woman  ss  nurse  fur  ttro  young  children,  une 
anlntRol:  must  be  vri  I  Hog  to  leave  the  i;ity.  CaU  at 
No,  lio  East  ISih  St..  between  tbe  hours  uf  10  and  2 
to-day ;  beet  references  required. 


WANfED- A  WAITER  IN  A  SMALL  PRIVATE 
t:imtiy,  single  man,  Pruteatant;  honeaiy,  sooriet.'), 
and  capability  are  requiaiies  to  fid  the  place.  Address 
W.,  ofllee  UeroanMIe  Sate  Deposit  company,  Na  124 
Broadway,  giving  nationality  and  references 


WANTED-A    PROTESTANT   WOMAN   AS 
plain  cuok.  washer,  and  ironer, 


reierences,    to-day   irom  9 
Lexington  av. 


GOOD 

Apply,  with  good 

to  12  o'clock,  at  No.  1.27 


WANTBD-A  PIOUS.  CLEANLY.  HEALTHY,  4ND 
eiperlenoed  Pron;8'.ant  woman  to  care  for  grow- 
ing cUiidren,  und  10  be  generally  useful.  Aduress  Post 
Office  BoxNa  2,187. 


WANTED— A  COOK,  WASHER,  AND  IRONKR, 
also  cuamoer-maid  and  waitress  ;  only  those  that 
will  tage  moderate  wages  need  apply,  at  No.  352  West 
83d  St.,  between  8tb  and  9tn  avs. 


VBH  UF-TOtVN  a/PFit)B  Ol  THB  T1JIU». 

Tha  up-fown  office  of  THX  TIBBS  la  located  at 
N*.  1, 95?  |Sraiaiwa.T,  bet.  31«t  oad  394  ■tii. 

Open  <^lj.  Snndiays  (Qcitided.  frqtn  4  A.  U,  to  d  JP. 'JL 

SiiWeriptfons  received,  and' eoples  of  THB  Tiuicsfor 

"ssHo.- 

ADVgynSBMBWTS  RKCBIVBD  PffTrL  9  P,  V. 


Wfbom  6ra  AV.— i^wly  anahandsotably-S^Shed 
suites  aad  stitfie  rooms  lo  BtlDtMea  sodjteottemea,  ^th 
or  without  breakfast;  bath-rooms  andTBunning  water 
on  esush  floor;  hbnse  heated  by  steam  thrtfagh'du^ 
appointments  and  iooatioa  unsurpassed;  best  refer- 
tttees  f(fyen  and  required.  ^"  ' 


A     PRIVATE   fAtniVt,    ftWNINO    TBBIK 

xAlionae.  will  let.  with  board,  a  imndsomaly-ftirBisbed. 
seoond-story  front  room,  with  small  room  adfoluing; 
loiatidn  up  town,  west  side ;  neighborhood  first  elAss. 
Firr  terms,  address  HOME,   Box  No.  ."tlO  TIMES  UP- 

TOWN  OFFICE.  NO.    1.257  BROADWAY. 

JUR!«.  81.  B.  HjU.nNEU, 

Na  2  West  39th  st.. 
bas  two  second-stor.y  rear  rooms  to  ofiTer.  with  or  with- 
out private  table,  and  one   single   room   lor   gentle- 
mea 


AN  BL.tcGANTLiY.PURNISHBI>  BOOIII. 
wltb  board,  to  rent  to  single  gentleman  in  private 
fttmilv:  location  45th  St.  nenr  6tu  av.  Address  O.  L., 
Box  Na  326  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1.2B7. 
BBOAOWAY. 


PKIYATB  ClitlB,  '.<8TH  Hf.,  NEAR  BBOAO- 
wa.y. — Gentleman  wanti*d -toi nlu;  breakCoat  at  oil 
hocrs;  table  (I'bote  at  0:30  o^clook;  also  rooms; 
terms  reasonable.  Address  "CLUB."  Bo<  No.  362 
TIMES  UPTOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


FIFTH  AV.,  NO.308.  CHKsTEBFIBLD  HOUSE.— 
Parlor  nfld  bedroom,  with  flrst-class  board;  party 
oconoying  second  floor,  front,  will  let,  with  or  without 
board,  tor  balance  of  season  v^ery  reasonably. 

/OHS  p.  WOBSTBtL. 


O.  4  kA^T  «»Te  XT.,   BBTiVBBN   fiTU 

and   Madison  ava.— Handsomely    furnished  rooms 
wlfh  Srat-olaas  board. 


NO.  ItW  iHADlHON  AT.-DB81BABLR  SOLTB  OF 
rooms;  also  siugle  room!;  With  hoard ;  references  ex- 
changed. 


NO.    21    5TH    A  v.— PLEASANT   THIRD-STORY 
front  mora  and  hall  room  to  let,  with  ttrst-clnsa 
board,  singly  or  en  suice:   toi-ms  moderate  ;   reference. 


FIFTH  AV,,  NO.  3S1.— PRONT  ROOMS.  BKAUTl- 
folly  fttrnished ;  elcellent  table;  very  moderate 
terms;  single  rooms  to  gentlemen. 


FIFTH  AV.,  NO.  45,  BKTWBBN  IITH  AND 
12(h  sts  — soaclous  suite  of  w«Il-fUriiished  apart- 
ments on  parlor  floor;  wjth  or  withont  private  table. 


NO.    »30    EAST    33TH     ST.— NEATLY      FUR- 
nlshed  rooms,  with  iir  Without  board,   or  for  light 
housekeeping;  good   neighborhood:   terms  moderata 


SECOND  Fl/OOR— SPACIOUS  APARTMENTS   EN 
suite,  handsomely  furnished,  elegant    parlor,   &&, 
with  private  table.     No.  14  Btat  ■S2d  at,  near  5th  av. 


NO.     145    WEST   44TH    ST — SUNNY   FRONT 
room,  with  board  for  families  or  single  gentlemen ; 
reference. 


NO.   33   WEST  3$D  ST.— HUNNY  FRONT  SKC- 
ond  floor  suite;     superior  hoard;    lowprioe  fbr 
balance  of  season. 


NO.  8  EAST  9TH  ST.— DESIRABLE   BUITB  OP 
bandsomfly-fumfshed   rooms;    with    or  wtfhont 
private  table:  references. 


NO.    18     EAH'P    a»D    ST.— BLKGANT     ROOMS 
on  second  floor;     also  siugle  rooms;     table  nrst- 
cmss;   reference. 

O.    236    WES-T    34TH    ST.— HAND80MELY- 
fumished  second  floor;     also  other  rooms;    with 
board;  rcferepces. 


NO.aOEASTaSDST.-WlTH  BOARD;    PARLOR 
and    bed-room    first  floor;     parlor   aud    bed-room 
third  floor;    single  rooms. 


N 


O.  6  EAST  34Ta:  ST.— SINGLE  ROOMS  WITH 
board:    bouse  newl.y  lumlshed;    terms  moderate. 


K 


O.  31  WEST   18TH  ST— SUITE    OP  BOOMS 
tn  let  with  Hrst-class  board.   References. 


M'EASANT  UOO.ns.  WITB  BOARD.— REF- 

erences.    Na  116  West  4:')th8t 


AinTlVATE  FAAUl.V  WILL.  LET  A  FINS 
square  roum  nil  fourth  floor  to  a  gentlemah;  S6 
per  week  :  hens')  and  location  are  superior :  break- 
fhst,  if  desired;  references  exchanged-  No.  53  East 
2  let  st 


PHYSICIANS  ANP  DENTISTS.-HANSSOMR 
back  parlor  to  let;   hear,  gas.  and  aittendance;  $16 
Serweek;   other  bright,  pretty  rooms.    No.  335  Aest 
8th  St. 


EAILBOAJPS. 
PENNSYLVANIA   EAILROAJ). 

GREAT  TRUNK  L.INE 

AND  UNITED  STATBS  MAIL  ROUTB. 
Trains  leave  New-YorK,  via  Oosbrosses   aal      Cort- 

laudt  Streeia  Ferries,  as  f lilowa: 

Express  for  Harrlsburg,  Pittsbur,;,  the  West  and 
South,  Hith  Pullman  Palace  Uara  att.*cheJ,  8:30  A. 
U..  6  auo  8:3(1  P.  M.,  daily 

For  Williamsport,  Lock  Haven,  Corry.  and  Erie,  at 
8:30  P.  M.,  connecting  at  Corry  for  Titus  ville,  Petio- 
leum  Centre,  and  thu  Oil  Regions.  For  Williams- 
IKirt  and  Lock  Haven.  8:30  .A.  M. 

For  Baltimore,  Washington,  and  the  South,  "Lim- 
ited Wasbiogton  Express^'  of  Pullman  i'arlor  Cars 
oaily.  except  Sunday,  9:30  A.  M.-.  arrive  Washing- 
ton 4:10  P.  M.  Regular  at8:40  A.  M.,  1.  6,  and9 
i'.  M.    Sundav,  6  an<i  9  P.  M. 

Expressfur  Philadelphia,  7:  30,8:30,  8:40.  (9:30  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4,  5.6,  7,  8:30,  9  P.  «.,  and  12 
night  Sunday,  8:3U  A.  M.,  6,  6.  7.  8:30,  and  9  P.  M. 
Emigrant  anu  second-class,  7  P.  M. 

Acroramr>dation  for  Trenton.  7  A.    .M..  2  and  4:10  P.   M. 

For  tr-^lns  to  New.irk.  Ells.-«i)eth.  Rahway,  Prlnoston. 
I'renton.  Perth  Am>>oy,  Flemington,  Beivider  >,  and 
other  points,  see  lucal  schedules  at  all  Ticket  of- 
fices. 

Trains  arrive;  From  Pittsburg,  6:20  and  10:30  A.  M., 
and  10:20  P.  M.  daily:  10:10  A.,  M-  and  6:50  P.  M. 
daily,  exceot  Monday.  From  Washington  and  Bal- 
timore, 0:30,  9:50  A.  M..  4:10,  0:10.  and  10:20  P.M. 
Sunday  6:30,  9:50  A.  8*.  Prom  Philadelphia.  5:05, 
6:20.  6:30,  9:50.  10:11).  11:50  A.  M_  2:10,  4:10,  5:10. 
6:50  8:40.  li>;10,  and  10:20  P.  M.  Sundav  6:05. 
6:20.  6.30,  9:50, 11:50,  A.  M.,  6:50,  10:10,  and  10:20 
P.  M. 
Ticket  Offices,    Nos.  626  and   944   Broadway.  Ko.  1 

Astor  House,  and  foot  of    Desbrosses  and   Cortlandt 

streets;     No.  4  Court  street  B't)0klyn:    Nos.  114.  Ho. 

and  118  Hudson  street,  tlobokeu:    Depot.  Jersev  Cit^ 

Emigrant  Ticket  OfUce,  Nu.  8  Battery  place. 

FRANK  THOMSON.  D.  M.  BOYD.  Jn., 

General  ManasiRr.  Oen?ral  Passenger  Agent. 


TO    PHII.ADBL.PHIA 

PENNSYLVAIflA  RAILEOAD. 

THE  OLD-ESTABLISHED  ROUTE  AND    SHORT    LINE 

between 

NEW-YORK    AND    PHILADELPHIA. 

14  Through  Trains  each  way  daily:     S  Depute  in  Phila- 
delphia. 2  iii  few-York. 

4   Tracks,  the  moat   Improved   Bqnipmenl.  and    the 
Fastest  Time  cunsistetit  with  absoluie  safety. 

Express  Trains  leave  New-York,  via  Desbrosses  and 

Cortlandt  .Ntreets  Ferries,  as  ftollows: 
7:30.  8:30,  8:10,  (9:30  Limited,)  10:30  A.  M..  1, 4,  5,  8. 

7,  8:30.  0  P.  M.,  and  12   Midnight     Sunday.    8:30  A- 

M.,  6.  6.  7,  8:30.  and  9  P.  M. 
Betnrning.  trains  leave  Philadelphia  3:20,  3:30,7,  7:30, 

8:30,  aqdll  A.  M..  (Limited  Kspress.   1:35  P.   M.,) 

1:40.  4.  5:30,  7,  and  7::i5  P.  M.,  and   12  Mi.lnight 

On  Sunday,  3:20.  S:30.  7,  8:30  A.  M..  4,  7.  7: 36  P.  M., 

and  12  Midnight 

Ticket  Offices,  Noa.  626  and  944  Broadway,  Na  1 
Astor  House,  and  toot  of  Desbrosses  and  Cortlandt 
sts.,  Na  4  Court  st.  Brooklyn;  Nos.  114,  116.  and  118 
Hudson  st,  Hoboken;  Depot.  Jersey  City.  Emigranl 
Ticket  Office,  No.  8  Battery  place. 
FRANK  ThOMKO.'f.  D.  M.  BOYD.  .Ta.. 

General  Manager.  General  Passenger  Agant 


WANTED-A 
waiter. 


34th  st 


COMPETENT    COLORED    MAN    AS 
Call  from  10  to  12  A.  M.  ut  No.  845  West 


WANTED- A    COMPETE.'ST   COLORED 
wal  er;  unmarried,   and  with    good   ( 
ences.    Call  after  1  P.  U.  at  No.  50  Park  av. 


MAN   AS 
City   refer- 


WANTKD— A   RBSPKCTABLE  WOMAN  TO  COOK, 
wash,  and  iron  in  a  small  lamUy :  must  have  best 
City  reference.    Anply  at  No.  137  East  16th  at. 


WANTED.-A      PROTESTANT     QIRL      TO      DO 
chamber- work  and  waiting.    Call  at  Na  115  Weat 
21ac  at.,  between  tbe  hours  of  9  anu  12. 


_BAJ^KE£PT^NOTIOm__ 

IN  BANKRUPTCV.— IN  THE  DISTRI,  T  COURT 
Ot  tbe  United  Staioa  lor  .the  Southern  District  of 
New-York.— In  the  matter  of  JAMES  a.  GORMAN, 
bankiupt— Notice  is  hereby  given  that  a  petiti ju  h>:a 
been  fiied  In  said  court  by  James  U.  Gtti-man.  in  said 
district,  duly  declared  a  oankrupt  nmier  the  act  of 
CongresB  01  March  2.  1867,  and  the  acts  amendatory 
theieuf,  for.i  diauuarge  aud  certificate  thereof  fium 
all  his  debts,  and  other  cliiim^i  provable  under  said 
act.  and  that  the  twenty-tonrth  day  of  Feoruary, 
1877,  at  two  o'clock  P.  M.,  at  the  office  of  hdgar 
Ketchnm,  Esquire,  Register  In  Bankruptcy,  No.  129 
Fuitoit  street,  in  tha  Ciry  of  New- York,  is  assigned  ior 
the  hearing  of  the  same,  when  and  where  ail  creditors 
who  have  proved  tiieir  debts,  and  other  peiaous  in 
interest  may  attend,  aud  show  came,  if  any  they 
have,  why  the  prayer  ot  the  said  petition  should 
not  b«  granted  —Dated  New- York,  on  tue  Ihir.ieth  day 
Ot  January,  1877.  GEO.  F.  BKTTs,  Clerk. 

fl-law3?vTh* 


IN  BANKRUPTCY.— IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT 
of  the  United  States  for  the  Sonthurn  District  of 
^ew-York.— In  tbe  matter  of  ABRAHAM  F.  CAt.KtN, 
HBBVEY  C.  CALKI.SI  and  JOOtiON  IL  CALKIN,  oo- 
part'hera,  cunstltuting  the  firm  oi  A.  F.  Calkin  It 
Brothera,  Ac.,  boukrupta — No.  5,233.— Notice  is  here- 
by given  titat  a  petition  has  been  filed  In  said  Court 
by  Abraham  K.  Caikfa.  Berver  < '.  Calkln  and  J'uoson 
E^UaUfln,  aboreiuimc^  copartners,  tia..  Id  saiddlatrict, 
duly  declared  bankrupts  under  the  act  of  CiongreSs  of 
M^rcb  2,  1867.  for  a  discharge  ^ud  certlfioat.,3  thereof 
from  all  their  detiits.  and  other  claims  provable  under 
said  act,  and  that  the  seventh  day  of  March,  1877.  at 
12  o'«loC«  t^.  at  the  office  of  John  Fitch,  Esq.,  Begis- 
ter  in  Baaatuptcy.  at  No-  343  Broadway,  in  tha  Citv  of 
New- York,  ta  osstzned  Ibr  the  bearing  of  tha  aame, 
wlioB  wid  wbcra  ail  oiMlltor*  who  baye  proyiid  their 
debt«,%it<lftt&erpe|n|ous  in  luCerest  m«y«^B4,.«iKl 
Sboweaofa,  if  au  thfr  ha*e.  wB.r  tha  pniiyar  of  the 

^  ouiawSirDt* '  "W.  V.-BVR&  -Clmb  ? 


NRW-YORK     CENTRAL     AND     HUDSON 
RIVKR  RAILROAD.— Commencina  De<%   2ft    1870, 
through  trains  will  leave  Grand  Ontral  Depot 

7:16  .t.  M.,  Western  and  Northeru  Exnrtiss.  with 
drHWlng-room  can  to  Caunmlaigua. 

8:30  A.  M..  special  Chicago  and  St  L9Ul9  Express, 
Wltb  <1r:iwtng-rtiiim  cars  to  Rochester  and  BuCTaIo. 
Also,  through  oar  to  St.  Louia. 

11:00  A  M..  Northern  aud  Western  Bxora«. 

3:30 P.  M..  special  Albitav.  Troy  aud  Western  Bs- 
prpss  arrives  at,  Buffalo  7: 10  A.  a. 

6:00  P.  -V..  Kxpress.  with  slseplai  oars,  for  Watee- 
town  and Canandalguik  Alsofjc  Moutrail  via  PUtts- 
burg. 

8:30  P  M..  Paciflo  Express,  dally,  with  sleeping  oars. 
tor  Rochester,  .Niagara  Falls.  Buffalo.  Cleyelaod.  In- 
dianapolis, and  Louisville.  Also  fbr  Cblcaga  via  both 
I*-  S.  and  M.  C.  Railroads,  anu  to  Montreal  via  St  Al- 
bany 

11:00  P.  M..  Express,  with  sleeping  oars,  fbr  Albantr 
and  Troy.     Way  crains  as  per  local  Time  Tables. 

Tickets  tor  aalH  at  Nos.  252,  261,  and  41!^  Broadway: 
and  at  Westoott  Express  (Company's  offices.  Nos.  7 
Paj  k  place,  786  and  942  Broadway  New-turk,  and 
333  Woshiugtunst.    Brooklyn. 

C  B.  MEEKER.  General  Passenger  AgenU 


.  ERIE  RAILWAY. 

Winter  Arrangement  of  through  trains.  From  Cham- 
bers Street  Depot.    (Por  23d  st  see  note  below.) 

9:00  A.  U.,  dailv,  except  Sundavs,  Clocionati  and 
Chicago  Dav  Rxnress.  Drawing-room  coaches  to  Bpflala 

10:45  A.  M.,  daily,  except  Sundavs,  Express  Mail  for 
Bnfiain  and  tbe  West    Sleeping  coach  to  Buff  ila 

7:00  P.  M..  daily.  Pacific  Expreaa  to  the  West.  ."Sleep- 
ing coaches  through  to  Buffaio,  Niagara  Falls,  Cincin- 
nati, and  Cbioago  without  change.  Hotel  dining- 
coaches  to  Chicago. 

7:00  P.  M.,  except  Sundays.  Western  Bmigrant  train. 

Above  tmins  leave  Twenty-thiril  btreei  Ferry  at 
6:«5  and  10:16  A.  M..  and  6:45  P.  M. 

For  local  trains  sea  tlme-rables  and  cards  in  hotels 
and  depots.  , 

JNO.  H.  ABBOTT.  General  Passenger  Agent 


NEW-YORK,    NBW-HaVBN.    AND    HART- 
FORD   RAILROAD. 

After  Dee.  10,  1870.  trams  leayo  Grand  rentral  Da- 

rt  (42d  at)  for  New-Caanan  Bailroad  at  S:  ()5  A.  M., 
4:40  p.  M.;  Oanbary  andMorwalk  Railroad  at  tSrOS 
A.  M.,  1,  and  4:40  P.  Nt.;  Haagatack  Rallruad  at  8i05  A. 
11.,  and  3  P.  M.;  UeaaatonloBailioad  at  8:06  A.  M.. 
and  3  P.  M.;  New-Hareu  and  Northamptoa  Railroad  ut 
8:05  A.  M..  and  BP.  M.;  Ibr  Kewport  at  8:05  A.  M.  and 
IP.  M.;  Buston  and  Alboiur  Railroad  at  8:05  and 
11  A.  H.,  3  and  9  P.  M.,  (9  P.  M.  on  Sunday ;)  Boston, 
(via  ehora  Line,)  at  1  and  lUP.  M.,  (10  P.  H  oa  8u|i- 
do.ys.  I  Boston  and  New^Yorit  Air  Line.  8  A.  M.,  1  and 
11:36  P.M.  ^ 

Way  trains  as  per  leoal  time-tables. 


liBBiqH  VALi^BV  BAlLltOAD. 

ABRANGBUBNT.        PaSSBNOBB  TRAINS.        JAN.  L 

1877. 
I^eare  depots  foot  of  Cortlandt  and  Debroases  sts.,  at 
6:30  P.  X.— Night  Bxpress,  daUv,  tn  Kaatoa.  Bethle- 
bem,  Alieotown,  Mauoh  chupk,  Wilkaharci).  Plttston, 

Bayre,  Blmlra,  Ithaca.  Anbaro,  Boohestec.  Banalo, 
Niagara  FalU.  and  ^i«  Wast.  PdUoaan'k  steeping 
coAohe*  attachs^- 

GeaaNIBaaternointMcdiuet  Ohdrehaad  Cortlandt 
ata.  COABLBS  B.  CUADKNfii.   Afeat. 

RuBBRT  K.  SAYBB,  BapadateodaaS  aad  Baklaara. 


iiiMp^Mifs^^s^^w^isif^^ 


-     «■       ~      -'     OABDBNPABTT. 
I?  4lp'op  TBB 

-Oa^cr  the  anaplees  of 
BT.  JORN'S  GBTLD. 

^  iOADEMT  OF  unaii 

and 
KII4iaO«  HAIL, 
FBB.  23.  1877. 
pB?y«TBIH»fl  OBeHBSTHA, 

G&AF^LA  4KA  POWNING  BANSSL' 

MINUET  DK  LA  CODB, 
pNDBB  'THB  DIBBCnON  OF  MR.  W.  B.  DB  GABMO. 
GB^NP  FLORAE  DLSPLAt. 
Ttoketa  and  boxes  can  be  had  at  the  Committee 
Booms  ot  pt.  John's  Guild,  Na  ^2  Bast  14th  at;, 
or  of  uy  of  the  Managers,  or  at  Tyson's.  Flftu 
Avmne,  St.  Nicholas,  and  Windsor  Hotels. 


WAVUApHM. 

~Jttti^0eUx  ud  Mapacef :.  .'..1,.:lb.XBSf^  i|^ 


fa^UALY^^  FIFTH  AYB^UB  THBATKB. 

™„„    J^^  c«»(MiEi>Y  HIT  OF  igyy: 

THE   FUBBST.  BBIGHTBST,    ASP   MEBRIBST    PER- 
FORMANCE JN  THB  CITY. 

Xj:EiJs/Laisr  SI 

KOAUS  OF  LAUGHTBR 

At  the  squeeaing  of  Lemon  No.  & 
HOAKS  of  LAbtiHTBK 

At  the  watering  pot  aeeael 
ROARS  OF  f^tJGHTBR  .- 
At'tbn  Motor's  love-makingi  i 
ROARS  OF^ LAUGHTBR  I 
At  Jack  and  Mary's  chess  soemi^ 
BOAJEtS  OF   LAVOHTER   { 


BTBBV  NIGHT. 

I        BBOIBH  8. 
OVER  10:30. 

S-ATflRDAT- 

BKGINS  a. 

OVJ5B4;30. 


At  the  kissing  by  proxyl'< 
ROARS  OF  liAUf^HTBR 


At  the  tamous  duel  sifstTt  > 
ROARS  OF   bADOBTEK 

For  two  glorious  boursi ' 
Lemons  Matinee  WASHINGTON'S  BIRTHDAY,  at  2. 


PHILHARnONIU  SOCIEl^F. 

OENEBAL  RUHBARSAL.  FRiD AY,'  Feb.  16,  at  2:30  P.  M.. 

FOURTH  CONCERT. 

8ATUBDAT,  Feb.  17,  at  8  o'clock  P.  M. 

ACADEMY  OF  MUSIC. 

Pr  LEOPOLD  DAMB08CH Conduetorl 

Soloist— Mr.  8.  B.  MILLS,  piano-forte. 
PROGRAMME : 
OVERTURE— "  Zum  M^rchen  vonderach5nen 

Melushio." Mendelssohn 

8ERENADB— For  String  Orchestra,  (new) R.  Fuchs 

CONCEBT— Fbr  Piano-forte.  (new).. Hans  von  Bronaart 

Mr.  S.  B.  MILLS. 
SETKNTB  STMPHONY,  (a) Beethoven 

Admission  for  Behearsal.  with  reserved  seat $1  00 

Admission  fsr  l^ouoert.  with  reserved  seat 1  60 

For  sale  at  SiJbirmer's.  No.  701  Broadway ;  SchU- 
herth's.  Na  23  Uuion  square ;  Decker  Brothers',  No. 
39  Union  square  :  Martens  Brothers',  Na  1,164  Broad- 
way, and  at  the  door  of  the  Academy. 


GILMOKB'ii  GARBEN. 

OPEN  TOBBB  BVENING8  IN  THE  WEEK. 

TUESDAY,  THUBSDAT,  AND  SATURDAY. 

TBIb  TBUBSDAT  EVENING,  FEB.  15, 

AN  ENORMOUS  ENTERTAINMENT. 
60c.  ADMISSION. 


60c. 


THE  B8SIPOFF  CONCERTS. 

8TBINWAY  HALL.  ANNETTE  BSSIPOFF. 

FRIDAY  BVENING,  FEB.  16.  at  a 
BS-^IPOFF- VIVIEN— PALMA 
MMB.    BSSIPOFF    wiU  play  Sarabande,  Double     Ga- 
votte, Oigne.  (from  tbe  suito  in 

O.Major T.  S.  Bach 

Rhapsodic  Hongroise.  No.  2 Liszt 

b.  S^M^''.™*"!?.*'..^.'!?!'..^!:'.*.":.^  }  Mendehiaphn 

c.  Petite  Val8e"...I.JI..V.V.V."V. . ..". Henselt 

d.  Gavotte... Raff 

Sonde— "  Perpetuum  Mobile  " Weber 

SATURDAY  at  2,  ESSIPOFP  MATINEE. 

Admission  SI;  Reserved  seats  £160:  Sa^e  of  aeats  at 

Steinway  Hall,  Schubert's,  aud   No.  Ill  Broadway. 

BsSiPOFF  MATINEE,  SATURDAY.  Feb.    17,  at  2. 

Feats  for  Matinee  can  now  be  bad. 


rOK  WBRTBUpf^J^TOa-aMtl 
Tfa«parodaBtiaai»f<yKetiW>sat  ""^^f^ 

WlLl>  OATB 
on  Monday  erentaccMated  atuaathaalaaiav- 
b/  W7  pcVTtons  pipdoettanjt  tM  ttMMtcea 
'-    /  BOVlT' 

of 
HB.  LBSTBK   WAL&&CK 

toiB  riBCB  o?4Yrnm.~ 

~  laddr,  M^.  JQHK  GnA^Bt 
«#h  heart— B#dl&^ 
was    notaUjL    good    ae    Bf]ufta| 

Mrsonated  Jeha  Itorry- wtth  sigl^ 

. „  lofeefart— 7H6iMa  ';■■' 

_s^t^](t.  B.  M. HOLLAR,  a i^oioas htt«f ay^sft 

garryTliiuider,  played  brllr.  a  BTBVENSOV  uttk 
We  WontsdgrsiiBe;— Bentld. 

MiSa  BOSVWOOD  pUyW  Ladr  Aausranth  with  «a^ 
RTMe  and  deUeMe  Bamor,  aafl  Mtsa  BFTIB  OBUfOO; 
was  isgoaUy  «t  hom«  in  the  n»«rry  Jenay  Gitiaitea.  |A* 
deed, from ist.  WALLAOKhtstsak  to ^e  LtMOui^ 
the '*Blabi«  Son,"  tae  ^ay  was 

„  ^ A  ^kiuuph; 

FOR  BVBBYBODY  OONCBtfBD  U-Bf^U^ 
THBQIPIATCOIUOT   . 

will  be  petfbrmed 

with  Its 
EXOEPTlONAL  CABT 

ana 

PICTUBBSQUB  8CBNIC  a.^niTaATi<>f9. 

Box  Office  open  two  weeks  ta  advaoee. 

BOOTH'S  THEATRE.  SBCUBO  WiktA 

"  FIFTH  AVBNDB.** 

QBOBQE  FAWCBTT  BOyVE'S  OBBAT  fL^j: 

Appearance  of  tbe  popular  aeter,  M^ 
GEORGE    gIGNOLD. 

*,*  The  play  ahoands  with  ilhutratioiiB  of  the  MM 

Uarphasea,  thriUing  incidents,  and  ser&atioaal  eocnr- 

tenees  of  LIFE  VX  TBB  OBBAT  KBTROFOLV  ^V 

waa  in  186a 

ACTT  L 
Pictures  the  8INKINQ  OF  AN  OCEAN  8TRA1CCB  o| 
the  banks  ot  Newfoundland.    Exciting  elTotte  to  TMMS 
the  passengers.    1863. 

ACT  If. 
Pictures  SCENES  IN  WALL  STBBET.  {  Stormy  aaeetlai; 
of  stockholders.    1863.  ^ 

ACT  in. 

Pictures  the  LAUNCHING  OF  THB  HONITOBt 

ACT  IV. 
pictures  Fifth  avenue  by  night,  and  the  MnBDl 
MR.  SCHUYLBR:  the  banker.    A  thrUlisg  Kseaa. 

ACT  V. 

Pictures  the  retnm  of  the  gallant  SEVENTB  KBQT 

MENT  and  their  confUet  with  f  be  -   ^^. 

RIOTERS    OF    1S63. 


i$bb> 
oi 


UNION  SQCARB  THEAT&B. 

Proprietor „.. ..Mr.  BHEBIl>&K  SaOOf 

Manager. ....Mr.  A.  K.  PAIiKif 

nNKoniyocM.'  snccsss 

of  the  most  important  dramatio.work  ptWMlA  tt 
New-Y«>rkinMANY  SKASO.vs.  ''    -     ' 

The  charming  romantic  drama  tn  4  aota. 


DAHICiiS. 

Rouse  crowded  to  the  doora  every  rdgbt, 
SATURDAY  at  1:S0,  second  Matinee  of  DAmdJaKrVS. 


PARK    THEATRE.         OUR  BOARDINCl  ^^HJtO. 
BROADWAY  AND  22D  ST. 

HENBT  «  ABBEY LeAeeard] 

THIRD  WEEK,  and  CONTINUED  BUpCEe  . 

of  Leoaard  Glover's  amusing  comedy,  ia  ttfta  acts, 

"OUR  BOARDING  HOUSE."     "  ^ 

-  OUR  BOARDING  HODSK.- 

"OPR  BOARDING  HOtTSB." 

"OUR  BOABDING  HOUSE." 

"  OUB  BOARDING  BOUSE." 

"  OUR  BOABBING  HOUSE," 

•'  OUB  BOARDING  HOUSB." 

Kvery  evening  and  Saturday  matinee.    No  ^cee  Hst 

Reserved  Seats  60  cents,  SI,  'and$l  GO.    Admiai^n  51 

cents  and  $1. 

SPECIAL  MATINEE  THUBSDAT,  FEB.  32.   . 


THB  GREAT  MEW-YORK  AQUARIUM. 

Broadway  and  35th  st 

Open  daUy  from  9  A.  M.  tm  10  P.  M.,  <  (Sunday* 

excepteo.) 

LAST  WEEK  OP  THB 

STARTLING   SUBAQOEOUB  PEBFQBMANCBS. 


NIBLO'S    GARDEN. 

KIBALFY  BBOTHRBS Lessees  and  .Managera 

UMPABALLBLBD     SUCCESS. 

I     AROUND  TBB  WORLD  IN  EIGHTY  DAYS.      ^ 

EVERY  EVENING  AND  SATURDAY  MATINEE. 
Seats  Secured  two  weeks  in  advance. 


ACADBAI Y  OF  iM U8IC.         KBLLuGQ  MATINEE. 

SATURDAY  AFTERNOON,  FEB.  17,  at  2, 

SPECIAL  MATINEE  of  the 

KELLOGK?  GRAND  ENGLISH  OPERA  <X)MPANT. 

THK  STAB  OF  THB  NORTH. 

Miss  CLARA  LOUISE  KELLOGG, 

Mra  ROSBWALD.   Mrs.  8KGUIN.    .Miss   LANCASTEB. 

Messrs.  MaAS,  CONLY,  PBAKES,  and  TURNER. 

Conductor Mr.  &  BBHREN8 

feats  at  the  Academy,  Nos.  701  and  111  Broadway. 
Friday,  at  the  Brooklyn  46ademy— FAUST. 


Capt  Qnigle.r  pettoimi 
an  kinds  of  manual  labor,- 
carpenter  work.  Ac..  iUok-j 
tratlng  tbe  manner  of  iis&sc, 
the  divot's  armoa 


ACAPEaiY  OF  music.  ABBOTT. 

Miss  EMMA  ABBOTT 

in  Italian  Opera, 

FRIDAY  EVENING,  Feb.  28, 

LA  FIGLIA  DEL  RKOGIMENTO. 

SATURDAY,  Feb.  24— ABBOTT  MATINEE. 

Bale  ot  seats  will  open   at   Schirmer'a.   Na  701  Broad- 

wa.v  FttlDAi,  Feb.  16. 


CKNTBNMAL  EXPO-'SlTlON. 

ITALY'S  famous  exhibit  of  STATUARY  aud  PAINT- 
INGS as  displayed  at  tbe  Exposition,  Under  charge  of 
Prof.  ALEXANDEB  BOSSL 

Now  on  ExMbltlOD,  DAY  AND  EVENING,  at  the  new 
Bopnis  of  George  A.  Leayitt  A  Co..  Clinton  HaU,  No.  22 
Astor  place.    Adihittancs,  25  cents. 


NEVY  BROAD  WAV  THEATRE, 

Broadway  and  30th  at 

Commwcing  MONDAY,  Feb.  19, 

OUB  BOYS, 

With  an  exceptional  caat   apeoiallv  selected,  and  ap> 

propriate  scenic  adornment 


CONCERT. 

SLAVS  BONGS  OF  THB  SOUTH.— The  HAMPTON 
RINGERS  of  Virginia.  wiU  give  one  of  their  entertain- 
ing concerts  ip  the  Spring  Street  Presbyterian  Church, 
near  Variok  st,  oq  'rUURSDAY  EVENING,  Feb.  16,  at 
8  o'elook.    Eeueflt  of  Church.    Admission  25  centa 


THE  ROYAL  VICTORIA  HOTEL, 

NAdSAU,  SAIIAYIA  ISLANDS. 
For  fnll  information  apply  to 

JAMES  LIDGBRWOOD  Jt  CO.. 

Na  753  Broadw.«v.  New-York. 


NEW-ENGLAND   HOTEL.  —  LODGINGS,  60a; 
200  light  single  rooms  fbr  gentlemen  only;   weekly. 
$2  to  $3.    Corner  Bowery  and  Bayard  et 

'    -'I   mil..  I,  !■  I       ^M^— — — — ^^^1^^^ 


■    STBSAAtBQATS. 

STONIWGTON  LINE 

|rOR     BOSTON    AND    ALL    POINTS     EAST.. 
RBDUCBD    FARE. 

Elegant  steamers  leave  Pier  Na  3^  North  Birsr, 
fijotof  Jay  st-.  at  4:30  P.  M. 

'Tickets  for  sale  at  til  onnclpil  tioket  oifioss.  nt»ta- 
rooms  secured  at  officeaof  Weatuutt'ixpress  tJompaay. 
aiidHt  Na  363  Broadway. 

PROVIDENCK    l.iNB. 

Freight  only,  steamers  leave  Pier  Mn.  27  .tnrtb 
River,  foot  of  Park  place,  »t4  P.  M.  Freights  via  either 
line  taken  at  lowest  rates. 

Dl  s.  baBcOCK.  Pre|.      L.  W.  Ftnciwi.  G.  P.  Agent 


Miss  Vivienne  Lubln.  nu 
aided  by  any  anpsiatus, 
eats  and  drinks  wnile  com- 

eletely  submerged,  remain- 
ig  2>9  to  3  mmutes  with- 
out breathing. 

MARINE  MONSTERS  AND  WONDRRB.      • 

BLADDEB-NOSE  SEAL.    ONLY  ONE  ALIVE   IS  XSI? 

COUNTRY.  '     J 

AFTERNOON  AND  EVENING  CONCBBW.J 

EAGLE    THEATRE.       '-     ^ 

_^  AIMBBE  IN  LA  PERIOHOLE. 

THISj^fHDRSDAY  and  TO-MORROW  _  , 
EVENINGS,  also  SATURDAY  AFTBMTOON  and  KV,^. 
ING.  only  performances  of  an  entirely  new  vatsieqi' Of 
Offeabacb  s  popular  work,  LA  PRBICHOLB,  AIMB8  ia 
her  original  character.  LA  PERICHOLB. 

Next'  week,  a  most  varied  programma  Mend^  aaf 
Tuesday,  LA  oBANDB  DUCHBSSE;  Wedneadiay  hint 
and  Thursday  aittemoon.  (Washington's  Birttad^xJ  LA 
FILLS  OB  MUE.  AN  GOT.  Tnnraday  eventna,  (Waa4^ 
Ington'B  Birthday. )  Special  BilL  Matmie  Prices :  Admte 
slon,  60c.;  Reserved  Seats.  50a  extra  EXTRA MATcNBI 
on  Washington's  Birthday,  next  TBUR8DA3&  'Wbatt 
"  La  FiUe  de  Mma  Aogot "  will  bo  performed. ■ 

LECTURE-CONCERT.  - 

CH4RLIER  INSTITUTE, 

No.  107  West  28tn  at, 

THURSDAY  EVRNING,  Feb.  15. 

Miss  Kate  stark,  sonrana 

Mr.  JULES  G.  LUMBABD.  Baaso.         . 

CHOIR  OF  THK  CHURCH  OF  THE  HEAVENLTSBftL 
under  the  direction  of  Mr.  CHAS.  S.  FISOSBB.  Ji.  ' 

Mr.  FREMONT  GEDKEY.  AocompaniBt.' 
"Hl'itorical  Sketch  of  the  Development  of  ivxtff 
Mnsic,"  by 

GEO.  G.  ROCKWOOD. 
Admission  fTee,  by  tickets,  to  be  had  at  Bo«acwe9d'# 
Photographic  Gallery,  Na  l7  Union  square. 

THIRD    EVENING   OF   ENGLISH   GAJMttJ 

CHICKEBING  HALL. 

THURSDAY,  Feb.  16,  at  8  P.  M. 

Vocalists. 

Miss  BEEBE,  Miss  FINCH,  Mr8.'HILIi0. 

and 

Messra  ELLaRD,  NILSRN,  BAIRD.  and  AICBB.- 

Accompanists  Mr.  CFLORIQ. 

'Reserved  seats,  SI.  at  SCHUBBRTH'S,  Na  23  TT8l<% 

square,  and  at  tbe  nail  on  the  evening  or  the  eoaewa 

HELLBR'S  WONDER  THBATR^.     - 

.     EVERY  EVENING  AT  a 
'  The  Third  Programme. 

Kverylblng  new  and 
more  wonderful  than  eyer.  ^_ 

ROBERT  HBLLKB.  MIS9  HBLLtf 

Matio^es  Wednesday  and   SatUrdav  at  2. 
Children  half  price  to  Matinees. 


TENTH  ANNUAL  EXHIBITION  OF  T^E  -  "  - 
AAIERICAN  SOCIETY    OB    FAINTEBSJUl 
W  ATER-COLO  RS, 

now  open  at  the  National  Academy  of  Design.  c<;nifir  el 
4th  ay.  and  23d  st,  daily,  (Sundays  excepted,  ]  fkom  • 
A.  M.  uutU  6  P.  M..  aud  from  7  until  10  P.  M. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  DllNSTRBLS. 

LAST  NIGHTS  of  tbe  GBlfAT  SUCCBSS.  I       Opfra 
The  new  Opera  Bouflae.  Mnsic  bv  Offenbach       HoaaS. 

THB  HAPPY  MOKE,  wad  a  Broadwaj> 

GORGEOUS  JAPANESE  DloRAMICflcen*.  land  SUtit  •% 
MaTINBB  SATURQAr  AT  2.    Spats  aocqyyi.   - 


THB  CENTENNIAL  BUTTER  HBAf>.     '^ 

MRS. BROOKS,  THE  ARKANSAS  BUTTEk  SCUtiFT^ttS' 
wilt  exhibit  lolanthe  and  other  Alt  StuQlM  1h  Btttm 
after  Feb.  20,  at  858  Broadway,  near  14th  si.  O^tvleVf 
day  Evening,  17th  inat,  exhiidtion  adioiniaBAqa«» 
inm  closes. 


FALL   RIVER  LINE 

FOR 

BOSTON  AND    THE    EAST. 

^  FARES  REDUCBU. 

Leave  New-'Kork  dally.  (Sunday  excepted.)  fromPtec  . 
Ka  28  North  Blver,  toot  of  .Hurray  st.  4:30  P.  M. 

BORDEN  fc  LOVRLL.  Agenta 
GEa  Ii.  CONNOR.  Geueril  Passongor  Agent. 


FOR     NEW^HAVttN.    HARTFORD,    Oce.— 
Fare  $1  {  steamers  leave  Peck  slip  for  New-Haven 
at  3  and  11  P.  M.,  connecting  with  roard. 


LilORBFrOQliPORTAi^'D  ALI-  POINIVt    ON 

JUHousatdmo  and   .Naogatung   Railroad.-.Faca    «L  ■ 
steamers  leave  rifkituulue  silo -tt.  11-30  A.  *. 


DRY  GOODS. 


R.H.MACY&CO. 

BPBCIALTIBA 

DBESS-MAKING. 

BLACK  DBBllS  SILKS.    BOYS'  OLOTHINa. 
'  UNLIKE  an.v  other  estanUshment  in  the  couutry. 
FORBIQff  DRr  GOODS,  FANCY  GOODS,  and  NOVBL- 
TIBS  by  every  EURQPKAN  STEAMER. 

ORDERS  BY  MAIL  BRGBIVB  SPECIAL  CAR.-i. 
CATALOGUBS  FBB& 

14Ta  ST.  AND  6TH  A'VENUR.  N.  Y. 


GBAND  OPBMINQ,  MARCH  5. 
MAIB.    OimOlUlt|T>B     |t£l.IABLe     P4T- 

•r all  tbe  latest  aadbeSt  Spring  and  Summer  stvtes. 
Sexid  atamp  ttr  catateguea  "  What  to  wear,"  with 
ibit  informattoo,  U  *i».  "PortAiUe  of  Fasktoaa," 
wten)wrg«iUaitm(oM.  IA  ets.  "Ooarterly  Joutnal 
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UAGNIFICBNT    OAST, 
SPLENDID  LOCAL  60RHERT: 
GEiBCO- ROMAN  WRESTUNO,  kc 
Matinees    WEU.NESDAY    and     SATURDAY. 


G  RAND  OPERA-HOUSE.  8th  av.  and  2Sd  ^ 
POOLB  It  DONNELLY.  Sole  lessees  and  proprt^ton: 
DALY'S  GREAT  DRAMA.  ■•  HONSlaUB   ALPtlONSE." 

MATINBBS  WEDNRBOAY  and  SATURDAY,  at  9- 
MOSDAYNEXT -THKTWO  OBPHABK.'* 


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fUspaae  <if  100  PIANOS  die  ORGANS.  teWMd 
nuikpn,  l|K4«Ai« 
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alonea  lAalled.  A  Uberal  rtlaeaiMst  to  TtafMt», 
MtiMt4rt;  OkuroHta.  tie.  Sheet  aiaslc  at  baU  prte«. 
HORACE  WATERS  is  SONS,  Alsunir«(t«.  UM 
Uealwra,  40ltaat  1 4th  St.,  Uaion  ■<««».  NVY. 

MR,  C.  C.  IltII4-.BR  RBSPECTFULL'T  AN- 
oounceathaine  ia  about  forming  elaaaea  t^rtht 
study  of  HARMONY  and  UOMPOSITIOR.  Cixaolan 
ooptaialas  partioulara ,  e«i  he  obtained  at  tae  prtn^nal 
inukic  stores.    AppUoatious  received  at  Steinway 'Hafl. 


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Tl|e  ap-tawa  oQlee  of  THB  TIMBS  ia  located  at 
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Open  daily.  Suadays  Ineluded,  fhim  4  A  M.  to  9  nli 

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BANK  ROBBERS  ARRESTED. 

lER  NORTHAMPTON  BANKROBBERT. 

GOOD  WORK  BY  PINKERTON's  DETECTIVES 
--THE  BBSDLT  OF  PATIENT  WATCBING 
— THREE  OF  THE  SUPPOSED  BURGLAI^S 
AlCR^StEB— TWO.  OP  THEM  IN  PHIL'A- 
3>EIJ"BIA  AND   ONE   XS  THIS   CITY. 

Three  men,  yfho  it  is  alleged  were  eneaKed 
in  tbe  robbery  of  tbe  liTortLainptoii  National  Bank, 
ars  now  in  custody,  one  m  this  City  and  two  in 
Pbiladelpbia.  Tbe  oiroamstancea  of  tbis  great 
rob.oery  most  be  still  fresh  in  the  pnblio  niiad. 
The  people  of  the  little  town  of  Kortbampton, 
J&iiiss..  were  sreatly  excited  over  tbe  startling  oc- 
car^ance,  and  tbe  news  of  tbe  bari;larv  flasbel 
over  the  teleEra0bio  wlrea  to  all  parU  of  ths  oonn- 
try,  with  an  offer  of  >85, 000  reward  for  the  captore 
of  tbe  barglars,  was  read  with  absorbing  interest. 
■The  details  of  the  ro#)ery.  in  brief;  are  as  foJlowg  : 
On  toe  nieht  of  Jan.  26. 1876,  tbe  residence  of  Mr. 
•Tolin  Whittlesey,  Cashier  ot  the  bank,  was 
entered  Dy  seven  masked  men,  and  the  first 
inttmation  be  bad  ot  tbeir  presence  in  the  bonse 
was  the  appeairance  of  five  of  them  at  his  bedside. 
His  family,  eix  in  number,  and  himself  were 
eaeced.  Tbe  former  were  left  securely  bound  ana 
icuarded  in  the  bouse,  and  be  was  forced  to  ac- 
pompnny  tbe  robbers  to  the  bank  under  a 
threat  of  Instant  death  if  be  refused.  When 
tbe  Tllarty  arrived  there  the  unfortunate 
Cashier  was  compelled  to  tell  what  he  knew  of  the 
secner  c  mbination  of  the  lock  of  the  safe.  Four 
men  were  intrusted  wttb  tbe  secret  combination 
asod  JD  lockiog  the  safe,  each  having  one  part  of  it, 
and  it  required,  on  prerions  occasions,  the  nresence 
of  tbe  four  to  onen  it.  Tbe  possessors  of  the  secret 
combination  were  the  Cashier,  Teller,  Presi- 
denr,  and  a  Director.  As  tbe  Cashier  coald 
only  give  one  part  of  the  combination, 
the  manner  m  which  the  other  three  parts  were  ob- 
taiued  is  etill  eosbrouded  In  mystery.  The  total 
amount  8t<>Ien  from  the  bank  was  1720,000.  This 
ram  consisted  of  Missouri  State  bonds;  Chicago, 
Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railroad  shares;  Lake 
Sborfl  and  Michigan  Southam  ;  C  bioago,  Burlington 
and  Qaincy  eights;  Cleveland,  Columbus  and  Cm. 
cinn»tti;  Fnion  Pacific;  Ohio  and  Mississippi 
second  morteages;  TJolced  States  bonds  ;  Atchison. 
Toueka.  and  Santa  F6 ;  Fort  Wayne.  Jackson  and 
Sacioaw;  Osdenburg  and  Lake  Champlaia  ;  Mis- 
Bouri  Pacific ;  registered  stock  and  bonds  of  tbe 
UoitBd  States  and  vanons  corporations ;  Detroit, 
Lansing  and  Lake  Michigan  stock,  and  ereenbackd 
and  nailooal  bank  bills  to  the  amount  of  flO.OOO. 
Of  tbe  £720, COO  carried  away  by  the  robbers,  the 
hank  lost  $12,000.  Tbe  heavy  losers  among  depos- 
itors were  ex-Jcdge  C.  E.  Forbes,  who  lost  $128,000 
Id  it  cited  States  bonds,  and  $70,000  in  raihoad 
Btopks;  Henry  Hinokley,  who  lost  $60,000  in  TJoited 
Staiies  bopds,  and  J.  S.  Lathrop,  who  lost  $.30,000  in 
Geoi^a  bonds.  Other  depositors  saffered  in 
amonnra  raneing  from  ^000  to  $20,000. 

^MT  the  robbery  tbe  burglars  were  supposed  to 
have  fled  '.o  this  City,-  bat  it  was  believed  by  the 
bank  Lfflcers  tltat  tbey  had  concealed  a  great  part  of 
tbe  securities  and  bonds  stolen  in  Northampton. 
Pinkerton's  detectives  were  set  to  work, 
aad  -^a^e  been  on  the  trad  of  th<i  burg- 
lar* with  tbe  -persistency  of  alonth  hounds. 
Mr.  Robert  A.  Pinkerton  yesterday  said  that  bis 
afepcy  had  known  for  five  months  past  who  the 
Tobbera  were  and  where  to  find  some  of  them  at  any 
•  momoDt.  Tbe  reason  that  no  arrests  had  bee^ 
made  before  was  beoatuie  certain  lawyers  in  tbis 
Cifi  baa  been  trylns  to  compromise  cases  of  bank 
robbt^nes,  and  that  depositors  in  tbe  Korthampton 
bank  were  anxious  to  negotiate  for  the  recovery  of 
apart  of  their  lost;  money.  The  first  man  arrested, 
aroaod  whom  the  Pinkertons  had  fastened  a  chain 
*of  circumstantial  evidence  sufficient,  in  their  minds, 
to  clearly  establish  bis  complicity  ia  the  bank 
robberv.  was  a  maui  knowu  as  "Jim"  Danlap  ; 
the  Second  was  "Bob"  Scott,  alias  "Hust- 
lins:  Bob,"  and  the  third  was  William  ConDors, 
knowi  in  this  City  as  a  gatnbler  and  "go-between  " 
Jor  liie  "  upper  class  "  ot  thieves.  Danlap  and 
Scotc  left  the  City  ou  Tuesday  last  on  an  early 
morning  cr^n  for  Philadelphia.  Xhey  bonght 
tickets  for  Richmond,  Ta,.  in  Pbiladelphia.  and 
were  arrested  by  detectives  of  Pinkerton's  branch 
ofLo  i  in  Philadelphia,  while  preparine  to  eo  South, 
as  ^vaa  suppoaed,  to  commit  a  robbery.  The  two 
meo  were  lodged  in  jail,  and  now  await  a  requisi- 
tion from  the  Governor  of  Massachusetts  for  their 
conveyance  to  that  State  to  stand  trial.  Yester- 
day mummg  Mr.  Pinkertoa,  with  the  assistance  of 
De.ectivea    0  Connor  and  Field,  of  the  District 

A-cioruey's  office,    arrestecl  Connor,  TC^faom  they  baa 

been  trsckiof;  since  Sunday  last.  Tbe  detectives 
traced  the  burglar  to  bis  house  in  this 
Ci.y,  only  to  iiad  that  he  had  cbanged 
to  uibttr  qoarters,  And,  after  pstieutlj  waiting, 
Bucce«>decl  iu  i.i^covering  him  at  bolari's  restaurant, 
on  OuiVdnuty  place,  where  be  had  engaged  board 
for  aiLDiifif  and  nis  wile  at  the  high  figare  of  $100 
pet.  wi-etc.  Jie  was  lodeed  in  the  Fourteenth  Pfe- 
ciiicc  SiaMoo-Donae  until  3  o'clock:  in  the  afternoon, 
when  be  wad  taken  before  the  presiding  magistrate 
at  I  be  Ti'Dobs.  Connor,  altbou^n  livins  samj)- 
tnonsly  at  Solari's,  bad  in  his  possession,  when  ar- 
rested, uuly  a  amaU  sum  of  money,  with  some  bur- 
glar's tools. 

iCon  nor  was  arraigned  before  Justice  Kilbreth  at 
3  o'clock  P.  hi.,  and,  on  the  ewom  complaint  of 
|tob-  ri  A.  Pinkerton,  was  committed  to  awitit  a 
reqiujitKiu  for  bis  bodyjtrom  the  Governor  of  Massa- 
cQixxocts.  Tbe  complaint  of  Mr.  Pinkerton  set 
tor  lb  bat  the  prisoner  was  believed  to  be  one  of 
tilu  .NunbamptuQ  burglars,  and  prayed  that  "  b*) 
be  Lietalnea  until  tbe  arrival  of  tbe  necessary 
papers  to  aecore  his  transfer  to  Massacbnsetts. 
'Xno  pnaooer  asked  to  be  al.owed  an  interview  with 
bis  cimusi-'l,  Mr.  Blankraan,  of  tbe  firm  of  Blankman 
Bri>/b8r3,  of  Broadway,  which  rtquest  the  Justice 
gr<iace'J.  Connor  is  a  man  of  medium  height,  thick 
iibh,  aail  gives  evidence  of  the  possession 
ot  considerable  phvsical  strengtb.  His  eyes 
and  bair  are .  dark,  and  he  wears  a  heavy 
mnstacbe.  ile  was  neatly  dressed  in  dark 
cl.iihiut:,  carried  a  new  silk  hat  of  the  latest  fashion 
in  &<a  b<ina,  and  dunug  the  short  proceedings  in 
the  court,  WoS  pertectly  Belt- possewed.  In  a  brief 
converB.>cion  with  a  reporier  of  Thb  Times,  he  said 
thai  be  was  innocent  of  the  cbart^e  preferred 
aji^uSu  bim  ana  would  De  able  to  prove  an  aXibi. 
3n  I'tgard  to  bis  occupation,  he  said,  with  a  smile, 
tii:ti  ue  v\'as  what  might  be  termed  a  "  sporting 
m.in." 

■■J»m"  Dunlap,  one  of  the  two  men  arrested  in 
Po  ladelpoia  by  Superintendent  Franklin,  of  the 
P.ukei  tun  Agency,  was  orisiually  a  resident  ot  St. 
Louid,  Mo.  He  went,  ,  Mr.  R.  A.  Pink- 
nriun  said  yesterday,  from  St.  Louis 
to  Chicago,  previous  to  the  great  fire, 
and  ihere  met  with  a  notorious  burglar  named 
'•  Johnny  "  Berry,  wbo  tauzht  him  the  business  of 
blowing  ouen  sates.  About  this  time  "Bob" 
Beott,  who  had  been  reieaoed  from  Joliet  State 
Ptjso  1,  wh'  re  he  bad  been  confined  for 
barg.ory,  became  acquainted  with  tbe  two,  and 
tbe  irio  Came  to  tbis  Ciiy  about  six  years  ago.  The 
flr^t  work  that  Dunlap  was  engaged  in  was  the 
roooery  of  tbe  First  Ifatlonal  iiaok  of  Stmira,  for 
wbxh  Berry  is  now,  auoer  theTaame  of  John  Myers, 
serving  a  term  ot  five  years  in  the  State  Prison  at 
Auunin.  Otner  robberies  followed,  amoog  them 
tb<itot  the  Fall  City  Tobacco  Bank  of  Louisville, 
from  which  about  $300,000  were  stolen  on  tbe  night 
>t  M-rcn  8  or  9,  l873 ;  that  of  tne  First  National 
Sank  oi  Qaiuoy,  111.,  Feb.  12.  1674,  from  which 
I6so.0e0  in  currencv,  and  a  iaree  amonnt  ot  secorities 
wcie  tiiken ;  that  of  the  Yim  National  Bank  of 
Pit..8t<>o.  Petm..  which  was  robbed  of  a  large  som, 
and  dO'ttly  me  Northampton  Bank  robbery. 

Mr.  Pitikeriou  says  toat  he  has  proof  enongh  to 
coavict  ibo  three  men  now  In  jail,  and  is  oa  the 
iracs  of  others  concerned  in  tbe  burglary.  The 
vay  h(<  obtained  a  clue  wbit;h  led  to  tbe  arrest  ot 
the  three  men  was  by  watching  the  parties  who 
wuro   t-ndeavuriog    to     make   a     compromise    witb 

loeeis  by  tbe  Dank  robt>er:e8. 


was  not  aware  that  the  money  came  from  tbe 
policemen.  All  these  sums  had  been  repaid  since 
tbe  charges  were  preferred.  The  decUioa  of  the 
board  was  reserved. 


MRU.  SPASR  AUJi  BER  LODGER, 
Sirs.  Mary  Sparr,  of  No.  189  Second  avenne, 
the  Woman  whose  singular  experiences  with  ber 
loCger,  Major  Corliss,  bave  been  already  published 
to  TES  XlMEB,  called  on  Saperintendent  Walling 
Ve'^terday  afternoon,  accompanied  by  Capt.  Mc- 
Culittgb  and  Patrolman  Butterly,  of  tbe  Seventeenth 
Freeincc  Mrs.  Sparr  informed  Mr.  Walling 
tb%t  trom  an  unfinished  letter  found  by 
her  in  the  rooms  lately  occupied  by  the 
jii.  jia-.  and  from  fragmenta  of  other  epistles  scat- 
tered about,  she  believed  that  he  had  been  engaged 
ni  oisbonoraole  practices.  Mrs.  Sparr  bad,  how- 
ever, no  evidence  to  sustain  her  allegations,  and 
tbn  Sui  eiiotendent  therefore  directed  bertocon- 
auit  tue  District  Attorney  and  procure  the  indict- 
ment of  Major  Corliss  bv  the  Gtand  Jury.  Mrs. 
&pa>rr  left  the  Central  office,  and  mid  that  she 
woiiid  takq  that  course.  Capt.  MoCnllaeh  will 
aiKu  maKe  a  complaint  against  ihe  Major  for  firing 
bis  pistol  itirouga  the  door  when  be  attempted  to 
trUier  tbe  aparin^ents. 


TSE  ORA.RGBS  AGAINST  CAPT.  hsDDEN. 

Capt.  Hedden,  ot  the  Thirty-third  Preoiact, 
r/^M  was  to  bave  peen  tiled  yesterday  for  conduct 
qabecoming  an  officer,  in  borrowing  money  from 
patrolmen  mider  lui  command,  ana  in  some  in- 
BtsQces  {Jailing  to  repay  the  loans,  anbmitted  his 
'  csse^  and  bv  permiaslon  of  the  boaxd  pre- 
MPted  an  afildavit  in  answer  to  the  charges. 
•Jn  bia  awoin  statement  the  Captain  adoutted 
the  tirttth  of  several  speclfloatlons  In  which  be  was 
charged  witb  having  horfo^ed  money  flrom  several 
Tiatrojibeoi  bat  other  Bpeoifloationi  he  denied,  olalm* 
Ins  that  be  bad  sot  borrowed  moaey  from  the  of- 
iteeiv  aMBed«b«B«Ui«.lmt  ftomthkd.j)«rtile(b.Mi4JLfni^iMa^ 
/        .  -  '       ■•:      '        .  '.     . 


THE  KIUZEY  ABANDONMENT  CASE, 

MB.  KINZEY  RRLATKS  HIS  8IDK  OF  THE  STORT 
—ALLEGATIONS  AGAINST  THE  MORAL 
CHARACTER  OF  HIS  WIFE  PREVIOUS  TO 
HER  LAST  MARRIAGK. 

The  report  in  yesterday's  TniES  of  the  pro- 
ceedings at  the  Fifty-seventh  Street  Police  Court 
in  the  snlt  of  Mrs.   Adelaide  Kinzey  against  Mr. 
William  Kinzey,  for  abandonment,  was  necessarily 
ei  parte,  for  the  reason  that   Mr.  Klnzsy  was  not 
represented  by  counsel  who  could  state  his  side  of 
the  case  to  Jnstice  Bliby.    Mr.  Kinzey  made  the 
following  statement  to  a  Times  reporter  yesterday 
afternoon:  "I  was  introduced  to  the  lady  who  now 
calls  herself  Mr.?.   Kinzsv  by  a  friend,  who  called 
her  Miss  Adelaide  Kliem.    I  then  took  her  Into  my 
employ,  where  she  remained  about  15  months.    A 
short  time  after  she  came  to  mv  store  she  gave  into 
my  keening  tbe  sum  of  $1,600.  Her  counsel  now  says 
that  sura  was  ber  accumulated  savings  of  years  of 
labor.    How  many  years  of  labor  it  represented  I 
do  not  know,  but  I  am  certain  tbe  sum  did  not  rep- 
resent ber  savings.    It  was  bequeathed  to  her  by  a 
Southerner      named       Hale,      with     whom      she 
lived,    as  bis  mistress,  for  several   years,    in  this 
City,     in    Canada,    and     elsewhere.      This     man 
Hale  died  Just  before  I  met  Adelaide.    I  only  had 
the  foil  sum  of  $1,600  in   my  possession   tor  several 
days,  for,  at  the  end  of  that  period,  she  drew  $500 
to   give   her  brother,   Frederick  Kliem,  who  then 
went  into  the  produce  business.     Afterward  she 
drew  various  sums  for  the  purchase  of  articles  she 
desired.    About  Jan.  1,    1871,   Adelaide  withdrew 
from   her  position  in  my  store,  and  on  Feb.  21,' 
1871,       I      married       *'er.        I      had       previously 
learned     that     °he     bad    been     married     before 
and  was  the  mother  of  two  children,  a  boy  and  a 
girl.    She  told  me  that  her  husband  bad  abandoned 
ber,  and  that  she  had  procured  a  divorce  from  him. 
It  was  several  months  later  when  I  discovered  that 
she  had  only   received  papers  of  separation,    and 
that  these  were  issued   by  Judge  Cardozo  on  April 
5,  1871,  six  weeks  after  the  date  of  our  marriage.    I 
discovered    that  my  wite  and  I  would  not  agree 
within       a       short       time      after       our       union; 
only     a    month    after     the     ceremony    she     re- 
vealed    iier     temnor,       and     I     told     her     that 
if  she   continued  to  act  so   we  would  not  live  to- 
gether a  year.    She  then  told  me.  ana  repeated  tbe 
expreaslon  at  other  times,  she  coald  '  live  with  mv 
betters.'    After  our   marriage  I  paid,  tbe   board  of 
bar  son  by  her   first  bnsband,    a  youth   of  15,   and 
clothed  bim.    I  also  procured  him'a  situation  with 
a    fnend   of  mine    in   business    down    town.  -  The 
youth  became  fast,  however.     He  was  detected    in 
stealiuE  from  his  employer  to  support  a  woman   in 
Hoboken.      I     settled    tbe     aflair     quietly,    and 
then    told    the    boy    he    must     m     the     tuture 
look  out  tor  himsell,    as  I  would  have  nothing  to 
do  with  him.     Some  time  after  my  mariiage  I  heard 
tbat  a  triend  of  mine  had  been  criminally  intimate 
with  Adelaide  while  she  was  known  as  Miss  Kliem  ; 
1  qnestioued  him,  but  he  denied  tbe  truth  of  the 
rumor  I  had  beard.    Soon  afterward,    however,  its 
truth  was  confirmed  by  Adelaide  herself;   while  in. 
a  delirium  caused  by  indulgeoce   in  morphine  and 
other  stimulants,  she  reproached  me  for  having  at- 
tended a   dinner   party    eiven   by    my   Irlend ;  I 
asked    her      if     he      was    less     respectable    than 
before  our  marriage,  and  her  reply  was  a  disgust- 
ing   proof  of   her  nnchastity.    Since  I  have    been 
finally  separated  from  Adelaide,  my  friend  ha»«  told 
me  wnat  he  knows  about  her,  and  suj's  be  is  willing 
to  testify  to  the  facts  in  court.     Tho  bad  temper  ot 
Mrs.  Kinzey,  and  her  freaks  while  under  the  infln- 
ence  of  mor]>hiQe  or  liquor,  cansed  me  to  leave  ber 
three  times  previous  to  last  Augnst.  when  our  flaal 
separation  took  place.    Laat  Summer  I  took  ber  to 
Long  Branch.    On  Aue.  13,  while  we  were  dining 
in  tbe  Ocean  House,  she  became  angered  and  struck 
me  w^ith  considoiablo  force.     I  theu  left  hftr.     I  had 
no  desire,  however,    to    leave   her  without  support. 
AUbongh  possessed  ot  the  knowledge  (hat  she  was 
merely  an  ndventnieas,  1   was  willing  to  aid  her  to 
live.    1  sent  her  |20  a  week,  and  have  now  receipts 
which    show    she    received    about    fCOO    from    me 
before      her      annovnncea       determined      me       to 
cease    all     commuuiratiuna      with    ber     and      to 
have       our       marriage       set       aside       by      the 
Supreme  Conrt.     I    then   set    about    learoinz    the 
whereabouts  of  her  first  husband.    From  bisiamlly 
in  Rahway,  N.  J.,    1  learned  that  her  story  about 
him   beinc:    compelled  to    abscond  trom   this  City 
was  untrue  ;  I   also   discovered    that  he  was   living 
in  Boston,  and  kept  up  a   correspondence  with  bis 
relatives.    She   could   at   any  time   have  learned 
wnere    he      »aa.      His     family    would    have   told 
ber,      though    they      refused    to     otberwise    rec. 
ognize      her,      and      also      kept      her      daughter 
trom  communication    with    tier.    Tbe    statements 
made  on  ber  behalf  by  bar  counsel  were,  of  course, 
talse,  but  I  do  not  mean  to  imply   tbat  Mr.  Toitn- 
send  knew  what  be  said  was  untrue.  I  telt  annoyed 
at  b«iBi;  taken  to  a  Police  Court,  and  expressed  my 
feeling  witbont   intending   to  show  any  aisrespect 
for  Justice  Bis  by.    There  was  no  necessity  to  take 
me  to   such  a   place,    ily  ooansel.  Air.   Butler,    in- 
formed   Mr.  Towusend   1   was  willing  to  pay  Mrs. 
Kinzey  $20  per    week  pending  a  suit  to  set  aside 
our  mairiage.  on  conditi(>n  she  would  cease  to  annoy 

me.  Mr.  Townseud,  however,  did  not  respona  to 
Mr.  Butler's  conrteous  communication,  and  I  was 
arrested  and  had  to  appear  in  c<)art  without  conn- 
spI.  Since  leaving  Mrs.  Kinzev  many  persons  bave 
informed  me  of  her  bad  cbamcter,  and  only  the 
other  day  a  laoy  said  to  ine  :  'I  am  surprised  you 
married  Addie  Kllera.  Why,  1  knew  she  was  tasi 
even  in  her  youth.'  " 

TCRFMEN'S  TROUBLES. 


INSURANCE  DISCLOSURES. 


CASES  HEARD  AND  DECISIONS  RENDERED 
BY  THE  BOAKD  OF  APPEALS  OF  THE 
NATIONAL  TROTTING  ASSOCIATION. 
Several  appeals  were  beard  by  tho  Board  of 
Appeals  of  tbe  National  Trotting  Association 
which  held  a  session  at  the  New-Tork  Hotel  yester- 
day. Alden  Goldsmith  appealed  to  the  board  for 
relief  from  a  suspension  fur  the  non-payment  of  $200 
entrance  money  to  the  Waabingttjn  Driving  Park 
Association,  for  the  entrance  of  the  gelding  Oscar 
in  the  2:35  race,  and  of  the  gelding  Driver  In  tbe 
2:30  race  at  the  last  October  meeting  of  tbe  associa- 
tion m  Washington,  D.  C.  The  start  of  the  horses 
was  not  efiocted,  and  Mr.  Goldsmith  claims  he  was 
not  able  to  obtain  definite  information  as  to 
whether  tbe  purses  for  the  races  had 
filled.  Tho  case  was  referred  to  the  board 
ill  executive  session.  A  tiimilar  disposition 
was  made  of  tbe  case  of  1j.  J.  Hellincs  against  M. 
Williams  &  Son,  of  tbe  Brooklyn  Driving  Park.  .1. 
Wenzel,  of  Springfield,  Mass..  entered  a  claim  for 
the  first  money  ottered  m  a  race  at  tbe  Brooklyn 
Driving  Park  last  Summer.  W'enzel's  horse  took 
second  place,  the  first  place  hein^  wowby  the  mare 
KacheL  Mr.  Weuzel  claimed  tbat  the  latter 
was  formerly  known  as  Macgie  S.  This  was 
denied,  however,  it  being  claimed  that  Maggie 
S.  is  a  valuable  m^re  and  tbat  Rachel  is  a  poor  one. 
A  committee  was  appointed,  and  visited  Newark, 
N.  J.,  yesterday  afternooo.  Both  animals  ate  at 
that  place,  and  tbe  committee  reported  that  there 
is  a  great  deal  of  difi'erence  between  tbeir  appear- 
ance. Bachel  looking  like  a  truck  horse  and  tnn 
other  being  a  "cleanly-cut"  trotter.  Tbe  animals 
are  owned  by  half  brothers  named  De  Camp.  Tbe 
consideration  of  the  case  will  be  lesumed 
to-day.  Several  cases  were  preferred  against 
the  Prospect  Park  Fair  Ground  Association,  among 
them  beine  one  by  Dan.  Maco  aud  Ben.  Mace,  who 
were  suspended  tor  not  paying  entrance  fees  for 
tbeir  horses,  Crown  Pnnce  and  Nellie  Walton,  in 
two  races  at  Prospect  Park,  in  June,  1875.  Thev 
claimed  the  entries  were  made  conditionally,  tbe 
fees  to  be  paid  only  in  tbe  races  in  which  the  horses 
started.  As  they  did  not  start  the  horses  they  did 
not  think  they  ought  to  pay  the  entrance  monev, 
and  they  were  sasoendeci  for  such  non-payment. 

The  board  rendered  decisions  in  the  foiiowlni; 
cases  in  executive  session,  Tuesday  evening :  In 
the  case  ot  J.  H.  Weible.  of  Tidionte,  Penn.,  aeainst 
the  Pittsburg  Driving  Park,  John  A.  MoKee,  pro- 
prietor, for  tbe  saspensioD  of  C.  G.  Coltman, 
and  the  horse  Hardware.  The  board  reinstated 
them,  but  at  the  si^ms  time  approved  of  tbe 
action  of  the  association  iu  suspending  them. 
Tbomas  Johnson,  who  petitioaed  for  reinstatement 
and  removal  of  tne  order  of  expnision,  was  rein- 
stated OD  probation  lor  the  year  1877,  In  the  case 
of  the  Gosheu  Drivinc  Park  acaiust  William  Kill- 
mer,  as  it  aopeared  from  the  evidence  tbat  the  bay 
gelding  Cream  had  had  his  namn  cbaoeed 
to  Trout  and  from  Trout  to  Nigbtbawk 
without  due  notice  to  the  association,  the  board 
imposed  a  fine  of  f200  UDon  the  delinquent  owner 
for  violation  of  theiules,  aud  ordered  tbat  he  stand 
committed  until  it  waii  paid.  It  also  imposed  a  fine 
of  $25  upon  William  Killmer  tor  driving  the  horse 
when  he  knew  tfaal.its  name  had  beeu  changed. 


BLOOMING  GROVE  PARK  ASSOCIATION. 
Tie  annual  dinner  and  ladies'  reception  of 
the  Bioominz  Grove  Park  Association  took  place  on 
Tuesday  evening  at  the  Hoffman  House.  It  proved 
a  very  pleasant  afiair,  being  devoid  of  formalities, 
and  partaking  of  the  nature  of  a  home  paqty.  The 
ladles  present  were  attired  in  charmine  costumes. 
About  100  ladies  and  gentlemen  sat  down  to  the 
banquet,  the  menu  comprising  nnmerous  tempting 
dishes.  When  tbe  tables  were  cleared,  Col.  S.  S. 
Brnoe,  Vice  President  of  the  Association,  who  pre- 
sided, made  a  pithy  address,  saying  tbnt  the  12,000 
acres  of  woodland  owned  by  tbe  Blooming  Grove 
Park  Association  are  now  better  stocked  with  game 
than  ever  before,  havine  ontiielv  escaped  tbe  forest 
fires  of  last  year  which  drove  tbe  wild  animals,  &c., 
one  of  other  coverts.  He  alluded  to  tho  improve- 
ments about  to  be  made  by  the  association  near  ita 
clob-honse  in  tbe  Penns.vlvaDia  woods,  and  havine 
said  that  a  ride  ranire  would  be  opened  tbere  next 
Sommer,  called  on  Judge  Henrv  A.  Gildersleeve  to 
respond  to  tbe  toast,  "  Tbe  American  Team. "  Judge 
Gildersleeve  made  a  pleasant  speech,  durine  which 
be  rambled  over  the  fields  of  law  and  of  rifle-sboot- 
Ing.  Dr.  Bradley  spoke  for  some  time,  wittily 
playing  upon  the  names  of  his  hearers.  Mr.  Jolin 
N.  Pattison,  tbe  planiar,  then  played  in  a  brilliant 
manner  a  "Polka  de  Corsair,"  his  own  oomposi- 
tion.   DanciivLirafl  sttetTMd  indolged  la  for  My- 


THE  CONTINENTAL  LIFE  COMPANY. 
TBE  TESTIMONY  TAKEN  YESTERDAY  BEFORE 
THB     RBFERBB— IHi:       DEATH     CLAIMS 
AGAINST     THB       COMPANY — HOW       THE 
MONEY  IS  SAID  TO  HAVE  BEEN  DIVIDED 
BETWEEN  LUTHER  W.  FB08T  AND  OTH- 
ERS—SERIOUS CHARGES  AGAINST  S.    M. 
HAMMOND. 
The  hearing  before  Mr.  William  Allen  Batler, 
tbe  Beferee  in  tbe  matter  of  the  Continental  Life 
Insurance  Company,  which  was  resumed  yesterday 
at  No.  20  Nassau  street,   elicited  some  Important 
testimony  relating  to  tbe  Western  transactions  of  tbe 
company.    The  first  witness  called  was  Mr.  Marvin 
£.  Parrott,  tbe  Claim  Aeent  of  the  company,  who 
testified  that  on   Oct.  25,  1876,    the  death  claims 
against  the  institution  were  as  follows  : 
Approved  by  the  committee  and  past  one, 

loans  and  deferred  premiums  deducted.  $48,325  07 
Approved  by  ti  e  committee  and  not  one, 

loans  and  deferred  premluniB  deducted.      37.016  89 
Claims   filed    (proota  lurnlshea)  but  not 
acteJ  on  by  committee,  loam  and  de- 
ferred premiums  deducted 23,828  82 

Notices  of  death  rec^ved,  policies  in  force, 
no  proofs  yet  received,  presumablv  valid 

claims,  no  deductions 35,098  00 

Claims  disputed,  proofs  ot  death  having 

been  tumlshed 222,308  00 

Notices  of  death  received  In  which  no 
proofs  have  been  furnished,  policies  hav- 
ing lapsed 08.484  00 

Total  claims S436,o60  73 

Mr.  Pai-rott  said  that  there  were  about  38  suits 
pending  in  relation  to  these  claims ;  witness  knew 
Mr.  Hammond,  but  had  no  knowledge  of  tbe  con- 
tracts between  that  gentleman  and  the  company 
except  what  bed  been  told  him  ;  Mr.  Hammond  did 
not  say  to  bim  tbat  he  [Mr.  Hammond)  had  paid 
only  $3,000  to  the  officers  of  the  Soathem  Life  In- 
surance Comnany  for  reinsuring  the  risks  of  the 
Continental,  aod  bad  divided  the  rest  between  him- 
self and  Mr.  Frost;  what  he  did  say  was  that  the 
entire  amonnt  was  sent  tbere,  and  that  some  of  the 
Directors  were  sharper  than  tbe  officers;  be  also 
vtated  that  he  bad  been  told  here  that  tbe  officers  of 
the  Continental  Company,  or  some  one  of  them, 
had  written  to  the  cilicials  of  tho  Southern  Life 
Company  after  it  failed,  and  suggested  tbat  they 
should  send  back  a  portion  of  the  money  that  had 
been  paid  to  them,  and  they  returned  an  answer 
that  they  bad  only  received  about  $3,000  of  tbe 
whole  amonnt. 

The  next  witness  was  Mr.  Henry  S.  Metzger.  of 
Chicago,  III.,  Who  was  associated  with  Mr.  Charles 
H.  Frost  in  tbe  management  of  the  North-western 
Department  of  the  uontinental  ;  be  had  lieen  with 
Mr.  Frost  about  six  years ;  the  territory  included 
in  this  department  included  Illinois,  Nebraska, 
Iowa,  and  Minnesota;  witness  last  saw  Mr.  Ham- 
mood  on  Satonlay,  at  the  office  of  tbe  Now- York 
Life  Insurance  Company,  when  he  informed  bim 
that  he  bad  seen  Mr.  L.  W.  Frost  on  the  nlcht  pre- 
vious; he  had  several  conversations  with 
Mr.  Hammond  at  the  Metropolitan  Hotel  in 
Omaha  in  relation  to  tbe  business  then 
being  earned  on  in  California  and  else- 
where, that  of  pnrcbasine)  the  policies; 
witness  was  aware'  of  the  tact  tbflt  drafts  bad  been 
drawn  upon  the  company  by  Mr.  Hammond  for 
larger  amonnts  than  tfcey  should  have  been ;  he 
related  a  case  in  point,  where  the  policy  of  a  man 
had  been  purchased  for  t4.^,  for  which  amonnt  tbe 
policy-holder  signed  a  blsnk  draft ;  Mr.  Hammond 
filled  it  in  for  $60  and  ofi'ered  wltnesa  $7  50  as  bis 
stare,  wbicb  he  refused  to  take ;  at  another  time 
Mr.  Hammond  had  told  him  of  a  case  where  tbev 
received  about  $9,  COO.ia  speaking  of  which  he  said,"! 
handed  Mr.  Frost  his  share;  Mr.  BlaKe  his  share,  and 
I  took  my  share,  bush!"  Hammond  had  also  told 
the  witness  tbat  he  lett  California  witb  $20,000  in 
eold  in  his  sachel,  aud  that  U  he  had  not  been  called 
away  oy  the  sudden  illness  of  a  son  he  would  have 
earned  away  $50,000.  Mr.  Moses  asked  the  witness 
if  be  knew  anything  of  a  circular  which  tbe  com- 
pany or  its  agents  proposed  to  issue,  and  be  drew  a 
copy  of  it  from  bis  pocket,  which,  after  being  sub- 
mitted to  counsel  and  tbe  Referee,  was  not  pot  in 
evidence.    The  circular  was  as  follows  : 

Nbw-Toiik,  April  3.  1878. 
To  iht  Policy-holdert  o'  tht  Continental  Lift  Inturance 
Cumpany  of  jVeto-  ror*  : 
This  cotu  pauy  has  decided  to  withdraw  all  Its  asen- 
cles  trom  the  "territory  west  of  the  .Mississippi  River. 
Pollcv-bolders,  therefore,  residiog  in  tbat  temtorv  will 
please  take  notice  and  hereutter  pav  tbeir  premiums 
when  due  to  tbe  company  in  Ne')r-iork  or  Its  Chicago 
ofllce.  Remll  tances  can  i>e  nrade  either  by  dratt.  ex- 
press, or  in  Dostal  orders  at  tbo  expense  of  pulicy- 
holuers.  The  reason  for  withdrawing  trom  this 
territory  Is  that  the  business  is  laraely  unproductive, 
notivltbstandinK  it  ia  in  a  compar.itlveiv  liealtby  n- 
inon.  The  great  expense  alteoding  the  nrocutement 
ol  new  business;  the  uncertainty  and  risk  of  eolleo- 
tlon ;  together  with  ouerons  taxes  of  various  kinds, 
and  the  continually  increasing  expenditures  necessarv 
ts  maiutain  acents  in  active  aervice.  render  this 
course  advltable.  Added  to  these  are  tbe 
diflScultlcs  of  finance,  the  emoarrassmeots 
connected  with  tbe  currency,  and  -  the  serious 
consequences  resulting  from  a  state  of  duorganised 
labur,  ull  oi  which  make  ic  next  to  impo8alblr<  to  pro- 
cure new  business  at  onythinK  like  paying  rates. 
Policy-holders  m  Nebraska,  if  they  prefer,  can  remit 
to  the  Chic3(CO  office,  No.  157  Washington  street.  On 
receipt  of  cash  premiums  the  company's  renewals  for 
the  same  will  be  forwarded  by  return  mall.  Reapsct- 
tnllv  yours,  J.  P.  aoUEKS,  becretary. 

The  witness  then  detailed  the  case  of  NeiUe  and 
CbnstinaNellson.  wherein  their  polioies  were  fure- 
cloaea  for  (100  ;  witness  save  Mr.  Neilson  a  $100 
bill,  and  he  Indorsed  a  blank  draft  for  xbat 
amount,  which  was  afterward  filled  ont  for 
$150 ;  Mr.  Hammond  offered  witness  $25  as 
bia  share,  whlcb  he  refused ;  these  transactions 
were  at  Omaha  ;  witness  remembered  tbe  trouble  at 
Plattsmouib,  regarding  tbe  policies  of  Mr.  Fitz- 
aerald ;  previous  to  that  time  Mr.  Hammond  had 
tried  to  get  bim  Into  a  stealinK  transaotion.  telllne 
him  that  be  could  make  $1,000  U  be  wonid  go  to 
Plattimoath ;  be  refused  to  eo,  and  Hammond  took 
under  his  wing  a  man  named  S.  H.  Taylor ;  witness 
was  sabaeqnently  called  to  tbat  place  oy  a  telegram 
from  Hammond ;  when  he  arrived  there, 
he  found  tbat  ge^tlemaa  in  Mr.  Fitz- 
Kerald's  bank;  be  bad  almost  concluded  the 
purchase  of  his  policies  for  $2,500,  when 
a  Mr.  Staddemauu  and  a  number  of  other  policy- 
holders came  Id,  aoil  tbe  former  said  he  had  received 
a  letter  from  Mr.  C.  H.  Frost  saying  that  tbe  com- 
pany was  solvent ;  the  people  had  threatened  to 
mob  Hammond,  and  he  said  be  telegraphed  for 
witness  to  make  him  "solid."  Upon  being  ques- 
tioned still  further  as  to  what  Hammond  bad 
told  him,  witness  said  that  while  in  the 
Metropolitan  Hotel  at  Omaha  be  informed 
hiin  tbat  he  (Hammand)  bad  gone  South, 
and  had  given  tbs  officers  of  the  Southern  Life 
$3,000;  he  added  that  when  he  came  back  be  divided 
the  other  $17,000  witb  Luther  W.  Frost,  taking  cue- 
half  of  the  amount  himself.  To  Mr.  Van  Pelt  Mr. 
Metzser  stated  that  he  saw  L.  W.  Frost  in  CbicaKo 
in  September,  1875,  at  tbe  Palmer  House,  when  be 
told  bim  that  Hammond  bad  Kot  balked  in  Chicago, 
and  be  was  going  ont  thereto  help  bim;  witness 
detailed  all  tbe  circumstances  related  above  in  let- 
ters which  he  sent  to  &lr.  C.  H.  Frost. 

Mr.  Charles'  H.  Frost  was  next  examined,  and 
testified  that  be  was  not  a  relative  of  Lather  W. 
Frost ;  he  received  the  letters  mentioned  bv  the 
previous  witness,  and  had  sent  most  of  them  to  Mr. 
Rogers,  the  Secretary  of  the  company,  from  whom 
he  received  an  acknowledgment :  witness  was  in 
New-York  in  February  last,  and  bad  a  conversation 
with  Luther  W.  Prost  in  regard  to  Mr.  Hammond  ; 
Mr.  Frost  uad  spoken  of  taking  up  maturing  endow- 
ments, and  said  he  proposed  sending  a 
special  agent  out  into  witness'  field ; 
asked  bim  how  be  would  like  Hammond  and  wbat 
he  thought  of  him  ;  wituQts  informed  Aim  that  he 
knew  bis  opinion  of  Mr.  Hammond.  Mr.  Frost 
was  questioned  regarding  the  affidavit  mentioned  in 
tbe  testimony  ot  Mr.  Parrott,  which  was  made  by 
Mr.  J.  AliingtoD,  in  Milwaakee,  and  said  tbat  be  went 
with  Mr.  Parrotr,  bnt  not  for  tbe  express  purpose 
of  getting  the  afildavit',  the  oriKinal  of 
which  was  sent  to  Mr.  Rogers,  the 
Secretary  ;  witness  wrote  to  the  latter  gentleman 
asking  bim  if  tbe  company  was  solvent,  and  le- 
oeiveo  a  reply  dated  June  6,  1876,  in  which  be  was 
ordered  to  go  ahead  and  get  all  the  business  he 
could.  This  reply,  which  the  witness  bad  In  his 
pobsesslon,  was  put  in  evidence. 

Mr.  John  S.  Marcy,  formerly  the  Vice  President 
of  the  American  Tontine  Lite  Insurance  Company, 
then  save  testimony  reeaiding  tbe  transfer  of  the 
risks  of  that  institution  to  the  Empire  Mutual, 
which  was  afterward  reinsured  in  the  Continental. 

Henry  W.  Baldwin,  the  Superintendent  of  the 
Middle  Department  of  tho  New-Jersey  Mataal  Life 
lusnrance  Company,  was  next  examined  at  length, 
and  said  that  while  a  Director  of  toat  company  in- 
formation was  given  bim  that  a  contract  lor  the  re- 
insurance of  the  Gontineutal's  nsks  was  in  ex- 
istence and  the  board  was  asked  to  rescind  it;  be 
bad  not  been  tbe  real  custodian  of  tbo  New- Jersey 
Mntual's  securities  instead  of  its  President,  J.  H. 
Stedwell. 

Mr.  William  B.  Grace,  the  new  Receiver,  testi- 
fied that  be  bad  receipted  tor  the  assets  of  tbe  Con- 
tinental, transferred  to  bim  by  Johb  J.  Anderson, 
and  a  schedule  of  tbem  was  put  in  evidence. 

Mr.  George  W.  Thomas,  the  book-keeper,  testi- 
fied that  m  an  interview  with  Mr.  Rnfus  C.  Frost 
a  few  days  before  Mr.  Anderson's  appointment,  Mr. 
Frost,  who  was  then  actine  President,  stat«d  tbat 
they  bad  no  iniention,  nor  could  they  legally  trans- 
fer the  risks  of  tbe  company,  or  any  part  of  its  as- 
sets, to  tbe  New-Jersey  Mutual.  The  farther  hear- 
ing was  then  adjourned  until  to-day. 


finished  an  ftdditlonal  steamer  for  Mallory  Si  Co. 
Which  has  been  christened  tne  Rio  Grande.  Tbey 
say  tfaat  It  is  a  long  time  since  they,  bave -bad  so 
mnoh  bnslnets  on  hand,  and  they  augur  from  tbte-  a 
decided  revival  of  trade  In  the  near  future. 


THE  MAUD  I  OB  AS  UNLAWFUL. 


CONTRACTS  TO  BUILD  NEW  STEAMERS. 

In  addition  to  tbe  two  new  steamers  for 
James  IS.  Ward  &.  Co.,  described  in  The  Tntas  tbe 
other  day,  John  Boaob  &  Son  bave  contracts  on 
band  for  building  five  other  steamers — one  for 
Alexandre's  Havana  Line,  of  3,000  tons  burden, 
two  tor  tbe  Savannah  Line.  (Gaorgta  Railroad  Com- 
pany,) of  2,200  tons  each,  one  for  Mallory  &  Co. 'a 
Texas  Line  of  1,400  tons,  and  a  small  steamer  ttr 
tbe  Panama  Railway  Company.  They  are  all  to  be 
of  iron,  and  are  to  be  constrnoted  In  the  best  man- 
ner, with  every  improvamant.  They  will  have  ac- 
commodations for  from  60  to  100  first-class  passen- 
gers each.  All  are  to  be  famUhed  \rlth  eompouad 
•neines.  They  will  be  lannohed  at  periods  during 
the  oommg  Sninmer  from  Jane  to  October — ^Ward's 
two  first,  tnen  Mallory's,  tbe  Savaanah  Line's, 
Alexandre's,  and  tiia  Panama  SailTray's  in  the 
jvdoc  Mued.  JUw.  X«Mii.,fioMb.  Jhvf«  jc«iAeaU¥.L&  iu Jf%. 


THE  PROPOSED  MASKED    PBOCESSION     CON- 
TRARY TO  LAW  AND    NOT,    TO  BE  PER- 
MITTED. 
The   attention   of  Saperintendent  Walling 
having  been  called  to  tbe   efibrts  which  are  being 
made  by  Col.  St.  Martyn    and  others    to  oraanize  a 
masked  street  procession   ia   April  next  in  imita- 
tion of  the  practice  prevalent  In  some  of  the  South- 
em  states,  tbaf;  official   stated   yesterday  tbat  snch 
a  procession  was  in   opposition    to    law  and  would 
not  be  permitted.    Chapter  SO,    title   3,  of  the  Re- 
vised Statutes  of  the    State  of  New- York  reads  as 
follows: 

SBCTiojr  5.  Every  person  who,  having  his  fhce 
painted,  discolored,  covered,  or  concealed,  or  being 
otherwise  disflgured  iu  a  manner  calcalat<>d  to  prevent 
bim  trom  beiuK  identifiorl.  shall  appear  in  any  rond  or 
public  lilehwHy,  or  any  field,  lot.  wood,  or  inclosure, 
may  be  pursued  aud  arrested  in  the  manner  herein- 
after provided,  and  upon  being  brought  before  any 
Jud);e  or  any  other  ofilcer  hereinafter  designated,  of  the 
same  county  where  be  shall  iiti  arrested,  and  not  giv- 
ine  a  good  account  ot  himself,  shall  be  deemed  a  va- 
grant »ithlntbe  provisions  of  the  second  title  of  chap- 
ter 20  of  the  first  part  of  the  Keviseil  Statutes,  and  on 
ciinvietlon,  as  provided  iu  said  title,  shall  be  com- 
mitted to  and  Imprisoned  In  the  county  Jail  of  the 
county  where  such  person  shall  be  lound  for  a  neriod 
not  exceeding  six  months. 

Section  6  makes  it  tbe  duty  of  all  officers  of  tbe 
peace  (wbicb  of  course  includes  the  Police  force.) 
to  arrest  all  such  offenders,  if  tbe  ofiense  is  commit- 
ted within  their  view,  witbont  warrant.  Section  7 
provides  that  officers  of  the  pesos  oan  call  to  their 
aid  any  citizens  who  may  be  in  the  vicinity  at  the 
time,  and  tne  succeeding  section  makes 
it  a  misdemeanor  to  refuiie  or  to  neglect 
to*  assist  an  officer  when  called  npoo. 
Section  9  holds  that  it  is  the  duty  of  any  macis- 
trate  who  learns  of  such  corerejatum  of  snch  dis- 
guised persons  to  issao  process  for  their  atrest. 
Section  10  makes  it  a  misdemeanor  punishable  with 
not  more  than  one  year  of  Imprisonment  for  three 
or  more  persons  so  diseuised  to  congregate  in 
any  pnblio  bouse.  Mr.  Charles  F.  Mnr~ 
Lean,  counsel  of  the  Board  of  Police,  was 
also  consulted  in  relation  to  tbo  proposed 
celebration,  and  after  reading  the  statute 
referred  to  above  gave  it  as  his  opinion  tbat  snch  a 
gathering  as  contemplated  by  those  having  charge 
ef  tbe  proposed  celebration  would  be  illesal,  and 
the  Police  Commissioners  cannot  grant  permission 
for  the  passage  through  the  public  streets  of  a 
masked  proceasion.  It  was  under  this  law  that  the 
late  John  A.  Kennedy,  when  Snperiutond- 
ent  ot  Police,  some  years  ago  caused  tbe 
arrest  of  a  number  of  highly-respectable 
young  men  and  women  of  the  Jewish 
faifb.  who,  while  celebrating  the  Purlm  Festival, 
passed  tbronch  tbe  streets  in  fancy  costumes  and 
masked.  This  law  was  also  enforced  on  last 
Thanksgiving  Day,  when  several  companies  of  tan- 
tasticaU,  matching  thronsb  the  streets  with  their 
faces  painted,  or  covered  with  masks,  were  broken 
np  by  ibe  Police,  and  their  members  lodged  in  tbe 
Station-houses. 


A  DOVBLE  BXECVTION  TO-DAT. 

Last  night  the  gallows  on  which  Oschwald 
and  Ryan,  the  murderers  of  Officer  Brock,  are  to 
be  executed  to-day,  was  erected  in  the  Newark  Jail, 
only  20  feet  from  where  tho  condemned  men  were  ' 
confined.  It  is  tbe  same  instrument  of  death  on 
which  Georfe  Botts  snffered  for  tbe  murder  of 
Pet  Halstead.  A  new  cross-beam  has  been  substi- 
tnt,ed  and  holes  made  for  two  diop-ropes,  so  that 
both  men  can  be  banged  at  tbe  same 'time. 
Tbe  welshta  on  tbe  end  of  tbe  rope  weigh 
900    pounds,     sufficient    to    break    the    necks    of 

both  cnlpnts.  At  noon  yesterday  Oschwald  in- 
rormed  Special  Officer  Carson  that  Ryun  was  very 
ill  and  wanted  something  to  drink.  Ue  wae  eiven 
some  biandy  iu  tbe  hope  that  it  would  strengthen 
bim,  out  bis  stomach  would  not  retain  it.  Ha  grew 
wu.tker,  and  when  bis  nncle  called  later  in  the  day 
he  complained  of  being  very  weak.  Be  said  be 
had  been  subject  to  weak  spells  for  a  number 
of  years  past,  and  tbat  one  of  his  lungs  was  affect* 
ed.  Late  in  the  afternoon  Dr.  Korne- 
mann  was  sent  for,  who  administered  a  sedative. 
Mrs.  Oschwald  aud  Miss  Kyan  and  a  number  of 
friends  of  the  condemned  bade  tbem  farewell  short- 
ly before  7  o'clock  last  eveiiing,  when  tbe  culprits 
were  separated  tor  the  first  time  xince  tbeir  arrest. 
Oschwald  was  nlaced  iu  cell  No.  4  and  Ryan  In  cell 
No.  5,  on  the  ground  tier,  wbeie  (bey  were 
watched  by  a  special  guard  of  four  constables 
through  the  nisbt.  No  persons  were  admitted  to 
the  iail  after  nightfall,  except  tbe  clereymen.  Rev. 
Messrs.  Allen  and  Weed,  and  tbe  parents  of  the 
doomed  men.  This  morning  a  force  of  60  police- 
men and  all  tbe  onnstabiilary  of  tbe  cotmty 
will  form  a  cordon  around  tbe  Jail,  and  no  person 
wlibont  a  pass  will  be  allowed  to  cross  tbe  lines. 
Only  tbe  sworn  deputies  of  Sheriff  Harrison  and 
the  representatives  of  tho  press  will  be  allowed  in 
the  Jail.  Tbe  Sberitt  has  taken  every  precaution 
aeainst  a  crowd,  and  intends  that  tbe  bangiue  shall 
be  as  private  as  oossible.  Oschwald  and  Kyan  still 
adhere  to  tbeir  deolaratiou  of  iunocencr,  and  say 
that  they  will  die  jirotesting  that  their  hands  are 
not  Imbrued  with  tbe  blood  of  Officer  Brock. 


A  REMARKABLE  LIBEL  CASE. 
The  trial  of  County  Clerk  James  M.  Brann 
for  libel  was  concluded  yesterday  in  tbe  Hudson 
County  courts.  When  on  Monday  Rev.  Henry  A. 
Brann,  D.  D.,  a  brother  of  the  defendant,  went  ou 
the  Stand  and  made  a  sworn  statement  tbat  he  and 
be  alone  was  the  author  of  tbe  libelous  oircular, 
tbe  conrt  adjourned  the  case  until  yesterday  to 
give  counsel  an  opportunity  of  considering  tbat 
new  and  startling  phase  of  the  case. 
The  business  of  tbo  court  was  not 
proceeded  with  at  the  nsnal  time,  owing 
to     tbe     absence     of     Dr.    Brann,      and     the 

conrt  waited  for  his  appearance  ootil  1  o'clock.  At 
or  about  tbat  time  a  telegram  was  received  from 
him  stating  that  he  was  ill  and  wonld  be  unable  to 
attend.  Jadse  Hoffman  convened  the  court  and 
asked  counsel  if  they  were  ready  to  proceed  witb 
tbe  case.  Mr.  Collins,  counsel  for  the  de- 
fendant, expressed  tbe  opinion  that  the  state- 
ment of  Dr.  Brann  was  sufficient  to  bx 
the  publication  of  the  circular,  and  if  the  State  did 
not  desire  to  press  wbat  might  appear  to  be  a  tech- 
nical pnblicaiioo  on  the  part  of  Coupty  Clerk 
Brann.  tbo  dcfsnse  would  rest.  Senator  Abbett, 
who,  as  connsel  for  Mr.  Mnllone,  assisted  District 
Attorney  Garrettson  in  tho  prosecution,  answered 
that  tbe  circular  contained  charges  against 
Mr.  Mulloue  ot  so  terrible  a  nature  tbat 
it  left  him  no  election  bnt  to  com- 
plain to  tbe  Grand  Jury,  That  course 
was  absolutely  necessary  for  the  vindication  of  his 
character.  Tbo  charges  were  so  atrocious  and  at 
the  same  time  so  false  that  he  would  have  beeu  un- 
true to  himself  had  he  not  made  the  complaint.  So 
far  as  Mr.  Mullone  was  concerned,  tbe  acknowledge- 
ment of  the  autborshlp  of  the  circular,  and  tbe  re- 
traction of  tbe  charges  contained  iu  it.  had  satisfied 
him,  and  be  was  now  willing  that  tbe  defendant 
should  be  acqulttod.  Mr.  Collins  replied  that  tbe  de- 
fendant bad  always  disavowed  the  circelar  ;  he  bad 
not  desired  its  publication,  and  would  not  pretend 
to  allege  its  tiuth.  Judge  Hoffman  then  cbarsed 
the  Jury,  dwelling:  particularly  on  the  atrocity  of 
the  libel.  In  conclusion,  tbe  court  intimated  tbat  in 
view  of  the  fact  tbat  Dr.  Brann  bad  admitted  tbe 
authorship  of  the  circular,  tho  Jury  ought  to  acquit 
tbe  defeudant.  The  jury  retired,  and  remained  m 
session  for  some  time.  Tbey  came  in  for  instruc- 
tion twice,  the  second  time  inquiring  if  a  verdict  of 
acquittal  would  necessarily  impeach  the  witnesses 
tor  the  proaecatlon,  and  on  beiuK  assured  that  such 
was  not  the  case,  rendered  a  verdict  of  acquittal. 


TBOTTING  PROGR^MHE  FOR  THE  SEASON. 
The  Board  of  Stewards  of  the  trotting  cir- 
cuit of  tbe  Nnrth-ealtern  District  met  at  the  New- 
York  Hotel  last  evening  to  arrange  their  programme 
of  events  tor  tbe  coming  season.  The  members 
present  were  Morgan  L.  Mott,  of  Pougbkeepaie, 
President ;  E.  B.  Graham,  of  Utlca,  Secretary,  and 
Messrs.  Edwards,  of  Cleveland,  Oblo;  Hamlin, 
of  Buffalo;  Sheldon,  of  Rochester;  Barnard, 
of  Fleetwood  Park  ;  Loomis,  of  Hartford,  Conn.; 
ana  Powers,  of  Springfield,  Mass,  It  was  decided 
that  tbo  purses  in  Buffalo,  Rochester,  and  Utica 
should  clo.se  together  on  Wednesday,  July,  18,  and 
in  PougbKeepsie,  Sdriugfleld,  and  Hartford  ou 
Monday,  Aut;.  13.  Each  atsociatlou  is  limited  in 
tbe  gross  amount  of  purees  to  not  more  than  $30,- 
000  or  less  tban  $5,000.  Tbe  events  will  be 
as  follows:  First,  "tree for  all"  purse,  barring 
Goldsmitb  Maid,  $4,000;  second,  open  to  all  who 
have  never  beaten  2:21,  $2,000;  third,  those  who 
have  never  beaton  S:23.  $2,S00 ;  fourth,  these  who 
bavo  never  beaten  2:25,  $2»000 ;  fifth,  those  who 
bave  never  beaten  2:27.  $2,000;  sixth,  those  who 
bave  never  beaten  2:29,  $2,000;  stventb,  those  wbo 
bave  never  beaten  2:31,  91,50u  ;  eighth,  those  who 
have  never  beaten  2:34,  $1,500,  making  a  gross 
purse  of  $18,500.    The   postponement  claim   iu  tbe 

frcgramme  of  last  year  will  be  in  force  this  year, 
n  each  nurse  there  will  be  four  "moneys"  or 
prizes,  the  division  being  50,  25,  20,  and  13  per  cent, 
respectively.  ^^^^ 

DEATH  OF  A  WELL-KNOWN  PREEMASON. 
One  of  the  best  known  members  of  the  Ma- 
flonio  fraternity  in  Brooklyaf  Mr.  William  M.  Rich- 
ardson, died  on  Monday  last.  Tbe  deceased  was  in 
bis  60tb  year,  and  was  as  universally  esteemed  as 
he  was  widely  known  by  the  members  of  tne  Ma- 
sonic cralt.  He  wiu  a  member  of  Hohenliuden 
Lodge,  No.  56,  F.  and  A.  M.,  at  tbe  time  tbat  body 
first  occupied  its  room  in  the  Pheuix  Boilding.  He 
was  then  Tiler  of  tbe  lodge,  ana  eatweanently  was 
selected  to  fill  tbe  same  position  in  all  tbe  Masonic 
bodies  meeting  in  that  building,  Tbe  funeral  will 
take  place  from  Trinity  Chnrcb,  Hontagae  and 
Clinton  streets,  at  2  o'clock  tbis  afternoon.  Tbe 
following  Masooio  lodees  are  invited  to  be  present 
at  the  obsequies :  Clinton  Comtnandery,  No.  14,  K. 
T.;  Brooklvu  Chapter,  No.  14a  of  B.  A.  M.;  Gate  of 
the  Tempfe  Chapter,  No.  208,  B.  A.  M.;  Nassau 
Chapter,  No.  109,  R.  A.  M.;  Brooklyn  Councir.  No. 
4.  Royal  and  Seleet  Masters ;  Zeredatba  Ledge,  No. 

465,  F.  &  A.  tf  .1  Ui4  UoheoUadoQ  Lodre,  Ko,  »,.T. 


CITY  MD  SUBURBAN  NEWS. 

■  • 
NEW' FORK. 
Bayard  Taylor  will  deliver  a  oourse  of  lec- 
tures on  German  literature,  in  Association  Hall,  on 

Tuesdays  and  FMdays,  at  11  A.  M.,  during  tbe 
Lenten  season. 

The  be^ning  of  the  Lenten  season  was  ob- 

served  yesterday  by  impressive  religious  ceremonies 
in  tbe  various  Roman  Catholio  and  Episcopal 
chotohea  ot  this  Guy. 

The  ball  to  be  given  in  honor  of  George 
Mitchell,  ex-Cbief  of  tlACaledoniai^  Club,  takes 
place  in  Irving  Hall  on  the  evening  of  Wednesday 
next,  eve  of  Washington's  birthday. 

The  Grand  Encampment  of  Patriarchs  of  tbe 
Independent  Order  of  Odd-fellows  of  the  State  of 
New- York  is  to  visit  Booth's  Theatre  on  next  Tues- 
day eveoint:.  The  members  will  wear  their  hand- 
some regalia. 

Mr.  Thnr^ow  Weed  fell  in  the  porch  of 
tho  Post  Office  builoing  yesterday,  and  was 
slightly  iniured  by  the  fall.  He  was  conveyed 
to  bis  home,  where  he  still  remains  suffering  Itom 
tbe  effects  of  tbe  accident. 

Mr.  Arthur  Cheney,  of  the  Globe  Theatre, 
Boston,  who  fell  in  the  street  Tuesday  night,  in 
consequence  of  a  sudden  attack  of  vertigo,  was  not 
severely  injured.  Ho  is  about  his  business  again, 
and  aiparently  in  perfect  health. 

Tho  regular  session  of  the  Board  of  Alder- 
men will  be  held  to-day.  As  hitherto,  resolutions 
will  probably  be  offered  m  favor  of  providing  work 
for  tbe  U'lemployed.  altuougfa  the  heads  ot  depart- 
ments state  that  they  bave  no  work  to  give. 

Early  yesterday  morning,  cara  Nos.  78  and 
83,  of  the  Dry  Dock  and  Battery  Railro.td,  came 
into  collision  at  the  corner  of  33d  street  and  First 
avenne,  and  Kate  Robinson,  aged  23,  of  No.  172 
Avenue  B.  who  was  a  pasRonger  on  one  of  the  oars, 
was  severely  injured.  She  was  taken  to  Bellcvno 
Hospital. 

Hon.  J.  D.  Cameron,  Secretary  of  War; 
G«n.  Hancock,  Gen.  Sherman,  and  his  brother,  the 

Senator,  with  a  number  of  invited  guents,  visited 
Foi-t  Hamilton  yesterday,  and  were  received  by 
Gen.  Getty  and  his  siaff.  After  receiving  the 
hospitality  of  Gen.  Getty  the  party  proceeded  to  in- 
spect tbe  fortifications  at  Sandy  Hook. 

On  Tuesday  night  a  team  of  horses  broke 
loose  from  a  Belt  Railroad  car,  in  First  avenne,  near 
Thirty-fifth  street,  and  ran  down  to  and  throneb 
Thitty-foiirth  8treet,..whore  one  of  the  frightened 
horses  ran  into  a  Second  avenue  car,  smashing  tbe 
windows  and  broahiog  in  a  portion  of  the  side  of  tbe 
cnr.  Lucy  Gillon,  a  passenger  on  the  Second  avenue 
car.  was  slightly  injured)     ,- 

Miss  Arabella  Root  will  give  the  third  ballad 
concert  of  her  series  at  Cbickering  Hall  to-morrow 

evening,  for  tbe  benefit  of  the  poor  of  thiS*City. 
Among  the  artists  wbo  have  kindly  offered  their 
services  for  the  occasion  are  Mme.' J.  Tintiley  Lo- 
gan, contralto;  Mr.  M.  Arbaokle,  cornetist;  Mr. 
William  J.  Hill,  tenor ;  Ur.  F.  G,  Bourne,  basso, 
and  Mr.  Henry  Gait,  b»riione. 

Boy  don,  M  alloy  &  Co.,  hat  jobbers,  at  Nos. 
520  and  522  Broadway,  have  failed.  At  a  meeting 
of  the  creditors  at  the  St.  Nicholas  Hot-el,  a  commit- 
tee, with  George  J.  Ferry  as  Chciirman  and  Julius 
Corn,  Secretary,  were  appointed  to  investigate  tbe 
affairs  of  the  firm.  A  report  was  presented,  show- 
ing liaiilities,  $64,000;  nominal  assets,  $76,000;  real 
assets.  $40,000.  It  was  tbe  general  opinion  that  X 
j  ettlement  wonld  be  the  best  course,  and  40  cents'- 
on  the  dollar  will  probably  be  tbe  terms. 

BROOKLYN. 
At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Brooklyn  Yacht 
Club  held   last  evenine.  President  P.  W.  Ostrander 
io  the  chair,  it  was  decided  to   hold  the  annual  re- 
gatta of  the  club  on  the  12tb  of  June  next. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Supply  Committee  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors  yesterday.  Supervisor  Strong 
■aid  tbe  county  charitable  institutions  were  using 
four  times  the  amount  of  medicine  than  was  nec- 
essary. 

At  the  instance  ot  Thomas  F.  Clark,  who 
was  assaulted  with  a  riding-wbip  by  Douglass 
Walker  in  the  Academy  of  Music  ou  Monday  even- 
ing. Justice  Walsh  yesterday  issued  a  warrant  for 
Walker's  arresr.  Tbe  latter  will  probably  be 
brought  to  court  to-day. 

About  a  year  ago  Louis  A.  Moore  began  a 
suit  >or  absolute  divorce  aeainst  his  wife.  On  Mon- 
day he  abandoned  the  suit,  and  tbe  followinc  day 
Mrs.  Moore  died.  It  is  said  her  death  was  the  re- 
sult of  overwork  in  tho  effjrt  to  support  her 
children  after  the  separation  from  ber  husband. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Alder- 
men, called  by  the  Mayor  fur  7:30  o'clock  last  even- 
ing, a  committee  was  appointed  to  draw  up  resolu- 
tions of  respect  to  tbe  memory  of  the  late  Cyrus  P. 
Smith.  The  Aldermen  resolved  to  attend  the  fn- 
neral  in  a  body,  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
make  tbe  necessary  arraLtiements. 

At  a  meeting  of  tbo  Board  of  Supervisors 
yesterday  resolutions  o(  respect  to  the  memory  of 

the  late  Cyrus  P.  Smith  were  nassed,  and  tbe 
board  resolved  to  attend  tbe  funeral  in  a  body.  Tbe 
funeral  services  will  take  place  at  2  o'clock  this 
afternoon  at  the  Fifst  Presbyterian  Church  on 
Henry  street.  The  family  request  tbat  tiiends  re- 
frain from  making  floral  offeriugs. 

In  the  Cit.y  Court  yesterday,  before  Judge 

McCue,  Mary  Lux  sued  Mrs.  Mepzo  and  tbe  latter's 
husband  for  slander,  layine  tbe  damages  at  $2,000. 
Xbe  allegation  was  that  the  defendants  called  plain- 
tiff a  ttiiei'.  Tbe  salt  was  dismissed,  on  the  ground 
tbat  the  complaint  did  not  contain  tbe  exact  words 
aliened  fc  bave  been  used.  Tbe  abusive  epithet 
was  applied  in  the  German  langaage,  and  in  the 
complaint  only  an  English  translation  appeared. 

LONG  ISLAND. 
Adolphus  Davis,  of  Mount   Sinai,   was  out 

gnnnlne  a  d.ay  or  two  airo  when  his  ,eaa  burst,  and 
fragments  severely  wounded  him  in  the  head  and 
broke  one  of  his  fingers.  It  is  feared  that  his  in- 
juries will  prove  f.ital.  He  is  a  brother  of  (^'apt. 
Sylvester  B.  Davis,  supposed  to  bave  been  lost  from 
tbe  acbooner  Vermillion,  the  wreck  of  which  floated 
into  Gardiner's  Bay  some  weeks  ago. 

In  April  last,  upon  the  accession  of  Mr.  John 
S.  Debevoise  to  tbe  Mayoralty  of  Long  Island  City, 

he  appointed  a  new  Board  of  Police  Commlasioners. 
Mr.  Bodino  aud  the  other  old  Commlsslobers  wbo 
were  removed  brought  snit  azainst  the  city  for  pay 
fur  the  unexpired  term  ofi  ex-Mayor  Ditmars,  by 
whom  they  were  appointed,  and  wnom  Mayor  Ddbe- 
voise  succeeded,  Mr.  Ditmars  resigning  the  office. 
Tbe  case  was  argued  before  Judge  Armstrong,  iu 
the  Queens  County  Court,  who  held  tbat  Mayor 
Debevoiso  had  power  to  remove  and  apoomt.  Tbe 
ca-se  was  taken  to  tbe  General  Term,  which  bave 
afilrmed  the  decision  of  tbo  court  below. 


tbe  bodv  Jtut  after  its  dlsooverr  on  Sunday ;  be 
described  Its  appearanoe  and  position  ;  tbere  were 
no  marks  of  violence  upon  it;  an  autopsy  revealed 
that  'the  organs  were  normal,  hut  some  of  them 
were  engorced  witb  blood  ;  tbe  heart  was  empty. 
Everything  discernible  led  bim  to  tbe  opinion  tbat  de- 
oeaseloametober  death  from  some  narcotic pouon. 
He  tboogot  tbe  yonng  woman  had  been  dead  eight 
or  ten  hours  when  found.  While  making  the  antopsy 
he  felt  animal  beat  under  her  lungs  ana  Jcidneya. 
Dr.  J.  A.  Wardlaw,  of  tbe  Columbia  College  School 
of  Mines,  testified  that  he  had  tested  tbeitomacb 
of  the  deceased,  and  bad  determined  that  it  con- 
tained hydtocyanio  or  prossic  acid.  The  vial 
found  in  tbe  pocket  of  tbe  yonng  woman  contained 
the  same  poison.  '  Tbe  inqnest  waa  adjoorned  lutll 
Saturday  evening  at  7  o'clock,  at  the  same  place. 

PATINali.  BOGUS  MESSENGER. 
Yesterday  a  youns  man  called  at  the  resi- 
dence of  John  McDonnell,  No.  275  £aat  Seventy- 
seventh  street,  and  presented  to  Mrs.  McDonnell  a 
messaee  purporting  to  have  been  received  by  tele- 
erapb,  and  written  on  a  blank  of  ihe  Western 
Union  Telegraph  Comoany,  wbicb  read  as  follows : 

Albast,  Feb.  14, 1877. 
To  John  McDonnell : 

You  will  call  at  the  Central  Bank  and  yon  will  re- 
ceive my  check,  amounting  to  $245,  payable  on  pre- 
sentation ot  this  ord^r  in  person  only,  but  do  not 
state  under  what  circumstances  I  becaiue  your  debtor, 
nud  obliee  me  oy  paying  transfer  dues  of  check  from 
here  to  New- York.  POISTBE. 

Due.  $4  tl6. 

The  mossencer  usisted  on  receiving  the  amount 
due  before  surrendering  the  message,  but  on  Mrs. 
McDonnell  asserting  that  she  had  only  $2  50  in  the 
bouse,  he  agreed  to  take  that  amount  on  account, 
and  call  for  the  balance  60me  other  time.  After  re- 
ceiving Ihe  money  he  indorsed  on  tbe  order, 
"Rec'donacc't  $2  50,"  and  then  lett.  The  whole 
aflair  proved  to  be  a  swindle,  whlcb  miebt  have 
been  discovered  in  time  to  have  caused  the  swind- 
ler's arrest  if  Mrs.  McDonnell  ban  noticed  that  the 
message,  purportine  to  have  been  received  from 
Albany,  was  written  on  tbe  blank  used  exclusively 
for  messages  to  be  transmitted  over  the  wires  of  tho 
company. 

TSE  SHIP-OWNERS  AND  MB.  DUNCAN. 
The  ^Ship-owners'  Association  have  seat  a 
long  communication  to  tbe  Senate  Committee  on 
Commerce,  in  support  of  the  "  Ward  Amendments" 
bill.  It  recites  that  the  old  law  gives  no  right  of 
appeal  from  the  Sbipoing  Commissioner's  decision, 
except  to  the  appointing  power.  It  charges  Csm- 
missioner  Duncan  wi  h  appropriating  to  his  own 
use  large  amounts  received  as  fees,  in  direct  viola- 
tion of  the  law,  and  says  that  it  was  decided  that 
the  law  contains  no  provision  to  compel  him  to  re- 
ftmd.  It  accuses  him  of  paying  salaries  to  his  four 
sons,  and  others,  grossly  in  excess  of  the  services 
rendered;  ot  beiue  arbitrary  aud  unjust  in  bis  de- 
cisions ;  of  lefusing  to  recoimize  exemptions  speci- 
fied in  the  law,  and  of  renting  his  offices  from  the 
Seamen's  Association,  of  which  he  is  President,  at 
a  price  four  times  greater  tban  is  lust,  the  amount 
paid  being  exactly  tbe  sum  required  to  pay  tbe  in- 
terest on  tbe  mortgage  and  unpaid  taxes  and  assess- 
ments of  the  building  owned  by  the  Seaman's  Asso- 
ciation. It  quotes  a  number  of  contradictory  de- 
cisions given  by  cnnrti  in  various  localities  as  to 
the  spirit  of  sections  of  tbe  law,  and  men/tions 
several  points  of  the  Amendatory  bill  which  give 
aesurnncB  that  its  passage  will  overcome  all  future 
troubles. 

SUIT  FOR  FALSa    IMPRISONMENT. 

A  suit  for  false  imprisonment,  whose  details 
are  rather  out  of  the  ordinary  kind,  was  bronsht  to 
trial  before  Judge  Van  Hoesen  and  a  jury  in  Part  L 
of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  yesterday.  The 
plaintiff  is  Antonio  Lamberti  and  tbe  defendant  is 
"Pieiro  Menteggazza.  The  parties  are  Italians  and 
reside  at  No.  266  Thompoon  street.  Lamberti  says 
ths^after  retirine  with  his  wife  on  the  night  ot  i  n'ly 
23  last,  tbe  defeodant,  accompanied  by  two  Police 
officerkcame  into  his  room  and  caused  his  arrest 
on  a  charge  of  assault  and  battery.  He  was  locked 
np  for  tbe^nlKht  at  the  Fifteenth  Precinct  Police 
Station.  His  wite  was  so  frightened  by  tbe  occur- 
rence tbat  s^e  bad  a  miscariiage.  For  the  insult 
and  indignity\the  plain) iff  claims  $5,000  damages. 
Tbe  defendant^ets  np  in  answer  tbat  he  bad  been 
assaulted  by  th^  plain<iff  and  caused  the  latter's 
xrrest  the  same  ^ening.  He  claims  he  was  tusti- 
fied.     Tbe  trial  of  the  case  will  be   resumed  to-day. 


troleom.  18)ad.9UVI.  f  galkn.   Tftllanr, 
488.  f  owt.    Spblta  of  Tqxpeati^e.  29c: 
cwt 

Evenins— Llnseed-eU  35s,9d.  9  owt, 

AMTwaaF,  Feb.  X4.— Petioletmi,  43£  tat  flae  gtlt 
American.  ^^ 

Rio  JAnato,  Feb.  14 — Cofll»e  very  qirtet :  m1«M 
nearly  nominal;  Kood  firtta,  6.70096^890 mto 9 la 
kiloe.  Bxebange  oa  London,  24  V  Av»nwe  daUy  t» 
ceipts  of  CofBee  durtnc  the  past  week.  8.900  baci-i 
week's  snipmenta,  46,00O  Mm,  atl  «o  the  iSSEti 
State*.  Week's  sales  for  the  Cbanael  and  VOT«bat 
Bnrope,  12.000  bags,  and  for  the  United  •tataa,  41.000 
bags.  8t9ok  on  hand.  72,000  bacs.  Fteigbts,  per  aalL 
to  the  Obannel.  60s.  ^*^      ^^  •-,y«.»«i< 

SANTOB.  Feb.  14.— Coffee  market  anhnated;  vriooi 
very  firm:  superior  Santos.  6.4009&600  s«to  f  Ifi 
kilos.  Averace  daily  teeefpts  dncfurtiie  vast  week 
1.900  baes.  ireek's  shipmenta  to  aifcODntartM.  &Ooi 
hags,  inclndiog  4,000  bin  to  tbe  cSZoS^sirSat 
Europe,  and  the  Mediterranean.  Week's  salea  tat 
Europe,  19.000  bags,  and  for  tbe  United  Statea.  9  OUd 
bags.    Stock  on  hand,  82,000  bags.  ^^  "•••«■•  v,w^ 


PASSENGERS  SAILED. 

I».steam-»hip  Parthia.  /or  Liverpool.— Ut.  AXlmn.  Ibc 
Madeline  Brewer.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  O.  Bickford^obiBrt 
Carlisle.  Signer  Alessandro  Caetellanl  and  w^  Htm 
ter  Amaldo  CastoUani,  w.  Thompson  Cordner,  Jamea 
Coristine.  S,  Frederick  Karl,  J.  Oareia,  J.  A.  Qiahaake. 
HIjs  Graham,  Arthur  Oray,  Wilbatn  Barvey,  JoaeS 
McH.  Holmes,  Miss  Ceoelia  Hn«,  F.  W.  Unnaew^ 
Mrs.  Jordan  aod  two  companions,  L.  M.  Lawson.  Kn! 
PbUlioe  Lerof ,  W.  tJ.  MoCloskey,  A.  MoDonaM,  R.  C 
Morgan.  J.  Meyer.  W.  U.  Mor{;aD,  H.  BothsohUd,  Vietoe 
Vantenac,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  Waddell,  Mia*  Anna  Qw 
Walker.  Miss  LeeUe  W.  Walker,  Mia.  Whit*  and  twa 
companions.  Miss  Jessie  Wingate. 

In  $team-i\iD  Herman  lAvinfitton^Jbr  8aBam»A,—1txn 
'Pike,  J.  T.  KdsoD.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  L.  MeHan.  Mra> 
Eusworth.  Mrs.  basklU.  Mrs.  Merchant.  Jnlta&odeot 
Mrs.  Krasse,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  Mnrpby.  Mn.  Thomaa  U' 
Dale,  P.  J.  Sullivan.  A.  Mayers,  J.  B.  Weeka.  D.  8.  Ben* 
nett,  Charles  C.  Piatt,  W,  C.  Brennaa.  W.  J.  Gray,  K. 
W.  Billiugton,  J.  F.  BtUlngton,  Edwin  Lawrence,  uktg 
Rcssiter. 

In  tteam-$hip  Helvetta,  for  Uverpool.— Mr.  and  Xra 
William  Kbbero,  S.  B.  Doiman,  Kobert  Binder,  T.  I^ 
Dickinson. 


PASSENGERS  ARRIVED. 

In  steam'SMp  England,  from  LiMrpool— Vr.  and  Vtti 
Beaumont  and  lhre«  children.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Seriwaar, 
nutse,  and  child,  Hr.  and  Mrs.  Needbam  and  three 
children,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lee  and  two  chlldieo.  Ilea. 
Morzan,  Miss  8.  E.  Pain.  J.  Hellmntb,  C.  P.  Scrlvenei^ 
K.'A.  Scrivener,  U.  A.  Cole,  O.  A.  Ingall.  Jamec  lt»i 
Comb,  F.  W.  Kalbelsh,  Andrew  Teller,  Theo.  tj.  Shicefc' 
Mrs.  C.  btewart,  John  Brown.  Mr.  Kel^.  ^ 


NEW- JERSEY. 

When  Mr.  J.  L.  Glentworth,  of  No.  101 
Johnson  avenne,  Xewark,  went  up  to  bis  bed-room 
on  Tuesday  night,  he  found  the  door  locked  on  tho 
inside.  He  attempted  to  open  it  and  heard  a  per- 
son lean  from  the  back  window  to  tbe  veranda. 
When  Mr.  Glentworth  finally  gained  admittance 
ho  found  tbe  thief  had  stolen  $300  worth  ot  iewelrr. 

Peter  F.  Staats,  of  the  Raritan  Screw  Mower 
and  Keaper  Company,  hung  himself  in  a  shed  at- 
tached to  his  residence,  at  Karitan,  ou  Tuesday 
nigbt.  Business  embarrassment  is  supposed  to  be 
the  cause.  He  was  considered  an  excellent  basi- 
noss  man,  and  was  very  prosperous  until  a  few  years 
ago.  He  was  a  Ijrother  of  the  late  John  R.  Staats, 
member  of  the  Legislature  from  Somerset. 


RECAPTURE  OF  AN  ESCAPED  CONyiCT. 

On  Tbanksgiying  Day  a  number  of  convicts 
made  their  escape  from  Blaokwell's  Island  to  the 
Raven 8 wood  shore  in  a  yawl-boat.  All  bnt  two  of 
tbem  were  afterward  recaptured,  and  on  Sauday 
morning  last  tbe  last  but  one  was  retaken  in  a  man- 
ner entirely  creditable  to  his  captor.  Keeosr  Charles 
Osborne  was  in  New- York  on  iSunday  morninGT, 
and  was  passing  Coenties  slip,  when  he  iden- 
fisd  Thomas  Kilkenny,  one  of  the  escape!  men, 
in  tba midst  ot  a  crowd  of  'loneshoremeo  and  others 
Standing  on  the  sidewalk.  Osborne  at  once  con- 
fronted Eilkcnoy  and  requested  him  to  go  back 
with  him  to  tbe  Island.  Tnis  be  declined  to  do,  nnd 
not  only  declined  to  so,  but  took  to  his  heels.  Os- 
borne pursued,  aud  after  a  smart  chase  overtook 
Kilkenny.  When  caught  be  resisted  stoutly,  and 
deriyed  a  good  deal  of  assistance  from  a  miscella- 
neous crowd  that  followed  and  seemed  disposed  to 
aymoathize  with  tbe  prisoner.  Having  secared  his 
man,  Osborne  took  bim  to  the  Penitentiary 
on  Sunday  afternoon.  The  keeper's  face 
bore  evidence  of  the  roueh  treatment 
he  bad  received  at  the  hands  of  Cil- 
kenny.  Tbe  recaptured  man  is  S3  years  of  age, 
and  was  sentenced  May  9,  1676,  to  one  year's  im- 
prisonment for  assault  and  battery.  The  remain- 
ing prisonei  at  large  of  the  batch  that  escaped  is 
Christy  Daly.  Warden  Fox  yesterday  called  the- 
attention  of  the  (;ommt8sionere  of  Charities  and 
Correction  to  the  courage  and  promptness  of  Keepe# 
Odoorne,  and  at  tbe  retrnlar  meeting  of  tbe  board  a 
special  maik  of  approbation  was  conferred  upon 
liim  and  honorable  mention  entered  in' the  minutes. 
Keener  Oaborne  made  a  similar  recapture  on  Feb. 
29,  1876. 

THE  STATEN  ISLAND  SUICIDE. 
An  inquest  into  the  cause  of  the  death  of  tho 
unknown  yoong  woman  whose  body  was  found  on 
Sunday  last  in  the  old  Qatrantioe  groanas,  at 
Tompkinsville,  Staten  Island,  was  begun  last  evaa- 
ins  by  Coroner  Bempsey,  in  Wllmer's  Bay  View 
Hotel.  The  external  condition  of  the  body,  and  Ibe 
analysis  of  the  contents  of  tbe  stomach  and  of  a 
vial  found  in  her  pocket,  stao'wed  tbat  tbe  deceased 
died  of  poisoning  by  bydrooyanio  or  prussio  aeid. 
James  Wood  testified  tbat  be  saw  two  women,  at 
different  times,  near  tbe  Qtiarantiae  eroonda  late  on 


CHARGED  WITH  ABDUCTION. 
John  H.  Bradley,  who,  up  to  a  recent  period, 
occupied  a  prominent  position  in  tbe  Na'vy-yard, 
was  taken  before  Jnstice  vTalsh  in  Brooklyn,  yes- 
terday, on  a  charge  of  abdocting  a  yonng  girl 
named  Sarah  Lawless.  BradleV  wbo  Is  married, 
resided,  until  recently,  on  Sche^erhorn  street, 
witb  his  wife  and  two  grown-uo  children.  About 
two  weeks  ago  he  left  his  home.  andXit  is  alleged, 
went  to  New-Tork  ■with  the  girl  Lawless.  The 
complaint  of  abduotion  is  made  by  John  Wbiteford, 
of  No.  35  Sands  s  raet,  a  half-brother  of  ^radley's 
alleged  victim.  While  the  prisoner  was  in  court 
yesterday  morning,  a  private  deiectiye  served  bim 
with  papers  in  a  divorce  snit,  which  has  been  in- 
stituted against  him  by  bis  wife.  Bradley  was  re- 
quired to  give  $1,000  bail  to  answer  tbe  charge  of 
abduction.  

ROTIEN  BOARDS  WITH  A  '•SPRING." 
Marie  Hugart  was  injured  some  10  years  ago 
by  fallinz  through  a  boara  sidewalk  in  One  Hun- 
dred and  Tenth  street.  She  brought  euit  against 
the  City,  in  the  Supreme  Court,  to  recover  $10,000 
damages  for  hbr  injuries,  and  tbe  case  was  brought 
to  trial  before  Jadge  Van  Brant,  In  Part  III.  of  the 
-court,  yesterday.  Tbe  plaintiff's  witnesses  testified 
that  the  boards  broke,  nrecinitarine  her  into  a  ditch, 
and  then  sprane  back,  catching  her  and  holdine  ber 
suspended  from  the  hips.  They  also  testifldd  that 
tbe  boards  were  "all  rotten."  Jndee  Van  Brunt 
remarked  tbat  he  bad  neyer  seen  a  rotten  board 
with  a  "spring"  to  it,  and  as  no  negligence  on  tbe 
City's  pare  was  shown,  he  dismissed  the  complaint. 
R.  N.  Waite  appeared  for  tbe  plainti^  and  C.  P. 
Miller  for  the  City. 


A  MAN  BURNED  TO  DEATH. 
A  fire  broke  out  at  S:30  o'clock  last  evening 
in  a  two-story  stable^  bwnra  by  Mr.  Greene  Gris- 
wold,  on  Westervelt  avenue,  Castleton,  Staten 
Island.  The  buildme  was  occupied  by  John  Bul- 
ger. Wbilo  the  flames  were  bnrsting  ont 
of  the  upper  windows  ot  tbe  building,  a 
young  man  named  .Tames  F.  Duggan 
ran  into  the  basement  to  rescue  bis 
pet  dog.  As  be  was  coming  ont  of  the  doorway 
the  upper  part  of  tbe  stable  fell  in.  Some  ot  the 
timbers  struck  bim,  and  blocked  his  passage.  He 
crawled  back  into  che  basement,  where  be  was 
burned  to  death.  His  body  was  subsequently  re- 
covered. The  stable  .was  totally  deatroyed.  The 
loss  is  about  C2.500. 


MINIATVRB  ALMANAO-TSrS  DAT. 

Sunrises 6:54  I  Sunsets 5:351  Mioon  aeta...&0t 

atoa  w^Tsa— ran  oat.  i 

Sandy  Hook...9:09  |  Oov.Island..9:58 1  Hell  Oata..  11:9(1 

MARINE   INTELLIQEiraB^ 

♦ 

BEW-TORK WBDNEtiDAX,  PER  14,  ^ 

m 
CLEARED. 

Steam-ibips  Italia,  (Br.,)  Craig.  Olaagow,  via  Mot1Ii% 
Henderson  Bros.:  Geo.  W.  Clyde,  Inaiaham,  Merelieal 
City.  N.  C,  Wm.  P.  Clrda  k.  Co.:  Uennaa  Llvlncaton, 
Mallory,  Savannah,  Marray,  Ferris  fe  U«k:  R«Kii><itet^ 
Doane,  ^Vilmington,  N.  C,  wm.  P.  ClydsfcCo.;  Parthia, 
(Br.,)  McKav,  Liverpool,  kc,  C.  G.Ttancklyn;  ^ilea, 
(Br.,)  Hnjrhes.  Port  au  Prince,  Pirn,  Forwoed  4t  Co.; 
■Vindicator,  BOEers,  Phlladelpbitt ';  Helvetia,  (Brill' 
Pearce,  Liverpool,  Tta  Quoenstovm,  F.  W.  J.  Burst;' 
Columbus,  Reed,  Havana,  &.C,  Wm.  P.  Clyde  k.  Co.;, 
Bicbmond,  Kelly,  Norfolk,  &c.,  Old  Dominion  SteamV 
shin  Co. 

Ship  Hebe,  (Norw.,)  Hilt.  Queensto'wn  or  FUmontlx 
for  orders,  Bockmsnn,  Uerlein  b.  Ckx  > 

Barks  J.  H.  McLaren.  (Br.,)  Delap.  Glasgow,  Saowfe 
BuTEeas;   SI.  (ItaL.)  Pastorlnl.  Dnbliii,  J.  C  BeaKer. 

Schrs.  Dart,  Campbell.  Stamford,  Stamford  Usoofoe* 
tnnng  Co.;  B.  A.  Korsytb.  Hobble,  Stamford.  Stamfoi4; 
Hannfactnring  Ca;  Moses  Glen,  (Br..)  Anderson,  StL' 
JobD,  M.  B..  tscarameli  Broa:  J.  and  D.  CxanmerJ 
Mathls,  Nansemond  Biver.  Va.,  A.  Abbott;  Lortie. 
Speed,  Richmond,  Va.,  k.  Abbott ;  6.  A.  Paine,  Brown* 
Maranbam,  G.  Amslnck  &  (To.;  8.  W.  Bunnell,  BunneiL 
Virginia. 

. ^ 3 

ARRIVED. 

Steam-ship  Albemarle.  Gibbs.  Lewes,  'with  mdse.  aaA 
passen::ers  to  Old  Dominion  Steam-ship  Co.  - 

t$team-Bbip  Old  Dominion,  Walker,  Bichmend  and 
Norfolk, 'With  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Old  Dominioa 
Steam-ship  Company. 

Kteam-sblp  Canims.  (Br.,)  Leddlcoat,  Bermuda  a  da., 
via  New-Bedford,  with  mdsie.  and  passengers  to  A.  X< 
Outerbrldfre. 

Steam-sDip  Bleanora,  Johnson,  Portland,  with  mdae^ 
aod  passeneers  to  J.  F.  Ames.    ■ 

bteam-abip  Champion,  Lockwood,  Charleston,  8.  C. 
i^eb.  10,  -witn  mdse.  and  passengers  to  i,  W.  Quintard  £ 
Co.  i 

St«am-8hip  Hercules.  Swaeey,  Philadelpbia,  'with! 
cal  to  ReadinK  Bailroad  Co. 

Steam-ship  Kngland,  (Br.,)  Thomson,  Liverpool  JaoJ 
31.  via  Qneenatovm  Feb.  2,  witb  mdse.  MiapaaseB< 
gers  to  F.  W.  j.  Hurst.  t 

'>■  Kteam-sblp  oan  Salvador,  Nickersen,   SaTaaaab  Febu 
14,  irith  mdse.  aod  passengers  to  (}«orge  Tonga. 

Steam-stiip  Casslni,  (cir..>    MoKenale,  Marseilles  Jau 
6,  Sorrento  lUth.  Messina  ISth.  'with  fruit  to  PbatD^ 
Bros.  k.  Ci).— vessel  to  E.  B.  Borland.  ; 

Bars  Reindeer,  (of  New-Haven,)  Decker.  Demeiata 
22  ds..  'With  sugar  to  H.  Trowbridka's  Sons.  i 

Brig  Lodsen,  (Nortr.,)  Jacobsen,  Messina  51  de..  wiCK 
fruit  to  Baring  Bros.  &  Co.— vessel  to  Louis  Tetens. 

Bcbr.  Wm.  Thompson,  (ot  Harwich,)  Sowbil  BsiF 
Island,  Hon.,  20  ds..  'with  oocoannta  and  robber  tq 
Wm.  Donstlas— vessel  to  B.  J.  Wenberg  h.  Co. 

Scbr.  Ella  Ftancis,  (of  Mount  Desert.)  Bulger,  5t> 
John,  N.  a.,  lu  da.,  'with  lath  to  Scammell  Broa. 

Scbr.  Red  Jacket,  Kendall,  Bockport,  witb  lime  ta 
Baviland  ic  Pressy. 

Scbr.  joe  Carlton,  Spear,  Bockport,  witblime  to  Sxt> 
llaod  <L  Pressy. 
.  Schr.  Homing  Star,  Hlggins,  Boston. 

Sclir.  Maria  Adelaide.  Bail,  New-Bedford. 

Schr.  Frank  Atkins,  Atkins,  Providence,  ia  baDaat  ta 
K  D.  Hurlbut  t  Co.  •'-»•••  •• 

8<'.hr.  K.  Arcnlarins,  Lord,  Fail  Biver. 

Scbr.  Sarah  Wooster,  Babbitt.  Fall  Rlveit 

Schr.  Henry  Eemsen,  Allen,  Westport. 

Scbr.  B.  G.  Wooisey.  Tirrel .  Newport. 

Schr.  F.  H.  Ml.ler,  Smith,  New-I/ondon. 

Schr.  Johc;  Warren.  UcGar.  New-Haveib  ■ 

WIND— Sunset,  light.  H.;  clear. 


SAILED. 


Steam-ships  Partbta,  for  Liverpod;  Andes,  fbr  Ifi 
pinwall:  H-  Livingston,  for  Sa'vaziiiah;  Oeerga  w^ 
Clyde,  for  Charleston :  Begulstor,  fat  WUialnKteii,  ■. 
C;  Vindicator,  for  Fhiladslphia;  ships  Jotna,  for 
An)ier;  Marlboroosh,  for  Bremen :  Leoni  Edoa^M,  tot 
Antwerp ;  bark  Emma,  for  .  ;  brigs  Stephen  Kshoik 
for  Cadis  ;  Cleta,  for  Bel  se :  schr.  Chanee  Sawyen 
for  Point  a  Pitre.  Also,  via  Long  Island^ensd.  aofav 
Snow  Bird,  for  St.  John,  N.  B.;  Anna  Frye,  tat  Boaio% 


ARRIVALS  AT  THE  HOTELS. 

Creorge  W.  Miller,  of  Albany,  is  at  the  Hotel 
Brunswick.  ' 

Samuel  M.  Shoemaker,  of  Baltimore,  is  at 
the  Gilsey  House. 

Collector  James  F.  Casey,  of  New-Orleans, 
is  at  the  Metropolitan  Hotel. 

Capt.  William  Gore  Jones,  of  the  British  Le- 
gation at  Washington,  is  at  tbe  Clarendon  Hotel. 

Judge  A,  B.  James,  of  tbe  New- York  Supreme 
Court,  and  Prof.  Spencer  F.  Baird,  of  Washington, 
are  at  the  Filth  Avenue  Hotul. 

Gen.  Thomas  Ewing,  of  Ohio;  ex-6ov.  James 

E.  £aclisb,  ot  Connecticut;  Judge  Saermdn  D. 
Phelps,  of  Binghamton,  and  J.  Crampton,  General 
Freight  Agent  oi  the  Great  Western  Bailway  of 
Canada,  are  at  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel, 


Cognacs  bottled  at  Jonzac  Diaiilleries ;  also  in 
wood.  Victor  K.  MAuoaa,  Sole  Importer,  No.  110 
ReaUe  Bt. — jidvertiatment. 


FOREIGN  MARKETS. 


London-.    Feb.  14— l-i:30    P.   M ITnlted     States 

Bonds,  18t)7s,  IOOTq;  10-408.  lOSHr  ex  coupon.  Kew- 
York  tentral.  97. 

1  P.  M.— Consols,  95  9-16  for  both  money  and  tbe  ac- 
count. 

4  P.  M. — The  amount  of  bullion  withf'rawn  firom  the 
Baak  ol  Knicland  on  oalance  to-day  is  £16,00u. 

4:30  P.  M.— I'onsols,  95  ll.l(>  tor  buth  money  and 
tbe  account  Kriu  Kail  way  Shares,  S^  Paris  advices 
quote  5  #'  cent.  Kentes  at  lobC.  T'gc.  lor  the  account. 

Paris.  Feb.  14. — Exchange  on  1/oudon,  251.  15  "ac;  for 
short  Bisbt. 

LiysRPOOL,  Feb.  14— 12  M.— Cotton— The  receipts  to- 
day were  :22.(iOO  bales,  including  15,SU0  bales 
American.  Futoree.  selletB  offering  at  a  decline  of 
l-32d.;  Uplands.  Low  MJddliue  clause,  Febmarv 
and  Marcb  delivery,  CgJ.;  Uplands,  bow  Uiddline 
clause,  March  aud  April  delivery,  6  2c!-3V!d. ;  Uplands, 
Low  Mtddltafc  clause.  April  and  Mav  aelivery. 
ii'il-Z'ZA.;  Uplands.  X>ow    Middling     clause.  May    aud 

'June'  delivery,  61d-16d.;  also  sales  of  the  same 
at  6  29-32d. ;  also  sales  of  tbe  same  at  S^gd.;  Uplands. 
Low  Middlin);  clause  June  and  Jnlvdelivery.  6  3I-32d.; 
Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause,  shipped  January  and 
February,  sail,  b^+d. 

12:30  P.  Si.— Cotton— The  market  is  easier,  but  net 
quiitably  lowrr;  Middling  Uplands,  SSid.;  Mlduilng 
OrleaoB,  6  16-16(J.;  sales,  lO.OuO  bales,  inomiJtng  2,0l)0 
for  speculation  and  export)  Uplands,  Luw  Middling 
clause.  April  and  May  delivery,  6  13-16d. 

1  V.  M. — CottuB — Uplands.  Low  Midalinz  clause.  June 
and  Juiy  delivery,  6  i5-lt5d.;  Uplands,  Low  Middline 
clause,  July  and  August  delivery,  7d.  Proyislons- 
Cheea»,  72s.  ^  cwu  for  tbe  best  grades  of  American. 
Lard,  oSSk  Ud.  ^  cwt.  tor  American.  Bacon.  42b.  3d. 
4^  cwc  for  Long  Clear  Middles,  and  438.  3d.  for  fihort 
Clear  Middies. 

'J  P.  M. — Cotton— Uplands,  Low  Middlini;  clause, 
shiDped  February  and  March,  sail,  6  l;j-16d.;  Uplands, 
Low  Mfcklliiifi  Clause,  shipped  April  and  May,  sail,  7d. 

2:30  P.  M.— Cotton— Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause, 
May  and  June  delivery  6  29-321. 

4  P.  IL— The  sales  of  Cotton  to>dty  iqelnded  8,4,00 
bales  American. 

4:16  P.  iu.—Ck>tton— Uplands,  Low  Middling  claaae, 
February  delivery,  6  21-3-<!d.;  Uplands.  Low  Mlddttug 
clause,  April  and  May  delivery,  (j  27-32d. 

4:30  P.  M.—oottou— Uplands,  Low  Middling  olanae, 
Peemary  delivery,  e^gd.;  l;i>lands.  Low  Middllna 
clause,  .tpril  and  May  delivery,  6  13-16d.:  Uplaods. 
Low  Middling  clause,  shipped  February  and  March, 
sail,  6  27-32d. 

5  p.  >L— Cotton — Fatnresdoll.-  Uplands,  Low  Mid- 
dling clause,  March  and  April  delivery,  fi  ll-X6d.:  Up- 
lands. Low  Middling  oi-iuse,  May  and  Jace'deUvery, 
U*gd.;  Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause,  /aoe  aod  Jolr 

delivery,  6 15-x6a. 

lot,   untU  riie    anddrolT  diaanpeared  ftom^bla  J  and  4Sp.  for  Short  Clear^ddles.  ' 


MISCELLANEOUS. 
Bark  Leif  Enoksen,  (Norw.,)  Bdsfn,  from  Llvetpeob 
which  arr.  Stb  and  aichored  in  Graveaend  Bay,  wa# 
towed  to  the  City  this  morning. 

♦ 

BJ  CABLE. 

Loircoir.  Feb.  14.— Sid.  6th  inst,  Paonete  de  Vera 
Torli;  9th  inst..  American  Kacle :  llth  tost..  Baltl' 
more.  Ferraro  Teizo;  12th  1nBC»  Bcomerliaven,  Ab> 
toinette,  Capt.  Aoseman ;  Johanne  Marie;  13cb  iast^ 
Anna  Oneto.  Ocean.  Capt.  Horensen,  Lillian  M.  Vitpa, 
tbe  latter  tor  Havana;  Set  FrateUl,  Atlantie,  Capt. 
German:  14th  inst.,  Xemia.  the  latter  for  Bt.  John,  H. 
B.:  Jacob  Aai. 

Arr.  8ih  mst,  Mercedes,  Capt  PelUcer  ;  IStb  fxaX.* 
Cashier,  Home,  Brataberg. 

LosDoiT.  Feb.  14.— Tbe  National  Line  steam-ship  ItoU 
land,  Capt.  Simpson,  tiova.  New-Tork  Feb.  1,  met.  het« 
at  3  ^  M.  to-day. 

HAZELTON 

PIANO 

TRIUMPHANT. 

Excelsior!  '^  ■n'SV^Sur'SSf^ 

1876. 

OFFICIAL, 
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DETAILS  OF  TEE  OREGON  INFAMY. 

pEMOCRATS  OREATLT  DISTURBKDBY  RECENT 
BXPOStTRES — SENATOR  KKLLY'S  CONNEC- 
tion ■v^tth  the  disgraceful  affair — 
tilden's  hand  plainly  discernible — 
the  monky  8knt  out  fob  thb  pur- 
pose of  bribing  .electok8 — thb  evi- 

,  .    dencbs  of  guilt. 

eipeetal  Dlspateh  to  Vu  Hew-  Tor\  Tf in««. 

Washington,  Feb.  15. — The  deciphered 
Oregon  dispatches.,  as  prodaced  last  evening 
by  the  Senate  committee,  have  created  a  ereat 
deal  of  disturbaDce  amoog  Democrats  "who 
bad  hnng  a  elieht  hope  upon  the  aotiozi 
ot  the  Commission  in  the  Oregon  case. 
Tbey  have  also  caused  much  distress  to 
Senator  Kelly.  He  bad  an  earnest  conference 
with  Senator  Keman  and  David  Dudley  Field, 
and  tbe  two  last  named  also  tnlked  the  matter 
over  tojcetber.  Kelly,  in  his  speech  yesterday, 
trhich  wore  a  virtaoos  appearance,  has  made  it 
impossible  for  him  to  explain  fiirtber.  He 
must  deny  his  statement  in  the  Senate 
by  aamittins  tbe  truth  of  the  dispatches. 
There  ^ras  a  promise  of  a  display  of 
Democratic  virtue,  which  failed,  If  it  was  ever 
eeriously  intended.  It  was  threatened  that  a 
resolution  for  Kelly's  expulsion  would  be  of- 
fered by  a  Democrat,  which' would  have  been  a 
useless  eThibition,  because  it  would  have  been 
done  only  lor  political  effect  at  this  time.  Kelly 
cannot  be  made  Tilden's  scapegoat.  His  of- 
fense, however,  ia  very  grave.  In  one  dispatch 
be  fully  indorses  tbe  purchase  of  a  Bcpublican 
Elector,  and  the  use  of  money  by  himself  is 
made  certain  i>y  two  dispatches.  He  telegraphs 
Pelton  that  he  has  borrowed  money  on  his  in- 
dividual responsibility,  and  trusts  it  wiU 
te  replaced;  and  the  same  day  re- 
ceives answer  to  go  ahead  and  he  will 
be  reimborsed.     These  two  dispatches  are  not 

signed,  but  theyare  so  connected  by  substance 

and  by  date  that  tbe  addresses  make  the  au- 
thorship absolutely  certain.  The  handwriting 
is  also  said  to  fasten  the  evidence.  The  case 
on  Tilden  himself  is  worse  than 
on  Kelley.  There  is  the  dispatch 
trom  Grover  direct  to  Tilden,  sent, 
DO  doubt,  as  an  authentication  of  the 
biformation  unautboritatiVely  conveyed  by 
Patrick  and  others.  Then  Pelton,  Tilden's 
Private  Secretary,  conducts  the  transaction, 
taking  the  money  desired  for  tbe  purchase  ot  a 
BepnbUoan  Elector  from  Gov.  Tilden's  bank, 
°  the  Third  National.  There  is  only  one  other 
question  to  be  settled :  Was  tbe  money 
paid  from  Mr.  Tilden's  private  account  1  As 
tbe  case  stands  to-day  everybody  believes  it 
was.  This  belief  can  be  removed  only  by  clear 
and  direct  proof  as  to  where  the  money  really 
came  from,  and  any  attempt  to  prevent  an  in- 
vestigation  of  this  branch  of  the  subject  will 
be  received  as  equivalent  to  a  confession  of 
gnlit.  Other  dispatches  are  being  deciphered 
by  tbe  key,  and  will  probably  be  made  public 
to-morrow. 

Cashier  Jordan,  of  the  bank,  is  expected  be- 
fore the  committee   to-morrow.     A  curious  oon- 

neotion  ot  questions  and  answers  is  shown  be- 
tween a  dispatch  frDm  Pelton  to  Patrick 
desiring  tbe  fee  to  be  made  contingent  and 
payable  in  March,  and  a  dispatch  from  Patrick 
to  Pelton  declaring  that  this  cannot  be  done, 
which  same  dispatch  reports  minutely  the  dis- 
position to  b6  made  of  the  money. 

Senator  Kelly  says  he  has  no  intention  to 
paake  any  public  explanation  ot  his  dispatches- 
Be  says  he  was  not  acquainted  with  the 
ember ;  that   dispatches    in   cipher   were  read 

to.bim,and,  believing  they  contained  only  the 
words  read,  he  signed  them.  He  says  he  signed  no 
dispatch  knowingly  which  contained  the  words 
pven  m  tbe  interpretation  of  those  printed  to- 
day. This  will  strike  the  average  mind  as  a 
rery  weak  explanation,  but  admitting  that 
Senator  Keilv  was  deceived  by  those  who  were 
plotting  to  steal  tbe  Electoral  vote  of  Oregon, 
it  cannot  be  denied  that  such  dispatches  were 
forwarded  to  and  from  Oregon. 


^BE  WHEBEAB0UT8  OF  THE   MAN  PATRICK — 

BIS   HIDING  PLACK   IN   OMAHA. 

Bptcial  JHtoatck  to  the  Kew-Tork  Time*. 

Ohicago,  Feb.  15.— J.  H.  Patrick— the 
Oregon  Patrick — who  attempted  to  steal  one 
Elector  and  buy  another  in  Oregon  for  that 
great  reformer,  Tilden,  has  been  hiding  m 
his  Cmaha  home  since  the  Senate  Committee 
began  its  investigations,  but  parties  here  have 
St  last  heard  of  his  whereabouts.  Since  the 
I>etroit  firm  deciphered  his  dispatch  for  the 
benefit  of  a  curious  people,he  has  been  informed 
by  tbem  that  the  jig  is  up ;  that  being  sub- 
pcenaed  by  the  Senate  Committee,  they  must 
produced  tbe  documents  to  prove  the 
infamy  in  which  he  had  been  plunged. 
He  notified  Pelton,  Tilden's  nephew, 
of  this  state  of  affairs.  It  is  now  in  order  for 
tbe  Senate  Committee  to  send  lor  Patrick  in 
Omaha,  and  get  at  the  correspondence  by  tele- 
graph and  otherwise  that  has  taken  place  be- 
tween Hinman,  Patrick,  and  Pelton. 


Ditpatek  to  the  Asaociatei  Pret$. 
The  cipher  telegraphic  dispatch  sent  iirom 
Oregon  on  Dec.  1,  to  Hon.  Samuel  J.  Tilden,  of 
New- York,  and  signed  "  Gobble."  is  translated 
by  the  Senate  Committee  on  Privileges  and 
Elections,  with  the  aid  of  the  "  key  "  furnished 
them  by  Mr.  Shaw,  of  Detroit,  Mick,  to  read 
as  tollows: 

PoBTLAiTD,  Obegon,  Dec.  1. 
To  Samud  J.  lUden,  No.  15  Qrameret/  Park,  New- 

York: 
■  I  sball  decide   every  point    in   the    case    of   Post 
Office  Elector  in   fsvur  ot  tbe    bigbeat    Democratio 
Elector,  and   grant  tbe  certiflcste  acooroiogly  on 
mominz  of  6lh  mat.    Confidential. 

GOVERN  OB. 


THE  SOUTH  CAROLINA  ELECTION. 

r't;OMING  BEPOKT  OF  THE  DEMOCRATIC  COM- 
MITTEE'S IXVESriGATION— THE  HAYES 
MAJORITY  800 — THE  ELECTION  TO  BE 
DECLARED  ILLEGAL   TO    MAKE    A  POINT 

BEFORE  THE  COMMISSION. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  New-  York  Timeu 

Washington,  Feb.  15. — Tbe  committee 
of  the  House  which  went  to  South  Carolina  to 
investigate  the  recent  election  in  that  State, 
held  a  final  meeting  to-day  to  agree  upon  its 
report.  There  were  tew  of  the  committee  pres- 
ent, and  very  little  interest  was  taken  by 
the  members,  as  most  of  them  were  dis- 
gusted with  the  result  of  their  visit 
to  the  Palmetto  State.  One  ot 
the  Democratic  members  was  heard  to  re- 
mark, when  asked  to  attend  that  meeting  to- 
day, that  be  did  not  care  to  bear  any  more 
npon  that  subject  His  Democratic  ooUeagues 
bad  a  meeting,  however,  and  agreed  upon 
their  report,  which  concedes  a  minority 
of  about  800  to  all  of  the  Hayes 
Electors  upon  the  face  of  tbe  returns,  and 
makes  no  cljdm  to  Mr.  Tilden  being  entitle^  to 
a  vote  from  that  State.  Tbe  report,  however, 
declares  that  the  whole  eleoti»n  was  iilegalj,  be- 
cause  there  was  no  registration  of 
votea,  as  reiioirad  by  the  Constitu- 
tion of  the  State.  It  also  avers 
tb«t  th«re  waa  great  fraud,  violence,  and  in- 
tinddation  is  theeosdootof  tlie  election,  but 


and  holds  each  party  equally  responsible. 
This,  claim  as  to  tbe  illegality  of 
the  election  .  is  an  afterthought,  smce 
the  Democracy  could  set  up  no  claim 
to  the  Electoral  vote,  and  is  made  to  hang  an 
objection  upon  to  counting  tbe  vote  for  Hayes, 
should  tbe  Democratic  case'  as  to  Louisiana 
and  Oregon  faQ  before  the  Commission.  The 
committee  will,  if  possible,  make  its  report  on 
Saturday.  

THE  ELECTION  IN  ALABAMA. 

TESTIMONY  OF     CONGRESSMAN    HAROLSON^- 
HOW    HK    was    counted     our   BY    HIS 

DEMOCRATIC  OPPONENTS. 

Sveelal  Dltpateh  to  the  iVnio-  yorls  Timtu 

Washington,  Feb.  15.  —  Congressman 
Harolson,  of  Alabama,  testified  before  the 
Senate  Committee  on  Privileges  and  Elections 
to-day  in  regard  to  the  conduct  of  the  re- 
cent elections  in  that  State.  The  law  of 
the  State  roqairos  that  both  parties  shall  be 
represented  on  the  Board  of  Election  Judges 
at  each  precinct.  Sbellv,  who  was  his 
Democratic  opponent  for  Congress,  bad  the 
appointment  of  these  Judges,  being  Sheriff  of 
the  county,  and  in  each  precinct  he  selected 
two  white  Democrats  and  one  negro,  who,  in 
every  instance,  could  neither  read  nor  write. 
The  ballots  were  generally  received  through  a 
window  by  one  of  tbe  Democratic  Judges,  who, 
if  It  was  a  Republican  ballot,  would  drop 
it  on  a  chair  under  the  window,  and  picking  up 
another  and  a  Democratic  ballot,  would  pass 
it  over  to  be  pnt  into  the  box.  If  the  colored 
Judge  questioned  the  proceeding  he  would 
have  the  muzzle  of  a  revolver  shoved 
in  his  face,  and  be  would  be  asked  if  he 
intended  to  accuse  his  colleague  of  cheating. 
Of  course  he  had  to  back  down  and  lot  the 
game  proceed  or  hare  his  head  shot  oS.  Har- 
alson said  in  tbe  town  of  Selma  he  was  met  by 
bis  opponent,  the  Sheriff,  and  invited  to  an  In- 
terview at  the  Sherilt's  office,  which  he  declined 
to  attend.     He  'was   soon    after    arrested   by   a 

deputy  on  a  trumped  up  charge,  and  taken  in- 
to tbe  jail,  when  be  was  asked,  to  oboose  be- 
tween his  life  and  the  diguing  of  a  paper,  tbe 
contents  of  which  he  was  not  al- 
lowed to  know.  He  signed  the  paper,  ana 
was  released.  He  afterward  discovered  it  was 
his  withdrawal  as  a  candidate  tor  Congress, 
and  a  retraction  ot  charges  he  bad  made  in  his 
speeches  against  tbe  Democratic  nominee.  It 
was  afterward  printed  in  the  newspapers  and 
on  posters  and  circulated  thronghout  bis  dis- 
trict, losing  him  thousands  of  tbe  votes  of  tbe 
people,  whom  he  had  no  time  to  reach  with  a 
contradiction.  

BROOKLYN'S  WATER  FRONT. 
THB  WAIXABOUT  MARKET  BILL  UNDER  CON- 
SIDERATION IN   THE   8RSATE. 
Special  IHapatek  to  the  Kevo-  Torh  Tlmee. 

Washington,  Feb.  15.— The  Senate  to-day 
passed  the  bill  known  as  tbe  Wallabout 
Market  bUl,  which  provides  for  the  sale  of  cer- 
tain Government  lands  in  tbe  City  of  Brooklyn 
for  a  market  place,  and  which  was  introduced 
and  passed  through  tbe  House  at  the  last  ses- 
sion. Some  time  since  the  Senate  Committee  on 
Naval  Affairs  reported  it  with  an  amend 
ment  But  opposition  mitnifestmg  itself, 
the  bill  was  recommitted,  and  was  supposed 
to  be  lost.  Mr.  Bliss,  wbo  has  labored  indus- 
triously for  Its  passage,  renewed  his  efforts, 
and  succeeded  in  inducing  the  committee  to 
again  take  up  the  bill  and  accord  bim  new 
heanngs.  The  result  was  that  the  bill  was 
reported  favorably,  without  amendment,  and 
as  it  came  from  the  House,  and  speedily  put 
upon  its  passage,  with  the  result  mentioned. 
The  land  described  in  tbe  bill  contains  27 
acres,  and  is  bounded  by  Washington,  Flush- 
ing, and  Clinton  avenues  and  the  Wallabout 
Bay.  When  tbe  sale  is  consummated  Brook- 
lyn will  have  a  much-needed  water-front  for 
her  market,  and  lor  another  public  dock. 


,tlie  blMkk  SB  well  M.  tbe  ▼lutoBt.JjDoxzmb 


DISTRICT  EXPENDITURES. 

tilden's  private  SECRETARY  IN  THE  POOL 
— TESTIMONY  OF  COL.  PELTON — AMONG 
OTHER  THINGS,  HE  DECLARES  HE  NEVER 
USED  MONEY  IMPROPERLY. 

Washington.  Feb.  15. — The  Committee  on 
the  Real  Estate  Fool  this  momlog  examined  Dr.  L. 
S.  Filbert,  of  Philadelphia,  of  the  firm  of  Pilberi  &, 
Taylor,  contractors  under  tbe  late  Board  ot  Pabllo 
Works  of  this  city.  He  testified  that  tbe  oontraol 
ran  from  1871  to  1873.  His  partners  were  Mcl/ane, 
Tandenburgh,  Taylor,  and  Crawford.  The  cnpital, 
amounting  to  about  t900,000  or  |1,000,OCO,  was  mostly 
fomisbed  by  Taylor,  and  tbe  contracts  were  cbiefiy 
for  the  laving  of  wood  paveoients.  Among  tbe  books 
kept  bv  tbe  company  and  under  tbe  immediate  su- 
pervivioa  ot  Messrs.  Nasle  and  Slater,  was  a  stab 
check-book.  Witness  n»ed  to  secure  the  contracts, 
and  the  profits  were  divided.  Col.  W.  A.  Cook  was 
attorney  for  tbe  company  in  a  lawsuit,  and 
a«  saob  obtained  poaseaslon  of  tbe  books  of  tbe 
company.  Tbe  books  were  brat  bronght  here  dur- 
ing the  lawsuit,  wbich  was  oatween  bimself  and 
Taylor  with  a  man  named  Gallope.  Xhey  were 
given  m  charge  of  tbe  Savinea  and  Trost  Company, 
and  witness  ttaiok*  Col.  Cook  obtained  ttiem  from 
there.  Althoagh  Col.  Cook  loay  be  nnwllliog  to 
give  up  tbese  books,  witness  himself  has  no  ob.lec- 
tion  to  have  tbem  delivered  up  to  tbe  committee  for 
tbe  purposes  of  tbis  investisation.  ^  Dr. 
Filbert  was  dhown  a  memorandum-book 
containine  entries  of  moneys  paid  out, 
bat  stated  that  be  did  not  Know  wbat  tbe 
money  was  expended  tor,  as  Mr.  Taylor  generally 
ordered  payments  to  be  made;  he  himself  drew  but 
few  chocks,  and  noun  these  he  generally  made  no- 
tations sbowiuK  for  what  purpose  the.v  were  issaed. 
f  Ibe  memorandum  shows  payment  on  a  ubeck  for 
11,000,  tu  Capt.  L  H.  BorritU  ot  the  Sunday  Herald 
«f  tbis  city,  for  a  contract  purchased  from  bim.J 
Dr.  Filbert  sapnosed  tbat  the  contract  was  awarded 
Mr.  Bnrritt  through  favoritism,  inasmuch  a9  Gov. 
A.  R.  Shepherd  owned  an  interest  In  the  Herald. 
Tbere  was  also  paid  to  D.  C.  Forney,  the  proprietor 
of  tbe  Sunday  Chronicle,  tl,000  tor  a  contract  which 
he  had  obtained  and  wnlob  was  onrobaaed  frqm  bim 
bv  tbe  company.  Dr.  Filbert  did  not  thiols  Gov. 
Shepherd  bad  an  iatereat  in  tbat  paper  also. 
Dr.  Filbert  farther  stated  tbat  another  contract 
was  bought  from  J.  M.  McFarland,  at  tbat  time 
tbe  Washington  correspondent  of  the  Philadelphia 
Preu,  bat  now  deceased,  and  the  consideration  paid 
tbat  gentleman  waa  (2.700;  no  money  was  ever 
paid  to  Col.  John  W.  Forney;  in  another  instance 
Capt  Barritt  was  paid  (747  49  for  procuring  a  con- 
tract, and  $50  was  paid  to  a  man  named  Yonng ; 
Ballet  Kilboorn  was   paid  $1,100  for  political  p'ar- 

Soses.  as  witueaa  supposes,  in  aid  of  tbe  Republican 
ommittee  of  this  City;  witness  consulted  wttb 
Mr.  Taylor  concemiug  t'ue  matter,  and  the 
latter  ordered  the  money  to  be  paid  because  it 
would  keep  them  in  Kood  standtnji  with  the 
Repablioans.  Gov.  Shepberd,  so  far  as  witness  ia 
aware,  bad  nochine  to  do  with  this  matter;  a 
tortber  STUQ  of  (1,000  was  oaid  tor  political  parposes 
to  Mr.  Bmgham,  Postmaster  at  Pbiladelpbia,  and 
Chairman  ot  tbe  Repnblioan  State  Executive  Com>. 
mittee  3f  Pennsylvania. 

In  response  to  queaiions,  Dr.  Filbert  stated  tbat 
tbe  coniract  obtained  from  Bunitt  was  not  award- 
ed in  Bunitt's  name,  but  through  a  power  ot  at- 
torney, BO  as  not  to  have  bis  name  appear  on  the 
papers.  Bnrritt  secured  tbe  contracts  and  then 
gave  witness  an  order  for  them,  and  in  consid- 
eration of  this  was  paid  the  different  inms  named. 
A  like  course.  Dr.  Filbert  aaid,  was  pursued  in 
the  case  of  nearly  all  other  contracrs  which  were 
procured  through  tbe  agency  ot  the  gentleman, 
named ;  under  like  circumstances  and  condltiona  a 
oontraci  was  parobased  from  a  J  ustice  ot  the  Peace 
named  David  1.  Smltb,  wbo  was  conaldered  a  poor 
man-  Govs.  Cooke  and  Siiepherd,  while  aodng  as 
Pre^dentof  the  Board  of  Public  Work?,  awarded 
such  coDtraota  as  tbey  pleased  ;  witnoas  never  paid 
or  caused  to  be  pain  any  money  to  any  member  of 
Congress  for  his  inflaence  or  intercession,  nor  did 
be  know  ot  any  member  who  was  connected  in  afly 
manner  with  theee  matters.  Dr.  Filbert  stated  tbal 
a  gentleman  named  Wood  bridge,  who  at  one  time  did 
work  for  him  and  Taylor,  failed  fiaancially,  and  being 
•  personal  fHend  of  Gov.  Cookecamehere  andaaked 
fOT  SMlataaoe.  .  Gov.  QoidU»  gave  him  a  contnot  ftjt 
laying  50,000  jards  of  pavement  at  (5  SO  per  loaara 
yid.  Coh-W.  T.  Pelton.  Gov.  Tilden's  Private  Secre- 
tary, and  Mr.  Spragne.  then  United  States  Senator, 
were  mtetestea  In  this  work. 

At  ttaia  pQist.Uw-oommtttcSftmmtBsa.antUto;, 


ASSASSINS  IN  THE  SOUTH. 


THE 


AN '  ATTEMPT     10    MURDER 
00  FERN  OR  OF  LOUISIANA. 

ONE  OF  tilden's  FRIENDS  PLAYING  THB 
ROLR  AS8I0NKD  HIM— AN  ATTEMPT  ON 
THB  LIFE  OF  GOV.  PACKARD  IN  NEW- 
ORLKANS — ARREST  OF  THK  ASSASSIN 
AND  ONE  OK  HIS  ACCOVPUCES — A  DES- 
PERATE STATE  OF  AFFAIRS. 
BoeeialDuoatehty  thi  frew-Tork  Ti-ntn. 

New-Orleans,  Feb.  15.— Another  Wilkes 
Booth  has  appeared  on  tbe  political  stage ; 
this  time  in  Lottisiana.  with  his  pistol  pointed 
at  the  bead  of  tbe  Governor  of  the  State.  The 
Democrats  here  have  frequently  repeated  the 
assertion  tbat  it  tbe  Prosident  recognized 
Mr.  Packard  as  Governor  of  Louisiana,  that 
gentleman  would  not  long  live  to  govern.  A 
few  Democratic  papers  have  openly  advocated 
assassination  as  a  means  of  ridding  tbe  State 
ot  Republicans  distasteful  to  the  White 
League  community.  Ooe  paper  went  so  far  as 
to  say  that  Gov.  Packard  should  be  followed 
even  to  bis  hot«l  or  his  ofiSoe,  and  there 
killed.  The  atcUua  qiio  and  hopes  for  Tilden's 
success  lulled  the  storm  for  a  time,  but  since 
the  Florida  decision  tbe  old  threats  have  been 
heard  again,  and  in  consequence  strangers  and 
suspicious-looking  persons  have  been  ques- 
tioned before  being  allowed  to  enter  tbe  State- 
house.  To-day,  however,  a  well-dressed  young 
man,  who  said  ho  had  been  in  the  Union  Army, 
passed  tho  guard,  accompanied  by  a  one-armed 
man.  Once  in  the  State-house,  tbe  young  man 
proceeded  to  the  Executive  ofBoe,  and  in  tho 
reception-room  gave  the  name  of  Joseph 
Hutton,  saying  that  ho  represented  the 
Philadelphia  Preia,  and  wished  to  see  Gov. 
Packard.  He  was  soon  admittod  to  the  Gov- 
ernor's private  office,  and  appeared  to  show 
some  surprise  at  finding  several  persons  in  the 
room.  Nothing  daunted,  though,  as  soon  as 
Gov.  Packard  had  fiaisbed  speaking  with  a 
gentleman  present,  the  young  man  approached 
the  Governor's  desk  and  said :  '*  When  can  I 
see  you  1''  The  Governor  turned  toward  tho 
man  Just  in  time  to  push  down  a  pistol  which 
was  aimed  and  flrod  at  him,  and  received  a 
bullet  wound  on  the  knee.  At  tho  same  time 
tho  Governor  struck  his  assailant  a  blow  on 
the  forehead,  and  a  bystandor  shot  him  in  the 
left  arm.  The  assassin  fainted  from  loss  of 
blood,  and,  appearing  to  be  dead,  was  not  fur- 
ther molested.  ' 

Tbe  would-be  assassin  is  a  handsome^  man 
about  25  years  of  age,  and  who  subsequently 
gave  his  name  aa  William  H.  Weldon.  Some 
old  letters  of  recommendation  found  on  bis 
person  confirmed  his  statement  as  to  his  name. 
He  said  he  was  from  Pennsylvania,  and  bad 
been  about  two  months  iu  the  South,  living  at 
Mobile.  He  said  he  was  a  Democrat,  and  that 
his  attempt  at  assassination  was  maae  from 
patriotic  motives.  When  told  that  Gov.  Pack- 
ard bad  interposed  to  save  bis  life  from  the 
vengeance  of  friends  he  seemed  quite  affected. 
He  &aid  there  were  throe  other  men  with  bim 
in  the  conspiracy  tu  kill  Gov.  Packard,  but 
they  had  deserted  him  at  the  last  moment. 

As  soon  as  the  shooting  was  beard  tbe  one- 
armed  man  left  the  reception  room,  and  was 
captured  on  tbe  stairway  while  endeavoring 
to  leave  tbe  building.  He  is  a  dark  Jookiog 
man,  like  many  of  the  desperate  Sicilians 
about  !New-Orloans,  and  retuses  to  talk.  The 
wounded  assassin  and  tbe  man  supposed  to  bo 
bis  accomplice  are  prisoners  at  tbe  Stato-house 
in  charge  of  the  Metropolitrin  Police.  What  is 
to  be  done  with  them  has  not  been  deter- 
mined upon.  To  turn  tbem  over  to  the  White 
League  Magistrates  would  be  simply  to  release 
them  on  bail.  All  law  here  is  tu  $tatu.  quo. 
Desperate  men  ready  to  do  deeds  ot  violence 
are  not  wanting.  There  is  murder  in  the  air, 
and  the  city  is  wild  with  excitement. 


THE  WOULD-BE  ASSASSIN  UNKNOWN  IN  PHIL- 
AD  KLPHIA. 
Special  DUpaleh  to  the  Sew-  York  Timet. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  15.— laquiry  at  tbe 
^ofBce  of  the  Philadelphia  Press  to-night  shows 
that  the  man  Weldon,  who  shot  Gov.  Packard 
in  New- Or  leans  to-day,  has  never  been  con- 
nected in  any  capacity  with  that  journal.  He 
is  entire.y  unknown  here.  He  may  be  from 
Bethlehem.  Penn.,  54  miles  from  here,  as  ad- 
vices state  that  a  letter  on  his  person  contained 
a  recommendation  from  Charles  H.  Schwartz, 
a  prominent  citizen  ot  tbat  place. 

THE  FEELING  IN  WASHINGTON. 

GREAT  RXCIIEMBNT  PRODUCED — DE.VOCRATS 
WHO  ARK  OLU>  OF  IT — THE  EFFKCT  OF 
THE  NE;W8  on  THE  COMMISSION — BBLIEK 
THAT  THE  PRESIDENT  WILL  NOW  RECOG- 
NIZE THE  REAL  GOVERNMENT. 
Special  IHepateh  to  the  New-  Yi.rk  Times. 

Washington,  Feb.  15.— The  news  of  the 
attempted  assassination  of  Gov.  Packard  was 
received  at  tbe  Capitol  about  3  o'clock  this  af- 
ternoon, and  was  rapidly  circulated  about  the 
House  and  Senate,  and'soon  beoame  known  in 
the  Supreme  Court-room,  where  the  argnments 
in  the  Louisiana  case  were  in  progress  before 
tbe  Electoral  Commission.  Tho  reptfrts 
were  meagre  and  uucertain,  ana  pro- 
duced a  great  deal  of  excitement.  Marshal 
Pitkin,  Senator  West,  Gov.  Kellogg,  and 
others,  received  brief  dispatches ;  but  so  lit- 
tle information  was  gained  that  the  press  dis- 
patches to  tbe  papers  of  to-morrow  morning 
are  eagerly  awaited.  One  report  stated  that 
Gov.  Packard  was  dangerously  wounded,  and 
all  the  first  dispatches  concurred  in  saying 
tbat  the  assassin  was  mortally  hurt. 

The  expressions  of  opinion  and  sentiment 
were  various,  and  showed  great  and  earnest 

feeling.  The  effect  which  tbe  news  would  have 
npon  tbe  decision  ot  the  Commission  in  the 
Louisiana  case  seemed  to  rise  prominently  in 
the  minds  of  men  of  both  parties.  There  were 
many  Republicans  who  spoke  earnestly  of  the 
delay  of  the  Administration  in  recognizing 
fully  and  sustaining  the  Packard  Gov- 
ernment. Democrats  were  very  bit- 
ter, generally,  and  the  names  of  several 
ot  them  might  be  given  who  said,  in  substance, 
they  were  glad  of  it,  and  only  wished  the  at- 
tempt tp  kill  Packard  had  been  snosessfal. 
The  affair  must  hasten  the  decision  of  the  Loui- 
siana Governorship  by  the  President.  ,The 
subject  was  laid  before  him  to-day.  but 
no  action  was  taken.  The  Cabinet  will 
meet  to-morrow,  and  tbe  situation  will  then 
be  iully  considered.  There  seems  to  have  come 
the  occasion  wl^sn  decisive  action  is  immediate- 
ly imiMratlve.  It  is  hoped  by  Bepublioans  that 
to-morrow  the  Government  will  announce  ita 
purpose  to  .snstaii)  Republican  authority  in 
Louisiana.  This  seems  the  more  necessary,  as 
two  of  the  Democrats  before  tbe  Commission 
have  given  that  body  warning  that  the  peace 
of  the  State  depends  npon  its  action  in  respect 
to  tbe  Sleotoral  vote.  It  has  been  believed 
here  fpi'  several  days  that  the  counting  of  the 
Stato  for  Hayes  was  to  be  the  signal  for  an  Tip- 
rising  of  the  White  League.  There  is  much  in- 
fanoAtion  6t  soob  a  purpose,  and  the  Adminia- 

A«|cat?wUhottl4.bA.iBnMU]MM.  hU  cLoubUeM 


will  be,  to  prevent  tbe  overthrow 
of  tbe  State  Government.  The  latest 
private  information  received  ^ere  indioates 
that  the  attempted  assassination  was  tbe  result 
of  a  conspiracy  ;  that  tho  person  who  made  the 
attempt  was  a  Sioilian  hired  for  the  purpose, 
and  that  he  will  "  give  away,"  as  the  detectives 
say,  those  who  employed  him.  One  accomplice 
has  been  ttrrested,  and  the  names  of  others  are 
known.  Packard  appears  to  have  hod  a  very 
narrow  escape  from  death.  The  assassin  Wel- 
don was  designated  by  lot  to  do  the  deed. 

TROUBLESOME  ENGINEERS. 


THE  STRIKE  ON  THE  BOSTON  AND  MAINE 
RAILROAD — HOW  THB  TOWNS  ALO.NG 
THE  ROAD  ARE  AFFECTED  BY  TJK 
STRIKE. 

Special  Dupaleh  to  the  New-  York  nmeu 

Boston,  Fob.  15.— The  striking  engineers 
of  the  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad  remain  firm, 
and  express  their  confidence  in  eventually  car- 
rying the  fight ;  but  meanwhile  the  managers 
of  the  road  appear  to  find  no  diffiioulty  in  em- 
ploying serviceable  substitutes,,  and  to- 
day a  notice  was  posted  on  the 
door  of  the  Superintendent's  office  that 
no  more  men  are  wanted,  in  consequence  of 
the  warning  sent  out  by  tbe  Brotherhood  lead- 
ers, the  local  roads  hereabout  have  stopped 
furnishing  men  to  the  Maine  road,  and  the 
later  recruits  have  mainly  come  from 
the  Vermont  Central  and  the  Maine  Cen- 
tral lines,  where  the  force  has  lately 
been  reduced.  Mr.  Furber,  the  Superintend- 
ent, savs  tbat  uo  men  will  bo  placed  iu  charge 
ot  passenger  trains  wbo  are  not  known  to  be 
thoroughly  competent  and  trustworthy,  and 
that  tbe  public  need  have  no  fears  of 
the  safftv  ot  travel  on  tbe  road.  To- 
night tbe  running  of  local  freight  trains 
was  begun,  and  the  SuDcrintcnaeat  announces 
that  by  to-morrow  ho  hopes  to  be  able  to  re- 
sume the  old  time-table  tor  all  trains.  Acts 
Of  Violence  along  tho  road  are  repeated- 
ly reported,  but  tho  strikers  insist 
in  their  protestations  that  they  do  not 
countenance  tbese,  and  it  is  generally  believed 
that  they  are  committed  by  over-zealous 
friends  aud  sympathizers.  At  tbo  lieud-quar- 
ters  of  tbe  Brotherhood,  where  the  strikers 
mostly  congregate,  "  stick''  is  the  word.  That 
thev  have  the  sympathy  of  their  brethren  on 
other  roa<Is  is  evident^  They  assert  that  the  road 
is  losing  money  through  this  disarrangement  ot 
its  business,  and  that  within  a  fortnightits  man- 
agers Will  in)  glad  to  compromise  with  the 
strikers.  Patrons  of  the  road  send  words  of 
encouragement  to  the  strikers,  and  state  that 
the  fear  is  that  some  serious  accident 
may  occur  through  tbo  ruumng  of 
the  engines  by  inexperienced  men  who 
do  not  know  tue  road.  It  whs  statetl  at  the 
bead-quarters  that  the  Portlandmuil  agent,  upon 
the  nrnvul  of  tbe  train  in  this,  city  shortly 
after  9  o'clock  to-night,  openly  a!>serted  that  at 
the  time  tbo  train  left  Portland  tho  engineer 
and  firemen  wore  gloriously  drunk  ;  that  they 
continued  so  up  to  their  arrival  in  this  city, 
and  that  be  would  not  have  risked  his  life  with 
them  oad  not  his  duty  required  him  to  accom- 
pany his  mail  matter. 

Tlie  effect  on  business  by  the  strike  in  tho 
towns  and  cities  along  tbe  line  of  the  railroad 
has  of  course  been  very  serious.  In  Haverhill 
a  great  deal  of  indignation  was  expressed  by 
dealers  who  ,have  had  to  suffer 
fi-om  delays  in  tho  transshipment 
and  receipt  ot  goods.  The  freight  trains 
which  were  sent  out  to-night  helped  to  take 
off  part  of  the  immense  stock  of  freight  in 
waiting.  At  Newburyport  a  good  deal  of  in- 
convenience baa  been  exporioncetl.  The  Phila- 
delphia and  Reading  Coal  and  Iron  Company, 
which  Bometinnes  ships  !iOO  tons  of  coal  per  diiy 
over  tbe  Boston  and  Maine,  now  have 
large  orders  from  Exeter  and  Plais- 
tow,  N.  H.;  Lawrence,  Haverhill,  Grove- 
land,  and  other  inland  cities  and 
towns,  which  they  are  entirely  unable  to  fill. 
Some  ot  the  cotton  mills  ore  anticipating  large 
shipments  ot  cotton  Irom  tbe  South,  and  will 
be  seriously  inconvenienced  if  the  strike  shnuid 
contmue  alter  their  cotton  roaches  this  city. 

CINCINNATI  liLICCTION  FRAUDS. 


THE    OCTOBER    CONSPIRACY — FURTHER    IM- 
PORTANT    DEVELOPMENTS — DEPOSITION 
OF  ONE  OF  THE   PIUNCIPAL  OFFENDERS. 
Bpeeiat  DUpaleh  to  the  New- York  Timet. 

Cincinnati,  Fob.  15. — Another  important 
step  in  uncovering  tbe  October  election  con- 
spiracy was  taken  to-day.  Eph.  Holland, 
the  noted  gambler,  who  disbursed  a  large 
portion  of  the  cormotion  fund,  and  who 
was  arrested  in  Now- York  the  other 
day,  has  made  a  deposition  which  will 
make  a  sensatiou  when  produced.  All  that 
the  newspapers  can  ascertain  to-night  In  regard 
to  it  is  that  be  has  laid  baro  the  whole  plot,  as 
far  as  be  knew  of  it,  and  ha.H  treed  some  large 
game  of  the  Democratic  Part.y.  When  arrested 
be  was  allowed  to  languish  lor  some  time 
in  jail  beiure  bail  could  be  procured, 
and  tbis  disclosure  is  probably  prompted  by 
a    desire    for  revenge   against   the   prominent 

Democrats  involvod  wbo  dia  not  fly  promptly 
to  his  relief.  The  attorney  who  extracted  tho 
confession  from  bim  says  it  settles  the  fate  of 
Banning.  The  appearaueo  of  the  document  is 
waited  with  much  interest. 


WRECK  OF  10  UR  SCHOONERS. 


SEVEN  LIVES  KNOWN  TO  BE  LOST  IN  CHESA- 
PEAKE BAY — THE  CRKWS  OF  TWO  OTHER 
SCHOONERS  BELIEVED  LOST. 

Special  Dlipatch  to  the  SewYorK  Tlmtu 

Crisfibld,  Md.,  Feb.15. — Two  of  the  four 
schooners  whion  were  wrecked  in  Chesapeake 
Bay,     near     here,      on      Monday,      are     the 

Delmay  and  Colboum,  of  Virginia.  The  crow 
of  tbe  Delmay  were  saved,  while  the  seven 
men  aboard  the  Colboum  were  lost.  Their 
names  are  unknown.  It  is  probabla  tbat  tbe 
other  two  vessels  have  gone  down  with  all 
bands.  The  excitement  is  intense  here,  and 
boats  are  continually  out  in  search  of  boaies. 


A  DESPERATE  ROW  ON  BROADWAY. 


JOE  COBURN  AND  TWO  POLICEMEN  SAID  TO 
HAVE  BEEN  SHOT— ONE  OF  TBK  POUCE- 
MEN    WOUNDED   IN   TWO   PLACES. 

At  an  early  houi-  this  morning  a  fight  of  con- 
siderable desperation  occurred  at  the  corner  of 
Thirty-third  atreet  and  Broadway.  Joe  Coburn 
baa  a  liquor^aloon  in  this  vicinity,  and  during 
tbe  night  a  disturbance  was  excited  by  some 
oauae  unknown  at  tbe  hour  of  going 
to  press.  Some  arrests  are  supposed  to  bave  beeu 
made,  and  when  upon  the  sidewalk  In  front  of  the 
saloon  pistols  were  drawn  b.v  both  ibe  police  and 
olhera  and  sbots  were  fired.  Joe  Cobnrn 
is  said  to  have  been  wounded  bat  how  serionaly  was 
not  learned  i  he  was  shot>  however,  by  the  police- 
men. The  latter,  in  their  turn,  were  woimd- 
ed,  it  11  understood,  either  by  Coburn 
or  some  of  his  friend*.  One  of  tbem  received  a* shot 
in  his  right  arm  and  another  in  his  breast, 
but  whether  dangerously  wounded  or  not  was 
not  learned.  Cobarn  was  a  priao-flsbter  of  consider- 
able notoriety  in  his  da.y  and  1)  abnadantly  able  to 
take  care  of  himself  In   any  trifliug   engagement. 


THE  ELECTORAL  TRIBUNAL 


MR.  EVARTS'  ARGUMENT. 

THE  MOST  CONVINCING  YET  DELIVERED— 
MATT.  CARPENTER  ANSWERED — THB 
QUESTION  OF  FILLING  VACANCIES — MR. 
EVARTS'  NON-PARTISAN  ACTION — AN 
ELOQUENT  APPEAL — JUDGE  CAMPBELL'S 
PLEA  FOR  TILDEN — A  FITTING  REPRE- 
SENTATIVE OF  THE  LOST  CAUSE. 
KpeeiaX  Dltpateh  to  the  New-York  Txmet. 

Washington,  Feb.  15. — Tbe  Electoral 
Commission  resumed  it?  session  shortly  after 
10  o'clock  this  morning,  Mr.  Evarts,  on  the 
part  of  the  Republicans,  being  tbe  first  speaker. 
At  at  each  previous  sitting  of  the 
Tribunal,  the  court-room  was  densely 
crowded,  many  of  the  most  prominent  mem- 
bers of  Congress  and  other  distinguished 
gentlemen  being  present.  Mr.  Evarts'  address, 
wbich  was  contmued  for  upward  of  two  hours, 
is  admitted  on  all  sidos  to  bave  been  the  clear- 
est and  most  convinoiug  argument  .vet  deliv- 
ered. At  tbo  outset  be  referred  to  the  fact 
that  tho  Constitution  of  the  United  States 
provided  that  Presidential  Electors  should  be 
chosen  in  such  way  as  tbe  States  themselves 
ordained  and  directed.  Then,  after  explaining 
at  some  length  the  relative  powers  of  the  Fed- 
eral and  Stat«  Governments,  he  showed  very 
clearly  that  the  Commission  could  not  legally 
exercise  the  same  legislative  power  as  the  two 
bouses  did  acting  separately.  Tbey,  accord- 
ingto  the  accepted  meaning  of  tho  Constitution, 
counted  tho  votes,  while  the  Commission,  was 
only  delegated  power  to  dctermiuo  questions 
relating  to  such  count  Regarding  Mr.  Matt 
Carpenter's  wild  theory  that  tho  Louisiana 
State  law  of  1868  made  no  provision  lor  filling 
vncancioM  in  the  Electoral  College,  Mr. 
Evarts     was    particularly    clear  and    lorcible, 

showing  beyond  all   question  tbat  tbo  ground 

taken  by  Carpenter  was  simply  ridiculous,  and 
unworthy  ot  credit  .  Admiting,  for  tho  soke  of 
argument,  however,  that  Mr.  Carpenter's  state- 
ment was  a  correct  one,  still  Mr.  Evarts  con- 
tended that  the  Electors  Brewster  and  Levisse, 
to  whose  case  tbe  law  in  question  i-eferred. 
were  still  legally  entitled  to  cast  their  votes 
for  the  Presidential  candidates  whom  they 
were  chosen  to  support.  They  were  not,  Mr. 
Evarts  continued,  entitled  to  the  position  of 
Elector,  because  of  any  title  which  they  re- 
ceived at  tho  election  on  the  7th  of  November, 
but  because  of  the  appointment  which  on  tbe 
6th  of  December  thoy  had  lawfully  received 
from  tbe  logall.y  elected,  returned,  and 
certified  Electors,  who  wera  charged 
with  the  duty  of  filling  all  vacancies 
wbich  might  occur  in  tbe  college. 
Mr.  Evarts  refuted  a  number  of  Carpenter's 
ingenious  arguments  with  ease  and  rapidity, 
and  theu,  referring  to  the  claim  that  Gov. 
Kellogg  could  not  legally  certify  to  his  own 
election  as  Presidential  Elector,  and  conse- 
quently was  not  eligible  to  tbe  latter  position, 
he  quoted  the  case  of  Gov.  IngersoU,  of  Connec- 
ticut, and  showed  that  he  had  certified  to 
hie  0wn  oleetlon  as  Elector,  and  that  bis  vote 
had  been  counted  without  question  or  debate. 
Similar  actiou  bad  been  taken  at  the  com- 
mencement of  the  nation's  existence,  when 
Hancock  certified  to  bis  own  election  aa  Presi- 
dent of  the  United. States  Congress.  Following 
up  this  lino  of  discassisn  tho  speaker  dwelt 
at  considerable  length  upon  the  proposition 
made  by  the  Deuiocralio  counsel  to  inquire 
into  tho  details  of  tho  State  election,  and  de- 
nied that  either  Conaresa  or  the  Commission 
had  junsdiction  to  do  so.  Judge  Trumbull  had 
claimed,  ho  continued,  that  at  tho  last  election 
the  Government  of  Louisiana  was  not  repub- 
lican in  lorm,  because  it  was  nec&^sary  lor  the 
Federal  power,  and  a  part  of  the  Federal  Army 
to  uphold  the  laws  and  the  State  Administratiou. 
In  bis  opinion  it  would  bo  just  as  well  to  claim 
that  the  United  States  Government  had  not 
been  republican  jn  form  because  for  four  years 
during  tho  late  war  it  had  been  upheld  by 
armed  men — citizens  w^ho  becamo  soldiers 
because  they  believed  that  the  form  of 
the  Government  was  republican,  and  bo- 
cause  the.v  loved  that  form.  He  knew 
that  the  spirit  which  animated  tbese  men  was 
still  alive  in  the  land.  He  lor  one  was  always 
a  citizen  before  ho  was  a  partisan,  and  he  felt 
himself  bound  to  denounce  as  unwarranted  the 
statement  that  in  the  present  case  ho  or  his 
associates  acted  as  partisans.  Every  demand 
which  they  made,  every  appeal  which 
they  made,  was  in  the  namo  of  law,  of 
right,  of  truth,  and  justice.  This  part  of  Mr. 
Evartb'  address  was  truly  eloquent,  and  de- 
livered with  much  greater  warmth  and 
dramatic  effect  than  is  usual  with  him.  As  he 
sat  dawn  it  was  remarked  by  a  namber  of 
prominent  Democrats  who  were  present  that 
he  had  completely  demolished  Mr.  Carpenter's 
plea  and  overthrown  Trumbull's  strongest 
points. 

At  tbe  close  of  his  speech  a  recess  was  taken 
for  half  an  hour,  and  then  the  venerable  Judge 
Campbell,  of  New-Orleans,  took  the  floor. 
Hia  appearance  created  a  marked  sensation, 
and  vividly  recalled  all  tbe  circutnstances  of 
his  somewhat  eventful  life.  He  was  at 
one  time  a  Justice  of  the  United  States  Su- 
premo Court,  anfl.. as  a  peer  of  the  highest  legal 
authorities  in  the  nation,  sat  upon  tbe  very 
bench  to  which  he  to-day  api>ealed.  He  left 
that  high  position  to  join  the  forces  of  the  men 
who  wero  in  arms  agamst  his  country,  and  to- 
day he  appeared  to  advocate  the  cause  of  a 
man  wbo  pronounced  tbe  war  for  tho  Union  a 
failure,  and  declared  that  the  Southern  States 
had  the  right  to  secede.  Mr.  Samuel 
J.  Tilden  was  fittingly  represented  by  ex- 
Justioo  Campbell.  His  argument  was  based 
upon  legal  quibbles  from  tbe  ooidmencement 
to  the  end,  and  it  proved  nothing  except  that 
the  Judge  was  well  versed  in  old  English  law, 
but  knew  little  about  the  statutory  enactments 
of  the  State  of  Louisiana.  He  was  frequently 
prompted  ty  the  ^ell-known  Major  Burke, 
ot  New-Orleans,  who  sat  at  bis  elbow. 
But  even  with  this  aid  he  was  unable  to 
show  one  good  reason  how  or  why  the  Com- 
mission, or  any  other  creature  of  Congress,  is 
authorized  to  go  behind  tbe  returns  of  a  State, 
or  inquire  into  tbe  manner  in  which  the  Stipes 
oonduot  their  elections  or  appoint  their  officers. 
At  the  close  of  his  argument  a  number  of 
legal  references  were  submitted  by  counsel  on 
both  sides,  and  then  tbe  public  meeting  was 
adjourned,  and  the  Commission  went  into  ex- 
ecutive session. 


THE  INDIAN  TROUBLES. 
Deadwood,  Feb.  15.— During  the  last  week 
numerous  reports  of  Indian  depredations  have  been 
comiDg  in  from  small  towas  adjacent  hert.  To-day 
tbese  ramors  assumed  an  alarminz  aspect,  and 
Bob'tantiated  news  of  simnltaneoos  attacks  in  dif- 
ferent (directions,  which  leads  to  tbe  belief  that  the 
lodlaBs  are  surrounding  tbi*  vicinity.  Volen's 
large  cattle  train  was   oaptared  entire  near  Bear 

Batte^  yesterday,  aad  Flelber's  herd  of  males  waa 
•lao  oaptured  m  the  aanie  vicinity.  Montana 
ranobe,  a  short  diatAoce  from  here,  waa  attacked 
about  theaame  time,  tbe  Indians  captortag  all  tbe 
■took*  Wigginton'a  herd  Mhoraea,  which  waa  near 
GrocAc  CHv,  was  also  oaptared.  Wieginton  waa 
wminded.  and  hi*  aaslstaat  killed.      C«aaidQE|hU 

ptook  \»  the  TloaltT  «f  Speaiflah  vm  ran  ttA-" 


THE  COMMISSION'S  DECISION. 

A  VOTE  ON  TBS  ADMISSION  OF  EVIDENCE 
TO  BE  TAKEN  TO-DAY — THE  LOUISIANA 
CASE  TO  BE  FINALLY  DECIDED  ON 
MONDAY — THB  DEMOCRACY  PREPARING 
FOR  DISTURBANCE. 

Special  Vispateh  to  the  New-York  Timet. 

Wasbingion,  Feb.  15.— The  Commission 
had  a  private  conference  this  evening,  which 
lasted  about  three-quarters  of  an  hour.  There 
waa  some  desire  manifested  to  remain  in  session 


■members  of  the  Commission  are  really  not  able 
physically  to  undertake  such  a  labor,  as  sev- 
eral of  tbem  are  not  in  vigorous  health,  and 
they  have  during  the  last  three  -  days 
had  a  weighty  test  laid  upon  their 
endurance  by  the  long  sessions.  An  agreement 
or  order  was,  therefore,  made  that  the  Com- 
mission adjourn  till  to-morrow  morning,  and 
that  a  vote  be  taken  at  4  o'clock  on  the  ad- 
mission of  testimon.y.  Tbis  wdl  be  decided  aa 
a  preliminar.v  question,  asm  the  case  of  Florida, 
and  after  the  decision  counsel  will  again  be 
beard.  There  is  no  reason  to  believe  that 
the  Commission  will  reverse  its  opinion  as 
heretofore  given,  and  the  first  intention  was 
to  have  tbe  case  presented  entire  and  upon  its 
merits,  and  then  to  decide  ;  but  the  counsel 
have  drawn  the  Commission  from  this  purpose. 
The  case  cannot  now,  therefore,  be  de- 
cided this  week,  or  rather,  cannot 
be  sent  back  to  Congress  this  week. 
The  refusal  to  bear  testimony  would  be  fol- 
lowed by  brief  arguments  on  Friday  night  or 
Saturday,  and.  the  final  decision  may  be  ready 
to  communicate  to  Congress  on  Monday. 

If,  as  is  generally  admitted,  the  vote  of 
Louisiana  is  to  be  counted  for  Hayes, 
the  height  of  excitement  will  be  reached  when 
the  announcement  is  made.  The  full  force  of 
all  the  Democratio  purpose  to  break  down  tbe 
law  and  prevent  the  declaration  of  an  election 
under  its  provisions  will  then  burst  forth. 
They  are  now  preparing  for  a  state 
of  tremendous  excitement  by  getting  un- 
duly elated.  Tbere  are  many  of  the 
Democratio  members  who  are  really  jubilant. 
They  have  been  made  sanguine  by  their  lead- 
ers that  the  reaction  may  be  the  more  intense. 
Tuey  are  told  that  the  Commission  is  going 
behind  tho  returns  this  time  by  the 
vote  of  Justice  Bradley,  and  they  be- 
lieve that  the  information  is  true.  But 
once  the  announcement   is  made  that  tho   vote 

is  given  to  Hayes,  tho  revolutionary  spirit  will 
make  a  desperate  effort  to  assert  itself,  and 
for  a  time  at  least  the  scenes  of  New-Orleans 
will,  almost   be   threatened   lu  Washington. 

Ultimately    the     purpose    of    revolution    will 

probably  be  suppressed,  though  some  unusual 
and  desperate  proceedings  in  the  nature  of  a 
Democratic  protest  mar  bo  expected. 

Ono  of  tbo  most  frivolous  of  complaints  is 
tbo  recent  one  that  the  framcrs  of  tbe  bill 
meant  the  Commission  acting  under  it  to  go 
behind  the  returns.  The  point  was  squarely 
stated  in  debate,  and  all  that  Mr.  Thurman 
claimed  in  tho  Senate  was  that  the  bill  sub- 
mitted to  the  Commission  the  question  of  the 
newer  of  Congress  to  take  extnnsio  evidence, 
and  he  said  if  that  question  bad  not  been  left  to 
the  Commission  no  Democrat  would  vote  for 
tbe  bill.  It  was  never  claimed  that  the  Com- 
mission must  go  bebmd  the  returns,  but  only 
that  they  might.  Otherwise  no  Republican 
would  bave  voteo-x  tor  the  bill,  and  everv 
Republican  who  voted  lor  it  did 
so  knowing  it  gave  tbe  Commission  power 
to  review  the  State  elections,  but  in  the  full 
faitlb  that  no  commission  would  decide  that 
Buoh  a  power  existed  ;  and  it  was  also  behoved 
that  if  Mr.  Thurman  and  Mr.  Bayard  were  on 
the  Commission  they  would  vote  against  such 
a   proposition.     Tho    claim   that   tbere  has,  or 

could  have  been  any  bad  iaith  in  tbis  matter 

is  absurd. 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  TEE  COMMISSION. 


The  Commission  met  at  10:15  tbis  morning, 
owing  to  the  coroprumise  vote  last  evening  at  the 
adjournment,  whou  neither  10  nor  10:30  would  bo  ac- 
cepted. When  Mr-  Evarls  rose  to  speak  the  room 
seemed  especially  crowded,  a  great  demand  for  ad- 
mittance being  made,  and  tbe  number  of  ladies 
Deinc  considerably  Increased. 


till  a  decision  shoiild  be  reaohed  on  tbe  question 
.  of  tke  admiMibilitx.  of  tbe  cTidenoe.  boli  %h^.ia~  jBii»Uit.^^JiikruuZ.^^  Ida, 


ARGUMENT  OF  MR.  EVARTS. 
Mk,  Presidest  and  Gentlemen  of  the  Com- 
MtBSiOK :  The  ireneral  subject  of  controveray  before 
the  Commission  is,  how  tbis  Commission,  under 
the  powers  conferred  npon  it,  and  in  the  dischnree 
of  the  duty  confided  to  it  by  an  act  of  Congress  un- 
der which  it  is  organized,  shall  advise  tho  two 
houses  or  Congress  in  tho  discharge  ot  their  duty, 
under  tho  Constitation  of  the  United  States,  lu 
counting  the  votes  of  President  and  Vice  President — 
what  votes  shall  be  counted  for  the  State  of  Louisi- 
ana. Tbe  Constitution  has  undertaken  to  deter- 
mine that  the  State  shall  have  the  power  to  appoint 
Electors  as  its  Legislature  may  direct,  and  no  au- 
thoritv  or  argument  can  disparage  or  overreach 
that  nebt  of  the  State.  That  right  is  in  tbe  State. 
Ic  is  not  a  gift  from  the  Federal  Government,  for 
there  was  no  Federal  Government  to  give  it.  It  Is 
not  carved  out  of  any  fand  of  power  or  right  that 
the  Federal  Government  poasessed,  for  tbe  Federal 
Government  had  no  general  fund  of  power  or  right 
out  ot  which  ic  could  carve  a  gift  to  the  State. 
Tbe  State  of  Louisiana  stands  iu  this  behalf  as 
ono  of  the  original  13  States  stood.'  What- 
ever was  the  right  of  one  of  the  original 
13  States  in  tbe  election  of  Washington,  is  the  right 
of  Louisiana  now  in  the  election  of  a  President; 
and,  therefore,  it  is  not  to  be  measured  as  a  gift ; 
not  to  bo  measured  in  its  relation  to  an.v  ceneral 
fund  of  aathoilty  on  the  subject  that  the  United 
States  had,  and  which  it  has  limited,  but  aa  one  of 
the  conditions,  one  of  tbe  original  limitations,  one  of 
the  oiigmal  distributions  of  power  out  of  which, 
and  by  which,  combined,  comes  the  Government  of 
tbe  United  States,  and  exist  the  Govornmenls  of 
tbe  Slates  as  members  of  the  Union.  This  topic  at 
once  leada  us  to  consider  wherein  the  Constitation 
of  tbe  United  States  has  established,  and  bow  it 
has  distributed  the  authority  of  choosing  a  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States ;  wbat  (lart  of  it  is  admin- 
istered and  admlnistrable  as  the  action  of  the  Fed- 
eral Government ;  wbat  part  of  it  is  administered  abd 
admlnistrable  as  the  part  of  the  State  action.  In  clie 
matter  and  on  tbe  terms  of  tbe  Constitution,  is  tbis 
demarkation  to  be  drawn  and  ahered  to,  and  in  this 
regard,  as  well  as  in  everv  other  respect  of  power, 
are  tbe  maxims  of  tbe  Constitution  aa  to  construc- 
tion concerning  ■  the  line  drawn,  to  be  observed  as 
well  as  in  every  other?  The  Government  confers 
nothing  upon  tbe  States  t  the  Government  comes 
intA  existence  by  and  through  the  States  and  their 
people,  and  the  arroKation  of  authority  ia 
primary  in  the  State  and  is  in  the  Gen- 
eral Government  only  by  its  allotment  of 
the  terms  ot  the  Constitation,  and  there  Is 
theretore  tbe  Mme  method  of  construction  and  in- 
terpretation In  drawing  the  line  and  in  maintain- 
ing ita  defenses  in  this  matter  of  election  of  Presi- 
dent as  m  all  others.  Whatever  the  Federal  Gov- 
-  emment  bas  in  tbis  matter  ot  elecdon  of  a  Presi- 
dent, it  bas  by  force  of  terms  in  the  Constitution. 
Whatever  the  State  has,  it  has  noon  the  same 
terms,  and  theu  the  tenth  amendment  apolies,  and 
the  ninth  applies — that  there  is  to  be  no  diapar- 
agement  of  tbe  riehts  tbat  are  arrogated  by  tbe 
nehts  that  are  conferred,  and  tbat  whatever  ia  not 
cdntered  upon  the  Federal  Government  by  this 
Coustitutioo,  and  is  not  forbidden  to  tbe  States,  is 
reserved  to  the  State  or  to  the  people.  Now,  it  is 
not  far  me  to  repeao  the  areuments  made  by  my 
learned  associates  so  well,  and  by  me  »o  far  a«  I 
could  aid  them,  m  the  general  diicussions  which 
were  nresented  under  tbe  Florida  case.  These 
general  propositionti  were  that  the  whole  matter  of 
creating  the  Elector  belonced  to  the  State;  the 
whole  matter  of  ascertainincr,  accrediting  and  set- 
ting forward  with  credentials,  belonired  to  the  State 
80  far  as  tbe  text  ot  tbe  Constitution 
read,  and  that,  whatever  the  statute  of  1792  bad 
soDuht  to  pre.'iPtibe  in  tbe  matter  of  these  creden- 
tials, it  was  directorv  and  for  the  convenience  and 
instruolion  of  the  body  that  was  tu  count  the  vote. 
As  to  the  fact  that  it  baa  not  been  a  State,  tbat  tb§ 
Elector  was  not  an  ofiScer  of  the  State,  tbat  in  no 
very  oonsidet^ble  sense  could  he  be  created  an  officer 
of  the  United  dtates,  tbat  be  was  an  Elector,  hav- 
ing tbe  right  under  tbe  Constitution  ot  the  United 
States  to  vote  for  President,  and  that  he  waa  a 
representidlve  Blector,  was  to  be  measured  only 
(Q  discern  wftether  he  was  depnlissd  to  act 
as  an  agent,  or  whether  be  was  accred- 
ited   with     the  ^  Totmg     power  _  to      rote 


taandt.  To  aay  tbat  he  w%9  a  representaUva 
Elector  because  he  come^  to  t>e  an  Slector  in  repre- 
sentation of  and  participation  In  the  goverDment  of 
a  Statp,  amonnts  to  nothing  more  than  to  aav  tbat 
you  members  of  the  two  honses  of  Oonarresa  are 
representative  legislators.  You  are  representative 
legislators.  Ton  are  lenslator*  ia  «  Government 
restine  ou  the  will  of  tbe  people  and  npon  its  com- 
munioated  anthority  to  you  as  representatives  ;  but 
you  kre  not  deputlEed:  to  derive  .vonr  Instruction] 
and  authority  from  a  principal  at  home.  Von  are 
representatives  «fthe  legislative  anthority  lodged 
theoretically  in  the  people,  and,  in  the  theory 
of  representation,  possessed  by  you.  in 
the  same  olenary  power  tbat  tbe  people  themsolvea 
would  bave  exercised  it.  It  was  then  annoanoed  as 
our  proposttioQ  that  after  the  appointment  ot 
Electors,  then  the  vote  and  title  to  vote,  and  the 
exercise  ot  the  right  and  perionnanoe  of  tbe  duty 
to  vote  on  the  part  of  iho  Electors,  bad  come  nn4ei 
tbe  exclusive  dominion  ot  the  Federal  Uonatitntion, 
the  representation,  so  far  as  it  entered  into  the 
creation  of  a  title  and  tbe  oonfemng  of  the 
authority  bavins  been  exhau!ited..  Now,  in 
the  Florida  case,  as  bere,  these  considt^nwtiont 
had  their  weight,  and  were  accepted  or  declined  by 
tbe  different  membeis  of  the  Commission,  accord- 
inir  to  the  estimate  of  tbe  Constitution  and  laws  of 
their  country.  In  tbat  case,  as  in  tbis,  there  were 
present  before  tbe  Commission  matters  of  consider- 
ation about  which,  as  tbe.y  were  open  entirely  tot 
your  inxpectiou,  and  necea«arily  form  a  part  of 
your  determination,  there  was  no  question;  I  mean 
the  papars  tbat  were  opened  by  tbe  Preaident  ot 
tUe  Senate,  according  to  tbe  Constitation,  m  the 
presence  of  the  two  houses  of  Congress.  Tbey  are 
before  you  under  the  law  of  1877  as  they  were  before 
tbat  Assembly,  in  that  presence  under  the  Consti- 
tution without  tbe  law  of  1877,  and  now  the  ques- 
tion 88  to  what  more  is  or  can  be  before  you  is  a  ques- 
tion under  tbe  law  ot  1877,  as  interpreted  by  it«  owa 
terms  in  tbe  light  of  the  Constitation  of  the  United 
States.  It  has  parsed  beyond  dispute.  We  did  not 
dispute  it  in  the  Florida  casp.  Bat  if  we  ar«  to  re- 
ceive the  Intimation  ot  Mr.  Justice  Bradley,  it  has 
passed  beyond  dispute  in  .your  own  dellbenaiions  as 
receivine  the  concorrence  of  all,  That  you  bave  the 
powers  tbat  the  two  houses  have  in  tbe  act  and 
transaction  of  counting  the  votes  and  no  other 
powers ;  not  that  you  have  tbe  powers  that  the  two 
boanes  of  Congreaa  together  or  separately  have  aa 
the  Legislature  of  the  country ;  not  that  you  have 
any  of  the  powers  tbat  either  of  them  separately 
ban  lu  lespect  to  wbat  is  accredited 
to  either  of  thorn  separately  in  the  Consti- 
tution ontAide  of  legislative  power;  you  bave 
no  particle  of  any  autborltv  that  is  lodged  in  the 
two  houses  of  Congress  under  any  of  the  eeneral 
grants  of  authority  to  them  as  the  Z/eeislature,  oi 
to  either  of  them  separately,  except  what  Is  granted 
bv  the  Constltntion  witbiu  the  very  terms  of  thii 
article;  that  tbe  t*-an8action  oeine  completed  in  tb< 
States,  they  having  forwarded  their  votes  bitbei 
under  such  representation  as  briiiga  tbem  into  the 
presence  of  tbe  two  houses  of  Congress,  thai 
their  contents  may  be  disclosed  and  acted  upon;  tbat 
whatever  action  ibereauon  proceeds  by  tbe  tvro 
houses,  there  met,  or  by  the  two  houses  separating 
in  the  discharge  of,  and  in  tbe  continned  exercise 
of  the  function  of  cooatinE  the  votes,  tbis  is  passed 
over  to  you  tbat  yonr  aovice  may  be  given  to  them 
as  it  woold  proceed  oat  of  their  original,  their  in- 
dependent deliberations  and  construction,  if 
I  bey  bad  limited  themselves  to  tbe  con- 
duct of  tbe  counting  of  the  votes  in 
the  simple  terms  of  the  Constitution,  and 
they  then  proceed  to  count.  They  coimt  tbe  vote. 
Havinz  made  a  law  unto  themselves,  which  tbev 
cannot  transcend  without  its  repeal,  that  this  in- 
struction, as  to  what  votes  onght  to  b9  counted 
under  the  Constitution  of  tbe  United  States,  tbev 
will  act  npon  as  determining  what  votes  under  the 
Constitation  oaght  to  be  counted  unless  their  united 
judsment  shall  contravene  this  great  autbotiiy 
they  have  given  to  you. 

A  DEMOCRATIC  CHANGE  OF  POSITION. 

We  insiated,  therefore,  in  tbe  Florida  case,  that 
one  great  consideration  iu  determining  what  the 
powers  of  Congress  wore  in  tbis  mere  procedure 
was  wbat  the  nature  of  tbe  proceeding  was, 
what  tbe  constitutional  objects  and  solicitudes 
in  providing  for  the  transaction  had  indicated  as 
tbe  will  of  the  people  when  they  adopted  the  Con- 
stitution of  the  United  States,  and  that 
were  met  bv  very  learned  and  very  an- 
thoritatiye  statements  from  eminent  lawyers. 
Mr.  Field,  in  behalf  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives, proposed  to  .you  tbat  you  had  at  least  the 
powers  of  a  court  on  qtio  viarranto.  Mr.  O'Conor, 
with  tbat  accuracy  and  precision  ttiat  proceed  from 
his  statementii,  demanded  tbe  same  authority  ;  in- 
sisted that  otherwise  the  correction  of  the  frauds, 
Utie  redress  of  violence,  the  curbing  of  the  excess  of 
authority  would  oe  remediless,  and  yet  in  their  na- 
ture being  festering  wounds  in  the  body  politic, 
woald  work  ita  rain.  Those  demands  were  made ; 
those  demands  were  answered  ;  and  now,  witbont 
one  panicle  of  change  in  tbe  law,  tbe  Constitation, 
or  the  area  of  this  debate,  we  are  told  by  the  re. 
sponaiblo  represent-atives  of  tbe  houses  of  Con- 
gresi",  throogh  their  objectors,  and  by  the 
eminent  counsel  that  have  put  forward  their  pnsi- 
tloDs,  that  you  have  no  judicial  power  whatever  ; 
that  we  were  quite  riKht  about  that;  there  could 
not  bo  any  Judicial  power  outside  of  a  court  inferior 
to  the  Supreme  Court,  the  Judges  whereof  were 
appointed  by  tbe  President  and  confirmed  by  the 
Senate,  and  held  office  for  lite  uoon  a  arated  oom- 
jiensAiioD.  Why  might  we  not  have  been  save'i 
tho  formal  discussion  ?  If  we  are  to  enter  apoci 
this  with  any  great  trnst  la  its  soundneaa 
or  permanence,  obedience  to  the  ralinsts  of  this 
Commission,  as  requiring  this  shifting  of  ground 
in  our  face,  would  be  a  respectable  support  fur  the 
manmavre  :  but  I  bave  not  beard  tbat  eiven  as  a 
reason.  Tno  argument  in  the  Florida  case  waa 
abandoned,  aud  an  Ibdependeut  and  inconsistent 
one  proposed  here,  rfow,  what  is  tbe  power  ?  It 
is  what  is  called  a  legislative  power,  that  is  sup- 
posed to  reside  in  this  Commission  in  determininz 
bow  it.  Should  advise  tbat  tbe  votes  sbocld  be 
counted,)  it  being  a  legislative  power  in  the  two 
houses.  Now  there  are  qaite  as  many  constitu- 
tional objections  fb  a  leeislative  power  vested  in 
this  Commission,  or  tbe  legislative  power  restine 
in  the  two  houses  ot  Congress  in  the 
matter  of  counting  tbe  votes,  as  there  are 
to  any  other  form  or  description  ot  power. 
The  legislative  power  of  Congress — the  great  and 
principal  power  of  government — is  vested  In  those 
bonses  when  tbey  act  in  such  concurrence  as  the 
Constitniioa  requires,  but  before  any  legislation 
can  proceed  from  them  there  must  t>e  such  sub- 
mission of  it  to  the  approval  ,of  tbe  Presi- 
dent as  the  Constitution  requires  before 
any  legislation  is  effected.  It  is  not, 
herefore,  in  that  sense  that  our  learned  friends  at- 
tribnte  a  legislative  xiower  eitber  to  tbe  two  houses 
of  Congress  or  to  .votL  Ii  is  iu  tbe  sense  of  a  political 
power,  of  political  action,  in  a  political  transaction. 
Those  are  the  limits  wbich  wo  had  assitmed  to  our 
argument  in  the  Florida  case  as  to  the  powers  ot  the 
two  houses,  to  wit,  that  in  the  transacttion 
of  an  election  which  starts  from  the  primary  poll- 
ing places  and  proceeds  to  the  pnint  of  devolopins 
and  accrediting  an  Elector  up  to  the  scrutiny,  no 
far  as  it  is  opened  here,  and  tbe  counting  ot  tbe 
Electoral  votes  not  of  voteH  tor  Electors  ;  It  was 
all  a  part  in  the  series  of  movements  tbat  had  for 
their  purpose  that  transaction  of  a  political  act  of 
bringing  into  'office  a  President  of  the  United. 
States,  and  tbat  the  two  houses  of  Congress,  under 
the  Constitution  aa  it  reads,  must  discharge — when 
the  President  of  tbe  Senate  opened  the  cerUiicaLeB 
— that  duty  on  those  certificates,  unless  by  some, 
prior  leeislative  action  of  the  Congress  putting 
In  execution  and  thus  mtorpreting  some  powers 
that  thev  undertook;  for  in  tbeir  construction 
of  the  Constitution,  it  provided  by  legal  means  foe 
tbe  exercise  of  1 1,  and  the  terms  of  this  act  carefully 
observed  tbat  limitation,  that  this  act  waa  not  to 
be  interpreted  as  cairying  any  Congressional  pow- 
ers that  were  determined  and  created  by  the  act, 
or  any  interpretation  to  be  put  upon  it  in  its  owa 
terms,  but  that  ic  was  to  carry  such  powers  aa 
were  in  the  two  houses  as  existing  by  previous 
law,  and  as  determinable  by  you,  theretore,  imdef 
the  Constitution  and  under  existini;  law. 

WHAT  PBOOF  IS  ABHISSmLK. 
As  a  primary  consideration,  theu,  aa  is  the  Flor 
ida  oase^  it  is  to  be  determined,  not  as  the  atwtract 
question  that  we  ask  your  Honors  to  consider ; 
ic  is  to  bo  determined,  not  wbat  hypothet- 
ical proof  miaht  be  received,  but  wbat  proof 
within  the  office  are  rightfully  to  be  received  and 
added  to  the  elements  and  funds  of  proof  wnich 
the  paners  opened  by  the  President  of  the  Senate 
tbem&elves  disclose  1  What,  then,  is  tbe  offer  of 
proof— not  in  its  details,  but  in  its  prlnciplea — and 
wbat  is  the  state  of  proof,  as  presented  in  the  cer, 
tlflcates  in  aid,  or  supplement,  or  contradiction  oc 
which  tbis  proof  aliunde  is  to  t>e  introdaoedt 
The  first  certificate  contains  in  itself  every  cer* 
talnty  and  every  oobciosive  credeatial  that  the 
Uws  or  the  Constimtioa  of  the  United  States  or  of 
the  State  of  Loiusiaua  prescrloed.  Tbis  certificate 
also  discloses  a  special  state  of  facts  coo* 
cerning  two  of  the  Electors  who  cast  th^ 
votes.  I  mean  Mr.  Brewster  and  Hr.  Levisse. 
Tula  special  state  of  facts  was  that,  heing  among 
tbe  Electors  that  were  voted  for  and  that  were  cov- 
ered by  the  Governor's  certificate,  when  the  £lec> 
toral  College  met  they  were  not  in  attendance  ;  tbat 
the  State  prescribed  that  tbeir  attendance  abould 
be  waited  for  until  4  o'clock  in  tbe  afternoon  of  tbo 
day,  and  that,  in  case  of  non-attendance,  by  itself 
and  of  Itself  alone,  on  the  part  of  any  person  chosen 
or  accredited  by  the  action  of  the  State  authoiities,; 
the  vacancy  tbns  created  shoold  be  filled  by  the  act*; 
ing  Electors;  that  at  that  moment,  on  that  tacr«; 
the  College  ot  Electors  proceeded  to  choose  tb» 
same  men  who  there.t£t«r  on  that  title  took  tbeir 
seaia  in  tbe  Electoral  College  and  voted,  and  are  tol 
be  counted  or  oiscarded  npon  that  sbowmz,  to  wit: 
the  entire  abowlue  of  this  cerufioate  opened  by  tbe 
President  of  the  Senate.  Now.  beyonU  that  thera 
is  in  tbis  argument  about  evidence  not  any  particu- 
lar circumstance  that  1  need  to  call  attention  to  in 
rezard  to  that  first  certificate,  nor  do  I  need,  ttiat  £ 
can  see — certainly  not  in  addiiion  to  tbe  observa- 
tions that  bave  already  been  made — to  discuss  at  all 
tho  second  or  McEoery  certificate.  What  prooi',  then, 
18  offered  '  1  now  proceed  to  discuss  it,  aa  a  matter 
ot  pilnoiple,  as  to  its  application,  and  where  its 
effect,  if  ut  all,  is  to  be  accepted.  In  tbe  first  placa 
tbo  offt-rs  of  proof  do  nut  seeik,  any  of  tbem,  to  dis. 
parase  the  tralh  of  tbat  certafioate— £  mean  Iti 
truth  as  made  up  of  the  elements  of  tbe  Goyemor'* 
cerElflcation  of  the  fact  in  tbe  State's  fctlon  tbat  he 
is  to  certify — nor  to  impeach  tbe  ^ranaaotion  tmich 
is  aboH-n  to  bave  taken  place  in  toe'  IBlectpval  Col- 
lege. No  proof  offered  nmcbea  that  apaotf  ta  the 
tTiinsaction,  or  the  qoestioa  of  the  Ooveraor'a  Eii^ 
to  certify — ^bia  nsrht  bv  being  Governor  to 
or  that  the  effbct  in  the  cwlwtnHnwL*nd 


m: 


'M 


m 


7;V  nnlt  «f  th«  deotloa  io  the  Stats  •omoorts  with 

tbe  Taetn  tbtA  he  aid  not  so  sertliy.  nor  on  the  point 
that  BrewstOT  and  LmriMe  came  into .  the  Electoral 
CplIoEe,  on  the  traoMoclon  prwerved  in  the  mlnaies 
of  the  Sleorona  College  and  presented  here.  If  we 
look  at  the  ofFeri  of  proof  we  see  that  at  once,  so 
far  from  introdncine,  tberefore,  any  element  of 
proof  that  is  to  separate  the  Governor's  certificate 
titom  the  thinsaacertifled,  or  is  to  disparage  the 
Governor's  right  to  certify  tinder  the  Conatltntion 
of  the  United  States,  these  oflers  of  proof  expressly 
concede  that  oondrtion  of  thlnxs,  and 
plant  tbsmsalTes  wbollj  upon  somettiiag 
antecedent  in  the  State's  transaction  to 
this  aotton  of  the  Gnrernor,  and  this 
fotion  in  the  State  which  prodaoas  the  recorded  re- 
sult on  which  the  (^Ternor  mnst  certify.  In  ths 
first  place,  we  were  savea  any  question,  and,  I 
think,  might  have  been  saved  any  argument  aboat 
Gov.  KelloKg's  bemK  a  de  facto  Govemot,  'dllinK  the 
office  and  DPrfonninii  its  daties,  for  they  offered 
tiDder  their  flist  hsad  to  prove  that  said  EelloeK 
'Was  Governor  de  faeto  of  said  State  dorioK  all  the 
months  of'Kovember  and  Deoember,  1876,  and  then 
wtMnyoaoome  to  their  offers  oonceruin£  the  dfa* 
Qoalifloatlon  of  Levlsse  ind  of  Brewster, 
foand  on  the  17th  nage,  yna  will 
observcLthat  there  is  not  the  least  pronoeltion  that 
on  the  6ta  day  of  December,  when  these  two  men 
oame  into  the  oflBce  of  Eleetor  by  the  choice  of  the 
Electoral  ColteBe,  followine  the  vacancy,  they  were 
under  any  disonalifioation  whatever.  The  proposi- 
tion is  I  read  now  from  what  is  called  here  the 
fifth  proDOHltlon— "That  on  the  7th  day  of  Novem- 
ber, A.  D.  lieviase,  one  of  the  pretended  College  of 
Electors  in  Loaismoo,  was  at  the  time  ot  anch  elec- 
tion, a  Court  Commissioner  of  the  Cironit  Court  of 
the  United  States  for  the  District  of  Louisiana," 
and  for  Brewster  in  the  lame  way.  The  offer  of 
proof  then  falls  entirely  short  of  diaparasios  his 
capacity  to  receive  an  eleetion  on  the  6th  day  of 
Dccembei,  and  the  proof  is  not  offered  to  contradict 
Che  trausaollon  by  which  ba  came  in  throneh 
fche  vote  of  the  Electoral  CoUd'se,  as  dis- 
played in  the  certlficaie.  Kow.  in  re- 
gard to  the  sabstantivo  matters  of  proof, 
BO  tar  from  beins  obliged  to  rest  on  the  nroposition, 
that  there  is  no  offer  to  intervene,  that  proof  be- 
Kwec^n  the  re«orde<t  result  of  the  election  and  the 
Goramor's  certificate  of  that  result  as  prodncioK 
these  Electors  and  no  others,  the  offers  of  proof  are 
•fflnniitive  lo  their  proposUion  that  that  state  of 
facts  does  exist,  and  is  part  of  the  tbings  they  are 
able  and  ready  to  prove.    1  ask  attention  to  this 

5>riocipal  offer  of  proof,  which  is  as  follows : 
t  has  been  aeliberntelv  prooaoed  and  made  of 
record  io  that  State  that  by  the  authority  intrnsted 
with  the  final  act  of  uVidence  and  oortlflcaiion, 
these  Electors  did  receive  a  majority  of  the  legal 
votes  in  the  State  of  Iiouisiana.  They  bsv  it  was 
lone  nulla  fide  aiid  fraudulently,  bat  it  was  then 
done^  The  act  was  consnnimated,  and  you  afe  re- 
lieved theiefore  from  any  distarbance  of  this  defi- 
nite and  limited  proposition,  of  whether  it  is  com- 
petent for  the  two  houses  of  Congress  to  penetrate 
the  aoMon  of  a  State,  and  determine,  first:,  whether 
It  eonforma  to  toe  real  faots  ot  tba  election  as  de- 
ducible  through  successive  steps  from  the  deposit- 
Ine  of  the  vstes  In  the  ballot- uozes,  and  secondly, 
whether  they  conformed  to  legal  authority. 
THE  6ROUin>S  OS  OBJECTION  ANALTZSD. 

It  is  necessary  for  ns,  then,  before  we  can  ap- 
proach defloitely  the  consideration  of  whether  any 
of  Ibis  proof  cau  ba  offered,  to  understand  at  least 
what  the  laws  dt  Lonlsiaua  are,  and  it  will  foilow— 
if  we  ba^e  aoy  right  here  to  consider  the  oontormi- 
ty  of  the  action  of  the  caovasAing  ofiScers,  or  any  of 
the  enbordinate  tnnctiooanes  in  the  election,  or 
any  of  tbe  voters  themselves,  to  that  law — that  we 
Should  see,  at  least,  upon  what  statnte  or  statutory 
enactments  toeae  objectors  seek  to  base  ttioir  ques- 
tion of  the  action  had  in  these  separate  departments 
of  tbe  transaction.  2iow,  I  confess  to  an  inat>iiiiy 
to  nnderstand  that  there  should  really  exist  any 
oonfnaioa  on  chat  sabioot,  or  as  to  the  statutory  en- 
tetmeots  in  ferce,  on  their  face,  governing  this 
election.  As  to  what  took  olaoe  on  the  7rh  of  No- 
vember in  the  primary  depositing  of  the  votes,  and 
•onelnding  later  in  the  jear  by  tbe  fiual 
result  ot  the  c&nv.tsa  certified  and  re- 
corded, a  littla  coafUBion,  I  am  afraid,  has  been 
made  out  at  the  attempt  to  shorten  a  little  the  re- 
print so  nsefol  in  all  particnlars,  made  under  the 
dlreocion  of  the  court.  In  tbe  Session  Laws  of  1868, 
and  in  the  acts  of  that  sessioB,  are  found  two  inde- 
pendent acts  on  indeoendent  subjects,  both  of 
which  were  in  force  until  ei,tner  or  both  of  them 
were  repealed.  Tbey  were  not  inconsistent,  and 
they  were  not  in  pari  materia,  unless  in  so  tar  as 
that  some  portlun  or  enaccmant  that  might 
have  been  included  in  tbe  general  Jaw  was 
sot  included  In  the  special  or  particular 
law  to  which  I  shall  call  attention.  The  first  of 
these  acta  is  touod  on  page  218  ot  the  Session  Law* 
of  l6ti8,  and  is  nambered  164.  Its  title  la,  "Aelative 
toEiections  in  tbe  State  ot  lionlsiana,  and  toEntorce 
Article  1Q3  of  tbe  Constitution  of  ths  State."  It  is 
not  any  pare  of  the  law  of  1868,  but  is  a  reproduction 
of  certain  sections  of  the  Revised  Statutes  passed  in 
JifTO. 

Commiaaioner  Abbott  said  that  counsel  had  sug- 
gested yesterday  that  the  law  of  1868  and  the  re- 
vision were  precisely  the  same. 

Mr.  Evans  said  that  during  bis  argument  be 
would  show  exactly  how  tbe  matter  stood.  Now, 
there  is  another  law  of  1863,  the  General  Election 
law  to  enforce  article  103  of  the  Constitution  of  the 
giate.  On  page  245  (So.  193)  is  another  act  entitled, 
"Bslative  to  Presidential  Electors,"  that  contains 
In  its  first  section  an  actribniion  of  the  conduct  of 
this  election  under  the  General  Election  law,  and 
says  such  elections  shall  ba  held  and  sooducted  in 
the  manner  and  form  provided  by  law  for  general 
Btate  elections. 

Mr.  Evartt  then  read  from  the  General  Election 
law  of  tbe  ISth  of  October,  1S6S,  seoaon  3^,  as  fol- 
lows: 

'-  That  in  every  year  In  which  sa  election  shall  be 
held  lor  Kleutors  of  Preaideat  and  Vice  ('resident  of 
tbe  United  St  itua,  sucli  elections  shall  be  helii  on  the 
Tuesday  aext  afcer  tue  first  Uoaaay  in  the  mouth  of 
Novrmoer,  in  accordance  with  tne  act  of  tbe  t'ongress 
ot  tbe  United  btat-s,  approved  Jan.  23,  184j,  and 
Bucb  eleccion  shall  be  held  itad  .sonducted  i;i  tha  man- 
ner and  furm  provided  Oy  law  fur  said  elections." 

Now,  said  Mr.  Evarts,  in  this  Presidential  Elec- 
tors act  there  are  two  provisions  which  do  bear  on 
questions  that  we  are  to  discuss,  aa  to  the  proper 
taeihod  uf  carrying  on,  certifying,  and  canva«sing 
the  election  held  last  November,  if  they  were  io 
force,  and  I  will  ask  yanr  attention  to  them.  I  will 
first  read  seotion  4,  which  is  as  follows  : 

"  That  immediately  after  the  receipt  of  tbe  retom 
trom  each  pariah,  or  on  toe  luurto  Jlonday  of  Novem- 
ber, J  ihe  recorus  should  not  boouer  arrive,  tbe  Gov- 
BTBor.  in  the  preaeoce  of  the  Secretary  ot"  state,  the 
Scturae.T  General,  an  i  District;  Judge  ot  the  dis:nct  iu 
which  the  seat  ot  coverument  may  tie  esiablisaed,  or 
toy  two  ot  them,  ahail  examine  the  retarua  and  ascet* 
tain  tiierefrom  ths  seven  persons  who  have  been  duly 
tlected  Kiectors." 

Then  there  are  certain  administrative  provisions, 
Dot  imporiaat.  Then  the  eighth  seotioa  is  as  fol- 
lows: 

"  That  If  any  one  or  more  of  the  Electors  ehosen  bv 
(he  people  shaJ  £«il,  bum  any  oanae  whatever,  to 
Itiend  at  the  appointed  place  at  the  oour  of  4  o'clock 
V.  it.  of  tbeuay  prescribed  for  iheir  meeting,  it  aball 
(6  the  duty  of  the  other  electors  immediately  to  pro- 
ceed by  authority  to  supply  the  vacancy  or  vacauciej." 

Now,  qnr  learned  and  ingenuoos  friend  (Mr. 
Csrpenter)  argued  that  it  was  wholly  immaterial 
to  the  practical  rsanlt  of  this  case  whether  you  held 
that  law  was  repealed  or  whether  you  held  that  it 
was  in  ferea.  He  said  that  U  it  was  repealed  so  as 
to  carry  down  the  canvassiniz  section,  then  section 
8  being  carried  down  the  power  to  fill  vacancies 
did  not  exist,  and  two  vacancies  were 
therefore  left  in  the  College  of  Electors,  which, 
Bs  he  said,  woald  be  enough  for  his  purpose, 
and  that  is  doubtleas  true  as  regards 
(be  latter  proyositloB.  But  we  are  under 
no  auoh  limitation  as  tbat.  By  the  sabseqnebt 
laws,  tbe  canvassing  section  was  repealed,  and  by 
te  Bubaequeut  laws  was  the  rest  of  the  Electoral 
act  affeeied.  Now,  that  la  the  proposition  wbieb  at 
least  liberates  as  and  this  Commiasion  from  any 
contusion  or  from  any  resort  to  either  of  tbe  noma 
of  ihd  dilemma.  Wby  do  we  say  this,  and  on  what 
does  our  proposition  rest  I  for  it  needs  but  to  be 
stated  to  be  understood,  and  the  iaWs  need 
bat  to  be  pointed  out  to  carry  the  evidence 
of  what  the  existing  statutory  law  was  in 
Xionisiana  in  187S.  There  came  about,  in  1870,  a  re- 
vision of  tbe  statutes  of  the  State  of  Lomsiana — not 
a  re^yeal.  not  a  re-enactment,  but  a  reduction  of  the 
laws  tnat  were  already  understood  to  be  in  force, 
and  in  regard  to  w'hicn  the  hat  of  tbe  Legislature 
was  to  be  impressed  upon  them  that  they  were  tba 
laws  in  lorce — a  iransaotion  entirely  similar  to  that 
which  took  place  in  (Jongreas  in  the  production  of 
the  Revised  Statutes  tinder  which  we  now  act.  On 
tins  point  1  will  read  irum  a  book  published  in 
1876. 

CommlssiOBer  Bradley  Interrupted  eounsel,  and 
stated  that  he  bad  tbe  original  publication,  which 
the  connfel  cotild  use  if  he  chose. 

Mr.  Evaita  said  be  would  be  very  glad  to  avail 
bimsolt  ol  the  volume,  and  wotild  do  so.  He  con- 
tinued :  In  tbe  first  place  there  was  a  statute 
entitled  "Elections."  'I'hen  there  comas  alter  tbe 
gt-neral  provisions  about  elections,  grouped  under 
this  oonsoUdated  table  of  elections,  a  statute  con- 
oerning  contested  elections,  which  In  terms  la  re- 
ferred to  aa  the  statute  of  1855,  page  408.  TlUs 
Bonteated  Eleclioa  l»w  u  reprinted  aa  a  law  already 
in  existence.  .        .     ^  .^  . 

Commissioner  Thurman  inquired  If  counsel  waa 
reading  irom  the  Revised  Staiuiea. 

Mr.  Evarts  replied  that  he  was  reading  from  tbe 
edition  ot  1875,  which  was  the  proper  one. 

CommiBSiouer  Thorman  inquired  it  that  was 
parsed  as  one  act 

Mr.  Evarts  replied  that  be  understood  it  was. 
He  then  eoutinued  :  Then  we  ha»e  another  title  in 
these  Keviaed  Statutes,  separated  100  pages  from  the 
other,  entitled  '•  Presidential  Electora,"  (un  page 
SSt),)  which  begins  by  reciting  tbe  acta  of  Uoogresa,, 
and  then  in  10  sections  enumerates  the  provisions 
Db  tbat  atiblect.  Now,  those  two  laws,  DPing  for 
otir  onrpokes  tbe  aame  as  the  two  laws  oi  1868,  were 
In  force  When  theae  Bevised  Statates  oame  into 
operation,  unless  by  actual  repeal,  or  by  the 
methods  of  legislation  which  opet-ated  repeal  befpre 
these  Bb vised  Statutes  Went  into  operation,  and  the 
repeal  of  one  or  (he  other  of  them  iu  some  part  had 
t^ken  {>lace.  Theae  were  passed  on  tbe  14t{i  of 
March,  1870,  and,  on  tbe  16th  of  March,  1870,  a  law 
was  passed,  and  Is  to  he  found  in  tbe  first  edition  of 
this  ciimpilaiion.  .  .„ 

Commissioner  Edmunds  entfuired  whether  there 
was  any  law  or  provision  in  the  Constitution  of 
I^uisi<»na  which  provided  at  what  time  the  acta 
tiuied  at  tbe  seaeion  should  take  effect  I 
^Commissioner  Bradley  said  that  the  acta  them- 
■elves  all  state  the  time  when  they  shotild  go  into 

Mr.  Evarti  said  he  did  not  understand  tbat  there 
^fas  any  general  proviBlon;  butk  as  a  matter  of  tact, 
the  general  declaration  of  the  acts  that  they  took 
'  effect  from  and  after  the  time  of  their  passage. 
Now  there  was  passed  on  the  16th  of  Alaroh,  1870, 
an  act  which  is  found  In  the  session  laws  of  that 
year,  page  145,  entitled  "Aa  act  to  tegdlata  the  con- 
oaot,  and  to  maintain  the  freedom  and  purity 
ot  elections."  prosoriblhg  the  mode  of  mak- 
ili«  and  deaigoatisg  tba  officers  #bo  shall 
jSke  tbe  tetuma  tb^raof.  and  to  pre- 
7tai  fhKid.  violanoe,  latimidAtion.  *o. 
CM  ^e  of  tbjiadt  ia  tka  aane  aa  that  of  the 


glifessaa 


Lleatcnant^QovaraoF,  SeeietMrv  of  State,  wM  jTobn 
Lynch  and  T.  G.  Aoderaon,  or  a  maiority  of  tkam 
shall  be  the  Setumlng  Offloera  tm  all  eleoHoaa  la 
tbe  States  and  there  la  at  section  85,  tbe  final  leatiAn 
of  tbe  aet,  the  repealing  olau8»— "  that 
all  .  laws  ot  parta  of  laws  eontrary 
to  tbe  provisions  of  this  iei,  and 
all  laws  relating  to  the  same  aubjeot  matter  are 
hereby  repealed,  and  this  act  sdbU  taks  effect  firom 
and  after  its  passage."  Now,  what  went  down  Un- 
der that  repetd  I  In  tbe  first  place,  upon  general 
principles,  all  of  the  Bevised  Statutes  tbat  came 
under  the  title  of  "elections"  enfoiolng  thia  pro^ 
vision  No.  103,  and  all  parts  of  other  laws  tb<)t  were 
within  the  purview  of  the  conduct  of  eleotlons 
held  in  that  .  State,  and  no  other  parts 
of  aaid  lawa.  were  repealed  by  '  that 
seotion.  Ton  have,  then,  In  the  general  start  of 
the  seotion,  a  Dtovision  that  all  elections  for  State 
and  parish  officers,  and  members  of  Congress,  shall 
be  held  on  the  first  Monday  of  November,  "  and 
Slid  election  shaU  be  styled  the  general  election." 
Now,  seotion  35  of  this  act  (which  is  the  equivalent 
of  section  32  In  the  General  Election  act  ot  1868, 
and-ia  identical  with  section  1  of  the  Electoral  act 
of  1868)  is  reproduced  as  section  35.  In  that  we  have  a 
provision  that  all  general  elections,  ao  called,  shall 
take  niaoe  on  the  first  Monday  of  November ;  tbat 
the  election  for  Electors  shall  take  plaoe  oa  tbe 
first  Tuesday  after  tbe  fir^t  Monday  of  November 
according  to  tbe  provisions  of  the  act  of  Congress  t 
and  then  there  is  a  provision  (M  a  seotion  coming 
after  the  deacriation  of  general  elections,  and  after 
the  seotion  that  is  relative  to  Presidential  elections, 
which  is  the  flfty-foorth  section)  tbat  the  Can- 
vassing Board  shall  be  Baturning  0B3.cers,  not  for 
all  general  elections,  but  for  all  elections  held 
in  tbat  State,  and  governed  by  tbe  necessary  statu- 
tory couBtruotion — tbe  electloca  that  had  been  men- 
tioned precedio?,  xome  of  ^ which  were  called  elec- 
tions of  State  officers,  members  of  Congress,  &o., 
and  called  general  elections,  and  one  of  which  was 
caUed  tbe  Preaideniial  election.  Now,  the  election 
of  1872  was  held  under  that  law.  Did  anybody  in 
Lonifiiana  conceive  tbat  the  Governor  was  to  can- 
vass ?  Some  qaestion  was  raised  whether  the  act  of 
1872,  wliiub  was  passed  on  tbe  20th  oi  November,  to 
provide  another  UetamlnK  Board,  was  in  oparatioo, 
but  tbe  courts  of  tbe  State,  in  the  auth  ritiea  tbat 
have  been  proposed  for  your  Honors'  conaideratlon 
by  my  learned  assoolates,  dispose  of  this  question 
as  to  who  were  tbe  Returning  Board  and  tne  Can- 
vassing Board — being  one  and  tbe  same  tbing — in 
November,  1173,  prior  to  the  SOth  ot  that  m'mtn. 
Therefore  the  whole  operation  of  tbia  act  of  1370.  in 
repeal  of  this  or  tbat  portion  of  tbe  independent 
aete,  tbe  General  Election  acts,  and  the  Presidential 
Election  act.  (which  waa  not  an  act  oonoerniDg 
their  election,  but  concerning  the  discharge 
of  their  daties  giving  them  nothing  but  the  atatate 
apparatua.)  remained  unvaried  except  the  Can- 
vassing Bnnrd.  Now,  wbatber  the  Canvassing 
Board  of  18C8  was  the  name  or  not  is  not  material. 
Now  comes  tbe  act  of  1372,  which  is  reproduced. 

Commisaioner  Brarlley  Right  there,  if  your  at- 
tention has  not  been  called  to  it,  let  me  state  tbat 
tbe  digest  of  tbe  statutes  made  Immeitiatelv  after 
the  rerision  and  publication  m  January,  1871,  con- 
tains these  two  titles — tbe  revision  itself  under 
tbe  title  of  "  Elections."  and  the  title  of  *'  Pr6aifleu- 
tial  Eleotora."  Tbe  diseat  is  made  by  John  Bay, 
unoer  tbe  direction  of  tbe  Committee  of  Revision, 
and  in  that  digest,  under  tbe  bead  of  "Eleotians," 
he  inaerts  the  same  title  that  the  revision  oootain*. 
With  the  exception  of  the  Raturning  Board,  which 
seems  to  indicate  the  impression  of  the  profession 
at  the  time. 

Mr.  Evarts — ^I  thank  you  for  the  reference.  In 
reaaming  his  arzament  he  said  :  I  now  contend, 
however,  tbat  tbe  section  relating  to  tbe  duties  of 
a  Canvassing  Board  regarding  Presidential 
Electors,  waa  repealed  by  tbe.  act  of  1870,  and  the 
rest  of  the  eiatute.  which  had  'nothing  to  do  with 
their  election,  but  only  with  their  conduct  as 
Electors,  if  tbey  were  elected,  waa  left  standing.  In 
ttiis  digest  of  the  statutes  ot  Loaiaiana,  trindlyeiven 
me  bv  Mr.  Jasdoe  Bradley,  on  page  356.  is  found 
tbe  Electoral  law,  and  it  is  oistributed  aloog  its 
various  sections,  and  the  act  upon  which  it  was 
Buppoaed  to  rest.  The  first  8eotion  is  attributed  to 
the  act  of  1870.  It  is  substantially  the  nam?  sec- 
tion as  is  found  id  186S.  Tbe  second  anction  Is  at- 
tributed to  the  act  uf  1883.  i^nd  the  third  the  aame. 
and  in  tbe  fonrtb,  which  la  a  nroviaion  ooii- 
ceming  tbe  Retamins;  Board,  it  gives  tbe  sec- 
tion that  makes  the  Lieutenant  Governor,  Secre- 
tary of  State,  and  Lynch  and  Anderson  a 
Returning  Board,  and  attributes  that  to  the  act  of 
1870,  and  then  it  goes  on,  resuming  at  tbe  fifth  sec- 
tion its  atrribution  to  the  act  of  1868,  and  in  the 
sixth  section  is  reproduced  the  provision  al>out 
Eleetora  filling  vacancies.  Thin  is  a  digest,  not  a 
re-enaetment,  published  under  tbe  authority  of  tbe 
State  in  1870.  It  is  verv  apparent  that  this  ii 
no  new  construotion  upon  the  forse  of  the 
repealing  act.  It  is  tbe  published  construction  in 
theanthoriEbd  publication  of  the  statates.  in  tbe 
form  of  a  digest,  followed  by  ihe  courts  and  ac- 
nepted  by  tbe  profession,  and  the  novelty  is  in  the 
stress  tbat  is  here  made  for  tbe  first  time 
upon  this  point,  which  seeks  to  produce 
a  collapse  of  statutory  law  in  order  to  destroy 
the  election.  Did  anv  of  these  emlnpnt  lawvers 
who  attended  in  New-Orleans  during  the  month  of 
November,  suggest  tbat  Crov.  Kellogg  ought  to 
canvass  these  votes  of  Presidential  Electors  ?  Bat 
now  tbe  vice,  the  fault,  the  incurable  wonnd  of  this 
election,  they  say,  is  that  Gov.  Kellogg  did  not 
canvass.  Now,  the  act  of  im  takes  up  this  whole 
Kohiect  end  anbstitutes  itself  fur  the  act  of 
1870,  and  repeals  all  existing  regulations  that 
properly  are,  in  the  very  matter  of  toe 
conduct  and  rfenlations  of  elections  in  general,  and 
of  special  provisions  found  in  any  ocber  act,  at 
variance  with  itself,  ita  forms,  its  methods,  and  its 
agents  conceminr;  all  eleciiooa  held  in  the  State. 
Bat  the  net  of  1370  had  already  extraaed  tbe  sec- 
tion of  tbe  election  law  tbat  related  to  canvassing, 
and  extruded  tbat  alone,  aad  left   8taa<tinz  the 

clause  that  relates  to  the  conduct  of  tbe  Electoral 
Colleee.  amone  other  tbiDe^infillinzvacaiicies.  Now 
1  have  iati'«fl8(l  yoar  Honors  that,  not  only  was  it 
wholly  iramaterial  which  of  Mr.  Carpenter's  views 
you  aaopted.but  tbat  it  wan  wholly  immaterial  if  you 
adopted  tht-m  both,  for  the  subeeqaent  legialation 
had  left  them  in  this  shape^tbat  me  Canvasaing 
Board,  aiter  all,  waa  left  nntonohed  as  it 
well  miebt  be.  What  change  could  we  have  made  f 
What  chnns^e  was  needed  ?  That,  however,  ia  not 
the  paint ;  but  tbe  point  made  is  tbat  lhi<  Legis- 
leture  had  sappreaaed  Presidential  elections  by 
having  no  law  under  which  they  could  be  con- 
dact-pd.  Well,  if  tbera  ii  any  State,  in  the  election 
of  1872,  or  in  expectation  of  the  election  in  1376, 
tbat  bas  had  the  attention  of  all  Its  citlsens,  ot  its 
lawyers,  judges,  and  politicians  ilireoted  to  it  it  is 
the  State  of  Loaisiana.  and  tbev  all  thoaebt  tbat 
tbey  could  elect  Presidential  Electors,  and  both 
political  parties  so  bold,  and  the  only  quesMon  was. 
wbiiib  of  tbe  two  sets  produced  by  this  birth  was 
the  genoine  child  1 

CommisBloner  Moi'ton  inquired  whether  the 
digest  from  wbloh  coanael  hati  been  reading  waa  to 
be  submitted  to  the  Legislature  before  it  was  to  dla 
In  force.  Commiasioner  Bradley  said  it  wan  sub- 
mitted to  the  Commission  of  Revision  of  that  ses- 
sion, be  thought. 

Mr.  Erarts  continued  as  follows  i  Act  60 
of  the  session  laws  of  1870  is  entitled  "An 
act  giving  precedence  in  authority  to  all  tbe  other 
acts  and  joint  resolations  paaaed.  by  the  General 
Assembly  at  this  session  over  tbe  acts  known  as 
"Tbe  revision  of  the  statutes"  and  of  the  Civil 
Code  and  Code  of  Praetice,  when  there  exists  any 
conflict  in  the  provisions  of  the  said  acts  and  pro- 
visions." I  think  nothing  could  be  made  clearer 
than  that.  We  have  tbe  proposition,  then,  that  the 
act  of  1870  was  paaaed  two  days  after  the  ravision. 
But  they  did  not  pass  an  nnamendable  revision. 
Tbey  passed  a  revision  tbat  when  it  came  into 
foree  bad  all  the  dilapidation  which- had  been  ac- 
complished in  its  frame  by  all  tbe  legislation  of  that 
session  of  1870.  Suoh  provisions  are  necessary. 
Something  similar  to  tbat  bas  been  done,  by  whicb 
your  recent  great  revision  of  tbe  laws  was  carried 
on.  Now  this  law  then,  as  to  its  text,  la  under- 
stood. Whatever  there  Is  in  tbe  eleetion  law 
of  Louisiana  that  governs,  gives  aathority  and  pre- 
scribes metboda  of  election  of  others  in  that  State, 
applies  to  the  Presidential  Electors  or  electiona, 
and  nothing  that  reaches  tbe  conduct  of  Electors 
after  their  election  Is  dif<tranr  from  tbe  act  as  it 
stood  in  1868.  In  the  act  ot  1872.  which  governed, 
of  coarse,  the  election  of  1876,  there  are  uroviaionB, 
mainly  sections  3  and  26,  wblcb  included  the 
powers  and  prescribed  the  methods  tor  their  execu- 
tion accorded  to  this  Baturning  Board,  and  those 
powers  were  .exerouable  according  to  the  law  of 
Louisiana,  and  exercisable  in  reference  to  Blectori, 
Just  as  muoh  as  in  regard  to  any  other  ofiloera  in 
tbe  State. 

IMPmBSCE    OF   THE   FEDERAL    OOVBENME5T  IN 
8TATE  ELECTIONS. 

But  in  regard  io  tbeir  exercise  in  respect  to  the 
election  of  Presidential  Electors,  tbe  Government 
of  the  United  States  had  no  more  power  and  aathor- 
ity than  it  had  in  regard  to  any  other  election  in 
tbat  State.  Why  should  it  I  It  would  have 
been  very  easy  to  have  inserted  in  the 
Constitution  of  the  United  States  a  provision,  which, 
wbUe  it  fixed  in  the  frame  of  the  Government  the 
power  of  election  in  tbe  States,  had  made  Congress 
tbe  Judges  of  tbe  elections,  of  the  returns,  and  of 
the  qualifieations  ot  Electors.  That  might  have  been 
done,  but  if  it  bad  been  done,  all  that  bad  been  done 
by  the  convention,  un  to  that  time,  would  have 
been  annulled  for  the  independence  of  tbe  State's 
transaction  would  have  been  subjected  to  tbe  polit- 
ical authority  of  the  United  States,  ungoverned  by 
any  paramount  dominion  over  tnem.  But  our  an- 
oeators  would  not  let  the  little  finger  of  the  Federal 
Inflaence  be  inaerted  in  the  State  election  by  hav- 
ing a  Federal  ofllcer  voted  for  at  it.  but,  it  is  now 
to  lay  the  thickness  of  a  man's  loins  on  tbe  said 
election  by  judging  of  the  elections,  qualldca- 
tiond,  and  reiurus.  I  aak  the  eminent  lawyers, 
who  are  to  atand  by  their  proposition,  if ' 
there  is  one  particle  ot  power  posaeaaed 
by  the  honsea  of  Congress,  or  ever  exercised  by 
them,  that,  within  tbe  tour  leaves  ot  this  proposi- 
tion of  proof,  is  not  offered  to  you  as  the  measures 
and  means  and  tbe  result  of  your  participation  iu 
the  Louisiaaa  election  of  Electors,  where  do  you 
get  the  right  to  do  wUat  you  do  about  members  of 
Congress  I  Xott  coald  not  act  by  mere  parliamen- 
tary law.  and  the  framers  of  the  Consutu- 
tlon  put  it  in  that  there  might  be 
no  doubt  about  it,  for  the  jurisdiction  of  Parliament 
to  judge  of  tbe  aualificaiiona  of  the  Electors  is  a 
resiaent  and  remaining  part  of  its  authority  as  the 
great  court  of  the  realm.  Por,  according  lo  thn 
principles  of  common  law,  the  eiceoution  of  tne 
.  writ  i«  to  be  determined  by  the  court  where  it  is 
'  returnable,  and  When  the  Crewn  Issties  its  writs  to 
the  burgesses  and  shires.  It  Is  returned  to  Parlia-^ 
meat,  and  Parliament  Juddea  of  the  return.  Baa 
when  you  are  making  a  complex  frame  of  govern- 
ment, and  distribute  the  authority  between  the 
Staiea  and  the  Government,  yon  mast  determine 
exactly  how  far  the  States  are  to  have  authority  on 
the  subject  of  tnls  election  of  members  of  Congresa 
and  bow  much  is  to  belong  to  Congress.  In  other 
wotda,  while  tbe  States  are  allowed  to  have  an  elec- 
tion of  Congressmen,  while  the  suffrage  is  meaaored 
oot  by  tneaConstitation^  yet  there  Isseoured  to 
Congreas  the  power  of  making  and  altering  tboia 
recoiations ;  add  now  it  la  gravely  pteteilded  here^ 
not  in  tenaa,  (fbr  tbe  effrtetoty  ot  the  propoaiMoi^ 


Preaideat  la  the  ehalr,  vreoiaal^UHhwrne  powers  is 
ibatr  tukMitMUedaxeaattan  (bat  ta  attributed  to  tl\a 
eleMinkt  ot  miabato  of^ongNsa.  Why  did  sot  the 
wiae  fitam«t»  or'tba  'Oonsatott'ta  tiuhoate  that, 
if  that  :bellet6d  la  «,  and  bow  coold 
tbey  aatienate  thai  the:  itholt  spirit  and 
purposa  of  ixelndlng  federal  aatbonty  within  the 
•hoioa  tod  eieoutlbn  aidd  oeMflaatloa  of  tbe  ohoioa 
of  Electors  should  be  pervec^  into  the  monstrous 
claim  that  aa  uncontrolled  poUtieal  antborltv  rests 
in  tbe  two  houses  of  Congresa  to  sift,  diseard,  dis- 
ooont,  and  destroy  the  election,  and  make  such 
new  Blaotors  aa  tbey  ohooae.  or  annul  tbe  vote  of 
the  State  when  it  will  answer  their  pnrpoae.  If 
any  farther  elnoidatinn  of  my  general  vleaa  ta 
needed,  I  mast  respectfully  ask  attention  to  tba 
reported  argument  of  Mr.  Mathewa  and  njrtalf  In 
tbe  Florida  case. 

TBJa    FBOOF    OF    FEDfeRAL    DIBQUAUFIOATIOHB. 

I  now  come  to  the  matter  of  the  proof  of  it«  How 
about  these  Electoral  disqiialiflcations  f  We 
talked  about  that  in  the  Florida  case.  It  so  hap- 
pened tbat  the  principles  were  alleged  provlsion- 
allv,  and  did  not  raise  the  case,  bat  onr  pruposltiona 
are  unobanged.  Tne.ie  Electors  have  been  eleoted. 
have  acted,  and  they  have  been  certified.  It  has 
been  asserted  that  a  man  who  mav  be  ineligible 
cannot  be  electedL  Yoa  might  as  well  say  tbat  tbe 
forbidden  fruit  could  not  be  eatea  because  it  was 
forbidden. 

Mr.  Evarts  then  called  attention  to  some  decisions 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania  In  regard  to 
tbe  power  of  a  minority  of  a  board  to  transact  bnai- 
ness,  fill  vacancies,  Ice.,  and  applied  it  to  the  case 
under  consideration.  Now,  Suppose  that  Levisae 
and  Brewster  were  each  of  them  ineligible.  Thsy 
are  elected.  They  are  in  execution  of  the  ofilce, 
and  the  State  is  not  to  be  prohibited  iup, 
an  exeoation  that  la  satisfactory  to  itself  by'  , 
extraneoas  evlaence,  adduced  at  tbe  moment  of  , 
oonnting  the  votes,  that  the  man  waa  ineligible. 
Cougreaa  must  gire  that  consequence  by  some 
legialatlon,  and  aome  mode  of  determining  it,  or  it 
cannot  arise.  But  here  these  men  are  in  by  tbe 
eleotinn  to  fill  a  vacancy.  Well,  the  Oregon  brief, 
contrived  not  only  a  double  bat  a  treble  dent 
to  pAy,  comeit  np  atrain  to  prove  tbat 
when  an  ineligible  person  is  elected  tbere 
baa  been  no  election.  That  is  the  reach 
of  that  snppoBltlon.  There  nas  beeh  no  eleo  ion, 
and  beyond  that  it  is  argued  If  only  one  out  of  right 
fails  to  be  eleoted,  then  there  has  failed  to  be  an 
election  ;  and  tbeo,  to  make  all  this  applicable  to 
tbe  existing  state  of  law  in  Looisiana, 
yon  are  aaked  to  believe,  you  are  asked 
to  hold,  against  all  the  authorities,  tbat 
an  elected  Ineligible  person  Is  not  elected ;  and 
that,  if  be  bas  not  been:  elected,  tbere  is  not  a  va- 
cancy in  tbe  College.  When  one  State  bas  said  : 
"Our  method  of  filling  aqy  vaeanoy  that  ahall  hap- 
pen for  any  cause,  any  delect  oi  full  numbers, 
shall  be  filled  bv  tbe  State  of  Louisiana 
>n  this  way :  tbat  those  that  shall  have 
been  obosen  ahall  fill  it."  What  more  do  we  say  f 
Wu  ariive  at  the  same  result.  Our  l<samed  fribnda 
bold  tbat  there  being  no  vacancy  in  tbe  office  is 
equivalent  to  tbe  office  not  having  been  vacated  ; 
tbat  if  it  has  not  been  filled,  it  ia  not  vacant;  that 
is  tbe  proposition.  Now.  an  office  ia  eitber  vacant 
or  fall.  There  are  no  lorms  In  law  between  these  two 
propoaitions,  between  vacant  or  fall.  It  is  not  one- 
half  full.  It  la  not  full,  with  ao  embryo  that  may 
erow.  It  ia  full  or  vacant.  The  Constitution  of  the 
Unitod  Statea  provides  that  ia  case  of  a  vacancy  iu 
the  representative  offloera  of  tbe  State  in  Congress 
the  (jovemor  shall  issue  writs  to  fill  the  vacancy. 
In. 1837  the  special  sessioa  of  Congress  was  called, 
commencing.  I  think,  in  September,  and  some 
States  had  no  representatives  eleoted  for  tbat  Con- 
gre.-*a.  Congresa  began  its  aession  in  December, 
whicb  waa  time  enough  to  elect  tbeai  and  aend 
them  off  ao  as  to  have  the  freshest  choice  of  the 
people.  The  Governor  of  Mlsaisaippi,  desiring  tbat 
State  to  be  represented  in  tbat  important 
special  aeasion,  isaned  his  writs  to  fill  tbe  vacancy  . 
Certainly,  our  learned  friend  would  have  found  a 
voitl  or  vacancy  m  tbat  case.  Nobody  had  protest- 
ed. Messrs.  Claiborne  and  Gholaon  were  returned, 
and  tbe  question  aroseon  their  election.and  Congrea?. 
holding  that  they  were  duly  elected,  gave  them 
seats  tor  this  whole  term.  Well,  they  concluded  in 
Mississippi  that  tbey  would  have  another  election 
for  the  rest  of  tbe  teran,  and  in  November,  at  tbe 
regular  election,  tbey  sent  up  other  persons,  so 
that  in  December  we  bad  a  new  choice  of  Congress- 
men, and  it  was  concluded,  I  think,  then,  tlial  tbe 
admisaion  of  them  for  tbe  whole  Consress  was  erro- 
neous. Now,  then,  we  say  in  regard  to  Federal  dia- 
qaalificatioD,  no  proof  can  reach  the4>oint.  None  is 
offered  that  touches  the  point,  none  will  be  admissi- 
ble if  it  did  touch  the  point ;  becanae  of  toe  want  of 
legislation  or  of  the  means  of  ascertaining  It. 

BTATE  DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
I  now  comu  to  tbe  quosiion  ot  Stale  diaqnallflca- 
tiona.  The  Constitution  ot  the  State  of  Louisiana 
has  a  provision  which  says  that  no  peiaou  shall 
bold  or  exeroiae  at  the  aame  time  more  than  one 
office  of  truat  or  profit,  except  that  of  Jaatiee  of 
the  Peace  or  Notary  Publio.  GuV.  Kellogjc  was 
Uuvernor;  Gov.  Kellogg  was  Elector.  Some  of 
tbese  Electors  held  minor  oflicea,  it  is 
Slid.  Proof  of  this  fact  la  offered  in 
regard  tu  the  others,  in  ordur  tbat 
tbe  State  disqnalificatioua  may  now  be 
inquired  into  and  verified  in  tbe  counting  of  tbe 
vole  here.  Tbere  ere  sufficient  answers  to  this. 
Let  us  look  at  another  clauso  ot  this  ConstituLiun, 
which  provides  aome  other  aiaqaalifications — article 
99:  "The  following  persons  snail  he  prohibited 
trom  voting  or  holding  any  office  :  AH  persons  who 
ahHll  have  been  convicted  of  treason,  perjurv, 
ioFiiery,  or  other  crimes  puuisbable  In  the  peniten- 
tiary, tec.,  with  a  nameroas  list  of  disqualifica- 
tions for  holding  any  office  in  the  State.  Suppoae 
an  imputation  were  made  against  an  Elector  in  tbe 
certiUed  liau  lor  warded  Oy  the  Electoral  College  and 
autheuficated  by  the  Governor,  ot  any  of  the«e  ois- 

qaiiificallons,  ooald  Toa  inquire  into  them  i    Cer* 

laiulf  not.  It  IS  a  luaicixi  inquiry.  But  this  office, 
sav  Ur,  Trambutl  aud  Mr.  Citrueuter,  i»  not  a  State 
office.  Well,  it  is  not  a  State  office.  Itisareore- 
sentative  Elector.  When  he  comes  into  office  he 
holds  an  office  under  toe  Constitution  of  tbe  United 
Statea.  Wnen  be  acqu're*  the  otiice  by  the  aotiou 
ot  the  State — the  Junction,  th«  right  to 
vote— he  la  a  representauve  Eleutor.  Now,  this 
clause  of  the  Constitution  does  net  bold  tbat  any 
officer  auder  tliat  Slate  shall  hold  a  Federal  office. 
The  courts  of  that  State  have  settled  the  question 
tbat  it  nut  only  means  State  sfflces,  but  li  means 
constitutional  offices.  They  have  not  hampered  all 
future  leKialation  of  tbat  State  with  the  incon- 
venienee  of  never  having  a  man  a  member  of  two 
cbaritablo  boards,  aa  one  of  these  Electors  is 
charged  to  have  tieen.  They  have  not  hampered 
the  lature  leicislaiiou  ot  that  State  in  the  trammela 
of  providing  mat  a  citizen  shall  be  made  useful  in 
DO  two  ocoupaiions,  employments,  or  commisalons. 
But  it  Is  tne  constitutional  office,  and  I  ask  atten- 
tlOQ  to  the  cases  of  the  Fittn  Louisiana  Annual, 
1S5,  and  tbe  Sixth  Louisiana  Annual.  175,  and  the 
Iweutyflftb  Luuisiana  Annual,  138. 

At  this  point  Commiasioner  Thurman  latermpted 
Mr.  Evnrta  to  loqaire,  "  Do  yoa  mean  to  be  under- 
stood, Mr.  Evartu.  as  admitting  that  a  Presidential 
Bieoior  is  an  officer  at  all  t " 

Mr.  Evarts— Not  I  do  not  think  be  ia  an  officer. 
He  certainly  is  not  a  Slate  officer.  I  think  he 
la  an  Elector  or  voter  having  qaalifloationa,  and  bis 
office  ia  uf  the  same  kind  as  tbe  office  of  tbe  cltisen 
who  is  elector,  so  called,  within  the  Constitution, 
and  wnose  qoaiificatlona  are  primary,  but  tbe 
moment  the  repreaentadve  credentials  are  closed 
and  accorded  to  him  be  is  then  an 
Elector  and  nothing  else.  He  is  not 
a  State  officer.  There  ia  no  provialon  by  any  legia- 
laiion  of  Congress  that  can  give  this  action  ot  the 
two  hoases,  either  in  their  joint  assembly  or  in  this 
Commission,  (with  right  accorded  to  it,)  tbe  turia- 
dicdon  over  the  qaeaiioo  of  tact  Involved  in  abases 
or  violations  of  toe  Stata  Conatltntion  ;  and  theae 
provialoDS  ot  the  State  Constitotion  do  not  touch 
the  Constitution  of  the  United  States,  whicb, 
while  It  was  careful  to  exclude  federal 
Intervention  ot  officeholders,  was  not  guilty  of  tbe 
fault  of  saying  that  no  State  should  accredit  aa  its 
Elector  an  honored  oitizen  tbat  filled  in  tbe  affec- 
tions of  tbe  people  and  In  the  aathority  of  the 
State  a  place  of  trust.  If  anything,  it  was  desirea 
tnat  these  Electors  ahould  be  State  notables — 
men  tbat  had  tbe  adhesion  of  their  fellow 
citizens,  and  to  say  that  we  moat  take 
the  residuum  of  public  character  and  of  public  in- 
terest and  of  public  repute,  after  all  the  State  of- 
fices M6  filled,  trom  Constable  to  Governor,  or  else 
we  cannot  have  an  Elector,  is  imputing  a  folly  to 
tbe  framers  of  our  Constitution  that  tbey  are  not 
open  to,  and  which  cannot  be  forced  upon  them  by 
State  legislation.  Gov.  Ingeraoll,  of  Connecticat, 
heads  the  Electoral  choice.  Every  one  honors  him 
aa  the  representative  of  bia  State.  He  is  Governor. 
He  certihea  to  himself.  He  diacharges  a  Guvernor's 
autv  to  oertitv  to  whomaoever  the  people  chooae. 
But  be  does  not  make  himself  an  Elector.  He  cer- 
tifies upon  recorded  evidence,  as  John  Adams  de- 
clared tbat  be  waa  President  of  the  United  States 
by  the  count  of  the  votea. 

THE  CONDITION  OF  LODISIAJIA. 

Now,  tbi8  being  bo,  we  come  to  the  primary 
qneation  of  intereat  to  tbe  publio,  of  interest  to  ail 
citizens,  of  interest  to  every  man  who  loves  his 
country,  every  man  who  lovea  its  Constitullun  in 
its  spirit  of  being  popular  Governmeat)  obedieat  to 

law and  I  am  at  a  loas  to  see  why  anything  tbat  I 

have  to  say  on  this  subject  should  approve  itaelf  to 
one  portion  of  this  Commission  and  be  nnpalataole 
to  another  by  reason  of  any  political  adhe- 
sion of  one  side  or  the  other.  I  aball  say 
nothing  tbat  I  would  not  sa.v  as  a  oltieen,  holding 
the  common  grocmd  wltb  ail  of  you  who  are  citi- 
zens first  and  partlaans  aiterwanl.  When  I  apeak 
of  tbe  misebiefs  in  tbe  State  of  Louisiana,  which 
are  attempted  to  be  curtied  and  robbed  of  their 
rapine  by  the  energetic  laws  of  that  State,  I  do  not 
nnderstand  thai  f  am  to  impale  to  any  man,  be- 
cause bia  inclinations  or  bia  convictions  incline  him 
la  tavor  of  tbe  elevation  ot  Gov.  Tilden,  tb«t  he 
looks  wltb  less  horror  upon  that  subjugation 
of  the  Bufitage,  that  degradation  of  citizenship, 
tbat  oonfasioa  of  society,  that  subveraioa  of  the 
Conatltntion,  than  I  do.  He  only  wishes  that  It 
sboaid  be  curbed  and  redressed  bylaw;  and  when 
I  speak  of  tbe  frauds  as  charged — for  I  must  speak 
of  thehi  as  charged  at  this  stage  of  the  bliaiiiess, 
for      they     have      not     been      proved     at     all 

when    '  I      speak     of      them       as      cbaiVed, 

involving  falsification,  oppresaion,  false  coniltlng, 
iorgery,  oonsplr<M)y,  every  shape  ot  tbe  er(fn«n /alii, 
lun  1 1«  lie  charged  in  this  preaenoe,  or  any  other, 
with  having  leaa  complacentoy  even  iu  tbe  lowest 
grade  of  this  vice  than  those  who  uphold  their  oor- 
reotlon  and  desire  that  tbey  aball  be  frnairated 
wben  I  demand  that  it  aball  be  done  by  law!  That 
is  my  demand;  Is  it  a  partisan  demand  t  It  is  the 
same  demand  tbat  is  made  in  respect  to  the  groaa 
afflictions  wblon  every  citizen  f«eia  a*  beaten  by 
tbe  aame  stripes  tbat  were  inflicted  npon  tbe  oacka 
of  the  poor  unbef  riendsd  negroea.  That  is  oitizen- 
ship.  It  IS  not  partlaauahlp,  and  wben  this  other 
vice  lA  added  to  violenoe.  together  roling  the  evil  in 
the  world,  I  feel  it  a*  bearing  a  fall  measure  of  the 
common  shame,  whether  it  betafiioted  by  the  re- 
lentless and  ahameleM  tyraany  of  tba  ITew-Tork 
dynasty  or  bv  tbe  alleged  fraads  ot  tbe  Lauisiana 
d'yraaty.  fiat  wby  Is  it  that  fraud  la  ao  detestiible? 
Why  u  It  that  the  law  aeaMiea  nr  ii  aa  wtkb 
oandlea  and  oondemns  it  when  it  la  bronitbt^intd 
Ihdgmantt   Beeaoaa  li  M  but  atidtbto  fbiiii  «(  fid; 


t«U  that  ttmA  it  worea  titan  VUMaai^    Iu  viee  is 


that  Ittobd  kba  a«t  ot  cotiaant J  aa  tiojeaoe  doM.  It 
U  but  a  mtnlUt  of  whl<u  »e  ^ta]g  aHAlai<l  W 
daacribd  by  Ttaitaeak  Sow,  Hm-.  a  aittaa 
wkat  Loaiaiaas  «aa  alder  the '-«rMt  «ia> 
tlobal  ttanaaatlooi  that  ,aloaad  with  the 
war  and  mafler  .  tba  aneiieBea  Of  the 
oou^tton  ot  aoeldt!^  in  Iiodlaiaaa  thetoafter.  tbbw- 
ing  Itself  not  in  tbe  oontinbatien  ^f  ka  armed  revolt 
against  tbe  Govern meotfDiit  ftur  from  ezblbicinK 
the  repoia  tbat  belongs  to  peaoe,  wltb  outbreaks  of 
bastard  and  sedttloua  soldiery  that  by  tbe  laws  of 
war  wbila  It  waa  flagiant  would  all  ba 
bung.  What  waa  tbe  atate  t  Was  jt  revolt?  Waa 
it  peaeet  or  was  it  tbat  taofa  daagMoh* 
condition  of  tbe  body  politic  whlob,  nnprobed  and 
ubotifM.  ttidit  breed  a  eonfiaitMlOh  btttb  Of  aivll 
and  of  domeatlo  war-  It  ia  tbat  brooding  alienee  of 
preba»atto&1rhiob  la  to  ilakaHblie  whether  bUtbrekk 
sBall  assert  or  whether  fear,  raduoed  te  deaoatr. 
shall  eurrender  lltiarty ;  and  to  that  state  of  tnlngs 
the  ibde^aaeM  aoUoii  el  the  State  ot  Louis- 
lada  waa  directed.  It  waa  to  them  a  real 
stal«  of  things.  It  waa  not  a  state  of 
things  to  be  smiled  at|  at  Whatever  diatanoe  tbe 
smile  eame  frbm.  It  waa  Ibe  bitioalbg  of  great  fbar 
and  great  wroth  over  a  whole  population,  and  tbey 
undertook  to  pii  t  it  into  the  frania work  of  their  Con- 
BtltaUou  tbat  tbe  privtlege  of  free  suffrage  aball  be 
supported  by  laws  regulating  eleetlons,  and  pro- 
hibiting, hfide^  adequate  penaltlei^  all  undue  Infla- 
ehcee,  eitber  of  fraud,  bribery,  tniault,  or  other  iia- 
proper  praetioes.  Now,  in  pursnanee  of  tbat  duty  im- 
posed npoa  tbe  Legislature  by  the  same  independent 
Tight  of  daalldg  with  an  actual  situation  the  Leeie- 
lature  undertook  te  suppori  tbe  free  suflh^  and 
in  their  ]ndgmnnt  and  in  tbe  choice  of  tbe  means 
who  can  control  them  ?  And  now  'eminent  states- 
men and  lawyers  say  that  when  tbese  methods  pre- 
Boribed  in  this  law  are  resorted  to  by  a  State  to 
save  it  Irom  tbe  ruin  of  civil  and  domestic  war,  that 
it  prevents  the  State  from  being  considered  repub- 
lican,  and  the  demonstration  and  the  proof  of  what 
was  a  republican  government  addaced  by  tbe 
learned  counsel,  Judse  Trumbull,  was  that 
if  a  government  need  to  be  supported  bv  arms  it 
was  not  republican.  Well,' was  our  Government  a 
monuOhy  because  it  had  to  l>«  supported  by  arms 
tbroogn  four  years  of  wart  What  else  did  sup- 
port it !  What  elae  prevented  the  pillars  of  this 
court-room  erusblng  Judges  in  their  offlee  t  What 
but  armed  men,  aervanta  of  the  civil  pownr,  citi- 
zens in  arma  anpportlng  their  Government  becanae 
tbey  loved  it,  and  lovisg  it  booanae  it  was  a  re- 
public f 

Mr.  Evarte  then  went  into  a  criticism  of  the  poal- 
tiou  ot  the  onpualte  ooansel  In  tbe  Florida  catle  and 
in  tbe  Lonisiana  oase,  and  continued  addressing  tbe 
Oommiaaion  :  Ton  are  turned  Into  a  supervising 
court  tbat  takes  up  tbe  transactions  of  a  f  peoial 
Jurlidiction  by  oertiorAri  to  see  whether  tbe  iurls- 
dlotiooal  facts  exiat;  whether  tbey  exist  in  tbrovi, 
ing  out  this  poll,  that  poll,  and  the  other  poll,  and 
whether,  Wben  it  IS  rectified,  tbe  obiect  being  to 
produce  only  then  a  prima  facie  officer,  ynu  had 
been  discharging  a  duty  tbat  the  Constitution  im- 
poeed  upon  yon.  Well,  now,  fraud  ia  extraneous 
la  fact;  It  is  more  opprobious  in  epithet ;  it  is  inore 
damnable  In  its  moralltv  ;  but  In  its  legality  it  is  a 
step  lower  than  ultra  virei.  Now  let  ns  look,  at 
onoe  and  bnnflr,  at  the  proposition  aa  to  your  rlebt 
to  trouble  tbe  State  eleotlona.  Supposing  ths  (Jon- 
stifntion  bad  given  tbe  casting  of  the  Electoral 
votes  of  a  State  to  tbe  Governor  of  tbat 
State ;  suppose  he  ahould  be  tbe  rep- 
resentative elector  to  throw  the  votes 
which  were  distributed  to  tho  population  of 
tbat  State,  what  right  would  yoa  have  tiad  to  In- 
quire beyond  the  single  point,  who  is  Governor  7 
who  la  Governor  de  facto  I  who  Is  Governor,  ggv- 
eming  at  tbe  time  he  enters  Into  that  transaction  t 
Coulayou  inquire  whether  he  had  been  frauOiilenc- 
ly  eleoted  f  whether  tbe  libertiea  of  the  people  had 
been  oppresaed  1  whether  be  was  in  by  fraud- 
nlenc  eonspiraoy  by  which  he  bought 
bis  office  ?  whether  be  had  taken  pan  in  the 
plots  that  bad  subvened  tbe  snffragee  and 
falsified  tbe  aetion  of  the  people  t  You  could 
not.  It  IS  enough  for  yon  that  tbe  Governor 
who  governs  la  tbe  raau  tbat  has  to  repreaent 
tbe  votes  of  tbat  State.  What  other  right  nave 
you  in  regard  to  Electora — into  Inqoiring  into  the 
tacts  by  which  tbe  State  bas  transacted  the  buai- 
neas  ot  bringing  into  exiatence  Electors'  defects  ) 
I  submit,  on  orinclple,  nnno  whatever,  and  on  th'a 
qneation  of  fraud,  ormaXafidet,  or  oppression,  and 
npon  anv  other  principle,  can  you  make  the  in- 
quiry t  Who  doen  not  aee  ttiat  U  you  give  the 
great  power  of  tbe  Federal  Union  a  judgment  in 
the  measure  of  bow  a  State  baa  perlormed  ita  dnty, 
yon  give  tbe  jndgment  that  the  wolf  irave  over  tbe 
lamb,  and  can  trace  tbe  vice  to  any  degree  ot  rela- 
tion tbat  yon  please! 

Mr.  Evarts  said  in  eoncluaion:  There  la  no  condi- 
tion of  a  people  so  abject  as  that  where  the  law  does 
not  rest  noon  Immutable  facta  and  ita  lines  are  not 
certainly  drawn.  Thts  la  alwaya  tbe  appeal.  What 
is  a  Coustltutlon  compared  with  human  intereata 
and  haman  liberty  t  Nothing,  to  be  sure, 
except  tbat  all  soelal  intereata  and  all 
tbe  liberty  resu  on  the  law  aud  the 
Constitution,  and  that  la  all.  It  Is  not  tbe  Doity, 
bat  It  ia  ths  abrioe,  without  which  no  human  wor- 
shipers loan  bend  before  the  Koddeaa.  It  Federal 
power  now  seeka  to  traverse  and  uproot  the  scheme 
of  energetio  la#  to  preserve  society  among  tbese 
poor  people  of  Louisiana  from  deatrnc- 
uon,  and  leaves  this  poor,  nnbefrlended, 
uneducated,  aimple  black  people  to  the 
fate  trom  which  tbe  State  strove  hard  to  aave  them, 
I  say  you  have  made  them  by  that  action  victims  of 
your  Conatltniion ;  tor  your  Conatltntion  gave 
them  the  suffiiige,  and  they  are  to  be  alaiiehtered 
for  baviog  tne  gift  foand  in  their  banda.  I 
feay  that  yoa  make  them  the  saorifioes  of  tbe 
triumph  of  the  Government  over  revolt,  and 
I  say  that  tbat  self-abasament  of  the  powers 
of      this      Govemioent      ia      beyond      all      core. 

It  i^  a  lesion  tbat  tbe  Americaa  people  in  tbe 
largeneaa  of  its  proniiseand  the  slory  of  its  mani- 

feat  tutare  duds  itaWf  thwarted  in  tbe  methods  of 
Violence  aud  breaks  down  tbe  methods  of  law  that 
have  been  applied  within  the  Sute  to  redreas  those 
monstrous  evils. 

A  receaa  of  half  an  hour  waa  takes,  the  Com- 
mlaaion  reassembling  at  1:45. 

The  President  [Judge  Clifford]  announced  the  re- 
ception of  tbe  Senate  resolution  tendering  the  use 
of  the  Senate  Cbumber  to  the  Gommieaion,  in  case 
tbey  ahould  hold  an  evening  seaaion;  but  no  action 
was  taken  thereon.  He  also  announced  that  the  re- 
ualning  coanael  had  two  hours  and  30  minutes 
left  tor  arKument. 


would  i&liiht  tba  lawyer  who^  made  it,)  bat  oil     juu»u.-^..   ■rrrr-rr rj  ~  zi:^ii:^-i^.^-n^^. <.:::- 

tha  baaia  ^tbe  oflhr  of  ittodt  tbey  aak  too  to  I  lenee.   Xba  vidlmea.taat  taTUhaa  u  wiy  laaa  tiiaa  _    .... 


ARGUMENT  OP  JUDGE  CAMPBELL. 

Judge  Campbell,  a  iormer  Justiee  of  tbe  Su- 
preme Court  of  tbe  United  Statea,  then  addressed 
tbe  Cotnmissiun  on  bebalt  of  the  Demooratia  ob- 
jectors. He  apok*  aubatantially  as  follows:  We 
differ  ao  fundamentally  upon  the  principle  of  the 
generative  process  by  which  tbe  Electora  of  Praul- 
deat  anu  Vice  Presideot  ever  came  into  tbe  Cunatl- 
tation,  that  I  ahall  alter  the  arrangement  of  myar- 
gumentand  follow  the  arrangement  puraned  by 
tbe  learned  coanael  who  laat  addreased  tbe  court.  I 
do  not  underatand  that  tbe  electioa  of  President 
had  ita  origin  in  anv  Stat*  Conaiitntion, 
or  tbat  It  derived  Ita  exiatence  from  any  resarve 
fund  of  power  belonging  to  the  Siates,  bat  I  con- 
teaa  tbat  irom  first  to  last  it  is  a  power  derived 
from  tbe  people  ot  tbe  United  States,  and  does  not 
owe  its  birth  to  any  Stale  Constitution.  The  Con- 
stitution came  into  being  by  tbe  ratification  and  ac- 
ceptance of  It  by  the  States,  and  it  the  Slates  had 
r^ectsd  it  tbare  would  have  neen  htill  a 
United  States.  Tbe  United  States  came  into  ex- 
Istenee  with  the  Declaratiou  of  Independence. 
He  then  dttoussed  the  provisions  of  tbe  Constitu- 
tion relating  to  tbe  appointment  of  Electors,  de- 
claring that  It  is  mandatory,  and  tbat  Congreas  has 
tall  power  to  receive  or  reject  the  Electoral  votes 
of  Statea,  inatancioK  the  reiuaal  to  count  Electoral 
votea  trom  four  States  attsr  tbe  war.  Continaing, 
be  aaid :  It  is  true  tbat  tbe  Sute  has 
the  power  to  appoint,  and  the  Legia- 
lature  to  determine,  tho  maimer  and 
meaaa  of  tbat  appointment,  bnt  ia  not  that  a  trnit 
power  )  la  that  power  given  for  tbe  benedt  or  grat- 
ification of  a  State  merely  )  I  say  no.  This  Com- 
mission bas  the  powOr  to  loolt  into  every  act  of  the 
Legialatura,  and  if  tbat  Legislatnre  contravenes  the 
fundanaental  principles  thai  lie  at  the  foundation  of 
American  liberty,    they   ahould   reject  the  votes. 

Counsel  then  referred  to  tbe  precedents  as  shown 
in  Eoglisb  history  bearing  upon  tho  faata  in  this 
case,  and  continued:  I  shall  not  follow  tbe  diaous- 
elon  in  respect  to  tbe  Legislature,  and  whether 
the  act  ef  1669  baa  been  repealed ,  or 
not.  I  will  come  directly  to  tbe  qneation. 
Assuminc  the  fact  for  the  present  to  be  ti-uo  that 
the  act  of  loTO  fully  protlUoa  for  the  elecuon  of 
Electors  for  President  add  Vice  President,  I  call 
your  attehtion  to  the  oath  of  office  that  the 
tnembers  of  the  Betumidt  Board  hid  te  take: 
"  1,  A.  B.,  do  solemnly  swear  that  I  will 
taii'bfally  and  dlligeotly  perform  the  dutiea  of  re- 
turning otacer  aa  prescribed  by  law,  tbai;  I  will 
carefully  and  honestly  canvass  and  compile 
the  statements  of  the  votes  and  make 
a  true  and  correct  retain  of  the 
election."  Now  what  "statement  of  votes!" 
Tbat  is  prescribed  in  the  succeeding  sentence : 
"  Within  l2  day<  after  the  cloae  ef  tbe  election"  aaid 
returning  officers  shall  meet  In  New-Orleans  and 
canvass  and  compile  the  atatement  of  the  votes 
made  by  tbe  Commissioner  of  Election,  and 
make  retnras  of  the  election  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  Sute.  Tbey  shall  conttnne  in  sea- 
aion until  said  returos  have  beea 
Compiled."  It  therefore  ia  defined  in  tbe  following 
fiectlon,  that  the  statetnenta  of  the  totes  made  by 
tbe  Cemmissioners  cf  Election  are  the  statemeots 
that  tbey  have  sworn  to  compile,  and  they  are  the 
only  papera  that  are  referred  to  or  mentioned 
in  the  oath  of  office:  that  tbe  Retomlng 
Board  of  the  election  ia  earefntly  and 
honestly  to  canvass  and  oompile  a  statement  of 
votes  and  make  a  correct  kbdtrne  return.  Now, 
the  offer  on  oar  part  to  prove  U  that  tbey 
never  canvassed  'and  compiled  .a  aingle 
return  made  by  tbe  Commissioner  of  Eleoilon. 
They  made  the  tabtilated  si4temeht  of  tbe  Siiper- 
viaori,  Wbiob  #ai  a  aeoobdary  paper.  And  here  it 
may  be  proper,  in  answer  to  a  good  deat  of  tirade 
that  has  been  sobmitted  by  the  other  side  to  tbe 
conrti  in  reterenoe  to  affairi  in  Lbblsiana,  for  ine  to 
tell  yim  ptbolkely  how  that  eiektloa  came  about  and 
who  were  tbe  persons  Who  ooatrolled  that  election. 
Mr.  Campbell  then  went  Into  a  nistory  of  the  elec- 
tion in  Louisiana,  aiid  the  various  offloera,  with  tbeir 
functions,  who  took  part  In  it,  and  oonlinniaic,  said: 
In  addition  to  that,  und6t  the  opinion  of  the  Attor- 
ney General,  large  detaohmeata  of  the  Army  were 
placed  in  various  partt  bf  thi  Stole  aa  a  sort  ot 
pot$e  eomitdhM  in  the  eveat  thai  the  Marshal  ataail 
find  nae  for  tbat  sort  of  aastaiance.  Taking  out 
the  Army  ftom  that  there  are  abpat  7,500  who 
were  employed  lawfully  or  dnlairnilly,  bdt  atiil 
wltb  a  aho#  af  aatUerity,  ail  eoming  eitber  from 
tlie  GoTeraor  or  bis  triends  engaged  in  watcoing 
tbat  poll.  Now.  is  this  Commission  astoniabed,  un- 
der fhataort  of  airay,  that  tttari)  It^aa  not  noin 
a  atnglft  pbll,  dhieatt  jMrb^  Ob^  a 
protaat  or  reptoaefitatioo  by  t^e  OoiMiisaleaer 
of  Bleethm  tbat  tbttd  waa  riot,  ^ontUt,  tatmidatloa, 
•BofoatMi,  at  iBMtbtafl  elaa.»»at.tbe  atatate  aiiMka 
of.  wS^ beat  1  ^bteWia tbai^ ^  teMIliaTtpeea 
tamcnaaiji  alacia  lavtMantanoik  mm.  .wM  Svpar- 
ar.M9Sgr^gga-^^K»^ 


.ance  of  hia  doilia  aswclsiarf  On  the  oonttary, 
en  the  Beglatr4Boa  books  tbare  aH  MiOOO  regis- 
terad.  aad  ill  tba  mMM  of  tho  Stota  tbare  am  85S,< 
006  no|»taaMait.  OrTtbd  votea  appearl|ig  on  tba  faoa 
or  tbe  iretaroa,  tb«*e  were  9i,00O  for  one  tickat  and 
75,000  for  tbe  other..  I  undertake  to  say  tbere  waa 
not  a  State  in  tbia  Union — I  weald  not  aav 
fbat'-I  .  will  t1f9  that  two-thirds  of  the 
States  of  this  Union  that  voted  at 
thai  eleotlon  have  not  shown  the  same 
quantity  of  population  in  comparison  with  tbe  popn- 
latioa  reoorded  on  the  censue  book.  I  have  been 
intomed  tbat  there  waa  not  a  swgle  State.  Now, 
with  these  facts  standing  clearly  before  yoa,  with  no 
sign  of  eonfnsion  reported  by  the  only  authority 
that  eould  report  them,  I  ask  what  show  of  justice, 
right,  or  propriety  is  tbere  In  this  sort  of  dennnota- 
tlona  of  the  people  and  society  of  Louisiana  whion 
nave  been  ringing  in  the  ears  of  the  Commisaion 
and  the  persons  here  present  f 

Mr.  Campbell  made  a  statement  in  relation  to  the 
alleged  laaning  of  10,000  warrants  on  the  30ib  of  .Oc- 
tober for  the  arrest  of  oitizens  of  New-Orleans  for 
fraadolent  registration  in  1874,  and  asked  what 
would  be  tbe  eff)>ot  in  Yermont  or  Connecticut. 
Then,  speaking  of  the  election  law  of  the  State,  he 
said  :  Ths  whole  frame  of  this  act  is  to  lift  np  into 
prominence  and  sapremacy  tbe  original  returns 
raaiie  by  those  Commissiouers  and  none  other. 
The  first  thing  yoa  are  to  do,  says  the 
aoT^  is  to  ^  ascertain  from  tbese  re- 
tarns  which  are  contested  and  which 
are  not  eonteated.  And  in  this  oaae  neither  tbe 
eontested  returns  nor  tbe  uncontested  returns  have 
been  examined  and  reported  abont.  Counsel  then 
qooted  the  case  in  the  tenth  of  tbe  law  reports. 
Common  Pleas,  page  744.  fiom  tbe'opinion  of  Chief 
Justioe  Coleridge,  wbioh  he  claimed  applied  pre- 
eisely  to  tbe  act  of  the  Boturning  Officers  in  this  case. 

Commisaioner  Strong — What  is  the  position  you 
take  in  regard  to  tbe  power  of  the  State  over  tbe 
final  action  of  tbia  Retumlnn  Board  t  Waa  it  In  the 
power  of  the  State  of  Louisiaaa  to  have  directed 
the  acts  ot  the  Ketnrning  Board  to  have 
been  completed  by  tbe  20th  dav  of  Novem- 
ber, and  was  it  in  tbe  power  of  the 
State  to  constitnte  another  tribunal  to  try 
the  contest  between  the  two  sets  of  Electors  that 
claimed  to  have  been  elected  ? 

Mr.  Campbell— Unquestionably,  Sir.    Yee. 

Oommlssloner  Strong- Then  tbe  power  of  Judg- 
ing of  the  honesty  and  accuracy  of  tbe  decision  of 
the  Keturnine  Board  ia  in  the  State  ! 

Mr.  Campbell— In  the  case  of  Si.ato  officers. 

Commiasioner  Strong— I  say  Electors. 

Mr.  Campbell — My  own  ooinion  is  that  a  State 
bas  no  jurisdiction  over  tbe  Elector.  It  cannot  re- 
view tbe  election  for  Electors.  Tbat  is  my  idea.  I 
aay  that  that  election  is  to  be  reviewed  and  exam- 
ined finally  by  tbe  two  Houi^es  of  Congress,  when 
their  certificate  of  retnrna  comes. 

Commiasioner  Strong— How  can  they  then  con- 
stitute a  Retumin'/  Board  > 

Mr.  Campbell — Tbey  make  a  Returning  Board 
with  tbe  view  of  compiling  tbe  returns.  I  am 
speaking  of  the  final  determination  of  tho  riizht  of 
an  Elector  to  cast  a  vote.  I  am  not  >erv  settled 
about  it.  It  is  a  question  I  have  not 
considered  very  considerably,  but  my  view 
of  the  matter  of  these  Electors  under  the  Constitu- 
tion is  that  a  Stare  is  the  iuatrament  and  the 
ai-eney,  and  ita  laws  areinetrumental  for  the  pur 
pose  of  commauicating  to  the  two  houses  of  Con*- 
gresa  the  electiou  of  Electora,  and  that  tnat  necos- 
earibr  involvea  an  inquiy  whether  thoae  Electors 
are  ^irly  chosen  or  not. 

Commissioner  Strong— Tbe  qneation  is  whether 
Congreas  is  a  tribunal  for  controlling  contested 
elections. 

Mr.  Campbell — ^Ihave  no  qanstion  that  Cong  ress 
could  create  a  tribtinal  to  inquire  into  tbe  validity 
and  truthfulness  and  regalanty  of  any  election  for 
an  Elector,  for  the  purpose  of  determin- 
ing whether  the  votes  cast  for  Presi- 
dent and  Vice  President  are  cast  by 
men  competent  to  do  so.  It  ia  the  only  legitimate 
place  where  snch  a  tribunal  could  come  because  tb  e 
power  to  be  exercised  by  those  Electors  affunts 
every  citizen  and  every  Interest  in  the  United 
Statea  and  every  State  in  this  Union  aa 
underato'id  in  that  decision,  and  no  State  wunld  be 
Justified  in  allowing  tbe  determination  of  such  a 
question  finally  to  rest  in  a  State  tribunal.  The 
coanael  railed  attention  to  the  valne  of  tbe  certlfi- 
catea,  and  cited  a  report  in  the  seventh  of  Lansini;, 
page  275. 

Commiasioner  Hoar  flnterrnpted  to  ask] — Sup- 
pose that  in  ^he  process  of  coantine  tbe  vote,  when 
the  State  of  Oregon  waa  reached  proof  ahould  be 
offered  on  behalf  of  One  of  tbe  candtdatea,  tbat  at 
every  pollinsr  place  in  tbe  State  of  Orecon  tbere 
had  been  a  different  nnmber  of  votes  cast  from  tbat 
certified,  so  as  to  change  tbe  result  in  tbe  State,  do 
you  claim  it  would  be  the  dnty  of  tbe  two  bouses  to 
panae  in  tbe  process  ot  counting  the  vote  until 
both  aides  could  put  in  evidenee  on  that  question, 
and  the  fact  be  ascertained  ? 

Mr.Campliell- That  is  not  the  case  I  have  bnon 
arguioe  at  all,  and  is  entirely  outside  of  the  proffer 
in  respect  to  evidence. 

Commiaaioner  Hoar — I  thought,  perhaps,  It  would 
help  ua  to  understand  tbat  view  of  the  power  and 
duty  of  the  two  houses  to  inqnire  whether  you 
thought  if  such  proof  were  proff»red  on  behalf  of 
one  of  tbe  candidates  as  to  what  tbe  true  vote  was 
in  that  State,  it  would  be  the  duty  of  the  two  honsea 
to  paaaein  the  connt  until  it  was  settled. 

Mr.  Campbell — If  I  was  a  member  of  either  house 
I  would  pans*',  give  it  all  the  consideration  I 
opioid,  and  then  decide  it  according  to  that  conclu- 
sion. 

Judgo  Campbnll  then  referrod  to  the  condition  of 
affairs  as  existing  at  present  in  Turkej',  and  aaid 
tbat  Lunisiann  bad  fbr  many  years  been  under  tbe 
control  ot  a  ring  as  uoscruonloos  as  any  tbat  ex- 
isted iu  Turkey  or  elsewhere.  He  then  referred  to 
the  vacancv  in  tbe  board,  holding  tbat  tbe  members 
acted  corraotly  In  not  flliing  it. 

Commissioner  Edmunds  mqalred  whether,  sop- 
posing  the  board  was  hot  legally  required  to  per- 
form that  duty  in  the  sense  of  makine  their  futnre 
acta  Invalid,  their  failure  to  perform  wbat  the  law 
did  not  compel  ibem  to  do  cbanged  the  validity  of 
their  aiibseqaent  acts. 

Judge  (jampoell  replied  tbat  they  were  bonnd 
under  the  terms  of  tbe  law  to  nil  the  vacancy.  Tne 
law  waa  mandatory  and  said  that  such  vacancy 
"sball  be  filled.' 

Commissioner  Edmunds  said,  suppo-oing  tbat  to 
be  correct  that  it  was  their  daiy  to  fill  the  vacancy 
and  tbev  had  no  power  to  rake  any  step  in  tbe  per- 
formance of  tbeir  duties  until  it  was  filled,  then  it 
would  be  plain  tbat  tbeir  snbnequent  acts  wnnld  be 
invalid,  no  matter  what  the  motive.  Bnt  supposing 
it  waa  not  a  daty  in  tbe  sense  of  incapacity  to  pro- 
Coed,  woald  tbe  pretence  of  a  ooirapt  motive  make 
anv  ditterence  as  to  the  validity  of  tbeir  acta  ? 

Jadgb  Camnbeli  roplied  that  he  snpposed  the 
(allure  to  perform  that  duty  from  a  corrapt  motive 
noula  have  toat  effect  Aa  the  Leglslatuie  bad 
said  there  ahould  be  five  peraona.  and  tbev  bad  re- 
fused to  nil  the  vacancy  because  of  a  fraudulent 
purpose,  that  would  render  them  incompetent  to 
perform  farther  ao's. 

Mr.  Merrick,  of  Damocratio  counsel,  asked  leave 
to  ttle  a  brief  on  the  sabjeet  last  referred  to,  and 
prrmiaaion  was  granted. 

The  President  (Joatioe  Clifford)  then  announced 
that  tb»  discussion  on  the  pending  offer  waa  con- 
cluded, and  that  tbere  woald  t>e  aa  further  public 
proceedings  to-day,  and  then,  at  4:30  o'clock,  tbe 
Commission,  after  a  short  recess,  went  Into  secret 
session. 


TUBFUEH'S  TRIBULATIONS. 


THE  BOARD  OV  APPEALS  OF  THS  NATIONAL 
TROTTING  ASSOCIATION  IN  EXKCUTIVE 
SESSION  —  DECISIONS  AND  ARBITRA- 
TIONS. 
The  Board  of  Appeals  of  the  National  Trot- 
ting Association  held  an  open  session  for  two  hours 
yesterday  morning,  during  which  the  case  of  Daniel 
Cunningham  against  the  Catskill  Driving  Parle  As- 
sociation whs  heard  and  referred  to  the  board  for 
action  in  executive  seaaion,  and  the  case  of  Wenzell 
againat  tbe  Brooklyn  Driving  Park  was  continued 
and  adjodrned.  In  the  latter  case  the  plaintiff  pre- 
aented  as  a  witness  Mr.  Allen  D.  Palmer,  wholtes- 
tifled  that  the  De  Camp  BrotberS  had  a  bad  repu- 
tation, and  that  he  would  not  believe 
Joseph  De  Camp,  the  custodian  of  tbe 
mare  Bacbel,  andt-r  oath.  Joseph  De  Camp 
Introduced  the  testimony  of  L.  W.  Sullivan  and 
George  VV.  Ticbenor,  both  of  whom  swore  to  tbe 
good  character  of  Joseph  De  Camp.  Tbe  board  then 
went  into  executive  session,  and  tbe  following  oases 
were  decided:  Charles  N.  Eimpland  against  tbe 
Brooklyn  Driving  Park  Association  ;  the  anplica- 
tion  was  for  the  vacatioh  of  the  order  expelling  tbe 
bay  gelding  Delhi,  which  was  granted.  W.  S. 
Thomas,  of  Graveseod,  Long  Island,  was  expelled 
by  the  Prospect  Park  Association  with  tbe  horse 
Delhi;  tbe  board  granted  hia  application  for  a  va- 
catlbn  of  the  order  or  expulsioo,  aa  it  old  not  appear 
that  Thomas  had  any  prevloas  koowledire 
that  Delai  had  beeu  improperly  entered. 
In  tbe  case  of  J.  M.  Beiber.  wuo  Wiia  expelled  by 
tbe  Wasbincton  Driving  Park  Aasociation,  tbe 
board  denied  tbe  application  of  Beiber  for  rein- 
statement, and  approved  the  action  of  thu  aatooia- 
tion  in  expelling  him.  In  ibs  case  of  J.  Somerin- 
dyke  against  tbe  Prospect  Park  Association,  tbe 
board  approved  tbe  action  of  the  aasociation  in  ex- 
pelling Delhi,  and  tbe  distribution  ot  the  pre- 
mlams  waa  ordered  as  follows  :  First,  c.  m.  Aleiissa; 
ieoond,  b.  g.  Bay  Jack ;  third,  c.  g.  1".  B.  French. 
Jamea  Dougrev  entered  a  horse  on  the  course  of  the 
Washington  Driving  Park  Association,  in  which 
there  were  three  entries.  Duugrey's  horse  was  dis- 
tanced in  tbe  first  heat,  and  the  other  two  entries 
were  expelled.  The  porae  waa  beld  by  the  aasocia- 
tion for  action  by  the  board,  and  the  latter  ordered, 
that  Dohgrey's  horse  receive  a  sam  aim  lar  to  tbat 
to  Whlob  be  would  have  been  entitled  in  a  "  walk 

fver."  In  another  case  brought  by  Dougrey  againat 
".  D.  Hill,  proprietor  of  the  VVasbington 
Driving  Park,  the  board  allowed  the 
plaintiff  one-half  the  entrance  lees.  as 
provided  In  the  base  of  a  "walk  Oter."  The 
appllt^tish  of  Dan  and  Ben  Mace  for  vacation  of 
the  order  of  tbe  Prospect  Park  Association  ana- 
pending  them  and  tbeir  three  horaes,  was  granted, 
and  tbey  were  relieved  from  the  i;aymentot  either 
entrance  feea  or  any  penalty  to  that  association. 
The  application  of  Hiram  W.  Howe  for  vacanon  of 
tne  order  of  saspension  by  tbe  same  defendant  waa 
granted.  The  case  of  tbe  Chester  County  Acrlcul- 
tural  Society,  of  Pennsylvania,  against  B.  F.  Gal- 
laeber  was  diamtaaed  on  tbe  groand  tbat  tbe  charges 
wore  not  proved.  The  aoplioation  made  by  Mr.  C. 
H.  Tan  Ness  for  vacation  of  an  order  of  saapenaion, 
entered  againat  him  by  the  Prospect  Park  AbsooiA- 
tlon,  waa  granted.  A  aimllar  application  by  John 
K.  Leavitt,  of  Phlladelpbia,  against  the  Hudson 
River  Driving  Park  Aasodatiob  and  tbe  Conneoti- 
eut  Stockbreeders'  Aaaooiatloii,  waa  ttenied.  Charles 
K.  Gilman,  of  Brooklyn,  made  an  application  for 
vaoatloh  of  ah  order  of  adsj^oaion.  issueci  by  the 
Faint  Breese  FaTk  AasooUtica.  of  Philadelpbia, 
wbteb  was  graatad,  and  tba  board  direeted  tbe  asso- 
dailon  tb  pay  io  Mr.  GUmaa  tba  anin  of  |75  for  Ox- 
Ijabaekineiirrad  by  blA  ttttoukb  tba  inatianiiiim.  A 
■ba4il|RrappUB»ttaB  ]»7  ICT'  GlUnaa  awdnavtbe  Fleet- 
ilwood  PaorV  Aaaodatum  iraa.aeniad..  Xba  brt»r<i 
stffil  a&Mnil  IJL  iAi£atti 


locAL  Miscellany. 

iaS  CONTINENTAL  LIFE   COMPANY. 

THE  KBABINO  BETOBB  THE  REFEREE— MB. 
JOHN  J.  ANDERSON,  THE  FORMER  RE- 
OBIVEKi  AGAIN  ON  THE  STAND — HIS 
TESTIMONY  CONTRADICTED. 
The  bearing  in  the  matter  of  tbe  Continental 
Life  Inaurance  Company  before  Mr.  William  Allen 
Butler,  the  Beferee  appointed  by  Judge  Pratt,  was 
reeamed  yesterday  at  Na  90  Nassau  street.  The 
first  witness  was  Mr.  Marvin  E.  Parroti;  tbe  claim 
agent  of  the  company,  who  was  recalled,  and  atated 
tbat  he  waa  unable  to  famish  a  list  of  the  suits 
againat  tbe  company  on  death  claims  nntil  to-day. 
In  response  to  questions  from  the  Beferee,  Mr.  Par- 
rott  stated  tbat  tbe  claims  as  sworn  to  in  the  last 
annual  statement  of  the  eompany  aggregated  only 
tl57.375.  while  hia  statement  on  Oot  25  following 
showed  them  to  be  9435,060  78 ;  witneas  could  not 
acoonnt  for  tbe  great  discrepancy  in  these  amounts 
in  any  other  way  than  in  the  fact  tbat  the  awom 
atatement  of  the  company  must  be  false. 

Mr.  John  J.  Anderson,  the  former  Beoeiver  of 
the  company,  waa  then  recalled  and  examined  at 
length  by  Mr.  Baphael  J.  Moses,  of  counsel,  who 
asked  how  it  was  tbat  he  had  statod  in  his  report 
tbat  the  amount  of  the  claim  against  the  New 
Jeraey  Mutual  Life  Inanranoe  Company  was 
1314,000.  To  this  the  witness  replied  that  he  had 
obtained  tbat  amount  from  the  books,  or,  perhaps, 
from  the  receipts  for  the  stock,  which  were  given 
with  the  contract  for  tbe  reinsurance  of  tbe  risks 
of  the  Continental  Company;  those  receipts, 
witness  thought,  were  in  the  poesea- 
sion  of  Mr.  Fullerton,  bis  counsel,  who 
had  charge  of  the  suit :  ond  of  them,  he  thonghL 
was  for  1112,000,  another  for  (118,000,  and  a  third 
for  |78,000,  the  two  former  being  for  bonds  and 
mortgages,  and  the  latter  for  Uuited  States  bonds; 
witness  was  not  sure  that  the  above  amounts  were 
correct,  nor  could  be  tell  why  three  receipts  bad 
been  given,  as  they  were  all  signed  on  one  day. 
Mr.  Anderson  was  tben  asked  where  tbe  figures 
f  103,000  on  which  the  suit  was  brought,  came  from, 
and  be  repUed  that  of  tbe  $112,000.  one  mortgage  for 
910,000  bad  been  given  tor  services;  at  least,  so  he 
understood ;  witness  did  not  assign  this  mortgage 
to  anybody,  nor  did  he  ever  assign  any  mortgage; 
he  never  knew  wby  the  suit  bad  been  brou^^bt 
for  the  recovery  of  only  9102,000 ;  he  gave 
the  papers  to  counsel  and  instructed  him 
to  bring  suit;  bia  attention  had  been  callexl  to  tbe 
entry  in  tbe  Journal  of  9355,312  50,  but  could  not 
tell  wbat  it  referred  to;  Mr.  Siilee,  tbe  Cashier, 
did  not  Ko  over  the  list  of  mortgages  wicb  w^ituess, 
which  the  former  said  were  in  the  possession  of  the 
New-Jeraev  Mutual  Company ;  he  never  looted  up 
the  schedule  of  pobcies  that  were  tranalerred  to 
tbe  last  named  compauv  ;  witneas  did  not  tbmk  he 
got  the  schedule  when  be  was  appointed  Receiver, 
bat  waa  of  opinion  tnat  it  waa  delivered  to  him  by 
Daniel  J.  Noyes ;  be  bad  no  conversation  with  tbe 
last  natned  gcntlemnn  aa  to  the  putting  on  the  list 
of  additional  policies  so  aa  to  make  up  toe  amount 
of  9355,000  ;  be  could  not  remember  whether  it  was 
after  J  ao.  15  that  be  received  the  schedule  or  not.  bat 
thought  that  a  reference  to  his  memoranda  would 
recall  the  circumstances.  Mr.  Anderson  caused 
some  little  astoniabment  during  his  examination  by 
staling  tbat  be  kuew  that  the  journal  and  casn 
book.  Which  were  misaing  from  Oct.  24  uoiii  Jan. 
23,  were  m  tbe  safe  during  that  period,  and  tbat 
Dotwithsi^anding  tbe  tact  tbe  Mr.  Thomas,  the 
book-keeper,  and  Mr.  Stiles,  the  Cashier,  bad  called 
tor  them,  he  did  not  give  them  to  them,  bet^ase  he 
wanted  to  get  the  securities  tbat  bad  been  trans- 
ferred to  the  New-Jeraey  Mutual  back  from  tbat 
concern.  Mr.  Anderson  testified  further  tbat  Mr. 
Rogers,  the  Secretary,  was  at  tbe  office  with  him 
one  night,  about  Jan.  27  ;  witness  wanted  him  to 
explain  tbe  entry  charged  to  "  purchased  pre- 
miunia,"  but  his  explanation  was  by  no  meana  sat- 
is factory  ;  witnesa  thought  he  got  tne  amount  so 
often  mentioned,  $314,000,  ns  having  been  transterred 
to  tbe  New-Jersey  Mutual  from  Mr.  Thomas,  the 
book-keeper,  in  a  conversation  on  ihe  subject  with 
that  gentleman. 

Mr.  Mosos  asked  tbe  witness  if  he  did  not  receive 
(25,000  and  divide  it  with  Daniel  J.  Noyes  lor 
effecting  tbe  transfer,  and  he  replied  tbat  he  bad 
not,  anu  iuriber,  tbat  he  bad  no  money  tranaactii/n 
whatever  witn  Daniel  J.  Noyes  regarding  the  New- 
Jersey  Mutual  Company;  witness  found -the 
contract  of  reinsurance  lu  tbe  office  shortly  after 
his  appointment  as  Receiver  ;  he  never  knew  Mr. 
Richard  B.  Wedell. 

The  next  witness  called  was  Mr.  George  W. 
Thomas,  who  flatly  denied  having  ever  stated  to 
Mr.  Anderson  that  tbe  amount  of  tbe  secaritiea 
transterred  to  the  New-Jersey  Mutual  was  $314,000, 
nor  did  tbe  witness  remember  his  having  asked  for 
the  amount  in  question;  witnexs  remembered 
having  seen  Mr.  Wedell  making  up  a  list  of  pol- 
icies reaembiine  in  appearance  ibe  schedule  men- 
tioned in  the  testimony  of  Mr.  Anderiioa. 

Richard  iJ.  Wedell  waa  tben  called,  and  testified 
to  bis  having  made  out  the  schedule  of  transferred 
policies  by  directiou  of  Mr.  Frost ;  tne  list  was 
made  from    a    pclccclon  of  agencies.     This  witness 

could  DOC  recollect  who  made  the  seieciion,  or 
Whetber  tbe  ached  ale  was  made  before  or  after  the 
Receiver's  appointment,  bat  said  he  thoa^ht  it  waa 
in  September. 

Mr.  Thomas  H.  Bidadale,  who  assisted  in  ths 
making  up  of  the  scbedole,  testified  that  it  was 
made  ao  during  the  month  of  October,  and  that  it 
bad  not  been  finished  when  Mr.  Anderson  was  ap- 
pointed. 

Mr.  Seth  C.  Chandler,  Jr.,  the  Actuary,  was  also 
examined  at  length,  but  his  testimony  elicited 
nothing  importaur,  and  after  it  was  concluded  tbe 
hi^nag  waa  at^ourned. 


SUIT   BY  THE  RECEIVER  TO  RECOVER  BONDS 
AND  MORTGAGES. 
Mr.  William  R.   Grace,   the  Receiver  of  the 
Continental   Life   Insurance   Company,    has   begun 

Buit  in  the  Supreme  Court,  Brooklyn,  against  the 
New-Jersey  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  of 
Newark ;  the  National  Capital  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany, of  Waablngton,  D.  C,  and  Benjamin 
Noyes,  President  of  tbe  last-named  corpora- 
tion, for  the  recovery  of  over  $200,000  worth 
of  bonds  and  mortgages  alleged  to  be 
in  poaseasion  of  Mr.  Noyes.  The  oozhplaint 
sets  forth  that  tbe  eecurities  mentioned  are  the 
property  of  tha  Continental  Comnany,  that  they 
were  wrongfally  transferred  by  ita  officers  to  the 
li'ew-Jersey  Mutual,  the  President  of  which  in  turn 
transferred  them  to  Mr.  Noyes.  together  with  tbe 
other  assets  of  his  companv,  in  ounsideration  of  tbe 
reinsurance  of  its  risks.  Tbe  Receiver  appeared  in 
court  yesterday  morning  by  counsel,  and  presented 
to  Justice  .  Pratt  a  petition  for  an  In- 
Innotlon  restraining  the  defendants  irom  putting 
tbe  property  sued  for  out  of  tbeir  possession.  This 
waa  granted,  and  a  writ  of  ne  exeat  was  issued 
against  Benjamin  Noyes  for  the  purpose  of  prevent- 
ing his  leaving  tbe  State  ot  New.York  and  taking 
with  him  the  bonds  and  mortgages  given  bim  by 
Ml'.  Siedwell.  Tbe  bond  on  the  writ  was  fixed  ac 
$50,000.  Tbe  Reoeiver  has  also  commenced  suit  in 
Wbite  Plains  fur  tbe  reinstatement  of  a  mortgage 
foir  $17,500  and  the  canuellation  of  a  satisfaction 
piece  given  by  Luther  W.  Frost  to  Sarah  P.  and  G. 
Hilton  Soribner,  bv  whom  the  mortgaee  was  exe- 
cuted. The  mortgage  was  among  tbe  assets  of  tbe 
Continental,  and  in  eoaslderarion  ot  a  quantity  of 
the  worthlesB  Empire  Mutual  Liie  Insurance  Com- 
pany's stcioK  transterred  to  him  by  Scribuer,  Mr. 
Frost  gave  the  satisfaction  plece'^  whicb  the  Be- 
oeiver now  seeks  to  set  aside. 


FISH  CULTUlilHTS  IN  SESSION. 

SECOND  day's  meeting  IN  THE  AQUARIUM 
—VALUABLE  PAPERS  READ  BY  THE 
MEMBKK8. 

The  American  Fish  Culturists'  Afisociation 
met  again  yestorday  in  the  Aqnarium.  The  meet 
ing  waa  called  to  order  by  Hon.  Robert  B.  Boose- 
veit,  tbe  President,  who  anaounced  that  tho  pro- 
ceedinga "would  be  commenced  by  the  readiog  of  a 
paper  on  fish  culture  in  the  New- York  Aqnarium 
by  Mr.  Frederick  Mather.  Tbia  gentleman  aaid 
that  60,000  eggs  of  tbe  California  salmon  were  re- 
ceived in  October  last  to  be  hatcbed  tor  tbe  Lnited 
States  Fish  Commission.  Of  these  eggs  8,200  died 
or  were  killed  before  hatching ;  but  this  loss  was 
due  in  great  part  to  their  being  handled  by  visitors. 
The  eggs  were  placed  in  tbe  hatching  apparatus  on 
Oct.  11,  and  were  all  hatched  by  Nov.  4,  the  water 
ranging  from  60°  at  first  and  steadily 
dropping  to  54°.  Tbe  time  of  absorp 
tion  of  tbe  umbillcns  was  nearly  40  days. 
Tbe  first  fiah  took  food  on  Dec.  1, 
and  all  were  feeding  by  Feb.  1.  By  Jan.  1  tbe  tem- 
perature of  the  water  was  lowered  to  40°,  and  had 
since  beea  kept  at  33^.  Some  of  these  salmon  had 
been  distribated  in  Ne^-Jeraey  waters,  others  In 
Long  Island,  and  the  remainder  would  be  sent  to 
Nortbem  New- York.  A  month  ago  500  of  the  fry 
were  placed  in  a  tank  in  water  of  the  temperature 
of  60°,  or  20°  warmer  than  that  in  the  hatching 
tronghai  and  Were  fed,  and  were  now  much  larger 
than  thdae  in  the  colder  water.  Of  whitefish  eggs, 
Si5,000  had  been  received  from  Michigan,  and  5,^00 
from  Mr.  Seth  Green  were  lost  for  want  of  circula- 
tion of  the  Water.  Another  lot  of  5.000  had  Just 
been  received,  and  would  be  put  io  a  Jar  and 
hatched  in  balk.  Fifteen  thousand  eggs  of  tbe 
bIsoo  or  lake  herring  had  been  received  from 
Detroit)  and  were  doing  well.  Ten  thousand  eggs 
of  the  lake  trout,  received  from  the  Newbrook 
House  were  In  process  of  batching. 

Mr.  Wilmot,  at  tbe  request  of  Mr.  L.  Stone,  then 
gave  an  aoooant  of  bis  inethod  of  impregnating 
aainjon  eggs,  and  was  tblloWed  Uy  Mr.  B.  PhlUlps, 
who  toad  a  oaper  on  th»  "  wa«t^  nt  H-i.h  "     tn  {.«. 


Waate  of  FlBh."     In  bis 


ramarkft  Mr.  FBlUlps  called  tba  atteatten  of  th« 

■ '  "  jbeiar  "  .■■-■-     .i.-._.,-. ..  . 
lb  «hioii  tbe  pOopia  or  xm  eoi 
Va»i^  dtber  tbioub.vmiiaUDt  :w 


fa  biunbor  ot  diflbrailt  kinil* 
1«  9r  ^bia  dqdlltrj^^t»fl«»*4.  JW 


aaaddtanon.^  tbi 


Frederiok  M.  Wallem,  of  tbe  Vlalt  Oomtnlaalon  oi 

Norway,  was  the  next  speaker. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Phillip^  Sniteaawa  AkaUe^ 
Imperial  Fisb  C'nmnlsaioner  of  Japan  at  tha  Onf. 
tennial.  was  mads  an  bonomiy  member.  In  aai 
cordance  with  a  resolution  introduoed  ty  Hr.  MQ. 
ner,  tbe  work  of  the  .  aasociation  was  divided  Int^ 
four  sections,  each  with  a  committee  of  three,  and 
each  section  to  be  assigned  subjects  for  eaaaye  to  ba  . 
read  and  discussed  at  the  next  meeting.  FMlowi^ 
are  the  sections,  with  the  names  of  the  geatleiiMa 
appointed : 

Jtrat— u»tbods  ef  Fish  Culture— Uetaxab  Ofean,  fm 
ter.  and  Wilmot  ) 

Seeond— Apparatiu,  Fishing-dams,  and  VUbway»>' 
Messrs.  Evarts,  Btone,  and  Fergnson.  i 

r«f  *-NBtnrai  History  and  Aqaaria—Meaaxi.  Miner 
Mather,  and  Halloek. 

i^rtA— Fisheries— ileaara  Blaokfbrd.  ThUlipa,  aatf 
Edmunds. 

Mr.  Charles  Eallook  then  offered  •>  a  raaolntlai^ 
which  >ras  adopted,  to  the  effect  that  m  future  tta 
annual  meetings  of  the  asaoolailon  be  beld  in  m 
Aquarium,  as  it  was  the  most  suitable  plaoe  tbat 
oould  be  found  for  the  purpose.  It  waa  fartbeanMl' 
solved  that  the  Aqaanum  lie  recommended  to  n3 
public  aa  well  worthy  of  Its  patronage.  Tbe  meeti 
ing  was  then  adjourned  to  meet  on  the  aeeoM 
Wednesday  of  February,  1878. 

BEDUCTIO  AD  ABSUBDVM. 

MR.  MARTIN  PRACTICINO  A  UTTLB  FOBCKll 
ECONOMY — GAS-LAMPS  TO  BE  SHUTOVF^ 
COTTAGES  CLOSED,  AND  EXOTICS  SOL0 
— ^NO  REDUCTION  IN  THE  -  PRBSrDBNT*^ 
SAfARY. 
Notwithatanding  the  fact  that  the  Board  dl 
Apportionment  have  appropriated  the  liberal  snir  ' 
of  $143,000  for  the  maintenance  of  the  public  parki 
during  the  coming  year,  the  Park  Commissionen 
are  stilt  unsatisfisd,  and  predict  direful  resulte  ha 
less  their  present  allowance  is  increased.  WilUao 
R.  Martin,  the  Prtsident  of  the  department,  ha« 
prepared  a  report  on  tbe  subject,  in  whicb  heatatei 
that  the  parks  cannot  be  sustained  on  thia  sum,  and 
that  the  Commissioners  must  be  allowed  vaott 
money  or  tbe  City'a  pleasure  gronnda  will  become 
dilapidated  and  unfit  for  public  use.  After  maUnc 
all  possible  reductions  in  tbe  soma  aet  apart  tor  tba 
Bupport  of  the  museum,  the  use  of  gaa,  the  coat  ol 
feed,  &c.,  Mr.  Martin  claims  that  the  averagi 
amount  left  for  *' maintenance"  Is  bnt. $8,560  pea 
month.  Under  this  head  are  classed  the  following 
descriptions  of  work:  Roads  and  paths,  torf  and 
grass,  planting  trees,  akating-ponl  and  ioe,  gree»j 
houses,  drainage,  repairs  ot  bnildingB,  aeata,  and] 
bigna,  lakes  and  water,  tec  In  order  to  keep  thet^ 
expenditures  within  the  limit  of  the  appE»( 
priation,  the  Commissioners  say  that  tbey  mtut  re- 1 
dace  the  wages  of  employes,  saspeud  work  in  Wmtes/ 
and  midaammer,  and  also  disoontinne  more  aotlTa 
operations  in  the  Spring  and  Fall.  At  tbe  very 
best,  tbey  will  not  be  able  to  keep  the  parks,  and 
especially  tbe  Central  Park,  in  their  usual  oondt> 
tlon.  The  Superintendent  of  Parks,  Mr.  Jallna 
Munkiwitz,  and  the  Landscape  Arcbiteot,  Mr.  Fred, 
enck  Law  Olmstead.  have  submitted  reports  to  tbe 
department,  in  which  they  sav  that  enlarged  appro- 
pi  iations  are  required  to  keep  the  Central  Park  in 
proper  repair.  During  the  past  year  several  thoa> 
sand  dollars  have  been  expended  in  -  repairing  dami 
ages  wholly  due  to  the  careless  construction  of  i 
drain-pipe  several  years  since.  There  are  150  milea 
of  undereround  pipes  In  tbe  parks,  any  neglsote4 
disorder  of  which  at  once  sets  the  destmotivl 
agencies  at  work.  Last  year  the  Commissioners  ab 
tempted  to  economize  by  the  temporary  stoppage  o| 
watering  carts.  The  result  was  tbat  the  road( 
cracked  from  excessive  dryness,  and.  if  the  carta 
bad  not  been  restored,  the  ultimate  damage  would) 
have  amounted  to  more  than  the  whole  approoria.) 
tion  for  the  maintenance  of  roads.  The  fittings  of 
the  Park  are  also  aaid  to  be  in  need  of  repair,  and 
one  of  tbe  cottages  is  so  dilapidated  that  ita  n8« 
bas  taaa  to  be  diacontinned.  Other  cottages  are 
leaky,  and  several  rpqaire  painting.  Mauf 
of  tbe  field  seats  have  fallen  to  pieoea, 
Tbe  movable  seats,  which  should  re< 
ceive  a  new  coat  of  paint  annually,  have  not  been 
painted  in  two  years,  and  must  be  allowed  to  re- 
main in  ttleir  present  condition  during  the  oomina 
season.  Thonsanda  of  trees  and  plants  on  the  lawni 
have  been  killed,  becauee  tbe  deoartment  oannoj 
afford  to  employ  skilled  gardeners  to  look  aftei 
them.  To  reduce  the  needed  outlay,  it  Is  pro. 
pused  tbat  that  the  usual  decorations  of  the  small 
parks  with  bedding,  plants,  &c.,  be  wholly  ab^n. 
doned,  and  that  of  the  Central  Park  be  mainly  dia. 
pensedwith;  that  the  present  exotio  oolleotion  ba 
at  once  acid  and  the  honsea  closed.  A  further  rai 
duction  ia  also  proposed  in  the  number  of  gas-ligbta. 
Two  cottages  are  proposed  to  be  closed,  aad  the  at- 
tendants at  tbe  meaagerle  are  to  be  paid  out  of  ttut' 
museum  tund. 

Tbe  work  of  retrenchment  has  been  partially, 
begnn  by  tbe  iasaance  of  an  order  reducing  the' 
oarober  of  gas-lights  in  all  tbe  parks.  The  sum  of 
$14,000  will  ba  saved  on  this  item  alone.  A  resolu* 
tiun  bas  also  been  passed  that  the  ladies'  cottaeea 
near  Oae  Hundred  and  Tenth  street,  in  Central 
Park,  and  in  Washington  aqaare  shall  be  closed 
"until  Che  further  order  of  tne  board."  This  will 
save  the  pay  of  th&  attendants  and  enable  the  sama 
to  be  applied  to  more  needed  purposes.  Alargs 
quantity  of  the  exotics,  wbich  will  be  hereafter  dia- 
pensed  with,  have  already  been  purchased  by  a 
Lung  Island  nursery,  and  are  now  being  removed. 
Tbe  greenhouses  in  tbe  park  will  be  closed  thii 
week  and  the  keepers  dischargecL  The  President 
has  made  no  rednctiou  in  his  own  salary. 

THE  STATEN  ISLAND  MT8TEBT. 

NO  CLUE  YET  FOUND  TO  THE  IDENTITY 
OF  THE  DEAD  WOMAN — VARIOUS  COV^ 
FLICTING  THEORIES  ADVANCED. 

The  mystery  surrounding  the  oiroumatanoea 
of  tbe  death  of  the  yonag  woman  whose  body  wa* 
found  on  Sunday  last,  m  the  old  quarantine  groand 
at  TompklnsviUe,  Staten  Island,  Is  becoming  Id 
tensified.  The  general  Impression  on  the  island  li 
that  the  poor  girl  did  not  commit  anioide,  bnt  wai 
poisoned  and  tben  carried  to  the  plaoe  where  ben 
body  was  found.  The  position  of  tbe  corpse  and 
the  condition  of  her  garments  are  strong  proofs  ol 
this  theory;  but  still  stronger  evidenoe  is  drawn 
from  the  facts  that  tbe  poison  of  wbioh  the  young 
woman  died  was  prnsaio  acid,  and  that  a  corked 
vial  containing  that  deadly  liquid  was  found  in  bar 
pocket.  There  bas  never  been  a  case,  so  far  as  tba 
knowledge  of  physicians  extends,  in  which  a  peiw 
son  having  taken  hydrcKsyanio  acid  had  the  timal 
or  inclination  to  dispose  of  the  bottle  that  prevl*: 
ously  contained  it.  From  the  discovery  of  the 
body,  np  to  Wednesday,  it  lay  in  the  private 
Morgue  at  '  Stapleton,  exposed  ^^  to  '^  the  gaea 
of  idlers  and  children.  The  '<-  dothing  o^ 
the  deceased  was  also  left  to  be! 
fumbled  by  whoever  visited  the  place.  -  Thai 
garmenta  were  carefully  examined  by  Coroner 
Dempsey'and  tne  detectives,  but  nothing  waai 
foand  to  give  a  clue  to  the  identity  of  the  deceaaed.| 
On  the  undergarments  of  the  unfortanate  girl  were( 
fjund  the  Initials  "K.  B."  A  man  named  Michael 
Conway  visited  tbe  Morgue  on  Wednesday  after- 
noon. While  loiterfng  about  be  picked  up  tbe  hat 
of  the  deceased,  and  telt  it  very  carefully.  He  no- 
ticed ttiat  a  baofcle  stood  out  very  prominently,  and 
nnttiog  his  fingers  behind  it  be  drew  out  an  en* 
velooe.  There  was  an  inscription  upon  the  napen 
bat  aa  it  was  wrilteo  in  German  he  could  not  read 
it.  After  puzzling  over  it  for  eome  time  with  sev- 
eral tViendB,  one  of  whom  made  oat  tbat  tbe  person 
to  whom  it  was  addressed  lives,  or  did  live,  in 
Foisyth  street,  in  thii  City,  Conway  gave  the  en- 
velope to  Detective  Homer.  On  Wednesday  night 
Coroner  Dempsey  told  a  Times  reporter  he  had 
a  good  ciue  to  a  person  wno  knew  the  dead 
girl.  He  declined,  however,  to  say  wbat  it  waa.' 
Yesterday  afternoon  a  young  woman  named 
Blake,  kit^  on  Sarab  Anu  street,  in  Tompkins-^, 
ville,  d^Rd  that  on  Sunday  morning  she  saw  a 
woman  answering  the  description  of  the  deceased 
walniug  in  tbe  direction  of  the  (judraatina 
giouads.  She  was  going  to  church,  and  tha 
time  was  about  10:30.  If  Miaa  Blake  oould 
recognize  the  deceased  aa  tbe  woman  she  saw  on 
Sunday,  her  testimony  would  conciusiyely  prove 
ihat  the  deceased  committed  anioide  only  an  honr;i 
or  a  little  over,  before  her  body  waa  touad.  Du. 
Walaer  baa  sworn,  however,  that  she  most  have 
been  dead  eight  or  ten  hours  wheu  found,  despite 
the  fact  that  theie  was  animal heaoin  her  body  whef 
he  made  the  autopsy. 

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TKE  CLAIM  AQEHrBFRATTDB. 

The  manner  in  which  the  swindling  dLaba 
agent  Jenkins,  a  lawyer  of  this  City,  and  bia  oon. 
federate,  Douglass,  the  Treasury  eierlc,  were  ta, 
trapped  was  thus  related  to  a  Tikbs  reporter  yea 
terday  by  Supervising  Special  Agent  Moore  i  Ibi 
detectives  first  discovered  tbat  a  certain  box  in  tba 
Washington  Post  Office  waa  used  by  font  persona, 
none  of  whose  given  names  appeared  in  tbe  Waab, 
ington  City  Directory.  A  watch  waa  put  on  the  t>o^ 
and  enougn  w^s  learned  to  cause  a  deteclave  to  bt 
sent  to  tbia  City.  After  some  trouble, 
the  officer  traced  bis  clue  to  Jenkins  and  fonnd 
in  him  an  old  acquaintance.  His  next  move  was  te 
obtain  from  the  Third  Anditdr'a  office,  in  Washing- 
ton, a  copy  of  a  number  of  claims  which  had  l>een 
passed  upon  and  rcgeoted.  With  tbese  in  his  nos. 
session  tbe  officer  went  to  Jenkins,  and  placing 
tnetn  before  him  suggested  as  a  novel  specula  ion 
the  verv  game  that  the  lawyer  had  been  playing 
himself.  Jenkins  having  ascertained  by  inapectioa 
of  the  index  that  the  claims  were  probably 
genuine,  met  the  detective,  and  agreed  to  his  pro- 
posal. Then  opening  a  drawer  he  took  out  U 
sneete  of  note  paper  all  filled  with  tranaoripts  fron 
the  Treasury  books,  and  said:.-  " i^^<  V^  ** 
square  with  you,  and  aa  yon  have-dlvided  wltb  ma 
I'll  divide  with  you."  Tne  partnership  was  main 
tainad  until  the  deteetlve  bad  all  the  evidenoe  bi 
needed.  Jenkins'  transcripts  are  in-  half  a  doaea 
dlftereot  handwritings,  bat  Doaglaas  1«  tha  odU 
offleiai  who  baa  been  entraoped.  A  obeok  for  $SM 
from  JenUoB  to  Douglass'  wife,  wbioh  wa»  teeetptaa 
for  is  her  name  by  the  latter  waa  traoad  to  hum 
a^tdctt*  baa  iiot  yctt  been  arrMtad,  btti  tfea-^a* 


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;^;?        SECOND  8SSSIoy.,.:Feb.  16. 

ttTMMARY  OF  THE  DATS  PROCEEDINGS, 
in  the  Senate,  the  bill  to  provide  tor  the  tranB- 

tu  of  a  piece  of  land  in  the  Wallaboat  Bay  to  the 
titf  of  Brooklyn  yroM  paaaed.  A  reaolntion  iras 
•greed  to  allowbiKtheXIectoral  Commission  to  occa- 
pj  th*  Senate  obambet  in  the  evening.  Mr.  Windom 
jiBade  a  statement  of  the  condition  of  the  appro- 
priation bills,  showing  that  Congress  was  behind  in 
ft»  work,  and  that  an  extra  session  might  be  neees- 
puy.  The  bin  for  the  saoport  of  the  District  Gov- 
JBRiment  was  amended  and  passed.  The  considers- 
pion  of  the  Pacific  Railway  Sinking  Fond  bill  was 
ttiea  resumed.  Pending  discussion  thereon  the 
penate  took  a  recess  until  mominff.  

In  the.  House,  Mr.  Wbitthorne's  amendment  to 
|the}^aval  Appropriation  bill,  providing  for  a  com- 
toisslvm  to  decide  npon  the    fnCore  naval   policy 

Ef  the  XJnited  States,  was  adopted  as  an 
,  idependent  section;  and  the  consideration  of  the 
1>1U  having  been  finished  it  was  passed.  A  Message 
from  the  President  vetoing  the  bill  perfecting  the 
revision  of  the  laws  was  aastaineii,  and  the  objec- 
tionable feature  having  oeen  eliminated,  the  bill 
was  passed.  The  bill  to  ratify  the  Mcreemeat  with 
the  Sloox  was  also  passed. 


SENATE. 
The  Senate  reassembled  at  10  A.  M.,  andim- 
'Aediately  took  another  recess  until  12  o'  clock. 

'  THB   WAIXABOUT  BA^    BHi    PASSED. 

Upon  reassembling  at  noon  Mr.  Cbagdt,  of 
ITew-Hampshire,  from  the  Committea  on 
iTaval  Affairs,  reported  the  House  bill  to 
provide  for  the  sale  or  exchange  of  a  certain 
piece  of  land  in  the  Wallabout  Bay,  in  the  State  of 
Vew-TorK,  to  the  City  of  Brooklyn.  Passed. 
It  authorises  the  Presideot  to  appoint  three  Com- 
missionets  to  arrange  equitable  terms  for  the  convey- 
ance to  the  City  of  Brooklyn  of  that  piece  of  Ian  d  part* 
3y  under  water,  situate  in  Wallabout  Bay  and  front- 
ing 560  feet  on  Plushing  avenue,  1.630  feet  on  Clin  • 
Iton  avenue,  and  1.475  feet  on  Washington  avenue. 
The  Commissioners  are  to  report  their  conclusions 
jas  to  the  terms  and  condidona  of  sale  to  the  Secre- 
oaryofthe  Ksvy,  who  shall  transmit  the  same  to 
vonjness  at  the  next  session  for  ratificailon. 

THB  VEX  ICiJSr  AWARDS. 

Mr.  CoKisjJSo  called  np  the  Senate  bill  to  provide 
for  the  ditttrlDation  of  awards  made  in  the  conveo- 
tion  between  the  United  States  and  the  KeDubllc  of 
Ifexico,  and  said  the  statement  made  yesterday  as 
to  firand  iu  these  awards  was  withdrawn,  it  having 
be«m  ascertained  that  the  matter  haO  been  investi- 
ftated  and  settled. 

Mr.  STBVsareoN,  of  Zentucky.   oblected  to  the 

jbUL  and   said   a  distingiilshed   citizen  of  Alabama 
liad   intormed    Urn   that  there    was   fraad  'in  the 
award. 
Mr.  CONKuma  said  he  had  no  idea  of  pressing  tbe 

bill  DOW,  in  view  of  the  statement  mude  by  the 
tianator  f rom  KentacKy,  bat  he  hoped  the  eentle- 
ioaan  making  the  cbarse  would  take  steps  to  eob- 

ttautlate  it  as  soon  as  possible.    The  bill  was  then 
kid  over. 

THE  STLVEB  COUMISSIOK. 

Mr.  BouTWEix,  of  Massachusetts,  stibmitted  a 

ficnrrenc  resolntion  providing  that  the  Silver 
mmiasion  created  bv  tbe  Joint  resolotloa  of  Aatr. 
1876,  Shall  be  allowed  until  Feb.  24, 1877,  to  snt>- 
t  their  report.    Agreed  to. 

i  Mr.  L.OOAK,  of  Illinois,  eave  notice  that  he  would 
mdl  np  tue  bill  now  on  the  calendar  for  tbe  re- 
moDetiiation  of  the  silver  dollar  at  tbe  first  oppor- 
itunity. 

ZHB  BLBCTOBAI.  COJOUSSIO^  TO  BIT  IN  IHB 
SEXAXE  C£UMBEB. 
Mr.  Haulik.  of  Maine,  submitted  a  resolution  al- 
iowing  the  Electoral  Commission  to  occupy  the 
■Senate  Chamber  for  its  sittings  in  the  evenine  after 
(the  Senate  bad  taken  a  recess  for  tbe  day.  Agreed 
{to.  In  SDbmitclnK  the  resolution,  Mr.  Bamlin  said 
we  did  so  at  the  request  of  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mission, as  there  were  no  fixtures  for  lighting  the 
Supreme  Court  room  now  used  by  the  Commission. 

*HB     StrPPOBT    OP  THB    DISiKICT    GOVERNMENT. 

K  The  morning  boar  havioe  expired,  the  Cbaib  laid 
before  the  Senate  tbe  nofinistaed  basiness,  belns 
«he  bill  to  amend  the  Pacific  Bailroad  acts  so  as  to 
j«reate  a  sinking  fund  for  the  liquidation  of  the  in- 
debtedness due  the  Government  by  Pacific  Kailroad 
Aompanies,  but  on  motion  of  Mr.  bPENCEB,  of 
^lauama,  the  aniiDished  business  was  laid  aside,  and 
Uie  House  bill  tor  the  support  of  the  Govemment  of 
tthe  District  of  Columbia  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
Waue  30,  1377,  was  taken  ap. 

:  The  Senate  Committee  on  the  IMstnot  of  Colam- 
ln»  reported  an  amendmeotto  strike  oat  of  tbe 
(House  bill  the  clause  taxioE  "land  oatside  of  the 
Cities  of  Washington  and  Georgetown  used  solely 
(for  agricultural  purposes  fl  on  eacn  flOO  ot  the  as- 
kesaed  value  tbereof,"  so  that  all  real  and  personal 
nproperty  io  tbe  District  shall  be  taxed  |1  50  on  each 
VIOO    of  the  assessed  value    tbereof,    instead  of   91 

ifor  agtlcultoral  lands  and  |1  50  for  city  property. 
lAfter  some  debate  the  amendment  was  agreed  tu— 
^eas  34,  nays  19. 

^An  amendmeot  reported  by  tbe  District  Com- 
iniitee,  authorixing  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
no  advance  to  the  JDistnct  Commissioners,  beiweea 
J'nlv  1  and  JTov.  1,  1877,  snch  sums,  not  to  exceed 
9500,000,  as  may  be  irequirad  tor  the  payment  of  in- 
Uoest  on  the  old  funded  debt,  and  for  the  current 
^penses  of  tbe  District  Government — Che  Treasury 
rto  be  reioabarsed  oat  of  ttie  revenues  of  tbe  Dib- 
tolo^— was  agreed  to.  Various  other  ameodments 
nported  by  the  District  Committee  were  agreed  to. 

OOlfDITIOK  OP  THB  APPBOPBIATION  BILLS. 
Pendiue  discasaion,   Mr.   Wbicht,  of  Iowa,    de- 

aanded  tne  regular  order  of  business — being  the 
11  In  regard  to  the  Pacific  Bailroad  sinking  fund. 
lA  loniz  discaaslon  ensaad  as  to  tbe  order  of  busi- 
^•ss,  dorlnsE  wbicn,  Mr.  Sabqent,  of  California, 
■aid  the  Committee  on  Appropriations  would  soon 

press  the  appropriatioa  bills,  and  they  would  an- 
tagonize anything  .  which  might  be  before  the 
Senate. 

Mr.  WraDOM,  of  Minnesota,  spoke  of  the  condition 
■f  the  appropriation  hills,  and  said  tbe  Pension  bill 
,^vas  the  only  one  whlcb  bad  oaosed  and  t>eoome  a 
3sw.  The  Indian,  Fortification,  and  Military 
ddLcademy  bills  were  in  conference.  The  Consular 
and  Diplomatic  bill  had  passed  both  houses,  an  d 
was  now  awaitintr  the  action  of  tbe  House  on  the 
Senate  amendments.  XUe  DeKislstive,  Jadioial, 
and  Executive,  and  the  Post  Ofiice  bills  had  been 
reported  to  the  Senate  by  ,  the  committee, 
but  could  not  be  acted  upon  because 
there  was  no  money  to  print  them. 
The  Defldenoy  bill  had  passed  the  House,  but 
bad  not  oeeu  acted  on  by  tbe  Senate  committee 
^an  account  of  there  being  no  money  to  print  it  as 
Mssedt.  The  Sundry  Civil,  Army,  and  Navy  bills 
^ere  yet  to  be  acted  npon  by  the  House  of  Kepre- 
^entatives  ;  there  were  only  14  workioe  days  of  this 
'session  left,  so  the  showing  aa  to  the  condition  ot 
[tnislness  was  not  a  very  fiaitering  one.  The  caase 
of  dely  in  acting  upon  tbe  Appropriation  bills  had 
^eeu  the  deficiency  in  the  appropriation 
for  pablio  printing.  The  bill  to  supply 
that  deficiency  passed  yesterda.y,  and 
bow  awaited  the  action  ot  the  President. 
La  a  ocuple  of  days  the  Legislative  and  Post  Office 
|bills  could  be  printed  and  ready  for  action,  and  the 
pommittee  would  press  their  consideration.  The 
bill  making  apDropriation  for  poblic  printing  as  it 
passed  last  year  dia  not  appropriate  sufficient  money 
to  carry  on  toe  basiness,  as  was  tben  stated  io  the 
penate,  and  it  was  on  account  of  that  deficiency 
that  the  public  Dusiness  was  now  delayed  and  an 
iKxtra  session  of  Congress  made  probable. 

^ After  some  further  discussion,  Mr.  Wbioht  witli- 
■ew  his  demand  for  the  regular  order,  with  the 
iderstanding  tnat  the  District  Tax  bill  should  be 
Uspused  of  to-day.  He  gave  notice  that  to-morrow 
BO  would  insist  upon  a  vote  npon  the  £ulroad 
BinkiBg-fund  Dill,  which  would  come  np  aa  the.un- 
ynuh«H  bnamess. 

XHB  DISTRICT  OP  COLUMBIA  BILL. 

'The  discussion  upon  the  bill  for  the  support  of 
ihe  Government  of  the  District  of  Columbia  was 
jBontinuel  at  great  length,  tbe  pending  q  uestiuu 
being  on  tbe  amendment  of  Mr.  £ernan,  exempting 
&om  taxaUon  property  actually  occupied  and  ased 
Boredacational  purposes.  The  debate  was  mainly 
in  regard  to  exempting  religions  and  educational 
Institutions  from  taxation,  Messrs.  Ikqallb,  Came- 
SOS  of  Peunsylvania,  Clatton,  and  ALCOiiN,  speaa- 
^g'ln  opposition  thereto,  and  Messrs.  DaWSS,  Keb- 
^KAS,  Savisbuut,  and  AIbbbimon,  in  favor  thereof, 
^ue  amendment  ot  Mr.  £emau  wais  then  agreed  to 
—yeas,  33  j    nays,  19. 

Oih«r  amendments  exempting  the  Louise  Home 
•nd  the  works  of  art  in  the  Corcoran  Gallery,  aa 
(well  as  the  bnilding,  from  taxation,  were  agreed  to. 
^he  bill  was  then  read  a  third  time  and  paased— 
>ea4  89,  nays  12. 

XBB  PACIFIC  KAILROAD  SINKINO-PUKD  BILL. 

-Xhe  Senate  tbein  resumed  consideration  of  the 
nnfinlabed  business,  being  tbe  bill  to  amend  the 
Ttcifio  Bailroad  acts  so  as  to  create  a  sinking  food 
jfor  the  liqaidacion  of  the  indebtedness  dae  the  Gov- 
)ieniment  ny  the  Paciho  Bailroad  Companies. 

Mr.  Allisoh,  of  Iowa,  submitted  an  amendment 
fto  the  bin  reported  by  the  Committee  on  Bailroads, 
iso  aa  to  aathorise  the  Secretary  ot  the  Treasury  to 
foury  to  the  credit  of  the  amkmg  fund  for  tne  Cen- 
tral Pacific  and  Union  Pacifio  Companies  the 
lUDOunt  which  may'be  due  them  lor  transportation, 
ikCi,  aa  provided  in  the  bill  of  the  committee,  and 
Moh  of  the  companies  shall  pay  in  proportion 
to  their  reapeotira  indebtedness  to  the 
flTnited  States,  In  semi-.innual  installments, 
on  the  1st  of  April  and  October  in 
each  year,  commeneing  with  the  1st  of  October 
b^iStt  and  oondadlng  with  a  final  and  lull  payment 
<pn  tbe  1st  of  Ootober,  1905,  such  aums  as  shall  be 
Moertamed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  in 
jifleordaooo  with  the  provisions  of  the  act,  to  be 
Deoeaaary  and  stifflcient,  together  with  the  interest 
thereon  when  added  to  tbe  other  sums  to  tbe  credit 
of  said  sinking  <nnd,  to  pay  ofi  and  extinguish  the 
Government  bonds  advanced  to  them,  with  6  per 
cent.  Interest  thereon  from  their  respective  dates, 
Up  to  the  lat  of  October,  1905.  Interest  oa  all 
nuns  placed  to  the  predit  of  the  sinking 
fntd  shall  he  credited  and  added  thereto  semi-an- 
nuiilly  »t  the  rate  of  6  per  cent.;  provided,  however, 
tliat  on  the  failure  or  refusal  of  either  of  said  com- 
panies to  abmpiy  with  the  act  for  the  period  of  six 
paonths,  the  provisions  thereof  shall  become  In- 
Opnative  aa  to  aneb  defaulting  oomoaoy,  and  the. 
mitiUiaad  pi»««nofthe  United  Btatea  io  relation 
tiunto  nadtt  tlM  origiiial  aeu  limll  b*  in  foil  force 
tad  wfimat.  Xha  aiandcaaat  fortlu*  provides  that 
Mmi  >m  lassiw  — <1>  ia_jv8naHUM  tfeccwrf  abaUbO. 


In  lieu  of  all  other  payments  and  rMuiremonts  un- 
der existing  lai»^.    Ordered  to  be  printed. 

The  Senata  theft,  at  5  a'ckwk,  took  a  rtoMS  OBtil 
10  o'clock  to-morrow.  ____ 

HOTTSB  OF  BEFBBBENTATrVBS. 

The  Bouse  met  at  10  o'clock  this  morning, 
and  took  a  recess  until  11  o'clock. 

THB  NATAL  APPROPRIATION  BIUU 

OffTeassembling  at  il  o'clock  the  HoUse  went 
into  Committee  of  the  Whole,  Mr.  Miixa,  of  Texas, 
in  the  chair,  on  the  Naval  Appropriation  bill. 

Mr.  WhItthoenb,  of  Tennessee,  moved  to  reduce 
fbe  appropriation  for  the  Bttreau  of  Steam  lingineer- 
ing  trom  $800,000  to  1700,000,  bat  subsequently  with- 
drew the  motion.  ' 

When  tbe  end  of  tbe  bill  was  reached  Mr.  WBIT- 
TBORNE  ofCered,  as  an  independent  section,  tbe 
amendment  authorizing  the  appointment  of  a  com- 
mission tO~decide  and  report  upon  the  future  naval 
policy  of  the  TTnited  States,  said  commission  to  con- 
sist of  the  Admiral  of  the  Navy,  the  Generat  of  the 
Army,  two  naval  officers  to  be.  appointed  by  tbe 
President,  two  Senators,  and  three  members  of  the 
House. 

Mr.  CoXGEB  raised  tbe  objection  that  tbe  amend- 
ment changed  existing  law,  and  was  not  in  the  di- 
rection ot  economy. 

The  Chaib  overraled  tbe  point  of  order,  holding 
that  there  was  notbins  in  the  amendment  changing 
existing  law,  and  nothing  on  the  face  of  the  amend- 
ment which  made  an  appropriation  of  monev. 

Mr.  CONOBB  appealed  trom  the  decision  of  the 
Chair,  pending  which  the  committee  rose. 

After  the  introdaotinn  of  several  bills;  and  the 
transaction  of  some  other  business,  the  House  again 
went  Into  Committee  ot  tbe  Whole,  and  resumed 
consideration  of  the  N^aval  Appropriation  bill. 

The  appeal  from  tbe  deoision  of  the  Chair,  m  re- 
garu  to  the  amendment  for  the  appointment  of  a 
commission,  was  withdrawn. 

Mr.  fiOLMAN,  of  Inuiana,  moved  to  amend  so  that 
no  expense  should  be  incarred  by  the  Government 
by  reason  of  snoh  commission.    Adopted. 

Mr.  O'Bbien,  of  Maryland,  offered  a  substitute 
for  Mr.  Whitthorae's  amendment,  providing  that 
the  commission  shall  consist  of  nine  members, 
namely,  two  Senators,  three  memberf  of  tbe  House, 
and  four  officers  of  the  Navy,  two  of  whom  shall  bo 
officers  of  the  line  not  below  tberank  of  commander; 
one  a  chief  engineer  ot  the  rank  of  Captain,  and  one 
a  naval  constructor,  not  below  the  rank  of  Captain, 
who  may  lie  selected  either  from  the  active  or  the 
retired  list  of  tne  Navy.    Rnjocted,  65  to  25. 

Go  motion  of  Mr.  Beebb  an  amendment  was 
agreed  to  providing  that  all  tbe  expenses  Incurred 
by  tbe  commission  shall  be  borne  by  the  members 
thereof. 

Mr.  Whitthorkr'b  amendment  was  tben  adopted. 

Mr.  Bkebb  offered  a  resolution  directing^  the 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  the  Whole  to  report 
the  bill  to  the  House  with  the  recommendation  that 
it  be  recommitted  to  tbe  Committee  on  Appropria- 
tions, with  instructions  to  reduco  tbe  aggr«gate  ap- 
propriation of  tne  bill  to  $9,000,000.  He  was  opposed 
to  appropriating  $12  000.000,  part  of  which  mast  be 
expenCed  by  an  officer  of  the  Navy,  Isaiah  Hans- 
oom,  who  had  been  declared  by  the  House  last 
year  ai  a  corrupt  man. 

Mr.  COKOBB  defended  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy 
and  iiT.  Hanscom.  He  could  understand  why  the 
Democratic  Party  had  made  the  attack  on  those 
gentlemen  last  year ;  but  now  the  election  was 
over,  and  he  did  not  see  why  the  attack  was  re- 
newed. 

The  resolntion  was  rejected.  Th«  committee 
then  rose  and  the  bill  was  passed. 

A  PKKSrDENTIAI,    VETO  SUSTAINED. 

The  Speaker  laid  before  the  House  a  Message 
from  the  President  vetoing  tbe  bill  perfecting  the 
revision  of  the  laws  of  the  United  States.  His  ob- 
jection is  to  the  section  which  directs  the  Clerk  of 
tbe  House  of  Representatives  to  select  one  newspv 
per  in  each  of  the  States  and  Territories  in  which 
all  treaties  and  laws  of  tbe  TTnited  States  that  may 
be  ordered  for  publication  shall  be  published. 

Mr.  Durham,  of  Eentnclcy,  moved  to  sustain  tbe 

veto,  and  said  ibat  be  woald,  as  soon  as  possible,  re< 

port  back   the  bill    with   tbe   objectionable  feature 

removed.    The  veto  was  sustained — vea*  211,  nays  1. 

Mr.  DuBHAH  then  reported  back  tbe  bill,  leaViag 

out  the  section  objected  to  by  the  President,  and  It 
was  passed. 

THE  DIPLOMATIC  AND  CONSULAB  BILL. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Singleton,  of  Mississippi,  some 
of  the  Senate  amendments  to  tbe  Diplomatio  and 
Consular  Appropriation  bill  were  agreed  to,  and 
some  non-concurred  in. 

THE  SIOUX  AGREEMENT. 

The  House  proceeded  to  the  consideration  of  the 
Senate  bill  to  ratify  an  agreement  with  certain 
bands  ot  Sioux  Inaians,  and  also  with  the  northern 
bands  of  Arapaboes  and  Chevennes. 

Mr.  Mills,  of  Texas,  moved  an  amendment  pro- 
yiUIng  that  nothing  in  tbe  act  should  be  construed 
as  authorizing  tbe  removal. of  fiioux  Indians  to  the 
Indian  Terntorv.  The  amendment  was  agreed  to 
and  the  bill  paased. 

UNION  PACIFIC  BRIDGE  TOLLS. 

The  House  tben  went  into  Committee  of  the 
Whole,  Mr.  Bncaner,  of  Missouri,  in  the  chair,  on 
the  bill  limiting  rates  for  transportation  ot  Ireigbt 
over  tbe  bridge  constructed  by  tbe  Linion  Pacific 
Kailroad  aoross  tbe  Missouri,  at  Omaha,  Neb.  Tbe 
bill  provides  that  the  Government  Directors  of  said 
railroad  company  shall  liiquire  into  and  fix  the 
rates  for  transportation  acroas  said  bridge. 

Mr.  Pbillipb,  of  Missouri,  on  behalf  if  the  minor- 
ty  of  tbe  Coiuaiictee  on  Pacitlo  K>iilroad8,o  ffered, 
as  a  snbstitate,  a  bill  fixing  tbe  rate  of  toll  at  $5 
for  each  car,  and  25  cents  for  each  passenger. 

Without  having  disposed  of  the  bill  the  commit- 
tee rose. 

THB  UONETART  COSmiSSION. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  WiLLARD,  of  Michigan,  the 
Hooae  concurred  in  the  Seuate  resolatlou  allowing 
tne  Monetary  Commiaaioa  until  I'eb.  34  to  make 
tbrir  report. 

Tbe  House  then  at  4:40  o'clock  took  a  receM  nn- 
till  10  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 


,A  8EEQEANI  MISUSING  SIS  CLUB. 


SBBOT.  THOMPSON   ON   TBIAI.  POB  STRIKINQ 
MICHAJEL  CANNON— TBStlMONT  OP  W.  8. 

ANDREWS  AND  OTHERS. 

Sergt.  Theron  T.  Thompson,  of  tbe  Foorth 

Police  Prectnot,  was  arralitnsd  at  the  Tombs  Po- 
lice Court  yesterday  on  complaint  of  W.  S.  An- 
drews, Secretary  of  the  ITatlonal  Democratic  Com- 
mittee, for  having  on  the  13th  lest,  struck  in  the 
face  with  his  clenched  flat  Mlob«eI  Cannon,  who 
was  at  the  time  under  the  influence  of  liquor,  three 
severe  blows,  and  knocking  the  said  Cannon  down 
each  time.  Mr.  Andrews  oondaoted  the  prosecu- 
tion. Mr.  Oliver  appeared  for  the  defense,  and 
Charles  F.  MacLean  watched  the  prooeediogs  in 
behalf  of  the  Police  Commissioners.  Mr.  Andrews 
testified  that  on  last  Tuesday  evening  be  was  in  tbe 
vicinity  of  the  Post  Office  when  his  attention  was 
attracted  by  a  crowd  around  a  Fourth  avenoe  car 
which  was  proceeding  up  town;  Michael  Cannon 
and  another  man  were  iu  angry  conversation  with 
the  driver ;  Sergt.  Thompson  crossed  from  the  side- 
walk to  the  middle  of  the  street,  where  the  crowd 
was  assembled  ;  Mr.  Andrews  stated  that  the  Ser- 
geant promptly  seized  Cinnon  by  tbe  collar  of  the 
coat,  swung  bim  round,  and  struck  him  a  blow 
with  his  clenched  fist  in  the  fitoe,  knocking  Cannon 
down.    The  Sergeant  neat  pulled  the  man  on  his 

feet,  and  knocued  bim  down  with  his  fist  again,  re- 
peating the  blow  and  knock-down  a  third  time,, 
and  from  the  motion  tbe  Sargeant  made  with  his 
footi'tbe  witness  cuocladed  that  be  was  kicking  tbe 
man  on  tiie  ground.  Cannon  offered  no  resis  ance, 
and  was  evidently  under  the  luflaence  of  liquor. 
The  Sergeant  at  last  desisted  from  beacmg 
the  man,  when  Cannon  walked  away  with  bis  friend 
UP  Park  row ;  the  Sergeant  made  no  arrests ;  when 
opposite  tne  Staats  Zeitung  Uailding  the  witness  no- 
ticed the  Sergeant  approach  O'Hram,  who  was  in 
Cannon's  company;  Sergt.  Thompson  pushed 
O'Heam,  and  aimed  a  blow  at  bis  face,  wllhont, 
however,  striklnK  him;  at  this  time  Officer  Canovan 
arrived,  and  he  srrested  Cannon  and  O'Heam;  tbe 
witness  followed  to  tbe  station-buuse,  and  when  tbe 
Seriteant  arrived  with  the  prisoners  he  laughed 
aloud,  but  made  no  complaint;  Officer  Canovan 
charged  them  with  being  drunk  and  disorderly,  and 
they  were  looked  np  in  tbe  cells.  Tbe  main  facta  in 
the  witness'  testimony  were  corroborated  by  J. 
N.  Hubbard,  of  No.  18  Murray  street;  P.  H.  Knox. 
No.  216  West  Fifteentn  street,  and  3ilr.  Eeese,  of 
Ho.  61  Bleecker  street. 

The  detense  eaBed  John  W.  Irwin,  the  oondnetor 
of  the  Pourth  avenue  oar,  who  testified  that  Cannon 
and  D'Hea^n  entered  his  car  while  under  tbe  in- 
fluence of  liquor :  they  were  acting  in  a  disorderly 
manner  and  he  stopped  the  car  to  put  them 
off ;  the  conductor  tben  called  Sergt  Thompson ;  the 
Sergeant,  toe  witness  said,  took  hold  or  Cannon 
and  shoved  him  away  from  the  horses,  when  Can- 
non fell  down;  the  Sergeant  placed  him  on  his 
feet  and  advised  him  to  go  home,  or  else  he  would 
be  looked  np;  Cannon  became  very  abusive,  and 
attempted  to  strike  the  Sergeant,  who  poshed  niiu 
away  and  be  again  tell  down ;  tbe  witness  did 
not  see  the  officer  use  any  nnoecessary  violenoe. 
Sergeant  T.  T.  Thompson,  the  defendant,  denied 
having  struck  Cannon.  He  only  used  the  necessary 
force  to  take  him  aws^y  from  standmir  in  front  of 
the  horses.  Jnstioe  Kllbreth  stated  that  there  was 
a  CO  .fiiot  of  eviueoce;  but  that  enough  bad  been 
determined  to  put  the  Sergeant  on  his  defense. 
There  was  a  probable  cause,  and  enough  of  evi- 
dence to  Justify  the  court  In  holding  tbe  defendant. 
He  would,  therefore,  bold  him  to  answer,  but  Ser- 
geant Thompson  being  a  pnblio  officer,  the  chart 
stated  that  the  Bail  was  fixed  at  tSOO.  Tne  oaaa  will 
be  tried  in  the  Court  of  Goneral  Sessions. 

TBS  TBOTTIHe  SEASON  OF  1877. 
The  Board  of  Stewards  of  the  National  Trot- 
ting Association  for  tbe  North-eastern  District  held 
a  late  seesioa  on  Wedneeday  night,  bat  beyond 
maktaig  arrangements  for  the  trotting  purses,  as 
reported  In  yesterday's  Tdcbs,  nothing  was  accom- 
plished. Tbe  effort  to  eatabltsh  running  raoes  on 
tbe  same  tracks  proved  a  failure,  aa 
it  was  found  that  such  an  attempt 
would  seriously  Jeopardize  the  trotung  inter- 
eats.  The  trotting  races  will  take  plaoe  at  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  during  the  week  beginning  on  July  14 ; 
at  BnlEiilo,  July  31 ;  Bochester,  Aug.  7 ;  XTtioa, 
Aug.  14 ;  Spnngdeld,  Mass.,  and  Pougbkeepsie, 
Aug.  SI ;  Hartford,  Aug.  S8,  and  Pleetwood,  Park, 
bept.  4.  Tbe  entries  at  Fleetwood  wilt  cloae  on 
Aug;  20.  A  typograpbioal  error  in  the  programme 
aa  published  In  yesterday's  Tnna,  made^e  soeond 
pd»»ieitd|R,O0O<  instead  of  13,000.  Ihe  atftfegate 
UBonnt  of  the  parses  it  limitsd  ^aatlMff  >1mm>. 
-i&JM)Qi.aat  aancatiun  WUNt^^' 


LAW  R#Oftl!^. 


A  CONVICTION  AND  A  OOVBT  SCENS. 

THB  -GOMTICTION  OV  JOBN  0.  BRUSH  OS* 
FOBGKBT— A  WIPE  OVXBCOMB  WITH 
ORHBV,  B0T  RECOVBBS  BUFnOIBDTLT 
TO  SAT  irAUOHTT  W0BD8. 
There  waa  an  affecting  scene  in  tbe  Conxfe  of 
Oyer  and  Terminer  yesterday,  at  tbe  close  of  the 
trial  of  John  S.  Brush,  who  waa  convicted  of  forgery. 
Brush  was  indicted  Jointly  with  one  John  S.  Car- 
penter for  forging  the  aignatnre  of  Sargent  ft  Co.  to 
four  ctaeoka,  on  the  Importers'  and  Traders'  Na- 
tional Bank,  which  were  presented  t4  tta«  bank  on 
Nov.  10, 1876.  The  amounts  of  the  oheoks  aggre- 
gated (1.600.  The  trial  yesterday  was  on  an  indict- 
ment of  forgery  and  nttering  a  check  for  |400.  The 
prinoioal  Witness  against  the  accused  was  one 
Anson  Hotton,  who  had  been  In  tbe  employ 
of  Sargent  &  Co.  tor  three  years  or  mors. 
Hutton  testified  that  he  had  made  tbe 
acquaintance  of  Brush  at  a  boardidg-booss  In 
Greenwich  street  Brush  said  he  was  going  into 
business  in  California.  He  offered  Huttou  double 
the  wages  that  the  latter  wasreoeiving  trom  Sar- 
gent &  Co.,  to  induce  him  to  consent  to  aocompany 
bim.  Brush  aald  he  liked  the  form  of  check  whiob 
Sargent  &  Co.  used,  and  he  asked  Hatton  to  steal 
one  of  the  paid-up  checks  for  bim.  Hutton  did  so 
and  handed  tbe  ebeok  to  Brash,  wbo  kept  it  for 
three  days  before  returiiing  it.  Hutton's  suspicions 
were  aroused,  and  he  asked  Brush  if  he  was  going 
to  use  It  in  order  to  torge  the  firm's  name.  Brash 
admitted  this  was  his  purpose.  Hutton  continued 
in  tbe  firm's  employment,  but  concealed  the  fact  of 
stealing  the  paid-np  check.  Carpenter,  who  is  ac- 
cused of  having  been  an  aooomplioe  ot  Brash,  was 
arrested  while  coming  out  of  tbe  latter's  house. 
Brush  pat  In  no  detense,  and  Judge  Brady,  who 
presided  at  the  trial,  charged  the  Jury  that  'though 
Hutton  was  an  accomplice,  his  testimony  was  ad- 
missible, and  not  having  been  contradicted,  tbe 
Jury  might  convict  the  prisoner  if  they  behoved 
Hatton'e  testimony.  The  jury  brought  in  a  verdict 
of  gailty.  Assistant  District  Attorney  Bussell, 
wbo  represented  the  prosecution,  tben  moved  for 
Judgment,  and  made  several  statements  to  the 
court-,  which  were  not  in  evidence,  to  the  effect 
that  Brash  had  been  known  as  a  forger  for  years, 
and  was  a  man  of  bad  character.  William  P. 
Kintziog,  who  appeared  for  tbe  prisoner,  oblected 
to  the  makluj  of  these  statements  as  being  tm war- 
ranted and  aucalled  for. 

The  prisoner  waa  tben  called  to  the  bar  and  in 
response  to  questiooa  said  ne  was  34  years  old,  and 
never  learned  any  mechanical  trade.  When  asked 
what  be  had  to  say  why  sentence  snould  not 
be  pronounced  against  him  he  said.  In  a  voice 
almost  stifleii  with  sobs ;  "  I  am  not  guilty ;  I  am 
innocent  of  the  charge."  Jiylge  Brady  addre.'^sed 
the  prisoner,  taylng  the  Jury  had  found  him  gailty. 
and  tbe  court  was  obliged  to  accept  their  conclu- 
sion as  the  just  and  proper  one.  The  prisooor  bad 
shown  that  he  waa  respectably  connected  and  bad 
never  been  convicted  before.  The  crime  of  forgery, 
said  Judge  Brady,  was,  however,  becoming  too 
prevalentv  and  it  was  necessary  that  some  check 
sboald  be  put  to  it.  He  d<)emed  it  his  duty  to 
sentence  tbe  prisoner  to  the  fall  term,  five  years  at 
bardlabor  in  tbe  Stale  Prison.  By  good  behavior 
16  months  of  this  time  would  be  remitted. 

The  prisoner's  wife  had  sat  beside  Brush  during 
the  trial,  watching  eagerly  svery  bit  of  testimony, 
and  listening  with  painful  intentness  to  the  remarks 
of  counsel  and  of  tbe  court.  When  Judge  Brady 
inflicted  the  sentence  she  fell  backward  In  her  seat 
as  tbougb  tbunderstracK,  and   a   moment  later  waa 

sobbing  vehemently.  She  went  aiterward  to  that 
portion  of  tbe  court  where  Hutton,  the  princioal 
witness  was  sitting,  and  in  a  voice  choked  with 
sobs,  exclaimed  :  "  Ton  are  a  liar,  and  you  will  suffer 
for  this."  Her  husband  tried  to  console  her,  bnt  iu 
vain,  and  she  followed  the  prisoner  out  of  the  ooort- 

room  moaning  piteoosly. 

CHUBCH  M  DSIC  AND  DISCORD. 

THB  ORGANIST  AND  CHOIR  OP  THE  CHURCH 
Of  THE  INCARNATION  —  AN  OPINION 
CONCERNING  MUSICAL    COMMITTEES. 

A  suit  in  which  some  funny  disolosores  are 
made  was  brought  to  trial  before  Chief  Justice 
Curtis  and  a  Jury  in  Part  HI.  of  the  Superior  Courfr 
yesterday.  Edward  Schenck,  the  auctioneer, 
appears  as  tbe  plain,  iff  in  the  salt,  and  the  Church 
ot  tbe  Inoaraatlon  is  the  delendant.  On  Feb.  1, 
1873,  it  eee'&s  Sohenck  made  a  contract  to  supply 
the  church  with  an  organist  and  a  qnartei  choir  to 
sing  iu  the  church  for  one  year  from  May  1,  1875. 
Schenck  says  be  fulfilled  bis  aontract,  and  be  asks 
for  tS.OOO  which  it  was  agreed  he  should  have.  The 
church  sets  up  in  answer  that  it  made  an  agreement 
with  Schenck,  but  that  it  was  ^art  of  the  agree- 
ment that  tbe  choir  and  organist  should  be  saitable 

and  be  duly  skilled  and  competent  to  condoct 
the  musical  part  of  the  serricea  of  tbe 
church,  and  tnat  Schenck  sboold  canse  such 
musical  services  "to  be  carried  on  and  conducted  in  a 
quiet,  ordeily,  and  saitable  way,"  and  with  suitable 
skill  and  competency  on  ibe  part  of  the  performers. 

Instead  of  this,  the  defendant  says,  the  soprano  iutiie 
choir  was  incompetent  for  the  pnrpusa  and  so  the 
four  singers  "did  not  constituie  a  skilled  choir," 
Scbenck  blmseir.lt  is  alleged,  in lerfered  with  tbe 
maoagument  and  condact  of  tbe  musical  part  of  the 
service  in  sncb  a  way  as  to  embinass  and  annoy 
the  organist  and  others.  The  church  dismissed  the 
soprano,  and  tben  dismissed  the  others  of  tbe  oboir 
and  the  organist,  tben  rehired  tbe  discharged  per- 
sons excepting  tbe  soprsno,  in  whose  plaoe  another 
lady  was  out.  Scbenck  sues  to  recover  oa  the  theory 
that  he  has  to  pay  the  artists,  tbey  having  been 
hired  by  him.  The  church  seti  ap,  however,  that  the 
artists  have  bpen  paid.  JUr.  Schenck  was  put  on  the 
stand  as  the  first  witness  lor  tbe  plaintifil  He  was 
raiber  jocose  and  demoastrative  in  giviug  his  tes- 
timony, especially  on  cross-examination.  He  men- 
tioned a  call  of  the  Musical   Committee  of  the 

cbarah  on  him,  and  of  their  desire  to  get  rid  of  a 
tenor.  Tbe  matter  was  ended  by  Mr.  W.  B.  Gierke, 
the  Chairman  of  the  committee,  buying  off  the 
tenor'a  claim.     Mr.    Scbenck   contributed  some 

money  for  the  purpose.  The  committee  then 
wanted  to  got  rid  of  the  choir.  "I  said  to  them," 
obMerved  Mr.  Scbenck,  stretching  out  his  arms  iu 
a  protecting  manner,  '*.'  Gentlemen,  easiest  thing  in 
the  world,  gendempn.  Just  pay  them,  only  pay 
them :  that's  all.  Tou'll  get  rid  of  them.'  "  The 
committee,  ii  seemed,  afterward  intimated  a  desire 
ot  a  different  kind.  "They  came  to  ask  me  wheth- 
er I  wouldn't  withdraw,  and  I  said  'Not  any,'  "  said 
tbe  witness,  smiling  benigrtanily  upob  the  Jury. 
The  iurymen  smiled  rather  audibly,  and  the  wit- 
ness, encouraged,  went  on  to  say  there  had  been 
about  40  choirs  in  the  churoa  since  Its  beginning. 
"  They  have  a  new  choir,"  said  Mr.  Scbenck, 
"  every  year.  Tbe  Musical  Committees  don't  know 
anything  about  music.  Tbe  fact  is,  they  ain't  sup- 
posed to  know  anything  aooat  music." 

Max  Maretzek  was  tben  catled  as  a  witness,  and 
testlfled  as  to  the  computenuy  of  tbe  discharged 
soprano.  Several  other  witnesses  were  called  for 
tne  plaintiff,  and  tben  tbe  defendant's  counsel  made 
bis  opening  speech  for  the  defense.  He  claimed 
that  the  soprano  did  not  sing  well  in  the  choir,  and 
that  Mr.  Schenck  as  a  musical  conductor  was  of- 
fensive. The  latter,  suggested  the  counsel,  might 
do  very  well  in  wielding  the  baton  of  aa 
auctioneer,  bnt  was  not  so  great  a  success 
as  the  wielaer  of  a  conductor's  baton. 
Schenck  was  la  the  oigan-loft  and  gave  his 
airections,  in  tbe  tone  in  which  he  was  accustomed 
to  say,  "going,  going,  gone."  Again,  the  counsel 
thought  it  was  hardly  edifying  for  the  congregation, 
daring  the  charch  servicoa,  to  behold  the  bald  head 
of  an  elderly  gentleman  babbing  up  and  down  in 
tbe  loftaiid  giving  the  directions  "louder,  lower," 
&c.,  to  the  artists.  Some  witnessess  were  then  ex- 
amined with  a  view  of  thowiuz  tbat  Mr.  Scheook's 
manner  of  conducting  tbe  mcuicat  services  was  an- 
noying. The  case  Is  still  on.  S.  S.  Kowland  and 
Freeman  J.  Pitbian  appear  for  the  plaintiff^  and 
John  E.  Parsons  for  the  defendant. 

A  DATJQHTEB  SORPUISES  HSB  MOTHER. 
Mrs.  Gertrude  Sobneller  appeared  before 
Justice  Piammer  at  the  Washington  Plaoe  Police 
Court  yesterday  and  preferred  a  complaint  of  petit 
larceny  against  her  datighter  Oertrade.  Mrs. 
ScbneUer  testified  that  ber  aaugbter  ran  away  trom 
home,  and  stola  from  her  a  brooh^  shawl  rained  at 
(15,  and  $6  in  money.  The  defendant,  who  Is  a 
very  attractive  young  woman,  on  being  called  up, 
admitted  her  guilt,  and  burst  into  tears.  On  being 
asked  her  name  she  said  It  was  Oertrade  Hunt, 
which  rather  astonished  her  inolher,  who  waa  still 
more  surprised  when  her  daughter  accounted  for 
her  change  of  name  by  saying  tbat  she  was  mar- 
ried. Mrs.  Sobneller  then  regretted  her  action  In 
making  the  copaplaint  against  her  daughter,  and 
wished  to  withdraw  the  charge,  bat  the  Magistrate 
declined  to  accede  to  this  proposition,  and  tbe  ac- 
cosed  waa  held  for  trial  in  #500  baiL 


«z. 


THE  SVTTON  FMBJUEl  CASE. 
The  trial  of  James  Sutton,  President  of  the 
Aldlne  Publiahiog  Company,  charged  with  peijnry 
in  swearing  to  a  greatly  exaggerated  list  of  losses 
by  a  fire  on  June  84, 1875,  was  resumed  before  £«- 
corder  Hackett  yesterday  in  Part  L  of  the  Court 
of  General  Sessions.  Assistant  Dlstrlot  Atteme.v 
Herring,  in  proving  the  case  for  the  prossontion, 
oalled  i  number  ot  additional  experts  in  tbe  pro- 
duction of  chromes  and  elsotroiypes,  who  testifled 
tbat  the  estimates  ot  loss  sworn  to  by  Mr.  Sutton 
were  largely  m  excess  ot  what  they  should  have 
been.  Tbe  avidenoe  waa  simply  corroborative  of 
tbat  given  on  the  previous  day,  and  presented  no 
features  of  interest  to  the  general  publla 


A  SEMARKABLE  ASSAULT. 
James  Moylan  brought  suit  in  the  Marine 
Court  against  Henry  Lemken  to  recover  tSi,0Oa 
damages  for  an  aggravated  assault  ana  battery,  and 
tbe  case  waa  tried  before  Judge  MoAdam,  in  Ma- 
rine Court,  Chambers,  yesterday.  Tbe  defendant 
did  not  put  in  an  appearance,  and  the  plaintiff  was 
put  under  oath  and  told  his  story.  It  appeara  tbat 
he  was  m  a  South  street  saloon  several  weeks  ago 
and  rent  his  trouAers.  Hs  was  oondlug  over.  lodk- 
ing  at  tbe  floor,  when  tbe  defendant,  wno  waa 
slightly  under  tbe  inflaence  of  liquor,  seised  a  red- 
Itec  peka  and  ran  ii  ttazongh  tea  ttAt  into  tbs  „ 
mimtmtriem  BacsoB.    ICoylaa  a«Ld  k«  waa  onaflawA .  ta.i.8a£r  Tte 


mad*  tha  asalmln  it«  w|s  told  by  tk«  latter  tkas  ha 
•■VMht«a  t6  fluki  a  neimBtdii  of  Uift."  JMce 
MeAteat  tkotitht  tbs  laltiation  irtm  HMun  too 
severe,  and  gave  {ndsBaent  for  tne  plaintiff  for  the 
irhols  Mionnt  claimed. 

BOODY  AGAINST  IILDEN. 
RO-nCB  or  A  1I0TIC»7  TO  msUXdS  THB  COM- 
n^unr — oonolusiom  of  boodt's  bvi- 

DBRCB— HIS    OVXBLOOSBD    CXAIMS  ON 

THB  FOCI. 
Tbeteial  ot  the  salt  brought  by  Henry  H. 
Boody  against  Samnel  J.  Tilden  and  other^  to  re- 
cover alleged  overpayments  of  supposed  profits  in 
"the  Chicago-tialena  :^ooL".wa8  resumed  yester- 
day morning  in  the  Special  Term  of  the  Superior 
Cotut,  before  Judg^  Sedgwick. 

In  answsr  to  it  qnestion  by  Judge  SsdgwioK  as  to 
the  probable  duration  of  the  ease,  Mr.  NUea  gave 
notloe  tbat  on  the  oondnsioo  ot  the  presentation  of 
the  case  for  the  plaintiff  be  should  move  to  dismiss. 
Mr.  Niles  then  resumed  the  cross-examination  of 
Mr.  BdOdy,  irhowent  into  details  id  rtferenee  to 
the  manner  In  which  the  aeoeunts  of  the  pool  were 
kept.  Mr.  Niles  tben  introduced  printed  reporis  of 
the  transactions  at  the  Stock  Exchange  relating  to 
the  sales  of  Chicago  and   Galena  U'nion  stock  from 

March  Sd,  188i  to  and  through  the  panio  in  the 
fiioney  market  oeonhng  scon,  after  thikt  date,  for 

the  pnrooae  of  comparing  the  reports  of  the  quota- 
tions with  the  testimony  given  by  witness  in  rela- 
tion to  the  prices  paid  by  him  and  others  daring 
the  period  stated,  tbe  object  of  Mr.  Niles  being  to 
show  tbat  witness  thd  others  trith  whom  he  had 
arranged  to  boy  this  stock  had  apparently  ellarged 
higher  for  the  stock  obtained  by  them  than  what 
the  stock  was  actually  selling  for. 

Mr.  Hawkins  said  tbat.  If  this  was  apparently 
the  ease,  it  was  not  to  in  reatitr,  so  far  as  Mr, 
Boody  wai  concerned,  as  he  bsd  charged  the  pool 
simply  what  be  paid  for  the  stock,  ana  that  If  there 
was  any  overcharge,  ilwas  a  matter  to  be  explained 
by  other  pnronaaers  for  the  pool  on  whom  Mr. 
Boody  haa  to  rely. 

Witness  resumed,  testifying  that  be  had  in  the 
pool  about  1700,000  of  his  own  money,  including 
Inoneys  be  bad  on  deposit  or  bad  eontrol  of  as  his 
own  for  the  time  being ;  the  pool  was  a  venture  by 
which  those  in  it  wanted  to  make  money  aa  well  as 
to  effect  the  consolidation  of  the  Chicago 
and  North-western  and  the  Chicago  and 
Galena  Union  Companies;  at  tbe  time  of  the  pool 
transactions,  Mr.  Perry  H.  Smith,  asYioe  President, 
had  charge  of  the  Chicago  and  North-western  Sail- 
way  in  tbe  West,  and  Mr.  George  Donlap  waa 
tbe  Superintendent  of  the  railway ;  witness 
bad  bad  an  arrangement  with  Mr.  George  M.  Bar- 
tholomew, one  of  tbe  members  of  the  pool,  who  had 

been  Joined  as  a  defendant  la  this  salt ;  Barthol- 
omew had  paid  him  |3,0O0,   and  he  had  given  bim  a 

receipt  in  fall  of  all  demands;  this  receipt  was 
given  by  witness  since  he  made  a  claim  in  the  Fall 
of  187S  against  tbe  parties  to  ths  pool,  and  before 
be  began  the  present  salt;  witness  had  nok  made 
any  claim  npou  other  members  of  tbe  pool  from 
August.  1874,  until  tbe  Fall  of  187S,  for 
the  reason  tbat  he  did  not  know  daring 
that  interval  tbat  they  had  received  overpayments, 
and  that  ths  pool  had  not  been  charged  with  debts 
of  $12,000  and  fSO.OOO  for  which  it  was  liable;  ^r. 
Tilden  waa  present  at  aaoet,  if  notall,thelnt«rvlews 
bad  in  reference  to  a  oonsoUdation  ot  the  Chicago 
end  North-Weatem  and  tbe  Chicago  And  Galena 
Udioo  Companle*  ;  wltneas  would  have  obeyed  di- 
rections of  Mr.  Ogden  in  relation  to  legitimate  dis- 
positions of  funds  held  by  witness  as  banker  For  tbe 
Chicago  and  North-western  Company. 

To  Mr.  Hawkins — There  were  aoooants  whioh 
bad  not  been  examined  whieb  should  have  been  ex- 
amined in  order  to  have  had  a  strictly  acoarate 
statement;  these  accounts  inoluded  a  private  Ga- 
lena account,  an  account  in  Pittsburg  and  Fort 
Wayne  Stock,  and  an  Interest  account;  theaggre- 

?;ate  ot  Interest  paid  by  witness  in  obtaining  stock 
ur  the  pool  and  not  cnarged  against  the  pool  was 
$11,873  37  ;  there  was  also  credited  to  the  pool,  by 
error,  $17,000  on  account  of  stocks  on  which  the  pool 
bad  no  claim,  they  being  stocks  under  the  private 
control  of  witness,  and  there  had  been  a 
thonaana  shares  of  other  stock  credited  to  the 
pool  which  should  not  have  been ;  the  book-keeper, 
by  mistake,  credited  other  shares  of  stock  belong- 
ing to  witness  as  belonging  to  the  pool ;  witness' 
loss  of  $71,500  during  the  panic  in  order  to  carry 
the  pool  through  was  not  considered  when  witness 
and  Toang  went  over  the  books,  and  tbe  pool  got 
the  full  benefit  of  that  amount,  which  really  be- 
longed to  witness  ;  Mr.  Ogden  bad  told  witness  tbat 
the  pool  must  be  carried  throtigh  at  all  hazards,  as 
its  failure  would  be  rnlnotis,  and  this  induoed  wit- 
ness to  use  his  private  means  to  make  the  pool  a 
success;  witness  had  no  knowledge  of  the  Board 
of  Directors  of  the  Chicago  and  North-western 
aoihorising  Mr.  Ogden  to  permit  witness  to  use  the 
funds  of  tbe  company  in  furthering  ihe  projects  of 
tbe  puoL 

After  the  witness  had  answered  a  few  additional 
questions  bis  testimony  was  announced  to  be  cou- 
cluued,  and  an  adjuirament  was  taken  to  11  o'clock 
this  muniing,  wbun  further  evidence  is  to  be  offered 

on  the  part  of  plain  tl£t 

DEOISWNS. 

BUFREHR  COUBT — CHAXBgBS. 
JBy  Jwlg*  BamtL 

BmWi  VI.   5fn{(A  — Dpcree   of  divorse  vtcAted, 

with  coats,  and  thn  defendant  may  answer. 

Hoffman  c<.  B»rlM.—Tho  aapeal.  In  my  Judgment,  Is 
friToiuus  and  lor  the  purpose  of  delar.  It  tue  det'eud- 
ant  ba>i  been  in  good  f^ith,  he  should  btrore  moving 
have  paid  up  ail  back  taxes.  He  neither  offers  to  pay 
(he  taxes  nor  to  giru  security.  The  motion  la  denied, 
with  91U  costs,  and  the  stay  vncaied. 

£^ard<tee  •«.  CiuAion..— Leave  to  tssna  exeontlon 
granted. 

Wilton  V*.  <7/-o(«A<ra— Motion  granted  and  Judgment 

ordered. 

Smith  vt.  Smith — Coonael  !•«  of  $200  and  alimony 
$25  per  week. 

Umglen  v$.  T%urb«r.— This  is  hardly  a  case  for  tbe 

shart  ounse  calendar.     Uution  denied. 

Lange  etoL  vm.  JsaHard. — W*  cannot  direct  satisfac- 
tion of  the  Jud^meut  to  t>e  entered.  The  order,  if  any, 
should  tiio(ily  uote  in  the  Jaagment  book  the  fact  of  a 
dlschurge  In  bauitruptcy  ot  a  certain  date. 

jarvtt  VM.  Furman UeCaalt  upeoed  without  costs,  (as 

agreed,)  but  tbe  Jaotpnent  must  stand  as  seoanty, 
with  leave,  however,  tu  the  defendant  to  apply  for  a 
release  of  the  lien  of  the  Judgment  from  the  whole  or 
any  part  of  the  property,  upon  giving  personal  secnrity 
or  a  special  Hen  upon  part  of  the  realCT,  or  apou  irssit 

{lapers  showing  clearly  anl  oonvlacinaiy  that  a  re- 
ease  or  tbe  llenot  the  Judgment  will  not  impair  the 
plalnliflrs  security. 

Simpson  vu  Brcnen. — AppUoatlon  denied.  The  Special 
Term  has  no  J  arisdlotlou. 

Hscrsted to*.  I'orrcy.— Application  denied. 

CoiUnder  vt.  Phtlan. — Order  granted. 

In  the  matter  of  On*  B»nd>  txi  and  Seventy-fifth  ttreet 
and  One  Hundred  A  ttrteL — Tkd  proofs  us  to  the  Sur- 
veyor's teesiwem  to  be  safflcient;  bnt  the  Controller's 
objections  to  the  merits'  fees  and  to  room  rent  appeara 
to  be  well  taken.  The  objections  most  tie  mat  by 
proof. 

In  the  tnatter  of  fieeMioa.— Report  conflrmed  and 
Tmstee  appointed. 

Jianrahan  vt.  Sanrahan.—ThiB  •ipoUcotlon  is  denied. 
The  order  to  show  oaose  as  to  ailmonr  and  conaset 
fee  is  uuneoessary ;  tbe  plaintiff  may  move  on  notice 
of  motion.  Tbe  injonction  could  not  prudently  be 
granted  on  these  papers. 

By  Judge  £>onoA«M. 

Orien  GraaMl— Waterbury  va  Bouker;  UoKay  vs. 
Jamiesiin. 

Afemoromfuia. — Ijawrenpe  vs.  Shepard. 

Kahn  vt.  ahaJ*r,—Det*ai»iat  discharged.  Memoran- 
dum. 

BUrESMIOOUBT— SFEOUL  TIBlt 
BuJudgi  Van  Vortt 

Bryton  ««.  Baeon  et  oL— Dsoree  signed. 

By  Judgt   Barrett, 

Order  SettUi  and  Signed.— Laet  vs.  Bqaltabl*  LUe  As- 
surance Hociety  of  tbe  Cnlted  etatd' 

BUrxatOB  COUBT— eFBOAL  TBSIL 

By  Jkdge  SedovioL 

Tatet  et  aL.  vt.  Smith  et  aL — Beferenoe  ordered. 

jittUnger  v..  StegmuUer. — Order  ot  May  9  modided. 

Butted  vt.  HdtKoolt*  ;  Bamt  vt  .Same.— Oraered  on  gen- 
eral oaleodar  (or  Monday,  Feb.  19. 

Dratw  vt  IMdnLg. — Case  ordered  on  file. 

Connor  etaLvi,  Ootlnot  it  at.— Order  appointing  Wil- 
liam kian.  Bsd.,  guardian  ad  itten  of  Obarlaa  C.  and  Jo- 
sephine Kalnnelrsch.  inft>nts. 

Jtieftreneet  r/r<l«r«l— King  vs.  King;  Balph  vs.  Balph. 

Lehmaiervk  OrU*e9ld. — oase  and  exceptions  ordered 
on  file. 

Ohever  et  at  vt.  Ttie  OUbtrl  Elivaitd  Bailroai  Oom^amg, 
— uraered  on  geaeral  calendar. 

Bttinieav  et  eu.  vt.  aneenthal  et  aU — Order  attlking  out 
answer,  withoostH.  and  costs  of  motion. 

Zioi>«n«(<<n  vf.  Saptrty  et  aL— Order  of  Vtih.  13 
amended. 

in  the  mitter  of  Beer.  <£«;— John  Beer  appotated  Onar- 
dian  ad  litem  of  Annie  Beer,  an  Infant. 

irA<(«rtaiein;«  Approved.— Oxth  va  Ueobn;  Bosenskln 
vs.  Bose;  Wallace  vs.  Weston. 

Heinmulltr  vt.  0ray,  iCa,— Ordered  on  day  calendar 
foe  hrat  Monday  of  March. 

Motlont  Denied  WUhout  OblM.'^Becker  vs.  Boohus ; 
Pierce  et  al.  vs.  Brown  et  aL 

JBeUi  VI.  F<Md«rM<a(<«r.— Order  granting  plamtur  ad- 
OiUonal  allowllooe  of  9i60. 

i\evjleld  M.  OtijipMiiuiiin.— Ordered  oa  day  oalendar 
fbr  Feb.  IU. 

Senner  tt  aL  •«.  IHelo*  tt  oL— Findlnos  settlsd  and 
signed. 

Sexnmuller  vt  Abbott— Otiarti  on  Amj  calendar  for 
first  Monday  of  March. 

Ordert  <?ra«t(«(i.— Cecil  et  aL  vs.  BeSd  et  SLj  Pe^  vs. 

Kennedy  I    Uhl  vs.  Crlmeri    CaUdns  Vs.  sharp ;  wooo- 

ruff  St  *Vjk  Usekmani   Giiss  vt.lMinmei  aL;  Iits- 

berger  va  Watts,  Jr.;  Fowle  va  Kemssn  et  aL 

MABOre  OOCBT— CHAKSCB8. 

Bt  Judge  MeAdam. 

Opiittont  .niMt— Wight  va  Hioklhig;  Stuber  vs. 
flohwars;  Zelinka  vs.  Kmrskopf ;  ZoUok  vs.  Morgan. 

Smith  ot.  Aeftf  rti— Case  Settled  aa  per  dectsioa  filed. 

Smith  vt.  Snededdr.—ahena'i  biu  taxed  jit  $27  19. 

WngiU  vt.  lAiiU— Tbe  indMsement  of  the  note  is  do- ' 
nied  in  one  of  tbefbrms  allowed  by  the  Code,  (sec.  148,) 
and  the  Issue  thus  raised  be  tried  on  affldatlts,  (46  A. 
T.,  281,  46d,  0  Hon..  18; )  motion  denied,  no  casta. 

fftUtami  vt.  CkntaoUyi— Motion  to  Oumpel  plaintUt  to 
accept  answer  granted. 

BUytMnt  ¥*.  AMMMM^'-Defesdabt  flaed  •!(}  In  eon- 
tempt,  and  order  to  appear  xor  examtnatioa  on  the 
19tfi  inst,  at  lllA  K. 

KMrHhtdt  ta,  Bti/4t*k.~-'th*  defl»nS««  te«  not  Ineoa- 
sisteut;  motion  denied,  (lij  Abb,.  353 «  0  How.,  57:  ih,. 
2b9  :  20  ib,.  168; )  nocosts. 

Smith  CA  JoMA— Tbe  authetuy  Of  aa  attotaey  ex- 
tends to  tbe  mABagement  of  the  oauM  in  all  the  ex- 
igeiioies  whleh  arise  during  iM  progress.  He  cannot 
compromise  the  cUlm  of  'hXM  dient,  however,  nor  can 
he  relSase  the  cause  ot  aotton  or  Atiaf v  a  Jddxnkeut  In 
bis  Qtieut's  Cavpc  wltbouc  pay  meat  ia  tne  absence  of 
special  authority.  There  Is  no  lUipboation  oi  aatfaor- 
itytqdoaeuex  thUobaraotet  ttom  Ms  agp Aotaseat 
as  attorney  m  the  case,  and  a  party  deadnx  with  him 
ia  beona  «•  t»3U  nsitioS  tbat  tfi^  a»»  a^  wjlti^  thit 
apope  sfJUji  autbonty.    JtieeJlS  fli,  T.^  y.  ilf  s  «»  M.      91 


saia  Tbt  isfinrisiil  Urtjs  tn  rssntnlM  tins  illstmsttsV 


WitatailM  BtliHrnMr'i  pAirwio  diaMmtimw  tiie  m- 
|kW  aftd  hU  Mtiiwrlkl  td  dis<BMia  thb  cMM  atiMUm 


retttt. 


oan/a  to  vaealfe  irresi  4enie<i 


Porlsf  Ml  i>amiMrt-*Motlaaciant«danieas  within 
t#o  days  tbs  pliUhtlffserves^h  amen 


alUwing  tbe  defeaoaat 
Cf  "  two."    So  dbsts. 


auiended  snaundiis, 
six  days"  to  answer  Instead 


M«aiiU«ia   M,  S<moa.— SMtion  grantwli   aaeh   side 
must  band  in  a  proposed  order  and  I  Will  determine  < 
wUtah  Is  corteot 

Mfmdeltvt.  .FV>f(fr.— See  indorsement  on  pap«r& 

Stbbata  VA  BrUtttL-HoUaa  «  oompei  Qilrd  pwrsoa 
to  nay  over.    Qranted. 

*r«wi«»  oa  ClarL— Hotlou  dHUied  withotft  bdrfa 
The  pWntiff  ia  the  Sopreme  Court  aotiou  haa  oo  sucli 
title  t4  the  fund  aa  wiU  authorise  an  iaterpleadet.  (2 
BaU,60:  8Hon..46.   Marine  C«Urt  Aotiendlt,  o.  16.) 

M^es.  itavidfon.— Motion  denied  wlthonf^oosta 

Blaik  ^  JtolMaisiA.— The  derendani  shouia  bsrre 
notice  of  tbe  appUoatlon  fbr  the  order  requiring  tbe 
third  persoas  to  pay  over. 

Bamb-rg  vt.  iStern.— Motion  to  resettle  order  denied. 
The  alBdavIt  of  Raphael  stern  will  be  rejected  for  three 
reasons  i  First,  beoatise  not  served  with  the  motion 
papers:  sAOOud,  t>eoause  not  responsive  to  tbe  plain- 
tiff's ajfidavlts  t  third,  hecauss  irrelevant.— (1  Wend. 
317  i  21  How.  187  :  45  N.  Y.  68;  10  Bos.  369  ) 

OmtUr  VI.  Baxter.— Tbt  denial  in  the  answer  is  in  one 
of  the  forms  allowed  b.y  the  Code,  (sec  l^,)and  I 
cannot  try  tbe  issue  npon  af&riavlti.— (45  N.  y.  281, 
468;  6  Bun.  18.)— Motim  denied  without  costs. 

MottoM  Oronttd.— toleYa  Terry;  Badde  va  Schwab: 
Iiowden  vs.  Kcbnuer. 

Tracv  vt.  I'Aniff.— Complnlnt  dismissed. 

Patronr  Patnt  Compd»y  vt  irviiv.— Amendment 
allowed. 

JTeenon  vt.  Putltr.^TTOcMAinfa  dlmlssed. 

White  vt.  Meyer, — Judgment  marked  secured  on 
appeal. 

Moylan  vi.  £«fiit«a.— Judgment  for.plslntiff.  fS.OOO. 

Safeguard  Inturanet  Oom^auy  vt.  Leat*. — ^Defendant 
discharged. 

Seheider  ra  iC«<n«et«.— Edward  Jacobs,  Esq.,  apoointed 
Sfceiver. 

Bltn  VI.  JETcMi.— Bailable  attachment  allowed. 

Defaultt  Aoted. — Jialervs.  Donovan;  KoctiineTa.  Cov- 
ington; Haenger  vs.  Settgas;  Marso  vs.  Griswold; 
Orindis  vs.  Thomas. 

Kneeland  vi.  Bremum,— Daniel  T.  Bobertson  appointed 
Beceiver. 

Orders  0ran(ed.— Delamaler  vs.  Wetmors;  Hln- 
man  vs.  Blokneli;  McNeyin  vs.  McEvoy;  Cook  vs. 
Bannagan ;  Stettmaoher  vs.  Uavls;  Callahsn  vs.  Smith ; 
The  Graphic  Cumpany  vs.  The  Darot  Mills;  Cole  vs. 
Terrv;  Nichols  vs.  Cipperly;  Naylor  va  Covert;  MaB- 
dellokvs.  Bander;  DIx  vs.  Tobans;  Kelly  vs.  Geoghan; 
Booth  vs.  Bolilvan:  Pettil>oneva  Peiper;  Llndemeyer 
vs.  Lawrence;  iilndemeyer  va  Allen;  Kavanagh  vs. 
Meyer. 

By  judge  Qotpp. 

Bogert  vt.   iZeevea— Judgment  for   defendant,  with 
costs.    Opinion. 
BtU  va  fl^osard.— Oaae  settled  and  filed. 


COURT  NOTES. 


Q.  P.  Talbot,  Solicitor  of  the  Treasury,  and 
W.  F.  Moore,  Chief  Special  Agent  of  the  same  de- 
partment, were  at  District  Attorney  "Woodford's 
office  yesterday  in  earnest  consultation  in  regard,  it 
is  nnderstood,  to  tbe  Lswrenoe  frauds. 

A  verdict  of  $200  was  given  for  the  plaintiff 
in  tbe  oase  of  William  Conroy  against  Ira  "W-Boyoe, 

in  Part  II.  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  yesterday. 
Conroy  sued  for  12,000  for  in)ari^s  received  in  being 
run  over  and  trampled  on  by  tbe  defendant's  horse. 

The  Jury  in  Part  III.  of  the  Supreme  Conrt 
.yesterday  rendered  a  verdict  for  the  defendants  in 
tbe  case  of  I,uitpold  Mack  against  the  Dry  Dock. 
East  Broadway  and  Battery  Bailroad  Company 
The  plaintiff  sued  to  recover  $5,000  £ur  personal  in- 
Janes. 

Michael  Rvan,  the  man  who  was  arrested  last 
Wednesday  Charged  with  complicity  in  the  Cincin- 
nati election  frauds,  waa  given  a  hearing  before 
Commissioner  Osborne  yesterday,  after  which  Judge 
Blatcbford  granted  a  warrant  for  his  removal  to 
Cincinnati.  i 

Charles  Hamilton,  aged  16;  Joseph  Dillon, 
aged  17,  and  Frank  Miller,  aged  18,  were  committed 
for  trial  in  default  of  $1,5C0  bail  eaoh  tor  having 
broken  into  the  liqnor  store  of  Daniel  Pnrber,  'So. 
600  Eighth  avenue,  on  Wednesday  night  and  stolen 
a  demijohn  containing  five  gallons  of  whisky. 

On  tbe  night  of  the  7th  inst.  Charles  Davis, 
at  No.  653  Hudson  street,  a  brass-flnlsber  by  trade, 
broke  open  the  premises  of  Vincent  J.  Lawson,  No. 
754  Greenwlr.h  street,  and  stole  two  coats  valued  at 
IS6.  Io  Part  IL  of  the  Court  of  General  Sessions 
yesterday  the  thief  pleaded  guilty,  and  was  sen- 
tenced to  five  years  in  the  State  Prison. 

Judge  Barrett,  in  Supreme  Conrt,  Chambers, 
yesterday,  ordered  a  reference  in  the  matter  of 
opening  One  Hundredth  street  from  Bloomingdale 
road  to  Riverside  avenue,  and  One  Hundred  and 
Seventy-fifth  street  from  King's  Bridge  road  to  Tenth 
avenue.  In  the  first  of  these  cases  the  surveyors' 
charges  are  |303.  and  the  clerks'  fees  |250.  In  tbe 
second  case  the  surveyor's  charge  is  4483,  and  the 
clerk's  8350.  The  Controller  oblects  to  tbe  amounts 
as  excessive. 

Judge  Lawrence,  in  the  Snnreme  Court,  yes- 
terday, heard  argoraent  and  reserved  his  decisioa 
on  a  motion  to  dismiss  the  onmplsint,  in  the  suit  of 
Elizabeth  Patterson  Bgainst  Jane  W.  McCnnn  and 
others.  The'plaintiff  claims  to  be  one  of  the  heirs 
of  the  late  ez-Jadge  John  H.  McCann.  and  brings 
her  suit  for  a  partition  of  the  letter's  estate.  Xbe 
question  involved  in  the  motion  is  whether  an  ac- 
tion for  partition  can  be  brought  after  the  will  of 
the  deceased  has  beea  admitted  to  probate. 

Judgment  for  the  defendant  waa  entered  m 
the  Supreme  Court  yesterday  In  the  oase  of  Irene 
Tim  against  Soloman    Tim.     .  Tbe  platntier  alleged 

that  she  was  married  to  tbe  detend,inl  on  Sept.  12, 
1871.  and  that  tbe  latter  bad  been  guilty  ot  adultery 
with  various  women.  She  asked  for  an  absolute  di- 
vorce. In  answer,  Mr.  Tim  denied  tbat  be  was  ever 

married  to  tbe  plaintiff.  He  said  he  bad  met  the 
latter  at  a  bouse  of  ill-tame,  and  tbat  she  went  by 
(he  name  of  Irene  Asbton.  She  brought  proceed- 
ings for  abandonment  against  him.  and  he  paid  her 
$600,  in  consideration  ot  which  she  gave  him  a  gen- 
eral release  signed  "  Irene  Asbton." 

Judge  Donohue,  in  Supreme  Court,  Cham- 
bers, yesterday,  vacated  an  order  of  arrest  against 
Nathan  B.  Shafer  in  a  suit  brought  against  the 
latter  by  one  Charles  Kabh.  The  parties,  it  ap- 
peared, had  bad  dealings   with  eaoh  other  for  some 

time  prior  to  Nor.  H  1876.  On  Ibis  latter  da':e 
Kahn  sold  Shafer  some  cattle  valued  at  13,598. 
Sbater  gave  three  bank-checks  for  ihe  amouot  on 
Dea  1.      On  Dea  15,    Snafer  suspended   payments. 

The  Checks  bad  not  been  paid,  and  Sabn  caused 
Shater's  arrest  on  the  ground  of  fraud.  Judge 
Donohue  says  :  •'  The  remedy  sought  by  plaintiff 
here  is  a  severe  one,  and  il  the  defendant  is  held  must 
result  in  indefinite  imnrisonment,  and  one  out  of 
tbe  power  of  defendant  to  end.  Tbe  charge  of 
frand  under  snoh  ciroamstanoes  should  be  clear 
from  doubt.  Here,  I  think,  no  such  oase  is  made 
out. "  _ 

GOV  ST  OP  AJPJPBALS. 

Albaitt,  Feb.  15.— In  the  Court  of  Appeals 
to-day  the  following  bnsinesB  waa  transacted  :  No. 
193— Sewcbds  vs.  Kessler;  argued  by  S.Hand  for 
appellant  and  D.  C.  Colvin  for  respondent.  No.  194 
— Bragelman  vs.  Dane;  argued  by  S.  Hand  for 
appellant  and  T.  A.  Ward  for  respondent.  No.  189 
—The  People  ex  rel.  Kuss  vs.  tbe  City  of  Brooklyn; 
argued  by  William  C.  De  Witt  for  appellant  and  P. 
S.  Crooke  for  respondent. 

Tbe  following  is  the  Conrt  of  Appeals  day  calen- 
dar for  Friday,  Feb.  18:  Nos.  71, 106,  198, 163, 199, 
£01,  90S,  and  206. 

OOXTRT  OALENDABS—THrti  DAT. 
BUPBUIB  COUBT— CHAMBBBS. 
Held  by  Barrett,  J. 
Noa  iltos. 

86— Martin  vs.  Nnnan.       306— Newball  vs.  Gushing, 
lUO— Mills  vs.  Rodewaid.      807— Madire  vs.  Ping. 
lOa— Albright  Ts.  Voor hies ' 808— Harris  vs.  Todd. 

810— rrinae's    Metallio    P. 

Co.  vs.  Carbon  M.  P. 

Co. 

814— Rogers     Locomotive, 

Jcc,Co.  vs.  Ht.  Lonls 

k  s.  B.  B.  Co. 

318— OolUus  vs.  Ctubm.tn. 

322— Carpenter  vs.    Wein. 

berg. 

323— Meob.    Sav.    Bank  of 

Cuioaco  vs.  t;armaE. 

894— Standard  Sugar   Be- 

flnlnjc  Oo.vs.Uaytou 


14  I — Stariu  vs.  Kreemsn. 
144— Wormservs.  Hoffman 
150— Pratt  vs.  Ross,  (two 

motions.) 
167-^Brodls  vs.  O'Brien. 
lOd— Matter  oi  Conway. 
177— Matter  of  Estate  of 

Cogswell. 
191 — Kneeland  vs.  Prime. 
'2*24 — lilelly  vs.  Harrison. 
282— Brisbane  vs.  Travora 
287— CoUDOr  va  Weber. 
2a9 — Hinman  vs.  Koch. 
290— BaUey  vs.  Dodge. 

BUFRJUa   COUBT — BFKCIAI,  TXBM. 


field  by  Van  Vorit,  J. 


Nos.     Law  and  Fact. 
47— Rellly  VB.Dlllon  et  at 

lOsi— Miles  et  al.  va  Titus 
etai 

lOS— The  Harlem  Bank  va 
Decker  ei  aL 
60— He  Zavala  vs.  Haft  et 
at. 

122— Bucking  vs.  Hauselt 
etal. 

188— Grissler    et    aL    vs. 
Powers. 

183— Btuteed  vs.  Bnsteed. 

136— Jacobs  vs.  Miller. 

141— Steinbreober  vs.  Bey- 
er et  aL 

1 42— Onldet  va  Brown. 

143— Lynes  vaBrander.  Jr. 

148-^4tch  vs.   AtlaatloA 
Paciaa  Tel.  Oo. 

281— WooU  va  dorymser. 

114— Unney  va  Cohen. 


Nos. 

1 1 6— Elnhey  vs.  Beach. 
288— Duncan  va    Uancan 
etaL 
67— Herriot  vs.  Herrtot. 
220— BaM  vs.  a.  8.  Ute  Ins. 

Co. 
88— iiawton    G.  Mov.  Co. 
vs.  ocean  S.  C.  Ca 
63— Taylor  vs.  Kocbe. 
74 — Andrews  et   al.    vs. 

Ryan. 
87— Alden  va  Dloss.y. 
29— Qreen  vs.  Milbank. 
334— Whiting   vs.    Gearty 

et  al. 
110— Auffartbvs.  Scbmae- 

deke  et  aL 
151— Ten  Ryokvs.  Cory. 
36 — Barrows  vs.  Atlantio 
Shu  Bank. 


BCFaaXB   COUBT— CISCtTIT—FABT  I. 
SlUt  by  DitMlme,  J. 


Xoi.       Short  Causes. 

8856— Daly  vs.  Navarro. 

8970^-Johnson  va  Phyfe. 

8723— Bank  of  tt.  America 
vs.  Wheeler. 

3766— Fooke  vs.  Qodeflroy. 

8860— Schwanakoff  va 
Drisler  et  al. 

4261— Lafllu  b  K.  Powder 
Co.    vs.    Benedict. 

4263— Wenmau  vs.  Bene- 
dict. 

4161— Davidson  vs.  Smith. 

89S9— Fuilerton  vs.  Smith. 

'2240— Oarrett  vs-Brenhan. 

8218— Moeer  ys.  Btrlkex 
atal. 


Roa 

2856— Cambridge         Kat. 

B'k  vs.  Aiatthews. 

4087— Kittle  va   Lestrade. 
4461 — Zimmerman  vs.  Mio- 

olay. 
4441— Kenyon  vs-  Lee  Box 

b.  Lumber  Ca 
4001— Maniuaocurers'  Mat 

B'k  vs.  O'UonnelL 
4199— PerkuB  Jr.    versiu 

Finch. 
4401— Astorva  Banger. 
4453 — Norweli  vs.  Churob. 
4866— Eaton     et     aL     vs. 

Dlnsmnre. 
4186— Hartman  vs.  Oohen, 

SOPBnn  OOITBT— OIBOITrt— PABXtt. 

Held  by  Lawrenee,  J. 
e^ort  Causes.  Kos.      Short  causea 


1504i»-F^iSher  vs.  Crosby. 
4028— Blake  et  aL  vaFoley 
4492-MoMaitos  va.  Baillr. 
442»— LaBoche  vs.  Lyon, 
4ili7— Lyneh   va     Kaapp, 

el  aL- 
8600— Schroeder  va,  Ham- 

merateid. 
2608— U(dt  et  aL  va  Ham- 

Biersteis. 

'a. 


si.   va 


4192— George    et 

Uaugblan. 
3608— Drenner  vs.  OdelL 
4236— Hare,  kc,  vs.  Blld- 

win  «t  aL 
4880— Prank  vs.  Lkney. 
4470— Bear,  fco..  va.  Boolea 

et  aL 
4288^D«vlm  vs.  Bran,  fcc 
4460— FrlSdutan  vs.  bSa. 
4tfg9-lf M  va  Bayla, 

oodwto.  TS.-MkaiU 


wraatu  ddiAiu-«iieufiu-pAiR.iit 

lI*ttiili,,'tth'arakt.Ji 
Kos 


Koa 
S78-Peck    vs. 
Ins.  Co, 
8277— Deiemater  va'AmaC: 

„        t  K.a  Bgg'UOL. 
8287— Blake  et    aL.    va 
Obrigbt 
esa^DavlSou-  va'-Wnietts 

etaL 
301— Lee  va  flayles  etaL 
81— Meyer  et  aL  V|.  Am- 
idon. 


fttBBtti  2730— Ds  Wist    ITOok  va 
The  Ma.yor.  fcc 
634— Donohue  et  aL  va 

Sherwood. 
1789— Com  vs.  Conner,  fce. 
849-8aportas    va    The 
Mayor,  lie. 
1879— Mu^hy  ya.Tlte  May- 

4346— TbAl)  VB-  KreheUr. 
4493— MoDermot   vs.    The 
Mayor,  lio. 

BCFBBIOB  COUBT-'-SPXCIAL  TKBM. 
Held  by  Seigwiek.  J. 
rase  on— Na  64— Boody  vs.  Tilden.    No  further  day 
Calendar  this  term, 

BOFERIOa  OOtmT— TRIAL   TBBU— PART  L 
hMd  by  Bpeir.  J. 
Nos.  Nea 


1063— Cafr^  va   Lord,  Jr., 

et  al.,  fca 
498— Wray  vs.  Fedderke. 
866— Oiamont  vs.  White. 
318 — SeUidgva  Legeadre 

etaL 
687— Pnrman  va  Titus. 
66— Copeland    va  '  Bils- 

worth. 
476— Morgan,  ke.,  versus 

McVickar. 
446— Boyd    vs.    Fboenlz 

Ins.  Vo.  of  Hartford. 
631 — Johnson.  fc&,  va  Op- 

penheim. 
486— Schmidt  vs.  Leaib- 

am. 
768— Mel  via  vs.  Carey.  ' 
608— Piivne    et    aL    va 

Conner.  &c. 
SOO^s — Boarman,  fcc.  vs. 

Keim. 
376— The    Hannt'rs    and 

Builders'  Bank  va 

Paugbam. 


«19— Oleary,  fcc.vs.  Gam-  ■ 

bling, 
878— Peck,  fcc, vs.  Cohen. 
4  60— Barle  va  Fink  et  aL 
435— Hall  vs.  Barrett,  fcc 
756— Hartmau  vs.      Tbe 

Globe   Mutual  Life 

Ins.  Co. 
81 3 — W  b  ermington.    fco. , 

vs.  The  4 2d  8c, fcc., 

Ferry  (L  B.  Co. 
442— Strohg  va  Tne  Har- 
lem Savings  Bank. 
779 — Haveineyer    et   aL, 

fcc,  va  Havemeyer 

et  nl. 
864 — StaSl>rd.     fco..     vs. 

Tbe  N.  T.  Cent,  and 

Hud.  Riv  K.  a.  Co. 
iSOV-dinimons  et  aL  va 

Webb. 
819 — ^Tbe  mayor,   fco.,  vs. 

Duryea. 
1095— Cornwall,    (to.,  va 

MilU  etal. 


BUPBBIOB  COUBT— TBUL  TEBH- 

Held  by  t'reeditMn,  J. 
Nos.        Short  Canses. 
10-20— Twomoy  va   Dunn. 
764— See  «t  aLva  Stevens 
etal. 
1170— Howe  et  aL  versus 
Peters. 


-FAST  n. 


Kos. 

1083— Martha  vsOarnson. 

1146— Feeter  vs.  Durlbe  et 

al. 
1173 — Clieevervs.   Gilberti 

Elevated  B.  B.  Co. 


BUPBBIOB  COtTBT— TRIAL  TERM— PART  m. 
Held  by  CurtU.  O.  J. 
Noa 


Nos. 

8Q0— Gogorza  et  aLva  Gil- 
lies et  SL 
716— Archer  va  Garde. 
717- uaebioack,    fcc,  va 
Garue. 
1005-CutlervaCary. 
7u0— Putnam   et  al.    va 

Van  Riper  et  aL 
707'!>— Richards  et  aL  vs. 

Camm. 
821— Bemett  va  Kana 
713— Karrell  vs.  Van  Tuyl 

etai. 
826— Highlands  Chem.  fc 
Min.  Co.  vaParsons 
948— 8cheU    va     Butter- 
field. 
948— Tbe  People,  fcc,  va 

BulL 
671— Srowii  et  at.  versus 
stokes  et  aL 
1011 — Jordan,  Itc,   versas 

BQWen. 

1012— Williams  va  Horner 

1013— Knapp  vs.  Bergbaus. 

1014— Kelly  vs.   O'DonneU 

etaL 

.1016— Bellows  et  aL  va 
Gardner  et  al. 

1016— Cheeseman  va.  Kel- 
ler. 


lol7— Sutherland  vs.  V.  T. 

Cen.  fc  U.  B.  B.ELCo 
1018— Buc».ley  va  Hilla 
1019— Bates  et  al.  vs.  The 

Manh'n  Mfg.  Co. 
1021— FurlQDg  va  Allen. 
1022— Clialiss   vs.    Osbom 

et  al. 

1023— Feetervs.  Weber.&o 
1026— Jordin,  fce.,  vetsut 

Bowen. 
1U27— Zabriskle  vs.  Barker 

et  aL 
1038— Tbe  f^econd  German 

Baptist  Church  va 

Prior. 
1029 — Manner  va  Simpson 

etf!L 
1030— Dodge  va    Carring- 

too, 
1031— Van  Orden  vs.  Alden 
1032— Ttie  American  Medi- 
cine Co.  va  Kessler. 
1034— Morris  et  aL  va  Gal- 

deke. 
1035 — He^^berg  et  al.  vs. 

Unrray. 
1038— Hart  vaDoyie  et  aL, 

&C: 
1037 — Bradbury  vs.  Welsh. 
1038 — Same  vs.  Same. 


enPBKIOR  COUBT— 6ENBBAL  TERM. 
Adjourned  sine  die. 

COUHON  FI.BAS — aEKEBAX.  TBBM. 

Adjourned  until  the  first  Monday  of  March. 

COIOION  FLBAS — ^TRIAI.  TBB.11 — ^PJLBT  I. 

Held  by  Van  Hoeien,  J. 
.Voa 


5os. 

868— Walker      vs.      New 

Central  Coal   Ca  of 

Maryland. 
877— Wilson  vs.  Find. 
723— O'Uoisnell  va   N.  T. 

fc  Harlem  R.  B.  Co 
969— Heyaecker  vaOamp 
600 — McConnack   va    N. 

T.   C.  fe  U.  B.  £L  B. 

Ca 
1166— Seligman  va  South 

fc  West  Alabama  a 

E.  Co. 
1206— renn.  Hor.    Society 

vs.  Webster. 
1342— Broadway  jitableCo. 

TS.  Conner. 
1228— Mctntyre   vs.     Car- 
roll. 
865— Piynn  vs.  Dayton. 
35*2 — Giles  va.  Weizlar. 
945 — Dean  va.  Brown. 
284— Mott  va  Consumers' 

Ice  Co. 
1070— U.   8.    Reflector  Co. 

vs.  Ruston. 
899 — Andrews  va  Farley 

etaL 
688— Schenck  va  Barker. 


590 — Drayton  vs.  Crosby. 
1103— Palmer    va    Clark, 

1209-Mulcihy   va  V,  t. 
Floating  Dry  Dock 
Co. 
1130— Trask  et  aL  va  Sol- 
omon. 
1163— Brijigs  vs.  Berdan. 
1149— Luniiv  va  Garrity, 
362— McGuire  vs.  N.  Y.  C 

fc  H.  R.  Ii.  B.  Go. 
966— Amsdell    et  aL    va 

G<irde,  fcc 
36.T — Banks  va  Carter. 
892— Shandley    va    The 

Mayor,  fcc. 
463— Eglan   verius     The 

Mnyor,  fcc 
71t— Russell  vs.   Helma 
1200— Uayman  vs.   Strath- 
saar. 
998— H  off  vs.  Beach. 
1186— Pious  vs.  Gasser. 
1121 — Eisemau  vs.   Mayer. 
1105— Connell  v8.MitcbelL 
6m — KHiman  vs.  Conner. 
274— Kearney  vaBlaaiey. 


COMMON    FLBAS — ^TRLAL    nSBM— FAST  II. 

Slid  by  Larremort.J. 


Nos. 

1095 — ^Priessen  vs.  Nlchola 
1159— Fitch  vs.  Bergen. 
1197— Sylvester  va  Bern- 
stein. 

560— Shelly   vs.  Yard,  Jr. 
1001— Werwick    va    Ohl- 

weller. 
176— Newltter    va     Ger- 
mania  Fire  Ina  Co. 
915 — Bogert  vs.  Clark. 

1464— Towle  va  The  May- 
or, fcc. 
789— Risner  vs.  Morgan. 
785— Doniiellv     vs.     The 
Mayor,  fce. 
1120— McOowan    va   Mo- 

Gowan. 
1090— Uanbert  va   Lerob. 
786— Si^hroeder  va   Len- 
bnscher. 
1093— Baidey  va  Shaw. 
1136— Lew  va  Potsdam. 
497 — Brown  vs.FatterBon. 


Nos. 

897— Waalden  vs.  ScbaaC 
10(J6— Cohn.  fc&,  va    Con- 
ner. » 
1193— L«ce  va  Tfor. 

907 — ^tcbermerhoin  vs. 
Devlin. 

604-Tbe  N.  T.  Life  Ina 
Co.  vs.  Crozier. 

S14 — Devlin  vs. Gallagher. 
1097 — Uhlman  v8.Hayman. 
1216— «hifferdecker  versus 
Qottwald. 

885— Bacicingtam  vaN.T. 
<;.  &  a.  R.  R.  R.  Co. 
1060 — Lawrence  et  aL  vs. 
Tbe  Mavor.  fcc 

736— Meachsm  va  Camp- 
bell. 

738 — Browor  r  va  Csmp- 
beil. 

737— Lobmls  -  va  Camp- 
bell 

736— Hunt  vs.   CampbelL 


COMMOK  PLEAS— TBIAL  TBBM— FABT  OL 
BeldbyJ.  f.  Daly,  J. 
Nos. 


Noa 
430— Johnson    vs.      The 

Mayor,  &c. 
942— Hewison    va     Sam- 
uels. 
1194— Weldhng   va      The 

Mayor,  fcc 

670— Israel  et  aL  versus 

Nicholson. 

1179 — Nessel   versus    Tne 

Mayor,  fcc 

493— Brewer  va.  DayrotL 

1079— Spencer  va  O'Brien. 

730— Roe  et  aL  vs.Brophy. 

887— Walsh  vs.  N.  T.  FftK 

Drv  Dotk  Cc 

848— Second  Nat   Bk.  of 

Paterson  vs.  Porter 

1106— Martin  vaUallagher 

1190— Seaman  et  aL    va 

Nooiian. 
710— flhipman    va  Piels- 
ticker. 
1256— Isaacs  vs.  Baer. 
1140— Wynen    va    Bcbap- 

oert. 
1114 — Qononde  va  Flood. 
641— Sctilag  va  Scblag. 


603— !*chencK  I'va  Mnn~ 

tiugtr. 
929— Cook  va  Clgrk. 
1115^Wleie  vs.  Callahan, 
loas— Leveue  vs.  i^osh. 
837 — ICnppenhelm        va 
Pforzheimer. 
1058 — FoUett  va.  8D«ncer. 
1054 — Follett  vaThe  Leech 
Aut.  Machine  Co. 
631-Kuse  va  The  N**  X,  fc 
N.  H.  R.  B.  Co. 
1221— Brink  vs.  Fay.    ■ 
1184 — Ackermam    vs.     Mc- 

Arthur. 
1182— Bodges  va  Muspxstt 
et  a  I. 
827— Heidicva  Boyd. 
1060— Tuij  effort   vs.    Vaai 

ingen  et  aL 
1268— Dutel  et  al.  vs.  Thai 
Com.  Oen.Trana.  Co- 
408— Curtis  va  Ths  May- 
or, fcc. 
880— Conlow  va  CorL 
1188 — Donohue    vs.    Booi^ 
am. 


COMMON  PLEAS— SQtnTT  TEBU. 
Held  by  iioMnsoat  < 
Ko  day  oalendar. 


MABIMB  COUBT— TRIAL  TERM— PAST  L 
Hild  by  Mker,  J, 
Nob. 
7794-Bflnk  of  K.Y.  Nat. 

Bunking  Asa'n   va. 

Conner. 
7810— Lang  et  aL  va  Nicb- 

olson. 
7799— Miller  v.  Hodgea 
7829 — Ouutber   et  aL  vs. 

Coroett. 
7830— People's  Bank    va 

MeCooi,  fcc. 
7469— Wheeler  vs.  Lelaad 

et  al. 
7460— Wheeler  vaBuduut. 
7288— Bidhawa  vs.  Hlrsch. 
7831}— Moses  va  Sauaeet 

aL 
77&4-Mead  va.  Elrcher. 


NOa 

6983— Canadian  Bank   of 

Commerce      vs. 

Blakslee. 

9069— Mccauley  va  Mor- 
gan et  aL 
6986- Pignolet  va  Haver- 

^1 


9086— White  vs.  Thomaa 
7778— Jackson  va  Husted. 
7699— Boggs     et  aL     va 

Nniton  etaL 
7708— The  Ansonia  B.  fc  O. 

(  o.  vs.  Conulti 
7771— Browning  va  Werd- 

ensoblag. 
7800— Kohnva  Hochstad- 

ler. 
7760— Hartcoonva  MoGor- 

ry. 

HABDa  OOUKT— TRIAL   TBBU— PABI IL 

Held  by  O^eoB.  J. 
Noa  <Noa 

6388— Chapman  vaOppen- 1 8726— Redliob    et   aLvva 

hegeii.  Barth,  fcc 

8293— bmiih  va  Allt.  |7661— The  Manufiacturera' 

9077— Blnmenthal  va  Doo-I  and  Builders'  Bank 

raca.  vs  Comet  et  aL 

8970— Bneider  va  Allen  et  7662— Same  va  Kerwin. 

aL  |0l2l— Rice  vs.  Bunnet  aL 

9086— Josepbie    va    Wit-  7u70— Bloomingdale       va 
Taussig, 


al.    va 


kowskl 
8378— NeweU 

Meehan. 
7761 — Sustou  vs.  Smith. 
7668— bell  va  Maher. 


7784— Mayer  et  aL  vs.Har- 

hlUdOIL 

7664— Mead  va.  Kiroher. 


HABIHS  COUBT— TBIAL  TKBM— PAST  IO. 
Held  by  BinnoU,  J. 
Noa 


Noa 

7106— Leon  va  Conner. 

8872 — Lawcoa    et   aL    va 

Meyer. 
8883— Same  va  Same 
7468— Fraukle,     fcc,    va 

Masianghliu. 
8896— McC«be   et    aL   vs. 

Dougherty. 

0109— Gonld  vs.  BebleaelL 

8868— Herbisou  vs.  Morris. 

8883— Baynor    et   aL   va 

Wool       • 


7004— Kay  va  Whiting. 

91U7— Hilton,  ao.,  va 
Ludlow. 

9123— Neander  va  Harri- 
son. 

91S1— Genstert  versiu 
Hoover  et  aL 

7097— Foehrenoaeta  versus 
Myliua 

7663— Bassett  va  Burt. 

7717— Fish  va  Dnasnbnzyv, 


OOUBT  OV  OBNBBAL  BX88I0IIB— «ABT  L 
Held  tiy  Baekett,  Beeorder. 
James  Sutton,  perjury— oontlnued. 

COtmr   OP  QZHBBAL  SBSSIOMB— PIbT  XL 
HetdbySuOierlandtJ.  ^ 

Vnmt  Miller,  feionloua  as-  John  Ledidtb,  grand    lax^ 

sault  and  battery.  I    ceay.  . 

John  O'Brien,  Joseph  Bte-  Frank  Bdwards,  grand  lar-s 


yens,  burglary, 
John  Davia,  borglary. 
George  Harris,  burjclary. 
Mietaael     Burke.    Thomas 

Johnson,  burglary. 
Thoinaa  Buns,  Thouiaa  Fay, 


Allen  timuh,  grand  laroeny. 

David  Akher,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

John  ShanabaA.  Thomas 
Finley,  grand  laroeny. 


ceny. 

John  Criuie,  grand  laroeny. 

Thomas  Ciyaler,  felonious 
assault-and  battery. 

James  Byaa.  petit  larceny. 

Edward  Jofanaon,  petit  lar- 
ceny. 

WttUam  UoManos,  petit, 
laroeny. 

Uav«L  Mosmv,  Patrick 
Bradley.  J^Hn  Smith,  l» 
aault  aadrbiitteiyv 


Bxw-TOBX  oraB  ABD  TsBtraDJoa 


CQMMSRVIAL  AJtJtJi^a. 


NtW-ToWt.  Thftrsdat.  FeT>.  1<5.  1377. 
COTTOK— Has  been  <b  rather  mors  reqcast  Tor  ztuV 
delivery,  but  at  somewhat  easier  rates Urdlonr] 

footed  to-day  at  11  3-18c'dIl  6-ieaj  Low  Hidollag 
ZifecOUiftC;  MtddUog.  12V!-«lSu....8ai«s  wsn 
ofBoiaUy  reported,  for  premot  de'uvery.  of  8ul 
bales,  (of  Which  381  bales  were  on  last  ersalitg,; 
Including  601  bales  to  fpl  oners  and  SOU  balec  to  spec- 

uHrtora And  for  forward  d^very  an  aoMve  bosioeM 

has      been      reported     aS     redneed    wtoss Salei 

rave  been  reported  since  our  last  of  68.100  hales, 
ot  which  7,300  bales  were  on  lasteremng  and  41,7u0 
bales  to-day.  with  4,100  bales  on  the  calls,  on  *hp 
basis  of  Middling.  witn  February  optlnma 
closing  as  12  fl-16c®12«4C:  March.  12^80. 
®12  29-82Ci  April.  lS>sc.;,  May.  13  6-lfc. 
Jane.  13  16-8ae.'»13'4C.:  July,  13  19-82e.:  AU- 
gust,13<>80.®13  21-82C.:  hebtember.  18  11-32c®1»%cj 
Ociooer,  12  31-32c®13  l-33c;  November,  las^c® 
12  13-16C;  December.  1234iJ-®12  13-lCc  #•  1&, 
showing  a  decline  of  >sc.  #•  tts.,  closing  easy.... 
The  receipts  at  this  port  to-dov  were  3.725  bales, 
and  at  the  shinning  ports  2D,086  bales,  against  19,220 
bales  same  day  lost  week,  and  thus  far  tfai^  '<*^ek 
100.U38oale8,8«alnst  116,578  bales  same  time  last 

week Tbe  receipts  at  tbe  shipping  ports  Sines  Sept. 

1,  1876.  have  been  3.386.(133  balee  against  3.274,375 
bales  for  the  oorreaponding  time    in   the  preeediag 

Cotton  year Consolidated  exports  (five   davS)  for. 

Great  Britain.  fTom  all  the  shipoinz  por»,  63,028' 
bales;  to  the  Cimtinent.  16.283  bales.. ..Stock  la 
Mew-lork  to-day,  280.326  bales:  oonsoUdated  StOSir 
at  the  ports,  883,418  balea 

FLOUB  aKD  MkaL— a  moderate  movement  waa 
reported  to-iiay  In  State  and  Western  Flour,  en  li 
generally  firm  oasis  as  to  vames,  ia  tbe  instances  of 
reaily  desirable   lots  oi   tbe   several  gTades,  especial  y 

Ot  Minnesota  Bxtras,  tbe  belter  c  ass  of  Winter  Wnent 
Kztras,  (these,  in  part,  for  shipment.)  and  Ot  SupeifiSs 
and  Na  2.  wbtoh  attracted  most  attention,  and  which 
were  offered  quite  spdrla^iy  at  tbe  correut  qautatii.a  ■, 
in  view  Of  the  reported  cartaliment  of  p:o>iuc- 
tion,  because  of  the  very  full  rates  at  whldi 
Wheat  values  are  maiat-iiund.  Very  moderat '  in- 
onlrlea  for  stock  were  reported  to-dav  trom  pnrdasers 
for  the  European  aud  Weai  India  markets.     Bayers  for 

South  America  were  operitiug  more  freely.  .Must  of 
the  buameps,  however,  was  for  home  use.  Some  spec- 
ulative demand  was  ><l80  noted.  City  Ulrs  Bntas 
were      anusunliy     dull,      but      held      with     couB- 

dence Sales     have     been     reporteu     since     our 

last  ot  10,450  bbia  of  all  grades.  Ineiudirig  un- 
sound Flour  ol  all  clttsses  at  S3  8u®$B  75:  Sour  FJoui 
atf4  oO'S'SB  7,') ;  poor  to  choice  No.  ^  at  $4 ',d6^«5, 
Chiefly  at  $4  75'aSo  lor  good  to  choice  and  $4  4o« 
£4  5.1  for  commoa;  ordinary  to  cnoice  8nperline 
Western,  S3  6U®$5  90,  mH<iilv  at  S5  Ta'SSb  9o,  with 
fi»acy  brands  at  i£6,  (of  which  36  bbls.  Alinnesula 
at  $b: )  poor  to  good  Kxtra  State,  $5  9U®$8  1j  ;  good 
to  choice  do.  at  $6  IS^rSO  36,  City  MJili 
Extra,  shipping  erodes,  for  West  Indies,  ojj 
the  oasis  of  $6ib'S>^  10  for  good  to  very 
choice;  do.  for  South  America,  at  $8ffi$8  50  forvery 
good  to  fancy ;  do.  for  the  English  marlcets,  (Ot  the 
grade cf  standard  Uxtra  State.) ousted  :it  £6dSked,  aad 
euly  $5  80  bid;  inferior  to  stricti)'  go^  shiMPina  bxtra 
We'sterii,  $5  So®$6  15;  good  to  choice  do..  sStf  i&'a'SeaS; 
veiy  poor  to  very  choite  Wescem  Trsdo  and  Family 
iixtra,  Spring  Wheat  stock,  $(j  lba$8  50 1  inferior  to 
verv  choice  do.  do..  Red  and  a.id  Amber  Winter 
Wbeat  stock,  a(SS  •Z6'a>$8  5U.  (part  for  shipmom  at 
$6  75®$7  70,  of  whicli  1,600  bbla  sol  ■:)  oraliia»-y  to 
very  choice  White  Wbeat  do.  uo.,  at  $6  25'3>49  26; 
very  poor  to  fancy  St.  Louis  Kxtras,  $6  25W:ttf  60: 
Kxtra  Genesee  in  S6  So®:^?  60,  the  latter  an  exttome; 
poor  to  very  choice  Minnesota  clear  aud  straight 
Extras  at  $6  36®$8  25,  chiefly  at  «7®«S  for  tBArio 
choice,  (With  fancy  up  to  $8  io  and  very  iufbxlur  Ims 
called  Minnesota.  down  to  S&  lfi'5i$a  25: 
and  Min.iesota  Patent  Extras,  ordinary  to  .verr 
fancy,  at  $8®$1 1,  maimy  at  $8  eov$l0,  jwitb 
up  te  $10  60®$11  lor  small  lota  ot  fvecy 
cholce  to  strictly  fancr.  (and  odd  lots  of  very  iueiiOr, 
called  Minnesota  Patent,  as  low  as  $7  23®i7  75.).— » 
Ineluded  in  tbe  sales    iiave  been   1,850   bba.  sUpping 

Extras,  of  which  only  a  few  small  lots  were  City  iHiUs ; 
1.950  bbls.  Minnesota  clear  and  fitralsbt  Extras,  (part 
for  shipment  at  from  $6  5U'<$£7  ;)  8^5  bbls.  do.  Patent 
do.;  1,650  DblB.  Winter  Wheat  Kxtras,  (for  sbipmeoT,  at- 
$<>  ii>'&$7  75;)  580  bbla  superfine  huU  876' 
bbIa  No.  2  tit  the  quoted  rates.  Also  153  bbls. 
unsound     Winter    Wheat     Ko.    2.     from    doi;lC    anif 

store,        at     S3     60      ^      bbl Less      activity     baa 

been  noted  in  SoatUem  Kloui'  ou  tbe  previjus  basis  as 
to  pricas.    Uemand  partly  ftom  tbe  boutii  Americao: 

luterest Sales   bave  bben   reported   here  ol  1,450 

bbls.,  in  lots,  at  $5  60@>£ti  lur  poorto  choice  Superfine; 
S6  25®$?  oU  for  pour  to  choice  shipping  extras;  $7  2ii 

^^9  2a  for  lair  to  feucy  traae  and  family.  Tbe  deal- 
lugs  were  mustly  in  bztras  at  from  $7  oCSSb  '25,  of 
vrblcli  9U0  bols.  reported  tor  snipment.  at  $7  75tK 
$S  25....Rve  lilour  baa  been  la  comouraiively  limited 
demand,  wholly  in  a  jobbing  way,  and  prices  have  been 
quoted  weak  througuoat....We  quote  at  trom  $4  252 
S6  lor  about  fair  westem  to  choice  :itat«  Snpern.ie  ; 
$5  10  for  very  choice  state,  in  email  lots ;   and  $tf @$4 

for  poor  to  choice  l^'ine Sates  reported  of  '.:»u  bola, 

iu  small  lot*,  chiefly  at  $4  ID'a^fb  for  fair  to  choice 
Superfine  State  ;  $1  65®£4  90  for  Pennsylvania,  and 
$4  S5'di$i  85  lor  about  fair  to  choice  Wesiem..:, 
Lorn-Jieal  has  been  iu  slack  request  at  about  previous 

prices We  quote  at  $2  9U@4>3  lu  for  lair  to  ohoie^ 

iellow  Western  ;  $2  9oa$'S  10  for  Jfeuow  Jersey,  and 

$3  6o  for  Braadywliie saies  h.ive  been  reported  ot 

880  bbla.  Including  leliow  Western,  in  lots,  at  $3, 
Nnd  B.audywiue.  $3  60;  (small  Iocs  irom  store  report- 

.ed  at  $3  6a.) Of  corn  Fiuur  300  bula  sold  lot  sb^- 

mentat  $5  bO.  Corn-a.eal.  in  ba^s,  has  been  rathei 
more  active,  within  the  range  ol  $l'a'$l  50  for  poor  to 
very  choice.  -^  lou  lb.  Moat  of  the  8a;es  have  been  ol 
coarse  lots  ai,  $1  U6®*1  iO,   chiefly  at  «i.  O  ©41  08 

for   City   Mills uat-meal   slow   ot   sale  within  ths 

riingeof$6  25@$7  for  fair  to  choice  Cit.,*  and  West 
t?rn;  very  choice  10  fincy  held  higher;  Canada.  AT& 

$7  50 Buckwheat   Flour  bas  ueea  iu  some  demand. 

wiChiu  the  rauge  ot  $3  26'a>S3  7o  lor  poor  to  cboic« 
iSiaie.  Jerser,  and  l'eanBylvauia....3l03t  of  the  lofci 
sold  were  at  *3  5U®$a  75  lor  fair  to  cnoiee  ^  100  tt, 
GRAIN — Sprint;  Wueat  waa  more  s  'Ughc  after  to- 
day add  quoiea  strong  in  piiu^  ua  limited  oflerings. 
The  demand  was  in  good  p^rc  fur  export  and  looa^ 
milling  accjUDt.  .K  tew  speculative  bias  were  ro« 
ported.     Wmter  Wh?at  was    uU.  b„t  quite  stiffly  held. 

, sales  were  reported  to-day  ol  42,OuO  busUels,  m- 

ClildiUg  prime  No.  2   Cbioaso    Sprins,  In   store,     S,IA<0 

bushels,  represented  as  taken  ou  speculative  account, 
ati'l  ^5,  (withpiime  No.  2  aiilwaukoe  do.,  in  store, 
quaced  nomioally  at  $1  iT^'a/sHi  5U;I  and  uik 
Ijratled  Spriug,  la  store,  about  iS4,0U0  bnaoeli,  al 
trom  *1  2o®$l  32,  ol  which  about  lti,OoG 
bu8h*s  to  millers  at  $1  2o®$l  dO.  mainly 
cbicago,  at  $1  MU,   and  1»,000   busheU.  for  export,  at 

SI  3:i Au  active  demaQd  was  repotted  for  ne\r  crop 

Corn,  for  home  use  and  export,  ata  lortberrise  of  about 
^c.'iz'ic.  <^  bushel;  off. 'nogs  comparativel.v  moderata 
Old  crop  held  at  former  rates,  but  in  limited  request 
Business  in  Sew-York  grades,  especialiy  M  js.  1.  z,  and 
3,    and     steamer     Mixed,    quite    liueral bales  nave 

been  reported  since  oar  last  of  115,*>00  bushels,  incma. 
ing  iSew-rork  pteam^r  Miiea,  atiiT^c.;  Aew-York  No.  1 
at  58e.®  jSiac  tor  new,  .lud  SS^cSoDc  lor  old.  (about 
25.tKjO  Ousbeld  reported  marketed;  )  JSew-ioric  No.2.  at 
5?^.;  New-York  No.  3  at  5ti'4C.®56'2C.,  nearJv  ail 
at  56^20.;  new  crop  iiiied  Western,  iu  lots,  at  66c.9 
SiThiC:  lellow  Western  at  bti^i:.'3ioT ^.-t  fellow 
Boatbejn,  trom  dock,  odd  lots,  wiibin  the  rauge  of 
56*30. ®5,c.,  and  afloat,  4,000  busoeU  at  58^c.; 
ungraded  sailing-vessel  Mixed  Western,  old  crop, 
(nominal)  at  SScSitiic,  iu  store  and  afloat:  No.  'i 
Caieaeo.  in  store,  quoted  at  59c  usked,  with  58c 
biu,        (witn  8,000         busbels        reported         sold 

at  69c.:)  Mixed  Western,  for  May  de- 
livery, offered  at  57c„  and  steamar,  do,  lor  lyfarcb, 
at  67^20.,  without  sales,  (though  inmors  were  current! 
of  tiansacclons  tor  Marcti,  wbich  tailed  of  conUrma- 

taou.) Rye  has  been  quite  active,  chiefly  for  export . 

but  at  lower  prices,  under  freer  offerings,  with  eaiea 
reported  of  about  18.000  bushel')  Jersey  and  Stale, ; 

here,  at  87^c.®8So.;  ana  18,O0U  bushels  State,' 
deliverable  last  balf  of  March,  at  89^., 
with  Western,  afloat,  offered  at  86c..  without  sales; 

Western,  in  CHt  lots,  quoted  ar  SUc.®8le Canada 

Peas,  iu  bond,  inactive,  with    prima  q:iottd  at  9ic«* 

9dc Bariey  iu  iigbt   request  and  deipreased  in  priee. 

with  sales  of  4,OUo  bushels  ungraded  Canada,  at  7 La 
7,000  bushels  two  towed  8tate  at  67'sC-,  and  small 
lots  of  Feed  Barley,  in  store,  at  50c.®o2c....Barle.'r- 
malt  inactive,  with  prime  and  tancv  Canada  new  ctt^ 
quoted    at    $1  25®S1  So,  cash  and  time,   and   Stata 

proiluct   as   before Buckwheat  m  some   request: 

Stale,     fair    to     choice,    quoted     at     96c,9$l    4?" 

bushel;    small   lots    sold   nt   $1 Oats    liave    been 

moreiirgeiitly  eougnt  nfter,  chiefly  on   local  trade  ae- 

counl^at  eenerally   steady  rates Sales  reported  of 

53,000  hnsheis.  including  White  Western  at  42c.® 
500.  for  inferior  to  very  choice,  (of  which  4.6i)  J  bush- 
els fair,  afloat,  at  46  "ac.  and  10,000  bnsbeis  good,  iu, 
Store,  at  47c.®48c.:)  Wnite  Btite,  ordinary  to  verv- 
choice,  within  the  range  of  .'iOc®.J5c,  from  track  and' 
afliiat,  mainly  about  prime,  in  car  lots,  at  v>4e.;  Mixed 
Western  at  v9c^  12/ iSc,  as  to  qualicv,  mainly  car  lots 
at  40c'@45c,  (with  10,0l>0  busbeis,  in  store,  Oa 
private  terms:)  New-York  No.  1  White,  2,25"  bushels, 
at  54c,;  Sew-lorfc  Ka  2  White  at  47c.;  New-TorK  No. 
i  White  at  45'2C.i  New-York  Na  1  at  6214C 
.'S>53^c,  (of  whicb  4.7U0  busbeis  at  C3>«c;> 
A  ew- York  No.  2.  I,b00  hnsheis  at  45c:  flew-Tork  do. 
,8^  at  41c.;  Ncw-Tork  Eejected  at  89c,  and  Mixed 
bWite  at  60c.®5ic.  tor  infenur  to  choice,  from   tncic 

aod  afloat Feed  scnroe    and   wanted    at    buoyant 

pidces;  1,700 b?g8  40-tt5.   and  60-16.   reported   sold  it 

$i.V  •2>$22,  chiefly  at  $22 CloVer-seed  inactive,  with 

pnane  to  chiiice  Western  quoted  at  16  ^.'a>lBc.;  btate 
at  Ii3'ac-2>i634,r.;  about  2oU    bags   State,   in  lots,  re- 

poitt'd   sold  at   lOc'S'ld'sC Oiber  Seeds  quoted  as 

befcws Hay  and  8traw  uncoanged. 

BUMP— Held  flrmlv,  but  quiet;  260  bags  Jute  But.ra 
to  arrive,  sold  at  S^^c.  currency;  and  6Uo  baies  Juce 
rejecti^ins  at  tbe  same  price. 

flllliB— The  contract  price  paid  to  dairymen  by 
large  dealers  tor  tbe  month  of  February  is  HHc  ^ 
quart.  .Some  contracts  for  tbe  latter  half  of  January 
have  beta  settled  at  tbe  rate  of  4c  ^  qoaxt. 

PROTIV'ION'B— Western  Mess  Pork  has  been  in  ihbd^ 
erate  re^aest  for  early  delivery,  closing  ratbei  mora 
firmly. ..jkSales  reported  of  50    bbla  aninspected.  in 

lotB,  at  $t<3  12'23>Jl6  25 Uther  kmds  quiet;    fcitra 

Prime  qucrfed  at  $13  ;  Western  Prime  Mess  at  $15  5U3 

$16 KaliiS,   60  bbls.  Extra  Prime  at  ttilS Andol 

Pig's    Tongues,  20    bbla  at  $16 And  for  forward 

delivery  ne:>^  Western  Mess  has  been  moderately  ac- 
tive ;  quoted  for  February  at  the  close  nominal :  March, 
up  to  |i6  bid.;  April.  $16  20,  and  May,  $16  30  bid.... 
Sales  reporte<>l  of  750  hols.,  March  o,,tionB,  at  $15  80 
'2'$l6;  1,500  bbls,  April,  at  $16®$16  20;  and  230 
tc8.,May,  at  $16  '/5 Dressed  Hozs  in  moderate  de- 
mand, with  Western  quoted  down  to  7 'sca'7^c.  and 

City  at  7 34C, ■5-8^80 cnt-meats  have  been  in  rather 

more  request,  bat  at  drooping   prices Sales  ioclude 

small  lots  of  Pickled  peliies  in  bulk  at  9»)tc'3>9%c.  and 
sundry  small  iOts  of  otber  City  bulk  within  our  range. 
And  175  bis.  Bellies  at  8i40.®8\c,  the  latter 
rate  for  12-a,  averages;  2o  bis.  t;iear  BeUiea 
at9  7-iac!  and  lOOt.!S.  Western  Pickled  Hama  lAia- 

fi>.,  at  10c We*  ouote:   City  fickled  Shoolders,  la 

bulk,  at  7c;  PickJed  Hams  at  IOI4C.;  Smoked  6boill- 
dersat  S'^c'S'S'sc:  .--rookod  Hams  at  li^^o.SlS^o.:' 
Western  Dry-salted  Short-cnt  Hams,  20  to  15  K.,  ajmU 
nai;  Western  rtokled  Hams,  in  tcs..  at  lOcSlO^ao. 
And    for    Cbicsgo   delivery.   Dry-salted    Shoulders,   la 

bis.,  soldat  634C..  l^i-    delivery    b.y   April  1 Baooa 

bus  been  more  active,  'with  Western  Loug  Clear  quoted 
at  83ic'2:8'8C-:  and  City  do.  ot  9c;  Long  and  8liort 
Clear,  earlv  delivery,  nominal.  Sales,  100  oxs.  West- 
ern Long  Clear,  heavy,  at  83^0.,  aud  25  bza.  Short 
Clear  at  9 »8C..,. And  for  Chicago  delivery.  Long  and 
Short  i;ie:ir,  for  early  delivery,  down  to  ii^c.  with  no 
further  sales  reported,  (Dusines3  having  been  checied  in 
psrl    by   the   advanced   rate  01    6O0.  «■  100  Bj.  now 

claimed  ontbrough  freight  for  Liverpool) Western 

Steam   Lard   has    been  more  active  tor  early  deli  veiy, 

at   variable  prices,  closing  rather  more  steady Of 

Weatem  steam,  for  early  delivery    here.  Sales  have  , 
been  reported  of  344  tcs.  piime,    at  $10  7o'9^l0  8'J, 

162  tea  Off  grade  at  $9  75a>$lu  25 And  for  forward 

dehvery  here.  W<>Bteru  Steam  has  been  tHirly  ac- 
tive,    but    nnsetiled     as     to     piice,     closing    vritt) 

some  show  of  steadiness Western  Steam,  for  Feb. 

xnary,  quoted  at  the  close  art  Slu  SO  askea ;    March, 

$10  85;  Apnl.  SIO  95;   May,  $11  Iu i>ales'We««  104 

ported  of  Western  Steam  to.  tbe  extent  .of  l,OtK>  top- 
Lr  February,  at  SIO  80;  3,000  tea,  ManA.  al 
$10  80'd$lU  87>a,  7.600  tc-:..  April,  at  $10  909 
$10  97>9.  and  3,000  tea.  May,  at  $11  W7»aOill  iSia. 

WHISSY— Has  been  moderately  active,  wltbafj^ 
xepoited  of  100  bbla  at  $1  07,  cash,  and  100  bbuk  a« 
$r07>a.x«tnlar;  .    .^  _      . 

jfRBIOBTii — The  general  market  wna  qnetaaeina* 
paxatlvely  weak,  with  a  limited  denuiad  noted  for  SK- 
commodatlon.  whether  on  berth  or  obarte^,  Tpa 
Grain  and  Petroleum  movements  were  on  a  restilcfad 

scale For    Liverpool,   the     engagements   reported 

since  our  last  have  been,  by  sail,  IB.uOO  inisheia  Cwa 
Nt  6d.  ^  60  lb.;  and  by  ateao^  85  bMea  Cotton  at  V>> 
f*  lb.;  4,0Ou  bxa  Cheese  at  86a.:  $50  pka  Proi 
visions  .reported  at  SOa;  amall^tou  «f  Lesthei 
at  46a  v*  ton;  oOU  bUs.  Befloed  Sugar,  tamorad,  oa 
jtMratetoxma;  SUO  bMa  Auplac  part  at  Ss.  «d.  #«£{ 
«  aud,  (of  leoent  sbtpmeut,)  1,000  oka.  uioea,  mA  1.X6Q 
>aai>i  Oiw—d  Q«oda.t  wn—tiiatsfc 


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NEW-YORK.  PfilDAY.  FEB.  16,  1877. 


AMVSmrMItTS  THIS  EYEyiNO. 


,9AX.LACK^9  THGATBR— JWitj>  Oats— Mr.  Lester 
n  qlUck,  Mx.  Jotam  QUbert,  Mr.  Harry  Beckett,  AUas 
Bo«e  Wood. 

PIPTH  AVBNOB  THBATRE.— Lbhovs:  or.  Wbdiock 
yoR  SxTSS— Mc  C.  F.  CogiUan.  Miss   F.  Daveniwrt 

BOOTH'S  THKATEE.— Fifth  Ay«NUK— Mr.  George 
Bignold,  Hias  Jlaud  Granger. 


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JfARK  THBATEK.— Ona  Boarsiss  Housb— Mr.   StuaH 
Hobson,  Mr.  W.  H.  Crane,  Urs.  A.  K  Baker. 

iUNTON  SQUARE  THRATBK.— Ths  Dakichefps— Mr.  C. 
B.  Thorae.  Mr.  W.  R.  Floyd.  Mias  Kathenae  Rogera. 

WILMORE-S  GARDEN.— E<n;B8T8iA!r  Gakbs  aitdPiuld 
^posTs. 


BAGI-B  THKATBB.— La  Pkmcholb,  (Opera  Bouffe)— 
Mile.  Alm6e. 


flELLBR'S    WONDER    THBATRB.— Pbmtidioit»tio». 
Mu^io.  A»T>  HcmoK— Me.  Robert  Beller,  Mls^i  Heller. 

HIBLCS  GARDEN.— Arodot)    the  World  ur  Eighty 

DAT*  (■'Spectaoular)— Rtralfy  Urotbers. 

OLYMPIC  THEATRE. -EoTOD  Thi  Cmck. 

KEW-TORK  AQOARinM.— Rarb  ajto  Curioos  Fish  a»d 
MinmHA,  Statuart.  &a— Day  and  erenlag. 


GRAIfD  OPBRA  flODSB.— Monsibur  Alphonsi 


BXS  FRANCISCO  M1:tsTRKL3.— MnraTRBMT,      Farctb 
madSKQHO  CoitioAUTiBa 

CLINTON  HALCi,  Astor  place. — Statuart  awd   Paisit- 
nros,  (Italy's  Centennial  hzhibit.) 


HATIONAL    AOADEUT    OP    DKSIQN— KxHIBTTIOS    o» 
Watbr  CoiOBs.    Day  and  eyenlnj. 


STEINWAT  HALL.— PiAifo  axd  Vocai  Cokorrt— Hme. 
Haatpoit  Blr.  Vivien,  Am  Palma. 


CHICKEB^NG  HALL.— Ballad    Concbrt— Miaa    Ara- 
1  be.u*  "i«ot,  Mr.  M.  Arbnoicle.  Mr.  J.  W.  HUl. 

"':  NOTICE. 

We  eannot  notloe  ananvTDoas  commantcatlons.  Inv 
slicases  we  reqiure  the  writer's  uame  and  address,  not 
IdpnbUeatlou.  but  aa  a  Koarantee  of  good  faiCtL 

We  rannot,  under  any  clrcnmstancea.  return  re)  ected 
commaoicatio&ab  uor  can  we  undertake  to   prcserre 
^      KranuBcriDts. 

The  attempted  assassinataon  of  Gov. 
Packard  yesterday  is  hut  another  illiuitra- 
tion  of  the  political  methods  of  Louisiana 
Democrats.  The  weak  temporizing  of  the 
Federal  Gtovemment  with  the  desperadoes 
who  have  grasped  at  power  by  intimida- 
tion and  murder  has  had  its  natural 
result  in  paralyzing  justice  and  offering  a 
standing  encouragement  to  deeds  of  vio- 
lence. The  courts  are  in  the  hands  of  the 
White  League  Party  and  to  turn  the  assas- 
sin over  to  magistrates  who  are  as  likely 
as  not  to  secretly  sympathize  with  the  deed 
■would  be  equivalent  to  procuring  his  re- 
lease. The  man  Weldon  or  Waldo  is  said 
to/be  merely  the  tool  of  a  gang  of  political' 
conspirators,  and  may  possibly  be  driven  to 
Psveal  the  names  of  his  accomplices  and  em- 
ployers. The  question  of  renognizing  the 
Packard  Grovemment  will  be  at  once  con- 
sidered by  the  Cabinet,  and  this  sudden 
revelation  of  the  kind  of  forces  which  the 
apathy  of  thb  Federal  power  has  developed, 

ought  to  leave  no  doubt  about  the  decision. 


A  petition  is  said  to  be  in  circulation 
amons;  life  insurance  policy-holders  pro- 
testing against  the  coofirmation  of  Johx  F. 
Smythe  as  Superintendent  of  the  Insurance 
Department.  Those  who  axe  getting  up 
tMs  document  must  act  promptly  if  they 

ntean     to     accomplish     anything,     and,    in 

any  case,  the  prospects  are  not  very  bril- . 
liant  that  their  protest  will  be  heeded*. 
The  nomination  is  part  of  a  corrupt  politi- 
cal bargain,  which  is  said  to  embrace  a  divi- 
sion of  the  spoils  of  the  Quarantine,  Bank- 
ing, and  other  departments  of  the  State 
Government,  The  "  trade  "  ought  to  cover 
with  lasting  disgrace  all  who  are  parties  to 
it,  but  that  consideration  will  hardly  pre- 
vent the  Democratic  Senators  from  voting 
solidly  to  accept  the  nominations  made 
in  puraruance  of  the  new  political  deal,  or 
firom.carrying  with  them  certain  Repulican 
8enartx)is  who  may  be  tru'sted  to  follow 
where  the  chief  trafficker  in  the  political 
patronage  of  the  State  shows  the  way. 
According  to  the  Albany  Argus,  Postmaster 
Smythe  "  has  been  urged  by  underwriters 
•with  much  unanimity  and  persistence"  for 
thb  position  to  which  he  has  been  nomi 
Ddted.  It  would  be  well  for  either  the 
Democratic  or  Republican  parties  to  this 
shamejess  intrigue  to  give  the  public  the 
flames'  of  these  underwriters. 


Gen.  Changarxieb,  who  has  just  died, 
was  a  Frenchman  whose  name  will  pass  into 
history.  He  was  born  during  the  Reign  of; 
Terror,  and  wsis  a  lad  when  Napolkom  was 
First  Consul.  He  saw  the  First  Empire  rise 
amd  fall,  and  was  in  active  military  life  / 
when  the  Bourbons  were  restored,  in  thej 
brief  reign  of  Louis  XVIII.  He  saw  the  house 
of  Orleans  established  m  the  Tnileries,  aiKl 
was  recalled  to  Pans  from  service ,  in 
Algeria  when  the  Citizen  King  fled  to  Eng- 
land. When  Louis  Napoleon  became 
President,  Chamoabnier  yrsis  at  tbe.head 
of  th§  Army.  Like  a  faithful  soldier,  he 
Buppressed  the  dangerous  outbreaks  ;  and 
he  suffered  imprisonment  and  banish- 
ment because,  faithful  to  France,  he  ,Tefused 
to  Qountenance  the  usurpation  of  tho  Bona- 
PARTB.  Bnthe  lived  to  see  the  collapse  of  the 
Second  Empire,  the  flight  of  another  reign- 
ing family,  the  madness  of  the  Commnne, 
the  restoration  of  the  Republic,  and  tho 
beginning  of  a  new  and  peaceful  epoch.  In 
most  of  these  important  events  •  Chanoab- 
ztiEB  had  some  part.  His  name  gave  digni- 
ty to  the  struggle  in  which  France  was  en- 
gaged when  he  was  called  to  serve  with 
BAZAmE,  near  the  close  of  the  Franco-Prus- 
eisn  war.  And  he  figured  in  the  fruitless 
negotiations  which  resulted  in  the  capitu- 
lation of  Metz.  If  he  was  opinionated  and 
sometimes  self-sufficient,  he  was,  un- 
doubtedly, a  patriot,  and  a  man  of  untar- 
nished honor.      :> 


Mayor  Ely  agrees  with  .  the  majority  of 
the  community  in  thinking  that  the  vari- 
ous City  departments  could  be  very  effi- 
ciently administered  by  a  single  head  to 
each.  The  only  exception  he  makes  is  in 
favor  of  the  Police  Department,  to  which 
he  wjHd  give  two  Commissioners,  on 
the  ^^kd  that  it  is  intrusted  with 
the  ^^H|^ment  of  Inspectors  of 
£lectio3!VH|^t  there  is  no  rea- 
son why^^Rb  Bureau  of  Elections 
should  remain  in  the  Police  Departmentr-in 
fact,  thare  are  a  g*od  many  reasons  why  all 
control  over  election  machinery  should  be 
ttaken  away  from  it.  The  political  intrigues 
,'trhich  have  been  at  the  bottom  of  the  groes 
loaladminista^tion  of  this  department  have 
oeutred  around  the  business  of  managing 
elections,  and  it  would  be  a  most  dearahle 
Sefitfm  to  slace  all  the  datieavested  by  the 


Sleotion  law  in  the  Police  Department    in 
bands  of  an  independent  board. 

The^  oonstitntional  impedimenc  is  sup- 
posed to  be  the  only  formidable  obstacle  to 
the  passage  of  a  satisfactory  bill  for  the 
redaction  of  City  salaries.  One  of  the 
amendments  adopted  in  1874  prohibited  the 
Legislature  from  passing  a  local 
bill  "  creating,  increasing,  or  decreasing 
fees,  percentages,  or  allowances  of  public 
officers,  during  the  term  for  which  said 
officers  are  elected  or  appointed."  It  seems 
sufficiently  plain  that  an  ''allowaDoe" 
mentioned  in  this  connection  was  never  in- 
tended to  cover  a  flxed  annual  salary,  and 
it  must  be  remembered  that  decisions  of 
the  Court  of  Appeals  have  denied 
to  most  of  the  subordinate  employes 
the  title  of  "  public  offloers,"  so 
that  their  case  cannot  be  covered  by  the 
amendment.  Even  if  it  were,  they  hold 
their  positions   practically    at    the  will    of 

heads  of  departments,  and  a  simple  removal 
and  reappointment  would  be  all  that  is 
neces  lary  to  take  away  the  slightest  pre- 
text for  a  crop  of  lawsuits.  Then  the  whole 
question  can  be  reached  bv  a  general  law, 
whichshonld  declare,  say,  that  no  Mayor  of 
a  city  should  be  paid  more  than  $8,000,  no 
head  of  a  department  more  than  $5,000,  &c. 
As  to  subordinates,  their  salaries  could  be 
scaled  thus  :  A  general  reduction  of  10  per 
cent,  on  all  salaries  below  $1,000  ;  of  20  per 
cent,  on  salaries  between  $1,000  and 
$2,0(X) ;  25  per  cent.  above  that 
amount.      The  oonstitntional   difiicnlty,  if 

it  exists  at  all,  can  be  easily  got  over  if  the 
Legislature  is  in  earnest  in  the  matter — a 
fact  which  the  decided  refusal  of  certain 
members  of  the  Committee  on  Cities  to 
include  Police  and  Firemen  in  the  proposed 
reduction  renders  somewhat  doubtfnl. 


TBE  COMMISSION'8  PROCEEDINGS. 
Mr.  EvARTS  yesterday  summed  up  and 
pressed  home  the  arguments  in  the  Repub- 
lican case  before  the  Commission  with  that 
acuteness,  directness,  and  force  tor  which  he 
is  justly  famed.  Nothing  could  be  more 
clear  than  his  statement  of  the  relations  of 
the  State  to  the  Federal  Government,  and  of 
the  rights  of  the  former  in  the^  procesa.6f 
electing  a  President.  The  State  does  not 
act  as  an  agent  of  the  Union ;  it  does  not 
derive  its  authority  from  Federal  legisla- 
tion ;  its  powers  are  defined  by  the  Consti- 
tution, and  within  the  clearly-drawn  limits 
of  that  definition  it  is  as  supreme  as  is  the 
Federal  Government  in  any  part  of  the  do- 
main of  its  authority.  The  State  Legislatui'o 
is  authorized  by  the  Federal  Constitution  to 
direct  the  manner  in  which  the  Electors  for 
President  and  Vice  President  shall  be  ap- 
pointed, and  the  process  of  appointment  is, 
therefore,  wholly  within  the  jurisdiction  of 
the  State.  All  that  the  United  States  Con- 
gress can  ask  is  the  duly  authenticated  re- 
sult of  the  process.  It  cannot  90  back  of 
that.  It  cannot  inquire  as  to  the  stages  of 
the  process.  If  toe  State  intrusts  to  a  Re- 
turning Board  tho  duty  of  ascertaining  who 
were  appointed  Electors,  and  provides  no 

means  of  reviewing  their  finding,  then 
the  finding  cannot  be  reviewed  by  Con- 
gress, or  by  the  Commission,  \rhich  pos- 
sesses only  the  power  of  Congras^.     As  Mr. 

EvABTs,  with  a  happy  terseness  and  com- 
pleteness of  statement,  puts  it,  the  Commis- 
sion can  inquire  into  the  Electoral  vote,  but 
not  into  the  vote  for  Electors. 

Our  readers  will  not  be  surprised  to  see 
that  Mr.  Evarts  turns  upon  the  Demo- 
cratic counsel  the  conflicting  terms  of  their 
own  offer  of  proof  regarding  Mr.  Kkllogg, 
as  Governor  of  Louisiana.  The  offer  ot 
proof  asserts  at  one  moment  that  Mr.  Kel- 
logg's  certificate  to  himself  was  iuvalid, 
because  he  was  de  facto  Governor  ;  at  an- 
other moment  that  Mr.  Kelloog's  certifi- 
cate to  all  the  Electors  is  void,  because  be 
is  not  Grovernor,  even  de  Jacto.  Such  con- 
tradiction in  an  ordinary  case  would  argue 
stupidity  on  the  part  of  the  counsel.  In 
this  case,  however,  it  argues  only  despera- 
tion. The  argument  of  the  Democrats  from 
beginning  to  end  is  honeycombed  with  in- 
consistencies ;  but  it  could  not  well  be 
otherwise,  when  they  hold  on  the  one  hand 
that  Louisiana  has  not  a  Grovemment  re- 
publican in  form,  and  on  the  other  that  the 
action  of  the  Returning  Board  is  to  be 
judged  by  the  legislation  of  this  void  Gov- 
ernment. 

As  a  matter  of  fact,  however,  tho  Return- 
ing Board  acted  clearly  within  the  statutes 
of  Louisiana.  Mr.  Evarts  yesterday  added 
to  the  lucid  explanation  of  these  statutes 
submitted  the  day  before  by  Mr.  Shklla- 
baroer.  It  had  been  held  by  the  Demo- 
cratic lawyers  that  the  law  which  gave  the 
Returning  Board  the  right  to  canvass  "  all 
elections"  had  repealed  a  law  which  gave 
the  Electors  themselves  the  power  to  fill  a 
vacancy,  and  which  also  gave  the  Governor 
power  to  canvass  the  votes.  Mr.  Carpenter 
had  made  great  parade  of  this  point.  He 
declared  to  the  Commission,  with  a  show 
of  defiance,  that  whatever  cornstruction 
they  chose  to  put  on  the  statutes,  "  his 
man,"  meaning  Mr.  Tildek,  was  sure  to  go 
in.  If  the  law  was  repealed,  then  the  Elec- 
tors could  not  fill  the  places  of  Levisse 
and  Brewster.  If  it  was^  not  repealed, 
then  the  board  could  not  canvass  tho  vote 
for  Electors,  and  the  State  must  lose  its 
vote.  In  one  contingency,  two  Republican 
Electors  were  out  of  the  way  ;  in  the  other, 
eight  were  disposed  of.  But  Mr.  Evarts  and 
Mr.  Shkllabahger  had  no  trouble  in  show- 
ing that  the  later  law,  which  gave  the  Re- 
turning Board  its  powers,  repealed  so  much 
of  the  previous  law  as  related  to  the  exer- 
cise of  those  powers,  but  did  not  repeal  that 
part  of  the  law  which  related  to  the  pow- 
ers of  the  Presidential  Electors.  As  this 
was  the  main  reliance  of  the  Democrats,  the 
blow  is  a  severe  one. 

The  next  line  of  defense  on  which  the 
Democrats  fall  back  is,  like  their  principal 
one,  purely  technical,  and  is  an  attempt  to 
make  a  defect  in  form  deprive  the  sub- 
stance of  validity.  It  is  this:  The  two 
Electors,  Levissk  and  Bkewstbb,  whose 
eligibility  to  an  election  by  i^e  popular  vote 
was  contested,  absented  themselves  from 
the  College  of  Electors,  and  the  vacancies 
thus  created  were  filled  by  the  appoint- 
ment of  these  two  gentlemen,  who  then 
acted.  Now  appears  the  ingenious  Mr. 
Tbumbull,  backed  by  Mr.  Hoadley, 
who  furnished  the  legal  lore  for  Grover 
to  Bustaiu  his  prearranged  decision  in  Ore- 
gon, and  declares  that  because  Levissb 
and  Brewster  were  not  eligible,  there  was 
no  appointment  in  their  case,  and  therefore 
no  vacancy.  This  is  the  converse  of  the  ab- 
snrdity  in  physios  that  two  things  can  be  in 
.the eameslace  at  the  same  time.  It  is  an  as-. 


sertion  that  a  position  can  beyaoant.with- 
oat  there  being  any  vacancy  in  the  position. 
It  required  Very  little  exertion  of  Mr. 
EvARxa'  acute  analysis  and  perspicaons 
istatement  to  break  down  this  impudent 
pretension. 

But  there  is  one  position  from  which  the 
Democrats  will  rofiise  to  be  driven.  They 
will  always  insist  that  if  they  were  allowed 
they  would  prove  that  the  election  in  Louis- 
iana was  in  law  and  in  reality  for  Tildew, 
and  that  he  can  only  be  deprived  of  its 
fmrts  by  tho  refusal  of  the  Commission  to 
hear  evidence.  No  claim  could  be  more 
false  in  fact  or  more  shameless  in  spirit. 
The  Commission  cannot  go  behind  the  de- 
cision of  the  State  authorities,  because  it 
has  no  power  to  do  so,  because  the  houses, 
which  it  represents,  have  not,  for  the  pe- 
culiar function  with  which  the  Commission 
deals,  the  power  to  do  sa  Bat  if  that  were 
not  the  case,  if  the  law  allowed  it,  and  there 
Were  time  to  make  it,  a   full   and  complete 

investigation  into  the  facts  of  the  Louisiana 

election  would   show    that  it    was  clearly 

and  irreversibly  for  Hayes.  After  making 
all  allowance  that  can  be  made  for 
fraud,  after  weighing  the  effect  of  the  irreg- 
ularities on  both  sides,  after  applying  to 
the  distprbed  districts  the  tests  of  party 
strength  afforded  by  the  result  in  the  dis- 
tricts which  were  not  disturbed,  there  is 
not  a  shadow  of  doubt  that  the  majority  of 
the  voters  in  Louisiana  was  for  Hayks.  Tho 

decision  of  the  State  authprities  must  stand, 
for  there  is  no  authority  anywhere  to  re- 
view it— none  in  the  State  itself,  none  in 
Congress,  none  in  the  Commission.  But  it 
is  a  Just  decision.  It  accords  with  the  facts 
and  with  reason.  It  is  not  a  balancing  of 
fraud  against  fraud,  or  of  fraud  against 
force.  It  is  not  a  wrong  done  to  bring 
about  the  right.  It  is  in  substance  and  effect 
the  right  itself.  Tho  Democratic  counsel 
seek  to  hide  the  dark  record  of  Democratic 
crime  in  Louisiana  and  to  fasten  public  at- 
tention on  the  charges  which  they  bring 
against  the  Republican  rulers  of  that  State. 
They  feel  the  safer  in  doing  this,  because 
the  Commission  is  not  likely  to  allow  the 
matter  to  come  to  proof.  But  the  facts  re- 
main that  the  majority  of  Louisiana  voters 
is  Republican  ;  that  the  laws  of  Louisiana 
afford  means — not  complete,  but  sufficient — 
to  give  effect  to  this  majority;  that  by  the 
acts  of  the  Returning  Board  this  has  been 
done,  and  that  if  the  Commission  give  the 
eight  votes  of  Louisiana  to  Hayes  and 
Wheeler,  it  will  do  exact  and  entire  jus- 
tice. 


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iiS^i^M. 

THE  QOVEBNOR  AND   THE  LIFE  IN- 
SURANCE  FRAUDS. 

Opposition  to  Gov.  Robinson's  nomina- 
tion for  the  head  of  the  Insurance  Depart- 
ment does  not  imply  the  alternative  of  con- 
firming the  present  Acting  Superintendent 
in  that  position.  It  is  not  necessarily  a 
choice  between  Smyth,  tho  Owego  editor, 
and  Smythe,  the  Albany  Postmaster. 
We  have  reasons  for  doubting  tho  fit- 
ness of  Mr.  Smyth  for  tho  posi- 
tion he  fills,  but  at  least  his 
integrity  and  freedom  from  partisan  dic- 
tation are  unquestioned.  Ho  may  be  sup- 
posed, too,  to  have  acquired  some  knowl- 
edge of  the  working  of  the  Department ; 
and  though  we  should  have  little  hoim  of 
seeing  it  thoroughly  cfflciont  in  his  hands, 
wo  should  never  suspect'  it  of  complicity 
with  dishonest  managers.  The  Governor's 
nominee,  on  the  other  hand,  has  not  a  sin- 
gle recommendation.  No  one  alleges  in  his 
behalf  that  he  is  familiar  with  tho 
theory  and  practice  of  life  insurance. 
He  is,  confessedly,  ignorant  of  both.  He 
has  no  reputation  as  an  ordinary 
business  man.  He  is  known  only  as  a 
servile  partisan,  and  his  selection  by  a  Dem- 
ocratic Governor  implies  some  discreditable 
understanding,  which  will  ultimately  be 
brought  to  light.  The  fact  which  for  the 
moment  most  concerns  the  public  is  that 
Gov.  Robinson,  in  his  first  important  ap- 
pointment, discards  considerations  of  ca- 
pacity and  fitness,  and  challenges  criticism 
of  his  own  relation  to  tho  influences  which 
have  produced  the  present  crisis  iu  life  in- 
surance. 

The  Governor's  connection  with  the  In- 
surance "Ring"  has  always  been  suspected, 
and  the  suspicion  will  not  be  lessened  by 
the  support  which  well-known  members  of 
the  Ring  accord  to  his  nomiUatioa  for  the 
Superintendency.  We  are  accustomed  to 
hear  of  "strikers"  who  menace  companies 
with  hostile  legislation,  and  extort  money  as 
the  price  of  peace.  Comparatively  little  is 
said  of  another  doss  of  legislative  agents — 
those,  wo  mean,  who  use  their  po.sitions  in 
the  Senate  and  Assembly  to  stifle  inquiries 
and  to  resist  measures  that  would  be  unpal- 
atble  to  the  life  companies  with  which,  in  one 
way  or  another  they  are  associated.  As  a 
matter  of  morality  there  is  little  difference 
between  black-mailing  legislators,  who  are 
indiffertnt  to  the  interests  they  pretend  to 
watch,  and  legislators  who  derive  profit 
and  importance  from  their  connection  with 
the  investments  of  companies  which  may  at 
any  time  become  objects  of  investigation. 
It  is  significant  that  both  of  these  classes  are 
content  to  have  Mr.  Smythe  installed  in  an 
office  which  he  will  certainly  disgrace.  The 
weaker  and  the  worse  he  is,  the  better  he  is 
suited  to  their  purposes.  Having  no  knowl- 
edge of  life  insurance,  he  is  not  likely  to 
frustrate  fraud  when  the  "  strikers  "  attempt 

it,  or  to  vex  the  companies'  retainers  with 
inquiries  and  restrictions  too  stringent  to 
be  pleasant.  His  partisan  training  will 
make  him  insensible  to  the  obligations  of  an 
extremely  delicate  position,  and  ex- 
pose him  to  a  pressure  from  which  the 
Superinteudont  of  Insurance  should  be  free. 
Any  examination  he  may  direct  will  be  a 
sham.  Any  certificate  of  solvency  he  may 
give  will  be  worthless.  He  will  be  de- 
pendent on  subordinates  for  everything, 
and  will  be  as  incapable  of  supervising 
their  work  as  of  determining  the  status  of 
companies  whoso  affairs  may  require  his 
scrutiny. 

If  Gov.  Robinson  is  not  bound  to  do.the 
will  of  the  life  insurance  Ring,  or  1»  give 
effect  to  a  bargain  ontersdinto  by  tho  man 
to  whom  he  owes  his  own  nomination,  his 
choice  of  Smythe  is  inexplicable.  The 
need  of  a  Superintendent  who  is  at  once 
capable  and  honest,  faithful  and  fearless, 
fa;;iiliar  with  the  intricacies  of  life  in- 
surance, and  independent  of  the  com- 
panies on  whose  condition  he  mast 
pass  judgment,  was  never  so  great 
as  now.  It  is  folly  to  assumo 
that  the  era  of  distrust  is  over;  its 
effects  are  only  baginning  to  be  apparent. 
There  mav  be  manaarerB  who  delude  them- 


selves  into  the  belief  that  sdperfloi&l  ex- 
aminations will  re-establish .  them  in  the 
public  confidence,  but  their  feeling  is  not 
shared  by  those  who  trace  the  ramifications 
of  mismanagement  and  fraud,  and  who  know 
the  impression  which  these  produce  upon 
persons  insured,  as  well  as  upon  persons 
contemplating  insurance.  At  the  outset 
we  heard  only  ot  the  failures  of  companies. 
These  were  bad  enough,  but  there  wae  a 
disposition  to  attribute  them  to  nothing 
worse  than  it^udicious  management,  ag- 
gravated is  its  consequences  by  hard  times. 
No  such  charitable  interpretation  is  enter- 
tained now.  I 

The  evidence  acquired  has  been  cumula- 
tive in  a  double  sense.  It  has  added  one 
form  of  fraud  to  another.  The  idea  pre- 
vailed that  the  lowest  depth  had  been 
reached  when  the  officers  of  the  Security 
were  shown  to  have  falsified  books  and.  ac- 
counts, and  to  have  swortl  falsely  to  ren- 
der the  fraud  effective.     Embezzlement   is 

also     alleged     as     aa     explanation     of 

the       disappearance      of      certain      funds. 

For  these  offenses  the  persons  implicated 
are  to  be  prosecuted,  and  if  there  is  any 
virtue  in  the  administration  of  law  in  this 
State,  the  prosecution  will  be  pushed  for- 
ward vigorously.  The  partial  exposures  of 
the  Continental  and  the  New- Jersey  Mutual 
— for  investigation  has  hardly  got  below 
the  surface  in  either  case — reveal 
mazes  of  dislionesty  which  ought 
to  terminate  in  tho—  State  prison. 
One  startling  bramsh  of  inquiry  has 
barely  been  toucmed— we  refer  to  the 
manufacture  of  mortgages,  based  upon 
enormous  overvaluations  ot  real  estate, 
and  used  as  assets  in  substitution  of  mon- 
eys or  securities  that  have  disappeared, 
no  one  can  tell  how.  There  are  mortgages, 
for  example,  amounting  to  $100,000  on  New- 
Jersey  unimproved  property  that  would  be 
dear  at  $15,000 ;  yet  they  were  to  the 
last  accepted  as  good  assets  by 
tho  department  at  Albany.  Who  be- 
lieves that  this  is  the  only  fraud  of  its 
class  f  Who  does  not  see  in  its  detection  a 
reason  for  making  the  investigation  of 
mortgages  held  by  other  companies  a 
much  more  thorough  piece  of  work  than  it 
has  been  under  the  management  of  the  out- 
going Mr.  S.viYTHEf  Ot  other  frauds  and 
perversions  of  trust  we  afready  have  plenty 
in  the  records  of  the  allied  Continental  and 
New-Jersey  Mutual.  Mortgages  and  other 
securities,  bogus  and  genuine,  were  now  in 
the  safe  of  one  company  and  now  in  the  safe 
of  the  other,  doing  duty  apparently  in  hood- 
winking investieators  who  only  pretend  to 
investigate.  Thou  we  have  the  admitted  fact 
of  a  company's  Government  bonds  hypothe- 
cated to  raise  money  for  the  personal  ac- 
commodation of  the  President,  and  re- 
deemed, under  pressure,  by  one  of  the  per- 
sons associated  with  him  in  the  business  of 
bogus  mortgages.  These  are  merely  odd 
mcidente  which  have  come  to  the  top,  and 
which  very  imperfectly  illustrate  the  va- 
riety and  infamy  of    tho   illegal    practices 

that  have  beeu  carried  on,  so  far  with  im- 
punity. 

In  the  qnestioq,  how  long  is  this  impuni- 
ty last,  wo  have  one  cause  for  anxiety  in 

regard  to  the  oillco  of  Insurance  Suuerin- 
tendcut.  Of  course,  tho  duty  of  instituting 
criminal  proceedings  against  the  parties 
concerned  rests  with  the  Attorney  Gteneral. 
It  is  a  duty  to  which  h%  cannot  too  soon 
address  himself.  But  the  connection  of 
the  Superintendent  with  all  cases  of 
this  sort  is  too  clear  to  be  over- 
looked. His  investigations  should  be 
the  groundwork  of  criminal  indict- 
ments ;  and  he  should  be  the  first  to  detect 
and  expose  fraud,  instead  of  taking  up 
matters  second-hand,  as  in  two  of  three 
cases  now  before  the  public.  Keeping  all 
these  considerations  in  view,  tho  nomina- 
tion of  Smythe  is  much  more  than  a  mis- 
take. It  is  a  deliberate  betrayal  of  a  great 
interest,  and  will  be  accepted  as  an  assu- 
rance of  impunity  by  the  rascals  who  have 
inflicted  sorrow  and  suffering  upon  helpless 
people.       _^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

THE  UREG ON  CONSPIRA CY. 

Let  us  hope  that  the  worst  of  the  Tilden 
conspiracy  to  steal  the  Presidency  is  out  at 
last.  Certainly  there  ought  to  be  no  lower 
depth  of  Infamy  than  that  revealed  id  the 
dispatches  between  Gramercy  Park  and 
Oregon.  Reading  these  telegrams,  the 
American  people  will  see  a  candidate  for 
the  Presidency,  a  man  who  claims  to 
be  elected  to  that  high  office,  con- 
spfring  with  men  to  bribe  Electors 
and  fraudulently  to  obtain  the  Electoral 
vote  of  a  sovereign  State.  This  iniquity 
cannot  be  put  off  upon  some  irresponsible 
agent.  The  negotiations  are  made  directly 
with  TiLDEN  and  Tilden's  nephew,  Pblton. 
The  communications  are  sent  to  Tilden's 
own  house.  No.  15  Gramercy  Park-  This 
infamous  correspondence,  so  lar  as  now 
made  public,  begins  with  Nov.  28.  There 
were  other  dispatches  to  prepare  the  way, 
but  on  that  date  Patrick,  confidential 
agent  in  Oregon  for  Tilden,  telegraphed  as 
follows : 

Portland,  Nov.  28. 
TT.  T..PeU<m,  No.  15  Oramerev  Park,  New  York: 

Certificate  will  be  issued  to  ono  Democrat  Must 
parcbaae  a  Repablioan  Elector  to  reooentze  and  act 
with  Oemocrata  and  seoure  the  vote  and  prevent 
trouble.  Deposit  $10,000  to  my  credit  with  KoUNTZE 
Brothers,  Wall  street.    Answer. 

J.  H,  N.  PATRICK, 

I  f allv  indorse  this.  JAMES  E.  KELLY. 

This  need%  little  explanation  to  one  fa- 
miliar with  the  history  of  the  Oregon  con- 
spiracy. There  was  one  Democrat — Cro- 
NiN — who  claimed  the  right  to  participate 
in  the  Electoral  College  of  Oregon.  Pat- 
rick tells  TiLDKN,  through  his  nephew,  that 
Gov.  Grover  will  give  Cronin  his  certifi- 
cate ;  but,  in  order  to  get  him  into  the 
Electoral  College,  the  vote  of  one  Repub- 
lican Elector  must  be  bought,  "  to  prevent 
trouble."  He  wants  $10,000  deposited  to 
his  (Patrick's)  credit  in  New- York.  Kelly, 
Democratic  Senator  from  Oregon,  telegraphs 
his  indorsement  of  this  proposition  to  bribe 
an  Elector.  But  $10,000  seemed  too  much 
money  to  risk  on  what  appeared  to  be  a 
doubtful  venture.  Tildkn  or  his  managing 
man  replied  thus: 

Nuw-YOBK,  Nov.  29. 
J.  B.  N.  Patrick,  Portland,  Oregon  : 

Ko.  'How  soon  will  Governor  decide  oertiflcate  t 
If  you  make  obligation  oontlnsent  on  resnlt  in 
March,  it  can  be  done  and  incremable  ■lisbtly,  If 
necessary. 

This  was  exercising  that  foxy  caution  for 
which  the  ''  railroad  lawyer  "  is  so  famous. 
No  cash  to  be  paid  until  it  was  known  when 
Grover  would  settle  the  business  by  giv- 
ing Cronin  his  certificate.  Even  then,  if 
possible^  Tiu>EX  would  prefer  to  put  off  the 
pajmeQt_antil_the  _  Presidenov^was.fafrlT 


his.  He  would  pay  in.  March,  and  the 
payment  should  be  "incremable,"  or, 
as  one  might  say,  "  inoreasable,"  or 
to  be  added  to.  He  would  pay  "slightly" 
more  in  March  than  in  November.  But, 
at  all  events,  the  bribe  must  be  "  con- 
tingent on  result"  The  wary  candidate 
would  not  buy  promises.  On  the  n(ext  day, 
the  Democratic  conspirators  in  C^gon,  see- 
ing that  Tilden  expected  to  buy  Groveb, 
as  well  as  the  rest  of  the  crew,  sent  this  re- 
assuring message : 

POBTLAIID,  Nov.  30. 

TT.  T.  Petton,  No.  15  Gramercy  Park,  New-York: 

Governor  all  rlebt  wlttaont  reward.  Will  isane 
.ecrtiflcate  Tuesdav.  This  a  secret.  Bepnblicana 
threaten  if  oertiflcate  la  issued  toienore  Democrata' 
claims  and  fill  vacancy,  and  tUns  defeat  action  of 
Governor.    One  Bleotor  must  be  paid  to  recogniza 

Demoocat  to  seoare  majority.  Have  employed 
three  lawyers ;  editor  of  only  Bepublican  paper  as 
one  lawyer;  tee,  |3,000.  'Will  take  |S,00O  for  Re- 
publican Elector ;  mast  raise  money ;  can't  make 
fee  oontlDeent.  Sail  Saturday.  Kelly  and  BelJ- 
inser  will  act.    Communicate   with  tUem.      Must 

act  promptly. 

This  was  Thursday,  Nov.  30,  when 
Grover  was  judicially  hearing  arguments 
on  the  question  of  the  eligibility  of  Watts. 
The  certificates  were  to  be  issued  on  Tues- 
day, Dec.  5,  and  this  model  Governor 
authorizes  the  statement  that  he  will  com- 
mission •'  one  Democrat,"  which  was 
Cronin.  But  Patrick,  who  sends  this  dis- 
patch, has  the  grace  to  add  "  This  is  a 
secret."  He  insists  that  one  Republican 
Elector  must  be  bribed.  Gkoveb  is  "  all 
right   without    reward."      He    is  unselfish 

enough  to  waive  his  share  of  the  cor- 
ruption fund.  Patrice  explains  that 
it  will  take  $5,000  to  buy  up  the  Re- 
publican Elector,  and  that  $3,000  must 
be  paid  as  a  letaining  fee  to  the  editor  of 
"the  only  Republican  paper,  as  a  lawyer." 
Here    let    us    say    that     no    bribe     could 

move  a  Republican  Elector.  The  "  only 
Republican  paper"  was  the  Oregonian,  the 
mercenary  editor  bf  which  appeared  in  the 
mock  proceedings  before  the  Governor,  and 
in  his  paper,  as  a  defender  of  Cbonin's 
right  to  a  certificate.  There  must  be  no 
"contingent  fee"  in  this  case,  says  Pat- 
rick ;  terms  cash.  Still  Gramercy  Park  de- 
murred. The  barrel  of  money  was  running 
low,  and  this  plaintive  message  was  sent  in 

reply  : 

Nkw-Toek,  Dec.  1. 
J.  H.  N.  Patrick : 

Can't  von  Hond  special  messenger  and  convene 
Legislature  by  Tuesday  and  elect  Electors,  neces- 
sary expanse  would  be  paid.  8ea  prooeedinga  in 
other  States  telegraphed  yon.  Consnit  Oovomor 
and  Senator.     Answer. 

The  poor  old  man  thought  that  the  trick 
afterward  tried  in  Florida  would  be  cheaper. 
Let  the  Legislature  be  called  together  be- 
fore Tuesday,  Deo.  5,  and  legislate  Cronin 
into  office.  But,  while  this  dispatch  was 
going  over  the  wires,  Grover  sent  the 
famous  "Gobble"  telegram,  five  days  be- 
fore his  decision  could  be  publicly  an- 
nounced.   It  reads  as  follows : 

POBTLAND,  Oregon,  Dec.  1. 
To  Samuel  J.  Tilden,  No.  15  Oramerey  Park,  N.  ¥.  : 

1  sball  decide  every   point   in    tho    case    of     Post 

Office  Elector  in  favor  of  the  biKbest  DBmocrstio 
Elector,  and  grant  the  certificate  aceordinKtv  on 
morninc  of  6lh  instant. 
I  Confidential.]  GOVERNOR. 

Grover  wastes  no  words  with  Pelto.v, 

or  any  other  agent.  He  informs  the  illus- 
trious reformer  himself  that  he  shall  decide 
nil  the  points,  no  matter  what  they  may 
be,  against  the  Republicans.  In  the  moan- 
time,  however,  the  request  to  convene  the 
Legislatnre  had  beeu  considered.  In  his 
dispatch  qf  Thursday,  Nov.  30,  Patrick 
had  said  that  he  should  sail  on  Saturday, 
which  was  Dec.  3.  On  that  day,  accord- 
ingly, "  K.  for  P."— that  is  to  say,  Kelly 
for  Patrick — telegraphed  this  precious 
message: 

Portland,  Dec.  2. 
IT.  T.  Pelton,  No.  15  Gramercy  Park,  Nev>-York: 

Impossible  to  convene  LeEl»lature.  P.  left  before 
teleKrapb  arrived.  Can't  draw  ths  eight  deposit, 
Chables  Dimon,  No.  115  Liberty  street,  to  order 
Bush  &  Laod.  Salem.  Mnst  have  it  Monday. 
Can't  understand  "  langbable  "  Everett  House  lost, 
yonr  telegram.  K.  for  P. 

Kelly  was  in  trouble.  The  Legislature 
could  not  be  convened.  Patrick,  the  arch- 
conspirator,  had  gone.  KELLYcould  not  draw 
the  $8,000  which  had  been  deposited,  in  the 
meantime,  to  Patrick's  order,  and  he  could 
not  make  out  what  "  laughable  "  meant  iu 
one  of  the  conspirators'  cipher  dispatches. 
Poor  Kelly  I  his  troubles  have  only  just 
begun.  Next  day  he  telegraphed  that 
Patrick  might  be  reached  at  Salt 
Lake  City,  about  Monday  follow- 
ing, "for  three  days  thereabouts."  In  the 
meantime,  he  complains  that  he  must  bor- 
row money  on  his  individual  responsibility, 
and,  he  begs,  "in  trust  you  can  replace 
it."  Gramercy  Park  replied,  Dec.  3,  to  "  go 
ahead,"  and  added :  "  You  shall  be  reim- 
bursed. Do  not  faiL  All-important."  But 
money,  money,  more  money  was  demanded 
by  the  Oregon  accomplices,  and  on  the  5th 
December,  the  day  before  the  Electors  were 
to  meet  iu  Salem,  they  again  cried  thus  : 

Salbu,  Orei;an,  Dec.  5. 
TV.  T.  Pelton,  No.  15  Gramercy  Park,  New-York  .- 

Can't  you  deposit  tbe  eight,  Chables  Dimoxd, 
Bnbjeot  the  order  Ladd  &  EU8B,  Sslem  ?  Can't  set 
money  here;  mnst  have  it  Wednesday.  Telgraph 
me  Salem.     Vmb  will  not  faiL  DOCTRINAL. 

'•Doctrinal"  might  have  been  Bristol  Bill. 
It  was  probably  Kelly.  The  "Vier"  who 
would  not  fail  was  undoubtedly  Grover, 
Governor  of  Oregon,  though  it  might  have 
been  Reddy  the  Blacksmith,  or  Jerry 
the  Sneak,  or  any  other  dead  or  living 
rascal.  Tho  much-desired  "eight,"  the 
$8,000,  since  unearthed  in  the  New- York 
accounts,  was  sent  by  way  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. We  know  now  that  Ladd,  the 
Oregon  banker,  arrived  at  the  State-hoose, 
breathless,  m  the  midst  of  the  Electoral 
College  preparations.  This  is  tbe  dispatch 
which  showed  that  the  long-expected  cash 
was  placed  to  the  order  of  his  firm,  as  the 
persistent  Kelly  had  implored : 

San  Fbancisco,  Deo.  6. 
Eon.  Jamet  K.  Kelly : 

The  eight  deposited  as  directed  this  morning. 
LiCt  no  teohnioiJicy  prevent  winning.  Use  your 
discretion. 

This  closed  the  correspondence.  The 
plotters  at  one  end  had  thefr  money.  The 
plotters  at  the  other  end  had  bagged  a  Til- 
den Elector  at  last.  This  was  on  tbe  6th  of 
December.  There  was  joy  in  Gramercy 
Park  '^that  night;  and  on  the  7th  the 
Democratic  newspaperd  were  jubilant. 
They  lauded  the  patriotism  of  Grover, 
Cronin,  and  the  rest  of  the  gang, 
and  flouted  the  suggestion  that  this  business 
had  been  nnderhanded  or  corrupt.  The 
thieves'  argot  used  by  the  Democratic  can- 
didate for  the  Presidency  has  been  trans- 
lated into  the  language  which  honest  men 
read  and  understand.  Tildbm's  friends  in 
Conareaa  insisted  .asop^ailQg  all  deotio^ 


dispatohes  zoade  pubUo.  Let  na  try  to  be- 
lieve that  they  like  this  partienlar  ar»y  of 
telegrams,  and  that  they,  admire  theia0uce 
which  TiLDKN  cuts  in  them.     ' 


INSPECTING  FOET1F1CA:^IONS. 

Since  Mr.  Caukbon  became  Secretary  of 
War  he  has  devoted  the  utmost  attention 
to  the  business  of  his  department,  and,  not 
being  made  (fxolusively  of  cast-iron,  he 
has  naturally  experienced  the  eSEscts  of  un- 
remitting labor.  It  thus  happened  that 
when  he  aw^ke  last  Wednesday  morning 
he  felt  that  his  exhausted  physical  system 
imperatively  needed  fortifications,  and  he 
thereupon  hastened  •  to  New-York  and  pro- 
ceeded to  inspect  the  fortifications  of  the 
harbor,  as  scores  of  other  tirad  Secretaries 
and  miscellaneous  statesmen  have  doue  be- 
fore him. 

Partisan  malignity  is  rarely  base  enough 
to  grudge  a  few  fortifications  to  a  wearied 

public  servant.  The  more  faithfiil  and  la- 
borious a  Secretary  may  be,  the  more  he  needs 
an  occasional  tonic,  and  the  medical  men 

are  almost  unanimously  of  the- opinion  that 

harbor  fortifications,  when  taken  in  moder- 
ation and  for  purely  medicinal  purposes, 
have  an  excellent  effect.  Of  course,  if  a 
Secretary  were  habitually  addicted  to  forti- 
fications to  such  an  extent  as  to  interfere 
with  his  duties,  or  to  injure  his  health,  he 
would  deserve  to  be  sternly  rebuked ;  but, 
when  he  takes  a  few  fortifications  for  the 
stomach's  sake,  so  to  speak,  and  on  rare  and 
proper  occasions,  no  reasonable  man  will 
dream  of  finding  fault  with  him. 

A  large  and  pleasant  party  of  friends,  in- 
cluding Gen.  Sherman  and  .Major  Gen. 
Hancock,  joined  Mr.  Cameron  on  board  a 
steam-boat  on  Wednesday  morning,  and 
proceeded  down  the  bay.  They  landed  first 
at  Governor's  Island,  and  inspected  the  forti- 
fications, at  that  point  as  carefully  as  if 
they  were  something  entirely  new.  It  was 
the  opinion  of  one  of  the  party  that  th^re 
was  a  trifle  too  much  lemon  in  the  Gover- 
nor's Island  fortifications,  but  it  was  unani- 
mously agreed  that  they  were  very  formi- 
dable, and  very  nicely  sweetened.  Bedloe's 
Island  was  next  visited,  and  in  addition  to 
a  comprehensive  inspection  of  the  nsual 
fortifications,  the  excursionists  made  the 
acquamtance  of  what  has  lately  become 
the  specialty  of  the  place — the  "  site  of 
the  French  statue."  Opinions  seem  to  have 
differed  as  to  the  merits  of  this  no  velty. 
Gen.  Sherman  evidently  did  not  like  it, 
and  when  some  one  suggested  that  it  might 
be  improved  by  the  addition  of  a  few 
arches,  the  GenerA}  derided  the  suggestion. 
As  to  Secretary  Cameron,  he  refused  to. 
express  any  opinion  in  regard  to  it,  and 
remarked  that  bis  successor  would  doubt- 
lens  have  an  opportunity  to  investigate  it 
more  at  leisure  and  test  its  alleged  merits. 
It  should  be  remembered,  however,  that  the 
dinner-hour  was  approaching,  and  that  a 
desire  for  something  more  substantial  and 
nutritious  than  the  Bedloe's  Island  specialty 
may  have  led  the  party  to  underestimate 
its  merits. 

From     Bedloe's     Island     the     steamer 

made  its  way  to  Fort  Hamilton,  where  the 
party  landed,  and  sat  down  to  an  appetiz- 
ing array  of  the  best  and  choicest  fortifica- 
tions to  be  had  in   the  market.     Of  course, 

if  the  weather  had  been  warmer,  so  that 
the  Secretary  and  his  friends  could  have 
taken  their  fortifications  on  the  piazza  of  the 
commandant's  quarters,  the  affair  would 
perhaps  have  more  of  the  afr  of  a  holiday 
picnic,  but  as  it  was,  there  was  nothing  to 
which  the  most  fastidious  gourmand  could 
take  exception.  The  bastions,  ravelins, 
casemates,  and  other  courses  were  ex- 
quisitely cooked,  and  the  sally-port  was 
old,  fruity,  and  delicious.  Gen.  Sherman, 
who  has  repeatedly  inspected  all  the  forti- 
fications in  the  vicinity  of  New- York,  ad- 
mitted that  Fort  Hamilton  had  fairly 
eclipsed  itself,  and  that  the  finest  fortifica- 
tions to  be  had  in  Paris  could  not  be  hon- 
estly pronounced  in  any  way  superior. 

Refreshed,  invigorated,  and  in  the  best  of 
spirits,  the  fortunate  party  proceeded  to 
Sandy  Hook,  where  they  partook  of  certain 
potent  and  palatable  fortifications  as  a 
chaase-cafi.  It  is  aeedless  to  assert  that  not 
a  single  one  of  the  party  overstepped  the 
bounds  of  moderation.  Even  if  there  had 
been  no  ladies  present,  it  is  safe  to  say  that 
the  officers  and  gentlemen  who  accampanied 
the  Secretary  would  have  been  careful  not 
to  overestimate  their  capacity  for  fortifica- 
tions. Their  moderation  and  self-restraint 
were  as  conspicuous  as  their  genial  delight 
in  the  delicious  fortifications  set  before  them, 
and  only  those  persons  who  believe  that 
fortifications  in  any  lorm  are  sinful  and  in- 
jurious both  to  the  body  and  tbe  soul  could 
have  taken  any  exception  to  the  manner  in 
which  the  Secretary's  holiday  was  spent. 


FUNERAL  OF  CYRUS  P.  SMITH. 


services  at  the  first  PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCH  —  THE  CITY  GOVERNMENT 
FULLY  REPRESENTED — INTERMENT  OF 
THE  REMAINS  IN  GBBEN-WOOD  CEME- 
TERY. 
The  funeral  ot  the  late  Hon.  Cyrus  P. 
Smith  took  place  vesrerday  afternoon  trom  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  in  Henry  street, 
Brooklyn.  The  church  was  densely  crowded.: 
and  tbe  streets  in  tbe  vicinity  were  blocked' 
with  carriages.  Among  those  present  were  Mayor 
Schroeder,  ex-Mayors  Samuel  Booth,  Samnol  S. 
Powell,  Francis  B.  Stryker,  and  John  W.  Hauter. 
The  Aldermen,  Suoervisors,  and  other  representa- 
ttvcR  ef  tbe  City  and  County  Government 
occupied  seats  in  the  body  of  tbe  obnrch. 
In  other  parts  of  the  same  edifice  were 
Judges  Benedict,  Gilbert,  Moore,  Neilsoa,  McCue, 
and  Reynolds,  Henry  E.  Pierropont,  Henry  Shel- 
don, John  Ingraham,  FUber  How,  Fpanklia  Tay- 
lor, Henry  E.  Sheldon.  William  Van  Anden,  Daniel 
Packer,  Prof.  E.  W.  Raymond,  Rev.  Dr.  Duryea,  F. 
H.  Lovell,  Josbna.M.  Yan  Cott,  Domaa  Barnes,  D. 
C.  Ripley,  OT-District  Attorney  John  Winslow, 
■Jesse  C.  Smith,  Samaef  McLean,  E.  L.  Bnshnell, 
ex- Judge"  Greenwood,  Gerard  M.  Stevens,  D.  P. 
Barnard,  Jobu  Rolfe,  and  many  other  prominent 
citizens  of  New-Yorfc  and  Brooklyn.  The  faneral 
services  were  conducted  by  Rev.  Dr.  Hall,  Pastor, 
and  Rev.  Dr.  Storrs.  The  remains  were  encased  in 
a  massive  rosewood  casket  covered  with  a  heavy 
black  pall.  Oa  the  coffin  lid  was  a  sUver  plaia 
bearing  the  following  inscription : 

X 


^^.r^^f 


CTRDS  PORTER  SMITH, 
Born  AprU  B,  1800; 
Died  Peb.  13,  1877. 


i'\  ,*  r'v<:j!^-*p'Jiv,iV\, , , 


The  floral  trlbates,  in  accordance  wich  the  wishes 
of  the  famUy,  were  confined  to  a  vase  bf  UUes  and 
a  wreath  of  violets.  A  sheaf  -of  com  lay 
on  tbe  coffin.  Bev.  Dr.  Hall*  after 
reading  the  faneral  service,  delivered  a  short  ad- 
dress on  the  Christian  Ufe  of  the  deceased,  who  had 
been  connected  with  the  Church  lor  over  50  years. 
The  funeral  oration  was  delivered  by  Eey.  Dr. 
Storrs,  who  gave  a  sketch  of  tbe  life  of  the  de- 
ooased  from  his  first  coning  to  Brooklyn,  at  the  age 
of  87.  Tbe  deceased  bad  b«en  for  more  than  half  a 
century  connected  with  the  city,  and  bad.  been 
twice  Its  chief  magistrate.  At  the  oonoliulon  of 
Dr.  Storrs'  address,  tbe  remains  were  placed  in  « 
plain  bearae.  and.  followed  bv  a  Ionic  line  of  car- 
nagM.  teken  to  CirMU-Wood  Ceiattety.  wb«r«  tbtv 
jrere.hitffSBdt/ 


ALBANY. 


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THE  STATE  PRISONS  BILL  PASSED. 
GOOD  WORK  OF   THE     HOUSE— THR  BILL  Uf 
irS    PBESBNT     SHAPE — THE   APPBOPRIA- 
TION       BILL      REPORTED— THE     SENATX 
PASSES  THb'coMMISSIONBSS  OV  JDROB8 
BUX — THE  POSTMASTER  SMYTHB    DBAlv 
Vrom  Our  Own  CorreewmdenL 
Albany,  Thursday,  Feb.  15, 1877. 

The  House  did  splendid  work  this  morn- 
ing. After  an  hour's  debate  only  the  biU  in 
relation  to  the  ofiBoe  of  Superintendent  of 
State  Prisons  was  sent  through  Committee  of 
the  Whole,  ordered  to  a  third  reading,  and,  an 
motion  of  Mr.  Husted,  was,  bv  unanimous  con- 
sent, immediately  read  a  third  time  and  passed, 
without  a  single  vote  in  the  negative 
being  recorded,  llie  bill  was  favor- 
ably reported  from  tbe  Ways  and  Means 
Committee  yesterday  monji^g.  and  was  then, 
made  the  special  order  for  to-day.  The  debate 
was  opened  by  Mr.  Post,  Chairman  of  the 
State  Prisons  Committee,  'who  ofiereU  an 
amendment  m  substance  similar  to  that  added 
tn  the  bill  in  relation  to  the  office  of  Superm- 
tendent  of  PabUo  Works,  prohibiting  tbe  ap- 
pointments being  made  for  political  purposes. 
He  supported  his  amendment  with  a  brief 
speech  showing  that  tho  principle  embodied 
in  it  was  no  new  thing  either  in  theory  oz 
practice  ;  that  the  law  for  the  government  and 
administration  passed  last  year  had  bees 
framed  espeeially  to  exclude  politics  and  se^ 
cure  efficiency  in  the  governing  body,  and  that 
the  happiest  efifects  had  followed  therefrom. 
Mr.  Posfs  amendment  was  adopted  without 
dissent. 

This  being  done,  Mr.  Alvord  rose  and  offered 
the  amendment,  the  presentation  of  which  bad 
besn  expected,  and  of  tbe  Intent  of  wbioh 
there  was  no  doubt  or  dispute.  The  amend- 
ment provided  that  the  Superintendent  should 
not  hold  any  other  State  or  oaunty  office.  ELad 
it  been  adopted,  it  would  have  excluded  trom 
the  office  the  one  man  upon  whom  public  sen- 
timent has  settled  as  the  man  most  fitted  tor 
it,  since  everybody  knew  that  Mr.  Pillsbury 
would  not  accept  the  nomination  it  be  were 
required  to  sever  his  kfe-long  connection  with 
the  Albany  Penitentiary. 

Mr.  Post  rose  to  oppose  the  amendment, 
speaking  hotly  and  earnestly,  as  he  always 
doesJipon  any  matter  in  which  he  is  mterested. 
He  declared  tbe  true  purpose  and  intent  of 
tbe  amendment ;  epoke  of  the  excellent  m  an 
agement  of  the  Albany  Penitentiary,  and  a» 
serted  that  it  was  due  to  the  single  mind  eoU' 
trolling  it. 

Mr.  Alvord  made  an  equally  earnest  speech 
in  support  of  nis  amendment  He  held  that 
tbe  mtent  of  tbe  constitutional  amendments 
was  tbe  concentration  of  power. and  of  re- 
sponsibility, and  to  carry  out  this  intent  it  is 
right  to  confine  the  one  mind  to  the  care  of 
the  State  Prisons,  and  to  those  alone.  Mr. 
Alvord  expressed  some  doubt  whether  the  Al- 
bany Penitentiary  would  have  been  so  success- 
ful, in  a  iinancial  sense,  if  it  had  not  had  a 
large  number  of  United  States  orisoHers  m  it. 
for  whose  board  the  United  States  paid  tbe 
County  of  Albany. 

Mr.  Post  replied  that  the  Penitentiary  had' 
paid  its  way  tor  30  years,  and  it  was  only  of 
late  years  that  United  Slates  prisoners  had 
been  received  there,  and  tbe  amount  received 
for  them  was  iust  $1  25  per  week.  Nothing 
but  the  best  possible  management  could  make 
ot  this  sum  anything  but  a  loss  to  the  institu- 
tion. 

Mr.  Hasted,  Chairman  of  the  Ways  and  Means 

Committee,  now  came  into  tbe  discussion,  and 
soon  placed  the  whole  matter  in  its  true  light. 

He  said: 

MK.   HUSTED  S    SPEECH. 

Me.  Chairma??  :  It  seems  to  me  that  this  is  a 
very  plain  and  practical  question,  and  that  when 
yon  strip  it  ot  its  verbiage  it  can  be  set- 
tled in  a  moment.  I  do  not  thmk  it  necessary 
to  take  no  the  time  of  this  House  in  paneifvriz- 
ine  Mr.  PilUoury,  or  entering  into  any  sentimental 
Views  or  theories,  or  into  any  inquiry  aa  to  who  laid 
the  corner-stone  of  the  Aloany  Peuitentiary ;  nor 
ao  I  think  tbe  qnestion  obtains  at  all  as  to  w'betber 
or  not  tbe  Albany  Penitentiary  oiaaek  money  out  of 
men  who  are  sent  np  trom  the  vaiions  counties  ot 
the  State  for  60  or  90  da.vs  for  drankenness,  vaeran- 
cy,  or  disorderly  conduct.  I  do  not  think  any  of 
these  questions  come  proi>erly  before  this  commit- 
tee in  the  disunstion  of  this  bill.  Xo  gentleman 
knows  better  ttian  the  eentleman  from  Ooonrtaga, 
[Ur.  Alvord. J  that  it  would  be  impossible  to  sund 
misdemeanor  casts  to  tti%  Slate  Prison. 

Mr.  Alvord — Mr.  ChHirman,  I  ask  tbe  gentleman 
to  recollect  distinctly  that  I  naid  ao  far  as  it  re- 
garded tbe  IToited  States  cnminals,  and  the  othei 
criminals  generally  sent. from  counties,  charged 
against  the  counties  instead  of  tbe  St^te. 

Mr.  Hasted — Mr.  Chairman,  tbe  eentleman,  of 
course,  will  admit  that  they  could  not  be  sent  by 
Justices  ottbe  Peace  of  the  counties  to  State  Prison 
under  an.v  circnmsiances.  THow,  Sir,  in  so  far  as 
United  Slates  convicts  are  concerned,  there  are  not 
eooasb  United  States  convicts  sent  to  the  Albany 
Penitentiary,  or  anywhere  else,  to  contribute  a  tithe 
toward  the  support  of  a  penitentiary,  and  If  they 
are  not  sent  to  the  Stace  Prisons  it  is  the  fault  oi 
the  people  oL  the  £jtate  of  New- York  in  L^^^slatnre 
assembfek/Tor  tho  United  States  has  leqaesied  tho 
State  ot  New-York  to  pass  a  law  enablmg  tbem  to 
send  their  convicts  to  the  Stare  Prisons,  and  the 
State  cf  >ew-York  has  uniformly  refused  to  pass 
such  a  law,  since  tbe  law  that  formerly  existed  u 
that  regard  was  reDealed. 

Kow,  Sir,  tbe  United  States  convicts  which  are 
sent  to  the  Kings  County  Peuitentiary  do  not  sup- 
port that  Penitentiary:  and.  although  the  Kings 
Connty  Penitentiary  has  ail  the  power  whiob  tbe 
Albany  Peniteotiary  baa,  yet  tbe  Kings  County 
Penitentiary  is  not  seU-supporring,  so  that  that 
argument  falls.  Tbe  reason  is  because  tb« 
manager  Of  tbe  Kinirs  County  Penitentiary  baa  not 
that  ability,  has  not  ttiat  exnerience,  has  not 
that  executive  skill  which  is  possessed  by 
the  manager  of  the  Albany  Penitentiary. 
Now.  Sir,  again,  granted  that  misdemeanor 
cases  could  have  been  sent  to  tbe  Stats 
Prisons  ot  the  State,  grant  that  United  S  ates  con- 
victs could  have  beeu  sent  to  tbe  prisons  of  this 
State  anring  tbe  past  10  years,  what  would  have 
been  tbe  result?  Why.ithe  result  would  have  been 
that  instead  of  8800,000,  we  should  have  bad  |-2,000,. 
OUO  deficiency,  for  the  reason  that  tbe  Increment  ci 
tne  eonricta  would  have  increased  tbe  expendi- 
tares,  and  why  ?  Because  with  tbe  convicu  thai 
are  there  now  tbe  ezpenies  ran  far  and 
far  behind  the  receipts  wbioh  come  from  tb< 
moneys  paid  by  tbe  cou  tractors  for  the  labor  of  tbe 
prisoners,  and  why  ?  Because  in  the  State  Prianns 
of  this  State  there  has  never  been  a  system  ot  man' 
agement  as  yet  which  gave  to  tbe  contractor  one- 
half  of  what  be  was  entitled  to  receive,  and  tbi 
that  reason.  Sir,  while  In  tbe  Ohio  State  Prison  the 
contracts  are  awarded  at  $1  30  per  day  fur  able- 
bodied,  and  80  and  85  cents  per  day  for  lame  and 
aitiabled  convicts,  in  our  State  Prisou  tbe  •ontraoia 
are  awarded  at  25  and  30  and  35  cents  a  day,  and 
it  is  para  work  to  let  contracts  even  at  that  price, 
and  to-day  in  tbe  Sing  Sing  Prison  there  are  500 
cunvicts,  and  in  Anbnrn  Prison  800  more  idle  men 
who  have  not  struck  a  stroke  tor  six  months.  The 
manaxement  of  the  prisons  Is  sncb  that  contractort 
will  not  bid.  They  say,  if  we  ttet  a  contract,  even 
at  25  or  SOceatsaday,  these  oonviets  won't  eats 
25  or  30  cents  a  day  for  u».  Why.  they  are  allow ea 
to  set  up  a  "stmt"  for  tbemselven.  They  no  to 
work  at  8  o'clock  in  the  morniag  aod  at  10  o'clock  iq 
the  imorninz.  they  have  often  completed  tbeit 
"stint,"  and  they  lay  down  their  tools  and  neitbei 
contractor  nor  otUcers  of  tbe  prison  can  make  thoae 
men  strike  a  single  stroJto  alter  tbcy  nave-done  twc 
bonre'  work  a  day.  Tbat  is  the  trouble.  Sir  I  Ths 
diificnlty  is  at  the  bottom.  It  is  not  on  accuunt  ol 
the  prisons  not  recetvins  a  litUe more  money  fox 
boara  uor  anything  oi  that  kind. 

Tbe  people  of  this  State  are  looking  forward 
to  tbe  day  wbon  the  prisons  shall  be  conducted  aa 
the  Controller's  office  is  condocted,  as  the  Attorney 
General's  office  is  cundnoted,  as  tbe  Treasarer's 
office  is  conducted,  a*  yon.  gentlemen,  Sapervisors 
and  Assessors,  and  Town  Clerks,  conduct  your  offi- 
cial i-ffices,  as  you  bankers,  and  farmers,  and  mer- 
chants conduct  yonr  private  bnsinesB,  and  wnen 
that  day  shall  have  arrived  we  shall  hear  no  more 
the  crying  ana  the  wailing  and  tbe  woeplng 
of  the  taxpayers  over  the  maladministration 
and  tbe  iDefficiency  of  prlsonjnanagemeut.  1  be- 
lieve tbat  tbe  passage  of  this  bill  will  greatly  con- 
duce to  such  a  result,  and  for  that  reason  I  protest 
against  its  being  emasculated  or  weakened 
by  any  amendment  wbieh  may  tend,  bow- 
ever  iodiiectiy,  to  interfere  with  the  snccess 
of  tbe  constitutional  experiment  wbicb  is  now  be- 
fore as  for  our  action,  and  wbioh  is  embodied  tn 
this  bill.  I  bad  not  intended  to  say  a  single  word 
in  relation  to  this  meaanre,  for  the  reason  that  1 
supposed  it  met  with  universal  opposition  ;  but  the 
motion  made  by  the  gentleman  from  Ononaaga  has 
forced  from  me  this  expression  of  my  views. 

Mr.  Alvord's  amendiheat  being  put  to  tbe 
vote,  was  yoted  down,  84  to  27.  Tbe  bill  was 
then  ordered  to  a  third  reading,  and  in  the 
House  was  read  tbe  third  time  and  passed,  by 
102  affirmative  votes.  This  business  being  dis- 
posed ot,  tbe  House  again  went  into  Committee 
of  the  Whole,  on  Mr.  Post's  bill  in  relation  to 
tbe  equalization  of  assessment?,  on  the  bill 
making  an  appropriation  tor  the  comple.ionof 
tbe  oansus,  and  on  a  loflal  bill.  Very  warn 
debates  took  place  oi^  the  two  bills  first  named^ 
and  they  were  progressed.  The  local  bill  weni 
through  withont  dissent. 

Juat  before  2  o'clock.  Mr.  Cozans  roee  and 
read  tbe  foUowing  resolution.  To  a  large  nam- 
her  in  tbe  House  it  eame  as  a  sad  surpnae.  I^ 
was  generally  known  that  Mrs.  Strahan  wm 
lying  very  siok  at  Congress  Hall,  but  only  ib. 
'$  more  iotinate  fiends  were  avant. 


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iiMi  ker  doknefls  WM  dAiuwroiii.    The  resola- 
^OBwaa  adoi>ted  by  a  riains:  v«te; 
\\St^  Whertat,  A.  orMt  aotrow  has  oast  Ita  sbadow  over 

the  hoDsehold  of  oar  collsttcne,  Mr.  Straban,  of 
^M^w-Tork,  in  tiie  death  of  hla  maob-^ateemed  wife, 
who  departed  this  Ufa  In  Albany  this  momiDg, 
^  Benlvd,  That  this  Honae  exiireaaaa  its  ainoare 
reoret  at  ibe  great  loss  which  oar  co1le»Kae  haa 
•nfferei],  and  extends  to  bim  ita  sincere  sympathy 
in  big  andden  bereavement.- 

JB«toIv«l,  That  a  copy  of  theae  reaolntlona  be  aent 
to  oar  ooUeairae. 

Maolped,  That  thia  Hooae  do  noi«r  aa)oam. 
'     Mr.  Hosted,  irom  the  Ways  and  Means  Com- 
mittee, reported  the  Annual  Appropriation  bill 
this  morning,  and  it  was  made   the    special 

•  5™*?  fo*"  Tuesday  next.    Mr.  Husted  will,    as 

•  Ctairman,  have  charKe  of  it  on  the  floor,  and 
.  Trill  have  the  opportunity  to  show  himself  at 

his  best.  For  the  first  time  -within  memory 
tlus  important  bill  was  passed  at  one  sitting 
When  Mr.  Sloan  had  charge  of  it  last  year.  If 
Mr.  Hasted  can  do  th6  same  this  year  it  will  be 
ft  leather  in  hia  cap. 

;.  THK  SENATE. 

The  Coroners  bill  amd  the  Commissioner  of 
Jnrors  bill  both  passed  the  Senate  to-day  by  a 
nnanimoas  v«te,  and  will  now  be  sent  to  the 
Atsembly  for  concurrence. 

The  next  in  order  of  the  tour  Woodin  bills — 
that  making  the  Eegister  a  salaried  office,  and 
providmg  that  the  salwies  of  all  the  subordi- 
nates shall  not  exceed  $35,000,  all  fees  to  go 
into  the  City  Treasury — was  then  taken  up. 
Most  of  the  diaouasion  was  on  the  gues- 
^on  of  the  Kegiater's  salary.  The 
bill  as  introduced  provided  that  it 
should  be  $6,000.  but  Mr.  Morrissey  thought 
that  was  not  suffioient.  Ho  moved  an  amend- 
ment fixing  it  at  $10,000.  Mr.  Gerard  moved 
another,  making  it  $8,000,  and  this  was  finally 
adopted  as  a  fair  compromise.  Discussion 
.  then  arose  as  to  the  liability  of  the  Regis- 
ter under  this  bill  in  case  of  error  in 
making  searches.  Mr.  Woodin  contended 
that  the  same  liability  would  exist 
that  exists  under  the  present  law,  while 
some  other  Senators  were  of  a  different  opin- 
ion. This  afforded  an  opportunitv  for  Senator 
Wagstafl:  to  move  to  "progress"  the  bill,  a  mo- 
tion that  he  has  made  with  reference  to  every 
measure  of  rei>nn  lor  New-York  City  that  has 
been  before  the  Senate  thia  session.  Idr.  Gerard 
also  Joined  in  the  request  that  it  be  "  pro- 
gressed," and  Mr.  Woodin  finally  yielded  his 
determination  to  push  the  bill  to  a  third  readmg 
to-day.  He  said  he  had  noticed  that  aresolutiou 
was  passed,  at  tbe  confereace  meeting  in  the 
Moor's  office  in  New- York  last  Saturday,  re- 
questing Senators  and  Assemblymen  trom  New- 
York  not  to  vote  for  an^  bill  affecting  that 
City  nntil  it  had  receivea  the  indorsement  of 
the  Mayor.  He  would,  therefore,  consent  to 
"progressing"  this  bill  m  order  that 
the>  Senators  from  that  City  might  have 
an  opportunity  to  get  their  instructions. 
'Messrs.  Gerara  ami  Morriasey  repudiated  the 
BUggestioa  that  they  took  their  "mstructions" 
Irom  tbe  Mayor,  and  the  latter  rehearsed  the 
circum^noes  under  which  he  came  to  be 
present  at  the  lamoua  "conference  "  in  Mayor 
£iy's  office.  He  also  said  that,  in  the  various 
bills  that  bad  been  introduced  by  the  Senator 
from  the  Twenty-fifth  [Mr.  Woodin]  he  didn't 
notice  any  that  touched  Eepublioan  depart- 
ments. 

Mr.  Wo«din — ^They  haven't  got  any  that  I 
know  o£ 

Mr.  Morrissey  said  he  was  glad  to  be  able  to 
get  the  party  to  which  the  Senator  belonged 
to  go  for  economy  and  retrenchment  among 
Democratic  officeholders,  and  he  hoped  to  be 
able,  j3efore  he  got  through,  to  reach  some  Be- 
publioans. 

llie  bill  was  thereupon  "  progressed,"  with 
the  understanding  that  it  shall  be  taken  up 
acrain  next  Tuesday. 

Tho  nomination  of  Postmaster  Smythe  for 
Superintendent  of  Insurance  continues  to  be  a 
leading  subject  of  speculation  and  comment. 
No  stone  will  be  left  unturned  to  procure  his 
confirmation,  .and  as  he  only  needs  one  Re- 
-pubhcan  vote  beyond  those  he  is  already  sure 
of,  it  is  thought  he  will  be  able  to  effect  it. 
There  are  rumors  that  the  "  bargain,"  when 
tully  carried  out,  contemplates  several  other 
changes  in  State  officers,  among  them  the 
Supermtendent  of  Banks,  tbe  Health  Officer  of 
New- York,  and  two  Quarantine  Commission- 
ers, all  of  whom  are  Republicans,  but  are  '•  hold- 
ing over."  Ordinary  Republicans  are  unable 
to  see  how  their  party  is  going  to  gain  anything 
by  a  division  of  these  offices  among  the  Demo- 
crats merely  for  the  sake  of  putting  half  of 
them  in  the  hands  of  Senator  Conklmg's 
friends,  while  Tilden  takes  the  other  half. 
But  the  greatest  surprise  among  those  who 
hoped  better  things  from  Gov.  Robinson  is 
that  he  should  be  willing  to  lend  himself,  at 
the  very  threshold  of  his  administration,  to 
Buch  a  transparent  and  corrupt  trafficking  in 
public  offices.  Still,  it  is  hard  to  see  how  any- 
thing better  could  have  been  expected  ot  a 
man  who  allowed  Tilden  to  inject  a  pettifoging 
partisan  plea  for  the  Presidency  into  his  first 
annual  Message  to  the  Legislatiire. 

It  is  understood  here  that  in  case  Smythe  gets 
iconfirmed  as  Superintendent  of  Insurance, 
I  Jacob  C.  Cuyler,  one  ot  the  proprietors  ot  the 
Albany  JLxprtss,  is  to  succeed  him  as  Post- 
master.   

\thjs  in  sub  ah  ce  superintendent. 

tBEPUBLICAN  CAUCUS  OX  SMYTHE'S  NOMINA- 

.  TIOIfXAST  SiaHT — COKKLIXG'S   MAN   TO 

BE    CONFIRMED— THK    LAST    MOVE    OF 

THK  INSUBAXCE  EING — EXTRAORDUSABY 

(        BCMORS. 

!  Special  Ditpateh  to  the  New-Tork  Timti. 

f  Albany,  Feb.  15. — A  caucus  of  Eepub- 
Dicans  was  held  this  evening  at  the  residence  of 
I  Senator  Hamilton  Harris  to  consider  the  ques- 
tion of  the  confirmation  of  Postmaster  Smythe 
as  Supermtendent  of  Insurance.  No  conclu- 
sion was  arrived  at,  and  no  resolution 
was  adopted  binding  the  Senators  to 
any        course       of       aotioiK        but       it       is 

fenerally  conceded  that  when  the  case  comes 
efore  the  Senate,  on  a  favorable  report  from 
the  committee,  the  nomination  will  be  con- 
firmed. There  is  no  doubt  of  it,  in  fact, 
and  the  prospect  is  that  halt  a 
dozen  or  more  Republican  Senators  will 
vote  -wi-th  the  Democrats,  •who  are 
expected  to  be  unanimous  for  tbe  confirmation. 
Dispatches  have  been  received  from  all  parts 
of  the  State  to-day  urging  Republican  Sena- 
tors to  vote  lor  the  coufirmatiou.  They  come 
from  Conkling's  friends  in  response  to 
orders  from  Washington.  Great  anxi- 
ety is  manifested  by  the  Iriends  of 
Smythe  and  Conkling  to  have  the 
inomination  confirmed  to-morrow,  but  the  next 
regular  executive  session,  according  to  the 
rules  of  the  Senate,  cannot  take  place  till  next 
Wednesday,  unless  by  unanimous  consent. 
Those  who  wish  for  the  confirmation  to-mor- 
row claim  that  there  was  an  impUed 
promise  to  bold  an  executive  session. 
When  Mr.  Woodm,  in  executive  session, 
yesterday  included  this  in  his  motion.  Wheth- 
er this  "  implied  promise"  will  be  regarded  as 
fiufficiently  binoing  to  force  an  executive  ses- 
sion to-morrow  is  hot  yet  decided,  but  if  Smythe 
is  to  be  confirmed,  as  all  admit,  it  will  not 
make  much  difference  whether  it  be 
V,  ^pne  to-morrow  or  next  week.      The  extraor- 

^  'i-. '  dinary  haste  manifested  to  get  this  nomination 

;^  oonbrmed  is  one  of  the  many  incomprehensible 

Saysteries  connected  with  this   business.      All 
orts  of  explanations  are  attempted,  and  manv 
^^'lT  insist  on  oonnectine  it  in  some  way  with  the 

3:'  decision  of  tbe  Electoral  Commission  on  the 

X-  liouisiana  question.    The  prevailing  opinion  at 

";%^  first   was  tnat  tbe  whole   thing  originated  with 

\^y-.-  Conkling,     and     was     part     of     a     bargain 

■^  yN  or  understanding  with  lilden  that  he  should 

ffi^  ■  be  paid  lor  services  rendered.     But  those  who 

l'^^/  .  ought  to  know  say  that  Conkling  had   nothing 

"i   ;- .  to  do  with  it,  except  to  ratify  the  scheme  att^r 

it  was  proposed  to  him,  and  to  use  his  influence 
la  earr.yinic  it  ont,  his  motive  being  simply  to 
provide  a  fat  place  lor  one  of  his  favorite  hench- 
men.; According  to  these  men  the  whole  thing  was 
concocted  by  men  who  have  for  some  time  been 
known  in  Albany  and  outside  of  it  as  the  "  In- 
eurance  Ring."  It  is  certain  that  Smith  M, 
,Weed,  James  W.  Husted,  and  Senator  Tobey 
Knew  that  this  nomination  was  going  to  be  sent 
in  as  long  ago  as  last  Saturday.  It  is  also 
^ell  known  that  the  insurance  companies  have 
long  been  anxious  to  get  rid  of  the  present 
Acting  Superintendent,  William  Smyth.  He 
IS  a  man  whom  they  cannot  use  in  any  contm- 
irenoy,  neither  can  the  "Insurance  Ring." 
•He  has  declined  to  facilitate  tho   operations 

?f      all      the      outside       sharks       who      lor 
ears  past  have  made  their  living  out  of  the 
insurance  companies  and   have  aided  them  in 
covering  up  their  misdeeds.     Ho  must,  there- 
'fore^  be  got  nd  of.  and  the  ring  and  the  com- 
'     1;.  ^ames    together    concocted    the   scheme    of 

;*^.;     .  {trotting   out   Postmaster   Smythe  as    a  candi- 

^Vf    >  'date,     relying     on     Conklmg's  influence    to 

I  carry  it  through.    This  is  the  theory  of  those 
'•5^;^  who  profess  to  be  behind  the  curtain  and  to 

v.ir;  Icnow  all  about  it.    It  does  not,  however,  ex- 

>!'  plam     satisfactorfly     how     Gov.     Robinson 

5,?^'' ':  -was      drawn      mto  •  it.       If      the      Mutual 

y^  iXdfe     was     in     the     plot,      Robinson's      ao- 

■'•'■■.    >  qniesence     is      easily     accounted     for,     as 

he  is  well  known  to  have  drawn  his  sustenance 
from  that  company  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a 
century,  and  is  always  ready  to  respond  to  any 
'-  demand  they  may  mak«  upoa  him.  But  the 
Btrangeas  oi  the  many  .  rumors  oonneoted 
mMa.  the  affur  is  that  in  case  Hayea  is 
declared  Freaident  Smyth  is  to.resign  the  posi- 
tion of  Saperhitendent  oi  Insaranee  as  soon  as 


a. 


'niden's  old  appointed  of  last  T^ter,  ana  coq- 
fidential  aaent  in  his  rascally  manoeuvres  tor 
the  Presideaoy,  is  to  be  appointed  in  his  pUuse. 
Acting  Superintendent  Smyth  is  entirely 
dumblounded  at  the  appointment  of  his  name- 
sake (he  is  no  relation)  to  fill  his  place.  He 
says  he  came  up  with  bim  on  the  train  from 
New-York  yestci^ay,  and  be  never  lisped  a 
word  about  such  a  thing,  nor  had  he  ever 
dreamed  that  he  was  a  candidate  for  the 
place.  One  of  the  Postmaster's  sons  is  now  a 
clerk  in  the  Insurance  Department,  appointed 
by  the  present  Actmg  Superintendent,  who 
thinks  he  has  been  scurvily  treated  by  the 
Postmaster.  He  also  acootmts  for  Conk- 
ling's  readiness  to  get  him  out  by  tbe 
fact  that  be  removed  a  clerk  trom  the 
department  last  Summer  who,  he  understood 
was  a  Democrat,  and  appointed  in  his  place  a 
friend  of  Senator  Sayre,  of  Utioa.  So(ra  atter 
he  received  a  curt  letter  fr.m  Conkling 
saying  that  the  peraop  removed  was  bis  ap- 
pointee, and  demanding  that  be  be  reinstated. 
The  demand  was  impudently  made,  and 
promptly  refused,  and  he  supposes  Conkling  is 
now  delighted  at  the  opportunity  to  "get 
sqtiara"  ^  Mr.  Smyth's  paper  in  Owego  County 
also  took  strong  ground  against  the  compro- 
mise scheme  for  counting  the  Electoral  vote, 
which  may  be  another  grievance  in  the  mind  of 
the  Senator.  

THE  SALAUT  BILL. 
COL.  RUSH  C.  HAWKINS  BKFOEE  THE  ASSEM- 
BLY COMMITTEE  ON  CITIES. 
SDtcial  Dispatch  to  the  Xeio-York  Times. 
AuBAirr,  "Feb.  15.^The  Assembly  Committee 
on  Cities  this  afternoon  had^a  bearine  on  tbe  bill 
for  f  educing  salaries,  introduced  sone  time  ego  by 
Mr.  Langbein.  CoL  Rash  C.  Hawkins  appeared  to 
advocate  tne  bill.  He  had  no  prepared  speech 
to  make,  and  tbe  dlsca^sioo  of  the  bill  between  the 
meinbetd  of  tbe  committee  aud  Mr.  Haw  king, 
wbile  very  wide  and  thoroagb,  was  rather  in  the 
natare  of  conversation  tbao  t'urmal  arsameot.  Mr. 
Hawkins  said  that  tbe  nresent  bill  wan  tbe  old  one 
ot  last  year  which  bad  beea  in  the  Legislature,  bat 
it  bad  been  amended  in  many  important  Dariicaiars. 
Since  coming  to  Albanv  be  bad  beard  mach  said  of 
the  const  itationai  provision  in  relation  to  this 
matter  of  salaries.  He  had  dtscaased  the  question 
at  leoKth  with  some  of  the  best  lawyers  in 
New-York,  and  ihey  were  nnanimoua  la  the 
opinion  that  the  word  "  allowancea"  id  tbe 
Constitution  did  not  mean  salaries, 
itlr.  Hawkins  had  not  tbe  least  ilonbt  that  tho  word 
did  not  mean  salaries,  and  be  cited  authorities  on 
tbe  meaning  ot  tti'e  word,  and  on  its  ase  in  support 
of  bis  opinion.  Mr.  Hawkins  did  not  ibinls  it 
possible  that  tbe  LbKialaiure  intended  to 
refase  the  city  the  right  to  reealate 
tbe  compensatioD  oi  Its  srmv  of  emploves.  If  this 
restriction  applied  to  the  salaries  of  appointed  or 
elected  ofBcers,  that  was  one  tbing  .  but  it  was  the 
maititnde  of  emploves  we  wanted  to  reach,  one 
half  of  whom  were  paid  three  tunes 
as  much  as  their  services  are  worth.  He 
admitted  there  was  a  doabt  about  tbe  meauiog  of 
tbe  constitutional  cltuae,  and  so  far  as  he  waa  in- 
dividually conceroed  he  would  say  that  sooner 
ihaa  sadale  tne  City  with  tbe  burden  of  tho  bou- 
dreds  of  .law-suits  which  migbt  spring  trom 
the  passage  of  the  bill  in  its  preaent 
fjrm  he  was  williDg  to  have  it  made  prospective  In 
its  operation  it  the  Leeislature  was  also  willing. 
There  are  17  Comtuissionera  who  will  so  cut  of 
office  durioe  Mavor  Ely's  term.  Thete  are  28  in  all 
the  city.  Wecaubear  tbe  burden  a  little  longer.  Our 
total  expenses  ;  for  City  salaries  in  ISaO  waa  $5,010,- 
000  it  is  now  <i3,000,000.  So  much  was  talked 
about  home  rale — ibia  is  what  home  mlo  had  done 
for  as.  It  Pad  toaiered  corrnption  in  every  form, 
imtil  tbe  City  beat  under  tbe  burden  laid  upon  it. 
Home  rule  bad  been  another  name  fur  robbery  and 
extortioD,  and  under  it  the  whole  atmosphere  of  tne 
Ciif  hud  been  made  to  brtw  corropiion. 
Mr.  Hawkins  then  briefly  addressed  himself 
to  the  cbari;u  so  frequently  Iterated  that  the  Le- 
gislatoie  was  principmly  leapunsiole  for  tbu  mis- 
chief. He  asked  whence  come  tbe  men  who  pass 
tbe  bills  which  avid  to  uur  bardeuD, 
which  have  rubbed  our  City  and  sup- 
plied the  msans  of  coiTUptiuQil  Not  Iroui 
tbe  rural  districts,  not  from  tbe  country 
towns,  but  from  tbe  City  itself.  In  tbe  secret 
meetings  of  tbe  City  politicians  these  roeaaores  bad 
been  concocted,  auU  trom  thesa  tbe  elected  Bepre- 
sentativea  bad  come  up  to  Albauy  ana  bad  parsed 
tbem  tbroitgh  tbe  State  Luifislature,  under  the 
claim  that  they  were  local  bills,  of  tbe  merits  of 
wiuch  they  alone  wure  able  to  speak.  He  referred 
to  the  recent  conference  in  tbe  Mayor's  office,  and 
said  that  he  saw  there  a  man  who  raised  bia  voice 
the  londeit  in  dennocietlon  of  tbe  miscbievoud  in- 
terference OI  Albany,  but  who  waa  himself 
the  man  who  broui;ht  up  to  Albany  aud 
procured  the  passakie  of  some  ot  the 
worst  meo-^nres  wliicb  had  cursed  the  City. 
Mr.  Hawkins  said  that  tbe  evil  lay  with  the  people 
who  elect  sach  men.  Our  snbstauce  is  voted  away 
by  men  who  don't  contribute  a  dollar  to  the  City  lu 
taxes.  At  tbe  election  in  1875  there 
were  129  000  voters,  Ot  theao  19.000 
were  tax-payers.  »Tne  others  were  tax 
eaters.  We  are  raled  by  an  iirnorant  vote,  and. we 
have  to,  we  most  look  to  tbe  men  from  tb<]  coabtry 
to  protect  OS.  \7o  are  not  fit  tor  self-ijovernmcnt, 
and  that  is  aU  tnere  is  to  it.  Air.  Hawkins 
then  read  some  statistics  sbowing  tbe  cost  of  va- 
rious City  Departments  as  compared  with  tbe  same 
departments  lo  other  citing,  by  which  it  appe»rea 
that  New- York  paid  about  dve  times  as  much  for 
the  same  se^-vice  as  Boston,  Pitiladelphia,  or  Biltt- 
more.  It  was  noticeable  that  tbe  Police  cost  tor 
administration  aloue  #140,360,  this  largo  sum 
being  required  merel.y  to  pay  the  men  In  tbe 
headquarters  bnildinz.  Some  conversation  here 
followed  in  regard  to  tbe  Police  bill  receutly 
sent  up  by  the  Commisatoneni,  m  which 
an  increase  of  salaries  wax  provided,  and 
it  came  out  that  the  commitfije  had  onani- 
moualy  determined  to  strike  out  tbi^  increase. 
Tbe  section  which  cut  down  tbe  pay  of  the  firemen 
and  p«licemen  was  discaaaeJ,  and  Alesara.  Cur.<)a, 
Langbein,  and  Mitchell  declared  nuanimoualy 
that  they  wonld  vote  fur  no  bill  with  that  sectiou 
m  it.  Mr.  HawUlns  sat  down  and  atruok  it 
out  on  the  spot.  In  the  end  it  wsa  agreed  that 
Mr.  Hawkins  and  Mr.  Lan^baln  saonld  take  tbe 
bill  and  together  should  amend,  correct,  and  perfect 
it,  and  return  it  to-morrow  nioramK  at  their  early 
meeciug.  Tbe  temper  of  the  discussion  wa.-t  exrel- 
leut  throughout,  and  It  misht  almost  be  expected 
from  its  tone  that  a  bill  could  be  drawu  up  which 
would  have  uo  incoosiderablc  Domociaiic  bu^port. 


AM  UbEMENTS. 


)^l^ifiaaa.vmwl^waBa,jia^  M.  Weed.JL^^^^ 


THE  OPERA  BOUFTE, 
"  La  PtSrichole "  was  sune  at  tho  Eagle 
TBeatre,  last  evening,  for  tbe  first  time  thin  season. 
This  familiar,  bat  still  popalar  work  mizht 
be  reproduced  without  making  any  demand 
upon  cntical  attention  but  for  the  fact  that  tho 
reralon  repreaented  yesterday  differed  somewhat 
from  the  original  opera.  "La  P6richole,"  as  now 
performed,  iDcludes  a  new  act  in  which  Piquillo  ia 
discovered  in  a  dnngeon,  whence  be  escapes  with 
the  aid  of  his  sweetheart,  leaving  The  Viceroy  a 
captive  in  his  stead.  The  change  from  the  old  edi- 
tion to  the  DOW  one  did  not  impress  ua  as  particu- 
laily  felicitous.  The  addition  to  the  story  and 
score  Is  not  interesting  either  from  a  dramatic  ur 
lyrlo  standpoint  and  were  it  not  for  Mile. 
Aim6o's  expressive  singing  of  a  rather  coin- 
moiiplace  aria,  in  which  she  paints  her  ardent 
love  for  Piquillo,  the  transactions  and  tbe  tones 
would  have  been  positively  tedious.  Tbe  opeia,  in 
respect  of  its  rendering,  however,  afforded  consid- 
erable satiaf action.  We  prefer  Mile.  Aim6e'a  per- 
sonation of  La  Periehole  not  merely  to  the  efforts  of 
her  predecessors  in  this  country,  but  to  Mile. 
Schneider's  own  criaUon,  ana  a  portrayal 
in  which  suszeativene^a,  sentiment  and  mis- 
chief are  more  nicely  mingled  is  not 
likely  to  be  applauded  fur  manv  a  da  v.  M. 
Raoult  is  capitally  suited  in  Piquillo,  and  MM. 
Mezidres  and  Daplan  makeabauduut  fun  in  their 
respective  characters.  Although  there  was  no  lack 
of  applause,  yeaterdav,  a'  return  to  tbe  time-bon- 
ored  version  of  "  La  P6richole"  may  be  recommeud- 
ed  as  iudiclous. 

« 

GRKRRAL  MENTIOJT. 

Mme.  Essipoff  plays  at  Steinway  Hall  this 
evening. 

Seats  may  be  secured  on  and  after  this  morn- 
inc  for  Mts's  Abbott's  approaching  U6but  la  opera, 
at  the  Academy  of  Manic. 

The  preparations  tor  tbe  imminent  "  Wagner 
Festival"  are  progressine,  and  febearsals  tor  all 
tbe  operas  intended  for  production— including 
"Die  Walkiire,"  which  will  he  broogbc  oat  with 
special  care  and  liberality  in  renpeot  of  aceoic  attire 
— have  already  began.  The  opera  with  the  per- 
formance of  which  the  festival  is  to  be  inangnraced 
has  not  yut  been  fixed  upon. 

The  general  rehearsal  previous  to  to-morrow 
evening's  fourth  Philharmonic  concert  may  be  at- 
tended at  tbe  Aoadetsy  of  Music  this  afternoon. 
The  proirramme  embraces  Mendelssohn's  overture 
to  'The  Fair  Melaame,"  a  new  Serenadti,  for  string 
orchestra,  by  B.  Fuchs,  a  new  concerto,  for  piano 
and  orchestra,  by  Hani  Von  Bronaart,  anA  Bcethn- 
v<>n's  Seventh  Sympnony.  Mr.  S.  B.  Mills  is  to  be 
the  pianist. 

A  programme  of  English  glees  was  inter- 
preted to  the  delieht  of  a  large  audienoa  at  C  bicker- 
ing Hall,  yesterday  evening.  Mendelssohn,  Marsch- 
ner,  Sullivan,  Calloott,  Ame,  and  Abe  were  repre- 
sented by  choice  pieces  of  part-music,  which  were 
rendered  with  much  expressiveness  and  delicacy  of 
shading  by  Messrs  Ellard,  Ifeilsen,  Baird  and 
Aiken,  Misses  Boebe  and  Finch,  and  Mrs.  Hills.  By 
general  desire  a  supplementary  concert  of  the  same 
nature  will  t>e  given  on  March  15. 

The  tidings  that  a  matinee  representation  of 
Enghsh  opera  ma.v  be  attended  at  vhe  Academy  of 
Music  to-morrow  will,  no  doubt,  be  greeted  with 
pleasare.     Misa  Kellocg    and  her   Asaociacea,  after 

gladdeoing  several  neighboring  lilioas  with  their 
aong,  will  then  round  off  the  Week  fh  tbu  City  with 
a  nerformance  of  "  The  Star  of  the  North." 
dUhtrina  is  one  of  Miss  Keliogg's  moat  brilliant 
peraonations,  and  tbe  stage-oostame  of  the  opera 
ought  In  Itaelf  to  be  a  BUl&aient  attraction  to  iUl 


LATEST  MEWS  BY  CABLE, 

THB  EASIEBN    QUESTION 

ROUMANIAN  NEtnrHALITy — THE  Bt7SSIAK 
CIRCULAR— A  "  FBKLKB  "  FROM  ST. 
riSTRBSBUKG — THB  NEGOTIATIONS  OF 
TURKEY — SKRVIA  AND  MARTENKGRO. 

London,  Feb.  16.— A  Vienna  corres- 
pondent says  letters  from  Jassy  state  that 
the  Bonmanian  representatives  abroad  in- 
formed the  various  Governments  on  Feb.  3 
that  Roumania,  not  having  been  able  to  secure 
the  protection  of  the  powers  for  her  neutrality, 
could  not  help  concluding  a  oonvention.per- 
mitting  the  passage  of  Russian  troops  through 
her  territory  undrr  certain  emergencies.  Rou- 
mania would  not  grant  the  Turks  tho  same 
privilege^ 

A  correspondent  at  Brindisi  reports  an  inter- 
view with  Midhat  Pasha,  in  the  course  of  which 
the  latter  expressed  the  opinion  that  there 
would  be  no  war. 

Another  Vienna  correspondent  calls  attention 
to  a  significant  letter  irom  St.  Petersburg,  pub- 
lishey  by  the  Political  Correspondence,  and 
probably  mtenaed  as  a  feeler  and  reminder  by 
the  Russian  Government.  This  letter,  discussing 
the  reports  that  the  answers  to  Prince  Gorts- 
cfaakolfs  circular  will  probably  be  evasive,  or 
will  recommend  further  delay,  says  delay  may 
smt  the  English  policy,  or  that  of  somo 
other  power ;  hut  it  is  incompatible 
with  the  intoiosto  of  the  Cabinets 
immediately  interested  in  tho  Eastern  ques- 
tion. Russia  has  to  maintain  a  large  ai-my 
on  the  frontier,  and  is  ibrced  to  increase  it 
in  consequen3e  of  the  srradual  disappearance  of 
chances  of  peace.  Railway  traffic  is  interrupted, 
commerce  has  ceased,  and  credit  is  shaken. 
There  is  no  export  trade.  Socialism  is  encour- 
aged by  this  state  of  affairs. 

The  correspondent  ut  Vienna  of  a  morning 
paper  says  toe  communication  of  the  Prince 
ol  ■  Montenegro  to  the  Porte,  accept- 
ing the  conditions  which  the  Porto 
proposed  to  negotiate,  is  couched 
in  the  most  obliging  terms,  although  the  Prince 
and  the  Porte  stHl  differ  as  to  the  place  where 
the  negotiations  are  to  commence.  The  former 
would  have  no  objection  to  transferring  tbem 
to  Constantinople  if  there  was  a  fair  chance  of 
coming  to  an  understanding. 

A  dispatch  from  Constantinople  says  tho 
Grand  Vizier  renewed  the  request  to  the  Prince 
of  Montenegro,  that  the  peace  negotiations  be 
carrt«d  on  elsewhere  than  at  Vienna.  The 
Prince  replied  that  he  preferred  Vienna,  but  to 
prove  his  desiro  for  conciliation  he  proposed 
Cattaro.  Tbe  Porte  declined  this  and  asked 
tbe  Prince  to  choose  Scutari  or  some  place  in 
Herzegovina. 

The  Times'  dispatch  from  Belgrade  says  it  is 
believed  there  that  the  Porto  will  not  claim 
the  arrears  of  tribute  from  Serbia  if 
peace  is  concluded.  The  impression  is  gaining 
ground  that  of&cial  Russia  will  take  no  further 
interest  in  Servian  affairs.  Peace  would  be 
virtually  assured  but  for  the  influence  of 
the  Pan-Slavic  societies  and  the  conviction  of 
the  Cabinet  that  peace  weuld  result  in  its  over- 
throw. 

In  the  House  of  Lords  yesterday  afternoon 
the  Duke  ot  Argyll  gave  notice  that  he  would, 
on  Tuesday  next,  direct  attention 
to  the  Government's  instructions  to 
Lord  Salisbury  regiu'ding  the  Contercnoe, 
and  ask  the  Goverumcat  what  measures  are 
contemplated  for  attaining  the  cuds  meditated 
in  these  instructions.  This  will  probably  lead 
to  the  expected  attack  of  tbe  Opposition  re- 
garding the  Eastern  question. 

Can  Europe  ask  the  Russian  Government  to 
follow  a  suicidal  policy,  to  continue 
to  i:\iure  the  country  and  sow  the 
seeds  of  a  socialist  revolution  with 
their  own  hands  ?  Tho  letter  more 
especially  refers  to  Austria,  and  a.sks 
whether  she  is  not  as  much  interested  as 
Ru<)sia  in  preventing  the  recutrenco  of 
events  which  kept  her  for  mouths  in 
constant  fear  of  war  and  internal  commotion. 
It  concludes  :  Tho  waiting  policy  of  Europe 
brings  the  alliance  ot  tho  three  Emperors  into 
the  foreground.  Within  the  last  lew 
days  there  are  eymptums  indicating  that  the 
policy  ot  Germauy  is  c'osely  joint!  to  that  of 
Russia.  In  these  circumstances  it  may  soon 
be  expected  that  a  way  will  be  louml  to  got 
the  desired  guarantees  in  a  form  corresponding 
with  the  interests  ot  both  Russia  and  Austria. 

The  Timet?  correspondent  retuarks  that  tbe 
above  k-ttt^r  mav  be  taken  with  toler- 
able csrtidutv  .18  a  semi-otficial  hint 
that  Russia's  position  is  besoming  more  and 
more  untenable,  aud  that  she  cannot  wait 
much  longer,  but  must  go  lorwurd  or  backward. 

According  to  accounts  from  St.  Petersburg, 
the  statement  of  the  Russian  circular 
that  the  Czar  had  susoended  his 
final  resolution,  awaiting  the  dccisou 
of  the  powers,  was  more  than 
a  phrase  of  diplomatic  courtesy.  He  is  as 
averse  to  war  as  ever.  He  has  by  no 
means  relinquished  hope  that  with- 
drawal by  h«nor  is  possible,  and  he 
reckons  that  the  powers  will  assist  them  in 
their  own  interest  as  well  as  that  of  Europe. 
Those  who  agreo  with  the  Czar  consider  that 
the  tall  of  Midliat  Pasha  shows  that  war  is 
unnecessary  now. 

EXTRADITION  WITH  ENGLAND. 

FURTHER  CORKKSPONDIiNCE  BETWEEN  THK 
GOVERNMENTS  OF  THE  UNITED  KTATES 
AND  ENGLAND. 

London,  Feb.  15. — Additional  correspond- 
ence in  regard  to  the  recent  extradition 
difiBcuIty  between  Great  Britain  and 
the  United  States  is  published.  Among 
the  most  important  dispatchps  is  one 
from  Secretary  Fish  to  Minister  Pierre- 
pout,  dated  Aue.  5,  1876,  in  which  the  lormer 
explains  that  Str  Edward  Thorn' on 
was  mistaken  in  informing  the  British 
Government  that  he  [Pish]  had  stated  that 
Lawrence  was  arraigned  or  held  to  bail 
after  extradition  for  any  crime  except  that 
for  which  he  was  surrendered.  Lord  Derby, 
on  Oct.  14,  instructed  Sir  Edward  to  inform 
Mr.  Pish  that  England  as  atemporary  measure 
was  pi-epared  to  surrender  accused  persons 
without  asking  an  engasement  as  to"  the  of- 
lenses  for  which  such  persons  would  be  tried. 
Lord  Derby  at  the  same  time  declared 
the  English  Government  can  only  continue  to 
carry  out  this  arrangement  tu  long  as  no  at- 
tempt is  made  to  try  a  person  thus 
surrendered  for  any  other  offense  than 
that  for  which  he  is  extradited." 
Mr.  Fish  replied  that  on  indication  of  tho  read- 
iness of  Great  Britain  to  surrender  Winslow. 
Brent,  and  Gray,  he  would  be  glad  to 
concur  in  this  arrangement.  Meanwhile 
both  Governments  reserve  tho  right  secured 
by  article  11  to  abrogate  article  10  at 
any  time,  and  bttch  give  notice  of 
their  continued  adhesion  to  their  respective 
views  as  to  tho  intei-jiretation  of  the  treaty. 
Mr.  Pish  mformed  Sii'  Edward  Thornton 
that,  whQo  he  ro:irotted  his  inability  to  per- 
suade tho  English  Goverament  to  adopt  the 
Americaa  view,  ho  waa  glad  to  know 
that,  earnestly  as  each  side  bad  presented  its 
own  views,  the  manner  of  presentation  had 
created  no  irritation  and  left  no  cause  of  com- 
plaint. Mr.  Fish,  on  Deo.  14,  inlormed  Sir  Ed- 
ward that  ds  soon  as  Brent  was  surrrendered  tbe 
American  Government  would  consider  article 
10  of  the  Treaty  of  1842  as  again  in  lorce,  and 
would  likewise  be  ready  to  enter  upon  negotia- 
tions for  a  new  treaty. 


MISCELLANEOUS  FOREIGN  NOTES. 

Paris,  Feb.  15. — Thirty  corpses,  fright- 
fully mutilated,  have  so  far  been  recovered 
from  the  coal  mine  at  Graissessao. 

A  terrible  boiler  explosion  has  occurred  at 
tbe  Barroin  Steel  Works  in  St.  Etinne.  Ten 
persons  were  killed  or  fatally  injured,  and 
many  badly  injured. 

Vbbbailx,es,  Feb.  15— In  the  Chamber  of 
Deputies  io-<lay  the  Committee  on  Press   Laws 

presented  a  report  proposing  a  bill  to  provide 
trial  by  jury  for  press  offenses. 

Bkbuu,      Feb.      15. — iSetni-offioial      journals 

declare     that    any     serious     variance    which 

may      have      existed      recently      between 

„  Germany  and  France  haa  naased  off  as  France 


haa  duoontinaed  her  ^orts  to  form  an  alUaaoe 
With  fitusia.        ■  ■  

THE  PRESIDENCY  OF  MEXICO. 


TBREB  PERSONS  WHO  CLAIM  THB  OFFICE — 
BUT  IWO  OF  THEM  ARK  IN  THIS 
COUNTRY,  WHICH  LEAVES  GEN.  DIAZ 
IN  ALMOST  UXDISPUTED  POWBB. 

San  Fbancibco,  Feb.  15.— A 'dispatch  from 
San  Diego,  Cal.,  sajs  Col.  Machorro,  late  in  com- 
mand of  the  Twelfth  Mexican  cavalry  at  Dnrango, 
has  Just  arrived  there,  yia  Guaymas.  Col.  Maoborro 
was  at  first  a  partisan  of  Lordo,  but  when  tho 
latter  left  the  ooantry  he  esponsed  tbe  cause 
ot  Iglesias.  He  says  everywhere  in  Dnrango  the 
people  have  prooonnced  for  D:az.  Col.  Machorro 
left  there  and  wont  to  Mazatlau  and  La  Paz,  where 
ho  found  the  same  state  of  aiTuirs.  He  then  pro- 
ceeded to  Oaaymas,  wheie  he  found  the  people 
about  to  pronounce  for  Diaz,  and  he  then  came  on 
to  CalitorDin.  He  states  that  tbe  revolt  ot 
the  Pesquieras  in  Sonera  was  caused  by  Geo. 
Mariscal.  Tbe  Pesqaierari  with  a  few  others  have 
fled  to  Chihuahua  Col.  Macborro  arrived  at  Guay- 
moa  on  the  5th  inst.,  whoro  he  found  Col.  Il.ingel  and 
the  Admiral  of  the  two  Mexican  war  vessels  Demo- 
cratla  and  Mexico.  Tbev  were  expecting  the  arrival 
of  Gen.  Mariscal  on  the  7ib,  when  they  wore  to  put 
forth  a  formal  declaration  in  favor  of  Diaz.  At  La 
Paz,  Lower  Ca'itoroia,  everything  was  found  iu 
Gonlnsion  pobtically.  Chief  Miranda  bad  been 
driven  out  of  La  Paz  by  oue  J.  Ibarra,  who  had  ral- 
lied a  band  of  outlaws  and  iaatalled  himself  in  pow- 
er. Miranda  had  left  for  Guaymas  in  a  small 
vessel,  but  had  not  reached  that  port  when 
Col.  Machorro-  stopped  there.  There  Id  now 
DO  leeitimate  goveroment  iu  any  pait  of  the  terri- 
tory. Col.  Machorro  says  tho  whole  interior  of 
Mcxiooi  is  now  for  Diaz,  and  tho  entire  Pacific  coast, 
except,  perhaps,  Acapuico,  and  tbe  fact  that  both 
tbe  war  vessels  are  now  under  Diaz's  control  will 
secure  that  port  too.  The  state  of  citairs  in  tbe  Ke- 
pabl.c  is  disboarteciog.  Tbe  ciiiets  on  either  side, 
Lerdo  and  Iirleaiaj,  having  flod  the  country,  those 
who  have  iixed  iutei  eats  are  forced  to  acquiesce  in 
Diuz'd  rule.  Officers  wlio,  like  Gol.  Machorro,  can 
not  conscientious)}'  juin  tnat  movement  can  only 
leave  the  country,  not  wishing  to  prolong  what 
could  only  be  gneiTilla  warfare.  Dinz  being  at  tbe 
bead  of  the  only  i/rga'taizod  force  cuntrolling  the 
Army,  is  for  the  present  supreme,  but  it  is 
not  believed  his  srasp  can  bo  held  for  more  Ibao  a 
lew  months.  Somo  patriotic  men  of  great  lufla- 
enceare  still  relied  noou  for  the  future.  StQor 
Vallarta,  formerly  Governor  uf- Jalisco,  and  G>:n. 
Icnacio  Mfjia,  both  very  popuiar  men. 
arc  looked  to  in  some  quartcra  to  bere- 
atter  rally  the  constitutional  party  of  the  coun- 
try. Tbo  general  business  is  seriously  affected, 
but  in  the  interior  there  has  been,  a.s  yet,  no  per- 
ceptible eHect  upon  the  masses  of  tbe  people,  who 
are  about  as  woU  off  as  in  tbe  most  peaceful -times. 
Diaz  at  tho  latest  advices  had  established  himselt 
in  Gnadalaiarn,  where  the  cflli^er  left  by  Gen.  Ce- 
ballos  in   command  of  tbe  forces  had  turned  over 

everything  (o  bini. 

• • 

WHAT  EX-PRESIDKNT  LEKDO  HAS  TO  SAY 
ON  TUK  SUBJKCT  —  A  CONVEUS.\TION 
WITH   A   STAFF   OFFICER. 

The  foregoing  dispatch  was  shown  to  ex- 
Preaideut  Lerdo  by  a  Times  ropurter  last  evenine, 
iu  bis  rooms  at  an  np-town  hotel,  ilo  had  not  re- 
ceived the  news  liom  any  other  aonrco,  aud  listened 
to  a  trRnslation  ot  tbo  dispatch  witb  great  interest. 
In  regard  to  its  concents,  bu  believed  that  tbs  facts 
asKOt  forth  by  Col.  Macborro  were  in  tbo  main  true, 
but  ne  declined  for  tbe  pie.-<ent  to  enter  iuio  any 
conversation  with  reeard  to  ttio  condition  of  affair.n 
iu  Mexico.  Ho  thuuUed  tbo  reporter  for  haviULi 
placed  him  in  pnssessioa  of  tho  latest  advices  cop- 
ceming  the  political  situation  in  his  native  country 
iu  advance  of  their  publication,  aud  immodiatelv 
callcd  the  members  of  bis  staff  together  to  inform 
tbem  of  tbe  lutoUigonce  ho  hadrecoirod. 

Snbscqueutly  one  of  tbo  staff  officers  said  to  the 
reporter  that  ho  was  not  at  all  surprised  that 
tne  Diaz  Government  bad  been  so  widely  recoc- 
nizdd  tbrouirbout  tbe  country,  as  it  was  almost 
alvrays  so  la  cases  of  nuccossiuI  uprising;.  Persons 
tbroutihont  the  coua'.ry  who  had  large  interests 
at  slake  would  soon  liud  that  their  safety  depended 
entirely  upon  the  maintenanco  of  tbe  constitn- 
tiunal  covommont  aud  tbo  support  of  law 
and  order.  Oa  Sept.  23,  1878,  Diaz 
had  itssnod  a  c^'.l  for  an  election 
10  be  hold  on  tne  12rh  of  tbe  present  montb,  and  iu 
that  cnll  bad  excluded  from  voting  all  who  had  op- 
posed him  witliiu  the  year.  As  he  now  had  full 
military  possessioa  of  the  country,  bo  had  no- 
doabtodly  been  elected  I'reiidunt,  thus  covering 
himselt  with  a  thin  coat  of  lo^al  varnish. 
Under  tbe  present  circamsiiincoa  it  would  bo  im- 
'posaiDlo  to  say  how  louc  sucb  a  Covernnient  wonld 
last  in  Mexico,  bat  be  was  coovinced  that  it  would 
not  stand  lor  any  lentitb  of  time.  Ljw  and  order 
would  eventaally  pn^vidl,  ai  his  nreteuded  election 
was  in  violation  of  tbu  ConsMtuliun,  and  utterly 
at  variance  with  tue  laws,  not  only  of 
Mexico,  but  of  all  civilized  communities. 
With  regard  to  Gou.  Iguacio  Mejia  and  Seflor  Val- 
larta, who  are  mentioned  in  the  dL-ipatcb  from  San 
Francisco,  tbe  olBoer  tiiougbt  thnre  was  some  mis- 
take, as  the  former  was  not  in  Mexico  at  present, 
but  was  in  Havana,  and  the  latter  hu  had  ulna vs 
known  as  a  partisan  ol  Dinz. 


UBITVARI. 


GEN.  N.  A.  T.  CIIANGARXIER. 
A  dispatch  ft^iom  Paris  anuounccs  the  death  of 
Gen.  Nicholas  Auue  Tboudule  Chansurnier  in  that 
city  on  Wednoaday  last.  Tbe  deceased  was  born  at 
Antnn.  Department  of  Safiae-st-Lnire,  on  Aorll  26, 
1793.  Be  w.ts  etlucated  at  tbo  Military  School  of 
Sl  Cyr.  and  in  1815  was  graduated  with  tho  rank  of 
Lientcnaut,  aud  entered,  as  a  private,  one  ot  tbo 
companies  of  the  liody-guard  of  Louis  XVIII.  In 
Jannary  of  the  same  year  he  entered  tbo  Sixtieth 
RcKiment  of  the  Lino  as  Lieutenant,  and  served 
with  distinciioo  iu  tbe  campaign  of  18-23  iu  Spain, 
and  was  made  Ci'ptain  in  (ii;tober,  1825.  In  1830  he 
was  translcrred  to  tbe  First  Regiment  ol  the  Koyal, 
Guard,  but  retumlug  to  tbu  line,  he  waa  sent  to 
Airica,  where,  by  a  srries  of  brilliant  and 
able  actions,  he  obtaiued  rapid  promotion. 
He  took  part  ia  the  expedition 

of  Mascara,  and  in  1835  disUngni.staed  himself  by 
hia  bravery  in  the  oampaigo  against  Acbmet-B?!y, 
under  Marshal  Clausel,  and  iu  1337  was  made  a 
Lieutenant  Colonel.  His  services  in  the  expedi- 
tion of  tbe  Portes-de-Fer  gained  him  the  rank  of 
Colonel,  and  his  successes  over  the  Hadjontes  and 
Kabylea  were  rewarded  with  the  cross  of  an 
officer  ot  the  Lpgion  of  Honor.  After  the  expedi- 
tion of  Media,  aud  the  nctions  at  Monzai  aud 
Ch6liff,  in  164!!,  he  was  made  a  Brigadier  General. 
After  tnree  years  of  further  biilliant  services, 
which  resulted  in  the  submiRsiun  of  the  tribes 
which  sustained  Abd-e'-Kader,  he  was  promoted  to 
the  rank  of  General  cf  Divuion,  on  August  3,  1S43. 
In  1847  he  was  placed  in  command  of  the 
Division  of  Algiers,  by  tbe  Duke  D'An- 
male.  Governor  General  of  Algiers.  After 
Cavaignac  had  be^'ii  appointed  General  of 
Division  and  Governor  of  the  Colony  by  tbe  Pro- 
visional Governraent,  Cnanfirarnier  reiUrned  to 
France,  and  iu  u  letter,  in  which  he  anoke  of  bis 
babit  of  conquering,  be  asked  tho  Kepnblicaa 
Government  to  utilize  bis  devotion  to  Franco.  M. 
De  Laiiiartiue  appointed  him  Ambassador  to  Ber- 
lin, but  he  piefeiiea  to  reniaiu  in  Pjns, 
atid  after  tbe  thri.atening  manitestation  ot  Apnl 
16,  to  the  Provisiunal  Government,  he  voluntarily 
ausanied  oumiuaud  of  the  Govuruiueot  forces,  and 
restored  order.  \Vhen  Cavaicnao  became  Minister 
of  War,  Chiuigaroier  was  appointed  his  auocess- 
or  as  Governor  General  of  Algiers, 
and  held  that  posi  for  five  months, 
Uavinc  been  elected  to  the  National  Assembly 
from  tne  Department  of  tbe  Seiue,  he  returned  to 
Paris,  aud  was  placed  in  command  of  tbe  National 
Guard.  When  Ljuia  Xapoloou  became  President, 
Ghangaroier  was  appoiuied  commander  of  the  reea- 
lar  troops,  known  as  tbe  Army  of  Paris.  He  pre- 
vented uuibreaEs  on  Jan.  39  and  June  13,  1S49,  and 
supported  L'juis  Kapuleon  tor  a  considerable 
time,  excitiug  tbe  disirnst  of  the  Itepublicans. 
Afterward  bo  strenuously  opposed  the  Presiduot's 
mensares.  and  M-as  deprived  ot  bis  command  on 
Jan.  9,  185L  The  Assembly,  for  thuir  own  safety, 
'Wished  to  eive  him  command  of  tbetroops  destined 
for  their  protection,  bnt  tbe  project  fell  tbroueh, 
and  Cbangarnier,  who  had  declared  in  the 
Chamber  that  "nut  a  battalion,  nor  a 
company,  nor  even  a  squadron  could  be 
found  that  would  inaugurate  tbe  era  of  the  Qoiiaxt," 
cocdd  do  notbloc  to  prevent  tbo  coop  d'etat.  He 
was  arrested  on  the  morning  of  Due.  2,  and  was- 
carried  to  Mazia,  where  be  remained  for  some  time, 
and  WBS  banished  from  France  on  Jan.  9,  IHI.%  He 
resided  abroad  for  some  time,  refasint;  tu  ruturu 
under  tbe  permiaaiton  that  had  been  accord- 
ed him,  and  iu  1855  si^nt  a  letter  to 
the  French  pxesa,  m  whioh .  he  vehemently  contra- 
dicted tbe  atstumeot  that  had  t>een  niaue  to  tbe 
eflect  that  be  bad  offered  to  anoat  his  colleauaes, 
Cavaignac,  Charras,  Lamorclere  and  other  Bepnb- 
Iicau     Generals.     Attar  .  the    ceaeral  amnesty 


in  18SB  he  retained  to  Fnnoe,  and  resided 
pobla  property  in  tbe  Department  of  Saoue-et-Loire. 
Ob  the  entbreiik  of  tbe  Fraoco-German  war  Mar- 
shal Lebceaf.  the  Minuter  of  .War,  declined  to 
a-vall  taimsalt  of  bis  services,  bntin  Aogoat  the 
Bmperor  iiryited  him  to  go  to  Mets  where  he  re- 
mained wity  Bazoine,  who  employed  him  in  initia- 
tory neeotiatloDs  with  Prioce  Frederick 
Charles,  whioh  resaited  on  Oct-  87 
iQ  tbe  capitalatioo  of  the  French  Army. 
He  then  remained  in  Germany  as  a  prisoner  of  war 
nntil  tbe  conclmdon  of  tbe  armistice  in  Jannary, 
1871,  after  wnich  he  returned  to  Pans.  He  was 
elected  to  tbe  National  Assembly  by  the  Departs 
menta  of  Glronde,  Le  Nord,  and  Somrae,  and  took 
his  seat  for  the  last  named.  On  April  5,  1849,  he 
was  made  Grand  officer  of  the  Legion  of  Honor. 


BURGLARS   CAPTURED. 


TWO  THIEVES  ARRESTED — A  CL9E  TO  STOLEN 
PROPERTY    DISCOVERED. 

Yesterday  aftemoou  Detectives.  Ferris  and 
Von  Griechten,  of  tbe  Central  Office,  while  in  tbe 
vicinity  of  Second  avenue  and  Ninth  street,  noticed 
two  men  loitering  about  the  neighborhood.  Tneir 
movements  were  very  ■nsploious,  and  tbo  officers 
arrested  them  and  took  them  to  Palico  Head- 
quarters, where  they  were  arrslened  before  Super- 
intendent Walling,  who  at  once  recognized  them  as 
Michael  Sbeeban,  alias  "Sheeny  Mike,"  and  James 
Heacy.  two  of  the  most  adroit  burglars  iu  this  City. 
On  beine  searched,  they  were  both  found  armed 
With  revolvers,  nnd  also  hod  in  their  possession 
skeleton  keys,  hlaok  masks,  and  ^ther  bnrslars' 
tools.  6n  the  person  of  Heany,  who 
gave  bis  name  aS  James  Wilson, 
were  found  small  quantities  of  vanilla  beans,  which 
are  supposed  to  bs  samples  of  19  cases  which  were 
stolen  in  Ncivember  last  from  tbe  storehouse  of 
Gomez,  Rionda  &  Co.,  No.  9  Old  slip.  Sbeehan  was 
found  to  answer  the  description  of  a  man  wh<^ 
W.1S  seen  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  store 
of  MsHsra.  Benjamin,  Hahn  &  Co.,  importers  of 
cloaks,  No.  315  Broadway,  whioh  store  was  entered 
by  bnrglars  during  the  interval  between  tbe  3d  and 
5th  inst.,  and  robbed  of  goods  valued  at  $3,000. 
These  goods  were  taken  awa.y  in  a  large  packing 
trunk  ana  a  case.  After  tbe  prisoners  were  locjted  up 
the  officers  nrooeededto  makean  investigation  and 
aacertitined  that  Sbeeban,  Heany,  and  another  man 
who  18  atill  at  large,  hired  two  rooma  in  a  house  on 
East  Ninth  street,  near  Second  avenue,  about  three 
weeks  ago,  aud  tnat  on  the  morning  of  Monday,  toe 
5th  inat.,  a  truck  and  case  answering  tbe  description 
of  the  receptacles  in  which  tho  goods  wero  carried 
off  from  tbe  store  ot  Benjumin,  Hahn  &Co.  were 
brought  into  the  rooms.  They  weie  removed  about 
an  hour  before  Heany  and  Sheehau  were  arrested. 
The  detectives  bunted  up  tbe  expressman  who  bad 
been  employed  to  remove  the  goods,  aud  learned 
that  he  bad  taaen  them  to  No.  137  East  Thirty- 
third  street,  which  was  found  to  bo  tbe  residence  ot 
"■  Sheeny  Mike."  The  detectives  proceeded  to  the 
house  in  Thirty-third  street,  and  there  found  tbo 
trunk  which  was  atolen  from  Benjamin,  Hahn  &. 
Qo.  At  Heany's  resldenc.',  iu  Chrystie  street,  tbe 
uetectives  foucd  quantities  of  stolen  property, 
which  were  all  takeu  to  the  Central  Office  to  awuic 
identiflcacion. 

"Sheeny  Mtko"  was  arrosted  some  months  ago 
on  suspicion  of  having  been  concerned  iu  tbe  bur- 
glary at  Horton's  jewelry  store  in  Fulton  street, 
but  was  di<obarged  tor  want  of  evidence. 
He  is  also  suspected  of  having  been 
one  of  tho  men  who  robbed  the  jewnlry 
establishment  of  Stein  Brothers,  in  Nassau 
street,  aud  also  tbo  pawnshop  of  Mos  Bros.,  in 
Catharine  street.  Heany  is  now  under  bail  lor  bav- 
Int;  robbbd  Edler's  kid  glove  store  on  Broadway 
some  years  ago.  Tbe  prisoners  are  lockea  up  at 
Police  Head-quarters,  and  will  be  taken  to  the 
Wushingtou  Place  Police  Court  to-day. 


THE    WEATHER. 


INDICATIONS. 

WAfiniNOTON,  Fob.  16—1  A.  'iS..—For  tJie  Mid- 
dle aiiii  Eastern  Hates  falling  barometer,  south-east 
to  touth-west  winds,  partly  cloudy,  warmer  weather, 
followed  by  rain  or  snow  at  northern  stations. 


SALE  OF  PALyriNOS  AT  THE  KVRTZ  GAL- 
LERY. 
To-night  Robsrt  Somerville  will  sell  at  auc- 
tion the  collection  of  paintings  belonging  to  Mr. 
Henry  N.  Smith,  whicb  haa  been  on  exhibition  in 
the  picture  caller.y  of  Knrtz  on  Madilffn  square. 
Tho  number  of  strikiug  names  of  modern  painters 
is  nnnsual.  Corot  is  represented  by  one  of  the 
pictures  which  are  probably  tbe  njost  familiar  to 
tbe  public— a  kind  of  blonde  as  well  as  gray 
painting,  tbe  subject  being  water  and  river  banks, 
with  overhansring  trees.  Theodore  Rousseau  has  a 
peculiar  "  French  Village,"  with  tones  running  to 
brown.  Daubicny  is  here  in  a  charming  landscape, 
dated  1871,  and  Diaz  has  a  lovely  landscape  of  a 
mslanciioly  cast  of  fealihg.  There  is  also  a  '•  Venus 
and  Cupid"  by  him,  tbo  coloring  of  which 
tjuecosta  Zicm.  A  Venice  view  with 
sunset  by  tbe  latter  is  a  very  favorable 
specimen  of  a  justly  popular  artist.  >TnIes  Breton 
show*  well  with  a  "Brittany  Woman,  with  Dis- 
taff." and  mere  is  one  of  Toulmouche's  beantitully 
diessod  and  wonderfully  painted  women,  beside 
whom  the  ladies  of  Boutihonoe,  Baueniet,  acd 
Compte-Calix  appear  to  lack  decision.  Paul  Marie 
Lenoir  appears  in  a  fresh  subject  called  "  The  Salu- 
tation." An  Oriental  boraeaiun,  a  Kurd  or  Tiirtar. 
ha'4  ridden  his  horse  np  some  flat  stone  steps,  ana 
reaching  from  tbe  saddle  presents  an  OrlL-ntal 
woman  of  Parisian  .cast,  with  a  nosegay.  It  is  a 
p-.qaant  picture,  not'withstandiog  tho  suspicion  of 
inaccuracy,  aud  well  painted  besides.  There  is 
also  a  crayon  by  Kosa  Bonbcur  and 
puintinea  by  G6rome,  Koekkook,  VerboccU- 
boven,  Bierstadt,  and  Coomans.  The  txam- 
ple  of  Merla  is  called  "Poetical  Inspiration,"  and  in 
spite  of  great  excellence,  not  merely  of  technique 
but  of  expression,  la  a  little  painful.  One  r^iniiot 
help  admiring  the  knowledge  that  8ug,;ested  tbe 
shape  and  expression  of  ibis  face,  and  the  skill  that 
could  transier  It  to  canvas.  Lamoinet  ia  here  with 
a  little  landscape  named  "Near  IJougtval,' which 
affords  one  that  rest  which  is  grateful  after  seeing 


Merle. 


THE  ISTERNATlOJiAL  RIFLE  MATCH. 
A  letter  was  received  from  Capt.  J.  H.  A. 
MacDunald,  Captain  of  the  Scottish  Rids  Team,  yes- 
terdav,  by  Mr.  Scbermerborn,  Secretary  of  the  Na- 
tional Kifle  Association,  which  contains  tbe  follow- 
ing: "  It  is  very  kind  of  tbo  donors  of  the  Inter- 
national trophy  to  consult  those  who  competed,  and 
tho  only  desire  we  have  had  in  oonsidenug 
what  to  recommend  baa  heeu  to  promote  tbe  perma- 
nence and  etficiency  of  this  gniat  match.  *  *  * 
Wo  are  all  very  strongly  of  the  opinion  that  the 
teaturr.  of  this  matcb  is  the  gatberinc  of  several  nn- 
tiooalitios.  without  which  it  would  lose  much  6clat, 
and  this  can  only  be  insured  by  not  lioldmg  it  too 
often,  looking  at  the  enormous  distances  to  oo  trav- 
eled and  ibo  great  expense  involved.  *  <  *  j 
suppose  you  will  hold  that  there  will  be  no  attempt 
to  supersede  tho  separate  nationalities  by  a  British 
team.  If  such  is  made  by  any  of  our  English 
friends  I  hope  it  will  be  understood  in  America 
that  we  object  to  the  right  of  a  British  team  to 
shoot  now,  alter  conclusions  have  been  Joined  by 
your  nation,  with  our  Scotch  nation,  as  a  separate 
nation.ility  in  rifle-shooting  matches." 


THE  NORTHAMPTON  BANK  ROBBERS. 
The  requisition  papers  from  the  Governor  of 
Massachusetts  for  tbe  bodies  of  the  three  bnrglars 
arrested  on  Wednesda.y  on  a  charge  of  being  con- 
cerned in  tbe  Northampton  Bank  roobery,  have 
been  sent  to  Gov.  KoDinson,  and  the  Governor  of 
Pennsylvania,  for  their  action.  "  Jim  "  Danlap,  and 
"  Bob  "  Scott,  the  cracksmen  arrested  iu  Philadpl- 
phin.  Detective  Piukertun  aaya,  are  tbe  vaon 
expert  and  daiiug  burglars  m  the  couu- 
trs-.  "  BlUv"  Connors,  tbe  man  arrested  in  this 
City,  Mr.  Pinkerton  says,  is  chiefly  remarkable  In 
discovering  "good  places"  to  rob,  aud  in  at'erward 
disposing  of  tbe  booty.  It  is  not  certain  that  he 
was  aclaally  one  of  the  gang  of  maskea  men  woo 
entered  Cashier  Wbittlesev's  Mouse  at  Northamp- 
ton, bnt  there  is  strong  evideifce  to  ahow  that  be 
helped  to  dispose  of  the  money  and  securities 
stolen.  The  three  men  will  probably  be  transterrca 
to  MsHsachusetra  in  a  day  or  two.  Connors,  who 
Still  denies  any  complicity  in  tbe  robbery,  was 
visited  yesterday  at  the  Tombs  by  his  counsel. 


MR.  BENNETT  TO  RETURN. 
The  Newport  correspondent  of  the  Provi- 
dence Journal  reports  under  date  of  14th  mat.: 
"  The  story  that  Mr.  James  Gordon  Bennett  ia  to 
remain  abroad  for  an  indefinite  period  in  couae- 
quence  of  the  recent  unpleaaantneaa,  does  not  ap- 
pear to  have  the  least  foundation.  He  has  already 
made  inquiry  relative  to  certain  cottage*,  as  to 
whether  the.y  are  lo  be  rented  or  not,  ana  the  tenor 
of  nu  letter  loaves  uo  doubt  whatever  that  be 
Will  be  in  Newport  dui^pg  the  season,  as  usiul. 
Notwithstanding  the  talk  of  many  straight-laced 
people,  there  is  no  doubt  whatever  about  ^(r.  Ben- 
nett's presence  being  always  welcomed  here." 

SHIPMENT  OF  MUNITIONS  OF  WAR. 
Nkw-Haven,  Feb.  15.— The  British  steam- 
ship J.  B.  Walker  cleared  at  this  port  to-day  for 
Constantinople  with  the  following  cargo  for  the 
Turkish  Government :  Ten  million  Snider  cart- 
rldses,  420,000  Winchester  cartridges,  5,000,800 
Martini  shells,  5,000,000  bullets,  33,600  Martini  guns, 
33,600  Martini  scaDDards,  tbe  whole  valaed  at 
tl,048,008.  

To  the  Gendemen  of  New-Vork. 

We  respectfully  announce  having  this  day  bkducbo 
tne  pnoe  ot  ovi  'widely  nopular  bilk  Hats  to  $8,  and 
our  bauBT  Hats  to  $5.  With  this  announcement  we 
note  nreceat  reauotion  in  cost  of  labor  aa  enabling  us 
iua  measure  to  meet  the  exigencies  of  the   times,  and 

assure  you  that,  ia  etnulattoa  ot  the  character  and 
reputation  of  our  fabric  { in  the  p*Bt,  we  shall  produce 

tee  AMiDoa  Ujlt  ot  tbe  tature. 

F.  a.  AOIUOON'S  SON, 
5ew-Vork,  Feb.  IQt  T^o.  2'M  Stb  ay. 

.  -—AdDtriistmeult.  ^ 


"Thb  HSATBUT  may  rage,  and  the  people  im- 
agine «  vam.thlng,"  bnt  the  nnlveraal  -verdict  is  tbat 
the  people  hive  lonnd  a  gooa  thing  in  B.  T.  Babbitt*! 
TOII.BT  Soxp.~-Ad9ertUement. 


AS  A  Beliablb  Behedt 

tur  coughs  and  colds  use  Portbk'i  Biisam. 
Price  26.  60,  and  76  ceiats.—Adverti»en%en!. 


THE    SEiai-WEEKLY  TIMES. 


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THISMORNING,  contains  the  latest  Polltioal  and  Gen- 
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isiana Caee;  Proceedings  of  the  Leglslatore;  Tilden's 
Oregon  Operations ;  T'etters  Irom  onr  Correspondents 
at  homo  and  abroad;  Editorial  Articles  on  matters  of 
current  interest;  Agricultural  Matter;  carerally  pre- 
pared Commercial  Matter,  giving  the  Latest  Financial 
Kews  and  Market  Reports;  Articles  of  agncnltural 
and  domestic  interest;  and  other  hiterestiug  Heading 
Matter. 

Copies  for  sale  at  THE  TIHR3  OFFrOh:  also  at  THB 
TIMES  DP-TOVVW  OFFICE,  HO.  1,257  BRUADiVAY. 
PRICE  FIVE  CENl'S. 


Dr.    Wflhor's    Cod    Liver  Oil  and  Lime.— 

Invalids  need  no  ioncer  Ureaa  to  take  that  great,  spe- 
ciflc  fur  conanmn lion,  asthma,  anl  threatening  coughs 
—COD  LIVER  OIL.  As  prepared  by  Or.  V»ilbor.  it  is 
robbed  of  the  nauseating  taste,  and  also  embodiea  a 
preparation  of  tho  phosphate  of  limo,  giving  nature 
tbe  verv  articli;  required  to  aid  the  healing  qualities 
of  the  oU,  and  to  recreiits  where  disease  has  destroyed. 
Italeofonna  a  reaiarUable'tonic,  anl  will  cause  weak 
and  debilitated  persons  to  become  strong  and  robust.  For 
sale  by  all  rpsoectable  dragelsta  throughout  the  coun- 
Iry,  and  should  b;(  kept  in  every  family  for  instant  usts 
on  the  &rat  appe»r.anco  of  coaghs  or  irriiation  of  the 
lungs,  Manatactared  only  by  A.  B.  W1L60B,  Chemist, 
BuitoD.    Sold  by  all  druggists. 

Nkw-Tobk,  Feb.  15,  187'?.  ' 
Annoancement. 

Tho  undersigned  desiro  t  j  inform  their  IMends  and 
patrons,  that  they  have  this  day  reduced  the  price  of 
their  gentlemen's  DRKSS  SILK  H.4TS  from  $3  to  $7. 
and  their  BD^UVUSd  and  UiNOR^SS  H\V.i  in  propor- 
tion. 
Very  lespectfally, 

McCtJE  BROTHERS,  Hatter?. 
Noa.  9^  and  299^2  Broadway. 


Parker's  Hair  Balsam  is  the  best  prepar- 
ation ever  made  tor  restoring  gray  hair  to  ita  original 
color.  

When  Attacked  with  Nausea,  married  la- 
dies Hhonid  use  tne  surest  aud  most  ajjreeaoie  antidote, 
MiLK  OK  AIAO^ESIA. 


Everdell's,   30:2    Broadwny,  elesant    VVed- 

DlNU  and  Ball   Cards,  Foreig.i   Wote  I'ayars,    Coat  of 
Aims,  lowest  prices. 

Pomeroy's  Trasses—  By  far  the    Best  In  Use* 

Ask  your  phvsician.  FO-MRitOV  I'RUSi  I'O.,  748  B'way. 


KLT— COMSTUCK.— On  Thursday.  15tb  inst.,  at 
Grace  Church.  Brooklyn  Heights,  by  Rev.  wm.  A. 
Leonard.  Lkicestsk  ICbnt  Et.y  to  Minnik,  daughter  of 
JohnM.  Comsi^ock,  al'  of  Brooklyn. 

KINUSLANU— BLA<JKrt"ELL.— At  Trenton,  N.  J.,  on 
the  13ih  injt,  by  liev.  Wil.iaiu  H.  Neilson,  Edmund  W. 
KiNesiAND,  Jr.,  to  Justine  Bayard.  daUffhter  of  Wm. 
B.  black  well,  Esq.,  ot  the  former  Cit.T. 

R0B1N80N— .SKNEY.— In  Brooklyn,  Feb.  13.  at  the 
residence  of  the  biiile's  parents,  by  Rev.  John  W. 
Beach,  Nblson  Roblmson  to  Lillib  R..  daughter  of 
George  1.  cenev. 

STRUTHERS-!'HUIT.— On  Monday.  Fen.  12,  1877. 
hv  Rev.  Cliaucc^y  Giles,  Herot  Strcthers  to  Eliza- 
beth T.,  dau:>hter  of  Morgan  8huit,  Esq.,  of  Orange 
County,  S,  Y.     No  cards. 

SWAN— KISSAM.— In  Brooklyn.  Tueadav,  Feb.  13,  at 
the  rosiilence  of  tbe  bride's  parents,  by  Uev.  Thomas 
Rambaut.  D.  U.,  Cuarlks  R  .-^wan  to  Mrnbibtta 
KlssAM.  youngest  daughter  of  George  Klssam,  Esq. 
No  cai-ii;. 

WOLFF— NATIIA.S.— On  Wednesday.  Feb.  14,  Mr. 
JcLius  R  Wolff  to  .Vli.>8  Fbaxcbs  L.,  daoguter  of  the 
late  Beujaium  Mathan. 


ALLEN. — At  tbe  residence  of  Mrs.  Seabury  Tredwell, 
No.  '/"J  Kaat -Ith  St..  Feo.  ID,  1877,  Ueboiiah  Buinb- 
LANDBR  Allrx,  Ol  Urcat  NeCiC,  lioug  Island,  in  the  Uiiil 
year  ot  heraae. 

The  luuerul  servicea  will  be  held  at  Christ  Church, 
Mauhasset,  Long  lulaud.  at  'J:30  o'clock  on  Saturday 
atteruoon,  ITtli  mat.  Cirriaacd  will  he  in  waUins  at 
the  Urcat  N»ck  U.-^pot  on  the  ariival  of  the  12:32  train 
Irom  tlunter'a  Point. 

UoRRY.— At  Kutherford,  N.  J.,  on  Thursday,  Feb.  15. 
187  7.  WiLLiB,  only  son  of  EUeu  Ann  aud  the  late 
Stephen  Berry,  aged  7  years  2  months  and  15  days. 

Tne  relatives  anil  iriends  are  respectfully  invited  to 
attend  the  funeral  on  Saturaay.  17tliinit..  from  tho  rest 
deuce  ol  his  mother.  Rutherf  ird,  .v.  J.,  at  ii  o'clock  A. 
M..  and  from  the  residence  of  his  anut,  Mrs.  E.  Oronk- 
right.  RidgehL-ld,  N.  J.,  at  2  o'clock  P.  M. 

lilXUY^. — tu  BriKJKlvn.  on  Thursda.y  morning.  Feb. 
Ij,  of  heart  ai8<  ase,  ELViaA  Bixby. 

Funeral  serTieea  irom  i'<o.  GJ^  Lafayette  avi  at  2  P. 
M.  aaturUuv.  17ta.  Keiatives  aud  frienUs  of  the  family 
are  iuviied  to  attend. 

CANTKhLL.— Feb.  15, 1877,  Sakubl  Caxthell,  aged 
58  years. 

Friends  and  relatives  of  tbe  family  ore  invited  to  at- 
tend the  tuueral  trom  his  late  residence,  No.  330  Eatt 
5(jth  St.,  between  1st  and  2d  avs.,  on  Saturday,  the 
17th  iuui:.,  at  1  o'clock  P,  M.,  without  further  invita- 
tion. 

EOSTAPHIEVE.— AtPlainfield,  N.  J.,  Feb.  14,  1877, 
Emulikb  L.,  wife  of  A.  Eil'.5ry  Enstaphieve,  aj^ed  35 
yeaiH. 

^^Buffilo  papers  please  coo.v. 

v,t.4..".IBLlNG.— On  Tuesday,  Feb.  13,  Josepb  C.  Gamb- 
ling, aged  oi  years. 

Funer.ii  services  lo  be  held  at  his  late  residence 
Mauiaroneck,  Westchester  County,  on  Frida.y,  Itith,  at 
1  o'clock  P,  M.  New-Haven  Railroad  tram  leaver  at 
12  -VI. 

HEASTY.— -In  Brooklyn,  Feb.  15,  Irwin,  yonngeataou 
ot  irwin  and  Ann  Jane  lleaaty,  aged  2  years  and  28 
days. 

Funeral  from  their  residence.  No.  314  Madison  at, 
ou  tjaturrtay,  Feo.  17.  at  2  f.  .u. 

KENJALL.— OnTuesilay,  Fob.  13,  of  typhoid  pneu- 
monia, Jauks  W.  Kendall,  <i;(ed  -18. 

Funeral  Friday  at  1: 60  trom  his  late  residence,  Ko. 
204  oth  :iv. 

Ut.  Nicholas  Lodoe  So.  321,  F.  and  A.  M. — Brethren: 
Y'nu  arc  bereov  Esuuimoned  to  attend  tho  fuaeral  of  our 
late  beloved  brother.  Jambs  W.  Kendall,  tiomhisiate 
residence,  .So.  2(14  oth  av.,  to-day  (Friday)  at  1:311. 
\V.  K.  CON.NOa,  .Haster. 

LIVINGSTON.— On  Wednesday,  Feb.  14,  Mrs.  helis- 
DA  LiviXGsTox,  widow  Ot  the  lace  Joou  Livingatou, 
ajted  51  years. 

'1  he  relatives  and  friends  of  the  family  are  respect- 
fully luTifit  to  attend  ui-r  funeral  ou  Friday,  IBth 
inst.,  at  1  o'clock  P.  M.  nt  the  Church  of  St.  John  the 
Evangelist,  West  lltu  St..  corner  of  Waverle.v  place. 

LO.'^li. — Ou  Thursd.'iy.  Feb.  15,  Vernos  Kiciiards 
Lo.no,  son  of  John  G.  aud  itlarietta  M.  Long,  in  the  tfth 
yeai-  ot  hia  age. 

Funeral  Keryices  at  the  residence  ot  hU  parents.  No. 
.SJO  vVest  46th  at.,  this  (Kiiday)  attdrnuon  at  3  o'clock, 
itemains  will  be  taken  to  Richmond,  Va.,  for  inter- 
ment. ■ 

AiEAD. — At  St.  Mary's  Knoll,  Scarborousb-on-Hud- 
Bou,  on  Tnesd'jy,  Feb.  13.  Edward  Schsrmsruokn 
Mrad.  second  son  of  Kev.  Edward  N.  Mead,  u.  D.,  in 
the  29t''  vear  of  his  ace. 

The  relatives  anl  fneuds  of  tbe  famil.y  are  invited  to 

dttend  his  fiiiicfai  at  St.  Alary's  l.'liarch,  Beechwood. 
on  ^<atu^aay,  Feb  17.  at  3  o'clock  P.  M.  Trains  leave 
Hudson  Kiver  Utilruad  Depot.  42d  St.,  lor  Scarborough 
at  1:301'.  .\L;  returning,  leave  Scarouroup;h  at  4  aud 
6:44  P.  M. 

MOLL. — .it  the  house  of  her  son-in-law,  Francis  Bott- 
Inc,  at  falisades,  N.  Y..  on  Thursday,  i-eb.  15,  our  be- 
loved mother,  Makia  bKRjtUAKDiNA  MoLL,  ill  th8  7yth 
.year  of  her  aire. 

Faneral  service  an,l  a  solemn  requiem  will  be  held 
at  bt.  Mary's  Churcu,  iu  UoboKeu,  ^.  j.,  ou  Saturdav 
moruingaiU:30  o'clock. 

PALMKR.-OuThui'a(iuy,  Feb.  15.  Harriet  X.,  widow 

of  tho  late  Stephen  Pulme  ,  aged  C51. 

N€>tiee  or  funeral  hereatttr. 

PHILLIPS.— In  J.diel,  111.,  on  the  13th  inst.,  John 
Swipr,  son  of  John  and  Laura  B.  Phillips,  of  this  City, 
lutho  'J9th  year  of  his  age. 

ROE.- At  Newoui'a,  N.  Y^.,Tae8day,  13th  Inst.,  Maria 
Hazard,  wife  oi  the  laie  v\  illiam  Roe,  in  tue  9lJth  year 
of  her  a&e. 

Funeral  services  from  her  late  residence.  Kewburg, 
at  11  o'clock  on  Saturdav,  17ih  inst. 

S('OFliiLL>.— In  Stainturd,  Conn.,  Feb.  13,  1877, 
Alfred  Scopikld,  aged  71. 

Tue  relatives  and  friends  are  respectfully  invited  to 
attend  his  funeral  on  Saturua.y,  17tu  Inst.,  at  2  P.  M., 
ac  the  Cuusfreirational  Uiiurcb. 

WILDE.— In  Brooklyn.  K.  D.,  Feb.  15,  1377.  Austin 
L.,  oulv  sou  of  Wm.  Leslie  ami  Louise  Wilde. 

Notice  of  luneral  hereafter. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


OFFICES    TO    L.KT. 

IN   THE 

TlMBiS  BUILDING. 

^,PPLY   TO 

GEORGB  JONES, 

TIAIBS  OFPICB. 


Office  of  the  Globs  Mutual  Life  Insurance  l 

WOMPA.N'S.  No.  345  BROADWAy,  > 

NEw-ioRK,  Feb.  15,  1877.     > 

AT  A  SPECIAL.  AlKK-riNb)  OF  TUH  BOAUD 
of  'l'ruBtee«  of  this   Company,  held   this  day,  the 
foliowina  preamble  and  r,.-Holutiojs  were  passed: 

fVliereas,  Iti  the  course  ot  uiviue  Providence,  Mr. 
CYRU.-*  P.  SMITH,  long  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
'I'ruBtees  of  this  institution,  has  been  removed  by 
death,  this  board,  sp^ciiiliy  convened,  d^rsires  to  ex- 
press its  sense  of  the  loss  sustained  by  this'sad  event; 
ibeiotoie  oe  it 

ReiOlved,  Tbat,  wbile  we  bow  in  suDmisslon  to  tho 
decree  of  tae  .Ml-wiso  Disposer  of  events,  we  desire  to 
express  our  sorrow  for  the  loss  of  one  endeared  to  uaby 
ions  and  intimate  offlcial  and  social  relations,  thus  si- 
loroiug  ua  aliundaut  opportunit.y  of  apprecialmg  his 
purity  of  character,  his  bigh  aense  of  honor  and  in- 
tegrity, his  Ilde>it.v  to  duty  and  to  the  trust  reposed  la 
him. 

Rtaolved,  That  in  the  death  of  Mr.  Smith  thia  board 
has  lost  oue  of  its  most  valued  associated,  one  who  was 
ever  read.y  to  give  tbe  beneht  of  hia  large  experl<«uce 
for  the  promotion  of  the  woUarc  of  this  ct^mpau.y,  yyith 
which  he  has  been  closel.y  identified  almoat  from  ita 
orgfliiizillon. 

Meiolvtd,  That  we  feapectf ally  tender  to  the  family 
of  our  late  aaaociate  our  deep  and  sincere  svm- 
pathy  with  them  in  their  bereavement;  tbat  theae 
resolutions  he  engrossed  on  tbe  minutes  of  tbe  board, 
and  a  copy  of  same  be  transmitted  to  the  famllv  of  the 
deceaf^ecL 

Resolved,  That  the  members  of  thia  hoard  attend  the 
funeral  services  of  our  deceased  fri  nd. 

PLINY  FREEMAN.  President. 


TJ  .    8TIJAKI'   WILiUlS,    ATVOOLSHY    AN1> 

XkisCounselor  at  Law,  Notary  Public.  Na  182  Broad- 
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100  do 25 

1000  Ik  8.  Ji  M.  8.b.e.  6II9 


100 

700 

doO 

800 

300 

1800 

300 

oOO 

1100 

200 

100 


do ba  61% 

do 51% 

do 61% 

do 83.  62 

do ba  BS'e 

do 52 

do 61% 

do 810.  0134 

51% 

6I34 

51% 


do. 
do. 
do. 


loo  a  k  P.  Cd 89I4 

60  do b.c.  89% 

120  do 89 

loo  a  fcM.  W..b.c.83.  32I4 

100  do 32Hi 

100  a  kB.  W.  PlOlo.  60% 

200  do 50 

•-'00  do 60% 

200  do 60"^ 

100  do 50% 

200  do 6OI4 

600  do 6u 

400  do 83.  49% 

500  do 4934 

200  do 49% 

100  do 4919 

lUOAlb.  k  8 b.c.  70 

50  CbL.  B.  k  Q..b.o.ll4% 
400  U.  ot  H.  J....b.c_  13% 


-.250 
100 
600 
300 
700 
200 
700 
500 
100 
50O 
300 


ba  14 

do 13% 

do 133* 

do 13% 

do I3»a 

do 13% 

do 13% 


do 13 

do 12% 

do 12^a 

do 12% 

100  C.  kB.  1 b.c  99S4 

800  cm.,  UiL  k  Be  P. 

P« b.c  48 

100  do 48% 

200  do aa  48 

800D.,L.  fcW„..t>.c  67% 

200  do... 671a 

300  do.. 67% 

100  00 67)4 

500  do 07% 

1000  do 6712 

2700  do B7% 

300  do 6734 

25  do opg.  673.* 

200  do 0.  07 19 

15U0  do 87>9 

•,s900  do 77% 

lOOUor  fcBa. 86 

210  do b.e.  851a 

100  do c  861a 

60  do 8434 

200  do 84% 

iuO  do sa  84 

;<!00  H.  k  8t  J.  Pt.b.c.  24 
60  a,  akL  0...b.0.     2% 
BAXSS  BB70RII  TUB    CALL — 13:30 F.  IC 
•10,000  C.  8.  6-20  C,  100  Brio  Ballwar 8I4 


W 112% 

2,000  Todd.  Os,  n.s..  4234 
10.000 U.  ore.  aOoB..  78% 
2,000 ».  J.    C.    Isc. 

con 66 

7,000  On.  Pac.  Iat..l0834 

1.000      do 8ai0334 

1,000  Xieblgb  fcW.B. 

con 39 

12,000  N.  W.  C.  C.  G..  90 
10,000  D.  k  H.  a.  '77.  98 
lou  Uei.  k  Uad. 60% 


100 
26 
BOO 
IOO 
600 
226 
100 


oa  60 

do 60% 

do 60 

oo sa  49% 

do 50 

do 50% 

do 501a 


i;600^Mt.0n.....aa  69% 


2000 

300 

300 

800 

1005. 

430 

100 

100 

100 


do aOa  69% 

do 69% 

do 860.  6914 

do „  70 

C.  k  H...ba  98% 

do 9334 

do 98% 

do aa  99 

do 99% 


23  do 8% 

lOOHlota.  (Jen. 45ia 

500  Can.  of  B.J 121a 

100  do s3.  12% 

600  do 12% 

300  do 123.4 

300  LftK«  Bbote 61% 


..  62 
..  52% 
..  62% 
..  62% 
..  62% 
..  53 
99% 


1000  do... 

300  do 

200  do 

1200  do 

100  ni.  Cenl^.... 

200  do 

100  «oek  UUnd. 

200  Aonli-w.  Pf..a30.  49 

lOU  do sa  49% 

300  do 49 

100  Wkbash  K.  Beo..     7% 

100  do 7 

100 a,  SLkQ.... 860. 11234 

100  da. 860.112% 

200D0L,  IkkW, 67% 

400  do 67% 

100  do 6734 

200  do 67% 

200  do 88.  67% 

200  do aa  67% 

100  H.  k  St.  J.  Pt  aa  24 


GOVKBNUEIiT  8T0CKB— 2  P.  IL 


fl0,00OO.  a  6a. '81. 

B 112% 

10,000  0.  8,  6-20  B.. 

'66  M 109% 


$10,000  0.  S.  6-20  C, 

'66  N. 109 

20,000  0.  S.  6a,  Our..  123 


BKCOMD  BOABD— 1  F.   M. 


$2,000  N.C.6s,n._bLC  12 
4,000  K.T.a68.^L..124 
16,000  th..  B.  IkP7».108% 
16,000N.  j.C.l8t,con.  65 
BO.OOO  L.  kW.B.con..  38 

20,000       ao 87% 

1,000  N.  W.  U  0.  G..  90 
B.OOO  1».  W.  0.  B.  O.  89 
4.000  M.k8.P.8s.  Ist.  114% 
6,000  Lakes.  Div...l08 
80,000  fJ.  Y.  C.  I8t,ail7% 
1.000  C«TL  P.Lg....  96 
4,0U0P.  ofM.lat....  94% 

8.00U  West.  Ma 100% 

1,000 ToL  k  wrist.  104 
10,000  U.  p.  lit.. h.&  10334 

1,000  Mor.k  Ba.  1st..  114 
lVuD«l,kH...b.caa  61% 

600  do 62 

200  do 51»4 

400  do 62 

700  do 62% 

SOO  do 52% 

400  do 52% 

800  WmL  On.... .6.0.  70% 

200  do b3.  70% 

1*00  do i.  70% 

700  do .860.  69% 

400  do 70% 

600  do b3.  70% 

600  do ..ba  70% 

700  do aa  70% 

ZOO  do 70% 

166AtLkPac aa  18 

400     do b.c  18% 

100  Pac  llail..b.caa  25 
loos.  T.  OkUud.b.(x  99% 

600     do 99% 

200     do b3.  99% 

lOUErie  BaU..b.cb&  8% 
200  Micb.  Ceo....b.a  45% 
100  a  M.k8t.P.Pf.b.e.  48% 

60     do 48% 

100  a  k  B.  I b.c  09% 


700  Ik  akU.3.b.&ba  62% 

500  do a.^  52% 

200  do ba  62% 

300  do 62% 

800  do as.  62% 

700  do 62% 

900  •  do 62% 

400  do 62% 

70O  do ,..83.  62% 

lOOCbL  k  M.  W.  Pt 

b.e ....bSL  49% 

100  do iSa  49 

100  do 49% 

208      do :.   4»'S 

100     do aa  40% 

100     do B6a  49% 

600  CkN.  W b.c  82% 

220ni.  Con b.c  63 

1400  C.  of  A.J U.C  1234 

400     do 12% 

200     do l',J% 

30O      do 12% 

300      do 12% 

100      do 12% 

50     do 12% 

do 12% 

do 13% 

do 12% 

do 12% 

do 12% 

do 12% 

300  a,  L.  k  W b.c  6734 

100     do aa  67% 

400     do 67»4 

300     do 67% 

80O     do 67% 

100     do 67% 

200     do 67% 

210  KOE.  k  Ba....b.o.  83% 

7     do 83 

100     do 83% 

24     do. 84 

100     do 84% 


100 
100 
100 
200 
300 
loo 


BALKS  FBOU  2:30  TO  3  r.  K. 
$5,000  K«e  4th...;..103     100  Wartb-irMt  Prtt  49% 


100 

do... 

loo 

do... 

300 

do... 

200 

do... 

900. 
TOlO 

do... 

do... 

S.OOO  N.  Y.  C.6s,'83.104 
2,0OO  Un.  Pac  lau.103% 

SCJDsLkHnd. 62 

...  61% 
...  61% 
...  62 
...  62% 
...  52»4 
...  63 

«UOWe«t.  On a&  T0% 

100  do b3.  70% 

200  do 70% 

iOO  EtUi  Baliwar.-ba    8% 
100  ».  t.  Cen.  k  BL...  09% 

^10  do 99 

40V  do 99% 

ft  do 89 

UOOXdIke  Sbore 62% 

400  do 62% 

TOOPiBktUl... 122 


400 
100 
100 

2oe 
100 

600 


do. 60 

do 49% 

do 4934 

do 49% 

tto....i, 40% 

do 49% 


220  C«a.  of  N.  J.....  12% 

23  do 12% 

20O  do 12% 

aoo  do..........  18% 

800  do 1234 

600  9t  Paul  Pxef,..a3.  48% 

200  do, 48% 

820  Mor.  k  it 84 

100  do 83% 

400D.,IukW 67% 

200  do... 67% 

leq  do 67^1 

BOO  do...„ .  67% 


TsnTSODAT;  S%b.  15— P.  it. 

On  the  Stock  Exchange  to-daj  th^re  was 

B  eeuiderable  deoreaM  In  the  Tcduiae  of  bad- 

osM,  the    transaotioiu   amonntiiig     to    only 

145,451  Abides,  trbioh  embraced  47,735  WeBtem 

Union,    S3,12S     Delairare.   Laokawsnna   and 

'Weetern,  19,400  L^^*  '3i><>'^  ^^'^^  DeUware 

and  SndMm  Canal,  13,970  i^etrsFariey  d^ntral, 

r,OeO  North-wertten,  6,187  Hew-Tork  Central, 

§Mi%t.  Paul,  1,500  Monli  and  Jitiei,  aiidl,40b 

,  Ueiiifaa  CentraL 

$b)  i|iknia)i«ii  faktlbooil  ihana  waa  terer- 
Hk  ifea  mm^    iMf^atm   Caattal   and 


e<mtM>7,  Delaware  aadfiadaonaad  ^elawaM, 

Laeka^ranna  and  Western  #«Ms  fttTtidaf  iiid 
higher.  NeWersey  Oentral  epeaed  at  14  add 
deobHed  to  13Mi,  ihtb  clotHng  aalee  at  a  re- 
covery oi  \  ^  cent  from  tb«  lowesfc  point. 
The  weakness  of  the  shares  was  doe  to  the 
u^ly  exhibit  presented  to  the  stookholders  at 
the  meeting  held  to-day  by  tile  oontmltiee  ap- 
polhted  to  exao^ine  into  the  aoto^  Unaadial 
condition  of  the  company.  The  report  ot  the 
cominittee  shows  the  corporation  to  be  hope- 
lessly insolyent,  and  the  facts  and  fignres  it 
oontaiiis  afford  the  clearest  evidence  that  affiiirs 
ot  the  ooiii}}auy  have  been  scatidaipasly  nuS- 
managea,  and  that  the  officers  have  been  for 
years  Bystematically  deceivius  the  stock- 
holders add  withholding  ft<am  them  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  true  eondition  of  their  property. 
Morris  and  Essex  after  advancing  to  86  fell  off 
to  83  Vi,  -whioh  was  the  closing  figure.  Dela- 
ware and  Hudsoii  Canal  Was  strong,  atad  ad- 
vanced firom  49^  to  53,  and  dosed  at  fi3%«  The 
officers  ot  this  ootapany  claim  that  the  unfavor- 
able rumors  afloat  on  the  street  in  resard  to  its 
financial  condition  toe  devoid  Of  tm^h.  It  is 
to  be  hoped  that  their  statements  to  this  effi»ot 
are  Well  founded,  but  the  public  and  stock- 
holders Will  possibly  exercise  a  wise  discretion, 
in  view  of  the  developments  in  the  case  of  New- 
Jersey  Central,  in  deoIiniDg  to  attach  implicit 
credence  to  them  until  the  report  in  regard  to 
the  affairs  of  the  company,  whioh  is  Deing  pre- 
pared, shall  have  made  its  appearance.  Dela- 
ware, Lackawanna  and  Western  fluctuated  be- 
tween 67>i^  and  ^^^,  with  alosinit  transactions 
at  67%'3i6a 

Western  Union  was  the  leader  of  the  market 
in  point  of  activity,  and  ranged  between  69^ 
and  70^,  closing  at  70Vi.  There  were  consid- 
erable transactions  in  the  stock  on  sellers'  op- 
tions at  a  concession  from  the  regular  price. 
Lake  Shore  rose  from  51^  to  52%,  and  closed 
at  52^.  North-western  preferred  was  pressed 
for  sale,  and  declined  from  51  Mi  to  49,  with  a 
subsequent  recovery  of  %  ^  cent.  Michigan 
Central  was  firm  at  a  fractional  advance.  Bock 
Island  was  steady.  New- York  Central  rose 
from  98^  to  99^,  and  closed  at  99>«.  The  ad- 
vices from  Washington  in  regard  to  the  Pacific 
Bailroad  bills  bad  a  depressing  effect  upon 
Union  Pacific,  which  fell  off  to  64,  with  a  recov- 
ery later  of  1  ^  cent.  The  other  fluctuations 
do  not  call  for  comment 

The  mobey  market  to-day  worked  easily,  and 
borrowers  on  call  readily  supplied  their  reqnire- 
moDts  at  2^®3  ^  cent  The  closing  business 
was  effected  at  2Vii®3  ^  cent.  Discounts 
were  imobaDgcd.  The  national  bank  notes  re- 
ceived at  Washington  to-day  ior  redemptioh 
amounted  to  $600,000.  The  following  were  the 
rates  ef  exchange  on  Ne^York  at  the  under- 
mentioned cities:  Savannah,  ^  premium; 
Charleston,  easier,  par's  Ml  premium;  Cincin- 
nati, firm,  fairly  active,  buying  par,  soiling  1-10 
premium;  St  Loms,  50 premium;  New-Orleans, 
commercial,  3-16;  bank,  ^  premium,  and  Chi- 
cago 50  premium. 

The  sterling  exchange  market  was  dull,  with 
actual  business  on  the  basis  ef  $4  84  for  bank, 
era'  60Kiay  bills,  and  $4  85914  85^  lor  de- 
mand. 

The  gold  specnlatTon  was  exceedingly  tame, 
and  the  nfioe  without  change,  all  the  transac- 
tions for  the  day  bemg  at  105H,  which  was 
the  final  quotation  of  yesterday.  On  gold 
loans  the  rates  ranged  Irom  SVb  to  4  ^  eent 
for  carrying. 

The  foreign  advices  reported  the  market  at 
London  for  British  consols  and  American  secu- 
rities steady  and  prices  stationary.  Consols 
for  both  money  and  the  account  closed  at  954^ 
'S>9bmk.  United  States  1865s,  (old,)  at  105%, 
1867b  at  109%®109^,  new5s,  at  107%9l07^, 
and  10-408,  at  lOSVii,  ex-ooupon.  Erie 
advanced  from  8^  to  8%  and  New- 
York  Central  receded  from  97  to  9&  llie 
Directors  of  the  Bank  of  Ensland,  at  their 
weekly  meeting,  held  to-dav,  made  no  change 
in  the  rate  of  discount  which  remalna  at  2 
V  cent  The  bank  made  a  gaim  of  £61,000  in 
specie  during  the  week,  and  the  proportion  of 
reserve  to  liabilities,  which  was  laat  week  46, 
is  new  46%  ^  cent  In  the  open  market 
the  rate  for  three-months  bills  is  1%91^  V 
cent  French  rentes  advanced  ftom  105£,  93o. 
to  106fl  15c  The  Bank  of  France  reportt  an 
inerease  of  l,150,000t  m  specie  during  the  past 
week. 

Government  bonds  were  dull  in  the  early 
dealings  at  a  fractional  decline  for  most  of  the 
issues,  but  toward  the  close  were  active  and 
strong.  Bailroad  bonds  ware  senerally  lower. 
Lehigh  and  Wilkes  barre  declined  IMk  V 
cent  to  37  Vi;  Pacific  and  Missouri  First, 
^  V  cent  to  94% ;  Morris  'and  Essex 
First  1  ^  cent  to  114,  Western  Pacifies, 
%  V  cent  to  100%  ;  New-Jersey  Cen- 
tral Consolidated,  1  IP*  cent  to  65 ;  do.  con- 
vertible, 1  V  cent  to  58,  and  Erie  Fourths,  \ 
W  cent  to  103.  The  Pacific  issues  recorded  a 
slight  deohne.  Central  Pacific  selliue  at  107, 
Union  Pacific  Firsts  at  103^  ;  do.  Land  Grants 
at  102,  and  Sinking  Funds  at  97.  Delaware 
and  Hudson  Begistered  of  1891  sold  at  98, 
against  99%  on  Ihiesdav.  Delaware,  Lacka- 
wanna and  Western  Seconds  sold  at  lOSV^  ; 
Morris  and  Essex  Firsts  at  97  ;  do.  Sevens  of 
1871  at  102 ;  New- York  Central  Firsts,  coupon, 
at  117^ ;  Harlem  Firsts,  coupon,  at  120  VI ; 
Toledo  and  Wabash  Firsts  at  104 ;  do.  Firsts, 
St  Louis  Division,  at  82<4  ;  ChicaKO  and 
North-western  Consolidated  Gold  Coupon  at 

90^90%  ;  do.  Begistered  at  89 ;  Lake  Shore 
Dividend  bonds  at  108,  and  New-Jersey  Cen- 
tral Firsts  at  103.    In  State  bonds  there  was  an 

active    Dusineas   for    Diatriot   Colambia    3.65a, 

■ales  of  which  were  effiected  at  72^973. 

Uhitkd  Statks  Tskasubt.     } 
Naw-YOEX.  Feb.  13. 1877.  J 

Gold  receipta tS37,240  70 

Gold  psymenu 112,638  09 

Gold  balanoe 71,004.074  18 

Cnrreooj  rooelpu 413,063  95 

Correnov  parments 418,00h  17 

CarrenoT  baiaace 4il34.009  52 

Customs 191,000  00 

CLOBUia  QUOTATtOMS — FBB.  15. 

Wedneaday.  ThursdaT. 

Americancold 105%  10568 

United  States  5s.  1881.  con p IIOI3  llOSs 

United  States  6-20s.  1367,  eoao Ii2%  112% 

Bills  on  London f4  849*4  84^14  84 

New-York  Central 98%  99^8 

Book  Island 99ifl  99ia 

Paoiflo  Mall 25  25 

MilwanksaandSc  Paul 18%  1»^ 

MilwanlceeandSt  Paul  Fref 48%  48ie 

Lake  Shore Slig  SSig 

Cbicacoand  North- weatero 32>3  3214 

Chieaco  and  Kortb-weatern  Pret 51%  493s 

Western  Union.. 70ia  7U% 

FBionFMifte ^ 65%  65 

Delaware.  Lack,  aod  Western et^s  67''8 

New^ersov  Cebtral 1439  12% 

BitlawareaddHiidaonCaaal 49%  52^ 

Moirhs  and  Essex 83  83% 

Panama..... 1S3  122 

Brie 8^  8^ 

Oblo  add  Mississippi e^s  bH 

Harlem^... .....»8»%  139% 

HanbibalsndSt  JoseoD U\  11% 

Hannibal  and  St.  Joaeoli  Pref S4  34% 

Mlohlgan  Central 43%  45% 

lUinois  Central 93  63 

The  extrexbe  range  of  prices  in  Stocks  and 
tlie  number  of  shares  sold  are  as  follows; 

Ho.  or 


Hldten.  tiOWBit. 

Sow-SorltOMitnL 09%  08% 

Brie....i....i....i.... 898  8% 

Lake  Shore 83^  M'i 

'^abasa...^..i. i...    7%  7 

North-weatom .■ 38%  32% 

Nortb-wBstern  FTeftned —  51%  49 

Eooklsland 99\  89^ 

Mil.  ft  SU  Paol  Pro* 48^  48 

Plitsborg 8914  89 

DeL.  La&.  ft  Weti(«nl......  68%  67% 

New-Jersev  Central 14  ISifi 

Delaware  ft  Hnd.  OaaaL 53  49% 

Morris  ft  Ssaex 86  83% 

Mlchiaaa  Central 45%  45% 

Illinoia   Central 53  SSfs 

Union  Paoiflo 85  64 

C,  C.&lnd.C iH  S^ 

^oudbal  ft  St.  Joseph  Pref.  84  94 

PMania..... 1^  12S 

western  Uflibii.., 70%  e»pt 

4.  *  P.  Tdeitrapii m  Wt 

.^idifid  M<»i S  » 

Mraa*4MMe«94n  •*••»•*•••••  *••*•■"•• 


bbarea. 

5,157 

1,0S3 

19,4U0 

900 

900 

e.iuo 

600 

1.830 

ItO 

96.135 

13.970 

15.395 

1,500 

t400 

520 

1,999 

150 

4tl0 

•m 

47.7-i5 

1.110 

..M«4Ui 


TBe  fSUoHUff  Ht1«  frtUr^  Ifa*  hfll&ii4tUri# 
tditaMtoaa  tta  ttta  Otold  ttfrifket  i<Mia2r : 
10:05  A.  M. MkihMi^.  |L i05»9 

KhftA-S..-: .10S^Udo?.|L.... 10368 

lUi»A.M .105%  too  p.  M. 103% 

11:30  A.  M... 10^%l£30P.  5. 105% 

18:00  m..., lte%3:03P   M 1®% 

ll-a)  P.M.. :....... .103%  ^ 

ThefoUowinx  were  the  oloBtng  (|uotatioas  ot 
Govemment  bonds: 

?)d.      AslceiL 
9314        123*S 

United  States  61.  IddL  rdfflstered lla^a        iiS\ 

UnUed  .Stales  da.  1881.  ooUDodS. 113%        113% 

nnitedl}utw3-20s.  li>6Si  reinatered..l08%       lOS^s 
Unned States 5-308.  1665.  ooaDaas....l08%        lOS^a 

(Juited  Slates  5-20s.  1865.  new.  rea 10955t        lOO's 

United  States 5-30«.  1865.  new.  ooup...l093i        lOO's 
United  States 5-209.  1837,  r«Kl8t8r8d..ll8%        113 
United  States 5-aOa.  1867.  couponH.....113%       113 
United  Statea 5-30!t.  1888.  rezi8taro<l%.ll5%        116 

Unitfld  States  S-iHx  1868.  cdapons 115^       116 

United  States  10-4ai.  retpstared llOSg       110% 

United  States  10-40S.  oonpon* II414        114% 

United  States  58, 1831,  rssnatet-ed UOSa        110% 

United  StaroK  5s,  1331.  ooaootis no^       110% 

United  States  4^38. 1331,  re){l8(ered...l06o8      *106% 
*Bx  Interest. 

Tbe  Sub-Treasurer  disbursed  m  gold  coin 
$33,000  for  interest  114,000  for  called  bonds, 
and  $6,100  sUtercoin  in  exohangefor  fractional 
currency. 

The  following  were  the  gold  clearinais  by  the 
National  Bank  of  the  State  ot  New- York  to- 
day: 

Irold  cleared ....tl8.896.000 

Gold  balances...^ 1,379  903 

Currency  balances.. 1,439,356 

The  followLhg  ts  the  Cleariag-hoiue  state- 
ment to-day: 

Currencv  exohanses 173,809.194 

CurtenoT  balances 3,504,776 

Gold  exobanKes 8,628,598 

Gold  balances 931.373 

And  the  following  fur  Uitv  Bank  shares : 

America 130is  Import  ft  Traders' .187 

AmerioanExobange.llO 
Bank,  ft  Brok.  Asao.  80 

Central  National lom 

Commerce 112^ 

Continental 68 

Corn  iExobange lSi5 

First  National SOI  • 

Fourth  National 10S% 

Fulton l.W 

FIftb  Aveone 216 

Gallatin  National. ..108 
German  American..  69 
Hanover 91 

The  tbirty-seeona  annual  report  of  the  New- 
York  Life  Insoranoe  Company  is  published, 
giving  in  detail  tbe  revenue  and  disbursement 
accounts,  and  settiuK  forth  the  nature  of  the 
assets  held  by  the  company.  Tbe  totals  show 
cash  assets  on  1st  January  amCunting  to  $33,- 
311,413  99,  and  a  surplus  estimated  by  the 
New- York  State  Standard  amountmg  to  over 
$5,500,000. 

The  Sterling  Fire  Insurance  Company  ^faas 
declared  a  semi-annual  dividend  of  Five  9^ 
cent.,  payable  on  demand. 

OILIFORHIA  UINW&  BTOOKS. 
San  Francisco,  Feb.  15.— The  following  are 
the  closing  official  prices  of  mining  stocks  to-day : 


Market. 

..110 

Mecnanics 

..136 

Merchants' 

..HP 

MetTopohtan 

..130 

Kaesau 

..  99 

Park 

..1141a 

People's 

..130 

Pbenix 

..  95 

Republic 

..  97ia 

Shoe  aod  Leather. 

..129 

St.   Nicholas 

..100 

Union 

..130 

Alpha. 20»* 

Koeauth 

1 

Bnlobei 8S4 

Kentuclc 

714 

Best  aodiielcber Sb'4 

Leopitrd 

4>a 

BniUon. I719 

Alesican 

.Northern  Belle 

17^0 

Conaol.  Virginia 52'4 

--'6T« 

California *48 

OTorman.  

U2>8 

Choll-r 70 

(Iphlr 

iit)>4 

Uoaddence. 9 

ttHTmondand  Blr 

b^ 

Calt-donia. 9Vi 

dllverUlU 

6 

Crown  Point. H't 

Saroze  

Seg.  Belcher 

8^4. 

Excheouer- 7 

60 

Qooid  ao(l  Currj 12»<j 

Sierra  Meradu 

a^ 

Bale  and  Noruxoss...      6 '9 

Union  CoasolidateO.. 

O'a 

Imperial 2>4 

Julia  t'onaolldated, . .     6  '4 

Tellow  Jacket 

16  >4 

Koreka  Couso  lidated. 

1834 

Justice 13'« 

*Sx-divldend. 

THE  LIVM  STOCK  MARKETS, 

BUFFAIX),  Feb.  15.— Cattle — Reeeipt.4  toida.r,  1.193 
head;  total  for  the  week  thna  far,  6,262  bend;  r>.8d2 
bead  for  the  Hame  time  last  Week:  Increase  in  receipta 
for  the  week  thas  lar  17  can;  fiesb  arrival*  cun- 
atjcuea  thruusb;  ;5'i  curs  held  for  ■bipiuent  to-morrow; 
no  tnnaactioaa  reported.  Sheep  aad  Lambs— Ueceiuta 
to-dar,  700  bead;  total  for  the  week  thus  far,  13,500 
bead;  1U.21>U  be»J  for  tne  aaom  time  laac 
week;  market  firm  at  a  aiiala  advance  on  jet- 
terduv's  piiuea;  9  oara  fair  lo  fcood  Sheep 
averagine  7ti  to  108  IB.,  dla posed  of  at  $4  (£$6  75;  6 
tor  iNew-lork  and  4  for  Brigbiou  ;  balance  uusulU  ;  3 
cara  ahlpped  liaaij  .varda  oare  of  stuck.  dog«— Re- 
ceipta to^av,  1 ,930  bead:  total  for  the  week  tbas  lar, 
lO.UOU  head  ;  7.tioO  lieoU  for  the  aame  lime  lane  weeii  ; 
onij  S  ears  >n  sale  illtpoSed  of  to  citj  dealern ;  no 
l-.aatern  demand :  aalea  of  1  car  aTeragiog  2t>3  to  670 
n  ;  1  oar  250  to  650  IB.;  1  oar  165  to  6-^5  Hi.:  1  car 
common  light,  anaold. 

East  Libebtt,  Feb.  15.— Cattle— ReCBiota  1,241 
bead,  ur  (j-i  cara  of  tbrousb,  and  11  ears  of  jard  stock  ; 
total  for  3  daja  2,380  bead,  or  02  carii  of  „brougb  and 
7'Juar.sof  vara  siocli:  the  anpjly  bai  been  light; 
marKet  moderatfl.v  active,  there  uelnir  aa  advauce  of 
^i\'3)^il.  vance  on  1a*l  week's  prices  all  roancL  Uom 
— Keceipts  to-day,  4,016  head;  total  lor  3  dava 
6.815  heiMl;  Xorkurs,  at  $d«»f6  10;  fullsdelpbiai  at 
»ti  7537  Id.  8Ueep— Reoelpu  to-da.v  1.4U0  bead; 
total  for  9  aaya,  8.«iOO  bead ;  aeiUog  at  $4'd>$5  6u. 

CaiCAQO,  Feb.  15.— Cattle— ItecetptH,  4,900  bead; 
ahlpmeuts,  3,900  bead;  market  fairl.v  active  and  Qrm 
but  UDCbanited.  Uo^s — Mecnlpta.  Iti.OOU  hcad^  ehip- 
ments,  6,clui>buad:  market  active  and  about  5c.  low,;r: 
LiRht,  $5  45'3'$d  00  ;  mt-diam  to  Ueary  f  acklag,  $5  50 
'Sfd;  choice  to  extr^  PUilaaelohlaa,  $6  1U(2>$6  70. 
eiieep— Falilj  actiTc  and  ateady ;  Receipta,  1,600  head. 

THE  STATE  OF  TRADE. 


St.  Loins,  Feb.  15. — Floor  soaroe  and  firm:  ao- 
tire  demand  fur  all  grades  below  treble  extra  Fall 
W  best  dnlL  lower  to  sfcll;  very  littls  done;  f<o.  Sited 
Fall.  $1  4UVt«$l  46 >2.  casb;  £1  48>u®Sl  48^  Uarch: 
No.  a  do..  $1  66,Aprll :  $16^19  March.  Corn  active.Qrm, 
audblgner;  Mo.  i  Uized.  39i4C.®39^iC.  caah;  4U^. 
'S'40>ec.,  Maiob;  42>«C.  April;  44^c,  Uay. 
Oata  acttve,  firm,  and  higher;  Mo.  2, 
SS'mc.'SSIc.  cash  ;  36o.  bid.  Marcb.  Rye 
tnaotlTO  aud  lower  at  66'9C'&67o.  Bariey  dnil  and 
uncbauged.  Wbiaky  higher  at  $1  06.  Pork  active,  but 
lower :  irregaiar ;  615  Bu9$16  10,  cash;  S15  753 
$16  10  March;  S16  0&3$m  25  April.  Lard  dull  aod 
nominal.  Balk-mf>at« — Ba.yera  acaseileia  apart:  dull, 
lower  to  aell;  aalea  ot  Clear  8idea,  to  arrive.  Bacou 
easier  :  ybonldera.  7c.;  Clear  Ribs,  9^.99<>BCi  Clear 
><ldea,  10>4e.,  ouyer  Jone.  Hugs  Inactive  aqd  lower; 
light  tihipplox  tu  good  Yorkers.  $5  llfSSd  60; 
Puocloi:,  $5  40a«5  76:  Butchers  $5  60a$3  e5. 
C.ittle  In  geod  demand  at  full  prices  ;  choice  to  fancy 
Steera,  $5  •^b'Snib  60;  good  to  prime,  $4  6J®$6  V2'^; 
light,  it^'SM  26;  Corii-ted  Toxaus,  $3  5  '^.'04  12'9. 
Ueoeipts-Klour,  2.8U0  bbU.;  Wheat,  12.00U  busheU; 
Corn.  SO.OO^  buabels;  Uats.  3,0Ol>  buthels:  Karley, 
2,000  buahela ;   Hogs,  3,70O  head;  Cattle,  ^,U00  beail. 

Chicaoo,  Fob.  15.— Floar  steady  and  firm. 
Wheat  nnssttled,  but  generally  higher,  closing  firm ; 
Nu.  2  Chicago  iiprlog.  Si  31  >«,  cash ;  $1  Z-^i^'dUX  3^14. 
Itarch;  4)1  33*4,  ^prll;  $1  3b<V  May;  ^'o.  3  do., 
$1  21;  r^eoted,  $1  05.  Com  lu  aorlTo  demand  and 
btKber;  42c.,  cash;  4Uc.,  May.  uatb  in  bgbt  demand, 
but  Uuldera  fttm;  35'4C.'^3538C.,  cash;  ;S6c.,  ApilL 
Rye  easier  at  6UH>o-  Barle.v  daU  and  lower  at  57c.  Pork 
nnsettled  aud  lower;  9ib'iB\b  li^.  cash;  $15  Ud'3 
$16  10,  February;  *16  07^*4$16  10,  Marcb; 
$15  37'i)^13  4U,  .^prll.  LSrd  m  tatr  demand,  but 
lower;  $10  40.  CB8I1:  $10  42^2,  March:  Clu  57i<2, 
April.  Bulk-meats  dull  and  a  shade  lower:  bliouiders, 
6'sc-:  $hort  clear  Klbs.  S^c  ;  Uboit  Clear  Sides.  8^. 
Dreaaed  Uoganngetiled,  active,  but  weak  aud  lower; 
good  AUxed.  $6  00;  light,  SO  3/ >2.  WbUky91  06. 
Becelota— Klunr,  U,U00  bbls.;  Wheat,  8.50u  bushels; 
Corn,  *j8,UUU  bastiels;  Udts,  IS.UUO  boabels :  B.ve. 
74U  btisnels ;  Barley.  6,3UU  basbela.  Shipments— 
Hoar,  8.5u0  bbls. ;  Wheat,  9,500  basbela;  Com, 
21.000  biuhela ;  Uata,  13.U00  busbels;  bitrley,  5.500 
buahelB.  At  tbe  atteruooa  call  of  tbe  board:  Wlieat 
easier;  $1  31V  Marcb:  £1  33^  April  Com  easier. 
Uats  uncbanged.  Pork  firmer:  $16  12>3,  Alaic.>i; 
S15  40'3:£15  42>3,  April.    Ldrd  firmer,  but  miohsnged. 

Buffalo,  Feb.  15. — Flonr  Arm,  in  f^ood  demand  : 
sales,  UOlI  bble.;  Westsrn  Ground  Hpring.  $7  25w 
$7  75;  Bakers',  $7  So-aSS  5j  ;  Ambi-.r,  $7  75a$8; 
vV^bite,  $8  25a'S8  75  ;  new  process,  $9  50®$lO  50; 
City  Orouno  Spring,  $7  SOiiiSS ;  Bakers',  $7  75® 
$d  26;  Amoer,  $7  763$8  50;  White,  $8  o0®$9; 
new  process,  $9  fiuif$10.  Wheat  In  fair 
milling  demand;  sales,  1  car  White  Blicbi- 
gan,  $1  63;  1  our  sample  White  at  $luO; 
^,000  basbela  Mortb-weatern,  $145:  3,200  busbeia 
Ko.  2  Chicago,  $  i  44 ;  400  boabebi  Amber,  $1  45. 
Cora,  Kew  in  good  demand:  sales,  SO  card  New,  at 
61>^,  ou  tr.i«k;  70  cars  High  Mixed  to  Millers,  la 
lots,  at  62c.'®52>^,  accurdlng  to  conditions  of  sale. 
Uata  dull;  aalea.  2  cara  Ho.  2  Toledo,  on  track,  at  41c. 
Barley  dull:  sales,  1  car  Oauada.  on  track,  at  83u. 
Other  articles  quiet  and  miobaugea.  Ball  road  fToiftais 
nnohsoged.  keceipts — '2.8  lO  bbls.  Flour,  b.6UU 
basbela  vVbeat,  16.400  ouabela  Corn,  7.700  basbela 
Oats,  2,8U0  busbeia  barley,  bhi  omenta— 1.900  bbls. 
Flour.  5.600  boahiila  Wheat,  12,u00  bushels  Com, 
7,700  bnaOels  Uats,  2,8U0  biuhela  Barley. 

Toledo,  Feb.  15. — Flour  ateady.  "Wheat  ateady; 
5o.  3  Wblte  Wabuab,  $1  63;  Ka  1  White  Michigan, 
$1  65;  extra  do.,  $1  61:  Amber  Mlcblgao,  aput  and 
February,  $1  68  ;  March,  $1  54;  April,  $1  56  :  -May. 
81  69-^;  No.  2  do.,  «1  39^4:  No.  •£  Red  Winter. 
$1  b'2^\  March,  $1  62.  Com  steady;  high  Mixed, 
44 ''sc;  old,  47 ^ac;  ho.  2,  spot,  44<<ic.;  Ma.',  48I3C.; 
i^eoted.  44>40.;  old,  44iac  Uals  qaiet:  No.  -i,  3UH>o.; 
Michigan.  400.  CloTer-seed.  $0<i9  10.  Receipta- 
6,000  busbebi  Wheat;  82,000  bushels  Cora ;  l,uuO 
bnabela  Oats.  eblpmanU— 300  bbls.  Floor;  1,000 
Duabeia  Wheat;   6i>.UOO  busbeia  Corn. 

LouiSViLUBi,  Feb.  15.— Floar  firm;  £xtra,  t59 
$6  60:  Filmlly  $5  769«6  60;  A  No.  1,  $8  75SS7  26; 
Fancy,  87  76'd$8  6a  Wheat  steady  and  unchanged. 
Com  Steadji  Wulte,  43o.;  Mixed,  41o.  Rye  ateady 
and  firm  at  80c.  Oata  ateady,  with  a  fair  demanil ; 
Wblte,  480.;  Sllxed.  40c.  Pork  firmer  at  $17.  Bulk- 
meats  nominally  unobaaged.  Bacon  In  lair  demand; 
ebouldera,  7Vc->  <^tear  Biba.  6>40.;  Clear  dldea  luc. 
Sugar-oared  Habia»  1  S'gc.vlS'ao.  Lard  firmer  bnt  not 
enotably  biaUor..  Whisky,  talr  demand  at  $1  06. 
Bagging  qoleC  at  ll'ao. 

New-Oblkahb,  Feb.  15.— Goro-meal  doll  and  nom- 

tnai.  ii6y  dull,  weak,  knd  lower;  jolme.  $14'3$ie: 
ebnlee,  $17U$ia  Pork  dull,  weak^  and  lowet  at 
$17  60.  Ku«ar  quiet,  bnt  Steady  and  unoh4nged. 
Molasses  dnli  and  nominal ;  held  at  yesterday's  oncet. 
Other  articles  unchanged.  Bxohaage— New-York 
Sight,  H  preiniam.  Steritng,  $6  18%  for  the  bank. 
Qoid,  106^'^10534- 

WiuoKaTON,  Feb.  15.— Spirits  of  Tnrpantlne  qnlet 
•t  33>ao.  Ream  doU  at  $1  76  for  StrHined.  Crude 
llirpeutloe  dull  at  91  80  for  Hard;  »i  8ufiir  Yellow 
Dip :  $*i  80  tor  Vugln.    Tor  quiet  at  tl  OO.  ^ 

PBOTtDBilOB.  Feb.  19.— Printlnsc  Cloths  market 
4iiiet;  prices  steady  at  SHo.  fi>r  beSt  64x64  Cloths. 


FOBEION  MARKETS. 


hmntw,  Feb.  15-l3i:3»  P.  IL—Fnlted  States 
Beads,  18678.  109*14:  10-40S.  lOS^t.  HewTork  Cen- 
jab  Mk  ne  zate  of  dueeoat  Aw  tocea  ■watar  bUia 


mammmfk 


tatheoMniaadEetUl^?l>b)re«Dt..inillilifli  %•% 

3 1.  ILf^jlts  btuHon  la  tii#JHidfe  Of  ltf«)Sad  has  in- 
dreaaed  £61,00o  daring  the  past  #eek. 

S:16P.  M.— Thepttrbiittlna  Of  the  Bank  of  England 
>escr*B  to  llaMHty,  whtob  last  week  was  46,  is  now 

46<^«»'ceDt. 

4  P.  M.— Krle  Railway  Shares,  8^  Paris  sdvioes 
quote  5  f;  cent.  Ben  tec  at  l()6f.  16c.  for  tbe  account 

Pahis.  Feb.  15.— Tbe  speclQ  ia  the  Bank  of  France 
has  increased  1.160.000f.  daring  the  past  week. 

Litxr^ool,  Feb.  16.— Pork,  sutero,  flrtner  at  80c.: 
WeStero,  dntl^t  66s.  Beooo  diiU;  Camberlabd  Cut  at 
S8a;  Short  tUb  at  41a  6<t;  Long  Cl'Sr  at  42a;  Sbort 
Clear  at  4Bs.  tlSms  dull;  Lunl  Got  at  46a.  Bhoni- 
ders  dull  at  SSa.  Beef  doll;  rudla  Mesa  at  Bus.  Extra 
Messstl048J  PnmeMess  at  80s.  Lard  dull;  Prime 
trestero  at  624  Tallow  dull  j  Prlnie  City  at  4ts.  6d. 
Turpentine  dull;  Rplrlts  at  Sis.  Besin  dull;  Com- 
mon at  6s.  9cl.;  Fin?  at  lOs,  6d.  Cheese  firmer; 
smeiiean  choice  at  729.  IiSrd-otl— ^ooe  in  the  mar- 
ket. Flonr  steady;  extra  State  at  25s.  6d.  Wheat. 
Na  1  Fprlog,  steady  at  lOa.  6d.;  No.  2  Kprtog,  steadv 
at  lus.  4d.;  Winter  dontberu,  none  In  the  market ; 
Winter  Wostern,  atendxr  at  l>ig.  8d.  Cnru  steady; 
Hiied  Soft  at  2oB.  for  old,  and  248.  for  new. 

1:30  P.  M.-Produi-e— Tallow,  41b.  3d.  ^owi  Pro- 
Tialons^Lard,  528.  4?'  cwt.  fir  American. 

2  P.  U. — Cottna— Uplandd,  Low  Middling  clause, 
Marrh  and  April  deliver.v,  6  2M-32d.;  Cplnnds,  Low 
Middling  clause.  July  and  Augnst  delivery,  7d. 

2:3u  P.  M,— Cotton— Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause, 
April  and  Mar  deliverv  O'^s  '• 

3  P.  M.— Cotton— Uplinds.  Low  Middling  Olanae, 
shipped  Januar.v  aod  Pebraarv.  sail,  634d.  Tbe  sales 
of  Cotton  td-day  ioclnded  i^.lOO  balea  American. 

.<t:30  P.  M.—(kittou— Middling  Uplands,  634d.;  Mid- 
dling Orleans,  6''gA, 

4  P.  M.— Cotton- Uplands,  Low  Middling  cUuafc. 
March  and  .tpril 'delirery,  6'4d.;  also,  sales  of  tbe 
same  at  6  23-32d. 

5  P.  M.— Cotton— Fdturps  steady;  Co'anda,  Low  Mid- 
dling clatun,  Uarob  and  April  di'lirery,  O^^d.  Produce 
— Be Uoed  Petroleum,  15d.  ^  gullon. 

Lospojf,  Feb.  15—5  P.  M.— Produce— Spirits  of  Tut- 
penilne.    .S08:®3Ua  Sd.  ^  cwt. 

Eveuliia — Llnseed-oll.  258.  6d.  ^  cwt. 
'    ANTWBRP,  Feb.    15.— Petroleum,  41£    for    fine   pale 
Amorictn. 

^» 

TEE  COTTON  MARKETS. 


Savannah.  Feb.  15.— Cotton  anil:  Middling, 
12»jc-;  Low  Mirldlinfr,  12^80.:  Good  Ordinary,  ll'ao; 
net  receipts,  533  bales:  exports  to  the  Continent, 
1,581  bales;  coastwise,  477  bales;  sales,  25  balea; 
stock,  64,0'2O  bales. 

Nbw-ORLBAn-s.  Feb.  IS.- Cdtton  quiet;  Middling;, 
13)40.;  Low  Middling.  II340.;  Good  Ordinary,  II^bc; 
n"t  receipts.  12,503  balea:  grosa.  13,727  bales:  ex- 
ports, coaatwlae,  4,386  bales;  aalea,  3,500 bales;'  stock, 
807,468  balea 

Chaklkbton.  Feb.  15. — Cotton  nnchanged  ;  Mid- 
dling, i/a^c:  Low  Miadltng,  12!^c.;  Good  Ordinary, 
l'2c.;  not  lecelnts,  839  bales:  exports,  cortstwiae,  293 
bales;  sales,  600  balea;  stock,  47.914  b^^les. 

Galveston.  Feb.  15.— Cotton— Bnt  little  offer- 
ing: Middling.  12>40.;  Low  Middling.  11346.;  Good 
Ordtnar.v,  ll^c;  net  receipta,  1,648  bales:  exporta, 
to  Great  Brit.tln.  3,808  bait  a ;  sales,  164  bales;  stock, 
76,581  balea.    _     

THE  REAL  E  1ST  A  IE  MARKMT. 


The  following  bnsinuss  was  transacted  at  the 
Exofaange  Yesterday,  (Tbursilay.)  Feb.  15: 

Bcott  Ic  Myers,  bv  order  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
in  foreoloaore,  "W.  A.  Boyd,  Esq.,  Beferee,  sold 
one  lot,  25  by  102.2,  with  two-story  briok  hotise, 
(rear,)  on  East  77th  St.,  south  side,  275  feet  east  of 
2d  av.,  for  tS.SOO.  to  W.  A.  Butler,  Seceiver  of 
Mannfaoturers'  and  Builders'  Bank,  plaintiff'. 

A.  B.  Mailer  &  Sod,  under  a  Supreme  Court 
foreclosure  decree,  B.  C.  Chetwood,  E^q..  Referee, 
sold  a  small  frame  house,  with  lot  15.6  by  100.11, 
on  £dst  124tb  St.,  south  sMe,  79.6  feet  west  of  3d  av., 
fort2.300,  to  EobercW.de  Forest,  plalnliffin  the 
legHl  action. 

K.  V.  Harnett,  under  a  toreclosure  decree,  by 
order  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pieas.  S.  M.  Henry, 
Esq..  Referee,  sold  a  fonr-story  brick  bouse,  with 
lot  30  by  100.10,  on  East  120th  st,  north  side,  255 
feet  east  ot  3d  av.,  for  t5,U0U.  to  Charles  Wright, 
for  Vew-York  Life  Insurance  Company,  plalntifll 

H.  W.  Coatee,  by  oriier  of  tbe  .Supreme  Court  in 
foreclosare^  .K.  B.  Gillian,  Esq., Referee,  disposed  ot 
two  lots,  each  35  by  100,  on  t44th  at.,  north  side, 
200  feet  east  of  VV1Uib»v..  Mornsanla,  for  (2,850,  to 
John  Davidson. 

The  lo  lowing  foreclosure  sales  «sr«  adjourned  : 
Sale  by  R.  V.  Harnett  of  a  house,  with  lot,  <»s  Eaot 
132d  su,  west  of  1st  av.,  to  Feb.  22  ;  sale  by  £.  A. 
Lawrence  St.  Co.,  of  a  plot  of  laud  uu  Manbaitau  st... 
north-east  corner  Biuoiniugdaie  road,  to  Feb.  26; 
sale  by  £.  H.  Lndlow  &  Co.,  ot  the  bnildlnss,  wiib 
two  lots,  Kns.  797  and  799  3d  av.,  corner  ot  Oth  st., 
tu  March  14;  and  sale  by  Louis  Mesier,  of  a  house, 
with  lot,  on  East  84ih'st.,  west  of  llih  av.,  to 
March  14. 

TO-DAY'S  AUCTIONS. 

To-day's  sales,  all  ut  the  Exchauge,  are  as  fol- 
lows: 

Bv  William  Eenneli.v,  Saprrms  Court  foreclosure 
sala  R.  F.  Farrell,  Esq..  Rcleree,  of  a  bouse,  with 
lot.  24  by  96.  on  Manisun  St.,  north  side,  06  feet  east 
of  Scammei  St.  AUo,  slmilur  sale,  aame  Referee,  of  a 
house,  with  lot  25  by  89.3  on  Weat  at.,  east  side, 
93.6  feet  north  ot  Morris  at.  Also,  Sbeiiff  sale,  Ber- 
nard Reilly.  Esq.,  Sheriff,  of  a  hooss,  with  let  21. lU 
by  — .  on  Thirl  av.,  west  side,  extemllna;  through  to 
Kiiseyelt  lane,  aud  adjoining  tbe  bouse  of  Lewis 
Fischer,  deceased. 

By  R,  V.  Uaruett,  foreclosure  sale  by  order  of 
tne  Court  of  Commna  Pleas,  R.  M.  Henry,  Esq., 
Rsferee,  of  one  lot  25  by  1UQ.5  on  Weat  58i,bst,  south 
sioe,  245  teet  east  nt  6tb  av. 

By  Kemard  Smyth,  foreulusnro  sale,  by  orde.^  of 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleaa,  S.  U.  Olln,  Esq., 
Roferee,  of  a  hou^e.  with  lot  IB  by  100.5.  oa  Weat 
53d  St.,  south  side,  439.(i  feet  west  of  Gcu  av.  Also, 
similar  s:iIb,  P.  J.  J.)acbimsen,  Eiq,,  Ket'eree,  of  a 
bouse,  with  lot  25  by  122.6,  on  Eaiit  38in  sc,  north 
side.  200  feet  east  ot  2.1  av. 

By  Wiiians  St.  D.-ivih,  Supremo  Court  forecloauro 
saio,  W.  P.  Dixon,  E'q.,  UeTeree,  of  a  plot  of  land, 
25  bv  224  on  Railroad  t.v.,  east  side,  1,091  feet  south 
of  144i.b  St..  extending  to  Mott  Uaven  CanaL 


EXOHANGE  BALES— TEUBSDAY,  FSB.  15. 

KKW-YOttK. 
By  Scott  4t  Myers. 
1    two-story  brlok    house,    (rear,)    with  lot, 
Iiaat77th  at.,  a.  a,  275   ft.  e.    of  2d  av.,  lot 

25x102.2 $2,800 

Bw  A.  H.  Unller  it  Son. 
1  small  frame  house  with  lot,  Bast   124tb    st, 
a  s..  79.6  fc.  w.  ot  3d  av..  lot    15.6x100.11..     2,200 
By  K.  r.  Harnett. 

1  fonr-storv  brick  house  with  lot,  East  120th 

St.,  u.  a.  265  n.  cut  3a  av..  lot  20x100.10..     6,000 
By  a.  W.  CoaUt. 

2  lots,  144th   St.,  n.    a.  200  ft.  e.  of  VTUUs 

av.,  MorrUonla.  each  25x100 2.850 


RECORDED  REAL  ESTXIS  TRANSFERS. 

KEW-TOEK. 

Hednadav,  Ftb.  14. 
4eth  St.,  a  a,  250   ft.  w.  of  2d  av.,  25x100.5; 

Ang-.^st  Ha^sey  to  John  tiimon $19,000 

104ihst.,  a.  a..  8Utt.  e.  of  4tu  av.,  -20x100.11  ; 

P.  Vaa  Alstrne  to  B.  Waloroa nom. 

Aveuue  A.  e.  oorncr  4th  at.,  133. 10x200,  24tb 

Ward ;  J.  T.  M-irrltt  and  wife  to  a  O.  Uuda. 
Road   leading   from    Yonkers,     40xlOO,    24tti 

Ward;  M.    A.    Hyer  and    hii8l>aud  to   L    C. 

Ovcrbangb 

67ih  at,  n.  a,  60  "ft.  w.  of  Lexington  av.,  aOx 

eo.SHx  Mary  A.  Klly  andha8b:tud  to  U.  Mo- 

Aveuue  U.  w.  a.,  85  fu  a  of  Scli   at.,  ^2x80: 

Mania  GulJatein  and  wife  to  8.  Hail 

lllh   bv..   B.  e.    Corner   60tb   at..    CU.4xlO>i, 

Archibald  Connor  and  wife  to  Mutual  Life 

iDsurauce  Coiupauy ... 

Hortun  at.,  s  s.,  'JuU  It.  e.  of  Hudson  st..  lS.2x 

100;  G.  Blinltz  and  wife  to  J.  tVllsmalcl 

46tb  St.  D.  8.,  2UU  ft  e.  of  lUth  av,  26x100.4; 

K.  .  blttler  anil  husband  to  M.  Lang 

36th   St.  u.  a.,  225   It.  e.  ol  0th  av.,  60z»8.9; 

tf.  F.  Uewltt  aud  wife  to  W.  B.  Jones 14,500 

11th  St..  a  8..  311.9  It  e.  of  6lh  lv.,  2i:x94.10; 

N  bherwood  tu  C.  Livingston 

89th   au.  >i-  8..  2U'2  ft  w.  of  8tb  uv.,  22x98.9 ; 

jacoo  Poas  to  M.  Qossman .. 

dlat  St,  a  a,  245  ft  e.  of  3d.  av.,  'ifUxlOO.e; 

J.  F.  Ganett  to  M.  Cohen 14,200 

134tb  St.,    n.  8.,  110   ft  e.  ot  6tb  av.,   OO.lli 

176:  IL  Binokerboff  to  B.  Van.lenburgb nom. 

60th  St.  a  a.  293  it.  w.  of  adav..  19.2x100.5; 

A.  Dold  aud  wife  to  it  Siloetstelu 

4tbav..  a.  e.  oorncr  of  78tb  St..  50x102.2;  J. 

Reckenaarfer  aud  wir<)  to  W.  ticlimais 

33d  at.  a.  a,    16.8   ft  w.  of  2d  av.,  16.8xv4.3  ; 

B.  8ilberstciuand  huaband  10  A.  Hold 

Modiaon  av,  w.  s.,  61.2  it.  s.  of  T8th  st,  15.6 

i44;  J.  H.  P-y,  fioferee,  to  A  H.  Carter 21,000 

124th  St.,   n.  a.,   98  It  e.  of  l.-st  av.,  irregular; 

A.  Btickney.  Referee,  to  J.  Roaa 

126tb  st,  8.  a.   21b  ft  e.  of  Ist  av,  90x'247  ; 

also,  Uarletu   Blver,    l'24th   at,  water  lota  ; 

same  to  aniue 

78th  St.  n.  a.,  175  ft  w.  of   1st  av;.   2dxl0i>; 

T.  H.  Lane,  Referee,  to  K.  Bowley  

Riverside  av.,  p.  g.,  90o  ft  n.    of  l'i2d.  st,  25x 

100;  -*.  U.  Walliii,  Referee,  to  J.  A.  Pout 

Riverside sv..e.  a,80u  ft.  n.ori22d8t,  75xl0u, 

same  to  aame 

etnav.,  e.  B.,  57.2  ft.  a  of  130Lb  at.  18.6x110; 

W.  A.  Bo.ydtoS.  Piatt 

LEA8B  BECjBOBU. 

6th  av.  n.  a  cor.  16tb  at.  21  years;    M.  8.  Tan 
bearen  to  M.  H.  Urlonell. 


2.000 


nom. 


nom. 
1,200 


9.600 


2,000 


SOO 
1,600 


17,000 
17,500 
10,000 


2,500 

2,600 
2,100 
4,600 
14,926 
7,050 


8.600 


F"~o7r»TCi£^^^MYT]ATK"KK8rOKN^^ 
.NO.  323  v>e8t  57tb  tt.,  at  a  low  price  and  terms 
very  easv  ;  hinh  ground;  street  100  feet  wide;  near 
Central  Park  and  blevatea  Railroad,  station;  lot 
25x100,  elesaiit  browii-atoue  frooi,  high  stoop,  frea- 
co<:d  and  paneled  in  olla,  mitrora,  gaa  hxtnteii,  at.ition- 
ary  tuba,  refrigerator  uuili  In,  and  In  tbe  centre  of  one 
of  the  handsomest  blocks  In  the  City.  Pcasession 
Hay  1.    Apply  to  A.  J.  JuriNSO  N.  11  Qreat  Jones  st 


FOR  8ALE— TWO  00888  WlTULAROli  KBUNT8 
ou  Worth  St.,  near  Chatham  Square,  adjoining  the 
Butaers  Kiie  Insurance  Cumtauy;  tbls  property  can 
be  Improved  to  pay  a  laroe  InoomeL  Apply  at  Na  67 
Murray  st.  to  k.  8.  LUQUfiBB  a  CO. 


ABABGAIN.— FOB  8AL1:,  AN  ELKUANT.  FULL- 
sised  house  on  West  58th  st.  close  to  6th  av.    For 
full  purUdolars  apply  t<> 

hOMKR  M0RG4N,  No.  2  Pine  at. 


f  6,500  a^ 

Biluttro  dst    I8AA 


TO  S90.O0O  FUtC  UoU.SB.x  IN 

"  parts  of  tbe  city.    Call  or  aend  for 


plIuttTo  list    ISAAC  HONia,  Nou  111  Broaoway,  rooms 
O.  and  U..  basement 


ALiAK«^£   iNU.>r6i£i£   (»F  UoOsie:.'^    BdtONq- 
liig  to  estates  and  iustltutinna  for  aale   or  tent  at 
lowratea     KiROMAN  F.  PAUE.No.  42  East  23d  st 


OKAMUK.  W.  J.-«;oUNTai  H0U8BS.  L.^KOH. 
HOitTii.agS  mts  lor  sale;  agieat  variety,  -usa 
ihruialietl  ana  trnfOniiahed  houses  to  let  tbr  seasou  ot 
yeiir,  bv   WalIKK  K.  .-iMiTH.    tormer-y    BlaokweJ  a 

^.Itli.  Omnice.  <;iiru«r  nf  Main  ano    ■''odcSh. 


ttUNT  YER-MiN.— HOUiK  AND  TWO  LofS 
.»^Tut  tiUe:  choice  roeatlen;  $8,ttii0)  etby  tehbs.' 
D.  paABiiON,  OoflU  InsHtanx  Oompaoja  Xe.  lit6 
ScMidva» 


m^ 


'f^m 


YALUABLB  HOTEL  tBOPSBtl  AT  OAtn  MAT,  tl.  J. 

THE  STOCKTON  HOTEL< 

the  lorgett,  most,  ootaplete,  and  popnlar  SEA-SIDE 
HOUSK  In  ABerio%  is  oiEsred  tat  tale.  For  informa- 
tion, address  J.  B.  DO  BABBT, 

Ho.  SSS.denth  4th  it,  Philadelphia 


FOR  tiAL,tir-A  BBAUl'tKOL  COUNTBT  KB8I- 
deoee  in  NeW-Jerse.y,  ooe  hour  firsm  foot  of  Cort- 
landi  st;  looaflon,  600  fbet  above  tide- water:  perfect- 
ly healthy,  and  no  mosquitoes;  bou^e  has  all  diocei'n 
Improvements:  hot  and  cold  water,  marble  maateU, 
Ico.;  snppiiad  with  water  from  spring  on  side  bill ; 
View  from  house  very  ezteisivet  handsome  lawn; 
fruit  and  ahade  trees  inqoantlclea  For  further  par- 
ticulars applv  to  T.  8.  SUBt'UBBU,  Do.  143  Broadway. 
Room  Na  19. 


AWO.NUBRFUL.  BARGAIN-FARM  SI 
acrea:  goodftuces;  fruit;  two  bouses;  Ibcooms;- 
ebade:  four  barns,  and  numerous  outbtlildlnn ;  ail 
in  OTder,  near  ctomervUle,  N.  J.:  lu  a  vliiase  opfiesite, 
store.  Post  OfSce,  depot.  &&;  very  haaltRy  1  liality  ; 
{breed  aale  ;  ou/v  $0,250.  SrANLBl  KERQUSCiK, 
No.  161  Broadway. 


FURNISHED  HOUMB  FOR  RBNT  IN  PBBTB 
AMBOy,  S.  J. — Containing  nine  rooms,  five  b«d- 
ronma,  good  cellar,  heater ;  water  in  kitchen ;  good  lo- 
calKv,  near  the  water;  lot  larce.  and  all  in  gboo  order; 
will  be  rented  for  Summer,  one,  or  three  years  PD1- 
NISHKD.    Apply  to  C.  L.  PAEKKB.  Perth  Ambuy.  S.  J. 


r|^o  LET— A  FoUK-.sroar  housk  on  isth  sr., 

X  first  door  east  of  Broadway  1  will  be  let  tu  a  reipon- 
sible  tenant  at  a  moderate  reot 

Apply  to  H.  H.  CAMHANH. 
No.  25  Hue  st 


TO  liKT— IN  STKVKNS  bOll.lJlNQ,  CORNER 
Broadway  and  27th  St.,  a  handsomel.r-fbrnished 
apartment  of  four  rooms  and  bath-room;  rent  low:  im- 
meulate  posaesslon  given.  Apply  at  the  offloe.  No.  4 
Went  27tb  st 


rrro  LE't    iinfurmshko— a    fodr-btoky 

JLhigh-at'Op  browu-stona  bonne,  la  good  order,  in 
Weal  14tb  st,  near  7th  av.;  has  st  clear,  unobstructed 
'View  in  rear  to  16th  st;  rent  modernte. 

H.  F.  JATNB.  No.  26(3  West  23d  st 


TO   L.BT    OU    LiUA.riE   FOlt   A    TEK.H 
YEARS— A   large   bulldiae,  wltU  00  or  70 


OF 

rooma  ; 
well    adapted  lor  hotel  purpoaes;   centrally   located, 
having  a  uuntage  of  on  feet  aad  about  1 00  feet  deep. 
H.  F.  JAYNlS,  No.  266  West  23d  at 


LONG    BRANCH,     JTIONinuUrU    BKACH, 
aud   iieaorisht  cottages  tu  rent  for  the  Summer, 
iull  particulars  and  catalogues  may  be  bad  from 

P.  G.  U  C.  8.  BROWN, 
No.  9a  Broaoway. 


Nil.  101  WAVKRLBY  PLACU-30  BY  60— 
Overlooking  VVoabiugtoa  square:  a  dellgbtfal  resi- 
deuce;  rent$i!,150.  Inquire  of  el.  ifSLEHHAJs,  So.  37 
Pine  8t 


NB'WFOKT,  R.I.— fob  RliNl'.    FOR   THK  BOM 
mer,  a  furnished  cottage  oa  Washington  St..  frith 
flue  view  of  the  Bay.     Apply  to  8AMUBL  U.  TATOM, 

Ciucinuatl,  Ohio. 


rr\0    REM'— THE 
M.  Bast  30th  at. 


lOUK-vroRY    U0U8E   HO. 
Apply  on  preiulsea 


110 


HOUSES&EOOMSJV^AOTED 

WANriiO.— A  HOUSE  FOB  ATKRjI  OF  YEARrf, 
tu^nlshed  or  nniurniBbed ;  location  between  6tb 
and  6th  ava.,  42d  ana  50tb  sta  Address  witb  full 
particulars  DOCTOR,  Box  No.  287  TIMES  UP-TOWN 

OFl'lCii.NO.  1,257  BROADWSY. 


WANTEU-BY  A  R^LIABLB  PAUTIT  FOR  A 
term  of  years  at  a  reduced  rent  a  large  house, 
(corner  preferred.)  between  23d  and  34th  sts.,  Madi- 
son auci  Oib  ava;  replies  from  owners  only  noticed. 
Address  IMKOairy,  Box  No.  182  2tmej  Otfice. 


UiNFtR.NlSMBD  IIOUl^B  WASTBU  FOR  A 
orlvate  family ;  entirely  responsible ;  milst  be 
bei;weea46th  ana  69th  sta.,  and  withlu  one  block  of 
6th  av.    Addzoss,  stating  lowest  price, 

s.  F.  JAYNkl.  No.  266  West  S3d  st. 


WANTKD— A  FUli.<il8UBD  HOUSK  FROM  MABOU 
1  to    Nov.   1:    rent    $160  per  month.     Addreas 
Farm,  Box  No.  1.957  Post  Office. 


yroKHis,  &(j.,  JO  let. 


OFFICES  TO  LET   . 

IN  TBE 
TIAIBS  BUII..D1NO. 
AFl'Iiir  TO 

9EORGB  JONBH, 
TIAIBS  OFFICB. 


1n»  l.li'l'— O.'^  WHsTSr..  ilKrWEK.H  V8.STRlf  ANO 
.  Ueat.roaaei  ata.,  a  five-story  warehouse,  44  b.v  85 
leet,   Bui^able  for  storage  ur  fbr  a  manufactory  lor 


Apply  to  H.  H.  OAMMANK. 
N«ei6  Pioe  at^ 


TO  l.,KASE— THIi  SPACIOUS  NBW  STORKS  N03. 
718  and  I'^O  Broadway,  together  or  separately, 
with  basement  and  sub-celiar,  at  reduced  rent:  also 
third  and  fodFtb  lofts,  al>out  60x100  fnet:  Immediate 
possession.     AppU  t.>  HuRSCB  ,s.    KLY,  No.  2.2  Pine  st 


riio   IjET  ou  L.fiA!!)B— rut:  kntirk  marulr- 

M.  iront  building  No.  341  Broadway;  sisa  about  33x 
laO  feci.,  with  uu  L  exteuaiou  to  lieouard  at;  ateam 
elevator  aou  heating  appdr,ttua;  immediate  posaes- 
aion.    Apply  to  UORACU  S.  titV.  ifo.  Si  fine  st 


rpo  LET— IN  iViL-iOICi  BUILDING,  CORNBR  OF 
X  Fulton  Hud  Ooid  ats.,  well  llgtiteu  rooma,  heated  by 
ateam,  with  or  wltoout  power,  auitable  tot  heavy  or 
light  maunfacturing  purposea.    Apply  to 

JOHN  T.  WlLiaoN  it  CO.,  No.  79  Fulton  St. 


rant  t.K'r-ON    M.iOiiRAri!  tbrms,  at  so.  43 

M.  film  St.,  one  door  from  Worth  st,  a  flrst-clasi  store, 
'.i!5x70  feet.  to.:ettaer  with  bakement  and  fourth  loft; 
or  would  let  tne  store  ai^d  oasemuut  tosether.  Inuuire 
of  W.  C.  MlLbER,  No.  145  South  6th  av. 


T\o  LUAstu— ruK  Four  »paciol'8  lofis  no. 
,  550  Uioadway,  (formerly  Tiffdnv'a  ;)    aiae  about  37 
xlOO;   immediate  posaeasion.    Applv  to 

iJUR.iCK  8.  ELY,  No.  22  Pine  st 


TO  l,ET— THE  STORE  AND  BASE.MKNT  ADJOIN- 
mgtbe  (it.  Nicholas  Hotel,  Na  509  Broadway,  ex- 
tendiug  through  to  Mercer  at;  possesaioa  lat  May, 
Apply  to  HoKACa  S.  ULY.  No.  22  t'iue  at 


ri^O  I.BT— THB  STORE  No.  42  BARCLAY  ST.,  Bli 
X  tween  t^burcb  and  Qreenwlcb  aU. 

Apply  to  H.  H.  CAMMaNN, 
Na  25  Pine  at 


EIUHTU  AV.— WEjT  8ILE  STORES  TO  RBNT— 
33d  and  34th  ata    Apply  to  J.  BOMAINB  BdO  WN, 


^o.  1,280  Broadway. 


TO    L.BT— IHE 
New  Chambers  at.  now  occupied  aa 


AND    BASEMENT,   NO.  2 
reataurant 
Apply  to  W.  L.  CO.MKLIN,  No.  Xs  4th  av. 


TO  MANUFACTURERS.- SPLiiNDID  FLOORS, 
'With  ateam-power,   Jca     Moa  164  and  166   Weat 


FACTORY    To     RENT     OR     8EIX— 60    BY 
I'Joteet;    five  stories;    rent  floor  Or  all.    Appl.y  on 
prcmiaea,  No.  217  vVeac  Sb'tb  st 


STEAiU  I'OVVEUANU  FIRST  FLiOOR  AND 
ceUar,  50x8ureet,  Noa.  188  and  190  Weat  Houatoa 
st    inquire  in  tbe  corner. ' 


REAL  ESTATE  TO  EXCHANGE.-WANTED. 
3  small  country  place,  tnree  or  four  acrea,  ( West 
CUuster  Conncv  preferred.)  with  a  good  house  unin- 
oumoered,  worth  from  $3,000  to  $4,000,  tor  wblcb  a 
well  asBurted  stutli  ot  ready  made  clothing  will  be 
given.  Address,  givinx  partloulara,  HANSON,  8taiiou 
D,  New-i'orfe. 


DEYGOODS^ 

II g  mo  If  II 


WE  Oil  PER    100  DOZBR 

MEN'S  ALBZAKDRB'S  BEST 

PARIS  KID  GLOrSS, 

Off  Colors,  One  Button,  60  Osats  par  Pair. 

ALSO. 
MBN-S  ONE  BUTTON 

CASTOR  GLOVES. 

LAROB  SIZES  REDUCED  to  $1  per  Pair, 

TO  CLOSE. 

A.  T.  STEWART  &  CO. 

BROADWAY,  4Ta  AT..  OTS  AND  lOTH  8T8. 


M18S  J»I.  J,  YOUNG,  AFTER  TWELVE  YEARS 
ancces&fui  management  of  the  "  American  School 
Ina.ltute,"  baa  severed  her  oonnectiou  therewith  la 
conaequenee  ot  tb6  bankruptcy  of  J.  W.  Schermer- 
horn  ic  Co.,  and  baa  opened  her  own  AMERICAN  AMU 
FORliiaN  TiiACilERS'  AQUNClf  at  Na  28  Union 
square;  ofBoe  hours,  9  A.  M.  to  4  P.  M. 


TUB  NATIONAL.  SCROOL.  ttURBAU  IB  A 
roiisble  agency  lor  supplying  schools  and  families 
with  teachers,  and  teachers  with  positions,  locreaa- 
ing  demand  foi-  good  teaehera  Apply  early  lor  Au- 
tumn vacanciea.  Send  stamp  for  apphoation  form. 
T.  COTESWORTH  PINCKNEY.  Oomeatio  Building, 
corner  I4th  st  and  Broadway,  New- York. 


AWBLL-BUUCATBD  GERMAN  GBNTLb- 
MAN  wl«bes  to  give  Germau  lessona  during  the 
eveaiog  hours;  no  compensacioa  asked,  his  oujeot 
belug  to  Improve  la  English  convBTsatlon ;  refereocea 
exchanged.  A  paity  speaKiuz  ij^nglUh  eleaantly  juar 
addroiwHUGO  PttlTTWirZ,  Box  Ho.  170  llmea  uffloe. 


AAlERfCAN  AnO  FOREIGN  'rBACbBiUi* 
Agency  ruppliea  resident  and  noo-realdentproiestora, 
tutors,  governesses.  anQ  teacher  lor  every  denartmeut 
Of  itutructioa.  Apply  for  cireulara  to  MlU  M.  J. 
YvUNO,  Ho.  23  Uniou  aqttare. 


RB.nOVAU.  —  RIOQHLY  k.   CO..    IHPOBTBR8 
U  -  .- 


_^laee  onriaina    and   emlvrolderiea.   have    removed 

tn>m  So.  110  Worth  «t  to  Ndt.  79  tIaA  31  Wbfth  gt.. 
between  Broadway  and  Ohoroh  s|i 
MswXoBS.  Iftt.  1.  1877. 


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«i  aghv  IMtteenied  ia 
tadlC  ind  ill  ht  mv 
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i&b1e»«l.^e1l  as  tbe 
,most  trh  olesojnS 
sauce  that  is  maie." 


Worcestershire   Sauoe. 

LBA   St   PEftBINS'        ^ 

SiaXATUBS  is  on  Btitiit  BOTTfiZ. 

JOHN  DUNCAN'S  SONS, 

NEW-YORK. 


SITUATIONS  WANTED. 

esBfiAUSs, 

THE  uF-To^iToiQrtoFojr  the  tuiesi. 

The  np-to'wn  oiBce  of  THE  TIMES  Is  located  at 
No.  1,837  Broadwari  bet.  Slat  aad  SSd  ata. 

Open  dally,  BtmdayB  mciuded.  fh>m4AM.to9P.   SL 

Subscriptions  received,  and  oopies  of  TttB  TIMES  fbr 

sale. 

ADVERTISKMBNT8  RECEIVED  UHTIL  9  P.  M. 


CAMUIBR.— BY  A  TOUNG  LADY  AS  CASHIER  IN 
a  hotel,  or  any  position  that  leqn-.zea  a  good  iSns- 
llah  education:  beat  City  leterenee,  if  redtilred.  Call 
on  or  addreas  M.  M..  Wo.  24jf  liaat  S7tb  at,  all  weelt. 


C01>IFANI0N.— BYAN   AMERICAN 
to 


YOUNG  GlRti 
wait  on  a  lady  or  growing  r.bildren,  or  aa  aeam- 
Btreaa  and  asaUt  in  Ughtf'  worlc :  good  operator  on 
Wheeler  and  Wilson'a  machine ;  City  or  country.  CaU 
at  No.  53  West  28tb  st,  present  employers. 


COlTlHANION.— BY  A  MIDDLE-AGED  SCOTCH 
iroman  to  attend  an  Invalid  lady;  is  a  good  plain 
seamstress ;  goon  reference  for  both.  Call  at  So.  17d 
West  11th  st 


CUA.tlBBR>iVIAtO  ANU  WAITRESS.— BY 
two  sisters.  (Scotch  Protestants;)  wOuld  do  work  of 
small  fiimtly  between  tbem;  country  preferred ;  best 
ot  reference.  Call  at  No.  13  Weal  44th  st,  rear,  for 
two  days. 


CHAjnBPJK-MAlU,  -BY  A  RBSPfcCTABLB 
young  girl  not  long  in  the  country ;  to  do  chamber- 
work  and  asstat  with  the  washing,  or  woulfl  take  care 
ot  clilldcen  and  do  sewing  ;  good  reference.  Apply  at 
No.  234  West  14th  st 


OHA>lBBtt-.>lAIU— COOK.-BY  TWO  RE- 
spectable  Protestant  girls  together,  one  as  chamber* 
maid  and  waitress.  Or  chambet-initld  and  seamstress ; 
the  other  as  cook;  excellent  City  refbrenoea  Call  at 
No.  156  East  44th  at 


CHAOIBBK-IUAIO  AKU  HBAMHTHBeiti.—Bt 
a  Weiah  Proteataut  girl  as  chamber-maid  and  dd 
sewing ;  City  or  country;  best  refbrenoa.  Call  at  Boi 
328  West  16th  st 


CHA;UBBR.:tiAlD  ANO  WAITRBISS.- BY  A 
respectable  girl:  no  objection  to  go  to  the  country  > 
beat  City  reference.  Can  ue  Seen  for  two  days  at  Mo. 
9*^8  8th  av..  entrance  In  58th  at 


CHAIMBKR-AIAID.- BY  A  SCOTCH  PKOTE8T- 
ant  girl  as  chamber-maid  or  chamber-maid  and 
waitress ;  <.ity  reference.  Call  at  Ko.  107  Weat  26th 
St.  Boom  No.  10. 


ClUAIVIBEK-IttAIO.  dr.c.—BY  A  YOUNG  GlRL 
no  do  np-staira  work  and  due  waabllig  and  ironiiur, 
or  washing  and  chamber- work;  Urat-elasB  reference. 
Call  at  Na  225  East  35tb  st 


CUA.tiBBK-.nAID  AND  JVURi^B.— BY  A 
.North  Germau  girl,  to  take  care  of  gro?rlng  cliiidren 
and  assist  with  tne  chamber- work :  also  competent  to 
teach  children  German.    Call  at  No.  62  West  Dlat  st 


CBA.Y1BBU-IMAIU.— BY  A  YUU.NG  GIRL;     WILL 
take  care  of  Children ;  is  willing  and  obhglug;  best 
City  reference.    CaU  at  No.  362  Enat  33d  at 


CilAltlBBR-lUAIO.— BY  A  COMPETENT    CUAM- 
ber-mald  and  flue  washer ;    beat  reterence-    Can  be 
seen  at  Na  490  6tb  av.,  near  30tb  at..  Room  No.  3. 


COOK.— Bf  A  FIRST-CLASS  PROTESTANT  WOM- 
an ;  naderstands  all  kinds  of  cooking,  French  and 
Americao,  and  all  kinds  of  fancy  dishes ;  willing  to 
take  charge  of  kitchen;  will  go  in  the  country ;  ref- 
erence.   Call  oraadi-eas  Na  218  East  vilst  bt. 


COOK— CHAMBBR'HIAID.— BY  TWO  RB- 
•pectable  ilris.  one  as  cook  aud  the  other  as  cham- 
ber-maid or  waitress;  no  objeetloiu  to  the  washing 
and  ironing;  beat  City  leiereuoe.  Call  at  Mo.  514  3a 
av.,  too  floor. 


ClOOK.— FIRST-ULASS  IN  EVERY  RESPECT; 
/'long  ex|ierlence ;  accustomed  to  anpenor  cookiag; 
no  oblection  to  tirst-class  boarding-bouse.  Call  at  Mo. 
118  West  26th  st 


tlOOK.— By  AN  ENGLISH  GiRL,  fO  DO  COOKING, 
/washing,  and  Ironing,  or  bouse- work;  City  or  coun- 
try ;  good  refereuce.  Can  be  seen  for  two  days  at  Mo. 
2i)7  East  '.24th  Bt. 


C100K..— bY  A  BKSi'ECTABLB  SCOTCH  FBOTBST- 
Jant  womsn;  will  asalit  with  washing  1  City  ot 
country  ;  beat  reference.  CaU  at  Mo.  152  West  28th 
at,  rear.  Room  No.  6. 


COOK.— BY  A  COMPETENT  WOMAN;  UNDER- 
atanus  all  kinds  of  meata  and  aoupa  j  exorllent 
baker;  would  asalai  with  washing;  good  City  reter- 
ence.    CaU  at  No.  127  VCest  64tn  St..    second  floor. 


C^OOK.— BY  A  COMPETENT    iOL'NQ  WOMAN    TO 
>cook,  wash,  and  Iron;     is  willing   and   obiiguigi 
good  Ciiy  reference.    Call  at  Mo.  'Zb'Z  West  S'ZtX  st 


COOK.— BY  A    PROTESTANT  WOMAN,  As  FIRST- 
olaaa  cook,  and  assist  In  washing   and  Ironing; 
beat  City  reference.    Call  at  No.  38  Weat  13ib  at. 


COOK.— BY 
ciaaa  cook:   eountry    prelerred; 
Call  at  No.  144  Eaat  15ta  at 


PROTESTANT    GIRL    AS     FIRST- 
good  reference. 


/lOOK.— BSf  A  YoOMGWoMaM:  WILLI.nO  TO  48- 
V^alat  with  washing  and  troniug  ;  City  or  country ; 
good  City  reference.     Call  at  No.  114  Weat  33d  at 


DREiStli.MAKER.- BY  A  COJlPETENT  PliBSON, 
or  will  wait  on  a  laoy;  no  objcctiona  to  tbe 
eountry ;  best  reterence.  Addieaa  T.  L.,  Box  Ma  293 
IIMKS  UP-TOWN  OiFlCB  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


GOVERNESS.- .^NY  FAMILY  DESIRING  THE 
aervloea  of  a  cheerful,  educated  lady  m  tbe  ca- 
pacity of  governess,  musio  teacher,  aasiataat  house- 
keeper, reader  ur  amasuensia,  or  in  all,  will  address 
Emily  Home,  Box  No.  263  TIMES  UP-TOWM  OFFICE, 
NO.  1.267  BROADWAY. 


HOU8B-WOUH..— BY  AM  AMSRICAN  WOMAN, 
to  do  general  house-work  In  a  small  family  ;  is 
willing  aud  obliging;  would  take  care  of  chUdren  ;  no 
obieotiou  to  leave  the  City.  Address  Mrs.  K..  Box  No. 
274TIMESUP-TOW.V  OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


HOUMK-WOKK.— BY  A    GIRL     FOR     GENERAL 
house-work;   good  cook,  wasbc^r,  and  ironer;    beat 
City  reterence.    CaU  or  address  No.  101  Weat  20th  st 


LADY>a  JWAlD.— BY  A  COMPETENT  FRENCH 
maid  With  a  family  going  Co  Europe;  does  not  ob- 
ject to  children;  flrst-olass  reference.  Ad^ess  Ueori- 
ette,  So.  661  6th  av. 


LAUIT'S  MAJIO.— BY  SA.  COMPBTENX  OBRUAM 
woman  as  maid  tb  a  lady  6r  yoting  ladles;  Is  a 
good  seamstress;  will  travel;  best  retaremeM.  Call 
at  No.  564  8th  av.,  oanoy  store. 


LAUNUUU.-iH.- BY  A  FIBdT-CLAiJU  1)AUNDRUSS: 
understands  her  business  In  all  its  branches ;  would 
aasltt  With  the  chamber- w6rk;  Is  willhig  and  obltgiug: 
has  liest  reference  trom  lit't  employer.  O^  at  Ma  SSiB 
Raat  SUth  St.  first  floor. 


LAUN URU8.S.— Bli  A  RBSFlioTABLB  WOMAN 
Sit  flrst-clasB  laundress)  understauda  fluting  thor- 
oughly; City  relerencea  CaU  at  Ma  168  West  28th 
bt,  Uuom  No.  12. 


\!  UR8E.-8Y  A  YOUNG  GIRL  TO  TAKE  CaRB  OP 
±^  chiioren  and  make  herself  generally  usetui ;  has 
hvtd  out  before;  no  ot^ectlons  to  wear  espt  is  very 
kind  to  children.  Call  at  Mo.  226  Bast  46lh  st.  sou- 
oud  floor.  . 


-|\I  URSB  AND  SBAMSTRKiSS.— BY  ABfiSPECT- 
XI  Hble  Protestant  woman ;  Is  te^y  fond  of  oblldren  t 
wiU  be  found  kind  and  obliging;  good  reteenoei  Call 
in  stailoDery  store,  Na  471  Sth  av. 


"Xl  UUetB.— BY  A  COMPETENT    INFANT'S  NURSE: 

Xlcan  bring  it  upon  the  bottle;  good  plaiu  sewer; 
wliUng  aud  obBging.    OaA  be  engaged  at  Ma.  685  6th 

av.,  shoe  store. 


I^UKSB.— Bt    A     RESPECTABLK     PEOrKSrAMT 

li  unmarried  woman  aa  nursa  and  feeamBtreii  or 
chamber-maid  and  waitress;  refecenoa.  Call  or  ad- 
dreas for  two  days  Ma  244  Eaat  S^tti  at 


NURSE.— BY  A  8COTCH  PE01B8TANT  WOMAN 
aa  infanf  a  nurse  1  can  take  entire  charge  from 
buth:  good  rsierenOe.  Call  at  Mo.  716  Oth  aV.,  in  the 
mihlnery  store. 


l\TUR!iE.— OFMAMl'  IBARS  EXPERIENCE  IN  ALL 
iJl  kinds  of  tlekaess  or  monthly  nursing;  sktisfkotory 
Tcfereooe  from  patients  and  phtslciaoB.  Inquire  tot 
Lady's  Nurse  at  Na  314  Bast  16tli  at 


UJEIS^.— Bt  A  RSBPECTABLE  YOUNS   OIBL  A8 
nurse;  wlUlog  to  aaaiat  with  chamber-work;  City 
reference.    Call  at  Na  222  Bast  29tb  at 


1U  URhB.— BX  A  YOUNG  GIRL  TO  rA&B  CARB  OF 
XI  grown  oblldren  and  to  aaaisi  wlto  ether  work.  Call 
at  NO.  237  Bast  4oth  at,  aecond  floor,  front 


SBAai»TltEH8.-BY  A  Bt!;8P.:.0t'ABLK  GIRL  Afl 
ieainttreet;  tuiaerstfttidk  Ureu-making ;  II  yriiilhg 
tudohgbtehamber-wotk:  oahop«mtb  on  the  Oirovsr 
fc  Baker  maeblob:  good  city  rerereaee.  Can  be  aeeti 
for  two  days  at  Na  a-Jl  West  4 2d  at. 


SBAttt(»TRWH.-BY  AYOU.Na  WOMAN:  tsPEE- 
tectly  oompvtent ;  and  wait  uu  a  lady;  are  years' 
Bxoeltent.city  reference.  AddreAS  M.  P..  Box  Ma,  266 
TIMES  DP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,267  BROADWAY. 


\;|rAITRBsM.  —  BY  A  RcSPEOfABLS  YOUflQ 
y  V  wooian  be  arst-clasa  waitress  In  a  private  family : 
understands  tbe  care  Of  stiver  and  making  of  saiada. 
lio.|  is  also  capable  of  fllliug  n  mau'a  place :  has  ezeel- 
lisntdty  reterence.    Apply  at  No.  IS  Bast  38th  st 


TXlAlTBEttS.-BY    A    UliiL      AS      ini(8T-ChA8B 
TT  waitress;  or  would  do  chsmoer- work  and  tMWbt; 
best  city  wfarahea.    CaU  or  address  A.  It..  Me.  8) 
BaBtaasbst 


WAITKBEltil.-BY    A    BBiPECTABLE    . 
lLst-«lass  w.iUre8Ss  bwt  Ciiy  ntuaoM, 


j'j-,>J.'-r-.'i      '        " 


L  M«4  at ««.  AB9  8thar«, 


QlftL    AS 
CmIw 


SjrUA150|rS  'WAKTBD. 

J-VHALBS. 


-OJ-AMBlfta^NMIHBS'taBKRtSfeB.  BT  A  fWE. 
T T  dish  wtsaua.^fiTwsrly  in  private  tkiaiUas;    tbe 


T  »  luan    wwiuMii,    aviaiKH.f     «.«    i/»<aio  uhbiuob;     tne 

Tory  best  C\t9  testloiotiala;  will  do  cheap  and  splsn- 
did  Work  t  Widdv,  iiodbUtbren;  Call  at  Xrs.  ariksen. 
Kb.  340  gist  2gd  St.  r^t  bohSe. 


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'AMHiNCI.— 0T  A  PROTESTANT  SCOTCH  WOI<. 
an  to  go  '«nt  by  the  day  to  wash  in  a  gentleoifttf  a 


laallyi'nS  ahtootlon  to  any   kind  af"  woST  go«i 
Calfat  Jo.  ts  South  6th 


!!2 


irasee. 


I  av.,  second  flaur. 


MaLbs. 

Cd6k.-HBT  A  COLORED  MAhpAB  COOK^^mST^ 
dajks  tefeieneei;  understands  Amcrlcfui,  Ft«n«^ 
and  iiianlsh  dishes ;  hsssl  or  boaidlog-honss  »re> 
ferred  r  city  ot  coWitry;  ean  be  engaeedfoi-  the  Riba- 
mer.    call  or  address  for  one  week  149  West  koj  a. 


^ 


r^OACMuriAN-— BY  A  You.va  majt  who  thue- 

Vyedgbly  dDdersrands  his  business  in  all  branches  - 
is-sober.  boaest,  fcnd  obllgldg;    also  tLorougblr  under- 
stands care  of  trotting  horses-,    has  the  highest  Ctt7 
reference   ftom   last  employers.    Call  on  or  addresa  I 
A  K..  No.  102  East  40th  St.,  private  atable.  | 

»AC7fii»tAN-OHAMBBR^»tA10.-8Y      mIn  i 

and  Wife;  bianae  doaebmsn  aoi  gardener  wifbto 
do  ohamber-werk  and  Waiting;  wi.l  do  anychiDg  on 
gentleman's  place  that  wants  tobeoone;  nine  years' 
re£srence.  Address  J.  D..  6"x  No.  274  TIMES  tTP- 
TOWMOFWCE.  NO.  1.267  BROADWAY. 

CbACHlHAN   AND    GROOiVt.-BY     a    SINOLR 
young  man  :  thoronghl.y  understands   tbe  care  of 
horses,  hameSi,  and  earriases ;    la  a  good,  plain   gar- 
dener, and  Is  capable  of  taking  charge  of  a  gentleman's 
laee;  good  references.  .Address  M.   M.,  Box  No.  S'iS 
~I1F.S  Dp-TOWK  office,  mo.  1.257  BROADWAY. 

CIOACHIWA.N.— BY  A  PROfKSTA.sT  MaRRIKD 
/man ;  fUll.v  competeot  to  take  the  entire  charge  of 
aiit  gehtleman's  esiabliiihment;  City  or  country  ;  sis 
' years' best  relereboea  Addreas  J.  A.  C,  Box  Na  S07 
TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICK,  no.  1.25?  BROADWAY. 

OACHMAN.-BT  A  THOROUGHLY  0OMPt:ris.VT 

single  s  tfung  man  of  long  experience  and  capability; 

can  be^lghly  rcoommeoded  by  his  last  employer.    Ad* 

dress   J,   D..   Box  Na  289  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE, 

MO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 

COACH  MAN.— BY    A    GENTLEMAN    FJS      His 
coachman,   a  single  young  8cotcblusn:    stiictir 
temperaie  and  obliging ;  no  objections  to  the  country. ' 
Call  on  or  address  fbr  two  days  C.  T.  Cromwell,  No.  M 
Libert t  at.  Room  Na  4. ' 

COACMMAN  AND  (vARUBNER,  AND  GkM. 
erally  USefiU  Man.— By  a  aingle,  sober,  steady  man;  1 
three,  vesrs'  refbrence  trbtn  last  ptaoe.  Address  fttr 
two  davB,  J.  C,  Yonkera  Post  Office. 

C10ACHMAN  AND  «ROO.H.— BY  A  81SGtS< 
/young  man  ;  no  ob{ectioa  to  eitber  City  or  eountrr;' 
beat  City  references.  Call  or  adureaa  W.  M.,  Ma  vl' 
Baat  83d  Bt,  private  stable. 

OACU.^IAN.— BY    AN    ENGLISHMAN:    IS    UAR.' 

rteB;  no  famli.v;  nf    -"bjectioa   to    eountry:   flrst- 

oiass  City  reference.    Addreas  .1.  B.,  Box  Mo.  328  TIMgS 

DP-TOWN  OKFICK,  MO.  1.26/  BHQADWaY. 

COACBDIAN.- BY    AM    ENGLISH      PRuTESTaMT 
as  coachman  and  groom ;    best  of  City  reference : 
no  objeotion  to  cotmtry.     CaU  or  addrese  Ma  352  Bast  - 
I9tb  St. 


COACH!ttAN.— BY  A  M.aRRIED  MAN  WdOT..OR- 
onglilyunderatandahlBDUBinnas  in  all  lis  branchfS: 
has  the  beet  City  reteHsbce.  Cull  or  addrass  Na  836 
lat  bv.,  near  Idth  St. 


FAR»iKR 
ried  man. 


AND    tJAKDKNKR.— BY    A    MAR- 

no  family;     wouid  accept  a  first-class 

gardener's  twsltion;   seven  years'   reference    from  bia 
present  place.    Addresa  W.  N..  Box  236  Timt*  Office. 


GARUBNEB,  Ace— COOK,  dfec— BY  A  MAM 
and  wife,  (Hollandeis,)  without  cnlldren.;  Protest- 
ants; manas  ^rdener;  naderstands  tbe  proper  care, 
of  horses,  and  will  be  found  willing,  obliging,  andal* 
ways  ready  for  any  kind  ui  work;  wife  Is  a  good  eooK 
abd  laundreas,  also  pleasant,  obliging,  and  not  afraid 
Ot  wurli :  best  of  reterences.  Call  or  address  at  Mc  Ii, 
Clark's.  Ma  488  Warren  St.,  between  Metius  and  Bond 
Bta  ,  Biookl.vn. 

GARDENER.- BT  A  MARRIED  MAN:  SNOLIS^M 
no  family;  baa  20 years' practice  in  thia  counti^  ;  I 
aeveu  years'  in  Bnsiand  ;  iinuerstanda  thorotigbl^ 
green-house,  graperies,  fruits,  flowers,  and  vegetabie^t  \ 
has  good  reference;  wire  is  hrat-claaa  dairy  bwid  oc 
Ibhndress.  Addreaa  J.  L.  D-,  Box  Na  295  TIMES  PP-' 
TOWMOFFICB,  MO.  1,267  BRO.AD WAY. 


GAUOENEK..— BY  A  MARRIED  MAN  WHO  ThOR- 
ougbly  understands  the  cultivation  of  green-bouse 
planta,  rose  growing,  hot  and  cold  graperies,  fruit^j 
flowers,  and  vegetables,  and  linorovement»j  best  ofi 
teatimoniala  Addreaa  fi.  C.  Box  No.  276'riMEa0P* 
TOWN  OFFIoB  MO.  1,257  SBOaOWAI. 
^^^- —  —^^—^^^^ 

GARDENER,  Arc— BY  A  UARBISD  kxM  ASi 
gardener;  underat.inds  tbe  care  of  green-honabs 
and  grajierias  ;  also,  bia  wife  unaeratanJa  tne  car?  ot 
milk  and  hotter :  eood  reterence  trom  laat  employer. 
Call  or  addreaa  J.  B..  Mo.  878  Broadway. 


GARDEN KR.— BY  A  PRAUTIOAL  GARDENER;! 
Scotcb  ;  married ;  is  open  for  an  engagement :  un- 
deratanda  the  bdsinesa  in  all  its  branches;  flrst-claaa 
references.  Address  i.  P.,  care  of  Peter  Eendetaoii, ' 
Na  36  Cortlandt  et 


GARDENEH.— BY  A  SINGLE  YOUNG  MAN,  GBR-, 
man;  good  nursery  and  vegetable  gardener;  oeyti 
reference.  Address  T.  L.,  Bcarsdale,  Westchester. 
County,  N.  Y. 


NUR.SE  OR  VAL,ET BY  A  THORJUUULY  KX- 
peiieuce<l  young  Kngitshman;  travel  or  other- 
viiae:  baa  drat^lass  reterence  from  leading  phystclana 
and  promloent  City  gentlemen.  Addresa  K.  M.  C,  Boc 
258  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICK,  NO.  1,Z57  BROADWAY. 


NURf<B.— BY  A  COMPETENT  AND  TEMPERATE 
man  as  nurse  or  attendant  to  a  alck  or  Invalid  gen- 
tleman; good  City  reference.  Address  Hervev,  Box  Nn.' 
265  UMES  UP- TOWN  OFFIJE,  .NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


PORTBR,  WATCH.XAN.-MESSENUEH.,  OR 
any  position  of  trust,  b.ya  veiy  respt-etaule  yonug 
man.  with  first-class  City  reference  and  security  U'  re- 
quired. Addresa  F-  C,  Box  So.  287  TIMES  UP-lOW  •» 
OFFICE,  No.  1.257  BROADWAY. 


VALET  OR  COACH.'Yi.AN.-Blt  A  YOUNG  COL- 
oredman;  can  furnish  best  City  reference,  if  ra< 
quired;  willing  to  travel  Address,  fur  one  week,  Q« 
8.,  Ho.  346  Bust  122d  at.,  Harlem. 


VALET.-BY  A  BKLQIAM  MAS.  SPEAIUNQ 
French.  Holland,  German,  and  plain  Shglisb,  as 
valet  to  a  gentleman,  for  City  or  to  travel;  beat  City 
ireferenee.    Address  Belgian  ilan.  Ma  15  BiSt  45th  at 


WAITER.— BY  A  COLORED  MAM  AS  FIRST-CLA83 
waiter  in  a  private  family ;  can  give  good  Tefer'« 
ence  from  last  employers.  Aodresa  A.  B..  Box  Na  S16 
TIUES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BROAOWAY. 


■WXrAtTKR.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  COLUEtiD  MAM{| 
T  T  or  lanitor  in  offices ;  understands   bta  bualneas;' 
has  the  best  reference.    CaU   or  address  F.  H.  L.,  MOb! 
119  Columbia  st,  rear  house. 


WAITER  AND  USBBUIi  MAN  —  HOUSE-] 
work. — By  man  and  wile  to  do  the  work  ofa^ 
private  family.  City  or  country ;  seven  years'  City 
refereucea    Call  at  No.  384  Eaat  63d  at.,  second  floor., 


WAITER.— BY  A  YOU.NG  C'OLOllED  MAN,  BIH- 
gle,  in  a  private  tamUy;  flrst-claaa  City  refers 
fence.  Addreaa  J.  M..  Box  Na  315  TIMES  Ur-TOWffl 
OFFICE,  Mo.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


AITBK..— BY    A    FIBSTCLAS8     WAITER    IN    A 

private  family;  best  Citr  rcterencea    Call  or  ad* 
dreaa  M.  T..  at  Salter's,  Na  886  Broadway. 


w^ 


HELP    WAJj^TED. 

WANTED.— A  STRONG,  COkP^TENT  PEOTBBIW 
ant  woman  as  nurse  for  two  yotmg  children,  oa» 
aninttint:  moat  be  wilUng  to  leave  the  City.  CaU  kt 
Ma  IIU  Bast  18th  st,  between  the  hoars  of  10  and  3 
to-day;  bi:St references  required. 


family,  kingie  man,  Proteataut;  honeaty,  soarlety, 
and  capabllit.v  are  reqnisli«s  to  flil  the  place.  Address 
W.,  offloe  Mercantile  Sate  UetKisit  company,  &a  124 
Broadway,  giving  nationality  and  reterence^. 


WANTED— A  PROTESTANT  WOiflAN  AS  GOOD 
plaid  000k.  washer,  aod  irooer.  Aoply.  with  good 
reterences,  to-day  trom  9  to  12  o'clock,  at  Ma  187 
Lexington  av. 


WANTED— A  PIOUS.  CLEANLY,  HEALTHY,  AMD 
e^perienoea  Protestant  wdiuan  to  care  for  grow. 
Ing  children,  and  to  be  generally  useful.  Adoress  Post 
OflcfcBbx  No.  2,187. 


WANTBD— A  COOK,  WASHBR,  AND  IROMtiE, 
also  cOam  t>er-maid  and  waitress  ;  ouly  those  that 
Will  take  moderate  wages  need  apply,  at  Ma  852  Wait 
83d  bt.,  between  8tb  anB  9tb  avs.  . 


AhtudenT  vviLt.  bb  received  bv  am 
arobltect.    Addresa  T.  SQaARB.  Box  Na  804  TiaBa 
OP-fOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1.2o7  BROaDWaT. 


\»rANTBD— A  GARDE.SER;  .mUST    BE    A  PRACTI- 
T  y  oal  man ;  also  an   assistant  gardeners    Apply  ttO- 
tween  1  aud  3  P.  M.,  at  No.  84  isaat  Ijsth  st 


WANTED— A   COMPETENT    COLOftED  MAM   Ad 
waiter.    CaU  from  lu  to  12  A  M.  at  Ma  846  W4it 


INSTEUOTIOK. 


Collegiate 


Ko.  iO  WASUlNUrOM   6QDARB,  MdW-lU&S  Olf  4 

GEO.  W.  ULAflKA,  Ph.  D.,  Prtneiyal. 
Preparea  pupils  of  all  ages  for  baHnSs*  or  eottscHt, 


WANTED-A 
boardiug-school  for 


FIRST-CLASS  YOUNG.  JbAl'lES* 
young  ladjr  ot  IS  to  eoa- 
pleta  her  education ;  referSncea  exchanged.  Addr*«a. 
Stating  terms,  EOUCAriON,  Box.  No.  817  TZMJB 
UP-TOWN  OPPIOK.  NO.  1,267  BROADWAT. 


oaAaLilBtC  INnTirUCK, 

CENTRAL    PARK,      MEW-YURC 

Boarding  and  Day  School  for   boys    from  imn  to 
twenty  years  old. 


DRBW  eiBAiI.>ARy    AMD   FAAALB    CoLLBSB, 
CarmeL  N.  Y.— For  both  aexeo.    Katea  raasonablia 
A  school  for  earnest  worit    S^ng  aeaaioA  Koo.  lH 
QBO.  C.  BMtTR  A  M. 


Mas.  PARK.!!^  BOARDING  AND  DAS 
school  tor  young  ladies,  Mew-«mnswiek.  M.  i~ 
bpeus  IM  he±t  suasion  Feb.  5.  Clretuarsaebtif  daalrod 
Terms  mouerate. 

A    AJtbir  (DiPLontBB)   vuom  fuancb, 

.OjUvei  lesiona  in  the  French  language,  4t  ber  own  01 
pnplPs  rOMdence;  terms  moderate.  Apply  to  or  att- 
dresa  Mme.  PAUL,  fto.  14V  Oth  av.,  second  flodr. 


I7JUINCII,     LA-riN.     QREBfL.-PaoF. 

JT  PABllAtM,  Ho.  81  Weat  IStta  at,  second  floor. 


jrt 


OR't  t;ak»TBk   INHTI'I-UTB— Port  Caest*^ 
H.  Y.;  Itinlted  to  26  bdya    O.  Wtnthrop  Starr,  A.  JC 


^tUiMOVKD  TO  NO.  t>81  oTU  ATBM08.    SprlagtlBas 
now  comaaeneing.   Fot  partieulan  send  forotreaiac. 
Ptlyaie  lessons  every  day. 


M^^S'^ 


WATCHES,    JEWELEY,    &Cl; 


•t  Tii'S.  DiAmO.'VDS  f  URSt  «e«->I] 

s,  wataheb,  Jawoiiy.  sUverware;  camklr? 

hbawl^  a«»]  aac^oea.  aiU,  Oiooss,  lt«..  beocht  auA 
baek   at    a  very    small  advanoe.     UEU.  U  '    ' 
ulmrtlM.  Jbk  iJlM  Snadwar.  aaat  SMb  a% 


A% 


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tOM  ^btwifiTOTr^  «!iD  tIi?ntP00h    outanaa 

DNITKO  STaTBA  tlilU 
Tb«  ateaiBflrs  of  ehtatloa  taicB  ttis  u*«a  Roqknsr  v 

tITAKMIO.... M<rDW>&T.  li«lK  M«  8  P.  K. 

vuteaiAiaO ^SATC^AT.  Mtteh  17.  6:S0  a.  m. 

SAIiTra SATOBDAY.  MwreB  «4.M  1  P.  H. 

firoiB  Wnite  •"<mr  Doolc  Pl»r  fla  52  Vorifi  Slrwt. 

Tli<-»i-  tteameta  !«(«•  onUntinln  8ii»  aKdl  uiisar»%«M4 
to  •*0oiotiii'>ot«.  The  Aalftoii.  BtUerooni.  •laokias 
ltd  b»th  rooms  tin  amH^blna.  irli«r)  the  Rotm  Am 
ilAtioti  Ar»  l«Mi  nVb,  a^rdlii*  a  d«tt«e  or  Mttftut 

BatM-SMlcMiii  $80  «art  HlOO.-^U:      twan   miwtt 
oaDivotable  teriM-.  atAstars  «S. 
.yor  tntoertioii  of  plans  And  atUer  iiVR>rm»tloaMpiv 
AttbeConapanT'somotM.  Sa.37  Sroa'tway.  Nev-Y**, 

• ^  1.  -JOATH.  Axaat. 


CUNAROLINEB.&N.A.R.M.S.P.CO. 

ROTlCK. 

with  the  Tiew  <rfobniiusblaxtb»  caaooM  oteoiUsioa 
Bi»  steuDers  oi  this  Hm  take  n  sMoitled  eoatvb  fSr  ia 
i^aaons  of  tb«  y*»r.  ^^ 

On  the  ontwittdovs»c0  ftoni  Qawnttoira  tt  '»bt»«  • 
rartor  Boston,  oroMtat; mnidUo or 3U at  4;i latlwia. . 
WTWtWnit  to  tb."  north  of  tl 

On  ta»>  hoinew»Tct  DM8»arn>  otoMiat  sis    msndiaa  »f 
CI  ■tivs.nr  nothinjrtottift  -^urtH  <it  4  J. 
aJEIS*!  ''■w-Timc  voa  iiT^spooc  axo  4<r««5<T0tr!i. 

raaSA. WBD..  Fea.  211  ABVSSIRiA.WHU.  Hatch? 

RATA  Via. ...WBb.,Feto.  28lALGlsRlA.WKl}..  Hareb  14 

DteMiners  markoo  *  oo  noi>t»rcy  ace  iraw  paaaaoMra. 

CaUoDosaa?*,  <e30,  SlOO.aul  «iSO,  sf>»H,  a<ioordiin[ 
waeeommndatlnn.    KotumHoWtsoii  ftroraW^ twrtoa. 

6taer>i?e  tickets  to  an  I  lYoin  til  on'-tsof  EorbooM 
•ais  lowritdi.  Frei«rtit  aorl  oassaen  offloe.  Na  4  Bow*- 
^nefta.  (5HA8.  «.  FaANOKLYIf,  Asrenu 


UIVBKPOOL.    AND     KKRAl-     WKSYBRK 

KtBAft  l!0;tlP.%NY.    (LlMlTSai 

ItlVERPOOU  (ViaQae<«o9t<>wn,i 

CARSXINQ  THK  UNtTKD  SrAriU  UAlU 
TUEf«UAY. 

IieavtBgPlcr  Na  46  Rorch  Sirar  aa  fcUowa: 

KWaDA „ Feb.  20.  at   10  A.    U. 

IDAHO FeK  27,  at  3  P.  M. 

MOMTANA March  6.  at  10  A.  M. 

Wl«OC»N8IS MarehlS.  at  3  P.    M. 

WTQMINO ^ Hareta  20,  at  8  A.  BL 

OAKOTA Maioh  27,  at  3  P.  M. 

Batbs  ok  PAssBtroKas  RBoocBa 

8te«nit^,  $26:  latermsalate.  $40;  cahta.  $^3  to  439^ 

teooidlog  to  state-room.    Offloes,  So.  29  Broad  vay. 
\VilJ^IAJ>IS  &  iiVuifi. 


«'rL^a.M  aiAXL.  Lai*ts. 

BIOfONTBLT     SKRVICH     TO   JlUVlOi.     ttiYPl. 
TOIiOMBU.  anl  vSPlMWAbU  aol  to  PAJTAM*  aat  v 
BOOTH  PACIFIC  POUTS   (TlaAsolnvTiLU)     l»irjt-3lii»  * 

Wll-i>oirer«d  troa  8ori3\r  aejAiaan,  (toji  Piar     Madi. 
Kotth  (iirart 

i««  HAITI,  COLOiTBU,  rSTHMns    OK  PAWAUA,     »uC 
SOUTH  PAOiPlO  Pi)RrS(rta  Aspitt?r*U.) 

ALPS ^ train  28 

£3^A •. Uaroh  16 

l'Ot&INU.STU.'«  (Jam.)  aud  HAYTL 
AtLAS March  14 

Mpurtot  nr*t-cl  io  1*5*11  rsr  «i;oouaL-a}litl<>'u 
PtM.  KORWOOb  &  Oa.  ijtentv 
Na  56  Wall  III. 


STATE  LINE. 

PUW.TOEK    TO   GLASOOW,     WVKRPoOU     0D6LW. 

BELFAST, AND  brtNDMSDBKUt 

Thea«  Hrst-cltss  lall-oowered  ataarnarj   will  *»U  tram 

Pier  No.  42  -Voi^ij  Rirer.  foot  of  Han^l  't. 

BTAlBOK  NEVADA TlmrgrtaT,  Foh.  22 

PTATBOF  INPUNA Tlmrgjlav.  March  8 

STATb  OF  VIRGINIA Tlmrsdav. March  15 

SXATh  O*  PKKVSTLVAtHA Tbursdnv,  March  22 

Firtt  eabliv  »f-<),  ?fi5,  and  $7a  RPCordinF  to  accom- 
aOdaHims:  r^tiira  tl<kPts,$110.  *l25w  Sfcoii'l  cabta 
air    r8tai;i>    tickets.    iSQ.     SK'ernce  »•!    lowest  ratea. 

IPplVCT 

AUSTIN  BALDWIN  dc  CO..  Aijenis, 
«-...   r..«,.    ,  So. 7'2  Broadway.  Now- Torn. 

RTKtRAGK  ticnet*  at   No.  45  Broadway,  aad  at  the 
•  tomoanv's  oler,  fo.it  of  oaoilo..   Nortn  Rlrsr. 

GREAT  SOUTHERN 

jrRKIGflT  ANI>  l>AH!4KNi:lBR  LINK. 

8AILI.NG  FROM  PIKR  .»JO    29   NOKTB  RIVREC 

WKDNRSDAYSan<J.-*ATORI>AYSat  X  P.    3*., 

/OR  CHAKLiBSTON,  !S,  •;.,   IfLiOKIDA.   THE 

SOUTH.  AND  «ODlUH-VVEs*T. 

CBAHLEaTON SATL'BUAt Peh.  it 

SUi^SikRAM WEDKKsDAY Keh.  21 

8DPB8IOR  PASSKNGRtt  AUnoUMODATIONX 

Instttaoce to  iHitlo'itioa  )a'i-'i^U  >c  oi'  percent. 

poo'liforwurdafl  fti»e  if  ooin  nisslon.  Passei^er  tloic- 

CltHnd  bills  nMadinz'ssa-^'l  no  l3iT'isl  a(  th?  ofloo)! 

JAMU.t  \V.  QDINTARD  it  CO.,    Atenta. 

,  _  No.  177  West  (C.  corner  Warroo. 

OrW.  P.  n.YDB&'.'O.,  ''O    BBoTrlin^arBOn. 

Or  BKN-TLEY   D.    HASRLL   Ge»ft^1l    JlfceSl 

RivatsontiieFa  Fi'eiKhl  Mac.  3 J  /   Broadtray. 


IN.1IAN  I.INB.     fllAlljSTRA.HlJJtM. 

J'OKor'Kti.VSTOV''  AFP  LIVKRPOOU 
CTTV  OK  CHESTER.  .Saturrtay.  Feb.  17.  at  7:;iO  A.  M. 
tn^  Oh  K)CB11<>81>.  Salnnlav,  March  3.  at8A,M. 
ClTSi  oy  BR0^-^EL<..8nHird»v.   .'rtarcO  17,  6:30  A.  M. 

-^„,„  .^,.  Fiomner  15  North  stlr^r. 

CABIN,  Seo  and  SlOD.UiIl  Bstarn '•I'lt'^t,  onfv 
rftrabls  terma.  srBSRAGa  *3.i  Ojrrunoy  Drjft* 
at  l»\ra9l;.'i.3i. 

Saloons,  St^tfl-roann.  smoklna  and  Bath-room^ 
IniJUsiilpa.  JOHN  O.  DALiB.  AgeoU 

Nos.  16  and  ;i3Broa<lway.  N.  £. 


„^.„„, NORTH    (JBRJMAN   KLdYD. 

ITBAM-SUIP    LINE    BETWEKN"    NBW-YORt.   BOOTB- 
ASIPTON.  ANU  BREMEM. 

Compauy's  Pier,    toot  ot  i^n..    doboien. 

P^ER Sat..  *eb.  IV  |  NECK  VR... .Sat..  March  8 

abBj4A.NN...>*a-..  Feb.  241  AMK    I'  A  ...Sat.,  Maich  10 

BATlSSOF  i-ASSA«8  FKOH    NKW-YORK  TO  SOOrfl- 

A.MPrOiH.    HAVRt    OB  BKBMEJI: 

First  caom aiOOiml 

5«cona  cabin BOiold 

M^^ri'^e "l"     3Ucarr«nBT 

Return  tickets  :U  reciucBdr  n^j,  Fi«PaiU  steerasa 
sertitlcates,  f32  currency  Por^rMiat  or  ottasa^  m- 
>jyC'> ObLKICdSit  JO..  In.  2  3  owlias  Green. 


ANCHOR  L.IMJ  U.  s.  .IIAI L.  NTKAMKHM. 

SKW-YORK  AND  GLASGOW 

ilsatia Feb.  17.  8  A.  M.  1  taliforuta.  March  3,  8  A.  M. 

mchori.i..Feb.  24,  2  p.  !»L  I  Ethiopia  March  lo,  aP.  U. 
TO  GLASGOW.  LIVHHPOOL,  OR  DRKRY. 

/auins  $iid  to  $^0,  a<-.c9r!tias  to  acBoatminlaciuiM;     ln» 
K^nnedlate,  *35;   ftteerajre  <i28. 

NEW-YORK  AND  LoNDOS. 

Utopia.  Feb.  24,  a  P.   M,       1  hl.vhih...  March  10,  2  P.  M. 

taoins,  $55   to  S7U      .steerase,  *28.    Cabin  exonr- 

Ion   ticfeets  at  reilaoeJ    rates,    urafts  aaued  tot  any 

raaant  at  current  r.ttaa.     Cpmoanv's  Pif-rA'oa.  SiUand 

II.  North  Riror,  :*.  x.  HENUiiRaoH  BROTHBRS, 

-       Aeeats.  Mo.  7  BowilnaQrevn. 

ONLY  lUKIiCT  I.INB  TO  KRANCK. 

mUGBREBALTRA.NSATIiANTTC  Of)i!PA.*r<   niin 
BTKAMERBBKTVV BEN  .SK.V-YOaKA.su  HA 7S4 
tallii«at  PLYMOUTH <G.  ».» tor  tiaa  laoaiajuiT 
_  ,  Passengers. 

vW  sail  from  Pier  to.  4a  North  Rivee,  footit   Morton 
t..  every  alternate  Saturoay,  ttegianiog-with: 

t'a>Ai)A.  Ftaneeui Satnrdav,  Feb.  L'4,  at  2  P.  AI. 

For  panicoiars  aadresa 

Louis  UE  BEBIA-S,  Agent,  So.  55  Broadway. 


KTATIONAI.   UN  E— Piers  44  ahdSl  North  Hiycfc 
L~  FOB  London. 

3BKECE SAtDkDAY.  Feb.  24,  at  1  P.  a 

FOB  QOKENSTOWN  and  LIVBaPOOU 

Bngland...Feo.  L'1,  11  A..M.  1  The  (Jneen.Mar  3.  7«i2A.W. 

Cabin  and  steerage  paasas;e,  and   drafts  from  £1  np- 

^rd,  issuea  at  very  lotr  rates.    Compauv's  offices  i^o. 

'9  Bruaaway  K  W.  J.  U  URiiT,  Manager. 


POr  savannah  qa., 

THK  FLOBIOA  PORTS,  ' 

AND  THK  BOUXU    AND  SOUTHWEST. 

tftiAi  SOUTHKRN  FREIGHT  AND  PAS-HE^GEB  USS.  ' 
«B«TttAIj    BAILROAP  OP  OBORQIA.  ABO  » 

ATt<ANTl(J  AND  OUliP  BAILBOAUt 

WEDNKSDATi  AND  SATURDAY. 

5A5  SALVADOB,  Capt.  NiCKaasoir,  8ATCRDAT.  Fehs 
e7.  Pier  43-  North  River,  3  P.  M.  U»aO.  YONGE.  Aat. 
(OBBroaUway. 

GKNEHALBABNEb,  Capt  Chebsxax.  WEDNESDAY, 
Pel*.  21.  Her  ItJ  Baat  Rjveii  3  P.  JU  MURRAY,  FERBli 
k.  Co..  Agts.    62  South  St. 

bAM  JACISiO,  capt,  Haeard,  SATURDAY,  Febi 
14,  Pier  43  North  filyisr,  3  P.  M.  OBU.  ItONGB,  Agt.. 
lOTaroadway. 

b.  UVijxGSTOA,  Capt  Mallobt.  WEDNESDAY.  Feb. 
b8.  Pier  Ho.  43  Norio  Blver.  3  PM.  GEO.  YOBGB. 
Ucent  No.  40U  Broadway. 

Inaurance  OSE-HALP  PERCENT.    Snpsrlor acoom- 

Eoilatiooa  for  paSiCngerau  Thrjiizh  rates  anl  bills  ot 
diog  iu  ounnuctioa  with  Ceutral  R.  S.  of  Georzia. 
Atlantic  and  UtiU  BailrOad.  and  Florida  steamerj 
City  Point  and  JMctatoh  alto,  with  the  steamer  J. 
B.  .SCUVLEB.  which  has  beeu  placed  on  the  Inside 
loute  from  Savannah  to  Florida,  aud  offers  unsurpaased 
tcvommodati  oa  a. 

C.  a  OkVENS.  OEOBQB  YOSGB, 

Agent  A.  &  &.  B.  &  At«nt  C.  R.  R.  of  Ga., 

Na  315  Broadway.  No,  409  Broadway. 


fr.UJ£IDA. 

Caution  to  travelersl  Great  reduction  In.flure  via 
the  inland  route  from  Savannah  to  all  Fiorina  pOrtA. 
Dniy  ^2  to  Jackaonvil^  Meats  ana  state- roomi  extra. 
The  elegant  staamer  J.  B.  bCUUYLBB  maices  cloae  con- 
keotion  with  a3  bavannah  steaihers,  tbha  forming  tbe 

tmckest  and  itaost  agreeable  route  aa  weU   as  the 
>we<it   m  tare.    Aoeommbdatioiu  for  paAsenKefs  no* 
Mirpaaaed.  .  Travelers  are  eautionad  aaainac  porchas- 
'  Inir  I  Uroogfi  tlctiets  via  any  other  route. 


STEAU^SUIP  LINBS^ 


**. 


FOB  CAllFOBNIA,  JAPAJT,  CHINA,  APSTRAiti,-  ItBW.. 
tBALAND.  BRITISH  COLUMBIA,  OREGON,  tiT 

t)«iilu£  from  Pier  Kb.  42  North  Blrer. 

Fat  BAN  PBA.SClSCOk  vlalSTHMUd  OF  PANAMA. 

Rteftm-AhiD  ACAPtJLCO rhUrsday.  March  1 

KtaUeothig   lOr    Central   Amarioa   ana  HOuth    PaaiBA 

feProm  84N  FEANCtsgO  toJATAN  and  ChlSA. 
4lfa-Bhii)  CITl  OK  TOKIO. Thilraday,  Mareh  1 
in  ban  FraoclBco  to  Saadwieu  Ulaada  AiiatcaUab 
audjrew-Zeslatad. 

tteam-Bhlp  CITY  OF  stdnbit Wedaaadi^,  FeU  28 

fur  tJ^iiht  or  w|sl8|e  Appi j  tg    , 
WM.  P.  CISUR  k  CO.i  orH.  J.  BOBLAT.  SuperlnitendenL 
|giO;_C»pw-Ung  Urtwn.  Pier  foot  Caaai  at ,, «  Orth  RiVer. 

IbW-YORK.  HAVANA.  A.NUttBXICAaUAlb'fc  <   UlSi 

bteamers  leave  Pier  !\t\  S  Sati^  >Ur^  tt .{  f,    tf. 
^  FOR  (lAVAiNA  UIAKUC. ,  . 

Cltl  OF  HAVANA Satiuday.  Fak  17 

Clf"«  OF  VBEA  caUiS Wednesaay.  fSK  21 

W%'3t  OPM«W-X.OttK ..WMuJsibUT.FeK  2» 

lilUHJItaA  0R.UZ^ASU    NHWOBmAN."*.. 

vhk  HatnkiUi   mseresth/^MiPKiiihT;  Taxpai^     uid 
f amptcob 
CITX  OF  HAVANA. .-Baturday,  Felk  17 

Mfeui^M  will  kearo  MA#->»rieaa3  Feix,  let  atttt  MarcB 
LB  lor  V«rHCruiaita<ttt  rnaabordittilria. 

Fdrftalaht  oi( 

^iALEXANDI 


Sfts5?>rs.  S03.  41  aad  f3  8to«4.irAr, 


VEW-YOnKANnOAVAJIfA 

Dl&BOT  MAUi   lilN& 

Tbeii  ib«fr«aia  >tMmiailMjMdLraitiiatt^ 
^  9  p.  1L.\  flram  Pier  B»  13  flotth  mcru  aa 

BATDBDAT,  Vek  24 


SHIPPTKa 


LBUOSO  and  HAM  86^% 

Fatu  2»)HlMMOinA„.....Marclt8 


"'■U|?"**ta FaJiL  2.0HAMMOH1A„.....MarcBS 

8BBTIA.  ......... jiMfeh  ItWIEJuAND Mareh  8 

n°*a*y  PtiMteta  PlrmoaM,   Gomloa.  pherhojirj. 

KUMH&BSa'fcCa..        *  aa    BIOHABD  k  BOA<J. 

A^»._.  »; :.  «eo«»l  P*4s8awr  AiaoM. 

«lB(»adw»f:2I.X 


daaem  Aaeata. . 
.    eifizMdab/ilC 


URBAT  !<&»{«&  Limb 

AKD  UBlTBD  STaTBS  MAlt.  BOOTB. 
Traioji  leave  Naw-YorK.yia  Oeabroues  aal     Cort- 

Bindt  Streeia  F«nUa,  aa  f jUow^ 

Bz|«e«a  SM  ttainabmx.  Ptttsbnyct  <ha  Weat  and 
South,  arlth  Pntlm^  Palaoe  Cara  attaohed.  8:30  A. 
M.-rB  ana  8:3u  P.  sCTdAily. 

for  V7i)Ua8U]M>lt,  Cock  Haven,  Oorry,  and  Srte,  at 
8:30  P.  M.,  cooneotlng:  at  Corry  for  Titnaville,  Petio- 
leum  Centre,  and  tAe  OH  RMcioua.  For  Williami- 
port  and  Loek  Haven.  8:30  A.  M. 

For  Baltimore,  Waablngtoa,  and  the  South,  "Lim- 
ited VaabiiMitba  Bxptesn*  of  Pallman  Parlor  Cora 
oaliy.  e«e«ptBaBda.y,  9:30 A.  M.:  arrive  Washluc- 
{«94:10  P.  H.  Beimlar  atSiAO  A.  M.,  1.  6,  andO 
P.  M.    sanday.  Band  9  P.  M, 

Bxpreas  fbr  PbUadelphla,  7:  30, 8:S0.  8i40,  ((hSO  Lim- 
ited.) 10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4,  9,  6.  7,  8:^0.  9  P.  fit,  and  12 
»laot.  annday,  B:3u  A.  M..  6,  6. 7.  8:30,  and  8  P.  M. 
Bmigmat  aaa  aeoood-clasa,  7  P.  M. 

Aorommudatlon  for  Trenton.  7  A.   .M.,  2  and  4:10  P.  M. 

For  trains  to  Newark.  BHsabeth.  Hahway,  Princeton. 
iTenton,  Perth  Amboy,  Flemiogtoo,  Bolvlder?,  and 
other  points,  see  local  sohedoies  at  all  Ticket  of- 
floCa 

Trains  arrive:  PJwa  PItUbnrit.  6820  and  10:30  A.  M., 
and  10:30  P.M.  dally:  10;1UA.  M.  and  6:5U  P.  tA. 
daily,  exoeot  Monday.  From  Washington  and  Bal- 
timore, 6:,S0,  9:50  A.  M..  4: 10,  5:10.   and  li):2«  P.  M: 

•  Kuinlay  6:30;  0:50  A.  BL  Prom  PhUadelphia,  5:05, 
6:20,  6:30.  9:50,  10:10.  11:60  A.  M..  2:10.  4:10,  5:10. 
6:50  *40.  10:10,  and  10i20  P.  M.  Sundav  5:05, 
6:20,  6.80.  9:50. 11:50,  A.  M.,  6:50.  10:10,  aad  10:20 
P.  .H.  . 

Ticket  Offices,  Noa  628  and   944   Broadwav,  No.  1 

Astor  House,  and   foot  of    Desbroases   and    C6rtlan<1t 

Btreets.     Ni^  4  Conrt  street  Brooki\-n;     Noa.  114.  116, 

and  liy  Hudson  atreet.  Hoboken:    bepot.  Jersey  City 

KmicraDl Ticket  Offloe,  Ho.  8  Battery  placp. 

FBANE  THOMAOH.  D.  M/BOYD,  Ja., 

0«nerai  Manager.  General  Passenger  Agent 


rrO    PHIliAtlBLiPHIA 

PENNSYLVANIA   EAILEOAD. 

THS  OLD-SSTABLIBHRD  ROUTS  AND   SHORT   LINB 
.  _  _  hetween 

NBW-TORK.    AND    i>BlL.ADBL.PlflA. 

14  Through  Trains  facta  war  dailyi    3  Depots  in  Phil v 
delohia.  2  iti  Kew-Tork. 

4   Traeks,   the  moat   Improvea   Equipment,  and    the 
Fastest  Time  consistent  with  absolute  safety. 

Bxmvss  Trains  leave  New-York,   via  Desbroases  and 

Cortlandt  .itreets  Ferries,  as  follows: 
7:30.  8:30.  8:40,  (9:30  Limited.)  10:30  A.  M..  1,  4,  5,  6, 

7,  8:30.  9  P.  M.,  «nd  12  Midnight    Sunday.   8:30  A. 

M.,  6.  tf,  7,  8:30.  ftnd  9  P.  M. 
BetnmiDg.  trains  leave  Philadelphia  3:20,  3:30,7,  7:30, 

8:30,  aid  11    A.  M.,  (Limited    Kxpress,    1:36   P.    M.,) 

1:40,  4.  5:30,  7.  and  7:35  P.   M.,  and   12  Midnight 

On  Sonday,  3:20.  3:30.  7.  8:30  A.  M..  4,  7.  7: 35  P.  M.. 

and  12  Midnight 

Ticket  OIBcea,  NoS.  826  and  944  Broaoway,  Na  1 
Aator  House,  and  toot  of  Desbroases  and  Cortland t 
Its.,  No.  4  Conrt  at.  Brooklyn;  Noa  114,  116.  and  118 
Hudson  at,  Hoboken;  Depot.  Jersey  City.  Emlgranl 
Ticket  Office,  No.  8  Battery  place. 

FHANK  Thomson,  d.  m.  boyd,  .tr., 

Oeoeral  Manager.  General  Pasaeiiger  Agent 


T\rRW-Y«RK      CKNTRalr'  AND     HUD.SDN 

llRlVBR  RAILROAD i^ommencin?  Dec   26;    1870. 

through  trains  will  leave  Grand  Central  Depot: 

7:15  A.  i>l..  Western  and  Northoru  t^xoress.  with 
drawing-room  cars  to  Caiianrlai^ua. 

f  t3U  A.  M..  apeclal  Chicago  aod  »t.  Loals  Bxpreas. 
with  drawing-room  cars  to  Bocheiter  an  J  Butlilo, 
Also,  through  oar  10  St  Louts. 

11:00  A.  M.,  North-rn  and  Western  Kxoresv 

3:30 P.  M..  special  Albany.  Troy  aad  Western  Bx- 
nr»"8a  arrivij^  at  Bu(r.)lo  7: 10  A.  .W. 

5:0<i  P.  !*..  KxproBs.  with  slertpla?  oars,  for  Wacor- 
town  andCanandaliiux  Alaof jr  MoatraAl  via  Plates- 
burg. 

8:30P  M.,  Pacific  Bxpreas.  daily,  with  sleeping  cars, 
tor  Rochester,  Niagara  Falls.  Buffalo,  Cleveland,  la- 
dianapolis,  and  Louisvillr,  Also  for  Chicago,  via  both 
T..  S.  and  n.  C  Railroads,  ano  to  Montreal  via  8t^  Al- 
bana 


11:00  P.  M.,  Express,    with   sleeping  cars,  for  Albany 
nd  Troy.     War  trains  as  per  1ooa>   Time  Tables. 
Ticket^Jor  sal«  at  Nos.  252.  261,  and  413  Broadwav; 


estcott  bx^reaa  Company's  offices.  Nos.  7 
Pai'k  place.  78,'i  and  04'^  Broadway  New-Tork.  aod 
333  Washington  St..    Brooklyn. 

G  a  UKEKliit.  (ieneral  Paaaenger  Agent. 


£R1B  RAILWAY. 

Vrinter  Atrangeiaeiit  of  through  trains.  From  Cham- 
bers Street  Depor.     (Kor  2.3d  at  see  note  below.) 

9:00  A.  M.,  dailv,  except  Sundavs,  Ctoclnaati  and 
Chicago  Dav  Exoreas.  brawlog-riom  coaches  to  Bufiala 

10:46  A.  M.,  dally,  except  bnnaara,  Express  Mail  fbr 
Bn&loand  tbe  West.    Hleeping  coach  to  Bufftlo. 

7:00  P.  M.,  daily.  Pacific  Kiprea^  to  the  West  .«<leep- 
iD(t  coaches  thrDUgh  to  Buffalo.  Niagara  Falls,  Cincin- 
nati, and  CbicaAO  without  change.  Hotel  dioinx- 
coaches  to  Chicago. 

7iOU  P.  H.,  except  Sundavs,  Western  Bmigrant  train. 

Above  trains  leave  Twenty-third  Street  Ferry  at 
8:43  !ibd  10:15  A.  M..  and  6:43  P.  M. 

For  local  trains  see  time-tables  and  cards  in  hotels 
and  depots. 

J.N'O.  N.  ABBOTT.  General  Passenger  Agent 

NBW-yoRK.  nuvv.haVen.   and   hart- 

J^ttb    RAILROAD. 

After  Dec  10,  1876.  trains  leave  Grand  Central  De- 
pot (42d  st)  for  New-Caaaau  Railroad  at  8:03  A.  M., 
1.  4:40  P.  M.;  DanbiKv  aiidNdrWalk  Railroad  at  8:05 
A.  M.,  I,  and  4:40  P.  M.;  Nauzatock  Railroad  at  8:05  A. 
M.,  aod  3  P.  M.;  Uoosaconic  Railroaa  at  8:05  A.  M., 
knd  3  P.  H.;  New-Havt'U  aud  Northampton  Railroad  at 
8:05  A.  M.,  aod  3 P.  U.;  for  Newport  at  8:05  A.  M.   and 

I  P.    Mj  Boston   and    Ainany  Railroad     at  8:05    and 

II  A.  M  .  3and9P.  M..(9P.  M.  on  Banday:)  Bostoa. 
(via  Shore  Line,)  at  1  aod  luP.  M.,  (10  P.  M.  on  Sun- 
days )  Boston  and  ^ew-Vork  Air  Line.  8  A.  M.,  1  and 
11:35  P.M. 

Way  trains  as  per  local  tima-tablea. 


liBHlUU  VALiliBV  RAit.ROAD. 

ABBANOEMENX.        PaSSKNGBB  TBA1N3.         JAN.  1. 

1877. 
liOaTS  depots  foot  ot  Cortlandt  and  Debrosse«  sta..  at 

6:30  P.  U. — Nizht  Express,  dailv,  f.>r  Kastoo,  Bethla- 
hem,  Allentown,  Manuh  cb^mk,  Wilksbarre.  Pittston, 
Sajre,  Blmira,  Ithaca,  Auburn,  Rochester.  BaSAlo, 
Niagara  Falls,  and  the  West  PuUmaa'ii  aleeplui 
eoactaes  attached. 

Geueral  Eastern  offlce  ooruor  Church  and  Cortlandt 
Its.,  CUABLBS  a.  CUMM[.<Tas.   Agent 

BOBBKT  H.  SAi'RB.  Huperinteodeat  and  Engineer. 


\]ITICK.FORD  RAI  I. ROAD  ROUTE  TO  NBW- 
If  T  PORT.  B,  I.— Pas8«nj:er8  tor  this  line  take  8:05  A. 
M.  and  1  P.  .M.  expreaa  traina  from  Grand  Central 
Depot,  artiviog  at  4:18  and  8  P.  M.  at  Newport 

THEODOBK  WABBBN,  Superintendent 


STKAMBOAT& 

STONINGTON  LINE 

iroR     BOSTON     AND    AI<L.    POINTn     EAST. 
ItBDUCiBD    FAttE. 

Elegant  steamers  leave  Pier  TXo.  3;)  North  Rirsr, 
foot  of  Jay  at.  at  4:80  P.  M. 

Tickets  for  sale  at  Ul  onnoipil  ilokatodoss.  !*t'»t> 
rooms  secureil  at  offlcssof  Westtfuttiixprtiss  Oompaay 
and  at  .Sa  :{63  Broadway. 

Fretfelit  enlr,  steamers  leave  f>ier  Nn.  27  Kortb 
Blver,  foot  of  Park  place,  at4  P.  M.  Fretghu  via  either 
line  taken  at  lowest  r.tcu*. 

Dni.  BaBCOOK.  P*e4.      tk  W.  VitKiTs. '».    P.  Agent. 


FALL    RIVER   LINE 

FOB 

Bd 31^01^  Aibn>  I'Hii  east. 

FAREii  RBDUCEi). 

Leave  New-York  dally.  (Sunday  uxeeptei.)  fVomPisc 
No.  28  North  BiVer,  foot  of  .11  array  at.  4:30  P.  M. 

BORDBN  tL  LOVRLL.  ARcnta. 
GEO.  L.  CONNOB,  Geueral  Paasengpr  A'.;eat 


FOR     NBW«£IAVUN.    HARTFORD,     Ace 
Fare  $1 ;  steamers  leave  Peck  slip  for  New-Haven 
at  3  and  ll  P.  M.,  connecting  with  road. 


L|V>R  Blf  lUGKPORT  AND  ALIi  FI}lNr.<t    O.^l 

I?  BoUBatOnio  and    .NaagataoE    RAIlroal^V^rd.     %\. 
Ateaniers  leave  nathariue  alto  \,\.  11-30  .i.  H. 


FmE  AETS. 


TO  cAKT   CONNOI8SBUSS. 


A  BARE  OPPOKTrNITF. 

Absolute  sale  of  one  of  the  flneat  and  moat  important 
private  coUeotions  of  MODBRN  PAtNTINGd  of  the 
best  Etirbpean  schools,  the  jprbttsr^  ot 

MR.  BisNRir  N.  aaixtas  no.  S4r  sth  av., 

will  take  place 

PttlDAT  EVENINO.  PBB.  23. 
The  ceileotion  Inclndea  cheft-d'oanvrea  by  Rosa 
Bonheur,  Jnles  BiAten,  Gust  Brion,  Charles  Bang- 
nlet,  E.  Boutibonne,  Bierstadt,  Heyer  Von  Bremen,  F. 
Compte-Oalix,  Corot  Dlas,  Daubignv,  LeonY.  Bscoaura, 
G^r5met  Gisbeiri.  Hildehrandt.  Hubert,  Hatsman.  Inno- 
centi,  Ittenbaob,  Koekkoek,  Lambinet,  Hngnes  Merle, 
Moreau,  Bossi,  Bofflaen.  Jean  BObte,  Saintln,  Theodore 
BonMean,  tdnlkodche,  Verbotokhoren,  J.  G.  Vlbtit, 

F.  Ziem,  and  others.  f^ 

HOW  OB  EXHIBITIOir, 

DAT  AKD  RTBinROi 

attha 

KUBTZ   OAl^fiRT. 

Ihfc  6  Saat  88d  st.  dn  MAdifldn  sctnate. 


kOBBBt  iBOMBftTtLLB,  Aaotioaeto. 


AVGlti(m  ?^AJiEa 


i^:'^ 


of  h  sad  seme,  naiwiah  a 
priaiac  efaeloe  ^)W.so(wis» 
tore  in  tniies  a«d  itaBl.v:  ] 


Aaolii»neer. 

MV^prieed  ftaraltare,  oam- 

"r-roem.  aad  plulor  ftiral- 

carpets,  glaasware, 

MM  flc, 


rr 


iriKAjyotATA. 


'BANKERS, 


19  and  18  ^urnman.  at.,  tVe^r-Torlc 

DKALBBS  IH  AIiL  iraOES  OF  OOTEBSIMBST 

fiRCOaitlB.-*.     • 

SBW-YORK  CITT 

AND  BROOKLYN  BONDS. 

BCT  AND  8BLL  ON  COMMISSIOir 

STOCKS,  BONDS,  AOD  QOLD. 

ADVA  NOBS  HADE  ON  APPROVED  BBCUBITIBS. 

JAb.  A.  TBOWBBIOOR.  DONALD  BIACEAY. 

LATHAM  A.  FISH. 


CHASE  &  ATEINS, 

BANKERS  AND  BROKERS, 

NO.  18  BROAD  STREET.  NEW.YO&K. 

INTBBBST  ALLOWED  ON  0BP03IT  ACCOBNTS 
SUBJECT  TO  DRAFT  AT  SIGHT. 

GOLD.  GOVERS.MBNT.  STATB,  MUN!C!IPAL.  AND 
BAILROAD  SBCURITIBi  BOUGHT  AND  SOLD  ON 
COMMiSBION  FOR  CASH  OR  UPO.V  MARGIN. 

J.  &  W.  mi&MAN  &  CO., 

BA.lQ"Ii:ERS, 

Me.  3t    Broad  at..   New- York. 

lune  Letters  of  Oedtt  for  Travelers, 

PAYABLE  IN  ANY  PART  OF  EDBOPE,  ASIA,  AFRICA, 
AUSTRALIA,  AND  AMKRICA. 

DRAW  BILLS  OF  RXCHAKOB  AlTD  MAKE  TBLB- 
GRAPHIC  TRANSFERS  OF  MONET  ON  EUROPE  AND 
CALIFORNIA. 


THB  MARIPO!<A  L.AND  AND  JMlNlNti  COM- 
PANY OF  CALIFORNIA, 

Opfick  Noa.  9  ajtd  11  NiisSAU  ST.,  } 
Nsw-VORK.  Feb.  3,  ljJ77.        5 

THE  TRUSTEES  of  this  Company  have  leviei  an  AB- 
SRSSMBNT  of  $  1  per  share  on  the  preferred  and  com- 
mon Stock,  payable  at  this  office  on  or  before  FeK  17. 
Afterthat  date  it  will  bo  delinquent^  aud  liable  to  a 
charge  for  advertising  sale. 

COPIES  OF  UEPORT  en  Hate  news  from  themlu^ 
are  published,  And  may  be  bad  al  the  office,  or  mailed 
to  address  on  request. 

MORRIS  H.  SMITH.  Assistant  Secretary. 


OrfiOB  or  TRB  Farmbhs'  Loam  and  'ircst  (.'oaPAMT,  i 

Na  26  ExcBA.toB  placb,  cmxitR  William  bt-,     } 

Nrw-Voek.  Jan.  8.  1877.  > 

THE  FARiMBRS*  LOAN  AND  TRUST  COM- 
PANY of  the  t  ity  of  New-Vork,  Trustaes  of  tlie 
ainkiiig  tnnd  of  rho  construction  and  equipment  bonda 
of  the  Cleveland  and  Pittsburg  Kailroan  Company, 
hereby  give  notice  thnt  In  ocoordanca  vith  the  pro- 
visions of  tiie  said  siakin'.;  fund,  th ay  have  drawn  bv 
lot  the  following  nnmbers  of  sixteen  of  anil  bonds, 
via.:  Noa.  56.  449.  584.  676.  709,  711.  739.  887,  883. 
838,  925,  945,  039,  9dJ.  1,100,1,312.  aod  that  on 
presentation  and  delivery  to  them  of  aald  sixt<-cn 
bonds,  or  any  oart  of  the  same,  tliey  will  be  redeemed 
at  par  value  thereof,  and  that  interest  nn  alloi  the 
said  sixteen  bonds  not  prea>-nted  for  redemption  on  or 
before  tbe  1st  day  of  July  next  will  ceasi*  from  and 
afterthat  dace.  R.  G.  BOLSTO.H.  Prealdent 


MDNlCIPAIi  BONDS,  DUB  J906.    A  LIMITED 
AMOUNT  FOB   SALE  3Y 

KVHN,LOEB  &  CO.,  NO.  31  NASSAU  ST. 


OCEAN   NATIONAL  BANK. 
ASSETS  AT  AUCTION, 

MARCH  27,  1877. 
For  eatatogne  apply  to  ADRIAN  IL  MULLSR  k.  CO., 
No.  7  Pine  at,  or  to  the  Receiver,  No.  21  Nassau  st 

THEODORE  M.  DWIS.  Receiver. 


THB   QdICCSILTBR    WlSIXG    I'O.fPAST,  ) 

No.   19  Nassau  st  ,'  J 

Nxw-VoRK,  Fuh  16,  1877.     ) 

THB  ANNUAL  BIEE TING  OF  THE  ^TO^^^K- 
holders  will  be  held  at  the  offlco  of  tlio  compatiy 
hi  the  City  of  New-Yoric  on  WhO.SEtiDAY,  Feb.  28, 
1877,  at  1  o'clock  P.  M. 

The  annual  election  of  Directors  will  b?  held  at  the 
lame  place  on  tbe  same  day,  between  the  hours  of  2 
and  3  P.  M. 

Tbe  transfer  books  will  be  closed  on  the  l9th  Inst 
aod  reopened  Marcb  3,  1877. 

•   DAVID  MAHANT.  Secretary. 


HUOWN    BROTH  «:»>  «&.-  CO.. 

NO.  69  Wall  sr., 

JHbCB  COMMBR<;lAL  anl  IRiVELKR?   CRhDITS 

AVAILABLE  m   a'l  PA  «T.S   of    thf>  WORLH. 


CHICAUO  AND  ALTO.N  RAILROAD  CO. 

Sbcrbtart's  OrrtCB, } 
Cricaoo.  i'eb.  8, 1877.  5 
Notice  Is  hereby  given  to  the  Stockholders  of  the 
Chicago  aud  Alton  Railroad  Company  that  u.  cash  divi- 
dend of  four  (4)  p«r  ceut.  has  tuis  day  been  declared 
noon  tbe  Preterr<id  aud  Common  btovkot  this  Com- 
pany, payable  at  the  bankiDg-houss  of  tbe  Compioy's 
Agents,  jnessra.  M.  K.  Jesup.  Paton  «l  Co..  No.  52  Wil- 
liam street,  in  the  City  of  New-Vorlc.  oa  the  lat  day  of 
March  next,  te  holders  who  are  registered  as  such  at 
the  close  of  bnsiaesa  hours  on  the  lYth  day  of  houru- 
ary.  inat,  at  which  tima  the  transfer  books  will  be 
olose'l,  and  reopened  for  transfers  on  tbe  2d  dav  of 
March  next.  W.  M.  LARKABUb:,  Secretary. 

Office  of  the  NBW-ToRK  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMP'Y," 
NO.  7!£  WALL  ST. 

NBw-YoBK,  Feb.  6.  1877. 

76th  Dividend. 

A    SEMI-ANNUAL    DIVIDENO    OF    10    PER    CBNT. 
has  this  day  been  declared,  payable  on  demand. 

AUOU.^TUs  t  OLSON.  Secretary. 

NHW-VORK  AMD  COLOILAOO   C0MPA5T.  > 

Park  Ba.vk  BniLoixa,     > 
Naw-YORK,  Feb.  10. 1877.) 

"TklVIDEND    NO.  1 A  DIVIDU.SD  OF  ONE   PKtt 

Accent  has  been  declared  on  the  capital  stoCk  of 
this  company,  payable  at  this  office,  on  and  after 
March  1,  1^7 v.  to  the  stockholders  of  record  at  the 
closing  of  the  transfer-twoka,  which  will  close  on  the 
20th  day  of  February  instant,  and  reopio  .March  'A 
1877.  H.  GROKNEMETKR,  Secretary. 

AOAS'S  hXPKKSS  COMPANT.  NO.  59  BRoADWAT.       } 

Nkw-York,  Feb.  14,  1»77.  > 

TBE  TRANSFEK-BOOKS  OF  THIS  COMPa.M 
will  be  closed  from  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  Feb,  19,  to  the 
morning  of  March  2.  J.  C.  BABCOJK, 

Treasurer. 

HOLDEUS  OF  CERTIFICATES  FOR  THE 
past  due  coupons  of  the  Flrat  Mortgages  on  the 
Main  Lme  of  tbe  Toledo,  Wabash  and  Western  Rail- 
road company  may  present  thetn  to  the  .Metropolitan 
National  Bank,  and  havu  tbe  intereat  on  the  cunpoos 
added  to  the  ecrti&cate. 


ELBOTIONS. 


Cl.BVKi.AXD.  I-'OLUMBITS,    <.  irtClIf  ITATI  AJfD  ) 
iNDIANAPULia  RAILWAY   COMPAyT.       > 

Clhv«lasd,  O..  Feb  15,  1877.) 

TBE  ANNUAL  lUEETJfNiJ  OF  THE  STOoK- 
holders  oi.  tula  company  ibr  the  election  of  Uireo- 
torn,  and  lor  tne  trauaactlon  ot  other  buaiuesa.  will  be 
heia  at  tUe  odice  of  tbe  company  in  Cleveland,  on 
WBDNESDAY,  March  7, 1877. 

The  transter-booki  will   be  closed  from  the  evening 
of  20th  inst,  until  March  & 

GKO.  H.  RUSSELL.  Secietary. 


UtVlOB  0^  TBB  CONSOLIOATIOX  COAL  CoiPANt  OF 

Mabtlamd.  No.  71  BaoAowAr, 
\         .^  ^        NEw-foRK,  Feb.  2,  1377 , 

T^B  Af^NUAL  MBEil.ii«j  Ok  'f HE  sroo.<- 
boldera  of  this  cotnpany  for  the  election  of  Preal- 
deot  And  Directors,  and  transaction  of  other  busi- 
ness, will  beheld  at  boon  on  WtiU.NBSDAY,  the  2l8t 
ioBt  Tbe  transfer-bootu  will  closrt  at  2  o'clock  P.  M., 
On  the  10th  Inat,  and  reopen  on  tbe  23d  Inst 

H.  C.  HICKS.  Secretary. 


A  SPECIAL  aiEKTlNU  OF  THE  t^TOCR- 
HOLUKKS  ani  election  of  Directors  of  tne  »t.  Josepb 
ana  St  Louis  Railroad  C  omoanv  will  be  held  on  tne 
26tU  of  March,  1877.  at  tne  office  of  said  comoany, 
No.  417  Olive  st,  bt  LUulS,  Mo.,  at  1  o'clock.  P.  Ml 

N.  E.  GO0Lt>V.  ^ecrita^y. 


PARTNER,  WANTED— IN  A  GOOD  WBLL- 
establiahed  and  profitable  business,  centrally  lo- 
cated In  the  City  of  Rochester,  comprising  stoves,  tin, 
and  sheet-iron  ware,  honse-lnmishlng  goods,  and  gen- 
era tobblng  work;  a  capital  of  SS.OOil  required.  Ad- 
dress B.,  Box  No.  146  Timet  Office,  or  EDWARD  JONES, 
Rochester,  Bo.  16  South  Bt  Paul  st, 


TO  IVIURCHANTS.— A  LAWYER  WHO  HAS  HAD 
a  Urice  and  aacceasfdl  e±peilence    in  the  colleotlon 
of  claims  for  mercbanta,  desiring  employment,  woula 

tdke  cbarfce  ot  tb6  (Juilectlout  of  one  or  more  firms  At  s 
very  moderate  CDmoensation,  contiugent  upon  coi lec- 
tion; hlaheat  teierenoes  given.  Addreas  C.  R..  Box 
No.  149  31m«a  Office. 


s; 


rAl*i{  lilUHtS  OF  A  VALUABLE  PATENT 
.FOLtt  DEVELOPED.— To  parties  of  moderate 
meana;  this  offers  inducements  of  a  large  business,  pay- 
ibg  60  to  lOU  per  cent  proUtSi  very  liberal  arrauge- 
ments  will  be  made  on  basis  of  a  royalty  on  salea 
Address  bEER.S,  Na  93  Liberty  (t.,  I4ew-Vork. 


F4»R  SALB— THB  STOCK  AND  STURE  AND 
oJBoe  flxtnres  of  the  wholesale  and  retail  drug 
sidra  So.  248  Canal  st;  everything  complete  for  the 
Jobhiogand  retail  trade.  Will  be  suld  entire  or  in 
part,  to  salt  buyer. 


AN  BSPBCIAL  OPPORTUNITY  TO  A  Busi- 
ness man  with  $10,000  oaoitaL    Address  0.,  Box 
Bo.  149  Tbmu  Office. 


PBB80KAL. 


Wj&d.   FOJtIf  ltRI.T 


PBOPOSALS. 


PROPOSALS   ifOR   AOHTBHiTA^  FOSTAOK 
fiTAMFti. 

Pes*  oraiOB  DariiRTMKinF, } 
Jim.  26, 1877.  i 
Bealal  proposals  are  invited  from  steel-plate  ea- 
naTera  aad  piate  printers,  ana  vill  be  reoelvetl  at  this 
departmenA  until  12  o'clock  U.  on  Wednesday,  tbe 
28ta  day  of  Febrnnry.  1877,  fbr  fhraiehibg  all  the 
pofrtsge  stamps  which  this  department  may  require 
for  paUlo  aad  offldnl  a;e  during  a  period  of  fonr  years, 
conuheacfag  on  the  1st  day  of  May,  1877,  vis: 

kS^apa  for  the  nse  of  tbe  public. 
Offlciarstamps  tor  tbe  use  of  tbe  exeoutive  depart- 
ments. 
3.  Vewapaper  and  periodical  Mamps. 
QUALITY  OF  STAMPS. 
The  stamps  mnat  be  furnished,    subject  to  the   ap. 

firoval  of  the  depactment,  irom  steel  plates,  engraved 
n  tbe  highest  style  of  the  arc  ot  steel  engraving,  And 
printed  in  sued  colors  as  may  from  time  to  time  be 
selected  by  the  department  in  the  best  and  most  ap- 

S roved  manner,  upon  paper  of  the  best  qunlity.  auita- 
le  tor  The  purpose  and  satisfactory  to  the  depart- 
ment, thoronglily  gnmiueu  with  tbe  best  quality  of 
adhesive  gum.  peitorated  in  such  manner  that  each 
separate  stump  can  lie  readily  detached  and  used,  the 
sheets  to  be  well  presaed,  and  packed  so  ua  to  prevent 
them  tram  adhertag  to  emh  other:  the  aam^tobe 
famished  with  all  reasonable  dispatch  in  such  quan- 
tities as  may  in  e.ich  case  be  ordered  by  the  depart- 
ment daily  to  flil  requisituna  taom  Postmaators  and 
from  the  cxiicniive  depHrtments.  The  stamps  must 
be  printed  on  hand-roller  presses. 

DIES,  ROLLS,  AND  PLATEa 

The  dies,  rolls,  and  platou  from  which  postage  stanipfl 
are  now  nrlnt.:d,  bein?  tho  property  of  tbe  United 
btatrs.  will  be  olaoed  in  the  keeping  aad  odstody  of 
tho  contractor  on  or  bi-iure  the  first  day  of  May,  1877. 
the  same  to  be  heid  subject  to  the  order  aad  control 
of  tho  department,  as  hereinafr<>r  provlJcdi  and  the 
coniractor  will  be  required,  from  said  di»g,  rolls,  and 
pl.'tcs.  and  from  buoU  rolls  nnd  plar.es  an  may  bo  no- 
cesanry  to  bs  reproduced  from  the  original  dies,  to 
h'ive  On  hand,  readv  fur  issue  im  the  dav  the  contract 
term  commt:aces,  a  aufflcleut  stuck  of  staaias.  of  the 
several  denominations  and  kiuda  required,  to  fill  the 
current  doll.v  requiaiilons  from  the  departmout,  with- 
out bindiancoor  delay. 

The  conti'uotor  wilt  be  fnrrher  .required  to  keep  in 
repair  all  dies,  rolls,  and  plates  from  wbich  atampa 
m»v  be  piiuted.  and  to  renew  the  sime  wh.-never  re- 
quired ;  and  ahouid  new  deaigua  be  required  at  any 
time  tu  tabe  tne  place  of  tbe  piesi-nt  aeries  of  stamps 
for  the  use  of  tile  puollc,  or  of  anv  of  them,  or  foi-  de- 
uomiuatiuoa  of  stamps  not  now  lu  use,  tlie  same  shibll 
be  fiiruiabfd  aal  engraved,  aubji-ct  lo  tne  nourovol  of 
the  HoBtniastcr  General,  upim  his  request,  within  a 
reasonable  time;  all  wliicli  ahnll  be  done  ana  exeoutea 
in  the  beht  stylo  of  steel  engravins  by  tho  contractor, 
andai  hU  own  ekpense.  No  cban$;e  will  be  made  in 
tbe  present  dcsigus  of  official  postage  stamp.,  or  of 
DetTbpapei  and  pi-riodiLSl  stamps;  but  the  ountruotor 
will  be  reqnired  to  keep  in  rei>air,  and  renew  when  re- 
qui.ed,  tbe  diea.  rohe.  aud  piiite:i  for  these  stamps,  the 
same  as  lor  ihe  scamps   tor    the  use  of  the  public.     All 

dies,  roils,  aulI  plates  tnnoe  or  used  at  any  time  ih  flU- 
iug  the  contract  shall  immediately  bectJmo  the  abso- 
lute prooi-rty  of  the  United  States,  and  shall  be  de- 
livered, in  good  w^oikins  order,  to  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral or  his  autborlzed  agent  whenever  demanded. 

BDILDING.  PLACE  OP  MANUPACTDRK.  «to. 
The  stamps  will  be  required  to  bo  manuf:ictured  In  a 
flre-proiif  building,  and  in  sepurate  upartmcnts.  dis- 
tinct irom  those  in  wbicb  any  otb-r  worn  is  done  by 
the  cot  tractor— the  whole  to  lie  subject  to  the  approval 
of  the  departu:eni— and  wheu  fiuisued  must  be  placed 
in  a  tire  aud  burj{lar-pi-<>ol  suie  or  vault,  to  beap<-clallv 
provided  for  that,  purpo^.  and  aenatrncied  to  the  aat- 
t&factiun  of  the  depariment.  The  coo  tractor,  hla  em- 
ployee, nnil  amenta  6hall  cujform  to  such  tcgnlatious 
ua  tbe  (lepai'cnienc  may  Irom  time  to  time  adopt  for 
the  aecurity  of  the  Goveniuieot. 

■   AQENT-OKFICE-ROOMS-INSPECTlON. 

A  resident  uxent  of  the  deparcmeac  will  have  saper- 
vlslou  of  the  U'luutaciurd,  atora;;e,  and  issue  of  tbe 
stamps,  who  shall  at  an  times  h.ive  full  aud  free  ac- 
cess to  the  apartments,  sates,  aud  vaults  where  the 
Bi,amp!i  are  manufactured  and  ston-d,  for  tUe  purposo 
of  inao<  ctlug  tUe  same  ;  aud  thu  coutractor  snail  lur- 
nivli  htm  nnd  his  clerks  suitable  office  aud  desk  rooni, 
tor  the  tran^actiou  of  tho  uuilue^sof  bis  ageuctr, 
without  cost  to  the  Governmeot  Tb<3  Postmaster 
General  snail  also  h  .ve  the  riifbt  at  any  time  to  cause 
an  iuspeution  to  bo  made,  oy  any  agent  or  agents 
wuom  he  may  specihliy  de.iignate  lOr  the  purpose,  of 
tno  apait<iiout«,  safes,  ana  vaults  used  tor  the  mnuu- 
tacture  and  stonifie  of  stamps,  aud  of  tho  slumps  m 
course  of  mauuiactuie  or  in  stock. 

STOCK   OH  H.iND. 

Tho  contractor  shail  at  all  times  keep  on  hand  a 
stock  of  the  several  denominations  anil  kinds  of 
stamps,  BUoJi-ct  tu:he  control  of  the  Post  Office  De- 
portment, its  rcj^iloriy  'lutnoi-lzed  agent,  orsucu  other 
agents  as  m^ty  be  specially  auciiorized  by  the  I  ost- 
luaster  Qenerui.  iu  all  8tai{cBolmauaiai:tare,  sufficient 
to  meet  all  orders  ot  the  department,  and  to  provide 
agaiust  any  nud  »>l  contingcnciea  that  may  be  bkely 
to  occur  during  tho  exiatence  of  the  conlract  so  tbat 
each  and  every  order  oi  the  department  may  be 
promptly  filled,  aud  the  department  aiiall  have  the 
tight  10  require  tbe  coutractor  at  any  time  duiint:  the 
existeuce  ot  the  coutract  to  furnish  an  extra  quantity 
or  atampa  uot  excoediu.:  a  supply  fur  tUreo  muutba 
PAlKl.NO. 

Stumps  to  be  frauamitted  by  aea  routea  must  be  se- 
curely packed  in  hermetically  scaled  tin  cases,  wrapped 
in  sti'on.7  uiiiuiia  paper:  all  otiiers  must  eiihnr  be 
packed  in  strong  bmdeis'-board  boxea,  bound  on  the 
eogi'S  and  corners  with  mualiu,  aud  euveloped  in  two 
thickoeasea  or  stroQ<;  mauila  p,iDi-r,  or  inclosed  iu 
strong  luanlln  envelopes,  aa  tbe  iiUHUtily  to  Imi  iraua- 
mitted  IU1V  ri-nnirei  all  i>ackaeea  to  be  so  :ncloeed  aa 
to  enable  the  uj<oiitof  ihu  oepartmeut  to  officially  aeal 
thetu. 

DlXIVisIlY. 

The  atamps  may  bo  required  to  be  delivered  by  the 
contractor  in  sfp'ir.ite  packast-s,  as  above  provided 
fur.  at  the  Podt  Office  iu  the  place  wbeie  the  same  are 
manufactured,  or  at  such  otuer  Post  Office  m  thu  Im- 
meciato  Tieiutty  of  the  place  of  mauutacture  as  the 
Postmaster  (jeueral  may  direct;  or  iu  snco  qantities 
nt  the  Pobt  Office  Depart meot,  Waahmgtou.  D.  C.  (each 
dcnnmmatiou  and  kinil  beiug  kept  separate,)  aa  the 
Puatmaater  General  may  direct 

BLANKS. 

In  addition,  the  contractor  will  be  reqmred  to  far 
nl'h  labeia,  aud  direct  the  same,  for  eicn  package,  in 
acuonlaricj  with  tbe  duUy  liats  lurnished  by  the  agent 
of  the  uepertmeul,  together  with  :iU  other  blanks  re- 
quired tu  uc  Inclosed  wi.  b  the  atampa:  also,  all  iilanks 
lordail.y,  weekly,  inouibiy,  aud  quarterly  returns  i-e- 
laliug  to  tho  number  and  dunominatluns  of  stamps 
luruished. 

BEPtiRTS. 

The  contractor  will  be  rcquirod"to  report  weekly,  un- 
der o.uh,  tne  nuuiuer,  deuomlnation,  nnd  kind  of 
stamps  manuf>:ciured,  (bnisbed,  nufioiahed,  aod 
SDoilud.V  tlie  pumber  issued  daring  the  wt^cK,  and  tbe 
numoer  avi.l  :kbie  lor  issue;  all  spoiled  stamps  to  be 
destroyed  by  iiio  ut;en(  of  tho  department  in  the  pres 
ence  of  the  contractor  or  his  ruprrsentative,  or  other- 
wiae  diapuacd  of,  aa  tbe  Postmaster  General  m.iy  direct 
A  >\  ARD. 

The  contract  will  be  awarded  on  the  basts  of  the 
numberof  the  s?Tera:  kinds  of  stamps  istucd  during 
the  fiscal  yeareodlug  June  3;>.  1876.  us  tollowa  : 

1.  Numt>er  of  stnmpa  tor  nse  of  tho  public. 698,799,090 

2.  Numocr  of  official  stamiiS  fur  use  ot  the 
executive  dipLinmencs 17,C82,6C5 

3.  Number  uf   newspaper   and    penodicai 

acampd 1.290,347 

Total 717.77a,i02 

Bids  must  ho  made  for  each  kind  of  stamps  sepa- 
rately, tbe  biddcr.i  etating  la  thoi  -  propoaau  the  price 
per  thousand  stamps,  iiicludiug  everything  required 
to  bo  done  or  I'urnisbed,  as  set  lurih  in  tbla  advertise- 
meut;  aud  the  coutract  will  be  u  warded  as  ii  whole  to 
tue  lowest  lesiionsible  bidder  lu  the  i  gjjregaie,  the 
amount  ot  a  bid  to  be  asiercain^d  by  extending  the 
above  isuuea  at  tho  prices  bid  reapoctiveiy.  and  then 
aggresutlbg  the  amounta  of  the  three  Several  Iteiha. 
U  mast  be  nndcrAtood,  however,  that  proi>osals  made 
under  this  advertisement  shall  Inclnde  nil  the  stamps 
needed  by  tue  d<prtrtmeal  during  the  coutract  term, 
wiiboat  reference  to  tue  above  issuea.  .'~hould  tlio 
use  of  any  uf  the  n'jove  Kinds  of  atamps  be  disoon- 
litiued  duiinz  the  contract  term,  the  cuntiactur  will 
not  oe  entitled  to  damages  on  accouut  of  suou  diboou- 
tiunance. 

PROPl^SALtS— AGREEMENT— BO.N'D. 

Each  proposal  must  be  siffued  by  the  mdlvii'ufil  or 
poLttnership  making  it,  and  when  made  by  a  partner- 
ship the  name  uf  each  partner  thereof  mast  be  ols- 
clused:  aud  It  must  be  uccumpaut^d  by  a  guaranty, 
signed  by  at  least  two  i-i'spunsiole guarantors,  that  tbe 
bidder  shall,  within  teu  days  alter  being  called  upon 
to  do  so,  execute  a  conirucl  to  turnlsU  promptly,  and 
in  quantities  aa  ordered,  the  article  or  articles  to  be 
furnished  by  lilm,  the  responsibility  auil  sufficiency  of 
the  siirners  to  such  guarant.v  to  be  certided  to  by  the 
Postmaster  or  Unltea  .^tat,Bs  Attorney  whore  the  bid- 
der resides  ;  and  lu  Such  contract  the  contractor  and 
his  (uretlee  shall  cuvenant  and  agree  that  m  ease  tbe 
uaid  i:outractor  shall  lail  to  do  or  perform  all  or  any 
of  the  covenan  s,  stl^uiaiions,  and  agri'emonts  of  said 
cuotracr  on  the  p-.rc  oi  the  sulti  coutractor  to  be  per- 
formed, as  therein  set  luith.  the  said  coutractor  and 
his  niiretiea  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  tbe  Uuited  states 
ot  America  the  sum  ol  two  hundred  thuusAnd  dollars, 
fur  which  aaid  fortciinre  the  aaid  coucractur  and  his 
sureties  shall  ue  Jointly  uuil  severally  liable,  as  liqui- 
dated damages  to  ue  aucd  fur  in  the  niuue  ot  tue 
United  states. 

If  the  bidder  to  whom  the  first  award  miy  be  mide 
should  tall  to  cuter  into  a  contract,  aa  heroin  provided, 
then  the  award  may  iieannuileil,  and  thu  contract  let 
to  the  hextlowcat  reapjuslole  bidder,  itiiutdeuaied  too 
hiubby  tho  Poatmiister  CJeneral,  and  soon  until  the  rt> 
quired  cuntraci  is  executed;  auu  such  next  lowest  bidder 
snail  bu  reuaired  to  ;u>liil  every  stipatation  embraced 
herein  as  If  hu  were  tbe  origUial  party  to  whom  the 
contract  was  awarded. 

Tlie  coctract  will  also  provide  that  if  at  any  time 
duiing  its  coutiuuauco  thi  smcties  shall  die  or  be- 
come irrespousibie,  tbe  Postmastet'  General  shall  have 
the  riuUt  to  reouiru  additional  aud  sufficient,  sureties, 
which  the  contractor  shall  furnish  to  the  acceptance 
01  tbe  Puatmaater  General  within  10  days  alter  notice 
and  in  default  tberiof.  the  cuutmct  may  be  annulled. 
HESKRVAflONS. 

The  Postmaster  General  reserves  the  right  to  reject 
anv  aad  ail  bida  if.  In  his  Jnuginent,  the  iutereat  ot  tbe 
Government  requirea  it;  also  tbe  right  to  anuul  ihe 
contract  if,  in  his  uptuion,  there  shall  be  a  ri  iiure  at 
any  time  to  perform  falthfnllr  any  of  its  sttuuiatiDUS, 
or  in  case  of  a  willful  attempt  to  Impose  upon  the  de- 
partment siamps  iufenor  to  those  required  by  the 
contract 

PA1ME.NT3. 

Payments  for  stamps  actually  iaaned  and  delivered 
will  oe  made  quarterly,  atter  proper  examination  and 
adiii^tmeut  ol  acooouia. 

CONTRACT  NOT  ASSIGNABLE. 

The  contract  cannot,  lu  auy  case,  be  lawfully  trans- 
ferred or  aaaigned. 

EXTKN8ION. 

Should  the  interest  or  the  Government  require,  thfc 
contract  may  be  extended  beyond  the  time  named, 
not  exceeding  tbree  months,  by  order  of  the  Post- 
master General,  and  tbe  contract  prices  and  all  cour 
dltions  herein  set  lortb  shall  goyem  in  sach  extended 
contract 

ADDRESS. 

All  propoaala  muat  be  made  on  the  blank  forms 
Airnisbed  by  the  department,  BecureJy  enveloped  and 
sealed.  Indorsed  on  the  back  "Proposals  to>  Postage 
Ntampa."  aud  addressed  to  the  Xliird  Aaaistant  Posl- 
maater  General,  WaaUiDgcon,  D.  C. 

JAMES  N.  'lYNKR,  Poatmaatet-  QeneraL 


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'I'RBASDRr  DbPARTUKNT. 
OrriCKOVTUK  LtOHT-HOUiiR    £^0AIU>, 

^_,  Washi.nqtok,  Feu.  0.  1877.     ., 

SEALtid  PROPOSALS  WjLl  UK  RliCKlVED 
at  this  office  uutil  12  u'ciook  M.  un  TDK80AY,  the 
6ib  day  of  March,  1877,  from  ahlp-buildera  only,  fur 
turniahlnf;  the  mjiteri:)ls  and  laborer  uli  kinds  -  neces- 
sary to  construct  a  flrs^olasa  ligbt-shlp,  in  accordauce 
with  BDcciflCatiOiiB  and  draitringg  dated  Jan.  15, 1877 ; 
coniea  of  whit^  may  be  bad  on  application  to  this 
omce.  or  to  theLlgbt-houae  inapeotors  at  the  Cnatom- 
hoose,  Portland.  Ue,;  at  Mo,  14  Pemtiertnn  aqnose. 
Boston,  Mass.:  at  TompklnsvlUe,  Staten  Island,  N.  Y., 
aad  at  Na  'M9  south  6th  at,  Philadelphia,  Penn. 

The  board  reserves  the  right  to  r^eot  any  ot.aIl 
proposals,  or  to  waive  def»cta,  if  it  be  deemed  for  tha 
iDtetests  Of  the  United  States  to  do  so. 

JOHN  O.  WaLKBB, 
Coniiaaader  United  States  SUty, 
BavalSeeratacF. 


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lOfi-OREAfiL 


BOARDING  AND   LOllBINa 


Ttklt  I7P.CO«VN  OPFlCK  Ok  -TBJt  «UlBt»^ 

'    Tbe  ap4owa  ottea  of  THK  TtMBS  is  located  a* 
N«.  1,907  BroWdvntn  bet.  Slat  and  39d  al*. 

Open  daily,  Saadays  Indiuded.  fnm  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  K. 

Sabseriptlons  reeelved,  aad  eoplea  of  THB  TIMBS  for 

sale, 

•  ADVBRTKBMRaTS  BKCBIVED  UNTIL  9  P.  St 


NO.  4  ITEST  14TH  ST.,  TWO  DOORM 
FROM  STB  AV.— Newly  and  haadsomely-faxaisbed 
niltes  aad  single  rooms  to  fiualUes  aod  gentlemen,  with 
or  withont,  bh>akfiat:  bath-roOdis  and  rannlnc  watar 
on  each  floor;  bouse  heated  by  ateant  ttaroogbont: 
appointments  and  location  nasarpassed:  beat  rer^ 
enees  given  and  required. 


APRIVATB  FAlHILT,  OWNING  THBIR 
bouse,  will  let,  with  board,  a  handaamaly-fhrnishad, 
second-atory  front  room,  with  aniall  room  ad)oiulng; 
location  up  town,  Weat  aide;  Deishbrnhnod  first  olaas. 
For  terms,  addresa  HOMIi.  Bos  No.  .110  TIMES  UP- 
TOWN OFFICE,  So.  1.257  BROADWAT. 


AN  ELnGANTLV-FURNISHBD  ROOM. 
with  board,  to  rent  to  single  gentleman  la  private 
family;  location  45th  st.  near  6tb  av.  Address  O.  L.. 
Brtx  No.  325  TLMK8  OP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,267 
BBOADWAY. 

FIFTH  AV.,  NO.iiOS.CHtoTERFlkLD  HOUHK.— 
Parlor  snd  bedroom,  with  flrat-class  hoard;  party 
nocnnying  second  floor,  front,  will  let,  with  or  withont 
board,  tor  balance  of  season  very  reasonably. 

/OHN  P.  W0R8TELL. 


THREE  DOORN  FROM  STH  AV.~NO.  12 
EAST  IBTH  ST. — Handsome  Second  floor,  aanny 
rooms,  with  board,  for  famliiesi  also,  rooms  for  single 
gentlemen;  tefetedcea. 


No.  31  WEST  dOTB  ST..  BETWEEN 
BUOADWaT  and  5TH  AV.— A  Bulti^  aid  single 
rooms,  with  board  ;  house  and  appointments  firat-olass 
In  every  particuLir. 


F'lFTH     AV..     NO.     73— NOBTH-KA8T 
1 5TH  ST. — Suite   of  rooms  ou  second  floor ; 


single  rnoms,  with  board. 


CORN  KB 
also. 


NO.  S  EAST  4«rH  HT.,  UNDRR  WINDSOR 
bOl'EL. — Second  floor;   well  fhrnlsbed :  first-olaas 
board;  reference*. 


SUNNY  FRiJNT  HKCONJD-FLOOR  SUITE.- 
i'nperlor  board:    low    pHoe   for   balance   of  season. 
No.  33  West  33d  at 


NO.  327  West  a&TH  st.-rooms  to  let. 
With  board ;  runninfi  water;  southern  exposure  ; 
$7  and  $14  per  week. 


NO.   4  EAST  29TH  ST.,    BETtVEBN    5TH 
and  Malison  ava.— uandaomely    furnished  rooms 
with  6rst-claes  board. 


NO.  fZ-Z  niADIISON  A.V.— UBSIHABLH  «UITB  OP 
looms,  alSo  single  room,  trith  beard ;  referenoes  ex- 
clmneed. 


"VO.  •il  5TH  A  v.— PLEASANT  THIBD-STOBY 
Xl  front  room  Sod  hall  room  to  let.  with  flrst-claaS 
board,  singly  or  en  suite:  terms  moderate ;  reference. 


FIFTH  A  v.,  NO.  351.— FRONT  BOOMS,  SKADTl- 
fully  famished;   excellent  taole;    very  moderate 
terms;  single  rooms  to  gentlemen. 


FlPTHAV.,  NO.  49,  flhTWEEN  11TH  AND 
12th  sta — Soaclous   suite  nf  wnll-fnrnlshed  apart- 
ments on  parlor  floor:  with  er  Without  private  table. 


NO.  8  BAST  OTH  ST. 
bandaomely-fnmiahed 
private  table;  reterenoea. 


OEiilRABLE   SUITE  OF 
rooms;     with    or  without 


NO.  18    EAsr 
on  sccoud  flour; 
cinss:    reference. 


3i£D    ST.— ELKO  A  NT     BOOMS 
also  single  rooms:     table  iirst- 


NO.    230    WEST    34TH    ST.-HAKDSOMBLY- 
ftirnish>-d  second  fioor,     also  other  rooms ;    with 
boafu:    references. 


NO.^OEASTjiiO  ST.-WITH  BOARD; 
and    bed-room    Qrst   floor; 
third  floor:    aingle  rooms. 


PARLOR 
parlor   and    bed-room 


1 


OOAIS  -TO    LET,     WITH    BOARD— No. 

East  46th  St.;  refot-ences  exchanged. 


N 


O.  6  EAST  34Ttt  ST SINGLE  ROOMS  WITH 

board;    house  newly  iuriilsli?>d!    terms  moderate. 


NO.  31  WEST    JSrU   ST— SUITE 
to  let       "  -    -   - 


OF   ROOMS 
with  flrst-elass  board.  Beferencea 


>LBASANT  ROOtlS,  WITH  BOARD.-BUF- 

eiencea    No.  1 16  West  4-")th  st 


A  PRIVATE  FAMILV  WilOi  LET  A  FINE 
square  room  nn  fourth  floor  to  a  gentleman;  SB 
per  week;  bouBe  and  loc.itiod  are  enperior:  break- 
fast, if  deafred;  references  exchanged.    No.   53   Bast 

2lBt  St. 


THREE  UO(HtS  FUOitl  STH  AV.,  NO.  1^ 
I'.AST  16TH  ST. — Very  desirable  rooms  on  second 
flooi.  (sunny;)  parlor,  with  sofa  bed  ;  and  extra  iaige 
Imli-room  ;  prices  moderate  tor  flrst-clasa  aocommo- 
datious. 


JtlOTELS. 

THE  ROVAL  VICTORIA  ill»TEL. 

NASSAU,  BABAdA  ISLANUJ. 
For  full  Information  apply  to 

JAHK8  LIUOBSWOOD  k  CO.. 

No.  753  flroadwiv.  .Vew-York. 


NEW-ENGLAND 
2011  light  single  rooms  for  gentlemen  only; 
$2  to  $3.  


HOTEL.  —  LODGINGS,  50e.; 

18  for  gentlemen  only;    weekly. 

Corner  Bowery  and  Bayard  at 


LEGAL  NOTICES. 

OUPREmii  COURT,  CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF 
iO.New- York.— MATILDA  MYERS  against  KLIZABBTH 
a  HALL,  and  TdOMAS  J.  HALL,  her  nusband,  (sued 
by  that  name,  his  real  nime  bcii;g  unknown,)  Llharles 
Seeiiald,  Peter  Seubald,  William  Preuss,  diaries  A. 
Meyer,  Thomas  Ryder,  William  W.  Webb,  Frank 
Scbmitt,  Henry  Hanlein,  Adam  Sew,  Frank  Goldman. 
Simon  Wei.er.  George  Allspach.  Lonis  Berge.  The  .sixth 
Nniional  Uanknf  tbe  City  uf  New-Tork,  Tbe  Wiillams- 
buigh  City  Firo  Insurance  Company.  Wllli.im  McSbane, 
John  Mcbhane,  Henry  McShane.  'Thomas  Bruwne,  B. 
Stanley  Hail.  August  Blomqviat,  Lominlck  Durand. 
Isaac  C.  Tyaon.  .'acoo  Caro.  Isnian  Stoutenburg,  Ilenrv 
Steffius,  Jiimca  Davies.  John  Laviea,  N.  HiU  Fowier, 
The  First  National  Bank  of  Brooklyn.  Samuel  M.  Pot- 
tengili,  and  Leander  .stone.—  To  the  defendants  above 
named  :  You  are  hcreoy  summoned  and  roqutred  to 
answer  the  complaint  In  this  oetlon,  whlcn  will  be 
duly  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  City  and 
County  of  New-Yutk,  at  tho  Countif  Court-house,  in 

the  City  of  .few-Yoric,  and  to  serve  a  copy  of  your 
answer  to  the  said  complaint  on  tbe  tubacrioer,  at  bla 
office.  Number  261  Broadway,  New-fork  City,  within 
twrnty  days  alter  tbe  setrice  of  this  BummuDS  un 
you,  exclualve  of  tne  day  of  such  service;  and  if  you 
lail  tu  aD!<wer  the  a.tid  complaint  within  the  time 
aforsaaid.  the  plaintiff  in  this  action  will  apply  to  tbe 

court  lor  tbe  relu-t  demanded  la  tbe  eomplalot— Dated 
Aew-York,  February  1,  1877. 

J08KPH  C.  LEVI,  PlalntilTs  Attorney, 
No.  261  Broadway.  (Room  No.  aB.)  New-York. 
The  complaint  in  tbe  above  entitled  action  was  diilv 
filed  ih  the  office  of  th£  Cierk  of  the    City  and  County 
of  New-Vork,  at  the  County  Conrt-house,  iu  the  City 
of  New- York,  on  the  third  day  of  Kebruary,  1877. 

JOSEPH  C.  LEVI,  Plaintiff's  Attorney. 
fl6-lsw6wK- 


NEW-VOKK  SUl'UElttE  COURT.— CITY  ANU 
Couutv  of  New-York.— SUSAN  MILU.  plalntifl'. 
egiiinst  PHILIP  NUShBAUM,  Henrietta  Nussbauin 
his  wife,  hmanael  >'nsabaum,  Sara  Lafetra,  Jacob 
B.  Allyn,  Frederick  P.  Pfarr,  Charles  McAulitfi'e, 
Richard  M.  Mcholls  and  Alexander  Litt  Foster  J. 
Weeks,  John  R.  I'ltt.  James  F.  Eagles  and  Russell  C. 
Johnauu,  The  (lariera  Bank,  Henry  Eisner,  L.  Loeli, 
Ellas  A.  tVllkinson,  Klisha  B.  Gaddls  and  Frank  A. 
Wilkinson,  John  Blobra,  and  Justus  Scnmults,  Marga- 
ret C.  Stiddlph  and  Jonn  Hughes,  defendants.— Sum- 
mons lor  relief— (Com.  not  served.)— To  the  defteud- 
anta  ajovc  named  :  Vou  are  hereby  summoned  and  re- 
quired to  answer  the  complaint  iu  this  action,  which 
has  this  day  been  filed  iu  thn  office  ol  tbe  Clerk  of  the 
City  and  County  of  New-Yurk,  at  the  dtv  Hall  in  said 
Citv.  aod  to  serve  a  copy  of  your  anawer  to  the  said 
complaint  on  the  subscribsr,  at  his  oISck.  number  60 
Wall  street,  m  said  City  of  New-York,  within  twenty 
days  after  thu  serviee  of  this  summons  on  you.  exclti- 
sive  ol  the  da.y  of  such  service;  and  if  you'fltll  to  an- 
swer the  said  complaint  withiu  tbe  time  axoresaid,  the 
plalntifl' in  tnis  action  will  apply  tu  tbe  court  tor  tne 
rellei  drmauded''iu  the  complaint— Dated  New- Yore, 
December  8,  1870. 

Q.  McADAM,  Plaintiff's  Attorney, 
No.  56  Wall  street,  i>ew-Ybrfc. 

The  complaint  In  tbe  aboye-entitled  action  was  filed 
on  tue  eighth  day  of  December,  1876,  iu  tbe  office  of 
the  Clem  of  the  City  and  County  ot  New-York,  in  tha 
new  Court-nonao,  in  tho  City  of  New- York  and  the 
Stote  of  New-York.— Dated  February  14,  1877. 

flO-law6wF-.       Q.  -WcaDAM,  Plaintiffs  Attorney. 


STATE  OF  NEW-TORM. IN  TrfB  COUKT  OF 
Common  Pleas  tor  tho  City  and  County  of  New- 
York.- BKNJAilKN'  FLOYll,  Plaintiff,  ag.iinst  ELIZA  8. 
HoUSMaN.  Susan  M.  Heal,  and  Albert  F.  Heal,  her  hus- 
band, Sarah  A.  Henderson,  and  David  Henderson,  her 
husband,  James  l .  Housman,  William  B.  Uoa<imnn,  Jo- 
sVph  H,  Housman.  LisEle  A.  bousmah,  isuian  Uousuian, 
EltsaS.  Bonsman,  Administratrix  of  tbe  goods,  chattels, 
and  credits  ol  James  Housman,' aeceasedi  John  W.  (^uch- 
rail,  William  P.'Donaldion,  and  Abbott  L.  Mills,  dcfend- 
auts. — Suininons  lor  relief. — Ti)  the  defendants  aud  each 
of  them  ;  Yuu  ure  hereby  summoned  aud  required  to  an- 
swer the  complHlnt  In  this  HCtion,  which  mts  filed  in 
tbe  office  of  tbe  clerk  of  the  Court  of  Common  Plena,  ot 
the  City  and  County  of  New- York.  At  the  Conrt-houae 
in  said  City,  on  iho  27th  dav  of  November.  1876.  and 
to  serve  a  copy  ot  your  answer  to  the  aaid  complaint 
on  the  RUbscribers.  ot  their  office.  No.  SlLtbertrst, 
in  tbe  City  of  New-Tork.  withla  twenty  days  after  the 
service  ut  this  summons  on  you.  exclusive  of  the  day 
of  aucb  service;  aad~  it  yon  fail  to  answer  the  said 
complaint  within  the  time  aforesaid,  the  plaintiff  in 
this  action  will  apply  to  tha  court  for  ihs  reUel  de- 
manded in  the  complaint — Dated  Ne^V-York,  ftovem- 
ber,  187a  KOli:  t  MACKLIN, 
j a  19-lBW6wF Plaintiff's  Attorneys. 


UCPRlBttlK  CJURT,  COUNTY  oF  QUEBNS. 

O— JACOB  HICKS,  plain  tlO,  ugalnst  JCNB  B.  FOWLl.S 
Seneca  A.  Swalm  and  Jennie  b.  .Swalm,  tala  wife,  Wil- 
bur Rushmore  and  Mistress  Wilbur  Rushmore,  his 
wife.  defcudAnts. — Suinihons — lor  relief.  (Com.  not 
servted.)— To  the  detendants  above-named  ond  each  of 
them  :  Ton  are  hereby  summoned  and  required  to  an- 
swer tbe  complaint  in  this  Aetiod,  which  hAs  been  this 
day  tiled  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  County  of 
Queens,  at  the  village  of  Jamaica,  la  the  said  conuty.  aud 
to  serve  a  copy  ot  your  answer  to  the  said  complaint 
ou  the  BuiiBiriber.  at  hu  ofiBce,  ^o.  40  Court  atreet,  in 

the  city  of  Brooklyn.  County  of  Kln^A,  within  twenty 
dHya  alter  the  Service  of  this  summons  bb  you,  exclu- 
sive of  the  day  of  snch  service;   and  It  you  fail  to   h.n- 

swer  the  aatd  codaplaiht  wltUlu  ihb  time  afolrSBBld,  the 
plaintiff  In  this  Ab>ion  will  apply  to  the  court  for  the 
roliof  demanded  lu  the  boittpialut.- Dated  Broiskiya, 
Aug.  22,  1876.  JOHN   H.   KNABBfa:!., 

Plelnllfl^s  Attorney. 
Tbe  said  complaint  was  duly  filed  la  the  ofiloe  of  the 
Clerk  of  the  Cuuuty  of  Queens,  at  the  village  hf  Ja- 
maica, in  the  said  county,  and  Stkte  of  New-York,  on 
the  22d  day  Of  Augdlit  1 876. . 

JOHB  H.  KDABBBL,  P|8iatifl?s  Attorney. 
f2-lawewB» 


OOPAgTNBRSmP^^iO^^ 

THE     COPARTNERSHIP    B.eRKTOPORE 
existtnii  imdec  t^e.  arfat  name  of  AtANCHlESTKB. 
BROWB  fcUOBBY.  Maanhtctarers  of  Jewelr.v,  ejcplreA 
this  diiV  l»y  UAiitaiMd.  ^ 
haw-Vaas,  Feb.  10,  IBVT.^  .    ^ 

^AXCSMAlTi 

ISwiaE.  upar. 
\  m  pMtMMim 


AHXJSBMBNTa 


1»ALY*8  WIBTB  AVBNPB  THBATBB. 

THA  MKftlUBST.  PURBST,   MOBT    POP* 
UliAR  PBRFORM  ANOB  IN  TBB  01*7. 


liEHONS. 


BVBBT  NIOHT.    BBOINB  AT  8.    OVBR  AT 
lOiSt. 

MATINEE  TO-MORROW. 

BBfirNH  At  a.     OVBR  AT  4i30. 

HA'UNBB  PBICBS— Beserved  Seat*  in  Baleoay.  $1; 
Orchastitt  Chslrs,  tl  60  ;    Family  Circle.  50  cents. 

PBILHARiflONIC  SOCIB-i^Y.  ~ 

OBBBEAL  RBHBARBAL,  FRIDAY,  Feb.  16,  at  2:30 P.  BC 

FOURTH  CONCERT, 

SATUBDAY,  Feb.  17,  at  8  o'clock  P.  K. 

AOADBMt  OF  MUSIC. 

Dr.  IfOPOLD  DAMB08CH Oondnetor 

Soloist— Mr.  8.  B.  MILLS,  Piano-forte. 
PBOGBAMMB: 
OVBRTOBB— "  Znm  MArohen  vonderaobSnen 

Melasine." Uendelaaoha 

8BRBMADB— Air  Striag  Orchestra,  (aew) B.  Faohs 

CONCBBT— For  Piano-forte,  (new).. Hans  Ton  Bronsart 
Mr.  8.  B.  MILLS. 

SEVENTH  SYMPHONY,  (a) ...Beethovea 

Atbulsalon  fbr  Rehearsal,  with  reserved  seat.....$l  00 

Admission  for  Concert,  with  reserved  seat 1  50 

For  sale  at  Schirmer's.  No.  701  Broadway;  Soha- 
berth!s.  No.  23  Union  square ;  Decker  Brothera*,  No. 
39  Onion  aauare  :  Martens  Brothers',  No.  1,164  Broad- 
wa.y.  and  at  the  door  of  the  Academy.  . 

TUE  Elil*IPOB»  CONCBRT8. 

STEINWAt  HALL.  ESSIPOFF  TO-NIGHT. 

THIS  FBIDAT  BVRNIHG,  FEB.  16.  at  is. 

BBSIPOFP— VIVIEN— PALMA. 

MKE.    ^SSIPOFP    vill  play  Sarabaade,  Doable    G»- 
votte,  Gigue,  (from  the  sulto  in 

D.  Major T.  S.  Baoh 

Bhapsodle  Hongroise.  No.  2 Llsat 

b.  SoK"'!°!*.l!!?f*.^f.°?.*:.l^:*.f!°:.^ I  MendeUaohn 

c.  Petite  Valse Henselt 

d.  Gavotte Raff 

Hondo— ••  Perpetuum  Mobile  " Weber 

Saturday  at  3,  kssipofp  mat[nbb. 

Admission  $1:  Reserrea  seats  SI  60 :  Sa:e  of  seats  at 
SteinWav  Hall,  Schubert's,  and   No.  Ill  Broadway. 
BaalPOFF  MATINKE,    SATOKDaT,   Fob.    17,   at  2.  | 

Seats  for  Matia6e  can  now  be  bad.  _ 

»ILftlORE>S  GARDBN.  "^^ 

OPEN  THBBB  BVENING3  IN  THB  WBBK. 


TDKSDAT,  THDRBDAT,  AND  SATUBDAY. 
TO-MORROW  (SATURDAY)  EVBNIKO,  FEB.  17, 


60c. 


AN  ENORMOUS  BNTERTAINMBNT. 
ADMISSION. 


500. 


EAGLE  THEATRE.         AIMEB— LA  PBBICHOLB. 
TO-NIunT,  TO-MORROW  AFTERNOON,  and  TO-MOR- 

BOW  NIGHT,  positively  )a!>t  three  performances  of 

LA  PBRICHOI.E. 
NEXT  WEEK  A  SERIE?  OF  POPDLAB  OPERAS. 
Monday  Evening,  Feb.  19, 1  Only  performances  of 
Tuesday  Evening.Feb.  20,        LA  GRANDE  DUCHESSB. 

and  Extra  Hatiaee  on  ^  LA  GBAADK  DUCHBSSK. 
Washington's  Birthday,      1  AIMBE  AS 

Thursday  afternoon.  /     LA  GRANDE  DDCHES8E. 

Wedueaday  Evening,  Feb.  21,  Only  night  of  LA  FILLS 
DB  MME.  ASGOT.  Thursday  Evening.  Feb.  22,  by 
SDCclal  request,  LA  JOLIB  PABFUMECSE,  In  which 
Almee  Sings  "Pretty  as  a  Picture." 

Matinde— Admission  50c.    Reserved  eeats  50o.  extra 


ACADEMY  OF  M  U9IC.         KELLOGG  SIATIN  BE. 

SATURDAY  AFTKRNOON,  FEB.  17,  at  2, 

SPECIAL  MATINKE  of  the 

EBLLOQG  (JBAND  ENGLISH  OPERA  COMPANT. 

THK  STAR  OF  THB  NORTH, 

Miss  CLARA  LOUISE  KELLOGO, 

Mrs.  EOSEWALD.   Mra  8KGUIN.    -Hiss    LANCASTBB. 

Messrs.  MA  AS,  CONLY,  PBAKE8,  and  TURNER. 

Conductor Mr.  B.  BEHRBN8 

^eats  at  the  Academy,  Nob.  701  ana  111  Broadway. 
Friday,  at  the  Brooklyn  Academy— FAUST. 


ACADE.11Y  OF  MUSIC.  ABBOTT. 

Mies  EMMA  ABBOTT 

in  ItftUan  Opera, 

FRIDAY  EVhNINO,    Feb.  23, 

LA  FIQLIA  DEL  REOOIMENTO. 

SATURDAY,  Feb.  24— ABBOTT  MATINEE. 

Sale  ot  seats  wUi  open  at  Schirmer's.  No.  701  Broad- 

wa.v.  FRIDAi,  Feb.  16. 


AH0SBHifflri?a 


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WILD  OAT8  «««'W» 

oa  Moaday  erening  created  an  eathaaUsm  aaMnaisal 
tr  ^y  pcaylona  pcvdactlon  at  this  theatiaL    TfU 
BOVSB 
of 
MB.  LB8TBR  WAlitiACK 
A  BPLBBDlD  PIECE  OF  AOTINO.— .HMi. 
la  Sir  Oeocge  Thaader,  Mr.  JOHN  QILBBbT  tads  • 
character  after  bu  own  heart — BitnM. 
Mr.   BBCXXTT  was     notably    Mood    aaiBpkzaiaa 

Bmootih Vb»a. 

Mr.  B.  ABBOTT  persoaated  Joha  Sony  irltb  zIfM 
feeling  aad  dlscrest  art— 7Vib«M<: 

Sim,  by  Me.  S.  M.  HOLLAND,  a  deUdoas  bit  Of  Mttaft 
—Berald. 

Harry  Tbander.  played  by  Mr,  O.  STEVENBOV  vttk 
his  woBted  rraed.— Herofd. 

MisB  B08B  TFOOD  pbk.yed  Lady  Amaraath  wtth  So* 

grace  and  delleate  binnor,  and  Miss  EFFIB  OBBMOV 

was  egnaUy  at  bnma  in  the  meixv  Jenny  Ganuaon.    ua> 

deed,  firom  Mr.  WALLAOK  himself  to  Ute  Iiaadloc4«r 

a»e  ••  BiataiK  Baa,"  tbe  play  wae 

A  TRIUMPH 

FOB  BVERTBODT  CONCBRNBD  t— BtfTSlA 

THB  GREAT  COUBDT 

^,^ .'rtli  be  performed  

BVBKT  BVBKING  UlCflL  PDRTHBB  VOTiei* 

with  its 

BZCBPTiONAL  CAST 

and 

PICTUBBSQUB  SCBKIO  ILLU8TBATI0SL 

Box  OiBee  open  two  weeks  In  advaaee. 

ENORMOUS  StJOOKsS! 


BOOTH*S  THBATRE. 

OEOBQB  PAWCETT"BbwB'S  OBSAT  PLAT, 

"FTPTR  AVBNUB.» 
GBORGB    RIGNOLO; 

•»♦  The  pliy  abounds  with  illu8»atio*s  ot  faa  J»ea» 
llarphaaea,  tnrlllingincldentB,  and  seaavtloaat  'Mear- 
renees  of  LIFE  IN  THE  OBEAT  MBTBOPOLtt  aa  it 
was  in  1863. 

Plotares  the  SINKING  OF  AN  OCBAN-BTIAICBB  OQ 

thebankaot  Newfoundland. 

ACT  n. 

Pictures  SCENES  IN  WALL  STRBBT. 

ACT  IIL 
PictareatheLAnNOHINO  OF  THB  MONTTOB. 

ACT  IV.  ^ 

Plotnres  Fifth  avenue  by  night,  and  the  MUBUBK  0% 
KB.  BCHDYLEB.  the  banker.    A  thiUling  setae. 

ACT  V.                                       __ 
Plotnres  the  retam  of  tbe  gallant  ftBVBNTH  BSQi 
HENT  and  their  conflict  with  the 
RIOTERS     OV     X8B3. 

UNION  ttQUARfi  THEAfESl  ^ 

Proprietor „ Mr.  SBBBIDalT  SflOOC 

Uuager Mr.  A.  »L    PAUIBF 

UNEQDITOCAL^SnCCISS 

of  tbe  most  important  dramatic  work  prodaaad.-i* 
New-York  in  MANY  SRASO.^iS. 
The  charming  romantic  drama  in  4  acta. 

THE  DANICIFFS. 

House  crowded  to  the  doors  every  nlglA 
BATPHDAY  at  1:30,  seoond  Matinee  of  DANtPHBPWij 


PARK.    THEATRE.        OUR  BOARDING  BOOBBJ 
BROADWAY  AND  22D  BT.  ^ 

HENBT  B  ABBEY Lessee  apd  Haaaeea 

THIRD  WEEK,  and  CONTINUED  SUCCESS, 

of  Leonard  Graver's  amusing  comedy,  iu  tour  acta. 

•'ODE  BOABDINQ  HOUSE." 

"OUR  BOARDING  HOUSR." 

"OUR  BOARDING  HOUSE,* 

"ODR  BOABDING  HOUSE." 

••  OUB  BOARDING  HOUSR." 

"  ODE  BOARDING  HOUSE," 

,  "  OUR  BOABDING  HOUSE." 

Rtery  eTehing  and  Saturday  matinee.    Ko  ftee  Qlk 

Eeserved  seats  50  cents,  SI,  aud$l  50. ;  AdmialOn  M 

cents  and  $1. 

SPBCIAL  MATINEE  THITBSDAT,  FEB.  94. 


BALLAD  CONCERT,  CHICKKKfXG  HALL. 
FRIDAY  BVKNING,  Feb.  16,  for  the  BENEFIT  OF 
THR  POOR.— Miss  ARABELLA  ROOT,  Soprano;  Mme. 
J.  TINGLKY  LOGAN,  Contralto;  Mr.  M.  ABBCCKLB. 
Comet;  Mr.  W,  J.  HILL  Tenor  ;  Mr.  F.  G.  BODR.nE. 
Basso;  Mr.  HE.N'RY  GaLT,  Baritone:  Messrs.  J.  O. 
SCUULTZ  and  J.  O.  BIERCB.  Accompanists.  Tickets, 
wlih  reserved  seats,  50  and  75  cents,  at  the  principal 
music  stores. 


GMiX:U0-R0IUAN  WtlE»TLING. 

Prot  WILLIAM  MILLER  vs.  ERNEST  TREHBE, 

METROPOLITAN  RIDING  ACADEMY, 

8d  av..  between  63d  and  64th  ats., 

TUESD-AY  EVENING,  Feb.  20,  at  8  P.  M. 

ADMISSION,    50  CENTS. 


BBdWItl  BOBBt. 


ilh' 


jKaw-Xoas.  Fsb.  10.  ISTT. 


.X. 


mm\mB^ 


CKNTENNIAL  EXPOSITION. 

ITALY'S  famous  exhibit  of  STATUARY  and  PAINT- 
INGS as  displayed  at  the  Exposition,  asder  charge  of 
Prot;  ALEXANDER  BOSSI. 

Now  on  Exhibition,  DAT  AND  EVENING,  at  the  new 
Rooms  of  George  A.  Leavitt  k.  Co.,  Clinton  Hall,  No.  22 
Astor  place.    Admittance,  25  cents. 


CHICU.ER1NG  HALL,  MON.  EVE.,  FEB.  19.— 
Benefit  of  Mr.  A.  P.  Burbank,  Elocutionist,  as- 
sisted by  Walter  B.  Johnston,  Organist,  and  Dora 
G.  Steele,  Soprano.  Admission  50c.  Keserved  seats 
$1.     For  Sale  at  Pond's,  No.  39  Union  square. 

IN  BANtt.RUPTCV.— IN  THK  DISTRICT  COURT 
Ot  the  United  States  for  the  Southern  Dlatiict  of  New^ 
York.- In  the  matter  ot  UBRVaY  C.  CALKIN  and 
JUD»ON  H-  CALKIN,  constituting  the  copartnership 
firih  of  "H.  C.  CALKIN"  &.C.,  Dankruota.— No.  5,232.— 
Notice  is  hereby  given  that  a  petition  has  been  filed 
in  aaid  court  br  Hervey  C.  Calkin  and  Judson  H.  Cal- 
kin, individually  and  as  copartners,  above  described 
iu  said  district,  duly  declaied  bankrupts  uudbr 
the  act  of  Cungresa  of  March  2,  1867,  and  the  amend- 
ments And  revisions  thereof,  for  a  diBCUafgd  and  cer- 
tificate thereof  trom  all  their  and  each  of  thefr  debts, 
and  other  claims  provable  under  said  ace,  and 
that  tha  seventh  day  of  March,  1877.  at  12  o'clock 
M.,  at  the  offloe  of  John  Fitch.  Esq..  Register  in  Bank- 
ruptcy, at  No.  345  Broadway,  in  the  City  of  New- 
York,  it  Assigued  for  the  hearing  of  the  same,  when 
and  where  all  creditors  who  have  proved  their  debts, 
and  other  persons  in  interest  may  attend,  aud  show 
cause,  if  any  they  have,  why  the  prayer  ot  the  said 
petition  sbonid  not  be  granted. — Dated  New- York,  on 
the  6th  day  of  February,  1877. 
f9-law3wF'  GEO.  F.   BETTS.  Clerk. 


THBO&EAT  NEW-VORK  AQUARlUtti'^ 

Broadway  and  33th  st    ,, 
Open  dailr  from  9  A.  H.  till  10  P.  M.,*  (StmOAya 
excepted.) 
LAST  WEKK  OF  THB 
STARTLING   SUBAQOEOns  PEBFOIUIANOB& 
Miss  Vlvienne  Lubin,  un-l    Capt.   Qnigley    perttna^ 
aided,   by   any    apparatus,  all  kinds  of  manual  labo& 
eats  and  drinks  wbUe  com-  carpenter  work.  fco..  lllaa^} 
pletely  submerged , remain-  trating  tbe  manner  of  aalaf 
log  2^  to  3  minatet  with-  the  divei'a  armor, 
cut  breathing.  I 

MAUNB  MOBSTERS  AND  WONDRRB. 
BLADDER-NOSB    SBAL.    ONLY  ONE  ALIVB    IN  THIi 
COUNTRY.  / 

APTSSNOON  AND  EVEWNQ  CONOBBTgJ 


NIBLO'S. 

KIBAFLT  BROTHERS 

LAST  NIGHTS         ^w 

LAST  RIGHTS  "'^ 

AROUND      THE      WORLD 


Leaseea  and  Manngenf 
LAST  NIGHTS 
LAST  MIGHTS 
IN      HIGHTT      DAT8,\ 


which  must  be  withdrawn  Saturday,  Feb.  24,  to  gtvA 
place  to  the  enormous  preparation  of  OSaabaclirst 
Speetacnlar  and  Musical  Extravaganza, 

A  TRIP  TO  THB  MOON, 

A  TRIP  TO  THE  MOON, 

which  will  be  presented  on  THURSDAY.  Mardh  1. 
Washington's  Birthday,  a  grand  Matinee  Perft»nB«aej| 

HBIiI.BR»S  WO.'<lDER   THEATRE.         ^ 

EVERY  EVENING  AT  a 

The  Third  Programme. 

Ererytbing  new  and 

more  wonderful  than  ever. 

BOBEBT  HELLER.  MISS  HBLLBl 

Matinees  Wedaesday  and  Saturday  at  2. 
Children  batf  price  to  Mattn6es. 


VBW  BROADWAY  THEATRB, 

Broadway  and  30th  st 

Commencing  MoNUAY,  Feb.  19, 

OUB  BOYS, 

With  an  exceptional  caet  specially  seleote<l,-aad  afl 

propriate  scenic  adornment  * 


ui 


TENTH  ANNUAL  EXHIBITION  OF  THB 
AiriERICAN  SOCIETY    OF    PAINTERS 

WATER-COLORS,  ,  f 

now  open  at  the  National  Academy  of  Deslira.  eoraer  <tf 
4th  aV.  and  23d  st,  dally,  (Sundays  exoepted, )  from  4 
A.  M.  until  6  P.  M.,  and  from  7  until  10  P.  M. J 

SAN  FRANCISCO  MnsTRBLS. 

I^AST  NIGHTSof  the  GEkAT  SUUCBSS.  I       Otter* 
The  new  Opera  BonSe.  Music  by  OS^nbachl      Boase^ 

THE  HAPPY  MOKK,  and  a  Broadway. . 

GOROEODS  JAPANESE  uioRAMICScene. |aad{29thslA 

WATINBRSATUaOAt  AT2.     Seats  secured.  j 


THE  CENTENNIAL  BUTTER  HEAD. 

MR8;BE00KS.  THR  ARKANSAS  BUITEE  SCULPTEB8B* 
will  exhibit  lolantbe  and  other  Art  Studies  In  Battea 
atter  Feb.  20,  at  858  Broadway,  near  I4th  st  On  Satoi' 
day  Evening,  17th  lost,  exhibition  adjoining  Aquaw 
Inm  closes.  j 

OLYMPIC  THEATRE.        NO.  624  BROADWAT. 


IN  THK  DI.STR1CT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
.states,  for  the  Sbutheru  District  of  New-York.— In 
the  matter  of  BOBKRT  A.  WILLIAMS,  bankrupt.- In 
Banuruplcy. — Notice  is  hereb.y  given  that  a  petition 
has  been  filed  in  said  court  by  Robert  A.  Williams*  of 
New- York  Cit,y,  in  aaid  district,  duly  declared  a  bank- 
rupt, under  the  act  ot  Congress  of  March  2,  1867.  for 
a  cUBcharge  and  certificate  thereof  from  all  his  debts, 
and  other  claims  pruvuble  under  said  act,  and  that  the 
Vi3d  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1877.  at  2  o'clock  P.  M..  at 
the  office  of  James  K  D  wight.  Register  in  Bankruptcy, 
No.  7  Beekmy-n  street,  (corner  ot  Nassau  street,)  in  the 
City  of  Hew- York,  is  assigned  fbr  the  hearing  of  the 
same,  when  aud  wher«  all  creditors  who  have  proved 
their  debts,  aud  oliUer  persons  in  Interest,  may  attend, 
and  show  cause,  it  any  they  have,  why  the  prayer  of 
said  petition  should  not  be  granted.— Dated  Bew-f  ork, 
the  Ist  .lav  of  February,  1877. 
f2-law3wF*  GEO.  F.  BETTS,  Clerk. 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  «»F  THE  UNITED 
States  for  tbe  Southern  Diatric;  ot  New- York. — In  the 
matterof  8IEGMU.ND  BERNHARDT,  oankruot— In 
Bankruptcy.— fieiore  John  Fitch,  Register. — To  whom 
itmaycuQcem:  The  undersigned  hereby  gives  notice 
of  his  appointment  as  Assignee  of  tbe  estate  of  Slegmoud 
Beruhardt,  of  New-York,  In  the  Cuuuty  of  New-York, 
and  Scnte  of  Kew-Yorfc,  ■within  said  district,  who  has 
been  adjudj^ed  bankrupt  upou  his  creditors'  petition  by 
tlie  District  Court' of  said  distriot- Dated  at  New-Yorx 
City,  the  18th  day  of  Febrnaryi  A.  D.  1877. 

MAURICE  WERTHEldrtKB,  Esq.,  Assignee, 
f  16-law3^*  l<o.  509  Broadwav,  Now- York. 


NO.  9.tfaO-IN  TUH  DISTRICT  COURT 
of  thb  Uniteil  States  for  the  Southern  District  of 
New-York.— In  the  matter  of  JOHN  it.  PAINE,  bank- 
mpt. — In  BanKrupicy. — before  Edgar  Ketcuum.Bsauire, 
kegister  ot  said  Court— To  whum  it  may  concern  : 
Tbe  underBiEue'l  aareby  gives  notice  of  his  appoint- 
ment as  Assignee  bl  John  B.  PAine,  of  the  City  of  New- 
York,  in  the  Connty  of  New- York,  aud  State  of  Hew- 
VorK.  within  said  district,  who  has  been  aOjudzed  a 
bankfnpt  upon  hlB  own  petitioh  by  the  District  Conrt 
of  said  district— Dated  at  New- York,  the  8th  day  of 
February,  A.  iK  1877. 

ALEXANDEBMcDONALD,  Assignee, 
t9-law3wF«  No.  23  Dey  st.  New-York  (.^ty. 


IN  TBB  UlSTklCT  COU&T  OF  THE  UNU'KD 
otatet  for  the  southern  Distriot  of  New-York.— In 
toe  niatter  of  WILLIAM  J.  S0HLO8S,  bankrupt— In 
Kankfuptoy.— Before  laalah  T.  Williams,  Register.— 
Tu  ^rhom  it  may  concern :  The  undersigned  hereby 
gives  notice  of  bis  appointment  aa  Asalguee  of  the 
estate  of  WilUBm  J.  Scbloaa,  ot  tne  dty  of  JSew-York, 
In  the  County,  of  New-York  and  State  of  N«w-iort, 
withlu  said  district,  who  lias  been  najudged  bankrupt 
upou  the  petition  of  hla  crpditots,  by  tue  District  Court 

of  said  district. — Dated  New-YorR   City,  the  '2d  day  of 
February,  a.  O.  1877. 

KAUFMAN   SIMON,  AsSi^aee, 
fS-lawSwP*       No.  266  Broadway,  New- lor K  City. 


IN  TUE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE 
United  States  tor  the  Southern  District  of  New- York. 
—In  the  matter  of  RUFUs  WAI'TLEJ,  banlmipt- in 
Bankruptcy,  No.  5,099.— Before  Edgar  Ketcbnm, 
E-q.,  Regiscer  in  BahltruptCv.- To  whom  It  may  con- 
cern.—Xnp  dbderBl)?ned  iiereby  gives  notice  of  Ids  ap- 
polntnient  as  ABsigoea  of  Bufos  Wattles,  of  the  City 
of  New-York,  in  the  Connty  of  New-York,  and  the 
Btate  of  ^ew-York,  withia  aald   district,  who  has  been 

a^udgea  baukmpt  upon  tbe  petition  of  HiB  cteditori 
by  the  DlBtrtct  CoUri  ol  sAld  dlstribk.— Datod  lit  Metr- 
York  City,  Jannary  31,  1877,  „    , 

UliORGK  W.  SBLOVtiB.  A^ignee,  &c. 
No.  15  BeaVer  street 
En  WARD  F.  BaowK,   Attoroey  for  ABSigne'*,  No.  7 
NasisaU  8n*et.  f^-lA^SirF* 


TN  TtlEoisTRiC'l^cotrRT  tiB  THE  United 

Xstatei  tor  the  Sotttborn  District  of  New- York. — In 

tbe  aiattcr  of  JOHN  &  Hy^^>i<  haokmnt— In  Back- 
ruptey.- Before  John  FIteh,  Roaster.- To  wnohi  it 
mBvooncCrh:  Tbe  nhdersigued  hereby  gtvCB  noties 
of  nis  appointment  aa  AsslKnee  of  the  estate  of  John 
B.  Hoole.  of  New-York,  In  the  County  of  New-York,  and 
State  of  New-Vork,  withifi  taid  dlBttict.  who  hat  been 
adindied  bankrapt  upoii  his  creditOrB'  petition  by  the 
District  Conrt  of  iatd  Oisttlbt!— Sated  at  N  e  w-York'Clty, 
tbe  third  day  ot  Febroatv,  A.  D.  1877. 

JAMSl.  W.  LOVRBIDGB.  Auigaee. 


BOUND 

THB 
CLOCK- 


MAGNIFICENT    OAST, 
SPLENDID  LOCAL  BCKNERTt 
QRiECO- ROMAN  WRESTLING.  lUS. 
Matioees    WEDNESDAY    and     BATUBDA^ 


GRAND  OPERA-HOUSE.         Sth  av.  and  2Sd  aV 

POOLS  4t  DONNELLY,  Sole  lessees  and  proprletorv 

DALTS  GREAT  DEA.VIA,  ••  MONalKUB  ALPH0i!i8E."r 

MATINEES  WEDNESDAY  and  SATURDAY,  at  8.       ' 

MONDAY  NEXT _ "THE  TWO  ORPHANS.*! 

'  ^B^i^—iaM— ifcMM^M^^— M— — — it— ajt 

LECTURES. 

CiOOPEjriur«DJrFREE'^LECTU^ 
THE  PEOPLE, 

IN  THE  GREAT  HALL  AT  8  P.  M.  - 
SATURDAY,  Feb.  17,  the  lecture  will  be  delivered M 
Dr.  A.  B.  CROSBY,  of  New-York  City,  on  •'  Anasstbeaii.^ 
TioKets  can  be  had  gratis  at  the  om:e  of  the  CoopeC) 
union,  and  at  D.  Van  No^trand's  book  store.  Bo.  M 
Murray  st A.  8.  HEWITT,  Secretary,  j 

MTOIUAL. 

A  GREAT  OFFER!  Uer^d-^Sre? 

dispose  of  lUO  PIAN08  &  ORGANS,  new  aod 
sebdad-hkad.  o/ first-chiBis  inakerk,  incladinfl 
WATERiSNat  lower  prices  for  caah  or  inatall- 
inenta  or  to  let  antli  paid  for  than  ever  beforA 
oflered.  WATERS^  GRAND  SQUARE  aad 
UPitlGBT  PIANOiS  die  ORGANS  are  the  liES'P 
RtADE.  AGENTS  WANTED.  lUiUtrated  Cat^ 
aJosnea  Mailed.  A  liberal  dlscoaat  to  feae^er*;. 
MiiSstert,  Ohurenea,  fto.  Sheet  mosic  at  ball  prieo. 
HORACE  WATERS  dc  sioNS,  Maaofctra.  aajt 
Dealers,  40  East  I4th  St.,  Unloa  8«Qare.  N.  xi 
'    •        "  •  I  -  IT    I      -  ill  I   r 

TBB   UP-TOWN  OFFICB  OF  TBB  TIM£S« 

Tbe  ni>-town  office  of  THB  TIMES  is  located  at 
No.  I.'iSr  Broadtray,  bet.  3 1st  aad  33d  ats. 

Open  daily.  Sundays  inclnded,  from  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  M. 

Subsoripttons  received,  and  copies  of  THS  TUIB8  foe 

sale. 

ADVERTISEMENTS  RECEIVED  UNTIL  9  P.  M. 

HORSE  CARS  FOR  SALE.— TEN  lO-KOO-? 
horse  cars  Will  be  sold  at  very  reasonable  flgorea. 
Apply  to  THOS.  J.  BROWN,  Manager  Pavonia  Ferries, . 
J  eraey  City. 


FOR  SALJS.— A  PAIR  OP  STYLISH  DAPPLB-OBAT 
carriage- horses;  sound  and  kind.    Apply  at  private 
Btibles,  t<0.  17  East  40th  st 


STABLE    TO    KENT- NO.   1^    WEST  S6TH  8T. 
Apply  at  No.  1. 


MISOELLAJ^^EOUS. 

E8S.  WHITE  ROSE. 
^  BSOWK  -VtmiDSOS  BOAP^ 

>  <  EAU  DE  COLOQNE; 

£  ^  rtrtk  pHize  medals. 

^     Q  Bold  b.y  all  dealers. 

<=>   ^  J.  ft  E.  ATKnrSON. 

H-  Ao.  24  Old  Bond  at,  LoadOB. 


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CliRE   GUARANTEED.  _. 

fikln  Diseases.  Pimples,  flesbworma  blaekbeMa,  WAIH 
Skiu  DikdABes.  itchy  and  aoaly  tetter  of  thKRA^aaetf 
Skin  Diseases,  and  scaly  tetter,  aod  all  akin  aiBeSBei 
Skm  Disc-asee.  cured  by  Or.  VAN  Dia.B.  6  West  iBfeai^ 


■fcnJ^k'S'  C1»C«>A.— ORATRFOIj  ABD  UOaFOBftBd: 
jL!ie»<-h  packet  is  labKled,  JAMK3  RPFS  &  CO.,  tUtif-i 
opataic  CheiaUts.  Nb.  48  'Thread  oeedle  st  and  Sut  iTflH 
prf«adllly.  Loadoa.  Kngiaad.  Hew-Tork  Daput.  BAITRi 
it  ^SDBBBBRK.  Park  piaea. 


SALB-A  8KALL  IK)T    Of  ABOST 
_    dosea  botUes  (anortar^aod  i 
eaoiee  old  Madetta,  18OB  b>  1881. 
Box  No.  8,246,.  Naw-zork. 


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morniDfr,  so  that  he  would  not  be  banged.  B«v. Hr. 
Allen  and  Ber.  Mr.  Weed  camo  to  the  cell  of  dioh- 
wald  soon  after  8  o'clock,  ana  from  that  time  until 
the  execution  the  soond  of  prayer  was  heard  'within 
the  bars.  Oachwald  was  shaved  early  in  the  morniDfc 

t*VKT    ^—    „^ inedarkpantaloons,  a  white  shirt  With  black  studg, 


HEMP  AND  POiaOJH  DO   THE  WOEK. 
EXECtrnojf  OP  chablgs  obchwald  fob  thk 


SYAIf,    H18    ACCOMPLICK,    CHBAT8     TWR 

OALu>ws  BT  ■'■  Taking    poison  —  the 

STDRY  OV  THK  MURDER  AND  TRIAL — THE 
*  CONimMNEDMAN  PROTESTS  HIS  INNO- 
.  CRKOB  TO  THE  LAST.  . 
Charles  Osohwaid  yesterday  mornincsiifrered 
the  extreme  penalty  of  the  law  at  Newark.  Convict- 
ed  in  November  last  of  the  murder  of  Officer  Brook, 
Df  the  Newark  Police  force,  he  was,  with  Thomas 
Syan,his  companion, m  the  doable  ofiense  of  burglary 
and  mnrder,  aenteoeed  to  be  baosed.  Both  men 
were  defended  by  able  connsel.  The  friends  of 
both,  acceptloe  their  protestations  of  innocence, 
arged  upon  tbeir  defenders  tne  necessity  of  usine 
~- every  means  possible  to  prevent  thoir  exacution, 
and  great  exertions  were  made  to  obtain  a  new  triaL 
Xhese  efforts  were  not  snccessfal,  however,  and 
the  New-Jsrsey  Senate  having  refused  to  pass 
a  bill  introduced  for  tA  express  benefit  of  the  pris- 
oners, the  Sheiiff  of  Sssex  County  oroceeded  on 
Wednesday  to  make  the  necessary  preparations  for 
the  execution,  and  at  11:08  A^  M.  yesterday  Charles 
Oscbwald  was  executed  In  tbc*  presence  of  about 
150  persons.  His  companion,  Thomas  Byan,  died 
aoonc  three  hoars  before,  with  symptoms  that  led 
to  the  conclusion,  after  a  saperficial  post-mortem 
ezamihation.  that  poison  bad  either  been  taken  by 

or  admiuistered  to  the  oondemned  man.  The  event 
saased  a  great  deal  of  excitement  In  Newark, 
crowds  of  people  thronging  the  streets  in  the 
aeisbborhood  of  the  Coonty  Jail  from  7  o'clock  in 
%&  moroioK  until  noon. 

THE  8TORT  OP  THE  MURDER. 
uSarlv  in  the  mornine  of  Aug.  3,  1876,  Officer  J. 
gtauley  Brock,  of  the  Newark  Police  force,  left  his 
home  at  No.  120  South  street,  Newark,  to  watch 
Gome  boasea  which  he  had  been  detailed  to  enard. 
Jn  Morray  street,  near  Clinton  avenue,  his  atten- 
tion was  attracted  by  a  noise  in  the  cellar 
of  the  unoooupied  boose  of  Mr.  Horace  S. 
Sedell,  on  the  north-east  corner  of  Murray  street 
and  Clinton  ayenne.  Crossing  the  street,  he  found 
that  the  bars  before  the  cellar  window  had  been 
pcied  off  and  the  sa^b  removed.  Without  hesitation 
be  jumped  into  the  cellar,  groped  his  way  to  the 
stairway  leading  to  the  floor  above,  asceuded  it, 
and,  finding  no: one  on  the  parlor  floor,  kept 
on  to  the  floor  above.  Oa  trying  the  bath- 
room door,  some   one   resisted.     Revolver  in    band, 

be  poshed  it  open  and  was  confronted  by  two  men, 
one  of  whom  commanded  him  to  stand,  and  imme- 
diately afterward  fired  a  shot  at  Brock,  the  officer 
attbe  same  time  retaming  tbe  fire.  Brock  de- 
scended the  stairs,  .  staggered  '.  out  into  the 
court-yard,  and  fell  upon  the  grass 
plot.  Mr.  John  Fnssell,  <  who  lives  in  Mar- 
zay  street,  next  doop  to  the  Bedell  bouse, 
beard  tbe  two  shots,  ran  to  his  window  overlook- 
ing Mr.  Bedell's  yard,  and  saw  two  men  coming 
Dot  of  the  cellar.  He  shouted:  "What  are  you 
doing  there  1"  Both  loo&ed  up,  and  Mr.  Fossell 
saw  their  faces  distinctly.'  As  they  walked  toward 
the  fence  Mr.  Fossell  shoated  to  them  a 
second  tlQie,  and  again  saw  their  faces 
when  thev  turned.  Climbing  the  fences,  the  two 
jmen  escaped  to  Murray  street,  Clinton  avenue,  and 
Bigh  Street.  Mr.  Fasaell  observed  that  one  of 
them  carried  in  his  hand  a  black  ba^.  Officer  Brock 
was  taken  first  to  his  own  house,  and  afterward  to 
St.  Barnabas  Hospital.  He  died  on  Aug.  10. 
Ihe  Chief  of  Police  at  once  took  measures  to  secure 
the  arrest  of  the  murderers,  and  before  night  on 
che  day  of  the  murder  enough  evidence  had  been 
lecured  to  warrant  tbe  arrest  of  Thomas 
Ryan  and  Charles  Osohwaid,  the  keepers 
of  a  saloon  at  No.  19  Spriogfleld  ave- 
nue. Before  Justice,'  Jessnp,  Mr.  Pussell 
and  other  wicneeses  tuuy  identified  tbe  two  men, 
md  tbey  were  committed  for  trial.  OScer  Brock 
made  an  ante  mortem  deposition,  in  which  be  said 
that  the  c&an  who  said  "Stand!"  w^as  the  one 
who  fired,  and  ^at  he  was  a  smooth- 
faced man.  Be  knew;  Thomas  Byan,  bat  did  not 
know  Oschwald.  He.  was  sure  that  Thomas  Byan 
was  not  the  man  who  shot  talm,  hu(  from  the  size 
and  appearance  of  Cjiaries  Oscbwtkld,  ha  said,  "It 
is  my  oDiniun  that  h'e^s  the  man  who  shot  me." 

The  trial  of .  Oschwald  and  Ryan  began  in  the 
Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  on  Oct.  19.  For  the 
State,  Prosecutor  Abeel  antt  Attorney  General  Va- 
natta-^aopeaied.  Oschwald  was  defended  by  Mr. 
Samuel  Morrow,  Jr.,  aod  Seoator  "Vy.  J.  Magip, 
of  Elizabeth,  and  Byau's  defender  was  Mr.  W. 
H.  Hageman,  Jr.  From  the  first  the  tiial 
excited  the  deepest  interests,  the  court-room  being 
crowded,  each  day  donne  its  continuaoce.  John 
Fassell  poainveiy  identified  the  prisoners  as  tbe 
men  he  bad  seen  emerging  from  Mr.  Bedell's  boase 
immediately  after  the  sbootlne.  Deborah  Dan- 
more,  a  colored  woman,  also  swore  to  baviue  seen 
tbe  two  men  on  High  street,  as  they  came 
across  from  Clinton  avenue.  The  prisoners 
were  traced  by  other  witnesses  to  Rneben  Rue's 
saloon  OD  Spnagiield  avenue.  James  c>.  BlancbarJ, 
testified  that  iu  Byan  and  Oschwald's  saloon,  some 
tame  before  the  burelary  and  shooting,  he  was  asked 
by  the  two  prisoners  an  easy  way  to  cet 
Into  Mr.  Bedell's  house,  and  he  told  them 
to  get  in  by  th^  cellar  window.  Oscb- 
wald  and  Byan  endeavored  to  prove  an  aiioi. 
Oschwald,  bis  lather  and  brother,  and  a  servant, 
also  testified  that  be  was  in  the  bouse  before  6 
o'clock  la  the  morning.  Rran  testified  that  on  tbe 
oigbt  preceding  tbe  mnrder  he  was  in  bis  saloon 
with  three  men,  and  that  tbe  party  remained  until 

5:15  on  tbe  momini;  ot  Afig.  3.  In  rebuttal  tbe 
i5tace  produced  testimony  that  Charles  Oschwald's 
tatber  did  not  know  where  his  son  was  on  the 
mght  before  the  mnrder,  and  insisted  that  the  tes- 
timony of  the  Oschwald  family  did  not  dis- 
prove bis  particiDiition  lu  tbe  murder,  aod  as- 
serted that  tbo  testimony  of  the  brother 
Frederick  was  perjured.  Eyan's  testimony 
-wa.s  ^characterized  as  unworthy  of  belief^ 
Go  Saturday,  Nov.  4,  at  3:15  in  the  afternoon,  the 
case  was  given  to  the  jury.  On  Sunday,  the  ath,  at 
10:15,  the  Jury  rendered  a  verdict  of  guilty  of  mur- 
der in  tne  drat  decree.  The  men  were  sentenced  by 
Jpdze  Depue  on  Nov.  18  to  be  hanged  on  Jan.  5. 
A  voluniinons  bill  of  exceptions  to  the  charge  and 
raliDgs  of  the  Judge  Wiis  made  out  and  submitted 
tp  Chancellor  Runyoo,  on  an  application  to  carry 
the  case  to  tbe  Court  of  Errors  and  Apneals,  on  a 
oiotion  for  a  new  trial.  The^  Chancellor  recosed. 
Gov.  Bedie  was  then  asked  for  a  respite,  which  was 
granted  on  Dec  27.  to  last  until  Feb.  9.  Findiuethat 
the  Court  of  Pardons  would  not  be  called  by  Gov. 
Beale  lor  the  benefit  of  Oschwald  and  Byan,  Sena- 
tor Magie  introduced  into  the  Legislature  a  bill 
making  writs  of  error  in  cases  of  this  kind  writs  of 
right,  and  allowing  them  to  bo  carried  directly  to 
tjbe  Court  of  Errors  without  regard  to  tbe  Chancel-' 
lor.  The  bill  was  oassed,  but  Gov.  Bedle  vetoed  it, 
but  respited  the  condemned  men  until  yesterday. 

THE  PKISONEES'  LAST  NIGHT  OF  LITE. 

Since  their  sentence  the  prisoners  had  not 
ceased  to  hope  itntil  Monday  night,  when  word  was 
communicated  to  them  by  Sheriff  Harrison  that  the 
bill  tor  their  relief  bad  not  been  passed  over 
tbe  Governor's  veto.  The  prisoners'  counsel 
made  new  efforts  to  obtain  from  them  a 
confession  of  their  guilt,  but  still  the  two 
men  asserted  their  iniM>ceuce.  On  Monday,  Osch- 
wald's mother  and  Byan's  father  ana  brother  visit- 
ed the  prison,  and  at  6  o'clock  Oschwald's  brother 
and  Ryan's  brother  and  sisters  applied  for  admis- 
sion but  were  refused,  as  the  gallows  was  then 
being  erected.  The  Sherift  was  then  iu  charge 
of  the  prisoners,  and  Depaiy  Sheriff 
I}avis  had  informed  them  that  they  were 
to  be  separated.  Oschwald  received  the 
aunoiinceiuent  withont  emotion,  and  walked  from 
cell  No.  24,  which  the  two  had  ocounied,  to  cell  No. 
•1  on  tbe  first  tier.  Byan  fell  baok%  his  bed  in  so 
wewk  a  condition  that  he  bad  to  oe  carried  down  to 
c^U  No.  3.  Guards  were  placed  about  tbe  prison, 
immediately  under  the  walls,  and  a  block 
aisiant  in  each  direction,  and  the  strictest 
precautious  were  exercised  to  prevent  any  at- 
tempt at  a  rescue.  Oachwald  ate  sapper  early  in 
tbo  eveninsr,  but  Byan,  who  Jiad  complained  of  ill-, 
ness.  ooald  not  eat.  At  9  o'clock  Bav.  Mr. 
Alien,  a  Baptist  minister,  arrived  and  re- 
mained with  them,  offering  sniritual  conso- 
lation. Byan  grow  worse  during  the  even- 
ing, with  violent  pains  in  bis  stomach, .  vomiting, 
and  letebing,  and  at  10:30  o'clock  it  was  thought 
bs  was  dyiog.  He  was  token  from  the  pallet  in  bis 
cell  and  laid  upon  a  cot  in  the  corridor,  and  Dr. 
Komeiiann,  tne  lail  pbysician,  administered  a 
anmber  of  remedies.  When  asked  by  Col.  John- 
Boo,  the  Warden,  if  his  moaning  and  tossing 
were  not  ^used  by  remorse,  Byan  said :  "  I  can 
oidy  sayl  am  innocent.  More  1  can't  say  without 
lying."  He  grew  worse  at  11  o'clock,  becoming 
dislirions  and  exclaiming  in  his  angaiah  "  I  wish  the 
callows  wefe  ready  now,"  and  bursting  into  tears. 
Rallying,  he  called  out  to  Oschwald,  •'  Brace  up, 
Charley,"  and  afterward  fell  into  au  uneasy,  broken 
Sleep.  Sheriff  Harrison  and  Mr.  Morrow,  of  pris- 
DD«rs'  counsel,  bad  a  long  interview  with  Osch- 
wald, at  the  end  of  which  be  reiterated  his  inno- 
cence. At  11  o'clock  -lie  blew  oat  his  light  and 
went  to  bod.  The  gaildws  wm  erected  dnrlog 
the  evening,  in  full  sight  of  both 
prisoners.  Toward  dayhght  it  was  noticed  by 
Deputy  Sheriff  Baldwin  that  Eyan's  extremities 
were  cold,  and  they  were  rubbed  to  restore  anima- 
hoiu  By  sunrise  he  showed  every  indication  of  ap- 
proacbmg  death,  but  he  asked  to  be  moved,  just 
I..1.'...-  a  ..>»in/.ir   afhnn  hn  wsA  tftknn  into  tbn comdor 


UNLUCKY  JERSEY  CENTRAL 


and  a  black  waistcoat  He  appeared  to  be  entirely 
collected,  and  conversed  with  all  who  came  near  the 
door  of  his  cell,  wearing  no  air  whatever  of 
bravado.  He  said  be  had  not  slept.  He  bade  faro- 
well  to  his  mother  and  father  early  in  tbe 
morning.  "  Don't  cry,"  be  said,  "it  can't  bo  helped 
now. '  The  gallows  stood  about  50  feet  away  from 
Oachwald's  ceil,  at  the  north  end  of  thrftomdor, 
Whose  five  windows  looked  out  towaid  tbe  east. 
The  sun  streamed  in  freely,  except  at  the  two  win- 
dows opposite  the  gallows,  which  were  screened 
with  muslm.  The  gallows  had  beep  prepared 
for  two  victims,  and  after  Eyan's  death 
a  change  was  made  in  the  weiyhis,  which  were  re- 
duced to  abont  400  pounds.  Outside  the  prison 
the  crowd — which  was  kept  a  block  away  in  each 
direction — numbered  several  thousand  peo- 
ple, and  was  comnosed  in  great  part  of 
children,  who  could  see  nuthine  what- 
ever to  eratify  their  cnriositv.  Witbm  tbe 
prison  at  10:30  there  were  about  150  persons,  v  ho 
clustered  behind  tbe  rope  marking  the  lino  beyond 
wbioh  the  crowd  could  not  eo.  About  20  or  30  ner- 
Bons  c'.im bed  upon  the  wacer-trongb  along  the  eastern 
vaU;  another  gronp  stood  npou  a  platform  at  tbe  end 
of  the  room  opposite  tbe  gallows,  while  about  30  ro- 
porteia  had  seats  on  the  platform  before  tbe  second 
tier  of  cells.  A  few  Uader  Sheriffs  appeared  wi  h 
their  staves  of  office,  but  tbey  bad  no 
dnties  to  perform,  as  the  room  was 
not       half       filled       with       spectatorit      aod      all 

■were  tiisposed  to  be  orderly.  At  10:50  Col.  Dayis, 
Deputy  Sheriff,  entered  Oschwald's  cell,  announced 
that  toe  time  had  come  for  his  execution,  and  read 
the  death  warrant.  Bev.  Mr.  Weed  then  knelt 
with  Oachwald  in  prayer,  aad  at  ita  conclusion 

Oschwald  kissed  both  his  Bpiritnal  advisers, 
and  shook  hands  wnnnly  with  Col.  Davis, 
who  said,  "Don't  go  before  your  God  with  a  false- 
hood on  your  lips."  To  which  Oschwald  replied : 
"  Colonel,  I  die  an  innocent  man."  His  arms  were 
pinioned,  the  noose  banSr  cbout  his  neck,  and  the 
black  cap  put  ou.  Oschwald's  face  wore  a  pained 
look,  but  he  did  not  quail.  There  was  a 
slight  stir  when  he  came  out  ot  bis 
cell  and  fell  into  the  short  procession 
to  the  gallows.  The  Sheriff  and  his  drat  deputy  led 
the  way,  the  prisoner,  supported  by  tbe  Warden  and 
a  constable,  followed,  ihe  clergymen  walking  close 
behind  them.  The  cords  about  the  prisoner's  ankles 
made  it  somewhat  difficult  for  him  to  walk, 
but  he  made  his  way  Bteadiiy  to  the 
eallows.  A  chalk  line  bad  been  marked  on  the 
floor  upon  which  he  was  to  stand,  and  he  carefully 
placed  his  feet,  as  suggested,  one  on  eacQ 
Side  of  the  mark.  Cul.  ■  Davis  ad- 
justed the  noose,  connooted  ii  with  tbe  drop 
line,  pulled  the  black  cap  oyer  tbo  man's  fikce,  and 
then  stepped  a  pace  to  the  rear,  holding  on  to'Oiob- 
wald's  elbow.  At  11:08  he  nodded  slightly;  there 
was  a  dull  noise  as  tne  treadle  wa«  moved,  Osch- 
wald rose  quickly  into  the  air,  fell  usaiu  lo  the 
length  of  thf  rope,  and  then  swung  about  four  feet 
above  the  floor  from  whion  no  had  been  lifted. 
Tbo  arm&  were  twi.^tcu  slowly  but  stroncly 
in  their  pinions,  the  legs  wrera  drawn  ap  and  back- 
ward atiifie,  the  shouldors  were  lifted  couvnlsively 
a  few  times,  and  then  all  moiion  ceasen.  At  11:15 
the  pulsations  ceased  onrirely,  anil  Oschwald  was 
pronounced  dead.  At  11:30  the  body  was  loweiod 
and  taken  to  the  laundry,  where  the  body  of  Byan 
already  lay. 

Soon  alter  Dr.  Ward  and  Dr.  Brumley  m^de  a 
second  examination  of  the  body  of  Kyau,  and  found 
new  indications  of  poisoning  in  the  heart  and 
viscera.  The  heart,  a  section  of  the  liver,  tbe  kid- 
neys, and  a  part  of  the  intestines  were  removed  for 
analysis  by  a  chemist.  It  was  learned  that 
all  the  meals  of  the  prisoiicr  had  been 
prepared  out  of  the  jail  and  bronsht  to 
the  prison  by  the  family,  and  it  had  not  occurred 
to  tbe  Sherifir  that  this  privil?i;e  woald  bo  turned  to 
the  use  that  it  now  appears  was  made  of  it.  Coroner 
Osborne  issued  summonses  for  lurors,  and  called  an 
inquetit  to  be  held  at  4  o'clock  iu  tbe  a!  terooun.  It  is 
intimated  that  a  searcbinglnqairy  wiil  bemadewiih 
the  View  of  ascertaining  whotuer  Byan  was  supplied 
with  poison  and  voluntarily  took  it  with  intent  to 
commit   suicide,  or  received   ii  iu  bis  food  as  it  was 

Srooared   by  somd  ono  else,  and  it  was   thought  in 
fewark  yesterday  that  perhaps  another  trial  would 
grow  out  of  tne  case. 

Durine  the  afternoon  Coroner  Osborne  sum- 
moned a  Jury  who  viewed  Bjau's  body.  Pending 
the  analysis  of  the  stomach  the  inquest  was  ad- 
journed to  await  tbe  result. 

FRAUDS  UPON  IHE  EK VENUE. 


before  8  o'clock,  when  he  was  taken  into  the  corridor 
»nd  sat  down  at  the  door  of  bis  cell.  He  drank 
a  cup  of  tea,  and  appeared  to  fall  asleep, 
but  a  few  mbments  alter  8  the  constable  in  charge 
RAW  a  change  wke  piaea  in  his  countenance;  his 
jaw  fell  and  be  died  before  a  phvsician  could 
l-eacb  him.  His  body  was  removed  to  the  laundry  of 
the  prison  half  an  hour  afterward,  when,  upon  an 
examination  of  the  stomach.  Dr.  Leslie  Ward  and 
•Dr.  Titus  fetmd  strong  indications  of  corrosive 
poison.  I 

\  THE  KAKGIKO  OP  OSCHWALP. 

Oaobwald  manifeawd  no  surprise  at  tbe  death  of 
ijl»  fellow  when  informed  ot  it.    Daring  the  night      

^bi«J)B<Uug;dJi«JuatfiyieI.[fiyfttl  .wpalAjllo^twforfl  J.Mri.8teM'  fliteWnliTiifllUjttlUiwa  ftreofl  mm 


AN  EXTEN.SIVE  SYSTE.M  OF  SMUGGLING  DE- 
TECTED— HOW  THE  CHIEF  OP  THE 
SMUGGLERS  MADE  A  FOUIUNE — TWO 
ARRESTS   IX  THIS   CITY. 

For  several  years  past  the  Trea.sury  officials 
have  been  aware  of  the  existence  ot  an  exienslvs 
system  of  smugcUng  between  Canada  and  this 
country,  the  result  ot  which  buffi  »l  their  utmost 
efforts  to  discover.  Last  September  Major  William 
B.  Moore,  Sunervisiug  Special  Agent,  while  ou  the 
frontier  and  in  Montreal  saw  the  evidences  all 
around  him,  but  could  not  succeed  iu  getting  to  the 
bottom  of  the  matter.  Shortly  afterward,  huwevur, 
he  received  a  letter  from  a  person  in  Philadelphia 
in  whom  be  bad  coofldence,  snyiag  that  thj  wricer 
bad  received  a  proposition  to  co  into  the  smuggling 
business  between  Canada  and  New- York.  Major 
Moore  put  tbo  iotormer  in  communication  with 
Major  H.  L.  Williams,  Sp.'>cial  Asent  in  charge  of 
the  Philadelphia  district,  and  directed  both  to  report 
to  him  at  Washington,  where  the  foinier  had  facili- 
ties for  obtaining  letters  of  introduction  to 
the  chief  ut  tbo  smugglers.  Secretary  Morrill 
was  consulted  and  gave  the  offic«rs  authority  to  use 
all  the  money  necessary  to  ferret  out  the  frauds. 
Major  Williams  and  tbe  intormor  proceeded  to 
Montreal,  and  the  latter  representing  hiuisolf  aa  a 
would-be  porcba»er,  they  succeeded  in  worming 
themselves  into  tbe  confidence  of  the  chief,  and 
learned  all  his  secrets,  except  the  names  of  his  con- 
federates, which  hs  was  careiul  not  to  disclose,  not- 
withstandlmr  all  attempts  to  take  him  off  his  guard. 
His  name  is  D.  McClannazhan.  He  first  made  his 
appearance  when  a  lad  in  Quebec,  where  be  was  em- 
ployed as  a  stable  boy.  Subsequently  he  became 
an  express  messenger  on  the  Grand  Trunk  Bailway 
between  Portland  and  Montreal,  and  did  a  good 
business  passing  smnseled  goods  on  the  train.  He 
was  detected  and  discbatged  in  lSil4  or  ltJS3.  Then, 
with  his  illegal  sayings— about  11,500— he  went  to 
Montreal  and  opened  a  saloon.  Sooa  afterward  he 
perfected  and  began  his  present  system  of  smug- 
gling. He  managed  to  cet  into  his  pay  the  United 
States  Inspector  at  Montreal,  all  the  bag- 
gage masters  of  the  various  trains  running  out  of 
that  city,  and  certain  Montreal  telegraph  operatorit. 
He  would  get  from  the  baggage  masters  duplicate- 
numbered  checks,  which  he  would  forward  to  his 
customers  in  this  country.  Tben  when  the  order 
arrived  he  would  attach  tbe  other  check  to  the 
package  and  telegraph  to  the  customer  in  this 
style:  "Pay  noie  7,086  S.."  meauine,  "I  have 
shipped  to-day  box  No.  7,066  by  way  <>f  Springfield." 
The  purchaser  in  ibis  City  could  ihus  tell  the  hour 
of  arrival,  and  by  going  to  the  Grand  Ceutial 
Depot  and  presenung  the  duplicate  checx  coul  1 
get  bis  eoixls  without  question.  All  packaires 
were  sent  as  baggage,  the  railway  compaoies  beinc 
thus  detrauded  of  the  freight.  MoClanuagbau 
shipped  anything  that  was  called  fur — silks,  luces, 
cloth,  perlumery,  &.c. — and  he  was  so  sure  of  tbe 
perfection  of  bis  arrangements  that  he  always  in- 
sured delivery.  No  mouey  was  asked  until  after 
thte  receipt  of  the  goods.  Then  he  required  pay- 
ment by  check  on  the  Bank  du  Peuplcf  Moutroal, 
with  which  be  did  business.  S'J  successful  has  he 
been  that  bo  owns  the  Express  Hotel  aod  an  entire 
block  of  ground  in  Mouirenl,  and  is  estimaled  to  be 
worth  $250,000,  all  of  wbich  he  has  made  out  of  his 
2^  per  cent,  commission  ou  bis  ventures. 

In  order  to  discover  tbe  other  gnilty  parties  tbe 
officers  resorted  to  a  correspondence  from  this  City 
and  Boston.  A  lot  of  prunella  cloth  was  ordered 
from  htm,  that  being  a  very  bulky  material,  and 
therefore  easily  traced,  and  because  the  duty  ou  it 
is  very  high,  amounting  to  50  cents  a  pound  and  35 
percent,  ad  valorem.  At  leagtli,  everythioir  being 
•  m  readiness,  officers  were  sent  to  Kouse's  Point, 
Island  Pond,  <Vt.,)  Newport,  (Vt.,)  Ogdensbure,  Sr. 
Albans — by  nil  of  which  points  McClauuaghan 
snipped  indifferently — Boston,  and  this  City. 
Cape.  Brackett's  force  did  the  work  here.  On 
Wednesdav  uight,  between  6  and  8  o'clock,  a  simul- 
taneous examination  of  suspected  batrgage  was 
made.  Tbe  result  elsewhere  has  not  been  reported 
yet,  but  at  the  Grand  Central  Depot  a  large  case 
and  several  trunks  of  prunella  cloth  were  can- 
tnred,  and  Sdmuel  Stratford,  of  No.  232  West 
Forty-first  street,  a  relative  of  McClannaguan.  and 
his  Kew-York  agont,  was  arrested.  Tbe  officers 
tnen  proceeded  to  Karl's  Hotel  and  seized  several 
more  trunks  of  prunella  ctotb.  Their  owner, 
Charles  B.  Spencer,  a  laree  customer  of  McCiaona- 
gban,  was  taken  into  custody.  The  value  of  these 
seizures  18  upward  of  15,000. 

The  prisoners  were  taken  before  Commissioner 
Shields  last  evening,  and  weie  allowed  to  go  out  on 
bail.  A  hearing  is  set  down  tor  Monday  next  at  10 
A.  M.  A  number  of  other  arrets  and  seizures  are 
to  be  made,  and  the  trains  a*%  to  be  kept  under 
suryeillance  until  the  business  is  effectoally  broken 

op-  ^    

BURGLABY  ON  BROADWAY. 
On  Wednesday  night  a  gang  of  burglara  vis- 
ited tite  building  No.  598  Broadway  and  carried  off  a 
quantity  of  Imported  laces,  valued  at  between 
11,500  and  $2,000.  The  burglars  gained  access  to 
the  building  by  unlocking  the  front  door  on  Broad- 
way with  a  duplicate  key.  They  then  ascended  to 
the  second  floor,  which  is  occupied  by  F.  Flaurand 
&  Son,  lace  importers.  They  did  not  attempt  to 
enter  this  place,  but  forced  open  a  door  at  the  foot 
of  the  stairs'  leading  to  the  third  floor,  tbe  trout 
portion  of  which  is  occupied  by  William  Stecu,  also 
an  importer  of  laces.  The  stock  of  Mr.  Sieus  was 
thoroughly  ransacked.  After  having  selected  all 
that  tbey  wished  to  carry  ofE^  the  thieves  made  the.r 
exit  Irom  the  premises  by  tbe  rear  door  on  Croaby 
street  The  burglary  was  not  discovered  ontil  yes- 
terday morning,  When  tne  porters  'in  the  employ  of 
Flaorand  tc  Son  entered  the  bvllding  Bad  foond 
that  the  door  at  the  foot  of  the  stairway  leaiUntE 


ijiji'v^^tVi  ■.■■&:•  .^ 


iSf'A: 


THE  DISSATISFIED  STOCKHOLDERS. 

KEPOBT  OF  THEIR  CO-MMITtEE — IT  SEVERELY 
CENSURES-  TBE    MANAGEMENT    OF    THE 
BOAD — lARGB    LOSSES  ON  COAL-MINING 
OPERATIONS — MISSTATEMENTS     IN     THE 
ANNUAL        REPORTS  —  MR.       JOHNSTON 
MAKES    AN    EXPLANATION — THE  CHAIR- 
MAN  OF  THE   COMMITTEE   ATTACKED. 
The  large  back  room  of  tbe  bankrupt  New- 
Jersey     Central     Bailroad   Company's   office   was 
crowded  with  anxious  stockholders   yesterday  at 
noon.     The  occasion   was   tbe   presentation  of    the 
report  of  the  committee  appointed  to  examine  the 
books   of  tbe   oomoany    at  the  previous  meeting. 
Mr.  Forts  occupied  tbe  cnair.    He  said  that  Treas- 
urer Euox  ban  been  ordered  to  notify  stockholders, 
but  be  had  failed  to  do  so,  and  this  was  the  reason 
that  the  only  notifloation  that  had  been  given  was 
throngn  the  newspapers.     Mr.    Brookman,    Chair- 
man of  the  committee,   then  arose,  and,  amid  pro- 
foimd  silence,  sngzested  that  tbe  Prastdenr,    Di- 
rectors,  and  all  of  the  employes  of  tbe  company 
present  in  the  buildioe  be   requested   to    attend, 
and  that  the  books  be  brought  before  the  meeting. 
He  then  read  extracts  from    the   annnal  reports 
issned  by  the  company  since   1870,  over  the  alcna- 

tnre  and  at  the  order  of  Mr.  Johnston,  tbe  Presi- 
dent, whose  glowing  descriptions  and  extravagant 
promi!ica  appeared  extremely  ludicrous  in  view  of 
what  followed.  The  reading  was  interspersed  with 
sarcastic  remarks,  and  drew  smiles  from  tbe  audi- 
ence. Before  proceeding  to  the  report  tbe  sneaker 
delivered  a  short  address  refleotine  severely  upon 
Mr.  Johnston,  and  clnimlnz,  in  explanation  of  tbs 
statement  of  floatmg  indebtedness  made  at  tbe 
Ptevioas  meeiiae,  that  the  committee  had  relied 
upon  tne  word  of  the  President  aa  to  the  amount, 
and  had  been  grossly  deceived.  [Sensation.  |  Then, 
standing  upon  a  chair,  Mr.  Brool>man  read  tbe  fol- 
io wine  report,  premising  that  the  half  had  not  been 
discovered,  as  the  committee  had  neither  the  time 
nor  the  right  to  expend  money  necessary  to  employ 
experts: 

lo  the  stoeJcholdera  of  the  Central  Railroad  Company 
of  New- Jersey : 

Your  committee  not  being  experts,  nor  furnished 
with  the  means  of  employing  tliem,  cannot  go 
folly  into  proper  details,  as  that  would  be  the  work 
of  months,  but  we  can  lav  before  you  sufficient 
facts  to  enable  you  to  form  some  judgment  of  tbe 
value  of  your  stock  in  the  company,  and  incidental  Iv 
of  its  past  manaeement.  Tbo  flrMt.  that  we  find  of 
tbe  existence  of  the  Lebigh  and  Wllkesbarre  Coal 
Company  is  their  balance-sheet  of  the  date  of  Jan.  1, 
1K74,  at  which  time  the  company  was  formed  by  tbe 
merger  of  several  coal  oomp:inies,  their  lands,  im- 
provements, over-psid  royiiliies,  personal  proper- 
ties, equipment,  bills  receivable,  and  |13.00n,00l) 
stuck  m  treasury,  in  all  amounting  to  $21,734,898  43, 
as  also  the  liabilities,  amoontinfc  to  $11,2-27,908  37, 
and  the  capital  stock  issued,  (1U,OOJ,000,  represent- 
ing, according  to  the  books,  the  value  of  the  Lehigh 
and  Wilkesbarre  Coal  Comnany,  except  a  surplns, 
as  stated,  ot  ^U7.01U.  This  mereer  included  the 
merger  of  the  Hooeybrook  Coal  Company,  whose 
stock  in  December  just  previous  to  this  merger  was 
Ruiidenly  increased  trora  $3,500,000  to  (6,00Q,000.  The 
increase  ot  those  other  companies  included  lu  the 
same  merger  could  not  be  ascertained  by  us  in  the 
limited  time  allowed.  With  the  Lehiga  and  Wilkes- 
barre Coal  Company  thus  formed,  the  Central  Bailroad 
of  New-Jer»©v  formed  a  connection,  or  rather  took 
133.585  shares,  costing,  ua  per  entries  in  the  books  of 
the  Central  Bailroad  Company,  $5,061,771  06.  and  hv 
their  annual  statement  of  Jan.  1.  1874,  14,953,169  32. 
(Of  the  cerrectness  of  neither  of  these  amounts  ha  vd 
we  been  able  to  aatistv  ourselvet.)  They  also  pur- 
chased $5,000,000  bonds  ot-  the  Lnhigh  aud  Wilke  • 
baire  Coal  Company  at  90  per  cent,  costing  |4,500,- 
000. 

With  an  annual  loss  in  mininir  of  a  laree  amount, 
and  a  constantly  increasin::  loss  from  ovdipaid  lov- 
alties,  your  companies  in  1875  agreed  to  guarant)>u 
tbo  paymeut  of  principal  and  interest  of  the  $15,000,- 
000  of  the  bonds  of  tbe  L?bigh  and  Wilkesbarro 
Company,  of  whirh  amount  they  have  acciially 
cuaranteed  113,180.000.  During  the  year  1874 
$3  056,8^  44  was. added  to  the  cost  of  the  properties, 
ud  appeared  by  the  books  of  the  Lehigh 
and  Wllkesbarre  Company,  lor  Innds,  im- 
provements, yards,  siatiouH,  and  piers,  and 
in  1875  $1,208,127  89  lor  similar  purposes. 
From  the  formation  of  the  company  in  1874  to  Jan. 
1,  1877.  large  additions  from  year  to  year  have  been 
made  in  the  rhart;es  for  personal  properly  ami 
equipments  without  any  apparent  deduction  tor 
loss  or  depreciation,  white  the  assets  are  swelled  by 
acharge  of  $640,000  for  interest  ou  lands  not  worked. 

Your  present  bonded  debt  is  stated  in  the  annual 
statement  of  Jan.  1,  1877,  as  |14,4S9,I43  30.  Jn  ad- 
dition to  that  amount  ther.t  is  also  ^1.753,000  of  the 
company's  bonds  hviiothecated  by  the  company  tor 
security  tor  lo.ins.  The  floatinc  deot  is  staiod  Jan. 
1,  1£77,  at  tG,521  451  01.   The  comuauy  marketed  in — 

1874,  ton.s 2.3C5.O()O.0i» 

1875,  tons 2,083,714.16 

1376,  tons '.J.artl.OJJi.O'J 

la  nil  three  years,  tons 6,*3d,305.18 

— AU  of  which  was  sold  at  the  oombiDatton  rates, 
e.xcf  ot  1.031.571.02  ions. 

The  results  of  the  mining  operations  for  three 
years  were : 

Loss  iu  1874 S507.010  00 

LuHQ  in  1«75 561,165  38 

Loss  in  1876 1,308,000  00 

.\>id  interest  on  idie  proper. y  cnargud 

iu  assets 640,000  00 

Ailil    ro.Naities  iivt-rpiiw 

forthrcj  v>iar8 $1,307,789  01 

Less  those  assumed  at 

iiuiiof  merger 170,4,'i9  30—  1,1{I7.330  22 

Showini;  an  actual  loss  by  oporatine  for 

three  years $4,273,485  61 

Should  be  ulso  ituded  to  this  ustimatud 

loKS  aad  deiirociatton  on  iquipmeuts 

nudp?rsonal  property  of  .■f3.>a,a3.1  33 

yeariy  for  throe  years 1,000.000  00 

All  amounting  to...' $5, -.'73^495  «I 

which  Shows  an  average  loss  im  the  quantity  of 
coal  marketed  durui2  the  three  years  of  77  cents 
per  too. 

By  the  annnal  statement  of  the  Central  Bailmad 
Company  of  New-Jersey  of  Dec.  31,  1870,  we  liud 

their  lijatioe  debt  siatedat  $3,468,254  10. 
Also  we  find   that   in   addition    in  the 

floating  debt  they  bad  Indorsed   the 

pspt-r  of  the  belii/h  iind  Wilkesbarre 

lomDany  til  the  exteutor. Sl.141,920  73 

Ami  that  they  bad  as  an  aoat-t  agalDiit 

It  a  claim  af^ainst  the   Lehleb    and 

WilkRgbarre   Coal    Conipauy,    unsu- 

curod.  or il,eil,2ai  81 

Tnat  the  bonded  debt  ol  thu  past  year 

lins     scrlnuslv    tDcroasud     aud,     as 

siaed.  amounts  to 27,394,413  00 

Besides  the  olanketmortKaic  6,U0U,U0U  00 

(of  wbich  a  ereator  pnrt  has   bono  issued  as  collat- 
eral tor  loaas  obt'iined.)    Besides  being  indorsed  ou 
tho  bonds  01  tho 
LeliiRh  and  Wllkesbarre  Coal  Company 

tor $13,180,000  00 

American  buck  and  Improvement  Com- 
pany lor 3,000,000  00 

New-Jersey  i^tock  aud  Market  Compauy 

lor 150,000  00 

Also  oi  inteiest  oa  $2,00d,UUU  of  tbe 

^toc)(  of  tbe   Lo  le  Branch    Railroad 

Company  (of  which  the  company  own 

tho  greater  part) 

Also  Kuar.iutecd  Interest    on  1^158.300 

of  the  Kouth  Brjnch  Dailroad  Com- 
pany   

We  see  by  tbe  annual  statemeiit  of  Deo.  31.  1876, 
set  dotru  a  large  amount  for  tbe  value  of  the  rolliuK 
stock,  but  we  do  not  flnil  in  (he  books  any  allow- 
ance made  for  depreciation  and  destruction  for  tho 
past  seven  years,  except  as  follows : 

On  engines $6,631  36 

On  pauscneer  cars a,745  84 

On  IreiKht  cars 8.235  52 

Ou  coat  oars 180,511  50 

On  boats 50,000  00 

The  ai>nnal  inventory  estimates  their  value  at 
$1,552,198  16,  less  than  the  amount  stated  in  tho 
annual  statement  ot  tbe  company,  and  from  the 
best  information  we  have  gained,  that  valuatioa  in 
the  annual  inventory  is  much  greater  than  ic  should 
have  been  stated.  We  notice  In  tbe  annnal  state- 
ment that  the  cost  of  the  133.535  shares  ot  tbe  Le- 
high aud  Wilkesbarre  Company,  stated  at  $5,789,- 
083  28,  u  $719,311  20  greater  than  the  cost  appears 
by  tbe  booss  of  this  company.  We  also  find  m  the 
annual  staiement  that  the  Lehigh  and  Wilkesbarre 
Company's  bonds  are  stated  at  $377,350  more  than 
tbeir  cost.  We  also  notice  the  iirill  Farm  put 
down  at  a  valuation  of  $350,000,  which  requires 
particular  explanation,  as  it  uid  not  cost  any  such 
sum  at  its  first  purchase.  We  also  notice  'in  the 
statement,  that  the  New-Jersey  Stock-vard  and 
Market  Company  is  stated  aa  an  asset  of  $158,808  52, 
but;  tbo  prooerty  represented  bv  this  item  is  a  por- 
tion of  the  property  of  the  American  Duck  Com- 
pany. 

Wo  also  find  by  the  statement  that  the  American 
Dock  aud  Improveiaont  Company  is  represented 
by: 

stock $3,000,000  00 

bonds 3,000,000  00 

Open  Account 387,425  40 

Jersey  city  Station l,31o,8Ja  5U 

All  of  which  is  virtually  one  property,  and  has 
been  much  advanced  from'  its  true  cost. 

On  July  10,  1665,  by  resolution  of  the  Directors  tt' 
stock  dividend  ut  25  per  cent,  was  declared,  and  the 
amotint  thereof,  to  wit,  $2,000,000.  was  charged  to 
land  account,  which  had  no  existeooe  autil  that  en- 
try was  made.  Subscqaentiy  $1,538,089  82  of  that 
amount  was  transierrea  to  the  debit  of  tbe  Ameri- 
can Dock  and  Improvement  Company  and  ^Jersey 
City  btauon;  as  'also  $1,975,107  68  for  inter- 
e.st,-  as  also  discount  ou  bonus  sold,  119,- 
379.  The  gross  receipts  of  the  same  prop- 
erty, as  appears  by  tbe  books  of  the 
company  fTom  1866  to  1875  inclnsive,  amounted  to 
$32,463  80.  Tbe  title  of  the  American  D.ck  and 
Impruvement  Company  was  not  perfected  until 
October.  1874,  at  which  time  they  paid  the  State  of 
New-Jersey  $300,000  to  perfect  the  title.  Nearly 
nine  years  after  a  stock  dividend  of  25  per  cent, 
on  the  capital  of  the  railroad  company  bad  been 
made  on  the  profit  of  holding  this  unprofitable 
property.  'The  balance  of  $2,000,000  with  Inter- 
est was  charged  to  otoer  lands  of  the  company  on 
the  line  of  the  road.  In  the  annual  account  of  tbe 
company  January,  1871,  on  the  twelfth  pane  is  an 
item  beaded  *'  New-Jer8«.y  Land  and  improvement 
Company,"  which  is  in  etfuci  as  follows : 

"  That  an  extra  dividend  to  tbe  stockholders  of  tbe 
Central  Kallroad  Company  of  30  psr  cent,  o  ;tho 
value  of  toe  lands  on  roe  liaes  of  thj  road  is  awarded 
to  them  pro  rata,  if  tbey  will  pay  to  the  Railroad  Oom- 
T>any  the  other  70  per  cent.  (Br  the  light  of  the  last 
entry  to  which  wo  called  your  attention,  you  who 
kvalled  Tooraeif  of  the  privilege  of  the  pro  rata  allot- 
ment can  appreciate  tnedivideud.")  [ApphMue  and 
laoc^tec.''  i. 

We  haTe'not  onaiidered  It  neoeasatT  to  proieoate 
-  -  -    |&CCiiM.tiui 


aystem  seems  to  extend  to  the  road-bed,   interest 

acconnt,  and  other  Items. 

The  dividends  f.«m  Janu»-v,  1887,  to 

January.  1877,  aB(tro(rated $13,289,054  47 

The   railed  and  Irregular  chBrcres  to 
which  we  have  called  your  attention 
are  as  follows: 
American  Uock  and  Imp.  Company.      1,538,089  82 

Interest  on  same 1,975,107  tiS 

Diacounton  bonds 19,379  00 

Interest  charged  on  property  raised 

since  1872 346,196  31 

Raised  value  of  Lehigh  and  WiJkes- 

b.irre  bno(hi  rotsed 751,811  10 

Dlscouot  oil  bonds  stated  in  last 

annual  statement 800,000  00 

LehUh  aud  Wilkesbarre  bonds  raised..         377,350  00 
tqnlpmenl  charged  iu  excess  of  inven- 
tory  7 1.652,198  16 

Ferrj -boats,  in  exces*  of  Inventory 150,000  00 

.New-Joraey  Stock-yard    and    Market 

Company ,$l.i8,8i>d  62 

Bond*  assumed 150,000  00—     308.808  62 

Ne\v-Jer8e.y  and  West  Line  ooucis 407,557  65 

Interest  uh.irged  to  .Newark  Branch...  98,330  80 

M»ivln$r  on  anp^net  loss  and  deorocia- 
tlon  for  10  years,  including  the  stock 

ulvideiid  declared  lo  1885 7,824.827  04 

Tu  which  should  be  added  au  estimated 
deiireciattou  on  equipment 2.000,000  00 

Ora  totaiof $9,824,82/  94 

In  oroer  to  estimate  your  true  condiiion   add  to 
the  above  loss : 
The  cost  of  tbe  Lehieh  and  Wilkes- 

tKirre    slock,  which  we   consider   as 

worthless  as   an  asset  of  the  c»m- 

psny $5,061,777  00 

Also  lossuf  tVllkesbarre  bouds,  ail  of 

wbioh  are  hypothecated  and  loaned 

tu  tbe  Wllkesbarre  Company 4,406,000  00 

Aud  also  the  amount   oi   the    blanket 

mortgage  loaned  to  toe  Wilkesbarre 

Company „ 1:142  000  00 

Or  a  total  loss  or  deoreciation  of...$20.434.6o5  uU 

In  conclurlun,  your  committee  beg  to  state  that 
tbey  eutoTod  upon  the  ditcbarge  of  their  duties 
with  a  sincere  desire  to  bs  aole,  after  a  careful  ex- 
amiuation  of  the  oot.ditios  of  tbe  company,  to 
recommend  the  stockholders  to  cuwe  forward  and 
assist  It  in  its  present  iieces8iUe.s  tor  the  amonnt 

asked,'  but  cannot,  aftor  the  examioalion  ive  have 
made,  recommend  yon  to  do  so,  but  have  preferred 
to  Sttbmil  the  facts  and  fi^eros  lor  your  considera- 
tion. 

JOHN  N.  BROOKMAN,  Chairman. 

CHAItLES  G.  MILLER, 

GEOIJQE  H.  POriEB. 
Nbw-York,  Edb.  13,  1877. 

THB  LATE  PRE8IDBNT  EXPLAINS. 

There  was  pileuce  lor  a  few   niomouts,    and -then 

Bflme  one  moved  tbe  tbauKs  ol  the  meeting  to 
the  committee.  Carnod.  President  Johnston  here 
came  forward.  He  was  so  excited  that  he  could 
hardly  articulate.  He  said  it  was  proper  that  he 
should  say  somethiag  in  response  to  the  report.  A 
w.trse  tinie  cuuld  not  bo  selected  for  tbe  meeting  so 
far  as  the  officers  were  concerned.  Tbo  report  had 
not  been  seen  bv  thorn,  aud  no  opportunity  liad 
been  given  tbem  to  answer  it.  He  bad  apolied 
to  the  Chairman  to  see  the  report,  and 
bad  been  answered  that  he  woald  bavn  it  r»ad  at 
the  meeting.  This  was  h^r.lly  tbe  place  to  answer 
it.  Any  explanation  be  bad  to  make  mu8>:  ho  made 
to  a  small  asseniblaice;  he  cuuld  not  address  a 
crowd.  The  committee  bad  called  on  him  ou 
Tuesday,  but  he  wai  obliged  to  help  Trenton  all  day 
and  could  not  meet  them.  The  policy  of  the  com- 
nanv  in  roeard  to  issuim;  it.s  reports  h^d  been  this: 
For  tne  tlrsr  livo  yoar^  no  reports    lial    been    made. 

When  be  (Mr.  Johnston)  became  President  he.  is- 
sued alive  years'  report  in  oppujition  to  the  wishes 
of  a  great  many  who  do  not  tavor  makmc  reports 
because  "it  eivcs  people  too  many  thlntra  to  take 
hold  of."  ISarcastic  inuirbter.J  The  next  year  «nd 
a  half  ho  had  been  abroad  auJ  no  reports  were 
made,  but  when  be  returned  he  had  the  omission 
Buppli.'d.  During  thu  past  tow  vears  tbo 
roatl  had  been  far  from  prosperous,  aud 
when  at  tbe  weakest,  a  reiinlar  concerted  attack 
came  from  tbe  newspapers,  which  was  sncceijsrul. 
Then  an  appeal  was  made  to  tho  stockholders,  ne>r 
blood  was  infused  iutu  tbe  management,  and  the 
temporary  result  was  good,  but,  unfortunately, 
everything  settled  down  again.  When  Mr.  Knight 
made  bl.«  call  for  $3,000,000  matters  had  come  to  a 
crisis.  Then  the  Committee  of  Invesiication  was 
apoointod,  and  this  was  the  best  thing  that  could 
possibly  DC  devised  to  kill  the  concern.  A  Be- 
ceiver  became  au  absolute  necessity. 

Mr.  Brookman  usked  if  Mr.  Johnston  challenged 
the  figures  of  theiepurt.  Mr.  JoUusion  answered 
that  he  challeOKod  itjt  oonclusiona. 

Mr.  luibiie  tboncht  the  oUlccrs  wore  loss  Criminal 
than  negligent,  lie  madn  a  luuMou  tha'  tho  books 
bo  produced,  and  th.it  tho  Pru.iiUuot,  Controller, 
Treasuier,  and  Auiltor  appuar  before  thu  stock- 
bo'durs  aud  explain  from  them  tau  statemeuts  of 
tbo  comuiitioe'i  report. 

Mr.  Johnston  answered  that  tho  books  were  in 
the  bauds  of  the  filiorifl'.  uiid  in  any  event  bo 
Would  not  be  able  lo  go  over  them.  Too  an- 
nual statements  weie  correct  so  far  a.n  ho  knew. 
Besides,  tbe  Auditor  and  other  oillours  were  too 
bu«;  to  be  prc»i-ut.  Some  ouu  asked  if  Mr.  John- 
ston would  uiidoriake  to  giro  a  crutailed  oxplana- 
uou  if  accorded  a  re.'.sun.ible  time,  ilu  auswered 
that  he  cunld  nut  enter  into  details,  but  he  could 
give  his  views  if  desired.  [Applause  aud  cries  of 
hear,  hear.]  Cooliuiiin<.',  no  s.iid  that  the  stuck- 
buldi-rs  bad  an  immeuae  property  in  thu  best  couni- 
tiun  and  In  first-class  order.  Thu  road  lias  a  double 
U-acl£,  and  tbe  lower  poriion  fiur  tracK.%  and  the 
road  bod  is  prepared  along  the  entire  length  fur 
the  acojmmodaiion  of  an  indefinite  business. 
The  eqiiipmoui  is  lu  iirsi-class  order.  It  un- 
doubtedly Ntpjid.i  on  the  books  at  a  higher  ratu 
than  It  is  worth  tu-duy,  but.  it  was  purcQased  wheu 
ttaiucs  went  high.  Ii  ought  lo  ue  reduced  as  profits 
acern^-.  If  tho  slock-liold.rs  had  put  up  ?2,UC0,OCO 
tbe  ollicers  knew  where  lo  i;et  the  other  million, 
add  matters  could  iiavu  gono  on.  It  was  woll  to 
add  that  the  Diiectots  bad  nut  been  sellers  ot  their 
a  lock. 

A  gentleman  interrnpt«"d  to  say  that  Senator 
Froliughuysen  hud  disposeil  of  Mi  shares  at  tbe 
lime  tne  last  duldeiid  was  declarnd.  Mr.  Joiibstim 
acUnowlcdiEed  that  tnis  was  liui-,  but  suid  lie  still 
owned  500  shares.  H-j  coiiiinue<l  to  tin^  ed'ct  itiut 
the  oflicers  hail  done  uviTytliiug  hoafsto,  aud  with 
tbe  best  luteiition.i.     |ApuUuse.| 

A  motion  was  m.>do  l^i  up>>oiui  a  new  committee 
to  take  into  consideration  tbf  umv  Ht^ito  ut  alfairs 
antl  recommend  some  way  of  saving  what  was 
left.  'Tuis  gave  rise  tu  au  ex  coded  discussion,  all 
sorts  ot  irrelevant  subjects  beiuu  lotornolacod.  Mr. 
Johnston  moved  tbo  discharge  ot  the  first  commit- 
t(H<,  aud  deprecated  tho  appoiutmooc  ut  another  un- 
til thoy  should  liavo  sumrtbiDg  to  act  upon. 
A  motion  was  made  aud  carried  tha"  the  report  oe 
accepted.  Mr.  Jirookniuii  ro>u  to  u  personal  expla- 
nation. He  warmly  denounced  Mr.  Johcstim's  u.<- 
scriioii  that  he  had  pronounced  tho  road  worthle.sB. 
Ho  had  had.  on  the  contrary,  the  utmout  fallh  lu  thu 
road,  nud  it  has  coat  Uioi  and  bis  brother  a  loss  ot 
$5u0,000.  He  did  not  lack  laitli  in  tho  road,  bat  in 
lis  inanagemfui.  lie  ooutiuued :  "  Last  Monday  I 
mot  Mr.  Johnston  bv  uceideni,  and  he  commencod 
tu  give  me  lusiructions  as  tu  how  1  should  maae  out 
ray  report — 

Mr.  Johnston  (interrupting)— Mr.  Brookman  mis- 
understood lue.  He  is  too  excitable.  Nothing  was 
farther  from  my  thoughts  than  an  attempt  tu  mdn- 
age  the  cuuiiiiiiteo. 

Mr.  Biookman  said  that  the  Chairman  did  notify 
Mr.  Johnston  that  tbe  report  was  leody,  aud  ap- 
pointed au  hour  lo  hear  his  explanation. 

Mr.  Johtistou  said  that  ho  bad  explained  that 
matter  already. 

Mr.  lirookmau  said  he  had  come  early  to  the 
meeting  so  ns  to  give  Mr.  Johnston  an  opportunity 
ol  saying  something,  bnt  the  latter  did  not  put  in 
an  appearance  uniil  11:50.  Then,  turning  to  tho 
rx-Preaidcnt,  he  conliuuod :  "1  will  now  take  up 
the  report  and  question  you  in  reg.-ird  to  each 
Item." 

Mr.  Johnston  hastily  aeclmod.  "in  self-defense," 
to  answer  any  qaestlons  whatever  ;  he  couldn't  do 
It  without  tbe  books. 

Mr.  ISrooitman  demanded  that  tbe  Treasurer  and 
Controller  be  brought  before  tbe  meeting  and  com- 
pelled to  answer  questions. 

Mr.  Johnston  replied  that  thoy' wore  too  busy. 

This  sort  of  thiut:  was  kept  up  for  some  time 
amid  great  excitement,  until  at  lenmh  some  one 
asked  Mr.  Brookman  whether  be  had  not  sold  out 
bis  stock  Inst  Monday.  Tho  reply  came  quick  and 
sharp.  "  YeM  1  did,  and  turtbermoro  I  erased  my 
name  and  that  ot  my  brother  tiom  the  subsuriptioa 
list,  and  told  the  Treasurer  that  I  would  not  permit 
any  such  fraud  to  go  out  to  tbe  public."  "How 
much  are  you  interested  now?"  was  the  next  ques- 
tion. "As  little  as  1  can  be"  was  tho  auwer. 
"But  how  much)"  "One  solitary  share." 
A  stockholder  usKed  If  be  bad  not  sold 
his  stock  as  he  would  a  sickly^cipw.  [Laughtsr.J 
Another  retorted  :  °°  I  wlsb  be  bad  told  me,  and  1 
wuuld  have  sold  mine  tou."  CoL  Hope,  a  Director 
of  the  New-Jersey  Land  and  Improvement  Com- 
pany, began  to  expatiate  on  the  great  value  ot  its 
property.  "  Why  oon't  sou  sell  it  then  ?"  he  was 
asked.  An  old  eentlemau  named  Dr.  Coles  angrily 
told  Mr.  Brookman  that  when  he  had  sold  his  stocks 
he  should  have  resigned  irom  tbe  committee,  aud 
not  have  cvme  there  to  depreciate  the  property 
of  others  after  having  made  himself  secure.  {Cries 
of  "Good,  good."]  Dr.  Coles  conilnuiug,  said  that 
*'e  could  iioi  imaK'Oe  anvtbing  more  contemptible, 
ha-ip,  or  mean  tnau  Mr.  Broo&man's  conduct.  The 
latter  retorted:  "Nuthlitg,  uerhups,  except  tbe 
management  of  the  New-Jerswy  Cducral  Kailroad 
Compauy."  l<'or  a  few  minutes  a  row  seemed  im- 
minent. Uncomplimentary  epituets  were  hurled  ac 
the  committee  from  all  sides,  and  beveral  per.toiis 
plainly  stated  that  they  believed  tbe  assertions  of 
the  report  were  lies.  Finally  tho  question  of  a 
committee,  to  be  composed  of  three  large  bond- 
holders and  three  large  stockbolaors,  came  up 
again,  and  was  carried  amid  cries  of  "No  more 
deadheads." 

The  Chairman  refused  to  anpoint  tho  committee. 
His  last  appoiutments  bad  not  met  the  approval  of 
tiv  meeting,  though  he  baa  been  at  infiuite  pains 
to  select  good  men.  Incidental l.y,  he  dufjuded  the 
ocmmlttee,  of  whicn  he' had  beuu  tx  officio  one,  aud 
said  that  tbuy  could  not  have  truiniuny  made  any 
other  report. 

Col.  HoQe  again  eulogized  the  valne/if  the  com- 
pany's properly.  [ones  of  "QtioTl,  good,"  aud 
•'  Will  you  guaianteo  it  ?"J 

'Tne  Chairman  said  he.  too,  thought  tbe  property 
valnable  if  it  was  held  together.  Then,  returning 
to  the  report,  be  said  that  the  book-Keeper  and 
Controller  bad  given  all  the  figures  as  tney  appealed 
in  iU 

Another  attack  was  made  on-  lir.  Brookman,  and 
he  was  acouseu  uf  selling  tlie  stoou.  abort,  but  tnis  ^ 
he  denied.  Alter  considerable  more  discussion,  it 
was  decided  to  appoint  a  committee  consisting  of 
Dr.  Coles,  Warreu  Ackermau,  aod  Stephen  H.  Con- 
dit,  to  whom  should  oe  ooufi.ied  the  appointmenc  of 
the  new  examiuing  committee.  The  mealing  then 
adioumed. 

Mr.  Brookman  called  on  all  persons  interested  in 
the  NewnJersey  Laud  and  Improvement  Company 
to  remain.  A  few  did  so,  and  an  attemot  was  made 
to  take  some  action  to  save  that  prupeity.  It  was 
proposed  to  sell  it,  toss  up  for  it,  or  divide  It  among 
thu  sbarebulders  m  lots,  nud  a  resoluiiou  was  intro- 
duced calling  upon  the  Directors  10  itesigu,  as  it 
was  not  safe  in  their  hands.  CoL  Hjpa  suted  that 
the  oflloers  bad  already  decided  to  divide  the  assets 
among  the  stockholders,  and  snob  a  eonrse  had 
been  d^yed  only  by  the  death  of  Mr.  Marsh.  This 
assertion  was   reaelred   with   morediUlty.   bat  the 

leetUudnrokftaiLWitiioat  oomijuaa  atiTnannlnninni 


CITY  AND  SUBDKBAK  WWS. 


NBW-YORK. 

A  freoleotnre  will  bo  delivered,  before,  the 
Liberal  Club,  at  Science  Hall,  No.  141  East  Eighth 
street^  this  evening,  by  Hon.  Frank  rnUer,  the  sub 
Jeot  being,  *-  What  Shall  we  Eat  t" 

In  tbe  false  impriaonment  case  ^f  Lamberti 
against  Mentageassa,  the  jury  in  Part  I.  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas,  yesterday,  rendered  a  ver- 
dict for  $300  in  favor  of  the  plain ti£ 

Mayor  Eaatman,  of  Potigbkeepsle,  called  at 
the  Police  Central  Office  yesterday  and  obtained  a 
peraait  for  the  parade  of  the  Mtudenta  of  Eastman's 
College  in  this  City  on  tbe  22i  Inst. 

The  Children's  Aid  Society  yesterday  sent  a 
large  company  of  homeless  boys  and  girls  to  the 

West,  under  charge  of  tbeir  agent,  Mr,  James  P. 
Brace.     The    party,    numbering    107    jiorsons,    in- 
cluded several  large  families. 
A  large  quantity  of    black  taair-pins,  s.np 

posed  to  have  been  stolen,  was  found  by  the  Police 
yesterday  at  the  establishment  of  Mrs.  Mary  Yar- 
ley,  No.  58  James  street.  The  goods  are  now  at  the 
Central  Office  awaUiug  an  owner. 

Jacob  U.  Murray,  a  prominent  Freemason, 
died  on  Tuesday  evening  last,  at  his  residence  in 
this  City,  in  tbe  fiftieth  vear  of  his  age.  The  funeral 
will  take  place  ou  Sundayfrom  the  Masonio  Temple, 
and  will  be  solemaizcd  with  Masoniu  rites. 

Seven  oar-loads  of  teas  and  silks  Irem  Japan 
reached  this  City  yesterday  via  Baltimore  and  Ohio 

Bailroad,  making  13  days'  time  from  San  Francisco 
to  New-York,  which  is  the  best  time  ever  mstde  by 
freight  trains.  Time  from  Yokohama  to  Mew  Xork, 
34  days. 

'Che  Importers'  and  Grocers'  Board  of  Trade 
have    adopted  resolutions  approving  of    Fernando 

Wood's  bill  "'to  provide  retoedies  lor  overcharge  of 
duties  on  tonnage  and  imports,"  and  in  favor  ot  any 
reasonable  aod  feasible  plan  looking  to  the  imprnva- 
meut  of  terminal  facilities  in  this  City. 

Mrs.  Mona  Simmonds,  the  propnetress  of  a 

boarding-bouse  at  No.  49i2  St.  MarK's  place,  ap- 
peared before  Justice  Waiidell  at  the  Essex  Markei 
Police  Court  yesterday,  aad  charged  oer  son,  Henry 
Simmonds,  aged  20,  with  assaulting  her  and  break- 
ing all  tbe  china-ware  in  her  diniiMC-room.  Tbe 
Jnstice  delivered  a  scathing  rebuke  to'tbe  graceless 
young  scamp,  and  committei  him. 

About  1,500  children  of  the  schools  of  the 
Children's  Aid  Society  visited  the  Aquarium  this 
week  by  invitation  of  Manager  Coup.  The  poor 
children  never  beheld  such  wonderful  things  be- 
lure,  and  prubably  never  will  acain.  The  sea-lions, 
the  seals,  tbe  bippopotamu-.  the  sirant>o  fishes,  the 
suomarine  diver,  aud  the  firing  foxes,  all  came  in 
for  their  share  uf  admiration  and  wonder. 

The  twenty-second,  annual  meetinj;  of  tbe  Man- 
hattan Cricket  Club  was  held  at  Mr.  James  Smith's, 

No.  1  Amity  street,  ou  the  14th  inst.  There  was  a 
larno   attendance   of     members,    and    tbe    following 

offloers  were  elected  for  tbe  ensuing  year :  J.  Neeves. 
President;  D.  .McDougall,  Vice  President;  S.  E. 
Hostord,  Treasurer ;  L.  Love,  Secretary  ;  Messrs. 
J.  Smith,  B.  F.  Jenkins,  aud  S.  H.  Makio,  Manaclpg 
Committee. 

Superijtcndcnt  Walling  was  informed  yes- 
terday of  tbe  operations  of  a  swindler  who  has  ob- 
tained various  sums  of  money,  ranging  from  $25  to 
tSOO,  from  merchants  in  this  City.  He  represents 
himself  as  the  buyer  for  S.  IC  Peebles'  Suns  and  U. 
F.  ■y^st.  Brother  Sc  Co.,  of  Cincinnati,  Onio,  and 
his  modtM  operandi  is  tu  order  large  bills  of  gooas 
tor  tbe  firms  which  he  claims  tu  represent,  and 
then  borrow  money  Irom  the  merchants  by  stating 
that  he  has  run  sliort  of  money  to  pay  bis  expenses. 

BliOUKLYN. 
Mr.  Charles   Lowery,  Secretary  of  the  Dime 
Savings  Bank,  aud  one  of  the  best  known  business 
men  in  this  city,  is   sexiouslv  ill  at  bis   residence. 
No.  10  Seventh  avenue. 

William  Kelly,  a  laborer  residing  at  No.  216 
Hudson  avenue,  was  committed  yesterday  to  await 
the  result  ot  injuries  inflicted  by  him  on  his  wife, 
llnding  tho  wom.tu  druuK  in  the  street,  Sally  beat 
aud  kicked  her  in  a  brutal  manner.  She  was  taken 
to  tbe  Citv  Hospital. 

Tbe  following  gentlemen,  after  being  duly 
examined  at  the  Geiieral  Term  were  admitted  to  the 
Bar  yesterday  afternoon :  W.  Preston  Williams, 
Daniel  McCraoe,  Fiederick  L  Encel,  John  Wilkin, 
Samuel  W.  Bower,  Altred  J.  Walker.  Samu?l  Snee, 
Joseph  M.  Pearsall,  11.  F.  Tobin,  Clarence  F.  Birda- 
eye.  Frank  Oberuier,  Charle*  D.  Warner. 

Thomas  F.  Clark,  the  amateur  actor,  who  was 
assaulted  at  tho  Academy  of  Mnsic  on  Monday 
evening  by  Douglass  Walker,  appeared  to  prose- 
cute bis  assailant  in  Justice  Walsu's  Court  yester- 
day morning.  Walker  did  not  appear,  bnt  in  thu 
afteruuou  went  before  Justice  Walsh  and  gave  bail 
ill  $5o0  (o  appear  on  Monday  for  examioatiou. 

Justice  Pratt  yesterday  granted  a  writ  of 
mandamus  diroctiuc  Mayor  Schroeder  to  show 
cause  why  bo  refuses  to  sign  the  warrant  for  the 
iMyment  ot  the  salary  of  Patrick  Ennis,  a  clerk  in 
Jiiaticn  Guck's  court.  The  Mayor  vetoed  tbff'ap- 
pointmont  of  Kouis  by  tbo  Board  of  Aldermeu,  and 
holds,  therefore,  that  be  has  no  li^ht  to  pay  from 
tho  city. 

John  Lamb  atteniptod  to  commit  suioide  on 
Wednesday  night  by   taking  a  dose  ot   lautlanum. 

Tho  fact  that  be  bad  swallowed  poison  was  dis- 
covered beloie  the  drug  bad  taken  faal  ettcct,  aud 
Dt.  Williams  administered  a stiout;  antidote.  Lamb 
was  removed  to  the  City  Hospital,  where  ho  lies  iu 
a  critical  condition.  Lamb,  who  has  been  only  two 
mouths  in  tho  country,  was  on  the  verge  of  starva- 
tion, as  were  his  witu  and  child,  whun  he  attempted 
tu  commit  suicide. 

Two  roughs  from  tho  Fourth  Ward,  Now- 
York,  named  respectively  Bradloy  Collins  and 
Kobert  Fulton,  engaged  iu  a  prize-fight  about  5 
o'clock  yesterday  mot  mug,  near  the  Lutheran 
Cemetery,  in  £:ist  Williamsburg.  Collins  was  de- 
tcaied  in  35  minutes,  but  both  men  were  badly 
beaten.  Aoont  25  roughs,  known  to  belong  to  the 
"New  Bowery  gang,"  witueasou  tbe  flghi,  and  re- 
turned to  New-York  without  molostaiion  by  the 
Williamsburg  Police. 

At  the  General  Term  of  the  Supreme  Court 
yesterday,  argument  on  a  motion  for  a  new  trial 
was  oeard  in  the  case  of  Pomeroy  M.  Dickinson 
and  utburs  against  the  City  of  Pougfakeepaie.  The 
detenaaute,  who  are  contractors,  sued  tbe  city  lor 
$2-1,556,  alleged  to  be  due  tor  extra  work  done  on 
tiie  Poiighkocpsle  reservoir.  The  oootractora  ot>- 
tained  a  verdict,  and  a  motion  for  a  new  trial  being 
denied,  appeal  was  made  to  tbe  (jeneral  Term.  The 
court  reserved  its  decision. 

The  funeral  pf  William  M.  Richardson,  a 
well-known  Freemason,  took  place  yesterday 
afternoon  at  the  Church  ot  the  Holy  Trinity,  on 
Clinton  street,  Brooklyn.  'The  funeral  service  was 
conducted  at  the  church  by  Rev.  Dr.  Hall,  the 
burial  service  being  subsequently  lolsmnlzsd  at 
tbe  grave  with  Masunio  riius.  The  funeral  was 
attended  by  representatives  from  Hohenllndeu 
Lodge,  No.  56,  F.  and  A.  M  ;  Nassau  Chapter,  No. 
109.  R.  A'.  M.;  Brooklyn  Council.  No.  4,  K.  S.  M; 
and  ot  Clinton  Commaudorv.  No.  14.  E.  'T.  He  was 
also  Tiler  of  Gate  of  the  'iemple  Chapter,  No.  208, 
R.' A.  M.;  Brooklyn  Chapter,  No.  148,  K.  A.  M.,  aud 
Zoredatha  Lodge,  No.  4a3,  F.    and  A.  M. 

LONG  ISLAND. 

Huntington  and  Babylon  have  voted  on  the 
question  of  the  proposed  new  County  ot  Nassau. 
In  the  former  town  there  was  a  majority  of  62 
against  tbe  project,  aud  In  tbe  latter  a  majority  of 
109  in  favor'of  it. 

Yesterday  morning  a  lad  13  years  old,  the 
sou  of  Mr.  Jacob  K.  Shipberd,  of  Kicbmond  Hill, 
left  home  for  school,  aocompanying  his  father  as 
far  as  tbe  railroad  depot,  Mr.  Sbipherd  thking  the 
8:35  traia  for  New-York.  As  the  train  started 
young  Sbipherd  lumped  upon  the  lower  step  of  the 
iront  platform  of  tho  rear  car.  When  the  train  had 
fairly  got  under  wav  he  jumped  ofli;  but  fell  under 
the  car,  the  wheels  passing  over  his  right  foot  Just 
below  tbe  ankle,  nearly  sevenng  it,  aud  rendering 
arupoiation  necessary.  It  is  feared  that  be  cannot 
survive  tbe  inlury.  Mr.  Shipberd  was  formerly  at 
the  bead  of  what  was  known  as  the  Shipberd  Man- 
agement, and  was  the  Managing  Director  of  the 
road  on  which  his  son  was  thus  uufurtunately  In- 
jured. 

NEW-JERSEY. 
Tbe  comer-Btone  qf  St.  Joseph's  new  Cath- 
olic Chnrob,   at  the  corner  of  Carroll  and  Market 
streets,  Patersoo,   will  be  laid  next  Sunday  after- 
noon, with  appropriate  ceremonies. 

Custom-house  officers  on  Wednesday  visited 
tbo  schooner  Mosscalen,  lying  at  tbe  coal  docks, 
foot  of  Thirteenth  street,  Jersey  City,  and  seized 
two  hogsheads  of  sugar  which  are  aliegsd  to  have 
been  smuggled.  The  sugar  was  taken  to  New- 
York. 

John  Kerren,  employed  in  the  Hamburg 
docks  in  Hoboken,  became  involved  in  a  quarrel 
yesterday  morning  with  Charles  Mahlkopn  and 
stabbed  him  in  the  side  with  a  large  packing 
needle,  lofilcring  a  painful  and  dangerous  wound. 
Tbe  injured  man  was  removed  to  nis  residence  in 
South  Brooklyn.  His  assailant  was  arrested  on 
complaint  of  John  Carmen  and  looked  up  iu  tbe 
Hoboken  Police  Station  to  await  the  result  of  his 
vio.im's  iniuries. 


Chatkau  Lagabosse,  Pure  delicate  Clarets  in 
qte.,  pis.,  and  casks.  Vicxoa  K.  Madobk,  110  Heade  sU 
—AdvertUement.  

.PASSENGERS   SAILED. 

!■»  tteam-thip   Colon,  for  &>»  .FVonetfoo.— J.  C.   HllU, 

J.  S*.  Trioibie,  ilorcan  Olcott,   W.  J.    Currier,  JameS  P. 

Hmlth.  W.  G#Ford,  G.  G.  ftlarsball.   ilr.  and  Mrs.  M.  K. 

Wotmore,  George  WUliamson,  Mr.  handall,  David  B. 

Cohen,  George  Gregg.  Oh.iries  S.  bwltt,  D.  fcL  tirmsby, 

F.  K.  Howard.  Dr.  James  6.  Smith.  K  fc-Harris,  T.  k 

Curtis,  F.  tt-  ijenerd.  Dr.  W.  J.  Smith,  T.  P.  Dot.v,  John 

boatb,  £.  J.  Collins,  George  Unnd,  O.  Perceval,  John 

fhilllps,  H.  Bodeker,  Hiss  U.'  Keegan,  3.  V.  sarwijf  W. 

H.  Jonnson,  B.  P.  Coykeudail,  James  A.  Keaoa,  C.  C 

I  Iteker,  John  P.  Oeasuer,   Uaxxy  Gue;  George  Gamble, 

l.M  xt.ftksaia  j>meag.Bree<Uj^  ft-fiftTMi  f  -  ~  ■ 


£JI>e«i^ak# 


Uniiy  Hastings.  WlVbtan  R  French.  Hiss  U.  0.  Cotter, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  iL  Woodward,  W.  L.  Wltfaerbee. 
r.  P.  Smith,  Mrs.  s.  K.  WilUama.  Por  Central  and 
South  Ameriea— 1.  H.  Orant,  Mrs.  Livingstdn,  B.  Liv- 
ingston.' J' Onto O.  Coll.  Mr.  and illrs.  J.  8.  Spinner.  W. 
Piper,  J.  B.  Beonerc^Mrs.  M.  Smith.  Prankltn  Foater, 
J.  Kosso,  Ii.  Mango,  William  McGovern,  Mr.  Qoldsmltb, 
Hr.  Martm,  J.  H.  Collina,  W.  H.  Beaton.  H.  D.  B.  Morris, 
O.  C.  St.  John. 

In  tUain-thxp  Oanima,  front  Bermuda.— 3 tmae  Plom- 
mer,  P.  E.  Morel.  O.  W.Bol  brook,  Capt  Dias,  Mr.  uid 
Mrs.  Biirbank,  Miss  Bnxbank,  Mr.  aod  Uis.  a.  B.  Hunt- 
ley, Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  B.  Graham.  E.  J.  Wolf,  Alex.  Wa^ 
tisnberg,  Mr.  aud  Mrs.  William  Kitchie.  R.  Miller,  R.  B. 
Disney.  R.  B.  Clark,  J.  Cox  Walthington.  Miss  F.  Beok. 
£.  A.  Schoolfleld,  John  Hutchinson.  James  Beid,  Mrs. 
George  P.  WUson.  Mrs.  A  G.  King,  J.  W.  Brown.  Oeoroe 
B.  Adams,  C.  B.  Merriman.  Dr.  KoUmeyer,  W.  KoTl- 
me.ver,  Mies  Cooley,  Mtss  C  M.  Uuterbridge,  J.  EUis. 
James  Trott. 

Jn  steam-thip  GeUert,  %r  Uamburg.—'Ux.  and  Mrs.  Cay- 
etauo  L.  Isigo.  K.  Mueller,  William  Henneoke,  L.  Aronl, 
O.  A.  Rocnig,  Isaac  Leopold,  P.  Sear.  Louis  Ualk,  Max 
Ueumann,  Henry  Frennd,  Mlas  Aiida  Blcnon,  Miss 
Kosa  Hertz,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brmlnio  Crivelli.  Michael 
Kreag,  christian  Weichert. 


FASSENOERS  ARRIVED. 
In  Steamthtp  Nevada  from  Liverpool.— A.  Pennell.  T. 
Fiokhols,  Fri.z  Jnusio.  Mrs.  A.  Butler,  Miss  M.'Bntler. 
Thomas  Wo  ds,  Thomas  Copeland.  M.  Eiopieurt,  Wm. 
Allsopp,  John  Alsopp,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jeaa  B.  Dischamps , 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Tootell,  Master  A  Tootell. 

Jn  eteam-ihtp  Anc^ria,  from  Olasgow. — Mr.  and  Mrs, 
A.  W.  Harris  ana  family,  W.  A.  Hnoliard,  Wm.  MitoU- 
ell,  Walter  Morrison,  W.  B.  Falconer,  £.  S.  Stevenson,: 
George  KlUott.  ' 


MINIATVSB  ALMANAC— larS  DAT. 

gimrtses 6:52  I  Sunsets 6:361  Bloon  sets.. 

■  HIttH  WATER— THIS  DAT. 

Sandy  Hook...9:44  |  Gov.Islaod  10:33  |  Hell  Gate. .  11:56 


.9:05 


MABIIfB   INTELLIQENGE, 


MEW-yORK TQUa»DAC,   FEB.   15., 


CLEARED. 

Steam-shixis  Isaac  Bell,  Lawrence,  NorfoUc  City 
Point,  aod  Richmood,  Old  Dominion  St<^am-ship  <'o.; 
Glaucus,  Bearse.  Boston,  H.  K.  Dimcck ;  Colon,  Griffin, 
Asplnwall,  Pacific  Mall  titeam-Bhip  Co.:  W.  .4,  Soholti-n, 
(Dutch, )  Janzeu,  Rotterdam.  Fuuoh,  Edye  it.  Co.;  Gel- 
lert.  Barends.  llamburg.  Fl.vmoath,  and  Cberbourz, 
Kunbardt  &.  Co.;  £.lefUJora,  Johnson,  Portland,  J.  F. 
Ames. 

barxs  Ursns  Minor,  (Norw.,)  Jobnsen,  Rottordam, 
Benham  &.  Boyesen:  Kmilie  Dingle,  (Br..)  Peake,  Leltb, 
George  F.  BuUey;  Caibarien,  Uopkins,  Jncaro,  Cuba, 
Bartram  Bros.;  iitta  Loring,  Lonug,  Aiijier  tor  orders, 
V.  U.  Brown  Jit  Co.;  Jobn  V^orster,  Wiim,  Batavla.  for 
orders,  V.  H.  Brown  U,  Co. 

Scbrs.  Wm.  H.  JoneH,  Falkenbnrg.  Pemandlna,  A. 
Abbott;  Joha  Somers.  Mason,  Uruaswlck,  Oa.,  Warren 
Eny;  Sophia  Qodirey.  Young,  Jacksonville.  Warren 
Ray;  Saiah  W^.  Hunt,  MoPadden,  Fort  de  France,  fi.  J. 

Wenberg  6i  Co.;  Harvest,  Corwit.  Providence,  H.  W. 
Jackson  te.  Son;  Tarn  O'Shanter,  ZelnS,  Poiut  a  Pitre, 
B.  J.  Wenbe'g  t  Co. 

♦ 

ARRIV£iD. 
Steam-ship    New-Urleaon,     Deartwm,    New-Orleans 
Feb.  7,  with  mdse.  and  passeagers  to  Clark  &  siea- 

Femandins  Feb. 


0  and  Port  Bojral  lOib,  with  mdae.  mok\ 
C  H.  MsDocv  fc  Ca 

Bt«am-ship  ABOhorU,  (BT.,)M«iin>.  Gle^gnu  Mk  a, 
Moville  4tb,  withmdae.  MUlpaaaeBgenteEeadaBCWRi 
Brothers.  ' 

Steam-abip  Bio  Oraade,  Bolfcer,  Oaiveetoa  Vett  8, 
and  Key  West  9th,  with  rndse.  and  paasencera  to  C. 
H.  Mallory  &  Co 

dteam-sbip  Hew-Tork.  Qnlek,  VewOrleaaa  Feb,  7^ 
with  mdse.  aod  passengtrs  to  Bogen  k.  Koccaa. 

Steam-ship  Nevada.  (Br.,)  Guard,  Liverpool  Jan.  31, 
vte  9*«enstown  Fab,  1,  with  muse,  and  passencers  tt.^ 
Williams  fc  Gnlon.  ^ 

8team-shtp  Old  Dominion,  Walker,  BiobinoDd  and' 
Norfolk,  with  mdse.  and  paaaengars  to  Old  Oomlalaa' 
Steam-ship  Company.  -    ' 

•  Bteam-Bhlp  Canada.  (Fr.,>  Fzaocenl.  Havre  Feb.  9, 
and  Plymouth  4tb,  with  mdse.  and  110  paneacea*  • 
to  Lonis  De  Bebian.  TT 

Steam-ship  C^lty  of  Vera  Cms,  Deaken.  HavaiiapiuHL  . 
10.  with    mdse.  .and  T>a8aeBKer8  to  P.  Alexanae  * 
Sons. 

SteKn-sblp  ChiBk  (Br.,)  Ollls.  Mverpool  Feb.  S» 
via  Qneenstown  4th,  with  mdse.  and  naasemten  tO 
C  Q.  Francklyn. 

Ship  Iieviatban.  (Rotw.,)  Mosfeld,  Liverpool  SSda.*^ 
with  salt  to  order.  / 

Bark  Ja'ne  Kilgour,  <ot  Dundee,)  Kflgonr,  Cai^eaaa 
15  da.,  with  sugar  to  G.  Amstnck  fc  Co.— vesMl  to  O. 
F.  BuUey.  /^ 

Bark  Kliza  Barss,  Veasey,  (of  and  trom  Be^oda  6 
ds..)  in  ballast  to  A.  E.  Tucker  tiCo.  T 

BrigLydla  H.  Cole,  (of  Turk's  Island,)  Rose,  Santla«o 
Jan.  13.  via  Guantanamo  Feb.  23.  with  8u(sr and  ooSer 
to  order. 

Sohr.  Anna  B.  Krans,  (of  Boston.)  Pnrvere.  MazselUae 
Dec  12.  with  mdse.  to  James  Henry — vessel  to  Brett. 
Son  &  Co. 

Schr.  Flora  Curtis.  Curtis,  Virginia. 

8chr.  Ann  Elizabeth,  HaU,  Aantncket,  with  flah  to 
master. 

8chr.  AUda.  Cousins.  Providence. 

Sctar.  NelUe  M.  Snow,  Saow,  Provldenee.  for  Vlr* 
ginia. 

Schr.  Alexandria.  Falkenham,  Provldenoe. 

Scbr.  Charlie  Miller,  Jones,  New-Haveo,  for  Vlirgialak 

Bchr.  Channebor,  Ferxnaon.  New-Haven. 

Schr.  Baltimore,  Johnson,  New-Haven,  for  Poit  John> 
son. 

Schr.  T.  P.  Abell.  Carr,  Wiekford. 

Sohr.  Nellie  H.  HiUyard,  Eastport,  with.flabto  Jdiq 
BovDton's  Son. 

WIND-Kunset,  light,  8.;  dear. 


'v'.-^' 


SAILED. 
Steam-ships  Oellert,  for  Bamburc;-rW.  A.  Sebolte^ 
for  Rotterdam :  Colon,  foi  Asplnwall :  Isaae  Bell,  fof 
Kicbmond;  barks  Nomen.  for  ROCterdaxn;  Traveller, 
for  Havre;  J.  H.  McLarren,  for  Qiaajcow;  Anna 
Walsh,  for  Buenos  Ayres.  Also,  via  hoag  Island 
^'oand.  steam-shins  Bleanora,  for  Portland  ;  Qlaoeoa, 
for  boetoii ;  schrs.  Mom  Qlen,  for  St.  JOha,  V.  B4  -  & 
G.  Bird,  fbr  Salam. 


SPOKEN. 


By  brig  Lydla  H.  Cole,  Feb.  6,  lat  'Si  69.  Ion.  78  BL 
ship  Harriet  H.  MoGllverr-  •««.••»*» 


BY  OABLE. 

LovDoir.  Feb.  16.— Sid.  6th  inst..  Blla  M.  Bteietm 
13th  inst..  D.  C.  Morris.  .Mpheus  Marsban.  Andoiti^ 
Nora.  Capt.  Berg:  Volpini;  15tb  inst..  Ashantee.  tbe' 
latter  for  Nova  Scotia ;  Lizzie.  Capt  Carney. 

Arr.  3d  inst.,  AceUa  Thurlow:  6th  inst..  A.  C  Dlek- 
erman;  15 ih  inst.,  lichweigaard.  M.  A.  Doran,  Spartan. 
Express,  (jHPt.  Halvorsen;    Aeostini  D.  » 

QuEBVSTOWK,  Feb.  1 6.— The  Williams  k  Onion  Ltne 
steam-sbip  Wyoming.  Capt.  Jones,  from  Kew-Tork  Feb. 
6.  for  Liverpool,  arr.  at  5  o'clock  this  eveniiig. 


T  HIB  T  Y-S  E  C  O  N  J>    A  N  N  U  AL^B  EJP-O  BX 


OF   THE 


N 


R  K 


■■-—'> 


-L 


781.585  S9 

482,695  40 

125.027  15 
36,154  19 


Dlvlalble  surplus  at  4  ^  cent $2,826,816  00* 

Surplus,  estimated  by  tbe  New>york  State  standard  at  4  1-3  percent,  over 93>900,000  90J 


From  the  undivided  surplus  of  S2,626.816  the  Board  of  Trustees  has  declared  a  reveralooary  dividend! 
available  on  settlement  of  next  annual  premium- to  participating  policies  proportionate  to  their  oontrlb^ton  to* 
Burpius.    The  cash  value  of  the  reversion  may  be  used  m  such  settlement  It  the  policy-holders  So  elect.  '^^       ' 

During  the  year  6,514  policies  have  been  Issued,  insuring  $20,002,1U. 


Number  of  poUoies  in  force  Jan.  1.  1876,44,661- 

Kumberofpollciesin  force  Jan.  1,  1877,  45,431. 

Amount  at  risk  Jan.  1,  1876 $130,183,110 

Amount  at  risk  Jan.  1,  1877 


,^,127,7<J8,47S« 


MORRIS  FRAirKLnr, 
DANIEL  S.  MILLER, 
ROBERT.  B.  COLLINS, 
CHARLES  WRIGHT,  M.  P., 
J.  F.  SEYMOUR. 
HENBT  BOWERS, 


TRDSTBES. 
DAVID  DOWS, 
JOHN  MAIBS, 
WILLIAM  BARTON. 
WILLIAM  A.  BOOTH, 
C.  R.  BOGERT,  M.  D., 
BDWABD  MARTIN, 
WILLUM  H.  BKERS. 


ISAAC  C.  KBinDALL, 
■WM.  H.  APPLBT05, 
LOOMIS  L.  WHITE. . 
H.  B.  CLAFLIS, 
OBORGK  A.  OSOOOO, 
JNO.  M.  FDRMAN.^ 


OIORRIS   FRANK.LJN.    President. 
WUjLOAAI    H.    beers,    Ylce    President 


and  -Actuary* 


THEODORE  M.  BANTA,  Cashier. 
D.  ODELL,  Superintendent  of  Agencies.  ^ 
CORNELIUS  PL  BOGERT,  M.  D.,  >  ""^ 

CHARLES  WRIGHT,  M.  D..  ^  Medical -BxaailBaw. 


Ui 


TTTTI 


NITED  STATEii 


INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

IN  THE  CITT  OF  NEW  YORK, 

261,  262,  263  Broadway. 

ASSETS,  $4,827,176.52 

iSURPLUS,  $820,000 

EVERT  APPROVED  FORM  OF  POLICY 
ISSUED  ON  MOST  FAVORABLE  TERMS 

AIL  ENDOWMENT  POLICIES 

AH1>  *■       ^ 

AFPROVEB  0KAZM8 

MATUBXNO  IN  1877 


WILL  BE 


AT  7^ 


ON  PRESENTATION. 
JAMBS  BUZJIX.   -    •    PSSSmENT. 

C.  M.  MARVIN, 

GENERAL  AGENT. 


E  W-Y  O 
I  N  S U R A N CE    C O M PJMKY, 

OFFICE, 

NOS.    346   AND    348   BROADWAY. 

J'-A.Ivrcr-A.K.'S'    1,    1877- 
AMOUNT  OF  NET  CASH  AeiSETS,  JAN.  1,   1S7« 830.168.909  «# 

REVENUE    ACCOUNT. 

Premiumfl $5,910,840  87 

interesi.  received  and  accrued $2,x64,080  81 

Less  amount  accraeilJ  an.  1,  1876 257,130  86— 1,906,949  95— ?  7,817,790  SSi 

Total S37,9S4,6a3  24, 

DISBURSEMENT    ACCOUNT. 

Losses  by  death $1,647,648  43 

Di-videndB  and  returned  premiums  oa  canceled  nollcies 2,616,681  16 

Liie aunuiciea,  matured  endowments,  aud  re-insuranoes :... .......         234,230  22 

Commissions,  brokerages,  aseacy  expenses,  and  pbysician'B  fees 373,00167 

Tjxes,  office  and  law  expenses,  salaries,  advertisiuK,  printing,  &o ■■-376,694  33    - 

Reduction  of  prerciums  on  United  States  stocks •^-  140,232  32 

On  other  stocks >•  65,307  19—  $5,2(53,795  81 

Total |S32,730,i»S  SMk' 

ASSETS. 

Cash  iu  Trust  Company,  in  banks,  and  ou  band $1,427,933  18 

IiiTestedin  Uoited  States,  ^few-Tork  City,  and  other  stocks,  (market  value 
$10,311,045  67) ;  9,730,529  91 

Kealestate ^2,541,676  Mr^ 

This  Includes  real  estate  purchased  under  foreclosure,    amonntinz   to 

$773,402  32,  a  recent  appraisal  of  which  by  competent   parties  shows   that, 

when  sold,  tbe  company  may  reasonably  expect  to  realize  at  least  its  cost. 

Bonds  and  mortgajtes,  first  lien  on  real  estate,    (buildings  thereon  Inanrea  ■, 
for  $15,321,000,  and  tbe  policies  assizued  to  the  company  as  additional  col- 
lateral security) 17,354,837  S*-!* 

'Loans  ou  existing  policies,  (the  reserve  held  bv  the  company  on  these  pohcies 
amounts  to  $3.659,490) 

•Quarterly  and  semi-annual  premiums  on  existing  policies,  duo  subsequent  to 
Jan.  1.1877 

•Premiums  on  existing  policies  iu  course  of  transmission  and  collection,  (estl- 
niated  reserve  on  these  policies  $595,000,  included  in  liabilities) ^ 

Agents'  balances 

Accrued  interest  on  investments  to  Jan.  1,  1877 300,558  68— $32,730,898  ^ 

*  A  df  tailed  schcduU  of  theee  iteJMwMavsompany  the  tuvM  (mniMl  report  filed  laiOt  the  Insurance 
Department  of  ihe  State  of  New-  Vork. 

Excess  of  market  value  of  secorltios  over  cost SS0.616  7ft 

CASa  ASSETS,  JAN.  1, 1S77 .933,3 Ll.iusif 

Approoriated  as  follows: 

Adjusted  losses,  due  subsequent  toJan.   1,1877 $314.440  98 

Reported  losses  awaiting  proof,  &0 '   201,152  21     - 

Keserved  tor  reinsurance    on  existing  policies ;  particix>atlng  Insurance  at   4  '  ' 

per  cent.  Carlisle,  net  premium;   non-participating  at  h  per  cent.  Carlisle,  net 

premium 29,634,46161 

Reservedfor  contingent  liabilities  to  Tontine  Dividend  Fund,   over  and  above  a 

4por  cent,  reserve  on  existing  policies  of  that  class 017.504  84 

Eeserved  for  premiums  paid  in  advance ;        17.038  33—30.684.8979  1 


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♦ 

ACTION    OF  THE    ELECTORAL    TRI- 
BUNAL. 
Resolute   refusal  to  go   bkhind  the 

I^WFUL  ACT  OF  THE  STATE — EVIDKNCB 
BBTOND  THE  STATE  CERTIFICATION 
EXCLUDED — A  P80P08ITION  TO  PERMIT 
FURTHER  ■  ARGUMENT  '  DECLINED  BY 
COUNSEL  ON  BOTH  SIDES — THE  EIGHT 
_^  VOTES  OF  LOUISIANA  COUNTKD  FOR 
HAYES  AND  WHEELER  BY  EIGHT  TO 
SEVEN — A     NEW    DEMOCRATIC    PROJECT 

FOR  DELAY. 

Special  Distxtteh  to  the  N'ew-Tork  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  16.— It  was  generally 

Understood  this  morning;  that  the  Electoral 
Commission  would  vole  on  the  admissibility 
of  eyidence  in  the  Louisiana  case  at  4  o'clock 
to-day,  and  it  was  quite  aa  generally  be- 
lieved that  the  decisioi]^  rendered  would 
virtually  decide  the  Presidential  question.  For 
the«e  reasons  tbe  utmost  interest  was  manifest- 
ed in  the  doings  of  the  tribunal,  and  for  two 
hours  before  the  time  for  taking  the  vote  the 
Capitol  was  filled  by  an  anxious  and  excited 
nrowd.  Durine  the  morning  the  Democrats, 
Bnoonraged  by  their  leaders,  continued  to  as- 
sert that  the  result  would  certainly  be  in  their 
favor,  and  many  of  them  remained  in  this  be- 
lief until  late  in  the  evening.  Why  they 
should  have  cherished  the  hope  referred 
to,  however,  they  were  unable  to  state. 
To  all  questions  in  this  direction  their  only 
answer  was,  '•  We  cannot  tell  why,  but  we 
know  tbat  everyttung  is  all  right  for  Tilden." 
At  one  time  it  was  stated  that  Mr.  Hoar  had 
expressed  a  determination  to  vote  in  favor  of 
the  Democrats,  and  later  on  Judge  Bradley 
waa  selected  as  the  Commissioner  who  bad  de- 
cided lo  join  the  ranks  of  Mr.Tilden's  suoporters. 
Tbese  rumors  tended  to  increase  the  crowd,  and 
at  3  o'clock  it  was  almost  impossible  to  tret 
Dear  the  Supreme  Court  room.  The  balls,  pas- 
Bage-ways,  and  aisles  were  all  blocked  up  by 
those  who  had  come  to  hear  the  verdict,  and  it 
was  with  the  utmost  difficulty  that  tbe  large 
force  of  special  policemen  could  keep  clear  the 
appproacbesto  the  chamber  where  tbe  15  Judges 
were  deliberating.  In  the  crowd  were  nearly 
all  the  distiuguished  members  of  both  houses  ot 
Congress,  and  with  extreme  good  humor  well- 
known  members  ot  both  parties  speculated 
upon  tbe  probable  decision  ot  the  tribunal,  and 
expressed  tbe  belief  tbat  their  side  would  be 
successful.  Noticeable  among  the  rest  was 
William  M.  Evarts,  who,  pale,  silenc  and 
thoughtful,  stood  near  tbe  main  entrance  to 
tbe  court-room,  listening  to  the  animated 
whispers  of  his  ast^ociate  counsel.  Judge 
Shellabarger.  W^illiam  T.  Pelton,  Mr.  Tilden's 
neohew,  pushe^l  his  way  through  the  throng, 
keenly  watching  and  bstenmg  as  be  went. 
Senators  Kandolph,  Patterson,  and  Dorsey 
were  evidently  quite  as  anxious  for  a  decision 
as  were  two  torn  and  ragged  colored  men  who 
B.tood  near  them,  and  Senator  Blaine,  with 
even  more  nervous  haste  than  is  usual 
with  bim,  walked  about  a.<<  rapidly  as 
the  crowd  would  permit,  sharply  questioninf 
all  thosu  who  were  likely  to  be  possessed 
ot  trustworthy  informatioo.  This  was  tbe  sit- 
uation at  4  o'CiOck ;  both  sides  were  hopeful  and 
they  were  both  eiceedingly  anxious. 

At  the  hour  named  a  rumor  began  to  be  cir- 
culated ^at  by  a  vote  of  11  to  4 ;  the  Commis- 
sion had  decided  to  go  behind  the  returns, 
rhia  report  spread  with  great  rapidity  and 
for  a  time  was  quite  generally  believed.  As 
it  could  be  traced  to  no  trustworthy  source, 
however,  and  as  the  doors  of  the  court-room  still 
remained  closed,  it  was  soon  reiected  as 
unworthy  of  credit,  and  the  crowd  settled 
back  into  a  state  of  anxious  expectancy.  At 
4:50  an  attendant  ran  quickly  out  of  the  cham- 
ber where  the  Commissioners  were  seated, 
and  in  a  moment  he  was  surrounded  by  a  hun- 
dred persons,  who  made  it  impossible  for  bim 
to  pass  until  he  told  them  something  ot  the 
nature  of  the  proceedings  going  on  inside. 
The  only  answer  which  he  would  make  to  their 
questions,  however,  was  tbat  be  had  been  seilt 
out  to  call  in  the  counseL  A  few  momenta 
after  this  another  attendant  came  from  .be 
court-room,  and  amid  great  excitement  whis- 
pered to  a  number  of  fhends  that  bf  a  vote  of 
8  to  7  the  Commission  had  decided 
not  to  go  behind  the  returns.  Then 
tbe  press  gallery  was  thrown  open,  and  amid 
an  almost  painful  silence  the  result  indicated 
was  annotmced.  Then  Mr.  Payue  moved  that 
counsel  on  either  side  be  allowed  one  hour  to 
discuss  the  general  aspects  of  tl^^ase.  Both 
Mr.  Evarts  and  Judge  Campbell,  however, 
BtAted  tbat  they  did  not  desire  any  turther 
time,  and  after  some  further  disousijion  of  no 
'  importance  the  tribunal  again  went  into  ex- 
ecutive session. 

Now  that  the  Demoorats  have  giyen  np  all 
hope  of  success  belore  the  tribunal,  some  of 
them  are  casting  about  for  a  means  to  prevent 
a  declaration  of  the  result  by  tbe  4th  of  March, 
BO  aa  to  make  a  new  election  necessary.  Tbe 
Oregon  case  is  relied  upon  by  them  to  delay 
matters,  and  objections  to  countins:  the 
South  Carolina  vote  will  be  made, 
and  perhaps  others,  to  prolong  the 
legal  contest.  Despite  the  protestations 
of  the  Democratic  leaders  that  •they  would 
promptly  and  willingly  abid«  and  assist  the 
promulgation  of  the  decision  ot  the  tribunal, 
it  IS  well  known  that  the  proposal  of  tfelaying 
announcement  of  the  result — so  that  a  new  elec- 
tion would  have  to  be  held — is  being 
carelulJy  canvassed,  and  points  for  ob- 
jection are  being  prepared.  One  proposi- 
ion  now  pressed  is  that  Congress  shall  pass 
an  act  declaring  who  shall  be  the 
President  from  the  4th  of  March  until  a  new 
election  can  be  held.  They  hold  that  unless 
some  such  law  is  passed,  and  the  contest 
should  be  prolonged  until  after  tbe  4th  of 
March,  under  existing  laws  there  is  no  one 
now  in  official  position  who  would  be  entitled 
to  the  Presidency.  The  point  of  their  argument 
is  that,  under  the  Constitution  and  existing 
laws,  there  are  only  four  contingencies  in 
which  the  President  of  tbe  Senate  or  tbe 
Speaker  of  tbe  House  can  succeed  to  the  Presi- 
dency, lo-wit:  death,  resignation,  removal,  or 
inability  on  tbe  part  of  the  President  elected 
b.y  tbe  people  ;  a'dd  that  none  of  these  o.iuses 
'  in  this  instance  intervening,  neither  tbe  Presi- 
dent of  the  Senate  nor  the  Speaker  of  the 
House,  nor  any  other  official,  can  assume  the 
Presidential  of&ce  unless  a  law  is  passed 
giving  the  necessary  authority.  Carrying  out 
tbifl  idea,  and  as  a  sequel  to  the  policy  ot  delay 
BO  as  to  force  a  new  election,  a  bill  baa  been 
prepared  and  is  in  the  hands  of  a  prominent 
Democratic  member  of  the  House,  setting  forth 
these  tacts,  and  providing  that  Hamilton  .Pish. 
the  present  Secretary  of  State,  shall  succeed 
to  the  office  of  President  of  the 
United  States  on  the  4th  of  March, 
to  bold  the  same  until  a  .  new 
■Uaiian  oatn  be  held.    26  is  the  intention  of  tke 


gentleman  having  this  bill  in  charge  to  offer  it 
whenever  the  party  managers  direct.  Mr.  Fish's 
name  is  mentioned  in  the  bill  because  it  is 
thought  by  the  framers  of  it  that  the  Republi- 
cans can  find  no  possible  objection  to  him,  and 
because  be  is  less  obieocionable  to  the  Demo- 
crats than  any  other  Republican  that  could  be 
named. 

ARGUMENTS  IN  SECRET  SESSION. 

INTENSE    INTEREST    IN  THE   COMMISSION    AS 
TO  THE  RESULT — IHE  QUESTION  FOUND 
TO    REST    WITH    JUDGE    BRADLEY — HIS 
VOTES  FULLY  BUSTAINICD  BY  HIS  ARGU- 
MENT— THE  POINTS  CONTENDKD  FOR  BY 
THE    DEMOCRATIC  COMMISSIONERS    AND 
HOW  THEY  WERE  MET. 
Speeial  DUjmtch  to  the  New-Tork  Tlmei. 
Washingtov,   Feb.  16. — Tbe  Commission 
began  its  session  this  morning  at  10  o'clock 
with  closed  diiors,  having   under  consideration 
the  question  of  admitting  testimony  offered  by 
the  Democratic  counsel  in  the  Louisiana  case. 
The  discussion  was  opened  by  Senator  Morton, 
who  spoke  about  half  an  hour.     Ho  was  fol- 
lowed, m  the  order  given,  by  Senator  Thurman, 
Gen-  Garfield,  Senator  Bayard,  who    spoke   an 
hour.    Senator    Edmunds,    Mr.    Hunton,    Mr. 
Hoar,   who    spoke    very    briefly,   and    Justice 
Bradley,  who  spoke  last  and  closed  the  debate. 
The    discussion  was  earnest  and    warm,   but 
courteous    throughout.     Toward   the   close   of 
the  day  the  interest  in  the   Commission  grew 
intense,   as  it    became    clear    from    the    tone 
ot    the    speeches    that    the    vote    of    Justice 
Bradley  would  decide  the  case,  and  practically 
determine  the  final  resul  t    of  the  labors  of  the 
Commission.    He  had  givjn  jxo  intimation    of 
his  views,  and  as  be  did  not  speak  till  near  the 
hour  ot   voting,  the   intensity    ol  feeling    grew 
as  the  time  passed  on.    He  spoke  about  ten 
minutes,   and   then  read   from    notes  whioh  he 
had  prepared   last    night       His    views    were 
clearly  and  strongly  stated,  and  abundantly 
sustained  the  votes  whioh  ho  gave. 

No  other  members  of  tbe  Commission  spoke 
except  those  above  named.  The  olfera  of  evi- 
dence were  taken  up  as  numbered  by  couunel, 
and  rejected  seriatim,  anl  the  counsel  having 
been  informed,  and  no  more  time  for  argument 
being  desired,  the  Commission  again  went 
into  secret  session  at  about  5:39,  and 
remained  till  the  formal  decision  to  count  the 
votes  of  Louisiana  had  been  made,  and  the 
papers  had  been  prepared  so  that  a  joint  meet- 
ing of  tbe  two  houses  could  be  held  to-morrow. 
The  vote  on  every  important  deoisioa  was  8  to 
7,  the  Republicans  and  the  Democrats  voting 
aocordinfi  to  their  party  affiliations.  Tbe 
reasons  assigned  by  the  Commisslou  are  two. 
The  first,  as  in  the  Flonia  case,  states 
that,  acting  with  the  power  of  the  two  houses 
of  Consress,  the  Commission  has  no  power 
to  go  behind  the  certificate  of  the  Governor, 
based  on  tho  canvass  of  votes  ;  and,  second, 
that  the  Commission  can  take  no  evidence, 
aliundi  the  returns,  to  show  that  an  Elector 
was  ineligible  on  the  day  of  his  election,  it  not 
being  alleged  that  he  was  ineligible  at  tbe  time 
of  voting  as  an  Elector.  The  discussion  on  this 
latter  point  will  be  noticed  further  oa. 

The  line  of  argument  in  the  Commission  was 
very  interesting,  and  a  brief  statement  will 
show  how  the  questions,  crudely  presented  by 
tbe  Democratic  counsel,  were  narrowed  and 
made  clear.  The  decision  in  the  Florida  case 
was  regarded  as  having  settled  most  of  the 
points  raised,  but  a  distinction  was 
made  between  the  two  cases,  upon 
which  the  Democratic  Commissioners 
contended  the  refusal  to  take  the  testimony 
might  be  reversed.  In  the  Florida  case  the 
objections  did  not  charge  that  the  canvass  was 
fraudulent,  but  only  that  the  Raturning  Board 
acted  from  a  mistaken  'view  of  the  law,  and 
exceeded  its  jurisdiction.  In  the  case  of 
Louisiana  the  offers  of  proof  and  the  writ- 
ten objections  charged  every  species  of 
frand,  including  a  conspiracy  to  return  as 
elected  the  Electors  who  were  not  really  chosen, 
in  the  Louisiana  case,  also,  the  legality  of  the 
Returning  Board  was  attacked,  and  it  was  of- 
fered to  be  proved  that  the  board  was  not  a 
legal  body,  and  that  the  canvass  was  not  in 
accord  with  any  State  law.  The  Republican 
argunient  was  generally  to  the  effect  that  tbe 
differences  alleged  between  the  cose  in 
Louisiana  and  in  Florida  did  not  really 
exist.  The  Democrats  made  the  point 
tbat  tbe  papers  in  tbe  LouiBiana  case, 
sent  to  the  Commission  from  the  Vice  Presi- 
dent, did  not  show  that  the  Governor's  certifi- 
cate was  based  on  any  canvass.  In  reply  to 
this,  the  certificate  of  the  Secretary  of  State, 
showing  that  there  had  been  a  canvass  and 
its  results,  was  produced  as  part  of 
the       Hayes       returns.  The      case      was 

claimed  and  shown  by  RoDublictins  to  be 
precisely  similar  to  that  decided  when  the 
Florida  disoute  was  before  the  Commission. 
This  was  the  ground  on  which  they  voted  to 
reject  extrinsic  evidence.  I'here  was  much 
discussion  in  tbe  Commission  aa  to  the  State 
laws  of  Louisiana,  whether  certain,  and  which 
of  them,  were  repealed  or  in  force. 

Tbe  question  of  eligibility  was  considered 
and  decided  by  refusing  to  receive  the  evidence 
offered,  which  was  to  prove  that  Brewster  and 
Levisse  were  Federal  office-holders  on  the  7th 
ot  November,  and  that  Kellogg  and  one  or  two 
others  were  ineUgible  under  the  Consti- 
tution of  the  State.  The  question 
of  eligibility  was  thus  divided  into 
two  parts.  The  first  was  that  pertaining  to  the 
disqualification  of  certain  persons  bv  tho  Con- 
stitution ot  a  State.  It  was  held  that  the 
grant  of  power  to  elect  or  determine  the  man- 
rer  of  election  is  granted  directly  to  the  Legis- 
lature by  the  Federal  Constitution,  and  that 
no  State  Constitution  can  impose  additional 
disabilities  to  those  imposed  by  the  Con- 
stitution of  the  United  States.  As  sustain- 
ing, the  sound  sense  of  'this  view, 
it  was  said  that  it  would  have  been  unreason- 
able to  permit  a  disqualification  which  would 
deprive  the  country  of  the  best  men  in  the 
States,  who  might,  presumably,  be  found 
among  the  officers  of  the  States.  This  alleged 
ineligibility  '  was  therefore  held  not  to 
exist.  The  other  point  was  as  to  the 
ineligibility  of  Federal  office-holders.  The  ar- 
gument on  which  evidence  was  refused,  in 
this  branch  of  the  case,  was  furnished  by  Jus- 
tice Bradley.  lie  stated  that  he  had  modified 
bis  Views  somewhat  by  reflection  on  Ais 
subject.  He        was        of        the        opinion 

that  the  language  in  the  Constitution 
that  **  no  person  shall  be  a  Senator " 
&o.,  and  tbat  "no  person  shall  be  appointed 
an  Elector,"  &.O.,  are  to  be  considered  simply 
as  different  ways  of  expressing  the  same  thing. 
Therefore,  there  is  no  prohibition  upon  a  State 
as  to  tbe  appointment  of  Federal  officers  as 

Electors, but  such  officers  were  disqualified  from 
acting  as  Electors.  If  they  were  eligible 
at  the  time  of  acting  as  Electors,  their  action 
was  valid,  in  the  Florida  case  it  was  alleged 
that  Humphries  was  an  ofQoebolder  at  the  time 
he  voted,  and  Justice  Bradley  said  at  that  time 
his  mind  was  not  made  up  as  to  the  effect 


tber  consideration  upon  It  he  wQuld 
vote  to  admit  evidence  as  to  the  fact  alleged. 
In  the  case  of  Brewster  and  Levisse  there  was 
no  allegation  that  tbej  were  officeholders  at 
the  time  when  the  Electoral  College  met,  and 
therefore,  the  view  of  Justice  Bradley  prevail- 
ing, there  was  nothing  left  in  the  case  which 
needed  the  introduction  of  evidence,  because 
the  fact  alleged,  if  proved  tbat  they  were  office- 
holders on  the  6th  of  November,  would  not 
have  been  regarded  as  material  to  the  case.  It 
will  be  seen  that  Justice  Bradley  was  entirely 
c^sistent  in  his  action  in  this  and  in  the 
Florida  decisions. 


of    sooh    inelixibilitz.     and  .jBendinaL.  faJfr J  jaeM   oflcawonaUy  mixed    with  the  tiirong. 


EFFECT   ON   LEAVING    DEMOCRATS. 

THE  SOUTHERNERS  ACCEPT  THE  SITUATION 
IN  GOOD  TEMPER— A  GLOOMY  MEET- 
ING     AT        HEWITT'S        KEStDENCE THK 

CONTENT  CONSIDERED  LOST,  UN- 
LE.«8  SOMETHING  MAY  BE  GAINED  BY 
DELAY — VARIOUS  PROPOSiriONS  MADE 
FOUND  TO  BR  DISTASTEFUL. 

Special  DiapatcU  to  thi  .Veic-  York  Timu. 

Washington,  Feb,  16. — It  is  curions  to 
note  the  diversity  of  sentiment  among  the 
Democrats  as  to  the  policy  which  should  bo 
pursued  by  them,  now  that  they  h.ave  lost  all 
hope  in  the  Commission.  Some  of  the  North- 
em  and  Western  Democrats  are  exceedingly 
distressed,  and  speak  ot  the  Republican  mem- 
bers of  the  Commission  as  "perjurers," 
"scoimdrels,"  and  the  like.  They  also  talk  loud- 
ly of  attempting  to  break  up  tbe  Commission, 
and  of  other  violent  schemes  to  prevent  the 
announcement  ot  the  election  of  Mr,  Hayes, 
A  good  many  more,  and  in  fact  nearly  all  the 
candid  thinking  men  of  tbe  Democratic  Party, 
say  very  little,  and  seem  to  be  lost  in  contem- 
plation of  their  situation.  The  Southern  Demo- 
crats are  in  much  the  best  humor,  most  ot  them, 
taking  a  good-naturod  view  of  the  situation, 
and  they  are  opposed  to  any  factious  oppoji- 
tion  tending  to  prevent  a  declaration  of  the 
results  arrived  at  by  the  tribunal.  One  promi- 
nent Southern  Democrat  said  that  the  South 
was  in  no  condition  or  temper  to 
run  any  chances  by  engaging  in  an 
unwarrantable  opposition  to  the  decree  of 
the  Electoral  Commission,  which  they  had 
helped  to  create  for  the  purpose  'ot  amicably 
settling  this  questien.  He  did  not,  be  said,  ap- 
prove ot  the  findings  of  the  tribunal,  but  it 
was  his  duty  to  act  in  accordance  with  that 
decision,  no  matter  what  it  might  be.  Another 
Southern  Democrat  sold  that  while  they  wanted 
Tilden  as  Pres'ident.  he  thought  the  inaugur.i- 
tion  of  Gov.  Hayes  would  bring  about  a  uew 
Southern  policy,  ana  it  might  probablv  bo 
the  best  result  for  his  section  that  could 
be  reached  to  make  no  opposiinon  to  tbe 
decree  of  the  Commission.  Gen.  Whit-- 
theme  said  good-uaturedly  that  when 
the  Southern  people  played  a  game  ot  chance 
and  gut  beat,  they  never  found  fault  with 
the  result.  They  were  used  to  loaiug  some- 
times, and  they  were  always  noted  for  taking 
it  good  naturedly.  If  he  were  a  member  of 
the  Commi'<8ion  he  would  resign,  not  with 
a  view  ot  defeating  tbe  ultimate  judg- 
ment of  the  Commission,  but  -  because  he 
would  not  be  a  party  to  a  game  where  he  was 
sure  to  lose.  Judge  Niblaok,  of  Indiana,  said 
that  Demoorats  should  have  faith  ;  that  the 
Commission  was  only  making  Democratic 
votes,  and  that  four  years  hence  the 
Democrats  would  have  both  houses  of 
Congress  and  the  Presidency  besides.  These 
expressions  are  about  a  i^\t  sample 
of  those  thai;  come  from  the  different  class  of 
Democrats,  and  are  heard  on  every  hand  in  the 
excited  groups  gathered  in  the  corridors  of  all 
the  principal  hotels.  The  good-natured  view 
which  the  Southern  Democrats  take  of  the 
result  Is  perhaps  the  most  interesting  lea- 
ture  of  the  situation.  They  appear  to 
have  no  disposition  to  follow  their 
Northern  allies  into  any  opposition  tending  to 
defeat  the  objects  for  whioh  the  Electoral 
Tribunal  was  created,  and  it  is  rather  an  en- 
couraging sign  to  see  them  acting  as  a  balance 
wheel  for  their  Northern  party  associa  tes. 

While  the  events  of  the  day.  and  the  effect  of 
this  decision  were  being  discussed  in  public 
places,  a  quiet  gathering  ot  the  Democratic 
leaders  was  held  at  the  bouse  of  Mr.  Abram 
S.  Hewitt.  Several  Democratic  members 
of  tbe  Commission  were  present,  and  some 
of  the  Democratic  counsel.  Judge  Black 
being  omitted,  because  he  was  held  responsible 
for  tbe  declaration  attributed  to  him  early  in 
the  contest  that  the  Demoorats  had  no  chance. 
Tbe  gathcrmg  was  exceedingly  gloomy,  and 
tho  difcussion  lacked  spirit  and  interest. 
"  Wash"  McLean,  Hewitt.  David  Dudley  Field, 
and  one  or  two  others  were  in  favor  of  the 
Democratic  members  of  the  Commission  with- 
drawing, and  they  even  went  so  far  as  to  pro- 
pose that  a  resolution  be  introduced  into  the 
House  directing  them  to  resign,  for  the  reason, 
as  they  said,  that  the  Commission  had  wholly 
failed  to  perform  the  duty  for  which 
it  was  created,  by  refusing  to  con- 
sider the  evidence  submitted  in  the  case  of 
the  disputed  States.  This  proposition  did  not 
meet  with  favor,  as  it  would  deprive  them  of  a 
chance  to  fight  the  other  points  of 
objections  to  Orogoa  and  Sofith  Caro- 
lina. It  was  then  proposed  that  when 
tbe  joint  convention  met  some  one  should 
be  designated,  who  would  quietly  state  that, 
as  there  was  evidently  no  chance  lor  a  fair 
count,  there  would  be  no  further  objection,  by 
tbe  Democracy,  to  the  counting  of  the  votes 
that  the  President  of  the  Senate  might  select, 
and  that  thev  would  appeal  to  the  country  in 
tbe  near  future  for  a  vindication  of  their  pnsi  - 
tion.  This  was  also  considered  unfavorably, 
as  it  would  interfere  with  tbe  legal  contest  yet 
to  be  made  over  Oregon,  and  perhaos  South 
Carolina.  A  proposition  to  abandon  further 
legal  argument  before  the  high  Commission 
was  also  negatived,  aad  it  was  decided 
to  make  a  fight  on  Oregon  and  leave  further 
developments  to  determine  whether  or  not  tbe 
vote  of  South  Carolina  should  be  contested.  All 
the  talk  at  Mr.  Hewitt's  develoned  the  fact  that 
there  was  not  a  chance  left  tor  the  Democracy, 
but  that  they  wotdd  continue  to  make  a  fight 
in  tho  hope  that  some  point  might  yet  be 
found  upon  which  they  could  hang  an  ob- 
jection and  make  delay,  Tbe  whole,  sub- 
ject of  the  creation  of  tbe  tribunal  was 
talked  over,  and  it  was  admittea  that  had 
Senator  Whyte's  amendment  been  supported 
by  the  Demooratio  Senators,  requiring 
the  Tribunal  to  go  behind  the  returns  and  in- 
vestigate the  charges  of  fraud,  the  Democratic 

case  would  stand  differently  to-day.  With- 
out deciding  what  to  do,  the  gloomv  gathering 
dispersed  with  the  understanding  that  a  fight 
to  kill  time  should  be  made  on  the  Oregon 
case.  In  the  meantime  every  Democrat  has 
been  notified  to  be  m  his  seat  to-morrow,  and  a 
oancuB  of  tbe  Domooraoy  will  probably  be 
called  for  to-morrow. 

PROCEEDINGS  OF    THE  COMMISSION." 
From  -12  until  5  o'clock   this   afterooon 
there  was  a  large  crowd  in  front  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  doors,  the  number  gradoally  in- 
creasing to  more  than  500.    Members  of  Con- 


awaiting  impatiently  the  opening  of  the  court- 
room. During  the  afternoon  rumors  prevailed 
about  tbe  Capitol  as  to  the  decision  of  the 
Commission  and  the  state  of  tbe  vote.  These 
reports  were  so  contradictorv  as  to  bo  confus- 
ing, and,  therefore,  did  not  gain  credence. 
There  ^was  much  consequent  excitement. 
Any  one  supposed  to  have  opportunities  for 
acquiring  information  ai  to  the  proceedings 
was  surrounded  the  moment  he  appeared  in 
view,  and  interrogated  by  several  oersons  at 
the  same  time.  A  more  Inquisitive  crowd 
was  never  before,  perhaps,  seen  at  the 
Capitol.  At  5  o'clock  counsel  were 
sent  for.  Thoy  had  bean  waiting  for  the  sum- 
mons m  a  private  room  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
and  when  advised  that  the  Commission  were 
prepared  to  receive  them  they  entered  the 
court-room  in  a  body.  Some  time  elapsed  be-" 
fore  the  doors  were  opened  to  members  of  Con- 
gress and  those  who  had  tiokots  of  admission, 
and  when  they  were  opened  a  frantic  msh  was 
made  tor  the  interior,  which  was  soon  uncom- 
fortably filled. 

The  following  are  the  resolutions  aeted  upon 
by  tbe  Commission  La  their  secret  session  ana 
afterward  reported  to  counsel  : 

Mr.  Hoar  submitted  the  following  : 

Ordtred,  That  the  evidence  be  not  received. 

Mr.  Abbott  offered  the  following  as  a  substi- 
tute: 

Jleaolved,  That  evidenoa  be  received  to  show  that- 
f^o  much  of  the  act  of  Louisiana  establishing  tbe 
Retnruing  Board  fur  that  Siatu  in  uucoDstitatlonal, 
and  tbe  acts  of  the  said  Keturning  BuarU  are  void. 

•This  was  rejected  b.y  the  following  vote: 

Yeas — Messrs.  Abnott,  Bayard,  Clifford,  Fiold. 
Huncoo,  Payiit',  ami  TbiirmHn — 7. 

Nays — Mxa^r*.  Brmiley,  Eimanils,  Frolinghuy- 
seu,  Garfield,  Hoar,  Mdlor,  ^iortun,  nnd  Strong    8. 

Mr.  Abbott  oftVred  another  substitute,  as  fol- 
lows: 

Jitnolved,  That  evidence  will  oe  received  to  show 
that  lue  Kuturniug  Board  nl  Liaisiaua,  at  toe  time 
of  caorassing  and  c.<mt)illng  the  vote  uf  that  Sta'e 
at  the  last  electiuu  111  thiit  .SlaM,  waa  not  legally 
constilnteil  uudec  the  law  eaCahliShiag  it,  iu  ibis: 
That  it  was  comooHed  ut  fuur  persons  of  one  pulii- 
icid  party,  instead  of  fire  persuns  ot  different  par- 
ties. 

Rejected  by  the  same  vote. 

Mr.  Abbott  then  offered  the  following  substi- 
tute: 

Hetolved,  That  the  Conimissioo  will  receive 
testimony  on  the  subject  o«  tbefiauax  alleged  in  tho 
specificatioo  of  cuuuitel  lor  the  objectors  to  ceriifl- 
oacea  K  8.  1  and  3. 

Rejected  by  the  same  vote, 

Mr.  All>bott  then  offered  a  fourth  substitute 
as  follows: 

lienolved.  That;  testimony  tecding  to  ahow  tbat 
thes'j-caued  recurniug  Buard  of  Louisianit  Had  uo 
turiadictiou  lo  cauvasH  Ihi*  vutea  lor  President  and 
Vice  Preaideut  ia  atlmisitible. 

Rejected  by  the  same  vote. 

Mr.  Abbott  offered  a  tilth,  which  was  reject- 
ed by  the  same  vote,  which  wa^  us  follows: 

Heiolved,  That  evidence  is  admissible  that  the 
staluujeutd  and  afiidaviis  puriiortiug  to  hxve  been 
foade  aud  I'orwarued  co  t^ul  Keturning  Bjard  in 
uuraoance  ol  tbu  provlauiua  ol  tjectiou  M,  ut  tbe 
Elucliiiu  Law  of  ltl72,  ul>e2lng  nu>,  tuaiuU,  iu- 
tiiuidaiiou  and  violence,  at  or  near 
certaiu  pjlU  and  in  cerium  pdrishen  were  false  aud 
tabricaied  aud  torged  by  certaio  disreputable  our- 
sous  uud«r  the  alrcotiou  and  i>'uo\vl»iii>e  <>f  said  iia- 
turning  B»ard  ;  tbat  said  H  tariimgBuard.  knowing 
tbe  Haul  Blatumcnis  aud  atlid:ivi;8  to  be  false  aud 
lurged,  aud  thac  none  ol  such  Btatemeu^H  and 
afiidiiviiH  were  nia'le  in  the  in.iuner  or  lorm  or  with- 
in tht>time  teqaircd  by  law,  did  kuowluitly,  willinlly 
and  li'audal.'Ui.iy  tail  uuu  lefaae  lu  coiivua*  ur  com- 
pile mure  (ban  10.000  votes  cost,  aa  ia  bbuwu  by  the 
Coiumissiouers  oi  Eituiioo, 

Mr.  Iluntou  offered  a  sixth  substitute  as  fol- 
lows: 

Jiuolved.  That  evidence  be  received  lo  prove 
tbat  the  votes  caiit  and  civen  ut  tbe  aaid  election  oa 
tbe  7tb  of  November  last,  as  shown  bv  the  return 
made  by  tho  Commis>iiuuei'S  of  ^loctiou  for  uaid 
pulls  aad  vuling  |ilact;8  id  said  htate,  have  never 
lieea  com;>iled  lur  canvassed,  and  tliat  the  Bai:i  Ue- 
turnioe  Buard  never  eveu  pretended  to  compile  or 
cauTMBM  tbe  retuiua  made  oy  the  said  Commisaiun- 
eri  of  EleorioD,  but  tbat  said  liaturuiue  liuard  only 
pretended  to  cauvaxs  the  returns  made  Dy  tho  iStaie 
bapervioors  of  iteglairaiiuo. 

Rejected  by  the  same  vote.  *■ 

A  seventh  substitute  was  offered  by  Mr. 
Bayard,  us  tallows : 

JietoUed,  Xbat  no  person  bolding  an  office  of  traat 
or  pruh.  uiiiier  ibu  Uuitud  Slates,  is  eii^ible  to  be  iip- 
poiuted  an  Elector,  aud  that  this  Commission  will 
reuiive  evidence  leudiog  to  prove  said  ineligibility 
aa  offered  Uy  counsel  tor  objectors  to  ceriilicates 
nambeiB  one  and  three. 

Rejected  by  the  same  vote. 

Mr.  Justice  Field  offered  the  eighth  and  last 
substitute,  as  follows : 

Hetoited,  Thtit  in  tho  opinion  of  the  Commission, 
evidcuce  is  a<imii>aible  upuu  tbe  several  matters 
which  tbe  conusel  for  objectors  to  cer*. iflcates  nam- 
oera  one  aud  three  olfexed  to  prove. 

This  was  also  rejected  by  the  same  vote,  and 
tbe  question  on  ttie  original  order  submitted  by 
Mr.  Hoar  called  up,  namely  :  "  1  hat  the  evi- 
dence offered  be  not  received." 

Mr.  Payne  moved  to  strike  out  the  word 
"  nor."    lleiected  by  the  same  vote. 

The  question  on  ther<iriginal  order  was  then 
Taken,  aud  it  was  adopted  by  the  following 
vote : 

Yeas — Messrs.  Bradley,  Elmnnds.  Frelingbnv 
sen,  li^rfield,  ilo&r,  MiUer.  Ikiurlou,  and   Struug — 8. 

^'Ar6 — McBsrs.  Abbott,  Bayard,  CliBbrd,  Field, 
UuDiou,  Payne,  and  Tburman— 7. 

Alter  tbe  conclusion  had  been  reached  by  the 
Commission,  counsel  were  admitted,  and  tho 
above  resolutions  were  read  by  the  Secretary. 
As  soon  as  the  final  vote  btui  been  taken  Mr. 
Justice  Field  moved  that  the  injunction  uf  se- 
crecy be  removed  Irom  the  proceedings  ot  the 
Commission,  and  it  waa  adopted  unaiiimuu«ilv. 

Mr.  Hoar  inquired  ot  the  Chair  whether  any 
of  tue  time  to  which  counsel  were  eutitjed  iiil- 
der  the  order  of  tbe  Commistiiou  romaiuod,  or 
wliether  it  bad  been  exhuu:ited. 

The  Court  replied  that  the  time  for  objec- 
tors to  Nua.  1  and  3  was  exhausted.  Ou  tbe 
part  of  objectors  to  certificate  No.  2  be  be- 
lieved 10  minutes  remained,  but  the  time  had 
been  substantially  exhausted. 

Mr.  Payue  moved  that  one  hour  be  given 
each  side  ior  the  respective  counsel  to  sum  up 
the  case. 

iMr.  Uai  field  said  that  tbe  order  bad  been 
already  made  that  each  side  should  have  four 
and  a  half  liours,  aud  that  the  timu  should  be 
used  as  they  chose  ou  tbe  interlocutory  i^ues- 
tiou.  fie  considered  he  ought  to  stand  ou  the 
order  and  Rhould  vote  against  tbe  motion. 
Counsel  tbeiuselyes  had  not  yet  asked  it. 

Justice  Clifford  luquu^ed  if  they  were  satis- 
fled  to  rest  their  case. 

Mr.  Evarts  said  they  were  satisfied  with  the 
case  as  it  stood. 

Justice  Clifford  asked  if  opposing  counsel 
also  agreed  to  it.  . 

Judge  Campbell  said  they  had  nothing  to 
add,  under  the  circumstances. 

Commissioner  Abbott — 1  understand  you. 
Judge  Campbell,  to  say  that  the  Commission 
having  ruled  out  all  the  evidence  you  offered, 
you  have  nothing  further  to  urge  i 

Judge  Campbell— Yes,  Sir. 

Justice  Clifford  said  the  motion  was  then 
withdrawn. 

Commissioner  Morton  moved  that  three 
members  of  the  Commissiou  be  appointed  to 
prepare  a  report  in  the  Louisiiina  case,  aud 
that  a  recess  of  one  hour  be  taken. 

Commissioner  Strong  said  tbat  the  question 
that  had  been  passed  upon  was  the  qao<ition  of 
the  admissibility  of  evidence,  aud  he  thought 
they  now  ought  to  go  into  the  merits  of  the 
case. 

Then,  on  motion  of  Commissioner  Hoar,  the 
Commission,  at  5:30  o'clock,  went  into  secret 
session  for  consultation. 

Commissioner  Payne  moved  that  one  hour 
be  allowed  each  side  by 'the  Commission  m 
r  which  to  make  arguments. 

Commissioner  Garfield  said  tbat  the  order  pur- 
sued yesterday,  giyiug  four  and  a  half  hours  to 
each  side  to  argue  the  whole  question,  was  in- 
terrupted by  tho  offer  of  testimony,  and  it  was 
then  agreed  that  two  additional  hours  should 
be  givea  to  tbat  question.  Alter  that  agreement 
was  entered  into,  it  waa  also  agreed  tuat  coun- 
sel might  draw  on  their  final  time  and  use  it  on 
that  interlocutory  qucstiou  if  they  chose,  and 
they  used  it  up  aud  discussed  the  whole  ques- 
tion together  with  the  iuterlooutory  question. 
The  counsel  have  not  asked  tor  additional  time, 
and  it  tbey  had  I  should  consider  that  we 
ought  to  stand  by  our  order.,  I  shall  therefore 
vote  against  the  motion  of  Commissioner 
Payne. 

Commissioner  Morton  said  that  unless  counsel 
desired  it  be  should  vote  against  tbe  proposi- 
tion. He  would  not  invite  counsel  to  argue  the 
question  further. 

Mr.  Evarts  said  that  his  side  had  argued  the 
whole  question  fully,  aud  covered  the  whole 
merits  ot  tbe^ase.  They  had  so  considered  it 
during  thn  time  allowed  them. 

The  motion  was  withdrawn. 

Mr.  Hoar  then  moved  tbat  the  Commisaion 


go  into  secret  session  for  the  purpose  of  con- 
sultation on  tbe  main  question. 

This  was  adopted,  and  the  crowd  was  direct- 
ed to  leave  the  room. 

THE  VOTE     ON     COUNTINO    LOUISIANA    FOR 
HAYES. 

Immediately  after  the  doors  were  closed, 
Senator  Morton  offered  tbe  following  resolu- 
tion :  • 

Betolvcd,  That  the  oersons  named  as  Electors  in 
certificati>  No.  1  were  the  lawfnl  Eluotora  ot  the 
St.iie  of  Louisiana,  and  that  their  votes  are  tbe 
votes  providod  by  the  Conatitntion  nf  the  United 
States,  and  ahoold  be  coanted  for  President  and 
Vice  Prnsident. 

This  resolution  was  adopted  by  a  vote  ot  8  to 
7,  as  follows  : 

Teas — Messrs.  Bradley,  Eilmundo.  Frelinghaysen, 
Garfleia,  Uoar,  Miller.  Morton,  and  Strong— 8.  ' 

Nats— Messrs.  Abbott,  Bayard,  Clifford,  Field, 
Hunton,  Payne,  and  Tharman— 7. 

Justices  Miller  and  Britdley  and  Representa- 
tive Hoar  were  then  appointed  a  committee  to 
draft  a  report  of  the  decision,  with  a  brief 
statement  of  tbe  reasons  therefor,  to  be  signed 
by  the  members  agreeing  therein,  and  to  be 
transmitted  to  the  joiut  session  of .  the 
two  bouses,  as  required  by  the  Electoral 
act.  A  recess  of  auout  one  hour  was  then 
taken  to  afford  time  for  drafting  a  report, 
which,  upon  tbe  reafisembling  ot  tbe  Commis- 
sion, w.ns  presented,  and  after  being  read  was 
signed  by  Messrs.  Miller,  Strong,  Bradley.  Ed- 
munds, Morton,  Frelinghuysen,  Garfield,  aud 
Hoar. 

REPORT  OF  IHH:   COMMllsiOW. 

The  report  is  to  the  following  effect : 

The  Electoral  Commisshm  having  received  cer- 
talu  cerdflcaten  and  papers  purportiug  to  be  ceriifl- 
caies  of  ibe  Eluctoral  votes  of  tbe  State  of  Lou- 
isiana, and  certain  papers  aticompnnyiiig  Kaaiu  and 
tb«obJecih)ua  thereto,  report  that  it  lias  duly  con- 
sidered tbe  same  aud  has  decided  aud 
does  hereby  decide  that  the  votes  ot  William 
Pitt  Kelloag.  O.  H.  Brewrfter,  A.  B.  Levisse,  Ojcar 
Joffiion,  Peter  .loitepb,  J.  H.  Birch,  L.  A.  Sheldon, 
Hiid  Morris  Marks,  named  in  ihe  certiflcatu  of 
William  Pitt  Kellogg,  Governor  of  said 
State,  (which  votes  are  certifl«d  by  said 
persons  aa  appears  by  tbe  certificates  sub- 
mitted to  the  CorauiiHsion  a»  aforesaid 
nud  msirkea  No.  1  by  said  Commission  and  here- 
with returned,)  are  the  votes  provided  for  bv  the" 
Constitution  of  the  United  S.ate.i,  and  tbat  tbe 
same  are  lawfully  to  be  counted  as  (herein  certified, 
namely,  eight  votes  tor  Kutherl'ord  B.  Hayea,  of 
the  State  of  Ohio,  lor  President,  anl  eight  votes  for 
William  A.  NVbecler.  of  tho  stat«  of  New-Torlr, 
for  Vice  Pjosulent  The  Comraiasion  also  decides 
and  repoits  that  tho  eight  p°rsona  ffrat  before 
named  were  duly  appointea  Electors  lu  and  by 
the  said  State  of  LouiBlana. 

Tfie  ground  of  this  decision,  stated  briefly,  is 
substantially  as  lollows  : 

That  it  is  not  compoteot  to  go  into  evidence 
aliunde  as  to  the  papers  opene  1  bv  the  President  of 
rue  Senate  in  the  vre^ence  of  tbe  two  houaea,  to 
prove  eleciioii  of  persous  than  those  regularly  certi- 
fied by  the  Governor  of  the  Stale  of  Louisiana,  in 
aud  according  to  the  determ'-nalion  aud  declaraiioa 
of  their  aopointroent;  in  other  words,  t^>  co  oehiud 
the  cerlidctre  of  tbe  Governor  su  far  as  it  is  founded 
upon  tbe  action  of  the  Ketarning  Board. 

The  report  wiil  also  state  that  the  Commis- 
sion could  uot  receive  any  evidence  to  show 
that  any  Elector  waa  ineligible  ou  the  7th  of 
November.. tho  day  of  the  election,  ou  the 
ground  that  it  was  not  essential  to  show  that  an 
Elector  was  eligible  on  that  day,  so  long  as 
ho  was  eligible  when  hn  cast  his  vote  lu  the 
Electoral  College ;  and  the  fact  appears  that 
the  alleged  ineligible  Electors,  Brewster  aud 
Lovisse,  were  chosen  to  fill  vacancies  caused 
by  their  owu  absence  from  the  College,  and 
there  was  no  allegation  of  ineligibility  at  the 
tune  they  cast  their  votes. 

The  Commissiou  remained  in  session  until  9 
o'clock,  when,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Edmunds,  an 
adjournment  to  4  P.  M.  to-morrow  was  ordered. 

fhe  kjccretarv  of  the  Commission  will  lo-inor- 
row  moruiug  deliver  to  the  l*reeident  pro  tcm. 
of  the  Senate  ihi^  formal  decision  above  de- 
scribed, togetbor  with  all  the  certificates  and 
accompanying  papers  on  the  Louisiana 
case  which  were  referred  to  tho  Commission . 
and  the  Secretary  will  also  deliver  to  the 
Speaker  of  the  Housa  a  formal  notification, 
signed  by  the  President  of  the  (Jommission, 
that  theii-  decision  had  been  communicated  to 
tho  President  pro  tern,  oi  tbe  Senate. 
Upon  the  reassembling  of  the  two 
bouses  in  joiut  session  tbe  decision  will  be  read 
and  entered  upon  tiieir  respective  iournals,  aud 
thereupon,  in  acoordanee  with  the  Electoral 
act,  the  vote  of  Louisiana  must  be  immediately 
counted  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler,  uuless,  Ui>ou 
objection  being  made  iu  meeting  by  at  least 
five  Senators  and  five  members  ot  the  House  of 
Kepresentatives,  tho  two  bouses  shall  sepa- 
rately concur  in  ordering  otherwise. 


THE  NEXT  ninFUTED   STATE. 

THE  OREGON  CASE  PRACTICALLY  tfkCIDED 
BY  PREVIOUS  DKCISIONS— THE  ELIGI- 
BILITY OF  AN  ELECTOR  WHEN  HE  CASTS 
lUS  VOTE  ALONE  TO  BE  CONSIDERED — 
GROVER'8  CERTIFICATE  TO  CRONIN 
NOT  BASED  ON  THE  CANVASS  Og  THE 
VOTES. 

Special  Diapalch  to  the  yew-  York  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  16. — Tbe  Oregon  case, 
which  will  be  the  next  to  go  before  the  Com- 
mission, is  practically  decided  by  the  decision 
in  tbe  Louisiana  contest.  Watts,  tnougb  a 
Postmaster  on  the  day  of  the  November  election, 
was  eligible  for  appointment,  and  was  eligible 
to  act  it  be  was  out  of  ofiico  beforf  tho 
Electors  met  on  the  6th  of  December.  The 
certificate  of  Grover  was  not  in  accordance 
with  the  canvass  of  the  votes,  as  the  papers 
with  the  certificates  will  fully  show.  Watts 
was  legally  chosen  one  of  tho  Electors,  and  the 
discharge  of  his  ofiice  of  Elector  was  legal,  and 
the  three  votes  must  De  counted  for  Hayes.  The 
Democrats  will  uot  probably  mtike  any  claim 
to  Cronin's  vote  unless  the  policy  of  delay 
should  prevail  among  them,  and  this 
could  be  used  as  a,  means  of  delay. 
The  disclosure  of  the  "true  inward- 
ness" of  the  Oregon  fraud  has  disgusted  a 
great  many  Demoorats,  and,  coming  just  at  this 
time,  has  helped  to  moderate  tlio  excitement 
over  the  Louisiana  decision,  for  they  see  that 
tboir  wild  outcry  of  fraud  ia  ruut  with  a  fraud 
substantially  and  clearly  proved. 


THE   CABINET  ON  LOUISIANA. 


PROBABLE     EARLY     RECOG.^JlTION     OF       7HR 
PACKARD     GOVERNMENT. 

Special  Dupaich  to  the  New-  York  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  16. — At  the  Cabinet 
meeting  held  to-day  the  Louisiana  case  was 
discussed  at  considerable  length,  and  it  is  un- 
derstood that  it  was  decided  to  officially  and 
fully  recognise  the  Packard  government.  It  is 
believed,  however,  that  this  recognition  will 
not  occur  until  after  the  Presidential  count  has 
been  made.  ^ 

GOV.  HAYES   CONGRATULATED. 


with  bis  usual  tranquillity.  In  a  few  minntes 
the  office  was  crowded  with  the  members  of 
tbe  General  Assembly  and  others  who  rushed 
in  to  congratulate  him  over  the  favorable  turn 
of  affairs. 


GREAT  REJOICING  IN  COLUMBUS— MEMBERS 
OF  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  PAYING 
TtlKIB  RESPECrS  TO  THIt  NEXT  PRESI- 
DENT. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  yeio-York  Tin:i. 
Columbus,  Feb.  16. — There  is  great  re- 
joicing here  to-night  over  the  decision  of  the 
Electoral  Commission  in  the  Louisiana  case. 
Even  some  Democratic  members  of  the  General 
Assembly  seemed  quite  pleased  when  the  news 
came,  and  expresseu  themselves  gratified  tbat  at 
any.  rate  the  end  of  the  Presidential  controvcrsv 
was  about  to  be  reached.  On  all  bands  the 
decision  as  to  Louisiana  is  regarded  as  sub- 
stantially conclusive  ot  tho  wuolo  matter,  and 
the  inauguration  of  Hayes  and  Wheeler  is 
now  anticipated,  by  Democrats  and  Republi- 
cans alike,  as  a  foregone  conclusion.  The 
feeliug  among  business  men  here,  regardless 
of  party,  is  oyerwbelmingly  in  favor 
6t  a  speedy  termination  of  tbe  count  by  Con- 
gress, aud  against  any  attempt,  by  filibustering 
or  otherwise,  to  prolong  the  Presidetitial  con- 
troversy. If  the  Democrats  in  Washington 
imagine  they  have  anything  to  gain  by  such  a 
course,  they  are,  s(^  far  as  Ohio  is  concerned, 
the  victims  of  a  gross  delusion. 

Gov.  Hayes  was  at  the  executive  office  chat- 
ting with  Adjutant  Geo.  Wykoff  this  even- 
ing when  the  deci&ion  in  tbe  Louisiana  case 
was  anaooncod  to  bim.  and  received  the  news, 


DAVID    DUDLEY  FIELD'S 
EFFORTS. 


FRANTIC 


PROMINENT  GBNTLE.MBN  OF  THIS  CITT  SUM- 
MONED TO  WASHINGTON— THE  BANK  AC- 
COUNTS OF  THE  REPUBLICAN  NATIONAL 
COMMITTER  TO  BE  LOOKED  INTO. 
Special  DUffitdh  to  the  ffew-Tork  Jxmet. 
WashingtoNl  Feb.  16.— ^David  Dudley 
Field's  Committee  has  sub'poenaed  Gen.  Ches- 
ter A.  Arthur,  Gen.  George  H.  Sharpe,  Mr.  Phil- 
lips, Private  Secretary  to  the  Collector  of  Cus- 
toms, and  Alderman  Pinokney.  of  New- York. 
All  the  gentlemen  named,  except  Gen.  Arthur, 
arrived  here  to-night.  He  is  confined 
to  his  home  by  sickness.  but  ex- 
presses his  willingness  to  come  on  if 
necessary.  Tbe  gentlemen  are  not  aware  what 
thoy  will  be  called  upon  to  testify  to,  and  they 
state  that  they  are  not  in  possession  of  any  in- 
formation which  would  be  calculated  to  please 
Mr.  Field  or  aid  the  cause  of  his  master,  the 
defeated  candidate  for  the  Presidency.  In 
addition  to  the  witnesses  named,  Mr. 
Field  and  his  associates,  who  seem 
to  have  a  mania  for  investigation,, 
have  called  upon  Messrs.  Chandler  and  McCor- 
mick.  the  Chairman  and  Secretary  of  the  Re- 
publican National  Committee ,  to  produce  their 
bank  accounta  and  all  accounts  relating  to  re- 
ceipts and  disbursements  of  money  for  election 
purposes.  Tho  distinguished  Mr.  Field  might 
have  spared  himself  this  trouble.  He  will  not 
be  able  to  offset  the  Oregon  infamy. 


TILDEN'S  ATTEMPTS  AT  BRIBERY. 


MORE  LIGHT  ON  THK  SUBJECT— FURTHER 
COnRKSPONDENCB  BETWEEN  OREGON 
AND   tilden's   NEW- YORK   MANAGER. 

Washington,  Feb.  16. — The  Senate  Com- 
mittee investigating  the  Oregon  Electoral  afi^irs, 
of  which  Seoulor  Mitchell  is  Chairman,  continued 
the  translation  of  cipher  telegrams  to-day  as  fol- 
lows: 

New-Tobk,  Dec.  6. 1876. 
lo  Bon.  James  K.  Kelly  • 

Is  your  matter  certain  I  There  most  be  no  mis- 
take. All  uepend  on  yon.  Place  no  reliaocn  on 
an V  favuraole.  report  from  three  southward  L^u- 
uetter.    Answer  quick.  |No  sigpature.l 


Nov.  29,  1876—10:45  A.  M. 
To  W.  T.  Pelton,  No.  15  Gramercy  Park,  A'ew-York: 

Will  bottomless  loose  any  Elector  m  convincing 
Democrats?     State  answer.  P. 


New-Tokk,  Dec.  2, 1876. 
To  Hon.  James  K.  KeUy: 

Telegraphed  P.   laai    uight   ana  to-day.     Have  no 
reply.    Has  he  left  1    Answer.        [No  sigaatare] 


PonTLA>T).  Beo.  1.  1878. 
To  W.  T.  Pelton.  No.  15  Gramercy  i'ark.  New-York: 
Not  time  t«  convene  Legulature.  Can  manage 
with  S4.U00  at  present.  Must  have  it  Monday,  cer- 
tain. H.ve  Charles  Dimond,  No.  115  Liberty 
street,  telegraph  it  to  Baab,  banker,  Salem.  Thia 
will  secure  Demficratic  vote.  All  are  at  work  here. 
Can't  fail.  Cau't  do  more;  sail  morning.  Answer 
Kedy  in  cinbei.  [No  signature.  I 


Dec.  1.  187G. 
To  Dr.  George  L.  Miller,  Omaha,  Neb.: 

After  piece  simply.    Can't  lew?    Can  do  nothing 
more.    Sail  steamer  Elder  morniue. 

[No  signature.  | 


Nbw-Touk.  Dec.  1,  1876. 
Hon.  Jarneg  E.  Kelly.  Portlartd,  Oregon : 

Telegraph  Herdsman  P.'s  direction  of  yourself. 
Follow  examine  arount.  Can't  change  it.  Herds- 
man nousel.  When  will  P.  reach  deatination  !  An- 
swer. I  No  signature.] 


Mr.  Shaw,  of  Detroit^  who  furnished  the  key  by 
which  these  translations  were  made,  was  before  the 
committee  and  testified  that  in  a  few  instances  it 
was  impossible  to  translate  certain  words  in 
the  diopatcbes  by  the  key.  He  further  stated  that 
alKthe  traDBlationa  thus  far  were  made  word  by 
word  and  from  the  cipher  dispatches  as  found  in  tbe 
printed  testimony  relative  to  tbe  Oregon  case. 

Senator  Kelly  stated  in  regard  to  bis  indorsement 
of  the  cipher  dispatch  sent  by  J.  H.  N.  Patrictt  on 
the  28th  of  November  to  Col.  William  T.  Pelton. 
that  he  was  totally  unaware  of  its  containing  a  prop, 
osition  for  the  purchase  of  a  Republican  Elector. 
Ue  says  Patrictt  oame  to  him  and  stated  he  bad 
prepared  a  cipher  telegram  to  tho  Secretary  of  tbe 
National  Democratic  Committee,  asking  the  latter 
to  place  f  10,000  to  his  credit  tor  the  purpose  of  pay- 
ing lawyers'  teas  and  other  necessary  expenses  con- 
nected with  the  anticipated  litigation  concerning 
the  issuance  of  the  Governor's  certificates.  Patrick 
requeited  him  to  inaorse  this  telegram  because  he 
[Mr.  Kelly]  was  known  to  the  National  Democratic 
Committee,  and  it  was  desirable  to  secure  prompt 
action.  Senator  Eell.v  said  he  could  not.  of  course, 
read  the  cipher,  and,  accepting  Patrick's  statement 
of  its  meaniag,  indorsed  it  without  hesitation  upon 
the  foregoing  sssnrance  as  to  its  contents.  The 
Senator  also  states  tbat  after  Patrick  left  Oregon  be 
[Senator  Kally)  earnestly  endeavored  to  get  money 
sent  Irom  New-York  to  pay  tbe  fees  of  the  lawyers 
who  had  been  retained,  and  as  it  did  not  come 
in  time,  he  himself  raised  (3,200  on  his  own 
note,  $3,000  of  which  he  paid  to  Hill.  Thompson, 
end  Darham,  tho  lawyers  above  referred  to,  and 
the  remaining  $200  were  devoted  to  paying  the  ex- 
penses of  bringing  Laswell,  one  of  the  Democratic 
Electors,  to  Salem,  as  it  waa  then  thooght  tbat  he 
had  obtained  a  higher  vote  than  Cronin.  The  Sena- 
tor Bars  that  so  far  as  he  knows  no  person  ever  ap- 
proached the  Republican  Electors  with  any  corrupt 
proDosition. 

W.  L.  Stocking,  editor  of  the  Detroit  Post,  testi- 
fied that  Mr.  Shaw  came  to  him  some  days  since 
and  exhibited  a  translation  of  the  "Gobble'  dis- 
patch. Mr.  Shaw  also  explained  the  translation  to 
witness,  and,  after  satisfying  himself  that  tho 
translation  was  correct,  witness  pnbliahed  the 
cipher  dispatch  and  Mr.  Shaw's  tranalation  of  it  in 
his  paper;  ho  commnnicated  with  the  Chairman 
of  the  National  Kepublican  Committed  relative  to 
the  discovery  of  the  key  of  the  cipher  in  which  the 
"  Gobble"  dispatch  was  written,  and  be  and  Mr. 
Shaw  were  soon  after  sabpoeaaed  to  appear  before 
this  committee. 

Mr.  McClennan.  a  Treasury  expert,  was  called, 
ond  testified  that  he  had  translated  eeveral  of  the 
cipher  dispatches  relating  to  the  Oregon  case  ac- 
cording to  Shaw's  rule,  and  in  tbe  main  they  agreed 
with  the  translations  made  before  the  committee. 

John  W.  Ellis,  President  of  the  Third  National 
Bank  of  New- York,  voluntarily  appeared  be- 
lore the  Senate  Committee  this  morning  and  asked 
to  be  allowed  to  testify  before  them.  He  stated  to 
tbe  Chairman  tbat  tbe  name,  of  his  bank 
having  been  used  in  connection  with  the  Oregon 
case,  he  desired  expressly  to  repudiate  all  political 
affinities  on  the  part  of  the  bank  for  either  of  the 
political  parliea,  and  further  said  that  the  bank  has 
no  political  connections.  Whatever  part  was  takeu 
by  Mr.  Jordan,  the  Cashier,  relative  to  lemittiDGr 
money  to  Oregon,  was  done  on  his  [Jordan's] 
indiviilnal  reaponsibility,  and  the  transaction 
was  in  jio  way  connected  with  the  bank. 
Mr.  £llis  Ptated  farther  that  tbree-foorths 
of  the  canlfal  stock  of  the  bank  Is  owned  by  the 
firm  of  Wioslow,  -Lanier  &.  Co.,  of  which  be  is  a 
member.  All  the  members  of  thi4  firm  are  Repab- 
llcana,  but  especially  avoid  mingling  politics  with 
their  busineas.  Mr.  Tilden's  connection  with  the 
bank  is  tne  same  aa  that  of  any  other  Director  and 
depositor.  Any  connection  tnat  Mr.  Jordan  may 
have  had  with  tbe  Democratic  Partv  during  tbe 
late  campaign  is  a  pAvate  matter  of  his  own. 

CHARGED  WITH  CONaEALIi!)^  ASSETS. 

PiTTSFiisLD,  Feb.  16. — United  States  Marshal 
Williams  this  morning  arrested  Washington  M. 
Boot  aii4  >0D,  formerly  partners  under  tbe  firm 
name  of  W.  M.  Kooi  &  Son,  on  a  complaint  charg- 
ing them  with  concealing  their  assets  from  the 
assignees  and  refusing  to  exhibit  thoir  aocouat 
books.  Tbey  failed  in  187.%  owing  flSO.OOO,  and 
tbe  aasignees  have  erer  since  beea  tryug  to  setUe 
thee»tai% 


OCCASIONAL  NOTES. 


THE    COMMISSION   AND    CONGRESS 
REVIEWED. 

MESSRS.  EVARTS  AND  O'CONOR  CONTBA8TBD 
—HISTORIC  FIGUBES  IN  THE  AUDIENCE— 
StTENKS  IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPBESENTA- 
T1TE8  —  DEMOCRATIC  TURBULENCE — 
WHERE  THE  WIRES  ARE  PULUEI>>-^WABS 
AND  RUMORS  OF  WARS — AN  UNFORTU- 
NATE BUFFALO. 

Washington,  Tuesday,  Feb.  13, 1877. 
I  have  attended  a  few  of  the  open  sesBiona 
of  tbe  Commission  in  the  Supreme  Court  room. 
The  first  time  that  I  tooR  the  seat  kindly  aa- 
signed  me  in  the  reporters'  gallery,  I  was  tor 
some  moments  oppressed  and  half-bewildered, 
by  the  associations  of  tbe  place.  The  last  time 
I  had  sat  there  was  one  morning  in  the  Wmter 
of  1852,  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago.  It  was  on 
a  memorable  though  somewhat  melodramajtio 
occasion — ^the  reception  by  the  Senate  of  Lonia 
Kossutb.  The  galleries  w%re  packed  with 
spectators.  Even  the  floor  was  crowded.  The 
French  Minister  and  his  Countess  stood  near 
me,  back  of  the  reporters.  As  the  hour  of  1 
drew  near,  every  heart  beat  "  L^o  the  eonquereA 
hero  comes!"  and  just  as  the  clock  struok  the 
central  doors  flew  open,  and  he  stood  on  the 
threshold  in  his  handsome  Hungarian  uniform, 
with  the  plumed  hat  which  has  become  historical 
— a  slight  man,  not  tall,  but  with  a  noble,  high- 
born head,  and  a  certain  air  of  power,  whioh 
hardly  harmonized  with  the  sad,  appealing, 
almost  wistful  look  of  his  wonderful  eyes.  He 
came  to  us  for  "aid  and  comfort,"  but  as  a 
more  than  princely  mendicant.  In  him  Magyar 
nationality  took  to  the  great  street-oomers  ol 
the  world,  aud  stretched  oiit  her  hands  to  the 
nations  hurrying  by.  Of  aU  that  august  cham- 
ber— for  it  was  still  august,  though  the  great 
triad,  Calhoun.  Clay,  and  Webster,  had  gone 
forth  from  it  forever — ot  all  the  great  men  who 
rose  to  receive  tho  eloquent  exile,  and  all  the 
big  men  who  kept  their  seats,  how  many  now 
survive?  And  where,  Oh  where  are  the  issues, 
of  that  day,  over  which  great  men  contended 
and  conspired? 

''Daad  as  tbe  bulrushes  ronnd  little  Moses, 
Oa  the  old  banks  of  the  'Silt:" 

I  heard  '  tbe   great   argument   of  Mr.  Evarts. 
You   know   how   strong   it  was,  legally   and 
logically.     I  could  not   always   follow  his  long, ' 
swinging  sentences,  but  I  could  admire  bis  owuj 
absolute  understanding  and  control  ot  them.  I 
Ue  reminded  me  of  the  Koman  Prince,  Piom- 
bino.  whom   I   once   saw   driving   ten-m -hand, ' 
and  not  at  all  embarrassed  by  multitndinous 
ribbons.    The  tone  of   his  argument  and  his 
manner  in  speaking  were  singularly  calm,  dis- 
passionate, and  impersonal.     Mr.  O'Oonor,   iu' 
nis  reply,  began  coolly  and  courteously  enough,  ■ 
in  a  silvery  voice,  swinging  his  spectacles  in  an 
easy,   careless   way,  and   benignly  blarneying 
tbe  Judges;  but  the  bitter  partisan  finally  re-, 
vealed  himself  without  the  slightest  judicial  dis-' 
guise.    The  speech  ended  in  insult  and  invec- 
tive.    The  eoft,  smoothly-gliding  thing   had  a 
sting  in  its  tail.    I  also  beard  the   younger  ad- 
vocate ot  the  Pemocratio  side,  4&.  Merrick, 
whom  tbey  bail  a8»a  second  "  Daniel  come  to 
judgmeut.'-'    Ho  speaks  also  as  a  partisan,  ear- 
nestly, if  not  violently,  driving   things    home 
with  bis  fist,  emphasizing  with  bis  bead,  and 
puucruating  with  his  goatee.   Just  back  of  him 
stood   Mr.    Black — the    great    prophet    Jere- 
miah— a   tall,    stern-looking    personage,    with 
wary  eyes  ambushed  under  a  hea^  ledge  o£ 
white  eyebrows.     Near  him  stood  a  man  who 
tor  some  years  past  has  been  far  too  much  of  a 
political     recluse,     even   while     in     ofiSce — a 
man  of    great  intellectual  force    and    varied 
culture,    and.    as    a    writer    at    least,    for    I 
have  never  heard  him  speak,  of  wonderful  elo- 
quence.   I  mean  Joseph  Holt.    He  ought  not 
to  have  been  a  mere  listener  in  that  chamber 
Id  contrast  with  his  sombre,  Cromwellian  face, 
and  his  iron-gray  hair,  was  the  ruddy  counte- 
nance of  Stoughton,   o'ertopped    by  piles  of 
snow.    Stanley  Mathews  is  a  strong,  easy-go 
ing.  and  genial-looking  man,  who  contra=«ts  well- 
witnthe  nervous,  concentrated,  troubled,  and' 
tenacious  Trumbull.  Opposite  the  new  Senator, ; 
Hill,  who  is  in  appearance  a  more  intellectual' 
Oakes  Ames,  stood  tho  placid,  but  not  peace- 
able, old  Senator   Bogy.    Jle  is  ot  French  de- 
scent, and  his  name  should  be  written  Bougie, 
which  means  candle.  But  when  be  is  making  a 
speech,  it  will  not  be  in  order  to  qu  ite  Mao- 
betb's  apostropne — for  he  is  not  a  "  brief  cau- 
dle." and  he  will  not  "out." 

I.  was  in  the  House  on  Saturday  when  the 
disappointed  Democracy  declined  to  receive 
the  Senate,  who  proposed  a  little  visit  for  th< 
purpose  of  reporting  the  decision  of  the  Com- 
mission, and  going  on  with  tbe  count.  I  heard 
all  the  arguments  ibr  the  postponing  of  tbe 
evil  day.  1  was  impressed  by  the  ingenuity  oi 
Mr.  Cox  in  discovering  the  mysterious  and  ca- 
balistic character  of  the  word  "otherwise"  in 
the  bill— a  word  found  to  be  crammed  with  aa 
momentous  meaning  as  poor  Pickwick's  •'  chops 
and  tomato-sauce."  On  Monday  we  bad  more 
of  an  entertainment  It  was  like  one  of  tbe  old 
sbowa  iu  theold  House.barring  the  bowie-knives 
We  had  not  long  to  wait.  Mr.  Field,  tbe  bead 
conspirator,  rose,  portentous  and  terrible,  to 
offer  his  order  that  the  count  of  tbe  Electoral 
vote  of  Florida  shoultt  not  proceed  in  con- 
formity with  tho  deci.sion  of  tbe  tribunal.  He 
had  the  air  ot  a  bafiied,  but  utterly  unsubmis- 
sive man,  attacking  tbat  decision  with  a  sort  of 
desperate  animosity  ;  fierce,bui futile, which  re- 
minded  me  of  the  text  of  an  old  hard-shell 
Baptist  sermon  :  "  And  he  shall  gnaw  a  file." 
Then  Mr.  Hale  amended  to  strike  out  the  little 
word  "  not,"  and  as  though  resenting  a  person- 
ality,  Knott  sprang  to  his  feet  with  a  substi- 
tute, which  brought  on  a  hot  and  brisk  debate. 
Ou  the  maine  discussion,  Mr.  McCrary,  -who 
opened  ably,  was  followed  by  Randolph  Tucker, 
one  of  the  most  effective  orators  of  tbe  Democ- 
racy— said  to  be  a  man  of  great  wit.  Mr.  Banks 
spoke  not  only  with  his  old,  rich,  ringing 
voice,  but  with  his  old  fire  and  force.  He  seema 
to  "snuff  the  battle"  at  last.  Ot  course, 
"  Jack-in-the-box,"  Mr.  Spriuger,  was  up.  He 
declaimed  violently  against  the  decision^ 
against  the  "  gigantic  fraud  "  which  the  major- 
ity ot  tbe  Commission  bad  sanctioned,  wtuoii 
three  unrighteous  Judges  were  about  to  shelter 
under  their  sacred  ermine.  Indeed,  none  of 
them  spared  the  majority  of  that  august  tri- 
bunal severe  oastigatioh  for  the  shameiul  sin  oi 
"partisanship,"  which,  of  course,  means  Re- 
publicanism. Some  abuse  and  insuft  tne  hith- 
erto respectable  members  of  the  Cummission 
must  have  expected,  but  hardly  all 
thoy  are  now  receiving.  Judge  Bradley, 
tbat  lone,  lone  figure  at  the  apex  of  the  com- 
posite structure,  is  already  like  a  middle-aged 
St.  Sebastian,  stuck  full  of  Democratic  dants. 
It  was  in  replying  to  Mr.  Springer  and  others 
of  tbe  sort,  that  Mr.  Frye  carriej  tbe  war  into 
Airioa,  in  the  most  determined  -and  daohing 
style.  His  was  certainly  one  of  the  finest  little 
speeches  1  have  ever  heard  in  the  House.  Its 
tone  was  thoroughly  plucky  and  manly,  with- 
out a  touch  of  arrogance  or  coarseness.  Though 
at  his  opening  statement  tbat  he  had  beeu 
"  surprised  at  tbe  reiterated  chargea  of  fraud 
made  against  the  Republican  Party,  consider- 
ing tbe  source  they  emanated  IrOm,"  the  Dem- 
ocrats laughed  loud  and  derisively,  and  tbe 
Democratic  Speaker  failed  to  rebuke  their  in- 
nocent hilarity — he  hurled  back  those  ouarges 
with  generous  interest  and  magnificent  effect. 
His  opponents,  knowing  his  power,  harried  and 
harassed  him  all  along  his  march,  but  be  stood 
his  ground  gallantly  whenever  and  wherever 
attacked.  Mr.  Hurd,  who  followed,  however, 
rung  tbe  tiresome  changes  on  tbe  same  old 
snibboletb — "fraud" — canted  and  descanted 
after  the  same  old  fashion  of  political  phari- 
seeism.  It  would  have  been  in  keeping  with 
his  style  for  him  to  have  concluded  bis  speech 
with  tbe  words  of  the  Arkansas  shyster,  slight- 
ly paraphrased — "Mr.  Speaker,  I  see  fraud 
written  ou  tho  shameless  brow  of  tbe  Bepubli. 
can  Party,  as  in  lines  of  living  fire — 1-r-o-a-d." 

Then  came  Carr,  of  Indiana,  a  regular  steam- 
oar,  a  locomotive  oft'  tbe  party  track,  carrying 
dismay  and  conlusicm  into  ahe  ranks  ot  the 
majority.  His  speech  was  a  piece  ot  faithful, 
paterual  chaetisement,  -laid  on  with  a  heavy, 
unfiinchmg  band.  Ue  mav  bave  remembered 
tue  old  French  motto.  Rude  ane,  rude  aniett 
for  a  rough  ass.  a  rough  driver,  and  the  way  ha 
belabored  that  perverse  Democratic  maji^ty 
with  his  merciless  invective,  with  the  ebatpeuel 
stick  of  his  sarcasm,  was  beautiful  to  see,  for 
a  non-office-sceking,  non-voting,  non-partisaoi 
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faiAsed  as  a  inryman  who  doesn't  take  the 
papers,  or  a  Supreme  Court  Judge,  in  short, 
for  a  mere  woman,  like  myselfc  He  plainly 
told  the  recalcitrant  compromisers  that  they 
had  no  risrht  to  rebel,  haying  hy  their  yote  for 
the  Commiftsiou  broueht  misfortune  upon 
themselves  ;  that  as  they  had  made  their  bed, 
BO  they  must  lie.  His.plaintalk  hardly  seemed 
to  do  much  pood,  howeyer.  Walker,  the 
silver-haired  Adonis  of  the  House,  (whom,  by 
the  way,  your  compositor  makes  me  call  plain 
"  John,"  but  whose  fhll-flowered  name  is 
Gilbert  Carlton  Walker,)  followed  in  the  same 
old  way,  kickinsr  against  Ae  pricks  as  lustily 
as  Field  or  Springer.  One  of  the  Demooratio 
brethren  who  spoke  that  day  is  an  uncon- 
Boions  humorist,  or  a  Joey  Bagstook  for 
slyness,  for  he  dwelt  pathetically  on  "  macr- 
nanimity  hetrayed."  on  "  Demooratio .  faith  in 
human  honesty"  having  been  basely  taken 
advantage  of.  Such  tbines  are  simply  deli- 
clous,  coming  from  either  political  party,  wise 
as  thev  both  are  in  the  wisdom  of  thii  world; 
lirom  Democrats,  wily  and  wary,  if  not  wicked, 
or  from  Republicans  who  have  erred  from  over- 
confidence,  rather  than  over-faith,  and  who 
have  too  often  shown  "an  unbounded 
stomach"  for  honors  and  emoluments.  The  sea- 
sion  was,  taken  altogether,  rather  violent,  and 
many  of  the  speeches  were  full  of  bitterness 
and  menace,  and  yet  it  closed  with  that  cun- 
oua  piece  of  parliamentary  pleasantry,  a  bur- 
lesque account  of  an  Electoral  CoUeee  of  eight 
John  Smiths  returning  Peter  Cooper  and  Sam 
Gary,  and  swearineby  the  "Holy  Bull-dozers." 
The  reading  of  this  paper,  so  witty  and  so  pei> 
tinent,  was  rather  unreasonably*  opposed  by 
Mr.  Hoar,  who  is  an  economist  ot  time,  and 
who  adores  the  proprieties  ;  but  he  is  classical, 
and  should  remember  that  dulee  est  desipere  in 
loeo,  -which  means,  as  he  will  find  by  consulting 
Webster's  Dictionary,  (back  part,  big  edition,) 
'•it  is  pleasant  to  olay  the  iool  on  tne  proper 
occasion."  Tb»^ery  fact  that  the  thing  was 
read  and  that  fbe  most  gloomy  and  belligerent 
Demociats  laughed  uproariously — the  rigid 
Randall  joining  in^proves  that  their  righteous 
'je.  their  solemirTfrophesies,  their  fierce  threats, 
and  ferocious  demonstrations  are  essentially 
affected  aod  unreal.  Farce  may  deepen  into 
tragedy,  but  tragedy  never  degenerates  into 
farce.  Indeed,  we  are  getting  to  be  less  tright- 
ened  as  the  strife  is  prolonged  and  the  plot 
seems  to  thicken.  We  are  catching  a  few 
glimpses  behind  the  scenes,  which  reveal  to  us 
the  tact  that  right  here,  and  not  in  the 
cold  North,  or  the  hot  South,  tbe 
moral  and  sesthetio  East,  or  the  manly 
and  executive  West,  the  motive  power 
of  this  agitation  is  furnished,  the  machinery 
is  worked.  One  attemoon  lately  we  went  to 
see  an  exhibition  ot  the  Royal  Marionettes  by 
a  clear  daylight,  which  was  unfavorable  to  il- 
lumons.  ibe  curious  manikins  sung  and 
danced,  made  love,  followed  the  hounds, 
Tought  bravely,  conspired  and  dpclaimed — 
marvelousiy  like  moral  agents  and  independent 
electors  and  legislators  ;  but  we  knew  that  an 
Invisible  '*  old  party"  spoke  through  them,  and 
worked  them,  by  too  visible  springs,  pulleys, 
and  wires.  At  last  a  fearful  mad  bull  came 
forth,  butting  and  to  butt ;  but,  though  he 
raged  and  ramped  and  tossed  the  elastic  clown 
repeatedly  on  his  boms,  not  the  smallest  child 
in  the  audience  cried  out  with  fear;  for  all 
knew,  bless  vou!  that  he  was  propelled  and 
withdrawn — ^tbat  his  head  went  down  and  his 
tail  went  up  in  obedience  to  the  cords  and  pul- 
leys, before,  behind,  below,  and  above  him  : 
knew  he  was  neither  a  moral  nor  an  immoral 
agent — that,  in  short,  he  was  not  a  real  bull, 
and  that  there  was  no  real  danger. 

But  in  case  the  Democratic  majority  now  on 
the  rampage  va  the  House  he  not  inflated  caout- 
chouc, but  a  true  Taurus,  implacable  as  ^tiy 
bull  of  the  Vatican,  and  mad  as  Guy  of  War- 
wick's "  Dun  Cow" — in  case  it  succeeds  in 
stampeding  the  minority,  tramples  the  Com- 
mission under  its  hoots,  and  tosses  the  Consti- 
tution on  its  horns,  and  goes  forth  from  the 
Canitol  on  the  4th  of  March,  triumphant  and  ter- 
rible, it  will  tnen  have  to  encounteriis  real  adver- 
B:iry — not  f  faction,  not  a  party,  not  a  partisan 
tribunal,  but  the  people,  a  tremendous  out- 
door congx'css  and  court.  If  it  does  not  tame 
down  into  a  well-behaved  bucolic  animal,  it 
will  find  its  wild  courae  obstructed  and  finished 
by  the  grand  onward  sweep  of  the  Eepublicwith 
Its  immense  train  of  human  interests,  its  freight 
of  human  lives  useful  and  dear  to  the  world,  its 
treasure-chests  of  national  glories,  liberties,  and 
hopes.  I  remember  to  have  heard  how  once  a 
buifalo  herd  conspired  against  the  Pacific  Rail- 
road. They  stationed  themselves  ou  a  slight 
eminence,  from  which  ttiey  were  to  charge 
down  ou  the  express  train  under  full  headway, 
their  leader  first  engaging  the  locomotive.  Ihe 
atfair  auly  came  oil— in  part.  There  was  a 
ereat  preliminary  tossing  of  earth,  a  brief  bel- 
low, a  collision,  and  something  went  on — and  it 
was  not  the  balfalo. 

Our  poor  city  has  been  and  still  is  full  of  the 
wiliest  ruiuors.  For  inatauce,  soon  after  the 
escablishment  ot  the  Provisional  Tribunal, 
winch,  strange  to  say,  was  considered  as  a 
Democratic  triumph,  it  was  reported  that  the 
General  of  the  Armv  had  capitulated.  After 
oraermg  away  all  the  tr^  ops  whose  presence- 
here  is  a  menace  and  an  ottense  to  the  Demo- 
,traiic  majority  in  the  House,  he  surrendered, 
it  was  8. nil,  to  the  young  commander,  "  Citizen 
Marat."  who  magnanimously  returued  to  the 
old  hero  the  sword  which  he  waved  about  bis 
pear-shaped  head  when  he  set  out  on  that 
almost  tori;otten.  not  to  say  apocryphal,  march 
to  the  sea.  It  was  also  said  that  all  the  uiiicers 
of  the  evacuating  force  were  allowed  to  retain 
tcieir  side-urnia.  and  thu  soldiers  to  take  their 
knapsacks  and  to  carry  two  days'  rations. 

\\  e  have  no  end  of  rumors  concerning  the 
Louisiana  ouipnts.  Ibey  say  the  Sergeant  at 
Arms  has  given  an  oroer  to  a  hara ware  estab- 
lishment tor  a  set  of  thumb-screws,  a  *•  boot," 
and  a  rack,  alter  the  model  of  the  •'  Scaven- 
ger's Daaj^hter  "  in  the  old  Tower  of  London. 
Mr.  CiarK  Miiia  has  also  a  commissiou  tor  an 
•'  iron  virgin  "  liJ£e  that  of  Nnremburg.  All 
will  go  iaio  operation  as  soon  as  manutactured, 
but  m  the  ineautime  the  Committee  on  the 
Powers  and  Privileges  of  the  House  have  bor- 
rowed a  wbipping-post  and  whip  from  Demo- 
cratic Delaware,  which  are  to  be  tried  in  the 
case  of  wicked  old  Wells.  The  pious  Pickett  is 
to  apply  the  lash,  and  the  moral  Maddox  is  to 
rub  iu  the  brine.  It  is  affirmed  that  the  Sen- 
ate indignantly  rejected  the  proposition  to  turn 
the  shaft  of  their  elevator  into  an  oubliette, 
bluntly  telling  the  House  to  keep  their  own  side 

We  are  all  feeling  much  for  the  prisoners  of 
State,  Welis  and  Anderson.  Ihey  ard>great 
smuers.  doubtless,  since  even  Satan,  in  the 
fehape  of  more  than  one  witness,  rebukes  their 
em— but  they  are  not  well  and  are  no  longer 
yound;.  They  are  said  to  be  heavily  ironed  and 
imprisoned  m  that  dismal  cell  in  the  crypt, 
prepared  lor  the  body  of  Washington,  and  in 
wtiich  the  bier  of  Lincoln  has  been  preserved. 
Here  they  are  exposed  to  the  visits  of  Thomp- 
Eous  and  Tombs  lawyers,  rats  and  reporters. 
The  only  reading  allowed  them  is  the  Poitce 
Gazette  and  the  Congressional  Record,  and  they 
are  kupt  on  the  slimmest  sort  of  diet,  that 
tbeir  physical  strength  mav  be  reduced,  and 
take  wuh  it  their  moral  courage.  It  is  not 
supposed  that  they  will  hold  out  long  under 
the  double  "question" — David  Dudley  ITield 
%ud  the  "  Scavenger's  Daughter." 

Gkace  Greekwood. 


WASHINGTON. 


fUE    WRECK  IN   CH.ESAl'EAKE  BAT. 


SWEXTY-SEVEN      UVES      LOST    IS    THK    RE- 
CENT   GAI.E — DREADFUL  6UFF£BI2faS  OF 

A  KESCUKD    CREW. 

SjKclal  Dispatch  to  the  Jfew-  Tone  Timet. 

GrisfiiAd,  Feb.  16.— The  names  of  those 

who  perished  by  the  wrecking  of  the  Coulboum 
on  Monday  in  Chesapeake  Bay,  are  Capt. 
Thomas  Saulsbury,  William  Fox,  mate;  Ed- 
;rard  Tigner,  John  R.  Small,  Samuel  Fletcher, 
and  Levin  Jones,  seamen.  The  name  of  the 
other  man  was  not  ascertained.  They  are 
all  from  the  eastern  shore  of  Virginia,  and 
leave  tamiUes.  When  the  rescuing  party  left 
nere  yesterday  they  found  the  vessel  swamped 
at  Fox  Island,  with  the  man  Fox  lashed  to  the 
rigging,  frozen  stit£  The  crew  rescued  from 
tT- Uelmay.  which  was  in  company  with  the 
Cou  Journ,  say  that  the  storm  came  upon  them 
uiicjcpectedly.  and  with  unprecedented  fury. 
I'ue  vessel,  after  being  stripped  of  rigging,  waa 
washed  upon  the  shore  ot  the  island  named, 
where  the  crew  lodged,  suffering  agonies  until 
rescued.  Two  oyster  pungiea  and  another 
schooner  are  also  lost,  with  their  respective 
.crews,  aggregating  20  souls.  Beaoulng  parties 
are  out  tar  irom  port  in  search  of  the  bodies. 

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SilNGTTLAB  SVJOIDJS  OF  A  MABYLANDES. 
aoecial  Dtsviftehto  the  irem-York  Tln'.i. 
Baltimoee,  Feb.  16.— Albert  Wallet,  a 
ffominent  citizen  of  Maryland,  residing  near 
?rincess  Ann,  committed  saicide  on  Taeadav 
ffiotninif.  He  tiad  become  frenzied  with  drink,  aod 
ilpon  amving  at  h^s  home  he  weut  to  the  stables, 
iut  the  throat  of  his  favorite  horse,  set  fire  to  the 
^oildioiiS,  and  perished  in.  tbe  flames. 

BEDVOTION  OF HAlLWAT FASS. 
Chicago,  Feb.  16.— The  Grand  Trunk  Rail- 
way has  reduced  the  prioec  of  seoond-olaas  pas- 
lenger  tickets  as  follows :  To  Boston,  $15 ;  to  Kew- 
Xotk,  via  the  Srle  Bailway,  to  |1&  This  is  a  re- 
■\QOilon  of  15. ^^^^_^_^ 

JiBW-JOBK  aTATJS  FAIR. 
AiBAHT,  Feb.  16..— Tho  New- York  State  Fair 
WM  TMterdar  appointed  to  be  held  at  Soeheater 
hrom  the  ITth  to  the  tUt  of  September,  belar  a 
tffk  Mtir  ttia  fir««  vrafttietfs 


A  SCRAP  OF  WAR  HISTORT. 

GEN.   eCHOnELD'S  DEPENSE     OB"  A  GfaKTLK- 

MAN  WHO  WAS  OKCE  HIS  SUBORDINATE. 

Washington,  Feb.  16.— Maiop  Gen.  Scho- 
fleld,  now  In  charge  of-  the  Military  Academy  at 
West  Point,  has  written  a  letter  to  Gen.  Tbomaa 
Ewing  for  the  porpose  of  vindicating  the  military 
order  iasaed  by  Gen.  Ewing  in  1863,  depopulating  a 
part  of  the  western  border  of  MissoatL  Gen. 
Sohofield  aays,  in  anhatance,  that  he  took  command 
of  the  Department  of  the  Missouri  in  May,  1863, 
and  aaaigned  Gen.  Ewing  to  the  commend  of  the 
"  Distriot  of  thrf  Border;  "  that  a  savage  guer- 
illa warfare  bad  raged  there  for  two  years  which 
had  nearly  depopulatod  the  fanning  districts  on 
the  Missonri  side,  and  that  all  the  farmer!*  who  re- 
mained, whether  they  tyropatbized  with  the  guer- 
rillas or  not,  were  mere  furnishers  of  supplies  for 
those  ontlaws.  Civilization  and  humanity  alike  de- 
manded a  prompt  aappresslon  of  this  border  war. 
There  were  only  two  methods  of  atopolng  it.  One 
was  10  larsreiv  increase  the  milltAry  force  in  the  dis- 
trict, wbicb  was  foimd  impraotloable  because  of  the 
pecesaitv  of  sending  reinforcernents  to  Grant's 
army  »t  "Vickabnrg.  The  other  was  to  remove  from 
the  Missouri  border  the  few  remaining  farmera 
whose  crops  and  stores  fnrniahed  the  guerrillas 
their  subsistence.  The  fiendish  massacre  at  Law- 
rence, in  Aaznst,  1863,  by  Qiiantroll  and  his  banJ, 
made  immediate  action  absolutely  imneiative. 
He  says  It  is  wholly  a  mistake  to  charge  that  the 
order  was  issued  iu  reTenee  lor  that  massacre,  as 
its  issuance  was  oontempiated  and  diseusaeit  some 
time  before  the  massacre  occurred.  He  says  the 
order  waa  an  act  of  wisdom,  onnrago,  and  humani- 
ty, by  which  hundreds  of  innocoat  lives  were 
saved  and  a  barbarous  and  disgraceful  warfare 
brought  to  a  sammarv  close.  Not  a  lite  was  saori- 
fioed  nor  any  great  diacomfurt  inflicted  in  eze- 
cntio^it.  The  necessities  of  all  the  poor  people 
were  provided  for,  and  none  were  permitted  to 
snff-^r. 

Gen.  Scbofleld  adds  that  when  the  order  waa 
Issued  he  went  to  the  border,  and  after  personal 
observation  approved  ir,  and  then  sent  it  with 
bis  approval  to  President  Lincoln,  and  that  ha- 
mane  President  never  uttpred  a  word  of  dissent  as 
to  the  wisdom,  jostioe,  or  humanity  if  that  policy. 
He  says  he  does  not  write  to  vindicate  bu  own 
conduct  or  to  *hift  responsibility,  bat  that  it  Is 
only  Justice  to  Gen.  Ewing,  who  has  been  censored 
for  Issaing  the  order,  to  say  that  the  responsibility 
for  its  execution  belongs  to  President  Lincoln,  to 
himself,  and  to  Gen.  Ewing  in  proportion  to  their 
respective  rank  and  authority. 

SENTEIttCE    OF  A    TREASURT  CLERK. 

F.   T.  WINSLOW   SENTENCED  TO  THE    ALBANY 

PESITENTIARY  FOR    18   MONTHS. 

WASHtNGTOK,  Feb.  16. — In  the  Criminal 
Court  to-day  Ferdinand  T.  Winslow.  Indicted  for 
the  larceny  of  a  package  containing  til. 990  from 
the  ofBce  of  the  United  States  Treasurer  on  the 
5th  of  December  last,  was  arraigned  and  entered  a 
plea  of  guilty.  After  several  papers  had  been  in- 
troduced to  show  that  Winslow  waa  a  victim 
of  the  opium  habit,  his  counsel,  Mr.  Riddle,  referred 
to  letters  ot  various  friends  of  the  accused,  and  in 
conclusion  said  tbev  went  far  towards  raising  the 
question  as  to  whether  or  not  the  unfortunate  man 
should  not  be  couSned  to  a  iunatic  asvium  rather 
than  a  penitentiary,  and  he  appealed  to  the  conrt  to 
Inflict  the  lowest  sentence  under  the  law. 

Judge  MacArtbur  said  that  this  was  one  of  the 
cases  which  perplex  the  court,  and  reminds  one  of 
the  case  of  Prot.  Webster.  Here  is  a  man  of  cul- 
ture, as  is  seen  by  the  autobiographical  sketch  read, 
and  one  c-innot  but  admire  some  of  the  traits  of 
character  there  made  apparent.  Here  are  some  oir- 
cnmstanees  in  tbe  case  wbinh  make  a  strong  ap- 
peal for  leniency.  I'he  circumstances  showed 
that  this  act  was  minutely  planned  and 
carried  out,  and  if  there  was  noth- 
ing else  to  influence  the  conrt,  would 
lead  to  tho  infliction  of  the  severest  punishment. 
On  tbe  other  band  he  bad  pleaded  guilty,  and  made 
restitution  of  the  greater  poriioD  of  the  money.  It 
was  a  sad  siicbt  to  see  a  man  such  as  ne  had  been 
before  the  bar  of  iustice,  and  it  was  perplesmg  to 
the  conrt  to  fix  tbe  sentence.  He  wooid  not  under 
the  circumstances  inflict  the  lowest  punishment 
nor  the  highest,  (five  years  in  the  pebitentlarr,  and 
a  fine  not  exceeding  (500,)  and  would  fix  tbe  time  of 
imprisonment  at  18  moniha  in  the  Albany  Peniten- 
tiary from  noon  to-dav. 


V>d  JetftD.  to  be  oarrted  o^  steii&en  flyioc  the 
Anetleeti  Vif,  T)m  ^hiiiibe^  alio  adopted  a  res*. 
latioD  to.appoint  a  committee  te  oo«perate  with 
the  United  States  Signal  Sertice. 

STEAMSHIPS  AA'D  JELAILWA78. 


NOTES  FROM    THE  CAPITAL. 


Washtngton,  Feb.  16. — The  House  Judiciary 
Committee  to-day  completed  their  consideration  of 
tbe  bill  to  compel  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Com- 
pany to  pro  rate  vrith  the  Burlington  and  Missouii 
Pacific  Railroad,  and  authorized  Mr.  McCrary  to 
report  it  for  passage,  with  an  amendment  requiring 
the  Burlington  and  Missonri  Company  to  pro  rate 
with  all  connecting  roads. 

The  President  has  approved  the  bill  providing 
for  a  deficiency  in  the  appropriation  for  tbe  pnhlic 
printing  and  binding,  which  rednces  tbe  compenra- 
tion  of  compositors  from  60  to  50  cents  per  thousand 
ems,  and  40  cents  an  hour  for  time  work. 

The  Senate  in  executive  session  to-day  confirmed 
the  following  nominations:  J.  W.  Siler,  to  be  United 
States  Consul  at  St.  Helena ;  B.  F.  Elanders,  to  be 
Assistant  United  States  Treasurer  at  New-Orleans, 
La;  Charles  H.  Ham,  to  be  Appraiser  of  Merchan- 
dise at  Chicago.  111.;  C.  Richards,  to  be  United 
States  Attorney  for  tbe  Southern  District  of  Ohio; 
James  Irwin,  to  be  Agent  of  tbe  Red  Cloud  Indian 
Agency,  Nebraaka;  L.  D.  Poore,  to  be  Receiver  of 
Public  Moneys  at  Sprioa field,  Dakota;  J.  W. 
HaveTatick,  to  be  Receiver  of  Pobho  Moneys  at 
Los  Ai>gelea,  Cal.;  R.  C.  Kerr,  to  be  Land  Register 
at  Jaekaoo,  kli8s.,  ana  Mary  J.  Martin,  to  ue  Post- 
master at  Burlington,  !N.  J. 

Tbe  following  were  the  balances  In  tbe  Treasary 
at  tbe  close  of  business  to-day:  Currency,  ttO.693,- 
120;  special  deposit  of  legaJ  tenders  for  the  re- 
demption of  certiflrates  of  deposit,  |37,130.00O ; 
coin,  including  I53.7TI,8U0  in  coin  certificates.  f88,- 
600,343;  outstanding  legal  tenders.  (364.984  812. 

Chief  Brooks  received  a  telegram  this  afternoon 
that  ofiScers  in  the  Secret  Service  arrested  to-day  In 
Philadelphia  thefollowin^notonous  counterfeiters: 
Harry  Rogers.  Larry  Kt^ene,  Charles  Miller,  and 
Joe  Gordon.  Ti>ey  were  taken  before  United  States 
Commissioner  Aubrey  fl.  Smith  for  hear- 
ing. They  dealt  largely  in  counterfeit 
lO-oent  silver  coins.  Rngers,  \"Ke«ne,  and  Gordon 
have  been  for  a  long  time  en^  V^''  'n  tbi.s  business. 
Rogers  bas  been  tried  twice  in  the  United  States 
Court  at  Philadelphia,  but  in  some  way  managed  to 
escape  conviction.  The  Secret  Sarvice  officers  say 
tbe  evidence  against  them  is  now  o<rerwbelming. 

Bear  Admiral  Davis,  in  char^wof  tbe  National 
Observatory,  is  lyin;;  dangerousi*  ill  at  his  resi- 
dence. 

The  Senate  Sub-couimittee  investigating  tbe  late 
elections  in  Mississippi  this  afternoon  examined 
D.  C.  Keama,  who  testified  that  in  JeS'erson  Coun- 
ty a  prominent  Democrat  told  him  that  tbe  Dumo- 
crats  bad  dnplicate  keys  >o  the  ballot  boxes,  and  in- 
tended to  take  out  Republican  tickets  and  pntiu 
Democratic  ticKKts.  At.  witness'  own  voting  place 
be  knows  that  366  Bepnbiicaii  tickets  were  voted, 
hut  only  PI  came  out  of  tbe  box.  Witness  roted 
for  Tilden  and  Hendricks  and  tbe  Democratic  can- 
didate for  Congress. 

Secretary  Mornll  continaes  to  improve  steadily. 
He  IS  now  entirely  out  of  danger;  and  it  is  expected 
that  be  will  soon  be  fall?  restored  to  bis  usnal  good 

health. 

Tbe  Senate  Committee  on  Territories  have  had 
a  long  meeting  devoted  to  the  consideration  of 
Senator  Spencer's  bill  to  create  a  new  Territory  out 

of  tbe  Black  Hills  coantry,  which  it  is  proposed  to 
to    call      Lincoln      Territory.       Senator      Spencer 

made  an  arg^oment  in  advocacy  of  tbe 
measure,  as  did  also  Dr.  Meyer,  of 
Deadwood  City.  Black  Hills,  who  baa  been  chosen 
Delegate  to  Uoneress,    contingent  upon    the   esisb- 

lishment  of  the  Territory.  Delegate  Kidder,  of 
Dakota  Territory,  opposed  the  bill.  The  committee 
decided  to  lay  tbe  matter  over  nil  the  next  session 
of  Congress,  for  the  reason  that  the  bill  ratifying 
tbe  treaty  made  last  Summer  with  toe  Sionx  In- 
dians bad  not  yet  been  parsed  by  the  House,  and 
because  legislation  being  so  tar  behind  now  it  would 
be  impossiule  to  secure  the  final  action  ot  thf  Senate 
this  session. 

Mr.  Honors,  colored,  Secretary  of  State  of  Lonla- 
iana,  has  arrived  with  certain  papers  in  obeuieuce 
to  a  subpoBua  trom  tbe  Senate  Committee  ol 
Privileges  und  Elections.  These  are  ■uppr>sed  to 
be  papers  called  for  by  tbe  House  Louisiana  Com- 
mittee and  lor  the  refusal  of  which  the  members  of 
the  Returning  Board  are  held  in  contempt. 

TBE  ABM  I  lO  BE  REDUCED. 
Washington,  Feb.  16. — The  House  Commit- 
tee on  MiUtary  Aff.iirs  to-day  voted  to  recommend 
the  passage  of  a  bill  offered  by  Mr.  Banning,  of 
Ohio,  providing  that  there  should  be  no  new  enlist- 
ments In  the  Array  until  the  forces  of  enlisted  men 
shall  bare  been  reduced  to  20,000,  and  requiring  tbe 
Secretary  of  War  to  reduce  the  a  number 
of  cavalry  regiments  to  eight,  aod  the 
number  ot  infantry  i^giments  to  sixteen.  Tbe  bill 
provides  that  the  ofUoers  of  tba  discontin- 
ued regiments  may  be  assigned  to  vacan- 
cies thereafter  occurring  in  accordance  with 
their  dates  of  commission,  or  may,  on 
their  own  application,  be  at  once  honorably 
oiscbartred  with  one  year's  pay  for  each  eight 
years'  service.  It  also  provides  that  a  board  of  five 
officers  shall  be  constituted  by  tbe  President  to  va- 
cate the  oommlisiona  of  any  aod  all  officers 
who  may  be  found  inefficient,  or  other- 
wise unworthy  of  eontlnnaooe  in  service. 
The  bill  was  earnestly  opposed  by  Gen.  Mac- 
Dougall  and  the  other  Republican  members  of  tbe 
Committee.  It  is  not  at  all  likely  to  he  enacted  by 
tbe  two  houses  of  this  Congress. 


THE  QUESTION  OF  FREIGHT  RATES— BOSTON 
OBJECTS  TO  NEW-TOBK  BECEIVINa  A 
,X.AB6E  SHARE  OF  BUSINESS. 
Boston,  Feb.  16. — A  apedal  meetin^c  of  the 
Board  of  Trade,  called  at  the  solicitation  of  tbe 
varlons  lines  ot  steamers  plying  between  this  port 
and  Europe,  was  held  to-day  to  consider  the  recent 
action  of  the  different  lines  Of  railroads  in  establish- 
ing a  fixed  rate  from  Chicago  to  all 
Bbippinz  ports,  thereby  depriving  any  steam 
line  from  naming  any  lower  rate  of 
freight  than  that  agreed  upon,  to  the  great 
injury  of  Boston.  Resolutions  were  adopted  pro- 
testing against  unwarrantable  interferenob  on  the 
part  of  railway  managers  with  tbe  rights  of  steam- 
ship companies,  in  refusing  to  allow  them  to  fijt 
their  rates  of  through  freights  subject  to  the  rail 
way  tariff  to  the  sea-board  ;  that  such  an  important 
meaanre,  and  one  wbicb  so  seriously  afieots  tbe 
steam  lines  of  this  port,  which  actually  threatens 
the  withdrawal  of  all  the  lines,  demands 
the  serlotis  attention  of  the  merchants  of  Boston, 
and  immediate  steps  should  be  taken  to  secure  to 
these  lines  the  privileges  which  they  have  edjoved 
In  the  past  in  flxine;  their  own  through  rates  ;  that 
tbe  necessity  was  recoenized  of  a  throneh  line  of 
railway  to  the  West,  to  be  controlled  in  the  interest 
of  the  Slate  and  her  chief  seaport :  that  this  action 
on  the  part  of  tbe  railway  companies  is  designed  to 
deprive  this  port  of  advanrages  hitherto  epjoved 
and  to  restore  to  New- York  a  large  share 
of  the  business  which  bas  been  gained 
by  Ibis  port  during  late  years,  and  which  is 
steadily  increasing  ;  that  as/xbe  Boston  and  Albany 
Railroad  is  a  partner  in  these  through  lines,  tbe 
managers  of  said  road  be  requested  to  prevent  the 
continuance  of  tbe  said  arrangement  and  agreement 
by  all  tbe  means  in  its  power. 

A  committee  of  six  was  appointed  to  confer  with 
the  Directors  of  tbe  Boston  and  Albany  Railroad 
upon  tbe  subjectof  grievances  of  steam-ship  agents. 

LOSSES  1ST  FIRE. 


O'Donnell  &  Brothers,  cooperage,  Nos.  103 
and  105  Morris  street.  Jersey  City,  waa  destroyed 
try  Uae.  which  broke  out  at  12  o'lock  last  night. 
The  loss  is  tlO.OOO. 

The  Court-house  of  Searcy  County,  Ark.,  was 
destroyed  by  fire  on  Monday  last  Tbe  loss  is  tlO.- 
OOO. Most  of  tbe  records  were  saved.  The  fire  was 
caused  by  an  incendiary. 

A  fire  yesterday  morning,  at  Peoria,  III., 
destroyed  Elevator  B,  owned  by  T.yne  &  Brother- 
ion.    Lo«8, 133.000;   insurance,  about  t22,000, 

A  fire  In  North  Stoningtou  Thursday  night 
destroyed  the  barn  of  Isaiio  D.  Miner,  with  two 
horses,  six  cattle,  &.&    The  insurance  is  9800. 

S.  C.  Sfreeter's  satinet  mill,  at  Plainfield, 
Mass.,  bas  been  burned.  Tbe  loss  is  |3.000,  on 
which  there  is  no  insurance. 

E.  J.  Allen's  house  and  bam  at  Westfield, 
Mass.,  was  burned  Thursday  nigbt.  Tbe  loss  is 
$4,500;  insurance,  $2,500. 

The  Louisiana  State  University  Building  has 
been  burned.    The  loss  is  110,000. 


OBllVARY. 


HON.  SIMON  OAGER  THROOP. 
Hon.  Simon  G.  Throop,  of  Stroudsbnrg, 
Penn.,  died  at  his  home  in  that  place  last  Thursday 
morning.  Tbe  deceased  waa  bom  at  Klnderhook,  in 
this  State,  Jan.  4,  1790.  He  lived  for  many  years 
in  tbe  family  of  Martin  Van  Bnren,  with  whom  he 
studied  law,  and  subsequently  settled  in  Oxford,  N, 
Y„  where  he  practiced  with  consideiable  success. 
In  1818  he  was  elected  to  the  State  Assembly,  and 
at  the  rime  of  bis  death  was  the  oldest  ex-member 
of  the  New-York  Legislature.  In  1842  he  moved  to 
Honesaale.  Penn,,  and  from  there,  in  1856,  to 
Stroudsburg,  wbnro  be  passed  the  remainder  of  bis 
life.  Deceased  *n'a3  a  cultured.  Christian  gentle- 
man, and  leaves  a  large  circle  of  sorrowing  friends 
and  relatives. 


THE  8TATBN  IHLAND  MYSTERY. 
Tho  circumstances  attending  the  death  of  the 
young  woman  whose  liody  was  fonnd  la  the  old 
quarantine  grouads  at  Tomokinsville,  Staten 
Island,  are  still  unknown  to  the  general  public. 
Coroner  Dempsey  and  other  officials  intimate,  how- 
ever, that  (hey  have  information  which  will 
probably  lead  to  a  solution  of  the  mystery. 
A  larcre  nnmber  of  witnesses  have  been  summoned 
to  attend  tbe  inquest  to  be  hild  to-night.  Police 
Cant,  Blake  anu  tho  Coroner  spent  yesterday  in 
this  City  and  Brooklyn,  and  refused  last  nigbt  to 
state  what  was  tbe  result  of  their  inquirlsk.  Vis- 
itors still  coniinne  to  view  tbe  body  ot 
the  deceased,  which  has  not  yet  been  Iden- 
tibed.  A  woman  who  is  said  to  bear 
a  stioog  likeness  to  the  deceased  called  at  Coroner 
Dempsey'a  office  last  evening.  Sbe  said  that  from 
I  he  description  pnuhsbed  she  believed  tbe  deceased 
was  ber  sister,  wbo  leit  ber  last  month  and  went 
to  Ponghkeepsit  with  a  man  to  whom  she  was  not 
raarned.  Sne  Htated  her  sisier  wax  once  married, 
but  bad  for  years  been  a  trifle  "  fast."  Sbe  had  not 
time  to  go  to  tbe  aims-bouse,  which  is  five  miles 
trom  New-Brighton,  lo  look  upou  tbe  boay,  but 
relumed  to  New-York,  saying  sbe  would  Come 
bacK  to  the  Island  this  morning. 


MARIS E   DISASTER. 

Ket  West,  Feb.  16. — The  American  schooner 
S.  J.  May.  Capt.  BUckman,  from  Brasbear  City  for 
New-YorK,  with  a  cargo  of  molasses  and  sugar, 
struck  on  Tortngas  reef  on  the  12th  inst..  and  wdl 
be  a  total  loss.  Her  o.rgo  was  partly  saved  by 
wreoker*. 

Jacksosvillb,  Feb.  16— The  United  States 
revenue  steamer  Loots  McLane,  bound  from  Pen- 
sacola  to  Pbiladeipbla,  put  into  Feroandina  with 
boilers  and  snip  leaking,  haTine  experienced  severe 
weather  on  tbe  Floiida  coast. 


REFERENCE  ORDERED  IN  A  CANAL  SUIT. 
Albany,  Feb.  16. — In  the  ease  of  The  People 
ex  rel.  Omn  W.  Sage  against  George  W. 
Schuyler,  Auditor  of  tbe  Canal  Departmeat,  a  refer- 
ence bas  been  ordered  by  Justice  Westbrook,  to 
Uiram  E.  Sickles,  of  this  city,  to  hear  and  deter- 
mine, with  lull  power  to  sit  in  any  county  in  the 
State. 

CONFESSION  OF  A  MUBDBKER. 
San  Fkancisco,  Feb.  16. — A  Portland  (Ore- 
gon) dispatch  savs  a  German  named  John  E.  Hoff- 
man, arrested  on  a  charge  of  murder  recently  com- 
mitted in  Oregon,  confesses  to  have  murdered  a 
Frenchman  named  Julius  Corobier,  in  Macon  Coun- 
ty, III.,  on  tbe  night  of  tbe  4ih  of  last  January.  He 
ttten  fled  tbe  connty,  Tbe  prisoner  leaves  for  the 
East  tu-morrow  in  custody. 


TEE  OBOWLETMULrEBEILL  MUBDER 
Utica,  Feb.  16. — The  jury  in  tha  trial  of 
Patrick  Crowley  for  the  tpnrder  of  Daniel  Mulrer- 
hill,  at  Newport,  Herkimer  County,  Feb.  13,  1876, 
went  out  at  S  o'clock  this  afternoon.  A.t  9  o'olocK 
this  evening  Judge  Noxon  adtonrned  the  coorr,  and 
the  Jury  wUI'remaln  out  all  night.  Mulverblll  was 
Crowle.v's  brothur-ln-law,  and  was  supposed  to  have 
another  wife  In  Ireland, 


CONFESSION  OF  A   TERHIBLE  MVRDER. 
San  Fbakcisco,  Feb.    16, — A   dispatch    from 
Yictorla  says  news  from  tbe  north  this   morning 
states  that  an  Indian    belonging   to  a  tribe  near 

KaiDoCOCt  baa  confessed  that  13  whitea    aod  Indians 

reached  the  shore  from  tbe  ateamer  Gei^ge  T, 
Wright,  from  Sitka,  which  was  lost  on  the  northern 
coast  three  years  ago,  and  were  murdered  by  tbe 
triDe,  and  their  bodies  thrown  into  the  sea.  The 
news  is  not  received  with  credenee. 


OSmA  AND  JAPAN  MAILS. 
San  FxANcnoo,  Feb.  16.— At  a  special  meet- 
ing of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  to-day  a  reeoln- 
tioa  waa  adopted  petltioalng  Congreas  to  proride  a 
\  eaaMaoBtair  mail  "betTeen  Baa  r*»iuaatiajOhiu$, 


SENTENCE  OF  FEMALE  PICKPOCKETS. 

Baltihobe,  Feb.  16.— Eliza  Harris  and 
Mary  Ann  Hughes,  convicted  of  Qocket-pioking  in 
the  street  cars,  were  to  day  sentenced  to  faur  years 
each  in  tbe  Penitentiary,  They  are  aaid  to  be  noted 
and  expert  thieves,  coming  from  Pittsburg  and 
Allegheny  City.  The  woman  Hughes  has  with  her 
a  sou  about  2  years  old. 

STRIKE  OF  MILL  OPERATIVES. 
New-Bedford,  Feb.  16. — The  operatives  of 
the  Wamsutta  Mills  voted  this  evening  to  strike  on 
Monday,  their  demand  for  a  restoration  of  their 
former  wages  not  being  complisd  with. 

TWO  BOSTON  aiBLS'  IfOTWNa. 

From  the  £o8ton  Iranteript 

Scene — inooining  suburban  horse  ear. 

First  Young  Lady,  (aged  15,  with  eye-glasses  and 
an  armful  of  books,  to  second  young  lady,  similarly 
equioped) — What  are  you  reading  now! 

e,econd  Young  Lady — ^Irvlng'a  "Braoebridge 
Hall."  It  IS  very  good,  althongh  the  atyle  is  defec- 
tive, and  there  is  a  lack  of  incident. 

i&'iret  Yonng  Lady — Ye-st  I  haven't  read  it  yet. 
At  our  school  we're  reading  Soott.  I  think  be  ia 
greatly  overratod.  His  plots  are  not  artistic,  and 
tben  tbe  interest  is  n't  always  sufficiently  keot  up. 

Second  Young  Lady— Ye-»f 

Factl 

A  FAMILY  OF  OLD  FOLKS. 

The  Fall  Biver  (Mass.)  News  aaje :  "  Mrs. 
Deborah  Pierce,  who  died  in  tbu  city  on  the  11th 
inst,  at  the  advanced  age  of  69  years  10  months  and 
11  days,  left  a  sister  in  Freetown,  the  wife  of  Mr. 
Setb  Cbaoe,  in  ber  eighty-ieveuth  year,  and  also  e 
brother  in  nis  eigbty-slxih  year,  ^d  three  broutere 
in  Faloibuth— £nni8  Batbawrfy  in  hu  eigbtsr-foiirth 
year,  Tbomaa  Hatnaway  in  his  Mghty-thlrd.  and 
Avery  Hatbawey  in  bis  eighty-flrat  rest,  nia)ang 
a  total  of  npwara  of  500  yeare,  a  reaolt  aeldom  eU 
tained  bv  one  femil*  la  Uae  at  atur  etber  Miiiatiy.'' 


f  fl£  bEMQGRAtiC  ASSASSa 

— * — -  .. 

GOV,      PACKAIE^S      AttSifPTED 
MUSDEit. 

EXAMUTATlOSr  Ot  -WEIJDON  IN  NEW-OBiviKS 
— A  PLEA  OF  GOILTT  TOyTHK  CHABOB 
OF  ASSAULTING  GOV.  PACKARD  WITH  A 
DEADLY  WEAPON — SOME  PARTICULARS 
OF  WELDON'S  ANTECEDENTS.' 

Nsw-Obleans,  Fbb.  16l— This  aiAemooti  Se- 
eorder  Stals,  aeoompanied  by  aeveral  reporters  and 
Police  officers,  proceeded  to  a  room  in  the  old  St 
Lonla  Hotel  or  State-house,  where  the  wotmded 
Weldon  lies,  and  formally  arraigned  him  on'  the 
charge  of  assaulting  with  a  deadly  weapon  Stephen 
B.  Packard,  Governor  of  the  State  of  Louitiana, 
with  intent  to  mnrder.  To  the  format  qusation, 
"  Are  yoa  guilty  or  not  guilty  of  this  charge  t"  the 
prisoniBr  repliijd  in  firm  voioe,  "  OnUty."  Aji  order 
of  commitment  was  then  made  out,  directing 
Chief  of  Police  Loan  to  retain  him  in  custody  until 
further  orders. 

Mr.  Smythe,  the  attending  phyaiolan,  waa  present 
durmg  tbe  examination  and  stated  that  he  could 
not  at  preaent  give  an  opinion  at  te  the  probable 
result  of  Weldon's  injuries. 

PbihpStem,  aone*legged  German  peddler,  made 
the  fbllowhig  affidavit :  I  live  at  No.  134  Ninth 
street,  in  this  citv,  and  sell   dry  goods  ;  yesterday, 

Thursday,  Feb.  15,  18T7,  between  tbe  honrs  of  10 
and  11  o'clock  in  the  fbrenoon,  I  went  into  a  beer 
saloon  on  Toulouse  street,  near  the  State-house ; 
there  waa  a  gentleman  aitting  in  the  saloon 
who  bad  on  a  white  necktie ;  I '  asked  this 
gentleman  if  ho  wanted  to  buy  any  Russia  leather 
pockaMwoks  or  any  pocket-knives ;  be  aaid  no,  but 
if  I  had  any  good  pistols  be  would  buy;  I  said  no, 
I  had  got  no  pistols ;  he  told  me  to  take  a  seat,  and 
began  to  talk  politics ;  he  asked  me  if  I  waa  a  Re- 
publloan  ;  I  told  him  that  waa  my  business ;  he 
said,  "  Well.  I  am  a  hard-shell  Democrat ;"  be 
asked  me  if  I  knew  Packard  r  I  told  bim  no,  except 
that  he  ran  for  Governor;  he  aaid  to  me,  "I  will 

flx  him, rascal,  I  have  partlctilar  business  with 

bim  to-day;"  there  '  was  a  one-armed  man 
who  was  drinking  with  the  man  with  tbe  white 
neckiis;  the  man  with  the  white  necktie  asked  the 
one-armed  man  if'he  knew  Packard;  the  one-armed 
man  aaid  "  Yes; "  the  man  ^tth  the  white  necktie 
asked  the  one-armed  man  if  he  would  go  along 
with  him.  as  be  had  particular  buainess  with  Pace- 
ard;  I  told  the  one-armed  man  and  also  the  owner 
of  tbe  bar.  ''I  think  that  must  be  a  very  mean 
man ;  I  do  not  know  what  to  say  of  him,"  meaning 
the  man  with  the  white  necktie ;  then  I  left ;  I  no- 
ticed nothing  in  the  manner  of  tbe  man  with  the 
white  necktie  to  make  rae  think  ne  was  orazy  ;  I 
would  know  him  again  if  I  saw  him. 

Stern  was  taken  up  to  the  room  where  Wel- 
don is,  and  confronted  with  him.  He  at  once 
said:  "  That  is  tbe  man  I  saw  and  talked  to  in 
the  bar-room  yesterday,  and  wbo  waa  tben  wearing 
a  white  necktie." 

Hearing  this  statement  the  prisoner  tnmed  his 
head  with  difficulty  upon  tbe  pillow,  and  locking  in- 
tently at  Stem,  said  :  "  Yon  are  the  man  I  was  talk- 
ing to  in  tbe  bar-room  yesterday  f  "  Stern  replied  : 
"Yes,  and  1  am  »orry  for  you.  You  are  in  a  bad 
way,  but  it's  yonr  owu  fault."  With  an  impatient 
turu  ot  bis  head.  Weldon  replied:  *'It  is  done, 
now  ;  "  and  closed  bis  eyes. 

The  State  authorities  confidently  declare  that  at 
the  proper  time  they  will  be  able  to  prove  Weldon's 
connection  with  a  band  of  assassins. 

The  Evening  Timet  baa  the  following  :  "  At  1 
o'clock  a  Times  reporter  was  admitted  to  the  room 
of  Weldon,  He  seems  very  comfortably  fixed.  He 
occupies  an  improyised  cot.  and  apparently  bas 
every  attention  paid  to  him.  He  aays  that  while 
coming  over  here  on  tbe  oars  he  conceived  the  idea 
of  killing  Packard,  thinking  that  ft  would  be  a 
popular  act.  He  asked  Mr,  Drary  about  letters 
which  were  taken  from  bis  person.  He  remem- 
bered about  them.  Among  tbe  letters  there  were 
a  nnmber  from  a  latfy  in  Mobile,  evidently  a 
sweetheart.  He  is  not  very  clear  in  his  mind  yet, 
and  does  not  talk  coherently  or  connectedly. 
He  acts  much  liko  aman  who  lias  been  nnder  the 
influence  ot  strong  drugs.  He  said  to  a  policeman 
wbo  was  in  bis  room  on  Friday  morning,  that  he 
was  Surry  for  what  he  bad  done,  and  that  he  had 
been  drinking  poisoned  liquor  of  some  kind  before 
be  came  to  the  State-bonae. 

Mr.  G-eoree  Drary  was  with  him  quite  •  long 
time  on  Friday  morning  trying  to  get  some  kind  of 
a  statement  from  bim,  Mr.  Drary  aays  that  be 
does  not  appear  to  remember  well,  and 
that  his  mind  appears  clouded.  Ha  remem- 
bered Itbe  name  of  the  man  Joseph  Hnt- 
tel,  wbo  accompanied  bim  to  tbe  State- 
house,  and  remarlted  that  it  seemed  cnrions  that 
man  Hnltel  should  have  allowed  him  to  use  bin, 
[Hnttel's,!  name  when  asking  admission  to  Pack- 
ard's office.  It  seems  that  he  did  use  Huttel's  name, 
althonub  pubiitbcd  repoi'ts  have  it  that  he  gave  tbu 
name  ot  Hottou.  Mr.  Drnry  asked  him  about  the 
third  man  at  tbe  door,  and  be  rrplied:  "Why,  he 
poshed  me  in  tbe  door,  did  be  nut  I"  Mr.  Drury 
Hays  that  he  got  some  points  from  him  whiob  he 
wishes  to  investigate,  and  if  they  prove  to  be  as 
stated  by  Weldon,  be  will  be  induced  to  believe 
that  Weldon  attempted  the  assassination  while  un- 
aer  tbe  mfluence  of  strong  drink,  or  a  drug  of  aome 
kind. 

With  reference  to  the  wonnd  of  Weldon,  Dr. 
Smythe  says  that  tba  ball  entered  about  two  inches 
above  tbe  elbow,  aod  came  oat  about  three  inches 
Ixdow.  Ic  is  a  flesh  wound,  and,  woile  it  is  senoas, 
it  is  not  considered  by  any  means  daneeroiu.  Dr. 
Smythe  nays  that  be  is  satisfied  that  Weldon  was 
unaeritbe  influence  of  absioibo  and  bad  whisky 
When  he  attempted  to  aasassinate  Mr.  Packard  un 
Tharaday. 

Mobile,  Feb.  18.— William  H.  Weldon,  who  at 
tempted  to  kill  Gov.  Packard,  was  sent  to  Mobile 
last  October,  recommended  by  the  house  of  Clafliu 
&.  Co.,  to  take  service  with  P.  H.  Pepper  &Co.,  tbe 
wealthy  dry  goods  bouse  here.  He  was  eogsged 
by  Mr.  Pepper,  aod  remained  in  his  employ  until 
abont  10  days  ago.  Alter  quitting  his  situation  ho 
took  to  drinking,  probably  on  that  account,  coupled 
with  a  little  love  matter,  and  did  some  wild  things, 
last  Sunday  informing  one  of  his  acquaintances 
that  he  was  guing  to  kill  himself,  and 
that  he  had  already  stcnred  a  room 
at  Msndech's  restaurant  for  that  porpose. 
The  last  seen  of  Weldun  at  Pepper  &.  Co.'s  was  ou 
the  13th  inst.,.  at  11  A-  M.,  when  be  called  in  and  re- 
ccivsd  a  settlement  of  his  account.  .  He  tben  said 
to  tbe  Cashier,  "good-bye,"  and  on  being  ai<ked  if 
be  was  going  to  remain  here,  be  replied  no,  that  he 
had  something  else  on  hand  and  was  abont  to  leave 
the  citv.  All  those  who  knew  bim  here  say  that 
bis  resolution,  if  resolution  it  was,  must  have  been 
taken  over  the  drinking  table,  and  with  thuss'  who 
happened  to  be  with  bim  at  the  time.  While  here, 
he  told  bis  friends  that  bis  father  was  a  Lutheran 
minister  in  Philadelphia,  He  waa  never  known  to 
take  any  part  or  interest  in  politics  on  one  side  or 
the  other.  .  One  of  Weldon's  acquaintances  is 
Willing  to  awear  that  Weldon  bas  not  been  In  a  con- 
dition uf  reaponaibillty  for  more  than  a  week,  and 
he  can  prove  this  tact  by  other  respectable  partiea.^ 


CHARGE  OF  A  JUDGE  TO  THE  6rAND  JURY. 

Judge  Wbitaker,  of  the   Superior   Criminal 

Court,  to-day  delivered  the    following  charge  to  tbe 

Grand  Jury:  "It  ia  notoriooa  that  yesterday  a 
prominent  citizen  was  shot,  with  intent  of  mur- 
der, at  the  St.  Loais  Hotel,  aod  also  th  it 
the  efforts  of  tbe  Police  authorities  to  in- 
vestigate the  matter  have  been  frastrated. 
These  matters,  in  my  opinion,  require  tbe  attention 
of  the  Grand  Jury.  The  protection  of  the  laws 
should  Ue  accorded  to  every  one,  and  officers  of  the 

law  be  permitted  tu  inaare  that  proteotion.  In  year 
investigation  of  this  matter  tba  court  will  accord 
yoa    every    aaslstauoe    in    its  power,  while,  at    the 

aaroe  time,  it  would  take  no  hasty  action  calculated 
to  farther  complicate  tbe  condition  of  affairs  ordi- 
narily referred  to  as  the  ttatut  quo." 

WELDON'S       FA1B.br       almost       UEART- 
BROKEh. 

Special  Dltpateh  to  the  Neu).  Tork  Titjut. 

PaiLADELPHiA,  Feb.  16.— It  bas  been  definite- 
ly ascertained  here  that  the  relatives  of  William  H. 
Weldon,  wbo  attempted  the  life  of  Gov.  Packard  in 
New-Orleans  yesterday,  reside  at  No.  913  Holly 
street,  in  this  city,  near  the  Centennial  grounds. 
The  father  is  *  Rev.  Charles  F.  Weldon  ; 
not,  howeyer,  the  clergyman  of  that 
name,  who  is  Pastor  of  St  Peter's  German 
Lutheran  Chutob.  While  in  this  city  young 
Weldon  waa  employed  in  gbarpless'  dry  goods  store^ 
at  Eighth  and  Chestnut  streets.  In  November  last 
be  left  this  city  for  Mobile,  where  he  engaged  in 
the  dry  goods  store  of  Patrick  Pepper.  The  father 
states  that  he  received  information  that  his  son  left 
Mobile  on  tbe  13th  in^t.  He  telegraphed  this  after- 
noon to  his  son,  telling  bim  to  make  a  full  and  free 
confession  to  Gov.  Packaid,  and  at  the  same  time 
requesting  tbe  Governor  to  appriae  him  of 
What  would  he  done.  A  Special  to  tbe 
Philadelphia  Preit  from  Bethlehem  atatea 
that  voUng  Weldon  was  educated  at  tbe 
home  school  of  Mr.  Charles  H.  Schwartz  there.  It 
is  believed  that  Hnttle  and  Sage  also  oome  from  the 
same  place.  Rev.  Mr.  Weldon  is  almost  heart- 
broken at  tbe  actions  of  his  son,  and  states  that  be 
cannot  oomprebend  what  woulu  induce  him  to  com- 
mit aucb  an  act,  as  be  was  alwaya  very  quiet  at 
home,  and  took  no  part  in  politics. 


RSLIO  OF  TEE  FBEEDMAN'S  SAVINeS 
BANK. 
BArTiMOBE,  Feb.  I6i— In  the  United  States 
Conrt  to-day  Judge  Giles  dissolved  the  injunction 
granted  laat  November  on  the  complaint  of  the 
Commlssienera  of  the  Freedman's  Savinga  and 
Trust  Company,  reBtrainiog  the  aasigna  of  CoL 
S.  T.  Suit  from  reoeivinc,  and  varioai  in-, 
•aranee  oomDaaiaa  nrom  pairing  to  enoh 
aasigna  tbe  amounts  of  aeveral  insnranoe  policies 
on  thereeldancf  of  Col.  Snit.  which  was  burned  m 
October  last  to  Pdnoe  Oepige'a  County.  Tha  oom- 
piainanta  allege  that  «b  ft  deed  of  trait  anoatfd  by 
UoL  Sut  to  aeoaxe  tbe  Mmaat  of  neaer  b(ntowe(L 


tnm  the  .  FttettinWi  Bank  in  Waahlnjetok 
la  2S7S.  it  was  atlpnlated  tfaat.  the 
jiroperty  ahohld  be  imt  insured  for  |30,000  for  the 
ben^flt  of  the  debt,  .iaod  the  policies  assigned  to  the 
S^nuree;  tfaataiaee  tbe  fire  the  policies  have  been 
Isslgned  to  other  pairties  to  tbe  exclusion  of  com- 
plainants. Tbe  deeieion  of  Judge  GIlMineffsct  is 
that  the  deed  of  ttoirt  te  tbe  Freedman's  Bank  did 
not  establish  suca  an  equitable  lien  ou  the  insnr- 
anoe Umd  as  to  give  tbe  Dank  a  superior  right  over 
the  other  oredltora-of  Col.  Suit 

SROTSERSOOD    OF  ENGINEERS. 


THE  STIUXEBS  ON  THE  BOSTON  AND  MAINE 
RAILROAD  STILL  DEFIANT — ASSISTANCE 
PROMISED     I'ROM     OTHER     ROADS — THE 
PROPOSED  REDUCTION  IN  WAGES. 
Speaal  Ditpatch  to  the  Ifew-Torlt  THmee. 

Boston,  Feb.  1(5.— The  strike  on  the  Bos- 
ton and  Maine  Bailroad  continues,  both  sides 
standing  firm.  Trains  were'  run  with  more 
regularity  to-day  than  at  any  time  since  the 
strike,  and  a  good  deal  of  freight  was  moved. 
Chief  Arthur,  of  tbe  Brotherhood,  received  dia- 
jpatcbes  to-day  from  Jersey  City  announcing 
the  forwarding  ot  funds  from  tbe  engineers  of 
tbe  Now-Jersey.  Erie,  and  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
roads, and  in  reply  he  sent  tfie  following  dis- 
patch : 

Boston.  Feb.  16.  18TT. 
If.    J.   Wood,    Locomotive  Engineer,  Erie  BaUway, 
Jersey  City  .• 

All  rigbt  Men  firm  and  determined.  Railroad 
management  of  the  coniitry  are  giving  aid  and 
comfort  to  the  enemy.    Warn  them. 

r.  M.  ARTHUTt 

Tbe  State  Railroa^  Commissioners  held  a 
meeting  to-day  in  regard  to  the  strike,  and 
heard  Pifesident  White,  Superintendent  Fur- 
ber,  and  other  officials  of  tbe  road.  President 
White  stated  that  the  reduction  of  10  per  cent, 
on  salaries  was  made  as  a  matter  of  economy. 
Tbe  visits  of  the  committee  ot  engineers  and 
of  Mr.  Arthur  in  January  last  were  re- 
ferred to.  When  Mr.  Arthur  insisted  that 
the  pay  of  the  engineers  should  be  restored 
Mr.  White  replied  that  he  did  not  want  lo  lose 
nis  men,  but  he  could  not  restore  their  pay. 
Mr.  Arthur  then  said  that,  if  the  pay  was  not 
restored,  he  would  not  be  responsible  for  their 
acts.  If  he  ordered  them  nPt  to  strike, 
they  would  not  The  men  were  then 
receiving  |3  50  per  day,  and  25  cents  per  day  as  a 
reward  of  merit,  payable  at  the  end  of  three 
months.  The  engineers  were  given  then  choice 
ot  the  $3  15  and  25  cents  per  day  at  the  end  of 
three  months,  or  $3  37,  payable  monthly.  The 
$3  15  and  25  cents  was  accepted,  and  this  was 
the  last  be  had  beard  liom  them  until  the  pres- 
ent trouble  arose.  Director  Osgood  and  Su- 
perintendent Furber    corroborated   Mr.  White. 

THE  NEWARK  MURDERER'S  DEATH. 


A  CONFESSION  OP  SUICIDE  FOUND  IN 
RYAN'S  CELL — THE  CONFESSION  IN  THE 
HANDS   OF   THE   CORONER. 

apedal  Dievatch  to  <A«  New-  York  Timet. 
Newark,  Feb.  1(5. — A  confession  of  the   sui- 
cide of  Thomas  Ryan,   one  of  the   convicted  mur- 
derers of  Officer  Brock,   whose  sudden  death  last 
Thursday  morning  caused  such  excitement   here, 

was  found  this  morning  by  the  Jail  authorities  in 
the  bedding  in  the  cell  lately  occupied  by  Ryan. 
The  coutenis  a^  not  vet  made  public.  Tbe  confes- 
sion ia  in  the  bands  of  the  Coroner,  wbo  will  pre- 
sent it  in  evidence  at  tbe  inqueiit  to-morrow  after- 
noon. 

Tbe  funerals  of  the  murderers  Oschwald  and 
Ryan  will  take  place  to-day  from  tbe  respective 
residences  of  their  parents  at  Newark,  N.  J.  Wben 
Judge  Depue  beard  of  tbe  suspicious  circumstances 
surrounding  Rjan's  death  be  directed  that  tbe  body 
should  not  be  permitted  to  go  out  of  tbe  custody  of 
tbe  authorities  nntil  alter  tbe  inquest.  Subse- 
quently Under  Sheriff'  Davis  gave  an  undertaker  a 
wiltien  Older  to  prepare  the  remains  tor  intermeni, 
and  this  being  mistaken  for  a  permit  for  removal 
the  body  was  taken  to  Ryan's  lather's  bouse,  Tbe 
mistake  was  discovered  very  soon  afterward  and 
Col.  Davis  bad  the  corpse  brought  back.  Tbe  stom- 
macb  bas  been  given  to  Prof.  Chandler,  wbo  will 
make  a  chemical  analysis  of  <t.  Tbe  inquest' will 
tie  held  on  Tuesday  next.  The  physicians  wbo  at- 
tended Ryan  slate  ibat  be  bad  all  tho  symptoms 
of  pulaoning  by  arsenic. 


LlllLE  HELL  GATE. 


A  CONFERENCE  AT  POLICE  HEAD-QUARTERS 
—THE  PROJECT  OF  FILLING  THE  CHAN- 
NEL WITH  STREET  REFUSE  DISCUSSED — 
ADOPTION  OF  RESOLUTIONS  RECOM- 
MENDING THE  ACTHOKIZATION  OF  THE 
WORK. 
The  project  of  filling  the  channel  known  as 
Little  Hell  Gate  with  street  refuse  was  discussed 
yesterday  afternoon  at  an  informal  conference  held 
in  the  office  ot  Gen.  Smith,  at  Police  Head-qaarters. 
Those  wbo  participated  in  the  proceedings,  which . 
were  conducted  in  privacy,  were  the  full  Board  of 
Police  Commissioners :  Hon.  Salem  H.  Wales, 
President  of  the  Dock  Department;  Gen.  John 
Newton,  Prof.  Chandler — President  of  the  Board  of 
Health — and  Mr.  Ambrose  W.  Snow,  President  of 
the  Pilot  Commiasion.  On  motion  of  President 
Smith,  of  the  Police  Board,  Mr.  Wales  was  chosen 
Chairman  of  tbe  conference  and  Prof.  Chandler 
Secretary.  Gen.  Smith  annonnced  that  the  oblect 
of  the  meeting  was  to  consider  tbe  proposition  of 
filling  the  Little  Hell  Gate  cbannel  with  the  ashes 
and  garbage  of  tbe  City,  which  is  at  present  carried 
out  to  sea  at  an  enormoos  expenditure  to  tbe  Street- 
cleaning  Department.  The  Police  Board,  he  said, 
had  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  street 
refuse  of  tbe  next  two  years  could  he 
conveniently  deposited  below  high-water 
mark  in  Little  Hell  Gate,  and  that 
the  adoption  of  rhe  plan  of  depositing  the  refuse  in 
that  channel  wonid  save  the  City  over  (lOO.OOJ  per 
annum.  Gen.  Newton  spoke  favorably  of  tbe 
scheme,  and  President  Wales  v'as  of  the  opinion 
that  the  process  of  filling  the  channel  would  not  in- 
terfere witb  the  plans  of  the  Dock  Department  for 
ths  improvement  of  the  water-front  of  the  City.  In 
consideration  of  the  large  pecuniary  saving  to  tbe 
City,  he  regarded  the  filling  of  tbe  cbannel  with 
street  refuse  as  highly  commendable.  Prof.  Chan- 
dler stated  that  tbe  plan  had  the  entire  approval  of 
tbe  Board  of  -  Health,  providing  the  deposits  of 
refuse  did  not  reacn  aoove  high-water  mark,  and 
personally  be  waa  confident  that  it  would 
not  be  detrimental  to  rhe  pablio  health. 
Mr.  Snow  spoke  iu  opeosition  to  the  plan,  and  ex- 
pressed himself  m  favor  of  sending  the  refuse  to 
sea.  In  answer  to  a  question  of  the  Ciairman, 
Commissioner  Wheeler,  ot  tbe  Police  Board,  said 
that  the  transportation  of  the  staff  out  to  sea  would 
require  the  constant  employment  of  five  barges  or 
scows.    On   motion   of  Gen.    Smith,    tbe    following 

resolationa  were  adopted,  Mr.  iSoow  being  tbe  only 
member  of  the  conference  voting  in  tbe  negative: 

Beeolved,  That  the  project  of  fltline  up  Little  Heil 
Gate  is  entiiel.y  feasible,  not  detrimental  to  comiuerce, 
UHVlgation.  or  health,  and  ia  of  gre.tt  value  to  the  City 
of  New-Vork,  and  tbnt  bills  should  beat  once  prepared 
autburizioR  the  work. 

Resolved,  That  the  sunken  meadow^s,  belnff  private 
property,  cannot  properly  be  considered  oy  this  con- 
lerence. 

BetOtved,  That  the  channel  known  as  the  Bronx 
Kills.  bei'uK  necessary    to   commerce,    cannot  pruverly 

be  Closed  without  detriment  tu  tbe  interests  of  tbe 
Cit.y. 

Gen.  Smith  was  of  the  opinion  that,  in  addition  to 
a  decrease  of  $100,000  anuaally  in  tlie  expenditure 
of  tb*  Street-clieaning  Bureau,  tbe  use  of  tbe  cban- 
nel as  a  dumping  gronDd  Would  result  ID  theuaic- 
ing  of  32  acres  of  ground.  The  conference  will  meet 
again  at  2  P.  M.  ou  Monday  next. 

BAILROAD  STOCKEOLDERS  TO  BE  SUED. 
Lewis  B.  Hall,  Eeceiver  of  the  New-York 
and  Albany  Railroad  Company,  under  a  lodgment 
obtained  by  Messrs.  Peckham  and  Tremain,  for 
jnoney  due  for  servloes,  has  obtained  an  order  from 
Judge  Wealbi'ookaplboriziog  bim  to  sue  the  several 
shareholders  for  amounts  proportionate  to  the  shares 
held  hy  them,  large  sums  being  due  and  unpaid  on 
each  and  every  share  of  stock  issued.  There  are 
noasaetsand  the  company  owes  |2i,000.  The  fol- 
lowing IS  a  list  of  the  several  atookbolders  of  the 
company,  whom  the  Receiver  ia  authorized  by  the 
orderto  sue,  with  the  nnmber  of  shares  held  by 
each:  Thomas  W.  Olcott,  S.  H.  Ransom.  Brastus 
Corning,  Robert  H.  Prnyn,  John  F.  Rathbone,  Al- 
fred Van  Santvoord,  Jacob  Leonard,  P.  \V. 
Nickersoo,  Thomas  Cornell.  J.  McK. 
Davidson.  Samnel  Scbnvler,  John  A. 
Goewey,  George  H.  Thatcher  &  Co.,  Legrand  B. 
Cannon,  Robert  Lenox  Kennedy,  and  A.  A.  Low, 
50  shares  each;  M.  G.  Leonard.  J.  R,  Herrick. 
Channcey  'Vibbard.  J.  J.  Astor,  Jr.,  Daniel  Butter- 
field,  Robert  L,  Johnson,  Paid  Cushman,  J.  West- 
over,  John  Cook,  Jared  Holt,  William  N.  Strong, 
C.  Tan  Bentboysen,  Harvey  Baker,  and  James  Mc- 
Martin,  10  shares  each;  Joseph  H.  Ramaey  and 
James  Hendnek,  30  shares  each,  and  Homor  Rams- 
dell.  2  shares. ^ 

TEE  NOBTEAMPTON  BANK  BOBBERS. 

Application,  by  writ  of  habeas  corpus,  was 
made  to  Judge  Brady,  in  the  Conrt  of  Oyer  and 
Terminer,  yesterday,  for  the  release  of  William 
Connors,  wbo  was  arrested  on  a  charge  of  having 
been  conoeraed  in  the  Northampton  (Mass,)  Bank 
robbery.  Tbe  prisoner's  counsel  claimed  that  there 
waa  no  warrant  for  Connors'  arreat.  Tbe  return 
made  by  the  District  Attorney  was  the  afildavit 
made  before  tbe  Police  Justice  on  which  thepn- 
aoiier  bad  been  held,  and  it  waa  stated  that  a  re- 
quisition fttim  the  Governor  of  Massachusetts  is 
now  on  ita  way  to  this  City.  After  some  dlisoiiMion 
the  matter  wte  Miboned  orer  to  Mohdja*- 


TOWN  TOPICS. 


AN  ACTOR'S  ESCAPE  FROM  DEATH. 

MR.  EDWABD  LAMB/  THE  COMEDIAN,  SEVEBS- 
XT  BURNED  AT  THE  OLYMPIC  THSATSE — 
A  FIREMAN  COMES  TO  THE  RESCUE. 
Mr.  Edward  Lamb,  the  popular  comedian, 
was  severely  burned  on  Monday  nigbt  while  aasiat- 
ing  in  the  performance  of  "Around  the  Clooir,"  at 
the  Olympic  Theatre.  He  is  now  at  his  residence, 
No.  160  Wyckoff  street,  Brooklyn,  and  will  prob- 
ably be  confined  to  his  bed  for  several  weeks. 
Mr.  Lamb  was  playing  the  part  of  a  brazen  and 
meddlesome  layryer  who  visits  Niblo's  Garden,  and, 
having  got  behind  the  scenes,  dona  the  attire  of  a 
ballet  girl,  and  appears  on  the  stage  to  avoid  being 
ignominiously  cast  out  of  the  theatre.  The  more 
effectually  to  play  his  part,  be  boldly  attempts  a  pat 
teiU,  at  the  end  of  which  be  descends  through  a  trap 
in  tbe  midst  of  flames.  On  Monday  morning  Mr. 
Lamb  spoke  tothe  attendant  whose  duty  it  was  to 
stand  nndor  the  atage  at  the  side  of  the  trap  to 
prodnoe  the  flame,  cautioning  him  to  he  careful 
how  he  held  bis  torch.  Tbe  man  replied  that  he 
would  be  very  vigilant.  Mr.  Lamb  did  his  part  on 
tbe  stage  with  much  humor  on  Monday  nicht,«and 
when  he  disappeared  down  the  trap  the  acdlsnce 
were  convtdsed  with  laughter.  While  their  mer- 
riment continued,  its  cause  was  tieneath  the 
stage,  groaning  with  pain  and  battling  to 
subdue  the  flames  with  which  he  was 
encompassed.  As  soon  as  he  began  to  descend 
from  the  stage  tbe  attendant  beneath,  being  nervous 
or  hurried,  blew  upon  his  torch,  and  tbe  particles  of 
lyooiKiainm  in  the  perlorated  receiver  fiew  up  and 
were  ignited  by  tbe  boroing  alcohol  in  the  centre  of 
the  implement.  The  flames  thus  produced  caught 
the  light  underclothing  of  Mr.  Lamb,  and  m  a  sec- 
ond the  actor  waa  enveloped  in  a  blaze.  TEhe  unfor- 
tunate performer  struck  bis  oresa  with  bis  bauds 
in  a  vain  endeavor  to  put  out  tbe  fire.  The  light 
drapery  about  his  arms  became  ignited,  and  bis 
hands  and  wrists  were  severely  burned.  The  man 
wbo  bad  caused  all  tbe  trouble  ran  away,  two  other 
men  who  were  employed  beneath  the  eta<;e  follow- 
ing him.  Mr.  Lamb  in  bis  agony  cried  out:  "My 
God!  don't  leave  me  alone  to  die.''  A  braver  at- 
tendant, named  R.yan,  tben  made  an  ineffectual 
attempt  to  smother  tbe  flames  with 
some  cloths.  While  he  was  tbps  engaged 
a  fireman  detailed  at  tbe  theatre  came  down  from 
the  sta<!e,  and,  seeing  the  condition  of  Mr.  Lamb, 
Bciz'd  a  nail  of  water  standing  near,  and  threw 
it  over  the  actor's  body,  extinguishing  the  flames.  - 
The  fireman  had  been  standing  at  one  of 
tbe  wings  with  an  actor  named  Rockwell, 
when  the  latter  called  bia  attention  to  tbe 
fiict  that  tbe  blaze  through  tbe  trap  was 
smaller  than  nausi,  and  remarked'  that 
perhaps  some  of  it  had  got  onder  Lamb's 
dresa.  If  the  fireman  bad  delayed  a  moment  longer 
before  going  underneath  the  stdge.  Mr.  Lamb  woald 
have  been  burned  to  death.  As  it  was  his  injuries 
are  of  a  very  serious,  thoogh  not  f'aial,  chaiacier. 
He  did  not  at  first  believe  ibey  were  so  great,  and, 
having  divested  himself  of  bis  burned  garments, 
and  dressed  hie  wounds,  be  endeavored  to  continue 
bis  performance  to  i  heend.  He  played  partly  through 
a  scene  and  tben  had  to  be  taken  from 
the  stage  and  sen  t  to  bis  home.  Yesterday  Mr, 
Lamb  was,  lor  the  first  time  since  the  accident,  in  a 
comfortable  condition,  and  was  enabled  to  sleep 
during  me  day.  He  is  very  badly  burned  on  the 
hips,  thighs,  abdomen,  arms,  and  neck,  and  it  is 
probable  he  wiil  lose  tbe  free  use  of  several  of  bis 
fiogers.  Had  tbe  stage  attendants  had  presence  of 
mind  they  could  have  put  out  the  flames  as  soon  as 
they  caught  the  unfortunate  actor's  atiire. 


"WHAT  SHALL    WE  EATV 
LECTURE    BY    DR.    FRANK    FULLER    BEFORE 
THE     LIBERAL     CLUB — THE    GRAHAMITE 
SYSTEM   RIDICULED — LESS   STARCH   AND 
MORE  MASTICATION   RECOMMENDED. 

The  three  hundred  and  eighty-sixth  free  lec- 
ture  before    the  Liberal  Club  waa  delivered  last 
night  in  the  rooms  of  the  society,  in  Science  Hall, 
Bigbtb  street.    The  lecturer  was  Dr.  Frank  Fuller, 
ex-Governor  of  Utah,  who  spoke  on  the  subject, 
'•Wtiat  Shall   We   Eat."     The    question   was    as 
old,    the     lecturer     said,     as     the     human    race. 
The  search  ot  Adam  and  Eve  for  their  meals  was 
happily  described  as  resnlting  In  that  cnrioua  state 
of  life   called    "  light  housekeeping."      Adam  had 
discovered  that  every  other  animal  had  found  meals 
prepared     ready     for     use,      but    tbe     loitering 
innocents       must        have       decided       that       the 
bread       and      butter       question     was     to     be 
one      of      tbe      chief      problems     of      existence. 
By  tbe  microscope  the  grain  of    wheat   was   discov- 
ered to  be  constructed  with  a  view  to  Its  own  per- 
petuation.    Man  pompously  declares  that  the  re- 
fined   nourishment   of    the    grain    is     bis     blbod- 
making,       nerve-snpplying,      and       all-producing 
agent.    But  nature  disputes  these  claims.    Su  far 
as   man  bas   the   rii^ht  to  assert  bis  claim,  there  ia 
but  one  food  to  which  he  bas  a  perfect  right,  and 
that  is  milk,  possessing  as  it  does  no  vital  value  to 
its  producer,   and  providing  tbe  true  structure  of 
the   alimentary  system.     Milk  fresh   from  the  cow 
wsU-fed,  unimpoverished — this  most  perfect  food 
for  the  young>ind  for  persons  of  all  ages — can  be 
enloyed  perfeMly  only  wben  the  citizen  becomes  a  cit- 
izen no  longeA    With  it  supplied  in  purity,  pi^s  de 
retistancet,  em^B^ett,  and   entrees  would   come  and 
go  unnoticed.     "Solid  food',"  ao-called,  wbicb  takes 
tbe  place  of  milk,  is  starch  iu  one  form  or  another 
with  many  valuable  qualities  eliminated.      From 
the  deadly  reign  of   starch   we   jump   to  another — 
sugar.     Bread   and    butter    follow,     and     finally 
carbon    alone.      A     few     sentiments      were      ut- 
tered    in    bebalt      of     tbe     cow,    wbo    held    in 
restraint    the    march     of     the     starch-destroyer. 
The  women  in  the   country  are  steeped  in    tea, 
their  constant  solace,  and  at  30  years  of  age  they 
show    it.     Tbe    blessed  cow    breathes  upon    them 
tbe     breath     of     life.      Tbe     pitcher     of     milk 
on     the     comer     of   the     table     is     the     chil- 
'dren's     salvation,    and    he    would    heartily     say, 
'•  All   honor  to  the  cow."    When   a  Boston  doctor 
maintained  that  there  was  more  virtue  wasted  in 
the  bran  that  was   thrown  away  in  tbe  process  of 
sitting  flour  than   was  saved  in   tbe  flour  he  was 
laughed  at,  but  eventually  Graham  became  popu- 
lar, altbongb  he  was  supposed  to  have  been  a  vie-  I 
tim  ot  his  own  branny  food.      His  baleful  shadow 
made  tbe  lecturer's  life  miserable  for  a  quarter  of 
a   century.      He   remembered    that   the    effort  to 
digest    crude     cereals     had      resulted      in     the 
destruction      of      most     of     his      own     family 
and      that      of      several       of       his       neighbors. 
All  substances  for  food  mnsc  be  reduced  to  atoms 
nearly  approaching  the  molecule,  before  being  taken 
into  the  system,  and  when  this  idea  becomes  under- 
stood    a     vase  ft  array      of     pbysical     ills     will 
be     dispelled.    He     wonld     not    advise    a     diet 
of    slops,     but    nature     otters     no     lesson     so 
loudly     as     that     spoken     through     the     teeth. 
A  poand  of  milic  should    no  more  be  swallowed 
whole   than  a  pound  of  meat;    it  should  be  held  in 
tbe  month,  masticated,  before  it  i«  swallowed,  as  a 
ball     of     undigested    mi  k    in    the    stomach    is 
tbe     basest    of    hase    balls.      Tbe    pulverization 
of     wheat  —  high-grinding      as      it    is     called — 
secures  four  times   as  much   nitrogenous   gluten 
as  by  other  processes,  a  barrel  of  thit  flour  being 
cheaper  at  $40  than  a  barrel  treated  by  low-grinding 
at  $10.     Tbe  leclnrer  referred  at  some  lencth  to  tbe 

newer  methods  ot  prepared  flour  by  which  the  more 
valoable  properties  are  retained.  Hippocrates  ad- 
vise* the  removal  ot  the  woody  fibre  from  the 
grain,  which  ia  an  injarions  substance,  while  all 
tbat  remains  is  soluble  food.  Otber  grains  besides 
wheat    have    tboir  value    as    food,   bat  wheat 

18  the  royal  grain.  Our  dietetic  is  as  incongrnous  as 
Joseph's  coat.  We  shall  take  an  enormous  a,iride 
ia  the  right  direction  when  we  abandon  starch  in 
tbe  lorm  of  white  bread  andpotatoes,  and  begin  to 
masticate  our  food  thoroughly.  We  must  put  more 
starch  in  oar  shirt  tronta  and  less  beneath  tbem. 
if  we  would  be  a  more  stalwart  race. 
If  we  would  flourish,  we  must  have  as  much  concern 
about  the  food  of  our  boys  and  men  as  we  do  abont 
the  lood  of  our  huijs  and  hor.=ea.     The  leotorer  had 

been  led,  through  terrible  experiences,  under  the 
teaching  of  Graham,  to  a  condition  of  more  comfort 
and  digesiion,  but  hoped  bis  hearers  would  re^ch 
the  plane,  by  care  and  tbe  exercise  of  reason,  where 
"  Good  digestion  waits  on  appetite, 
And  health  ou  bota." 

BEUNION  OF  TEE  YALE  ALUMNI. 
Tho   fourth     social   meeting     of  the  Yale 

Alumni,  held  last  evening  at  Delmonico'a,  proved 
to  be  one  of  the.  most  enjoyable  reunions  of  tbe 
association  held  during  the  present  season.  The 
meeting  was  opened  shortly  after  9  o'clock  hy  the 
singing  of  several  stirring  college  songs  by  a  glee 
club  composed  of  members  of  the  organization. 
United  States  District  Attorney  Stewart  L.  Wood- 
ford was  introduced  at  tbe  conclusion  of  the  sing- 
ing, and,  amid  general  merriment,  related  some  of 
bis  humorous  college  experiences.  In  con- 
cluding, be  enlogized  tbe  college  as  being 
the  best  type  of  an  American  college — one  tbat  had 
left  tbe  impress  of  its  individuality  upou  all  the 
learned  professions  of  the  land.  Mr.  William  Wal- 
ter<*belps  fuUowed  with  an  interesting  addre.<<s,  in 
tne  course  ot  which  he  reported,  in  behalf  of  an 
imaginary  committee,  which  he  stated  had  been  ap- 

fiointed  to  see  ttiat  ail  the  vacancies  that  occurred 
u  the  legal  departments  of  tbe  Government  should 
be  filled  by  Taie  graduates.  He  was  pleased  to  be 
able  to  report  a  most  gratifying  progre>s  in  thia 
work.  Brief  addresses  were  subsequently  deliv- 
ered by  Mr.  Charles  M.  Bvarts,  son  of  Hon.  William 
M.  Erarts,  and  others,  the  intervals  between  tba 
speeobes  being  devoted  to  singin;:  of  songs  by  tbe 
glee  club.  A  sumptuous  collation,  served  at  about 
II  o'clock,  brought  the  reunion  to  a  pleasant  termi- 
nation. 

TBB  QEBMAN  REPUBLWAN8, 
A  meeting  of  the  German  Bepnblioan  Cen- 
tral committee  waa  held  at  No.  S9S  Bowery  laat 
evening,  Ex  J'udge  A  J.  Dittenhoefer.  m  the  chair. 
Full  dtAegations  from  each  of  the  SS  Assembly  dis> 
trtotela  the  City  ud  Coantr-irece  Dzee6nkaa4 


muoh  enthnsiaam  ma  raaoifected  over  the  tereratto 
newa  tcom  Waablngton.  The  report  a| 
the  oommittee  in  favor  of  aeknowleQlag 
the  sitting  delegates  from  tbe  Eighth  Die. 
triot  was  adopted,  and  the  Exeontive  Committee 
instructed  to  procure  new  quarters  for  the  organ- 
izatioiL  A  variety  of  other  business  was -transacted, 
at  the  close  of  which  a  reeolatlon  waa  paused  reooc- 
nizing  the  tact  tbat  Hayes  and  Wheeler  would  soon 
be  declared  the  legal  choice  of  the  people  for  Praai. 
dent  and  Vice  President,  and  providing  for  the  ap- 
pointmentpf  a  committee  of  five  to  make  etiitaUe 
arrangements  for  celebrating  their  inauguration. 


COLUMBIA'S   SEMI-ANNUAL. 
AN    EXi-CTING  JANITOR — A     SPURIOUS  PBO- 
6BAMME — SPEECHES,    FLIETATIONi    AND 
DANCING      IN     THE    LOBBIES — ORATIHQ 
UNDER  DIFFICULTIES. 

The  janitor  of  the  Academy  of  Magic,  aotlog* 
as  he  olaim^  nnder  orders,  refused  to  open  the 
doors  of  the  building  last  evening  to  the  atadenti 
of  Columbia  Collsge,  until  the  price  had  been  paid 
in  advance.  The  consequence  waa  that  thonsanda 
or  guests  were  kept  watting  on  Irving  place  nntO 
fully  a  quarter  of  an  hour  had  elapsed  after  ths 
time  set  for  the  commencement  of  the  exer- 
cises. At  length  a  lady — Mrs.  King — eama 
totherescne,  and  drew  her  check  for  the  amoont. 
The  occsision  waa  the  student's  semi-annad. 
The  Academy  soon  filled  up  until  nearly  every  seat 
and  all  the  boxes  were  occupied.  Some  leamps  bad 
b&A  foe-similes  as  to  appearance  of  the  regular  pro. 
gramme  printed,  and  these  were  surreptitiously  die- 
tributed  with  such  industry  tbat  nearly  every  per- 
son got  one.  A  few  specimens  of  ita  style  will  ex* 
plain  the  astonishment  with  which  tbe  more  aobei 
portion  of  the  audience  glanced  over  what  they  sup- 
posed to  be  a  list  of  exercises  approved  by  the 
Faculty.  "  Pray— monitory  mumblings-^Rev.  Com. 
Duff"  stood  for  prayer  by  Rev.  Comeliu 
R.  DuCSe,  S.  T.  D.;  Selections ;  "  Eego' — lager— oe- . 
tro,"  for  Cagliostro;  "File — your — legs — on  Oration 
— H.  E.  Gregions,  A.  S.  S.,"  for  Philolexian  Oration 
— Henry  E.Gregory;  "  Seedy  Hard  Blower,"  for 
C.  de  Hart  Brower ;  "  Poker ;  its  Power  to  In> 
fatuate,"  for  The  Power  of  Verse  to  Perpetuate ; 
"  Music  by  Scrofula"  On  tbe  back,  among  other 
Irreverent  absurdities,  tbe  audience  waa  requested 
not  to  give  any  graruitiea  to  tbe  ushers,  and  it  was 
announced  that  tintypes  of  the  performers  aod 
words  of  all  the  speeches  would  be  on  aale  In  tbe 
lobby. 

The  genuine  programme  was  very  long,  and  the 
speeches  were  interspersed  with  musical  aeleotione. 
After  two  of  these  by  Grafulla's  orohettra,  prayer 
was  ofiered  hy  Dr.  Duffls  and  Mr.  La  Roy  Einf 
delivered  the  Senior  President's  address,  reviewins 
tbe  events  of  the  past  year.  He  mentioned  the  new 
boat-house  as  the  finest  in  the  country,  spoke 
of  the.  birth  of  the  Colurnbiad  (the  new 
college  paoer)  last  A  pril,  touched  upon  the 
i>ucces8  of  the  meeting  of  tbe  Athletic  As. 
sociation ;  said  tbat  tbe  Piethologian  Society  has 
been  reorganized;  claimed  that  the  failnre  tb  win 
tbe  international  rowing  match  at  Philadelphia  waa 
owing  to  Ihe  illness  of  one  of  the  Colombia  crew;, 
announced  the  progress  toward  recovery  of  Prot 
Van  Amringe,  and  closed  witb  oongratuiationa  on 
tbe  condition  of  all  tbe  college's  affairs.  Tba 
next  address  was  on  "  Tbe  Prompter,"  bv  Mr.  Wii- 
Ham  Hyde,  Jr.,  who  made  a  decided  hit  on  aooonnt 
of  the  originality  of  his  speech.  Premidlag  tiiafe 
tbe  prompter  has'bitherto  escaped,.-^v9  attentiou  Of 
the  literary  analyst,  he  went  on  in  what  appeared 
to  be  an  elaborate  essay  on  ibe-  sublet.  But, 
liaviag  cast  'some  reflections  upon  the  promptec 
in  tbe  little  stage  box  in  front  of  faim,  he  became 
involved  in  a  mock  row  with  that  individual,  whioti 
ended  in  bis  being  obliged  to  leave  tbe  stage,  ap- 
parently for  lack  of  assistance  to  remember  hia 
lioes.  Mr.  Gtistave  Kobbd,  tbe  third  speaker,  paid 
'a  glowing  tribute  to  tbe  character  of  Adams  and 
Jefferson,  and,  alluding  to  the  events  of  tbe  past 
few  months,  called  on  all  citizens  to  refleot 
their  somt,  and  be  not  Republicans  oc 
Democrats  bnt  Americans.  Tbe  Alumni  oration 
was  delivered  by  Mr.  Valentine  Mott,  wbo  traced 
tbe  history  of  the  ''  mother  universities  "  of  Cam- 
bridge and  Oxford.  His  speech  was  a  strong  plea 
in  favor  of  tbe  English  non-compulsory  plan  aa  ap- 
plied to  attendance  on  lectures.  "  Give  tbe  stu- 
dent freedom,"  he  said,  "  and  he  will  return 
you  proficiency."  The  sentiment  was  loudly  ap- 
plauded, Mr.  Frederick  D.  Weekaelaborated  thaad* 
vantages  of  "  National  Unity,"  anJ  Mr.  Henry  B. 
Gregory  gave  a  sketch  ot  tbe  Philolexian  Society, 
mentioning  as  having  been  among  its  members 
William  B.  Astor,  Charles  Anthon,  Hamilton  Ifah, 
and  other  distingoished  gentlemen.  ' 

Up  to  this  point  a  fair  amount  of  attention  had 
been  accorded  the  speakers,  and  bouquets  bad  been 
showered  upon  them  in  profusion.  Flirtation  In 
the  boxes  and  In  the  lobbies,  and  in  out  of  the  way. 
comers,  was  fast  nsnrpine  the  general  interests  ini 
tbe  exercises,  however,  and  from  this  forth  there' 
was  an  unceasing  bozz  of  loud  cxinyersationtbat  must 
have  been  anything  but  encoarasing  to  tbe  yoan^;' 
men.  G^afnlla  bad  played  bis  most  classical  airs 
without  eliciting  a  murmur  of  applause.  At  this 
point  a  solo  with  cork  hammers  on  a  glass  barmo* J 
nicon  was  encored  so  tbat  it  had  to  be  rei>eated,  toj 
tbe  grea  t  embarrassment  of  a  speaker  who  hadj 
made  his  bow  and  was  obliged  to  retira.  The  same 
thing  was  repeated  subsequently.  The  "Shangraun" 
waltz  being  played,  a  number  of  young  ooapiefl 
dancea  to  tbe  music  in  the  lobbies  and  galleries^ 
ana  an  encore  was  required  to  satistv  tbem,  another 
speaker  being  meantime  compelled  to  suspend  hiS| 
remarlis.  Tbe  remaining  speechea,  none  of  wbioh 
were  remarkable  tor  novel  ideas,  were :  '•  Cowpor 
and  Wordsworth,"  by  Mr.  Mumay  WiUiamst) 
"Piethologian  Oration."  (Kaplo  Transit,)  Mr.  C, 
De  Hart  Brower;  "  Stooe — its  Revelations,"  Mr.' 
Ralph  Wood  Kenyon  ;  "  The  Power  of  Verse  to 
Perpetuate,"  Mr.  David  M.  Hildreth,  Jr.;  "  Nathaa 
Hale,"  Mr.  Edward  J.  Runk;  "Unwritten  Hero, 
ism,"  Mr.  C,  H.  Jonnson.  Jr.,  and  '' Silent  Infln* 
ence,"  Mr.  B.  E.  Van  G-ieson.  While  Mr.  B.onyon 
was  speaking,  a  nnmber  of  bis  fellow-students  filed 
upon  the  stage,  and  aided  by  others  in  ibe  galleries, 
kept  him  in  a  constant  condition  cf  torture  by  asv 
plaading,  mockingly,  every  time  be  paused  to  takr 
breath.  The  exercises  did  not  close  until  neai^ 
midnight  

NEW-JERSEY    CENTRAL. 

CIRCULAR    BY    THE    NEW    RECEIVER  —  TBX 

PAY-BOLLS  IN  ARREARS — ACTION  IN  TH/ 

•    COURTS  OF  THIS  STATE. 

The  Eeceiver  of  the  New-Jersey  Central 
Eailwa.y  Company  issued  the  following  oiroolar 
yesterday : 

Office  of  the  RECErvEB  of  the 
Cejtteal  Kailboad  of  New-jeeskt, 

No.  119  Liberty  ST.,  New- York,  Feb. 
James  Moore,  Esq.,  Superintendent,  <£c  ." 

Deab  Sib:  I  have  been  appointed  Receiver  of 
the  Central  Railroad  Company  of  New.Jer«ey,  by 
tbe  Chancellor  ef  New-Jersey,  and  have  tbis  dat 
taken  possession  of  the  road,  and  shall,  from  this 
date,  operate  it  under  tbe  direction  of  the  Cbanoel- 
lor.  I flad  tbat  the  pay-rolls  are  much  in  arrears.  I 
wish  it  was  m  my  power  to  pay  at  once  all  that  ii 
due  the  men.  I  have  not  authority  to  do  this,  and  I 
shall  apply  to  the  Chancellor  immediately  wholLca 
sure  will  give  an  order  to  pay  if  tbe  law  will  allnw 
him  to  do  It.  Say  to  the  engineers,  firemen,  brase 
men.  roadmen,  and  shop-hands,  that  hereafter  tliey 
shall  receive  their  pay  weekly,  nntil  further  Doiloe^ 
and  tbat  I  have  given  orders  accordingly.  Ail  the 
Other  employes  wiil  be  paid  monthiy.  Yoari  re- 
spectfully. F.  S.  LATHROP,  Receiv<jr. 

Judge  Donohne.  in  Supreme  Court,  Chamliers, 
yesterday  granted  an  order  appointing  Francis  S. 
Lathropas  Receiver  of  the  New-Jersey  Central  Rail- 
road Company's  property  in  this  State.  The  aotion 
in  which  the  order  is  made  is  the  one  brought  by 
the  Lehigh  Coal  and  Navigation  Company  and  the 

allegatioos  are  similar  to  those  in  the  New-Jeraev 
Chancery  suit,  in  which  Mr.  Latbrop  waa  aopoinreo 
as  Receiver.  Under  Judge  Donohue'a  order  Mr. 
Lathrop  is  to  exercise  the  powers  coDterred  on  him 

as  ancillarv  to  those  elven  him  in  New-Jersey.  Hia 
bond  is  fixed  at  ^0,000.  The  object  ol  the  proceed- 
ing is  to  proteol  the  ferry-boats  of  tbe  coippanj  oo 
landing  bere  from  being  levied  on  by  creditors. 

PIQEON-SHOOIINQ  AT  DEXTEB  PARS, 
The  Brooklyn  Gun  Club  contended  yesteh. 
day  at  Dexter  Park,  Long  Island,  for  the  poasea- 
Bion  of  the  series  of  champion  pigeon-ahootiag 
badges,  Tho  badges  shot  for  were  the  Handicap  Match 
Medal,  held  by  Mr,  B.  West :  tbe  Sngle-burd  Match 
Medal,  held  by  Mr.  Williams,  and  the  Doabl# 
bird  Match  Medal,  hell  b7  Dr.  At- 
kins.  vVitb  tbe  exception  of  the  lat- 
ter the  medals  changed  hands.  The  shooting 
throughout  waa  good.  Were  it  not  for  the  scaroitn 
of  the  birds  there  would  have  been  more  competi- 
tors  for  tne  single  and  double  bird  medals.  A ' 
sweepstake  at  30  yards  was  shot,  and  one  at  glase-, 
balls,  miss  and  go  out,  for  wbicb  there  were  siX' 
entriei,  Mr.  Farrell,  of  Chicago,  taking  first  money, 
and  Dr.  Race  the  second  prize.  The  contest  tor  the 
baudicao  match,  gold  medal,  H.  and  T.  trapa,  80 
yards  boundary,  one-quarter  ounce  shot, 
resulted  as  follows:  Mr.  Eddy,  ^t  a  dis- 
tance of  sa  yards,  out  of  a  possible  16. 
killed  14  birds;  Dr.  Wynne,  at  24  yards, 
out  of  a  possible  15,  winged  11;  B.  Wea%  same  di»-1 
taoce,  missed  2  oat  of  13;  Mr.  Robinson,  2S  yards, 
scored  7  out  of  10 ;  Mr.  Williams,  22  yarda,  out  of  a 
possible  7,  killed  S ;  Mr.  Baxter,  21  yarda,  missed  3 
out  of  6;  Mr.  Edmunds,  Jr.,  32  yards,  hit  L 
Another  match  at  10  single  birda  21  yards  rise,  80 
yards  boundary,  was  contested  by  Dr.  Wyane  and 
Mr.  Williams,  who  killed  respectively  8  and  4  birds 
out  of  a  possible  10.  The  next  match  was  for  a; 
chaUeuge  medal  at  pairs,  18  yards  rise  and  80  yarda 
boundary,  which  resulted  in  tne  following  score;: 
Dr.  Atkins,  12 ;  R.  Robinson,  10.  The  last  match, 
sweepstakes,  entry  (3,  30  yarda  rise,  resulted  aw 
follows:  Edmunds,  Jr.— total,  10;  killed  9.  Robin, 
son— total,  9;  kllied,  6.  Atkins— total.  8 1  luUe4^ 
5.    Eddy— total,  5;  kUled,  2. 

IHE  FBIGATE  FBANKLIS. 
FOBTBE88  MoNBOE,  Feb.  16,— Tbe  UaUeA 
States  frigate  Franklin,  Capt  Ransom  oonunaBdiac, 
arrived  in  the  Roada  tbis  afternoon  fromNew-Yod^ 
and  aalnted  the  flag  of  Rear  Admiral  TrenobaaAi 
Bbego^to  Iforfolk  to-morrow  to  r^lero  Va»  W 
E-eUn  'VirorceBta£..a(  fhiit  ^MXomm'. 


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OFFENBACH  I2f  AMEBIC  A. 

imvSACB  IS  AVBRIC&.    Kotea  of  a  Trayelinft  Ha- 

' .  aieian.    By  Jacqubs  OrvBNBACR.    With  a  Biogracta- 

ical  Prefitce  by  ^iabst  Woi.yF.    Translated  from 

Adramoe  Sheets  of  tbe  original  Paris  Bdition.    Kevr- 

Tork :  Q.  W.  Cabmtoh  &  Ca    1877. 

Here  is  a  little  b^ok  that  might  readily 
iave  its  title  inverted  and  go  by  tbe  name  of 
•♦A  Bioerapbioal  Sketcb  by  Albert  Wolfif,  witb 
appendix  of  Offenbach's  Impressions  of  the 
CJnited  States."  It  may  be  that  Offerbacb's 
^ends  felt  that  these  flimsy  impressions  'were 
^0  Hstht  to  venture  out  alone  in  the  world  ; 
(hat,  after  all,  they  -would  only  be  read  by  peo- 
ple who  wanted  to^  know  more  about  the  com- 
poser, and  very  probably  it  was  foreseen  that 
pven  Buoh  people  would  be  disgusted  to  find  so 
jittle  about  the  musical  genius  himself.  Hence 
the  biosraphical  letter  by  the  celebrated  musi- 
cal critio  of  Paris  assumes  the  first  place  in  the 
.  ^ooK.  It  is  a  peculiar  introduction,  addressed 
bi  the  form  of  a  letter  to  Mme.  Herminie  0£fen- 
baoh ;  bat  it  succeeds  in  accomplishing 
Mveral  things  in  no  unokillful  manner.  In 
Ihe  first  place,  M.  Wolff  would  seem  to 
be  a  little  reluctant  to  appear  at  alL 
Pe  ifl  profusely  apologetic,  probably  because 
f»  a  musical  critic  he  cannot  heartily  and  un- 
feaervedly  approve  of  all  of  Offenbach's  music, 

iuid  yet  stands  in  tbe  shoes  of  a  eulogist.    But 

lie  extricates  himself  with  the  happy  faculty  of 
m  writer  of  PaXis  from  this  false  position,  and 
pnanages  to  imipress  the  reader  with  a  feeling 
that  whatever  harsh  things  may  be  said  of 
QfTenbacb,  whatever  assaults  may  be  made  on 
the  morality  of  his  music,  not  only  is  the  man 

liimaell  a  harmless  and  genial  artist,  but  his 
early  life  and  tbe  family  of  Cologne  which  be- 
got him  are  something  better  than  merely  re- 
■peotable,  that  both  lil'e  and  family  have  known 
Ithe  quickening  influences  of  pecuniary  want 
|uid  of  toil.  Albert  Wolff,  it  appears,  is  him- 
■elf  a  native  of  Cologne  and  a  familv  friend  of 
|lhe  Offenbachs.  He  sketches  picturesquely  the 
fignrea  of  the  father,  mother,  and  music-teaoher 
sf  Jacques,  and  such  family  soeaes  of  higher 
Bfe  as  Cologne  used — perhaps  still  is  able — to 
{Kfford.  With  all  that,  a  fastidious  reader  would 
be  likely  to  detect  in  this  iptroduotion  a  certain 
^int  of  the  qpmmon.  The  tone  is  not  quite  re- 
Vpeetfiil ;  along  with  every  good  intention  on 
the  writer's  part,  sometimes  it  smacks  of  pa- 
bronage.  Bat  thia  may  arise  simply  from  the 
position  in  which  the  writer  dnds  himself,  where 
he  may  be  expected  to  play  the  panegyrist.  Be 
that  as  it  may,  the  introduction  is  plainly  a 
kind  of  apology  lor  the  appearance  of  Offen- 
bach in  print. 

'  Offenbach's  part  may  be  understood  by  bear- 
ing one  of  his  lightest  and  most  indifferent 
Spieoes  of  music  Probably  n*  writer  has  ever 
yet  put  such  superficial  impressions  upon  paper, 
bnd  moreover,  few  visitors  of  thia  country  ap- 
ipear  to  have  come  less  in  contact  with  Ameri- 
leans.  We  have  amusing  chapters  on  waiters, 
evidently  Frenchmen,  and  the  wildest  generali- 
sations on  some  occurrence  that  probably  has 
^ppened  to  no  one  elsoi  Hia  pathos  on  leav- 
ing France  is  inimitable. 

"  While  the  ship  was  steamiog  awav  my  Ayes 
irere  riveted  upon  that  little  groap,  in  the  midst  of 
i^rbich  stood  my  dear  child.  The  sun  shining  brightly 
on  the  brass  buttons  of  bis  college  aaifuriu  enabled 
me  tor  a  ion;  time  to  maKe  oat  tbe  exact  spot 
Where  he  stood,  and  whlcQ  my  heart  woold  other- 
Vise  have  sraessed. " 

i  On  arriving  in  New-York  Bay  he  gives  a 
pketch  of  the  vicissitudes  ot  the  quarantine 
nnder  the  popular  hatred  that  drove  it  from 
one  place  to  another.  Theatres  and  hotels  then 
come  in  for  hasty  notice.  On  the  subject  of 
BTt  M.  Offenbach  is  ready  with  advice,  just  as 
Idl  foreigners  are.  But  in  his  case  we  are 
treated  to  it  good-humoredly.  Speaking  of 
Cictors  he  says  : 

"Tbe  same  observation  applies  also  to  other 
fbrarchea  of  art,  and  neither  music  painting,  nor 
scalptnre  find  in  America  a  soil  which  favors  their 
uevelonment.  Ton  may  assert  thac  there  are 
toaioters  and  scniotors.  I  agree  with  yon,  and  I 
know  myself  several  ot  eminent  talent— Bierstadt, 
Buit,  Ball,  Charch,  Yinnie  Beam." 

!  It  ia  amusing  to  lancy  the  feelings  of  Mr. 
Bunt  should  ho  see  himself  classed  with  Vin-  - 
lie  Beam.  Offenbach  goes  on  to  advise  that 
patmicipal  governments  and  associations  of 
pTiyate  persons  should  take  the  place  of  the 
Gtoneral  Government,  as  that  of  France,  in 
knpporting  the  various  arts.  It  shows  the  un- 
thinking generosity  of  M.  Offenbach's  mind 
ithat  he  insists  on  American  museums  and  con- 
servatories of  art  to  be  supplied  at  first  by 
iSoropean  teachers  of  the  highest  order.  A 
longer  head  would  have  hesitated  to  encourage 
Americans  in  that  species  ot  protection 
to  home  arts,  bat  would  rather  have 
Insisted  on  a  course  more  nearly  akin  to  free 
trade,  namely,  that  artists  of  all  kinds  should 
go  to  Europe,  as  they  do  now,  for  their  in- 
•tmction.  M.  Offenbach  remarks,  as  usual. 
Upon  t]}e  sobriety  and  sedateness  of  Ameri- 
cans, but  in  order  tojiet  an  artistic  contrast  he 
has  eagerly  s^raltowed  a  number  of  the  aston- 

iahxDK  Stones  which  lie  in  wait  for  the  gullible 

in  all  seaport  and  inland  towns  of  the 
United  States.  He  gravely  retails  one  of 
those  jocose  yams,  such  as  are  always 
spinning  in  the  columns  of  the  Danbary 
JCftwt,  in  order  to  shtw  that  on  one  day  of 
the  year,  the  Fourth  of  July,  the  American 
citizen,  irrespective  of  age  or  sex,  becomes  a 
kind  oi  daaagerous  maniac.  Like  M.  Molinari, 
another  hasty  but  by  no  means  silly  visitor,  he 
ia  amused  and  astonished  by  our  advertising 
processes.  Thus,  be  is  naturally  amazed  at  our 
business  quickness  when   he  learns  as  follows: 

"  A  poor  horse  tails  from  fatigue  after  dragging 
fifty  passengers  all  day  long ;  at  once  a  boy  sprmgs 
forward  and  sticka  a  hill  on  his  nose— Gargling 
OU— Good  for  Man  and  Beaac" 

Another  old  story,  that  some  wag  must  be 
ebuokling  to  find  so  sucoesssful  witn  the  inno- 
cent Offenbach,  ia  to  the  effect  that  all  Ameri- 
cans have,  near  the  waist  and  beneath  the 
akirta  of  their  coats,  a  rather  marked  protuber- 
ance. ^'This  ia  cacteed  by  the  revolver  which 
they  generally  carry  in  that  locality,  in  a  pocket 
specially  made  for  the  purpose." 

M.  Offenbach  gives  quick  sketches  -  of  our 
Reading  dailies  and  personal  notices  of  persons 
prominent  or  notorious.  His  geniality  ia  not 
froof  against  professional  hatred  when  he 
reaches  Theodore  Thomas,  who,  it  is  well 
flmown,  has  no  patience  withtbe  caracoles  of 
iOffenbacb'a  genlua.  He  inainuatea  that  Thomaa 
playa  a  great  deal  of  the  music  of  Ambroise 
Thomas  in  order  that  people  ahall  miatake  the 
'piaoea  for  productions  of  his  own,  on  account 
of  the  similar  name.  One  can  hardly  call  this 
iBtQetto  work;  it  ia  a  viciooa  thrust  with  a 
tapier.  It  is  a  pity  that  the  Jovial  Offenbach 
itftould  give  way  to  such  an  exhibition  of  apite. 
But  the  book  ia  ao  ailly  that  it  will  be  fogotten 

Cm  the  boya  m  tbe  atreet  atop  whiatling  tbe 
reat  of  Offenbaoh'a  tones. 


evidently  been  over  the  ground  with  the 
keenest  of  observing  eyes ;  it  ia  not  unlikely 
that  he  (or  she?)  has  made  copious  "Nile 
Notes"  to  assist  the  memory,  a)  though  it  is  almost 
possible  for  a  clever  person  to  take  a  halt  score 
or  so  of  Travels  on  the  Nile  and  get  auch  de- 
tailed descriptions  of  the  scenery  that  the 
trouble  of  gomg  there  will  not  be  necessary. 
However,  there  is  an  eft-hand  manner  of  allud- 
ing to  unimportant  things  on  the  trip  that  show 
pretty  conclusiyely  that  the  writer  has  made 
one  of  a  dahabiyeh  party. 

Bell  Hamlyn  is  something  of  a  type  of  many 
American  girls  who  have  been  allowed  to  grow 
up  instead  of  being  educated,  and,  when  in 
foreign  countries,  treat  the  proprieties  of  the 
land  with  that  frank  eontempt  which  ia  the 
continual  marvel  of  foreigners.  She  is  a 
heroine  to  the  author  herself,  (for  we  may  as 
well  consider  the  aaenymous  writer  of  Kismet 
a  woman,)  but  she  is  also  the  grown-up  en- 
fant terrible  whose  ignorance  and  au- 
dacity Is  the  confusion  of  the  male 
members      of      her      party.  When      the 

story  opens  she  is  secretly  engaged  to  a  young 
painter  in  Venice.  Her  lather  objects-to  him. 
but  evidently  has  nothing  but  a  blessing  for 
Arthur  Liivingston.  a  New-Yorker  of  35,  drift- 
log  about  Europe,  a  strictly  moral  man,  with  a 
"back  history."  Bell  Hamlyn  being  reallv, 
whatever  the  author  may  intend,  an  ingrained 
flirt,  attacks  tbe  indifference  of  this  gentleman 
with  an   exaggerated    indifference    that  is   the 

sweetest  flattery.  The  dahabiyehs  of  the  par- 
ties to  which  the  two  belong  are  going  up  the 
Nile  together,  and  having  moved  near  a  town. 
Bell  proceeds  to  investigate  the  same  by  night, 
under  the  protection  ot  some  Arab  sailors. 
Arthur  Livingston    meets    her    and  insists    on 

going  with  her  as   an  escort.    In   the  dark 

town  a  gate  open  and  the  people  going 
m.  Presently  a  dancing  girl  nears  them  on  tne 
same  errand.    Bell  is  in  ecstasies : 

"  'Don't  you  remember  the  Nile  Notes  of  a  How- 
adjt  ?•  It  must  mean  that.  Fantasia  !  are  they 
the  Ghawazeie,  Mahmond  ?'  she  aaked,  taming  to 
the  nearest  sailor. 

'  Ghawazee  I  aowa,  aowa,  ya  sitt  /'  and  they  all 
laagbud,  Xbe  girl  clashed  her  caalanets  toeetber, 
and.tbe  bysiaoders  pointed  to  that  lllaminated  gar- 
den gate. 

'■What  funl'  cried  Bell,  eazerly;  'they  are 
Ghawazee  girls,  Mr.  I/ivingston,  dancing  girls, 
don't  you  know  t  Was  it  not  clever  of  me  to  flad 
it  onti  Looli  1  /There  are  some  more  people  going 
in.  Do,  let  as  go  qaioKly,  before  the  places  are  all 
taken  1' 

'  Miss  Hamlyn  I  for  Heaven's  sake  think  what 
von  are  aboat,''8!iId  liiyiagston  in  a  shocked  voice  ; 
then  breaking  off  with  a  laazb,  '  fiat  of  coarse  yoa 
are  Jokia2  *  Ot  coarse  you  woald  not  think  of  go- 
ing in  there}' 

'  Not  tbini£  of  It  1  why  of  coursa  I  am  going,'  said 
Bell,  coolly." 

After  a  little  tussle  Liyingston  giyes  in  after 
the  weakest  fashion  imaginable,  but  does  get 
her  out  again  before  the  dancing  has  gone  lar. 
She  ia  amazingly  pretty,  and  her  character  fits 
well  to  hundreds  of  American  cnrla  one  sees  in 
Europe.  Unfortunately,  she  dees  not  inspire 
one  with  a  high  idea  of  them.  One  does  not 
envy  Lavingston  bar  possession  In  the  end, 
notwithstuiding  her  pale  face  and  din,  dull, 
dazed  phases  of  feeling  when  she  finds 
that  not  only  baa  she  made  him 
wilaly  in  love  with  her,  but  that  she  herself 
has  been  winged.  Sternly  setting  her  pale 
face  against  his  love,  and  tacitly  acknowledg- 
ing her  crime,  she  awaits  an  interview  with  the 
wretched  young  painter,  who,  suoposing  him- 
self her  affianced,  hurries  from  Venioe  to  join 
her  in  Cairo.  Tiie  interview  results  In  his 
lushing  off  to  Palestine  with  a  dim,  dazed  face. 
Whereupon  Livingston  steps  aboard  the  same 
packet  with  Bell,  and,  having  made  tbe  neces- 
sary reapproaches,  once  more  folds  her  to  his 
breast  in  the  solitude  of  night  and  the  privacy 
afforded  by  the  rail  aver  the  rudder 
and  behind  the  Captain's  cabin.  Appar- 
ently the  chief  cause  sf  Bell's  savage 
treatment  of  Livingstan  is  her  jealousy 
ot  a  farmor  flame  whose  previous  ex- 
istence and  blighting  death  that  ingenuous 
person  has  revealed.  She  also  wishes  heroic- 
ally to  fulfill  her  engagement  with  the  young 
painter  it  he  insists.  We  do  not  doubt  that 
moral  readers  will  thoroughly  enjoy  thia  book. 
Perhaps  it  may  also  serve  to  mend  tbe  manners 
of  American  girls  when  in  countries  that  do 
not  possess  the  American  code  of  morals,  but 
tbe  lesson  is  hardly  reinforced  by  the  sight  of 
penalties.  To  be  sure.  Bell's  concealed  en- 
gagement with  one  man,  while  flirting  with 
another,  brings  her  to  grief,  but  it  ia  a  grief  of 
a  kind  no  properly-constituted  young  woman 
does  not  enjor  better  than  bonbons,  the  lacer- 
ated heart  business  mixed  with  triumphant 
grief  at  having  several  men  raving  round  about 
her  eyes.  Who  knows  1  It  may  cause  the 
American  girl  on  the  Nile  to  make  a  system  of 
pushing  into  all  the  Improper  localltiea  ahe  can 
find.  ' 

HABPSBS'  PCBLICATIONS. 


^^^BitXt.    KoNsaia  Series.   Boston  rtBoBnTi.BKOTR- 
liiM.    1877. 

The  title  of 'the  last  novel  In 'the 'No 
•Iffame  Seriea  ahowa  the  knowledge  of  the  ed- 
ftos%  In  oboosmg  what  will  oatoh  the  eye  and 
»nue  a  desire  te  see  the  interior  of  the  book. 
(Xlie  abort  Arabio  word,  which  expresses  resig- 
jnatiOD  to  whataeever  ia  fated,  baa  a  piquant 
jeffect  to  the  eye  and  not  a  little  promise  of  tbe 
■Orient.  And  It  ia  the  Orient  into  which  we 
tplnnge — ^not  only  the  Orient,  but  the  faTpiUftT 
'•eenes  of  Egypt,  for  the  novel  spina  itaelf  oat 
sn  tiie  hiatorio  boaom  of  the  Nile.  Its  apogee — 
that  la,  the  effer  of  muriage — oooors  tTith  the 
■Rival  of  a  party  of  travelers  at  the  highest 
point  of  tourist  navigation  above  the  cataracts, 
and  the  MeditezzMean  ceee  the  flnol  wind-ap 
•f.theanarL 


— Barper'a  Monthly. — From  year  to  year 
this  the  most  popular  and  oldest  of  our  maga- 
zines goes  on  accumulating  £aots  and  fiction  of 

every  description,  and  every  six  months  tbe 

Messrs.  Harper  bind  one  more  solid  volume  to 
add  to  the  long  list  already  on  the  shelf.  Vol- 
ume 52  contains  the  six  months  from  Decem- 
ber, 1875,  to  May,  1876.  Volume  53  ends  with 
the  November  number  of  last  year.  Only  a 
month  more  and  volume  54  will  be  ready,  if 
anything  more  condensed  and  more  entertain- 
ing than  its  predecessor.    It  would  be  no  mean 

criterion  of  the  reading  public  in  the  United 
States,  should  some  of  the  many  foreigners  now 
studying  our  country  examine  caretuUy  the 
history  of  publications  by  Messrs.  Harper  & 
Brothers,  and  criticise  the  material  which  is 
laid  before  such  a  host  ot  readers  every  month 
of  the  year.  No  publication  could  be  more 
justly  taken  as  a  standard,  for  none  can  boast 
BO  extensive  a  circulation,  and  probably  no  one 
of  its  rivals  could  so  readily  afford  to  take  lib- 
nrtiss  with  the  tastes  of  its  readers  without 
losing  their  good  will.  But  the  Harper  is  in  the 
positiom  popularly  supposed  to  be  coveted  by 
the  Jesuit;  it  has  the  advantage  of  having  as- 
sisted at  the  earliest  training  of  the  infant,  and 
men  who  are  now  well  on  in  years,  and  very 
readily  disposed  to  scoff  at  the  more  popular 
forms  of  literature,  are  often  fouud  to  retain  a 
sneaking  fondness  for  Harper  for  the  sake  of 
early  associations.  Such  individuals  may  be 
known  at  once  by  their  weighty  demmciations 
of  tbe  "short  story"  in  the  magazme,  while  on 
the  sly  they  read  the  whole  publication  from 
beginning  to  end.  In  volume  52  we  find  "  The 
Fine  Arts  m  America  treated,  from  a  historical 
standpoint,  by  S.  S.  Conant.  Small  vignette  por- 
traits of  American  painters,  from  Copley  to  Ken- 
sett,  accompany  this  sketch.  Constance  Feni- 
more  Woolson  has  a  sprightly  paper  on  "  Two 
Southern  Bivers,"  besides  several  pieces  of 
prose  fiction.  James  Parton's  "  Caricature 
in  tbe  United  States "  will  be  found  in  this 
volume,  headed  by  a  portrait  of  the  redoubta- 
ble Thomas -Nast.  Bebecca  Harding  Davis 
telle  about  "  Old  Philadelphia,"  with  the  aid 
ot  namerous  illustratioas.  The  poets  are  B.  H. 
Stoddard,  Paul  H.  H[ayne,  Celia  Thaxter, 
Saxe,  Harney,  and  a  olond  of  comrades.  But 
perhaps  the  chief  attraction  in  volume  52  is  the 
latest  novel  by  George  Eliot,  about 
which  every  one  is  talking,  and  about 
which  the  talking  wfU  probably  continue 
until  ahe  favors  the  world  with  a  successor  to 
<•  Daniel  Deronda.',  This  noyel  ot  many  heroes 
ia  concluded  in  volume  53,  which  seems  to  oen- 
tain  even  mora  well-known  names  than  the 
tormer.  T.  B.  Aldrich  and  Bayard  Taylor, 
Dinah  Mulock-Craik  and  Edgar  Fawaett,  have 
verses  of  various  intents  and  purposes.  Mrs. 
Molook-Craik  haa  an  ambitioas  little  play  in 
verae,  with  illustrations,  bemg  something 
foanded  on  a  Shetland   legend.     Here  is  also 


Kcom  ita  setting  onlj  one  ^  might  argue  for 


from  Mrs.  Mary  Treat,  fsmoos  for  her  t^ 
searohes  in  the  line  followed  by  Darwin,  that 
of  camivorona  plants.  The  illtiatratfoiui  to 
Harper  show  a  marked  improvement  kdming 
the  past  year. 

—Harper'a  Weekly.— The  year  1876  com- 
pletes the  twentieth  volume  of  Harper' $  Weekly. 
A  noticeable  feature  of  last  year  was  the  in- 
creased importance  given  to  political  cartoons, 
chiefly  hy  Thonaas  Nast.  These  are  almost 
always  good  when  comic ;  when  serious,  or 
rather  when  not  satincal,  they  are  apt  to  be  of 
very  mediocre  ability.  Indeed,  Mr.  Nast  appears 
to  be  clever  in  inverse  ratio  to  tbe  size  of  his 
cartoons.  His  best  hits  have  been  made 
with  little  pictures,  unless  one  may  except 
tbe  double-page  picture  oalled  "Hold  the 
Fort."  This  has  been  much  reproduced,  and  is 
probably  tamiliar  to  everyone.  .  As  to  the  art 
shown  by  the  drawings  ot  Nast,*  apart,  from 
the  wittiness  of  t^e  ideas  they  embody,  very 
little  can  be  said.  He  seems  to  have  a  con- 
£rmed  habit  of  giving  his  figures  clumsy  and 
elenbantine  extremities,  but  whether  this  arises 
from  a  radical  lack  of  grace  in  his  pencil,  or  be- 
cause he  thinks  it  oomio,  or  again,  because  he  is 
in  too  great  a  hurry  to  perfect  his  work, 
woald  be  hazardous  to  determine.  His  clumsi- 
ness is  effectual  enough ;  perhaps  better  art 
would  not  assist  him  in  any  degree  with  the 
public.  In  Harper's  Weekly  one  is  sure  to  find 
something  more  than  clever  cartoons  and  fine 

reprints  of  popular  pictures,  the  leading 
articles  of  Mr.  George  W.  Curtis.  He  is  one  of 
our  public  men  whose  opinion  we  can  always 
afford  to  treat  with  respect,  because  we  know 
that  be  is  above  tbe  wiles  and  tricks  of  poli- 
ticians.   Even  when  he   runs  a  hobby  too  far 

for  most  men's   taste,  or   counsels    moderation 

when  moderation  seems  to  smack  ot  weakness,  f 

we  must  stdl  accept  his  opinion  as  honest. 

— Harper's  Bazar. — Tbe  bound  volume   of 
Harper't  Bazar  for  187G  is  now  ready.    It  iorms 

the  seventh  of  the'series,  and  contains  a  per- 
fect arsenal  of  those  singular  diagrams  on 
white  paper,  and  those  statuesque  ladies  in  fine 
clothes  that  appear  to  afford  tbe  ieminine  mind 
an  exquisite  satisfaction.  Now  that  Charles 
Blanc  has  written  a  weighty  book  on  the  art  of 
adorning  one's  self,  it  behooves  us  to  treat 
weekly  repositories  of  modes  and  fashion  with 
duerespeot,  and  not  to  smile  derisively  at  sam- 
plers and  lace  patterns,  outlines  for  bibs  and 
tuckers,  and  such  affairs  as  the  Bazar  baa  to 
show.  Short  stories  and  numerous  illustra- 
tions, some  of  tbem  very  handsome  reproduc- 
tions of  fine  pictures  in  England,  are  added  tor 
the  sake  of  variation  and  amusement.  The 
comic  department  is  very  full,  the  mantle  of 
the  illustrated  comedy  which  used  to  grace  the 
end  of  Harper't  Monthly  having  fallen  upon 
Harper't  Bazar.  Thomas  Nast  has  furnished  a 
good  many  full-page  cartoons  to  last  year's 
Bazar. 

LITE  BABY  NOTES. 


Charles  Kingsley  has  a  kind  word  to  his 
memory  in  Fraser's  Maaazins  for  Febraary,  and 
Blackwood  of  the  same  date  gives  tbe  Tory's  -  im- 
pressions of  tne  great  Chartist  reformer  and  broad 
cljarchmsn. 

— A  bright,  humorous,  and  genial  book  is 
TJu  Life  of  a  Scotch  Probationer,  being  the  me- 
moir of  Thomas  Davidson,  with  his  poemi  and 
letters,  by  Bev.  James  Brown,  of  Paisley,  Soothud. 
Sts  pnblUhers  are  Macmillan  &  Co. 

— The  January  Edinburgh  JRevieto  has  the 
honor  of  having  reached  a  second  edition,  and  tbe 
number  of  the  Quarterli/  Retnew  for  tbe  same  month 
has  an  article  entitled  "A  French  Critic  on  Milton," 
which  baa  made  a  literary  sensation  in  England. 

The  Contemporary  iCeview  returns  to  the 
subject  of  intemperance,  so  ably  disooosed  by  Fran- 
cis Peek  in  the  December  number,  and  the  Febru- 
ary issae  contains  a  paper  by  Dr.  John  Charles 
Backvill  on  "The  Daty  of  the  SUte  to  Habitual 
Dmnkenness." 

— The  Tupper  family  are  said  to  be  literary, 
like  Mr.  Topper  blmaeir,  and  one  of  his  two  daagb- 
ters  will  contribate  a  fairy  story  to  St.  hiehoUu  at 
an  early  day.  ^  His  other  daagbter  has  the  gitt  of 
verse,  but  it  is  to  be  hoped  tbat  she  has  not  her 
father's  facility  of  manataotaring  it  to  order. 

— Harper  it.  Brothers  seem  to  be  enamored 
of  Asia.  On  tbe  heels  of  Capt  Bumaby,  with  his 
Bid*  to  Khiva,  comes  Arthur  Arnold'*  Ihro\tgh 
Persia  by  Caravan.  It  has  been  highly  spoken  ot  in 
tbe  Liondon  press,  and  cannot  fail  in  any  case  to  In- 
terest a  public  looking  out  jnstnow  for  information. 

— Bight  Hon.  Bohert  Lowe,  M.  P.,  discusses 
the  question  in  the  Febraary  Fortnightly  Beviero, 
"Shall  we  Create  a  Nsw  University  t"  and  Bight 
Hon.  Lyon  Flayfair,  M.  P.,  who  has  made  himself 
prominent  In  tbe  work  ot  the  English  Social  Soienos 
Congress,  has  an  article  on  "  Tbe  Organisation  of 
Teachina. " 

—la  there  any  limit  to  Edgar  Fawoett's  lite- 
rary activity  i  Only  a  few  weeks  aso  he  pablished 
a  novel,  SUen  Story ;  there  is  hardly  a  magasine 
which  does  not  contain  some  bright  poem  from  his 
pen,  and  in  tbe  line  of  abort  articles  on  literary  and 
general  snbjects  he  doea  gooa  work— writes  in  a 
correct  and  vigoroua  style. 

— Eev.  Dr.  Q.  C.  Larimer's  Great  Conflict, 
soon  to  be  published  by  Lee  &  Shepard,  U  a  dia- 
course  ooncemlni  Baptists  and  religloai  liberty. 
It  is  tbe  oatgrowth  of  a  sermon  which  the  reverend 
gentleman  deliyered  in  Chicago  last  year,  and  pre- 
sents varioaa  aspects  of  aaeations  which  are  agi- 
tating ail  reiigioa*  denominations. 

—James    Cotter    Morison    reviews   Leslie 

Stephen's  Uistory  of  English  Thought  m  the  Febra- 
ary camber  of  Macmillan's    Magazine,    and    Bev. 

John  Haot,  who  haa  treated  tbe  same  subjeot  In 
three  large  volumes  from  a  rellgloas  point  of  view, 
has  an  article  noon  Mr.  Stephen's  book  in  the  I'eb- 
rnarv  number  of  the  Contemporary  Btview. 

— Hurd  Si.  Houghton  have  recently  published 
the  fifth  volume  ot  fiigelow's  l,if»  and  Accident  In- 
surance Oases  ani  Dc,  McClelland's  work  on  Civil 
Malpractict,  annoanced  some  months  ago.  The  lat- 
ter ia  designed  for  both  the  medical  and  legal  pro- 
fessions, and  has  been  generally  commended  by 
members  of  both  to  whom  the  ptka  has  been  saD- 
mitted. 

— Tlie  March  number  of  Harper's  Monthly 
will  contain  a  poem  by  Philip  Bsnrke  Marstou,  of 
London.  The  Editor's  Drawer  will  also  have  a  few 
lines  by  tbe  po;>alar  English  novelist,  William 
Black.  In  the  same  number  there  are  to  be  some 
stansasby  Barry  Cornwall,  never  before  printed, 
which  were  addressed  to  the  lady  who  afterward 
became  his  wife.  Mr.  C.  P.  Craoioh  is  also  one 
the  poetical  contributors  to  the  March  Harper. 

— The  Winthrop  family  survives  the  death 
Theouore  Wlntbrop  through  literature  of  a  less 
ambitioas  form  than  his.  A  sister  of  tbe  dead  sol. 
dier  and  author  writes  for  tbe  magazines  nnder  the 
name  of  Laura  Winthrop  Johnson,  and  tbe  March 
St  yieholou  will  have  a  specimen  of  her  powers  in 
tbe  line  of  children's  stories.  "Extract  from  tbe 
Joornal  of  a  Blue-coat  Girl  "  is  the  title  of  her  con* 
tribation. 

— The  literary  firm  that  goes  under  the  name 
of  Brokmann-Chairlan  is  to  have  one  of  its  beat 
love  stones  published  in  English  dress.  The  story 
ia  known  as  L'ami  Fritz,  and  tbe  translation,  which 
appears  this  week  with  the  Imprint  of  Soribner, 
Armstrong  &  Co.,  is  oalled  Irisnd  Fritz.  Brokmann 
twd  Chatrian  are  adepts  in  the  art  of  naive  writing  t 
In  their  artfully  artless  pagea  one  bears  the  aniet. 
slow-moving,  slow-thinking  peasant  or  •burgher  oon- 
verslng. 

"Transcendentalism  in  England,  New-Eng- 
land, and  India"  is  a  very  soggestlve  sabJeot  In  tbe 
banda  of  "Henry  Holbeaob,"  who  seldom  tronbles 
the  magaaines  in  these  daya,  in  the  Febraary  (Ton- 
ttmporan/  Stvitv.  The  departure  of  Mr.  Knowles 
from  the  editorial  management  is  hardly  peroeptl- 
ble  in  thia  number,  and  a  new  deoanment  haa  baeo 
added  m  the  shape  of  abort  essays  and  notlosa, 
aometbmg  Uke  the  exoeUent  "monthlr  gossip  "in 
Limpineot^t  Magazins. 

—  Those  who  are  interested  in  the  industrial 
growth  of  Philadelphia  and  in  the  condiaon  of  ita 
working  people  will  find  in  Mr.  Loila  Blodget'a 
Industries  of  Philadelphia,  as  shown  by  the  mann- 
tkcturing  oensns  of  1870,  compared  with  1889, 
and  estlmatea  for  1875  and  1876^  a  vaat  amonat  of 
valuable  material,  which  was  pteparad  for  ths  nsa 

MMCMMtaat  the  jtBtamaWwisl,»ThiMHwi»jiA. 


wUoh  may  now  be  had  throagb  Mr.  QoUiaa^  priatar. 
Nb:  70S  layna  attaet,  Philadelphia. 

—The  F^niary  number  of  the-Pmn  MontMjf, 
'pabUahsd  fii  Philadelphia,  oontaiaa  tbe '  aeoond  Iso- 
ture  by  Chriatopher  Dreaaer,  Ph.  D.,  on  "Art 
Museums."  These  were  delivered  under  tbe 
antpices  of  theTennaylvania  Muaeam  and  Sebool 
of  Indaettial  Art.  His  knowledge  of  the  founda- 
tion anA  working  of  the  Art  Museum  at  South 
Kenalogton  makes  his  lectare  Important  to  those 
interested  ia  the  tostsslng  of  art  ia  this  eountry. 

—The  annenneement  of  a  poem  firom  Bret 
Earte  will  always  awsken  some  interest,  alfhoagli 
it  cannot  be  denied  that  he  diaapoolnts  hts  audi- 
ence now  and  then.  The  next  Beribner  will  have 
some  lines  by  him  written  on  the  late  Gren.  W.  F. 
Bartlett,  which,  we  trust,  will  be  up  to  the  mark. 
Mr.  Hfrte  baa  tbe  good  will  pf  the  people ;  they 
are  only  waiting  for  something  of  ^  bigb  order  of 
art  to  appland. 

—New  novela  which  will  reach  tbe  market 
during  the  prssant  month  from  the  presses  of  the 
Messrs.  Harper  are  Ths  Golden  Butterfly,  by  tbe 
author  of  JB«ady-lfon«v  Mortiboy,  whiqb  introduces 
American  oharaoters  and  oastoms;  Miss  tianey't  PU- 
grxmage,  by  Virginia  W.  Johnson,  author  of  The 
ipatikiU  Fairies ;  and  Nora's  Love  Test,  a  novel  oy 
Marv  Cecil  Hay,  author  of  Old  MyddeUon's  Money. 
These  are  all  from  writers  who  have  made  their  bif 
and  formed  an  an41enoe  of  tbeir  own. 

— ^Bev.  James  M.  Alacdonald's  Life  and  Writ- 
ings of  Baint  John  has  been  edited  by  Very  Bev.  J. 
S.  Howson,  p.  D.,  Dean  of  Chester.  The  editor  was 
one  of  the  writers  of  Oonybeare  and  Howson' s  St. 
Paul  and  the  present  volame  is  intended  to  be  nnl  • 

form  with  thst.  Dean  Ebwson  contributes  an  in  - 
troductioo.  It  farms  a  handsome  volame  octavo, 
with  a  long  list  of  full-page  illastiatlona  and  maps, 
engraved  expressly  for  the  purpose.  Scribner, 
Armstrong  &  Co.,  tbe  pablisbers  ia  tbe  TTnlted 

States,  promise  to  bave  it  ready  by  the  beginning 

of  nextmonth. 

— The  quastlon  which  eyery  notice  of.  Mr. 
Maekensie  Wallaoe'a    Bturia    in    the    English 

Jooraals  leads  an  American  to  aak  is,  how 
soon      will     Henry       Holt       Sc      Co.     give     as 

their  reprint  of  this  work.     The  Examiner  says 

that  this  work  "  marks  an  epoch  In  the  writing  ot 
books  of  travel,"  and  "introdaces  the  solentifio 
metbod  into  this  department  of  letteri."  The 
Times  says  tbat  it  is  undoubtedly  the  best  book 
written  on  modern  Buasla  by  a  foreigner,  and  one 
of  tbe  best  books  aver  written  on  that  country  by 
either  forsigner  or  native." 

There  is  an  important  article  by  tbe  editor 
of  the  Academy  on  "  American  Efforts  After  Interna- 
tional Copyright."  in  the  Febraary  FortnighUj/  Be- 
view.  Id  which  the  various  groups  of  American 
opinion  on  this  suhJeet  will  oe  broagbt  into  one 
view,  and  a  detailed  account  given  of  the  varioas 
measurea  which  have  been  proposed  In  tbe  United 
States  for  tbe  solaAon  of  this  qaestion,  la  their 
place  in  this  article  will  be  iaserted  some  doca- 
mentfl,  existing  only  in  manuioript  or  otherwise 
inaccessible  shape  in  the  llbrarv  of  Congress,  and 
believed  to  be  known  to  few  persons  even  in  this 
conotry. 

— Dr.  John  W.  Draper  has  received  the  most 
flattering  testimonials  from  men  of  science  belong- 
ing to  other  nationa,  and  bir' word  may  be  consid- 
ered. If  not  law,  at  any  rate  a  matter  of  consequence. 
He  has  begun  to  publish  in  Harper's  Monthly  a 
series  of  papers  giving  a  popular  exposition  of  some 
solentifio  experiments.  Tbe  first  paper  will  treat 
of  red-hot  bodies  and  illustrate  the  experiments  on 
which  were  based  Dr.  Draper's  memoir  On  the 
Production  o/Z>i9At  by  BTeat,  published  la  1847,  and 
anticipating  by  thirteen  years  the  results  obtained 
by  EirchoiT  in  a  memoir  that  was  at  tbat  time 
(I860)  regarded  as  the  oriffla  of  spectral  analysis. 

—  '*  Life  in  South  Africa,"  by  Lady  Barker, 
which  has  formed  a  very  pleasant  feature  in  Uppin- 
eott's  Magazine,  Is  now  coUsoted  into  a  volame  aod 
published  in  oetavo  by  J.  B.  Lipoincott  it  Co.  Lady 
Barker  IS  not  a  novice  in  describing  foreign  and  out- 
of-the-way  places.  She  has  pablished  Station  Life 
in  HeuhZealand  aod  appears  to  have  redaoed  the 
wilting  of  an  agreeable,  chatty,  and  withal  iostmo- 
tive  letter  to  a  science.  Her  restdenoe  is  In  Natal, 
on  the  east  coast,  where  the  Zulu  Kafirs  have 
lately  been  showmg  fight  against  the  Dutch  Boers. 
Tbe  English  appear  to  realise  and  prepare  for  dan- 
ger far  better  than  the  Datcb.  Lady  Barker  gives 
an  Interesting  sketch  of  a  volunteer  camp  of  cav- 
alry established  annually  by  the  English  issldents. 

— ^Tbe"  wrongs  of  Ireland  form  a  theme  on 
which  many  hot-headed  writers  bave  vented  their 
indignation,  and  in  the  same  category,  but  with  a 
diffrrenee,  stands  a  thick  volume  from  the  publish- 
ing hot^  of  Llppincott  In  Philadelphia.  Thomas 
C.  Amory  writes  a  historical  sketob— called  Trantfer 
of  Erinf  or.  The  Acquisition^  Ireland  by  England — 
on  the  period  between  the  arrival  of  Stiongbow 
from  Walea  and  tbe  death  of  Qaeen  Eliaabetn. 
The  biased  Judgment  of  a  list  of  English  historians 
has  sparred  Mr.  Amory  to  this  task,  but  Fronds 
arouses  bis  especial  irs.  People  who  have  put  im- 
plleU  trust  in  English  annalists  will  do  well  to  con- 
salt  these  pages  before  they  oonsider  the  qaestion 
settled.  The  book  will  be  fotmd  to  be  esmest, 
but  by  no  means  violent,  In  tone. 

—The  Childhood  of  the  English  Nation,  by 
Ella  S.  Armitage,  Is  a  little  book  whose  object  Is  to 
give  a  dear  Idea  of  the  history  of  Qreat  Britain 
from    tbe  Saxon    Conqnaat  to    the  middls   of   the 

twelfth  oentnry.    The  bast  aathorltles  have  been 

used  in  its  compilation.  Scbmi<>,  (Gesetse  der  An- 
gelsachsen,)  Mlohelet,  Qaisot,  and  many  others  are 

given  ia  the  appendix,  bat  the  preface  acknowl- 
edges espsolally  the  aailstanoe  of  Stnbba  and  Free- 
man.    Xbe  endeavor  baa  been  to  brlna  the  aotaal 

life  and  onstoma  of  the  comooaite  Eoglish  popula- 
tion before  tbe  reader,  and  to  tbat  end  some  parts 
oi  history  are  lightlv  treated.    Much  space  is  given 

toafiUrs  of  tbe  Charcb.  and  tbe  aathor  deteods 

that  coarse  in  her  preface.  It  is  carefol  work,  writ- 
teo  in  a  style  Xtv  no  means  dall.  The  pablisbers 
ate  O.  P.  Patnam'a  Sons. 

—The  Great  West  and  ihe  Paeifte  Osast, 
an  octavo  volame  of  900  pages,  prepared  by  Qen. 
James  F.  Saallng,  of  the  United  States  Army,  and 
oivlng  the  story  of  15,000  miles  of  travel  and 
adventure  through  Kansas,  Kebiasks,  Colo- 
rado, Dakota,  Wyoming.  Utah,  Montana, 
Id»ho,  Oregon.  Washington,  Califorais,  Nevada. 
Arizona,  Mexico,  and  Central  America,  will  be  pub- 
Usbed  aa  a  subscription  book  by  Sheldon  &  Co., 
early  In  Maroh,  and,  while  it  covers  som«r  of  the 
groand  which  Col.  Dodge  has  gone  over  in  his 
Plains  of  the  Qreat  West,  will  be  found  to  be  a  fresb, 
independent,  moro  extensive,  and  in  all  respects  as 
Important  a  contribution  to  our  knowledge  of  unex- 
plored America.  The  book  wlU  disoasa  our  Indian 
pohoy  and  the  Mormon  and  Chinese  questions,  and 
ita  ioformatlOD  will  be  brought  down  to  January, 
1577.  Mr.  Arthur  Lumlev  Is  preparing  the  illnstrat- 
tions  £rom  photograptis  taken  on  the  spot. 

— The  February  Art  Journal  (D.  Apple  ton  & 
Co.)  has  a  second  iUnstrated  paper  on  "Seenervof 
;he  Pacific  Bail  way,"  which  renews  tbe  impressions 
wo  have  gathered  heretofore  ftom  pictures  by 
Thomas  Morao.  The  fronttspioce  is  a  fall  pass 
engraving  by  S.  Smith  of  "Jepthah's  Daughter," 
by  Julius  Sohrader,  while  the  body  of  the  magazine 
oontams  Morilto's  ''  Spanisb  Flower  &lrl,"  engraved 
by  P.  Lightfoot  Several  outa  adorn  an  artiole  on 
Edwaid  J.  Poynter,  of  tbe  Boysl  Academy,  and  the 
valuable  papers  on  "  Traditions  of  Christian  Art," 
by  Bev.  B.  L.  Oatta,  are  coutbiaed.  The  piece 
of  soalptare  tills  month  is  a  statue  of  Dr.  Priestly, 
by  J.  F.  Williamson,  engraved  by  Q.  Stodart.  A 
series  on  Norway  by  B.  I.  Pritohett,  F.  S.  A.,  ia 
began,  and  tbe  ninth  paper  on  the  Centennial 
Exhibition  occnples  several  pages  with  large  wood- 
cuts Of  remarkable  ol^eots  of  decorative  art  there 
exposed. 

—Still  another  specimen  of  book-making 
oomes  from  the  Biverslde  Preas.  which  will  please 
literary  people  for  xta  flniah  and  tone,  and  for  its 
observance  of  the  points  on  whipb  tbe  lovers  of  good 
tkooks  always  Insist.  The  work  u  The  Life  and 
Correspondence  of  Ihomas  Arnold,  D.  J>.,  and  the 
publishers  this  time  are  Scribner,  Armstrong 
&,  Ca  The  plates  are  those  formerly  owned  by  J. 
K.  Osgood  to  Co.,  but  the  transformation  is  snob 
tbat  few  would  reoognlae  their  old  favonte  in  its 
new  dresa ;  and  yet  this  new  edition,  corresponding 
In  every  feature  with  Crabb  Bobinaon'a  Viary, 
'B«miniseences,  and  Correspondenee,  la  so  uniqae  in 
its  bmding,  iettetlng,  page-margin,  gilt-top,  rough 
edges,  flexible  back,  good  paper,  ^d  general  make- 
up, that  hereafter  for  some  time  old  editions  of  this 
work  can  be  bought  for  a  tnfie  at  the  second-hand 
book-stores,  into  wbieh  they  have  been  crowded  by 
this  fresh  and  Inoomparable  edition.  We  are  glad 
to  aea  thai  tha.pnbU^wa  find  that  it  paya  ta  bring 
oat  the  afeandari  worka  la  thia  ta^st,  stnalbl*  a^ylt 
.^thaMoA^M  tlaaat  r 


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LETTERS  TO   THE  EDITOR., 

VARIOUI^TOPlOa ;  DISCUSSED. 
HAS  THE  NEGEO  ANT  EIGHTS! 

To  the  Editor  of  the  2feto-Tork  Tfmet : 

Much  has  been  written,  much  said,  about 
that  disturbed  portion  of  our  commonwealth  called 
the  South.  Of  this  some  haa  been  lamentably 
true,  a  part  malicloaaly  false,  and  many  of  the 
deductions  illogical  and  unjust.  It  would  seem 
as  if  the  spirit,  of  anarchy  and  unrest  had  taken  up 
its  abode  in  this  unhappy  part  of  our  land.  Instead 
of  submission  to  law,  observance  of  human  rights, 
indhstrions  and  honest  efforts  to  redeem  the  laud 
fh>m  the  blight  which  war  oast  upon  it,  we  find  and 
expeneaoe  a  total  disregard  of  all  law,  however 
Just^  humane,  and  proteo^ve;  we  experience  a 
brutal  overriding  of  all  the  rights  of  citisensbip  in- 
flicted upon  any  who  differ  from  the  former  lords  of 
the  soil. 

We  see  a  loathing  of  labor,  a  persistent  and  11 1- 
ooncealed  purpose  to  live  noon  the  earnings  of 
others,  (without  their  consent,)  on  tbe  part  of  tbe 
men  whose  life,  liberty,  and  properiy  were  so 
lately  forfeited  to  tbe  Government,  which  gener- 
oasly  afforded  protection  to  the  very  ones  who 
attempted  to  overthrow  or  destroy,  and  who  now, 
by  similar  means,  attempt  to  rule  it. 

Certainly,  tba  position  in  which  these  men  volun- 
tarily place  themselves  to-day  cannot  be-  attribu- 
table to  the  Government  that  has  ao  leniently  over- 
looked their  past  misdeeds,  and  which  haa  in  a 
great  measure  failed  to  protect  those  to  whom  the 

ideas  of  these  men  at  tbe  South  seemed  repugnant 

and  unchristian.  2f  either  can  their  acts  be  laid  (as 
before)  to  tbe  charge  of  Northern  bigots  ana 
fanatics,  whom  they  say  were  the  ones  who  stirred 
np  the  cauldron  into  which  the  witches  seem 
to,  have  oast  all  tbeir  disturbing  elements, 
for  the  reason  that  the  cry  for  help  comes  not  from 
those  in  whose  hands  lie  power  and  strength. 
The  remonstrance  against    tbe    evils    deplored    ia 

filed,  not  by  those  who  perpetrate  (be  wrongs,  but, 
on  tbe  contrary,  the  appeal  oomes  from  men  and 
women,  white  and  black  aUke,  whose  lives  are  en- 
dangered and  often  taken,  and  whose  liberties  are 
threatened  with  extinction.  And  the  plea  made  for 
Justice  IS  by  the  victims  of  injustice.  The'  Xorth 
and  West  have  all  of  these  elements  of  disorder 
and  breeders  of  misrule,  which  the  siouth  flippant- 
ly claim  excite  and  disturb  thelr^pesos  and  pros- 
perity; and  yet  no  such  effect  is  prodaoed  among 
tbe  Northern  and  Western  States.  Why  is  it  that 
a  few  "  earpet-baggers, "  (as  they  derisively  call 
them,)  can  go  into  that  portion  of  otir  coun- 
try and  at  once  exert  such  a  mighty  influ- 
enee  tbat  It  becomes  needfal  for  tbe 
entire  white  population  to  arm,  destroy,  and  mur- 
der to  counteract  it,  when  tbe  North  and  West  get 
on  peaceably  with  a  large  proportion  of  their  popu- 
lation  made  up  from  this  very  element  1  It  would 
seem  that  there  mast  be  same  sabtile  chemical  an- 
tagonism between  the  soirit  of  free  speech,  indu«- 
try,  and  progression  which  accompanies  the  North- 
em  man  South,  and  tbe  influences  be  comes  in  con- 
tact with  when  he  gets  there,  that  tbe  formula 
adopted  by  Southern  alchemists  cannot  reconcile. 

The  men  who  appeal  to  arms  to  etrenetben  and 
maintain  their  decaying  power  admit,  by  this  act, 
their  moral  weakness, and  their  inability  to  command 
the  respect  and  adherence  of  tbe  voters  they 
would  coerce!  They  virtually  say  to  tbe  de- 
spised "carpet-bagger,"  year  theories,  your 
teachings,  meet  with  an  acceptance  at  the 
hands  of  the  votera  of  the  Soath  which  requires 
us,  in  self-defease,  (although  "we  hold  our  title- 
deeds  from  God  Almis;hcy,")  to  either  thrust  you 
out  of  our  midst,  compel  your  silence,  or  intimidate 
the  milder  portion  of  our  population  into  our  views. 
This  must  be  humlliatinz  in  the  extreme  to  these 
haughty  eoals  wbo  have  «o  long  only  expressed 
wishes  to  have  them  complied  with;  at  the  same 
time,  it  should  encouraza  Nortbem  men^bo  went 
South  entertaining  the  idea  that  this  was  really  one 
nation  and  tbat  the  Government  extended  its  pro- 
tection alike  over  all  parts  thereof.  Bat,  says 
the  South,  these  men  come  here  to  rob  and  plao- 
der  us,  and  filch  from  us  in  oar  prostrate  condition 
tbe  little  tbat  war  and  misfortune  did  not  de- 
stroy. I  do  not  deny  that  this  is  measurably  true, 
nor  do  1  seek  to  Justify  it;  but  men  who  have  for 
over  a  eentnry  stolen  the  labor  of  others,  and  made 
such  laws  that  they  eould  do  this  with  impunity, 
should  avoid  counter  charges  against  any  who 
may  ba  putting  in  practice  the  principles  upon  the 
application  of  which  they  so  long  thrived  and 
fattened.  Bat  the  secret  of  the  trouble  lies  just 
here:  Under  the  old  slave  system  the  "nigzer"  was 
robbed,  whde  under  the  present  system,  in  this 
"  tarn  about  "  of  affairs,  tbe  white  man  is  compellkd 
to  contribute  of  his  former  stealings  to  satisfy  the 
spirit  of  corruption  that  stalks  abroad  over  the 
whole  land  unrebuked. 

"It  is  your  bull  that  Laa  gored  my  ox."  I  do  not 
wish  or  mtend  to  Justify  one  act  of  wrong-dolniir  on 
tbe  part  of  any  living  man,  be  he  "  oarpet-bagg^" 
or  other  higher  outgrowth  of  civilization,  "a  South 
Carolinian." 

Neither  do  I  propose  In  speaking  of  facts  to  dis- 
guise tbem.  Tbe  truth  haa  long  been  veiled.  The 
motives  actuating  those  who  professed  to  bave  this 
much  abased  spint  in  charge  have  been  various, 
aod  to  them  no  doubt  sufflolenu  Ic  may  be  tbat 
the  "  carpet-bagger  '.'  ha*  been  wronged,  and  from 
this  staodnoint  It  may  be  well   to   inqnire  whether 

the Uw-abiding Northern  man  ("carpet-bagger") wbo 
hasnever  even  been  charged  with  bull-dozing,  murder, 
or  arson,  may  not  constitate  as  desirable  an  element 
in  a  well-regulated  community  aa  men  who,  although 
"  to  the  manor  bom  "  have  been  charged  with  all 
these,  and  who  woald  be  convicted,  too,  if  the 
oourta  having  Jarlsdictlon  could  exerdiae  their  funo- 
tions  without  being  overslaughed  by  armed  men 
either  in  or  out  of  court. 
Tba  Situation  of  afTiirs  Is  simply  this:  Any  Be- 

publican  wbo  goes  into  that  part  of  our  land  south 
of  Mason  and  Dixon's  line  to  Uve,  and  exercises  that 
freedom  In  speech  and  action  which  the  Conatitu- 
tion  and  laws  are  supposed  to  guarantee  him,  be- 
comes at  once  the  obleot,  not  only  of  sasplcion  and 

ostracism,  bat  he  becomes  also  the  victim  of  all  the 

malice  and  hatred  of  tbosa  who  -  have  never  been 
taaghtany  other  line  of  conduct.  Hn  lives  only  be- 
oaase  these  men  do  not  see  fit  to  kill  him,  not  be- 
cause the  law  protects  him,  since  the  law  is  used 
only  to  endanger  his  rights  not  to  secore  them, 
audjuatin  proportion  to  his  loflaence,  among  those 
who  at  this  time  are  tbe  special  objects  of  tbe 
"  love  and  affection "  of  the  Democrats  of  the 
South,  la  his  oanger. 

This,  and  similar  ideas,  put  forth  from  tbe  stump, 
by  Dsmocratio  orators,  daring  the  late  campaign, 
that  "  such  and  such  men  ought  tu  be  buined 
at  tbe  stake,"  were  sown  in  good  groand,  budded, 
blossomed,  and  bore  a  plentiful  harvest,  as  those 
wbo  planted  the  seed  iutended  they  should.  The 
protection  which  citizens  in  tbe  Soath  are  to-day 
recelvmg  Is  of  tbat  nature  that  it  leaves  them  to  be 
killed,  even  at  this  hour,  and  renders  it  possible 
for  responsible  men  to  write  letters  North 
stating  "  trouble  still  exists  on  the  runs  about 
£uuse's  bridge  and  Eilenion.  Tbe  whites  bave  killed 
eight  or  ten  colored  men  since  the  eleotion  ;  tbey 
are  so  outrageous  they  kill  females  as  well  as  males. 
It  seems  tbat  we  can't  eet  anv  redress  for  tbe  oat- 
rageous  acta  tbey  carry  on  there."  Now,  who  are 
the  men  and  women  tbat  are  mardered  1  Tbey  are 
black  men  aod  women.  Who  are  their  murderers  t 
Tliey  are  white  Democrats. 

Let  the  same  oatrages  be  perpetrated  upon  a  like 
number  ot  whites  and  such  a  hue  and  cry  would  be 
raised  by  the  indignant  North  that  it  would  startle 
Kings  across  the  seas. 

A  more  divine  patience  and  forbearance  has  been 
voachsafed  to  these  despairing  colored  people  than 
has  been  exercised  by  the  "  noble  Hampton"  and 
bis  cootrdres.  A  word  Irom  him  or  them,  it  Is  said, 
would  have  precipitated  bloodshed  in  one  State,  and 
vet  bloodshed  by  them  has  tnilntt  >(f  TTring 
one  retaliatory  act  from  those,  who  are  vlrtaallr 
onteasta  because  tbe  Grovernment^does  not  take 
strong,  high  ground  in  their  behalf.  Is  it  true  (as 
these  peqple  fear)  that  tbeir  cause  was  bnried  in 
the  grave  of  the  lamented  Sumner  t  Can  it  be  that 
the  words  of  the  proclamation,  which  spoke  them 
into  existence  as  men,  only  made  tbem  each  that 
tbey  mifirbt  be  stranded  on  the  beach,  and  fritter 
their  bves  away  in  futile  attempts  to  escape  tbe 
tide,  because  no  hand  is  strong  and  true  enough  to 
draw  tbem  oat  of  Its  reach. 

Not  long  ago  there  was  a  disturbance  at  one  of 
the  ice-houses  on  the  Hudson  River,  caused  by 
some  element  of  discord  which  bad  crepe  into  a 
large  body  of  men  employed  to  fill  tbe  housas.  The 
position  taken  by  tbe  leading  New-Tord  dailies  in 
the  matter  was  strong  en  the  side  of  order.  It  was 
proposed  to  put  aowa  this  disorderly  up- 
rising by  the  strong  arm  of  the  law, 
at  once,  although  it  merely  threatened  the  peace 
and  Kecnrity  of  property  in  a  village.  Tbe  inter- 
vention of  tbe  military  was  invoked  (if  necessary) 
to  thrust  back  into  line  this  array  of  violent,  law- 
less men,  and  all  becamte  tbe  Interests  of  a  corpora- 
tion were  involved  and  the  peace  and  qniet  of 
a  coontry  village  broken  in  upon.  The  viz- 
orons  strokes  ot  the  pens  of  Aty  editors  de- 
nouncing tbe  oondnot  of  men  who  only  threai- 
eneu  to  endanger  property,  not  life,  gave 
nse  to  the  inquiry,  Why  is  it  tbat  the  cries  of  soie- 
ninth  of  our  people  at  the  South  calling  for  protec- 
tion must  tiall  on  deaf  ears,  while  the  first  note  of 
alarm  fjrom  a  oommanitv  ei^psed  for  a  day  to  the 
violence  of  a  handful  of  men  meets  with  such 
ready  response  t  One  appeal  for  help  came  from 
a  part  of  the  great  body  politic ;  the  other  alao  la 
ftoaa  a  para  of  tb»  aans  body,  whosa  olaiaa  havo 
gawava,  Jw. .  .isnoMdw-aad  jnt.  who  JasjUMBtas&. 


extracted  from  the  soil  the  rioa,  eotton,  and  angar 
which  the  nation  exported,  .ana  from  whlcU^  vast 
snas  were  annnafiy  reafazed. 

It  woidd  seem  that  the  least  the  6(^vemraent 
ooiild  do  would  be  to  protect  such  a  valuable  ally, 
however  humble  or  black.  Let  tbe  authorities  be 
as  qnlck  and  ready,  assymparhic  and  eaaer  to  right 
the'  wrongs  ot  the  lowest  and  humblest  of  Its  citi- 
zens, and  let  tbe  same  prompt  and  enereetio  mei- 
sures  characterize  its  action  toward  the  remotest 
portion  of  its  territory  that  marked  the  notice  of 
the  incipient  lawlessness  in  this  country  town,  and 
the  problem  which  vexes  us  is  well  nigh  solved.  In 
this  course  lies  a  great  part  of  the  remedy  for  that 
evil,  which,  hke  "Banquo's  ghost,"  will  not  down. 

Jost  BO  long  as  instice  is  withheld  from  one  man 
in  this  nation  by  the  Government,  and  just  so  long 
as  other  men  are  permitted  to  commit  acts  of  in- 
justice, and  so  long  as  the  Government,  which  we, 
as  a  people,  maintain  for  the  sole  purpose  et  pro- 
tecting as,  fails  to  pertorm  its  daty  in  Ibis  respect, 
weishall  bave  outbreakf>,  oppreisions  and  wrongs, 
toeetber  with  unbridled  efforts  to  disrupt  tbe  Be- 
publio.  rEEDERICK  A.  PALMEB. 

Aiken  County,  South  CaroUna. 


A    QUESTION     FOB    THE    BEPUBLICAN 
COMMITTEE. 

To  theEdUor  of  the^ew-Tork  Tlmts: 

Article  XIV.  of  the  constitution  of  the  Gen- 
eral Committee  of  the  Bepublican  Party  of  this 
.City  is  as  follows  : 

"  No  person  shall  bS  eligible  for  any  office,  nor 
for  delegste  to  the  Central  Committee,  nor  to  any 
convention,  who  directly  or  indirectly  holds  any 
office  (other  than  that  of  notary  public)  under 
Democratic  autboritv ;  and  all  offioea,  the  power  of 
appiiintment  to  which  is  vested  in  an^rt^emoorat,  or 
in  any  board  or  body  a  minority  of  whose  members 
are  Democrats,  or  In  any  board  or  body  wnose 
members  are  appointed  by  any  D.-imsorat,  sball  be 
considered  as  held  nnder  Democratic  antbority. 
All  votes  ^ast  for  any  person  hoiJing  such  an  office 
shall  be  nail  and  void,  and  the  person  or  persons 
other  than  such  officeholder  receiying  the  highest 
number  of  votes  shall  be  deemed  and  returned  as 
elected.  Any  credentials  given  to  any  person  not 
ell  ^Ible  under  this  constitution  shall  be  null  and 
void." 

In  a  former  communication  of  mine  to  Tbb  Tiues 
I  predicted  that  a  well-oreanized  attempt  would  be 
made  to  have  the  above  article  sponged  off  the  con 
stitutional  slate  of  our  General  or  Central  Commit- 
tee.    This  article,  as  I  said  in  the  letter  referred  to 

was  engraftad  on  the  constitution  at  a  time  when 
the  Beoublloan  Party  of  this  City  was  utterly  de- 
moralized by  tbe  sales  and  deliveries  made  of 
the  whole  and  parts  of  it  by  the  corrupt 
leaders  it  then  had.  Every  election  day  would 
find  US  being  thrown  with  well-directed 
skill  as  bones  at  a  hungry  dog.  Tammany 
never  yelped  at  this  mode  ot  party  delivery 
BO  long  as  the  bones  fell  in  tbe  crib.  Althoaeh  the 
adoption  of  the  fourteenth  article  did  not  entirely 
rid  tbe  party  of  the  covert  machinations  of  corrupt 
men,  yet  it  threw  down  from  tbeir  high  pedestals 
men  to  whom  we  were  wont  to  look  no.  The  ma- 
chinery became  repaired,  its  parts  became  oiled,  it 
is  now  in  better  working  order.  Citizens  of  in- 
tegrity have  become  more  united  to  us  since  this 
article  has  been  in  force.  It  woald  be  unwise,  im- 
politic, and  inexpedient  to  blot  it  out  bow.  You 
cannot  place  this  article  betore  an  honest  citizen, 
whether  he  be  Democrat  or  Kepublican,  but  he  will 
pronounce  it  conducive  to  party  purity — and  party 
purity  means  better  government.  God  knows 
that  this  City,  burdened  aa  it  is  by  party 
schemes,  cries  out  for  a  better  government  1 
Shall  the  Bepublican  Party  deny  it  or  obstruct 
the  desired  .  end  !  Boscoe  Conk  ling  was  cer- 
tainly the  champion  of  the  ideas  It 
is  now  proposed  to  abrogate.  Has  be 
changed  his  opinion  of  Tammany  Hall  since  1871, 
or  have  his  opponents  become  Republicans  in  ls77  ? 
The  power,  the  inflaence  Mr.  Cjnkling  exerts  in 
tbis  State  cannot  be  denied  or  overestimated.  He 
has  bound  to  bim  party  men,  adept  in  all  the  va- 
ried schools  of  political  strategy;  but  when  his 
friends  seek  to  open  up  our  councils  to  men  who 
are  nurtured  at  the  breast  of  Tammany  Hall, 
he  mast  certainly  know  that  the  young  men 
of  tbis  State  are  not  prepared  to  accept 
aciioBS  which  to  say  the  least  are  equivocal,  as 
attempts  made  in  good  faith  to  advance  the  high 
standard  of  Republicanism.  I  bave  iu  my  possession 
a  letter  trom  Mr.  Conkling,  written  at  a  time 
when  he  was  warm  in  the  good  work  of  party  purifi- 
cation, wherein  be  says  in  substance  tbat  be  under- 
stands the  needs  of  the  young  men  in  the  Kepabli- 
can  Party  in  New- York,  and  he  is  with  them  heart 
ana  soul  in  tbe  fight  against  Tammany  corruption. 
Mr.  Conkliog  is  a  partisan,  but  be  is  an  earnest 
man,  and  1  still  believe  bim  too  good  a  Republican 
to  GoQatenance  tbis  attempt  to  again  create  a 
Taromany-Bepublican  element  in  oar  local  politics. 
Still,  let  us  look  at  tbe  tacts. 

Last  Friday  evening  tbe  Repnblican  Association 
of  tbe  Twentieth  Assembly  District  held  a  regular 
meeting,  ex-Judge  Diitenhoerer  presiding.  Hon. 
William  A.  Darlinc,  Hon.  J.  A.  Bni2leh;irt,  Willard 
Bollard,  ana  many  other  warm  friends  of  Mr. 
Conkling  were  present.  The  report  of  a  certain 
committee  was  received  and  adopted  requesting  the 
deletiates  from  tbe  Twentieth  Assembly  District  to 
tha  Cen  ral  Committee  to  urge  me  repeal  nt  article 
XIY.  of  the  coDStitntion,  at:  before  quoted.  The 
(Jentral  Committee  will  meet  soon,  and  the  dele- 
gates from  my  diatriet  will  bring  the  matter 
up,  and  so  i(  will  come  either  betore  tbe  several 
associations  of  the  City,  or  be  killed.  Tbe  in- 
teution  is  to  bring  it  betore  the  associations  and 
have  the  article  repealed  quietly,  and  this  time  of 
the  year  has  beeu  cboseu  as  the  best  and  most  op- 
portune, because  local  politics  are  now  lulled  in  an 
unsuspecting  repose.  Tbe  Bepublican  Party  of 
tbis  City,  mucn  less  the  Central  Committee, 
is  not  strong  enongh  to  wipe  out  the 
idea  that  Kepublicauism  can  exist  here, 
despite  the  threats,  the  carses,  or  cajolings  of  Tam- 
many. The  Republicans  of  tbe  Twentieth  Assem- 
bly District  are  not  in  favor  of  the  repeal  ot  article 
XIY.  The  report  of  the  committee  as  aioresaid  was 
accepted  by  a  bare  malonty,  and  adopted  because 
tbe  members  present  were  unaware  ot  tbe  trns  in- 
wardness of  tbe  matter.  There  was  no  debate  upon 
tne  merits.  Tbe  snap  Judgment  was  complete. 
Why  were  tbe  friends  of  Mr.  Conkling  silent  t 
Hon.  AIoDzo  B.  CorneU  lives  in  tbe  Xwentiech  As. 
sembly  District.  Is  he  for  or  against  the  idea  of 
Tammany  Bepublicanism  }  The  siadents  of  Cor- 
nell Uaiversiiv  swear  by  Mr.  Cornell,  and  believe 
he  is  too  open  a  man  lo  connive  at  low  bargains 
such  as  is  proposed.  Sball  tney  have  cause  for 
their  faith  t 

Gentlemen  ot  the  Central  Committee,  are  you. for 
or  against  the  proposed  repeal  1 

CHABLES  J.  TAYLOR. 

No.  180  East  SEVsimETa   iSxassT,  New- Yobs, 

Thursday,  Feb.  15.  1877. 

♦ 

BLUE  GLASS  IN  CHICAGO. 

To  the  Editor  of  tht  Stw-  Tork  Timet! 

Are  there  "  Blue  Glass  "  devotees  in  the  me- 
tropobs  f    Across  the  way  from  my  room,  which  is 

in  tbe  heart  of  the  city,  stands  a  five-story  brick 
block,  nameless  here,  a  fashionable  tenement-house. 
IJpln  the  fifth  story  Is  a  window  composed  of 
alternate  blae  and  white.  The  first  day  of  my  ar- 
rival here  being  a  bright  one,  I  noticed,  in  addition 
to  this,  in  several  of  the  other  windows  squares  of 
the  azure  transparency  in  silt  frames,  either  sas- 
pended  by  cords  or  held  in  the  hand.  I  was  looking 
atitcarionsly  when  a  voice  in  the  next  room— 
which,  by  the  way,  is  occupied  by  a  conple  of 
medical  sto  dents —said,  "By  Jove!  'blue  glass 'in 

the  upper  left  hand  corner."  Baising  my  eyes  to 
the  window  containing  the  strips,  1  saw  what  1  A 
lAdy,  very  much  en  dishabUle,  sitting  directly  in 
front  ot  the  said  window;  and  then  I  saw  before  all 
these  sqaares  either  man,  woman,  or  child.  My 
wonder  increased  as  to  the  meaning  of  these  things ; 
bnt  the  answer  was  not  vot. 

I  was  still  mure  mystified  upon  goini}  out  upon 
the  street,  for  as  I  pasced  a  melanobolv-looking  in- 
dividual he  murmured  in  low  tones  to  his  com- 
panion, "Yes,  there's  money  in  'blue  elasa.'"  A 
little  farther  on  a  glazier's  sign  read,  "  'Blue  glass, ' 
all  shapes  and  sizes,  cheap."  The  newsboys 
screamed,  "Daily  papers  I  All  about  tbe  'blue 
glass '  care."  Desperate  at  last,  I  purchased  a  paper 
and  hastened  home,  determined  to  solve  the  rioole 
If  possible.  .X  found  a  column  headed  "  Wonderful 
cures  performed  ;  neuralgia  cured  in  10  mlnntes;" 
and  all  by  "blue  glass."  So  the  mystery  was 
solved,  and  at  the  rate  our  city  papers  are  multiply- 
ing cnreH,  the  physicians  will  have  to  remove  tbeir 
signs  and  go  to  some  vast  wilderness  where  "  blue 
gla^s  "  can  not  penetrate.     MYBA  B.  PARKEB. 

CmOAQO,  Thur«d.ty,  Feb.  1.  1877. 


THE  NEW  RAILROAD  BILL. 
To  the  Slditor  of  the  New-York  Times  : 

I  noticed  in  tbe  Saturday  issue,  Albany  cor- 
respondence, a  bill  has  been  introduced  to  extend 
tbe  time  of  commenoine  to  construct  nnder  the 
General  Bailway  law.  I  think  I  see  the  purpose. 
Section  47  of  tbe  law  requires  each  compaay  to 
begin  within  two  years  of  the  date  of  filing,  expend 

10  per  cent.,  and  finish  and  put  its  road  in  operation 
in  five  years,  or  Its  powers  cease. 

The  Brooklyn  andWinfield  Bailroad  Company  or- 
ganized Id  1869,  Bdward  B.  Phelps,  President  and 
Manager.  It  got  a  second  grant  from  the  Legislature 
inMay,  1S70.  which  was  disposed  of  in  Julyfoljowmg. 
Ic  got  a  third  in  1871,  a  fourth  in  l^Ti,  and  aome- 
tbmg more  in  1873  trom  tbe  Legislature,  and  still 
no  building  was  done.  Tbe  General  Bailroad  law 
was  amended  m  1864  to  read  five  ye^rs  to  begin  and 
seven  to  complete  i  again,  in  1867,  to  10  years  to 
complete  and  put  in  operation.  And  in  May,  1874, 
an  act  was  passed  by  wbicb  "  the  time  within  wbich 
the  Brouklyo,  Wintleld  and  Newtown  Railroad  Com- 
pany is  required  totinish.its  road  and  put  it  in  opera- 
tion Is  hereby  extended  for  three  years  from  and 
after  the  paasage  of  thia  act"  This  may  cure  the 
failure  to  begm  witbia  Ave  years :  but  May  is 
getting  close.  Hence  tbis  bilL  It  is  probably  a 
special  act  tor  the  benefit  of  the  Biooklyn,  Winfisld 
and  Dewtown  Bailroad  Company,  or  the  gentlemen 
who  "act"  nnder  that  title,  for  it  is  not  so  easy 
now  to  become  a  railroad  corporation  as  formerly, 
when  all  that  was  required  was  to  organize  a  num- 
ber of  gentlemen  in  foi  m,  select  a  route  and  pay  in  10 
per  cent,  on  one  tboasaud  dollars  foreacn  mile  of  the 
proposed  road,  after  which  tbey  might  bnild,  sell 
oat,  abandon,  or  operate.  Conseqaeatly  eharteia 
have  appreciated,  and  even  the  meanest  franohiaeL 

11  JUst  aUv^aaaarJbe  oporaled  or  operated  wish. 


LOCAL  MISCELLANI, 

♦        ■  ■ 
TERMINAL  >  FACILITIES. 

THE  QUBSTION  OF  SECURING  THE  BEZk. 
BAILROAD  FOR  FREIGHT  PURPOSES — 
DISCUSSION  BEFORE  THE  CONFEEENCfl 
COMMITTHE. 
The  Conference  Committee  of  the  various 
commercial  bodlea  on  tbe  subject  of  securing  the 
Belt  Bailroad  for  freight  purposes,  held  an  ad- 
Joumed  meeting  la  the  rooms  of  tbe  Cfaeap  Trans* 
portatlon  Association  yestefday  afternoon,  Mr, 
Baker  in  the  chair.  It  was  stated  that  the  charier 
of  the  Belt  Bailroad  permits  it  to  use  its  tracks  for 
the  transportation  ot  ireight^  gives  it  the  privilege 
of  laving  all  necessary  tarn-outs  and  switches,  and 
allows  it  to  substitute  a  different  rail  from  that  now 
in  use.  The  Cheap  Transportation  Association 
conceived  the  idea  of  making  use  of  those  privi- 
leges for  the  improvement  of  terminal  facilitieB,  and 
the  officers  ot  the  railroad  company  be- 
ing willing,  drafted  an  ordinance,  which 
has  been  presented  to  the  Common  Council, 
a  nd  by  that  body  referred  to  the  Comimttee  on 
Streets,  permitting  tbe  use  of  dummy  engines  on 
tbe  roate  at  night,  on  condition  tbat  all  railroad 
companies  and  steam-ship  lines  terminating  m  thia 
City  shall  have  The  use  of  the  rails  at  such  rates 
as  shall  be  privately  agreed  upon,  and  that  the  Belt 
Bailroad  Company  shall  lay  the  necessary  tura-outS 
and  switofaes.  Tbe  bonis  for  performing  the  freight. 
age  were  set  down  as  between  6  P.  H.  and  6  A.  M. 

The  various  other  commercial  bodies  were  Invited 
to  confer  on  the  snbj  ot-matter  of  the  proposed 
ordinance,  and  all  appointed  committees. 

Yesterday  Mr.  Miller  explained  the  purpose  of 
the  meeting,  and  said  that  the  Hudson  Biver  Rail- 
road Company  had  promised  to  avail  themselves 
of  tbe  ordinance,  and  tbat  tbe  various  steam-sbip 
lines  would  lay  connecting  rails  on  tneir  wharves. 
Those  lines  which  terminated  on  the  other  side  of 
the  river  would  send  their  eoods  over  on  floats. 
The  oars  would  be  loaded  daring  the  day  and  at 
night  drawn  to  the  various  ware-houses  belonging 

to  consienees  and  unload.  The  streets  would  b« 
relieved  of  truckaee  and  large  sums  would  be  saved 
to  merchanrs  in  the  delivery  of  their  goods.  Tha 
Hudson  Biver  Bailroad  Company  some  time  ago 
petitioned  the  Common  Coancil  for  tbe  piiHiege 
of  using  dummies  on  tbe  line  of  the  Belt  Railroad 
below  their  present  terminus  at  Canal  and  West 
streets,  and  an  ordinance  to  that  effect  was  passed, 
but  the  Mayor  vetoed  it  at  the  request  of  the 
Cheap  Transportanon  Association,  on  the  aroond 
that  sach  a  right  was  given  exclusively  to  the  Hud- 
son Biver  Company. 

In  answer  to  the  Chairman,  Mr.  Wallace  reported 
that  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  Committee  btid  pre. 
^ared  a  report  strongly  in  favor  of  the  ordinance, 
bnt  they  were  oblig«d  to  report  back  to  the  cham. 
ber  betore  taxing  final  action.  Mr.  Tompfeins  pre- 
sented a  resolution  passed  bv  tbe  Board  of  Man- 
agers  of  tbe  Produce  Exchange,  approving  the  ordi- 
nance and  eiving  tts  committee  full  power.  Mr.^ 
Tnrnure,  irom  the  Grocers'  Board  of  Trade,  said 
that  the  proposition  had  been  relerred  back  to 
his  committee  for  a  report.  Personally, 
he  was  opposed  to  giving  the  railroad  such 
power  over  the  best  streets  of  tbe  City  loi 
commercial  purposes  and  thought,  no  matter  how 
stringent  tbe  restrictions  might  be  made,  the  rail* 
roads  would  find  ways  of  disobeying  tbem  with 
impunity.  They  would  block  up  tha  streets  and 
retard  business  rather  than  serve  it  This  aroused 
considerable  Qiscussion,  in  the  coarse  ot  which  il 
was  explained  that  no  empty  cars  would  be  allowed 
to  remain  in  tbe  streets,  and  that  the  railroad  ciftn- 
panles  were  rather  opposed  to  the  project  tnau  oth* 
erwise,  except  tbe  Hudnon  Eiver  Bailroad,  whose  ac. 
tion  would  force  the  others  to  follow  its  example. 
Tbe  railroads  are  aattshed  to  have  the  public  con- 
tinue to  come  to  them.  They  are  not  anxious  to 
make  free  uelivery  to  any  portion  of  the  City.  Tba 
facilities  conferred  will  not  be  at  all  commensurate! 
to  the  needs  of  tbe  merctiau^s,  hut  tbey  will] 
be  an  improvement  and  will  benefit  the 
Jobbing  trade  immensely.  When  the  .new  balk, 
head-lines  are  finished,  other  action  will  have  to  ba 
taken.  The  example  ot  Pbiladelpbia  and  Baltic 
more  was  cite'd,  and  Mr.  Wallace  quoted  from  a  re« 
cent  circular  sent  out  by  tbe  Illinois  Central  Rail- 
road Company,  stating  that  its  entire  grain-carry- 
ing trade  had  beeu  taken  away  from  it  by  the  Balti- 
more and  Ohio  Railroad,  "backerl  by  the  City  ol 
Baltimore."  Thu  latter  expression  was  taken  to 
reier  to  the  increased  terminal  facilities  furnished 
bv  that  city. 

The  sense  of  the  conference  seemed  to  be  favora- 
ble to  the  passage  of  the  ordiuance,  except  th,it 
portion  of  itspecifying  tbe  hours  for  hauling  freignt, 
and  on  motion  these  were  changed  to  trom  9  P.  M, 
to  6  A.  M.'  An  adioummeut  wad  then  had  to  al' 
low  turther  discussion  in  commitc«e, 

THE  STATE  SVBYET. 

The  Faculty  of  Columbia  College  bave  trana 
mitted  the  following  memorial  to  the  Legislature  u 
favor  of  the  State  Survey : 

To  the  Honorable  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New. 
Tork: 

The  faculty  of  Columbia  College,  having  learned 
that  a  bill  has  beeu  iniroduced  to  repeal  tbe  aot  or- 
ganizing tbe  Slate  survey,  respectfully  represent 
that  the  need  of  a  tnguoometricaland  topographical 
survey  of  the  State  of  New- York  has  been  long  re« 
cognized  by  scientific  men,  who  nave  viewed  with 
regret  the  seriuus  pecuniaty  losses  directly  trace- 
able to  inaccurate  sarve.ying  and  uncertain  land- 
marks, and  have  keenly  felt  tbe  Waut  of  maps 
trutbtully  delineating  tbe  snrtace  of  tne  State. 

The  lusiitatioc  ot  the  State  Survey,  under  Com- 
missioners of  such  high  standing,  its  progiCM  un< 
der  the  present  officers,  and  tue  well-considered 
plans  for  luture  development  of  the  work,  have  met 
tbe  cordial  approval  of  those  interested  in  the  ad- 
vancemeut  of  knowledge.  Many  departments  ol 
physical  research  and  instruction  require  the  aid 
of  accurate  maps  i  but  existing  representations 
of  the  .State  of  New- York  are  loo  impertecB 
to  fnmish  either  necessary  data  for  invesugatioa 
or  facts  lor  the  proper  education  of  citizens. 

Widespiead  ignorance  ot  the  physical  structurr 
and  conditions  of  the  £-tale,  aa  well  as  uncertainty 
in  boundaries,  must  continue  to  produce  serious  im 
tellectual  and  peconiary  loss  until  a  thorough  iai> 
vey  is  made. 

Believing,  therefore,  that  the  work  is  not  merely 
valuable,  but  also  a  necessity,  yoar  memonalista 
pray  that  tbe  existing  organization  ot  thu  State  Sur< 
vey  mav  be  continued.  An^  your  memorialists  will 
ever  pray,  &c. 

F.  A.  P.  Barnard,  President  Columbia  College  f 
Charles  Murray  Nairne,  Professor  of  Philosopny} 
J.  B.  Newberry,  Professor  of  Geology,  School  oi. 
Mines;  Henry  Drisler.  i'rofessor  ia  Col  am  uia  Col- 
lege; Henry  L  Scbmiat,  Professor  m  Columoia  Col* 
lege !  William  G.  Peck,  Professor  of  Mataematios 

and  Aatronumy  ;  Prof.  Cnaries  .F.  Chandler. 


THE  MURDER  OF  AH  FVNG. 
The  inquest  in  the  case  ot  the  murdered 
Chinaman,  Ah  Pung,  was  resumed  and  concluded 
yesterday,  at  the  Coroner's  ofiSce,  before  Coronei 
Croker.  Ah  Mon,  a  Chinaman,  occupying  rooms  oi 
the  second  fiour  of  No.  17  Iforsjth  street,  in  wbici 
house  the  murder  was  comnutted,  testified  that  at  \ 
o'clock  on  the  morning  ot  Jan.  2d  he  was  awakened 
by  the  cries  of  "  murder"  from  Ah  Fung,'  and  on 
entering  the  letter's  room,  was  infoimed  by  bin 
that  Tang  Chi  had  cut  him  with  a  hatchet.  Ah  Fai^ 
the  prisoner,  testified  that  he  is  proprietor  of  tht 
Chinese  Ooardlng-house  No.  34  Mott  street;  knew 
AhPtug,  but  denies  havingeverquarreled  with  bim, 
or  having  played  cards  with  him  ;  he  last  saw  Ab 
Pang  four  months  liefore  the  murder.  Officer  O'Laary, 
of  the  Tenth  Precinct,  testified  tbai  at  tbe  simion. 
house  Ah  Fung  asserted  tbat  Tung  Chi  admitted 
Ab  Fim  to  bis  room,  and  tbat  Ah  Fun  "  did  tbi 
catuog;  "  Bubseqaently  Ah  Fime  indentlfied  At 
Fan  at  BoUevae  Hospital  as  bis  assailant.  D»min- 
go  De  Louis,  the  "housekeeper"  at  Ah  Fuu't 
boarding-house,  swore  that  his  employer  and  Ab 
Fung  never  eambled  together,  and  tbat  Ah  Fua 
was  not  away  from  b's  house  any  timd  duriug  tha 
nigntot  Jan.  27,  or  the  morning. of  the  next  day. 
Dr.  MaoWbinnie  testibed  tbat  Ah  Ftmg  died  oi 
acate  meningitis  and  softenituc  of  the  braiu,  the  re- 
sult of  the  numeroas  wouada  be  received  at  tne 
hands  of  his  marderer.  The  verdict  of  the  jury 
was  that  bodied  of  injuries  inflicted  wiih  absbcUet 
at  tbe  hands  of  Tang  Chi,  alias  Ha  Ha,  and  Ab 
Fim  was  theroupon  discharged.  The  search  of  tue 
detectives  tor  the  accused  mtirderer  has  thus  f<vf 
proved  unsaocessful. 


BEWABE  OF  FORTUNE-TELLERS. 
A  fortune-teller  named  Walburga  Raed,  ol 
No.  120  Seventh  street,  was  arraigned  at  tbe  Essei 
Market  Police  Oonit  yesterday  on  a  charge  oi 
etealmg  the  pocket-book  of  Mrs.  Eliza  Schneider, 
of  No.  636  East  Eleventh  street,  while  pretending 
to  "  tell  her  fortune."  Yesterday  forenoon  Mrs, 
Schneider  visited  the  rooms  of  Mrs.  Baed.  and  was 
taken  by  that  gifted  person  "  into  a  darkened  room,'| 
wbere  the  fortune-teller,  after  manipulating  an 
exceedingly  dirty  pack  of  playing-cards,  oonfidenti 
ly  informed  ber  victim  tbat  ber  future  was  to  be 
happy  and  prosperous.  When  about  to  leave  tbe( 
premises,  after  hearing  tbis  delightful  revelation, 
Mrs.  Schneider  misled  her  pocksCbook  oontaiuiug 
913,  and  being  confident  tbat  she  badjt  in  her  po»i 
seesion  a  few  moments  before,  charged  Mrs.  Baed 
with  the  theft.  The  fortune-teller  pleaded  noS 
guilty,  and  volunteered  to  reveal,  free  of  cbargey 
thelnture  events  of  Justice  Wandeil's  ife,  if  ha 
would  discharge  her.  The  magistrate  declined  tho| 
generous  proposal,  and  committed  the  accused  tv 
default  of  1300  baiL 

m 

THS  SmOIDB  OF  SAMUSt  OAIPFBELL. 
Coroner  Flanagan  began,  yest^day,  tha  in 
vestigation  of  the  suicide  of  Mr.  Samuel  Cantre^ 
who  shot  himself  in  a  room  of  the  Par..am  Housa 
on  the  morning  of  the  8tb  lust.,  and  died  on  Thura 
day  monung  at  Bellevne  HospitaL  The  noss 
mortem  examination  of  the  body  showed  that  deatQ 
was  dne  to  meningitis  from  the  pistol-shot  woandi 
which  was  situated  behind  tbe  right  ear.  Th^ 
Imllet  was  focmd  in  the  midola  lobe  of  tbe  brain, 
two  inohea  team,  the  point  of  ootraooe— ita  direoiioi 
having  boon-  down  want  HaA  iagmjuk:..  SOU  taaaiin 
\anUjMihalA.MKU«s«4s*    *"*'"?*-»*»--*'*»♦ 


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WITH     SITPPLKMP2NT. 


NEW  XOKK.  SATCRaAY.  FEB.  17,  1877. 


1CADP.MT  OP  MUSIC— A»  2  P.  it,  Thb  Stau  o»  thb 
AoRTK.  (GnjEluh   Opeia)— tfisa  C.   L.  KeUog.     Mr. 
Utut*. 
Bvenins— Qrand  Canccrt  of  PbUlutimonio  Soipiet7. 


tAOtiB   THRATBR— La  Prxicholb.   (Op«ta  Bouffe)— 
Ulie  Marie  Aliti6«.    aracin^e. 


)LTMFIC  TBEATaE.— Bound  ths  Clocx.    Hating 


nHTT  aVBNCK  theatre.— L  kxons:  ok,  Wbdlock 
»0R  Sktks— Mr.  C.  F.  Coghlan,  Miss  F.  DaveDport. 
Mann4e. 


1*RK  THEATRE.— Our  BoASDiira-HousR- Mr.  Stuart 
Eohson,  Mr.  W.  H.  Crane,  tilrs.  A.  F.  Baker,  Miss 
Manae  Uarrisoo.    Matinee. 


ttTTON  SQUARE  THKATRB.—TaB  DAiricHBWs-Mr.  C. 
R.  Thi.rue.  Mr.  W.  a.  Plo.va,  Miss  Katberme  BoKers, 
MissFauny  Morant.    Matia^e. 


OOTH'S     THEATRE — PiWh     AvRNrra-Mr.     OeorEe 
Rl^old,  Miss  Maua  Oiaoger.    Matlnde. 

rtBLO'S    GARDKN.— ARotnra  thb  World  iw  Eiohtt 
DATS  (Sooctacular)— Kiralfy  Urotheia.    MaMn6e. 

SELLER'S    WONDER    THEATRE.— PRBWiDiGiTATioir, 
Music,  AND  buxoR— Mr.  Robert  HeUer.    Matinee. 

~  5BW.TORK  AQHARIPM.— Rarb  and  Curious  Fish  and 
MahxauA:  Ssatdart.  br. — Tav  and  eveninjc. 

31L1I0RE'S  QARDKJJ.— liQUKSTniAN  Qaxbs  and  Pibld 

M>ORTS. 

5AN  FRANCISCO   MTNSTRKLS.- Minstrbmt,    Farcbs, 
AND  ^BORo  CoMiCALiTixs.    Hatinee. 


SATIONAL   ACADE.HT   OF   RKSIGN.— Exhibition    or 
Watsk  Colors.    Day  and  eTening. 


CLINTON  HACiL,  Astor  place.- Statuary  and  Paint- 
tNQS,  (Italy's  Centeimial  hxbibit.) 


SttANT)     dPERA      HOUSE.- Monsieur      Alphonib.  - 
Matin6e.  

IBICEBRISG  HALti.— At  2  P.    M.,    Piano    Conckxt- 
Uin«j  Annette  i^ss'p  >fiEl 

TSE  A£WIOIlK  T/JfA'S. 
fHE  New-York  'I'imks  is  the  best  family  pa- 
ter published;  it  conuins  the  latest  news  and  oor- 
rpspondeooe.  Itia  itec  from  all  obiectionable  adver- 
tiBements  and  reports,  and  may  be  eafely  admitted 
1«  «Tery  dotnes:tc  circle.  Thq  dlasracefal  aonoanot^ 
neiits  01° quaclcs'nnd  medical  pretenders  which  pol- 
lute 80  many  newspapers  of  the  day.  arenot  admitted 
into  the  columns  oT  Tuu  Times  on  any  cscins. 
Termak  oanfa  In  advance. 

TERMS  TO   MAIL  8UBSCIIIBERS. 

PoitOfje  vriU  be  prepaid  by  the  PublUheri  on  all  Edif 
HoDeo/Tas.Taiia  sent  U>  Hubseribert  in  On  Vnited 
State*. 

Tie  Daut  Tmbs.  per   annnm.  Inolndlnj  t'i« 
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This  morning  Thb  Dajlt  Times  eongtsts  of 
Ten  Pages.  Ettry  news-dealer  is  hmind  to 
deliver  (he  paper  tn  its  complete  form,  and  any 
failure  to  do  so  sJuntld  he  reported  at  the  publir 
tation  office. 

Now  that  the  Democrats  are  discussing 
once  more  the  feasibility  of  delaying  the 
final  decision  of  the  Commission  or  the 
final  action  of  both  houses  upon  that  de- 
cision, till  after  March  4,  it  is  reassuring  to 
fall  back  upon  the  pledge  of  the  great 
and  good  Fernando  Wood  that  the  ma- 
jority in  th»  House  is  *'  ready  in  good  faith 
to  carry  out,  in  all  respects,  the 
Electoral  Commission  law,  and  the 
result  that  may  be  reached  ia  pursuance  of 
it."  Unless  it  be  David  Dudi.ey  Field, 
there  is  no  much  greater  man  among  the 
Democratic  Congressmen  thaa  Mr.  Fernan- 
do WoOD,  and  it  would  be  hard  to  say  which 
of  the  two  has  best  deserved  his  eminence  in 
the  party.  If  Tweed's  lawyer  would  only 
add  his  assurance  of  Democratic  good  faith 
to  that  of  the  ex-Mayor  of  Now- York,  the 
country  would  breathe  freely. 

The  Democratic  members  of  the  Electoral 
Commission  undertook  yesterday  to  show 
that  there  was  not  a  single  point  in  Judge 
TRUMBtJi.1,'8  wild  offers  of  proof  as  to 
which  they  had  independence  enough  to 
vote  with  the  remaining  Commission- 
ers. One  alter  another,  each  of  the 
propositions  of  the  Democratic  counsel 
was  brought  up  in  -the  Commission,  and  a 
resolution  submitted  to  receive  proof  re- 
garding it     Each   reBolution    was   voted 

down,  eight  to  se Ten.  The  spectacle  of  the 
seren  Democratic  partisans,  including  two 
Judges,  clinging  thus  defiantly  to  their 
prejudices,  will  be  agonizing  to  the  World, 
■which,  above  all  things,  is  anxious  for  the 

good  name  of  the  Supreme  Court. 


Six  Bepublican  Senators  are  understood  to 
have  voted  with  the  Democrats  for  the  con- 
firmation of  John  F.  S.mythe  as  lasurance 
Superintendent.  There  names  are  Harrls, 
ToBEY,  Vkdder,  McCarthy,  Coleman, 
and  Emerson.  The  time^J^ill  probably 
come  when  it  wiU  be  necessary  to  recall 
this  scandalous  piece  of  political  job- 
bery, and  when  the  Bepublican 
Senators  who  have  carried  it  through 
may  not  find  it  quite  agreeable  to 
shoulder  the  responsibility  for  the  act. 
The  nomination  fixes  the  position  of  Gov. 
Robinson  as  the  tool  of  a  set  of  unscrupu- 
lous tricksters,' and  will  remain  as  indelible 
a  stain  on  his  administration  as  Hoffman's 
signature  of  the  Erie  Classification  act  did 
on  the  record  of  the  Ring  Governor.  After 
that,  Mr.  Robinson  can  do  very  little  to 
disappoint  public  expectation,  since  no 
one  will  be  disappointed  to  see  him  act  as 
the  consistent  ally  of  rascality  and  fraud. 
The  determined  stand  against  the  confirma- 
tion taken  by  the  majority  of  Republican 
Senators  will  prevent  its  formal  announce- 
ment till  Wedoesday  next,  and,  in  the  in- 
terval, no  possible  excuse  should  be  left  for 
the  rest  of  the  Senate  to  misapprehend  the 
tone  of  pvhlio  sentiment  about  this  scanda- 
lous job.     - 

We  fear  that  our  brilliant  conten^porary 
the  £«n  is  in  some  danger  of  forgetting  its 
character  as  a  newspaper  in  its  desire  to 
earn  the  reward  of  blind  partisanship.  It 
foiled   to  publish  tbe  deciphered  Oregon 

.  telegrams  received  through  the  Associated 
Press  on  Thursday  morning,  and 
It     had,       apparently,  ^not     found...  out 

^^estexday  bow  infamous  were  the  trans- 
iStioils  to  which  these  di^^atches  allade.. 


Now  that  tbe  iaangoration  of  Gov.  Hayrs 
is  all  but  assured,  we  expect  to  find  the  5«» 
assume  once  more  an  attitude  of  fair-minded 
and  independent  criticism.  When  President 
HAYES^g^ts  abont  the  task  of  reforming  the 
evila»iv-hich  have  grown  up  under  the  Ad- 
ministration of  President  Grant,  he  will 
need  all  the  moral  support  which  can  be 
given  by  the  honest  men  of  both  parties. 
The  Sun  will,  no  doubt,  be  as  frank  tn 
giving  him  credit  for  such  a  work  as  it  has 
been  bitter  and  unsparing  in  its  condemna- 
tion of  the  abuses  which  call  for  correction. 
Let  it  leave  Senator  Conkling  to  take  care 
of  the  legacy  of  "Grantism,"  and  the 
Worli  to  rattle  among  the  dry  bones  of  the 
Tilden  campaign.  For  men  and  newspapers 
of  a  progressive  spirit  there  is  other  work 
to  do. 


Mr.  Samuel  J.  Tilden  has  reason  to  be 
thankful  for  the  Statute  of  Limitations.  He 
successfully  adopted  it  as  a  plea  in  the  suit 
brought  against  him  by  the  Pettier  & 
Styihus  Manufacturing  Company,  and  it 
has  served  him  m  equally  good  stead  in  flie 
suit  brought  against  him  by  Henry 
H.  BooDY.  The  great  Reformer  was 
accused  of  some  very  sharp  practice 
in  this  latter  action,  and  had  he 
desired  an  opportainity  of  vindicating  him- 
sell^  would  no  doubt  have  waived  the  plea 
in  question  and  defended  tbe  salt  on  its 
merits.  But  Mr.  Tilden  was  probably 
right  in  the  assumption  that  he  might  as 
well  take  the  surest  method  of  saving  his 
money,  of  which  he  has  still  some  remain- 
ing, leaving  his  character,  of  which  he  has 
next  to  none,  to  take  care  of  itself. 


THB  LOUISIANA  DECISION: 
Probably  iew  intelligent  persons,  who  had 
taken  the  trouble   to  master  the  essential 
facts  in  the  cases  of  Florida  and  Louisiana, 
expected  any  different  decision  in  the  latter 
irom  that  made  in  the  former.     The  Com- 
mission, in  declaring   its  want  of  power  to 
receive    evidence    as    to  the  numerous  re- 
mote issues  on  which  the  Democrats  made 
offers  of  proof  in  the  Louisiana  case,  only 
follows  out    the  principle   which    it  laid 
down  for  its  guidance  in  the  Florida  case. 
In  both  instances  it  made  a  wise,  just,  and 
faithful  construction  of  its  powers,  and  one 
for  which  the  country  has  great  reason  to 
be  thankful.     Had   it   decided   that   the 
powers    with    which  it   was  invested    ex- 
tended to  tbe  overhauling  of  the   whole 
machinery  of  the   State   Governments,  and 
possibly  to  reversing  tbe  declarations  of  the 
agents  appointed  by  the  State  to  determine 
who   were    its    Electors,    it     would    have 
opened-  the  door   wide  to  incalculable  mis- 
chief.   The  Commission  was  appointed   to 
ascertain  the  pow^s  of  Congress   in   tbe 
counting  of  the  Electoral   votes.     That  was 
the  end  and  aim  of  its  existance.     Except 
for     that    purpose,     there      was    no    mo- 
tive       in       creating       it.        The       two 
bouses  differed  as  to   the  extent    and  as    to 

the  distribation  of  those  powers,  and  since 
each  house  was  under  the  strongest  tempta- 
tion to  insist  on  its  own  interpretation,  it 
was  deemed  impossible  for  them  to  reach 
any  practical  issue  of  the  Presidential  dis- 
pute. Therefore  the  Commission  was  set  up 
to  decide  the  question  which  the  two 
branches  of  the  national  Legislature  ap- 
peared unable  to  decide,  the  chief  of  which 
was,  what  can  Congress  do  in  counting  the 
Electoral  voteT 

Under  these  circumatauces  its  decisions 
must  have  the  greatesc  weight,  and  must  be 
morally  binding  on  both  tho  parties,  so  far 
as  they  were  concerned  in  ciUing  tho  Com- 
mission into  being.  If  the  Commission  had 
concluded  that  as  the  representative  of 
Congress  it  could  go  behind  the  evidence 
furnished  by  the  regularly  established  in- 
struments in  the  State,  and  could  ex- 
amine into  tho  manner  in  which  those  in- 
struments performed  their  daty,  no  future 
Congress  would  have  been  strong  euough 
toreject  that  theory  of  Congressional  power. 
No  State  would  have  been  safe  from  ruin- 
ous meddling.  There  would  have  been  no 
conclusion  of  this  particular  dispute,  and 
no  end  to  future  disputes.  Whenever  a 
party  having  a  majority  in  the  two  houses 
found  itself  defeated  by  a  close  vote  in  a 
few  States,  it  would  sot  to  work  immedi- 
ately to  make  a  case  for  Congressional 
revision.  There  would  be  no  lack  of 
devices  by  which  this  could  be  done. 
In  Florida  the  Democrats  wanted  the  elec- 
tion overturned  because  an  inferior  court, 
in  a  private  suit,  had  hold  that  its  results 
were  not  those  ascertained  by  the  State 
Canvassers.  In  Louisiana  they  wanted  tho 
election  reversed  without  even  the  inter- 
vention of  a  court,  and  sol»ly  because  the 
defeated  party  did  not  construe   tho    law  in 

the  same  way  as  the  Returning  Board. 
With  such  precedents  in  the  way  of 
pretexts  for  interfering  with  the  ascer- 
tained results  of  an  election,  it  is  easy  to 
see  how  readily  a    defeated  party  in  a  close 

contest  could  confuse  and  break  up  the  re- 
sults of  a  Presidential  canvass.  All  that 
would  be  needed  to  have  "  chaos  come 
again  ^'  every  time  parties  were  nearly  di- 
vided as  to  the  Presidency,  would  be  for 
this  Commission  to  have  held  that  Con- 
gress could  review  a  State's  action  in  ai>- 
pointing  Electorb. 

Happily,  we  have  so  far  escaped  such  a 
misfortune,  and  wo  are  now  apparently  so 
near  the  end  of  tho  agitation  over  tho  Pres- 
idential election  that  we  may  fairly  expect 
to  escape  it  altogether.  It  is  hardly  within 
the  bounds  of  probability  that  the  Commis- 
sion will  find  any  cause  for  changing 
the  result  of  the  action  of  the 
Electoral  College  of  Oregon.  The  course 
by  which  the  Democrats  undertook 
in  that  case  to  set  up  a  rival  college  was 
so  irregular,  so  factious,,  and  so  wanting  in 
ev.en  the  color  of  legality  that  it  is  difficult 
to  imagine  the  Commission  giving  any 
sanction  to  it.  Nor  is  it  easy  to  see  any 
flaw  in  the  course  of  the  regular  college, 
judged  by  the  precedents  already  set  up. 
The  laws  of  Oregon  give  a  clear 
right  to  tbe  acting  members  of  the 
Electoral  College  to  fill  a  vacancy 
in  their  number,  and  the  Commission  has 
already  accepted  similar  action  by  the 
Louisiana  College  in  the  cases  of  Levissb 
and  Bbkwsteb.  Whether  or  not  a  vacancy 
arose  by  the  ineligibility  of  the  Elector 
Watts  is  the  only  point  which  can  claim 
the  attention  of  the  Commission.  On  that 
point  it  iuust  be  held  either  that  a  vacancy 
was  created  which  the  remaining  Electors 
could  and  did  fill,  or  else  that  the 
ineligibility  of  Watts  caused  the  election 
of  Cronin.  The  latter  is  a  doctrine  which 
cannot  for  a  moment  be^held.  b^the.Com-L. 


mission.  It  is  at  best  but  a  barely  plausi- 
ble theory,  ^stained  by  some  not  very 
closely,  pertinent  English  cases,  and 
by  a  few  isolated  American  ones, 
and  opposed  by  far  the  greater  num- 
ber of  important  American  cases.  On  tho 
Oregon  case,  therefore,  it  is  reasonable  to 
expect  the  Commission  to  decide  that  it  has 
no  authority  to  reverse  the  decision  of  the 
majority  of  the  Electoral  College,  or  that, 
if  it  has  such  power,  the  decision  of  the 
college  IS  correct. 

It  is  not  necessary  to  anticipate  the  com- 
ments of  the  Democrats  on  the  Ijouisiana 
decision,  which  practically  throws  them 
out  of  court.  Doubtless  they  will  revile 
the  Commission  as  partisan ;  but  that 
will  be  of  little  consequence.  The  coun- 
try will  see,  if  the  Democrats  do  not, 
that  the  reason  why  the  Commission 
divided  on  party  lines  was  that  the  Demo- 
crats refused  to  cross  the  party  lines.  We 
shall  also,  no  doubt,  see  a  good  deal  of  blus- 
tering as  to  the  immediate  future.  But 
that  will  probably  die  out.  If  it  does  not, 
it  can  have  but  one  result — it  must  drive 
the  decent  m;en  out  of  the  Democratic 
Party,  and  consign  the  organization  to  hope- 
less ruin. 


THE  CROWNING  DIi»aEACE, 
Many  charitably-disposed  persons  have 
been  slow  to  believe  that  Tildkn's  agents 
attempted  to  corrupt  Republican  Electors  in 
Florida,  South  Carolina,  and  Louisiana.  The 
evidence  in  all  these  cases  was  damaging. 
In  South  Carolina  it  rested  on  the  word  of 
one  witness — the  Elector  sought  to  be 
bought.  In  crimes  of  this  sort  there  must 
be  secrecy,  and  the  Democratic  banker  who 
tried  to  bnbe  the  negro  Elector  was  not 
so  indiscreet  as  to  allow  any  witness  to 
his  negotiation  except  the  person  to  whom 
tbe  advance  was  made.  In  Florida,  on  the 
other  hand,  tho  most  that  can  be  proved  is 
that  Democratic  agents  were  busily  hover- 
ing about  all  tho  approaches  to  the  Return- 
ing Board  and  Electors,  loudly,  but  cau- 
tiously, talking  about  tho  amount  of  money 
that  they  were  willing  to  spend  to  secure  a 
vote  for  Tilden.  If  investigation  had 
been  pushed  in  these  cases  with 
one-half  the  energy  which  the 
Democrats  have  displayed  in  their 
inquisitions,  attempts  at  bribery  would 
undoubtedly  have  been  clearly  proved. 
As  it  is,  the  Democratic  plotters  have  nar- 
rowly escaped  being  exposed.  Enough  has 
been  brought  to  light,  however,  to  sho  w 
what  sort  of  tools  these  desperate  conspir- 
ators work  with.  Sach  men  as  the 
rascals  brought  to  the  surface  in  the 
Louisiana  investigation  are  fit  compan- 
ions and  agents  for  those  who  attempt- 
ed to  buy  Electoral  votes  wherever 
they  were  supposed  to  be  for  sale.  Little- 
FiKLi^,  Maddox,  Pickktt,  Muluehin,  are 
fitting  exponents  of  the  present  principles 
and  practice  of  Democracy. 

The  boldnesH  and  lack  of  conscience  dis- 
played in  the  Oregon  business  amply  justi- 
fy all  the  suspicions  which  were  enter- 
tained concerning  the  reputed  attempts  in 
other  States.  Tho  persons  chiefly  damaged 
by  these  shameful  exposures  are  lost  if  they 

bave  no  ready  and  satisfactory  explanation. 

Mr.  KiiLLY  is  a  Senator  of  the  United 
Statep.  He  is  jjresumcd  tu  be  a 
man  of  honor.  Nevertheless,  he  is  shown  to 
be  the  formal  and  deliberate  indorser  of  a 
proposition  to  bribe  an  Elector.  Patrick 
distinctly  informed  Piclto.v  that  one  Re- 
publican Elector  "  must  be  purchased "  to 
act  with  the  Democrat  whom  G-ttoVEii  was 
to  comnrissiou.  And  Hon.  Jamks  K.  Kklly, 
United  States  Senator,  as  distinctly  indorsed 
and  appro»ed  this.  Kklly  swore  before  the 
Senate  Committee  that  he  knew  nothing 
of  any  money  being  unLawfully  used  in 
connection  with  this  case,  yet  hero  are  dis- 
patches signed  by  him,  sent  to  him,  and 
continually  referring  to  him.  in  which 
money  and  the  coiTupt  use  of  it  are  con- 
stantly ^ludcd  to.  Unless  Senator  Kklly 
18  the  victim  of  a  chain  of  singularly  per- 
verse circumstances,  he  bas  added  perjury 
to  attempted  bribery.  But  it  may  be  a<ld- 
ed  that  he  declares  that  he  did  not  know 
what  lie  indorsed. 

Gov.  Grovek  knew  of  the  briberj*,  but 
wo  have  the  admission  of  one  of  the  gang 
to  another  that  ho  was  willing  to  violate 
his  oath  of  oflice  without  fee  or  reward. 
Possibly,  it  was  no  crime  for  him,  while  he 
was  pretending  to  hear  arguments  on  tbe 
alleged  ineligibility  of  Watts,  to  tele- 
graph to  T.'LDEN  that  he  should  decide  in 
favor  of  the  Democrats  "  on  every  point." 
But  it  was  a  shameful  thing  to 
do.  And  it  now  appears  that 
tho  reason  for  the  delay  which 
occnrred  in  the    issuing    of  the    certificates 

was  owing  to  the  delay  in  tho  transmission 

ot  the  corruption  fund.  Tho  Gramercy 
Park  people  were  reluctant  to  risk  the 
money  demanded.  When  it  was  finally 
sent,  it  was  placed  here  to  Patrick's  order. 

By  that  time  Patrick  had  left  Port- 
land on  his  way  back.  That  deposit  of 
$8,000,  as  was  shown  in  the  Senate  investi- 
gation, was  returned.  It  was  necessary  to 
send  another  telegraphic  transfer,  and  by 
the  time  all  this  was  done,  the  day  for  as- 
sembling the  Electors  had  arrived.  The 
certificates  were  withhold  by  Qrover  until 
Tuesday,  Doc.  5.  The  money  did  not 
come.  Ho  kept  them  back  until  Wednes- 
day, Dec.  6,  when  the  money  at  last 
arrived,  and  banker  Ladd  rushed  up  to  the 
State-house  with  the  good  news.  The 
certificates  were  thou  issued.  [Yet  Grovkb 
swore  that  he  knew  of  no  corrupt  use  of 
money,  and  that  he  did  not  inform  anybody 
in  advance  of  what  bis  decision  in  the 
electoral  contest  would  be.  As  a  matter  of 
fact,  he  withheld  the  certificates  until  the 
corruption  fund  was  in  hand,  and  he  tele- 
graphed his  decision  to  Tilden  five  days 
before  he  announced  it  in  Oregon. 

Tilden  has  not  yet  been  put  on  tho  stand. 
He  at  least  has  had  no  opportunity  to  per- 
jure himself.  But  these  dispatches  show  that 
he  was  in  active  daily  correspondence  with 
bribers  and  conspirators.  If  he  is  not  an 
idiot  —  and  Mr.  Tilden's  acuteness 
has  never  been  impugned — he  knew  pre- 
cisely what  was  going  on.  The  wel- 
come news  of  Grover's  intention  to 
decide  against  the  Republicans  was  sent  to 
him  in  the  cipher  of  the  conspirators.  All 
the  other  infamous  messages  relating  to  the 
proDOsed  purchase  of  an  Elector,  and 
urging  the  immediate  transfer  of  money, 
were  sent  to  his  house,  directed  to  his 
nephew  and  constant  companion.  It  makes 
no  difference  whether  Tilden  or  Tilden's 
nephew  received  these  dispatches  and 
answered,  them.    Foi  all Jl?ractical  purposes 


they  were  Tilobn's  own  private  bosiness. 
The  plotters  in  Oregon  knew  that  they 
were  treating  with  him;  and  Groveb, 
when  he  had  something  "  important  add 
secret"  to  say,  sent  it  to  Tii-den's  own 
personal  address.  Nobody  wants  to  bear 
what  Senator  Keenan  thinks  about  €k)v. 
Tilden's  complicity  in  this  frightful  busi- 
ness.   It  is  time  to  hear  from-  Gov.  Tilden. 


TRADE  RELATIONS    WITH   CANADA. 

"We  are  a  nation  of  bankrupts,"  said 
a  prominent  member  of  the  Toronto  Board 
ol  Trade,  the  other  day,  referring  to  the 
record  of  failures  recently  published  by  one 
of  our  mercantile  agencies.  The  statement 
is  much  too  sweeping,  so  far  as  the  general 
population  of  Canada  are  concerned.  But 
there  can  be  no  doubt  that  it  is  almost  liter- 
ally true,  judging  of  it  by  the  large  per- 
centage of  failures  among  the  trading  and 
manufacturing  classes,  and  by  the  depres- 
sion and  embarrassment  from  which  tL»y 
suffer.  Apart  from  the  prevalence  of  bank- 
ruptcies, one  of  the  effects  of  this  condition 
of  affairs  is  seen  in  the  falling  off  in  the 
Customs  revenue.  For  the  first  time  since 
the  formation  of  the  Confederation  there  i* ' 
a  deficit  in  the  Treasury ;  it  amounts 
nearly  to  two  millions,  and  the  prostration 
of  commerce  is  the  only  assigned  cause.  The 
same  circumstancd  explains  the  renewed 
earnestness  of  tho  movement  in  favor 
of  a  reciprocity  treaty  with  the 
United  States.  As  long  as  the  Provinces 
were  reasonably  prosperous  reciprocity 
was  rarely  heard  of.  Tho  politicians  were 
in  the  habit  of  adducing  the  prosperity  as 
proof  that  the  Dominion  could  get  on  very 
well  under  the  existing  trade  relations  with 
this  country.  Without  pausing  to  considoa 
the  peculiar  nature  of  the  influences  that 
were  at  work,  they  acted  on  the  presump- 
tion, that  reciprocity  might  be  dispensed 
with.  The  first  pinch  of  hard  times  opened 
their  eyes  to  the  mistake.  And  having  dis- 
covered that  business  interests  grow  worse 
instead  of  better,  and  that  they  are  really 
in  a  much  more  unsound  condition  than  the 
business  of  the  United  States,  they  recog- 
nize the  supreme  importance  ot  some  ar- 
rangement that  shall  secure  to  their  pro- 
ducers freer  access  to  tho  American  mar- 
kets, and  at  the  same  tim3  attract  to  them- 
selves Amorisan  capital  and  enterprise. 

The  desire  freely  expressed  by  the  Cana- 
dians is  one  which  we  must  naturally  re- 
ciprocate. We  have  plenty  of  disciples  of 
the  Chinese  philosophy,  who  wonld  convert 
the  St.  Lawrence  and  the  chain  of  lakes 
into  an  impassable  barrier  to  Canadian 
trade.  They  are  not  unwilling  to  cultivate 
Canadian  custom  for  their  wares,  but  they 
would  doggedly  exclude  nearly  all  that  our 
northern  neighbors  have  to  sell.  The  influ- 
ence of  this  class  of  monopolists  is  happily 
not  great.  The  common  sense  of  the 
country  acknowledges  the  expedien- 
cy of  maintaining  tho  closest  and  most 
cordial  trade  relations  with  a  peo- 
ple akin  to  ouraclve.",  and  whose  indus- 
trial energy  and  growth  are  ordinarily 
quite  equal  to   our   own.     They  can  supply 

advantageously  many  commodities  of  which 

this  country  stands  in  constant  need,  and 
they  furnish  a  market  of  which  our  manu- 
facturers would  gladly  avail  themselves. 
The  freest  possible  interchange  is  desirable 
for  both.  As  an  abstract  (juestion,  there- 
fore, there  should  be  little  difficulty  in 
framing  a  system  of  reciprocity.  It  is  not 
a  question  that  awakens  a  very  lively  in- 
terest on  this  side  of  the  border,  outside  the 
circles  immediately  coucerned,  simply  be- 
cause its  merits  are  imperfectly  understood. 
Aud  tho  interest  it  does  excite  never 
reaches  a  practical  point,  because  the  Ca- 
nadians, however  eager  in  their  advocacy 
of  reciprocity,  are  not  able  to  acquiesce  in 
conditions  that  are  essential  to  the  equity 
and  thoroughness  of  the  arrangement. 

The  only  solid  ground  for  a  reciprocity 
treaty  is  absolute  freedom  of  trade  as  be- 
tween tho  two  countries.  It  involves  con- 
cessions by  each  which  are  withheld  from 
others.  Any  arrangement  which  the  United 
States  may  make  with  Canada  presupposes 
au  exceptional  relief  from  tho  burdens  of 
the  present  tariff ;  just  as  it  implies,  on  the 
part  of  Canada,  some  exceptional  abroga- 
tion of  duties  for  tho  benefit  of  Americans. 
On  this  basis  the  argument  for  reciprocity 
is  unanswerable  ;  on  any  other,  it  is  not 
worth  listening  to.  The  misfortune  for 
Canada  is  that,  as  a  dependency  of  Great 
Britain,  it  is  not  allowed  to  make  the  United 
States  tbe  most  favored  nation  in  com- 
mercial matters.  The  terms  it  offers 
to  American  manufacturers  it  mast 
also  offer  to  British  manufacturers,  and  the 

exigencies  of  its  own  revenue  system  are 

scarcely  less  imperative  than  the  obligations 
arising  out  of  its  allegiance  to  tho  parent 
country.    It  is  evident,  then,  that  Canada 

is  not  iu  a  condition  to  resume  negotiations 

for  reciprocity  in  thj  only  manner  that 
could  promise  a  hope  of  success.  Fettered 
as  the  Canadians  are  by  their  connection 
with  Great  Britain,  their  first  object  should 
be  tbe  conclusion  of  some  understanding 
with  the  imperial  power  that  shall  leave 
them  at  liberty  to  consult  their  own  inter- 
ests in  trade  matters.  Lot  this  liberty  be 
obtained,  aud  a  genuine  reciprocity  treaty 
will  soon  follow.  As  things  now  are,  all 
talk  about  it  must  end  iu  disappointment. 


CONTRACT  LABOR  IN  THE  PRISONS. 

One  of  the  grievances  of  the  "Labor  Asso- 
ciation "  which  met  recently  iu  Albany  had 
more  character  than  many  of  their  com- 
plajuits — and  that  was  the  resolution  against 
the«ode  iu  which  contract  labor  is  carried 
on  in^he  prisons  of  this  State.     When  a 
body  of  the  representatives  of  the  laboring 
class  can  find  no  worse  grievance  than  a 
proposition  to  give    tax-payers    a  control 
over  the  expenditure  of  public  moneys,  they 
show  they  have  not  tho  first  correct   idea 
of  the  real  burdens  which  rest  upon  labor, 
for   in   this  very  City  the    weight    which 
especially  lies  upon  the  working  .  classes  is 
the  heavy  taxation  (appearing  in  rent;  rent- 
ing upon  the  employers  of  labor.      This 
taxation  arises  mainly  from  the  waste  of  the 
public  property  by  those  whose  constituents 
have  little  or  no  property.    For  a  popular 
leader  to  uphold  this  system,  is   simply    to 
attempt  to  continue  the  present  depression 
of  productive  interests  and  stagnation    of 
business.    But  the  matter  of  prison  labor, 
though  often  exaggerated  as  an  evil  by  the 
leaders  of  working  men,  is  qui  to  another 
thing.    If  any  of  our  readers  will  imagine 
themselves,  in  these  hard  times,  jiut  keep- 
ing their  families  above  water  by  unremit- 
ting hard  work  at  some  peculiar  branch  of 
industrjr-say  the  manufaotore  of  cufEd  anA 


oollars — where  only  a  limited  amount  of 
labor  conld  be  employed,  and  then  suddenly 
finding  all  their  business  cut  off,  and  their 
children  exposed  to  starvation  by  a  contract 
made  at  lower  rates  with  a  gang  of  vaga- 
bonds, thieves,  and  murderers,  through 
an  employer  who  conld  drive  them 
out  of  the  field,  they  will  under- 
stand tbe  feelings  .  of  the  artisans 
and  laborers  aboxit  prison  contracts.  There 
is  now  before  the  Legislature  a  bill  abso- 
lutely forbidding  the  manufactare  of  cuffs 
and  collars  in  any  prison  of  the  State,  and 
nosdoubt  there  will  soon  be  other  bills  f»r- 
bidding  other  branches  of  manufacture 
in  these  institutions. 

The  matter  is  a  delicate  one,  and  requires 
carefulhandUng.  Our  prisons  cost  us  last  year 
some  $500,000  over  their  earnings,  and  this 
sum  fell  ultimately  )n  taxes  on  the  laboring 
classes.  Moreover,  a  prison  without  labor 
will  only  educate  a  fresh  class  of  thi  eve's 
and  offenders  against  person  and  prop- 
erty. But  ther,3  are  unquestionably 
serious  moral  objections  to  the  con- 
tract system  in  prisons.  A  snocessful 
contractor  soon  comes  to  govern  the  peni- 
tentiary ;  everything  yields  to  his  business; 
the  offenders  become  mere  implements  for 
him  to  make  his  profits  with.  The  moral 
atmosphere  which  should  characterize  the 
place  gives  way  to  the  bustle  of  money- 
making  for  certain  -officials.  Some  of  the 
worst  frauds  and  abuses  disclosed  by  the 
recent  State  Prison  Commission  had  to  do 
with  contractors  and  prison  officers.  It  is 
evident  that  such  bargains  offer  endless 
temptations  to  corruption  and  dishonesty. 

And  yet,  on  the  other  hand,  not  every 
prison  officer  or  superintendent  has  busi- 
ness ability  sufficient  to  carry  on  a  manu- 
facture within  the  prison  walls  success- 
fully. The  most  conspicuous  instance  of 
successful  prison  management  without  con- 
tracts is  that  of  the  Allegheny  County 
Prison  and  Work-house,  near  Pittsburg, 
under  Mr.  CoRDiEE.  This  prison,  till  within 
the  past  year,  has  not  only  supported  itself, 
(and  with  prisoners  on  short  terms,)  but 
has  turned  over  considerable  sums  to  the 
county  each  year.  But  this  is  entirely 
owing  to  the  business  skill  of  the  Superin- 
tendent. In  our  own  State  it  is,  perhaps, 
unfortunate  that  tlie  Superintendent  of  its 
prisons  has  been  tbe  most  successful 
operator  of  contracts  in  the  Union. 
Yet  we  are  confident  that  Mr.  Pillsbury 
will  consider  in  his  plans  for  the  various 
penitentiaries  the  just  grievances  of  the 
working  classes,  and  the  objections  to  the 
contract  system.  The  best  plan  would 
probably  be  to  select  such  branches  of  in- 
dustry as  would  compete  the  least  with  im- 
portant industrial  in  t«rests,  and.then  rigidly 
prevent  tho  selling  price  of  the  articles 
being  put  below  the  market  price.  Wher- 
ever a  Superintendent  had  a  marked  busi- 
ness talent,  he  could  be  intrusted  to  carry  en 
his  own  industry  ;  but  in  ail  cases^  whether 
under  contract  or  without,  the  prisoners 
should  be  allowed  a  fixed  share  in  the  earn- 
ings, and  the  privilege  of  extra  pay  for 
extra  labor.     It  is   for   the   interest  of  the 

State  that  each  convict  should  con- 
tinue to  partly  support  his  family 
or  should  have  money  to  keep  himself  from 
poverty  and  temptation  when  he  is  dis- 
charged. Moreover,  the  most  fniitful 
cause  of  crime  is  the  want  of  habit  of  con- 
tinuous labor.  Industry  under  wages,  how- 
ever small,  creates  this.  Even  if  industrial 
work  in  prisons  carried  no  profit,  it  would 
repay  the  State  to  continue  it»  Mr.  Pills- 
BURY  also  should  see  to  it  that  m  no  prison 
does  the  contractor  rule.  The  first  thing 
iu  the  prison  is  discipline,  then  reform. 
Business  is  needful,  out  order  and  moral 
influences  come  first.  Wo  doubt,  however, 
if  the  Legislature  can  help  the  difficulty 
much  bv  legislation.  Common  sense,  hon- 
esty, and^a  broad  view  of  the  case  with  the 
Superintendent,  are  the  best  reliance. 


WOMEN  IN  THE  rULPIT. 

The  dismissal  of  Rev.  Miss  Phcebe  Hana- 
FOKD  by  her  congregation  is  a  matter  of 
general  notoriety.  In  her  case  the  experi- 
ment of  a  female  Pastor  has  proved  a  fail- 
ure. So  far  as  can  be  lr<arned  tho  only 
charge  brought  against  Miss  Hanafor* 
was  the  charge  that  she  was  not  a  man. 
This  she  attempted  neither  fo  palliate  nor 
deny,  and  she  was  therefore  deprived  of  her 
pastorate  in  order  that  her  place  might  be 
filled  by  a  man. 

Those  enthusiastic  reformers  who  advo- 
cate the  admissiou  of  women  to  the  Ininis- 
tiy  have  uniformly  looked  at  only  one  side 
of  the  matter.  They  insist  that  inasmuch 
as  a  woman  can  write  and  deliver  a  sermon 

at  least  as  well  as  a  majority  of  male  min- 
isters, there  can  be  no  valid  argument 
against  a  female  ministry.  They  fail,  how- 
ever, to  perceive  the  inevitable  effect  which 
female  Pastors  must  have  upon  their  con- 
gregations. If  the  order  of  nature  is  re- 
versed in  the  pulpit,  it  will  also  be  reversed 
in  the  congregation.  Nature  will  maintain 
the  just  balance  of  the  sexes  iu  ecclesias- 
tical aflairs, '  and  she  will  not  permit  a 
pretty  woman  to  be  substituted  for  au 
aicetic  clergyman  without  striving  to  pro- 
duce corresponding  changes  among  the 
flock. 

When  the  experiment  was  first  tried  in  a 
rural  New-England  town  some  twenty 
years  ago,  it  was  clamorously  asserted  that 
it  had  brilliantly  succeeded.  In  a  short 
time,  however,  acute  observers  noticed  that 
the  young  men  of  the  congregation  were 
undergoing  a  curious  change.  They  be- 
came abnormally  regular  in  their  at- 
tendance at  meeting,  and  although  they 
showed  a  stern  determination  to  occupy  the 
front  seats,  they  also  manifested  a  winning 
modesty  of  manner  previously  unknown  in 
tbe  history  of  their  sex.  They  would  sit 
with  upturned  eyes  gazing  at  their  Pastor 
and  drinking  in  her  eloquence  with  every 
token  of  earnest  admiration.  Sometimes 
they  would  be  affected  to  tears,  and  would 
hide  their  eyes  with  perfumed  handker- 
chiefs. In  casual  conversation  they  al  ways 
mentioned  tbe  minister  as  "  our  dear  Pas- 
tor," and  constantly  quoted  her  as  authority 
upon  all  questions  of  morals  and  manners. 
A  little  later  and  the  price  of  worsted  began 
to  rise.  The  cause  of  this  was  soon  known. 
Every  one  of  the  thirty -.four  young  men 
were  engaged  in  working  slippers  for  their 
Pastor.  As  this  was  a  duty  to  which  thoy 
were  unaccustomed,  they  naturally  spoiled 
an  immense  quantity  of  worsted,  and 
mislaid  or  broke  innumerable  needles.  Be- 
fore the  Pastor  had  been  six  months  in  the 
pulpit  she  had  received  thirty-four  pairs  of 
slippers,  nine-tenths  of  which  were  embroi- 
d«rad  with  a  croa^,  while   the  remaiadar 


bore,   in   letters   of  white   floss-silk,   th^ 
legend,  "  Bless  my  Pastor." 

After  the  slippers  should  have  come,  in 
regular  ecclesiastical  order,  tbe  usual  smok- 
ing caps,  but  it  was  obvious  that  the  latter 
would  have  been  grossly  inappropriate  gifts 
to  a  female  Pastor.  Much  ingenuity  was« 
displayed  in  providing  substitutes.  One 
young  man  knit  out  of  scarlet  worsted  a 
"cloud"  for  the  pastoral  head,  and  another 
braided  with  his  own  hands  a  magnificent 
"switch"  of  back  hair,  the  material  for 
which  he  purchased  from  a  professional 
hair-dresser.  The  majority  of  the  young 
men,  however,  expressed  their  pious  devo- 
tion in  embroidered  handkerchiefs  and  lace 
collars,  although  it  is  rumored  that  an  ill- 
advised  widower,  who  was  perhaps  the 
most  outspoken  of  the  Pastor's  admirers, 
sent  her  a — that  is  to  say,  a  garment  made 
l)y  his  own  hands  out  of  the  best  quality  of 
steel  and  modeled  upon  one  formerly  the 
property  of  hip  deceased  wife.  It  is  further 
asserted  that  his  present  was  promptly  re- 
turned to  him,  and  that  he  therefore  left 
town  in  a  depressed  state  of  mind,  carrying 
his  blighted  hoops  with  him. 

AS»  the  Pastor  did  not  wear  a  gown  or 
surplice,  the  young  men,  after  they  had 
overwhelmed  her  with  slippers  and  hand- 
kerchiefb,  were  at  a  loss  what  to  do  next. 
They  finally  hit  upon  the  happy  thought  of 
making  a  magnificent  overskirt  of  red  cash- 
mlre,  embroidered  with  blue,  and  ornament- 
ed with  alternate  yellow  silk  dogs  and 
green  silk  horse-shoes  in  the  angle  of  each 
scallop.  One  of  the  young  men  surrepti- 
tiously helped  himself  to  a  pattern  from  his 
sister's  wardrobe,  and  produced  it,  under  a 
strict  vow  of  secrecy,  to  his  admiring  asso- 
ciates at  their  next  Dorcas  tea-party. 
Great  diffictdty  was  experienced  in  cutting 
out  the  garment,  but  by  carefully  ripping 
the  pattern  apart,  and  making  a  fac  simile 
of  each  piece,  the  new  overskirt  was  made 
ready  for  sewing.  The  unconquerable  ten- 
dency of  some  of  the  young  men  to  sew  ex- 
clusively with  white  cotton  led  to  frequent 
disputes  and  delays ;  but  at  last  the  gar- 
ment was  accurately  sewed  together  with 
black  silk.  Determined  to  improve  upon 
the  original  pattern,  they  put  half  a  dozen 
pockets  in  the  skirt,  and  attached  a  buckle 
and  strap  to  the  waistband,  together  with 
six  metal  suspender-buttons.  Then  the 
garment,  nicely  perfumed  and  neatly  told- 
ed,  was  sent  to  the  parsonage,  with  a  note 
written  in  a  fine  Italian  hand,  and  breath- 
ing the  earnest  affection  of  thirty-four  pious 
and  innocent  hearts. 

What  was  the  surprise  of  those  young 
men  to  learn  on  the  following  Sunday  that 
the  Pastor  would  no  longer  conduct  the  Bi- 
ble-class of  which  they  were  the  sole  mem- 
bers. They  called  upon  her  to  beg  a  few 
moments'  conversation  upon  the  true  mean- 
ing of  Ezkkikl's  wheels,  but  were  told 
that  the  Pastor  was  busy,  and  that  she 
begged  to  refer  them  to  Deacon  Smith. 
They  felt  that  something  was  wrong,  but 
they  could  not  imagine  what  the  matter 
really  was.  In  the  course  of  the  next  fort- 
night, however,  the  Pastor  suddenly  brought 
homo  a  husband  from  some  distant  town, 
who,  being  of  an  excitable  and  Tvithal 
worldly  nature,  soon  allowed  it  to  become 
known  that  he  felt  perfect  confidence  in  his 
ability  to  thrash  the  irreverent  rascals  who 
had  insulted  his  wife  by  sending  her  a 
preposterous  red  j) — tt — t. 

After  that,  tho  young  men  lost  all  inter- 
est in  religious  things,  and  returned  with 
great  unanimity  to  their  wallowing  at  the 
billiard-table,  and  it  was  generally  felt  that 
the  experiment  of  a  female  Pastor  had  not 
succeeded.  But  the  fault  was  not  in  the 
Pastor's  sermon,  nor  in  any  lack  of  piety  or 
discretion  on  her  part.  The  failure  of  the 
experiment  was  the  natural  result  of  the 
attempt  to  reverse  the  proper  sex  of  the 
pulpit.  As  soon  as  the  female  minister 
usurped  manly  functions,  the  young  men  of 
her  flock  developed  feminine  tendencies. 
Such  will,  doubtless,  be  the  inevitable  con- 
sequence of  tho  presence  of  women  in  the 
pulpit,  and  it  is  surprising  that  no  reformer 
can  perceive  what  a  powerful  argument 
against  a  female  ministry  this  state  of 
things  constitutes. 


UNION  SOLDIERS  IN  THE  SOUTH. 


Washington,  Feb.  16.^The  special  commit- 
tee of  the  House  to  investigate  the  employment  of 
United  States  troops  in  tbo  South  darioir  the  late 
election.  Representative  "Wood,  Chairman,  met  this 
mommg  at  11  o'clock.  Gov.  M.  L.  Stearns,  of 
FUirida,  testified  that  troops  were  reirularly  sta- 
tioned at  Pensaoola,  St.  Angastine,  and  Kfty  "West, 
diirins  election  times  ;  detachments  of  troops  were 
stationed  at  other  points  durius  the  month  of  No- 
vember ;  about  the  13th  of  November  200  soldiers 
came  to  Tallahassee  from  Atlanta  under  com- 
mand of  Geo.  Eager,  on  account  of  the  political 

excitement  at  that  time;  tbere  were  demon- 
stration of  violence,  such  as  tearinc  up  the  railroad 
track,  cat tiusr  wires,  and  burnlug  bridges  ;  could 
not  say  that  organized  bnnds  did  it.  but  it  looked 
like  a  concerted  action  ;  tbe  acts  were  done  secretly 
Ot  nijrht ;  the  extra  troops  were  sent  to  Florida  by 
the  Secretary  of  War ;  witness  did  not  make  any 
formal  rcqaeition  for  troop.\  Dutdiaseoda  dis- 
patch to  Spcietary  Cb^indler  at  New-York  niention- 

inc  the  advisability  of  huvinir  troops  in  Florida  ; 
bnd  previously  received  a  dispatch  from  Secretary 
Chandler,  bat  It  bad  no  relation  to  troops ; 
leadiug  men  bad  asked  bim  to  make  a  req^aiaivion 
fur  troops ;  tbe  tro:>ps  took  no  action  until  inansu- 
railon  day.  when  they  were  statloued  on  tae  Capitol 
gronnd.-j  at  Gov.  Drew's  request:  there  was  no 
tini<^  when  wiineHs  cnnll  not  quell  any  oistorbaoce 
with  his  own  Militia,  aud  he  save  no  intimation  to 
thp  authorities  here  to  the  contrafy. 

The  snb-commictee  iovesticating  the  trarrisoning 
of  Petersbnre,  Va..  by  Cniied  States  troops  on  or 
about  Nov,  7,  1876.  contiuoed  its  labors  to-day  and 
Fxammed  J.  U.  Van  Anken,  editor  ct  a  Repnb- 
•llcan  newspaper  in  I'etKrsbnrjc,  Va..  who  stated  that 
he  saw  at  tbe  election  in  187.?  a  Kane  of  Baltimore 
"  rouKhs  "  reconuoiirinjr  around  the  polls.  The 
election  resulted  in  a  Democratic  victory,  which 
was  brought  about  by  tbe  acUon^of  partisan  {ndees. 
He  saw  no  acts  of  personal  violence  bimself.  VVitness 
related  sundry  acts  of  violence  which  took  place  at 
the  municipal  election  in  Mav,  1876,  bat  ackoowl- 
edced  that  be,  in  nerson,  saw  noQ»  of  them  coiu- 
raitted.  Prior  to  tbe  eiecticn  in  last  November,  a 
larne  number  .of  bota  Benublicans  and  Democrats 
were  apprehenaive  of  a  disturbance  ou  election 
day,  and  thoaebt  troops  necessarv  to  spcure  a  lair 
elootion.  Tbe  election  was  a  quiet  and  peaceable 
one,  owing  to  tbe  fact  that  Iba  authority 
of  tbe  Ufiited  States  was  exeried  ;  did  not  know 
of  anyone  who  was  prevented  by  intimidation 
either  from  speakiac  la  public  or  from  voMnc  in 
any  of  ibeoe  elnctious  ;  it  was  not  so  much  tbe 
presence  of  the 24  intautrymen  and  two  officers  that 
oonttuUed  the  election,  liuc  the  power  that  was 
behind  them.  

AN  AMERICAN'S  JEALOUSY. 
Havana,  Feb.  10.— On  Wednesday,  the  7th 
Inst.,  at  mldnigbt,  Mr.  John  M.  Burns,  a  contractor 
for  machinery,  well  known  in  the  0nited  States, 
entered  tbe  sleepioe-room  of  Mr.  James  Uenry 
Rush,  of  Boston,  and  awakeiiine  him  began  a 
quarrel  about  Rush's  attentions  to  an  elderly  lady, 
Who  keeps  tbe  boardine-bouse  where  they  both 
reaide.  Bums  accnslnz  Kn<<ta  of  attemptios  to  sup- 
plant bim  in  the  lady's  affections.  Burns,  who  says 
he  was  deeply  intoxicated,  shot  Busb  in  the  breast, 
causinic  a  very  oangerons  wound,  and  tbouitb  the 
ball  has  oeen  extracted  he  lies  la  a  precarious  con- 
dition. Rush,  who  is  highly  esteemed  by  his  ac- 
quaintences,  is  the  sole  support  of  an  .aged  mother 
and  two  sisters  In  Boston.  Burns  nai  hitherto  bQrne 
tbe  reputation  ot  a  qnlet,  bo&orabl«  man.  He  Is 
confined  In  jail. 

A  SANK  CASHIER  ARRESTED. 
FisHKiLL,  Feb.   16. ^Alexander  Barlow,  the 
allesed  defaulting  Casbiei  of  the  Fishk'ill  Bank,  iraa 
arrested  last  night  by  a  United  States  MarthaL  and 
hU  hall  fixed  M  SMlOOO-  vbiab  he  Umb  simkim* 


iLB.OT. 

AN  INSURANCE  DEBATE. 
MR.  PURDY'S  SPEKCR  OS  HIS   BESOLUriONt 
— AN  ABLB  KFPORT — THB   MATTBB  TO  BE 
VUBTHER     CONSIDEBED — BCSIKBSS    01 
HOUSE  AXD  SENATE. 

From  Oitr   Own  Corresvondeia. 

Albakt,  Friday,  Feb.  16, 1877. 
The  Assembly  was  treated  toagreatfbnl 
agreeable  surprise  this  morning,  in  a  speech  of 
much  force,  pith,  and  real  eloquence  from  Mr. 
Purdy.  Onlybusinessof  a  routine  character  had 
been  transacted  until  within  a  few  minutes  of 
1  o'clock,  when  the  order  of  resolutions  was 
reached.  Westchester  being  called,  Mr.  Pordy 
rose  and  called  up  the  resolutions  offered  by 
him  some  time  ago,  calling  for  tbe  appointment 
of  a  special  committee  to  investigate  the 
subiect  of  life  insurance,  and  report  to 
tbe  House  by  bill  or  otherwisp.  When 
he  began  to  speak  on  these  resolutions,  ths 
House,  from  much  experience  in  this  regard, 
paid  little  attention  to  him  ;  but  in  a  few  min- 
utes it  became  apparent  that  at  last  Mr.  Purdy 
had  something  to  say  %vhich  was  worth  listen- 
ing to ;  and  from  that  moment  until  he  re- 
sumed his  seat,  he  held  tbe  House  attentive 
and  sympathetic,  though  he  spoke  for  nearly 
three-quarters  of  au  hour.  He  had  prepared 
his  speech  in  the  form  of  distinct  charges  of 
wrong-doing,  inefficiency,  and  fraud  against 
insurance  companies;  each  of  these 
be  read  from  his  notes,  and  then 
went  on  to .  illustrate  and  prove 
his  charges,  speakin^g  extemporaneously.  He 
advanced,  it  is  true,  very  httle  that  was  new 
to  tbose  who  are  at  all  tamiliar  with  the  system 
of  life  insurance  ;  hut  the  force  and  energy 
with  whitih  the  sneaker  presented  his  iacta 
made  a  deep  impression  on  his  audience.  He 
went  over  the  whole  giound  ot  the  business  ol 
securing  the  surrender  of  policies,  showed  the 
gross  injustice  of  allowing  the  companies  to 
pocket  ad  tbe  monev  which  a  man  may  have  < 
paid  year  after  year,  and  then,  by  poverty,  tyo 
unable  to  continue  bis  payments ;  the  down- 
right fraud  in  the  matter  of  companies  con- 
testing the  liability  to  pay  a  policy  af'er  a  man's 
death  on  tbe  ground  that  he  bad  made  some 
misrepresentation  as  to  his  physical  condition 
ten  or  fifteen  years  before  ;  then  went  to  the 
subject  of  the  abuses  in  the  management  of  the 
companies,  the  enormous  8alarie%  percentages, 
and  fees  paid  to  tbe  officers  ot  these  companies; 
the  quartering  ot  the  President's  and  chief  offi- 
cers' families  and  relatives  on  the  companies 
they  preside  over;  the  method  in  which  the  life 
companies  and  ^e  fire  companies  woric  Into 
each  other's  hands  in  the  mat  er  of  lending  on 
mortgages;  the  practice  of  one  insolvent  com- 
pany borrowing  moneys  and  bonds  ot  another 
company  to  present  a  show  of  solvency  to 
the  State  Examiner;  the  metbods  by  which 
proxies  were  forced  by  the  hundred  from  em- 
barrassed policy  holders  to  be  used  by  the  chief 
officers  ot  the  concern  in  the  perpetuation  of 
their  power ;  the  busincf^s  of  making  bogus 
'  mortgages,  and  tbe  enmorous  amount  of  mort- 
gages held  by  some  companies  on  city  proper- 
ty, which,  in  the  case  ot  a  fire  such  as  tbev  bad 
in  Boston  or  Chicago,  would  be  rendered  al- 
most valueless ;  and  be  wound  up  with  an  elo- 
quent peroration  ou  tbe  necessity  of  extendiag 
legal  protection  to  tbe  hundreds  of  thousands 
of  policy-holders  who  were  now  at  tbe  mercy 
ot  a  tew  controlling  Presidents  and  Direc- 
tors of  insurance  coiapanies.  As  respected  the 
appointment  o<'a  special  committee,  Mr.  Purdy 
said  that  tbe  House  bad  selected  as  its  presul- 
iiig  officer  a  gentleman  of  private  and  publio 
character  eo  pure  that  every  one  ^FOuld  bave 
entire  confidence  in  the  appointments  be  would 
make  ;  but  it  tbe  House  thought  that  its  stand- 
ing Committee  on  Insurance  cuidd  do  tbig 
work  in  addition  to  its  other  duties,  it  might 
be  left  to  that  committee.  In  that  case,  tbe 
committee   should   be   clothed   with   power  to 

send  for  persons  and  papers,  to  administer 

oaths  aud  examine  witnesses,  so  that  it  might 
be  enabled  to  go  to    tbe  bottom  ol  tbe  matter. 

Jlr.  Alvord  acknowledged  tbe  eloquence 
andtorce  with  which  Mr.  Purdy  had  presented 
his  views  ;  bun  said  that  Irom  'first  to  lasL  hfs 
speech  showed  tbe  utter  impossibility  of  any 
special  committee  oeing  able  to  prosecute  such 
an  investigation  as  was  proposed,  within  the 
time  the  committee  would  bave  to  act.  Thirty 
days  would  not  be  sufficient  to  thoroughly  ex- 
amine the  affnirs  of  one  large  company 
alone.  What  was  wanted  was  the  ti-aming 
of  a  bill  to  correct  defects  in  tbe 
present  law.  to  provide  safeguards 
to  policy-holders,  to  check  the  evils  and  aouses 
which  now  prevailed  in  the  insurance  lL.usine.«s. 
A  committee  could  draw  up  such  a  bill  as  this 
within  30  days,  but  it  could  not  go  mto  the 
business  of  iuve8ti:>ating  insurance  corpKua- 
tions.  He  (Mr.  Alvord)  would  go  as  far  as  the 
gentleman  irom  Westchester  in  this  way.  aud 
with  that  gentleman's  consent  would  offer  a 
resolution  to  that  effect. 

Mr.  Purdy  was  understood  to  say  that  the 
matter  rested  with  tbe  House.  For  bis  part 
be  onl.v  desired  that  the  best  and  most  practi- 
cable course  in  the  mterests  of  pohcy-holdera 
should  bo  adopted. 

Mr.  Graham,  Chairman  of  the  Insurance 
Committee,  made  a  lew  remarks,  indicating  the 
desire  of  bimselt  and  his  associates  to  treat  so 
important  a  subject  with  care  and  deliberation. 
He  thouaht  that  the  House  was  at  the  mumeni 
too  much  under  the  influence  of  the  eloquent 
speech  of  tbe  gentleman  from  Westchester  to 
act  as  calmly  as  the  subject  demanded. 

it  was  then  urged  that  the  fm'ther  consider 
atien  of  the  resolutions  should  be  postponed 
until  to-morrow  morning.  It  is  hardly  proba- 
ble that  a  special  committee  will  be  appointed, 
at  leant  to  go  into  the  business  of  Investiga 
tion.  Tbere  is  a  strong  prejudice  against  tnis 
among  tbe  members,  but  it  is  not  unlikely  that 
the  Insurance  Committee  will  be  appointed  as 
a  special  committee,  with  the  lequislte  powers 
to  draw  up  a  bill  as  Mr.  Alvord  suggested. 

Mr.  Husted  asserts  most  emphatically,  and 
desires  it  stated,  that  he  had  no  knowledge, 
nor  had  beard  the  slightest  intimation  of  the 
Governor's  mtention  to  nominate  Mr.  John  F. 
Smythe  for  Insurance  Sujjerintendent,  until 
last  Wednesday  norning.  At  tbat  time  a  mem- 
ber of  the  House  came  over  to  his  (Mr.  Husted's) 
seat,  aud  referred  to  the  coming  nomination,  sup- 
posing that  Mr.  Husted  was  aware  ot  it.  Mr. 
Husted  declares  with  emphasis  tbat  this  was 
the  first  intimation  he  had  of  the  matter.  11 
was  an  entire  surprise,  and  not  altojj^ether  6 
pleasant  one  to  him. 

The  House  this  morning  adopted  a  resolu- 
tion to  adjourn  from  next  Weonesday  to  the 
idllowing  fuesday,  and  also  to  hold  evening 
sessions  on  Tuesdays  and  Thursdays  after  ' 
the  IsD  of  March.  Ihe  House  will  continue  at 
work  as  usual  until  next  WednesOay.  The 
Subcommittee   »f    tbe   Whole,   or    "Grinding 

Committee."  will  be  put  to  work  in  a  lew  days 
to  work  off  tbe  small  local  bills  Irom  tlif 
calendar. 

BUSINESS  IX  THE  SENATE. 

Tbe  Senate  Committee  on  Public  Health  re- 
ported favorably  Air.  Wagstaff^s  bill  author 
izing  Boards  of  Health  ol  incorporated  citiea 
to  apply  to  the  health  authorities  of  ac^acent 
towuB  or  counties  tor  tbe  abatement  ot  nuis- 
ances which  injuriously  affect  the  heaith  ot 
their  municipalitie.*,  and  in  case  ot  relusal  to 
apply  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  judicial  dis- 
trict m  which  tbe  nuisance  may  be  located 
tor  investigation  and  redress.  This  is  a 
very  necessary  and  perfectly  iair  bill,  but  the 
Senators  reoreseating  Kings  Co..nty,who  appear 
to  take  delight  iu  suitbn;;  the  odors  ot  tbe 
Greenpoint  nuisance,  took  the  alarm, and  Senator 
Jacobs  moved  to  recommit  the  bill  to  the  Ju- 
diciary Committee  under  tbe  plea  that  soma 
great  constitutional  question  was  involved.  His 
colleague,  Kennaday,  was  also  very  much 
alarmed  for  the  safety  of  the  great  constitu- 
tional principles,  and  backed  up  tbe  motion  to 
recommit.  Mr.  Wagstaft"  ana  Mr.  Gerard  op- 
posed the  motion,  aud  charaeterizcd  it  as  a  fili- 
bustering attempt  to  delay  the  bill  with  a  view 
to  kill  It.  Gerard  denied  that  there  was,  or 
could  be,  any  legal  or  constitutional  objections  to 
the  bill.  It  was  not  a  local  but  a  general  bid, 
applying  to  all  tbe  municipalities  in  tbe  State, 
and  was  intended  soleiy  to  protect  tbe  pubua 
kealth.  Nevertheless,  the  Senate  voted  to  i%- 
consider,  and  the  stink-pots  of  Greenpoint 
won   tbe  first  victory. 

On  motion,  tbe  Senate  reconsidered  the  vote 
by  whicn  it  refused  to  concur  m  the  As- 
sembly amendiuent  to  tbo  Prison  Com- 
mission bill  pi:obibitiiig  tbe  Superinten- 
dent from  making  any  appointments  on 
politic&l  grounds.  Senators  Scbooumaker, 
Bradley,  and  Kennaday,  Democrats,  and  Sena- 
tor Cole,  Republican,  opposed  the  Assemblv 
amendment  as  useless,  impracticable,  and  fool- 
ish, but  in  view  of  tbe^act  that  the  Assembly 
was  likely  to  insist  on  it,  and  thus  delay  the 
passage  of  the  bill,  a  majority  ot  the  Senate 
voted  to  concur,  and  the  bill  was  immediately 
sent  to  the  Qovemor  tor  his  signature,  and 
tbe  name  of  Mr.  Pillsbory,  of  tbe  Albany 
Penitentiary,  was  returned  as  tbe  nominee  of 
tbe  Governor  for  the  First  Superintendent  of 
State  Prisons  under  tbe  bUI.  The  Senate  aooit 
after  went  into  Executive  Session,  where  tbo 
nominatian  was  confirmed  witbout  opoocition, 
ijiwiw  tbe  new  biUaiatrodnoadm  tbA  Seaatt 


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mm  two  by  Mr.  Woodm  relating  to  the  City 
of  New-York— one  embracinK  all  taunicipali- 
bee  in  the  State,  providing  for  a  general  redac- 
tion of  10  per  cent,  on  salanes. 

aUPEBLSTBNDENT  OF  INSURANCE. 

ms  NOMINATION  OF  JOHN  F.  SMYTHE — 
HB  IS  CONFIRMED  BUT  NOT  COMMIS- 
SIONED. 

Specua  IHspateh  to  tin  New-  Torlt  Timet. 

.  Albany,  Feb.  16.— Another  executive 
leaaion  of  the  Senate  was  held  to-day,  pursuant 
to  the  nnderstanding  had  at  the  caucus  in 
Senator  Harris'  reeidence  last  evening.  The 
interchange  of  opdnion  at  the  caucus  had  dis- 
closed the  fact  that  th«»re  were  more  than 
enough  Republicaai  Senators  ready  to  vote 
jrith  the  I>emooi»ts  to  confirm  the  nom- 
toataon  of  Postaaaster  Smjthe  as  Superin- 
Sendeiit  ,of  Insuzance  to  secure  his  con- 
armation,  and  that  it  would  be  useless 
to  try  to  prevent  it.  The  instructions 
lent  from  WashiJngton  by  Senator  Conkling, 
combined  with  thiB  more  solid  arguments  said 
to  have  been  brought  to  bear  by  the  "  Insur- 
roce  Ring,"  place<d  the  confirmation  beyoud  a 
doubt,  and  it  was  ■apparent'  this  morning  that 
bU  efforts  on  the  part  of  the  opponents  of  the 
nomination  to  pneveut  or  even  to  delay  the 
confirmation  woilld  be  fruitless.  Senators 
Woodin,  Kobertson,  and  others  exhausted  all 
their  arguments  read  appeals  at  the  caucus  last 
evening,  but  theiy  found  that  the  thmg  had 
been  "  fixed,"  and  that  no  considera- 
tions of  decency,  or  respect  for  pub- 
ho  opinion,  orT  regard  lor  the  rights 
of  swindled  policy-holders  would  avail 
to  thwart  the  Boheme  of  the  '•  Insurance 
King,"  beaded  by  Lucius  Robinson,  to  install 
one  of  Its  ereatuoes  in  the  office  of  Insurance 
Superintendent.  •  The  first  name  that  was 
taken  up  in  executive  session  was  that  of  Mr. 
Pillsbiirv,  for  Suajerintendent  of  State  Prisons, 
Which  was  contiianed  without  opposition.  The 
Committee  on  liDsurance  then  reported  faver- 
ably  the  name  -of  John  F.  Smyihe  lor  State 
Sunerintendcnt  <3tt  Insurance.  The  Canai  Com- 
mittee, ,to  whom  was  reierred  the  nciminatioH 
of  Judge  Stucges,  ot  Otsego,  lor  Canal 
Appraiser,  being  called  on  to  report  re- 
tiised  to  make  ai»3port.  A  motion  was  then  made 
to  discharge  the.,  committee  from  the  turther 
consideration  o.t  the  nomination,  and  reter  it 
to  the  Senate.  'Chis  was  a  test  vote,  and  was 
carried  by  a  cleiv  maiority,  three  Republicans, 
Messrs.  Spragua,  Moore,  and  Wagner,  beinti 
absent,  and  twoi  or  three  others  voting  with 
the  Democrats.  A  motion  was  then  made  tuat 
tbse  nomination  at  Smythe  be  conlirmed,  wbicti 
was  carried,  as  -was  also  a  subsequent  motion 
to  confirm  Stiu'ges.  The  vote  was  taken 
viva  voce  in  botjh  cases,  and  without  call- 
mg  the  rotl;  but  those  ReVublicau 
Senators  undea;stood  to  have  been  in 
tavor  of  Sinythe's  confirmation  are 
Uarris,  "Jl'obey.  "S  edder,  McCarty,  Coleman,  and 
Emerson.  The  Democrats  are  understood  to 
have  been  unanimous  in  lavor  ol  the  confirma- 
tion ;  at  all  events  they  make  no  oppositioiPto 
It,  though  Seiuvtor  Bixoy  submitted  a  remim- 
Btrance,  signed  by  a  large  number  of  policy- 
holders in  the  *■*  Continental,"  '•  Securitv,"  and 
"  National  Lifei'"  Companies,again8t  any  change 
in  the  Superintendent  of  the  Insurance  De- 
partment at  thi3  present  time.  Messrs.  Btiby 
and  Uammon<d  voted,  with  some  of  the 
Republicans  tu  postpone  action  till  next 
week.  Ihe  only  thing  lelt  for  the  op- 
ponents of  this  corrupt  political  trade  to 
do  was  to  avaril  themselves  of  that  provision 
3t  the  Senate  Tules  which  prohibits  the  coit- 
firmatioB  of  rvmy  nominee  from  being  trans- 
aiitted  to  the  Governor  until  the  next  regular 
sxecutive  sesstioa  alter  the  confirmatiun  is 
made,  provided  anyone  objects.  The  object. of 
the  rule  is  to  enable  tiie  Senate  to  avail  tuem- 
Belves  •f  any  disclosures  that  may  be  made 
relative  to  the  character  of  the  nominee,  or 
the  circumstsmcea  of  his  nomination,  so  that 
they  may  recionsider  their  actiou  if  good  rea- 
Bons  are  touuiL  for  so  doing.  It  is  seldom  that 
this  role  is  eitlorced  ;  indeed,  this  is  said  to  be 
the  first  time  any  Senator  has  availed  himself 
of  it  lor  veara>;  but  the  extraordinary  leatures 
of  this  nomination  for  Insurance  Supenuteud- 
ent,  the  indecent  haste  with  which  the  actiou 
of  the  Senate  apon  it  was  urged,  and  the  su^pi- 
Bciou^j  charac4.er  of  the  men  .and  the  circum- 
Btances  surrounding  it.fully  warranted  the  course 
adopted.  Mr.  Woodin  insisted  upon  his  rights 
onaer  the  ruile,  and  peremptorily  rafused  to 
give  his  consent  that  the  nomination  either  of 
Smythe  or  »»f  Sturges  should  be  transmitted 
to  the  Governor  until  the  next  regular  execu- 
tive session.  TliiB  cannot  b«  held  till  Wednes- 
dav  of  next  "week.  It  is  hoped  that,  wicnin 
this  time,  the-  people  wUl  express  their  indigna- 
tion at  thia  corrupt  barsain  and  sale  ot  oue  of 
the  most  inqiortant  offices  in  the  State,  in  a 
way  that  will  force  every  decent  man  in  the 
Senate  to  reubHsider  liis  action. 


NEW-TQiBK  CITY  LEGISLATION. 
'  iDINr  MEETONG  OF  THE  COMMITTEB  ON 
CITIES  "CALLCD  FOR  NEXT  TDESDAY 
AFTEKWJON  —  OFFICIALS  INVITED  TO 
BE  FBSHENT — RADICAL,  CHANGES  F£0- 
POSED. 

UpeeialUHtpaMi  to  tJie  New-Tork  Times. 

Albany,  Feb.  16.— The  joint  meeting  of 

^e  Committee  on  Cities  of  the  Assembly  and 
Senate,  to  consider  New- York  legislation,  is 
called  for  Tuesday  afternoon  next     Senator 

J     Woodin  is   Chairman  and  Mr.  Pish  Secretary. 

'  .  Correspondence  has  already  begun  in  prepara- 
tion lor  the  meeting.  A  number  ot  officials 
and  gentlemen  from  New- York  have  been 
invited  to  cuttend.  including  Mayor  Ely,  Con- 
troller Kelly,  Corporation  Counsel  VViiitney, 
Police  Commissioner  Smith,  Commissiuner 
Camobell,  Mr.  Green,  Mi-.  D.  B.  Eaton,  Mr. 
John  H.  Strahan,  and  Mr.  Kush  Hawkins. 
There  is  a  growing  feeling  here  that  the  out- 
come of  the  conference  will  be  some  very  rad- 
ical measures  in  relation  to  city  government, 
one  of  them  being  the  reducing  of  all  the  com- 
missions to  single  heads,  the  reduction  of 
salaries  to  apply  to  the  new  men  appointed. 
The  meeting  w^iil  be  held  la  the  Senate 
cbamber. 


AMUSHMENTiS. 


MME.  ESSIPOFf 'S  CONCERTS. 
Mme.  Essipoff  played  at  Stem  way  Hall,  yes- 
terday evening,  the  prosramm?  aba  interoreied  in- 
cluding excerpts  from  Bach's  anite  in  D  m^or, 
Liszt's  Rnapsodie  Songroise,  No.  2,  »  "song  vritn- 
oat  words"  and  a  scbetzo  by  Mendelasobo,  a  waltz 
by  Henselt,  and  Weber's  "Perpatual  Motion " 
rondo.  The  dellcioas  aaalitv  of  the  pianist's  tono 
was  most  to  be  admired  in  the  Mendelasobniaa 
selections,  and  the  waltz  by  Henselt  waa  exquisite- 
ly rendered,  both  as  to  color  and  rhythm.  The 
Sbapaodie  Hongroise  was  jost  a  trifle  loss  effuoMve 
than  the  tenth  number  of  the  aeries  as  given  by  the 
same  artist,  for  Mme.  Esaipofrs  delivery  is  not  of 
the  thonderoas  kind  req aired  to  eodow  so  wild  and 
fancilul  a  compoaltioa  with  its  fullest  imprestive- 
ness.  Nor  could  we  accept  the  lady's  performance 
of  the  "Perpetunm  Mobile"  as  fitted  todojustica  to 
that  carious  piece.  Mma.  Eaaipoff  interpreted  it 
with  marvelous  brilllaacy,  but  at  sach  a  pace  that 
some  passages  of  it  lost  all  shape;  it  was  a  clear 
case,  so  to  speak,  of  playing  against  time.  M. 
Yivien  contributed  several  violin  solos  to  the  pro- 
gramme; be  »oabled,  in  fact,  tbe  task  origioally 
assigned  bun,  on  acooant  of  the  absence,  through 
yidispoaition,  of  Mile.  Palma. 


GENERAL  MENTION. 

rhe  Nev?-York  Aquaricun  still  invites  inspec- 
tion. 

Mr.  Heller's  Wonder  Theatrs  can  be  visited 
Iwice  to«day. 

•*  La  P6richole "  will  be  sung  at  the  Eagle 
Theatre  this  afternoon. 

Mme.  Essipoff  is  to  give  a  matinee  concert 
to-day  at  Scemway  HalL 

"  Wild  Oats"  will  be  the  attraction  at  to- 
day's inatli)6e  at  Wallack's  Theatre. 

"  Filth  Avenue"  will  be  acted  afternoon  and 
evening,  to-day,  at  Booth's  Tbeatre. 

"Around  tbe  World  in  Eighty  Days  "  ii  to  be 

matinde  attraction  at  Niblo's,  to-day. 

•'  Our  Boarding  House  "  is  to  have  two  repre- 
■entationa  at  tbe  Park  Theatre  to-day. 

Afternoon  representations  occur  to-day  at  the 
Olympic  Tbeatre  and  the  Graad  Ogera-hoase. 

The  San  Francisco  Minstrels  offer,  to-day, 

their  habitual  Saturday  apria  midi  performance. 

A  matinee  representation  of  "  Lemons"  may 
be  attended  at  tbe  Pifth  Avenue  Theatre  to-day. 

An  afternoon  performance  of  "  The  Dani- 
obefb"  ocoars  to-day  at  the  TToion  Square  Tbeatr& 

A  matinee  representation  of  "  The  Star  of  the 
ITorth"  may  bo  enjoyed,  with  Miss  Kellogg  as 
Catterina,  at  tbe  Academy  of  Music  to-day. 

The  general  rehearsal,  preparatory  to  this 
•venlng'a  Pbiltaarmonic  coooert,  occurred  at  the 
Academy  yesterday.  A  detailea  reference  to  the 
ptoflxamme— one  of  oonaidersble  interest  in  point  of 
novelty— is  withhald,  as  osoal,  ontU  after  the  con- 
<>««, 


THE  EASTERN  QUESTION. 

TEE  JRUSSIAN  MEMORANDUM. 

WAR  TBOtJGHT  TO  BR  NEEDLESS  —  THE 
POWERS,  AND  GORTSCHAKOFk'S  CIRCU- 
LAR—ENGLAND'S POSITION  NOr  YET  AN- 
NOUNCED. 

London,  Feb.  16.— A  Vienna  correspon- 
dent says  it  is  the  opinion  of  persons  at 
St.  Petersburg,  who  agree  with  the  Czar,_ 
that  war  is  needless,  because  the  fall  of 
Midhat  Pasba  marks  the  commencement  of  a 
state  of  anarchy,  which  will  eventual- 
ly (iompel  Europe  to  intertere.  It 
is  said  that  Gen.  Iirnaticff,  wlio 
has  arrived  at  St.  Petersburg  and  conferred 
with  the  Czar  and  Pnnce  Gortscakoff,  supports 
this  view.  The  idea  among  the  peace  party 
seems  to  be  that  the  powers,  in  answering  the 
Russian  circular,  might  enable  Russia  to  with- 
draw and  await  the  result  of  tbe  Turkish  ef- 
forts at  reform  by  publicly  recozn)Z:ng  the 
sacrifices  which  she  has  made  on  behalf  of  the 
Eastei-n  Christians. 

A  dispatch  from  Berlin  says :  '*  It  is  stated 
that  negotiations  between  the  powers  about 
answering  Prince  Grortsohakoff's  circular 
are  concluded.  It  is  expected  that 
the  replies  will  be  sent  next  week. 
The  powers  have  agreed  that  the  answers 
shall  not  be  identical,  but  similar  in  sense. 
They  will  decline  to  participate  in  any  measuns 
ot  coercion  against  the  Porte,  and  also  decline 
constituting  Russia  their  mandatory;  but 
some  of  them  appear  to  have  intimated  their 
willingness  to  observe  a  benevolent  neutrality 
as  long  as  Russia  fulfills  her  assurance  to  pur- 
sue no  selfish  ends  ;  to  leave  tho  territorial  ar- 
rangements of  the  Balkan  peninsula  uncoanged, 
and  the  balance  of  power  in  Europe  unim- 
paired." 

lu  the  House  of-  Commons  this  affemoon. 
Hon.  Robert  Bourke,  Under  Secretary  for  the 
Foreign  Department,  in  reply  to  a  ques- 
tion by  Sir  Charles  'Diike,  Bart.. 
(Radical)  member  for  Chelsea,  said 
the  Government  intends  answering  Prince 
GortBohakotTs  circuinr,  but  the  time  of 
answering  depends  upon  the  course  of  events. 
The  effect  of  the  change  of  Govcrumont  at 
Constantinople,  and  the  results  of  the  ne^otia- 
tion.s  between  the  JPorle  and  Servia  and  Mon- 
tenegro, must  be  awaite.i.  It  is  also  desiraole, 
before  expressing  our  views,  to  know  those  of 
the  other  powers.  • 


THE  DEBATE  JN  rABLTAMENT. 
TREATT     ENGAGKMKSTS — .\       DECLARATION 
BY      THK        SECRETARY      OF      WAR — ^MR. 
GLADSTONE'S    ARGUMENT— HIS   DEMAND 
OF  THE   GOVEKNMKNT. 

London,  Feb.  16. — In  the  House  of  Com- 
mons this  afternoon,  Mr.  Gladstone  asked  the 
Government's  opinion  regiarding  treaty  engage- 
ments. Mr.  Gathor:;e  Hardy,  Secretary  oi 
State  for  War,  replied  th^tt  the  Guvernment 
did  not  consider  itself  free  from 
the  obligations  of  the  treaties  of  1856 
and  1871.  He  could  not  agree  that 
Turkey  be  left  in  the  cold,  yet  saddled  with 
all  the  obligatlous  ot  those  treaties.  It  Turkey 
was  bound  by  tbem,  he  openly,  loudly,  and 
peremptorily  declared  the  rest  ot  Europe  must 
also  be  bound  by  them.  We  do  not  at  present, 
he  said,  intend  to  use  material  coercive 
measures  against  Turkey,  nor  draw  the  sword 
for  her. 

Mr.  Gladstone  cited  tbe  dispatch  of  Lord 
Derby  to  Sir  Henry  Elliott,  dateil  Sept,  5,  1876, 
in  which  the  former  declared  that  Eng- 
lish sympathy  was  completely  alienated 
from  Turkey  by  the  atrocities  committed,  and 
her  Majesty's  Government,  even  in  the  event 
of  Russian  attack,  would  find  it  practically  im- 
possible to  protect  Turkey.  War  between 
Russia  and  lurkey  woulil  thus  place  England 
m  a  humiliating  position,  as  it  would  bring  her 
sympathies  into  airect  opposition  to  her  treaty 
engagements.  Ho  argued  that  England's  treaty 
engagements  did  not  bind  her  to  .support 
Turkey  in  any  circumstances.  He  par- 
ticularly urged  that  the  cuaruutct- 
ing  powers  were  completely  freed  from 
their  obligations,  if  Turkey  on  her  part  had 
not  fulfilled  the  expectations  of  reform  which 
she  held  out  at  the  time  the  tre.ity  was  signed. 
He  wished  to  know  whether  the  Givemmeut 
now  considered  themselves  absolved  from  tho 
obligations  which  Lord  Derby  had  a.'serted 
were  binding  upon  them  in  his  September  die- 
patch. 

Mr.  Gathome  Hardy,  after  replying  that  the 
Government  did  not  consider  themselves  Ireo 
from  the  obligations  of  the  ireatics  of  l»o6 
and  1871,  said  te  w,is  snriirised  that  .Vlr.  Glad- 
stone had  not  complaiucd  of  mi.-igoverniueut  in 
Turkey  when  the  Treaty  of  Paris  was  revised 
in  1871,  and  he  had  no  right  to 
say  the  present  Cabinet  ought  to  luHill 
obligations  which  his  Cabinet  ncjlecled  in  18/1. 
Mr.  Hardy  dcmonstratea  that  none  of  the  con- 
tracting powers  had  a  right  ander  the  treaty 
to  act  without  consnltiug  the  others.  He 
wanted  to  know  whether  tho  bud  conduct 
of  a  party  to  the'  treaty  toward 
its  wwn  subjects  was  suihcient  cause 
lor  excluding  it  from  European  advantages, 
and  for  excluding  Europe  from  tho 
advantages  of  the  treaty.  H  this  was  answered 
in  the  alfixmative,  i  urkey  was  entitled  to  be 
treed  irom  her  engagements.  As  to  the  ques- 
tion whether  England  was  bound  uador  the 
treaty  to  go  to  war  for  Turkey,  he  would 
say  no.  The  basis  of  the  conference 
wus  tho  integrity,  and  independence  of 
the  Ottoman  Empire.  Having  with  the 
other  powers,  a<iliered  to  that  principle  at  the 
conference,  the  Government  was  bound  to  sup- 
port it  in  the  sense  iu  which  tho.se  woras  were 
employed.  It  would  be  entirely  uujustifiuble 
action  to  draw  the  sword  to  conotnim  TurKei-. 
It  ought  to  make  us  blush  with  shame 
for  we  should  thereby  violate  promises  ami 
treaties.  Mr.  Hardy  refused  to  enter  upou  any 
engagement  relative  to  the  future.  He  hoped 
that  the  moral  pressure  of  England  aud  the 
other  powers  would  not  be  without  result. 
England  was  not  obliged  to  make  war,  but  sho 
was  obliged  to  maintain  treaties. 

An  animated  debate  lollowed. 

Mr.  Chapiin,  Conservative,  declared  that 
Mr.  Gladstone,  as  an  honorable  man,  should 
withdraw  his  charges  against  the  Govcrnmem, 
or  test  their  truth  oy  a  definite  moUon. 

Mr.  Gladstone  complained  Oitterly  of  having 
for  the  hist  time  iu  his  lite  been  accused  of  dis- 
inclination to  meet  his  oppoueols  lairly,  but  he 
declined  to  reveal  his  plans. 

Sir  Staflbrd  I^urthcote,  Chancellor  of  tho 
Excdequer,  urged  that  the  Opposition  were 
bound  either  lo  challenge  the  Government's 
conduct  or  admit  that  their  charges    had    been 

made  in  iguorance.       • 

The  Marquis  of  Hartington,  without  ab.so- 
lutely  prouiiaing  to  introduce  such  inotiou. 
would  not  admit  that  tlie  Liberal  accusation'^ 
were  made  under  a  false  iiupiession.  If  they 
refrained  from  cballenainii  the  Governmeu'c 
policy   it  was    because  tbat   policy  had  uuder- 

gone  a  change.  The  debate  on  the  subject  was 
adjourued  until  Friday  next. 

TURKEY  AND  THE  I'ROVINCES. 
THE     FRONTIER     QUESTION — RKPORT     TUAT 
MIDHAT  PASHA  IS  TO  BE  UECALLKD— WAR 
PRKPARAIIONS  GOING  ON  IN  RUSSIA. 

Vienna,  Feb.  16. — A  special  dispatch 
from  Belgrade  to  the  Political  Correspondence, 
reports  that  M.  Ristics  has  been  instructed 
to  draw  up  a  definite  setilemeni  ot  the  frontier 
question  during  his  stay  in  Constantinople. 
Servia  claims  rectiticatiou  of  her  frontiers  on 
the  Drina.  Timok,  aud  loar  Rivers. 

London,  Feb.  16. — Midhat  Pasha  has  arrived 
at  Naples.  The  Italic  announces  that  he  there 
received  an  important  communication  from  the 
Sultan.  The  Italic  also  says  it  .ippears  that 
Midhat  Pasha  will  be  recalled  to  Constanti- 
nople m  consequence  of  Eng.and's  advice,  but 
it  is  not  known  whether  he  will  be  reappointed 
Grand  Vizier. 

LiONDON,  Feb.  17. — A  dispatch  from  Constan- 
tinople says  Montenegro  has  asked  for  two 
months  extension  of  the  armstice  to 
afford  time  for  the  consideration  of 
her        claims.  It         is  not        proba- 

ble that  Turkey  wilf  grant  the 
request.  A  Vienna  correspondent  reports 
that  the  Central  Society  at  St.  Peters- 
burg lor  assisting  the  wounded  has  no- 
tified its  braucn  establisuniects  that 
the  Czar  permits  the  *  immediate 
commencement  ot  tbe  collection  of  money  and 
materialB.  Ail  tae  Russian  nunneries  have  re- 
ceived orders  to  prepare  to  send  delci^ations  of 
nurses  to  the  Fi  nth. 

A  dispatch  liom  Belgrade  says  a  rumor  is 
current  that  the  Jiervian  deputation  has  halted 
in  Its  journey  on  aocouut  of  disturbances  in 
Constant! uople.  A  Berlin  correspondent  re- 
ports tbat  tbe  garrison  of  Constantinople  is 
being  reinforced  b>  Levantine  regiments  which 
are  supposed  to  be  ignorant  of  receut  events. 

A  special  from  Berlin  says  a  coup  d'6tat  is 
daily  expected  at  Constantinople.  JStuamers 
are  anchored  before  tne  Palace  ready  to  aid  the 
Sultan's  escape..  In  well-informed  circles  in  St. 
Petersburg  it  is" stated  that  Prince  Gortachakoff 
has  yielded  to  tho  Caar's  r«  quest,  and  wd.  re- 
tam  oflioe  until  Ma.y,  at  which  time  he  is  firm- 
)y  resolved  to  retire.  A  Vienna  dispatch 
says  Iresh  difficulties  are  continually  arising  in 
the  Montenegnn  negotiations.  ihe  lurks 
think  by  negotiating  on  neutral  ter- 
ritory they  would  tacitly  recognize 
tha     .i^deoeudehce     of     Montenegro,      liie 


Montenegrins  think  their  consent  to  negotiate 
on  Turirtsh  territory  might  be  construed  as  an 
admission  of  Turkish  sovereignty.  Montenegro 
has  also  now  received  her  demand  for  the  port 
of  Spitza  to  which  she  has  not  much  chance  of 
the  Turks  ascending. 

A  Belgrade  dispatch  says  it  is  not  improba- 
ble that  the  negotiations  for  the  convoca- 
tion of  the  Skuptschina,  are  only  pretexts 
to  obtain  a  postponement  of  the  commence- 
ment of  hostilities  on  the  expiration  of  the 
armistice,  the  Pan-Slavic  societies  desiring  de- 
lay so  as  to  leave  lull  opportunity  for  the  devel- 
opment of  the  discordant  elemeors  of  Constau- 
tinoplp,  which  they  expect  will  weaken  Turkey 
by  internal  convulsions. 

A  letter  to  the  Cologne  Gazette  from  Rust- 
chuk  says  84  cannon  have  reached  the  l\irkiah 
Army  at  Varna.  The  Russian  Telegraphic 
Agency  announces  that  Rus.^ia's  attitude  is 
unchaused.  Neitlier  the  Goloa,  which  al- 
rms  peace,  nor  tho  other  journals,  which 
affirm  war,  reiiresent  the  idea.s  of  the  Gov- 
ernment. Tho  Porte  having  refused  the  recom- 
mendations of  the  powers,  a  new  understanding 
must  be  established.  Russia  awaits  tbe  replies 
of  the  powers  in  order  to  shape  her  couduct, 
either  by  that  understanding,  or  by  her  sole 
interests.  A  Vienna  dispatch  mentions  reports 
representing  that  a  struggle  between  the 
palace,  and  the  jJopiilar  parties  is  proceeding 
in  Constantinople,  which,  it  the  popular  paity 
is  successful,  will  result  ia  Midhat  Pasha's  re- 
call, rumor  ot  an  approach  to  which  are  al- 
ready rile. 

FOREIGN  BU.^'INESS  AFFAIRS. 

LrvEEPOOL,  Feb.  16.— The  c#!Ular  of  the 
Liverpool  Cotton  Brokers'  Assooiatiun,  reviewing 
ths  past  week's  trade,  saj-s :  '•  CoUon  was  in  in- 
creased request  in  tbe  early  part  o(  the  week,  with 
an  extensive  business,  and  prices  tor  somu  descrip- 
tions advanced  ;  bat  for  rhe  last  few  days  the  de 
maod  has  decreasail,  anil  the  tendency  of  tbe  mar- 
ket has  been  in  favor  of  hovers.  American  was  in 
active  requpat  early  in  the  week,  and  advanced  ^sl , 
but  thftre  bas  since  been  less  inquire,  and  with  the 
large  sapply  ofif:!rin!i  the  extreme  advance  was  bare- 
ly roaintaiued.  Sea  Island  was  iu  fair  demand,  and 
prlces.were  quite  steady.  In  I'atures  tbe  week  opened 
with  a  very  large  bonlnes9,  an'l  oy  midday  on  Mon- 
day an  advance  of  fully  3-161.  was  establiinod. 
Ba.-iineas  has  since  been  smaller,  and  ig^l.  of  tho  ad- 
vance has  been  lost."  • 

A  leading  gram  circular  savs:  "  Tne  markets 
were  firmer  this  week  f  r  both  toreign  wheat  and 
dry  qualities  of  British  whe.it.  Some  markets 
quoto  an  improved  value  and  a  better  consumptive 
demand.  Thi>  floatinj  trade  is  also  Improving. 
This  market  has  experienced  a  reaewed,  ateaiy  in- 
quiiy.  esoerially  fjr  Califomian,  of  which  thero  ia 
a  sTOod  quantity  of  freah  arnvaN  the  past  three 
days.  To-day  there  haa  been  a  fair  though  not  a 
laree  baaineaa  in  wheat,  white  reatizini  nn  artvance 
of  2J.  to  ."J:!.,  but  red,  beinsalreaJy  higher  in  pro- 
potrion,- improved  onlvll.  per  cental.  Flour  w-ia 
held  lor  extreme  pricea  without  much  doinj.  Coru 
was  more  ri'adily  salable  and  a  ahade  biuber  than 
on  Tuesday." 

COA  GR  ESSl  ON  A  L  INH  UMA  NITT. 
THE    SEVERE    TKEATMEXT    OF    GOV.     WELLS 
AND    HIS    ASSOCIATES    DENOUNCED    BY 
THE   MICHIGAN  LEGISLATRUE. 
Svectal  ViipatcMo  th^.  New-York  Jtmei. 
DKTRoir,  Feb.  IG.— The  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives of  this  State  this  morning   adopted, 
by  a  vote  of  69  to  27,  a  resolution  condemning 
the   course  of  the     Democrats  in  Congress  in 
barbariouslv    iiLpri-soning   the   Louisiana    can- 
vassers as  inhumcin  in  itself  and  iin  asanult  on 
State  rights.     The  Democratic  niindrity  filibus- 
tered   against   the    (iropositioQ    tor  some  time, 
but  were  finally  outvoted. 


CINCINNATI  ELECTION  FRAUDS. 


HOW  DEMOCRATIC  MAJORITIES  WERE  SE- 
CURED  AT  THE  OCTOBER  KLECTION — 
CONFES-SION  op  TIIK  LEADING  CON- 
SPIRATOR— THOUSANDS  OF  DOLLARS 
PAID   TO     REPEATERS 

Special  Dieoatch  to  the  Kew-York  Tlmti. 

CiNCi.NNATi,  Feb.  16.— Epli  Holland,  tbe 
principal  tool  of  the  October  election  conspira- 
tors in  this  county,  completed  his  statement 
to-day.  It  i^  a  lull  and  fnir  confession  as  to 
the  means  employed  to  jiilo  up  a  iraiidulcnt 
majority,  but  stops  short  of  giving  tho 
names  of  the  Democrats  in  the  Ea.'it 
who  supplifd  tho  monev.  He  u'-- 
cou.its  directly  for  over  5U0  frniidnlent 
votes,  enoii><1i  to  oust  Hannini  and  nearly  evorv 
Democrat  in  oUice  in  the  county,  lie  tc.'ftili.s 
that  he  was  encraireil  as  a  niattir  of  business  by 
Banning,  U'atlacf,  ond  other  Democratic  lead- 
ers to  get  votes  by  wliatever  means  wi-re  ne- 
cessary, and  ho  got  them.  Thousands 
of  dollars  were  furnished  him,  and  be 
disbursed  the  monev  among  reneater.s  from 
New-York,  Chicago,  and  Pittsourg.  His  cou- 
feesion  has  made  a  startliii  ^  sensation  herr;.  liut 
there  is  a  fecbng  of  di.spppointuijnt  that  he  re- 
fuses to  give  tte  names  of  the  principal.^.  It 
shows  conclusively  that  Sfanley  Mathews' le- 
gitimate majority  over  Banning  was  not  les-s 
than  500. 


LOSS    OF  THE   GKOHGE    CROMWELL. 


SUE  13  DASHED  UPON  THE  ROCKS  ON  T:iK 
COAST  OF  NEWFiiUNIU,A?.D— AIL  IIANO-l 
SUPPOSED  TO  HAVE  PERiSIIi:!)— Til  K 
VESSKL   AND    HER    OF:TCr.RS. 

The  stCiimer  George  Cromwell,  of  tbe  Crom- 
well Lluo,  Irom  XL'W-Yorit  to  Halifax  and  Sr.  John'.., 
left,  this  City  on  the  21at  of  December,  ls7'J.  Slio 
reached  Halifax  safely  in  tho  usual  time,  and  Irfi 
Halifax  for  St.  John's  on  the  3 1  of  Jauu- 
aT.  Nothins  bad  bince  been  beard  of  her 
until  last  night,  whon  a  telegraphic  dispatch 
was  received  from  St.  John's,  convcyinz  the  news 
that  a  lita-Oaoy  marked  "  Qeorse  Cromwell'.'  had 
been  picked  up  in  Placentia  Biv.  Soon  after  the 
receipt  of  this  aispatoh  anotlier  was  received  bv 
Cljrk  &  Soamao,  tho  aeents  of  ths  line  ia  this  city, 
also  «late3  St.  Joha'.i^,  Feb.  IG,  and 
eianed  by  Harvey  &  Co.,  repeating  tho 
anoonncement  about  the  findinc  of  the  life  bnov. 
Later  "ii,  fartiier  disoitches  said  that  q  lantitie.M  of 
■wrpcknae  hr^vr  m  to  comi  ashore  about  the  lUh 
iii.slant  sovon  miles  ■•'Utb  ot  Placentia,  amons  tlio 
articles  being  fu'.ia  of  butter,  a  cabin 
door,  a  liie-bnov,  and  a  case  of  geese. 
The  iffipreasion  among  seamen  at  .St.  John'a  was 
said  to  bu  tliar  tbe  George  Cr'>mwrll  nad  beon  driven 
ashore  on  tne  ni^bt  of  tho  5:h  of  January,  two  days 
after  leaving  Halifax,  and  that  she  h.id  struck  on 
Cape  St  .Mary's.  This  capo  is  25  miles  eaat  of  Cape 
Race,        on        which        the        Go<irge      Waeh'naton 

was  wrecked  nearly  a  m<>nrb  later,  and  tho  shore 
is  ol  the  same  charactpr  as  that  of  .Mistaken  Point 
— hi^jh,  rngiied.  aud  daujjerous,  and  so  wild  as  to  be 
seldom  approached  by  the  i:w»«ll,-r«  aKios  Mie  coast. 
There  18  no  douot  that  all  baa.la  on  board  were 
lo.it. 

The  Georea  0^oraw^ll  wa.«  a  wooden-acre w  steam- 
ship of  abor  l.OOt)  1.11.8  bur  len,  md  wjs  buili  in 
This  City,  iu  13')2,  oy  VVjsi.  rv.^l:  &  (;<..,  ^,^  rni  with 
tbe  George  VVHsainsron.  ou  ilio  i  romwell  Line,  be- 
tween this  Citv  and  Neu-UileanM.  She  was  181 
leet  iu  leueih,  30  leei  oreiKlth  of  bwaui, 
and  181^  fent  depth  of  hold.  Until  15  mcntlis 
aeo  she  was  emoloyod  on  the  Soothi-ru  Lino,  when 
Iniger  vesat-ls  huing  required  for  the  Halitax  and 
St.  John's  trade,  they  were  p;aced  on  tbat  line.  She 
was  conaldereil  to  be  a  stanch  vo.sgel,  and  liad 
nassn'l  an  esatninarmn  in  1872.  Hpr  carco  was  a 
general  one,  principally  proviuiuiis,  and  was  inanrod 
by  the  shippers.  The  vossol  was  partly  insured, 
but.  to  what  amoaot  c.)uld  not  be  ascertained.  Tho 
officers  and  crew  of  the  ateam-snip  nnraberad  24 
piTSons  ill!  lold,  the  crpw  being  nnncipallv  from 
]bi3  City.  The  pas.ien^ers  and  officers  are  as  fol« 
owa: 

•    PASSENGERS. 
From  NeT-Tor:,  for  SL  Johns. 
William  Stmner,  New-Haven  stecragj. 
> rank  Ai'CUi bald,  Uroukl.vu.  steeraice. 

From  Hal: fax,  for  St,  Johnt, 
W.  H.  Ro:>er,  cabin.  ' 

F.  H.  Jordan,  cabin. 
(  harles  K.  'lsyl:ir,  cabin. 
£.  Kent,  ateeraite. 
John  Uooliog,  steerage. 

OFFICERS. 

Captain — John  Bacon.  Brooklvn. 
First  OfflC'r—Ar.  >  alkius,  Ur.  oklrn. 
S:cond  Ojflcer — .Mr.   Bacon,  (brotner  to  the  Captain,) 
BTiioki.yn 
Chief  Engineer— Mr.  Wade. 


STEALISG  UA.1LROAD  IRO^. 

PouGHKEEPfiE,    Feb.   16.— A  Special  to  tbe 

Eagle  from  Datcbesa  Junction  says  five  arrests 
were  made  on  tbe  Dutchess  and  Colambia  Railroad 
of  persons  stea.ing  rai.road  iron  by  the  ton.  Two 
of  the  priaonera  broke  Jail  and  escaped. 

FLORIDA  STATE  JTAIR  RACE  ENTRIES. 

Jackson-tille.  PJa,,  Feb.  16.— The  following 
celebrated  horses  are  entered  for  the  State  Pair 
Baceo,  which  will  take  place  here  next  week:  First 
Chance,  Brown  AsteroiJ,  Maria  Barnes,  Jim  Hin- 
ton.  Ascot,  Libbie  H.,  Little  Oae,  Lyoohburg  Pfliy, 
and  Prang,  FoUif  babala,  und  K'lan  Uorao. 

SERIOVS  RAlLJiU.\I>  ACCIDENT. 

MiDDLBTOWN,   Feb.  16.— At    11    o'clock  last 

night  an  engine  on  tbe  Erie  Kailwayat  the  otossing 

near  Greycourt  ecriick  a  cari-iaee  contalnmg  a  young 

laitv  namotl    MArv  Kodaii.  of  Xurnera.  and  a  voanic 


man  named  Isaac  Ifaxandale,  of  Monroe.  Tbn  ladv 
was  thrown  against  a  telegraph  pole  and  ivstantly 
kiUod.  Mr.  Bizandaie's  skull  was  fractured,  and 
his  fnjortes  are  believed  to  be  mortal.  The  ynupg 
couple  were  rntarniug  from  a  Masonic  outertain- 
meutat  Chester. 


BANK  FAILVBE  IN  PESKSYLVANIA. 
POTTSVILLE,  Feb.  16. — Tbe  following  notice 
was  posted  on  the  door  of  tbe  Miners'  Trust  and 
Safe  Deposit  Bank  at  Shamokln  this  momiDg: 
"Owing  to  our  ioability  to  realize  money  on  notes 
held  as  bills  discounten  we  are  C3mpelled  to  close 
tbls  bank  and  susnend  basinfss."  Considerable  ex- 
citement exists  there,  tbe  bank  having  had  a  good 
reputation  amons  ihe  pnnoipal  bosiuoss  men  oi  the 
place,  who  are  heavy  depositors,  and  the  loas  falls 
principally  upon  them,  there  being  but  tow  deposi- 
tors among  the  workmen.  Tho  bank's  exact  coudi- 
tioa  cannot. bo  ascertained  at  proseni. 

THE    WEATHER, 


INDICATIONS. 

Washington,  Feb.  17—1  A.  'H.—For  the  Mid- 
dle states  rinng  barometer,  colder,  brisk  north-west 
vnnds,  with  clear  weather. 

For  New- England,  Kfutherly  winds,  veer  to  colder 
north-west,with  rising  barometer  and  clearing  weather. 

IN  TOTS  CITY. 
The  following  record  shows  tho  changes  in 
the  temperature  for  the  past  21  boars,  in  com- 
parison with  tho  corresponding  datH  of  last  year, 
as  indicated  by  tae  thermometer  at  Hudaut's  phar- 
macy : 

187H.  1877.1  3876.  1877. 

3  A.  M 31°        3.)=^^   .3:30P.  M 35''        47° 

6  A.  M 20"        34=^     6P.  M ;<!=       47° 

9  A.  M Si)-        HT-.9P.M 31)*-        45° 

12  M.... H4°        4-"' .  I  2  P.  .\I VjO"        42° 

Averaco  temnerature  .yesterday il^° 

Averasre  temperature  for  correapondini;  date  last 
year. siigO 


Cowardly  Assaults. 

When  a  candid.ito  for  high  office  is  so  we'd 
liked  and  so  popular  with  the  roas^ea  as  to  make  his 
defeat  difHmlt  in  a  fair  and  honorable  fizht,  mean 

and  cowardly  men  are  not  wanting  who  dell{rbt  in 
manntactarinz  lios  and  slanaorini;  bis  good  name. 
Thero  are  also  those  whoso  aelflabnes^  promp: 
thwn  to  proatitiile  their  honor,  pervert  truth,  and 
ienoro  right,  for  the  sake  of  Injuring  a  cimpetitor 
in  basiness.  whoso  prosperity  ihov  envy,  and  with 
whose  business  sagacity  they  have  not  the  talent 
to  successfudy  compete  in  au  honorable  way. 
These  thonghts  are  sagsrested  by  the  mean,  coward- 
ly attactts  made  npon  me  and  my  medicines  by 
those  who  imagine  their  pecuniary  prospects  in- 
jured by  the  great  popnlaritv  which  my  standard 
medicines  have  acquired  and  the  con  tinned 
growth  of  my  professional  practice.  Narrow- 
mindol  practitioners  of  medicine,  aud  manufac- 
turers of  preparatioas  which  do  not  possess  snffi- 
ciout  merit  to  successfully  compete  for  popular 
favor,  have  resorted  to  sueb  cowardly  strategy  as 
to  publish  all  sorts  of  ridiculous  reports  about  the 
comoosition  of  my  medicines.  Almanaca,  "  Re- 
ceipt Books,"  and  other  pamphlets,  are  issued 
and  scattored  broadcast  over  the  land,  wherein 
these  oontumpt^ible  tnaves  pnbli.ih  pretenled 
analyses  of  my  medicines  and  receipts  for  making 
tbem.  Some  ol  these  publications  are  civen 
hich- sounding  names,  pretend  to  be  issued 
by  respectable  men  of  education  and  po- 
.sUion,  for  (ha  pood  of  the  people — 
the  more  completely  to  blind  the  reader  to 
tho  real  object  in  their  circulation,  which  is  to  in- 
juro  the  sale  of  my  medicines.  The  Vopulir  Health 
Almanac  is  the  bish-.sounding  name  of  one  of  theso 
publlcrftloQa,  which  contains  hojm  receipts,  with- 
out agrainof  truth  in  them.  Not  les*  devoid  of 
truth  are  thoao  which  havi!  Iieen  published  by  one 
Dr.  L.,  of  Dotrult,  in  Iho  Michigan  Farm::r.  an<l  bv 
other  mnnnfacturers  of  me.licines,  iu  several  so- 
called  journals  of  pharmacy.  They  arp  all  prompt- 
ed by  Jealoiis.,,  and  utterly  fail  in  accjmpllshins: 
the  obtect  of  ihoir  authors,  for,  notwiihstanding 
their  free  clrcalation,  my  mcdicinea  continue  to 
sell  more  larjrely  than  any  others  manufactured  in 
this  country,  and  are  constmt'y  incroasmz  in  sale 
deopite  the  baso  lies  concocted  and  circulated  by 
snrh  knavw).  Tlio  ponplo  flud  thit  theie  medicines 
posaeta  crniiino  merit,  acoomplia'a  what  thoir  man- 
ufacturer claims  f.ir  thoni,  and  arc  not  tbe  vile, 
poisduoas  nostrums  which  Joaluus,  narrow-minded 
physicians  and  snca'King  compounders  of  cunipetinj; 
medicines  reprftsont  th'?in  to  b  ).  Amnn^  the  large 
number  of  protendol  malv.sns  jiiihliiiiu  1  it  is  a 
significant  fact  t.'iat  no  two  have  Veen  at,  all  alike — 
conclusively  provi  i-:  the  dishonesty  of  ih?ir  au- 
thors. It  is  enough  for  the  people  to  know  thai 
while  thiusanils,  ves,  I  niiv  truthfully  siy.  milliona, 
have  liken  my  mediciues  and  havo  been  cured,  no 
one  bas  ever  received  injurj-  from  their  use. 

15.  V.   PIERCE.   .M.  D., 
Proprietor  cf  Dr.  Pierce's  Mi'diciue.i, 
World's  D.sponsary,  Baffilo.  N.  Y. 
— A  dvertitement 

Don't  Irritate  j-our  Lungs  with  a  Stubborn 
Cough,  when  a  remedy,  sifo  and  cortain  as  Dr. 
Jat.n'k's  ExPKCTonA.VT  can  bo  so  easily  procured. 
Sore  Throat  and  Luugs  are  speedily  helped  by  it.^ 
.1  dvertieement. 

ndy  l.auiibius  Unal 

Tin.  CoLTOX  has  r"a<lieJ  toe  uitinb^T  ;).">. 48!>  patients 
to  wiiom  lie  baa  K'^cii  kah  for  tect.i  eitmr-lon  and 
wuii'.ut  an  nceident.  Tlio  jjaa  is  made  fresli  every  day. 
— .-Idi'ertuement. 


J40.00T  worth  of  Lice  cinir.  Rtoio'i  within  aicht  of 
ttio  Hoi-siRs"  Burglar  Alakm  Tklkok*I'H  Compant's 
Ceatiai  v.fflce.  .S.i.  :".7l  Ur.iudway.  Had  utir  wire*  e.ud 
ai>p(ratii8  ueen  eoiiittcted  with  that  store  we  should 
have  eaujjhi  tho  bur.;l;irs,  as  we  did  In  tho  case  of  il, 
K.  Claftin.  J.  Tlioi-nton.  .tnd  Baeon  t  l.atoii.  We  appro- 
piiate  no  0)0  re.ferencos;  we  Jinijle  no  bell  at  our  door. 
— Adi-ertiscmenl. 


Ik  THAT  man  U  a  philanthropist  who  makes 
two  biud  H  of  erasa  to  jtrow  wh  -re  bnt  <me  crew 
before,  what  can  he  ^^id  ot  It.  T.  Oabbitt,  wlin,  wiili 
hi-s  I'oiLKT  -OAP,  ma'.es  iwo  clean  haud*)  where  neither 
was  clean  be.'ore  ?  (V'erb'il  answers  given  lu  every 
well-rPf;uluted  family  ) — Advertiseinent. 

Pearled  Oati, 

Thepeifect  Oat  Pro.oaralion.  InvalnaMe  for  dyspep- 
tics. >  iiculais  iree.  Ukaltu  Food  Compamt,  No.  137 
Stb  St.— AUvertiseinent. 

Lei.axd'8  STURTnvANT  JlousK  Broadwav  and  29.-h 
ar,  Itoans  anu  bo.ird  rcduieO  to  $:<  anl  *rj  50  perd  ij, 
Itooms  only  $i  per  day  aiu  upward. — A'lvertisement. 


-*ll  ^vlio  contcmDlate  a  sea  voyage  slionhl  taKo 
\T:t.i  the.n  I'ArtKiilf.s  (iiNUK  TO.-.I0.  Il  la  iiroinut 
nii'i  certaiii  rc.iuf  imm  tlieureadful  roiacrxs  ofai-a- 
siekniss :  and  to  ail  travelers,  whether  hv  land  or  si^a, 
ii  is  »  mo.st  serviceabli)  retiu-U.v.  proiecciuz  tiio  svstem 
from  tiie  III  eff.cta  of  expiji«ure,  ctunsea  ot  cliinate, 
watOi,  diet,  auij  temperature. 


First    I'remiuin 

Awarded  by  rentpn;ii;il  ;'.rp  isiiij  i  ti  ELEnTRO  SILt 
TON.  Tne  liesi  ani-lolbroijvuiQs;  and  piliaiiins  silvei-- 
wure  and  iiousehojd  utujslU.  is.ild  by  druigista, 
hoase  turuiahers.  jewelers.  \uJ  erooorj. 

rvcrdell'a,    39C    Jlroadway,  elcffant    Wcd- 

IiI.Nij  auil  liail    Cards,   Forei^t  i    Nolo  I'apjra,    Coat  of 
Arms,  lowest  prices. 

Pomeroy's  irasscs-Uy  far  the    Host  in  (Ise. 

Ask  your  plusieiaii    P>j.>i:':rt.Ji'  iitU.S-i  I'O..  710  il'way. 


KETCHAM— PUlLi,IP-S.— On  Wednoadav,  Feb.  14, 
1^7  7,  at  Ihe  reaiieoce  ol  tho  bride's  tiuhor,  bv  Rev. 
James  McvVhiuiue.  Hkrbkkt  T.  Kbtouam,  ot  I'lai'uHeld, 
N.  J.,  to  OLIVIA  E.  Phillips.  Oauuucui  of  Lowell  U. 
Phillips,  Kag.,  ol  Portluud.  .Ue. 


**iS.'!-;',s 


*j4'-.^|fc;'^vV^^>^%ji?5 


ALLEN. — At  the  resiiieoc  of  Mrs.  Seabnry  Trpdwell, 
Ko.  2U  Kast4th  St..  Fej.  15,  1877,  Hkbjkau  Uhi.vk- 
lanour  Allkx.  01  Great  NeCK,  lioug  lalaad,  lu  the  add 
y.  ar  ol  tier  avce. 

Tne  luneral  aorvicea  will  be  held  at  Chriac  Chnrch, 
Mauhabaei,,  Long  U>aud.  at  'J::»)  o'clocic  ou  Saturday 
atteruoon,  I7th  mat.  Cirriases  will  lie  In  waUln'4  at 
the  Ureal  Nuck  Depot  on  the  arilval  ot  the  12:  J2  traiu 
ITom  duiiler'a  Pului,. 

ANDKliWs.— In  Urooklyn,  Feb.  IG,  of  scarlet  fever, 
Anxib  Bruok.  only  daugiiter  of  Alfred  U.  and  Kila  S. 
AU'lrews,  asied  0  .veara  and  8  mnntha. 

Funeral  acrvloe  .Saobath  atteruoon  at  4  o'clock  from 
bcr  home,  No.  187  Duffiald  st.  Interment  at  Pouvh- 
k-pnsle.  N.  y. 

S'*P"achkeepsie  pap'ra  please  copy. 

iiiXBY. — In    Br.'uuivD.    on   Toursdtty  morniat;.  Tob. 

15,  of  heart  ais  ase,  Elvika  BizBT. 
Funeral  services  irom  .No.  ^il^  Lafavette  av.  at  2  P. 

M.  Saiurdav,  17tQ.  Huiativea  aadfrluuas  of  the  family 
are  tnviled  to  atcc-nd. 

OANTRliLIi.— Feb.  15,  1»77,  Samubl  Castrell,  aged 
58  years. 

Frieods  and  relatives  of  the  family  are  Invited  to  at- 
tend tno  tauerul  trom  his  late  resuluuce,  No.  336  Ka^t 
6i.th  at.,  between  lat  and  2d  ava.,  on  Saturday,  tho 
17th  mat.,  at  1  ocloct  P. M.,  without  lUribet  invita- 
tion. 

CHESTlsS.— At  lainbeth.  ^  J.,  of  bronohlMe,  on  tho 
nizht  or  the  13th,  Fak.vik  a.,  daa^uter  of  (Vsltcr 
hari'is,  ana  widow  ot  the  late  Jonn  W.  Cheater,  of 
New-Vork. 

Funeral  trom  hor  father's  residence,  in  KllsabPth,  at 
2  o'clocic  OQ  Suturilay.  carriaicea  will  meet  at  Eitza- 
betli  Depot  the  train  on  central  Road  of  ^ew■Jer•er 
leavini{  foot  o;'  Libercy  st.  at  1  o'clocic 

COiKX.— At  Montrose,  N.  J.,  on  Fea  15,  of  pneumo- 
nia, .Mrs.  Sarah  S.  Cookt.  aeed  7o  years. 

Keiaiives  and  frionds  are  Inviipd  to  attend  the 
aervioi-'aactbi  residence  ot  J.  Q.  Adami  ou  Monday, 
I9tli  inat..  on  arrival  or  9:10  train  irom  New-York  by 
Morris  and  Ksiex  ttiilroadirom  bkrclay  or  Ohiiacopher 
ata.  u>  Mountain  .stutioo. 

FoX.— At  oienwood-ot-the-Hadson,  on  tho  16th 
lost,  Aii.v  DsLiA,  wuu  of  Vfai.  U.  Fox,  and  danzhter  of 
P.  H.  Laue. 

Fun>r«l  BerviceB  to  be  held  at  her  late  residence 
WaCbOrton  aT..  nn  Snadav   *!»•  1  w*h  «n,t„  gj  g  (^cU>«k 


P.  H.    Train  leaves  Thirtieth  Street   Station  at  1  P. 
tf.:  retarninc,  leave*  (rlenwood  at  6:SU  P.  Bl. 

FKORHLICH.-Ou  Friday  evening,  Feb.  16,  at  his 
lata  realdeooe,  comer  Graham  av.  and  Hlage  at.. 
Brooklyn,  K.  D.,  ansrsw  Fkobhlich,  of  Froehllch 
Bros. 

Notice  of  funeral  hereafter. 

MA.srKKTON.— -mldenlv,  on  Thnraday  nljtht,  Feb. 
15,  William  J.,  oiily  aon  ot  Virginia. and  the  late 
Joseph  T.  Masterton.  in  the  21it  year  ot  his  age. 

Notice  of  fUiier.Al  hereafter. 

MEAD.— At  St.  Mary'a  Knoll,  Scarboroaeh-on-Sad- 
80n,  on  I'nesday,  Fel>.  13,  Bdwaro  ^chbrhbrhokn 
MsAO.  second  son  of  Eev.  Edward  .N.  Mead,  P.  D.,  la 
tbe  VJ9ti'  vear  of  faU  aee. 

The  relative!  and  fneodB  of  the  fhmil.v  are  invited  to 
attend  bis  fuiierai  at  8t>  Mary's  rnurch,  Beechwood. 
ou  Saturday,  Feb.  17.  at  3  o'clock  P.  M.  Trains  leave 
Hudson  Itiver  Rnilmad  Depot,  42d  at.,  lor  Boarborongb 
at  l:'dOP.  U.:  retnrnlue,  leave  Scarboroash  at  4  and 
b:44  P.  M. 

MOLL.— At  the  honse  of  her  son-in-law,  Francts  Bolt- 
inc,  at  Palisades,  N.  Y..  nn  Tharsday.  Feb.  15.  our  be- 
loved mother,  Maria  Bbrstharoisa  Moll,  in  tbe  7i)th 
year  of  her  ace. 

Fanpral  service  and  a  solemn  reqatem  will  beheld 
at  St.  Muiy's  <::iiurcn,  in  Uobokeu,  ^.  J.,  on  Saturday 
morulnir  at  9:30  o'clock. 

MO:9HUa. — On  tbe  IClh  inst.,  Bbtbia  tlosHsa,  aged 
84years.  ! 

Her  relatives  and  friends,  the  members  of  the  Second 
Street  Methodist  Kpiscooni  Cliurch,  and  the  Board  of 
Managers  of  the  Ladies'  Union  .ild  Soelety  are  respect- 
fully invited  to  attend  tne  tUneral  from  tbe  Ladies' 
Uoiou  Aid  Institution.  42d  St.  and  8ch  av.,  this  day  at 
1:30  o'clock  P.  M.  Her  remaiss  will  bu  taken  to 
Green- Wood  for  interment. 

PALMfalS.— AtCriinford,  N.  J.,  Feb.  15,  1877.  Har- 
RiBT  N.,  widow  of  the  lute  Stephen  Palmer,  aged  61. 

buneral  services  at  the  Asbury  Methodi-it  Koiscopal 
Cbnruh.  New-York  City,  corner  of  Waahinston  place 
and  Washin'Ttoo  square,  Kast,  on  Mondav,  the  19mi 
Inat..  or  1:  HO  P.  M.  Kelati vea  aud  frlcads  ot  the  lamiiy 
are  Invited  to  attend. 

PalLLli'd.— In  Joiiet,  III.,  on  the  13th  in"t.,  Johs 
Swift,  fioii  of  John  and  Laura  B.  Phillips,  of  this  City, 
iu  tl.>e  29th  vear  of  his  age. 

The  remains  wpre  interred  in  Trinity  Cemetery  on 
the  afternoon  ot  the  Ibtb  inst. 

UKKli.—Ou  Thursday.  Feb.  16,  at  her  residence  in 
Boston.  Sarah  P.,  wite  of  Jonn  H.  Beed,  aud  dj.acbter 
of  the  late  Jocliam  ^V.  Post,  ot  this  Cic.y. 

RIVA.S.— At  St.  Auimstine,  Fla,  ou  Thursday,  Feh. 
15,  Ramon  oe  Rivas  t  Ijaiiar,  in  the  7Uth  year  of  his 
aire. 

Notice  of  the  funeral  hereafter. 

8TKKLK.— At  Aurora.  N.  Y.  Feh.  13,  1877,  Levi 
Strels,  a;;ed  66,  formerly  of  New-York. 

S-VKLLINO.— At  Stamtbra,  Co.m.,  on  Thursday,  Feb. 
15  1877.  Clara  Lilia.i.  youogeat  child  of  J.  Green- 
wood and  buate  T.  8uuhini.  aged  IU  months  and  10 
oaya. 

SXEAHAN.-At  Conereaa  Hall.  Alb>*ny.  Feb.  15, 
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ELECTION  FRAUDS  JY  SOUTH  CABO- 
LINA. 

^ASX7I.AB  ANALTSIS  AND  EXPLANATION  OF 
THK  RECENT  VOTB  OP  THAT  STATE— 
Slow  A  LKGITIMATE  BEPUBUCAN  MA- 
JOBITT  OF  35,000  WAS  OTERCOMK — THE 
EVIDENCE  BEEORE  THE  BOARD  OP  STATE 
CANVASSERS  —  WHERE  DID  HAMPTON 
GET  THE  6,531  WHITE  VOTES  IN  EXCESS 
'  OP  THE   CENffCrS  t 

/o  Vu  Xditor  of  the  Neva-Tork  Ttmta: 

Your  great  sernces  to  the  cause  of  &ee 
tnfEraee  in  the  South- are  known  to  alL  The 
tabular  analyaia  of  the  Tote  of  North  Carolina, 
"Which  appeared  in  The  Daily  Times  of  the 
10th  inst.,  leads  me  to  send  yoa  a  similar 
analysis  and  explanation  of  the  vote  of 
S«iith  Carolina,  in  order  that  the  country 
may  see  how  a  legitimate  Bepubhean 
majority  of  from  20,000  to  35,003  was  over- 
come by  the  "  shot-ean"  Democracy.  The 
basis  of  comparison  adapted  in  this  table  is  the 
State  census  of  1875,  as  well  as  the  votes  at 
each  election  of  Governor  since  1868. ,  A  similar 
oompariaon  with  the  United  States  census  of 
1870  would  disclose  still  ftiore  astounding;  re- 
sults. | 

The  infamous  frauds  in  Edgefield  /  County 

itand  forth  in  the  clearest  li^ht,  when  tested 
bv  the  United  States  oeoaus  of  1S70  or  the  State 
eeuans  of  1875. 

By  the  former  oensoa,  (United  •  States,  1870,) 
the  entire  population  of  Edgefield  County,  as 
then  constituted,  was  42,486.  This  included 
the  village  of  Hanbare,  ana  the  townships  of 
Gregg,  Hammond,  and  Sohultz,  having  at  that 
time,  according  to  the  same'oensus,  a  popula- 
tion of  7,728,  all  of  which  were,  in  1871,  made  a 
part  •£  the  new  County  oi  Aiken.  •  Deducting 
this  from  the  entire  population,  as  above 
Stated,  we  have  leit  34,758  as  the  population  in 
1870  of  the  territory  now  comprised  in  Edge- 
field County.  A  further  Ueduction  should  here . 
be  made  for  the  township  of  Shaw's  Creek, 
fnllv  one-third  of  which  is  included  in  the 
County  of  Aiken.  For  this,  however,  we  have 
made  no  deduction. 

According  to  the  State. census  of  1875,  the, 
entire  population  of  Edgefield  County,  as  now 
constituted,  is  35,039. 

The  whole  number  of  votes  oaat  ins  this' 
conntv  at  the  late  election,  according  to 'the 

retutng  before  the  Board  of  State  -  Canvassers, 
was  9,374.  Takmp,  then,  either  the  United 
States  census  of  1870,  or  the  State  census  of 
1875,  as  giving  the  population  ot  this  county, 
the  result  is,  that  at  the  late  election  the  votes 
cast  considerably  exceeded  the  ratio  of  one 
rote  for  every  four  inhabitants.  This  fact  alone 
would  throw  great  discredit  upon  the  accuracy 
of  the  returns. 

But,  by  the  State  census  of  1875,  the  whele 
number  of  male  persons  over  21  years  of  age  in 
the  County  of  Edgefield  is  only  7,122,  showing 
an  excess  m  the  total  vote  east  at  thi»  election, 
according  to  the  returns,  of  2,252  ovtr  the  entire 
posnble  vote  of  the  county. 

Second — A  comparison  of  the  vote  of  this 
county  at  previous  elections  will  establish  the 
same  result  as  above  stated. 

in  1870  the  entire  vote  of  this  county  for 
Qovemor  was  8,251.  In  connection  with  the 
vote  of  this  year  it  should  be  remembered  that 
Gen.  M.  C  Butler  was  a  candidate  upon  the 
Demooratio  ticket    for  Lieutenant   Governor. 

It  Is  fair  to  presume  that  owing  to  the  fact  of 


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hif  being  a  oitisen  of  this  eount^r,  and  the  ao- 
knowledged  leader  of  the  DemooQfttio  Party 
in  that  county,  he  brought  out  the 
iull  Democratic  strength.  In  the  ^vote 
of     1870,    OS     above     giren,  fis    iooluded 

the  vote  of  that  portion  of' the  county  which 
has  since  been  made  a  part  of  the  County  of 
Aikep.    By  reference  to  the  United  States  oen- 

aus  of  1870,  it  will  be  found,  as  alreadty  stated, 

that  the  entire  population  of  the  territory  now 
embraced  in  Aiken  County  was  7,728,  which 
gives  a  voting  population — ^reckoning  by  the 
same  ratio  as  is  established  by  a  comparison  of 
the  entire  population  of  the  county  with  the 
whole  number  of  males  over  21  years  of  age — 
of.  In  round  numbers.  1,500.  Deduoting  this 
number  from  the  entire  vote,  8,251,  we  have 
6,751  as  the  vote  for  1870  of  what  constitutes 
the  present  County  of  Edgefield. 

The  aggregate  vote  of  Edgefield  County,  as 
reported  by  the  returns  for  this  year,  Is  9,374, 
showins  an  excess  over  the  unusuallv  lull  vote 
of  1870  of  no  leas  than  2,623,  or  an  excess  over 
the  vote  of  the  entire  County  of  Edgefield,  be-, 
lore  the  present  County  of  Aiken  was  estab- 
lished, ot  1,123 ;  or,  again,  an  extras  in  the  vote 
ot  the  present  year  for  the  Demooratio  candi- 
dates over  the  entire  vote  of  the  old  County  of 
Edgeflela  for  Gen.  M.  C.  Butler  m  1870  of  2,423. 

In  1872,  there  being  no  Democratic  candidate 
for  Governor,  it  will  be  neoessarry  to  take 
the  vote  for  State  Senator  in  that  county  as  the 
standard  ot  comparison.  This  vote,  in  the  ag- 
gregate, was  5,374.  or  exactly  4,000  1*89  than  the 

reported  vote  of  this  year. 

In  1874  the  entire  vote  ot  the  county  was 
6,298.  By  the  United  States  oeosus  of  1870  the 
entire  population  of  ythe  teriitory  embraced  in 
the  present  County  of  Edgefield  was  34,758. 
Allowing  one  voter  for  every  five  persons,  the 
ratio  established  by  the  same  ceusua,  there 
'would  have  been  in  this  oouut.v  in  1874,  a  total 
voting  population  ot  6,951.  Bv  the  State  cen- 
sus of  1875,  the  whole  number  of  males  over  21 
years  ot  age  in  this  county  was  7,122.  An  ex- 
amination of  tbeeie  figures  will  show  that  the 
•above  vote  of  1874,  6,298,  is  very  nearly  six- 
aeventha  of  the  entire  number  ot  peraona  over 
21  years  of  age,  according  to  the  UDited  States 
census  of  1870,  or  the  State  census  of  1875. 
The  statistics  of  popular  eleotiona  in  tliis  coun- 
try have  ealablished  the  laot  that  slx-aevenths 
of  the  entire  voting  population  is  the  highest 
limit  reached  in  any  elections,  except  in  a  few 
extreme  and  exceptional  oases,  which  do  not 
affect  the  general  rule  as  here  stated. 

The  oonolusion  is  that  the  vote  of  this  coun- 
ty in  1874  was  a  full  vote,  under  all  ordinary 
circumstances,  and  yet  this  year  the  reported 
vote  ot  this  county  exceeds  the  vote  in  1874  by 
3,046.  And,  in  this  conneocion,  it  may  be 
added  that  Gen.  M.  W.  Gary,  who  claims  to 
have  been  elected  State  Senator  irom  this 
county  at  the  late  election,  has  stated,  in  a 
public  card,  that  about  600  colored  voterd  did 
not  vote,  which  number  being  added  to  the  ex- 
ceaajuat  named,  would  give  an  aggregate  ex- 
cess of  3,676  over  the  very  full  vote  oi  1874. 

if Aird-— The    evidence  before    the    Board  of 

State  Canvassers  showed  that  this  large  ex- 
cess of  voters  over-  the  lawiul  vote  of 
the  county  was  due  to  increase  exclu- 
sively of  the  Democratic  vote.  For, 
while  tho  vote  was,  at  the  recent  elec- 
tion, largely  increased  over  the  vote  at  any 
previous  election,  yet  the  Bepublican  vote  was 
decreased.  This  decrease  in  the  Bepubliean 
vote  was  shown,  by  the  evidence  belore  the 
State  Board  of  Canvassers,  to  be  due  not  to  a 
natural  change  of  party  connections,  but  to  the 
lact  of  an  organized  and  systematio  plan  of  in- 
timidation and  violence  carried  on  throughout 
the  canvass,  and  reaching  its  culmination  on 
the  day  of  the  election. 

The  increase  of  the  reported  Demooratio 
vote  of  this  year  over  the  vote  tor  Gen.  M.  C. 
Butler  in  1870,  before  the  County  ot  Edgefield 
was  divided,  is  2,545,  and  an  increase  over  the 
Democratic  vote  in  1874  of  3.367. 

In  further  explanation  of  the  foregoing  table 
it  may  be  observed  that  the  classification  of 
votes  as  to  color  is  omitted  in  the  County  of 
Charleston,  as  it  aid  nut  appear  on  the  man- 
agers' returns.  This  is  also  true  in  the  Cionn- 
ties  ot  Edgefield  anu  Laurens. 

In  the  County  of  Williauiaburg  the  olassifi- 
cation  appearea  in  the  returns  of  the  mana- 
gers, except  from  two  preoiaota. 

In  the. last. three  mentioned  counties  this 


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olaaai^oa^oB  has  heen  appro^^oqiitod,  thfkt  pro- 
cjeei'feeftig  ipoasiole  dn  tin  i«a««Mi£|e  aauimp- 
tion  fimt  tbtose  Who  toted  ibr  the  ttepoblioMi 
candidate  'for  €^ovemor  were  ahnost  without 
exception  colored  men. 

This  approximation  could  not  fairly  obtain, 
however,  in  the  oase  of  Charleston  County,  be- 
cause there  is  a  considerable  white  fiepublican 
element  there. 

Edgefield  County  is  approximated  as  loliows : 

Colored  voters  by  oensna  of  1875 4,400 

Votes  oaat  torC&amberlaln ,..^..3,107 

LekvlBg  nnmbsr  of  colored  voters  unaccoonted 

for. L293 

Votes  cast  for  Hampton 6,267 

AssmniDK  that  the  colored  vote,  aa  per   oe-nsas. 

yet  to  ba  »coouDt«d  lor, were  oast  tor  tim,  viz. 1,291 
And  tbere  appears  as  the  actual  while  vote,. ..4,974 
Deduct  tbaaotOHl  white  vote,  aa  per  census.  ...3.73d 
And  there  rematua  to  be  acooanted  for  aa  white 

votes  in  exoeas.of  the  oensos ..2,352 

Laurens  County  is  approximated  aa  follows  : 

If  amber  of  colored  votes  aa  per  ceaans 2,844 

Colored  votes  eitimated  to  have  been  oast 1.804 

Colored  votes  nnaocounted  for 1.040 

Kamber  of  votes  cast  for  Hampton 2,916 

White  voters  aa  per  cenius, 2,259 

Excess  ot  whi  te  vutara  o veir  oenaas 657 

But  asauming  that  these  ^7  represent  col- 
ored voters  and  deduoting  them  from  the  1,040 
colored  voters,  unaccounted  for,  there  still  re- 
mains 383  colored  voters  unaccounted  for  as 
per  census. 

Williamsburg  County  )s  approximated  as 
follows  :  In  this  county  there  are  11  precmcts. 
From  one  precinct  where  157  votea  were  oast, 
(as  deducted  from  the  County  Canvassers'  re- 
turns.) no  managers'  re^turns  were  sent  up, 
hence  no  classification  of  the  voters  as  to  color 
can  be  made.  At  another  preoinet  the  classifi- 
cation of  voters  (as  to  color)  is  not  made,  but 
}t  can  be  reasonably  assumed  that  the  125 
voters  for  Hampton  were  white,  and  the  245  tor 
Chamberlain  were  colored.  Addiatr  the  votes 
caat  at  the  latter  precinct  to  thoae  cast  at  the 
other  nine  which  are  clasaified  oh  the  mana- 
gers' returns,  there  is  exhibited  an  agefregate 
of  1,529  wlrtte  and  2,506  colored  voters,  or  an 
excess  of  117  whites  over,  and  a  defioienoy  ot 
70  colored  from,  tho  cenaus. 

Colleton  County — It  is  to  be  remarkea  in 
connection  with  the  atatistica  of  the  election  in 
thia  county  that  while  the  colored  vote  is  511  in 
excess  of  the  oenaus,  the  vote  tor  Chamberlain 
is  54  less  than  the  eenaus  ot  colored  voters, 
and  565  less  than  the  actual  cumber  of  colored 
votes  oadt,  while  Hampton  received  33  more 
votes'  than  ail  the  white  votes  oast,  with  the 
511  colored  excess  added  thereto. 

In  Orangeburg  Coimty,  where  the  aggregate 
excess  of  votes  over  the  census  was  788,  Chaui- 
berlain  received  only  85  votes  iu  excess  or  the 
colored  vote  accordiog  to  that  censor,  and  332 
less  than  the  number  of  colored  votes  actually 
cast,  while  Hampton  received  689  votes  more 
than  the  whole  number  ot  white  voters  accord- 
ing to  the  cenaua  ;  318  more  than  the  whole 
number  of  white  votes  actually  cast,  and  only 
99  votea  leaa  than  the  total  white  vote  cast, 
with  the  whole  excess  of  the  colored  vote  added 
to  it. 

If  in  Charleston  County  we  deduct  1,000 
votea  trom  Hampton,  as  representing  the  white 
Kepublican  element,  and  give  them  to  Cham- 
berlain, and  then  deduct;  the  same  number  ot 
votes  irom  Chamberlain  and  give  them  to 
Hampton,  as  the  number  of  colored  men  who 
voted  for  him,  the  result  remains  aubstantially 
the  same  as  to  the  excess  of  white  (or  Hamp- 
ton) voces  over,  and  the  deficiency  of  colored 
(or  Chamberlain)  votes  trom,  the  census. 

The  difference  between  the  total  number  of 
"  votes  cast  iu  1876,"  with  tho  addition  of  the 
votes  in  Charleston,  and  tho  total  vote  cast  tor 
Governor,  represents  the  "scattering"  vote_in 
the  State  ;  ,or,  m  other  words,  the  votea  cast 
for  persona'  other  than  Chamberlain  or  Hamp- 
ton was  6;M. 

The  deficiency  of  10,747  colored  votea  from 
tho  census  is  accounted  for  aubatautially  by 
adding  to  the  6,727  votes  in  the  column  of 
"colored  less  than  census,"  the  3,665 ascer- 
tained by  deducting  the  colored  vote  received 
by  Chamberlain  in  Charleston  County  Irom 
the  colored  census  of  the  county. 

The  data  in  the  table  are  ofiioiaL  Even  on 
the  extraordinary  assumption  that  Hampton 
received  every  white  vote  in  the  State,  ac- 
cordioK  to  the  ceuttus,  except  the  1,000  ac- 
credited to  Chamberlain  in  Charleston  County, 
the  pertinent  inquiry  remains  :  "  Where  did 
be  get  the  6,531  wiute  votes  which  are  obvi- 
ously in  excess  of  the  census  I"  C.  J.  B. 

COLDUBIA,  S.  C.,  Monday,  Feb.  12, 1877. 


COMPARATIVE    VOTE   OE   SOUTH   CABOUNA  FBOM  1870  TO   1876,  INCLUSIVE. 


TOtTBTDES. 


Abbeville 

Aiken 

Anderson 

Barnwell. 

Be«ifort . .. 

Cbarleston. 

Chester 

Cheaterfleld.... 

Gtarendon .............. 

Colleton 

Iterlington 

Xdeefleld 

jrurfield 

Georgetown.. 

QreenvlUa. 

Horry . . .. 

Kershaw 

Lsneaster 

Iiaoreos . .. 

liexinxtoii ... ... 

Siarion 

Marlboro 

Kvwberry 

Oconee.. , .. 

Orangebors 

jhekens. 

£icnland. ........... .... 

Spartanbazg.. 

Sumter.. 

XTnion 

WiUiamsbnrg 

Twk 


Total. 


Vote  tor 

Governor   in  ' 

1870. 


3385 

i473 

3879 

614:2 
13411 
2704 

945 
1534 
3969 
2968 

4347 
8643 

2541 

1455 
563 
1794 
J  087 
3022 
1081 
1997 
1449 
3915 
6527 
37a7 
612 
3500 
1423 
3593 
1862 
17«>3 
2386 


85071 


2194 

1838 
2216 

999 
6980 
1366 
1092 

76*.! 
1680 
1793 
3704 
1134 

34:2 

1840 

970 

947 

855 
1967 

1432 
3186 

1145 
1645 

900 
1693 

775 
1382 
1923 
1004 
1744 
1126 
1873 


51537 


5570 

3343 
6093 
7141 

20391 
4070 
2037 
2296 
5649 
4761 

'  8251 
3777 

2883 
3295 

1533 

2741 
1942 
4989 

2513 
4183 
2594 
4560 

1527 
5490 
1387 

4883 
:  3346 
'  4597 

3606 
S891 
4259 


136698 


V 

ote  i 

or 

•  GovomoT 

in 

1873. 

.  K   •  H 

H 

5  5^ 

*  2 

l 

B, 

f 

3618 

1517 

5135 

2224 

264 

2488 

1209 

1803 

3017 

2519 

.577 

3096 

4995 

1445 

6440 

6237 

7593 

13830 

2316 

228 

2544 

620 

is79 

,  899 

1524 

342 

18661 

3426 

807 

'  3633 

S858 

2^.^ 

,3133 

3878 

319 

4097 

2747 

674 

3421 

1797 

S9 

1826 

1111 

2132 

3243 

529 

816 

1345 

1333 

1013 

2346 

'm 

1004 

1986 

2153 

935 

3b88 

356 

1883 

B239 

2468 

2239 

4707 

1533 

78 

16161 

SS79 

1048 

3927 

411 

1078 

1489 

3444 

835 

4273 

486 

256 

742 

3364 

760 

4124 

862 

2421 

3203 

3268 

1133 

4451 

1872 

1546 

2818 

1773 

80 

1853 

1641 

1789 

3430 

69838 

36553 

106391 

Vote  for 

Governor  la 

1874. 


4181 
2383 
1762 
3797 
4778 
8727 
2630 
918 
7J7 
3539 
3729 

3398 
30^ 
1821 
1879 
597 
1993 
1169 
3892 
1156 
2343 
1841 
3181 

582 

3779 

591 

3974 

154J 
758 
1819 
2313 

2588 


3486 
23%) 
2534 
2320 
2076 
11333 
1364 
1122 
1895 
2106 

1851 

2900 
1478 

753 

2288 

1288 
1264 
1137 
1815 
1562 
25-29 
IKSi 
1476 

1238 
2014 

745 
1491 
2657 
4091 
1993 
1343 
2067 


80403! 68818 


6067 
4708 
4296 
6117 

6854 
20120 
3994 
2040 
2632 
5645 

55d0 

6298 
45110 
2574 
4167 
1885 
3247 
2306 
4707 
2718 
4872 

3163 

46571 

1830 

5793 

1336 
5465 

4197 
4949 
3803 
3556 
4655 


Ualea  Orer  21, 
Censoa  1873. 


149231 


2928 
2494 
3329 
2583 
176J 
7.398 
1694 
1543 
1171 
2473 
2362 

2722 
1451 

643 
4165 

1696 
1283 
1330 
2259 
2031 
3081 
1583 
1725 
2046 
2181 

1815 
2163 

4367 
1837 
1979 
1412 
2789 


74199 


4951 
3473 
9315 
4734 
8241 
17687 

3290 

1199 
3202 
4217 
3747 

4400 
3870 

3119 
214U 
712 
3421 
1364 
2844 

1378 
2883 
1923 
3254 

703 

4384 

545 

5036 
2015 
4362 
8356 
2576 
2995 


110744 


7876 
5967 
5544 
7317 
10001 
25083 

4894 
2742 
3373 
6693 
6109 
7123 
4821 
3762 
6311 

240a 
3706 

2694 
5103 

3439 
5964 
3508 
4979 

2740 
6363 
2361 

7198 

6382 
6189 
4335 
3988 
5784 


184943 


Vote  for    1 

Governor  in  1 

1876. 

O 

a- 

1? 

^ 

§ 

0^ 

B 
•a 

P 

a 

S 

\ 

e. 

J 

• 

D 

1 

; 

3669 

3832 

7321 

2493 

3221 

5716 

1124 

4155 

5279 

2778 

39.-)6 

6734 

7604 

2274 

0878 

13032 

8809 

23841 

fi4U4 

2005 

4409 

985 

1631 

2616 

1881 

1436 

3317 

4163 

2984 

7147 

3507 

2752 

6259 

3107 

6267 

9374 

2832 

2159 

4991 

9787 

1058 

3S45 

1729 

4172 

5901 

b&i 

1939 

2527 

2063 

1757 

382J 

1236 

1541 

2T?7 

1804 

2916 

47iO 

1236 

2129 

3385 

2492 

3149 

5641' 

1608 

1945 

3553, 

2761 

2196 

4937 

524 

2083 

2607 

4469 

2870 

7339! 

40) 

2002 

2408 

3857 

3435 

6292 

1467 

4677 

6144 

3839 

2J82 

6241; 

1750 

2319 

4269  i 

2443 

1751 

42001 

2447 

3233 

5680| 

91127 

92261 

1833831 

Votea  Ckat 
to  1876. 


3075 
3961 
3443 
2999 

ia>7 
t.... 

1609 
1547 
1283 
244U 
2544 
4974 

lliSU 

729 
3964 

1846 
1309 

14.18 

2916 

2U9o 
3047 
lti96 
1632 
2018 
3552 

1936 
210T 

443> 
1965 
2122 
1SS9 

2815 


44TJ 
2793 

1858 
3763 

8096 
t..;. 
2iil3 
1081 
3 '46 
4728 

3716 

3107 
3366 
3118 

2fl8.> 

693 
3320 

13i4 
1804 

1313 1 
2619 
1864 
31391 

631 

4801 

512 
4313 

1798 
4i93 
2168 
2506 
2901 


Exouas 

Over 

Cenaas. 


147 

467 
116 
416 

107 

"4 

4 

112 

'iu 

2252 
•i.,9 
86 

150 
224 
10« 

657 


rf2943';85965 


LL«i8 

Than 
Cenaas. 


^ 

0 

<f 

0 

a. 

— 

478 

678 

.... 

357 



971 

.... 

145 

477 

118 

156 

38 

.... 

31 



'"4 

.... 

1 

201 

61 



19 

lui 

.... 

20 



1040 

65 

34 

264 

.... 

61 



lis 



72 

33 

55 

824 

1 

217 



67 



188 



70 

.... 

94 

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6727 

"Sew  comity.       fBeoord  of  white  and  colored  votaa  not  kept.       tAdd  for  Charleston  oecaua  numoer  of  whites,  7,308;  colored,  17,667. 


TEE  FEOPLE  OFiOSlLL 


lABORBBS  KOT  FAS  BBMOVBD^FBOM  SEKTS 
— THK  '  AKISTOCBACY — THB  J  SPBEAS  OF 
KDUCATIOlS  —  FOBBieNBBS  f^OORDIALLY 
WBLCOMBD — ^A  BBJI8KLE88^  EXTEAVA- 
GAMCB. 

2l£r.  Eumbold,  the  British- Consul ^ to  Chili,' 
Aas  reoently  famished  his  dovarnment  (with  an 
(i^cial  report  of  the  people '.  and  condition  of  that 
floanuv.  ,  From  this  /  report  x  It  appears  that  the 
prosperity  of  Chill  is  mainly  «dne  to.  the  Chilians ' 
themselves.  •  Xhere  are  not  very  many  of  them,  the ' 
whole  popalation  only  slightly  exoaeding  a  conple  J 
of  milllona,  and  t.  of  these  9,000,000  the  ^  bulk  '  are  ^ 
bumble  laboring  peopl^in  a  poaitloninot  far  xe* 
moved  from  that  of  serfs,  aad  who.  though  they  be- ; 
lieve  themselves  to  ba  gennlna  Spaniards,  are,  as 
Mr.  Bambold  thinks,  for  tha  <  most  part  of  mixed 
blood.  The  land,- tha  ndnes,  >  the  t  commero^ ,  tha 
cities,  and  the  Government  \  are :  in  ,the  hands-  of  a' 
■mall  upper  -  class  of  pure  <  Spanish  f  origin,  .  and 
possessed  of  1  capabilities  «  of  1  govermnc  i  whiob 
Spaniaros  '-  In  ;-  other  .^^  parts^  of  %  the  ?  world 
seem  to  have  <  lost,  s  If "-  they  t  ever  ]  had  i  them. 
Xhere  is  a  small  Army  which  is  mostly  i  vmA.  at  a 
distance  in  keeping  the  Indian  tribes  in  order.  Its 
otllcers  are  not  petted  or  favored,  have  no  inflaenoe, 
and  lead  a  life  which  is  without  attraotionB  for  the 
descendaata  ot  the  raline  faqullea.  The  ariatoorasy 
pf  Chili  ia  not  a  military  arlatocraoy.  It  reaembles 
father  the  aristocracies  of  the  old  Italian  Bepnb. 
DCS.  It  is  a  trading,  farming,  minhig  aristocracy, 
and  is  only  an  arlatocraey  beoanse  it  exists  through 
oatnral  jBaosea,  and  not  tIkroi^|;h  the  aaf egaards  of 
an  exolottve  jealousy.  Considerable  efforts  have 
been  made  to  spread  sdnoatloD.  schools  being  estab* 
liahed  and  paid  tor  by  macy  of  the  laiadsd  proprie- 
tors, and  if  there  hits  besn  no  rnptnre  with  the 
Chtarcli,  mnCh  firmness  haa  b««o  shown  in 
abating itopretenslons.  Po^ignets,  too,  most  o^ 
whom  are  £ngluh  or  German,  have  been  cordially 
received,  and  the  Chilians  hare  not  been  above 
Munintf  from  strtkhgera  '  many  of  the 
tenets  of  vreilth.  riOag&en  havs  vade  their 
railroada  and  teleacrspfaa.  -foralKnera  ahianlata  and 
tfd  their  aariciiltare  with  mao&lnerr.  Hareixoera 
oondaot  most  of  tbeu  oommeroe  and  man  moat  of 

their  marine.  A  foreigacr,  wboM  name  deaetrea  to 

Ibe  held  in  pecnliar  honor,  has  tanght  them  to  brew 
tAa  to  en]oy  a  light  and  wholeaoma  beer.  But,  oa 
the  Other  hand,  if  fotng&en  infloenea  the  OfaUians, 
.th«y  in  turn  inflaanoa  foreignersi  and  Miv 
XtombDld  records  that  wbaa  foraignen,  as 
oft«n  happtnsi  many  Qblllahs,  >  their  oflbprioe 
are    even    more    GbiUan    than',:  the    Chilians 

themselVMi  and  the  son  of  an  Snghahman 
btVetshs  againas  Sngland  lin  order  to  show  what  a 
leaarfcfcbly  Chilian  •on  of  p«M<m  he  ifc  But  there 
(sadark  side  in  the  pioture  ot  OhUL  The  land 
■TtoBm  leaves  mnoh  to  be  desired.  ITor  the 
bOst  part  the  abil  b«Ion«s  to  very  great 
iwhers,  who  thaauelvea  cmltivate  only  a  aniaU 
9ortl<^^  their  tbs«  pcopertiea.  The  remainder 
Ihey  Ut  on  leases  to  parsons  of  their  own  class. . 
sad  as  a  fbolish  law—*  legaw  »'  Spa^h  rule— im- 
mefa  heavy  tut.  bn  laaaea  of  tnore  than  10  years, 
&•  term  for  ^rtttch  the  tteaat  hoias  ialtooshartfor 
i^  «irwaata  nmoh  ci^tal  19  impTovesaents.  The 
imlttvatlomis  oanifd  aula  dnerai  by  pa«Matp,  who 
iUmn^ t«aa  a&tit^ wWoh toa* b«  d^Mrva toba 


and  have  to  work  on  the  land  of  the  proprietor  in 
return  for  the  bare  means  of  snbaiatenca.  They 
are  freeinen,  and  can  go  away  when  they  please, 
and  ate  themselves  liable  to  be  evicted  at  any  mo- 
ment by  the  representative  of  the  landlord;  but, 
Srecarious  as  is  their  cooaition,  and  bard  aa  la  thiAr 
fe,  tbey  can  seldom  afford  to  soap  the  ties  that 
bind  tiiem  to  tbe  aoil.  So  narrow,  too,  la  the  atrip 
of  land  in  Chill,  that  natare  seems  to  have  set 
boanas  to  wbat  it  can  do  as  an  agricultural  country. 
Tbe  area  witbin  which  com  can  be  coltivated  is 
limited  ;  and  where  it  has  been  soagbt  to  extend  it 
by  outtinzdown  tbe  trees  on  tha  lower  slopes  of  the 
Andes,  the  climate  baa  been  altered  for  the  worse, 
water  has  become  aoaice,  and  annd  haa  begun  to 
encroach  on  tbe  region  ot  caitivation.  The 
wanton  destruction  ot  timber  has  also  imposed  a 
seriona  check  on  mining  operations,  whicb  bave 
frequently  to  be  saspeDded  from  want  of  fael.  £r- 
foris  bave  been  made  to  replace  corn  with  vines  on 
soil  that  haa  become  too  poor  for  eraln.  fiat  Mr. 
B.umbold  frankly  owdb  that  be  tbioka  Cailian  wine 
verv  poor  scuff  I  and  it  Is  only  a  dieam  of  the  fa-- 
ture  that  Chtll  may  some  day  produce  a  drinkable 
-wine.  lisatly,  tbe  Cblliana,  like  almost  all  people 
in  all  ooanuiea,  have  lately  been  going  too  fast.  If 
their  wine  la  not  calculated  to  intoxicate  them, 
their  proapenty  may  do  so;  and  while  a  senseless 
extravagance  has  invaded  the  capital,  tae  nation 
has  beeii  committed  to  undertakings  eomawbat  m 
advance  ol  wbac  it  coald  pay  for  with  ease  Ad- 
versity, however,  has  taaifiii  ita  usual  leaaou  to 
tbo«e  who  are  wilung  to  prodt  by  it;  and  ilr.  Kum- 
bold  remarks  that  tbe  Chillana  have  been  wise 
enough  to  draw  m  before  it  was  too  late. 


IRE  PBILOtiOFMY  OF  BFEEOH. 
*'  Yesterday,"  says  a  London  newspaper  of 
Jan.  30,  "Mr.  B.  B.  Tylor,  LL.  D.,  F.  K.  S.,  deUvsred 
tbe  second  of  his  two  lectures  in  the  Theatre  of  the 
London  Institution.  The  audience  was  large,  and 
he  was  eften  cheered.  Continuing  last  week's  ax* 
gomant  on  the  atmoCare  of  spoecb,  Mr.  Tylor 
spoke  af  the  great  advantages  of  studying  its  gen. 
eral  theory  by  the  aid  of  soae  umgnags  eadly 
taken  to  pieces,  aad  capable  of  having  those  pieces 
so  put  together  as  to  oorrespond  with  the  workings 
of  the  human  mind  everywhere.  By  the  aid  of 
Boch  an  iiistrument  .the  formation  alike  of 
the  rudest  and  most  oomplex  language  ma^ 
be  imitated  and  understood.  We  are  ac<iaalnted 
with  Buob  a  lanKoace,   thoash    ita    extraordiaafy 

powers  are  Uttle  appreoiated  {  It  is,  in  tact,  oar 
own  Kogiiah.  Not  only  literary  English,  but  popn* 
lar  (Balect  and  slang,  are  capable  of  explaining  ab- 
struse protilems  ot  grammar.  Take,  for  instance, 
a  vtilgar  iieafenoa,  '  Myhosband  he  says  that  there 
man's  come  back.  Here  grammariana&nd  faaltjwlth 
■  be '  and  '  there  '  as  sapeflaoos,  bat  they  are  not 
ao;  they  aupply  a  real  waht  Pronouns  are  to 
real  words  what  direction  labela  are  to  tmnka, 
sbowmg  where  they  are  to  go,  and  when  tha  labels 
get  raDfeed  out  new  ones  are  stook  over  or  beside 
them.  The  pronoun  '  that '  was  originaly  a  demen. 
atrative,  but  when  it  lost  to  tbe  paasant's  ear  tbe 
power  of  pointinK  out  a  person,  he  revived  ha 
meaning  by  adding  '  there.'  So  ^  the  termina. 
tion  ot '  aay4 '  or  'dia-t '  waa  once  an  itelliglule  pro- 
nuon,  aa  it  were  '  aay-he,'  bat  tbis  pronoun 
having  become  eiXaoed,  the  peasant  pats  the  'he'  in 
ag^in.  It  is  well  that  Bngllah  tuM  tbese  high,  prao- 
ucai  analittea,  for  scatisciea  show  that  it  #lk  prub- 
•blyabaorb a^i other olrihaed  languagM.  XheoaD 
igtprasentniearlyaamsaf  mlUionsmay  afciak  ^r- 


of  tbe  Eagllsb-apeaking  race  is  so  great  that  at  tbis 
rate  in  a  century  it  la  oalcalated  there  would  be  860 
mtllioos  speaking  £nelish,  a;;alDst  1-24  millions 
speaking  German  and  70  millions  Freoco.  It  ia  nn- 
lortnnaie  that  a  lauguaze  with  such  power  and 
prj-peocs  as-  the  Eaglish  ahould  have  so 
disordered  an  alphabet,  wnich  has  been  thrown 
into  utter  coofaatoa  by  tbe  attempt  to  keep  up 
Snellab  and  French  spelling  in  it  at  once.  At  present 
2.000,000  of  Engliah-speakiug  obildreu  co^e  op  for 
education  annually,  and  waate  trom  one  to  two 
years  of  their  eduoatiooal  life  in  maatenog  this  ab- 
surd puzzle,  the  coat  or  maintaining  wblobcan  thns 
hardly  bu  leas  than  £10.000,000  to  £30.000.000  a 
year,  which  woald  be  auveU  by  the  use  of  a  rational 
alphabet.  The  task  of  preparing  tbis  is,  however, 
a  difficult  one,  and  ibeaubject  ia  by  no  mean*  ripe 
for  a  Koyal  Commission.  The  first  step  la  to  aettle 
a  pbonetio  writioK  for  pbiloiosical  porpoaes;  then 
to  nae  thia  as  a  means  of  recording  the  actual  toiuda 
of  English  wordi  in  pronoimcla.;  dictiunariea ;  and, 
lastly,  when  the  Dablio  bave  buuome  oaed  to  a  eood 
pronoanoing  alphabet,  they  will  begin  to  ask  why 
they  sboala  keep  up  a  misprouotucmg  'alphabet  as 
well."  ^^^^^ 

HOSSEFLESa  AS  JbLVMAM  FOOD. 
The  committee  for  propagating  the  use  of 
horseflesh  as  an  artlole  of  human  food  haa  isaned 
the  following  notice :  "  The  prevalence  of  cattle 
disease  in  different  ootmtrles  of  the  Continent  hav- 
ing determined  tbe  Brltiab  Government  to  prohibit 
the  importation  of  oxsn.  cows,  and  sheep  into 
England,  we  think  tbe  public  may  be  usefully 
reminded  of  tbe  fact  that  the  employment  of 
horse-meat  as  an  article  of  food  baa  for  some 
years  made  rapid  pronress  in  Prance.  Thas, 
at  farts,  the  first  butcher's  lestabiiahment  for 
that  aliment  bavinK  been  opened  in  19S6,  already  m 
the  tollowlng  year  3,153  horses,  males,  and  asses  had 
been  killed  lor  oonsnmptiou  ;  and  the  number  ruse 
eradoally  to  2.638  in  1889;  5,732  in  1872;  0.863  in 
1875,  and  8,693  ho^se^  643  asaes,  and  35  maiea  in 
1876  ;  ibe  number  of  batchers'  esrablishments  for 
thia  article  of  food  being  58  on  the  31at  of  December 
laat^  From  Paris  (he  use  of  horaefleab  hat 
spread  rapidly  to  all  the  chief  towns  of 
£Tanoe,  and  veterinary  surgeons  are  sppomted 
by  the  Qovemment  to  axamiae  horsea  in  the 
came  way  aa  cattle.  Tbe  price  of  euob  meat  la  ma- 
terially lower,  notwithstanding  the  fact  tbat  it  is 
most  nunriabing.  At  Paris  a  speolal  committee  ex- 
ists, composed  of  philanthropists,  whose  aim  is  to 
exienii  the  use  of  tnia  new  artlols  of  food.  The 
funader  ot  ttds  committee,  M.  Daoroix,'  has  placed 
at  lu  disposal  the  sain  of  1,100  francs  and  a  medal 
ofbonox,  to  be  awarded  to  the  person  who  flrat 
opena  and  oarnea  un  an  establishment  at  London 
for  the  sale  of  horse  meat," 


iXASKMIt  BUXQLASS  ARRESTED. 

The  Saralogian  ol  Tburday  aajs :    "  About 

10:30  o'clock,  on  the  night  of  Kov.  24  last,  foor 
masked  burglars  entered  the  residence  of  E.  D. 
Winney,  nnole  of  Sheriff  Winney,  In  the  town  of 
floTlhnmberland,  aboot  seven  miles  from  this  vllr 
lage,  and  saoceeded  in  getting  away  with  about  |300 
in  money.  Tbe  Caots  of  the  robbery  were  plaoed 
in  the  poaapssion  of  officers,  who  have  since  that 
time  been  basily  engaged  working  up  tbe  oase. 
Faint  clues  have  from  time  to  Ume  been  ferreted 
out,  ana  tbe  result  haa  been  that  four  dos- 
wiU     be     brooght   to   Jostioa.    I>epary 


upon  aa  th9  rliigleader  o)  thf  gaag.  ir«"terdav 
Depatr  Sheritf  1|C««7  HanfMn.  Of  Bslutoa  Stpa^ 
pat  the  banacnUSi  .on  Cbarlea  Bobtnson.  a  Troiao, 
another  ot  the  gaog^  and  yesterday  evening  Bepaty 
SfaeHffN.  8.  Mar  left  fur  Qreeowicb,  and  tbere  ar- 
rested burglar  No.  3,  wbo  gives  bis  name  as  James 
Bell.  Tbe  fourth  burglar  la  now  in  Pennavlvani*, 
and  e£forts  will  bo  taken  to  obtain  a  reqaisitloa  for 

his  arrest.  Sheriff  Gilbert,  who  worked  up  the 
ease,  has  saoceeded  in  obtsiniDg  from  Wintem,  who 
is  a  hard  character,  a  history  of  the  entire  case." 


mM 


-X- 


Fl&a  AJiD  FOWL. 


HOW  OYSTEilS,  TEBKAPIN,  FISH,    AND    GAME 
ARE  SHIPPED. 

From  the  Baltimore  Qdzetie,  Feb.  14. 

Baltimore  is  the  largest  market  for  fine- 
grained, delicately -flavored  fish,  though  she  does 
not  send  difcctly  abroad  so  many  as  Now-Tork. 
Salmon  shad,  bay  mackerel,  and  salmun  troat  fluur- 
iab  in  ihe  waters  of  her  bay  and  its'  rivers,  which 
seem  admirably  adapted  to  produce  the  finest  varie- 
ties of  these  fiah.  Numbers  of  them  are  seat  to 
New- York  firms,  who  ahlp  them  abroad,  thus  giving 
tbat  City  the  credit  of  exportations  which  Balti' 
mors  might  last  aa  well  have  had.  The  fiah  are 
prepared  for  transportaiion  by  being  frozen.  Bar- 
rels or  other  aaitable  veaaels  are  filled  with  the  fisb, 
and  are  then  pltced  iu  a  refrigerator  until 
thoroughly  iruzan.  When  shipped  they  are 
placea  in  similar  refnesrators  on  board. 
The  freezing  does  not  appear  to  itijnrs  tbe 
flavor  of  tbe  fish,  thoagh  some  have  claimed  that  it 
does.  Oao  of  the  largest  dealers  m  tbe  city  baa  a 
very  neat  refrigerator  barrel.  In  which  be  puts  np 
all  the  flih  he  sends  any  distance.  The  barrel  is 
lined  with  zinc,  and  between  the  lining  and  tbe 
wood  there  is  u  narrow  air  apace,  as  wt^il  as  a  layer 
of  hair  packing.  This  arrangement  very  effeciually 
prevents  grea>  changes  of  temperature  lu  the 
inside  of  the  barrel  when  dosed  np.  Inside  of  tbis 
metal-lined  barrel  is  a  galvanized  iron  can,  in  which 
the  fish  are  placed.  Around  this  can  a  freezing 
mixture  of  ice  and  salt  is  placed,  which  is  renewed 
as  fast  aa  tbe  ice  mella.  Tbe  water  runs  off  by  a 
pipe  ac  tbe  bottom  of  tbe  barreL  Fiah  naoked  lu  tbi.s 
manner  can  be  shipped  witb  the  greatest  ease  to 
any  clime,  and  kept  any  length  ot  time. 

In  the  abipping  of  oysters  lu  tbe  shell  great  care 
is  exercised  in  packing.  A.  layer  of  the  oysters  is 
placed  in  a  barrel  witli  their  moatba  up.  Tbey 
are  then  packed  with  ttea-grass  which  la  very  pur- 
oua,  and  holds  large  qusuiKiea  of  sea-water,  which 
proTides  partial  noarishment  for  them.  Over  this 
layer -at  oysters  corn-meal  is  sprinkled.  On  tbe 
corn-meal  another  layer  of  tbe  uysiers,  packed 
in  the  same  manner  is  placed,  and  so  on  until  tbe 
bairrel  is  filled.  By  thia  arrangement  tbe  oyster 
can  feed  nearly  as  well  as  if  be  were  on  his  bed 
oa  the  river  or  bay  bottom.  The  grass  will  hold 
its  Dunrlaliment  from  a  month  to  six  weeks,  a 
aufficieni  time  to  make  tbe  luusest  voyages.  The 
extent  of  this  trade  ia  difficult  to  estimate,  as  it  is 
wholly  retail.  Nu  honss  abroad  has  yet  entered 
into  tiie  trade,  receiving  regular  ccuslgnmenta  from 
this  port,  but  iiegotiaiiuiis  are  now  pending  to  ef- 
fect aucb  result.  Caterers  In  London  and  PAris, 
and  American  residents  abroad  arc  large  consumers, 
and  thev  order  directly  trom  Baltimore,  or  indi- 
rectly .  througa  NdwYork.  Only  one  attempt  to 
plant  American  oysters  in  toreiga  waters  bus  been 
maae  bj  oapilalisia  of  this  ciiy,  and  tbat  proved  a 
failure.  l>ome  five  year^  ago,  turough  tbe  Infioeuce 
of  the  Torkiah  Consul  resialng  heie,  a  namoer  of 
eentlemen  were  induced  to  try  tbe  experiment.  A. 
vessel  waa   loaded    with   them,  packed  in  the  same 

maooer,  as  tbey  are  00  tho  poogies  which  bring 
them  to  thia  market — tbat  la,  not  packed  at  all — and 
of  course  nearly  all  died  on  tbe  way.  isalistied  with 
what  they  held  to  be  a  proof  of  tbe  imoossibility  of 
transporting  them,  these  parties  did  not  repeat  tha 
experiment.  Iu  the  face  ot  the  fact  that  oysters 
are  being  sent  across  every  oay,  which  arrive  in 
tbe  best  conditioo,  it  would  be  ridiculous  to  deny 
the  feasibility  ot  the  project.  Whether  the  oysters 
will  thrive  iu  those  waters  is  another  question,  only 
to  be  determined  by  exDerioient. 

Terraplu  are  shipped  from  tuis  port  both  alive 
and  canned.  Wbon  sent  alive  tbey  are  packed  in 
boxes  or  barrels,  without  luod,  ice,  or  any  other  ac- 
ooupanlmeDts.  Be'-v.-eon  the  monibi  of  Setitember 
and  March  tbey  do  noc  eat  auytbing,  and  tbis  is  the 
time  during  wnlch  thay  are  snipped.  Toose  put  up 
in  cans  are  boiled  and  then  bermaticallv  sealed,  the 
same  aa  other  canned  meats.  Those  sent  abroad  go 
exclusively  to  Fugiaud  and  France,  where  they  aiu 
highly  prized.  6ott  crabs,  fned  and  pat  up  in  oil- 
cans, ars  qulie  largely  sent  to  forelKn  markets.  In 
gatue  the  priacipal  export  is  canvas-back  dnck:t. 
A  common  way  of  packing  them  ia  to  tie  tbew  by 
the  feet  around  tbe  edge  of  a  circular  nasket.  This 
keeps  the  birds  separated,  and  leaves  a  space  in' 
the  centre  for  ice.  If  necessary.  1'he  basket  ot 
ducks  la  geuesally  placed  in  a  refrigerator  and 
frozen  before  tuey  ate  shioped.  This  muinod  of 
packing  tbtm  has  proved  remaritabiy  succesafnl. 
One  dealer  atllrms  that  hu  has  not  lost  a  tingle  bas- 
ket in  five  yeara. 


10%xBOi  F.  K.  Pendleton  ta  O.  Miss.... . 

BroMsk,  189x100,  &4tb  Wmtd  •  ^aUy   Pes* 

potte  andhds'iaad  to  u,  Iiaohsac 

Broad  St,  l»9xl00,  2ith  Ward;  Ji  B.  Osgood 

toC  Deapotte...... '.  — ... 

llOthat-.aa.auOft.  w.  of  Ist  av., 75x100.10; 

John  U.  Kavanash  to  L.  Blobtar . 

118th  St.,  8.  ».,  210  ft.  w.  of  2d  av.,  21x100.11; 

Geo.  Biettell  and  wife  to  J.  J.  Kavanagh .... 

High  Bridge  av..  s.  a.,  :<!4tb  Ward,  John  K.  Ueg- 
artyto  H.  Williams 

62d  St.,  u.  a,  126  ft.  e.  of  10th  av.,  26x100.5 ; 
J.  0.  Alien  and  wife  to  K.  Bngert 

91at  St..  w.  a,  28U  ft.  e.  of  Sth  av.,  26.6S>3X 

lUaS'g;  B.  CL  Chatwood,  Keferee,  to  E. 
V^ecka 

125th  St.,  s.  a.  24<^  ft«  C  of  Sth  av..  20xlU0.ll; 

T.  a  Lane,  Beferee,  to  J  B.  Hart 

89th  at.,  n.  a,  106  fr.  e.  of  lat  av.,26xluO.U>2; 

J.  M.  Lewis  Referee,  to  G.  Ctaesterman 

14th  St.,  S.  8.,  195  tt.  J.  of  Avenue  B,  20x 

loS.S;  K.  B  Gale,  Referee,  to  A  Kropf 

loth  av.,n.  w.  comer  144th  at.,  49.11x100; 

B.  Roeiker,  Beferee.  to  A.  Smedberg 

Thomas  av.,  e.   s.,  100x254,  •24th   Ward;  8.  T. 

Hireeter.  iteferee,  toQ.  Lachot 

144Mi  St..  n.  a.  2U0  ft.  e.  of  VVillia  av..  50x100, 

v.SdWard;  U.  B.  QwilUm,  Releree,  to  J.  Da- 
vidson  

87th  St..  n.  a.,  2vi5  ft.  w.  of  let  av..  17.4x98.9; 

P.  W.  Loow,  keferee,  to  C.  Uonovau. 

27tb  at.  a.  a.  32.S.B  ft  e.  of  9th  av.,   16. 6x 

OS.O;  J.   M.  Townsend,  Jr.,  Re4-ree,  to  U.  B. 

DennisoD 

Bivingtou  at,  a.  «.  comer  Pitt  at..  60x100  ;  J. 

J.  Thomasson,  Beferoe,  to  J.  Conde 


aoni. 
6,000 
9,000 
7,850 

3,000 
17,000 

4,160 
10.000 

8,000 

2,000 
^  8.000 

1,258 

bOO 
1,000 

2,000 
11,400 


1:j1im  SALE— ONB  OP  THK  BKST  BDILT  FODR- 
?  story  brown-atone-fi'ont  houses  m  the  City,  26  by 
t>0;  lot,  100.6:  Just  fiiiishnd:  replete  and  complete; 
bard  wood  ;  price  in  accordance  with  the  times.  In- 
quire of  WILLIAM  BKNILT.  on  the  preralaea.  No.  40 
Kast  58th  St.,  or  uf  CUABLliS  POX,  No.  116  Broadway, 
rear  office.  0 


FOK  SALE— TWO  QO&&ti  WlTtlliAEQB  KRONTS 
on  Worth  St..  near  Chatham  square,  adjoining  the 
Butsers  File  Insurance  Cum^jaay;  tbis  property  can 
be  improved  to  p^iy  a  larqe  income.  Apply  at  Ma  67 
Murray  st.  to  K.  S.  LCQUEKtt  k  CO. 


1:^(tit  SALiE— ON  MUKRay  HILL,  NKAR  HAUISON 
?  av.,  an  eleeaut  full-size  four-story  brown-stone 
house,  built  by  tbe  late  David  Kobina;  ia  tastefully 
decorated  and  in  perfect  order:  lot  OS. 9;  price,  S4'2,- 
600.  E.  H.  IITDLOW  t  CO..  No.  3  Pine  st. 


mUItCTY.isEVtiNCU    !4T.,    BK'I'VVUUN    6TH 

X  Ai-tO  6TU  AVS.— For  aalo  a  goad  Enullsh  basement 
house  In  fine  or  Jei  and  particularly  well  plumbed. 

P.  G.  t  O.  s.  BROWN,  No.  9U  Broadway. 


AFlNt:   NOUTH-EAST   CUKNBK   HOU.SB 
on  Madiaou  av.  aud  Murray  Hill;   full  aized,  perfect 
order  iu  every  way.  If.  O.  &0.  B.  BHOWN, 

^o.  90  Broadway. 


D AUGERS  OF  PHILADELPHIA  BTREETS. 
The  Philadelphia  Ledger  of  the  15th  inst 
says  :  "  Yesterday  sfternooo,  aboat  5:30  o'clock,  as 
two  horses,  drawing  a  private  carriage  were  puaa- 
iuK  along  Eighteenth  street,  above  Cherry,  the  cob- 
ble stoue  pavement  gave  way  under  the  horses  and 
both  sank  into  the  gaping  chasm  thus  caused  in  tho 

carnace-way.  Oue  of  tbe  auiiuals  sank  bat  a  little 
way^  and  managed  to  scramole  >ut.  but  tbe  other 
went  down  until  notoing  ot  bim  was  left  above  the 
surtace  but  his  head  and  part  of  bis  neck.  Tbe 
poor  creature  was  entirely  beiplesa,  and  it  took  all 
tbe  efforts  of  tbe  crowd  who  soon  gathered  around 
to  prevent  bim  irum  sinking  out  ot  reach.  Means 
of  extrication  were  improvised,  by  means 
of  rope  and  plank,  and  with  tho  aid 
of  a  pair  of  car  horses  detached  trom  a 
horse  railway  car,  be  waa  urawn  oat,  after  a  laps? 

of  about  10  minutes  iu  his  perilous  posiiKin.  The 
gap  in  tbe  cartway    thus   causeu    in    auonC  five  teec 

iu  diameter  and  of  unknown  depth,  tor  ueiore  the 
horae  wua  drawn  out  it  was  neatly  tilled  with  water, 
and  aabseqiiently  did  till  to  nearly  tbe  surface  of 
the  street.  It  in  not  known  whether  the  earth  be- 
neath bad  bi-eu  washed  out  by  a  leaky  water  pioe 
ur  by  the  burstloe  of  a  cboked-up  aewer.  '  There 
was  a  proTioua  break  near  the  same  spot  last  week. 

The  hole  is  quite  dangerous,  aa  tbe  water  in  it  ia 
deei>  enough  to  drown  any  -one.  It  waa  well  gaard- 
ea  last  night  by  a  sort  of  barricade,  a  lantern  and 
a  policeman  to  give  warning." 

THE  REAL  ESTATE  MARKET. 


The  following  business  was  transacted  at  the 

Exchange  yesterday,  (Friday,)  Feb.  16 : 

WllUam  Kennelly,  by  order  of  tbe  :Saprem*  Court 

in  foreclosure,  B.  F.  Farrell,  Etq..  Barereo,  sold  a 
foar-story  brick  teaement-houae.  with  lot  24  by  9S, 
on  Madison  at,  north  side,  96  feet  east  of  Scammel 
at.,  fur  $10,100,  to  Matnew  Hibler,  plaintiff  iu  tbe 
legal  acituu. 

H.  V.  Harnett,   under  a  toreoloaure  decree,    by 

order  of  the  Court   of  Common  Pie^is.  R.  M.  Henry. 

Esq..  Referee,  sold  one  i<>i  25  by  100.5  on  West  SSth 

.  St..  soutb  side,  245  feet  east  ul  6tb  av.,  for  $10,200,  to 

John  Weber,  plaintiff. 

Bernard  Smyth,  under  a  similar  court  order,  P.   J. 
Joacbimaen,   Esq.,   Keferee,    sold  a  two-story  oricK 
stable,  with  lot  25  by  122.6,  on  East  39tU  st,  north 
side,  200  feet  east  of  Sii  av.,  for  $7,61d,  CO  A..  £•.  Ko8-» 
ser,  plain  lift  in  the  leital  aotioo. 

Wlnana  Sc.  Davies,  by  order  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
In  foreclosure,  W.  P.  Dixon.  Esq..  Refeiee.  sold  a 
plot  of  land,  25  by  234,  on  Railro:*d  .iv.,  eaat  atda. 
1,091  feet  sonib  of  144(h  st,  aud  extending  through 
to  Mott  Haven  Caoal,  lor  fl.OOO,  to  Real  Eaute 
Truat  Company,  plaintiff.  ' 

Tbe  following  sales  were  adlonrned  : 

Sale  by  Barnard  Smyth  of  a  huu<e,  with  lot,  on 
West  53d  st,  west  of  6th  av.,  to  Feb.  23;  sale  by 
William  Kenneliy,  of  a  bouse,  with  lot,  on  West  st., 
north  of  Morris  st.,  to  March  16  ;  and  sale  by  same 
auctioneer  ot  a  house,  with  lot,  on  31  av.,  aud  ad- 
luiniug  the  honae  of  Lewis  Fisher,  tin*  die. 
to-da.y'8  auctions. 

To-day's  sales,  all  at  the  Exchange,  are  as  fol- 
lows: 

By  E.  A.  Lawreuce  Si,  Co.,  Supreme  Coart  fore- 
closure sale,  H.  Kettell,  £"(1.,  Beferee.  of  the  build- 
ings, with  plot  of  Isuii  43.9  by  40,  Kos.  87  and  89 
Wall  St.,  south  side,  42.9  feet  west  ot  Water  at 

By  Jamea  M.  Miller,  mortgage  sale,  Christopher 
Corsa.  Esq.,  Administrator,  ot  a  bouse,  with  lot, 
18.11  by  108,  on  Greenwich  at,  west  side,  1-33  feet 
north  of  Barrow  st. 

By  Hugh  N.  Camp,  Supreme  Court  foreclnsare 
sale,  G.  1.  Whitehead,  Eiq.,  Referee,  of  a  building, 
With  lot,  23.7  by  99  by  23.9  by  101.10,  No.  228  Pearl 
st,  south  side,  betwoou  Piatt  at.  and  Burling  slip. 
Alao,  simitar  sale,  Cbai  les  Jackson,  Esq.,  Referee, 
of  a  plot  of  land,  50  bv  2B  bv  50  by  25  by  100  dv  25  by 
100  by  51,  on  Greonest..  soatu-west.corner  Grand  at. 

By  H.  W.  Coatea.  Supreme  Court  foreclosure  sale, 
Charles  E.  Lydeoker,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  a  bouse,  with 
lot  25  by  07.6.  No.  337  East  30th  St.,  north  side,  225 
feet  west  ol  1st  av. 

By  R.  V.  Harnett,  forecloaure  sale,  by  order  of  ths 
Court  of  Common  Pleas,  R.  M.  Henry,  Esq.,  Referee, 
of  three  houses,  witb  lota,  each  21.5  by  08.9,  on 
East  34th  St.,  north  aide,  185.8  test  east  of  Sd  av.- 


EXCHANGE  SALES— FRIDAY,  FEB.  18. 
NEW- YORK. 
By  WiUiam  Kenneliy. 
1  four-story  briox  tenementhoase,  with  lot, 
Hsdison  St..  n.  a.,  90  ft.  e.  ot  iioammel  st,  lot 

24x90 $10,100 

By  R.  V.  Harnett. 
1  lot.  West  58th  at,  a.  a,  246  ft  e.  of  Oth  av., 

86x100.6.. 10.200 

Bv  Bernard  BmytK 
1    lwo.atory  bnok  stable,  witb  lot.  Bast  SSch 
st  n.  a.,  200  fc  e.  of  :ld  av..  lot  25x1-22.6 

By  Winant  d  Daviu, 

1  plot  of  land.  Railroad  av..  e.  a,  extendlnir 
through  to  Uotc  Harea  Canal,  1,091  ft.  a.  of 
la4tbsk,30x2M 


7,618 


1,000 


BBOORDBD  BBAL  ESTATE  TBAlfarBBS. 
NKW-YOBK. 
Tkuriday,  Feb.  15. 
85^hst.a.  a..  112.6  fc  w.  otSthav..  13.6x98.9; 

Charles  Rohe  and  wife  to  T.  Boediger $8,000 

latav.,  w.  B.,  63.3  ft  s.  of  Ibth  st,  20x8U;  8. 

Uall  and  wue  to  8.  Ooldsteiu 17,000 

S8ih  fct,  100.6  ft  e,    of  Lexington   aV.,    2ux 

100.6;    Alary  BurcblU    ana    husband    to   b. 

Kvana.  Jr IS-OOO 

nigh  Bridgsst ,  a.  e.  a.  of  23d    Ward;  Jami>s 

Williams  and  wife  to  J.  K.  Uegarty 8,000 

Avenue  a.,  e.  a..  3UU  ft.  s.  of  Clltt    St.,  bUX-MQ; 

alao,  Avenoe  0..  e.  s..  400  ft.  a  of  Cliff  at,  60 

X169.6,   3Jd  Ward;    f.    Bigsl  and   wifie   to 

Charles  J.  Nehrbas nom. 

Vonytii  St.,  e.  a.,  lot  >o.  6U4 :  John  C.  Jones  to 


ALAUliE^iNUllBHH.  <>F  UtlU^U.S  BtibUXG- 
ing  to  estates  and  insticutlnnB  for  sale  or  rent  at 
lowracea.      KINUMam  b.  PAGE,  No.  42    £ast23dst 


To  I.KASE— $»00.— KOUR-STOBY  BEOWN-STONE. 
high-stoop  houses,  22x55  feet,  on  lot  100  feet,  sit- 
uated on  :{d  St.  Urooltlya,  near  7th  av..  and  on  the 
bleb  Kround  adjoining  Prospect  ParK.  Third  st  Is  the 
extra-wide  street  leading  to  the  eotrance  to  the  Park. 
This  ia  the  bitiuesr.  aud  most  heultliful  part  of  tbe 
whole  city.  The  bouses  are  flrst-claus  ia  every  re- 
spect, in  perfect  order,  and  immediate  possession 
cau  lie  given-  Apply  to  J.  B.  BANUliL  it  SON  , No.  117 
Broadway,  !iew-Yoi'k.  or  to  lEA  A  ILIMBALL,  comer 
6 .  h  a V.  and  9th  s  D. ,  Bniol^l  v  n. 


rpo  hKT— THE  SPLENDID  PROPERTY  NO.  864 
X  St.  Mark's  place,  on  8t  Mark's  av,,  Brooklyn,  com- 
priKing  six  lets  of  ground,  60  feet  front,  and  running 
tUruugh  to  Frospeet  plnce,  witb  trait,  shade  trees,  cro- 
quet grounds.  Uc;  stuble  and  coach  house  on  Prospect 

place.  The  hoiue  is  three  stories,  Munsard  root,  with 
const- rvatory  and  plazz.iR.  coutaiuiog  12  rooms,  and  all 
modem  impruvementa,  and  will  bei  put  in  perfect  order; 
offered  at  the  low  rent  of  $8ii0  pur  annum  for  one  or 
more  years.  <iDply  to  WILLIAU  U.  DUMM.MO,  So.  20 
Nassau  at.,  Turner  Building,  New- fork. 


UMON  C'tlLiL.EtJK  liANU.S  IN  THE  PIUST. 
Secouil,  and  Thli-il  Wards  of  Long  Island  City,  new 
county  site  of  Queuna  County,  aad  in  the  Serenteentb 
Ward  of  lirooklyu,  incmdiag  valuable  water  fronts 
on  the  k.Hst  Rivt;r  and  on  Newtown  Oreek,  all  docked 
and  filled,  for  aale  or  lease  on  easy  tarms.  Apply  to  . 
U.  B.  ANABLK.  Long  Islaod  City. 


^aisessamm 


171011  SALE.— run  ELKGA.S'T  COU.NTEX  SKAT  AT 
Blimebeck;  finestplaceontho  Hudson,  and  contains 
ijSncreaof  Ll^lily  cultivated  land,  embellished  with 
lawns,  shade  treea,  and  shrubbery,  aud  upon  which  area 
large  brick  mansiuu.  coach-boose,  cottages  for  farmer, 
coachtuan,  and  gardener;  commands  mojl  exteobive 
nud  bi-auiitul  views  ol  a  liver  aud  lake,  with  mountain 
backi;rouud;  location  healthlui:  nel :hDurhood  uuex- 
ceououaulu  :  and  a  fi.ie  nilling  country  tor  riding  and 
driving.  This  prop  ;rty  offers  lo  persons  of  taste,  cul- 
ture, and  retinement  a  reaiiicnQe  of  aoeqaaled  beauty. 
U  wus  Duru based  by  tbe  late  owner  at  a  cost  of  $60.- 
000,  nnd  since  puretiaae  ae  expetiJed  upward  of  $40.- 
OUU  upon  it  in  iinproveiuents.  A  larjfo  portion  of  thn 
purchase  money  may  remain  on  mortgage.  Addroaa 
a.  Box  .Na  5,4.^4,  New-fork  Post  Onice. 


FUiC  iSAI.K  OU  TO  KGNT. 

In  Ptmtford,  Conn.,  a  new  three-storv  (French  roof) 
honte,  large  and  cuminodlous,  contaiiitng  fourteen 
rooms,  paut-y.  Rtore-room.  and  basement;  suitable  for 
a  1  iriie  lumilv  or  Lo^rding-bousu  :  located  on  a  broad, 
sbndy  street,  uenr  the  river,  aud  overlooks  Lone  Island 
Sound;  gooa  habing  aud  gunning  in  the  vicioity; 
price,  $5,(1011 ;  rent  per  annum,  $'27j.    Apply  by  letter 

to    Post  UfBce  Dux  No.    1U7.   or    to    Mis.     WlLLlAU 
BARKVAlOk.'..  on  tbe  premises. 


riM)  KKiNT,    UiNFUK.NlriiHED-Fott    UNB    OR 

Xmore  years,  a  maxniflcest  country  seat  on  tbe 
Huosou  Rivcc  witb  every  improvement,  at  the  low 
rental  i>r  <£2,00U  per  annum.  It  cannot  be  sur- 
pHSsed  in  Ita  viewe,  healtiwuess,  water,  company,  roati, 
&.e.,  Ic.  Apply  to  WILLI-tM  H.  UUNMl^iQ,  So.  20 
N'a^saa  st,  1  uruer  Buildlue,  New-fork. 


ir<.\CHA>tib;.— TUHliK  .HANUdOMl-J  COU.NTKV 
iirealdences  witbin  one  hour  of  -New-York,  tree  of 
mui  tgage.  to  exchamie  lor  City  improved  property  not 
tuo  beuvliy  encuuilxscud.  Apply  10  T.  S.  tiUUFtllillD, 
No.  145  Uroadw^iy. 


JBRSKV    CITY.— TO   LKASE.    AT    LOW    KKNT, 
thre'  -btory  buildla<{,    75x00,    witb    engine,  boilers, 
Ace.,  witli  water  trout,  near  terries,  on  Grand  St..  Jerney 

City.    Apply  to  W.  UAUiSliY  It  bON,  corner  Qrove  and 
York  sta..  Jersey  City. 


C\icAN«wt:..   r«.    J.— cuoMi'Ki;     mjuana.    i-AHtia. 
*HD(i  va.age    invt   tor    sale:    a  icieat    variety.      Auoi, 

iiiniiBlieil  snil  unfuriiiahed  nouses  to  let  for  season  ot 
je;ir,  bv  iVALl'KK  R.  .-iMiTU.  (ormer'y  Blaekwau  k 
^-u.Iln.  c>i-:uii.e.  cornt-r  t>f  Mniu  and    .""odp  bes. 

KKU.NWiCIl  !     KiVErtMDE.  -  CoUATltY 
homes;  snle.  rent,  exehaoKe  ;  share  fronts;   hour 
truiu  City.     Circulars,  ATsVATtHi.  Eiverstde.  Conn. 

T^lUUTY-FIFTtl     STK-KBI".— NKW-XOBK    sO- 

■^preme  Court— City  and  County  of  New  York.— 
FUANtTS  K.  WALKS,  plalntift  against  LUWIa  J. 
FUILLIP.S,    WildMm   J.    Sherwood,    John    Borlce.  and 

Frederick  Lewis,  as  Asaigneea  of  Lewi*  J.  Phiilios,  for 
the  benefit  of  creditors'  defendants.  —In  purauanoe  of 
a  Judgment  of  foreclosure  and  sale,  made  and  entered 
In  the  above-entitled  action,  bearing  date  tbe  15th 
day  of  November,  1876,  I,  Robert  Sewell,  tbe  Referee 
in  said  Judgment  named,  will  sell  at  publio  auction,  st 
the  bxchangd  Salesroom,  No.  Ill  B.oadway.  in  the 
City  of  Mew- York,  by  BenJ.  P.  PairohilJ,  auctioueor. 
ouSaTURUAi,  ihe-.i!4tb  day  of  February.  1877,  at  12 
o'clock  uuou  of  that  day.  the  lollowing-deacribed 
premises  lu  wic:  All  those  six  certaiir  luts,  pieces, 
aud  parcels  of  land  known  and  uistingaisheu  ou  a  cer- 
tain map  01  lauds  in  Bioamiagdaie,  lu  the  (late)  l;^th 
Ward  of  the  City  of  Mew-York,  beloapug  to  William 

\V.  Woulsoy,  made  by  Kdwin  J.  omith,  <"ity  Surveyor, 
in  June,  lS3a.  with  alterations  and  additioos  made  iu 
May,  1863,  and  hied  in  the  office  of  the  Register  of 
the  ciiv  and  County  ot  New-Yora,  in  tin  case  219,  as 
Numbers  -Z-il.  'Ms,  2SS,  ^.^,  285.  and  28i.  which  said 
six  lots,  taken  together,  are  bounded  aud  described  as 
follows :  liesinniuK  uc  a  point  ou  tha  northerly  side  of 
iilghty-fil'th  street,  distant  two  hundred  feet  easterly 
from  the  easterly  side  of  the  Ninth  avenue,  and  thence 
running  northerly  and  parallel  with  the  Ninth  avenue 
one  hundred  leot;  thence  running  ejisterly  aud 
pitrallel  witb  l<.i;:hty-dtth  street,  one  hundred  and 
htly  feet;  thence  southerly  aud  parallel  with  the 
.Ninth  avenue,  one  huntiied  feet,  to  Eliihty-dfth  street, 
and  ibeuce  westerly  along  Uightv-iitth  st.eet,  one 
hundred  and  fifty  feet,  to  tbe  place  of  beginning.- 
bated  New- York,  February  2,  1&77. 

BOBERT  SEWSLL,   Referee. 
Q.  W.  ('oTTBRii.i.,Pialntlira  Attorney,  Mo.  17u  Broad- 
way, New- York.  f3-luw3wS 


A  T  A.  T.  STK  VVAUi  'Si  HARD  US  CLT  Y,  L.I. 

T(5  LET.  SEVERAL  ELEGANT  aud  CON  VENIEXX 
OWELLINQS,  fitted  for  Wmter  and  Summer  reaidenoea, 
with  all  the  moderu  improvementa,  inqluding' .  gas  and 
water  from  Public  Worka,  Gardena,  Sec  .    . 

REKTS  from  $250  to  $1,000  per  aimam^  according  to 
size  and  quality  of  house  and  grounds. 

TRAINS  BY  piuahiug,  North  Shore  and  Central  Bail- 
road,  via  Long  Island  City  or  Uunter'a  Point  at  9:03 
A.  M.  and  12:32,  2:05,  3:32,  4:03,  5:03,  6:06,  and  7:0a 
P.  M.  Returning,  6:56.  7:27,  8:38,  and  10:27  A.  M.; 
2:20,  4:68.  6:29,  and  9:40  P.  M.  weak  daya 

bU.<IDAY  TRAI.VS  :  9:15  A.  M.  and  4; 33  P.  M.,  retom- 
lug  8:22  A.  H.  and  4:41  P.  M.  Boats  connect  with 
train  from  foot  of  34th  at,  leaving  16  minutes,  pre- 
vioualy.  Splendid  cars,  beauUfolnde,  andtinstirpasaed 
hotel  and  restaurant  near  the  station. 

APPLY  to  W.  R.  UINSDALE,  Manager,  at  olBce  adja- 
cent to  railroad  atatloiL 


HOUSsfc:,  FUK.MSMEU  OR  UNFURNISHED  ; 
uo  rent  this  month;  to  let  or  lease,  Mo.  V^  Wood- 
bine St.,  neat  Broadway,  Brooklyn;  two  car  routes 
near  the  bouse;  2U  minutoa  from  the  ferry;  houae 
Vi'7x52  leet:  all  Improvemeats ;  furniture  very  best 
ana  eleiiant;  nine  rooms;  lot  tfOxViOU  feet:  garden 
matchless  ;  pigeons,  fowls,  go  with  tbe  place :  stable, 
pigeuu-houae,  witb  the  privilege  nae  of  nearly  whole 
b.'oua;  rent  $300  a  year;  worth  double.  Remember 
the  sewurs  huve  made  it  oream  of  Brooklyn  aa  a  resi- 
dence.    Nu  small  children. 


rpO  LeT-FORNlSHBD  OR  DNPtlRNIBHED-TUIi 
3.  private  residence  ot  James  0.  VV  oodnifi^  containing 
15  rooms,  ou  ibe  corner  of  West  Jersey  st.  and  De  Hart 
place.  Elizabeth,  N.  J.;  grounds  of  one  acre;  lawn, 
garden,  fruit,  atsble,  and  nen-honse.  loquire  of  A.  Q. 
CRANE,  Na  136  Bioadway,  or  0.  U.  LA^dDOU,  Noa  82 
and  84  Worth  St. 


peradOBS    will      be 

Sheriff      Jf.     B.      Gilbert      oa       Xaaadaf,'    at     '   AnJnaQ.  iMcb 


M^ 


TO  LKT-A  F0UB-3T0RY  BaOWN-STONlS  HOUSE. 
'2.Jxd5 ;  high  stoop,  near  elevated  railroiid  and 
Central  Park  entrance,  $1,0U0;  others.  S500  to 
$2,000,  or  foraaie,  $8,0»0  to$26,00i>;   bargains. 

JOHN  W.  BTiiVKNS,  Broadway  and  62d  St 


No.  !•!  WAVBKljfly  PXJtCB-30  BT  60, 
overIoakinaWMhfi»ionssau«>  •  deUcbtfWren- 
denoe :  rent  $3.  I6U :  s«n  only  l>v  permii  Inqnlia  of 
H.  PBBSXAIf,  Ba  87  Pins  at. 


a    NOIUBKR  UK   VIASIVCiiAMS.  F0BHI8HBD 

A  and  nnftiridshed,  bouwii  to  let  B.'W.  WILUAMS, 

No;  887  ttth  av.  


To  L<KT— AT  SARATOGA  SP&IHOB,  OR  FOE  BaLB, 
ftimished  bouse  on  Circular  St.,  l3roomak 
-THOUAj&M.  VUBTB,  No.  180  Broadway.  Aew-Tork. 


WANTED.— A  HOU8B  FOa  ATBRiif  OF  TBABd, 
tarnished  orunfmrhMhed ;  looation  between  Sth 
and  6th  avs..  i^i  ana  60th  sta  Address  with  full 
narticnlars  DOCTOR,  Box  «o.  287  TIMES  OP-TOWil 
OFirICE.SO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


STA.^IFOKD- POPULAllON,  la.OUO— CITi  So- 
ciety and  conveniences,  with  country  atti actions ; 
cottages  aud  cuuntry-scats,  all  sisea,  to  let  for  season 
or  year;  moderate  rents  ;  all  trains  stop.  ilDBBARD, 
Town  Hall.  Stamtora,  Conn. 

Ii^UKMi^iibU  HOUa»U  POU.  KfSNT  IS  PERTU 
?AMBU1'.  N.  J.— Containing  nine  rooma.  five  bed- 
rooms,  good  cellar,  hester )  water  iu  kitchen;  good  lo- 
cMiey,  neac  the  water;  lot  laxtce.  and  all  iu  gooa  order; 
will  ■>•  r«nted  Cor  Saasmer.  one,  or  three  yeata  FOil. 
lUaiUd).  ABDlT  teaikrAWUtB,r«r6aAabay.A  A 


SSrOlilliJS,  &U.,    JO  LML 


OFFICES  TO  UlT 

IS  THE 
TIMES  BUILDING. 
APPJL7  TO 

GEORGE  JOMBS, 
TI!tl£8  OFFICE. 


Oif  PICKS 

TO  LET,  FKONTmQ  CITI  HALL  PARK. 

ALSO, 

Splendid  flrat  loft,  25x40,  or  larger,  snitable  tor  any 

business,  at  very  low  pricea     Inquire  of  FRBBICAH   It 

WOODRUFF.  Clothiers,  No.  341  Broadway. 

BtllL.UlNG  TO  liKT,  SUirASLE  FOR  PAPER 
box  or  collar  factory,  or  any  business  where  light 
ureouired;  47  feet  front,  100  leec  deep,  clear;  five 
atories  and  cellar,  all  light,  with  elevator  ;  idioated  on 
27thBt.,10U  leet  east  of  Sth  av.  Applyat^o.  267 
West  34th  St 


BKDKN  aOUSB— AT  PERTH  AMBOY,  TO  LEASE 
on  f  ivorsble  terms:  tbe  hotel  is  m  good  order  and 
convenient  for  sea-bathing  and  boating;  the  station  of 
the  Long  Branch  Railway  is  near  the  nouse.    For  far. 


tner  inloxmatlon  apply  to 


RACE  S.  cELV.  Ko.  22  Pine  at 


rpO  LiKT TWO   LARGE    YARDS    FOOT  OF  EAST 

J.  36th  St.,  with  water  front,  staeda,  &&,  suitable  for 
the  lime  and  bilck  buslnen  or  atoraes  of  coal,  wooa, 
tic:  one  yar£  fitted  expreaaly  for  the  coal  Duainess, 
witb  steam-eagiue,  elevated  track,  bo.  Address  C.  H. 
DAVIS,  No.  40 i  East  36tb  st 


TO  LifcASE— THE  SPAUlOOS  MHW  BTOaKS  N03. 
718  and  720  Broadwa.y,  together  or  separately, 
with  basement  and  sub-cellar,  at  reduced  rent :  also 
third  aad  fourth  lofts,  about  60x100  f«et:  immediate 
possession.     Apply  to  UORACB  .-i.    ELY,  No.  2.<SPiue  st 


rilO  UKT  OK  L.KA»f£— THE  EMTIRE  MARBLB- 
X  front  building  No.  841  Broadway;  aiza  about  83x 
IsO  feet,  with  an  L  extension  to  Leonard  at;  steam 
elevator  ana  heating  apparatua;  Immediate  poases- 
Blon.    Apply  to  HORACE  ».  ELY.  No.  :i2  Pine  st 


ru^O  I.KT— IN    ffih-iOS'i    BUILDING,    CORNER  OF 

X  Fulton  and  Gold  sta.,  well  lighted  rooms,  heated  by 
ateam,  witb  or  without  power,  auttable  for  heavy  or 
light  manufiicturing  porpoaes.    Apply  to 

JOHN  T.  WILSUM  It  CO.,  No.  79  Pulton  St. 


TtMi  LKT-O.S  MjDeHAI'E  TERMS,  AT  NO.  4*3 
X  £lm  St.,  one  door  from  Worth  st ,  a  first-class  store, 
26x75  feet,  tozether  with  basement  and  Hourth  loft; 
or  would  let  tbe  store  and  haaement  together.  Inquire 
of  W.  C.  MILLER,  Mo.  145  South  5th  av. 


OFFICBS  ON  FIRiST  BLiOOR.  OF  Na  117 
Broadway,  now  occupied  by  the  Standard  Insur- 
ance Company,  to  let  or  lease;  rent,  $4,200  per  au- 
num;  uze,  25x90  feet         B.  iL  LUDLOW  b  (X).. 

Ne.  3  Pine  at 


rp«»  I^KASIf— THE  FOUR  nPAClOL'S  LOFTS  NO. 
X  550  Broadway,  (formerly  TiSany'a ;)  sise  about  37 
xlOO;   Immediate  poaaeasioiL    Apply  to 

UORACB  S.  KLY,  No.  22  Fine  at 


mmmmmm 


mi^ 


rmMt  liItT— THE  STaKfi  AND  BASK.tfii«T  AuJOlM- 
X  ing  the  St.  Nicholas  Botel,  No.  509  Broadway,  ex- 
tending tbrongb  to  Jtfeccer  at;  poaseaalon  1st  Uaj. 
Apply  to  HORACE  8.  ELY.  No.  22  Pine  st. 


EIUH'l'U  AV WEoT  SIDE   STORES  TO  RENT— 
33d  and  34th  ata.    Apply  to  J.  BOUAIMB  BROWN, 

No.  1,'28l»  Broadway.  .- 


T 


O  KtN'l'-THB  SECOND  8TOBT  STORE  NO.  180 
5th  av.,  uear  -23d  at     Apply  to 

E.  H.  LUDLO  rt'  &  CO..  Ko.  3  Pine  at. 


T 


O  LKT— THE  FOUR-STORY  BDILDI.'IG.  laCLOO- 
Ing  store  Mo.  80t>  Broad w.ty,  four  doors  above  17th 
St.     Apply  to  H.  U.  CAMMAMm,  Mo.  25  Pine  at. 

rpo    L.ET— lUE    STORE    AND    BASEMENT,   SO.  2 
X  New  Chambers  at.  now  occupied  as  a  restaurant 

Apply  to  W.  L.  CO.iKLIS,  No.  Irf  4th  av. 


STBAiU  fOWKUANU  tfiasiT  ITLiOOK  ANU 
cehar,oOx8ufeet,Nos.l88an(1190  West  Uouaton 
at    Inquire  In  the  corner. 


KEAL  ESTATE  WANTED. 


RKA  i.  BSTATK  TO  'BXCHANtiE.— WANTED. 
a  smaU  country  place,  tnree  or  four  acres,  ( West 
Cheater  County  preferred,)  with  a  good  house  uiiia. 
cumbered,  worth  from  $3,000  to  $4,000,  tor  wbieli  a 

well   assorted  stuek  ot    readv   made    clothing  wiU  ba 
given.    Address,  giving   paritcniara,  HANSON,  StaUoa 

D,  New-York. 

SiT  U  ATIONSJW^AKTED. 
i<ii:.nALii:8. 

TBB    VP-TOWl*    UlfiTXCB    Olf  TilU  TI>LBH. 

The  up-town  office  of  THE  TIMES  is  located  at 
No.  l,^iS7  Broadwa.y,  bet.  3Xst  and  32d  sta. 

Open  daily,  Sundays  included,  firom  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  ill. 

Subacriptians  received,  and  copies  of  THB  TIMES  tot 

sale. 

ADVEETISEMENT8  RECEIVED  UNTIL  9  P.  M. 


COMPANION.— BY     A      MIDDLE-AGED      SCOTCfl 
woman  to  attend   an    In-raiid   ladv;     is  a  good  plain 

seamaireaa;  gooa  reference  for  both.    Call  at  No.  170 
West  11th  st 


CUA.IIBBK-.TlAlU  A.NU  NUB-SB.— BY  A 
^orlh  German  girl,  to  take  care  of  growing  cbUdren 
and  uaaist  with  tue  chamber- work;  hIso  competent  to 
teach  children  German.    Call  at  Nu  52  West  olst  it 


CboK. BY  A  KBSf  BCTABLE  FBcNCH  WOMAN  IN 
a  private  family :  City  or  ooontryj  eood  refierenoe. 
laii  or  address  lor  two  days  No.  226  West  Slat  st, 
basement 


COOIi..— BY  A  VOONQ  WOMAN  A3  COOK;  THOB. 
oughly  understand  her  businesa ;  meats,  game, 
eoup,  jellies,  bread,  biscuits,  rolis;  City  or  couuti-y; 
hrst-clasa  v  ity  retterence.    Call  st  Na  326  Baat  81at  at, 

OOK..— BY     A     PROTESTA.sT    QIBL    AS     FIBST- 
olaas  COOK ;   country     prelerred ;    good   reference. 
Call  at  No.  144  East  15ta  at 


C^OOK.- BY    AS    EXPERIENCED    COOK;     UNDER- 
./stands  all  Itinds  of  bakina;  City  or  country;   wiU 
do  washing  I  City  reference.    Call  at  67  West  18th  at 


HOLSJi-VVUKIl.— BY  AN  AMERICAN  WOMAN, 
to  do  general  house-work  in  a  small  family ;  la 
wllUns  and  ubiiging;  would  take  care  ot  chUareu  ;  no 
obiectiou.to  leave  the  City.  Addreas  Mrs.  K..  Box  No. 
274TIMIi!»DP-TOW.V  OFFICE,  NO.  1,267  BEOAUWaY. 


LADY'S  MAID.— BT  A  COMPETENT  FRENCH 
maid  with  a  &mity  going  to  Europe;  does  not  ob- 
ject to  children;  flra^class  refsrenoe.  Address  Henri- 
ette,  No.  601  6tn  av.  • 


V;  CKSB.— BY  A  YODNQ  GIRL  TO  TAKE  CARE  OF 
i.1  Children  and  make  herself  generally  useful ;  has 
11  Vfd  out  before;  no  objections  to  wear' cap;  ia  very 
kind  to  children.  Call  at  No.  220  Bast  40th  st.  sec- 
ond floor. 


NUK!iU.— OF  MANY  YEARS  KXPERIKNCE  llf  ALL 
kinds  of  tiokness  or  monthly  nuraing;  satiafkctorr 
reference  from  patients  and  physit^ua.  Inqoize  lor 
Ludy'a  Nurse  at  Na  314  East  15th  st. 


WKT-NUUSiB.- BY  A  YUUNQ  MAROIEU  WOMAN 
as    wet-nurse ;  has  plenty  of  milk.    Can  be  aeen, 
till  suited,  at  No.  155  West  31st  st. 


WASHING.— BY  A  SCOTCH  WOMAN.  TO  QO 
out  by  the  day,  or  would  do  family  washing  at 
home  ;  gonu  reference.  Cail  at  No.  261  West  liOth  at, 
rear  houae. 


WAr«Ui.\U.-BY  A  FlRSr-CLASa  LAUNDRESS  ; 
would  go  out  by  the  day.  aud  would  waah  at  bet 
own  house.  Call  at  No.  1,127  2d  av.,  near  69th  at, 
back  room. 


afww%fcj-Lr  jlj'  _-Lnjir^-ii-  riri'^~  ""  -  f  *■  -  *  ^^^^^^^^^a^^^n^^^^ttt^ 


a 


ARDiENBK.-BB  «  A  NO.  1  IN    »VBBrWBl»« 

■«ji  appertHiiting  to  -planti,  ftawers,  gte«B-h(»Bse,_««4 
tboroogti^  nadecstanda  hto  baslaean.  Apnif  «■>•'•* 
J.  Davidson,  No.  287  Broadway.  __^__^ 


TV-A^l'I'Bfc'-BT  A  RB8PECTABL8  YOOitja  lll^ 
vff  biBtMLtant,  as  waiter  tn  a  pdvate  fSmny:  tkn 
years'  best  City  raferenoe:  -will  bo  found  willing  ana 
obUglng.    Call  at  or  address  Na  104  West  81st  n. 


\ltrAlTBtt.-BY  A  FRBNOHMAK;  PIHST  CLASSj 
VV  two  yeanK  flrst-cI<Ms  City  veferenoe  from  -laaS 
nUtoe;  in  aortvste  family;  City  or  country.  Addsesa 
L  &,  Na  122  West  aSd  at,  first  floor. 


I^W 


____j™[^wa^5;te]^^ 

WANTBD-A  COMPETENT  PROTE.STANT  NOBSjl 
age  80  to  36,  to  take  charge  ef  an  infant  M  11 
months;  good  lelerenoes  required.  Apply  between  If 
A.  M.  aua  1  P.  M.  at  No.  24  Kaat  35th  st  •   .7. 


A-a) 


SiTUUUNT  WILI,  KB  RB(;BIVKD  BV  Al3 


_, architect.   Address  T.  SQOABB.  Box  No.  SOA-TDGM 

DP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NU.  l,2o7  BROiDWAT.  ',■ 


3tHB  .PARTIB&i  WHO  Ai>VxCttTI!%BD  BOBi 
.book-keeper,  addressed 6.,  Box  No. log  Tinm Ottee, 
II  cail  fbranawers  to  aaid  advirtisement 


WANTBD— A  GABDB.SER;  MUST    BE   A  FRACTI- 
ON man ;  also  an  assistant  gardener.    App^  &»■ 
tween  1  aud  3  P.  M.,  at  No.  84  East  12th  st 


FlI^Ais^OXAL. 


VERMILTE 


BANKERjS, 


IQ  and  IS  IVassau  St.,  Neyir'VoA 

DEALBBS  Va  ALL  IS8CES  OF  QOyEBNUBHT 

SRCURIllES. 

NEW-YORK  CITT 

AND  BROOKLYN  BON'DS. 

BUY  AND  SELL  ON  COMMISSION 

STOCKS,  BON'DS,  AND  GOLD. 

ADVANCES  MADE  ON  APPROVED  SBCURITIBS.  ^ 

JAs.  A.  TBOWBRIDOE.  DONALD  IIACKA^ 

LATHAM  A.  FlSH. 

81X  PBK  <JENT.  UUOOH.I.YN  CITV  BOSUS. 

DaPAKTamiT  opFiiriKCB.  Cohtboiilbr's  Oma*.  > 
ClTT  HAI.L,  BB00EI.SN.  Ffeb.  16,  1877.         > 

The  undcraisoed  will  reorive  sealed  proposals  at  this 
office  until  Thoraiay.  March  1.  at  12  o'clock  noon,  (at 
which  time  tliey  will  t>e  opencl)  for  the  pnrchase  <rf 
the  whole  or  any  part  of  the  following  loans : 

$600,000 
Six  per  cent,  Brooklyn  City  bonds  for  the  complttioo 
of  the  New- York  and  Brooklyn  Bridge. 

8300,000  MiTDRING  IN  19U9,  and 

»200,<)00    MATCRI.V'G  IN     1910. 

COUPON  OK     REGISTBRBD. 

$250  000 

fix  per  cent   ASSESSMENT   FUNu'  BONDS,  W.  k  R, 

maturing  three  years  firom  date  of  parchaae— EegiSf 

terea.  

Proposals  must  state  the  price  offered,  (with  scorned 
interest  from  Jan.  1  on  Brooklyn  City  bonds,)  and  oar 

scription  of  bonds  desired.  . ,    ^     ^  „ 

WILLIAM  BtJBRELL.  Controller. 


WAr^HlSli,  tScc.— BY    A   WOMAN    TO    QO    OUT 
bv  tbe  day  to  do  wasbing  and  ironing:  capable  of 
any  kind  ol  house-work.    Call  at  Na  466  West  l7th  at. 


^MAJLKS^ 

BUTLER.— Bt  A  SWEDE  IN  A  FBI VATB  FAMILY 
aa  biitler;  beat  of  City  refereucea  Addreas 
Swede,  Box  No.  318  TIMBS  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  MO. 
1,257  BE- ADWAY. 


COACU3IA,N.— cY  A  YOCVQ  MAN  WHO  THOR- 
oughlv  uuderatanda  his  business  in  all  brancbea ; 
ia  sober,  nonest,  and  obliging;  alao  tborousbly  under< 
atanda  care  of  trotting  hoi  aes;  Uas  the  highest  City 
reference  from  last  employers.  Call  on  ox  addreas 
A.  K..  No.  102  East  4')tb  st,  private  stable. 


COAUUMAN.— OY  A  TUOROUQdLY  COMPETENT 
kiogle  young  man  of  long  experience  and  capability; 
cau  be  nlghly  rrcommeuded  by  hla  last  employer.  Ad- 
dresa  J.  D..  Box  Na  289  TIUBS  UP-TOWN  OFFICB. 
NO.  1,257  BBOaDWAY. 


COACHMAN  ANDGROOin.- BYAtOUNQMANi 
onderatands  care  of  horaes,  carriages,  harness,  ba; 
would  assist  with  waiting  ;  can  oare  sUyer  and  make 
bimielf  nsefOl;  reoommendafiona.  Address  B.  B.,  Box 
No.  a99  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OPFiCE,  1,267  BROADWAY; 


COACUAIAN.— BY  AN  BNGLISUMANi  IS  MAR- 
ried;  no  lamiiy;  no  ohiectiou  to  country:  first- 
oiaaa  City  reference.  Addreca  J.  B.,  Box  No.  !)28  TIMES 
DP-TOWN  OKFICt:,  NO.  l.'Zb  /  BHOADWaT. 


ClOACaiUAN.  -  BI  A  GENTLEMAN  FOB  Hlf 
yooaohman.vrbom  he  can  highly  recommead  t  itriotly 
temperate  and  perftMtly  trastworthy.  Addreas  O.  K., 
No.  lis  Baat  28d  at. 


FARMKK  AND  UAHDBNBR.-BY  A  UAB- 
ried  man.  no  family;  would  aooepi  a  fir»t«lass 
gardener's  position;  seven  years'  reference  from  alS 
ptesent  place.    Address  W.  N..  Box  236  Titnet  Office. 

eARDKNSR.  —  BY  A  PROFESSIONAL  UAN, 
thorongbly  acquainted  with  borticaltnre  and  agri- 
culture, to  take  cbarKe  ot  a  gentleman'a  eonntry  seati 
five  f  ears'  reference  from  I«at  place :  Eptacopai ;  mar. 
lied;  nofkmily;  wugea  leaa  aocouat  than  good  sittta- 
tion.    Address  Box  No.  139  Aatorfa.  Lone  Island  City. 


THB  MARIPOSA  LAND  AMD  Ml.NlNW  COai» 
FANY  OF  CALIFORNIA, 

OmCB  NOS.  9  AKD  11  NaS8;10ST.,  > 

Niw-Yoax.  Feb.  3,  1877.      J 
THE  TRUSTEES  of  this  Company  have  levied  an  AS- 

SRSSMBNTofSlperahare  on  the  preferred  and  00ia> 

mon  atock,  payable  at  thia  office  on  or  before  Feb.  IT. 

After  that  dtte  it  will  be  delinquent,  aud  liable  to  a 

charge  for  advertising  sate. 
COPIES  OP  REPORT  and  late  newa  from  the  mins 

are  published,  and  may  be  bad  at  the  ofB.oa,  or  nudlef 

to  address  on  reqaest 

MORRIS  H.  SMITH.  Asalstant  SecretaTT, 


THE  BANK  OF  MONTREAL 

IS  PRKRAESD  TO  ISSUE 

CIBCUTiAE  NOTES 

AND   • 

LETTERS  OF  CREDIT 

TO  TRAVELERS. 

available  in  sU  parts  of  tiie  warid. 

CHARLES  F.  8MITHBES,  t  A„mm 
WALTER  Watson,         j  ageuiw 

NOS.  59  AND  61  WALL  ST. 


J.  H.  HAAB,      J.  HENQSTLEct      R.  M.  RAVES. 
Member  Gold  Bxobanga  .Member  StooK  Sxcfaaaft 

HAAB  &  CO., 

BANKER!!*  AND   BROKERS, 
No.  45  WALL  ST. 

DEALERS  IN  SPECIli  A.SU  USirEO  ST.\TH3  S& 
CURITIES.  BOY  AND  SELL  STaCK-S,  BOSTJS.  ANt» 
GOLD  FOB  CASH   08   OS    MARGIN.      SPECIAL    AT- 

TENl'IoN  PAID  TO  OaDKRS  FOR  IKVBSrMaNTi. 

.ORDERS  EXECCTED  AT  TEE  PHILADELPHIA  AN1> 
BOSTOH  STOCK  KXCSANGS3. 


CmilTII^FIICIIlT 

OIUNICIPAI.  BONDS,  DC£  ]i»06.    A  LIMITS!) 
AMOUNT  FOB   SALE  BT 

KIIHN,LOEB  &  CO.,  SO.  31  NASSiU  STc 


THE  AMERICAN  MUflNH 
.ANJ)  STOCK  MXCHANGE, 

Will  remove  to  tbeir  new  Board  Boom, 

No.  «0.  BROADWAY.  AND  NO.  23  NEW  BTBEBl 
on  or  about  tbe  1st  of  aiarch. 

OBOBQE  TCTHIliL,  President. 
H.  J.  HuBBAHP.  Secretary. 


Adam's  Expbbss  Coxpaxt.  Ko  59  Bkoadwat.      > 
hBW-YoBX,  Feb.  14,  l.-'7/.  J 

THE  TRANSFER-BOOKS  OF  THIS  OOMPaSI 
win  be  closed   from  2  o'61ock  P.   M.,  Feb.  19,  to  th« 
moxnlzig  of  ^arch  2.  J-  C  BABCOCC, 

Treaanrr. 


AC.  BURNBAM,  NO.  33  PINE  ST.,  Nh'W-TOBt 
« — Investment  securities  oayinj;  eight  to  tea  pet 
cent,  for  sale.  Western  mortgages  a  special  cr  lox  bLx.. 
teenyoara  References  in  New- York,  Boston.^aan> 
ford,  and  Philaoelphia    Send  for  lUts.  ' 


WANTBD— A  LOAN  OF  $7,000  ON  FIRST  MOR'4'. 
Ksgfl  on  flrat-ciass  improTeJ  City  property  iroftli 

over  twice  tbe  amoaut ;  no  bonus  paid,  and  reasonable 
amount  onlr  allowed  for  expenses.  Address  I^,  BdS 
No.  182  Ttme*  Office. 


BROWN   ItltOTHI£tl.*«  «Sr  tXf.. 

NO.  69  walli  sr., 

IKhUB  COMMKRciAb  and  TRaVBLKKS'  CBbDfT!» 

AVAILABLE  in   a'1  PAHTS  of   the  WORLD. 


TO  L.OAN  ON  FfttST  MtlRTOACiliSJ— Sl.OOO 
to$9.t)00,  on  City  or  cnbarban  property.  Send 
very  loweat  "  panic "  valnatioo.  Address  bPOKDU* 
LICKS,  Box  No.  139  Timet  Offlee. 


-nOND  AND  AlOaXGAtiK.- PERSON.-!  HAVIA» 
Jtjmonty  to  loan  oti  beat  improved  City  property,  ad- 
dress L..  Post  Office  Box  No.  4.673. 


T(»  LOAN  ON   BOND  ANU  OlORTeAGS— ON 
City  and  Brooklyn  improved   property.      Address 
Box  No.  6,434  Post  Office. 


DIV  ID  E^'DS^ 

office  of  the  NEW-YORK  FIRE  INSORANCE  6oMP»i^ 
NO.  9'^  WALL.  ST. 

IS  sw- York,  Feb.  S,  1877: 

76th  Dividend. 

A    BEMI-ANNOaL    DITIDENU    OF    10    PER    CENT, 
has  this  day  been  declared,  payable  on  demand. 

AUGU.'STU.:*  <  OLiSoX,  Secretary. 

omca  or  thb  Stsbliko  Fibs  iNaoaASOsOt..,) 
Ko.  16b  BaoABWAT.  Nsw-Tokk,   Feu.   14,  1877.    *. 

TWENTIETH  DIVIDEND. 

A   SEMI-ANNUAL    DIVIDEND  OF  FIVE  PEE  CEN1V 
is  payable  on  demand. 

J.  K.  VAN  RENSSELAER,  Secretary; 

HOl^UKUH  OF  CKKTIFICA  I'Ert  KOH  *•«« 
oast  due  coupons  of  the  First  Mortgagee  on  the 
Main  Lme  of  tbe  Toledo.  Wabash  and  Westem  Ball- 
road  Company  may  present  them  to  the  MetropoUtau, 
National  Bank,  and  bave  tbe  int6re»t  on  the  ooapons ' 
added  to  tbe  ccitihcato. 


SAVINGS  BANKS. 


GARDKNBB,  dec— oT  A  MAUBIED  MAM  A8 
gardener;  understands  the  oar^.  of.  (nreen.honaet 
and  graperies  ;  alao.  his  wiiS  naanrstands  tbeoacsot 
milk  ana  t.ntter ;  good  reterence  Irom  last  •npu>y«& 
Call  01  addresa  i.  &.  No.  878  Broadway. 


GAUUKNKii.-BY  A  hlNOLB  VOUMO  MA2f .  OBK- 
maai  goodnniser; 


reteraneeL 
.Oooatr.Ai 


god  nnisery  and  veaMabls  (sldMi 
^AOdctHi  ^ .  JhM.  V^SmiUi;  :WiHi 


leri  best 


FIFTBBN  CBNXd  ON  THB  U01.iL.AR. 

ABINGDON  SQUARE  BROKEN  SAVISQS  BA5K. 
Officers— President,  C.  A.  shamaoher;  First  Vice 
President,  B.  T.  buroham;  Seeoad,  B.  Q.  W.  Worett; 
Secretary,  George  W.  Brown.  'l>ustees— T.  McLel- 
land,  retired  merchant,  No.  61  Eaat78that;  Walter  W. 
Price,  Beadlrston.  Price  b  Woera.  Ko.  289  West  loth 
St.;  b.  T.  Burnbam,  E.  L.  k  B.  T.  Burnhaii),  ^o-  BuS 
Hudson  at.;  U.  H.  Scribner,  secretary  of  state,  Na  22t 
Broadway ;  Edgar  F.  Browa.  lawyer,  No.  '^29  Broad. 
wav:U.  Bachaiaoh  U  Co..  importers,  Ko.  A7ii  B'^ad- 
way;  IL  Ingeisoll,  B.  C.  Wheeler  k.  Co.,  floor,  No.  4>;S 
West  St.;  C.  Kletnscbmlt.  wines.  No.  7'2  8th  ar^ 
Walter  J.  Price,  Brewer,  No.  289  West  10th  aU;  E.  tt 
W.  Worera.  No.  b  Van  Meal  place;  0«o.  W.  brown. 
Secretary,  No.  141  West  14th  ac;  John  i 'row,  paints 
Noa  60U  and  11  Hadson  st.;  C.  A.  Sbamitgber,  Jewefast, 
Na  4d  Stb  av.i  Matbias  Banta,  No.  liVBcuadwav; 
John  C.  Winch,  ice,  No.  £21  West  21st  at.;  John  B.anl. 
No.  61  Carmine  St.;  Adam  Knowblocs.  K*.  Vt9  dUt  at^ 
L.  Qoodricb,  pluaiber.  Ko.  So  Jane  at^  JIalMa  aadtlk 
lawyer,  no.  O  Murray  at. 

DANCING. 

AJLLBN  OODWOKTU'.'S  DANCING   aCftOOb 
BEMOVKD  to  MO.  bSi  stmavsnob.  spria^tum 

now  commencing.    For  partioalata  send  asrotMauK,* 
Private  lessons  every  day. 


lOB-OREAM. 


rgi:LL>s  iCK  CKiJA  n.-BEsa        

26  cents  per  qoari  to  chnohes  and  larm  )WsaI 

Ohaxlotte  Biuae.  lu  boxes,  to  carry  homq;  txuA  t^wtoa  ' 
day.  '  Na  12  Blbie  Bouse. 


MEETINGS. 


^ ^    GBILD.-A  BSaOi.AB  MC. 

)nwetnttM  St.  Job&'s  Qolld  wtti^  vSA.  M' 


QT.  JOBN'a 

l9nwetint«f  Ot-  Job&'s  Solid  wtTilrii  bktd  M"S£'3 

— *■>  Y^l.  i  3lMt.l4tli  swan  TUaiUAS.^h.  20,  1877.  at  frj 


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6,000  lkl]cli.C.7s.li.c.l03(^ 
So  Fourth  Nat  B  k.10334 

lOOB'kof  Com 113»2 

38  Met.  Bank 134 

tOMassaa  i>k 100 

18  MariDOsa  Pf 4ig 

100  D«l.  k  Uad...b.o.  62 

loo  do 6134 

95  do 61% 

loo  do 51ifl 

100  do 6II4 

010  do 6) 

90O  do 603^ 

loo  Aa  fc  Pa«...b.c.c.  18^8 
SOO  BdUctL  CeD....b.o.  45>8 

200  do 45 

16  Well»-Par....bc  83>4 
6  Adams  hx..  ..b.c.  104 

200  West.  Ou b.c.  OS's 

600  do 83.  69T8 

400  do 70 

300       s-    do S3.  70 

1500  do 6978 

700Pae.Uail..b.c.bS.  25 1« 


iUO  N.  T.  C  kHud.l>.c.  98% 

200  do OS's 

55  do 99 

200  do 83.  98<>B 

500  do 98»9 

200  Erie  Bail b.o,     S-q 

600  do 8% 

700  do 8»3 

9U0LS.k  M.  8..b.c.  5iH 

600  do 83.  52 

100  do bS.  62 

600  do 83.  Si's 

60C.  kP.  «d 89 

_  200  a  kN.  W b.0.  32 

iJiOO  0.  k  N.  W.  Pi.b.0.  49i<i 

i  it)0  a  k  B.  I b.c.  9918 

100  do r.  99»8 

420  do S3.  99 

100  do OS's 

100  do 98% 

200ail.kSt.P.Pr.b.<s.  4818 

100  do 48% 

800  do 48 

200  c.  01  ».  J....b.c..  10% 


100 

200 

1000 

600 

100 

100 

600 


do 25% 

do .......  25 "a 

do 2584 

do as^g 

do bS.  263, 

do 26% 

do. 


500 
20 
100 
100 
500 
SUO 
200 
100 
900 

40 

loO 

400 
1000 
100 
200 


460  D, 

200 

200 

100 

1300 

-JOO 

100 

jOO 

900 

1900 

400 

aoo 

400 

300 

•JOOO 

1200 

2000 


do 10 

do b3.  10% 

do 10% 

do 10% 

do 10»u 

do 10% 

do 10% 

do b3.  10% 

do lOiQ 

do 934 

do 10% 

do 10% 

do 83.  10 

do 10% 

do 10% 

50  Chi.  k  Alt.h.ce.101% 
185  Mor.  k  Bs 83 

20  do 83% 

lOO  do 8234 

10  P.,  Ft  W.    k  U. 

(Id. b.cl01% 

L.&W b.0.  67% 

do 67% 

do 67% 

do b5.  67 

do 67% 

do 67% 

do c.  67% 

do 67 

•      do 66% 

do 6634 

ao 66% 

do 66% 

do 66% 

do 66% 

do. 
do. 
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26%|20O 

lUUlhi.Pac b.c  84*2  900 

lUO  B«o.  k  S.b.cs6a  99    I 


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do.... 
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66% 

66% 

66% 

..b.c     6 

5% 

534 


BALKS  BBVOBll  TBI   CA LL— 13:30  P.  IL 


2400  West.  Un. 


200 

4000 

300 

1000 

6UO 

300 

aoo 
eooo 

LoO 


693( 


do 69% 


do. 

io 

Jo 

do 

do 

do..... 

do 

do 693i 

100  At  kPac.  TeL...  18% 

lOOOetkUod. 5034 

100  ao S3.  50% 

60  do o.  50% 

60  do b60.  48 

400  do 60 

loo  do 50 

B12N.Y.  C.  kH 98% 

200  Pacific  Mail ■i:5% 

100  do 25% 

40O  do 25% 

100  Nortb.weatem...  32% 

100  HortU-w.  tt 49% 

Boo  do 49 

100  do 48*4 

100  do b3.  49 

100  Erie  BsllwaT 8% 

300  Lake  Sbore 52 


...  69% 
....  6934 
.13.  69% 

69% 

.83.  69% 
....  b93« 
69% 


600 

SOO 

100 

1600 

1800 

130O 

1000 

loo 

60U 

200  Han.  kst.  Jo.. 

SOO  B.  k  He.  Jo.  Pf. 


do 83.  51% 

do 51% 

do ua  51% 

do B3.  5134 

do b3.  6I34 

do 513* 

do b3.  513,^ 

do 61% 

do 62 

11% 
24 


10% 
..  10% 
..  10% 
..  9% 
..  98% 
..  981a 
..  98% 
..  98% 

98% 


1000.  otS.  J 

200  do 

800  do 

16  do 

100  BoekUlsnd... 

500  do 

400  do 

300  do 

200  do 

100  do 83.  98 

70O  do 98 

lOOD.,  L.tW 66% 

200  do 66% 

100  do slO.  66 

1600    -    do 66% 

2000  do 66 

600  do 6034 

400  do 65% 

100  do 83.  6084 

600  do 65% 

300  do 66 

700  00 66% 

iOOO  do 65% 

1500  do 65% 

600  do 66% 

100  St  Paul.  PI 47% 

liOO  do 4734 

100  do ba  47% 

100  Fort  Wayne. 100% 

100  Ulilo  k  Mils 6% 

300        ,    do S3.     6><i 


700  do 

20  Hoc  k  Bs.... 

loo  do 

■200  do 

100  do 

300  do 

6C.,B.  kQ 


5% 
..  82% 
..  81 
..  80 
..  79% 
..  79 
.11334 


GOYKBNMXST  STOCKS — 3  P.  U. 

$10,000  V.  a.  6-20  C.  '67 b.c.112% 

SKCOm;  BOARD— 1  P.   M. 
$4.000TeDn.  6s,  n.  s..  42ig  700  Erie  Bail..b.CB3.,    8% 


l.OOOTenu.  6s,new.  42% 
l.oOOa  fi.  1  k  P.78.108% 

1,000      do 108% 

S.OOO      do 108% 

"S.OOOH.  J.  Coon  v..  56 
2,000  A.   J.    C.    Isc. 

con 64 

6.000  N.W.0.C.a.b3.  89% 

10.000       do 83.  89H> 

8,000  Mich.  C.  7s.. ..104 
l,00Olio.llfO.lBt...  99% 
8.000  D.  P.  7s,  L.Q...101% 
3,000  N.  T.  C.  Ist.C.  11734 

46.00O      do 117% 

6.000  T.kW.o.conT.  60 
6,000  Tol.kW.  2d...  7284 
2.0O0  D.  k  U.  B..  '91.  98 
1,000  U.  k  St  J.  8s, 

conv 86 

1.000  H.  kSt  Paal, 

c  8.  f b.c.  83 

8  Fourth  ^at  Bk..  10384 

lOuOei.  kU b.c.  60% 


200 
400 
100 
100 
400 
SOO 
200 
S60 


do 51 

do 61% 

do 51I3 


300  Harlem.. ..b.c.83.137% 

200     do 860.136 

900  Ii.  8.  kM.S...D.c  5-2% 

500     do 52% 

200     do 62% 

lOOMicb.  Cen....b.c  45% 
100  C.  kP.CKdb.c.opK.  88% 
lUOC.  k  S.  W.b.cb3.  32% 

100     do 32% 

lOOC.  kN.W.Pf...b.c.  49 

100     do 48% 

100     do 4834 

200     do 48% 

lOOCofM.J b.c  10% 

100  do 10% 


do., 
do., 
do.. 


200 

100 

200 

300 

100  C.  k  B.  I 

100  do 

100  C. 


do 51% 


10% 

103^ 

10»B 

10% 

..b.c.  98% 

98% 

M.  k  St.  p.  PC 

b.c b3.  47% 

400  do S3.  47% 

i00D.,L.kW b.c  65% 

200 


do 66 

700  do .60% 

18  do 65% 

300  do 66% 

6OO  do 66 

viOO  do 66% 

1000  do 66% 

300  do 66% 

100  Ohio  kM.  Pf..b.c.     9% 
300  Cbi.  k  Alt....b.cl01 
224  CbL  k  AltPCb.o.110% 

200  Mor.  k  Bs 79 

200  do b.o.  89 

300  do 83.  89 

1008tL..LM.k3o.....  11 
100  Ben.  k  »..b.o.s60.  98 

20  Warren. bic.  87% 

BALKS  FBOU  2:30  TO  3  F.    U. 

100 Lake  Shore.. .bS.  62% 

600  do 52 

200  do b3.  62 

200  do b3.  6-J 

lOOMonh-w.  Pf. 4334 

200  do 48% 

200  do 4884 

800  8t  PaolPf 4734 


ao 50% 

do 5084 

do 60% 

do 50% 

lOOQnicks'r b.o.  16 

100  gnlcksil'r  Pf.b.c.  22% 

600  West  Un b.o.  6984 

600  do 69% 

SOO  do 83.  6934 

lOOAtkPacTel....  19 

5  AdauisEx b.c.103% 

BOO Pac  Mail he.  25% 

SOO  do 26% 

200N.T.C.kH.b.c.s30  0784 
Boo  do 0834 


$25,000  U.S.  10-40  B..110% 
10.000  0.  8.  68,  Cor.. 123% 

6,000  >.  W.  C.  C  Q..  89% 

2.000       do 89% 

16,000       do 83.  89^ 

10,000       do 89% 

6,000  s.  J.  C.  con...  66 
lO.OoO  «.J.C.l8tcon.  64 

6,000  Alb.  k  Sas.2d.   97 

100  West  Dn bS.  69% 

BOO  do 6934 

800  do...-. 69% 

200  Pacific  MaiL..D3.  263, 

100  Dei.  k  Hnd. 61 

126 
100 
SOO 
100 
200 
200 

.*" 
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600 


100 

400 

20O 

200 

100 

1200 

100 

100 

100 


do 

..  6084 

do 

..  50% 

do 

..  6O84 

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..  50% 

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..  60% 

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..  50% 

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..  60% 

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.  4984 

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..  60 

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do 

..  99 

do 

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..  9884 

do 

..  98% 

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..  98% 

do 

..  98% 

ao »1>10.  9334 

do M.  98% 

do 9884 

lOOMieh.  C«a. 45 

60m.  Csnt 63% 


300 

do 

4-!% 

100 

do 

..86.  47% 

100 

do 

47% 

100 

do 

47% 

200 

do 

..s3.  47% 

600 

do 

47% 

700 

do 

47% 

300 

ao 

..S3.  47% 

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do 

47% 

500 

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47% 

200  D„ 

L.  k  W.. 

.slO.  66 

•200 

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66% 

1130 

do 

66% 

300 

do 

..s4.  66% 

200 

do 

66% 

500 

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66 

200 

do 

65% 

100 

do 

66 

300 

dd 

6534 

1100 

do 

65% 

200 

do 

..S8.  65% 

400 

do 

66% 

100  Bock  Island. 

981* 

200 

do 

98% 

300 

do 

98% 

100  Ohio  kJL... 

6=^ 

lOOMorkBs.... 

81 

Fmdat,  Feb.  16— P.  M. 
The  marked  and  general  depreciation  in 
&«  ooal  shares  oonstitated  the  prominent  fea- 
ture of  speoulation  on  the  Stook  Exchange  to- 
day. Tha  report  presented  at  the  meeting  of 
the  atockholdera  of  the  New-Jerse/  Central 
yesterday  by  the  Examining  Committee  has  so 
completely  verified  all  the  preYloos  damasiiiK 
itatements  respecting  the  financial  condition  of 
the  corporation  that  it  la  not  sorprisinK  that  a 
(Seeling  of  doubt  and  uneasiness  should  exist 
tn  regari  to  the  other  ooal  companies,  and 
tlxat  Bueh  a  teellne  prevails  -was  plainly  evi- 
denced to-day  by  the  decline  -which  took  place 
m  Morris  and  Essex,  Delaware  and  Hudson, 
and   Delaware,     Ltaokawanna     and    Western. 

Morris  and  Essex  feU  off  from  83^  to  78^, 
wick  fiiud  sales  at  81.  Delaware  and  Hudson 
•peaed  at  sa^.aad  declined  to  49%,  with  closing 
HOesatfiO.  DeUware,  Lackawanna  aadWest- 
■n  ZM«d«d  froB  674*  t«  661$.  and  elosed  at  a 


xtiovmry  ef  only  H'  V  cent.  frotBthe'lowett 
point  New-Jersey  Central  flaotoated  between 
12  ana  9%,  and  closed  at  10^,  a  decline  of  S% 
V  cent,  from  yesterdaj's  final  quotation. 
Outside  of  the  influence  exercised  by  the  reve- 
lations in  regard  to  New-Jerso.v  Central,  the 
coal  stocks  were  adversely  affected  b.y  ru- 
mors that  a  suit  had  been  commenoed 
against  one  of  the  companies,  lookine 
to  the  appointment  of  a  Receiver.  Western 
Union  declined  from  70Vk  to  69^,  and  closed  at 
69%.  The  stock  continues  to  be  offered  freel^r 
on  seller's  options  at  a  concession  teom  the 
regular  price.  Lake  Shore  declined  fh>m  52% 
to  51%.  with  closing  sales  at  51%. '  Michigan 
Central  Jell  off  ^  ^  cent  on  the  day's  trans- 
actions.  Illinois  Central  made  an  improvement 
of  ^  iP*  cent  The  Granger  shares  were  ateadv 
for  the  common  stock,  but  weak  for  the  pre- 
ferred. North-western  preferred  declined  from 
49%  to  48%,  and  St  Paul  preferred  from  4&\k 
to  47%  with  closing  sales  at  48%  and  47  V6  re- 
speotivel.v.  Investment  shares  were  weak.  Book 
Island  declining  from  99^  to  98'ift,  and  New- 
York  Central  from  99\ft  to  98%.  Harlem  sold 
at  ISrVi  reealar,  and  136  seller  60. 

The  entire  transactions  amounted  to  131,384 
shares,  which  embraced  31,610  Delaware,  Lack- 
awanna and  Western,  21,900  Western  Union, 
16,950  Lake  Shore,  13,640  New  Jersey  Central 
9,818  Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal,  6.100 
Pacific  Mail,  5,027  N?w-York  .  Central,  4,250 
Bock  Island,  3,300  North-western,  3,100  St 
Paul,  2,500  Erie,  1,551  Morris  and  Essex,  and 
1,500  Michigan  CentraL 

The  money  market  was  exceedingly  easy,  and 
call  borrowers  had  no  difficulty  in  supplying 
their  wants  at  3®2V^  ^  cent,  the  latter  being 
the  closing  quotation.  Discounts  were  un- 
changed. The  national  bank  notes  received  at 
Washington  to-day  for  redemption  amounted 
to  $800,000.  The  following  were  the  rates  of 
exchange  on  New- York  at  the  undermentioned 
cities :  Savannah,  buying  %,  selling  Mi  ; 
Charleston,  easy,  buying  par  to  %,  selling  % 
premium ;  Cincinnati,  quiet  buying  par,  sell- 
ing 1-10  premium ;  St  Louis,  ^  premium ; 
Chicago,  ^  premium,  and  New-Orleans,  com- 
mercial 3-16.  bank  >4. 

The  sterling  exchange  market  continues 
dull  and  steady,  without  change  in  the  nom- 
inal asking  rates.  Actual  business  to-day  was 
on  the  basis  of  $4  84®$4  84^  for  bankers'  60- 
day  sterling,  and  $4  85®$4  85<4  for   demand 

bills. 

The  speculation  in  gold  was  dull  but  firm. 
The  price  opened  at  105%,  with  a  subsequent 
advance  to  105%,  at  which  the  closing  trans- 
actions were  effected.  On  geld  loans  the  rates 
ranged  from  3^  IP'  cent  to  "flat"  for  carrying. 

The  foreign  advices  recorded  an  advance  of 
%  V  cent  in  British  Consols,  and  a  decline  of 
\Si  ^  cent,  in  United  States  10-408  at  London. 
Consols  for  both  money  and  the  account  closed 
at  95%'S>95%.  United  States  1865s  (old)  at  105^ 
'3105%,  ISSTs  at  109%  9109%,  10-40s  at  108^, 
and  New  5s  at  107%®  107 1,4.  New- York  Cen- 
tral fell  off  1  ^  cent  closing  at  95.  Erie  com- 
mon was  unchanged  at  8%,  but  the  preferred 
rose  ^  ^  cent,  closine  at  19\i.  Bar  silver 
80ldat56^d.®56%d.  ^  ounce.  At  Frankfort 
United  States  New  5s  were  quoted  at  103^. 
French  Bentes  receded  from  106t  15c.  to  105f. 
97%o. 

Oovemment  bonds  ivere  firm  on  limited 
transactions.  Bsilroad  bonds  were  weak  and 
lower,  the  ereatest  decline  being  in  the  New- 
Jersey  Central    issues.      New'-Jeraey    Central 

Convertibles  declined  5  V  cent,  selling  at  55. 
The  Consolidated,  after  tallini;  off  to  64,  ad- 
vanced to  65%,  but  subsequently  reacted  to  64. 
Lehigh  and  Wllkesbarre  declined  2  V  cent  to 
35^.  Cbioaco  and  North-weatem  Consolidated 
Gold  Coupon  bonds  fell  oft  from  90  to  89%.  and 
closed  at  89%.  The  St  Paul  issues  were  weak, 
C.  and  M.  division  deolininj;  1  V  eent  to  96,  I. 
and  M.  division  I  V  cent  to  86,  and  Con- 
solidated Sinking  Funds  %  V  cent  to  83. 
The  Union  Pacific  Land  Grants  recorded 
a  decline  of  %  ^  cent.,  selling  at  101%,  but 
subsequently  recovered.  Toledo  and  Wabash 
Secends  and  do.  Consolidated  Convertible  de- 
clined %®1  IP'  cent  to  72%  ana  50  respec- 
tively. Michigan  Central  Sevens  advanced  % 
^  cent  to  104,  and  Pacific  and  Missouri 
Firsts  %  ¥  cent,  to  94%.  Delaware  and  Hud- 
son Begistered  of  1891  sold  at  93,  do.  of  1894  at 
86,  Ohio  and  MisaisBippi  Consolidated  at  88, 
Hannibal  and  St  Joseph  Eights  Convertible 
at  86,  and  Albany  and  Susquehanna  Seconds 
at  97.  State  bonds  weie  quiet  and  without 
notable  change. 

The  imports  of  dry  goods  at  the  Port  of  New- 
York  for  the  week  endine  this  date  were 
$2,799,099,  and  the  amount  marketed  $3,070,509. 
The  total  imports  ot  dry  goods  at  the  port  since 
Jan.  1  were  $13,916,598,  and  the  total  amount 
marketed,  $13,986,672. 

United  Statbs  Tbbaburt.      J 
Ubw-Yobk.  Fob.  16.  1877.  5 

Gold  receipts 1456.800  65 

Gold  payments 109.991  96 

Gold  balance 71,350,882  87 

Cnrreno.r  receipts 813,144  93 

CnrreocT  payments 714.798  OS 

Carreacy  balance 44.232.355  53 

Customs 385,000  00 

CLOSING  QUOTATIONS— FEB.  16. 

American  koI  d 

United  Sutes  58.  1881,  coop... 
nDiiedSUles5-20A  1887,  oonp. 

Bills  on  Locdoo 

New.Tork  Ceotntl 

Book  Island 

PaciQo  Hail 

MilwankeeandSt  Paul 

Milwsokee  and  St  Psul  Pref. . 

Lake  Sbore 

Cbicaeoand  North- wentero  — 
Cbieajfo  ana  North-western  Pret 

Western  XTnion 

ITnioc  Pssiiic 

Delaware.  Lack,  aud  Western. 

New-Jersev  Central 

Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal . . 

Morris  and  Essex 

Panama 

Erie 

Ohio  and  Mississippi 

Uarlem 

Hannibal  and  St  JoseoD 

Hanuibal  and  St.  Joseob  Pref . 

Michigan  Central 

Illinois  Central 

The  extreme  range  of  prices  in  stocks  and 
the  numDer  of  shares  sold   are  as  folio  wa: 

Ho.  of 
Hiebe^t.  U)w«^t 

New- rork  CentraL 995*         98I9 

Harlem 137^3       137ia 

Erie SSs  «% 

Lake  Shore 5238         51% 

North-western 32>4 

North-westsm  Preferred 4919 

Bock  Island 9919 

Fort  Wayne lOOU 

Mil.  &St  Paul IS** 

Mil.  &  St  Paul  Pre* 481* 

Pittcbnre 88ifl 

DeL.  Lack.  &  Western. 67>« 

Now-Jei-sev  Central 12 

Delaware  &  Had.  CaoaL 53^ 

Morris  &  Essex 83 

MiohlKau  Central 45I9 

U'nioD  Paoiflo 65 

Cblcaeo  &  Alton 101 

Chicaso  &  Alton  Pref UOifl 

Hannibal  &  St  Joseph 11^ 

Hannibal  it.  St  Joseph  Pref.  24 

Obio  &.  Mlasissipni S^s 

Ohio  &  Mississippi  Pret 9ia 

Weatem  Union 7014 

A.  &  P.  Telegraph 19 

I'aciflo  MaU 85'^8 

QnioksUver " 

QoicksilverPref... 
Total  sales 


Thnrsday. 

Pnday. 

105% 

105% 

110% 

11038 

1123l 

112% 

*4  84 

94  84 

98>8 

981-j 

99I9 

98I9 

as 

25% 

18>9 

1838 

48I9 

<47i8 

5218 

si-'a 

32^4 

321* 

t....  4933 

48% 

70^4 

69''a 

65 

65 

ST's 

6558 

W'^a 

10  >a 

59% 

50 

83i9 

81 

122 

122 

8% 

8I9 

e>9 

5ifl 

139 14 

1371a 

11% 

Ills 

24lfl 

24 

45S8 

45 

53 

531a 

82  >a 


32 
48% 
98 

100  !« 
183a 
47I8 
88ifl 
651a 
10 
50 
79 
45 
64i« 
101 
llOia 
11^ 
24 
5»2 
91a 

691a 

181a 

ssie 

15 

saifl 


bhares. 

5.0-27 

500 

3,500 

16,950 

500 

2,'WO 

4,250 

190 

200 

2,960 

150 

31,610 

13.fi40 

9,818 

1.551 

1.500 

200 

300 

2^ 

300 

300 

S90 

100 

S1.900 

1,100 

6,100 

•  100 

100 


131,384 

The  following  table  shows  the  half-hoarly 
fluctualaona  in  the  Gtold  market  to-day  : 

lOOOA    M 105O8|l:00P.  M. 105% 

St.M 105%!  1:30  P.M. 105% 

ll^OOA  M .105%i3:00  P.  M. 105% 

U30a1  M 105:^4:30  P.  M. 105% 

12:00  iL 105%|3:00P    M 10S% 

12:30  P.  M 105%  IM 

The  following  were  the  dosing  quotations    of 

Qovemment  bonds  :                        ^^  ,  ^1^ 

Bla.  ^Reo. 

United  States  oarrenov  6s IMJ4  i3B]9 

United  States  Sa.  ISSt   r#iist»r»d I1S1«  113% 

United Ststes6a  1881.  oounoas.  •■••••»">,  J"ia 

United  States  S-SOa  1865.  registered- .  IM  %  1 W 

UnneU  states  5.a0s.  188i  oouooos....l08%  IW 

United  States  5-aOs.  186».  now.  res....IW%  109?8 

United  States  S-SO*.  1865.  new.  ooap...lM%  IW'^a 

United  StstM S4U$.  1*67,  reiostered. .IW%  113 

UBlteaa«Ktes6«)al867.  oeuDeas.....US%  US 


Bid.        Asked. 
United  States S-SOa.  1063,  rectstsred.. 115%       U6 
United  States  SHUs,  1868.  ooapont. . . .  .115%       116 

United  States  10-40S.  registered nO<9       110% 

United  States  10-408.  coopons. I14h         114% 

United  States  3s,  1831.  resistered 110%        I1019 

Utiited  States  Ss,  I88I.  ooaooos. llQSs       110>a 

Un ttsd States 4 ifls.  1331,  miiistered..il06%        106^8 

The  Sub-Tre<uurer  disbursed  m  gold  coin 
$80,000  for  interest,  $47,000  for  called  bonds, 
and  $6^300  silver  coin  in  exchange  for  fractional 
currency. 

The  following  were  the  gold  cleariug;a  by  the 
National  Bank  of  the  State  ot  New-Turk  to- 
day: 

Gold  cleared $13,417,000 

Ck)ld  balances 1,538.342 

C  nrrenoy  balan  oes 1. 437, 223 

The  followiniE  is  tlio  Clearing-hoaie  state 
ment  to-day: 

Cnrrencv  exohanaes (73,684.380 

Onrrenoy  balances 3,956,442 

Gold  exohaaees 8,342,203 

Gold  balances 1.061.609 

Tbe  following  were  the  bids  for  the  Vftnous 
State  securities: 

N.T.6S,  G.  Uejt.'Sriao 
N.  T.  6«,  G.  Coop.  '87.120 
N.T.  6«.  G.  Loan. '83. 120 
N.  T.  68,  G,  L'n.  '91.121 
N.  T.  6^.  G.  L'n,  '92.12  2 
N.  T.  6s,  G.  L'n.  '93.122 
N.  C.as  old.J.  etJ..  31% 

N.  C.  6».  A.  &0 21 ''a 

N.C.6S.N.C.R..J.&J.  68 
N.C.flS,N.C.R.A.4:0.  68 
N.C.6s.do.o.offJ.&J.  48 
N.C.«».do.c.ottA.&0  48 
N.C.tJs.  Fd-a  Act  '66.  IC 
N.C.61,  Fd'e  Act '68.  16 
N.  C.  new  bd8.J.&  J 
N.C.newbds.A&0. 

N.C.S.T.  class  1 

N.  C.  S.  T.  class  2.... 
N.  C.  S.  T.  olasj  3. 

Ohio  69,  '81 

Ohlo6a.  -86 

Rbode  Islana  bs. 

S.  C.  6s 

8.  C.68.  J.  &J.. 
S.  C.  6s.  A.  &  O. 
S.C.  6a.  F'sr  Act  '66.  35 
8.  C.  L.  C..'89.  J.&J.  45 
&C.L.C.,'89.  A.&0.  43 

iS.C.  Non.  F.  b8 2ifl 

Teno.  68.old 42i2 


AubamaSi,  83.. 34 

Alabama  5s. '86 34 

Alabama  8a. '86 34 

Alabama  6s.  '88 34 

Alabama  8s. '92 17 

Alabama  8s.  '93 17 

Arkansas  63,fuoded.  25 
Ark.78.L.R.<^.S.is..  8 
Ark.7s.  Mem.<&L.R.  8 
A.78.L.E..P.B.&N.a  8 
ArR.7s.M.0.&R.RiV.  8 
Ark.  7i.  Ark.  Cen.R.    8 

Conneouoat  6s 110 

GeorKia  6» 93ifl 

Oeurjria78,  n.  b 106 14 

Geortna  7s,  indorsed.  103 
Ga.  7s.  Gsld  bonds.  .106 
Illinois  ooao.  (Is,  '79..IOII9 
Illinoia  War  i.oan..l0lia 

KentncKy  tf!i 103 

Lonlsisna  6s 38 

Lonisianaes.  n.  b....  37 
La.  6.t.  new  Fl.  Dbt.  37 
La.  78,Penitentiary.  37 
La  6s.  Levee  bonds.  37 
La.  8s.  Levee  bonds.  37 
La. 88.  L.Bt.  of  75..  37 
La.  7s.  Consolidated.  Sd^a 

Michigan  Qs.  '83 103 

Micbigao  7<,  '90 Ill 

Mo.  64,  due  in  '77... .100% 

Mo.  6s.  due  in  '78..  ..IOII4 

Fnnd.  os.  dae -94-5. .  1O6 

Lons  bs..'82to'90iD.105%:ya.6s.   Con.  Bonds 

Asy.or  LTn'y.  due  '92.105ia '  Va  69.  Con.  3d  3 

H.  &.  StJo..  dae  '86.106     iVa.  6a,  Deferred  bds.    7 
H.&Std..  dae'87..105%lDls.oi'C.3.65s.l924.    72% 

N.  Y.  Resr.  B.  L.....l0ii9|Dis.of  C.  Bej: 72ia 

N.T.  Coup.  B.  L... 101  la' 


12 
12 
213 
21a 
2iit 
....104 
...'.112 
....110 
....  35 
....  35 
....  35 


Tenn.  68,  n.  b 42i9 

Tenn.  6s..  n.  b..  n.  s.  42ia 

Vireinia6i.  old 30 

78 
37 


And  the  following  for 
Alb.  &  Sua.  1st  bda.lOO 
Alb.  &Sas.2dbds..  97 
B..  C.  R.&  M.lst7s.ir.  39 

C.  &Otil<>  6s   1st 35 

Cbio.  &Alt  Income. 106 
St  L..  J.&Chto.  lst.106 

C..B.&,Q.8^ct  lst.112 
C,  B.  &.(l.  Cons.  7s..  109  la 
C.B.L&P.  1st  7s....l07ifl 
C.  R.ef  N.  J.  Istn..l03i« 
C.K.  of  N.  .T.lat  Con.  64 
C.  B.of  N.  J.Conv. . .  5.'i>a 
L.  &W.  H.Con.  G'd.  35 
Am.  Dk.  i.  Imp.  bds.  40 
M.&S.P.  l8t8s.P.  D.113ia 
M.&8.P.3d.73-10PD.  94 
M.&S.P.  lat  LaC.D.  97 19 
M.&S.P.lstL&M.D.  86 
M.&.St.P.l9t.H.&;D.  82 
M.<b.St.P.  IstC.&M.  951a 
M.  &  St  P.  Con.S.F.  83 

M.  &St  P.  2d 90 

ChJc.&N.  W.  S.F..107 
C.&N.W.  Int  bds. .104 
C.  &  tf.W.  Con.  bds.  102  la 
C.  &N.W.  Ext  bds. 100 

C.StS.  W.lst 10410 

C.&N.  W.  C.G.bds.  89% 
Gralena&  Chic.  £xt.lU6 

Pfcnin.lstCon.. 100 

Chicazodc  Mil.  1st.. 105 
C.,C..C.&  I.lst78.S.F10« 
DeL.  L.  A  W.  3d. ...107 
Mor.  &  Essex  Ut...ll2 

Ene  2d  7a    "79 I04»a 

Ene3d.  7s.  '83 106>4 

£ria4ch7«.  '80 103% 

Erie  5th  7s,  '88 100 

LonsDook  Bonds. .IO6I4 
B.,if.Y.  &E.  1st   "77.  91 
B..N.T.  &E.  L.bds.  91 
Dub.  &  Sionx  (:,l«r..lOS 
lod.  Bloom.  dtWn.lst  20 

M.  So.  7  ♦•  o..  9d 102''8 

M.&&N.I.S.F.7  ♦'otllO 

And  the  following  for  City  Bank  shares 

America 130      Mecbanics 

AmericanExobanKe.llU      Mercbants' 
Bank.  Sc  Brok.  Asso.  80      Metropohtan 

Central  National 101  %  Nassau 

Commerce II2I4 

Continental 68 

Corn  Exobange 125 

First  National 201 

Falton 150 

Fifth  Avsnne 216 

Hanurer 91 

Market 110 


railway  mortgages : 
Clev.  Sc  Tol.  S.  F... 1071a 
Glev.  <fc  Tol.  new  bs.l07ia 
Clev..P.  &  A.old  b8.104ic 
Cle^.P.  &  A..new  bs.l07ifl 
Bar.  Sl  E.  new  b'd8..107ia 
Buf.  estate  Line.  78.105 
Kal.  Sc.  W.  Pie-  Isr..  85 
D..M.&X.lst  78.1906  105 

L.  8.  Div.  bds 107 

L.  S.ConB.C.  Ist...l06l2 
M.lcb.C.Cun.7i<.  1902.103 
Mich.C.l«t8s.'83.SF.113 
N.  r.  Cen.  6s. '83....  104 
N.  Y.  Cen.  6s. '87. ...104 
N.Y.C.&;  Hnd.lsc  C..117 
NY.C.&Hud.  l»tR.117 
dad.R.7Aad.S.F. '65.113 

Harlem  1st  7s.  C 12014 

N.  MiSKonn  lal 99% 

Ohio  lie  M  Con.  S.  t.  88 
Ohio  JL  Miss.  Cons..  87la 
Obio&M.  2d.  Cons..  51 
O.&^M.lsiSp'field  dlT  15 
Cen.  Pac.  Gold  bds..l06''e 
Cen.  P..  S«n  J.  B'ch.  9II4 

West  Pacific  bs 100% 

Union  Pao.  lat IOS'^r 

Union  Pao.  L.  G.  78.101% 
Pac.  R.  ot  Mo.  2i...  85 
Clev.  &P.Con.S.F..llOi3 
St  L.  sclron  M.l9t..9d 
Alton  &T.H.  1st...  1061a 
A  &  T.  H.  2il  Pret. .  88 
B.  •tS.  111.  Itt  Bi...  67I2 

T..P.  &W.  24 30 

'rol.&Wab.ExConD.  89 
Toi.&W.l»tSt.L.D..  82 

Tol.  it  Wab.  2d 73 

T.&  W.  Cons.  Cony.  50 
Gt.  Wast.  1st.  •88....104V2 
GtW.  ad,  ExC..'93.    73% 
H.  &,  Ctut  M.  1st..  82 
W.  U.  bdA.  190 J.  C. 105 la 
W.  U.  bds..  1900.   R.105 


..135 
..118 
..134 
..  99 
..117 
..I1413 

...lau 
..  95 

..123 
..100 
..130 
..13D 


COMMUnCIAL  AFFAIRS. 


Ktw-Yoaa.  Friday,  Feb.  16.  1877. 
Tbe  receipts  of  tbe  pnnoioai  Kluds  ot   Prodaoj  smoe 
our  laat  bare  been  as  lollows: 


Ashes,  pka 

fiees-wax.  pks 

beans,  bbis 

Cotton,  uaies. 

Bnlhon.  liars 

B.  E.Peas.  bsffs... 

Copper,  bbls 

C  8.  Cake.  bsgs... 
UriedFroit  pks.. 

Bugs.  bbls. 

Kioar.  bols 

Wheat.  boabeiB... 
Com,  biisbeli~.. 


26 

4 

778 

2,o87 

230 

82 

203 

600 

118 

1.837 

5.145 

4,81  to 

..20,212 

4.9J0 

.SOO 

600 

6,0«0 

680 

300 

1,029 

4 

231 

M5 


Lsrd-otl.  bbls 

75 

Ked-oil,  bbls ,. 

60 

Spirits  Tan-.,    buls.. 

T 

Ri-sln.  bbls 

581 

eutter,  pks 

1,883 

Cheese,  pks 

2.196 

Beef,   pks 

68 

Pork.  Dks 

354 

Ont-oieats.  pks 

2,931 

Lard,  tos 

777 

Lard,  keirs 

68 

Ull-cake.  p.£S 

6.S8 

Hreaaed  Horn.  N<i... 

24 

Pecans,  Pics 

119 

Pefi-nnts,  tiags 

548 

STrupa,  bbls 

10 

Sooage,  btles 

3 

Skins,  bales 

3 

8t»run.  pXB 

880 

■■teani'e.  pks 

134 

Tea.  pks 

190 

Tallow,  pits 

183 

Tobacco,  nhds 

330 

'tobacco,  pks. 

1,323 

Wbisky.  bbls. 

.HUO 

n^ool.  Dales 

71 

New-York 

Park 

People's 

Pbsnix 

Shoe  and  Leather. 

St  Nicholas 

Tradesmen's 

Uuion. 


PaiL-VDULPHUl  Sl'OCK  PBICBS— FEB.  16. 


BUI. 

Citv6s.  New 112 

United  Railroads  ot  New.Jersey 136% 

peoDsylvania  Railroad. 42 la 

Readins  Railroad ll'^a 

LeblKb  Vsller  Railroad 44 

Catawissa  Kaiirosd  Prefeired 30 

Philadelubia  and  Erie  Railroad Ilia 

Nurtbern  Central  Railroad. 21 

Lehi/h  Navigation 20% 

HesionTllle  Railway IB^a 


Asked. 

137" 
42% 
13 
44 14 

ii' 

21 14 

20% 

16% 


CALIFORNIA  MININO  STOCKS. 
San  Francisco,  Feb.  15.— The  tbllowing  are 
the  closing  official  prices  of  mvnioK  stocks  to-day: 


Alpba. 2OS4 

Kossuth  

1 

Beloliet 8»* 

Kentuok  

7»g 

Best  aodlielcber 34  ig 

Leoptrd 

5 

BuiUon. 16^4 

Jiexloan 

17  «* 

ijoosol.  Vlreiola 6 1  'a 

.Vortbero  Belle 

•26 

California 47>4 

overman.  

m^ 

Choll*r 68 

'>phlr 

•Johi 

Coaadence. 9 

aiiymondand  Klv 

li 

OalrdiiDla. 9 

dllver  mil 

B 

Crown  Puint. OU 

S»v»,te 

au 

Bxcbeoner- 6^4 

^e(^.  Belcher 

6U 

Qonid  and  Curry 12>3 

8l«rrs  Neva<U 

a^ 

Hale  and  Norcrbss...      6h 

Union  Ooasolldated.. 

9^, 

Imperial "i"* 

JaliaConsollaitted...      O'o 

Tellow  Jacket 

14 '•1 

liareka  Couso  Udaced. 

18^3 

Justice 13\l 

BANKING  AN] 

0  FINANCIAL 

• 

I^TRN'IESSBB  STATE  BONDS. 
Holders  are  Invited  to  call  at  oar  office  on  17th ,  19th 
and  'i^Oih  last,  aud  Join  in  plan  ot  a<^(utmeBt  already 
slcned  bv  larxs  bonabulders. 

(iRDD&j  k.  SMI  I'd,  No.  31  Nassau  St.,  Room  No.  8. 


ly  FOB  SALE— Stock  In  tbe  J.  U.  Bradstreet  k.  Son 

Company.  In  lots  to  suit.     Lloeral  disoonut  for   cnsli. 

F.  S.  KBKSli,  Mo.  3,455  Wslnut  it.,  Phlladsiphia. 


FOREIGN  MARKETS. 


iX)ND0X.    Feb.  1&— 12:30    P.   M Unltel     SUtes 

Bonds,  10.40s.  108>4.     Nrw-Vork  (  entral.  95. 

1:30  P.  M.— Consols.  95  13-16  for  both  money  and 
the  sccenut  Brie  Kailway  ahsreii,  8<a;  do.  Preterrsd, 
19  >» 

FluancroaT,  Feb.  10. — united  States  Bonds,  new  6s, 

10it>4. 

Pakis,  Feb,  16.— GxobaoKe  on  London,  26f.  I60.  for 
Short  siKht  Ftve^ceuu  Bentea.at  105t  97>ac  for 
tbe  sccoant 

LiVBRFOoi.,  Feb.  16.— Pork,  Bastero,  stesUy  at  80s.: 
Western,  dull  at  68s.  Bbooq  dull ;  Cnmberland  Cut  at 
38s;  bburt  Bib  at  41s.  Od.:  Look  CI- ar  at  41a.;  bbort 
Clear  at  42s.  6d.  Hams  dull;  Lunn  Cat  at  46s.  Shoul- 
ders at  33*.  Beef  dull:  ludia  Mess  at  9Us.;  Uxtra 
Mess  St  1U4S.;  Prune  Mess  ac  80b.  Lard  dull ;  Prime 
Westero  at  62s.  Tallow  dull;  i>rlme  Citv  at  41s. 
Torpentine  dull;  Spirits  at  31s.  Resin  dull:  Com- 
mon at  6*.  9d.;  Finn  at  lOs.  Sd.  Cheese  firmer; 
A  mei  loan  choice  at  72s.  Lard-oil— None  in  the  mur- 
Ket.  Floor  steady;  Extra  State  at  25a.  6d.  Wheat — 
No.  1  SprlnK,  steady  at  lOs.  9d.;  No.  2  Sprinf;,  steady 
at  lUs.  5d.;  Winter  aoutbem.  none  in  tbi*  market ; 
Winter  Western,  steadv  at  los.  91.  Corn  steady ; 
Mixed  Soft  at  '.^os.  for  old,  and  248.  Ud.  for  new. 

12  M. — Cotton— The  rectjipts  to.day  w<-re8,7ciO  bales, 
including  6.100  Amerlcao.  Fatorea.  sellers  offering;  at 
adrclineof  l-i6d.;  (Joiauds,  Low  Middling  clnuse,  Feb- 
ruary and  March  dellverv,  OVi-:  Uplands.  Low  luiddi- 
Im;  olaose,  Marcb  and  April  qellrer.v.  ti  ll-L6d.;  aIiM> 
sales  of  the  same  at  U  21-32d.:  Dplaads.  Low  Middling 
clause.  April  and  May  deUvery.  6  '25-32d.;  Uplands, 
Low  Middliog  olauie,  Ma.r  and  Jane  delivery.  6  V-: 
also  sales  of  the  same  at  6  27-32d. 

12:30  P.  Jl.— Cotton— The  market  is  flat  and  Irrega- 
lar ;  Middlini;  Uolands.  6  ll.lOd.:  Middling  Oneaiis, 
6  13-16d.;  sales  7,u00  bales,  inoludlng  l.dOU  for  specu- 
lation and  export;  Uplands,  Lnw  MiddlinK  clause, 
February  and  March  dullverv,  6  lO-S'Jd.;  Uplands,  Low 
Middling  clause.  April  and  Mav  delivery.  6^4A-:  aiso 
sales  of  tbe  same  at  B  25-32d.;  Uplaoas,  Low  julddling 
ciauae,  slilpped  January  aud  February,  sail.  6  11-lOd.; 
(Weekly  Cotton  market -Sales  of  the  week,  6.2,000 
bales;'  exporters  took  3,UU0  bales,  speculators  took 
8,000  bales,  total  stock,  846,000  D:iles:  AmcrtciiD, 
560,000  bales ;  total  rrceipta,  83,0UU  bales  ;  American. 
43,000  bales;  actuitl  export,  5,0U0  bates;  amuunt  of 
Cotton  ufloat,  464,010  bahes;  Amencan,  385,000 
bales;  fbrwarded  irom  tbe  ship's  side  direct  to 
spinners,  11.000  bales:  American  sales  of  the  week, 
43,000  bales. 

1  P.  M.— Cotton— Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause, 
March  and  April  delivery,  b^l.r  Up'ands,  Low  Middling 
clause,  April  and  May  dehverv  6^4  1.;  Uplands,  Low 
MlddUnir  claose.  June  and  July  dellverr,  ^''gn. 

LiVKKFOOL,  Feb.  16— 2i30  P.  M.—O)ttou— Uplands, 
Low  MIddlluji  olAuse,  March  and  ^pdl  delivery, 
O  '^I'S'^d.;  Uplands.  l>ow  Middling  clauso,  Apni  and 
May  delivery,  0  J6.32d.;  Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause, 
shipped  aaxch  and  ApriL  sail,  6 '(I. 

ikSQ  P.  M.— The  sales  ot  Cotton  to-day  Inclnded 
4.800  balea  American. 

4  P.  M. — CoctOQ— Uplands.  Low  HlddllBK  olanse, 
March  and  April  delivery,  B^L:  Upisads,  Low  Mid- 
dlJac  clause.  April  and  May  delivery,  6%d. 

6  P.  M.— Trade  Report— Tbs  market  for  Tama  and 
Faorlcs  at  Mancbenter  la  steady.  Cotton — Kutnres 
doll;  Uplands.   Low  Middhog  ciaase.    May  and  June 

deUyenr,  6  13-16d, 

6:30P.  M.— BreadstnlTi— Tbs  reeeipta  of  Wheat  for 
tbe  p.iat  tbree  dava  were  49,0O0  <].narters,  of  which 
44,001/  quarters  were  Aaaerloan. 

LoNDOir,  Feb.  16—6  P.  M.— Frodaoe— SeOaed  Petro- 
lenm,  18%d.  9  ksUou:  TaUow,  43s.  ^  ewu ;  Spirits  of 
Tnmentlaa.  9^*.  9  owt 

AHTWaar,  Feb.  Id.— Petmleum,  89f  ftir  flue  pale 
Ameriuan. 

Hayaxa,  Feb.  16.— Spwuh  Gh>ld.  Ulifl91tt. 


Cats,  bushels 

Malt,  bnsbeln 

1*688,  bushels 

Eye.  bushels 

Barley,  bushels 

Meal,  bbls 

Ont-m^ai,  bbls 

Gra«B-ae«d,  Ohkb 

Flax-seed,  bags 

Hops,  bales 

Bidps.  bales 

Leaioer.  siaes 10.852 

Lead,  pies 354 

Molasses,  bbls 102 

A8HBS — Have  been  selling  to  a  limited  extent  with 
Pots  quoted  at  $4  75a>$5,  and  PeaiU  at  $6  75^7  W 
100  lb. 

BEKS-WAX— Tellow  has  been  offered  with  reserve 
and  rather  more  suueht  aftrr;  quoted  a*  from  32c.'® 
34  ><]C  ;  tbe  latter  f-^r  verv  choice. 

BOOTS  AND  SaOKS— Have  been  in  ffenerally  better 
request  at,  however,  aomewhat  irregular  piicea.  though 
tile  cbunges,  as  n-pjrted,  buve  nut' been  important. 

CA.'tDLli.S — Have  been  ia  very  inodernte  rttoueat 
Kenerally,  with  Adamantino  qnot'd  at  lligc'S'lSc.; 
Paraffliie.  IBC^i'iUi'.  :  Soerm.  olaln,  2Sc.;  Sperm, 
pati-nt.  38c.:  Stearic.  27c®;s8c.  •I?' flj. 

i'OAL — das  been  in  generally  limited  demand,  w{^h 
prices  quoteil  depresued  aud  uu-istiled.  espeoiall.y  for 
Antbracite,  under  lii)er<«l  offeiiuga.  ...Liverpool  Uou-e 
I'annei  quoted  nt  S15®$17-  Liverpool  Gas  Can.iel.  $10 
®$11;  >ewca8tlKGa8,$0  50;  Scoicii  Gas,  $5S'$7;  Pro- 
vincial O  s.  $4  50®S5  ;  American  Gas,  :S5  75®$6  25: 
Cumberland  and  Cleartield.  $5  '.26®$5  50.  and  Anthra- 
cUe.  ifi3  259£4  5  J  for  c^rtcoea. 

COFFBB — Rather  more  demand  at  steady  rates  : 
sales,  3.936  bags  Rio.  br  tha  Uaiaga.  anl  2.000  bags 
Santos.  Oy  the  Uoiou.  on  private  terms. 

CUUPKRAGU  STO  K— Ibe  movemeot  has  been  fair 
in   most    kinds,  partl.v  for  shipment,  and  valnes  have 

been  jjenerallv   well   saoported UoirsbeBd    Stavei" 

quoted  at  $803S160;  Pipe  do.,  $1UU'(£^23U ;  Barrel 
do.,  $5U'3$120:  Sugar  hbooka.  with  beads,  SI  BO'S) 
S2  56:  Molasses  do..  $1  9U®$2 :  Box  Sbooka,  70c.  a) 
7dc:  Empty  UoKabeads.$2  50;  Boons.  $27'3SS6. 

CORDAOUT-Bas  been  iaactive,  bat  quoted  about 
steady. 

COi'TON — Has  been  Inactive  for  earlv  delivery,   at  a 

reduction  of  1-1  Oc.  ^?'1D ordinary  quoted  to-day  at 

ll>6.'3illi*c.;     Low    talddlinB,     12  5-iei.-.®12  7-l6c.; 

Middling,  12  13-  6®12  15-16c Sales  were  ofUclally 

reported,  for  piomot  delivery,  of  571  bmes.  ;of 
which   234  bales    were  on    last    evening.)   including 

5'21  bales  to  apiiiners  and   50  bales  to  speculators 

And  tor  torward  delivery  the  de»liiigs  Ji  ive  be'ii  quite 
liberal  in  amount,  but  un  a  aligiitlv  reduced  basis  as  to 

values bales  <  ave  been  reporteo  siuue  uur  last  ot 

63.-JOO  bales,  ot  which  6,100  bailee  were  on  last  evi-n- 
ini!  and  47.10U  bales  lO'dnv.  with  7oO  balea  on  tbe 
calls,  on  tbe  basis  of  .Uiddllns.  witn  February  options, 
closine  at  12  9-16c®l'.;"8C.:  March.  1234c.®  12  2f>.3Jc; 
Aonl.  "13c.®l3  1-.S2C.:  .>iay.  13  3-t6c.'a)l  :  7-3-2c.; 
June.  13  ll-SicSlSagc:  July.  13  lo-32o.;  Au- 
»fU8t,  13  17-320.:  oeoteuiner.  loJ^caiS  5-ldc. ;  Octo- 
ber, 12  29  32c.®12  15-16C.:  November.  12  ll-16c.  a> 
12  23-32C;  ueeember,  12  11-lbc.  Sl2  23-32c  i^  H).. 
sbowlnea  decline  of  l-li)c.iz''8u.  i^'  th.  clasiuic  steady 

The  receipts  at  this  port  to-dny  were  2,&87  Dales. 

aua  at  the  BhlDDiuic  porta  19.14  j  bale:*,  aesinat  25.20.'i 
bales  sCme   day   laat   week,    .lud  for    the  whole   week 

12U.238   bales,   agniaat  143. 65 J   bales  last   weeu 

The  receipts  at  tbe  shipplug  po/ts  since  e«ept  1, 
1876.  have  been  3.405.  l;52  bales,  against  3.29l,32.S 
bales  for  the  corresponding  time     in    the   preceding 

Outtou    year Coiiaolldated    exports     (alx    dava)    tor 

Great  Bntain.  ttom  all  the  saipplnz  poits.  71,668 
bales:  to  the  Continent.  17,8b4  bales — Stock  In 
New-iotk  to.day.  28D.570  bales;  consolidated  stock 
at  the  poits.  886.914  bales. 

Cloning  Pneei  of  Cotton  in  Xew-  York. 

Upl'ds.         Ala.  N.  O.        Texas. 

Ordinary HHi  li's  11^4  11-4 

Sinc-t  Ordinary..  11  Sl  1 1  *-j  11»h  ll"a 

Good  ordinary... U^e  U^a  1^  12 

Strict  Good  Ord. .1218  12's  12^4  I2I4 

Low  .Ulddiing....l2  5-16  12W-16  12  7-16  12  716 
8trictLowMid...l2  9-;tJ      12  9-16     12  11-16  12  11-10 

Mlddlin? 12  13-16  12  13-16  12  16-10  12  10-16 

Good  Middling.. .13  1-16  13  1-16  13  3  16  13  3-16 
Strict  oood  Mid.. 13  5-16     13  5.16     13  7-16     13  7-16 

MiodllngFair 13  11-16  13  11-16  13  13-l6  13  13-l6i 

Fair...." ...14  7-16     14  7-16     14  9-16     14  9-16 

Stained. 
Good  Ordinary  ...1034  I  Low  Middling.....  11  11. 16 

Strict  Good  6rd..ll^  |  oldJliug. 12  3-16 

UEUGS.  DYES.  AND  DYKWOODd— The  dealings  in 
the  U-adiog  kinds  ot  Drugs  aal  Dyes  bare  bet-u  on  a 
very  moderatr  scale,  wita  values  quoted  in  several  In- 
stances  weaker  aud  i.'re;;uUr nu^liab    Chemlcaia 

have  been  slow  uf  s.^le  at    ^oout   former    prices .Ifs- 

sential  uila  have  been  purchased  quite  siiarl.igly,  aud 
quotei  rather  weak  iu  pric- — Dyorfoods  have  been 
wl  bout   mucn  shjw  of  activity,  .vet  quoted  generally 

steady,  with  San  l>omius;u  Lugvood  quoted  at  $20a) 
!Si6,  ourrenc.v:  Jamaica.  *Jl'a'»2j.  gola :  Hon- 
duras do.  at  ;B24'>t$2o,  currency ;  Mexican  Fustic. 
$-M'S>$2'2.  gold:  Jamaica du.,  i>l 7  0J®»18.  sold;  Bar 
Wood,  $2i>3'$2l,  gold;  Lima  Wood.  S6U2>$55,  cur- 
rency;   cam  wood,  j!17j,  RoiU.  4P' tou. 

FBBTlLlZm{.'< — Have  been  lu  comparatlyely  moder- 
ate request,  but  quoted  generally  uncbapged  as  to 
vAiues. 

KlUK-CSACKEB?! — Continue  In  very  slack  demand, 
on  ihf  previous  basis  of  *l  O  j  a  $2  ^  box. 

FISH— .\  tAii  aemand  has   beeu  i-epor^ed  since   our 

Isat.  with  piices  quoted  geDerully  steady We  quote: 

llry  Ood.  iBo  2J/D.6  <)^  cwt.;  Dry  coa.  in  drums.  $'>  5il 
'3>$6  75.  Mackerel  quuted  at  $16^^22  for  Mo.  1 : 
$lu3>$13  lor  So.  J.  and  «6  oOa/Sil  for  No. 
3,  <4P'bbL:  Pluuled  Herring  $3'9£(3  :i.i);  8mok?d  Her- 
ring at  17c.  £(18c.  foi  Scaled,  uud  i3c.  a>  1 4u  for  No.  1, 
^box;  Dutch  Herriug.  $1   12^S>-il  lo  ^^eie. 

irLuUK  ANU  MKAL— A  mucn  livelier  business  was 
reported  to-da.y  In  State  aud  Western  i-'luiir.  chiefly 
on  home  trade  accuaiu.  (partly  speeulative.)  wiib 
Minoi'sota  straight  Extras,  soud  to  strictly  cboiee 
Winter  Wheat  Trade  Kxtrus.  aud  th«  better  qualities 
of  iiu./erllne  and  .no.  '/  in  most  reque:it,  at  geuerall.y 
fli-mer  pricea.  tbe  actual  dealing.-,  inoicat.iii;,  iu  several 
luatanups.au  ailvance  of  lUc.^luc.  >1^  obi.,  closing  strung 
and  buoyant,  on  much  lignter  otTtfrines.  The  eioort 
movement  was  cumparativsl.r  duu  ;  and  regular  ship- 
ping  giades   were  quoted  essentially  as  before  as  to 

values Sales  have  oeeuieporteusiucu  our  laalot  15,- 

duo  bi'is.  of  all  icra>leH.  luciuuixg  uuaoand  Kluur  01  all 
classes  at  S3  uOS$6  75:  Sour  Hour  at  ii  oOinitt  7.>; 
p  lor  to  stiiotiy  laucy  No.  2  ut  £4  H)a)$5  211,  chicHy  at 
S4  'tbaSJ  >or  gooo  to  cbuic-e ;  $j  103£5  2U  lor 
laucy,  (of  which  140  bbls.  vViuier  vVhcat  at  $j  2U,) 
aud  $4  Ou  for  commoa;  ordinary  to  cnoice  Suoer- 
Une  Western.  «5  60a.$o.  ma>niv  at  *5  75afl6.'>  90.  with 
fancy  orauds  held  blrher;  poor  lu  good  Kxtra  State, 
$5  9'u^S6  lb  :  goud  tu  choice  do.  at  iO  l^wSti  4>). 
City  Mills  tixua,  sluppm.^  Kr.ides.  tor  West  luuies, 
on  tbe  oasis  of  a>b  7ja'i7  lo  lor  good  to  very 
choice,  and  $7  20  (asked)  lor  verv  choice;  do.  fur 
South  America.  a.ticSd.sS  50  for  very  liooj  to  fancy; 
do.  for  the  Kngilab  markets.  lOt  the  KraUei>rataudar<i 
hxtra  State.) o doted  at  id  .  (wiiuout  imimrt  lot  deai- 
tnus;)  lofer.or  to  strictly  gojd  shiiiptuK  f.xtra 
Weatem,  $5  t)U9$6  15:  good  to  choice  do..  Sb  ibti 
$64U,  aud  Trails  aud  Fatally  cxtrns   at   proportionate 

mtes Included  iu  tbe  i.tles  liave  ueeu  2,  ^Oj  bb<8. 

shipping  Kxiras,  of  which  only  9.i0  boU.  wer.i  City 
Mi>U  ;  2.96J  ubis.  Allui^e^<ut-kC  ear  and  straight  Ex- 
tras. (Ibeae  maluU  at  Si  W£ti  '^^  ;)  7UU  bbla.  u,j.  fateut 
do.;  700  oi>l«.  v\  inter  Wheat  Extras,  (f  .r  shipmeuc.  at 
aiu  503'i7  75;)  4.2U0  bbis.  Western  ReJ,  Amber,  and 
White  Wheat  hxtras,  (mostly  to  the  Joooing  trade, 
though  vaitlv  on  apeculaii  >n,)  at  :fe/'a>$8  20:  43u 
boia.    tiuperflae,     (which     grade     was      very    scarce,) 

and     9.>0     ooia.     i>a    2     at    tbe    qunted    rates 

Of  Southern  Flour,  1.67U  bbis  sold  at  urm  quotations, 
of  wbicb  960  bbis.  hxtr.^,  for  export  10  ooatb  Ameri- 
ca, wiihin  the   range  of  ^t  boai^ii  25,  part  tu  arrive. 

..•►f  uye  Kiour.  350  buU.,  in  lots,  chiefly  fair  tu 
ctioice  Superflue  .>tate.  at  $4  70®$j;  very  choice  do. 
do.  at  $5  10  lor  small  lots  ;  Superliae  Pean^ylvauia  at 
$4  60'a>$4  8>>:    market   druooiug    uuder    mure  liueral 

offerings Of  Cu.u-inaul,    2,>;UU  obis.,    tuciudiug  400 

buls.  braudywlne  at  $3  50;  350  (»bl..  Velio.*  Western, 
in  lots,  at   !i)3.  and    1,001)    hbia.  Citv    K:iU'drieJ  (Hau- 

borer's)  at  :£2  9ii.    Martcet  mure  active .^adulCorn- 

mnnl.  in  bags.  1,930  bajts,  musilyouthe  oaa.a  of  $1  U6 
'01*1  10  for    coarse  City,    auo    $1    jor  B  iltiioo  e.  from 

dock buckwheat   i''iour    lu   moderate   demand   at 

$3  25(Z)i3  75  fur  poor  lu  chuice,  and  higuer  flgurea 
tor  fancy.  In  small  lots,  ^  lOU  S). 

PKUIT — Trade,  has  been  ou  a  moderate  scale  since 
o^r  last,  tbough  buyers  liave  haa  the  advantage  as  tu 

^]iiues Sales  Inciu.ie  l,4ji<  bx^.   Layer   ttainns  at 

SI  72'.aa>$L  76;  2,u0d  bx->.  loose  at  $2  20d/4>2  3U; 
7oO  lialfDxa.  Valencia  at  8''8C.®dS.>c.;  3U0  uuls.  Uur- 
rantsat  b%c.®6'i2c  ;  50  cks.  lurkey  Prunes  at  B^^c. 
for  new  and'S  '•jc.  for  old;  300  cases  .sardines,  quarter 
bxa.,  at  12a4C.'a'lil'4C. 

GKAIN— A  very  dull  m-irket  was  reported  to-ilay  for 
Wheat,    with  spring  quutoa   barely    stead.v ;   offerinxs 

raiher  more   liberal;    Winter   unchanged .laies   re- 

ported  of  32,tiUU  oushels.  lucluaiug  prime  No.  2  Chi- 
cago, in  store,  8.0UU  bushels,  list  eveuiug,  ou  specula* 
tlou,at  $1  45,  (offered  at  tuie  rate  to-au.y.>  aoduii- 
Kraoed  Spring,  wltum  the  range  of  $1  280/$!  4u,  of 
which,  for  export  16. Oi>o  buauets,  in  st'oie.  at  $1  28, 
and  ;s,iiUO  bushels  afloat,  at  $1  3i.>^  buaht-1;  and,  01 
vv  heat   and     .scieeuings,    one    car  load    at  80c.  <t^  lUO 

lis West   Canada    millers  we-.e    repurtod  as  Wheat 

quite  tre»«iy  at  Milwaukee,  to  meet  cuneut  buying 
Wants,  In  ti.e  absence  of  local  Buppltea....New  Coru 
was  quite  freely  puruhaaed,  fur  home  use  aud  exf>ort, 
at   a  partial  impruvemeut  in    values.     ul>l    i/'oru   dull; 

Quoted  as    before jaics    have    o-eu    re;>ortod   since 

onr  last  of  92,0u0  bushels,  luciudlng  New-Ifork  No.  i, 
5,200  bushels,  at  6»''4C.;  New-Vori  No.  2  at  57»flC.'&' 
63c;  New-York  s^o,  3.  auout  lo.OoO  Dushels.  at  Sti^gj.'S 
67c.,  nearly  all  at  5  7c^  .Vew.Vorii  steamer  Alixed,  auuuc 
25,000  bushels,  at  6'7'<2C,i*o8c.,  oiatoiy  at  00c;  uaw 
crop  Mixed  Western,  ungraded,  at  57c.  a>u8c.,  mostly 
at  uV'30.'(£58c.,  (of  wbicu  about  15,o00  bushels 
for  export:)  Netv-1'ork  Steamer  White,  a  few  car- 
luads,  at  59c,'a'i9'ac.;  Baltimore  steamer  Uixed,  8.00V 
busbi-ls.  at  68c.;  1  oilow  Western,  odd  lOta,  at  oT^.'w 
68C.;  itUow  oouther.i,  from  duck,  odd  lots,  at  bVo.; 
and  afloat.  7.200  bushels  at  58c.  a>59c.;  ungraded  sail- 
iue-veaael  Mixed  xVes.em,  old  etop,  (nominal,)  at  58c. 
'a)61c,  in  store  and  aflu.it;  Ns.   2  Cnicago,   iu  store, 

qujted   at    5Uc.    asked,    with    58><>c     bid Steamer 

Mixed     Western,      for    March,     odeted    at     ev-jc, 

with    57c.    bid.,   held    at     67  HiC.     wi.hout    sales 

And  for  delivery  at  Puiladelpnia,  couoidcrabte  ueal- 
lugs  Were  reported  In  Mixed  Western,  on 
tne  basis  ot  56'4C.    lor   eaiiy   March,  66 ~jc.  for  Aprl., 

and  u6^c  a>66-'4C.  lor   taav    options .Jtl.ve    haa    beeu 

less  active  at  about  ptevious  prices,  with  sales  re- 
ported 01  about  3.0. Ill  bU9heis  Jersey,  PenuByivauia, 
ana  state  here,  at  Sla'aiaOc.;  and  M.OoO  bui  .els  Jer- 
sey  anaPeunayly.inia.  March  de.ivery,  atSa'ac,  with 
Western,  uduut,  offered   at  86c.,  wiin./Ut  sales:    Weat* 

em,  iu  car  hits,  quurod  at  8oc.a>83c Canada  Peas, 

in     booil,     dull;      prime    qautud     at     94c.a'95c 

Barley  lu  slack  reques'  at  declining  rAtes,  witu 
sales  of  9.6110  buiuela  ungr  >ded  i..uaada  ou  private 
terms:  9,o00  buslieis  six-rowcd  State  at  't  zc;  and 
t^.UOO  busa^ls    p.-ima   twu-rowed   State  ut  7oc,  and 

small   lots    ut  Keen   Barley,  in  siore,  at  500.  a>520 

aiait  aud  buckwheat  as  l.>st  quuted Oata  have  Oueu 

in -more  active  demanu,  cnltny  for  local  t.-ade  pur. 
poses,  though  part  y  on  specalative  account,  at  de- 
ciaediT  flrmer  rates,  New-iork  No.  3  and  R<iJ:;cted 
showing  au  advance  uf  ral  V '.^o.  a  bushel.  ...aaiea  re- 
pur. ed  ot  67,000  bushels,  including  WhitH  Western  at 
420.  <£52c.  tor  interiur  ta  choice,  chiefly  car  lots  at  4uO. 
'mll^a.;  Uixed  >Vesteru  at  41o. "0)520.,  as  to  quadty  ; 
No.  2  Chicatco.  very  choice,  in  store,  4,400  bushels  at 
b2c.:  Wuite  8. ate,  oruinary  to  veiy  chuice.  wituiu  the 
range  of  51c.d.jo'4C,  frum  tracic  aud  afloat,  maioly 
car  lots,  at  52c.'3'54c;  .dixed  state  at  uiic  a54u.  lor 
interiar  to  Choice.  Irom  truck  aud  afltwt,  (3 
cars  good  at  b'S^;)  i>ew-Yor;£  No.  2  White 
at  47c.;  New-York  So.  a  Wuite  at  45 '2C'<2i4Uc.; 
New-York  Ho.  1  at  SiJC^nS  .o.;  Mew-Yurx  no.  2. 
(quoted)  at  4ac.'34Uc;  New-Iork  No.  3.  6,76  J  busoeu 
tu  tne  trade,  at  42c^43c..  leavmj;  off  at  43o.,  aud 
7,800  buanela,  la  store,   on    spdculatiou.  at  42c.:   X4ew- 

lork  r^e«K«:d.  8,v:50  bushels,  on  specuration,  at  4ic 
....Feed  actiye  at  Ktroug  and  buoyaut  p:'l.:es,  6,800 
bags  40-91.  and  60- m.  reported  sold,  cbicfl.^  at  lli22  ; 
1,6jO  bag],  lOO  n.  at  ^ii  6l'3>«24  ;  uud  a  oar  of 
Western  Bv*  feed,  frito  track,  (lae  unly  lot  offered,) 
at  j>24....0iuYeir-ieeauati.  with  prime  tu  vev  chuWe 


Western  quoted  at  lA^acSlBe.;  State  at  lOe.'OlO'ite., 

aboas  ItH/  ba«s  Stat^  rvported  sold  at  IBo Of  choloe 

Timothy,  200  bags  at  $2  10.. ..Other  seeds  d«li; 
Quoted  at  before Hay  and  Straw  unchanged. 

GUNNY  B.\OS   ANU   BAQQiNO— Some   demand   baa 

oeeu  noted  fur  supplies,  but  not  of  much  moment 

Domestic  Bagging  haa  been  inactive,  and  quoted  at 
12V~®12>9C. Native  Bagging  about  9 ^3C.^.4S^ 

HAKOWARE— Has  been  quite  active,  genemhy  on 
the  basis  of  pievious  quotations. 

HBHP — Has  oeeu  la  comptratively  slack  demand..,. 
Manila  Hem}  quuti'd  at  8('.'a>8>ac;  Sisal  at  5H>o..  gold, 
4^fi).:  clean  Kiuai an.  $2U0^$2()5,2oUi.^ton  ;  dressed 
Americau,  $i85®f225;  undressed,  da,  $130,  cur. 
renoy;  Italian,  *-275a>$2S0.  gold.  HP"  tan;  Jute,  4c. '» 
6*90..  currency;  Jute  Butts,  S^tc;  Western  Flax.  »c 
®l&c.,  currency;  fair  to  prime  North  Eirer  Fiaz.  14c. 
'itlle.:  fair  to  prime  Canada  da.  incSlBc  ^P*  lb.... 
Sales  reported  of  1.196  bales  Jute  Butis.  to  arrive,  bv 
the  Fumess  and  British  Empire,  at  'A  7-16o.,  curreso.y. 

HIDES— Usve  been  offered  auite  freely  as  a  rule,  and 
Quoted  easier  and  unu-ttled  as  to  values,  on  a  re- 
stricted movement,  In  most  kinds Sales  have  been 

reported  450  green  salted  Texas,  and  1,200  dry  Texas 
Kips,  on  piivate  terms;  700  damaged  Texas,  at  14c., 
80  '.ays'  creiTit. 

LAl^US,  LIMR,  AND  LUMBER-lUther  more  inqnitv 
hss  be«a  noted  for  the  le  iding  kinds  of  Lumber,  with 
valnes  geuerally  quoted  about  stead.y. .  .Eastern  Spruce 
quoted  at  $12w$lo ;  Yeliow  fine  qu  .ted  here  at 
$18ai$28;  White  Piae  atSl.H  60'a>$10;  Hard  Wood! 

nominally  as    before b'astern     Laths   coutinue    in 

fair  request  and  quoted  at  $2  4^  1,090 Lime.  Ce- 
ment, uud  Plaster  Paris  have  oeen  in  moderate  de- 
mand ou  the  basis  of  former  quotations. 

LKATHEB — A  general  fair  inqnlrt  has  been  report  d 
for  Sole,  on  the  basis  of  oar  quotationa,  which  do  not 
indicate  any  furtner  importaut  changes  aa  to  vaiues, 
save  lu  the  iustance  Oi  HemluuK  and  croi>.  which 
docliued  ><20.'3<lc.  ^  tb.  The  export  call  has  beeu 
qjickened  to  some  extent  by  the  protracted 
depression  iu  ocean  freight  rates.  Oak  tannages 
have  been  marketed  quite  promptly,  as  a 
rule.  Hemlock  and  cr.p  tannages  have  been 
.moving  off  less  i,atislacturily.  Upper  Leather 
has  bcea  moderatal.y  soutcnt  alter.  Morocco  and  tlar- 
ness  Leath.-r  rather  tamj  generally Tue  week's  re- 
ceipts.of  Sole  have  b.-en  bu,103  sides  ami  1,8')4 
bales  do. ;  exnorts,  10,000  bides,  including  7,500 
sides   to   Knguud,     and    2,500    si  les    to     the    Cnu- 

tlueut We    quote  Sole    thus:     Hemlock    Tannaee — 

Light.  24C.920C.  lor  Buenos  Ayres:  24c.'3>25c.  for 
Cailiornia.  and  22'<jc.'S>2  n.  tor  cummun  tiioe  product; 
medium,  '26e,'®26c.  for  Bueoos  Ayres  ;  2ac.®26c.  for 
California,  and  ZiC^Uoc  tor  common  Hide ; 
heavy,  2ac.'S>2dc.  lor  iiueaoa  Avies  ;  25c.  a>26c  for 
California,  ana  24c.'2>J5c.  for  common  Hide ;  eood 
damaged  stock.21  ^c.'2)24c.  ;  ooor  do.,  i.Ho.'d)20c  ^  tb. 

i.rop  Slaughter  (bus  :  Light  Backs.  35c.'2>36c.:  >aid- 

dle  Backs.  37c.®38c.;  Light  Lrop,  34c.^35c. ;  Middle 
Crop.  SoCaJSOc;  Heavy  Crop,  35c.a.36c.....Tei.i8 
thus:  Light,  32c.'a>34c.:  Middle  ana  Over  v^rop.  34c. '2z> 
;>5c.;  Bellies,  16c.®17c.;  Bough  Uemiock,  27c.®31c.; 
Roueh  oak.  29c.S32c.  *•  ft. 

Mbll'ALS— lugot  Copper  has  been  in  moderate  reqaest 
at   easier    rates.      Sal?s    repotted   of    200,00.)  lb.    at 

l9'2C.a'19'40.  ^  ffi A  moderate  show  of  activity  re. 

port..d  in  Iruu.  pncoa  of  whic  i  have  be.:;n  quoted  es- 
sentially  unaltered Saies  have    beea    report"d  of 

bOO  tous  .American  Porje.  2o.i  tois  Wrou^nt  Scrap, 
aud  200  tons  .>cutch  Pig.  on  pii rate  term:!:    aud ',^oO 

tons  oltl  (;ar  Wheels,  at  $19 ttegulus  Antimony  has 

b^en  la  light  demand ;  quoted  at  12='4C.^13c Lead, 

spelter,    and    Ziuc    dul  at  oid    rates 'lln  haa  beeu 

quoted  as  uefure.  ou  rather  more  inauiry.  Sales  re- 
uorted  of  6U0  slabs  >nr.ilts.  at  16'4c. :  o  tons  Uugllsh 
en  private  term ,.  quoted  at  16-)4C..  gold  ;  and  'Z.OM 
bxa.  charcoal  I'ia  al  o  on  private  le.-mi. 

aiOL.iSsUS^New-Orifaiis  nas  be<!U  qnoted  about 
Steady  on  a  luo.lerate  demaud,  at  from  -tlcaiC'Bc.  tor 
uuoui  good  to  fancy.  Market  otherwise  nomiuallv  as 
last  quoted. 

NAlL,S^Haye been  moderately  active,  chiefly  in  a 
Jobbing  wa.y.  on  a  steaJy  baais  of  $3  for  common 
Keoce  aud  sheathlug.  aud  94  5j&$3  25  for  Clinch,  ^ 
keg. 

NA'VAL  STORES — Resin  continues  inactive  on  the 
basis  of  $2  15®£2  25  for  common  to  good  strained.   '^ 

280  lb Tar  aud  Pitch  as   lastquuted Spi.its  of 

Turpeotiue  ve.y  dun.  with  mercuaotaoie,  for  prumpt 

deiiver.v.  at  tue  close   ut  4Jc.  <^KaTloa. 

UlL.i— Tue   Inquiry  for   most   kinds  has  been   com- 
parativel.y  mudoraie,  aimost  wholly  tor  small  lots, with 
values  quoted,  a-t  a  rule,  essentially  unchanged. 
PisTKULliLiM — A  tame  and  generally  heavy    market 

reooried  to-day Crude    has   been    dull  aad  quoted 

down  to   10c.,labulk.  and  13c.   In  shipoing  oruer 

Behned  inactive  anu  wholly  unsettleii;  quoted  by  re* 
flueis  at  26^40.;  but  from  second  hands  down  to  1'/  'ac. 

(or  small  lota  fur  early  delivery ctellned,    lu    cases. 

quoted   uominai City   Naphtha    quoted    12c — .^t 

Pbiludelpbia  and  Baltimore, Ketiuedl-'titroleum,  fur  early 
Uelivery,    quo.ed   by  n-liuers  at   26^40..  out  in  small 
lots  irom  second  hands  duwi^  tu  16^40. S>17c. 
V   PRuVi.5iO.'<iS— Western  Me;,s  Pors  nas  uoen  in  better 

'request  for  early  delivery  at  farmer  prices Sales  re- 

porteu  ut  200  obis,  old  Uess,  at  $16  :   16 J  bbls.  new  ac 

$16  25®$16  3u;  75  bbls. do.,  light,  at:(-l6  70 Other 

kiuda  dull;  hxtra  Prime  quoted  at  :t!i3;  Westcru 
prime  Mess  at  j> to  2o'ai$lo  uO Anil  tor  forward  de- 
livery h  re,  VVesteru  .Mess  has  ueea  mure  sought  alter; 
quuted  tor  Kebruary,  at  th^  close,  nominal;  M.areh,  up 

io$16  lua$16  15;  April.  *16  25.  and  ..ay.  $16  40 

Sales  repurteaotl.50u  bbls...M.ay,at$16  25a)si6  40 

Dressed    llo;{a  In  slack  demauu.  witU    Weaieru   quoted 

dovrii  tu  7c.'0'7i8C..  and  tJit.y  at  7»4C.'a>dc Out-meats 

have    been  tu  moueraic  reqaest,  at  druuping  rates 

bales  tnclade  14,000  tb.  Piculed  c:pUie8,lu  buik.atSV-. 
di9^i:.  for  heavy  to  U^ht;  and  suuai.v  small  lots  uf 
other  City   bulk   within  our  pre\'iuua  rauge.     Aud  25 

bxa.   Bellies  at   8H;C.  tor  12-lb.  avtrazes Of  Bacun. 

which  was  quoted  weaker,  sales  were  reported  here  01 

only    loo  bxa.    Short  Clear  at  9  W Aud  lur  >  hlcago 

delivery,  1. 200, Uuo  lb.  Short  uio.  iu  bum.  at  $S  i.7 '•i 
■a>$8   20  for    March,     *8   '6.>^:f6  37^3    tor  April,  uud 

$d  52<<2    for     May Western      Sieam      Laid     has 

been  lu    lu  derateiy  active  demand  tor  early  delivery. 

ut  rattier  sirouKer  rates Of  Western  aieam.  lor  early 

delivery  here,  sales  have  been  reported  of  Hot)  tea. 
prime,  lor  shlpmrni  to  Eugiund.  at  $^0  62^'(ii$l{)  bo. 

And    tor  forward  delivery  here,  Wes'.eru  steam  has 

been  Ireely  dealt  la,  iiuc  at  variable  prices,  clusiog 
with  rather  mora  8iea<.;lucss....V^estei-a  Steam,  tor 
Fobtaary,  quuteo  at  the  ciose  at  $10  82'-j;  .uarcii, 
*10  8713;  Ai,riL*ll;  ."tfa.Y,  *11  10 Sales  were  re- 
ported of  Western  :^team  tu  tue  extent  of  250  tea.  fur 
Pebruary,  at  $i0  02'a;  2,000  tcs.,  March,  at 
sjilOOOo-Sll  :  6,000  ics.,  April,  at  $109713 
■ail  10;  and  2.250  tcs..  May,  at  *11  10  a$ll  20.... 
cit.y  Steam  and   Kettie  inaciive;    quoted  at  ihe  Ciose 

$16  OuivSi.^  62>.j:    sales.  105    tcs.  at   $lo  .'>0 Aud 

No.  1  quoted   nominal   $10a'$l(y  12^2 Kefined  Lard 

dull;  quoted  lor  the  Contlm-ni.  tor  early  delivery,  at 
Sli.  aud  lor  the  West  lndi^s  at  $i)  75. ...Of  tJeef,  75 

bbls.  sold  at  steady  rates Of  Beef  Hams,  lOo  uuls. 

on  private  terms;     cbsice   Western  quoted  at  $24 

Bjtter,  cheese,   and   bggs    about  as  last    quuted 

Tallow  has  beeu  been  tairiy    aci/ive,    but   at    siightiv 

reduced  rates Sales  IbS.OUO  lb.  prime  at  7  Ij-i6c.i2> 

8c..  mjblly  tor  shipment Steaiiue  dull :  choice  City, 

iu  buds.,  quuted  nominal:  prime  to  chuice  Western,  in 
tcs.,  at  »>io  7..@iilt)  87 'v. 

S.^LT— Has  oeen  In  comparatively  limited  request, 
sod  under  the  liberal  ufl'eiiug4  quoted  weak  aa  to  val- 
ues, with  Liverpool  Ground  quoted  at  8oc;  Liveipuol 
t'iae  at  a-1  lOa/92  5u,  trom  s  ore:  Turk's  Iklanu,  in 
bulk.  2.'jc.'a>2dc.-   St.  Martin's,  2ria®3:<c. 

SALlTKl'lili — Uas  Oecu    inactive   at   6i2C.®7c.  gold. 

SOAl'— Has  Ikcu  iu  somewhat  better  request,  wiiu 
Castile  q  lottd  at  o''8C.'i2/8-'4c..  gold:  Colgate's  Family, 
8c.,  currency;  and  Steriinijr  and  other  brands  at  nro* 
poit  unate  figures,  le.-ts  usual  dlscouot. 

SPlCbS — .uore  call  has  been  Do.ed  ;er  sappliss, 
mainl.y  in  Un-  J  ibblng  line,  at  steady  figures, 
withMi.  0!»  at  SOc^Soc;  ^o.  1  .Nutmegs,  socSOuci 
Casaia,  21i2C.'a>.^3c.;  Cloves,  39c.'a'42ia('-;  bast  India 
Pepper.  i4c.a'1434C.:  White  l-epper,  23c.:  Pimento. 
12iac.®13'4C.;  Ginger.  6a4C.®3o-.  god.  ^p■  lis. 

Si'AKi;tl— das  been  littbtiy  dpait  in,  with  Potato 
quoted  at  5  ^^c,  and  Corn  at  3 'si;  '5)4 I4C.  IP'  lb. 

oUd.AC — Has  been  In  generally  slack  request,  at 
rather  easier  rates,  with  Sicily  qaoted  at  trom  £60'S) 
$115  for  iuferlur  to  choice,  afloat  and  trom  store,  and 
'Virgioia  at  trom  $60a!$65  i^  lou. 

sU<->ARS — Have  been  in  quite  moderate  demand,  with 

fiilr  to  good  tietluiag  Cuba  quote-"  at  9'4c.'a'9^c 

Sales  159  hhds.,  240  bxa..  and  6.'>b  Dags  Ceutrifagal  at 

lui4C.2^10  9-16C Reiinea  Sugars  have  been  iti  mure 

request,  partly  lor  shipment  to  Kneland.  and  prices 
have  been  up  about  ^c.  -j^  t&. 

TKA.N- (ioiet.  with  saies  imported  of  ouly  1,200  half- 
cheats  Ja,.aa  on  private  terms. 

TOBACJO— Has  bei-n  in  rather  more  demand  at 
former  rates,  with  sales  of  400  hhds.  KeotucKy  Leaf 
at  5c  a)l  uc;  150  cases  Sundries  at  6c.  S<26c.;  3o  coses 
J 8'73  Uousat-onic.  Fillers,  on  private  terms:  21  casss 
1874,  Pennsylvania,  at  17»2C,;  30  cases  1872  do.,  at 
r2c„-  41  cases  1875,  ^BW-yo  k,  at  7340.;  45  oases.  187;-t. 
Ohio,  on  pnvatc  terms;  200  bales  Havana  at  80c. "SI 
$1  10,  aud  125  bales  Vara  1.  and  II.  Cuts,  at  90c.  ^  tb. 

waiSKT-Soid  to  the  extent  of  lOo  ubla.  at  $1  07. 

cash:  Do  bbls.  at  $1  OV  Hi,  cash,  and  100  bbls.  »t 
$1  07ia.  regular,  showing  a  more  active  market. 

WOiiL.- das  oeen  more  sought  after  on  mjiuuf:ictar. 
log  Bcuouut  at  firm  prices  tor  the  betterqualitles  of 
stock,  which  have  been  in  comparatively  moderate 
suoply.  I'ue  moat  important  dealings  have  been  in 
dn:uestlc  Fleece,  especially  Ohio  X  and  XX, 
Wisconsin.  and  State;  in  California,  Spriag 
and  Fall  clips.  Texaa,  aomeatic  Pulied 
and     ComDlng,     Cumblni;     Delaine,     nnd     Comuing 

I'uUed.      Furcign   haa  ueen  qoied  tame Sales    have 

been  reported,  during  tbe  week,  of  340,000  lb.  Domes- 
tic Fleece,  nart  at  47c.'a)t9i-.:  43.0o0  lb.  unwashed 
Fleece,  part  at  Sic;  12,000  Bs  combtngand  Delaine  and 
4.000  tb.  unwashed  Combloi  ou  oriyate  terms  ;  1.2.iO 
Us.  mediuiu  State  Combing  at  64c;  8.000  tb.  comlitug 
aud  belalne  at  32c.  11480.;  77  bales  and  50.o0ii  lb.  Fall 
California  at  14c.'@23c:  16j  bales  and  75,0<<0  lb. 
Soring  do.  at  20o.  a)24c.:  30  bags  Super  Palled  at  37i<2C. 
55.000  flJ.  Domestic  Pulled  and  13.000  lb.  C'omoiug 
Palled  on  private  terms;  5.000  tb.  Oregon  Lamus  at 
23*30. '327  HiC;  2,000  tO.sooured  Texas  on  private  terms; 
133,oU«  tb.  Texas  at  16c'ai23c,  and  5.000  Mexican  at 
17  lac.  ^P'  lb. 

FtvalijHrs — The  general  market  shows  very  little 
animation  and  rates  are  depresiedand  irregular,  the 
offerin;;3  oraccomtnudntiou  gaining -on  Che  restricted 
iuquir.v  from  nearly  all  trade  sources.  In  the  charter- 
ing line,  the  demand  haa  b  en  quite  moderate,  mustl.v 
lor  tonnase  fur  Grain.  Petroleum,  and  Lumoer.  The 
West  IdOia  Sugar  trade  requirem-uCs  have  been  lim- 
ited, and  rates  have  beeu  quoled  weak.  The  coast- 
wise trade,  as  a  rule;  has  beeu  spiritless,  and 
quotationa  have  been  unsettled.  In  the  way  of 
berth  freights,  the  business  was  compaiatively  slow, 
though,  in  moat  instances,  shiupers  have  had  the  ad* 

vautuge Fur  Liverpool,   the  eng  igements  reported, 

since  oar  I'wt,  have  been,  by  steam.  600  bales  Cotton 
"lit  I41L  ^  tb:  3.0OO  busbels  Peas  at  &d.  ji^  bushel; 
10,000bU8uel8  Graiu  at4^4d.  ^60  tb.;  830  pks.  Pro. 
visions,  p.iit  at  eqnal  to  30a.  (wita  room  for  Befined 
Sugar  la  demand  on  tuo  basis  of  25s.) 
^  tjn.  And,  by  steam,  trom  New-Or- 
leans, of  thruuzh  freight,  1,800  bales  Cotton, 
on  private  terms.  And  by  steam,  from  Philadelphia, 
500  oales  Cotton,  repor  ed  at  i4d.  ^  tb.;  25.000  busn* 
els  Corn  (said  to  have  been  for  forward  shipment,)  at 
O^gd.  ^  bushel;   and  570  tuna  Provisioosat  V:78.  6d.'3 

30s.  ^  ton For  London,  hy   stenm,   16,0(U>  bushels 

Grain  at  5^4 1.  <i^  60  tb.:  50  tons  Ced^tr.  (through 
IreiixUt,)  ou  private  terms,  (witu  room  lor  Beflued 
Sugar  suuitht  after,  to  a  limited  exteut.  quoted  at 
25s.;)  an  I  d50  pk:<.  Provisious.  reported  0,1 
the  b:i8is  of  3Ub.  ^  ton. ...For  OIhs- 
guw,  by  steam,  9u0  fa.a.  Provisions.  part 
at  30s.  (with  room  for  Ke&ned  iSugMr  in  tair  request  ou 
the  iiasU  ot  25s.)  ^  tun....  1 01  cork  aud  orders,  a  Nor- 
wegian bark.  47 1  loas,  Ueucj,  with  about  3,00o  quar- 
ters Wheat  at  58.  3d.,  (with  vessels  of  4,000  qua  t.-is 
camcity  quoted  at  4s.  \>d.  old  and  6s.  as^ed;)  a 
British  bark,  with  about  3,500  quarters  Uralu,  from 
Bait' more,  and  a  Norwegiau  bark,  with  about  3,80o 
quarters  do.,  trom  do.,  (both  chartered  there,)  al  6s. 
^  quarter,  (with  touuage  lor  urain  from  saa 
Krsucisco        reported        as        In        slack        request : 

quoted       nominally       at       45s.'3'478.       6d.) ror 

iiremeu,  aBn.isu  bark,  1,032  toiu.  with  about  6,6U0 
bbls.  Retlaad  Petroleum,  from  Baltimore,  at  38.  3d  , 
wiLli  option  ot  .-iuiwerp  arss.  4d.  ^P"  ubi For  Mar- 
seilles a  Norwegian  bara,  556  toiu.  hence,  with  about 
3  7o0bbl8.  Crude  Petroleum  at  4s.  3d.  ^  bbL,  (with 
two  other    contracts    tor  felroteum    iur  otner   ports 

rumured,    but    without     reliable    pariicul.irs.) For 

Geuua.  a  British  bark.  693  tuns,  with  general  cargo, 
from  Baltimore  and  back  from  Leghorn,  with  Juar- 
ble,  for  New-1'ork,  on  private  terns,  tatviug  out  for  Ge- 
noa Alarylana  louacoo  (as  bulk  of  caruo)  ou  the  basis 
of  ^Os Fur  St  John,  N.  B.,  some  inquiry  was  re- 
ported fir  tonnage  fur  Coal,   local  loauing,  qnoted  at 

$160^  ton i<'ur  St.  Joans,  N.  F..  by  sail,  4>iO  lihts. 

Pork  at  70c.  ^  bol.,  and    200    pks.   Buiter  at   K5o.  fi" 

2oO  to For  the  north  side  of  C'ub.i  a  Ugbt  call  was 

reported  <'or  lounige  for  Lumuer,    trum  stt  John,  K. 

B.,  oa  the  nasu  of  $6  &o Fur  the  Cuoan  Sugar  trade 

vessels  were  In  limltea  demand  tor  ports  nortn  of  Uat- 
teraa.  ou  the  basis  or  S3  25'S';^d  50  trom  the 
south     Sid?,     and      $4  75^$5      from      the      north 

side For  Ponce  and  Mayagues,  a  fiiitish  brig,  223 

toi'S.    hence,    with   eencral   cargo    at  $1,150 Fur 

port*  north  ul  U^tteras,  three  schooners,  with  bog- 
Wood,  trom  Haytl,  at  $49«4  25. ...For  Philadelphia, 
aachaouac  with  Ltuober,  noA  Siuaswlcjt.  at  ^  60. 


....For  Sonad  portt,  two  aohoonera,  with  Lumber. 

from   Braoswielt.  at   $6  60997 For  Aew-Torlc.  ao 

American  bark,  S18  tons,  with  Fmit.  fcc,  flrom  Mes- 
•ina.  at  $2,000,  rbld;  a  sohoouer, 'with  Ceai,  from 
Kichmoiid,  at  jvl  75^  ton ;  two  Mhoonera,  with  Coru, 
ttbm  Virginia,  on  prirate  terms;  and  three  sobooners, 
with  Lamber.f^m  porta  la  (ieorgia.  at  $5  503C5  76. 


THE  LIFE  STOCK  MJBKRT8. 


Naw-YoRX,  Friday.  Feb.  16, 1877. 
Trade  in  horned  Cattle  on  this  forenoon  wa*  off 
>«&  4P'  tn.  on  tne  basis  of  our  last  daily  report.  The 
herds  to  hand  were  generally  of  fair  quality,  and  on 
Ught  arrivals  the  trad*  was  slow.  The  markets  closed 
weak,  with  a  few  bteers  unsold.  At  Sixtieth  Street 
Tarda  prices  were  Qhto.'Sllho.  V  tb..  weights  6^  to 
9  cwt.  At  Uarslmns  Cove  Yards  sales  were  effected 
at 7o.®1034C.  ^  tb..  weights  6^  to  9  owl.;  from  58 
tu  57  Vt.  has  been  allowed  net.  MUoh  Cows  on  a  heavy 
niu ;  fresh  to  hand  told  at  $40^02  IP'  head.  Calves  In- 
oluded,  quality  from  poor  to  fair.  Veals  and''-  Calves 
unchanged  sinae  our  last  qnotations.  Trade  in  Sheen 
aud  Lambs  stow  at  siightiv  reduced  rates.  Sheep  sold 
at  $4  90&$6  87i9^cwt.  Lsmbs  6^0. ^Bc.  ^  tb.  There 
were  no  livn  Hogs  on  sale.  City  Dressed  opened  slow  at 
7'8f.®8i«c#'lb. 

SALES. 

M  Sixtieth  Street  Tard»—T.  C.  Eastman  sold  for  self 
13  cars  of  horned  Cattle.  Sales  as  follows:  124  com- 
mon Illinois  steers  at  9I20.  4^  tb..  with  $1  on  4^  bead, 
weieht  QU  owt.;  28  fair  Illinois  Steers  at  934c.  *■  UJ., 
weight  (534  cwt;  o5  good  Illinois  Steers  at  III4C.  y  tb., 
weight  7^a  cwt.  H.  F.  Borchard  held  on  sale  lor  rtan- 
Vln  it  Thompson.  33  Illinois  Steers.  Siegel  t  Myer 
sold  for  selves.  76  fair  Illinois  Steers  at  lOc.  ^  lb.,  wita 
«lon^P'head,  wrlgors  ei^'X)  7»9  <wt,:  127  fMr  Illinois 
Steers  at  lOHzc  ^P' IB.;  weights  6>4  to  714  cwt.:  30  fair 
Illinois  Steers  at  IO340.  f  tb.,  weight  7>9  cwt;  27  good 
Illinois  Steers  at  11>3C.  f^  Qs.,  weights  tj>a  to  9  cwt. 
C.  Kahn  sold  for  L  Brown  36  commoa  Keatuckv  Steers 
at  9 lac.  ^  tb.,  weight  7  owt..  strong;  15  fair  Kentucky 
Steers  at  I0I4C.  ^  lb.,  weight  7  cwt.  Hume  & 
Bl  iott    sold    »4  Ohio    bbeep,  weight   10,370  Rs.,  at 

OV-  *•  Jb. 

At  Forty-eiaMh  Street  Sheep  Xarket—3.  Kirby  sold 
101  State  Sheep,  weight  7.320  lb.,  at  5»80-  V"  tb.;  196 
htate  tsheep,  weight  15,010  tb.,at  Si^o.  •^flJ.;  23  State 
Lambs,  weight  1.4U0  tb.,  at  G14C.  ^  tb.  Davis  &  Hul- 
leuoeck  sold  21  State  bheep.  weight  2,160  lb.,  at  5i<2C 
^  lb.;  97  State  Ewos,  weieht  10,150  tb..  at  5^40.  V  tb.; 
jU8  ;State  Sheep,  weight  35.'<J40  lb.  at  6»4C. 'i^lb.; 
349  Stale Lamos,  weight  29,260  lb.,  at  80.  ^  tb. 

At  Bartim^is  Cove  iardt — B.  k.  H.  Westheimer  sold 
for  N.  Bird  10  Ohio  Oxen  at  9e.  ^p- tb,  with  $1  off  #■ 
head,  weight  9  owt.;  13  Ohio  Steers  at  I034C  ^  Its., 
weight  7^3  cwt.  L.  Begenstein  sold  for  self  and 
Meyers  8  common  Illinois  :^t«>ers  at  O'ac  ^  lb.,  weight 
684  owt.,  scant;  76  lair  lltiuois  Bteers  i.t  9240.  #■  lb.. 
with  $1  off  4^  head  on  17  head,  weighta  6>a 
to  7  cwt,  strung ;  102  fair  Illinois  Mteers  at 
10c.  9  tb.,  with  $1  on  ^  head  on  60  head, 
weight  6^4  to  7  cwt.  H.  Goldschmldt  sold  un  com- 
mission 7  oars  of  horned  Cattle.  Sales  as  follows :  For  A. 
Sunaheimor  2  oxen  at  7o.  4^  fi:.,  weieht  8  cwt.;  11 
oxen  of  S94C.  ^  lb  weight  7^2  cwt.  For  Saddler  St  Co.. 
22  generally  fair  Illinois  .steers  at  934c.  <|^  tb.,  weight 
63a  cwt..  ■with  $6  off  the  lot ;  70  fair  Illinois  Bteers  at 
Inc.  ip'  ».,  with  $1  on  #■  head,  weights  6^4  cwt,;  4  lair 
lliuoi'<  .steers  at  lOi-jc^'tb..  wei^rht  6*4  to  7  cwt.  Jndd 
&  Buckiughnm  sold  320  Ohio  Sueep,  weights  94  to 
J  02  ta.J^  head  .  at  $5  lo  *•  cwt :  b7  Jersey  Ewes, 
weight  I08  lb.  4^  head,  at  6H2C.  ^fis.  Case  It  Pidcock 
sold  203  lUinuis  Sheep,  weights  76  tb.  ^ead  at  $4  90 
^  cwt;  18U  lliiaois  bheep.  weight  97  !b.  #'  head 
at  5^.  s^ra. 

BECEIPTS. 

Fresh  arrivals  at  Sixtieth  Street  Tarda  for  yesterday 
and  tu->lav  :  604  head  of  horned  Cattle:  5  Cows;  160 
Veals  and  Calves  ;  1,145  Bheep  and  Lambs. 

Fresh  arrivals  at  Forty-eignth  street  .theep  Tarda 
fur  yevterdav  and  to^lay  :  2,283  Bheep  and  Lambs  ; 
67    Cows. 

Fresh  arrivals  at  Fortieth  Street  Hog  Tards  for  yes* 
terday  and  to-day :   1,672  Hogs. 

Fresh  arrivals  at  Harslmus  Cove  Yards  for  yesterday 
and  to-day:  1,569  head  of  horned  Cattle;  2,105  Sheep 

and  Lambs:    2.321  Hogs. 

Buffalo.  Feb.  16.— Cattle — Receipts  to-day.  833 
head,  making  tha  total  supply  for  the  week  thus  far 
7,110  head,  against  6,397  head  tor  tbe  same  time  last 
week,  oeing  an  increase  In  the  receipts  for  this  week 
thus  far  or41  cars;  uo  market  to-uay:  receipts  all 
consigned  through;  27  cars  held  tor  shipment 
to-morrow.  Sheep  and  Lambs— Be  ceipts  to-day, 
1.400  h"ad,  making  tbe  total  for  the  week  thus  tar, 
14,900  head,  agaiust  12,700  head  fur  the  same  time 
last  wees  ;  all  but  tbree  cars  ot  the  fresh  receipts 
were  tbrougb  consignments,  aud  those  were  shipped 
out  lor  want  of  purchasers;  flastem  market  reports 
depress  trade.  Uogs — iteceipts  to-day  3.000 
head,  making  the  total  lor  this  week  thus 
far,  13,0UU  bead,  agaiast  8,950  head  for  the  same 
time  last  week;  market  dull  and  weak  ;  sales  to  local 
deilera  of  I  car  eood  heavy,  averaging  270  lb.,  at 
:i>6  70 ;  1  car  tair  York,  weights  averaging  150  tb.,  at 
$5  75;  '6  cars,  uosold ;  Eastern  purchasers  not  pur- 
chasing. Cuws — darket  dull  and  overstocked;  sales 
ot  200  heaa  new  milkers  aud  sptlngers,  and  common 
ones  at  $19a<$22;  fair.  $25®$2S:  good.  $31;  choice. 
$4i''<i-'$i5:  about  40  head  unsoltL  (!alves— Only  30 
head  of  all  kinds  disposed  of;  nut  sufficient  for  quota- 
tions. 

ALBANY,  Feb.  16.— Cattle— Receipts!.  376  cars. 
ag>iust  278  cars  laat  week;  quality  about 
the  same,  while  the  market  shows  more 
strength,  with  a  slight  advance  on  some  grades. 
Milch  Cows — tieceiots  were  all  through  consigamenis  ; 
Mii.cer8  broaght  from  £54'Si65:  Springers,  $30^$45. 
Veal  Calves — Only  a  few  received  ana  taken  by  the 
trade  at  6c.'S>8c. 'iP'  tb.  Sheen  and  Lambs— Receipts 
auunt  same  as  Ust  week ;  market  rules  a  little  firmer, 
but  there  is  uo  change  in  prices. 

Chicago,  Feb.  16. — Cattle — Receipts.  2,300  head; 
shipmcuts.  3.500  head  :  in  good  demand  at  fair  prices. 
Closing  steady :  sales  chiefly  of  stockers  ana  Feeders 
at  $:<  1 6®i4  25.  Hogs — ttecelpts.  12.000  head;  ship- 
ments. 7,0.^0  head:  firm;  in  good  demaud ;  LiKbt, 
$5  50'®$5  70 ;    neavy  smooth    Packing,  $5  70'a>$6  Ho  : 

good  to  extra  prime  assorted.  $6a'$6  80;  closing 
tlrm.  Sheep— Keceipts,  1,320  head;  fairly  active  ;  one 
lot  of  choice  sold  at  $6  37 Hz;  other    sales  at  $4  12i<i 


THE  STATE  OF  TRADE. 


Chicauo.  l''eb.  16. — Flour  qniet,  but  steady. 
Wheat  uus  ttled,  Out  geoerallv  lower;  No.  2  Chicago 
Spring,  SI  31,  cash;  SI  ::ilSB,  M-arch  ;  $1  33%,  .^pril: 
$1  36,  Aioy.  corn  firmer;  42c.,  cash  ;  40c.  bid. 
May.  Oats  dull,  weak,  aad  lower;  32c  cash;  35%c.. 
April.  Kye  siead.y  aud  unchanged.  Barley  dull  aud 
uuchanged.  Pork  in  active  demand,  and  higher 
and  u  isettled  ;  $i5  25,  cash  ;  4:16  25  "a) 
$15    27Hs,       March;  $16   oS'SJlS    57^2.        April; 

sales  at  $15  47'a'S>|16  70,  April.  Lard  fairly  active 
and  11  shade  higher:  $10  4o,  cash  or  March:  $10  bO, 
April,  tiulk-meats  laiMy  active  and  a  shade  higher: 
ohoiUders.  oIqc.:  chort  uibs.  Si-jc. ;  Short  Clear  sides, 
8^40.  llressed  Hogs  mooeratel.y  active,  and  higher; 
ligut,  SB  oOa)$6  65;  heav.\ ,  i6  75;  odd  lota.  $6  371-2 
'a';fc6  50.  Whiskytlrmer,  cio8iagat$l  05.  Keceipts— 
Flour  5,5(/0  bbia;  Wheat,  ll.OOo  bushels;  toru, 
4Li,000  ouaheis;  Oats,  20.000  buabels;  Kye, 
2,'.:00  bushels  ;  Barley,  15.000  bushels.  Ship- 
ments—flour,  4.2U0  bbls. ;  Wbeat,  11,000  bush- 
els; Coru,  31.000  bushels;  Oats,  13.000 
bushels;  Bye,  493  bushels;  barley,  9,000  bushels. 
At  the  atternoou  call  of  the  board:  Wheat  easier ; 
$1  3m2®l  31"^  March;  $1  33 le.  April;  $1  36. 
Ma.v.  Com  firm;  42c®42'sc,  March.  Oata  un- 
chauged.  Pork  firmer;  $15  25'a'$15  SO,  Marcu ; 
$15  tSo'8>$Xb  621%  April.  Lard  firmer;  $10  ilhiCil 
$10  50,  March. 

I3ALT1M0BG,  Feb.  16. — Flour  moderately  active 
and  tlrm;  Howard  Street  and  We<<tern  Super.  $53 
$6  rfj.  do.  Kxtia,  $6®j>6  76  :  do.  Family,  $/<Z'$7  50. 
vvh.  at  quiet  aud  stead.y;  .No.  2  Western  Winter  Red, 
$1  46  :  iio  2  Cfaicago6pring.  $1  42;  Pennsylvania  Ked, 
$1  56®$1  58 ;  Maryhiud  do..  Ptime,  $1  b-kwHl  58  ;  do. 
Amber.  $160;  do.  vvhite,$l50&$i.jo.  Corn— southern, 
active  aud  firmer;  Westeru  active,  strong,  and  higher; 
BoutLem  vn  hite.  50c.<z>50c.;  du.  Yellow.  52c.  O'OO'sc.; 
Western  Mixed,  spot,  •o7'2C '5)57  34c;  Marcb,  SSc.'S) 
58'8-:.;  <ipril,  68'ac.'a'5834C.;  steamer.  52c.  oats  steady; 
Suuiheru  prime,  i.lc'SiiiiC.;  Western  White,  41c  'a>42c. 
ttye  nomiualiv  unchanged.  Clover-seed  dull;  good  to 
prime,  15>4C.'S>lbc.  Bay  unchaujied.  Provis- 
ions dull  and  heavy.  Pork,  $17  75®*18. 
Buik.meais— Loose  Shuu.ders.  6^u.;  Clear  Eib  Sides, 
8^jc.  Kaeon— sjoulders.  7i3C'37S4C;  Clear  Rib  Sioes, 
10c'2>10i4C.  Hams.  14ca>luc  Lard— Refined,  III4C. 
'3>1134C  Butter  dull,  b'avy.  and  unchanged.  Petro- 
leum—Crude  dull  at  i0^c.'S>i0^R0;  Hefiaed  nomiaal. 
(Joffee  qaiet;  Blj  oariiues.  17'4CS20-'ac;  jobuing, 
l7i2C '2)220.  Whisky  uull  at  $1  v  9.  Heceipts— Flour. 
3,400  bbls.:  Whaat,  4.o00  bushels;  Cora.  66.000 
bushels  ;  Oats,  l,6oo  bushels;  Bye,  500  bushels.  Ship- 
meuts— Coru,  134,000  bushels. 

KkW-Ohleaks.  Feb.  16. — Floor  in  good  demand, 
tending  aoward;  market  bare;  would  command 
$6  5o'a'$6  75  for  buperfiue;  $7  fur  Oouble  filxtra; 
$7  25®$8  50  for  Treole  do.;  High  grades,  $8  lb'cl)$%. 
c'orii  stesLi.y  with  a  go. id  demand,  at  54c.'<£55c.  Oats 
In  fair  aemand  ana  higher,  at  60c'952c.  Curn-meal 
scarce  and  firm  at  $2  90.  Ma.y  dull  and  uomlnaL  Pork 
quiet  at  $17  5o.  Lard  ouiet;  tieroe,  lli4C®lligc; 
Keg,  liS4c.'5>l2c  Bulk-meats  dull,  wea<,  aud  lower ; 
{shoulders.  lOuse,  BHc;  packed,  6^bc;  Clear  Uius,  Ss^c.,- 
(^U-ar  Sides,  9c.  tiacon  dull,  weak,  and  lower; 
.shoulders,  7V-;  Clear  Kibs,  lOc;  Ciear  Sides,  lO^^c. 
bugar-uured  iiams  dnll  at  12c '8)12  i<2C  Whisky  duU 
aai  lower,  at  $1  03ai:«l  OS,  as  in  proof.  Coffee  quiet, 
but  Btetdy:  Kio  cargoes,  18 i«o.?!i20^c  Sugar  iu  tair 
demand,  tlrm.  and  unchangrd.  Muiasses  quiet,  hut 
steady  and  unchauged.  Kice  quiet,  but  firm,  at  4*120.'^ 
6c.  DTa,u  weaker,  at  87130.  Bxohauge — New-York 
Bight,  14  premium.  Ster.ing,  $5  14  fur  the  bank. 
Golu,  106ia<^l0Di»4. 

Buffalo,  Feb.  16.— Markets  qnlet.  Flour  strong. 
Wheat  tlrm.  Coru  quiet,  unohaneed.  Other  grain 
articles  unchanged,  r-uric  weak,  and  tendency  lower. 
Breda  a  shade  eabier.  Flour — balt-s,  890  bbls.  at  un- 
chauged prices,  wheat— Bales,  9uO  bushels  Red  at 
$1  4o;  l,5o0  bushels  White  Michigan  at$i  60®$1  63: 
600  bushels  Amber  Winter  at  $i.  46 ;  3.000  bushels 
White  Winter  on  private  terms.  Corn — i^aies.  2.U00 
busueis  No.  2  Mixed  t\  estern  on  private  terms; 
25  cars  new  do.  at  bi.^ix.'tt>b'i.  Seeds — Sales  in  small 
lots  of  I'imothy  at  $2^$2  10;  Medium  Clover  at  $9  60 
'a>ic:9  66  ;  large  do.  at  $10'<z>$10  26.  Other  articles— No 
sales  quotaole.  Bailroad  Freights  unchanged.  Re- 
ceipts—Flour. 3.8'iO  bbls.;  Wheat,  11,200  bushels; 
Coru,  21.600  bushels ;  Oats,  11,200  bushels;  Rye. 
8,2uO  bushels;  iiarley.  I,2o0  bushels,  ohiomeuts — 
Fluur,  3,120  bbis.;  Wheat,  38,200  bushels ;  Corn,  31,- 
840;  bushels;  Oats,  11,200  bushels;  Bye,  3,200 
bushels;    uailev,  l,2o0  bushels. 

St.  Lodis,  Feb.  16.— Flour  firm,  but  less  active. 
Wbeat^Medium  grades  higher;  No.  3  Fall,  $1  46'4<0 
$1  47,  cash;  $1  48 'a.  luarch;  $1  52,  April.  Corn 
active  and  higner;  i}9-^«c.'S>41^4C.caBb;  4U^iC.,  Match; 
42  ^ac,  April.  Oats  firmer  at  ;s6c  Rye  firmer  at  67c. 
'&>6bc  Bariey  dull  aud  unchanged.  Whisky  easier  at 
$1  05  ig.  Pork  easier  tor  cash  ;  options  firmer ;  $16  95, 
cash;  $15  Vb,  February;  $16  15'a>$110  30,  April. 
liulk-mt>ats— Bayers  and  seileis  apart:  nothing  done. 
Bacon  quiet  aud  easier  ;  6='4C.,  u'^c,  and  O^sc  for 
Bhuulders.  Clear  Rios,  aud  clear  .>>'ldes.  Lard  quiet 
at  lOigO.  Hugs  inactive ;  light.  9b'S>ib  40;  Pacatug, 
$0  40a'$5  75:  Batchers',  $5  70<Z'$u.  Cattle  steady 
aad  unchanged.  Receipts- Flour,  2,300  bbls.;  Wheat, 
l2,t>O0  bushels;  (Joru.  41,OOiJ  bushels:  Oats.  6,000 
bu>hel8;   uogs,  1,500  head;  Cattle,  650  head. 

Cincinnati,  FeO.  16.— ifloor  steady,  nncbanged. 
Wheat  quiet,  but  firm  :  Red,  $1  50iz>$l  55.  Corn 
steady  aud  firm  at  4lc®43c.  Oata  firm;  in  fair  de- 
maud at  3Sc.'3>42c.  It.Ve  quiet  at  78c  SoQc  Barley 
quiet;  prime  Fall,  75c.®8oc  Pork  dull;  nominally, 
$15  5oa)$16.  Lard  quiet;  Steam.  10°bc,  cash, 
closiue  at  $10  30,  February;  Ketile,  IxC^ll-Hsc 
iiuiK-meats  firmer;  auiet  at  6c.,  S^ac,  and  8a^o.  for 
tthonl'iers,  Clear  Rib,  aud  Clear  Sides.  Bacon  quiet, 
but  firm  at  7^c.  9h>c.  and  934c  fur  Shoulders,  Ciear 
&lb,  uuu  Clear  aides,  vv'hisky  quiet  at  SI  Uj.  Batter 
inactive;  pack!  .g  giades.  l'.^c<^13c  Live  dogs  dull; 
common,  $5i2'$5  40:  light,  $5  bxrSSb  80:  packing, 
$5  bda>$6  10;.  butchers',  $6  i5®$tf  30;  receints,  l,u49 
heau ;    shipments.  805  head. 

MlLtVAUKBB.  Feb.  16. — Flour  quiet  and  nn- 
chan,ied.  Wheat  firm;  closed  dull;  So.  1  Milwau- 
kee. Sl  45;  No.  2  do.,  sl  8514;  Marcb,  $1  35Sb; 
April,  $1  36^:  No.  3  no..  $1  28ia.  Corn  dnil; 
dfoopiag;     No.     2,    44>3C     Oars    dull;      No.    2,  3bHc. 

Kye  Steady;  No.  1,73c    Barley  steady ;  No.  vsSpriug, 
70c..  March,  7lo.    Pio'risions  aominal ;  shade  tirmer ; 

Mess     PoTlc      $15     16.     Lard — Prime     Steam,      loi^o. 
Hreased  Hogs   steady   at  SH  50.     Ueoeipta — )i.60e   bbls. 

Flour,  9,OoO  hushsis  Wheat    Shipments— 2,400  bbls. 
Flour,  2o,000  bushels  Wheat 

BHli.jLt>KLFBiA.,  Feb.  16. — Wool  in  Kood  demand  ; 
prices  firm ;  unchauged  ;  tone  of  market  iu  tlaTor  of 
msaet  »(!««• :  Vhle.  FeaBarlrania.  ana  Wast  Tuoby* 


ZZ  aad  aborra.  46a.'M8B.;  X  AU.'MitA  aiedtau. 
41>wi.*45e4  ooatM^  86e.<938o.  Kew.Terk,  VtOtan. 
Indiana,  and  OTasssra.  fliw.  8Bo.'943o.:  inaataaa.4X%e. 
94Soj  eoarse.  SSo.9S8e.<  oomhtng,  washed.  Kc.9 
56eii  da,  onwaabed.  87a  Canada.  ooahiiHb  92>ga,-  itne 
unwashed,  35a998ip.t  coarse  and  mediun  anwaahed, 
28e.93l04  tub-washed.  4O0.9450.  Oolorado,  wmslicd, 
18e.92'iJo.i  tin'washed.  l7c'818>90.;  extra  and  merino 
pulled,  33a.938«L;  J»0.  1  and  soper-polled,  31«.9 
37c:  Texas,  fine  and  medium,  20c.®25<x;  onaree, 
17c.'£20c.  California,  fine  and  medium,  13e.®S0c.," 
ooarse.  15c®20c 

Toledo.  Feb.  16.— Flonr  steady.  Wheat  qnlet; 
No.  1  White  Hlebtgan,  91  68;  Amber  Mlcnfcao, 
March,  $1  5434;  May,  «l  69>«;  Na  2  do..  Sl  38 fa; 
No.  1  Red  Winter.  $1  62ia;  No.  2  do..  March,  91  64; 
May,  $1  58»a!  Bejeeted  Bed,  $1  13.  Com  strong ; 
high  Mixed.  45  V.:  May,  49c;  Mo,  2.  44 'eft;  Rsiet  ted, 
4f«w'-  Oats  firm  ;  No.  2.  36S4C.;  White.  41  »bc  CJpver. 
seed,  $9.  Receipts- 4.000  bushels  Wheat,  45.000 
bushels  Com,  1,400  bushels  Oats.  Shipments— 50_C 
bbls.  Flour.  8,000  Dushels  Wheat,  61,o00  bneheit 
Corn,  3,000  bushels  Oats. 

DETBorr.  Feb.  16. — Flonr  active  and  ateady  at 
$7  75'a>$8  75.  Wheat  strong;  extra  White  Michigan 
Sl  62ia;  Mllllog,  $160  bid;  White  MioWgan, 
$1  67^;  Milling,  $1  51;  No.  2  White nichlgtin^l  46; 
No.  2  Amoer  Michigan,  $1  46.  (•""  steaOy:  Ho.  X 
iliied,  48e.®48iac  Oats  qttiot.  White,  44«.  ^a  J 
Mixed.  42c.  asked,  41c  bid.  Eeoeipta— Flour. ,  1,160 
Dbls.  ;  Wheat,  4.288  bushels;  Corn.  5,776  h*sheU; 
Oats,  4,470  bushels.  Shinments— Klour,  661  abla : 
Wheat.  12,034  bushels :  Cora.  ».bb\  busbeiS;  OaU. 
1,272  bushels. 

OswBGO,  Feb.  16. — Flonr  nncbantred;  sale*.  lyiOO 
bbls.  Wheat— No.  1  MUwaukee  Club.  *1  60;  So. 
2  do.,  $153;  No.  2  Red  Wabash.  $1  60;  No.  1  WrtlU 
Michiznn,  $1  68;  extra  do.,  $1  74.  Com  atasa«ly; 
sales  of  Wartern  Mixed  at  60c  Barlev  dull :  .Sa  1 
Canala  held  at  $1  01®$1  02  ;  Na  2  do.,  91o.«92c< 
sales.  5,000  bushels  on  private  terms.  Corn  m  ai-' 
Bolted.  $27;  Unbolted,  $26.  Mill-feed— Shorts.  :b'*iO; 
Ship-stufis.  $22;  MiddUngs.  $249$25.  Flou^-4hip- 
ments,  1,300  bols. 

L0UI8VILLB,  Feb.  16.— Flonr  firmer,  but  not 
quotably  higher.  Wbeat  in  fair  demand  ;  Red,  $1  35 
teSl  40;  Amber,  $14oaSl  5'):  White,  $1  45C'*1  5  >. 
Corn,  iiats,  and  Bye  unchanged.  Pork  weak  at  $l7. 
Bulk.meats  in  fair  demand  at  T^^CmS^^..  and  8^c 
for  Shoulders,  Clear  Rih.  and  CleaMsldes.  Bacun  fl  m: 
nnehanired.  Sugar.cured  Bams,  firm  at  \2^QK.a\.ic. 
Lara  qnlet ;  unchanged.  Whisky  weak  at  $1  05.  oag- 
glag  quiet  at  ll^c. 

Philadelphia.    Feb.    16. — Butter    quiet ;    New. 

York  aud  Bradiord  County  Extras.  26c.®27c:  do- 
firsts,  21c. '®26c.  ;«  Western  Extras,  SSjca.ibC.  ;  do. 
firsts,  20e.  a 24c.;  rolls  Western  Krtras,  22c®::4c.; 
do.  do.  firsts,  17o.ai»c.  Cheese  firm  and  quiet ;  '.'<o>y- 
York  Fancy,  I412C.  ai6'3C.;  Prime.  l^c.'SiS'oc; 
Western  Fine,  13'4C.'®14^c ;  Prime.  locMilo. 
Bggs— Pennsylvania,  New-Jersey,  and  Ueiaware  Presn, 
20c;  Western  do.,  19c®20c.;  Southera  do.,  18c. 
■S190. 

Boston,  Feb.  16.— Flour— Demand  quite  limited ; 
lUluois,  $7  25.  Com  quiet  and  unchanged.  O  its—  'Jo, 
1  White,  52c.56c;  No.  2  White  aud  o.  1  Mix -d,  4S« 
•3150  »2C.;  Na  3  white  and  So.  2  Mired,  45ca>46c.;  Bo- 
lected,  38c.'®41c.  Receipts — 5,217  buls  Kiour,  B;l  bOii 
busneis.  Corn,  9,v)00  bushels  Wheat,  1 6,350  bnsheli 
Oats.  84  bushels  Rye.  4.938  busheiS  shorts. 

WiLMiAGTON,  Feb.15. — Spirits  of  Turneiriine steady 
at  38c.  Besin  dnll  and  Bomlnal.  Crude  Tunieuiioi 
quiet  at  iSl  CO  for  Hard:  $2  60  for  YeUow  lMp\ 
$2  60  for  Virgin.    Tar  steady  at  $1  00. 

Providence.  Feb.  16— Printine  Cloths  difll,  ■»!«> 
a  bttle  less  firmness  ia  prices :  transactions  llghc 

IRE  COTTON  Markets.  .  . 


Nkw-Ohleans,  Feb.  16.— Cotton  very  qaiet;  low**- 
to  sell:  Middliug,  12^c;  Low  Middling.  ll^^C;  (iomf 
Ordinary,  il^^c:  net  receipts.  11.836  baius:  gross 
11,956  hales:  exports,  to  Great  Britain,  524  b  les; 
coastwise,  1,672  bales:  sales,  4,100  oales;  stock.  310,- 
86rf  bales.  Weekly— Net  receipts.  60.69  J  baresi  gross, 
64.348  bales;  exports,  to  Great  Brliain.  29.62*  ba  es; 
to  Fraure,  4,327  Oales;  to  ihe  Continent,  l.»73  bn.ea  ; 
to  the  Channel,  1,315  bales;  coastwise,  10,072  bales- 
sales,  23,3o0  bales. 

Savasnah,  Feb.  16.— Cotton  dull;  Middling, 
I212C;  Low  Middling,  12c:  Good  Ordinary.  ll%c.; 
net  receipts,  646  baies;  exports,  to  Gttai  Britain, 
3.158  bales;  coastwise,  686  bales ;  sales.  50  bale*;, 
stock,  50.822  bales.  Weekly— Net  receipts.  4.514 
bales;  exports,  to  Great  BritEfio,  ll.ooo  bales;  to 
Piauce,  1.484  bales;  to  the  Centinent.  1.581  oales; 
coastwise,  2,850  bales;   sales,  1.8X1  bales. 

Mobile,  Feb.  16.-M3otton  nominal:  Middliner. 
12Jsc.;  Low  Middling,  llSgC  ;  Good  Ordinary,  III4C; 
uet  re.ceipts.  1,276  bates:  exports,  coastwise,  98 bales,- 
siiies.  25  hales;  stock.  65,729  bales.  Weekly- Set  re 
ce'pts,  9.683  bales;  exports,  to  Grear  i>ritaiu.  4,o9. 
bales  ;  to  France,  1,441  oales;  to  the  t:<*itinent.  t:,oOC 
bales;  coastwise.  4.280  bales;   sales,  4,u00  bales. 

Chaeleston.  Feb.  16. — Cotton  dull  y  Middling. 
12^c.'a>V2'>4C.:  Low  Middling.  12'4C.'3il2SBit.:  Gooii  Or- 
d1  ary.  12c.;  net  leceipts,  3ii7  bales:  exttoriW.  to  Great 
Britain.  1,244  bales;  sales,  700  bales ;  stoCk,  4ii.99< 
b:'.les.  Weekly— Net  receipts,  5,387  baies:  ttxports,  to 
Great  Britain,  2.749  bales;  to  the  Contineut.  2,ou3 
balea;  -coastwise,  1,701  bales;    sales,  5,200  bates. 

Galveston,  Feb.  16.— Cotton  dull;  M..\fldlinz. 
I214C.;  Low  Middling.  im*c.;  Good  Ordinary,  tl^c; 
net  receipts,  1.785  bales;  exports,  coast>vi8|,  ■  544 
hales  .  sales.  203  bales;  stock.  77,8-2  sales.  WvHrkiT 
—Net  receipts,  9.290  bales:  gross.  9,318  bales :'  eX. 
purls,  to  Great  Bridlo.  6,6o7  bales :  to  ITancs,  l,t*05 
bales:  coastwise,  S,6H1  bales ;    sales,  1,923  bales. 

Boston.    Feb.    16.— Cotton    qnlet    and    stfiad.T: 

Middling,  13c;    Low  Middling,  12 -Wjc.;  Good  Ordinal  T> 
12c.;  net    receipts,    7a8    bales;    gross.    3.706    balet* 
stock,    11,018    bales.       Weekly— Net  receipts.    6  69-.iA. 
bales;  gross.  17.080  bales;  exports,  to  Great  Brlujl* 
2,842  bales;   sales.  100  baies. 

THE  BURNING  OF    THE  BAVARU 


THE  captain's  STORY  OF  THE  RESCUE  OF 
HIMSELF,  CREW,  AXD  PASSESGEBS — 
COMMENDABLE  ACTIOK  OF  CAFT.  FROS- 
TICK,  OF  THE  BARK  DOROTHT  THOMIT 
SON. 

From  the  Charletton  (S.  C. )  Sews.  Feb.  12. 
The  officers  and  crew  of  the  lost  steam-ship 
Bavaria  arrived  here  from  Beaufort  on  Monday 
evening,  and  were  busily  engaged  yesterdaj-.in  ar- 
ranging such  matters  as  required  the  advice  and  ac- 
tion of  her  Maiesty's  Consul  at  this  port.  Every 
facility  wiil  be  afforded  them  to  arrange  their  afiairs 
and  to  proceed  home  without  delay.  The  following 
account  of  the  recent  loss  cf  the  vessel  by  Ore  at 
sea.  and  tha  pro  yidential  rescue  of  her  passengers 
from  almost  inevitable  death,  has  been  fciotll> 
tnmisheU  by  the  commander  of  tbe  vessel,  Capt. 
H.  C.  Williams,  who  is  ae  oourteoiu  as  he  13  bray» 
and  determined  : 

THE    CAPTAIH'S    STATEMENT. 

The  steam.ship  Bavaria  left  Kew-Orlrtans  on  Sai> 
nrday  morning,  Feo.  3,  passed  to  sea  tbei  same  day. 
and  had  favorable  weather  to  Feb.  6.  When  mo 
ship  was  in  latitude  31  14  north,  longitude  76  43 
west,  at  7  P.  M.,  the  ship  was  examined  by  Cdpt. 
Williams  and  the  chief  engineer,  when  all  ibingt 
w^re  found  in  proper  condition.  About  10  minutes 
after  this  examination  the  cargo  of  cotton  iras  re- 
ported on  fire,  burning  down  through  the  steerage 
deck  ;  commenced  working  all  hands  with  thd fire- 
hose and  fire  buckets,  but  notwithstanding  ttaest» 
efforts  the  flames  spread  rapidly  At  8  P.  M.  the 
fire  had  taken  possesiion  ot  the  ship  to  such  an  ex- 
tent as  to  render  the  saving  of  her  bopeie»8.  Th« 
officers  and  crew  were  then  dl-vided  oft,  thl 
sailing  staff  t>«ing  sent  to  the  boats,  the  steward** 
staff  to  provisioning  the  boats,  and  the  engineer 
staff  continuing  to  work  the  fire- hose.  At  10:3< 
P.  M.,  expecting  the  flames  to  break  oat  each  minute 
ou  deck,  manned  all  the  boats,  getting  some  of  tbe 
sea  boats  away  with  difficulty  in  consequence  of  the 
intense  smoke.  About  this  time  the  crew  em. 
barked  in  the  boats,  but  remained  by  the  steamer 
until  1:30  A.  M..  when  the  ship  being  a  mass  ot 
flames  tore  ana  aft,  ordered  all  the  boats  to  toUow 
the  Captain's  boat  on  a  west-north-west  coarse  tor 
shore,  distant  about  130  miles.  Port  Roval  being 
about  west-north-west.  At  2:30  A.  M.  Capt.  Frostiok . 
of  the  bark  Dorothy  Thompson,  01  Sander- 
land,  for  Bull  River,  saw  the  burnina 
ship  at  a  disLance  of  20  miles,  getting  Uf 
witu  the  wreck  about  6  A.  K.  The  flitmes 
had  then  considerably  subsidea,  everything  b-ing 
burned  except  the  after  part  of  the  poop ;  the  ship 
was  red-hot  fore  and  aft,  fore  and  mainmast  boraed. 
awav,  and  mizzenmast  bnining.  Seieine  tbe  Uavita 
Bwiiiging  out  Capt.  Frostick  decided  that  the  crew- 
had  not  been  taken  off,  bat  had  left  the  ship  in  tbe 
boats.  The  D.  Thompson  was  then  stedTcd  for 
the  shore.  At  10  A.  M.  Feb.  7  feU  in  wittf  boats 
Nos.  2  and  3,  and  liom  them  learned  that  toe«otner 
boats  were  steering  west-oortb-wesc.  F.Wiow- 
ing  on  at  2  P.  M.  boats  Nos.  4  and  6  were  Allen 
in  with,  and  all  hands  taken  on  tbe  imrk^ 
The  wind  increasing  to  a  No.  8  gale,  vWib 
rain,  Capt.  Frosuck  continued  on,  and  at  4  P. 
M.  siahted  boat  No.  1,  containing  Capt.  WiUiatni 
and  crew,  and  Mr.  O'Neill,  wife  and  three  children. 
This  finished  the  rescning  of  the  eutire  offljerJ? 
crew,  and  passengers  of  the  Bavaria,  which  Lad  no 
sooner  been  accomplished  than  tbe  bark  had  to  be 
hove  to  in  a  furious  No.  9  gale.  On  the  9th  insi. 
the  crew  salely  reached  port,  and  were  ianaed  at 
Beaufort,  as  previously  reported.  The  following 
action  was  taken  on  board  the  bark  Dorothy 
Thompson  by  the  officers,  crew,  and  passengers  of 
the  Bieahi-ship  Bavaria,  who  were  so  handsomely 
rescued  by  the  exertions  of  Capt.  Frosuck,  of  thuf 
bark,  being  then  off  Port  Royal. 

CARD  FEOM  THE  OFFICKE8  OF  THE  BATABIA^ 

Ou  board  bark  Dorothy  Thompson,  off  Port  Ruya> 
Feb.  9,  1877. — We,  the  Captain,  officers,  engiueers, 
crew,  and  passengers  of  the  screw  8team-sb>p  Ba- 
varia, desire  hereby  to  express  our  deep  graiiinae 
to  Capt.  Frostick,  officers,  and  crew  of  the  baiic 
Doiotby  Thompson,  for  their  great  humanity  m 
rescuiug  us  from  six  ship's  boats  in  a  nonb-eaat 
gale,  on  the  axis  line  of  tne  Gulf  Scream.  We  feel 
assured  that  the  remarkable  jndgment  that  enauled; 
Capt.  Frostick  to  take  in  at  a  eianoe  of  the  burn* 
mg  rnins  an  exact  apprehension  ot  the  catastrophe, 
and  our  snhseqnent  movements,  whereby  ne  was  en- 
abled to  pick  up  boat  litter  boat,  the  last  one  at  a  di8< 
tance  of  30  miles  from  the  -wreck,  will  alone  suffice 
to  iusare  bis  tuture  career  as  one  of  oaelalnesa  and 
prosperity.  Nevertheless,  we  would  add  our  heart- 
felt wishes  for  bis  luture  welfare,  assuring  him 
that  his  kinoness,  care,  and  hospitality  iu  minis- 
tering to  our  necessities  will  never  be  forgotten  by 
the  64  souls  be  has  rescued  trom  what  mtut  bava 
been  during  tbe.ensning  night  certain  death.  Signed, 
ia  behalf  of  the  officers,  engineers,  crew,  and  pas- 
sengers. H..  C.  WILLIAMS,  Commander. 

Tne  Bavaria  was  an  irou-.-icrew  steamer  ot  atxrat 
2,300  tone,  built  bv  Caird,  of  Greenock,  in  1857.  was 
a  beantilnl  and  fine  sea-boat.  She  has  bemi  em- 
ployed in  the  trade  between  New -Tort  and  Ham- 
burg, and  this  was  the  first  voyage  to  2<ew-0rl«aa» 
The  ship  and  cargo  was  worth  about  $700,000. 

8T.  PAUL'S  BIRTHPLACE. 
An  appeal  ia  being  made  in  ilnglaDd  for  funda 
to  erect  a  Christian  church  at  Tarsos.  the  birth- 
place of  the  great  Apostle.    Tbe  xDisiioDttry  io  tOfl 

course  of  a  sermon  which  he  preached  to  a  London 
congregation  on  Sunday,  npoke  wi.tb  yrldeor  cba 
Catheutal  dedicated  to  sc.Pnu'.  ba('gala4t(rrieyeii 
him  to  think  that  in  the  Auosde's  birthniUoi;  tha 
Curiatiana  had  no  church,  and  were  cumjMilaA  xa 
„  Btatat  ia  a  acinkt*  Aoaa% 


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LATf  REPORTS. 

£OODrS  CASE  AQA03T  TILDEN. 
CONCLUSION  OP   PLAimtrt's  CASE— TUDBN 
E8CAPBS  BT  TtXAvHsQ  THB  STATDTB  OF 
LIMITATIONS— MOTION  TO   DISMISS    DE- 

KXED  m  ogdbn's  case. 

The  trial  of  the  smt  of  .Heniy  ISL  Boodj 
ftX*^at  Samuel  J.  iilden  and  qthers  for  an  acoonnt- 
tng  and  settlemeDt  o£  claims  aritijig  ont  of  traogac- 
tlont  connected  frith  "The  Chicago  and  Galena 
Pool "  In  1864,  of  which  pool  all  the  parties  were 
members,  was  leanmed  ^eatorday  in  the  Special 
Term  of  the  Saperior  Conrt,  before  Jadge  Sedgwick. 
Mb.  Dexter  A.  Hawklna  appearine  lor  Mr.  Boody 
and  Hr.  William  W.  Ifiles  for  the  defease.  It  had 
been  annoanced  on  Tboraday  that  Mr.  Boody '• .  ex- 
amination was  oonolnded,  but  yesterday  momutK 
ha  was  recalled  by  Mr.  Hawkins,  who  said  he 
wanted  to  show  that  Mx.  Boody,  in  eiving  Mr, 
Qeorge  M.  Bartholomew  a  receipt  in  fnll,  did  not 
give  turn  a  release,  it  bavinK  been  claimed  by  Mr. 
NUea  that  Bartholomew,  who  ia  one  of  tbe  defend- 
tnts,  bad  been  given  a  release,  and  that,  aa  the  pool 
Boeration  was  a  joint  transaction,  »  release  of  Bar- 
tholomew would  release  Tilden  and  Ogden.  Mc 
Boody  testified  that  he  ahowed  Bartholomew,  In  a 
anmmary  way,  what  the  equities  of  tbe  case  were, 
and  that  Bartholomew  gave  him  $3,000,  receiTing 
from  witness  a  receipt  in  full,  with  the  understand- 
ing, however,  that  if  a  further  examination  of  the 
pool  accounts  sliowed  it  to  be  Just,  Bartholomew 
was  to  pay  witnesatLOOO  more,  Bartholomew  giving 
witness  a  written  agreement  to  that  efifeot. 

Samuel  S.  Sands,  called  by  Mr.  Hawkins,  testi- 
fied that  he  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Samuel  S. 
Sands  ft  Co..  brokers,  tn  1863  and  1864,  and  remem- 
bered the  operations  of  the  "Chicago  and  Galena 
'  Pool "  in  1864 ;  he  met  Tilden,  Ogden,  and  Boody, 
tbe  principals  in  tha»  pool,  at  Boody's  office,  in 
April,  1S64,  and  talked  over  tbe  subject  of  getting 
possession  of  stock  of  the  Chicago  and  Galena 
Uoion  Bailroad  Company,  in  order  to  conaoUdate 
the  comnanT  with  the  Chicaeo  and  North-western ; 
in  the  panic  that  season  Galeoa  tumbled  to  113. 
and  afterward  recovered  to  140  ;  witness  was  re- 
lieved by  tbe  pool  of  tbe  stock  be  had  bought  lor 
't,  being  paid  for  it,  includine  interest  and  commis- 
sion ;  witness  had  met  Tilden,  Ogden,  and  Buody  on 
several  occasions  at  Boody's  o£Bce,  and  on  one  of 
"  these  occasions  Tilden  conversed  with  witness  on 
he  subject  of  finance— a  question  about  which  wit- 

lets  knew  but  little. 

Mr.  Hawkina  rested,  wltb  the  exception  of  re- 
serving tbe  right  to  eall  an  additional  witness  who 
had  been  unable  to  attend,  and  whose  testimony 
would  be  simply  corroborative  of  that  of  Mr.  Sands. 

Mr.  l^ilea  moved  te  dismiss  tbe  complaint  as 
(gainst  Tilden  an  d  Ogden,  pleading  lor  Tilden  tbe 
Statute  ot  Limitations.  He  said  that,  from  the  time 

of  Boody  having  stated  the  account  of  the  pool  to 
Tilden  and  Ogden,  and  payments  being  made 
thereon,  no  question  of  tbe  eonectness  of  the  ac- 
count Jiad  been  raised  until  after  tbe  ezpiratioa 
of  more  than  10  years  and  six  months.  This  state- 
ment of  account  was  substantially  a  formal  one. 
Tilden  bad  never  seen  any  of  tbe  accounts  kept  bv 
Boody  reUtiog  to  the  pool;  had  never  bad  an:;  thing 
to  do  with  an  entry  therein,  and  had  acce  pted  Mr. 
-Boooy's  statement  aa  correct.  It  was  clear,  he  aaid, 
that  tbe  case  was  covered  by  the  Statute  of  Limita- 
tions relating  to  partnership  settlements. 

Mr.  Hawkins  said  that  tfaii  was  a  oopartnerahin 
that  bad  never  boen  settled.  There  had  been  no 
dissolarion  of  tbe  copartnership,  because,  in  reality, 
no  final  settlement  bad  been  maae,  as,  thouKh  each  oi 
tbe  copartners  had  taken  a  portion  of  tte  copart- 
nership property,  some  of  them  had  not  yet  settled 
Soric 

r  Jndee  Sedgwick  said  that  Mr.  Hawkins'  position 
was  unteuable.  Ic  aopeared  clear  to  lum  that  tbe 
claim  aa  against  Hr.  Xilden  was  barred.  It  was 
purely  a  legal  question.  Tbe  questioo  of  the  wrong 
of  tbe  thing  did  not  afieot  tbe  matter  at  all. 

Mr.  Huwkina  said  that  Mr.  Tilden  bad  drawn  ont 
a  much  larger  amount  than  he  was  entitled  to,  and, 
of  course,  was  not  going  to  say  anything  about  a 
mistake  wbicb  benefited  bim,  and  an  accoanting 
was  iasti  what  he  did  not  want.  The  claims  of 
Boody  asainst  Tilden  and  Ogaen  were  not  diucov- 
ered  by  Boody  until  a  late  day,  but  that  did  not  in- 
validate tbeir  iuatneea.  Tbe  case,  'anyhow,  in  ref> 
erence  to  Ogden,  who  liad  been  a  non-resident  of  the 
City  for  years,  and  who,  therefore,  could  not  plead 
the  Statute  of  Limitations,  and  ihatof  Bartholomew, 
who  was  willing  to  abide  the  issue  of  an  accountioe, 
would  probably  both  go  before  a  Keferee  or  auditor, 
BDU  it  iroold'  do  no  harm  to  let  Tilden'a  case  go 
wltb  tbem.  If  Tiloen  oould  not  make  an  equitable 
defenae  in  an  accoantiDg,  then  let  bim,  if  he  cboose 
to  do  so,  plead  the  Statute  of  Limicationa.  There 
were  good  reasons  now.  why  Tilden  should  not 
plead  the  Statute  of  Limitations.  He  was  charged 
with  a  debt  to  a  partner,  arising  ont  of  his  over- 
drawing his  share  of  supposed  oroOts,  and  it  would 
CO  out  to  the  country  that  instead  of  trying  the 
question  on  its  merits  and  abidioK  the  issue,  he 
had'saved  himself  by  pleading  tbe  Statute  of  Lim- 
itations. Mr.  Tildeo  was  a  prominent  citizen,  and 
an  aspirant  for  the  highest  otBoe  in  the  eitt  of  tbe 
people,  and  he  fUi.  Hawkins]  not  only  as  Mr. 
Boody's  counsel,  but  in  behalf  of  the  good  name  of 
tbe  cuuntry  and  for  Mr.  Tiiden's  own  name  and 
reputatloD,  would  ask  that  such  a  plea  be  not  pressed, 
and,  if  pressed,  i>o  not  accepted. 

Judge  Sedgwick  said  he  thought  Mr.  Hawkins 
waa  covering  too  much  ground  in  appearing  for  tbe 
ooootry  and  Mr.Tilden  ai  well  aa  for  bis  own  client. 
Tbe  motion  made  by  Mr.  tiiles  was  based  on  a  purely 
legal  proposition.  Mr.  Hawkins  had  not  seriously 
denied  its  correctness  from  a  legal  standpoint,  nor 
citea  a  decision  adverse  to  tbe  point  made.  Tbe 
mind  of  the  court  waa  clear  that  the  motion  must  be 
granted. 

Mr.  Tiiden's  case  having  been  disposed  of,  Mr. 
Ntles  asked  for  a  disminsal  of  tbe  complaint  as 
against  Ogden,  on  tbe  evidence  as  presented  by 
plainti£ 

Judge  Sedgwick  denied  the  motion  to  dismiss  as 
against  Ogden,  saying  that  there  was  8nfi[k:ient  in 
the  evidence  of  Boody  to  put  Ogden  on  his  defense; 
and  also  denied  a  motion  to  dismiss,  made  on  tbe 
ground  that  a  release  had  been  given  to  Bartholo- 
mew, wnicn  operated  as  a  release  tor  Ogden. 

Tbe  case  was  tnen  adjourned  to  11  o'clock  A.  M. 
on  Monday  next. 

Mr.  Hawkips  said,  after  the  adjournment  of  tbe 
conrt,  that  the  claims  against  Tilden,  with  interest 
added,  amounted  to  over  |40,000,  tbe  paymeot  of 
which  he  had  escaped  by  pleading  the  Statute  of 
Limitations,  in  spite  of  tbe  protests  of  many  leading 
Democrats. 

TEE  OAJiDlNAL'S  SUIT. 
Cardinal  McCIoskey,  as  the  person  holding 
the  title  to  the  property  in  the  diocese  which  is 
used  for  Koman  Catholic  churches  and  charitable 
institutiona,  applied  to  Judge  Brady,  in  Supreme 
Court;  Chambers,  recently,  to  have  vacated  certain 
asseAsmeuts  on  tbe  property  held  for  the  use  of  tbe 
Institution  of  Mercy,  in  ibis  City.  Tbe  institution 
holds  a  lease  from  tbe  City  of  the  block  of  ^ound 
onMadiaou  avenue  between  Eighty-first  and  Eighty- 
seoond  streets,  and  running  nearly  to  JTourch 
avenue.  The  property  was  assessed  tor  a  sewer  ia 
Pifth  avenue  between  Seventy-ninth  and  Bigbty- 
Sintb  streets;  for  a  sewer  in  Seventy-fourth 
street,  between  Fifth  and  Eighth  avenues ; 
for'  tbe  opening,  ot  Sigbtv-secand  street, 
between  Second  and  Fifth  avenues  ;  fur  the  open- 
ing of  Madison  avenue,  between  Eigbty-sixtb  and 
One  Hundred  and  Twentieth  streets  j  for  the  grad- 
ing, curbing,  and  guttering  of  Eighty-first  street, 
between  Third  and  f^fth  avenues;  and  for  other 
imorovemenis,  tbe  whole  amount  of  the  asseas- 
menis  aggregating  nearly  #17,000.  The  Car- 
dinal moved  for  the  vacating  of  the  assess- 
ments on  the  groona  that  by  the  terms  of  the  lease 
from  the  City  the  institufion  was  to  pay  no  taxes  or 
nsses^ments.  Jad^te  Brudy  denied  tbe  application, 
since  tbe  institution  caonot  be  in  aor  way  inju- 
riously afiected  by  proceedings  for  non-payment  of 
the  assessments.  As  the  Oitj  would  be  the  party 
to  make  the  sale  a«  well  as  the  party  to  pay  tbe 
assessments,  the  proceedinga  would  be  useleM. 


JLLLUQJSD 


A-EBAiaNUENT     OF      TWO 
<-  TBIETES. 

John  Wilson,  alias  Smith,  •  alias  "  Datcb 
Chns,"  and  Michael  Sheehan,  aiiaa  "Sheeny 
Mike^"  who  were  arretted  on  Thursday  last  by 
Detectives  Ferris  and  Von  Geribbten,  were  yester. 
day  arraigned  before  Justice  Kllbreth  on  a  charge 
Dt  robbing  the  store  of  Messrs.  Benjamin.  Hahn  & 
Co.,  No.  313  Broadway,  on  the  3d  in*t.  Mina  Lobig, 
»f  No.  320  East  Ninth  street,  testified  that  she  had 
rented  rooma  to  Wilson  a  few  days  befor^  tbe 
bnrglary  _waa  committed,  and  that  she  saw  the 
tmok  which  waa  subsequently  identified  aa  the  one 
that  bad  contained  tbe  stolen  goods  m  taia  room  on 
the  Sth  inst.,  and  also  oh  tbe  14th  inst.  Sue  further 
■aid  that  she  bad  seen  tbe  prisoner  "  Sheeny 
Mike."  in  the  room  conversing  with  'Wilson  and 
several  of  bia  oompanioas.  Seceocive  Ton  Gencb- 
teo  testified  to  the  facts  of  the  capture  of  tbe  pris- 
oners. Attba  conclusion  of  his  testimony,  'Wilson 
was  commitMd  for  trial  in  defat^t  ot  $10,000  ball, 
and  Sheehan  waa  held  for  further  examination. 


TBS  FLOOD  UURDSB  CASS. 
James  ilood,  tbe  tinsinith,  who  mnrdered  his 
Vlfe  icary  on  the  dooratep  of  Na  53  Crosby  street  on 
the  morning  of  Sunday,  the  4Ut  inst.,  waa  arraigned 
yesterday  on  an  mdlctment  fer  murder  in  the  first 
iegree  in  Part  XL  of  the  Court  of  General  Sesaions. 
Couxuel,  on  behalf  of  the  prisoner,  pleaded  not 
KuUty,  and  stated  tbe  defense  would  ba  irresponai- 
biJity  or  temporary  Insanity,  caused  by  tne  sudden 
proof  of  his  wlfo's  iaildeUty.  Assistant  District 
Attorney  SolUns  said  that  the  case  woold  be  tried 
%t  an  aarly  day.  ,        

OOVSI  OF  APFBA.LS. 

Axsjlitt,  Feb.  16. — In  the  Court  of  Appeals 

to.da7  the  fotlovlng  business  waa  transacted :    No. 

196— Hilton  vs.  JSender :    targoad  by  M.  T.  Hun 

for  appeUao^  and  A.  Jr.  Parker   for   respondent. 

Va.  71— Smith  vs.  Tha  Mayor  t     sabmitted  fat  ap- 

,  aaftoea  by  D.  J.  Oeaa  for  raapondent.    So. 

Ti.  lotklMMit    tmud  far  Alt  Vri 


WJiltehMia  foi  appellant,- «nd,  Georg«  O^  Genet  Cor 
respoadebt;  N».  103— Gosaman  vs.  Crugorf  ar- 
gued by  Bliha  Koot  for  appellant,  and  C.  Frost  for 
resttnndent.  , 

The  following  is  the  Court  of  Appeals  day  calen- 
dar tor  Monday,  Feb.  19 :  Nos.  201,  205,  m  304, 
184, 195, 16713,  ind  807.  ,        .        .   -^ 

STATE  PRISON  FOR  TEN  YEARS. 

AN     AMATEUR     DETKCTI'VE     CON'V^CTED     OE 
BURGLART — STORY  OF   A   MUSIC-BOX. 

About  ten  days  since  a  ratber  curious  case 

of  larceny  and  receiving  stolen  goods  was  tried  be- 
fore Jadge  Glldersleeve  in  the  Court  of  General 
Sesnons.  A  bar-tender  named  George  Andrews 
was  oliarsed  witb.  stealing  a  mosic-box.  It  ap- 
peared that  a  mnsic-box  bad  been  stolen  from  a 
gentlemtm,  and  sold  to  a  lady  fur  about  a  fifth  of  ite 
value.  Andrews  called  on  tills  person,  stated  that 
be  knew  how  the  instrument  had  been  obtained, 
and  demanded  its  restorsstion  or  a  recompense  of 
$15  for  holding  his  peace.  The  purchaser  Of  the  mu- 
eicbox  refused  to  comply  with  tbe  demand,  and  had 
Andrews  arrested  for  attempting  to  obtain  money  by 
false  pretenses.  Alter,  the  arrest  It  was  dis- 
covered that  Andrews  hadalso  visited  ihe  owner 
of'the  music-box  and  offered  to  restore  it  for  (15, 
but  failed  to  obtain  the  money.  Under  these  cir- 
cumstances the  Pistrict  Attorney  became  con- 
vinced that  Andrews  had  stolen  the  music-box, 
and  subsequently  attempted  to  make  profit  on 
it  by  trading  witb  tbe  loser  and  purchaser, 
whereupon  the  swindler  was  placed  on  trial  for 
grand  larceny.  Oo  taking  the  stand  in  his  own  be- 
half, Andrews  asnumed  an  air  of  bravado  and 
harangued  tbe  jury.  He  said  that  be  becamu 
legitimately  possessed  of  tbe  information  relating 
to  the  theft  of  the  music-box,  and  had  only 
taken  steps  for  its  restoration,  as  a  de- 
tective would  have  done.  He  suc- 
ceeded in  talking  the  jury  into  an  acquittal,  and  oa 
discharging  the  accused  Judge  Sutherland  advised 
bim  to  give  up  tbe  busloesa  of  amateur  doteolive 
and  engage  in  some  less  questionable  pursuit.  As- 
sistant District  Attorney  KoUins,  who  proao- 
cated  the  rase,  said,  "  Never  mind, 
Judse,  we  shall  have  that  fellow  here  agata 
before  many  week<*."  The  truth  of  the  prophecy 
was  annarent  vesterdav,  when  Andrews,  under  tbe 
name  of  Harris,  appeared  at  the  bar  ot  the  court 
to  plead  te  an  indictmeQt  for  burglary  in  tbe  first 
degree,  be  having  been  arrested  io  tbe  act  of  rob* 
bing  tbe  premises  of  Joseph  Lahr,  No.  136  Ninth 
avenue.  On  finding  tliat  be  was  recognized  by  Mr. 
Bollins,  Andrews  pleaded  guilty,  but,  with  consum- 
mate imondence. 'C(.ntended  that  be  was  not  legallv 
guilty  of  burglary,  he  having  found  tbe  door  ot  tbe 
residence  in  question  open  while  on  his  way  to 
break  into  another  mansion.  .Tndge  Sutherland 
sent  the  prisoner  to  State  Prison  for  ten  years. 


THE  WASHINGTOIf  MARKET  HOMICIDE. 
James  Bice,  who  was  indicted  for  murder  in 
the  first  degree,  was  brought  to  trial  before  Judge 
Brady,  in  the  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer,  yester- 
day. In  bis  opening  speech.  Assiatant  District  At- 
torney Kusaell,  who  represented  tbe  prosecution, 
said  that  they  would  not  ask  for  a  conviction  fur 
murder  in  the  first  degree,  but  for  murder  In  tbe 
second  degree  or  for  manslaughter  in  the  third  de- 
gree. This  was  said  In  reply  to  a  juror  who  had 
conscientious  scruples  against  tbe  infiiction  of  capi- 
tal punishment.  From  the  testimony  given-  it 
appeared  that  at  about  4  A.  M.  on  Oct. 
10,  1876,  Owen  McCabe  bad  a  souffle  witn 
John  and  Frank  McCarrau.  in  'Wasuingtun 
Marke^  where  both  parties  bad  stalls.  In  the  alter- 
cation McCabe  was  beaten.  Three  hours  later  Mc- 
Cabe wpnt  to  his  brother.  Hugh  McCabe,  who  was 
at  No.  422  Greenwich  street,  and  ioduccd  Hugh  to 
accompany  bim  to  tbe  place  kept  by  tbe  McCarrens. 
Oven  McCabe  aays  tbts  was  for  the  pnrpose  of  pro- 
curing the  arrest  of  tbe  latte'-.  "Wbeu  Owen  MrCabo 
and  bis  brother  airived  at  tbe  stall  of  tbe  McCar- 
rensa  fight  was  indulged  in.  and,  as  claimed  by  tbe 
prosecution,  tbe  accused,  who  waa  in  the 
employ  of  tbe  McCaneiis,  went  behind  Hugh 
McCabe  and  struck  bim  over  the  lack 
of  the  head  witb  a  hatchet.  Eaward  Bandall 
and  Abraham  Dorset  testified  to  seeing  Rice 
inflict  the  blow.  Dr.  Marsh  testified  that  Hugh 
McCabe  died  on  Deo.  2C  from  an  abscess  ot  tbe 
brain,  caused  by  a  fracture  of  tbe  skull.  Jobn  Far- 
reli,  a  policeman,  teatifled  that  be  saw  Hugh  Mc- 
Cabe after  tbe  assault  draw  a  batcbet  from  his  belt 
aud  hand  it  to  some  person  in  the  crowd  which  bad* 
collected;  the  witness  brought  tbe  parties  to  the 
station-house.  In  defense  it  is  claimed  that  the 
blow  which  caused  Hugh  McCabe's  death  waa  not 
struck  by  Kioe,  but  by  some  one  else.  Two  wit- 
nesses were  examined  for  the  defense,  and  the  trial 
was  then  adjourned  over  to  Monday. 


WAXTS  TO  GEl  RID  OF  ifO.VBT. 
Application  was  made  to  Judge  Barrett,  in 
Supreme  Court,  Chambers,  yesterday,  by  Albert 
Weber,  for  lesive  to  pay  into  court  ll.GOO,  which  ii 
claimed  by  two  parties.  It  appears  that  Mr. 
'Weber  employed  a  man  named  Pattison  to  exhibit 
goods  at  tbe  Centennial  Exposition  at  a  certain  rate 
of  wages,  and  by  the  terms  of  the  contraot  it  was 
required  that  the  money  was  to  be  paid  to  a  Mrs. 
Craig,  of  Buffalo.  A  person  claiming  to  be  a 
creditor  of  Pattison  began  a  euit  against  tbe 
latter,  and  issued  an  attacbment  directed 
Kizainst  the  funds  in  Mr.  Weber's  bands. 
The  monev  waa  duly  ie's-ied  on  by  the  Shciiff.  Mrs.' 
Craig  bad  previously  begun  a  suit  in  Buffalo  against 
Mr.  Weber  for  tbe  money.  Mr.  Weber,  not  know- 
ing Which  claimant  to  pay,  df^ires  to  bring  tbe 
money  Into  court,  and  let  the  claimants  figlit  it  out 
between  themselves,  or  '*  interplead,"  acconling  to 
the  legal  exoression.  Mi^.  Craig  claims  that  she, 
haviaui  begun  bcr  suit  in  Buffalu  lirst,  should  not  be- 
r<H]uired  to  litigate  in  this  City.  She  also  show* 
that  Mr.  AVeber,  when  tbe  attachment  was  served 
on  hiin,  made  a  certifiLiaie  to  tbe  eff.:ct  that  lie  bad 
no  property  of  Pattison  in  bis  possession.  To  this 
it  was  answered  that,  if  it  should  appear  that  the 
arrangement  between  Pattison  and  Weber  was  de- 
signed merely  to  keep  the  former's  propeity  out  of 
tlie  reach  of  creditors,  tbe  Sheriff  was  not  coccluded 
by  Mr.  Weber's  certiMcate,  and  is  permitteii  to  show 
that  tbe  arrangement  was  merely  to  keep  Pattisun'a 
property  away  from  his  creditors.  Judge  Barrett 
reserved  bis  deci.'jion.  Condert  Brothers  appeared 
for  Mrs.  Craig,  and  A.  J.  Yamierpuel  and  C.  W. 
Gould  for  Mr.  Weoer. 


K^3S£sr 


THE  CEMETERY  OF  IHE  EVERGREENS. 

The  suit  of  'William  C.  Kneeland  against 
Seymour  L.  Husted,  William  C.  Prime,  and  others, 
was  brought  before  Judge  Barrett,  in  Supreme 
Court,  Chambers,  yesterday,  on  a  motion  by  the 
plaintiff  to  strikeout  tbe  answer  of  Mr.  Prime  as 
frivoloui..  Judge  Barrett  denied  the  motion  on  the 
spot,  with  costs.  Kneeland,  who  claims  to  bo  a 
lot-owner  in  the  Cemetery  of  the  Evergreens,  sues 
to  recover  (100,000  damages  from  the  defendants  for 
alleged  wrongful  conduct  on  tbeir  part,  while  act- 
4ng  as  Trustees  of  tbe  Cemetery  Association.  He 
8^8  tbe  defenilaots,  while  Trasteea.  purchased  207 
acres  of  ground,  for  about  t200  per  acre, 
imd  sold  them  for  (1,200  per  acre  to 
tbe  association.  Mr.  Pnme,  tha  plaintiff 
alleges,  arranged  tbe  method  by  wbicb  tbe  transfer 
was  made,  and  received  a  bond  of  tl.OOO  as  well  as 
a  lot  valued  at  |l,2o5  for  bis  share.  Mr.  Prime,  in 
his  answer,  alleged  that  he  was  merely  the  legal  ad- 
viser of  certain  gentlemen  who  proposed  to  organize 
a  cemetery  association.  He  received  tbe  associa- 
tion's bond  and  tbe  lot.  but  be  says  these  were  given 
to  his  firm  tor  bis  services,  tbe  association  not  be- 
ing  able  tii  pay  in  money.  Mr.  Prime  says  be  never 
acted  as  Trustee,  and  that,  when  be  discovered  that 
be  tiad  beeu  appointed  as  Trastee,  he  resigned  at 
once.  Tbe  plaintiff  hiniseltj  Mr.  Prime  says,  was 
at  first  clerk  to  tbe  Controller  ot  the  association, 
and  afterward  was  Controller,  and  that  if  there 
waa  ahyUiing  wrong,  Kneeland  himself  was  a  party 
to  it. 

♦ 

TBE  CBUBOH  MUSIC  TROUBLE. 
The  trial  of  tbe  siiit  of  Edward  Sohenck 
against  tbe  Church  of  the  Incarnation,  was  re- 
sumed before  Chief  Justice  Curtis  and  a  Jnry,  in 
Part  IIL  of  the  Superior  Conrt,  yesterday.  A  few 
witnesses  were  examined  for  the  defense,  but  their 
testimony  was  merely  a  repetition  of  that  given  on 
the  preceding  day.  Tbe  counsel  then  bezan  tbeir  sum- 
ming up  to  the  jury.  John  E.  Parsons,  who  repre- 
sented the  defendant,  claimed  tnat  it  was  effrontery 
on  Mr.  Scbenck's  part  to  claim  damages.  He  had 
not  paid  any  of  tbe  choir,  nor  tbe  organist,  but  these, 
with  the  exception  of  the  soprano,  had  been  paid  by 
thecburcb.  Mr.  Scbenck  was  not  liable  for  the  sala- 
ries of  tbe  artists,  and  had  himself  said  be  did  not 
desire  to  make  any  money  out  of  the  church.  The 
counsel  considered  this  was  merely  an  attempt  to 
"  bleed"  the  cburcb.  Mr.  Parsoos  then  referred  to 
Mr.  Scbenck's  manner  of  conducting  the  musical 
services  as  being  calculated  to  create  disorder  aud 
to  annoy  thecongregation.  The  plaintiff's  way  was 
too  demonstrative  for  a  musical  conductor,  though  it 
might  do  very  well  for  an  auctioneer.  Ex-Judge 
Fithlan,  in  reply,  claimed  there  was  no  effrontery  in 
a  man's  seeking  bis  rights  under  a  lawful  contract. 
He  said  some  members  of  tbe  church  Musical  Com- 
mittee were  determined  to  got  rid  of  Mr^  Scbenck, 
and  succeeded  in  doing  so.  This,  boweverCdid  nut 
relieve  the  church  ot  its  liability.  Tbe  jury  ta- 
tired,  and  failing  to  bring  in  a  verdioc  at  tbe  hour 
of  closing  the  court,  were  ordered  to  bring  In  a 
sealed  verdict  on  Monday  morning. 


btsionoB  t*e  9)nttoB.  W.  J,  Batler  i^ipeared  for 
the  plaibtiffa,  and  ASron  J.  'Vimderpbel  for  the  de- 
fendimt  

•     COURT  NOTES. 


AN  INShRANOB  SUIT. 
The  case  of  John  Tilton  and  William  Feather 
against  tbe  'United  Stat-ea  Life  Insurance  Company 
was  brought  before  Judge  Kobinson,  in  the  Special 
Term  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  yesterday. 
Each  of  the  nlaintifis  is  a  poliey-bnldtfr  lu  the 
company.  Tilton  owns  a  poHcy  for  910,000,  which 
was  obtained  for  a  prior  one  wbicb  was  surren- 
dered. He  thinks  that  the  proper  amuimt  of  reserve 
was  not  credited  to  bim  on  tbe  new  policy. 
F«ather  holds  a  (2,000  policy  and  claims 
that  be  was  not  credited  with  ail  tbe  dividends  to 
which  ha  waa  entitled.  Both  plaintifis  desir»  an 
aoeooDUng,  and  make  charges  aeainst  the  manage- 
ment of  tbe    company.     Tne   latter   made  a  motion 

jesterday  to  bavs  certain  portions  of  the  complaint 
sliibken  out  Ss  irrelevant,  and  also  to  compel  the 
{ilaiutilfii  to  nnmtier  aud  specify  their  oaoses  of  ac-, 
tion.  Tbe  defendant  claims  there  are  three  causes 
of  action  In  the  comolaint  wbiob  cannot  be  joined 
together.  One  plaintiff  asks  one  kind  of  relief  and 
the  other  aeeJta  another.  The  company  .aaid  that  it 
ifilX  at  the  proper  time  deny  th*  ohikrjit<{  of  mia- 

BMSflMBUBik  Jodga  JteMaaok  natntA  h»  da^ 


Sergt.  Thompson,  of  the  Fourth  Preoinot, 
who   was   held   recently    on  a  charge   of  clubbing 

one  Michael  Cabnon,  yesterday  fomiahed  bail 
at  tbe  Tombs  Police  Court,  Bartholemew  F.  Codi- 
gau  becoming  his  bonasman. 

The  attention  of  llccorder  Hackett  and  a 

jury  was  occupied  again  yesterday  in  bearing  tne 
tedious  case  ot  James  Sutton,  President  of  the 
Aldino  Fnolidhing  Compitny,  on  trial  tor  pei  Jury. 
The  Recorder  focmd  it  necessary  to  remark  that  the 
trial  bad  already  been  extended  to  an  unwarrauta- 
ble  extent,  and  that  matters  had  been  dragged  into 
the  case  which  had  no  earthly  connection  with  tbe 
simple  question  at  issue. 

Sarah  C.  Hatch  applied  recently  to  Judge 
Brady,  in  Supreme  Court,  Chambers,  to  have  an 
assessment  on  two  lota,  for  the  regulating.  Sec.  of 
Elghty-f'jurtb  street,  set  aside  on  the  groond  that 
tbe  amount  charged  for  tbe  work  was  exoessive 
and  fraudulent.  Judge  Brady  denied  tbe  applica- 
tion yesterday,  on  tbe  gruuiid  that  she  bad  not 
made  out  her  case.  In  tbe  cuse  of  Patrick 
Kiley,  who  petitioned  for  tbe  vacation  of  an  assess- 
m  en  I  for  tbe  repaying  of  Avenue  B,  Judge  Brady 
granted  the  application  because  it  appeared  that 
the  resolution  of  the  Common  Council  antborizing 
the  work  bad  not  been  properlv  advertised. 

DECisioys. 

fiUFBEHB  COITBT — CHAMB2B8. 
By  Judge  Donahue. 

Qano  VI.  MeCvnn Granted.    Memorandum. 

Sv  Judge  Barrett 

Kneeland  V8.  JB'utttd.— Motion  denied,  witb  $10  costs. 

Collin$v».  Catftman.— Motion  granted.wlth  $1U  costs. 

itcUter  of  Louisa  arui  ilalilcla  focfcner. —Taere  must  be 
a  separate  bood  to  oacb  infant,  say  la  $l,6U0  to  each. 

Frattr  v$.  Bn'icn Motion  granted  without  coats,  on 

condition  that  plaintiff  accept   tbe  defendant's  uuder- 
taking  on  arrest,  ond  wiihout  preludica  to  a  motion  to 
vacate  tue  order  of  arrest  on  the  merits. 
By  Judge  Brady. 

Matter  of  McClotkev.—PraYtT  of  petitioner  denied. 
Opinion. 

Matter  of  Bei'lv.—AaBusaxDeBt  vacated.    Opinion. 

Kneeland  VI.  Jfiutcd.— .Motion  <^nied,  witb  $10  costs. 

Matter  of  flo/o/i.— I'etitlon  denied.    Opinion. 

Matttr  of  Waugler. — Aa&essmeut  vacated.  See  matter 
of  aeilly. 

Jtfatter  of  JtfcBarron.— These  are  nnt  cases  of  repave- 
ment.  and  the  peiUioas  muut  be  deulad  under  chapter 
31S  of  tht<  Laws  of  1871. 

The  HerJcahire  Woolen  Company  »«.  Jnillxard. — The 
belter  wmt,  1  tbinic,  is  to  coii&rm  the  report  of  tne 
Referee,  and  tbe  woole  subject  can  be  reviewed  on  ap- 
peal. 

SUFBEMB  iCOUET— SPECIAL  TEB3I. 
By  Judge  Van  Vorit 

Uhl.  ttc,  vi.  Millhauter. — Decree  signe.!. 

Betta  vt.  Betta,  et  aL — Judgment  settled  and  siimed. 

'JTic  Ifational  Park  Bank  vs.  Dufigtit. — Uecrui'    aliened. 

Knowlaon  va.  Belts. — Kenr;nimeBt  urder.  d,  to  be  heard 
Monday.  Feb.  1«,  at  10:30  A.  M. 

Tiie  Security  Bank  vs.  Warren,  <te. — Kzceptlons  over- 
ruled. Report  ot  Ueferee  coudimed,  and  Judgment  lor 
plalnti£    (jDlnlon. 

8UPKB10K  COL'KT— SPECIAL  TERM. 
By  Judge  Curtis. 
Algie  vs.  fPood.— Proposed  case  and  amendments  set- 
tled. 

By  Judge  Spcir. 
McArdlevs.  Koenler.—Caae  nod  amendments  settled. 

Bg  Judge  Sedgunck, 
McKenna  vs.  Crosby  et  ai.— Ordered   on   calendar  for 
first  '  oudav  of  Miirth. 

Borland  vs.  The  Mercantile  Mutual  Insurance  Comvany. 
— Order  lor  commission. 
Carman  vs.  Ham  in«.— Undertaking  approved. 
Oalinger  vs.  The  Manor,  <*c.— Ordered  on  special  cal- 
endar tiir  Fell.  2:-i. 

Torry  vs.  'llu  Orant  Locomotive  Company. — Order  for 
commiasioo. 

Orders  (Granted.  — Boutelller  vs.  Totry;  Barrett  vs. 
'Walker ;  UcDermott  vs.  The  Lycoming  Fire  Insu- 
rance Company:  Fronty  vs.  Payne. 

COMMON  PLEAS— SPECIAL  TEBM. 
By  Judge  Vobinaon. 
Divorces  Granted  to  Plaintiffs.— W  wMkui  E.  Sawyer  vs. 
Martha  sawyer,  aud  Joaiau  ii.  Burgeau  vs.  Susan  ,U. 
Bur^sss.  >. 

KABIXR  COUltr— CHAMBERS. 

By  Judge  McAdam. 

EeUhvs.  Bosquet.— Thei  law  will  not  strip  eren  a  single 
man  ot  the  uecessaiies  of  lllu.  (8ea  Weekly  Digest, 
2UU. )    Motion  ueoied. 

Sotomon  vs.  Bosen Disco.-itinnance  allowed  as  per 

decision  dle>i. 

Juugments  for  Plaintiffs  on  Demurrers. — Whitall  vs. 
W.vmeu;   Kniirer  vs.  Couisdu. 

8fe  Indorsements  on  Papers. — Rogers  vs.  Arculariua; 
Wolley  va  .^rculanua. 

Hilliard  vs.  Piatt. — Order  to  sell  perlsboble  pronerty. 

Boeder  vs.  Ueinzel. — Muliou  to  aulisiitule  atioriieva 
gran  led.  . 

Jii  Is  vs.  .Sionnjon.— Motion  granted  conditionally. 

Motions  Grnnted Smith  vs.  frebra;  E>tle  va.  Somert; 

Reiiiier  vs.  Ulitiirelt :   Murray  vs.  Latliy. 

Doupe  vs.  DaviaoH. —  -lalUble  attaolitiieut  onlercd. 

DrfauUs  .\oted.— steigM  r  vs.  Clurke;  Urindle  va. 
TbouiHS:   bteclcmanvs.  Mr.ey. 

Orosz  vs.  Z.i-r?n2.  — .Motion  to  open  rtefanlt  denli>(l. 

Freeman  ca.  i^larkf.—Thn  answer  iiiuat  be  served  on 
the  lOth  itist.,  and  to  <hi3  extent  tli-  motion  will  l>o 
grsated;  $IU  ct^sta  to  plaintiff,  to  aliiile  event. 

t'liristopJier  vs.  >Fi/*on.— Ciiarles  Mui|/Son,  t'.eq.,  Be- 
ceiver. 

Comte  vs.  Ponatoty. — Motion  to  vacnte  arrest  ernnted 
on  .stipulating  not  to  su>-;  SIO  eost-t,  to  aliide  evrnu 

Arnold  vt  Allen.— ComoiiiMiinx  oruered  with  30  days 
stay:    (see  papiis. ) 

Vvung  va.  Jl/aul— Motion  to  comocl  judgment  debtor 
to  il^Uver  over  prnpertv  denied 

Kieail  vs.  Sttirch — ( Iwo  casea )— Defendant  dls 
cbaiised.  ^^^^^ 

AMBASSADORS  AA±}  CHARGES  D'AF- 
FAIRES. 
From  the  Solieitort'  Journal. 
The  Ambassadors  have  left  Constantinople 
after  receiving  some  discourtesy  from  tbe  Ottoman 
Government  It  Is  stated  that  the  Sultan,  "  bav- 
ins toothache,"  refused  nn  audience,  and  tbe  Paabaa 
absented  themselves  from  tbe  meeting  for  tbe  signa- 
ture of  tbe  protocol.  Contemporary  accounta  state 
that  when  tbe  Ambassadors  ofthe  three  allied  powers 
quilted  Coastantinople  in  lS-27,  they  did  not  receive 
much  more  civility.  It  was  not  nntll  tbeir  ships 
liad  weighed  anchor  that  tbe  Porte  would  send 
their  firmans,  and  dlfBculries  were  made  as  to 
accepting  (be  arraneements  of  tbe  Amoassadora 
for  tbe  pruiection  dT  tbe  subjects  of 
therr  respective  cunntries.  It  is  to  be 
feared,  indeed,  that  the  pi-ualiy  intended  to  be  im- 
posed by  tbe  withdrawal  of  AmbaasaJord  i*  not  of 
a  very  aweioaplring  character.  The  Cbar^r^  d' Af- 
faires, Who  ia  acci edited  to  the  Mioiatcr  of  i'ureiirn 
Affiirti,  iii,  perhaps,  on  the  wbule,  amore  couvenieut 
tuiicrionary  than  tbe  Ambassaoor.  The  Ambjasa- 
dor  can  claim  Hudieuce  witb  the  sovereijru  or  bead 
of  tbe  State ;  tne  Cbar£6  d'Afiitires  must  communi- 
cate thrujgb  tbe  Minialer.  bo  at  leant  it  has  been 
laid  down  lu  America.  In  1852,  oo  tbe  occa.siun  of 
an  appeal  made  to  the  President  uf  tbe  TTuited 
Statea  by  -the  Austrian  Cbal'f£6  d'Affaire.i,  Mr. 
Wetis'er  wrote  to  tbe  American  Chared  ti'AtiTjires 
at 'Vienna  :  "The  Chevalier  Bu  aeniaiin  ought  to 
know  that  a  Cbarc6  d'AUairea,  whether  rcguiarly 
commissioned,  oraciingasaucb  witboutcoromiasJou, 
can  bold  official  iniercourae  only  with  the  Depart- 
ment ot  State.  He  bad  no  right  even  tocnnVenie  with 
the  President  on  matters  of  businaas,  ana  may  cou- 
Hider  it  a  liberal  courtesy  that  lio  ia  preaeuied  to 
bim  at  all,"  (see  Wheaton,  p.  3iG.)  The  position  of 
the  different  classes  of  rapieieatativss  at  fureic;n 
courts,  as  settled  at  tbe  Conurcss  of  'Vienna,  assiifus 
to  the  Charge  d'Affaires  tbe  third  rank,  but  lue 
Congress  oi  A/ix-la-Cbapelle,  by  adding  to  Ambaa- 
sadnra  aud  en vuys  accredited  to  aoveioiens  a  new 
class  of  "  Minis:ers  resuieut  accredited  to  SuTer- 
eigua,"  reduceo  the  Cbar,.6a  d'Afi';)irPS  to  the 
lourtn  rank.  The  Secretary  of  tiio  Embaiisy  is 
usually  Cbarg^  d'Aifalres,  aud  In  tbe  latter  ca- 
puclcy  be  ia  encitleu  tu  the  immunities  of  tbe  Am- 
bassador ;  and  It  would  appear  that,  independently 
ot  that  character,  be  is  entitled  to  immuniciea. 
"  Tbe  Secretary  of  ibo  Embaasy,"  says  Vattel, 
("  IJroiides  Gens."  llv.  4,  cnap.  9,  s.  122,  died  in 
Halleck,)  *'  bas  bis  commission  from  the  sovereign 
bimseh,  whica  m.ikos  bim  a  kind  of  public  Mini:)- 
ter,  and  he,  in  bimaelf,  is  protected  by  ihe  law  of 
nations,  aud  enjoys  immuailies  independent  of  tbe 
Ambassador."  ^ 

TERRIBLE  DISASTER  IN  LONDON. 
From  the  London  limes  of  Jan-  31. 
Yesterday  morning,  about  10:15,  a  terrible 
disaster  happened  on  tbe  premises  of  tbe  City  Cum- 
miesionera  of  Sewers,  in  Commercial  roaa,  Lamootb, 
resulting  in  the  death  uf  one  poraoo,  mortal  iujnrj 
to  two  women,and  serious  injuries  to  a  dozen  otbera. 
For  Home  time  paat  Lett's  Wnarf  bas  bseu  ilie  scene 
uf  extensive  building  operations,  the  Com* 
misaioners  erecting  a  lart;e  series  of  build- 
iocs  for  the  sorting  and  storage  of  tbe 
dust  and  refuse  collected  in  the  Cit.v  of  Lon- 
don proper,  together  with  suitable  furnaces  f.)r 
burning  up  such  vegetable  and  animal  retuso  as  is 
useleas  tor  manure.  Ttie  mam  building  was  com- 
pleted, and  the  shaft  of  the  turnace  was  still  In 
course  of  erection,  with  scaffolding  arouod  and 
abuve  it.  At  tbe  time  mentioned  a  great 
number  of  dust  sorters,  men  and  women,  were 
at  work  iu  a  yard  aiijoiumg  tbe  new  works,  when 
suddenly  the  rain  camb  down  with  such  violence 
that  they  flocked  under  the  scaflolding  lur  shelter, 
and  at  that  very  mument  the  whole  ot  tbe  shaft  and 
timber  surrounding  it  was  blown  over  by  a  tierce 
rush  of  wind,  aud  came  crashing  down  upon  the  un- 
fortunate people.  Their  abrieks  for  help  brought 
aHsistanoe  from  the  aojoiniug  wharves,  and  in  the 
space  of  half  an  hour  tne  whole  of  the  poor  people 
were  rescued  and  taken  to  Che  hospital,  three  of 
them  being  to  all  appearances  dead,  but  it  was  sub- 
aequently  ascertained  tuatouly  one  bad  been  killed 
outright,  although  two  more  ot  them  are  so  mucb 
injured  in  the  spina  that  their  recovery  is  impossi- 
ble. The  City  surveyor  far  the  Southern  Uiririct 
and  the  Surveyor  for  the  Parish  of  Lambeth  were 
soon  on  the  spotr  and  it  then  became  apparent  that 
the  shaft  had  become  strained  by  the  gale  of  Moo- 
day  uigbt,  and  that  the  niomeotary  hurricane  which 
swept  oyer  the  metropolis  ui  10:15  bad  snapped  oue 
of  the  standards  and  buried  tne  whole  shaft  to  the 
ground.  -   -   

RHODE  ISLAND  TREMBLING. 
The    Providence    Journal   of  the  15th  Inst. 
save :   "  Officers   from   tbe  Sixth   Police   Station,  at 

OIneyfille,  report  yesterday  morning  that  some 

time  Toesday  night,  while  sittine  in  tbe  ata. 
tJoa,  tbey  lett  the  (croaod  benaath  tbe  baUdiuK 
tiemble,  and  indeed  for  a  moment  tbe  strncture  was 
shaken  upon  its  foundation.  Oue  of  the  doors  waa 
thrown  open  by  tbe  shook,  although  securely  bolted, 
ahd  now  the  offioert  weJit  to  know  it  it  was  in  real. 
iMr  aa  aartihnaslr*.'* 


FORTT^FOURTH  GOUaRESS. 


SECOND  SESSION.... Fa.  1& 


SUMMAET  OP  THE  DATS  PROCEEDINGS 
lu  the  Senate  au  appropriation  of  $100,000 
was  made  for  a  defloienoy  In  the'  aopropriauon  for 
the  purchase  of  official  stamps.  The  Silver  Dollar 
bill  was  made  tbe  special  order   for  Monday.    The 

House  amendments  to  the  Consular  bill  were  oon- 
cttrred  in  and  the  bill  nassed.  The  Paelflo  Bailroad 
Sinkinz  Fund  bill  was  discussed  and  amended. 

In  the  House  the  bill  fixing  rates  of  transporta- 
tion over  the  Omaha  Bridge  was  discussed  briefly 
without  action.  A  number  of  bills  on  the  private 
calendar  were  passed. 


SEMATB. 
The  Senate  met  at  10  o'clock,  and  in  mediately 

took  another  recess  till  12o'olock.  On  reassembling 
at  that  hour,  Mr.  Inqalls,  of  Kansas,  from  tbe 
Committee  on  ihe  Sietriot  ot  Columbia,  reported 
favorably  on  tbe  Senate  bill  to  repeal  an  act  to  incor- 
porate the  National  Capitol  Life  Insurance  Com- 
oaov,  and  to  provide  for  winding  np  tbe  alEiirs  ot 
said  corporatlou.  Placed  on  the  calendar. 
POSTAGE  STAMP  DEFICIENCT. 

Mr.  Sasobnt.  of  Califumia,  from  the  Committee 
on  A  ppropriations,'  reported  a  bill  appropriating 
1100,000  to  supply  a  defloiency  in  tbe  appropriation 
for  the  purcbase  of  official  postage  stamps  for  tbe 
Trea8u<]y  Department  during  the  current  fiscal 
year.    Passed. 

THE  SILTEB  DOLLAR  BILL. 

Mr.  LOOAN,'  of  Illinois,  moved  to  take  up  the  Sen- 
ate bill  for  ibe  issue  ot  silver  coin  and  to  make  tbe 
silver  dollar  a  legal  tender. 

Mr.  MOBBILL,  of  Vermont,  objected  to  the  consid- 
eration of  a  bill  of  Ibis  importance  during  tbe  morn- 
ine  bour.  The  Chairmun  of  the  Cnuimittee  on 
Finauce.  Mr.  Sherman,  was  a'lseut,  aud  it  should 
uot  be  taken  up  until  he  returned. 

Mr.  LooAN  Bsid  ic  was  immaterial  whether  the 
Cbairmau  of  rbe  Finauce  Committee  was  here  or 
voU  He  [Mr.  LogauJ  had  preosred  tbe  bill  himself, 
and  the  Chairman  ofthe  Finance  Committee  bad 
told  him  to  call  it  up  wheuever  be  thought  proper. 
This  bill  nor  any  other  to  make  the  silver  dollar  a 
legal  tender  would  have  a  hearing  in  the  Senate  un- 
less it  was  pressed.  T  le  subject  bad  been  fully  dis- 
cussed over  and  over  again,  but  a  vote  could  never 
ue  reached  on  tbe  main  question.  He  telt  sure  ibis 
bill  would  be  killed  by  delay,  although  it  was  a  mat- 
ter of  importance  and  sboul  J  be  acted  upon. 

Mr.  Logan  witndrew  bis  motion,  and  muved  that 
the  Sliver  b.ll  b%  made  tbe  special  order  for  Mon- 
day next  at  1  o'clock  F.  M.,  which,  after  debate, 
wsui  agreed  to. 

THE  CON8ULAE  APPKOP8LATION8. 

On   motion  of   Mr.  Saboent,   of  California,  the 
Senate  concurred  in  tbe  umeuumenta  of  the  House 
to   tbe   Senate  amendments   to   the  Consulnr    and 
Diplomatic  Appropriation  bill,  and  It  was  passed. 
THE  PACIFIC  BAILROAD. 

The  morning  hour  having  expired  tbe  Senate  re- 
sumed the  consideration  of  ttie  uufluisbed  business, 
being  tbe  bill  to  amend  the  Pacidc  Kailroad  aces  so 
as  tu  create  a  sinking  fund  tor  the  liquidation  of 
tbe  inoebtedueaa  due  tbe  Government  b.v  the  Pacifio 
Kailroad  Companies,  tne  uuodin<;  question  being  on 
tue  amendment,  of  Mr.  Bootu,  submitted  ou 
Wednesday  last,  to  the  second  seciou  uf  tbe  hill 
leported  by  the  Committee  on  Kailroads,  so  aa  to 
nrovide  that  tbe  Central  Pacido  aud  XJaiuu  PacIQo 
rnad.s  shall  eacli  pav  into  tbe  Treasury  of  tbe 
United  States  (750,000  per  annum  in  equal  semi- 
annual iLStallmeuis  until  such  sums  sbaii,  with  in- 
terest thereon,  be  audioienr.  wueu  added  to  other 
sums  to  tbe  credit  ot  the  sinking  fund,  to  payoff 
a.id  uxiinguitjb  tbe  Govcrnraent  lioud.i  at  tuattirity 
aivaucei  to  aaid  c.impauies,  with  C  percent,  iuter- 
cst  thereon  from  their  respeciivu  dates  until  paid. 
lutei'e.4t  uu  all  sums  placed  to  the  credit  of  tbe 
siukmg  fund  shall  be  credited  aud  added  thereto 
semi-aunually,  at  the  ra.e  ot  6  per  cent,  per  auoum. 
Provided,  bu'wever,  that  if  tiiu  loro^oing  provisions 
shall  pr.ire  lu^uffioient  to  extinguish  tbe  Govern- 
uieut  buuas  HUd  intereat  tbereou  at  maturity,  as 
!if>ir.  Slid,  ihu  semi-annual  payments  shall  be  lu- 
cri-axed  tu  such  sum  as  will  be  sufficient  lur  tbat 
pnrooeu. 

Mr.  West,  of  Loulniana,  opposed  tbe  amendment, 
ana  arcujii  that  it  would  cause  more  trouble  and 
liii;:atiou  ilian  the  blil  uf  tho  Judiciary  Committee. 

Air.  lioOTU,  apeuking  in  fsvur  of  tbe  amendment, 
said  bis  only  ooject  waa  to  make  ihe  billot  the 
Kailroad  Committeo  so  good  that  its  present  friends 
would  not  i-upport  It. 

Mr.  lii-AlNF.,  ot  Maine,  aail  bo  was  opposed  t<i  the 
vaiiouu  pi'uviaiooa  oi  tbe  bill  repuried  by  tbe  Cum- 
mitcee  uu  Kailioada.  Tbe  fifth  HecUuu  of  the  mil. 
allowing  the  companies  tu  ituiicipate  tbeir  semi-an- 
nual payments  uiscouuted  ai  the  rate  of  G  pei  cent., 
h.tu  the  powerof  lufinite  miachiet  iu  it.  He  woe  op. 
pi;&iHl  tu  tbe  proviso  111  tue  third  section,  making  it  a 
couditioo  that  tbe  Government  should  pairunizethe 
rudda  III  the  trauspurtatiuu  of  liei;;bt,  iScc.  Tuu  uf- 
bcors  of  tiiO  Guveremuui  sUuuid  ue  left  tree  to  ae- 
leul  tnu  be.tt  aud  cbejpe.st  muaua  uf  trauspurtatiou. 
Uu  tbe  uih>'i'  band,  be  did  nol  meau  to  »uy 
lUul  be  could  suppoit,  tbe  bill  ut  the  Ju- 
diciary Committee.  That  bill  meant  a  lawbuit,  aud 
Cuugresa  cuuld  uot  do  a  truater  injury  to  tbe 
Cniied  States  Tr,.a8ury  than  to  pass  a  bill  of  that 
character.  This  bill  meant  tho  law's  delay, 
the  laws  uiA:ertainly,  and  thus  fur  tbe  law'.H  un- 
certainly had  beeu  a  certainty  against  tbe  United 
States  lu  all  conflicts  botwecu  the  Government  aud 
tne  cumpiiuica.  Tuu  G  >veruiueut  bad  not  bad  luck 
111  tue  courts.  A  burue.i  cuild  dreaded  the  fire,  and 
be  wautod  to  U<'epuutof  ihe  courts.  He  w.is  In 
lavor  uf  Bouiu  bill  to  have  a  sottlemnnt  with  tbene 
cumpauiea.  If  uuihing  ahuuld  be  dune  toward  a  bet- 
tirmunt,  at  the  end  ut  tnu  present  century  tbe  com- 
pjuies  would  owe  the  Government  over  two  buu- 
ured  miilioua.  If  tbe  Government  should  then  take 
vuiSeasiou  uf  tne  ruad  it  Would  be  at  a  cuat 
uf  ubuut  IllU.OOO  a  mile,  aud  that  would 
uot  ba  a  nruUcaolo  bargniu.  Tuere  had 
been  a  good  deal  said  aliout  these  railroads  being 
graspiug  monopuiies.  Tbey  weifr  only  men.  They 
uad  a  vuludblu  piece  of  iiroperty  and  they  proposed 
tu  keep  It — lu  appeal  tu  tuu  courta  aud  fight  to  tbe 
bitter  end.  He  was  iu  tavur  uf  some  aujusiment 
wb!cu  would  be  just  to  the  Government  aud  tair  to 
tbe  railroad  companies.  Tbe  amuudmeut  submitted 
yesterday  by  too  Senator  fiom  Iowa  fMr.  AllisonJ 
in  the  nature  of  a  subsiituie,  he  tnonvbt  ap- 
peared to  be  juat,  as  it  named  uu  specific  sum 
tu  be  psid,  but  lett  that  with  the  Sucrotary 
of  the  Tioaaury.  lie  uuoeJ  to  remain  in  Cou;;reti3 
loug  uuuiigb  tu  see  a  beesiuo  uu  by  wiihuut  a  rail- 
ruad  bill  in  it,  but  he  was  afraid  be  wuuld  not  bo 
uratified  if  nucb  a  bill  as  that  reported  by  tbe  Ju- 
diciary Committee  sbuuld  be  passed.  The  railroad 
coinpauies  ^cre  iu  a  position  more  advantageous 
than  tiio  Govommtiut  iiself,  and  tbey  cuuld  cuu- 
ilnuu  tbe  litikiaiiou  at  the  expense  ul  the  Govern- 
ment. 

The  amendment  of  Mr.  Booth  waa  rejected— yeas, 
S4 ;   nays,  !^,  us  tollowa  : 

Teas— Messrs.  Anthoay.  Bailey.  Bogy,  Boo  b,  Cbrls- 
tiauey,  Coukr^ll.  l  ouper,  Harvey,  Kernau.  jMcUouald. 
jllcMiilau,  .>lernniou,  ftloirili,  Ottlesuy,  Kaudoipa, 
KoueAaon.  Sartfeut,  saulauurv,  Stevenson,  W'adioiKb, 
Wallace,  Wiiyte,  >yituei a,  Wright— •,i4. 

Nats — iieaara.  Alil.-sou,  Baruum,  i>laine.  Boutwell, 
Bruce,  BurnsKie,  Caoicrun  ui  feunavlvania,  Ciuvtou, 
Cuiikiin^^,  C.-aglu,  liayls,  llawes,  Kenuia,  L/orsey,  Goid- 
tbwalte,  Uoriiun,  llercloid,  Hitchcock,  Ingalld,  Juun- 
ht  u.  Jones  ot  Florid. i.  Kelly,  i  o^au,  Jui..cneil,  ^'or. 
wood,  r'alterHun,  Teller,  West — '28. 

Mr.  IJOOTU  then  withdrew  another  amendment 
snbmitiea  uy  liim  on  VVedoosday.  'giving  to  Cou- 
i;re-s  power  to  alter,  amoud,  or  repeal  the  act. 

Mr.  CHRISTI.4l\cy.  ut  Micoijcan,  moved  tu  strike 
out  the  siXiU  and  seventh  sections  of  tbe  bill 
reported  by  the  Cummitiee  ou  liailroads,  which 
provide  tbut  the  act  shall  bo  construed  as  a  final 
eettlement  betweeu  the  Gi>vernmeut  and  the  com- 
uauies,  if  accepted  by  tbe  cumpanies  within  four 
mouths  of  tbe  date  ol  its  passage,  aud  so  repeals  all 
acts  and  pans  of  aces,  lu  lieu  of  ihoso  sections, 
Mr.  CURISTiANcy  proposed  to  insert  a  section  pro- 
viding  tuai.  Cougress  snail  at  all  times  bavo  power 
to  alter  auil  amend  as  well  as  repeal  tbe  act. 

Mr.  CUAFFEE,  uf  Colorado,  submitted  au  amend- 
meut  to  that  of  Mr.  Cnristiancy,  so  as  to  provide 
that  tbu  act  should  be  construed  as  a  fiUiU  settle, 
meut  betweeu  the  Government  aud  tbe  companies, 
li  witbiu  lour  mouths  atter  its  paasaize  it  bo  ac- 
cepted by  the  companies,  and  pruvidiug  said  cum- 
pauios  shall  faitbiuily  comply  with  all  the  provi- 
sions ot  I  ho  act,  and  shall  nut  be  iu  default  of  any  uf 
the  loatalluiouia  wbuu  due. 

Mr.  Dawes,  of  Ma^'sachusetts,  spoke  of  tho  rights 
of  the  Guvernmcut  unu  tce  raiiruad  companies,  aud 
said  be  was  in  iuvoc  of  au  amicable  settlement  with 
tbe  companies,  and  would,  therefore,  support  any 
bill  to  avoid  lUicatioii. 

Mr.  CHRiSTiANcy  spoke  in  favor  of  hia  amend- 
ment, auu  oalu  all  ne  wau-ed  was  lu  have  these  rail- 
road cumpanies  lay  aside  a  fund  to  pay  their  in- 
debteiiuess  to  the  GovernuiHot. 

Mr.  Wadleigh,  of  Kow-Hanipshire,  said  ho 
bad  no  bitter  Hostility  a^ainat  these  railroad 
companies,  but  there  were  many  pooplu,  in 
this  couutry  who  hud  to  work  hard  to  pay 
their  taxes  and  get  a  living;  tbeir  money  went 
into  the  Treasury  uf  the  United  States  and  should 
uot  be  takeu  out  lor  tuilroad  companies.  He  was 
opposed  tu  tbe  bill  reported  by  the  Cummitiee  on 
Kailruads  because  be  believed  It  waa  wrung;  he 
opposed  it  because  he  saw  the  same  meu  tbrunKlng 
the  lobules  to-day  and  urging  its  passage  whu  had 
imposed  upon  Congress  lu  lormer  years  bills  tbe 
evils  uf  which  Congress  wastryinKUow  tuger  rid  of. 

Mn  'West,  ot  Louisiana,  »aid  he  thought  tbe 
Senator  from  .New-Uampsbire  |Mr.  Wadiei|rb]  used 
ratber  barsh  and  uhcalled-tur  expresaiuua.  The 
.Kdllroad  Cummiitee  baa  tuia  matter  iuLrusted  to  it 
by  lue  Senate,  and  tue  Senator  who  had  just  takeu 
his  seat  sbuuld  not  lose  sight  uf  the  fact  that  this 
matter  waa  orunght  to  the  attention  of  (yontrress  by 
tbe  Executive  Department  uf  tbe  Goyernmeut.  He 
amued  that  tbe  unly  oiifereuco  tietweeu  the  bills  of 
tbe  Committee  on  Itailroads  and  the  Committee  on 
the  Judiciary  was  tnat  tbe  former  proposed  a  set- 
tlement witti  tbe  cousent  of  tha  companies,  and  tbe 
latter  a  settlemeut  wuhout  sucb  consent. 

Mr.  McMillan  eaid  be  was  nut  iu  favor  of  malcine 
an  agreement. 

Mr.  AVadleigh  referred  to  tbe  passage  ot  tho 
original  set  lu  188.2,  aud  said  if  it  bad  been  stated 
then  that  tbe  railroad  compauies  would  not  be  ex- 
poccfed  to  pay  the  interest  on  boods  aa  it  became 
due,  no  man  would  have  dared  to  put  himself  on 
record  iu  favor  ot  the  bill.  Ail  that  be  asked  nuw 
was  that  these  companies  De  comnelled  to  pay  their 
debuj,  as  they  wure  aliundiintly  able  to  iIo. 

Mr.  HlTCHCOCR,  of  Nebraska,  relerred  to  the  de- 
bates IU  iBbii,  and  argued  tuat  tbe  geueral  tenor 
thereof  was  that  the  interest  should  not  be  ]^aid  by 
the  cumpauiea  as  it  fell  due. 

Mr.  Dawes  said  a  motion  made  in  the  HbiUe  ot 

Reortaeutauvea  that  the  companies  ahoold  be  re. 

quired  to  paytlwi  interest  as  it  bsoame  ddewas 

voted  dowru 

^     j&c.  HxroiuooK   i£Mun>in«\  cafterad  to  tlsm  aaa  ot 


laatyear  authorlaing  a  remeasnremaat  of  tbe  Union 
Paciito  Boad.  and  aalil  aone  egofiofftlata  opposed  to 
the  road  brought  (boot  this  legialaiilou.  ■.  Tbe  road 
was  again  maatitrvd.  aad  It  waa  fbpnd  that  the 
company  had  been  oh^teo.  ont  of  Jaaos  and  bonds 
for  two  or  (bree  mflta  of  tbe  ra«d,  and  tbe  resnlt  of 
this  economy  vas  ^t  the.QoTeniment  had  to  pay 
tlOO.OOO  or  |tl9O.O0O  to  the  Union  .Pacific  Company. 
Tbe  dlieoRsion  was  continued  at  length  by 
Messrs.  'Wright,  MorrilL  "West  and  others. 

The  amendment  of  Mr:  CimffiMi,  above  referred 
to,  was  agreed  to — yeas  30.  uavt  3%. 

Tbe  question  then  Deiufr  od  the  Binendmcnt  of 
Mr.  Cbristlauoy,  as  amended  by  Mr.  Chaffee,  it  was 
agreed  to— yeas  38,  nays  15.  .       j 

The  questioo  then  recurred  on  tbe  amendment  of 
Mr.  Booth,  submitted  on  'Wednesday  last,  to  strike 
out  the  fifth  section  of  tbe  bill  reported  by  tbe 
Kailroad  Committee,  wbiob  allows  the  company 
to  anticipate  their  semi-annual  payments  discount- 
ed  at  the  rate  of  6  per  cent.,  &c.,  aud  it  waS  agreed 
to  without  division. 

Mr.  Allisom,  of  Iowa,  modified  the  amendment 
submitted  by  bim  yesterda.v  m  tbe  nature  of  %  aubr 
stitute  so  aa  to  nrovide  tbat  tbe  act  shall  take  etlsct 
upon  its  acceptance  by  the  railroad  companies 
Within  lonr  months  from  its  passage. 

The  Senate  tbeo,  at  5  o'clock,  went  Into  execu- 
tive session,  and  when  tbe  doors  were  reopened 
took  a  recess  until  10  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 


HOIISB  OF  BEPBEaENTATrVES. 

Tbe  House  met  at  10  o'clock  this  morning 
and  took  a  fuither  recess  nntil  10:55  o'clock,  and  an 
assembling  went  into  Committee  of  tbe  Whole  on 
tbe  bill  fixinc  the  rates  for  transportation  ot  freiebt 
and  passeutfors  across  flie  bridge  at  Omaha,  on  the 
line  of  the  Union  Pacifio  Bailroad. 

Mr.  LUTTHKLL,  of  CalifomiH,  favored  tbe  substi- 
tute of  the  minority  of  the  Pacific  Kailroad  Com- 
mittee providintr  that  tbe  company  shall  not  charee 
more  than  |5  a  car,  and  25  cunts  a  passeneer  for 
transportation  over  the  bridge.  He  was  opposed  to 
allowing  them  tbe  right  to  cbarne  any  toll,  but  be 
bad  signed  tne  minority  report  in  preference  to  the 
majonty,  which  allowed  the  Government  Directors 
ot  the  road  to  fix  and  limit  the  tolls. 

Mr.  Thbockmobton,  of  Texas,  spoke  in  soppnrt 
of  tbe  bill  ut  tbe  majority,  tie  thoueht  tbat  tbe 
rates  now  charged  for  transportation  across  the 
bndga  of  |lO  a  oar  and  50  cents  a  passeuKer  were 
toohich,  but  he  did  not  think  that  a  c<^  omittee  of 
the  Hotue  could,  in  tbe,  limited  time  allowed^ it, 
regnlaie  the  rates  io  be  charged  as  well  at  the 
Board  of  Directors  could. 

Without  ooffliog  to  any  oonclusion  on  tbe  bill, 
the  commitiee  rose,  prayer  was  offered  by  tbe  Cbap- 
lain,  and  tbe  Journal  ol  '.^ursday  read. 

Tbe  House  at  1:50  went  into  Committee  of  the 
'Whole.  Mr.  COX  in  tbe  cbair,  on  the  pnyate  calen- 
dar, aud  at  4:10  P.  M.  arose,  and  tbe  foUowinn  bills 
were  passed :  To  rotund  u>  the  Mayor  and  City 
Council  of  Baltimore  $13,500  illeerally  assessed  and 
collected  for  Internal  Kevenue  r,ax  ;  for  tbe  adjudi- 
cation aud  issue. of  patents  in  mission  land  cases  in 
Oreeon,  and  in  tbe  Territories  of  Wasbing- 
tun,  Idaho.  and  Montana,  being  tba  bill 
introduced  and  reported  by  Mr.  Lane,  cf  Oregon ; 
supplementary  to  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  carry 
into  effect  tbe  convention  between  ibe  United  States 
aud  China,  concluded  ou  tbe  Sth  day  of  November, 
1858,  At  Sbangbai,  and  to  jnve  tbe  Court  of  Claims 
Jurisaiciion  in  certain  cases."  It  allows  certain 
American  Insurance  Companies  to  go  before  tbe 
Court  uf  Claims  to  make  a  case  against  tbu  Chinese 
indemnity  fund  in  tbe  State  Department. 

The  Hoose  then,  at  4:25,  took  a  recesj  nntil  to- 
morrow.  . 

TLfE  LOUISIANA  I^V£STIGATION. 


THE  TILDEJi  PLOT  AGAINST  THE  BKTURNINQ 
BUAKD — HOW  LITTLEFIELD  PLANNED  TO 
SECURE  A  LAUOE  SUM  OP  MONEY — 
TESTIMONY  OP  AN  ACCOMPLICE — HOW 
THE  STORY  "WAS  KEHEARSED  UNDER 
DIRECTION  OF  GOV.  PALMER,  OP  ILLI- 
NOIS. 
■WAsniNGToy,  Feb.  16.— The  Senate  Sub- 
committee on  Louisiana,  Senator  Howe  presiding, 
resumed  their  investigation  at  11  o'clock  this 
moi-ning.  O.  M.  Gifford,  of  Davenport  Iowa, 
was  sworn,  and  testified :  He  is  a  manufac- 
turer in  Chicago,  111.;  was  in  Louisiana  lately  to 
examine  uatioual  bauks  ;  has  known  Spearins  over 
20  vearrt;  was  introduced  to  Lirtlefield  by  Spear- 
lug  In  New-Orleans  on  tbe  19.,h  or  20tn  of  December 
last ;  wasinviied  to  call  on  Gov.  "WeLs  at  the  State- 
house ;  on  tbe  way  back  from  tbe  State-house  Lit- 
tlcficld  asKud  witness  what  he  tbought  of  Wells  ; 
wiiuess  cave  an  answer  convey iuar  a  favorable 
opiuiou  of  Wells;  Spearing  said  Littlefleld  wontu 
aive  witness  a  tale  ot  bow  thin>:s  were  di^ne  iu 
Weli.'i'  room  in  tbe  State-house  ;  witness  made  au  ar- 
rangement witb  them  to  meet  bim  at  his  room  that 
nifibt,  aud  tbey  came  accordingly  ;  the  conversa- 
tiuu  finally  led  to  the  statement  by  Lit- 
tlefield  and  Speariufi;  tbat  tbey  bad  beeu 
appronohed  by  pro.iiiuent  Democrat e,  amone  them 
Gov.  Palmer,  of  Illinois,  tu  lell  fur  money  what 
they  knew  about  tbe  Ketumioir  Board ;  Littlefleld 
Haia  he  had  beeu  aiiproacbed  by  Palmer,  and  cotUd 
net  $10,000  tor  "squealins.''  In  reply  to  a  question 
from  witness,  Littiefielo  siiid  great  frauds  had  been 
committed  by  Ibe  board  in  'Vernon  Parish;  the  re- 
inrus  of  that  parish  gave  nearly  a  solid  vote  fur 
Tildeu,  boL  bad  beeu  taken  up  aeain  and  al- 
tered Bu  as  tu  elect  tbe  State  Senator 
and  District  Attorney  whom  Wells  favored ; 
witness  aakei  Li.'tleUeld  if  be  bad  any  uvideuce  to 
Buppurt  his  statement,  aud  be  replied  he  had,  and 
tuuk  Irom  his  pocket  a  paper  which  be  said  was  a 
copy  ot  tne  Vt-roou  Parish  returns  ;  witness  looked 
at  it,  and  remarked  tbat  be  didn't  think  tbe  paoer 
amounted  to  mucb  :  Littlefleld  said  tbe  Democrats 
Wuuld  give  ^0,000,  aud  Speanue  said,  $100,000  for 
it;  Lialt'fleid  proposed  another  meeiiuK  that 
iiicbt,  when  ne  buid  be  would  bnnt;  a  m'uute-bjoK 
snowing  the  vote  in  1S72  and  1876,  which  wuuld 
conflim  bis  statements;  be  saiu  it  was  necessary 
to  act  at  once,  anu  must  be  duue  that  mstit,  because 
he  had  beeu  snmmuned  before  tbe  committee  iu 
New-Oi leans,  and  be  didn't  want  tu  repon,  anu 
meant  to  run  away;  be  pressed  witness  tu  decide 
ut  oucL>  upon  the  matter,  aud  said  if  witness  didn't 
want  tu  Ko  iuto  tbe  Hcheme  bu  bad  au  atran<;eiuent 
witb  a  Democratic  friend,  who  wuuld  cluse  with  bim 
in  the  speculation  aud  divide;  be  said  Judge 
Davuuport,  ol  luwa,  would  manace  the  matter  for 
tbem;  witness  aiked  what  they  wanted,  and  they 
sujiges  ed  to  wituess  to  communicate  with  friends 
iu  Washington;  witnes.i  cunsenied,  and  telegraphed 
to  Scnatui  Allison  ;  tbu  f'ollowluflratterooou  received 
a  reply  to  lUe  dispatch,  aud  showed  them  the  con- 
tents ;  witness  bas  no  copy-of  uitner  dispatch;  tbe 
reply  was  "  that  it  waa  sale  to  consult  Howe,  and  If 
that  cannot  be  done  come  ou  to  Washiuutun  ;"  they 
uljccied  to  witness'  going  to  Howe,  but 
wuoe8s  did  so,  and  told  Howe  what  be  bad 
beard ;  Howe  replied  that  the  committee  were 
tbere  to  expose  ail  frauds,  aud  the  best  thing 
witness  could  do  would  be  to  expose  all  be  knew ; 
Spearine  aud  Littlefleld  both  expressed  diasatitlac- 
tluu  that  witness  bad  called  uu  Huwe,  and  asEed 
what  witneas  meant  to  do  and  wiiuess  replied  tbat 
he  cecliued  to  have  auythiug  tu  du  with  them  tur- 
tber  ;  went  with  a  purtiou  of  tbe  committee  after- 
ward to  see  tbejctiies;  subsequently  witness  con- 
versed with  Senator  Wadleigh;  witness  wat  goine 
to  I'exas  and  suggested  to  Wadleigb  that  be  mi^^ht 
bear  from  a  man  named  L.tUrfield  in  Waabiui:tou  ; 
Wadlei}!ii  said  be  was  sorry  Littlefleld  cuuld  uot  be 
broutrht  beloie  tbe  New-Orieans  Committee,  and 
that  be  would  sooner  see  Tilden  inaugurated  tuau 
Hayes  elected  by  fraud  ;witness  traveled  with 
Mr.  Cuilins  to  San  Antonio;  couversed  con- 
fidentially with  bim ;  witness  rcKrets  tu 
have  to  reveal  bis  (intercourse  with  Collins; 
called  at  bis  rocm  aud  be  eaid  be  bad  talked  with 
Littlefleld  aud  Spearing  ;  ne  said  he  bad  previously 
talked  with  them,  aud  ib^y  bad  again  come  to  bim; 
witness  advised  him  to  have  notnlug  to  du  with 
them  as  it  was  a  dead  beat  plan  to  maku  money  ;  he 
replied  tbat  it  bad  gone  toj  far,  and  that  Judse 
Murray,  ot  St.  Luuis,  bad  been  telegraphed  to  and 
that  tbey  must  have  money  tu  go  to  Sc.  Louis;  he 
then  went  up  stairs,  and,  after  a  few  minutes,  camo 
down  with  Spearing  and  Littlefleld,  aua  they 
went  away  together  in  tbe  cars;  t>efore  tbey 
lelt  witneas  asked  them  if  tbey  bad  the  minute- 
book  Littlefleld  bad  referred  to  'with  tbem  ;  tbey 
replied  loey  bad  nut;  Collins  went  witb  them  and 
came  back  afier  a  few  days,  haying  accompanied 
tbem  a  part  of  the  way ;  Spearing  Used  to  keep  a 
livery  stable  iu  Davenport,  Iowa,  where  witness 
knew  him  20  years  azo;  Littlefleld  stated  to  wit- 
ness that  Gov.  Wells  bad  given  a  check  to  each 
clerk  in  tbe  Keturning  Board  for  $2,500  ontiide 
their  salary,  and  bad  only  offered  fiim  a  petty  Col- 
Icciorship,  and  that  be  felt  insulted,  and  this  was  a 
goud  cbauco  tu  get  even,  and  he  could  make  a  good 
speculatioo  out  of  it  besides;  wituesS  don't  think 
he  waa  intoxicated  tbe  flrsi  night  he  met  Little- 
fleld and  Spearing ;  bad  bad  a  social  urink,  but 
notbiug  lopruduce  intoxicaiiou. 

By  Mr.  Wadicigb — Witness  is  of  tbe  impression 
that  he  gave  Senator  Wadleigh  the  name  uf  Little, 
field  during  the  conversatiuu  with  tbac  gentleman 
lu  Ncw-Orleaus ;  tbe  interview  with  Mr.  'Wau- 
Icigh  was  several  days  after  Littlefleld  bad  lelt 
New-Orleaoa. 

By  Mr.  McDonald — The  first  time  witness  saw 
Littlefleld  was  ou  the  Slst  of  December  ;' witness 
bad  a  room  at  Mrs.  Martin's;  dou't  think  witness 
and  Spe.tring  aud  Littlefleld  dined  together  that 
day;  Spearing  boarded  at  Mrs.  Martin's;  tbe  first 
cduversation  with  them  was  in  witness'  room 
It  was  tbat  same  night  late  tbat  witness  sent  tbe 
telegram  to  Allison;  witness  drew  up  the  dispatch 
in  his  room,  aud  tbey  went  witb  bim  to  tbe  tele- 
graph office;  Littlefield  showed  witness  a  paper 
which  he  said  was  a  copy  of  a  return  from  Veruon 
Parish  ;  tbe  paper  waa  a  half  sheet  ol  foolscap,  on 
which  were  figures  under  tbe  heading  of  Democrat 
and  Bepubiican ;  tbe  flgurea  173  were  ex- 
tended 10  the  word  Kepuolloau ;  there  was  noth- 
ing else  on  the  paper  but  a  few  tally  marks ; 
ou  tbe  paper  no  votes  were  extended  to  tbe  word 
Dem.;  Littlefleld  told  witness  that  by  ditection 
of  GK>v.  'Welu  he  altered  tbe  returns  so  as  to  elect 
a  District  Attorney  and  a  Senator,  and  tbat  at  bis 
injigestiou  Gov.  "Wells  consented  that  the  returns 
should  be  altered  so  as  to  elect  a  District  Judge, 
whu  was  a  friend  of  Littlefiela's ;  witness  made  no 
memorandum  of  the  the  couversation  with  Little- 
flelo;  after  vntness  had  beep  introduced  to 
Gov.  Weils,  went  and  took  a  drink, 
and  perhaps  another  before  dinner;  Spear- 
ing may  have  dmed  with  witness  that 
day,  hoc  witness  never  dined  with  Littlefleld; 
after  dinner  witness  took  a  walk  to  Canal  street, 
and  then  went  b^ck  to  the  bouse  to  meet  Spearing 
and  Liitlefielu;  took  one  drink  at  oc  before  tbe 
conlerence  in  witness'  rooih ;  separated  tbat  night 
at  tbe  corner  of  the  street  after  leaving  tbe  tele> 
graph  office ;  while  at  the  board-rooms  that  day. 
Gov.  W  ells  oame  out  on  Llttlefield's  oail  to  be  intro- 
duced to  witness  ;  tbny  Anpeared  to  be  on  intimate, 
if iondly  terms,  and  when  Littlefleld  proposed  to  wit'- 
ness  bin  scheme  witness  espreaoed  surprise  at  such  a 
p,r0P08ttion  trum  one  wbif .  was  so  intimate  wltb 
Wells  as  LitUefield  appeared  to  be ;  .witness  got 
his  disoatoh  from  AllisOo  the  next  attornoon ;  ic 
was  directed  to  wicuesa  at  Speanng'a  stable  >  it  wat 


torn  £>^wldlMw|U.aB!eiiQ.buean  i 


to  deliver  the  addn*^  at  tbeBenaingtda  cttf,, 

„  or  that  DJr.  Qtlyer  We&dell  'htilmsa  hsa  Hstfa 

t^Ltiudakv,  mocniiuc  after  reowfiiut AiliaoB'*  dduM^i^JLta  *^»"'t  tka  nb«i». 


told  Sow«  #itffS«i  wtt  a  Baiitt.bUea&  4fid  was  Intef- 
ested-lp  the-  B»p«iikUaai».caiua[,<  and -after  abowlns 
himAUiaQB'«.iltop«tob.  «tat«d.th«t  helud  bad.  a 
talk  with  a  elerk  of  tbe  Beturbing  Bourd  tbe  n1|^ht 
before  f  MMied  that  it  ^  bad  bem  repreeentea^  that 
frandahad  Deep  ooquaittad  la  the  Betoraing  Boardj 
then  stated  the  subatahee  of  what  be  bad  beard 
from  Littlefield  and Bpaartiiit  without reveaUagthdr 
namea,-Mr.>Howesaid^  witness  coald  render,  the 
Bepubliean  Party  oo  greater  serrioa  than  by.  jBxpos- 
ine  fnada  wbererer  they  had '  beta  itemetrated ; 
witness,  when  Xlttlefiield  made  bis  statements,  bad 
grave  dOQbta  as  to  tha  ^  truth  of  what  he  tiad  told 
bim ;  witness  did  hot  tell  Howe  all  he  bad  been 
told,  or  the  tmoresaions  made  on  bis  mind,  be- 
cause he  was  under  pledge  of  aeccesy ;  told  Howe 
be  got  his  information  from  a  clerk  of  the  Return- 
ing Board,  and  requested  Howe  not  to  repeat  wit- 
ness' name  to  any  one  in  connection  with  the  mat- 
ter ;  witness  told  Howe  he  was  a  bank  Cxnmiuer 
and  s  Itepublicim  I  Collins  Is  a  Democrat ;  Collins 
wenton  tbe  trip  to  tbe  jetties;  witness  went  on  in- 
vitation of  Mr.  Oglesby,  ot  tbe  State  Niitional 
Bank  of  New-Orleans ;  witness  knew  that 
Senator  McDonald  was  going  on  the  trip  to  the  jet- 
ties, but  it  did  not  occur  to  mm  to  commuDicate  bis 
information  in  such  manner  as  to  have  it  come  to 
tbe  ears  of  tbe  committee;  met  'Wadleigb  and  Mo- 
Donald,  of  the  committee,  togeiber,  and  diew  Wad* 
Ifliiih  apart  and  whispered  it  in  bis  ear  without  de- 
signmg  McDonald  to  bear  it;  did  not  intend  tbe 
facts  stated  should  be  given  to  the  com- 
mittee; 'Wadleigh  said  in  reply  to  what 
witness  told  him  that  if  tba  witness 
could  give  him  the  name  of  an.v  party 
be  isbOuld  be  brought  before  the  committee;  wit- 
ness did  not  break  off  tbe  conversation  abruptly 
with  Wadleigh  when  the  latter  showed  a  dispoei. 
tion  to  bring  the  matters  witness  had  communi- 
cated to  bim  before  tbe  committee;  witness  did  not 
refuse  to  give  bis  own  name  to  Wadleigb;  showed 
him  the  dispatch  from  Allison,  and  a!iked  bim  to 
see  Allison  when  became  back  to  Washington ; 
witness  thinks  be  told  'Wadleigb  that  a  Clerk  of 
tbe  KetnrnmK  Board  was  turning  traitor,  and.  waa 
going  to  sell  out  to  tbe  Democrats;  told  him  Littla- 
field  was  the  man,  and  was  out  of  reach,  haviug  left 
tbe  city. 

Mr.  Wadleigh — Ton  told  me  your  name  but  did 
not  speak  of  Littlefleld  by  name.  Witness  resum- 
ing said  be  spoke  ot  what  he  bad  heard  because  be 
thoutrhti  Littlefleld  was  betraying  atrudt.  When 
Littlefleld  told  witness  his  purpose  to''soueal," 
witness  expressed  bis  surprise  and  disapprobation, 
and  Littlefield  replied  aoont  tbe  checks  tbat  each 
clerk  had  received  $2,500  outside  of  their  aalary, 
and  intimated  tbat  the  board  had  done  their  work 
and  got  tbeir  reward,  and  be  had  only  gut,a  petty 
Parlsb  Coilectorsbip,  which  was  praoticall'v  no  re- 
ward at  all ;  witoesiB  had  known  Speaiiug  20  years 
and  thinks  be  was  a  Democrat,  at  first  in  Iowa,  say 
in  1856  aud  1857  ;  since  tbe  war  he  has  been  a  Re- 
publican add  oiubably  during  the  war  also;  be  is  a 
gentleman  of  high  character.. 

Mr.  Wadleigh— You  can't  tell  what  a  man  will  do 
when  be  gets  down  to  New-Orleans.    |Laughter.| 

'Witness  stated  further  tbat  Soeariug. voted  tor 
Hayes,  but  for  tbe  Democratic  State  tictcet;  Collins 
told  witneas  tbat  when  Morpby  took  Littlefleld  to 
Gov.  Palmer,  at  Springfleld,  IU.,  to  give  his  infor- 
mation Littlefield  demanded  his  money  ;  Palmer  re- 
plied that  be  was  not  going  to  bav  a  pig  in  a  bag  ; 
Littlefield  said  be  must  haxe  $1,500  at  any  rate 
duwn ;  tbis  was  refused,  but  sume  arrangement 
was  made  by  wbicb  Murphy  was  directed  to  go  to 
New-Orleans;  he  did  so,  and  witness  saw  him 
there  ;  this  is  what  Collins  told  witness  Mnrpby  had 
told  him. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  McDonald,  the  Sergeant  at 
Arms  was  directed  to  issue  a  subiioeua  tor  Gov. 
Palmer,  of  Illinois,  to  appear  beiore  the  commit- 
tee. Tbe  committee  theu  adjourned  till  10  o'clock 
to-moirow.  

THE  NORTH  SEA  CANAL  TRAFFIC. 
From  the  London  Tirnet. 
The  returns  of  the  traffic  ou  the  new  direct 
canal  between  Amsterdam  and  the  German  Ocean, 
wbicb  brings  the  commercial  caoital  of .  Holland 
within  three  and  a  half  hours'  ]onrney  of  tbe  sea, 
have  beeu  made  up  for  tbe  first  two  months'  work- 
ing. They  show  tl>at  the  canal  is  a  decided  success, 
and,  if  the  proportions  of  tonnage  are  any  guide, 
that  It  is  more  important  to  British  than  any  other 
foreign  interests.  Tbe  canal  was  opened  on  the 
1st  of  November  by  tne  King,  of  Holland,  and  in 
that  month  it  was  passed  on  tbeir  outward  voya;:e 
bv  45  steamers,  2  full-rigged  ships,  7  barks,  13  brigs, 
13  Bonooners,  and  3  galllota,  making  83  vessels  of 
a  total  burden  of  27,208  tons.  Ou  tbeir  bomeward 
passage  it  was  used  by  39  steamers,  2  barks,  1 
schconer,  4  galliots — inall^46  vessels,  ot  a  total  burden 
of  15,428  tons.  In  December  41  steamers,  1  full- 
ritiged  ship,  7  barks,  5  briga,  9  scbuuners, 
1  smack,  IU  all  64  vessels  of  19  609  tons  burden, 
passed  outward.  Tbe  mward-oound  vessels  were, 
as  beiore,  naturally  lewer,  fur  the  canal  and  its  sea 
harbor  ot  Ymmde  are  better  known  at  Amsterdam 
thau  to  charterers 4n  distsnt  ports.  The  iuward- 
bound  vessels  comprised  37  steamers,  1  full-rigged 
Bbip,  5  barks,  1  brig,  5  schooners,  1  gal- 
liot, together  50  vessels,  ot  18,864  tons  Joint  burden. 
Among  the  vessels  which  passed  in  these  two 
months  more  than  half  were  under  £n°[lisb  colore. 
In  .November  tbere  were  28  outward-bound  £ugliab 
vessels  of  9,665  tons  in  all,  31  inward  bound,  of  10,- 
130  tons.  In  December  the  ontward.botmd  English 
vessels  were  26,  and  tbe  tonnage  8,153 ;  the 
inward  bound  were  30,  aud  the  tonnage 
9,890.  Tbe  greatest  draught  of  water  of  any 
ut  the  veesels  wbicb  passed  was  18  feet  8  inches. 
Tbe  least  draught  was  5  feet  8  inches. 
Dredging  continues,  aud  it  is  expected  tbat  in  Au- 
gust vessels  drawing  24  feet  ot  water  will  be  able 
by  this  canal  to  enter  tue  port  of  Amsterdam,  Tne 
Town  Council  of  the  city  is  preparing  improve- 
ments of  tbe  qua.ys  for  tbe  recepuon  of  this  traffic. 
The  Kortb  Sea  harbor  at  the  western  end  uf  the 
canal  bas  been  of  considerable  use  as  a  harbor  uf 
I'uluge  during  tbe  recent  gales.  An  alteration  in 
tbe  tide  signals  given  at  ibe  entrance  of  tbe  harbor 
is  announced  tu  take  effect  iu  April  or  May.  At 
present  these  signals  are  hoisted  every  bunr,  and 
they  enable  pilots  to  calculate  tbe  depth  at  tbe 
bhallowest  point  by  their  experience  of  tbe  tides. 
But  tbe  Biard  of  Pilotage  has  now  agreed  to  adopt 
a  recommendation  uf  tbe  harbor-master,  Mr. 
Nionwenbuisen,  and  to  hoist  ftesh  signals  at  every 
actual  change  of  four  inches  in  the  height  of  the 
water. 


Males.  Fern' 4. 

Mjiles.  Fem'a. 

United  States  1 .579 

1.277 

Italy 16 

8 

Ireland l.STO 

1,.'47 

Wales ....         1 

1 

Germanv 53H 

321 

Nova  Scotia..)      > 
Kewtoundl'Dd  ) 

3 

Knsland. 17 

ll>4 

^Scotland 80 

XJanada 34 

60 

West  indiea.        1 

0 

19 

l<:att  Indies 3 

0 

/France— 31 

10 

Chios 4 

u 

Belgium. 4 

H 

Qreeee 2 

V 

Holland. 3 

4 

.Spain.. 2 

'2 

bwitaerland...       10 

4 

Mexico S 

s 

Norway 4 

2 

Peru 0 

I 

Sweden. ,,.        9 

4 

Cuba 0 

1 

PoiSud „.        5 

6 

MARRIAGE  OF  A  SENATOR'S  DAUGHTER. 
The  Alexandria  (Va.)  Gasetle  of  the  9th  inst 
says  :  "  Tbe  nuptuals*  et  Miss  Kate  M.  Withers, 
daughter  of  tbe  'Virginia  United  States  Senator, 
and  Mr,  'Woouville  Smith,  of  L>-nchbiirg,  were 
celebrated  last  nigbt  at  St.  Paul's  Church.  The 
affair  had  long  beeu  a  subject  of  talk,  and  the 
church  was  crowded  from  gallery  to  floor  witb  tbe 
6iite  of  the  city.  A  space  only  waa  reserved  in  the 
front  portion,  near  tbe  chancel,  for  tbe  friends  and 
relations  of   the  contracting   parties.      Outside  a 

large  crowd  gathered.  At  8  o'clock  the  strains  of 
Mendelssohn's  grand  march  filled  the  church, 
and  every  eye  was  turned  to  tbe  door. 
Tbe  eight  tuners  formed  a  line  on  either  side 
of  tbe  niele.  'They  were  Messrs.  A.  Bryan,  L. 
Stabler,  C.  W.  Asboy,  A..  E.  Slaymaker.  A.  Howi- 
sou,  F.  Prestman,  and  P.  F.  Marbury,  uf  this  city. 
In  a  tew.moments  tbe  btidal  cori6,;e  entered.  The 
train  and  attendants  were  preceded  bv  little  Jeau- 
nie  Carter,  escorted  by  Master  Jobn  Goggin,  of 
Lynchburg — a  bridal  nair  themselves  in  miuiature, 
who  carried  the  bride's  bonquet,  and  admirably  set 
off,  by  their  juvenility,  tbe  blooming  maidenhood 
tbat  swept  behind  them.  The  bridal  party  con- 
sisted of  tbe  bride.  Miss  Kate  M.  Witbets,  leaning 
ou  her  father's  arm,  and  dressed  lu  cr^pe  merette 
and  satin,  heavily  trimmed  witn  white  silk  fringe, 
wax  orange*blo8soma,  and  jewelry  ;  tbe  groom,  Mr. 
'Woudville  Smith,  osoorting  Mrs.  Withers.  Miss 
Eilie  'Withers,  sister  of  the  bride,  white  tarla- 
tan and  satin,  trimmed  with  lilies  of  the  valle.y  and 
lace ;  Miss  Mapy  Preueb,  Alexandria,  net  and 
satin,  elaborately  trimmed  witb  fljwers;  Miss  Bes- 
sie Palls,  Alexandria,  tarlatan  and  satin,  with  hya- 
cinth flower-triinmings  ;  Miss  Nellie  Holt.  Lynch- 
burg, tarlatau  and  s%titt ;  Miss  Liszie  Catur,  Balti- 
more, uet  over-silk,  flower-tnmminga ;  Miss  liTannie 
Blackford,  Lynchburg,  tarlatan  and  flowers;  Miss 
Katie  French,  Alexandria,  net  and  satin ;  Miss 
Came  Paulding,  Washington,  tarlatan  and  silk; 
Miss  Wilhe  'Withers,  silk  grenadine,  tulle,  aud  lace. 
Groomsmen:  Gen.  Holmes  Smith  and  Charlie  Heal, 
of  Lynchburg ;  Mr.  J.  Tougbt,  of  Baltimore;  James 
Bouxer,  Ji.,  of  Lynchburg;  .E.  F.  Wltmet,  Jr., 
ot  Alexandria;  Arthur  Gregory,  of  .Alexandria; 
and  Walter  Bigzers,  Samuel  Smith,  aud  Kidgway 
Holt,  of  Lynch  burg.  Tbe  attendants  advanced  np 
the  aide  aisles,  aud  tbe  bride,  tbe  groom,  aud  the 
parents  ut  the  former  up  the  mtodle  aisle-— &U  meet- 
ing at  tbe  chaucel-rail,  and  forming  there  a  most 
beautiful  tableau.  Then,  amid  breathless  silence, 
Xtev.  Dr.  I7urton  performed  the  impressive  cere- 
mony of  the  Episcopal  Church  tbat  made  tbe  twain 
oue.  Tberespunsesof  the  bride  were  remarkably 
dear  and  articulate,  and  were  distinctly  audible 
tbrougbuut  cbe  church.  After  the  mairiage  tbe 
party  returned  to  the  residence  of  Senator  Withers, 
where,  with  a  few  invited  guests,  the  evening  passed 
pleasantly  by.  Among  those  pretent  were  Kepre. 
aentatives  Goode,  Douglas,  and  CabelL  At  2  A.  M. 
the  happy  ooUple  took  the  traiu  en  route  South  on  a 

btidal  tour."  

P   . 

A  BOUaa  FRACIICAL  JOKE. 
Tbe  Albany  Journal  of  Thursday  evening 
says:  "Mr.  Harrison  and  Michael  Latinear,  brake, 
men  on  tbe  Troy  and  Boston  Kailroad,  entered  a 
saloon  in  Troy  yesterday,  andaftec  awhile  Harrison 
nulled  ont  what  appeared  to  be  a  tobacco-box,  and 
laying  it  ou  the  floor  pretended  he  was  endeavoring 
to  flatten  it.  Damon  Houghtaliug,  who  was  work, 
lug  in  tbe  saloon,  became  interested,  and  was 
finally  induced  to  endeavor  to  fiatten  it  with  a  ham- 
mer., Little  dreaming  of  tbe  terrible  conse- 
quences that  were  to  ensue^  Honghtallug 
laid  tbe  box  on  i  stone,  and,  raising  bis 
hammer,  -  stinck  it  a  heavy  blow.  Tbe  next 
moment  he  was  prostrated,  covered  witb  h'ood, 
suffering  from  nine  ghastly  wounds  on  the  face  Mid 
head.  His  left  eye  was  blown  ont,  the  thumb  and 
index  finger  were  torn  vS,  the  palm  of  bis  hand 
was  shattered,  and  his  skull  iinil  the  bonei  of  bis 
face  were  laid  bare.  The  *'  trick  box  "  was  a  tor. 
pedo  about  tbe  size  of  au  old-fasblobed  tobaoCo-hox. 
When  Harrison  saw  tbe  result  of  his  brutal  itfid 
criminal  sport  he  fled.  He  was  Subseqnentiv  ar.- 
reated,  being  found  bidden  under  a  quantity  of 
clothing  at  the^onse  of  Thomas  Cornell,  on  Kurth 
Third  street,  fiongbuling  was  taken  to  t^e  Tblrd 
Preoinot  Station-house  and  Dr.  Akin  attended  hiin." 


THE  CHARITY  HOSglTAL 

EFFICIENT  WQAK  FOB  ikEJBAfil^^^ 

ib'YXOPSIS     or    THE    FORTHCOMINa  AKNUAX 
BEPORT— atATlSnCS      OF     THB    ^  fOBX  ^ 
ACCOMPUSHBD    DORIKG     THB     TEAR— ^ 

xaa  iKSTXTunoN  EcdNOMiCACfct"  coir-. , 

DUODKp.  .  ,^, 

The  forthcoming  annual  repdSi  of  Ili4  Cot»f 
BU8ilon.er».of  Charities  and  Cotreotiou  .w^l  oontaia 
full  statistics  of  ihe  work  acoompUshed  dttriaC  ^  ^ 
year  bv  the  Charity  Hospital,  the  most  promineni'  . 
and  efiSoient  of  the  island  institutions.  Tbe  hospitdt 
fe  built  upoB  the  most approveit  hysieoic  principle 
In  coonectlsn  with  the  hospital  proper  there  are 
four  other  bnildinga  iu  the  immediate  vicinitv,  alt 
of  them  isolated  from  each  Other  and  cooetrncted 
•n  tbe  "  pavilion  "  principle.  Tbev  are  devoted  k6 
the  treatnaent  of  fevers,  erysipelas,  eoileusy  and 
paralysiKand  obstetrics,  all  of  the  operations  ia  - 
the  several  bi  inches  bein^  condncted  bv  the  medi. 
^  staff  of  Chanty  HospitaL  These  j  are  all  con. 
ducted  under  the  Immediate  supervision  of  tbe 
folloviug  medical  staff : 

.  Chief  uf  Staff.  Daniel  H.  Kitchen,  M.  D.:  fiteward, 
George  W.  Van  Loan ;  Apothecary,  Eldri'lse  W.  Close. 
ii..  D.i  Engineer.  John  .Sheridan;  .Matron.  Margaret 
liuopby ;  '  hanlalns,  Bev.  B.  H.  Bourne,  ttev.  Father 
Vetter:    Watchmnn,  .4ndeiBon  SlcDevetf. 

Visiting  Phvsicia  ,s  and  Surgeons.— '^.tt  ifedlcal  Ward. 
pr.  Louis  Klsburg;  ^eeond  Meilieal  Warl,  Or.  3.  J. 
Feid;  Third  Medical  Ward,  Dr.  R.  W.  Tayloi ;  Kt.-st 
Venereal  Ward,  Dr.  Edward  Fr,<nkel;  8eoon  I  Venereal 
Ward,  Dr.  C.  T.  Poore;  Third  Venereal  and  Dermito- 
logical  Werd.  Dr.  Frederick  8.  Sturies;  Rurgioal  vVard 
Dr.  Joseph  W.  Unwe;  Oustetncal  I>ep-trtm'.:nt,  lit. 
Jobn  O.  Ferry;  Optbalmla  Department,  Dr.  Charles  H. 
Bnll  •  .  ,  - 

House  MeMcml  Blaff—Vmt  -fledicsl  Ward)  Pr,  C.  B. 
Estabroolc:  (Second  Uedica!  Ward,  Or.  Isaac  Onpeu 
beimer;  Third  Medical  Warn,  or.  Charles  R^cbwd.; 
First  Venereal  Ward,  Dr.  A.  U,  Rralth  :  Second  Vene- 
real Ward,  Dr.  Fmnk  Parsons;  Third  Ven-real  War* 
Dr.  LeOraod  S.  Uenslow;  surgical  Ward,  Or.  PranK 
hu  Towucend,  Jr.;  Obstetrical  Uepartmeat,  Dr.  C.  W, 
Bush. 

Assistants  to  House  Staff:— Tint  X^loaA  War.1,  Dr.  A 
G.  Paine;  Second  Medical  Wacd,  Dr.  Samaal  Kabust 
Third  Medical  Ward.  Dr.  Chwles  a.  Lee:  First  Veae 
real  Ward.  Dr.  J.  Mever;  Second  Venereal  Wird.  Or 
D.  W.  Hitchcock;  Tuird  Venereal  Ward.  Dr.  J.  U.  ^^ 
yer;  Surzioal  Wari,  Dc.  Grreu  A  Gorton;  O'osteti-lcai 
Department,  Dr  W.  J.  Bansank  

In  addition  to  tbe  medical  staff  there  are  a  natBr 
ber  of  employes  io  tbe  hospital  who  are  eeastamly 
occupied  io  attending  to  tbe  patients,  feceivlos 
board,  lodging,  and  wages  as  remuneration.  Th« 
orderlies,  of  whom  tbere  are  ten.  render  impertant 
services  to  tbe.phyaioians  and  8urgeon!(,.j6r  ehey 
not  merely  .keep  the  latter  informed  -  ot- every 
change  in  the  patient's  health,  but,  &«ta  lima 
practical  «'perienoe,  are  enabled  to  perform  the 
daty  uf  dressers.  Tbe  nurses  are  S2  in  ntmbet',  and. 
like  the  orderlies,  recefve  board,  lod^ioz.  and 
clothing  in  exchange  for  their  aervices^ 
The  "School  for  Norses."  established  in-t-bia 
hospital  in  1875,  grew  ont  of  the  sugges* 
lion  of  .  I!>r.  Kitchen,  tbe  present  oMef 
of  sta^  and  has  already  borne  ample  aad  baaltfay 
fruits.  The  applicants  for  admiaaion  1b«o  the 
Bohool  are  selected  with  due  regard  te  physical  and 
mental  qualifications,  and  are  earefillly  trained 
during  two  years  in  all  the  duties  required  in  t 
sick-room,  lectures  being  delivered  to  them  by  ttia 
medical  professors  on  nursing,  hygiene  and  bealtb, 
food,  ventilation,  poisons  and  their  anudotes,  pulse, 
reepii-atiou,  temperature,  bandaging,  Aad  tba 
appllcaiion  of  Instrnmenta,  midwifery,  and 
children's  complaints,  &o.  At  the-  <md 
of  two  years,  they  are  considered  to  be  proficient  in 
the  duties  of  their  profeasii'n.  and  capable  of 
assuming  any  positions  elsewhere  tbat  ma.v  ha. 
offered  to  them.  Besides  the  above,  who  may  be 
regarded  as  portions,  of  tbe  meclitMl  staff  of  tbe 
hospital,  there  is  a  large  force  of  help  engaged  about 
ibeestabliabmeBt  iu  the  capacity  of  cooks,  watctt-^ 
men,  firemen,  sornl>bers,  Si^  These  people  reside 
and  board  on  the  premises,  and  in  frequent  cases 
reonve  wages. 

Tbe  report  of  tbe  Charity  Commissioners  will 
also  contain  complete  statistics  of  tbe  work  aocomr 
plisbed  by  the  hospital  during  the  year,  and  will 
show  tbat  duriog  the  year  1876  the  cases  treated  in 
the  hospital  were  as  follows: 

Males.    Females.    TotaL 
Patients   in  hospital  Jan.  1, 

1876 435  369  8'>4 

Patientsadmittediluringl87&4.402  S,410  7,817 
Cases  treated  (luring  year 4,8i7       3,784      'S.barl 

Ninety-tour  of  the  above  were  colored  eufl-rers, 
tbe  proportion  of  males  to  tema'es  being  49  to  45, 
and  another  subdivision  gives  3,191  American  borir 
to  5,430  foreign. 

DEATHS,  DISCHABGE8,  AC,  btr.'INO  1876. 

Males.    Females.    Totak 

Died  from  Jan.  1  to  Dec  31 397  3U2  699 

Discharged  from  Jan.  1  to  Dec 
31 4,441       S,415       7,856 

Bemaining  iu  hospital  Jan.  1, 

1877 S93  Se9  785 

The  pruporiion  of  deaths  was  230  native  to  449 

foreign  ;  and  of  discharges,  2,670  of  tbe  former  to 

4.487  of  tbe  latter. 

NATIONALITIES  OP  THB  PATIENTS. 

The  following  table  will  give  the  nationalities  1 
tbe  patients : 


A  pOUSLE  DENIAL. 
Tbe  S  t.  Albaaa  (Vt.)  Meuenger  aaya  it  ia  iiot 
th«  taot  tbat  fion.  WiUiam  Srarts  bite  beta  fiavltM 


FKVEB  HOSPITAL  SEPCRTS.        

Following  are  the  reports  of  tbe  Fever  Hospita), 
Hospital  for  Epilepsy  and  Paralysis,  and  tbe  Ob- 
stetrlcal  Hospital  for  the  last  year : 

Males.  Fern's.  Total. 

Bemalniu);  in  bospital  from  1SS75 7  6  15 

Admitted  during  year  187U 53  48        101 

Died  during  year  187^ 13  4  17 

Discharged  during  year  1876 44  46  80 

Bemaining  lube»vitalJa.u  1,1877..  3  ft  8 

Tbe  admissions  aud  casualties  iu  ths  4tbove  insti. 
futton  during  tbe  past  year  were  pretty  evenly 
divided  between  natives  and  forelgo-bom,  the 
former  numbering  6-3  aud  tbe  latter  54.  The  4eatbs 
were  11  American,  6  foreign,  and  the  dlsehariEes  46 
native  to  44  foreign-bom. 

BbPOKT      OF      HOSPITAL      F0&     BPIL^fST     AKS 
PARALTSIS.  _ 

Native.  Foreign.  TotaL 
Bemalniog  in  hospitalfrom  1875.24  36  60 

Admitted  dnrtnz  1876 S3  23  66 

Died  during  1876 1  4  6 

Discharged  duriog  11^76 42  S2  74 

Kemainiug  in  hospital  Jan  I.  '77. 14  23  HZ 

All  ot  tbe  above  admitted  last  year  were  ihaie 
padeots,  and  tbsy  were  divided  as  to  natioaaliries 
as  follows:  Americans,  33  ;  Irish.  14;  Germans,  8; 
2f  ova  Scotlan,  1. 

KEPOBT  OF  OBSTETRICAL  HOSPITAL..  • 

Women  admitted  durmg  the  year *><^j$ 

Dlscnarged-''elore  confinement .,...-.  83 

Deaths  durtng  tue  aame  periuO .....>...^,u,»  yn 

Hale*.    Femaiea. 

Inibnts  bora... a75  'jpi 

iBfsuts  still-bom 21  M 

Infants'  deaths.. 33  Hi 

Tbe  dfiaebarges  unor  to  couflnement  were  thalnlT 
due  to  the  patients  desiring  to  return  to  their 
families  or  tnenua  before  tbe  period  of  aeconcb. 
menc,  and  only  in  a  few  instances  to  misooudoot, 
or  refusing  treatment.  There  are  no  less  tnan  five 
large  w.arda  in  Charit.y  B.ospital  devoted  to  lyiug-ia 
purposes,  tbe  total  number  of  i>eds  ceacbing  the 
high  flgare  of  116,  and  the  siiillful  ebaracer  of  tbe 
treatment  given  in  this  deoartmeut  miy  be  well 
understood  irom  tbe  above  reoort,  the  percentage 
of  deaths  to  cases  admitted  being  iu  round  numbers 
only  about  3  per  cent.  This  is  a  nlghlv  satisl'ac- 
torv  resiilt  wnen  we  remember  that  tbe  great  ma^ 
jorlty  of  tbe  women  seeking  shelter  and  c*mrurt 
from  tbis  Institniion  ueloog  to  the  poorest  olasse4 
ot  our  people,  and  enter  the  hospital  with  h'Mlieiii 
greatly  weakened  by  long  forced  abstinenoe  from 
proper  and  nourishing  food. 

Tbe  tentlenoy  of  some  complaints  and  sores  to  de- 
velop erysipelas,  and  its  liability  to  attack  othi^ 
patients,  hece«.sitates  tbe  isolation  of.  eiyslpelat 
cases  where  the  infection  cannot  spread.  Ooe  of 
the  pavilions  above  referred  to  is  set  apart  for  tbia 
ailment,  and  whenever  a  sufferer  m  any  of  tbe 
words  of  Chatlty  or  the  otber  hospitals  shows  signs 
of  au  attack  be  is  fortuwith  transferred  to  tbis 
payilion,  where  ho  remains  until,  the  danger  having 
passed  away,  be  is  taken  back  to  his  tormer  ward. 

The  entire  cost  of  carrying  on  the  Charity  Hos- 
pital during  1876  amounted  to  |US,00O.  The  num- 
ber of  patients  treated  there  aurlO|{  that  period 
waa  8,621 ;  in  other  words,  au  outlay  for  each  indl. 
vidual  t>f  less  than  $15 — a  result  tnat  is  scarcely 
ei^uaied  liy  any  otber  institution  in  tbe  State.  H 
suuuld  be  remembered,  in  connection  with  thu 
item,  of  expeose,  tbat  more  than  1.000  persons  bara 
to  he  daily  urovided  for,  involviug  an  Immeoaa 
outlay  .for  .provisions,  dotluug.  ueddmg,  saia. 
ries,  drugs,  liquors,  fuel,  repairs  lo  bnUS< 
lugs,  and  msmy  miscellaneons  articles  which 
have  constautiy  to  be  purchased  or  replaced. 
Aji  important  item  of  expense  is  also  that  of  "  ex- 
tra diet,"  issued  to  patients  requiring  special  nour^ 
ishmeut,  among  which  artiules  may  beapedfled* 
cream,  white  sugar,  ciackera,  beet-jieak,  ogga, 
gruel,  beef-tea,  com-starcb,  rice,  coffee,  raw  beei; 
vegetables,  ale,  wine,  whisky,  &c  all  of  which  are 
issued  on  special  orders  of  tbe  medical  attendants  In 
exceptional  oases  alone.  Tbere  is  probably  no  sim- 
ilar  institution  in  the  TJaion.  in  wbicb  ao  many 
clasaes  of  disease  are  treated  or  so  many  nationali- 
ties represented.  The  number  Of  tsasiS  dtred  tin 
within  its  walls  during  several  years  past  has  an- 
nually averaged  nearly  10.00(1,  and,  jas  the  loitboom. 
ing  report  will  show,  tbe  peroentage  of  cares  and 
tbe  cost  ot  management  will  cballeoge  oompeti«a 
with  those  of  any  hospital  here  or  elsewhere. 

Its  medical  school  now  Justly  ranks  with  any  in 
the  Republic,  whether  as  regards  tbe  scientlflo  at- 
tainments of  its  Professors  or  tbe  excellence  of  it« 
ollaic  Upward  of  400  ttudenta,  atteadlug  I  j  na 
merons  lectures  from  week  to  Week,  attest  the  estl- 
mation  in  Which  the  InStitntion  is  held  by  our  teliow 
ditisenaas  an  edleotio  and  reliable  culi^eof  medi- 
cine. Altjmugb.  the  general  managemeut  of  tne 
institution  *lk  comifiennable,  there  u  stia  rocfn  fot 
imnrovemeat  in  tne  matter  of  the  "dietary  iiaaia." 
There  is  a  too  great  sameness  of  food, 
and  heiirly  an  entire  absence  of  vegetable  diet, 
the  patlenta  living  on  soap,  boiled  meal,  and  bread 
almost  solely.  'Vegetable  food  ia  very  necessary 
fox  people  in  time  of  sickneae,  and  yet,  during  imi 
present  month,  no  vegetable  of  any  kind  has  beili 
se^  in  this  bospital  excepting  beans,  and  a  t«  w  a.trai 
earrots  and  onions  m  tue  soup.  This  fault  should 
be  Ooireeted.  The  custom,  of  "douuing  ap,"  lb 
otbeit.  ironls,  naklog  three  patienU  sleep  tog^c]^ 
shodfd  be  a,bpllsbed  at  as  early  a  period  as  poaslpla 
This  win,  ot  coarse.  Involve  an  eztenslon  tST  tbe  boi 
pUal  bBlloinge,  bus  tbere  is  ample  xouia  to.  jdkauvt 

olQUyfoi  tpaa  ezteasioo.  Mucb  of  tbe  mami» 
rMinlred  oain  be  fiiahd  on  the  islahd,  and  %e  19(^ 
^waioneza.  kave  plant v  of  labMMra  at.  tkaic  aoaa 

maod  to  undertake  tbp  wprf..  Xae  proMat  miim ' 
Miritr  of  tbU  hoShitU  u  uiftieay  OU  tothii  iOWu 
^  btoaiietATaaMUiar  at  the  OUaf  «f  Stafl^  Jk^fm^ 
UBLXtfaUaB.  «4w  baa  bald  thla  jBMttoa  aiaaa  UV4 


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TIm,  ntem«ra  of  tbUUluo  eaea  tiL3  Li»n»  flouti"i4r  v 
MiBmended  br.  vieaVAlaai^.  U,  3.  ^.,  totnx  •ajtiliif 
vnk  Baukson  tb^paakis*''^  Qasen»toird»U  tIx«r<»iF 

mniuL  £       

SaiTiHSIb BATUtnAT.treK  !U.  8  P.  K. 

CRLTtC SATDRDAt.  Sarohl0.at2  P.    If. 

OEAMANIC SATUBDAT.  March  17.  6:30  A.  U. 

BALTIC „,.„.8ATtTHDlT.  Match  24.  at  1  P.  M. 

Prom^.hite  st»t  Itoofe.  Pier  Not  52  ^orth  air«. 
,Tt>*i'*  steamers  wi*  anlfnrm  in  slaa  saiLaasarDassa't 
tt  aflooiTitin''nti  The  9»16.">n.  st^teroojii,  imokmt 
hkI  »ath  rooiBS  Ate  amMi^biDa^whar^  t^9  notsijitai 
ibntion  ari*  leasi  f«lt,  affbrdln^  a  de^red  of  duatfarc 
hithnrto  an«ct!«ia'vble  ^tsn-t. 

Hat^— Sf^Ioon  $80  •ml  <lOO.  oil:      rotarn    tickets 
•ntevcirable  r«t"ns-.  stesra^ts  ^  j% 

Kot  liiaT>sotion  of  plana  aniafc'asr  mfOrmattoa  appi  v 
attbeCompany'aonuaii.  Na37  Sraaavay.  New-Y-irk. 
R..I.   ODiriS.   Astsat. 


CUNARDLINEB.  &N.A.  R.  M.S.  P.  CO. 

NOTICK. 

With  tti«»  view  of  aimiuablnathi*  oa^aeoa  of  ooltlMon 
U)*gt©anier«  of  HiU  line  take  ii  speoiaed  coarse  Tot  ui 
Maanna  of  tb«  year. 

On  the  ontwardoiaMze  frirai  Qaeenstowa  t9  1»»t- 
ToTk or  Beaton,  cmaslnK  ca.^T<diaa or  5U  at  4:^  latlta  14. 
ornothtns;  to  th«  north  of  t  X 

On  the  homeward  oasg!*?*.  «m%»ln?  liHs  mendtan  >f 
Tlat4'2,or  nothinstobh^  I'lrthof  43. 

■mOU  N«W-Ti>^t  FOH  lIT^SPOOt.Ayn  ftO««jnTOW». 

CBI»A W"5D..  Fpo.  21lABY8SmiA.WKU.,llarch7 

BATA V1A....WBU.  .Feb.  28l  ALGBBIA.WBU..  March  14 

BtAHmet-i  markM  *  oo  notitarrv  acear^^e  paigsaasers. 

Cabio  Dstaaaeo.  S80,  SlUO,  %3i  «i.33,  (»)U,  ai>oordiii:i 
t»ao«amlao«iatlon.    Ketara  '-ia^eta oii  ntrarabl't  terms. 

jBteMMZB  ticket*  to  aR<t  from  kJ  I  p^itsof  Earopeat 
vi^r^JftWT  wta«.  i^Teieht  and  oassitze  oSse,  Ka  4  8ow>- 
ygteett.  OHA*  q.  FRaNOKLYS.  Aeenu 

*tillriEilI*OOU    ANP    «ttBAr    WKSTBRN 

MTEAfl  COMPANY.     (LlMlTBai 

liIVBEPOOIi.  (VlatjnOMnst<nrn,) 

citmtlNG  THK  DKiTKI)  SFATRS  ilAIU 

TCEHWAY. 

fieaTlngPler  So.  46  Kerch  River  aa  folio  irs: 

(JSVadA ^ Feb.  20.  at   10  A.    («. 

n)AHO Fehw  27,  at  3  P.  M. 

mntTANA March  6.  at  10  A.  JL 

WISCONSIN Marobl.'?,  at3  P.    M. 

WYOMING March  20,  at  9A.  M. 

DAKOTA^., March  27.  at  3P.  JL 

BATEii  OK    PASSENOKRS    SBDnCBa 
Steeraare,  Saft  totermedlate.  $40;  oablo.  $!)S  to  939. 
teoordlng  to  state-room.    OfiSoes,  Ko.  2d  Broa'dwaT; 

\Vll,I^IAflty*'ds  (titJIOW. 

A-VLAA  SIAIL,  tJMR. 

BTJCONTBLS     SKRVICB     TO   JiAVHU,      ttiTn.t 
COLOMBIA,  aal   vSPmWAUL.   and    to   i'AS4a\  i»al1 
BOtJTH  PACIFIC  POKT.S  (via  A5pln\TiH.>     Ifirat-aUij 
toll-powered  Iroa  acre \f  aCj^mats.   (van  Pier     Na  5) 
Kottb  River; 

iwHATTLCOtOMBla.  ff^THSD:*    OK  Pi^fAMA.     Mtf 
6O0TH  PACIPIO  PiiRr3(vl4  .\8?ihiraH.> 

AZiPK „ Feb.  28 

BTSA March  15 

tor  lUNUSTu:)  (Jam.)  and  HAYTI. 

ATIiAt< March  14 

Kuperior  ftr3t-ol  "j  ii»»n  t^c  ^rjooamalitli  u 
PIM.  KOHWOOD  &  Ca,  isenti. 
So,  60  Wall  Uu 

STATE  LINE. 

mtW-YOHK    TO    GLASUOW,     WYKRPoOIj.     DCBLIfl. 

BEbFA>iT,  AHI)  liOND'iiSDEKtttt. 

rbeaedrst-clasa  lall-poirerad steamer)   wlil  4Vt  from 

Her  t)a42  Sortb  River,  foot  of  Canal  it. 

gTAlBOF  NEVADA Thurgrtav.  Feb.  22 

BTATBOF  INPTANA TImigilav.  March  8 

BTATb  OF  VIKGlKlA Tlmrsdav.March  16 

erlTh  OK  PENNBYLVaKi.* Thursday.  March  22 

Plrar  cabin,  ?P0,  jn.n,  8nd#70.  aocordinp  to  accom- 
■tbdariima:  return  Hcket8,$110.  §13&  Seconal  cabin 
Hi:    retarn    tickets.  SSa    Stceraee  a'   lowest  rates. 

AUSTIN  BALDWIN  dc  CO..  AKents, 

Ko.  72  Broadway.  New-Yorh. 
STKftRAGK  clcxets   at    No.  45  BrDadway,   and  at  tlia 

rorapaar's  pier,  fo3t<>r  caa^tus..  Sortn  Rivsc. 

GREAT  SOUTHERN 

FRKlGfIT  ANI»  l'A.S>«KNUea  LINK. 

BAILING  FROM  PIKR  .VO    29   NORTH  RtVRR. 

_^WKl)NRSDAYS  and  .SATURDAYS  at  S  P.    U., 

FOR  C'llAKLB^OTOM,  N.  V.,   KLilRIUA.   TQB 

.XiUJTH.  AND    HOUTH-WEST. 

<SARt.SBTOM !«ATL'EI>aT Feb.  17 

GCi-FSlHRAM WEDNKSDAY Keb.  21 

tJDPKRlOR  PASSKNGRlt  ACnOMMODATIO.N.x 

Inaoranoeto 'latciattioQ  >a'i-liir)f  oi»  o«rc9it. 

Gools  forwrtrdwl  Oi»e'>r  oomnlssion.  Paisan^er  tlolt. 

eteasrl  bills  oMadinsiasax'l  «n  Ni?n»d  at  th%  offloojf 

JA.tm.^  W.  QIIINTAKD  vV  CO.,    Acents, 

Hn.  177  West  it.,  om-ner  warreo. 

OrW.P.  rrjYDE&>;0..  "^o    tf  Bnwlin;;  areeo. 

Or  BKSTLEY   0.     HASBLL,   Generril     Acent 

nreatHQBtiiern  yreiicai  tilae.  31  /  Broadway. 

IN:^IAJ<l  LINiC.    {tlAI  L.  .STKA.liBK!^ 

KOK  of^KiiNarow^  Ayr  livkrpoou. 

CTTY  OK  CHESTKR.  .Satnrdny.  Feb.  17.  at  7:^0  A.  .■«. 
CIT^  Ol-  RlCHilONl^.  Batur>lay,  March  3,  atSA-M. 
CITK  OK  BHDSsELS..8atnr<lav.  .^aroh  17.  6:30  A,  M. 

^.».„  -o,.  ''""°  "sr  m  Mortii  Rlv^r. 

CABIN, $60  and  ilOO.Gill..  B^tani  'iic-^ti  onfv 
rorable  terina.  STEltaAaE.  »2^i  Oorrerio?  Uriri;* 
at  lowest;*;  J  J. 

Saloons,    4t:iCAT03nii,      mnokins.   and    Bath-rooms. 

imidsiiips-  .TOHN  O.  DaLR,  Agent, 
Nos.  15  and  oSBroailvray.  N.  £. 

„^   „_rVORTH    IJBRjnAN  LLOVI}. 

iTRAM-SHlP    tlNB    BETWEEN   NEW-YORK.  80DT8- 

AMPTO.v.  ANb  BREMEN. 

Company's  Pier.    lOot  ot  JdiL.    do^oken. 

DDBB Sat,  Kel>.   1/ |  NECK.iR Sat.  March  3 

USRMANN...sa'..  Feb.  V:4  I  AM  K  '  r'\...Sat.,  Marih  10 

lAThHOV  KASSAQk  FROM    NKW-YORK  TO  SOUra- 

AMPTON.    RAVRE.    OK  BREMEN: 

PixBtcaDln $100iol4 

ieciona  cabin eO^lJ 

Steenige ']^^^     SHcurreiKfT 

Return  tickets  at  retiuc«df  nij.  PiiPaitl  steeraze 
»rtlrtc«te8,  S32  currency.  For  ft  ii  sit  or  paaaa^i  ap- 
»lyt<» OiiLKiOas  t  JO..  1o.  2  3owliQ!{  Green. 

AMCHUR  L.jSb  L.  S.  .MAIL  iSTEAaiKUS. 

SEW-TORK  AND  GLASGOW 

Alsstia Feb.  17.  UA.  M.  I  V^alifoiaia. March  S,  8  A.  M. 

UiChorl.4..Feb.  24,  2  P.  M.  I  Etiiiopia  March  10,  aP.  M. 

TO  GLASGOW.  LIVHRPOOL,  ORDKRRl. 

Cabins  Hia  toSSO,  atrcordiu?  to  acconimoilatioas;      lo- 

termediate,  S3o;    Steera^n  fiS. 

SEW-YORK  AND  LONDON. 

XJtom*.  Feb.  24.  2  P.  M.     I  kl.vsu... March  10.  2  P.  M. 

CanlnsL  $55   to  $7U      .^steeraee,  *28.    Cabta  excor- 

•ion    clcketa  at   r>4ilaoeI     rates.     Drafts  lasoed  tor  any 

Ubonnt  at  cnrrentr.ite^     Comnany's  Pit-r  Nos.  20  and 

Bi.  Mortb  River,  N.  t.        BBNUh;R80N  BBuTHESa, 

Airents.  No.  7  Bowline  Green. 


♦INLY  IHR.KCT  LINB  TO  KRANCB. 

TBB  GENERAL  TRANSATLANTIC  COHPA.VrS   »ilti 

BTKAMEB8BKTWEKNSE\V-YORKANl>a4Va.t 

CalHuKBt  PbrMOlJTti((}.  a.)  for  tha  laujiajof 

Pasaensera. 

Will  eall from  Pier  Ko.  42  North  RJvor,  ftjotjt   Morton 

It.  ererv  alteraate  Satorday,  beginning  with: 

CA>AUA,  Krangeui Satniday,  Feb.  24.  at  2  P.  M. 

For  particolara  aadress 

LOUIS  UE  BEBlA.f,  Aeent,  Ko.  65  Broadway. 

NATIONAL  UN  E— Piers  44  and  51  North  Rlyca 
FOE  Lf'NDON. 

GBBECE SATURDAY.  Feb.  24.  at  1  P,  M. 

FOtt  QDBEStSTOWN  AND  LIVBBPOOL. 

England... Feb.  21, 11  A,M.  I  The<Jaeen.Mar  3,  T'aA.M. 
Cabin  and  steerage  pasaa^e,  and  drafts  brom  £1  up- 
ward. Issued  at  very  low  rates.    Company's  ofBces  No. 
b9  Bruaaway.  >.  W.  J.  U  UBLUT,  Manager. 


FOR  SAVANNAH    QA., 

THE  FLORIDA  PORTS,  ' 

AHD  THE  sOUru   AND  SOUTH-WEST. 

GREAT  SOUTHKSM  FBEIOHT  AND  P ASSINOBS  LUTSA' 
CBNT&AL    UAILttOAD  OP   GBORGIA,  AND  ' 

ATLAKTIC  AND  GULF  RAILKOAU. 

WEDNESDAlc  AND  SATURDAY. 
'  4IAB  8ALVADOK.  Oapt.  MicKJSUoy,  HATDEDAY.  Feh. 
17.  Pier  43  Aorta  Biyer,  8  P.  M.     twa  YOKQB,  Agt, 
409  Broad  wa.y. 

eK^EKALBABNEa,  Capt.  CHBBaxAV.  WBDNBSDAY, 
Feb.  21.  nbr  16  East  SiVer.  3  f  ou  MDBRAY.  FBRBIS 
It  CO..  AKIS.    tiZ  South  St. 

BAN  jaCINio,  oapt.  Haurd,  SATURDAT,  Feh. 
24,  Pier  43  Monnltiyer,  3  P.  M.  tlEO.  HON  OH,  Age. 
409  itroaawav. 

H.  LiVtiNGSTOA,  Capb  Mai,i,obz.  WBDKBSDAl,  Febw 
28,  Pier  00.  43  ^ortb  RWei.  8  f .  M.  QEO,  YOITQE, 
Agents  No.  iOH  Broadway. 

Insurance  ONE-HALF  FEB  CENT.  Superior  aocom-  * 
noUatioog  for  passebgen.  Thrungh  ntes  and  bUlioC 
ladioK  in  ounnuotlou  with  Central  R.  R.  of  Georgia. 
Atiantio  and  UoU  Railroad,  and  Florida  steamers 
City  Point  and  Lilctator:  alao,  with  the  steamer  J. 
JU  SCUYLSR,  wblch  hk»  been  iHaced  on  the  inslds 
^te  from  Sayannah  to  Florida,  tad  ofleia  oiuiupaatei 

C  IX  OWBirs,  OSOSOB  YOSGB, 

Agent  A.  ft  O.  B.  B,      ,  Agent  u  B.  k.  of  Oa.,     ' 
•  Na  315  BroadwaT.  No.  409  Broadw- 


VJLURlDA.   J 

'Caution  to  trareleral'  Great  rednctlon  in  ftzoTla 
fiielulaad  route  tomSaTanaah  to  all  Florida  porti. 
Only  tr^'to  JtMiksonvlllOL  Meais  and  state-rooms  ektra. 
The  elegaaC  steamer  J.  B.  bCUOYLBS  soakes  close  con- 
^•c^tton  with  all  Savalmata   Steai&era,  thns  forming  the 

JlOlckest  and  most  agreeable  route  as  well  as  the 
pwest  m  tare.  Accommodations  for  passengers  on- 
siiTDaased.  Travelers  ate  cautioned  against  purcha*. 
i&ir  1  iiroafth  tickets  via  any  other  roare. 


FMinEIUIlAHFUllMilllSIT 

STEAM'SHTPfLninES. 


FOB  CAilFOBKTA,  JAPAl^  CHINA,  AUSTRALIA,  VKW-^y 
«SA  LAND,  BRITISH  OOLIJJIBIA,  UBBQOS,  ItO. 
ttjLiug  from  Pier  5a  42  North  ElTet 
For  HAN  F8A.VUIS0O.  vLtUTHMa^  OF  PAKAMA. 
St«iam-shiD  ACaPDLOO ....Thozaday.  Marob  1 

poanectiug  lor  Uentral  AmerioA  4na  tktut^  Faoiflo 

From  8AH  FRANCISCO  to  JAPAN  uid  CUIKA. 

gtaam-sbip  CHTc  OK  TOKlO Tlmiwiay,  Maroh  1 

From  tiaa  Franclsoo  to  Sandwicu  lalaudi^  AusCrallSk 
and  New-Zealand. 

Steam-ship  CITY  OF  SYDNEY Wednesday,  Tebb  28 

ror XMtghc  or  passage  apply  to 
WSt  e.  OtrDK  t  eo:,  or  aj.  BOLLAT,  Superintendent, 

IIAo.  «  Bowttng  Green.  Pier  Ibot  Canal  st,,  M  orth  Riyer. 


KBW-YORK.HAYaNA.  ANDUBZlUAS^AlLi.^  L13I.I, 

bttsamurs  leave  Piur  .'•o.  a  Norto  ti.-ir  »c  4  i*.    »t 

VUK.  UAVANA  ULRBUr. 

GiTX  OK  HAVANA ;. Satntday,  Feb.  It 

Stx  OV  VBRa  CRDZ Wednesday.  Feb.  21 

cm  OK  AKW-YOKK Wednesday.  Feb.  28 

F<*K  VISR.A   OROK    AND    NRW-ORUSANS. 
Yia  UayMis.    Progrsao.  OamPaauhr,   Toxpau^      and 
I'ampiOQ.  - 

Ci'iV  OF  HAVANA .^-fiatnrday,  PeU  17 

inriOTi'rTn  WlHieava  New-iTleans  ven.  zSoud  March 
10  ibr  Vera  Uraz  anil  <tii  thealioyetforis. 

I^grflceigac  or  passitge  *P>ir  t >  -     ^  _ ,  „      ^ 
MliKXA.'JDRBiSji.'f.S.  Noj.  U  »ad  a  Bra«lv»r. 


NE  W-  YORKAJ^n  HA  VAJiTA 

PI&BCT  MAIL   LINB. 

These  flsit-elaas  steamships  sail  renlarly 
mtVrV.  tf-,  ttiiaa  Piac  No.  18  North  £tw  a« 

*"*"*  ....... ...lATOEDAl,  Feb.  2* 

•  ."wBDNElOAX.Maroh? 

iSd.     F«  ftel^t  or  pa*. 

lliTDI  fc  CO.,  «&  0  Bof^ 

ft6P»4«Hil»toB»9Qi 


^mn^m 


■iM?^fe^?t^Jit..ai*>j!S6.i'«*ssii»««se«a 


t^f Al£ii«TBAin-.saiP  lilNE.^^ 

„      _„,to  carry  the  Beigiau  and    United  Skates 

ttm.    The  roUoWinz  steamers  are  appointed  to  sail 

_,    -    ^   ,  TO  ANTWKltP: 

From  Phttadelptna.        1         From  New-York. 

TAOBBl,AirD........Feb.  IS'KBMILWOBTH Feb.  3 

JiBDEBLAND March  10i8WrrZKBLAND....Feb.  27 

tcateaot  passage  \n  ctuxenoy: 
«.^i  Sf5'">  *^<h    Second  Cabin.  «8«;   flteeraee.  $26. 
PKTBB  WEIGHT  Jt  SONS.  General  Agent^  Philad'a. 
Na  62  Broad  wa.y,  New-York. 

JOHN  McDonald.  Nc-S  Battery  place,  New-York 


AAIKRICA^  Sii:i£ALtl-8HlP  LINK 

Between  Phitad^a  k.  Liverpool  calliag  at  Qaeenstowo. 

Thorsdays  fCom  PjhUad'a.  Weineslays  from  Llverpoo:. 

Steamers' to  sail  from  Philadelphia  aa  follows: 

Indiana Feb.  15  1  *Loru   Ciiye .March  8 

Ilhuou Feb.  2-'  I  PennsTlvanla March  16 

Ohio March  1 1  Indiana March  22 

Prloe  01  paasaite  m  currency: 

cabin,  $75  to  $100.  Intermediate,  $40.    Steerage,  $23. 

PETER  WRIGHT  St  SO.S'S,  Gen.    Ajrents,  PliHad'a. 

No.  .52  Broadway.  New-Yoi;k. 
JOHK  MoDC^ALD  No.  8  Battery  place,  New-York. 


HAiVIBtKU  American    faoaet    I'omDHnv's^LiiaH, 
rorPLYMOUrfl.OKKRBOURa   and  HAMBURU. 

POMMKKANIA KeiX    22|HAMMONlA Alarch  8 

SDKVIA JIarch   llWIKijAND Varch  8 

Rates  or  DasjiTS  d    Plymaitch,    U3a'lnt>,  Oherbouri 

Hamburg, and  til  pointSin  liarliaL   Kirjt  t'Sbin.  $li>J 

gold:  Second  Cabin.  Set  J  ^old;  sts^r'v^a,  $:iO.  carreaRy 

KUNHARDT.*4  oa.  Ua    RIOBARD  t   BOAa,    " 

General  Agents,  General  Pasa^nTSr  Agents. 

eiBruadit..  N.  Y  (il  Brukdway  .<<.  i. 


Merohants'  Steam-ship  Line  to  Brazil. 

FOR  PERNAMBUCO  AflD  BAHIA. 
Steai^-ship  CASSINI  will  sail  about  MARCH  1.    Rates 
of  passage  and  tre  ight  have  bee  a  ttzed  on  a  1  ow  basis. 
For  further  information  apply  to  the  uaent. 

B.  B.  BURLA.ND.  No.  70  Wall  at.,  New-York. 


jaATLROAm 

PENSSYLVANIA  RAILROAD. 

t>R£AT  TRUNK  lUNE 

AND  UNITBD  STATBJ  MAIL  ROOTS. 

Trains  leaVe  New-Yoric,  via  Deabroaaea  aal      Cort- 

landt  Streets  ferries,  as  f  >ilow3: 

Bxpreas  for  Uarriabur^,  Pittsbarx  the  Weat  and 
South,  -nith  Pallman  Palace  Cars  attached,  8:30  A. 
M.jti  aua  a-30  P.  M.,  daily. 

For  wiliiamsport;  Lock  Uavea,  Corry,  and  Erie,  at 
8:30  p.  M.,  coonectlnac  at  Cony  forJTitusville.  Petio- 
leum  Centre,  and  tbe  Oil  Re^cions.  For  Williams 
port  and  Lock  Haven.  8:30  A.  M.  . 

For  BattimDre,  Wasbingtoo,  and  the  Soutll,  "Lim- 
ited WiahingtOQ  Express"  of  Pullman  Parlor  Cara 
aaily.  except  Snndav,  9:30  A.  M.:  arrive  Waahius- 
ton  4: 10  J-.  81.  ReirulBr  at  8: 40  A.  M.,  1.  6.  andl) 
P.  M.    Sunday,  6  and  9  P.  M. 

Express  for  Pullaiielphia,  7:  30,8:30,  8:40,  (9:30  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4.  5,  6,  7,  8:30,  9  P.  M..  and  12 
niebt.  Sunday,  8:30  A.-  M..  5,  6.  7.  8:30,  and  9  P.  M. 
Emigrant  ami  Beoond-ciass,  7  P.  M. 

Acrommodation  for  Trenton,  7  A.   M.,  2  and  4:10  P.  M. 

For  trains  to  Newark,  RliZiibetli,  Rahway.  Princeton. 
Trenton.  Perth  Amboy.  Flemingtoa.  Beividor%  aiil 
other  points,  aee  luoiil  aoheUulea  at  all  Ticket  of- 
flcea. 

Trains  arrive:  From  Pittsburg.  6:20  and  10:30  A.  M., 
and  10:20  P.  M.  daily  10:10  A.  M.  and  6:50  P.  M. 
daily,  eioeot  Monday.  Prom  Waahineton  and  Bal- 
timore, 6:30,  9:50  A.  M.,  4:10,  6:10.  and  10:20  P.  M. 
Sunday  6:30,  9:50  A.  M.  Prom  Philadelphia,  5:05, 
6:20.  6:30,  9:50,  10:10.  11:50  A.  M.  2:10.  4:10,  5:10. 
6:50  S:40,  li>:10,  and  10i2l)  P.  M.  Sundav  5:05, 
6:20,  d.30,  9:50,  11:50,  A.  M.,  G:50,  10:10,  and  10:  JO 
P.  M. 
Ticket  Offices,   Noa.  626  and   944   Broadway,  No.  1 

Astor  House,  and  foot  of    Desbroases  anil   CortIan<lt 

streets;     No.  4  Court  street.  Brooklyn:     Nos.  114,  116, 

and  XIH  Hudson  street.  Hoboken:     Depot.  Jeraev  Cit/ 

Kmigraot  Ticket  Office,  Nuw  8  Battery  placn. 

FBANK  THOMSON.  D.  M.BOYD,  Jb.. 

General  Manazer.  General  Passenger  Agent. 


TO    PHILADELPHIA- 

PENNSYLVANIA  RAILROAD. 

THE  OLD-ESTABLISHED  ROUTE  AND    SHORT    LINB 

between 

NEW.YOUK.    AND    PHILADELPHIA. 

14  Through  Trains  each  wav  dally:     3  Depots  in  Phlla- 
delpliia.  2  in  iew-York. 

4   Tracks,   the  most    Improypd    Eqnipment,  and    the 
Fastest  Time  consiatent  with  aVsolu've  safety. 

Xxpress  Trains  leave  New-York.  Tia  Desbrosses  and 

Cortlandt  .-itreets  Ferries,  as  follows: 
7:30.  8:30,  8:40,  (9:30  Limited,)  10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4,  5,  6, 

7,  8:30.  9  P.  M.,  and  12   MtdnighL     Sunday.    8:30  A. 

M.,  5,  «.  7,  8:30.  and  9  P.  M. 
Returning,  trains  leave  Phli^elphia  3:20,  3:30.7,  7:30, 

8:30,  and  11  A.  M..  (Limited   Kipresa,    1:35  P.    .M.,) 

1:40,4.5:30,7.  and  7:'d3   P.    M.,    and    12   Midnight. 

On  Sunday,  3:20,  3:30.  7,  6:30  A.  M..  4,  7.  7: 3d  P,  M., 

and  12  Midnight. 

Ticket  Office*,  Nos.  506  and  044  Broadway,  Na  1 
Astor  Hoa.se,  nod  loot  of  Deaorossea  and  Cortlandt 
sta..  No.  4  Court  at.  Brooklyn:  Noa.  114.  116.  and  ]  18 
Hudson  bL,  Hoboken;  Depot.  Jersey  City.  Emlgranl 
Ticket  Offliro,  No.  8  Battery  place. 
FRANK  THOMSON.  D.  M.  BOYP,  Jr.. 

General  Manager.  General  Passenger  Atrent. 


NKW-YORK     CK.VTRAt.     ANI>     MUD8IIN 
RIYER  RAILROAD CommHOCin.:  Deo.   's^    1876. 

throuefa  trams  'trill  leave  Grand  Central  Ddpot: 

7:15  A.  M.,  V\'e.stem  and  Northern  limress.  witb 
drawing-room  cara  to  Canan'laiinia. 

tj:30  A.  M..  special  (7hicaso  aod  St  Louis  Expreai. 
with  drawinK-runm  cara  to  Rochester  aad  BuXilo. 
Also,  throusb  car  to  St.  Louis. 

11:00  A.  M..  Northern  and  Weitera  Rxoras?. 

S:30P.  M..  special  Albtny.  Troy  aul  Weatern  Bx- 
pr^ss  arrives  at  Buff.tio  7: 10  *•  M. 

5:00  P.  M..  Krpreas,  with  ale><plnz  oars,  fOr  Watet^ 
town  and Canandalicua,  Alsot'jr  Uaatrd:»l  vit  FUtca- 
bur«. 

8:30P  M..  Pacific  Express,  dally,  with  sleeping  can 
tor  Rochester.  Niagara  Falls,  Baffalo,  Cleveland,  la- 
dianapolia,  and  Louisville.  Also  for  Chicago,  via  both 
!•.  8.  and  M.  C.  Railroads,  ana  tu  Montreal  via  St^  Al- 
bans. 

11:00P.  M..  Kxnrcas.  with  sleeping  oara.  for  Albanv 
and  Troy.     Wav  craina  as  per  loca'  Time  Tabloa. 

Tickets  tor  sain  at  Nos.  252,  '^ei,  and  41;h  Broadway, 
and  at  WestcoU  Express  CotDpaayii  offices,  Nos.  7 
Park  olace.  785  and  94j  BroadwaV  New-Yoric,  nnd 
Z'iii  (Vaahiucrtoiiat..    BrooKlyn. 

G  B.  MKEKKH5iUBneral  Paaseneer  Agenu 


ERIE  RAILWAY. 

Winter  ArranKemect  ot  throus;h  trains.  From  Cham- 
bers Street  I>epof.     (For '.^3,1  sL  see  note  below.) 

9:00  A.  M.,  dallv,  except  eundavs,  Ciucinnati  and 
ChicsKo Da V  Exoreas.  OrawinK-ruom  coaclius  to  Bufialo, 

10:45  A.  M.,  daily,  except  bundavs.  Express  Mall  for 
Bufialo  and  the  vve«t.     Nleepinif  coaob  to  Buffalo. 

7:00  P.  M..  daily.  Pacific  Kxpresi  to  the  West.  Sleep- 
ing coaches  through  to  Buffalo,  Niasara  Falls.  Cincin- 
nati, and  Cbicasio  witbuuc  ohango.  Hotel  dinlng- 
coaches  to  Chicago. 

7:00  P.  M.,  except  Sundays,  Western  Emigrant  train. 

Aboye  trains  leave  Twenty-third  Street  Ferry  at 
8:45  and  10:15  A.  M.,  and  6:45  P.   M. 

For  local  trains  see  tlme-tabiea  and  cards  in  hotels 
and  depots. 

JNO.  N.  ABBOTT.  General  Passenger  Agent. 


NEW-YORK.    NBW-HAVBN.    AND    HART- 
FORD   RAILiROAD. 

After  Dec  10,  1876,  trains   leave  Grand  Central  De- 

rt  (42d  St.)  for  New-Caanan  Railroadat  8:05  A.  M., 
4:40  P.  M.-,  Uaubniy  andNorvrallc  Railroad  at  S:03 
A.  M.,  1,  and  4:40  P.  M.;  Nauzatuck  Rallncid  at  8:05  A. 
M.,  and  3  P.  M.;  Uoosatonic  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M.. 
and  3  P.  M.;  New-Haven  and  Northampton  Railroad  ut 
8:05  A.  M..  and  ctP.  M.:  tor  Newport  at  8:05  A.    U.    and 

I  P.    M.;   Boston    and    Albany   Railroad     at  8:03    and 

II  A.  M,  3  and  9  P.  M,  (9  P.M.  on  Sunday:)  Bostoo. 
(via  Shore  Line,)  at  1  and  lOP.  M.,  (10  P.  3L  on  Sup- 
days.)  Boston  and  New- i'ork  Air  Line.  8  A.  M.,  1  and 
11:38  P.  M. 

Way  trains  as  per  local  time-tables. 


IxEHIGH  VALliEY  RAILROAD. 

AIOIANQBMENX.     •  PASSENGER  TRAINS.        JAN.  L 

1877. 
LeaTe  depots  foot  of  Cortlandt  and  Debrosses  sts..  at 

6:30  P.  M.f-Right  Express,  daily,  for  Baston,  Bethle- 
hem, Alientown,  Mauch  Cbnnk,  Wtlksbarre.  Pittston, 
Bayre,  Blmlra,  Ithaca,  Auburn,  Rochester,  Biiftilo, 
NiagMa  Fails,  and  the  West.  PuUmau's  sleeping 
coaohes  attached. 

General  Bastem  office  corner  Church  and  Cortlandt 
sts.,  CHARLES  a.  CUMMINGS.    Agout. 

UOBBRT  H.  8AYRB.  Superintendent  and  Engineer. 


IXTIOKFORD  RAII.,ROAD  ROUTE  TO  NEW- 
T  T  PORT,  B.  L— Passengers  tor  tbis  line  take  8:06  A. 
M.  and  1  P.   M.  express  trains    from   Grand   Central 
Depot,  aitivlnK  at  4:18  and  8  P.  M.  at  Newport. 

THEODOBli  WABBBN,  Superintendent. 


STEAMBOATS. 

STONINGTON.LINE 

FOR  ■, BOSTON    AN0    ALL,    POINTH^EAST. 
bfiDUCEU  FARE. 

i  ElMtant  steamers  leave  Pier  No.  33  North  Bivei; 
foot  of  Jav  St.,  Ht  4:30  P.  SL 

Tickets  for  sale  at  til  onQoipti  ticket  o  .floes.  ."State- 
rooms secured  at  offlcesor  vVestcott  'ixpress  Ouapaa.7 
audat  :1a  363  Broadway. 

PROYIllENCK    LINK. 

Freight  only,  steamers  leave    Pier    No.    27  ,^nrtb 
River,  fiMt  of  Park  plao^  atl  P.  VL    FretKlits  via  either 

linetakeoat  lowest  raCaa. 
D.  S.  BABOOCK.  Krea.       L.  W.  Fti.Ki:TS.  O.    P.  Acenu 


FALL   RIVER  LINE 

FOB 

BOSTON  '^AND    THE    EAST. 

FAREii  REDUCEU.   ' 

Leave  Bew^York  dally.  (Sunday  excepted.)  fromPiet  ^ 
Bo.  28  North  Biyer,  toot  of  :a  array  sU.  4:30  P.  M.  ' 

BORDEN  &  LOYRLL,  Agents,    i 
OBO.  It.  COHKOB,  General  Passeniter  A;;eot. 


FOR      NBW-HAVBN.    HAKTFOR0,     dec 
Vvn  $1 ;  fteamers  leave  Peck  slip  for  New-Hayea 
at  8  and  11  P.  M.,  connecting  with  road. 


tjH^RBJf  rDOKPORTALJVD  A.LI.  POINTM    UN 
^HoiBMtoma  and   .NangataoK   Railroad.— Farsb    SL 
tteAmers  leare  Oathuine  sllb  Ab  li-301.H. 


OijcyB^.Ain>.  CobuxBua,  Ciscutsati  axd'  } 
ljfi>ixirAPoi.ia  Katlwat  Cokpaxt.      > 
Cx,ByKLAin>,  O..  Feb  15,  1877,  > 

TRE  ANNUAL  MBKl'INU  OF  THE  BTO^K- 
holders  oi  tbis  company  for  the  election  of  Direc- 
tors and  for  tne  transaction  ot  other  bualneas.  will  t>e 
hAla  as  the  offloe  of  the  company  in  Cleveland,  on 
WBDKE8DAI,  March  7. 1877.         .  ^    ^^ 

The  transter-hooki  will  be  closed  from  the  evening 
-of  20th  itast,,  nntU  March  8. 

'  QKO.  H.  BUSSBLL.  Secretary. 


OmCS  OV  TEg  O>NS0t,IPATI0N  COAL  COVaANT  01 1 

MABTULSnS.   No.  71  BaOADWAT,  > 

Mbw-Yosk,  Felfc  2,  1877.  > 

THE  AWNUAIj  MEBT1N<4  OK  THE  STOUfC- 
hOliewof  tlJisOOmPWJ  «>r  the  election  of  Presi- 
dent and  Directors,  and  transaction  of  other  bosi- 
oess.  will  beheld  a«  uoon  on  WBDNBSDAY.  the  21st 
inst.    The  transfer-books  will  clo««  at   '2  o'clock  P.  u.. 

On  tb.  lOtb  \m..  aad  "0P«»  °«.»&tc'S%etKy. 


A 


SPECIAL  MBBTINU  OF   THB  BTOCK- 

aOtUBBS  anl  eleetion  of  Wre«jtori  of  the  St.JMe^ 
and  St.  Louis  Railroad  Company 'Will  be  held  on  the 


BBLigiOUS    yOTXOES. 

4Sth  St..  west  of  6th  av., 

Hey.  B.  HBBBR  NKvVTOM.  Rector. 

Berrloes  ou-Snnday  at  10:30  A.M.  Prayers  at  4:30  P.M. 

BVen  Song  at  7:45  P.  M.  : 

A  special  serrioe  of  sons  the  second  of  three  sermons 

on  '•  Religion  in  Kvery-.lsy  Life," 

By  Rev.  Mr.  Newton. 

Young  men  specially  invited. 

All  seats  free  at  the  opening  hour.         


ASSOCIATION  HALL. 

23d  St..  comer  4th  av. 
Benrfees  commencing  Sunday.  Feb.  18. 
BIBLE  CLASS,  conducted   by  D».  THOMSON,  hall,  6 
o'clock;   «KETINGforYOU.NO  MEN.  Parlor,  0:30. 

On  THURSDAY  and  SATURDAY  evenin^rs  at  8  o'clock 
meetinrs  ar "  held  tor  youne  men  lo  the  pariov. 

MeetioK  for  pra.ver  every  day,  except  on  Saturda.y 
and  Sunday,  lu  the  parlor,  from  4  to  5  o'clock.  Open 
to  all. 


ATCHIcKEKINGHALL.STHAV.,  CORNER 
18th8t.— Union  3. lepel  services.  Rev.  Samuel  Col- 
0(^  preaches  >unday,  at  10:45  A.  M.  and  3:30  P.  M. 
Afternoon  sermon  a'  continuation  of  the  series  on 
"  Light"  Charles  L.  Ounn  and  the  lareo  choir  siosj 
morning  and  afternoon.  Seats  free :  everybody  -wel- 
come. Sunday-Bchnol,  P:30  :  Bibie-claas,  10  o'clock. 
Pra.yer-meetlnc  Thursday  eveolne.  at   304  4th  av. 


AMERICAN  TEMPERANCE  UNION.-LaBGE 
hall  CooDBt  Institute,  Sunday.  Feb.  13.  at  3  P.M. 
Prot  John  Wiiffat,  of  Tenn^anee,  will  deliver  his  eel— 
brated  lecture  on  "Common  8en?e  I'bnstianity."  Give 
this  distinguished  orator  arousinz  audience. 

J.  B.  GIBUS,  Ptesitlent. 
J.   B.  CoNXLW,  8eoret.arv. 


*'  ARISE  AND  THItE!!trt  !"-BISaOt»  SSOiV. 
xXthe  Bo-cnlled  "bum'>U}i,"  will  pteach  the  pure 
word  of  God  in  the  BIedic:k)  College,  corner  4th  av. 
and  23d  St.,  on  Sunday  nt  3  P.  M.  Seats  free.  Pub- 
iect — "The  True  Church  to  Break  the  Nations  In 
Pieces." 


AT  FREli  TABERNACLE  ftl-  E.  CHURCH, 
34th  St.,  bf^tween  7th  and  8th  avs.,  preichinK  by 
the  Pastor,  Rev.  J  Johna.  Morr.ina  auUJePt :  "  Onr 
Zerubbabel."  Aftemnou  at  3  and  eveaini<  at  7:  lO  P.  M. 
Services  condncted  b.y  the  Associated  Brethren  of 
Pateraon,  N.  J.    Seats  free. 


AT  Wa.sHINGTON  ."iQCAIlE  MF.THODIst 
Kpiscooil  Church,  Rev.  Wil.iam  Llovd,  Pastor,  will 
preach.  Morninir— "  Livlns  Water;''  eventris,  "The 
Great  Harveat  and  the  Anstel  Re-.pers."  Ycmne  i>eo- 
ple'a  meeting  at  6:30  P.  M.  Strangers  invited  and 
welcome. 


AT  CHUUCtt  OP  THE  HOLY  APOHTLES, 
comer  of  9th  av.  and  28tli  at.— At  ?:30  P.  M.  ser- 
vice. Rev.  Georee  F.  Beymonr.  fl.  T.  D.,  Dean  of  the 
General  Tbeologic.il  Seminary,  will  preach  before  the 
Young  People's  Missionary  Association  of  the  parish. 
Full  anthem  (mtvic*. 


ACADEMY  OK  IMDSI'',  BROOKLYrV — RKV. 
Fred.  Bell,  the  Ringing  Preacher,  will  preach  and 
•In?  to-morrow  ar  10:45  A.  M.  and  7:4.t  P.  M.  Miiminj 
snbjeot — " iiensatl'^nal  Prpaoliinz."  Kvemns  aublect — 
"An  Aj9tonndln<;  Request."     All  are  welcome. 


ALL.-^OUlS'  CHURCH,  4TH  AV.,  COR.SER  OP 
20tb  St. — Rev.  George  Morrison  will  preach  at  11 
A.M.  Evening,  at  7:4.>.  Mr.  John  Fre'well,  Jr..  will 
deliver  a  li'ctn'e  on  '•  Michael  Servetus."  Seats  tree. 
Public  cordially  invited. 


BRICK  C;HIIRC'H,    5TII  AV PKW   I.v    cpn- 
tral  location  for  sale.    Addrcaa   Post  Office  Box  No. 
2,057. 


C^ITY  MLSSKIN  SOCIETY,  BIBLE  HolI.»«E. 
J — The  city  Miaslon.  havine  commfnced  the  5 let 
.year  of  itf  beneficent  operations,  would  rpspectfully 
invite  the  attention  of  the  b  iievole  it  to  the  impor- 
tance of  sustainioc  and  exte-dlog  the  Christiiu  and 
chsntible  work  which  ca  rles  the  Gosnel  to  (he 
bomps  ana  the  hearts  nfthe  peonle.  The  means  used  for 
City  evaniteiiziition  have  beennpprovo  l  b>  the  judgment 
and  oxoetleiiceof  the  wiaeaiid  cood.  The  economy  ami 
cffipienjy  of  the  administration  are  unquestioned,  and 
the  committoe  are  encountced  to  hope  that  the  record- 
ed results  of  the  work  will  call  forth  new  proofs  of  the 
public  conBdenf-e  and  regariL  Don  prions  tor  the  poor 
shonld  be  S'>  desiznated,  and  will  be  distributed  by  the 
niissionartes  without  cb-irKe.  Confributr'na  in  goods 
will  be  called  for  ou  notice  sent  to  this  office.  $5'J,UO0 
am  required  to  support  the  mls'-lonariei  and  the  mis- 
slona  A.  R.  WET.\10KE,  Presidenr;  M.  K.  Jesup,  Vice 
I'resident:  L.  E.  Jaclcson,  Cnrrespimdlmr  Sccietary 
and  Assistant  Treaaurer;  No.  60  Ulble  Uonse. 


CHURCH   OF  THE    HOI^Y    TttJ.NlTV, 

Madison  nv.  nnd  4°2d  at. 

MonKng  prayer  at  9:30;  litany  s<'rvlce.   and  sermon 

at  10:30  A.  M 

Peoplc'a  aervire  and  aerm<>n  nt  7:3'>  P.  M., 

Rtv.  STEPHEN  II.  TVNG,  Jr., 

will  preach. 

Dally  Services  and   Lectams,  or  Bible  Readlnffs  dnr- 

ing  Lent  at   3:30   and   7:45  P.  \1.     Dr.    rV.NO,  Jr..  will 

preach  on  Monday  evemn  ;a  In  the  church. 


C1HLIKCH  OF  ST.  JOHM  TliK  i:VANc;ELtsr. 
/(WainwriKht  memunal.)  seats  trie,  corner  West 
11th  at.  and  Wsverley  place.  Rev.  John  W.  Kramer, 
Rector — On  Mi' day  morning  .Tt  l":3o  a  special  aor- 
vice — British  aubjucta  lioinir  invit:'d  lo  worablp  with 
the  congregation.  In  the  eveoinir  nt  7;  30  the  first  in  a 
ciiurse  of  Lenten  services  ou  "I'resent  Dav  Sius 
Aeai  ist  Onr  .Neishbor.    The  lUiin-s  <it  tli«  Poor." 


CniRCH  OF  THK    BELOVfD  DI.sCIPI.K, 
Madia  n  av.  and  89iti  at..  Kev.  Prancia  ii.  Stubbs 

Servicea:  sermon  on  .sundav  at  l(i:3o  A.  M.  and  7:'Jl»  P. 
M.  Daily  service  at  9  -A.  .M.  and  5  P.  M.,  except  ou 
Kridsya  during  t!ie  ae.'ison  of  Lent,  when  service  will 
be  in  the  eveniuk  at  8  o'cloclc.  Kev.  II.  B  Uitcbinca, 
of  Triuily  Church,  will   preach   this  (Sunday)  eveumir. 


r^HURCH  OF  THK  A>MJ>ClAliO.\,  14TH 
V^st..  between  0th  and  7tli  avs.,  seats  free.  Rev. 
(Vllliam  J.  Heabiiry,  D.  D..  Rector.  — First  Suudav  in 
Lent;  Holy  Cumrounlon.  7:30  A.  M.:  .Murnlns  pr.iyer, 
licany,  Anto-Comuinnioa  and  sermon,  10:J(>  A.  M. 
Eyeninif  prayer,  (clioral,)  4  P.  JL  Daily  praver  at  9  A. 
M.  and  5  P.  M. 


CHURCH  OF  THE  HEAVENLY  REjST. 

6Tn  AV.,   AB  iVh;   45TH  .ST. 

RKV.  DR.  HoWIjAND,    RECTOR. 

SUNDAY  .SERVICKS,   11  .A.  .M.,  4  P.  M. 

WKD.Nh8DAY,  8P,  M. 

Rev.  Dr.  POTTKK,  of  Grac-.  fnurch,  will  preach. 

UUUC!H  OK  THH,  COVENANT,  (PRK.SUY- 
lerlan.)  comer  Park  av.  ana  351  h  St.— itey.  Marvin 
K.  Vincent.  D.  D.,  Pastor,  will  preach  Sunday  morning: 
serviees  at  1 1  o'clock.  At  4  P.  M.,  w  rshlp  and  bible 
aervice.  condueted  Dv  the  i'aaior.  ^unday-schoul  ut 
0:30  A.  M.    Lecture.W-diiesilay,  at  8  P.  JI. 


CIALVARV  BAPl'I.ST  CHURCH,  •_'3i»  cT.. 
^/between  5th  and  Uth  avs. — R.  K  MacArtliur,  Pastor, 
preaches  Snidny  nior.dng.  Evening,  a  memorial  service 
for  tlie  late  iir.  Bnckland  wili  be  held.  Rev.  Ura.. 
Strons,  Hitchcock,  Williams,  and  i^roaby  will  make  ad- 
dresses. 


CHURCH  OF  THE  HOLY  SEPULCHRE, 

74th  at.,  east  of  4th  av., 

Rev.  J.  Tuttio  Sniitb.  Rector. 

Services  Sunday,  10:30  A.  M.  and  3:30  P.  M.     Daily  in 

Lent,  at  4  P.  M. 


ClENTKAL  31.  E.  CHURCH,  7TH  AV.,  NKAR 
/14tb  St.,  Rev.  C.  8.  Harrower.  Pastor.— Preaching  at 
1<':30  A.  .M.,  i)y  Rev.  M.  D'C.  Crawford,  D.  U.,  and  at 
7:ao  P.  M.,  by  Rev.  W.  W.  Sever.  All  are  cordially  in- 
vited. 


CHURCH  OF  THE  A'ro,NEME:y-r.  COR.XCR 
of  Madison  av.  and  28th  at.,  Rev.  C.  C.  Tiffnnv,  Rec- 
tor.—tiuaday-school  at  9:30.4.  U.  Divine  services  at 
11  A.  Jl.  and  4  P.  M.  Preachins  a»rviee  at  8  V.  M..,  at 
which  all  ae,<ta  are  free  and  straniier.iroMlially  Invited. 


ClHUUCII  OK  <»UR  SAVIOUR.  (.iiXTil  UNI- 
yversaiiat  Soiiety,)  67th  at.,  near  8th  av.,  Rev.  J. 
M.  Pullman,  I'nator. — Snudav  mi>rui0K  nt  11 — "The 
Barren  rig  tree."  Evening  at  7:45— "rhe  Helishua  of 
Life." 


CHURCH   OF   THE  INCARNATION,    MAIU- 
aon  ay.  and  35th  at..  Rev.  Arthur  Brooka,  Rector. — 
Livloe  service  at  10:30  A.    U.  and  H:3o  P.  .H. 


DR.  LANDtS  PREACHES  StiNUAV  MORN- 
inu  nt  11  o'clock.  In  Science  Kail,  No.  141  Rast  8tli 
St.  Subject— 'la  this  a  Christian  cr  Intidal  Age  I" 
Quartet.     Seats  tree. 


EIGHTEENTH  STKKETM.  E.  CHURCH, 
near  8th  av.  — Preachine  by  Rev.  W.  K.  Hatfleld; 
Mornine:  "Christ's Temptation."  Kvenine:  "The  Last 
Call."  Prayer-meeting  alter  sermon.  Revival  meetings 
every  evenina  except  Satiuday. 


FIRST  REFOR.UEO  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH. 

Temporarily  worabiplne  at  M.idtaon  av.  and  47th  st. 

Permanent  location,  (chiucb  now  building,) 

Mailison  av.  and  65th  at. 

Rey.  WM.  T.  SAoI.NE,  Pastor. 

Divine  services:  Morning,  10:30;  eyenlns,  7:45  o'cloclt 

Sunday-acbool  at  9  A.  M.     The  Pastor  will  preaeb. 


FIKTH  AVENUE  BAPTIST  CHURCH. 
West  46th  St.— Preaching  by  Dr.  \rroitaKe.  Pastor. 
Sunday  morning.  10:30:  subject.  " The  Beautiful  Feet 
of  Peace-brlnirers."  Kvenine,  7:30:  "  .A  still.  Small 
Voice  r*  Bunday-achool,  9  A.  M.;  Coueieirational 
Bible  class  3:30  P.  M. 

IVE  POINTS  HOU.>«E  OF  INOUSTRY,  NO. 

155  Worth  at..  William  P.  Barnard,  Sup<-rintoudent. 
—Service  ot  song  by  the  children  on  Sunday  at  3:30 
o'clock.  Public  invlteil.  becoud-baud  clotUiug  and 
shoea  urgently  aolicited. 


Ij^REE  EPISCOPAL  CUUUCH  «'  THE 
RecODCihatioh,  No.  242  Kast  3l8C  St.,  near  2d  av,— 
Services  aud  sermon  by  Rev.  E.  8.  Wlddemer  every 
Sunday  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.  Sunday-school 
at  9  A.  M.    A  cordial  welcome  to  alL 


FIRST  B.4PTl!S'r  CHUKCU,  COUNEU  39ru 
at.  and  Park  a  v. — Preaclilng  by  Rev.  T.  U.  Anderson, 
D.  v.,  Pastor,  at  11  A.  M.  ana  7: JO  eveniu>c.  Suaday- 
scbool,  9:30.     Cordial  invitation. 


FIRST  PRESS YTEUIAN  CilUitCU,  bTH 
av.  and  11th  sts.- Rev.  Wm.  M.  Paxion,  D.  L.,  Pas- 
tor, will  preach  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  4  i'.  M.  Strangers 
cordially  invited. 


FOURTEENTH  STREE'l'  PRESB  »  TERIAN 
Church,  corner  of  2d   av.,  Rev.  P.  H.   Marline,  Pas- 
tor.— Servicea  at  11  A.  M.  and  7:.iO  P.  M. 


GRACE  BAPTIST  CHURCH,  63U  ST..  NEAR 
7tb  ay.,  Ktv.  J.  Speneer  Keiinard,  Pjistor  — Ser- 
ylces— Morning,  10:30:  evenlug.  7:30.  Sunday-school, 
2:30:  also  services  Monday,  Wednesday,  aud  Friday 
evenioKS. 


GRACE  CHAPEL.    EAST  14TU  ST.,  KEV. 
William  T.  Egbert,  Pastor.— Servioes.  11  A.  M.  and 

7:43  K  M.     rtev.    Frederick   Courtaey,   of    St.  Thomas' 
Church,  win  preach  In  tho  evening. 


HAULBDl  UMYEUSALIST  CHURCH, 
127lh  St.,  between  Lexinccoa  and  4th  ava. — Kev. 
J.  M.  Uetchell.  Pastor.  11  A.  M.,  subject — "God 
Knowelb  Our  tirarta."  Evening,^:30— "  ibe  Mljcbt- 
bave-beensof  Life."  Preaching  ibarsday  ereuing,  ut 
8  o'clock,  by  Rev.  A.  P.  Pntn:im,  D.O..  of  Brooklyn. 


LYMAiN  C.  HUWE,  TKa:s(J><:  S>etiA.i%.liti, 
lectures  for  the  society  of  .^plritUitlists  at  li  :3l>  A. 
M.  aud7:3oP.  M.  attheiroall,  So.  55  .-•est33dst,uear 
Broadway.    Tho  Children's  Lvceam  meets  2:30  P.  M. 


LEXINGTON  AVENUE  .n.  E.  CHURCH, 
comer  of  5'i2d8t— Preaching  »t  10:30  a.  M.  and  at 
7:30  P.  M.  The  " Bue  11  family "  will  conduct  tho 
alngl:ig  dnrinK  ihe  day. 


MAOISON  AVENUE  REKORMEO  CUUilCU, 
ooiiusr  of  57th  st,— Elev.  Isaac  P.  Brotaw,  of  Jersey 
Ci.y.  wiilprea«:h.  Sunday,  18th  lost,  at  11  A.  M.,  and 
Eev.  William  Lloyd,  Pastor  elect,  at  v(:HO  P.  M.  Suuject, 
•'  The  SouPs  Rock."    Strangers  cordially  welcomeu. 

KW-YORK  PORT  SOClETY.-PBiiACHlNO 

at   Mariners'    Church,    corner    of  Catharine   and 

Usdison  sts.,  at  10:45  A.  M.,  bv  Kev.  W.  W.  Atterburv, 

D.  D.,  and  at  7:30  P.  M-,  an  address  to  seamen  by  Hon. 
Wm.  E.  liodge.  Servioes  at  Na  278  Water  at.,  at  3 
P.M. 


NORTH  PRESUYTERIAN  CHURCH,  GOR- 
ner9(b  ar.  and  Slit  at.— PreaobiaK  bjr  the  Paster, 
Bar.  B.  B.  Rosciter;  ioaoming  serrioe,  lOtSa    Subject, 
'The  Holy  Spirit."    Byening  service,  7i9ji  foartlx  oi  a 
sciM  tf  MaB(m*->gnIdMli^'Ts>>a  OMMttMifc'* 


BBLIGIOUS    NeTIGB». 


fC-BW-YORK.  SDNDAY-SCKOOL  A19SOCf  A. 

li  TION;— '•  Primary,"     this    day  ■  a*    2:45.    JTounj. 
Men's   Christian    Association    BtUidtug,    Mrs.   Clark, 


teacher.  "Superintendents',"  Tuesday,  4  o'clock, 
Fulton  MreetChupel,  Kev.  Geo.  S.i  hsmbere.  conduc- 
tor. "  J^ormal,"  'lnuiBda.v,  4:45,  Dr.  ( tosby'S  Ulmrph 
thapel,  M.-.  Ralph  Weils,  conductor.  Moiiday  eyehing, 
7:30,  President  Porter,  ot  New-Havco.  will  Kl\-e  the 
seventh  lecture  of  courae    "On  the  Bible." 


PresbVt^rian  church  of  sea  ano 
Land,  Rev.  H.  Hopper,  D.  D.,  Pastor.— .>abbath 
services.  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.  Sabbatb-school, 
9:30  A.  M,  and  2  P.  M.  Young  people's  prayer-meeting, 
6:45,     Seots  free. 


REV.  J.  K.  EtiOEH.  U.  i>..  PASTOR  OF  THK 
Hadiaoii  Avenue  Baptist  Church,  lately  wor- 
shiping corner  of  Slat  st.  and  Madison  av..  will 
liold  tbeiruaual  Sabbath  morning  aervice  in  the  chapel 
ot  the  Firat  Baptist  Churcn,  No.  92  Park  av.,  corner  of 
,39th  9t.  S,rmiiii  by  Key.  J.  A.  bi-oauos,  D.  D.,  of  South 
Carolina,  ot  11  o'clock.  Sunday-school  iu  the  same 
place  at  S  P.  M.    All  are  invited. 


K«V.     GAirolNER    SPRING    PLU-tlLEY, 
Pastor,  pleaches  at  the 

NORTH  DUTCH  CHURCH. 

Fulton  st— entrances  No.  103  Fulton  and  No.  68  Ann 
ats.— Sundav  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.  In  this 
church  the  Fulton  street  daily  noon  prayer-meeiine  is 
held. 


REV.  SILAS  HBNN,  AN  ENGLISH  Wr.B- 
leyan  minister,  will  nr<«acb  in  the  Jane  Street  M. 
b.  Cliurih  Sunday  morning  and  evenlnz.  In  each 
eveninaof  next  week  Mr  Menn  wili  nive  a  lecture  on 
the  ''Hlcher  <  hrUtian  Life."  A  cordial  welcome  will 
be  given  to  all. 


REV.  CHAULE.<i  E.  HARRIS,  PASTOR  OP 
Allen  Street  Methodist  Episcnpil  Cnurch,  between 
Delancey  and  Mviu'Tton  sts..  will  preach  in  the  morn- 
liitj.  nnd  Rev.  Prank  C.  Morgan  will  preach  in  the  even- 
ine.  Seats  free.  Jewiith  prayer-meeting  on  Monday 
eveQlnc 


REV.  JOHN  HALL.  O.  I).,  VVlI-lj  PRI^CH 
in  the  Konrth  Presbyte.rian  Church.  34th  at.,  west 
of  6lh  av.,  tii-morrow  eveni:i(t  at  7:30  o'clock,  the 
annual  serihnn  of  the  Social  and  Bunevoleut  Associa- 
tion connected  with  the  Church. 


REV.  JOHN  COTTON  SMi  I'H,  O.  O..  WILL 
deliver  (D.  V. )  the  flist  lectuio  in  a  course  on  the 
"  Sermon  on  th'«  Mouni,"  in  tlie  Ciiuroh  otthe  Ascen- 
sion, corner  .6th  ,av.  uod  10th  at.,  on  Sundav,  Feb.  18, 
nt  4  I'.  M. 


REV.  THO.tlAS  .».  ilASTINGS,  O.  O.,  PaS- 
tor,  will  preach  in  the  West  Presbytevian  Churcd, 
4:^0  st,  hotwceii  5ih  end  6tb  avs,,  ou  Sundav,  18th 
Inst.  Services  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.  Adult  JJi- 
bli-clnsa  at  3  P.  M. 


REV.  H.  W.  IINAPP,  O.  l>.,  WILL  PREACH 
in  the  Kirst  idiaaiou  Uuptlat  Church,  corner  Lui)g;ht 
and  Varick  ats..  at  111:30  A.  .M.  and  7:S0P.  M.  Baptiain 
aftef  eveuinR  aenice. 


RtV.  DR.  RVIjANCE,  ST.  MARK'S  OHUIUH. 
•.id  av.  and  10th  st — .-iervlces  at  11  A.  M.  and  7:45 
P.  .11.  Her.  Bruokholat  Morgan  will  preach  moruinK 
and  evening. 


REV.  DR.  CLAY,  OF  UALIFA:^,  N.  S., 
will  preach  in  the  I'entral  Bap.l.t  Church,  West 
42d  at.,  to-morrow  and  every  evening  during  the 
week; 


ST.  jGNATIUS*  church,  4UTH  ST.,  BK- 
tween  5ih  anil  6tli  avs..  Rev.  Dr.  F.  C.  Kwer.  Rector, 
ofUeiatini;. — Communion.  7  A.  M.;  morning  orayer,  9  ; 
litany,  10:30;  choral  celebration,  li ;  choral  eveniue 
prn\er,  7;3o,  with  eermnn  on  •  Cnlled  to  beKaiuia," 
the  first  in  the  course  on  the  Seven  Gifts  of  tho  Holy 
Ghost.  Pews  and  slMlnxs  m  ly  be  had  free  for  the 
Winter  up.m  applioRtioa  to  the  sexton. 


8T.  GE(HtGK'-i  CHURCH.  STUYVESANT 
bouare. — Mornina  prayer,  11  o'cluclc.  Sermuu  by 
Kev.  Dr.  Wiiliauis.  Associate  Rector.  Hventns  praver, 
3:30  o'clock.  Sermon  bv  Rev.  Dr.  Tvnit.  Rector. 
Third  aervice,  all  seats  free,  8  P.  M.  Sermon  by  Rev. 
Dr.  Wi  iinms. 


QKVEnTM  AVENUE  UNI  I'EO  PRKSBYTBRIAN 
k^l'uurcb.  lietween  12th  and  13th  sts.— PreochlnR 
ou  Niibiiath.  by  the  Pastor,  Rev.  R.  W.  Kidd,  nt  lu:30 
A.  M.  and  3  P.  M.  Stran.!i  rs  and  Irieo  's  are  cordially 
Invited.  Weekly  pra.rer-mcetiUK  on  Wednesday  eveu- 
iBgat  7:1.>. 


ST.  Tl.lIOTUi'.-i  CHURCH,  56TH  AND  57TH 
sts.,  between  8th  and  flth  ats.,  (midwa.v.) 
Or.  G.-er,  Rector.— Sundav  services,  1":30  A.  U.  a'nd 
7:30  P.  M.  Dally  inntninK  aerviues  at  7  o'clock;  even- 
ing, 5  o'clOik,  except  Wednesday  and.  Pndav— 10:30 
auil  8.    triilay  evenluij,  2:")lh  inst..  Dr.  WestoiL 


SAUBATll  KVENINIJ  SliKVICK A  SPECIAL 
service  on  Snhnatb  evening-i  at  7:30  o'clock,  at  the 
Madison  square  I'resiiyteriau  Church,  corner  of  Madi- 
son av.  aiiu  24tb  st.  Ihe  I'astor,  Dr.  Tucker,  wiil 
i)rca<h.  Strangers  are  cordially  invited,  and  thoau 
not  attendiug  other  churches. 


MKTHODIST      EPISCOPAL 

.  4tn  av.  and  2'2d  at, — Rev.  Dr.  Chapman, 
Paator,  will  preach  on  Sunday  at  lti:3ii  A.  .M.  and  7:30 
P.  M.  Weilnesday  and  Friday  evening  services.  All 
cordially  Invited. 


ST.    PAl'L'.S 
I  hurcb. 


ST.  STEPHEN'S    CHURCH. 

57  to  59   \Ve"t  46tb   street. 

The  Rev.   A.  B.  HaRT,  Rector. 

tierTicoa  ou  Sunday  Ht  K  :  io  A.  M  ,  and  4  P.  M. 


ST.  LUKK'.!*  M.  E.  CHURCH,  41ST8T.,NKAR 
Otb  av.,  Rev.  W.  P.  AlAiott,  Paitor.— Preachins  at 
1U:30A.  .U.  and  7:-16  P.  .M.  Yoiiug  i>eopie'8  prayer- 
meetlni!  at  6: 15  P.  <  .    All  are  cordt.tlly  invited. 


SI'.  JtlH.N'.-^  .>l.  E.  CUUUCH,  930  ST., 
iiesr  IJro.idwa.v. — Preaching  oy  iha  Pastor,  Rev. 
Janii'g  M.  Ring,  at  10:  30  A.  .VI.  and  7:3J  P.  M.  All  are 
welCTine. 


TAMESNACLE  BAPTIST  CHURCH. 

2d  ay.,  between  loth  and  11th  ats.. 

Rev.  W.    r.  UKNKY.  of  liamilton,  N.  Y., 

will  preach 

Morning: 

"  The  Chri8ti:iti'a  l-uture  Glory," 

I.  veuinT: 

"  The  Difficulty  of  Salvation." 

All  cordially  invited. 


f|^HK  ENGLIf-H  EVANGELICAL  LUIUKRAN 
A  Church  of  St  James,  en  liaat  15th  «t,  between  '/d 
aad  iJd  avs..  Rev.  A.  C.  Weilekind,  H.  D.,  Pastor,  will 

celeo.ate  I'a  seiul-centcnninl  anntveraary  on  Tuesday 
eveuiii);  the  'JOtU  Inst.,  at  7: 15  o'clock,  ami  on  Sunday 
tho2.'>th  lust,  at  10:30  A.  M..  3  I'.  M.,  nnd  7:30  P.M. 


r|11iE.-»lAIH.->ON  AVENUE  BAPIIST  CHURCH 
J.  will  hold  relleiiius  service  In  the  chapel  of  their 
hnuse  ot  worship,  corner  ot  Madtsnn  av.  ,ind  31st  St.. 
o:i  bundiiy  moriiliie  next  at  11  o'rluck.  Prearhing  by 
Rev.  A.  8.  Pnttun,  D.  O.  The  pubhc  are  cotdiaily  in- 
vited to  attend. 


EST  'PWKNTY-PUIRD  STREET  PRKsBY- 
y  T  terian  thurch,   Rev.  ErsKlne  N.  White,  D.  D.,  Pas- 
tor.—Servii.cs  at  11  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M. 


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ry\HV.     COPAR-INERSHIP     BERkTOFORE 

3.  existing  under  the  fl  m  name  of  .MANCHE8TKR, 
imOW.V  it  uOUBV.  Manufacturers  of  Jewclr.y,  expires 
this  dJi.v  by  lioiitution. 

^KW-l'OKK,  Pco.  li»,  1877. 

JAMKS  M  ANCHE.STKR, 
Wlbl.lAM  s.  BROWN, 
ElnvIN  H.  HODBY. 
Notice  Is  hereby  Riven  that  the  undersli;oud  will  con- 
tinue the   above  bu:dness  under  tlic  firm    name   ot 
BROW.N  tUoBUY. 
Kaw-Ioric,  Feb.  10,  1877. 

WILLIAM  8.  BROWN, 
liDWlN  H.   HOBBY. 


Ll<]GAI^NqTICES. 

tiUPREME"  COURT,  CITY  AND  COUNTY  OP 
K5.Sew-York.— MAT11.DA  MVliRS  against  ELfZABBTU 
8.  HALL,  and  T  lOMAS  J.  HALL,  ber  nusband,  (sued 
by  that  naioe,  bis  real  n.ime  being  unknown,)  I'harles 
(^eenalu,  Peter  Seebald,  William  Preuss,  Charles  A. 
Meyer,  Thomas  Ryder,  William  W.  Webb,  Frank 
Schmitt.  Henry  Hanlein.  Adam  -Vew,  Frank  Goldman, 
bimou  WeLer.  George  .^llspacb,  LonU  Beree,  The  •',lxttt 
Naiional  liiinkof  t,ie  City  ef  New-York,  The  Williams- 
burjih  City  Fire  Insurance  ('orapau\-.  Willi  imMcsbsue, 
Jnlin  Mcibaue,  Henry  UcSlmne.  Thomas  Browne.  B. 
stanle.y  liail.  Aujntst  Bloniqviat,  Hominiek  Duiaud. 
lasac  C.  Tyson,  Jacob  Caro.  laaian  Stouteuburg,  Henry 
Sieffina,  James  Daviea.  John  Uavies,  S.  HillFowier, 
The  First  National  Bank  of  ilrnoklyu.  8:imuel  .M.  Pet- 
teosili,  and  Lcunder  .stone.— To  the  defendants  ubovo 
named :  You  are  hereoy  auuimonod  ami  required  to 
answer  the  complaint  in  this  action,  which  will  be 
duly  filed  in  the  office  of  the  (  lerk  of  the  City  and 
County  of  Now- York,  ^t  thu  County  Court-hou^e,  In 
the  City  of  .Sew-iork,  and  to  servo  a  copy  of  your 
answer  to  ihe  s:)iu  complaint  on  the  Fuosurioer,  at  his 
office.  Number  201  Broadway.  New-fork  I'lty,  within 
tw< my  daya  alter  the  aervice  of  tbis  summons  on 
you,  esclnsive  oi  tne  diy  of  such  service;  and  If  you 
lail  til  answer  the  said  complaint  within  the  time 
aforesaid,  the  piuiotiff  in  tbis  action  will  apply  to  toe 
court  tor  the  relict  demanded  in  the  complaint— Oated 
ft.  Y.,  Feoruary  1,  1877. 

JoShPU  C.  LEVI,  Plaintiffs  Attorney, 
201  Broadway,  (Room  ■2,^^  New-York. 

The  complaint  in  the  above  «utitled  ao^ou  was  duly 
filed  in  tho  office  ot  the, Cleric  of  tho  City  ond  t'ounty 
of  New-VofK,  at  tlie  County  Court-house,  in  the  City 
ol  New-York,  on  the  third  day  of  Kebruary,  1877. 

JOSEPH  C.  LEVI,  PUintlfTs  Attorney. 

fl7-law3wS' 


'   KLiiCUER,  bUU.'iiMli  ;•;.,  KT  ALS. 

NBW-VORK.    tiUPRE.HE     COURT— COUNTY 
iif     Aew-i'otk — C.lIluLI.SK      B.       KIK^,     plaintiff, 
af^ainst  fciUHlCMK  E.    RIRuUKRaud  Charles  Alrehex. 

hei  buibaud,  Au<nist  Loeber  and  Mary  Loeber, 
his  ^vife,  (whose  Cbris^au  name  is  unknown  to 
plaintiff  and  who  is  thereiore  sued  aa  Mary  Loeuer,) 
Utorjte  U.  Flctcner,  Frederick  .--cbaefer,  and  Maxi- 
milian ^chafer,  defendanis. — Snmuious  for  veliet. — 
(L'oui.  not  ser  ) — To  the  dei'endanra  above  named  aud 
each  of  tbem :  You  are  hereby  Hummoued  and  required 
to  answer  tne  complaint  in  this  aaiiun,  Whicii  will  be 
filed  in  tlie  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  City  and  County 
of  ^ew-York.  at  the  Court-bonao  in  New-York  City, 
aiidtoaerve  a  copy  of  your  answer  to  the  said  com- 
plaint on  the  auiiscriber  ut  his  office.  No  30  Park 
place,  in  the  auid  City  of  New-York,  within  twenty 
daya  alter  ihe  aei-vii.e  of  this  sniijniona  ou  .Vou,  exclu- 
sive of  the  day  of  tiueh  service;  nnd  if  ypu  fall  to  an- 
swer the  said  complaint  within  the  time  aiuresi:ld,  the 
plaintiff  in  this  action  will  apply  to  the  court  tor  the 
relief  demanded  m  tbe  complaint. — Dated  .New- York, 
Jiinuaty  27,  1877.    '  T.  ASTLEY  ATKI.NS. 

PlaiutllTs  Attorney, 
No.  30  Park  plnce,  New-York  City. 

The  compnlnt  in  this  action  was  ttied  In  the  office  of 
tho  Clerk  of  ihe  City  and  (.bounty  of  New-Xork.  nt  iho 
Court -house  in  sail  City  ou  tbe  I6tli  day  of  Kebruar.y, 
1877.  T.  ASTLKY  ATKINS, 

flV-law6w&*  Plaintiff's  Attorney. 


■\rErt-VORK.  SUPRE,>IE  COURT-CITY  AND 

il  County  ot  New-VorK,— JOHN  A.  POST,  plaiiitiflf; 
agiuist  ROBERT  C.  HU  fCHI.^OS  and  MARY  I.  HUTCU- 
IMGS,  his  wlie,  de.endanta. — Summons. — Fur  relief. 
(Com.  not  acrved.) — To   the   defendants    above   named 

and  each  of  them :  You  ore  hereby  sammoned  and 
required  to  answer  the  complaint  in  this  action,  which 
win  oe  tiled  In  tbe  office  of  tbe  Clerk  of  tbe  Cit.y  and 
County  of  New-iort,  at  tbe  Court-bouse,  in  the  City 
of  Aewitork,  and  to  serve  a  copy  of  ybnr  answer  to 
the  said  compumt  on  the  subscribers,  at  their  office, 
Namber  62  Wall  street,  in  aaid  City,  vrttbin  twenty 
daya  after  tbe  service  or  this  anmmoas  on  you.  exclu- 
atveol  the  day  ot  each  service  ;  and  If  you  fail  to  answer 
tbe  said  compliuiit  within  the  time  aforesaid,  the 
plaintiff  in  this  action  wiil  apply  to  the  court  for  the 
relief  dumandea  in  the  complaint — oatad  New- fork, 
February  3,  1877. 

ETABTS,  80UTHMAT0  k  CUOATfS, 
Fiaiotlff'e  Atiotneya. 
Tbe  •omptalnt  ia  tbe  abora^entitled  Aotton  wm  d'aly 
filed  io  tne  ottce  of  the  Clerk  at  the  CI^  and  Coaoty 
of  New-York,  in  the  O0>nrt-honae,  in  nli  Uty,  on  the 
flftS  day  or  Febraaiy,  1877. 


BOABPmG  JJJTD   IJiODGI^G. 

The  np^fowB  ofice  of  THK  TliiBS  is  Inchiod  at 
No.  1,!id7  nroadway,  bet.  Stat  an«  39tl  ac*. 

Open  daily,  Sumlays  Included,  from  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  M. 
Subscriptions  reoeived,  and  oopies  of  THB  TIHB8  for 
sale. 
'  ADVBRTISBlffRHTS  RECEIVED  UNTHi  9  P.  M: 


APRIVA'PE  FAMILY,  OWNING  THBIft 
hpnse.  will  let,  with  board,  a  bandaomaly-fumished, 
second-story  front  room,  with  small  room  adtoiulnx; 
losation  np  town,  west  side;  neighborhood Hcst  eiass. 
For  terina.  address  HOME.  Box  No.  310  TIMES  UP- 
TOWN OFFICE,  NO.   1,257  BROADWAY. 


IFTH  AV.,  NO.201S.  CftKoTKRFIBLl)  HOUSE.- 
Parlor  and  bedroom,  with  first-class  board;     party 
DccnpyinK  second  floor,  front,  will  let,  vrlih  or  without 
board,  lor  balance  of  season  very  reasonably. 

JOHN  P.  WORSTBLL. 


THREB  DrtoitS  FRO.'rt  SPH  AV.-NO.  12 
EAST  lOTH  BT.— Handsome  second  floor,  snnny 
rooms,  with  board,  for  families;  also,  rooms  for  single 
gentlemen!  references. 


NO.  31  WEST  aorH  ST..  BETWKEN 
BROADWAY  AND  6T.4  AV.— A  suite  aid  single 
rooms,  with  Doard  ;  house  and  appointments  first-class 
in  every  particular. 


NO.  5   EAST  46TH  ST..   NEAR  WINDSOR 
HOTEL.- second  floor;   well  furnished :  first  claaa 
board;  reference.*. 


FIFTH  A  V.,35I.— FRONT  ROOMS.  BKADTIKDLLY 
furnished  :   excellent  table;    very  ipoderate  terms ; 

simile  rooms  to  gentlemen. 


FIFTH    A  v..     NO.    73— NORTH-EAST    CORNER 
15TH  ST.— Suite  of  rooms  ou  second  floor;    also, 
sinirle  roomn,  with  board. 


SUNNY  FRONT  SECOND-FLOOR  SUITE.— 
.'Superior  board;  low  price  for  balance  of  season. 
No.  33  West  33d  st. 


NO.  3ir   WEST   23TH  .ST.— ROOMS  TO  LET, 
with  board  ;  running  water;  snuthern  exposure  ; 
$7  and  $14  per  week. 


■\r<»-   4  KAST  !;<9TH  ST.,    BETiVEBN    5TH 

i.^  and   Ma  llson  ava. — Handsomely    furnished  rooms 
With  first-class  board. 


NO.    ai    5TH    A  v.— PLEASANT    THIRD-STORY 
front  room   and   halt   room   to  let.  with    tlrst-clnss 
board,  sinely  or  en  suite:  terms  moderate  ;   reference. 


riy. 


OO-WS  TO  J.ET,    WITH   BOARD-No.  19 

Xaat  46th  at:   ri-ferencea  exchanRed. 


N 


O.  6  BAST  34T«  .ST SINGLE  ROOMS  WITH 

board;   house  newly  luruished:    terms  moderate. 


BOARD  WANTED.— BY  A  FAMILY;  (ORNTLE- 
man.  wife,  and  two  ohildrea,  2  and  6  yeari,;)  thira 
story  Iroal  loom  with  hall  room  communicatinsr,(,'UPny 
exposure;)  location,  between  14th  and  23d  ats.  and  4th 
and  7th  avs.;  table  must  be  good  and  price  not  to  ex- 
ceed $25  per  week,  ."fo  answers  desired  unless  comply- 
ins  alisolutely  with  tbe  above  requirements;  references 
exchan)£ed.  Address  "PROMPr  PAY,  Box  Nn,  304 
TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE.  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


A  PRIVATE  FAMILY  WILL  LET  A  FINE 
square  room  ou  fourlh  flour  to  a  gentleman;  $6 
per  week:  bouaa  and  loc.ition  are  auperior:  break- 
fast, if  desired;  references  exchanged.  No.  53  Eaac 
21st  St. 


rpHicEli:  DOORS  krO.u  .)rii  AV.,  NO.    I'i 

JL  I'.AhT  IBTH  ST.— Very  deairablo  rooms  on  aecond 
fluoi,  (8unn.v;)  parior,  with  sofa  bed  ;  and  extra  iaige 
hHli-ronra  ;  prices  moderate  lor  flrst-clasa  accommo- 
dationa. 


tl^URNISHED   ROOMS   FOR  GENTLEMEN 
'onlv.    No,  34  East  20th  st 


DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
Stati  8  for  the  Southern  District  of  New- York.— In 
the  matter  of  \VIl,LIaM  A.  BAkBEB  and  HKNRY  C. 
BU.su,  Bankrupts. — In  Bankruptcy. — Notice  is  hereby 
Riven  that  a  petitiou  baa  been  died  in  aaid  court  b.y 
William  A.  Barber  and  Uehry  C.  Bush,  the  hnnkrupts 
above  named,  in  said  district  duly  declared  bankrupts 
under  the  act  or  Congress  of  5larch  2,  l867,  for  a  dis- 
charge and  certificate  thereof  ot  all  their  debts  and 
other  claims  provable  under  said  act  uud  tbe  revised 
statutes  of  the  United  States,  title,  "Bankrup'cy." 
and  that  the  Twenty-seventh  day  of  February,  1877, 
st  12  o'clock,  noon,  at  tho  office  of  John  Pitch,  Esq.. 
RoKister  in  Bankruptcy,  No.  345  Broadwa.y,  In  the 
City  of  New- York,  is  jtsiigoed  fur  tbe  hearing  of  the 
same,  when  nnd  where  all  creditors  who  have 
proved  their  debts,  and  other  nersoni  in  interx^at,  may 
attend,  and  show  cause,  if  any  they  have,  why  tbe 

S raver  ot   said  petition  should  nut  be' granted. — Dated 
ew-York.  <>ii  the  ]sl  dav  of  February,  1877. 
t3-law3wS*  GEORGE  P.  BK'rTS.  Clerk. 


DIsrBM^T  i;OURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
States  lor  the  Southern  Diatrict  of  New-York. — lu 
tbe  mntter  of  KU.SSELL  C.  FIi.K,  bankrupt,— In  Bank- 
ruptcy.—.A  warrant  iu  Bankrupicy  has  b?en  Issued  by 
said  court  against  the  eaiatcof  Rnsaell  C.  Flsk,  of  tbe 
County  of  New- York,  of  the  State  of  New-York,  In  aaid 
district,  adjudged  a  bankrupt  upan  the  petitioa  of  his 
creditors,  and  the  payment  of  anv  debta  and  the  de- 
livery ol  any  property  Oelonsing  to  aaid  bankrupt  to 
hira  or  til  bis  use,  auil  the  trans  rer  of  any  property  by 
him  are  furoidden  by  law.  A  meeting  of  tbe  creJitora 
of  said  bankrupt  to  prove  their  debts  and  choose  one 
or  more  Assignees  of  his  estate,  will  oe  held  at  a  Court 
of  Bankruptcy,  to  be  hnlden  at  No.  4  Warren  street,  lu 
the  City  of  New-York,  in  said  dlatrlot,  on  the  sixtu  day 
of  March,  A.  D.  1877,  at  onn  o'elocK  P.  M.,  at  tbe 
office  of  Isaiah  T.  WilUam*,  Esq.,  one  of  the  Registers 
in  Bankruptcy  ot  said  Court. 

OLIVER  FISKE,  Marshal— Messenger. 


IN  BANKRUPTCi  .-IN  THu  D181RICT  COURT 
ot  the  United  States  for  the  bouthern  District  of 
New  York.- in  the  matter  of  LtiONIOAS  BINN3.  Bank- 
rupt— Notice  IS  hereby  given  that  a  petition  has  been 
filed  in  s.iid  court  by  Leonldaa  Blnns,  in  said  district, 
dnly  declared  a  bankrupt  under  the  act  ot  Conziesa 
of  March  2,  1807,  lor  a  dlacharge  and  certinc-vte 
thorenftrom  all  his  debts,  aud  other  claims  provable 
under  sul  1  act,  ond  that  tbe  24tn  day  of  Pebruary, 
A.  D.,l«77,  at  11  o'clock  -•».  M.,  nt  the  office  of  Mr. 
Ilcnr.v  Wilder  Allen,  Register  in  Bankruptcy,  No.  162 
Broadway, in  the  City  of  New- York,  is  assigued  tor  the 
heanne  oi  the  same,  when  and  where  all  creditors 
who  have  proved  their  debta,  and  other  peraona  lu  in- 
teiest  may  attend,  and  show  cause,  it  any  they  have, 
whv  the  prayer  ot  the  said  petition  should  not  he 
granted.— Dated  Now-Vork,  on  tne  2d  day  ot  Fettruarr. 
1S77.  GEORGlSF.  BEITS. 

13-law3w>*  Clerk. 


IN  BANK.RIIPTCY.— IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT 
of  the  United  States  for  the  Southern  District 
of  New-York.— In  th»  matter  of  HENRY  TRISDOKFER, 
bankrupt — Notice  is  hereby  given  that  a  petition  has 
been  filed  in  said  court  by  Henry  Trisdnrfer.  iu  said 
district,  duly  declared  •  bankrupt  under  the  act  of 
Congress  ut  .>Iarch  2,  1867,  tor  a  discharge  and  cei- 
tiflcate  thereof  trom  all  his  debts,  and  other  claims 
provable  under  said  act,  and  that  the  tiftb  da.y  ot 
March,  1877,  at  eleven  o'clock,  A.  .M.,  at  the  office  of 
Henry  Wilder  Allen.  Register  in  Bankruptcy,  No.  152 
Broadway,  lu  the  tlty  of  New-York,  la  assigned  for  tbe 
heHmig  of  the  same,  when  aud  where  all  creditors  who 
have  proved  their  debts,  and  other  persons  in  interest 
may  attend,  and  show  cause,  if  any  they  have,  why  the 
}irayer  of  the  Kaid  petition  should  not  be  granted. 
— Dated  New-Vork,  on  the  third  day  of  February.  1877. 
flO-law3wS*  GEO.  F.  BETl'.-i,  Clerk. 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
States  fof  the  Soutbern  District  of  New  York. — In 
thematterofJOHNK.KAlRCHILD, Bankrupt— In  bank- 
ruptcy. Southern  Ui.dtrict  of  New-Vork,  ss.:  The 
said  Bankrupt  having  applied  to  the  Court  for  a  dis- 
charge trom  iiis  debts;  isy  order  of  the  Court,  notice 
is  hereby  given  to  all  creditors  who  liave  proved  their 
debts,  and  other  persons  in  interest,  to  appear  on  tho 
tinh  day  ot  March,  A.  O.  1877,  at  twelve  o'clock  noon, 
at  Chambers,  of  tbe  said  District  Court,  before  John 
Fitch,  one  of  the  Iteglstors  of  the  saia  Court  m  Bank- 
ruptcy, at  his  office,  i<o.  345  Broadway,  in  the  City  of 
New- York,  and  show  cause  why  the  prayer  of  the  said 
peation  otthe  banlcniot  should  not  bevranted,  and 
why  a  diacharse  should  not  be  granted  to  the  said 
bankrupt— Dated  New-York.  8th  February,  1877. 
fltJ-l8w3w.S*  QtOKGE  F.  BKTTS,  Clerk. 


IN  THfc  DISTRICT  C«»URT  OF  THK  UNITED 
otatea  for  the  outhem  District  ot  New- York.— In  the 
matter  of  KObOMDN  RAPP,  bankrupt— In  bankruptcy. 
— this  is  to  give  notice  that  a  petition  has  been  filed 
In   aaid  court  bv  Solnmon  Kapp,    of  New-York   City,  In 

said  district,  duly  declared  bankrupt  under  the  Re- 
viaedstatuteai.f  the  United Staiea.  title  "Bankruptcy," 
aa  amended,  for  a  discharge  to  him  anil  a  certificate 
Ihereot  tTomaU  his  debts  and  claims  provable  under 
said  Revised  Statutes,  and  that  the  13tli  day  of  March 
next  at  one  o'clock  P.  M.,  at  the  office  of  James  V. 
Uwight.  bsq.. 'Register  iu  Bankruptcy  uf  said  court,  ut 
No.  7  Beekiuaii  street.  New- York   Cit.v,  is   assigned  for 

the  beiuing  of  tho  same,  when  and  where  creditors 
and  others  may  attend  and  show  cause,  if  any  thev 
have,  why  tbe  prayer  of  tho  said  pel liiou  should  not 

1...  ....n».A.1  ilVl.      17       U  l.-n,  l,0 


lie  grjioted. 
fl7-law-3w8* 


GEO.  F.  BliTrS. 
Clerk  of  the  Dlatrlet  Court. 


IN  THE  MATTER  (>F  THE  AS.>^IG.\MtiNT 
by    TRISTA.M    D.     VANOERVKKR    to    CHARLES     K. 
PELL,  for  the  benefit  of  creditors.     In  oursuancu  m  on 

order  ot  Hon.  H.  W.  Kobiuson,  one  of  the  Jadg^i  of  the 
conrt  ot  common  Pleas  for  the  City  and  County 
of  New-York,  made  oa  tho  7th  day  of  February, 
1877,  notice  is  hereby  given  to  all  persona  and 
creditors  having  claims-  against  Trlstam  D.  Vander- 
reei',  to  present  tbe  same  with  voucbeis  duly  verilled, 

to  the   bubacrliier.    Charles    K.    feli,    Asslcruee,  at   hia 

filace  of  transacting  business.  No.  24  Tompkins  street, 
n  the  Ciiy  of  New-York,  on  ur   before  tho  2i)th  day  of 
May.  1877.— Dated  New-York,  Feoruary  7.  1877. 
fl7-lftw4ws''  CHA8.  B.  PELL,  Assignee. 


IN  THK  D1..*TRICT  COURI"  OF  THE 
United  States  for  the  .-<outliern  District  of  New- 
iork.— In  the  matter  ot  HE.nRY  TRIsOOlU'ER,  bauk- 
rupt- In  Bankruptcy.- Southern  District  Of  New- 
York,  ss.:— At  the  City  of  New-Ybrk,  the  twen- 
tieth day  of  December,  1876,— The  undersigned 
hereby  gives  notice  of  hia  appointment  as  As- 
signee of  the  estate  and  effects  of  Heury  Tilsdorfer, 
01  tne  t^ty  of  New-York,  in  said  dnstriot  who  was  ou 
the  sixth  day  ot  November,  A.  I).  1876,  adiudged  a 
bankrupt  upnn  thC  petition  of  hia  creditors  by  tne 
Disirftl  Court  of  the  United  States  tor  the  said 
Southein  District  ot  New- i'ork, 
f3-l«w3wS»  ISAAC  SONNBNBERG,  -issignee. 


IN  TUB  UIS'I'KICT  COUKT  OF  'A'fiLK  UiUirHD 
States  for  the  Southern  District  of  New-York.— In 
the  matter  of  JOHN  r.  MILLER,  bankrupt— In  Bank- 

mptcy. — Southern  Diatrict  Of  New-York,  sa.;  At  the 
City  of  New-York,  the  !i!9th  day  of  Jannary,  1877.  Tbe 
unueratgned  berebv  give  notice  of  bis  aiiDoiutment  as 
Assignee  ol  the  estate  and  effects  of  John  T.  Millet,  of 
the  City  of  New- York,  iu  said  district,  who  was  on  the 
23d  day  of  December,  A-  U.  1870,  adjudged  a  bunk- 
lupt  upon  the  petition  of  his  creditors   by  the  District 

(  ottrt  of  tbe  Umted  States  lor  tho  iBaid  Southern  Dis- 
trict of  New-York.  JOHN  H.  PLATT, 

f3-law3wS*  Assignee. 


UM'I'ED  STATES  DISTRICT  COURT, 
Southern  District  of  New-York.— In  Bankraptcy.— 
Southern  District  of  New-York,  ss.-At  the  City  of 
New- York,  the  18th  day  of  August,  1873.  The  under- 
signed hereby  gives  notice  of  tils  appointment  as  As- 
signee of  the  estate  and  effects  ofDANlBLD.  CONO  /EB, 
of  tlie  City  of  New-York,  in  tbe  said  district;  w*bo  W!1b,od 
the  3l8t  day  of  October.  A.  D.,  1871,  adjudged  a  bank- 
rupt npon  hia  own  petitioa  hv  the  District  Court  of 
tbe  United  States  for  the  said  southern  District  of  New- 
Tort  JOHN  H.  PLATT,  Assignee, 

f3-law3w8  So.  40  Wall  street.  Mew-Tork. 


IN  TBS  OIl^BlOT  COURT  OK  TUK  CNITBO 
StMtM  lot  «i«  aoauiatn  idstrlot  ot  «ew.Y»rk.— in 
tbetMtterofOHABIilB.  7.  nTflVrqft^a,  b»n>raBL 

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jv^:   :.:  AJmS]Ba\f^^ 

.    ..,..,:  .WA'LIjACiB.>S. 

fraprtnor  and  Manager. Mr.  IiEBTBR  WALLACS 

-«-  „-  A  TRIUMPH     .         : 

^    FOE  BVBRTBODY^CONCKBNED.— flsrald. 
The  production  of  CKeefi^'s  famous  oumedy  of 

:     _,    .^  WILD  OATS  ^ 

ea  Honaay  eyenlng  crested  an  enthusiasm  nnmrlpatted 
by  any  prevlona  production  at  this  theatre.     Tha 
BOVBB 
of 
__         MB.  liKBTER  WALLACK 
,A  SPLENDID  PIECE  OF  ACTINU.— HfroM. 
in  Wr  George  Thunder,  Mr.  JOHN  GlLBisBT  flnda  a 
eharaeter  after  his  ova  heart— Herai<t 
_Mr.  BBCKBTT  was  notably  good  aa  Bphraim  Smooth. 

Mr.  E.  ARJJOTT  personated  John  Dony  wttfi  rfght 
feeling  and  discreet  art— IVibuix. 

Tim,  by.  Mr.  B.  M.  HOLLAND,  a  deUeiona  bit  of  .act- 
iaa.~RtraM, 

Harry  Ihunier,  Played  by  Mc.  C.  STEVBH80W,  with 
hia  wonted  grace. -Iferafd.  . 

MUs  ROSE  WOOD  pia^ea  Lady  Amaranth  with  flue 
grace  and  delicate   humor,  and  Miss  EFFXB  GRRMON 
was  equally  at  home  in  thu  merry  Jenny  Gammon.    In- 
aeed.  trom  Mr.  WalLACK  himse'f  to  the  Landlord  of 
the  "Rising  Sun,"  tbe  play  was 
A  TRIUMPH 
FOR  EVEBBODT  CONCRBITED.— Rmsid, 
THE  URGAF  COMRDi 
,_  Will  be  performed 

EVBEY  lEVBHINO  AND  S-ATORDAY  MATINEE  UNTIL 
FURTHER  NOTICE, 

with  its 

EXCEPTIONAL  CAST 

and 

PICTURESQUE  SCENIC  ILLUSTBATIONS. 

Box-offioe  open  two  weeks  In  adranoe.  

PHIIiHARMONIC  SOCIKTY.  * 

FOURTH  CONCERT, 

SATURDAY,  Feb.  17,  at  8  o'doeKP.  M. 

ACADEMY  OF  MUSIC. 

Dr.  LEOPOLD  DAMB08CH Condnotor 

Soloist— Mr.  S.  B.  Mills.  Piano-forte. 
PROGRAMME: 
OVERTURR— "  Znm  Mfirchen  vondersohSnen 

.  Heluaine." Mendelssohn 

SERENADE— For  String  tiroheatra.  (new) R.  Fuchs 

CONCERT— For  Piano-forte,  (new). .Hans  yon  Bronsart 

Mr.  8.  B.  MILLS. 
SEVENTH  SYMPHONY,  (a).... Beethoren 

Admission  for  Rehearsal,  with  reserved  seat $1  00 

Admiaslon  for  Concert,  with  reserved  seat 1  BO 

For  sale  at  Schirmer'e.  No.  701  Broadway;  Sohu- 
iierth's.  No.  23  Union  square  ;  Decker  Brothers'.  No. 
33  Union  square  ;  Martens  Brothers',  Na  1,164  Broad- 
vra.y,  and  at  the  door  of  the  Academy. 


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ACADEMY  OF  M  USIC.  KELLuGQ  MATINEE. 

SATURDAY  AFTKRNOON,  FEB.  17,  at  2, 

SPECIAL  MATINKE  of  the 

KELLOGG  <;RAKI>  ENGLISH  OPERA  COMP ANT. 

THK  6T.VBOF  THE  NORTH, 

Miss  CLARA  LOUrSK  KELLOGG, 

Mrs.  ROSEWALD.    Mrs.  8EGUIN.    .Hiss    LAKCASTBR. 

Messrs.  MAA8,  CONLY,  PEAKES,  and  TURNER. 

Conductor Mr.  S.  BBHRBM8 

Seats  at  the  Academy,  Nos.  701  and  111  Broadway. 
Friday,  at  tbe  Brooklyn  Academy— FAUST. 


ACADEMY   OF  MUSIC.  ABBOTT. 

Miss  EMMA  ABBOTT 

in  Italian  Opera, 

FRIDAY  EVrNING,   Feb.  23, 

LA  FIGLIA  DEL  RKGGIMENTO. 

SATURDAY.  Feb.  24— ABBOTT  MATL-JKB. 

Sale  ot  seats  will  onen  at  Schirmer's.   No.  701  Broad- 

wa.v.  FRIDAl,  Feb.  16. 


EAGLE  THEATRE.    AlMh.E  IN  LA  PEQJCUOLE. 

TODAY  last  two  performances  of  LA  PERICHOLK. 
THIS  AFTKRNOON  AT  1:30.  TO-NIGHT  AT  8. 

Pusiiively  last  performances  ot  the  new  version  of 
LA  PERICHOLE,  Th«  Street  Singer. 
NEXT  WEiK  A  SERIES  OF  POPULAR  OPERAS. 
Monday  Evening.  Feb.  19,   1  Ocly  performances  ot 
Tuesday  Evening.  Fab.  20,  |  LA  GRANDE  UUCHESSE. 
and  Extra  Matinee  on       }  LA  GRANDi-:  DUCHES9E. 
WasbinRlon's  Birthday,       j  AIMKE    AS 

Thntsday  afternoon,  j   LA  GRANDE  DUCHESBE. 

Wednesday  Evening,  LA  FILLE  DB  MME.  AnGOT. 
I'hursday  Evening,  Feb.  'Zi.  by  soeciai  request, 
LA  JOLIE  PARPCMEUSE, 
in  •which  Alm^e  sings  "  Prett.y  as  a  Picture." 
Matinee — Admission  50c.     Reserved  seats  50c.  extra. 


NIBLU'S  UAIIDEN. 

KIRALFY  BROTHERS Lessees  and  Managers 

LAST 

MATINEE 

BUT  ONE  OP 
AROUND  THE  WORLD  IN  80  DAfS. 


MATINEE, 


TO-DAY  AT  2  O'CLOCK.        MATINEB. 


STEIN  WAY  HALL. 


EiSIPOFF  MATINBE. 


ES.<1P0FF  MATINKE  TO-DAY. 
THIS  SATtJRDAY^.    Feb.  17,  at  2  P.  M., 
ESSIPOFF— VrVlKN— PALMA. 
Mme,  ESSTPOKF  will  play 

BEETHOVEN'S  GRAND  SONATA— Opus  SI,  Na  2. 
WAGNKR-LISZT— Tannhauaer  March. 
MKNL'ELSSOU.N- FIVE  SONG9  without  words. 
(Bookl.— VI.,  No.6— IV.,  No.  5-V.,No.  6— VL,Na4.) 
GUNKA— POLONAISE  aud  MAZURKA,  be,  fee 
Admission,  $1 ;  reaerved  seat,  $160.    Sale  of  seats 
at  isteinway  Hall,  Schnbe.rth's.  and  No.  Ill  Broadway. 


CKNTENNIAL  EXPOSITION. 

ITALY'S  famous  exhibit  of  STATUARY  and  PAINT- 
INGS as  displayed  at  the  Exposition,  under  charge  of 

Prof.   ALEXANDER  EOSSL 

Now  on  Exhibition,  DAY  AND  EVENING,  at  the  new 
Booms  uf  Geunse  A.  Leavitt  &.  Co..  Clinton  Hall,  No.  22 
Astor  place.    Admittance,  25  cents. 


THE  BE.ST  NEW  MUSIC. 

"Billow  of  Fire."  song,  b.y  the  late  P.  P.  Bliss.  SOai 
"Sweet.  Sunny  i^mile  of  My  Darling."  Dank's  best 
sons,  with  picture  title,  40c.:  "I  Love  My  Love," 
Graham.  30c,;  "Pond  Lily,"  galop,  Berg.  40c.;  "Pleas- 
ant Recollections,"  MQiier,  oOi.  ."Cew  Easter  Hymns 
and  Carols  now  ready.  WM.  A.  POND  k  CO.,  No.  547 
Broadway.    Branch,  No,  39  Union  square. 


NEW  BROADWAY  THEATRE, 

Bioadway  and  30th  st 

Commencing  MONDAY,  Feb.  19. 

OUR  BOYS, 

With  an   exceptional  cast   specially  selectea,   and  ap- 

pri>priate  scenic  adornment 


CHICIlElilNG  HALL.,  MON.  £Va,  FEB.  19.— 
Benefit  of  Mr.  A.  P.  Hurbank,  Elocutionist,  as- 
sisted by  Walter  B.  Jobnaton,  Orgamat.  and  Dora 
G.  Steele,  Soprano.  Admission  60c.  Reserved  seats 
$1.    For  sale  at  Pood's,  No.  39  Union  square. 


jaOTELS^ 

THE  ROYAL  VICTORIA  HOTEL, 

BA88AU.  BAHAdA  ISLANUS. 
For  full  information  apply  to 

JAMKS  LIOQBRWOOD  St  CO., 

No.  753  Broadw*y.  New-York. 


NEW-ENGLAND    HOTEL.  — LODGINGS,  60c., 
200  comfortable  light  rooms  for  gentlemen  only, 
corner  of  Bowery  ond  Bayard  st. 


CoUeg 


INSTEUOTIOK 

iate    Institute, 


Na  40  W.lSHlNGrON    SQDARK,   Nft'W-YoRt  CIT?, 

GEO.  W.  CLARKR,  Ph.  D.,  Principal. 
Prepares  pupils  of  all  agea  for  hasinea  or  eoUegt, 


CHARLIER  I.NSTITUTE, 

CENTRAL    PARK,      NEW-VORK- 

Boarding   and   Day  school   for    boys    from  seren  to 

twenty  years  old. 


MRS.  PARKS'  BOARDING  AND  DAY 
school  tor  young  ladies,  New-Brunswick,  N.  J., 
opens  Its  next  bession  Feb.  5.  Circulars  sent  if  desired. 
Terms  moderate. 


RY^E  SEMINARY, 

Bye,  N.  Y.    For  particulars  address 
Mrs.  S.  J.  LIFE. 


>ORT  CHESTER   INSTITUTK—Pon  Chester, 
N.  Y.;  limited  to  '25  boya.     O.  Winthrop  Starr,  A.  M. 


TEACHEm 

MISS  M.J,  YOUNG,  AFTER  TWELVE  YeVrS 
successful  mau<igemeut  of  tbe  "Americaa  Scbool 
Inuiiiute,"  has  severed  her  connection  therewith  in 
consequence  ot  tbe  bankrupicy  of  J.  W.  Schermer- 
horn  it  Co.,  and  has  opened  her  own  AMERICAN  A.NU 
FORiilGN  TlilACHERS'  AGBNCV  at  No.  23  Union 
square ;  office  hours,  9  A.  M..  to  4  P.  M. 


THE  NATIONAL  SCHOOLi  BUREAU  IS  A 
reliable  agenov  tor  sopplriog  schools  aud  families 
with  teRcbers,  and  teachers  With  positions.  Increas- 
ing demand  for  good  teachers.  Apply  early  lor  Au- 
tumn yacanciea.  Send  atamp  for  application  form. 
T.  COTESWORTH  PlNCKNK^.  UomeStio  Building, 
corner  I4th  st.  and  Broadway.  New-York. 


SCHERHERHORN'S      SCHOOL     AGENCY 
wants    imioediately    t-ood      teacher     elaaslca      lor 

boaroing  scnool  near  City ;  hlab  grade  professor  math- 
ematics for  Autumii  seissloii ;  lady  for  French,  German 
and  music.  City  family.  Skilled  teachers  constantly 
wanted.    No.  14  Bood  at,  no  atalrs. 


AMERICAN  AND  FOREIGN  TEACHERS' 
Aiiency  supplies  resident  and  nOn-resident  professors, 
tutors,  governesses,  and  teacher  lor  every  department 
of  iustructioa.  Applj-  for  cuctiliirs  to  Miss  M.  J. 
YoUNG,  Na  23  Uiilou  square. 


FIKE^ARTS. 

A.  A.-SPECIAL  ANNUUaNCEIYIENT, 

A  Superb  Collection  of  American  and  Foreign 
OIL  PAINTINGS. 

Several  of  which  are  from  the  last  Paris  Salon  Exhibi- 
tion, and  the  American  direct  from  tbe  studios  of  our 
best  artists,  now  on  exhibition  at  the 

SCHKNCK  ART  QALLKRn 

KO,  60  LIBERTY  STREET, 

TO  BE   SOLD   AT   ADCTION    ON 

TUESDAY  AND  WEDNESDAY,  FEB.  20    AND   21. 

At  12  o'clock  Ench  Da.v. 

EDTI'ARD  8CHENCK.  Anetioneer. 


M[JiS]UAL. 


A  GREAT  OFFER  !Uh^r.^H.^.ii^^ 


VVe   ttIU  dqriitB 


dispose  0/  lUi)  PJAxVob  dp  OK^AN!; 
aecond'liRixt.  of  flrs^^asa  maltf  ra, 
W  A  i-E.fCi3Vat  lo«r«r  j^rieea  wr  tsaisk 


InclBdiag 
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OKACKWAT 


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AMirsEMEirga 

-BOfHtm.'A  thsAtrk. 

OBOBOB  FAWCBTT  ROWK'S  «BXAT  PIATt 

"FIFTH  AVENDB.»» 
»B0SGB    KIGNOLO. 

*«*  "Rie  play  abonnds  with  Ulnstrataoaa  at  lka  Tipg 
liar  phases,  thrilling  Inoldenta.  and  settsattoaat  OMte- 
reneea  of  LIFB  IN  TBB  OBBAT  MBTBOPOLIS  u  U 
iraa  In  186SL 

ACT  L 
Pictnies  the  BINKIIIQ  OF  AN  OCBAN   8TBAKEB  oa 
the  banks  ot  Newfoundland. 

ACT  n, 
Plotnrea  8CBNBS  VX  WALL  8TBBBT. 

AOTin.  ^ 

Pictures  the  LAUNCHING  OP  THB  MOHlTOB. 

ACT  rv. 
Pietnres  Fifth  ayenne  by  night,  and  fha  MUBDBB  01 
MR.  SCHUYLER,  the  banker.    A  thrllUng  seaaa. 

AfJT  V. 

Pictures  tbe  retnm  of  tbe  gallant  8EVBNTH  BBOfc 
MKNT  and  their  conflict  with  tbe       ,  . 
RIOTERS    OP    18SS. 
DALY'S  FIFTH  AVENUE  THBAT&B. 

THE   MERRIEST.   FOR?ST<    HfOST    POP* 
VLAR  PERFORMANCE  IN  THE  OETT. 

MATINEriO-DAY. 

BEGINS  AT  3.     OYER  AT  4<39. 

MAXINBE  PBICBS— Besenred  Beats  In  BaliMcr.  fli 
Orchestra  Chairs,  $1  50 ;    Family  Circle,  SO  oenta. 


liEinONS. 


EVERT  NIGHT.,  BEGINS  AT  S.    OYER  AV 
10i30. 

UNION  SQUARE  THEATRE. 

Proprietor Mr.  SHBRIDAlT  SSOOt 

Manager.,.^ Mr.  A.  M.   PALMS& 

UNEQDIVOCALi  SUCCESS 

of  the  most  impotiant  dramatlo  work  produeed  la 
New-York  In  MANY  SEASO.nS. 
The  charming  romantic  drama  in  4  acts, 

THE  DAICIFFS. 

House  crowded  to  the  doors  eTery  nlchfe 

SATURDAY  at  1:30,  second  Matinee  of  DANICHSFFBL 
TUESDAY,  Feb.  20, 
BENEFIT  OF  CHARLES  R.  THOBBB,  Ja.      . 

MARTHA  W^ASHINGTON   RRCEPTION  "^ 

AND 

OABDEN  PAETY. 

IN  AID  OP  THE 

POOB  OF   NEW-YORK  CITY. 

Under  tbe  auspioea  of 

ST.  JOHN'S  GUILD. 

ACADEMY  OF  MDSIO 

and 

KTLSSON   HALL, 

FEB.  22.  1877. 

BERNSTEIN'S  ORCHESTRA,  __ 

GRAFULLA  AND  D0W5Tira  SABM. 

MINUET  DK  LA  COUR, 

UNDER  THE  DIRECTION  OF  ME.   W.  B.  SB  GARMQ, 

GRAND  FLORAL  DISPLAY. 

Tickets  and  boxes  can  be  had  st  the  Oomnlttea 

Rooms  ot  ST.  JOHN'S  GUILD,  No.  42  East   14th  Bb« 

or  of  any  of  the   Managers,  or  at  Tyson's.  Wlnosor, 

Fifth  Avenue,  St.  Nicholas  Hotels,  and  Qilsey  House. 

PAltK.    THEATRE.         OUR  BOARDING  HOUSK 
BROADWAY  AND  22D  ST. 

HENRY  K  ABBEY Lessee  apd  HanaMl 

THIRD  WEEK,  and  CON'HNUED  SUCCESS, 

of  Leonard  Grover's  amuBing  comedy,  iu  tonz  aet% 

"OUR  BO.^RDING  HOUSE," 

•OUR  BOARDING  HOD8K." 

"OUR  BOARUINO  HOUSE," 

"OUR  BOARDI.N'Q  HOUSE," 

"OUR  BOARDING  HOUSE," 

"OUR  BOARDING  HOUSE," 

"  OUR  BOARDING  HOUSE." 

Ryery  erenlng  &nd  Saturday  m'ltlnee.    Ve  tit»  U>^ 

Reserved  seats  50  cents,  $1,  and  $1  50.    Admiuion  M 

ceuts  and  $1. 

SPECIAL  MA1TNEE  THURSDAY.  FEB.   22. 

THE  GREAT  NEW-YORK  AQDAIUUM. 

Broadway  and  35th  st. 

Open  daily  fTom  9  A.  M.  till  10  P.  M.,{(Snndaya 

excepted.  ^ 

LAST  WEEK  OF  THB 

STARTLING    SUBAQUEOUS  PERFORMANCES. 


Capt  Qtugley  performs 
all  kinds  of  manual  labor, 
carpenter  work.  Ita.  illns- 
tratlng  the  manner  of  nsinf 
the  divei's  armor. 


Miss  Vivienoe  Lubin.  un- 
aided by  any  apparatus, 
eats  and  drinks  while  com-  i 

Bletely  submerged, remaln- 
ig  2^to  3  minutes  with- 
out breathing. 

MAIUNE  MONSTERS  AJTD  WONDERS.       

BLADDEBnNOSB   SEAL.    ONLY  ONE  ALIVE   UT  THIS 
COUNTRY. 
AFTERNOON  AND  EVENING  OOBCBBTO. 

GILMORE'S  GARDEN. 


OPEN  THBBB  BVENINGS  VS  THB  'WSEIL 

TUESDAY,  THURSDAY,  AND  SAT0BDAT. 

THIS  (SATUBDAY)  EVENDTO,  FEB.  17, 


60a 


AN  ENORMOUS  ENTERTAIHMBNT. 
ADMISSION, 


60A 


HEIiliER'S  WONDER   THEATRE. 

EVERY  EVENING  AT  8. 

The  Third  Programme. 

Eyerytblng  new  and 

more  wonderlul  than  ever. 

ROBEBT  HELLER.  MISS  HBLTiBB. 

Matinees  Wednesday  and   Saturday  at  2. 
Children  half  price  to  Matinees. 

TENTH  ANNUAL  EXIUBITION  OF  THB  "^ 

AMERICAN  SOCIETY    DF    PAINTERS  '  IN 
WATER-COLORS, 

now  onen  at  the  National  Aoadem.y  of  Design,  eemet  o( 
4th  ay.  and  23d  st,  daily.  (Sundays  excepted,  1  ttom.  8 
A  M.  until  6  P.  M.,  and  from  7  until  10  P.  M. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  JIINSTRELS. 

LAST  NIGHTS  of  the  GRbAT  SDUCESS.  I       Opera 
The  new  Opera  Bouft'e.  Music  by  Offenbach       Houses 

THK  HAPPY  MOKE,  and  a  Broadway. 

OOEOEOUS  JAPANESE  liloRAMICSeena  land  ■29th st, 
MaTIXEE  SATDRDAH  at  2.     Seats  sectirod. 

'       THE  CENTENNIAL  BUTTER  HEAD. 

BOtS-BROOKS,  THK  ARKANSAS  BUITEE  SCULPTBBSSi 
Will  exhibit  lolantbe  and  other  Art  Studies  In  Buttei^ 
after  Feb.  20,  at  858  Broadway,  near  I4th  st  On  Satnr. 
day  Eveoiug,  17th  lust.,  exhibition  adjoining  Aquat* 
inm  closes. 


OLYMPIC  THEATRE. 


KO.  624  BROADWAY. 


ROUND 

THE 
CLOCK- 


MAGNIFICENT    CAST, 
SPLENDID  LOCAL  SCBNERYi 
GR-fiUO-ROMAN    WRESTLING,   Ita 
Matloeea    WEDNESDAY    and      SATURDAT 


GRAND  OPERA-HOUSE.        8th  ar.  and  28d  »X, 

POOLE  b.  DONNELLY,  sole  leasees  and   proprietors, 
DALY'S   GREAT    DRAMA,  ■•  MO.VSI BUR    ALPHO-ISE." 

MATINEES  WEDNESDAY  and  SATURDAY,  at  2. 
MONDAY  NEXT "THK  TWO  ORPHANS." 


THE   UP-TOWN  OFFICE   OF  THE  TIMES* 

Tbe  uo-town  office  of  THB  TIMES  is  located  at 
No.  1.257  Broadway,  bet.  31st  and  32d  sts. 

Open  daily.  Sundays  included,  f^m  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  U. 

Subscriptions  receiyed,  and  copies  of  THB  TIMES  toe 

sale. 

AD'VERTISEMENTS  RBCRIVED  UNTIL  9  P.  M. 


ORSE   CARS   FOR     SALE.— TEN   16-FOOt 

horse  cars  wUl  be  sold  at  very  reasonable  flgnr^a. 
Apply  to  THOS.  J.  BROWN,  Manager  Pavonia  Feixlaa, 
Jersey  City. 


To  LET.— STABLE      NO.    117    EAST     2iX>    ST.; 
stalls  and  box    stalls ;  $1,100.     EDWARD    KBA& 
NY,  Ho,  942  Broadway. 


MISOELLAJsrEOUS. 

CONSUMPTION, 
INDIGESTION    AND   WASTING 

,    DISBASBS.    Tbe  most  efficacious  EKMBDISS  are 

PANCREATIC  EMTJLSIOX 

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A  RUFFIAK  IN  THE  TOMBS. 

JOB  COBUBN  SHOOTS  TWO  OFFICEBS. 

AN  INOFFBNSrVB  POUCBMAN  BkCTALLT  AT- 
TACKED m  THE  PUBLIC   STRBBT  BY  THE 
/  PBIZB-FIGHTBR— COBURN     FIRES     TWO 

SHOTS  AT  OFFICER  TOBIAS  AKD  THBRB 
AT  OFFICER  JERFIE8 — THE  RUFFIAX  18 
ARRESTED  AND  LOCKED  UP — PROMPT 
ACTION  BY  THE  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY. 

Brief  mention  was  made  in  The  Times  yea* 

1«rday  of  a  desperate  enoonnter  irbich  occurred 
early  Id  tbe  morolDc,  between  "Joe  "  Cobatn  and 
two  policemen  of  the  Twenty-ninth  Precinct,  in 
the  neiEbborhood  of  Broadway  and  Thirty-third 
street,  darinK  which  the  two  officers  were  shot  by 
Cobnm.  The  full  details  of  the  affray  are  as  fol- 
lows :  Cobnm  for  several  months  past  has  kept  a 
dnnking  place  at  No.  1,286  Broadway,  which  was 
the  resort  of  rouKhs,  of  the  most  desperate  ohar- 
BCter,  wbo  foand  a  hospitable  host  in  the  proprietor. 
Frequent  rows  occorted  in  this  place  and  on  the 
sidewalk  in  front  of  it.  and  tba  Police  were  on  a 
Dumber  of  occasions  compelled  to  interfere  to 
prerent  bloodsbed.  Capt.  Williams,  of  the  Twenty- 
•nintb  Precinct,  gave  orders  to  the  Police  officers  on 
the  post  to  watch  the  place  closely  ana  not  to  allow 
any  crowd  to  oongregata  in  front  of  it.  The 
fidelity  with  which  the  officers  carried  ont  their  or- 
ders excited  the  ire  of  Cobarn,  who  chained  that 
the  Police  were  endeavoriniz  to  break  np  his  bnsi- 
aes4  by  driving  his  cnatomers  from  his  establish- 
ment, and  be  threatened,  it  la  said,  to  "get 
square"  with  the  Police  force  by  killing 
one  or  more  of  their  members.  He  often 
bOAsted  that  there  were  not  policemen  enough  in 
the  precinct  to  take  him  to  the  station-hoose,  and 
DO  doubt  depended  apon  bis  influence  with  Demo- 
cratic politicians  for  whom  he  bah  done  good  ser- 
vice in   the   past  to  shield    him    from    nnniafament. 

He  was  partlonlarly  iDcenaed  against  Patrolman 
William  E.  Tobias,  who  had  Broadway  to  Thirty- 
foarth  street  for  his  night  post,  and  who  had  ou  a 
number  of  occasions  diiven  crowds  of  drunken  and 
disorderly  rouKhsfrom  the  street  in  front  of  Cobnrn's 
place.  Cobnrn's  desire  for  revenge  culminated 
in  the  attack  upon  Officer  Tobias  yesterday  mom- 
ins.  The  policeman  went  on  his  post  at  midnieht. 
utd  as,  in  the  regular  course  of  patrol,  he  passed 
Gubam's  gia-mill,  he  noticed  a  conp6  standinrr  in 
front  of  the  place.  The  driver  of  the  oonp6  was 
absent.  The  officer  passed  to  the  end  of  his  poat 
and  retnmed,  flndine  the  oonp6  still  standing 
there,  bat  no  sign  of  the  driver  was  to 
be  discerned.  As  Tobias  pa5sed  the  place 
for  the  third  lime  the  coup6  was 
still  there,  and  as  the  officer  bad  been  directed  not 
to  allow  hacks  or  coup6s  to  stacd  in  Broadway 
Without  their  drivers,  he  opened  the  door  of 
'Cobura's  place,  and,  patting  his  bead  in,  called  ont: 
"  Where's  the  driver  ot  this  cuuce  ?"  A  young 
man  who  was  sitting  down  in  the  bar-room  replied 
that  he  was  the  driver.  "Then,"  remarked  Tobias, 
"why  don't  you  come  ont  and  take  care  of  it  )" 
Cobnrn  at  this  time  (about  1:15  A.  M.)  was  standing, 
bareheaded  and  m  his  sbirt-aleeves,  behind  the  bar. 
He  had  evidently  been  dnnking  and  was  in  » 
quarrelsome  mood.  When  he  saw  the  officer  he 
Dtfade  a  verv  indecent  remark,  to  which  the  police- 
man made  no  reply,  bnt  closing  the  door  after  him, 
proceeded  along  hts  post. 

As  he  approached  Thirty-third  street,  he  found 
that  Coburu  bad  rudtaed  ont  of  his  saloon  and  was 
foUowiog  him,  accompanied  by  five  or  six  of  his  as- 
sociates. Tne  offic-r  turned  about,  and  Coburn  at 
once  bezan  abasine  him,  using  the  mosttilthy  and 
indecent  Icnsuaee.  Tobias  said  to  him  :  "  I  don't 
want  you  to  interfere  with  me ;  you'd 
tetter  go  about  your  basiness."  Cobum 
cantiDued  to  abuse  the  officer.  The  latter 
turned  to  Cobnrn's  friends  and  said  to  them, 
"Take  this  man  away;  he's  drunk,  and  it  hn  don't 
Eo  away  I'll  take  him  m."  Cobnm,  on  heariuc 
this  reuark,  became  highly  incensed,  and  sprang 
at  the  officer  like  a  tiger,  endeavoring;  to  seize  him 
by  the  thruat.  The  policeman  Jumped  back,  and 
threw  up  bis  arm  to  ward  off  the  blows  ot  his  an- 
tagonist. Coburn  slipped  bis  hand  into  his  pistol 
pocket,  and  pulled  out  a  five-barreled  revolver,  of 
large  calibre,  and.  aimint:  deliberately  at  the  police- 
man, fired.  Fortunately  the  officer  divined  his  in- 
tention, and.  throwing  up  bis  arm,  strack  the  pistol 
the  moment  it  was  discharged  and  spoiled  Cobnrn's 
aim:'  The  bullut,  however,  passed  through  tbo 
officer's  oyercoat  and  sirnck  him  in  the  left  breast 
ioflicting  a  slisbc  flesh-wound.  At  tbis  Juncture, 
Patrolman  John  Jerfles,  of  the  Twenty-ninth 
Piecinct.  who  was  oo  patrol  in  Thirty-third  street, 
arrived  at  the  spot  and  found  officer  Tobias  scuf- 
fling with  Cobnrn,  and  surrounded  by  a  'crowd  of 
eight  or  ten  ruffians,  who  wereenoeavoring  to  over- 
power him.  JerfiDS  attempted  to  make  his  way 
into  the  cro-:7d.  to  assist  his  comrade,  bnt  Cobarn's 
friends  surrounded  him  and  pressed  him  against 
the  wall  of  the  bnilding  in  front  of  which  the  af- 
fray occurred,  with  so  much  violence  that  he  could 
not  assist  Tobias,  nor  conld  he  use  his  clno 
to  defend  himsetf  or  to  give  an  alarm. 
While  he  w^as  so  hemmad  in  by  the  ruffians,  Co- 
bum  fired  a  second  shot  at  Tobias,  the  ball  passing 
through  the  fleshy  part  of  the  policeman's  left 
fore-arm,  causing  a  painful  wound.  This  shot 
placed  Tobias  hors  de  combat,  and  he  ran  out  into 
the  middle  of  Broadway  and  eavean  alarm  rap  with 
bis  club,  and  called  londly  for  assistance. 
Jerfies  by  this  time  had  released  him- 
self from  those  wbo  had  surrounded  him, 
and  attempted  to  arrest  Cobum.  The 
latter  seized  the  officer  by  the  throat,  and  placing 
the  revolver  near  his  Dreast  fired  again.  The  Dui- 
^let  strack  one  of  the  Duttons  on  Jerfie's  overcoat. 
y  and  being  deflected  trom  its  course  passed  through 
the  I'fficer's  clothing  and  lodged  in  the  left  side, 
causing  a  slight  fleah-wonnd.  Cobum  then  fired 
two  more^shots  at  Jerfles,  neither  of  which  look 
eflriCt.,,yThe  officer  then  closed  with  Cobarn,  and 
after  a  short  ^^stmgglo  they  both  fell,  Cobnrn 
being  uppermost.  While  lying  on  the 
form  of  the  yprostrate  officer,  Coburn 
Btrnck  him  on  th^  bead  with  the  butt 
of  the  revolver  repeat^tMjlows,  inflicting  several 
fearful  scalp  wounds.  Roundsman  O'Neill  and 
Patrolmen  MoGrath  and  PsnniDg  now^arciveJ.  and 
the  Koandsman  seeing  Coburn  beating  iJer^es 
bprang  upon  him  and  dragged  him  ufT.  A  lively^ 
scrimmage  then  ensued  between  Cobum  and  the 
Bouudsman,  but  the  latter  by  a  free  use  oi  his  club 
soon  subdued  the  belligerent  pugilist  and 
disarmed  him.  While  going  to  the  station- 
house  Cobnrn  again  became  violent,  and  it 
wa->  iVund  necessary  to  club  him  severely  before  he 
would  cease  his  resistance.  The  officers  while 
going  to  the  Station-house  were  followed  by  a  gang 
ot  desperate  ruffian^  friends  of  Cobum.  who  en- 
deavored to  rescue  him,  and  a  rnnning  fight  was 
kepi  up  until  the  arrival  ot  Capt.  Williams  with  a 
section  of  police  from  the  station-honae.  The 
(jrowd  was  qnicKly  dispetiied  and  quiet  restored. 

It  is  a  nuciceaole  tact,  and  one  which  speaks 
very  well  for  the  diseiplme  and  lorbearauce 
of  the  Police,  that  during  the  entire  ni6.66 
not  a  shot  was  fired  by  the  officers  engaged 
in  qneilm^  the  distnrtiance,  al. hough  tbey  were  all 
arujeil  wiih  revolvers.  Coourn  on  ueing  taicen  to 
tne  Biation-honso  bocame  very  violent  and  used  the 
most  lilthy  and  abusive  language,  and  it  required 
tbu  combined  efioria  of  fonr  Police  officers  to  put 
liim  into  a  cell.  His  injuries  were  attended  to  by 
Police  Surgeon  Satterlee.  The  Doctor  also  attended 
"the  wounded  officers;  and  found  their  injuries  to  be 
severe,  but  not  in  any  way  dangerous.  Jerfies' 
bead  was  found  to  be  pretty  badiy  cut.  but  the 
'kuaiids  were  all  of  the  scalp,  and  tbe  skull  was  not 
3r»ured.  It  will  be  some  weeks,  however,  before 
Ohey  will  be  able  lo  resume  active  duty. 

Coburn  was  brought  to  the  Washington  Place  Po- 
lice Court  yesterday  morning  by  Capt.  Williams, 
He  was  handfiofi'ed  and  oresented  a  woe-begone  ap- 
pearance. His  bead  was  covered  with  bandages 
and  nia  lace  bore  traces  of  his  desperate  encounter 
■with  the  Police.  Patrolmen  Tobias  and  Jerfles  each 
inaae  a  lortnal  comptaiut  against  Cobnm, 
atnd  in  the  affidavits  which  they  signed  they  tolu 
tne  storv  of  the  sbooting  substantially  as  given 
above,  jusiice  Murray,  who  presided,  asked  the 
prisoner  it  h«t  desired  to  cross-examine  the  com- 
plaiuaiits,  and  Cobarn  replied  in  a  surly  tone : 
"^o;  its  no  use  asking  theoa  any  Questions; 
-they've  gut  all  to  say  now."  Bis  formal  examina- 
tiou  was  then  taken  as  follows  : 
-  ^      .Court—  What  is  your  name  J   A — Joseph  Cobum. 

Coun — Uow  old  are  you  f    A. — Forty-two  years. 

Uourt— Where  were  you  born  I    A.— New-York 

City. 

Oourt-rWhere  do  you  live  t  A.— No.  100  West 
CEhii  iy-»econd  stieet. 

Court— What  is  your  occupation  t  A.— Saloon 
keeper. 

Court — Have  you  anything  to  say,  and  if  so, 
what,  in  relation  to  the  charge  preierred  against 
you  1  A. — I  am  not  goilty.  I  have  nothing  else  lo 
lay.  I  deny  everytQiug.  I  deny  that  I  shot  at  alL 
I  dony  -suouiiug  »i  ihu  otlicors  or  at  any  one.  I  don't 
knuTt  ^ktLiv  tUtiy  make  a  charge  against  me. 

lite  Luagittiato  then  committed  him  for  trial,  re- 
fBsiu;  to  take  ball  in  the  case.  Cobnrn  was  sent 
4iowu  to  the  Tombs  handcufi'ed  to  a  liurglar. 

Immediately  alter  hearing  the  facts  in  the  case 
district  Attorney  Pholps  sent  dispatcMes  to  the 
WuunUMd  ufficers.  and  secared  their  attendance  be- 
fore tha  Grand  Jury.    The  case  was  promptly  pre- 

Iwtrnili  far  fihftjimairtnr^V""  "* ' ' 


Grand  Inquest  by  Chief  Clerk  Clark,  and  by  noon 
two  indioiments  tor  felonious  assault  with  intent  to 
kill  Officers  Tobias  and  Jerfies  had  been  found. 
Tbe  prisoner  was  then  sent  for  and  brought  before 
Judge  Sutherland  for  arraignment.  He  appeared 
in  court  accompanied  by  his  brother  and  two  offi- 
cers, and  appeared  to  be  pretty  badly  wounded. 
His  head  was  completely  swathed  in  bandages,  and 
he  appeared  to  softer  considerably.  When  his 
name  was  called  he  walked  to  the  bar  with  some- 
what of  his  old  swagger,  but  tbe  effort  seemed  to 
exhaust  him,  and  he  sank  into  a  chair. 

Mr.  Edgar  M.  Chipmac,  counsel  tor  Cobum,  plead- 
ed not  goiliy  10  both  the  lndictinent8,and  said  that 
there  was  there  presented  the  almost  unprecedented^ 
spectacle  of  a  man  being  indicted  and  arraigned  for 
an  oilense  alleged  to  have  been  committed  a  few 
hours  before.  He  therefore  moved  that 
the  accused  be  admitted  to  bail. 
He  was,  counsel  urged,  covered  with  wonnds  and 
bruises,  and  was  a  more  -fitttug  spectacle  for  the 
hospital  than  the  Tombs.  The  aocnsed  was  ready 
to  give  any  reasonable  amount  of  bail,  and  ought  to 
be  allowed  the  piivilege  to  which  hrt  was  entitled. 

Assistant  District  Attorney  Kollins  opposed  the 
motion  to  admit  the  prisoner  to  bail  on  the  ground 
that  the  prosecution  was  ready  to  try  the  case  ac 
once. 

Judge  Sutherbnd  took  the  papers'  and  reserved 
his  decision. 

Cobnrn  was  then  taken  back  to  the  Tombs.  His 
counsel  subsequently  applied  to  the  Prison  Physi- 
cian for  a  certificate  of  Cobarn's  condition, 
with  a  view  of  presenting  It  to  the 
Commissioners  of  Charities  and  Correction,  as 
the  ground  of  an  application  for  the  removal  of  tbe 
aconsed  from  the  Tombs  to  Bellevue  Hospital.  The 
District  Attorney  oas  olaced  the  case  on  the  calen- 
dar for  trial  for  Monday  next.  In  addi- 
tion te  the  two  inuictmentt  growing 
otit  of  the  alfray  with  tbe  officers,  he 
will  be  tried  on  two  eld  charges  of  assault, 
the  complainants,  in  which,  as  alleged,  were  pur- 
chased by  Coburn  or  his  trienda.  One  is  an  indict- 
ment for  assaulting  Thomas  Ciougner,  of  No.  1.262 
Second  avenue,  a  car  driver,  with  the  butt  ot  a 
pistol,  in  May,  1874;  the  other  an  imllctroent  for 
assaulting  Nicholas  McDermolt,  of  No.  345  West 
Thiriy-eijjhtb  ucreet,  on  the  26ch  ot  January,  1S76. 
The  teeliug  against  Cobarn  around  the  courts  is  in- 
tense, and  it  is  broadly  asserted  tbau  he  is  but 
shamming  injury  in  order  to  excito  ayinpaihy. 

TlUs  ia  not  the  first  time  that  Coburn  has  been 
in  Conflict  with  tbe  Police.  Daring  a  fracas  in 
Prince  street,  near  Broadway,  ou  the  evening  of 
Nov.  12,  1858,  he  stabbed  Patrolman  Samuel  David- 
son, then  ol  the  Eighth  (now  of  tbe  Piit«onth>  I*re- 
ciBOt,  iu  the  leit  breast,  oajidiug  a  nuund  which 
at  one  time  was  believed  to  be  fatal. 
Henry  Drake  was  bis  uonipauion  in  that 
brawl.  Notwithstanding  bis  injury  Davidson  suc- 
ceeded in  arresting  Coburn  and  his  compauion,  nsd 
honorable  mention  was  made  of  bis  ouoduct  on  that 
occasion  by  the  then  Board  of  Metropolitan  Police. 
The  wound  was  five  inches  deep  and  over  an  inch 
Wide,  and  the  blade  penetrated  to  within  one-eighth 
of  an  inch  of  bis  heart.  On  being  brought  to  trial 
in  tbe  Court  of  General  Sessions,  Cobarn  pleaded 
guilty  of  felonious  assault,  and  was  sentenct<d  to 
three  and  one-halt  years'  imprisontntap.  He  was  a 
companion  of  Paddv  Dufty,  who  'Borne  years 
alter  ataobod  Officer  Dyckmau,  of  the  Kiabtb  Pre- 
cinct, in  Houston  street,  near  Broadway,  and  nearly 
killed  hira.  Coburu,  wbilu  out  on  ball  pending  his 
trial  fur  stabbing  Ofticer  Davidson,  was  ariested 
for  stabbing  a  niun  ou  Eighth  uvenue  in  the  lutt 
breast  with  nu  oyater  kaifo.  This  charge  was  cooj- 
promised,  and  was  never  broaghi  to  tnal.  Ue  was 
arrested  several  times  tor  shoolmg  and  beating  bis 
wife,  Kitty  Coburn,  (now  oeceasod,)  but  his  polii- 
ical  infiuc^ce  was  tiufficieut  to  cuuau  the  "  pigeon- 
holing" of  the  indiciuieiits. 


A  FATHl'Ai'S  CHIME. 


HIS  DAUGHTER  CHARGES  HIM  WITH  AN  US- 
NATUKAL  OEFICNSE— HE  SUBSEQUENTLY 
AITEMPTS  TO  MURDER  HEK. 
Autonio  Leon,  a  night  watchman,  employed 
in  this  City,  entered  j'esterday  morning  the  apart- 
ments of  Kose  Massimino,  bis  married  daughter,  at 
No.  48  President  street,  Brooklyn,  and  deliberately 
attempted  to  murder  her.  Iklrs.  Masbimino,  who  is 
only  19  years  of  age,  was  murried  about  two  months 
ago  to  John  Massimino,  engaged  in  business  at  No.  29 
Old  slip  us  a  stevedore.  Veiy  soon  after  the  marriage 
the  Woman  confessed  to  her  busoand  that  she  had 
been  tbe  victim  of  a  horrible  crime,  and  that  her 
father  was  the  guilty  person.  M.-is.-imioo  went  to 
bis  father-in-law's  hou^e,  at  No.  204  South  First 
street,  Williamsburg,  and.  baving  satisfied  himself 
of  the  ttath  of  the  charge  made  by  bis  wile  against 
her  lather,  tula  the  latter  never  to  enter  his  (Mas- 
simino's)  house  agaiu  under  penalty  ot  death. 
About  7  o'clock  yesterday  morning,  Leon, 
with  his  brother  Jubu,  who  is  also  em- 
ployed as  a  night  waicbman  in  this  City, 
crossed  tbo  Hamilton  Avenue  I'erry  to  Brooklyn, 
and  walked  directly  to  his  daughter's  huu.'<o. 
Massimino  passed  Leon  ana  bis  brother  ou  the  way 
lo  the  terry,  ana,  in  doing  so,  said  "Good  morning" 
to  the  latter.  His  father-in-law,  ou  httanng  the  re- 
mark, said,  looking  to  .Ma-Hsiiniuo,  "Get  out  of  that; 
don't  speak  to  tuat  fellow,"  and  tben  went  directly 
to  his  daughter's  bouse,  and,  wuboat  announcing 
himself,  at  once  walKed  into  her  presence.  Rose 
was  in  the  kitchen  ar  the  lime  preparing  brcaktast 
fur  her  fatbtr-iu-law.  wbo  wus  in  bed  in  a 
loom  adi:>iuii>;:.  Fearing  th.-tt  he  meant  mis- 
chief^  toe  uaugbctr  ran  toward  tbe  lattiT 
room,  but  before  she  had  entered  it 
her  father  seized  her  and  dragged  her 
violently  throut:h  the  passage-way  luio  the  front 
parlor,  closely  followed  by  his  brother  Jouu,  who 
remained  in  uis  coinpauy  tbrougn  tbe  teriibie  scene 
which  ensuLd.  the  hrst  woruu  ot  tbe  despuraie 
man  were,  "  I  have  come  to  kill  you,"  and,  drawing 
a  pistol,  he  fired  three  shots  ui  her  in  rapid  succes- 
sion', one  ol  which  grazed  ber  beau.  Tbe  girl  tell 
prostrate  on  tbe  fl'jor,  and  the  fattier  stood  over  ber 
with  tbe  smoliiug  pistol  still  pointed  at  her  head. 
Hetinapoedit  again  and  agaiu,  oat  he  had  either 
exhausted  bid  amrauuitiou  ur  some  disarraoKemeut 
ot  the  weapon  took  plate,  tor  it  failed  to  go  off. 
Meanwhile  his  brother  and  the  ol'l  man  Mss. 
simlno,  the  latter  off  whom  bad  been  arou<ied 
by  tbe  noise  of -the  struggle,  had  seized  the  would- 
be  muroerer,  and  taken  away  tbo  pistol.  Hia  daugh- 
ter tbLh.  suppjsmg  that  she  could  make  ber  escape, 
crawled  toward  tne  door  ;  but  the  first  movement  in 
that  direction  caused  hur  iutunaied  fittber  to  renew 

the  attack,  and  again  aeiziug  the  pistol,  which  had 
tallen  to  the  floor,  be  threw  biuseif  upon  her,  and 
pounded  ber  over  the  head  with  tbe  butt  end  until 
he  had  smashed  it  to  pieces,  and  lufiicied  a  score  of 
ghastly  wounds.  By  main  »i  length  bo  was  dragged  by 
his  brother  and  ihe  old  man  trom  tbe  body  of  bis 
bleeding  victim  and  disarmed.  He  again  succeed- 
ed, however,  in  freeing  himself  from  their  grasp, 
and,  seiziug  a  pal?  of  shears  woicu  laf  on  the  soia, 
struck  wildly  around  him,  cntting  Massimino  ou 
the  left  nbouLUer,  and  stabbing  his  daughter — who 
had  meanwhile  regained  her  tcei,  and  covered  with 
blood  was  staggering  toward  the  door — several 
times  on  the  head  and  right  nnn,  which  sno  had 
raised  to  defend  herBelt.  Finally,  by  a  desperate 
efibrt,  she  treed  herself,  and  running:"  down  stairs 
tell  insensible  at  the  entrauce  to  the  house. 

The  cries  of  tbe  woman  attracted  a  great  crowd, 
and  diu'ing  tbe  confusion  Leon  and  his  brother 
escaped.  Tbe  latter  was  sabse<)aently  arrested  at 
his  residence  in  WilUamsbarg,  but  the  Police,  no 
to  a  late  hour,  had  nut  succeeJod  in  finding  tbe 
would-be  murderer.  Dr.  Meade  arrived  at  Mas- 
Bimino's  bouse  soon  alceo^be  murderous  assault, 
and  took  lUe  wounded  wunSn^^Dd  her  fatber-in-law 
Nicholas,  who  received  a  staoMu  the  sboulder,  to 
tbe  Lung  Island  College  Hospital.  Dr.  Meade auld 
a  Times  reuurter  la.ii  evening  mat  while  the 
womau'o  injuries  were  ol  a  serious  uatnre, 
tneie  was  no  immediate  fear  of  death. 
Tue  patient  sutlered  priuciiiallv  from  shock.  On  her 
head  are  about  25  small  wouuus.  Most  ot  these  are 
Contusion^  and  were  caused  by  tbe  butt  of  the  pis- 
tol. Several,  however,  bear  evidence  of  having 
been  infiicted  with  a  bbarp  insttument.  The  un- 
tortuuaie  woman  voluntarily  told  tbe  doctor  ot  her 
father's  uuuaiural  crime,  and  attributed  his  at- 
tempt to  murder  her  to  tbe  fact  that  her  husband 
had  been  lulurmed  of  his  iather-in-law's  guilt.  Mrs. 
Massimino  says  ber  iiucle  John  tried  to  save  her. 
Her  father-in -hi  w,  Nicholas  Massimino,  went  home 
alter  hia  wound  was  dressed. 


DRESSED  U OiiSAT  A  VOTION. 

Tbe  members  of  tbo  Fioduce  Exchange 
gathered  outside  the  west  door  after  the  basiness 
hours  yesterday,  the  occasion  being  the  auction  o". 
two  dressed  hogs  that  stood  on  tbeir  beads  on  a 
truck  in  the  street.  To  each  was  appended  a  oer 
tiflcate  from  tbe  official  weigher  of  the  Exchange, 
placing  tbeir  net  weight  at  878  and  870  pounds 
respectively.  These  bogs  were  two  ot  48  that  were 
slaughtered  together  by  John  Taylor,  at  Trenton, 
on  Monday  last.  Twenty  of  tbecn  catne  from  tbe 
farm  of  Joseph  Carter,  and  28  from  that  of  J.,Har- 
riMun,  neighbors  at  Cream  Kidge.  Burlington  Countv, 
N.  J.  Mr.  Carter's  averaged  654  pounds,  and  Mr. 
Harnsou's  613  pounds  nei.  Tne  heaviest  weighed 
905  pounds,  incluuing  gat-fat,  and  was  20  months 
old.  It  is  claimed  that  these  were  the  best  roaod 
lot  of  hogs  ever  slaughtered  in  this  or  any  other 
coantiy.  At  2:15  tne  auctioneer  mounted  the  track, 
amid  H  shower  ot  dough  pellets  and  cries  of  "show 
your  license,"  and  asked  what  was  bid  tor  tbe  "  two 
Orptians."  The  first  bid  was  7 13  cents  per  pound, 
and  this  was  rapidly  run  up  to  9  55-100,  at  which 
price  they  were  knocked  down  to  Mr.  Augustus 
Bechsteio.       

BROOKLYN  REIRkiAl'  FOB  THE  WSANB. 
An  association  of  ladies  of  excellent  standing 
and  much  influence  in  Brooklyn,  desire  to  establish 
a  retreat  for  women  in  the  incipient  stages  of  in- 
sanity. The  ladies  who  have  undertaken  this  work 
believe  that  under  the  improved  method  of  treat- 
ing the  insane,  combined  with  cheertnl  surround- 
ings, pleasant  occupation,  and  out-door  exeroise,  a 
much  larger  percentage  of  cures  may  be  effected 
than  has  yet  been  attained  in  this  country.  A  pub- 
lic meeting  to  lorward  the  objeo't  will  be  held  Mon- 
day evenmg,  at  Dr.  Putnam's  church,  on  Pierre- 
pont  street,  corner  of  Monroe  place.  It  wiU  be  ad- 
dressed by  Dr-  Storrs  and  others. 

TBRBE  MEm  INJURED. 

Yesterday  afternoon  tbree  laborers  named 
Jeremiah  Lawler,  Maurice  Flood,  and  Louis  Stan- 
bet,  who  were  employed  to  assist  bricklayers  en- 
gaged in  constrKcting  an  ice-house  at  Ringler's 
Brewery,  Ninety-Second  street,  and  Third  avenue, 
accidentally  fell  from  the  third-story  to  the  base- 
ment of  the  brewery,  and  were  seriously  injured. 
They  were  removed  to  tbe  Ninety-ninth  Street 
Hospital,  where  their  injuries  were  attended  to. 
The  «coident  was  due  to  the  faUiog  of  Ml  eleviMt. 


INSURANCE  MATTERS. 


THE  CONTINENTAL  LIFE  COMPANY, 

FUBTHBR  TE8TIU0NT  BEFOBB  THE  BEFBREE 

— THE  BOSTON  AGENT  i>RMIBS  THE    COR- 

BEdTNESS  OF  THE  ENTRIES  IN  THE  BOOKS 

IN  REFERENCE  TO  HIS  AGBNCr. 

The  taking  of  testimony  m  the  matter  of  the 
Continental  Life  InsnrAnce  Company  before  Mr. 
William  Alien  Botler,  tbe  Referee,  was  resumed 
yesterday  afternoon,  at  No.  SO  Nassau  street,  when 
Mr.  F.  Bamett,  the  New-England  agent  of  the  con- 
cern, whose  office  was  in  Boston,  waa  called  and 
testified  that  he  had  been  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  company  since  its  incorpor- 
ation; the  accounts  were  settled  every  month 
regularly,  and  he  never  knew  before  this  week 
that  there  was  anything  charged  against  him  On 
the  books.  Mr.  Moses  then  called  for  the  book  in 
which  the  agent's  balances  were-  entered,  and  re- 
ferred to  an  entry  against  tbe  Boston  agency  of 
(158,663  70.  Tbls  amount  tbe  witness  said  was  not 
due  by  him,  nor  could  it  by  any  posaib&ty  exist ; 
such  an  amount  never  aopeared  upon 
the  books  of  the  agency,  and  had  never 
been  the  subject  of  correspondence  between 
himself  and  the  officers  of  the  company. 
Furthermore,  tbe  balance  charged  had  never  been 
mentioned  to  him  in  the  remotest  way.  After  tbe 
apoomtment  of  Mr.  John  J.  Anderaon  as  Receiver, 
certain  instructions  were  received  from  that  gen- 
tleman regarding  the  settlement  ot  suits  then  pend- 
ing ;  tbs  balance  in  the  Boston  agency,  (37,039  56, 
was  retained  there  according  to  the  terms  of  the 
contract ;  witness  was  a  stockholder  in  tbe  Conti- 
nental aud  had  been  informed  that  he  was  elected  a 
Diroctor.  but  bad  never  received  official  notice  to 
that  eftect  .and  never  attended  a  meeting  of  the 
board  ;  he  still  hud  his.  stock  which  was  worth 
(2,00U.  iu  Boston ;  had  n«iver  received  any  loan 
upon  It  from  tbo  company. 

Mr.  George  W.  Tbomfis,  the  book -teener,  wa'* 
next  called,  and  testified  that  the  entry  of  $153,66370 
wan  for  advances  made  to  agents,  and  that  it  should 
have  been  charged  up  or  credited  to  that  agency 
long  ago,  as  it  was  not  an  indebtedness,  bnt  repre- 
sented advances  made  to  agents  as  guaranteea.  A.t 
tbe  lime  the  Receiver  wa-s  sppointel  there  was  about 
11,000,000  of  such  advances  on  tbo  books  ;  this 
amount  witness  thought  was  not  used  in  making 
up  the  annual  staiemenls.  Tbe  witness  was  tben 
questioned  regarding  the  uncollected  and  dst'erred 
bremiums,  which  were  given  in  the  last  annual  re- 
port at  (696,221  81,  and  slated  that  they  were  placed 
at  that  high  fi-iure  to  swell  the  assets. 

The  next  witness  was  Mr.  Marvin  £.  Farrott. 
who,  after  submitting  a  list  of  the  suits  now  pend- 
ing ngamst  the  company,  testified  that  he  learned 
iu  la75  that  Mr.  Fr use  was  a  Director  la  the  New- 
Jtrsey  Mutnal  Lite  Insurance  Company;  witness 
knew  nothing  regarding  a  loan  to  that  company  of 
(75,000. 

John  J.  Anderson,  the  former  Receiver,  was  re- 
called, and  admitted  his  connection  with  tbe  Hoi>e 
and  New  Jersey  Mutual  Companies ;  be  did  not,  he 
said,  receive  a  portion  of  (77,Ul/0  which  was  given 
tor  tbe  reinsurance  of  the  latter  company's  risks  by 
the  former;  he  was  in  tbe  West  when  the  contract 
was  made;  the  contract  in  qtieslion,  he  averred, 
was  not  made  for  the  purpose  of  putting  (200,000 
Iu  bogus  mortgages  into  the  company.  Mr.  Ander- 
son said  he  desired  to  explain  now  the  smounr, 
(314.000,  which  was  transterrel  to  the  New-Jersey 
Mutual,  was  got;  tbo  tbree  receipts  given  by  the 
last-named  company  to  the  Continental  amounted 
to  (306,000,  and  the  other  |8.(}U0  was  added  for  the 
interest  on  the  United  Utates  bonds,  (7(j.000  of 
which  were  among  iha  secuiUius  transterrud. 

Mr.  John  A.  Brady,  formerly  a  Director  of  the 
New-Jersey  Mutual,  and  a  stocBhulder  in  the  Hope 
Life  Insurance  Cooipany,  of  this  City,  wan  placed 
ou  the  stand  and  put  through  a  long  examination 
by  Mr.  Raphael  J.  Moses  regarding  tbe  reinsurance 
01  the  former  concern  by  the  latter,  and  the  aubse- 
qnenc  reiusaiaoce  of  the  Hope  by  tne  New-Jersey, 
and  the  connection  therewith  of  L.  W.  Frost,  but 
his  testimony  elicited  no  new  facts. 

L.  y.  Stiles,  the  Cashier  of  tbe  Continental,  tes- 
tified that  be  had  never  seen  the  coutruci  for  tbe 
PurcUase  of  policies  between  Rutus  C.  Frost  and 
W.R.Blake;  witness  received  a  number  of  pre- 
mium notes  with  the  iuitiuls  W.  R.  B.  on  them, 
winch  were  duly  paid.  The  witueus  was  ques- 
tioned regarding  the  amount  paid  to  Blake  aiidur 
the  contract,  and  a  reference  to  tbe  books  revealed 
the  fact  that  he  bad  received  about  ('.^5,000.  The 
contract  was  read  by  coulisel,  hnd  it  provided  that 
Blake  should  receive  20  per  cent,  of  the  reserve  for 
every  policy  changed  or  purchased  ;  wiiuess  iden- 
tified the  handwriting  as  that  of  R.  C.  Frost.  The 
hearing  was  then  adjourned. 

LOOKING  l'"Oa  MR.  NOYES. 
When  Beujainin  Jiioyes,  the  President  of  tbe 
National  Capitol  Life  Insiirauco  Company,  ot  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  learned  on  Thursday  evening  last 
that  Justice  Pratt  had  issued  a  writ  of  nt  exeat 
against  bim  at  tbe  suit  of  William  R.  Grace,  Re- 
ceiver of  tbe  Continental  Life  Insurance  Company, 
to  prevent  his  leaving  this  State,  he  at  once  made 
preparations  to  avoid  the  service  of  the  napeis, 
and  nltbough  he  bad  been  ill  for  two  days 
and  unable  to  go  to  his  office,  he  lett 
his  hotel,  and  has  not  been  seen  since  except  by 
his  most  trusted  friends.  He  had  been  stupsiog  at 
the  Astur  House,  and  inquiry  made  tbete  yesterday 
I'oilvd  to  elicit  any  inforinaiiun  regarding  hi*  where* 
auouts.  A  number  ot  letters  had  oeeu  received  for 
him,  aud  be  seut  a  bov  f-r  these  with  an  order. 
Up  te  a  lute  hour  yisierdsv  afternoon  the  papers 
had  not  been  served  uiiori  him,  and  it  is  believed 
that  he  is  tr.ying  to  evaiii-    on  officers. 


THE!  DUiVl    WANT  HIM. 
A    PETITION    TO    THK     8KNATE     PROTESTING 
AGAINST  TUE  REMOVAL  OF  MR.  WILLIAM 
SMYTH,     THK       PKE3ENT     ACTING     INSU- 
RANCE SUPERINTENDENT. 

The  following  petition,  signed  by  policy- 
holders in  the  Continental,  Secnrity,  and  National 
Life  Insurance  Companies,  ot  this  State,  whose 
names  are  appanded,  was  on  Thursday  last  sent  to 
Senator  Francis  M  Bixby  for  presentation  -  to  the 
State  Senate  : 
To  the  Bonorable  the  Senate  of  the  State  of  Neio-York: 

The  iietiiioners,  policy-holders  in  the  Continental 
Life  Insurauce  Company,  the  National  Life  lu- 
sarance  Company,  and  ibe  Security  Life  luMUrance 
Company,  ol  New- York,  respectlnily  beg  your 
honorable  body  to  protect  them  Irom  the  conse- 
quences of  a  proposed  change  in  the  head  ot  the 
Insurance  Department  of  the  State  of  New- York. 
Your  pelitioners  beg  to  draw  your  attention  to 
the  fact  that  great  malpractices  and  frauds  have, 
for  many  years,  been  carried  on  with  perfect  im- 
punity uy  certain  lite  insurance  companies,  under 
the  supervision  of  the  Maid  department,  and  that 
no  check  has  been  given,  no  exposure  made,  and  no 
punishment  infiicted  through  or  by  tbe  beads  of 
the  said  department  uulil  within  tbe  last  few 
months,  and  by  no  other  State  insurance  officer  than 
AVilliam  Smylb.  the  present  Acting  Insurance  Su- 
penutcudent. 

Your  petiiiooers  most  reBpeotfnlly  represent  that 

the  said  William  Smyth  is  now  actively  engaged  in 
tbe  most  thorough  and  conscientious  pertoTmaoce 
of  bis  duties,  and  that  he  has  already  done  more  tor 
tbe  purification  of  tne  business  of  life  insurance 
from  corruption,  embezzlement,  deception,  traud. 
and  perjury  than  baa  ever  been  accomplixhed,  or 
even  attempted,  by  any  or  all  of  his  predecessors  in 
office. 

Your  petitioners  beg  also  te  state  that  tbey  have 
watched  Mr.  Smyih's  proceedings,  and  ha>e  become 
convinced  that  be  has  undertaken  his  present  work 
of  cleansing  the  bnsiuess  of  life  iiisuraiice  irom  its 
accumulated  evils,  after  a  long  and  thoughtful 
study  of  tbe  subiect.  and  from  the  most  upnght, 
pure,  and  public  spirited  motives;  that  he  has,  by 
study  and  thought,  fitted  himself  for  the  task,  and 
will  ceitainly  tuifiil  it  completely,  if  inflae'nces  are 
not  brongbt  to  bear  te  shield  and  save  the  guilty 
from  bis  Just  and  retributive  proceetlings;  that  his 
removal  under  these  circumstances  will  be  an  act  of 
great  public  wrong  and  impolicy;  that  no 
successor  to  him  can  be  appointed  who 
can  perform  the  duties  he  hss  under- 
taken without  long  preparation  in  acquir- 
ing his  knowledge  .lud  experience  in  the  subject ; 
that  he,  tbe  said  William  Smyth,  has  proved  bim- 
sbif  to  be  an  honest,  resolute,  and  incorruptible  pub- 
lic officer,  and  that  nis  removal  at  this  conjuncture 
will  be  a  mumpb  tor  the  culprits  be  is  enifaged  in 
punishing,  a  discouragement  to  all  falthtnl  public 
oflicers  pursuiog  a  siuiilar  righteoas  coarse,  and 
w. 11  in  effect  be  eauivalent  to  tbe  escape  Horn  jus- 
tice of  Taith  less,  defauiiloK,  robbing,  and  defraud- 
ing officers  m  life  insurance  companies,  and  to  the 
desertion  and  betrayal  of  their  policy-holders  and 
the  cause  of  tbe  widows  and  orphans  upon 
whose  portion  these  heartless  offenders  h^ve  so  long 
been  preying. 

Your  petitioners  do,  therefore,  most  earnestly 
and  rt^speotfully  pray  that  your  honorable  body 
will  retuse  to  confirm  any  appointment  design^  to 
supercede  the  present  Insurance  Snperiuieudent, 
William  Smyth,  until  he  baa  completed  his  expo- 
sure of  life  insuranoe  frauds,  and  brought  (he 
guilty  parties  to  Jostioe. 

New -York,  Feb.  15,  1877. 
John  Power, 


Charles  Bellows, 
Ricaard  R.  Hunt, 
Stephen  English, 
F.  A.  Whiting, 
Rulf  V.  C.  Lotr, 
Matthew  A.  Bolmer, 
H.  J.  Orteur, 
Ashet  Halt 


A.  M.  Walsh, 
G.  W.  Crotoor, 

A.  C.  G*rrv, 

B.  C.  Chandler,  Jr., 
L.  V.  Styles. 

G.  W.  Thomas, 
Samuel  M.  LecloreT, 
William  P.  Beale, 


MISSOURI  INSURAJHOE  COMPANIES. 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  16.— In  the  matter  of  the  St. 

Louis  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  which  has 
been  before  the- Circuit  Court  for  some  time  past, 
Judge  Wickham  u-day  entered  a  final  decree,  for- 
ever debarrmg  It  from  further  prosecuting  busi- 
ness, and  tnrning  all  its  property  over  te  tne  Re- 
ceivers recently  appointed.  All  claims  against  tbe 
company  may  be  presented  to  tbe  court  by  petition, 
after  which  they  will  be  referred  to  Judge  Thomas 
T.  Ganti,  Wbo  has  been  appointed  special  Referee 
to  deiermine  all  snob  demands.  W.  R  Walker,  As- 
signee of  the  North  Missouri  Insurance  Company, 
now  in  bankruptcy,  filed  a  suit  today  in  the  United 
StatM  District  Court  against  Joseph  F.  Reisher 
and  Jobn  F.  Williams.  Direotora  of  the  company. 


AjMl|iie«t0  have  been  mlsappropriirtMt.  Wlllfams 
ia  ths  present  Speaker  uf  ibe  Missonrl  House  of 
BepreaentatiTes. 


TEE  BING  SUITS, 


\i,  fnr>  i1.1fi  mm  aaaata  p;t  ,^ai.«""raiiiv  nialmil  bvtha Xfloa^ 


NEGOTtATIONS  I.OOKINa  TO  A  SETTLEMENT 
OF  THE  SUITS  AGAINST  TWEED — A  LET- 
TER FROM  THE  LATTER  TO  CHARLES 
O'CONOK. 

There  hare  been  rumors  from  time  to  time 

for  several  months  past  in  regard  to  an  early  settle- 
ment of  what  are  known  as  the  Ring  snlts.  During 
the  past  few  days,  however,  these  rumors  have  as- 
sumed definite  shape,  and  there  is  now  no  doubt 
that  negotiations  have  been  in  progress  looking  to 
a  settlement  of  some  of  the  cases,  notably  those 
in  which  Tweed  is  oonceroe'l.  With  refer- 
ence to  Connolly  it  is  said  that  ex-Surro- 
gate Hatchings,  who  left  for  Europe  some 
months  ago,  is  now  engaged  in  endeavoring 
to  smooth  the  path  for  the  return  of  the  ex-Con- 
troller, whose  son-in-law  Sir.  Hutchings  is.  Sweeny 
la  expected  in  this  City  in  a  few  weeks,  bnt  no 
steps,  as  laras  can  be  ascertained,  have  been  made 
for  a  settlement  of  his  case.  His  counsel,  Mr. 
McKeon,  has  always  professed  a  wilUu#4ies8  to  go 
to  trial  with  the  suits,  and  tbe  general  impression 
Is  that  the  people's  case  against  Sweeny  is  a  rather 

foor  one,  owing  to  the  lack  of  competent  evidence. 
n  regard  to  Tweed,  however,  the  case  is  difler- 
ent.  He  was  once  convicted  on  a  criminal 
charge,  and  a  verdict  wns  recovered  against 
him  in  the  (6,000.000  suit,  which  the  Supreme 
Court,  Geoei:al  Term,  has  affirmed.  A  year's  im- 
prisonment in  the  Penitentiary  and  the  subsequent 
confinement  in  Ludlow  Street  Jail  have  not  tended 
to  reconcile  Tweed  to  his  lot,  and  he  has  recently 
made  overtures  of  setMemenr.  Mr.  O'Conor.  ap- 
parently recognizing  the  Intility  of  the  eflforrs 
against  tbe  King,  faa^  signified  his  approyal  of 
measures  looking  toward  a  restitution  oi  even  a 
portion  ot  tbe  money  stolen  trom  the  Citv.  The 
way  has  been  carefully  felt  all  through  the  negotia- 
tions, and  they  have  finally  resulted  in  what 
look  to  be  tha  preliminary  steps  to  a 
sottleinent,  Tweed  has  sent  a  letter  to 
Charles  O'Conor  witbin  the  past  few  days  in  which 
he  expreHses  his  disgust  at  theconiiuned  litigations 
in  whicli  he  has  been  Involved.  In  this  letter 
Tweed  expresses  his  entire  willingness  to  stop  fur- 
ther litigation  on  his  part  if  the  prosecution  will  let 

him  alone.  He  protuuses  to  be  very  poor,  but  ex- 
presses bis  willingnejis  to  make  restitation  as  tar  as 
is  in  bis  power.  Steps  have  also  been  taken  to  col- 
lect some  of  the  claims  which  Tweed  has  against 
various  persons.  From  present  appearances  it 
would  seem  that  tbe  suits  against  'Tweed  will  be 
settled,  aud  for  a  verv  small  amount.  Whether 
Tweed  will  consent  to  appear  as  a  witness  for  tbe 
people  in  the  Sweeny  suit,  and  in  other  prosecu- 
tions against  persona  not  sued  hitherto,  is  a  matter 
about  which  there  seems  to  i>e  as  yet  some  doubt. 


IN  VEST IG  AXIS  a  A  CHARITY. 


FURTHER  PROCEEDINGS  OK  THE  COMMITTEE 
»     APPOINTED        TO        INQUIHE       INTO       THK 

MANAGEMENT  OF  THE  NEW-YORK  JU- 
VKNILE  GUARDIAN  80CIKTY — THE  M.Vl- 
THR   TO   BE    THOROUGHLY   SIFTED. 

Tbe  Committee  of  the  State  Board  of  Char- 
itiea,  consisting  of  Messrs.  Theodore  Roosevelt, 
Henry  L.  Hoguet,  and  Mrs.  (;.  R.  Lowell,  engaged 
in  tbe  invrstigatlon  ot  the  affairs  of  the  New-York 
Juvenile  Guardian  Society,  held  their  second  ses- 
sion in  the  New-York  office  of  the  board  yesterday. 
The  object  of  the  meeting  was  for  tbe  purpose  of 
hearing  the  witnesses  who  bad  been  subpcenaed  to 
testify  in  behalf  of  Mr.  D.  F.  Robertson,  the  Secre- 
tarv  of  the  society,  against  whom  charges  bad 
been  preferred.  None  of  Mr.  Robertson's  witnesses 
came  forward,  however,  and  in  explanation  a  letter 
was  received  from  him  protesting  against  tbo  so, 
oret  manner  of  examining  witnessi's  without  giving 
bim  an  opportunity  of  being  present  and  allowing 
them  to  be  cross-questioned,  and  also  requesting 
permission  to  be  present  at  any  future  examination 
of  its  affairs. 

Mr.  Stephen  Pell,  who  was  Treasurer  of  the  as- 
Sbciation  fiom  April,  1674,  to  March.  1875,  appeared, 
with  a  transcript  made  Irom  his  books,  showing  the 
amount  of  money  received  and  disbursed  by  him 
dnting  his  term  ot  oQicp.  Following  is  a  synopsis: 
Amount  of  monev  received  on  account  of 
the  New-York  Jiivenile  Ijuardiaii  ."iociety 
as  sliowii  0-1  Treusurer's  ImioKs.  from  April 

1«.  1874,  toMi.rch  10,  1»7.". $7,933  73 

Loans $07.)  OU 

Kent  uf  rooms  in  building    .So.  lUl 

St.  Mork'spUco 175  00 

Collections 7,18:J  7a— 7,932  73 

DISBL'KSEMIi.NTS. 

Interest  on  bond  anil  mortga^^e. .$1,^90  00 

t'bmmio&iou  to  collectors 1,1-Jl  Oil 

Paia  to  Mr.  Kobortsou 1,909  t!2 

Insurance 50  ib 

Other   bills  and   back   iudebu.i-d- 

mss 3,357  (19 

Cashou  hand 104  74—7,932  73 

The  disbursements  tor  expenses  (included  in  the 
aboTC  under  tbe  item  of  "  uiher  hills  and  back  in- 
debtedness") were  11,157  13,  of  which  |125  were  for 
teachers'  bacli  pav. 

Mr.  Hogni't.  after  examining  the  statement  pre- 
sented by  Mr.  Poll,  nuked  him  whether  be  bad 
kept  tbe  books  of  tbe  iuatiiutiou.  Mr.  Pell  replied 
that  he  bad  not ;  lie  had  only  acted  as  Treasurer, 
and  received  tbe  mones'  as  it  came  in,  and  paid  ii 
out  on  vouchers  approved  by  two  members  of  the 
Financial  Commiilec.  Messrs.  Jeremiah  £.  Cary 
and  Ambrose  Wooil;  Mr.  Robertson  always  had  a 
sufficient  number  uf  Tonchera  iu  his  picket  to  take 
up  all  tbe  money  be  jibe  Treasurer]  could  give 
him.  Iu  answer  to  another  question  by  Mr.  Ho- 
guet, Mr.  Pell  suid  that  tbe  society  was  in  debt 
at  least  I5.U00  when  he  entered  upon  his  duties. 
He  then  explained  that  when  he  took  charge  ho 
tried  to  find  out  how  much  the  society  owed,  and 
tuund  tb'at  there  was  an  indebtedness  of  at  least 
110,000.  Tbe  society  Was  in  debt  lo  every  one  with 
-whom  they  had  dealings.     Thi-rtt  was  some    $300    or 

|40O  owing  to  teachers  for  unpaid  salaries.  Mr. 
Hoguet  asked  tbe  wiroess  why,  upon  finding  the 
concern  iu  Hnancisl  difflcuUies.  ho  had  not  insisted 
upon  baviug  a  full  staienieni.  Mr.  Pell  answerea 
that  be  had  applied  to  Mr.  Robertson  lor  the  iiilor- 
mation,  but  had  bzen  put  utt  by  him  trom  time  to 
time,  until  at  last  his  term  of  utfice  had  expired, 
leaving  him  no  wiser  than  he  was  beiore.  Mr. 
Hoguet  then  asked  him  whether  it  had  ever  oc- 
curred to  him,  as  Treasurer '  of  the  sociotv,  that  a 
concern,  tbe  actual  income  Of  wbiob  was  less  than 
t8,000,  from  contributions  trom  tbe  public,  could 
or  ought  justly  to  owe  f.'i.OOO.  Mr.  Pell  replied  that 
when  be  entered  the  society  ho  did  nut  know  what 
its  annual  income  really  was,  and  bad  no  means  uf 
ascertaining  tmtil  he  hud  received  the  money. 

Mr.  Hoguet  then  referred  to  the  application  made 
by  the  society  in  the  present  month  to  iliu  Con- 
troller, asking  an  appropriation  ot  (10,000.  He 
asked  Mr.  Pell  whether  he  thought  the  statement 
contained  in  that  applicntion,  to  tbe  etfect  that  the 
society  held  its  house  in  St.  M.'irk's  place  in  fee, 
was  a  proper  one  to  make,  id  view  of  the  fact  that 
it  was  morcitaged  to  its  tall  value.  Mr.  Pell  replied, 
emphatically,  that  he  did  not. 

Ou  Monday  lust  Mr.  Kobertion  appeared  before 

the  commitiee.  uccompanied  by  his  counsel,  Mr. 
Lansing,  and  asked  tu  be  informed  when  be  could 
appear  bulore  them  with  his  witnesses.  Ho  was 
told  that  yesterday  would  bo  set  apart  for  hearing 
all  whom  be  might  de.-<ire  to  bring  forward,  but  lu- 
stead  ot  producing  his  witnesses  he  sent  tbe  letter 
above  relerred  to  to  tbo  committee.  Mr.  Tnco- 
oore  Ruoseyelt,  speaking  in  tbe  name  of  tbe 
committee,  said,  with  regard  to  this  communication, 
that  tbe  rule  adopted  by  the  committee  was  that 
Where  there  was  onl.y  a  simple  charge  against  some 
one  person  connected  with  the  management  ol  a 
society — where  it  was  a  really  good  charily,  and 
where  the  Directors  were  trying  to  make  it  a  good 
charity — the  committee  w^ere  disposed  to  keep 
tbe  investigation  secret;  but  where  it  was 
a  case  like  the  present,  which  bad  already  been 
pu'olicly  investigated,  they  considered  it  proper 
that  it  should  be  a  publio  invosiigution  and  the 
testimony  made  nublio  as  ic  was  taken. 

The  next  session  of  the  committee  will  be  held 
on  Wednesday  next  at  0:30  A.  M.,  for  which  time 
tbe  mem'icrs  uf  the  board  ot  tbe  association  and 
the  persons  who  signed  the  application  to  tbe  Con- 
troller of  the  City  for  the  appropriation  ot  tlU.OOO 
fur  tbe  society  have  been  subiiceuaed  to  appear. 


BUSINESS  FAILUHES. 
David  Sutherland  assigned   his   property  to 
William  McMui ray  yesietdav. 

Henry  Bixby  made  an  assignment  for  tbe 
benefit  ut  creuiturs  to  \Vllli/,m  A.  Blown,  Jr. 

Jobn  Werder,  Tvholeaale  flour  dealer,  at  No. 
148  Jersey  avenue  and  No.  237  Newark. avenue, 
Jersey  City,  has  been  adjuuicalcd  a  bankrupt  ou 
the  petition  of  his  creditors. 

DaTonport  &.  Co.,  wholesale  dealers  in  ma- 
chinery supplies,  at  No,  81  Cnaubers  street,  have 
failed.  Tbeir  liabilities  are  reported  to  be  heavy. 
A  statement  of  tbe  assets  and  indebterlness  is  now 
in  preparation  and  will  be  ready  in  a  lew  days. 

A.  Clarence  Isaacs  and  William  H.  Jackson, 
wbo  did  business  ac  No.  13  BarcUy  street  and  at 
Nu.  514  West  Fourteenth  street,  under  the  names  of 
'■The  Excelsior  Priuiin:i  Company"  and  "A.  C. 
Isaacs  &  Co.,"  assigned  their  property  to  Frederick 
Lewis. 

Cheater  Lamb,  Charles  Lamb,  and  William 
G.  Lamb,  composing  tiie  fiim  of  Lamb  &  Sous, 
stables,  of  No.  13  East  Fift\ -eighth  street  and  No. 
131  East  Forty-ninth  street,  assigned  their  propprty 
to  William  T.  Black.  Cbescer  Lamb  also  made  an 
assignment  of  his  individual  property   to  the  latter. 

AN  ALLEGED  SWINDLE. 
Mr.  William  Powers,  of  Springfield,  N.  H., 
sent  a  letter  to  Mayor  Ely,  which  was  received  by 
him  yesterday  stating  that  he  bought  a  ticket  in 
a  Laramie  City  lottery,  and  that  he  subsequently 
received  a  notice  signed  "Russell  &  Co.,  Jewelers, 
No.  37  Bond  street,  New-York,"  advising  him  that 
he  had  drawn  a  gold  watch  and  chain  valued  at 
1200.  and  that  ihe  prize  would  be  forwaided  to  him 
on  payment  of  (20,  tbe  latter  being  tbe  amount  due 
on  it.  Mr.  Powers  lequests  the  M4yor  to  oall  upon 
Messrs.  Russell  Sc  Co.  about  the  mat.er.  anil  savs 
that  he  will  "pay  him  for  hia  trouble."  He  adds 
that  "If  this  IS  a  swindle"  the  Mayor  knows  what 
to  do.  The  Mayor  handed  the  letter  to  Capt. 
Weis^  oObeXvQatx.tdxthfrecino^  to;  laves.ci^a- 


CITY  Md  SUBURBAN  NEWS. 


NEW- YORK. 

The  next  lecture  in  tbe  Cooper  Union  Free 
Course  for  tbe  people  will  be  delivered  this  evening 
in  the  great  ball  at  8  o'clock  by  Dr.  A.  B.  Crosby, 
on  "Anesthesia." 

The  notorious  Owen  Tully,  "who  about  a  year 
ago  was  tried  and  found  guilty  of  maybem,  and 
sentenced  to  a  long  term  in  State  Prison,  has  been 
pardoned  by  the  Gkivemor. 

The  Martha  Washington  Beception  and  Gar- 
den Party,  iu  aid  ot  the  poor  of  New-York,  under 
the'eusnices  of  St  John's  Guild,  will  take  place  at 
the  Academy -of  Moaio  and  Nilsson  Hall,  22d  Inst.' 

Tbe  Veteran  Association  of  the  Eighth  Begi- 
ment  Washington  Greys.  N.  G.  S.  N.  T.,  will 
hold  a  reception  at  the  armory  of  the  regiment,  No. 
226  West  Twenty-third  street,  Washington's  Birth- 
day. 

The  Executive  Committee  of  the  new  Open 
Board  of  Brokers  met  yesterday  and  admitted  60 
new  members.  Tb^  have  70  applications  still  to 
pass  upon.  The  membership,  it  is  claimed,  now 
aggregates  340. 

ITie  jury  in  •  Part  L  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
yesterday  rendered  a  verdict  for  the  defendant  in 
the  suit  of  Andrew  Thomas  against  Henry  luiight, 
in  which  the  plaintiff  sued  for  $2,500  damages  for 
the  wrongful  conversion  ot  diamonds. 

A  grand  concert,  under  the  auspioes  of  J. 
L.  Riker  Post,  No.  62,  G.  W.  R.,  In  aid  of  the  erec- 
tion and  support  of  the  Soldiers'  Home  of  the  State 
ot  New-York,  will  take  niace  at  Germania  Assembly 
Rooms.  Nos.  291  and  293  Bowery,  March  4. 

Mr.  J.  E.  Williams,  President  of  the  Metro- 
politan Bank,  ia  very  ill  of  Dneumonia.  Much  sym- 
pathy is  felc  for  him  among  his  many  friends,  and 
m  the  ohari^able  ansociatioo  of  which  be  has  so 
long  been  Treasurer — the  Children's  Aid  Society. 

In  tbo  suit  ot  Kodh  against    Mora,  the  jury 

In  Part  IL  of  tbe  Supremo  Court,  yesterday  ren- 
dered a  verdict  of  Jl, 400  in  favor  of  the  plaintiff, 
who  sued  to  recover  the  amount  of  a  draft  alleged 
to  have  beoa  collected  by  the  defendant  and  not 
properly  accounted  for. 

The  J.  L.  Eiker  Post,  Ko.  62,  G.  W.  R.,  have 

elected  the  following  officers :  Frederick  Seibert, 
Chairman  ;  George  H.  Moesaen,  Vice  Chairman  ; 
W.  V.  Marx,  Secretary;  .August  Schafter,  Treas- 
ure-; Philiu  Daab,  William  Muhlich,  and  Louis 
Schlamp,  Executive  Committee. 

The  following  patrolmen  were  dismissed 
from  the  Police  Department  yesterday :  Horace 
Gaylord,  Twentieth  Precinct;  Thomas  McLean, 
Eighteenth  Precinct ;  Patrick  H.  Gillespie,  Eigh- 
teenth Precinct:  Martin  Gleim,  Twenty-ninth  Pre- 
cinct, and  Owen  McCanun,  Twentieth  Precinct. 

The  sale  ol  paintings  at  the  Kurtz  Gallery, 
which  was  erroneously  announced  in  these  colomns 
as  to  take  place  yestorday.  ia  to  ocour  on  Friday 
next,  the  231  mat.  Tbore  »-ill  therefore  oe  plenty 
of  time  for  admirers  of  modern  French  and  Roman 
artisis  to  take  a  look  at  the  collection  of  Mr.  Smith. 

Tlie  steam-ship  John  P.  Best,  which  arrived 
at  this  port  yoslerday  from  Antwerp,  had  a  storiuv 
passage.  One  of  tbe  bands  fell  from  toe  forevard  to 
the  deck,  and  was  badly  injured,  aud  tbe  chief  officer 
was  washed  agaiust  tbe  rait  and  had  his  leg  broken. 
The  increasing  gales  waHhed  away  the  binnacle  and 
chart-room,  together  with  the  Captain's  books  aud 
papers. 

The  evening  schools,  after  a  session  of  four 
months,  closed  last  night.  It  is  estimated  that 
during  tbe  season  there  has  been  an  average  at- 
tendance ot  over  10,000  pupils,  receiving  inslruc- 
liun  each  uigtir,  lemales  comprising  nearly  one- 
fourth  of  the  total  number.  Aboac  dftv  pur  cent. 
Of  the  pupils  were  instructed  in  the  primary  or 
grammar  school. 

Major  Geor,ie  W.  Corliss,  Mrs.  Sparr's 
troublesome  lodger,  called  on  Superintendent  Wal- 
ling yesterday,  accompanied  by  his  cuansel,  ex 
Judge  Curtis,  and  preferred  a  complaint  against 
Capt.  McCullagh,  o;  tue  Seventeenth  Precinct.  The 
charges  ate  based  upon  the  arrest  of  tha  Major  by 
the  officers  lor  bis  ecceutno  conauct  at  No.  189 
Second  avenue. 

Deputy  Marshal  Crowley  went  to  Fishkill 
yesterday  and  arrested  Alexander  Bartow,  the 
Cashier  of  tbe  defunct  Fishkill  National  Btnk,  on  a 
charge  of  embezzlement  and  misappropnatiug  large 
sniu!)  uf  money,  tliut  causing  tbe  bank  lu  go  into 
liquidation.  Bartow  was  brought  to  tnis  City  aud 
taken  before  Coinmi:iaion»r  Oriboru,  who  admitted 
bim  to  bail  in  the  sum  ot  flO.OOO. 

At  a  concert  given  at  Chickering  Hall  last 
night,  for  the  benoht  of  tbe  pjor.  Miss  Arabella 
Root,  soprano,  was  beard  in  well  chosen  solos,  and 
was  assisted  in  several  concurted  selections  by 
Mme.  J.  Tineioy  Lugan,  contralto,  Mr.  W.  J.  Hill, 
Mr.  F.  G.  Bourne,  and  Mr.  Henry  Gait.  Mr. 
Aroucklu  played  in  hia  usual  skilllul  manner  upua 
tbe  cornet.  MessrH.  J.  O.  Schultzand  J.  G.  Bierck 
were  tbe  accompanists. 

Daniel  liellogg,  a  hotel-keeper,  bas  brought 
suit  in  the  Supreme  Court  agaiusi  Daniel  Mortimer 
to  recover  about  $400  for  board  and  carriage  hire. 
The  plaintitf'  say.s  he  felt  ra  her  dubious  about 
Hasting  Mortimer,  aud  was  referred  by  tbe  latter 
io  tb'!  Trustees  of  his  e'-ttate.  Tbe  Trustees  s,4ld 
they  bad  funds  in  their  hands,  but  Mr.  Kellogg  as- 
serts tnat  they  transterred  the  property  to  Mor- 
timsr's  wife.  Mr.  Kellogg  recovered  lodgment,  and 
is  now  eogased  in  examining  Mortimer  on  supple- 
mentary proceedings. 

V  Tbe  English  Lutheran  Church  of  St.  James, 
on  Fifteen  lb  street,  between  Second  and  Third  av- 
enues, will  celebrate  its  semi-centennial  anniver- 
sary on  Tuesday  evening,  2Ulb  inst.  This  occasion 
18  to  be  observed  br  a  reunion  of ^11  irho  have  ever 
been  members  of  tbe  church.  A  paper  will  be  read 
giving  a  condensed  bisior^)  of  tbe  rise  and  progress 
uf  the  Lutheran  Church  in  tbis  Ciiy.  Tbe  living 
ex-Pastors  of  St.  James  will  be  present  on  the  20ih, 
and  also  on  the  Sunday  tollowing,  when  tbree  re- 
ligiou.'i  services  appropriate  to  tbis  interesting 
occasion  will  bo  held. 


BliOOKLYN. 

Tbe  charge  .preferred  against  Justices  Riley 
and  Guck  of  exacting  illegal  fees  by  James  Meyers 
bas  been  dismissed. 

In  accordance  with  an  order  issued  by  Jus- 
tice Barnard,  Abram  H.  Djiily,  who  is  contesting 
tbe  election  of  Surrogate  Livingston,  tarnished  the 
latter  yesterday  with  a  bill  of  particulars. 

The  Kings  County  Club  has  elected  tbe  fol- 
lowing officer^  to  serve  during  tbe  ensuing  year: 
President,  R.  D.  Benedict ;. Vice  President,  John 
F.  Henry;  Secretary,  E.  B.  Fowler ;  Executive 
Committee,  W.  L.  Steers,  James  Watt,  John  fl. 
Burli:!,  James  McLuer,  and  Jonathan  T.  Norton. 


John  Breisel,  who  was  tried  in  the  United 
States   District  Court  at  Trenton  and  convicted  of 

having  been  coocemed  in  running  an  illicit  still  on 
tue  Kewark  meadows,  was  tintid  $1,000  and  sen- 
tenced to  one  year  iu  State  Prison. 

Christian  Wolfe,  a  German,  who  was  on  hia 
way  from  Louisville,  Ky..  to  Germany,  was  swin- 
dled ont  of  $115  on  au  Erie  Railway  train  yeisterday 
by  two  sharoers,  who  nersuadeu  him  to  exchange 
his  money  lor  a  check  on  a  bank  in  Germany. 

A  number  of  sentences  wore  imposed  in  the 
Hudson  County  Court  yesterday.  William  Burke, 
convicted  of  entering  and  larceny,  was  sentenced  to 
fftato  Prison  lor  three  years.  'Thomas  Slatterly, 
tor  the  same  otfense,  was  sentenced  to  two  vears 
and  six  mouths,  aud  jobn  McKeoua,  Ciiarles  Smith, 
and  Henry  Piitman,  also  for  the  same  offense,  got 
one  year  each. 

A.  T.  Meyer,  a  baker  doing  business  in 
Eighth  street,  Jersey  City,  was  driving  along  the 
Paterson  Plank  Road  Thursday,  when  two  men 
slopped  him,  one  ot  them  catching  tbe  horse  and 
the  other  attemplug  to  climb  into  the  wagon.  Mr. 
Mt  yer  picked  up  a  ioat  uf  baril  bread,  known  as 
pumenagle,  and  broug'bt  it  down  heavily  on  the 
ncf.d  (It  the  fellow  who  war4  climbing  into  the  wagon, 
knocking  him  out  in  the  road.  Auotber  loaf  of  tbe 
bread  tbrovrn  at  tbe  fellow  holding  tbe  horse 
missol  bim,  but  struck  the  burse  and  caused  bim  to 
start  off  at  a  rapid  gait.  Mr.  Meyer  reojgnized  bis 
assailants  as  two  men  whom  he  had  seen  in  a 
saloou  a  short  time  before,  wnere  he  had  incau- 
tiously displayed  a  large  roll  of  bills. 

August    Muerisob,    a   laborer,    residins   on 

Blum  street,  Union  Hill,  committted  suicide  Thurs- 
day by  hanging  himself  to  the  bed-post  in  bis  room. 

He  had  been  ont  of  work  for  a  long  time,  and  on 
Thursday  evening  returned  home  after  an  uusuc- 
cessrul  search  for  employment.  He  went  into  his 
room  and  remained  there  so  long  that  his  wife 
thought  something  must  be  the  matter  with  him. 
She  went  to  the  door  and  found  it  barricaded  with 
cbairs  nnd  bedding.  When  the  door  wus  forced 
open  Muerisch  was  found  suspended  from  the  bed- 
post, with  his  leLS  bent  under  him  and  his  feet  rest- 
ing on  the  floor,  shining  that  he  was  determined  to 
lie.  Coroner  Crane  was  summoned,  aud  took  charge 
of  the  body. 

Julia  Jordan  was  arraigned  in  the  First  Dis 
trict  Police  Court,  in  Jersey  City,  yesterday  morn- 
ing, on  a  charge  of  having  committed  an  assault 
and  battery  on  Mary  Buckucr,  wile  of  Police  OtBcer 
Bucknor,  of  tbe  Fourth  Preoincr.  The  prisoner 
said  that  sbe  had  been  living  with  the  officer  as  his 
wife.and  that  a  child  was  bum  to  them.  Subsequently 
Buckner  married  another  woman,  and,  when  Julia 
protested,  he  caused  her  to  oe  locked  ap  ou  some 
charge,  and  took  possession  of  the  child.  Oa  Wed- 
nesday she  went  to  tbe  officer's  house,  in  Greenville, 
CO  see  tbo  child,  and  he  had  her  arrested  on  a  charge 
of  disorderly  conduct.  In  the  morning  she  was  re- 
leased, and  went  to  the  bonse  again,  when  Mrs. 
Buckner  put  ber  out,  and  preferred  a  charge  of  aa- 
sanlc  and  battery  against  ber.  Upon  hearing  her 
story  Justice  Keeae  discharged  her. 


A  SUOOESSFUL  EVENINQ  SCHOOL. 
The  closing  exeroises  of  tbe  evening  school  for 
young  women  in  Elm  street,  of  which  Miss  Esther 
Phillips  is  Principal,  took  place  last  eyeniiig,    Sev- 


WOW  vTMevt,  M  -well  ■•  fbo  Meada  of  edaea- 
tioa  io  general.  Tbe  itadent«  showed  that  they 
have  been  well  trained  the  past  Winter  In  the  es- 
sential and  valuable  reqairemente  of  education. 
Mils  PhilUpa  and  her  associates  were  highly  oom< 
plimetated  upon  the  many  evidenoes  given  of  tbeir 
attention,  to  and  oare  for  those  in,  their  charge  the 
past  nigbt^aohool  season. 

ATHLBIIC  SPOBTsi 


WRESTLIITG  AND  SPABBINO-  MATCHES  TO 
COMB  OFF— FEATS  OF  SWORDSMANSHIP, 
PUTTIKG  UP  HEAVar  WEIGHTS,  AND 
GTMNA8TIC8. 

A  wrestling  matob,  best  tbree  in  fire  falls,  be* 

tween  Prof.  William  Miller,  of  Australia,  and  Ernest 
Treber  will  come  off  at  8  o'clock  on  Tuesday  even- 
ing next,  the  20tit  inst,  at  the  Metropolitan  Biding 
Academy,  (tbe  American  Institute  Building,)  Third 
avenue,  between  Sixty-third  and  Sixty-fourth 
streets.  Miller  claims  the  championship  in  Grasco- 
Roman  -wrestling  in  the  United  States,  hav- 
ing defeated  Andre  Cristol  in  several 
matches,  and  being  recently  the  winner 
of  a  gold  medal  in  a  matoh  with  Thiebauld  Bauer, 
in  Canada.  The  present  match  will  be  interesting, 
because  there  will  be  no  restnotions  as  to  grips, 
each  man  being  allowed  to  do  his  best  to  throw  tbe 
other  in  the  way  he  may  consider  best.  At  one 
time  it  was  thought  that  considerable  monev  would 
be  put  up  on  this  matob,  bnt  Mr.  Treher's  backers 
having  left  the  City,  it  was  agreed  that  it  should  be 
for  tbe  gate  monev  only. 

On  Thursday  afternoon  and  evening,  the  22dinst.. 
an  athletic  entertainment  will  be  given  at  Central 
Park  Garden,  in  which  a  number  of  amateurs  and 
professionals  will  take  part.  The  prlncipnl  feature 
ol  the  evening  will  be  a  oompetition  in  boxmg  be- 
tween Prof.  William  Miller  and  Jobn  Dwyer  tor  a 
silver  cup.  In  this  match  five  ronnds  will  be 
fought  with  the  gloves,  and  further  entries  will  be 
allowed.  William  J.  Austin,  of  tbis  City,  the 
champion  llgbiweight.  will  wrestle  in  Grseoo- 
Roman  style  with  Jacques  de  Leon,  of  Paris,  in  the 
afternoon,  lu  costume,  in  order  that  ladies  mav  at- 
tend, for  a  purse  of  $100.  best  three  falls  in  five. 
Feats  of  club-swinging,  swurasmausbip,  gymuastics, 
and  patting  up  heavy  weights  will  be  performed 
by  some  of  the  best-known  athletes  of  tbe  City. 

The  coming  mfttch  betwseu  Miller  and  Bauer,  in 
Giaeoo-Roman  wrestling,  which  will  come  off  within 
a  short  time,  will  be  one  of  the  best  which  bas  ever 
taken  place  between  them,  owing  to  tbe  strong  feel- 
ing of  rivalry  tbat  has  grown  up  from  several  con- 
tests in  which  each  felt  that  a  fail  decision  was  not 
made. 

Mr.  B.  A.  Pennell,  who  proposes,  at  an  athletic 
entertainment  to  oe  cnven  shortly,  to  lift  and  hold 
in  his  hands  a  1,000  pound  cannon  while  it  is  being 
loaded  and  tired,  will  go  into  active  ttainiug  on 
Monday.  He  says  tbat  he  has  no  fears  of  the  force 
of  the  recoil  of  tbe  gun,  notwithstanding  the  many 
theories  that  have  been  advanced  by  bis  trieuds  and 
acquaintances  to  prove  that  be  cannot  withstand  it. 


TURFMEN'S    GRIEVANCES. 


DECISIONS  BT  THK  BOAItD  OF  APPEALS  OP 
THE  TROTTING  ASSOCIAIION — A  FINAL 
SESSION  TO  BE  HELD  TO-DAY. 
The  Board  of  Appeals  of  the  National  Trot- 
ting Association  met  yesterday  in  executive  session. 
A  vast  amount  of  business  was  transacted,  and  but 
one  case  remains  for  arbitration,  which  -will  be  de- 
cided this  morning.  The  most  important  cases  de- 
cided vesierday  were  as  follows:  Dr.  H.  A.  Pooler, 
of  Goshen,  N.  Y.,  appealed  from  the  decision 
of  tbo  judges  in  a  race  trotted  on  the  track  of  the 
Hudson  River  Driving  Park  Association  at  Pough-. 
keepsie.  In  this  cdntest  his  horse  won  a  "clean" 
first  place  In  a  heat  which  was  decided  to  be  a 
"dead  heal"  between  two  other  horses  by  the 
judges.  The  board  leversed  the  decision  of  the  j  ndges 
and  gave  the  heat  to  Dr.  Pooler.  Olivet  C.  Kaapp, 
ot  Penn  Tan,  was  charged  by  F.  S.  Hoyer,  of  Tona- 
wanda,  Penn.,  wim  baving  occupied  the  jadgcb' 
stand  while  he  bad  a  hor^e  iu  tbe  race  and  had 
money  in  tbe  pools.  Tne  pro.necution  failed  to  prove 
that  Mr.  Knapp  officiated  as  a  judge  in  the 
lace.  Out  the  as>ociatiou  was  censured  bv  tbe  board 
lor  baving  allowed  Knapp  in  tde  judges'  stand.  In 
the  case  ui  Altlen  G-oidsmitb  agalQ^t  tbe  Wasning- 
ton  Driving  Park,  being  an  appeal  for  tbe  va- 
cation of  a  decree  of  suspension,  tne  anpeal  was 
ocnied.  A  similar  appeal  by  D.  Muckle,  of  Lexing- 
ton. Ky.,  against  Keilogg  aud  Conley  aud  Fleet- 
wood Park,  wd3  also  denied.  S.  J.  Helling's 
appeal  for  tbe  vacaii.n  ot  an  order  of  suspension 
against  M.  Williams  •&.  Son,  of  tbe  Brooklyn 
Driving  Park,  was  denied.  Tbe  case  of  John 
Wenzel  against  tbe  Brooklyn  Driving  Park,  Joseph 
N.  De  Camp,  and  tne  Bnukskin  mares  Racbel 
and  M  ggie  &.,  was  held  over  tor  examination  by  a 
special  committee,  and  all  tbe  suspended  parties  were 
reinstated  pending  tbe  report  of  that  committee. 
The  aopucaiion  of  Amos  B.  Stafford,  of  Utica,  for 
removal  of  an  older  of  expulsion,  was  denied.  A 
similar  ruling  was  made  in  the  case  of  W.  P.  Moni- 
Sou,  of  Newcastle,  Penn.,  and  the  bay  gelding 
Prince.  The  hoard  ordered  that  the  Catskill 
Driving  Park  Association  should  pay  a  disputi'd 
piemmm  to  Daniel  Cunningham.  William  Mc- 
Mabon,  formerly  of  the  Deertoot  Park,  Lung 
Island,  who  lios  been  suspended  tor  some  time  past, 
was  reinstated  by  tbe  board,  on  probation,  tor  tbe 
present  year.  B.  F.  Myers,  of  Altoona,  Penn.,  was 
also  reinstated  for  the  same  peried. 


A  BURGLAR  ARRRESTED. 
Roundsman  Creeden.  of  the  Seventeenth 
Precinct,  while  patrolling  in  First  street,  at  3  o'clock 
yesterday  momlug,  beard  cries  of  "  murder  "  pro- 
ceeding from  tbe  house  No.  18,  and  ac  the  same 
time  saw  a  man  running  in  the  direction  of  Second 
avenue.  Tbe  of&cer  pursned  tbe  man  and  arrested 
him.  The  prisoner,  wbo  said  his  name  was  Charles 
Lang,  was  taken  to  the  station,  and  on  his  person 
were  found  a  package  of  powder,  a  steel  saw,  a 
"jimmy,"  and  otiier  burglars'  tools.  It  was  subse- 
quently ascertained  ibat  Adolph  Gerndt,  of  No.  18 
First  siri-et.  was  the  person  who  cried  •'  murder." 
At  the  Essex  Market  Police  Court,  where  Lang 
was  arraigned,  Gerndt  stated  tbat  about  3  A.  M.  he 
heard  a  strange  noise  in  bis  office,  as  if  some  one  was 
sawitfg  at  the  door.  Looking  out  of  tbe  window  of 
bis  bed-room  be  saw  two  men  lu  the  act  of  leaving 
the  first  floor  with  clothing  valued  at  $100,  and  at 
once  raised  an  alarm.  Lang,  wbo  sai'i  he  bad 
neither  occupation  nor  home,  was  commuted  in  de- 
taull  of  13,000  to  answer  a  charge  of  burglary. 

LITE  WHITE-EISH  iOR  XUE  AQUARIUM. 
The  Aquarium  has  succeeded  in  accomplish- 
ing one  of  the  most  difficult  feats  knowu  to  ictby- 
oiogists,  tbat  of  transporting  white-fish  alive.  It 
has  been  tried  time  and  again,  but  in  each  case 
pioved  a  failure.  Tbe  Aquarium  has  had  a  party 
located  in  Lake  Mibhigan  for  the  past  two  months, 
and  yesterday  they  returned,  briuiing  fi.ve  very 
large  specimens  of  this  extremely  delicate  and 
beautifnl  fisb,  thus  affording  tbe  public  an  opportu- 
nity never  offered  before  of  seeing  this  fish  alive. 
Lampreys,  tresh  water  mulletts,  lake  herring,  and 
wall-eyed  pike  are  aUo  among  the  flab  brought. 


END  OF  THE  FREE  DORMITORY. 
Mr.  George  H.  Stout,  tbe  Secretary  of 
the  "Free  Dormitory,"  paid  over  to  Controller 
Kelly  yesterday  the  sum  of  5416  17,  being 
the  unexpended  balance  of  the  appropriation  of 
f  1,000  made  by  the  Board  of  Apportionment  to  that 
institution.  Mr.  Stout,  in  a  letter  ta  the  Controller, 
states  tbat  the  remainder  of  the  money  was  used  t* 
maintain  the  Dormitory,  and  tbat  979  women  were 
provided  with  lodgings  In  the  insiitution,  and  31 
were  sent  to  situations.  The  bedsteads  in  the 
building  were  sent  to  tbe  Department  of  Charities, 
from  wUich  tbey  were  received. 


cor  TON  RECEIFTS. 
Tbe  following  are  the  total  net  receipts  of  cotton 
at  all  ports  since  Sent.  1,  1876  : 
Bales. 

Galveston. 447,664  Baltimore 

^ew-Orleans....     961,169  iNew-York 

Mobile '6J!,b,Z6l  Boston 

Siivinnah 433.39'i  I'rovldeuce 

Cbarlearou 406,962 iPhuadd  nia.. 

Wilmington 8S,7li7  Port  Uoyil..., 

NorioU 444,'^55,Inaiauoia..... 

Total 


ARRIVALS  Af  TEE  HOTELS. 
Mavor  N.  P.  Payne,    of  Cleveland,   ia  at 'the 
Hotel  Brunswick. 
Lieut.  J.  R.  Selfridge, ,  United  Statea  Navy, 

is  at  tbe  St.  James  Hotel. 

Senator  William  Sharoo,  of  Nerada,  is  at  tbe 
New-York  Hotel. 

John  Soott,  President  of  the  Allegheny  Val- 
ley Railroad  Company,  is  at  the  Windsor  Hotel, 

Max  Outrey,  French  Minister  at  Washing- 
ton, and  Prof.  Benj  imin  Poiroe,  of  Harvard  Univer- 
sity, are  at  the  Bruvoort  House. 


"  Mobkau-Lefevkb,"  the  oldest  and  most  French 
ot  Champagnes.  VictobK  Macqeb,  IIU  Keade  St.,  N.T. 
— AduertUeinent, 

PASSENGEhS  ARRIVED. 

In  steam-sh'p  Pommeranta.  from  Bamburg.—Jjxlixia 
Oiggclmann.  H.  Bocker,  Consul  31.  Klinko.iitruo.Marie 
bigaikf,  Johanne  Strotbmanii.  Rev.  Alfred  Jones,  VV^. 
Uocke.  Louis  utterson,  M.  Horn,  Leouoru  Bouttcber, 
JoLn  Hcbl,  B.  Benedict,  Amahe  Bepsdorf,  Amanda 
Hepsdoif,  Clans  Kruchtmng.  Father  Doyle,  Alarne  Boi- 
zen.  Josef  Staneck,  Bertua  &mith,  W.  Hersiols,  Ur. 
Andrews,  Mr.  Gallagher,  Mr.  iierzzig,  Mr.  Burns.  M.r. 
ClarK,  Newell  Bliss,  Mrs.  Wlttraeyer,  Slna  Wittmey.er, 
Allred  Wiitmeyer,  G.  Arten,  T.  Aluller,  O.  Meyer,  C. 
Wilsuu,  A.  Fermagaili,  A.  Hquadnlli,  M.  CabrialL 

In  ateam-shtp  China,  from  lAverpooL — K.  V.  Bond,  E. 
B.  Brown,  M.  Choy.  Wm.  Clark,  Wm.  Olegg,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  S.  Conrodi,  H.  C.  Cook,  Churles  Cotton,  E.  Y.  Cox, 
Mrs.  Dickson,  Eugene  i.hrUch,  Hon.  &lr.  Faure,  J. 
Greenbaiiiu,  H.  F.  Uadheoi.  C.  A.  Hastings,  Lester 
Hennv,  W.  H.  Irwiu.  Leo  Lufliimnie.  Ueury  hiudstone, 
F.  Ludlow,  Mr.  Mallory.  W.  J.  Mhsscv,  Mr.  and  Mis.  J, 
Merino,  fur.  -Moore,  Jobn  Pershousi-.  Urs.  J.  L.  Poupoo. 
Mrs.  Prentice,  J.  F.  Uouinson,  .Mr.  and  itrs.  i$.  ^mitn, 
Jr.  r.W.  atedman.  F.  M.  atrango,  W.  h.  Tudor,  B. 
boulObeim.'Kev.  ».  J.  Gregor.v,  JUr.  audMis.  O.  Boss. 
J.  Power. 

In  tttam-thiv  Canada,  for  ffavre.—lii,  and  Mrs.  Cound 
Castiulioue,  Ur.  uutrey,  Ur.  Uraga,  Ur.  tiautos,  Mr. 
-J.j4eiaM>JWra  M    F"n«<»l«.Jg.JU«itiOwMr.XaiM^ 


Edward.  Mr.  Boiinard,   Mr.    t^eminetTKn.  PM^^ 
daughter,  Ur.  Orabexi  Mr.  anQoii.   Mia.  Oatf,  Mx.  ans 

Mrs.  Beymoar.  ^^ 

In  eleam.thip  OUy  of  Vera  Onto,  firom  HaiWM_irr 
ana  Ura.  Antomo  Andrew,  J.  8.  Amtrall.  Bdwatd  Omau 
Alva  Oatmon,  Ux*.  BUaabeth  Carter,  iPlorenaio  SmS. 
lante,  Victor  J.  Cmser,  James  Sholey,  Frederick  Oia- 
low,  Wm.  Cmiksfasnk.  OeorgeRenurd.Ba«eDdoFla&M. 
Robert  W.  West,  Ramon  Nsvacro,  PtlsncU  Qonaaiea. 
Michael  Pino,  Charles  Pmo,  "^ 


MINIATVRE  ALUANAO—ltCrS  DAT. 
Bnnrtses 6:51 1  Sunsets 6:38  I  Uoou  seu.lO:OS 

HIOB  WATBK— TBIS  DAI* 

Sandy Hook.lO:2i  |  Qov.IslaodiltlO  |  dell  Qate..  12:82 

MABIJSrB .  INTELLIQEHTQE, 

♦ 

HEW-yORK PRtDAI.FEB.  16. 

CLEARED. 

Steam-ships  Alsatia,  (Br..i  Campbell,  Olaseow  hA 
Henderson  Bros.:  Ciiy  of  Chester,  iBr..)  Tibbltt.'  S« 
erpooJ,  John  G.  bale;  Hindoo.  (Br..)  Mills  HulLVli 
Southampton,  C.  L.  Wnght  &  Co.;  Caiondelet  vJS. 
cloth,  Foruandina,  C.  H.  MaUory  k  t^a:  JjenttmL 
Berrv,  Boston,  H.  E.  Dlmock.  r    «•  v«.,    Jieptune, 

Ships  Mat Iborough.  (Br..)  Uunrob  Bremen,  Snow  fe' 
Burgess;  Annie  Blngay,  (Br.,)<  Bond,  Bremen,  Bovd  fc- 
Hincken. 

Barts  Emma,  (Anst,)  Leir.  Copenhai^en,  Slooovicb  k 
C!a;  Emannel,  (»wod.,)  Andemon,  Malaga,  Punch.  Bdva 
4.  C'a 

Brig  F.  J.  Henyman,  Lecraw,  St.  Jago  de  Cuba.  &  k 
W.  Pearce. 

Scnrs.  Fannie  Pike,  Kilpatrick,  Bridgeto-wn,  B.  Trow^ 
bridge's  sous  ;  Maggie  Mulvey.  Fountain,  Cardenas,  J, 
W.  Elwell  &  Co.;  Gertrude  E.  .smith.  Jameson.  Lagnsv- 
ra,  tc,  H.  p.  &Co.;  M.  C,  Taylor,  Taylor,  (.edarKeya 
and  Key  West,  Gerhard  Brewer:  Kate  MUler.  Vansanis 
Mobile,  £.  1).  Hurlbut  &  Co.;  Sallie  £.  Ludlam,  Lndlaat; 
Femandina,  Warren  Ray ;  Five  bisters,  Wallace,  Fori 
au  Fnnce.  &o..  Simpson,  Clspp  U.  Co.;  Euoob  Moore. 
Chamtiers.  Georgetown,  U. 'C.,  alagbt  k  Petty;  VictcH 
ria,  Ball,  Orient,  Loag  Island. 


ARRIVED. 


Stesm-ship  Pommerania,  (Ger.,)  Schroeiuen,  Vank 
burg  Feb.  1,  Qavre  4th,  with  mdse.  and  iMssengen  to 
Kuuhardt  k  Co. 

Kteam-BbiD  Jobn  P.  Best,  (Belflt.)  Vander  Heyden,- 
Antwerp  21  ds..  with  mdse.  to  FuuBh,  Kdye  k  Ca  , 

.Steam-ship  Benefactor,  Jones,  WiioUngton,  N.  CI,' 
Feb.  12,  with  mdse.  and  p&ssengers  to  Wm.  P.  ClvdS 
ti.  Co.  ^ 

steam-°btp  Fanita,  Howe,  Philadelphia,  withmdao.} 
and  passengers  to  James  HEmd.  i 

»team-sbip  Agnes,  Burdick,  PhilMlelphia,  withmdaSbS 
and  passenKers  to  Bogart  &.  liorsraii.  ' 

Steam-Bhip  AUentow-n,  Tuttie,  Philadelphia,  with 
coat  to  Reading  Kailroad  Co. 

Steam-Bbip  Spartan,  (Br..)  Coooer.  Patras  Jan.  ILi 
Me*Blua  22d.  Palermo  27th,  and  aibraltar  Peb.  1  wltik 
mdse.  to  Phelps  Bros.  ^5 

Steam-ship  Gen.  Whitney,  Hallett,  Boston,  with,' 
mdse.  and  p;i8eengers  10  Metropolitan  Steam-ship  Co.  1 

Ship  Dunrobin.  lof  Windsor,  JN.  8.,)  Hams,  UverDOOU 
Dec.  28,  in  ballast  to  Snow  &  Burgess.  ^; 

Bark  L.  H.  DeWebber,  (ct  St.  John,  S.  B.,)  Winches- 
ter, Dunkirk  Nov.  21,  via  Hamptnn  Roads  Feb.  9,  In 
ballast  to  J.  W".  Parker  k  Ca  \ 

Bark  BaIe»trino,  (ItaL.)  Lagomassino,  Liverpool  Deo.' 
14.  in  ballast  to  F.  Uossore.  | 

Brig  Snwanee,  Sawyer,  New-Oirleans  Jan.  19,  wltU 
lumber  to  Simpson,  Clapp  k  Co.. 

bcbr.  Mocking  Bird.  Ansboreugh,  (of  and  16  ds^ 
fiom  St.  John,  N.  B.,  -with  lath,  kc..  to  master.  ■ 

Schr.  Charlotte  Jameson.  Jameson,  Savannah  10da.,i 
With  lumber  to  d.  P.  Brown  &  Co.  | 

Bob  I.  N.  Hand,  Doherty,  Faro-  29  ds.,  -with  rubbeu 
kc,  to  Francis  Moran.  "/ 

bcbr.  John  B.  Hickman,  Richardson,  Eicbmond... 

Schr.  Fiortk  Gunis,  Curtis,  Virginia. 

Schr.  Alice  P.  Biggins.  iTown,  Virginia. 

Schr.  Siirah  D.  Barnes,  Uawkine.  Virginia, 

Schr.  SkyiarK,  Small,  Pnilodelpblik 

Schr.  Onward,  Ward,  Salem. 

Schr.  Mary  Emma,  Chapman.  Nantucket,  with  ftihtci 
master.  ^ 

6chr.  Kagle,  Chase,  New-Bedford. 

Schr.  George  Taulane.  Allen.  Providesice,  i 

Sciir.  Henry  B.  Congdon,  MlUiken,  Providence,  tat 
Baltimore. 

Schr.  Enos  B.  Phillips,  Allen.  Pro-vliSence,  for  BaltUt 
more. 

Schr.  George  Churchman,  Rlsley,  Providence,  for 
Philadelphia.  .' 

Schr.  Paul  P.  Keller,  Henderson, ,  Providence,  fo&, 
Amboy.  , 

Schr.  Wm.  F.  Burden.  Adams,  Provldenoe,  for  Putw 
Johnson.  ' 

Scnr.  Alida,  Cousins,  Providence,  for  Port  Johnson.    , 

Schi-.  Sarah  A.  Falconer,  Wilson,  Providence,  for  Poit4 
Johnson. 

Schr.  William  Slater,  >vans.  Providence,  for  Port 
Johnson. 

Schr.  Caroline  Kienzel,  Dilks,  Proividence,  for  Port 
Johnson. 

.Schr.  Jesse  W.  Knight,  Fenton,  Providence,  ferPor^ 
Johnsoii. 

scur.  Eliza  Pharo,  Watson,  Providence,  for  Port  John-' 
son. 

Schr.  Katie  Mitchell,  Bray,  Fall  Bluer.  I 

Schr.  Jefferson,  Giblis,  Fail  River,/  m  ballast  to  To]^ 
per  k  Beactie.  ' 

Schr.  Joseph  P.  Boss.  Greene.  Tauaton.  ^ 

Sebr.  David  G.  Fioyd,  Clifford,  Newport,  ftr  Porf 
Johnson. 

Schr.  Peacedale,  Caswell,  Newnoart,  for  Fort  Johak 
sou.  ] 

Schr.  Franklin  Nelson,  Hall.  New-Bondon.]  / 

Schr.  White  Ulouii,  vVilBon.  N'ew-Condon. 

Schr.  Wm.  Kiley.  Fitch,  New-Loooon. 

Schr.  Mary  Wood,  Wood,  New-Loadon. 

Schr.  Mary  C.  Decker,  Kelsey,  .I^w-HaTen,  fOr  Vtlf 
gmia  ,  J 

Schr.  Joserbine,  Wskely.  New-Hayea.  • 

Schr.  Alice,  Uoimes,  Fairhaven.     \ 

Schr.  Rucer,  House,  Bridgeport. 

WIND — .Suneet,  light,  6.;  hazy. 


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Ship  Hebe,  for  Queensto-wn  -.  schr.  WQUam  H.  Joae% 
for  Fernandtna.    Aiso,  via  Long  Isiand  .snnnil    steiklr 
ship  Cortes,  for  Halifax. 


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By  steam-ship  Pommerania.  Feb,'lS,  lat^42,  loa.  6& 
68,  a  State  Line  steam-ship  bound  ^.  J 

By  ship  Oiampa  biuilia,  Jan.  26,,lat>  29  50,  los.  Sa 
11,  bark  Mary  Kvans.  i 


BY  CABLE. 

LoNDOir,  Feb.  16.— Sid.  9th  insr.,  Garelle,  Capt.  Dick- 
son ;  lltb  inat.,  Clarabelle:  11th Ine t..  Veranoa,  Wash- 
inctou.  Capt.  Cafiero;  Noel,  Macajlay,  Kate  Harding; 
16th  inst..  Uuedna  Durkee.  John  alurphy.  Lydia,  Oapu 
Goudy;  liOrutto  Fish,  the  latter  for  Caillao;  Nor- 
mandy, for  Kemerara. 

Arr.  lOtu  inst.,  Sew  Era,  Cant.iMcPhee;  NaevaCar» 
lota;  lltb  inst..  Beta;  13th  inst..  Prioress;  15th 
mat.,  Bolton  Abbey,  Jtutine  H.  Ingersoll,  Chieftain,' 
Winona,  Capt.  Bray ;  Molilanro,  Abeona,  Oberon, 
Bteatn-ship:  OlafKvrre;  16th  lust.,  Messina,  with, 
loss  of  main  aud  mizzen  topmasts;  Chepica,  Winona, 
Cant.  Gordon. 

London.  Peb.  16.— Sid.  15th  Inst..  Martha  Cobb,  Ken' 
tnckian:  l6th  lost..  Norma,  Senator  Iken.  for  Key. 
West;  Wm.  Tapscott,  for  New-Orleans;  Vesta,  Capt. 
Tboraen,  tor  bew-Vork. 

Arr.  Ititli  inst.,  tienrv  Bnecbman,  Mary  P.  Kitchen.   ' 

QcBBNSTOwir.  Feb.  16. — The  Canard  Line  steam-, 
ship  Uecla,  Cant.  Talbot,  from  Boston  Feb.  6,  tor  Liv- 
erpool, and  the  steam-ship  Algeria,  of  the  same  line, 
Capt.  Wutson,  from  New- York  Feb.  7,  tor  Liverpool, 
arr.  here  at  4  o'cl'^ck  this  .ifternoon. 

Havana,  Feb..  16.— Tbe  bark  Zaldo,  from  New-Vork, 
has  arr.  at  Santiago  de  Cuba. 


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SAND  ALUS  INHVLTTO  THE  SENATE. 

iCTIOH  OP  THE  HOUSE  ON  THE  DECISIOX 
OF  THE  LOUISIANA  CASE — AN  UNPRE- 
CEDENTED RUUNG  BY  THE  DEMOCBAT- 
IC  LEADER-— THE  SECRETARY  OF  THE 
SENATE  REFUSED  RECOGNITION — A  PAR- 
TISAN POWER  NEVER  BEFORE  ASSUMED 
BY  ANY  PRESIDING  OFFICER — OUTRA- 
GEOUS    TREATMENT    OF  A  REPUBLICAN 

MEMBER. 

special  Ditvatch  to  tlK  New-  York  T^me*. 

Washington,  Feb.  17.— To-day  the  Dem- 

icratic  members  of  the  House  exhibited  very 
bitter  feeling  over  the  decision  ot  the  Louisi- 
UQa  ceise.  It  came  ao  suddenly  upon  them  last 
BTening,  and  "was  so  entirely  different  from 
ivhat  they  had  from  some  cause  brought  them- 
lelves  to  expect,  that  they  were  thrown  into  a 
itate  ot  demoralization  which  for  the  time  pre- 
vented tnem  from  collecting  themselves 
saflBciently  to  express  the  utter  dis- 
appomtment  caused  by  •  the  decision. 
This  morning  thQy  were  early  at  the  Capitol, 
notice  having  been  served  last  night  upon  each 
Democratic  member  to  be  in  his  place  in  the 
House  at  10  o'clock.  Most  ot  them  were  pres- 
ent at  the  hour  designated,  and  as  a  recess  was 
immediately  taken  until  noon  they  had  abun- 
dant bnportunity  to  mingle  and  talk  over  the 
situation.  Except  a  few  of  the  leaders  who 
were  assembled  in  the  Speaker's  room,  the 
Democrats,  during  the  recess,  gathered  in 
groups  on  the  floor,  each  group  iorming  an  in- 
tormal  indignation  meotmg  for  the  purpose  of 
denouncine  the  majority -ot  the  Commissiou. 

In  the  Speakei-'s  rooms  were  assembled 
Speaker  Bandall.  Mr.  Lamar,  Chairman  of  the 
Democratic  caucus ;  Messrs.  Morrison,  Cox, 
Hewitt,  Springer,  Field,  and  others,  devising  a 
orogramme  of  proceedings.  It  was  finally  de- 
termined by  these  leaders  that  the  joint  con- 
tention should  not  be  assembled  until  an  op- 
portunity was  had  tQ  hold  a  formal  caucus,  and 
accordingly  the  resolution  for  a  joint  meeting 
ya.  Monday  was  prepared,  which  Lamar 
offered  immediately  following  the  reading  of 
the  journal.  When  the  House  was  called, 
at  12  o'clock,  the  joumal  was  read  throUE^h  in 

order  to  give  time  and  opportunity  for  pri- 
vately instructing  the  Democrats  of  the  pro- 
gramme adopted  in  the  Speaker's  room.  The 
reading  of  the  journal  had  not  proceeded  far 

when  the  Secretary  of  the  Senate  appeared 
with  a  mes8ae:e  announcing  that  the  Senate 
was  prepared  to  meet  the  House  in  joint  con- 
vention to  continue  the  Electoral  count. 
Contrary  to  all  precedent.  Speaker  Ran- 
dall paid  no  attention  to  the  Secretary 
of  the  Senate,  forcing  him  to  stand 
without  recognition  for  nearly  an  hour.     This 

\ra8  a  deliberate   indignity   which  cannot  be 

justified  under  any  circumstances,  and  which, 
in  this  instance,  was  aggravated  -  by  the  fact 
that  the  communication  from  the  Senate,  no 
matter  when  made,  could  have  no  poasible  ef- 
fect on  any  contemplated  action  of  the  House. 
The  reading  ot  the  joumal  completed,  Mr.  La- 
mar was  recognized  to  introduce  his  resolu- 
tion informing  the  Senate  that  the  House  would 
be  prepared  to  reassemble  in  joint  convention 
at  11  o'clock  Monday  morning.  The  previous 
question  was  moved,  when  Mr.  Kasson  arose, 
bat  before  he  uttered  ten  words  a  howl  came 
from  the  Democratic  side,  and  thus  encouraged, 
the  Speaker  was  proceeding  to  take  the  sense 
ot  the  House,  entirely  ignoring  Mr.  Kasson, 
'when  that  gentleman  called  out  that  he  rose 
to  submit  a  question  of  privilege,  and  insisted 
upon  his  right  to  recognition.  Mr. 
Kasson's  determined  manner  induced  the 
Speaker  to  halt,  and  to  snappishly 
inquire,  "What  is  the  question  of  privilege?" 
dUr.  Kasson  directed  attention  to  the  fact  that 
the  Secretary  of  the  Senate  had.  been  waiting 
for  some  time  to  deliver  a  message  from  the 
Senate,  and  that  be  should  be  received  before 
jthe  vote  was  taken  on  Lamar's  resolution. 
iThe  Speaker  ruled  that  to  be  no  privileged 
question,  and,  amid  yells  fur  the  regular 
order  irom  the  Democratic  side,  the  Speaker 
.sngrlly  commanded  Mr.  Kasson  to  resume  his 
jseat.  The  question  was  put  on  Lamar's  resolution 
and  carried  by  a,  vote  of  yeas  152,  nays.  111. 
iThe  Secretary  of  the  Senate  was  compelled  to 
stand  through  the  roll-call,  but  upon  its  com- 
pletion, and  before  announcing  the  result, 
Sx>eaker  Bandall  recognized  him,  and  the  com- 
munication from  the  Senate  was  delivered. 
Nine  Democrats  voted  against  the  resolution, 
and  the  same  number  also  voted  against  the  re- 
•ess  until  Monday,  which  was  moved  by  Mr. 
Lamar  immediately  upon  adoption  of  his  reso- 
lution. 

Speaker  Randall's  refusal  to  receive  the 
message  from  the  Senate  was  based  on  the  idea 
that  the  violation  of  the  Electoral  Commission 
law  could  be  m  some  way  better  defended  if 
jthe  record  were  to  sho'w  that  there  was  no  pre- 
vious notice  received  of  the  readiness  of  the 
Senate  to  proceed  with  the  count  Randall 
knew  the  nature  of  the  message,  and 
because  he  knew  it  declined  to  recog- 
nize Secretary  Gorham  to  receive  it. 
This  is  a  power  never  assumed  by  a 
presiding  officer  of  either  House,  and  one  week 
ago,  on  a  similar  occasion,  Bandall  interrupted 
the  roll-call  to  receive  the  message.  The  power 
he  exercised  to-day  is  one  by  which  in  the 
closing  days  of  a  session  the  Speaker  could  de- 
feat entirely  important  legislation.  Randall's 
action  was  discourteous,  violent,  and  outrage- 
ous, and  probably  no  other  Democrat ,  in  Con- 
gress in  his  position  would  have  been  so  devoid 
of  decency  and  shame  as  to  have  acted  so  im- 
properly,   \ 

YBSTERUA  TS  A  ClION  IN  THE  HO  USE. 

IHE  COURSE  PURSUED  BY  THE  DEMOCRATS 
ENTi'reLY  unexpected — ^A  WEAK  EX- 
CUSE GIVEN  BY  THE  LEADERS — MKM- 
BKR8  OF  THE  PARTY  WHO  ARE  LIABLE 
TO  KICK  OVER  THE  TRACES — A  GREAT 
DIVERSITY  OF  OPINIO.^  AND  INTERESTS. 
Special  Dispatch  to  the  tJew-  York  Times. 
■Washixgtojt,  Feb  17. — The  action  of  tbe 

House  to-day  was  unexpected  in  its  method, 
though  not  in  its  result.  It  was  suppdsed  the 
Deinocrats  would  allow  the  joint  meeting  to  be 
held,  and  would  present  objections  to  the  de- 
cision m  the  case  of  Louisiana,  and  then  take  a 
recess  till  Monday,  as  was  done  when  Florida 
was  brought  into  the  convention.  Instead,  they 
determined  not  to  have  a  joint  meeting 
till  Monday.  This  is  clearly  a  violation  of  the 
spirit  of  the  law,  and  almost  certainly  •f  the 
letter  as  welL  It  the  resolution  waa  passed  in 
good  faith,  the  question  of  itq  strict  leeahty 
might  be  waived,  and  it  is  assertad  bv  nearly 
all  leading  Democrats  that  the  party  will  stana 
by  the  results  of  the  law,  and  some  of  them 
profess  to  expect  the  entire  vote  will  be  counted 
by  the  end  of  next  week.  Some  »f  them  have 
given  as  a  reason  for  deserving  a  little  delay 
now  that  there  are  30  or  more  ot  their  men  m 
the  House  who  are  hot-headed  and  rash,  and 
who  can  only  be  kept  under  control  by  careful 
maoagement.  This  refers  to  such  people  as 
Bjfnagfir,  of  Illinois,  and  ThonuMon.  of  Jlassof 


chosetta.  The  latter  has  become  infinitely 
more  of  a  nuisanbe  than  Springer.  He 
goes  around  the  Capitol  hafanguing  little 
bands  of  Democrats  wherever  he  can 
get  them  together.  He  talks  in  a  wildly  excited 
manner,  and  at  times  about  tne  Commission, 
and  presents  some  symptoms  of  incipient 
insanity.  It  is  said  that  be  regards  the 
rejection  by  the  CoinmiRsion'  of  his  Florida 
report  as  a  personal  affreni.  The  leaders  may 
be  sincere  in  their  expressed  determination  not 
to  delay  and  fiUibuster,  but  their-  actions  do 
not  seem  so,  for  while  professing  not  to 
intend  delay  they  do  delay,  and  only  nine 
Democrats,  and  they  not  prominent  in  the 
party,  voted  against  deferring  the  count  till 
Monday.  It  is  the  universal  belief  that  on 
Monday  a  further  recess  will  be  taken  till  Tues- 
day before  the  States  are  counted  down  to 
Oregon.  This  is  mere  conjecture,  but  the  cau- 
cus which  meets  at  the  Capitol  to-night,  and 
which  may  possibly  conxinuo  in  session  till  too 
late  an  hour  to  learn  before  to-morrow  what 
was  agreed  upon,  may  decide  definitely  upon  a 
course  to  be  pursued. 

There  is  a  great  diversity  of  opinion,  feeling, 
and  interests  in  the  Democratic  ranks,  and 
Republicans  generally  rather  hope  that  the 
revolutionists  will  prove  strong  enough  to  make 
the  attempt  at  delay  formidable,  the  common 
belief  being  that  snob  a  fact  would  lead  to  a 
speedy  disruption  of  the  party.  The  excite- 
ment is  intense,  but  a  remarkable  feature  of 
it  which  still  continues  is  the  "personal 
restraint  that  has  prevented  not  only  violent 
altercations,  but  even  angry  words.  Every- 
thing said  is  in  the  best  of  good  nature,  and 
tbe  hot  display  of  Mr.  Hewitt  on  the  floor  of 
the  House  to-day  was  the  nearest  approach 
there  has  yet  been  to  riolence  or  any  encoun- 
ter. The  action  of  the  caucus,  when  known, 
may  make  plain  the  future,  which  is  now  con- 
siderably clouded  by  Thompson,  Springer,  and 
tbeir  like. 

THE  DEMOCRATIC  CAUCUS. 
THE     PROCEEDINGS     MORE     PACIFIC     THAN 

ANTICIPATED NORTHERN     DEMOCRATS 

MORE  REVOLUTIONARY  THAN  THEIR 
SOUTHERN  ASSOCIATKS — DAVID  DUDLEY 
FIELD'S       VINDICTIVENESS — THE       RESO- 

TIONS. 

Srteeial  Diapatch  to  the  !few-  York  Tim^s. 

Washington,  Feb.  17.— The  Democratic 

caucus  to-night  was  attended  by  over  IDO 
members,  and  in  the  general  character  of  the 
proceedines  was  more  pacific  than  was  antici- 
pated. Mr.  Cochrane,  of  Pennsylvania,  intro- 
duced a  resolution,  preceded  by  two  or  Jhreo 
long  preambles,  setting  forth  that  the  majority 
of  the  Electoral   Commissiou    had  disregarded 

their   oaths   and  refused  to   obey   the   law, 

thereby  defeating  the  will  of  the  people,  and 
resolving  that  it  is  the  duty  of  the  House  of 
Representatives  to  defeat  the  fraudulent 
action  of  the  Commission  by  all  means 
known  to  the  Constitution  and  the  laws,  to 
this  end  interposing  dilatory  motions  when 
available,  objecting  to  the  votes  of  States  yet 
to  be  called,  t«  the  end  that  the  inouguration 
of  a  usurper  may  be  defeated.  This  resolu- 
tion was  advocated  by  Cochrane,  Hard,  South- 
ard, of  Ohio;  Lyndo,  of  Wisconsin,  and  Thomp- 
son, of  Massachusetts,  who  made  the  most 
bitter  and  vehement  speech  of  the  evening. 
John  Young  Brown,  of  Kentucky;  Reagan,  of 
Texas ;  Singleton,  of  Mississippi,  and  Hill,  ot 
Georgia,  opposed  the  resolution,  each  of  these 
gentlemen  denouncing  it  as  unwise,  unpatri- 
otic, and  revolutionary.  Those  who  advocated 
it  argued  that  it  would  be  preferable  to  submit 
to  an  interregnum  in  the  Presidency,  the 
elevation  of  the  President  pro  torn,  of  the 
Senate,  or  a  new  election,  rather  than  permit 
the  inauguration  of  Hayes.  Finally,  Mr. 
Reagan  offered  a  substitute  f or  Cochrane's  revo- 
lutionary measure,  declaring  that  the  House 
will  not  interpose  irregular  or  dilatory  act  on 
to  the  further  count  of  the  Electoral  vote,  but 
that  the  count  shall  proceed  in  the  mode 
prescribed  by  the  Electoral  act,  carrying  out 
in  good  faith  all  its  conditions.  Mr.  Bright,  of 
Tennessee,  offered  an  amendment  to  this  reso- 
lution that  the  House  of  Representatives  pro- 
tests against  the  shameful  and  fraudulent  de- 
cision by  the  majority  of  the  Commission  in 
the  case  of  tbe^States  of  Florida  and  Louisiana. 
This  resolution,  together  with  the  amendment, 
was  adopted  by  a  vote  of  two  to  one. 

David  Dudley  Field  came  to  the  front  with 
a  resolution  calling  for  another  caucus  on 
Monday  night,  and  the  appointment  of  a  com- 
mittee of  five  to  report  upon  the  propriety  of 
stooping  the  appropriations  for  the  coming  year 
for  the  Army.  Mr.  Willis,  oi  New-York,  moved  to 
table  Field's  resolution  when.  Field  withdrew 
it.  The  caucus  adjourned  about  11  o'clock.  It 
is  noticeable  that  the  Southern  members  acted 
almost  solidly  against  the  extreme  measures 
proposed,  and  made  all  the  pacific  speeches 
that  wrro  uttered.  Mr.  Cochrane's  preamble 
and  resolutions  were  as  follows  : 

Wfiereag.  Tdb  Elbctoral  Commisalon  was  created 
in  giiud  faitb,  with  a  view  to  the  examination  of  evi- 
dence and  all  qaedtiona  which  perrain  to  the  dia- 
paled  votes  of  Fiunaa,  LouiaiaDit,  and  Oregon  ;  and 
whereas,  said  Cummission,  in  disregard  ot  their 
oaths,  fraudulently  retased  to  obey  tbe  law  and  the 
wi'l  of  the  peaple  by  deiealing  such  uxammation ; 
therefore 

Resolved,  Thai  it  la  the  dnty  of  Congress,  which  it 
owes  10  tne  Democratic  Party  and  the  American 
p/ople,  to  defeat  the  fraadulent  acts  of  said  Cum- 
missiuii  by  all  the  means  known  to  tbe  Constilntiou 
and  laws,  to  the  end  that  all  possible  delays  may  be 
interno'.ed,  dilacorv  morions  made,  and  objuccioos 
interposed  to  the  vote  of  every  State  yet  to  be 
counted,  with  the  view  of  multiplying  issues,  and 
thereby  defeating  the  iuaagnration  of  a  usurper. 

Mr.  Reagan's  substitute  was  as  follows  : 

Ruolvtd,  That  the  count  of  the  Electoral  vote 
shall  proceed  without  dilatory  opposition  to  the  or- 
derly eX"Cntion  of  tnu  act  of  Congress  creatine  tbe 
Electoral  Commission,  whodQ  deoisiunH  shall  be  rn. 
ceived  and  acred  npoo  in  accordance  wiin  tbe  provi- 
sions (if  the  Haid  law. 

Mr.  Bright's  amendment,  which  was  adopted, 
was  as  follows : 

"But  tbia  resolntaon  is  acoorapaniad  with  the 
solemn  and  earnest  protest  ot  tbe  Democratic 
Party  against  the  ffrunB  and  shameless  violations  of 
law,  justice,  and  truth  contained  in  tbe  decisions  ot 
tbe  majority  .who  signed  the  same  in  the  cases  of 
Florida  antf  Louisiana." 

The  following  resolution  was  offered  by  Mr. 
Walling,  ot  Ohio,  but  received  only  13  votes  : 

Resolved,  That,  in  view  of  the  tact  that  the  so- 
called  E.ectoral  Commission  have  refasod  to  receive 
eTiiteuce  of  the  frauds  ctntrsed  in  the  recent  «lec- 
tiOQB,  or  the  ineligibility  of  Electors,  it  is  onr  duty, 
ss  representatives  of  the  people,  w  do  no  farther 
lecialatloa  recognizing;  said  Commission,  or  meet 
in  joint  session  to  forcber  the  ooontof  tbeBlectoral 
vote  under  Itb  decisions.  ^ 

HEWITT  FORCED  TO  APOLOGIZE.    . 

DEMOCRATIC     BITTERNESS      ILLUSTRAIED— 

A        RKPRKSENTATIVE         IN         CONURESS 

GROSSLY    INSULTED     BY 

CONGRESSMAN. 

Special  DUpateh  to  tite  New- York  Ilnwi. 

Washing  roN,  Feb.  17.— A  scene  occurred 

during  the  briet  session  ot  the  House  to-day 
which  serves  to  illustrate  the  bitterness  of  feel- 
ing existing  among  the  Demooratio  leadeis. 
When  Mr.  Lamar  offered  his  resolution  for  reas- 
sembling in  joint  convention  on  Monday,  Mr. 
Bliss,  of  New- York,  who  was  sitting  directly 
behind  Mr.  Baker,  of  Indiana,  inquired 
of  him,  •'  What  does  this  mean  V  Baker 
replied,  "  It  means  filibostermg."  Mr.  Abram 
S.  Hewitt  sits  next  to  Baker,  and  overhearing 


A    NEW-YORK 


Baker,  and,  with  much  warmth  and  emphasis, 
said:  "  That's  a  d d  lie."  Hewitt's  insult- 
ing remark  was  exploded  with  so  much  force 
that  it  was  heard  several  seats  distant,  causing 
those  members  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the 
parties  to  rise  in  anticipation  of  a  personal 
collision.  Baker  afterward  informed  Hewitt 
that  he  had  wantonly  insulted  him.  and  that  he 
would  hold  him  responsible  for  it,  when  Hewitt 
apologized  for  his  choleric  conduct.  This  inci- 
dent ocoasioned  a  great  deal  ot  comment,  and 

Hewitt  18  universally  condemned  for  his  ebulli- 
tion of  passion  and  violation  of  decency.  His 
apology  was  entirely  satisfactory  foMr.  Baker. 

THE  HAND  OF  TILDEN. 

PELTON  BUYS  ALL  THE  COPIKS  OF  "  SLATER'S 

code-book"    to   bk  fodnd  in  NKW- 
york — something    for    the    senate 

committee  TO  LOOK  INTO. 

Soecill  Cntoatch'.i  fii  ffeio-Yor':  TIti'.i. 

Washington,  Feb.  17.— It  has  been  as- 
certained in  New-York  that  the  cipher  dic- 
tionary used  by  the  Democrats  in  the  concoc- 
tion of  the  Oregon  villainy  is  known  as 
Slater's  Code- Book,  and  was  purchased  irom 
Charles  Wiley,  a  bookseller,  at  No.  15  Astor 
place.  About  two  weetcs  after  election,  Til- 
den's  nephew.  Col.  William  T.  Pelton,  called 
at  tbe  store  and  purchased  two  of  tbe  books. 
These  were  undoubtedly  used  in  the 
celebrated  cipher  correspondence  with 
Grover,  relative  to  the  decision  in  the 
case  of  Watts,  the  Oregon  E'ector. 
Subsequently,  on  the  8th  of  December,  Pelton 
again  ai>peared  and  purchased  four  copies 
more,  supposing  that  number  to  be  all  that  re- 
mained in  the  store.  On  the  16th  of  Dooem- 
ber  another  of  the  books  was  bought  tor  the 
use  of  the  Democratic  Committee  at  the  Eve- 
rett House,  and  on  the  18th  and  19th  respect- 
ively, two  more  of  them  were  sought  out  and 
purchased  by  well-known  Democrats.  The 
name  of  the  buyer  on  the  date  last 
mentioned  is  unknown,  but  as  ho  de- 
layed payment  until  ji^n.  8,  and 
some  difficulty  was  experienced  m  collecting 
the  bill,  it  is  surmised  that  it  was  Tilden  him- 
self. On  the  22d  of  December  Pelton,  or  some 
one  else  ior  him,  bought  all  the  remaining  Code 
Boolcs    in    the    store — three    in    number.     Mr. 

Wiley  refuses  to  give  the  names  of  the  pur- 
chasers, but  it  has  been  ascertained  beyond 
doubt  that  tlioy  are  as  above  stated.  Ho  says 
that  he  has  had  frequent  calls  for  the  book 
since,  and  could  have  easily  sold  50  copies. 
The  price  of  the  work  was  $3  50.  When  Pelton 
first  called  he  was  shown  an  A  B  C  signal 
boQk,  but  said  that  he  preferred  "  Slater's,"  as 
that  was  the  safest. 


Virgmi*.  wm  before  Mr.  G^iode's  committee  to-day, 

thfi  oneetion  and  B^r^sanswer,  tUBedtoJLud.tMtifled^  that   (ha  only.  WDreheiuioiu  of 


SENATOR  KELLTS  EXPLANATION. 

wuat  hk  knew  about  tiluen's  atiempt 
to    buy    an    electoral    vote — col. 

PELTON  AND  BIS  PKINCIPAL  IN  GRAM- 
EKCY  PARK  CHARGED  Willi  RASCALITY 
— WHEKE  THK  MONEY  SENT  TO  ORE- 
GAN    CAME    FROM. 

Svecial  DitvalcK  to  th:  Tfew-York  THmet. 

Washington,  Feb.  17. — The  explanation 
of  Senator-  Kelly  to-day  in  the  Senate  of  his 
Oregon  correspondence  was  the  same  in  sub- 
stance as  the  brief  statement  in  I'nB  Times  a 
day  or  two  ago.  He  enlarged  that  statement, 
and  read  all  the  telegrams  with  an  emphasis 
that  made  the  sense  clear  where  they  have 
seemed  blina.  By  reading  them  he  secured 
their  printing  in  tbe  Record,  a  result  he  oould 
not  have  had  in  mind.  Ho  put  the  dispatches 
together  m  order  of  time,  showing  that  he  was 
entirely  familiar  with  them.  His  defense  went 
only  to  tbe  extent  of  helping  himself  out  ot 
the  criminal  conspiracy,  and  iu  attempting 
this  he  found  it  necessary  to  charge  Patrick 
with  rascality.  Mr.  Kelly  is  so  fat-witted  that 
he  did  not  comprehend  that  when  ho  was 
charging  Patrick  with  cheating  ho  was  directly 
charging  tbe  same  conduct  upon  Pelton  and 
Pelton's  principal,  for  whether  Kelly  under- 
stood Patrick's  corrupt  proposition  or  not,  it 
is  clear  that  the  N^-York  parties  did,  and  ap- 
proved it  if  tbe  fee  could  bo  made  contingent 
on  Tilden's  inauguration.  The  Deipocratic 
Senators  were  generally  in  their  seats,  and 
they  saw  the  eflfoct  of  Kelly's  story  if  it  were 
believed,  and  they  looked  anything  but 
pleased.  Kelly's  explanation  is  generally  held 
to  be  entirely  incredible,  and  ho  can  only  give 
assurance  of  his  sincerity  by  submitting  him- 
self to  examination  under  oath  by  the  commit- 
tee. 

That  the  money  sent  to  Oregon  came  from 
Tilden's  private  account  is  made  daily  more 
certain  by  the  attempts  to  prevent  investiga- 
tion. The  Cashier  ot  the  bank,  Mr.  Jordan, 
refuses  to  testify,  and  if  the  money  had  been 
taken  from  other  funds  he  would  have  been 
instructed,  no  doubt,  by  Mr.  Tilden,  to  present 
evidence  of  that  fact.  Tilden  now  is  in  such 
bad  odor,  even  with  the  Democracy,  that  if  a 
new  election  were  to  be  held,  he  oould  not  get 
the  nomination  from  their  convention. 

CLAIM  OF  LOUISIANA   DEMOCRATS. 

HOW  THEY  HOPE  TO  SECURE  CONTROL  OF 
THE  STATE  GOVERNMENT — THEY  WILL 
SUPPORT  PRESIDENT  HAYES  IP  MR. 
KICHOLLS  IS  RECOGNIZED  AS  GOV- 
ERNOR. 

Sofcial  Vtspateh  to  the  New -York  Times. 
Washington,  Feb.  17. — Since  the  de- 
cision rendered  by  the  Electoral  Commission 
yesterday,  the  Democrats  of  Louisiana  have 
given  up  all  hope  of  seating  Mr.  Tilden  in  the 
Presidential  chair.  Their  one  hope  now  is  to 
secure  control  of  their  State  Government,  and 
to  that  end  they  are  straining  every  nerve. 
Their  programme  is  to  appeal  to  the  Hayes 
Administration  for  a  recognition  of  Nioholls 
and  tbe  other  Demooratie  State  ofiScers. 
and  should  this  fail,  as  they  expect 
it  will,  their  next  action  will  be  in  the  courts. 
They  will  claim  that  although  tbe  Returning 
Board  had  power  to  canvass  the  returns  for 
Presidential  Electors,  it  had  no  power  to  count 
or  declare  the  vote  for  Governor  and  Lieuten- 
ant Governor.     This   claim  they  base  upon 

a  clause  in  the  State  Constitution 
adopted  in  1868,  which  provides  that 
the  Legislature  and  not  the  Re- 
turning Board  has  power  to  canvass  the 
vote  for  State  offices.  The  Louisiana  politi- 
cians here  are  among  the  most  conservative 
Democrats,  and  they  now  state  that  if  they  can 
secure  a  recognition  of  Nicholls  and  his  Qov- 
emment  under  the  clause  ot  the  Constitution 
named,  they  wilj  be  willing  to  support  and  sus- 
tain President  Hayes  and  his  Administration 
with  every  power  and  all  the  influence  which 
they  possess. 

WHY  TROOPS  WERIi  SENT  SOUTH. 
THE  KLECnON  IN  VIRGINIA— THE  MILITARY 
NECESSARY   TO  PRK8ERVK   THK    PEACE — 
FREEDMEN     PROTECTED     FROM     INTIMI- 
DATION WHXREVBR  SOLDIERS  ARE  STA- 
TIONED. 
Washwoton,  Feb.  17.— L.  L.  Lewis,  United 
States  Dutrict  Attorney  for  the  Baatem  District  of 


trpnble  were  occadoned  by  editoriala  In  the  city 
papers  at  Petersbnrg  before  election  time,  and 
speeches  made  by  canvassers ;  did  not  -  actually  see 
any  necessity  for  the  presence  of  trtxips,  although 
the  colored  Repnblicaus  feared  from  the  above  rea- 
sons that  trouble  would  ensae;  was  not  in  Peters- 
bnrg on  election  day. 

C.  P.  BamsdelL  a  United  States  Marshal  for  the 
Eastern  District  of  Vurginia,  testified  that  he 
wrote  letters  to  Attorney  General  Taft  in  October 
last;  in  the  election  of  1874  witness  received  tele- 
grams from  Attorney  Geueral  Williams  to  the  effect 
that  if  sach  disturbances  as  mentioned  In  the  letters 
written  by  witnesa  occurred  again  it  woold  be 
necessary  to  snmmon  Uoited  States  troops  to  his 
assistance  in  preserving  the  peace,  bat  be  hoped 
that  such  a  aiep  would  not  be  resorted  to  unless  ab- 
solutely necessary:  lour  days  after  the 
May  election  of  1876,  Edward  Edwards  was 
fnghttnllv  beaten  and  also  shot,  and  when  the 
November  elections  were  near  at  hand  he  was 
visited  b.y  a  number  ot  persons,  among  them  many 
ladies,  who  begged  witness  to  use  every  effort  to 
preserve  the  peace-,  he  foarod  that  distacbknces  of 
a  more  wolent  nature  would  take  place,  henoo  hia 
letters  to  the  Attorney  General ;  witness  apuoinled 
142  Deputy  Marshals;  anions  these  there  were  only 
two  Conaorvativea  who  served;  there  was  no  pay 
attached  to  the  ufiScos;  witness  was  ordered  to 
Petersbnrir  by  the  President  to  stay  there  and 
preserve  the  peace;  the  November  elections  wrro 
exceedingly  qaie't,and  the  number  of  troops  present 
were  24  privates  and  two  officers. 

C.  P.  Ramsdell,  United  States  Marshal,  testifled 
that  bis  impression  was  that  the  presence  of  mili- 
tary at  Petersburg  on  Nov.  7  tonded  to  preserve 
peace  and  encourage  a  free  and  fair  expression  of 
the  vote,  although  the  Petersburi  coramonity  is  as 
law,ibiding  as  any  other  he  knew  of.  He  also  stated 
that  the  United  States  Court  was  in  acsiion  on  that 
day,  at  Jarrett'8  Hotel,   by  or.ler  of  the  President. 

B.  W.  HoxBcy,  Assistant  Discriot  Atlornoy,  who 
reside!)  at  Culpepper,  V.t.,  stated  tb.it  he  wai  at 
Petersbnrg  on  the  day  of  the  last  election  Dy  order 
of  the  PresUieut ;  that  he  was,  in  fact,  tho  imme- 
diate canso  of  troops  bcini;  sent  tliore.  He  ^reIlC 
to  Washington  in  con«equi;uco  of  a  telegram  re- 
ceived from  the  Chief  Supervisor *>f  Elections,  and 
8;iw  the  Attorney  General  and  Gon.  Sherman,  lie 
said  that  from  hii  previous  oxporlence  he  did  not 
believe  that  any  mnnicipal  aatoorttios  in  Virginia 
would  allow  the  lull  black  vote  to  bo  cast  in  any 
place  where  it  predominated.  Ho  stated,  however, 
that  at  the  November  eleeUot  at  Petersburg  no  dis- 
turb.-ince  ocenrud  at  any  poll;  no  United  States 
Marshal  made  on  arrest,  and  tUe  Mavur    maintained 

the  peace  on  that  day. 

The  committee  then  adjourned  until  Monday, 

GOV.  TILDEN'S  BANK  ACCOUNT. 

THR  CA8IIIKK  OF  TIIK  Tlltlll)  N.\TIONAL 
HANK  UEFORE  A  SENATE  COMMIITEK — 
HR  REFUSES  TO  I'RODUCK  TILDEN'S 
ACCOUNT  AND  WILL  UK  ItKPORTED  FOR 
CONTBMPJ— TESTIMONY  OF  THE  BA.NK 
presidknt. 
Washington,  Feb.    17.— Courad   N.  Jordau, 

Cashier  of  the  Third  National  Bmk  of  New- York, 
waa  before  the  Sooate  fsau-committee  on  Privileges 
and  Eiootlons  this  morning.  Seuator  .Mitchell  quo<i- 
tioned  tbe  witness  as  to  hia  kuowled;;o  of  sums  ot 
money  havine  been  *ent  from  New- York  to  Ureicon 
i<inoe  the  latu  eUciinn,  and  the  witness  declined  to 
answer  all  questions  on  that  snbjecr,  or  to  produce 
the  l>ooks  and  papers  called  tor  in  tho  8ubi><£na 
served  on  him  until  he  ha>4  consulted  with  his  law- 
yer. Ho  stated  tbat  h-i  had  oousalced  with  no  one, 
save  tho  President  and  Uiructurs  ot  his  bank,  since 
the  subpooiie  was  served  on  hira  ;  witness  I'urthet 
rviuscd  to  state  what  advice  had  been  given  him  by 
tho  President  and  Directors  of  his  bank  when  he 
consulted  them  relative  to  the  subpua^a  sorvod  on 
faim  calling  for  a  statement  ot  tbe  accounts  at  his 
bank  of  Samuel  J.  X.ldon,  A.  S.  UewUt,  and  W.  X. 
Pelton. 

James  B.  Weaver,  proprietor  of  the  Everett 
House,  New- York,  was  called  and  examined  bv 
Senator  Mitchell,  lie  stated  that  they  were  in  the 
habit  at  his  house,  durine  tho  late  political  cam- 
paign, of  casblni;  checks  and  orders  drawn  by  Col, 
W.  T.  Pelton  ;  tho  checks  drawu  by  Pelton  w€»e 
on  the  Hanover  Bank  of  New- York  ;  he  does  not 
know  that  there  was  any  money  depoaited  with 
his  Cashier  fur  political  onrposes  durini;  the  mou'.hs 
of  Octot>er  and  November  last,  exct-pc  15,003;  tbia 
sum  was  deposited  by  Mr.  Lamont,  of  the  New- 
York  Stato  Democratic  Committee,  and  witness 
knows  nothlne  of  the  way  in  which  it  was  dis- 
bursed;  the  National  Democratic  Committee  had 
rooms  at  hia  hoiel  dunng  the  last  political  cam- 
paien. 

John  W.  EUU.  President  of  tho  Third  National 
Bank  ot  New- York,  was  before  ttie  committee 
tbia  afternoon  and  made,  under  oath,  a  statement 
similar  to  the  ooe  made  by  him  to  tbe  Chairm^m  of 
the  Sut>-comiuittee  [Senator  Mltchollj  yesterday. 
^e  stated  that  he  knew  of  the  issuing  of  a  suboffioa 
to  Mr.  Jordan,  In  which  certain  booics  and  papers 
w^re  called  for ;  he  spoke  to  Mr.  Jordan  on  thi't 
subjoot  and  Mr.  Jordan  Informed  witness  that  bo 
had  received  another  dispatch  telling  him  that  ho 
[Mr.  Jordanl  need  not  come  to  Washington;  wit- 
ness does  not  know  who  sent  tho  dispatch,  and  Jor- 
dan thinks  it  bore  no  signature  ;  he  first  learned 
ot  Jordan's  beini:  iu  contempt  by  reading 
tho  momine  papers  of  a  tew  ditys  since  ;  he  went 
to  Mr.  Jordan  immediately  and  asked  him  how  it 
w^s,  and,  after  conversing  with  him  for  a  time,  left 
wHb  tne  impression  on  his  mind  that  Jordan  was 
to  obey  the  snbpiena  as  first  issued.  In  fact,  Jor- 
dan wrote  a  dispatch  in  the  presence  of  witness  In 
which  he  stated  to  Saaator  Morton  that  he  would 
come  to  Washington  immediately.  The  witness 
stated,  in  reply  to  Senator  Kernan,  that  he  and  tbe 
members  of  hia  Arm — Winslow,  Linier  &  Co.— are 
all  RoDubllcans,  and  also  that  '  Mr.  Jordan  was 
a  Republican,  but  Mr.  Tilden  bull-dozed  the  Kepub- 
licanlam  out  of  him  this  time." 

Mr.  Jordan  wan  recalled,  and  questioned  bv  Sena- 
tor Mitchell  relative  to  tho  dispatch  which  ho  re- 
ceived iniorming  him  that  ha  need  not  come  to 
Washington  in  answer  to  the  anhpoena  of  the  com- 
mittee. Mr.  Jordan  stated  that  the  dispatch  was 
not  sent  to  him,  but  it  was  bronght  to  tbo  Third 
National  Bank  and  given  him  to  read.  He  declined 
to  say  wno  the  dispatch  was  sent  to,  and  who 
bronght  it  to  biro  at  the  bank,  until  he  has 
consnlted  his  counsal  as  to  hia  answer  ;  he  did  not 
tell  Mr.  Ellis  that  ho  had  received  a  dispatch  telling 
him  tbat  he  [witnessi  need  not  come  to  Washing- 
ton, but  be  told  Mr.  Ellis  tbat  he  had  seen  such  a 
dispatch  ;  the  dispatch  waa  not  shown  him  by  W. 
T.  Pelton :  be  has  not  seen  Pelton  since 
bis  [witness']  arrival  In  Washington;  be 
has  advised  with  no  person  or  persona 
relative  to  tne  course  which  be  is  'at 
present  persuing  in  refa3ing  to  answer  queations, 
and  Intimated  that  ho  thought  questions  were  being 
asked  which  were   improper.     He   also   stated    tbat 

he  would  cuake  bis  answer  when  be  was  taken  to 

the  bar  ot  tbe  Seuat^e.  He  stated  iu  reply  to  Senator 
Logan  that  he  was  awsre  of  the  consequences  for 
refuBipg  to  answer  questions  pat  by  the  members 

of  the  committee,  after  which  he  was  replaced  in 
custody  of  tbe  Sergeant  a£  Arms  of  the  Senate. 

Mr.!Ellls  stated  to  the  committee  tbat  he  was  will- 
ing to  produce  the  books  aud  papers  called  for  by 
the  committee  m  tbe  subpceoa  to  Mr.  Jordan,  and 

he  and  P.  A.  Vincent,  the  paying  teller  of  the 
Third  National  Bank,  will  appear  before  tbe  coiu- 
iniiteeon  Tuesday  next,  in  answer  to  a  tubpoena 
d«<;w  tecum. 

NOTES  FROM  THE  CAPITAL. 


NUMEROUS  CONGKATCLATORY  DISPATCHES 
RECEIVED  BY  THE  NHXT  PRKSIDEN* — 
A  CALL  ON  niM  BY  FIIKP.  DOUGLASS — 
now  TUE  OHIO  DEMOCRATS  ACCKPT 
TIIIC  SITUATION. 
8i>ecM  Dispatch  to  ths  New-  York  Timei. 

Coi-UMBirs,  Fob.  17.— Gov.  Hayes  receiyed 
a  largo  number  of  congratulatory  dispatches 
to-day  and  a  ureat  many  ^,omplimen^ary  qalls. 
Fred.  Doujilass,  who  happohod  to  bo  passing 
through  thn  city,  calleit  to  jiay  his  respects, 
and  sjient  some  time  in  conversation  with  tho 
Goveruor. 

Tiicru  was  considerable  political  cross-firing 
in  the  General  Assembly  to-ilay,  tbe  Democrats 
generally  acKnowledgiug  defeat,  but  accusing 
the  Electoral  Commission  of  iiartisan  decision. 
Tite  Kepublicans  cxprcescd  their  astonishment 
that  tho  Democratic  minority  of  the  Commission 

has    not    been    able    to    overcome    the  piirtisan 

bias,  80  mui'.h  deprecated  by  the  Democrats, 
sufficiently  to  vote  with  tho  majority  even  on 
trivial  questions.  Tfic  discussion  ■was  auim.atod, 

but  eO'Mi  natiirod,  the  Democrats    j;oncrally 

accepting  the  situation  gracefully. 


Washington,   Feo.  17.— The  Treasury  now 

holds  $389,500,00^  in  bonds  to  secure  national  bank 
circulation,  aud  $19,149,000  to  secnra  public  depos- 
its. United  States  bondi  deposite;!  fur  oircniation 
for  the  weekending  to-diiy.  1,088,000;  United  States 
bonds  held  to  secure  oircniation  withdrawn  for  the 
week  ending  to-day,  (1,390,400.  National  bank 
circulation  ontatanding — currency  notes,  $318,369,- 
S77;  gold  notes,  $1,428,930.  Tho  receipts  from  in- 
ternal revenue  to-day  were  1316,853  31,  and  firom 
caBtom^  $493,575  78. 
Th*  foUowioK  balanoM  were  in  th«  IreMWF  of 


the  ITaited  States  to-day  at  the  closing  boar: 
Currency,  $10,420,413  ;  special  deposit  of  legal  ten- 
ders for  the  redemption  of  certificates  of  deposit, 
$37,315,000;  coin,  includiog  $53,817,400  in  com  cer- 
tificates, $69,021,239;  outstanaing  legal  tenders, 
$361964.813. 

The  following  are  the  receipts  of  national  bank 
notes  for  redemption  lor  the  week  ending  to-day,  as 
compared  with  tbe  corresponding  week' of  last  year: 

1876.  1877. 

New-York 1 .■SflOU.OOO  $1,. 378.000 

Boston 1.327,01)0  1,<>(I4,000 

Philadelphia 13i),OllO  18ii,()00 

MiscolUiicous 1.3()g.000  J^13l,W)0 

Total $y,7o7,000  $4,296.li00 

Messrs.  Holman,  Atkiua,  aud  Hale,  Sub-oommit- 
tee  appointed  to  prepare  the  Snndi#  Civil  Approp- 
riation bill,  completed  it  to-day  and  will  r.'port  it  to 
tho  fall  House  Committee  op  Appropriations  next 
Monday.  The  tntiil  of  the  bill  ab  prepared  by  the 
anp-comraittee  is  about  S14,000,000,  which  is  several 
millions  leas  than  that  of  last  year's  bill. 
The  total  amount  recommended  for  continuinii 
the  work  on  nublic  buildings  la  about  ?1. 700,000, 
the  principal  items  being:  f40D,000  for  Chicaco, 
and  $.325,000  each  for  Cincinnati,  St.  Louis,  and 
Philadelphia.  The  sub  committee  have  also  In- 
serted an  item  of  $181,554  for  tho  purchasa.  of  ad- 
ditional land  for  the  Boston  Post  Office  and  Sob- 
treasury.  Thesu.  and  all  other  items  in  the  bill 
are,  of  course,  still  subject  to  change  by  tho  full 
committee.  ' 

CONGRATULATING  GOV.  HAYES. 


aRFJOICINGS  IN    NORTH  CAROLINA. 

Special  Dispaten  to  the  New-  Yuvk  Times. 

Raleiuu,  Feb.  17. — The  Kepublioans  here 
are  rejoicing  over  the  decision  of  tho  Electoral 
Commission  in  the  Louisiana    caso.  •    A    public 

demoDStratiou  will  take  place  as  soon  as  tho 

final  result  is  announced.  With  Haves  as 
President  the  Kepublicans  of  this  Stal-e,  will 
orjjaiiize  lor  the  campaigua  of  1878  and  of  1880. 


TROOPS  JS'EEDJil)  IN  THE  SOUTH. 


UNITED  STATES  MARSHALS  KILLED  WHILE 
IX  THE  DISCHABGE  OF  TUKIR  DUTY — 
DOW  THE  lUCVKNUE  LAWS  AKE  DKFIED 
IN    NOKTII   CAROI.IN'A. 

Sixcial  Diapatch  to  the  New-  York  Tim^t. 
Raleigh,  F'eb.  17. — On  Wodaesday  las  t, 
jn  Wataliga  County,  John  Wilson,  a  revenue 
oflaoer,  attempted  to  arrest  Mathiaa  Harmon,  a 
notorious  illicit  distiller.  Several  shots  wore 
lired  on  both  sides,  reeultinc  in  the  death  of 
Wilson  and  tho  escape  of  Harmon.  Several 
illicit  distillers  were  arrested  a  few  days  ago 
in  Polk  County  and  carrnnl  to  Hcndcrsonville 
for  trial.  The  iriends  of  tbe  distillers  rallied 
and  followed  the  ofliccrs  for  the  purpose  of 
rescuing  the  meu  under  arrest.  A  street  fight 
took  place  in  Ilendersonville  between  tbo  offi- 
cers and  the  rescuers,  resulting  in  the  shoot- 
ing of  two  of  the  attacking  party.  Another 
account  says  two  officers  were  killed  while  the 
trial  was  going  on. 

A  letter  from  the  Collector  of  Internal  Rev- 
enue of  the  MAuntain  iTistrict  says  that  two 
Deputy  Marshals,  one  by  tbe  name  of  Merrill, 
attcmoted  to  arrest  a  squad  of  illicit  distillers 
in  Buncombe  County  one  day  this  week,  and 
that  tho  two  Marshals  were  killed. 

Washington,  Feb.  17. — Tho  CommissioneF  of 
Internal  Revenue  to-day  received  a  dispatch 
from  Itevcnue  Agent  Wagner,  stating  that  his 
Yadkin  County  raiding  party  had  just  arrived 
at  Winston,  and  reported  the  capture  of  29 
copper  stills  complete,  36,000  gallons  of  mash 
and  boor,  and  eight  distilleries. 

RECREANT  TO   HIS  PLEDGES. 

GOV.  VANCE  AND  HIS  PARTY  IN  NORTH 
CAROLINA — HIS  CONDUCT  STOUTLY  OP- 
POSED BY  INFLUENTIAL  NEWSPAPERS — 
WHAT  DID  THE  GOVKR^OR  OP  NORTH 
CAROLINA  SAY  TO  THE  GOVHRNOU  OF 
SOUTH  CAROLINA? 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  New-  York  Tlmeu 

Raleigh,  Fob.  17. — A  brisk  fight  is  going 
on  in  this  Stato  between  Gov.  Vance  and  his 
organ  tbe  Neics,  and  t  he  Sentinel  of  this  place, 
and  another  Demooratio  paper  published  in 
Newborn,  over  Vance's  appointees  of  the  At- 
lantic and  North  Carolina  Railroad.  Gov. 
Viince  appointed  M.  F.  Arendell  State  proxy, 
who  was  a  surgeon  in  ttie  Holden-K'rk  war  of 
1870,  when  Gov.  Holden  attempted  to  put  down 
the  Kuklux.  Gov.  Vance  is  soundly  denounced 
as  recreant  to  pledges  made  during  tbe  canvass, 
and  such  reform  iis  this  is  characterized  as 
sbametul  and  insulting  to  tho  people  of  Eastern 
Carolina.  The  Scnihiel  says  the  appointees  are 
the  tools  of  a  King,  who  are  fattening  upon  tho 
railroad.  An  injunction  has  been  issued,  re- 
straining payment  ot  iiitercBt  on  the  bonds  ot 
this  roiid,  which  arc  said  to  be  invalid,  usurious, 
and  in  the  hands  of  tho  Ring. 

Gov.  Vance  has  recognized  Wade  Hampton 
as  Governor  of  South  Carolina,  by  communi- 
cating with  him  relative  to  lugitives  Irom  jus- 
tice now  in  jail  in  this  State. 

\THE  CONTROL  OF  NORTU  GAROLLVA. 

sSpecial  DlMDOtch  to  the  Niio-  Yorle   Ihmti, 

Raleigh,  Feb.  17. — The  bill  to  reorganize 
the  county  Govemmeuis  has  passed  both 
houses  of  the  Leidslaturc,  and  is  now  a  law. 
The  Legislature  under  this  law  will  elect 
Justices  of  the  Pea<ie,  and  they  will  elect  tho 
various  county  oflioers.  Every  county  Govern- 
ment will  bo  Democratic  as  soon  as  this  bill 
goes  into  effect 

WSLDON,    TUE    ASSASSIN. 

Mobile,   Fob.    17.— A  reporter    called    on 

Patrick  H.  Pepper,  of  the  firm  of  P.  H.  Pepper  & 
Co.,  this  morning  to  make  inquiries  regarding  W. 
Ht  Weldon.  and  was  shown  a  letter  from  C.  D. 
tjpencer,  eeneral  salesman  with  H.  B.  Claflin  &. 
Co.,  New- York,  to  P.  H.  Pepper  &  Co.,  dated  New- 
Turk,  Nov.  13,  1876.  saying :  "  I  have  succeeded  in 
finding  tbat  salesman.  Hia  name  is  W.  H.  Weldon. 
He  bas  bad  a  large  experience,  and  is,  I  think,  a 
first-rate  saleamsn.  Ho  is  quick,  energetic,  well 
connected,  amd  honest."  Mr.  Pepiier  states  that 
Weldon  conimencoil  service  on  tbe  20rh  of  Novem- 
ber. 1876.  Eaalv  this  month  he  was  reprimanded 
for  diauOddieuce  of  the  rules  of  the  firm.  He  did 
nut  iicain  make  his  Rppearance  until  Wednesday, 
tbe  14tta  instant,  at  11  A.  M.,  wbeil  he  called  for  the 
payment  of  past  services,  which  was'  made.  He 
had  the  appearance  of  having  been  on  a  big  drunk. 


EX-PRESIDENT  lOlTESIAS'  CABINET. 

Sam  Francisco,   Feb.   17.— To-morrow  Al- 

fonao   Mejia,     Joaquin    M.    Alcalde,    Frances    Y. 
Photo.  JoM  M.  Igleaias,   and  Sebastian  Gsrci*, 


memt>ers  <x-Pre8ident  Igleslas'  Cabhiet,  will 
leave  for  New-York  via  St  Lonis.  The  object  of 
the  visit  at  present  is  unknown. 


THE  BROTHERHOOD  OF  ENGINEERS. 


A  COMMITTEE  OF  THE  STRIKERS  ON  THE 
boston  and  MAINK  railroad  BEFORE 
THE  STATE  COMMISSIONEES— THE  GRIEV- 
ANCES OP  THE  LOCOJ^OTIVE  BNGINEERS 
EXPLAINED. 

Special  Distmtch  to  the  New-  Tork  Times. 
Boston,  Feb.  17. — To-day  the  committee 
of  the  striking  engineers  on  the  Boston  and 
Maine  Railroad,  aud  Mr.  Arthur,  the  Chief  of 
the  Brotherhood,  were  hoard  by  the  Stato  Rail- 
road Commissioners,  each  under  oath.  Their 
statements  in  substance  were,  that  they  had 
been  treated  harshl.y  and  unfairly,  and  no  dis- 
position had  been  shown  to  deal  honorably  by 
them.  Previous  to  the  strilce  the  President  had 
been  called  upon,  and  respectfully  asked  to 
listen  to  their  grievances  and  requests,  but  in 
reply  he  had  said  he  could  not  in- 
crease their  nay,  had  no  desire  to 
do        80,        and       if        they        were        not 

satisfied  that  tliev  could  leave.  lie  would  tiot 
even  ofl^'i^r  to  laytbemalter  before  the  Direc- 
tors. If  he  had  so  ottered  there  would  have 
boon  no  strike.  It  was  stated  that  the  pay  of 
ongineers  on  tins  road  was  less  than  any  other 
road  running  out  of  Boston  ;  that  it  was  un- 
even, and  that  great  favoriti.sm  .was  shown. 
The  grading  of  the  pay,  as  heretofore,  was  done 
away  with  by  Smith,  the  engine  dispatcher, 
acramst  whom  the.  men  are  very  bitter,  and  a 
disposition  was  seen  to  drive  out  the  older 
men  and  put  in  cheaper  men,  and  also  to 
keep  tho  younger  men  on  low  pay.  Three  of 
the  oldest  engineers,  one  of  whom  had  been  in 
tlio  employ  of  tiio  road  '66  years,  and  another 
113  years,  had  been  reduced  in  pay  since  Febru- 
ary. Mr.  Arthur,  the  Chief  of  the  Brotherhood, 
explained  the  workifljrs  of  the  organization.  It 
was  opposed  to  strikes,  except  as  a  last  resort. 
Thete  waa  a  tribunal  wliioli  judged  .all  griev- 
aiiPCR  in  tho  order,  and  the  chief  had  no  arbi- 
trary power.  It  tliere  bad  been ,  a  halt  dozen 
men  im  the  road  opposed  to  the  strike, 
be  should  never  have  given  his  consent. 
The  Brotherhood  would  support  a  mini  in  a 
strike  they  approved  until  ho  got  employment, 
even  if  for  10  years  ;  the  membership  of  the 
Older  was  about  13,000,  embraced  90  per  cent, 
of  the  reliable  engineers  ot  the  contint'nr.  and 
was  iucreasing  daily  ;  witness  said  the  Brother- 
hood claimed  tho  right  to  say  to  a  man,  '•  Join 
us  or  stay  with  the  road.  If  you  .comae  with  us 
we  will  pay  you  as  -well  as  the  company  ;''    tho 

Brotherliood  I'uruished  the  mouoy  to  pay  tho 

hired  substitutes  ;  they  would  be  willing  to 
be  eoverneil  by  a  law  that  made  it 
a  penal  olfenae  lor  an  engineer  to  abandon  his 
oiigiue  on  tbe  track,  provided  tho  law  also  for- 

biute  the  company  to  say  to  a  man  at  any  time 
and  at  .any  place,  '*  We  are  done  with  you." 
Fault  was  found  wlien  men  left  their  engines 
because  of  tbe  trouble  given  the  company  and 
tho  public,  but  no  faulc  was  publicly  found, 
when  the  companie*?  dismissed  engineers  with- 
out warning,  and  families  were  thus  left  help- 
less. His  salary  as  Chief  Engineer  of  tho  Broth- 
erhood was  §~',500.  Two  other  officers  received 
Sii,000  each.      The  order  was  secret  only  so 

fur  as  passwords,  grips,  and  signs  were  used  to 
distinguish  a  member  from  an  outs.dcr.  If  u 
man  abandoned  the  property  of  a  railroad,  un- 
less in  a  strike  supported  by  the  order,  or  in- 
jured it  in  any  way,  ho  would  be  punished  by 
the  order. 

The  situation  on  the  road  is  about  as  yesler- 
da.y.  'I'rains  are  running  regularly  on  the  new 
time  table,  and  tbero  is  a  slow  movement  ot 
freight.  No  overt  act  has  been  attempted  by 
the  strikers.  

RAILWAI  LITIGATION  IN  THE  SOJJTB. 

Mobile,  Feb.  17. — A  petition  was  filed  to-day 
m  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  by  Morris 
Ketchum,  surviving  Trustee  of  the  Mobile  and 
Ohio  Railroad  Company,  ^for  the  appointment  of 
Guorge  S.  Coe.  President  of  tbe  American  Exchange 
Bonk  of  New- York,  and  Philip  C.  Calhoun,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Fourth  National  Bank  of  New-York, 
to  fill  vacancies  in  tbe  Trusteeship  of  the  first 
mortgage.  Argument  upon  the  effect  of  Judge 
Wood's  reauest  and  proposal  to  sit  in  the  cause  will 
be  beard  by  the  court  on  Monoay. 

On  petiiion  of  the  pnicha?er»  of  the  Alabama  and 
Cliuttanooera  Railroad,  Judge  Grandon,  of  the  Cir- 
cuit Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  Southern 
JDisirict  of  Alabama,  made  a  decree  tbat,  on  tbe 
payment  of  tbe  whole  cash  requir6<l  by  the  terms  of 
the  purchase,  tbe  road  shall  be  turned  over  to  tnem. 
The  petitioners,  represented  by  J.  C.  Stanton,  have 
40  days  more  to  pay  the  cash  required.  They  have 
already  paid  S3O,OU0. 


SINGULAR  DISCHARGE  OF  A  JURY. 
Utica,  Feb.  17. — After  the  adjournment  of 
the  court  last  uicht  in  the  trial  ot  Patrick  Crowley 
tor  the  murder  of  Daniel  Mulverbill,  in  Newport, 
Herkimer  Connty,  Feb.  13,  1876,  one  of  the  Jorors 
asked  for  the  court  copy  of  the  Revised  Statutes, 
The  Constable  in  charge  was  told  by  the  reporter 
ol  the  Albany  ArjitK  and  Utica  Observer,  that  It  was 
all  rights  and  the  book  wna  handed  in.  Upon  being 
called  into  court  at  9  o'clock  A.  M.,  the  pre<ience  of 
the  book  was  discovered,  and  on  an  exception  bv 
the  defense,  Judge  Nixon  dischareed  the  Jury,  this 
irreguliiriiy  nulli'iinc  any  verdict  that  migiit  be 
rendered.  On  the  first  ballot  the  jury  stood  equally 
divided  on  murder  in  tha  first  and  second  degree, 
and  manslangnter  iu  the  second  degree. 

SUSPENSION  OF  A  NATIONAL  BANK. 
PoTTsviLLE,  Feb.  17. — The  excitement  at 
Shamokln.  caused  by  the  stoppage  of  the  Miners' 
Xrnst  and  Safe  Deposit  Company  yesterday,  is 
intensified  this  morning  by  the  euspensioa  of  tne 
Northumberland  County  National  Bank.  The 
cause  of  tho  anspension  of  tho  bank  is  attributed  to 
the  action  taken  by  the  United  States  Controller  of 
the  Currency,  who  closed  it  up,  though  it  is  claimed 
by  The  Imnk  oflSoers  that  the  suspension  was 
bioucht  on  by  a  run  caused  by  tbe  suspension  of 
tiie  Miners'  Trust  and  Safe  Deposit  Bank  yester 
day.    its  deposits  wore  large. 

CRIMINAL  NEOLEOl  OF  A.  DBUaoiST. 
riiiLADELPiiiA,  Feb.  17. — The  inquest  on  the 
body  of  Hetiie  Love,  who  died  on  Tuesday  last 
from  the  effects  ot  mariatic  acid  administered  by 
mistake  in  a  dose  of  castor  oil,  was  concluded  by 
Coroner  Goddard  to-day.  The  verdict  charges  crim- 
inal neeU<rence  on  the  part  of  the  druggist,  Isaac 
W.  Sitler.  The  accused  was  remanded  to  prison  to 
await  the  action  of  the  Grand  Jury. 

AN  ATTEMPTED  SUICIDE. 
Ci>'CiNNATi,  Feb,  17. — A  young  mau  named 
"Abe"  Rothschild  attempted  to  commit  suicide  early 
this  morning  by  shooting.  It  bas  tram pired  that  he 
mur'iered  his  mistress,  named  Bessie  Moore,  m 
Jefferson,  Texas,  soma   time  age,  where  they  had 

been  stopping  at  a  hotel.  Kothsobild  was  a  commer- 
cial traveller  for  a  bouse  in  ibis  city.  His  wound 
IS  uot  tatal.  and  be   will  bo  taken  to  Texas  for  trial. 


LABOR  DEMONSTRATION. 
Tkenton,  Feb.  17. — The  unemployed  potters, 
to  tbe  number  of  600,  are  parading  tbe  streets  to- 
day, witb  music  and  bafi-ners,  on  which  are  in- 
scribed, among  other  mottoes,  "  Wo  court  arbitra- 
tion," •'  Hi<;h  tariff  means  low  wasres,"  "  Bieht 
must   conquer   iiii;iht,'*    "  Labor    has   riehta  wnich 

capital  is  bound  to  reanect,"   "  Free  trade  means 
prosperity,"  "A  fair  day's  pay  for  a  fair   day's 

work."     'i'be  procession  is  very  orderly. 

A  POLIO EM.iN  FATALLY  SHOT. 
Philadelphia,  Feb.  17. — This  afternoon  two 
men  named  Doaglassand  Jonrdan  Deuamo  engaged  in 
an  altercation  nearFraokfordroad  and  Norris  street. 
Policem.au  McGomeal  was  sammoned  to  arrest  tbe 
parties,  and  on  his  interfering,  Douglass  drew  a 
pistol  Irom  his  pocket  and  shot  the  officer  dead. 
JklcUonical  waa  an  exemplar y  otficer.  Tbe  mur- 
derer, wbo  is  an  ex-policeman,  bas   been  arrested. 


1 9  FATAL  EFFEOW  OP  HYDROPHOBIA. 

Boston,  Feb.  17. — Annie  Brandon,  a  girl  who 
was  bitten  by  a  dug  lo  deptember  last,  died  ti-day 

of  hydrophobia. 

A  ROYAL  WIFE  WHO  WILL  HAVE  HER 
OWN  WAY. 
Liverpool,  Feb.  17.— The  Courier  asserts 
tbat  tbe  Duke  of  Sdinburgb,  fur  domeatio  reasons, 
has  resigned  the  command  of  her  Majesty's  steam- 
Bbip  Saltan,  and  uixeturaine  t«  Soitlandk 


THE  DEFIANT  TURK. 


INCIDENTS  OF  THE  CON  STAN  TINOPLX 
CONFERENCE. 

A    GREAT    PLACE  FOB   BABBLING   MI8CHIEr> 
MAKERS — DEALING     IN     CANARDS     AKE 
TURKISH    FUNDS — A    BUSTBODT    EXTRA-  " 
ORDINARY— THE    PASSIONS  OF  JEALOtJfl 

BACKS VKNOM  OF  EUROPEAN  RESI- 
DENTS—WHEN AND  WHERE  THE  PBOTO- 
COL  WAS  SIGNED — COMIC  SIDE  OP  THW 
EASTERN.  QUESTION.   , 

1  From  Our  Own  Corresoonient. 

Constantinople,  Tuesday,  Jan.  23,  18771 
On  Saturday,  Jan.  20,  closed  the  last  act 
of  the  drama  of  the  conference,  which  hat 
"dragged  its  slow  length  along"  from  the  b& 
ginning  of  December  until  now.  It-s  general 
significance  gives  it  a  high  place  in  the  drama 
of  history,  though  1(  r  us  dwellers  in  Constanti- 
nople tbe  humors  and  whimsies  Of  tbe  by-play 
have  effused  a  daily-recurnng  wonder  as  to 
whether  we  were  assisting  at  tragedy,  at  melo- 
drama, or  only  at  a  preternaturally  solemn 
farce.  The  oainful  doubt  has  at  last  given 
olace  to  as  much  of  certainty  as  is  ever  possible 
with  regard  to  this  long-vexed  Eastern  Ques- 
tion. The  catastrophe  you  already  know ;  my 
present  business  is  with  the  comedy  aspect  o^ 
the  preceding  action,  *  the  burden  wherec^ 
falls  upon  the  oborus  oi  newsmongers  and 
f aoncators  of  caneatis — that  is  to  say,  upon  t^ie 
busy  little  world  of  Poroto  society.  ,  If  there T)o 
a  spot  on  the  face  of  the  globs  whe7.*e 
the  mischief-making  toague  wags  to  morO' 
effect  than  on  the  polyglot  stage  ot  Pera,,my 
information  leaves  much  to  be  desired.  Groeks 
and  Jews,  Armenians  and  Franks,  they  a,xfi  all 
babblers — babblers,  too,  whoso  passions^  great 
aud  small,  are  sharpened  by  the  constsiat  oon> 
flict  of  interests.  It  is  a  ceaseless  war  ol 
tongues — virulent  tongues,  malicious  tongues, 
intriguing,  muscbiovous,  sportive,  uneasy 
tongues.  For  the  lost  month  and  a  half  they 
have  bad  better  play  than  u.sual,  as  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  conference  have  been  wrapped 
in  secrecy,  and  full  sway  has  been  given  to  tho 
invention  ol'  outsiders.  One  day,  about  ai 
month  ago,  I  was_  told  within  the  space  of  a 
single  hour,  ffrst,  tbat  Lord  Salisbury  had  an- 
nounced his  determination  to  leave  Pera  bv  the ; 
beainning  ot  February ;  secondly,  that  he  had 
decided  in  disgust  to  depart  by  the  Varna 
steamer  of  next  day  ;  thirdly,  that  an  English 
steamer  nad  come    expressly     to     carry  him 

away  ;  and  fourthly,  that  ho  had  taken  a  house 
tor  three  months. 

CONTRADICrORY   STORIES   TOLD. 

As  all  these  stories  were  repeated  upon  an- 
impeachable      authority,        my      interlocutors 

baying  one  and  all  just  seen  and  talked  with 
his  Lordship,  you  can  imagine  my  mental  at- 
titude at  the  end  of  the  hour.  On  another  oc- 
casion, after  a  dinner  at  the  French  Embassy, 
a  curious  friend  of  mine  sounded  the  various 
diplomats  present  on  that  very  day's  doings  in, 
the  conference.  All  the  fountain  heads  of  in- 
formation were  present,  all  were  duly  tapped, 
all  were  in  generous  mood  and  gave  freely  ot 
their  abundance.  Yet  so  widely  diflferent  w«ra 
the  versions  tbat  it  was  impossible  to  extract 
irom  them  an  appreciable  number  of  accordant 
facts.  No  wonder  that  the  paople  who  had 
been  able  to  get  at  only  one  version  were  in  a 
bewildering  state  of  disagreement  It  seemed 
as  if  in  each  embassy  some  one  was  detailed 
for  tbo  duty  of  leaking  out  something 
which  might  pass  for  inf^irmation  with  the 
world  at  large.  The  tenor  of  this  information 
being  decided  by  each  Ambassador  for  himself 
and  without  any  collusion  with  rival  establish- 
ments— I  mean  cm'oassies — tbe  result;  was  as 
if  BO  many  sphinxes,  or  so  many  oracles,  had 
been  mystifying  so  many  distinct  crowds  ot 
devotees.  Not  the  least  successful  among  the 
riddlers  was  the  Sublimg  Porte  itself  I  was 
daily  told,  ".Safvet  Pasha  said  to  me  this 
morning,"  or  "  Midhat  Pasha  told  .me,"  or 
Blaque  Bey.  or  Alexander  Effendi,  or  K.'ara 
Theodori,  or  soma  other  equally  autbeatio 
source,  gave  such  and  such  a  distracting  bit  of 
information.  "Midhat  Pasha  told  me,"  said 
one,  "that  there  was  no  doubt  that  the  Turkish 
Empire  was  doomed.  But  we  shall  fight  for 
all  that.  We  came  here  5,000  strong,  and  wa 
will  go  away  5,000."  Unhappily,  Midhat  Pasha 
said  to  the  nejtt  person  to  whom  he  ropeat'Od 
this  spirited  remark:  "We  came  here  600, 
and  we  shall  go  away  600."  Very 
likely  both  narrators  told  the  truth  literally— 
figures  are  not  tho  strong  point  of  Turkish 
stateameu.  The  Porte,  for  instancs,  claims 
that  it  has  600,000  soldiers  under  arms.  Eng- 
lish Turkophiles,  (the  race  is  not  quite  dead 
yet,)  say  700,000.  But  a  well-known  English 
officer,  who  has  just  made  a  tour  of  in&pection 
with  Hobart  Pasha,  told  ma  day  before  yester- 
day that  the  real  force  of  Turkey  is  not  one- 
quarter  of  that"  claimed  by  the  Porte.  How- 
ever, this  is  not  the  place  to  repeat  what  ha 
said,  because  he  really  told  the  trutji.  At 
present  I  am  dealing  in  canards.  All  those 
coming  from  the  Porte,  or  purporting  to  ooma 
thence,  have  not  been  as  bellicose  as  the  last 
given.  Some  Pasha  or  Bey  or  Effendi  said  ono 
day,  "We  are  surprised  only  at  the  easmess  ot 
the  terms  proposed  by  tho  conference.  We  ex- 
pected something  much  harder."  The  only 
thing  was  to  persuade  the  people  ihat  the  ac- 
ceptance of  these  terms  entailed  no  sacrifice  of 
dignity  upon  the  nation.  Of  final  acceptance 
there  waa  no  doubt.  To  strengthen  this  version 
there  was  the  generally-accepted  statement 
that  the  new  Sultan  wanted  not  so  much  rhe 
burdens  as  tbe  sweets  of  power,  and  so  waa 
altogether  for  peace.  And  yet  it  was  difficult 
to  reconcile  with  this  belief  the  fact  that  Ma- 
hemet  Rashdi  Pasha  was  deposed  and  Midhac 
Pasha,  whose  voice  was  all  for  war,  was  mad* 
Grand  Vizier  instead,  and  has  continued  i^ 
office,  notwithstanding  rumors  replacing  bin* 
by  a  brother-in-law  of  the.  Sultan,  presumably 
in  favor  of  peace.  Bat,  then,  the  stories  told 
have  kept  up  bat  a  distant  relation  with  the 
probabilities,  and  have  survived  quite  as  well 
with  foundation  as  wituout,  but  no  better. 

THE  GAME  OF  BROKERAGE. 
Singrnhirly   enough,  the   centre   the   most  in- 
ventive OfgOSSip  IS  alse  the  most  credulous  io 
its  roception.    No  story  so  wild  as  to  fail  io 
obtaining    credence,   even  in  quarters    whsre 

trust  is  usually  the  coyest  of  virtues.      I  have 

already  written  you  Low  Ottoman  legislation 
has  reduced  commerce  to  the  game  of  broker-  ° 
age.  I  might  liave  added  ihat  brokerage  b.t 
the  laws  of  politico-economical  gravitation  bas 
become  more  and  more  irretrievably  wild-cat . 
in  character.  If  there  be  sueh  a  thing  as 
capital  left  in  Turkey  it  has  long  ago  quite  losi 
that  sensitive  and  conservative  nature  at- 
tributed to  it  in  countries'not  auite  demoralized 
by  »  rule  ot  bap-hazard.  Capital  has  become  a 
fatalist  gambler  and  a  hardsiied  blackleg, 
and  balances  its  cyhioism  only  by 
aa  omnivorous  credidityl  ^it  minor  too 
absurd  for  the  Bourse.  The  Turkish  fande 
(absolute  value  equal  to  absolute  zertt,)  go  floo- 
tuating  up  and  down  at  the  beck  ot  tbe  idlest 
tittle-tattle  of  the  oluba  A  inend,  aeithec 
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PMote,  oomes  in  olaspine  ^is  hands  in  despair. 
••  Naws  are  very  bad.  ConaoUd^a  down  to  11 ; 
never  were  so  low  before."  In  vain  I  remind 
tiim  of  20  oooasions  within  the  last  three  months 
when' they  have  been  equally  low.  He  still  be- 
lieves in  the  despair  of  the  moment  To-mor- 
row they  will  be  up  to  13,  and  the  day  after  be 
down  again  at  11 ;  deviation  and  depression  re- 
pose alike  upon  undoubting  faith  and  absolute 
forgetfulness.  With  a  lame  sort  of  likeness  to 
the  6j>urbon8,  these  people  learn  nothing  and 
forget  everything.  Lying  alnost  ceases  to  be 
a  vice  where  people  00  invite  imposition ;  uni- 
versal credulity  reduces  falsehood  to  the  level 
of  practical  joking. 

Comic  rfilea  have  been  sustained  also  by 
more  august  actors.  Sir  Henry  Elliot,  for  ex- 
ample, suddenly  shorn  of  his  authority  as 
busybody  extraordinarv,  invested  with  the 
grandeur  of  repressntms  the  British  Govern- 
ment, baa  cheerfully  contented  himself  with 
the  odds  and  ends,  the  dirty  work  of  intrigue. 
TLere  seems  reason  for  believing  that  he  has  se- 
cretly worked  against  the  conference,  of  which 
he  was  ex  ofiBcio  a  member.  I  know,  at  least, 
that  he  has  aought  to  gratify  his  spite  upon 
those  whose  authority  has  weakened  his  own. 
Mr.  Baring  is  kept  in  Bulgaria,  and  his  posi- 
tion made  as  unpleasant  for  him  as  possible  by 
the  very  embassy  whose  duty  it  is  to  sustain 
him.  Small  annoyances  to  various  aides  of 
the  conference  are  traced  to  her  Majesty's  Am- 
bassador. Dinner  invitations  are  refused  to 
tUoae  who    testily    against    the  "  dear  Turk  ;" 

ami  coolness,  almost  rudeness  at  times,  c  ouds 
the  courtesy  due  to  Lord  Salisbury,  and  his 
entourage.  These  are  small  thmgs,  to  be  sure 
— thov  are  valuable  only  as  indicatin;;  the 
state  of  tbo  cause  wnioh  they  seek  to  serve. 

IXTKIGUES   AND    INSOLENCK. 

But  then  the  Eaarem  (^'icstion  is  one  of 
those  which  embitters  the  minds  of  all  who  en- 
teitiiinit.  At  Ipaet  here  in  the  Levant  it  al- 
moab  invariably  adds  the  gall  ot  "  envy, 
hatred,  malice,  and  all  uncharitableness''  to 
every  shade  ot  opinion  apd  partisanship.  It  is 
the  melancholy  privilege  of  every  element  in 
the  bodgo-podge  of  races  that  peoples  the 
Otroman  Empire  to  hate  every  other  element 
wirh  an  acrLmony  that  can  hardly  be  appre- 
ciated at  a  distance.  Koords  in  Asia-Minor, 
Circassians  in  Thrace  and  Macedonia,  bum  ana 
ravage,  muroerand  outrage xn  obedience  to  their 
passions  Greeks,  Cathoiiee,  and  Protestants, 
Alasouites,  Druses,  Arabs,  Wakaboes,  or  -what- 
ever race  or  sect  you  choose  to  designate. 
They  are  all  Ishmaels  as  resards  ODe  another. 
*'  i  he  crand  old  Turk  "  at  the  top  of  the  heap 
Bmiles  at  the  want  ot'  unity  which  assures  ■  his 
owu  pre-eminence,  or,  if  he  thinks  there  is  any 

danaer  of  concord,  stirs  up  some  old  "wouud  or 
BOWS  anew  the   seeds    of  conflict.     During   ttie 

jilting  of  the  eonterence  the  Gieeks  have  been 

bnrnina  with  envy  and  jealousy  of  the  Bul- 
earians.      ••  We,"    they    say,    '-liavo    shed     our 

biotjd  tffl  win  ourindtpendeuce.  and  Europe  has 
^only  pared  aown  our  boundaries  lor  us  and  letc 
tne "greater  part  of  our  nation  still  in  subjec- 
tion.    Tiiese    Bulgarians,    on   the   other  nand, 

have  done  nothing,  and  have  deserved  nocbing, 
and  yet  Eui-ope  demands  their  independence!" 
Aaco-'cilnsly  naan.y  men  who  ouyhtio  know  bet- 
ter have  lutrigued  to  thwart  the  good  inten- 
tions of  the  couierence  toward  Bulgaria.  Thou- 
sands (i  trust  the  number  is  a  Perote  exagger- 
atioaj  have  even  signed  petitions  begging  the 
Pone  not  to  grant  the  measure  of  Ireodom  pro- 
posed, sa.vmg  that  no  subjects  of  His  Imperial 
Mujeaty,  ti^e  tiultan,  haa  any  cause  ot  com- 
plaint against  his  fostering  Government.  Bat 
flatter  and  cringe  as  they  would  these 
same  men  were  always  wiliing  to  grant  that 
Greece  had  serious  grievances  that  called  for 
redress.  They  aid  not  scruple  to  allow  pri- 
vately that  the  real  trouble  was  that  Bulgaria, 
along  with  'i'hesc.aly  and  Epirus,  ought  to  be 
given  to  Greece.  Scores  of  books  and 
pampiilets — 10  suy  nothing  ot  uncounted  news- 
paper leaiters — haye  been  published  to  prove 
That  Bulfiaria  was  really  Greek  territory  ;  that 

the  country  owed  ail  its  progress  to  the  Greek 

eif.ment  iirit  ;  that  the  miyonty  ot  inhabitants 
were  Greets  ;  and  even  mat  many  ot  the  liui- 
ganan-sptaliing  people  were  notumg  but  dis- 
guised Greeks,  all  longing  lor  union  with  the 
ileUeiiic  iiiiiedom.  Finally,  the  European  reai- 
cients  all  take  sides,  and  spit  out  venom  at 
tach  otner,  and  at  whichever  traction  of  the 
native  pupulationsis  unincluded  in  their  private 
find  paraiuJar  scheme  ot  tolerat.ou.  The 
newspapers  all  join  in  the  war  ot  abuse,  at 
least  so  long  as  they  say  no  evil  of  the  Turks. 
ifoNV,  evL-n,   when    the     fate     of    the     Empire 

trembles  in  the  baiauce  ;  when  the  moment  is 
overchari-'ed  with  a  weight  of  possibilities 
terriijle  lor  ail  Earopo  to  contemplate, 
these  newspapers  and  tais  Perote  society  are 
snarling  aud  liuning  billmesgateateach  other, 

anu  especially  at  tuo  Ambassadors,  more  like 
enuuiug  and  irresponsible  monKies  tuan  like 
huuiau  beings.  A  man  who  reflects  honor  upon 
English  siatesDiansbip,  himsell  a  Catholic,  was 

here  not  ions  ajo,  and  said  w^ithin  my  hearing : 
"lam  strougij'  reminded  here  or  the  Papal 
Court,  just  oefore  the  triumph  of  a  united 
Jt^ly.  luuifferent  to  ail  broader  considera- 
tions, eager  and  venomous  over  little  things, 
their  conversation  bore  a  striking  resemblance 
to  that  1  nave  bsen  listening  to  at  the  Porte 
this  moruiug."  iid  did  not  point  his  moral — 
Qo  more  wiil  I. 

THi:   DIVORCK   OF   TURKEY. 

As  for  the  conference,  it  has  agreeably  disap- 
{>oiuted  those  who  are  accustomed  to  look  upon 
diplomacy  as  a  magniticent  contrivance  de- 
voiea  to  the  art  ot  ''how  not  to  doit."  The 
ropresen  Datives  have  Irom  the  beginning 
agreed  upon  the  necessity  of  at  last  doing 
Bomething  tor  the  long-sutfenng  Christians  in 
Turiiey.  With  the  single  exception  of  Sir 
ilenrv  Elliott,  thoy  have  to  a  man  worked 
through  in  this  sense.  Their  finai  demand  of 
ti:e  Porte  is  a  wox'thy  sequel  ot'  their  labors. 
We  ought  to  be  tuankful  that  the  Porte  has 
r&jectea  the  propositions.  Their  acceptance 
could  have  resulted  only  in  the  oft  repeated 
ehutfiing  and  evasion  that  mark  Tiirkisu  rela- 
tions with  Europe.  Nothing  is  lost  by  refusal, 
but  everything  is  to  be  hoped  for. 

To-day  the  Marquis  ot  Salisbury  and  his  suite 
leave  fur  England  ;  to-morrow  Gen.  Ignatieif 
goes,  as  well  as  the  Counts  de  Cbaudordy  and 
(le  Bourgoing.  Coudt  Zichy,  Baron  Werther, 
ana  Count  Corti,  representatives  respectively 
ot  Austria,  Germany,  and  Italy,  follow  in  a  day 

or  twa  Sir  Henry  Elliott  alone  pleaded  dip- 
Idmatic  etiquette  as  an  excuse  for  staying 
awiuieaicer  his  colleagacs  bad  gone.  Liurd 
SadsDory,  luthe  presence  of  witnesses,  exacted 
irom  him  an  assurance  that  he  would  not  take 
acivautage  of  delay  to  retouch  the  political 
Questions  of  the  Uour.     Hanailiatms  as  was  the 

OemdUd,  Sir  Menry,  after  a  short  hesitadon,  ac- 
ceuea  to  ic.  Last  night  toe  closing  soiree  ot  our 
siiort.  grave,  and  gay  season  was  iiiven  at  the 
Austrittu  Embassy.  Toero  was  dancing  andniu- 
Bic,  cuere  was  groit  apparent  cheertumesa.  and 
much  reaL  though  couuealed.  Siidness.  1  men- 
tion the  occasion  because,  like  the    rest   of   my 

oi.roniole,  it  belongs  10  history.  A  little  to  one 
Bioe  of  the  more  crowded  rooms  there  is  a 
small  cabinet  of  charming  asoect.  Koordisu 
Btulfd  drape  the  windows  ;  antique  vases  and 
statuettes,  glass  trom  Cvprus,  even  a  little  blue 
and  white,  decorate  the  wails  and  strew  the 
uiautel  and  tables.  Here  the  Ambassadors  of 
the  SIX  gi'eac  powers  came  together,  wuile  the 
oanciug  was  going  on  in  the  otner  rooms,  and 
signed  the  protocol  of  the  oonierence — they 
lauijhmgly  called  it  "  the  divorce  ot  Turkey." 
Yei.  eveu  here  the  Porte  manaeed  to  insuit  and 
auger  them  afresh — the  two  Ministers,  Satvet 
Pasua  anu  Edhem  Pasha,  who  had  promised  to 
be  preaenc  at  10  '^'clook  to  assist  at  the  sigmi- 
ture,  iiau  not  aiTived  at  11,  and  the  »ignatures 
were  atfixed  in  iheir  absence.  Well,  that  is 
only  one  more  iLStauce  ot  the  small  spite  I 
liave  been  leiliug  aooi^.  It  has  long  maua/ed 
to  embarrass  and  delay  diplomacy  lu  Coustan- 
tiiioplt ;  It  remains  to  bo  seen  if  it  ■will  clog 
riic  waeels  01  deatmy. 

THE  FRIENDSHIP  OF   HUNGABY. 

Turkey  haa  one  triend  whom  no  amount  of 
difluonesLV,  corruption,  oppression,  or  outrage 
on  her  4)arc  has  alienated  trom  her ;  that  ia 
Hauiiar.y.  Huutrai-y,  too,  is  ruled  by  a  domi- 
nant race  having  notmug  in  common  with  the 
people  It  oppresses.  The  Hungarians,  of  stock 
BKiu  to  that  of  the  Turks,  were  also  among  the 
latest  of  lae  barbarian  conquerors  of  Europe ; 
the  two  peoples  have  never  Decome  assimilated 
to  the  populations  who  suffer  from  their  rule, 
lu  bota  cases  these  populations  are  chiefly 
Slavonic,  at  least  so  lur  as  regards  Eurone. 
The  sympathy  of  Hungary  with  Turiiey  is. 
theretore,  easv  to  understand :  the  sympathy  ot 
otuer  powers  uaa  never  Deeu  more  than  a  cloak 
ior  seit-devotion,  but  that  of  Hungary  is  the 
genUiUe  lecling  of  one  oppressor  ot  barbarous 
stock  with  a  kindred  oppressor.  It  was,  there- 
tore,  with  more  of  amusemout  than  of  surprise 
that  we  ietan^.d  the  other  day  that  a  deputation 
Df  students  from  Pesth  was  on  its  way  to  Con- 
Biantiuople  to  present  s  sword  to  Ahdvd 
Kenm  Pasha,  Generalissimo  of  the  Turk- 
ish Army.  Tbe  students  came  and 
bave  been  ffited  far  several  days  by 
the  oflicials  c-f  Stambuul.  Laot  night  a  ball 
was  given  in  their  hono*  at  the  Municipality, 
at  which  Edbem  Pasha  wm  present.    Tne  fact 


it  WM,  as  «  Frenchman  who  was  present  told 
me,  d'un  Inxe  insoltiit.  The  untranslatable  ex< 
pression  is  exoeedmgly  felicitous.  •  You  migbt 
aoouseme  of  scandal-mongering  were  I  to  say 
that  at  an  early  hour  of  the  morning  the  divans 
were  covered  with  a  motley  crew  ot  Turks, 
Himgarians,  and  Perotes— the  diplomatio  world 
retused  its  presence — all  shamelessly  drunk. 
Accordinely  I  refrain  from  a  plump  assertion 
to  that  effect  1  wdl  only  hint  that  with  the 
rich  variety  ot  costumes,  such  a  scene  would 
oflFer  to  a  painter  a  subject  worthy  to  figure 
alongside  of  Couture's  "  Komans  of  the  De- 
cadence." 


TSE  FOIUBE  OF  NEW-YOBE. 


LETTER  IL 
To  «ft«  Editor  of  the  New-  rork  Time$:      " 

The  great  North- west  is,  in  a  certain  sense, 
the  oftspring  of  the  State  of  New-York.  The 
means  of  oommtmication  devised  by  the  genius 
of  Clinton  and  made  effective  by  the  munifi- 
cence of  this  State,  peopled  some  of  the  States 
whose  stars  adorn  our  flag,  which  have,  in 
turn,  become  the  mothersof  States.  As  parents 
sometimes  see  their  children  rise  about  them 
more  stalwart  and  comely  than  themselves,  so 
some  of  these  newer  States  have  within  their 
borders  cities  which  hkvo  attracted  a  portion 
of  the  business  which  was  formerly  a  feature 
of  the  trade  of  this  City.  Thirty  years  ago 
merchants  and  traders  from  every  section  of 
the  country  came  to  New-York  to  purchase 
their  goods.  Here  credits  were  easier,  stocks 
larger,  and  prices  lower  than  elsewhere; 
and  the  "jobber,"  as  he  is  called — 
that'  is,  the  dealer  who  stands  between 
the  importer  and  commission  merchant 
and  the  retailer — needed  a  spacious  and  attrac- 
tive store,  carried  a  large  and  varied  stock  of 
goods,  and  employed  a  multitude  of  assistants 
to  conduct  his  business.  The  purchaser  came 
a  long  distance,  at  a  large  expense,  and  bought 
a  year's  supply.  The  Winter  was  a  close  sea- 
son, for  then  navigation  was  sealed.  To-day, 
New- York  is  no  longer  the  centre  of  the  job- 
bing trade.  It  is,  to  be  sure,  the  centre  of  a 
jobbing  trade,  but  that  is  a  home,  or  near-by 
trade.  Cleveland,  Chicago.  Cincinnati,  St. 
Louis,  and  many  minor  cities,  are  now  each  job- 
bing centres,  dealing  directly  with  the  retail- 
ers within  their  respective  spheres.  In  some 
of  these  cities,  too,  are  found  importers  and 
commission-houses  estahlishsd  by  Eastern 
manufacturers.  • 

"  Times  change,  and  men  change  with  them," 
and  if  the  men   don't  change,  so  much  the 

worse  for  them — they  will  be  loft  behind  in  the 
keen  competition  of  life,  and  drift,  wrecks 
upon  the  strand.    Sa,  doubtless,   thought   the 

controUing  mind  ia  the  house  of   A.  T.  Stewart 

&  Co.  when  it  decided  to  establish  a  branch 
in  Chicago.  Choice  did  not  dictate  this,  con- 
venience  did    not,    but    necsssity  did,    and  the 

men  changed  their  policy  with  the  times,  in 
verification  of  the  adage.  Here,  again, 
supremacy   gives    way  to   equality,    and   New- 

York  is  checked  in  her  growth  in  the  line  in- 
dicated. 

As  in  morals  one  who  hesitates  is  lost,  so  in 
business  the  city  which  hesitates,  falters,  and  is 
dismayed,  is  in  peril.  He  is  the  successful  man 
who  ill  the  course  of  a  large  experience  has 
versatility  enough  to  adapt  himself  to  new  cir- 
cumstances and  new  relations.  Soo  the  great 
Astor,  ready  for  any  emergency,  dismayed  by 
no  disaster,  surrendering  to  no  defeat.  Pull  of 
latent  reserved  power,  beseemed  to  court  diffi- 
culties to  triumph  over    them.    So,  too,  with 

Vanderbilt;   as  skipper    of  a   periasua    he  was 

daring  and  successful.  Whoa  such  craft  were 
superseded  by  steam-boats,  he  adapted  himself 
to  the  new  conditions,  and  excelled;     when  the 

Steam-boat  surrendered  to  the  railway,  he  did 

not  surrender,  but  seized  the  railway,  con- 
trolled it  to  his  uses,  and  a;^ain  excelled.  Com- 
munities cannot  adapt  themselves  to  changed 
conditions   with   the  alertness   of    individuals, 

for  a  ship  cannot  turn  in  so  small  a  circle  as  a 

yawl. 

Now,  there  are  communities  and  oommutii- 
ties.  The  community  of  Xaw-York  is  essential- 
ly different    irom    the    communities  of  Boston, 

Philadelphia,  and  Baltimore,  aud  the  compari' 
sou  is  not.lavorable  to  New-York.  The  local 
sentiment,  not  easy  to  dehne,  but  always  alert, 
potential,  and  dehant,  which  prevails  in  the 
cities  named,  is  lacking  here.  Ihis  sentiment 
in  its  last  analysis  is  profoundly  sclii.'<h,  not  as 
to  the  individual  so  much  as  to  th'd  ooniiuunity, 
but  ,it  is  also  proaigiously  effective.  Tho 
commercial  creed  ot  the  Baltimoreau  begins 
with:  "I  believe  in  toe  Baltimore  and  Ohio 
liailroad,"  and  with  that  it  ends,  the  Puiludcl- 
phian,  in  like  manner,  believes  in  the  Penn- 
sylvania Eailroaa.  Aud  theso  creeds  include 
tue  infallibility,  impeccability,  and  invinci- 
bility of  the  respective  roads.  It  must  bo  ad- 
mitted that  this  devotion  is  reciprocal,  aud 
these  roads  are  loyai  to  the  inceresls  ot  the 
communities  they  serve.  The  Xew-Yorker 
believeo  in  nothing  but  that  New-York  is  a 
great  city,  with  great  natural  advantages, 
which  will  in  some  mysterious  way  work  out 
lor  his  city  a  great  destiny.  He  ignores  forces 
working  silently  against  his  city.  He  uisdains 
to  note  symptoms — not  of  decay  ex.ictl.y — but 
say  of  arrested  aevelopment.  He  has  not  dis- 
covered that  natural  advantages  have  been 
neutralized  by  tne  equa.izing  agency  of  arti- 
ficial advantages,  as  descrlued  in  a  former 
letter. 

The  absence  of  this  pervading  sentiment  of 
local  pride,  which  unifies  a  community,  is 
chiefly  owiug  to  the  fact  that  there  is  in  New- 
York  no  middle  class  to  serve  as  a  connecting 
Imk  between  the  rich  and  tho  poor;  a  class 
Bohd,  substantial,  and  intelligent  ;  anchored  to 
their  homesteads,  diligent  in  their  business, 
and  keenly  sensitive  to  the  interests  of  the  city 
they  inhabit,  respected  ,-bVv^o  rich  and  con- 
fided in  by  the  poor.  Such  a^aiaas  is  an  enor- 
mous forco  m  a  community  ;  couseryative  in 
all  that  pertains  to  law  and  order ;  wacchtul 

over  every  interest  of  their  city,  and  aggressive 
m  every  tuing  that  will  promote  the  wciiare  of 
their  municipality.  This  class  may  bo  some- 
what sordid,  if  you  please ;  but  even  this 
malLes  them  an  effective  ciass  ;  for,  as  a  great 
Eugiuh  statesman  has  said:  "The  love  of 
lucre,  thuugu  svmedmes  earned  to  a  ridiculous 
— sometimes  to  a  vicious — excess,  is  the  grand 
cause  01  prosperity  to  all  States."  1  do  not 
mean  10  say  that  there  are  no  individuals  of 
this  class  here,  for  there  are  many,  but  not  a 
eutliQient  number,  compared  with  the  entire 
population,  to  constiiuio  a  class  exercising  a 
powerlul  or  cuniroiliug  influence  in  altairs. 

That  New- York  has  grown  until  recently  more 
rapidly  than  competing  cities  is  another  fact 
that  accounts  tor  the  lack  of  a  sentiment  of  local 
pride  and  supreme  devotion  to  local  interests. 
This  rapid  increase  has  been  chiefly  due  to 
immigiacion,  not  alone  from  foreign  countries, 
but  irom  other  States  ot  tuis  ootmiry;  Whither 
the  middle  class  have  gone,  and  why  they 
went,  and  why  those  who  come  hither  from 
otuer  States  do  not  take  root  here  as  they 
should,  may  be  hereafter  considered. 

It  18  gratilying  to  know  that  there  has,  with- 
in a  year  or  two,  b£en  developed  something  of 
this  sentiment  of  local  pride  and  devotion  to 
local  iurerests.  It  comes  uone  too  soon,  and  it 
is  to  be  hoped  that  it  will  increase  in  intoueity 
and  yolumo.-  Its  sprine  is  self-interest — aiwa^'S 
an  effective  motor — and  lis  results,  it  it  shall 
posse&s  the  gitc  of  continuance  and  be  wisely 
applied.  Will  promote  the  general  wellare  by 
giving  the  business  lutorests  of  our  City  a  new 
impulse,  so  that-,  instead  of  weakly  surrender- 
ing the  crown  qf  commercial  supremacy  to  any 
rival,  it  snail  bo  proved  that  "  lie  thafwrestles 
with  us  strengthens  our  nerves  and  sharpens 
our  skill."  GisoBGE  H.  Andrews. 

DESPOI^DKM  FLORIDIANS. 

The  Worcester  (Mass.)  Hpy  prints  a  letter 
from  ilr.  C.  A.  K.  Poore,  ot  Tallahassee,  Fla., 
\c..  oen  on  the  7th  inst.,  which  conoludos  thus: 
"  Northern  visii""  have  departed,  and  none  have 
come  to  take  their  places,  and  hotsl  tables  show  a 
'  bsggaAy  accoanc '  of  empty  chairs,  and  dry  goods 
repose  in  nnclistabod  qaiet  apoa  the  merohuxUi' 
cofmters.  Stagnation,  social  and  finaaoial,  has  set- 
tlfed  down  upon  us,  and  on  this  lovoly  morning  as  I 
Bit  writing,  with  open  doors  and  windows,  the  only 
sound  that  breaks  (he  sabbath  stillness  cornea  from 
the  Canitol  opposite,  where  some  wooid-be  Solon 
has  worked  hivnaelf  np  to  a  pitch  of  eamestnwjs, 
aud,  poeaibly,  eloqaeace,  in  discussing  some  real  oe 
seeming  Important  measure.  But  this  ia  not  at  all 
a  pleasing  picture  for  the  Detnoorats  to  contem- 
plate, nor  do  they  hesitate  to  D"vTail  and  denounce 
lU  Prominent  men  of  the  party  have  publicly  Qe- 
cisred  that  the  former  condition  of  thinjte,  unaer 
BepabUcan  adrntnistration,   was  far  preferable  to 


feAtaiiS^'iiiMi^ 


THE  IRMCH  REPUBLIC. 


„„ ^  the  preient,  and  have  sometimes  gone  so  £sr  M  to 

s  made  public  in  the  newspapers  of  to-day,  ev-  «]:pteM  their  legrat  that  it  did  not  oontiuue,  •  Alu. 
•dentiy  in  order  to  underscore  th«  iniult  •f  hia  I  that  the  wisdom  gathered  from  ezpeneuoo  aJwiud 
Absence  fro«  Cou&t  Zialxv't.    Aa  for  tho  balki  jw  oft«i  *>•  too  Ut*" 


LIBEBTT  OF  IRE  PBSSS  IN  FBANCE. 

THE  PBIMB  MIMISTEB  AKD  THE  NBWSPAr 
PBfeS  —  RECENT  PROSECUTION  OF  A 
PROVrNCIAL  JOURNAl, — BHAMBFTTL  AT- 
TACK ON  AN  ESTIMABLE  LADY — THE 
INBOLBNCS  OF  A  OOM.Mt7NI8TIC  I.&ADEB 
— THE  VERDICT  OE  THE  LAW  COURT — 
A  SPECIMEN  ARTICLE  TRANSLATED  FOR 
THE  BENEFIT  OF  AMERICAN  RRADERS. 
Frvdi  Our  Own  Corretoondeiu. 

Paris,  Friday,  Feb.  2, 1877. 
The  sensation  of  the  day  is  the  process 
of  Lea  Droits  de  V  Homme,  the  Radical  journal, 
that  has  thrown  the  Sihile  and  the  JSappel  into 
the  shade,  and  it  is  the  main  topic  of  conversa- 
tion in  Paris  to-day.  '  The  enemies  of  M.  Jules 
Simon  rejoice  to  see  him_  plao«d  in  a  position 
where  be  had  to  violate  his  own  principles  in 
order  to  act  as  a  patriot  and  serve  the  interests 
of  his  ooimtry.  For  years  he  has  preached  the 
liberty  of  the  press  from  the  house-tops  ;  now 
he  is  obliged  to  authorize  prosecutions  which 
would  have  shocked  him  in  days  gone  by.  See, 
his  enemies  say,  how  Jules  Simon  in  power 
goes  back  upon  the  principles  of  Jules  Simon  a 
leader  of  the  Opposition.  But  there  is  a  great 
deal  of  malice  ru  such  remarks,  tor  the  form  6f 
the  articles  pursued  was  such  that  it  was  im- 
possible to  overlook  them,  and  M.  Jules  Simon, 
with  every  disposition  in  the  ■world  to  allow 
the  utmost  liberty,  was  obliged  to  execute  the 
laws.  It  may  be  that  there  are  what  we  call 
*'  fixed  principles,"  but  in  practice  the 
difficulty  lies  in  their  application,  for 
the  series  of  events  giving  nse  to  a  certain 
law  may  never  again  be  exactly  reproduced. 
It  is  extremely  difficult  to  make  laws  for  the 
press.  In  the  first  olace,  liberal  men  like  Jules 
Simon  start  out  with  the  principle  that  tho 
utmost  liberty  ought  to  be  granted  consistent 
witU  public  safety.  Unreflecting  persons  may 
claim  an  unrestricted  liberty  for  tho  press,  but 
calm,  judicial  minds  will  hesitate  to  go  thus 
far,  because  it  would  create  an  exceptional 
case  under  the  common  law.  If  the  press  is 
perfectly  free  it  must  be  exempted  from  the 
penalties  ■which    the    common    and  statute  law 

provides  for  libel  in  our  country,  for  attacks 
upon'  jthe  Governmont,  the  Army,  and  the 
magistracy  in  Franco.  In  England  a  jour- 
nalist who    attacks    the  •magistracy   can  be 

punished  under  tho  law  which  provides  for 
contempt  of  court,  aud  tho  restriction  ot  tho 
libe^^y  of  the  press  exists,  but  under  another 

form.     Tho  recent  prosecutions  here  liave  been 

nearly  all  questions  of  form,  and  while  author- 
izing these  pursuits,  M.  Jules  Simon  has  never- 
theless remained  as   strong  a  partisrin  as  ever 

of  the  liberty  of  thought  and  of  the  press. 
Liberty,  however,  does  not  mean  license,  and 
there  are  limits  to  it.  as  to  all  things  humani 

Let  mo  illustrate  my  idea  by  citing  the  re- 
cent pursuit  of  a  provincial  journal  which  ■went 
beyond  the  utmost  limits  of  the  principles  of 
liberty.  During  tho  past,  few  years  many  jour- 
nals havo  spoken  of  Mme.  Simon  as  a  free- 
thinker, aud  opposed  to  the  Church  and  to  le- 
ligiou.  There  was  no  truth  in  these  reports  in 
the  senso  named,  for  Mme.  Simon  is  no  more 
an  enemy  of  religion  than  the  million  of  Prot. 
estants  in  our  country  who  oppose  the  Church 
of  Kume  and  do  not  believe  in  its  dogmas.  But 
no  attention  was  paid  to  those  stories  which 

were   given   in   a  general  way,  for  the    persons 

attacked  were  partisans  of  the  liberty  of  the 

press.  But  the  jouraal  in  question  went  into 
details- and  gave  positive  and  libellous  false- 
hoods. It  stattid  that  Mme.  Simon  visited  one 
ol  tho  charity  schools  of  tho  Sisters  during  the 
Siege  and  heard  them  complaining  of  cold  and 
the  want  of  fuel.  "  You  want  fuel,"  she  cried, 
"  then  take  this  to  burn,"  and  tore  down  the 
crucilix,  dashing  the  image  of  Christ  in  pieces 

upon  tho  floor  and  throwing  tho  wood 
of  the  cross  upon  tho  fire.  This  was  the 
sense  of  the  article  published,  and  probably 
there  is  not  a  sensible   reafler   in  America  who 

will  not  unrtorstaud  at  onco  lh:it  tho  whole 
story  is  made  up,  and  that  it  is  one  of  tho  bold- 
est of  calumnies.  Tne  object  of  it  was  to  rouse 
the  indignation  of  the  ignorant  Catholic  masses 
against  the  Premier.  M.  and  Iklme.  Simon 
promptly  brouiiht  suit  for  libel,  and  the  journal 
has  been  justly  condemned.  The  opposition 
papers  make  a  great  outcry,  and  ask  what  has 
become  of  M.  Simon's  ancient  principles  con- 
cerning the  liberty  ot  the  press ;  but  I  thinkthat 
very  few  persons  will  be  found  to  urge  the  im- 
munity of  the  press  in  «iioh  outrageous  cases 
as  this,  or  to  demand  for  it  a  freedom  that  can 
be  pushed  to  license. 

While  stiU  advocating  tho  widest  possible 
liberty  ot  the  press,  and  being  surroundcrd  by 
liberal  Qicu,  M.  Jules  Simon  could  not  help 
executing  existing  laws,  and  hence  could  not 
overlook  the  articles  of  tho  Droits  de  rilomme. 
The  leader  writer  in  that  journal,  who  signs 
X.  Y.,  is  Henri  Rochfort.  Day  after  day  he 
makes  attacks  upon  the  Government,  the 
Legislature,  the  Magistrates,  and  the  Army, 
upou  tho  bases  of  society,  upon  nearly  evcry- 
thmg  that  other  men  hold  sacred,  and  tho  ques- 
tion comes  as  to  what  shall  bo  done.  The  law 
formally  forbids  anch  attacks.  -  But  many  an 
article  was  passed  over  unnoticed  until  the 
writer  began  to  apologise  for  acts  qualified  as 

crimes,  a  thing  the  Franch  law  punishes  'With 
■everity^  If  M.  Simon  had  passed  this  over  he 
would  have  been  accused  of  a  dereliction  of 

duty  ;  when  he  orders  the  law  executed  he  is 
accused  of  violating  his  own  primciples.  Of 
the  two  courses  he  had  to  follow  he  preferred 

the    latter,  in    the    interests    of     the    country, 

though  rendering  him  personally  unpopular, 
and  the  Droits  de  VHomine  was  prosecuted. 
Yesterday  it  was  suspended  for  six  months, 
and  its  editor  sentenced  to  three  months' im- 
prisonment and  to  a  fine  of  3,000  francs.  To-day 
the  papers,  even  those  that  rejoice  over  the  fall 
of  trig  Radical  journal,  are  all  sarcastic  or 
severe  in  speaking  of  M.  Simon 

One  of  the  articles  which  gave  rise  to  the 
pursuit  was  about  the  death  of  tho  banker 
Jeckor,  who  disappeared  during  the  Commune. 
Wbeu  a  millionaire  is  suddenly  lost  there  is  a 
great  outcry  made  about  him,  and  the  friends 
of  Jocker  made  every  effort  to  Icam  his  fate. 
At  length  the  Government  learned  that  he  was 
among  the  victims  ot  the  Commune,  but  the  de- 
tails of  his  assassination  were  only  given  the 
other  day.  They  evidently  come  irom  an  eye- 
witness or  from  one  of  the  latter's  most  inti- 
mate Iriends.  The  story  is  interesting  enough 
to  translate,  and  I  cive  portions  of  it : 

It  jvas  on  the  morning  tf  the  26th  of  May  ;  no 
•au,  and  a  fine  drizzling  rain,  a  sort  of  icy  log  pen- 
etrated to  the  very  marrow  of  our  bonei,.  Seven 
o'clock  md  not  yet  struck,  but  even  at  that  early 
hour  I  WHS   «t   the  bnrricade  of   the  barridre  da 

Ti6n6  with .     |Arm*nd,  who  is  speaking,  tells 

bis  trlenin  thac  he  iudicates  the  psrsou  aa  '  the 
man.'  m  order  t*  avoid  giving  naniea.  He  is  then 
detailed  to  aid  in  the  arrest  of  Jeoker  in  the  Cabi- 
net of  Kaoul  KiganlL  |  •  *  *  Rigault  gave  him 
I.JeckerJ  two  or  tbcee  sharp  glances  trom  under 
uis  blaaaes,  takiug  two  or  three  pinches  ot  saofP  at 
the  same  time,  decker's  eyes  roved  wildly  kbuut 
the  room,  aou  be  made  aeeature  indioatine  despair. 
.The  Deieg£>te  [KiKauUj  gave  a  violent  pull  at  the 
bell-cord  near  hia  hana  ;  a  servant  appeared;  he 
gave  him  an  order  in  a  low  tone  of  voice,  and  two 
mil  ntes  later  a  Sergeant  and  four  men  entered  the 
room.  • 

•■  That's  tho  I  man,"  said  Klg^ialt.  '•shut  hira  np 
in  the  must  solitary  fasbioo."  The  backer  was 
arrested  and  the  Delegate  gave  his  reaaona. 

"  Yoa  Kce,  Acmand.  wa  muat  bave  oanona,  but 
we  ■want  ether  things  aa  well.  At  la  Roqnette 
Prison  there  la  a  lot  0/  Jesalts,  ■pios  aud  brigands 
who  will  come  down  upon  n«  if  thimcs  turn  out 
badly,  but  there  is  one  of  these  hostages  who  will  not 
escape  ;  be  wUl  he  (hot  if  I  bave  to  do  it  myself." 

(An  order  is  procured  for  the  execution  of  the 
impnsonea  banker.)  The  door  opeaed :  the  gosrd 
and  the  prisoner  appeared,  and  in  a  gioment  there 
was  silence.  .     ..     ,      ^     ^ 

"  Jecker,"  aald  the  man,  in  the  bard,  sharp  tone 
that  you  know,  "  your  last  hour  has  come  ;  1  haye 
au  order  to  shoot  yon.  Try  to  die  in  a  better  fash- 
ion tdao  yon  bave  lived,  if  that  is  i>0B,ihl8."  Per- 
fectly livid,  the  orisoaer  looked  at  u§,  aud  hts  taoe 
asanmed  a  greeniab  bae ;  imt  not  a  word  came  from 
hia  Upa. 
.  ■'  Are  you  ready  f"  ME«d  tbe  «A|i. 

"xaml" 


sataidjii^ 


fine,  obllly  rain  -vm  .falUog.  8itrroaD0ed  >y  us, 
armadwith  ohaaMp^ta,  And  pf«o«ded-1>y  th^-Capf 
tain,  retolT«r  la  'baiid,  Jeoker  marphed nflth  hia 
ere*  upon  .the  (croand,  bat  with  a  firm  atep.  At 
the  ftrat  burici^e  th*  offiotr  In  ooaamand  came  up 
to  ns.  . 

"  Where  are  vod  going  la  that  sort  of  •  fasUoa  1" 
hefsked., 

"  To  ahooc  that  man,"  replied  onr  Captain. 

"  That  man !    And  who  the  — »K  he  1" 

"Jecker." 

"  The  man  of  Mexican  famel" 

"  Yea," 

"  Do  you  want  any  help  ?" 

"  No ;  thanks  ;  we  are  enough  for  the  work." 

Thia  conversation,  or  something  veiy  like  it  was 
repeated  at  eaob  barricade.  At  last  we  arrived  at' 
tbo  piaster  beds  of  tbe  baniere  des  Aman. 
diers,  between  Fere  la  Chaise  and  Mohtmarlre. 
There  was  there,  at  500  or  600  yards  from  tbe  forti- 
flcatiooB,  an  abandoned  villa  in  tbe  midst  of  a  small 
field,  aud  a  six-foot  wall  inclosed  this  quiet  home 
Of  some  peaceable  bonrgeois.  Kear  It  was  a  freshly- 
dag  grave,    Tbe  man  gave  a  look  abont  him. 

"Berb  weare,"  he  said,  -'this  la  thfi  epot."  The 
bnttsof  onr  miukets  rang  as  tbey  came  down  heavily 
upon  tbe  ground.  Tbe  man  turned  toward  Jecker : 
"  There  !"  be  aald.  pointing  to  the  wall.  Mute  and 
livid,  Jeoker  -walked  aatoiD«tically  to  the  wall, 
throw  his  hat  upon  the  ground,  and  lolded  his  arms 
aoroaa  hia  bteaat.  At  thia  moment  our  guns  came 
np. 

"Do  not  roiaa  me—,"  he  said,  but  the  phrase  was 
not  finished,  for  lour  balls  struck  him  in  tbe  breast, 
and  he  tumbled  over  upon  the  ground.  Tbe  Cap- 
tain went  up  to  him,  and  Instead  of  the  uiinal  coup 
de  grace,  broke  In  bis  skuU  with  tbe  bntt  of  bis  re- 
volver. A  dozen  frlshtf al  gaChis,  who  had  followed 
ui,  then  approached.  V 

"  What  do  you  want,  vermin  ?"  said  the  man 
■with  bis  bard  voice. 

"We  come  to  ask,  citizen,"  aaid  the  orator  of  the 
band,  with  that  training  voice  of  the  Parisian 
Javroche,  "what  is  to  be  done  with  the  body." 

"What  is  to  be  done  with  it?  "  srrowled  tlie  man. 
"Throw  him  Into  the  ditch,  like  hia  master,  Maxi- 
milian. Throw  him  in,  you  young  scamps;  and  as 
for  ourselves,  citizens,  let  ua  leave  that  carrion." 
And  that.la  tbe  way,  my  friend,  that  the  miserable 
Jeba  aied. 

It  ia  difficult  to  show  more  cynicism  than  is 
betrayed  in  this  moving  story.  It  shows  that 
the  great  Swiss  banker  died  bravely,  at  least, 
and  it  puts  an  end  to  the  doubts  that  have 
been  so  long  felt  regarding  his  fate.  This  pro- 
cess has  brought  out  the  fact  that  he  was  as- 
sassinated by  the  order  of  Raoul  Kigault. 

Hitherto  the  committees  of  the  Chamber 
and  of  the  Senate  have  been  in  the  habit  of 
sending  tor  one  of  the  Ministers  whenever  in- 
formation of  a  precise  character  was  wanted, 
and  it  was  not  easy  for  a  member  of  the  Cabi- 
net to  escape  from  these  calls  upon  his  time. 
If  he  refused  he  ran  the  risk  of'-e Sending  an 
entire  party  and  of  losing  his  majority  at  tho 
next  division.  Durmg  the  Premiership  of  the 
Duo  de  Broglie  there  where  two  or  three 
strongly  Badioal  eommittees,  and  they  rarely 
tailed  to  send  for  him  tvto  or  three  times 
a  week,  enjoying  his  annoyance  at 
being  arraigned  and  questioned.  To  them 
it        was         equal         to        bear-baiting     ,  or 

a  bull  fight  But  the  present  Ministers  have 
had  some  experience  in  that  sort  of  amuse- 
ment, and  do  not  care  to  be  baited  in  tbe  same 
way.  Hence,  it  was  resolved  at  the  last  Cabi- 
net meeting  that  each  Minist<^r  should  detail 
one  of  his  Chefs  de  Cabinet  tor  thia  jservice, 
sending  him  to  represent  tbe  Minister  required 
.  whenever  summoned  by  any  commission.   This 

arrangement  does  not  appear  to  give  entire 
satistaction^  tbe  Senators  aad  Deputies  think- 
ing that  it  lessens  their  dignity  to  treat  with  a 
subaltern  when  they  have  a  right  to  summon  a 
Minister  before  them.  Home  protests  against 
tbe  new  system  have  been  entered.     Each  sous- 

ohef  thus  delegated  to  represent  a  Minister  be- 
fore the  Parliamentary  commissions  is  entitled 
to  tbe   paynient  of  his   railway  fare  and  to  an 
extra  mdemuity  of  $1  per  diem. 
One  of  our  Auvergnats,8mall  Scalers  in  wood 

and  coal,  had  a  very  curious  adventure  yester- 
day afternoon.  Two  men  entered  his  shop  and 
purchased  a  small  lagot,  the  prico  ol  which 
was  two  sous,  but  pretended  to  have  no  cop- 
pers, and  ofi'ered  a  20  franu  gold  piece.  The 
Auverguat  hastened  to  draw  his  sao,  and  care- 
luily  counted  out  19  francs  and  90  centimes. 
When  it  was  in  the  hands  of  the  purchaser  the 
companion  said:  "Abl  I  have  found  a  two- 
sous  piece  in  my  pocket ;  it's  not  worth  while 
changing  your  gold  piece ;  here,"  and  ho 
handed  the  two  sous  to  tho  dealer,  who  gave 
back  tho  piece  of  gold.  Meanwhile,  the  first 
man  was  getting  out  the  silver,  but  both  turned 

suudenly  and  ran  out  of  the  uhop.  "  J-'ouchtra  f 
Je  suis  volt,"  said  the  Auverguat ;  but  be  was 
a  stout  hearty  fellow,  and  gave  chase  at  once. 

He  bad  a  long  run  for  it,  but  presently  a  gend- 
arme captured  oue  lellow,  aua  the  other  rau  to 
the  Seine  and  tried  to  throw  his  pursuer  off  at 
one  ot  the  bridges.  But  his  foot  slipped  and  he 
fell  into  the  river.  Without  hesitation  the 
Auverguat  plunged  in  alter  him,  and  hrunght 
him   out,  getting  25  francs .  for  saving  a  man 

from  drowning  in  addition  to  his  o-wn  i9  francs 
and  'JO  centimes. 


MA-RJUM  HOTEa. 

The  schooner  L.  A.  Johnson,  from  Philadel- 
phia to  Portland,  was  wrecked  near  Portland  Head- 

ligtit.     ^11  un  buara  were  »aveU. 

Henry  Edwards,  seaman  ou  the  ship  Ham- 
ilton Pish,  from  Lirorpool  for'  New- York,  Deo.  14, 

fell  from  tbe  inizzeD-to)iaaUyard  on  tbe  13tb  inst., 
and  was  initantly  killed. 

The  Mable  Lent,  Capt.   Wyman,  which  left 

St.  ipbomaa  Jan.  24  fur  JPurto  Kico,  there  to  load  a 
portion  of  her  carga  for  Mew- York,  was  lost  en  the 
00831  of  San  Domingo,  near  Puerto  Pia,  whilo  pro- 
c^dine  to  oomolete  cargo  at  Blanco  d 'Isabella. 
t>be  was  of  IdS  tons  burden,  was  built  at  liuar 
Kiver,  Nova  Scotia,  in  iSTf  and  was  owned  by  W. 
P.  Marshall,  of  Digby,  Auoapolid  Barbor.  Her 
crew  were  saved. 

Capt.  I.  L.  Bosnell,  of  the  schooner  Kate  and 
Lnella,  of  Lebanon,  Del.,  arrived  yesterday  morn- 
ing in  the  steamer  Tyboe  from  Tnrk's  Island.  Ue 
reuortx  thut  his  vessel  left  Kiohmond,  Va.,  on  Deu. 
6  tor  New- York,  with  a  cargo  or  cool,  aod  on  the  9:b 
of  the  aame  month,  when  off  the  capea  of  Delaware, 
experienced  a  flerco  nortfa-weat  sale,  during  wbiuii 
all  tbe  canvas  was  blown  to  abreda,  foroipe  her  to 
aoud  to  tbe  southward  under  bare  poles,  aud  driv- 
ing them  into  the  gulf.  Oa  tho  SOtb  he  ruUca  the 
muinmast  out  of  her,  and  she  remaiaed  at  the  mercy 
of  ibe  elemeuta  nntli  Jan.  37,  wbeu  be  manaKed  to 
work  her,  with  many  ditficulties.  Into  Turk's  Island, 
ali  bands  beicg  exhausted.  The  reisel  was  leU  at 
tbe  island  to  refit. 


DIVOROES  i.V  HAINE. 
Tho  Augusta  (Me.)  Journal  prints  a  list  of 
28  divorces  granted  at  the  recent  term  of  the  Su- 
premo Judicial  Coort  m  that  city,  and  says :  "  It  is 
a  moumtnl  company  of  most  unhappy  men  and 
women,  but  only  a  fair  sample  o(  what  Is  going  on 
in  nearly  all  of  the  other  counties  in  the  State. 
Twenty-two  women  aoked  to  be  divorced  from 
their  bosoanda.  Tbeir  lives  have  been  made 
miserable  by  cruelty,  neglect,  drunkenness,  crime, 
•nd  desertion ;  and  who  shall  say  that  the  court 
has  not  been  the  Inatmmebt  of  blessing  in  setting 

the  poor  wirea  free  Irom  the  tnarriaKe  relation  ?  la 
BIX  caaea  husbands  a«k  lor  aivoroea  from  their 
wivei,  oD  the  ground  of  high  temper,  itcompati- 
bility  of  disposition,  and  .in  some  oases  a  strong 
leanme  toward  UKllnesa  and  abauluce  crnelty." 

Among  tbe  cases  enumerateU  are  tbe  followinK: 

Nancie  P.  Chesley,  of  Payette,  divorce  from  Lo- 
renzo Cbesley,  of  Mount  Vernon.  Cauat,  neglect 
androlutalte  provide  support,  nnrsinc,  and  medi- 
cal care  and  atcendanoe  when  aick,  preventing  her 
attendance  at  religious  meetings,  aud  exercising  a 
tyrannical  control  over  her,  and  otherwise  ronder- 
liie  her  life  tolaerable;  kickmfi  ana  atriking  her, 
and  desertion. 

Ella  E.  Donelaia,  of  trftrdiner,  divorce  from 
Charles  H.  Douglaes,  of  Gardiner.  Cauao,  croaa 
abuse,  extreme  cruelty,  kicking,  etrikine,  and 
choking  her,  otten  kicking  her  out  of  bed  and  or- 
derinc  ber  ta  leave  tho  bouse,  threatening  to  take 
taer  lite  ii  she  ever  returned  ;  he  has  a  bad  disposi- 
tion and  uncontrollable  temper. 

Daniel  M.  Black,  of  WatervUle,  divoroe  from 
Martha  Black,  of  WaterviU*.  Cause,  shamefnl 
abuse  and  ill  treatment,  even  in  sickness,  not  wlth- 
atandiUB  he  bad  provided  her  a  home  suited  to  her 
rank  and  position  In  lite.  She  la  ao  revengetul, 
morose,  aud  Quarrelsome,  that  ber  haaband  can  find 
no  happiness  in  ber  presence,  and  hia  peace  of  mind 
ia  greatly  aistnrbeo. 

Seth  W.  Perkin«i,  of  Gardiner,  divorce  from 
Clarioda  C.  Perkins  ot  Canton.  Cause,  alienation 
tu  affection,  covering  a  period  of  four  yei^rs,  manl- 
feating  a  strong  dislike,  culminathig  in  autoal 
hatred  of  hioi,  ea  that  sbe  refused  to  auffer  bim  to 
remain  In  tbe  same  bonsie,  and  be  bad  to  leave  for 
tbe  sake  of  "kHeping  peace  lu  the  family,"  The 
libelant  is  a  minl'tcr  of  tbe  Gospel,  and  has  not 
been  able  to  live  with  hia  wife  for  mor«  than  three  ' 
years. 

A  HUSBAND  BEARD  FROM.' 
The  Elmira  Advertiser  says  :  "  About  10  years 
ago  a  party  of  from  20  to  25  men  left  Geneva,  N\  Y.. 
for  the  mming  regions  m.  one  of  tbe  Western 
States.  Among  tbe  party  was  Jerome  Crawford, 
who  left  behind  him  a  wlte  and  one  child.  Two 
years  later  all  returned  except  Mr.  Crawford,  who, 
tbey  said,  became  separated  from  the  rest  of  tho 
party  and  could  not  be  found.  About  four  years 
ago  bis  wife,  giving  up  all  hope  for  him,  aua  tuink- 
Ing  he  muat  be  dead,  married  again.  Some  time 
ago  she  received  a  letter  frem  her  supposed  dead 
husband,  aayine  that  be  bad  tteen  captured  by  the 
Indians  and  held  by  them  As  a  prisoner  until  re- 
cently, When  he  made  bis  escape,  and  now  asks 
bis  wife  to  send  him  mobey  ao  he  could  return  to 
his  old  home  again. ' ' 

THS  OBABITY  OF  THE  POOR. 
The  Worcester  Spy  says :  "  A  pleasant  in- 
stance of  true  generosity  and  its  reward  ooonrred 
laat  week  at  Bookport,  Mass.  A  woman  who  aap- 
ported  ber  two  children  by  bard  work  waa  aaked 
by  a  feUow-workman  in  the  mill  to  aid  in  makibg 
ft  pniae  'for  a  poor  woman.'  She  had  bat  60  cents 
lett  to  oarry  her  aod  ber  ohfldrea  through  tbe, 
naittt.  bst  sbe  gAve.SS  oequ.    A  lltUe  later  tbe 


LOCAL  MISCELLANY. 

■i  • 
THE  LOTTEBY  SWINDLES. 

WATCaiS  SAID  TO  BB  WORTH  $200  EACH 
OrPBRED  FOR  $20-l-STRONa  ALLEOA- 
nONS  AGAINST  A  FIRM  KNOWN  AS 
RUSSBLI.  A,  CO.  ' 

The  bogos  lottery  swindlers  are  again  at 
work,  and  their  labors  seem  to  be  meeting  with  suc- 
cess. Complaints  have  reached  the  Mayor's  Office 
regarding  the  operations  of  a  firm  doing  biuinesa  as 
jewelers  nnder  the  name  of  Bussell  Ic  Co.,  at 
ITo.  37  Bond  street.  Several  daya  ago  Mayor  Ely 
received  a  letter  from  a  Mr.  William  H.  Powers,  of 
Sprinefleld,  N.  H.,  in  which  that  person  stated  he 
had  been  informed  by  Bussell  &  Co.  that  be  had 
drawn  as  a  prize  in  the  Topeka  and  Laramie  Lot- 
tery a  watch  valued  at  t900.  Tbe  circnlar  contain- 
ing this  information  atated  alao  ■  that  a 
committee  of  ticket-holders  in  the  lottery 
had  decided  that  an  extra  assessment 
of  so  per  cent,  of  tbe  value  of  prizes  drawn  should 
be  levied  before  such  prizes  were  delivered.  Mr. 
Powers  asked  Mayor  Ely  to  procure  the  watch 
from  RnsaeU  &  Co.  and  express  it  to  him 
C.  O.  D.  Mayor  Ely  gave  Mr.  Powers' 
letter,  with  others  of  a  like  character,  into 
the  hands  of  Capt.  Walsh,  of  the  Twenty- 
eizth  Precinct,  with  orders  to  investigate  the  char- 
acter of  Bussell  &  Co.  Capt.  Walsh  stated  to  a 
Times  reporter  yesterday  that  there  was  every  evi- 
dence that  tbe  firm  name  was  bogus,  and  that 
the  operations  of  Knssell  &  Co.  were  frandulent, 
but  that  no  action  could  be  taken  against  tbem, 

as  no  complainant  conld  be  procnred  to  appear 
againat  tbem.  He  said  that  oircalars  annonnciog 
tbe  drawing  of  prizes  were   sent   to  persons  wbu 

bad  bought  no  lottery  tickets,  and  that  almost  all 
tbe  persona  who  sent  money  to  Russell  &  Co.  be- 
lieved tbey  coidd  procure  a  gold  watch  for  one- 
tenth  its  value.  It  will  be  esHily  seen,  said  Capt. 
Walsh,  that  most  of  the  people  who  are  deprived 
of  their  money  by  Russell  &  tfo.,  endeavor  by  falae 
pretenaes  to  procure  an  article  whicb  they  be- 
lieve is  worth  more  than  the  money  they 
send  on.  He  had  endeavored  to  ascertain  tbe 
methods  of  KnsaoU  &  Co.,  and  had  discovered  that 
Bnssell  Is  a  clerk  for  Ellis  H.  Elias,  the  proprietor 
of  the  Dollar  Store  under  the  Grand  Central  Hotel, 
and  of  tbe  Parisisn  Diamonds  Emporium  further  up 
Broadway.  A  reporter  of  The  Times  visited  tbe 
place  ot  business  of  Rossell  &  Co.,  at  No. 
37  Bond  street,  yesterday  afternoon.  When 
he  ascended  tho  steps  ho  was  met 
by  three  gentlemen  who  asked  him  if  he  was  em- 
ployed by  Rnea<?ll  &  Co,  He  replied  that  be  was 
not.  and  walked  on  tn  tne  dooi  of  the  score  wbicb 
bore  tbe  inscription,  '•  Russell  &.  Co.,  Kineston 
Gold  Watch  and  Jewelry  Co."  The  door  was  locked, 
andpinnednpon  ic  wasapaperstatmettaat  somebody 
would  be    "  back  in   15  miuatea."     At  Ibis  momenl 

a  letter-carrier  apneared,  who  said.  "  That's  a  prettv 
long  15  minutes.    I  was  here  three  hours  ago,  and 

that  paper  was  (ben  on  the  door."  The  gentlemen 
who  stood  in  tbe  doorway  proved  to  be  the  Assigneea 
of  the  claims  of  friends  in  the  coimtry  who  had  re- 
ceived notices  that  prizes  awaited  them  and  would 
be  sent  br  Russell  &  Co.,  upon  tbe  lecoipt  of  one- 
tweniieth  of  tbeir  valoe.     All  were  convinced  tbat 

Eussell  &  Co.  were  swindlers.  Very  soon  another 
person  appeared  who  stated  be  had  been  engaged  in 

a  noDtroversy  with  Mr.  Russell  in  tbe  morning:,  and 
was  cprtaiu  that  tbe  watcne*  ufiered  aa  prizes  could 
he  procured  down  town  for  (4  CO  oacb.  Later 
another     gentleman      joined      the     party      and 

said  he  bad  come  to  pay  iSt)  for  one 
of  the  prize  watches  at  tbe  request 
of  a  friend  mimed  F.  A.  Bottome,  who  resides  in 
Tbomaavilie,  Ga.  He  said  tbat  Mr.  Bottome  re- 
ceived a  circnlai'  intorminK  him  that  be  had  drawn 
a  watch  as  a  prize  in  tbe  Xopeka  and  Laramie  Lot- 
tory,  and  he  had  written  to  htm  asking  him  to  ex- 
amine the  watch  aud  determine  its  ralao  before  tho 
money  was  sent  tor  it.  The  latter  called  upon 
RusseU  &.  Co.,  wbo  showed  him  tbe 
watch  and  suid  they  valued  it  at  $35 
retail,  hut  as  the  lottery  company  took 
a  number  they  sold  eacb  time-keooer  eiven  as  a 
piize  for  J20.  "  It  wag  none  of  tbeir  bnainess,  Rus- 
sell &  Co.  said,  that  the  lottery  company  repre- 
sented tho  value  of  tbe  watch  at  8200.  Toe  eeu- 
tleman  who  crave  this  information  said  be  wrote  to 
Mr.  Biittome  saying  tbat  tbe  w.itch  he  was  siiid  to 
havo  drawn  was  worth  about  $8.  but  that  it  looked 
good,  and  he  thought  if  bis  conscience  permitted, 
be  could  sell  It  in  Georgia  for  tSO.  He  avdised  Mr. 
Bottome  not  to  purcbaseihe  watcb,  but  that  gentle- 
man seut  him  $:.0  and  oidereo  him  to  buy  tbe  time- 
piece without  delay.    Ue  did  not  have  tbe  chaocd 

to  executu  his  midsiun  yesterday  atiemoon.  how- 
ever, for  no  renre8ent.itive  of  Russell  &  Co.  ap- 
peared, and  he  aud  tho  other  gentleman  left  Bond 
street  breathing  veiiceanco   acainst  the  drm. 

THE  TROTllHiG  AHHOCIATION. 

CLOSE    OF    THE    SESSION    OP   THE     BOARD    OF 
APPKALS — A  DECISION    ADVERSE  TO   THE 
POINT  BRKEZE  PARK  ASSOCIATION. 
The  concluding  session  ot  the   Board   of  Ap- 
peals ot  the  Atlantic  District  of  the  National  Trot- 
ting Association  was  held  at  the  New- York  Hotel 
yesterday  moroinff,    Mr.   C.   D.    Hutcbinson,  Vice- 
President,  in  the  chair.    There  was  only  one  case  of 

importance  before  the  board,  and  atter  this  was  de- 
cided the  board  adjourned  for  tho  season.     The  case 

was  the  most  important  of  tbe  sei^sion,  and  was  in 

tbenatareof  a  complaintmade  by  Hiraro  Sohitler,  of 
Readinc,  Penn.,  against  tbe  Point  Breeze  Park  Asso- 
ciation Ot  Philadelphia,  together  with  a  request  for 
an  order.  Havinu  considered  the  evidence,  the 
board  found  the  following  facts:  That  at  the  ter- 
mination of  the  fourth  beat  of  the  race  in  qnestion 
tbe  Judges  declared  tho  same  to  be  a  dead  beat  be- 
tween John  S.  Beald  and  Mattie  Lyie,  placing 
Scotland  third,  Harry  Spanker  fourth,  and  Little 
Mary*flfth;  th.it  thOiie  five  horses  started  in 
tbe  fifth  bent  of  the  race,  and  fonr 
(.t  tbem  continued  in  the  race  nntil  the  terminatiim 
of  tbe  seventu  heat,  Uarry  Spanker  having  beon 
rnlod  out  after  the  fifth  heat  in  obediance  to  Rule 
31.  At  tho  termination  of  tbe  seventh  beat  tbe 
race  «vas  postponed  on  account  of  n.irknsss,  aud 
was  resumed  the  next  day,  when,  on  calling  np  the 
horses  lor  the  eighth  lieaf,  tho  .ludges  revprsed 
their  decision  upon  the  fourth  heat,  and  declared 
the  heat  to  have  beeu  won  by  John 
S.  HealJ,  with  Mattie  Lyie  second, 
learinK  the  fifth  beat  undisturbed,  tbough  ruling 
the  aixtb  and  seventh  beats  void.  Tbe  filth  boat 
had  been  recorded  on  the  provions  day  as  having 
been  won  by  Mattie  Lyle.  The  iudges  nfixt  ordered 
Mattie  Lyle  to  the  stable,  under  the  assumed 
authority"  of  rule  31,  because,  according  to  their 
revised  decision,  lihe  bad  failed  to  win  a 
beat  in  five,  and  the  next  day,  in  the 
eighth  heat,  they  started  only  John  S. 
lieald,  Scotland,  and  Little  Mary.  At  the 
termination  of  the  cijhtb  heat  they  placed  Scotland 
first,  Little  Alary  second,  and  John  S.  Heald  third. 
At  tbe  termination  of  tbe  ninth  heat  they  placed 
Heald  first,  Scotland  second,  and  Litile  Mary  third, 
thereupon  awarding  tho  race  to  John  S. 
Heald.  Upon  a  review  of  these  proceedings,  the 
board  deciaed  tbat  the  action  ot  the  jnuges  in 
BO  reveTsing  their  decision  of  tbe  aaid 
heat  was  unlawtul,  and  ibelr  decision  in  tbat 
respect  was  set  aside.  Tbe  original  decision  of  tbe 
fourth  heat  was  restored,  and  likewlBe  the  original 
decision  of  the  sixth  and  seveuib  beats.  It  waa 
further  ordered  that  the  eighth  and  ninth  heats 
should  be  set  aside  as  nnlawtui,  becaas<»  troni  tbe 
eighth  heat  Mactie  Lyle  was  excluded  impiooerly. 
Ttie   race,  so    f.ir   as    it    was    embraced    in  tbu  firut 

seven  heats  with  the  summary*  corrected  was  con- 
firmed, but  the  race  atf  that  point  was  de- 
claren  to  be  unfinished,  aud  it  was  ordered 
tbat  tbe  race  should  be  trotteo  to  a  conclusion,  on 
the  same  track,  between  tho  horses  which  com  - 
peted  m  the  seventh  beat,  to  wit  :  Ha  tlie  Lyle 
first.  Little  Mary  second, .and  Heald  third,  they 
being  assigned  positions  for  tbe  eighth  heat  in  tbat 
order,  and  that  the  continued  race  should  be  trot- 
ted on  some  day  between  May  15  and  Juue  1  next. 
Inolnsive,  the  dates  to  be  namea  by  the  officers  ot 
the  Point  Breeze  Association.  Tbe  Point  Breeze 
Park  Assocmtion  was  also  directed  to  givononoa 
of  the  day  determined  upon  before  May  1  nest,  and 
that  tbe  noti;^e  should  he  commtmlcated  by  mail  to 
tbe  interested  parties  and  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
National  Trotting  Association. 

MARJ  AND  PATRICK  TAKIAO  THE  PLEDGE 
Mary  Donohoe  took  the  witness  stand  at  the 
Court  of  Special  Sessions  yesterday  and  preferred 
a  charge  of  assanlt  and  battery  against  bet  hus- 
band, Patrick  Donohoe.  The  prisoner,  a  brawny 
stevedore,  looked  sullen  and  defiant.  "Please, 
yoiir  Honor,"  said  Mary,  addressing  Jus- 
tice Murray,  "  my  husband  came  home  drunk 
a  tew  eveuin's  a£o,  and  he  sazed  be  by  tbe  head 
and  pounded  it  agin  the  floor.    He  spinds  most  of 

bis  money  in  the  bar.rooms.  I  bave  a  big  family  of 
small  chiidhre,  and  be  gives  me  verv  little  to  aup- 
port  tbem.  He  is  very  cruel  to  me,  Sir,  but  1  don't 
want  to  punish  him.  It  he'd  only  support  the 
cblldhre,  I  am  able  to  support  me^elt.  If  ha  was 
sick  or  not  able  to  work,  I'd  be  willing  to  beg  for 
him."  Lowering  her  voice  to  a  whisper,  she  con- 
tinued, looking  around  appealingly  to  the  court, 
"God  bless  ye,  glntlemeb.  aud  give  bim  a  good 
scolding;  frighten  him,  and  perhaps  be'U  give  up 
dhrmkin'."  Patrick  was  called  to  the  witness  stand. 
Be  strove  to  throw  the  blame  of  the  whole  trouble 
on  bis  wile,  bnt  be  was  scopped  short,  and  told  to 
stand  up  until  sentence  of  tbe  court  would  be  pro- 
nouncsd  upon  him.  "Patrick,"  said  Justice  £il- 
brelb,  as  if  he  was  about  to  pass  sentence  of  death 
on  tbe  prisoner,  "you  deserve  to  be  banged."  The 
prisoner  started.  "  But  If  you  take  the  pledge  for 
I'i  months,  and  promise  to  keep  it,  and  not  beat 
your  wife,  yon  can  go  home  this  time."  *'  I  will, 
your  honor,  if  she  takes  it,"  aaid  Pat;  and  husband 
and  wife  kissed  the  book,  with  a  firm  promise  to 
live  in  peace  tor  the  future. 


a  piece  of  brick  at  tbe  driver.  The  wound  Inflicted 
was  a  sever*  one,  tbongh  tbe  young  man  was  able  to 
return  to  bis  home  in  New-Tork  without  assistance. 
The  lad,  Walsh,  Bnrrendered  himself,  and,  after  • 
day  or  two,  w«»  admitted  to  ball  in  91.500,  on  the 
certificate  of  tbe  attending  pbysioian  that  Brown 
was  not  In  danger  of  bis  Ufa,  Early  this  week 
Brdwn  auff'ered  a  relapse,  and  on  Fridav  be  died. 
Tonng  Waleb,  wbo  was  in  this  City  at  the  time,  re- 
turned to  Hoboken  and  gave  himself  np  to  the  au- 
thorities and  waa  committed  to  answer. 


THE  ST.  JOHN'S  GUILD  BALL. 

ARRANGEMENTS  FOR  THE  MARTBA  WASH-' 
INGTON  RECEPTION  AND  GARDEN  PARTY 
ON  THURSDAY  EVENING  NEXT. 
The  arrangements  for  the  Martha  Washing- 
ton reception  and^arden  party,  at  the  Academy  of 
Music,  on  Thursday  evening  next,  are  now  almost 
complete.  Nilsson  Hall  will  be  transformed  into 
a  floral  palace,  the  |onr  quarters  of  the  globe  being 
represented  by  fairy  bowers,  dedicated  respectively 
to  America,  Sassia,  Germany,  England,  France, 
Spain,  Italy,  Greece,  Brazil,  Mexico,  and  Iceland. 
Each  bower  will  be  composed,  as  nearly  as  possible, 
of  the  sbmbs.  plants,  and  flowers  indigenone  to 
tbe  quarter  of  the  globe  represented,  and  the  lady 
attendants  will  be  attired  in  the  costume  of  the 
country.  Tbe  floral  department  will  be  nnder 
the  management  of  100  ladies  of  tbe  first 
families  in  the  City,  who  bave  generously 
placed  themselves  at  the  aervice  of  tbe  committee. 
In  addition  to  the  ooamopolitan  feature  mentioned, 
the  public  will  be  treated  to  a  beantilul  floral  repre- 
sentation of  Moimt  Vernon,  where  the  remains  of 
Washington  repose,  and  can  have  their  fortunes 
told  bv  a  band  of  aristocratic  and  elegantly-attired 
gypsies,  all  glittering  with  armlets  and  anklets,  or 
can  purchase  lemonade  from  a  modem  Rebecca  at 
the  well.  The  tesiivities  at  the  Aoademy  will  com- 
mence at  10  o'clock,  when  tbe  curtain  will  rise  on  a 
tableau  of  unusual  splendor  representing  one  of 
Lady  Washington's  brilliant  receptions.  The  ladies 
will  be  attired  in  tbe  splendid  costumes  of  a  hun- 
dred years  ago,  and  the  principal  cbaractprs  wilt  bo 
as  tiiiibfuUy  made  up  as  possible.  After  the  tab- 
leau the  graceful  "  mennet  de  la  cour"  will  bo 
danced  by  20  couples  In  the  rich  court  costnme  ot 
tbe  time  of  Louis  XIV.^  under  tbe: direction  of 
Prof.  De  Garmo,  and  the  ball  will  immediately  af- 
ter be  opened.  Music  will  be  supplied  by  Bern- 
stein's orchestra,  together  with  GrafuUa'a  and 
Dowoing's  full  bands,  and  supper  by  distinguished 
caterers.  The  great  feature  of  the  evening  will 
uiMloubtedly  be  tbe  floral  display,  and  judging  Irum 
tile  personal  attractions  and  high  social  standing 
of  the  ladies  engaged,  wiil  prove  as  remunerative 
as  attractive.  The  noble  object  tor  which  tbe  en- 
torlaiument  is  being  hefd  has  elicited  the  sympa- 
thy and  support  ot  tbe  leading  families  in  tbe  City, 
;ind  tbe  company  will  no  doubt  be  a  brilliant  one. 
Tbe  Mayor  and  heads  of  the  various  departments 
bave  signified  tbeir  intention  of  being  present,  aud 
invitations  have  been  sent  to  tbe  Governor  and  bis 
stafi^  Gen.  Hancock  and  stafi,  and  the  Port  Admiral. 
The  Grand  Dako  Alexis  and  a  number  of  distio- 
guished  officers  cf  the  Bossiau  fleet  will  also  be  in 
attendance. 

THE  WILL  OF  CYRUS  P.  SSflTS. 

The  wiil  of  tho  late  Cyrus  P.  Smith  was  filed 

yesterday  in  the  Kings  County  Surrogate's  office. 
The  deceased  left,  it  is  said,  nearly  |2, 000, 000,  bat 
the  amount  is  not  stated  in  the  will.    Following  ia 

tbe  full  text  of  ibe  docament: 

I,  Cyms  P.  Smith,  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn, 
County  of  Kings,  and  State  of  New-Yorir,  do  hereby 
publish  aud  declare  the  following  as  aud  for  my 
last  will  and  cestaizieDt',    revoking  aU    other  wills  by 

me  made : 

1.  I  nominate  and  appoint  my  sons  Brvan  H. 

Smith  and  Theodore  E.  Kmith  Executors  and 
Trustees  of  my  estate,  or  sacb  of  them  as  may 
quality. 

2.  I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  all  my  estate,  real 

and  personal,  of  every  kind  and  nature,  to  my  said 
Sxecutois  and  Trustees,  with  full  po.ver  and 
authority  to  them  or  the  survivor  of  them,  to  sell 
any  part  and  all  my  real  estate  iu  their  discretion 
at  private  or  public  sale,  and  make  and  execute 
proper  deeds  of  conveyance  to  the  purchaser  or 
purchasers  thereof,  and  hold  oi  invest  the  proceeds 
for  the  sole  nse  of  my  wife  during  her  life,  aud 
alter  her  deiitb  to  divide  the  remaiuder  equally  be- 
tween my  eons  Bryan  H.,  Theodore  E.,  William  C, 
and  Charles  E. ,  and  my  daughter  Ellen,  as  may  be 
just  and  equitable  regarding  tho  amount,  I  have  ad- 
vanced or  uecome  liable  for  to  any  ot  tbem,  by  loan, 
bond  or  note. 

3.  I  desire  and  request  my  Executors  or  Trustees 
or  the  survivor  of  thorn,  before  the  final  division 
and  distribution  of  my  estate,  that  they  will  in  me- 
monum  give  to  eacb  of  the  sons  of  my  deceased  son 
Cyrus,  $200,  and  to  each  of  my  other "graadcbildren 
{100. 

4.  I  hold  two  life  policies  of  $10,000  each  for  the 
benefit  of  my  wi'e,  and  one  tor  *5,000  for  the  beno- 
flt  of  my  daughter  Ellen.  In  case  the  life  policies 
for  the  benefit  of  my  wife  tail  dne  during  her  life, 
I  desire  aiid  direct  tbat  the  piocee'ls  go  into  my 
estate  for  the  benefit  of    my  wite.     I  have    made   a 

difference  in  the  bequests  to  my  grandcbildrun,  as 
my  eon  Cyrus  is  not  included  in  the  distribution  of 
my  estate. 

in  Witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  band 
and  seal  this  nineteenth  day  of  July,  one  thou- 
sand eight  hundred  and  seventy-six. 

C.   P.  SMITH. 

Signed,  sealed,  published,  and  declared  by  the 
above-named  testator,  as  and  for  his  last  will  and 
testament,  in  onr  nreseuce  ;  and  we,  at  bis  request, 
in  his  presence,  and  in  the  presence  of  each  other, 
have  herennlo  snbscriDPd  our  namea  as  witnesses. 

CHARLES  J.  LOWEEY,  No.  1C7  Hicks  street. 

BrooKlyn. 
JAMES  G.  PEARSON,  Js-^o.  IO6I3  Bedford  avenue. 


INSURANCE  TOPICS. 

Mr,  William  K.  Grace,  the  Receiver  of  the 
Continental  Life  Insurance  Comoany,  has  removed 
most  of  the  effects  of  that  concern  from  the  com- 
modious offices  to  a  small  room  on  one  of  the  upper 
stories,  the  object  being  to  rent  tbe  former  ofiices. 
It  has  been  asserted  that  Luther  W.  Frost,  the 
President  of  the  company,  received  form  it  about 
$600,000  more  than  was  justly  dne  him,  and  that 
suit  will  be  instituted  for  its  recovery.  Iu  tne  other 
suits  brought  by  tbe  Receiver  to  recover 
the  assets  transferrBd  bv  tbe  New-Jersey  Mutual 
Companv  to  tbe  National  Capital  Life  no  service  of 
papers  has  yet  been  efiected.  and  it  was  stated  yes- 
terday that  Benj  imin  Noycs  had  left  tbe  State.  At 
the  office  of  tho  National  Capital  it  was  denied  that 
he  was  endfavoring  to  evade  tho  service,  and  Mr. 
Hfenry  D.  Walker,  the  Treasurer  of  the  company, 
said  that  he  expected  Mr.  Noyes  in  town  on  Mon- 
day. 

So  far  as  can  be  learned,  Gov.  Parker,  the  Receiv- 
er of  the  New-Jersey  Mutual,  has  not  yet  succeeded 
in  getting  back  the  assets  ot  tbat  institution  which 
wore  transferred  to  the  National  Caoital  by  Mr. 
Stedwell,  but  it  is  understood  that  an  arrangement 
of  some  kind  will  be  effected  during  the  coming 
week. 

Tbe  nomination  of  Postmaster  Smythe,  of  Al- 
bany, to  be  Superintendent  of  the  lusurance  De- 
partment, has  occasioned  mnch  comment  in  iusua- 
aoce  circles,  as  nobody  could  uuderatand  thejmotive 
whicb  prompted  Gov.  Robinson  to  make  ^ucb  a 
nomination.  It  appears  to  be  tne  general  ^jinion 
of  insurance  men  tbat  the  nomination  is  a  pour  one, 
and  tbat  its  confirmation  will  only  lead  to  disas* 
trous  results. 

« 

BEMOYING  BODIES  FKOM  AN  OLD  YA  ULT. 
On  Monday  last  laborers  opened  the  large 
vault  at  the  rear  of  the  old  Reformed  Presbyterian 
Church  at  the  corner  of  Prince  and  Marion  streets, 
and  began  to  remove  the  bodies  that  have  reposed 
therein  for  more  than  50  years.  The  vault  had  not 
beau  opened  previously  for  27  years,  ami  tho  con- 
gregation to  which  it  belonged  had  not  wor- 
shiped in  tbe  old  cliurcb  for  several 
years.  The  cbarcb  is  now  used  as  a  lodging-houi»e 
for  tne  destiture.  The  lot  occupied  by  tho  vault 
was  sold  tor  business  purooses  several  months  ago, 
and  th,o  Presbytery  aovertised  for  the  relatives  of 
persous  wUose  bodies  were  in  the  tomb  to  remove 
them  to  a  cemetery  outside  the  City.  As  no 
responses  to  the  advertisement  were  received,  tho 
Presbytery  procured  a  burial  place  in  too 
Maple  , Grove  Cemetery,  ou  Long  Island, 
and  ordered  the  removal  of  the  bodies. 
Tne  corpses  were  found  pded  one  on  anotder, 
to  the  number  of  300  or  more.  Very  few  of  the 
coffins  were  well  preserved,  but  some  of  the  silken 
shrouds  and^bbons  attached  to  tbe  bodies  were 
almost  as  tre«h  la  apoearance  as  when  put  into  tne 
caskets.  Ooly  17  mscriptiuDS  on  cofiin  plates  conld 
be  read.  One  of  tbe  cuffiny  seemed  to  be  as  good  as 
new,  and  on  beiog  opened  was  founo  to  contain  the 
perfect  skeleton  of  a  woman.  When  the  skull  was 
touched,  it  is  said  it  broke  in  two,  and  was  found  to 
contain  a  spider's  web,  in  which  a  great  spider  sat 
as  if  patiently  waiting  for  prey. 


.  -„  ,  pstsoa  tstoiJiea  and  told  tbe  womaa  th*  poxM  ira« 

Xbea  ooiM  oa."    "W^a isfi  tbm  nriatau  ^Xiu  aaaAJUnwuit  for  htr,  aod  banded  h«i  Wk" 


FATAL  RESULT  OF  AN  ACCIDENT. 
Some  two  or  three  weeks  ago,  a  young  man 
in  tbe  employment  of  Mr.  Wmges,  a  pork  bntcber, 
in  Boboksn,  got  into  a  frsoaa  with  two  lids  who 
climbed  on  tbe  sleigh  while  be  was  drivlnc.  Tbe 
driver,  Henry  Brown,  after  some  words,  atmok  one 
'of  thslada,  Thomas  Walab,  over  the.  head  with  a 
halter  strap,  the  buokle  of  wbloh  nflioted  «  painful 
.■oalDWoano.    Walahimnniwtoff  tbe  sleigh  tbreW: 


COMPLIMENT  TO  EX-CUIEF  MITCHELL. 

Tbe  complimentary  ball  tendered  to  George 
Mitchell,  ez-Cbief  of  tbe  Caledonian  Club,  by  his 
numerous  friends,  takes  place  dt  Irving  Hall,  on 
Wednesday  next,  eve  of  Washinaton's  Birthday. 
Mr.  Mitchell  is  a  prominent  resident  of  tiie  Fifth 
Assembly  District,  and,  although  a  stanch  Repub- 
lican, has  gained  the  friendship  and  resnect  alike  of 
tbe  leading  Democrats  and  RepnblicaoM  of  the  dis- 
trict, who  have  taken  this  means  of  teatitymg  to 
tbeir  high  esteem  for  him  as  an  uprighi,  citizen. 
Tbe  gentlemen  on  tbe  various  eommittees  have  left 
nothing  undone  to  make  the  ball  a  grand  succeed. 
A  number  of  distlngnisheil  citizens  have  Bcgoi3ed 
their  intention  of  participating,  and  delsga.ions 
from  the  CaHedonisn,  Thistle,  Albion,  Warreu.  Elks, 
Bachelors',  and  various  other  clubs  will  be  present. 


A  RUSSIAN  CORYETIE  IN  THE  HARBOR. 

The  Russian  corvette  Craysser,  the  first  ves- 
sel of  the  Russian  fleet,  is  anchored  off  tbe  Battery. 
She  is  bark  rigged  and  of  1,300  tons  register.  She 
is  built  of  iron,  with  a  covering  of  wood  up  to  the 
water  line.  Her  engine  ia  of  250  horse  power.  Her 
officers  are  C.  U.  Nasimoffi  Captain ;  Boyle,  Com- 
mander ;  Lieutenants,  Norbutt,  Podalka,  and  Sa2so. 
notf:  RodlofC  Lieutenant  Paymaster;  ChoooroS; 
Master  No.  1 ;  IvanofE;  Master  No.  2;  Toumanoff, 
Master  No.  3;  Leoutiefi;  First  Engineer;  Ziebn, 
Second  Engineer  ;  Biersteat,  Third  Engineer  ;  Sub- 
Lieutenanti,  Wilson,  Romanofl,  Afanassief,  and, 
Irkovsky;  Afanasalef.  Surgeon;  Lamenofi; 
Midshipman,  and  Feduvofl",  Guuner.  Tne  crew 
consists  oi  162  men.  She  separated  from 
tbe  main  body  of  the  fleet  in  the  Mediterranean  and 
tbencf  proceeded  to  Madeira,  where  sbe  arrived 
Jan.  la.  Next  day  she  left  for  New- York  under 
sail,  ezperleaclog  a  pleasant  passage  until 
Within  ^  miles  of  port,  when  she  was  strock  by  % 
not'wuter.  whioh  bleir  ber  SOO  mllM  t«  •ML.TlMt* 


— — ii — ' — — — -      II I  I  ■'nii'Miiii 

Is  no  signiflcanoe  in  ber  prsstnoe  here.  Sbe  wm 
await  the  arrival  of  the  rest  of  the  flaet  MWl  tiki 
her  departure  with  tb«m. 

THE  NOBTR  SIDE  ASSOCIATIOIT. 

IMPROVEMENT  OF  THBf  HARLEM  BrV"BB-« 
THE  BONDS  FOR  THE  CONSTRUCTION  OP 
THE  BRIDGE— STREET  0FENIN06  IN  IBM 
NEW  WARDS. 

'  An  adjourned  raeetine  of  tbe  North  Side  Am 
socuition  was  held  at  Carr's  Hall,  oomer  of  Ibuf 
avenue  and  Onn  Hundred  and  Thirty-eighth  stTM^ 
yesterday  afternoon.  S.  R.  Pilly  occupied  the  cbaiB 
and  Fordham  Morris  acted  as  Secretary.  A  repen 
was  read  irom'tbe  Committer  on  Improvement  of 
the  Harlem  River,  relative  to  the  depositing  of  the] 
.street  dirt  in  Little  Hell  Gate.  The  Chairman  of 
the  committee  stated  that  Gsn.  Newton  waa  op« 
posed  to  the  measure,  and  that  the  committee  bal, 
concluded  that  it  would  prove  adverse  to  tbe  inter«sM' 
represented  in  tbe  sssooiation.  Tbe  committee  re- J 
ported  iu  favor  of  renewing  its  application  for  m 
appropriation  for  tbe  improvement  of  the  uppei^ 
Hudson  River,  near  Spovten  Duyvd  Creek,  at  tha; 
next  session  of  Congress.  The  report  of  tbe  Com< 
mittee  on  Local  Improvement  in  reference  to  th< 
laying  ont  of  tbe  new  territory  in  the  Twenty-thirdl 
and  Twenty-fourth  Wards  waa  adopted  after  soma 
discussion. 

Tbe  following  resolution  was  presented  by  Mr.  J. 
J.  Crane  aiid  apopted : 

Whereas.  The  Board  of  Part  Commissioners  dtd  oa; 
the  14tb  inst.  pass  a  resolution  requesting  tbe  Boarlj 
of  Apoortionment  to  authorize  the  issue  of  bonds  foe 
the  construction  of  the  bridge  over  the  Harlem  Rlrer. 
at  One  llundred  and  Thirty-eifcbtn  street:  theretore, 
belt 

Resolved.  That  a  committee,  consisting  of  John  3.  | 
Crane,  WUiiam  E.  Ryder,  and  8.  K.  Lvon,  be  and  bere-J 
by-is  appointed  to  wait  on  the  Board  of  Apoortionmeatj 
aaeurlv  as  possible,  and  tn  strenuously  nr?e  upon  it/ 
the  issue  of  the  bonds  atoresaid,  in  order  that  the  work 
may  be  proceeded  with  without  delay. 

Mr.  Fordham  Morris,  from  tbe  Committee  OB 
Taxes  and  Aeaessments,  stated  tbat  tbe  committea 
were  nt  present  unable  to  report  iu  reference  to  tb< 
Street  cpeniiigs  ni  the  new  wards.    The  member! 

ot  the  committee,  however,  had  had  interview* 
with  Mr.  Blumenthjtl  and  Ibe  other  Commissioneraw 
and  felt  assured  tbat  these  gentletnen  were  willini| 
to  do  all  in  their  nower  to  effect  a  speedy  settle< 
ment  of  the  qnestions  involved.  Mr.  James  C.  Ab* 
derson  said  that  the  trouble  was  that  this  wbola) 
business  of  street  openings,  &.o:^  was  practically  lOl 
the  hands  of  one  man.  and  that  was  tne  Aldermaol 
from  this  district,  fPurroy.J  The  qnestion  for  the! 
association  was.  were  iney  willing  to  bnne 
force  enough  to  bear  upon  this  mai;  to 
make  him  do  bis  dntv,  and  regard  the  rights  and 
interests  of  the  tax-payers  .of  tbe  district.  It  wac 
alt  very  well  to  talk  about  boards  and  commissions  ; 
everybody  knew  that  tbe  power  was  in  tbe  hands 
of  this  man,  and  it  was  for  him  to  say  whether  tha 
work  should  be  done  economically  or  nor.  Mr,! 
Fordham  Morris  deprecated  the  tone  of  bis  colj 
league's  remarks  as  indiscreet.  It  reminded  him  of 
Jerry  Black's  story  regarding  the  iilleotoral  Com- 
mission—that  it  waa  bad  policy  for  the  man  who8« 
bead  was  at  the  lion's  jaws  to  falaekguard  tbe  man 
who  held  tbe  iion's  tail.    [XiaoKbcer.] 

After  tbe  transaction  ot  some  minor  bnsiness,  tha 
association  adjourned  subject  to  the  call  of  th« 
Chair.  

.  RACING  AT  GILMORE'a  GARDEN. 
The   equestrian   and    pedestrian     contestfli 
which  formed  the   attractions   at  Gilmore's  Garden 

last  evening,  were  witnessed  by  a  large  number  ol 

ladies  and  eentlnmeo.  There  were  three  flbe  trot< 
rin;;  matches,  the  most   interesting   of  which  wss  • 

race  for  a  parse  nf  ^l.'iO.  best  three  in  floe,  mila 
beats,  in  which  Ben  Wilson's  Pat  Lynch,  P.  0.) 
Diokermaa's  Judge  K.>bt>rtsoD,  and  P.  Manne'sl 
Frank  were  entered.  Tbe  race  was  won  by  the  lat- 
ter, notwitbstandiDg  the  drawback  of  an  unfair 
start,  in  three  heats,  tbe  time  being  2:46,  3:4S, 
S:45i2-  In  the  second  heat  the  Junees  started  tho' 
horses,  when  Frank  was  nearly  two  yards  behind 
bis  competitors.  Loud  hisses  from  all  parts  of  the 
house  manifested  tne  disapprobation  with  whicb 
this  course  was  regarded  by  tbe  spectators,  and 
forced  tbe  judges,  at  the  conclusion  of  the  beat,  ta 
excuse  their  action  on  the  grounds  that  they  had 
got  out  ofpaiieoce  at  the  failure  of  the  drivers  to 
start.  In  tbe  match  tor  a  purse  of  (250.  best  three 
iu  five,  mile  heats,  the  entries  were  Roger's  Sweet 
Bner,  Lane's  Jack  Haley,  and  Doty's  Lady  Angle. 
The  race  was  won.  after  tour  heats,  by  .Jack  Haley, 
whose  time  was  2:47,  2:46,  S:43l2.  Week's  Snowball,; 
Roser's  Black  Diamond,  Davidson's  New  Brook,' 
Hamilton's  Leontine,  aud  Pitzsimmons'  Bay^ake,' 
were  entered  in  a  third  trotting  match  for  a  purso, 
ot'i-200,  best  three  in  five,  mile  heats.  Tne  matohi 
was  won  by  New  Brook  in  three  straight  beats, 
tune,  2:55,  ■2:461-2,  2:51. 

A  most  amusing  spectacle  in  the  shape  of  a  col- 
ored meo's  foot-race  occurred  durmg  the  interval 
between  tbe  trortim:  matches.  The  competitors, 
who  nambered  14,  were  obliged   to  clear  hurdles 

during  the  race,  and  the  i)eculiar  manner  in  which 
many  of  them  accomplished  the  feat,  provoked  tha 
greatest  merriment  among  the  spectators. 


THE  SEVEyTEEyxS  WARD  REFJTBLICAN8. 

A  meeting  of  the  Seventeenth  Ward  Bepub- 1 
lican  Association  was  held  last  night  at.  No.  385 
Bowery,  tbe  President.  Mr.  Julias  Harbarger,  in. 
the  chair,  and  Mr.  A.  E.  Toss  acting  as  Secretary. 

Vanona  reports  were  submitted  from  tbe  Executive 
Committee    Ibroueh    irs    Chairman,    C.  Otco    Baesa. : 

which  were  duly  acted    upon.    Tne  following  pre- 
amble   ana    resolalions  were  then   offered   and 

adopted : 

WMreas,  Tbe  members  of  thta  association — voters 
in  the  i^eventh  CouKretsional  District — navewacchod 
with  a  great  deal  of  curiositv  the  course  of  their  new 

(carpet-bagger)  Kepresentatlve  in  Cougress;    and, 

'fi'liereai,  it  soon  became  plainly  eviiient  tbat  the 
Hon.  David  Du.lley  Field,  t'^e  iioiorioua  defender  of 
Tweed,  was  folsiea  uooj  cur  district  merely  to  euaole' 
him  to  appear  in  Congress  as  "counsel"  and  "  attni" 
ney"  in  unorher  great  "State  case,"  ratner  thsn  to 
represent  the  immediate  iaterests  ol  the  people  of  his 
(assigued)  distric  ,  therefore 

Reiolveii.  'laat  we  heartily  rietest  the  pe.ttifossrtne, 
ouibolins  practices  reso  ted  to  by  our  "meiuber'  m 
the  course  of  tbe  Cougression  il  inve.tlsatii-.ns  now 
poin?  on  at  the  national  enpital,  aud  which,  il  tolerat* 
ed,  can  only  tend  to  lower  the  dignity  and  loipor- 
tance  o!  suuh  luvestijialions. 

The  President  auare.ised  the  meetine  on  the 
present  situation,  congratulating  tbe  members  oa' 
the  success  thus  lar  of  the  glorious  cause  m  wtiich' 
they  were  engaged  and  predicting  a  final succesatut 
itisue.  Addresses  of  a  Uke  nature  were  made  by. 
Messrs.  Baese,  Stevensoo,  and  Stxass,  all  of ^ which 
werfi  well  received.  Every  allusion  to  the  now  c«>r« 
rain  inausuraiion  of  Gjv.  Haves  was  sreeted  witb| 
entbnsiastic  applause.  The  meeting  tbon  adjourned 
with  cheers  for  President  Hayes. 


RECOVERY  OF  SrOLEN  PROPERTY. 
The  store  of  Hahn,  Benjamin  &  Co.,  tm« 
porters  of  cloaks,  at  No.  315  Broadway,  was  entered 
by  bnralars  on  tbe  31  or  4th  inst.  and  robbed. Of 
cloaks  valued  at  $3,000.  On  Thursday  last  Deteo* 
tive  Von  Geriohten,  of  the  Central  Office,  ar- 
rested Chris.  Scbaeffer,  alias  James  'Vrilson,, 
alias  "  Dutch  Chris,"  on  suspicion  of  having 
been  concerned  in  tbe  burglary,  and  be  is 
DOW  in  tbe  lombs.  awaitmg  trial,  having  failed  to 
procure  £10,000  bail  for  bis  appearance.  Last  night! 
Detective  Van  Gerichten  succeeded  in  recovering 
nearlv  all  the  property  stolen  from  the  i>tore.  A' 
few  days  ago  a  German  woman  hired  the  first  floor 
of  the  tenement-house  No.  416  £ast  Ninth  street, 
which  was  then  vacant,  and  yesterday  morniuif  she 
called  again,  paid  a  month's  rent,  and  moved  ia' 
two  fl.iur  barrels  and  two  large  bundles  whioh' 
the  womau  said  contained  croekery.    She  also  said! 

that  ehe  would  brine  the  rest  of  her  .furniture  there 
during  the  dav.  As  the  womnn  dia  not  returo,  tho: 
housekeeper  became  suspicious,  and  informed  7oa 
Gerichten.  who  went  to  tbe  place  iastuiiibi,  and  on 

unpacking  the  barrels  and  bundles  found 
them  to  contain  111  silk  cloaks,  compriBing 
nearly  tne  entire  proceeds  of  the  hnrglarj: 
at  the  store  ot  Hahn,  Benjamin  &.  Co. 
The  cloaks  were  brousht  to  Police  Head-qnaptera. 
and  Mr.  H.  C.  Bauer,  one  of  the  firm,  waa  sent  fori 
and  identidsd  tbe  property.  There  are,  howefer, 
ten  cloaks  still  missing,  and  it  is  believed  that  the 
thieves  havo  oisposed  of  tbeai.  The  property  will' 
be  turned  over  to  tbe  owners  on  Monday. 


SALE  OF  SKYE  TERRIERS  AND  SETTERS. 
At  noon  yesterday  Messrs.  John  H.  Draper^ 
&  C<v  sold  by  public  action  the  four  Skve  temer* 
recently  seized  by  the  Custom-house  officials  ta/B^ 
non-payment  of  dutifs.  The  auction-room  wa» 
packed  with  would-be  buyers,  and  a  crowd  who. 
conld  not  get  in  blocked  up  the  sidewalk  in  ftontj 
Bidding  was  spirited,  and  a  sum  of  (148  was  real* 
ized,  tbe  dogs  bringine  '?10,  US,  $25,  and  |32  re.' 
spec'tively.  Two  setters  were  then  put  up.  Thai 
fii-st  was  a  handsome  bhick  bitch  named  Topsv.l 
with  the  fuUowiuE  pediffree  :  Out  of  Nora,  a  "Webi 
Bter  set:er;  she  out  of  Fowler's  Duke,  dam  an  im-! 
ported  Scotch  setter,  by  Prince,  a  blaok-and-ranj 
G'irdon  setter,  bred  irom  Lulonche's  (of  Countyi 
Dublin)  famous  stock;  in  pup  by  an  importeo  bl«ok< 
and-tan  dog;  cow  owned  by  the  Bluomingdale  Parka 
Assrciation  ;  2  years  old  March  30  next,  aud  well 
broken.  She  brought"  823  50.  The  Second  was 
Bird,  a  red  Irish  setter,  out  of  stock  imported  Dy  R. 
Cochran.  He  was  only  partly  broken  and  bad  lost 
a  Dortion  of  his  tail,  vet  be  brought  136.  All  ex- 
cept tbe  last  were  purchased  by  dealers. 


REVENGE  OF  A  MALTREATED  MISTRESS. 
On  the  night  of  the  6th  inst.  the  shop  of 
'William  Kastner,  a  barber,  at  No.  135  Bowery,  was 
entered  by  a  burglar,  wbo  robbed  tbe  placs  ot  alt 
the  tonsorial  implements  and  a  stock  of.  cosmetics,! 
pomades.  &c.,  valuea  at  £50.  No  clue  to  tha 
identity  of  tbe  burglar  was  obtained  nntil  Friday 
nigbt.  wbeu  a  womau  named  Ann  EUza  Fitch 
called  at  the  residence  of  tbe  barber,  and  informed 
him  that  her  reputed  husband,  John  Stinson,  was 
the  person  who  committed  the  theft,  and  tbat  a  por- 
tion ot  the  stolen  property  was  still  secreted  in  hl^ 
rooms  at  No.  250  Second  street  The  woman  ex- 
plained to  the  astonished  barber  tbat  her  motive  in 
"giving  Stinson  awav"  was  to  be  revenged  on  bun 
for  having  brutally  beaten  her  on  the  previous 
night.  Kastner  at  once  recited  the  statement  ot  the 
woman  to  the  Police  of  the  Tenth  Precinct,  sad 
Officer  Van  Ranst  was  detailed  to  arrest  Stinson  and 
if  possible  to  recover  the  stolen  property.  TIM 
officer  suoceed^d  in  securing  tbe  burglar,  and  a»r* 
eral  rBzors  found  In  his  room  weie  recognised  by 
tbe  barber  as  part  of  the  property  takeu  from  hU 
store.  At  Essex  ilarket  Police  Court  yesterdayi 
Stinson  was  arraiiined  before  Justice  Wandell,  WM 

.coitaBiltled  him  in  default  of  UOOO  baik 


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jnu*  i^ay  shr  wiU  ootne  baok,  my  ooor  lost  Dove— 
My  Dov*  with  the  warm  br««asc  and  eager  eveal 
Bow  did  U  tail  toward  her.  my  passionatA  love? 
Wiiere  was  the  fliiw  t   since  flawed  it  mast  have 

Or  aarely  she  hart  staid  with  me,  my  Qaeen. 
Ber  heart  was  fall  of  iDarticalatA  oriM 
Whi-h  my  h^-a  t  failed  to  caroa;    and  yet  she  strove 
Id  cleave  to  m-^.     Ah,  how  she  maat  have  striven, 

Praylnir,    percbuice,  otXtimes  for   stteagth  frum 
Heaven  t 

.Sat  no  ctrenKth  came;   and  so,  one  fatal  day, 
iDcs^airinfc  of  all  help,  sne  weot-away. 

liod  there  her  half-oompldted  portrait  stands— 
ITne   frisb,   youna:   tace,    and     gray  eyes  brimmed 

wiih  liaht. 
I  painted  her  with  flowers  in  her  bauds. 
Because  she  always  seemed  so  brizht  and  good, 
I  never  thuasht  the  ataaiu'«  soiicule 
W-..uld  hart  her  anyway.    I  thou;hr  the  sight 
[>  painted  (orms  and  aufamilitir  lands 
Woald  be  encash  tor  ber.    She  WiJi  too  raild, 
I'-o  patieat  witn  my  painter'd  lite.     Poor  cbildl 
Bad  Rbe  oomplained  a:  all,  bv  look  or  roue. 
BLad  she  bat  saia,  "I  seem  too  roach  alone; 

r  icrow  half  t'earfal  of  these  painted  eyes 

Thai  never  chaoiie.  bat,  full  of  sad  reproof, 

B  nor  me  and  waton  me,-    aud  ibe^e  SoatQern  skies 

Effl'Cti'd  in  duttp  streams;  and  that  dark  boat 

From    which  a  y^vci  with  bare    aweet   breast    and 

throat 
Droips  will"W-likp,  and  dreams  of  life  and  love; 
Atud  thai  yoa:  h's  d\  in^  f.-OP,  which  never  dies ; 
And  tnen,  aiiaiii,  that  mctnre  of  Christ  there, 
Cnr  St  fallen  in  an  agunr  of  praver. 
And  hia  di-cioles  neir  him.  stern  and  damb,^ 
Like  men  who  know  the  i'aied  hoar  is  come:" 
Had  ahe  said  tbns,  and  aitded,    "Take  rue,  dear, 
OJtfilde  of  these  sad  ta "ea  ;  let  me  sUnd 
Ouce  more  within  life's  eballows.  ami  there  hear 

Lii:lbt  Idujhter  of  the  »arf  npim  the  beach. 

For  here  the  verv  sea  i*  with  >at  a;  eion. 

So  s  ill  11/  id,  and  t.r  away  from  laiul  ; 

I  wanr  life's  litilx  joys:    this  atmosphere 

Oopressea  m>< ;  I  cannot  nreitho  in  U; 

The  light  that  liubta  yuur  life  ie^ives  mine  nnllt" — 

I  should  have  atiswi-red  tenderly,  and  sought 

To  carry  ont  in  all  ber  slightest  tbongbt. 

She  knew  I  loved  her,  throneh  rhose  Winter  days; 

Di  I  It  not  comfort  her  at  ail,  my  lnvaJ 

It  wa«  snoli  ioy  t^o  look  npon  her  tact*, 

Z  satf  >i-  hours.  cont«'nc  to  be  qaim  siill, 

reeling  ber  wjrm  brieht  beauiv  fill 

5fy  8oa)  and  orain ;  feirfol  lest  she  shoald  move, 

A.ud  sneak,  or  ero;   bat  wben  sh<^  met  my  gaze 

I  .arneil  away,  at  it  I  had  done  wmac 
In  lo  kinif  ou  bur  loveliueas  ao  Ion;;. 
I  rarely  kissed  her,  nrely  to^k  her  hand; 
AjiiI  now,  I  tbiok,  she  did  not  nuderatand. 

Perchance  she  tboazbt  my  love  was  pissionless, 

Wacted  wha;  I  withheld  yet  lon^eii  lo  giv«; 

She  iiiJ  not  know  my  silence  a  caress — 

Al!  passion  was  by  reverence  <'onrroiled — 

And  so  she  deemed  my  ways  of  love  were  cold. 

Ah  met  the  luriety  life  she  bad  ro  live! 

And  I  knew  noibios  of  its  ioielinfas. 

Hera  waa  a  na'urp  qaick  to  i;ive  and  take. 

A  natnre  to  bn  broken  and  co  break: 

Sne  lovea  confiding  valleys,  aan-kissed  rills, 

Bot  saddened  at  tbe  solemn  peace  of  bills. 

All  thine"  bad  been  so  difierent  bad  I  known 
Ht*r  nature  liien  as  uow;  and  yet,  ana  yet, 
If  .<)he  came  in.  as  I  sit  here  alone, 
The  April  twiiiehr  failing  throuoch  the  room, 
And  all  the  pictures  lapsinsriotu  ^loom — 
Sim'^  in,  kuelt  d  jwd,  and  ur  yed  me  to  forget, 
Foreive  ber,  and  reclaim  her  for  my  own, 
I  shuuid  b»  clad,  and  dr^w  tier  to  my  heart, 
&.ud  kiss  the  rising  Tears  away,  and  narc 
Ine sweet  hair  back,  and  fold  her  to  mv  side, 
STet  leave,  percbance,  the  want  nnsati>fl3d. 

But  here  she  comes  not.    I  must  wait  and  bear; 
Live  on,  and  serve  my  art  as  best  1  may. 
It  I  can  catch  tlie  color  of  ber  hair 
And  the  neck's  poise,  and  ant  beneath  her  name. 
Spall  not  ber  I'lvelmess  have  deathless  fame? 
Now  lisrbrs  sbi'.ie  out  alonsr  the  London  square. 
0  dreary  place!  where  no  joy  cumea  ■  t  all. 
There!  1  must  turn  the  easel  to  the  wall! 
J  cannot  Ijear  her  face  as  yet — O  Love! 
O,  winnded  of  my  bands !  my  wounded  dove  I 
•^±helj)9  Eourke  iianton  in  Harper's  Magazine. 


ST.   VALEA'TJNE'S  LOTTERY. 


VS   TWO   DRAWINGS. 


THK   FIRST   DRAWING. 

iarly  days  for  skstching  out  of  doors. 
Mid  February  does  noi  saaerally  ta  our  oiimate 
offer  muoh  temptatioa  to  the  laodsoape-painter 
to  take  the  field.  But  Fran's  Hilary  was  young, 
•tioag,  and  eathusiastio,  lull  of  determination, 
and  ready  to  brave  all  the  vicisaitulea  of  the 
artist's  career,  bad  weather  iaoludel. 

But  tbe  weather  was  n;>t  bad  on  the  oooasion 
when  we  first  make  his  acquatntanoe,  as  he  aits 
quietly  working  at  a  water-color  drawing  of 
gome  grand  pollard  oaks — quite  the  contrary, 
for  the  sliy  and  the  temperature  on  this  present. 
I4th  ot  February,  A.  D.  i870,  was  sugsieatiye 
rather  of  Midsummer.  It  was  ona  of  th  )se  sud- 
den bursts  of  Spria.^-promise  with  which  we 
are  somatimes  favored,  only,  as  it  would  seem, 
to  emphasize  the  rigors  of  the  March  and  April 
that  are  to  follow. 
-  The  woods  were  alive  with  sons,  the  feathered 
ohoristers  avatlins  themselves  to  tbe  utmost, 
Bvery  where,  of  the  ensouraotement  the  sua  was 
was  giving  to  their  lova-makia;j.  True,  the 
trees  ware  bare,  freezingly  bare,  with  an  un- 
3anny  skeletoa-hke  look  about  them,  while 
the  dense  masses  of  everjjreen  shrubbery  which 
iomebow  bad  got  itself  mixel  up  with  the 
brimblesani  soddened  bracken  on  the  skirls 
of  the  oak  copse  which  Hilary  was  skotchinjc, 
brought  into  strong  relief,  here  and  tliere,  the 
silvery  boles  and  rug^ced  gnarled  truuka  of  the 
forest  moaacohs.  The  timii  orocm  and  prim- 
rose peoped  out  now  and  again  from  amon;; 
the  waltering  heaps  of  last  Autumn's  russet 
leaves,  and  eyen  massed  thems^lvds  as  unmis- 
takable patches  of  color  alon^  the  ridge  ot 
Qroken  gravelly  bank  which,  amyhitheatre- 
hke,  made  an  uucommonly  suu^  nook  for  the 
pamter. 

It  was  a  singularly  sheltered  and  sequestered 
spot,  and  sitting  there  so  q  ilecly  as  he  did,  the 
Very  squirrels  came  down  from  their  trees,  and 
the  r  lODits  tram  tbeur  burrows,  to  within  arm's 
length  of  hitzi  betore  they  saw  him.  It  was  al- 
together a  piraliso  of  a  place  for  a  painter, 
while  the  fine  toreground  of  gnarled  timb3r, 
the  wide  stretch  of  piik,  the  peep  of  blue  dis- 
;ani;e,  and  tbe  gabled  roors,  twiste  I  chimneys, 
and  ivy-clad  turrets  of  Croyston  Towers  made 
up  a  subject  which  muat  have  struck  even  tbe 
most  inJiderent. 

Frank  Hilary  had  found  his  way  hither  from 
Hmdenbam,  a  house  three  miles  oflli  where  he 
was  staying  while  painting  the  portrait  of  a 
favorite  child,  one  of  several  daughters  of  a 
Mr.  Hughes,  the  owaar  of  the  place.  He  had 
nearly  completed  it.  and  would  probably  have 
returned  to  Landon  without  so  much  as  catch- 
ing a  glimpse  of  Croyston  Towers,  had  not  the 
ludden  illaess  of  the  little  girl  p^-evented  her 
frfm  sitnng  to  him  for  two  or  three  days.  But 
Mi  the  picturesque  fame  of  tbe  neighboring  old 
nansion  was  proverbial,  Hilary  availed  him- 
self of  the  fiae  weather  and  his  unlooked-for 
leisure,  to  walk  over  and  possibly  make  a 
'  sketch  of  the  celebrated  Tudor  mansion. 

He  had  approached  to  within  a  quarter  of  a 
mile  ot  it  by  a  path  across  the  park  when  he 
suddenly  came  upon  the  oak  trees  and  the 
compositiOQ  they  made  with  the  distant  view 
of  the  house.  Halting  within  the  little  amphi- 
theatre of  broken  bank  where  we  find  Lim  sit- 
ting, be  exclaimed:  "Whew!  how  hot  it  isl 
It's  like  Jane!  I  can  walk  no  further;  this 
subject  is  good  enough  for  me ;"  and  he  went 
to  work  accordingly. 

It  was  about  10  o'clock  A.  M.  when  he  first 
opened  his  camp-stool,  and  for  two  hours  he  re- 
mained completely  absorbed  and  undisturbed. 
Looking  up  at  last,  toward  the  lett,  where  the 
evergreens  trended  away  in  a  sort  of  wilder- 
ness until  tbey  reached  t'ae  shrubbery  and 
gardens  of  tbe  mansion,  w'nat  was  his  sur- 
priBe  to  see  a  yoiuig  lady  sitting  within 
Bome  thirty  yards  of  him,  also  sketching. 
Her  profile  was  toward  him,  and  it 
was  very  evident  t"*  liitn.  after  a  few  min- 
utes coniewplation,  tt"*!^  one,  like  the  squirrels 
and  rabbits,  had  coiue  to  these  close  quarters 
quite,  unconscious  of  his  presence.  Moreover, 
from  the  general  lay  of  the  land,  the  bane,  and 
the  shrubs,  his  ambush  was  pretty  nearly  com- 
plete. He  had  a  perfect  view  of  her,  but  un- 
less she  were  to  advance  a  few  paces,  and  then 


•be  probably  oonld  not  see  him  at  alL  She 
made  a  striking  figure,  one  not  likel.y  to  he 
overlooked  by  an  artist. 

"How  charmingly  she  comes  there!"* said 
Frank  to  himself.  "By  Jove,  I  must  make  a 
line  or  two  of  her.  "What  luck  1  why,  if  one  had 
wanted  a  figure  to  fit,  here  it  is— color  perfect, 
form  exqaisite  I" 

With  rapid  strokes  tbe   skilled   band  soon 

produoed  an  anmistakable  presentment,  slight 

at  first,  but  growing  by  degrees  into  a  vivid 
reproduction.  The  soft  woolen  dress  of  a 
lovely  olive-gray  green,  with  collar  and  ouflfe  of 

dark  fop,  oontrasied  well  with  the  rich    «;olden 

twiata  of  hair  kept  nattily  in  their  place  by  a 
knot  of  deep-crimson  ribbon  shining  out  quite 
brilliantly  under  the  shaily  black  hat  covered 
with  nestling  feathers,  while  the  slightest  peep 

of  a  ci'imson  petticoat  carried  the  warm  tone 
artistioall.y  through  the  comoosition.  As  one 
by  one  such  details  were  completed,  the  artist's 
enthu!*iasm  and  admiration  increased.  When 
she  moved  slight! v,  he  paused  in  an  agony  lest 
the  pose  should  he  irremediably  altered.  When 
she  turned  her  head,  he  winced  lest  she  might 
see  him.  and  so  take  flight  abashed ;  but  within 
an  hour  and  a  ball  be  bad  managed  to  complete 
a  most  attractive  sketch  in  water- 
oolor,  perfectly  unmistakable  in  its  like- 
ness. The  delicate  piquant  profile  even  had 
been  caught,  and  was  as  like  as  all  the  rest, 
notwithstanding  the  distance  betwixt  artist 
and  sitter  ;  tor  Prank's  clear  blue  eye  was  far- 
reaching  and  penetrating. 

One  o'clock  runj  out  from  the  turret  of 

Croyston  Towers.  The  younji  lady  rose  hastily, 
gathered  ber  traps  together,  anii  hurried  away 
through  the  wilderness  toward  tbe  house. 

"  VVhat  a  nuisunce  I''  cried  Frank  aloud  ;  "  I 
only  wanted  about  another  halt  hour,  and  I 
could  have  finished  it  tbonmgbly — well,  never 
mind.  I'll  come  over  again  to-morrow,  antl 
very  likely  she  will  come  too;  she  is  an  enthusi- 
ast evidently,  dear  little  creature,  from  tbe  way 

she  siuck  to  her  wnf  k  ;  amateurs  generally  are. 

I  wonder  who  she  is  »" 

Then     Frank     \yent    on    with    his    oak  trees 

through  tbe  remainder  of  the  lovelv  afternoon, 
and     came     again    the    next    day,     as     he 

said,  to  linish  Chem ;  it  couid  not  have 
bean  for  any  other  purpose,  of  cour.<ie ; 
but  somehow  he  could  not  finish  them  ;  oir- 
cuiustanoes  were  just  as  propitious  for  work, 
and  the  weather  was  equally  tine,  but  never- 
theless he  could  not  settle  to  it.  Instead  of 
lo  >kmg  at  his  subjeoi.  he  was  forever  turning 
hia  head  t)  the  le*c,  toward  that  shrubbery  of  a 
wilderness,  as  it  he  expected  soinetbiag  besides 
bushes  to  appear  there.  Nothing  else,  however, 
was  visible  tlirojghout  the  whole  day  ;  aad  it 
becomt;  quite  evident  to  tbe  least  interested  in 
suoh  matters  that  the  oak-trees  would  still  re- 
quire one  more  day's  work.  His  host  saw  this 
plainly ;  and  as  the  little  sitter  was  no  ditii- 
oulty  on  that  head  ;  so,  for  the  ".third  time, 
Hilary  want  to  his  oak  trees,  and  then  he 
huished  them  ;  but  he  b.id  no  chance  of  tin'sh- 
mg  that  other  drawing — "she  "  nevor  appeared 
a^ain. 

••  VVhat  is  the  name  of  the  family  at  Croyston 
Towers  V  asked  Prank  casually  of  Mr.  Hughes 
at  dinner  that  evening. 

•'Belport  is  the  lamily  name,"  was  the  an- 
swer ;  "  out  there  is  oniy  old  L  idy  Belport  liv- 
ing there  now,  the  dowager.  Croyston  is  made 
to  do  duty  tor  the  Dower  House." 

"There  is  not  much  lite,  then,  going  on  there 
now,  1  suppose?"  said  Frank. 

"O  dear,  no  ;  only  people  who  go  over  to 
look  at  the  place,  or.  like  yourself,  to  make  a 
sketch  of  it ;  it's  a  tavorite  subject  with  artists, 
as  you  know." 

"Yes,  in  the  Summer:  there  are  plenty  ot 
them  then,  no  doubt,  but  not  at  this  time  of 
year,  ot  course,"  weut  on  Frank. 

"  By  no  means  ;  I  have  setn  people  sketching 
there  in  the  depth  of  Winter,"  replied  the  hose 

"  U'm,"  tbougnt  Hilary,  "she  couldn't  have 
been  staying  in  the  houae  then.  I  wonder  who 
she  was,  and  where  she  came  trom  1" 

Surely  if  he  hud  wanted  to  know 
so  very  muoh,  bo  might  have  shown  the  sketch 
of  the  voung  lady  m  the  wilderness  to  Mr. 
Hughes,  who,  bemg  a  local  magnate,  might 
nave  been  able  to  tell  him  who  she  was.  But 
be  did  nothing  ot  the  kind,  and  be  returned  to 
London  without  making  an  etfort,  as  it  seemed, 
to  hnd  out;  but  tbeu  everybody  knows  that 
artists  are  very  odd  and  inconsequent  teilows 
about  some  things. 


II. 


WSOkStPaio 


THE   SECOND   DRAWXNG. 
"Congratulate  you  on  your  picture,  Hilary! 
— it's  tuo   best  bit  of  luudsoapo   I've  seen  of 
youi-s ;    and  that  fi^^uro  ot  the  girl  sketchmg  is 
charming." 

"  Giad  you  like  it.  It's  not  mnch  in  my 
line,  landscape— and  Croyston  Towers  ia  suob  a 
hackneyed  subieut  that  I  hardly  know  bow  1 
came  to  paint  it;  but  1  saw  it  this  Winter,  dur- 
ing some  wonderfully  hue  weather,  and  I 
thought  ic  louk:;d  new'ratoer,  and  I  have  made 
a  good  deal  of  the  figure,  as  you  see." 

"Yes;  and  very,  very  cnarmiug  it  is — de- 
lighilul  leeling  about  it;  very  nice,  indeed-  old 
tellow  ! — rather  a  pity  you  didn't  pamt  it 
larger. 

"Hadn't  time," 

"  However,  tbey  have  given  it  a  first-rate 
placi- ;  you  are  sure  to  sell  it." 

iiow  the  hrst-rate  place  in  question  was  a 
conspicuous  spot  on  tbe  line  in  the  waier-color 
room  ot  Che  Kuyal  Academy  E.Kbtbition  ;  and 
tbe  uuoas  on  wueu  Frank  Hilary  received  tbe 
above  aad  many  more  congratulatory  criti- 
cisms from  bis  irienus  was  varnishing  day,  just 
prior  to  tbe  opening.  The  rooms  wer-  crowded 
With  tbe  brethreu  of  the  brush,  chatting 
and  commenting,  dusting  and  touching 
up  their  works,  as  tbey  ate  privileged  to  do 
at  such  times,  undisturbed  by  the  outer  world. 

Just  as  the  last  wbrds  of  Frank's  triend  lell 
from  his  iips,  tae  two  painters  were  joined  by 
several  others. 

"  Who  18  the  lady.  Hilary  1"  cries  one;  "she's 
deuceil  nice  !     Fvidently  u  likeness,  old  man  1" 

"  Yes,  It  is  a  likeness,  1  am  bound  to  say;  and 
She  comes  pretty  wcU  luere,  1  tumk." 

"Ah,  you  knesy  her,  you  rascal,  and  got  her 
to  sit." 

"  Not  at  all ;  but  you  fellows  want  to  know 
too  much.  It  doesut  matter  to  you  who  she 
is  it  you  like  the  result ;  that's  sutficiout,  isn't 
itJ"  Biud  Hilary,  biting  uis  lip. 

"Well,"  chimed  in  yet  another  brother  of 
the  brush  who  uere  came  up,  "if  he  won't  let 
on  aoout  his  model,  we  know  where  to  go  tor 
the  mouel  of  an  artist!" 

"  What  do  you  mean  J"  said  Hilary. 

"  Ou,  I  like  that !  You  don't  mean  to  say 
you  don't  know  wuat  I  mean  V' 

"  I'll  swear  I  don't !" 

"What!  haven't  you  seen  your  like»e8»»  1 
Will  you  tell  me  you  haven't  been  sittmg  to 
somebodv  i" 

••  No,  on  my  word !" 

"  Weil,  tbeu,  it's  the  most  extraordinary 
liken«>Bs  I  ever  saw  ;  coiae  and  l*ok ;  it's 
ratber  a  clever  drawing,  loo.  Here,  it's  over 
here,  at  the  end  ol  the  room." 

And  Hilarv  was  carried  otf  by  two  or  three 
of  his  irieuds  and  brought  up  in  tr«ut  of  a 
water-color  drawing.  It  represented  an  artist 
at  work  out  oi  uoors  in  Winter,  eniconced  in  a 
sheltered  little  nook,  with  a  backurouud  of 
kruken  bank,  pollard  oak-trees,  and  in  the 
distance  a  peep  oi — why,  Croyston  Towers, 
surely  I  i'rauk  Hilary  was  ratuor  taken  aback, 
lor,  of  a  certainty,  he  was  the  artist.  Yes, 
there  he  was  ;  just  as  he  must  have  appeared 
on  that  memorable  14th  of  February  and  lor  the 
two  Bi)cceeding  days.  There  could  be  no  mis- 
take; he  plainly  saw  the  likeness  id  the  lace, 
to  say  notmng  of  tbe  fidelity  with  which  his 
favorite  rough  siiootiug-coat,  wide-awake,  &.C., 
had  been  reproduced.  Besides,  therewas  "the 
place  quite  recognizable.  VVhat  aid  it  mean  1 
bioopui^  down  to  examine  the  drawing,  tor  it 
was  hung  low,  he  was  so  absorbed  in  wonder 
tnac  lie  did  not  hear  tbe  little  bursts  of  raillery 
and  laughter  in  waich  bis  Iriends  continued  to 
indulge.  He  kept  peering  and  peering,  as  if  to 
tiud  out  who  was  lue  pamter  ;  but  there  were 
no  IniiiaiB,  no  name  in  tue  corner,  nothing  to 
give  hiin  a  cue. 

"I  should  like  to  take  it  down  and  have  a  look 
at  the  Oaok.  to  see  who  it  is  done  by,"  said  he 
abstractedly. 

"Just  as  if  you  didn't  know,  Frank.  You 
must  wait  till  Monday  lor  the  catalogue,  eh, 
betore  you  can  possioiy  find  out  J  What  rot  it 
is  .your  pretenuiug  to  be  so  innocent!  Why, 
he's  actually  biusumg;  look  I 

And  the  remark  ot  uis  iriend,  while  it  raised 
more  meiriment  among  the  others,  was 
strictly  true ;  hu  wan  blushing,  for  a  sudden 
iaea  bad  oroosed  bis  miud. 

\i  as  tais  portrait  ol  bimselt  in  any  way  tbe 
solution  of  the  problem  ot  her  non-reappear- 
ance)  He  remembered  that  tee  I4tb  oi  Feb- 
ruary was  ISt.  Valentine's  Day,  and  tnis 
Btreugtheued  bis  iaea,  though  why  it  should 
ona  cQUld  hardly  guess,  tor  artists  do  not  at- 
tend much  to  dates,  nor  are  they  very  accurate 
about  them. 

During  the  next  two  or  three  hours  which 
Frank  flilafy  spent  in  tbe  rooms  of  Burling- 
ton House,  be  paid  many  turtive  visits  to  the 
watercoior  room,  in  the  nope  ol  catching  some 
one  dusting  the  glass  over  his  portrait,  and  so 
perhaps  find  out  what  sort  of  an  indivldaal  the 
artiiiti  ought  be.    But  nobody  gave  the  least 


home  in  ignoranoe  of  wbo  had  turned'^  bim  to 
Buoh  picturesque  aooount  This  was  on  the 
Tuesday.  Thursday  was  the  press  day,  on  Fri- 
day oame  tbe  private  view ;  bat  Hilary  was 
pot  hinh  up  enough  on  the  ladder  of  notoriety 
to  be  invited,  and  so  he  never  got  a  peep  into 
a  catalogue.  However,  he  should  find  out  all 
about  It  on  Monday  he  thought,  and  was  paoi- 
lying  bis  impatience  with  this  reflection  and  a 
final  pipe  on  the  Friday  evening  in  question, 
wben  the  last  post  brought  bim  a  letter. 
It  was  an  importanb-lookiiig  letter,  too,  only 
the  second  of  ita  kind  be  had  ever  received ;  bat 
he  knew  it,  and  tore  it  open  impaaentiy. 
With  the  ofiSoial  headineof  tbe  Royal 'Academy 
of  Arts,  the  printed  form  with  names,  dates, 
&0.,  filied  in.  it  ran  thus : 

Sib  :  I  have  to  intimate  to  you  that  yotir 
work,  Ko.  6:U  in  the  Catalogue  of  the  Royal 

Academy  for  the  present  year,  entitled  "A 
Lady  Sketching,  Croyston  'Towers,  St.  Valen- 
tine s  Day.''  and  priced  £40,  has  been  selected 
for  purchase  by  Mr.  Raphael  Madder,  ot  888 
Piccadilly.    As  the  Royal  Academy  only  under- 

tatces  to  register  the  'selection  of  worKs,  it  is 
lett  to  tbe  artist  to  communicate  with  tbe  pur- 
chaser in  reference  to  the  payment  and  deliv- 
ery of  tbe  work  at  the  close  ot  the  exhibition. 

I  am.  Sir.  yours,  . 

To  Frank  Hilary,  Esq. 

"Capitall"  thoughc  Prank,  "this  ia  luck 
indeed  1  But  who  is  Mr.  liaohael  Madder  1 
Why,  if  I'm  not  mistaken,  he's  an  artists' 
color-man;  keeps  one  of  those  fashion- 
able West-end  shops,  all  polish  and  pasteboard, 
to  temnt  the  amateur ;  and  if  so,  he  is  only  a 
dumm.y  put  forward  by  the  real  purchaser, 
who  does  not  want  to  be  known.    He  could  not 

have  been  himself  at  the  private  view.  I  shall 
see  about  it  tbe  first  thing  to-morrow  morn- 
ing." 

And  early  on  the  Saturday  Frank  walked  oflF 
to  No.  888  Pioeadilly,  to  find  his  ooi^eoture  cor- 
rect. 

"  Yes,  Sir,'*  said  the  shopman,"  we  have  been 
advised  by  our  customer  of  the  purchase,  and 
have  been  directed  to  hand  you  a  check  tor  tbe 
amount  on  Monday,  on  the  receipt  of  your 
order  to  receive  tbe  picture  at  tbe  close  of  the 
exhibition." 

"  But  your  custotoer,"  said  Prank  ;  "  who  is 
your  customer?" 

"We  are  not  at  liberty  to  say.  Sir;  it  was 
made  a  particular  request  that  we  should 
not  say.  We  olteii  act  as  agents  for 
our  customers  in  these  matters.  .  It  saves 
wealthy  people  a  deal  of  trouole." 

"H'm,"  said  Frank,  "I  should  like  to  have 

known  where  my  picture  was  eoing,  neverthe- 
less. You  are  really  stating  taots,  are  you?  1 
mean  you  are  not  goidg  in  for  piuture-daalinjj; 
yourselves." 

"Oh,  dear,  no.  Sir!  As  I  say,  we  do  a  great 
deal  of  agency  business  of  tnis  kind ;  .you  will- 
i^nd  our  name  and  address  given  in  the  cata- 
logue frequently ;  that  is  lor  amateur  ladies 
and  gentiomeu  who  don't  want  their  own  resi- 
dences given.  See,"  went  on  tbe  man, 
producing  a  new  but  much-rumpled  catalogue 
pf  the  Exaibitiou,  "  here  we  are  ;  here's  a  case 
this  year,  'Brown,  Corisande,  No.  842,  care  of 
Mr.  Raphael  Madder,'  dtc."  His  finger  was 
traveling  down  the  alphabetical  list  of  con- 
tinbutors  at  the  end  of  the  book.  Frank 
potmced  on  it  eagerly  (now  be  should  find  out 
at  least  the  name  of  the  ar^st  who 
had        painted         him  ;)  and         saying, 

"Allow  me,"  sought  out  the  water-tolor  room. 
Quickly  his  eye  took  in  a  pave  or  two  of  num- 
bers, titles,  and  artists'  names.  Presently  he 
blushed  visibly;  there  it  was  undoubtedly; 
that  was  it,  "Ho.  842,  An  Artist  Sketching 
Croyston  Towers,  St.  Valentine's  Day  ; "  and 
who  had  painted  it,  alter  ail?  Why,  "Cori- 
sande Brown  I "  Then  Frank  turned  to  the 
alphabetical  list  agam  to  make  sure. 

"  What  did  you  say  was  tne  name  i  "  he  was 
going  on.  ''Yes,  certainly,  'Corisande 
Brown! '  I  see,  care  ot  Mr.  Raphael  Maduer. 
O,  then,"  addressing  the  man  behmd  the 
counter,  "this  pioture  is  by  another  of  your 
customere  1 " 

The  man's  eye  was  followine  Frank's  point- 
ing finger.  "  Yes,  that  is  so,  Sir,"  was  the  an- 
swer. 

"  Do  you  know  if  it  is  for  sale  ? " 

"Cannot  say.  Sir,  but  I  should  fancy  not; 
amateurs  uo  not  generally  care  to  sell." 

"  And  wbo  is  Corisande  Brown,  may  I  aski  " 

"  I  am  not  at  liberty  to  say,  Sir  ;  It  is  quite 
anonymous  ;  in  point  of  laot,  I  don't  know  ; 
Mr.  Madder  manages  these  things." 

"  H'm;  very  mysterious,  indeed,''  said  Frank 
half  angrily  ;  "  You  won't  tell  me  who  bought 
my  picture,  and  vou  won't  tell  me  who  painted 
a  picture  I  admire  ;  and,  supposing  I  want  to 
biiy  It,  you  wont  tell  me  whether  it  is  for  sale. 
Strange  way  of  doing  business." 

'•  These  are  my  orders.  Sir  ;  but  I'll  find  out. 
I'll  ask  Mr.  Mauder  if  he  thinks  the  drawmg 
you  refer  to  is  to  be  bad."     • 

"Well,  I  wish  you  would.  I  saw  it  on  the 
vamisbing  da.y,  and  I  should  like  to  have  it  if  it 
is  not  too  much.  Well,  then,  it  I  call  on  Mon- 
day," continued  Frank,  after  a  pause,  *'  and 
give  you  an  order  to  receive  my  picture,  you 
say  you  will  give  me  a  check  for  the  amoantt " 
'"  Yes,  S:r.  and  let  you  know  about  the  draw- 
ing at  the  same  time.    Uuod  morning,  Sir." 

Ver.v  much  puzzled  indeed  was  Frank  with 
all  tliis.  Strange  that  the  portrait  ot  himself 
should  be  christened  much  as  he  had  christened 
his  portrait  oi  her.  "  A  Lady  Snetching  Croys- 
ton Towers,  St.  Valentine's  Day."  "  An  Ar- 
tist Sketching  Croyston  Towera,  St.  Valentine's 
Day."  Odd,  too,  that  Mr.  Madder  should  be 
acting  as  agent  for  the  exhioition  of  the  one 
and  tor  tbe  purchase  ot  the  other.  Well,  it  is  a 
coincidence,  of  course,  but,  all  things  remem- 
bered, it's  a  strange  one  !  And  Frank  weut  on 
bis  way  musing. 

Alter  a  hasty  run  through  the  rooms  on  Mon- 
day, the  opening  day,  be  marched  straight  off 
again  to  Mr.  Madder's,  and  lound  the  check, 
signed  by  that  purveyor  ot  artists'  matenals, 
awaiting  hitu.  Duly  acknowledging  it,  and 
giving  his  order  tor  tne  delivery  of  the  pioture 
10  Mr.  Madder,  he  said  : 

"  Well,  What  about  that  drawing  1    Is  it  for 
salel  " 
"  So.  Sir." 
"Positively?" 
"Positively." 

"Now,  It  is  not  by  any  ohanoe  the  work  of 
the  same  person  who  bought  my  pioture,  is 
it?" 

"  Really.  I  don't   know,  Sir  ;  I  cannot   say." 
"Tbey  are  both  customers  of  yours  1" 
"  Yea.  Sir." 

"But  they  are  not  both  the  same  person  t" 
"  Upon  my  word.  Sir,"  said  tbe  man,  smiling, 
"  1  am  not  at  liberty  to  say  anything." 

No,  and  strive  as  he  would,  Frank  could  get 
no  more  out  of  Mr.  Raphael  Madder's  man  ; 
but  he  drew  his  own  ouuolusions,  and  he  had 
to  wait  six  weeks  before  he  obtained  any  relief 
for  the  unusually  perplexed  state  of  his  intel- 
lect. 

The  evening  set  apart  by  tlio  President  and 
Coancil  of  tne  Royal  Academy  for  their  grand 
8oir£e  and  reception  oame  round,  as  it  usually 
does,  toward  tne  end  of  June.  Mr.  Frank 
Hilary,  like  the  rest  of  the  exhioitors,  was  bid- 
den to  the  entertainment,  there  to  mingle  with 
the  motley  throng,  ranging  front  the  highest  in 
the  laud  to  the  most  obscure  lollowers  of  art — 
yes,  like  the  rest  of  the  exhibitors,  for  toey  are 
all  invited.  "  She"  might  be  there,  then  ;  at 
any  rate,  "Corisande  Brown"  would  be  in- 
vited, and  supposing  she  and  the  purchaser  of 
his  picture  were  one  and  the  same  person,  why, 
he  might  see  her  perhaps  1  So  he  went  to  Bur- 
lington House  in  a  state  ot  undue  trepidation. 
Constantly  he  found  himself  fJrowliug  in  the 
neighborhood,  first  ot  his  own  portrait,  and 
then  of  his  own  pioture.  Suddenly,  on  coming 
within  range  of  the  latter,  he  started,  and  baa 
any  of  his  jocose  Inends  been  with  hiaa  (which 
he  thanked  his  stais  was  u*t  tbe  case) 
he  certainly  would  a.>;ain  have  become  a  butt 
for  their  good-humored  ohafi",  for  he  was  olush  - 
ing  up  to  tbe  roots  of  bis  hair. 

A  little  knot  of  people  were  standing  in  tront 
of  No  631,  "A  Lady  Sketchin;;,"  &.C.,  evidently 
examining  it  with  keen  interest.  One  person 
only,  however,  in  this  group  had  any  attraction 
lor  Frank.  He  saw  nobody  but  her  ;  for  there 
she  was,  unmistakably,  looking  at  her  own  por- 
trait. Her  profile  was  toward  him,  as  it  had 
been  wben  be  made  the  sketch,  as  it  was  now 
in  its  reproduction  in  the  finished  drawing. 
The  likeness,  under  this  severe  test,  was  even 
more  strikmg  than  eVer,  in  spite  of  the  vast 
ditterence  in  costume.  In  a  bewilderment  of 
admiration — not,  be  it  understood,  of  his 
own  skill,  but  of  her  beauty — Hilary 
bardl.v  knew  whether  he  was  on  his  head 
or  his  heels.  A  hand  on  his  shoulder 
aroused  bim,  and  turning,  he  was  face  to  lace 
with  Mr.  Hughed,  his  host  at  Hadenham.. 

"Glad  to  meat  .you,  Mr.  Hilary.  I  have  been 
lookmg  at  your  picture  of  Cro.yston  Towers;  It 
is  capitall  I  recognized  it  Irom  its  fidelity  to 
tbe  sketch  yon  showed  me,  which  you  made 
while  staying  with  us;  bat  the  figure,  the 
young  lady,  tnat  was  not  in  your  original  draw- 
ing, I  think  1  that  I  suppose,  was  a  separate 
study  which  you  did  not  show  met "  and  there, 
was  an  airy  significance  in  Mr.  Hugnes'  lAst 
words. 

Recovering  from  his  momentary  confusion, 
and  stammering  out  something  about  its  being 
an  aiterthougbt,  Frank  saw  that  Mr.  Hughes 
made  one  ot  the  party  that  had  be«n  looking 
at  nis  piotnre. 

"It  IS  a  capital  likeness,"  continued  that  gen- 
tleman. "1  know  tbe  lady  intimatel.y,  and. 
she  is  amazed  and  nuzzled  to  imagine 
how  you  obtained  her  portrait ;  for  tbe  de- 
clares she  never  sat  to  you,  and  is  highly  in- 
dignant. She  wishes  me  to  present  yon 
to  ber,  however,  that  she  may  ask  you  and  oaU 


hi,  juuJc  into  ki-  Uttla  amDhithaatwuJ.OM«>*  «»«» drawJna.  »nd.  J?xanK  was  faia  tP  itojjrou  to  aceoUAa    Allow  ma 


Daores ;  "  and  Frank  iibiBedl«tel.T  found!  hist- ' 
self  bowing  to  bis  n.vmph  of  the  woods. 

*'  I  am  rather  pleased  with  your  .pietore,  Mr. 
Hilary,"  she  said  oondesoendlngly,  in  a  TMoe 
that,  notwithstanding  the  hauteur  ot  its  tore, 
sot  his  whole  frame  tingling.  "  It  is  very 
like^the  place,  I  mean ;  we  live  close  to 
Croyston.  and  I  know  it  well." 

"  I  am  glad  .you  approve,"  said  Frank,  now 
no  longer  blushing,  his  courage  baving  risen  to 
the  occasion. 

"  Bat.  pray,"  sbe  went  on,  "  how  did  yoa  get 
alike—" 

"  Ah,"  be  broke  in,  "  1  know  what  you  are 

CoinK  to  say.  I  most  ask  yoor  forgiveness. 
A  thousand    pardons    for    baving    taken   auoh 

a  liberty ;  but  it  was  irreswtible— I  mean,  you 
were   irresistible ;  as  an  artist  yourself,  you 

oan  understand   how    well    70a   oame   against 

those  dark  evergreens." 
"Yes.  you  have  made  my  dress  tell  very  well, 

I  srant.'' she  said,  glanoiniE  toward  tbe  picture 
With  an  air  of  patronage ;  "  but  I  want  to 
know,  and  1  insist  on  being  told,  how  you  were 
able  to  make  a  likeness  of  me  1  and  how  do 
yoa  know  I  am  an  artist  1  Is  there  anything  in 
my  personal  appearance  that  suggests  tbe 
SBsthetiol" 

"Yes;  particularly  when  I  see  von  on  a 
camp-stool,  with  a  oolor-box  on  your  thumb!" 

"  Pray,  where  did  you  ever  see  me  so  V 

"Why,  there — wbere  I  have  painted  you  I" 
and  Hilary  pointed  to  the  picture. 

"Indeed!  I  was  not  aware  that  I  was  being 
watched.  1  did  not  know  that  espionage  was 
one  of  tbe  many  accomplishments  of  a  painter!" 

"  I  apologize.  I  dared  not  let  you  see  me, 
or  I  should  have  lost  my  one  great  opportuni- 
ty ;  but  you  had  your  revenge,  I  fancy,"  he 
added,    looking    straiKht    into  her    dark-j$ray 

eyes  which  she  immediately  dropped. 
"  "  I  don't  understand,''  she  said.    "  I  certain- 
ly did  not  see  you  'whan  I  was  sketebing    '  Old 
Croyston  ' " — an  emphasis  on    "  Old  Croyston  " 

— "  on  that  very  fine  St.  Valentine's  day." 

'•  Ah  1  "  cried  Frank  ;  "  no,  you  did  not  see 
me  then  ;  but  how  about  the  next  day  and 
the  next  f  They  were  equally  fine ;  did  not 
you  go  again  to  the  oak  cepse  f " 

"  Really  I  don't  remember,"  she  answered,  a 
little  conlunetL 

"  No  i  There  is  a  pioture  over  there— if  you 
won't  mind  coming  to  tbe  other  end  of  the 
room — that  might  possibly  help  your  memory; 

it  is  rather  a  cuiious  ooipcidence." 

Frank  offered  his  arm,  and  thev  moved  away, 
followed    b.y    Mr.    Hushes    snU   his  ti^o   elder 

daughters,  who  were  with  him. 
Hilar.y  stopped,  of  course,  immediately  in 

front  of  hia  own  portrait. 

"  That's  it,"  he  said.  "  Odd  coincidence,  is  it 
not  1— "  An  Artist  Sketching,"  instead  of  "  A 

Lady  Sketching  V  " 

She  made  a  pretense  of  looking  at  the  pioture, 
and  then  of  searching  for  it  in  the  catalogue. 
Then  she  said  ntdvely: 

"  'Corisande  Brown' — who  ia  she  t" 

"  Ab,  who  indeed  I  Whoever  she  is.  she  is 
clever  enough  ;  and  vou  see  who  she  has  been 
painting,  don't  you  1" 

"  It  IS  not  unlike  you,  Mr.  Hnary,"  she  said, 
with  an  air  of  supremo  innocence. 

"  No,  not  very  unlike  indeed.  I  was  so  vain 
that  I  wanted  to  buy  it.  because  it  was  like — " 

"  And  you  could  not  I" 

"  No  ;  Corisande  Bro^  won't  sell  it." 

''You  must  take  that  as  a  compliment  ;  she 
does  not  want  to  part  with  you !" 

"  Ah,  if  I  could  only  think  that  I  But  I  don't 
deserve  such  happiness,  because,  you  see,  I 
Aaee  sold  A«r  portrait" — he  chanced  this  bold 
shot — 'and  I  have  been  miserable  evpr  since; 
and  what's  more.  I  can't  find  out  who  has 
bought  it.'  ■' 

*'  Perhaps  Corisande  Brown  has  bought  it, " 
said  Miss  Dacrea  archly— the  shot  ^emed  to 
have  told — "  perhaps  she  wants  it  as  a  com- 
panion to  ber  artist ;  the  drawmgs  are  much 
the  same  size,  and  would  make  a  happy  pair — 
a  pair  of  Vdentines  in  fact  I" 

Mr.  Hughes  hero  interrupted  and  changed 
the  conversation  by  .  a  reference  to  some 
other  picture,  to  Frank's  infinite  dis- 
gust; and  what  with  tbe  jostling  of  the 
crowd  and  the  talk  of  the  rest  of  the  part.y, 
he  never  again  that  night  got  a  word  with  Miss 
Dacres.  He  hovered  round  her,  bat  she  had 
evidently  no  intention  that  he  should  pursue 
the  subject ;  and  after  a  while  Frank  lost  sight 
of  her  and  her  iriends  entirely,  as  they  mingled 
with  tbe  company.  He  was  in  an  agony  of 
despair,  and  rushed  wildly  about  the  rooms  ; 
but  people  were  beginning  to  go  now — the 
Royal  Academy  soiree  of  1870  was  over,  and 
the  painter  had  to  retire  with  the  rest,  in  a 
state  of  dejection  that  was  quite  abject.  Was 
there  ever  such  a  fascinating,  charming  wom- 
an *  He  began  to  build  the  most  stupend- 
ous oastles  in  the  air.  He  must  see  her  again  ; 
but  how  i  He  had  failed  even  to  get  Mr. 
Ungnes'  town  address,  and  he  was  under  an 
engagement  to  leave  London  himself 
in  a  lew  days.  Poor  Frank  1  he  was 
bard  hit — he  could  not  get  over  it. 
There  was  a  siguifioanoe,  too,  he  thought, 
about  all  the  circumstances  quite  remarkable  ; 
and  they  were,  it  mhst  be  admitted,  suflicient 
to  make  a  deep  impression  en  the  heart  of  a 
susceptible  and  sensitive  young  artist  ;  and  we 
all  know  how  sensitive  and  susoeptibio  artists 
are,  both  young  and  old. 


lU. 
THE  PRIZE. 

Once  more  the  Winter  came  round.  The  oc- 
cupations of  the  interval  had  net  diverted 
Frank's  thoughts  ;  he  dreamt  of  his  nymph  of 
the  Woods  day  and  night ;  but  his  despair  was 
growing  chronic,  wheu  the  hope  of  seeing  her 
again  was  revived  early  in  tbe  new  year  by  tbe 
receipt  of  a  letter  from  Mr.  Hughes  requesting 
that  ho  would  make  arrancements  to  go  down 
to  Hadenhan  to  paint  the  portrait 
of  another  of  his  children.  He  went 
gladly,  of  course,  and  once  more,  by  mid-Feb- 
ruar.v,  had  nearly  completed  his  work.  He 
4ad  not  dared  to  refer  to  Miss  Dacres ;  his  old 
timidity  having  again  laid  hold  of  bim,  he  could 
not  think  of  her  without  blushing.  Mr.  Hughes 
was  the  first  to  mention  her. 

"  We  ore  going  to  drive  over  to  Lookhorst, 
Mr.  Hilary,"  he  said  one  day  at  luncheon ; 
"  there  are  a  few  good  pictures  there ;  you 
might  be  interested.  By  the  way,  you  met  Miss 
Dacres,  I  think.  Of  course.  1  remember :  i  in- 
troduced you  at  the  Academy  soiree.  I  don't 
know  if  she  is  at  home,  ibouiih,  now." 

"  Miss  Dacres  lives  at  Lockhurst,  then  1"  in- 
quired Frank. 

"  Yes,  sometimes.  She  is  very  well  off,  and 
qnite  independent.  She  goes  about  a  good 
Oeal,  hut  spends  tbe  most  of  her  time  with  an 
old  aunt  at  Lockhurst;  I  hope  she  is  there 
now." 

And  we  may  be  sure  Frank  eohoed  that  hope 
heartily. 

It  was  realized.  Miss  Dacres  was  there,  and 
renewed  her  acquaintance  with  Mr.  Hilary 
cordially,  if  a  little  shyly ;  but  his  courage 
never  forsook  l)im,  be  found  when  once  in  ber 
presence.  Her  aunt  was  not  well,  and  she  had 
to  do  the  honors.  Tbe  pictures,  however,  were 
not  of  much  importsnce,  being  principally  the 
work  of  amateurs  ;  sketches  which  Miss  Dacres 
bad  got  together  from  her  friends,  with  here 
and  there  a  purchase  from  a  water-oelor  ex- 
hibition. They  had  been  nearly  all  dul.y  in- 
spected, Prank  making  appropriate  reference, 
of  oom-se,  to  Miss  Dacres'  own  taste  and  skill 
in  the  art ;  and  the  party  were  passing  along  a 
corridor  buck  to  tne  drawing-room  for  after- 
noon tea,  wheu  the  sight  ef  an  easel,  through  a 
half  open  door,  caught  ^ilai^'B  attention. 

"  Your  painting-roem,  Miss  Dacres,  I  pre- 
sume," he  cried,  stopping,  while  Mr.  Hughes 
and  his  two  daughters,  who  were  m  ad- 
vance, continued  their  way  to  the  drawing- 
room.  "  May  I  not  be  privileged  to  see  what 
you  are  doing  ?  " 

"O,  I  have  very  little  to  show;  but  if  you 
care  to  look,  walk  in." 

He  did  am,  a  step  in  advance  ef  her.  In  an 
instant  she  shot  by  bim  like  a  rush  of  wind, 
and  with  a  sweep  of  her  arm  rapidly  drew  a 
•urtain  across  a  little  recess  or  alcove;  but 
Frank's  eyes  were  quicker  than  her  action:  she 
was  too  late,  tor  he  had  seen — what'i  Why, 
his  picture,  "  A  Lady  Sketching,"  Ate,  hanging 
on  the  wall,  and  side  by  side  with  it,  hs  com- 
panion, his  own  portrait — "An  Artist  Sketcl*- 
ing,"  &^9.  1 

Covered  with  confusion  and  blushes,  she 
stood  soavicteil.  Far  teo  generous  to  take  un- 
due advantage,  Hilary  immediately  turned  to 
the  werk  on  tbe  easel,  and  after  a  tew  unmean- 
ing words  of  criticism  be  said,  "You  are  going 
to  send  this  drawing  to  the  Academy  ?" 

"It  I  get  it  finished  in  time,", she  answered, 
reddening  a  little. 

*'  0,  you  must^;  it  would  never  do  for  '  Cori- 
sande Brown'  not  to  be  represented." 

"i  think  you  are  very  uakmd,  Mr.  Hilary." 

"  Do  you  then  behave  in  a  Christian  spirit — 
return  good  for  evil ;   be  kind  to  me." 

He  hardly  knew  what  be  was  sayinr,  but  he 
was  ver,y  conscious  of  the  truth  oi  the  axiom, 
"faint  heart,"  inc.,  and  this  consoiousnesi 
swept  all  belore  iU    He  turned  toward  her. 

"  I  have  guessed  this,  hoped  this,  all  along  ; 
that  is,  that  you,  Corisande  Brown,  and  the 
purchaser  ef  my  pioture,  were  one  and  the 
same  person.  I  have  had  an  intail;iVe  convic- 
tion of  it,  a  presentiment.  Miss  Daeres." 

"I  don't  believe  in  preseuiiments."  she 
answered,  avoiding  his  eyes  and  geing  to  the 
door.    "  Tea  is  waiting." 

"  O,  pray  stop  one  moment ;  at  least  you  be- 
lieve in  St  Valentine;  you  said  so  at  the 
Academy." 

"  I  said  nothing  of  the  kind." 
'  Ah,  bat  you  said  the  two  pictures,  our  two 


by  ask  yoa  and  oaU     piotores,   would  make  a  pair  of  Valentines,  a     taithfql  Bosw 
:  Mr.  JtfilacTk  MuiJJiianBx  tMttr.'    Aootij^t.  tbo  oiiaikJiUat  J)aoBuujLi>Miia.  mIUu 


tiiibre  nnus  "b«  iekiii^^te^  -  fWiby,  to-dar  is 
the  aanivenary-^to^day  lb  the^  I4tb ;  St.  Valen- 
tine again,  aa  I  live !  - .  lb  is  fate ;  we  cannot  fly 
in  the  face  of  late  when  it  thus  d/ecrees  us  both 
a  chance  in  the- lottery,  and  assures  me  that, 
if  I  wm,  I  at  least  must  do  so  with  a  priceless 
prizel  Say  that  1  may  Hope,  and  it  the  devo- 
tion of  a  life  liare  .any .  influence,  you  shall  ad- 
mit that  at  least  y«a  have  not  drawn  a  blank." 

He  had  followed  her  t» tbe  door,  and  for  one 
moment  held  her  hand  in  his,  and  put  it  to  his 
lips  before  she  passed .  out,  and  led  the  way 
without  a  word  tb^tbe  drawing-room. 

What  need  to  detail  .tbe  sequel  to  a  scene 
like  this!    Clearly  there  oouid  be  but  one. 

Oround  thus  brukeoi,  Frank  Hilary's  impetuous 
courage  bore  down  all  obstacles,  and  some 
months  before  the  next  anniversary  of  Si;. 

Valentine  oame  round,  the  "  happy  pair  "  were 
at  work  in  tbe  b  ame  studio. 

"Corisande  Brown  "ia  still  a  frequent  ex- 
hibitor.   Frank  often  sits  to  her  (he  is  verv 

handaome,)  but  she  tells  him.  be  is  by  no  means 

so  Steady  a  model  as  he  was  at  that  memorable 
time  at  l)ld  Croyston. 

"Ah,  1  did  not  know  you  were  looking  at  me 
then,"  he  pleads,  "and,  by  the  bye,  you  have 
never  told  me  how,  it  was  you  managed  to 
elude  my  eagle  eye ;  I  was  looking  everywhere 
for  .you  the  two  toilowing  days." 

"  O,  it  was  on  the  afternoon  of  St.  Valen- 
tines  day  that  I  made  my  rketch  of  you," 
answered  Mrs.  Hilary.  "I  wanted  to  finish 
my  sketch,  and  I  was  returning  throneh  the 
wilderness  from  lunching  with  old  Lady  Bel- 
port,  when  I  oaught  sight  of  you  in  the  dis- 
tance, and  I  determined  to  try  and  have  a  peep 
at  what  .you  were  doing;  sol  made  a  great 
round,  and  oame  upon  you  from  tbe  other  side 
ol  the  copse,  where  you  never  looked.  Of  course 
it  was  very  wrom;  of  me;  but  1  got  quito  dose, 
BO  close  that  I  could  see  your  dr^win^.  To 
my  surprise,  I  beheld  you  were  touching  up, 
not  a  drawing  of  Croyston  Towers,  but 
a  sketch  of  m.yself.  I  was  piqued  at  your  im- 
pertinence, and  so,  as  you  said  afterward,  I 
took  my  revenge.  -  I  made  a  sketch  of  you,  and 
crept  away  agam,  like  the  guiity  creature  that 
I  was,  in  the  gloom  ef  the  evening,  without 
your  enoe  having  had.  an  idea  of  my  presence. 
I  was  not  near  the  place  after  that." 

"  Well,  all  is  fair  in  love  and  war,"  answered 
Frank ;  "  we  were  both  guilty  creatures :  it  was 
tit  for  tat.     You  don't  gruBible,  do  you  I  " 

"  No,  indeed,"  answered  bis  wife ;  "tor  I  feel 
that  I,  no  less  than  you,  (ae  yuu  say.)  have 

drawn  a  prize  in  St.  "Valentine's  lottery  !" — Lon- 
don Society.. 

French  Animal  Painters.— In  the  field 

of  animal  painting,   combined  witb  landscape, 

we  find  the  French  artists  boldiuf;  a  position  in 

advance  of  anything  that  has  been  done  sinoe 
tbe  days  when  Paul  Potter  painted  his  famous 
bull,  done  at  the  age  of  twent.y -three.  If  he 
had  not  died  at  twenty-seven,  he  might  have 
produced  work  beyend  the  hope  of  rivalry.  In 
the  English  abd  German  schools  we  find  in- 
dividual cases  of  great  ability  in  the  repres- 
entation of  animal  life,  but  the  French  in  the 
last  generation  gave  us  the  school  of  Troyon, 
and  the  national  geaius  for  this  branch  ot  art 
has  not  yet  parsed  away.  Who  is  there  that 
paints  sheep  better  than  Jacqaesi  He  is  a 
native  of  Paris.  So  was  Cordc ;  and  so  was 
I'umer  a  nalive  of  London.  Those  who  make 
a  study  of  human  nature  ma.y  find  an  interest- 
ing field  tor  thought  in  looking  into  the  causes 
that  in  the  heart  of  a  great  city,  far  away  from 
ereen  fields,  oreduced  three  of  tbe  greatest  of 
delineators  of  rnral  life  in  modem  times.  De- 
laux,  Chaigneaux,  Schenck,  and  several  others 
are  also  distinguished  in  this  line.  Schenck 
was  a  wine -merchant  at  Oporto.  He 
sold  out  his  wine  vaults,  oame  to 
Paris,  and  became  an  artist  of  merit.  Van 
Marke  and  Mauve  represent  cattle  with 
much  vigor,  but  the  greatest  animal  painter 
now  in  France  is  probably  Rosa  Bonheur. 
There  is  the  same  intense  observation  and  sym-. 
pathy  with  nature,  the  saime  vigor  of  treat- 
ment we  find  in  the  works  of  'I'royon  and  Land- 
seer.  More  refinement  than  in  Troyon,  with 
rather  less  of  power,  but  more  power  than  in 
Landseer,  so  far  as  tbe  representation  ef  cattle 
Is  concerned.  In  the  painting  of  doer  and  dogs 
tbe  English  artist  holds  a  position  entirely 
alone. — Harper' i  Magazine  for  March. 

The  Biographer  of  Goethe. — Johann 
Peter  Eckerman,  bom  in  the  vicinity  of  Ham- 
burg, toward  the  end  of  the  last  century,  of 
peasant  parents,  bad  in  his  fifteenth  year  barely 
acquired  tbe  first  rudiments  ot  education,  by 
such  attendance  at  the  village  school;^  he 
could  snatch  in  the  intervals  of  farm  drudge^. 
A  natural  taste  and  capacity  which  he  displayed 
for  drawing  attracted  tbe  notice  of  a  local 
official,  who  afforded  bim  opportunities  for 
some  higher  instruction,  by  means  of  which  he 
was  enabled  te  qualify  for  a  small  appointment 
under  Government.  Called  to  take  up  arms  in 
tbe  German  wars  of  liberation,  he  availed  him- 
self of  a  campaign  in  the  Low  Coimtries  to 
make  himself  acquainted  with  the  great  Dutch 
pamters,  whose  works  tbe  young  recruit  at- 
tempted to  copy  during  his  passing  visits  to 
museums  and  pioture  galleries,  carrying  about 
his  unfinished  sketches  in  his  knapsack.  On 
the  conolusion  of  peace,  in  1815,  he  again  ob- 
tained a  clerkship,  and  devoted  his  leisure 
hoars  to  attendance  at  the  local  gymnasium,  in- 
different to  the  ridicule  which  attached  to  a 
young  man  of  four-and-twenty  taking  his 
place  in  tbe  school-room  by  tbe  side  of  boys 
of  twelve  and  fourteen.  After  some  years  of 
nnremittine  application,  the  proceeds  of  a 
volume  01  poems,  published  by  f  ubscnptiog,  to- 
gether with  a  small  grant  from  Government, 
enabled  hint  to  go  through  a  two  years'  course 
at  the  University  at  Gottingen,  at  the  conclu- 
sion of  which  he  ventured  to  submit  to  Ger- 
many's great  poet  his  manuscript  of  a  care- 
taUv  prepared  work.  "  Beitriige  sur  Poesie," 
with  a  request  for  an  introduction  to  a  pub- 
lisher shcald  the  composition  be  thought 
worthy  of  such  a  lavor.  He  received  a  cour- 
teous and  encouraging  reply,  and,  impelled  b.y 
an  irresistible  impulse  to  see  the  man  whom  he 
already  considered  his  patron  and  benefactor, 
the  poor  student,  on  a  hot  Summer's  day  in 
I&^,  Duckled  on  his  knapsack    and  trudged  on 

foot  Irom  Hanover  to  Weimar.  He  thus  de- 
scribes their  first  mterview:  "Before  long 
Goethe  entered.  He  wore  a  blue  overcoat  and 
shoes :  a  noble  figurel  the  impression  was 
overwhelming,  out  he  at  once  dispelled  my  em- 
bariassment  by  his  cordial  words.  We  sat  upon 
tbe  Bofa ;  I  telt  blisslully  overcome  by  his 
presence  and  contaet.  and  could  bardiy  find 
words  to  address  him.  We  sat  together  lone 
in  a  calm  and  loving  mood;  I  pressed  nis  knee ; 
I  could  not  utter  from  gazing  upon  him — I 
could  not  see  enough  of  mm.  *  *  *  He 
spoke  slowly  and  delioerately  as  one  might  im- 
aicine  an  aged  monarch  to  speak.  One  sees  at 
a  glance  that  he*  reposes  upon  himself  and  is 
raised  above  praise  and  censure.  I  lelt  inex- 
pressibly well  while  .  in  his  presence,  .  and 
soothed  as  one  might  be  who,  after  muoh 
trouble  and  ioug  hoping,  had  at  length  seen  his 
fondest  wishes  gratiiied.  We  parted  from  one 
another  with  love ;  I,  ha))py  in  the  highest  de- 
gree, for  good  will  sounded  m  all  his  words,  and 
1  felt  that  he  thought  well  of  mr."  Nor  was  it 
in  words  only  tnat  Goethe  showed  his  consider- 
ation lor  the  poor  unknown  student.  With 
that  innate  delicacy  which  was  one  ol  the  most 
marked  traits  of  his  generous  nature,  he  found 
a  plausible  pretext  tor  providing  Eokerman 
With  remunerative  work  in  the  revision  of 
his  unpublished  writings ;  and  in  this  em- 
ployment, doubly  congenial  irom  tae  oir- 
oumstance  of  its  bringing  him  into  al- 
most dail^  eontact  with  his  Idol,  Ecker- 
man continued  at  Weimar  until  Goethe's  death 
in  tbe  Spring  of  183^  Eckerman's  character  is 
one  deserving  of  all  respect.  Thoroughly  con- 
scientious and  earnest,  with  a  deep  reverence 
lor  art  and  a  sincere  love  of  nature,  he  was 
simple,  truthful,  and  atteetionate.  We  have 
seen  how,  under  difficulties  almost  insupert^ 
ble,  the  poor  peasant  boy  had  succeeded  by 
force  of  will,  energy,  and  selt-denial,  in  so 
highly  cultivating  himself  as  to  fit  bim  for  oom- 
panionsbip  with  one  of  the  greatest  minds  of 
his  age.  The  qualities  neeessary  lor  fully  un- 
derstanding and  refiectmg  such  a  mind  he  did 
not  possess.  The  apprcoiativ.?  sentiment,  which 
he  had  in  a  high  detrree,  ia  rarely  wanting  in  a 
literary  executor,  and  is  indeed  too  oomuunly 
a  source  of  danger;  but  of  the  critical  and  dis- 
criminative faculty,  than  which  no  gift  is  more 
indispensable  to  a  biographer,  Eokerman  was 
entirely  devoid.  His  cuuutrymen  have  called 
him  tbe  German  BOswell;  but  beyond  their 
reverential  natures  the  two  men  had  nothing 
in  common.  Johnson  personally  is  perhaps 
better  known  to  Englishmen  than  any  man  of 
his  time,  and  this  he  ewes  far  less  to  the 
Rambler  or.  to  hofiseUu  than  to  Bos- 
welL  He  did  enougti  to  earn  a  lasting 
fame,  but  many  %  man  whose  knowledge 
of  the  great  moralist's  works  does  not 
extend  beyond  an  oooasional  reference  to  the 
dictionary  is  familiarly  acquainted  with  John- 
son's face,  figure,  and  oress,  his  habits,  his  say- 
ings and  doings,  and  can  picture  a;m  as  he  sits 
over  a  dish  of  tea  in  Mrs.  Thrale's  drawmg- 
roov,  or  lays  down  the  law  amofg  ooagenial 
spints  at  tbe  "Mitre  Tavern,"  <tr  snuos  tbe 
Boswell  in  bis  study.    Eckerman's  re- 


true,  how  Goethe  was  dressed  on  different  ocoa 
Bions;  in  a  black  coat  with  a  star,  or  a  brown 
eoat  witb  a  blue  cap,  or  in  a  white  flannel 
dressing-gown ;  but  his  words  convev  no  im- 
pression of  living  mdividuality.  He  is  a  photo- 
irraphor  ratber  than  an  artist.  He  produces 
faithfully  enoueh  the  outlines  of  faoe  and  fea- 
ture, with  furrows  and  wrinkles ;  but  we  do 
not  see  the  man  as  he  walked  and  talked  and 
looked.  We  never  hear  his  voice  or  catch  his 
smile.  Of  tjoset  delicate  lights  and  shadows 
which  give  life  to  the  canvas,  those  subtle  ar- 
tistic touches  by  means  of  which  Lewes,  with- 
oat  tho  advantage  of  personal  intereourse,  has 
produced  so  grapbio  and  powerful  a  picttire, 
there  is  not  a  trace  in  Eckerman. — New  Quar- 
terly Magazine. 

French  Marine  and  Landscape  Paint- 

BKS. — Isaboy  is  the  only  Frencbman  who    ever 

painted  a  marine  worth  looking  at  a  second 
time,  and  be  is  now  very  old;  but  he  is  a  mag- 
nificent oolorist  and  did   some  very  nice  things 

long  aeo.    The  remainder,  Jules  Dupr6,  (who 

is,  however,  a sood landscape  painter,)  "Vernier, 
&0.,  know  nothing  either  of  ships  or  the  sea — 
at  least,  there  is  little  in  their  paintings  to  lead 
one  to  think  they  do — while  they  all  perpetrate 
in  them  tbe  simplest  errors   in  perspective, 

eucb  as  one  would  look  for  in  vain  in  their 
poorest  landscapes.  Not  to  make  too  bad  a 
joke  of  their  awkwardness,  they  are  all,  in- 
deed, entirely  "  at  sea  "  on  the  subject.  But  in 
landscape  tbe  French  artist  is  at  home;  and 
here  amid  pastoral  scenes  or  representations 
of  Oriental  efleots,  we  find  a  great  school  of 
poetry  that  reminds  us  alternately  ot  Theocri- 
tus, or  the  Bucolics  of  Vir^l,  or   tbe  third  and 

fourth  cantos  of  "  Childe  Harold."  France  has 
produced  three  landscape  painters  of  consum- 
mate ability,  Claude  Lorraine.  Thomas  Ro.s- 
seau,  and  Jean  Baptisto  Camille  Cordt, 
each    entirely    diffierent    in    every  respect, 

excepting  that  they  were  acreed  in  look- 
ing at  nature  not  only  for  what  she 
seems  to  the  visual  eye,  but  still  more  for  what 
she  sUgeests  to  the  soul.  They  were  men  en- 
dowed not  only  with  exquisite  keenness  of 
vision  in  detecting  tbe  harmonies  of  the  visible 
world,  and  admirable  perception  of  color  and 
technical  anility,  but  tbey  were  also  men  of 
thought,  of  imagination,  of  vast  poetic  feeling. 

But  thev  are  dead.    Claude  oame  alone,  and 

left  no  sucoessor  behind  him  for  a  century  and 
a  half,  while  the  two  latter  may  also  be  said  to 

h  ive  lett  none  after  them  their  peers  in  pure 
landscape.     Lambinet,   D'Aubigny,   Lansyer, 

Beruier,  Uarpicmies.  and  others  w^e  miebt  men- 
tion, are  men  of  very  great  ability,  especially 
the  first,  but  there  is  less  8.ympathy  apparent  in 
their  works  for  the  hidden  mysteries  and  sug- 
gestions et  nature  than  tor  what  it  simply  ap- 
pears to  the  physical  eye ;  and  the  growing 
weakness  of  this  field  ot  art  in  France  is  ap- 
parent from  the  vast  number  of  daubs — for  they 
cannot  conscientiously  be  called  anything  else 
— which  are  constantly  and  unblusbingly 
brought  forward  as  transcripts  of  nature  by 
artists  of  average  merit. — Harper' a  Magazine  for 
March.  

Penzance. — Of  all  our  "Winter  health  re- 
sorts, tbe  medical  pre-eminence  is  justly  due  to 
Penzance.  Torquay  comes  nearest  in  value 
through  its  protective  screen  of  hills,  but  there 
are  reasons  for  preferring  Penzance  to  Tor- 
quay. Unlike  Torqua.y,  however,  Penzance  has 
its  trade  and  shipping,  and  has  failed  to  make 
itself  a  fashionable  residence  for  valetudma- 
rians.  Pulmonary  invalids,  however,  have 
never  been  slow  in  recognizing  its  value.  Tbe 
town  has  not  got  the  scenic  loveliness  of  Tor- 
quay nor  the  ready  access  to  London,  with  nu- 
merous resources,  by  which  Torquay  makes  it- 
self acceptable  to  visitants.  But  it  fronts  the 
broad  Atlantic.  You  might  sail  away  to  the 
Southern  Pole  without  touching  land.  You 
eet  what  you  do  not  get  in  Torbay,  the  full 
sweet  influences  ot  tbe  Gulf  Stream.  Even 
in  this  month  of  January  you  find 
tbe  wild  fiowers  in  protusion.  The 
ferns  fiourish  all  tbe  year,  and  the  tall  gera- 
niums touch  your  bedroom  window.  Opposite 
the  beach  you  are  on  the  granite.  Higher  up 
you  get  on  the  slate-chalk,  which  is  to  be 
avoided,  for  the  invalid  cannot  remember  too 
carefully  that  the  soil  aud  Bubsoil  are  as  im- 
portant for  health  as  the  climate.  The  tem- 
perature is  that  of  Ital.y.  Even  Italians  have 
come  from  home  to  Penzance  lor  the  sake  of 
the  climate.  But  the  difference  between  Pen- 
zance and  Naples  is  this :  at  Penzance  you  get 
one  fine  day  to  ten  that  are  rainy ;  at  Naples 
you  get  onl.y  one  wet  day  out  of  ten.  At  Pen- 
zance there  is  regulari.y  a  flood  of  rains  and  wa- 
ters. At  other  places  you  may  get  some 
augury  of  the  weather  &om  the  direction  of 
the  wind.  But  be  the  wind  east,  west,  north,  or 
south,  vou  have  always  rain  at  Penzance.  The 
place  really  does  not  do  itself  justice.  It  knows 
nothing  ol  squares  and  stately  terraces  and 
pleasure  gardbns.  It  does  not  lay  itself  out  for 
mvalids;  it  does  not  advertise  its  attractions  as 
nearly  every  other  watering-place  does;  it 
knowsnothing  of  a  pier  or  band  or  etahlissement 
of  any  kind;  it  does  not  even  make  the  best  of 
Its  natural  advantages.  The  harbor  at  Pen- 
zance is  not  much  of  a  harbor;  but  close  by,  at 
Newlyn,  is  a  natural  harbor,  which,  with  a 
slight  expenditure,  might  be  able  to  incio.se  the 
whole  Navy  of  England.  An  act  was  procured, 
but  the  time  granted  has  been  allowed  to  expire 
without  any  use  ot  it  having  been  made.  There 
is  no  sanatorium,  no  cottage  or  convalescent 
hospital,  such  as  in  other  towns  have  conferred 
inestimable  blessings  on  the  poor,  and,  by  a 
happy  reciprocity,  have  obtained  advantages 
for  themselves.  O  fortunati  nimium,  bona  si 
sua  norini,  is  a  line  which  might  exactly  suit 
the  people  of  Penzance.  Penzance  is  just  now 
best  known  as  giving  a  member  to  Liskeard, 
and  a  title  to  the  Judge  who  has  to  deal  with 
excessive  ritual. — London  Society. 


Toy-Land. — Wood-carving  is  the  chief 
occupation  of  many  a  mountain  village  both  in 
the  Tyrol  and  in  Switzerland ;  but  in  no  place 
has  it  been  carried  to  greater  perfection  or 
been  entered  into  more  thoroughly  b.y  the  in- 
habitants than  at  St.  Ulrich.  One  branch  of  it 
indeed,  the  manufacture  of  wooden  toys,  par- 
ticularly dolls,  may  be  considered  almost  a 
specialty  of  the  district ;  for  the  little  town  of 
St.  Dlrloh  is  the  great  storehouse  from  which 
the  chief  toy-traders  of  Europe,  we  might  al- 
most say  OI  the  world,  draw  those  rich  and  in- 
exbaustible  supplies  which  brighten  so  many 
nurseries  and  gladden  the  hearts  of  so  many 
little  ones.  The  art  is  said  to  have  been  intro- 
duced mto  the  valley  about  the  beginning  of 
the  last  centur.y,  since  which  time  it  has  been 
the  principal  employment  of  the  inhabitants, 
male  and  female,  young  and  old  alike ;  for  an- 
cient grandfathers  and  grandmothers  may  be 
seen  steadily  pursuing  the  vocation  that  has 
been  theirs  from  their  earliest  years ;  and  as 
soon  as  the  little  boys  or  girls  can  be  safely 
trusted  with  knives,  the.y  begin  their  rude  en- 
deavors to  carve  tbe  form  of  some  animal  or 
toy  which  is  the  peculiar  line  of  their  fam- 
ily. This  is  one  of  the  odd  things  m  connec- 
tion with  the  trade,  that,  as  a  general  rule, 
each  fatniiy  or  group  of  families  has  its  own 
special  department,  from  which  they  do  not 
deviate.  Some  carve,  some  paint,  some  gild  ; 
the  painters  often  working  only  in  one  partic- 
ular color  ;  while  the  carvers  constantly  stick 
to  the  manufacture  ot  one  or  two,  or  at  the 
most  of  half  a  dozen  animals,  of  certain 
toys  or  certain  portions  of  toys  aud  tlolls, 
and  so  on  through  all  the  endless  rami- 
ficatiens  of  their  Lilliputian  industry.  It  is  a 
most  curious  sight  to  watch  them  at  work. 
They  use  no  models,  and  work  entirel.v  by  rule 
of  thumb  ;  long  practice  having  made  them  so 
perfect  that  the.y  turn  out  the  tiny  articles 
without  the  slightest  hesitation,  every  one  aH 
precisely  alike  as  if  they  had  been  cast  in  a 
mold.  In  this  way  are  manufactured  tbe  va- 
ried collection  of  animals  found  in  Noah's  Ark. 
Some  families  will  cut  out  lious,  tigers,  oamela, 
and  elephants  ;  others,  sheep,  oxen,  and  deer  ; 
otbers,  chiefly  birds ;  while  another  group  will 
produce  the  wonderfully-dressed  little  men 
and  women  popularly  supposed  to  represent 
Noah  and  bis  seven  human  companions.  The 
coloring  of  these  produotioas  is  quite  auothor 
branch  of  tbe  trade:  and  while  the  carving 
goes  on  at  all  times  with  unabated  reguiarity, 
the  painting  of  the  various  articles  is  only 
added  as  thev  are  required  ;  that  is,  when 
orders  come  from  tbe  to.y  dealers ;  and 
this  frequently  varies  according  to  cir- 
cumstances; BO  that  the  coloring  and 
gildmg  business  is  not  on  the  whole  so  steady 
and  profitable  as  the  carving.  There  are  sev- 
eral shops  and  warehoiLses  where  the  articles 
thus  manuiactured  are  sold  ;  but  there  are  two 
leadmg  merchants  who  act  as  wholesale  ex- 
porters, buying  the  carved  work  either  from 
tbe  people  'themselves,  or  from  minor  agents, 
who  realize  a  small  profit  by  acting  as  middle- 
men. Permission  oan  readily  be  obtained  to 
visit  those  establishmente  ;  and  it  is  a  curious 
and  amusing  sight  to  walk  through  their  vast 
repositociae,  and  inspect  the  extraordinary  col- 
lection of  dolls  and  toys  gathered  together  un- 
der one  roof.    The  dolls  are  in  themselves 


BO  muk isMitt.    Ue  tells  us,  i«  vJJ^mk. rumAfotaX  eyhihitinB. ,. Thaw  ata^AUJ-wwJiJtf ttotio_ww«i«_»a»»,i^i^       Lvar  at  iSJ 


npoia  noma  jg;nit|i  filed  irltlLlheiB,  of  evwrsta 
and  style,  smaU  aad  l«vgc  painted  asa  uar 
painted  ;  their  sice  Tarying  from  tinyatomi 
scarcely  an  inch  long,  to  huge  figures  of  nearly 
a  yard  m  length,  most  of  them  jointed,  and  the 
greater  part  nneOlored,  aud  just  ae  they  cauM 
from  the  hands  of  the  carver.  Tbey  are  oate 
fully  sorted  according  to  their  vanous  sijces ' 
and  great  shelves  anti  cases  in  every  direotaon 
arc  crammed  with  them,-  Some  sizes  &re  more 
popular  than  others ;  a  very  favorite  length 
being  about  two  inches;  of  this  size 
one  of  tbe  great  doll  merchants  of  St. 
Ulrich  bn.ys  thirty  tbousaTtd  ever.v  week  dur- 
ing the  whole  yearl  The  makers  of  tuit 
kind  oan  turn  out  about  twenty  dozen  a  day, 

each  skiUfdl  worker  ;  the  painting  beine  quite 
an  after  concern,  with  which  the  carvers  nave 
nothing  to  do.    Here,  also  are  bins  filled  with 

wooden  animals,  also  of  different  sizes  and  diff- 
erent  degrees    of    excellence ;    for   while  some 

are  merely  roughly  shafted  and  the  production 
often  of  very  young  children,  others  are  carved 
"With  very  great  care  bud  dextei^ty,  and  are 
faithful  representations  of  tbe  creatures  tbey 
are  intended  to  imitate.    All  tbe  numeruiu 

toys  with  which  we  are  familiar  in  the  ehups, 
or  which  we  have  played  with  in  childhiiud, 
here  first  spring  into  being.  Noah's  .Arks, 
empty  and  lull ;  armies  of  wooden  sol^ien  on 
horseback  and  on  foot ;  farmyards  of  variouit 
dimensions,  stored  with  every  article  needful 
for  the  juvenile  agricuiturist;  dolls'  furniture 
of  every  shape  and  pattern ;  sets  of  tea-cups 
and  Baucers.  and  all  kinds  of  domestic  uteneiis; 
little  wooden  horses,  little  wooden  carc«.  In 
short  it  is  toys,  toys  everywhere;  aud  even 

with  all  our  experience  of  the  capacity  of  chil- 
dren for  acquiring  such  possessions,  it  is  really 
difiioult  to  credit  tbe  fact  that  this  enormous 
manufaoture  and  unceasing  distribution  go  on, 
like   the  poet's  brook,    "  for  ever." — Chamt>era'» 

Journal. 

A  Primary  Arab  School.. — One  primary 
school  in  Cairo  is  well  worth  having  a  peep 
into.  You  open  a  door  in  the  street,  and  find  a 
room  about  ten  feet  square.  It  is  below  the 
level  of  the  road,  and  lofty  for  its  eire.  A 
grated  window,  high  up,  gives  a  dim  light;  but 
a  fiood  of  sunshine  comes  in  at  the  open  door, 
and  strikes  full  on  the  bright  crimson  robe  of 
the  fakeeh  as   he  sits  on  bis  cushion  in  the  oor- 

ner.  At  one  end  stands  the  only  piece  of  fur- 
niture in  the  room.  It  looks  like  a  large  har- 
monium done   up  in  brown  nolland,  but  tome 

out  to  be  a  box  containing  the  bones  ot  a  saint. 

In  front  of  this  curious  piece  of  school  furniture 
squat  four-and-twenty  little  black  and  brown 
boys.  One  of  two  are  disguisoQ  as  girls,  to  pro- 
tect them  from  the  evil  eye.  All  have  dirt.y 
faces,  and  several  are  suffering  from  ophthal- 
mia. They  sit  in  two  rows,  facing  each  other, 
and  simultaneously  rock  their  bodies  vioktntlv 
backward  and  forward  as  they  recite  the  al- 
phabet or  that  verse  of  the  Koran  which  form! 
their  day's  task.  ITie  children  shout  at  the 
top  of  their  little  cracked  voices  in  a  nasal 
tone  far  from  musical.  Tne  noise  theycontrive 
to  make  is  astoundine,  considering  how  small 
they  are.  If  they  cease  their  rocking  and 
shrieking,  even  for  a  moment,  the  mast<ir 
brings  down  his  long  palm  cane  upon  their 
shaven  skulls,  and  the.y  recommence  with  re- 
newed energy,  and  an  even  more  violent  see- 
saw. The  sentence  repeated  does  not  convey 
the  slightest  meaning  to  their  minds,  nor  is  any 
attempt  made  to  explain  it.  Two  or  three 
older  children  are  sitting  beside  the  fakeeh, 
getting  lessons  in  tbe  formation  of  the  Arabic 
characters.  Their  copy-bookis  a  piece  of  bright 
tin,  and  they  use  a  reed  pen  caiiea  a,  kalam . 
The  ink  bottle  is  a  bo.x  containing  a  sponge  sat- 
urated with  some  brown  fluid.  A  long  row  nf 
tiny  slippers,  of  every  form  aud  ccdor,  lie  neatly 
arranged  at  the  door ;  for  tbe  piace  where  rbo 
bones  of  a  saint  are  enshrined  is  hoiy  ground, 
and  no  one  may  soil  the  clean  mattiUji  ot  the 
floor  with  outside  defilement.  No  register  is 
kept  of  the.pupils  or  ot  their  days  of  atteoii- 
ance.  Indeed,  although  the  fakwh  can  repeat 
the  whole  of  the  Koran  off  book,  it  is  highly 
probable  be  would  find  some  difiiculty  ia  count- 
ing up  to  the  number  ot  his  eChoLars.  Hia 
acquirements  begm  aud  end  with  a  texual 
knowledge  of  the  sacred  book,  and  unfortun- 
ately the  wishes  ot  his  pupils'  parents  with  re- 
gard to  the  education  of  their  children  are 
bounded  by  the  same  narrow  limits. — SaturUaij 
Review. 

"Wei-ch'i,  ok  the  Chijtese  Game  oi 
War. — Two  Chinese  gentlemen,  with  at  least 
one  pair  of  huge  spectacles  between  them, 
leaning  over  a  delicately-lacquered  t>oard  on 
which  they  are  arranging  certain  black  ana 
white  nips  made  from  the  beautiful  marole  of 
Yunnan,  two  pipes,  two  cups  of  the  fragrant 
tea  known  only  to  China — and  the  reader  has 
before  him  the  not  uncommon  tableau  of  a 
game  of  wei-ch'i.  It  will  be  noted  that  the 
players  have  something  in  facial  exnression, 
something  in  general  bearing,  enough  to  dis- 
tinguish them  from  the  attendants  who  from 
time  to  time  refill  the  empty  pipe,  replenish 
the  half-drained  cup,  or  hand  the  grotesquely- 
painted  spittoon,  did  not  the  short  sight  and 
sunken  chest  of  the  student,  added  to  the  lact 
of  their  indulging  in  the  abstrusest  of  all  games 
"under  heaven."  at  ones  proclaim  their  com- 
panionship of  the  mighty  order  of  the  literati. 
For  none  but  the  educated  play  at  wei-ch'i.  A 
knowledge  of  this  difficult  game  stamps  a  mat 
in  China  as  "somewhat  more  than  an  ordinaxj 
person.  Its  subtleties  are  beyond  the  reach 
of  the  lazy ;  its  triumphs  too  refined 
for  the  man  of  gross  material  tastes.  Skill  in 
wei-ch'i  implies  the  astuteness  and  versaCilitv 
so  prized  among  the  Cuinese.  They  coulti 
hardly  believe  a  man  to  play  wei-ch'i  well  aud 
yet  be  possessed  of  inditt'erent  aDilicies  as  a 
practical  man  of  the  world.  •  It  would  amount 
to  a  contradiction  of  terms.  All  the  more  so, 
as  nearly  all  of  tnose  who  enter  upon  a  literary 
career  make  a  poiut  of  attempting  to  iearu.  the 
game.  But  many  faint  by  tbe  way.  To  a  be- 
gmner,  a  mere  knowledge  of  tbe  rulee  tor  a 
long  time  seems  hopeless,  and  subsequent  ap- 
plication of  them  more  hopeless  Siili.  The 
persevering  ones  alone  play  on  day  by  day,  un- 
til at  last — suddenly  as  it  ■were — Che  great 
scheme  ot  wei-oh'i  dawns  uuon  them  in  aii  ita 
tullaess  aad  beauty  ;  and  from  that  day  they 
are  ardent  enthusiasts  in  support  ot  its  nuqu>iS- 
lionable  merits.  Wei-ch'i  is  solemnly  declared 
by  Chinese  writers  to  have  been  luvenied  oy 
the  great  Emperor  Yao.  who  fioiurished  two 
theusand  three  hundred  years  benore  the  birib 
of  Christ.  The -cautious  student  ot  Western 
chronology,  whose  highest  flights  are  oonfiued 
to  the  paltry  limit  of  centuries,  may  well  stand 
aghast  at  the  free  and  easy  way  in  wuich 
Chinese  history  deals  witb  thousands,  alt>eit 
India  has  long  since  taught  us  toat  taere  are 
other  claims  to  antiquity  besides  those  of 
Egypt,  Greece,  and  Kome.  Ou  this  suojdoc  wa 
sbali  reier  the  reader  to  the  late  Mr.  John 
Williams'  valuable  work  on  Chinese  Oomets. 
in  the  introduction  to  whiuh  it,  appears  tuat 
certain  astronomical  phenomena  recorced  by 
the  Chinese,  even  at  an  earlier  date  tbau  thiit 
ot  the  Emperor  Yao.  have  since  been  tested 
and  found  correct.  Truth  and  fiUsehood  anarc, 
ic  wag  a  fitting  tribute  ot  respect  to  deu^cate 
this  noble  game  to  the  memqi-y  of  ch^t  vu'tu- 
ous  Prince.  With  tbe  convulsions  ot  lour 
thousand  years  many  great  names  haveeuuK 
into  oblivion ;  but  the  fame  of  Yao  is  as  iresu 
to-day  in  the  hearts  of  the  Chinese  peoylo  aa 
It  was  in  those  days  of  yore  when,  alter  a  glo- 
rious reign  extending  over  two  gtnerauous  of 
man,  he  passed  over  his  dissolute  heir  and  ab- 
dicated tbe  throne  in  favor  ot  a  private  luai- 
vidual  whose  title  to  imperial  auvaucemeni 
rested  upon  integrity  alone.  The  earliest  moa- 
tion  of  wei-«h'i  occurs  only  three  huudrea  yea^* 
betore  the  Christian  era ;  but  it  was  tuuu  evr- 
dently  a  game  of  long  standing,  and  the  cnam' 
pion  player  of  the  day  was  not  deemed^fc- 
worthy  to  illustrate  the  teaching  ot  Ciui^'a 
most  original  chmker — the  divine  Idenciua.— 
Temple  Bar. 

JuLKS  Adolphe  Breton. — He  is  at  once 
a  painter  of  landscape  aud  of  human  icitur^ 
The  two  are  combined  in  all  his  works  in  such 
just  proportion,  and  with  such  equal  ability 
and  care  brought  to  the  representation,of  each.! 
that  he  occupies  the  rare  position  of  «xceilin2 
in  two  distinct  branches  of  art;  in  each  ha 
shows  a  deep,  earnest,  reverential  sympathy  ia 
the  presence  of  nature  quite  uncommon  wit^ 
French  artists;  his  eye  for  color  is  aimoet  fao^t* 
less,  and  his  technical  capacity  is  beyond  qiiea- 
tion.  What  can  be  more  perfect  man  xh« 
pearly -gray  transparent  shadows  on  theigronud, 
or  the  Summer  afternoon  atmoispneci:?,  la.  hu 
"Blessing  of  the  Gram?"  while,  at  tuosaoi^ 
time,  any  one  of  tho  kneeling  figunes  iu  tne 
foreground  would  be  sullicieat  to  estabbsh 
the  reputation  of^  any  ordicnary  artist  to« 
its  combination  of  so  man.v  admirable  and 
desirable  art  quahties.  On  the  other  hajii 
what  a  tender,  plaintive,  pensive,  pachedc  oea,^ 
ty  he  has  portrayed  in  tne  face  of  the  youni 
peasant  girl  of  Brittany,  in  his  painting  uailed 
••Evening,"  at  th<»  Luxembourg  1  'Tueexpes- 
sion  in  ber  eve  seems  to  tell  u  whole  idj  1  of 
rural  life.    It  is  noteworthy  that  popular  and 


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S!^  SL^^  B«te«r  t4lrt  ttpott  Bay  etMr 
Bti^  FWMeli  tofttt.  the  Cktmans  pav  btqi 
t&i»  Mtb  oOvpttniMt  »r  ttnUcfiibi  to  hilDl  the 
ia»i!tM  Of  tUe  1i6kt  OeMun  »ttl«tg.  la  hard 
tiiDto  he  tt  ttijb  tmly  One  trbtf  tttt^js  tJie  pries  of 
Iii«  p4itatinftfe  ««tt«tfilltlT  rlfeiiijr.  It  tt^  pethapa, 
nbt  t^  ttabh  td  liuiig&  to  JalM  Breton  the 
lettdlnt    plftee- ift    xhS  ipoiitctiiporMv   Fteiibh 

Two  OftttAT  StOBHS.-^The  most  terrible 
f^y  Btdrm  which  bkk,  p^haps,  eyer  oodnrfbd  is 
i>h*t  which  has  been  eaUed  tbe  GreaC  Storm. 
It  oo6ilrred,  or  rather  itli  wtitat  effebts  Were  ex- 
periMioed,  on  Oct.  10«  1780.  Generated  prob- 
ably in  mid>Atlantifi.  not  far  from  tiie  eqnator, 
it  was  fir«t  ftit  lA  BarbAdoS)  where  trees  and 
hdoiea  Were  blown  doWb.  CapL  Manry,  in  bis 
'*  Pbytioal  Geotcraphy  of  the  Sea,''  gires  a 
rather  exagjt^Brated  aoceunt  of  the  effeota  pro- 
dnoed  by  tliis  Btornt  in  Barbados,  apparentl.T 
irom  memory'-flome  of  the  deti^ils  being  H&e, 
but  not  quite  the  lame  a«  those  actually  re- 
corded. He  saya  '•  the  bark  iras  blown  from 
the  treeA,  and  the  ihiita  of  the  earth  dedtroyfed  ; 
the  very  bottom  and  depths  of  the  sea  were  up- 
rooted— fbrtB  and  castiM  were  washed  away, 
and  thdtr  great  guns  oarrled  in  the  air  like 
chaff."  The  bark  ot  trees  was  removed,  but, 
it  it  believed  rather  throueh  the  effects  of 
eleotrio  action  than  by  the  po4irer  of  the  wind. 
Cannon,  also,  were  driven  along  the  batteries, 
and  flung  over  into  the  fosse,  but  not 
"carried  in  the  air  like  cha£"  At 
Martinique  the  storm  overtook  a  French  trans- 

oort  fleet,  and  entirely  destroyed  it.  There  were 
10  vessels,  conveying  4,000  soldiers,  and  the 
Governor  of  Martinique  reported  their  fate  to  the 
French  Governmenr.  m  three  words — "The ves- 
sels disappeared."  Nino  tbonsand  persons  per- 
ished at  Martinique,  and  1,000  at  Sc  Pierre,  where 
not  a  bouse  was  left  standing.  St.  Domingo,  St. 
Vincent,  St.  Eustache^  and  Porto  Kico  were 
next  visited  and  devastated,  while  scarcely  a 
single  vessel  near  this  part  ot°  the  cyclone's 
traek  was  ailoat  en  Oct.  11.  At  Port  Royal  the 
cathedral,  seven  churches,  and  1,400  nouses 
were  blown  down,  and  1,600  slok  and  wounded 
persons  were  buried  )>eneath  the  ruins  of  the 
bospitaL  At  ttie  Bermudas,  fifty  British  ships 
were  driven  ashore,  two  iine-of-battle  ships 
went  down  at.  sea,  and  22,000  persons  perished. 
Perliap«  the  most  remarksbfe  effects  ot  the 
storm  in  thii  peartian  of  its  coarse  were  those 
experienced  in  the  Leeward  Isles.  Tbe  hurri- 
oane  drove  a  twelve-pounder  oaonon  a  distance 
of  400  feet.  Those  who  lived  i*  the  Govern- 
ment Building  took  retlige  in  the  central  part, 
wb»e  circular  walls,  nearly  a  yard  tbiolE, 
seemed  to  afford  promise  of  safety.  But  at 
11:30  o'clock  tbe  wind  had  broken  down  parts 
ot  these  wails,  and  lifted  off  the  roof.  Terrified 
they  sought  refuge  iu  the  cellarage,  but  before 
lone  tbe  water  had  risen  there  to  the  height  of 
more  than  a  yud,  and  they  were  driven  into 
tbe  battery,  where  they  placed  them- 
.Mlvea  beiund  the  heavier  cannons,  some 
ot  which  were  driven  from  their  place 
by  the  force  of  the  wind.  When  day  broke  the 
country  looked.as  if  ic  had  been  blasted  by  fire; 
not  a  leaf^  soaj^e  even  a  branch,  remained 
upon  the  tree&  As  in  great  floods  a  common 
terror  preserves  peace  among  animals  wliich 
CBUidly  war  upon  each  otber,  bo  during  the 
Great  Storm  human  passions  were  for  tbe  time 
gueiled  by  tbe  fiercer  war  of  tbe  elements. 
Among  the  ships  destroyed  at  Martinique  were 
two  English  war-ships.  Twenty-flvo  sailors 
who  survived  surrendered  themselves  prison- 
ers to  the  Marquis  of  Bouill6,  tbe  Governor  of 
the  Island.  But  he  sent  them  to  St.  Lucie, 
writing  to  the  English  Governor  of  that  island 
that  "  he  was  imwilling  to  retain  as  prisoners 
men  who  had  fallen  into  his  hands  during  a 
disaster  from  which  so  many  had  suifered." 
The  Great  Storm  of  1780  must  not  be  con- 
lotmded  with  the  storm  n-niembered  for  many 
years  in  Great  Britain  as  the  Great  Storm. 
The  latter  occurred  on  Kov.  26,  1703,  and  its 
worst  effects  were  experienced  not  as  usual  in 
the  tropics,  but  in  Western  Europe.  The 
reader  will  remember  Macauiay's  reterenoe  to 
it  in  his  essay  on  tbe  "  Life  und  Writmes  of 
Addison."  la  his  lamous  poem  "  Tbe  Cam- 
paign," Addison  had  compared  Marlborough 
to  an  angel  guiding  tbe  wbiriwind.  '*  We  must 
point  out,"  writes  Macaulay,  "  ene  circum- 
stance which  appears  to  have  escaped  all  the 
Clitics.  Tbe  extraordinary  effect  which  this 
simile  produced  when  it  first  appeared,  and 
which  to  the  tollowing  generation  appeared  in- 
explicable, is  doubtless  to  be  chiefly  attributed 
to  a  line  which  most  readers  now  legard  as  a 
teeble  parenthesis : 

>  Soon  u,  of  late,  o'er  pale  Britannia  passed.' 
^  }  Addison  spoke,  not  of  a  storm,  but  of  the 
■t4»ai.  The  great  tempest  of  November,  1703, 
the  only  tempest  which  m  our  latitude  has 
1  equalled  tbe  rage  ot  a  tropical  hurricane,  had 
leit  a  dreadful  recollection  in  the  minus,  of  all - 
men.  No  otber  tempest  was  ever  in  this"  coun- 
try the  oecasion  of  a  parliamentary  address  or 
ol  a  pnbJio  last.  Whole  fleets  had  been  east 
away.  Large  mansions  had  been  blown  down. 
One  nreiate  had  been  buried  beneath  the  ruins 
ot  his  p»lac8.  London  and  Brutol  had  pre- 
sented tbe  appear&n<>e  ot  citien  jost  sacked. 
Hundreds  ot  tamiiiea  were  still  In  meuroiug. 
Tbe  pruacrate  trunks  el  large  trees,  aoi  the 

rains  of  bousei},  aiiU  atieoted,  la  all  tbe  sontb- 
em  oouuiie«»,  the  fury  of  tbe  blast."  lie 
etrangeiy  omits  to  meutioa  one  of  the  most 
Btnk.iug  events  connected  with  this  terrible 
storm— tbe  destruction  of  the  fCddystone  Ligbt- 
house.  Vvmstauley,  the  architect  of  the  first 
Eudystone  Lightbuiue,  was  confident  that  it 
could  resist  tbe  fiercest  storm  whiob  ever  blew, 
and  expressed  a  hope  that  be  might  be  m  it 
When  auob  a  storm  raged.  On  Noy.  26  he  ar- 
rived with  a  party  of  men  who  were  ennaeed 
t^repair  tbe  building.  The  Great  tiioim  soon 
atier  began  to  blow,  and  raged  tbrougbout  ine 
Dight.  On  the  morning  of  the  ^tti  no  trace  ot 
the  Lighthouse  was  lo  ue  seen. — ComMU  Mag- 


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Md  b^bM  iMi;  iHAf  wfll  til«B«  tbetoselvea 
bil  am  e^usditT  &  many  respi^ts  ^  with 
BbropeHin  nationa,  indeed  th^  are  even  now 
iar  m6re  European  in  ttasir  habits  and  manners 
than  Indtanai  Albans,  or  Persians.  There  is 
B  itriei  liyatem  of  conscription  in  Kasbgana. 
Every  vllHage  is  registered  as  iumishiug  a  cer- 
tain number  of  men.  Tbese  keep  tbeir  arms  at 
home,  and  have  to  attend  drill,  or  are  em- 
bddied  when  summoned  as  occasion  may  re- 
quire. .  When  not  required  for  duty  they  fol- 
low their  tlstial  ocoUpat^onit.  The  troops  are 
employed  in  fetcry  kind  of  Work,  skilled  and 
ordinary,  and  are  never  allowed  to  idle  away 
their  time  m  barracks.-— iVe«»  Quairierly  Maq- 
aein*. 


Kashgab.— Eashsar   ia  Inclosed  on  all 

Rdea  by  the  loftiest  mountains  in  the  world,  their 
big  hei' recesses  filled  with  glaciers,  the  streams 
from  which  unite  to  form  the  Tanm  Biver, 
which  loses  itself  eastward  in  swamps  and  la- 
goons known  as  the  Lob,  a  vast  tract,  three  or 
tour  mouths'  journey  in  eirouit,  of  which  noth- 
ing is  known  save  that  it  is  roamed  over  by  a 
wild  race  of  human  outcasts,  who  shim  contact 
with  their  fellow-men,  and  contest  the  shelter 
ot  the  ior«st  and  reed-beits  with  the  wild  hos, 
tbe  panther,  the  tiger,  and  the  wolf.  Beyond 
this  is  an  tmexplored  waste  of  blindingly  brieht 
Bftlte,  apparently  unknown  to  any  living  crea- 
ture save  the  wild  eameL  Tbe  population  is 
massed  m  separate  settlements  or  States  on  the 
^kirta  of  the  mountains,  and  each  eommunity 
is  separated  from  its  neighbor  by  a  waste  ef 
gravel  and  sand.     The  Impression   made   upon 

tbe  Envoy  bj  the  people  ef  Eastern 
Inrkesiun  ia  repreocnted  as  having  been 
iBSMt  lavurabxe.  Tbey  are  deseribed 
u  a  fine,  Irank,  nardy  race,  very 
triendly  to  Europeans,  and  superior  to  all  otber 

Asiauc*  witb  wbouj  any  ot  ciie  members  ot  tbe 
gaisciioo  wt  re  acquainted.  Indeed,  tbe  piuture 
given  oy  bir  Douglas  Forsyth  ot  the  hosDitable 
and  unaBSuming  mauners  of  the  inhabitants  of 
Yarkaud  and  l^asugar,  of  their  mdiutry,  in- 
teui^^nce,  probity,  and  activity  both  ol  mind 
and  buoy,  is  very  striking,  aiter  tbe  aocounis 
to  wbiub  we  have  been  aocudtomed,  ox  tbe 
Biotii,  dirt,  misery,  depravity  aud  degradation 
01  AAiatiu  populations  in  general.  A  residence 
was  expresdiy  built  at  Kasagar,  by  order  of 
tbe  Amoer,  lor  the  accommoaaiiun  of  the  mis- 
'■iou,  aud  the  liberality  ot  the  Kmg  is  desoribed 
as  having  been  unbounded,  bur  i^ougias 
Fors^Ui  represents  him  as  a  pleasant,  good- 
natuied  uiau,  witb  a  large  head  aud  consiuera- 

tie  delermiuatiuu  oi  charaoier.  The  predum- 
laui  leeiiug'  ot  the  Ameer  appears  to  be  a 
druau  oj  Kussia,  in  whicb  bis  people  seem  luily 
to  pariicipuiu  ;  aud  when  it  is  cuusiuered  tnat 
the  mouuiuius  which  divide  tne  Ameer's 
dttoiiuoutf  Irum  Biusxa  are  oniy  six  or  seven 
luai-oiitss  liom  bis  capital,  such  a  leeling  is 
natural  enough.  Althougn  a  despot  who  makes 
mninmu  tremule  at  the  sound  oi  his  uttm>»,  tne 
Am<-er,  says  bir  D.  Forsyth,  is  "  as  piuasaut 
a  teilow  to  ueal  with,  when  in  a  good  humor,  as 
any  one  would  desire  to  meet."  Very  little 
knowledge  ot  European  arts  and  sciences  ap- 
pears to  have  yet  penetrated  into  Kasgaria. 
i'he  telegraph  apparatus,  which  was  set 
ap  and  got  i^to  gnud  worJung  order  at  Kasbgar 
for  the  transmission  of  messages  between 
tbe  Ameer's  ooiut  and  the  British  reaidenoy, 
«r»s  looked  npou  witb  considerable  sospioion, 
if  not  with  awe.  The  Ameer  never  once  allud- 
ed to  it.  The  models  of  steam  engines  and 
£<icam-ftiupa.  although  net  regarded  as  iaven- 
tiona  of  the  devil,  excited  little  mterest  from 
mere  ignorance  ef  their  vmaa  and  powers.  The 
jyji^gifi  lantern,  however,  was  more  sucoesatul. 
Tbe  Ameer  possesses  a  country  rich  \n  mineral 
reaoarcas,  tor  gold,  copper,  load,  and  coal  ore 
Asmng  ita  productioBS.  He  nrofesaed  binuelf 
Aayioua  to  tnm  thaae  reaouroea  to  aceount  by 
obtainiJig  aoJentifle-aaaiBtBWCa  ia  develoinug 
(bM9.  Want  of  £9iitaat  with  the  Western 
vtrid  hi*  lutbarto  ibspt  tba  people  ot  Eastern 
Turi'Dtrr"  sMaawbat  backward  in  the  arts  of 
Bfla^m  boS  flOBBpacteg  them  witb  the.  na- 
SSi  «rf  .Waawf  «■■»  aga  i«r4a  ndTBAflo.. 


Thr  Brche-de-Mbr. — On  the  reefS  of 
the  Southern  Ocean  is  fotmd  a  kind  of  sea-slug 
termed  the  Beche-de-mer.  There  are  as  many 
as  16  different  species  foimd  in  Fiji  alone,  and 
known  all  over  the  group  by  the  generic  name 
of  Dri  (pronounced  Endree ;)  and  this  word  we 
will  continue  to  use  throughout  this  article,  as 
being  shorter  and  more  definite  than  the 
French  term.'  It  was  the  French  who  first 
came  across  the  mollusc  in  China;  and  in  that 
country  it  is  held  in  great  esteem,  and  com- 
mands a  very  high  price,  £200  a  ton  being  paid 
for  the  best  sorts.  The  mandarins  and  the 
poroelain-iSakerft  cannot  do  without  their 
favorite  dish  of  dri  soup ;  and  even  in  Paris  it 
18  coming  into  use;  and  in  Melbourne 
beohe-de-mer  is  by  no  means  an  nn- 
cohimon  dish.  When  cotton  oame  down 
in  Fiji  from  four  shillings*  to  one  shilling  a 
pound,  many  a  planter,  not  knowing  what  else 
to  do,  turned  to  dri-fishiug ;  but  several  years 
ago  tbe  price  fell  from  £170  to  £70  a  ton,  and 
the  inferior  sorta  became  unsaleable.  Seme 
Chinamen  say  the  fall  was  in  consequence  of 
the  death  of  their  Emperor,  and  while  in 
mourning  for  him  (a  year)  they  were  obliged 
to  give  up  their  favorite  soup  ;  hence  the  fall. 
But  soaao  whites  say  that  the  Europeans  in 

Sydney  bought  inferior  dri,  and  shipped  it  to 
china  direct  on  their  own  account  in  a  leaky 
ship ;  tbe  dri  was  all  spoiled  ;  the  merchants 
lost  heavily,  and  refused  to  have  anything 
more  to  do  with  the  article  ;  and  the  Cbinanen 
hare  tbe  trade  in  their  hands,  and  give  what 
they  like,  and  the  price  in  China  still  remains 
the  same.  However,  it  pays  to  fish  tor  the  two 
best  sorts,  the  cit-fish  and  black  fish,  which  are 
now  ^1876j  -worth  from  £60  to  £70  a  ton  in 
Levuka — 10  or  14  com-bagsful  making  a  ton, 
Tbe  first  thing  required  in  dri-fisbing  is  a 
good  boat  from  25  to  30  feet  long, 
with  plenty  of  beam ;  then  a  dri  station  is 
settled  OB — an  island,  or  on  the  coast  close  to 
the  big  reefs,  as  may  be.  The  next  thing  is  to 
get  30  or  40  girls  and  boys,  and  curiously  enough 
the  girls  are  the  best  fishers  and  divers  by  far. 
At  half-tide,  all  bands  sail  off  to  tbe  reets. 
Sometimes  you  fish  the  day,  sometimes  tbe 
night  tides,  according  to  the  sort  ot  fish  you  are 
getting  and  the  stage  of  the  moon,  the  tit-fisb 
being  a  day  fi^b,  and  the  black  only  coming  ont 
at  night.  When  the  tide  is  nearly  low,  you  put 
your  laborers  on  to  the  reef,  aud  anchor  your- 
self in  a  deep  spot.  Tbe  water  on  the  reef  is 
from  SIX  inches  to  three  or  four  leet  deep,  ac- 
cording to  the  moon  and  state  of  tbe  tide  ;  and 
your  laborers  walk  about  and  pick  up  tbe  fish 
here  and  there,  each  having  a  basket  and  stick. 
Sometimes  a  shark  comes  up.  looking  for  a  tit- 
bit, when  he  is  pelted  otf.  If  a  black  one,  (the 
most  dangerous.)  h  is  hard  to  make  him  go  ; 
and  if  the  water  is  deep,  (three  or  four  feet,) 
they  geaerally  sing  out  tor  tbe  boat.  You  gen- 
erally remain  with  the  boat.  Sometimes  tou  go 
overboard  and  fish  for  yourself ;  but  three  beurs 
in  three  feet  of  water  is  cold  work,  aud  if  not 
aceoostomed  to  it  one  is  apt  to  catch  cold.  The 
laborers  pick  up  shell-fish,  crabs,  &<>.,  lor 
themselves.  At  the  end  of  two  or  three  hours 
the  tide  begins  to  make  fast ;  the  boat  is  poied 
on  to  the  reef,  and  you  pick  up  your  fishers  and 
start  for  home.  After  measuring  the  "take" 
in  order  to  pay  your  fishers,  the  fish  are  placed 
in  large  boilurs.  After  being  on  tbo  bell  for 
half  an  benr  they  are  d«ne,  taken  up,  a  stick 
driven  through  them  to  clean  and  knock  tbe 
water  out,  and  are  then  taken  to  the  smoking- 
bouse,  where  they  are  nut  on  large  frames  of 
reeds  over  a  slow  smoky  fire.  Tbese  frames  are 
technically  called  tiato« ;  and  tboy  are  leit  on 
the  lower  vata  about  three  days,  and  then  re- 
moved to  the  upper,  where  they  are  left  eight 
or  ten  days'longer.  They  are  by  tbat  time 
smoked  hard  and  dry,  then  sorted  carefully 
(one  improperly  dried  fish  will  injure  tbe  rest,) 
and  put  in  bags  for  sale. — Chamberi'i  Journal. 


Edmund  Khan's  First  Season  atDrury 
Lane. — A  dispute  arose  as  to  the  opemng 
part;  Arnold  wanted  JRiehard,  but  Eean 
knew  the  disadvantages  his  small  figure 
would  be  at,  when  compared  with  the 
majestio  Kemble,  and  answered  "Shylock 
or  nothing."  There  was  marvelooa  resolute- 
ness in  this  determination,  considering  all  be 
had  passed  through,  which  was  sufficient  to 
crush  the  strongest   spirit.     But   it   succeeded, 

and  tbe  2Cth  ot  Jaaa.iry,  1814,  wa.1  decided  lor 

his  appearance.  One  rehearsal  only  whs 
vouchsafed  him,  and  that  was  hurried  and 
careless.  The  actors  sneered  at  his  figure,  at 
hid  shabby  coat  with  the  capes,  at  his  busiaesa, 

declared  it  would  not  do,  and  prophesied  cer- 
tain lailure.  Ue  went  home ;  "  I  mmst  dine  to- 
day," he  said,  and  for  the  first  time  for  many 
days  indulged  in  the  luxury  of  meat.  Thou  all 
he  had  to  do  was  to  wait  as  patiently  a«  be 
could  for  the  night.  "My  God!"  he  ex-ilaime:!. 
"if  I  sueoeed  I  shall  go  mad!"  Terrible 
prophecy.  Volumes  could  not  better  describe 
the  agitation  of  hu  mind.  As  the  church  clocks 
were  Striking  6  he  sallied  from  bis  lod,;iugs 
in  Cecil  street.  His  parting  words  to  his  wife 
were,  "I  wish  I  was  going  to  be  shot!"  In  bis 
band  he  carried  a  small  bundle,  containing 
shoes,  stockings,  wig,  and  other  trifles  of 
costume.  The  night  was  very  cold  and  toggy ; 
there  had  been  heavy  snow,  and  a 
thaw  had  set  in;  the  streets  were  almost  im- 
passable with  slush  whicb   penetr.ited  through 

bis  worn  boots  and  chilled  bim  to  the  bone. 
He  darted  quickl  y  tbrougb  tbe  stage-ii oo'-, 
wishing  to  escape  all  nonce,  and  rt*paireu  to 
bis  dressiDg-room.  There  ibe  feelings  ot  ti  e 
actors  were  shocked  by  anotber  innovation; 
be   was   actually  going   to    play    Shyloek    m    a 

black  wi'K  insiead  of  the  traditional  red  one. 
'Ihey  smiled  among  themselves,  shrugged  their 

shoulders,  but  male  no  remark;  such  a  man 
was  beyond  remonstrance — besides,  wbat   did 

it  matterl  be  would  never  be  allowed  to  ao- 

pear  a  second  time.  Jack  Bannister  and  Ox- 
berry  were    tbe   only  ones  who    offered    biui    a 

Inendly  word.  Wben  tbe  curcam  rose  tbe 
bouse  was  miserably  bad,  bat  by-and-by  tbe 

over^w  ot  Coven C  Gardea,  which  was  doiu,{ 
well  at  that  time,  began  to  drop  in  aud  maKe 
up    a    tolerable    audience.      Uis    reofpciun 

was  encouraging.  At  his  first  words,  "  I'bree 
thousand  ducats,  Weill"  Dc.  Drury,  who  was 
in  tront,  pronounced  bim  "sale."  At  "  i.  wLt 
be  assured  I  may."  there  was  a  burst  of  ap- 
plause, ana  at  tbe  speech  eudiug  wita  ''And  lor 
these  courtesies  I'll  lend  you  thus  much 
moneys"  tbe  sounds  of  approbation  were  very 
strong.  Even  as  the  curtain  leil  upon  the  first 
act  success  was  almost  insured,  aud  already  tbe 
actors  who  bad  treated  him  so  snperoilioualy 
began  to  gatber  round  with  congraiuiaiioiis. 
But  be  shrank  from  them,  aud  waud>-red  ab()ut 
in  the  darkness  at  the  back  of  tue  stage.  The 
promise  pi  the  first  act  was  well  sustained  in 
ihe  second.  But  tbe  great  triumph  was  reserved 
for  his  scene  witb  Satanio  and  ii'tlat-ino  lu  ibe 
third.  Where  tbe  fligut  ot  bis  dauguier  </e«s(ca 
witb  a  Christian  is  told  him ;  there  so  terrio.e 
was  his  energy,  so  magnifii.'oni  bis  actiug  tuat 
a  whirlwind  ui  applause  suoolt  tbe  house,  ibeu 
Came  the  trial  scene,  grander  still  in  its  oom- 
plex  emoiioiis  and  its  larger  scupd  for 
great  poWei-s,  and  ail  was  so  novni,  so  s^rau^e. 
so  opposed  to  old  tiaditious.  Wueu  tue  oui-- 
taia  finally  tell  upon  the  wud  eutbusiasiu  of  lue 
audience  tbe  stage  manager  who  bai^  snuooei 
him  offered  him  oranges,  Arnold,  who  had 
bullied  and  "young  mau'd"  him  brought  hitn 
negus.  Diunk  with  aeiight>  he  rusued  borne, 
and  with  half  frenzied  incoherency  pomed 
forth  the  story  of  his  triumph.  '*  The  pit  rose 
at  me!"  be  cried.  "Mary,  you  shali  ride  iu 
your  carriage  yet  I"  "Charles,"  lifting  the 
child  from  bis  bed,  "  shall  go  to  Eton.''  Then 
bis  voice  faltered,  and  he  murmured,  "If 
Howard  bad  but  lived  to  see  it."  The  "Mer- 
chant of  Venice"  was  played  several  nights  in 
succession,  and  the  receipts  rose  from  £100  to 
£600.  Uis  next  part  was  tiichard — the  second 
part  is  always  the  touchstone  of  an  aotor^s  suc- 
cess; here  be  entered  the  lists  with  Cooke  and 
Kemble,  and  memories  of  Garriok's  splendid 
performance  had  nofryet  died  out  among  old 
jilaygoers.  In  Skyloek  bis  small  stature  mattered 
little,  botin  i(f«Aard  that  disadvantage  would  be 
glaringly  perceptible ;  be  approached  the  part 
witb  fear  and  trembling.  "  I  am  so  irigbt- 
«ied,*  be  said  before  ttia  curtain  rose,  "  that 
Biy  aating  will  be  almost  dumb  ahow  to-aiglit." 
Bus  nevertheless  ht  took  both  audience  and 
1  trtfVW  fe'r  ■*ff'-m_.  fl<Mik»..fhfi  fr-iat  iJioAcint  of ,1  JMui- After  bia  aooeasian  tn  tho  tkrona  xK»<Mk 


tbajtajj^r-WflSAi^d  to  be  lefi  behind  at  an  im- 
measurabie  diAtRUee  ;  no  snob  performance  bad 
beeolblMB  tfnee  the  dt^ys  ot  Garrick.  •  Eleo- 
tncitl^it^lf  was  never  more  Instantaneous  in 
its  ojt^fiM^on.'  Snob  were  a  few  ot  (he  eulogies 
shoW^fed  npOD  him.  But  tbe  terrible  excite- 
ment fie^bad  dnder^ne  laid  bim  Up  for  a  week. 
Actors^  now -boast  ot  playing  this  arduous  part 
iieanv  ^  hundred  successive  nights:  as  they 
play  it  there  is  nothing  wonderful  in  tbe  feat, 
and  then  they  have  no  inconvenient  modesty  to 
exbadst  their  energies.  On  tbe  day  of  the 
seoobd  peiiormance  ot  this  character  tbe  doors 
Were  besieged  -  Soon  after  noim.  and  at  night 
hundreds  were  unable  to  gam  admission.  He 
made  Gibber's  melo-drajmario  hero  bis  own.  bnt 
it  died  with  bim,  for  tbe  wrefclied  attempts  of 
his  suceeSBurs  cannot  ^aivaniie  tbat  desecration 
of  Sbakeaueare  into  life  again.  The  beauties  of 
tbis  pertormanoe  are  said  to  have  been  .'So 
marvellous  tbat  a  glance,  the  pronouncing  of 
such  common  phrases  as  "  Good  night,  iny 
lords,"  irougbt  down  thunders  of  applause. 
Uis  next  character  was  Hamlet,  which  although 
tull'of  fine  pomts,  and  tbe  one,  nesaid,  to  wbiob 
he  bad  devoted  the  deepest  stadv,  did 
not  equal  his  previous  sucoasses.  Othello  and 
lago,  played  alternately,  were  his  Lext  tri- 
umphs. When  tbe  season  closed  he  bad  per- 
formed i6%y/ocil:  fifteen  times,  i];i£Aard  twenty- 
five,  Hann.tt  eight,  Othello  ton,  lago  eigbt,  and 
iuAe  (•' Kiches,"  Massmger's  "  Cuy  Madam" 
altered)  ftior.  Of  those  seventy  nights  the 
profits  were  £17,000.  Previously  there  had 
been  one  hbndred  and  thirty-nine  nights  of 
continuoas  loss.  In  the  second  seasoii  be 
played  Macbeth,  another  grand  pertormance; 
Momeo,  which  was  said  to  revive  the  glories  of 
"  silver-tongued  Barry."  But  the  triumph  of 
this  season  was  Zanga,  in  Young's  "  Bevenge." 
As  one  who  stood  aiuong  the  crowd  iu  the  pit- 
passage  heard  a  about  and  clamor  of  approba- 
tion Within,  ho  asked  if  Zanga  hod  Just  pre- 
viously said,  "  Then  lose  her  1"  for  that  phrase, 
when  uttered  by  Kean  m  the  country, 
used  to  make  the  walls  shake;  and  he  was 
answered  that  it  was  so.  Southey  and  a  friend 
went  ta  see  him  in  tbis  play.  When  Zanga, 
having  consummated  bis  vengeance  and  uttered 
the  words  "Know  then, 'twas  11"  raised  his 
arms  over  the  fainttug  Aloyizo,  bis  attitude,  the 
expression  of  his  feaiures  were  so  terr.ble,  so 
appalung,  tbat  Soutbey  exclaimed,  "He  looks 
like  Michael  Angelo's  rebellious  arch-angel  !" — 
"  He  looks  UKe  tbe  arch-fiend  himseli"  said  the 
other. — I'emple  Bar. 


Lord  BneUngkain  %6  tbft^siitie  dignitv.  WIU 
liam  IV.  made  two  more,  and  her  Maieaty  baa 
JWUied  an  equal  number  totbeliat.-^I^e&atory. 

two  60NNETB. 


Madeira   Wink.— Two  years   after    its 

final  settlement  by  the  Portuguese  the  vine 
was  imported  into  Madeira  from  the  island  of 
Candia  or  Crete,  and  found  so  congenial  a  soil 
that  its  wine  became  renowned  as  tbe  most 
delicious  beverage  it  has  been  granted  man  to 
taste.  Madeira  has  been  a  household  word  in 
every  language  of  Europe,  but  in  1860  there 
were  only  400  pipes  remaining  on  the  island  ; 
and  though  Madeira  is  still  ofiiered  for  sale  in 
every  city  of  tbe  United  States  at  reasonable 
rates,  it  is  not  difiiouit  to  imagine  its  source. 
The  Madeira  wine  of  commerce  was  itself  a 
compound  of  tbe  various  productions  of 
the  island,  known  by  special  names  as  Bual, 
Sercial,  &c.,  each  possessing  a  distinctive 
character.  At  one  time  tbe  production 
amounted  to  t.'5,00d  pipes  a  year,  but  in  1862 
the  same  terrible  disease  which  spread  over 
tbe  other  Atlantic  islanas  appeared  umoug  the 
vineyards  aud  iiestroyed  itb  culture,  takiu;;  from 
tbe  island  iea  fair  name,  ruining  thousands  of 
wretolied  people,  and  depriving  man  oi  a 
blessing  ;  lor  since  man  will  yiold  to  tbe  crav- 
ing nature  baa  implanted  in  him,  and  every- 
wiiere  lurnisbed  bim  tbe  means  of  uratnyiug, 
it  is  a  bli'ssiug  when  be  can  drink  ot  wine  like 
this  rather  tbun  some  vile  substitute.  l*'or(,u- 
nateiy  tbe  oidium  appears  to  Lave  been  de- 
stroyed or  to  have  disappeared,  and  new  plants 
introduced  trom  the  United  States  and  Europe 
are  tbriving,  with  e\ery  promise  ol  restonng 
to  the  island  its  tormer  celebrity  among  wiue- 
producing  countries.  Tbe  mildew  ubiob  at- 
tacked tbe  vine  bas  uot  impaired  tbe  feriiliiy 
Of  the  island  in  any  otber  respect.  Its  Kdty 
mountain  sides  are  covered  with  valiiuble  tim- 
ber. Pines  are  of  extraordinarily  quick 
growtb.  Tbe  Juglana  regia — tae  Irmt  of  wuicb 
18  termed  by  some  Ibe  feraiuu  and  by  others 
the  English  walnut,  and  better  known  as  the 
Maderia  nut — here  attains  its  bicbest  develop- 
ment. Suice  trees  fiounsb,  tbe  red  pepper  ex- 
ceeding in  flavor  tbe  product  of  Cayeune. 
Orungos  aud  otlier  tropical  liuits  thrive  wiib- 
uut  care,  and  strawberries  ripen  in  February 
ui  the  open  air. — Marpef's  Majazine  for  March. 


The  Steppes  ani>  Oases  ok  Central 
Asu.— The  Steppes  are  tbe  bottoms  of  ancieut 
seas  which  once  roiled  over  a  large  portion  of 
the  continent  of  Asia,  and  which,  when  swept 
by  storms,  rise  in  tumuituous  waves,  not  of 
water  but  of  sand,  tbe  particles  of  which  might 
be  likened  to  spray  but  tbat  they  burn  like 
sparks  ot  fire.  Ihe  terror  inspired  by  tbese 
storms  is  such  as  to  deter  bveu  tbe  most  adven- 
turous mcrubaut  trem  traversing  thefiteppcs  in 
bummer,  unless  uuder  the  mosi  prcssmg  ueci  s- 
sity.  iheir  aspect,  wben  covered  wicu  snow, 
is  described  as  stiangiuy  awiul  and  oppresaive, 
exhibiting  tbe  expanse  ot  ibe  ocean  wilbout  its 
animaiiou,  aud  soiuude  of  the  Arctic  regions 
without  their  subi.tiiit j.  Woo  lo  the  traveler 
who  is  overtaken  by  a  t>nows'orm  iu  tbe 
Sitppes;  bis  doom  is  inevitable,  aud  bodies  of 
troops,  which  have  essayed  the  piriluui  task  of 
marching  across  tbe  steppe*  iu  Winter,  have 
been  overtaken  aud  overwhe'med  by  a  tein 
pest  of  snow.  Dreary  us  are  the  Steppes  m 
Winter,  their  asjieot  in  Spring  ib  not  without  a 
certain  beauty.  Tbe  vegetation  is  rapid,  aud 
they  are  clothed  with  short  vivid  green  gra-s, 
incer^pirsed  with    acarli:C   poppies,  wild    lulipi, 

yellovy  luriispurs,  geraniums,  and  many  kinds 
of  crucilerous  and  leguminous  plants.  Tbe 
oases  of  Central  Asia  afford  a  striking  contrast 
to  tbe  surrouud.ng  desolation,  and  the  ciiies 
which  in  past  ages  sprang  up  in  the4e 
favored  spots  ttbouuded  in  everything  that 
could  gratify  tbe  heart  of  an  Asiatic.  Even  in 
tbeir  decay  I  hey  possess  attractions  which  ex- 
cite tbe  enthusiasm  of  travelers,  and    Bokhara, 

Balkb,  Khokan,  Kamarcand,  Kbiva,  and  Tasb- 

kend  are  still  celebrated  lor  their  babbling 
St. earns,  buooling  louuruins,  deiigbtiul  gar- 
dens, and  deep  uinbrageou.^  grdves.  The  <ia>es 
are  very  careiuliy  cul.ivated.  Watermelons 
are  grown  over  extensive  aieus,  and    attorU  tlie 

m  SI  gratelul  alluyiai.un  to  tue  oiten  over- 
powsriiig  heat;  iruits  ol  various  icinds  are 
rats  -d  in  great  oeriectioii.  ana  tobacco  of  the 
fiuest  quality  is  pr.>duceu  in  such  abtinaance  us 
to  place  tliis  ueoessury  of  lite  tor  an  Asiatic 
wi.bin  tbe  reach  ot  tb»  poorest  individual,    ine 

Caruens,  Mr.  Si^Unyler  savs,  constitute  tbe 
eauty  ol  (bis  laud.  'Ihe  long  rows  oi  poplar 
anil  elm  trees,  the  vineyards,  and  tbe  dark 
loliagt*  of  tbe  pomegranai  e,  traiispoit  one  ac 
once  to  the  plains  oi  L  mbordy  or  tne  south  of 
France.    Iu  i  he  earyy  Spnng  tue  cities  ang  tneir 

vicinity  are  one  mabs  oi  while  and  pibs  Witb 
the  blooiu  of  almond,  peacu,  cherry,  apple, 
apricot,  and  plum  iroes,  wuich  pei'iutne  the  air 
for  miles  aiound.  Tu^se  garueus  are  tae  fa- 
vorite resorts  of  the  people  in  Sumioei,  un>l 
well  they  may  oe,  lor  nowhere  are  irui  s  moro 
abundant,  aud  of  some  varieties  nowhere 
are  they  belter.  Tbe  apricots  and  neo- 
tai'ines  it  would  be  impoo>siuie  to  surpass. 
Peacues,  thouiih  smaller  in  size,  are  saiu  tj 
possess  a  hi;;lier  fiavor  thau  tue  best  oi  Eng- 
land. Ike  lur;ie  uiuu  plumbs  ot  Bokhara  uro 
celebrated  Over  tne  wbuie  o I  Asia,  ibere  are 
in  coinmoi.  cultivation  ten  vaiieties  oi  lueious. 
In  tbat  hot  climate  ibev  are  cousiUereU  pur- 
ticuliu'ly  wholeoomi-,  and  iu  Summer  lorm  one 
of  tue  principal  articles  of  food.  An  acre  of 
land  propeily  prepared  will  produce,  in  or- 
dinary years,  trooj  iwo  to  tiirce  tuoasaiid.  and 
ill  goouyeais  duubie  iija.<^uaui.itv. — j.\cw  Qu.lV- 
Icrlg  Muguziiie. 

TuK  DuKKS  OF  England. — There  are  but 
eleven  Dukes  of  Eu^lauJ,  properly  «>o  called  ; 
Itbat  is.  Du^es  sitting  iu  tbe  Housu  of  Lures  as 
Bucu,  and  derivmg  tbeir  titles  irom  creations 
beiore  the  union  with  Scotland.  Tae  Dake  of 
Norfolk,  as  before  stated,  is  the  first  ot  these, 
and  the  Duke  of  liutland  the  last  in  order  of 
precedence.  The  patent  of  the  latter  as  Duke 
bears  date  March  29,  1703.  There  are  also 
Dukes 'of  Great  Britain  and  of  the  United 
Kingdom,  as  well  as  of  Scotland  and  Ireland ; 
but  those  of  the  two  sister  kingdoms  sit  by  in- 
ferior titles  among  tbeir  peers,  and  a!l  the 
Dukes  not  of  England  take  precedence  among 
each  other  by  somewhat  intricate  rules  of  pre- 
cedence, into  which  it  is  not  worth  while  to 
enter.  Tne  dukedoms  are  twenty-eight  in  ab. 
exclusive  of  tbo»e  held  by  Princes  of  the  blood 
royal.  The  honor  bas  been  very  sparingly  be- 
stowed in  late  years.  The  last  oonferred  by 
George  III.  was  that  of  Korthnmberland,  the 
King  refusing  to  make  any  moro  creations,  ex- 
cept in  favor  of  his  own  descendants.  The 
Priuoe  Regent  made  L<ord  WeUingtou  a    Dukei 


All  loTe^adepts,  alt  rslltaral  hearts  who  weav 
In  love's  swertt  prime — hli  hoar  of  blossoming— 
Tue  lull,  bariU'mions  color.'*  of  bis  Spring, 

0  think  not  wben  tbey  fail  ye  sbidl  go  bare] 

Take  heart,  bis  ▼ery  monming  still  Is  fair, 
Ay,  tho'  tbe  world  its  bail  of  pitv  flmg. 
Catting  as  scorn,  no  meaner,  eai-thiier  thing; 

Can  matob  (be  royal  robe  of  LoVe's  despair  I 

Pat  on  bis  weeds,  then,  ye  who  fear  to  sleep. 
Because  ye  fear  to  wake  to  griet  new-blown ; 

Blae,  Deiir  sweet  sploea'to  tbe  Krave,  and  weep 
Love'n   balmy  tears,   toera  where  by  Love  o'er- 
tbrawn. 

Death  le<Tes  but  empty  oer<>menta  in  a  heap, 
Aud  Luve  for  love  still  rolls  away  the  stona 

IL 

F6lr  friends  of  Love,  who  fear  tn  take  bis  pay. 
Counting  bis  service  loss,  bis  lovs  too  brief, 
Too  macb  o'erweij;bCeJ   by  hu  long-drawn  grief, 

Try  bis  llonctasions,  ere  ye  s^v  him  nay. 

What  thnneb  his  servants  walk  at  close  of  day, 
And  hold  sad  commans  o'er  some  vanished  chief, 
Not  lor  hive's  death,  bat  birth  of  hlgu  belief, 

Tbeir  hearts  still  bdru  within  them  by  the  way. 

Thev  know  their  love  Is  living,  ana  take  shams 

That  thevoue  moment  soutihtbim  with  the  dead; 
They  leel  their  love  immortal,  by  the  flatne 

That  burns  the  brigbrer  as  It  burns  anted. 
So  weeping,  sing  Love's  praise,    who  could  reframe 

The  uoiverse  whence  all  but  lovs  bad  flad. 

—a^peetalor.        EMILY  PfElFfEB. 

A  Japa.nesk  Fair. — The  citizen  of  modern 
Yedo  holds  the  historical  associations  of  Uweno 
of  far  less  account  than  the  fair  which  is  an- 
nually held  there  in  the  month  of  March,  when 
tbe  cherry-blossoms  are  in  all  their  glory,  and 
when  every  one  deems  it  liis  duty  to  make  hol- 
iday and  go  there  to  enjoy  the  first  signs  of 
Spring.  From  a  very  early  hour  the  streets 
leading  to  the  park  are  crowded  with  holiday- 
makers  of  all  grades  of  society,  and  of  all  ages. 
Every  man,  woman,  and  child  has  donned 
his  or  her  clothes  of  the  brightest  holiday 
hues,  and  the  usually  sombre  streets  are  ablaze 
with  color.  The  toilet  of  a  Japanese  damsel 
is  a  matter  of  uo  light  consideration,  and  to  be 
in  good  time  for  the  fair  she  must  be  up  and 
dressing  long  before  the  sun  rises  from  behind 
the  great  sacred  mountain,  Fuji  The  long 
coarse  tresses  of  raven-black  hair  must  be 
washed,  com  bod.  and  greased  till  the  head 
shines  like  a  knob  of  polished  black  marble ; 
the  cheeks  must  be  rouged  to  the  proper  tint ; 
the  throat,  neck,  and  bosom  powdered — care- 
fully leaving,  however,  on  the  nape  of  the 
neck,  three  lines  of  the  original  brown  skin  of 
the  owner.  In  aeoorJanoe  with  the  rules  of 
Japanese  cosmetic  art;  the  eyebrows  must  be 
carefully  rounded  and  touched  with  black;  the 
lips  reddened  with  cherry  paste,  witb  a  patch 
of  gilding  in  tbe  centre.  When  all  this  has 
been  dune,  and  the  layers  of  clothes  properly 
adjusted,  tbe  "obi,"  or  huge  sash  of  many 
colors,  tied  in  the  knot  of  prevailing  fashion, 
the  cle.inest  of  white  socks,  and  the  newest  of 
black  .lacquered  clogs  put  on  tbe  feet — 
the  belle  is  ready,  and  with  the  proper 
allowance  ot  pocket-handkerchief  paper, 
her  tobacco-pouch,  pipe,  aud  Ian,  she  8ail>  lorth, 
turning  her  toes  well  in,  aud  playing  m  well- 
attectecl  demurenoss  with  her  frtn.  Her  mother 
IS  likewise  painted,  comocd,  and  adorned  ;  but 
not  a  vestigo  of  eyebrow  graces  her  forehead, 
aud  her  teeth  are  as  black  as  jet,  according  to 
the  rules  ot  married  women.  Her  lather  is 
clean-shaved,  his  "  queue."  or  top  knot, 
eniooothly  pasted  on  bis  bead,  and  his  raiment 
new,  stitt',  and  sbining — with  the  family  crest 
embroidered  on  back  and  sleeves,  "in  tho 
Streets  there  are  buadreda  of  nei<;hborfl,  simi- 
larly decked  and  airrayed,  bowing,  scraping, 
paying  compliments,  cliattering,  laughing,  and 
patt«jnug  along  on  tbeir  higu  wooden  clogs  to- 
wards tho  picaxaunee  Critical  eyes  examine 
head-dre?^se8  aud  "  obi*,"  coquettish  eres  Inugh 
and  convey  tender  messages  irom  behind  lans, 
thereby  brini^in^  down  reproo  s  Irom  stem 
parental  eyes,  which,  however,  soon  twinkle  at 
some  jest  or  Well-turned  compliment.  Everv- 
tDing  isgnod-humor,  happiness,  aud  enjoyment, 
and  the  cluudless  blue  sKy  above,  the  occa- 
sional twitter  ol  birJs — lor  Japan  is  but  poor.y 
ou  lor  leathered  warblers — and  the  glitter  of 
the  sunsiuue,  oil  go  to  make  up  a  holiday  pic- 
ture scarcely  to  be  equulea  out  of  Japan. 
Very  striking  is  the  scene,  as  one  mounts  tbe 
steep  aoccni  leauiug  to  tue  plateau  of  Uweno. 
lu  front,  as  lar  as  lue  eye  caa  reach,  is  a  broad 
avinue  oi  cherry-trees,  tne  piuk-and- white 
blossoms  forming  a  lairy  arcade  overhead, 
tiiruugii  wbicu  glints  ot  the  deep  blue  8,tv  are 
here  aud  there  visible.  Ou  eaca  side,  over  the 
beuiiH  id'  tbo  iiiOiley.  lostliiig,  mauT-coiored 
crowd     ot    lioiiuay-makers,    is   a  broad    bWeep 

01  woudlHUd,  fresh  auii  uri;:ht  in  the  tints 
ot  euily  tspnuif,  und  aioug  tue  avenue  iiiueriut 
lueieuauto  uave  e^Lau.iSucU  bootus  lor  tbu  suie 
01  every  ooiiceivauie  useiui  aud  oruameual 
ai'tlcie.    Here  is  a  quacK  uoi'tur,  ciau  iii  quamt 

gHi-o,  vuuu.iu^,  -'a  ioiaUs  forces."  tJo  viriaes  ol 
a  pi'l  wiiicu  will  cuie  any  Umeaoe,  and  pruiou.; 
tue  must  precaruius  ut  iives;  bete  is  a  ju^tfler, 
Mbo,  lor  a  vuiy  email  baiiuiul  of  cooper  easa. 
Will  leiiipt  bid  dijxesunu  wiin  small  swords  uud 
live  cbareuui  ;  Ucar  biui  is  the  booth  ot  a  ta- 
muus  kue-sclio!-,  uiwa>s  suriuuuded  by  urcbius 
leii.pied  by  aenui  warrior^,  btius,  Usues,  rep- 
tilco,  or  huge  puriraas  ol  Uaebiiiiau,  the  god 
ot  war,  or  oi  tue  great  wurrii.r-ompeior, 
iaicu-dama.    Mor  does  ibe  ueigliouring  stall  of 

tuc  dWuel-slufi  uieruiiaul  lack  patronage,  lor 
ai  Ibe  will  ui  uis    |  uruuasers,  witb    a  few   uex- 

teruus  luiiis  01  the  Uu^is,  be  will  cunven  a 
shapeless  lump  ot  sugared  duu^u  into  any- 
tuiug.  irom  a  pil^riui  lU  heavy  uiaruhiug  oriler 
to  a  brace  oi  luis  nibbling  at  a  bale  oi  rice; 
theu  there  are  Htuds  fur  uieu  fish,  truic  shops, 
luu  aud  uiuoreiia  Suop^,  bere  aud  there  a 
booth  for  Ibe  sale  ut  trumpery  loreign 
kuiek-knacks,  aad  at  one  corner  an  eu- 
ici'priaing  tailor  bas  established  bimsell,  and, 
Ciad  in  a  very  ii.-utnug,  seody  suit  ui  evening 
ore:>s,  swaggers  ab»u.  lu  iruui  oi  ac>illecuou  ut 
leil-ud  Euro^jcau  cloths  of  which  eveu  <uon- 
luouiii  birevt  v^ould  be  asuamci.  But  though 
ibe  stalls  uud  su^>ws  do  a  roaring  traUe,  lue 
toa-uuuses  ui'c  tue  centre  ot  tue  luu  ol  tue  tair. 
Xiicse  Uweuu  tcu-huiUMS  arc  not  peruianupt 
Btruciures,  Uecoralua  with  gllucd  screens  and 
bi4ibiy-coiured  paiutings,  but  are  mere  suanties 
Ol  wood,  luii  up  or  lakeu  aowu  in  a  very  lew 
miuu'x:s;  luev  uie,  buwevei,  under  the  super- 
iuieudeuce  ot  tbe  xreac  tea-uojase  proprietors  ot 
tLe  capi.ai,  so  luut  ail  the  luxuries  ui    tne   sea- 

euu  may  be  uutaiuea,  uiaae  uiure  paiacaole  by 
tue  iaci  01  being  served  in  a  certain  picnicking, 
rviUgu-aiul  1  uuiuie  luauuur,  ratuer  agreeable 
tuuu  oiliei'Waie  lo  too  citizens  accustomed  to 
tue  lurmaiHy  uud  close  atUiOspUere  of  tbe 
v^  itbin-towu  places  or  euiertaiumeut.  hcarcely 
BiitUig  room  ou  the  mai.s  is  lo    oe  ubtaiued  tor 

love  or  uiuje.v.    lue  utteudaat  dauideis— ^ret- 

ti.y  attireu  lu  light  Summer  roues  ui  uuilurm 
patlet'ii. — are  almost  at  lucir  wica'  euds  lu  tue 
u.amur  irom  ail  sides  tor  Ush,  rice,  wiue,  cunp- 
stici^  ubd  bills;  auu  >ec,  luou.b  hurried  bere 
aiiU.  lucre,  buiuoiiuies  rcpriiuaudeU  tor  uot 
bciiig  IU  two  piacefc  at  ouce,  cbafi'ed, 
ordered  about,  uuu  bworu  at,  tuey  uever 
lose  temper — the  red  lips  are  aiwa.vs  smiiiug, 
ana  pieasaut  eumpiimeuiary  spceouos  are  bo- 
rn^ bbut  auout  in  ail  Uireutioiis.  Anu  very 
bar  J  work  It  must  be  to  preserve  equauimay 
uuder  bucli  circunis  anoes,  lor  bejoiid  the 
actual  iinysicai  exeniuu  wuich  tue  .poor  girlb — 
lew  of  ihuui  over  seveuteeu  ve<tfs  oi  age — must 
undergo,  they  must  ever  be  reuay  with  nouuved 
woruB  una  iijupiomptu  repartee,  and  tne  uc- 
•ouiiis  muse  never  oe  lucorreci  ;  lur,  with  all 
h.s  Virtues,  your  ledu  cuizi.-u  is  not  pi'uuigal 
iu  cxpeuuituue  even  uu  t:u:u  days,  auu  a  cu^ii 
or  tww  cbai'iied  too  uiucu  wou.u  oriug  upon 
tue  Siioului-rs  ut  ibe  ernui;  uaicu.atur  a  irc- 
muiiuuus  reouKe  ii'omtbu  misii'uss  ol  tbo  bou>e. 
lo  the  l^uropeuu  v.sitor  luu  sueue  is  uevviuer- 
iug.  Wuiie  tue  ear  is  assaueu  with  tue  ceaso- 
loos  rattle  ut  vo,ucs  aua  uisacs,  the  paitcriu^  of 
ciu,.s,  and  the  uccualou^ii  uursLS  ol  sou.4  aud 
luu„uttir  iium  ^ueois  well  uuvaiicea  m  tUe 
Slaves  of  sujuym.n.,  the  eye  wanders  over  a 
resuess  sea  ut  cuioreu  ^luuieuia,  luiercipersed 
wuu  Lii'oUEed  tacCo  ana  Uasuiug  biaca  eyes, 
qu.ck-muvuig  tuigers.  gesticulating,  passing 
vviue-cups,  and  iianulaig  cuop-sticks  with  a 
uextcriiy  winch  seems  marveluus,  aua  bustling 
lemaie  lorms  giidiug  about  wiih  bUi(e  relays  ot 
raw  lisa,  omelettes,  soup,  and  steaming  wine. 
As  soon  as  one  party  rises  anotber  nils  up  tbe 
vacant  space,  aud  the  wurg  ol  eating,  driukmg, 
laughing,  talking,  aud  singing,  goes  on  from 
mom  till  nignt.  Outside  tbe  tea-houses,  be- 
neath the  oauopy  of  oberry-btossoms,  a  motley 
crowd  surges  to  and  Iro.  At  the  end  of  the  ave- 
nue is  a  temple  dedicated  to  Henzaiten — the 
goddess  of  tbe  sea,  and  tbe  reputed  mother  of 
nve  hundred  gods.  Hither  resort  the  lai.bful 
to  pav  iheir  homage  :  approaching,  with  heads 
bent  and  banos  oiasped  m  supplioaiion,  toward 
the  portal,  to  which  is  attaoi^d  a  gong  and  a 
heavy  knotted  rone.  The  noise  of  the  gong, 
which  serves  the  purpose  of  oaUing  the  atten- 
tion of  the  goddess,  never  ceases,  nor  does  tbe 
accompauiment  ot  cash  rattling  into  a  huge 
wooden  coffer  beneath  it.  Iiengthy  devotion  is 
not  expected  from  tbe  holiday-makers — a  few 


money  cifliNHnff,  •  ftioeipi  from  the  priest  of  a 
piece  of  ohArmed  paper  with  the  ima%e  of  the 
goddess  stamDed^nereon  ;  and  the  devotee  re- 
joins the  mirth  and  merriment  oatside.— JJe^ 

GAMBLmo  AT  Monaco.— At  Monaco 
gambling  is  not  oidy  ih  fashion,  it  is  at  once  tbe 
life  and  the  occasion  of  life  In  the  place.  For 
it,  and  in  its  name,  were  reared  those  hand- 
some balle,  mirrored  and  eandelabra'd  velvet- 
furnished  and  polished  exoeedmgly  as  fo  floors 
and  walls,  which  adjoin  tbe  Hdtel  de  Paris  and 
stand  at  the  top  of  the  enchanted  garden.  In 
its'  service  are  enrolled  those  gaily  dressed 
bandsmen  who  discourse  such  eloquent  murie, 
those  plush-breeched  green-coated  servitors, 
who  stand  so  janitor-like  at  the  doors  and 
about  tbe  rooms,  ready  to  bow  obedience  to  tbe 
moneyed  habitiU,  or  to  eollar  and  ^ect  the 
"  sonspect"  and  the  "wolober."  In  its  service 
manifestly  have  been  educated  those  Sombre 
Icaden-eyed  men,  pale  of  face  and  dirty  of  shirt- 
oollar,  who  sit  on  either  side  the  centre  ot  the 
table,  and  with  ceaseless  monotony  spin  the 
wheel  of  roulette,  while  comrades  rake  up  or 
shovel  out  tho  consequences  of  tbe  game. 
Whether  tbey  were  ever  young  or  blithe, 
whether  they  ever  were  the  objects  of  a  mother's 
solicitude,  or  whether  they  were,  like  Mwabrth, 
not  of  woman  born,  are  questions  which  not 
unnaturally  arise  as  one  looks  at  their  cbeor- 
lees  faces  all  bereft  of  sunshine.  There  they 
sit,  day  after  day,  hour  after  hour,  at  tbe  gairi- 
ing-tables,  their  only  variation  being  from  rou- 
lette to  tronte-et-qiiarante  or  rouge-et-noir. 
One  misses  at  Monaco  tbe  hollow-toned  exhorta- 
tion, "  Faites  tosjeux,  messieurt,  faites  vo»jeux," 
and  its  natural  accompaniment,  "IJe  jeu  est 
fait,"  whicb  used  to  be  heai-d  at  Spa  and  Baden 
in  old  days.  Sdence  is  the  rule  of  Monaco, 
broken  oniy  by  tbe  click  of  tbe  roller  as  it  falls 
into  one  of  the  wheel  spaces,  and  by  the 
judicial  declaration  of  the  result,  delivered 
sotto  voce  by  tbe  chief  croupier.  But,  apart 
from  tills,  there  is  exactly  the  same  arrange- 
ment, tbe  same  scrupulous  fairness  on  Xhe  part 
of  the  bank,  tbe  same  peifect  trust  in  the  ulti- 
mate advantage  of  tnat  institution,  the  same 
reliance  without  touting  on  tbe  natural  attrac- 
tions of  plav  to  allure  poor  humanity  into  the 
swing,  that  characterised  the  German  and 
Belgian  play-places.  The  only  advertisement 
resorted  to  by  the  proprietor  is  in  the  shape  of 
those  charming  gardens  which  beautify  the 
place,  those  balls  at  which  the  beauty  aud 
utiliness  of  Nice  delight  to  congregate,  those 
Tirs  aux  Pigeons  wliere  a  thousand  pounds 
represents  the  Grand  Prix  de  Monaco,  those 
magnificent  concerts  from  wbicb,  out  of  purely 
local  and  personal  considerations,  tbe  music 
of  Orphic  aux  Enjera  should  be  forever 
excluded.  'Ibe  reward  of  M.  Le  Blanc, 
tbe  provider  of  all  these  thinzs,  the  owner  of 
tbis  beautitul  "bell,"  is  ample,  after  its  kind. 
In  spite  of  the  occasional  visits  of  "portents," 
like  the  Maltese  Bugeija,  who,  by  wisdom  or 
strange  luck,  found  his  way  to  win  vast  rou- 
leaux from  the  bank;  in  spite  of  tbe  raids 
which  other  mediums  of  the  Bugeija  stamp 
make  upon  his  resources,  the  proprietor  is  in 
the  long  run  justified  in  his  ghastly  joke, 
",/b  es  8ur  rouge  ou  vert,  c'est  Le  Blanc  qui 
gagne."  'that  he  does  gain  is  not  only  matter 
ol  notoriety,  it  is  evident  trom  the  facts  we 
have  recited,  from  the  apparently  unremunera- 
tive  expenditure  he  is  able  to  make  so  ireely, 
irom  an  hour's  observation  of  tbe  crowds  who 
throng  tbe  roulette  tables.  All  the  world,  men 
and  women  too,  of  every  nation,  come  to  pour 
their  wealth  into  tbe  lap  of  this  Croesus. — ioii- 
don  Society. 

Interiop.  of  the  House  of  Commons. — 
Tbe  rows  of  cushioned  benches  that  run  down 
each  side  of  the  House  are  divided  crussways, 
at  a  distance  about  one-third  of  the  whole 
length,  by  a  narrow  passage,  called  the  Gang- 
way, which  used  to  have  a  more  important  sig- 
nificance than  at  present,  wben  parties  are  not 
so  sharply  defined,  although  even  now  it  indi- 
cates a  certain  line  of  separation  in  politics. 
Above  the  gangway,  on  the  Ministerial  side, 
are  supposed  to  sit  the  most  thorough-going 
supporters  of  the  Government,  while  below  it 
sit  those  who  profess  to  be  more  independent, 
and  give  a  general  but  not  indiscriminate  vote 
to  the  Ministry.  Not  tbat  the  line  is  too  strictly 
drawn,  and  it  is,  to  a  certain  extent,  a  cross- 
division,  tike  that  of  the  famous  one  of  bread 
into  white  bread,  black  bread,  an<l  French 
lolls — for  it  would  be  easy  to  naino  members 
who  sit  above  the  gangway  and  occasionally 
speak  and  vote  against  particular  measures  of 
the  Government ;  aud  still  more  easy  to  same 
some  below  the  gangway  to  whom  the  word  of 
a  Minister  is  law,   aud    who  have  never  been 

guilty  of  tbe  crime  of  thinking  the  Government 
m  the  wrong,  ine  same  general  distinction 
does  not  apply  bo  Btron;;ly'  to  the  Opposition 
side  ot  the  llou:iO.  Tbo  iront  row  there  above 
the  gangway  is  occupied  by  the  ex-Mmisters; 
but  behind  them  sit  many  who,  if  the  whirligig 
of  ioituue  brougot  those  ex-Mmisters  into 
jiower.  would  give  them  a  good  deal  ot  trouoie 
liy  their  bpeecbes  aud  their  votes.  Below  the 
gang-way,  on  the  Opposition  (now  tbe  Liberal) 
Side,  the  more  Advanced  Liberals,  or  Radicals 
1.8  the.)  used  to  be  cal'ed,  (altliou^  1  tbe  numu 

is  lailiug  into  disuse,)  range  th.uisalves  with 
undonbfed  urelereuce.  1  here  sit  ftir  Charles 
Di.ke,  Sir  Wiltiid  Lawsou,  Mr.  McLaren,  Mr. 
Bylauils.  Mr.  Mundeila,  Mr.  Anderson,  Mr. 
Iticuard,  Air.  Peter  iayior,  Mr.  Joi>eph  Ooweu, 
Prolessor  Fawcett,  and  others,  who  are 
ligely  to  o.iuse  uo  little  embai'rasstuent  to 
any  Liberal  Government  which  as>i3  lor  a  ma- 
imity  on  which  it  can  stead  ly  re. v.  There 
also,  eii-lier  on  tue  trout  bench  or  ou  that  im- 
iiied lately  beLiad  it,  cluster  tbe  Irish  memot-ri, 
whose  watchword  is  Home  Knle.  it;  is  a  rule 
that  no  one  may  cross  an  imaginary  line  drawn 
bcivseeu  tue  ispoakcr  and  a  memooi'  \yUu  is  ud- 
dressiug  the  liouse.  W  hen  we  say  "  aduress- 
inii  the  House,"  we  mean  aildressiug  the  speak- 
er ;  lor  every  member  who  speaks,  unless  be  is 
merely  asking  a  uuo&tion,  is  supposed  to  ad- 
drC'-s  .Mr.  Speaker,  and  uot  tbe  absembly.  Aud 
beiice  the  reason  of  tbe  rule  just  alluded  to.  As 
tbe  Speaker  is  the  person  addressed,  it  would 
be  au  act  ut  rudeness  to  intetposo  the  body  be- 
tween him  aud  the  member  who  is  speaking  to 
him.  Sometimes,  however,  in  tbe  heat  ot  de- 
bate, a  member  (especially  it  he  be  a  new 
member)  lor.:ets  tbat  he  is  speaking 
to  the  Speaker,  and  apostroph.zas  his 
atidieuee  ;  and  wo  have  more  iban  ouce  beard 
an  cxciieil  member,  full  ot  reculjectious  ox  some 
meeting  of  bis  couatitucnts,  say  "  Gentlemen  !" 
lusteaa  of  *•  Sir!' — an  impropriety  at  once  re- 
buked by  loud-cries  of  "  Order  I  order  I"  As  the 
ru:e  about  nut  crossing  tbe  Hue  would  some- 
times necessitate  a  rather  tortuous  oircum- 
uuvigalion   to  enable    a   member  to   reacu  uis 

seat,  It  IS  atuudibi;  lo  see  buw  it  is  evaded  by 
ducging  tbe  bead  and  stooping  and  almost  creep- 
ing aiODg  uuiil  tue  point  01  danger  is  passed. 
2>o  one  ibuy  rise  irum  his  seat  either  to  sneak 
or  chuUfie  his  place,  or  leave  tue  House  without 
tukiug  ott  his  bat.  In  otber  words,  whenever 
he  is  Upon  bis  legs  he  must  be  uncovered.    Aud 

be  may  not  ciosd  tbe  floor  or  wuik  up  or  down 

the  kiousu  on  entermg  or  ieavmg  it  withouD 
making  a  bow  or  obeisauce,  us  it  is  called  in 
parbamentary  language,  to  tbo  Speaker.  But 
let  nut  tue  .uninitiated  imagine  that  11  is  a 
Sir  Charles  (jroUUisou  bow.  i'ue  merest  inuli- 
natiuu  Ot  tho  bead  is  sufiiuient ;  and  it  olteu 
looks  more  liku  a  laiuiliar  uud  lu  the  awiul  oc- 
cupant 01  the  chau'  thau  a  dignified  hoaiuge  to 
his  authority,  lint  stilt,  however  doue,  it  is  a 
mark  of  lespect,  and  contribuLes  eometh.ng  to 
tue  preservation  01  order  and  decorum,  line  us 
in  the  House  ot  Lorus  the  woo. sick  is  not  part 
ot  the  HoUde,  so  m  the  House  01  Commous  there 
are  witbiu  its  aacreu  precincts  (exulusive  ot  tue 
lobuies)  spaces  where  a  decree  ut  liberty  is  al- 
lowed tuat  is  aeuied  elsewhere.  Oa  entering 
tuo  House,  you  wiil  see  a  line  drawu  acro-ss  tue 
matting  ot  tbe  fioor  irom  tue  seat  occupied  by 
tau  bergeant  at  Anns  to  tno  opposuu  bencii, 
aud  within  tins  liue  memoers  may  stand 
with  tutiir  bats  off  and  listen  to  tuo 
deuutu ;  but  outside  ot  it  they  must 
sit,  01  ue  instantly  called  to  "otaov."  ibey 
Caunot,  however,  address  the  House  lu  tbiK  pj- 
sitiou;  but  U  loev  wisu  K)  uu  bo,  must  go  to 
cue  or  tbe  uencbes  and  socaa  irom  that  place. 
When  iSUir.  Plimsuii  oegan  bis  impassioned  at- 
tack ou  tbe  Miuisu'V  lor  w*tuarawiug  their 
Aierchant  Shippiu^  bill  in  tue  session  ot  18i5, 
he  was  stauuiug  at  the  door,  but  be  had  to 
move  to  the  uencbes  aud  continue  his  philippic 
there.  1  here  is  also  within  tbe  House  a  space 
behind  tbe  Speaker's  obair  where  memuer§ 
may  stand  witu  their  hats  on — the  reason  of 
which,  we  suppose,  is  tbat  as  it  is  a  physical 
impossibility  lor  Mr.  Speaker  to  Bee  them,  they 
can  show  him  no  disrespect  by  being  covered. 
As  the  body  of  the  House  is  by  no  means  large 
enough  to  hold  all  the  memisers  ou  a  lull  night, 
the  overflow  must  betake  itself  to  the  gallevies, 
and  memoers  may  speak  from  them,  although 
we  never  saw  sucu  a  oase  actually  hap- 
pen. The  general  attitude  of  tbe  occupants  of 
tbe  benches  is  hardly  that  which  a  sculptor  or 
a  painter  would  approve  of.  Perhaps  we  may 
best  dcBoribe  it  as  that  of  undignified  ease. 
Some  with  hats  on,  and  some  with  hats  ofi', 
they  may  be  seen  lolling,  lounging,  sleeping, 
and  even  gentlv  snoring.  A  favorite  attitude 
oi  one  distinguished  member  is  to  sit  witu  his 
legs  crossed,  and  beat  time  with  bis  foot  to 
some  imaginary  tuue.  Every  variety  of  cos- 
tume 18  admissible — from  tiM  avenias  'f^^Tv 
and  wlute  ftaokoloMt,,  vbiob  tceoueucur  ao- 


•paars  after  dinner^  to  the  ife»-Jaek{St  tod  wide- 
awake—the  latter  bappuy  confined  to.  very 
few.  When  an  embassy  ftom  Carthage  entered 
the  Senate-house  at  Borne,  and  saw  the  Con- 
script Fathers  seated  in  their  cumle-ohairs,  they 
were  so  struck  with  their  flowing  IcUielavet,  the 
gravity  of  their  aspect,  and  tbe  dignity  of  their 
demeanor,  that  they  exclaimed,  "  This  is  an 
assembly  of  Kings  I"  Ha  Chinese  embassy  were 
to  look  down  from  the  gallery  of  the  Honse  of 
Commons  upon  the  scene  below,  with  members 
bustling  in  and  out  and  across  the  House,  as  if 
it  were  an  ant-hill— tyith  its  cries  Of  •'  Order," 
and  cheers  and  ootmter-cheers.  the  frequently 
loud  buzz  of  conversation,  and  sometimes  inar- 
ticulate groans— we  tear  that  it  would  be  inclined 
to  think  that  it  was  gazing  upon  a  body  of  noisy 
school-boys.  But  if  a  question  of  protound 
interest  is  asked— say,  for  instance,  as  to  the 
result  ot  the  conference  at  Constantinople — 
then  instantly  all  is  mute  silence  and  fixed  at- 
tention. You  might  bear  a  pin  drop  or  a 
mouse  stir,  and  the  faces  of  all  the  members  are 
turned  with  eager  and  painful  interest  to  the 
Speaker. — Blackw»ocPs  Magazine. 


Madkira  as  a  HealtS  Bbsort. — ^The 
temperature  varies  from  an  average  Summer 
heat  of  72°  to  a  Winter  of  60°,  giving  an  annual 
mean  of  66°,  which  bas  made  it  tbe  favorite 
resort  of  consumptive  invalids  from  all  parts  of 
Eiuwpe.  Whether  it  is  the  best  in  the  world 
will  appear  when  Tenerife  is  considered.  It 
is  enough  to  say  at  present  tbat  the  humidity 
of  the  Madeira  Winter,  due  to  a  longer  preva- 
lence of  rain,  and  the  excessive  discomfort  oc- 
casioned at  other  times  by  the  dry,  noxious, 
and  almost  insufferable  Veste,  or  east  wmd, 
which  blows  from  the  coast  of  Africa,  where  it 
is  known  as    tbe    harmaitan,   and     equally 

dreaoed,  are  nob  experienced  on  tbe  Spanish 
island,  but  arc,  in  a  measure,  compensated  for 
by  tbe  greater  comforts  that  are  at  the  com- 
mand of  the  wealthy  invalid  in  Madeira.  The 
island  is  easily  reached  in  four  or  five  days  by 
steamers  &om  England  and  PortnguL  'fbe 
English  language  is  spoken  as  common  as  tbe 
vernacular,  and  private  hotels  are  numerous, 
where  extensive  suites  of  apartments,  excel- 
lent attendance,  aud  the  most  delicate 
cuisinerie  are  obtamable.  Hammock-bearers 
accustomed  to  tbe  business  tenderly 
carry  the  consumptive  tor  daiiv  exercise, 
and  the  number  of  tbese  dnring  the  season 
when  the  island  is  most  frequented  is  not  a 
pleasant  spectacle  for  tbe  robiut  and  healthy 
visitor.  At  every  step  are  met  slowly-passing 
hammocks,  witb  their  pale-faced  burdens ;  but 
all  the  hammocks  do  not  contain  mvalids.  Some 
are  ,  etretoned  to  their  utmost  by  the  portly 
torins  of  residents  of  the  island,  who,  particu- 
larly the  ladies,  find  this  a  not  uncomfortable, 
and  in  some  cases  the  only  possiole,  means  of 
progression.  Besides  comiortable  hotel,  board- 
ing-house, and  hospital  accommodations  for 
every  class,  more  numerous  tliau  ou  any  other 
of  the  islands,  there  are  reading-rooms  and 
promenades  open  to  the  sea,  which  beguile  tbe 
hours  of  tbe  invalid  visitor.  Seated  uuder  the 
lofty  treea  of  toe  Prafa  Academica,  watching 
the  ceaseless  roll  of  the  ocean,  breathing  tho 
balmy  airot  this  charming  climate,  and  soothed 
by  a  thousand  otber  ueligbtfuii  nfluenoes, 
mind  as  well  as  body  at  rest,  be  accustoms  him- 
self to  that  sell-denial  so  diificult  amid  the  bus- 
tle and  turmoil  surrounding  aud  tempting  him 
iu  his  own  northern  home,  and  otten  lorgetting 
tbat  he  is  ill,  be  gains  that  cheerfulness  and  ani- 
mation which  Bometiukes  prelude  his  complete 
recovery.  Often  the  invalid  ':omes  hither  so 
late  that  no  restoration  is  possible. — Harper's 
Magazine  for  March. 

Monaco. — Without  question  Monaco  and 

ts  outlymg  Monte  Carlo  are  fair  to  look  upon. 
Sated  as  the  eye  of  the  traveler  eastward  mu^t 
be  with  tbe  beauties  ot  the  Riviera,  involun- 
tarily it  lightens  up  and  is  conscious  of  a  new 
pleasure  as  the  territory  of  Charles  Honor^  III. 
bursts  upon  the  view.  The  seagirt  rock,  which 
rises  to  a  height  of  a  hundred  and  sixty  feet, 
and  upon  the  summit  of  whicb  stands  the  town 
of  Monaco,  witb  the  fortress  that  Vauban  built 
to  protect  it  on  the  land  side,  stands  out  to  the 
right  of  the  liioture;  beyond  it,  and  on  three 
sides  of  it,  tbe  deep-blue  water  of  the  Mediter- 
ranean splashes  and  tumbles;  while  Nature, 
seemingly  jealous  of  the  beauty  of  tho  scene, 
forbids  low  tide  and  the  discovery  of  those  ma- 
rine horrors  of  mud  and  shingle  incidental  to  it. 
1  he  palm  and  the  orauge-iree,  the  eucalyptus 
and  the  pepper-tree,  crowd  out  the  sombre  olive 
-w  hicb  dominates  in  all  neighboring  landscapes; 
and  the  mtroduction  aud  careful  culture  oi 
tvery  lorm  of  semi-tropical  growth  contribute 
to  au  efiect  which  is  exceptional,  even  in  this 
very  exceptional  district.  From  the  foot  of  the 
causoway,  which  leads  to  the  gate  of  the  town, 
au  inverted  are,  a  mile  from  horn  to  horn,  leads 
along  tbe  shore  to  the  slope  of  Monie  Carlo. 
Nature  has  doue  little  for  Monfe  Carlo  beyond 
giving  a  lovely  site.  The  aurupt  rock,  barren 
ot  vegetation,  avoided  even  by  the  goats,  who 
had  tried  it  and  lound  it  wanting,  owes  its 
Dieseut  wealth  of  beauty  to  art  and  tbo  toster- 
iiig  lavish  hand  of  M.  Le  Blanc.  Terraces  cut 
out  ot  tbe  hillside,  and  carpeted  with  tbe.-ioftest 
lawns,  bold  gardens  in  which  the  flonouiturlst 
reigns  supreme.  Considerations  of  expeuse 
euier  uot;  nothiug  is  allowed  to  impede  ib^ 
progress  ot  the  place  toward  becoming  a  re- 
iresbment  to  tbe  eye  and  mind,  and  tuat 
"joy  lorever"  wbiob  beauty  is.  iStatues  aud 
fountains,  lisb-pouds   aud   uvinries,   lend    their 

cburms.  Art  vies  with  nature  to  collect  and 
develop  all  that  can  attract  to  this  lovely  spot 
Music  bath  her  shrined  surouued  in  daintiest 
foliage,  and  bere,  many  a  time  aud  ott,  may  be 
heard  the  sweetest  strains  tbat  floated  through 
tiie  souls  and  crams  of  Gounod^  Beethoven,  or 
Aiuzart.  lu  tbe  great  concert-balls  of  Monte 
Carlo  sings  the  prtmissima  01  prime  donne,  aud 
there  too  gather  lor  the  great  test.vals  of  Le 
BiRUc  the  cream  of  tne  sweet-throated  who  sing. 
Incomparable  are  tbe  views  which  are  to  be  had 
from  tne  gardens  Ot  Monte  Cario;  comparable 
only  to  fairy  work  are  the  contents  of  the  gar- 
dens themselves;  aud  should  the  visitor, 
wearied  with  ttiese  pleasures,  seek  repose  or 
tbat  relreshment  wbicn  the  most  poetically 
minded  cannot  dispense  with,  he  cannot  find 
on  the  Contment  of  Europe  better  tare  or 
better  lodging  than  at  the  Hdtel  de  Pans, 
within  the  grounus  of  this  enchanted  garden  of 
Armida.  It  is  true  be  will  be  warned  there,  on 
taking  UD  bis  abode,  tbat  he  must  careiuliy 
lock,  not  only  the   door   of  bis   room,  but  each 

door  and  cupboard  tbcrein,  "for  tearulacci- 

deuis;"  true,  aiso,  that  should  he  be  so  taken 
up  with  the  beauties  of  the  surroundings  as  to 
be  heedless  of  the  attraction  of  tbe  grand  salon 
dejeu,  he  will  find,  alter  a  lew  days,  tbat  his 
rooms  ''  have  been  promised  some  time  ago  " 
to  a  Kussian  noble  or  a  Sicilian  Count.  But,  in 
tbe  meantime,  the  visiror  may  enjoy  bimselt 

very  n  aoh  indeed,  and  at  a  mouerate  cost, 
without  even  entering  the  mystic  temple  where 

Face  pronouDces  upon  tbe  cbauoes  at  roulette 
and  Experience  teaches  how  great  are  the  odds 
against  players  of  that  simplu  game,  or  at 
trente-c  t-quaran  te. — London  Hociet^, 


Goethe's  Eei-igious  Bexief. — As  the 
politicians  accused  Goethe  of  want  of  patriot- 
ism, because  his  mind  soared  above  the  mists 
of  party  feeling  and  international  jealousicB,  so 
theologians  charged  bim  vyith  irreligion  and 
unbelief  because  he  denounced  priestcraft  in 
whatever  form  it  apneared,  and  refused  td 
sacrifice  his  right  of  judgment  to  the  arbitrary 
dicta  of  rival  Churches.  "  I  ever  believed  in 
God  and  nature,  and  inthe  victory  of  good  over 
evil,  but  this  was  uot  enough  for  the  pious 
souls.  I  must  also  believe  that  three  are  one, 
and  tbat  one  is  three,  and  tbis  the  truthfulness 
of  my  soul  rebels  against,  nor  do  I  see  wbat 
possible  help  it  would  be  to  me."  Religious 
zeal  is  not  apt  to  measure  the  terms 
ot  its  denunciations,  and  it  need  not 
surprise  us  that  one  who,  like  Goethe, 
rejected  alike  the  gloomy  asceticism  of  Geneva, 
the  superstitions  ot  Rome,  and  the  arrogant  in- 
tolerance of  the  Anglican  Church,  should  have 
been  proclaimed  a  scofi'er  and  an  atheist. 
Against  tt:ese  sweeping  charges  the  poet  re- 
quires no  apologist ;  tbey  are  answered  m  iiis 
^vorks  and  in  uis  life.  Where  shall  we  find  a 
more  noble  and  eloquent  outburst  of  the  spon- 
taneous spriit  of  religion  and  reverence  than  in 
Faust's  reply  to  Margaret's  timid  douot  of  his 
belief  in  a  God  ?  And  in  those  werds  Goetbe 
had  laid  bare  his  own  soul  and  proclaimed  his 
own  deep  faith.  Never  was  there  a  nature 
more  thoroughly  permeated  by  a  lovo  of  God. 
Ue  recognized  Him  in  every  object  ef  surround- 
ing nature,  and  he  attributed  to  Him  afl  great 
works  tbat  bad  ever  been  achieved  by  man; 
but  he  resented  the  presumption  of  the  human 
mind  when  it  atteupted  to  gauge  Hisgreatncss 
or  to  penetrate  to  the  mystery  of  His  being. 
"  I  would  as  soon  doubt  iu  myself  aa  in  God; 
but  the  nature  of  God,  immortality,  the  human 
soul  and  its  connections  with  the  body,  must 
remain  eternal  problems  in  which  the  nbiioso- 
phers  cannot  advance  us.  How  should  we, 
with  our  limited  conceptions,  form  an 
idea  ef  God,  ox  attempt  te  deseribe  the 
Highest  Beiugl  *  •  •  Were  I,  like  a  Turk, 
to  call  Him  bv  *  bnadt«d  nameat  I  aboBld  atiUL.  . 


in  dompttlfott  ir)tb  Hto  ilUimtaibIa  )|«iitttiML 
faU  abort  and  bave  aoid  nothing."  wiUtevei 
soproached  most  nearly  to  his  ideal  of  (be 
Godhead  received  his  nogrudging  rererenee: 
"  Ask  me  if  it  be  in  my  nature  to  offer  adoriag 
worship  to  Christ,  aud  I  answer,  Yes,  tbor 
oughl,y.  I  bow  before  Him  as  to  a  divine  mani- 
festation of  the. highest  priiioiple  of  morality; 
but  ask  me  it  I  am  disposed  to  bew  betore  tbo 
thumb-bone  ot  the  Apostles  Peter  and  Paul, 
and  I  sav.  Excuse  me,  and  keep  away  witit 
your  nonsense."  It  was  tbis  determination  ta 
pay  no  homage  to  dead  men's  bonee  that  mado 
devout  believers  l>e  angry  with  Goethe.  He  al- 
lowed no  man  to  stand  between  hich  and  bia 
Creator,  and  he  dwells  upon  the  merits  of  tlto 
great  religions  reformers,  not  l>eoaa8d  thay 
built  a  new  creed,  but  because,  by  abaldng  •fjf 
the  spiritual  fetters  the  Cburoa  had  imposed^ 
they  enabled  man  "  to  walk  God's  earth  with 
firm  tread,  and  to  feel  a  God-endowed  nattmi 
witnin  him."  Here  again  are  the  refiectiona  ol 
this  unbeliever :  "At  seventy-five  years  of  age 
one  cannot  but  think  of  death  sometimes.  Th« 
thought  leaves  me  perfectly  at  peace,  for  I 
entertain  a  firm  conviotion  tbat  man's  spiril 
is  an  essence  of  an  indestructible  nature,  work- 
ing on  from  eternity  to  eternity.  It  is  like  tbt 
sun,  that  to  human  eyes  appears  to  go  down, 
but  which  does  not  go  dowu,  but  shines  on  for- 
ever.'' On  tbe  contending  claims  of  pbilosoph^p 
and  theology  be  says :  "Religion  isamiguty 
power,  by  means  of  which  fallen  and  suffennn 
mankind  have  in  all  times  sustamed  and  raised 
themselves,  and  in  assigning  to  it  such  an 
influence,  religion  is  exalted  above  philosophy, 
and  requires  no  support  from  it.  But,  ou  tbu 
other  hand,  philosophy  requires  no  aid  trom 
religion  iu  order  to  establish  its  doctrines,  as, 
for  instance,  the  belief  in  eternal  life.  Man  be- 
lieves in  immortality ;  be  has  a  right  to  the 
belief,  for  it  is  in  accord  with  bis  nature, 
and  he  may,  if  be  wiil,  rest  this  be- 
lief on  religious  teaoiiing ;  but  lor  a 
philosopher  to  attempt  to  argue  tbe 
immortality  of  the  soul  from  a  legend, 
would  be  weak  and  come  to  nothing.  My  own 
conviction  of  a  continuous  existence  sjiring^ 
from  my  consciousness  of  personal  energy,  lor 
I  work  incessantly  to  the  end.  Nature  is  bound 
to  assign  to  me  anotber  outward  form  of  beine 
as  soon  as  my  present  one  can  no  longer  servo 
my  spirit."  Scientist  though  Goetbe  was,  iio 
thus  rebukes  the  arrogance  of  science  :  "  To 
hear  people  talk,  one  would  almost  conoludu 
that  they  thongbt  God  had  gone  into  retire- 
ment Bince  tbo  oiaen  time,  and  that  man  waa 
now  completely  set  upon  bis  legs,  and  could 
get  on  without  God  and  bis  daily  invisible 
breath,  'theology  and  nature  still  claim  a 
divine  providence,  but  science  and  art  con- 
sider themselves  to  be  purely  earthly,  and  only 
tbe  product  of  human  power.  Let  any  one 
attempt,  however,  to  produce  anything  by 
means  oaly  of  the  human  will  and  numan 
power  that  can  be  placed  by  tbe  side  of  ttu 
creations  of  Mozart,  Raphael,  or  Shakespearel" 
— Aew  Quarterly  Magasitie. 

The  Weimau  Thkatue  Under  Qoethk 
— The  Weimar  Theatre  was  opened  in  1790,  and 
Goethe  undertook  the  supreme  direction,  with 
unlimited'power.  It  is  interesting  to  eonsider 
the  principles  upon  which  he  undertook  to 
manage  a  theatre,  though  that  theatre  was,  be 
it  remembered,  one  in  a  small  Besidenz  con- 
taining only  about  seven  thotuand  inhabitanta. 
He  says :  "  Das  Pablikum  voM  detatninUrt 
seyn  ;  seinen  sehlecten  Geliisten  muss  entgef/en- 
gelreten,  sein  Gesehmaek  geld'.Ueri  voerden"  :  L  e,, 
"The  public  must  be  controlled;  its  falss 
likings  must  be  eppo^d  ;  its  taste  must  be  (let- 
tered." Ue  said  later  to  Sohiiler  that  *'.Am 
Gelingen  oder  Niehtgelingen  naeh  Aussen  gar 
Nichts  liegt" — "Suceess  or  fadure  from  out- 
side is  a  matter  ot  no  importance."  He  in-  ' 
tended,  in  fact,  to  use  the  theatre  aa  a  dramatir 
school  for  national  objects,  and,  careless  or , 
popularity  or  success,  he  used  it  also  for  crit- 
ical experiments,  as  be  would  Uave  used  a  tel- 
escope lor  Bcientifio  investigation.  He  dlstin- 
gmsbed  keenly  between  amusement  and  de- 
light ;  he  would  give  his  small  public  tha* 
which  ought  to  delight  ii,  but  he  would  on  no 
account  allow  it  to  have  the  vulgar  food  which 
would  best  amuse  it.  The  result  was  ofteu 
Langeweile  and  ill-will  among  the  Weima: 
audiences ;  but  the  splendid  successes  be< 
tweea  1799  and  1805  of  Schiller's  latei 
dramas — successes  which  gave  to  Goetbe 
the  purest  delight — were  great  and  pop- 
ular triumphs  for  tbe  Weimar  llie- 
atre.  In  1799,  the  then  King  and  Queen  oi 
Prussia  came  to  Weimar  to  be  present  at  tho 
first  representation  of  "  Wallensteiu ;"  and. 
in  1802.  the  Schauspielhaua  in  Berlin  waa 
opened  witb  a  pertormance  of  SchilLjr's  "  Maid 
of  Orleans."  One  of  Goethe's  objects  was  to 
present  the  poetical  and  classic  drama,  ami 
so  to  oppose  the  prevailing  taste  for  the  pa- 
thetio  domestic  drama  and  other  realistic 
forms  of  plays.  Kotzubue  aud  Iffland  were,  ai 
the  time,  the  most  popular  dramatists  and 
etage-managers  m  Germany,  and  against  tbeii 
Whole  teudenoy  Goetbe  proclaimed  war.  On« 
of  his  great  difficulties  was  to  teach  to  bis  ac- 
tors the  poetical  declamation  of  blank  verse; 
of  the  idealen  Vers;  au  art  which  was  then  al- 
most lost  upon  tbe  Gecmau  stage.  Goethe 
took  himself  tbe  greatest  trouoie  to  teach 
declamatiuii,  Ho  nad  to  struggle  witb  provin- 
eial  pronunciation,  as  well  as  with  inaptitude 
aud  a  dislike  to  Ideals.  Somo  members  of  the 
troop  raco^nized  iu>  difference  between  b  an<J 

p,  between  d  and  t,  aud  few  were  capable  o; 
conceiving  Goethe's  aims.  However,  a  man 
of  genius,  with  unlimited  power  and  with  pa- 
tient impatience,  can  uo  something  eveu  witi\ 
players,  and  the  aesthetic  despot  gra>liialiv 
tramed  a  good  compauy.  which  comprised  Gran. 

Soniller's  favorite  actor,  the  origiuai  represen.a- 
tive  of  Wa.lenstein,  Maicolmi,  Pius  Aiexaudev 
\Vollf,Goetbe's  favorite  pupil,  Genast.and  au  ex- 
cellent low  comedian,  the  younger  Uuzeimaun; 
and  nad  as  actresses  the  daughter  of  alalcoimi, 
the  wile  of  Wolif,  and  the  charming  and  tal- 
ented Jagemann.  Toe  latter  ripenea  alterward 
into  Frau  von  Heygeuduifl'  and  tbe  Duke'j 
mistress.  She  it  w.is  who  caused  Goethe  to  re- 
tire nnaily  trom  tbe  management  ot  tbe  thea- 
tre ;  but  thereby  hangs  a  dog's  tale,  to  wfiiou  w« 
shall  come  iu  time.  The  Weimar  sta;;e  had  no 
nation  pulsating  in  its  auditorium,  had  scarce- 
ly a  public  to  assist  the  drama  with  its  rever- 
beration of  emotion.  Such  puolic  as  there  waa 
was  cold,  and  could  nut  even  applaud  in  thd 
vresence  of  the  eourt.  The  uuuience  was  u 
family  party  of  poor  and  rich  relations,  ill  at 
ease  among  each  otber,  and  not  linaed  oy  any 
strong  affection.  Tue  actors  were  poorly  paw— 
Goetne's  own  Weimar  mcome  was  w>t  larne— 
and  were  mediocre,  while  the  chief  lUe  lu  tho 
theatre  was  imported  by  au  ooaasioual  irrup- 
tion oi  Jena  students,  who  someuraes  behavscL 

torbuleutly.  KduiM'd  Devrieut  reiates  thai 
G6ethe  common;^  Bat  in  a  chair  placed  in  th.i 
centre  ot  tbe^ft,  aud  witb  those  eyes  wbicb 
Thackeray  after  ward  fouud  to  be  "extraoi- 
dinarily  dark,  piercmg,  and  brilliaat,"  be  con- 
trolled tbe  assemoiy.  Ho  had  s  uail  respect  lor 
the  noisy  criticism  and  appiause  ot  the  Jenu 

Btudeuts,  and.  oa  ene  occasion,  when  ther^' 
conduct     was      particularly     oonoxious,      ha 

rose  aud  tkreateaed  to  have  tbe  nn< 
ruly  turned  out  by  hussars.  Wheu 
Schlegel's  "Alaioos"  was  produced  lu 
1802,  the  piece  was  received  with  loud  iron- 
ical laughter,  and  tbe  Jupiter,  rising  from  h\n 

chair,  thundered  out,  "  Lee  >o  one  laugh  1  " 
Tne  Weimar  theatre  was,  in  short,  subioci  to  a 
singularly  enlightened  despotistn.  It  wiil  Do 
interesting  to  see  soinethiug  of  the  style  •£ 
drama  nrodnoed  during  his  reign  at  Weimar. 
Goetbe  himself  translated  and  prepared  toi-> 
tbe  stage  Voltaire's  "Mahomet"  and  "Tan-, 
cred,  "  Shakespeare's  "  ttom<.o  and  Jtuiet  "— •. 
the  latter  adaptation  the  mistake  of  a  great, 
man ;  and  Sobiiler  produced  Racine's  "  Phadra,' 
Gozzi'b  "  i'urandot,"  aud  "lUaobeth."  A.  W, 
Schisgel's  "Ion,"  and  F.  Schiegei's  "  Alaroos  ' 
were  played  ;  and  we  find  the  "  Andria "  and 
"The  Brothers"  ot  Terrence  given,  with  tbo 
players  in  aut.que  masks,  bchiller's  "  Bride  ol 
Messina  "  was  urouzut  out  iu  tne  Summer  the- 
atre at  Lauchstitdt,  but  ail  his  great  lute\< 
dramas  were  first  acted  m  Weimar,  aud  Souil- 
ler  nimseif  adapted  Goethe's  "  E^mont "  toi.' 
tbe  stage.  Goetbe  wrote  tor  bis  stage  liii 
"Iphigenia"  and  "Tasso,"  two  maguiuoeui 
dramatic  poems  which  yet  are  not  dramas : 
aud  he  also  produ>  ed — probaoiy  in  order  tc* 
Bupply  the  theatre  wun  pieces — his  "  NaifiriicuA 
■focui'er,"  "  Gross-Kophta,"  and  "  Biirger  en- 
eral,"  the  two  latter  bemg  uis  weakesa 
pieces.  The  greatest  dramatic  triuui»>u 
of  the  Weimar  theatre  was,  wituouj 
doubt,  Schiller's  "  Wallenstem ; "  and  tlio 
infiuence  of  the  Weimar  school  nx  peeticsd  auU 
ideal  acting  ib  still  lelt  on  ^v&rj  higb-claaB 
stage  ot  Germany.  The  traditions  of  Weimai'i 
are  still  banded  down,  aud  are  held  in  high  re- 
spect by  every  cultured  artist  actor. 

With  SchiUer's  too  early  death,  in  1805., 
Goethe's  active  interest  iu  tbe  Weimar  Theatrt)| 
ceased.  In  1813,  Graf  Von  Edelink  was  ap-^ 
pointed  as  his  Intendant ;  iu  1817,  Goethe's  son, 
Kammerherr  August  von  Goethe,  became  aj 
meml>er  of  the  Direction.  But  Goethe's  con^ 
nection  with  the -theatre  was  finally  and  whoiK*j 
broken  ofi  by  means  of  a  dog  and  a  mistress. 
One  Kareten  possessed  a  performing  poodle, 
and  traveled  about  with  this  mtelligeut  animal 
representing  a  certain  melodrama,  "  Der  Hunti 
des  Aubry.''  Tne  pampered  and  petted  Von 
Heygendorff,  formerly  the  Jagemann,  bore  a 
spite  against  the  inflexible  Director,  and,  wijtJ 
feminina  malice,  she,  in  order  te  annoy  Goethe, 
induced  her  lover,  the  Duke,  to  conssnt  to  an 
engagement  of  Karsten  and  his  dog.  Ooeth« 
at  once  resiQned,  aud  tbo  Duko  accspted  lu4 
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8UMMAET0ETHE  DATS  PEOCEEDINGS. 

j  In  the  Senate  the  President  pro  tem.  bad  read 
•  commmtication  from  Jostiofl  Clifford,  President  of 
the  Electoral  Commission,  relative  to  the  vote  of 
Xonialtma.  Hr.  Kellv,  of  Oregon,  made  what  he 
tarcaed  an  explanation  of  Us  connection  witli  Til 
'den's  use  of  money  In  that  State.  He  denlea  all' 
knowledge  of  how  the  money  was  to  be  used,  ex- 
cept that  ho  was  led  to  believe  it  woald  be  ased  in 
the  emploTiDjr  of  legal  connsel.  He  desired  to  have 
bis  flood  name  cleared  from  alt  aaspicion  of  wtone 
doing.  Mr.  Sargent,  of  California,  while  hopins,  tor 
the  honor  of  the  Senate  and  the  good  of  mankind 
that  that  body  wonid  take  as  favorable  a  view  of 
the  defense  which  Mr  Kelly  had  made  as  was 
proper,  said  he  thonght  it  was  but  right  that  that 
gentleman  should  do  all  in  his  power  to  free  him- 
self  from  the  stigma  that  would  attach  to  every 
person  who  had  taken  part  in  the  nefarious  transac- 
tion in  the  State  of  Oregon.  Mr.  Bogy,  of  Missonri, 
made  a  frantic  ettort  to  aefend  Tildea,  and  went  far 
ont  of  his  wav,  in  order  to  vent  his  hatred  ot  an 
honored  aad  respected  member  of  the  United 
Stales  Snpreme  Conrt,  chosen  to  sit  as  one  of  the 
members  of  the  Elector.il  Commission.  Other  Sena- 
tors spoke  coDcerning  the  Florida  investigation. 

The  Honse  met,  and  after  the  Demncratio  mem- 
bers bati  expressed  themselves  spitefully  toward 
the  Senate^  a  recess  was  taken  to  next  Monday 
lorenoon. 


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SENATE. 

The  President  pro  tem.  (Mr.  Febet)  said  he 

bad  received  a  commanicacion  from  the  Electoral 
Cocnmission,  beiag  a  decision  in  the  I<oaisian»  case, 
and  inquired  if  it  should  be  read.  No  objection  be- 
ing  made,  tbe  commnnication  was  read  by  the  Clyef 
Clerk  as  follows : 

Washingtoh,  D.  C,  Feb.  17, 1377. 

Sib  :  I  am  directed  by  tbe  Electoral  Commission 
to  inform  the  Senate  that  it  has  considered  and  de- 
cided upon  the  matters  submitted  to  it  nnd  r  the 
act  of  Congress,  concerning  the  same  touching  the 
Electoral  vut«  from  the  State  ot  Louisiana,  and 
herewith,  by  direction  of  said  Commission,  I  trans- 
mit to  you  tbe  said  decii'ion  in  writiuir.  signed  by 
tne  members  agreeing  therein,  to  be  read  at  the 
meeting  of  the  two  houses  according  to  said  act.  AU 
the  certificates  a  id  papers  sunt  to  tbe  Commission 
by  the  President  of  toe  Senare,  are  returned  here- 
with. NATHAN  CilEFORD, 

President  ot  the  (Commission. 
Xo  Hon.  Thomas  W.  Ferry,  President  ot  the  Senate. 

Mr.  Hahlin,  of  Maine,  said  tbe  Commission  on 
the  Electoral  Yotes  havinz  notified  tbe  Senate  that 
they  have  arrive.1  at  a  decision  on  the  Electoral 
vote  of  lionisiona,  he  moved  that  a  message  be  sent 
to  the  House  inrorming  chat  body  that  the  Senate 
was  ready  to  meet  it  and  proceed  with  the  count  of 
the  vote  for  President  and  Vice  President. 

Mr.  WiTHEBS,  of  Virginia,  inquired  if  it  was  com- 
petent tor  the  Senate  without  a  quorum  to  meet 
the  Hou'<e  ot  Bepresentatives. 

Mr.  Uamlix  said  he  supposed  a  quorum  of  the 
Senate  would  be  here  by  tbe  time  a  cummunicaiiou 
should  be  received  from  the  House  that  that  body 
was  ready  to  receive  the  Senate.  Upon  the  receipt 
of  that  communication,  of  course,  it  would  take  a 
m^onty  ot  tbe  Senate  to  complv  with  it.  HI3  mo- 
tion was  merely  for  the  purpose  ot  having  the 
Senate  ready  toproceed  by  the  time  a  quorum  was 
present. 

The  Peksedest  pro  tcm.  said  if  no  qnnrnm  should 
be  ureseut  wben  a  message  -hoald  b«  received  Irom 
the  House  of  Sepreaentatives  that  it  was  ready  to 
proceed  with  the  couur,  of  course,  tbe  otijectioa  of 
the  SenuTor  trom  Virginia  [Mr.  Wilhersl  would  be 
entertained. 

The  motion  of  Mr.  Hamlin  was  then  agreed  to. 

Mr.  Kellt,  of  Oregon,  asked  permisaion  to  make 
a  personal  explanation.  The  (.'hair  liaving  luled 
that  it  would  oe  in  order  to  do  ao,  a.->  that  could  not 
be  regarded  as  legisiat.ve  business,  Mr.  KIellt,  a 
few  minutes  beiore  12  o'clock,  ueariv  ail  the  Sena- 
tors being  present,  proceeded.  He  had  read  from 
the  Washington  Star  of  yesierdav  a  paragraph  in 
regard  to  the  evidence  before  the  Committee  on 
Privileges  and  Elections,  as  to  tbe  telegrams  con- 
necting him  wiiu  tbe  attbmpt  to  buy  a  Keuublicau 
Elector  in  Oregon,  and  said  it  was  his 
desire  a  day  or  two  ago,  when  t:;e  translation  of  ihe 
telegram  was  made  public,  to.  make  a  personal  ex- 
planation, but  be  was  dissuaded  trom  doing  so  until 
the  lepi^rc  as  to  the  Oregon  matter  should  bo  sub- 
miited  to  the  Senate.  Even  this  moxnio;;  a  number 
■of  his  friends  advised  him  not  to  make  any  explana- 
tion, but  he  bad  determined  to  rely  upon  bi^i  own 
judgment.  Same  time  previous  to'the  iiSih  of  No- 
vember last  he  was  in  San  Francisco,  but  thought  it 
best  10  return  to  Ore;£oa  before  comiug  East.  He 
did  so,  and  while  in  the  depot  at  Salem,  Oregon,  a 
gentlemen  introduced  himself  as  Mr.  Patrick,  stat- 
ing tbat  be  was  authorized  by  tbe  National  Demo- 
ocraiic  Committee  to  come  to  Oregon  to  look 
into  tbe  matter  of  Watts'  eligibility.  He 
[Mr.  KellyJ  and  Mr.  Patrick  went  to  Portland 
together,  and  there  he  saw  Mr.  ISellinger,  the  Chair- 
man of  the  Democratic  State  Commitf^e,  in  regard 
to  the  case  of  Watts,  who  said  it  was  expected  that 
proceedings  would  be  commenced  betore  tbe  courts 
to  compel  Iha  Governor  to  issue  a  certihcate  to 
Watts.  Mr.  Bellinger  said  be  had  partially  em- 
ployed a  firm  01  iiepublican  lawyers  to  deieud  any 
acilon  az»uis>)  the  Governor.  Xhe  firm  wanted  a 
lee  of  tS.OOO,    but    had   floally  agreed  to  take  ^.000. 

Mr.  Bellinger  also  bsld  it  was  tbe  belief 
that  the  Governor  would  issue  his  certificate 
.to  Crooin,  although  no  was  very  reticent 
'on  the  subject,  A  conversation  as  to  the 
.difficulty  Of  obtaining  funds  to  pay  tbe  lawyers 
tOt>k  place,  and  it  was  hnally  8n<:gested  that  the 
17ational  JDemocratio  Committee  should  pay  tbe 
expenses.  Mr.  Patrick  assented  to  tbij,  ana  said 
be  bad  lull  authontv  to  make  that  arrangemuut. 
Three  or  four  hours  afterward  Mr.  Patrick  cauio  to 
bim  with  a  eipber  dispatch  ou  two  sheets  of  tele- 
graph paper.  He  said  be  had  prepared  a  telegram 
to  Col.  William  T.  Pelton,  Secretary  of  the  National 
Democratic  Committee,  asking  him  tu  deposit  to 
the  credit  of  his  fMr.  Painck'sJ  banker  in  New- 
Xork  $10,000  to  pay  lawyers'  fees  in  Oregon,  and  if 
not  used  the  money  would  be  retnrneu.  Patrick  re- 
quested him  to  indorse  It  as  he  wa^  a  public  man  and 
well  known  to  tbe  commiitee;  therefore  it  would  be 
easier  to  get  tbe  money.  He  [M.r.KellyJ  could  uotread 
tbe  cipher,  but  took  Mr.  Patrick's  word,  and  wrote 
upon  the  dispatch,  "I  tully  indorse  the  above.'' 
Prom  that  day  until  the  translation  of  the  dispatch 
b«tore   tne   committee,    be    bad    believed  what  Air. 

Patrick  said  was  true,  and  even  now  be  did  not 
know  if  the  translation  before  the  comtrjit^ee  was  a 
true  one.  Mr.  £elly  then  quoted  from  the  uis- 
patobea  as  translated  before  the  committee,  and  said 
be  knew  nothing  about  the  one  saying,  "It  will 
take  (5,000  lor  a  Republican  iiliector."  He 
Dever  spuke  to  any  Bepnblican  Elector  in  Oregon, 
nor  bad  he  ever  authorized  anyone  to  speak  fur  him, 
to  pav  snch  Elector  any  money,  and  he  was  sure 
the  Kepublican  Electors  of  Ore^ion  would  say  that 
no  man  ever  offered  to  give  them  one  cent  to  recog- 
nize Cronin.  He  |  Mr.  Kelly]  thought  Patrick  came 
,to  the  State  with  the  luea  tbat  be  could  be  insciu- 
mental  in  changing  the  result  of.  the  Oregon  vote, 
and  desired  such  an  opinion  of  him  to  be  en- 
tertaued  in  New-TorK.  Mr.  Kelly  theu  re- 
ferred to  tbe  dispatch  from  Oregon  signed  "Gov- 
ernor," and  sent  to  Samuel  J.  Xilden,  to  the  effect 
tbat  he  would  issue  the  certifloate  to  Cronin,  and 
said  that  dispatch  was  not  sent  by  Gov.  Grover.  It 
must  have  been  sent  by  Patrick.  Ha  then  sent  to 
the  Clerk's  desK  and  had  read  the  followlug  : 

Salem,  Feb.  16,  1877. 
2b  Hon.  James  K.  Kelly,  Wathin^jton,  D   C: 

Deny  tbat  I  'sent  my  telegram  to  Tilden.  I  never 
•ent  a  cipher  in  my  lite.  h.  V.  UEOViiH. 

Besoming  his  remarks,  Mr.  Ktlly  said  there  was 
not  a  particle  of  evidence  to  show  thai  he  ever  en- 
gaged any  one  to  offer  these  Electors  money.  He 
never  spoke  to  them  and  never  thought  ot  olteriag 
them  mooey.  He  never  asked  any  one  to  give  a 
Dent  for  that  purpose  and  never  gave  a  cent  him- 
lOiL  He  bad  been  in  the  Senate  six  years,  and  now 
that  be  was  about  to  leave  be  desired  that  there 
should  be  nothing  against  his  good  name.  He  was 
cooHdent  tbat  his  ezplaoatiun  would  besatistacCory 
to  the  peoble  of  bis  Sta.e.  A  good  character  was 
better  than  great  riches,  and  be  did  not  wish  to 
'have  his  good  name  rained.  He  did  not  want  to 
leave  under  a  cloud,  or  to  umish  the  name  ot  tue 
State  which  sent  him  here. 

Mr.  Saboknt.  of  (Jaliforoia,  said  :  I  ao  not  think 
tbe  Senator  irom  Oregon  could  address  an  audience 
more  willing  and  apxiuoa  to  believe  in  the  euiire 
sincerity  of  hia  defense.  We  have  known  the 
Benaior"  for  a  great  many  years — nearly  a  full 
Senatorial  term — and  until  this  thing  occurred,  I 
know  We  were  all  accustomed  to  regard  him  as 
itricily  honorable  in  the  discbarge  of  his 
flnties  as  a  Senator.  It  will  be  exceedingly 
fortunate  for  the  Senator  if  the  country  is  disposed 
to  take  a  favorable  view  of  tbe  defense,  which 
lie  manes  aa  we,  out  of  our  friendship,  are  willing 
!to  do.  Our  association  with  each  other  froiu  .year 
(to  year  leads  us  to  understand  and  appreciate  eacv> 
lOther,  and  often  there  are  statements  which  go  to 
.  xhe  Dublio  at  large  concerning  transactions  on  this  . 
jfloor,  or  with  reterenne  to  Senators  that  we,  know- 
ilDzall  the  facta  and  individuals,  know  to  be  touUy 
unfounded,  and,  therefore,  they  have  very  little 
[effect  upon  our  mind  as  casting  reproach  upon  tbe 
'xieraon  who  may  be  assailed.  It  is  very  rarely, 
nowever,  that  a  circumstance  so  grave  as  this  which 
DOS  Ju»c  been  called  to  the  attention  ot  the 
Senate  Is  a  matter  of  consideration  here, 
knvthiog  that  affects  tbe  honor  of  a  member  of  this 
body  to  a  certain  extent  lowers  the  tone  of  the 
whole  bod.v,  and,  therefore.  We  deeply  regret  it.  I  do 
not  wish  10  remark,  and  I  will  not  remark,  upon  the 
deteose  which  baa  been  made  Dv  tbe  .Seoator  from 
Oregon.«o  far  as  it  relates  to  himself.  1  only  wish 
ito  say  that  I  think  he  aoes  right  to  do  all 
that  la  in  his  power  to  free  his  name 
ifrom  the  stigma  that  must  attach  to  every 
peraon  who  had  part  in  the-  uetarious  trans- 
ition in  the  State  of  Oregon.  We  find  that 
tbe-  confidential  agent  of  tbe  bigbBst  authority 
in  the  Democratic  Parly  is  sent  to  tbe  Pac^bc  coast 
iflth  undefined  powers,  and  communicates  with  his 
MBOciates  at  home,  going  into  the  very  family  of 
tbe  I7einocratlc  candidate  for  tbe  Fresiaencv  and 
proposes  that  money  shall  be  furnished  to  buy  a 
Republican  Elector.  Wbv,  Sir,  if  there  could'  be 
any  act  more  dishonorable  than  another  committed 
by  any  man  whatever,  anywbere  upon  all  God's 
broftd  footttool,  it  would  be  for  an  Elector— a  mau 
■elected  In  a  college  of  Electors  to  oast  his 
Krote  for  tbe  sucoession  of  tbe  Presidency — taking 
tbe   bnet   moment  of  power    thus   glTen    by  a  con - 

fidiog  people  to  betray  tbat  people  and  tbe  princi- 
pie*  wbiob  ha  was  supposed  eminently  to  represent, 


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tide.  "VVe  have  lived  through  a  Centennial,  and  that 
baa  not  occurred.  We  have  not  lived  through  a 
Centennial,  however,  without  seeing  it  attempted, 
aye,  and  sanetioned  by  the  chief  aathortty  of 
a  great  political  party ;  for  ws  are  told  in  the 
reply  that  if  this  can't  b%  done  contiasently  upon 
its  success— if  this  money  will  not  be  called  for 
until  the  4th  of  March,  shall  have  shown  that  the 
treason  has  succeeded — then  it  will  be  sjinotioned, 
and  the  sinews  of  war  will  be  furnished  at  that 
time.  I  say  the  Senator  from  Oregon  does  right  if 
he  can  clear  bis  name  &om  participation  in  a  trans- 
action like  this.  He  owes  it  to  tbe  honor  of  this 
body,  of  which  ha  Is  a  part.  He  owes  It  to  the 
dignity  of  human  nature  as  well  as  to  bimaelf. 

Mr.  Boot,  of  Missouri,  said  while  be  concurred 
in  much  said  by  the  Senator  from  California  in  con- 
demning frauds  in  Oregon,  he  was  not  willing  to  re; 
main  in  bis  place  and  permit  a  stigma  of  tbat  kind 
to  be  fixed  upon  the  Democratio  Party  as  the  only 
party  guiUy  of  fraud.  He  was  ooposed  to  fraud 
in  every        shape.         political       or       private, 

but  the  country  knew  that  fraud  was 
not  confined  to  Oregon.  There  were  frauds  in' 
Florida;  great  frauds  were  perpetrated  theie  by 
tbe  Republican  Party  ;  frauds  were  perpetrated  by 
that  party  in  Louisiana,  and  the  country  knew  the 
result  ot  the  frauds.  These  States  were  like 
whited  sepulobeis — ^fair  without,  but  within  as  tout 
as  hell. 

Mr.  Sahgekt  said  before  tbe  Electoral  Tribuaal 
the  Bepoblicau  counsel  took  the  position  tbat  there 
was  no  power  in  Congress  to  go  behind  tbe  action 
of  a  State.  The  cry  ot  fraud  was  raised  and  kept  up 
during  the  whole  discussion  by  tbe  Oemacratio 
connsel  and  by  the  Democratic  press  throughunt 
the  country,  and  now  the  Senator  froin  Missouri 
came  in  and  took  up  tbe  cry.  As  a  member  of  the 
committee  which  made  the  investigation  into  the 
Florida  election,  it  was  his  [Mr.  Sargent's]  delibe 
rate  coiivlctiou  tbat  the  evidence  would  show  that 
there  was  no  fraud  in  Florltia  stimulated  from  Wash- 
ington, as  bad  been  charged.  On  the  other  hanJ. 
the  evidence  would  show  tbac  fraud*  wero  commit- 
ted by  the  Democratic  Party  in  the  State,  He 
argued  that  Republican  votes  were  thrown  out  of 
bftllot-boxps  by  Democrats,  and  in  Jackson  County 
alonn  250  votes  which  sboald  bavs  been  counted  for 
the  Republicans  were  fraiidulenily  changed. 

At  12:50  P.  M.  a  message  was  received  from  the 
House  of  Eepresentatievs  stating  tbat  tbe  House 
would  be  nrepared  at  11  A.  M.,  Monday,  to  receive 
the  Senate  ana  resume  tbe  count  of  tbe  vote  fjr 
President  and  Vice  President. 

Mr.  Bogy  said  telegrams  were  sent  from  the  City 
of  Wasbinixton  to  Florida  immediately  after  the 
election  which  meant  fraud.  Thai,  fraud  was  not 
80  plain  as  10  the  Oregon  case,  as  the  man  in  Oiegoa 
was  new  in  the  business.  He  then  referred  to  the 
Electoral  CommiRsion.  "  Sir,"  said  tbe  speaker, 
"  the  name  of  Jeffreys  and  Marlboruugb  have  come 
down  to  us  for  ages  past  covered  with  disgrace  and 
shame  because  they  wore  corrupt  Jnd^rea,  and  the 
name  ot  that  man  who  changed  his  voce  upon  that 
Commission  will  go  down  to  after  ages  disgraced. 
His  name  will  oe  associated  with  Marlborooi^h  and 
Jeffreys,  and  it  never  will  be  pronounced  without  a 
hiss  from  all  good  men  in  this  country." 

Mr.  CoOPEB,  of  Tennessee,  a  member  of  the  com- 
mittee wnich  made  tbe  investigation  into  the 
Florida  election ,  referred  to  the  resolntion  of  Mr. 
Eilmunds,  authorizing  the  iuvestigation,  adopted 
early  iu  tbe  session,  and  said  it  was  his  hope  tbat 
if  fraud  did  esist  in  Florida  there  was  power  to  ex- 
amine into  it  and  guard  against  it,  but  now  it  has 
been  decided  that  there  wss  no  power  to  correct 
this  fraud.  Ho  was  sorry  such  a  decision  had  been 
arrived  at.  It  was  folly,  now  that  the  door  had 
been  shut,  to  bandy  words  ia  th^)  Senate. 

Mr.  Maxkt,  of  Texas,  presented  the  credentials 
of  Richard  Coke,  who  was  elected  United  States 
Senator  from  the  State  of  Texas  for  six  years  from 
March  4,  1677,  and  Mr.  Norwood,  of  Georgia,  pre- 
sented the  credentials  of  B.  H.  Hill,  who  was  elected 
United  States  Senator  from  the  State  of  Georgia  for 
SIX  years  from  the  same  date — both  of  which  wore 
read  and  placed  on  file. 

Mr.  MouTON,  of  Indiana,  said  be  bad  heard,  with 
regret,  tbe  remarks  made  oy  the  Senator  from  Mis- 
souri in  regard  to  Justice  Bradley.  If  that  Senator 
could  have  hoard  tbe  discussions  of  the  Electoral 
Commission  as  he  [Mr.  Morton)  beard  tbem,  be 
would  not  have  made  such  remarks.  The  time 
would  come  when  tbe  opinions  ot  the  members  of 
tbe  Commission  wuald  bo  published,  and  he  was 
sure  tbe  Senator  would  then  see  that  be  had  done 
an  act  of  injustice  tu  an  abis  and  conscientious 
Judge. 

Tbe  discussion  ns  to  Florida,  and  tbe  testimony 
tak  a  by  the  committee  which  visited  that  State, 
was  continued  by  Messts.  Sargent,  Cooper,  and 
Jones,  of  Florid. I ;  aud  at  3  o'clock  1  be  Senate  took 
a  recess  until  lU  o'clock  Muuday  morning. 


HOTJSE  OF  BEPBE3ENTATrVES. 

On  assembling  at  10  o'clock,  the  House  took 
a  further  recess  until  10  o'cluck.  Alter  the  recess, 
prayer  was  ottered  by  the  Cbaplaiu.  Duriug  tbe 
reading  of  the  journal,  the  Secretary  of  the  Senate 
[Mr.  Gorbam]  arrived  in  the  ball  of  the  House  with 
a  message  trom  the  Sen.ite,  but  was  not  recognized 
by  the  Speaicer.  At  the  end  of  tbe  reading,  the 
Speaker  laid  before  the  House  a  communication 
from  Jostice  Nathan  Clid"orci.  President  ot  the 
Electoral  Camiuission,  lulorioing  the  Uunso  tbat 
the  CommiSKiuD  had  arrived  at  a  deciaioii  of  the 
Louisiana  case,  and  bad  transmitted  tbat  decision 
to  tbe  Piesident  of  tha  Sena-e,  to  bo  opened  and 
read  iu  the  presence  ot  the  twe  hoiise.i. 

Mr.  Lamak,  of  Miffsissippi,  otlered  a  resolution 
directiu;;  lUd  Cleric  of  the  House  to  inform  tbe 
Senate  tbat  the  House  would  be  ready  to  receive 
that  body  at  11  o'clock  on  Monday  next  for  the  pui- 
pose  of  proceeding  with  the  counting  of  the  Elec- 
toral votes. 

Mr.  EAssOK.  of  Iowa — I  rise  to  a  point  of  order  ; 
there  is  a  mes.sage  Irom  the  S<-nate.  ^ 

Tne  Speak£r — Tbe  Chair  is  aware  of  the  fact, 
and  does  not  desire  to  interrupt  tbe  message.  The 
Chair,  .on  the  contrary,  has  commnnicatea  to  the 
House  the  lact  ascummunicated  from  the  President 
of  tbe  Commission. 

Mr.  Easso.v— Does  the  Chair  permit  me  to  make 
the  point  01  order  } 

[Shouts  of  ••Ho"  on  the  Democratic  side.] 

Mr.  Kasson' — I  am  adares^ing  tbe  Chair.  The 
message  irum  the  beoate  pertains  to  the  qaestioa 
before  the  House. 

Mr.  LuTTBEix,  of  California — How  does  the  gen- 
tleman know  tnat?  < 

The  SF£AK£B — The  Chair  oVerrules  the  point  of 
order. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Senate  was  then  recogoized 
by  tho  tipeaker,  aod  be  cummuuicatud  the  message 
that  the  Sen<tt3  was  now  ready  to  meet  tbe  House 
in  Joint  convention  and  proceed  with  the  couoting 
of  tbe  Electoral  votes.  Tbe  resolution  was  then 
adopted — yeas  152,  nays  111.  Among  the  nays  were 
the  fiiilowing  Democrats  :  Messrs.  Andersouof  Illi- 
nois, Goodin  ot  Kansas,  Haymond  of  Indiana.  Pot- 
ter of  Michigan,  Southard  of  Ohio,  Tarbox  of  iUlas- 
sacbuseiis,  Walling  of  Ohio,  Wells  of  Missouri, 
Whitehonse  of  New- York,  and  Whiting  of  Illinois. 

Mr.  Lamab,  ot  Mississippi,  then  moved  tbat  the 
House  tai£e  a  recess  till  Monday  morning  at  10 
o'clock. 

Mr.  Satleb,  of  Ohio,  asked  leave  to  make  the  re- 
port bf  tne  South  Carolina  InvescigatiQg  Commit- 
tee, but  objection  was  made. ,  , 

Mr.    Lamab'b   motion   was    agreed   to — yeas   149, 

nays  107— and  the  House,  at  1:20,  took  recess  till 
10  o'clock  Monday. 

THE  LOUISIANA  SUQAR  CROP. 
The  New-Orleans  Times  of  the  10th  instant 
says  :  ''  Great  anxiety  is  eutertained  in  regard  to 
tbe  sonndness  of  the  seed  cane,  as  tbe  exceedingly 
low  range  of  the  thermometer  for  a  period  of  two 
months  was  the  longest  severely  cold  spell  on  record 
in  this  State,  and  created  mueh  apprehension  as  to 
Its  effects  on  both  seed  cane  and  stubble  or  ratoons. 
The  papers  publisbeti  in  tbe  sugar  belt,  so  far  aa 
they  condescead  to  let  themselves  down  from  the 
hign  political  altitude  to  the  homely  duty  of  writing 
about  tbe  cane  fielus,  are  unaulmoua  in  the  asser- 
tion that  the  seed  cane,  whether  in  ricks,  matlas  or 
windrow,  is  as  yet  sound  and  uninjured.  Private 
letters  from  planters,  and  mauy  planters  themselves 
while  visiting  tue  city,  conflim  these  statements. 
Tbe  stubble,  too,  is  said  to  be  »ound  and  healthy 
wherever  it  has  been  examined  and  reported.  If 
there  should  be  no  I'reeziug  weather  after  this,  during 
the  Spring,  the  sugar  interests  may  be  considered  on 
an  open  road  to  reuewea  prosperity.  As  the 
season  last  Fall  was  favorable  for  putting  up  seed, 
a  larger  proportion  was  saved  than  is  usual,  and 
some  curious  facts  have  been  developed  by  the 
poiariscope.  This  instrnnieut  shows  that  saccDar- 
izition  has  increased  in  tbe  canes  since  they  were 
put  up  for  seed,  while  the  opposite  was  thought  to 
he  true.  Wnile  the  large  amount  of  sound  seed 
Will  plant  an  increased  area,  it  is  to  be  regretted 
tbat  tbe  cane  plaiited  in  the  Fall  has  nearly  all 
proved  to  be  destroyed.  Fsll  planting,  however, 
was  not  practiced  to  a  great  extent.  Single  plHOi- 
eidbave  already  plowed  up  49  or  5i)  acres  ot  spoiled 
cane  thus  plauteo.  Tbe  high  price  of  sagar,  the 
fiue  product  of  Louisiana  lor  the  last  two  years, 
and  tbe  prospect  of  better  time«  have  brought 
many  inquiries  after  sugar  pLauiations.  Bfce  bas 
been  so  low,  with  tbe  large  productioa  of  an  in- 
ferior article,  tbat  rice  planters  are  gloomy,  aud 
many  are  converting  their  lauds  Into  sugar  planta- 
tions as  rapidly  as  a  stand  ot  cane  can   be  aecnred." 


TWO  OHILDUEJS'S  PETITIONS. 

The  Kochester  Democrat  tells  the  following 
of  a  young  lady  resident  of  thai  city,  now  iu  her 
fourth  year  :  "  Her  father  has  been  away  from  the 
city  on  business  for  the  past  two  weeks,  and  tbe 
mother  bas  taughtthe  little  one  to  conclude  her 
evening  prayers  with  'and  please  watch  over  my 
papa.'  It  sounded  very  sweet,  of  course,  but  the 
mother's  amusement  may  be  Imagined  when  the 
little  lady  solemnly  clapped  her  hands  and  said, 
'Please  watch  over  my  papa,  and  yon'd  better  keco 
an  eye  on  mauia,  too  !'  " 

Another  paper  bas  this  incident  to  relate  :  "A 
five-yeat-oli  daughter  of  one  of  our  residents,  who 
is  convalescing  trom  an  attack  of  scarlet  fever,  was 
the  other  (lay  suffering  greaclj  from  eat-ache. 
Something  prompted  tne  little  one  to  petition  auova 
for  relief,  and  this  was  tbe  way  she  did  it:  'Oh, 
Xiord!  Oh,  good  Lord,  cure  my  eat-acbe,'  coo  tinning 
to  repeat  it  over  aud  over.  Uur  niocber,  hearing 
her  murmuring,  asked,  '  What  are  you  saying,  my 
dear?'  'ijone  of  your  business,' was  the  reply,  'X 
ain't  talking  to  you ;  I'm  ralkijg.to  the  Lord.' "' 

WHERE  LIES  THE  REASON 
In  the  short  inaugural  address  ot  Gk)v.  Por- 
ter, of  Tennessee,  delivered  the  13tb  Inst,  be  said  : 
"  The  two  years  past  have  been  years  of  plentiful 
harvests;  the  people  of  Tennessee  have  been  blessed 
with  health  ;  the  comity  of  States  bas  oeen  pre- 
served ;  tbe  order  aad  security  guaranteed  by  the 
law  have  been  maintained ;  the  people  preserve 
their  ancient  rigntb;   power  is  exercised   by  rulers 

appointed  by  themselves ;  they  mold  and  lorui  and 
modify  tbe  laws  at  their  owu  sovereign  will ;  tiie 
caase  of  popular  education  is  on  tjue    advance^   and 

jet  we  have  not  been  rewarded  with  the  pronperity 


conildraca  has  been  Impaired  ;  prieet  are  not  remu- 
nerative. Something  of  the  responsibllitv  for  this 
must  be  attriDuted  to  tbe  causes  that  origwate  out- 
side ot  the  State,  and  are  stimulated  b.y  ngenoies  lo- 
dependent  ot  onr  cpntrol  but  to  our  internal 
poltev  and  praotioe  we  owe  much  for  this  condi- 
tion I  (rar  legislation  has  been  excessive." 


A  HABTFOBD  CHABACTEB. 


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DISAPPEARANCE  OP  THE  CURIOUS  LITTLE 
DUTCH  DOCTOR,  WHO  THOUGHT  HK  WAS 
CONTINUALLY  FOLLOWED  BY  AUSTRIAN 
SPIES. 

Ftom  the  Bartford  Oouremt,  Feb.  12. 

Many  people  who  had  growa  to  know  him 
have  for  a  long  time  missed  from  tbe  streets  tbe 
quaint  form  of  "  tbe  little  Dutch  Doctor."  He  was 
a  man  whom  one  would  turn  to  look  ai  a  second 
time — diminative  in  stature,  with  a  wizened  face 
half  hidden  by  a  bristling  gray  beard  and  cropped 
mustache,  and  his  body  enveloped  in  a  very  long 
ru.'^ty  brown  overcoat  closely*  buttoned.  A  very 
fierce  little  man  he  was  in  appearance.  His  pre- 
occupied air — as  thongh  he  bore  the  weight  of  na- 
tions on  his  brow — and  hIa  comparatively  long  rapid 
stiide,  which  turned  neither  to  tbe  right  nor  left, 
added  to  tbe.  peculiarity  of  his  appearance  in  at- 
Iractlng  observation.  He  was  a  little  dried-up, 
rusty  Old  man.  with  a  very  faded  air  ot  gieatneas 
about  him.  Now  tbat  lie  has  passed  from  onr 
streets,  probably  never  to  reiurn,  a  recital  of  bis 
peculiarities  can  do  no  harm. 

Those  who  knew  tho  Doctor  well,  were  more 
amnied  by  the  pecnlaritlea  of  his  mind  than  tbe 
grotesqaeness  of  his  personal  apnearance.  His  ec- 
centricities bord«red  on  insanity.  Though  called, 
with  vnlgnr  and  flippant  ignorance,  the  "little 
Dntch  Doctor,"  he  was  not  a  native  of  Holland, 
but  of  Hungary.  An  Hungarian  Tew  by  birth,  he 
had  thrown  off  nationnlity  and  religion,  and  be- 
came a  cosmopolitan.  Italy,  France.  England,  and 
America  were  equally  familiar  to  him,  and  in  the 
use  of  the  principal  modern  languages  he  was 
an  adept.  He  was  a  graduate  of  the  great 
medical  univprslty  in  Padua,  Italy,  and  in 
some  depsrtments  of  knowledge  his  Infor- 
mation was  really  great.  But  bis  mmd  was 
overshadowed  by  one  great  error,  and  this  rendered 
it  unsouhd  iu  everything.  In  his  early  youth  ha 
bad  been  extradited  for  complicity  In  a  plot  against 
the  Aastrisus.  When  in  Italy  he  was  hounded  by 
Austrian  spies,  and  only  escaped  imprisonment  by 
the  intervention  of  the  Italian  Government.  The 
dangers  which  he  had  eocoantered  affected  his 
mtnd,  and  ever  since  he  has  been  on  the  lookout  for 
Austrian  spies.  The  Idea  of  his  imoortance  as  a  po- 
litical intriguer  grew  upon  him.  Soon  he  believed 
that  the  Church  ot  Rome  was  on  bis  trail— the 
Pope,  he  s^aiJ.  had  issued  a  "  propaganda"  against 
him.  Haunted  by  these  fears,  which  were  terribly 
real  to  bim,  he  wandered  about  from  place  to  place, 
getting  a  meagre  livelihood  by  practicing  bis  pro- 
fession. He  protended  to  have  made  great  discov- 
eries in  the  healing  art,  and  confidently  believed  be 
could  conquer  small-pox  and  fevers  with  his  nos- 
trnms.  Possessing  some  literary  tnlent,  he  pub- 
lished in  France  a  long  noem  in  French,  entitled, 
"Visions  d' un  Pronhete  del' Emperear  Napoleon 
III.,"  a  most  remarkable  work,  dealing  with  the 
present  and  future  condition  of  Europe.  While 
here  be  was  continually  having  printed 
short  articles  on  a  single  leaf,  gener- 
slly  in  rhyme,  upon  political  afCiirs, 
and  more  than  once  he  bas  appeared  in  the  news- 
papers in  some  ostensibly  luarned  article  upon 
philology  or  politics  which  woald  puzzle  the  reader, 
for  the  oftener  it  was  read  the  less  connected  would 
its  thoughts  appear.  Pniloloiy  was  one  of  the 
Doctor's  pet  subjects.  He  arrogated  to  himself  all 
tbe  Knowledge  about  the  derivation  of  limguages, 
and  imuatiently  waived  aside  the  views  of  modem 
philologists  with  the  remark  that  they  were  all 
fools.  His  angry  comments  on  the  American  As- 
sociation tor  the  Advancement  of  Science,  when  it 
met  in  Hartford  a  few  years  ago,  were  intensely 
ludicrous  to  people  who  were  aware  ot  his  harmless 
mania. 

The  Doctor  was  continually  petitioning  Congress 
to  purchase  his  remedy  for  small-pox.  We  dare  say 
there  is  not  a  Federal  official  hereabouts  who  bas 
not  been  addressed,  iu  a  cramped  but  singularly 
neat  band,  to  Dress  bis  claims  before  the  Govern- 
ment. He  believed  t bit  sooner  or  later  he  would 
receive  a  million  dollars  for  his  remedy.  As  bis  ef- 
forts failed,  one  after  another,  ho  would  say  it  was 
through  tho  malign  influence  of  Austria  and  tbe 
Romiiib  Church.  He  vorily  believed  that  all  the 
powers  of  Church  and  Stato  wero  leagued  against 
him.  Of  the  Masimic  fraternity  lie  had  a  horrible 
dread.  The  Police,  too,  were  against  him,  because 
when  he  applleu  to  them  for  protectiuu  from  the 
spies  who  were  continually  on  his  track,  they 
laughed.  If  a  man  jostled  him  in  tho  street,  the 
Ductor  sot  him  down  as  an  Aostrian  spy.  So  great 
was  bis  fear  that  he  never  would  admit  any  one  to 
his  room,  fearing  bis  lite  ;  and  would  subsist  on  the 
plainest  food,  which  he  cuokeU  with  his  own  bands, 
foariog  poison.  Tho  importance  which  the  little 
old  man  airogaicd,  was  absurd  iudeed. 

The  D;)ctor's  livelihood  was  at  all  times  scanty, 
but  he  bad  a  liitie  practice  among  tienuan  families, 
and  could  live  upon  littiy  money.  His  idiosyncra- 
sies were  harmless,  and  formed  a  curious  study  for 
those  who  knew  iham.  Ho  was  ooe  of  the  most  pe- 
culiar characters  that  Hartford  ever  knew.  There 
was  much  that  wa.t  touching  in  tho  history  of  the 
lonely  old  man,  aud  which  led  a  few  to  humor  his 
eccentricities  and  befriend  him.  Whithur  be  has 
goue  is  a  mystery.  Probably  tb0  "spies  "  became 
too  numerous.  Tbe  boys  may  have  bothered  him 
with  snowballs — which  mischievous  prank  he  would 
at  once  have  attributed  to  Ausirain  malice — or  he 
may  have  been  jostled  more  than  usual  as  he  rushed 
along  the  streuut  iu  his  bluuduring,  near-sighted 
way.    At  any  rate  be  ia  missing. 


CREA'HNG  AN  EMPRESS. 


IRISH  ROMAN  CATHOLIC  UNIYERSITT. 
From  the  London  UtanJard.  Jan.  29. 

About  150  etudcDts  and  ex-etudcuts  of  the 

Irish  Komau  Catholic  '•  University, "  on  Friday  last, 
presented  an  address  to  Mr.  Batt,  M.  P.,  urging 
Dpon  him  tbe  exoediency  ot  securing  as  early  a  day 
as  possible  for  tbe  reintroductioo  of  bis  bill  in  the 
comiug  session  of  Parliament.  Mr.  Butt,  in  reply, 
said  the  Komau  Catholic  people  of  Ireland  had  a 
right  to  all  the  benefit  of  university  institutions, 
and  to  have  that  benefit  they  should  have 
institutions  framed  in  accordance  with  their  re- 
ligious convictions  and  ORsentially  Catholic  m 
their  charaoter.  He  urged  that  in  the  new  iustl- 
tuiions  which  they  dsmunded  the  education  should 
Ue  of  tbe  bighosc  class— as  high  as  that  provided  iu 
the  great  Euglish  universities,  or  in  the  Dublin 
University,  wnich  was  ou  a  level  with  either 
of  them.  Ho  believed  tbe  best  ptau  would 
be  to  unite  two  alstinct  colleges  in- 
to one  university  rather  than  have  two 
distinct  and  auparate  aniversicies.  Associations  had 
gathered  around  Trinity  College  which  belonged  to 
tbe  uaiioual  history,  and  which  oagbt  to  belong  to 
the  national  uuiversky,  and  it  would  be  long  before 
the  degrees  of  any  new  university  could  ooiaiu  tb» 
prestige  which  now  attached  te  those  of  the  Dub- 
lin University.  Tu  place  tho  Catholics  of  Ireland 
on  a  fo.itiug  of  equality  they  should  be  admitted 
in  tueir  separate  college  to  a  partnership  iu 
all  the  priceless  treasures  which  Trinity  Col- 
lege inherited  In  the  memories  of  its  great  meo. 
At:aiust  these  and  many  similar  considerations 
should  be  placed  the  diihculties  that  would  attend 
any  plan  or  uniiing  in  one  uoiveraity  two  colleges — 
soorcesof  antagouism  existing  between  Trinity  Col- 
lego  and  any  Catholic  institution.  He  was,  .how- 
ever, encouraged  to  make  the  attempt  by  finding 
tbat  the  plan  ot  {^second  college  had  met  with  tbe 
unanimous  approbation  of  the  Boman  Catholic  pre- 
lates. He  could  only  hope  10  suggest  tbe  general 
frame  work  01  sncu  a  measure,  sutject,  it  might 
be,  to  m&ny  olteratiooK  Mr.  liatt  then  poioted 
to  other  difficulties  with  which  they  had  to  contend 
in  connecti'-Q  with  tbe  pressure  of  business  of  Par- 
liament. Our  Dublin  correspondent  says  that  Mr. 
Butt's  evasive  reply  to  tbe  students  of  the  Catholic 
Uhivereity  wi.b  re«rect  to  bis  intentions  as  to  tbe 
introduction  of  bis  University  bill  during  the  ap- 
proaching session  is  suppoboii  to  be  accounted  fur 
by  some  change  of  trout  by  the  Koman  Catholic 
Bishops  upon  that  question.  The  abstention  of 
these  prelates  trom  auy  political  manifesto,  usually 
promulgated  by  them  at  this  period  of  the  year,  is 
the  subject  of  commou  remark. 


IHE  TURKISH  ARMY  IN  SERYIA. 
The  Cologne  Gazette,  Jan.  21),  publishes  an 
interesting  telegram  trom  its  special  correspondent 
at  Busisbuk.  as  follows:  "  A  tegular  concentration 
of  tbe  Turkish  forces  has  not  yet  taken  place.  I 
have  visited  all  places  of  Imporfance  witn  excep- 
tion of  bllisina,  and  am  in  a  position  to  give  you 
the  following  reliable  iuformation :  Tbe  total  of  the 
Turkish  Army  in  Servia  and  Bolgana  is  not  much 
more  tbau  luO.tjOO.  It  consists  of  133  battalions 
infantry,  seven  regiments  c.ivalry,  and  200  pieces 
ordnance ;  ot  these  about  40,000,  with  8u  cannon, 
are  quartered  in  Alexiuatz.  Djunis,  Niscb,  and 
Soda;  2,400  foot,  three  legimeuis  of  cavalry,  and 
nine  batteries,  are  encamped  near  Widdin,  7,000  in 
Bustshuk,  9,000  in  Varna,  6,000  in  Sllisiria,  and 
12.000  infanti'Y,  some  cavalry,  and  a  few  pieces  of 
ordnance  in  SLumla.  Tbe  general  elate  of  health  Is 
not  satisfactory,  and  the  Qeld  hospitals  are  full, 
owing  to  the  fearful  cold,  to  which. the  troops  are 
not  accustomed;   but  in  spue  uf  all  this  they  are  10 

excellent  spirits,  and  eager  to  marclT  against  Che 
enemy.  It  is  generslly  believed  here  that  hdstilitiea 
against  Servia  aud  Montenegro  are  to  tie  resumed 
at  the  expiration  of  tne  armistice,  and  that  ttus  will 
lead  to  a  declaration  ot  war  from  Kussia." 


BAOOAGE  CEEOKS  MADE  USEFUL. 
The  Philadelphia  Ledger  of  Tuesday  says : 
"  ^Brighton  &  Harris,  a  young  man,  recently  trom 
St  Lawrence  County,  New- York,  was  beard  yester- 
day before  Magistrate  £.  B.  Smith,  on  the  charge  of 
detrauding  hotel-keepers,  and  of  stealing  baggage 
checks  at  tbe  office  ot  the  Union  Transportation 
Company  in  this  city.  It  was  testified  tbat  defend- 
ant ciuno  to  Philadelphia  within  a  few  weeks,  and 
while  at  Schenck's  Station  made  tbe  acquaintance 
of  Bobert  Sanderson,  a  freight  agent,  and  bdo- 
ceeded  iu  obtaining  a  buuch  of  baggage  checks. 
Which  be  earned  cfl'.  Upon  arriving  in  this  city  bo 
went  to  the  Washington  House  and  engaged  board, 
giving  one  of  tbe  stolen  checks,  and  asking  to  have 
bis  baggage  sent  for.  After  remaining  at  the  hotel 
as  long  as  he  thought  was  safe  be  went  to  the 
Giratd  Hoiue  and  did  the  same  thing  as  he  bad 
done  at  the  Washington.  He  next  tried  tbe  Cou- 
tineotai,  then  La  Pierre,  then  tbe  St^  George  Hotel, 
and  tinaliy  the  Bingham  House,  where  tbe  arrest 
took  place.    When  he  had  run   out  of  baggajie 

cbecka  he  obtained  more   at    the  Union  Transporta- 
tion   Company's    offlcn,    find    some  of    ibeas     were 

fooad  ou  bim  when  arrested.    Me  irH_69flUBlU^ 


tAb  SOTAL  C£BEM0N,IE8  AT  DELHI. 

AN  IMPERIAL  CROWN  ON  TOP  OP  A  CHIMNEY 
—CASTING  PEARLS  BEFOBB  A  CUEI0U3 
PKOPLE — SiXrY-THBEB  RULING  PRINCES 
PRESENT— THE  RACES— THE  VICEROY 
NOT  UP  TO  8N0FF— SOLDIERS,  ELE- 
PHANTS, AND  WAR  CAMELS. 

The  correspondent  of  the  London  Standard 
writes  from  Delhi :  "  In  the  centre  of  tbe  arena 
was  ooDstrnoted  an  exceedingly  graceful  kiosk, 
spoiled  by  two  mist%ke8.  The  imperial  crown  rest- 
ing on  a  cushion  was  perched  on  the  top  of  what 
looked  like  a  tapering  obimney  of  zinc  or  leaden 
plates,  and  ac  a  slight  aistanca  gave  one  the  idea  of 
a  new  patent  auti-smoking  apparatus.  In  Mr. 
Kipling's  original  design  there  was  no  cushion,  and 
the  spire  oftbe  kiosk  descended  iu  graceful  slopes 
from  the  edge  of  the  crown,  and  harmony  was  pre- 
served throughout;  neither  is  he  answerable  for 
the  four  strings  of  trumpery  red,  white  and  blue 
pennants  stretching  fivm  the  apex  to  the  ground  in 
the  style  of  a  volunteer  f6te  or  provincial 
cricket  match.  The  gilt  railing  round  the  platform 
of  the  kiosk  looked  airy  and  bright  in  the  clear  sun- 
shine,  and  tbe  panels  beneath  were  exceedingly 
pretty,  being  decorated  with  the  imperial  crown 
between  the  letters  'V.  I.'  in  gold  applique  work 
upon  a  groundwork  of  green  leaves  in  needlework. 
A  silver  chair  of  state  was  placed  on  the  platform 
facing  the  amnbitheatre.  Behind  the  kiosk  bad 
been  eieoted  two  long  blocks  of  raised  seats,  form  - 
ing  a  semi-circle  intersected  by  a  broad  passage 
leading  from  the  plain  to  the  throne,  car- 
peted with  red  oloth  fringed  with  gold  lace- 
Eaoh  block  was  oalculated  to  hold  2.000 
spectators,  but  probably  not  more  tbau  3,000 
were  present  in  the  two  pavilions.  The  two 
front  rows  were  reserved  for  ladies,  whose  bright 
■dry  dresses  relieved  the  gloom  of  the  funereal  tail- 
coats, interspersed  though  they  were  with  military 
and  civil  uniforms.  The  real  point  of  attraotioa, 
however,  lay  on  the  opposite  side  of -the  areoa, 
where  the  ruling  Prince  and  tbe  chief  members  of 
the  British  Government  were  seated  in  a  semi-cir- 
cular amphitheatre  facing  the  kiosk.  Nothing  could 
be  more  picturesque  than  the  extraordinary  com- 
bination of  rich  colors  under  a  bright  sun  that  was 
here  presented  to  the  eye.  The  roof,  of  delicate 
blue  and  white  colors,  was  supported  by  99  gilt  pil- 
lars m  front  and  by  100  in  the  outer  line,  each  deco- 
rated with  fasces  of  banners  of  the  most  gorgeous 
hues,  surmounted  by  two  censors'  axes,  the  dread 
emblems  of  Justice.  Between  every  two  pillara 
there  gleamed  in  the  radiant  sunlight  the  nch  satin 
banners,  worked  with  heraldic  devices,  bestowed 
by  her  Majesty  upon  all  the  ruling  Princes,  and 
also  upon  the  Viceroy,  the  Governors  of  Madras 
and  Bombay,  the  Lieutenant  Governors  of  Bengal, 
tbe  North-western  Provinces,  and  the  Punjab,  and 
tbe  Commander  in  Chief.  These  banners  were 
green  for  Mohamedans — Bhawulporo  alone  choosing 
blue — aud  yellow  or  pink  for  Hindoos.  The  thickly 
bejeweled  headgear  and  costumes  of  the  great 
chiefs  blazed  resplendently  through  all  this  barbaric 
pomp,  aud  almost  fatigiied  the  eye  through  the 
absence  of  repose.  ■.  One  chieftain  remarked  to 
the  political  officer  who  was  showing  him  to  his 
B«at,  "  I  have  60.000  rupees'  worth  of  pearls  upon 
my  dress,  and  I  am  dropping  them  at  every  step  I 
take,  but  I  don't  care."  Tbe  Viceroy  waa,  as  usual, 
unpnnotual,  being  quite  half  an  hour  too  late,  and 
during  the  interval  tbe  ladies  walked  over  to  the 
other  side  to  see  India  in  all  its  glory.  The  Ehan 
ufKhelatalso  walked  along,  attentively  ecanniog 
each  chieftan  as  he  passed,  but  saying  never  a  word 
until  be  bad  gone  from  one  end  to  the  other,  when 
be  turned  to  his  companion  and  calmly  remarked, 
'  Sahib,  there  is  not  a  man  among  tbem.'  Being 
asked  at  the  conclusion  of  the  ceremony  if  be  had 
ever  seen  such  a  durbar  before,  he  auswered,  '  No  ; 
neither  have  you,  Sabib-Iogue ;  so  It  is  not  strange 
that  I  have  not.'  In  the  evening  he  was  present  at 
a  grand  reception  in  the  Viceroy's  tent,  aud  after 
gazing  for  a  while  with  evident  interest  upon  the 
brilliant  scene,  he  observed  :  '  The  women  of  your 
people  dress  themselves  in  their  owu  families  and 
among  friends,  but  undress  themselves  when  they 
go  into  public'  Tbe  young  Guikwar  oame  across 
to  the  spectators'  block — a  plain,  common- looking 
little  fellow,  glittering  all  over  with  diamonds,  a 
tempting  object  to  meet  in  a  dark  passage.  The 
Nepalese  tolKs  were  cohspicuous  for  their  emeralds 
—stones  of  immense  size,  as  large  as  almonds,  but 
lull  of  flaws  if  closely  examined.  The  Knvoy  Irom 
Siun  exhibited  himself,  this  time  in  a  sort  of  civil 
uniform,  with  yellowish  trousers,  that  looked  like  a 
monstrous  handkerchief  passed  between  bis  logs 
and  tucked  up  somewhere  behind,  bis  calves  en- 
cased in  tight  blue  hose.  A  naval  uniform  sudden- 
ly caught  the  eye,  aud  created  quite  a  sensation 
by  its  navelty.  It  turned  out  to  l>u  worn  by  Ad- 
miral Macdonald,  Commander  In  Chief  of  the  Indian 
Station.  Two  oistlnguiahed  strangers,  in  unknown 
uuilorms^wore  likewise  'spotted,'  who  proved  to 
be  Lord  julmain  aud  Lord  Broomo.  Another  T.  G. 
is  Visoant  Downe.  At  a  little  after  12:30  bis  Ex- 
cellency the  Viceroy,  accompanied  by  Lady  Lyt- 
ton,  alighted  from  his  carriage,  and,  passing  be- 
tween a  douole  hedge  of  British  soldiers,  as- 
cended the  steps  of  tbe  dais,  his  blue  mantle 
upheld  from  tbe  ground  by  two  pages, 
greatly  sdmired  by  tno  ladies.  Tbe  massed 
bands  played  a  grand  anthem,  tbe  heralds 
sounded  a  flourish  of  trnmoets,  and  the  vast  as- 
semblage remained  standing  until  the  Viceroy  took 
his  seat.  A  few  tiars  of  tbe  uaiional  anitaem  pre- 
luded the  reading  aloud  by  the  Chiel  Herald,  Ma- 
jor Barnes,  appropriately  arrayed  iu  a  tabard  val- 
ued at  £300,  of  a  proclamation  'Given  at  our  Court 
at  Windsor,  tbe  SiJtb  day  of  April,  1876,  In  the  39lh 
year  of  our  reign.'  This  document,  which 
merely  gave  force  to  the  act  of  Parliament  that 
enabled  her  Majesty  to  'make  au  addition  to  the 
Boyal  style  and  titles  appertaining  to  tho  Imperial 
Crown  of  tbe  United  Kingdom  and  Ite  dependen- 
cies,' was  translated  luto  Hindu  and  recited  by 
Mr.  Thornton,  OtUciating  Secretary  in  tbe  Foreign 
Cepartmeot,  bat  bis  voice  betrayed  bis  lingoistio 
aitttinments.  and  for  all  that  one  could  hear  he 
might  as  well  have  spoken  in  tbe  Syriac  tongue.  A 
salvo  of  artillery  was  then  fired  by  half  batteries — 
that  IS,  by  three  guns  as  one.  When  34  salvos  had 
been  fired  to  tbe  eastward,  the  infantry,  13.630  iu 
number,  drawn  up  in  two  linus,  extending  over  a 
mile  and  a  half,  fired  a  feu  de  joie  tbat  ran  from 
east  to  west  and  back  agaiu  w|th  extraordinary  ra- 
pidity and  precision.  The  effect  was  aston- 
ishing, as  tbe  elephants  attested  by  breaking 
loose  and  tearing  wildly  over  the  plain.  Fortunately, 
only  two  coolies  were  kilted,  though  three 
stampedes  took  place,  and  nnmbeis  of  people 
were  knocked  over.  The  batteries  to  the  west- 
ward then  took  up  tbe  tiring,  34  times,  succeeded 
by  another  /tu  de  joie,  tbe  fire  seeming  to  run 
along  the  line.  After  this  the  eastern  batteries 
completed  the  number  of  101,  or  rather  of  303  guos, 
and  a  third  crisp  rattle  and  roar  of  musketry 
terminated  the  gnnpowder  contribution  to  tbe 
efi'ectivenoss  of  the  display.  The  Boyal  Standard 
was  now  hoisted  and  tbe  massed  liiands  again 
Diayed  a  verse  of  the  mach-vexed  anthem.  That 
being  over,  tbe  Viceroy  advanced  to  the  front  of 
the  canopied  dais,  and  m  quite  itiaudi.le 
tones  read  the  speech,  which  is  already 
familiar  to  tbe  British  public.  It  is  to  be  re- 
gretted that  his  Ezceliency  did  not  defer  to  the 
superior  experience  of  his  many  able  alvisers  in 
omitting  somewhat  of  his  excessively  deferential 
demeanor,  which  is  sure  to  be  wrongly  interpreted 
by  the  people  of  this  country.  Lord  Dalhousie 
in  publlo  boro  himaeif  aa  tho  representative  of  tbe 
majesty  of  England,  and  accepted  the  reverential 
salutations  of  tbe  greatest  chiefs  aa  addressed,  not 
to  bimself  individually,  bat  to  the  mighty  sovereign 
whom  for  the  moment  be  personated.  Lord  Lyttun, 
however,  forget*  that  ho  Is  not  himself,  and 
sets  from  bis  own  sense  of  personal  courtesy 
toward  equals.  This  is  a  great  mistake  in 
India,  especially  ou  occasions  of  great  pnn- 
lic  import.  The  chiefs  saw  before  tbem  the 
peraoniflcacion  ot  tue  paramount  power ;  tbe 
Viceroy  saw  in  himself  only  Lord  Lytton,  Baron ' 
Knabworth.  Tbe  matter  is  by  no  means  so  trivial 
as  may  seem  to  an  uutiaveled  Englishman,  and  the 
error  is  the  more  to  be  regretted  because  there  can 
bo  no  question  of  Lsrd  Lytton's  earnest  desire  10 
act  for  the  best  in  all  things,  upholdiug  the  dignity 
of  tbe  British  crown,  while  encouraging  and  assist- 
ing the    people   of  the   country   to    attain   a  much 

higher  mural  and  social  status.  His  speech,  agaiu, 
was  too  long,  though  otherwise  it  would  he  only  a 
captious  critic  who  would  care  to  pick  out  a 
possible  fl.aw  here  and  there.  Nothing  but 
praise,  however,  is  given  lo  the  passages  .ad- 
dressed to  the  native  anbjecta  of  the  Em- 
gress  of  India.  Whatever  dreams  they  may 
■ve  cherished  of  suddenly  obtaining  a  prominent 
share  in  the  administration,  to  the  prejudice  of  the 
old  covenanted  servants  uf  the  crown,  have  been 
BeDtl.v  dissipated  by  words  full  of  lostice  and 
wisdom.  They  have  been  plainly  told  tbat  the 
supreme  superrision  must  remain  in  the  hands  of 
British  otUcers  regularly  traloed  to  the  work. 
Tbey  are  also  warned  that  intellectual  ability  Is  not 
the  only,  or  the  highest,  quality  demsnued  of  a 
public  servant.  Ther  are  bidden  to  aim  at  the 
'  bigbest  standard  of  public  virtue,  which  oom- 
pnsea  loyalty,  inoorrapubility,  impartiality,  truth, 
and  courage.'  So  soon  as  they  have  qualified 
themselves  for  posts  of  high  trust  and  responsi- 
bility then  they  may  properly  and  irresistibly  put 
fortb  their  claims  to  'a  share  in  the  administration 
of  the  country. 

At  the  coDclnsion  of  the  Viceroy's  address,  tbe 
national  autbem  once  more  greeted  tne  ear,  fol- 
lowed by  three  cheers  that  were  cartalnly  not  en- 
thufliastic.  Cheering  is  not  yet  a  native  accomolisb- 
ment,  and  the  Europeans  generally  had  not  then 
made  no  their  minds  whether  or  not  tha  assem- 
blage was  to  be  a  success  or  a  failure.  The  troops, 
again,  had  been  under  arms  tor  four  hours,  with- 
out other  refreshment  than  a  little  water, 
aud  tinder  a  son  -far  too  hot  to  he  agree- 
able. The  Viceroy  waa  theu  about  to  dis- 
solve the  assemblage,  when  Scindia  rose 
to  hi*  feet  and  excuimctl,  *  Padshah,  Sbah-en-Shah, 
be  happy.'  In  a  few  mure  vigoioua  phrases  hia 
Highness  wished^er  Majesty  every  blessing  fiom 
ou  high,  and  expressed  his  own  Inv  lolable  loyalty. 
The  begum  of  Bbopal  then  said  a  few  loyal  worus, 
aod  waa  followed  by  Sir  Salar  Jung  on  behalf 
of    the  Nlaam.      The    Maharttjah    of  Jyepore  also 

attested  his  inviolable, attachment  to.the  Bntisb 
Govemmeot,  as  did  likewise  the  Mabariyah  ot 
Cashmere.  Xhe  aksemblage  waa  after  that,  declared 
10  be  dissolved,  ana  tbe  Viceroy  took  bis  leave  with 


been  intended  tluit  tbe  trooiw  sboiild  march  put  the 
throne,  bqtto  save  time  and,  to  them,  nnnecessary 
fatigue,  it  WAS  snliaequentiv  resolved  tbat  tbey 
should  not  be  required  to  go  through  with  tbat 
duty.  There  were  in  all  63  ruling  Princes  present 
on  tnls  occasion,  and  the  money  valne  of  tbelr  oater 
man  must  have  been  enormous.  The  stampede  toward 
Delhi  gave  ono  a  capital  idea  of  the  appearance  of 
A  native  array  in  tbe  olden  time  when  in  full  retrenf. 
The  elephants  were  scattered  all  over  tihb  ji^io, 
shuffling  Along  like  old  men  with  their  trowsers 
down  to  tbelr  heels  and  slippers  a  world  too  Utrge. 
Camels  were  shambling  away  witii  tbeir  long, 
slonohing  gait,  while  tho  native  horsemen  gal'aiped 
to  and  fro  in  all  directioaa,  showing  off  tbeir  four< 
de  manige,  and  ever  and  again  startling  the  multi- 
tude with  an  ominous  tap  ou  their  Marattb« 
kettledrums.  Tbe  main  road  was  guarded  by  na- 
tive Police  on  foot  and  on  horseback,  drawn  from 
all  parts  of  British  India,  and  it  says  a  great  deal 
for  tbe  orderly  habits  of  the  people  tbat  no  quarrels  , 
or  disturbances  arose  that  livelong  day  amid 
that  vast  sarglog  multitude.  Nay,  more  than  this, 
although  it  was  well  known  to  tbe  criminal  pooula- 
tiun  tbat  tbe  most  formidable  of  their  natural  ene- 
mies were  concentrated  at  Delhi,  tbey  seem  to  have 
been  restrained  oy  a  ser  se  of  honor  from  taking  ad- 
vantage of  such  a  unique  opportunity.  The  same 
phepomeuon  was  observed  at  the  time  of  the  Prince 
of  Wales'  visit. 

In  the  evening  the  Viceroy  entertained  tbe  Gov- 
ernors aod  Lieutenant  Governors  at  a  grand  ban- 
quet in  tbe  Durbar  tent.  In  proposiag  '  The  Uealih 
of  her  Mhjesty,  tbe  Qiieen  Emoress,'  hia  Excellency 
made  a  speech  in  aeepin^  with  tbe  occasioo,  but 
which  possessed  no  points  of  special  interest  f^r 
general  readers.  Far  more  attention  bas  been  paid 
to  the  Gazette  Extraordinary  which  was  issued  on 
the  Ist  January,  and  which  must  have  beep  in  type 
some  days  beloie,  Tbe  salute  for  her  Majesty  in 
India  is  now  101  gnus,  and  for  the  Viceroy  31. 
While  the  old  salutes  for  chiefsbips  remain  uu- 
cbanged,  additional  personal  saiutes  have  been 
granted  to  certain  native  rulers. 

Many  miner  personages  have  likewise  been  dis- 
tinguished with  various  affixes,  all  pnrponing 
something  as  acceptable  as  the  Legion  ot  Honor  Ih 
a  Freneix  bourgeoU.  Nor  have  the  "  poor  debtors" 
been  overlooked,  tbe  State  undertaking  to  pay  the 
debts  (if  all  persons  confined  for  sums  not  ekceed- 
mg  100  rapees.  Several  political  ofieuders  have 
been  discharged,  and  671  well-conducted  convicts 
nave  been  set  free.  In  alt  15,983  pris- 
oners have  left  tiie  gaol  before  tbe  ex- 
piration   of     tbeir      sentence.      The     luscnption 

'■  Victoria  Empress"  is  substituted  for  "  Victoria 
Queen'  on  the  coinage  of  the  realm,  and  notaUlo  ad- 
ditions have  been  made  to  the  pay  of  subordinates 
and  Jomadais  in  tbe  Governor  General's  bodyguard, 
the  Madras  Cavalry,  tae  bodv  guard  of  tbe  Gov 
eruors  of  Bombay,  Ihe  Bombay  Cavalry,  including 
the  Scinde  Horse;  the  artillery  and  tbe  lDf;«ntr.y  ot 
the  three  Presidencies  and  Punjaub  frontier  furce, 
the  sappers  aud  miners.  In  couclusiou,  a  day's  pay 
was  given  to  every  non-commissioned  officer  and 
private  other  Majesty's  Army  In  luoia,  or  of  tho 
volunteer  force  actually  at  tbe  Imperial  assemblage 
— ihe  same  liberality  being  showu  to  her  Majesty's 
Navy  serviDg  in  the  Indian  seas. 
-   On  Tuesday,  the  2d  day  of  January,  bia    Excel- 

ency  attended  the  races,  which  wero  fairly  good. 
Oue  of  the  stone  fences  tor  the  steeplechases  had, 
however,  been  made  too  formidable,  and  two  uffioere 
came  to  serious  gnef,  one  uf  them,  Capt.  Mailetr, 
being  picked  up  insensible.  He  was  eventually 
brought  round  and  could  hardly  be  restrained  trom 
riding  again  on  tbe  follow lu,;  Thursday.  Hia  com- 
panion in  misfortune,  Capt.  Atkinaua,  bas  also 
recovered  from  the  first  effects  of  the  fall.  Tha 
Empress'  Cuu  was  wou  by  the  Matiaraja  of  Joah- 
pore,  10  the  satisfaction  of  every  ono,  the  hope 
being  commonly  expressed  tbat  a  native 
chief  might  carry  ott'  tho  covotod  prize  in 
return  for  their  great  liberality  iu  snbscriu- 
ing  large  sums  to  the  race  fund.  In  the 
evening  his  Excellency  entertained  the  Governor 
of  Bombay,  and  delivered  a  complimentary  speech 
in  proposing  the  health  of  his  dlstiniiuished  guest. 
Sir  Philip  Wodebonse  replied  m  suitable  terms, 
claiming  to  be  the  father  of  the  Indian  Civil  Service, 
as  he  oame  out  to  this  country  in  1829  as  a  writer. 
By  tbe  way,  I  have  omitted  an  iucident  that  oc- 
curred at  the  races,  trivia:  lu  Itself,  out  significant 
of  the  humanizing  influence  of  British  rule.  Major 
Henderson,  observing  that  the  M.ihai'aja  of  Douia- 
pore  was  sitting  in  the  sun,  asked  his  Highness  if 
be  Would  not  like  to  change  bia  seat.  *  J!Co, 
thanks,'  said  tbe  other,  in  excellent  Eaglish, 
'I  am  sitting  here  with  my  fneuds.'  Ou  eitiier 
side  were  the  liaja  of  Bewah  aud  tbe  Nawab  of 
Bhawulpore,  a  Hindoo  aud  a  Mahommedau,  and  all 
three  were  conversing  iu  English.  The  garner  and 
athletic  sports  on  VVedaesday  aod  the  racej  ou 
Toursday  may  be  dismissed  with  the  brief  remark 
that  these  pastimes  were  honored  with  tbe  presence 
of  the  Viceroy  and  Lady  Lytton,  ana  ot  a  large 
assemblage  of  camp  re.ddeuts.  Iu  the  evening  his 
Grace  tbe  Goveruur  of  Madras  waa  enteriaiued 
at  a  grand  bauqnet.  but  it  was  noticed 
tbat  tbe  only  toast  proposed  was  to  tbe  health  of 
her  Majesty  tbe  Queen  Empress.  On  tbe  previous 
eveniug  great  piaise  hau  been  lenaerea  to  Sir 
P.  Wod?huU6e  for  tbe  vigorous  aad  efiicient  manner 
in  which  he  had  dealt  wub  the  lamiue  lu  the  West- 
ern Presidency.  No  such  eulogy  could  be  bestowed 
upon  the  Madras  GuverDmem,  woieu  has  muui- 
Icsted  the  most  culpable  negligence  even  uo  to  the 
pp.seot  time.  No  speech  was  accjrdingly  madu, 
aud  this  moruing  it  bas  been  publicly  notified  thai 
Sir  Kichatd  Temple b.is  been  specially  delegated  by 
the  GoTerumeuC  of  India  to  supervise  the  relief 
measutes  in  tne  Madras  Presidency,  and  that  &ir 
Bichard  will  siart  to-morrow  for  the  scene  of  his 
new  labors.  He  is  certainly  the  right  mau  for  au 
emergency  of  this  kind,  aud  will  do  all  tuai  can 
humanly  ue  done  lo  save  life  and  mitigate  suffering. 
The  most  interesting  incidents  in  couneciiou  with 
Thursday's  proccouings  took  place  in  the  Dunbar 
tent  while  his  Ezceliency  received  the  Idrewell 
visits  of  the  princes  and  chiefs.  While  waiting  in 
the  outer  drawiug-room  for  their  turn  the  three  boy 
princes,  the  Nizam,  the  Gaekwar,  aud  the  Mahar- 
aja of  Mysore,  sac  side  by  side  on  tbe  same  sola, 
talking  to  one  another  freely  and  unafiectedly. 
Had  such  an  event  happened  in  Indian  history  it 
would  have  been  the  prelude  to  some  great  act  of 
tredchery  and  massacie,  or  tbe  public  avowal  uf  an 
alliance  for  aggressive  purposes.      To  every   ohiet 

the  Yiceruy  presonied  a  sabre  la  a  magnifi- 
cent wooden  case,  a  photograph  of  himself 
In  an  elegant  gilt  frame,  anu  a  sumptuously 
bound  copy  of  one  or  another  of  his  father's  works. 
Such  as  had  not  yet  received  a  gold  modal  were  con- 
soled with  a  silver  one  suspended  trom  a  red  ribbon. 
It  was  almost  affecting  to  see  the  delight  of  the 
minor  personages  on  receiviug  these  marks  of  per- 
sonal esteem.  Many  of  tnem  took  uo  paios  to  con- 
ceal the  pleasuie  tbey  felt.  Tbey  smiied  all  over, 
their  eyes  brightened,  again  and  again  they  raised 
the  present  to  their  foreheads,  aud  coulu  hardly 
bo  got  to  leave  tbe  presence.  They  were  ail 
enthusiastic  In  speaking  of  the  kind  and 
cordial  manner  in  which  tbey  had  been  treated, 
and  continually  assured  his  Excellency  of 
their  attachment  to  tbe  Qieen — tor  it  was 
always  tbe  Queeu  they  mentioned.  'The  Khan  uf 
Kbeiat  seemed  to  thiuk  it  was  rather  a  good  Joke 
when  Lord  Lytton  asked  tor  a  pinch  ol  snuff  from 
bin  box  ;  but  M^or  Sandemau  wisely  forebore  from 
translating  the  whole  of  his  Excellency's  piomise  to 
Send  the  Khan  some  Irish  snulf  tbat  was  much 
t>etter  than  his  own.  It  Is  unuu  each  apparently 
iusignficint  blunders  tbat  a  new-comer  is  sure  te 
wake  shipwreck.  Tbe  Shan  would  have  been 
horribly  offended  had  be  lieurd  the  words  lu  dis- 
paragement of  his  own  sou^  aud  would  nave 
rejected  with  contempt  tbe  rapparee  that  had  been 
promised  him.  The  Viceroy  sh..uld  take  lessons 
in  salaaming,  but  he  needs  no  teaching  in 
the  art  of  winuing  tbe  confidence  aud  love 
of  cbildreu.  The  little  fellows  who  hud  previously 
been  presented  to  his  Excellency  stepped  up  to  tbe 
throne  without  the  slightest  basofulness  and  shook 
bauds  with  tbe  Viceroy  as  with  au  old  friend. 
'Good  evening,  Sir,'  thoy  piped  iu  their  sDnil 
treble  as  they  came  in;  'Good-bye,  Sir,'  as  they 
went  out.  In  the  interval  they  feanessly  answered 
any  question  he  put  to  them,  and  seemed  fund  ot 
being  noticed.  All  this  may  bear  good  fruit  here- 
after, but  it  Is  a  hazardous  experiment,  and  ooe  tbat 
is  watched  hv  old  Indians  witn  many  misgivings. 
The  older  chiefs  are  said  to  dislike  Lord  Lyt- 
ton's extreme  affability.  It  is  a  stylo  of  address  to 
which  they  are  not  accustomed,  aud  which  they 
have  never  iHjtore  witnessed.  Consequently  thby 
distrust  it,  and  fancy  that  it  covers  some  woudertul 
wiles  altogether  to  their  pr^udice.  Aa  10  Lord 
Lytton's  earnestness  and  sincerity  there  can  be  uo 
qoesuou  whatever.  He  is  an  amiable,  upright 
man,  aud  hard-working  as  far  as  his  piiysiquo  will 
permit.'  But  is  boa  statesman?  Time  aioue  can 
toll.  Among  his  other  labors  on  Thursday  bis  Ex- 
cellency presided  at  a  meeting  of  his  Council,  lu 
Which  several  native  chiefs  were  invited,  for  the 
purpose  of  considering  the  present  condition 
aud  Intute  prospects  uf  tbe  Mayo  Col- 
lege. 'This  is  an  admirable  insiituiion,  after 
the  manner  of  Eton,  at  which  the  sous 
of  Indian  nobles  may  receive  au  excel- 
lent eoucation,  besides  Rojuyiug  the  advantage 
of  becoming  fccquaiu ted  with  cue  auutber,  aud  of 
J 'lining  together  iu  many  sports  and  pastimes. 
Ajmere  waa  selected  as  the  locality  of  this 
codege,  wbiob  derives  its  name  from  ius  founder 
and  warm-hearted  patron,  tbe  late  Lord  Mayo.  Ac 
this  meeting  the  Maharajsoi  Udaipur  requested  pur- 
mission  to  present  tbe  college  with  a  pair  of  iron 
gates,  and  the  generous  ofler  was  gratefully  ac- 
cepted. The  Mhow  chieftain  spoke  in  tue  highest 
terms  of  the  training  he  himself  had  received  at 
this  college,  and  the  Bajah  ot  Nisheugarh  ex- 
pressed himself  much  pleased  with  the  res- 
olution tbat  an  annual  report  should  oe  puo- 
lisbed.  Lord  Lytton  displayed  so  much  interebt  iu 
the  welfare  of  this  institution,  wnoae  Principal, 
Major  Su  John,  is  universally  admitted  to  be  equul 
tO'bis  most  responsible  duty,  that  tbe  chiefs  .who 
were  present  at  the  meeting  alluded  to  it  atterwatd 
with  evident  gratification.  The  da.y  terminated  fur 
spectators  with  a  fine  display  of  fireworks  between 
the  fort  aud  the  Jumma  Musjid.  The  illuminstioa 
of  some  of  the  narrower  streets  was,  however,  far 
more  notioeable  than  tbe  pyrotechnic  exhibition. 
The  mateiials  were  of  tbe  simplest  possible  charac- 
ter. A  wick  floating  in  a  little  cocoanut-oil,  con- 
tained in  a  amall  shallow  earibeu  saucer  consti- 
tutes the  means  unto  a  most  brilliant  effect.  These 
tiny  tongues  of  flame  light  up  every  lino  of  the 
queer,  anaiot  old  buildings  irom  the  base  to  tbe 
roof','  throwing  out  the  carved  balconies  and  galleries 
into  clear  reiief.  Aloug  the  Chandui  Chituk  Chi- 
nese ISBterns  ot  a  dull  red  coior  were  suspeuued 
from  the  tress,  and  at  a  little  distance  looked  like 
blood-oranges.  The  railway  station,  the  Delhi  In- 
stitute, tbe  Jumma  MusJid,  an'd  other  public  build- 
ings weie  all  ablaze  with  lines  of  the  atiove-descnbed 
saucer  lights,  but,  after  all,  nothing  was  more 
worthy  of  admiration  tbau  tbe  orderly,  deferential 
demeanor  of  the  people,  forbearing  toward  oue 
another  as  well  as  respectful  to  the  Sahib-loi:ue. 
'Their  exciamadous  of  deligat  when  anything  par- 
ticularly effective  was  displayed  were  pleasant  to 
bear.  It  waa  a  sort  ot  draw-in  sob — a  long-pro- 
tracted a — h  I  Their  curiously  blended  tnrbaus  and 
costumes  aa-tbe  '  booquets  lighted  np  the  fist 
roofs  of  the  houses  on  which  they  were  squatted  in 
tbeir  thousands  had  a  most  acrange  and  tnoroaguiy 
Oriental  appearance. 

The  Imperial  aasemblflge  reached  its  colmina- 
tioD  this  tortooou  iu  a  review  tbat  will  not  easily 
be  forgotten  by  thoas  who  were  nrenent  at  It.     It 


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iretalhera,  elephants,  and  war  camels  of  tbe  rmUnir 
Priaoe*.  If  an  opinion  may' be  formed  ttom  tbe 
snrclmena  presented  for  '  tbe  inspectioii  of  tbe 
Viceroy,  there  is  nothing  to  be  feared  from 
any  possible  oombiuation  of  native  Princes  in 
filr  fight.  There  was  nothing  that  oonid  have 
withstood  the  charge  of  »  single  European  reg- 
iment, horse  or  foot.  There  seemed  to  be  no  idea 
of  Marching  iu  line  or  even  of  keeping  step. 
Some  corps  were  dressed  iu  Mephlstophelisu  gat- 
fiseuts ;  others  w^jre  saf&on  from  sandal  to  cap ; 
others  were  dinxy;  others,  again,  .of  a  dirty  white. 
Tbeir  arms  wmre  as  diagluvlar  aa  their  unifbrms. 
Here  and  there  appeared  a  trooper  in  a  queer  sort 
of  cuirass,  mounted  on  a  half-starved  pony.  There 
prsneed  an  individuoi  with  bis  body  encased  in  m 
metallic  chimney-pot.  By  bis  side,  perhaps,  rode 
an  indtviduiil  with  a  small  targe  strapped  to  his 
back,  and  a  round  steel  cap  on  his  head.  Some  of  the 
regular  cavalry,  however,  were  splendidly  mounted, 
«ut  the  elephants,  with  their  magnificent  bowdabs 
and  hoMinga,  were  the  great  attraciionof  the  day. 
Many  ot  them  were  pamtod  blue  or  yellow  era 
mixture  8t  colors.  A  lew  wore  solid  rings  of  gold 
rouud  their  ankles,  and  most  of  thea  bad  golden 
ornaments  attached  to  their  enormous  tusks.  Iu 
me  case  the  tusks  suppurtted  rose-colored  lamp- 
glasses.  As  they  approached  the  Viceroy  tbey 
saluted  by  trumpetiug.  a  few  waving  a  dirty  dotb. 
The  LUQ-camcU  looked  serviceable  aniioala,  but 
They  are  not  really  of  much  use,  as  they  break 
down  among  mountains.  This  processio'u  lasted 
fuily  two  nours,  under  a  hot  sun,  quite  30,000  meu 
and  beasts  marching  past.  By  some  strange  over- 
sight tbe  Boyal  Standard  bad  lieeu  forgotten,  and 
consequen.ly  tbe  tRrbarians  went  past  a  tall  pole 
surmount  d  hv  an  imperial  cniwn,  reminding  one  of 
the  Oessler's  hat  in  "  William  Tell."  After  a 
while  a  Union  Jack  norio  a  white  ground  was  dis- 
covert-d  and  ran  up,  when  samebody  discovered 
that  it  was  upside  dowu.  Eventaally  tbat  little 
matter  was  put  to  rights,  bciudla  left  early,  but 
his  health  mignt  be  the  reason  of  bis  not  stopping 
to  witness  the  grand  and  overwhelming  display  of 
British  power,  when  the  six  batteries  of  Boyal 
Artillery  marched  slowly  past.  The  Viceroy  sat 
tbrougboHt  ou  buiseback,  with  many  of  tbe  native 
chiefs  by  his  side,  the  others  being  accommodated 
in  a  grand  stand.  There  were  in  all  about  14.000 
regular  troops  in  the  background,  and  which  pres- 
ently effaced  all  memory  uf  the  unsubstantial  itui- 
tatiioi  of  war  at  which  men  baa  been  wearily 
gnzing.  The  iOth,  the  11th,  and  tbe  15th  Hussars 
were  in  splendid  condition,  as  were  also  the  ia- 
fentry  rugiments,  the  l-6Lb,  the  39th,  the  S9i.h,  the 
63d,  the  '>2-60ih  JKifies,  and  eapeciallv  .the  92il 
Highlanders.  Among  t«ie  native  trooos  the 
Gookiias  were  cofispicuous,  but  tbe  cavalry  disap- 
pointed everybody.  The  8ena«>  of  irresistible  might 
aa  the  solid  walls  of  British  infantry  swept  rapitily 
l^st  appeared  to  make  a  great  impression  upon  the 
natives.  The  Viceroy,  at  tbe  conclusion,  rode  np  to 
the  Cotgmaoder  in  Chief  aud  complimented  him  on 
tbe  splendid  aud  effective  body  of  meu  be  bati 
brought  together,  aud  then  all  hurried  back  to 
camp  OS  fast  as  the  crowd  would  permit.  His  Ex- 
cellency leaves  to-night  for  Patt^ala,  to  invest  the 
yotmg  Prince' with  the  insignia  of  guofi  royalty, 
and  thence  proceeds  to  Allygurb  to  lay  the  founda- 
tion stone  ot  a  Mohammedan  college.^nd  expects 
to  reach  Calcutta  next  Saturday.  To-murtow  the 
camp  will  be  broken  np,  and  by  the  8ib  nothing 
will  remain  to  mark  lis  xite  except  tho  fine  sauded 
fioor  of  the  tents,  the  broken-down  chimneys,  and 
tbe  green  and  white  bricks  that  marked  out  tbe 
pathway."  

THE  MIXNESOTa  RAILROAD  BONDS. 
The  St.  Paul  (Minn.)  Pioneer-Presa  ot  the 
10th  inst.  says:  "Oue  of  the  most  significant  signs 
ot  tbe  times  is  the  complete  revolution  iu  public 
sentiment  which  bas  taken  place  in  regard  to  the 
obligation  of  the  State  to  pay  the  Minnesota  State 
railroad  bunds.  This  is  due  partly  to  the  full  aud 
exhaustive  discuasion  which  tbeqiieatiou  baa  bad 
in  tbe  past  few  years,  and  partly  tu  theadjuaioa- 
tlon  ot  all  the  essential  questions  at  issue  by  the 
United  States  Circuit  and  Supreme  Courts.  Bafora 
the  courts  of  last  resort  had  swept  away  all  the  pre- 
texts on  which  tbe  demagogues  had  attempted  to 
snstaia  thnir  position  tbat  tue  State  was  nailer  no 
legal  or  equitable  obligation  to  pay  their  bonds,  it 
was  rasy  fcr  the  latter  to  obtain  tha  ear  of 
tbe  people,  aud  to  give  to  tbeir  hollow  and  specious 
appeals  to  popular  selfishness,  prejudice  and  jeal- 
ousy, the  appearauce  of  being  dictated  by  a  virtu- 
ous regard  for  tue  public  interests.  But'  tne  deci- 
sions of  the  bighest  courts  b^ve  stamped  all  these 
preiexta  for  evading  tbe  discbarge  of  a  sacred  con- 
stitutional obligation  a.s  dishonest  subtenuges  ;  and 
the  solemn  judgment  of  the  Suoreme  Court  of  tho 
United  States  that  the  State  is  bound  by  every 
priuciple  of  law,  equity,  good  faith,  and  public 
morality,  to  pay  theso  bonds,  leave  uo  room  for  ar- 
gument, DO  standing-room  lor  opposition  and  00 
aUernattvo  but  payment  or  the  foul  diahooor  of  fid- 
grant,  luexcnsHUle  and  deliberate  repu- 
diation. The  petition  of  Selah  Cham- 
berlain, who  holds  a  largo  part  of  these  bonds, 
ofiuiiag,  in  view  of  bis  deciiuing  years  and  tbe 
necessity  of  au  early  settlement  ot  hia  estate,  to  com- 
promise witn  ihe  State  by  throwing  off  what  would 
be  equivalent  to  nearly  three  millions  of  the  inter- 
est une  by  tho  State  uu  tbe  woole  issae,  and  to  take 
new  thirty -year  Oonds  at  6  oer  ceut.  interest  In  pay- 
ment, bas  revived  tan  discussion,  and,  so  far  as  we 
Can  learn,  is  favorably  received  all  over  the  State 
and  iu  tho  Legislature.  Tuere  ia  now  no  disposi- 
tion in  any  quarter,  wiih  a  few  individuul  excep- 
tions, to  oppose  the  payment  of  the  bonds,  aud  as 
the  Sta'x;  is  uuquestionabiy  bouud  to  (^ay  the 
whole  sum.  priucipal  and  interest,  there  is 
a  general  dispositiun  to  accept  Mr.  Chamber- 
lain's propositiou  as  a  basis  of  setdemeut  of 
the  entile  uebc.  The  only  quesiions  now  considered 
are  those  which  relate  to  tbe  character  of  the  legis- 
lation necessary  to  provide  for  the  payment  of  the 
bonds  ou  ihcLe  or  substantially  similar  terms.  The 
whole  difficulty  arises  out  of  ihe  consiitniional 
amendment  adopted  iu  the  heat  of  popular  rage  in 
IStiO  declaiing  that  no  law  levying  a  tax  or  making 
any  provision  for  the  payment  of  these  bonds  should 

take  effect  until  submitted  to  iho  peopla  aod 
adopted  Dy  a  majority  of  the  -voters.  There  is  no 
question  toa^this  amendment  is  in  violation  of  the 
Uonstiiutiou  of  the  Uuited  States,  and  therefore 
void,  because  it  impairs  tbe  Ooliga tlon  of  tha  con- 
tract between  tbe  btate  and  the  bondholders.'" 


LAW  REPORTS. 

SUIT  AGAINST  A  CANAL  COMPaNT. 
AN  ORDEB  AQAINST  THB  DKLA.WAJEIE  AND 
BtTDSON  CANAL  COMPANY  TO  SHOW 
CAUSE  WHT  A  BECEIVER  SHOULD  NOT 
BIB  APPOINTED  VACATED  BY  JDDOE  DOK- 
OHUE. 

It  was  rumored  in  W^ll  street  on  Friday  af- 
ternoon and  yesterday  morning  that  preliminary 
steps  had  been  taken  for  the  institution  of  a  suit 
a^nst  tbe  Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal  Company, 
to  wind  np  its  bnsiness  ana  obtain  tbe  appointment 
of  a  Beoeiver.  It  was  ascertained  by  the  officers  of 
the  company  yesterday,  thoneh*no  notice  had  been 
served  upon  them,  that  an  erder  to  show  cause  why 
a  Eeceiver  should  not  be  appointed  had  been 
granted  on  Friday  by  Jndge  Donobae  in  a  suit 
brought  by  Henry  B.  Anderson  against  the  com- 
pany. Tbe  officiers  immediately  consulted  with 
their  counsel,  Messrs.  Evarts,  Sonthmayd  St, 
Choate,  and  Messrs  Cheats  and  Tweed,  members  of 
the  firm,  went  qnickly  betore  Jndge  Donobne,  who 
was  sitting  in  Supreme  Court.  Chambers,  and  asked 
him  to  vacate  the  order,  on  the  ground  that  tbe 
eight  days'  notice  reqoired  by  the  iaw  vf  1870  had 
not  been  given  to  the  company.  Jndge  Djoobnc 
said  that  he  had  00  recollectiou  of  having  granted 
snch  an  order,  and  directed  that  Mr.  Ed- 
ward F.  Brown,  the  attorney  for  plain- 
tiff should  be  required  to  appear  in 
court.  Mr.  Brown  came,  and  said  be  bad  obtained 
Che  order  on  papers  setting  forth  tbat  hts  client  was 
a  atocknolder  of  the  company,  ownlog  100  shares  oi 
Mock,  and  was  desirous  of  preventing  the  company 
from  issuing  bonds  to  pay  its  fl  laiing  debt, 
on  the  ground  that  such  issuance  would 
be  detrimental  to  tbe  stockholders,  and  re- 
citing that  if  the  company's  assets  were  estimated 
at  DO  more  than  their  real  value  it  would 
be  shown  to  be  insolvent  The  order  to  show 
cause  was  in  comolianoe  with  the  statute,  he 
thought,  as  it  was  not  made  rei«irnable  until  Satur- 
day, the  34th  inst.,  thus  giving  substantir.lly  the 
eight  days'  notice  required  by  law,  as  he  Was  abifac 
to  serve  the  order  and  copies  of  the  papers  conneot- 
ed  with  it  at  the  time  he  received  notice  to  appear 
in  court  Judge  Donobue  concluded  to  vacate  the 
order,  leaving  ptaintiff's  couusal  to  serve  notice  of 
an  application  f^r  the  relief  souiiht  in  tbe  order,  if 
be  felt  so  disposed,  and  he  made  the  following  order 
vacating  tbe  one  obtained : 

'<  An  order  having  been  made  by  me  in  the  above  en- 
titled action  on  the  lOthday  of  February  ia3t.»iit,  re- 
quinng  ihe  defendants  to  show  cause  on  Vondav  ihe 
aath  of  February,  1677,  why  <  Receiver  of  its  p  -op-r- 
ty  should  not  be  appointed,  and  for  such  other  or  fur- 
ther orders  as  by  said  order  to  show  cause  appears, 
and  it  appeariug  that  the  same  was  inadvertently 
granted,  now,  on  motion  of  Kvarta.  Sonthmayd  & 
Choate,  appearing  for  tho  defend  >nts,  the  plaintiff 
making  no  opposition,  I  do  her<>by  vacnte  and  set 
asiae  the  said  order,  and  every  part  thereoL" 

Some  of  the  company's  officers,  who  who  were  iu 
the  court-room,  said  that  thev  had  beard  on  Fiidav 
of  the  reports  that  an  application  would  be  made  for 
the  appoictment  of  a  Beceiver,  but  did  nut  believe 
tbey  were  true,  because  thecompany  was  in  a  souod 
financial  condition.  They  aaid  that,  so  fai  as  tbey 
could  ascertain,  there  was  no  such  per.son  as  Ander- 
son, tbey  being  unable  to  obtain  any  clue  to  him. 
It  was  stated,  on  behalf  of  the  company,  that  its 
annual  statement  would  be  issued  on  Tues'.ay 
next,  showing  tbat  its  affairs  are  iu  a  perfectly 
gouud  condition.  

COURT  ^OTES. 


DR.  SCHLIEMANN'S  TREASURES. 
The  following  ia  an  extract  irom  a  private 
letter  received  by  the  editor  of  the  Troy  Times, 
dated  Athens,  Greece,  Jan  18,  1877:  "Dr.  Sohlie- 
mann  is  now  here  resting  from  his  labors;  though,  in 
fact,  there  ia  no  rest  for  the  man,  for  he  will  always 
be  busy  about  something.  He  is  preparing  a  book 
lor  the  English  press,  and  Murray  will  soon  publish 
au  illustrated  volume  giving  all  details  relatiug  to 
the  later  discoveries  ot  our  di.snngnished  archieolo- 
gist,  who  has  justly  won  a  world-wide  tame.  The 
MycenoB  treasures  are  here  deposited  in  tbe  national 
bank  for  safe  keeping  until  the  second  story  of  the 
polytechuio  building  is  ready,  where  it  uas  been 
decided  they  shall  be  placed  for  security 
and  permanaut    exhibition.     I  nave    seen  all  cner^e 

treasure-,  and  handled  many  of  the  interesiing  ob- 
jbcts.  Tbe  weight  uf  tbe  gold  itself  Is  about  30 
pouuds.  The  objects  have  been  photographed,  and 
the  pictures,  which  will  in  time  probably  be  circu- 
lated more  or  less  throughout  the  ciyiiiisdd  world, 
are  exceedingly  interesting.  Bit  of  the  originals, 
the  objects  themselves,  it  may  be  said  thai  one  pus- 
sessea  ot  the  least  taste  caunut  help  admiriug  them 
for  their 'wonderful  beamy  both  in  form  and  exe- 
cution. They  were  about  36  feet  under  tue  surface 
of  tho  earth.  Taeir  antiqnu.y  must  date  back  to  a 
period  not  loss  than  1,100  to  1,200  years  before 
Chriat,  when  as  these  remarkable  oujects  teach  us, 
human  intelligence,  ingenious  minds  aud  cunning 
bauds  manifested  their  power  as  conspicuously  and 
impressively  as  in  uur  day  of  wliat  is  regarded  aa 
s  higher  civilization.  Ou  the  occasion  of  a 
dinner  giveu  by  Dr.  Schiiemann  to  some  of  bis 
intimate  friends  here,  he  exhibited  an  oil 
painiiQg  of  the  rcmaius  of  Agamemnon,  as  be 
has  uo  doubt  the  skeleton  to  be,  recently  exhumed 
by  bim  at  Myceuie.  Tbe  paintiug  is  well  executed, 
aud  is  a  graphic  portruiture  of  the  subject  repre- 
sented. We  ouuncod  his  teeth,  ineasured  bis  pro- 
por lions,  and  discussed  the  old  fellow  from  head  to 
toe.  I  should  say  Agamemnon  was  physically  well 
pi  ooortioued,  and  in  ihat  resuect  a  man  ot  parts. 
Tbe  skeletou  if  sell  is  carefally  guarded  at  Mycenm; 
It  cannot  be  removed  by  ordinary  metuis  without 
destroying  it..  Out  it  is  to  be  hoped  some  method 
may  be  devised  by  which  it  may  be  held  together 
and  brought  to  take  its  place  with  tbe  valuable 
treasures,  many  of  which,  00  doubt,  were  seen  and 
hanaled  by  Agamemnon  taimseif." 


VALUABLE  RECORDS. 
The  Lawrence  (Mass.)  ATnerican  says:  "A 
gentleman  wbo  had  occasion  to  consult  the  official 
record  of  births  at  the  City  Clerk's  office  was  sor- 
prised  at  tho  discovery  that  hia  daughter,  a  young 
lady  14  or  15  years  of  age,  was  recorded  (ts  being  a 

boy.  Another  young  lady  who  applied  to  the  City 
Clerk  to  ascertain  her  proper  middle  name  to  auttla 
a  dispute  between  her  parents  whether  it  was  Eva 
or  .Florence,  also  found  that  she  was  recorded  as 
being  a  boy.  A  third  young  laoy,  who  waa  un- 
doubtedly first  ushered  iuto  this  world  iu  Lawrence, 
is  not  recorded,  and  accounts  herself  as  not  being 
born  at  all.  She  supposes  tbat,  like  Top^y,  she 
'  gtowed.'  However  it  may  be  at  present,  it  is  evi 
dent  that  tbe  staii.stios  ot  births  have  been  In  past 
yebTS  very  carelessly  oftmpiled." 


TRICHINA  IN  BUFFALO. 
Tno  Buffalo  ComTnercial  jAdvertiser  of  the 
13tb  inst  says :  "Ou  Sunday  evening  last  the  fam- 
ily of  Mr.  O.  H.  Williams,  testdlng  at  "So.  403  Pol- 
som  street,  partook  of  a  fresh  pork  steak  for  sup- 
per, those  eating  portions  of  tbe  meat  being  Mr. 
Williams  and  his  mother,  wife,  and  son.  Yesterday 
morning  all  four  wera  taken  very  sick,  and  tbeir 
symptoms  were  those  of  poisoning.  Dr.  S.  8. 
tireene  was  called,  and  on  liivestigaMon  of  tbe  ease 
found  it  ooe  of  trichinosis.  He  examined  parts  of 
the  meat  aud  found  it  full  of  tbe  dangerous  animal- 
culffi  Called  tbe  trichina  worm.  At  last  accounts 
the  members  of  tbe  lasiily  were  better,  except  tne 
old  lady,  who  was  very  low,  and  her  recovery  was 
regarded  aa  donbtiul." 

RAILWAYS  AND  FOX  HUNTING. 
A  few  days  since  tbe  Duke  of  Beanfort'a 
bounds  were  in  full-cry  pursuit  in  the  neighbor- 
hood ot  Mangotsfield,  near  Bath,  .when  the  fox 
crossed  tbe  line  just  as  a  train  moning  on  tbe  Mid- 
land Line,  between  Batb  and  Bristol,  was  approach- 
ing. Tbe  pack  was  close  behiua  the  fox,  and  tbey 
woulu  probably  have  been  run  into,  hut  the  engine- 
driver  stopped  the  train.  Tbe  noote  owner  of  the 
bounds,  tiecomlug  aware  of  the  fact,  forwarded  £3 
to  Mr.  Martin,  tbe  Midland  Station  Master  at  Baib, 

with  instructions  to  give  the  driver,  William  OUis, 


A  commiBsion  was  issued  Testertlaj  by  Jadj^e 

Dnnohue,  in  Supreme  Court,  Chambers,  fur  the 
taking  of  testimony  for  defendant  in  the  suit  of  tbe 
Bocky  Mountain  iN a lional  Bank  against  GkK>r;:o 
Bliss. 

Richard  Sweet,  ot  Philadelphia,  was  arrested 
by  Officer  Crowley  yesterday  on  a  warrant  charging 
him  with  manufacturing  counterfeit  coin  iu  Pbil£^ 
delpbia.  Ho  waa  taken  before  Commissioner 
Shields,  and'  held  ia  defatUt  of  ^5. 000  bail. 

Judge  Donohue,  vesterday,  in  Supreme 
Court,  Chambijrs,  granted  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus, 
returnable  to-morrow,  for  the  production  of  Wil- 
liam Black,  imprisoned  10  the  Penitentiary  under 
a  commitment  by  the  Court  of  Special  tie-istins, 
the  petition  settiug  fur.b  that  tbe  commitment  is 
void  because  it  does  not  set  forth  when  tbe  al- 
leged offense  was  committed. 


THE  F  JUSTICE  FLANAGAN. 

Judge  Sutherland  sat  in  Part  IL  of  the  Court 
or  General  Sessions  yesterday  to  hear  argument  in 
the  case  of  Justice  John  Flanagan,  of  the  Tenth 
Civil  Court,  under  indictment  for  obtaining  monej 
by  false  pretenses.  It  is  charged  tl'at 
Justice  Flanagan  certified  on  the  City  pay 
roll  to  the  performance  of  service  by  Beojamin  .F 
Haskin,  atenograpber,  whereas  Haskin  was,  11 
fact,  no  stenographer,  and  did  not  perform  any 
service  for  the  salary  received.  Messrs.  Jono 
Mc£eon  and  William 'F.  Kinizing,  iu  long  argu- 
meois,  moved  tu  qnash  the  indictment  against  rue 
accused  Justice  oa  the  ground  of  nuiueruos  imper- 
fections. Districc  Attorney  Phelps,  for  the  prose- 
cution, argued  in  opposition  to  the  motion,  and 
Judge  Sutherland  reserved  ^is  decision. 


TEE  CUSTODY  OF  A  CRIPPLE. 
Frank  Heller,  a  cripple,  about  8  years  old, 
who  was  in  the  babit  of  crawling  about  the  streets 
on  his  bauds  and  knees  soliciting  alms,  was  taken  in 
charge  recently  by  tbe  Society  for  the  Prevention  ol 
Cruelty  to  Children,  and  sent  to  tbe  Home  fot 
Crippled  and  Deformed  Children.    Thefatberof  tbe 

boy  obtained  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus  to  recover  cus- 
tody of  his  child,  who  was  brought  into  Supreme 
Court,  Chambers,  vesterday,  in  obedience  to  the 
writ  Mr.  Howe,  counsel  for  tbe  father,  expressed 
great  eagerness  for  a  hearing  before  tbe  case  was 
called,  but,  on  finding  tbat  connsel  for  the  society 
was  ready  to  proceed,  he  said  he  was  not  prepared 
and  finally  sacceeded  iu  getting  an  adjournment  U 
Taesdav  next 


A  POLICE  SERGEANT  IN  TROUBLE. 
On  Friday  the  Grand  Jury  brought  In  an  iib 

diotmeut    lor    assault  and    battery   against   Sergt 

Tberon  I.  Thompson,  of  tbe  Fourth  Frecinc^ 
charged,  on  complaint  of  Mr.  William  S.  Andrews 
Secretary  of  the  Democratic  State  Committee,  wi  t 
assaulting,  without  provocation,  a  man  named 
Michael  Cannon  on  Park  row  on  the  13ch  inst  The 
District  Attorney  immediatelv  placed  toe  cise  on 
the  calendar  of  the  Court  of  General  Sessiuus  fot 
to-morrow,  and  unless  some  gond  reason  for  delay 
can  be  showu  the  accused  Sergeant  wLl  be  placed 
on  trial. 


DECISIONS. 

eUFBEUB  COUBT— CHA3IBEBS. 
By  Judge  DoTtohve. 

In  tlie  matter  of  Welch. — Writ  dismisised.  I  do  not 
think  the  c.<se  discloses  any  sufficieat  reason  for  inter- 
tering  with  tbe  present  ctutody  of  tbe  lu. ant  M.otioa 
denie.l. 

Merchantif  Exchfnae  National  Bank  vs.  Waitzftlder.— 
Paoers  coutalu  no  reference  to  stenographer' a  min- 
utes. 

Bremen,  vs.  lAverpooi  and  London  Globe  Inswena 
Coinvany. — Order  to  stand  as  It  is. 

Meyer  vs.  Ltvy  etaU — .vlotion  granted.  Cause  to  go  on 
day  calendar  for  19tU;  liberty  to  defendant  to  move 
the  cause  off  ut  that  time. 

Granted. — ^Vaters  vs.  Conway;  In  the  matter  ol 
Kahn:  in  tbe  matter  PfAldnch. 

Bamberger  vs.  BcoviUe  Matvufacturing  Compaag  tt  aL— 
Order  granted. 

Pratt  VI.  Rons. — Memorandum. 

CO&IMOX  FLEAS — CHAUSEBS. 
Bu  Judge  MobiTuon. 

In  the  Matter  0/  IFenrto.— Order  of  oonflrmatlon 
granted 

Cole  vs.  Shennan. — Motion  to  discharge  attachment 
denied,  witn  Slu  costs. 

Bamhacker  vs.  Bambaclcer. — Complaint  dismissed,  will' 

costs  against  plaiutlff 

8U7EB10&  COUBT— SPEaAX  TEBU. 
Bu  Chief  Judge  Curtis. 

Black,  dc,v$.  TFAire.— Case  and  exceptions  ordered  01 
file. 

Bu  Judge  Sedgwick. 

Brennan  vs.  Bardter. — Order  granting  plaintiff  five 
per  cent  exi  ra  allowance  on  nmoant  recovered.       -^ 

X>atn<  et  al.  vs.  Younger.— Hotion  for  a  retiarenoe  d» 
nled,  -without  costs. 

Rvail  vs.  Kennedy. — Order  granting  plaintiff  SlOd 
extra  allowance. 

Meade  vs.  The  Mayor,  tCe.— Ordered  on  day  calendat 

for  first  Monday  of  .March. 

Hannegan  vs.  Crimmins. — Defiialt  opened. 

l^reeu  vs.  Meyer  et  al. — Underiakinx  approved. 

Wilton  vs.  AUxander,  <fc(i —Commission  ordered. 

The  Highiandi  CTumieal  and  Mming  Company  vs.  Xm 
thews. — CHse  and  exceocious  ordered  on  Gle. 

Kriabe  et  at,  v*.  Farnham  etai.— Order  opening  default, 
With  costs. 

Orders  Granted.— Tbe  Charlotte,  Columbia  and  An 
gusta  EaUroad  Company  vs.  Rennedy  et  aL;  Jaffrey  Vf 
tnnley  et  aL;  Ortb  vs.  Hochn. 

UABIXB  COUBT-CHjUfBEBa. 
By  Judge  MeAdatn. 
In  Re  Isaacs  vs.  Weinberg.  — PrUouers  discharged.  Set 
papers. 
•  Walter  VS.  CoffMaa.— Interrogatories  settled. 

Thurbervs.   iVhits. — Uotlou  defiled;   no  costs. 

lieciMons  Indorsed  on  Papers. — Bsllpy  vs.  Ives; 
Bloomfitild  vs.  eiwin ;  Ketcham  vs.  Green;  Vnugham 
VS.  Mmpsoo;  Leidendor.  vs.  ttoUockai;  Uamiltou  vs, 
Ferguson;  Archer  vs.  McCae. 

liefoMUs  Noted. — Brown  vs.  Wederson;  Whansen  va. 
Braun. 

Aeceioen  .fppoihted.— Kick  vs.  Scheible;  LonghntB 
va  Matthews. 

Israel  vs.  i>rtf.— Defendant  discharged  from  arrest. 

MoUnns  (Granted.— Usgemeyer  vs.  Ptiyfe;  Beckett 
dorf  va.  Weld. 

Molnlire  vs.  Seb«im;«r.— Motion  granted;  no  ops^ 
See  Marine  Court  appendix  p.  44. 

Arango  vs  Quigley. — Proceeaiu::s  dismiased. 

Bartcheller  vs.  Baker. — JudjnneuL  on  demurrer. 

Attachments  Ordered— Pattier  vs.  bak^r;  Page  va 
Butcher,  m  ztion  granted  tor  21st  lust 

Biinn  vs.  finm  — o.  u.  Tan  Cott  appointed  ReceiTSi 
and  prisoner  discharged. 

Orders  Oronted.— Ueich  vs.  Bosquet;  So^pedou  vs 
Bosen:  tileytaing  vs.  Stevenion;  branijOa  va  Farley; 

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NOTICE. 

We  cannot  notice  anon  s^mons  commiKiicatlons.  In 
(HcoBes  we  reqvure  the  writer's  name  and  address,  not 
ic>pubUcati<m,  but  as  a  snarantea  ol'good  faith. 

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conuDTtnicationa,  nor  can  we  undertake  to  preserve 
aanuBcripts.  

Ihia  morning  The  Datlt  TncES  eonsitis  of 
TwELVB  Pages.  £tiery  news-dealer  it  bound  to 
deliver  iAe  paper  in  its  complete  form,  and  any 
failure  to  do  so  should  be  reported  at  the  pubKcor 
Hon  office. 

The  Democrats  are  in  a  quandary.  They 
are  oscillating  between  acquiescence  in  the 
inevitable  and  resistance  to  what  they  will, 
after  all,  be  unable  to  withstand.  The  best 
tnen  of  the  party,  the  men  who  monopolize 
Its  brains  and  give  to  it  whatever  weight  of 
personal  character  it  possesses,  favor  a 
prompt  acceptance  of  the  decision  of  the 
Commission,  and  a  completion  of  the  count 
without  more  ado.  They  do  not  hide  their 
disappointment,  but,  having  gone    into   the 

plan  in  good  faith,  they  deprecate  as  inex- 
pedient and  discreditable  any  attempt 
to  obstruct  its  wort.  The  petti- 
foficgera  and  reckless  partisans,  on 
the  contrary,  indulge  in  wild  talk, 
and  threaten  in  one  way  or  another  to  fras- 
trats  the  judgment  rendered  in  the  case  of 
Louisiana.  There  was  a  tough  straggle 
between  the  opposing  forces  in  the 
cauctis  last  night,  and  tho  result 
hardly  determines  whether  the  recognized 
leaders  or  the  vain  pretenders  to  leader- 
ship control  the  Congressional  votes  of  the 
party  whose  future  is  involved  in  the  re- 
sult. The  influential  Democratic  newspa- 
pers are  tolerably  unanimous  in  support  of 
the  more  prudent  policy,  and  we  shall  await 
better  indicators  of  party  opinion  than 
the  men  who  last  night  counseled  the 
adoption  of  revolutionary  measures,  before 
believing  that  the  Democracy  propose  to 
commit  suicide  for  the  sake  of  Mr.  Tilden. 

Speaker  Eandall  has  carried  his  par- 
tisanship to  the  verge   of  indecency   many 

times,  but  never  more  palpably  than  yes- 

terrday,  when,  to  avoid  the  immediate  meet- 
ing in  joint  convention,  he  reftised  to  see 
the  Secretary  of  the  Senate  or  to  i;pceive 
the  message  of  which  he  was  the 
bearer.  Usage  and  conrtesy  dictate 
only  one  course  to  either  chamber 
when  a  messengtr  from  the  other  is 
present.  They  require  his  recognitiou,  and 
an  answer  to  the  statement  he  has  been 
directed  to  make.  But  Mr.  Kandall,  who 
seems  to  know  as  little  of  the  instincts  of  a 
gentleman  as  of  the  obligations  resting  upon 
a  high  official,  set  usage  and  courtesy  at 
defiance,  and  lent  himself  to  the  procrasti- 
nating policy  of  his  party.  The  more 
straightforward  course  vyould  have  been  to 
receive  the  communication  from  the  Senate, 
and  then  to  have  said  that  the  proposed 
meeting  must  be  deferred  till  Monday.  The 
practical  result  wonld  have  been  the  same, 
tho  dignity  of  the  House  would  have  been 
preserved,  and  Mr.  Randall  would  have 
escaped  an  exhibition  which  will  be  remem- 
bered to  his  discredit. 


Nobody  that  we  know  of  has  ever 
attributed  wisdom  to  Senator  Kelly,  but 
he  must  thank  himself  if  he  be  hereafter 
ranked  among  the  fools.  His  endeavor  to 
vindicate  his  indorsement  of  Patrick's 
disgraceful  dispatch  to  Gramercy  Park  not 
only  compromises  Patrick  in  his  dealings 
with  co-cojispirators,  but  implies  on  his  own 
part  almost  incredible  verdancy.  It  is  pos- 
sible, of  course,  that  Patrick  misrepre- 
sented the  purport  of  the  dispatch,  and  that 
Mr.  Kelly  indorsed  it  under  a  misap- 
prehension, but  the  supposition  implies  a 
confiding  simplicity,  rarely  found  even  in 
Oregon,  and  is  irreconcilable  with  Mr.  Kel- 
ly's appearances  at  other  stages  of  the 
transaction.  His  own  dispatches  to  Tilden 
and  Pelton  convict  him  of  active  partici- 
pation in  the  trick  to  secure  an  Electoral 
vote,  and  in  the  expenditure  of  money  in 
relation  to  it.  The  statement  that  he  was 
•aisinfic  money  on  his  own  credit,  and  relied 
lapon  TiLDEX  to  reimburse  him,  his  urgent 
demand  for  the  $8,000,  and  the  fact  that 
that  sum  was  transmitted  to  him,  must  be 
held  to  convict  him  of  close  connection  with 
a  great  scandal  and  a  great  crime,  despite 
his  halting  protestations  of  yesterday. 
What  the  patriotic  Patrick  will  say  to 
Kelly's  imputation  upon  his  good  faith 
will  be  known  in  due  season. 


gin  to  realize  that  his  humiliation  is  com- 
plete. 


Even  Mr.  Hewitt's  conscience  troubles 
him  when  the  Oregon  transaction  is  alluded 
to,  and  he  is  anxious  that  the  public 
shall  believe  that  he  knew  nothing  about 
it.  Mr.  Hewitt  need  give  himself  no  con- 
cern upon  this  point.  He  was  so  inti- 
mately associated  with  Mr.  Tildkk  and  his 
tricks  at  every  stage  of  the  campaign  that 
one  piece  of  infamy  more  or  less  can  make 
little  difference  in  the  popular  estimate 
of  his  political  character.  Meanwhile,  we 
wonder  if  Mr.  Tilden  sleeps  soundly.  Not 
ji  solitary  Democrat,  w^th  a  character 
to  lose,  has  uttered  a  syllable  in  extenua- 
tion of  Ma  plan  for  acquiring  an  Oregon 
vote.  The  Democratic  newspapers,  not 
asually  nice  when  partisan  service  is  to  be 
rendered,  display  their  disgust  by  suppress- 
ing the  deciphered  dlBpatches.  They  daro 
Jr  not  condemn,  they  are  unable  ^o  defend, 
|ir:  jttid  therefiore  they  are  silent.  Now  that 
-^  (gawiTTdeaerta  lug«  ME.Tja:^N_maiy_  he- 


Mr.  Ellis,  President  of  the  Third  National 
Bank,  describes  the  case  of  its  cashier 
exactly  when  he  states  that  that  person  has 
been  "buU-dozed"  by  Mr.  Tilden.  "Mr. 
Jordan,  as  we  now  learn,  was  shown  a 
dispatch  advising  him  not  to  respond  to 
the  summons  of  the  Senate  Committee,  but 
he  will  tell  neither  who  sent  the  dispatch 
nor  in  whose  hands  he  saw  it.  A  Sabbath 
day's  reflection  may  render  him  more  com- 
municative. His  refusal  to  furnish  informar- 
tiou  in  regard  to  Mr.  Tilden's  bank  ac- 
count will  be  of  no  avail,  Mr.  Ellis 
having  intimated  his  willingness,  and 
that  ot*ihe  paying  teller  of  the  bank,  to 
produce  the  books  and  papers  called  for  by 
the  committee.  From  this  source  we  may 
expect  to  receive  very  interesting  particu- 
lars as  to  a  portion  of  the  great  Reformer's 
financial  transactions  daring  and  immedi- 
ately subsequent  to  the  campaign.  To  get 
at  the  whole  truth  it  may  be  necessary  to 
extend  the  inquiry  to  the  Hanover  Bank, 
upon  which  institution,  according  to  tho 
proprietor  of  the  Everett  House,  Mr.  Pel- 
ton  was  in  the  habit  of  drawing  checks. 
It  would  be  a  mistake  to  suppose  that  Mr. 
Tilden's  money  flowed  through  only  one 
channel. 


The  two-fold  attempt  to  excuse  the  in- 
iquities of  the  proposed  Texas-Pacific  sub- 
sidy by  citing-the  character  of  Mr.  Lamar, 
its  chief  advocate,  and  to  justify  Mr.  La- 
mar by  claiming  for  his  bill  the  merits  of  a 
patriotic  measure,  will  not  succeed.  Tho 
scandalous  nature  of  the  proposition  is  too 
manifest  to  be  concealed.  It  is  an  attack 
upon  the  national  Treasury  winch  no  man 
not  indifferent  to  the  public  credit  can 
sanction,  and  is  made  all  the  worse  by  the 
corrupt  Combinations  thathave  beenformed 
to  render  it  effective.  As  for  Mr.  Lamar,  it 
is  impossible  not  to  feel  that  a  good  deal  of 
his  reputation  rests  upon  false  pretenses. 
Clean-handed  lie  may  bo,  even  as  the  mouth- 
piece of  Messrs.  Scott  and  IIuniington 

and  their  audacious  lobby  ;  but  the  ad- 
mission certainly  implies  a  reflection  upon 
his.  sagacity.  To  bo  the  unsuspecting  in- 
strument of  notorious  schemers  is  not  a 
position  which  a  capable  politician,  how- 
ever pure  his  motives,  should  be  content  to 
occupy.  The  scheme  itself  is  a  bad  one ; 
the  alliances  formed  in  its  support  are  im- 
moral ;  and  if  Mr.  Lamar  cares  for  his  good 
name  he  will  have  nothing  more  to  do  with 
either. 


In  The  Times  of  Friday  credit  was  er- 
roneously given  to  Mr.  Evarts  for  this  very 
terse  definition  of  tho  power  of  the  Elec- 
toral Commission :  "  It  is  to  count  tlio 
Electoral  vote,  and  not  to  count  the  votes 
by  which  tiie  Electors  wero  elected."  That 
remark  formed  a  portion  of  the  very  con- 
clusive argument  of  Mr.  E.  W.  Stol'OHTON, 
which  was  as  remarkable  lor  its  clear  and 
closely-reasoned  propoaitions  as  for  the 
directness  and  vigor  of  its  style.  From  first 
to  last  of  tho  Louisiana  controversy,  Mr. 
Stoughtom  baa  held  what  wo  may  with 
perfect  justice  call  the  laboring  oar,  and  no 
Republican  can  fail  to  give  him  duo  credit 

for  his  energy  and  fidelity.  In  tho  recent 
discussion  before  tho  Commission  his  com- 
mand of  tho  law  has  been  reinforced  by  a 
thorough  familiarity  w^ith  tho  tacts,  and 
both  have  been  largely  instrumental  in 
brinuinj;  about  the  tiual  docisiou. 


We  assume  that  tho  Attorney  Gener.il  of 
the  State  finds  time  to  scan  tho  evidouco 
which  is  published  dav  after  day  in  regard 
to  the  tncks  and  frauds  perpetrated  by 
officers  of  tho  Continental  and  NcTV-Jcrsey 
Mutual  Life  Insiirancn  Comj)anie3.  Nothing 
more  shameless  has  been  brought  to  light 
in  many  years  than  the  manner  in  which 
the  policy-holders  of  those  companies  have 
been  plundered  by  the  men  who  wero  bound 
in  common  honcaty  to  protect  them.  Tho 
two  concerns  were  allied  in  rascality,  and 
tho  fact  that  the  persons  implicated  may  all 
be  reached  under  the  testimony  obtained 
respecting  the  Continental,  ren<Iors  the  duty 
of  the  Attorney  General  plain.  To  proceed 
against  the  faithless  clerk  who  robs  liis 
employer  and  falsifies  his  accounts  to  con- 
ceal his  crime,  and  to  allow  faithless  ofiQcials 
of  a  corporation  to  appropriate  its  funds  to 
their  own  use  with  impunity,  would  be  to 
make  a  mockery  of  justice.  The  lesson  most 
needed  now  in  connection  with  coniorate 
management  is  the  severe  punishment  of 
oflicials  who  have  been  false  to  their  trust ; 
and  the  story  of  tho  Continental  supplies 
material  for  a  good  beginning. 


A  GREAT  OrPORTUNITT. 
If  the  policy  of  civil-service  reform,  to 
which  tho  Republican  Party  and  its  elected 
President  are  committed,  is  to  bo  carried 
into  successful  operation,  it  is  necessary 
that  a  definite  plan  of  action  should  bo 
agreed  upon,  to  go  into  effect  immediately 
upon  the  inauguration  of  Gov.  Hayes. 
From  the  very  hour  that  ho  assumes  tho 
office  he  will  be  assailed  by  influences  tlio 
most  powerful  and  specious  to  induce  him 
to  farm  out  the  public  offices  in  the  bad  old 
way.  The  sentiments  of  gratitude,  honor, 
and  of  party  fealty,  will  be  appealed  to, 
to  weaken  his  resolution  or  to  bUnd  his 
judgment.  The  great  party  loa^lers  who 
have  borne  the  heat  and  burden  of  the  cam- 
paign will  expect  the  customary  recogni- 
tion of  their  services,  and  their  claims'will 
be  presented  in  an  imperious  waj  that  does 
not  tamely  brook  denial.  The  lesser 
"  workers  "  of  tho  party,  too,  will  demand 
the  reward  for  their  zeal  at  the  hands  of 
the  new  President.  The  incoming  of  an 
Administration,  even  when  of  the  same 
political  faith  as  its  predecessor,  is  always 
the  signal  for  renewed  assaults  upon  the 
public  offices.  Men  who  have  weakened 
in  their  enthusiasm,  or  have  permitted 
their  interest  in  their  oflQcial  duties 
to  interfere  with  their  labors  for  "the 
party,"  must  be  turned  oft"  and  replaced 
with  more  devoted  spirits.  Those  who  have 
long  fed  at  the  public  crib  are  expected  to 
stand  aside,  to  make  room  lor  their  hungry 
brethren  who  have  been  grazing  on  the 
barren  pastures  of  expectation.  '  Newly- 
elected  Congressmen  expect  tho  same  re- 
cognition that  their  predecessors  received,, 
and  re-eleiited  members,  strengthened  by 
popular  approval,  require  greater  atten- 
tion to   their   demands  than   ever.     Those 

influences,  converging  from  every  di- 
rection, when  focused  on  a  single  man, 
constitute  a  moral  force  before  which  the 
bravest  snirit  inijjht  weil.aiiail.    Never  yet, 


since  the  establishment  of  the  spoils  sys- 
tem, have  they  failed  to  compel*  compliance. 
It  must  not  be  supposed  that  the  motives 
of  this  onslaught  upon  the  public  ofSces 
will  be  so  naked  as  we  have  painted  them. 
On  the  contrary,  if  the  President  announces 
that  the  reformation  of  the  public  service  is 
to  be  one  of  the  features  of  his  administra- 
tion, he  will  find  that  the  object  dearest  to 
every  Congressman's  heart  is  civil  service 
reform.  Only,  the  Congressman  will  want 
to  pursoe  the  reform  in  his  own  way,  by 
filling  the  public  service  with  his  own  men, 
who  are  always,  by  a  singular  coincidence, 
just  the  class  of  men  which  the  service 
needs.  In  fact,  tho  average  Congressman 
regards  all  professions  of  devotion  to  civil 
service  reform  by  public  officers  as  an  ami- 
able sort  of  lunacy,  which  he  is  content  to 
humor,  if  thereby  he  can  secure  his  own 
ends.  Against  both  of  these  classes  of  influ- 
ences will  Gov.  Hayes  have  to  contend  in 
establishing  the  pobcv  of  refoi-m— open  oji- 
position  and  pretended  acquiescence.  If  he 
yields  to  either,  even  temporarily,  if  he  de- 
fers the  enforcement  of  the  new  policy  until 
methods  for  putting  it  in  complete  opera- 
tion are  devised,  he  will  put  himself  m  the 
power  of  the  enemies  of  reform ;  or,  at  any 
rate,  he  will  make  tho  task  all  the  more 
difficult  when  h©  attempts  it.  We 
have  no  doubt  concerning  the  course 
which  should  be  pursued  by  him. 
He  should  cause  it  to  bo  understood  from 
the  start  that  the  President  is  the  responsi- 
ble constitutional  head  of  the  executive 
branch  of  the  Government,  and  that  Con- 
gressmen and  mere  politicians  have  no  right 
to  dictate  how  he  or  the  heads  of  depart- 
ments shall  exercise  tho  power  of  appoint- 
ment which  the  Constitution  intrusts  to 
them.  He  should  refuse  to  mako  any 
changes  in  tho  public  servants,  except  snch 
as  are  needed  to  insure  the  execution  of  his 
policy  or  to  purify  and  improve  the  service, 
concerning  which  he   should  take    couneol 

only  of  his  constitutional  advisers,  and  of 
those  who  have  the  interests  of  tlio  service 
at  heart.  It  will  be  far  less  hurtful  that  the 
risk  should  be  run  of  retaining  in  tho  service 
for   a   time    some   unworthy   persons    than 

that  the  door  should  be  opened  for  a  raid 

upon   the    public    offices.     This    is    the  first 

and  chief  danger  to  be  guarded  against.  If 
he  can  hold  the  hostile  influences  at  bay 
until  proper  methods  of  selection  and  of 
weeding  out  are  adopted,  his  path  will  bo 
clear.  There  is  no  need  of  a  sweeping 
change  of  the  public  servants.  There  will 
be  plenty  of  time  after  inauguration  day  to 
devise  a  sys'.em  for  winnowing  out  tho  in- 
competent, tho  slothful,  and  tho  dishonest, 
and  for  selecting  proper  persons  in  their 
stead.  The  faithful  and  deserving  officers, 
the  projiortiou  of  whom  is  much  larger 
than  tho  service  receives  credit  for,  must 
be  made  secure  against  adverse  iiilluoncos, 
and  must  be  m-itde  the  nucleus  of  the  re- 
formed service. 

Of  coui-se.  Gov.  Havios  cannot  deny  to  tho 
Senate  the  power  which  the  Constitution 
gives  it  over  the  appointments  made  subject 
to  its  ratification,  nor  it  ia  desirable  that  ho 
should  ;  but  it  must  bo.  madi>  clear  that  its 
only  function  is  to  confirm  or  reject  the  ap- 
pointment after  it  is  presented,  not  to  dic- 
tate in  advance  how  it  shall  be  made.    Tho 

power  of  that    body  must    bo    kept  strictly 

within  tho  limits  sot  by  the  CoiiBtitution, 

and  Senators  must  no  longer  be  permitted 
to  use  the  power  of  confirmation  as  an  in- 
strument for  wresting  the  appointing  power 
from  tho  bauds  of  this  I'residont.  The  fact 
cannot  be  overlooked  that  the  i  nfiuencc  of  tho 
Senate  under  tho  prevailing  system  is  one  of 
the  greatest  obstacles  to  civil  service  reform, 
but  it  is  one  which'must  be  overcome  if  any 
thorough  reform  is  to  bo  accomplished. 
The  President  must  mako  his  iioiuinations 
with  sole  regard  to  the  needs  of  tlio  service 
aud  the  fitness  of  tlio  nominees,  not  to  aid 
tho  political  fortunes  of  C.)ngrossinon,  ni>r 
to  provide  funds  to  niu  tho  party  machine. 
If  one  sueh  nouiination  is  rejected,  he  can 
make  another  of  tho  same  character,  and  so 
ou,  until  the  factious  opposition  is  worn  out. 
The  Senate  would  not  long  dare,  in  the"  face 
of  the  awakened  popular  feeling  regarding 
tho  public  service,  to  take  the  responsibility 
of  obstrucliug  the  reform  iu  tho  selfish  in- 
torestfl  of  its  members. 

We  do  not  attempt  to  conceal  tlio  fact 
that  the  path  of  duty  which  lies  before  the 
new  President  isncitherflowcry  nor  smooth. 
Nevertheless,  it  is  one  which  he  is*  bound  to 
pursue  by  every  consideration  of  public  in- 
terest, of  honor,  aud  of  patriotism.  Many 
of  the  obstacles  which  now  appear  so  for- 
midable will  disappear  before  a  resolute  de- 
termination to  reform  the  public  service. 
If  he  succeeds,  as  we  feel  assured  he  will, 
he  will  be  sure  of  the  meed  of  present  popu- 
lar approval  and  of  tho  gratitude  of  poster- 
ity. A  great  opportunity  is  presented  to 
him,  aud  wo  believe  that  it  will  ho  greatly 
met. 


BOW  THE  CUT  GROWS. 
During  the  last  four  years,  building  oper- 
ations— except  in  certain  exceiitioual  local- 
ities— have  been  substantially  at  a  stand- 
still. Even  before  the  panic  of  1873,  the 
high  prices  of  labor,  land,  and  building  ma- 
terials, combined  with  tho  frequency  of 
strikes,  had  to  a  very  considerable  ex- 
tent curtailed  up-town  building.  During 
the  halcyon  days  brought  about  by  enor- 
mous issues  of  government  paper,  building 
was  greatly  stimulated.  Very  expensive 
houses  were  erected  iu  the  thou  upper  part  of 
the  City — say  between  Fiftieth  and  Sixtieth 
streets — aud  often  sold  before  completed. 
For  a  time  the  demand  was  far  ahead  of  the 
supply.  Tho  demand  came  largely  from  a 
class  of  men  who  had  made  their  fortunes 
by  rapid  strikes  of  hundreds  of  thousands, 
and  who  spent  them  in  the  same  manner.  We 
saw  numerous  instances  of  elegant  Fifth 
and  Madison  avenue  houses  taken  at  inor- 
dinate prices,  the  instant  such  prices  were 
named.  There  were  buUders  who,  just 
previous  to  the  great  advance  in  prices, 
bought  land  and  proceeded  on  the  general 
principles  of  their  trade,  rather  than  upon 
the  feelings  of  the  hour ;  they  reaped 
large  fortunes  by  the  construction 
and  sale  of  half  a  dozen  houses.  In 
1860   the   population    of   New-York    was 

814,254.'"     To-day         it         is        -estimated 

at  1,300,000.    We  may  safely  assume  that 

the  population  of  this  island  is  now  increas- 
ing at  the  rate  of  75,000  each  year,  or  at 

tho  rate  of  about  six  per  cent. — certainly  a 
very  moderate   estimate.     At  this  rate,  an 

allowance  of  twenty-five  persons  to  a  house 

will  call  for  the  erection  of  three  thousand 
dwelling-hpnses  of  all  classes  in  a  year. 
There  are  at  present  compajativelv  lew  va- 


cant lots  below  Fifty-ninth  street,  and  those 
few  are  being  rapidly  filled  up.  Above 
Fifty-ninth  street,  wh^re  the  island  is  nar- 
row and  the  <Central  Park  diminishes  the 
space  available  for  building  purposes,  five 
streets,  running  from  river  to  river,  would 
be  required  each  year  to  furnish  the  in- 
creased population  with  necessary  dwell- 
ings and  tenements. 

We  may  for  the  present  leave  the  West 
Side  north  of  Fifty-ninth  street  out  of  our 
calculations.  The  City  does  not  spread  in 
that  direction  ;  its  whole  growth  Is  on  the 
East  Side,  where  it  follows  the  line  of  horse 
railroads.  Hence,  roughly  sTated,  ten  streets 
wonld  be  yearly  required,  in  the  narrow 
space  on  the  line  of  improvement  between 
Central  Park  and  the  East  River  to  accom- 
modate the  yearly  increase  of  population. 
But  the  City  does  not  grow  in  that  way ;  tho 
houses  advance,  rather,  iu  masses  out  the 
avenues.  The  river  bor'ders  are  taken  up 
for  business  purposes,  for  brick,  stone,  and 
lumber  yards,  factories,  and  machine  shops. 
In  the  streets  and  avenues  next  to  them 
congregate  the  workmen  and  laboring 
classes ;  next,  the  leading  avenues 
on  each  side  become  the  great  marts  for 
retail  business ;  the  Second,  Third,  and 
Eighth  avenues  are  illustrations  of  this 
fact. 

In  the  centre  of  tho  island,  and  following 
the  line  of  Broadway  and  tho  Fifth  avenue, 
are  found  the  residences  of  the  wealthier 
classes,  and  as  the  City  grows,  each  of  these 
columns  pushes  out  from  its  own  base. 
The  growth  of  the  City,  therefore,  extends 
over  the"  ground  more  rapidly  than  if  it 
progressed  street  by  street.  In  point  of 
fact,  Madison  avenue  and  the  streets  adja- 
cent thereto  are  more  or  less  built  up  from 
Sixtieth  to  Eighty-sixth  street,,  tho  present 
terminus  of  the  Madison  avenue  horse  car 
line,  while  Third  avenue  on  both  sides 
presents  almost  one  continuous  row  of 
buildings      to      and      beyond        Yorkville. 

The  few  vacant  spaces  from  Yorkville  to 

Harlem  aro  being  rapidly  filled  up. 

At  the  rate  of  three  thousand  houses  a 
year,  the  vacant  area  between  Sixtieth  and 
Eighty-sixth  streets,  Fifth    avenue    and  tho 

East  River  would  be  solidly  built  up  in  a 

very  few^  j'ears,  without  making   any  allowr- 

anco  for  churches,  school-houses,  public 
buildings,  and  the  ground  on  the  river 
borders  kept  vacant  for  business  purposes. 
Twenty-five  persons,  on  an  average,  to 
houses  of  a  mean  width  of  twenty  feet  is 
excessive.  In  Loudon  the  average  is  not 
over  eight  to  an  inhabited  house.  If 
tAVcnty  be  taken  as  the  aver.ago  here,  the 
are*  spoken  of  would  be  covered  with  bricks 
and  mortar  in  about  five  years.  Any  sec- 
tion of  the  City  may  bo  regarded  as  sub- 
stantially built  up  when  three-fourths  of  its 
area  is  covered  with  houses.  The  residue 
is  taken  up  with  gardens,  churches,  public 
buildings,  and  the  vacant  blocks  at  the 
river  side. 

Durintr  the  last  four  years  we  have 
recorded  a  constant  succession  of  fail- 
ures, assignments,  bankruptcies,  and  fore- 
closure sales.  One  of  the  results  of 
those  continuous  disasters,  spreading  over 

80  long  a  period,  has  been  the  crowding  or 
doubling  up  of  families  for  throe  Winters 
past  in  small  snites  of  rooms  or  boardiug- 

housos.     A  very  largo  additional  number  of 

moderate-priced  dwelling-houses  aro  actu- 
ally needed  to  accommodate  this  class. 
They  can  only  bo  furnished  in  the  region 
we  have  spoken  of.  With  the  revival  of 
business,  wJiich  already  makes  itself  felt  in 
every  branch  of  trade,  tho  concentration  of 
population  at  this  point  will  increase  with 
a  volume  that  it  will  be  difficult  to  autici- 
pale,  and  for  souio  years  the  demand  for 
houses  will  bo  greater  than  can  bo  supplied. 
Meantime,  land,  labor,  and  materials  aro 
lower  than  they  have  boon  at  any  time  dur- 
ing the  past  seventeen  years.  Choice  lots 
on  the  line  of  improvement  aro  in  soiuo 
cases  off'ered  at  forty  to  fifty  per  cent,  of 
the  jirices  actually  paid  by  the  present 
owners  six  or  seven  years  ago.  Lots,  ad- 
mirably situated  for  immcdiato  improve- 
ment, which  to-day  stand  the  owner  iu 
§22,r)00  each,  can  be  bought  at  i^8,500  each. 
When  holders  of  real  estate  aro  forced  to  sub- 
mit to  such  tremendous  sacrifices,  somebody 
must  profit  by  it.  Lots  ou  upper  Madison 
•avenue,  say  between  Sixty-fifth  and  Eighty- 
sixth  streets,  the  very  biickboue  of  the  lino 
of  improvement,  can  ba  bought  to-day  at 
less  money,  if  we  take  into  consideration 
the  assessments  they  have  borne  for  street 
opening,  regulating  and  grading,  sewering, 
jiaving,  curb  aud  gutter,  &c.,  than  in  18G0. 
The  same  can  substantially  bo  said  of  tho 
whole  region  between  Second  avenue  and 
the  Park  in  that  neighborhood.  Common 
laborersaro  now  getting  $1  per  day,  or  10 
cents  -p&v  hour ;  hod-carriers,  $1  20 ;  best 
bricklayers,  $2.  Five  years  ago  these  latter 
got  from  $5  to  $7.  Carpenters,  painters, 
roofers,  and  all  mechanics  in  any  manner 
employed  in  the  erection  or  construction  of 
buildings  are  paid  in  tho  same  ratio  of  de- 
cline from  inflated  ante-panic  prices. 

These  facts  have  a  constant  tendency  to 
induce  new  building  enterprises.  Tiiose 
who  have  been  waiting  for  tho  resumption 
of  specie  payments  have  seen  tho  premium 
on  gold  reduced  in  an  easy,  hoalthy,  natu- 
ral manner  to  about  5  per  cent.,  with  every 
promise  that  tho  great  questions  of  finance 
will  permanently  settle  themselves  without 
tho  slightest  shock  to  tho  material  interests 
of  the  country.  Meantime,  all  real  values 
are  below  the  par  of  gold.  Building  opera- 
tions have  already  commenced,  tho  last 
ton  days  of  fiuo  weather  apparently  in- 
ducing the  initiation  of  several  enterprises 
in  up-town  districts.  Thoso  who  have  been 
waiting  for  the  lowest  point  to  improve  their 
property ;  thoso  who  have  bought  lots  to 
build  and  sell ;  those  who  have  been  watch- 
ing to  pick  up  lots  in  certain  choice  locali- 
ties, are  all  on  the  move.  Houses  are  being 
built  and  lots  are  in  demand  at  50  per  cent, 
less  than  former  values. 

What  wo  say,  however,  as  regards  lots 
being  iu  demand  applies  only  to  those 
localities  susceptible  of  immediate  profitable 
improvement.  Lots  -on  a  street  are  increased 
in  value  by  the  mere  process  of  building  up 
the  street,  and  when  houses  can  be  built 
upon  lots,  and  sold  at  a  profit,  the  price  of 
the  lots  will  be  advanced  equal  to  their  pro  - 

portion  of  the  profit.    Those  new  buildings 

-will  not  soon  cease.  If  the  facilities  of 
travel  should  be  increased  by  some  practi- 
cal system  of  underground  or  surface  rapid 
transit,  and  a  better  class  of  houses  be  con- 

Btrncted  for  the  laboring  classes,  the  area 

we  have  spoken  of  will  be  built  up  more 
rapidly  than  our  caloolations  show,  values 
will  bacnma.jauiKa  nearly  _£aiuilized«_  aoiA,.- 


building  will  become  more  general  over 
other  portions  of  the  up-towb  district.  Ac- 
tivity in  bailding  is  an  earnest  of  better 
times ;  it  means  employment  for  labor  and 
capital,  *  gradually  advancing  valueis  to  re- 
munerative prices,  and  general  prosperity. 
With  the  exception  of  the  reckless  extrav- 
agance and  downright  dishonesty  which 
obtains  in  our  Municipal  Government,  noth- 
ing can  stop  the  future  growth  of  this  City. 
The  condition  of  the  Metropolis,  with  the 
fatal  incubus  of  8,685  ofiQcials  and  employes, 
drawing  $10,281,966  yearly  for  misgovern- 
ing the  City,  shows  the  wonderful  vitality 
of  the  people,  under  a  system  which  would 
bankrupt  Philadelphia,  Baltimore,  Boston, 
or  an>y  other  city  on  this  continent  in  less 
than  five  years. 


ENGLISH  AND  AMERICAN  COLLEGES 
FOB    WOMEN. 

Among  the  efforts  which  are  constantly 
made  in  this  country  for  providing  a'  more 
solid  female  education  there  should  be  one 
in  the  direction  so  successful  m  England, 
on  the  plan  of  Girton  College.  This  English 
college  for  women  is,  in  fact,  an  adjunct  of 
Cambridge  University,  though  sufficiently 
far  from  the  town  to  prevent  any  practical 
objections  from  too  close  intercourse  of 
students.  The  Girton  diplomas  or  certifi- 
cates are  precisely  equivalent  to  the  B.  A. 
degrees  of  Cambridge,  conferred  after  tho 
same  examinations  and  before  the  same 
Professors.  Some  of  the  Cambridge  Pro- 
fessors give  instruction  or  lectures  in  Girton, 
and,  if  we  are  correctly  informed,  the  young 
ladies  attend  certain  public  classes  in  Cam- 
bridge, where  they  sit  by  the  undergrad- 
uates, as  thej'^  might  at  the  Royal  Society  or 
any  other  public  lectures. 

The  University  has  not  yet  reached  the 
point  of  admitting  Girton  as  one  of  its  col- 
leges, or  giving  a  University  degree  to  such 
of  its  students  as  pass  the  prescribed  ex- 
amination ;  but  it  attempts  to  confer  the 
equivalent  through  the  women's  exam- 
inations, and  the  degirees  there  given. 
At  all  events,  a  college  for  wom- 
en   now     exists,    whose    degree    is     as 

undoubted  a  testimony  of  scholarship  as  a 

University  degree,  and  whore  very  solid 
and  hard  work  is  done.  It  is  not  remark- 
able that  such  a  college  should  have  already 
attracted  students  from  America,  who  from 
pure  love  of  knowledge,  are  competing  for 
these  intellectual  distinctions.  From  Eng- 
land itself,  more  students  apply  than  the 
limited  building  can  accommodate,  and 
these  largely  from  a  class  who  desire  here- 
after to  be  teachers  iu  the  higher  education 
for  women.  A  degree  from  Girton  is  at  once 
a  stepping-stone  to  good  situations  with 
fair  salaries.  Among  the  students,  how- 
ever, are  not  a  few  representing  a  large 
class  nr.der  modern  civilization — single 
women  of  fortune  who  seek  some  earnest 
or  intellectual  occupation,  and  are  not 
content  with  the  life  of  society.  The  pecu- 
liar attraction  of  Girton  is  in  the  refined 
and  sensible  cast  of  the  womon  attending 
the  course,  and  the  frce^mode  of  life  left  to 
the  students. 

It  is  in  this  that  our  higher  colleges  for 
women  iu  America  have  made  such  a  mis- 
take, Most  of  them  are  scarcely  different 
from  high  schools  ;  that  is,  tho  young  ladies 

must  always  bo  present  at  recitations  at 
certain  hours,  and  are  kept  under  very  strict 
rules  as  to  stjidy.  Little  freedom  is  left  to 
them,  and  they  are  put  under  high  pressure 
of  studies  and  the  stimulus  of  the  strongest 

competition.     Some    of  the    great  physical 

evils  of  the  higher  education  for  women — 

which  have  caused  so  much  discussion  in 
Massachusetts— have  arisen  from  this  de- 
fective system.  In  the  English  college,  on 
the  other  hand,  apart  from  certain  rules  of 
propriety,  the  young  ladies  are  left  as  free 
as  to  hours  as  tho  members  of  a  German 
universitv.  They  may  attend  lectures  or 
not,  keep  to  lioui"s  or  not,  and  study  at  what 
times  suit  their  convenience  best.  Tho  only 
thing  absolutely  required,  is  that  they 
should  pass  a  rigid  examination.  They 
may  fit  themselves  for  it  when  and  how  they 
choose.  This  is  certa'mly  a  far  wiser  ar- 
rangement than  the  American.  Our  col- 
legos  also  demand  publicity  of  lifo  to  a 
considerable  degree,  and,  in  some  cases, 
overcrowd  the  living  and  sleeping-rooms. 
The  eating  at  a  crowded  table,  aud  the  liv- 
ing with  a  great  number  of  others  in  a 
large  building,  are  not  exactly  the  best  con- 
ditions for  cultivating  women's  highest 
charm  of  manner.  Manj'  parents  in- 
stinctively shrink  from  exposing  their 
daughters  to  tho  influences  of  this  public 
kind  of  life.  In  Girton,  the  young  ladies 
live  in  apartments  as  they  might  m  a  nice 
private  honse,  and  do  not  eat  or  live  to- 
gether in  largo  numbers.    .    v 

One  American  college — the  Smith  College 
at  Northampton — sepks  to  obtain  this  by 
placing  the  students  in  small  cottage-houses 
or  in  private  families.  An  eft'ort  is  also 
made  now  in  this  country  to  found  a  sys- 
tem of  women's  examinations  for  degrees 
in  Harvard  University.  It  seems  not  at  all 
improbable  that  before  long  some  of  the 
many  colleges  for  women  will  seek  to  con- 
nect themselves  with  Yale  or  Harvard,  anjd 
establish  an  institution  corresponding  to 
Girton.  Whether  it  should  adopt  a  rigid 
course  in  Greek  and  the  higher  mathematics 
is  still  a  question.  The  -true  plan  would 
seem  to  bo  to  make  the  course  elective,  only 
requiring  the  most  exact  and  rigid  examina- 
tions, which  shall  be  in  their  own  field 
equivalent  to  University  degrees. 


BABIES  IN  SOCIETY. 
The  ago  at  which  children  should  be  in- 
troduced into  society  is  a  subject  on  which 
there  is  a  variety  of  opinion.  Many  very 
intelligent ,  and  well-bred  persons  think 
that  they  should  not  be  introduced  at  all ; 
that  ■  the  proper  and  only  place  for  them  is 
the  nursery.  Others,  again,  generally  young 
parents,  believe  that  children  cannot  be 
presented  too  early,  feeling  that  all  their 
friends  and  acquaintances  are  longing  for 
a  sight — not  to  say  sound — of  the  infant 
phenomena  that  have  recently  condescended 
to  grace  this  unworthy  planet.  This  seems 
to  be  the  opinion  of  society  in  Washington, 
where,  we  are  informed,  babies  only  a  few 
months  old  are  displayed  in  elaborate 
toilets  for  tho  admiration  and  eulogy  of 
invited  guests.  On  New  Year's  Day  par- 
ticularly the  little  creatures  are  tricked  out 
with  lace,  ribbons,  and  bracelets,  and  pre- 
sumed to  receive  with  their  doting  mam- 
mas.   That  it  gives  great  pleasure  to  the 

mammas  cannot  be  doubted;  hut  whether 

the  callers,  being  entirely  masculine,  share 
the  maternal  rapture  may  be  questioned. 
Most  women  are  ant  to  be  baby-worship^ 


ers,  even  in  the  days  of  their  maidenhood ; 
but  men  are.  not,  as  a  rule,  addicted 
to  that  sort  of  adoration.  Their  fondness  for 
children  comes  with  the  children  ;  it  is  a 
growth  rather  than  a  natural  condition  ;  an 
instinct,  probably,  though  latent,  and  de- 
veloped by  circumstances,  usually  those  of 
paternity.  It  happens,  too,  that  many  men 
who  are  very  fond  of  their  own  babies,  are 
not  fond  of  other  men's  babies  ;  that,  in 
sober  truth,  they  dislike  them,  and  privately 
prononnce  them  nuisances.  A  bachelor — 
and  bachelors  are  rapidly  increasing  from  a 
diversity  of  causes — seldom  cares  for  babies, 
and  generally  he  feels  uncomfortable  in 
their  presence.  He  feels  it  to  be  the 
duty  of  politeness  to  notice  them  ;  to  say 
something  kind  and  appreciative  of  or  to  or 
about  them,  in  their  mother's  presence  ;  but 
he  is  ignorant  of  the  manner  of  discharging 
the  duty.  Under  the  circumstances — try- 
ing, it  must  be  confessed — ^he  is  conscious  of 
embarrassment  and  awkwardness  ;  and  the 
more  he  tries  to  conceal  these,  the  more  he 
reveals  them. 

It  is  not  difficult  to  imagine  how  the 
average  bachelor  would  conduct  himself  in 
calling,  upftn  a  married  lady  who  should 
have  her  first,  or  last,  or  any,  baby  conspic- 
uously placed  in  the  drawing-room.  To  ig- 
nore it  (all  children  are  neuter  to  the  child- 
less) would  be  impossible  as  well  as  impo- 
lite. He  would  be  afraid  to  approach  it, 
and  equally  afraid  not  to  approach  it ;  to 
speak,  or  to  be  silent  on  the  tender  subject. 
He  would  feel  somewhat  as  if  expected  t» 
talk  Chaldaic  without  knowing  the  first  let- 
ter of  the  alphabet,  or  to  describe  an  ani- 
mal he  had  never  heard  of.  But  he  would 
perceive  from  the  mother's  maimer,  from 
her  darting  glances  toward  the  nurse  hold- 
ing the  highly-caparisoned  infant,  that  he 
would  never  be  forgiven  if  he  did  not  effu- 
sively acknowledge  its  existence.  And  how 
can  a  bachelor  be  effusive  over  a  baby  f  He 
would  either  rush  out  of  the  honse,  or  make 

an  effort  to  meet  'the  occasion.    If  he  staid, 

he  would  clear  his  threat  again  and  again, 
attempt  repeatedly  to  swallow  his  palate, 
and  finally  drone  out,  in  the  voice  of  an  un- 
dertaker :  "  I — hope — the — ba-by's  w^ell. 
It's— a— heau-beau-ti-ful  child,  [never  look- 
ing at  it,]  it — it — closely — ^re-resembles — its 
— its — great — grand-father."  •  Of  course,  ho 
has  never  seen  its  great-grandfather,  and 
the  fact  makes  him  refer  to  the  resemblanco, 
deeming  the  position  he  has  taken  safe,  be- 
cause distant  and  non-committal. 

The  mother  is  too  much  pleased  with  his 
mention  of  the  child  to  notice  exactly  what 
he  has  said.  To  hear  that  it  looks  like  any- 
body pleases  her.  If  he  had  spoken  of  its 
being  the  image  of  Ptolemy  Pqiladel- 
PHUS  or  DiODORUS  SicULUS,  she  would 
have  been  flattered — all  tho  more, 
perhaps,  because  she  would  have  no 
conception  who  those  gentlemen  might 
be.  She  invites  him  to  a  nearer 
view.  He  walks  toward  it  as  though  he 
were  stepping  on  red-hot  plowshares,  (the 
illustration  is  good  because  he  is  passing  an 
ordeal,)  and  once  more  descants  on  its 
beauty,  inwardly  thinking — the  wretch — 
that  it  looks  like  a  bit  of  raw  roast  beef, 
garnished  with  lace  and  blue  ribbon. 
Being  by  its  side — he  declines,  with  a  shud- 
der, to  take  it,  lest  he  should  break  it.  and 

be  sued  for  damages — he  supposes  that  he 
must  poke  it,  (this  is  a  tradition  among 
bachelors,)  and  so  he  sticks  his  right 
forefinger  toward  the  bundle  of  snub 
nose,  pop  eyes,  crimson  face,  and 
white     raiment.         He     intends     to     touch 

it  somewhere  in  the  nbs.  but  seeming  to 
him  so  much  like  a  struggling  pudding,  his 
knowledge  of  anatomy  is  at  fault,  and  in 
his  nervousness  he  thrusts  his  finger  into 
one  of  its  cerulean  eyes. 

This  produces  a  crisis.  The  infant  screws 
itself  into  horrible  contortions,  and  ex- 
plodes with  a  yell  that  causes  the  unlucky 
bachelor  to  break  into  a  cold  and  clammy 
perspiration,  while  his  blood  is  on  fire,  and 
his  heart  tries  to  force  its  way  out  of  his 
throat.  In  his  agony  he  begins  to  pray,  and 
then  utters  a  confused,  clamorous,  and  in- 
coherent apology,  expecting  every  moment 
to  see  the  mass  of  squirming  scream  fly  to 
pieces  or  dissolve  in  purple  jelly.  Apologies 
are  vain;  they  are  neither  heard  nor 
heeded.*  The  nlother.  in  profound  and 
pitiable  compassion,  has  taken  the  roaring, 
struggling  babe  from  its  nurse's  arms  and  is 
laboring  to  quiet  it.  The  offender,  the  day, 
the  reception,  the  world  are  forgotten.  He 
sees  this,  and  without  any  leave-taking 
dashes  into  tho  hail,  seizes  his  hat,  and 
hun-ies  into  the  street.  He  makes  no 
more  calls  -that  day,  nor  any 
day,  until  he  has  learned  before- 
hand whether  at  tho  houses  he  visits 
babies  form  part  of  the  social  programme. 
The  night  of  the  day  of  his  unhappy  expe- 
rience with  the  Infant  is  restless  and 
wretched  enough.  He  rises  soon  after  dawn, 
steals  round  to  the  house  he  had  quitted  so 
abruptly,  aud  looks  furtively  at  the  door  to 
see  if  there  be  any  crape  on  the  knob.  "  No 
death,"  he  murmurs ;  "  thank  God !  But  no 
more  babies  for  me." 


OWNING  BOOKS. 
The  multiplication  of  circulating  libraries 
has  done  a  great  deal  for  the  reading  pub- 
lic, but  it  has  by  no  means,  as  some  seem  to 
fancy,  dispensed  with  the  necessity  of  pri- 
vate libraries.  The  effect  of  the  pulilic 
libraries  has  been "  to  coafine,  in  many 
households,  the  contents  of  the  book-shelves 
within  too  narrow  limits.  A  great  many 
families  read  nothing  but  novels,  and  these, 
unless  they  be  of  the  best,  had  better  be 
taken  from  tho  libraries  and  sent  back  as 
soon  as  possible.  The  literary  possessions 
of  too  many  households  consist  of  a  Diction-* 
ary,  a  Shakespeare  in  fine  print,  an  atlas,  a 
"  Book  of  Beauty,"  Joscpliua,  and  the  second 
volume  of  Amelia,  But  people  fonder,  even, 
of  books  rely  too  much  upon  the  libra- 
ries. They  not  only  go  to  them 
for  novels  and  the  other  ephemeral  publi- 
cations of  the  day,  but  they  refrain  from 
buying  books  of  real  value,  and  world-wide 
fame  because  they  too,  when  needed,  can  be 
got  from  the  library.  The  almost  certain 
residt  of  such  a  practice  is  that  these  books 
are  never  read,  or  are,  at  any  rate,  rarely  or 
never  read  to  advantage.    Most  people,  ex- 


cept in 


thoso  matters  which  immediately 


to  read  it  on  tho  first  opportoni^. 
But  it  is  forgotten,  until  some  spare  hout 
arrives  when  it  is  wished  for,  but  is  too  far 
away  to  be  had.  Bnt  even  ahoold  the 
reader  have  forethought  and  indnatry 
enough  to  obtain  the  book,  his  frame  of 
mind  at  the  time  may  be  such  that  he  may 
be  unable  to  find  any  pleasure  in  it  Many 
famous  books  of  past  times  are  so  different 
in  spirit  from  the  orevalent  ideas  of  onr  own 
day,  that  the  modern  reader  cannot  expect 
suddenly  to  get  in  tune  with  them.  He  may 
very  likely  form  a  contemptuous  opinion  of 
the  book,  so  that  his  last  state  will  be  worse 
than  his  first ;  for  it  is  mnch  better  to  be  ia 
entire  ignorance  of  a  subject  than  to  carry 
about  in  one's  mind  for  years  a  foolish  pre- 
judice concerning  it. 

But  if,  on  the  other  hand,  one  owns  a  fa- 
mous book  and  it  looks  down  daily  upon 
him  from  his  shelves,  it  is  sure  sooner  or 
later  to  force  itself  into  his  hands.  It  wonld 
be  hardly  worth  while,  for  instance,  to 
bring  home  a  volume  of  Gray's  poems  for  a 
week's  pernsak  Such  poems  as  the  "  Bard" 
and  the  *'  Progress  of  Poesy"  would  be,  in 
many  cases,  no  sooner  attempted  than  they 
would  be  thrown  aside  in  disgust,  yet  there 
is  not  a  line  in  that  slender  volume  which 
is  not  worth  reading,  and  nearly  the  whole 
of  it  can  be  read  many  times.  These  two 
poems,  faulty  as  they  certainly  are,  from 
their  allusions  to  things  which  everybody 
ought  to  know,  but  which  scarcely  anybody 
does  know,  become,  when  these  allusions  are 
once  understood,  sources  of  lively  pleasure. 
Byron  is  another  author  who  will  be  certain 
to  be  unread  if  not  possessed.  His  whole 
spirit  is  so  entirely  unlike  that  which  now 
pervades  society  that  it  is  nearly  impossible 
for  us  to  understand  his  point  of  view.  The 
notion  ot  a  man  rushing  around  the  world 
and  making  such  an  ontcry  and  a  clamor 
about  his  pnvate  troubles  and  the  peculiar- 
ities of  his  own  soul  is,  to  us,  in  this  practi- 
cal time,  nearly  incomprehensible.    "Lara," 

or  "  Manfred,"  brohght  from  a  circulating 

library,  would  be  sent  back  with  the  com- 
ment that*  Byrox  was  an  artificial,  theatri- 
cal, and  even  a  dull  writer;  or  that,  at  any 

rate,  it  was  quite  out  of  the  power  of  people 

living  nowadays  to  understand  him.    But,  il 

this  poet  stands  upon  your  book-shelves 
in  a  dozen  decently  bound  and  clean* 
ly  printed  volumes,  he  will  have  a 
vastly  better  chance  to  be  read, 
and,  therefore,  to  be  understood.  Some 
accident  will  awaken  your  -  curiosity  con- 
cerning him,  and  will  bring  you  into  some 
sort  of  accord  with  him.  Perhaps  you  have 
been  reading  Scott,  and  the  quick  and 
ready  gallop  of  his  iambic  verse  has  posses- 
sion of  the  ear.  It  will  then  be  easy  to  turn 
to  the  "  Giaour,"  and  the  reader  cannot  fail 
to  mark  at  once  with  astonishment  the  ex- 
traordinary force  and  color  of  that  poem. 
He  will  see  that,  while  the  fighting  ol 
Scott's  heroes  is  like  that  of  charming  and 
honorable  lads  trained  in  some  medisBval 
Rugby,  the  Turk  and  the  Giaour  fight  like 
tigers.  The  clue  onco  gained,  the  curiosity 
and  sympathy  of  the  reader  once  excited,  no 
other  work  of  the  poet  will  entirely  fiiil  to 
interest  him. 

Of  course,  the  libraries  of  all  but  the  very 
rich  must  be  limited  to  a  comparatively 
few  books.    What  these  shall  be  must  be 

determined  by  the  disposition  of  the  reader. 
But  we  are  sure  that  a  library,  no  matter 
how  small,  must,  to  be  valuable,  include  the 
English  poets  in  attractive  and  intelligible 
editions.    We  do  not  mean  that  they  shall 

be  in  calf  or  morocco,  or  that   they   shall  be 

in  uniform  bindings ;  for  our  part  we  pre- 
fer that  even  the  outside  of  a  great  book 
shall  possess  an  individuality  of  its  own. 
But  the  volumes,  of  whatever  kind  they 
may  be,  should  be  pleasant  to  the  eye  and 
the  touch  ;  they  should  be  well  indexed, 
moreover,  so  that  the  reader's  temper  may 
not  be  vexed  in  looking  for  some  favorite 
verses  through  such  perplexing  divisions  as 
"  Poems  of  the  Fancy,"  "  Poems  of  Feeling," 
"  Ethical  Poems,"  &c.  Sitting  on  the  morn- 
ing of  some  holiday  in  an  arm  chair  before 
an  ample  grate,  with  a  poem  which  really 
interests  us  iu  hand,  we  have  indeed  cause  to 
be  glad  that  we  own  a  few  books.  With  one's 
own  surroundings  commodious  and  agree- 
able, it  is  indeed  pleasant  to  look  down 
upon  the  battles  and  the  loves  of  other 
times,  and  to  share  their  adventures,  de- 
lights, and  sufferings  at  so  small  an  eX' 
pense  of  ease  and  comfort. 


'fr:. 


LETTER  TO  THE  EDITOR. 


YALE  VS.   CORNELL. 
Tothe  Editor  of  the  New-  fork  Times : 

In  your  issue  ot  the  10th  you  copy  from  the 
Ithaca^Journal  an  article  which,  in  its  assamptiona 
of  oar  reasons  for  refasiag  to  row  ComeU,  is  essen- 
tially false.  Under  "Yale's  Keply  toCorneU"  it 
says:  "It  is  declared  that  the  Tale  Boat^ClaO  is 
heavily  in  debt,  and  cannot  afford  to  incar-  the  ex- 
pense incideac  to  saCU  a  race."  A  similar  error  ha*, 
been  corrected  once  before,  and  to  yoa  I  would 
make  the  same  statement  that  I  dia  on  that  ocoa-, 
8ion,  namely,  tbat  in  refaaing  Cornell's  cbaUenca. 
the  stale  of  oar  Treasnrv  was  not  once  coniiidered.'' 
FRED.  W.  DAVIS,  President  Y.  U.  B.  C. 

New-Haven,  Monday,  Feb.  12,  1877. 


concern  their  bread  and  butter,  are  apt  to 

be  lazy*  ■  They  usually  drift  into  their 
reading  as  into  their  amusements ;  and  no 
doubt  they  read  to  all  the  mora  advantage 
for  so  doing.     Books  on  the  shelves  of  the 

public  libraries  are  not  in  the  way  of  at- 
tracting their  notice.  One  ihears  of  a  book 
and  immediately  conceives  a  desire  to 
read  iti  indeed,  inome^atolv   deteaninAoy 


PUBLIC  IMPR0VKMENT3. 
To  the  Editor  of  the  New-  York  Timet: 

The  time  has  come  when  it  is  absolutely  ne- 
cessary that  the  officials  and  departments  hariag 
charge  of  carrying  out  our  public  improve- 
ments shoaid  a#t  with  the  greatest  caution,  and 
avoid  as  much  ks  possible  placing  any  farther  aS' 
sessments  on  the  already  overburdened  property- 
owners.  As  an  instance  of  how  these  matters  are 
managed  in  European  cities,  it  would  be  well  for 
our  oflloials  to  learn  how  the  City  of  Paris  carries 
out  ita  great  improvement*  without  levying  ralnoa» 
assessments  on  the  property. 

When  the  Boulevard  de  I'Opera  was  decided 
upon,  15  well-known  citizens  of  the  City  of  Pans 
wore  selected  to  act  as  Commissioners,  with  power 
to  acquire  the  land  nectssary  for  the  Boulevard, 
and  soaie  hundreds  uf  feet  more  on  both  sides  of  th« 
proposed  avenue. 

The  uroperty  was  bought  by  the  city,  the  owners 
of  it  receiving  a  fair  market  price;  the  avenae  was 
tben  laid  out  and  coQ8tracc«d.  Atter  the  work  was 
accomDlished  and  the  avenue  opened  to  the  public, 
the  extra  land  acquired  on  both  sides  of  the  Boule- 
vard was  advertised  and  sold  at  puolic  anotlou,  and 
the  price  realized  for  this  land  covered  the  cost  ot 
the  entire  purchase  of  all  the  land  taken,  paid  also 
the  entire  cost  of  ooustraction,  and  left  a  surplus  of 
some  million  francs  over  and  above  all  expensea. 
Tbua  the  City  of  Paris  had  acquired  title  to  a  fine 
avenae,  an  elegant  boulevard  had  been  constructed, 
surrounding  property  benefited,  and  not  a  dollar 
had  been  levied  ou  either  property-owners  or  tax. 
payers. 

We  would  now  cair  the  attention  of  oar  publio 
officials  to  a  vary  similar  improvement  carried  out 
in  Now- York.  We  refer  to  the  Broadway  widening 
from  Thiny-fourth  to  Fifty-ninth  streets.  For  thia 
Improvement  the  City  paid  for  acquiring  titxe  lo  a 
curtain  number  of  f<4et  on  both  sides  ot  Broad wav 
the  sum  of  (4051.723  CO,  of  which  amount  12,400,000 
was  assessed  on  the  property  bcundea  by  Xiiird 
and  Bigbth  avenues,  Tentb  and  Fitty-ninth  streets. 
If,  as  in  the  case  of  the  Boulevard  de  i'Opera,  tba 
City  of  New-York  bad  purchased  enough  of  land 
on  both  sides  ot  Broadway  so  as  to  have  lett  aftei 
the  wlaeoinfr,  say,  lots  of  lOO  feet  In  denth,  and 
then  sold   the  property  after  the-  work  bad  be«n 

McorapllBhed,  U  would  have  reaped  the  benefit 

which  fell  to  the  share  of  the  proDertv-ownera  on 
the  line  of  the  improvement,  and  a  large  amoaat  oi 
money  would,  in  all  probabilltv,  bave  been  realiaed 

b.v  thift  City.   We  hope  that,  nutter  the  present  sd< 
uiinistration,  the  Mayor,   Controller,  and  Commi» 
sioner  of  Public  Works  wlU  give  this  subject  tltali 
e«ne8tcoMiderM|en.^^gg^  &  FRIEDMAN; 
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4  QUIET  DAY  IN  THE  HOUSE. 
^Jtt     8KKATB     NOT    IN     SESSION — TWO     OR 
THREE  BIULS  INTRODUCED— DEBATE  ON 
▲  BROOKLYN  BILL,  AND  SOlklETHING  ON 
POINTS   OF  ORDER. 

Fr«n  Our  Own  CwrrtSDtnStnt. 
Albany,  Saturday,  Feb.  17,  1877. 

There  was  only  one  branch  of  the  Legis- 
fcire  in  session  ^to-day.  the  Senate  having  ad- 
Joamed  yesterday  until  Monday  evening.  The 
House  also  was  very  thin,  and  so  the  day  alto-. 
/lether  was  very  quiet.  A  good  deal  of  busi- 
aess  was  done,  but  it  was  of  an  uninteresting 
character.  The  consideration  of  Mr.  Purdy's 
tesolntions  for  the  appointment,  of  a  commit- 
teo  to  Investigate  the  condition  of  insurance 
corporations,  was  put  over  until  Monday  niRht, 
and  when  the  House  adjourned  it  adjourned  to 
that  time.  Some  few  bUU  were  introduced. 
The  only  incident  which  interrupted  the  me- 
ac^ony  of  the  proceedings  was  a  short  but  warm 
dispute  over  a  Brooklyn  bill  for  the  comple- 
tion of  the  Hempstead  Reservoir.  The  debate 
was  interesting  as  showing  how  much  talk 
and  confusion  obscuring  th«  real  point  at  issue 
will  follow  Irom  maladroit  management  of  a 
bill  on  the  floor  of  the  House.  The  biU  was 
introduced  in  the  first  week  of  the  session. 
It  contained  a  proviso  that  the  work  should  be 
done  by  day's  work.  When  Mayor  "Schroeder 
was  before  the  Committee  on  Cities  a  few 
days  ago,  lie  explained  why  this  was  inserted. 
The  enlargement  of  the  reservoir  \ras  in  effect 
Bimplr  the . digging  of  a  large  hole,  and  it  was 
the  intent  of  the  citv  authorities  to  send  out 
Bome  hundreds  ot  the  unemployed  poor  who 
were  asking  the  charity  of  the  city,  and  put 
them  to  work  at  the  digging.  But, 
Bs  the  bill  had  already  been  in  the 
committee  many  -vreeks,  and  would  probablv 
kaKe  several  more  before  it  passed  Assembly 
and  Senate,  the  season  for  work  would  have 
boened  before  the  bill  became  a  law,  and  he 
therefore  thought  that  the  work  might  be  done 
by  contract  in  the  usual  way.  When  the  bill 
came  up  this  morning.  Mr.  Stephenson  offered 
an  amenflment  that  the  work  should  be  so 
done,  but  gave  no  reason  why.  Mr.  Bradley 
opposed  the  amendment,  quoting  Mayor 
Bchroeder's  Message,  and  using  his  authority 
to  shew  why  the  ■  work  should  be  done  by  the 
3ay.  Now  was  the  opportunity  for  Mr.  Ste- 
phenson to  explain  why  he  had  offered  his  amend- 
ment, by  reciting  what  Mayor  Schroeder  really 
had  said,  giving  the  whole  truth  instead  ot 
only  half  of  it,  as  Bradley  had  done.  Instead  of 
tbis  he  simply  said  that  he  [Stephenson] 
thought  it  was  too  lato  to  have  the  work  done 
by  the  day.  Then  up  rose  Mr.  Ecclesine,  who 
represents  the  up-town  laborers'  district, 
and  made  a  roaring  speecU  on  the 
rights  ot  the  workmg  man,  and  the 
duty  of  the  State  to  support  him.  Mr. 
Pish,  ChaLnnan  of  the  Cities  Committee,  ^ik" 
what  should  have  been  done  at  first,  explained 
what  Mayor  Schroeder  had  said  in  regard  to 
the  matter.  Air.  Marvin,  of  Kings,  followed 
with  a  speech  in  favor  of  the  contract  system 
as  opposed  to  the  day's  work  plan,  which  was 
not  the  point  at  issue  at  all ;  and  tbis  brought 
out  Peter  Mitchell  in  a  speech  on  tlie  otber 
Bide,  and  in  the  same  vein  as  Ecclosine'a  ora- 
tion. Mr.  Alvord  made  a  few  vigorous  re- 
marks, and  then  had  the  bill  progressed,  lu 
the  House,  by  unanimous  consent,  the  bill  was 
amended  by  providing  that  the  Common  Coun- 
cil should  decide  in  what  way  the  work  should 
be  done.  This  result  was  reached  after  a  few 
minutes'  quiet  conversation  among  the  Brook- 
lyn meinbers,  among  whom  there  had -been  no 
substantial  disagreement  on  the  matter  from 
the  first.  The  whole  debate  was  noth- 
ing but  the  result  of  awkward  man- 
agement, which  gave  an  opportunity 
lor  some  gentlemen  to  trot  out  the 
"  working  man."  Some  ridiculous  mistakes 
were  made  on  points  of  order.  Mr.  Mitchell, 
who  is  usually  sound  on  parbamentary  law, 
made  the  extraordinary  assertion  that  he  had 
the  right  to  send  a  paper  to  the  Clerk's  desk 
and  have  it  read  without  the  consent  of  the 
House.  Of  course,  it  would  follow  from  this, 
that  if  a  member  wished  to  stave  oft  a  vote  on 
a  bill  he  could  get  the  floor,  make  a  few  re- 
marks, send  up  a  book,  and  keep  the  clerks 
reading  lor  a  day  or  %  week,  it  he  chose,  and 
the  House  could  not  protect  itself.  As  a  matter 
ot  fact,  the  rule  is  explicit  that  without  the 
consent  of  the  House  a  member  cannot  even 
read  or  have  read  so  much  as  a  paragraph. 
Next  Mr.  Mitchell  asserted  his  right  to,  aud  at- 
tempted at  the  close  of  his  remarks  to  yield  the 
floor  in  favor  of  another  member.  This  is 
a  practice  which  is  common  at  Washinsrtou, 
but  is  only  in  order  when  the  person  who  yields 
has  a  certain  time  accorded  him  in  which 
to  speak.  Ho  may  then,  if  he  chooses, 
Rive  a  portion  of  it  to  another  mem- 
ber, but  the  ri;;ht  of  the  one  to  give 
And  the  other  to  speak,  expires  with  the  limit 
of  time,  otherwise  three  or  four  members 
mighX  be  able  by  mutual  agreement  to  talk 
all  the  time,  and  stop  business  completely. 
fclr.  Ecclesine  also  put  his  loot  in  it  in  a  wuy 
not  uncommon  with  new  niemoers.  When 
Mr.  Alvard  had  moved  to  progress  the  bill,  ho 
rose  to  speafe.  Murmurs  of  "  not  debatable, 
not  debatable,"  came  from  those  nearest  him, 
aad  the  Chairman  informed  him  he  was  out 
of  order  if  he  rose  to  debate  the  motion.  Mr. 
Ecclesine  gazed  arourd  the  chamber  for  a 
moment,  and  with  impressive  soleainitv  said  : 
••  Then,  Mr.  Chairman,  I  demand  the  yeas  and 
nays  on  this  motioa."  A  shout  of  laughter 
from  all  parts  of  the  house  remanded  him  to 
his  seat,  aud  probably  to  the  study  oi  his  Blue 
Book,  where  he  found  that  as  the  action  of  the 
Committee  of  the  Whole  must  be  subseuuefatly 
ratified  or  nei^atived  by  the  House,  a  vote  by 
yeas  and  nays  cannot  ot  necessity  he  takeli  in 
committee,  since  such  a  vote  makes  a  fiual  end 
Of  the  question  voted  upon. 

Mr.  Cowdin  introduced  a  bill  which  prevents 
Any  (iorporation  doing  a  fire  insurance  business 
in  this  State  to  state  or  represent,  in  any 
printed  or  published  document,  any  funds  or 
assets  to  be  in  possession  of  such  corijoration 
not  actually  possessed  by  it.  Every  advertise- 
ment of  any  sort  or  kind  which  shall  purport 
to  make  known  the  financial  standing  of  any 
fire  insurance  company  shall  make  a  truthful 
■tatement  ot  its  assets  and  resources  corre- 
•ponding  to  the  of&cial  statement  made  by  such 
company  under  oath.  This  bill  was  drawn  up 
at  the  instance  of  some  of  our  largest  and 
soundest  fire  insurance  companies,  who  daily 
see  the  papers  and  periodicals  filled  with  ad- 
vertisements of  rotten  concerns,  in  which  the 
XQoat  Iraudulent  statements  are  presented  ot 
their  financial  condition. 

Mr.  Ecclesine  introduced  a  bill  of  which  the 
following  IS  a  copy  : 

Section  1.  No  policy  of  insurance  on  the  lite  of  an 
LoUiTKlmtl  now  iu  existence,  or  which  may  here- 
after be  effected,  shall  become  forteited  by  reasun 
of  ine  nou-paymenc  of  premium,  so  long  as  theru 
Bliail  be  to  the  credit  of  the  asaured  an  atnunat  ot 
nnpaid  dividends  equal  to  the  amonut  of  premium 
thee  dfte  on  said  poucy. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  tatce  efiiect  immediately. 
'  The  indefatigable  Fleoke  came  up  with  his 
Usual  daily  bill,  this  last  production  being  one 
relating  to  the  carrying  of  dangerous  weapons, 
though  he  entitles  it  ''  for  the  better  protection 
of  human  life  and  limb."  It  provides  that  if 
any  person  be  arrested  on  a  charge  of  disor- 
derly eonduct,  assault,  larceny,  burglary,  or 
robbery,  and  there  be  found  upon  such  person 
any  felonious  weapon,  he  shall,  upon  convic- 
tion of  the  offense  for  which  he  was  arrested 
and  indicted,  receive  double  punishment.  The 
idea  is  good,  but  the  bill  is  crudely  drawn,  ana 
"Will  require  much  shaping,  from  the  Judiciary 
Committee.  ''^'_ "". 

THE   WEATHER 


SYNOPSIS  AND  INDICATIONS. 

Washington,   Feb.  18—1  A.    M.— The   area 

of  lowest  pressure  is  now  near  the  Bay  of  Faudy, 
snd  brisk  north-west  winds  hare  prevailed,  with 
partly  cloady  weather  ovbr  the  Middle  snd 
Xiaatem  States.  The  bierhest  pressure  has 
moved  southward  to  Texao,  and  faUlng  baroomter 
and  warmer  aontherly  winds  prevail  thence 
northward  to  Hanitot»a  and  the  upper  lakes.  Clear 
weather  is  now  very  generally  reported  from  all 
■tationa,  except  In  New- York  and  the  Canadian 
provinces.  Xhe  rivers  generally  fell  on  Saturday, 
especially  at  Cincinnati  and  Boonville.  The  ioe  In 
the  Misau^pl  at  Warsaw  cleared  aw»y  without 
causing  danisge. 

nnoicATiONS. 

For  Simday  in  tne  South  Atlantic  and  Gulf 
Statea,  TennMsee,  and  the  Ohio  Valley,  cooler, 
followed  by  warmer  south  and  west  wiada,  station- 
ary or  falling  barometer,  partly  cloudy  or  clear 
weather,  except  on  the  Carolina  coast,  north-east 
winds  and  lower  temperatures. 

For  the  Upper  Mississippi  and  Lower  Missouri 
Talleys  and  the  upper  lake  region,  railing  barome- 
ter wanner  south-west  winds,  and  clear  weather, 
followed  at  western  stations  by  cooler  north-west 
Winds  and  rising  barooaeter.  \ 


nonary,  or  rising  barometer,  cooler  north  to  wttt 
teindf.  partly  cloudy  or  clear  weather. 

Tlie  nvers  will  continue  slowly  tailing. 

Cantioaary  eigaals  continue  on  the  middle  and 
east  Atlantic  coasts. 


KENif£B'S  FISHI  S^OBT, 


HOW  BE  TRIED  TO  RAISE  MONET  TO  BUT 
GOV.  WELLS — HE  OMITS  TO  MENTION 
ANT   CONTRIBUTIONS   FROM    NEW-TORK. 

Washikgton,  Feb.  17. — The  Committee  on 
the  Powers,  Privilnges,  and  Duties  ot  the  House 
this  momiog  examined  Danoan  S.  Kenner,  of  New- 
Orleans.  He  testified  that  Gov.  Wells  told  an  un- 
truth in  testifying  that  be  [Eennerj  offered  him  « 
bribe  to  cast  the  vote  of  Louisiana  fnr  Tilden.  Mr. 
Kenner  stated,  preliminarily,  that  the  interviews' 
between  hims^elf  and  Wells  were  confidential,  ana 
nothing  could  have  induced  witness  to  disregard 
the  obligscion  of  secrecy  were  it  not  that  Wells  had 
first  broken  tbis  obligation.  Witness  then  stated 
that  on  Nov.  17  or  18  he  met  Gov.  Wells  on  the 
street,  and  said  to  the  lacter  that  he  wished  to  see 
him  at  his  [witness' |  office  on  the  sabjeot  of  the  late 
election,  It  was  a  well-recotnized  fact  that 
!Nioholl3  had  carried  the  Stat«,  bat  an  aiiprebension 
"was  felt  by  rhu  people  of  Louisiana  that  lie  would 
not  be  permitted  to  take  his  seat;  Wells  replied 
that  he  was  perfectly  willing  to  talk  frankly 
and  freely  on  that  sabiect,  and  did  not 
wish  to  lose  the  good  ooinion  of  any 
of  bis  old  friends ;  witness  replied  that  the 
anxiety  arose  from  the  tact  that  four  years 
more  of  misrule  and  disquiet  inculental  to  a 
Government  that  could  not  be  recogoized  as  a  legi- 
tima<e  one,  would  cause  the  same  atagnatiou  in 
business  that  had  existed  for  the  last  few  years  ; 
he  I  Wells  I  ought  to  look  well  to  the  consequences 
otthe  steps  be  might  take,  that  no  persouai  coii- 
siderations  should  inflaence  him.  but  that  the  feel- 
ing of  the  comraunltv  toward  him  ongnt  to  be  of 
creat  weight;  Gov.  Wells  acknowledged  th«  troth 
of  this,  but  xaid  that  he  was  a  partisan,  and  could 
not  break  with  his  party  without  great  peraoDal 
sacrifice,  as  he  was  a  poor  man  ;  Wells'  allusion  to 
bis  uuverty  led  witness  to  suppose  that  he  alluded 
to  Che  loss  of  his  ollioe,  ana  witness  asked  bim  what 
ofiBce  Gov.  I'ackacd  could  otter  him  that  would 
compensate  him  tor  the  haired  ot  his  people; 
Wells  replied  that  he  did  not  care  for  office  ;  that 
he  was  too  old  to  hold  office,  aud  that  the  tenure  of 
oflice  was  too  insecure  anyhow,  hue  that  any  com- 
pensation he  might  receive  far  his  course  would 
enable  him  to  retire  to  his  nlantation  in  Rapides 
Pariah ;  witness  said  that  KoUogg  aud  Packard 
would  offer  him  f  Wells]  anything,  but  Wells  replied 
that  this  was  a  Dig  thing,  the  bi^^est 
thing  he  ever  handled;  promises  would  not, 
answer  this  time,  as  he  was  determined  tu  make  it 
tell:  Wells  admitted  that  it  was  a  great  deal  easier 
to  count  iu  Nichulis  than  Packard;  wi  nes?  urged 
Wells  to  name  some  amonut  which  would  compen- 
sate dim,  and  said  that  the  gratitude  of  the  people 
of  Loutuiana  mast  certainly  compeusate  hiui  fur 
any  loss  he  might  exporieuce  at  the  hands  of  his 
party  ;  Wells  refused  to  name  a  euoi,  saying  that 
he  must  first  consult  with  some  oue,  and.  npon  be- 
ing pressed  by  wi  mess  to  state  with  whoui  Ue  pro- 
posed to  consult,  mentioned  Tom  Anderson  ;  ib;.-j 
was  the  HUbstauce  of  the  first  interview  ;  some  &ix 
or  seven  days  later  witness  met  VVelis,  Calvert,  and 
Anderson  on  the  steps  of  the  City  Hall;  Wells 
drew  a  bundle  of  letters  from  his  pucket,  assorted 
them,  and  handed  one  to  wituess.  saving,  "d'his  is 
for  you  ;"  the  letter  had  no  Hupersciiption  and  no 
signatare,  and  the  substance  of  it  was,  "  I  have  not 
heard  trom  yon  ;  what  does  it  mean?'  witness  went 
down  the  hotel  step;:*,  crossed  the  street,  and  went 
into  a  drug  store,  where  he  aakeJ  lor  a  piece  of 
paper,  and  wrote  to  Wells,  tolliug  him  to  meet 
witness  in  a  certaiu  room  in  the  City  Hotel : 
he  sent  ibis  note  to  Wells,  who  was  ilining  at 
th^  Cit.v  Hotel  ;  witness  did  not  kuow  what 
be 'dill  with  tho  note  Wells  handed  lim; 
the  meeting  cook  place,  and  \Vdtls  said  be  doubted 
whether  he  could  do  anylhini!,  heciuse  Andeioon 
doubted  big  [witness' j  ability  to  raise  a  large  enough 
amount  of  money  ;  witness  asked  how  much  An- 
dersou  wanted,  aud  Wells  replied  half  a  million  ; 
witness  said  that  this  was  s>ert'ectlv  ridiculous; 
that  he  did  not  want  them  to  do  anything  wrong  ; 
aud  that  if  this  demand  was  insiaiod  upnu  they 
might  as  well  drop  tho  matter  ;  Wells  then  said, 
"wiucafew  days:  "  some  days  lattr  they  had  an- 
other meeting,  which  was  to  tnesamepiJipo.se; 
about  !Nov.  30  another  meeting  tooK  jdaco, 
and  Wells  asked  what  witness  expected 
him  to  do  ;  witness  replied  that  all  that  was  wuute.1 
was  a  tair  count  of  ail  votes  cast ;  Wells  aiiswt-red 
that  he  could  nor  do  that;  that  ne  mast  throw  out 
some  parishes,  but  that  he  could  leave  enough  votes 
iu  to  elect  Nicholls;  he  said  he  would  do  iliat  it  wit- 
ness would  ^>lace  in  his  baud  |'200.G00  m  greenbacks; 
witness  replied  that  he  had  not  the  lunue^-;  ihi» 
ended  the  interview, ana  he  did  not  see  Weliti  agiiiu 
until  after  the  promulgation  of  the  vote  ;  nouie  four 
or  five  days  alter  the  piumalgatiou  wituesa  met 
Welis  and  some  other  guirtlr-uieu  at  Red  River 
Bieam-Doac  landing,  and  ankod  Wells  whether  he 
was  going  home;  Wells  replied  that  he  was  L'oing 
the  foUowini:  week  ;  tn  talsiui  witness  and  Wells 
dilfored  iu  opinioi),  and  wituf86  exprexaed  his  :istoii- 
ishment  and  renrot  at  W-.-JU'  coursa;  Wells  turned, 
and,  looking  witness  tuU  in  tho  f.ice,  s.nd,  '■  What 
could  I  do  ?  Noubad  uo  money;"  witness  said  he 
hoped  that  WelU  had  unc  truaied  iu  any  promixe 
trom  Kellui!g  or  Packard,  but  had  made  himself 
safe,  to  which  Wells  replied,  "  You  bet,"  or  words 
to  that  effect.  Mr.  Kenner  couclud-d  bv  sayiu.: 
that  this  was  the  last  interview  he  had  with  V," ells, 
whom  he  had  not  seeu  siuco  that  time. 

In  reply  to  questions  by  Mr.  Lawrence.  Mr.  Ken- 
ner reiterateu  the  above  statement,  and  stated  in 
addition  tliat  he  hired  tho  room  ia  tlie  City  Hotel  lu 
which  he  and  Weils  had  tneir  interviews,  which 
lasted  from  IS  oiinaics  to  halt  .".n  hour;  he  had  no 
personal  knowledge  ot  any  other  person  ap|itoaeii- 
Ing  Wells  on  this  subject,  ilr.  Kenner  alxo  urated 
that  be  spoke  with  Dr.  Samuel  Ctioppiu,  John 
Phelps,  G'-u.  J.  L.  Brent,  Siimuel.Biuiyson,  A.  i>. 
Keunett,  John  A.  Morns.  i)r.  Beard,  Alartin  Jor- 
dan, Hbiiry  Mitlcr,  and  perhaps  some  oth,'ra,  ou 
the  sabiect  of  raisiui  mouev;  he  told  no  one 
of  his  inierviews  with  Wells;  he  bimseli  proposal 
tx)  give  15,000;  I)r.  Chopniu  aud  ilr.  Pucipa,  he 
thought,  agre>-d  to  give  Svi,53i)each,  but  be  could  uot 
state  the  amounts  the  others  were  wiilinu  to  give  ; 
he  str.ted  thai  be  had  kuonn  Weiia  fur  40  years, 
and  had  always  beeu  on  friendly  terms  wit.i  nun  : 
he  hao  none  but  friendly  feelings  tuwaid  him  now, 
hut  couid  hardly  say  that  a  man  who  did  what 
Wells  diU  lu  r<  Kard  to  counliug  the  vote  oi  L  .ui.-i- 
ana  had  his  entire  reapeci:  wiiueaa  was  rejjiaierca 
as  a  voter  iu  NewUih-ans,  but  did 
not  vote  at  the  List  eUction,  bec.iu.-.a 
previous  to  the  same  he  had  troue  to  hl>  plantation 
lor  var.oua  reason!" ;  ba  had  in  bia  eujuhiy  ou  bis 
three  places  about  l.OOJ  men,  wuiueu,  aud  children, 
ot  whom  about  500  or  6iJ0  are  voters  :  he  exercised 
every  influence  to  secuie  v^tea  for  Tiiden,  ir 
rath«r,  nud  bis  puople  to  vol'?  for  Kicholis,  wiiose 
alectiuu  would  eaanls  hici  to  pri.-ipcr  by  good 
lauds  aj«l  leas  taxes,  and  would  enable  him"  to  u.iy 
toem  better  wa.ieB ;  he  did  not  threaten  to  d1.4- 
charge  tbam  rri:m  bin  empiuymeut  it  ihey  did  nut 
vote  ror  Isichoiis. 

The  examiua'.ion  of  the  witness  was  not  con- 
cluded wtieu  tlie  Committee,  at  uooa,  aojoorned 
until  12  o'clock  Monday. 


THE  MEXICAy  TROUBLES. 
MATAiiORAS,  Feb.  17. — Since  Gou.  Blanco  as- 
sumed command  of  the  hue  of  the  Biaz  is  in  be- 
half ot  the  Government  ot  Geu.  Di  >z,  he  has  beeu 
assiduously  engaged  in  barmouiz  n.;  the  various 
aimed  factions  er.istlng  here,  in  order  to  restore 
tranquillity  to  the  frontier.  The  civil  authorities, 
national,  State,  and  city,  have  been  leinstaied  In 
their  respective  positions,  and  several  armed 
parties  beretotore  impeding  commerce  ou  the  hieh- 
way  have  come  in,  snrrenderbd  their  arms,  aud  re- 
tired to  their  homes.  To-day  Gen.  John  W.  C'rtin.i, 
with  about  l.OOd  well-armed  cavalry,  entered  ih-a 
city,  and  was  received  with  military  bouors  by  G«o. 
Blanco,  amid  the  ringing  of  oeils  aud  popular  accla- 
mations. Cortiua  ia  prep:iring  to  start  in  a  lew- 
days  for  the  City  of  ilexito.  where  ho  has  beeu 
called  by  Gen.  Diaz.  The  roads  to  the  iDterior  are 
now  opened.  Tne  mail  and  leiegraph  are  being  re- 
established, and  com  nierce  is  reviviQkr,  with  a  gen- 
eral feeling  of  a  restoratioti  of  peace  and  order  iu 
this  section  of  Melico. 


A  CASHIER  KILLED  By  AW03fAN.  ^ 
St.  Paul,  Feb.  17. — At  Minneapolis,  last 
evening,  about  6:30  o'clock,  William  H.  Sidle,  As- 
sistaut  Cashier  of  the  Firat  National  Bank  of  that 
city,  was  shot  in  the  head  and  mortally  wounded 
by  a  young  woman  named  Kit^  Nounan.  Sidle 
was  a  yonnn  man  highly  connected,  and  the  af- 
fair caused  a  greai  deal  of  excitement.  Miss 
Noonan  claims  that  Sidle  Sedaued  aui  then  de- 
serted her.  The  shooting  occurred  on  the  street  iu 
front  of  the  Nicollet  Hotel,  and  was  witnessed  by 
several  persona.  The  woman  was  immediately 
arrested.  She  betrays  no  remorse  for  the  deed. 
Sidle  died  soon  after  ii  o'clock  this  morning. 


THE  MATOBALIT  OF  SYRjiCVSE. 

Stracuse,  Feb.  17.— James  J.  Belden,  who 
this  morning  published  a  letter  declining  the 
Bepnblican  nomination  for  Mayor,  was  nominated 
again  this  afternoon  by  the  Republican  Convention 
and  accepted.  The  Democratic  City  Convention 
this  afternoon  accepted  thedeclinaiion  of  .James  S. 
Grouse,  who  was  nominated  for  Mayor  on  Thumasy, 
and  placed  in  nomination  John  K.  Whitlock,  wno 
was  previously  nominated  as  ibe  citizens'  candidate. 

F^JLL  ACQUAIiiTED  AT  TEE  JAIL. 
A  Massachusetts  paper  says  that  one  David 
Clifford,  of  Fall  River,  who  was  sentenced  to  tho 
House  of  Correciion  Wednesda>  morning,  stated 
upoa  the  witoess-stand  that  be  had  already-  served 
32  terms  in  Wiat  institution.  Be  has  a  sister  now 
in  confinement  there,  and  tho  sentence  of  a  brother 
expired  Wednesday.  At  one  time  himself,  his 
orotber,  two  sisters,  and  father  were  coudued  in 
jail  for  various  misdemeanors,  larceny  always  bein  g 
a  favorite  weakness  with  the  Clifford  family. 


DEMOOBATIO  REPEATERS  TN  OHIO. 
Cincinnati,  FeD.  17.— Eph  Holland,  who 
was  arrested  for  illegal  voting,  in  his  statement 
published  to-day  says  he  had  a  man  from  Chicago, 
named  Burns,  with  a  gang  of  12  men,  and  a  man 
named  Faircbild  from  Pittsburg,  with  eight  men, 
Milce  Glenson,  from  New-Vork,  with  18  men,  who 
east  in  all  about  50O  votes ;  be  received  11,000  from 
jauUQanuM>Mja<\  Utunuuttee.  aud  was  piouued  mora 


from  individual   politloians,  who   failed  to  give  him 
the  money. 

THE  GRAND  DUKIS  ALEXIS. 


HIS  ARRIVAL  IN  THIS  CITT,  WirHVttE  GRAND 
DUKE  CON8TANTINE  AND  A  RUSSIAN  AD- 
MIRAL— ^THE  PARTT  VISITS  THE  EAGLE 
THEATRE  IN  TUE  EVENING. 

The  Grand  Duke  Alexis,  ot  Russia,  his  cou- 
sin, the  Grand  Duke  Constantine,  Baron  SchUlinir, 
Admiral  of  the  Russian  fleet,  and  Dr.  Condeine  ar- 
rived in  this  City  yesterday  afternoon  on 
the  4:05  train  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad. 
The  party  took  the  Bsy  Line  from  Norfolk,  and 
upon  their  arrival  at  Baltimore  were  met  by  Mr. 
Prank  Thomson.  General  Manager  of  the  Penn- 
svlvania  Railroad,  who  placed  his  special  car  at 
their  disposition.  Great  care  had  been  taken  to 
keep  the  fact  of  his  arrival  secret,  and  theie  was 
con8eqa"ntIy  no  crowd  at  the  depot  in  Jersey  City 
to  see  the  Grand  Duke.  There  was  no  incident  on 
the  jonrnev  between  Baltiraoro  and  this  City, 
and  the  train  arrived  punctually  ou  time. 
The  only  thing  of  special  interest  that  occnrred 
durine  the  trip  was  the  serving  of  a  aamptuons 
dinner,  which  was  prepared  in  the  kitchen  attached 
to  the  car  on  the  route.  Carriages  were  in 
waiting  at  the  depot  in  Jersey  City, 
and  the  Grand  Duke  and  the  gentlemen 
who  were  with  him  were  at  onco  carried 
to  tho  Clarendon  Hotel,  where  rooms  had  been  pre- 
viously engaged  for  them.  Mr.  William  H.  Vandcr- 
bilt,  Vice  President  of  tho  New- York  Central  and 
Hudson  River  Railroad,  came  in  on  the  same  train 
with  the  Grand  Duke,  trom  Washington,  also  in  a 
poecial  car,  with  several  members  of  his  fara'ly. 
The  Grand  Duke  is  heavier  than  he  was  on  the  oc- 
casion of  his  first  visit  to  this  country,  and  his  face 
has  lost  the  voutnlul  anpeaisnce  which  distin- 
guished it.  Tho  lines  of  bis  face  aro  now  broader 
and  deeper,  but  the  genial.  kindly  ex- 
pression of  his  countenance  ij  still  presoivt-d. 
At  tho  hotel  ho  pnrticnlarly  requested  that  no  cards 
should  be  sent  him  excepting  those  I'f  personal 
friends.  He  said  that  he  had  come  to  New-York  ns 
a  private  citiznn  only,  and  did  not  desire  to  sec  any 
gentlemen  of  the  press. 

The  Grand  Dnke  h.nd  evidently  read  the  alver- 
tisenienls  of  tho  amusements  published  )n  lln!  Ci'y 
papers,  and  while  on  his  way  teleitraphoil  to  Mr. 
MiinYice  Gran,  nsnnager  of  the  Eagle  Theatre,  to 
secure  two  boxes  for  last  night,  at  tl'o 
represontijtion  of  "  La  Perichnle  "  by  Airno  •. 
After  partaking  of  a  slight  repast  in  the  (■la^^n^illIl 
ho  took  a  carriage  acd  wetit  at  once  to  the.  Ivi:il^< 
Theatre,  where  he  ariived  soma  tiiiio  liel'oio 
the  performance  commenced.  Iu  ftiiiicipaiiou 
of  his  coming  Mr.  Gran  had  tUeora- 
ted  the  two  nnper  proacecium  Vinxes. 
which  the  Grand  Dnko  and  his  suite  were  to  t  c- 
ciipv,  with  a  larzo  Ru.ssian  battle  flig  of  blu"  imd 
white,  taatefullv  contrasted  with  a  number  of 
small  American  flaes  dniped  arnaod  it.  As  mi,;ht 
have  been  expected  the  hou»;»  was  crowded,  and  the 
actors  and  aotressas,  knowing  who  was  picsent,  did 
their   best. 

The  drinkine  song  bv  Mile.  Aim6i>.  "Ah!  que 
diner  je  mien  de  jaire,"  in  the  first  act  wis 
exceediualy  well  roiKlerea,  ami  was  loudly 
applauded  by  tho  Grand  Dukn  and  his 
liiend.s,  and  an  rncoro  was  given.  Rus- 
sian words  were  substitu'el  for  the  French  in 
the  song  in  honor  of  his  Imoorial  lliglmess, 
and  he  told  Mr.  Grau  at  the  end  of  tho 
act  that  h'>  had  been  much  pleased 
nt  the  cbanire,  and  had  nnders'ood 
every  word  as  Mile.  Alm6e  h.id  snne  it.  Kef  ire 
tne  riisinz  of  the  curtain  on  the  second  act,  the 
Rnasian  national  anthem  wa#  played  bv  thi<  or- 
choatni.  This  was  loudly  apnlauded  by  the  audience 
and  was  repeated,  but  ihi^  (i-raiul  Duke  did  not  riso 
to  arknnwiedce  the  coiuo'im-nt.  At  tne  close  of 
the  first  part  of  the  third  aet  the  imperial  iiart  v  left 
the  honse  and  proceeded  on  toot  to  Delmonieo's, 
corner  of  Twenry-slxth  street  and-Broadwav,  where 
Ihey  took  supper,  aud  afterward  went  to  their 
hotel. 


TURKEY  AND  MONTENEGRO. 


PUOPO.SED  NEGOTIATIONS  BKTW'EKN  THE  TWO 
COCNTniES  — THIi:  AUMISTICE  TO  BK 
PROLONGED. 

CoNSTANTiNOPLF,  Feb.  17.— It  is  stated 
that  in  conseqiencc  ot  a  Iresn  dispatch  from  the 
Grand  Vizier,  urging  the  expeiliency  of  con- 
ducting the  negotiations  between  the  Porto 
and  Montonear©.  Prince  Nicholns  has  .t.'^.icnt^d 
to  the  proposal,  aunouuciug  that  hs  will  imme- 
diately sonil  delegates  to  Cimstautitiople. 

Lu.NDON,  Fi-b,  18.— Tbti  .statement  tliut  Prince 
Nicholas  h.18  a-seutcd  to  the  propa-sul  of  con- 
tiuotiiig  at  Coastiiutiaople  the  negotiations  be- 
tween tlie  Porte  aud  .Moiituuegro  is  coiilirnicil. 
Two  Jlontpuegrins  will  go  to  Constantinople 
by  the  first  steamer.  The  nruiistice  will  possi- 
bly bo  prolonged.  Servian  delegates  passed 
through  Bucharest  yesterday,  goiu<i  to  Cou- 
Btautinople. 

FOREIGN  BIJSINLSS  AFFAIRS. 


LbsDON,  Feb.  17. — Business  in  Mincing  lane 
daring  tlie  past  week  was  unsottlod:  somomarUe:s 
Were  lower.  Speculation  has  su'jsidoiJ.  Dealers  do 
net  yet  show  a  disposition  to  bold  stocks 
beyond  cntrent  renuirenionrs.  Sugar  h;!s 
unexpectedly  fallen  CJ.  to  l-i.  per  cwt.,  and 
rather  more  f.ir  for  igu  loavci.  1  bo 
Dutch  Ci  ffeo  sales  on  Wednesday  resullt.l 
favorably,  giving  a  rather  firmer  tone  to  tho  mar- 
ket. The  moderate  quantity  ofplanratim  Ceylon 
:;itcc  off-'rert  has  realized  lull  rates.  Native  is  also 
steady,  while  iovy  pale  cofiee  is  gi\nerally  unim- 
proved. Rico  sola  on  terms  favor  hlo  to  buyers. 
The  only  noticeable  feature  in  tho  tea  market  has 
been  an  increased  competition  fur  cociiuon  ;;railns 
(  f  Congou  in  public  sale  at  llin  low  rates  latelv  ac- 
cepied.  A  lew  iiarct(l.i  of  saltpetre  sold  at  former 
rales.     Spic;  is  qui'  t. 

On  the  hlock  lixehaneo  dnrinztbe  week  business 
w  s  restricted,  owiiiu  to  the  uneeitainty  uf  the 
Eastern  question.  The  ulteralmns  in  jince  were 
Heuerally  downward.  There  was  no  iniportant 
chanzB  in  discnuut.  Con.iols  imi/ruyed  ig.  Cxna- 
dian  railways  are  unchanged.  Foreign  »e,:nrities 
aif  flat,  all  mi-yments  being  uuiavuranle.  .S'line 
American  railways  were  dealt  m  at  reduced  rales, 
but  some  Erie  desciioiioiis  adviucod.  Telegraphs 
Were  flat.     AngloAmericin  declined  2^2. 

EUROPEAN   IRhlOUT   RATES. 
Sutnal  LtiimalcMi  -i-    S>n-Yor't    Tuntt. 

Chicago,  Feb.  17.— Tho  t.irilF  agreed 
upon  by  the  Chica.o  railroad  agents  ou  Inst 
Tuesday  on  all  classes  of  European  freight 
expired  by  limitation  to-tlay.  It  had  been 
agreed  that,  if  it  was  found  desirable  to  con- 
tinue the  arrangement,  they  were  to  meet 
again  to-day,  and  renew  tho  rale.;.  No  raeet- 
iug  was  called,  and  the  tariff"  waa  allowwl  to 
expire.  This  restores  the  rated  existing  prior 
to  last  Tuead.iy,  and  leave.s  the  trunk  lines  Iree 
to  make  what  rates  they  please  ou  loreigu  busi- 
ness. 

2JA RISE   l>ISA  STERS. 

New-Oeleans,  Feb.  17.— Capt.  K'-mble,  of 
the  steamer  Knickerbocker,  reports  that  he  passed, 
ou  tlje  14tli  inst.,  the  Norwegian  ship  Protector 
ashore  on  Hillsboro  Inlet.  The  Protector  went 
ashore  on  the  12th  inst.  She  was  laden  with  lum- 
ber from  Pensaoola  for  Norw.jy.  Her  Captain  had 
uouo  to  Key  West  for  asaistauce. 

Portland,  Feb.  17.— The  schooner  Louisa  A. 
Johnson,  from  Phifadolphia,  coal-laden,  struck  ou 
York  Ledge  yesterday,  and  came  off  leaking  badly, 
fiUintr  so  rapidly  that  it  was  ncccs.sary  to  ruu  her 
ashore  in  a  cove  near  Portland  Headlight.  .She  will 
bo  a  to-al  Ijis.  No  insurance.  The  crew  were 
saved  with  part  of  their  lutigugo.  A  part  of  tho 
coal  cargo  mav  be  saved  by  divers. 

London.  F«b.  17. — The  German  brie  De.r  Pom- 
mer,  Capt.  Bohn,  from  Newcistle.  for  Chiitleston, 
has  been'  towed  into  Goestemunde  partially  dis- 
masted. She  lost  her  sail?,  and  three  of  the  crew 
were  drowned.  Tne  Norwegian  bark  Kong  Harold 
Capt.  Schwinge,  from  Goole  Jan.  529,  fur  iialtimore' 
has  put  into  Cowes  wiih  hfr  mate  sick.  ' 

Quebec,  Feb.  17.— A  dispatch  from  Georgetown, 
Prince  Edward  Island,  (<aya  the  Winter  navigation 
steamer  Northern  Light  has  been  badly  Injured  by 
ice,  and  will  have  to  lay  up  two  weeks  for  repairs. 

WiLMi.NGTON,  Feb.  17.— The  schooner  Heiirv  A. 
Paull,  trom  Matanzis  lor  New-York,  with  a  cargo  of 
BUgar.  bas  put  In  below  disiressod.  She  was  dis- 
masted on  Feb.  4,  ulT  Hatteras.  The  amount  of 
damage  to  her  cargo  is  unknown,  but  is  believed  to 
be  slight.  

TROUBLESOME  INDIANS. 
Deadwood,  Feb.  17.— Last  night  the  Indians 
ran  off  about  200  bead  of  cattle  from  Spearfish.     An 
armed  force  of  SM  men  left  here  about  midnight  to 

try  and  recapture  tii£m.  Two  men  came  in  this 
mornlDi:  who  reported  tuat  the  Indians  drove  them 
from  their  work,  aouut  a  mile  from  Deadwood.  Gen. 
Crook  has  ordered  two  more  companies  uf  cavalry 
from  Camp  Robiusou,  in  addition  to  oue  already  eu 
route  hither. 


MOdlTANA  RAILROADS. 
Helena,  Fob.  17. — The  Governor  last  evening 
approved  the  bill  granting  a  subsidy  of  $1*0,000  for 
the  construction  of  a  narrow-gauge  railroad  from 
Franklin,  Idaho,  to  this  plane ;  tho  bill  to  go  before 
the  people  on  the  lOth  of  April  next  for  ratifiostian. 
The  Territorial  Legislature  at  midaient  adjourned 


tine  die. 


FATAL  FALL. 
Boston,  Eeb.   17.— William    Alexander    fell 
through  an  elevator   hatchway  35  feet,  to  the  base- 
m«nt  of  the  store  No.  105  Summer  street,  this  after- 
nuoii.  and  was  lulled 


AMDSEMKNTS. 


MUSICAL  AND  DRAMATIC. 
THE  PHILHAEMONIC  SOCIETY. 
Two  compositions,  new  to  American  audi- 
ences, were  interpreted  at  last  evening's  concert  of 
the  Philharmonic  Society.  They*  were,  resnect- 
ively.  a  eerenado  for  string  orchestra,  by  Robert 
Fuohs,  of  Vienna,  and  a  concerto,  for  piano 
and  orchestra,  by  Hans  von  Btonsart.  The 
serenade  Is  divided  into  five  movements,  and,  al- 
Ihengh  a  trifle  monotonous  in  its  clearness  and 
sweetness.  Includes  some  very  fresh  anf  dainty 
writing.  The  third  movement — an  allearo  sober- 
zjndo— is  flelightfully  vivacious,  and  it  im- 
pressed the  hstenera  most  favorably,  and 
had  to  be  repeated.  The  subsequent  adagio, 
though  traoeful,  and  effective  by  sheer 
force  of  contrast,  seemed  rather  wanting  in  form 
and  breadth  of  themes,  but  the  last  division  of  the 
serenade— an  allegro— Jelighteil  everybody  by  its 
qoaintnoss  and  piquancy.  Mr.  Damrosch's  forces 
played  the  work  with  faultless  unanimity,  delicacy 
of  shading,  and  crispness  of  touch.  Ilerr  Von 
Bronsart's  concerto  embraces  an  allegro  maestoso, 
an  adagio,  and  a  finale  alia  tarentella.  It 
is  a  smooth,  sonorous,  and  scholarly  achievement, 
suggestive,  possibly,  of  siudy  rather  than  <Jf  in- 
spiration, but  in  no  sense  imitative.  The  flrst 
movement,  in  which  the  piano  part  is  of  special 
prominence,  is  by  far  the  most  interesting,  and 
abounds  in  fragments  the  grace  of  which  ia 
not  impaired  by  their  technical  diflicnlty.  The 
second  movement  is  of  that  restless  nature  better 
typifed  by  agitato  than  bv  adagio,  and  tho  third  ia 
somewhat  commonplace,  though  lively  and  ornate 
in  sobiect  and  treatment.  Mi.  S.  B.  Mills  played 
the  concerto  with  unflagging  power  and  with  the 
precision -and  taste  for  which  he  has  long  been  dis- 
tinguished, and  the  orchestra  was  steadily  in  ac 
cord  with  the  pianist.  Tho  concert  was  brought  to 
a  close  wiih  Beethoven's  Seventh  Svmohony,  the 
opening  piece  having  been  Ucndelssuhn's  overture 
to  "  The  Fair  aieiusine." 

ENGLISH  OPERA. 
Mias  Kellogg  sang  in  "The  Star  of  the  North" 
at  the  Academy  of  Music,  yesterday  afternoon.  Her 
personation  of  Catterina  is  a  familiar  one,  and  it  has 
not  fallen  off,  either  lyrically  or  dr,imatloally,  since 
it  was  first  admired,  with  Italian  surrounding",  at 
the  Academy  of  Music,  a  few  years  ago.  Tho  ap- 
plause, .yesterday,  was  as  bounteous  as  nsnal. 
and  the  scenic  attiro  of  tho  opera  affuril- 
ed  general  satisfaction.  Miss  Kellogg  and  her 
associates  go  hence  to  ISaltimoro,  and  thence,  after 
a  week's  sojourn,  to  W.ashington.  Phlladsliihia  and 
Boston  will  next  be  visited.  It  is  really  to  be  re- 
gretted that  a  season  ot  English  opera  of  reasonable 
length  should  not  be  vouchsafed  Metropolitan 
audiences,  and  that  a  complete  and  efficient  com- 
pany should  have  to  wander  about  in  quest  of  sub- 
stantial evidences  of  anpreciatinn.  That  what  we 
may  call  the  provinces  are,  at  least,  as  generous  as 
the  Metropolis  In  art  matters  in,  uyfurtunately  for 
onrsflves,  an  indhpatablo  fact.  Miss  Keliogg's  en- 
gagement to  King  at  the  four  Ilandcl  and  Haydn 
Society  concerts  iu  Boston,  In  May,  secures  the 
prima  donna  $1,003. 


ITALI.\N  OPKRA. 

As  already  announced.  Miss  Emma  Abbott 
will  tflfcct  her  first  appearance  in  Italian  opera  at 
tho  -Vcademy  of  Music,  on  Friday  evening  next. 
Miss  Abbott  is  losing  in  "Li  Figlla  del  Reggi- 
rocuto,"and  she  will  have  the  co-operation  of  Sigiiuri 
Brignoli  and  Ferranti  and  ot  Mile.  Do  (}ebele.  Tho 
lady's  success  in  tho  concrri-room  encoura^os  her 
admirers  in  tho  belief  tOaC  her  jierformances  upon 
the  lync  stage  will  all'ord  KtiU  more  imprrssivo 
ovirteiico  of  her  talent,  and  licnce  it  is  not  sur-. 
prising  to  learn  that  ths  sale  of  so.its  gives  .is- 
aiiraiicu  of  an  oveifl'.wins  audience  for  Friday 
evening,  and  also  for  tho  Saturday  mating  '.  when 
"La  Figlia  del  ICeggimonto"  will  be  repeated. 

THE  WAG.NEU  FKSTIVAL. 
It  is  now  arranged  that  season  tickets  for 
the  Waiiner  Festival  will  bo  sold  before  too  sale  of 
scats  for  single  roprosentations  Is  b:!gun.  This 
movement  must  bo  commoudod  as^  particularly 
indiclous  when  the  character  of  the  works 
to  bo  interpreted  fs  taken  into  account, 
tor  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  uo  admirer  of 
muslo  will  attempt  to  decide  upon  the  merits 
<f  such  an  opera  as  "  l)io  Walkiire,"  for  example, 
without  hearing  it  sung  twice  or  thrice.  While 
.Mr.  Fryer  has  cnaaced  all  the  available  lync  talent 
within  reach,  tho  public  will  learn  with  satisfac- 
tion that  Mr.  Xenendurir'a  orchestra  is  to  be  of 
uncommon  proficiency  and  numerical  strength,  tho 
8ervic<i«  of  every  orchestral  plover  of  repute  having 
lieeii  already  secured  fur  tho  duration  of  the 
festival. 


A  SIIAKE.SPEAUE.AX  KEVIVAI.,. 
A  Sliakespi.'arean  revival  at  the  Walnut  Street 
Theatre,  in  Philadi  l^ihia,  has  attracted  in  uih'  at- 
tention and  dr.iwn  largo  audiences  duiiur  the  week 
.just  ended.  Tne  '  plaj'  was  "  Cymboline,"  a 
tragedy  which  has  not  boon  acted  in 
ibis  country,  except  once,  since  11  was 
represented  by  Miss  Ellou  Tren.  The  Imo- 
gen was  Miss  Neilson.  who  has  thus  added  a 
Shakespearean  pers.ination  very  seldom  witnessed 
to  her  repertoire.  If  "  Cyniboline"  is  ever  chosen 
for  occasional  norrormanco,  it  will  onl.y  bo  because 
ol  iho  presence  of  an  acti'tjss  of  uncommon  talent 
til  portray  Iviogeiu  The  piece  lacks  action,  suffers 
from  un  excess  of  irrelevant  incident,  and 
is  often  so  wordy  aa  to  be  downright 
wearisome.  But  too  scones  in  which 
Imogen  appears  are  mainly  <*xonipt  from  these 
charges.  Schlegol  has  said  that  iu  tbis  personage 
uot  a  feature  ot  female  excellence  is  forgotten,  and 
the  exhibition  of  these  traits  is  efi'^cted  in  a  series 
of  picture.!  of  infinite  poetical  be.auly.  None  of 
Miss  Meilson's  loles  aflfird  her  an  opportnnitv 
fir  acting  of  so  vaiied  a  character,  and 
In  nono  of  her  less  tryiuc  tasks  has  the  artist  been 
more  anctosslul.  Her  iniogen  is  thoroughly  wom- 
anly, aud,  hence,  aa  pure,  as  lovely,  and  as  touching 
as  the  bard's  ideal  can  possibly  have  been. 
The  must  powerful  impression  was,  naturally,  pro- 
duced iu  her  scenes  with  lachimo  aud  Pisjnio,  hut 
her  uerfor'uance  throughout  tho  third  act, 
when,  dtdgnisod  aa  a  neasant  lad,  she 
comes  upon  the  cave  tenanted  b.y  lielariiis  was  not 
to  bo  forgotien  for  its  delicacy,  and  marvelous 
light  and  shade  of  reading  and  manner.  Miss  Neil- 
son's  support  was  not  particularly  etficient,  but  the 
mediocrity  of  the  general  represoiilatiou  docs  not 
seem  to  have  interfered  with  the  attractiveness  of 
the  reviVal,  tho  Walnut  Street  Theatre  having 
beeu  crowded  since  Monday.  It  is  fair  to  say  that 
tho  miso  en  8t6ne  of  the  tragedy  was  qnitu  hand- 
some and  elaborate. 

♦ 

GENERAL  MENTION. 

Mr.  J.  N.  Pattison  is  iu  town. 

•'  Lemons''  continues  ttJ  draw  largo  audiences 
te  tho  Fifth  Ayenue  Theatre. 

"Tlie  Two  Orphans"  will  be  acted  during 
this  week  at  the  Grand  Opera-house. 

"  Kouud  the  Clock "  will  bo  acted  at  tho 
Olympic  Theatre,  until  further  notice. 

Mr.  F.  F.  Miiller  will  give  a  concert  at  Chick- 
eriug  UalL  on  Thursday  evening  next. 

"  Our  Boys  "  will  be  represented  at  the  New 
Broadway  Theatre  throughout  this   week. 

Several  '-mau-eatiug  alligators  "  have  been 
added  to  the  guost.s  of  the  New-York  Aqnanum. 

Mr.  Heller's  "third  programme"  will  be  in- 
terpreted throughout  this  week  at  tho  Wonder 
Theatre. 

A  concert  in  aid  of  the  Hospital  for  tho  Cure 
of  Chronic  Diseases  will  be  given  at  Steinway  Hall, 
to-morrow  evening. 

Mr.  H.  J.  Montague,  under  tho  management 
of  Mr.  Arthur  Wallack,  has  acted  during  the  week 
iast  ended  in  Providence. 

A  new  burletta,  called  "  Our  Hash-hocae," 
will  be  brought  out  at  the  Sao  Fiancisco  Minstrels' 
Opera-house,  to-morrow  evening. 

"The  Danichefls  "  will  to-morrow  enter  upon 
the  third  week  of  the  run  of  the  play  at  the  Union 
Square  'Theatre.  Its  performances  have  attrficted 
large  audiences. 

Miss  Neilson  ^as  procured  an  absolute  di- 
vorce from  her  husband,  Mr.  Philip  H.  Lee.  The 
deciee  was  granted  by  Judge  Donohue,  of  this  City, 
a  few  days  since. 

To-morrow  and  Tuesday  evenings,  Mile. 
Aim^e  will  aH>ear  in  "  La  Grande  Dochesse  "  at 
the  Eagle  Theatre ;.  Wednesday  evening  and  Sat- 
urday afternoon,  she  is  to  sing  in  "  La  Fille  Do 
Ume,.Ajagot."  and  Xhursdar  evening  she  will  per- 


form in  "  La  Jfdie  ParlnAetue.'"  "  Giroflft- 
Girofla  "  la  to  be  givoo,  later  on,  and,  on  Monday 
week,  a  new  open,  "LaBonlangdre  adeaEcas,'* 
will  be  made  known. 

Mr.  A.  P.  Burbank  will  give  a  reading  for  hie 
benefit  at  Chickeriog  Hall,  to-morrow  night,  with 
the  co-opnration  of  Airs.  Oordon-Steele  and  Mr. 
Walter  R.  Johnston. 

An  agent  of  Mr.  P.  T.  Bamum  saUed  for 
Europe  yesterday  and  will  return  with  several  new 
elements  to  be  infused  into  ibe  well-fcnown  mana- 
gers' "  Great  Show." 

The  last  reprosentatione  of  "  Around  the 
World  in  Eighty  Days  "  are  announcoil  at  Niblo's 
Theatre.  The  first  performance  of  "  A  Trip  to  the 
Moon  "  Is  set  down  for  Thursday  week. 

Qilmore's  Garden  will  be  opened  to  tho  pub- 
lic on  the  evenings  of  Tuesday,  Thursday  and  Sat- 
nrday  of  this  week,  raoes  and  ont-ot-door  sports 
generally  constituting  the  nightly  programme. 

The  annual  benefit-performance  in  aid  of  tho 
French  Benevolent  Society  occurs  at  the  Academy 
of  Music,  on  Sifturday  evening  next.  Mile.  Aimda 
and  her  associates  will  perform  "Les  Dragon  des 
Viliars,"  a  delightful  three-act  opora-oomiquo  by 
M<iss6. 

"Our  Boarding-house"  keeps  its  hold  upon 
public  favor,  and  the  Park  Theatre  is  crowded  to 
repletion  nightly.  In  consequence  of  the  success 
of  Mr.  Grover's  comedy,  Mr.  J.  T.  Raymond's  in- 
tended performances  have  been  indefinitely  post- 
poned. 

"Wild  Oats"  at  Wallack's  Theatre  has 
proved  so  attractive  that  the  piece  will  be  kept  npon 
the  boards  throughout  the  current  week,  if  not 
longer.  Messr.s.  Wallack,  Beckett,  Amott  and 
Stevenson,  and  Miss  Germon  all  appeal  in  O'Keefe's 
comedy. 

Mme.  Essipoff  interpreted  a  programme  of 
relatively  light  music,  mainly  representative  of 
Mendelssohn,  at  Steinway  Hall,  yesterday  after- 
noon. She  will  play  again  on  Tue8da.y  evening  and 
on  Wednesday  afternoon  of  this  week,  Saint-Saens' 
concerto  No.  2,  for  two  -oianoe,  being  a  pi  eminent 
number  of  her  first  programme. 

Tho  first  performance  of  Mr.  F.  T.  S.  Barley's 
cantata  of  "Malcbns"  Is  now  announced  for  Fi-i- 
day  evening  next  at  Chickering  Hall.  Mmea. 
Gulasrer,  Elliot,  and  Ayers,  and  Messrs.  Castle  and 
Sohst  will  sine  the  solos  in  "  Malcbns."  and  the 
New-York  Choral  Union  will  Interpret  the  cborusea 
under  the  baton  of  Mr.  P.  S.  Gi  Imore. 

"Fifth  Avenue"  will  bo  acted  at  Booth's 
Theatre,  throughout  this  week.  The  startlint:  in- 
telligence that  many  Patriarchs  of  the  Order  of  Odd- 
fellows, and  several  hundred  pupils  of  Eastman 
CoUeee,  Puuahkeepsie,  are  to  enjoy  the  play  a 
few  nights  hence  is  transmitted  to  the  press,  in  ad- 
dition to  the  fact  that  the  comic  incidents  ot  tho 
pla.v  have  been  made  more  numerous  by  an  increase 
in  the  duties  of  Messrs.  George  S.  Kuight  and  John 
Wild. 

Apropos  of  recent  aud  approaching  Shake- 
spearean revivals,  mention  ma.y  hero  be  made  of  the 
fact  tnat  a  very  fine  essay  from  the  pen  of  Mr. 
Joseph  Watson  has  lately  appeared  on  Shakespeare 
In  America.  Mr.  Watson  sots  forth  not  only  what 
Shakespeare  has  done  for  America,  but  what 
America  has  dc-no  for  Shakespeare.  He  nays  that 
America  is  tho  bard's  home,  rather  than  England, 
cites  English  predictions  and  French  authorities  in 
proof  of  the  fact,  .and  traces  the  inflaence  of  Sbakc- 
spoaro  from  1770  to  1876. 


IN  MEMORY  OF  A   GREAI  COMPOSER. 


THE  CEIEK.MONY  IN  HONOR  OF  AUBER — THE 
PUOGRAMME  AT  THE  CK.METKRY  NEAR 
TAUIS  —  GOOD  MUSIC  AXD  EIGHT 
PPIJKCIIES — NOTABLE  PERSONS  PRESENT. 

Our  Paris  correepoutlent  writing  under 
date  of  Jan.  31,  says:  "ITie  ceremomy  in  honor 
of  Auber  came  off  nt  Piire-la-Chaisc,  according 
to  the  prugninime  indicated  iu  a  recent  letter, 
anil  in  presence  of  a  large  concourse  of  people. 
A  crowd  of  between  3,000  and  4,000  persons 
gatliorud  in  the  cemetery,  the  greater  portion 
of  them  being  disinterested  spectators  who  had 
come  out  chiefly  to  hear  the  music.  Tho  baud 
Ot  tho  Garde  R^publioaino  begun  with  the 
overture  of  "  La  Muctto,"  which  was  given  in 
admirable  stylo  by  the  musicians  of  M.  Solle- 
nlck.  M.  Bosquin  then  sung  tho  "  Pi-ayer"  of  the 
third  act  of  the  "  Domino  Noir,"  accompanied  by 
the  choruses  of  the  Conservatory  under  the 
direction  ol  Jules  Cohen.  Eight  speeches  were 
then  made,  b.y  M.  Chenneviiires,  Director  of 
tho  Dcpartnicnt  of  Beaux- Ai'ta ;  by  M.  Fran- 
fois,  lu  the  name  of. the  Academy;  b.y  M. 
Bcrtbauld,  Mayor  ol  Caen,  tho  town  in  which 
Auber  was  bora  ;  by  Ambroiso  Thomas,  in  the 
name  of  tho  Conservatory  of  Music  ;  by  M. 
Maqiiet,  m  tho  nanio  of  tho  Soci6l6 
des  Autours  Dramatiquos ;  by  Barou  Ta.ylor, 
in  tho  name  of  the  Association  of 
Music.tl  Artists;  by  M.  Ilalanzier,  Director 
ot  the  Opera,  and  M.  Carvalho,  Director  of  the 
Op6ra  Comiquc.  After  these  speeches,  which 
were  warmly  applauded,  tho  pupils  of  the  Con- 
servatory raino  forwartl  to  cover  tho  mouu- 
mciit  witli  wreaths  and  crowns,  and  to  hang 
them  upon  the  gilded  fence  that  surrounds  it. 
The  visitor  to  PJire-la-ChaiBe  will  find  the  mon- 
uiiiont  uiitin  the  grand  avenue  on  entering,  be- 
side those  of  Arago,  Alfred  do  Miiset,  and  Ros- 
sini, just  oiiposite  those  raised  to  Gens.  Clement 
'1  hoiuus,  Leeomte,  and  Ernest  Baroche.  'I'lio 
bust  ot  Auber.  carved  by  Perraud,  is  plaoetl 
upon  a  ooluinii  of  Jura  stone,  a  little  over  seveu 
yards  in  height.  Upon  the  pedostiil  is  placed 
a  l.vre  interlaced  with  crowns,  above  which  ia 
pliiceil  :i  siu.tU  pyramid  of  black  marble,  upon 
which  the  followiug  inscription  is  engraved  : 
'Diuiiel  Francois  Esprit  Auber,  born  at  Caeu, 
the  iiiHh  ot  Juniiafy.  I79i!;  died  at  Paris,  the 
12th  of  ..Ma3',  1871.'  Among  the  persons  present 
were  many  whoso  names  are  associated  with 
operatic  music,  such  as  H6rold,  son  of  tho  au- 
thor of  the  "  Prd-aux-Clercs,"  the  Comte  do 
Flotow,  Victor  Masse,  Oftenbach.  Ernest  Keyer, 
Du  IjOcIc,  Gounod,  lieber,  aad  Delaborde.  I'he 
cerciuony  terminated  with  tho  ''Prayer"  from 
"  La  Muette."  

A  niGHWAYMAM  ARRESTED. 
At  12:15  o'clock  this  raorniug  John  Bowls, 
a  prize-fighter,  with  two  unknown  men,  seized  Ed- 
mund Murphy,  of  No.  429  E.ist  Oae  hundred  and 
Is  ineteonth  street,  as  ho  was  passine  the  corner  of 
Pearl    and    Chatham    streets.        They  held    him, 

while  Bowls  took  a  gold  watch  valued 
at  ?200  out  of  Murphy's  pocket.  Mnrphv 
raised  au  outcry,  which  was  responded 
to  by  Capt  Murray  and  Detective  Carr, 
The  two  unknown  lueu  fleu  and  were  not  cap- 
tured, but  BjwIs,  who  was  held  by  Murphy,  was 
taken  Into  custody.  When  ho  saw  Capt.  Murray 
and  Detective  Carr  approach  he  dropped  the  gulil 
watch  into  Murphy's  overcoat  pocket.  The  highway- 
man was  loeked  up  iu  the  Fourth  Precinct  Staliou- 
house,  aud  will  be  taken  to  the  Tombs  to-day. 


THE  IiEASO^  WHT. 
Not  being  able  to  compete  iu  merit,  an  at- 
tempt is  being  mado  to  secure  the  trade  by  ofTer- 
inc  large  discounts.  Notwithstanding  this,  ladies 
who  investigate  the  Automatic  Sewing-machine  of 
tho  Willcox  and  Gibbs  Sewing-machine  Company 
cannot  be  induced  to  buy  tho  noisy,  hard-running, 
two-thread  aowing-maobines,  even  at  a  verv  low 
piice.  The  best  is  cheapest.  No.  G53  Broadway, 
'mow-York.— Exchange. 

Only  Langbing  Uoal 

Dr.  Coltok  has  reached  tiio  number  9o,4S5  patients 
to  whom  ho  has  given  gas  for  teeth  extraction  and 
wiibiiut  an  accident.  The  gas  Is  made  ITesh  every  day. 
—Advertiument. 


Rftasmore    Hotel, 

Broadway,  4Ut  and  42d  sta, 
Three  blocks  west  of  Grand  Central  Depot,  and  near 
Klevnted  Railroad.      Uruadw.iy    aud    ijeveu£h  Avenue 
ImifB  ol  card  pass  the  doors. 

RATES  RKDUCED. 
$3  50  and  $4  per  day. 
Rooms,  without  meals,  $1  and  upward. 
— ^avertisement,     OUARLliS  E.  LEIjAND,  Proprietor. 

$40,000  worth  of  Lace  goodt,  stolen  within  sight'  of 
the  Holmes'  Bcrglak  Ataum  Tiii.EQR.4PB  Oompant'b 
Central  office.  Ho.  B71  Broadway.  Had  our  wires  and 
apparatus  been  couueoted  with  that  store  we  should 
have  caught  the  burglars,  aa  we  did  iu  the  case  of  H, 
B.  Clafim,  J.  Thornton,  and  Bacon  &.  baton.  We  appro- 
pilate  no  GuU  refereuous;  we  JInglo  no  bell  at  our  door. 
— Advertiai:merU, 


Pearled  Oat^. 

The  perfect  Oat  Preparation.  Invaluable  for  dyspep- 
tics, uirculaia  iree.  Ukaj.th  Food  CoMPAirr,  Hio.  137 
8th  aU—Advertiiement, 


Fitly  per  Cent,   ^aved 

by  usmg  Hiouins'  Gbriiax  Lausdrt  Soap.— Advertite- 


Lblanp's  Stubtbvant  llODSB.  Broadway  and  29  th 
St.  houuis  and  board  rednceu  to  $3  ami  i^  60  per  day. 
Uooius  only  $1  per  day  and  upward.— ,tf«lMrt<nm«nt.  .^^ 


Isaac  Smith's  Sapei^or    Umbrellas. 

GtlTGRAH,  any  slue $1  00 

uUaNaCO,  patented 2  50 

SILK,  paragon  frame • 3  60 

„.  „  FINE  SILK  OMiiHEI.bAS  in  great  variety. 

UMBBBLLAa   snd   PARaSOLS   to  order  and  repaired. 

No.  405  BBOaDWAY,  near  CANAL  ST. 

No.  1.20a  BEi^ADWAY,  com°r  29TH  ST.,  N.  T, 

IstHbllsUed  1802. 


From  Hon.  David  StrraUr,  df  OoMtfoharie,  N.  T. 

I  have  used  Vr.  Wistar's    Balsam  of  Wild 

ClIEKRY  m.Yself  and  in  my  family  for  several  years, 
and  take  greot  pleasure  m  recommending  it  in  prefer- 
eooe  to  auy thing  of  the  kind  for  the  purposes  for 
which  it  is  intended..  In  cases  of  nsthina.  phthisic,  or 
affection  of  the  throat.  I  have  never  met  with  anything 
equal  to  it.  Fifty  cents  aud  $1  a  bottle.  Sold  by  aU 
drug. 

Tbe  Victor  Tmss,    No.  3    Vesey   nt.,    Aator 

Uonue,  suits  most  difficult  cases.  Ho  suffering.  Ho 
understrap. 

Pomeroy's 'lYossea— Uy  far  the    Best  in  Use. 

Ask  your  phvBician.  FOJlRaOV  TUDSS  OO.,  746  B'way. 

A  peiilons  experiment  to  leave  a  cflnsh  or 

cold  lo  "gel  well  of  itseil."  The  chxtices  are  ihar  it 
will  iiet  worse.  Meet  it  uvomptly  with  OLLIFi'K'S 
"TAS,EL1S88"    OOP    LIVbR   <11L,    LIMK    AND    WILD 

I'HERKT.  It  prevents  all  risk.  A  lew  doses  and  the 
cure  is  complete.  Sold  by  druggists.  Depot,  0  Bower.y. 


HANKBLD— LORETTK.— On  Tuesda.?,  Feb.  13.  1877, 
by  Key.  A.  U.  I'artridge.  Benjamin  L.  W.  UASrELD,  to 
KvAxaEi,iNE  1..,  eldest  daughter  ot  Fraiicis  M.  Lorette, 
ii.  D.,  ot  Brooklyn,  Long  islaua. 


BRADLEY.— On  the  evenine  of  the  16tb.  Cteus  W. 
Bradley,  of  this  City,  aged  50  years. 

KuiK-ral  Monda.v,  19ili  Inar.,  ac  1  o'clock  P.  M.,.at 
Rev.  N.  W.  Conkliuir's  Chu.-cb,  corner  ol  Madison  av. 
and  29th  st.  Friends  an  i  relatives  are  reEpecttully  in- 
vited to  attend  wlUiout  further  notice. 

CARKOLL.— F«b.  12.  ARTntiR  .Ioskph.  infant  son  ot 
John  M.  aud  Kssie  Carroll,  of  acute  brouchitis. 

Funeral  took  ph.ce  fi-om  sso.  339  Jiast  18th  St.  on 
Weriiiesda.y,  the  14th  inst. 

CO iiE'y.-^At  Montrose,  N.  J.,  on  Feo.  15,  of  pneumo- 
nia. .Mrs.  Sarah  S.  Codey.  aged  7.5  vears. 

Heiotives  and  friends  are  Invited  to  attend  the 
Bcrvices  at  the.  lesidenca  ot  J.  Q.  Adams  ou  Mondav, 
19tli  inst..  on  arrival  ot  9:10  t|;ala  from  New-York  IJy 
Morris  and  Ksscx  Kailroadirom  iiarclay  or  Christopher 
sts.  to  Mountain  Station. 

FOX. — .\t  Clenwood-nt-the-Hudsou,  on  the  16th 
inst.,  Ann  Delia,  wUe  of  Win.  U.  Fox,  and  daughter  of 
P.  H.  Lhuc. 

Funeral  servicos  to  he  held  at  her  latp  residence. 
Warourtoo  av.,  on  Sunday,  tlie  l.Sth  inst.,  at  3  o'clock 
P.  M.  Iraln  leaves  Thirtietli  Btrenc  Station  at  1  P. 
JI.;  returning,  leiivp.g  lileiiwooi  at  fi:3i)  P.  .M. 

KlillOE.—Oi  diphtheria,  on  Fridav.  Feb.  I'J,  MIaogie, 
daughter  of  L.^w^euee  aud  Margaret  J.  Kehoe,  aged  7 
year.s  and  ?,  months. 

Funeral  from  No.  101  Tompkins  av.,  Brooklyn,  ^un- 
ony,  Feb.  18,  at -J  o'clock  P.  JI. 

LOVVREY. — un  iSat.urdft.y  morning,  the  17th  inst.,  at 
his  late  residence,  So.  10  7th  av.,  Brooklyn,  Chaules 

Low  KEY. 

lielatives  and  friends  are  invited  to  attend  tho  ftm- 
eral  services  at  the  Church  of  the  Holy  "I'riuity,  cunier 
ot  Clinton  and  .Mouacue  sis.,  ou  Tuesday  raoining.  the 
i!Oth  Ipst..  at  9  o'clock.  The  remains  will  bo  taken  te 
Fairtield,  Conn.,  for  iutermeut.  Friends  are  reqaested 
not  to  send  flowers. 

MASTKltTO.V.— suddenly,   on  Thursday  night,    Feb. 
15,   William  J.,  only  son  of  Virginia   aud    the    late' 
Joseph  T.  Muatertou.  in  the  iilat  .year  ot  bis  a^e. 

His  relatives  and  fnencs.  also 'iienibeie  of  Compan.v 
I.  Seventh  Kcgimeut.  ^.  G.  S.  N.  T.,  lire  lesnuctfuUy  in- 
vited to  attend  his  funeral  from  the  residence-  of  Usoar 
Tibbals,  No.  325  West  19th  at.,  on  Aieuuav,  19th  inst., 
at  1-.;:3U  P.  M. 

COMPAXY  I,  Skvexth  Rkgimknt.  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.  ) 
Nkw-Vokk,  Feb.  IG,  1877.     5 
Companv  Orders  No.  2. 

I.  It  is  the  p:niifui  dutv  of  the  Commnndaat  to  an- 
noanro  tho  death  ot  William  .1.  Mastekton. 

II.  Tho  members  ot  th.s  comp'.ny  are  requested  to 
attend  hia  luiieriil  iu  ciiizou's  dress,  from  bia  late  resi- 
dence, No.  325  West  19in  bc,  ou  Monday,  Feb.  19,  at 
12  o'clock  M.    is.y  order  of 

Capt.  WILLIAM  C.  CASKY. 

I).  CuArscBT,  Jr.,  First  sergeant. 

MITCHKLL. — On  Saturday  moniinjj,  Feb.  17,  John 
A.  Mitchkll,  formerly  oi  this  City,  in  the  8-lth  year  ot 
his  ace. 

lielatives  and  friends  of  the  famil.y  are  invited  to  at- 
tend the  funeral  from  the  rt-aideuce  of  the  late  William 
.Vlitcbi;Il,Whiteatoiieav.,  Fushine,  Long  Island. on  .Mon- 
day at  12  o'clock  M.  Coaches  avi.I  be  st  the  Bridge  st. 
depot  on  the  arrival  ot  the  11  o'clock  train  trom  Hunt- 
er's Point. 

PI'.TIf.— At  IIouiDstoad.  Long  Island,  Feb.  16,  1877, 
John  Petit,  aced  .59  years. 

Uelativea  ami  fneuiis  of  the  famil.y  are  respoctfull.y 
invited  to  attend  funeral  from  hia  late  resideuce,  on 
Monday.  Ktb.  10.  at  hHO  o'clock  P.  .M. 

ItlVhRA.— On  Saturday.  Feb.  17,  Nbllie  Isabp.l. 
dausrht.^r  of  Herbert  U.  Ward,  Esq..  aud  wife  of  Henry 
C.  de  Itivera.  Ksi). 

Notice  ot  funeral  hereafter.  . 

RIV.AS.— At  8:.  Aui.'ustiue.  n.a.,  on  TUnraday,  Fel>. 
15,  Ranon  ub  Rivas  V  Lauah,  iu  the  7Uth  year  of  his 
atre. 

Notice  of  the  funeril  hereafter. 

VosK.— At  .MouM-ose,  N.  J.,  on  Frida.y,  16th  inst., 
Recbk.v  Vose,  Mjfed  81  .vears. 

Till-  iiieniB  are  luviteil  to  attend  the  funeral  services 
at  Ilia  lale  n'Side  ce,  o:i  Momiay,  li^th  inst.,  noon  tho 
arrival  at  .Mountain  .Stallouoi'  the  1U:10  a.  &I.  train, 
bel  iware.  Lackawanna  and  Weatern  Railroad. 

^5^i:.oston  panera  pieaaecoiiv. 

h1IjL.\KD. — on  I'ridav,  Keli.  IC,  KLizvniiTn.  wite  of 
Edward  K.  Willard,  ii.  tbe  44th  year  of  her  a.ee. 

The  tuueral  will  tnko  place  from  her  late  residence. 
No.  ^21  VVe.it  44th  at.,  .Mo^da.y  moriiim^  at  10  o'clock. 
Fnenils  are  requeoteil  to  send  no  flowers. 

WUjDK.— In  iJroOiClyu,  !■..  U..  Fi^o.  Ifi,  1877,  Austin 
L.,  only  son  of  Willitiin  Leslie  aud  Louise  Wiide,  lu  the 
l4th  year  of  his  ago. 

Services    at   the    residi^nce    of  his   parcntb,    No.     88 
Soutii  9th  St.,  on  Sunanv,  tbe  IStli  mat.,  at  3  P.  M. 
.  WclOUWURTH.— Ou   Friday    atteriioon,    Feb.   IG,  M. 
Fannie,  wile  ofuiiiiiim  U.  Woodworth,   aud  eldest 
duu;;hter  oi  .Vlfred  C.  Itoe. 

Rel.ttivea  and  friends  of  the  family  aro  respectfuUv 
invited  to  ultcud  the  fnu.-nil  from  the  residence  of  her 
fiitner.  No.  327  West  14th  St.,  ou  Monda.v  afternoon, 
Feb.  19,  at  1  o'clock. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


OFPICES    TO    LET 

IN   THE 

Tir«lE.S  BUIL,1)I.\G. 

APPLY   TO 

U£UR»£  JONES, 

TIMBS  OFFICE. 


POST  <»FFICE  NOTICE. 

The  fori'ijm  iiiaiis  lor  tho  we^k  endiiTZ  .Saturday.  Feo. 
24.  1877.  will  (dose  at  this  ofliite  on  Tuesday  at  7  A.  -M.. 
for  Eurooe.  iiy  ateaui-sliiii  ^evada,  via  tjaeenstown  ; 
on  Wedn>-sdav  at  7:3u  A.  .M.,  loi  lOuropj,  by  ateaiuahip 
<  hiua,  viayueenatov.Ti:  on  Thuisdii.y  at  11:30  .4.  M..  for 
Kiinjpe,  bv  oteaiu  ship  I'omiiierHi  ii,  via  Plymouth, Cher- 
hours,  and  llauibui!;:  ou  Saturday  ab  11  A.  M..  lor 
Kurope,  by  atoaiu-ahip  liiiianulc,  via  Queens- 
town,  (corrrespondeiice  fiir  tieiniau.y,  Franco.  Scot- 
land, and  North  of  lr^?lnna  to  he  forwiinhd  by  this 
steamer  must  be  spiciall.y  addressed;)  and  at  11  A. 
M..  tor  Scotland  and  the  North  of  Ireland  by  steam-ship 
.Anchonin.  vm  Movida  and  Clasitow.  an.i  at  1  1  A.  M.,  for 
France  direct,  by  nt.-am-sbip  Canuda.  via  Havre,  and  at 
11:30  A.  >...  lor  Cermaur,  &.e.,  o.v  steam-sliip  Hermann, 
via  Southamoton  and  Bremen,  (ciirres;ion(lence  for 
(ireat  briiain  aud  Franco  to  be  forwanlea  by  this 
steamer  inust  Ije  specially  nddresseil. )  The  stemn- 
ships  .Neviiila.Cliin;!,  audbntsnnicdo  not  take  mails  for 
Denmark,  Sweden,  and  Norwii.v.  The  mails  for  Nas- 
sau. N.  P.,  will  loiive  New-Vork  Feb.  24.  'the  mails 
for  the  West.  Indies,  via  llaviina,  will  leave  New- 
York  Feb.  28.  The  mails  for  Porto  hieo  direct  wid 
leave  New-York  March  5.  Tue  mails  for  .\ustrada  will 
leave  Sna  Frin Cisco  Fob.  28.  The  muils  for  China 
and  Jap.an  will  leave  Saii  Francisco  March  1. 

1'.  L.  JAMES,  Postmaster. 

Now-YoRK,  Feb.  17,  1877. 


THE  MES.SKS.  LEAVITT,  Anciionccrs. 

PKUEMPTORY  ART  SALK. 

Ou  exhibition  MONDAY  MORNING,  at  tho  Art  Rooms, 
No.  817  Broadway. 

Modern  Oil  and  Water-color  Paintings.  Orljrinal 
dr:i«iii^8  bv  the  Ainericaii  Sketch  Club — ilenry  Peters 
Gia.y,  A.  J>.  Duraua,  W.  S.  Mount,  J.  G.  Chapman, 
Thouiaa  Cole.  Sm. 

To  be  sold  without  rescivp  VVED.VE3DAT  EVENING, 
Feb.  21,  at  8  o'clock,  at  tho  Art  Rooms. 


A  Ml  SLPEKFLlIOt'S  HAllt.  — LADIE.S  AF- 
flicted  ■with  BUjicrflnous  hiiir  ou  the  lips,  cheek, 
ehiu,  arm,  tc,  who  have  in  vain  tried  the  various  do- 
piiatoriea  in  use  tor  this  purpose,  ma.y  apply  to  Mme. 
JULIAN,  with  the  certaioi.y  of  guaranteed  aud  periect 
aucceas.  Mme.  JUI.I.^.S  has  removed  without  infur- 
ItiE  tlie  akin,  thisdiattgiuemoui,  K.^UU.'.\LLY  AND  P;';r- 
M.ANKNTLY  in  the  wirst  possible  cases,  wliere  all  nre- 
vioua  attempts  had  failed.  Application  must  be  made 
peraoniUly  ut  her  residence.  No.  210  Wcat  38lh  at., 
irom  9  A.  iM.  to  4  P.  .M..  daily. 


THEiT    IIA.VK    NO    EQUAL., 

Are  air  tiuht  and  indestractlble,  preserviux  the  body 
for  yeai8,  aud  i)rotcotiu!j  it  from  veruiia,  reptiies,  or 
liod.y-suiuehl.iir.  Their  use  p.roveuts  tbe  apreiul  of  cou 
tiipiona  diseases  at  funerals  or  elsewhere. 

Metallic  Burial    Cases   and   t  asjieta    are  made  in  all 
Bizes.  from  the  cheapest  to  the  most  expensive. 
Sold  bv  all  first-claas  undertakers  and  sextons. 
RAYMOND   fllA.>UKA<;TlJUING   COMPANY, 
NO.   348  PEARL  ST.,    NKW-YORK. 


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on  MONDAY,  Feu.  111.  1877, 

At  1U:30  o'clock. 

nt  our  sales-room,  No.  37  Naesau  St., 

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JLdEPEND."  — J.  WOODS  GYA1NA81UM,  No.  tf 
East  28th  St.,  open  day  ana  eveniu-i.  The  best  rem- 
edy fur  mendin,^  a  bad  eoubtitntion  aud  preaerving  a 
^ood  one. 


RSTUAUT   VVILLLS    ATTORNBY   AND 
«Coim8ilor  at  Law,  Notary  Pubhc.  Ho.  182  Broad- 
way, ttoom  No,  4.  Now-'iork. 

N.  B. — Special  attention  paid  to  settling     "estates, 
convevancing,  aud  Cit.y  ana  county  oollecciO'a. 


HEWORKHOIOSJ  OR  PILES  PiiRMANBNTLY 
eradicated  witiiout  the  kmfe.  li^ture.  or  caustic. 
Ivo  eharee  whatever  until  cured.  Send  for  circular  c-on- 
tainc  relcreuceB.      Dr.  HOYT.  21  West  24th  St..  N.  Y. 


DiisEASiES  OE  THE  NEKVOUd  SiTSTEitt 

A  .SPECIALTY. 

HBNEY  A.  DANIELS,  M.   D.,    -Ho.  144  Lexmgton   av., 

near  29th  st.    Hours  8  to  3. 


«4  TTAKD  TIMES.«— CRAYOH    PORTRAITS   AT 

ixlreduced  prioes :  specimens  at  studio.  No.  27 
Saat  Ibth  at.,  coruei  Broadway,    Htadiot>  to  xenK   .  _.  ^ 


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tS-EW  EASTER  ANTHEmT,  *'  CHUIST  "oirK 

ll  PASSOVER,"  In  B  flat,  by  H.  P.  Dinka,  7oc.:  Kaster 
Authem.  by  C.  A.  Havens,  40«.:  Easter  Carol.  ''  Christ 
the  Lord."  Draper,  lOc;  also  the  popular  and  standard 
Kaster  Anthem*  b.y  Lloyd,  Thomas,  Chappie.  Wilaoo, 
Andrewa,  kc.,  &c    PITSOX  &  CO..  No.  711  Broadway. 


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housekeepers,  from    Household  colutnn.     New-\oaiC 
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ANTHUN  ME.nORlAL    CHURCH, 

48th  at.,  west  of  6th  av., 

Rev.  R.  HKBER  NEWTON.  Heotor. 

Services  ou  Sunday  at  1 0:»0  A.  M.   Prayers  at  4:30  P.  a. 

Even  Sons:  nt  7:45  P.  M    : 

A  special  aervice  of  song  the  second  of  three  sermoiv  i 

on  '•  Keheion  in  Every-day  lUt* 

By  Rev.  Mr.  Newton. 

Young  men  spfCiailv  Invited. 

All  seats  free  at  the  opeuluK  hour. 


A  T  CHICKERING  HALL,  STxl  AV.,  CORN'HR 
.oLlSth  St. — Union  Gosoel  services.  Rev.  Samuel  Col- 
cord  preaches  Sunday,  at  Kl:45  .\.  M.  an.!  S:30  P.  if. 
Afternoon  sermon  a  continuation  of  tbe  series  on 
"Light."  Charles  L.  Gunn  and  the  lame  choir sinjc 
morning  and  afternoon.  Seats  free ;  everybody  wel- 
come. Sunday-school,  9:30  :  Bibie-clasa,  10  o'clock. 
Prayer-raeetlng  Thursday  eveninj,  at   304  4th  «v. 


'*    4  KI8E    AND  THKE!«H -'»>— BlSJOP  .sNOW. 

XJLthe  so-cTlled  "humimjr,"  wpl  pieach  the  pure 
word  of  Ood  In  the  Medical  CoUese.  corner  4th  nv. 
and  23d  St.,  on  Sunday  at  3  P.  M.  Se^its  free.  Sub- 
<ect — "The  True  Church  to  Break  the  Nations  in 
Pieces." 

T  CHURCH  OF  THE  HOLV   APOSTLE;?, 

corner  of  9th  av.  and  28tn  su— At  .'xSO  P.  SI.  ser- 
vice. Hev.,George  F.  Seymour,  8.  T.  D.,  Dean  of  tha 
General  Theological  Seminary,  will  preach  bpfore  the 
Young  People's  -Missionary  Association  of  the  parish. 
Full  authem  service. 


ALL.-<OUl>!«»  CHUR<'B.  4TH  AV.,  COR.SLH  OP 
20th  St. — Rev.  George  Morrison  will  preach  at  11 
A.  M.  Evening,  at  7:4.">,  Mr.  John  Frerwell,  Jr..  will 
deliver  a  Ipctuie  on  '•  Michael  Servetns."  beats  tree. 
Public  cordially  in-vitetL 

LEKc&ER    Street      L'.NiVEtt!HAL,jsT 

Church,  corner  of  Downing  St.— Th?*  Pastor.  Kev.  K. 
C.  Sweetspr,  will  preach  this  (Sunday)  evenin-.-  at  7:?'.(> 
o'clock.  Subject— " How  lo  be  Happy  ?'— a  sirmoh  to 
young  folks.  Rev.  Bernard  Peters  will  preach  lu  the 
morning  at  10:45  o'clock. 


CHURCH  OF  ST.  JOHN  TllK  KVANGKLIsr. 
(Wainwright  memorial.)  seats  free,  coruei-  West 
nth  at.  and  Waverley  place.  Rev.  John  W.  Kramer, 
Rector. — On  ."U'lday  morning  at  10:30  a  speciai  ser 
vice— British  subjects  being  invited  lo  worship  with 
the  congregation.  In  the  evening  at  7;  30  the  flret  in  a 
course  of  Lenten  services  on  "  Present  Dav  Siua 
Agaiaat  Our  Neighbor.     The  Homes  of  the  Poor." 


CHI?RCH  OF  THE  jnESSlAH,  CORN  KB 
34th  St.  and  Park  av.— Rev,  Wm.  It.  Alerer,  Pas- 
tor. Morning — •'  The  Attributes  and  Fruits  ol  Human 
Kindness."  Kvemng  nt  8  o'clock — "The  Stren?th  ol 
Ecclesiastical  Orthodoxy  Contrasted  with  the  Weak- 
ness of  Liberal  Chriatianity."  Seats  free.  Public  ia 
vited. 


CHURCH  OF  THE  HEAVENLV  REST. 

5TH  AV.,    ABOVE    45TH  ST. 

EEV.  DR.  ROWLAND.  RECTOR.  ' 

SUNDAY  8ERVICKS,  11  A.  M.,  4  P.  M. 

WEDNKSDAT,    8  P.  M. 

Hev.  Dr.  POTTER,  of  Grac.-  Cburoh.  will  preach. 

CHURCH  OF  THE  NI-:W  JERU>^ALi£;M, 
('■  SwedenlMrgian,")  East  ooth  st..  bPtween  4thi| 
(Park)  and  Lexington  a  vs., Rev.  Chauncev  Giles.  Pislor, 
—Services  at  11  A.  M.  Sermon— "  The  True  Spirit  of 
Reform."  Evening  Lecture,  8  o'clock — The  Resurrec- 
tion of  Man  Irora  his  Material  Body." 

C1ALVARY  CHURCH,  4TU  AV.  AND  21bT  ST.^ 
>Rev.  E.  A.  Washburn,  D.  D..  Rector. — Lent  .-Services 
on  Sunday  at  16:30  A.  M.  «nrt  3:30  P.  M.  Wednesday 
and  Fiid'ay  morning,  prayer  .it  11  o'clock.  Evening 
priyer,  5  o''ciock  every  day,  with  lecture  on  Wednes- 
day and  Frida.y. 

CHRIST  CHURCH, 

5th  av.  and  35th  at. 
Rev,  Dr.    McVickar.    Rector.    Morning  Service,  with 
Holy  Commtmion,  at  10:30  A.  M.    Evemng    Service  at 
7:30  P.  M. 


CHURCH  OK  THE  DIVINE  PATERNITY— 
5tli  av.  coiner  of  45tb  s'.  Rev.  Dr.  K  H.  (  hapin, 
-Pastor.  Preaching  thia  morning  at  11,  «nd  eveninp 
at  8,  b.y  Rev.  J.  Smith  Dodge,  Jr.,  of  Stamford,  Conn: 
Vespers  in  the  evening. 


Os*PEL    HALL.    NO.     20     4TH    AV.— ThJ 

Breaking  of  Bread  ut  10:30  A.  .>1.    Preaching  at  S  F/ 

M.— "What  shall  I  do  to  be  saved."     Tuesday,  at  j 

P.  M.,   Bibie   Reading,   John  x.      Thurslay  at  6  P.  M., 

Tvpieal  Teaching  in  Genesis— The  Creation. 

HURCHOF  THE  R'ESURRECTION,   85Tir 
SI.,  between    Lexington  and   3d  avs..    Rev.  John  W. 
Trimble,  Rector. — Services  .-nudav  at   10:45  A.  -M.  and 
7:3il  P.  M.    Sunday-school  at  2:30  P.  M.      All  are  cor- 
dially invited  to  attend. 


(^Ol..  WEACHAM,  EX-SLPERINTENOENT 

\_yof  Indian  .Affaire,  iectureathis  evening  iu  Dr.  Burch- 
ara's  church.  13th  at.,  near  Cth  av.,  on  '•  The  Religion 
of  the  Red  .Man  ;"  seats  Iree.  Cot.  Meacham  i?  an  elo- 
quent orator,  and  this  is  one  of  his  best  lectures. 

ClHUKCH  OK  OUR  S.-IVIOUR,  (SlXTil  CNI- 
yvorsalist  Society,)  57tb  st..  near  8th  av..  Rev.  j. 
M.  Pullman.  Pastor. — Sunday  morniQS  at  11 — "  The 
Ijarren  i-ig  tree."  Evening  at  7:45— '"The  Kelisbes  o; 
Life." 

("IHUKCH  OF  tJURSiAVIOUK,  NEAR.  39TH. 
JbL.  3d  av. — Right  Rev.  Bishop  Potter  wid  adniini-tei 
the  Rite  of  Confirmation,  in  thia  Church,  at  7:30 
this  evening.     All  are  in\nted. 

CIHURCH    OF     THE       HOLY       SAVIOUr! 
jUtist   25th  St..  near  Madison  av.  Rev.  Dr.  Carter. 
Rector.— Service  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:3(J  P.  M. 

1>R.  RYLANCE— ST.  >lARH.'a,  ' 

2d  av.  and  Kith  st 

Servicea  1 1  A.  M.  and  7:45  P.  M^ 

Tho  Rector  will   preach. 

R.  LANDI.S    PREACHEsi  .SUNOAY  MORN^ 
ins:  at  11  o'clock,  in  science  Hal.l,  No.  141  East  8th 

St.      Subject — "Is  this  a-  Chnstlou"  or  Inlidal   Age  1" 

Quartet.     Seats  iree. 


FIK.S»TREFOR.>IED  EPJ!^COPAL  CHURCH. 

Temporarily  worshiping  at  Madison  av.  and  47th  at. 

Permanent  location,  (clmreli  now  bujlding,) 

Madison  av.  and  55th  at. 

Rev.  WM.  T.  SAlINH,  Pastor. 

Divine  services:  Morning,  10:30:  evening.  7:45  o'clock. 

Sunua.v -school  at  9  A.  M.     The  Pastor  ■will  preach. 

IVE  POINTS  HOU^^E  OF  INUUSTRY,  NO. 

155  Worth  St..  William  F.  Barnard.  Superinteuuenu 
— .Service  ot  song  by  the  children  on  Simd;vv  at  3:30 
o'clock.  Public  invited.  Second-hand  clo'.biug  aud 
shoes  urgeuti.y  solicited. 


1:;^  I  R.ST  B.iPTIST  CHURCH,  CORNER  39TH 
?  St.  »ud  Park  av. — Preaching  bv  Rev.  T.  D.  Andersoa- 
D.  D.,  Pastor,  at  11  A.  M.  ana  7:30  evenlnj.  suuday- 
BchDol,y:30.    Cordial  invitation. 


GRACE  CHAPEL.  EAST  14TH  ST.,  EEV. 
William  T.  Eglaert,  Pastor.- Services.  11  A.  .M.  and 
7:45  P.  M.  i(ev.  Frederick  Courtaey,  of  St.  Thomas' 
Church,  will  preach  in  the  evening. 


HARLE.H  UNIVERSALIST  CHURCH, 
r27th  St..  between  Lexington  and  4th  avs. — Kev. 
J.  M.  Gotchell,  Past!>r.  11  A.  M.,  subjfCi — "God 
Knoweth  Our  Hparts."  Evening,  7:30 — "The  ili^ht- 
hnve-beena  of  Life. "  Preaching  ihursdRV  evening,  at 
8  o'clock,  by  Rev.  A.  P.  Putmim.  D.D.,  of  Brooklyn. 


LV.»IA^  C.  HOWE,  TRA.NCK  SPEAK  KR, 
lertures  for  the  Society  of  ."-piritTiailsts  ni  li::30  A. 
M.  and  7:30P.  M.  at  their  hall.  No.  55  «est33d  st.,  near 
Broadway.    Tbe  Children's  Lyceum  mee^s  2:30  P.  .Yl. 


MAOISON  AVENUH  CHURCH  OF  THE 
Disciples,  corner  t5th  St.,  Rev.  George-  H.  Uc-o- 
worih.  — Morning — "Three  Jewels."  Evemug — "Come 
and  See."  Monday  evenins,  Mr.  Uopworth  will  de- 
liver the  fifth  lecture  on  the  Hol.y  Land,  illustrated 
with  the  stereopticon. 


AfA^iOMC  TE.UPLK,  23u  ST.  AND  6IH  AV.— 
Uio.  li.  Froihlugham,  P;,8tor  of  the  Indeneud  -nt  Liu- 
e.rai  Church,  will  speak  on  Sunday  mormng.  at  10:45 
o'clock.  subject — "  The  Responsible  Authorship  ut 
Unbelief."     Seivice  for  tt>e  young  at  3:30  P.  M. 


PILGRin  BAPTIST  CHURCH.  33D  ST., 
near  8tb  av.— Rev.  C.  vV.  Ray.  of  Bridgepor;,  will 
preach  nioruing  and  evening ;  Suuday-Bchool  and  BibU 
Classes  at  2:30.    Straojjers  welcome. 


ROF.   FELIX   AULER  WILL    l',ECTUKIi 

tula  (Sunda.v)  morning  at  Staudard  IIhII,  cornei 
Broadway  and  42d  st. ,  tit  11  o'clock,  subject — --Tlw 
Origin  of  Religion,"  (coulinned.) 


REV.  JOHN  COTTON  SMITH.  1».  JI.,  WILL 
deliver  (D.  V.)  the  flrat  lecture  in  a  course  on  tin 
"  Sermon  ou  the  Mount,"  in  tne  Churcn  ot  the  Aaceu. 
sion,  corner  5th  av.  and  10th  at.,  on  Sunday,  Feb.  18, 
at  4  P.  M. 


TJEV.  THO.nAS  s.   HASTINGS,   D.  O.,  PAS. 

Alitor,  will  preacli  in  the  Weat  Presbyterian  Churcn, 
4i;d  St.,  iietweeu  6lh  and  Cth  avs.,  ou  Sunday,  I8th 
ioat.  Services  at  10:30  A  M.  aud  7:30  P.  AL  Adult  Bi- 
bb-class nt  3  P.  M. 


QT.  ANDREW'S  P.  E.  CHURCH,  UARl-bil, 
io(127thBt.  and  4ih  :iv.)— Morning  aervice  at  it'i-W; 
evening  6er-\-ieo  at  7:30;  Suuda> -school  ut  9  A.M. 
Rev.  Win.  E.  Eigeijorout,  D.  D.,  of  the  GeuernI  Theo- 
logical Semlnaiy,  will  preach  A.  M..  and  Rev.  Tlios.  M. 
Peters.  D.  D.,  of  st.  Michael's  Church.  P.  M.  On 
Thursday  evening  Rev.  Frederick  Courtney,  ot  St. 
Thomas'  C'liurcb.  will  deliver  the  tirst  of  a  series  o( 
Lenten  sermons.     Service  at  7:30. 


ST.  IGNATIUS'  CHURCH,  40TH  ST.,  BF,. 
tween  6ih  aijd  Ctb  ave..  Rev.  Dr.  F.  C.  Ewer,  Rector, 
otiieiating. — Communion,  7  A.  M.;  morning  prayer.  9  ; 
litan.y.  10:30;  (^horal  celebration,  li :  choral  evening 
prayer,  7:3u,  with  sermon  on  •Called  to  be  .Sainis," 
the  first  in  the  course  on  the  Seven  Gifta  ol  the  lloiv 
Ghost.  Pews  and  sittings  ma.y  be  had  free  lor  tba 
Winter  npon  ap|)lic»tlon  to  the  eeiion. 


ST.  STEPHEN'S    CHURCH. 

57  to  09  West  46th  etreet. 

The  Rev.  A.  B.  HART,  Kcotor. 

Services  on  Bunda.y  at  10:3o  A.   M  ,  and  4  P.  M. 


ST.  ALBAN'S  CHURCH,  EAST  iriH  ST., 
Rev.  C.  W.  Morrill,  Rector. — Suudny  services.  7, 
10:45  .*.  M.,  4  P.  M.j  Friday  eveninga.  pemteutial  aer- 
vice and  sermon  at  8.    Seats  tree  at  all  servict-s. 


ST.  LUKE'S  M.  E.  CHURCH.  41ST  ST..  NEAR 
6th  av.,  Kev.  W.  P.  Abbott,  Pastor. — Preaching  at 
10:30  A.  M-  and  7:45  P.  M.  Youug  people's  prayer- 
meeting  at  6:45  P.  .\i.    All  are  cordially  invited. 


THE  PEOPLE'S  SERVICE 

la  the 

CBDRCH  OF  HOLT  TRIMTY, 

Madison  av.  and  42d  at. 

At  7:30  P.  M., 

Kev.  STEPHEN  H.  I YNQ,  Jr.,  will  preach. 

Tne  attendance  of  uon- church  goers  and  stranjcers  b 

Invited. 


rpHlRrV-FOliRTH  STREET  REFORIUEU 

1  I  hurch.  west  of  »th  av.,  Rev.  Carlos  Martyn,  Pas- 
tor.— Divine  service  lu  this  church,  to-morrcrw.  18tt 
iuat.,  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.  In  the  evenlug, 
service  ot  aong  aud  sermon  on  "  Excnsua."  Slrangeri 
welcome. 

NITY  CHAPEL— FOLRTB    UNITARIAN    SOCl 
ety.  128th  St.,  near  4th  »v. — .Sermons  at  10:!i0  A 
Jl.  anil  7:30  P.  M.,   by   Rev.    F.    W.   Holland.    Sunday 
schoid  at  9:30  A.  M.    Seats  provided  tor  strangers. 

^^FoRShTpI^^^THK       last       SERMON      IN      THI 

IT  course  on  -worship  wlU  be  given  in  th?  Church  a 

tbe  .Atonement,   Madison  av.,  corner  :28tb  at.,  on  Sun 

day  eveumg,  l  eb.  18.  at  7:45  o'clock,  by  Rev,  John  i 

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JSTBAHQE  JSAL0V8Y  IN  ENGLAND. 

VU  BBAUCLEKC  AND  OTHERS  IN  COURT — 
SWrr  AGAIKST  MR.  HOBACK  WIGNAN— 
A  THEATRICAL  MAXAQBB'S  TROUBLES 
WITH  HIS  SIKaBRS — ^PAUUNE  MARKHAM 
M'UAHON — VESDICI  Bl^DEBBD  FOB  THE 
PLAINTIFFS. 

From  the  London  Standard,  Jan.  30. 
lu  the  Common  Pleas  Diyisiou  yesterday, 
MfOie  Mr.  Jnstioe  Lod«s  aad  a  oommon  jary,  tbe 
Cbe  plalntdfEi  in  thia  case'  ^rere  vooalista  and  theat- 
rical performers,  and  they  sued  Mr.  Horace 
Wigan,  the  theatrical  manager,  to  recover  damages 
for  alleged  slander.  Mr.  Watldy,  Q.  C,  and  Mr. 
Bate  of  "Metcalf  and  wlfeagaiost  Wi^an  "  was  tried. 
MoDonald  appeared  for  the  ptainliffa ;  Mr.  Moln- 
lyre,  Q.  C,  and  Mr.  F.  H.  Lewis  foe  the  defendant. 
Mr.  Waddy  aaid  the  plainciil,  Mr.  Metcalf,  waa 
known  npon  the  Btage  as  Mr.  £.  Bose&tt^al,  while 
bia  wife's  theatnoal  name  was  Miss  Beaaolerc.  Mr. 
Hoiace  Wigan  was  probably  known  to  all  of  them, 
the  poaitioa  be  held  in  the  theatrical  world  being 
aaoh  an  important  and  prominent  one.  Mias  Bean- 
clero .  and  Mr.  Wiean  were  formerly  connected  in 
baainess  transactions,  and  the  libel,  whieb  he  should 
Bontend  was  a  most  nnfuunded  one,  arose  oat  of 
(hese  transactions.  In  Aagnat,  1885,  when  Mr. 
Wigan  was  lessee  and  manager  of  iho  Olympic 
Ibeatro,  lie  bronght  ont  there  a  piece  called  '  *  Prince 
Camaialsaman."  The  title  role,  or  first 
lady  8  part,  was  played,  by  Miss  Nellie 
Parreu;  Miss  Lindley  was  nominally  the 
tlrst  lady.  Miss  Amy  Sheridan  second, 
Miss  Jnlla  Harland,  who  played  Cupid,  was  third, 
snd  then  there  was  a  small  part  which  was  con- 
fided to  the  cars  of  Miss  Eeanclerc,  whose  leputa- 
tion  was  not  then  so  great  as  it  is  now.  This  part 
yr»a •  Qlowworm,  [laughter,)  and  its  value  or  Impor- 
tance might  be  gathered  from  the  fact  that  the  lady 
was  paid  £3  a  week  for  acting  it.  With  this  cast 
the  piece  was  acted  for  some  weeks,  when  Miss 
Lindley  became  dissatisded  with  her  part  and 
seceded  ftom  it.  Miss  Sheridan  was  promoted  to 
take  the  part  of  the  other  lady,  and  Miss  Beanclero 
waa  also  promoted  trom  Olowworm  to  be  Queen 
ita/mouny,  the  important  part  which  had  been 
played  taitberto  by  Miss  Amy  Sheridan.  She  acted 
this  character  onlil  the  bailesqae  was  withdrawn. 
Soon  afterward  Mr.  Oxenf ord,  the  dramatic  critic, 
wrote  a  piece  called  "The  Cleft  Slick."  and  during 
the  rehearsal  of  it  a  lady  who  had  been  requested 
to  take  the  part  of  Mrs.  Fix  turned  ont  to  be  incom- 
petent, and  Mr.  Wigan  asked  the  plaintiff  if  she 
wonld  at  once  take  up  the  part  and  read  it.  Mr. 
Wiican  was  there,  and  Mr.  Oxenford  was  also  tratch- 
ing  the  performance  of  his  owu  piece,  and  would,  of 
coarse,  on  that  occasion  be  a  particularly  severe 
cntlc  The  result  of  their  nnit«d  judgment  waa 
that  Miss  Beanclero  was  asked  to  tafce  the  part,  and 
siie  acted  it  darmg  the  whole  run  uf  the  piece, 
which,  however,  was  only  for  a  short  time.  It  was 
afterward  pat  again  npon  the  stage,  and  then  Miss 
Beanclero  was  astonished  to  find  ttiat  another  lady 
had  been  cast  for  her  part.  She  asked  Mr.  Wigau 
how  it  was,  and  he  said  that  be  bad  given  it  to  an- 
other young  lady,  whose  name  it  was  unnecessary 
to  meodoii,  because  she  was  so  very  pretty.  |A 
laagb.J  He  did  not  know  whether  this  was 
an  intimation  that  Miss  Beaacleio  was  not 
■o  pretty,  or  that  sue  bad  in  the  conrsa 
of  two  weeks  become  ngly.  However,  Miss  El- 
liott— it  was  useless  trying  to  keep  back  her  name 
when  he  had  a  compliment  to  pay  her,  for  she 
wa»very  pretty  llanphter]— wentouwith  the  part. 
The  next  piece  was  *'  The  Wolf  in  Sheep's  Cloth- 
ing," and  in  that  a  very  orominent  part  was  assigned 
to  bis  clienr,  and  no  complaint  was  made  of  her. 
The  next  piece  was  '•  The  Four  Pretty  Princes,"  and 
by  the  universal  custom  of  the  stage  a  prettv  prince 
was  a  young  lady.  [Li^ocnter.  |  One  part  was  given 
to  Miss  Nellie  Farren,  but  for  some  reason  sbe 
wonld  not  take  it ;  and  such  was  the  opimon  which 
Mr.  Wigan  had  of  Miss  Beancleic  that  he  asked  her 
to  tase  lu  She  attended  every  rehearsal,  thuugh  ill 
in  health  herself  and  her  f&tber  in  liis  last 
illness,  and  it  was  not  until  she  look  a  further  cuid 
at  the  grave-side  of  her  lather  that  she  -  staid 
away  from  rehearsal.  Sbe  sent  a  note  to  Mr.  Wigaa 
to  state  the  cause  uf  her  abseuce,  but  peibaps  he 
did  not  think  the  reason  for  absence  was  good 
enough,  and  he  there  and  then  dismissed  ner  trom 
her  engagement.  This  wa^  in  1865,  and  nothiag 
more  was  beard  until  1876.  la  Januarr  of  (his 
last-mentioned  year  Mr.  Kittle,  the  manager  of  the 
Pnnce  ot  Wales'  Tueacte,  Liverpool,  lee  the  bouse 
to  Miss  Panline  MarKbam,  asking  ner  to  go  down 
to  Liverpool  on  a  starring  visit,  and  the  resale  of 
negotiations  was  that  ou  the  13th  of  March 
an  agreement  was  made  between  them, 
npon  which  transaction  this  action 
tamed.  Miss  Markham,  by  the  agreement  under- 
took to  fulfil  a  star  engagement  of  three  weeks, 
and  to  lurnish  two  parts  in  "  Cigarette,  '  St, 
iieorge  and  Blush  Mote.  She  was  tu  take  another 
actress  with  her,  this  person  being  understood  to 
be  Miss  Emma  Kitta.  The  price  to  be  uaid  was 
£35  for  the  tirst  week,  and  £2^  fur  each  of  the  re- 
maining week.>4.  It  appeared  that  Mr.  Wigau 
Ctiought  he  should  like  to  take  bis  Olympic  compa- 
ny down  to  this  very  theatre  for  a  fortnight 
to  play  '*  All  For  Her,"  which  had 
had  a  considerable  -  run  in  London.  Mr. 
Wigan  took  the  thttatro  tor  tue  very  tiuia 
(Then  Miss  Markliam  was  engaged  to  play 
there,  and  be  found  himself  with  two  actresses,  to 
whom  £85  waa  to  be  paid,  and  with  no  parts  for 
tnem.  Miss  Kitta  fell  ill  and  conlu  not  go,  and 
Miss  Markham  set  to  work  to  find  some  one  to  take 
her  place.  Mias  Beaaolerc  was  engaged  for  this 
purpose,  and  on  the  13th  April  she  and  Miss  Mark- 
ham were  at  Liverpool  '-eady  to  play  their  parts. 
They,  however,  were  told  at  tne  theatre  that  they 
were  not  wanted,  and  tbey  wrote  to  Mr.  Kittle, 
from  whom  they  got  a  note,  inclosing  another  from 
Mr.  Wigan.    Thia  letter  was  to  this  effect :  °* 

EOSCOliBB  MA:!rOB,  BOTTBSEXOCTH,  HA5T3,  April  13. 

Mt  Seak  K.:  1  clearly  understood  that  the  ajCTee- 
Bient  expressed  as  much  in  writing  that  illds  Pauiina 
llarichHm  was  to  i)ring  with  her  Miss  Uiita,  and  1 
khanld  not  thiok  of  accepting  aa.v  other  artiste,  ieasl 
of  all  Ui8S  Beaaclerc,  of  whode  lacompeteucy  I  bad 
some  years  back  a  most  expensive  '  prost.— Youis 
sincerely,  HOHAlK  WIGAN. 

On  thelTth  the  ladies  went  to  tne  theatre  and  saw 
Mr.  Kittle  and  also  Mr.  Wigan.  when  the  latter 
•aid  to  Miss  Markham,  "The  faot  is,  yon  have 
broaehta  woman  who  is  not  capable  ot playing  the 
part,"  and  he  added  that  he  would  not  nave  her  in 
a  ilaeatie  where  ne  was,  because  he  had  bad  once  a 
most  expensive  proof  of  her  incompetence.  The 
learned  counsel,  iu  conclusion,  saiu  that  it  was 
these  statements  upon  which  the  action  was  tuuod. 
ed,  and  be  asserted  after  what  had  passed 
m  reference  to  the  plaiutifi's  engagements  with 
the  deleadant  that  there  conid  be  no  truth  In 
them.  The  defendant  added  something  about 
bis  having  kept  Miss  Beaaclerc  ou  at  the  solicita- 
tion of  her  husband,  althongn  sbe  tailed  to  attend 
rehearsals,  alleging  that  she  had  a  sick  father  aad 
four  or  five  children  iU,  when  the  fact  waa  that  she 
bad  at  that  time  onlv  one  child.  The  four  ur  five 
might  have  sprung  from  Mr.  Wigan'a  brain,  but 
certainly  tbey  ware  not  Miss  Bsauoierc's.  [Langn- 
ter.)  As  to'the  wrongful  dismissal  of  this  lady, 
Mr.  Wigan  had  paid  £30  to  compromise  legal  pro- 
ceedings, and  it  waa  tboaght  that  he  would  proba- 
bly have  to  pay  a  great  deal  more  in  the  present 
action. 

Mrs.  Metcalf  said  she  was  one  of  the  plaintiffs, 
and  was  known  on  the  stage  as  Miss  Beaaclerc; 
•becameciuon  the  stage  in  1864,  and  in  1865  she 
wa^  taken  on  at  the  Olympic  by  Mr.  Wigan;, 
"  Pl-ince  Camaralzaman  "  was  oeing  played  :  Miss 
Nellie  Farren  played  tbe  Urst  part,  Miss  Lindley 
the  aeoond,  Miss  Sheridan  third.  Miss  Julia  Har- 
land played  Cupid,  and  witness  played  GUnDioorm  j 
tbe  piece  ran  some  weeks,  and  site  nad  no  intima- 
tion that  her  acting  was  onsaiisfactory ;  Miss 
Lindley  afterward  left  the  theatre;  Miss  Farren 
,atiU  kept  the  "  title  r61e,"  Miss  Sheridan  played 
second  part  and  witness  beoame  Queen  Ma/mouny  ; 
When  she  took  the  part  of  iiUnmoortn-  sbe  sang 
aome  songs,  bat  Miss  Conway,  who  succeeded  her, 
sang  none.  Witness  did  not  know  why  this  was. 
She  Acted  Queen  .if  amouny  till  the  piece  was  with- 
drawn, and  wiihuut  any  complaint  whatever.  Af- 
ter this  Mr.  Oseuford  wrot*  "The  Cleft  Stick," 
and  daring  tbe  rehearsal  the  defendant  sent  for  her. 
It  waa  abont  four  days  before  tbe  piece  was 
-prodnced.  At  tbe  theatre  she  saw  Mr.  Wigan,  and 
bad  a  conversation  with  him.  He  wished  hei  to 
play  the  part  of  Un.  Fix,  and  to  take  the  manu- 
script and  read  it  there  and  then,  on  the 
stage.  She  did  so.  Mr.  Oxenford  was  sitting  in 
one  of  the  boxes  watching  Ic.  The  defendant  asked 
her  to  take  tbe  part,  and  ebe  did  so  daring  the 
whole  run  ot  tbe  piece,  and  gave  satisfaction,  she 
beliaved.  She  never  beard  of  any  complaint.  The 
piece  being  wlthdrrwn,  was  in  two  or  three  weeks 
afterward  reproduced.  She  recelred  no  notice  aa 
to  taking  any  part  in  it,  and  she  saw  Mr.  Wigan, 
and  asked  him  why  she  was  not  to  play  the  part. 
He  said  be  had  a  lady  young  and  pretty  to  play  tbe 
part.  She  told  him  she  thongbt  that  she  was  quite 
08  pretty  as  the  young  lady.    [Load  laughter.] 

Mr.  Waddy— And  I  dare  aay  yon  were.  ILaagb- 
t«r.] 

Witness  continued :  She  afterward  played  Dame 
Carew„  in  "The  "Wolf  In  Sheep's  Clothing."  be- 
cause he  said  be  bad  no  one  who  cotild  apeak  a  line 
vt  aeatiiaent. 

Mr.  Waddy— You  must  not  say  that,  because  }oa 
may  hurt  other  people's  feelings. 

Witness — "  Tb»  Foar  Pret^  Princes"  then,  came 
oat,  and,  Misa  Nellie  Farren  naving  declined  tbe 
first  partt  it  wm  allotted  to  wituets ;  she  bad  a  good 
dealofsini^ns,  and  no  complaint  was  made  either 
ot  ber  acting  or  ber  slnainj;  ;  she  never  acted  in 
-••  ine  Four  Pretty  Princes,"  but  only  attended  the 
rehearsals;  she  waa  dismissed  before  the  piece  was 
pat  npon  the  stage;  daring  the  rehearsals  bar 
fosher  waa  very  ill,  and  tor  a  Tery 
long  time,  and  at  that  time  she  was 
married,  and  had  one  child;  she  attended  the 
rehearsala  during  her  father's  illseu,  and  up  to  tbe 
day  before  he  died.  She  was  dismissed  througb 
taking  a  <Sold  at  her  father's  grave.  She  wrote  to 
MT  that  8he  could  not  attend  rehearial  next  day. 
She  said  she  was  not  well  enough.  Mr.  Wigan 
knew  ttiat  she  was  suilering  from  the  illness  of 
ber  &ther.  He  wrote  to  her  saying  that  her 
urricea  would  no  longer  be  required-  To  the 
Beat  of  her  recollection  sbe  had  not  no 
to'  tnat  time  failed  to  attend  tbe  rehearsals 
BBtll  the  day  before  hta  iathw'a  death.  From  thai; 
d««ap«othe  fnneral  the  attendea  rehearsals  aa 


tail  denied  the  impataiion  wht(^  had  been  made 
agiinftberof  iiicoini^t^oy  in  her  ptdfe^toh.  When 
sbe  waa  dismissed  an  aetjon  waai  bronght  fer  wrong- 
fdl  diaraiscal,  and  the  defendant  paid  £50  to  obmpro- 
mise  it.  After  that  She  hgd  nothing  to  do  with 
Mr.  Wigan  until  the  affair  nt  Liverpool.  She  re- 
tired from  the  stage  lor  doneaUu  and"  family  rea- 
sons, for  two  years  in  oonseqamce  of  a  railway  ao 
cident,  and  returned  to  it  in  1867.  At  Liverpool  she 
and  Miss  Markham  went  each  day  for  a  fortnight 
to  the  theatre  and  asked  if  thev  were  required,  bat 
were  told  "No." 

Croas-examiaed.— Was  Ouptd  a  very  good  charac- 
ter in  "  Pnnce  Camaralzaman  V  Cupid  was  a  very 
nice  character.  [Laughter.  |  Tbe  defendant  never 
complained  of  ber  wbile  she  nlaved  Glowworm. 

Mr.  Bok>ert  Soutar,  a  comedian  and  stage  man* 
aaer  at  tbe  Gaiety,  said  in  1SG3  ha  was  at  the 
Olympic,  and  acted  in  "Prioce  Camaralzaman."  He 
thoueht  that  Miss  Beauclerc,  who  was  not  then 
very  experienced,  was  vsry  attractive  in  appear- 
ance, and'for  a  novice  got  through  very  well. 

Were  you  SInllamahuk  >  I  was.  [Loud  laughter.] 
He  was  black  prmce.  Me  did  not  cousider  Miss 
Beanclero  inoompetfent  aa  a  singer  and  actor  in  IStiS 
and  1866. 

The  tartber  hearing  of  the  cape  was  adjoarned. 

Ou  Tuesday,  Jan.  30,  the  bearing  of  the  case  was 
continued,  the  evidence  of  several  witnesses  being 
beard.  One  of  the  wiinasses  for  the  plaintiff  gave 
the  name  of  Mrj.  McMahoa,  but  said  that  the  name 
by  which  she  was  known  npon  the  stage  was  that 
of  Mias  Pauline  Markham.  She  thought 
Miss  Beanclero  capable  of  playing  any  part 
in  opera  bonffe.  Mr.  G-eorge  Houey  waa  called,  and 
asked  if  he  was  a  comedian.  He  said  tbao  he  waa 
supposed  to  be.  |  Lsughter.J  Be  added  that  he 
played  with  Misa  Beanclero  in  1873  in  the  '•  Bo- 
liemians."  He  tboaght  that  sbe  was  fully  compe- 
tsut  to  play  her  part.  Sbe  was  fit  lo  play  leading 
parts  in  opera  bouffe  or  operetta.  Several  dramatic 
critics,  vooalista,  musical  authors,  and  orchestral 
leaders  testified  as  tutao  competency  of  theplatntiffl 

Mr.  Horace  Wigan,  the  defendant,  was  called. 
He  said  that  in  1865  he  was  tbe  leiisee  of  the  Olym- 
pic, and  produced  "  Prince  Camaralzaman."  Misa 
JBeaucIerc  was  cast  iu  Olowtvonn,  which  was  the 
singing  part  of  the  piece  ;  aUo  was  certainly  not 
successful  aa  a  singer;  sue  broke  down  tbe  first 
night  in  an  important  song  from  "  La  Traviata ;" 
be  complained,  and  also  sent  fur  her  and  ber 
nusbaud  to  remonstrate  npon  the  engage- 
ment ;  he  aaid  that  she  was  an  inexperienced 
person  and  a  uovice,  which  be  was  not  previously 
aware  of.  Mr.  Metcalf  admitted  that  sbe  was  a 
novice.  The  engagement  was  for  the  seusou.  The 
lady  tried  a  second  time  and  failed,  and  then  it  was 
tbat  be  remonatraced.  He  dismissed  b^r  at  the  end 
of  December  or  »he  beginning  of  January.  She  bad 
not  up  to  tbat  time  played  a  singing  part  since  she 
played  Glowworm.  Mrt.  Fix  was  certainly  not  a 
singing  part ;  sbe  was  a  walking  lady.  [Laugh  ter.l 
The  female  plaintiff  was  dismissed  daring  the  re- 
hearsal for  "  The  Four  Pretty  Princes."  She  stayed 
away  without  leave  from  rehearsal  on  more  than 
one '  occasion,  but  it  wiks  not  for  this  that  she 
was  dismissed.  He  repeatedly  asked  her  if  ber 
husband  was  goine  to  fulfill  hia  promise,  und  she 
bogged  bim  to  keep  her  an.  She  was  ill, 
and  her  father  was  dying,  but  there  was  no  btlp  tor 
It — she  was  not  up  iu  ber  pait,  and  he  wus  obliged 
to  out  another  lady  in  ir.  Wbeu  tbe  action  was 
brought  against  hitu,  his  solicitors  advised  bim  to 
settle  it  by  paying  £50.  Tbe  song  which  the  plain- 
tiii  bad  to  sing  waa  really  the  only  song  of  tbe 
eveninir.  It  was  from  "La  Traviata," 
and  was  usually  entrusted  to  Mme. 
Patti  or  Mme.  Nilsson.  When  taelady  broke  down 
be  tried  ber  again,  and  then  be  sent  fur  her  bus- 
baud.  Witness  remonstrated,  saying  that  tbe  lady 
was  no  singer.  Mr.  Metcalf  admitted  that  she  was 
a  noviee,  bnt  said  tbat  if  sbe  was  discharged  it 
would  militato  ai;ainsc  her  future  prospects,  tbat  he 
waa  going  out  of  town  to  plav  a  shurr  euiragement, 
and  that  on  his>  return  he  would  lelieve  witness  of 
the  engagement.  Tbe  song  was  cut  out,  and  she 
continnud  to  play  tbe  part. 

On  Wednesday,  Jan.  31,  the  case  was  cooclnded, 
and  the  jury,  after  an  absence  of  about  bait  an 
hunr,  came  into  court  and  gave  a  verdict  for  the 
plaintiffa,  damages  $359.  Judgment  svas  granted 
by  the  court  for  tbat  amonnt. 

GEN.  JACKSON  AS  A  DUELIST. 


HIS    OWN    ACCOUNr    OF  THE    AFF-A.IR  WIIU 
DICKINSON — SO  EVENT  OP  HIS   LIFE    RK- 
Q8ETXED    80  MUCH— LNTBRESTING  COR- 
RESPONDENCE    BBIWEEN     COL.     J.     G. 
HARRIS  AND  GEN.   W.  G.   HARDING. 
From  the  Xashuille  (Tenn.)  American,  Feb.  13. 
The  fotlowius  correspondeace  will  be   read 
witb    interest,   not  only  iu    Tennessee,  but    by  ad- 
mirers of  Old  Hickory  tbrouahout   the  lenctb  and 

breadth  ot  the  land  : 

Nashville,  Feb.  8, 1877. 
Oen.  W.  G.  Harding: 

MyDeab^ib:  ill  the  Kentucky  correstwndjuco 
ot  the  (Jinciunaii  Vonnnercial  there  recently  ap- 
peared a  communication  dusunbing  the  duel  which 
took  place  many  yeaia  ago  between  Gen.  Audrew 
Jaukson  and  Cbarle.-t  Dickinson.  I  inciose  to  your 
address  a  paper  containing  it,  for  tbe  purpose  of 
catling  your  attention  to  the  closing  paragraph, 
wliiob  is  aa  tallow's : 

"  Jackson  never  exhibited  tho  slightest  compunc- 
tion for  the  part  he  cook  la  this  bloody  affiir.  Ho 
very  rarely  aliuded  to  it,  but  wben  bo  ilid  it  was 
always  with  perfect  complacency.  It  ia  told  uf 
bim  tbat  a  gentleman  was  once  examiuiug  bis  dael- 
ing  pistols.  Taking  ap  one  of  tliem,  the  General 
quietly  remarked:  '  Tbat  is  the  piatoi  with  which 
1  killed  Mr.  Dickinson.' " 

This  Is  not  according  to  my  recollection.  Gov. 
Neill  S.  Brown  ioforms  me  that  3'ou  bad  a  coaversa- 
lion  with  our  great  and  eood  friend  at  the  Hor- 
micaiie,  a  short  time  before  bid  death,  upon  this 
sublect,  in  which  be  expressed  regret  at  tbe  occur- 
rence in  terms  tbat  reflected  most  creditably  un  bis 
great  name  and  tame.  Sbunld  not  the  truta  of  his- 
tory be  vindicated  t  lam,  lirhT  Sir,  very  truly, 
your  friend,  J.  GKORGE  HARRIS. 

Belle  MEAife,  near  Naabviile,  Feb.  9,  1877. 
J.  George  £larriti : 

My  Deab  Sik  :  1  am  obliged  for  your  kind  favor 
of  tbe  Bbh  insu;  also  tor  tbe  paper  (Cincinnati  Com- 
merdat)  containing  an  bocouuc  of  tbe  duel  between 
Geu.  Andrew  Jackson  and  Ctiarles  Dickinson, 
which  is  incorrect  in  some  esaential  points,  and 
does  great  iniustice  to  Gan.  Jauks>io,  aa  will  ap- 
po»r  from  the  recital  of  a  cunvers.ibiou  whlcn  took 
place  between  him  and  m.vseJf. 

At  the  time  Gen.  Jackaon  retired  trom  tbe  Presi- 
dential Chair,  and  for  several  years  thereafter,  I 
lived  in  McSpaddea's  B:3Ud,  on  tbe  Cumberiaud 
Biver,  three  or  four  miles  distant  trom  tbe  Hermit- 
age, and  It  was  my  pleasure  to  visit  tbe  old  hero 
frequently. 

Uu  the  occasion  referred  to,  I  tound  Gen.  Jackson 
alone,  whicb  was  nut  otteu  the  case.  In  the  course 
of  the  couveraaliou,  I  asked  hiui  wbetnor  bravo 
men  were  ever  tngntened.  Geu.  Jackson  replied: 
"I  do  not  know.  Sir,. that  I  am  competeut  to 
answer  tbe  auestion." 

I  answered:  "  l*ie  world,  and  especially  those 
who  know  you  best,  will  accord  you  as  mucu 
courage  aa  belouga  to  man." 

Geu.' Jackson  then  replied:  "  If  tbat  be  so.  Sir,  I 
would  say  tbat  I  have  beeu  aa  badly  irigUleued  as 
any  man  ougat  overto  be." 

I  asked  him  on  what  occasion  he  was  frightened, 
sapposiug  that  he  refurred  to  some  uf  bia  Indian 
engagements. 

The  Geueral  said  :  "It  was.  Sir,  when  I  fonght 
the  duel  with  Mr.  Dickinson.  In  tbe  first  place. 
Sir,  X  bad  no  unkind  teeliog  againat  Mr.  Dickinson, 
and  DO  di8[>08ition  to  injure  a  hair  of  bia  head.  I 
had  gone  as  far  as  aa  buuurable  man  could  go  to 
avoid  the  difficnlty  with  Dickioaou  ;  be  had  noir  in- 
jured me,  and  taerelore  1  bad  no  ground  of  com- 
plaint against  him;  ray  quarrel  had  been  with  his 
fatber-in-iaw.  Col.  Erwiu.  i  knew  Dicklnsou  to  be  a 
brave,  honorable  geutlemau,  aod  tbe  best  shot  with 
the  pistol  I  ever  saw — tar  better  tban  myself, 
for  1  was  never  an  expert  with  tbat  weapt^n. 
I  knew  that  he  coiud  sboot  quicker  and 
truer  than  I  could.  I  tberefore  went  upon 
the  ground,  expecting  to  be  killed,  and  I  owu  the 
preservation  of  my  life  on  tbat  occasion  to  tbe 
fusbions  of  the  day,  for  I  wore  a  coat  with  rolling 
collar  and  very  lull  breasted  ;  bat,  fortanately  for 
me,  Sir,  I  was  organizad  with  a  very  narrow  chest. 
Dickinson's  ball  struck  veiv  near  the  centre  of  my 
cuat,  iino,  while  i(  aorspod  tlie  breasi  bone.  It  did 
not  enter  tbe  cavity  of  tbe  obeat.  In  an  instant, 
under  the  Impression  that  I  was,  perhaps,  mortally 
wounded,  and  upon  the  impulse  of  the  moment,  I 
fired,  and  my  antagonist  tell — and  no  event  of  my 
life,  Sir,  have  1  regretted  so  much.  My  determina- 
tion before  and  atier  taking  position  was  to  dis- 
charge my  uiatul  iu  tbe  au',  but  because  I 
felt  tne  effect  of  his  (hot  I  fired  at  bim.  Just  here, 
Sir,  let  lue  add  that  the  world  has  dune  me  great 
iniustice,  for  I  am  charged  with  naving  brouttht  un 
the  diificulty,  and  witb  having  fixed  the  terms  so  as 
to  reserve  my  fire  ana  advance ;  and  it  charges  me 
with  havine  advanced  npun  DiqfKuison,  aud  shot 
him  when  I  was  within  a  few  ^t  of  him — all  of 
which  is  faUe,  Sir.  I  fired  iustanlT^  after  receiving 
his  shot;  and  trom  my  position;  and  Dickinson 
stood  in  his  position  and  received  my,  fire  like  a 
brave  man  as  he  was." 

The  above  is  the  conversation  nearly  verbatim  as 
it  occurred  between  Gen.  Jacksoa  and  myself  in 
reference  to  that  duel.    Very  tralv  yonr  friend, 
W.  "G.  HABDING. 


JJfADJS  iA&'AAJ!  JiT  HAlBrDYE. 
The  New-Millord  (Conn.)  May  ot  the  10th 
inst.  says:  "Most  of  our  readers  iu  New-Miltord 
will  doubtless  remember  Mrs.  Miranda  Baby,  a 
crazy  woman  who  has  lived  in  this  village  many 
years,  and  whose  insanity  was  manifested  by  al 
ways  wearing  a  letter  ebvelope  on  her  bonnet  or 
tied  to  her  parasol,  or  in  some  other  harmless  wav; 
but  we  doubt  if  any  one  would  be  likely  to  surmise 

tbe  cause  of  her  insanity.  A  few  daj's  ago  her  sou 
oame  to  New-Mllford,  and  tooK  Mra.  Kuuv  to  aee  a 
pbysiciau  in  New-Uavan  for  hia  advice.  Tbe  phr- 
•ioiaa  said  that  her  diffloulty  was  softening  of  tbe 
brain;  that  it  waa  absolutely  incurable,  aud  that  it 
was  eaaaed  eatirelv  by  the  nse  of  hair-dye." 


JiNEW  PAOIFIO  S'£AT£  PJiOPOSED. 
The  San  Francisco  Alta  says  :  *'  A  letter  of 
ex-Grov.  Downey  to  the  Los  Angeles  Expreat,  recall- 
ing tbe  fact  tbat  the  Legislature  in  1839  authorized 
certain  coantiea  in  the  aoathern  end  of  California 
to  vote  upon  tbe  question  whether  they  wished  to 
set  up  a  separate  State  Government,  and  that  they 
gaTS  more  tban  a  two-thirds  vote  in  favor  of  the  pro- 
toot,  omits  to  mention  other  material  facts,  and 
among  which  are  that  the  act  autborizing  that  vote 
waa  passed  by  a  Lecompton  Legislature';  thae  tbe 
scheme  of  separation  bad  been  urged  repeatedly 
•ince  18SI,  with  the  notorious  intention  of  uedioat- 
ing  the  new  State  to  slavery ;  and  that  there  has 
been  no  aotlye  demand  of  late  vears  ior  aeparatiou, 
^  MT0  fNOL  Lm  ▲oBeUa.   Wa  do  aot  htilara  that 


gan  plMO  wvnid  ftvor  a  n«w  State  bov  ;  we  think 
Ban  Laid  Obispo  and  Kern  would  prefer  not  to  be- 
long to  it.  aod  tinlesa  tbey  wonld  Joia.  we  doubt 
whether  even  Santa  Barbara  would  eonsent.  Of 
oonrse,  two  Federal  Senatorsbtps  ace  great  baits, 
bnt  they  "III  not  oomtiensata  tax-paTers  for  the 
serious  ezpensoa  of  a  State  Govirnmnnt.  As  to 
what  should  be  done  in  five  or  ten  years,  we  can- 
not now  safelv  decide ;  but  cercaialy  there  shouid 
be  no  division  until  all  tbe  counties  to  be  oat  off 
consent ;  nor  then,  unless  they  have  together  enough 
people  to  maintain  a  State  Government  and  be  enti- 
tled to  a  Beprea'entative  in  Congress." 


REAL  ESTATE.-THB  ViTTENTIOJ?  OF  THB 
public  is  invited  to  those  10  elegant  and  elaborate 
fimr-storv  brown-atono  nouses  lust  completed  on 
north  fcide  of  68th  St.,  bHtween  5tli  and  6lh  mts.:  their 
architeoturul  designs  for  comfort,  convenience  and 
pf r:ection  oivauot  be  surpassed ;  elected  by  the 
ownar.  THOMAS  McMANDS,  whose  tstaliliahed  repu- 
tation as  a  first-class  builder  for  over  25  years  in  this 
City  is  well  known  to  the  public;  sizos,  20,  21,  22  feet 
by  05,  lot  100.5  leet  deep:  open  daily. 

Offered  for  sale  at  prices  in  accordanre  with 
til"  times;  looaiinn  central  and  heart  of  the  City: 
only  100  feet  of  the  Park  and  near  the  Grand  Plaza 
entrabco  on  atb  av. 


AN  ULKUAiNT  FOUK-STOltY  BKOVVN-STOMS 
house,  with  large  dinine-room  extension,  for  sale, 
in  ,S9th  St.,  west  ot  and  near  5th  av.;  on»  of  tho  most 
elegant  establialimenta  in  the  City;  will  be  sold  at  a 
low  pnce,  with  a  pr.rtion  or  the  whole  of  the  costly 
furniture,  11  desired  ;  lot  'J5xti.'<.9. 

K.  H.  LDDLOW  &  CO..  No.  3  Pine  st. 


F 


.11 K  SjALli— ONE  OF  THK  BK3T  BUILT  FOUR- 
ji.  story  hi  own- stone-front  houses  lu  tbe  City,  25  by 
60;  lot,  100.5:  ,iust  lliilahed:  replete  and  complete; 
bard  wood ;  price  in  accordance  with  the  times.  In- 
quire of  WILLIAM  BK.V't'LY.  on  the  premlasa.  No.  40 
Kasl  58th  at.,  or  of  CUAELK8  PoX.  So.  115  Broadway, 
rear  offlt-e. 


WE  HAVK  MANY  INQUIKIKH  KVattV 
day  for  housoa  lor  sale,  aud  tor  both  lurnisbpq  aod 
unfurnished  bausna  to  rent,  t.ur  crutral  location  and 
uumoTous  elit.ntaso  elve  ua  mai.y  aJvaiit.iKe«.  Ownava 
will  nnd  It  their  inteiest  to  call  on  us  immediately 
with  descriptions  ot  property  for  sale  or  to  let. 
PADL  P.  TODD  t  CO.,  x\o.  J 71  5fh  av..  corner 22d  St. 


LAKGU  FACTOKY  HUIiiDINGM  FUit  6ALU 
—A  good  bargain;  Nos.  227,  229,  231,  and  283 
West  29cb  St..  between  7th  and  8th  avs.:  also  rotir 
factory  and  building  fronting  on  3uta  at,  to  be  sold 
separatelv  or  totiether.  Suitable  for  piano  or  other 
large  mnnntnctarmg  buaiueaa.  Apply  lu  J.  L  WEar, 
Ho.  79  Walker  at. 


JOHN  W.  DbKlNM  Oc  VU. 

SO  130  BROADWAY,  and 
BEOADWAT,  COR.VEB  OF  51STST., 
have  a  bonse  on   West  40th  at— $28  000,   anil  many- 
others  above  42d  at.,  less  tban  $20,i!00. 


NO.  40  WiiJ*!"  aUl'H   ST. 

For  sale,  this  <lesirable  four-story  Knglish  tiasement 
iTown-stone house,  well  arranged  and  iu  perfect  order; 
lot  98.9;  price  low.  k.  U.  LUULUW&  CO., 

No.  S  fine  St. 


"■j'lUt    »<iALU    Ij.'IW illK     DEalK.ABLi;    FOUH- 

X'atory  brick  houso.  Ho.  10  West  48lh  rt  ,  25x50 
feet,  with  diuing-roum  extension,  butler's  pnntr.v  and 
backbtaira;  lot  1U0.6:  leasehold;  ground  reut,  $35UL 
For  permit  and  further  parttculara  appl7  to 

K.  U.  LODLO'*  &  Co.,   So.  3  Pine  St. 


i£>-t  IJ    fifiii  — Fi»UK-a»rOKV       BK«)WN- 

tjPX  4  •\/\/\/«stone  EngllBh-Dasement  house  for 
aale;  3dth  at.,  near  Park  av.:  waila  painted,  gaa-fix- 
tores,  all  improTemenis.  i>arlor  hall  inclosed;  a  ijreat 
bitrsain.    OGDEN  ii.  CLARK.  Brnaawav,  corner  17th  at. 


FOR  SAI.K— TlIK  V.VLU.\3LK  LOT  XOETH-EAST 
comer  of  i'lth  av.  and  49th  at..  33.9x100  feet,  with 
extra  lot  adjuinini;  in  the  rear,  25x100.5;  excavated 
aud  ready  lor  Immedlaio  Improvement. 

K  H.  LLl'LOWi  CO.,  .Vo.  3  Pino  St. 


I^OK  ^iALK— ISlMKDlATK  PO.SSi:s.StO.N— A  VtiKY 
choice  house,  medium  size,  in  57th  at.,  near  6th  av. 
and  Central  Pars.  Principals  who  desire  to  purchaie 
will  plase  aadres*  OW.SKR,  btatiou  A.  New- York  Post 
Ofllce. 


FOK  KSALiE.-ON  >1URRA1[  HILL,  N'E.\R  M.\l>IHON 
av..  an  elegant  lull-siz-  four-story  brown-stone 
bouse,  built  by  the  late  David  Rolitus;  is  tastetully 
deoiirated  aud  in  ptrfeet  order.  Lot  9d.9.  Price,  $42.- 
500.  K.  H.  LUDLOW  i.  I'd.,  No.  3  Pine  at. 


ri^HE  iNEW,  llEAUTlFUli  H<>ll.<<K!!»,  >0S. 
JL34.>,  555.  aud  otll  M<tdiaou  av.,  20  and  22  Kaat 
5t)»u  St.,  leS  to  32  feet  front.  $25,000  toi'ad.OlO; 
also  No.  45  West  54'.b  ft.  nnd  Noj.  23  niidSlWeat 
68th  St.  W.  P.  8EY.M0UR.  .\o.  171  Broadway. 


A  FINE  C'OltNEU  HOUSE  4>N  5TH  AV.,  BK- 
low  42d  St.,   tnr  sitle   witn    tbu    fu.uiture;     pnue 
a>75,000.     Lot  tdl!  uepth. 

E.  H.  LUDLOW  t  CO..  No.  3  Pine  st. 


tJpO.tFvFv/ all  paitu  of  thrt  City.  Call  or  send  tor 
',>iini.e\i  hat  IS.iAC  UONIU,  No.  Ill  Broadway,  rooms 
G.  and  U. ,  basement. 


ATHtCEK-SrOKY    HK;il>STOUi'    HUU.>^E 
on  36tb  St.,  l>etween  5tb    and    6tb  ava.;   ia  perfect 
oruer.  all  imuroveinf.nis:   price.  $21,000;   easy  lerma. 
POlTKlt  BROTUKK8,  So.  4  Warren  at. 


t>-|  Q  /\/\/-V  Win,  KUV.  FULLY  FUR.MSIIKO, 
tJ5JLO»v/\/"higi:-8toop,  brown-stone  houan  ; 
only  *ia,UuO  c«iih.   PAUL  P.  TODD.  No.  115  Broadway. 


A    NEW    LIST    OF    HOi;SES      FOR    SALE 

xsjeady  on  appUcatlun,  or  w^lil    be  sent  b/  mail  if  de- 
aired,  ti.  U.    LUDLOVV  li.  CO..    Ni).  3  Pine  at. 


LAKt;»K  AiNU  S.UALLi   llOL'al.S    A  I'    SFE- 
CI.^LLY  reduced    pr.cea.     V.    K.    STBVliNSO.N,  Ja., 
.^o.  4  Pine  at.  aud  No.  3j  Last  J7>b  st. 


AL.VKliK  .MJ.tlUKit  OF  ll«>U.?ic;.<9   BelLO.'iJ- 
ing  to  est.ites  and  iusititutliina   for   sale    or  rent  at 
low  rates.      KlNUM.^.N  r.  PAliB,  No.  42    Kaat23d6t. 


__pjW^LINGS_TO^  LET. 

HOLISM,  FIJIC.MSHEU  OK  UNKUK.NlBHiiU  ; 
)io  rent  this  monib;  lo  let  or  lease.  No.  12  Wool 
blue  bt.,  near  Dro.idway,  liroolilyi) ;  two  car  rouiea 
near  tha  boUbe;  20  minutes  from  the  ferr;;  house 
'.<i7xj2  leet:  all  Improvements :  furniture  very  beat 
and  e!e;;unt;  iilue  rooms;  lot  t>0xv:OU  neet;  garden 
matchless',  pigeons,  fowls.  k<>  witb  tbe  jMace;  aiabie, 
piiceon-houae.  wiib  tbe  privilege  use  oflnearly  whole 
uiouK;  rent  $800  a  year;  worth  donblel  Remember 
the  sewers  hare  made  it  cream  of  Brooklyn  as  a  resi- 
dence.   No  small  cbildren. 


A  CU.UFL.KTK  LIST 

OF 

110U3B8  TO  RENT, 

FUBI^ISHBD  AND  UNFU.-i.NI8BED. 

,NOW    BKADY. 

B.  U.  LUDLOW  U  CO., 
No.  3  Pino  »t. 


AN  ELECiANT  lUA.NSlO.N,  OO.UFLETK  UIS 
.ill  iia  appoiutmen's,  freacoed,  and  heated  br  steaiu, 
to  rent  puitiailj  lurnisbed;  aitusted  in  the  most  de- 
sirable partof  NewarK.  N.  J.,  fuclig  w  ustaiuKton  Park; 
the  ttruuuds  are  htudaumeiy  lalJ  out;  due  staole, 
green-house,  &e.,  complete:    rent  low.    Apptjr  to 

U.  H.  LL'liLOW  k.  CO.,  Ao.  3  Pine  st. 


UWUI.LINUS  TO  LBT. 

Handsoms  stooe  houses,  unfuroisbed,  $700  to  $2.U00. 
MadUou  av.,  cor.  !>4th  at.,  baudomely  furnished,  $-1,000; 
41st  St..  ne<ir  5th  av  .  luruisbFd.  part  lu  baurd,  $3,3u0. 
JOHN  W.  ueRlNO  i.  cO.tlfA.Nl,  Broadway,  corner 
5l8t.,  and  No.  130  Boidway. 


I;<Ui£MSHKUAND  U.VFUU.NISH  EO  UoU8U^. 
ull  pai  ta  of  City  and  suburus.  to  let  cr  for  sale;  bar- 
gaioa.  I'artiea  liaVlus  hoiuea  are  invited  to  send  me 
isuriptiou;  no  charge  lor  registering.  J.  NELSuN 
LUCK'iY,  2,{d  St.,  corner  4tb  av.,  t/bristUu  Associa- 
tiva nuiiding. 


AUJUlM.Ni;}  STH  AV.,  UELOVV  TllE  WIND- 
bUH.— An  elegantly  aud  completely  furnished 
brown-stone  leaiuenee ;  rent  low ;  permits  at  33 
Kast  17tb  St.  or  il  Pine  at. 

T\  v.  K.  STEVKN.SON,  Jr. 


ANUMBEU  UF  GOOD  UOt'SiiS  IN  CEN- 
tral  locailoud,  lo  reut  for  $2,000  and  under  ;  alao.  a 
number  of  lartiei/nouses,  tnrnL-ihed  and  UDfurniahed, 
at  moderate  late^ :  new  list  just  out. 

OaDEN  li.  CLARK,  Broadway,  corner  of  17th  st 


TU  LET  — ON  5TH  Av'.,  MUKliAY  HILL.  A 
browu-»t.ine  house,  four  stories,  2oxtj0,  with  two- 
story  extenaiou,  16x22 ;  io  complete  and  perfect 
order:  luruiaUed  or  nafomisbed.  Address  OtVNEiL, 
Bo.T  Nr.  020  Post  Ofhce. 


rtUi  LET— HOUSE  NO.  232  E.isT  IITH  ST.,  BE- 
Xtwecu  2d  and  3d  avs.,  kontaiuiug  all  the  modern 
iuiprovumeuta.  will  be  let  low  to  good  parties.  For 
poi-ticmara,  be.,  apply  to  M.  KCUEvEllRlA  <c  CO.,  No. 
20  Beaver  at. 


STAiMKOKIi- POPULAl'ION,  12.0U0— I'lTi  SO- 
cietv  and  couveniences,  with  country  atti actions; 
cottages  and  cuuntry-ueals,  all  sizes,  m  let  for  season 
or  year;  moderate  rents;  all  trains  stop.  UOBBABu, 
Town  Hall,  bium.ord.  Conn. 


JUUiN   W.  i>KUlNLi  «&  CUlUF.A>l, 

NO.  130  BROADWAY, 
Have  a  completely-nirniahod  corner  house  on  Madison 
av.,  near  5,>ih  at.,  to  rent  from  May  1. 


r  HEISTS  TO  SLIT  THK  TIMES— HOUSES 
_  in  all  parts  ot  the  city,  famished  and  onfurnlabed. 
Apply  to  I8.IAC  UoNIO,  No.  Ill  Broadway,  Rooms  U 
and  k,  basement. 


A 


rVA  WO-ANU<A-U  ALK  STOKY  BUICK  UOUSS, 
J.  all  modern  improvements,  Jamtor.  Itc,  to  let  cheap 
ou  8th  uv.,  between  125ih  und  126th  sts.  Inquire  of 
A.  LEVY,  So.  14  Wbito  St. 


NO.  lOt'tVAVEKLJiiV  FLACK,  80x60,. OVBR- 
lool^lug  Washington  square;  a  deilgbtfol  resi- 
deuco;  rent,  $2,150:  seen  only  by  permit  inquire 
N.  FRKEMAN.  Na  37  Flue  st     , 


rtMt     I.KT— TO    A    SMALL    FAMILY,  A  DESlIt^BLG 

X  floor  of  five  light  rooms,  in  good  order;  entrance  first 
class:  dumb  waiter&om  cellar,  itc.  Apply  at  aNo.  2u2 
West  36th  at. 


TO  KE.\T.  NO.  349  5TH  AV.— TWO  DoORS 
from  31th  St.,  four-atory  onCK  talgh-sloop  house,  in 
complete  order.  L.  J,  CABPE.nTER.  So.  26  3dav.,  or 
No.  ti8  Wall  st 


mo     LET- KXTKA-WIDK      HOUSE;       lOl'H      ST., 
JL  near  5ih  av.;    furnished  or  unfurnlsbed ;    rent   rea- 
sonable to  good  tenant  * 
WINA.S8  fc  DAVIK3,  No.  128  Broadway. 

NKW,  C«>IM  PLETE  LISTS  U£  FUUNXSaBD 
and  untuniisued  nouaes  at  No.  4  Pine  st  or  No. 
33  Bast  17tb  at.    V.  K.  3TEVENdO.V,  Jr. 


DBY  GOODa 


lUIN'l'lSU      laST.S      FUrfL,i.M£|i£U      KVEUY 

Monday. — Uouaeaund  Fxeneli  flataia  all  locations. 
UORBM  b.  BAKB  &  CO.,  No.  72  West  34th  st 


I^t&NISHED  AN1>  U.NFUUNISUBU  HOOVES, 
/  fl:its,  ana  rooms  :  moderate  pricea.     A.  DAILUT,  No. 
tiii6  tith  av.,  near  3dtb  st 

rllO  LET.— WITH  GAS  PIXTURhRS  AND  MIRKOR8, 
J.  fonr-storr  bouse  on  Murray  Hill;  private  Auaily. 
BKEllo  &.  CO.,  No.  1,474  B  oadway. 


TO  LET-FUR.*ISUED— l-OUlt-STOar  fllQH-sTOOP 
browu-atoue  house:  25rooma;  In  koodoider.    Ap- 
ply un  premisea.  Mo.  33  West  22d.  at.,  from  2  to  4  P.  M. 


T 


U     liET  —  FUSNIiiUlJU      AND      C^FDBNISUBO 
bouses  in  all  locationii.     Apply 

UaY  b  tf iLEY.  No.  224  Bth  av. 


IyO   RKNT— TUB    l-OURSTORY    HOUSE    NO.    110 
.  Bast  30ib  st    Apply  on  premises. 


LOST  AND  KOIHSD. 

Y  OST— NEARSTHAV.  AN>  12TH  ST.,  A  DIAMOND 
Ajatac    TUe  fia.ier  will  receive  a  (tUtaole  reward  on 

iMTtm  tt  a«  S9.  da  Booth  St.  n.g.kc^ 


Jaies  McCreery  &  Co., 

BROADWAY  AND  IITH  ST. 


■WILL  OFFBB  DURING  THB  WBBK 

THB  KNTIBK  STOCK  OP  AN 


J 

Consisting  of  BLACK  and  COLORED  GROS  GRAINS, 
SATIN3,  VELVETS.  MATELA8SB,  DAJIASSK,  nnd 
other  HIGH  NOVELTIES,  manufactured  for  and  ex- 
hibited at  the   . 

Centennial  Exposition. 

In  coloring  and  design,  as  well  as 
excellence  of  inanuflacturd,  they  are 
equal  in  every  respect  to  the  best 
foreign  production,  and  are  well 
worthy  tbe  attention  of  all  ladies 
desirous  of  patronizing  and  en- 
couraging American  manufactures. 


KEEP  SELLS  the  Best  and   Cheapest  rjhlrts  in 
the  world;  also  Collars,  elegant   styles,  best  qual- 
ity,$1  50  per  doz.;  six  for  75c.    No.  571  Uroadway. 


THB    DP>TU%VN  OVKICB   OB  THE  TliUBS. 

Theuihtown  office  of  THK  TIMES  ia  looateil  at 
No.  way  Broadway,  bet.  31st  and  3iSd  sts. 

Open  daily.  Sundays  Included,  from  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  M. 

SubscripUoiu  received,  aad  copies  of  THK  TIMES  fur 

sale. 

ADVERTISEMENTS  RECEIVED   UNTIL  9  P.   M. 


TO  LET— BV  TUE  MONTH,  ON  VERY  BKASONA- 
able  tbrms,  a  splendid  team  of  horses,  carriage. 
ai:d  liamcBS,  and  man  In  livery,  with  tba  privilege  of 
an  oiieii  carriage  wben  required:  Address  No.  128 
West  31st  st 


WAiNTKU— STABLE  W1T.1  FIVE  ST.OiLS,  AMPLE 
catriage-room,  sccommodutluiis  for  coachman; 
from  34th  at  up ;  two  blocks  trom  uth  av.,  ren:  not 
to  exceed  $000  per  rear.  Address  H.  L.,  Box  No.  287 
TI.VIES  UP-TOvVN  OI^FICB,  NO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 


rpO  LET— FINE,  LARliB,  LIGHT.  AIRY  PRIVATE 
A.  stable  in  East  22a  St.,  near  Gramercr  Park.  In- 
oaireat  HoRTOS'SICs  Lream  Depot,  No.  305  4th  av. 


^TAULETO  KENT,  Nu.  1  l-Z  WEt  1' StfTU 

?8t.    Apply  at  No.  1. 


CO ON TRY 


iyj:^:iiJ^5^t^b3^ 


FOll  SALE  OK  TU  RENT. 

In  Stratford,  Conn.,  a  new  tbroe-storv  (French  ronf ) 
house,  larfie  and  commodious,  coutaiiiini<  foiirieon 
rooms,  pantry,  store-room.  »nd  baaeineut;  snitubie  for 
a  Urge  laniilv  or  to.udiue-housa:  located  on  a  broad, 
shady  street,  iie.ir  the  river,  aud  overlooks  Lona  Island 
Sound:  Kooa  flsbing  aud  guiming  in  tlie  vicinity; 
price.  $0,01  K> :  rent  per  annum,  $275.  Apply  by  lett.T 
to  Post  UiBce  Box  No.  107,  or  to  Mis.  WlLLiAH 
BARRVMOU..'..  on  tbe  premises. 


TO  LET,  ATKLIKABETH.  N.  .1.— A  CUN/<BC- 
tlonery  store  and  diulux  saloon,  fixtures  complete. 
A 180,  several  other  Une  stores,  snitjole  lor  hardware, 
grocery,  butcher,  tnruishiu*;  goous,  ory  goods,  or  bat 
store;  all  centrally  located  on  piiucipal  streets,  near 
depot.  Also,  bouaea,  farms.  luiUa,  be.  luBudubout 
l^lizabeth,  and  Union  «Jouu(y,  N.J.  Will  be  rented 
low  liv  applying  to  AMOs  CLARK.,  Jr.,  So,  7  Arcade, 
Kllzabetb.  N.  J. 


ITiINEsr  COLNTKV  SEAT  tIN  THE  HUD- 
?  tioN,  atHiut  lOO  acrffs:  l.iige  mansiou  ;  porter'a, 
gardentr'B.  and  larmec's  ootta^eB,  itiiii  all  neeeasary 
out-bmlulogs  ;  a  bitritain  ;  Improved  property  takeu  iu 
part  pavment  J.  WILSO.N  LUiJK.-,Y,  Young  Men's 
Christl^in  .\S80ciaiiou  Bmldingi,  corner  4th  av.  and 
23d  BL 


Ii^OK  SALE  <IK  KXCIlANtJE.— NO  UiiOKEK,— 
Heventeeu  ucrrra  or  K-aa  :  Irw  minutes  from  Sound; 
live  miuuic!)'  walk  frum  del>ot ;  ouu  biur  trom  Wall 
SI.;  first-closi  nel>.;bb  irhuod;  apieudld  building  ait«8; 
iriee  tor  wliole.  $15,ilOO.     AJdress  E.,  Box  300  TIUi^S 

Dwnr. 


pne 
LP-1 


TOWN  OFFICE.  NO  1.267  BtlOAl 


1:;iAK.>l      AT       WVC'KOFK.       N.    J.—TWHStY 
?  miles  from  Oitr :  43  acres,  guoJ  buildings,  all  kinds 
of  trult;   near  depot;  $l-.',tiu0. 

WILLIAM  II.  SMITH, 
No.  128  Bruiidway.   Room  No.  2. 


OltANUE.  iN.  J.-i:<>oNit\l  iH;L2iS.-i.  LSNUlL 
andv;l.age  uits  tor  cale:  anient  vonsty.  usa 
lliniialied  and  unfurnished  ^louses  'u  let  tor  season  oc 
\e!iT.  bv  WAtl'Klt  R.  .•<MITU.  loruier  y  BiackHtk'.  k 
*^ii,itli.(>r:iii:,c<-.  coninT  of  \lRiu  anil    •'oucacti. 


f|1AltUVTOW.\— BiiAUflFUL  UOU.SK  TO  RENT 
J.oraeil;  water  thiou.:hiiut :  all  conveniences ;  pic- 
turesq  e  View;  fruit  aoundant  C.  FaRIuIDGK,  ..o. 
ll'U  broad  st. 


WAN TEU.— A  HOUSE  FOR  A  ThtUd  OF  YEARS, 
turnished  <>r  unlurnished;  location  between  5th 
and  0 til  avs..  42d  ana  60tb  sts.  Addreu  wltn  t'u:I 
oarticulars  DOCTOR,  Box  .No.  287  TIUBS  UF-TOWN 
OFrlCK,  NO.  1,257  BRO.aDW.\Y. 


WA.NTED— A  HA.N08O.ME  AND  COUPLKTKLY 
turnished  house  iu  a  flrat-cloas  central  local  iun, 
wbose  oviuer  will  board  wUh  teaanc  in  lieu  of  pari  oi 
lent;  highest  references  giveu.  Addi-ess  J.  U.  F., 
Poat  Office  Box  No.  1.389. 


WANTED  TO  HIRE-A  SMALL  HOUSE  IN 
tne  virinlty  of  Ceutnil  Park;  must  have  all  the 
modern  Impioveinents,  and  rout.cueap;  or  would  pm- 
chasu  bv  asiumins  mortgage.  Address,  witb  all  par- 
ticulars, AJAX.  Box   No.  119  TIMKM  oKFlCE. 


A TTE.NTION. -OWNERS  DE:ilRlAQ  TO  BENT  TO 
responsible   tenants  whi   Una  it  advautngeous  to 
send  full  particulars.  MORRlb  B.  BA ER  t  CO., 

No  72  West  34th  st 


W.4NTEO.— A  liOU.SK  WITH  10  GK  la  KOOilS, 
with  modern  impruvemsnts,  bttween  .S2d  and 
UOth  sis.,  aud  3a  and  (ith  nva.  Addi  ss  with  lull  par- 
ticulars M..  Box  -So.  145  rim«  office. 


OWNHRS  UAVINU  PROPERTY  POR 
rental,  please  Read  us  full  p.irtlculars.  We  have 
calls  for  bouses,  fUts.  Ua.  RAlf  &.  DTLEY,  No.  224 
5th  av. 


WANlBO-A  FLRNISHBD  HoUsE  IS  THE  CITlf 
VT  of  New-York,  from  March  1  to  Nov.  1;  nut,  *150 
per  monili.    L.  L,  Bos  No.  1,957  Post  Office. 


HuCSE  WA>TEI»— BEiWEliN  42D  A.\D    69rH 
sts.,  5th  and  8th  avs.    Address,  with  terms,  B£N- 
KuIi>T,  Box  No.  149  2'inea  Office. 


AKLOOR  WANTED  IN  A  PRIVATE  HOUSE 
lor  a  small  family;    state  rent    AddrObS  Box  No. 
4,b06,  New- York. 


«iX)Ub;?^,  &(j.,  JO  i.EX. 


OFFICEH  TO  LBT 

IN  THB 
TIAIES  BCILDINQ. 
AFPLT  TO 

OBORGE  JONES, 
Tl-UBS  OFlflCE. 


AB1)ILU1N(4  TO  LET,  SUlTAilLE  FCftt  PAPKE 
t>ox  or  collar  tactorv.  or  any  businees  where  li^ht 
isreouired;  47  leet  ftronr,  100  leet  deep,  clear:  bvo 
stories  and  cellar,  all  light,  with  elevator  ;  situated  on 
27th  st,  loo  leet  east  of  8th  av.  Apply  at  Na  257 
West  34tb  at 


ni^O  LKT— IN  WiIiSON*.!  BUILDI.NQ,  Clia.VKK  OF 
jL  Fulton  and  Gold  ats.,  well  lisiited  rooms,  heated  by 
steam,  with  or  wltbout  power,  suitable  for  heavy  or 
bgbt  manufacturing  purposes.    Apply  to 

JOHN  T.  WILSON  k.  CO.,  No.  79  Fulton  st 


rtMt  LET- ON  .Vl.lDliRATE  TBR.M'!,  AT  S).  ii 
I  Elm  St.,  one  door  {roxa  Worth  st,  a  drst-class  store, 
25x75  feet,  together  with  baoement  and  fourth  loft; 
or  would  let  the  score  ai;d  oasemeut  t0j;ether.  Inquire 
of  W.  C.MILLER.  No.  146  Sotttb  5tU  av. 


ri^O  LET— THE     81'OUE     AND    APARTMENTS     AT 

XNo.  131  Waverley  place,  one  door  from  6th  av.;  a 
good  stand  for  any  light  business;  rent,  $600  pei  an- 
num. THORNTON  M.  RODll.iN,  Real  Estate  Agent, 
No.  096  Broadway,  corner  4tb  st. 

OFFICER  TO  RBNT. 

Nos.  113,  115,  117,  and  119  Broadway.    Two  lar«e 
elevators;  cheapest  In  tbe  citv  considering  location. 
E.  H.  LUDLOW  II  CO.,  No.  3  Fme  at 


TO  LET, 

Half  Urst  loft,  with  shelving  and  fixtures,  at  low  rent; 
possession  Isi  March.  Appiy  to  F.  B.  ASBORI,  No.  102 
William  st 


TO    LBA!!!>B— TUB   8IX-STOKY    WUITB-MABBLB 
building,  corner  of  Broad  wny  and    :Mth  st,  known 
as  tbe  Albemarle  Hotel.     Apply  to 

FRANCIS  8.  KINNEY,  No.  141  West  Ei-oaUway. 


EIGHTH  AV.— WEoT  SIDii   STOKES  TO  RBSJi'- 
3dd  and  34tb  sta.     Apply  to  J.  KUMAINE  BUG  WN, 
^o.  l,28ii  Broadway. 


rf\0  LBT— 1  HE  STORE  AND  BASEMENT,  NO.  2 
JL  N  pw  Cbambera  st .  now  occupied  as  a  restaurant 
apply  to  W.  L.  CONKLIN,  No.  Id  4tb  av. 


STEAtU  POWER  AND  FlR.Vr  FLOOR  AND 
cellar,  50x80  feet,  .Sos.  188  anl  19i)   West   Uoustou 
st    Inquire  in  tbe  corner. 


RBAL  BSTATK  TO  KXCHAN'trE.- WANTED, 
a  smaU  country  place,  tnree'or  four  acres,  (Weat 
Chester  County  pieferruJ,)  with  a  good  house  uni u- 
cumbered,  w.irtta  from  £3.000  to  $4,000,  tor  wbioli  a 
wcU  asBurCed  stuftk  ol  readv  made  clothing  will  be 
giveiv  Address,  giving  parilcdlars,  HANSON,  Station 
D,  New-York. 


WTANTED  TO  PURCHASE  ATA  8ACBIFIOE. 
VT  four-story  brown  stone  modern  dtrelling.  lu  good 
order;  not  less  tban  20  by  60.  In  good  lociulty;  be- 
tween 1 40th  and  6(Hb  sts.,  9lh  and  3d  avs.;  price 
not  to  exceed  ^0,U00 ;  terms  ImmateriaL  Addiess, 
wub  lowest  price  and  fad  pariionlara,  A,  J.,  Bwx 
Xo.  X7U  litmu  Oflo«b   So  HQnta  aetiaad* 


DET  GOODS. 


OFPEB  IN 

SPfiiNB   DRESS  GOODS 

A  LABQE  A8S0BTMBKT  OF 

Lupin's  All-Wool  Camel's  Hair 
Plaids  and  Stripes, 

at  37  1-2  cents  per  yard,  worth  6U  cents ;  and  at 
50  cents  per  yard,  worth  75  cents. 
ALSO, 

Plain  All- Wool  ^iiitljagSj 

at  300.  and  37  l-2o.,  worth  50c.  and  60c. 
LUPINES  BliACK.  eA!<iHi>IERES  at  65  cents. 

2  cases    of  onr48-lnch    BLACK  CAPHMEBB,  C  (Ij»-| 
just  'opened,  at  Iho  extreme  low  price  of. i  ^P-*- 

SILKS. 

Having  made  large  additions  to  our  stock  of 


,  and  Fici  Sis, 


'  Under  excv'ptional  circumstances,  we  are  are  able  to 
offer  them  at  the  advantageous  LOW  FEICBS  of  last 
Summer. 

OUR     91  50     BLACK.     SILK    A      GBEAT 
BARGAIN. 

STBIPBD  and  CHBCKKD  SILKS   from  55c.  per   yard 
upward. 

Le  Boutillier    Bros., 

48  East  14th  st. 


R.H.MACY&CO. 

SPECIALTfES. 

DRESS-MAKING. 

BLACK  DbE8S  SILKS.    BOVS'  CLOTHING. 
UNLIKE  any  other  establishment  in  tne  country. 
FOREIGN  DRf  GOODS,  FANOl'  GOODS,  and  NOVEL- 
TIES  by  every  EUROPEAN  STEAMKa 

ORDERS  Br  MAIL   BECEIVB  SPUCIAL  CABS. 
CATALOGUES   FREE. 

14TH  ST.  AND  6TH  AVENUE.   N.  \. 


K» 


EEP'j*  liufrliah  Socks— $.3  a  doz.;  250.  a  pair; 
X^Keep's  Linen  Uaodkercbie's  for  uents,  very  fine, 
OlorSl  50,  witUruv^ox.  KhKe'ri  SHIRTS,  571  B' way, 

^^sHirpim ^ 

FOR  SAVANNAH    QA., 

THK  FLOUIUA  PORTS, 
AND  TUli  BUUl'tl    A.ND  SOUTU-WBSr. 

GREAT  .SOUTHKRN^KREIOHT  AND  PASSENGER  LISB, 

CENTRAL    UAlLROaD  OF   GEORGIA,  AND 

ATLANTIC  AND  GULP  RAILROAU. 

WEDNKSDAY   AND  SATllRDAY. 

SAN  SALVADOR,  Cant,  NickkkbO.v,  SATURDAY.  Fob. 
17,  Piir4a  Nortb  River,  3 P.  JL  U^O.  YONGB,  Agt, 
400Broailwav. 

GK.NI-.KALBARNEa,  Cftpt.  Chkesmax.  WEDNESDAV, 
Feb.  -Jl,  Pier  10  haat  Kivei,  a  P  JL  UURRAY,  FERRl.i 
&  CO..  AKta..    C:i  ttoutii  8C. 

bAN  jACINiu,  v^aot.  Hazard,  S-ATURDAY.  Feb. 
24,  Pier  4a  Nortn  River,  a  P.  .U.  GEO.  YONGH,  Agu, 
409  broadw.iv. 

to.  LlVlx^ysTOft,  Uapfc  Mallobx,  WEDNESDAY,  Feb. 
28,  I'ler  «o.  4a  Norm  Uiver.  8  P  M.  QKO.  YONGR, 
Agent,  Na  40tf  Broadway. 

Jnsnnmio  ONK-IIALP  PER  CE.VT.  Superior  acoom- 
moUations  lor  passengers.  Tbr.iuih  rates  ani  bills  of 
l.idUiK  lu  euun^cuou  with.Ceutril  R.  R.  of  Georijia. 
Atlantic  and  Unit  Hailroad,  and  FioriJa  steamarj 
tity  Point  and  iiictaior:  also,  with  tne  steamer  J. 
B.  .><fUVLKR,  wbicb  Uaj  beeu  placed  oa  tbe  inside 
route  iri>m  .savannah  lo  Florida,  aud  odors  unsurpassed 
accommodations. 

«'.   U.  OA  KSS,  GHORGU  YCSGE, 

Agent  A.  t  G.  R.  it.  Agent  C.  R.  R.  of  Oa., 

Ao.  31.')  Broiilwav.  No.  409  Broartway. 


FLOKll>.\. 

Cuution  to  travelersl  Gre.tt  reduction  lu  fere  via 
the  inland  rrtute  tnim  Savsiiinah  to  all  Florida  ports. 
Onlv  *•.;  to  Jactsuuvllic.  Meats  and  state  rooms  extra. 
Tlie  elegant  steamer  J.  B.  6CUUVLER  makes  close  con- 
ii£Ciiou  With  iUl  bav,iDnab  steamers,  thos  formia;:  tbe 
quickest  and  most  agreeable  route  as  well  as  the 
lowest  in  tare.  .Accommodations  for  passengers  nn- 
Buruassed.  Travelers  are  cautioned  against  purchus- 
ina  1  brough  tlctiets  via  any  other  route. 


,,;^  STEAMSHIP  LINES, 

FOR  CALIFORNIA,  JAPAN,  CHINA,  AUSTRALl.A,   NEW- 
ZEALAND,  BRITISH  COLUilSlA.  OREGON,  to. 

bailing  inim  Pier  toot  i_anal  St..  North  River. 

For  SAW  FKA.SH;iSCl).  >-!»  ISTHMUS  UF  PA.SA.MA. 

6teum-smp -CRESCENT  CITr ibursdsy,  Mproh  1 

connecting   lOr    Central    America    ana  South    Pacldo 
ports. 

Prom  SAN  FRANCISCO  to  JAPAN  and  CHINA. 

Bleam-ship  CITY  OP  TOKIO Thursday,  March  1 

From  &au   Fntucisco  to  Saalwicli  Islands,  Australia, 

Biid  .Vew-Zealand. 
Steam-shioCITVOFSYD-NKV Wednesday,  Febt  28 

For  freight  or  p.issage  apply  to 
WM.  p.  CLYDE  t  Co.,  or  H.J.  BULLAY,  Superintendent, 

^o.  «  tiowitn<;  Ureen.  Pier  foot  Canal  St.,  North  River. 


GREAT  SOUTHERN 

VKEilGHT  AM>  I'AM.SblNUUK  LINK. 

SAILING  FROM  PIHR  X<>.  29    NORTH  RIV8R. 

WKDNKSDAY8  ana  .SATURDAYS  at  .S  P.    .>L. 

FOR  CHAULBSTON,  S.  C,  FLOKIUA.  THE 

S<MJT11.  AiNU   tsOUTH-WEiSr. 

GUl.FSlkKAM WliD.NhoD.^V Feb.  21 

CIT^    OF  ATLANTA SATURDAr Feb.  24 

SUPEKIOR  PASSKNGKR  ACCOMMOD.VriilN!*. 

Insurance  to  Isicinitioa  >i!-iklt  i;  on.  porceat. 

Goods  forwarded  frne  if  com  nission.  Pajseri'ior  cioit. 

tteiindbilis  ol  ladingissu'd  ta  lii'Tiial  at  th^  o.hcoif 

JAMtCn  \V.  UUINrAUl)  it:  CO.,    /Isenta, 

„   „  No.  177  West  ic,  corner  Warren. 

OrW.P.   CLYDE  Si.  i;o..  No.   li  BDWlinijiireea. 

Or  BKSTLEY    D.     UASBH,,   »ener!if    Ajient 

<;reatwontaera  Kreiichl  LJrie.  SJ  /  Broadway. 

RKVF-YORK  HAVANA.  A.NDUEXICANVlAlb-J.  ^.  LlSi. 

Steamers  leave  ."lor  ."to.  J  .'fi>rca   {i^-ir  to  i  .'.     iL 
K(»K   tIAVA.NA  UlitUUr. 

CITY  OP  VERA  CRUZ Wednesday.  Feb.  21 

UlTY  OP  AEW-YOiiE. Wednesday,  Feb.  28 

crrv  OF  AihXICO Suturdav.   March  10 

!< OK   VERA    L'KUZ    ANU    NKW-OKLKA.V^. 

via   H.nr.mi,    Pro^res-x   Oa.u^sAunr     Tuxp,»a,      and 
lampicoi. 
ciTi  OP  VbXlCO Saturdav,  March  10 

tit«auiers  will  iuu,vo  New-iirieaus  Pen.  1:3  ana  March 
It)  lor  Vei-a(;ruzaimiii  the  loovojirci. 

Forrtoijjnt  or  ;)i<i3ri;;e  iJ.>ir  c> 

J-.ALttXAiJDRKx.SJ.'fs.  Not  It  »ai  {J'Jr»ilT»r, 


NE  W-  YORK  AND  HA  VAN  A 

W^^  OIKBCT    AIAIL     LINK. 

ll^V^v  These  tirst-olass  steamshios  sail  regularly 
l^>»  i\at  3  P.  M.,&om  Pier  No.  13  North  Riveras 
lr***<iJiollow»: 

CLYDE SATURDAY,  Feb.  24 

COLUMBU.-^ WEDNhSDAY,  .Vlarch  7 

Acconimouatious  uusuipasspd.  For  tteight  or  pas- 
sage apply  to  WM.  P.  CLYDE  t  CO.,  No.  U  Bowling 
Green.    MoKELLER,  LULING  &.  CO..  Agents  in  Havana 


HAiVlHLHLa  -American    Paoaet    I'omoHnv's    Line, 
lorPLVMOUrH,  CHtiRBOUBG    and  HAUBURa 

FoMMKRANla Feb.   iiiiillAMMONU ..March  8 

SUKVIA March  llWIEijAND Varcli  8 

Ratosof  iii3  4i7e  ;>    Plv.-u)iicu,    London,  Oberbour^, 

Hamburg, aud  ill  pointsin  lia^UaL   Firjt;  ('abin.  $1>>J 

gold:  Second  OAbin.  8dJ  gold;   .ste3ri!ta,  $:-{0,  currency 

irONHARDTiCa.  UB.    RICHARD  &  BOAS, 

General  Ag.mts,  General  c'assaarer  Azaots. 

bl Broadjt..  N.  It  01  Broadway. -I.Y. 


PARTNER  \VANTB1»— BY  A  NOttTHE.S  GEN- 
tlemuu  in  a  plautation  of  1.000  acres  in  the  up- 
land county,  MissiBsip^ii ;  otimnte  deliiibtfui;  home 
and  Burrounainga  beautiful;  upon  the  plautation  are 
store,  rteam.  gin  aud  grist  mill,  sbops,  and  20  negro 
tenants:  partner  wanted  to  take  charge  of  store; 
a  CiiPitalor  $'JO,O0O  required  to  stock  tbe  store  and 
for  one-half  interest  iu  plautation ;  store,  mill,  and 
plantation  now  reut  for  3>1,600,  reserving  residence 
and  lOt)  .-teres  of  land;  an  opportunity  setdom  offered 
ior  a  prodtabie  investment:  good  and  safe  business 
and  easy  life :  pleasant  home  and  escspe  from  the 
seventy  of  Winters  and  Sprines  at  the  North;  un- 
doubted reference  giveu  and  required.  Address 
QliOKGB  W.  BlCUAttOSON.  No.  709    Broad Wfty,  N.  Y. 


pARTNBB  WANTED-IN  A  GOOD  WBLL- 
-*-  established  and  profitable  boaineBs,  centrally  lo- 
cated in  the  City  of  Bochester,  comprising  atoves,  tin, 
and  sbeet-iroQ  ware,  honse-lamishing  goods,  and  gen* 
eral  lobbing  work;  a  capital  o£ $3,000  required.  Ad- 
dress E.,  Box  No.  145  TlmuOiBce,  or  EDWARD  JONES, 
Bochester,  Ho.  16  South  St.  Paul  st. 


WANTKO— A  QENTLBUAN  WITH  $5,000  AS  A 
partner  la  tbe  production  of  an  ortiole  entirely 
new,  which  promlsfB  a  large  sale  and  very  good 
profits;  t  h!>  risk  Is  tmali  and  expenses  light.  Address 
JAMES.  Box  So.  liiO  Time*  ufflc:'. 

AN  SsSFKCIAL  OPPOttTUNCTV  TO  A  B081- 
-^ness  man  with  $iO,U0U  capital.  Address  0.,  Box 
Ho.  149  Times  Oflace. 


BEjLIARDS. 


AniJIUICAN  ?»TANOAKD  BILLIARD  TA- 
BLES, with  Delaney's  wire  cushions;  uiao  Russian 
bowling,  tripolite,  bagatelle,  and  parlor  billiard  tables 
at  prices  to  bmt  the  limes  ;  all  billiard  materials,  such 
as  cloth,  bails,  cues,  bo.  Extra  indneements  now  of- 
Csx«4         W.  a.  a&U^JlTfi  It  CO..  Mo.  4U  Vaiar  ab 


LORD&TAYLOR 

WILL  CONTINUE  THEIR  GREAT  SALB  OF 

SHIBTINQ,  SHBBTIRO,  AMD  PILLOW-CASE  MUSLIN 
AT  POBMBB  PRICES. 

BLBACBBD  MCSLINS  VBOiS.  6e.  A  TARD. 

UNBLEACHED  MUSLINS  FBOU  Sc.  A  TABD. 

SHKBTS  AND  PILLOW-CASBS  BEADT-MAD3  AND 
TO  ObDEB  IN  12  HODB8, 

WILL  OPEN,  ON  MONDAY,  FBBBUAET  19, 

FIVE  CASES  MAB8EILLES  QOILTa^  IN  NBW  AND 
BANOSOUE  DESIGNS. 

.    TEN(j!*fiES  HONEY-COMB  AND  CBOfcHET  QUILTS, 
IN  NEW  STYLES,  FROM  gl  CPWABD. 

FULL  LINES  OF  BLANKETS,  COMFOBTABLES, 
EIDEB  DOWN  QUILTS,  AND  GEBMAM  QUIIjT& 

TICKINGS  AND  CHECKS. 

CONSTANTLY  ON  HAND 

FEATHEE PILLOWS.  ALL  SIZES. 

HAIR.  HUSK,  EXCELSIOE,  AND  8TEAW  MAT- 
TRESSES. 

SPRING  BBDS.  OIL'OLOTHS.  MATS  ANU  BUGS. 
PLAIN  AND  FANCY  MATTING,  tc,  to.,  AT  THE 
LOWEST  PRICES  EVEB  KNOWN. 

ALL  ON  THE  FiEiT  FLOOR  OF  THIS  ESTABLISH- 
MENT. 

BROADWAY  &TWENTIETH  ST. 


LORD&TAYLOR 

WILL  DISPLAY,  ON  MONDAY,  PER  19, 

A  FULL  LI.VB  OP 

HAMBURG  EDGINGS   AND    INSERTIONS 

AND 
HAiVBURG   EAIBROIDBRED    BANDS, 

THB    FBE8UBST    AND    LATEST     NOVELTIES      OF 

THBIR  SPRING  IMPORTATION. 
PABIS  LOOM  EDGINGS  AND  INSBBTIONS    ON  CAM- 

BBIC  AND  NAINSOOK  OF  THE  MOST  EXQUISITE 

DESIGNS,  AT  i25c.  A  YABD  AND  UPWABD. 
WOVEN   EVERLASTING  AND  COMBINATION  TEIM- 

MINGS.  COVENTRY,  MAGIC,    CBEPB  LISSE,  TAB- 

LBTANE  AND  SWISS  BUFFLINQS, 
PLAITINGS    AND     FLUTINGS,    IN    CAMBBIC    AND 

SWISS,  DIFFERENT  WIDTHS  AND  STYLES. 
WB   BESPECTFULLY  INVITE   LiDIBS   TO    CALL 
AND  EKAMINB    OUR  STUCK  BEFOBE  PUBCHASI^. 

BROADWAY  ft  TWENTIETH  St. 

GRAND,  CHBYSTIE  AND  FORSYTH  ST^ 


KEBP»S  FATENT partly  made  DRESS  SHIRTS; 
the  very  best;    six  tor  $6;    can  be    finished  as 
easily  as  hemming  a  banakerchiet    No.  571  Broadwsy. 


L  8SS8     H       H         A      W      W      W 

L  S8HHAAWWWW 

L  B  H       H      AA     WWWW 

L  8SS8     HHHH      AAA      WWWW 

L  S    H        H     A     A      WW  WW 

L  .  88HHAAW  W 

T.T.T.T.T.  ...  SSSS     H      HA        AW       W 

NO.  54  WEST  14TH  ST.,  near  6tli  av..  New- York,  anly 
depot    Tne  largest  stock  of 

HUMAN  HAIE  GOODS   ^ 
retailed  at  wholesale  T>rlc«s. 

THE  MARIE  ANTOINETTE  SWITCH. 
(Trade  Mark.) 
Remarksble,  wonderful  success  of  our  new  MABTB 
AN'^oINBTTK  SWITCH,  combining  elegance  with  dtu:- 
ability.  and  torms  Coiffure  for  front  and  back.  A 
more  elegant  and  useful  ornament  could  not  be  Im- 
agined, and  will  be  readily  appreciated  after  examina- 
tion. A  switch  at  $10  equal  to  one  at  $20  of  the  old 
style. 

The  NBW  INVISIBLE  FRONT,  for  yonng  and  old 
ladles,  improving  the  looks  of  every  one:  $2  per  inch 
on  bair  lace,  $1  per  inch  on  imitatien  lace. 

CURLS  warranted  naturally  curly  in  large  variety, 
from  $1  upward. 

GRAY  HAIR  A  SPECIALTY, 

lower  than  any  otner  houne  in  the  country. 

HAIR  TAKHN  IN  EX'  HANGii. 

COMBINGS  made  up  in  the  most  approved  manner. 

warranted  to  give  8aii8faci.ion.    A  mil  assortment  of 

the  choicest 

BEAUTIFYING  COSMETICS, 
warranted  to  be  absolutely  harmless,  on  hand. 
CRKMB  BLANCHE, 
the  great  magic  beautider  for  tbe  complexion,  a  spe- 
cialty, $1  per  box.  Also,  an  elegant  assortment  of  per- 
lumery,   among   them    new   and  delicious   extracts. 
No  more  Gray  Hair.    L   SHAW'S 

PER'^IAN  KUE.NNA 
(Trade  Mark) 
Will  change  gray  hair  to  its  natural  color  without  the 
use  ot  Lead,  Lac  Sulphur,  or  Nitrate  of  Silver,  or  any 
otber poisonous  tngredi^nts,  from  a  beautllnl  brown  to 
black.  !£1  and  $1  50  per  box.  Applied  at  the  store,  if 
desired,  free  of  cbarge. 


KEEP'S  SHLRT.S,  571  BROADWAY,    very  best 
qviality;  verr  lowest  prices.      Seoa  your   addiess 
aud  get  samples  free.    Half  the  usual  cost  saved. 


ESTABLISHED  1856. 


WE  BEG  TO   ANNOUNCE   TO   THB   PUBLIC  WHO 
HATE  BO  LIBERALLY  PATiiONIZED  US  DURING  THK 
PAST 
I 

Twenty-one  Years, 

THAT  WE  ABE  OFFERING  THE  LARGEST  AND  MOST 
ELEGANT  ASSORTMENT  OP  GOODS  SUITED  TO  THE 
TASTE  OF  THOSE  BEQUIBING  MOUBNING,  AND  THAT 
THIS  IS  THB 

ONLV  ESTABLISH.nBNT 
DEVOTED  TO  THIS  LINE  OP     BUSINESS  EST  NEW- 
YORK.      ALL    TEXTURES    IN    DESIRABLE    BLACK 
GOODS  CAN  BE  OBTAINED  AT  THB  MOST  EEASON- 
ABLEPB1CK8. 


JACKSON'S  MODRNIM  STORE, 

NO.  777  BROADWAY,  OPPOSITE  STEWART'S. 


HAMBURG 

EMBfiOmERIES. 


IMMENSE  VARIBTV. 

NEWEST  DESIGNS, 

LOWEST  FRICES, 

MILLER  &  GRANT, 

NO.  879    BROADWAT. 

iVIE.     DK.tlOKE-*r»s>    GRANO    OPENING 

uf  Patterns  of  the'iiew  and  beautiful  styles  for  the 
Spring  and  bummer  Fashions.  MUNUAY,  March  5,  al 
No.  17  Bast  14tb  St.,  New- York,  and  all  tbe  agencies. 
"  What  to  Wear,"  15  cents  :  "  Port  Folio  of  Fashions," 
15oents;  "The  Demoreat  Qaarterly  Journal  of  Fash- 
ions," 5  cents;   yearly,  IU  ceuts  ;   post  tree. 


GRAND  OPENIN&,  FEB.  19, 187?, 

THE    FIRST    JAPANESE    MANUFACTUR- 
ING AND  TRADING  CO.>IPANir,    OF 
TOKIO,    JAPAN, 

NO,    865    BROADWAY. 
WE  INVITE  THB   PUBLIC    TO   INSPECT   CUE   EX- 
HIBITION. 
A  branch  of  the  Tokio  House  has  been  permanently 
established  in  New- York,  ^here  may  be  seen  the  vari- 
ous products  of  Japanese  art  and  workmanship. 

Tbe  choicest  specimens,  both  of  antique  and  modern 
design,  will  be  constantly  on    sale,  witn   the  latest 
adoitioDB  from  the  potteries,  enamel  works,  bronze 
founderles,  and  lacquer-rooms  iu  Japan,  such  as 
BIZBN      PORCELAIN      AND     EGQ^SHBLT. 

CBINA. 
SATSUMA  FAIENCE,  BANKO    MAJOLICA, 
OWARI   CLOISONNE.  KIOTO   FANS, 
BiCRUENS   AND   TOYS,    TOKIO 
CABtNETS    AND    VASES, 
LACQUER    WORK    FROM     MAN  IT     PRO- 
VI.NCBS,  BILKS   ANU    EMBROIDER- 
IES  FROM  KIOTO,    CURIOSI- 
TIES  FROM  ALL  PARTS 
OF    JAPAN. 
We  represent  all  the  industries  of  the  Mikado's  Em- 
pire.   Toe  produotlon  ot  every  bronzesmith,  lacquerer, 
porcelain.maker,  potter,  enameler,   and  artist  ot  lepu- 
tation  axe  and  wuibe   toaud  in.  our  esti^iisbment. 


KINZABRO  YAYE. 


EPJ'lS'  Ot»<.!OA.— aKATKFUL  AND  UOilFattfl.SQ; 
each  packet  is  libelled,  JAM  Ki  KPPS  ii  Ci»..  Homo- 

opdtuio  Chemists.  No.  iSThieadaeedle  st  and  N^  170 
Pu-caUillv.Loaiou,  England.  New-York  Depot.  SMITH 
li  VANDBtiBKKK.  Park  aU<:a. 


MILS.  CONNkLLV*»  SALVATHIN  FOR 
THB  HAIR;  without  lead  or  silver;  poaitivelr  re- 
stores grayest  bair  in  thiee  davsto  original  color; 
trial  rree.  Dsnot,  No.  27  Bond  St.  Good  ladv  ajcenU 
wanted. 


JDAm3I^ 

ALliEN  DODWURTU'.S  DANCING    SCHOOL 
EUiMOVKD  TO  NO.  u81  STH  AVBNOa    Sprlngterm 
now  commencing;    For  partioolara  send  for  oirouiar. 
Private  lessons  every  day. 


DBY  GOOPS. 

Empress     Eugenie 

LACES. 

Wa  ARE  BXHIBirrna  in  ^ 

OOa  LACE  DEPABTMENT 

THESE    EXTRAOBMHABY    LACB^  • 
MADE  EXPRESSLY  for  the 

BMPRBSS  EUGBNIB 

By  tbe  ''i  t 

MOST  SKILiiBD  WORKERS  OF  THE  rBBSENT    AOft 
WE  INVITE  the  ATTENTION 

O(our  FRIENDS  to  THS#i 

Lace  Treasures, 

EXCELLING  in  QUALIl  Y 

AKYTfilNQ  HEBETOFORB  PBODUCED 

By  tbe  ABT  of  LACB-MAKIN^ 

In  CONNECITON  WITH  THEM, 

WK  DISPLAY  an  EXTENSIVE  A880BTMENT 

OP 

LaCES  in  EVEBY  GRADE  and  QUALITY. 

Presenting  altogether 

An  EXHIBITION  of  THIS  CLASS  of  GOODS 

CNEQUALbD    in    VALUE,    TEXTDBE     and     PBICIi 

A.  T.  STEWART  &  CO., 

BROADWAY.  4TH  AV..  9TH  AND  lOTH  8TBBKT3. 


LINENS. 


ATTENTION  IS  SPECIALLY  INVITED 

TO  OUR  IMMENSE  STOCK  <^ 
FINE  LINEN  DAUASKS  AND  CLOTHS, 

WITH  NAPKINS  TO  MAfQi^ 
And  BLEACHED  and  LOOM.  DAMASK  by  the  yarO. 

Also,' 
LINEN  SHEETINGS  and 

PILLOW-CASE  LINEN,  ALL  WIDTHli 

SCOTCH,  IBISH,  and  GERMAN 

BUCK  and  DAMASK  TOWELS 
TUEEISH  TOWBLS,  BATH  BO  BBS, 

Aod  BLANKKTa, 
COLOBXD  LUNCH  and  SUPPER  CLOTHS. 

With  NAPKINS  TO  tIATCB 
LINEN  SHEETS,  FILLOW-Cii£S, 

And  PILLOW  SHAHS 
ALL  the  ABOVE  are  the  PRODUCTS  of  tua 

BEST  KNOWN  EUROPEAN  MANCFACTUBBES 
AND  are  OFFERED  at  PBICB&tbat 

WiU  be  APPBECIATKD  by  HOUSBKESPE&% 


iT. 


& 


BROADWAY,  4TH  AV.,  9TU  AND  lOTH  STS. 


SHAWLS. 

WE  are  OFFERING  a  FRESH  IMPORTATION  ot 

Real  India  Shawls 

In 
NEWEST  DESIGNS,  COLORS  and  EFFBCI4 
EZCBEDINOLY  NOVEL  and  BEAUTIFUL, 
At 
LOWEB  PBICES 
THAN  the  SAUB  GOODS 

Are 

NOW  RETAILING  In  EUBOW 

Also,  an  ASSORTMENT  of 

BOMBAY  STRIPKS  and  DELHI  SHaWLS, 

From  913  up. 

A.  T.  STEfiHT  &  CO.. 

BROADWAY,  4TH  AV..  9TH  AND  lOTH  STS. 


KEEP'S  CUSTOM  SHIRTS  MADE  TO  UEAS- 
URE.— Very  best,  six  for  $9:  no  obll^tionto  keep 
any.  unless  perfectly  sattsfaciory.    N a  671  Broadway 


EIKZEZ 


KOZEY'S. 

BABOAINS  n 
EVERY  DEPABTMENT, 
Large  stock  of  the  neir  Torchon  Laces,  6c., 
8c.,  lOc,  12c,  15c  yard  up. 

600  pieces  real  Guipure  Laces  from  auctioo, 

lowest  ever  oflfered,  10c.  yard  to  $1  25.  ^ 

KINZB2 

250  pieces  rich  Point  Gaze  Laces  and  Inser- 
tions, 15o.,  20c.,  2&C.  yard,  less  than  half 

^'■''^^    '  mat, 

Linen  Smyrna  Laces,  very  low. 

Valenciennes  Laces,  very  low.  vtvitd* 

EINZEZ' 
Embroidered  Lace  Scarfs  and  Ties,  to  close, 
at  aboat  quarter  vame,  10c,  15c,  25c  _-„_„» 

KINZEX* 
Lace  Tidies,  7c.  lOc,  12V2C,  15c,  20c,  np. 
15,000  yards  Embroidered  Curtain  Utuilna. 
16o.  yard.  „,„—,- 

-  .  EINZBTr 

80,000  yards  Skirt  BuflUngs,  Puffings.  Tuok- 
ings,  &c.,  with  rich  Embroideries  and 
Lace  Edgings,  worth  from  15o.  i  o  $1  25 
yard;  closing  at  3c  10c,  15c,  20c,  26o. 

■^"•^  KIKZEX; 

Special  bargains  In  Underwear,  Skirts, 
Drawers,  Nl^bt-dresses,  Sacgues,  be, 
trom  lowest  to  hnest  goods,  itne  mnsiia 
corded  Chemise,  39c.;  fine  tucked  ombroi- 

deied  Drawers,  S9c;  embroideiedfioosced 
Skirt,  75c;  ineked  and  luffled  Night- 
dresses, 79c;  fine  tacked  Skirt,  full  size. 

Ladies'  all-lln  en  Handkerchiefs,  60. 

Ladies'  all-linen  hemstitched,  10c.  

KINZEXi 
Kmbroiaered  and  bemstitched,  I219C 

Gent's  linen  Handkerchiefs,  bargains. ' 

SXNZBZ 
65,000  yards  Hamhorg  Emhrolderies,  Sc , ' 
6c,  6c.,   7c,  Sc,  luc,   l'^>ac,    to   50c, 
lowest  offered.  ^zn^ 

Wbite  Cotton  Trimmings,  10c  piece  up. 

Bubber  Sltirt  Protectors,  9c.  piece.  _ 

KINZET. 
Bargaiiu  in  our  Qlove  Department. 
One-button  Kid  Gloves,  26c.  pair. 

KINZEi; 
We  are  selling  the  regular  dollar  two-bntton  ' 
Gloves,  every  size,  at  50c.  ^_ 

KIRZEI, 
Special  bargains  in  our  Hosiery  Department 
in  Ladies',  Gent's.  Miases,  and  Boys'  Ho* 
sierj;  lots  of  Hosiery  from  lOu.  pair  up. 

KlhZEi^ 
Full  regular  made  striped  23c.  pair. 
Silk  Clocked  Balhriggans,  31c.  pair.  ,rT»»»» 

Gent's  fnll  regular  English  Hose,  20c. 

Ladies'  flue  lisle  thread  Hose.  2oc  pair.  ,..,.„._„ 

KINZE^ 

Job  lot  genuine  Clark's  Cotton,  lull  200 
yard,  at  2c.  spooL 

Bair-pina,  Ic  paper;  PIdb,  2c.  oaper;  ma- 
chine Silk,  3c.  spool;  twilled  Tapes.  Ic 
piece;  Hooks  and  Eyes,  ic.  card;  Bubber 
Combs,  7c.;  English  Tooth  Brnshea  lOc; 
Peart  Buttons,  5c.  dosf^n;  braids,  bilks, 
Trimmings,  kc.,  all  under  regular  prices;  « 
Fancy  Goods  low.  .,,.,»„- 

'  EINZBX. 

Bargains  in  Towels,  Napkins,  Damasks, 

Curtain  Muslins,  Laces,  White  Gooda,  toc  ^tjizbi. 

Special  bargains  in  our  Ribbon  Department. 
Silk  and  Lace  Fichus,  Scarts,  &c 

SHOE  DEPARTMENT. 

Ladles'  cork-soles  Button  Boots  reduced 
from  $6  to  $3  98. 

Ladies'  pebble  Button  Boots,  $1  99.  

KINZET 
The  Spanish  arched  instep  Boots  were  first 
introduced  and  exclusively  sold  In  this 
Department.  .       ,      „  ^  .      ^ 

We  are  now  taking  arders  for  Spring  -wear  in  thaae 
beautiiui  boots  to  meaeore. 

WM.  KINZBY, 
Nos.  767  and  769  Broadway,  eoraer  iVinth  st. 


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GBUNOUr,  AKTIaiT,  L.AOlKs>>  tlAllL* 
•DRlfSSER,  lace  with  Auguste  Petit.  Na  7  Rue  (le  li 
Pai^,  Paris— JuBC  received  large  quantity  of  Fnrisiai 
nair  nets  for  Indies' front  hair;  also  latest  style  01 
coiffures,  invisibles,  crimps,  made  with  real  natural 
bair  and  curls.    No.  7  Union  square,  near  Tifianys. 

(^OAlFOftT,    URALia.  Kt.ONUiliY.— KEcJ^S 
J.^ight  Siiirts,  extra  long,  six  for  $6;  $leacb;  best 
quality.  KbEP*B  SHIRTS,  Na  571  Broadway. 


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MILLINERY. 


MAIB.  KOMAL.IB  DAVXS,  NU.  12$9  LBX.INCI- 
I'ON  av.,  between  mst  and  32d  st^,  ioimeriy  at 
Na  29  West  12th  st.  and  .No.  69  Bast  lUtb  sC.  epposiie 
Stewart's.  All  kinds  of  due  laoe  and  emoroidedes  duae 
up  like  new.     Estaoli^sbed  185°.^. 

"  "OCONOM  Y."-POIi(»NAIl!iE.S  DOLMA.MS, 

Xl4Sacques,  Hasques,  overskirts  cut,  buisteU,  and 
looped.  Selr-ftttlnz  method  of  cuccing  taugbt  pet»ot> 
ly  in  three  lessons.  Mme.  UEPFaHu,  Bu.  lOi  Witmt 
14th  St.,  corner  titn  av.  ^^^^^ 

PLIATIN»     FOUR   INCHES     WIUK    ON* 
cent  p«r  yard.     BTKVKaS    t    CO.,   No.   114  BmC 
14th  St.,  tQrote  building,)  opposite  Academy  ot  H-toHo. 

I    I    I       I  I  — fg-^g^BJSgS 


DK  GARilIO*H 

PfUVATK  O.^NCIMG  ACADEMY. 
Sft  7  WMt  8M  ttM  tv«  dgw»  ttoa  StU  •« 


WATCHES,    JEWELRY,    &0. 

M«»NKY  OS  l>lAi»lONDe,  WATCHES,  «ce« 
— Dlamonas,  watches,  jewel,  v.siiver- ware.  came|.'s 
hair  shawls,  silic,  &c.,  bouKbt  and  eoid  back  at  «  very 
small  advance.  GbOuGB  C.  AXJiEN,  Jeweler,  Deb 
1.190  Broadway,  near  29tnst. 

-\)|]rATC^BS   A!*0   JaWELRY   IlKFAi 

M  by  Crsi-elass  w.;rKmen.    aBOOGE  a  AL*  "*- 
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■  ■' »" 

^Si*  TUBES  OF  TSE  MARKETS. 
There  is  nothing  of  tresh  interest  to  be  said 
In  rAffaid  to  the  markbta.  Ihe  aapplv  of  every- 
tbioK  in  Beaaon  ia  abanrlanc,  and  thar«  are  many 
Mlbtaaaent  berefrom  Sontbem  climaa  that  neople 
in  other  parca  of  tbe  oonntry  will  probably  be  de- 
prlvad  of  for  aereral  monttaa  to  oome.  Batter  ia 
obeapk  and  trom  present  appearanoes  is  likely  to  l)e 
cheaper.  Good  cbeeae  is  dear,  the  demand  from 
l^fllioid  keeping  ap  prices,  and  itgga  are  in  good 
»Bt>ply,  and  the  ratoa  for  theu  have  a  tendency  to 
deoine.  Meats  of  jtood  qaality  are  lo  ample  snn. 
nly,  aad  the  prioea  given  last  week  are  aoobaneed. 
Poultry  ia  not  rery  oleniUal,  aud  Is  higher  priced 
thatt  16  was  last  week.  Game  is  to  be  had  In 
large  variety,  is  arriving  eenerally  In  good 
eindition,  and  Sells  at  reasonable  prices. 
Piib  In  sesWdu  Is  t>l*ntifnl.  Seally  ohoioe  apples 
*re  not  lb  larKo  anpply,  and  pricea  are  a  little  high. 
Qraoes  are  scarce,  aad  are  now  so  dear  aa  to  make 
them  a  decided  luxury.  Gjo3  Florida  orangos  are 
alao  a  little  dearer,  bnt  Inferior  froit  can  be 
boaght  at  low  prices.  Cranberries  contioae 
to  aell  at  reasonably  low  ratei.  There 
ia  a  great  variety  of  vegetablea  ia  the 
markets.  Prices  tor  staple  vegetables  are  not 
high,  and  from  oresdnt  Indicationa  are  likely  to  be 
lower.  Fieah  kale  and  spinaod  from  the  Soath  are 
scarce  joat  now,  abd  new  potatoes  and  fresh 
tomatoes  from  the  Bermada  Islaods  ate  in  li^bt 
aaoply,  and  theae,  as  well  aa  cucombers,  mash, 
rooms  and  other  vegetables  reared  in  hot-hoases, 
are  hlgh-pclce<l. 

efx:eipts  for  ihk  table. 

Tomato  SODP. — To  one  qaart  of  tomatoi>8  add  two 
iioartd  ot  w.itcr ;  bjiil  uue  hitlf-hoar;  then  add  ooe 
^aart  of  milk,  a  smill  piece  of  butter,  rolled  crack- 
ers to  tbioifen,  salt  and  pepper.  A  small  pinch  of 
aoda  may  be  added  to  prevent  the  mlllc  cardllng. — 
VEaiTAS. 

CODttisH— 1 — ^I  always  buy  the  very  small  fish, 

whiob  iaaimogr  boaelesa.  Alter  freshening  It  thor- 
oazoly,  taKe  eqatl    oarta  or  fish  and  cold  potatoes. 

bine  tbt  potatoes  very  tUin,  and  pick  the  fish  ia 
small  bus ;  have  also  aome  hard-boiled  e^s,  and 
slice  them  ;  be  caretal  not  t.s  break  them.  Take  an 
eartb«n  baking-dl.-th.  plaoe  in  ic  a  layer  of  potatoes, 
then  fish,  then  e^K-  Sprinkle  a  licde  black  pepper* 
over.  Repeat  nn  11  yoar  dish  is  nearly  fall.  Cover 
wirli  oream  or  fresb,  rich  milk,  pat  small  piece*  of 
batter  over  tl»)  top,  tarn  a  plate  over  it,  <«nd  stand 
Where  it  will  cook  one  hoar  slowly.  To  be  eaten 
with  buttered  toa»t AUST  Addie.  • 

CODFISH  II. — Another  way  to  cook  salt  codfish. 
After  i(  is  frt-sbened  let  it  bull  10  minates ;  then  mince 
It  fine,  u.is  it  into  mashed  potato  aud  masbed  parsnip, 
sea^ouiDg  witb  muscard  ana  cayenne  pepper.  To 
be  eaten  with  ese  stace.  Minced  codfisb  boiled  la 
milk  and  tbickened  with  beaten  nge.  aeasoned  with 
chopped  parxlsv  and  a  piuch  of  cayeaoe,  poared 
over  bartered  toast  cat  in  amali  pieces,  ia  very 
m  e.  7ou  can  broil  a  ctiick  niece  of  codflau,  bat  it 
mast  be  vary  Ir.tsu  in  leed.  and  ponr  over  it  meltei 
Inicter,  with  Ir-mun  ,<aice  squeezed  In  it.  Pour  over 
It  hot,  and  send  to  table  at  once. — ADXT  Addie. 

POTTBD  Fish. — Place  a  layer  of  flsh  io  the  bottom 
ofascoun  j-^r ;  sprinkle  over  them  a  little  aali, 
whole  pepperooroa,  cloves,  all-ipice,  some  bladea  of 
mace,  anil  a  few  small  pieoea  of  cinnamon  ;  repeat 
tola  autii  .voa  bave  asad  np  yoar  tl:ih;  cover  witb 
cold  vinetrar;  pat  a  ti^ht  cover  ou  the  }ar,  and 
btand  00  the  rau^e,  where  it  will  keep  hot,  for  12 
huur«  ;  mnat;  not  noil. — Ainrr  ADDIS. 

lo  Boil  Potatoes —la  ordar  to  have  them  dry  • 
and  mealy,  Uli  a  Dot  ball  tall  of  water,  peel  the 
potatoea,  and  pat  ia  a  colander  and  set  in  a  pot, 
(taking  care  tbat  the  water  does  nottoacb  the  pota- 
toes), cover  the  colander  very  tight,  and  let  them 
Strain.    Salt  while  cookin;;.     Try  onlr   with  a 

broom-splint.— A.  B. 

Saratoga  Potatoks.  Moos's  SttLiB Kaw  Peach- 

hloAH  or  iilariy  Kose,  slice  them  very  thin  ;  pat  tbe 
aUoes  in  ice-water  over  night,  draiu  off  the  water, 
and  lay  tbem  evenly  between  lijaen  cloths,  presa  antil 
they  are  dry  ;  have  tbe  kettle  of  buiiiog  clarided 
lard  ready  tor  ase  ;  drop  in  the  potatoes,  a  tew  at  a 
lime,  and  with  a  skimmer  take  them  oat  before  they 
are  browned.  Tbey  will  be  crisp,  and  are  equally 
{cood  whether  colder  warm,  and  will  keep  for  a  long 
time. — ^iOPHiE. 

Potato  Salad. — Boil  aboat  a  qaart  of  email  po- 
tatoeo ;  peel  luem ;  cat  ap  one-qoarter  pdand  of 
clear  smoked  pork  into  very  Small  dice  ;  frv  Ibem 
brown;  tnen  pour  two  tablespooiifuls  sweet -oil, 
half  a  goblet  fall  light  soar  vlue^rAr  and  a  goblet 
tall  water  into  tbe  pan,  and  beat  ibia  k^ll  together  : 
pal  into  a  bowl,  cut  up  a  amali  onion  and  throw  in 
a  baudlut  of  aa  t  ;  cat  the  potatoes  in  very  thin 
alicea ;  have  tne  salaJ  ready  lialf  an  hoar  beiote 
you  wish  to  use  it. —  F.vrr.iA. 

OrsTEB  Patties. — ilake  a  rich  puff  paste  ont  in 
amhil  (iqiurutii  piace  a  layer  ot  oynort  which  have 
been  diied  in  a  napkin  ou  the  paste;  dost  a  little 
Bale,  powdered  mace,  and  cayenne  pepoer  over 
them,  coveriag  witn  another  piece  of  paste;  wet 
the  edgea  of  the  paste  with  cold  water,  aaing  a 
paste  braab,  and  pined  tightly  toeether ;  bake  ia  a 
rather  qat'-k  oven;  it  should  be  a  11;; ht  color. — 
Adnt  Addle. 

8TBA31ED  Bbef. — For  a  family  of  six  or  seven  per- 
sona Uciue  four  Duauds  of  oeef,  cross-rib  is  best ;  ga  t 
a  piece  ot  suet  tbe  siZ3  of  yoar  hand,  out  in  sinall 
pieces  and  fry  out  the  fai;  you  must  have  a  large 
fl^'-boitouied  iron  pot  ;  after  the  saet  ia  brown,  Lnke 
oat  tbe  Scraps  anit  pot  in  the  meat  and  two  onious 
cat  np;  when  the  meat  has  become  dark-brown  on 
on  aide  torn  ii  over  on  the  otner  aud  let  tbac 
get  tbe  bame ;  when  onions  and  meat  are 
thoroiiiibly  brown,  poor  in  a  pint  of  boiling 
water ;  whenever  the  .  meat  gets  dry  add  more 
water,  bat  11  must  always  be  boiling  but;  throw  in 
a  bandlol  of  aait,  three  bay-leaves,  and  half  dozen 
Baehuf  whole  aiUpice  and  wQole  pepper,  cover  wirb 
a  oiuat-fli'ting  ouvur  and  let  it  cook  for  three  ooaia ; 
wbeo  aimoat  done  tbin  a  laolespounfal  of  h  lOr  With 
half  cai>tal  water !  Svir  this  in  the  gravy,  taking 
care  out  to  have  anv  lamps  in  it ;  when  yod  wish  to 
»erve  it,  struia  the  er^vy  through  a  due  sieve  and 
pour  a  tew  spounfals  over  the  meat. — Khilia. 

AfPLB  POBK-o-iiava  the  bone  taken  from  a  leg 
of  p 'tk,  aud  toe  skin  scored  lu  diamonds;  fill  np 
tbe  pLdca  which  the  boue  h.is  lert  with  juicy  ajplea, 
pared.  Cured,  and  cot  small ;  a  little  brown  sdeur, 
and  some  grated  rind  of  lem»n;  place  in  a  lari^e 
bakiog-pan,  ana  aroand  it  whi'lu  apples,  pared  and 
cortsd  with  blown  auifar  apriukled  over  them,  and 
tbe  grated  rind  and  juice  of  a  lemon.  Bake  three 
boar^,  or  according  to  tbe  elza  of  the  joint;  put 
Bbuut  ball  a  teaoupiai  of  water  in  the  pan. — AUKT 

Ar>t>Tir. 

lo  F»T  APPLES  AND  PoBK  CBOPfl— Season  them 
with  sail,  and  peppei  and  a  little  powdered  sage  or 
sweet  maiioram;  oip  tbem  into  beaten  eeg  and 
then  ioLo  beaten  orea  1  crumoa.  Fry  aboai  Si)  mln- 
iiiea,  or  nuiil  tbey  are  done.  Pat  them  on  a  hot 
ciiah.  Pool  ulf  part  of  the  gravy  into  another  pan, 
to  make  a  tfravy  lo  aerve  with  tnem,  if  yun  choosia. 
Then  try  apulea  which  yoa  have  siioed  abnat  two- 
tbirda  tif  an  inch  loicK,  outtin;!  them  aroaud  thf  ap- 
pie  so  that  tne  oore  la  in  the  ceuire  ot  each  piece. 

vVheo  ibey  aie  browoed  on  one  side  aud  partly 
cooked,  laru  tbem  carefully  with  a  pauc/.kb- turner, 
and  let  tbem  dulsn  cookia<£.  Dlsu  aroaud  the  chops 
or  oD  a  separate  dish. — Aiprr  Addie. 

OaT-mbaL  Bbead — Oa'-meal  can  be  made  into  a 
bieod  "tuat  will  Lcimer  be  hard  nor  sticay  "  in  bat 
one  way.  The  oat-meal  crackers,  so-called,  are  made 
ot  wheat  flour,  witb  a  little  uaUnieal  worked  in. 
Pari'eet  oat-meal  bread  ia  matte  by  builiug  whole 
oatH   11   d'-aole    boiler,  in  toar    times   tbeir   ba:k  of 

water,  for  one  hoar  and  a  half,  aud  iheu  silrnng  in 

&  meal  of  oats  until  a  heavy  doaztt  is  formed,  when 

they  are  ready  to  bjke  In  nam  paua. — LirvadTlGATOH. 

CXaX-UEAL  and  Wheaten  GbiTS. — "  Aunt  Addie  " 

iDd  oil  CIS  Will  flau  tiiiii  cuero  is  only  one  perfect 
way  of  cooiiing  oata  and  wbeat.  j«'or  tbe  peri'ec- 
tlou  of  oat  fjod  the  whole  or  "  pearled  "  oat-ahonld 
be  osed,  aa  oat-meal  b.  comes  lancid  by  absorption 
ot  noziotu  odors  m  a  single  day.  The  pearled 
oata  mast  be  soaked  10  or  13  noars  in  four  times  as 
much  water,  by  measure,  to  wnich  a  trifle  of  salt 
baa  been  added,  and  then  boiled  in  a  doaole  boiler 
for  au  hoar  aad  a  half,  receiving  no  stirring  except 
at  tne  close  of  the  Duiliug  process;  poor  into  molris, 
and  serve  when  partly  or  quite  cold,  aa  preferred. 
To  lovers  ot  oat-food,  i  bia  wiil  be  found  to  be  a  new 
revelation.  To  sach  aa  dislike  "mnsbes,"  it 
will  cum  mead  itselt  for  ita  elegnnee — being  nearly 
white — and  delicate  flavor.  "Pe.trled  wheat"  and 
"coarse  granulated  whaat,"  which  can  iiow  be 
boogbt,  require  iika  treatment,  and  are  entitled  to 
like  commuudatiou. — HroiENisx. 

Coosmo  Oat-msal  Without  Waste. — Use  a 
tariua-aeltle  ;  put  eufBcieut  water  iii  the  outside 
kettle  tor  boiling  porpuaes ;  then  pour  three  piiuis 
of  water  in  tbe  in.side  kettle,  adding  a  small  dev 
eert-spooufai  salt  when  it  ooiis  ;     throw  ia  one  pint 

of  pin-ne^a  uat-meal ;  boil  ten  mlaatea,  when  the 
water  will  be  absorbed  aud  the  meal  dry  ;  take  out 

Ibe  kettle  and  rever«e  it  un  tbe  dish  on  which  you 
wian  to  <tei  ve,  aud  it  will  leave  the  kettle  in  perfect 
lorm,  aod  can  be  eaten  with  a  fork;  if  you  like  it 
moist,  add  mere  water  before  boiling ;  suMoieut  for 
a  fami'V  of  eiifht.— LoTTlS. 

STBAUED  CBBEALfl.— ■•  Thrift  "  is  in  error  in  rec- 
oropjoiiuiu;:  "  s<ea.ii-oooked  "  oats  and  wheat,  on 
tbJgruuud  tbat  tbey  take  less  time  io  cookiog. 
Q'be  pruoe-s,  of  urylog.  after  steamiug,  reuoers 
tti&va  d'ffitjnlt  to  cooa  to  a  Jeily — which  they  shualJ 
•a«ame  to  be  eoailv  di^teacet — and  makes  them  in- 
eipiu.  If  they  could  be  eaten  at  once  on  being; 
gtfamed  they  W^iuld  do,  bat  dessication  appears  to 
oouvert  ibe  giuieu  and  oellaiose  ot  the  graiu  into  an 
almuiit  iiiouiable.  t7ood-like  saoatance,  incapable  of 
beiug  aciea  ap<>n  bv  the  ga  trio  fluitl.  Weak 
etotuaohs  nor  uufrequently  reject  those  foods  un- 
cbaii^eti,  afar  seeKiug  vaiuir  to  convert  them.— 

PBTBiCIAX. 

ObaBAM  0BSAO. — Take  two  eupfalsof  soar  or  bnt- 
tanniik,  aud  one  "f  sweet  milk;  two  cupfuls  of 
Gntbaoi  and  pne  of  white  flour,  half  a  teaaooonftil 
of  iftltt  and  one  of  soda;  mix  tbe  soda  and  tbe  salt 
witbtbe  floor,  and  then  add  tbe  milk,  making  all 
jpio  dough ;  bake  from  oneto  two  hoars.— HaId  of 
^jj,  WOBK. 

arnuJtEP  iKDIASf  Mbal  Bbb^.— One  quart  of  In- 
dian meai.  (yoiiowl)  ian*  pintot  Jiour.  two-thirds  tea- 
eiaftil  molasses.  One  taDie-spooclul  soda,  salt,  ahd 
toormirk  to  make  a  thick  batter  not  too  stiff; 
«nf  it  m  a  pan  as  tor  bread  and  ateam  it  throe 
^oM,  then  bake  one-half  hour.-A.DirT  caddie. 

MATTAPOisBTTROLts.— Two  qoarts  of  floor  ooe- 
fcbird  cupral  sugar,  one-ha  f  captul  yeaat,  one  table- 
aooonfallard  one  pint  milk  boiUd  and  cooled;  mix 
fctdigbt,  in  the  mormug  kpead  thorotighly,  at  noon 
roil  Md  cat  out  with  *  bwouit-CTitter ;  wet  the 
m^a»T^  then  turn  them  over  to  maks  tbem  stick ; 
SS?  thSToi  baking.tins,  and  let  tbem  stand 
Wtal tcatiniei  then  bake.— VbWTAS. 

I  JPssona  — Oo«  aaart  of  aiilk.  ope  teaenii. 


fdl-of  bMd  ommbsi  voUn  of  tbrse  eKgs  well  be«tt' 
fn,  tb.enad  and  Jdioe  of  a  lei^on,  one  cdpfal  aagar, 
patter  the  sue  of  an  egg.  Bake  carefally  antil  the 
mixture  lieoomeg  a  ens  ard.  Beat  the  whites  of  tbe 
eggs  to  a  stiff  froth  for  frosting. 

BtJCKWHKAT  Cakes.— For  a  family  of  six  or  ei»ht, 
two  pints  buckwheat,  half  a  pint  of  graham  flonr, 
half  a  pint  lutlian  meal  ;  aiftr  very  thoroaghlv  into 
this  mix'nre  two  email  tea8p<>onfnls  soda.  When 
the  griddle  is  hissing  hot  add  buttermilk  enough  to 
make  a  thick  batter,  having  first  added  a  half  cap 
of  molasses.  We  ose  ft  qaart  and  half  a  plat  of 
buttermilk.  Bake  the  cakes  very  thick  and  very 
brown. 

ItlCB  Cboqdettes. — Boil  one-half  ponnd  of  beat 
rice  in  one  and  ouo-baif  pint*  of  milk  and  a  table- 
spoonful  batter;  pat  the  milk  on  coldi  when  it 
comes  to  a  boil  set  it  where  it  will  only  simmer  an- 
til (oft ;  then  add  a  quarter  ponnd  of  white  sugar 
and  the  eiarcd  rind  ot  a  lemon  and  the  yolks  of  five 
eggs:  atir  all  the  time  until  it  thickens;  do  not  let 
it  boil ;  sbread  it  oat  on  6  dish,  and  when  quite  cold 
form  into  small  balls  or  squares;  dip  tbem  into 
beaten  egg  and  then  into  bread  crumbs  twice;  lay 
them  one  by  one  into  a  wire  basket,  which  put  In  a 
pan  of  boiling  lard;  let  fry  a  light  brown;  drain 
well  iind  sift  powdered  sagat  over  them.— Aunt 
Addig. 

Macaboni.— Break  your  .macaroni  to  the  siae 
you  wish  and  soak  one  h"ar  in  cold  water  ;  put  in  a 
pit  with  water  to  cover  ;  boll  slowly  antil  tender 
enoogb  to  pfiss  a  broom  splint  th  rough  tbem  ;  then 
straia  throngb  a  colander  and  put  on  a  hot  and 
well-butterd  diah  ;  season  with  pepper,  pour  melted 
batter  over,  and  cover  thiokly  with  grated  Bnglish 
Gbeese. — Mes.  Bbown. 

6oirrHEBN  Om£LBT  — Beat  three  eggs  ten  minutes; 
add  three  taoleMpoonfuls  milk ;  stir  well ;  pat  a 
plec^  ot  oatter  size  ot  waloot  in  the  frying  pan; 
have  tbe  pan  very  hot  before  ponring  In  the  mix- 
ture; when  It  becomes  brown  around  the  edge 
raise  with  a  knife,  and  roll  ap  ;  place  on  a  hot 
plate  and  season  with  pepper  and  salt,  after  it  is 
placed  on  plate.— DixiK. 

JEuLT.— f  ake  one  package  gelatine ;  pour  over  it 
a  pint  of  Cold  water;  let  It  stalid  an  hour; 
then  add  a  full  pound  of  pnlvenzea  sugar,  the  peel 
of  one  lemon  and  tbejnlce  of  three,  halt  a  pint  of 
wine,  and  In  warm  weather,  a  quart,  iu  cold,  three 
pints  of  boiling  water  ;  set  it  awav  to  cool;  a  little 
cinnamon  or  a  few  cloves  may  sometimes  be  added- 

Peabl  Cake.— One  cnprul  sugar,  two  table- 
apoonials  butter,  one  oapt'a^  of  flour,  one-half  cap- 
ful ot  corn-8t:ircb,  the  whites  of  three  eggs,  quar- 
ter teaspoonfnl  soda,  half  teasononftd  cream-tartar, 
halt  cupful  sweet   milk;     flavor   with   vanilla.— 

LlLLIB. 

Chocolate  Jtmbles.— One  cnpfdl  of  batter,  two 
cupfuls  sugar,  three  cupfals  flinr,  four  eggs,  two 
capfula  of  grated  chocolate,  one  teaspoonfnl  aorta, 
oue  teaspoonlul  oream-tartat,  a  little  salt;  roll  thin. 

GiNGES  Snaps.- One  pint  of  molasses  and  one 
capful  oi  lard  boiled  together  ;  wben  cold  add  one 
t-iblespoonfal  of  singer,  one  of  soda,  flour  to  roll; 
roll  tbin  and  bake. 

GiNOEB  CooEiEs.— One  capful  of  sagar,  one  of 

molasses,  one  ot  shortening,  one  of  water,  two  tea- 
spoonfals  ot  soda  and  two  of  singer  ;  mix  stiff 
enough  lo  roll  thin,  and  bake  in  a  moderately  hot 
oven  to  a  light  brown.  , 

Sdgab  CooKtKS.— One  capful  of  angar,  one  ot 
lard,  one  of  water,  now  teaspoonfnl  of  soda,  floor  to 
roll  thin,  with  or  without  spices. 

Fbiko  Cakeb. — One  cnpfal  of  sugar,  one  cnpfal  of 
milk,  oue  ege,  three  tableipoonfuls  of  melted  lard, 
one  teaapoonful  ot  soda,  fii>ar  to  roll;  fry  in  hot 
lard  to  a  rich  brown. 

New-England  housekeeper'a  minoe  pie  retjaires 
iwo  bowls  of  apple  to  one  of  tbe  prepared  meat. 

Bakiko  Powdeb.— Eight  ounces  of  tartaric  acid, 
nine  ounces  of  oatbonate  of  soda,  ten  onncee  of 
cornstarch,  in  pound  package;    mix. — H.  H.  U. 

Whiffed  Creah. — Beat  the  yolts  of  five  fresh 
eggs  and  hall  a  pound  of  powdered  sugar  until  very 
Ugbt  and  white;  out  one  pint  of  milk  and  one  ounce 
of  iaingl3as  in  a  sanoe-pan  and  t>oil  10  minuteri, 
stiring  continuallv;  flavor  with  vanilla  and  lemon 
mixed.or  any  other  flavoring  ;  pour  tbe  milk  on  the 
eega  and  sugar  ;  put  on  tbe  fire,  st^  well  together, 
bat  do  not  let  bou  ;  pans  ttiroagh  a  fine  Iiair  sieve 
into  a  round  dish;  when  cold  set  on  ice,  add  two 
liqaor-elasses  of  Marasohmo  ;  keep  stirrinz  rapidly 
all  tbe  time  ;  when  it  beiina  to  thicken  stir  into  It  a 
pintof  cream,  whipped  to  a  froth;  pal  into  a  mold 
on  the  ice  until  yon  wish  to  use  it.— AusT  Addie. 

Chocolate  Cabamels.— Boil  otie  quart  of  mo- 
lasses, auiJ,  wbou  nearly  done,  add  one-half  cake 
of  chocolate  finely  shaved  and  a  piece  of  batter  tbe 
size  of  an  egg.— Mabian. 

BOMAS  Pltjch.— Grate  the  yellow  rind  of  four 
lemons  and  two  oranges  in  two  poaads  of  white 
sugar,  adding  their  laice;  cover  aad  let  stand  until 
tbe  next  day,  when  strain  throngh  a  sieve,  adding  a 
bottle  of  champagne  and  the  whites  ot  eight  egita, 
beaten  very  stiff;  freeze  aa  yoa  do  ioe  oream. — 
Auht  Addie. 

To  Pickle  Carbotb— Scrape,   and    boil  them 

tender  in  water  nntl  a  little  salt ;  cut  iu  oblong 
pieces,  or  any  fanciful  tthape ;  ponr  cold  vinegar 
over  ihem,  and  let  stand  34  hours.  Are  nice  served 
with  greeu  cncnmber  pickles. — At7KT  Addib. 

To  Uxx  COFFKB — One  gill  of  coffee  to  one  pint 
of  water,  and  a  piece  of  isinglaas  dissolved  in  water, 
will  answer  to  mix  the  coffee  with  if  you  have  not 
a  froKh  egg,  or  half  a  teaspoonfol  of  condensed  egg 
— Ai««T  Addie. 


'5Bik.'«i^i^;;«fe'S'9^« 


MILITARY  GOSSm 


USEFUL  FAMILY  HINTS. 
SKXLETO:r  IiEAVBS. — They  shoal  d  not  be  pieked 
When  young  and  tender ;  June  and  July  are  gener- 
ally tbe   best  mouths   to  gather   thSm  for  the  pur- 
I  poae;  the  edge*  of  tbe  leaves  shonld  t>e  perfect,  also 
I  the  nba  and   veins,  which   can  be  ascertained  by 
bolding  tbem   up  to  tbe  light;    some  of  the  yellow 
'  Aatumnal  leaves,  and  dark  tinted  also,  wi'jh   tbe 
I  seed   vessels  Of  diflerent   plants,  cio   be  used    with 
j  good  effect  on  the  grouping.— Ridgewood. 

To  Dbess  KABprr-SKlss. — Sprinkle  with  salt  for 
two  diiys,  letting  it  lay  expoiicd  to  the  air,  ao  as  to 
gather  plenty  of  molituro;  suako  or  scrape  off  what 
f-i  loose,  and  rub  on  powderetl  alum — .«  couule  of 
teaspoonfula  for  a  raboit  or  muskrac-skin  or  a  pint 
for  a  deer-skio ;  rab  a  small  thin  skin,  at  the  end  of 
the  third  dav's  exposure,  with  alum  until  it  is  pret- 
ty dry.  A  large  thick  skin  matt  ue  "alumned  "  a 
week.  Skins  will  be  wbie,  and  not  red,  on  the  un- 
der side  when  cured  br  this  process,  and  matte  ex- 
cellent ru;.'s  or  garmeniB,  as  no  pouon  is  used.— 
NEWBUEVPdnr. 

To  Wash  CuaHois-bkin  Gabments — Make  thick 
suds  of  te.iid  water  and  while  casii>e  soap;  wash 
garment  in  it,  and  riuse  in  water  coirtalniug  a  little 
hoap.  Hub  no  soap  directly  on  the  garment. 
Stretch  repeatedly  wnile  drviug. — Subsciubbk. 

CUEAP  Bluixo.— One-fourth  ounce  of  oxalic  acid, 
one-ualt  ounce  ot  Prtis:iian  blue;  di'sotvu  in  a  quart 
of  eott  water;    then  strain. — II.  H.  II. 

Cabs  of  Canabibs. — A  little  cayenne  pepper 
spriuklen  on  a  piece  ot  bread  is  good  for  a  canary 
bird  who  has  cold  ;  also  a  little  saffron  io  tbe  d.-ink- 
Ing-cnp  of  water.  Salt  is  also  good  lor  them  at  an.y 
time.— Aunt  Addie. 

To  Relieve  Casabies  op  Asthma.— Feed  with 
hara-oo!lt-a  e^e,  pie.jtitaiiy  spnaicifd  with  re.l  p  p- 
per,  aud  let  tbem  have  plenty  of  sweet  apple,  alsii 
plant  some  bird-seed  in  a  saucer  of  earth,  keeidng  it 
verv  mtiist ;  when  the  seeds  sprout  give  the  green 
leaves  to  the  birds. 

In  TJsiso  Scrap  Books Dampen  one  side  of  leaf. 

piiSte  >ne  Hci'ap  aud  uoply  it  to  other  side  of  leaf; 
place  thick  blotoiog  paper  each  sile  of  leaf  ;  close 
the  book  and  press  under  weight  till  dry.  A  damp 
scrap  applied  to  a  dry  page  will  usually  draw  it  out 
ut  sbape. 

A  Clean  Paste. — Two  parts  earn  trasaeantb  and 
one  pars  puwueied  gum  arable;  cover  with  cold 
water  till  diasolved,  then  redace  to  desired  con- 
sistency with  same.  A  tew  drops  of  carbolic  acid 
will  prevent  aooriner. 

TO  DESTBOt  VERMiy.— Crnton   bu?«  and  rod  ants 
can   be  driven  oft  bv  tpnnkling  th*^  floor  with  pul- 
verized borax.'and  leaviig  a  place  tor  them  to  get 
out;    to   kill    'hem,    mix  borax  with  sugar,  ao  tbey 
will  eat  it.    For  ants  or  other  vermin,   wash  tb» 
I  shelves   with   a   strong    solution  of    borax;    then 
I  sprinkle  the  same    wl  h    borax  mixed  with   sugar. 
'    When    whitewasblog  your  room,   add  a  tablnspoou- 
I  lul  of  pulverized  bi/rax  to  each  pailful  of  lime. — 
:  Header. 

INFOBMAIION  WAyTED. 
How  to  make  clam  soup. 
How  to  bake  beans  New-England  style. 
Various  receipts  tor  brown  bread. 

Minute  directions  for  cooking  oat-meal  and 

fanna  for  an  infant  11)  months  old. 
How  to  make  dumplings  to  serve  with  fiicasseed 

cb  icken. 

Which  ia  tbe  better  wa.T,  to  salt  steak  before  or 

after  broiling  ? 
lioceipta  for  cakes  in  which  "  Sea  Foam  "Is  used  I 
How  to  make  oat -meal  crackers  the  same  as  tbe 

bakers'  make  f 
Eow  to  cook  oyster-plant? 
How  to  make  buckwheat  cakes  without  prepared 

floor,  in  tba  good  old  wav- 
I      A  receipt  to  make  ohooolate  oaks  where  the  ohoo- 
!  olate  is  mixed  in  with  the  cake  Instead  of  having 
j  tbe  cake  baked  in  layers. 
>      How  to  make  French  consommd. 
I      H»w  to  make  aof  t  thick  cocoa-nut  candy. — Sallt 
I  White. 
i      How  to  make  a  large  quantity  of  soft    sdap  into 

bard  soap. 
What  will  strengthen  and  promote  the  growth  of 

tbe  hair  after  long  illness  t 

What  is  tbe  reason  that  wben  a  gentleman  bends 
the  corners  of  bis  collar  the  ouiside  will  aepaiaie 
from  tbe  liuiog,  making  a  blister,  and  this  after  be 
mg  thrice  starcaeU  1 

How  to  color  cotton  red,  also  blue,  fast  colors,  as 
aeen  in  gingbama  and  prints. 

How  stains  can  be  taken  out  of  black  silk  when 
gasolme  tails  to  do  it. 

How  to  wash  a  black  cretonne  with  high-eolored 
flowera. 

What  is  used  for  the  foundation  of  home-nude 
rugs,  worked  with  the  ravelings  of  carpet. 

A  plan  for*  ventilating  servants'  bed-rooms,  as 
they  willelose  all  wtndows.  and  will  not  of  their  own 
accord  allow  h«»h  air  in  tbe  room.    / 

How  to  tame  a  oanaiy  t  / 

How  to  polish  blaok-walnnt  stairs  I 

A  distracted  housekseper  asks  if  there  is  any 
known  exterminator  of  Croton  bugs.  She  has  tried' 
borax  iu  large  quautities,  but  that  only  drives 
them  from  one  place  to  another.  Paris  green 
seemed  to  kill  a  few  st  first,  but  now  tbey  walK 
right  over  it  unharmed.  Parson's  exterminator, 
Persian  insect  powder,  and  Lyone'  powder  have  no 
effect.  She  baa  scalded  out  closets  and  drawers, 
aud  atill  tbey  are  there,  and  Increasing  at  tbe  rata 
of  about  100  evezv  dava 


Battery  B,  Artillery,  Majoi  John  Keitn  oom- 
manaing,  will  drill  at  its  Armory,  Blm  street,  next' 
Wednesday  evening. 

Brig.  Gen.  James  Jourdan,  oommandiog  the 
Fifth  Bngade,  Brooklyn,  has  appointed  Mr.  John 

T.  Culver,  Bnglneer  of  Prospect  Park,  to  tbe  posi- 
tion of  Bngiuber  on  bis  8taf5 

Lieut.  Albert  E.  Osborn,  CommitBary  of  Sub- 
sistence in  the  Forty-ninth  Kegiment.  Aubam,  was 
nnauimonsly  elected  Lientenant  Colonel  uf  that 
command  last  Tuesday  evening, 

Tbe  Saratoga  Bifle  Club  baa  accepted  a  cbal- 
lenge  from  Ballston  Spa  K'.fln  Clab  to  sboot'a  match 
on  Thursday,  Feb,  23.  The  conditions  are  three 
men  in  each  team;  distance,  SOO  yards;  off  hand; 
three  sighting  and  fen  scoring  shots. 

The  Ninth  Bcgimemt,  Col.  James  B.  Hitch- 
cock commanding,  will  give  a  co&oert  and  hop  at 
the  armory  next  Tuesday  evening.  At  an  election 
for  Secoud  Lientenant  in  CompHny  G,  last  Friday 
evening,  Sergt.  Peter  J.  Babcock  was  chosen  to  fill 
the  ofiSc^. 

Tbe  Washington  Grey  Troop  Cavalry,  Capt. 
L.  T.  Baker  commanding,  will  hold  ita  forty-fourth 
annnai  reception  at  its  armory,  next  Thursday 
evening.  The  entertainments  given  annually  by 
this  trooo  always  receive  the  auoport  of  Hs  friends, 
and  afford  opportunities  for  a  reunion  of  the  veteran 
members  of  this  command. 

The  Forty-seventh  Regiment,  Brooklyn,  Col. 
D.  £.  Austen  commanding,  will  assemble  at  its 
armory  for  drill  in  street  firing  movements,  on  Fri- 
day evening,  March  S3.  Tbe  Oatling  Battery  of 
Artillery  will  drill  with  the  infantry,  and  the  occa- 
sion will  be  an  extremely  interesting  one  to  miiitarv 
men.  Col,  Austeu  announcei  tbat  the  drill  will  be 
given  in  special  honor  of  Major  Gen.  E.  L.  Moll- 
neauz,  to  whom  his  work  is  specially  dedicated. 

The  non-conimiflsioned  staff  association  of  the 
Foarteentb  Regiment,  Brooklyn,  will  give  its  third 
annual  invitation  ball,  at  Gallatin  Hall,  No.  539  Ful- 
ton street,  in  tbat  city,  next  Tbursrtav evening.  The 
committee  of  arrangements  having  this  m.itter  in 
charge,  Is  tborouguly  competent  to  entertain  ita 
gaeiiTs,  and  will  no  doabc  discharge  ita  duties  to 
the  entire  satisraction  of  tbe  large  namber  of  guests 
who  have  signified  tnoir  lutentiun  to  be  present  on 
that  occasion. 

The  Separate  Troop  Cavalry,  Major  Karl 
Klein,  commsoding,  held  a  dismoanted  drill  at  its 

new  armory.  No.  9  West  Thirteenth  street,  last 
W^ednesday  night.  As  the  iroop  poaseased  a  nnm- 
ber  of  recent  recrnit^,  and  was  somewhat  rusty 
witbal,  Mijor  Klein  retrained  from  ordering  any 
bat  simple  mnrching  movementii,  and  sabre  exer- 
cise. Forty  men  asiombled.  aad  were  drilled  stead-, 
iiy  for  two  hours.  The  troop  will  drill  in  moobted 
movements  next  Wednesday  evening. 

Brig.  Gen.  Frederick  Vilmar,  commanding  tbe 
Second  Brigade,  baa  received  and  accented  an  invita- 
tion from  Col.  Yose,  commanding  the  Seventy-first 

Kegiment,  to  review  his  command  on  Washington's 
Birthday.  Lieut.  Col.  William  H.  King,  luapec'or  of 
this  brigade,  was  assigned  to  tbat  doty  by  Adjutant 
General  Townsend,  npon  the  dtsbanoment  ot  the 
Sixth  I^-giment,  in  which  tbe  former  was  Lieatea- 
ant  Colonel.  Harlug  served  much  longer  than  tbe 
regular  term,  he  now  petitions  the  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral lor  his  release. 

Companv  G,  Twenty-third  Regiment,  Brook- 
lyn, Cant.  J.  G.  Story  commanding,  wilt   bold  an 

election  to  All  vacancies  in  its  roll  of  nonrommis- 
sioued  officers  on  Friday  evening,  Uarch  20.  The 
regimental  rifla  club  contested  a  match  at  toe 
armory  ran'.:e  last  Satutday  evening.  Tbe  leading 
Hoores  were  as  follows :  Lieut.  G.  H.  Pettir.  40 , 
OrduHOce    Sergt.    Charles  E.    Bryant,  38 :  Capt.  W. 

G.  Burton,  37  j  PrivaieFarr,  35;  Privaie  Jones,  29, 
and  Private  Backus,  28.  Cape  A.  H.  Williams,  uf 
Company  G,  hits  ansamed  command,  his  leave  of 
absence    having   expiied.     This  command  held  one 

of  its  enjo>'able  band  conoeru  at  the  armory  last 
evening. 

The  Board  of  Examination  of  tbe  Twelfth 
Regiment  have  passed  tbe  following  non-commis- 
aioned  officers  in  Companv  K,  Capt.  £Jward  Fack- 
ner's  command:  Sergeant.-* — John  K.  Brenzel, 
George  W.  Gritlitlis,  and  Harry  (>oulUi'de:  Coi  po- 
rals — Joba  B.  Feeoey,  Geonte  B.  Katea,  Ruaolph 
Yenni,  and  John  Frauzel.  The  right  wing  of  this 
regiment  will  drill  under  command  of  Lieut.  Col.  S. 
V.  R.  Crag"r  to-morrow  evening,  and  M^jor  \V.  G. 
Wilson  will  drill  tbe  left  wing  on  tbe  following 
evening.  Tbe  regiment  gave  a  I'leasant  reueotiou 
at  ita  armory  laat  Tnesday  evening.  There  were 
representatives  preaeut  ot  the  Seventh,  Ninth, 
Twenty-second,  and  Seventy-first  Regiments.  Over 
64JO  tickets  weie  taken  at  the  door. 

Abraham  Lincoln  Post,  No.  13,  Grand  Army 
of  tbe  Republic,  dedicated  its  new  hall,  No.  113  West 
Twenty-third  street,  last  Tuesday  evening,  its  old 
quartets  having  been  destroyed  by  flie.  The  officers 
were  Installed  by  Gen.  John  Cochrane,  after  which 

followed  a  musical  and  literary  entertainment. 
Among  the  members  present  were  Gun.  Georve  S. 
Greene,  Gen.  Henry  A.  Bdrniim,  Col.  John  Wiso- 
mun,  I)r.  Isaac  I.  Haves,  and  Julian  bcott,  the 
soldier  artist.  The  following  officers  were  iuktalleO: 
Commander,  Joseph  Forben  ;  Seulor  Vice  Coiii- 
muuder,  Geor:!e  A.  S.  Kiliincs  ;  Qaartermaster.  F. 
Guvui  ;  Othoer  ot  the  Uay.  £.  Druminon>i ;  Otficur 
uf  tbe  GuarO,  John  H.  Tyson,  aud  Sergeant  AU>j or, 
J.  A.  Kuffner. 

Col.  Frederick  Unbekant,  commanding  tbe 
Eleventh  Kegiment,  has  appointed  Capt.  Otto 
Helnzman,  lormerly  of  Company  I  In  this  com- 
mand, to  an  "honorary"  position  on  bis  stalt  Dr. 
J.  Nieglatscb  has  been  appointed  Assistant  Sur- 
geon in  this  command.  Capt.  Fied«rick  Fiflacb- 
bein  and  First  Liout.  Gastuve  Scbnui^nu  have  re- 
signeo.  Tne  riitbt  wtug  o:  iht:i  command  drilled 
last  Monday  night,  parading  lour  companies 
of  10  fl.es  trout,  and  the  left  wing  iqualzeii  in  a 
Himilar  manner  on  the  t\jliowing  eveuiu.;.  C  j1.  U:i- 
beaaiii  was  lu  command  on  both  occasions.  Tins 
command  Will  bold  its  annual  reception  at  its  a. - 
rnon.  Centre  and  Grand  streets,  n -xt  Tuursdav 
evening,  at  9:30  o'clock.  Ou  the  same  eve  liog  (be 
reiiimuut  wia  oe  revieweu  by  Geu.  Vilmar  and  staff 

Gen.  James  Tauaer,  Ciiuiriuan  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Wa.saud  M.eaiis  of  ih  Grant  Army  of 
tbe  Republic.  Department  of  New- York,  boa  issued 
a  circular  letter  to  the  several  posts  requesting  tnem 
to  send  to  the  Treasurer,  Col.  John  F.  Henry,  No.  8 
College  Place,  in  this  City,  all  the  money  tbey  may 
have  collected  for  the  fund  provided  tor  tbe  erection 
of  a  "Soldier'd  llume,"  at  lialU.  N.  Y.  The  home  com- 
prises au  eligible  piotot  grouoil  u>>uiaintuK;i40acred, 

and  Was  secured  at  a  cost  ut  129,590.  Tuts  amouii: 
aud  about  t2,U0()  besides  was  coutributed  by  tbe 
isitizt:ns  or  tue  towu  or  B.ilb.  Duri.ig  the  past 
yeari37,000  has  been  collected  lor  the  pnrpuse  of 
erecting  builaiugs  ou  tbe  proneny,  aud  Geo.  Tan- 
ner say.^  i  hat  only  about  tl>,0OU  is  required  to  com- 
plete the  sum  ucou!«Hary  lo  pay  lor  ibu  inateri.tls  tor 
tbe  worK.  Ao  eflort  will  tie  made  to  lay  the  eoruer- 
Btuue  ot  tbe  "  Uoiue"  on  July  4,  ne.xt. 

Galling  Battery,   artillery,  Brooklyn,  Capt. 

John  A.  Eiwaids  commanding,  is  ander  or. 
ders  to  assemble  at  its  armory  iu  fati^ne 
uniform  on  Wednesday  next  and  Wednesday, 
Feb.  28,  for  inatrucrion  in  street-firing  move- 
meuts.  The  order  (No.  1)  directiug  ibis  ci^<m- 
maud  to  assemble  for  drill  on  Feb.  31  and  S3  au>l 
March  7  has  been  countermanded.  At  a  recent 
meeting  of  this  commaud  the  tullowiug  offit:ers 
were  elected:  Aergt.  Charles  Beebe,  brcoad  Lieu- 
tenant, vice  Dolby,  reaiifued;  P.  li.  Towor,  First 
Scrtteant,  vice  bimon^,  warrant  vacated;  Corp. 
W.  B.  Duwley,  Sergeant,  third  aeoiion,  vice  Mclu- 
tyre,  promoted  ;  Corp.  E.  J.  W'bitlock,  Jr.,  Ser- 
geant, fuurili  aectiou,  vice  Xowtr,  promuteil ;  pri- 
vates Charles  Doni,  A.  G.  JeuKius,  and  \V.  U.  Peu- 
dergbast,  Corpotals.  Private  J.  J.  Aloi>z  ba.-«  been 
appointed  Veiurinary  Surgeon  in  th;a  command. 

The  right  wing  of  the  Twenty-set^ond  Regi- 
ment had  a  drill  at  its  armory  last  Friday  evening. 
Line  was  formed  with  five  companies  of  twelve  files 
front-  Neither  Col.  Porter  nor  Lieut.  Col.  Camp 
were  present,  and  as  Major  Horsfall  bad  nut  re- 
ceived his  commission,  the  command  devolved  npon 
Capt.  Samuel  Moore  Smith,  senior  line  officer. 
Major  Kobert  Lenox  Belknao  and  Capt.  Herman 
Oelricbs,  of  Geo.  Ward's  studl  were  present  to  wit- 
ness the  drill  awl  to  make  an  official  report 
of  the  manner  of  its  execution.  The  left 
wing  of  this  command  .  will  drill  next 
Friday  evening,  and  on  Friday,  March  9,  and  tbe 
right  wing  will  have  another  drill  on  Friday, 
March  2.  Private  Josiab  Uedden,  of  Company  U, 
has  been  promoted  Commissary  Sergeant.  Privates 
James  P.  Kenwortby,  o:  Company  A,  and  Henry 
M.  Howcll,  of  Company  F,  have  beeu  elected  Cor- 
porals in  tbeir  respective  companies.  Arrange- 
ments are  in  active  progress  by  tbe  Music  commit- 
tee to  give  another  grand  review,  dress  parade,  aod 
promenade  concert.  The  entertaiumeat  will  proba- 
bly take  place  at  tne  regimental  armory  ou 
Wednesday,  March  14. 

Lieut.  Col.  P  W.  Obemier,  commanding  the 

Twenty-eighth  Kegiment,  Brooklyn,  has  issued  an 
order  directing  the  commissioned  offlctra  of  his 
command  to  assemble  at  tbe  the  regimental  armory, 
Bnsbwick  avenae  aad  Stage  atreet,  E.  D.,  to-mor- 
row evening,  at  6  o'clock,  lor  diill  and 
intruction.  The  following  offloerq  have  been 
appointed  to  conatitate  a  Board  of  Examiu- 
atioB  ^or  investigation  of  the  oapabiUtiea  of  non- 
comquMioned  officers  in  'this  eommand.  Capt 
Geoi^ferGiebl,  (Japt.  Henry  Oaterman,  and  First 
LieiiiV.agadt  Kii^emann.  This  board  will  eonvene 
at  the  armory  on  tne  third  Wednesday  iu  each 
month.  Commandants  of  companies  are  directed  to 
forward  to  tbe  Adiutant  the  names  of  all  non-com- 
miaaioned  officers-elect  immediately  after  election, 
also  tbe  names  of  those  who  have  not  yet  sustained 
an  examination.  No  warrants  will  be  issued  from 
regimental  bead-quarters  to  non-commissioned 
officers  who  do  not  receive  a  favorable  report  from 
this  board,  and  thuy  will  not  be  permitted  to 
asjume  the  duties  pertamiog  to  the  otflces  to 
which  they  may  have  been  feleoted  until 
tbey  receive  their  warrants.  Company  C  paraded 
in  lull  nniform  for  inspection  at  its  armory,  in  East 
New-Tork.  last  Wednesday  evening.  I^ieat.  CoL 
Oberuier  lormallv  annoonoea  m  omers,  tbe  accept-. 


aaee  by-ttae  oomidttidet  Inoble^  bf  tne  resignations 
.  nf  cm.  J'oeeph  Barger  aod  Majtir  Anthony  Wills, 
and  ex'ireSse4  bis  regret  at  losing  the  asMs'tance  of 
these  ofdoer'),  "  who  have  bbeu  his  comranes  since 
the  year  1857."  The  offloers  of  thi«  command  are 
under  orders  to  assemble  at  the  regimental  armory, 
next  Wednesday  evening,  to  bold  an  election  to  fill 
the  vacancy  caused  by  the  reat.'natioa  ot  Col. 
Joseph  Burger.  Lieut,  Col.  Ooernier  !•»  the  sole 
candidate  for  the  office,  and  will  undoubtedly  re- 
ceive a  unauimons  vote.  Second,  Ltuut.  Charles  M. 
Marfman  bas  been  promoteil  First  Lientenant  of 
Company  G,  and  George  J.  Hoeoter  bas  been 
elected  Second  Lieutenant.  In  the  same  company. 

The  following  officers  have  received  com- 
missions lo  the  ^.First  and  Secoud  Divisions: 
Eleventh  ■  Brigade— Morisob  floyr,  Aide  deCamp; 
Battery  B,  artillery.  Second  Division,  Seobnd 
Lieutenant,  Louis  Woerner;  Seventh  Regiment, 
—First  Lieutenant^  C.  Graham  Bacon,  Adjutant ; 
Captain,  Henry  J.  Hayden;  Twelfth  Regiment — 
Mtjor  Arthur  T.  Hills,  Surgeon;  Twenty-third 
Regiment— Fir»t  Lieutenant,  Frank  E.  Weetlike; 
Setiond  Lientenant,  T.  B.  Adams  :  Thirty-second 
Regiment — Col.  John  Rooger;  Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Louis  Bos8er^;  M.ijor.  Louis  Finkelmelor;  Cap- 
tsio,  Christopher  Lu'z;  Major.  Adolf  Orth ; 
First  LiPut.  8.  R.  Blumke,  and  Quarterniaater 
Henry  Nape,  Jr.  Daring  the  name  period  res'sna- 
tione  have  been  accepted  as  follows  :  Bacbe  McE. 
Emmet,  Twelfth  Regiment ;  Col.  Joseph  Burner 
and  Major  Anthonv  Wiels.  Twenty-eiThth  Regi- 
ment ;     Adjntanc  Joraes  A.  Smith  and    First  Lieut. 

Thomas  Giester,  Fourteenth  Regiment;  First 
Lient.  James  L.  Cook,  Eighth  Redimom  ;  Capt. 
H.  H.  Fledd'-rmann,  First  Lieut.  H.  W.  Schmidt, 
Firat  Lieut.  Frederick  Freudentnal,  Sooood  Lieats. 
D.  Bnbjre  and  William  Mailer,  of  the  Third  Regi- 
ment Cavalry. 

Major  Arthur  B.  Leech,  Captain  of  the  Irish 
rifle  team  in  tbe  late  International  matches  at  Creed- 
moor,  has  wntten  a  letter  to  C  d.  C.  B.  Mitchell, 
President  of  tbe  Amateur  Rfl?  Club,  of  this  City, 
in  reference  to  another  inieruatioual  match,  as  fol- 
lows! 

VvTBiJH,  No.  49  EcTXAiTD  Sqitarr,     } 
Satiiraay.  Feb.  3.  1S77  } 

MtDbarSir:  I  have  pleasare  in  sabmittlng  to  yon 
the  followiug  rt^Roluti'in  passeil  at  a  council  meeting 
of  the  Iiisb  Ulflo  Association,  held  at  tbe  Mansion 
House.  Dublin,  on  •the  2J<I  ull.  tne  Riebt  Hoiirrjble 
the  Lord  Uayot  in  t  e  cb&ir :  Tnat  au  iaviti>tlon  be 
addressed  to  tbe  Amotenr  Kifle  Club  oi  New-ilorkto 

send  a  t<  am  to  >relana  in  the  preaout  your  to  ishont  a 
mateh  on  came  couditi'  us  aa  Irlsh-Aincricau  roatohi-a 
of  1874,  18  ?6,  aad  1»76.  I  have  pcculiir  pleasure 
in  torwarding  this  resolution,  aud  1  nope  it 
will  lead  to  another  of  thnie  friendly  con- 
teala  'Wlilch  liave  in  the  Inet  three  yeais 
been  product.ive  of  much  eood  feeling  iind  bono  - 
able  ilvalr^etweontwi  ualioiialltles  connected  other- 
wise by  many  a<n^eeable  nssocttuions.  The  mouth  of 
June  IS  aUKKcated  as  tbd  most  stucauln  for  cbld  mutch, 
as  It  wlU   onable   those  eeatleuieu  whom    we   bopn  to 

welcame  as  .rour  representatives  to  take  part  iu  tne 
auuuttl  competition  ot  the  Irish  Klfle  Assorlatlon,  Hod 

snbspqaeutly  to  visit  the  ompol  tbe  .National  Rifle 
Asiootation  at  Wlmbiedon.  1  am.  dear  Sir.  your  very 
iHithful and  sincere  fnead,  AKTilDK  H.  LKnCH. 

To  the  President  of  tne  Amateur  Riflc<  club.  New-York. 

The  commissioned  offlcer.t  ot  tbe  Thirteenth 
Regiment,  Col.  Philip  H.  Briggs  commanding,  are 
under  orders  to  assemble,  in  fatigue  uniform,  at 
the  regimental  armory  next  Saturday  evening  at  8 
P.  M.,  for  theoretical  drill  and  instruction.  '  The 
regiment  will  assemble,  in  fatigue  uniform,  at  the 
regimental  armory,  for  drill  and  instruction,  on 
Wednesday.  Feb.  28;  Monday,  Marob  12.  nnd 
Tuesday,  M  irch  37,  at  7:43  P.  M.  In  relation  to  the 
case  of  Lieut.  George  E.  Stevenson,  of  this  com- 
mand.  Col.  Briecs  pabliahes  the  following  para- 
graph in  orders:  *' Tbu  recommendations  of  tbe 
Military  Examuiing  Board,  made  at  Us  sesiiiou  held 
in  tbe  Cuy  ot  Kew-York,  at  the  office  ot  the  In- 
spector General,  uursuant  to  tbe  pruvisiobe  of  Spe- 
cial Order  No.  171.  ourrent  series,  of  theso  head- 
quarters, are  hereby  approvc'l,  and  the  com- 
Uiid.sion    of    First    Liuat.    Georice    E.    Stev^-uson  la 

vacated,  be  having  tailed  to  pasx  a  satistactorv  ex- 
amination betore  the  board;  and  the  said  Stevenson 
ceases  to  be  au  <.ffiuer  in  the  National  Guard,  trom 
this    date.  (Feo.  ti.)    and    a    new    election,  to  bll  tbu 

vacancy  created,  is  immediately  ordered."  At  tue 
anuual  meeting  of  C'>tupauv  C,  in  tUis  command, 
the  lollowing  civil  offliUTs  were  elected  for  the  en- 
BUiug  year;  Ptesidein,  Capt.  J.  Pedroncelli ;  Ke- 
cordiiig  Secreiaiy,  W.  F.  E^heriugton;  Treasurer, 
£.  DarveaiL  Committees  were  apooiuied  as  tollows  : 
Finance.  R.  Auerbacb,  G.  H.  Price,  and  P.  Franz ; 
Recruiting,  G.  Falleaius,  G.  IC.  Itded,  J.  .1.  Lnwrev, 
and  G.  E.  Hogg;  Arniorv,  W.  L.  Franz,  \V.  B. 
Snvuer,  \V.  F.  E;benngton,  and  W.  J.  Peters  ; 
Court-martial,  W.  L.  Franz,  G.  E.  Reed.  E.  Dar- 
yean,  anu  G.  II.  Price. 

Col.  Voso,  commanding  the  Seventy-first 
Regiment,  bas  determined  to  have  an  out-door 
parade  of  bis  command  on  Washington's  Birthday, 
omitting  the  ceremonies  at  tbe  State  Arsenal  or  the 
Hippodrome,  and  in  tbe  evening  a  reception  wilt  be 
glyen  at  tbe  regimental  armory,  Broadway  and 
Thirty-filth  street.  The  rugimoul  has,  therefore, 
been  ordered  to  assemble  at  the  armory,  in  fall 
nniform.  on  Thnradav.  Feb.  23,  at  1  P.  M.  Line  of 
march  will  be  taken  to  tbe  plaza  in  Union  t>quaro, 
where  the  regiment  will  pass  in  review  betura 
Brig.  Gen.  "Viliiiairr''aftor  which  it  will  retnra  im- 
mediately to  ira  armory,  thus  making  tho  parade 
of  abort  duration.  Col.  Yose  say:*,  in  orders  :  "  Tula 
is  deemed  tbe  mist  fictiug  inaoiier  In  whiob  to  cele- 
brate the  day  we  all  deliibi  tn  iioiior.  )[  ur  Coin- 
iiiander  exijecta  to  see  iiiu  regiment  parade  wuh 
lul  ranks,  as  it  ia  a  local  boiidiy,  aud  no  exciiae  fir 
au.'tence  can  be  made."  Tue  right  niuk!  ot  this 
comm.iud  p.iraded  flvo  compauie.t  of  IJ  nl<  s,  lor 
uiill  by  Licui.  Co..  Cb.iddiii.k,  lu>t  Monday  evvu- 
icg.  Tlio  moveiueuts  exocuted  itnoriccJ  marching; 
iu  coluiqns  ot  toars,  uuu  in  battle  Irene ;  wbeeli.Ji: 
into  coluuin  ot  coiuiniuies,  and  innrS  ug  uu  llie  hist, 
company.  Wheeling  into  a  comu^n  of  lonrn,  the 
coium.tud  waa  niaicb^d  to  the  i'ii.bt  obl.que,  and 
eUuScqneutly  to  lUe  left  obiiqae.  Too  manual  of 
anus  was  executed  iu  a  ratlic-i  inferior  m.tnuer, 
and  sliiiwed  a  lack  ot  proper  company  lustrucil  'ii  lu 
mat  respect.  Tuoum*  occu;iiea  i:i  mauipulatiou 
waa    uot  uuilorm  among    the   coiuoauiee,    aud  it 

won'd  oe  well  lo  Ux  U|>uu  «umt  aiaunard  oy  trhich 
uiilloruii  y  among  ibe  compaiiiei)  iniglii  bo  secured. 


JiiHAJiOlAlj  AfFAIMS. 


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JiLk/saiyii  THE  Waters.  ' 

The  Belgrade  conoipundeut  ol    tho    London    . 
livMt  writes   uudor   daiu  u(   Jan.   19  at  tolinwd  :    i 
'Yesieiday  tbe   anouil   ceremony  of   'blessing  the    j 
waters'  w^e   performjd    by  the    Arobbl.ihji>  ua    the 
baoK  of  tho  Kiver  6.ive — i  rilo  which  is  obierved  in 
all  coUDiriea  wnore    the  Greek    faita  predominntes. 
About  9:30  io  tbe  morning  the  service  was  held  iu 
the  cahedral,  at  ID  tbe  garnsju  oi   liuigrade,  with 
tne  miluarv  ujnd,  aiHichoj  Uuwu  to  toe  nvcr    slue 
uud  lormad  lu  liuo    oppoBiie  a    HLJud  erec  ed  on  the 

({uaY;  anout  half  au  uunr  at'terward  a  procunsiou 
maicaod  Irom  tue  caitiu.lral  to  tho  atauo.  'I'hn 
column  bore  tour  very  i.ir.;e  ^quuro  b.iuiiur.s  wi  h 
ti::urss  of  the  sain t.><  oalu ted  ii£/../U  tbem.  a  caun|>y, 
under  which  ui.trchou  inu  Ar<'U.  iinnp,  and  a  u um- 
ber of  tuQa  nuiiunuuied  uy  di^csot  luciulbUiTouuduii 

witU  nioiaiiit:  rays.  An  luipiuvisud  aUar,  w^tb 
c.^u.itCM,  MJii  nl.icHd  upoa  tbe  d:aiid,  witu  a  bai-rei 
of  rivet  w a  cr  in  f rout  of  it.  Tue  services  at  tbe 
aliar  were  luU;:,  una  wi-re  luteraper.sol  vviru  cbauis 
uiid  lue  (lilu;:  ui  uril.lerv  liom  tu.<  old  torireis.  Ai. 
the  ConuiusMin  of.  iho  eervioes  tuo  Aicuo>sh<i|> 
biepp^sd  dowu  trom  tbe  stand,  and  with  a  large 
biu^u  coinuii  ucod  spnuklMg  lUu  water  fiom  lue 
battel  over  iiiH  uoJaueuL  crowd.  Hia  Grace  tbuu 
)ii'oot.edeu  tospiiuiilo  loe  Servian  Army,  auu  many 
of  Ibo  popultcu  TiiU  to  iho  edge  ot  ide  rivui' 
and  tilled  uotiksaud  jugH  with  lUe  uewlvcuosc- 
c.atoU  wateii;.  It  is  Uaual  I.t  s.-vcrul  pcO|rie  to 
piuugointo  tae  river  at  thi.3  siagu  of  tne  piuceea- 
luga,  uu(  this  jcar  >liii  teat  was  not  perfur.uuj,  an 
omissiou  wuicii  1  atippo..!u  wiil  bo  aitnuu.ed  by  tuo 
occleoiaatical  aUi^Uormes  lo  the  °  |iro;:res»oi  moileru 
iuhueluy.'  After  ilie  auriukling  was  oomuleied 
the  prucesiion  marched  Ouck  to  tue  caibedi-ai." 


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EPIDEilW  AMUAU  aVOIca  HORSES. 
Tho  Pall  Mail  Oasette  says :  '*  A  strange  epi- 
demic among  hordes  has  made  ixs  apiiearauce  iu 
some  parts  of  Scotland,  aud  there  are,  it  is  stateJ, 
more  than  500  burses  at  the  present  moment  suffer- 
ing from  its  effocta  in  EUnburgh.  The  disdvie 
commeuQes  with  great  wealtueaa  aud  awelliag  of 
the  eyes  ana  limbs,  tbe  lett  eye  in  The  maj  irity  of 
cases  being  affected  vane  tbau  tho  riglit.      Thmo  Is 

also  trequeutly  inieaiinai  disorder,  au>l  spot^  ap- 
pear on  lue  tongue  as  i:ioa|;li  trom  bl  .od  poisoning. 
The  uctauk  lasCd  ou  cue  uveragj  fro.n  5  to  12  dav-"). 
Upiuiona  appear  to  ditt'er  as  lO  wbother  it  is  lutcc- 
lious  or  uot;  at  any  rati;,  in  la  spruaJia;:  rapidly, 
and  afleots  horses  iuaLscrimiiiaiely  iu  all  claaMO.'  of 
siaoleu,  Oae  c^m  has  oocui'rea  of  a  onvr  tfud'-riug 
trom  It,  and,  aa  the  animal  was  stalled  ud^ide  a 
pouv  wUicb  had  alao  siitlared  iroiu  it,  Ihure  sueais 
reason  10  fear  that  thu  disease  must  Oe  lufuclloui. 
Oj  the  other  baud,  iiisiauues  urn  munciimed  uf 
horses  escaping  tne  di.:ieaBo  altogeiher.  altbiiu;;h  oc- 
cupying sutules  where  aeveral  otuer  hjrs'.'s  were 
attaukoti.  Tuo  dampness  ot  toe  aimoapaere  wbiou 
baa  lately  prevailed  is  supposed  to  have  oriui.iaiea 
tue  epiuumlc,  ana  Indeel  tue  auuoraiai  siate  ot  tu  j 
weaiher  uuriug  ihela^t  six  weeits  is  quite  sutliji^-nt 
to  acuoant  tor  auy  auiuuut  uf  dick.iea.i,  not  uaiy  lu 
the  aiaule,  but  also  lu  toe  keunei. " 

QUEEK  JJELUSLOS. 
The  Middlotown  PrM«  ot  Saturday  says  : 
■*  AniniBtus  C.  v.  fritz,  ot  Stanhope,  wno  baa  b  an 
cooBnedia  tbe  MorrisLovrn  Jail  aiaoa  October  last, 
on  a  charge  of  ujjenine  graves  in  tbe  South  btan- 
hope  Cemetery,  bas  been  adjudged  insane,  and 
ordered  to  the  MorrisPlaius  Asylum.  FriiE  is  about 
40  yoara  of  age.  and  labored  under  tbe  belief  tnat  his 
wiie  and  child  had  been  murdered  and  buried  at 
Stanhope,  w  here  he  resides.  Uo  dug  up  aome  graves 
under  this  delusion,  and,  being  caught,  waa  sent  to 
jail,  iiis  wife  and  oaild  are  00th  alive  and  visited 
him  in  tbe  jail,  but  he  still  iversista  iu  his  delusion." 

VBSMONT  BEFORM  CLUB  CO/fTEXTION. 
A  State  oonyention  of  Rofornaed  Men's  Clubs 
of  Vermont  is  to  be  held  in  Burlington,  Fdb.  21,  32, 
and  23,  At  which  will  ba  considered  the  practioa- 
bilityofforming  a  State  organuai ion.  QooA  spsak- 
era  are  promised  to  ba  iu  attendance.  Eacli  oluo  iu 
the  §taie  i»  requested  to  send  one  delegate  at  large, 
MBd  one  addUioual  delegate  for  every  5  J  members  or 
fractiona'l  part  thereof,  to  be  providei  with  proper 
credentials.  Other  members  are  also  invited  aa 
visitors.  Returu  checks  will  be  given  of'er  the 
lines  of  the  Central  Vermont  Baiiroatb 


do 83.  60     300111.  Cen 

do 50      loot.  t-N.vV.l'I. 

t<j\)  llo OOlg  3JO  (J.  ol  W.  J 

auO  Qnicksr Ii.c.  14      5J0  dn 

liuu  vvcbt.  Lu o.c  Oy^s  lOOU.  t  K.  1 

Odu  do s3.  GJi-j      0  do 

100  N.  y.  I  .  iL  H..b.c.  its      200  no 

ji.o  do i.a»8  oof  11.,  h.u.\\.. 

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iOO  do HIO.  'Ji^4-  b.c 85.  4()l4 

200  di. 117^8  100  no =  3.  4»3a8 

^iij  00 bO  >.  tiO'e  ;oo       »   do b;^.  4a'^ 

100  do oOJ.  90      li'O  no sd.  4bia 

100  110 'JT'^a    5UN.Y.,N,il.4til.b.c.l52 

bALKS   KUOM    i.-SO  TO    3   P.     M. 

$30,000  U.  8.  6-20  &., 

•oi)  S 10934 

25,000  P.  ot  ( .  3.058.  721-j 

J  .000  C,  C.  Si.1.0. 1  St.  34 

7,000  M.  y.  '  .08,'87.  loa 

0,000  L.Sc  Masu.  (.nn.  91 

2,oOoN.  VV.  Ibt 106 

1,jOo  St.  L.,  J.ii.  (.. 

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15.000       uo 10534 

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6.000       (10.. J 89-14  112 

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3,000  Erie  3d lo7     200  iialte  Shore. 

iO,OuO  Facet  .Via  1st.  951*11000         Uo 

3,000  L.  4t  v\.  ll.coii.  iiJ     |7uo  do 

■.■,000  Cen.  P.    goitl..l(»7       i:iOO  ao 

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400  do a3.  611a 

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100  ^ortu-w.  tt 4014!  too  Han.  fc.  au  Jo 11 


Satubdat,  Sept.  17— P.  M. 

The  Bank  statement  shows  a  decrease  of 
$3,551,000  m  specie  and  an  increase  of  $2,021,500 
in  legal  tenders,  resulting  in  a  loss  of  $1,685,425 
in  surplus  reserve.  The  banks  now  hold  $19,709,- 
100  in  excess  of  legal  requirements. 

The  following  is   the  statemeot  of  tbe  Kew 

York  City  baaks  tbin  week,  compared  with  the 

last : 

Feb.  10.  Feb.  17.  Differences. 

Loans ,..tSd6,8n,100  (959,054,400  Inc.. i|3.'J37,300 

Specie 35,016,600  32.0d5,«a0  Dec.  3,551.000 

Legal  tenders    43,786.7(10  45.808.iiOJ  Inc..  3.031.600 

Deposits 932,035,100  332.6oti.e00  Inc..      6'A700 

CucolAPon..     15,635.400  15.564,700  Dec.      80,700 

The stocknxarket  was  weak  and  fererish.at 
the  opening,  when  the  majority  of  tbe  active 
speoalatiye  sharea  recorded  a  decline. .  Dala- 
WAre  and  Uadoon  Canal  was  oonspiouoas  in 


the  ddi^ward  mot^ment;  the  weAltn^iii  of  thto 
itook  hbing  dOe  to  repoi'ts  that  6ne  of  the  Jtls- 
tioea  of  the  Snoteme  Cotirt  hitd  jtrsnted  an  or- 
der to  show  oaose  why  a  Beoeiyer  of  the  corn* 
pany  shonld  not  be  appointed.  SabseqiloiitLy, 
when  it  was  announced  that  the  oMerhad  been 
raoated  on  the  gronnd  tbat  it  had  b»en 
"  granted  through  inadyertenise,"  ii  reooVfery  in 
the  price  ensued,  followed  b.f  an  adVaaioe. 
Outeido  of  this  (Kook,  which  was  affected  by 
the  exceptional  Influenoes  alluded  to,  tho  xen- 
eral  market  ttaroiigbout  exhibited  weakneto. 

Thl»  entire  transaotiohs  iimottiited  td  $160,952, 
Which  embraced  41 ,700  l^ake  Shore,  39,645  Del- 
aware, Laokawaha  and  Wedterti,  19,260  West* 
em  Union,  18,900  Delaware  and  Hadsoh  Canal. 
11,200  St.  Paul,  9,020  New-York  Central,  4,400 
North-wwtern,  4,000  New-Jeirsey  Cehtral.  3,070 
Rock  Island,  and  1,700  iiliohiean  Central 

Delaware  and  fiudHoh  Canal  optinedat  49 
and  fell  off  to  48,  from  which  point  there  wad  a 
sharp  recovery  and  ah  advance  to  52^.  A 
portion  of  this  improyement  was  Bubsequently 
l03t,but  final  sales  were  effected  at  a  dacline  of 
only  Mt  V  oonc  from  tlie  highest  figure.  Jer- 
sey Central  exhibited  a  Aotnowhat  firttter  tone, 
and  rose  from  10%  to  llv^.  Delaware,  Lacka- 
wanna and  Western  opened  and  elosed  at  65Mi. 
Morris  and  Essex  declined  1  ^  cent  on  the 
day's  transactions,  falline  off  from  81  to  80. 
Westorn  Union  was  steady  at  a  decline  of  ^  ^ 
cent.  The  stock  continues  to  be  freely  pressed 
for  sale  on  sellers'  options  at  a  concession  from 
the  regular  price.  Lake  Shore  was  weak,  and 
fell  off  to  511*,  -^rtth  a  recoreryof  %  V  cent,  in 
tbe  final  dealiiii:s.  Tbe  Graneer  shares  were 
weak  and  lower  except  for  North-western  pre- 
ferred, which  made  a  fractional  advance. 
Among  investment  shares,  New-York  Central 

declined  from  98%  to  97%,  with  closing  trans- 
actions at  tbe  lowest  point  Harlem  sold  at 
135%,  against  137  yesterday. 

Tbe  money  market  was  exceedingly  easy  at 
2\^'S)2  ^  cent,  on  call  loans.    Discounts  were 

unchanged  at  4'S>4i;^  ^  cent,  for  pnme  meroan- 

tlle  paper.  The  bank  notes  received  at  Wash- 
ington to-day  for  redemption  amounted  to 
$650,000,  making  a  total  for  tbe  week  of 
$4,250,000.  Tbe  following  were  tbe  rates  of  ex- 
change ou  New- York  at  the  undermentioned 
cities  to-day  :  Savannah,    buying,  ^   ;  selling, 

^4.    Charleston  easy;  par  to  \i®V4  premium. 

Cincinnati  quiet  and  firm  ;  baying,  par  ;  sell- 
ing, 1-10  ;  New-Orleans — commercial,  3-16 ; 
bank.  V4  ;  St.  Louis,  buying,  par  to  2 ;  sell- 
ing, ^'31 1.     Chicago — Exchange  weak  at  par. 

The  foreign  advices  recorded  no  change  in 
the  prices  of  British  Consols  and  American  se- 
oorities  at  London  except  in  United  States 
10-40b,  which  declined  ^  ^  cent,  from  tbe  final 

quotation  yesterday.  Consols  for  both  mone.y 
and  the  account  closed  at  95%®  95^,  United 
States  1865s  (old)  at  105Vi!'S)105%,  1867b  at  109% 
■3109^,  New   5s  at   107%®  107 1«,  and  10-40a  at 

108^.  Erie  eonimon  closed  at  8%  and  the  pre- 
ferred at  19.  Illinois  Central  was  quoted  at  52. 
Bar  silver  was  lower,  selling  at  56d.®56\6d. 
^  ounce.  At  Frankfort,  United  States  New  5s 
sold  at  103116.  French  Rentes  closed  at  106£ 
2V4c.,  against  105f.  97Mie.  yesterday. 

The  sterling  exchange  market  was  dull,  as 
usual  on  steamer  day,  with  actual  busmess  at 
$4  84  for  bankers'  60-day  sterling,  and  $4  859 
$4  851.^  for  demand  bills. 

Tbe  gold  speculation  was  quiet  and  Weak. 
The  price  opened  at  105%,  but  quickly  fell  to 
105%,  at  which  figure  all  subsequent  transactions 
were  effected.  On  gold  loans  the  rates  for  car- 
rying were  3^  ^  cent,  to  "  hat"  The  exports 
of  specie  for  the  past  week  were  $95,500,  prin- 
cipally silver,  and  the  imports  were  $335,014, 
principally  gold  coin. 

Little  or  no  changes  were  recorded  in  the 
prices  of  Qovernmenttonds,  tbe  market  having 
been  quiet  and  steady.  The  6s  of  1881  were  M 
faigber  and  tbe  old  65s  %  lower.  Bank  shares 
were  quiet.  Fourth  National  sold  at  103%  ®  103%, 
and  Central  National  at  101%.  There  were 
no  important  changes  in  the  quotations  of  rail- 
road bonds  to-day.  New-Jersey  Central  con- 
solidated advanced  IV4  f  cent,  to  60V4.  Dela- 
ware and  Hudson  Canal  1884s,registered,  and  do. 
1891s  declined  1  P*  cent,  to  96  and  97  respect- 
ively. New- York  Central  63  fell  off  ^  ^ 
cent.  to  lot  St.  Paul  Firsts  Ms 
^  cent.  to  114.  Wilkesbarre  Vi  ¥' 
cent,  to  35,  and  Toledo  and  Wabash  Firsts,  St. 
Louis  division,  V4  ^  cent,  to  81%.  Chicago 
and  North-weatern  Consolidated  Otold  coupon 
bonds  declined  from  89%  to  89  V^,  witb  olosing 
sales  at  a  recovery  of  ^  ^  cent.  North  Mis- 
souri Firsts  advanced  Vt  ^  cent,  to 
100,  Pacific  of  Missouri  %  ^  cent,  to 
95Vi,  Toledo  and  Wabash  Seconds  Vi  ¥" 
cent.  to  73,  Western  Union  coupons 
Ms  ¥  cent,  to  IO5V4,  Union  Pacific  Firsts  %  ^ 
cent,  to  1041^,  do.  Land  Grants  ^  ^  cent, 
to  102,  and  do.  Sinking  Funds  "?&  ^  cent,  to 
97.  Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal  registered 
of  1877  sold  at  98,  do.  of  1894  registered  and 
coupon  at  86,  St.  Paul,  LaCrosse  divisioh, 
at  93,  do.  I.  &-  M.  at  86,  Iowa  and  Midland 
Firsts  at  94,  Morris  &  Essex  Firsts  ■  at  114, 
Erie  Fourths  at  lOSVi,  Toledo  and  Wabash 
Fitsts  at  104,  and  Chicago  and  North-western 
Firsts  at  105. 

United  States  Trkasort,     \ 
iJEW-YoEK.  Feb.  17.  I8I7.  5 

..  $790,081  56 
..  311,476  68 
-.71,829.437  75 
..  961,763  86 
428,611  15 


Gold  receipts 

Giild  payments 

Gold  balance 

Currency  receipts... 
CnrreDCV  paymeDts. 
(Jurrencv  l)alauce 

Customs 


44,0ti6.508  24 

544,000  00 

CLOSINQ   QUOTATIONS — FBB.  17. 

Friday.    Saturday. 


American  gold 105^ 

United  States  53.   1881.  oonp 110^ 

United  Stales 5-20*.  1387.   conn 112^1 

Bills  on  London »4  84 

New- York  Central 93^2 

Hock  Island 98i8 

I'acillo  Mail aSSg 

Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul ISig 

Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Pref im 

Lake  Bnore Sl^g 

Ohioaeoand  Morth-western :i2i4 

Chioas^  ana  Nortb- western  Pret 48''% 

Western  union 69'^8 

Union  Pacmc t5 

Delaware.  Lack- and  Western 65^ 

New-.Tersev  Central IQia 


105% 
lion's 
112% 
$4  64 

9778 
98 14 
251a 
18 
46"8 

31 14 

49 14 
09  8e 
Cjis 

iiie 
52 
*  80 

13S»a 
11 

33)9 
44% 
53 


Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal SO 

Morns  and  Es-sex 81 

Pauama 123 

Erie 8I0 

Otiioaod  Mississippi 6I4 

Harlem 137 !« 

hannibal  andSt.  Joseon lli^ 

Hannibal  and  St.  Joseon  Pret' 24 

Michigan  Central 45 

lUinuis  Central 53ia 

The  extreme  range  of  prices  in  stocks  and 
the  numDerof  shares  sold   are  as  follovr'a: 

Blzhe<it.  Lowest 

New- rork  Central 98^8 

Harlem -  —  .........137 

Erie 838 

Lake  Shore SSig 

North-western 32*4 

Nortb-western  Preferred 4914 

Keck  Island ^ ^ 981* 

Mil.  &  St,  Paul 18»a 

Mll«,*^U  PaalPre* 46'a 

Pittsbare 89 

Del.,  Lack.  Sc  We^cem. 63^ 

New-Jersey  Central 11^4 

Delaware  &  Hnd.  CanaL 52^4 

Morris  &  Essex 8II4 

Michigan  Central 45i«t 

Illinois  Central &i^ 

Union  Paciflc 651^ 

C,  C.&I 86I9 

Cnicago,  Bnr.  &  Quincy 114ifl 

Uantaibal  &  »t.  Joaepb II 

Obio  U  Mi8«i8sipDi S\ 

Western  Union 70 

A.  &  P.  Telegraph I8S9 

Pacific  Mail 25% 

Qnloksilver 14 

Qaloksilver  Pref 21 

•  Total  sales .150,952 

The  following  table  shows   tho    half- hourly 
fluctuations  in  the  Gtold  market  to-day  : 

10:00  A.  M JOSTfllliOOP.  it 105% 

10:30  A.  M i05%ll:30P.  M M5% 

11:00  A-  M -.105%|2:OU  P.  M 103% 

11:30  A.  M 10a%hi:30P.  M. 105% 

12:00  M 105%3:0»P    M. ......105% 

IDiMKii 1W%  / 


The(bUd#liiS  we^eth6dloiliix  qdotittloiu  of 
Qoverhment  bdhdl : 


Bid. 
.113% 


Aska4. 

1ISI9 

11310 

109 

109 

109^9 

1097a 

J13 

1137a 
11614 
11614 

llOSg 
114^8 

•1104 

llOig 

loe^s 


United  StktSs  sarrenev  Ss. 

United  States  83.  1881.  reKtsterad 
UottM  States  6s.  lesi.  ooouans. . 
United  StfttAS  5-203.  ISOS.  r*gnttere<1..108% 

United  SUtea  5-203.  1865.  oonooos 108^ 

Uflited  States  5-20S,  1865.  new.  reff....l09i% 
United  States  &-208.  1865.  new,  coup...t0908 
United  SUteflS-SOs.  1S87.  reeis tared..  118% 

United  States  5-9ds.  1387.  cauponn. 112% 

Itoited  States  S-30s,  Itsf^S,  reici8ierea..ll5% 
United  Si«te8  S-sOs.  18S&  oOat>dhi.  - . .  .115% 

United  States  10-40s.  registered. ^ UOSg 

United  States  10-40s,   conpon*.... li4M 

United  States  Ss,  1391.  rteister^d ,:.... tio% 

United  Stares  58,  ISdl.  coudods. llOSs 

tJnitedScates  4'^%  1391.  rezistere'1...106% 

The  Sub-Treasurer  disbursed  ih  gold  coin 
170,000  for  interest,  |9,000  for  dalled  bonds, 
and  16,500  silver  ooih  iu  Ozchange  for  £raotion»l 
ciuTiinojr. 

The  foUowlfis  lircirfl  the  told  oleiarlnga  by  th« 
NatiOB&lBankof  the  State  of  New- York  to- 
day: 
(rold  Cleared. .i,i.*...i<....iii,..««...^..«i.91S,  939.001 

Gold  balances ^ 1,228.700 

Carrency  balances 1,298,154 

The  folio  wing  la  tho  Ciearlhv.hodsa    state*  ■ 
tnent  to-day: 

CarTenev  exohSBcea.. ..$68,881078 

Garreticy  balsmees....... 3,486.917 

Gold  exchanKsa 7,777,935 

Ooldbalancea 1,137.97< 

The  following  is  the  weekly  Clearing-house 
statement: 

Cnrrency  exchanges |44& 975,251 

Carrency  balances ao,072,84f 

Gold  exchanges 43.161,0td 

Gold  balances 6.581.535 

Tne  following  were  the  bids  for  the  vorioos 
State  seonrities: 


AiabamaSs,  83.. 34 

Alabama  5a. '86 34 

Aii|bama83.'8e-: 34 

Ajlbama8s.  '88 34 

Alabama  8a. '93 17 

Arkansas  6a,funded.  23 
Ark.78.L.R.&F.S.i8..  7 
Ark.7g.  Mem.&L.R.  7 
A.78.L.R..P.B.&.N,0.     7 

ArK.7ii.M.0.&R.RiT.  7 
Arfc.  7i.  Ark.  Cen.R.  7 
Conneciioat  6b -111^ 


Georgia  6» 94 

Georgia  78,  n.  b IO6I4 

Georgia  7a,  indorsed.103 
Ga.  78.  Gold  bonds.. 108 
Illinois  coop.  6s,  '79..iqi 

Ulinoia  War  Loan. .101 

^entnoKy  6s 102 

Lonlsiana  68 38 

Loniaiana68.  n.  b 37 

La.  6s.  DewFL  Dbt.  37 
La.  78,Penltentiary.  37  .^ 
La.  6»,  Levee  bonds.  37  " 
La.  8s.  Levee  bonds.  37 
La.8s,  L.B8.  Of '75..  37 
La.  78.  Consolidated.  55% 

MichiKan  6s,    '78-  79.101 

Hicltlgan  7.f,  '90 115 

Mo.es.  due  10  '77... .100% 
Mo.  6s.  due  in  '78..  ..100% 
Fond.  Ds.  doe  -94.5. .  106 
Lone  08.. '82 to  '901o.l05<s 

H.  &  St.Jc  die  '86.JO5I3 
a.  &  St.  J.,  due  '87.  .IO5I2 
N.  Y.  Kee.  B.  I^....101ifi 
N.  Y.  Coao.  B.  L.-.lOllo 
N.Y.6«,G.  Coup. '87.120 

And  the  following  for  railway  mortgages : 
Alb.  &  Sus.  lit  bds.lOSia  Clev.  &  Tol.  &  F...107 
Clev.  &  Toi.  new  b8.107if 


K.T.  e.'.  G.  Loan. '83.120 
N.  Y.  (JB,  G,  L'n.  '91.121 
N.  T.  6s,  G.  L'n,  '92.123 
N.  Y.  6s,  G-  L'n.  '93.122 
K.  C.68.  old. J.  *.  J..  21 

N.  C.  6a.  A.  &0 21 

N.C.6s,N.C.R.J.&J.  70 
X.C.«s.N.C.K,A.&0.  70 
N.C.6»,do.o.oflJ.&J.  50 
N.C.6«.do.co«A.&0  50 
N.C.68,  Fd'e  Act  '66.  16 
K.C.6t,  Fd'g  Act. '68.  16  . 
N.  C.  new  bdB.J.&  J  12  ' 
N.C.  S.  T.  Class  1 SI9 

K.  C- S.  T.  claas2....     S14J 
N.  C.  8.  T.  clasaS...     2 

Obio  as,  '81 104 

Ohio6&  "-86 112 

Rhode  Island  es 110 

8.  C.  68 »...  35 

S.  C.  6s.  J.  fcj 35 

S.  C.  6s,  A.  &0 35 

S.  C.  L.  C..'89.  J.&J.  45 
S.  C.  L.  C..'e9,A.&0.  45 
S.  C.  7a.    '88 35 

8.C.  Non.F.  ba 2J« 

TenD.63,  old 4214 

renn.  6s,  n.  b.......  42iii 

Tenn.  6s..  n.  b.,  n.  s.  42ia 

Virginias  J.  Old 30 

Virginia  6a.  n.bds. '66.  30 
Virginia  Os.n.bds.'67. 
Va.  6s.  Con.  Bonds. 
Va.  63,  es  mat.  coup. 
Va.  6s,  Con.  2d  S.. 
Va.  68,  Deferred  bds, 
Dis.  01  C.  3.65s.  1924  -    7239' 

Dis.  of  C.  Eec 725;^ 


30    ^ 

78%| 

C€% 


Alb.  &  Sas.  3d  bds..  96 
U.,  C.fl.&M.Ut7».e.  40 
C.  &  Ohio  6s,  Ist 25 

Cbic.  &  Alton  1st... 114 
Chic.  &Alt.  Income. 105 
La.  &  Mo.  lat,  etd..  84 
St.  L..  J.  &  Chio.  lat-106 
C.B.&Q.B^P'Ct.  I8t.ll2l2 
C,  B.  &Q.  Cons.  78..  no 
C.B.L&:P.  1st  7s. ...10814: 
C.  B.  of  N.  d.  lst.n..lU4 
O.K.  of  N.  .T.lst  Con.  64 
C.  R.ofN.  J.Conv...  56 
L.  Sc.  W.  B.  Con.  Q'd.  3514 
Am-  Dk.  &  Imp.  bda.  40 
M.&S.P.  l8t,8a,P.D.113% 
M.&SP.l8t7s,fg,RD.  9414 
M.&S.P.  Ist.  LaC.D.  97 1? 
M.&S.P.lstL&M.D.  86 
M.a6St.P.lat.H.&D.  82 
M.&.St.P.  l8t.C.&M.  96 
M.  &.  Sd.  p.  Con.B.F.  83 

M.  &.St.  P.  2d 90 

Chic.  &  N.  W.  S.  F..106% 
C.&N.W.  Int.  bda..  104 
C.  &  N.W.  Con.  bds.  102% 
C.  &  N.W.  Ext.  bds. 100 

C.  &N.  W.lsi 104ifl 

C.&N.  W.  C-G.bds.  8918 
Iowa  Mldlandlst88..94 
Galena  &  Chic.  £xt.l06>s 

Pfcnin.lslCoB 100 

Chicago  &  Mil.  Ist..  106 
"Winona  &  St.  P.  Ist.  75 
C.,C..C.&l.l8t7«.S.no» 
DeLL.  &  W.  2d. ...107% 
Mor.  &  Essex  I8t...ll3i2 

Mor.  &  Essex  2d 104 

firielst  Extended. .110 

fine  2d  78.    "79 104% 

Ene3d.  78,  '83 I0d% 

Erie  5rh  7«,  'S8 100 

Long  Dock  Bonds..  106 
B.,N.Y.  &E-l»t.  '77.  91 
B.,N.T.  &  £.  L.  bds.  91 
B..&  S.J.Land  G'Dts.ilO 
Unb.  dssjionx  C.18C..105 
Ind.Bloom.  &Wn.l3t  i.0 
M.  So.  7  ^c.  2d 103 


M.S.&N.LS.F.7  *'ot.lU97j 
Aud  the  following  for  City  Bank  shares ; 


Clev..P.  &  A.old  b8.1o4if 
Bnf.  &.  E.  new  b'd8..107'« 
But'.  &  State  Line. 78.105 
Kal.  &  W.  Pig.  l9t..  8j 
D..M.&.T.lst  78,1906.105 

L.  S.  1>JV.  oda 107 

L.  S.  Cons.  C.   Iat...l06%j 
Marietta  &  Cin.  Ist- 105 
Mich.C.Con.7n.  1902.103    j 
Mich.Ca8t8s.  "82.8^.112     ! 
N.  Y.  Cen.^s.'83....104    i 

N.  Y.  Cen.  6s. '87 104    : 

N.  Y.  Cen.  6s,  B.  E-103  ^, 
N.  Y.  Cen.  6a,  Sab.. 103  ; 
S.X.C.&  Hnd.lst  C..117>4| 
N.Y.C.&Hud.  lstK.li7  . 
Had.K.7s.2d,S.F. '65.112     t 

Harlem  l8t  78.  C 12t}>a 

Harlem  Ist  78.  Il...l20i4i 

N.  Missouri  Ist 9^\ 

Ohio  <k  M.  Con.  S.  *  .  87 
Ohio  &  Miss.  Cons..   871a; 
◦bio  &M.2d,  Cons..  51 
Cen.  Pac  Gold  bds..l06'''» 
Jen.  P.,  San  J.  B'ob.  91 14, 

West.  Pacific  bs. 100 Sgi 

Union  Pac.  let 104^ 

Union  Pao.  L.  G.  7s.l02     , 

Union  Pao.  S.  F 96%; 

At.  &  Pac.  L.  G 10 

So.  Pac.  OS.  ot  Mo..  71 
Pac.  R.  ot  Mo.  Ist...  95 
P..Ft.W.&.Chic.lst..ll9     I 
P..  Ft.W.&  Chic.  3d.l05Sis] 
Clev.  &P.Con.S.F..noia! 
Col..Chic.&Ind.  Ist.  30     , 
St.  L.  dclron  M.l8L..93ia/ 
A  &X.  H.2dPref..  88 
U.  -tS.  111.  1st,  8s.--  88     i 
rol.&  Wab.  Isc,  Ei.104     1 

roi.dtW.iBt.st.L.i»..  siifl' 

fol.  &.  Wsb.  2cl 73  \ 

E.  &■  W.  Eqip.  Bds..  15  j 

r.&  W.  Cons.  Conv.   O  I 

it.  West.  1st.  '88. ...104  \ 

;inlncy<tTol.lst.'90.  75  , 
\V.  V.  bds..  1903.  C.IO5I4J 
W.  V.  bds.,  19J0.  lt.105 


America 130 

Bank.  Sc  Brok.  Asso.  80 

Central  National 101  % 

First  :Natianal 201 


^Iton >.... 

Fifth  Avenue 

..150 

..216 

Hanover 

..  91 

Manhattan 

.-128 

Market. 

..liu 

MecDsoicB 

..135 

Merchants' 

..118 

Me^^poUtan 133 

Nasssn 100 

New-York 117^ 

Park II414 

People's 130 

Pbsnix 95 

Republic 98 

Shoe  and  Leather..  -1S2 
St.   2<Iichola».. ...... 100 

State  of  N.  Y.  (new).'l25 

Union 130 

PatLADELPaiA   SrOCK  PBICES— FEB.  17. 

BirL        Asked^ 

Cltves.  New 119 

United  Companies  ot  liew-Jeraey. 134  134ia 

Pennsylvania  Railroad 411*  418a 

Philadelobia  and  Readine  Railroad...  II19  lli% 

LeblKb  Valley  Railroad .-..;.  41I4  413a 

Catamssa  Railroad  Preferred 30  — . 

Philadeluhia  and  Krie   Hailroitd 10  .... 

Nurtbern  Central  lUilrosd. 21  il\ 

Lehigh  Naviaration la's         IS'st 

HesconTllle  Railway 16  I6I4 

The  following  is  the  Custom-house  return  of 

the  exports  of  specie  from  the  port  of  New- 
York  for  the  week  ending  to-day  : 
Feb.  14,  steamer  Parthia,   Liverpool,  silver 

bars |5,90t 

Feo.  14,  steamer   Columbns,  Havana,  United 

States  goldandooin 3,300. 

Feb.  14,  steamer  Culumbua,   Spanish  doub- 

loona 6,500 

Feb.   15.  steamer  Colon,  Aspinwail,   United 

States  coin  and  Mexican  eold  coio .        300 

Feb.  15,  steamer  Oder,  Liondon,  silver  bara...  15,000 
Fsb.  15,  Steamer  Oder,  London,  Mexican  sil- 
ver  15,000 

Feb.  IS,  steamer  Oder,  Ls&don,  silver  bars...  40,000 

Total.-.. .{95,900 

Imports  specie  past  week,  $385,014 — ^prinoK 
pally  gold  coin.  _ 

CALIFORNIA  MINING  STOCKS. 
San  Francisco,  Feb.  17.— Tho  following  ara 
the  closing  official  prices  of  mining  atoeks  to-day: 

Alpha...; 2 IS  Kossuth 1 

iCentnck T^a 


Belcher 8% 

Best  and  Belcher....   85 

Bullion. I713 

Consol.  Virgima 6219 

California 48 

CholUr 67»s 

Contidence.. .      0 

Oalcduoia. BI4 

Crown  Point. 10 

Bxcheouer.. 6% 

Goold  ana  Carry Il3 

Hale  and  Norcross....    fiis 

Imperial 214 

Julia  Consolidated 
Justice 


Leopards.............      5 

Uexican I8I4 

Northern  Belle '^519 

Orerman.  90 

Ophir 26i» 

Raymond  and  lUr ti 

cillTerHiU 6 

Savaije 8 

Seg.  iJelcher 60 

Sierra  Neva<U 81* 

Union  Consolidated..      9'ai 

_  ,  yellow  Jacket 1*^ 

6>«;iiarekaCoaaohds:e<l.  ISi^i 

13«al  ^ 


BAMmG  AND  FINANCIAL 

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i^-TESNES3KK  STATE  BONDS. 
Holders  are  innted  to  call  at  our  office  on  17tb,  19th  1 
and  '^Oth  inst.,  and  Join  in  plan  ot  ac^iutmemt  already. 
Biened  by  large  bondholders- 

OEDSfid  iL  KMira,  Mo.  31  Nassau  St.,  Room  So.  & 


FOREION  MARKETS. 


Loin>05.   Feb.  17—12:30   P.  TO. ^United    Statett 

Bonds.  I0-40a.  108 13.  line  RaUWay  Shares.  Praferrsdj 
19.    Illinois  rencral.  02.  .1 

0  P.  M.— Illinois  Central,  51.  Pana  advicea  qu«te  Fivit 
if  cent.  Beatea  at  1081  a>flO.  for  tbe  account.  ; 

PRAiotMST,  Feb.  17.— Dnited  States  Soads,  new  6», ' 

10»>8.  I 

LiTBBPooi.,  Feb.  17.— Pork — Baatem,  steady  at  SOa.;! 
Western,  dull  at  68s.  Bacon  dull;  Cumberland  Cut  ai 
.<)8a;  bhort  Rib  at  41a;  Long  Clear  at  41a;  bborfti 
Clear  at  428.  Bams  dull;  Lunc  Cut  at  463.  ShoaU! 
ders  dull  at  32s.6d.  Beef  doll;  India  Mess  at  9Ub.;  ExcrWi 
Mesa  Bl  104s.;  Pnme  Mess  si  80b.  Lard  dull;  Primaj 
Western  at  518.  Tallow  dull;  Prime  Citr  at  41a.! 
Turpentine  dnll;  Spirits  at  81s.  Besin  doU:  Com-' 
men  ac^  6s.  9d.;  Finn  at  10a.  04.  Cheese  firmer:; 
Ameiican  choice  at  728.  Lard-oil — Xone  in  the  mar-, 
ket.  Jnenr  steady;  Kztrs  Hwte  at  2Ss.  6a  Wbeat— 
Ho.  1  HpripK,  steady  at  10a.  9d.;  No.  2  Spring,  Bteady| 
at  10s.  6d.;  Winter  soatbem.  none  in  the  market ; , 
Winter  Western,  steacly  at  los.  9i.  Cora  firmij 
Mixed-Soft  at  'ibu-  for  old,  and  24s.  for  new.  1 

i:i:SO  P.  U.— Cotton— The  market  is  dud  and  da*] 
presaed;  StiddlinA  Uplands,  ti'sd-;  Middlios  Ozleana,' 
us^d.;  salPB,  S,0O0 .  bales,  loelndlnc  60O  bale*  tni 
speonlation  aad  ezpoot.  Uplands,  l>ow  Middling  claoaVi 
shipped  January  and  February,  sail,  6  18-S2a.  1 

1:30  P.  M.— ProTisioua— Lard,  Bis.  Sd.  iff  cwt  tan 
Amenean.  Baooo,  41a.  «*  owt.  for  Lone  Clear  tUddWa,! 
and  42s.  for  Sbart  Clear  Hiddlea.  : 

1:30  P.  M Gotten— Opiandib  I^v  MlddUac  elaaaaJ 

June  aod  July  deUveiy,  6  ■.<7-32d. 

3  P.  M.— Cotton— Vutores  steady;  ITplaafla,  Low  If tA< 
dilDg  olauaa.  Mar  and  J  una  delirary,  6\d- 

LoHDosr,  Feb.  17—8  P.  M.— Produoe— Tailaw,  42b.  6d.. 
4^  uwt.    8Birit«  of  Turpentine,  808.930a  3d.  »  «wt. 

hnrmmr,  Feb,  17t— Pstrolcum,  ^dd  tat  Aoo  Fain 
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rrSOOUNT  ALTELOBF'S  MEMOIBS, 
MiOioxa.  o?   viscooNr  althorp,   thibd  babl 

tU'SNCBK.    By  tbe   late    Sir  Oiiru  Li  Masokant. 
l^t-niOD.    BssTLVT.    1876. 

Lord  Spencer,  better  kaovm  as  Lord  Al- 
iborp,  wae,  (ilthoagli  oomparatirely  littla 
kcown  on  this  side  of  th«  Atlantio,  a  states- 
OQa.ti  whose  iiiflaeaoe  upoa  the  historr  of  hU 
srixntry  was  $creater  tbsu  that  of  many  whose 
aam^  are  familiar  as  household  words,  and 
aad  tiiero  been  a  dozen  nobles  saoh  as  he  and 
bis  triends  in  Rr3nce  in  1779,  it  is  likely  enonsth 
that  tbe>^boii8e  of  Capet  might  be  as  firmly  es- 
tablished there  to-day  as  that  of  Guelph  ia  in 
England.  The  Spencer  family  has  for  oentunes 
been  settled  at  Altborp,  in  NorChamptonahire, 
^bicb  cootiouee  to  be  the  family  seat.  Chariea 
Spencer,  fifta  Earl  of  Stuiderland,  eucoeeded, 
on  the  deatb  of  bis  maternal  aunt,  Henrietta, 
Duchess  of  Marlborough — in  her  own  right 
beine  dausbter  and  heiress  of  the  first  Duke — 

to  tbe  Dukedom  ot  Marlborough ;  and  his 

youneer  brother,  Hon.  Joli«  Spencer,  then  be- 
came tlie  possessor  of  tbe  patrimonial  estates 
In  Nnrtb&qaptonshire,  and  succeeded  also  to 
rerv  la^-se  property  under  the  will  of  his  grand- 
Dotber,  tbe  celebrated  Duchess  of  Marlbo- 
foucb. 

Tbe  eldest  son  of  Hon.  John  Spencer,  of 
A,lthorp,  Bucceeded  his  father  in  1746,  and  in 
1765  was  created  an  £arl.  He  died  in  1783, 
leavii^  several  children,  one  of  whom  was  the 
eeiebrafted  Geor$dana,  Duobees  of  Devonshire, 
the  fckr<vnost  political  lady  of  her  day,  to  whom 
Idauaul^y.  in  his  well-known  essay  describing 
thH  trial  of  Warren  Hastings,  alluded,  when  he 
vrrore,  ''  and  there  those  ladies,  whose  lips, 
en  ore  persuasive  than  those  ot  even  Fox  him- 
gell,  bad  carried  the  Westminster  election 
agtinst  palaoe  and  Treasury,  shone  around 
Ijrei>rgiana,  Ducbuss  of  Devonshire." 

The  first  Earl  Spenoer  will  be  lone  remem- 
ber ed  in  r^orthamptonshire  for  bis  share  in  the 
DQoaii  expensive  and  violent  contest  ever  re- 

Borcte^  in  election  annals.  "  Lords  Halifax. 
Norihamptou.  and  Spenoer  pitt«d  their  can- 
didate^-axainst  each  other,  being  severally  Os- 
boiu,  Kodney.  and  Howe.  The  polling  lasted 
14  days,  Imt  tbe  canvassing  had  begun 
loug  before;  and  though  tbe  number  of  real 
electors  did  not  exceed  930,  1,149  votes  were 
given.  Horton.  Castle  Ashby,  (Lord  North- 
ampton's.) and  Althorp,  were  thro'vn  open  to 
all  voters,  and  when  they  had  drained  the 
cellars  oi  Horton  of  all  tbe  old  port,  and  Lord 
Halifax  liad  to  place  his  claret  before  them,  they 
declared  that  thay  would  •  never  vote  for'a 
man  who  gave  them  sour  port,  and  went  over 
in  a  body  to  Castle  Ashby.  The  election  was 
reterred  to  a  scru^my  of  the  House  of  Com- 
DioDs,  which  was  then  a  committee  of  the  whole 
i'ouse,  and  for  six  weeks  during  the  inquiry 
60  covers  were  daily  laid  at  Spenoer  House, 
for  members  whose  names  were  taken  down. 
It  resulted  in  the  numbers  being  equal,  and 
•was  finally  decided  by  a  toss.  Lord  Spencer 
Triniiing  and  nominating  a  man  then  out  in 
India.  It  is  said  to  have  cost  Lord  Spencer 
£100,000,  and*each.of.the  other  Lords  £150,000  ; 
iooredible  sums,  it  they  are  to  be  doubled  to 
expi'ess  the  present  value.  Lord  Halifax  never 
recovered  the  blow.  Lord  Northampton  cut 
down  bis  trees,  and  sold  bis  furniture  at  Comp- 
tou  Wmyatas,  went  abtioad  for  the  rest  ot  his 
life,  and  died  in  Switzerland-  There  is  a 
eealed  box  at  Castle  Ashby,  marked  '  Election 
J'aptrs,'  which  no  one  of  the  present  genera- 
tion has  bad  the  courage  to  open."  The  first 
Ev^rl  was  succeeded  by  his  son.  who  was  the 
pupil  of  the  celebrated  Sir  William  Jones. 
Tble  nobleman  was  for  several  years  First 
Lort!  ol  the  Admiralty,  and  took  a  considera- 
ble share  in  public  afifairs.  He  is  further 
■weil  known  as  the  collector  of  the  finest  pri- 
vate library  in  England,  most  of  which  collec- 
tion remains  in  the  hands  of  bis  grandson, 
tbB  present  Earl,  who  was  Lord  Lieutenant  of 
Ireland  in  Mr.  Gladstone's  last  Ministry. 

Tbe  subject  of  the  present  memoir  was  bom 
in  1782,  at  Spencer  House,  St.  James',  a  grand- 
eeigneur  mansion  wbieh  still  holds  its  own  as 
one  of  tbe  finest  residences  in  London,  & 
few  yaids  south  of  the  poet  Rogers' 
whilom  home,  and  divided  from  the  palace  of 
tbe  Duke  of  Sutherland,  Stafford  House,  by 
Ibe  magnificent,  mansion  built  by  that  noble- 
j»an's  accomplished  uncle,  L«rd  Ellesmere. 
Lo,"d  and  Lady  Spencer  appear  to  have  been 
too  much  engrossed  with  society  to  pay  mu A 
attention  to  their  son,  and  the  words  of  Bishop 
Sberlook  that  *'  When  parents  neglect  the  car* 
of  their  children,  they  are  left  to  pick  up  no- 
tions and  opinions  from  others — oerhaps  the 
footman,  who  oftentimes  is  a  constant  com- 
pan  on  to  tbe  heir,"  were  literally  illustrated  in 
the  case  of  Lord  Althorp,  whose  "first  impres- 
sions ot  duty  and  knowledge  were  derived  from 
»  Swiss  footman  of  his  mother.  Tbis  person, 
thougi  bimselt  imperfectly  acquainted  with 
English,  taught  him  to  read,  and  was  bis  sole 
instructor  and  intimate  associate  until  he  went 
to  achooL"  It  most  be  admitted  that  bis  pupil 
did  him  credit.  Here  is  a  specimen  of  his  cor- 
resDondenoe  at  7  years  old : 

Deab  Papa  t  I  went  to  Brineton  Hill  this  mom- 
tno  aui  caught  t>nr  rabbits.  »nd  there  was  «  eood 
muriv  people ,  an  J  I  did  not  Know  who  they  all  were. 
Wei  tbrew  cfi  at  10  o'clock.  Tartar  and  Bowler  and 
Punch  and  Turpln  did  very  well ;  but  Jenny's 
pnppy  diJ  not  do  well,  for  she  cried  at  tho  bashes. 
X''anuv  din  verv  well  too.  1  rode  upon  Castlebar,  |hl8 
m  other  was  uanghier  of  Lord  Lucan.  ot  Castleoar, 
I:%<lanu,]  and  Ned  Corns  was  behind;  John  Towns- 
l^e^<l  a^d  James  walked  by  me,  and  I  went  a»  a 
giilJ^op.  and  had  good  sport.  When  you  eome  back 
thri^  id  to  be  a  race  in  which  you  are  to  rnn,  and  so 
BbaiTttlutiu  Xownshend,  and  Jack  Corns,  and  Peter. 
3  ain  u.' ride  upon  Ginger  and  yoa  shall  ride^npon 
C'Waliv-  1  got  thess  horses  at  ihe  races  at  Nsrth- 
Bniptoij..and  vonrs  is  a  very  good  one.  You  have 
been  a  loVff  iinj«  away.  So  no  more. 
'  JTACK  SPEITCEB  (Viscount  Althorp). 

Docketed  by  hia  tather.    KeceiredSath  Oct.,  1789. 

In  his  let^cer  maj  be  seen  the  germ  of  the 
iamous  '•  Maater  of  tbe  Pytohley "  of  tbe  fu- 
ture.   Ac  p^e  142  we  read  : 

'■  His  father  and  grandfaiher  had  kept  the  Pytch- 
Ifv  hvunrts  in  a  stvle  thdt  made  the  bunt  the  nride 
«rf  rne  bquires  in  the  Midland  diitricts.  The  ken- 
ne  s  o-^a  uoon  .  baUt  at  Althorp  Park  as  well  as  at 
PvicD  ey  aod  the  huntlnz  was  equally  dirided  be- 
twortii  tbe  1.W.0  districts.  When  the  bouods  were  at 
Auhory.  uabLiuuOei  hospitality  prevailed  both  at 
Loru  Speuc.i'3  and  tbe  onncipal  seats  in  the 
iiei  hoorhood,  and  when  thev  removed  to  the  olub- 
houae  at  Pytohley  Hail,  (a  fine  old  manor-house,) 
uii.uy  oouutry  gentlemen  actually  shut  up  their 
huuses  aiid  removed  with  them." 

Lord  Althorp,  when  about  30,  became  master 
of  the  hounds,  and  earned  great  distinction  in 
that  capacity. 

••  i)aiiu  •  eight  months  of  the  year  he  made  It  his 
loia  euiorovinunt.  as  if  he  had  no  other  vocation, 
»ud  cotUu  tijink  Ol  uo.hing  eUe.  Many  years  Uier, 
wneu  ha  lad  become  leader  ot  the  opposition  in  the 
H  use  of  C  muious.  he  once  w»at  with  a  party  to 
IVv  lie  the  craniologlat.  Ou  his  return  he  said  that 
Seville' knew  nothing  anout  the  matter,  tor  he  bad 
«ntiielv  muissd  and  passed overthe  leading  passion. 
A  irioud  i-slted  whas  that  passion  was.  Lord  Al- 
Soro  replica  :  *  To  see  sponiug  dogs  hunt.  He 
^d  tuen  jfiven  no  handng,  and  he  said  he  dare  not 
5aTi*t  himself  even  to  take  an  occasional  look  at  the 
bounds,  for  it  he  once  began  he  conld  not  help 
gojog  iiito  it  desperately." 

The  snort  during  Lord  Althorp's  tennre  •f 
the   Diaetership    attracted  men  from  far  and 


near: 


<•   A  nack  of  soch  hounds,  and  a  set  of  such  men, 
Tis  a  shrewd  cnaoce  if  ever  you  meet  with  again." 

£'6  entered  PacUament  when  22  as  member 
for  Okehampton,  and  stood  two  years  after  tor 
the  University  of  Cambridge,  in  conjunction 
witbtbo  lat©  Lords  Lansdowne  and  Palmer- 
Eton  virhen  the  foraaer  was  returned  by  a  large 
Laiority.  The  same  year  he  was  returned,  after 
»v6ry  severe  contest,  for  Northamptonshire, 
4ririch  he  continued  to  represent  untU  his  ac- 
eafewon  to  tbe  peerage.  In  those  days  boys 
^eax.  to  school  very  early,  and  Lord  Althorp- 
for  so  we  shaU  caU  him  throughout  this  notice— 
JfSB  under  Byron'B  old  master.  Dr.  Dmry,  at 
Harrow,  when  be  was  ««roely  &  He  "was 
In  90  vay  diatinKwsbed  .  »t,«hooi."    Bta 


Bchool-firiend.  afterward  Bisbon  of  Woroea- 
ter,  told  Sir  D.  Le  Uarohert  that  he 
seemed  borm  for  a  country  life,  and  that  it 
was  bis  wish  to  know  what  this  was  in  the  time 
of  tbe  Bomans  whiob  led  him  to  study  Virgil's 
Oeorgios.  All  athletic  exercises  had  charms 
for  him,  and  in  after-years  he  was  coaapicaoiM 
as  a  lover  of  prize-fighting.  When  he  first  set- 
tled in  London  he  made  a  real  study  of  boxing, 
and  had  many  matobes  with  bis  quondam 
schoolfellow,  Lord  Byron.  Even  when  a  Minis- 
ter be  sometimes  startled  his  eoUeagnes  by  a 
display  of  knowledge  on  this  sntgeot,  by  way 
of  illustration,  which  they  could  not  help  think- 
ing rather  misapplied.  Referring  to  a  visit  to 
bim  at  Wiseton,  tbe  late  Speaker  of  the  House 
of  Commons  said : 

"Somethine  wan  said  about  stanbing.  Lord  Span- 
cer  observed  that  in  his  opinion  stabbing  arose  rt'om 
the  manlv  babU  of  boxing  havint;  been  discouraged. 
The  proa  and  codb  ot  boxing  were  discussed.  X<6rd 
Spenoer  became  eloquent.  He  said  bis  oimvlotion 
of  the  advanUges  ol  boxing  was  so  strong  that  be 
had  been  seriously  considering  whether  it 
was  n«e  a  dnt-y  he  owed  to  the  pnblic 
to  go  and  attend  every  prize-fight  which 
took    pltce,     and     so    encoarage     tbe     noble 

science  to  the  extent  of  his  power.  I  have  aald  he 
booame  eloqnent.  It  was  the  one  time  in  my  lite 
In  tbe  House  of  Commons  or  ont  of  it,  that  1  heard 
bim  speak  with  eagerness  and  almost  with  passion. 
He  gave  na  an  account  of  pristi-fisbts  wbiob  t)e  bad 
attended;  huw  ne  had  seen  Mondnza  ttnooked  down 
for  tbe  first  five  or  six  rounds  by  Humphreys,  and 
seeming  aluost  beat  until  the  Jews  got  their  mouev 
on,  when,  a  hint  belnii  given  him,  he  betran  in  ear- 
nest, and  sotm  turned  the  tao^es.  He  desciioud  the 
fight  between  Sally  and  "  ihe  CbioKen  ;"  now  he 
rode  down  to  BrtokbiU;  bow  he  was  loitering  about 
the  inn-door,  wnen  a  barouche  and  t'oar  drove  up 
wltb  Lord  Byron  and  a  oarty  and  Jackson  tne 
trainer;  bow  they  all  dinel  together,  and  how 
pleasant  it  bad  been;  then  tbe  fli^bt  the  next  day; 
the  men  sttipping;  tbe  intense  excitement ;  tbe 
sparrine  ;  then  tba  first  roand  ;  the  atcitada  of  the 
men — it  was  really  worthy  of  Homer." 

Lord  Althorp  at  32  thought,  as  so  many  men 
have  thought  about  themselves,  that  he  should 
never  marry,  but  within  a  few  months  found 
himself  the  nusband  of  a  Yorkshire  heiress. 
Miss  Acklom,  who  having  become,  on  a  very 
slight  acquaintance,  deeply  interested  in  him, 
contnved  to  let  him  know  it — "  a  hazardous 
experiment,  only  to  be  justified  by  the  result, 
which  in  this  instance  was  a  very  satisfactory 
one,  for  a  more  attached  and  united  couple  per- 
haps never  existed."  Lady  Altborp  owned  a  most 

unprepoBseBsing  property  called  Wiseton,  tor 

which  she  entertained  an  intense  affection, 
however,  and  for  her  sake  her  husband  learned 
to  love  it  better  than  any  other  place.  At'ter 
her  deatb,  in  June,  1818,  (thay  were  married  in 
1814,)  he  repaired  to  Wiseton,  where  he  re- 
mained tor  months  in  tbe  deepest  seclusion. 
His  ohiet  occupation  was  in  reading  the  Bible. 
"  At  first  he  was  perplexed  with  doubts  and 
difficulties,  the  natural  result  of  a  previous 
(comparative)  neglect  of  religion;  but  these 
gradually  yielded  to  an  bnmble  and  earnest 
search  after  truth,  and  he  was  able  to  write  to 
bis  sister.  Lady  Lyttelfon,  (afterward  gover- 
ness of  Queen  Ylctona's  children,)  that  nothing 
but  Christian  faith  and  religious  feelings  ooald 
make  him  endure  to  live."  His  gnef  for  his 
wife  was  intense,  and  he  never  was  the  same 
man  after  her  death.  When,  in  after  years,  a 
young  friend  mentioned  to  him  his  engagement, 
he  wished  him  all  happiness,  but  added,  "  The 
pain  I  have  suffered  from  tbe  loss  of  my  wife 
has  been  such  as  no  happineas  ootdd  compen- 
sate." He  never  allowed  any  change  to  be  made 
in  bis  wife's  rooms,  and  during  the  first  year  of 
his  solitude  her  garden  was  his  only  out-of- 
door  interest.  To  her  mother,  a  by  no  means 
amiable  character,  he  wrote  every  day. 

Throughout  bis  career  Lord  Althorp  was  the 
foremost  advocate  of  liberal  and  enlightened 
measures.  In  1810  he  attacked  sinecures.  In 
1812  he  opposed  the  additional  tax  on  leather, 
because  he  thought  tbat  its  burden  would  fall 
chiefly  on  the  poor,  and  especially  on  agricul- 
tural laborers.  In  April,  1815,  he  moved  an  in- 
quiry into  the  Pnnoe  Begent's  expenditure.  In 
1816  he  moved  for  a  committee  to  asoertaia 
what  diminution  in  the  public  expenditure  had 
taken  place  since  1798.  In  1817  he  deprecated 
the  maintenance  of  a  large  standing  army.  In 
1820  he  attempted  to  ameliorate  the  Insolvent 
Debtors'  act.  In  1823  he  opposed  a  renewal  of 
the  Irish  Insurrection  act  In  1824  he  endeav- 
ored to  obtain  a  committee  of  inquiry  as  to  tbe 
general  state  of  Ireland,  all  coercive  measures 
against  wbiob  he  vehemently  deprecated.  But 
bis  great  claim  to  a  place  in  the  hearts  of  his 
countrymen  r»sts  on  his  services  in  promoting 
and  carrying  tbe  Bef'orm  bdl  of  1831,  the 
greatest  political  event  in  tbe  history  of  Eng- 
land since  the  revolution  of  1688,  which  placed 
William  III.  ou  tbe  British  throne. 

Early  in  1830  there  were  omens  of  the  ooming 
storm: 

"An  angry  feeling  pervaded  the  lower  claasea, 
showing  itself  in  the  rnral  districts  by  incendiary 
fires,  wnico  the  peasantry  t^irber  CHOsed  or  reiused 
to  extinguisn,  and  m  the  large  towns  by  sooieries 
threatening  still  more  extensive  destruction.  Xne 
Birminzbam  Political  Union,  tbe  prohflc  parent 
of  th  se  societies,  had  originated  to  a  leagae  among 
eome  of  tbe  leadins  people  of  (Pat  towu  to  obiain 
a  repeal  of  Peel's  (Jurreuoy  bill,  and  tbeir  first 
public  meeting  in  January,  1830,  was  pro- 
fessedly with  this  object.  Tne  principal 
parties  in  tbe  movement  happened  to  he  Tunes. 
Tbeir  organization  ot  local  committees  under  tbe 
control  uf  a  central  body  was  aamirably  executed, 
and  they  saw  it  with  great  coDoeru  soon  dlverreU  to 
mere  political  purposes  by  tne  excitement  resultiug 
Irom  tbe  French  aud  Belgian  Revolutions.  Ptirlia- 
menlary  reform  tbeu  became  tbe  watcbword  of  an 
immense  nody  of  men,  tncreasmg  in  namOer,  and 
therefore  in  cower, with  fearlul  rapidity,  whose  pre- 
tensions to  a  share  in  tbe  administration  of  public 
afiaii's  were  in'-ompatible  with  the  exciting  state 
of  society.  From  one  end  of  tbe  country 
to  tbe  ohei  a  vague  expectation  of  spprosca- 
ing  evUs  inspired  general  alarm.  An  in- 
teiltgenl  lady,  tbe  dangbCer  of  a  French  writer 
of  note  who  bad  figured  in  tbe  K'jvointlon,  was 
present  at  one  of  the  Birmingham  meetings,  and 
observed  to  a  well-knowa  gentleman,  'I  have  this 
day  been  reminded  of  the  first  Frsnoh  Bsvolutlen. 
Tuur  country  is  on  the  eve  of  areat  political 
changes.  1  noticed  almo  t  the  entire  company  to 
PS  men  under  40.  So  it  was  in  Pans.  •  You  ars  a 
young  man.  Take  your  part.  Pilots  wi.l  soon  be 
wanted.'  They  were  indeed,  and  none  more  assisted 
tbe  ship  ofiState  to- weather  the  storm  tban  Lurd 
Altboip." 

The  session  of  1830-31  opened  Nov.  2,  and  on 
the  first  nighi  tbe  Whigs  drew  from  the  Duke 
of  Wellington,  then  Prime  Mmister,  his  decla- 
ration tbat  he  would  oppose  any  change  in  the 
present  system  of  parliamentary  representa- 
tion. The  agitation  spread  rapidly,  and  pres- 
ently tbe  Government  oeing  beaten  in  the 
House  of  Commons,  the  Duke  of  Wellington 
resigned,  and  was  succeeded  by  Lord  Grey,  who 
had  wished  Lord  Althorp  to  be  head^of  toe 
Cabinet,  but  he  positively  declineO.  Tue rejec- 
tion of  the  Reform  bill  by  a  Tory  House  of 
Oommons,  brought  matters  to  a  crisis,  and  in 
Ootooer,  1831,  Lord  Aitborp  wrote  to  his 
lather : 

"  We  are  in  a  state  of  high  excitement.  Hitherto 
all  has  been  qaiet  here,  but  tne  great  meeiiag  in 
Mai-y-le-bone  baa  adjourned  to  Uydu  Park,  and  they 
are  tbere  so  near  the  Uaka  of  Wellingiou's  boust), 
[whose  windows,  ever  after  protected  by  iron 
abutters,  lor  many  years  always  dr.kwn  dawn,  they 
smashed,]  that  I  ibiuk  there  is  oonsiaerable  danger. 
*  *  *  The  speech  I  have  to  make  co-oigbc  u 
ternflo:  one  word  in  Us  wrong  place  may  pr-jduce 
the  most  disastrous  sonseqaeuces.  If  we  can 
weather  tbe  next  lorinigot  without  a  convulsion 
everything  will  then  do."   • 

A  mtyority  of  131,  on  a  resolution  in  favor  of 
reforon,  moved  by  Lord  Altborp  a  few  days 
later,  assured  the  Ministers  ut  the  fidelity  of 
their  supporters  and  brightened  their  prospects. 

When  Parliament,  whose  sittings  bad  been 
protracted  till  Oct.  20,  adjourned,  all  parties  bad 
agreed  on  the  necessity  of  a  Ketorm  biil,  but 
thecountry  continued  in  a  highly  excited  state. 
Riots  had  taken  place  at  Noctineham,  Derby, 
and  Bristol,  aud  at  the  last-named  plaoe  as- 
sumed a  very  serious  character. 

"Biistoil,"  be  writes  under  date  of  November, 
1831,  "  is  at  last  got  under.  There  was  a  great  es- 
cape at  tbe  Pose  Office  tbere.  Tbe  money  in  tbs 
office  on  Sunday  nignc  was  £300,000;  but  tbe  men 
were  olevei  enough  to  slip  away  with  it  in  a  back 
chaise  without)  being  perceived,  and  it  was  pot  la 
the  Post  Otfice  at  Bath." 

Later  in  the  month  the  Birmingham  Union 
came  to  such  a  pitch  of  boldness  as  to  call  a 
meeting  to  organize  the  non  payment  of  taxes,  at 
which  their  members  were  required  to  appear 
armed.  The  Duke  of  Wellington  at  the  same 
time  wrote  to  the  King  that  he  had  it  trom 
authority  which  he  could  not  doubt  that. the 
Union  bad  made  a  contract  with  an  eminent 
gun-maker  in  London  for  a  large  supply  ot  arms. 
During  these  audacious  acts  of  the  unions,  no 
disposition  to  givs  way  appeared  among  the 
Tory  peers,  though  the  public  agitation  in- 
creased. Lord  Bi-ougham  (Chancellor)  and 
Lera  Durham  proposed  to  settle  the  matt^  by 
asking  the  King  to  create  no  fewer  tban  €0 
peers,   but  Lords  Grey  and  Althprp  thought 


attoh^'ai  jinmhoi;  /^.tiw*  awtiniftfl,  and  •*(  toJ.>banb*- 


work  to  see  whether  they  ooald  modify 
the  prqjeeted  measure  in  snob  a  way  as  to 
coax  the  mora  moderate  Tones  into  gulp- 
ing it  down.  In  Deoember  tbe  Hoose 
met  again,  and  notice  of  bringing  in 
tbe  Beform  bill  was  given  for  the  12th 
of  that  montti.  In  the  interval  some  Tory 
peers  intimatea  a  wish  to  confer  with  Lord 
Grer,  with  a  view  to  a  compromise.  Tbu 
negotiation  originated.  Sir  Denis  Le  Marohant 
believes,  with  Mr.  Charles  Oreville,  of  Diary 
fame,  "/a  moderate  politician,  always  iiavor- 
able  to  progress,  and  singularly  tree  from 
prajudioe."  It  proved  to  Lord  Grey  and  his 
ooUeagues  the  existence  of  a  party  in  the 
Lords  alive  to  the  danger  of  rejecting  the  bill. 
Earl  Russell,  tbe  "  Lord  John"  of  those  davs, 
introduced  the  bill  in  tbe  House  of  Commons 
tor  the  third  time  on  12th  December,  and 
the  Government  got  a  me^rity  of  162  for  the 
second  reading.  The  subsequent  passage  of 
the  bill  was,  however,  beset  with  a  sea  of  difii- 
duties  up  to  the  motiim  for  its  third  reading 
on  19tb  March,  1831,  when,  after  a  debate 
whion  lasted  three  nights,  in  which  the  lead- 
ing statesmen  of  both  sides  eminently  dis- 
tinguisLed  themselves,  the  House  divided,  and 
tbe  motion  was  carried  by  am^jority  of  116.  llie 
bill  finally  passed  without  a  division.  Unquea- 
tionably  tbe  triumph  was  largely  due  to  Lord 

Althorp.   It  has  been  the  peeuliar  elory  of 

England  tbat  in  critical  times  men  have  never 
been   wanting  in  the   highest   class  to    throw 

themselves  heart  and  soul  into  a  popa  ar  cause 
from  tbe  purest  and  loltiest  motives  of  patriot- 
ism, ^ever  was  there  a  stronger  exemplifica- 
tion of  it  than  in  the  case  of  Lord  Althorp,  and 
here,  coupled  with  his  temper,  judgment,  and 
high  personal  character,  was  the  source  of  bis 
peculiar  infiuenbes.  Lord  Grey  pressed '  a 
peerage  on  him  to  take  charge  ot  the  bill  in  the 
House  of  Lords,  and  the  design  was  abandoned, 
not  from  anv  hesitation  or  unwillingness  on 
his  part,  but  from  the  oitfioulty  of  finding  a 
supoessor  fo  him  in  the  House  of  Commons. 
Probably  this  intense  work  and  turmoil  were 
grateful  to  Lord  Althorp  as  causing  him  tem- 
porarily to  forget  his  grief  for  the  loss  of  his 
wife. 

In  March  the  bill  went  up  to  the  Lords,  and 
the  second  reading  wats  fixed  for  tbe  9th  of 
April. 

"  In  this  interval  the  canvassing  for  votes  on 
both  Hiies  was  nnoreosdented.  Lord  Cov^try,  who 
trom  various  ctiu->e*,  bad  mixed  but  litMe  in  so- 
ciety, gave  an  amusiog  account  of  the  solicitation 
tbat  had  been  maae  to  hlffl.  'I  never  before,'  be 
said,  '  was  fully  aware  of  the  usefulness  of  inde- 
olsi'>n.  It  has  raised  me  qaite  to  importanoe.  I 
tasve  received  mure  invitations  to  dinner  tbif  week 
tban  I  had  for  years,  and  my  band  has  been 
sqaepssd  by  men  wbo  bad  lonz  soaroely  conde- 
scended to  notice  me.'  " 

The  second  reading  in  the  Lords  was  earned 
by  a  majority  of  nine,  but  presently  the  Minis- 
ters were  deteated  in  ooromitceH.  They  then 
determuied  to  resign,  unleos  the  King  consent- 
ed to  create  a  sufficient  number  of  peers  to  in- 
sure a  working  majority,  and  accordingly  did 
rt)si<rn.  Then  came  another  period  of  intense 
excitement.  Tbe  acount  ot  the  vote  of  the 
Lords  was  received  as  a  public  calamity.  The 
beiis  of  many  churches  and  chapels  tolled  the 
whole  night.  Tae  General  m  com  nand  of  the 
Northern  District  wrote  that  he  was  wholly  In- 
capable of  resistance  in  case  of  insurrection. 

"Strickland,"  <irtys  Sir  Denis,  "showed  me  a  let- 
ter from  some  of  his  leadine  oonstitusnts.  Tney 
told  him  that  people  were  tfred  of  signing  petitions 
and  addre<ses.  Tney  wished  to  flgbt  it  ont  at 
once,  and  the  sooner  the  better.  The  fleht  was  be- 
lieved to  be  so  near  at  band  that  a  manufacturer 
offered  to. supply  the  Birmingbaos  Union  wib 
10,000  muskets  at  15s.  (|3  75)  aoiece.  Lord  Caring- 
ton  told  me  that  in  nls  part  of  iheoouniry  the  re- 
spectable dashes  came  to  the  resolution  of  not  act- 
ine  as  apeelal  constables.  lo  Birmingham,  tbe 
msjristrates  repre muted  that  tbere  was  not  a  man 
10  the  town  who  would  act." 

Lord  Grey  was  thus  perforce  recalled,  and 
tbe  King  inibrmed  him  that  the  Tory  peers  bad 
agreed  to  absent  themselves  &om  the  bouse,  and 
so  permit  the  passage  of  the  bill,  which  re- 
ceived tbe  royal  assent  on  June  7,  18X2.  Tbe 
Duke  of  Sussex — the  King's  brother — always  a 
strenuous  Liberal,  wbo  stood  behind  a  curtain 
in  the  house  when  the  royal  assent  was  given, 
said,  loud  enough  to  be  heard  at  some  distance : 
"Thank  Gud.  Ibis  is  the  happiest  day  of  my 
life."  Mr.  Courtenay.  Clerk  of  the  Parliament, 
had  hardly  pronounced  the  royal  assant  in  the 
usual  words,  "Ze  Roi  It  veult,"  (old  Norman 
French,)  when  a  paper  was  handed  to  him  with 
these  words:  "Surely  it  would  have  been  more 
appropriate  to  have  said,  '  La  canaille  leveult." 

We  have  no  space  to  trace  Lord  Althorp's 
political  career  further,  nor  would  it  be  of 
much  interest  to  many  American  readers,  in 
1834  his  father  died,  and  shortly  afterward  he 
retired  from  political  life.  He  found,  on  look- 
ing into  his  father's  affairs,  tbat  they  were  in  a 
most  embarrassed  plight,  notwithstanding  the 
large  income  he  had  enjoyed.  His  father  bad 
ouoe  spoken  of  retrenchment,  but  Lord  Althorp 
replied  that  it  would  make  bis  mother  miserable. 
"Continue,"  he  said,  "  to  live  as  you  have  been 
accustomed,  and  let  the  work  of  retrenchment 
fall  upon  me.  I  have  no  desire  to  keep  up  the 
state  of  a  great  nobleman,  and  shall  be  pre- 
pared to  live  very  economically  until  the 
mortgagrs  you  have  contracted  can  be  dis- 
charged." It  scarcely  speaks  well  for  his  father 
that  he  literally  took  him  at  bis  word,  and  con- 
tinued to  maintain  threo,  and  some'imes  four, 
splendid  establishments.  Lord  Althorp  theie- 
fore  found  himself,  to  nse  his  own  words, 
"only  the  nominal  owner  of  his  patri- 
mony." But,  though  surprised  at  finding 
his  affairs  so  bad,  he  made  no  complaint, 
aud  set  to  work  vigorously  to  retrench.  He 
broke  up  the  establishment  at  Althorp,  turned 
the  park  into  a  cattle-ground,  and  distributed 
the  deer — since  restored — among  his  friends, 
and  sold  his  brautiful  plaoe  at  Wimbledon. 
Tbis  seat,  which  bis  father's  extravagance  oom- 
pelled  him  to  part  with,  was  not  only  beautiful 
but  replete  with  historic  association.  In  tho 
earlier  part  of  the  ei>:hteenth  century  It  passed 
into  tbe  possession  of  bis  ancestress,  8arab, 
Duchess  of  Marlk>orough,  who  pulled  down  a 
ma^oii&cent  old  bouse  wliioh  bad  been  built  in 
1588  by  the  Earl  of  Exeter.  The  park 
embraced  1,200  acres,  was  exquisitely 
wooded,  and  containeU  a  lake  of  5j  aeres. 
Speucer     House,    iu     London,    w^as    virtually 

closed,  and  its  owner  spent  most  oi  bis  time  at 
bis  wile's  old  home  at  Wiseton,  among  bis 
beloved  flocks  and  herds,  now  his  sole  indul- 
gence;  for  in  later  life  cattle-breeding  and 
agnouiture  became  to  bim  what  hunting  once 
bad  been,  and  he  is  immortalized  as  a  breeder 
by  Hood's  lines  telling  bow  Miss  Kilmansegg  : 
"  Was  vaccinated,  as  babes  are  now, 
TVlih  VTrns  ta'eu  from  the  best  bred  cow 

or  Lord  Althorp — now  Bail  Spencer." 

He  contributed  more  than  any  one  to  the  es- 
tablishment of  tke  Boytl  Agricultural  Society, 
and  was  its  first  Praaident.  The  extraordinary 
improvement  in  English  sheep  and  cattle  dur- 
ing the  present  century  is  largely  due  to  his 
efforts  in  this  direction.  "  One  day,"  says  bis 
biographer,  "  when  we  were  talking  together 
ot  tbe  influencesot  ear  ly-acquired  tastes  on  the 
mind  when  it  seemed  engrodsed  by  objects  of  a 
more  exoitmg  character,  I  mentioned  the  old 
story  that  the  first  letter  Sir  Robert  Walpole, 
when  Pnme  Minister,  used  to  open  on  receiving 
the  morning's  ma.l,  was  always  that  from  bis 
Norfo.k  gamekeeper.  Lord  Altborp  smiled,  and 
•aid  that  be  paid  bis  ba<lifi  the  same  compliment." 
We  could  imagine  Wasiiington  dumg  the  same. 
Indeed,  he  and  Lord  All  burp  wouiu  have  had 
much  in  common,  besides  beiug  Ntrtbamp- 
tonshire  men.  His  great  great  grandfather. 
Lawrence,  bes  buried  in  Briugton,  the  family 
bunal  plaoe  of  the  Spenoeis.  which  is  near  to 
Sulgrove,  toeir  family  seat.  It  is  curious  that 
the  lamiiy  of  Lord  North  should  have  sprung 
irom  the  adjomiug  parish. 

Lord  Althorp's  was  not  to  be  a  loni;  lite.  In 
1843  be  seems  to  have  bad  premonitions  of  bis 
approaching  end,  and  in  1845  he  died  at  Wlse- 
tua  after  a  brief  illness,  at  the  age  of  63.  On 
tbe  last  night  of  his  life  he  said  to  his  servant : 
"Oivu  me  tbat  locket;  [onecontainiig  his  wile's 
hair  ;]  1  promised  her  to  die  with  it  on."  He 
bad  previously  desired  to  be  buried  beside  her 
with  the  utmost  privacy.  Aware  tbat  bis  end 
was  approaching,  he  said  to  a  clergyman 
friend :  "  I  nave  passed  a  happy  life  ;  I  was 
sensible  of  my  fauits,  prayed  for  grace  and  re- 
ceived it."  His  death  seemed  to  be  caused 
by  a  total  collapse  of  physijal  power,  which 
v  as  explained  by  the  excessive  abscinence  he 
bad  praptiued — tnereby  entailing  great  depres- 
sion both  of  bead  and  body — from  tear  of  hered- 
itary gout.  He  had  to  weigh  his  breakfast, 
and  then,  having  eaten  the  very  small  portion 
he  allowed  fiimself,  rush  bait-famished  from 
the  room  to  escape  further  temptation. 

A  letter  from  the  late  Bight  Hon.  Edward 
Ellice,  well-known  in  this  Slate,  where  ho  had 
extensive  property,  tersely  aud  graphioaliy 
depicts  Lord  Althorp's  character. 

"  He  was  an  excellent  illustration  of  the  type  of 
an  Bnglisb  ooontry  gentleman,  gifted  With  strong 
common  sense,  eqnal  courage,  firmness,  and  mae^ 
pendenoe;  iooapaote  of  doiug'or  thmking  any- 
tnmg  inconsistent  with  tbe  nicest  sense  of  truth 
and  honor;  with  a  most  bnmt>le  sense  of  his  own 
ability,  a  large  antf  pniianthropio  heart,  and  a  total 
absence  of  those  aristocratic  prc^ndioes  and  habits 
and  feelings  which  create  so  much  faeart-bumlng  in 
this  ooontry,  and  deprive  many  other  men  of  'hts 
order'  of  the  popularity  which  he  so  largely  enjoyed. 
He  would  have  preferred  to  be  .an  independent 
member  of  Parliament,  and  we  all  know  the  resist- 
ance he  made  to  bis  nuimnation  as  leader  of  the 
party,  as  well  as  to  Lord  Grey,  to  andertake  office." 

Lord  Althorp  was,  in  fact,  an  insoluble  por- 
tion of  that  leaven  which  leavened  the  lump  of 
bis  order,  and  saved  it  in  tbe  hour  of  utmost 
peril  from  destruction,  and  there  has  scarcely 
been  a  man  in  the  present  oentnry  who  has 
deserved  tho  gratitude  of  bis  oouatrymen  more 


FASHIONS  OF  THE  SEASON. 


NOVELTIES  IN  DBES8. 

THE  "  OOQUBLOOaON  " — NIW  TRIMMINaS — 
I.ATKBT  VOBM  OF  BIBBON  BOWS — THE 
COLORS  IN  VOQ0B  —  FAVORITE  TIS- 
BUB8— BAU.  DRESSES  AND  CHILDREN'S 
SDITS. 

The  "coqaeluchon"  ia  at  present  the 
favorite  garment  It  is  principally  used  as  an 
opera  oloak.  It  is  made  in  variotu  oombina- 
tiona  of  aatln  and  plush.  The  border  ot  tbe 
hood  is  raised  in  fan  shane  on  one  side,  where 
it  Is  fastened  by  a  handsome  pin  or  a  diamond 
ornament.  Sometimea  the  ends  ot  the  garment 
are  crossed  in  front  h  la  Marie  Antoinette,  or 
tied  a  la  Charlotte  Corday.  Sometimes,  again, 
tbere  are  four  ends,  two  of  which  fall  over  the 
traiu    of   the    skirt.     The    "  ooqUeluohon "    u 

a  meat  comfortable  garment  for  the  opera 
and  balls,  as  it  is  very  warm  and  stylish.  Tbe 
two  descriptions  following  may  serve  as  modelo 

for  the  article.    One  is  of  "  oarolns"  plash,  (a 

kind  of  dead  leaf  shade  wltb  a  pinkish  tint,) 
lined  with  cardinal  red  satin.  It  has  four  ends, 
two  in  front  and  two  in  tbe  baeit.  Those  in  the 
back  fall  over  the  train,  and  those  in  front  are 
thrown  over  tbe  shoulders.  If  I'reterred  tbey 
may  be  left  hanging.  The  hood  is  made  upon 
a  piece  ot  crinoline  and  trimmed  with  raveled- 
out  ruched  satin  ;  it  is  taken  back  on  the  side 
and  fiistened  down  under  a  steel  ornament. 
The  ends  and  borders  of  the  "ooqueluohon" 
are  trimmed  with  fringed  satin  ruehings.  The 
other  model  is  of  "tilleul "  colored  plush,  lined 
with  blue  satin.  This  has  bat  two  endsL  but  the 
hood  is  like  the  one  above  described,  fhe  gar- 
ment is  cut  somewnat  like  a  cape  with 
ends.  In  the  back  it  is  taken  tight  in  to  the 
figure.  The  ends  Are  either  allowed  to  hang 
in  front,  or  are  crossed,  witd  one  end  thrown 
over  the  shoulder.  The  garment  is  trimmed 
with  raveled  ruched  satin.  While  upon  the 
topio  of  opera-cloaks,  several  models  lately 
teoagbt  out  are  well  worthy  of  notioe.  Plush 
is  tbe  material  most  used.  A  verv  full  "vi- 
site  "  is  made  of  white  plush,  trimmed  with 
Bwan'B  down.  This  trimming  is  divided  off  here 
and  there  by  tufts  of  peacock's  feathers.  An- 
other model  is  of  white  drap,  de  poie.  The  back 
is  out  open  and  laced  down  to  the  lower  part  by 
means  of  a  double  silk  oorde<i^re  with  silver 
filigrane  intermixed  and  tassels  to  match.  The 
border  of  tbe  garment  and  lower  part  ot  the 

sleeve  are  trimmed  with  a  very  rich  fringe  in 

the  same  style.  Another  kind  is  a  large  mantle 
cut  somewhat  in  tbe  shape  of  a  dolman,  with 
the  middle  of  tbe  back  and  the  fronts  made  of 
plush,  while  the  side  pieces  are  of  bluish 
'*  drap  d'argent."  It  is  trimmed  with  a  Ueep 
baud  of  down.  Opera  cloaks  are  also  made 
of  white,  blue,  or  red  woolen  matelass^,  trim- 
med with  fur.  ■ 

A  novelty  in  trimming,  which  is  likely  to 
prove  very  useful  to  dress-makers,  is  galloon 
beaded  in  two  shades  of  beads,  called  the 
"  mordor6"  and  "clair  de  lune."  Tbe  "mor- 
dore"  beads  sparkle  like  fire;  the  "olalr  de 
lune"  beads  have  a  steel->rbite  effect.  Tbe 
blending  of  these  shades  is  most  beautifuL  A 
black  velvet  puncesa-cut  dress  oau  be  trimmed 
with  this  galloon,  com  bined  with  Chantilly  lace 
and  loops  of  ribbon  iu  the  shades  of  the  beads. 

Tbe  form  of  nbbon-bows  has  been  slightly 
altered.  The  loops  are  arranged  in  cockades, 
or  in  tbe  form  of  the  Maltese  cross.  In  both 
oases  very  narrow  ribbou  is  used.  The  cock- 
ade is  a  rosette  with  little  fullness  and  two  or 
three  failing  ends.  1  be  Maltese  cross  is  com- 
posed of  a  number  of  long  loops  crossing  each 
other  in  various  ways ;  the  lower  ones  are  the 
longest,  in  imitation  of  the  lower  part  of  the 
cross,  'llie  bow  last  described  is  placed  down 
the  front  of  the  polonaise,  upon  the  shoulders, 
on  the  lower  part  ol  the  sleeves,  on  tbe  pocket, 
and  over  tbe  fiaps  of  tbe  "  habit."  The  cock- 
ade can  only  be  placed  alone  upon  the  side  of 
a  fichu,  upon  tbe  waist,  or  on  the  side  of  a 
pocket. 

There  are  prospects  of  shirred  sleeves  coming 
into  use  again.  Tbey  will  be  plain  from  tbe 
wrist  up  to  the  elbow,  then  come  some  shirrs. 


and  tbe  upper  part  of  the  sleeve  will  consist  of 
a  puffing.  The  princess  dress  is  still  greatly 
varied  in  trimming,  and  the  greatest  addi- 
tion to  it  yet  made  is  tbe  extra  train. 
This  train  is  arranged  in  several  ways. 
One  of  the  prettiest  trimmings  con- 
sists of  a  numtier  of  small  flounces, 
about  an  inch  deep,  and  closely  ruched.  For 
instance,  a  black  velvet  dress  may.be  made 
with  a  gold-colored  satin  train,  with  nine 
fiounoes  of  this  kind,  trimmed  with  lace,  with 
gold  worked  in.  Tbe  front  ot  the  waist  opens, 
sbowing  a  golden-colored  brocart  Louis  XV. 
vest,  trimmed  with  the  same  lace,  slightly 
rucbed.  Tbe  lower  part  of  tne  sleeves 
are  of  brocart,  and  tbe  upper  part  ot  black  vel- 
vet, tnmmed  with  two  puffings. 

Yellow  is  still  m  vogue.  It  is  a  difficult 
color  to  oombme  with  others.  Brown,  black, 
and  dark  blue  are  tbe  prettiest  combinations. 
Sky-blue  and  lilac  are  also  used  with  yellow. 
Gulden  embroideries  upon  black  lace  are  very 
fashionable,  butem  bruidenes  in  colored  beads  are 
still  banosoiqer.  Tbe  beads  are  generally  gold, 
silver,  and  steel.  A  long  black  velvet  princess 
dress,  trimmed  with  lace  of  this  kind,  makes  a 
royal  attire.  The  waut  may  be  open  in  a 
square,  low  neck  iu  "Valoia"  style,  and  tbe 
Sleeves  trimmed  with  tbis  laoe  worked  with 
beads.  The  "  Valois  "  is  a  waist  out  very  low  in 
trout  and  bigh  in  tho  back.  It  has  a  standing 
collar  only  reaching  to  the  shoulders.  Uudt-r- 
noath  is  a  white  laoe  collarette  with  the  border 
sbowing.  A  ordpe  lisse  "  modestie  "  made  in 
small  hollow  plaits  is  worn  under  tbis  waist. 
It  buttons  in  tbe  back.  Around  the  neck  it  is 
trimmed  with  a  piaited  rucbing.  The  "  mod- 
estie "  is  either  scalloped  around  with  silk  or 
tnmmed  with  colored  cheuiUe.  For  dinner 
aod  evening  entertainments  this  stvle  is  more 
favored  than  the  round  low  neck.  The  sieeves 
must  always  be  either  of  laoe  or  tulle.  Tbis 
waist  is  oiten  trimmed  with  point  d'Angleterre, 
Malines,    or  any   handsome   laoe.      A   rulfle  is 

placed  upon  the  lower  part  of  the  sleeve,  which 
must  not  fall  much  beiow  the  elbow. 

Long  mittens  are  to  replace  Iodk  gloves. 
This  fashion  was  thought  of  about  a  year  ago, 
and  is  only  now  beginning  to  be  adopted. 
Tbey  are  made  of  white  and  black  "filet  de 
sole,"  handsomely  embroidered.  White  silk 
mittens  are  very  elegant,  and  show  the  arm  to 
good  effect.  This  is  a  fashion  only  suited  to  a 
handsome  hand.  The  bracelet  and  rings  show 
to  great  advantage.  For  dinners,  operas,  and 
companies  at  home,  long  mittens  are  excelieut, 
but  tbey  are  not  suitable  lor  balls. 

Brownish  Autumn  leaves  are  more  used  than 
leaves  of  any  other  kincL  Gulden  com  is 
sometimes  mixed  with  the  leaves,  and  ia  most 
suitable  wheu  the  toilet  is  trimmed  with  gauze 
or  tulle,  with  gold  intermixed.  White  laoe 
worked  with  chenille  is  a  very  new  style. 
Parures  are  maUe  of  white  Spanish  lace  worked 
with  beads. 

Plush  gauze  is  a  very  light  tissue,  whiob  is 
made  in  all  shades.  Many  ruchmgs  are  i.i.'>de 
lu  three  rows  of  Malines  tulle,  bordered  v  1th 
colored  ohenilie,  Tuile  and  colored  faces  re 
also  useU  for  this  purpose  "  Galon  6tinoeiie/' 
worked  with  gp.d  or  silver  satin  anu  plusb, 
are  also  used  by  Img^res.  Some  of  the  sleeves 
of  the  dresses  are  replaced  by  sleeves  of  "  gaze 
peluobeuse"  trimmed  with  lace  ruMes,  wonted 
with  cbenille.  These  sieeves  ouly  reach  to  the 
elbow.  Fiouus  are  made  ot  the  same  material, 
and  trimmbd.  in  the  same  manner.  A  newly- 
soaped  ncbu  covers  the  front  of  the 
waist,  and  falls  uu  tbe  side  over  tbe 
skirt,  forming  a  pocket  trimmed  with  lace. 
Many  of  the  new  fichus  buctou  in  the  back. 
One  in  this  stylo  has  a  white  cr6pe  lisse  breast- 
piece  terminatmg  in  a  point.  It  is  made  in 
small  double  plaits,  and  buttons  up  the  back. 
It  is  trimmeu  with  cr6pe  lisse  ruehings  and 
lace.  The  point  of  tbe  fichu  is  ornamented 
with  a  Maltese-cross  bow  of  gold-colored  satin, 
or  with  black  and  caroubier  satin  loops.  The 
same  bows  are  upon  the  shoulders.  On  one 
side  is  a  bunch  of  flowers.  Some  berthas  are 
plain,  aud  others  are  draped,  plaited,  and 
adorned  ou  the  shoulder,  with  a  cockade  vrith 
long  ends. 

l<\>r  evening  wear  the  hair  is  dressed  with 
garlands  of  leaves  ;  tbis  style  is  much  pre- 
ferred by  middle-aged  ladies.  PiiSa  are  made 
ot  gaze  d'argent  and  gaze  d'or  combined  with 
flowers,  birds,  flies,  and  aigrettes,  fastened 
down  by  diamond  and  steel  pins.  The  hair  is 
ornamented,  when  curled,  with  bands  of  tiny 
golden  aud  sUver  flowers,  or  with  plain  bands 
of  ribbon  or  velvet. 

The  most  suitable  way  to  trim  the  skirtn  of 
ball  dresses  is  with  plaicmgs,  flowers,  and  puffis, 
wtuch  make  ou  the  train  a  light  aud  gfacelul 
trimming.  Tbe  upper  part  of  tne  dress  is 
draped  and  trimmed  witn  scar&  and  plaitings 
to  match  the  sKirt.  Most  ba>l  dress  are  made 
of  light  tissues,  such  as  tulle  and  gauze, 
with  silver  and  gold  intermixed.  'Ibe 
trimming  most  used  is  golden  and 
silver  "  galon  ^tinoelle. '  This  galloon  is  light 
and  eaady  sewed  upon  tbe  dress.  Sometimes 
it  forms  the  only  trimming,  and  sometimes  it  Is 
combined  with  flowers  and  garlands  of  em- 
broidered flowers.  As  many  dresses  are 
trimmed  with  these  garlands,  embroidered  in 
sUk  or  obeniUe,  as  are  trimmed  with  flowers. 
Garlands  of  flowers  are  used  exclusively  for 
balldreaaeB,  while  tbe  embroidered  ones  are 
used  tbr  dinner-drassos  and  Bmall  reunions  as 
well  SB  for  ball  dresses. 


akirt  is  trlmnied  in  the  baokwitb  two  rather 
nurow  gaiue  plaitings.  The  front  of  the  skirt 
is  tightly  drawn  book.  The  sides  have  rovers, 
wbiob  are  separated  and  serve  to  fasten  down 
the  apron  where  it  is  draped.  On  the  lower 
part  of  the  side  of  the  apt  on  ia  a 
bunch  of  pink  flowers,  with  leaves. 
The  ttuique,  wniob  almost  covers  the  back 
of  the  skirt,  and  the  aprou  are  trimmed  with 
gauze  plaitings.  The  faille  cuirass  is  trimmed 
with  a  biaa  faille  fold  in  a  darker  shade. 
Around  this  band  are  two  gauze  plaitings,  the 
lower  one  extendmg  up  the  side  seam  under 
tbe  arm.  Around  tbe  waist  is  a  gauze  soari', 
trimmmed  with  plaitings,  which  is  draped  on 
the  lower  part  of  the  cuirass.  It  starts  from 
the  side  of^the  basque,  under  a  bunch  of  flow- 
ers, and  terminates  iu  the  back  under  the 
basque  in  two  ends.  Tbe  upper  part  of  the 
basque  is  ornamented  witn  a  faille  bertha 
tnmmed  with  gauze  plaitings,  beaded  by  a 
faille  fold  in  the  darker  shade.  On  the  shoul- 
ders is  a  bunch  of  flowers.  The  "modestie" 
worn  underneath  is  of  ordpe  lisse,  with  soal' 
loped  borders. 

The  corsage  habit  replaces  advantaeeously 
tbe  Jeanne  •  d' Arc  cuirass.  There  are  several 
kinds  of  habits,  such  as  the  "  LoDgueville," 
the  "Prondeur,"  the  "Louis  XV.."  the 
"  Mousquetaire,"     and    the     "  Garde    RoyaL" 

The  corsage  •*  ValoiB,"  which  is  very  popular 
now,  is  but  a  reminiscence  of  the  fashion  at  tbe 
court  of  .Charles  IX.,  or  of  Henri  III. 

At  an  American  soiree,  recently  given  in 
Paris,  the  corsage  habit  was  particularly  con- 
spicuous. One  worn  on  that  occasion  was  a 
tilleul  faille  habit  with  a  pink  vest  worked 
with  beads,  silver,  and  blonde.  Tbe  vest 
formed  a  low-neck  square.  The  buttons 
formed  silver  pendants.  The  long  pointed 
basque  bad  revers  embroidered  with  beads. 
The  skirt  was  trimmed  with  puff.ngs  and  plait- 
ings alternating  and  extending  up  to  the  knee. 
Between  the  pufts  were  flowers. 

Children's  garments  are  made  in  light  shades- 
of  serge,  blue  and  white  cloth  trimmed  with 
fur,  poplin  trimmed  with  bands  of  embroid- 
ery, or  with  Russian  or  English  lace. 

A  suit  for  a  little  boy  from  5  to  7  years  of 
age  can  be  made  iu  a  brown  cloth  *'  costume 
Breton."  Tbe  short  trousers  are  trimmed  over 
the  hem  with  green  and  red  cloth ;  on  the  side 
are  three  white  buttons.  The  Bretoune- 
shaped  vest  is  cut  in  heart  shape 
in  Iront.  The  borders  are  trimmed 
with  a  band  of  white  cloth,  with 
a  biudmg  of  red  cloth  on  one  side  and  blue  on 
the  other ;  this  vest  is  drawn  in  at  the  waist 
by  a  red  caohemire  belt.  The  •'veste  Bre- 
tonne"  is  open  in  front  .and  trimmed  with 
groups  of  three  white  buttons  placed  ou  at  reg- 
ular intervals.  Between  the  buttons  on  the 
upper  part  of  the  coat  is  a  small  embroidered 
piece  bound  with  red.  The  sieeves  are  finished 
at  the  wrist  like  the  lower  part  of  the  trousers. 
The  small  shirt  has  a  rather  deep  falling  col- 
lar. Tho  felt  hat  matching  the  suit  has  u  broad 
brim.  Around  the  brim  is  a  scarf  in  the  colors 
ot  the  suit. 

A  suit  for  ayoimg  miss  from  13  to  15  years  of 
age  may  be  made  as  follows :  The  skirt  is  of 
brown  velvet,  tnmmed  with  a  plaited  flounce. 
'The  light  blue  cloth  tunique  and  the  "  casaque 
habit"  are  bordered  with  brown  plush.  Tne 
pockets  are  of  plush.  The  plush  fichu  is 
trimmed  with  a  silk  and  chenille  fringe ; 
it  IS  fastened  on  the  breast  under  a 
faille  bow.  Another  suit  for  a  young  lady 
atrant  15  years  of  age,  is  a  dark  green  serge. 
The  skirt  is  trimmed  with  two  flounces,  sur- 
mounted by  a  bias  faille  band.  The  tunique 
ia  tnmmed  with  a  similar  band.  The  faille 
sleeves  have  deep  serge  cuffs,  with  four  rows 
of  buttons  upon  the  outside.  The  front  part 
of  tbe  waist  is  of  faille,  trimmed  in  front  with 
narrow  bands  of  passementerie,  forming  a 
lattice-work.  The  side  of  the  basque  is  cut 
open  and  jomed  by  a  passementerie  lacet. 
The  waist  is  cut  in  a  square,  low  neck  ;  under- 
neath IS  a  batiste  "  guimpe,"  with  Valenciennes 
insertions.  The  linen  collar  and  cuffs  are  hem- 
stitchetL 

A  baby's  dress  is  made  of  white  or  sky-blue 
oacbemire.  Tbe  skirt  is  trimmed  with  a  plait- 
ing with  a  small  silk  beading,  and  a  similar 
tnmming  below.  The  sash  is  tied  on  the  side. 
It  is  trimmed  with  a  plaited  ruffle  surmounted 
by  three  plaits.  On  either  side  are  pointed 
pockets,  with  a  button  in  the  point,  and  on  the 
top  are  fine  plaits  and  a  very  narrow  ruffle 
placed  in  tbe  shape  of  the  point. 

An  infant's  apron  can  be  of  gray  linen 
trimmed  with  cardinal  braid.  The  pocket  u 
trimmed  to  match. with  tbe  addition  of  buttons 
placed  all  around.  The  small  pointed  sleeves 
are  trimmed  with  cardinal  braid,  and  so  is  the 
belt  ai-ound  tho  waist. 

CATCHING  A  TRAIN. 


&tber,  tbe  girl  herself  receiving  as  an  indnoemsnt 
a  deed  from  ihe  old  man  for  fiis  farm  of  300  acres  of 
Tery  valuable  land.  The  ppsrotiations,  which  bad 
been  pending  some  tim>*,  were  completed  last  week, 
and  the'wedding  occurred  last  nitrht  in  the  pres- 
ence of  a  nnmber  of  guests,  a  grand  supper  being 
one  of  the  conditions  imposed  by  the  bride  before 
oonsentmg  to  the  sale." 

DROWNED  OK  KIDNAFPEDf 


HOW  AN  ALABAMA.  MAK  TRIED  IT  WITH 
DUBIOUS  SUCCESS,  AND  CHANGED  HIS 
VOTE  IN  CONSEQUENCE. 
From  tk*  Mobile  (Ala.)  Btgitttr,  Feb.  14. 
The  following  amusing  incident,  which  hap  .i 
pened  a  few  days  ago,  will  show  wherein  "  vault-  * 
Ing  ambition  overleaped  Itself  and  fell  on  the  other 
side."  An  iofiaenlial  voter,  Mr.  B.,  from  a  pre- 
olnot  of  this  county,  was  m  the  city  a  few  days  aeo 
on  business,  when  he  fell  into  the  hands  of  a  Sixth 
Warder,  who,  for  some  ttms  past,  has  been  looking 
with  longing  eyes  upon  several  fat  mnnioipal  and 
county  office*.  The  political  aspirant,  after  treating 
Mr.  B.  several  times,  proposed  a  eame  of  ten-pins, 
which  was  accepted,  but  the  political  aspirant 
managed  to  let  bis  conocry  fnend  beat  him  in 
the  games,  and  otherwise  made  tbe  even- 
iDK  so  pleasant  that  his  friend  missed  the 
4  o'clock  accommodation  train,  and  so  time 
passed  until  near  time  for  the  11  o'clock  mail-train 
to  leiiva,  and  then  the  trouble  began.  Mr.  R.  had 
a  bundle  of  stove-pi  oe  and  ajar  of  oydters  to  take 
home,  and  feeling  tired  after  tne  severe  exercise  of 
five  hours  at  ten-pins,  he  sprang  into  a  cab  and  rold 
tbe  driver  to  drive  rspidly  to  tbe  Mobile  and  Otiio 
train;  off  thay  sped,  but  when  half  way  to  the  depot 
they  snodenly  rememnered  that  tbe'rraia  left  from 
tbe  New-Orleans  Depot  at  the  toot  of  G-overnment 
stieet ;  so  tbey  turned  down  St.  Louis  street,  and 
Just  as  they  got  to  Coipmeroe  street  they  saw  the 
train  ooming  slowly  bv.  Mr.  R.  sprang  ont,  and, 
with  lbs  jar  ot  oysters  and  handle  of  stove-pipe 
under  bis  arm.  he  erasped  tbe  band-rail  of  a 
Car  and  scrambled  aboard  tbe  moving  train, 
all  breathless  and  bruised.  He  was  about 
oomfortabl.y  seated  in  a  oar  when  he  discovered  that 
be  had  gotten  aboard  tbe  wroue  train  and  was  on 
bis  way  tn  Montgomery.  At  this  moment  tbe  train 
was  at  the  outskirts  of  the  city  and  rapidly  increas- 
ing iM  speed.  Tbere  was  nothing  left  for  Mr.  R.  to 
do  bnt  eatber  op  his  oysters  and  stove-pipe,  rush 
out  on  the  platform,  and  lump  off.  Un  did  so,  and 
as  he  landed  in  the  marsh  he  went  knee-deep  into 
ibe  mad  aod  water — o.ysters,  stove-pipe,  and  slL  By 
extraordinary  effort  h<»  succeeded  in  extriciitiog 
himself  from  tbe  entangling  iofluenoe  of  marsh, 
weed  and  tbe  soft  embrace  of  the  mud  tbat  terms 
the  happy  abode  of  swamp  mocassins,  alligators, 
and  bulltroES,  just  in  time  to  see  tho  Mobile 
and  Ohio  train  ooming  toward  him  aronnd 
the  curve;  he  gathered  himself  for  another 
desperafe  effort,  and  succeeded  once  more  in  gettini; 
aboard  the  train  (this  time  the  rigbt  one;)  pretty 
soon  tbe  conductor  came  along  and  informed  him 
that  his  was  a  wny  station,  and  it  was  impossible 
for  tbat  express  mail  train  to  stop  there.  Here  wa* 
another  dilemma,  but  being  determined  to  get 
home,  when  tbe  tram  got  to  Whistler  be  went  for- 
ward to  induce  the  engineer  to  stop  at  his  station. 
All  his  powers  of  argument  and  persuasion  were  in 
vain,  so  R.  said :  "You  are  torbidden  to  run  taster 
than  SIX  miles  an  hour  over  froea  and  switches, 
and  when  you  come  down  to  that  speed 
in  passing  my  bouse  I  will  Jump  <  S  in  tne 
sand-bank."  Su  be  sot  ont  on  the  platform  of  the  car 
and  made  a  leap,  but  tbe  momentum  of  the  train 
threw  biB  heels  up,  and  be  wsnt  into  tbe  sand  bank 
headforemost.  \Vnen  be  picked  himself  up  be  had 
one  leg  through  a  Joint  of  siove-pipe,  an  oyster  iu 
his  left  ear,  his  eyes  fall  of  sand,  and  his  hair  a  mat- 
tod  mass  of  oysters  and  sand  ;  aud,  worst  ot  all.  tbe 
train  bad  come  to  a  full  stop  200  'yards  beyoud  to 
cool  down  a  hot  box.  K.  sa.vs  be  has  oysters 
plantso  for  50  feet  alons  that  SHnd-bank,  and  his 
entire  body  is  like  the  union  Jack,  a  blue  eroand 
with  a  few  white  patches  tor  stars ;  and  he  has 
sworn  "by  Joe  Peter,"  if  he  ever  votes  for  that 
Sixth  Warder  for  any  office  he  hopes  ha  may  never 
eat  another  oyster. 

WANTS  TO  BE  AN  ACTOR. 
A  manager  in  Montreal  has  received  a  mov- 
ing appeal  from  a  youth  in  tbat  city,  which  ends  ; 
"I  wish  to  ask  for  an  engagement  to  learn  the 
Proffesion  I  am  now  sixteen  years  of  age  an  can 
speak  three  Languiges  fluently  Aand  I  can  emtate 
verry  well  I  wish  to  work  two  months  <?ratt*  and  I 
can  sew  and  out  And  I  wish  to  make  myself 
G-eamely  useful  run  mesages  and  heilpln  every 
poslble  way  and  I  assure  you  that  I  will  try  hard 
to  pleise  you  if  you  will  exoeut  my  servis  Pleas 
sound  your  respectfnll  answer,  &c." 

AN  OLD  IDIOT  BUYS  A  IcOUNO  WIFE. 
A  telegram  from  Liberty,  Ind.,  to  the  St. 
Louis  Bepxtbliean,  dated  14th  inst,  conveys  tbe  fol- 
lowing unpleasant  story:  "A  singular  case  of 
purchase  of  a  wife  occurred  here  reoentlr.  An  old 
man  named  WilllSm  Smith,  aged  70,  who  lived  near 
here,  became  widowed  some  years  ago,  and  had 
since  lived  in  entire  seclusion,  deaf,  demented,  and 
bideons  in  appearance.  *  He,  thongh  reported 
wealthy,  was  shunned  by  nearly  every  one,  until, 
finally,  a  few  weeks  ago  h«  announced  bis  desire 
to  marry  again,  and  ofi'ered  S5,(KX)  to  any  one 
wbo  wotild  furnidh  him  a  wife.  The  announcement 
created  merriment  at  the  time,  but  nothing  farther 
was  t^ouirht  of  it  till  tbis  morning  it  was  an- 
nounced that  the  old  man  was  married  to  Miss 
Phoebe  Johns,  a  highly -respected  youne  lady,  aged 
17,  living  in  t>ie  neignborhood.  luqnirv  to-day  de- 
velops tbe  fact  that  the  old  man's  offer,  made  sev- 
eral weeks  ago,  was  at  once  taken  in  hand  bv 
Powell  SUde.  witn  whose  family  tbe  yoang  woman 
lived,  and  who  commenced  ueeotiations  by  which 


A  BOY  UPON  WH08B  IDENTITY  HIS  OWN 
FAMILY  CANNOT  AGREE — THB  QUESTION 
.  LEFT  BY  THE  COURT  IN  OBSCURITY. 
From  the  St.  Louts  Globe-Democrat,  Feb.  15. 
The  trial  of  the  case  of  William  Woehler  against 
Henry  Lochmneller.  which  took  place  yesterday  in 
the  Circuit  Court,  developed  some  of  the  most  ro- 
mantic and  extraordinary  facts  and  circumstancei. 
The  suit  was  for  120,000  damages  for  false  imprison- 
ment. Lochmneller,  the  defendant,  is  a  hard- 
working Grerman,  residing  in  the  northern  pari  of 
the  city.  He  had  accumulated  snfficient  means  to 
purchase  a  lot  and  build  a  house,  and  was  rapidly 
growing  rich.  His  family  consisted  of  a  wife  and 
three  chilaren — a  erlrl  and  two  boys — the  youqgest, 
named  Henrv,  being  now  10  years  old.  One  day  In 
the  Summer  ot  1872  the  boys  went  to  Bhodemeyer's, 
at  Bissell's  Point,  where  their  lather  was 
at  work,  to  carry  the  old  man  hia  dinner. 
They  loitered  about  the  premises,  and  the 
younger  boy,  Henr.y,  d  sappeared,  leaving  his 
shoes  iu  tbe  saloon.  Tbe  other  b  jy,  Willie,  took 
bis  orother's  shoes  home,  and  reooriod  to  bis  par- 
ents that  hia  brother  had  been  carried  away  by  two 
snsplcions-looking  men,  Tbe  father  searched  all 
night  and  tbe  following  day,  and  for  many  sucoeed- 
ine  days,  for  bis  lost  son,  but  in  vain.  Ue  learned 
that  the  two  men  had  been  seen  in  the  dusk  ot  tbe 
evening  rowing  across  tbe  river  in  a  skifl,  with  a 
boy  answering  the  description  of  Henry.  After 
weeks  and  months  of  ineffectual  searcb,  Lochmnel- 
ler sold  his  house,  and  devoied  all  bis  means  and 
energy  to  the  recovery  of  his  stolen  boy.  He  yisited 
nearly  all  tbe  Eastern  and  Southern  ci'ies,  roamed 
over  i\.entaoky.  Ohio,  Indiana,  and  Illinois,  and 
finally  sailed  lor  Europe.  He  had  beard  of  the  eryp- 
sles  of  tba^  connirv,  who  are  in  the  baoituf  stexting 
children,  and  he  searched  tbroaeh  England  and 
Germany,  visitiug  evcr.y  gypsy  Cdmp  he  conld  hear 
of,  but  in  vain.  His  fuuds  becomins  nearly  ex- 
hausted, he  retarned  to  bis  desolate  home  iu  St. 
Louis,  and  went  lo  work  again  tu  raise  more  means 
to  prosecute  his  search.  About  tbat  time  the  kid- 
nappiuK  of  Charley  Boss  was  making  a  great  stir 
tbrongnont  the  couuiry,  and  Mr.  Luchmaeller 
shrewdly  conjectured  tbat  in  tbe  general  search  fur 
Cbarlev  some  one  might  stumble  noon  his  bov  Hon- 
rv.  He  tlieretore  read  all  the  newspaoers  with 
eaeer  avidity,  and  when  he  came  across  an  ac- 
count of  the  flniimz  of  one  of  the  numerouB  sup- 
posed Cbarlev  Rosses,  he  read  tbe  description  of 
the  boy,  and  if  it  was  anvibins  hke  that  of  bis 
son,  he  would  write  for  lurtber  information,  or 
hasten  to  see  the  waif  in  person.  He  never  tired 
searcbing  and  iuqnirins  for.  his  lost  son,  and  never 
fur  a  moment  en  ertained  a  dunbt  that  be  would 
eventnallv  Und  bun. 

This  remarkable  exhibition  of  hope,  courage,  and 
enthusiasm  was  at  length  rewarded.  Readini!  one 
dav  in  a  newspaper  tbat  a  boy  supposed  to  be  Char- 
lev  Rofis  wss  in  the  vicinity  of  Chester,  HI.,  he  vis- 
ited that  p  ace  and  to  his  unspeakable  iuy  found  bis 
own  lonft-losc  darlinir-  Eighteen  months  bad 
elapsed  since  the  boy  disappeared,  and  although 
greatly  changed  by  the  treatment  he  bad  received, 
the  father  at  once  recognizad  his  son,  and  the  eon 
knew  bii  father. 

When  Locbmueller  arrived  at  home  with  his  re- 
covered treasure  there  was  great  n-j dicing  in  the 
lamii.v.  The  neighuors  gave  the  little  wanderer  an 
ovation,  and  listened  with  ceariul  attention  to  the 
simple,  but  intelligent,  recital  of  his  strauge  ad- 
ventures. ' 

The  story  told  by  the  boy,  published  in  the  news- 
papers at  the  time,  was  tbat  Woebler'and  Rocle- 
muyer  had  a  hand  in  bis  disappearance;  tbat  be 
was  lucked  up  in  a  close  room,  aud  at  night  two 
men  pat  bim  in  a  skiff  and  rowed  across  the 
rivrr  lo  the  Illinois  shore.  They  traveled  on  foot 
through  tbe  woods,  aud  stopped  the  first  niebt  at  a 
cabin  in  the  American  Bottom,  back  o''  Venice; 
that  the  men  dyed  his  air  black,  circumcised  him 
after  the  Hebrew  fashion,  and  taaght  hiui  to  beg. 
He  traveled  with  them  (hroagh  several  States,  ami 
was  starved  and  cruelly  treated  by  them,  in  order 
that  bis  miserable  appearance  might  appeal  to  the 
sympathies  of  the  charitable.  After  using  the  poor 
bov  in  the  ronghetit  manner  lor  a  period  of  18 
months,  tbe  two  men  bad  a  disagreement,  and  sold 
him  to  a  tarmer  near  Chester,  li  was  there  his 
father  found  bim. 

After  recovering  his  boy,  Lochmueller's  heart 
naturally  became  embittered  toward  ail  who  nad 
taken  a  part  in  kidnapping  bim.  Securing  the  legal 
services  ot  Mr.  John  D.  Johnson,  he  bad  William 
Woehler  and  John  H.  Bodemeyer  arrested  on  a 
charge  ot  kidnapping.  Tbe  case  of  the  latter  was  dis- 
missed, ana  tbe  former  was  arraigned  for  trial  in 
the  Court  ot  Criminal  uorrectiou,  but  tbe  witnesses 
(the  two  boys)  were  so  young  that  their-  testimony 
could  not  be  relied  on  in  a  case  of  such  serious  im- 
port, and  the  accused  was  acquitted.  Then  Woen- 
ler  sued  Locbmnellor  for  $20,000  damnges,  as  above 
stated.  On  the  trial  yesieruay  some  extraordinary 
testimony  was  given.  Willie  Loclimaeller,  12 years  of 
age,  related  toe  circumstances  atteading  tbe  disap- 
pearance of  his  brother,  out  many  things  had  been 
torgotton  in  the  lapse  ot  time.  Heory,  tbe  stolen 
boy,  gave  a  very  intelligent  account  ot  the  affitir, 
aud  related  tne  story  oi  bis  wanderings  with  tbe 
tieggars  with  every  appearance  of  trulb.  During  - 
the  cross-examination  of  his  elder  boy  Lochmneller 
became  ezciteJ,  aod  seemed  disposed  to  attack  Mr.  - 
Gottschalk,  tho  lawyer  on  the  oiher  side,  and  the 
Judge  had  to  interpose  his  authority  to  prevent  a 
collision. 

A  question  of  the  identity  of  the  boy  was  raised, 
tbe  plaintiff  claimiug  thai  tne  Simon-pure  Henry 
was  drowned  in  the  river  at  the  time  of  the  alleged 
kidnapping,  and  that  the  boy  in  court  had  been  im- 
posed upon  Lochmueller  as  his  eon.  The  delense 
offered  to  aisprove  this  by  the  testimony  of  tbe 
mutber,  but  the  Judge  decided  that  a  wife  could  not 
be  a  witness  for  her  husband  in  a  case  of  tbis  kind. 
In  support  of  tbeir  posuion  the  plaintifiis  intro- 
duced a  son  of  WoehlBr,  who  testified  to  tbe  drown- 
ing of  Henry  Lochmneller  at  the  time  mentioned. 
He  had  never  meutiuiied  the  circumstance  to  bis 
father  until  about  a  year  ago,  nor  to  any  one  else. 
He  had  known  Henry,  and  the  boy  in  court  was  not 
he.  A  brother  ot  Mrs.  x<ochmueller  testifisd  that 
he  bad  known' Henry  since  the  day  of  bis  birth ; 
bad  "  held  him  at  tbe  altar  ;  "  was  uis  godfather, 
and  was  sure  that  this  boy  Wiis  not  the  one; 
Henry  had  blue  eyes  and  °  fair  hair,  and  tbis 
boy  has  dark  eyes  and  brown  hair.  Another 
witness  swore  tuat  he  had  also  held  Heniy 
at  the  altar  and  knew  bim  weil,  and  was  ceuain 
that  the  lad  before  him  was  not  tbe  son  of  his 
sister.  A  qneer  little  old  woman,  who  pretended 
tbat  she  conld  not  speak  English,  but  talked  it 
faster  than  a  lighmlag  express,  swore  that  the 
boy  sitting  before  her  was  not  Henry  Lochmneller. 
Her  tongue  ran  so  glibly  that  Mr.  Johnson  declined 
tu  cross-examine  her,  and,  wheu  released    from    the 

Stand,  she  ran  at  lull  speed  vo  the  door  and  disaij- 
peared. 

The  instructions  of  the  Judge  were  to  the  point. 
Tbe  jury  were  saiiefled  that  mere  was  no  maiice  in 
the  arrest  ol  SVoehler,  and,  after  a  consideration  of 
ten  minu  es,  they  returned  a  verdict  in  favor  of 
Lochm  ueller.  ^^^^^^ 

FROM  A  BALL  10  CHE  GRATE. 
The  Philadelphia  Bulletin  of  Friday  even- 
ing says :  "  A  young  colored  woman  named  Helen 
Slater,  29  years  ot  age,  died  suddenly  in  the  street 
this  morning  about  4  o'clock.  She  attended  a  ball 
last  night  at  the  colored  Masonic  Hall,  on  Eleventh 
street,  near  Lombard.  Baring  tbe  eveoing  she 
complained  of  not  feeling  well,  being  troubled  with 
pains  m  her  side  and  shortness  of  breath.  She  had 
been  dancing  considerably  during  toe  evening,  and 
her  frienas  endeavored  to  persuade  her  not  co  dauce 
anv  more.  She  declared,  however,  that  she  had 
little  chance  fur  enjoyment;  tdac  she  attended  tne 
ball  for  tne  puiposu  ot  eujoyrng  herself,  and  that 
sbe  Intended  to  dance  until  tbe  end.  She  luily  car- 
ried ont  her  puroose,  and  at  the  closs  of  tbe  ball 
started  for  her  home,  No  t!29  Locust  street.,  under 
escort  of  a  young  man  named  Jooa  Heurv  Brown. 
The  couple  got  as  lur  as  Ninth  aud  Locust  utreuta, 
and  then  the  woman  Sitid  tbat  she  was  unable  to 
go  any  further.  Sbe  laid  down  on  a  S'cp,  and  in  a 
tew  minutes  expired.  Carooer  Groddard  hold  an 
inquest  in  xhe  case  tuia  morning,  and  it  was  dis- 
covered that  death  resulted  from  heart  disease." 


THE  LASH  IN  FALL  BIVBR. 
The  Fall  River  (Mass.)  News  of  Friday  pub- 
lishes the  following :  "  A  young  man,  whose  name 
we  suppretiS  for  the  present,  was  cowhided  around 
the  yard  of  No.  166  Bedford  street  ye8terda.y  fore- 
noon by  a  married  lady,  about  whom  be  bad  been  cir- 
culating some  scandalous  reports.  Tbe  reports  com- 
ing tu  tbe  lauy's  ears,  sbe  procuied  a  good,  siout 
whip,  watched  tbe  approach  ot  the  young  man,  and 
then  went  tor  bim  with  a  will,  laying  on  (be  stripes 
iu  tmo  ball-dozing  style.  Tbe  young  man  st  oue 
time  succeeded  iu  wrenching  tbe  whip  irotn  the 
lady's  nantl,  when  she  clinched  him  and  got  it  back 
again,  and  then  coniinced  to  plv  the  lash,  amid  the 
yells  of  tbe  vic'im  and  the  laughter  of  the  iuukers- 
on,  until  be  bolted  up  a  stairway  in  an  adioiuing 
tenement,  and  locked  nimself  iuco  one  of  the  rooms. 
The  last  we  beard  of  him  he  was  holding  an  indig- 
nation  meeting  ot  one  in  tbe  siiy-parlor." 

WaY  THEY  CRA!\QiiD  TU  EI  R  MINDS. 
The  Ithaca  Journal  of  Friday  says:  "The 
story  is  told  of  the  recent  narrow  escape  of  a 
wealthy  church,  in  a  villaae  close  by,  from  being 
victimizsd  by  a  habitual  drunkard,  who  bad  pre- 
sented himself  as  a  candidate  for  the  Pastorship, 
which  bad  been  vacant  for  some  time.  The  man 
had  preached  several  times  very  acceptably  and 
onemori  ing  the  Executive  Board  assembled  to  taxe 
action  witn  regard  to  engaging  hiiu.  when  lo!  in  the 
very  midst  of  their  deliberations,  the  would-be  Pas- 
tor staggered  into  their  presence  so  dnmk  he  conld 
haraly  stand.    He  was  not  engaged." 


CHURCHES  AND  MiNlSIERS. 


HO  HE  AND  FOREIGN  EVENTS. 

A  Reformed  Episcopal  Chnrch  haa  been 
organized  at  Oakland,  near  Chicago. 

The  Missouri  ans  CHigh  Churcn  Lutherans 
have  549  Pastors,  wbo  mmister  to  207,000  pep 
sons.  ' 

The  United  Presbyterian  Church  of  Soot- 
land  raised  last  year  i520,(K)0  lor  missionary  and 
benevolent  purposes. 

■^  In  16  years  tbe  number  of  Baptist  chnrohes 
in  Great  Britain  has  increased  from  1,158  to 
2,671,  and  the  membership  has  doubled. 

Nineteen  young  Liberians  are  in  colleges 
in  this  country,  preparing  for  usefulness  m  their 
native  land.  It  is  said  that  500.000  Ireedmea 
are  willing  to  emigrate  to  Africa. 

The  new  Anglican  Bishop  of  Calcatta  ia 
to  be  enthroned  this  month  at  Caldiitta.  where 
he  will  be  met  by  bis  suffragans,  the  Bishopi 
of  Madras,  Bombay,  aod  Colombo. 

The  Baptists  have  four  colored  chnrohes 
in  Baltimore.  The  Union  Church  reoentlr  re- 
ceived 120  to  memb<ir8hip,  and  the  othec 
churches  are  reported  to  be  also  in  a  flourish- 

lug  condition. 

The  Philadelphia  Younc  Men's  Christian 
Association  reports  1,533  active.  1.335  associate, 
and  570  life  members,  in  all  3,45S.  iin  increase 
ot  1,291.  There  is  still  a  debt  of  $79,400  on  the 
new  building  and  property. 

The  Northern    Methodist  Conference  of 
Mississippi  has  passed  resolutions  approving  ^ 
the  basis  of  fraternity  with  the  Church  South. 
It  reports  25,441  members,  4,200  baptisms,  246 
churches,  and  234  Sunday-scliools. 

Mr.  Moody  announces  that  sufQcient  ooq- 
tributious  have  been  received  to  the  fund  for 
the  Bliss  children,  yet  the  Sunday-schools  con- 
tinue to  lend  in  money.  It  is  proposed  thai 
the'amount  now  on  hand  be  applied  to  some 
other  purposai 

The   United    Presbyt/erian     Ctiarch,   at 

Salem,  N.  Y.,  was  organized  iu  Ireland  In  185L 
It  atterward  came  to  this  country  in  a  body, 
and  has  never  been  reorganized.  It  is  claimed 
to  be  the  oldest  congregation  iu  tbe  United 
Presbyterian  Church. 

The  story  that  Attainase  Coquerel,  the 
leader  of  the  Liberal  Party  in  the  Beformtid 
Church  of  France,  recanted  on  bis  death-bod 
and  confessed  himselt  an  evangelical  Christian, 
is  denied  by  his  brother,  who  says  ha  died  aa 
he  lived — a  Liberid  Christian. 

The  Glasgow  United  Evanja^elistic  Asso- 
ciation haa  asked  Rev.  A.  N.  Sjmervilte, 
who  is  noted  for  his  evangelistic  tone  in  Eu- 
rope and  India,  to  resign  his  pastorate  in  Scot- 
land, and  devote  his  life  to  tlie  "furtherance  of 
the  Gospel  at  home  and  abroatL" 

Rev.  R.  W.  Dale,  of  Blrjiinorbam,  Eng- 
land, has  been  nominated  to  the  Lvman 
Beecher  Lectureship  on  PreAching,  at  Yale,  to 
come  after  Phillips  Brooks.  .Vlr.  Djle  is  the 
leading  Independent  in  England,  and  editor  of 
the  Congregationalist,  (mouthiy.) 

A  Lutheran  of  Eussia  denies  that  the 
Czar's  Government  has  persecuted  the  Lu- 
therans in  Russia.  The  trouble  in  ttie  B^ltio 
provinces  arose,  he  says,  from  the  refusal  of 
the  Lutherans  to  drop' the  German  aud  take 
up  the  language  ot  tbe  the  country. 

The  Lutheran  Home  Missionary  warns 
"  uneducated  and  ignorant  miuisters  in  the 
East"  that  they  must  not  go  West,  because  if 
tbey  cannot  succeed  in  the  Ectst  they  are  not 
wanted  in  tbe  West.  The  averdkge  Western 
audieuce  wants  as  good  preachmg  as  the 
average  Eastern  congregation. 

Rev.  C.  C.  Penock,  of  Baltimore,  w^as 
consecrated  Bishop  of  Cape  Palmaa,  Africa, 
Feb.  13,  at  Alexandria,  Va.  Bishop  Atkinson 
presided,  and  was  assisted  by  Bishops  Wuittle, 
Dudly,  Huntington,  and  Pinfcuey.  Bishop 
Penock  will  not  start  for  Afrit-a  until  after  the 
Gteueral  Convention  in  Octciber. 

The  second  annual  session  of  tbe  Lay- 
men's Conference  (Protestant  Episcopil)  of 
Ohio  will  be  held  at  Columbus,  PdO.  27  aud  28. 
The  obiect  of  the  oonierenae  is  oonsuttatinn  of 
the  earnest,  thoughtful  men  of  the  State  upon 
practical  Church  matters.  Subjects  will  be 
discussed  reiatingto  "The  Spiritual  Life  of  tbe 
Church  "  and  "  The  Church  and  its  Temporal! 
ties." 

Colored  Presbyterians  axe  not  very 
numerous.  The  Southern  aud  Cumberland 
Presbyterian  Caurches  nave  a  few  colored  or- 
ganizations, and  the  Northern  Assemolv  is  do- 
ing an  important  missionary  and  eduoatinnal 
work  among  the  freedtuen.  There  is  a  flour- 
ishing colored  Presbyterian  church  in  Wash- 
ington, and  another  ot  good  standing  m  Balti- 
more. 

The  Moravian  Provincial  Elders'  Confer- 
ence makes  an  appeal  to  tha  churches  under 
its  care  to  contribute  liberal ly  to  the  support 
of  the  retired  ministers  and  ministers'  widows. 
The  circular  says  that  never  was  assistance 
more  necessary  tor  this  purpoi*e  than  now,  the 
income  of  tne  sustentation  fund  having  been 
cut  down  several  thousand  dollars  by  the  bard 
times. 

Tbe  Baptist  Mission  on  Laigbt  street,  in 
tbis  City,  in  cliarge  of  Rev.  Halssy  W.  Kuapp, 
which  five  years  ago  had  an  atteiiilance  of  lass 
than  200,  has  ntw  an  average  oongreganon  on 
Sunday  mornings  of  416,  aud  evenings  of  1.064. 
The  prayer  meetings  have  increased  trom  2 J  to 
an  average  oi  333,  aud  tiie  Sunday-school  trom 
40  to  234.  Eighteen  converts  wore  baptized 
last  month. 

Tho  Anglo-Continental  Society,  which 
was  organized  22  years  airo,  to  make  known 
throughout  the  worla  the  priucipLes  of  the 
Anglican  Church,  to  help  forward  the  inter- 
nal retormation  of  national  churches,  aud  to 
save  men  of  unsettled  religious  oimvictions 
from  drifting  into  infidelity,  wiJl  issuain  March 
tbe  first  number  of  a  quarterly  to  De  called  tht 
Foreign  Ckurch  Chronicle. 

Rev.  S.  H.  Kellogg,  until  recently  a  Pres- 
byt«rian  Missionary  in  Allahabad,  India,  has 
accepted  a  call    to  the  pastorate  of  the  Third 

Presoyienan  Church,  of  Pitt8_tiurg,  wiiica  baa 
been  made  tamous  by  the  services  of  Drs.  Kid- 
dle, Kentlall,  Hernck  Johnson,  and^oi>f6.  The 
puipit  has  been  vacant  since  Dr.  Noble  left  it 
to  become  tbe  Pastor  of  tue  Central  Congrega- 
tional Church,  ot  New-Haven. 

The  party  of  Baptist  Missionaries^  which 
left  this  country  in  October  last  has  arrived 
safely  at  Rangoon,  Buruiah.  Tho  company 
consisted  of  Kev.  E.  A.  Stevens,  D.  D.,  and 
wife.  Kev.  D.  A.  W.  Smith  and  wife.  Rev.  H.  V, 
Crumb  and.  wife,  RiV.  H.  .Morrow  and  wile, 
Miss  E.  H.  Payne,  aud  Miss  M.  Slieldon.  They 
had  a  pleasant  passage  out,  and  were  ad  in 
good  health  when  tbey  landed  at  Rangoon. 

The  remarks  of  Dr.  Adler  in  his  lectfure 
laat  Sunday  to  the  effect  that  the  rite  of  cir- 
cumcision was  utterly  barbarous  and  disgraoe- 
ful  to'the  very  name  ef  religion,  appear  to  be 
making  some  stir  ami.nj{the  Jews.  The  Jewish 
Messenger  save  every  .Jewish  congregaciou  aud 
minister  m  the  United  States  will  mifignantly 
repudiate  such  teaching.  It  asks  the  question,, 
"  Who  is  the  foe  to  Judaism,  Rassiadey  or. 
Adler?" 

The  South-western  Confeirence  of  Congre- 
gational Ciiurches  has  beid  its  lourth  auuual 
meeting  iu  New-Orleaus.  It  was  reported  that 
"ihc  past  year  has  oceu  one  ol  mosi  euooaiag- 
ing  results"."  Of  tbe  13  churchos  in  the  oon- 
ferenoe,  li  report  581  memoers  ;  received  on 
profession  in  I8r6,  111;  adult  oapt.sins,  40; 
infant  baptis&is,  53  ;  Sabbatu-scjouf  soaolars, 
323.  All  out  four  oi  the  cuui-che4  are  free  iroui 
debt.  These  churchos  are  composed  mainly  ot 
colored  members. 

The  South  Carolina  Conference  of  th© 
African  M.  E.  Couroh  reports  200  ministers. 
The  report  of  the  conference  says  the  examina- 
tioa  ot  the  ministers,  wbo  are  diviaed  into 
classes  ot  hr.st,  secona,  tbird,  and  tourih  years, 
"show  a  marked  improvement  in  ail  the 
stuaies."  There  is  aiso  "  a  marked  improve- 
ment in  their  manners  and  tiaiTiage  auJ.  aig- 
nitied  miuu,"  and.  "  the  taste  displayed  in  their 
dress  proclaims  advauoement  of  thought  nud 
development  of  mina."  Tuere  has  bet^p  "  a 
rapid  increase  "  ot  members  and  of  Siluday- 
school  scholars.  South  Carolina  has  been  a 
hard  field  the  past  year  for  boca.  Nurcaera  and 
colored  Methodists. 


A  ball  dress  may  be  made  in  two  shades  of     the  purchase  was  aotoaily  made,  Slade  receiving 
jtwA"  **""*  rr^,  rif^  da ji<<>««^..3UiA. train  .liuJLL%JLib«.JAiittLilsukGa  *cj^  totha.giri'a 


HOIST  BY  HIS  OfVN  DERIilOK. 
The  New-Haven  PaUadiuin  of  Saturday  re- 
cords a  curious  accident  thus:  '" While  W.  B. 
Trask  was  superintending  tbe  hoisting  of  cakes  of' 
ice  by  tongs  propelled  by  horse  power,  at  the  ice- 
house  of  the  State  Hospital  in  Middletown,  last 
Wednesday,  a  cake  slioped  out  and  tbe  tongs  took 
bolil  of  his  bead  insteati.  One  prong  caugnt  in  tbe 
corner  of  one  of  his  eyes  next  to  his  nose,  and  the 
otnerinthe  back  of  his  head,  and  he  was  lifted 
from  tne  ground.  The  horse  was  stopned  and  ho 
was  released.  Had  tbe  prong  shifted  halt  an  inch 
Into  the  e;f  e-eofik*k  h«  would  hajft  heaa>in'>A." 


The  Presbyterians  have  long  been  puz- 
zling themselves  over  representation  in  tae 
General  Assembly.  Since  the  reuiiiou  several 
schemes  have  been  proposed  but  finally  rejijct- 
ed.  The  last  assembly,  which  met  in  Brook- 
lyn, appointed  a  committee  upon  which  ail  tbe 
parties  were  represented,  to  report  a  plan  to 
the  next  Assembly.  This  committee  has  made 
a  report,  which  sets  forth  the  facts  and 
different  views  which  are  held  in  the  Cburoh, 
traces  out  the  probable  effects  of  the  diffsreht 
plans,  and  concludes  :  "  I'bat  a  wise  decision 
'cannot  be  reached  until  the  Presbyteries  ahall 
have  carefully  considered  the  principles  and 
the  facts  involved  in  any  proposed  change. 
Our  beloved  Church,  siuoa  its  reunion,  has 
been  going  from  strength  to  strength,  and  any 
radical  change  in  tbe  prmciple  of  repreeenta- 
tion  on  which  its  higuest  judicatory  is  con- 
stituted should  be  made  with  tne  greatest  oaU' 
tion.  Other  Presbyterian  bodies  are  gravitat- 
in<^  toward  ours,  and  this  fact  ought  to-  be  taken 
mtb  consideration  in  view  ot  any  proposed 
^lOuux^AJn  «»«  baaj»  of  r«nr«a«ntaliu»  " 


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THB   UPTOWN   UFJPICU  Oif  THU  tl.lUBS. 

The  np-toim  office  of  THE  TOIB3  la  located  at 
N«.  U2S7  BroadwaT.  I>et.  31st  and  39d  ats. 

Open  dally,  Sundays  inoinded,  from  4  A.  &L  to  9  P.    iVL 

Aabtoriptions  reoelred,  and  copies  ot  THS  TI&IB3  for 

sale. 

AI>VBRTt.SBMBSTa  RBCBIVEP  PSTTT,  9  P.  M. 
HA.llBKK-.nAlO      AND      NURSK.-BY      A 

Nprth  German  girl,  to  ttfRe  care  of  jrtdwtng  clitldren 

and  assist  -witii  tno  chamber-work:    nlso  competent  to 
teach  children  German.     Call  at  No.  52  West  Slat  at. 


V/to 
Call  a 


IHADISKK-iMAlD  AIND   WAlTKKSg.-Bl  A 

/youn?  woman;  has  long  and  heat  CUv  references. 
Call  at  S».  331  Bast  86th  at. 

COOK.— BX  A  FIRST-CLASS  COOK;  UNDER- 
standsthe  manajtement  of  kitchen;  can  do  mar- 
ketina  ii  required ;  references:  no  objection  to  a  Btat- 
clasa  boardi.ic-house.    Call  at  No.  113  West  26th  st. 


COOK.—  Y  AHESPKCTABLKKB&NCH  WOMAN  IN 
a  private  family;  City  or  country:  good  reference. 
Call  or  adureas  lor  two  days  Ho.  2^6  West  31st  at., 
baat-m^Di. 


COOK.— BY  A  YODvSG  WOMAN  AS  COOK ;  THOR- 
oUKhlT  understand  her  business ;  meats,  game, 
soup,  iellies,  bread,  biscuits,  rails;  City  or  country; 
first-class  <  ity  reference.    Call  at  rfo.  326  East  3l8t  st. 


COOK.— BY     A     PHOTBSTANT    QIRL    AS    FIRST- 
class  took :    country     preferred;    good   reference. 
OaUat  No.  144  Esst  15th  st. 

CPOR.— BY    A.V    KXPERIENCKD    COOK;     DNDBR- 
•tnnds  all  kinds  of  bakine;  City  or  couatty;   will 
de  washiotr-.  City  reference.    Call  at  57  West  18th  st. 

HESS-.>IAIiEK.— BY  A    F1RST-CLAS8   DRRoS- 
maker  and  seamstress  to  go  out  by  the  day;  terms 

moderate:  reference  ^ven.    Address  Miss  Bantlc,  l4o. 

254  East  57th  st. 

GOVBRNESsl  OK  liADY'sJ  COMPANION — 
By  a  French  Trirlow  lady  of  edncatiou,  refinement.' 
ana  unexceptionable  reference:  is  used  to  travehog 
and  good  society ;  salary  uot  so  much  an  ol^ect  as  au 
azreeable  position.    Address  M.  8.  M.  S.,Box  So.  IIU 

Tunea  Office. 

OUSKKEEPKK.— Bf   A    YUUNG    WIDOW    OF 

highest  culture,  beia;  a  pcrf''ct  boaiekeeoer;  or 
anythina  not  menial ;  country  preferred:  salary  no 
otject;  would  teach  young  Children  and  sew:  refer- 
rnves.  Addreaa  A.  v.,  Box  No.  326  TIMKS  UP-TOWN 
OKFICK,  No.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


HOUSEKEEPER BY  A  LADY  OF  REFINE- 
mrnt.  who  is  an  experienced  housewife,  and  who 
can  furnish  undoubted  reiereuce  as  rearsrds  character 
and  executive  ability,  as  housekeeper  or  companion. 
Address  Thrifty.  No.  ^08  West  23d  st 


LAOV'S  rtlAIB.— BY  A  PROTESTANT  YOCNO 
woman  who  is  yery  taatj  in  her  duties ;  can  operate 
on  oifferent  machines;  understitnds  dress-makins; 
will  travel  with  a  family;  eood  City  reference.  Art- 
dress  Advertiser,  Box  No.  307  TIMES  UP-TONVM  OF- 
FICK.  NO.  1,257  BKOADWAY. 


LADY'S  MAID BY  A  CO.MPtJTB.VT  FiiK.SCS 
maid  with  a  family  Kolng  to  Europe;  does  not  ob- 
lect  toohildren:  first-olasB  reference.  Address  Uenrl- 
■  ette.  No.  661  6th  av. 


LAUNUKKS.-S.— BY  AFIRST-CLASS  LADNDRES.S 
Id  a  private  family;  best  City  reference:  no  ob- 
1e«tion  to  a  short  distance  In  the  country.  Call  for 
twodavs  at  No.  253  East  Slst  st. 


"|\ri;K.>«K.  —  BY  A  RESPKCTABLa  PROTESTANT 
X\noinan  as  monthly  nurse,  or  will  take  care  of  an 
Invalid  or  ooerateil  patients;  will  go  in  a  hospital; 
Rood  reference.  Call  on  Modday  at  No.  220  East  47th 
St.,  third  floor. 


■]yrUJK.*>K.— BV  AN  EXCiSLLKNT  GfKL  AS  CHILD'S 
X^  nurse;  reference  from  last  employer.  Address 
L.  A.,  Box  299,  TIMES  DP-l'OWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,267 
BROADWAY. 


WTUKSB.— BY  A  COMPhTENT  FRENCH  PBOTEST- 
.1  ant  oirL    Call  at  No.  763  6th  av. 


"WrKT-NUUSB.— BY  A  YOUNG  MARRIED   WOMAN 
»"  as    wet-nurSe ;  has  plenty  of  milk.    Can  be  seen, 
tiH  salted,  at  No.  155  West  31st  st. 


WASHING.- BY  A  LAU-NDRB3;>,  A  FEW  MORE 
gentlemen's  or  ladies'  w'ashinK  by  the  week  or 
month  ;  or  would  go  out  a  few  days  in  the  week  to 
work.  Call  or  sadress  Mrs.  Hawne,  No.  340  East  34th 
St.,  Room  No.  15. 


■yyASHING.— BY    A     RESPECIABLE      COLORED 
Tt  woman,  gentlemen's  or  families'  washing,  or  will 
Koont   bv   the  day.    Call  all  week    for   C.  F.,  No.  131 
West  3litb  su.  third  floor. 


WASHiNG.-BY  A  MRST-tLASS  LAUNDRESS, 
washing  ut  her  own  home  :  uuderstands  all  kinds 
ot  &miiy  washing  and  fluting ;  best  reference.  Call  at 
No.  241  West  3510  st. 


"YJirASPlNG.— BY    A     SCOTCH     WOMAN.    TO     GO 
»"  out   by  the   day.  or  would   do    family  washing  at 
home  :  gornl  referent)^    CaJ  at  No.  251  West  2i>th  st., 
re^r  house. 

A?*HING.— BY    A    FIRST-CLASS    LAUNDRESS  ; 

would  go  out  by  the  day,  and  would  wash  at  her 
own  house.  Call  at  No.  1,127  2d,  av.,  near  59tb  st„ 
back  room. 

"WTASHI.\4:i.— BY  AN  EXPBRIENCKD  LAUNDRESS 
TT  at  an    kinds    of    launilry-vrork ;    plain     washing 
75  cents  per  dozen:    large  sunny  yard.     Mrs.  Cooper, 
No.  440  West  25th  st,  back  basement. 

ASHING.- BY     A      Ei'.SPECTABLB    WO  JAN ; 

(lay's  work;  will  wash,  iron,  and  do  house-clean- 
ing; best  '.'ity  references.  Call  for  Mrs.  Smith,  No. 
145  West  32d  St..  rear. 

AS»HING.— BY      AN      tXCELLENT      CO  LURED 
woman,  ladies' and  gentlemen's  or  family  wash- 
ing, or  wil  go  out  by  the  day  or  week;  good  refereace. 
Gail  at  No.  147  West  52d  St.,  too  floor. 

■\T17ASH1NG.— BY  A  RKSPECTA8LB  WOMAN  TO 
"t  take  in  some  washing  at  her  residence  Call  on 
Miss  curns.  No.  344  East  36th  St.,  top  floor,  front, 

A.SHIiNG bY   A    WIDOW    LADY    TO  TAKE  IN 

washing  at  her  own  home.  Call  or  address  No. 
664  Graham  av.,  Williamsbug 

"«rASHlNG.<-BY  A  RKSPECTABLU     WOMAN    TO 
TT  do  gentlemen's  and  ladies'  washing;  75  cont4  to 
41  per  dozen  ;  refereme.     Call  ac  No.  633  3d  av. 

■\TSrASHl.NG.— BY    A     COLORED     WOM.iN.    DAY'S 
T  T  work  at  wasbin;  and  Ironing.    Address    Virgmia, 
No.  3o4  West  21st  st..  in  rear,  sec.ind  floor. 

JA!*H1XG,  &c.— BY    A    WOMAN    TO    GO    OUT 
by  tbe  dav  to  do  washing  and  ironing:  capable  of 
»ny  kind  ot  house-work.    Call  at  So.  456  West  17th  st. 

ASTKO.NG  BO*.  18  VEAKS  OF  AGE, 
would  like  to  learn  the  horsc-shoemg  traie;  willing 
and  obliging.  Call  or  address  T.  Fawcett,  No.  911 
6th  ay.,  between  51st  and  52d  sts. 

BUTLEK.— BJf  ASrtEDBXN  A  PRIVAfB  FAMILY 
as  hutler;  best  of  City  references.  Address 
Swede,  Box  No.  318TI.MES  UP-TOvVN  OFFICE,  No. 
I.a57  BR   AD  WAY. 

C100K.— BY  A  COLORED  MAN  AS  COOK;  PIRST- 
^clasa  reference;  understands  American,  French, 
and  SpanisQ  dishes;  hotel  or  boarding- houae  pre- 
ferred; City  or  country;  can  be  engageu  tor  the  Sum- 
mer.      Call  or  address  for  one  week  149  West  a2d  st. 


yfi 


Cioa(;h:>jan by  a  single  .man,  who  thoe- 
Vongbly  nuderstands  the  care  of  horses,  carriages, 
and  harness  :  careful  Cit.v  driver ;  best  City  reference  ; 
can  be  seen  at  preseat  employer's.  Call  on  or  aadresa 
No.  163  West  uCtli  sl,  private  stable. 


COACH.VIAN,— BY  A  GENTLEMAN  POK  HIS 
coachman,  whom  he  can  highly  recommend  ;  mar- 
ried; no  family;  strictly  temperate;  psrtectly  tniit- 
■worthy.    Address  O.  K.,  No.  113  East  22d  st. 


COAOHMAW.  —  BY  AN  KXPERISNCED  MAN; 
Willing  and  obliging;  City  or  comntry.  Address 
for  one  week.  C.  B.,  Box  No.  300  TIMES  UP-TOWN 
OFFICE,  NO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 


COACHMAN  OK  GROOM  AND  COACHMAN. 
— Enchsh;  tour  years'  good  City  character  from 
last  place.  Call  or  andresS  O.  B.,  at  BaiTlkwt<il,  sad- 
dlors.  So.  1,315  Broadway. 


lOACHMAN.— BY    A    YOUNG    COLORED    MAN  ; 
good  reference.    Address  J.  P.,  Box  No.  258  TIMES 
DP-TOWN  OFFICE.  MO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 


Ci 


COACHMAN.— BY     AN       ENGLISHMAN  ;     THOR- 
ongbly  understands  his  business;  four  years'  refer- 
ence.   Apply  at  No.  11  Bast  52d  st. 


FARMEA BY    A    MARRIED   MAN;     NO    INCCM: 
brance  :  thoroughly  understands  fanning,  oare  and 
management  of  ait  kinds  of  stock;  capable   of  taking 
Obarge  of  an.y  gentleman's   place;    wife  understands 
dairy  and  poultry;    h.<s  tbe  best  of  reference.    Call  or 
»     Bddresa  P.  L.,  No.  47  West  18ch  st. 

f*    inAR-MER    AND   UARDBNER.-BY    A    MAR- 

Jj  rled  man.  no  family;  would  accept  a  flrst-class 
(fardener's  position;  seven  years'  reference  from  his 
present  place.     Address  W.  N.,  Box  236  Timet  OlHce. 

GAKDENEK.  —  BY  A  PROFESSIONAL  MAN. 
thorougoly  acquainted  Trith  horticulture  and  agri- 
culture, to  cake  charge  ot  a  gentleman's  country  seat; 
five  years'  reference  from  last  plare  :  Episcopal ;  mar- 
ried; no  family  ;  wages  less  account  than  good  situa- 
tion.   Address  Box  No.  139  Astoria,  Long  Island  City. 


OARDBNER  OR  FARMER.— BY  A  SCOTCH- 
man;  married;  no  iucumhrance:  has  a  practical 
knowledge  of  hot  and  cold  graperies,  green-house 
plants,  vegetables.  &c;  also  a  general  knowledge  of 
farming;  six  .years'  referance  from  last  employer. 
Address  W.  A.  K.,  Box  No.  2in  Timet  Office. 

GARDENER.- BY  A  GERMAN;  HAS  25  YEARS' 
experience  at  green-houses,  graperies,  fruit,  vege- 
tables, ano  landscaping ;  good  references;  has  had  en- 
tire charge  of  large  gentlemen's  places.  Only  first- 
class  panics  address  C.  G.,  Box  No.  307  TlMEh  UP- 
TOWN OlFICE.  NO.  1.267  BROADWAY. 


■ 


GARDENER.- BY  A  SCOTCHMAN,  AGE  28; 
married;  11  years'  experience  in  first-class  places; 
can  give  the  best  references  tiom  past  and  present 
employers.  Address  U.  U.,  care  T.  Satterlee,  New- 
Brixhton,  Stateu  Island. 

C^ARDENKK.  — BI  A  PRACTICAL  MAN  OF 
jr proved  ability,  conversant  with  a.l  hranches  of 
plain  and  fancy  gardening;  married,  with  smallfamily; 
references.  Address  P.  M.,  care  Burrell  &  Donohue, 
No.  27  East  14th  st 

I ARDENER.— HE  IS  A  NO.   1  IN    BVSBYTHINQ 

Xjlappertrilcdng  to  plants,  flowers,  green-house,  &c.; 
tliaronghiy  understaads  his  business.  Apply  ears  uf 
J.  Davidaon,  No.  237  IJroadway.  " 

HAliEftUKSE,— BY  A  COMPETENT  AND  TEJH- 
uerate  man  as  nurse  or  attendant  to  a  siok  or  in- 
T^jiid  ffentieman;  good  Cit.y  reference.  Address 
Hervey  Box  Na  26a  TIMES  .UP-TOWN  OPFICH,  tiO. 
1,857  BROADWAY. 

WAlTRR— COOH.  AND  liAUNDRESS.-BY  A 
reap«otab)e  colored  man  and  wife;    no  family; 
man  a*  firet-eI»8B  waiter;  wife  is  an  excellent  cjok 
Skk  flvatclass  lanBdresa;    best    City  reference.    Ad- 
.^L  J  L..  Box  >o:  Sao  TI41BS  UPTOWN   OlrFICB, 

SQa.267  tfROAOWAY.    . 

^WTAITEK.— BY  A  COLORED  YOUNG  MAN  AS 
Wtoat-class  iraiter  in  a  j^vate  fi^llT :  best  ref- 
atraacfi.  Addresa  J.  W.  D.,  Box  No.  'J»3  TIMES  UP- 
yQwfwoFHCKryO.  I,g57  BROADWAY. 

^VTAI'TRR.— BY  A  BK8PB0TABLE  lOUNQ  COL- 
lYwdStoinaprlTate  fiwnily  or  boarding-lionse; 
laV^fl^aUM*  walt«i  Ji*e  City  reference.  CaU  or  ad- 
dnM  »9. 14*t  VVeatStthst  

FBlUrca  SWISS  MAN; 
laka  •  UtUe  BngllsH. 


Ikxr  AIYKB.— BT  A  TOtJIf  O  FB 


KINAKOIAL. 


VSRMILTB 

BANKERS, 

16  and  IS  IVassan  st^  IVe-vr-lTorlc. 

DEALBBa  IN  ALL  ISSUES  OP  QOVEBNMBST 

SRCURiriEs. 

NEW-YORK  CITY 

AND  BROOKLYN  BONDS. 

BUT  AND  8EL.L  ON  COMMISSION 

BTOCES,  BONDS,  AND  GOLD. 

ADVANCES  MADE  ON  APPROVED  SECURITIES. 

JAo.  A.  TKOWBRIDGK.  DONALD  MACKAT. 

LATHAM  A.  PISH. 


SIX  PER  C5ENT.BROOai.yN  CITY  BONDS. 

DBPARTMBNT  OFFtSASCB,  CoNTHOIjlBR'S  OFFtOR.    } 

CiTT  Hali,,  Brookltn,  Feb.  16,  1877.        J 
The  undersigned  will  receive  sealed  proposals  at  this 
office  until  Thursday.  March  1,  at  12  o'clock  noon,  (at 
Which  time  they  will    be  openeil)  for   the   purchase  uf 
the  whole  or  any  part  of  the  folluwing  loans : 

$500,000 
Six  per  cent,  Brooklyn  (.ity  bonds  for  tTie  complctiou 
of  the  New-York  and  Brooklrn  Bridge. 

$300,000  MATURING  IN  1909,  and 

$200,(100   MATURl.N'Q  I.S    1910. 

COUPON  OK     REGIS-PERKD. 

$250,000 

fix  pet  cent.    ASSESSMENT    FUND    BONDS,  W.  t  8., 

mattiriag  three  years  from  date  of  purchase— Regis - 

ieretL 

Proposals  must  state  the  pnoe  ofTered.  (with  accrued 
Interest  from  Jan.  1  on  Brooklyn  City  bonds,)  and  de- 
scription of  bonds  desired. 

WILLIAM  BURRELL,  Controller. 


WANTED— MOBILE  AND  OHIO  STERLING 
bonds.  Mobile  and  Ohio  8  per  cent,  interest 
Donds,  Mississippi  Central  first  and  second  mortgage 
bonds,  New-Orleans  and  J:irkson  first  mortgage  bonils, 
Mississippi  and  Teniiesseb  first  mortgage,  bonds,  Mis- 
sissippi and  Teoneasee  second  mortgage  8  per  cent, 
bonds,  Atlantic  and  Gulf  coQBolldated  bonds,  Western 
Railroad  of  .Alabama  first  mortgage  honds,  W,  stem 
Rnllroad  of  Alabama  secoau  mortgage  bonds,  Charlotte. 
Columbia,  and  Augusta  consolidated  bonds.  South 
Georgia  and  Florida  first  mortgage  bonds.  Cairn  and 
Fulton  first  mortgage  bonds.  Alauama  class  A  and  B 
bonds. 

FOR  SALE. 
Virginia,  South  Carolina,  and  Ijoulsiana  consols,  by 
ARENTS  t  YoU.SG.  No.  9  New  et. 


RICNICIPAL  BONDS,  DUE  JU06.    A  LIMITED 

AMOUNT  FOR    SALE  BY 

KIIBN,LOEB  &  CO,.  SO,  31  NASSAU  ST. 

HOTCHKISS  &  BURNHAM, 

(Members  New-York  Stock  Exchange,) 
COMMISSION    stock!    BROKERS, 

NO.  36  BEOAD  ST.,  NEW^-YORK. 
Stocks,  Bonds,  and  Gold  bought  and  sold   on  margin 
or  for  cash.     Branch  offices  in  Fifth  Avenue  and  Wind- 
sor Hotels.    Coaneoted  b.y  our  private  telegraph  lines. 
Accounts  solicited.  « 


COUfiTY    BONDS. 

ONE    TO    TEN  BONDS. 

$1,000    EACH, 

Eight  per  Cent  mterest,  payaule  in  April  next, 

Prompt   payment 

Price,  $70o  lor  each  bond  of  $1,000. 

For  sale  by 

TH03.    H.  W.AG.STAFF, 

No.  92  Broadwai'. 


Adam's  Expbkss  Compact.  No.  50  Broadwat.     } 
Nkw-Y.rk.  Feb.  14,  ls77. ) 

THE  TRANSFEK-B!»OKS  OF  THIS  COMPi.sY 
will  be  closed   from  2  o'clock  P.   M.,  Feb.  19,  to  the 
morning  of  March  2.  J.  C.  BABCOCK, 

Trt-asurer. 


AC.  BURNHAM,  NO.  33  PINE  ST.  NKW-YORK. 
• — Investment  securities  naying  eight  to  ten  per 
cent  for  sale.  Western  mortgagi^s  a  specialty  tor  six- 
teen years.  References  in  New-York,  Boston,  Han- 
ford,  and  Philaoelphi:!.     Send  for  Ii4t3. 


AT  REASDNABL.E  RATES— MONEY  ON  LIFE 
and  Endowment  ln.'<nrauce  Policies  and  Mortgages; 
same  bought:  insurances  oi  all  kinds  efl'ected  with  best 
companies.    J.  J.  HABRICH  Jt  CO..  No.  119  Broadway. 

T.  ROBINSON  WARUEN  Oc  CO. 

WxM.  O.  HOPF-MAN,  Anction-er. 

No.  106  Broadway,  corner  of  Pine  st 

STOCKS.  BONUS,  AND  Ri-.AL  EsTA    E. 


BROWM    BROTH  tCRS  A.'  CO.. 

NO.  69  W.ALL  :<l'., 

IhbUE  COMMERi'lAL  and  TRiVELKRS"    CREDITS 

AVAILABLE  m   a'l  KAitTS   of    the  WORLHl 


TTTANTED— FOR  ONE  YEAR,  «45,0i.>0;    WILL  GIVE 
T  T  amortgai^e  on  first-class  propvrtv  valued  at  $300,- 
000.    Address  F.  A.  W.,  Rosjmore  Hotel,  New-Vork. 


KOUNTZE  BRtlTHER.S  HA.NHEKS,  NO.  12 
Wall  St.  issue  letters  of  credit  on  tbe  Union  Bank 
ot  London,  available  in  all  parts  of  thf  world. 


BO.ND  AND  .UORTGAGE.— PKKSON.-^  HAVING 
money  to  loan  on  best  Improved  City  property,   ad- 
dress L.,  Post  OfQce  Box  No.  4.073. 


DIVIDENDS. 


.01.40,        > 

J.  1877.) 


Kkw-Iobk  and  Colorado  Coxpaxt, 
Park  Ba.vk  BtiiLoi 
Nbw-Vokk,  Feb.  10, 

DIVIDEND  NO.  1.— A  DIVIDE.SD  OF  ONE  PER 
cent,  bus  been  declared  on  tbe  capital  stock  of 
thia  company,  payable  at  this  office,  on  and  alt^r 
March  1,  1877.  to  the  stockholders  of  record  at  the 
closing  of  the  traiisfer-bootcs,  which  will  close  on  the 
'20th  day  of  Feoriurr  iustani.  and  reopi-u  .March  2, 
1877.  H.  GROENEMEYER,  Secretary. 


eleotio:n"s. 


ClXVKLA^D.  <.OLnJ«BD.S,    Cl.NCIXXATI  AXD  1 
bfDlANAPULlS    HAILWAV    COMP-l-TT.        > 

l;levei.aiid,  o..  Feb   16,  1877.  J 

THE  ANNUAli  MEETING  OE  THE  STO^K- 
holders  OI  this  company  for  the  election  of  I lireo- 
tora,  and  lor  tno  transaction  ot  other  busiueds.  will  be 
held  at  the  otHce  of  tbe  comsauy  lu  Cleveland,  on 
WEDNESDAY,  March  7,  1877. 

The  transter-booki  will    he   closed  from  the  evening 
of  20th  inst,  until  March  8. 

GKO.  H.  RUSSELL.  Sectetary. 


;'i 


OFFICB  of  THB  Co.tiOLlUATtO.f   CoAL  CoaPA.VT  OF 

Mabtlasd.  No.  71  Broadwat, 

New-York,  Feb.  2,  1877. 

TBE  ANNUAL  MBBTI.NG  OK  THE  STOOjC- 
holders  of  this  company  for  the  election  of  Presi- 
dent and  Direotors,  and  transaction  of  other  busi- 
ness, will  beheld  at  noon  uu  WcIUNESDAY,  the  '21st 
inat.  The  trausfer-boolcs  will  clos«  at  2  o'clock  P.  M., 
On  the  lOttk  lust,  and  roopcn  ou  tbe  23d  Inst 

U.  C.  UlCKS,  Secretarv. 


A  SPECIAL.  MEETING  OF  THE  STOCK- 
HOLDERS aui  election  uf  Direciors  of  tbe  StJoscph 
and  St.  Louis  Railroad  Company  will  be  held  on  the 
26th  of  March,  1877,  at  the  office  of  said  company, 
S6.  417  Olive  St.  st  Louis.  Mo  ,  at  1  o'clock.  P.  M. 

N.  E.  GOULD  v.  secretary. 


MtJiSlCAL. 


AfiREAT  OFFER! I. 


We  will  daring 
these  Hard  'limes 
dispose  o/  lUO  PIANOS  die  OH.(:iAN.r>,  new  and 
sec«nd>baad,  of  flrst-ciasa  maJiers,  inclndlug 
WArEit!:S\atlowqr  prices  for  caith  or  install- 
menta  or  to  let  nntii  paid  for  tban  ever  before 
oflemd.  WATERS'  GUA.Vii  SQUARE  and 
Ut'KltJHT  PlAJ>OSdk;<IR«A.V-*are  the  BKSI" 
MADE.  AGE.NTS  WANTED.  Illastrated  Cat- 
alogoes  Mailed.  A  liberal  di^coant  to  VeacMra, 
JU^nisters,  Ohurcnes.  etc  Sheet  music  at  bull  price. 
HORACE  WATERS  -Jt  SON-,  .ylanafctrd.  and 
Dealers,  40  bast  14th  .**t..  Cnlon  i^qnare,  N.  ¥. 


A  PIANO  IN  PERFECT  ORDER,  83b  t  ONK 
$50;  7  octave,  carved  legs,  ^Su  ;  an  upright,  S80; 
one  almost  new,  B>X75.  Don't  fail  to  call  before  buy- 
ing.   KRAKAUER,  No.  352  Bowery. 


A   PRIVATE   FA.MII.Y,  NO.  50  EAST  9TH 
st,muBt    sacrifice   superior   plauu-forte,  cost  $800 
last  October,  fur  $170. 


A  SOPRANO  DESIRES  CUUUCU  POSITION; 
.Ajefareuce.  A.  Errani.  Address  SOPRANO,  care  of 
A.  Krraoi.  No.  823  Kast  14th  at. 


GUITARS.— C.  P.  MARTIN  t  CO.'S  CELEBRATED 
GUITARS.    Depot  at  0.  A.  ZOEBISCH  k.  SONS',  No. 
40  Maiden  lane. 


THK      COfARTNERSaiP     HERKTOFORE 
existing  under  the  fl  m  name  of  AiANCHESTtR, 
BROWN  k  HOBBY,  Manufacturers  of  Jewelry,  expires 
this  da.v  b.y  limitarlon. 
NBW-YOKK,  Feb.  10,  1877. 

JAMK8ilANCHE.STRR, 
WILLIAM  a.  BEOWN, 
EDWIN  H.  HOBBY. 
Notice  Is  hereby  given  that  tbe  undersigned  will  con- 
tinue the    above  business  under  tho  firm   name   ot 
BROWN  t  HOBBY. 
Naw-XOKK,  Feb.  10. 1877. 

WILLIAM  a  BROWN, 

EDWIN  H.  Hubby. 


NOTICE  IH  HEREBY  GIVEN  THAT  TBE 
oupartnership  heretorore  Axistin.;  under  the  firm 
name  of  LE  BOUTILljlhlR  k  BRIDE  is  this  day  dissolved 
b.y  mutual  oonsent. 

The  business  will  he  continued  by  THOMAS  LE  BOU- 
TILLIER.  JR.,  who  will  sign  in  liauidutiou. 
Dated  New-York,  FeU.  17,  1877. 

THOMAS  LK  BOUTILLIKR,  JR., 
CH.iRLE8  B.  hRlUE. 


HOTELS. 

THK  ROVAlTviCTORrA  HOTEL, 

NASSAU,  BAHA11A  ISLANL»;i. 
For  full  information  apply  to 

JAMiiS  LIDGBRWOOD  St.  CO., 

No.  753  Broidway,  .lew-York. 


NEW-ENGLAND    HOTEL.  — LODGINGS,  SOc, 
200  comfortable  light  rooms  for  gentlemen  only, 
corner  of  Bowery  ond  Bayard  st 

<  "I  ,1  .ju  II  -S9 

ENGINEER  WANTED— AN  £XP£BIBNCED 
machinist,  capable  of  building  and  operating  steam 
engines.  Address,  With  references,  GEoRGE  F.  WIL- 
SO.V,. Metropolitan  Hotel 


MB.  HBPFERD,    NO.  101    WBbT  14TH 

St.,  teaetaesa  new  system  of  self-flttinjr;  hlichly 
leoommended  for  its  slmphdty  and  perfect  sacoess  ; 
any  seamssress  can  be  taught  In  three  lessons. 


M 


WANTBD»~A  PIOUS,  CLEANLY,  HEALTHY,  AKD 
enerlenoed  Protestant  woman  to   care  tot  grow- 
loK  obildrni,  and  to  be  generally  asetiU,    Address  AM> 


TOR  UP-rOVVN   OFFICE  OB    TUB  TiftlKSi. 

Tho  up-town  office  of  THK  TIMES  ia  located  at 
No.  t,'iS7  Broadwa.T,  bet.  31st  and  39d  sbf. 

Open  dally,  Sundays  included,  ^m  4  A  M.  to  8  P.  bL 

Subscriptions  receiyed,  and  copies  of  THB  TIMES  for 

sale. 

ADVBRTISRMEHTS  RKCBIVBD  VSTlh  fl  P.  IL 


FIFTH  AV.,  NO.tiOS,  CHasTERPIELD  HOUSE.— 
Parlor  nn<l  bedroom,  with  firat-chMis  board:  party 
octmpylng  second  floor,  front,  will  let,  with  or  without 
board,  lor  balance  of  seasoa  yery  reasinably. 

JOHN  p.  WORSTKLt. 


C*ECOND  FLOOR,  FRONT,  Slt'NNY  SUITE— 

lOne  r  5th  uv.,  excellent  table  ;  anv  reasonable  offer 
entertained;  reference  required.  Address  E,^GLaND, 
Box  No.  319  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICB,  MO.  1.257 
BROADWAY. 


AHmALL  E.NGLI^AH  FA.niLY  OF  POSITION 
having  taken  the  residence  No.  3'i5  West  28  b  St., 
will  be  willing  to  give  one  or  two  persons  of  culture 
tbs  comforts  of  a  nome,  with  or  without  boar  J ;  lib- 
eral terms;   references. 

HREB    DOORM    FRO»I   5  PH    AV.-NO.    12 
BAST    IBTH  ST.— Handsome  second    floor,   sunny 

rooms,  with  board,  for  faoiilles;    also,  rooms  for  sinsle 

gentlemen ;  references. 

«ENTLE;WAN  CAN  HAVE  LAR«E.  SCN- 

KY  room  in  small  family  ;  exceUont  board,  $12 
weekly;  references  exchanged.  No.  238  West  48d 
St.,  near  Broadway. 


ENTIRE  ><ECOND  FLOOR,  V\  ITH  PRIVATE 
table;  large  rooms,  hauusomely  furnished,  bath,  &.O., 
and  elegant  parlor  ;  references.  14  Kast  Sid  st.,  be- 
tween oth  and  Madison  avs. 


NO.  4  WEST  14TH  HT.— HAND80.VIELY  AND 
newly  furnished  rooms  for  families  and  gentlemen, 
with  or  without  breaktast :  best  references  given  aad 
required. 


NO.  31  WEST  30TH  ST.,  BETWEEN  BROAD- 
way  and  5tbav..a  fine  suit?  of  rooms  and  single 
rooms  to  rent,  with  board;  bouee  and  appointments 
first  class  in  every  p,->rtk^ular. 


NO.  67  \V«ST  38  I'H  ST.-HANDSOME  PARLOli 
and   bedro'ia  on   upper   fiour:  also,    hall   room   on 
thlri  floor:    private  table  only. 


NO.  20  EAST  32D  f^T., 

With  boird,  narior  and  bed-room,  first  floor;     single 
rooms;  tabin  board. 


N 


O.  23   WEST   :i20  .ST.— \  LAKGH.  ALSO    A 
medium-sized  room,  with  superior  table,  tor  gentle- 


ELEGANT    LARGE  R4IO.MS.  FRONT  AND 
rear,  with  or  without  board;  also   single   rooms; 
references.     No.  45  Slst  st  ,  5th  av.  an't  Broadway. 


NO.    a43      WEST     34TH     ST.— TWO     FltONT 
hall-ruoms,  with  buard,  heat,  and  gas;  terms  mod- 
era  to. 


FIFTH  AV..  NO.  4.'>,  BKTWEK.N  II  IH  AND 
12TH  STS.— Spacious  suite  of  wcllfuraisheil  apart- 
ments on  narior  floor,  with  or  without  private  tsble. 


Tvro.  '239  WEST  4.1TH  ST.— >eco.n:d  story. 

Xl  front;  sunny;   largu;    board   tor  two,    $20;   refer- 
ences. 


NO.  73     EAST  61.ST    ST.  -  A    SECONOaTORY 
largo  room  to  let,   with   fiist-class    board.       Ser- 
vants have  been  with  us  for  vsfirs. 


"IVrO.  123  ."VIAOISON  AV.— DHsIRABLE  SUITE 
Xl  of  rooms,  also  single  room,  with  board;  references 
exchanged. 


NO.    J•^    GRAitlKRCV     HARK.-ONE    HASD- 
somtly  furnished  room,  with  board,  on  parlor  fioor ; 
also  bsU-room. 


NO.  5S  WEST   331>    ST.-HANDSOMR    ROOMS 
on  second  fioor  to  let,  with  board;     terms    mod- 
erate ;  references. 

0.5    EAST    40rH   ST..    NEARWINOSOR 

HOTEL.— -Second  floor;    well  furnished:   first  class 
board:  ret'erenoe!'. 

IIFTH  AV.,351.— FKONTRoOM.i.BH.AUTlrULLY 

furnished:    exoellent  table;    ver.v  moderate  terms ; 

sinsrle  rooms  to  gentlemen. 


1 


'\0-   4  ItAST  2BrH   ST.,    HtiTtVKUN    5TH 

1^  and  Ma  lison  avs. — Haudsumcly    furnished  rooms 
with  first-cla.'>s  board. 


NO.     21     5TH     AV.-PLliASANT     THIRD-STORY 
front  room  and  hall   room  to  lot.  witii   flrst-cli«s 
hoard,  singlv  or  en  suite:    terms  moderate  :    reler.nce. 


R 


OO.HS    TO    LET,    WITH    BOARll— No.   19 

Kast  4tith  St.:   rt-ferenccs  eifhaii;;*'!!. 


^O.  5  WEST  4JI»  ST.-HAND.SO.He:    ROOM  ON 
-1  secona  floor,  wirh  t>o:iril:  ri-trn'ncc  eicha::ired. 


N 


0.6  EAST  3-lTH  ST Sl.NULU  KuO.iH   >VlflI 

board:    house  newly  luriiislr-d     torins  moderate. 


WANTED-BKTWKEN  23D  \ND  51TH  STS.,  AVD 
4th  and  Oth  avs..  with  sunny  exposur",  a  p.irlor, 
be-lroom,  Hud  bath-ro»ra,  ull  coinmuui"rf'in!;,  with  pri- 
vate table  for  gentleman  andwir:-.  Andres^,  wnh  fill 
pnrtlculars.  S.  A.  M..  Box.  No.  J02  llMEs  L'P-TOWN 
OFKICE.  NO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 


WAiNTEU— BY  A  FRK.ICH  TE*CIIi;'l.  (LADY.)  A 
second  or  third  flo>r,  uufurni.'^hcd.  with  ■  oard,  lu 
an  American  private  tamilv;  good  locTtion;  ri-fireiici'S 
exchan/ed:  stile  terms,  c.  D.  r..  1  ox  No.  .320  TIMES 
UPTOWN  OFF  CE,    .SO.   1.2,i7  BR;»AL)WAY. 


FURNISJIKD   1^0  M>v 

AGENTLK.HAN  lTjaVI.NG  IMIR  ELROPE 
d.  sires  10  find  a  good  tenant  for  a  very  lie-ir.iblo 
suite  01  rooinii,  const. tin.;  of  parlor,  library,  bi-droom, 
and  dressing-room,  with  bath,  iLr..-.  location  and  h'msc 
first  cliiKS  In  every  ri-speot.  Address  TRAVi-.LI.R.  iiot 
Na  295TIMESLP-roSVN  OFFICK.   l.2.>7  ISROiDAAY 


A  PRIVATE  FA.>IlLV  WILL  LhT  A  FINE 
sqdare  r<n)n>  <i»  fourth  floor  to  a  gentiemm:  :i;ii 
per  wi'clj ;  hiiusa  niid  loc:>:iou  are  superior- :  brenk- 
fiist,  if  desired;  rflerenccs  eiuhunge.l.  No.  5a  East 
21btst. 


fl^O  RENT— TO  OENlLK.Mi;.N  OM.Y.  WIllluUl 
JL  board,  two  or  tliieo  niceti-rmn  shed  rooms  ut 
modcrat-  prices,  in  priva;c  houat-,  iic-:i:hborhooj  ol 
Madison  «T.  and  3  Jd  St.  .\<ldiei^  CO.Mr'ORT.  Box  No. 
267  TIMES  UP- lOWN  OFFlCK.  N  ).  l.J.j?  RilOADWAY. 


SECO.VD      ANO      TIlIUO-STilKY       FRONT 
RoO.MS.   furnished;    reference   icfiuirod.    No.    11* 
East  24tii  st 


NO.aU»EA?sT51STSr.— A    K;.\V  Nfc.vVLYA.Nli 
elegantly  Itirnlsneil    rooms   at    reisouable   prii-cs ; 
hot  and  cold  water,  hath,  gris,  and  tin'. 

NICEI.V.FU«Mf*HI<JD      f<  KONT    ROO.n 

to  let  in  a  private  family  at  No.  204  East  17tii  st. 

OO.US   FOR  t.ENTLE.UE.S 

onlv.    N".  84  ErfRt  'JOlhst 


T^URNISHED 


£NS:rKTOTIOK 

Collegiate    institute, 

No.   40  WAStil.NGlON    SQUARE,    NriW-IjRri  CI  Ti. 

GKO.  W.  CLARKK,  Ph.  D.,  PriujipV. 
Prepares  onplls  of  all  ages  for  biuinesa  or  coft^j*. 


DOLBEAR,  Nil.  1,103  HitOADWAV,  PRE- 
PARES pupils  nracticaiiy  for  hnsioess  in  three 
months.  Private  lessons  lu  penmanship,  book-ktep- 
ing,  aHthmetic,  &c.,  day  anU  evening;  eiegant  writ- 
lag,  $5. 


MODER.N  GRKEK.-A  NATIVE  OP  GREECE.  OF 
the  hitfh>-»t  reipectablntv,  will  give  lessons  of 
modern  Greek  at  pupil's  residence:  will  turnish  the 
necessary  books.  Address  UELLE.VIC,  Box  No.  167  Post 
Office. 


PAINE'M  COLI.KGK.  NO.  U2  BOVVi::RY« 
UP-TOWN,  NO.  284  8  ni  AV.— Booic-kcepiog,  Arith- 
metic, spelling  all  hours ;  writiu'C.  $J  m rathly ;  laoios 
taugh;  book-keeping  and  iiccouuts;  backward  persous 
taught  prlvatelv- 


MR.  C.  C.  iUDLLER  RESPECTFULLY  AN- 
uouncesthat  he  is  about  turmlng  classes  for  the 
study  •r  HARdONY  and  COMPO.iU'lON.  Ciruulirs 
containing  particulars  can  be  obtained  ut  the  principal 
music  stores.     Appliciitions  received  nt  Steinwny  Hal. 


A  GOOD  HAM>WRrnN»;  TALGllT  IN 
ten  private  lesbons  :  book-keeping,  Uav  and  even- 
Inir:  OLIVER  B.  GOLDSMlTil,  Uuoms  No.  70  West 
43d  st,  corner  6th  av. 


CIIARLIER  IN.'^Tll'UTK, 

CENTRAL    PARK,      NEvV-VOUK. 

Boarding   and    Day   .School   for    hoyj    from  seven  to* 

iwonly  yjkrs  old. 


DEAN  COLLEGE  A>D  CONSERV  A  I'ORV 
OF  .UUSIC  lor  younj  l.,die4,  Uinj!i.imC'iii,  N.  Y; 
S>-.iOO  per  .year;  harp  extra.  Kev.  H.  A.  PATEKSuN, 
A.  M..  Prosidont 


MRS.  PARKS'  liOARDI.\G  A.\0  DAY 
school  tor  young  ladies,  Nuw-tJiuusvrick.  N.  J., 
opeus  Its  next  session  Feb.  5.  Circulars  sunt  if  deslreJL 
Terms  moilerate. 


NEW-VORK.  COOKING   SCllilOL,    NO.    8 
et.    Mark's  place. — Ladies'    classes    VVEDNhSuAYS 
and  SATURDAYS.  1  P.  M.     $1  per  lesson. 


ti^REiNCH,    latin;      greek.— PR  if.    J. 
'  PARltAlN,  No.  SI  West  12Dh  st,  second  floor. 


»ORT  CHESTER   INSTITUTE— Fori  Chester, 
N.  Y.;  limited  to  25  boys.    O.  Wiuthrop  Stan',  A.  M. 


MR.S.  lYIITCHELL  (DIPLOMEE)  SUPPLIES 
schools  and  tamilles  with  reliaol»  gontlameu.  laJ.v 
toachers,  governesses,  or  tutors:  gives  intoriuatioa  of 
good  schools:  fumiiiea  going  to  Europe  an  1  cou:jtrr 
will  find  competent  tenchers  to  accompany  chem.  Mrs. 
MlTCHBliL  cau  refer  to  tne  be:<t  tamille-<  aud  school) 
In  New-York.  Teachers' Bureau,  No.  07  West  ^iothau 
Hours,  12  till  4. 


MISS  M.J,  YOUNG,  AFTER  TWELVE  HEARS 
successful  mau'tgemaut  of  the  '<  American  School 
Insiltute,"  has  severed  her  connectinu  therewith  lu 
consequence  of  the  bankruptcy  of  J.  W.  i^chermer- 
bornk  Co.,  and  has  opened  her  owu  A^dERICAN  AND 
FOREIGN  TEACriEitS'  AGENCY  at  No.  23  Union 
square;  o£Bce  bours,  9  A.  M.  to  4  P.  M. 


riIHE  MATIO^AI..  SCHOOL   BUREAU    ISA 

X  reliable  agency  tor  supplying  schools  auu  families 
with  tesetaers,  aud  teachers  wlih  positions,  increas- 
ing demand  for  good  teachers.  Appl.y  early  tor  Au- 
tumn vacancies.  Send  stamp  for  upplicatiou  form, 
T.  COTESWORTH  PINOKSEY.  Uomestio  BuUding, 
corner  14th   st  and  Broad w:iy.  New-lfork. 


A  PRIVATE  TUTOR  DESIRES  A  FKW 
more  pupils  for  German  and  Latin;  terms  moder- 
ate; best  references.  Address  INSTRUCTION,  Box 
Na  274  Tt.\lES  UPTOWN  OFFICE,  1.267  BRoADWAY. 


A  LADY  (DlPLOI>IEE)  EKOltl  FRANCE, 
gives  lessons  in  the  French  language,  at  her  own  or 
pupil's  residence;  terms  nioderaie.  Apply  to  or  ad- 
dress Mme.  PAUL,  ^o.  149  Oth  av.,  second  floor. 


FRENCH  TEACHING  iix  DR.I..SAUVKUR, 
HOtbor  of"Causeries  avec  mes    hlfeves,"  to.  For 
circoiars,  apply  by  letter  at  Na  5Jl  West  35th  st 


XStOR  SALE-A  CHOICB  LOT  OF  OLD  MAUBISA; 
J?  about  five  dQsen  bottles,  qu<u1ia,  and  magnonu, 
X800  V»  1821.   Addraaa  Post  Office  Bos  Kg,  9M^. 


jjyttJSBMENTS. 


MARTHA  WASHINGTON 


RECEPTION 


AXD 


GARDEN  PARTY, 


IN  AID  OF  THB 


Poor  of  New- York, 


UNDER  TBE  ADSFICBS  OF 


ST.  JOHN'S  GUILD, 


ACADEMY   OF    MUSIC 


ABB 


NILSSON    HALL, 


FEBRUARY     22,    1877. 


BeaQtiAil  Floral  Display. 


Appropriate  Decorations. 


Fenrteen  Bowers,  Representing 


AMERICA, 


RC9I9IA, 


GERMANY, 


ENGLAND. 


FRANCE. 


SPAI.N, 

ITALY, 

GREECE. 
BKAZIL, 

AIBXICO. 

ICELAND. 

^      MOUNT  VERNON. 

REBECCA  AT  THB  WELL. 

* 

GYPSY  CA.MP. 

O.VG  HUNDRED  LADIE^  ATTIRED  IN  CBIRAUTBR- 
I:?TIC  COSTUMES,  TYPICAL  OF  THE  RESPECTIVE 
BOWERS. 

MENUETDELACOUR 

under  the  direction  of  WILLIAM  B. 

DE  GARMO,  to  be  danced  at  10  o'clock 

* 

by  Ladies  and  Gentleman  in  the  cos- 
tume of  Louis  XIV.  and  Louis  XVI. 

AFTER  WHICH 

GRAND  BALL  IN  THE  ACADENT 

AND 

GARDEN    PARTY    IN   NILSSON    HALL 

MUSIC  BY  BERNSTEIN'.^  ORCHESTRA 

AKD 

GRAFULLA*S    AND    DOWMNG'S  BANDS. 

SUPPER  FUESISHED  Bl  EXPERIENCED  CATERERS 
UNDER  THE  PERSONAL  Sf  PREVISION  OP  THE  EX- 
BCUTIVB  COMMITTEE. 

FOREIGN  CONSULS.  OFFICERS  OP  THE  ARMY 
AND  NAVY  AND  OF  THB  MATIOHAL  GUARD  ARE 
REQUESTED  TO  APPEAR  IN  U.^IFOEM. 

LADIES  AND  OENTIiBMBN  ABE  CORDIALLY  IN- 
VITED TO  APPEAR  IN  THE  COSTUME  OF  100 
YEARS  AGO. 

ENTIRE  NET  PROOBEUA  OF  THB  REOBPTION, 
SUPPER.  AND  HAT'ROOM  TO  BE  DEVOTED  TO 
THE  POOR. 

TICKETS  HAT  BE  HAD  AT  THB  GUILD  ROOMS, 
Xa  t»  BAfT  liTH  ST.,  0»  THB  KANAOEBS.  ALSO, 
OF  TT80V,  AT  TAB  WOf  D80B,  6ILSBT,  FIFTH  ATE- 
UBS.  An  BT.ilOllOtUUI  HOTBIJ^  -i 


ACADEMY  UF  MUSIC. 
Director Mr.  J.  C.  FBTBB 

GKAND  WAGNER  OPERA  FBSTIVAIi.  ' 

EXTRAORDINARY  ANNOUNCEMENT. 

BATBKUTH  AND  THB  "RIHG  OP  THE  NIBBLtJNQS  » 

transfierred  to  Hew-Torfc 

INAUGURAL   NIGHT  OF  TUE  W^AONER  OPERA, 

.  MONDAY,  MiROH  12,  1877. 

Mr.  FRYER  takes  creat  pleasura  In  annnuncinK  tne 
completion  of  an  ovganizacioa  under  hla  directiuD  fiir 
the  proper  reproduciloa  ot  tiie  ruuuvraed  mnsloal 
works  ot  Richard  Wagner. 

Until  now  there  bas  been  no  tboronebly  systema- 
tised  endeayor  to  illustrate  uuou  the  Ameriean  stazo 
the  grand  creations  of  the  German  muslni-,  and  tbe 
spasmodic  attempts  hitherto  made  to  iuroduoe  ex- 
amples of  his  Kenlus,  have  mcessarll.v  laUed  to  do 
Justice  to  the  ereat  art  embodied  in  the  structures  of 
hie  wonderful  dramas. 

Desirous  of  insurlu);  a  series  of  performances  worthy 
of  these   compositions,  Mr.    Fryer  has  formed  a  com- 

Sany  in  which  are  comurlsed  the  flnc^st  artists  of  the 
erman  lyric  style,  a  powerful  aud  perfectly  dlsoio* 
lined  Choirus  and  an  Orchestral  Band  representini;  the 
flower  of  the  principal  musical  ori:anizatiuns. 

The  Director  is  turthermora  fortuaate  tu  command- 
log  the  valuable  services  of 

MR.  ADOLPU  nEUENDORKF, 

the  eminent  Conductor,  who  not  only  enjoys  the  ad- 
vaataKe  of  liaving  assisted  at  the  late  festival  at  Bay- 
reatb,  when  Wagner's  supreme  worfc,"The  Kinit  of  tue 
NibelungB,"  was  jriven  with  such  memorable  effect,  but 
who  was  also  honored  with  copies  or  tho  score,  to- 
gether with  special  iastructloos  from  tho  composer, 
concernine  it*  reproduction  in  the  United  Htates. 

While  tho  interest  In  theNE.V  FOit.M  of  Oper.ihas 
everyivbere  deepensJ  since  the  extraordinary  success 
o^  the  teat  pruduulicu  of  Wagner's  crowning  work  at 
Barrenth  last,  summer,  in  no  part  of  the  world  have 
the  Waguer  theories  of  lyric  art  fauna  more  cntUiisi- 
BS.ic  acceptance  than  in  iblt  countrv.  noiw  thgtauiJinc: 
the  Imperfect  manner  in  which  they  have  heretofore 
been  oresentud  lo  the  oublic.  It  is  tlieretora  wltli  no 
ordinary  degree  Ot  coniidenee  that  the  Director  untici- 
pates  for  his  costl.v  and  oifBcult  «oterpriae  the  liberal 
eucouraeement  of  the  musical  put)Uc,  whuiio  udTanced 
taste  It  IS  his  ambition  to  gr.atlfy  through  a  mi-riiorious 
presentation  of  th  ■  followlne  Operas,  now  given  lor 
the  first  time  in  complete  form,  and  with  aocquate 
scenic  effects  and  accessories : 

REPEBTUIRE  OF  THK  WAGNER  FESTIVAL. 

DIK  WALKUttB,  ("  Ring  of  the  Nlbelungs.") 
THE  PLYING  DUTCHMAN, 

TAN.SHAU8KR, 

LOHENGRIN. 

",*  Dne  notice  will  bo  given  of  the  commencement  of 
the  sule  of  .Season  Tickets.*,* 


UNION  aHVAHB  TUBATRB. 


NKW.iTURK 

OONSERVATORT     OF     MUSIC. 

New-York  OlHces  onlv  at 
No.  5  EAST  14TH  WT.,  second  door  east  of  5thav. 
(Incoipnrated  ISBi.) 
This  RENOWNKD  iVlUsIO  SOilOOL  and  school  of  Elo- 
cution,  Or.'ilory,     Modern    L'tnguasea,    Drawing,    aud 
Painting  open  D.iy  ,iuil  Kvonins;. 

A  SPECIAL  TRAINING  Course  for  Teachers. 

Classes  of  three.  $Iltper  t^rm;   two.  $15:    pnvate,  $30. 

QUARTER.S  >;0  dME.NCK  KHDM  DATIi  OP   KN  I'ltANCK. 

oUBSUfllPTION  BOOKS  open  from  3  A.  M.  to  9  P.  M. 

The  celebrated  Anon  Pianos  arc  uji;d  in  tlie  schooL 


EAOIaE'IHEaTU^.        BttOAD.VA^  aKD  33D  ST. 
This  we^lt  Almce  in  her  moat  oopular  operas. 

AIVIKE,  QUliK.V  OP    OPKRA  BUUKP.<. 

510NDAY  and  I'llKSDAY  KVlvNI.VGS.  also  at  the 

Extra    Matinee  rHURSDAV  (Washingtim's    Birthrlay.) 

AIJIKE "B LA    GRVNUK  UUClli-SSI-; 

WbDNKSLAV    EVE.SINli    aMJ   8ATUKi»aY    MATlNEr) 

LA  PILLE  DE  MME.  ANGOT. 
TBURSDAY— WaaUin;lton'8  Blrthd  IT- 
TWO  PERFORMANCES. 
Matin6eat  1:30— LA  GR.\N1)H  I'U'  HE.SSE. 
Evening  at   8 — By  request,    a  apecfial   perlormance  of 

LA  ,T()t,lE  PAHPUMKU.hE. 
Id  which  AlMEr;  will  introduce  her   world  famous  Knic- 
hsh  soQsr  and  dance,  PHtfTY  AS  A  PIcrURK. 

Fniiiyeveu'nii.oniv  performance  of  O I  HOPLE-GIROFL.\ 

AIMEE  (only  time)     as GIKOPLE-GIRUFLA 

SatnnUy    M.itlnc'e- LA    KILLK  1)K    MMK.  ASGOC. 
Satunlay  evening— Bpneflt  of  the  Treisurer. 
l-.NULISil   DK.MATH;  PliBFORMANiK. 
Sunday  Ni/ht.  Peb.  25.  a  Grand  Concert  will  be  glveu 
at  the  I.AGI/o  THi;Al'KK   by  Mile.    .Af.lBK.    together 
with  the  aril  it's  mil  chorus  pud  orchestra  of  the 
AIMi:;E  OPKRA  COMPANY. 
Monday  eveiiinj.',   Feb.  V'(!,  first  time  in   New- York  of 
an  entirely  new  Op.  ra  BoulT-,  by  Off.iubacU, 
LA  iJOi  LA.NGi:iiK  A  I).  6  K(.U8, 
writtenexprcssly  for  Mllf.  Almee  au-l  which   was  per- 
formed by  her  lor  lUO  consecutive  nights  at  the  Tliea- 
tre  dos  Vitrietrs,  Purls. 


CHiCKURlNti  UAL.L.. 

THE  NEW-YORK  CHORAL  U.MON, 
P.  s.  <jlL.«ORi',  DlrectJr, 
Win  perfyrm  for  the  first  time  in  this  City, 
MALCHUS, 
a  cantata  In  t  broe  parts, 
composed  liy 
FRANCIS  T.  S.  PAKLliv,  Esq.,  of  Philadelphia, 
on  FRIDAY  KVENl.VO  next,  Feb.  23,  18(7, 
accompar.led  iiy 
GILMORE'S  GRAND  OKCuii.srKA,    50  PERFORMERS. 
'1  he  churus  will  consist  of 
260  VOICK8. 
Selected  from  the  New-Yorlc  Choral  Union  and  the  fol- 
lowlne nrtists: 
Mrs.  CARRIE  BROOKS-UULAGliK,  Soprano, 
MiS^L.  C.  KLLIOT.  .Mezzo  Soprano. 

Mrs.  Dr.  8AU0KL  AYEUif,  Alto, 
Mr.  WILLIAM  CASTLE.  Tenor, 

Mr.  ADOLPil  «OUST,  Baritone, 

Together  with  other  artists,  represenllujj  the    seven 

brothers,  thd  flvi-  p.-iests,  and  the  principal 

chiracters  in  the  worlr. 

TirKETfl,  $1;    no  dtra  charie  for  reserved  seats, 

which  can  be  secured  at  SllUBrtRTU'S  music   store, 

No.  '2H  Union  square,  and  at  CUlUiiEia.N'G  HAl.L. 


Bayard  Taylor 

AT  ASSOC1.4TION    HALL 
.       TUESDAYS  and  FRIDAYS,  at  11  A.  M. 
A  course  ot  TWELVE  LKCTLRfcS  on 

German  Liiteraturei 

The  course  will  commence  TUESDAY,  Feb.  20. 

SuLJi  ct— ••  THE  BEGINNI.NGS  OP  GERM.VN  LITER- 
ATCiKE." 

Course  tickets,  (with  reserved  seats.)  $5.  Admis- 
sion, 75  cents. 

Procrammes  and  tickets  at  Putnam's,  No.  182  5th  av. 


G 


II.»10^K'2»  GAUDKN. 


OPEN  THREE   EVKNIVGS  IN  THE  WEEK. 


TUESDAY, 


AND  SATURDAY. 


50  cents ADMISSION.... 


.-..60  cents 


CHXCRKKINIJ  HALiL.. 

WASHINGTO.V'S    BIRTHDAY, 

GRAND  BALLAD  AND  JUBILEE  CONCERT. 

(In  aid  of  Ilospltnl  for  Cure  of  Chronic  Diseases,) 

THE  NAFIO.SAL  ,SABLB  QUINIKT. 

Admission  60  cents,  with  reserved  seats,  at  Pond's, 

No.  39  Union  square. 


OL.Y.MP1C  TUB.ITRE. 


NO.  624  BROAWAY. 


HOUND 

THE 
CLOi  K. 


THK  SUCCESS  OP  1877. 

GRAND    EXTRA    M.ATINKE 

WASHI.NGTON'S   BIRTHDAY.  THURSDAY. 

ALSO    VTEDNESDAY    AND    8ATURD.AY. 


ASSAULT  ATAR.VIS  AND  BOXING. 

Annual  entertainment  at  Col.  Monstery's  School  of 
Arms  and  Kparriug.  No.  6J9  bth  av.,  SATURUAY 
EVENING,  Feo.  -^4.  at  8  o'clock. 

SAN~FHA^cIsC(r]MrvsTiZKL5^ 

OUR  HASH  HOUSE. 
The  Hash  rea.ly  MONDAY  KVENING  nt  8. 


MAX  MARETZEK  AT  TUE 
NEW-YORR  CONsSBRVATOUy  OP  MUSIC, 

No.  5  East  14th  St.,  tecond  door  east  of  &th  av. 
■  I     !g 


FINE  AJRTS. 


TO    ART    CONNOISSEURS. 


A  RARE  OPPORTUNITT. 

Absolute  sale  of  one  of  the  finest  and  most  impoi'tant 
private  coliecllous  of  MODERtf  PAINTINGS  of    the 
best  Kuiropean  schools,  tho  property  ot 
MR.  HENRY  N.  S.1UTH,  Ntl.  547  5TH  AV., 

will  take  place 

FIUDAT  EVENING,  FBR  23. 

The  collection  includes  chcfB-d'oBuvxea  by  Rosa 
Bonheur,  Jules  Bi&ton,  Oust.  Brioo,  Charles  Baug- 
niet,  E.  Boutibonne,  Bieratadt,  Meyer  Von  Bremen,  F. 
Compte-Callx,  Corot  Diaz,  DauMgnv,  Leon  Y.  Esoosura, 
Ger6me,  GIsbort,  UUdBbrandt,  Hubert,  Hammim,  Inoo- 
centi,  Ittenbacli,.Koetlcoe'K,  Lambinet,  Ungues  Merle, 
Moreau,  Rossi,  RoQ^aoa,  Jean  Roble,  Saintln,  Theodoro 
Rousseau,  Tou'.inouche,  Verboebkhoven,  J.  Q.  Vibert, 
F^  Ziem;  aud  others. 

•NOW  ON  EXHIBITION, 
D.AY  AND  EVENING, 

at  the 

KURTZ    GALLERY. 

No.  6  East  23d  st..  on  Madisou  square. 

ROBERT  SOMERVILLE,  Auctioneer. 


A.  A.— SPBClAli  ANNOUNCEiMBNT, 

K  Superb  Collection  of  American  and  Foreign 
OIL  PAINTINGS. 
Several  of  which  are  from  the  last  Paris  S.%lou  Exhibi- 
tion, and  the  American  direct  from  the  studios  of  our 
brst  artists,  now  on  exhibition  at  the 

8CHRNCK  ART  OALLEKt 

Na  60  LIB.KRTY  BTEBBT.  -^ 

TO   BE   BOLD   AT   ADOTIOH    ON 

TUESDAY  AND  WEDNEJDAT,  FBB.  20  AKO  21. 

At  19  O'olook  Baeh  D»r. 

KDWAAD  anVBSCK. 


"ftojirleter.... 
Uanafenr...... 


^ Mr.  SHBHIDAB  SHOOK 

.-.J. Mr.  A.  M.   PALUBft 


THIRD  tVEBK 

_  and 

UNEQUIVOCAL  SUCCESS 

or  tne  most  Important  dramstic  woijfc  prodaced  In 

New-Iork  lu  many  seasons,  the   oharfnlng  eomantlo 

drama  In  four  aots  entitled. 

THE  DaNICHBFFS. 

aOUSB  CROWDED  AT    BVKRT  BBPRESBMTATIOK. 

A  nlay  strong  in  it»  simplicity,  beautiAiI  m 
its  feeling,  and  plctntesiine  in  its  BorfuilQd- 
Ings.   The  success  of  tne  piece  la  aneqairocal, 

— /VMO-For*  Tribune. 

The  greatest  drama  yet  presented  upon  the 
boards  of  the  unique  Uoluu  SQuare  Theatre.— 
Evening  Mail 

The  new  play  promises  to  add  another  to 
tho  list  of  long  runs  at  this  iheatrp.— TAe  San. 

Unquestionably  the  Danichefia  is  the 
moat  remarkable  play  produced  in  New-York 
in  the  last  flvtj  years.— Spirit  o/Kfte  Times. 

In  moral  tone,  graphic  individualization, 
pmfonnd,  patbetic  interest  and  scenic  beauty 
there  has  not  been  so  Impressive  and  touching 
»  stage  exhibition  tor  many  a  season. — Dailjf 
NevDS. 

A  sood,  j)ure  p'ay. — Commercial  Advertiter, 

An  undoubted  success. —iVeio- For*  Herald. 

The  most  effective  of  the  many  eood  plays 
produced  at  tbe  Union  Square  Theatre.— £cen- 
ing  Post. 


THE  SOKNKRY,  COS'I'UMES.  FURNITURE, 
AND  appoint;.) F.NT3  EXCEL  IN  BEAUTY 
AND  MAG.N'IPICENCE  EVERY  PREVIOUS 
PRODUCTION  HERE. 

The  cast  emhraces  the  following  favorite 
narai  8 : 

Messrs.  C.  R.  Thome,  J^.,  James  O'Neill,  W. 
R.  Floyd,  J.  H.  Stodtard,  John  Parselle,  H.  W. 
Montgomery,  H.  F.  Dily.  W.  II.  Wilder.  John 
Matthews,  Lys-jnder  Thompson,  and  U.  R»m- 
,  and  Misses  Katherlne  Rogers,  Fnnny  Mo- 
r«nt,  .Sara  Jewetf,  Ida  Vernon.  Mrs.  M,irie 
Wilkins.  Mra.  Karren,  Miss  Lillian  Cleves,  and 
Mrj.  Seymour. 

The  acting  of  the  ladies  and  gentlemen  em- 
ployed is  described  by  one  of  th«  most  rfefliied 
ond  competent  critics  on  the  New-York  press, 
as  follows:  •■  TUB  ACTING  IS  PSRFKCT.  THE 
MANAGEVlKNt'  HAS  CAST  THK  PARTS  AS 
THEY  WOULD  HAVE  BERN  CAST  AT  THE 
FRANCAIS.  THI8  H  THE  WAY  PLAYS 
SHOULD  BB  CAST  FOR  PEB.WANKNT  RUNS, 
AND  IT  IS  ONE  OP  THE  REASONS  OF  THS 
INVARIABLE  SUCCESSES  OF  THE  UNION 
.SQUARE  THEATRE." 


TUESDAY  KVENING,  Feb.    2  ',   tblru  annual  Denedt 
OfMr.  CH.iRLBS  It.  THORNR.  Jb. 

THURSDAY.  Feb.  22,  (Washington's  Birthday,)  TWO 
PERFORMANCES  OF 

THK  DANICHEFPS. 
Matinee  nt  1:30 ;  evening  at  8. 
SATURDAY,  Feb.  24,  at  1:30.  (bnrth  matinee  of 
THK  DANICHKPFS. 


UNION  SQUARJB  THl^TRE. 

SPKCIAL    NOTICR. 

TUESDAY  EVENING,   FEB.  20, 

BENEFIT  OP 

C.    R.   THORNK,  Jr. 


UALV'S  FlFTil  AVENUE  TUBATRB. 

The  Merriest  Performance  in  the  City. 

Let  those  now  LAUGH 

Who  never  LAU'iHED  before. 

And  those  who  always  LAUGHED 
Now  LaUQU  tho  more. 


Beffins  Every  Nisiitat  S;  Terminates,  10:30. 

A 

Li  A  UGH 

KOK 

EVERYBODY. 

liEMO.NS  Matinee  Saturday  at  t  \  over  at  4130. 

WASHINGTON'.-^   BIRTSDAY, 

TflUKSfAV  NE.YT,   AT  3, 

IiE:»IO.\S  .HATI.NEB. 

MATINEE  PRICES.— Balcony  reserved  seats,  $1;   Or- 
chestra. $l  5D:   Family  Circle,  50  CIS.  Houses  crowded. 


THB  BEST  KB.SKRVKO  MEATS  AND 
boxes  t'lr  ttie  ooera.  and  all  theatres,  six  days  in 
advance ;  also  front  boxes  for  the  Martha  Washiiigrton 
RecPDtiou  at  Tyson's  theatre  ticket  office,  Windsor 
HoteL 


BOOTH'S  THEATKK. 


THIRD  WEEK. 


ENORMOUS  SU.'CKSS  of  ROWE'S  GREAT  PLAY, 
"FIFTH  AVENUE." 

GEORGE    RIGNOLD  as  the  Hero. 
*,*  The  play  abounds  with  illustrations  of  tho  necu- 
liar  phrises,  thrillin;;lnci.lents,  and  sensational   occur- 
rences of   LIFE   IN  THE  GEiJAT  METROPOLIS  as  it 
was  iu  1863. 

ACTL 
Pictures  the  SINKING  OK   AN  OCEAN    STEAMER. 

ACT  II. 
Pictures  SCENES  IN  WALL  STREET. 

ACT  IIL 
Pictures  the  LAUNCHI.NG  OF  THE  MONITOR. 

ACT  IV. 
Pictures  Fifth  avenue  by  iii?ht,  and  the  MURDER  OF 
MR.  8CHUVLER,  the  banker.    A  thriiling  scene. 

ACT  V. 
Pictures  the  return   of  tho  gallant  SEVENTH  RBGI- 
MhlNT  and  their  coufiict  with  the 

RIOTUres    OF    1863. 
*,*  SPECIAL  MATl.NEE  on  Washington's  Birthday. 


DEATH  AND 
RESURRECTION. 


Rev.  Chnnncpv  Giles  will  deliver  the  final  lecture  or 
this  course  THIS  tVUNING,  at  8  o'clock,  in  tbe  New 
(  hutch  House  of  Worship.  35th  St..  between  Park  and 
Lexington  avs.,  scatin<;  and  exolainiug  the  disclosures 
mnde  by  Swedenliorg "regarding  the  KESUKRKCTIO.N 
t>F    MAN    FROM    THE    DB.ATU    OP  THE    MATERIAL 

BODY.  

THE  PUBLIC  ABE  CORDIALLY  INVITED. 

A1.L.  SEATS  FREE. 

GRAND   OPERA  HOUSE. 

POOLE  t  DONNELLY Sole  Lessees   and  Managers 

THE  GREATEST  DRAMATIC  WORK  OF  THB  AGE. 
THE  TWO  ORPHANS. 

Bcenerv,  costumes,  furniture,  appointments,  and 
effects  all  new.    Union  Square  Theatre  cast. 

MATINEES— Wednesday,  Satur,Iay,  and  Washing- 
ton's Birthday.  THIS  (Sunday)  EVENING,  grand  con- 
cert by  the  original  JUBILKE  SINGKRS. 

Admission.  25  cents.     Reserved  seats,  60  cents. 


STEINWAV  HAliL. 

MONDAY  EVENING.  FEB.  19,  1877, 

GRAND  CONCERT. 

(In  aid  of  Hospital  tor  Cure  of  Chronic  Diseases,) 

lOU.NG  APOLLO  CLUBl 

MME.  DS  RYTHERl 

and 

.  MISS  MINNIE  MASON,  Elocutionist. 

Admission,  with  reserved  seats,  at  Pond's,   No.    ', 

Union  square. 


HEJLIiER'S  WO.NDEU    THEATRE. 

EVERY  EVENING  AT  8. 

The  Third  Programme. 

hverylhing  new  and 

more  wondertul  than  ever. 

ROBERT  HELLER.  MISS  HELLER. 

Matinees  Wednesday  and   Saturday  at  2. 

Children  half  price  to  Matinees. 

Extra  Matinee  WASHINGTON'S  BIRTHDAY. 


CKNTBNNI.iL.  BXP0f-.IT10N. 

ITALY'S  f.mous  exhibit  of  ,'iTATUARY  and  PAINT- 
INGS as  disDlayed  at  the  Exposition,  under  charge  of 
Prof.   ALKXANDlitt  ROSSL 

Now  on  Exhibition,  DAY  AND  EVENING,  at  the  new 
Booms  of  George  A.  Leavitt  it.  Co.,  Clinton  Hall,  No.  22 
Astor  place.    Admittance,  25  cents. 


THE  BEST  NEW  MUSIC. 

"Billow  of  Fire,"  song,  by  the  late  P.  P.  Bliss.  30c: 
"  Sweet.  Sunny  Smile  of  My  Darling."  Dank's  best 
sons,  with  picture  title,  40c;  ''I  Love  My  Love," 
Graham,  HOc:  "Pond  Lily."  galop,  Berg.  40c.;  "Pleas- 
ant Recollections,"  Mftllcr.  502.  New  Kaetcr  Hymns 
and  Carols  now  ready.  WM.  A.  POND  t  CO.,  No.  547 
Broadway.     Branch,  No.  39  Union  square. 


C BICKERING  HALL.-MR.  AND  MRS.  CARL 
FEININUER'S  fourth  music  recital,  WEDNESDAY 
KVBNINO,  Pek.  21,  1877.  Compositions  by  Bach. 
Schubert,  Oi>de,  Kalliwoda,  Wieniawsky.  and  others. 
Admission  SI :  reserved  sea's  50  cents  extra.  Tickets 
can  be  obtained  in  advauca  at  Ohickering  Hall  and  at 
Schirmer's,  No.  701  Broadway. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  AI1NSTRKL.!!$. 

OUR  HASH  HOUSE 
Opened  to  the  public  MONDAY  EVENING  at  8. 


STEAMBOATS, 

STONINGTON  LINE 

FOR     ItOSTtlN     AND    Al.b    POINTS     EAST. 
REDUCED    FARE. 

Elegant  steamers  leave  Pier  No.  3H  North  Rivar, 
foot  of  Jay  at.  >vt  4:30  P.  .\L 

Tickets  tOr  sale  at  vll  onnulpil  i.iclret  o  dsaj.  State- 
rooms aecureilAt  ot&cesot  vVestcott '{^praas  OjapAUiy 
aiiiiut  .Va  Htj3  Broad  w.iy. 

PRoVtOENCK    IJNE. 

Froicht  only,  steamers  leave  Pier  No.  27  .forth 
River,  foot  ofPark  pbice,  at!  P,  .VL  Freiishts  via  either 
linetaKeuat  lowest r.ittis. 

D.  s.  BABCyt;K.  P-es.       L.  W.  Fir.Kiy3.  a    P.  Affenu 

I^Olt      NBW-HAVb.^.    HAKTFOUA     dtc — 
^  Farn  $1 ;  steamers  leave   Feck  slip  for  New-Uavea 
at  3  and  IIP.  M.,  connecting  with  road. 


liiOR  BVlDi^KIMlRTA.VD  AM 

1/  Housatonic   and 


tteamers  leave  f^athi 


.Nangatunic        ,    _   _ 
trrne  alio  ii.   11 -SO  A, 


POINTS 

Railroad.— i'w  J. 
H. 


ON 

£1 


'wtViAC^f^^vovK}v^'7iv'^'Tai&    unitbHT 

states  tor  the  Souchorn  District  of  New- York. — In 
the  matter  of  RUSSELL  C.  FISK,  bankrupt.— In  Bank- 
ruptov. — .\  warrant  iu  Bankruptcy  has  been  Issnod  by 
said  court  against  the  estat-e  of  RusscU  C.  Fisc,  of  the 
County  of  New- York,  of  the  State  of  New- York,  in  said 
district,  adjudged  a  bankrupt  upsu  th3  petition  of  his 
creditors,  aud  (he  payment  of  any  debts  aad  the  de- 
livery Of  any  property  trolonsing  to  said  bankruot  to 
him  or  to  his  use,  and  the  tranar'er  of  any  property  by 
him  are  forbidden b^  Uw.  A  mtietlng  of  tbe  creditors 
Of  said  bankrupt  to  prive  their  deots  and  choose  one 
or  more  AssigiAees  of  his  estate,  will  os  held  at  a  Court 
Of  Baikruptoy,  to  b«  boidea  at  No.  4  Warren  straet,  in 
the  City  of  NawrYprk.  In  iMd  distnnt,  09  tbe  sixth  day 
of  Harcb,  A.  D.  1877.  at  one  0*01001:  P.  M..  at  the 
office  of  IvaiahT.  Williams,  Esq.,  one  of  the  Il«gisters 
tuuBiuilnaotav  of  asld  Court. 

eUVKR  tiVtJi.  MM-sh»l~.MMa>B«m. 


WALiLACK^S. 

Proprietor  and  Kanager Mr,  IiBSTKB  WAXiLAGi 

^•QHKUtHS  SnCCESS  OF  LEOITIltAra  >  OOMsSitl  • 
THE  PE0DDCT10«  »«»•»•« 

WILD  OATS 

AK  ARTISTIC!  TfilUMPa 

rOR  BVRRYBODJ  COMOBM8S 

IN  ITS  BEPEBSENTATIOK 

What  the  BeraXd  savs : 

The  production  of  O'Reerb's  fkmons  comedy  Af, 
WILD  OATS 

on  Monday ereoing created  snentbiulMUQaivptMel 
by  any  prenons  production  at  tbla  theMze. 

THB  HOVBB 

of 

MB.  LESTER  WALLACK 

A  SPLENDID  PIECE   OP  ACTING.—JJiwvfct 

In  Sir  George  Thunder,    Mr.  JOHN  OILBKBT  flnOS  • 

Character  nfter  bis  own  heart.— KeroU 

Mr.  BUCEETT  was  nouulj  good  as  Bphrtim  Smooth.' 
— Tiiws. 

Mr.  B.  ARWOTT  personated  John  Dory  ▼Ith  zlfhl 
feelinc  and  discreet  art.— 7W&UJK. 

Sim.  by  Mr.  KM.  HOLLAND,  a  deUcioiu  ht  of  aet. 
Ing,— fferoW. 

Harry  Thunder,  played  by  Mr.  C.  STEVENSOK,  irtth- 
his  wonted  grace.— Heroli 

Miss  ROsR  WOOD  played  Lady  Amaranth  with  tao 
grace  and  delicate  humor,  and  Miss  EFFIB  GERMO.^ 
was  equally  at  home  in  the  merry  Jenny  Gammon.  In- 
deed, from  Mr.   WALLACE  hinwoit  to  the  Landlord  o« 
the  "  Rising  Sun."  the  play  was 
A  TRiU-VIPH 
FOB  EVERYBODY  COKCKRITBD.— Harald. 
"^  THE   GREAT   t;0!dEDY 

Will  be  performed 
EVERY  EVENING  AND  SATURDAY  MATINBK  UNTT* 
FURTHEtt  NOTICE, 

with  its 

EXCEPITONAL  CAST 

and 

PICTURESQUE  SCRNK;  ILLUSTRATIOirs. 

Box-office  open  two  weeks  in  advance. 

In  consequence  of  ihe 

UNPRECEDENTED  SUCCESS 

of 

WILD   OATS 

the  production  of  other  novelties  Is  fbi  the  jirewBi 

postponed. 

ACADB.V1Y  OF  .«U."SIC.  ABBOTT. 

GRAND  ITALIAN  OPERA. 
Mr.  DE  VIVO  has  the  honur  to  annoaaco  the  dAbuft 
of  Miss  EMMA 

ABBOTT. 

IN  GRAND  I        FRIDAY    EVENIMO, 

ITALIAN  FEB.  aS, 

OPERA.  I  AT  8. 

when  will  be  presented  Donizetti's  charming  opera 

LA  FIGLIA  UKL  RiiGGIMENTO, 
with  the  followini  Star  cast : 

.Miss  EMMA    ABBOTT as MABIA 

(in  which  rOle  she  achieved   a  decided  success  in  Loa> 
doQ.) 

Signer  BSIGNOLI  in  his  gr?at  rAle  of Tonio 

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STATES  ISLAND'S  MYSTERY. 

— ♦ 

fi'BW  COMPLICATIONS  IN  THE  CASE. 

&BBSST  OF  A^ALKATIVE  GERMAN  ON  8«e- 
PICION  OF  HAVING  MURDBKED  THB 
V  YOUNG  WOMAN — HIS  LANDLADY'S  STORY 
BBGAKDING^-^  A^MYSTSBIOUS  ^  FBMALB 
'  CALLER-— TEIBiPEISONER'S  STATEMENT, 
AND  ;THAT  £>V  his  WITH — ^PKCCliAR 
CrRCUMSTAKCES ,  AND  ^  SUSPICIOUS  ^  DIS- 
CBEPANGIBS.     '     '*  ' 

A  man,  -whose  name  and  address  are  \ritli- ' 
field  for  tbe  present  by  the  Police,  called  at  the  of- 
Hce  of  loBpecior  Dilks  Testerdar  xaominK.  and  in- 
formed hitn  that  he  could  impart  certain  informa- 
tion which  he  believed  troold  tend  to  throw  lome 
lieht  on  the  m3r8tery  snrroandine  the  yoaog  woman 
who  was  foand  dead  ^  on  v  Staten  Island 
on  Sunday  mornlnK  lasN '  The  ,  Inspector's  in. 
formant  said  that  while  in  a  laser 
beer  saloon  in  Washlnc;ton  or  Greenwich  street,  he 
overheard  a  conversation  between  two  men,  one  of 
whom  be  knew  as  Jobn.  who  is  employed  as  a 
porter  at  Mo.  314  Washington  street,  and  tbe  other 
was  jB  stranger.  They  were  talking  about  the 
Stateo  Island  mystery,  and  in  the  coarse  of  their 
conversation  John  said  there  was  a  man  employed 
as  a  clerk  in  a  eiocery  store  in  Washington  street 
>vho  appeared  to  know  all  about  tbe  girl,  and  that 
ho  was  abont  to  take  passage  for  Earopeon  the 
Bremen  steamer  which  sailed  yesterday.  Deeming 
th«  iaforniation  of  importance,  Inspector  Dilks  at 
0UC9  detaiietl  Sergt.  Sattie  and  Detective  Dilka  to 
inveartieate  tbe  matter.  After  considerable  troable, 
these  rfQcers  discovered  that  the  man  they  were 
iu  search  of  was  George  L.  Ernst,  a  Gertnan, 
who  is  employed  as  a  clerk  in  the  grocery  store  of 
Ilpury  Welsh,  No.  345  Washington  street,  and  who 
lives  at:,  tlie  boardine-boase  of  Mrs.  Henrietta 
Schanl,  No.  188  Frankhn  etreet.  The  officers  pro- 
ceeded 10  tho  boose,  and  questioned  Mrs.  Scbaal 
Rbojit  her  boarder.  At  first  the  woman  was  very 
reiicent,  but,  ou  being  taken  to  tbe  Leonard  Street 
X'olice  Station  and  confronted  with  ttie  Inspector, 
she  ccnsented  to  tell  all  she  knew  about  bim.  She 
nfonned  the  Inspector  that  Ernst  came  to  her 
bouse  about  six  weeks  ago,  and  represented  himself 
aa  a  aiasrle  man.  Daring  his  slay  at  the  boose,  a 
-I  ;mj^"r  woman,  whom  Mrs.  Scbaal  describes  as  being 
a  verv  pretty  blonde,  with  light  blue  eyes  and  c 
email  month,  and  who  was  geoerally  well 
dresiod,  called  to  see  bim  as  often 
aa  two  or  three  times  a  week.  He  was  also  in  the 
habit  of  reoeiving  letters  addressed  in  a  lady's  hand- 
wilting,  which  he  said  came  from  tbe  same  eirl. 
Shortly  before  6  o'clock  on  last  Saturday  evening, 
this  yonng  woman  called  at  the  house  and  asked  for 
''  George."  Mrs.  Scbaal  told  her  that  he  was  not 
in,  Tbe  yonng  woman  seemed  greatly  agitated 
ar.d  burst  into  tears.  She  appeared  to  be  very 
much  troubled.  and  said  that  she  must 
see  JSmst.  Mrs.  Schaal  advised  har  to 
go  to  the  store,  and  the  young  woman 
departed.  When  Ernst  came  home  to  supper  ilrs. 
Scbaal  tok'd  bim  that  the  woman  had  called,  and 
informed  iim  also  of  her  agitation.  Ernst  then 
said  that  he  was  in  great  trouble.  He  said  he  had 
seduced  the  girl,  and  that  she  was  pregnant  and 
wanted  bim  to  marry  her,  and  threatened  to  have 
him  arrested  if  he  refused.  Mrs.  Sohaal  advised 
bim  to  marry  her.  He  then  told  Mrs.  Scbaal  that 
be  was  goinz  tO'  take  tbe  girl  to  her  father's  house 
DQ  Staten  Island.  After  snpper  he  went  out 
and  did  not  return  until  Monday.  Ou  Tuesday, 
after  accounts  of  the  finding  of  the  corpse  on  Staten 
Island  had  been_ published,  one  of  the  boarders  who 
bad  overheard  bis  n  conversation  with  Mrs.  Schaal 
said  to  Ernst.  "  Weil,  George,  I  eness  your  eirl 
committed  suicide.'*  Ernst  remarked,  '•  Oh,  no, 
that  wasn't  my  girl;  ^X  bronght  her  back  with  me. 
She's  all  risht.''  Mri>.  Schaal  informed  the  In- 
spector that  since  her  visit  on  Saturday,  the  10th 
mst,  the  yonng  woman^bad  not  called  at  tbe  bouse, 
nor  had  any  letteirs  been'  received  there  for 
Ernst  from  her.  Mr.  Carl  Scbaal,  the  husband  of 
Mrs.  Schaal,  corroborated  his  wite's  story  in  many 
particulars.  The  description  of  the  young  woman 
who  called  on  Ernst,  was  found  to  coincide  very 
closely  with  that  of  the  deaa  woman,  aud  Inspector 
Dilks  felt  convinced  that  he  bad  stmck  a 
trail  which  would  lead  to  .the  clearing-ap  of  the 
mystery. 

Srtrgt.  Sattie  and  Officer  Dilks  were  sent  back  to 

the  house  to  await  the  arrival  of  Ernst,  and  Mrs. 
Schaal,  at  the  request  of  the  Itispector,  remained 
at  the  st&tion-bouse.  At  13:30  o'clock  Ernst  ar- 
'  lived  at  the  bouse  for  dinner  aa  was  liis  custom. 
The  officers  told  him  that  Inspector  Dilks  would 
like  to  see  bim.  and  reqaested  bim  to  accompany 
them  to  the  staCion-hoase.  He  did  not  appear  to  be 
at  all  alarmed,  but  very  coolly  asked 
tbe  officers  what  was  wanted  of  him. 
Xhey  told  him  that  he  was  wanted  in 
connection  with  the  snpposiHl  murder  or  suicide 
of '  a  joimg  woman  on  Stalen  '  Island. 
"Oh,  yes,"  remarked  Ernst,  "I  was  on  Staten 
Island  that  night  and  passed  near  the  spot  where 
the  body  was  found."  He  accompanied  the  officers 
to  the  station-house,  and  on  b  ing  questioned  free- 
ly admitted  that  he  had  visited  Staten  Island  on 
The  Satuday  evening  in  question,  out  stated  that  be 
was  in  companv  wiih  bis  wife.  He  said  be  was 
married,  Duf,  being  too  poor  to  keep  house,  ho 
did  not  live  with  his  wife,  who  was  in 
a  situation  up  town.  His  twite  usually  met 
him  on  Saturday  night,  and  they  went  together 
10  ber  father's  bouse,  in  New-Jersey,  where 
they  geneially  remained  until  Monday.  On  the 
evening  of  Saturday,  the  10th  inst..  his  wife  called 
at  tbe  store  aad  be  sent  ber  to  the  ferry  at  the  foot 
of  Liberty  street,  to  wait  for  him  wtiile  be  went 
home  t<»  get  hia  supper.  He  delayed  so  long  that 
iney.  missed  tbe  train,  and  he  and  his  wife  then 
toot  tne  boat  to  Staten  Island,  and  walked  over  to 
tbe  Bergen  Point  ferry  and  proceeded  to  his  father- 
iu-law's  house,  where  they  remained  until 
Monday.  when  they  both  returned  to 
the  City  by  the  train.  He  said  that 
iu  walking  from  the  landing  on  Staten  Island  to 
the  ferry  which  took  them  to  New-Jersey  they 
passed  close  to  the  place  where  tbe  body  of  tbe 
Buoposed  murdered  woman  was  found,  and  he  at- 
tiibuted  his  arrest  to  the  fact  that  he  might  have 
been  seen  in  the  neiehborhood  with  a  woman,  but 
this  woman  was  his  wite.  He  said  that  he  was  well 
known  on  Staien  Island,  as  he  had  lived  theie  with 
bis  wite  lor  several  years.  When  asked 
where  his  wile  was,  he  at  first  re- 
fused to  tell,  as  he  did  not  wiau 
to  expose  her,  as  she  was  living  with 
b  lamiiy  who  did  not  know  she  was  a  miirried 
wonjun,  but  on  realizing  that  the  suspicion  resting 
on  him  would  be  greatly  strenctheneU  by  any 
equivocation  or  concealment,  be  toid  tbe  Inspector, 
that  his  wile  could  be  found  at  a  house  m  West 
Nineteenth  street.  The  officers  proceeded  to  tho 
buuee  indicated,  and  found  there  a  very  handsome 
young  woman,  living  with  a  highly  respectable 
jaimly,  iu  whose  employ  she  bad  been  lor  some 
lime  as  a  children's  governess.  On  being  ques- 
lionad  she  admitted  that  she  was  tho 
wile  of  Jlrnst,  and  had  been  married  to  him  lor 
titihc  yeurs.  She  accompanied  the  officers  to  the 
htJtiou-hoQse,  unrt  on  being  mterrogaced  by  In- 
tipector  Dilks,  she  corroborated  in  tbe  main  tbe 
stiiicment  made  by  her  husband.  There  is,  how- 
tver,  a  strange  discrepancy  between  the  statements 
mjdo  by  the  woman  and  her  husband.  Ernst  said 
that  they  walked  a  distance  of  three 
miles  before  reaching  tbe  ferry,  passing  the 
old  Q  laraniine  grounds  ou  tbeir  way,  and 
tue  Offtietery  near  which  the  corpsa  was  faund, 
while  Mrs.  ErBi»t  nay*  they  went  liirecc  to  tbe  ferry, 
and  tbtii-  walk  irom  the  wharf  where  they  disem- 
barked irom  tbe  boat  which  took  themtoStaieu 
IslunU  to  the  ferry-boat  which  conveyed  them  to 
linw-Jtibey  did  not  occupy  more  than  seven  tc  ten 
uiitiutfs.  Mrs.  Ernst  states  positively  that  ber 
husband  was  with  her  at  het  tathor's  house  on 
Saturday  night  and  all  day  Sunday.  Sbe  also  states 
that  she  never  caliea  at  the  boarding-bouse  of 
Mrs.  Schaal,  but  had  frequently  called  at 
the  store  where  her  husband  Is  employed, 
iiis.  Ernst  was  then  confronted  with 
iirs.  ScbaaL  The  latter  said  that  sbe  looked  very 
much  liKe  the  young  woman  who  called  on  Ernst 
iiitl.e  Saturday  evening  referred  to  ahove.  Tho 
veseoiblauce  was  so  striking  that  she  could  not  be 
pusicive  whether  Mrs.  Ernst  was  tho  woman  or  nor. 
A  young  sou  of  Mrs.  Schaal  who  saw  Ernst's  vis- 
itor was  brought  to  the  stauon-hoose,  and  he  was  as 
much  puzzled  as  liis  mother.  Mrs.  Ernst,  however, 
reiterated  ber  tormer  statement  that  she  bad  never 
called  at  tho  Franklin  street  boarding-nouse.  Ernst 
also  denied  in  the  most  positive  terms*  that  any 
female  had  called  on  him  at  the  boardiaz- house,  as 
descrioed  by  Mrs.  Schaal,  or  that  ne  had  received 
any  letters  irom  women. 

tJnUer  the  circumstances.  Inspector  Ddks  deemed 
it  prnacnt  to  nlace  Mr.  Ernst  under  arrest,  and 
bold  him  to  await  turther  development*.  Ou  oemg 
arraitined  at  the  desk  in  the  statioii-tfonse,  he  said 
he  was  34  years  of  age,  a  native  of  Germany,  mar- 
ried and  a  clerk  by  occupation.  Subsequently  he 
wL'taken  to  the  Tombs  Police  Court,  and  arraigned 
beJ^re  Justice  Kilbretb,  where  Mrs.  Schaal  made 
a  statement  substantially  as  ».aven  above. 
The  nrisoner  was  remanded  for  farther  eiamina- 
^on  and  at  the  request  of  Inspector  Dilks  was 
laken  to  tbe  Leonard  Street .  Police  Station,  where 
he  was  locked  up.  Sergeant  Snitie  and  Detective 
Dilks  « ill  procekl  to  Staten  Island  this  murum;:, 
and  Will  lake  with  them  young  5ch,tal,  who  is  uosi- 
tive  that  he  can  iueniiiy  tho  woman  who 
called  at  his  mother's  bouse  on  the  eventful 
Sum-day  evening  aud  asked  for;'  George."  Young 
Schaal  i  an  intelligent  youth,  abont  17  years  ot  age, 
SdwiU  be  permitted  to  see  tbe  corpse,  which  has- 
not  vet  been  interred.  If  he  identifies  the  corpse  as 
?hat  of  the  woman  who  called  for  Ernst  on  the  Sat- 
iSSay  night  previous  to  her  death,  a  strong  oircum- 


bnt  if  he  fails.  th»  whole  case  against  him  falls  to 
the  eroTind,  and  he  will  l>e  released. 

ErBst,  though  anite  poor  now,  has  been  la  very 
good  circumstances.  He  came  to  this  conjutry  from 
Germany  several  years  ago,  and  was  married  in  this 
City  eight  years  ago.  At  that  time  ho  held  a 
responsible  position  in  a  Maiden  lane  jewelry 
bouse,  receiving  a  salary  of  }5,000  per  annnm.  jBfe 
Bet  np  housekeeping  with  bis  wife  and  lived  in  fine 
style  on  Staten  Island.  Subsequoutlv,  he  resigned 
his  position  and  went  to  Germanv  with  his  wife. 
About  three  years  ago  be  returned,  leaving  his  wife 
in  Germany  bat  in  a  few  months  he  sent  for  bet 
to  reloiu  him,  which  she  did.  He  failed  to  obtain 
employment  in  this  City,  and  started  off  on  a  tour 
thiongh  the  far  West  in  search  of  something  to  do. 
He  failed,  and  bis  money  becoming  exhaosted,  be 
returned  to  this  City.  As  they  were  too  poor  to 
live  together  the  couple  agreed  'to  separate.  The 
wife  took  a  situation  as  a  governess,  and  they  de- 
termined to  live  apart  until  they  bad  twth  saved 
enongh  from  tbelr  earnings  to  furnish  a  modest 
home  for  themselves.  Nine  weeks  ago  Ernst 
obtained  a  situation  ns  clerk  in  Welsh's 
grocery  store  at  a  salary  of  |10  per  week, 
and  has  been  employed  there  ever  since.  His  em- 
ployer was  well  pleased  with  his  conduct.  He  was 
steady  andindustrious,  although  very  talkative  and 
much  given  to  bragging.  Mrs.  Scbaal,  tne  board- 
ing-house mistress,  stated  to  a  reporter  last 
night  that  Ernst  bad  been  boarding  at  her 
boase  for  about  sis  weeks,  and  she  had 
no  fault  to  find  with  him  as  a  ■  boarder. 
He  was  a  great  talker,  and  Mrs.  Scbaal 
says  his  long  tongue  has  got  him  into  troable.  He 
was  constantly  boasting  of  hia  amours,  and  told  ber 
that  he  had  seduced  a  young  girl  and  that  she  was 
four  months  advanced  in  pregnancy.  He  was  ad- 
vised to  marry  this  girl,  aud  said  be  would.  About  the 
first  of  tbe  present  month  ho  told  Mrs.  Schasl  that 
he  had  married  tbe  girl  and  was  going  to  Germany 
with  her.  He  said  hrst  that  he  would  sail  on  tue 
steamer  which  left  yesterday,  but  on  Eriday  be 
cbAOged  his  mind  and  said  he  would 
not  go  Antil  the  next  steamer  sailed.  Mrs.  Schaal 
said  sbe  was  positive  that  the  woman  whom  she 
saw  yesterday  afternoon  at  tbe  station-bouse,  and 
who  was  represented  to  be  Mrs.  Erust  was  tbe 
woman  who  called  at  her  house  on  Saturday  even- 
ing and  asKed  for  "  George."  Her  sou  also  said  lie 
was  satistiea  of  this  Important  fact,  but 
still  would  accompany  the  ottioers  to  Sta- 
ten Island  to-day  to  -view  tho  corpse. 
Mrs.  Scbaal  says  that  she  thinks  Ernst  has  two 
wives,  but  has  no  evidence  to  substantiate  this 
charge.  A  very  suspicioii.s  fact  was  that  Ernst  had 
his  moustache  shaved  oil' during  last  week,  and  this 
would  tend  to  show  th.it  he  t:a.i  endeavored  to  dis- 
guise his  appear.iuce,  althoogU  the  sauiitico  of  tho 
moustache  mav  have  resulied  merely  trom  a  whim 
on  his  part.  The  room  occnpiBd  by  Krust  wa.t 
searched  yesterday,  .»ud  uothiug  waslouud  to  throw 
light  upon  the  mysteiy. 

THE  coroner's  INQUEST  AT  8TAPLETON — 
ANOTlIEll  YOUNG  GERMAN  UKLD  ON 
SUSPICION — THE  girl's  NAME  TUOUGHT 
TO  BK  K.VTI«    KIICDEL. 

The  inquest  to  discover  tho  manner  of  tho 
death  of  "K.  R.,"  the  unfortunate  voung  womnu 
whose  body  was  found  In  the  old  Qu.irantino 
Gronndi  on  Staten  Island,  was  resumed  List  evou 
ing  by.  Coroner  Dempseyin  tho  Police  Station  at 
Stapieton.  A  now  witness  appeared,  of 
whom  the  general  public  had  no  provioas 
knowledge,  but  hi-i  statements  ao  not 
throw  light  npon  the  way  the  vouag  woman,  whose 
name  is  now  believed  to  be  Katie  Riedel,  wt<nt  to 
Staten  Island,  and  bow  she  died.  Xha  witness  was 
a  yonng  man  named  George  Dyckman,  who  lives  at 
No.  437  East  Eighty-fourth  street,  in  this  City,  and 
is  employed  as  a  milkman.  He  was  acquainted 
with  a  young  woman  named  Katie  Kiedel,  to  whom 
he  gave  bis  address.  As  that  address,  in  his  band- 
writing,  was  found  in  the  hac  of  tuo  deceased,  it  is 
assumed  by  Coroner  Dempsey  that  she  is  tho  per- 
son Dyckman  knew,  although  that  young  man  du- 
clarrd  he  could  not  recognize  her. 

The  first  witness  examinod  was  Mrs.  Uurns,  of 
No.  lii*i  Fifteuuth  street,  this  Citv.  She  tcstitled 
tbal  she  knew  nothing  about  tho  deceased,  but  her 
sympathies  had  been  aroused  by  the  case,  and  she 
bad  desired  to  inier  the  body  of  the  nnfortunaio 
young  woman  dec'ently,  at  her  own  cxpt>nsi'.  Dr. 
Isaac  Lea  then  tesiitied  that  he  assisted  Dr.  Walser 
to  luake  tbe  post-mortem  examination, 
and  bad  reached  tlie  conclusion  thitt  tho 
young  woman  had  diea  trom  the  etlfcts  of  poison. 
He  had  nevor  s^oea  a  bodv  In  which  ttio  organs 
were  in  a  more  healcby  condition.  Michael  Couway 
testiU^'d  that  while  handling  the  hat  ot  the  di'ceased 
he  tound  a  piece  iif  paper  bearing;  an  inscription, 
which  he  gave  to  Detective  Komer.  A  paper  with 
embossed  edjie.',  having  oa  it  thi>  iiume  George 
Drckman,  and  the  address  "2s'o.  437  East  Eightv- 
tourth  street,  "  was  hero  handed  to  (Jonway  by 
Coroner  Dempsey,  and  was  recognized  oy  him  aa 
that  which  he  took  from  bebina  the  baud  of  the 
bat  of  the  deceased.  Detective  Isaac  Il'jmer  also 
identified  tho  iiaper  as  the  one  giveu  huu  by  Con- 
way. Police  Capt.  Biako  now  appoart-d  lu  tho  room 
accompanied  by  a  fresh-faced  young  German,  with 
disorocred  ban,  and  the  general  uptiearnuct)  of  a 
laboring  man.  Ho  stated  that  his  name  was 
Georgu  Dyckman,  a  milkman,  iii  years  it 
age.  His  employer  lur  the  pstst  six 
years,  be  said,  iiad  been  Mr.  Joioir.iih  Linobau, 
of  No.  437  East  Eightv-fuurth  .Mtreet ;  every  moru- 
ing  he  served  milk  on  the  east  side  of  the  City,  b.  - 
tween    Seventy -fourth  and     Tuirry-iouvth    xircuts  ; 

be  bad  seen  the  body  ot  tbe  doceafed,  but  was  un- 
able to  recognize  it;  it  somewhat  resembled  a 
young  woman  b«  Had  known  tor  a  short  time  uaiuod 
Katie  Hieuel,  but  was  not  so  stout,  and  the  hair  was 
darker;  from  the  feet  that  the  initial.s  "  K.  K." 
niid  his  audrcas.in  his  owu  handwriting,  were  fouud 
on  the  deceased,  he  thought  it  possible 
she  was  Katie  Kiedel ;  he  gave  that 
young  woman  his  aodiess  at  her  request, 
ihrto  weeks  ago  vcslorUay  ;  at  tu.-i  same  time  she 
told  him  she  was  going  to  leavo  her  place  and  would 
reside  lor  a  time  with  htr  aunt  iit  No.  134  Hester 
Street,  or  with  her  brother  iu  Lewis  street,  Deiweeu 
DelOiicey  and  Kivington  streeis  ;  at  that  time  Kaiio 
was  employed  by  Mr.  Plielp.",  of  No.  Ill  East 
Thii'ty-ainch  stieut,  as  a  wuitiHsn  ;  ho  had  never 
seen  her  atte^  sho  left  Mr.  I'hclps'  bon^^e  three 
weeks  ago;  he  had  uuvoi  been  alone  with  Kaiia 
in  the  house,  and'  never  met  her  outside;  he 
saw  her  tho  hrst  time  on  Jan.  1  last;  she  prumised 
to  write,  telling  bim  where  to  call  up.ni  her,  but 
had  never  written.  Dyckman  declared  that  be  did 
not  seek  the  acquamtsuce  of  Miss  Riedel,  but  she 
treated  bim  in  a  tree,  good-natured  way,  and  at  the 
rime  she  asked  for  hii  address  called  out  to  him  tor 
it  fi'om  where  sho  .^tood  in  the  dining-room,  while 
he  was  in  tho  basement  hallway.  There  were  two 
other  servants  In  Mr.  I'belps'  household,  aud  he  had 
been  no  more  familiar  with  Katy  KieUel  than  with 
them. 

Coroner  Demaey  held  Dyckman  as  a  witness  and 
adjourned  iho  iuquesc  until  Mouaay  evoniug  at  7 
o'clock.  

QUEENS  COL  NTT  CRIMINALS. 


THE  MURDEHEU  OV  MAGGIE  BAL'EK  TO  BE 
PLACKD  OX  TKIAL  MONDAY — ANOTHER 
MUKDKU  CASE  ALSO  TO  BE  DISPOSED  OF. 
Judge  Pratt  and  associates.  Judge  Armstrong 
and  the  Justices  of  the  Sessions,  will  convene  the 
Oyer  and  Terminer  Court,  at  the  Queens  County 
Court-house,  Hempstead  Plains,  Ljug  Island,  to- 
morrow morning,  for  tho  trial  of  two  mea 
who  are  accused  of  capital  crimes.  District 
Attorney  Downing  will  appear  for  the  prose- 
cution, and  ex-Judge  Busteed  for  the  defendants. 
The  first  case  to  be  called  is  that  of  Frank  Mc- 
Conlchi,  the  alleged  murderer  of  littlo  Maggie 
Bauer.  The  history  of  tliis  case  is  of  such  recent 
occurrenco  that  it  mugt  still  bo  fresh  in  tbe  mind  of 
tbe  public.  On  tbe  14th  of  last  Augnst  the  de- 
ceased, a  child  of  9  years,  left  her  father's  boase,  at 
Foster's  Meadow,  early  in  the  afternoon  to  show  a 
woman  named  £ate  Hofimau  the  road 
loading  to  tho  V;dloy  Stream  JRailioad 
depot.  Maggio  never  returned  home  alive. 
Her  body  was  found  the  following  morning,  oon- 
cealeu  under  cedar  boughs  id  the  middle  ot  u  dense 
wood.  There  was  every  evidence  that  tho  slayer 
was  goilty  of  a  double  crime,  and,  hut  for  this  tact, 
the  circumstantial  evidence  all  pointed  to  Kate 
llofFmac  as  me  culprit.  Sho  was  arrested  ou 
suspicion,  ana  was  committed  by  tho  Coro- 
ner to  await^  tho  action  of  the  Grand  Jury. 
She  was  subsequeotlT  discharjed  from  custody,  aud 
tbe  arrest  ot  Frank  McConichi  f.dlowed.  A  bloody 
Kbirt  was  found  beueatli  tbe  leed-bln  iu  tbe  barn  of 
farmer  Davison,  where  McConichi  was  einploved. 
It  was  then  remembered  by  persons  in  the  house 
that  the  prisoner  returned  the  ui;jht  of  the  murder 
and  anked  in  an  excited  way  to  bo  given  a  shirt. 
The  bloody  garmout  was  fully  identified  as 
bis.  It  was  also  ascertained  that  his  face 
bore  scratches,  and  otUer  suspicious  ciroum- 
stances  poiuied  him  out  as  tho  probable 
murderer.  The  Grand  Jury,  however,  diecbargod 
bim  ;  but  be  was  rearrested  and  locked  up  in  J;tuiai- 
oa  Jail,  and  be  soon  afier  coniessod  being  the  perpe- 
trator of  the  double  crime. 

Denis  Byan  stands  indicted  for  the  murder  of  Pat- 
rick Tatt.  Ryan  and  Tatt  were  fellow-watchmen 
at  the  freight  office  ot  the  Long  Island  Railroad 
Company.  On  Sunday  night,  Nov.  29,  Ryan,  Tatt. 
aud  a  man  named  Smith,  were  drinkiug  in  a  hotel. 
They  were  all  under  tbe  influence  of  liqoor.  Smith, 
at  a  late  9ar,  parted  from  hia  companions,  and 
Ryan  and  Tafc  returned  to  the  freight  depot.  In 
tbe  morning  tbe  latter  was  fouud  murdered  In  the 
office,  but  by  whom  remained  a  mystery  for  some 
time.  Suspicion  pointed  to  Smith,  but  K^bji  spaied 
tbe  detectives  further  trouble  b*  surrenaering  him- 
self to  Capt.  Wood.  Ryan  stated  tnac  he  ahpt  Tart 
accideuially  while  tbey  %vere  straggling  for  the  pos- 
eession  of  a  pistol.  It  is  stated  that  Rysn  atone 
time  was  an  Assistant  Alderman  in  this  Cliy,  and  a 
member  of  tbe  Tihimany  Hail  General  Committee. 


ARRIVALS  AT  THE  HOTELS. 

F.  Gordon  Dexter,  ot  Boston,  is  at  the  Fifth 

Avenue  HoteL 

J.  N.  Camden,  ot  West  Virginia,  ia  at  the 
Windsor  HoiOl. 

Congressman  Charles  C  B.  Walker,  of  Cor- 
ning, N.  T.,  IS  at  the  Metropolitan  tiotel.  ^ 

Senator  P.  W.  Tobey,  of  Port  Henry.  N.  Y.; 

Bret  Harte  and  Samuel  L.    Clemens    are  at  the  St/ 
James. HoteL 

The  Grand  Duke  Alexis,  the  Grand  Duke 
Gonstantine,  Baron  Schilling,  and  Dr.  UoadrUte^  _pf 


THE  NEWARK  MURDERERS. 

♦ 
REVELATIONS  AT  THE  INQUEST. 

THE  FUNKBALS  OF  OSCHWALD  AND  RYAN — 

*:r^  THE  coroner's    INQUEST— LETTKRS  BY 

v^?  THE  PRISONERS    CONFESSING  THKIR  IN- 

V'  TBNTION     TO     COMMIT     6UIC1DB — THEIR 

FEEBLE  EFFORT  TO  ESCAPE. 
The  funeral  of  Charles  Oschwald,  who  was 
hanged  on  Thursday  in  Newark  for  the  mnrder  of 
Policeman  Brook,  and  also  that  of  Thomas  Ryan, 
who  died  cf  poison  three  hoars  before  the  time  ap- 
pointed for  the  execation,  wore  held  yesterday  af- 
ternoon at  the  booses  of  tho  respective  families. 
The  funeral  of  Ryan  was  appointed  for  S  o'clock, 
bat  long  before  that  boar  tho  boase  in  which  he 
had  lived,  and  where  bis  mother,  lather,  brothers, 
and  sisters  cow  reside,  was  filled  with  friends  and 
carious  people,  who  seized  tbe  opportunity  to 
gaze  npon  tbe  .  face  of  the  man  who 
bad  escaped  one  •  ignominions  form  of  death 
only  by  adopting  another  almost  as  repul- 
sive. The  body  of  the  dead  man  was  inclosed 
in  an  expensive  rosewood  cot&n,  upon  which  was  a 
plate  with4ho  name,  date  of  birth,  and  death  of  the 
deceased.  Upon  the  lid  lay  a  shield  of  flowers  with 
the  word  "Tommy "  worked  across  it  in  immor- 
telles, while  there  were  also  qoaotitlcs  of  cat  flow- 
ers. A  force  of  polioeraen  were  present  to  main- 
tain order  among  the  crowds  of  p'jople,  who  were 
allowed     to     pass     tbroach     the     house    and 

look  npon  the  faco  of  tho  dead  man. 
A  large  proportion  of  tho  visitors  were  young 
women  and  mere  children.    The  services  began  at 

2  o'clock.  They  were  conducted  by  Rev.  Mr.  Alien, 
one  of  the  clergymen  who  had  waited  npon  the 
prisoners  in  tho  lall,  and  were  short  and  of  a  simple 
character.  At  2:20  the  fuaoral  procession  moved 
from  the  house.  No.  67  Howard  street,  near  South 
Grange  avenue,  toward  Falrmount  Cemetery,  the 
streets  along  the  line  for  several  blocks  being  lined 
with  scattered  groups  of  spectntor.s.  There  were  13 
carriages  in  the  line.  Oach  wald's  funeral  was  hold  in 
bis  father's  house,  No.  269  Thirteenth  avenue,  and 
was  attended  by  a  crowd  much  larger  than  that  pres- 
ent at  the  funeral  of  Ryan.  As  In  the  case  of  Ryan, 
Oschwald's  body  was  deposited  in  a  handsome  cof- 
fin, with  silver  ornaments  and  plate,  and  beside  ta 
large  pillow  of  flowprs,  with  tbe  words  "I'aitb, 
Hope,  and  Chariti". "  worked  across  it  in 
letters,  formed  of  immortelles  there  were  sev- 
eral arml'uls  ot  cut  fliiwers,  which  covered 
tne  cnfiiu.  Tbe  lid  was  roniovod,  and 
an  opportunity  given  to  look  at  the  face  of  the 
dead,  which  liore  no  traces  of  the  violent  manner 
of  his  death  beyond  n  slight  discoloration.  Ton 
bodv  was  neatly  dressed.  The  funeral  services 
were  conducted  by  Rev.  AVilliam  Korn,  and  wore 
short  and   slmpla.    At  their  conclusion,  soon  alter 

3  o'clock,  the  coffin  was  closed  aud  carried  out  t.o 
the  hearse.  An  inimsnso  throng  had  collected  in 
the  neigh borhoood,  a  force  of  30  policemen  being 
pte.sent  to  maintain  order.  About  forty  carriages 
fiillowed  tho  body  to  Woodland  Cemetery,  where  it 
was  bulled. 

THE     CORON'EU'S    INVESTIGATION    INTO  THE 
CAUSE   OP"    RYAN'S   DEATH. 

The  Coroner's  jury  assembled  at  3  o'clock  in 
the  Court-house.  Prosecutor  Abeel  was  present, 
together  with  Dr.  Leslie  Ward,  tho  County  Phy- 
sician; Deputy  Sheriff  Davis,  and  many  other 
officers.  The  firat  witness  was  Col.  A.  J.  Johnson, 
the  Warden  of  tbe  £«acx  County  Jail  He  testified 
that  tbe  tint  intimation  he  had  of  Ryan's  illness 
was  on  Wednesday  morning,  atnint  9  o'clocK.  but 
be  did  not  think  enough  of  it  at  tbe  time  to  go  and 
see  bim;  after  breaklast  be  found  Ryan 
lying  on  the  floor  of  bis  cell,  and  be 
seemed  to  be  faint.  The  wltne.'5a  asked  both  Kyan 
and  O.'icbwald  about  tbe  tormer's  sickness,  both  be- 
ing in  tbe  same  cell,  and  Rran  said  he  bad  had  sim- 
ilar attacks  before  and  thought  it  was  biliou-iness. 
Oscliwald  i^aid  the  sickness  began  at  4  o'clock  in  tho 
morning  and  that  bo  had  putged  and  vuiuiled.  A 
short  time  after,  bearing  that  Kvan  was  worse,  wit- 
ness sent  f.ir  Dr.  Kornemann.  the  jail  phynltian, 
who  came  promptly.  Tbe  witness  said  be  bad  a 
slight  Nuspicion  of  poisoning  when  ho  first  heard 
tbst  Rvan  w.is  sick,  but  ue  did  not  mention  bii  sus- 
picious nnril  tbe  doctor  sai'i  to  bim.  "I  n^uder  if 
he  has  tak»u  anything  I"  Tbe  witnens  had  an- 
swered "no,"  and  Dr.  Holden,  who  bad  been  pres- 
ent with  Dr.  Kornemann,  expressed  the  opinion  very 
positively  that  the  prisoner  bail  not  taken  anvtbiug. 
The  jail  physician  stayed  aurlng  tbe  evening  two 
r.r  three  hours,  then  went  away  and  did  no(  see 
Rvan  again  before  bo  died,  at  8  o'clock  Thursday 
morning.  Tlio  witness  only  saw  Ryan  once  after 
the  Sber.ff'fl'  officers  tonic  cuargo  of  him 
at  5  o'clock  ou  Weonesday.  Tho  witness 
described  the  position  of  cell  No.  '24  in  wbieli 
ttie  prisoners  were  confined  logether.  and  tho  pro. 
cautions  taken  to  prevent  outsiders  from  reaching 
it.  Ue  had  hoard  Ryan  talk,  on  Tuesday  nighi, 
aboiii  tbe  elfect  that  his  death  would  have  on  liis 
t>-mlly,  nud  how  one  of  hii  brothers  had  been  in- 
sulted by  "that  dirty  puppy,  Uldv  McCaan,"  tour 
nights  before,,  iu  Market  street,  because  be  wore 
crape  on  his  arm.  Ho  tearcd  u  would  be  tlirown 
np  to  his  relatives  alterwnrd,  and  he  closed  Ins  re- 
marks with  a  flood  of  tears  and  sobbing.  N  >  one 
WH.s  allowed  to  go  into  I h-  coll  ou  tbe  second  tier 
besides  ibe  prisoners' counsel  and  apiriiual  advisers, 
aud  allotbeis  were  under  the  siirveillaoc;)Ot  Willi.im 
Carsou,  tho  Deputy  specially  employed  to  guard 
thom,  except  Rev.  Mr.  Lee,  who  came  on  one  occa- 
sion with  two  others,  and  had  a  meeting  in  tbe  cell 
wiih  tbe  pri'Onors.  Tbe  watchman  sac  oo  tho  Quor 
looking  up  at  the  cells  when  there  were  no 
visitors,  aiid,  if  he  were  not  looking,  a  per- 
son Could  easily  throw  things  up  to  the  put- 
form.  At  uignt,  when  all  tbe  prisoners  were 
locked  up,  Carson  was  relieved,  there  being  no 
pussibility  of  anybody  communicating  witli  the 
prisoners.  Tbe  meaUoC  tho  prisoners  were  broaght 
in  regularly  by  Ryan's  faiiily.  Tbe  witness  had 
never  heard  either  of  tbe  priHuuera  express  a  wish 
to  die  in  any  other  way  than  by  hanging,  and  never 
referred  to  it  except  when  Ks'nu  Kpoke  ot  tbe  mat- 
ter. He  know  that  a  vmail  cold  chisel  bad  been 
fouud  iu  ceil  No.  24  since  the  execution,  and  bo  had 
put  it  iu.his  tool-cheat.  The  men  wore  kept  together 
because  it  was  easier  to  watch  both  in  one  cell  than 
in  separate  cells,  and  because  Oscnwald  b.id  objtctod 
to  being  locked  up  with  anyone  but  Ryan.  The 
witnoAS  te:>tiflcd  that  he  thought  tho  prisoners  were 
ted  a  longer  time  by  their  Irionds  than  wa«  pru- 
dent,  and  be  coula  not  recollect  whether  he  gave 
the  order  to  have  the  outside  food  stopped  bilore 
Ryan's  sickness  or  after  it.  'I'hero  wore  a  thou>iand 
ways  by  which  poison  could  be  conveyed  to  tho 
prisoners,  but  he  did  not  boliove  any  nrisoner 
would  take  poison  uutil  tboru  was  no  reasonable 
hope. 

Thenext  witness  was  Deputy  Warden  George  H. 
Jubnion,  sou  of  Col.  Johnsou.  lie  said  he  bad  en- 
tire charge  of  tho  eastern  side  of  the  prison  ;  he 
bad  heard  of  Itysii's  sickness  on  Wednesday  morn- 
ing, ana  at  4:45,  when  he  weat  to  tbe  cell  ou  ttiu 
secona  tier,  to  shift  the  men  tu  cells  Noa.  3  and  4, 
he  lound  Ryan  lying  on  his  right  side,  covered  with 
a   blanket;   be  said  to   Oschwald,  "  Cbarlev,  you've 

got  to  go  down  stairs;"  Oschwald  exclaiuicd,  "Mv 
oJ,"  hesitated,  and  then  seemed  mucb  disturbed; 
be  Sold  to  tbe  witnesa  that  Ryan  had  been  taken 
sirk  At  3  o'clock,  and  bis  vomiting  Had  made  him 
[U^chwaldJ  vomit ;  tbe  witness  said,  "Come,  let's  go 
uown  stalls;"  Uoobwald  stooped  to  reach  niider  the 
bed  for  bis  shoos,  and  then  put  them  on  ;  starting 
tor  tho  door  of  tho  cell  ho  turned,  halted,  looked 
back  and  down  lu  a  corner,  and  then  stooped  over 
and  fumbled  ia  a  lot  of  papers  on  tho  floor;  the 
witness  said,  "  What  are  you  looking  lor  f  You 
can't  take  anything  away  from  this  cell ;"  then  tbe 
witness  searched  Oschwald,  took  a  pen-knito  away 
from  him,  led  him  down  alaira  to  bis  cell,  and  tbed 
r(tturned  to  arouse  Ryan  ;  Ryan  tamed  over  on  bis 
back,  with  a  vacant  loOk  in  nis  eyes,  and  wh»n  the 
witness  asked,  "What's  come  over  you?"  here- 
plied,   "  1  don't  know' what  tbe come  over  me; 

I  think  I'm  kinder  bilioue,  aud  feel  as  though  there 
Were  something  in  mo  ;"  the  witnons  carried  Ryau 
Oown  stairs,  when  Oschwald  came  out  aad  st^ook 
bauds  with  bim  ;  having  locked  the  men  up,  tbe 
wiinoss  Went  back  to  ceil  No.  24  and  gathered  up 
the  scraps  of  paper  on  tbe  floor  aud  put 
them  iu  bis  pockec,  as  be  thought  tbuy 
would  give  some  clue  to  the  murder;  be  pre.saed 
tbe  fragments  all  up  in  a  ball,  and  pat  them  in  a 
drawer  in  bis  father's  back  room  until  the  afternoon 
of  the  day  of  the  execuioo;  when  ho  came  to  ex- 
auiiue  the  papers,  tue  hrst  thing  that  caught  his 
eye  was  "wo  dlo  by  ooi-  owu  hand;"  ho 
called  bis  lather,  wbeu  they  ironed  the 
pieces  out  and  fitted  them  together;  being  three 
pieces  short,  bo  returned  tu  the  cell  and  fouad  tbe 
piece  rcauired  to  complete  Ryan's  letter  to  bia 
lather;  ou  Friday  be  searched  tbe  cell, 
Bcraptug  everything  together,  and  under  the  spit- 
bus  foand  tbe  remainder  of  the  letter  to  Col. 
Johnson.  Bcbiua  the  oox  was  a  piece  of  newspaper 
folded  as  a  physician  folds  a  powder  paper,  which 
contained  some  white  powder,  and  ou  a  shelf  he 
tound  a  white  pill  like  an  ordiuary  sugar-coated 
one.  Another  search  in  tbe  aouth-weat  corner 
resulted  iu  the  discovery  that  tho  prisoners  had 
tried  to  pierce  tbe  wall.  Under  tho  bed  was  a  ma- 
son's cold  chisel,  and  one  leg  of  the  t>oa  had  been 
broken  off  and  converted  into  a  claw  with  which 
they  were  working.  Two  patched  letl^s  baviug 
been  produced,  written  with  lead  pencil,  tbe  wit- 
ne.^s  identified  tbora  as  being  in  tbe  handwriting  ot 
Ryan,  and  then  read  them.  Tuat  addressed  tu  Col. 
Jounson  was  as  follows: 

Col.  A.  J.  Johnson,  Dear  and  Respected  Sir  Wo  leave 
you  these  few  liuex  asking  Tou  tu  pardon  us  tor  wtiat 
wo  have  aoiio  m  this  ceil  we  tryed  to  gut  throuirh  tho 
wall  and  make  our  eicape  without  doing  anybody  any 
injury  but  we  found  oat  that  we  uouul  not  succeed  .>o 
we  took  tbe  lant  remedy  to  oestroy  oaiaelves  .-to  them 
that  lOQgs  SO  much  to-  our  lives  will  not  have  the  sai- 
ibfacttonot  creating  a  sensation  m  tbe  city  of  Newark 
b.v  aUuable  exucutiun  We  are  innoceut  oi  tlie  crime  <.f 
wUich  we  ar«  doomed  to  die     All    1     hope   is    that   die 

guilty  party  or  parties  m^y  be  broaght  to  light  Wo 
ask  you  to  forgive  us  lot  we  know  we  have  dene  wrung 
toward  yon  and  you  have  always  been  a  goodaud 
kind  and  efficient  officer  and  warden  ever  since  we 
have  been  under  your  charge  Wo  will  now  conclude 
by  asking  yoa  to  state  to  the  pnollc  we  die  aa  we  lived 
innocent  yooog  men  of  the  crime  of  which  we  were 


our  kind  friends  lUr.  Carson  and  Mr.  Harvey  and  all 

inaniring  fHends  we  die  trusting  in  tbe  lord  to  save  as 

P  S — Kind  (.^ol.  «Io  uot  accufte   Abr    one  for  our  doliisrs 

for  the  stuff  has  been  iu  here  quite  some  time  as  we 
had  our  minas  made  np  that  if  the  worst  oame  they 
would  never  have  the  chance  to  have  a  aenaatlon 
over  OS  aa  we  know  that  there  is  scTeral  in  the  city 
would  Uke  it  to  happen 

Good  night  and  may  God  Bless  JC  protect  yon  we  die 
belieTlng  on  the  lord  Jesus  Christ. 

THOMAS  EYAN 
CUARLBP  OSHWALD 

S  B — we  beg  of  vou  to  forgive  us  and  aiso  ask  our 
kind  lady  ftioud  from  Orange  to  do  the  same. 

The  second  letter  was  addressed  to  Ryan's  father 
and  mother,  as  follows  : 

My  own  Dear  father  k.  mother  please  forgive  me  for 
the  rash  act  1  have  done  to  night  I  done  so  to  not  let 
them  have,  a  Sansatinn  over  a  double  Kxecntion  do 
with  mv  I'ody  as  you  wish  as  I  ihiniv  my  Soul  is  .<avod 
for  I  file  an  iiin<ict-ut  man  All  thou<!h  I  die  by  my  own 
hand  bear  uo  under  It  Dear  parents  for  I  hope  to  meet 
you  m  another  world  where  the  innocent  will  not  Sutler 
this  is  n  wicked  world  tell  my  brothers  to  beware  of 
b.vl  rompaiiy  ana  Rbua  night  wnikiag  for  itlsthtit 
brought  me  to  this  End.  I  dii  an  innoc-nt  youni;  man 
Mamma  remember  me  to  Little  Josie  and  tell  her  sho 
was  among.'it  the  last  in  my  mind  and  I  would  like  to 
meet  her  In  the  better  world  giro  my  parting  regards 
to  my  Sisters  and  Brothers  and  Kutio  &.  her  bisier  nnd 
Jane  8am  and  billy  aud  all  inquiring  iriouds  1  aie  as  i 
Uvedyour 

Dear  Rim 

TOMMT  BYAN. 

P  8  Mamma  Little  Joste  lias  my  picture  if  you  wish 
any  conies  Iriim  it  she  will  let  you  have  U  it  vou  havo 
any  taken  give  one  to  the  littlo  iirl  Miss  Tessio  Nugpnl, 
My  kind  nnd  parting  wishes  to  tho  Kov  Mr  .4liea  nnd 
all  inquiring  friends  and  not  lorgettlng  mv  two  lady 
friends  .Mrs  Uosa  and  Mrs  Wake  (looil  by  dear  nianuna 
&  papa  &  all  tbe  lainlly  until  we  meet  in  tbe  other 
world  I  die  belie\iag  on  the  Lord  Jeaus  chnst  goou 
night  and  may  God  bless  you  all  that  is  my  dying 
wish 

N  B  tell  my  brothers  for  God  Sake  and  for  my  sake 
to  lead  different  lives  or  they  will  nio  it  in  thit  future 
Shun  night  wnlklni;  &  bad  cumnany  that  is  tne  winh  of 
tlicir  dying  brother 

Good  nifilit  forever 
in  this  world  of  Sorrow 
(iod  bless  &  protect 
you  .111 

Mamma  I  die  an  Innocpnt  man  .•ilih9uch  I  die  by  my 
own  hand.    God  forgive  me  fur  the  rasb  act. 

The  witness,  continuing,  said  that  the  tearing  up 
of  the  paper  was  to  hiui  a  mystery,  but  his  theory 
was  that  Oschwald  bad  chaugod  his  mind  after  tho 
letter  had  been  written,  and  lh.it  only  Ryan  had 
taken  poiMOii,  so  that  Oschwald  bad  determined  to 
destroy  them  aud  not  to  ctmimit  suicide.  Oschwald 
had  taken  two  cups  of  coftee,  an  ouuco  of  whisky, 
and  two  slices  of  buttered  toast  just  before  ho  was 
executed. 

William  Carson,  the  special  watchman,  employed 
to  guard  the  prist-iiers.  leatifi-d  th.it  no  one  could 
approach  tboin  without  being  seen  hy  bim.  and  he 
watched  llioni  careiully,  particAlarly  the  reponeis: 
Mrs.  Wicks  and  Miss  Rose,  the  "good  wuinon," 
Came  to  see  the  prisoucrs  frequently,  and  ho  stood 
ns  close  as  he  could  to  tbeni  while  they  conversed 
with  tbe  prisoners ;  nothing  was  said  he  did  not 
hear,  but  bo  cou;d  uot  iinderstaud  Oschwald'a 
mother,  who  spoko  only  (ierman;  the  diirereni 
members  of  tbe  li.yan  family  brought  meals  to  tho 
Iirisuncrs,  and  eomuliines  took  them  iiisido  ; 
ho  had  beard  liyaii  say  something  about 
>fowark'8  wanting  a  seusatioii  in  a  double  cxi'cd- 
lion,  but  never  heard  him  express  an  intenuon  to 
tiike  his  own  lif  >.  Kyan'a  Histor  nnd  two  cousin.s 
brought  his  bieakfaat  on  J'ueMdny  or  Wfyliie^day, 
but. he  aid  not  want  io  eat.  Oacn  during  liia  illiies.>4, 
he  sai.d  to  the  witness  :  "Mr.  (parson,  I  tbiu'ic  I'm 
poisotied  ;  ibey  could  give  it  to  ni«  in  iipsiles, 
oranges,  or  oven  in  Kibiicco  or  e.igar*."  Ryau  did 
not  aik  for  tho  doctor,  but  seemed  anxious  lUat  be 
should  arrive  wbeu  bo  was  sciit  lor. 

The  iiiqiK^st  was  adjourned  until  Wednesday 
next,  at  3  ii'clocli,  when  Dr.  Ward  expects  that  tho 
analvsis  of  fh«  stoniaeh  by  I'mf.  ChHUdltir  will  be 
comploitjd.  The  impress. on  is  strung  in  Neuivrk 
that  the  poisuu  was  luruiihed  by  the  iriuuds  of  the 
prisouei's.  

BONDS  AND  HIOCKS  STOLEN. 


SECUUITIES  AMOUNTING  TO  §70,000  MIS."^- 
ING— J.VMKS  D.  KI.VG's  60.\3  IHE  VIC- 
TIMS— -NO  CLI:E   TO    THE    TIIIEVKS. 

Wall  street  was  startled  lato  yeatcrdav  af- 
ternoon by  a  report  tbat  a  large  robbery  bad  boon 
committed.  James  D.  King's  Son.-s,  JS'o.  53  \ViIlldm 
st'oet,  were  a^Acertaincd  to  bo  tho  victims.  Mr. 
King  said  to  a  I'lMliS  reporter  that  on  going  to  lock 
up  the  safe  on  Fridiiy  afternoon  he  discovered  that 
two  tin  boxes  containing  securities  which  bad  been 
placed  there  <m  deposit  were  missing.  Koneofthe 
cnipUiyos  bad  seen  tbcm  removeii,  nud  no  pcrson.s 
to  whom  Huspiclon  attached  bad  been  seen  nboui 
the  utbce  during  the  day.  There  was,  iu  lact,  uo 
clue  wbutever  to  tbe  thieves,  but  all  tbe  bonds  and 
stoc'ica  aro  numbered  and  registered,  and  caunot  bo 
made  available  by  any  person  but  tbe  o\vu- 
ero.  Their  total  valu*  will  uot  exceed 
470.000.  The  following  is  a  complete  list  : 
$,'t,000  Guiled  .States  registered  0  per  cent.  5  2'M  of 
Icti".  iulorcKt  January  ntid  Jplv.  (^crtidniteM  ^fos. 
1U,515,  10,.'il6.  and  il).5l7.  tl  UOU  each.  E.lgar  11. 
Ru  bards,  nsied  iliireh  IU,  ISUS;  <30<l  of  I  ho  same, 
oortiUcites  Nos.  4  JI4.  4.3Ij.  and  4,3lG.  f lUU  euch, 
same  name  and  -latc;  io'jo  YiQo^i,  ceiiilioie  N>>. 
10,162,  Mary  Klug  Richards,  daioo  July  IS.  ie7lij>t','ilO 
ot  Ill-same,  certiQcaten  Nns.  '2.1e0  t"2,I;3.  So'j  * ach, 
same  name  and  dale;  SS,UuO  ti.t  ol  1:561,  acts  of  July 
17  and  Aug.  5,  ItCl,  ccrlibL-atia  Aos.  20,3S1,  3ll,35ti 
to  30  361,11.0110  each,  M.i  v  King  Kiciura^.  ."lept. 
3u,  1801:  S500  of  tlies.iinft.  Ho.  0.817,  nunie  name  and 
dale;  *S,U<IJ  United  Siaie.1  :>■*  of  llbl,  H.i.  4  OJS, 
same  uani"',  aated  May  ill,  IhTl;  liO  .^Uare»,  ceriili- 
CHte  X".  4,534,  and  lUO  shares,  Xo.  4.535.  Put^hiirg, 
Flirt  Wayne  and  Chicago  lUilroad  (Joinpuny,  Mary 
King  Iflcusrus,  dated  Dec.  13.  Io;>9;  10  .>hmets.  >'o. 
6,367,  Ddinvate  and  lludfon  Caual  Cuiupanv,  same 
name;  UsL.ires.  A.i.  1,042,  2  shares,  ^ie.  11  122,  2 
shares,  S«.  12,3JC.  9  bU-res,  .No.  19.477.  3 
shares.  No.  1.807,  lu  shares.  No.  3.69J.  same  slock  ; 
E  IgarU.  Kieuarda:  3  share?,  Xo.  \,tW,  and  1  share, 
Xo.  3.113,  sain»  block,  Amauda  M.  Ecktord  ;  3 
■bares.  No.  1U.43.S,  6  •hares.  No.  16.017.  and  3  .ihaies. 
No.  3.725,  s.iiue  slock,  E.  M.  Rush  ;  49  »liarea,  ci  i  ■ 
tifiiaie  uukiio\vo,I'l,iladolphia  ar.d  R-udiug  K.iilioud 
Cowpauy  stock,  s.tiuenauie;  13  shares.Nu.  18,02!j,  r-nd 

4  sharex.  No.  51.'..';>4.  s.mie  »<ock.  Amanda  M.  Eck- 
lord;  43  shares.  No.  14.870,  Uankoi  Coiuirerce,  Now- 
Tork,  stocK,  Edgar  11.  Ricnards;  5  shares,  .Sieriiiig 
Eire  iusuruuce  Company's  alocK,  sAmouamc;  lUO 
shares.  No.  6,451,  Morris  and  Ei.'<jT  R;iilro.id  t'um- 
pany'n  stuck,  lllO  t^Uarrs,  No.  12.271,  New-York 
Central  and  Iluiisor  R:ver  Railioad  Company  s 
stock  ;  100  i>harts.  N«..  20.235,  80  shares.  No.  20,236, 
nnd  10  sbare^4,  No.  20.237,  Delaware,  Lrtckawuuua 
and  VVesturu  Itailrouu  Company's  st,ick  ;  S'J  shales. 
No.  1,731,   20   BhareH,    No.    4  8Jl,  aud  45  shares,  Ne. 

5  790,  Eske  ^bore  and  Mie.hi::au  bout bern  Railroad 
Company's  slock  ;  2J  sbarea  No.  52,095,  Pacitic 
Mali  Steam-ship  Company's  siook,  Edgar  H.  Ricu- 
aras  in  trust;  12,000  Now-York  Roiinty  Lyau,  cer- 
tilied.  No.  9,  same  name,  l>i  July.  ItG'J. 


JOE  cob  U UN  IN  THE  TOMBS. 


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FUTILE  KFFOKTS  TO  PKUCUKE  THE  RELEASE 
OK  THE  PJtl^ONER— THE  TKIAL  CO  BE- 
GIN TO-MORROW — COBUK.N'S  BAR-TEXD- 
ER  ARnKSTED  ANp  HIS  SALOON  CLOSED 
BY   TOE   I'OLICK. 

Mr.  Eilgar  M.  Cbipman,  counsel  for  Joseph 
Coburn,  went  before  Judge  .Sulherlauil,  yestard.iy. 
In  tbe  Court  of  General  Sesnions,  nud  renewed  nis 
mutioa  for  the  release  of  the  prisoner  oa  bail.  Hs 
stated  that  tbe  accused  \vas  suff  jrlng  severely  from 
his  wounds,  aud  ongUC  tu  bo  released    iu  order  that 

bis  injnrios  might  bo  attended  to.  District  Attor- 
ney Phelps  iu  opposiug  the  motion  said  tbat  tho  re- 
lease ot  tho  prlaooor  on  bail  was  entirely  uuneces- 
sary.  Tbe  prosecution  was  ready  to  try  tbe  case  at 
once,  and  had  put  It  on  the  calendar  for  Monday. 
Jutlge  Sutherland  coincided  with  tne  District  At- 
torney, and  denied  tho  motion  to  admit  to 
baiL  Mr.  Cbipman  subsequently  applied 
to  the  District  Attorney  for  au  order  on 
the  Tombs  phyjiician  to  ezamino  Coburn, 
with  the  view  ot  having  nim  removed  from  the' 
Tombs  to  Bellovue  Hospital.  Thi  District  Attor- 
ney issued  tbe  required  order,  but  up  to  a  late  hour 

last  night,  owing  to  the  forms  necessary  to  be  com- 
piled with  in  snub  cases,  nothing  had  ocei.  done  iu 
the  matter,  aud  Coouni,  tboruforo,  still  remaiUM  in 
tho  Tombs.  Ho  will  he  lakcii  to  the  Court  of  Ubn- 
cral  bessiuns  lo-morruw  iuorul:ig,  and  pf.ced  ou 
trial,  unli'S.4  it  cim  bu  showu  tUat  his  injuries  are 
serious. 

At  10  o'clock  on  Friday  night,  Capt.  Williams,  of 
tho  Twenty-ninth  i'rociuot,  sent  Detective  Schiuitt- 
berger,  ol  iiis  Command,  to  Coburu's drinkiug  saloon 
to  asceitsiu  if  tbe  place  was  licensed  by  tbe 
Board  of  Excise.  The  othcer  fouud  the  place  la 
charge  of  George  Pcttingcr,  the  bar  tender,  aud'fliled 
with  a  motley  assemblage  of  'sporting"  characters, 
drinking  ireely  aud  uiscusaing  Coburu's  arrest. 
I'uiiinger,  wnen  interrogated  by  the  olficer,  said 
tho  place  was  licensed,  but  on  being  asked 
to  exhibit  the  license  he  admitted  that 
his  statement  was  false.  Capt.  Williams 
thereupon  ordered  tbe  arrest  of  tbo  bar-tenuer 
and  the  closing  up  of  the  establishment.  Pettinger 
was  taken  iulo  custody  aud  conveyed  to  tho  Wv^t 
Thirtieth  Street  Police  Station,  whore  ho 
was  locked  np  for  the  ulght.  Pettluger 
was  arraigned  Defore  Justice  ]<'lanimer  at 
the  Washington  Place  Police  Court  yester- 
day, coarged  with  violuiiog  tbo  Excise 
law,  and  was  sent  to  the  Tombs  in  default  ot  bail. 
On  inquiry  at  the  office  of  the  Board  of  Excise  it 
was  loained  that  Coburn  had  never  applied  for  a 
license.  The  Excise  Commissiuneis  say  that  tbe 
liut  license  issued  for  tbodrinking-placeat  No.  i,286 
Broauway  was  granted  to  J,  Eoscor,  aud  exoireUou 
June  23  last.  About  a  month  ago  an  application  for 
a  liceuse  was  received  from  F.  J.  Bang,  and  t  his 
was  favorably  indorsed  by  Oapt.  Willums.  The 
license  was  not  grautud.  however,  as  Bang  in  the 
meantime  had  erased  to  be  the  proprietor  of  tbe 
place.  Yesterda.y  a  communication  was  received 
by  tbe  Excise  Board  from  Iiisp»ctor  Dilks  and  Capt. 
William*  protesting  against  tbe  issuauce  of  a  li- 
cense to  Coburn.  

A  COOL   COMEJDIAy. 

W.  W.  Nowcombe,  a  comedian,  while  play- 
ing in  the  pantomime  of  "  Kix  "  at  Hooley's  O.uera- 
bouse,  Brooklyn,  yesterday  kfbornoon,  aooideutallr 

fell  on  the  stage  and  broke  bis  leg.  Though  suffar- 
mg  acute  agony,  he  kept  a  .smiling  face,  and  moo- 
aged  to  have  himself  removed  from  the  stage  with- 
oat  conveying  any  knowledge  of  tbe  accident  to 

__.     tbeandieace.    Mi.  iN^ewcombe  waata^eu  ia  a  oai- 

^jjjBBiLte»tJi*bMJUMU»rtM*^w*a"'"*«^^  '  '  -"'. 


CITY MD  SUBOliBMNEWS. 


NEW-TOBK. 

.Thetolioe  arrested  1,334  persons  daring  last 
week. 

The  Produce  Bank,  Samuel  Conover,  Presi- 
dent, was  yesterday  made  a  depository  for  tho  City 
funds  by  the  Mayor,  Controller,  and  City  Chamber- 
lain. 

S.  A.  Stebbins,  aged  50,  proprietor  of  a  sta- 
tionery store  at  No.  707^  Fallen  street,  Brooklyn, 
fell  dead  yeiterday  in  the  store  of  Charles  Mayer, 
N'o.  123  Fourth  avenue. 

Mr.  Moritz  EUinger  will  loeture  on  "  Ihe 
Caneiform  Alphabets"  this  evening  at  the  Teuto- 
nio  Assembly  Rooms,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Maimonides  Library  Association. 

Rev.  James  S.  Ostrand,  assisted  by  the 
teachers  of  the  Sunday -sehool,  will  give  a  epeotacu- 
lar  entertainment,  consisting  of  scones  in  the  Orient, 
iliustrat've  of  Bible  times,  next  Tuesday  evening, 
in  Rev.  Dr.  Deems'  Church  of  the  Strangers. 

There  were  reportoa  last  week  at  tne  Bureau 
of  Vital  Statistics,  410  deaths.  407  births,  and  128 

marriages,  being  a  decrease  of  13  deaths,  17  births, 
and  28  marriages  as  compared  with  the  preceding 
week.  . 

Hon.  A.  B.  Meacham,  ex-Superintendent  of 

Indian  Afif^iiis,    ex-President  of  the   Indian  Peace 
Comm'ssion,    &c.,    will    lectnre    in   Rev.  Dr.   Bur- 
ohard'd  church  Sunday  evening,  by  special  invita- 
tion.    Subject — "  The  Religion  ol  tuo  Red  Mao." 
A  petition,  signed  by  a  large  number  of  mer- 

•chanta  and  business  men  of  this  City,  baa  been  sent 
to  (IJongress,  urging  tbe  passage  of  thn  bill  now 
pending  for  the  appropriation  of  $50,000  to  aid 
Capt.  Howgate  iu  his  scneme  for  the  discovery  of 
the  North  Pole. 

The  Lotus  Club,  No.  2  Irving  place,  was  en- 
tered by  a  burglar  early  yesterday  morning,  bnt  his 
arrest  was  secured  before  ho  could  carry  away  £230 
worth  (if  silver-ware,  which  be  had  packed  away  in 
a  box.  Oa  being  arraigned  before  Justice  Bixby 
be  gave  his  name  as  Tboaias  Nash,  of  No.  33  East 
'Twenty-ninth  street.  He  was  committed  for  trial. 
About  ICO  entries  have  been  made  for  Mr.  J. 
Marion  Pollock's  amateur  athletic  meeting,  wbich 
will  take  place  in  tho  American  Institute  Buildlog, 
Sixty-tliiirt  Htroefc  and  Third  avenue,  on  Tbursday 
evoaing,  March  1.  Many  of  the  well  known  ath- 
letic, boat,  base-ball,  nnd  dramatic  clubs  of  this  and 
other  ciiios  have  signirlod  ibeir  iuteuiiun  of  purtici- 

jiaiing.    EnlnoH  close  Feb.  22. 

Capt.  Welsh,  of  the  Twentj-siith  Precinct 
Police,  has  been  unable  to  take  further  aciion  on 
the  comiilaint  of  William  Powers,  ol  Springfield. 
N.  H.,  who  states  that  Russell  ic  Co.,  ot  No.  37 
Bond  sireot,  uoiilied  him  tbat  he  had  drawn 
a  prize  iu  the  Laramie  Ciiy  lottery,  the  prizo  being 
a  gul.l  Watch  valued  at  «200,  and  that  it  would  bH 
iorwardcd  to  him  ou  recciiit  of  420.  Until  Mr. 
Powers  comes  forward  lo  substantiutu  the  charge 
nothing  r4in  bn  done. 

Louis  Shaubert,  one  of  tho  three  men  injured 
by  tbe  lall  of  au  elevator  on  wbich  tpey  were  stand- 
ing, at  Riuglor's  Brewery,  Ninety-second  street  and 
'I'hiid  iiVi-uii!?,  ou  Friday  atieruoon,  died  yes  orday 
at  the  Niuefy-niulli  Street  Hospital.  The  two  other 
viciiius  of  the  accidem,  Jeieniiah  Lawler  and 
Mauri.ie  Flood,  are  lying  in  the  hospital  sutTering 
irnm  Rcriout  injuries.  Coroner  Woltmau  has  taken 
charge  of  ihe  case  of  Shaubori. 

Jiimcs  Jacques,  a  young  man  residing  at  No. 
137  Wobt  JFunieth    street,   employed  asacleikby 

ColliiiB,  Downini  &.  Co.,  No.  4S0  Broadway,  was 
arrested  last  evoniu>  by  Detective  Lyons,  of  the 
Ceutrrti  Odice,  ou  a  ciiarge  ol  larceny.  It  is  alleged 
tliiu  Jaiiiues,  when  leaving  his  employer's  store  last 
evening,  t'luk  wiili  bim  twelve  yarns  of  black  cloth 
Miiue.i  ill  815,  and  was  arn  stod'while  attempting  to 
li-.iwn  the  cloth  at  a  pawnshop  in  the  B^iwery.  'Xbe 
piisouer  was  locked  up  at  the  Central  Ollico. 

BliuOKLlN. 

Tlio  Police  made  4S0  arrests  during  the  past 
week-. 

Supoi visor  at   large  Howell  intend^  to  veto 

ibe  itboluiiou  passed  by  the  Board,  of   Supervisors 

diiectmg  tbe  purchase,  for  f25.000,  of  a  site  upon 
wliicti  lu  build  a  new  j.iil.      iir.  Howell    thinku    the 

]iresii  u\  Jail  can  bo  put  in  a  proper  condition  to  re- 
ciivi-  jinsoners. 

■\\illiain  VVa^-,  of  No.  463  Columbia  street, 
was  coinmittod  by  Jusiico  Ferry  yesterday,  on  a 
charge  if  ehootiag  tnree  boys,  named  James  Brady, 
Piter  'Icrreuce,  and  James  Hughes.  A  crowu  of 
boys  Were  auuoyiug  Way,  aud  ho  loaded  a  shot- 
gun aud  died  at  tiioQi. 

The  rcbsiilenco  of  Mr.  Jobn  Mansbachor,  on 
East  New-lork  avenue,  was  entered  by  &  bui-gl.ir 
early  yesterd».y  morning.  Mr.  Manabacher  was 
arousod  by  the  thict,  and  (Ircd  two  shots  without 
elloct  at  ibe  iutiuder.  The  burglar  succeeded  in 
carrying  oU  i7.'>  wor;h  of  properly. 

Mr.  Charles  Lowre.y,  Secretary  and  counsel 
to  tbo  Dime   Savings  Bank,   died  at  bis  residciico, 

Xc.  10  Seveurh  avenue,  yesterday  morning,  after  iin 
liluc.-<B  of  10  days.  ilr.  Lowrey.  wlio  was  only  48 
years  ol  tige,  wua  a  well-known  lawyer,  aud  for  sev- 
eral years  ibe  partner  ol  the  late  Cyrus  P.  Smith. 

The  Brooklyn  Theatre  property  was  sold  yes- 
terday uuder  a  fiieuiily  lorecloaure  suit  uroucbtfcy 

tbe  exPCutoi"s  of  the  lato  John  A.  Cross.  The 
.Sliend'a  <!Uftioiieer  received  but  one  bid,  aud  tho 
property  was  knocked  down  to  E  Igar  M.  Culleu  for 
|2U,7a0.  It  i.s  believed  thai  Mr.  CulluQ  is  only  au 
ageut  in  the  forcclosuiu. 

Antonio  Leon,  tbe  watchman  who  committed 
a     murderons    assault     on    bis     daughter,    Mrs. 

Ro«c  Massimino,  at  her  apartments,  No.  48 
Proaidc-nt  sireot.  ou  Friiiay  morning,  gave  himself 
up  at  the  Third  Product  Police  Station  yesterday. 
He  says  tbal  when  he  coiuuiitted  the  assault  na  did 
not  know  what  be  was  doing. 

A  delegation  from  tho  Central  German  Re-^ 
publican  Club  waited  on  Mayor  Schroedor  yesterday 
and  asked  him  to  use  his  influence  to  secure  the 
pa.sHago  of  Assemblymau  Muiviu's.bill  wbicu  pro- 
vides that  excise  cases  be  tried  by  the  coartti,  and 
n»t  as  now  by  the  Board  ot  Police  and  Excise.  'The 
Mayor  said  tbe  bill  had  bis  hearty  approval. 

Uernard  McGinn,  a  driver  on  the  Bushwick 
Avenue  Line  of  cars,  attempted  yesterday  to  eject 
a  man  named  De  Bevoise,  who  refused  to  pay  his 
fare.  Do  Bevoise  drew  a  pis lo)  and  atteaiuted  to 
shoot  ihe  driver.  Tbe  weapon  missed  fire,  and 
after  a  struggle,  McGinn  wrenched  it  trom  bis  as- 
sailant, wbo'escaped.  Subsequently  De  Bovoiae 
was  arrested  by  Otiicer  Jobu^uu,  of  the  Sixth  Pre- 
ciDtt.  ^ 

Hand-rails  have  been  erected  on  both  sides 
of  the  temporary  foot-bridge,  and  two  ropes  at- 
tached on  tbo  top  of  the  path  trom  anchorage  to 
anchorage.  Storm  ropes  have  also  been  placed  at 
intervals,  and  are  secured  to  the  masonry  of  tbe 
towers  and  to  the  cables  by  wire.  Two  large  tanks 
are  in  course  of  constiuctiou  in  tbe  Brooklvu 
anchorage  yard,  to  contain  tho  linseed  oil  which  will 
Do  used  on  tho  wires  to  prevent  rust. 

A  young,   well-dressed,    and    lady-libe   girl 

was  brought  before  Justice  WaLsb,  yesterday  morn- 
ing, on  a  charge  of  petty  larceny.  She  had  stolen 
laces  and  .somO  other  trifliug  things  from  two  of  her 
fi  lends.  A  numOer  of  gentlemen,  among  them  a 
clergyman,  atsured  tbe  Justice  tbat  tbe  prisoner 
had  nil  uood  to  steal,  and  tbat  she  was  a  victim  to 
kleptomania.  She  had  given  away  all  the  stolen, 
property.  The  Justice  reservetl  his  decision  until 
Monday,  and  admitted  the  girl  to  bail  In  $1,000. 
Bail  was  promptly  lurni.tbed. 

Within  the  past  year  an  accomplished  scoun- 
drel has  swindled  a  good   man.y  people  in  New-Yoik 

and  Brooklyn  by  means  of  Iraudulent  real  estate 
transactions.  The  swinulcr's  melbod  was  to  repre- 
sent himself  as  the  owner  Ut  properly  which  he 
never  owned,  and  by  that  means  obtaining  a  vulid 
litle  to  priipert.y  for  which  he  exchanged  the  land 
irandulently  represeoicd  (o  belong  to  him.  In  sev- 
eral instances  be  obtained  vsluable  pieces  of  real, 
estate  lor  lots  on  Meivilie  avenue,  Brooklyn.  There 
IS  no  such  avenue  in  ibis  city. 


LONG  ISLAND. 

The  body  of  Oliver  Kilhs  has  been  tound  on 
the  beach   near   Eastbamoton  and  taken  to  Shinoe- 

oock  for  burial.  The  bodies  of  all  the  Indians  lost 
when  the  Circassian  went  to  pieces  have  now  been 
recovered.  Another  body,  supposed  to  be  that  of 
the  apprentice,  Charles  VVrriht,  has  been  found  at 
Montauk. 

Mr.  Charles  Ba.ylis,  of  Woodbury,  disap- 
peared about  three  monihs  ago  under  peculiar  cir- 
cumstances. He  visited  New-Tork  lo  collect  a 
certain  sum  of  money  and  to  get  a  number  of  horses 
to  keep  till ougb  the  Winter  at  his  farm.  He  left 
tte  City  for  home  with  fiur  or  bve.horses  in  ciiarge, 
and  was.  seen  alimg  the  rood  as  far  as  tbe  XTnion 
Course,  Jamaica.  From  that  time  there  is  no  trace 
ol  him,  though  his  brother  received  a  letter  pur- 
porimtr  tu  come  from  biro,  stating  that  he  had  been 
attacked  b.y  robbers  and  wounded. 


NEJV-Jl'JIiSEF. 

The  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  intend 
to  erect  a  handsome  new  iron  bridge  over  tbe 
Passaic  River  at  the  foot  of  Centre  street,  Newark. 

Justice  Leonard,  of  Jersey  City,  who  was 
recently  convicted  of  malfeasance,  was  surrendered 
by  his  bondsman  yesterday..  He  entered  into  new 
bail  to  appear  Frida.v  next  for  sentence. 

Catherine  Connolly,  the  14-year-old  daughter 
of  T homos  Connolly,  of  Greenville,  went  to  New- 
York  Friday  to  make  some  parcbaaes.  and  has  not 
since  been  nt^en  by  her  friends.  Fears  of  her  satoiy 
art  entertained. 

The   NeVrark   City   Council    have     elected 

Horace   Cart<T,    J.    W.    Ticbenor,    Joseph    Stevens. 

and  John  Collins  to  flill  vacancies  in  tbe  County 
Board  of  Preeholderg,  in  the  Eighth,  Fifth,  Twelfth, 
and  Thirteenth  Wards  respectivelv. 

The  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians  ot  New- 
Jersey,   at  a  meeting   held   Friday  evening:,  de- 


Natiooal  Conndlto  te^e  et«ps  to  inqnire  wbsther 
any  sneh  organization  exists  among  the  members 
of  the  order. 

The  trial  of  Mrs.  Mary  Hansen,  wbo  deoeived 
several  well-known  residents  In  Jersey  City  into 
lending  ber  large  sums  of  money  upon  tbe  false  pre- 
tence of  having'  inherited  a  large  estate  in  Ger- 
many, will  commence  to-morrow  In  the  Hudson 
Coimty  Court  of  Sessions,  before  Judge  Hoffman. 

The  loss  by  the  lire  in  O'Donnell's  cooper 
shop  on  Morris  street,  Jersey  City,  at  midnight 
of  Friday,  was  #13.000.  The  cooper  shops  are  the 
largest  in  tbe  State.  Tbe  flames  originated  in  a 
little  frame  building  used  as  a  store-room,  and 
spread  with  great  rapidity  to  the  brick  store-house 
on  the  west  and  tbe  wnWt  shops  facing  Wtuhington 
street.  The  frame  store-house  was  destreyert,  the 
brick  Htm6ture  gutted,  and  tbe  upper  floor  of  the 
work  shoD  was'bumed. 


suspsysioy  of  a  y^awsPAPER. 

The  Brooklyn  Daily  .irfltt*  published  itsfinal  is- 
sue yesterday,  Tbe  paper  contains  on  its  fourth  page 
a  double  leaded  article,  signed  by  Mr.  Demas  Barnes, 
its  founder  and  conductor,  announcing  his  retire- 
ment from  business,  and  informing   the  public  that 
tbe  paper  has  been  consolidated  with  the  Brooklyn 
Daily  Union.    The  latter  paper  will  be  published 
under  the   title  -of  the    Vnion-Argus.     Mr.    Barnes 
founded  his  paper  a  little  over   three   years   ago. 
He     ckims     that   it     has     been     a     sacoess, 
and       astiigas       as       his       reason       for      giving 
np      the       publication.       ill       health,       and      the 
necessity  of  devoting  all   his  time  to  important  pri- 
vate Interests  which  his  duty  as  the  conductor  of  a 
daily  newspaper  obliged  him'  to  neglect. 

Mr.  Barnes  is  himself  a  Democrat  but  his  paper 
claimed  to  oe  iudependent  in  politics.  The  Union, 
witn  which  tbe  Argus  is  to  be  consolidated,  has 
always  been  a  Republioaa  paper  and  is 
now  owned  and  managed  by  Republicana.  Whether 
tbe  present  managers  of  tbe  Vnion  have  purchased 
the  Argusia  not  known  positively,  bnt  it  is  probable 
that  tho  Union-Argus  ■mill  be  a  Republican  paper. 
Not  a  single  man  other  than  its  proprietor,  con- 
nected in  any  way  with  Mr.  Barnes' 
paper  knew  of  its  sale  until  yester- 
day. About  70  persons  are  thrown  out 
of  employment  by  the  suspension  of  the  Argus,  and 
much  fault  ia  found  witn  Barnes  because  of  bis 
failure  to  give  reasonable  notice  of  his  infection  to 
Ihe  editors,  repovteri»,  and  printers.  Mr.  Barnes  in- 
vited the  staff  to  a  convi\ial  entertainment  last 
evening.  At  the  appointed  hour  the  host  aat  at  the 
head  of  a  table  laden  with  many  glasses,  but  the 
guests  were  absent.  Mr.  Barnes  amassed  a  fortune 
iu  thepaieut  medicine  business,  and  had  no  experi- 
ence in  connection  with  newspapers  until  be  started 
the  Argus — a  venture  which,  it  is  generally  be  ieved, 
compelled  him  to  pa.y  out  a  large  amount  of  money 
for  which  he  received  no  adequate  return. 


GRJECO.ROJUAN  WRESTLING. 

Prof.  .William  Miller,  tho  champion,  and  Mr. 

Ernest    Treher,   a   well-known    German    wrestler, 

(challenger,)  will  wrestle  Grasi^o- Roman  style,  best 

tbice  in  five  falls,  without  restrictions  as  to  grips, 

at  the  Metropolitan  Ri'dmg  Academy,  Third  avenue 
and  Sixt.v-lhird  street,  on  Tuedda.y  evening,  Fi  b.  20. 
Trehsir  Is  said  to  be  one  of  tho  most  aetermincd  ana 
plucky  wrestlers  in  the  nrolession,  and  as  ho  will 
meet  iiis  equal  in  tbat  respect  in  Millor  there  is 
likely  to  ^  a  hard  battle. 


Cognacs  bottled  al  Jouzac  Distilleries;  also,  in 
wood.  VicToa  I-:.  Maugek.  Solo  Importer,  Ko.  110 
Keatle  street. — Advertisement. 


jBfijiac^Jbe.lCoily^Uaguirei^  and^palled.npon  tb«JLiiew;X«rk  at  no^n  tor<4a%. 


PASSLWOEhS  SAILED. 

In  tteam-thip  City  oj  <'htster,  tor  Liverpool. — Mrs. 
I.aur:i  I  uitis  bullaid,  W.  J.  i  ojip,  (.'barles  Clarkson,  J. 
K.  Cilley.  Mrs.  J.  K.  ViUoy,  E.  H.  Cilley,  J.  W.  Curtis, 
t'apt.  K.  W.  Comuiiskey,  Gale  Dickson.  Miss  Dickson, 
Miss  F.  Dicks  ii,  O.  M.  imiibam.  Mr.  foster,  David  W. 
Varquliar,  James  Gillespie,  Ang  do  F.  (irandi.  Mrs. 
Aiigelo  f".  Grauiiiand  child,  S.  Keizig,  Willium  n.  Jack- 
sou.  iMrs.  V\  il'iam  B.  aackson,  Aiiss  Annie  JacKson. 
Siiss  M.u-.v  AI.  JacUsOD,  Miss  Augelfne  8.  Jackson,  Miss 
Margaret  Jl.  .lackson.  Master  Arthur  C.  Jackson.  Rev. 
EdwdrjKelly,  t'rauciaA,  iivell,  R.  U.  Water,,ltfr.  Stovart, 
h'.  Laforcftile.  Mrs.  E.  Lutorcade,  0.  H.  Maishitll,  Mrs. 
O.  It.  Marshall,  Mrs.  McMurni^ ,  Miss  .ucMurray,  Miss 
Ju'ia  McGarrj',  ur.  OronhyteUha,  Mrs.  Uayuham,  Mr. 
Howhnson,  Mrs.  E.  L.  kickard.  Miss  A.  Rickard,  P..  H. 
Kchowaller,  Mrs.  John  C.  hchoole.y,  D.  Schwartz,  H.  B. 
.St.  John.  W.  U.  Tayiur,  W.  B.  Tisdel,  C.,J£,TruiH.  R.  B. 
Wiiitiug,  Mrs.  K.  H.  Wuitins.  J.  L.  VVilliams.  Mrs.  J.  L. 
Wiliiami,  Mies  WiUiams,  S.  I).  Wright,  Mr=i.  S.  D. 
Wright,  W.  v\  aterman,  A.  J.  Young,  ilrs.  A.  J.  Young. 
MibS  Jlary  Ann ,  Ui.  L.  Wick,  J.  F.  Bear,  T.  Gjim  ;a. 

Ill  iteaiH-ihtp  (Jharlf Stan,  for  Charleston. — K.  Deacon, 
B.  beacon,  K.  J.  Brown,  Mias  Deacon.  Miss  Hooper, 
George  Oaidiff,  T  L.  i>av,  David  Core.y  and  son,  K.  H. 
Fell,  iliss  Towusenil,  J.  H.  brtmiug,  T.  C.  Mitchell  and 
son,  .J.  A.  I  owe.  A.  B.  Lafoimi^nnd  wif<",  E.  ii.  Peasler, 
si.  F.  Jeukius,  T.  Ritchie  ana  wile.  Charles  Sommers, 
t  ol.  R.  B.  Bheit,  K.  L'.  Hazard  and  wife, 
William  Putten  and  wife,  J.  h.  Worthy  and 
wile,  .Mrs.  J.  E.  Bariow,  Miss  E.  M.  Uastie, 
VV.  P.  Small  and  wife,  K.  A.  Unviland,  C.  G.  Price.  Mary 
L.  Lufore.  Miss  Best  wick,  P.  W.  Lownes  and  wife,  J.  B. 
Weston,  a.  .il.  acoit,  P.  T.  GarretioOii,  John  Johnson. 
E  U.  Jiihuson,  N.  Broun  and  wife,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Forbes, 
.Mrs.  Gage,  A.  B.  Rugg.  A.  Wilson,  W.  w.  Freeman,  U. 
Baumoaeh,  E.  E.  Corue.y,  &l>.  Mack.  VV.  W.  Young,  L. 
M.  Meeker.  11.  B.  Weuzi'-r,  Sltss  Comstock,  Miss  t'raw- 
lora.  U.  iivous,  G.  F.  c-namticrsTX 

In  eicamship  Oder,  /or  Bremen.—^.  Diepenbrock,  Mrs. 
A.  Diepeiiorocli,  (>.  flock,  E.  A  Hills,  Mrs.  E.  A.  'ills 
and  child,  A.  .Souui",  Mr.  Uotchkias,  .Mrs.  riotchklss, 
August  Clodius.  Theodore  D.  Biirnuui,  Heruiann  Bic- 
oermann,  George  U.  Bradley,  C.  Aiedieck,  Mrs.  E.  C. 
Long,  John  W.  BiUwilier.  Edward  J.  King,  Jr..  M.  T. 
Aieicb:iut,  Hermann  Warner.  Hermann  Gorsueh, 
Cliai'Jes  Clareubach,  Abraham  Rubel.  Heinunn  Uess, 
Mrs.  Uermaun  Hess  and  child,  William  Cieisig,  Antou 
Kutb-'l,  B.  binauer,  Mrs.  i/ina  I>ockma«n,  Henry  Cook, 
Abraham  Leulhold,  .liiss  D:ile,  M..  Israel 

III  B'.eam-shi:.  San  Salvador,  for  Savannah. — R.  H.  Daly, 
Charles  t*.  Slote.  VV.  Maaev,  jiro.  Liurti-y  and  child,  M. 
A.  rhumway.  l>.  A.  C.  I5mitb,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Browuley, 
Jdkss  -M.  A.  t'alley,  A.  Bneriv,  J.  H.  Clark.  Holdeu  E. 
Hatch,  Jo-.ephina  Hagens,  Juiia  Uaaens,  Mary  i-lllson, 
Aitied  Uiiil,  Freo  rick  Upton,  F.  JicCaue,  U.  F.  Rose, 
James  Goiaou,  C'hai-ies  Peterson,  William  Olenberg. 

Ill  stecm-ship  AUatia.  for  Glasgow.— LomB  Thibault, 
WUliim  Crulckshant,  William  Ciivrfoid,  John  Ueury. 
Jr..  Mark  ii.  Tompkins,  Bi»ujumin  S.  Sliepoard,  R.  C. 
.■^miili,  Jonn  Maitin,  NMiliam  OhBcs.',  Alexander  Mor- 
genatiserne,  George  M.  Anderson,  Daviu  ijoiighre.v, 
Jonn  iiopkitie,  Garit  Hopkins,  MatUda  Hopkins, 
George  .\ioxauder. 

PASSEKGERS  ARRIVED. 
In  steam-ship  Tybe',from  San  Domingo  City,  (fie.— A  M. 
Roe,  Capt.  J.  L,.  Bonsali,  Wm.  De  vvaUera. 

MjyiATVRE  ALilA.\±a~ltllS   DAY. 
Sunrises 6:50  I  Sunsets 5:33  I  Mooa  sets.  11:16 

HIGB  WATER— THI3   DAT. 

Sandy  Hook. litOi  I  Gov.IslandllioO  )  Hell  Gate,. ..1:12 

MARINE    INl'ELLIGEI^CE, 


KEW-YORK SATUROAV,  FER  17. 


CLEARED. 

steamers  Ch.irleston,  Berry,  Charleston.  J.  W.  Quin- 
tard  Sj.  Co.;  beuefictor,  Jonce,  Wi.mingtou,  N.  C,  &.e.. 
WilUam  e  Clyde  &.  Co.;  Oder,  (Ger. .)  Deist,  Bremen  and 
souihamnton,  Ueiriclis  Jt  t  o.;  Gen.  vvhttuey,  Hallett,' 
Bostou,  U.  F.  Dimock.  Agnes,  Buidick,  Pailadelptus. 

Barks  Uuchcas,  (tir.,)  tiiiolt,  Altjna,  Fuuche,  Iidye 
&  Co.:  Lalia  W.,  (lir.,)  McNeil,  Cork  or  Fuluiouth  tor 
orders,.!.  W.  Parker  &  Co.;  Anne  Kav,  (Br..)  UeFen, 
KiniiSion.  Ja.,  George  F.  Buliy ;  Keiudeer,  Decker, 
Georselowu,  (Demeiara.)  Henry  Trowonag-'s  hous; 
I'asco,  Peiiuv.  Pi  rnambuco  (Br.izil,)  H.  H.  Swift  it  Co.; 
Vibilia,  (Br.,)  CotSa,  isaniiiuder,  (.-pair:,)  Loyd  t 
Hicirea. 

Uncs  Munsen.  Gardiner,  Trinidad,  P.  &  W.Welsh; 
Ivau.  (3i.,)  'IriDor,  Birkeuliead,  b.  Perkins  &Job; 
Union,  (Br.,)  LeUain,  Liverpool,  George  F.Bull.y. 

Sclirs.  billy,  Cole,  iharlestoa;  EUa  chitou.  (Br..) 
Kiiuba.i,  St.  John,  N.  B.,  ^ic.autue!l  Bros.;  Fannie  K. 
Williams,  bheiirer,  tJairbarieu.  James  H.  Ward  6l  Co.; 
Speedwell,  Rhoilea.   lli.i    Knche,  U.  S.  C,  U.  P.  Brown  &. 

to.;  B.  1.  iiazird.  Biewsier.Gcoigetown  and  Bull  I'reek, 
S.  C,  Bentiy,  Giidersleeve  it  Co.;  Vineyard.  Rosebrook. 
GeorgetowiMOemeiara,)  Donald  t;ani.  ron;  B.  C  Terry 
RicLirnoud,  Va.;  J.  P.  Uobicson.  Harney,  >'ortoik,  Va. 


ARUIVED. 

steam-ship  Albemarle,  GlbDs,  Lewes,  with  mdse.  and 
passen:;er8  to  Old  Dominiuu  ateam-sbit>  Co. 

bteam-ship  Kcptuue,  Berr.y,  Boston,  with  mdss.  and 
passengers  lo  .Meiropoliiau  Steam-ship  Co. 

Stesiiu-bhip  Wyauoke,  Couch,  tvichmund  and  Norfolk, 
wiiu  mdee.  aud  passengers  to  Old  Douumun  bteam-ship 
Co.  , 

Steam-ship  Ivbee,  Kuehl,  Ban  Domingo  Jan.  31, 
Samana  Feu.  2.Port  au  Platte  lith.  Cape  vla.vtiea  7th, 
and  fuik's  Island  8tb,  via.  Norfolk.  Va.,  with  mdse. 
and  pjaseugers  to  Wm.  P.  Clyde  t  Ca  Put  iijlo  Kor- 
lolk  for  a  supply  of  coaL 

Sieain-sliip  t^  hesipeake,  Magum,  Portland,  with 
indie,  and  uissengera  to  J.  F.  Ames. 

Bark  Pilian,  (Ger.,)  n.uhr,  Duuim  Deo.  21,  in  ballast 
to  .Master.  — 

richr.  Aurora  Boreaiia,  (of  St.  Jo'an,  N.  B..)  Finley, 
Port  Canada,  N.  K.,  I'J  da.,  with  potatoes  to  W.  E.  DUi- 
yca— vessel  to  P.  I.  Sevius  &  ^*on. 

^ch^.  Frances,  (ot  ^t.  John,  N.  3.,)  Carter,  St. 
Thomas  lid  da.,  with  sugar  to  order — vessel  to  P.  I. 
^evius  t  .-on.    Had  hue  weather. 

Schr.  Lizzie  Tilton;  Phillips,  Fulton,  Texas,  with 
mdse.  to  1  iiMper  it  Beatiie. 

Schr.  David.  Torry.  Sou.es,  Providencs. 

Schr.  Corvo,  Tyler,  VVarreu,  for  Newcastle,  Del. 

Schr.  Ida  Delia  Torre,  •  lias",  Newport. 

bclir.  Albeit  James,  l^andage,  Hyannis. 

Schr.  'fheodoie  Dean,  hv.ns,  Provioence. 

.'^cbr.  Wm.  D.  Hilton.  Newton,  Providence,  for  Balti- 
more. 

Kchr.  North  Ht.xT,  Ferris,  New-London. 

Srhi.  bea  bird.  Mason.  x>'antuckeL 

Schr.  Minnie,  Weeks,  Morgan  i  it.y  24  ds.,  with  sugar 
and  luolauses  to  Eyans,  ball  &  Co. 

^ch^.  Wm.  H.  Van  Lruut.  Uoujjhwot.  Baltimore. 

Scor.  E.  .M.  Wiigot.  lireeman.  iiaitimore. 

Schr.  Wild  fize  m.  Staples,  Philadelphia. 

Schr.  JjuJu  .Ammermao,  Fiersun,  Kichmond,  Va. 

Schr.  Stunuel  Wood,  Brandon,  Virtnuia. 
WIND-  Suuset.  heavy,  N.  W.;  clear. 


SAILED. 

.Steam-ahlps  Oder,  for  Bremen ;  City  of  Chester,  for 
Live'pool;  alsatia,  for  Glasgow;  Someiset,  tor  Bristol; 
Hiurtoo,  lor  hul:  City  of  Havana,  for  davana;  Kio 
Grande,  tor  Galveston ;  New-iork  and  j«ew-Orleans.  tor. 
I*ew-Orieau3:  Carondelet.  lor  Fern«ndina  ;  .-an  Salva- 
dor, ler  Savannah;  Charleston,  for  Charleston,, 8.  C; 
Benefactor,  lor  Wilmington,  N.  C,  Old  Domiuion,  for 
Riebmond;  John  Giiisou,  for  Alexandria  :  Famta  and 
Agnes,  lor  Philadelphia;  Gen.  Waiting,  for  Boston. 
Ships  Annie  Bmga.y  aud  Marlborough,  lor  Bremen. 
Bai'ics  Jouu  Worsrer.  tor  Bntavia;  Ursus  Minor,  for 
Rotterdam;  Emilie  Dingle,  lor  Lalth :  Cairbarleu,  lor 
Cairuarlen;  Kestral,  forCuracoa;  Brig  Ellen  P.  Stewart, 
lor  —V.  sehrs.  G.  £.  Smith,  lor  Laguavra;  Kate  Carl- 
ton, for  Port  Spaia;  tl.  C.  Taylor,  for  Key  West 


BY  OABLE. 


LoNDOS.  Feb.  17.— Sid.  20th  ult.  Samuel  Sknifleld; 
12th  ihst.,  Carrie  E.  Long,  Lara,  Christian  Wilheim; 
loih  inst.,  Soudrenoi-ee.  topbia  Ccot;  i6th  in8t..  Her- 
ald, the  latti-r  loriNew-york,  Koug  Carl,  Capt.  Hausen; 
17th  insc,  Prospeiluu  Prtlosso. 

Arr.,  16th  iust.,  Vereio,  John  Lorway,  Jfls.  B.  Boyd, 
Peru,  Capt.  Kenny;  TriamoUani.  B.  D.  MeteaU;  I7th 
inst.,  Palermo  aad  Vlacenxa  Parutto 

Havrb,  Feo.  17.— The  General  Translantio  Ca's 
steamer  Samt  Laurent,  aid.  beuce  for  flymoatb  MMl 


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W.  LAiaD'S  '•  BbOOU  OF  YOC  TH."  Tou  will  oe  sur- 
piised  and  delighted  with  the  iffect  it  will  prodaoe. 
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rarj5  attacks  on  the  commission. 

DISBKPUTABLE  AND  FRAUDULENT  PKE- 
TKNSES  OF  THE  DEMOCRATS  IN  CHAKG- 
ING  PARTISANSHIP  ON  THE  REPUBLICAN 
MRMBKRS — HEWlTl'S  MISBEPRiCI^NTA- 
TI0N8  MET  BY  FLAT  DENIAL— THE  PAR- 
TISAN ACTION  ON  THE  DEMOCRATIC  SIDE 
FROM  THE  BKGINNING. 

Special  Diipateh  to  IKe  New-  Yor1i  TYmea. 
W'aphington,  Feb.  18. — Mr.  Hewitt  eaya 
io-night  that  there  will  be  no  •ffort  to  defeat 
or  delay  the  final  decision  of  the  tribunal,  but 
lie  Ib  terribliy  severe  upon  the  Commiseion,  and 
he  baa  prepared  a  speecb  which  he  will  deliver 
to-morrow,  when  the  Louisiana  case  shall  be 
under  consideration,  in  which  he  will  assail  tde 
Commission  generally  and  Mr.  Roar  particu- 
larl.T.  H©  will  declare  that  when  the  bill 
ereatins  the  Commission  was  under  considera- 
tion in  the  committee  appointed  to  frame  it, 
Mr.  Hoar  distinotly  and  unequivocally 
stated  that  uader  this  measure  It  would 
be  the  duty  of  the  tribunal  not  only 
to  decide  the  cases  of  contest,  but,  in  making 
its  decision,  it  should  examine  into  all  the  evi. 
denoe  upon  which  the  contest  was  made.  Mr. 
Hewitt  says  he  can  substantiate  the  ansertion 
that  Mr.  Hoar  made  these  statements  by  all 
the  Democrats  that  were  on  the  committee,  and 
lie  expects  to  be  followed,.in  his  arraignment 
of  Mr.  Hoar  to-morrow,  bv  Mr.  Huntonand  Mr. 
Sprineer,  who  are  his  Democratic  colleagues 
on  the  comaittee.    Aftet  Mr.  Hewitt  shall  have 

delivered  himBelf  of  bis  remarks,  he  will  appearl 

before  the  Senate  Committee  on  Privileges  and 
EUections  to  tell  what  be  knows  about  the  at- 
tempt to  purchase  a  Kepublioan  Elector  in  Ore- 
Eon  to  vote  for  Tililen. 

Tbe  assertion  by  Mr.  Hewitt  that  Mr.  Hoar 
had  said  in  the  joint  committee,  while  framing 
the  bill  creating  the  Electoral  Tribunal,  that 
the  Commission  should  go  behind  the  retarns 
and  take  testimony,  is  pronounced  by  Mr. 
Hoar  as  absolutely  untrue.  He  says  he 
oever  eave  even  an  intimation  to  Mr. 
Hewitt  or  to  any  one  else  that  h«  held 
Buch  a  view,  and  when  Mr.  McCrary's  bill, 
which  in  express  terms  gave  the  Commission 
Buch  power,  was  up  lor  consideration,  the 
House  members  of  the  committee  distinctly 
said  that  tOey  were  opposed  to  it.  Mr.  Hoar 
scouts  tbe  idea  that  he  or  any  of  his  associates 
gave  any  such  promise  as  Mr.  Hewitt  claims 
they  dia,  and  says  Ihe  whole  tenor  of 
the  debate  in  both  the  House  and  Senate  shows 
that  all  the  Aepublicans  combatted  the  view 
that  the  Commission  had  a  right  to  go  behind 
the  returns.  He  teels  very  much  annoyed  that 
Mr.  Hewitt  should  make  this  charge  after  the 
full  understanding  upon  all  three  questions 
that  was  had  in  the  committee  while  the  bill 
creating  the  Electoral  Tribunal  was  being 
framed. 

Tbe  Democratic  charge  of  partisanship  in  tbe 
Commission  is  one  of  tbe  most  disreputable 
and  fraudulent  pretenses  of  the  campaign.  It 
•will  not  be  denied  by  any  one  of  several  lead- 
ing Democrats  that  when  the  bill  establishing 
the  Electoral  Commission  was  before  the  Joint 
Committee,  and  while  it  was  yet  unaetermined 
bow  the  judicial  part  of  the  Commission 
Bbould  be  composed,  it  was  ascertained, 
through  David  Dudley  Field  and  in- 
quiries otherwise  made,  that  Justices  Clifford 
and  Field  could  be  depended  on  to  vote  as 
Democrats  as  certainly  as  tbe  Democratic  Com- 
missiuoers  to  be  choseti  Irom  tbe  House  and 
Senate  could  be  depended  on.  Tbe  in- 
formation which  Hewitt  and  the  otber 
Democratic  members  had  made  them 
absolutely  certain  that  they  had  provided 
for  seven  partisan  votes  in  the  Commission, 
and  they  submitted  to  the  chance  of  gaining 
another  when  they  thought  they  would  have 
Justice  Davis.  Tbe  Democratic  members  of 
the  Joint  Committer  had  made  sucb  assump- 
tions of  taimess  as  to  lead  one,  at  least,  of  the 
Kepublican  members  to  earnestly  believe  that 
on  tue  question  of  going  behind  the  returns, 
KJenaior  Bayard  and,  probably,  Senator 
Tbnrman  would  vote  in  the  negative. 
This  too-confiding  hope  has  been  unfulfilled. 
The  story  is  told  that  Senator  Edmunds  as- 
sured Barney  Caulfleld  that  the  bill  allowed 
tbe  Commission  to  go  behind  the  returns,  but 
this,  like  Hewitt's  charge  against  Mr.  Hoar,  is 
wholly  false.  The  debate  shows  that  the  un- 
lerstanding  was  distinct  and  clear  that  what 
was  left  to  the  Commission  to  decide  waa 
whether,  acting  with  the  power  of  Congress, 
It  had  any  right  to  go  behind  the 
returns  and  bow  far.  The  Bepublicans  would 
Dot  have  voted  for  the  bill  it  the  unconditional 
power  to  go  behind  tbe  retarns  Lai  been  in  it, 
and  tbe  Democrats  would  not  have  accepted  it 
with  that  power  excluded,  and  that  question, 
tar  more  uUfjortant,  as  was  pointed  out  in  The 
TiMBS,  than  the  question  of  who  was  to  be 
President,  was  lett  to  the  Commis- 
sion. Tbe  discussion  before  th«  Com- 
mission recognizes  thia  fact  fully. 
The  trouble  now  arises  from  the  numerous 
agreements  and  understandings  that  were  not 
embodied  in  the  law.  But  it  mav  be  positively 
isserted  that  no  agreement,  on  either  side,  went 
to  the  eitent  of  controlliog  m  any  way  the 
Mstien  of  the  Commis'sion  when  organized. 


force  in  the  District  the  writer  bas  committed 
an  indlo^ble  ofiense,  tod  if  so,  it  ia  likely 
that  the  case  'Will  D«  brought  before  the  Grand 
Jury  and  tbe  oourts,  and  prosecuted  to  the  ex- 
tent of  the  law*. 


A  MISCREANT  OR  AN  IDIOT. 
fPESf  SUGGESTION  OF  THE  ASSASSINATION 
OF  HAYES  BY  A  WASHINGTON  PAPER- 
SUGGESTIONS  TO  HANG  RKPUBLICiNS 
AT  THE  LAMP  POSTS  IN  SOUTH  CARO- 
LINA AND  LOUISIANA. 

Upeeuu  DupaieA  to  the  t/exo-  York  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  18.— The  Sunday  Capi- 
feZ  returns  again  to-day  to  the  discussion  ot  the 
Electoral  Commission  and  its  decision,  and  in 
a  double  loaded  editorial  suggests  and  abets 
the  assassination  of  President-elect  Hayes. 
The  first  part  of  the  article  teems  with  vile 
abuse  of  the  Supreme  Court,  and  those  members 
of  it  who  are  on  the  Commission, 
In  particular,  and  then  says :  "  If  a  man 
thus  returned  to  power  can  ride  in 
safety  from  the  Executive  Mansion  to  tbe  Capi- 
col  to  be  inaugurated,  we  are  fitted  tor  the 
gjarery  that  will  follow  the  mauguration.  We 
do  net  believe  the  people  of  the  Umted  States 
are  ot  this  servile  sort  We  do  not  believe 
that  they  are  prepared  without  a  blow 
to  part  with  their  ifard-earned,  blood- 
itamed  possessions.  Notice  is  now 
MTved  on  the  citizens  of  Louisiana  and  South 
Carolina  that  they  mnat  care  tor  thenuelveB. 
How  soon  lamo-posts  will  bear  fnut  is  for 
litem  to  Bay.  To  tbe  people  of  the  North  and 
West  notice  is  given  tha*  »'l  **»e  toU  .t«  which 
fliey  are  Bubjected,  that  bond  holders  and 
monopolists  may  lattwi  Beoure.  is  repaid  by 
ao  security  of  their  rights,  and  that 
a  sbrmkage  of  values  is  now 
in  order.  If  there  is  law  for  fraud,  there  ia 
reason  for  violence,  and  to  that  end  we  make 
eur  laat  appeal.*  This  approval  of  aMaasina- 
iiOB.  as  a  ine»M  of  preventing  the  maugura- 
ttto  of  President  Hayes,  !«s  caused  intense  in- 
^nataon.    II  is  beUeved  that  undec.  laws,  i^ 


TBE  OREGON  ELECTORAL  VOTE. 

the  COUNTIufe  OP  THE  VOTES  EXPECTED 
TO  PROCBVD  TO-DAY — OPPOSITION  TO 
OREGON'S  VOTE  ANTICIPATED  —  THE 
TILDSNITE9  FAR  FROM  HOPEFUL  OF 
SUCCESS. 

Special Dltpatcli to  On  yew-York  Tirn'-i. 

Washington,  Feb.  18. — Ib  is  expected  to- 
night that  the  counting  of  the  votes  wiU  pro- 
ceed in  tbe  joiut  meeting  till  the  certificates  of 
Oregon  are  reached  and  referred  to  the  Com- 
mission. There  is  possibility,  however,  that 
after  the  Louisiana  decision  has  been  debated 
and  decided  in  the  House  a  recess  may  be  taken 
till  Tuesday.  This  course  is  desired  by 
some  of  the  Democrats,  and  may  be 
attempted,  but  the  good  faith  of  the 
action  in  caucus  last  night  will  best  be  ex- 
hibited by  going  on  with  the  count  as  far  as 
possible,  with  a  recess  as  to  Oregon.  There 
seems  not  to  be  a  very  definite  policy  deter- 
mined upon,  though  it  is  now  announced  that 
the  Democrats  will  contest  it  as  though 
thev  expected  to  succeed.  At  the 
same  time,  -  they  disclaim  all  hope 
of  sticcees.  The  judgment  ot  the  best  men  in 
the  party,  whoever  they  may  be.  is  said  to  be 
against  making  any  claim  whatever  to  a  IHlden 
vote  frgm  that  State.  Tbe  returns  must  be 
sent  to  the    Commiefiion,   and  objeotions   to 

countinsr  Cronin's  vote  have  been  prepared  bv 
the  Kepublicans.  There  is  only  the  one  simple 
point  of  eligibility  to  be  heard,  but  the 
question  of  whether  the  Governor's  certificate 
was  based  upon  the  canvass  of  votes  will  have 
to  be  detTiuined.  There  is  nothing  in  the  de- 
cisions of  the  Commission  heretofore  to  pre- 
vent them  from  taking:  evidence  as  to  this 
fact,  for  all  the  decisions  have  recognized  that 
the  certificate  must  be  based  upon  tbe  canvass, 
and  there  have  been  no  allegations  in  previous 
oases  which  required  any  consideration  of  this 
fact.  It  is  not  probable  that  any  evidence  will 
be  taken,  nor  is  it  probable  that  any  is  needed , 
since  tbe  certificates  unquestionably  show  the 
fact  that  Watts  received  a  majority  of  votes 
oyer  Cronin.  The  Oregon  testimony  of  the 
last  few  days  has  dampened  the  Democratic 
ardor  for  disputing  the  Hayes  vote. 
The  Democrats  are  possessed  of  a 
vast  amount  of  that  kind  of  Spartan  virtue 
which  is  much  more  grieved  that  the  truth  has 
been  disclosed  than  indignant  at  the  rascality 
itself.  The  Commission  ougbt  to  be  able  to 
dispose  of  the  Oregon  case  in  a  single  day,  and 
certainly  cannot  be  led  into  spending  more 
than  two  days  on  the  subject.  * 

HEWITT  , AND    PELTON  TO  TESTIFY. 

THEY  ARE  SUMMONED  TO  APPEAR  BEFORE 
A  SKNATE  COMMITfEK — THEY  WILL  BE 
COMPELLED  TO  TELL  WHAT  TfiKY  KNOW 
OF  TILDBI^S  ATTEMPT  TO  BKIBE  AN 
ELECTOR— ALSO  TO  EXPLAIN  THOSE 
CIPHEU  DISPATCHES. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  yew-York  Tiiiei. 

Washington,  Feb.  18. — Messrs.  Hpwitt 
and  Pelton  have  been  summoned  to  testify  to- 
morrow in  the  Oregon  case,  before  tbe  Senate 
Committee  on  Privileges  and  Elections,  and  to 
bring  with  them  their  check-books,  bank  ac- 
counts, and  other  books  and  papers  cal- 
culated to  throw  light  upon  this  "  crooked  " 
business.  Mr.  Hewitt  has  been  sum- 
moned at  bis  own  request,  in  order 
to  show  that  he  bad  no  knowledge  of,  or  con- 
nection witb,  the  Oregon  cipher  dispatches  re- 
cently published.  Senator  Kelly's  explana- 
ation  upon  this  subject  made  in  tbe  Senate  yes- 
terday has  caused  a  fiutter  among  those  who 
were  charged  witb  the  direction  of  Tilden's 
campaign,  and  it  is  probable  some  other 
centlemen  will  be  forced  to  make  explanations 
in  this  connection.  J.  H.  N.  Patrick's  brother 
is  here,  and  is  considerably  exercised  over 
the  position  in  which  Patrick  has  been  placed 
by  Kelly's  explanation.  If  he  knows  anything 
about  the  cipher  dispatches  it  is  likely  he  will 
divulge  it  before  the  Senate  Committee.  Tbis 
committee  expect  to  have  before  them  in  a  few 
days  some  important  witnesses  other  than 
those  whose  name  have  beea  announced. 


DAVID  DUDLETS  OCCVFATION  GONE. 

ALL  HOPE  OF  AlblSG  HIS  MASTER  GIVEN 
UP — PROBABLE  ABANDONMENT  OF  THE 
LOUISIANA  CASE — THE  DISCEIARGK  FROM 
CUSTODY  OF  GOV.  WELLS  AND  OTHERS 
SOON   EXPECTED. 

Special  Divatch  to  the  New-  York  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  18. — Air.  David  Dud- 
ley Field  seems  to  have  given  up  all  hope  of  aid- 
ing the  cause  ot  hia  master  Tilden  by  further 
investigation.  He  has  virtually  abandoned  the 
Louisiana  case,  and  it  is  understood  that  an 
effort,  on  tne  part  of  certain  Southern 
Democrats,  will  be  made  in  a  few  davs 
to  have  Gov.  Wells,  Gen.  Anderson, 
and  their  associates  discharged  from 
custody.  Messrs.  Arthur,  Sharp,  Phillips, 
Patterson,  Pinckney,  and  others  from  New- 
York  who  have  been  summoned  by  the  com- 
mittee in  Question, have  been  notified  that  their 
testimony  mav  not  be  required,  and  tbis  inti- 
mation is  generally  regarded  as  an  abandoa- 
ment  of  all  effort  to  influence  the  Electoral 
Commission  by  takine  testimony  rela- 
tive to  tbe  election.  Indeed,  there  is 
no  State  to  dispute  now  except 
Oregon;-  and  the  testimony  regarding  that 
Commonwealth  is  Hot  calculated  to  aid  or  en- 
courage the  great  reformer.  It  seems  now  to 
be  definitely  understood  that  a  determined 
effort  will  be  made  by  the  Democrats  to  have 
the  South  Carolina  matter  reopened',  but  there 
IS  not  much  prospect  that  they  will  be  success- 
ful. The  Louisiana  people  here  are  exceeding- 
ly conservative  in  their  talk,  and  it  is  believed 
that  some  of  them,  at  least,  will  be  among  the 
warmest  supporters  of  President  Hayes. 

THE  APPROFRIAIION  BILLS. 

PRESBNT  STAGE  OF  LEGISLATION  ON  THESE 
SUBJECTS — MUCH  WORK  YET  TO  BE 
DONE  BEFORE  THE  4tH  OF  MABCH. 

Washington,  Feb.  18.— It  is  probable  that 

the  bill  to  amend  tbe  Fauiflc  Bailroad  acta,  so  as  to 
create  a  sinking  fand  for  the  liquidation  of  the  in- 
dttbtedness  due  the  Grovemment  by  the  Paciflo 
S«iltoacl  CompaDiee.  will  be  lalil  aside  when  tbe 
Senate  rf  sumes  legislative  bosiness.  This  bill  has 
been  tboroaehly  discossed  during  tbe  past  two 
weeks,  and  cornea  ap  SKam  «a  onflnlsbed  basiness, 
but  tbe  Committee  on  Appropriations  have  •eversl 
bills  ready,  and  they  will  press  their  oonBideration 
as  soon  as  pottrible.  There  are  but  13  work- 
ing days  of  tbis  scBtion  remaining,  and 
only  two  of  the  appropriation  biUa  have  become 
law,  leaving  10  to  be  disposed  of.  The  Consniar 
and  Diplomatio  and  Pension  bills  have  been  passed. 
The  IndiOD,  Furtlficatioo,  and  Militarf  Academy 
blilaaro  before  conference  committees,  and  will  be 
acted  on  this  week.  The  Lesulative,  Judicial  and 
Ezecotive,  and  the  Post  Office  bills,  are  reaay  for 
tbe  .action  or  the  Senate,  and  will  b«  called  up  aa 
soon  as  legislatiTe  business  is  resumed.  -  Tbe  Naval 
and  jDeflcieney  bills  are  before  the  Senate  Committee 
OB  jLjtjffxmouiaam  aa4  «lU.Jie.zaiMKtediat.  u>e_Swi« 


ate  this  week.  The  Sundry  Civil,  Biver  and  Har- 
l>or  and  Army  bills  bare  not  vet  pafised  tbe  Honse 
of  Bepreaenutives.  It  will  thus  be  seen  ^bat  tbe 
general  appropriation  bills  are  in  a  more  bkckward 
condition  than  nsnal,  and  it  wilt  be  necesvarr  to 
have  prolonged  sessions  to  finish  up  the  bpsiness 
before  the  4th  of  March.  Several  of  these  bills 
will,  no  doubt,  cause  some  disouasioq  in  the 
Senate,  tboatsh  the  five-minute  rule  will  be  applied, 
and  speeches  on  the  pending  qaestion  limited  to 
tbat  time.  Mr.  Windoni  will  have  ohares  of  tbe 
Legislative  bill.  Mr.  West  of  the  Post  Office  bill, 
and  Mr.  Sargen'.  of  tbe  Kaval  hill.  Tbi!  others 
have  not  yet  bean  assinned  to  membere  of  tbe 
commiitee, 

THE  SOUTH  CAROLINA  ELECTION. 

REPORT  OF  THE  DEMOCRATIC  INVESTIGAT- 
ING COMMITTEE — HAYES'  MAJORITY  CON- 
CEDED TO  BE  831,  AFTER  DEDUCTING 
ALL   IR REGULAR   RETURNS. 

Washington,  Feb.  18.— Representative  Say- 
ler,  of  Ohio,  CDairm.\n  of  the  South  Carolina  Inves- 
lisatinii  Committee,  will  make  bis  reoort  to-mor- 
row. It  says  many  mistakes  and  inaccuracies  were 
foand  is  the  different  returns,  and  some  of  tbnm 
were  siened  by  one  sod  some  by  two  managers,  bnt 
if  all  the  returns  atfected  by  such  irregularities 
wers  rejected  it  would  notobangn  the  result.  The 
resnit,  by  ascertaining  tbe  votes  oast  at  all  ihe  pre- 
cincts, and  correcting  the  mistakes  pade  by  the 
managers  in  the  returns,  shows  that  Bowen  re- 
ceived Ihe  smallest  vote  on  tbe  Republican 
Electoral  ticket,  namely :  92,003  votes  over 
McGowan,  who  received  the  lareest  vote 
on  the  Democratic  ticket,  91,202  votes' 
a  majority  ot  831  votes.  The  law  of  South  Carolina, 
whicb  passed  in  1875,  O^vided  the  dlfferont  oountiea 
into  precincts,  and  orovided  tbat  all  elections 
sbould  be  held  ut  tbe  voting  precincts  so  estab- 
lished. It  established  In  tbe  County  of  Abbeville 
17  voting  precioci*.  naming  the  Aobevtlle  Conrt- 
hou»e  and  15  otner  placKs  ;  thnt.  altbonirh  it  was 
enacted  tbat  tbeie  sbould  be  17  voiiog  precincts, 
the  namea  of  16  only  were  (riven.  The  ^ame 
mistake  was  made  in  too  several  statutes  in 
some  other  counties.  In  several  other  counties 
provisioD  was  made  lor  Irom  two  to  four 
voting  places  iu  tbe  couniv  seat,  osoallv 
oalleo  the  '■Court-hoose,"  as  '•Abbeville  Cunrt- 
bonse,"  iu  the  cuuotj  of  the  same  name  ;  hot  in  all 
these  instances  they  were  curniully  snecifled  as 
NdS.  1,  2,  3.  and  4  Prnyions  to  tbe  eleor.lou  the 
Commissioners  of  Eleclinn  fur  this  ooouly,  having 
no  manner  of  power  bv  law  In  the  promises,  in  ad- 
dition to  the  voiine  preoinct  provided  io  tbe  statute 
at  Aobeville  Court-house  ordured  another  preoincc 
to  b^  rstiiblished  in  the  same  town,  oalled  No.  2. 
Tbis  action  was  protested  aeaiust  by  the  I^emo- 
cratic  member  of  tne  Board  ot  Oommissioners,  who 
also  took  the  opinion  of  couLsel  and  pre- 
sented It  to  bis  associates,  setting  forth 
ancb  HCtion  to  be  iklecal  and  unautboiized  ;  bat  the 
two  Kepublican  Coiumlsnioners  persistea,  and  the 
voting  place  was  esiablisbed;  432  vote«  were  there 
catt  tor  the  Itepuolican  Electors,  and  10  fur  (be 
Democratic  Electors.  givinK  a  majority  of  422  to  tbe 
Ktfpnbiicans.  The  committee  ate  ot  tbe  opinion 
that  this  voting  place  was  illegal  and  unnutborized, 
and  that  no  votes  uast  theie  should  be  received  or 
counturi. 

The  committee  show  tbat  an  attempt  was  made 
bj-  the  £oard  of  State  Canvassers  to  count  tbe  vote 
allesed^o  have  been  given  at  Bobbins'  Precinct. 
The  return  which  was  sent  to  the  Secretary  of 
Slate  and  produced  by  him  among  tbe  krenulue  pre- 
cinct returns  was  signed  by  only  one  ot  ihpmana- 
Kers  ana  another  perMon  never  anpoiiiied  as  mana- 
ger, and  by  a  Keoubli'jan  Superviaur.  Thin  return 
cave  the  Republican  ticket  1,317  votes  and  none  lor 
tbe  Democratic  ticket.  Tbe  oulj-  mauuser  aitcniuK 
it  could  not  tie  obtained  as  a  wiiness.  although 
many  efforts  were  made  to  procure  bis  attendance. 
Tbe  vote  cast  at  Bobbins  in  1874  was  366,  and  tbe 
Supervisor  at  tbat  election  oeriiUed  that  tbis  was 
the  full  vote  of  both  parties,  if  the  1,317  votes 
oiuimed  to  have  been  cast  at  the  RuUbios  poll 
are  added  to  ,ine  vote  of  tbe  oonuty 
tbere  will  be  about  600  more  votes 
cast  thaa  there  were  voters  in  the  county  In  IS75. 
The  committee  are  satisfied  tbat  no  votes  wsre  cast 
as  claimed,  and  that  no  second  pollinc  place  was 
ever  opened,  and  that  the  whole  retnm  was  a 
Iraud  goltea  up  to  insure  the  election  ut  county 
and  State  candidatea  on  the  part  of  the  Uepuhiicaus. 
The  committee  sa;:  " Before  South  Curuliua  cl.ims 
tbrouicb  ber  Bepresematives  to  help  make  laws  lor 
tbe  people  of  her  sister  States,  or  through  ber 
£lectors  to  participate  in  the  election  of  a 
President  of  the  Republic,  she  ougbt  in  Jus- 
tice to  be  held  to  comply  witb  the 
provisions  of  het  own  (Constitution  to  secure  a  fust 
and  honest  election.  Every  consideration  of  pub- 
lic policy,  where  the  very  existence  of  a  Govern- 
ment like  ours  most  depend  ou  preterviUir  tbo 
polity  of  the  ballot,  would  require  th»t  aiiy  elee- 
UUQ  beld  in  wilful  violation  ot  a  cunatitntiunal  pro- 
visiou  made  only  to  secure  honest  votlufr,  should 
be  treated  as  void  and  ot  no  eifeut. 

Ttiat  the  recent  election  iu  South  Carolina  was 
held  in  violation  of  the  man  Jate  of  the  Couslitalioo 
is  clear ;  tbat  it  was  ao  held  tbat  the  party  in 
power  might  bettvr  retain  ita  hold  on  the  Govern- 
ment, the  committee  bavu  no  doubt.  That  creat 
irauus  were  committed  there  by  reason  of  sucb 
retusal  to  set  up  tbe  ereat  safeKuardot  reisistratiun, 
tbe  committee  think  U  equally  clear. 

Under  these  circumsiauces  it  is  tor  tbe  Bouse  of 
Representatives  to  cousider  what  etIVsct  is  to  be  given 
to  ao  election  so  held.  Tbe  couimliiee  say  that  if 
troops  were  sent  to  South  Carulina,  without  any 
leeai  and  iustifiable  cause,  tor  political  pnrposes, 
and  to  overawe  a  irartiuu  of  the  voters,  clearly  au 
election  held  ander  such  cirrnmstaucea  should  nut 
stand  tor  a  moment.  To  upbulu  it  would  be  at  war 
wiib  all  sense  of  ngbt.  and  would  sbocii:  every  fair 
mind.    An  election  to  be  valid  must  be  Sine. 

The  commiitee  review  toe  proceadinifs  of  the 
State  Supreme  Court  in  tbe  habeas  corpus  and  quo 
warranto  cases.  Tbe  latter,  19  favor  ot  tne  Demo- 
cratic Klectors  against  the  Republican  Electors, 
has  recently  been  dismissed.  Tbere  was*  also  a 
petition  for  a  mandamus  at  the  relation  ot  William 
Wallace,  the  Speaker  of  tbe  Democratic  House  of 
Keoreseutatives,  against  the  Secretary  of  Suto,  to 
order  tbe  uelivery  of  tbe  retnrus  of  votes  fur 
Governor  and  Lieutenant  Goveruur  to  him,  as  pro- 
vided lor  by  tbe  Constitution,  he  claiming  to  be 
the  Speaker  ut  tbe  uniy  legal  House,  and  that  the 
other  House  was  an  illegal  bod.v.  without 
authority  as  a  part  vf  the  General  Assembly. 
The  court  decided  that  Wallace  was  the  Speaker 
ot  the  only  legal  House,  and  tbat  the  other  body 
was  illegal,  with  no  authority  as  a  part  of  the 
General  Assembly ;  m  fact  nsurpers.  Before 
the  service  of  process,  however,  the  votes  had  Ijeen 
delivered  to  the  Speaker  ot  tbe  illegal  body  •jlalminK 
ID  be  tbe  House,  tbat  Huuse  bad  counted  them,  re- 
jecting tbe  votes  .tium  two  .cuanties  entirely-, 
tin  ex  parte  athdavits,  and  declared  (Jnamuerlam 
electee,  and  on  sncn  declaration  he  waa 
inaugurated  and  kept  '  u  office  entirely  by  the  au- 
thority and  power  of  United  States  troops. 

The  committee  tbiuk  tbat  tb«  employment  of 
soldiers  lor  the  purpose  of  sastaiuing  a  ueurpiug 
Legislature  and  Execatlve  against  the  judgmeui^  01 
tbe  bighe»t  court  ot  tbe  State  one  of  tbe  gravest 
crimes  which  can  be  committed  under  a  Govern- 
ment liks  ours,  and  that  itwcanuot  be  condemned  in 
terms  sufficicutlv  strong. 

The  committee  have  uo  donbt  from  tbe  evidence 
that  a  much  lartrer  number  of  blacks  were  kept 
from  Voting  tbe  Democratic  ticket  by  the  threats, 
violence,  and  lucimidation  of  people  of  their  own 
race,  than  were  prevented  from  voting  the  Repub- 
lican ticket  byaiesort  to  like  measures  ou  the 
pare  of  tne  whiles.  Many  casus  of  thrwats  and  ac- 
tual violence  were  proved  as  coming  from  oulured 
people,  i«  deter  men  of  their  own  race  from  voting 
with  ths  Democrats.  Women  utterly  refused  to  have 
any  inieruuiubn  with  men  of  their  own  race  who 
voted  against  tbe  Republicans.  One  Instance  was 
proved  ot  the  actual  deseruon  of  a  wue,  with  her 
child,  because  bsr  husband  made  campaign  speeches 
fur  the  Democrats.  The  colored  people  casta  larger 
vote  than  ewr  beiore  for  the  Republioaus,  anu  a 
larger  proportiou  of  tbe  voters  actually  voted 
than  in  any  other  Sta  e.  The  increase  of 
votes  was  no  more  where  the  Democrats 
controUeii  than  in  those  places  where  the  Republi- 
cans Were  lariielv  in  the  majonty.  Both  parties 
cast  votes  in  every  voting  place,  and  there  wm  no 
product  where  there  was  not  some  colored  Repub- 
noau  votes.  Toe  evidence  not  only  shows  that 
Uiete  was  no  considerable  intimidation  or  violence, 
either  before  or  at  the  slection ;  but  it  is  in  direct 
coodict  witn  most  of  the  testimony  of  the  colored 
people  who  were  called  to  testify  as  to  the  same 
places. 

The  committee  feel  bound  to  say  that  the  eondaot 
and  bearing  01  the  officers  and  aoldieis  of  tbe  United 
States  Army  were  tooth  praden>,  and  wise,  and  aU 
though  tbeir  presence  was  made  avail- 
able to  overage  tbe  colored  voters  and 
prevent  them  irom  voting  against  tbt  Rupubli- 
'eans,  vef,  as  a  eeneral  thing,  neither  officers 
nor  men  oitl  anything  to  give  enconrauement  to 
auoh  belief.  The  present  State  Groveromenc,  like 
its  predecessors,  has  no  power  to  protect  tbe  peo- 
ple, and  n  so  utterlv  weak  that  nothing  but  tbe 
moral  power  of  tue  sopport  of  the  Goneral  Govern- 
ment keeps  it  in  existence  a  single  day.  Take  tbis 
wrongful  supoort  from  Gbamberlaln's  unlawiul 
Government,  and  it  will  qniokly  vanish,  like  dew 
betoro  tbe  sun,  and  no  loijger  olsturb  tbe  peace  of 
an  oppressed  aad  loiig-anltenng  people. 

NOTES  FROM  THE  CAPITAL. 


WASHiNaxoN,  Feb.  18.— Mr.  Logan's  bill  for 

the  issue  of  silver  coin  and  to  make  the  silver  dollar 
a  legal  tender  was  laat  Friday  made  in  tbe  Senate 
the  special  order  for  1  o'clock  to-morrow ;  but  the 
probabilities  are  that  tbe  two  houses  will  be  in  joint 
meeting  at  tbat  tune  to  count  the  Electoral  vote,  or 
if  separated  they  will  be  discnssing  tbe  Louisiana 
vote  under  the  law  which  allows  each  bouse 
two  hoars  for  discassion,  so  the  Surer  hill 
most  take  ita  place  on  the  oalendar  of 
speoial  orders.  It  u  very  doabtful  tbat  the 
bill  would  be  considered  even  if  legi&lative  ttosinesa 


the  appropriation  bills  were  out  ef  the  way,  as 
a  large  number  of  Senators  are  adverse  to  taking  It 
up  prior  to  tbe  report  of  the  Silver  Commiseion, 
whicb  will  be  submitted  on  Saturday  next,  tbe  24th 
inst.  The  report  of  tbat  commission  will  be  volu- 
minous, as  they  have  examined  a  large  number  of 
witnesses  in  this  country,  and  have  proponndod  in- 
terrogatories to  correspondents,  distinguished  finan- 
ciers and  business  men,  abroad.  They  also,  throngh 
tbe  State  Department,  sent  interrogatories  touching 
tbe  various  propositions  to  the  representatives  of 
tbe  United  States  in  the  different  countries  of  the 
world.  Numerous  answers  were  received,  all  of 
which  have  been  properly  digested  and  arranged. 

The  Mexican  Government,  through  its  Minister, 
Hr.  Mariscal,  has  died  witb  the  Secretary  of  State 
a  protest  against  tbe  parment  of  several  large 
awards  found  in  favor  of  certain  American'  citizens 
or  corporations  against  tbat  Governihent,  and  testi- 
mony has  already  been  filed  with  a  committee  of 
theSenate,  impugning  the  award  of  the  umpire  iu 
tbe  Weil  oase,  tbe  award  being  1400.000.  Testimo- 
ny will  shortly  be  produced  in  order  to  show  that 
two  other  o'aims,  each  of  a  much  larger  amount  than 
tbe  Weil  case,  are  illegal  and  frandalent. 

The  friends  of  the  Texas  Pacific  Railroad  have 
determined  to  make  no  fnrther  effort  to  pass  their 
bill  this  session.  Tbe  Electoral  complication  and 
the  pressure  of  appropriation  bills  preclude  the 
consideration  which  Us  importance  demanus,  and 
which  its  friends  desire  it  should  have.  They  think 
there  is  no  doubt  whatever  tbut  the  bill  wunid  pass 
could  a  vote  bo  legitimately  feached. 

Attention  having  been  drawn  to  the  abnenco  from 
tbe  seat  ol  Govemraont  of  several  ot  the  foreign 
Ministers  accredited  here,  and  who  persistently  re- 
side iu  New-rurk.  it  is  rumored  that  the  Secretary 
of  State  is  about  to  call  tbe  attention  of  their  G  jt- 
eraments  to  their  cooHtaut  absence,  and  to  request 
insrructiona  to  the  ^linlstera  to  be  at  their  posts, 
or  that  others  may  he  appointed  who  will  remain  at 
the  seat  of  Gi'vemment. 

Mr.  G.  W.  Griffin,  Consul  at  the  Samoan  Inlands, 
who  has  been  in  Wasbingtoo  for  weeks,  having 
been  empowered  by  the  Government  of  that  ooun- 
trv  to  Detonate  a  treaty  of  tiiendHbip  and  coromerce 
with  the  United  States,  will  return  t*>  his  post  early 
in  March.  He  did  not  ask  to  hn  received  in  tbe 
oharnoter  of  minister  with  which  he  was  uccreiiitod, 
bnt  simply  made  repreeeutatioii  of  tbe  subject  in 
bis  capacity  or  United  States  Consul. 
Mnch  interest  is  takeu  in  tbe  object  of  his  visit, 
especially  by  sojourner*  from  the  Pacific  coast,  a*, 
apart  from  secnring  a  profitable  trade,  the  Sanioana 
woulo,  by  a  treaty,  be  incidentally  protected  from 
the  uilustioe  now  inflicted  upon  them  bv  the  repre- 
sentatives or  8ubj<>ct8  ot  European  powers. 

It  has  been  ascertained  from  a  trustworthy  source 
that  Maddux,  the  witness  beiore  the  Committee  on 
tbe  Powers,  Privileges,  and  Duties  of  tne  Honse 
in  counting  tbe  Electoral  vot«,  culled  on  the  Preai- 
dtnt  after  returning  from  New-Orleans,  and  repre- 
sented to  him  that  Gov.  Wells  waa  alraid  of  bis 
lite,  and  therefore  desired  protection.  The  Presi- 
dent referred  him  to  Secretary  Chandler,  tbe  Chair- 
man  ot  the  Kalionul  Republiiian  ('omralttee.  This 
was  all  tne  witness  had  to  do  with  tbe  President, 
who  did  nut  promise  protection,  although  he  said 
WelU  ought  to  have  It  if  necessary. 


SERIOUS  FIRE  ON  LONG  ISLAND. 


THIRTY-THREE   BUILDINGS    IN   SAG   HARBOR 

DESTROYED — THE     ENTIRE   VILLAGE  AT 

ONE     TIME   IN    GKKAT    DANGER — A  FOR- 

•    TUNATE     CHANGE     OF   WIND — THE  LOSS 

UPWARD   OF   1200,000. 

Upeeial  Ditpateh  to  the  Mew-York  IHriKt. 

Sag  Harbor,  Feb.  18.— About  1  o'clock  this 
rooming  fire  was  discovered  io  tbe  rear  part  of  M. 
H.  Gregory's  store,  on  the  west  side  of  Wharf 
street,  and  which  was  already  under  sncb  headway 
that  ail  efforts  to  extinguish  it  proved  tiuitlesa  The 
wind  was  blowing  a  perfect  gale  from  the  west,  and 
the  night  was  dry  and  cold.  In  a  few  mlnntes  the 
wind  shifted  to  tbe  north-west,  and  had  it  changed 
due  nortn  the  whole  village  would  have  been 
swept  away.  As  it  was,  however,  the  fire 
was  ooohned  to  the  north  and  north-east 
of  tbe  village,  consuming  tbirtr-^ree  buildings. 
The  fire  broke  out  in  the  extrqme  northern  hullding 
on  Whari  street.  It  swept  away  all  tbe  large  store- 
houses and  shops  ou  tbat  thoronghfare,  the  large 
Hunting  brick  block  at  tbe  foot  ot  Main  street,  and 
tbe  east  side  of  Main  street  np  to  and  inclndiug  tbe 
Nastau  House  i  tbsn  east  and  south-east  across  to 
Coss  and  other  streets,  burning  several  dwellings, 
inclnding  the  bouse  of  Zacbariah  Rogers.  The 
Cream-tartar  works,  the  steam  planing  mill.  Music 
Hall,  and  the  Maidstone  steam  flouno',;  mills 
were  among  tbe  buildings  burned.  'I'he  loss 
on  buildings  will  exceed  ^150,000,  and  .  ou 
movable  property  about  {50,000,  on  tbe  whole  of 
which  there  was  but  about  t^'S.OOO  insurance.  Tbe 
fire,  it  18  believed,  was  the  work  of  an  incendiary. 
M.  H.  Gregory  loses  one  building,  Niokorson  Sl 
Vait,  1;  S.  S.  Crowell.  1;  B.  F.  Hunting,  1; 
John  Fordham,  1 ;  H.  &  S.  French,  2;  Hunting 
Cooper.  1 ;  W.  &  G.  H.  Cooper,  1 ;  Maidstone 
Mills,  4;  Jedediah  Conklin.  2;  Cream-tartar  work?. 
1 ;  George  B.  Brown,  1  ;  John  Deoastro,  3 ;  Nassau 
House,  S;  John  Kelly,  dwelling;  Edward 
Murpby,  dwelling.  Mrs.  H.  Graham,  dwell- 
ing; Mrs.  William  Lowen.  dwelling;  N. 
Matthews,        dwelling         and         shop  ;  Mrs. 

F.  Corcoran,  dwelling ;  Peter  Huzbes,  barn,  Z. 
Rogers,  dwelling.  Tbe  Maidstoue  Mills  Company's 
loss  is  nearly  140,000,  and  the  Hunting  Brick  block 
upward  of  |20,000.  The  insuraaoes  on  buildings, 
as  far  as  heard  from,  is  as  follows  :  Gregory-,  $5,000  ; 
Crowell.  1500 ;  H.  &  S.  French,  11,500;  Fordham, 
1700.  Maidstone  Mills,  tl2,000 ;  Decastro,  13.000; 
Brown.  12,000  ;  Kelly,  »1.200  ;  Murphy,  |8»0  :  Gra- 
ham,  fSOU  ;  Rogers,  |1,500  ;  Nassau  House,  |500  ou 
furniture.  

Sag  Harbor  is  a  quaint  and  picturesque  vil- 
lage founded  about  the  vear  1730,  and  situated  on 
the  nortli  shorff'of  the  Southernprumontory  of  Long 
Island,  in  the  townships  of  East  Hampton  and 
South  Hampton,  Suffolk  County,  at  a  distance  of 
107  miles  from  New- York.  The  population  in  1870 
was  1. 723,  and  in  1875  2,100.  It  basa  good  harbor, 
and  was  formerly  largely  engagnd  in  the  coast- 
ing trade,  being  tbe  only  outlet  of  a  good 
farming  district.  During  the  Summer  season  the 
"  Hamptons,"  which  are  situated  a  short  distance 
trom  tbe  village,  are  quite  a  fashionable  resort,  and 
tbe  place  is  frequented  by  a  large  number  of  vis- 
itors from  New-York.  Several  handsome  Summer 
residences  are  to  be  fonnd  in  the  rural  districts  ad- 
joining, and  the  drives  in  tbe  vicinity  are  consid- 
ered the  most  pleasant  on  tbis  part  of  tbe  i»land. 
The  village  itself  stands  upon  an  eminence,  com- 
manding a  flue  view  of  the  bay  and  the  sur- 
rounding oonntry.  In  18G1  tbere  were  61 
ships  and  brigs,  owned  by  tbe  residents  of 
the  place,  engaged  in  the  whaling  business, 
besidee  a  number  ot  smaller  vessels  employed  in 
the  coasting  trade,  with  a  capital  invested  of  aboat 
$2,000,000.  Shortly  alter  the  organization  ot  the 
Federal  Government  the  place  was  made  a  distinct 
port  of  entry,  and  officers  of  customs  weee  ap- 
pointed. In  1790  Henry  P.  Deering  was  appointed 
GoUeotor  of  the  port  by  Gen.  Washington.  During  tbe 
Revolution  Sag  Harbor  was  the  scene  of  a  brilliant 
victory  over  tbe  English  by  Col.  Meigs,  who,  with 
a  force  of  170  men,  on  two  whaling  boats,  stood  the 
fire  of  an  English  schon^^r,  armed  witb  12  guns, 
and  finally  auoceeded  iu  destroying  two  sloops 
which  were  laden  with  provisions  for 
the  British  troops,  killing  six  men  and 
taking         90         prisoners.  I3         1768        the 

first  chorcb  was  erected,  and  in  1817  this  was  re- 
placed by  a  more  commodious  and  handsome  strnc- 
ttire.  A  fire  occurred  in  the  same  year  which  de- 
stroyed tha  greater  part  of  the  town  and  dealt  a 
severe  blow  at  the  rising  tiade  of  a  viilage  only  just 
recovering  fVom  tbe  suspension  of  bnsiness  during 
tbe  Bavolncionary  War.  The  burned  portion  of  tbe 
town  was,  however,  soon  afterward  rebuilt,  and  by 
the  energy  and  thrift  of  the  inhabitants  prosperity 
was  again  restored. 

UAILROAD  BKIUQB  BORNEO. 
HABRiSBnRG,  Feb.  18. — Eight  spaus  of  the 
Lewlston  and  Snnbury  railroad  bridge  at  Selins- 
grove  irere  destroyed  by  fire  last  night,  invutvlog 
a  loss  of  130.000.  The  losa  of  the  bridge  destroys 
the  oonn'eoiion  of  the  Lewiston  road  with  Sunbury. 


THE  SOQTHERNDEMOCIfACY 


MILL  OPESAT1TE8  ON  A  STRIKE. 
Nbw-Bbdfobd,  Feb,  18. — The  strike  ot  opera- 
tives at  the  Waasutta  mills  is  fairly  inaugurated, 
and  the  miUs  will  not  start  to-morrow  morning. 
The  strike  is  in  the  bauds  ot  a  committee  of  30.  A 
finance  committee  will  visit  other  maoo&Mitarlns 


COURSE  OF  THE  LEADERS. 
NORTHERN  REVOLUTIONISTS  DE^JOUNCED — 
THE  DECISION  OV  THK  ELECTORAL 
COMMISSION  TO  BE  SUSTAINED — VIEWS 
OF  JOHN  YOUNG  BROWN  AND  BRN 
HILL — A  NEW  EFFORT  TO  OVERTHROW 
THE  PACKARD  GOVERNMENT  IN  LOUI- 
SIANA   BY   ARBITRATION. 

Special  THsvateh  to  tht  New-  York  Timtt. 
Washington,  Feb.  18. — The  chagrin  of  a 
great  majority  of  the  Northern  Democrats  is 
very  great  pver  the  result  ol  last  night's  cau- 
cus. While  there  bad  been  no  concert  of  action 
or  conference  amoug  the  rank  and  file  of  the  De- 
mocracy in  tbe  House,  a  largo  number  of  them 
believed  from  the  beginning  that  the  decision  of 
the  tribunal,  if  against  them,  could  and  would 
be  deleated  by  delay  or  otherwise.  When 
the  decision  was  made  tbis  hope  -was 
very  strong,  and  for  a  time  seemed  to 
have  great  force,  but  it  was  soon  observed  tbat 
tbe  dishonorable  attempt  to  defeat  a  promulga- 
tion of  tbe  decision  of  tbe  tribunal  came  almost 
entirely  from  the  North  and  West,  and  that  the 
South  was  almost  a  unit  in  favor  of  standing  by 
the  decision  ot  the  Commission.  Up  to  the 
meeting  of  the  caucus  last  night  it  was,  how- 
ever, confidently  hoped  and  believed  by 
the  Northern  extremists  that  tbe  division 
of  sentiment  among  the  Democratic 
members  would  be  so  equal  that  there 
would  be  an  opportunity  to  bind  the 
party  organization  in  favor  of  resisting  an  an- 

nounceiQent  of  the  decisiou.      After  the   caucus 

assembled,  however,  it  was  soon  found  that 
this  was  a  vaih  hope  ;  for  the  South  came  np 
witb  a  solid  front  in  favor  of  abiding  by  tbo 
tribunal's  decision,  and  in  the  stormy  scenes 
that  followed  the.y  made  their  infiueuce 
folt  m  the  direction  of  the  right,  and 
when  tbe  final  ballot  was  taken  they 
voted  to  a  man  to  abide  by  the  decision  and  to 
give  it  prompt  force  and  effect  Out  of  the  5G 
negative  votes  all  were,  with  one  exception, 
from  the  North  and  West.  The  speeches  of 
Ben  Hill,  of  Georgia,  and  John  Young  Brown, 
of  Kentucky,  were  models  of  good  judgment 
and  sober  intelligence,  and  to-day  both 
of  these  gentlemen  are  the  recipients 
of  congratulations  from  their  friends  and 
denunciations  from  tbeir  Northern  party 
ftssoclates,  who  desired  to  dishonor  their 
calling  by  defeating  tbe  objects  for  which  the 
Commission  had  been  created.  Some  of  these 
Northern  copperheads  go  so  far  as  to  declare^ 
tbat  tbe  Southern  Representatives  have  do-' 
serted  them  in  a  body,  so  as  to  make  lair 
weather  with  tbo  Republican  Party. 

Mr.  Hill  and  Mr.  Brown,  as  well  as  all  the 
other  prominent  Southern  members,  defend 
their  actions  by  the  declaration  tbat  tbiere  was 
but  one  path  in  honor  and  duty  to  follow,  and 
tbat  was  in  tha  direction  of  accepting  the  work 
of  the  tribunal  promptly  and  in  good  faith. 
John  Young  Brown  said  that  he  had 
never  given  so  much  thought  to  any 
public  act  of  his  life  as  to  his 
vote  on  the  Electoral  Tribunal  bill,  and  that  he 
bad  worked  himself  up  to  an  enthusiastic  sup- 
port of  tbe  measure  because  be  believed  it  was  a 
peaceful  solution  of  the  question,  and  because 
he  believed  that*  careful  review  of  all  the  facts 
hf  the'Tribuoal  would  give  Mr.  Tilden  the 
I'residency.  He  felt,  he  said,  as  bitter  a  disap- 
pointment at  tbe  result  as  any  man  could 
feel,  but  there  was  only  one  thing  in 
honor  to  do,  and  tbat  was  to  accept  the  result 
whatever  it  might  be.  If  tbe  outcome  bad  been 
different  he  would  have  thought  it  perfidious 
for  tbe  Kepublicans  to  have  attempted  by  any 
means  to  have  delayed  the  announcement. 
The  South,  he  said,  would  stand  to  a  man 
against  any  attempt  to  delay.  Mr.  Hurd,  of 
Ohio,made  a  very  bitter  speech  against  the  tribu- 
nal,and  was  opposed  to  accepting  the  result  of  its 
labors.  Ben  Hill  reminded  the  caucus  that 
tbis  was  a  grave  matter ;  that  they  bad  created 
a  body  to  decido  certain  disauted  matters  in 
reference  to  tbe  late  election  ;  tbat  the  body 
named  had  made  its  decision,  and  the  same 
body  that  assisted  in  creating  it  proposed  not 
only  to  deny  its  assent,  but  by  unmanly  if  not 
dishonorable  means  prevent  its  acceptance. 
He  said  the  Southern  people  would  never  sup- 
port or  defend  such  an  action.  They  could 
stand  defeat,  but  not  dishonor. 

The  defection  of  the  Southern  Democrats  is 
evidently  very  formidable  and  is  frightening 
the  New- York  managers.  The  Southerners  at 
the  beginning  of  the  session  took  a  position 
which  defeated  the  immediate  adoption  of  tbe 
revolutionary  measures  proposed  by  Fer- 
nando Wood,  and  now  that  tbe  decisive 
point  in  the  controversey  has  been 
reached  they  again  stand  in  the 
path  of  revolutionary  proceedings.  In  this 
course  there  can  be  no  doubt  they  are  sincere. 
Expressions  from  many  of  them  are  confiden- 
tially repeated  whose  names  cannot  now  be 
used,  tmd  which  are  much  stronger  than  any 
that  have  been  heard  in  caucus.  The  Southern 
Representatives  generally  are  men  who  have 
tbe  virtues  of  frankness  and  manliness  at 
least,  and  they  aro  not  naturally 
like  the  New-York  managers,  plotters,  and  in- 
triguers. They  say  now  that  they  have  gone 
far  enough.  They  wilt  not  lend  their  influence 
to  cause  a  disturbance.  They  have  had  one 
war  and  don't  want  another.  From  the  be- 
gmuing  they  have  been  for  a  peaceful  solution, 
and  they  will  insist  upon  maintaining  the  law 
as  it  stands.  They  eannot  be  expected  to 
say .  they  prefer  Hayes  to  Tilden,  tor  they 
voted  for  the  latter — though  they  would  be 
unwilling  to  do  it  again — and  there  is  a  spirit 
existing  that  may  lead .  to  a  co-operation  of 
Southern  Democrats  with  tbe  Hayes  Adminis- 
tration in  certain  contingencies  which  may 
arise. 

The  announcement  that  the  deoision  to  recog- 
nize the  Packard  Government  had  been  reached 
was  at  least  premature.  There  is  now  a  move- 
ment on  foot  to  submit  the  State  questions  at 
issue  in  Louisiana  to  tbe  peaceful  arbitration 
of  the  courts  or  a  Congressional  Commission, 
and  if  the  details  of  a  plan  can  be  satisfactorily 
arranged  the  proposition  is  likely  to  receive 
encouragement  from  leading  men  of  both 
parties. 

THE  DUAL  GOVERNMENTS. 
THE  PKOBABLE  ACnOX  OF  THE  PRESIDKNT 
IN  TUE  SOUTH  CAROLINA  AND  LOUISIANA 
CASES — SOUTHEKSEBS  DESIROUS  TO 
HAVE  THE  MATTER  LEFT  TO  THE  NEXT 
ADMIN16TBAT10N. 

Washi.ngton,  Feb.  18.— The  Administra- 
tion has  not  as  yet  taken  action  regarding  tbo 
Louisiana  Gubernateiiai  question.  The  Presi- 
dent said,  several  weeks  ago,  tnat  he  would  not 
do  so  pending  the  investigation,  by  committees 
ot  Congress,  into  the  election  in  that  State ; 
but  it  is  supposed  tbat  after  the  vote 
shall  have  been  counted  in  the  joint  meeting 
of  the  two  bouses,  he  will  come  to  some  deter- 
mination aa  to  Lotiisian^  as  well  as  to  South 
Carolina,  in  relation  to  the  Governorship. 

1  juuniMT  oC.'Soathera  membeis  ol  CoBxeesa, 


together  with  representative  men  from  the 
South,  will  call  on  the  President  to-morrow  to 
request  him  to  take  no  action  ou  the  Guberna- 
torial questions  in -Louisiana  and  South  Caro- 
lina, but  to  leave  it  to  the  determination  of  his 
suooesBor. 

THE  DEMOCRATIC  CHANGE  OFFRONT. 

THK  NOETH  CAROLINA  SENATE  BBVER^ES 
ITS  ACTION  ON  THK  ELECTOBAL  BILL — 
BRSISTANCB  TO  THE  INAUGURATION  OF 
PRESIDENT  HAYES  ALL  BUT  ADVISED — 
FIERCE  rage:  of  THE  EX-BBBELS. 
Special  ViMpateh  to  the  New-  York  Timet. 

Baleigh,  Feb.  18. — Pending  the  passage 
of  the  Electoral  bill  in  tbe  House,  the  Legisla- 
ture of  this  State  passed  resolutions  indorsing 
the  bill,  and  requesting  tbe  Congressiaen  and 
Senators  from  tbis  State  to  vote  for  the  meyure. 

Yesterday,  having  seen  tbe  decision  In  the 
Louisiana  case,  the  following  preamble  and 
resolutions  were  introduced  in  the  Senate  by  a 
Democratic  Senator: 

TTAereo*,  Tbe  action  of  the  Electoral  Commission 
in  establisbing  fraud  and  corrnption  as  a  legal,  oen- 
stitutional  and  effective  method  of  electiog  tbe 
President  of  the  XTnited  States,  is  an  unparalleled 
outrage  npou  the  rights  of  tbe  people,  and  tends  to 
the  certain  and  speedy  oestractlon  of  our  form  of 
government ;  therefore 

Resolved.  First— That  the  General  Assembly  of 
North  Carolina  deplores  Ihe  action  of  the  malority 
of  tbe  Electoral  Commission,  and  denounces  it  aa 
wicked,  unlawful,  and  nnconstitntional.  Seeond — 
That  a  candidate  who  has  not  been  eip>cted  Presi- 
dent according  to  law,  bnt  who  has  been  rejected 
by  a  large  malority  of  his  fellow-citizens,  cannot,  by 
the  frand  of  Retarning  Boards,  and  the  wicked  par- 
tisanship of  the  Electoral  Commission,  De  lawfully 
installed  as  tbe  Chief  Magistrate  of  the  people. 
Third — Because  ^be  Electoral  Commission  upholds 
fraud  and  subverts  right  and  justice,  therefore,  that 
onr  Senators  and  Keproseotativee  in  Congress  be 
requested  to  nse  all  means  known  to  the  Constitu- 
tion and  laws  to  prevent  its  action  from  becoming 
final. 

A  long  debate  occurred,  and  seeing  that  the 
adoption  of  the  third  resolution  would  stultify 
the  Democrats  because  of  their  former  resolu- 
tion indorsing  the  bill,  that  resolution  was 
stricken  out,  and  the  resolutions  were  adopted 
— yeas  21,  nays  13.  Three  Democrats  voted  in 
the  negative.  Whether  the  second  resolution 
means  tbat  tbe  Democratic  Party  of  North 
Carolina  will  aid  in  an  armed  resistance  to  the 
inauguration  of  Gov.  Hayes,  remains  to  be 
seen  ;  and  but  for  tbe  adoption  of  the  former 
resolution  indorsing  the  Electoral  bill,  tbe 
third  resolution  would  have  been  adopted  as 
expressing  the  views  of*  the  Democratic 
Party.  It  is  now  insisted  by  the 
Democrats  tbat  the  whole  Electoral  scheme,  as 
enacted  into  a  law,  taking  into  consideration 
the  election  of  Judge  Davis  aa  Senator  from 
Illinois,  was  the  result  of  a  careful  and  de- 
liberate oonspiraoy  on  the  part  of  the  Republi- 
can leaders,  and  that  a  trap  was  set  for  the 
Democrats,  which  they  fell  into  upon  the  idea 
that  thev  were  assenting  to  the  measure  in  the 
mterest  of  peace.  Democrats  who  supported 
the  bill  are  soundly  denounced  as  unfit  to  lead. 
No  one  expects  the  Cronin  vote  to  be  counted. 
Democratic  rage  and  mortification  is  to  be  seen 
on  every  hand. 

TILDEN'S  VOTING  MACHINES. 


NOTES  FROM  ENGLAND. 


THE  EXPOSURES  OP  "  EPH  "  HOLLAND  IN 
CINCINNATI  —  THE  LEADING  BALLOT- 
BOX  STUFFER  IN  BALTIMORE  RECOG- 
NIZED IN  THE  CHAIBMAN  OF  IHE  MART- 
LAND  DEMOCRATIC  EXKCUTtVE  COMMIT- 
TEE. 

SpecvH  Ditpiteh  to  tJu  New-  York  I^mji. 

Baltimore,  Feb.  18. — Parties  bere  have  no 
trouble  in  identifying  the  leader  of  the  Balti- 
more ballot-box  sttiffers  at  the  Cincinnati 
election  of  October  last,  mentioned  in  Holland's 
testimony  concerning  the  Democratic  frauds 
then  perpetrated  in  the  latter  city.  He  is  well 
known  to  have  been  Harry  McCoy,  Chairman 
of  the  Maryland  Democratic  Executive  Com- 
mitt^,  and  one  of  the  leading  Democrats  of 
the  State.  He  left  here  early  in  October  iu 
charge  of  a  large  gang  of  experienced  ballot- 
box  stuflfers  and  repeaters,  whom  he  divided 
between  Cincinnati  and  Indianapolis,  and 
brought  back  after  they  had  done  their  work. 
McCoy  waa  on  the  slate  for  Collector  of  Cus- 
toms or  Naval  Officer  at  this  port  in  the  event 
ot  Tilden  becoming  President. 

THE  BROOKLYN  NAVY-YARD  LAND. 


:^.: 


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THE  PROPOSED  SALE  TO  THE  CITY  OF  BBOOK- 
LYN — THE  BILL  SENT  TO  THE  PRESIDENT 
— THE  RECOMMENDATION  OF  THE  NAVAL 
BOARD  DISREGARDED. 
•  Washington,  Feb.  18. — The  House  bill  to 
provide  for  the  sale  or  exchange  ot  a  certain  piece 
of  land  in  the  Wallabout  Bay,  New-York,  to  tue 
Citv  of  Brooklyn,  which  passed  the  Senate  last 
week,  has  been  handed  to  the  President  for  his  ap- 
proval. As  beretolore  mentioned,  it  provides  for 
tbe  appointment  of  a  commission  to  consider  the 
terms  of  sale.  Sec,  and  before  such  sale  or  exchange 
can  take  place  tbe  recommendation  of  tbe  commis- 
sion must  be  ratified  by  Congrens.  TbeCommittoa 
on  Naval  Affairs,  in  reporting  tbe  bill  to  the  Senate, 
submitted  a  long  report,  m  which  they  express  no 
opinion  as  to  the  sale  of  the  land,  and  unless 
tbe  amount  to  be  realized  is  its  full  value,  and  can 
be  appropriated  to  the  improvement  of  the  remain- 
ing part  of  the  yard,  it  would  not  be  considered  for 
tbe  best  interests  of  the  naval  branch  of  the  ser- 
vice to  part  with  it.  The  cob-dock,  so  called,  is  an 
important  part  of  the  Brooklyn  Yard,  and  is  in 
great  need  of  repairs.  It  is  an  artificial  island  in 
Wallabout  Bay,  and  contains  about  35  acres,  12  of 
whicb  in  tbe  centre  are  already  partly  dredged,  and 
well  calculated  for  a  wet  basin.  It  is  entirely  sur- 
rounded by  navigable  water*,  and  on  the  East 
river  front  has  31  feet  of  water  at  low  tide. 
Ships  can  be  moorea  on  ihe  East  Kivm  front  ont  of 
the  tide  and  free  fmm  the  risk  of  iqe,  and  out  of 
tbe  way  of  the  navigation  of  the  river.  On  the 
Wallabout  channel  there  is  also  a  large  water 
front  entirely  out  of  the  tide.  This  front  will  need 
dredging  to  any  required  depth.  The  present 
piers,  wharfs,  &c.,  around  tbis  island  are  iu  a  rot- 
ten condition,  entirely  unfit  for  use,  and  discredita- 
ble to  tbe  Government.  With  the  monej^ expended 
UDon  it  which  wonln  arise  from  the  proposed  sale 
to  the  City  of  Brouklyn,  if  Congress  sbould  here- 
after authorize  the  sale,  it  could  be  made  tne  roost 
valuable  part  of  the  Navy-yard,  having  a  large 
water  front  and  a  basin  capable  ol  containing  at 
one  time  frum  12  to  3<t  ships  in  a  perfectly  secure 
position.  Tbe  importance  of  improving  tbe  coo- 
dvck  is  so  great  that  tbe  committee  are  willing  to 
recommend  the  sale  of  the  land  mentioned  in  this 
bill,  provided  the  pnrchase  money  can  be  wholly 
applied  to  said  improvement. 

FOUND  FROZEN  TO  DEATK. 

Utica,  Feb.  18.— Barney  Burgess,  an  old  res- 
ident of  Oriskaov  Fallii,  disappeared  from  his  home 
mysteriously  on  Thursday,  and  his  body  waa  found 
irozen  on  Charles  Terr.T's  farm,  three  miles  from 
here,  on  Saturday  night. 

•WRESTLING  IN  CENTRAL^SW-TORK. 
Utica,  Feb.  18.— Maior  J.  H.    McLaughlin, 
the  champion    wrestler  of  America  and   England, 
and  John  Oavanagb,  of  Vermont,  are  both  in  the 

City  in  readiness  tor  tbo  wrestling  contest  on  Tues- 
day evening.  The  men  are  evenly  matched  in  size, 
and  both  are  In  magntficant  conditljn. 

A  HOUSEBREAKER  SBOT. 
EvANSviLLB,  Feb.  18. — ^The  JournaPs  New- 
Harmony,  Ind.,  special  says  a  bnrgltr  known  as 
Charles  Johnson  was  shot  while  breaking  into  a 
■tore  on  Thursday  night  at  tbat  place.  Nothing  is 
known  of  nis  antecedents.  He  waa  a  man  about  50 
jrevtt  Pf  tta».-ot  pta^auik  Itaild.  with  gmr  whiakan. 


•■ff^': 


POLITICAL  AND  GENERAL  aOSSIP. 

THE  EASTERN  QUESTION— 'MB.  GL4DSTONB 
AND  THE  LKADEBSHtP  OF  TBS  OPPOSI- 
TION—BENNETT'S  ABBIVAL  IS  I,ONDON 
.  — THE  CASK  OF  AN  AMERICAN  SPl&IT- 
T7ALIST — THE  DPS  AND  DOWNS  OF  A 
CONSERVATIVE  NEWSPAPEK— DEATH  Ol 
A  CHARMING  LADT — HEN&T  IBVINO'S 
SUCCESS  IN  BICHABD  IU. 

Trom  Our  Own  OarretoonOent. 

London,  Saturday,  Feb.  3,  1877. 
The  conference  at  Constantinople  closed 
a  fortnight  ago,  as  everybody  who  understan<la 
anything  of  Eastern  affairs  ezpeeted  it  to  de, 
with  a  complete  triumph  for  Turkey.  As  re- 
gards the  queiitioK  of  peace  or  war,  that  ra- 
mains  in  the  bands  ot  Russia,  the  un'y  arbiter 
on  that  point  from  first  to  last.  A  week  ago,  no 
explosion  of  aager  or  resentment  having 
marked  the  last  ceremonies  of  the  ambassa- 
dors, we  began  to  think  that  tbe  tension  was 
over,  that  Bussia  being  left  with  no  forthei 
excuse  to  fight,  and  having  no  money  to  back 
her  pretensions,  Europe  would  £all  back  into 
something  like  a  tranquil  condition.  Even 
Mr.  Gladstone  and  Mr.  Bright  seemed  better 
satisfied  with  the  Government,  and  eongratu- 
lated  their  supporters  upon  tbe  hypothesis  that: 
their  opposition  had  brought  Lord  Baaoonsfield 
and  Lord  Salisbury  to  their  senses.  Turkey, 
anxious  to  give  evidence  ot  the  sin-!, 
cerity  of  her  intentions  in  regarjd. 
to     internal     retormation,     set     to     wo^k' 

with    vigor,   aud  our   stock   markets    beoarae 

buoyant  Chatty  and  su-oalled  faehionaJble 
newspapers  began  to  discuss  and  to  iaveojt  in* 
cidente  of  the  congress,  and  to  find  fault  with 
Lady  Salisbury,  who  has  perhaps  said  iw  great 
deal  more  than  she  ought  to  have  said  daring 
her  visits  to  the  harems.  Tbe  Sultau  was  so 
muoli  annoyed  that  ho  pretended  hev  was  ill 
when  Lord  Salisbury  left,  and  did  noteee  him. 
Tbe  nation  is.  perhaps,  not  altogethec  satisfied' 
with  bis  Lordship's  conduct  at  Constantinople, 
It  is  claimed  be  was  more  vacillating  and  poIi« 
tic  than  either  the  friends  of  Turkes-  or  Bossia 
liked.  He  held  the  balance  too  «venly.  Ai 
rough  mistake  or  two  would  hav«  been  a  re- 
lief. When  it  was  said  he  had  sqnt  in  an  ultio 
matum,  the  country  opened  its  eyes  and  said, 
"  That's  right ;  do  somethlns;  stnong  and  gat  is 
over ;"  but  the  ultimatum  rumor  was  not  true. 
It  is  admitted  that  Lord  SalistMiry  carried  oat 
his  instructions,  but  it  is  believed  by  some  tbat 
ho  made  himself  too  much  the  mouthpieoa 
of  the  other  ambassadors.  Tbe  trutta 
is  the  only  real  dignified  firmness  ex- 
hibited throuzhout  the  emt;ire  business  was 
shown  on  the  part  of  the  Turks.  Russia  plaved 
a  wily  game  but  not  a  sucoessful  one,  and  the 
Grand  Council's  decision,  upon  whioh  the  ooa- 
ferenoe  closed,  was  a  brilliant  coup  tor  Turkey* 
"  It  IB  all  over,"  they  said  in  the  City  of  Lundon  ;' 
"  Russia  finds  that  the  Turks  are  stronger  chan 
she  expected — peace."  Tben  came  the  rumor 
tbat  Prince  Gortsobakoff  had  said  Rosaia  was' 
not  going  to  fight  for  Europe.  "  Tbe  Oppojii^ 
tion  gave  it  up,"  said  Conservative  politicians; " 
"  by  tbe  time  Parliament  opens  Russia  will  be 
promising  a  reduction  of  ber  forces,  because 
she  knows  that,  in  addition  to  the  strength  oi 
Turkey,  Germany  wants  her  to  fight  oivl'. 
get  into  trouble."  Liberal  orators  begin  *o' 
direct  their  attention  to  other  questi^nc 
besides  tbat  ab3ort)ing  one  ot  the  £^t. 
Tradesmen,  interested  in  the  oeminQroial ; 
aspects  of  the  coming  season,  feel  that 
they  may  settle  down  to  the  display  ol 
their  wares ;  fashionables  of  both  sexes  begin 
to  dream  of  their  conquests  in  the  fields  of 
peace.  AU  is  going  swimmingly  when  that 
infernal  cloud  begins  to  gather  acain.  This 
Eastern  difficulty  is  like  the  rain.  The 
moment  the  downfall  oeases,  we  shake  ha.^ds 
with  each  other,  and  Bay,  "  Ah,  now  it  is  going 
to  be  fine  at  last."  But  Aquarius  has  only 
rested,  and  within  an  hour  we  are  half  drowned 
once  more.  No  Booner  have  we  said  to  each 
other,  "It  is  to  be  peace,"  than  more  ugly  ru- 
mors come  by  telegraph.  It  is  a  pity  that; 
electrical  instrument  of  torture  was  ever 
vented.  Turkey  has  asked  for  guarantees  fro 
Servia  and  Montenegro,  compelled  to  do  so  ou 
account  of  the  warlike  attitude  still  maintainedi 
by  Russia.  Down  go  stocks !  Aud  we  find  our-' 
selves  just  where  we  stood  months  ago,  wlcli 
the  exception  that  earnest  overtures  of  peaoe 
are  going  on  between  Tarke.y  and  her  revolt-. 
ed  provinces.  The  slightest  movemenc  ot 
troops  on  tbe  part  of  Russia,  which  could  be. 
regarded  aa  a  breach  of  the  Treaty  of  P^ris.  I 
and  up  will  go  the  standard  of  Ismail,  aiMl  thoi 
war  begins,  for  tbe  Turks  would  rather  fight  it' 
out  than  not.  So  we  go  on  oace  mere  from  day 
to  day  with  the  sword  hanging  over  our  heads. 
Europeisagainstwar.and  the  suspended  weax>OQ 
will  come  down  on  the  head  of  him  who  breaks 
the  peace.  Tbe  Emperor  of  Russia  will  not  do 
it  if  be  can  help  it,  but  there  Ib  a  formidable 
war  party  at  St  Petersburg,  as  there  was  ia 
Paris  when  Napoleon  HI.  was  hurried  into 
tbat  disastrous  conflict  with  Germany  against 
his  own  will  and  judgment 

THE   LIBERAL  PARTY  LEADERSHIP. 

A  la/ge  section  of  the  Liberal  Party  is  poest 
ing  Mr.  Glad etone  once  more  to  take  tbe  lead 
in  the  House  of  ConunoDS,'but  he  declines  em- 
phatically, preferring  in  bis  old  age  to  be  a  tree 
lance.  Lord  Hartington  has  still  tbe  confi- 
dence of  the  moderate  men  ot  the  party,  and  he 
will  have  an  able  backmg  in  the  independ- 
ent action  of  Mi\  Lowe,  and  occasionally 
of  Mr.  Bright  The  intimate  friends  ot  Lord 
Hartington  say  he  will  do  much  better  next 
session,  being  relieved  of  the  presence  of  Mr. 
Disraeh,  who  always  exercised  a  kind  of  in- 
timldating  charm  npon  the  Liberal  chief.  Bii 
atafford  North  oote  will  be  the  Coneervative 
leader  in  the  lower  house,  where  tbe  Premier 
eat,  and  the  Reform  Club  doesn't  think 
that  Lord  Hartington  vrill  find  Sis 
Staiford  too  strong  for  him.  But  the  sporting 
baronet  is  no  mean  adversary.  He  is  a  tlunker 
and  a  worker,  aud  Lord  Beaconsfield  will 
practically  be  at  at  his  elbow  in  an  emergency. 
The  Gladstone  section  of  tbe  Liberal  Party 
wanted  to  signalize  the  first  night  of  tbe  Bessioo. 
with  a  vote  of  want  of  confidence,  bnt  wisei 
cocmsela  have  prevailed,  and  tue  opinioa  iu, 
high  Liberal  eirdes  is  that  no  particular  vio- 
tory  is  to  be  gained  out  ot  resolutions  agamsti 
the  Government  on  the  Eastern'  queecioQ. 
Many  of  the  most  distinguished  of  the  Liberal 
Party  feel  that  Turkey  has  done  a  great  worV 
in  giving  to  the  peoples  a  Constitutiou,  and  it  is 
possible  that  this  may  react  upon  Biuaiai^ 
politics  in  such  a  way  as  to  create  in  that* 
Empire  an  irresistible  demand  for  similar  privif 
leges. 

The  London  Timet  has  already  ebronicleK, 
Capt  Boyton's  swim  down  the  Tiber,  and  hul 
enthusiastic  reception  at  Rome.  At  all  the 
principal  cities  in  Italy  the  Captain  was  we  1 
eomed  by  the  public  antheritiea.  I  picked  ug 
at  Bowies',  yesterday,  tbe  Amerieui  swim-' 
tiler's  own  account  of  his  reception  at  ^ome, 
'•,writfaan^ aazaaatio.''   bat_-«3ttt..«)>*r*AteriatM 


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force  to  Bowles,  of  the  Amerioan  Exchange. 
It  ynM  done  on  a  poat  card,  and  read  as  fol- 
lows : 

DbAB  B.!  One  hnndrad  thonund  Itomans 
•alated  the  oM  fUg  on  Sandar.  There  tint  bfien  no 
•ucb  a  time  einoe  Augnstua  died,  several  thousand 
yearua^o.  Aasnsrns  used  to  run  a  moral  show  in 
tbeColiseom,  and  have  Christians  eat  wild  Deasta, 
but  Gas  if  dead  now,  and  the  show  is  bast  np.  As 
the  Tiber  carried  Ine  into  the  Eternal  Ulty  on  last 
Bandav  from  Orta,  a  distance  of  300  kilometres,  all 
his  old  oa:jtomers  came  to  see  me.  I  was  3t  hoars 
•float,  and  it  was  almiehtv  cold,  "yoa  bet."  Ke- 
rn jam  ber  me  to  all  friends.    "Tquis,  BOYTON. 

This  is  Bovton's  fan.  In  a  priTate  letter  he 
speaks  in  the  warmest  terms  of  the  treatment 
he  has  received,  and  with  great  admiration  of 
the  Italian  people.  He  expected  to  be  honored 
by  an  audience  with  his  HoQness  the  Pope 
yesterday.  By  the  bye.  It  occurs  to  me  to 
tram  Americans  who  have  been  aooustonaed  to 
Bake  for  Bowles*  at  Charing  Cross,  on  their 
arrival  in  London,  that  after  March  next  they 
must  not  be  surprised  to  find  this  institution 
Btandms  no  longer  there.  The  lease  of  the 
premises  is  expiring,  and  the  landlord  not  only 
raises  the  rent,  but  demands  a  premium  of 
$5,000  for  a  renewal  ot  it  Mr.  Bowles  will 
therefore  probably  change  his  location  after 
the  next  quarber,  but  the  Beadin^-roon  and 
Exchange  will  be  toand  somewhere  m  the 
neighborhood  of  Charing  Cross.  As  this  little 
ennggety  is  the  onlv  attempt  at  an  Amenoan 
club  in  London,  where  strangers  can  see  the 
papers  and  get  information,  one  can  Imagine 
the  consternation  oi  visitors  who,  relyiuc  upon 
its  usefulness,  may  fii^Hi^g  old  quarters  occu- 
pied by  new  comers,  I  learned,  there  that  Mr. 
James  Gordon  Bennett,  the  duelist,  had  ar- 
rived in  London,  having  reached  Liverpool  in 
the  steamer  City  of  Biohmond.  He  has 
taken  rooms  in  Bond  street,  bat  be  keeps  him- 
self remarkably  quiet.  They  were  discus  sing 
his  vaganes— half  a  doeen  Americans — most  of 
them  mtensely  tickled  with  the  humoroas  arti- 
cle of  The  TniBS  on  the  whole  afbir,  which  has 
been  barely  commented  upon  by  the  English 
•pjreaa.  Your  chronicles  of  the  scandal  have 
been  qnoted,  and,  unfortunately,  nntraveled 
English  people  regard  the  Herald  as  a  repre- 
sentative Ameriean  journal,  and  Mr.  Bennett 
as  a  type  of  your  editors,  so  that  bia  escapades 
are  not  calculated  to  exalt  John  Bull's  opinion 
of  the  American  press.  But  the  day  wUl  come,  I 
suppose,  wben  even  English  people  at  home 
wUl  understand  how  to  estimate  such  papers 
as  the  Berald,  and  such  journalists  as  James 
Gordon  Bennett. 

There  is  a  sienificant  naragraph  in  the  UcTm 
ander  the  heading  of  "  The  Labor  Market." 
It  bemoans  the  shock  which  the  wattch  trade 
has  received  by  the  continued  large  importa- 
tion of  American  chronometers.  The  London 
watch-makers  are  described  as  "  getting 
alarmed, "  and  quite  a  nanio  has  seized  the 
Swiss'  watch-makers,  who  have  for  years  sup- 
plied the  English  market  with  cheap  goods. 
It  was  lately  mentioned  by  one  of  our  trade 
jotimals  that  America  had  received  some  im- 
pdrtMit  locomotive  contracts  from  Eoglish 
colonies.  We  shall  get  accustomed  to  this 
kind  of  competition  in  due  time,  and  as  our  ex- 
ports to  the  States  decrease,  possibly  we  may 
be  successful  in  "  fresh  fields  and  pastures 
new."  There  is  plenty  of  room  for  a  large 
trade  in  European  Turkey,  and  it  may  be  that 
the  Turkish  reforms  will  open  up  that  little- 
known  part  of  the  world,  and  make  it  profits- . 
Ve  for  commercial  enterprise. 

DK.  SLADE   AND   HIS   'I3SIAI.S. 

kVhen  the  clerk  made  out  the  conviction  of 

Slade,  the  Spintaalist,  he  omitted  inoopyinsf 
to.  include  the  sentence  "by  palmistry  and 
otherwise,"  fornsing  part  of  the  crime  of  obtain- 
ing money  wrongl'ally,  whitdi  was  charged 
against  him.  Therefore,  when  the  aopeal 
aerainst  the  conviction  oame  to  be  heard,  the 
flaw  was  pointed  out  by  eovmsel,  and  the  in- 
formality was  sufficient  to  jjive  the  prisoner 
his  freedom.     The  whole   atpuoture,  therefore, 

falls  to  the  ground,  aal  must  be  rebuilt.    It  is 

ar^nied  by  the  le^al  journals,  that  the  court  had 
power  to  amend  the  mdiotmant,  but  it  did  not 
do  so.    Fresh  euramonses  have  therefore  beef 
applied  'for   and  granted    hry  the    Bow  Street 
Magistrate,  who  hopes  soma  other  stipendiary 
will  hear  the  case  on  its  reopening — he  has  had 
enough  of  it.    Meanwhile  another  Spiritualist, 
Mr.    Lawrence,    has    oeen    serving  his    three 
months'  imprisonment  in    Horsemonger  Lane 
Jail      until       yesterday,       when       he       was 
released     on      bail     pendi^      his      appeal ; 
and     recently,     in     various      parts     of    the 
country,  othwr  professed  meiijams  and  fortune- 
teilers    have     been    committed    to   prison  as 
rosues  and  vagabonds.     It  would  be   a   useful 
thing  if  the  act  of  ParliamenD  could  be  turned 
against  the  City,    where    "  by  palmistry   and 
otherwise"  dupes    are    taketn    in    to    a  much 
larger  extent  than  is  the  cade  in  Spiritualistic 
circles.    When  the   ofiBcers  went  to   serve    the 
new  summonses  on  Slade   and  his   assistant, 
Simmons,   their    birds   hal   flown.      In    the 
interval  of  the  break-down    of  the  appeal    and 
the  Iresh  application  of  Mr.  Lewis,  the  doctor 
and  his  man  slipped  away  en  route   tor  Russia. 
It  IS  said  that  the  Czar's  Chamberlain  and    Dr. 
Slade  are  Spiritualistic  firienda,  and  although 
this  is  asserted  as   "  chaff,"  there  may  be   more 
truth  in  it  than  scoffors    imagine  ;  for  the    late 
"  Emperor  of  all  the  Russians  "  received  Mr. 
D.     D.     Home      at     his      court  with  great 
iQarks     ot    fenendship,       made       him     pres- 
ents,    and     actnally    became    godfather    to 
his    child.      Spiritualism     is    fashionable    at 
more  than  one  of  our  European  courts,  though 
the  Pope  had   Mr.  Home   expelled  from  the 
Eternal   City.    Touchine   Dr.  Slade'a  sudden 
disappearance,    his  solicitors,  Messrs.  Munton 
Si,  Morris,  have    issued  a  card,  in  which  they 
say  that  their    client  is  alarmingly  ill.     "  Sev- 
eral medicdr  man  have  advised  that  any  public 
appearance  at  this  juncture  would  be  attended 
with    serious,  if  not   fatal,  consequences.    It 
must  have  been  obvious  to  every  one  on  Mon- 
day that  I>r.  Slade  was   not  in  a  fit  statp  to  be 
in  court ;  indeed  he  had  been  so  ill  tor  several 
^ays  that  he  contemplated  asking  toe  Treasury 
To'tiave  him  visited  by  a  physician  of  their  own 
seJeetion.    We  may  say.  in  tact,  that  he  ab- 
solutely   crawled    into    court    to    keep  faith 
With  his   bail  and   prosecute  his  appeal.    As 
■was    pabUcly    stated    at    Bow    street  m  Oc- 
tober, Dr.    Slade    only    oaihe    to    this    coun- 
try en  route  to   Russia.    Honor   alone,  there- 
fore, kept  him  in    England  at  great  personal 
loss.     Before  it  was  known  that  fresh  proceed- 
ia'S  had  been  taken,  our  client  had  left  Lon- 
don to  insure  tbe  rest  and  quiet  he  so  urzently 
iiee<led,  tn+velina  by  easy  stages  to   the   Conti- 
nent, where  he  now  is.    The  summonses  left  at 
Bedford  place  have  been  banded  to  oiir  Mr. 
MuntDn,  who  intends  to  proceed  to  the  Conti- 
nent m  a  day  or  two  to  take  medical  advice  as 
to  Dr.  Slade's  fitness  to  appear  to  the  renewed 
cbar^fo   on  the  8th,  tbe  day  appointed.    We 
leel  confident   that  if  the   deoisioa   rests  with 
Dr  Sluue  aioue,  he  will  return  at  once,  at  any 
risk,  as  he  is  anxious  to  have  any  charges 
against  himself  finally  disposed  ot  before  the 
tnai  of  the  aetiou  against   Mr.    Maskelyne. 
Dr  Slade  is  now  supported   by  whnt  is  called 
the  i3iiii«h  J^atiouat   Association  of  Spiruual- 
iets.  and  jt  is  said    they  mean   to  find  all   the 
money  that  is  ueopssary  to  vindicate  Slade  and 
his  ueouliar  power;  so  that  it  is  to  be  hoped 
we  m-iy  tttVo  Mr.  Maskelyne,  the  coniurer,  on 
the  stind,  tor  he  still   continues,  in  spite  ot 
Writs  and  processes,  to  call  Slade  am  imoostor, 
Mid  aC  tbe  same  time  to  demonstrate  the  sim- 
pUcuv  •t  tha  Slate  trick  and  other  "  manitesla 
teon«." 

NOTABLE  NEWSPAPER  CHANGES. 
There  hM  been  a  delicious  row  in  the  edi- 
torial room  of  TA*  Standard,  the  slighted  organ 
Sfthe  Conservative  Party.  ^.n»e  year*  ago 
Mr  Johnson,  the  proprietor,  discharged  the 
Editor  iTcS.  Capt^  Hamber.  and  the  toancial 
^riitir  Mr.  i).  Morier  Evans,  because  he 
t&tth^y  profited  toomuch  by  the  inflnence 
•f  "be  paper.  Capt.  Hamber  had  been  an  offi- 
ce' of  light  horse,  and  had  obtamed  all  his  edi- 
=  Sna  experience  on  3'A« -Stondari.  Mr.  Evans 
Sd  been  financial  editor  pretty  "^^^J^*^^"^ 
H*«t«t«d  miSwrin  oppoMtoonto^^^ 

^,  and  Capt.  Hamber  WM  lus  »i^*ff  •.  „r^,!2 
S^'Evanahaa  lost  aU  his  money,  some  hundred 


as  a  manufacturer  of  printers'  ink.  His 
father  pwimoted  him  to  the  editorial 
obair  of  The  Standard,  and  the  youn^  man  a*- 
snmed  the  airEi  of  a  grandee  with  the  mannArs 
of  an  ink-maker.  He  quarreled  with  the  best 
men  on  the  staff,  and  for  the  last  two  or  three 
years  has  edited  the  paper  down  to  its  present 
level.  The  other  morning  his  father  rushed 
into  his  room  and  discharged  him  as  keenly 
and  as  promptly  as  if  he  was  dismissing  bis 
footman.  Mr.  Mudford,  the  uianazer,  has  been 
promoted  to  the  vacant  chair,  and  the  open- 
ing of  the  session  of  Parliament  is  to 
pee  great  changes  rn  the  style  and  contents  of 
the  paper.  To  return  to  Capt.  Hamber ;  he 
edited  The  Sour  until  Mr.  Macdougatl,  the 
Emma  Mine  sensationalist,  bought  it  and 
killed  it  with  libel  suits,  and  soon  afterward  an 
awful  calamity  happened  to  the  Captain,  who 
is  a  fine,  manly,  kind-hearted  fellow.  He  was 
a  fond  father,  and  had  a  handsome  family  oi 
children.  Three  of  his  httie  ones  died  in  one 
week,  stricken  down  with  scarlet  fever.  For 
the  past  year  he  has  rarely  l>een  seen  by  any 
one,  except  now  and  then  at  his  olub.  The 
Junior  Cariton.  Some  six  months  asco  Col. 
Biohards,  editor  of  The  Morning  Advertiser, 
(the  property  of  the  Lieensed  Victualers'  Asso- 
ciation,) died.  Capt.  Hamber  became  a  candi- 
date for  this  appointment,  which  is  worth  about 
$6,250  a  year.  He  has  this  week  obtained 
the  position  by  a  large  msjority  of  votes,  and 
everybody  is  pleased  with  the  selection,  no 
one  more  so  than  Mr.  Charles  Williams,  one  of 
the  specials  of  The  Standard,  who  went  to 
the  wall  under  the  regime  of  Mr.  Johnson.  Jr. 
The  Conservative  Party  has  been  talking  of 
starting  another  journal,  as  Lord  Beaconsheld 
snecM^at  The  Standard,  but  the  proprietor 
hopas^ider  the  new  management  to  win  baok 
the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  Cabinet. 
The  history  of  this  lournal  is  a  small  romance 
iii  itself.  It  was  the  old  Morning  Herald.  Mr. 
Johnson  bought  it  out  of  the  Bankrupto.y 
Court  and  converted  it  into  a  penny  dailv. 
The  Carlton  Club  lent  him  $50,000  ia  the  inter- 
est of  Conservatism.  For  a  year  or  two  they 
worried  him  with  sui;$;estions,  and  at  lant  with 
"  commands."  In  due  time  the  paper  became 
profitable.  Mr.  Johnson  flung  the  $50,000  at 
the  heads  of  the  Carlton  Club  Committee,  and. 
declared  himself  indepeudant  of  the  world. 
He  BOW  derives  an  income  ot  $150,000  a  year 
from  the  paper,  and  is  the  owner  of  two  mag- 
nificent estates^ 

LONDON  DRAMATIC  NOTES. 

Those  who  have  any  acquaintance  with  the 
most  fashionable  receptions  in  Bohemian  Lon- 
don wilt  miss  the  pretty  little  fi;jure  of  Mrs. 
Montagu  Wilhams,  who  was  always  ready  to 
dance  or  sing  or  play  the  piano  tor  the  advance- 
ment ot  '*  the  harmony  of  the  evening."  She 
was  the  celebrated  and  charming  Louise  Keeley, 
whose  theatrical  triumphs  were  cut  short  by 
matrimony.^  Mr.  Muniagu  Williams  was  a  ris- 
ing barrister  and  a  good  tellow.  When  he  de- 
prived the  Jtage  ot  one  of  irs  brightest  orna- 
ments, he  did  not  shut  his  wile  out  ot  the  so- 
ciety which  has  its  chief  charm  in  the  easy  and 
graceful  mix lure  of  artiste*  and  men  of  intel- 
lect. Air.  and  Mrs.  Montagu  Williams  dwelt 
together  in.  the  upper  regions  ot  Bohemian  life, 
and  were  much  sought  after  and  uuoh  liked. 
Mrs.  Williams  died  a  tew  days  ago.  Her 
mother  still  lives  m  health  and  affluence,  hav- 
ing survived  husband  and  children. 

Mr.  George  Clarke,  fonnefl.v  or  the  Fifth 
Avenue  and  other  iJew-York  theatres,  is  or- 
ganizing a  second  togr  in  the  Provinces  with 
"  The  Sbaushraun."  It  iS  said  that  his  Conn 
is  a  very  successful  pertormance.  Another 
American^  Mr.  Carlos  Florentine,  who  oujihtto 
do  well  here,  has  just  returned  to  us  Irom  the 
States.  As  a  concert  singer  be  is  admirable. 
He  did  not  succeed  on  the  stage  when  he  ap- 
peared at  a  West  End  theatre  two  or  three  sea- 
sons  ago,  but  the  other  evenmg  be  sang  at  the 
Camden  Ath'eufieua?,  and^was  rapturously  ap- 
plauded. I  have  heard,  m  its  way,  no  more 
pathetic  rendenn.g  of  a  charmingl.v  touching 
ballad  than  his  singing  of  "  Tiie  days  when 
you'll  forgot  me,"  written  by  Mr.  Thomas,  of 
Jfew-York. 

In  one  of  my  earlier  letters  I  described  to 
you  in  brief  the  history  of  .Mr.  Arthur  Sulliyan, 
tbe  composer  and  intimate  fnoud  of  tbe  Duke 
of  Edinburgh.  He  has  suatamed  a  ead  loss  in 
the  sudden  death  of  his  brother,  .Ur.  Frederick 
SuUivH'n,  who  played  humorous  parts  in  Ar- 
thur's musical  comedies.  His  laiust  suocess 
was  in  "Trial  by  Jury,"  u^  Sullivan  and  GUoert, 
and  he  was  on  a  tour  with  this  play  wueu  he 
died.  It  is  not  generally  known  that  he  lost  bis 
life,  as  Mr.  Perkins,  the  American  vocalist,  lost 
his  in  this  country,  through  sleeping  m  damp 
sheets  at  a  proviooial  hotcL  Mr.  Frederick 
Sullivan  cummeuced  lite  as  an  arotiUect.  study- 
iug  in  the  otliues  ot  Mr.  CuuUy,  architect  to  ttio 
Duke  of  Weecminster.  Ho  was  buried  on  Tues- 
day ia  the  Bromoton  Cemetery,  m  the  presence 
of  a  crowd  ot  6ori-owii\g  triemis.     % 

Mr.  Henry  Irving  hhs  made  the  most  legiti- 
mate ot  tua  successes  in  '•liichard  111.,"  wuich 
was  produced  ou  Saturday  nigut  as  nearly  as 
possiole  as  it  was  cousuructbU  and  wriiceu  by 
bhakespeure.  All  '.he  aiteratiuua,  addenda, 
and  tiLiierings  ot  Cibber  are  removed,  ana  th« 
play,  if  not  lao  better  tor  this  excision,  is  cer- 
tainly none  the  worse,  whisii  is  say  lUg  a  great 
deai,  when  one  remembers  that  uU  our  great 
artists  have  regartied  Ciober's  addiciona  as  not 
only  deienaibie.  but  strength  put  into  au  id- 
constructed  work.  In  all  cue  range  ui  Shake- 
spearean drama,  I^iehard  and  Malvoiio  (in 
••'iwellth  Ni:jut")  are  the  two  characters 
which  seem  especially  euitaole  to  Mr.  Irviug's 
peculiar  physiqus.  His  mannerisms  fail 
luio  the  historic  uunceptiou  of  the  King,  anil  he 
repiesents  the  cratt  as  well  as  the  ciucity  oi 
tlie  weil-Known  portraiture  witua  raie  suoiety. 
Mr.  Irvmg'B  JUichard  is  as  tar  above  Barry  Sul- 
livan's as  the  itichard  ot  a  siudcut  ana  a 
thinker  who  can  act  is  likely  to  be  above  a 
mere  copyist  of  tradition,  who  has  siumped  the 
couDtrv  on  the  strengta  ot  his  lungs  and  his 
sword-fight.  This  is  tbe  reason  why  Mr. 
Irvmg  crowds  the  Ljceum  lor  huudroda 
ot  niglits,  while  Mr.  Sullivan  can  only 
ventilate  a  London  theatre.  Tue  new 
cntio  of  the  Times  who  has  lutherto  made  a 
dead  set  at  Irving,  is  obliged  to  admit  that 
there  are  beauties  and  quaint  conceits  in  his 
picture  of  Michard,  while  the  entire  press  is  as 
unanimous  in  chronicling  his  success  as  they 
were  in  jeering  at  the  stagey  display  ot  Sulli- 
van. The  trutu  is,  we  no  longer  i.dmiro  '"act- 
ing" in  th«  old  meanmg  of  tbe  word ;  a  passion 
torn  to  tatters  deliguts  us  no  mure.  Vv^e  ask 
lor  Bomething"  as  near  nature  as  we  can  get  it, 
and  1  suspect  if  Mr.  Maoready  could  come  back 
to  us  we  should  laugh  at  hia  tragic  stride,  bis 
up-turned  eyes,  his  hand  in  his  bos«m,  and  his* 
deep. "trgeuy  tones.''  We  could  only  tolerate 
Charles  Kean  in  Jjouia  X.L  and  JCiehard 
III.  Mr.  Creswick  is  supposed  to  be  a 
fair  represemative  ot  tue  old  school 
Wa  don't  laugh  at  him,  becauae  he  is  a 
scholarly  gentleman,  but  we  dou'c  go  to  see 
him,  and  he  iS  getting  out  of  favor  even  with 
our  East  End  houses,  which  answer  to  .your 
Boweiv  Theatre.  Mr.  Irvmg  is  a  young  man, 
and  ha  has  the  sense  to  see  and  understand  ine 
changes  which  have  come  to  pass  ;  andlurther 
than  this  be  recognizes  even  m  his  Suakespuar- 
ean  productions  the  leveriah  oesu-e  of  the  ouo- 
hc  lor  novelt.y,  and  maites  Shakespeare  ubw  b.y 
steppmg  out  of  tue  weil-kuown  grooves  ot  tra- 
dition. The  Lyceum  has  been  crowded  all  tue 
week,  and  •'  Richard"  promises  to  have  a  long 
and  sucoesstul  i'un. 

This  reminds  me  that  a  short  and  success- 
ful run  is  applicable  to  steamers,  aad  that  some 
ot  tue  runs  made  by  the  mail-boats  Irom  tuis 
side  ot  the  Atianl^io  to  the  other  are  not  qu.te 
satisfactory  to  those  woo  have  business  to 
transact  by  letter  between  Loudon  and  New- 
York.  To  make  matters  worse,  Thursaay's 
mail  has  been  withurawn  from  a  ship  which 
makes  the  journey  from  Qaeeustown  m  eight 
da^s  *nd  a  nail,  in  favor  ox  a  ship  that  takes  10 
or  iii.  The  reason  lor  ttiis  change  is  a  reflec- 
tion upon  the  enterprise  of  the  Postal  Depart- 
ment of  the  EngUsa  Government.  Tuey  nave 
been  in  the  habit  ol  pa.ying  ^ii>^^  tor  the  deteu- 
ti*n  of  the  former  anius  ai  Queeastown  wuiie 
waiting  lor  the  mails.  Tne  proorietors' asked 
tor  a  lUrger  sum,  nndiug  tuaC  toe  passen 
gurs  ana  the  eUgmea  consumed  extra 
lood  and  luel  to  tue  extent  of  much 
more  tnan  that  sum.  Tue  Post  Oince 
Department  relused  to  pay  more,  tbe 
proprietors  decl.ned  to  go  on  at  this  pr.ce,  and 
the  consequence  is  that  tne  mrtils  are  now  seut 
out  irom  ima  side  ou  luesuays,  Wednesdays, 
and  aattuUays  by  three  ot  tue  slowest  boats 
that  cross  the  Atlantic  1  have  nat  a  word  to 
say  against  the  vessels  or  the  eompauies  for 
passengers  aud  goous.  Indeed,  au  the  ocean 
steamers  are  mnrvels  ot  build  and  •manage- 
ment. But  in  the  tranrinisaion  of  mails  speed 
is  the  great  consiaerution.  On  your  side  you 
recognize  this  lact  ;  we  ao  not  on  ours,  and  me 
more  lUe  necessity  grows  for  speed  ihe  less  the 
Post  Office  auiuoriiies  regard  it.  An  intimation 

upon  tne  suDjcot  from  your  Goverameut  to  our 
Post  Office  autuonties  would  have  great  wegnt 
—just  as  evex-y  suggestion  irom  your  side  has 
with  every  one  ot  our  Government  depart- 
ments. ^ 

A  WAUNIHQ  TO  YOVSQ  MBIT. 
The  Bridgeport  (Conn.)  Standard  of  Friday 
pnbbshea  the  followmg:  ".^  East  Bridgeport 
mother  has  ened  a  yoong  man  from  Newtown  to  le- 
covM  $G0  for  food  and  lights  wasted,  as  she  evi- 
deotly  eoaildeis,  danng  his  oonrtshlp  of  her 
daoshter,  said  coortsJilp  having  been  broosht  to  as 
untimely  ^le  by  the  ston^.heartea  swsm  in  spits 


:4 


AFJ'AIBS  IN  IRELAND. 


TEE  riCSBOTALTT  AITD  TEE  CEIEF 
JUSTICESHIF. 

A  DtTKB  WHO  COTILD  NOT  SUPPORT  HIS 
FAMILY  ON  $200,000  A  TEAR— TBE  PE- 
CTTLIARITTES  OP  AN  ENGLISH  NOBLE- 
MAN— NKW  REGULATIONS  ISSUED  3T 
THE  VICE-COURT — WAS  MB.  BUTT  OF- 
TERED  AN  OFFICE  f — THE  KXPORTATION 
OP  AMERICAN  BEEF  LIKELY  TO  BRINQ 
ABOUT  THE  RETURN  OF  THOUSANDS  OP 
EMIGRANTS. 

From  an  Oeocuional  Cormtiondent. 

Dublin.  Tuesday,  Jan.  30, 1877. 
Since  I  wrote  last  we  tiave  had  a  new 
■Viceroy.  The  Duke  of  Aheroom  has  gone 
away,  and  the  Duke  of  Marlbprough  reigns  In 
his  stead.  There  la  not  much  to  oh  oose  be- 
tween them.  The  Duke  of  Abercom  was 
courtly  and  dignified,  and  the  Duke  of  Marl- 
borough is  serious  and  slow.  A  good  deal  of 
gossip  has  been  aroused  by  the  Dukie'of  Aber- 
.  corn's  depai^ure,  and  a  thousand  reasons  have 
been  assigned  for  the  step,  but  the  gossipers 
admit  that  no  adequate  reason  has  been  ad- 
duced, and  so  tbe  mystery  remains.  The  facts 
of  the  case  are  plain  enough.  His  Grace  is  a 
poor  man;  he  has  II  sons  and  daughters 
and  41  grandchildren.  All  his  daughters 
are  married  save  one.  Lady  Georgina 
Hamilton,  whose  loneliness  is  accounted 
for  by  an  early  disappointment,  which 
has  never  been  shaken  off.  Three  of  the 
sons  are  in  tbe  House  of  Commons,  one  of  them 
being  Under-Secretary  of  State  tor  India.  These 
sons  cost  a  good  deal  of  money,  and  the  paternal 
estates  are  neither  tree  nor  large.  The  Duke 
himself  is  a  very  yotmg  man,  although  he  bos 
seen  66  years,  and  he  carries  his  fancies  and 
follies  of  youth  with  a  light  hand  and  an  easy 
mind.  The  estate  in  Ireland  is  pretty  largely 
incnmberod,  and  tbe  yacht  and  the  town-house 
in  London  and  the  festivities  of  the  season 
run  through  the  £40,000  a  year  and  leavenotbihg 
for  creditors.  As  has  been  freely  remarked 
here,  most  of  the  children  came  into  the  world 
owing  money,  and  are  likely  to  leave  it  in  the 
same  condition.  Well,  a  man  whose  family  is 
in  this  predicament  can  hardly  afford  to  throw 
away  £il,000  a  year — the  salary  attaching  to 
the  office  of  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ire- 
land. Besides  having  this  direct  income, 
he  escapes  all  the  extravagance  of 
the  London  season ;  so  that  the  residence  in 
Ireland  was  doubly  advantageous.  He  bad 
been  the  Vice  formerly,  and  bad  made  himself 
so  popular  that  life  in  Dublin  with  its  semi- 
regal  state,  seemed  to  be  very  attractive.  His 
daughters  had  made  the  best  marriages  in  this 
generation;  for  although  their  poverty  was 
well-known,  one  of  them  married  a  Marquis, 
one  of  them  the  hoir  to  a  dukedom,  and  four 
of  tbem  married  Earls,  ^or  girls  with  nothing 
but  good  looks  and  pretty  graces  this  was  not 
bad.  1  am  sorry  to  tell  you,  but  the  lady  who 
married  the  heir  to  the  dukedom  is  decidedly 
unhappy.  Tbe  hoir  is  a  great  scamp  and  an 
absentee  husband.  I  bardl.y  knew  how  to  con- 
voy to  yen  the  exact  line  of  conduct  he  has 
hitherto  pursued.  But  I  may  signify  it  He 
effects  a  reconciliation,  behaves  himself  for  a 
week,  and  ^ben  flies  off.  In  the  course  of 
that  year  the  lady  has  a  baby,  and 
after  a  time  ^the  same  system 
IS  repeated.  In  this  way  the  Marchioness  of 
Blandford  has  had  three  children.  Her  hus- 
band ia  the  eldest  son  of  the  Duke  of  Marl- 
borough, tbe  very  nobleman  who  has  succeeded 
tbe  Duke  of  Abercom.  As  far  as  rumor  goe^, 
young  Blandford  is  in  Spain.  Certain  it  is  he 
lett  London  about  el^ht  or  ton  months  ago,  and 

at  the  same  time  tbe  wife  of  another  noble 
Marquis  was  found  wanting  in  her  ancestral 
home  Altogether,  the  future  Duke  of  3Iarl- 
borough  is  not  a  nice  man,  nor  would  he  find 

a  very  popular  reception    if   be  visited  Ireland 

just  now. 

THE  NEW  viceroy's  VIOLKST  CHANGES. 

1  need  hardly  tell  you  that  the  Duke  ot 
Marlborough  comes  of  the  celebrated  con- 
queror, ot  course,  in  the  female  line.  The 
great  Captain's  eldest  son  died  of  small-pox, 
and  there  remained  but  daughters.  The  family 
enjoy  a  pension  of  £1,00J  a  year  forever.  In 
virtue  of  a  grant  made  to  the  Duke 
for  having  won  the  battle  of  Blenheim.  With 
this  grant  of  money  came  the  estate  of  Wood- 
stock, on  which  a  palace  called  Blenheim  was 
erected,  all  out  of  the  public  lunds  ;  so  that 
the  nation  takes  an  interest  in  the  family  and 
wishes  to  see  it  behave  well.  As  I  have  shown 
you,  this  feeling  has  suffered  considerable  dis- 
appointment within  the  past  few  years.  The 
Duke  and  Duchess  are  cold  people,  ef  easy  life 
and  correct  manners.  Since  their  arrival  here 
they  have  effected  one  or  two  changes,  which, 
however  estimable  in  themselves,  have  not 
given  perfect  satisfaction.  The  changes  are 
oddly  opposed.  One  relates  to  divine  service 
and  the  other  to  the  memner  in  which  ladies  are 
to  be  presented  at  the  drawing-rooms  in  the 
castle.  Perhaps  I  ought  to  toll  you  what  a 
drawing-room  is  like.  Ot  course,  everybody  is 
in  court  dress,  the  gentlemen  in  breeehes,  wear- 
ing swords, the  ladies  with  head-dresses, and  knee 
trains  sweeping  the  floor.  All  ladies,  on  being 
presented,  are  kissed  by  the  Lord  Lieutenant, 
and  to  see  one  man  kissing  50  or  60  ladies 
teriatim  is  to  see  a  very  startling  performance. 
Up  to  the  present  time  any  lady  who  had  been 
herself  presented  had  the  privilege  of  present- 
ing another,  having  previously  left  the  lady's 
name  and  rank  at  the  Chamberlain's  offlse.  If 
the  lady  was  objectionable  on  any  ground- 
usually  on  the  score  of  want  of  rank— her 
cards  were  sent  back  to  her,  and  that  was  the 
sign  that  she  was  net  to  come.  Of  late  years 
this  seldom  happened,  for,  as  Dublin  society  is 
made  up  of  persons  engaged  in  commerce  of 
some  kind,  the  difficulty  of  drawing  the  line 
gradually  ran  into  there  beiug  no  line  at  alL 
The  Duke  ot  Marlborough  has  determined  to 
change  all  this.  He  has  ordered  solemn  notifi- 
cations to  be  inserted  ia  all  the  newspapers, 
laying  down  in  the  most  rigid  manner 
the  course  to  be  followed  by .  all 
ladies  desiring  to  present  or  to  be  pre- 
sented. There  is  a  considerable  fluttering 
in  the  boudoirs  of  the  gentle,  lor  the  regulations 
seem  specially  intended  to  exclude  a  class 
considerable  in  numbers,  though  not  particu- 
larly remarkaole  tor  culture  or  elegance.  The 
other  matter  in  which  the  Duke  has  shown  his 
dispositiou  is  in  directing  the  Dean  of  the 
Chapel  Koyal — why  ••  royal"  nobody  can  tell — 
to  have  divme  service  every  day,  instead  of  on 
Sundays  only  as  heratotore.  There  is  usually 
a  uboral  service  on  Sundays,  the  choirmen  and 
boys  being  paid.  Those  persona  must  now 
work  365  days  per  annum  instead  of  52,  and 
there  is  no  fund  Irom  wbioh  their  stipends  may 
be  increased. 

But  this  IS  a  small  matter  compared  with 
the   discontent,  almost  touching  revolt,  wbicb 

the    Duke'a    orders    have   arouEed    amoD£ 

the  aides  de  camp  and  superior  officers. 
He  has  signifled  his  wish  that  the  daily  service 
shall  be  attended  by  the  whole  Court;  and 
among  the  younger  members  of  the  household 
and  the  military  men  this  means  early 
rising  and  headaches.  His  Grase  lett  Dublm 
for  Killamey  shortly  after  ho  arrived,  and, 
therefore,  the  pains  and  penalties  of  thenewsys- 
tem  have  not  yet  been  experienced.  Tliere  are 
signs  of  frugality,  too,  in  the  new  Vice  King. 
He  is  allowed  a  private  secretary  by  Parlia- 
ment, and,  as  a  rule,  has  another  on  bis  own 
aeooont.  It  is  well  known  that  no  salaried  of- 
floer  of  the  Crown  can  r«taiu  his  seat  in  Parlia- 
ment without  vacating  and  raoontesting  that 
.  ,^  ..._-  ^ — .1 — * — «     ijjje  Duke's  seoond 


Gunn  lias  luug 
Dublin  society 
ability  and  ex- 
a  member  of  tbe 
was    regarded    as 


of  tbe  orotecutioaft  of  the  yoonff  Jady  ud  hu  p»e-,     _-^*  j_  «^  ^^^  tostanoe.    Tlie  Duke's  seoond 
tiart  mother.    Xhe  owBoom^a  «»?  >»««2'V^'22£S»    am    IjmS  BandSnh  CburoKill,   (inarried,  by 


New-York,)  is  mnmtier  for  tje  family  borongK 
of  Woodetock,  .and  he  is  at^r^sept  s^^'i'^t^y 
to  the  Dnke.  There  is  morfj  or  less  gossip  on 
this  poini,'beo)iiuse  Lord  Randolph  bo^Showh 
no  signs  of  consultulg  tVe  V4^inr  of  Woodsto'ek 
coBCeming  his  aeoeptane»  of  £800  a  year  from 
the  Crown.  It  is  not  nan^,  it  pnst  be  confessed, 
to  see  the  son  of  a  Dnke  secretary  to  anybody, 
and  when  he  is  a  member  of  Pailiament  the 
situation  becomes  even  more  delicate.  Parlia- 
ment will  asseinble  in  a  few  days,  and  then  we 
shall  hear  whether  any  membeif  of  the  Liberal 
Party /ihooses  to  ehallenge  the  right 'of  the 
faonorabtemember  for  Woodstock  to  hold  hia 
seat  and  his  office. 

MR.  BUTT  ANP  THE  CHIEF  JUSTICII!9HIP. 

Tbe  great  popular  topic  of  the  hour  is  tbe  ne- 
gotiation said  to  have  been  opened  between  the 
Government  and  Mr.  Butt,  the  leader  of  the 
Home  Rule  party,  eonnemi&g  the  vacant  Lord 
Chief  Justiceship.  1  have  m.y  own  opinion  con- 
cerning the  alleged  negotiation,  its  character  and 
purpose.  I  shall,  however,  set  down  tbe  fnots 
first,  and  any  surmises  after.  The  rumor  that 
the  Tories  had  offered  Mr.  Butt  the  first  judi- 
cial ofBce  in  the  country  came  upon  ail  parties 
by  surprise.  There  are  several  considerations 
which  tend  to  make  any  suoh  story  improbable 
in  the  last  degree.  In  the  first  place,  Mr.  Butt's 
position  as  bead  of  tbe  Hame  Bulers  renders 
his  acceptance  of  office  from  an  Enslish  Min- 
ister impossible.  It  would  be  an  act  of 
treachery  to  millions  ot  people — always  taking 
it  for  granted  that  the  millions  are  in  favot  of 
Home  Bule.  But  even  a  mure  serious  objec- 
tion lies  against  Mr.  Butt's  character  as  an  in- 
dividual. The  appointment  to  the  Lord  Chief 
Justiceship  ot  Ireland  of  a  man  totally  want- 
ing in  morality,  incessantly  torn  by  "the  want 
ot  pence  which  vexeth'  public  men,"  and 
harassed  by  creditors  of  all  sorts  and  eondi- 
tioas,  would,  in  a  oommtmity  such  as  there' 
is  in  Ireland,  be  nothing  less  than  a 
national  scandal.  Every  supporter  and  fnend 
of  Mr.  Butt  knows  this  in  his  heart,  and  knows 
that  the  judgments  ot  the  Queen's  Bench  wouhl 
not  invariably  command  tbe  respect  and  lo.y- 
alty  of  the  people.  It  is  very  sad  to  bo  obliged 
to  say  this  much  of  so  remarkable  a  man ;  bat 
nature,  while  lavish  in  her  gifts,  denied  her 
spoiled  child  prudence,  a  sense  of  meum  et  Itium,, 
and  tbe  slightest  cajiacity  for  sell-denial.  A 
London  journal  statea  tbe  rumor,  and  wrote  a 
very  cheerful  article,  in  which  there  were  dis- 
pla.ved  a  very  intimate  knowledge  of  Mr.  Butt 
and  a  very  profound  ignorance  of  Ireland. 
This  article  was  copied  into  the  national  or- 
gans, as  they  are  called  in  Ireland.  And  then 
the  uses  of  tbe  rumor  came  to  light.  I  should 
tell  you  that  there  has  V^n  going  on  in  Ireland 
tor  tbe  last  three  years  what  is  called  a 
national  testimonial  to  Mr.  Butt.  He  has 
practically  given  up  his  business  at  theBar,  and 
it  was  felt,  and  justly,  that  he  ought  to  be  re- 
munerated in  some  way.  Grattan  received  a 
grant  of  £50.000.  O'Connell  lived  for  years  on 
the  coutributions  of  the  people.  It  is  a  fall 
from  Grattan  and  O'Connell  to  Mr.  Butt  ;  but 
undoubtedly  if  ever  anything  is  to  come  of 
Horns  Itule  it  must  come  through  Mr.  Butt. 
Well,  this  testimonial  has  failed.  Certain 
members  of  Parliament  who  oWed  much  to 
Mr.  Butt  in  a  public  relation,  contributed 
Uberally;  but  the  Insh  people  hung  back. 
When  I  say  that  in  threo  years,  and  with  inces- 
sant appeals  in  the  press,  the  whole  sum  has 
barely  reached  £5,000,  you  will  see  tbe  hope- 
less character  ot  the  provision.  When  I  add 
further  that  the  money  was  spent  by  the  bene- 
ticiare  as  it  was  collected,  and  that  at  this 
moment  there  are  not  £100  to  his  credit. 
It  is  plain  that  the  national  testimonial  has 
been  of  nothing  better  than  a  temporary  use. 
Now,  the  wholo  purpose  of  this  rumor  about 
the  Chief  Juiiceship,  in  the  opinion  ot  tbe 
many,  touches  closely  this  condition  ot  affairs. 
I  happen  to  know  that  a  certain  member  of 
Parliament— albeit  a  nationalist,  a  Home  Uuler, 
a  patriot  of  the  flrst  water — on  hearing  ef  the 
rumor  wrote  to  Mr.  Butt  and  begged  him  to 
accept  tbe  office,  pointing  out  the  duty  of  pro- 
viumg  tor  one's  household.  Whetber  tbis 
letter  was  sincerely  intended  or  was  thrown 
out  as  a  straw  to  show  the  true  current,  is  bard 
to  say.  Mr.  Butt  replied  in  tbe  most  cautious 
terms,  and  tbe  reply  was  then  sent  to  all  the 
newspapers.  I  Kubioin  a  portion  of  the  letter, 
and  thon  beg  leave  to  ask  au.y  candid  man 
whether  ho  believes  tne  Lord  Chief  Justiceship 
was  ever  offered  to  Mr.  Butt.    He  says: 

"  1  hasteo  to  tbaoW  yoa  for  yoar  let>«r.  Yoa  may 
rest  Dsrt'ecily  sacistied  that  tae  occasion  to  wbicii 
you  rsier  will  nerer  anse,  ludeud,  those  who  have 
tbe  pow«r  of  making  the  uffor  must  kaow  perfectly 
irdl  that  if  niadn  it  wooia  oe  declined.  To  any 
that  It  woold  be  80  4S  to  for  gat  the  old  and  humui.y 
prurerb  which  prescribc's  the  propriety  ot  'waiting 
lo  be  a*ked:'  bat  1  ■Quald  De  norry  yuu  sauuld  mis- 
underitaad  rnr.  It  u  wore  potsioie  ttiac  tbe  od'er 
should  be  made,  n  would  be  inipoaslble  lor  me  to 
accept  it.  The  posiiiuD  I  have  taken  toward  the 
lloiuu  Rale  onasa  obliges  me  not  vuluntarily  to 
aDandun  it.  It  is  probaDle  I  may  not  be  able  long  to 
coQtioue  to  take  toe  psii  I  have  dods  in  public 
atta.rs,  but  when  1  cease  to  do  so  it  must  not  be  t'ur 
ai>y  purauoal  aavuDiaue  tv  mydell." 

After  this  be  proceeds  to  say  how  serious 
would  be  the  injury  to  public  morahtyifhe, 
the  leader  of  thu  people,  accepted  place  irom 
tbe  English  Minister.  "For  me  to  increase 
the  distrust  which  so  largely  prevails  against 
all  public  moo  would  be  a  cnmc."  You  will 
see  that  the  whole  letter  is  hypothetical,  aud 
that  the  only  serious  part  of  it  is  that  wherein 
be  says  that  he  may  not  be  long  able  to  con- 
tinue in  public  atfairs.  This  has  been  seized 
upon  by  his  friends,  and  tbe  dead  horse  of  tne 
testimonial  is  being  flaghiiated  m  quite  a  ter- 
rible manner.  One  journal  declares  that  to 
lose  Mr.  Butt  would  be  a  national  calamity,  and 
the  nation  is  calied  upon  t*  save  itself.  Letters 
have  appeared,  calling  upon  some  one  "to 
point  out  the  way,"  so  that  an  iucome  may  be 
secured  to  the  national  champion.  I  confess 
all  this  is  very  dismal  and  shows  how  unsoimd 
is  puDlic  feeling  in  Ireland.  If  the  people 
really  wanted  Home  Rule,  aud  really  believed 
in  the  man  who  has  raised  that  standard,  would 
they  not  be  willing  to  give  him  bread)  There 
are  32  counties  in  Ireland.  It  they  subscribed 
£l,OUO  apiece,  and  invested  the  whole  at  5  per 
cent.,  Mr.  Butt  weuld  have  £1,600  a  year  cer- 
tain. Ho  could  always  make  £500  a  year  in 
the  Parliamentary  recess,  and  this,  with  the 
tribute,  wonld  suffice  to  sustain  him. 
But  no  such  notion  has  ever  been  en- 
tertained, and  if  it  were  tried  to- 
morrow would  fail  utterly.  1  believe  I  am 
right  in  stating  that  tbe  entire  West  of  Ireland 
has  given  tbe  muniticent  sum  of  £25  to  the 
Butt  testimonial,  although  Home  Uule  meet- 
ings in  the  West  are  as  enthusiastic  as  you  can 
fancy.  But  the  consideration  which  is  most 
painful  is  the  knowledge  that  a  myth  is  being 
blown  into  magnilicence  tor  the  purpose  of 
squeezing  money  aut  of  an  unwillmg  people. 
It  is  as  clear  as  day  that  Mr.  Butt  has  refused 
nettling,  booaus*  he  was  offered  nothing ;  and 
to  sound  the  alarm, flourish  trumpets,  and  bray 
on  tbe  bassoon  that  he  has  given  up  honor, 
emolument,  and  ease  for  the  cause  ot  Ireland, 
IS  little  less  than  a  pitiful  flb.  Ho  himself,  m 
the  letter  Irom  wkieb  I  have  quoted,  speaks  of 
the  o|fer  as  a  "miracle."  Well,  the  days*  of 
miracles  are  over,  and  there  is  no  Chief  Jus- 
ticeship lor  the  leader  of  tbe  Home  Bule  party. 
As  to  the  numerical  strength  of  that  part.y  I 
have  no  donbt,  just  as  1  have  no  doubt  that  any 
cry  that  might  be  raised  to-morrow  wopld  en- 
list the  verbal  loyalty  qt  the  crowd.  The  peo- 
ple art  too  wretched  to  engage  in  political  af- 
fairs with  anything  like  heart.  The  promises 
made  by  successive  leaders  have  been  too  big» 
and  tbe  resulting  disappointments  too  griev- 
ous. I  do  not  say  that  tbe  intention  of  the 
Homo  Kuje  party  is  unworthy,  but  I  am  sati^- 
fled  there  is  no  sincerity  in  the  cry  as  it  comes 
to  us  in  scores  ot  re&o'lutidns.  That  Ireland  is 
economically  in  a  wretched  condition  no  man 
can  doubt ;  but  whUe  the  people  are  torn  by 
mutual  detestation  and  religious  rancor,  there 
can  be  no  hope  for  internal  improvement  and 
none  lor  imperial  obarity. 

AMKUaCAN  BEKF  IN  IRELAND  AND  ITS  PROB- 
ABLK   RESULTS. 

Let  me  direct  attention  to  a  matter  of  the 
very  gravest  practical  importance,  and  one  that 
touchtts  tbe  prosperity  of  America  not  a  little. 
1  mean  the  importation  ot  American  meat  into 
these  kingdoms.  You  can  hardly  imagine  the 
anxiet.y  whica  exists  in  this  countrv  us  to  the 
possible  effects  of  that  importation  if  it  be  car- 
ried out  on  anything  like  a  large  scale.  Tbe 
facte  are  simple,  li'or  20  years  irishmen  have 
been  turning  Irom  agriculture  to  gra3;mg. 
Ceaseless  •migration  rendered  labor  very  uear, 
and  when  harves^tlme  bame  round  the  prodis 
ot  the  crops  were  swallowed  np  in  wages,  and 
too  often  the  crop  was  endangered  by  delay  in 
waiting  lor  the  men.  The  liberal  iiitruduciion 
of  maoninery  did  pot  suffioe  to  obviate  tue  dif- 
Acuity,  and,  in  any  case,  there  is  ne  machine, 
as  yet,  tor  digging  potatoes.  Tbis  gradually 
brought  farmers  to  the  beiiet  that  it  was  foolish 
to  sow  corn  when  it  ouuid  be  bought  cheaper 

from  abroad ;  that  it  was  foolish  to  stick  to 
tillage  while  labor  was  every  year  gettmg 
scarcer  aud  de^er  ;  and  that  a  change  to  graz- 
ing, with  its  simple  responsibilities  and  steady 
inoome,  would  be  prpdent  amd  profitable.  This 
movement  was  aided  in  two  ways— by  the  suc- 
cession of  wet  Winters  and  Summers,  which 
destroyed  a  great  portion  of  tbe  crops ;  afid  by 
the  prevalence  .of  nbderpest  in  Eng- 
land, which  raised  the  price  of  beef. 
The  rinderpest  never  visited  Ireland, 
and  the  luoky  speoulators  who  had 
alre^y  aag#ge4  in  the  cattle  trade  realized 
enonpoos  pr^^ts  in  a  short  period.  An  4  so  it 
gradually  oam«  about  that  year  after  year 
there  was  more  land' turaed  to  cattle  wd  re- 
moved from  tiUage.  For  »V  Iwst  1»  y^J'.t  prisonori  or  was  aided  by  the  o^oer  io  obargo.  In 
havt  realiMd t)w profit* of  ^Ms  Qh«»ge  i  fdMt,     i!Mbtor$bonio stated  t&a«  he  whs  dsterminod  to 


substitnteiattie  for  men,  to  the  min  of  tbe  gen- 
eral Interests  of  t^ie  country.  A  certain  class 
grew  neb,-  of  course,  and  by  a  keen  manage- 
ment and  not  rer.v  licrupulous  attention  to  hon- 
esty, the  prices  of  meats  were  raised  nntil  the 
bqtcher'B  Ull  beeame  tbe  terror  of  -the  house- 
holder. In  the  meantime  the  landlords, 
ejecting  small  tillake-men,  amalgamated  their 
farms,  leveled  all  into  a  huge  sheep  walk  or 
grazing  ground,  put  it  up  to  auction,  and 
so  raised  the  price  of  land.  Well,  we 
have  been  paying  a  shilling  per  pound 
for  beef,  and  a  penny  or  two  less  for 
mntton;  and  pork  atrd  bacon  are  far  from 
cheap.  Tbe  complaints  were  universal,  and  in 
Ireland  the  pressure  was  most  acutely  felt. 
Tbe  denreoiation  in  the  purchasmg  power  of 
money  led,  about  five  years  ago.  to  a  general 
rise  in  wages,  and  there  was  then  a  natural 
desire  to  spend  more  rather  th<Cn  to  be  guided 
b.y  the  real  value  of  the  increase.  One 
Of  tbe  most  immediate  restilts  was  an 
inci-eased  consumption  of  meat.  This  had  the 
effect  of  putting  no  the  price.  Now  wages  have 
fallen  somewhat,  and  the  fall  has  been  preced- 
ed by  a  series  of  strikes.  Impoverished  by  the 
battle  and  the  defeat,  the  working  classes  are 
now  in  a  very  critical  condition,  and  tbe  gen- 
eral stagnation  of  trade,  not  only  in  Europe, 
but  in  America,  has  afforded  no  pleasant  out- 
look tor  tbose  whose  interests  or  pursuits  lead 
them  to  study  anticipatiuns.  Suddenly  we 
heard  of  a  great  sobeine  tor  transporting  the 
ootmtless  multitudes  of  the  prairies  to  these 
islands.  At  tbe  start  the  idea  was  laughed  at, 
but  when  we  knew  that  the  cattle  were  killed 
and  dressed  at  tbe  port  of  embarkation,  that 
tbe  ocean  steamers  had  been  so  altered  ia  con- 
struction as  to  allow  ot  the  meat  being  pre- 
served during  the  vo.yage,  things  began  to  look 
ominous.  It  now  turns  out  that  the  meat  has 
been  sold  in  London  by  the  butchers  lor  some 
time  and  not  a  word  said.  Be  tbis  as  it  m«y, 
the  great  fact  stands  that  beef  is  selling  in 
Liverpool  and  other  large  towns  for  5  pence  the 
pound,  or  less  than  bait  the  home  price.  Those 
who  have  eaten  it  declare  that  it  is  as  deii- 
oions  food  as  man  can  desire,  and  certainly  tbe 
demand  just  now  is  universal.  This  very  morn- 
ing 100  tons  arrived  in  Dublin,  aud  tbe  butch- 
ers are  in  a  state  of  paaic  as  to  the  result. 
But  far  more  serious  than  anything  that  can 
befall  the  butchers  will  be  the  revolution 
effectetl  in  the  chief  interest  of  the  country — 
the  growing  and  selling  of  cattle.  If  you  can 
send  us  an  unlimited  supply  of  beef  and  sell  it 
herefor  less  than  half  the  local  price,  it  lollowa 
that  the  Irish  cattle  trade  will  be  annibilaved. 
Our  London  an4  Liverpool  trade  atone  involves 
scores  of  miliions  of  po::nds  sterling.  At  one 
blow  this  would  be  swept  away.  I  cannot  ex- 
aggerate the  feeling  of  dismay  which  Just  now 
prevails  with  regard  to  this  important  subiect. 
Steamer  after  steamer  airiveo  laden  to  the 
deck  with  this  beet,  and  the  popular  or.y  is  on 
all  sides  in  its  favor.  Then,  again,  plenro- 
'pneumonia  is  devastating  our  own  herds,  and 
tney  are  beiug  slaughtered  under  a  recent  en- 
actment, and  the  owners  receiving  compensa- 
tion, partly  tromthe  local  rate-payers  aud  partly 
from  the  national  Government,  The 
plain  issue  will  bo  ruiu  io  tbo  grazing 
interest  here,  .»  speedy  return  to  certain  forms 
of  tillage,  perhaps  beet-root  and  tobacco — the 
latter  is  at  present  prohibited.  If  this  turn  out — 
and  1  have  given  this  business  a  great  dual  ot 
thought,  and  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that 
Bomt^tbmg  of  this  sort  will  happen — then  we 
must  have  a  great  coming  back.  Tbe  esii- 
grant  who  has  railed  at  your  side  will  be  very 
glad  to  iavor  his  home-siok  heart;  and  I  shall 
be  surprised  it  beloie  Midsummer  day  we  have 
not  a  third  of  a  million  ot  able-bodied  Irish- 
men OB  the  ocean  track  for  home. 

GOOD  FORTUNE  OF  A  POPULAR  ACTKESS. 

Turning  irom  these  grave  topics,  let  me  add, 
by  way  of  gossip,  a  paragraph  concer»ing  a 
lailv  well  known  in  your  City — Mrs.  Michael 
Gunn,  nee  Miss  Bessie  Sudlow.  Miss  Sudlow 
came  frimi  Niblo's  to  Dublin  about  two  and  a 
half  years  ago,  on  the  recommendation  of  Mr. 
Sotberu.  She  came  to  the  Theatre  Koyal  here, 
the  proprietors  of  which  tire  Messrs.  J.  &  Al. 
Gunn.  She  played  tbe  principal  part  in  the 
Christmas  pantomime,  and.  won  general  ap- 
plbuso,  not  less  by  her  personal  attrattious 
than  by  her  gilts  as  a  vocalist  and  actress. 
Leaving  Dublin,  she  visited  London,  and 
played  with  groat  suocess  in  one  of  too 
theatres.  Once  more  she  came  to  Dublin  to 
play  Vtek  Whittiiigton  in  the  pantomime,  and 
alter  a  very  successinl  season  she  was  duly 
announced  as  the  iianc<Se  of  Mr.  Michael 
Gunn.  tbe  younger  of  tbe  proprietors 
of      tbe      theatre.  Mr. 

been  recogiiizad  in 
OS  a  man  of  uncommon 
cellent  character.  Ho  is 
Dublin  Corporation,  and 
"  coming  "  lor  the  otiice  ox  Lord  Mayor.  Well, 
he  married  Misa  iSudlow  towaid  the  end  of  last 
year,  and  soon  alter  a  testimonial  project  was 
succcbSiully  set  on  toot.  About  a  lortnight 
ago  the  matter  was  concluuea.  ADuut  150 
citizens  sat  dowu  to  dinner,  Mr.  Gunn  be- 
iug the  guest.  The  Lord  Mayor  pre- 
sided, and  Mr.  Brooks  member  of  Par- 
li..ment  lor  the  city,  occupied  the  vice- 
chair.  A  beautiful  service  ot  plate,  valued  at 
Several  hundreds  of  pxunus,  was  pieseuted  to 
him,  apd  a  very  hanusoiue  address  congratu- 
lated him  on  his  uuiuu  with  Mi.<s  Sudlow.  I 
thought  you  might  like  to  hear  oi  tue  good 
fortune  of  a  lady  who  I  understand  counts  ber 
Now-Y(irk  Iriehus  and  admirt^rs  in  cuusiuerabie 
uumoers. 

SVA'DAY  POLICE  COURT  NOTES. 


A  HIGHWAY  BOBBEK  HELD  FOR  TRIAL — 
THE  USUAL  MUMBEB  OF  CASES  OF  IN- 
TOXICATION AND  DISORDliRLY  CONDUCT 
DISPOSED  OF  AT  TUE  8EVEKAL  COURIS. 
At  the  Tombs  Police  Court  yesterday  morn- 
ing, John  Bowles,  aged  24,  a  native  of  Canada,  re- 
siding at  No.  79  Chatham  street,  was  arraigned  on  a 
charge  of  bighway  robbery.  The  complainant,  Ed- 
mund Mnrphy,  of  Ko.  429  East  One  Hnodred  and 
Nineteenth  atieet,  testified  that  as  he  was  staodlng 
near  the  corner  of  Pearl  and  Chatham  streets  at 
13:30  o'clock  on  Sunday  morning,  be  was  assatiited 
by  the  prisoner  and  another  person  ud known,  aad 
robbed  of  a  double-case  gold  watch  valued  at  $100. 
He  gave  the  alarm  and  pursued  tbe  thieves.  Ou 
Oatchine  up  with  them  a  struggle  ensned,  and 
Bowles,  seelDg  the  Police  coming  to  his  victim's 
assistance,  cunningly  slipped  tbe  watch  into  the 
latter's  outside  pocket,  where  it  was  afterward 
found.  Bowles  was  arrested  by  Capt.  Murray,  of 
the  Fourth  Precinct,  and  anotner  o£Qcer,  and  both 
were  taken  to  the  station.  After  hearing  the  case 
yesterday.  Judge  Kilbreth  decided  to  hold  Bowles 
in  13,000  bail  for  trial.  The  complainant  Mnrphy 
was  held  in  |500  to  appear  as  a  witness. 

Judge  Wandell  presided  at  Essex  Market  Po- 
lice Court  yesterday  mornln;,  and  disposed  of  a 
number  of  oases  of  intoxication  and  disorderly  con- 
duct. Among  tbe  prisoners  arraigned  were  old 
men  and  women,  the  record  of  whose  misspent 
lives  coald  be  plainly  traced  in  their  haggard  looks 
and  shabby  appearance ;  yonths  who  bad  just  taken 
their  flrst  step  on  tbe  downward  path  that  leads  to  ig- 
nommy  and  shame,-  husbands  who  charged  their 
wives  with  intoxication,  and  begged  the  Judge  to 
commit  tbem  to  the  keeping  of  the  officers  ot  tbe 
law;  with  tbe  average  nnmber  of  jyofessional 
thieves  and  burglars,  old  in  iniquity  and  hardened 
in  onme.  Joseph  Stein,  of  No.  79  Delancev  street, 
was  charged  with  keeping  a  disurderly  lodgihg- 
honae,  and  was  held  in  fSOO  bail.  Jamas  Lawrence, 
of  No.  232  East  Tenth  street,  was  arraigned  for 
breaking  into  tbe  bouse  of  Samuel  Krowskr,  No, 
SC  Ludlow  street,  and  stealing  clothinti  worth  153. 
He  was  held  to  answer.  Mary  Perry,  an  old  wum- 
an,  who  was  evidently  no  stranger  to  ibeconrt,  after 

hearing  tbe  officer  accnse  ber  of  being  intoxicatuii, 
inqoirtsd  uf  tbejndse,  lu  a  tamiliur  tone  wuicu 
eviuced  little  concern  for  her  position,  liow  oinuh 
his  Sunor  was  goiug  t</  give  ber  tni.s  time,  aud  Wiis 
answered  three  miinbs'  impiisunmenr.  A  idbunui; 
mau,  named  Liudsav,  charged  hn  wife  wi<h  inioxi- 
04<ioa  and  d)soratrl.y  coouuct,  aud  bengeu  the 
Judge  to  send  her  to  tue  islana.  Tbe  srcman 
pleaded  that  she  was  the  mothn  ot  seven  coil- 
(iren,  and  4n  promising  to  ^end  her  ways 
tbe  court  advised  htfr  husband  to  take  her  bouie 
and  give  her  another  trial.  Alter  disposiug 
of  several  other  si  ujiiar  cases,  Inspector  Thome  called 
JndKe  Wandeli's  attention  iq  the  case  ot  a  man 
named  ii'  orge  Wilsou,  a  professional  tuief,  reaiJlDg 
at  No.  23  Monroe  street,  who  was  arrested  lust  week 
on  a  charge  ot  stealing  a  cuse  of  jewelry 
valued  at  |700  ti  urn  R.  A.  Eeepiing, 
Nu.  34  Maiaen  Lane.  'Wilson  was  arreateu 
in  Souiu  street  oa  Wednesday   last,  Dy   Officer  Ha- 

loney,  of  the  iSeveDih  Precinct,  ou  uaspiciuo  uf  baV 

lug  solen  the  case  of  guoos,  which  he  was  couvev- 
ing  tu  one  ut  the  railruau  <lepot8  in  a  wagon.  Upon 
pquiriag  into  tbe  malt^  it  wa«  found  tnat  tbe  ofii- 
oer  8  sospicions  were  well-founded,  the  daae  of  jsw 
eiry  fa^ving  been  '  taken  awa.y  from  the 
sidewalK  in  front  of  the  stoie  in  Maiden 
Lane.  Wilson  watched  bis  opportunity,  and 
while  Mr.  Keepling  was  out  be  employed 
a  oartman  and  a  purtert  and  having  placed  the  case 
upon  tbe  wagon,  ordered  the  drirer  te  proceed  to 
one  of  tbe  depots.  Be  was  lucked  np  in  the  prison- 
ers' box  at  Essex  Market  on  Weonesday  night, 
and  next  monimg,  wben  arraigned  betore  the  Po- 
lice Jostloe,  ha  bad  so  conip:etely  changed  his  ap- 
pearanca  b$  shaving  off  his  bmrd  and  cbaogiog  bis 
dress  that  tbe  porter  and  trackman  whom  be  em- 
plbyed  to  take  th*  ease  away  oould  not  identify 
him.  At  present  it  is  not  known  .wbetber  he  suo- 
oeoded  ia  obaagiag  elothss  with  one  of  tbe  other 
prlsonec*  or  was  aided  dt  tb*  o^oer  in  charge. 


.cLjuinnd.  MioDoinlate^JBiav.aiMMLU.vaa  iriwiftiKtia^l.  ■■fc<ii«  jha.matfs4>«  UMjwilMAk. 


^FOREIGN    MISCELLANY. 

j;4PA2!fESE   MUSEB00M8. 

now  THET  ABB  CULTIVATED— ONE  OF  THB 
INDUSTKIKS  OF  A  GREAT  EMPIRE. 
From  the  Pall  Mall  Gazette. 
One  of  the  industries  of  Japan  is  the  culti- 
vation oi  mushrooms,  which  are  exported  in  large 
anantlties  from  that  coantry,  and  some  InteresUng 
iDformatioh  reepecthig  them  Is  given  by  Coiisul 
Robertson  In  his  reptwt  on  the  trade  of  Kanagawa 
lately'  issued.  The  best  of  the  edible  species  of 
mushrooms  are  known  as  "  matsntak*  "  aud  "  shii. 
take."  The  difflolaties  attendent  on  prBsernng  the 
former  kind  almost  exclude  them  from  the  market 
for  export:  for  not  only  do  they  decompose  very 
rapidly,  but  even  when  suocessfnUy  dried 
are  pearly  tasteless,  and  thus  useless  in 
cookery.  The  shii-Uke  species,  however,  have  this 
peculiar  excellence,  that,  though  all  but  tasteless 
In  their  raw  state,  when  they  are  dried  they  have 
an  extremely  flue  flavor.  The  qoantity  that  grows 
naturally  on  the  decayed  roots  or  cut  stumps  of  the 
shii-tree  w  not  sufficient  to  meet  the  demand  for 
them,  conseqaentiv  much  skill  has  been  brought 
to  bear  on  their  calUration,  notably  by  cuttme  off 
tbe  trunks  of  the  shii  and  o.her  trees  and  forcing 
Ihe  growth  of  the  mushroom  on  tbem.  Different 
varieties  of  oak  are  most  in  favor  for  tbe  culti- 
vation of  the  jmoahroom,  the  tree  known  as 
the  shii  giving,  boWever,  the  best  results. 
About  the  beginning  ot  Autumn  tbe  trunk, 
about  5  or  6  inches  in  diameter,  is  selected  and  cut 
np  into  lengths  of  4  or  5  feet;  each  piece  is  then 
split  dowu  lengthwise  into  foar,,*nd  on  the  octer 
Uark  slight  incisions  are  either  made  at  once  with  a 
hatchet,  or  the  cut  logs  are  left  till  the  following 
Spring,  and  th«n  aeep  wounds  7  or  8  inches  long-are 
incised  on  tbem.  Assuming  the  first  course  to 
have  been  pursued,  the  logs,  after  having  received 
several  sbgbt  moiaons.  are  placed  In  a  wood  or 
grove  where  they  can  get  the  fail  tienefit  of  the  air 
and  beat  In  aoout  three  years  they  will  be  tol- 
erably rotten  in  parts.  After  the  more  rotten  .parts 
are  removed  thev  are  placed  against  a  rack  in  a 
slanting  position,  and  abont  the  middle  of  the.  en- 
suing Spring  tbe  mushrooms  wid  oi'iuo  forth  in 
abuudance.  They  are  thfU  gatheied.  Toe  logs  are, 
however,  still  kept,  and  are  submi  ted  to  tne  fol- 
lowing process:  Ever.y  moruina  tney  are  nut  ia 
water,  where  they  remaia  till  afteruoou,  when  thdv 
are  taken  out,  laid  lengthwise  on  the  ground,  and 
oeaten  with  a  roallet.  They  are  tnen  ranged  ou  end 
iu  tbe  same  slaoiiag  position  as  before,  and  in  two 
CE  three  days  musurooms  will  again  make  their  ap- 
pearance. 'When  the  logs  are  beaten  so  heavily 
that  tbe  wo  id  swells,  miishrooms  are  induced  of 
more  than  ordinarily  laree  growth.  If  the  logs  are 
beaten  gently  a  great  number  ot  small-sized  muiU- 
ri'oms  grow  up  in  succession.  In  'places 
wuere  there  is  a  scarcity  of  water,  rain-water 
snoald  be  kept  for  steeping  the  logs  m.  There  is 
yet  another  olan.  Toe  cat  logs  are  buried  in  thu 
eartn,  aud  in  a  year's  time  are  dug  out.  and  beaten 
as  above  describoil.  The  mushrooms  thus  grown 
are  stored  in  a  barn,  oa  shelves  ranged  along  three 
Bides,  with  braziers  lighted  nnder.  Afterward 
the.v  are  pUcHd  in  small  boxes,  tbe  bot- 
toms of  which  are  liued  either  with 
straw  or  bamboo  mats.  These  b'lxes  are 
then  ranged  on  the  sbelveSj  and  all  approaches 
carefully  closed.  An  even  degree  of  warmth  is 
thus  di&dsed.'  The  boxt-s  ranged  on  tbe  upper  or 
lower  tiers  are  constantly  cUauged,  so  that  tue  con- 
tents of  each  are  tborougiily  dried.  Another  mode 
of  drying  is  to  string  the  ninabroom*  on  imn  slips 
of  bamboo,  which  are  piled  together  near  the 
brazier;  the  heat  is  well  kept  m  by  inverting  a 
closely  woven  basket  over  them.  D.ned  mush- 
rooms, which  are  much  liKed  by  the  Chinese  and 
largely  consumed  by  the  Japanese,  retain  their 
flavor  for  a  great  length  of  time,  and  thus  bear 
transport  to  any  distance  very  wnll. 

THE  FAMOUS  MOABITE  STONE. 

From  the  London  Timet. 
In  the  same  room  with  Alfred  Viokers' 
pictures  is  a  very  clever  redaction,  by  a  lady  of  the 
famous  Moabite  Stone  which  was  discovered  In 
1869.  The  original,  it  will  be  remembered,  was 
fotmd  at  Dbibau  bv  Key.  F.  A.  Klein,  a  French 
clergyman,  employed  by  the  English  Mission,  in 
the  possession  of  the  Bru6  Hamajaah,  one  ot  tbe 
wildest  Arab  tribes,  who  had  long  kept  it  with 
great  jealousy  aa  beiiig  possessed  of  supernatural 
poweis.  All  attempts  to  purchase  the  stooe 
through  native  agents  faileU,  and  even  ^le  appeal 
to  the  Sultan  did  not  sntSce  to  give  poiisesttou  of 
it.  In  tbe  end  the  Arabs,  tearing  that  they 
sbonld  be  deprived  of  it,  deiermined  to  destroy  it. 
and  this  tUe.v  attempted  to  Uo  bv  Uist  heating  it  by 
a  fire  lit  underneath  ir,  and  then,  when  it  was  red 
hot,  throwing  suddenly  cold  water  ovei  ir.  It  was 
in  this  way  effectually  broken  into  pieceo.  But, 
f.iTtunately,  M.  Clermont  Ganneau,  tbe  learuad 
pbiljlugist  and  now  Froteasor  at  the  Sorbunne,  in 
Farts,  bad  succeeueil  in  taking  what  is  called  "a 
f-qaeezd"  or  ciay  irapressi.m  irooi  the  face  of  the 
stone,  and  afL*f  It  was  broken  Capt.  Warren,  of  ine 
Palestine  Exploration  Expedition,  look  squeezes  of 
the  two  larger  fraumeois.  The  stone  in  it'a.:ments 
was  eventually  secured  tor  tue  French  G-ovemuient, 
and  after  great  care  tbe  reuovtred  iraiiments  were 
put  together  and  tbe  restused  tablet  now  remains 
pieservea  in  tseLauvre  at' Paris.  It  measures  four 
feet  oue  men  in  Ueisht  by  two  leet  two  laches  in 
breadth,  having  an  arcbed  top  and  squared  bane, 
and  being  about  ten  inches  m  thicKoess.  The 
mi>del  now  extiibited  is  made  to  a  scale  of  a 
quarter  the  aiza  of  the  original,  and  evi- 
ouutly  with  the  greatest  accuracy  toatsniU  and 
uatitnce  could  exert.  Tiie  letters  have  each  one 
been  copied  faitblully.  anri  all  the  joinings  of  tbe 
fiagmeuls  where  they  show  at  all,  so  that  we  have 
betura  us  in  a  portablo  form  this  nriceless  and  most 
interesting  reUc.  The  letters  are  in  strai;:bt  lines 
Hcros  j  rbe  tace  ot  tbe  stone,  and  thev  are  condidered 
bv  rbe  authoiities  in  these  abstruse  questions  of 
pa  m  )graubv  to  oe  in  tbe  same  characters  as  toose 
u.^ed  by  David  in  the  Pssilms  and  by  Siilumuu  in  bis 
correapouuuuco  with  Hiram,  King  of  Tyre. 
To  give  some  idea  of  the  lorm  of 
these  Jitters,  it  may  be  said  that 
tuey  resemble  rather  our  ordinary  Arabic  numerals, 
tetters  like  the  6,  7,  4,  and  0  occuirme  frequeutlv, 
aud  others  like  our  Koman  Y  and  P.  Xue.v  are 
all  incised,  aud  appear  to  have  been  cut  in  by  .<)oaie 
hard  and  sharp  tool.  As  to  tbe  date  asjiigned 
to  this  record,  which  ha^i  been  all  read  and  trans, 
lated  by  M.  Clermont  Ganneau,  it  ha<  been  confi- 
dently stated  by  tbe  Count  de  Voj:u6  to  have  been  en- 
graved in  the  second  year  of  Abaz,  King  of  Israel.  It 
IS,  therefore,  older  tuan  tbe  Homeric  poems,  as  we 
know  them  through  Homer,  at  least,  and  older  than 
tbe  famous  inscription  of  Asbmnnazar,  probably 
930  B,  C.  Alibongb  certain  discrepaucies  remain  to 
be  Cleared  up,  no  doubt  is  felt  as  to  the  general 
tenor  of  tbe  inscription.  A  translation  of  it  has 
jaeen  publisbed,  and  may  be  obtaiued  ot  tbe  Pales- 
tine Exploration  Society,  and  we  piesume,  also,  that 
copies  of  this  eiccellent  model  mav  be  obtained  by 
those  Interested  in  this  euoieot.  At  any  rate,  too 
much  cannot  be  said  in  commeudation  of  the  great 
skill  and  patience  devoted  tu  this  copy  of  tbe  famous 
stone. 


THE  SVPERIOR  KiaattESS  OF  EWE' 8  MILK. 
At  tbe  meeting  of  tbe  North  British  branch 
of  the  Pharmaceutical  Societv  of  Great  Britain,  at 
Edinburgh  recently,  an  interesting  paper  was  read 
by  Dr.  Stevenson  Macadam  on  "The  Composition 
of  £we's  Milk."  Eaviog  observed  the  extreme 
richness  ot  ewe's  milk  as  compared  with  cow's 
mUk,  and  even  goat's  milk.  Dr.  Macadam  arranged 
a  series  of  trials  as  to  the  comoosiaou  of  ewe's  milk 
yielded  by  animals  fed  solely  on  good  natural  pas- 
ture, and  on  tbe  same  animals  after  being  fed  on  extra 
diet,  including  liuseed-cake,  cotton-cake,  and 
oats.  Taking  tbe  total  percentage  of  solids  b.y 
weight  in  tbe  milk,  tiie  average  results  were  as  fol- 
lows :  Town  dairy  cow's  mi  k,  12.27  ;  coa<itr,y  dairy 
cow's  milk,  12  77 ;  goat's  milk,  13  43 ;  ewe's  milk  on 
natural  pasture,  13.75  ;  and  ewe's  milk  ou  natural 
pasture,  with  audiciou  uf  teoding  stnd.^,  2J.11; 
while,  taking  the  tar  lu  the  solids,  the  town  uairy 
cow's  milk  gave  2.58;  tbe  country  dairy  cow  8 
milk,  2.88 ;  boat's  milk.  4.31 ;  ewe's  milk  on  nati^ral 
pasture,  ti.77 ;  auii  ewe's  luUk  with  extra  feediug. 
e.S7.  The  superior  richness  of  ewe's  milk  under 
any  circumslauces  of  leeilmg  over  cow's  or  goat's 
milk  was  thus  satibfacronly  proved. 


JOURNALISM  IN  ITALY. 
Some  iiteresting  information  respecting  lonr- 
nalism  m  Italy  is  given  bv  Prof.  A.  De  Gnucrnatis 
in  tbe  International  Review.  It  seems  that  not  one 
of  all  the  papers,  great  aud  small,  has  a  cirouUtfou 
exceeding  29,000  oipiea.  The  fliucuation  is  in  some 
instances  remarkable.  Tne  Pungolo,  of  Milan,  va- 
nes tnm  8,000  to  U.QOO,  ihe  FanfttUa,  of  Eome, 
iroib  8,0U0  lo  20,000,  aiju  tne  OazeUa  del  Papula,  of 
Florence,  from  12.0jtl  to  2J,00i).  Xuo  tiircUMtiou 
of  tbe  Perteveruma,  the  must  important  j  >uraal 
of  Lomuai-.iv,  suaicely  attaias  a  limit  of  3.0UO 
copies;  Willie  the  A uzioiie.  "'of  all  tlie  jouinas 
publiHUed  in  Tuscany  tua  one  mist  disduiiuisiied 
for  ex(;ellence  of  style  and  dignity  ot  toue,"  baS 
hardly  1, QUO  subscribers  on  its  books,  and  outside 
uf  Tusotoiv  It  IS  but  little  iu  rrqaest.  Fioreucc  has 
attained  as  a  publishing  ceiiiie  an  importance,  tar 
.exc6euing  that  ol  Hume,  aud  Mhan  it  "the  city  uf 
Italy  where  there  is  tbe  most  resiling,  gouu  or 
bad."  The  Milauesu  were,  however,  evtu  under 
tbe  Komaus  nutuU  lor  their  redued  manners  aud 
liceraiy  tastes,  and  in  tbe  preseul  d>iy  are^nlv- 
tieadiug  or  euaeavuriug  to  tread  m  tbe  footxtups  ot 
their  loreiathers.  Tue  re  are  iu  Italy  aiurgeuum- 
ber  of  deputies  who  are  "'conDecteil  «ltb  lUe  press," 
or  uf  Juainalists  who  combiue  newspaper  with  Pat. 
hamuutai-y  work. 

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CRIME  IN  THE  EAST  INDIES. 
A  oorraspondent  of  the  Pall   Mall   Oasette, 
writing  from  Madras,  says :  "Xhe  groat  jail  deliv- 
ery whicn  took  place  in  India  on  New  Year's  Day 
givts  one  a  strange  notion  of  tbe  vastness  of  our  East- 
ern  Bmplre.    Co  that  day  10  per  cent,  of  the  crim- 
inal population  were  turned  loose  upon  the  land,  to 
tbe  number  of  15,9S3.    It  is  true  that  a  few  of  these  ■ 
were  pohtioal  offenders,   and  tha.  a  considerable 
proportion  were  prisoners  who  had  been  sentenced  to 
one  month's  imprisonment  and  bad  worKed  otit  one- 
half  ot  their  term.    Oiners  were  imprisoned  debt-: 
ore  who  baa  (Mem  Uuown  into  Jail  for  soms  pot 
.exoaedlng  100  rupees,  and  whose  debts  were  then 
disobssKM.    Sotafter  soaking  these  sllowweM,  we; 
•hsll  sot  be  fat  wrong  lo  eattmatbic,tbQ  aotnal 
Loteinal  soRaUtton  nCtba  ituttnuamtjjuk  tiwlMi. 


day  of  1876  at  fully  14a  000  persons.  This  is  the 
force  of  the  standing  armv  of  Indian  crime  that  has 
to  be  maintained  at  no  trifling  cost  to  tbe  State,  and 
with  only  a  negative  advantage.  While  in  prison 
they  are  powerless  to  do  evIL  bnt  the  freqaenor  of 
recommittals  proves  tbe  iaeflScaoy  of  Ihe  systemaoi 
penal  discipline  enforced  in  Uie  minority  of  Indian 
prisons." 

ANECDOTE  OF  A  FAMOUS  PAINTKSt 
BOW     VBRBOBCEHOVEK,    THK   CJILKBBATm 

ANIMAL   PAINTER,    SECURSD    A    SKCTOfli 

OF  A  LION. 

From  the  PdU  MaU  GateUe.  ''- 

If  any  ambitious  yotmg  artist  would  like  ♦• 
Eclipse  the  fame  of  the  late  Sir  Edwin  Laodseer,  hs 
wonld  do  well  to  ponder  an  anecdote  related  in 
some  memoirs  lately  pablished,  or  about  to  be  pnb* 
llsbed,  of  which  tbe  celebrated  Martin,  tba 
"  domptenr,"  is  the  hero.  It  is  said  that  Uadtin, 
while  he  was  sta.ving  at  Ghent,  In  1825,  noticed 
among  tbe  most  cpnstant  attendants  at  his  me. 
nazerie  a  young  man  who,  by  reason  of  th« 
drawing  materials  be  broagbt  with  him 
aud  freely  employed,  stood  confessed  o^ 
artist.  Martin  yearned  toward  him,  an^ 
.be  two  became  thick  as  thieves.  Cue  day  the  en- 
tbiisiastio  artist,  while  taking  tbe  portrait  of  a  no- 
ble lion,  called  Nero,  oomplainea  bitterly  that  the 
bars  of  the  cage  were  in  the  way,  '  "Don't  let  that 
beany  obstacle,"  said  tbe  "domptenr"  sympv 
thlzin^ly;  "if  you  will  come  with  me  iitto  Kero's 
'apartment' and  allow  me  to  introduos  yon,  T  can 
answer  for  it  cba;  be  will  show  bow  flattered  be  it 
by  a  visit  Irom  so  excellent  an  artist,  and  will  givfl( 
yon  every  facibty  fur  handing  down  his  fea- 
tures TO  posterity."  The  artist,  strange  to 
ear,  jumped  at  the  offer ;  and  Martin, 
who  was  not  the  man  to  lose  an  opportunity  of  ad- 
vertising himself,  sent  word  to  tbe  Duke  ot  Saxe-' 
Weimar,  Governor  of  Ghent,  and  to  other  ootabili- 
ties,  that  he  would  on  a  given  dav  go  into  Nero's 
cage  and  take  un  amateur  Stranger  witn  him.  The 
Duke  did  nut  fail  to  put  in  au  appearance;  the 
piaoky  pair  walked  into  tbe  cage,  and  Keru  was  at 
tirst  incimea  to  be  what  is  called  nasty.  But,  re* 
as.sured  by  his  master's  voice,  'the  liou 
went  and  lay  down  in  a  corner,  and  tba 
painter,  sitting  dowu  opposite,  ooolly  pro* 
ceeded  to — cut  his  pencil.  Having  performed  tbiai 
little  preliminary  to  bis  satisfaction,  he  executed  a 
sketch  of  Kero,  which  was  pronounced  to  oe  verv 
like.  The  "  domotear"  and  tbe  vaioter  then  took 
a  polite  leave  of  the  lion  ;  and  the  Duke,  having 
complimented  the  artist  on  tbe  pluctc  as  well  as 
talent  displayed,  wunld  fain  have  purchased  the 
bketcb.  But  it  was  no  mote  to  be  had  foi 
money  than  (he  wa!.er  which  David's  mighty 
men  drew  from  the  well  of  Bethlehem  was  to 
be  treated  like  common  drinkmg  water,  aud  tha 
artist  kept  it  bimself  as  tbe  convei  se  uf  m«m«nla 
mori.  Uis  name  was  Verb:  Sskuoven,  atierward 
famous  as  a  Belgian  animal  painter.  How  much  of 
his  success  he  owed  to  bis  daring  feat  there  is  no 
telling,  but  It  very  likely  gave  bim  tbe  start  wbioh' 
taleut  requires,  and  yet  one  wunld  hardly  like  to 
whisper  to  the  yuuug  aspirant  of  to-day,  Qo  thou, 
and  do  likewise. 

A  LECIVEE  ON  ANTS. 

THEIE  HABITS — CHAKACTERISTlCi  07  '  THB 
DIFFERENT  SPECIES. 
Sir  John  Lubbock  lectured  recently  at  th4| 
Boyal  Instituton,  London,  on  the  subiect  of  antv 
to  a  crowded  aud  interested  audience.  Briefly  de* 
scnblng  the  difierent  species  which  in  this  country 
amount  to  some  30,  and  in  warmer  parts  of  tbe  globfl 
to  over  700,  tbe  gentleman  said  that  he  bad  under i 
observation  3Q  nests  of  over  20  species,  no  two 
of  which  were  identical  in  habits.  Most  of  tbeix 
time  is  passed  nndergronnd,  and  being  essentially^ 
gregarious,  it  VI as  difficult  to  keep  tbemaUveby; 
themselves,  at  any  rate  without  entirely  altering, 
their  habits.  Though  much  attention  had  been  paid! 
to  their  habits  by  distingiflshed  naturalists,  so  Uctla  I 
was  at  present  known  that  tbe  study  offered  a  most 
prumlsiug  field  for  observation  and  experiment.  De- 
scribing the  small  white  legless  grubs  constituting  I 
the  lai  vsi  of  ants  and  the  care  with  which  they  are' 
tended,  sorted  out  into  sizes,  and  carried  trom 
chamber  to  chamber  by  the  workers  to  secare  the 
most  suitable  amuunt  of  warmth  and  moisinre,  and 
the  different  sizes  into  which  they  develop  tu 
produce  the  qaeeos,  the  males,  and  the  workers,  a 

dilferutiatioa  which  is  carried  still  further  in  trooi- 
cal  coautries,  he  said  their  food  oonsiateJ  ot  smaU 
insects,  honey,  boney-dew,  and,  indeed,  almost  any 
SLimal  or  sweet  vegetable  substauce.  1'he  small 
garuen  ant  ascends  bushes  to  seek  uut  the  aphides 
which  infjst  their  leaves.  These  insects  are  gently 
tapped  with  tue  auteuLsa  of  tbe  ancs,  and  ibou  vive 
out  a  drop  ot  sweet  fluid,  which  is  at  ouce  apprupri* 
ated  as  rood  bv  toe  ants.  Another  species 
of  ant  seek  j  ont  tbe  apoides  which  iufost  th*  rooi« 
or  gr.%ss,  collect  tnem,  and  keep  tbem  throughout 
(be  Winter  tur  tha  Spring,  an  iust^uce  ut  tore* 
thought  wuich  neeileU  mure  prndence  than  many 
eara,;es  ur  even  many  civillztjii  persons  display. 
Mauy  insects  lived  as  guests  with  the  ants,  notauly. 
beetles,  wb  10 b  were  leuded  and  carried  about  like 
their  own  lar\  as,  probaoly  becaiiue  the  beeueit,  like' 
tbe  apnidbs,  emitted  some  sweet  fl.iid  tnat  was  edi- 
ble by  the  ants.  Even  ants  are  suoject  to  parasites, ' 
and  Mr  Joun  described  one  of  his  own  specimeus 
tbai .since  tbe  14,.li  of  C^tober  has  bad  asurtot 
luiCe' adhering  lu  lUe  under  side  of  her  head.  D.ffet* 
eut  species  uf  ants  riilfrir  ss  maca  in  their  cnar* 
actetistics  as  the  different  races  of  mankind, 
ijome  wero  geuile  aud  sabmissive,  and  were 
m^ae  slaves  ot  by  tho^e  who  were  more  audaciotu. 
Some  are  cowardly,  aud  fl.y  from  the  approach  uf 
uaitger,  wuiie  o;her  species  are  so  courageous  that 
a  siuglu  speoiuieu  sturounded  by  enemies  never  at- 
tempts to  fl,',  Uut  fi^Uis  vaiiiut.y  uutu overpowered 
by  uumoers.  Auts  nave  lou^:  n  ad  (he  ere  Jit  uf  oe- 
lug  iudusirious,  aud  wicb  good  reason,  for  S  r  John 
desert  uea,  as  tbe  result  oi  close  ubservattou,  uue  of 
the  Workers  in  his  own  collcctiun  as  Oeing  actively 
employed  without  luteriuission  from  6  iu  the 
muruing  till  1U:13'  m  the  evening.  Tne  length 
uf  Abe  prc^paratory  stages  of  lite  was  pret- 
ty  well  known,  but  the  total  duration  ol 
aut  existence  has  yet  to  be  determined. 
ISir  John  has  workers  still  heaUby  and  active 
which  were  captured  ia  Sepiember  aud  Kovemkor, 
1875,  and  queens  whicb  he  has  had  under  observa- 
tiuu  since  Decemoer,  1374.  As  a  rule  each  specieBJ 
lives  by  itself,  but  there  are  exceptions,  and  onei 
species  is  f  jund  escciusiveiy  m  th»  nests  of  larger 
varieties,  but  at  present  the  .relationship  betweeaj 
tbem  is  not  understood.  One  species  is  so  depend*, 
ent  on  slaves  lor  the  care  of  their  young,  and  eveai 
lor  bemg  ted,  that-witbout  their  slavea  (hey  cannoC 
exist,  thougu  In  tbe  prenence  of  ample  suoplies  uf 
the  best  t'lod.  In  twu  of  bis  nests  bir  John  fotmd 
tbat  two  ants  from  each  were  deputed  to  come  onl 
and  tetoh  food  tor  the  rest  of  the  oom* 
m unity,  consisting  in  one  CEise  of  about  SIX), 
and  ia  tbe  utber  of  4Q0  individuals.  When 
these  messengers  were  li  captured  and  im- 
pcisoneu,  two  fresh  messengers  were  appointed 
from  each  nest,  tbe  experiment  Dslng  repeated 
several  times,  always  with  tbe  like  result.  Ex. 
periments  to  test  the  inteiligeuce  uf  anis  were  not 
lavorable  to  their  capacuy  in  that  respect,  lor  when 
cut  off  from  their  lood  suppl.y  by  drawing  back  a 
little  strip  of  paper  which  bad  acted  as  a  bridge, 
they  had  not  mteiiigeuce  to  rebridge  tbe  chasm  u] 
one-third  of  au  inch  by  poshing  the  strip  of  paper 
back.  Varied  experiments  of  a  similar  charautei] 
resulted  In  the  same  wa.y,  except  where  a  huie  lead-j 
log  into  a  box  containing  food  was  stopped  by  a  littia 
niOid;  theu  the  ants  speeuily  bnrru wed  into  the 
luoid,  and  touni  tueir  way  into  tue  box.  and  agoiaj 
carried  off  the  food.  Sir  Junu  did  uut  find  that  dis- 
play ot  inteliigeuce  aud  sffectiou  which  some  naia- 
luliS'S  have  oeclared  induce  aucs,  when  any  of 
their  companious  are  accideutalu  burieil,  to  harrow, 
down  aud  rescue  them.  Tuey  do  seem  uanabie  ofj 
duonipinaiiag  between  coiuj^iaaious  and  strangers, 
for  wheu  a  number  oi  each  were  intoxicated  au<t{ 
placed  uear  a  nest,  the  sotier  apis,  afuci  bemii  ver.V 
much  puzzled  at  tbe  unaccouufkbie  condition  of  thej 
iuebriaid:,  carefully  carried  iuto  tue  nesc  theirj 
helpless  friends  and  pitched  tbe  strangers  luio  a 
uibh  ot  water.  When,  however,  some  trieuds  ant] 
strangers  were  ohlorutormed  to  death  and  laid  neat, 
a  nest  toe  auts  seemed  to  appreciate  that  the  ue* 
ceased  were  pasc  remedy,  an.l  therefore  pitched 
huth  friends  and  strangers  iudiscrimioateiy  over 
<he  edge  of  the  taole.  Atiempriug  to  vor.ty  tue 
truth  uf  Huber's  declaration  ihat  when  ants  bad 
been  separated  for  tour  mont..8  aud  then  returned  to 
their  uesttbey  were  lecoguized  and  caressea  by  tbeix 
Cumpauions,  Sir  .lobn  touuu  tuat  lhoa(;b  thei'e  was 
nu  sign  of  rec 'uuition  when  a  separated  friend  was. 
reiuintiu  to  tbe  nest,  be  was  never  attacked,  wuiie  a 
s.rauijer  beiug  puii  in  was  always  ori^ea  outer, 
even  killed.  As  regkrda  the  senses  of  ^nti,  thuugbi 
SirJobn  believes  tbey  bear,  yet  they  taK«  no  no-1 
ilf-e  of  any  souuit  he  could  make,  aud  though  tbeyj 
undoubtedly  !>se,  tbev  o<tu»op  uave  vecy  Keen  sigQcJ 
His  exp^^niueuts  do  not  confirm  the  sUiiKesiiou  lUaa 
auts  uie  able  tu  comiuuuicate  to  iheir  companiuus! 
wuere  food  ha*  beeu  uisojvered,  for  wheu  siugloi 
auis  hitd  betu  placed  ou  luoJ,  and,  goiug  oack  with 
some  to  Ihe  nesc  were  leturuiug  with  cpiupauiuns, 
lo  tbe  store,  in  evar.y  cas^  where  these  pioneer  ancs 
were  captured  rheir  companions  wandereu  sbuuB 
h.-iiilei<s  aud  failed  to  find  iheir  way  to  tbe  spotJ 
Many  o;ber  auecuutes  uf  his  experiments  were  rer 
cuuiiieJ  by  tiiehouurabluBarouer,  who  ouuclaued  by 
an  luieiesiiug  accuuat  if  the  provuiuns  in  the 
vegeiaU'C  kiugdtm  for  preserving  the  puhsu  oj^ 
fl,jweis  fium  ihe  assaults  of  auts. 


THE  SONG  OF  KATHLEEN  MAVOVRNEEN. 
Mile.  Titiens   sang  recently  at  the  Guildhall. 

Plvmuuth,  and  Id   response   to   an   encore  tiave  tbe^ 
well-known   song    "Kathleen   Mayuurneen."     laj 

noticing  tbis  the  Western  Morning  Aetos  tells  tbe 
fullowioe  story  :  Tne  aa<ut>r  of  "  Katnleeu  Mavour- 
neeu"  was  Mr.  Crouch,  a  Plymoutu  masio  master,, 
who  receiveu  tor  tha  copyright  a  £5  uoie.  J^e  lefl 
the  town  a  quarter  of  a  cuntnr.v  ago.  Exactly  a  yea^ 
ago  Mile,  'xitiens,  being  m  Kew-YorK,  gave  "  Ka*. 
thleeu"  as  an  encore,  the  only  time  she  did  so  while  iq 
■  be  States. -It  excited  a  furore  of  applause,  snd  when 
It  bad  subsided  ahe  was  told  that  some  man, 
presumed  to  be  a  lunatic,  was  flgbtiug  his  way  over 
the  batners  trom  the  pit  to  the  flies  ot  was  in  tbe, 
Opera-house,)  aaytng  he  was  determined  to  speak  tal 
Titiens.  The  prtma-donna  told  them  to  let  hint' 
come  in.  On  entering,  be  burst  into  tears,  sobbinc 
out,  'Ob,  Mile.  Titiens,  I  never  before  heard  my 
song  sang  as  ysa  have  Just  song  it  I'  '  Toor  soo|l* 
■<wa»  the  reply,  'why,  you  are  not  Crouch,  sar^yr. 
i'l  am,  indeed,'  n^joined  the  poor  old  oomptser,*nd 
I  telt  I  must  thank  you  myself,'  Oronob  b«# 
'•omped  together  tbe  $2  for*  pit  seat,  little  t.^l^^l^^y^ 
to  hear  tala  now  Camoas :  Roog  HMMl^UiO~"^  "  ~ 
JBUKSMMUlf  khMdshtJI'  .  . 


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KEWPUBUCinONS. 

MABCS  MAGAZINES, 

harper's  monthly. 

~For  March  the  complexion  of  Sarper't 

Kcnthly  -will  be  colored  chiefly  by  natural  hia- 

koiy  and    ait,    The    eapecial    phase    of    art 

treated  of    ia   Sarper't    initial    article    is 

that  of  painting,  and  the  essay  is,  more- 
over, limitea  to  Prance.  Mr.  S.  G.  W.  Ben- 
jamin tells  us  about  the  modem  painters  -whose 
pictures  wo  see  ia  almost  every  collection,  and 
mpplies  us  with  vignettes   of  them  besides. 

G^ro«e,    Meissonier,    Bonnat,    Dor6,  Cabanel, 

Millet,  Troyon,  Rosa  Boaheur,  and  Jules 
Breton  are  here  in  good  wood-outs, 
and  not  a  few  reDresentative  pictures 
ara  also  given.  Hamon's  Aurora  and 
Gnome's  stairoaae.  with  courtier's  grovel- 
iag  betore  the  King's  oonfe.ssor,  Regnault's 
"General  Priai"  and  Decaille's  "Retreat"  as- 
l»t  the  text  very  nicely.  A  abort  article  ou 
Litchfield  H.1IL,  in  north-western  Coanestiout, 
|;1ves  a  chance  tor  further  portraits  taken  from 
pictures  of  celebrated  Americans,  but  these 
are  less  carelully  out.  Natural  bistory  is  seen, 
too,  in  aa  article  by  S.  S.  Cooant,  based  on 
W<illace'8  Qeografhieal  Distribution  of  Animals, 
published  by  Harper  &;  Brothers,  it  is  of  the 
ostial  kind  and  quali  ty  that  readers  of  Harper's 
may  expect  As  to  poetry,  ttie  pro^rammi  is 
%  slim  one,  but  the  loader  set  of  verses,  by 
Philip  Bourke  Maraton, .  ro  a  certain  way 
toward  redeemins  t^ia  department.  These  are 
iv^ordy,  but  have  good  leelins.  and  that  is  more 
tnan  can  be  said,  we  resret  to  say,  about 
''Love's  Voyase,"  a  poem,  with  viznette  h6ad- 
\ng,  by  Mr.  C.  P,  Cranoh.  Tbe  whole  appear- 
ftnoe  of  this  last  leads  one  to  suspect  aa  en- 
leavor  to  write  down,  and  draw  a  picture 
Sown,  to  the  level  of  some  imasinary  popular 

audience. 

Travel      is     always     a     strong     point    with 
Harper's,  and  we  have  in  the  March   number 

the  first  paper  on  an  interesting  part  ot  the 
globe,  the  Azores.  Another  paper,  illustrated 
"with  rough  sketches,  is  on  the  Russian  Wends 
and  their  homes,  by  Herbert  Tuttle.  Science 
has  a  oelebrated  champion  in  Dr.  Draper,  who 
gives  a  popular  exposition  of  some  scientific 
experiments,  on  which  were  based  the  results 
whioh  macTe  Dr.  Draper  famous.  The  short 
Stories  are  "About  Dolly,"  by  Rose  Terry 
Cooke;       "Ideals,"       by       Kdward       Everett 

Hale,  and  "  My  Great  Aunfs  Will," 
by  Elizahpth  A.  Smith.  Of  lata '  Earper  a 
Monthly    seems     to      be     reeretting     the     old 

flaja  of  an  illustrated  charivari  at  the  end 
of  the  magazine.  This  month  we  have  two 
•mall  pictures  of  children,   by  Woolff,  one  of 

the  numerous  comic  draughtsmen  that  have 

lately  been    coming  np   in  a    mushroom   crop 
along  with  Thomas  Nast.    HLs  small  children 
are  a  little  monotonous,  but  he  often  shows  a 
good    streak  ot    humor.     The    strange    story, 
Balled  "  A  Woman  Hater"— not  a  very  stranT:e 
title,  by  the  way — comes  to  a  close  in  tnis,  its 
ninth  part,  and  finishes  in  a  mild  bath  ot  gore. 
The  article  on  "  Webster  and  the  Constitution," 
by  Hon.    Henry  W.    Billiard,    is   well    wortii 
reading.    From  another  point  of  view  it  is  an 
amusing    example    of    the   gulf  that   tbe   war 
fixed  between  ante-war  times  and  the  present. 
The  language,  the  ideas,  the  way  of  looking  at 
things,  are  all  of  a  piece  and  quite   out  of  tbe 

present  modes  of  thinking.  There  is  an  en- 
thusiasm about  Mr.  Hilliard's  articles  that  is 
somewhat  sadly  missed  in  this  generation.  We 
suppose  that  the  South,  unafi^ected  by  emigra- 
tion or  railxray  improvements,  remains  neces- 
sarily very  much  as  it  used  to  be  in  the  old 
times.  A  new  generation  has  grown  up,  but 
e-saotly  like  their  fathers  in  ideas  and  aims. 


THE  ATLANTIC   MONTHLY. 

•—Constance  Fenimore  Woolson  has   first 
Aonors  in  the  Atlantic  Monthly  for  March,  and 
not  without  good  cause.     "  Rodman  the    Keep- 
er," is  a  story  finely  constructed,  and  well  car- 
ried out.    Not  that  there  is  much  plot  to  it, 
but  that  Miss  Woolson  has  brought  into  play 
between  individuals  the  great  questions  that 
draw  a  hard  line  between  the  people  ot  the 
Korthem  and  Southern  States.     We   might  ask 
tor  a  different  ending,  a  happier  finale,  whioh 
would  violate,  very  possibly,  the  reality  a  little, 
but  that  is  a  matter  resting  with  the  artist,    it 
is  pleasant  to  see  so  much  progress  in  a  writer 
of  fiction  as  this  little  story  evinces  ;  some  of 
Mus  Woolson's  early  tales  hardly  contain  ed  so 
much  promise  as  appears  to  be    coming  here  to 
frnit    We  fail  to  see  why  people  applaud  the 
sonnets  of  Mr.  Longfellow.    It  is  true,  they  are 
sweet  and  even  ;  they  contain  the  usual  essence 
of  his  poetry,  a  charm  which  comes  ot  know 
mg  his  end  perfectly    well,  and  going   to    it 
gravely  and  quietly.     But  surely  his  stand  as 
a  sonnet-writer  is  inferior  to  the  position  be 

tak«s  in  other  and  simpler  forms  of  verse.  The 
five  sonnets  put  together  under  the   name  of 

"  A  Rosary  of  Sonnets,"  only  prove,  to  our 

judgment,  bis  liability  to  deal  with  that  species 
of  versification.    The  first  is  on  nature,   the 
second  on  a  chnrch-yard,  the  third  on  Eliot's, 
the  Indian  apostle's,  oak  ;   the    fourth  is  called 
"  The  Descent  of  the  Muses,"  and  the  last  is  on 
Venice.    Other  poets   present  with  rhymes  are 
H.  H.,  who  has  a  slender  trio  of  stanzas  called 
"  Apart ;"  Charles  H.  Noyes,  with  "  The  Prod- 
igal" trom  which  we  will  pick  these  three 
Unes: 
"Keep  thou  immortal  soma  zood  thoazht  of  mine 
'Woich.  in  obliTion's  dark,  may  soltly  shine 
Iiike  tb4  pale  fux-flre  of  a  rottinz  tred ; " 
and  A.  B.  Grote  who  has  *'  A  Last  Word."     In 
the  second  installment  ot   "  Out  of  the  Ques- 
tion" Mr.  Howells  continues  his  semi-dramatic 
method  of  -writlnjc.     Tbe  story  so   far  oocupies 
a  transition  place  between  novel  and  drama,  as 
if  it  were  all  ready  by  the  cutting  away  of  a 
few  saperfliioas  passages  to  leap  oa  to  the  real 

Stage.  The  hero  is  a  .young  Western  man,  poor, 
and  an  invent«r  of  a  railway  patent ;  the  hero- 
ine ia  a  Massaohosatts  girl  of  K>^eat  wealth  and 

of  the  true  blue  type  as  to  tamily,  but  as  to  her- 
self^ not  so  consumed  with  knowledge  aa  the 
Uasaaohusetts  girl  is  popularly  supposed  to  be. 
Tbe  su>ry  by  Henry  James,  Jr.,  is  of  that  sub- 
dued, restrained  nature  habitual  with  him.  In 
the  twenty-first  and  twenty-second  chapters, 
however,  thb  American  discovers  the  skeleton 
In  the  closet  of  the  Bellegardes.  Mr.  James 
is  a  very  careful  and  conscientious  artist, 
whose  work  never  betrays  hurry  or 
Seglect.  There  ^^  a  sense  of  things  being 
in  their  places  in  his  novels  which  m- 
dicatoB  the  tharough  workman  at  his  craft. 
iix.  £.  S.  Nadal.  who  may  be  said  to  have  some 
experience  in  writing  for  tbe  newspapers,  tells 
■ome  interesting  truths  about  them,  or  rather 
lata  slip,  aa  it  were  unconsciously,  many  little 
tfamgs  that  are  usually  passed  over  in  accord- 
ance with  the  conventional  hypocrisy  habitual 
in  the  world.  There  is  an  iustallment  of 
Tanny  Kemble's  "  Old  Woman's  Gossip,"  and 
the  Contributors'  Club  appears  to  keep  fully 
ttp  te  the  expectations  formed  at  the  beginning 
of  that  department  of  the  magazine.  S.  G.  W. 
Benjamin  also  oontribntea  a  very  readable  ao- 
f^aat  of  tbe  Canary  Islands  and  an  ascent  of 
Teaarlffis.  

THC   QALAXT. 

-The  March  Galaxy  opens  with  a  snhject 
Apposed  to  be  dear  to  tbe  heart  of  the  Ameri- 
ean— "The  English  Peerage."  Justin  Mc- 
Carthy fnmishea  a  second  installment  of  "  Miss 
Miaanthrope,"  which  is  likewise  of  English 
letting,  being  a  novel  with  scenes  Uid  in  Lon- 
Idn.  Titna  Munaon  Coan  makes  a  stndy  of  the 
poettool  methods  of  a  great  genius  in  "  Words- 
wwth'a  Correctlona,"  while  "M.  E.  W.  8."  has 
apoMBWitbaFrmoh  title,  oatensibly  on  tbe 


gireathepiotnn  in  question  onder  theaame 
name,  i  It  is  called  "Portrait  ETone  Jeune 
Femme  Inconnae."  There  ia  also  a  love  a.tory, 
in  five  chapters,  by  Henry  Sedley.  Sidney 
Lanier  has  one  of  his  uncomfortable  strained 

poems  "To  Beethoven,"  which  one  continually 

finds  oneself  longing  to  see  improved  by  some 
quality  not  very  evident,  but  oertafnly  want- 
ing. The  scientific  miscellany  is  as  lull  and 
instrnctive  as  usual.     But  the  point    of   the 

number  resides  in  a  translation  of  a  story  by 

Ivan  Toursrienefi'.  The  magazine  would  be 
worth  looking  at  for  this  alone,  even  though 
all  els6  were  below  par.  The  story  is  that 
called  ''Assja." 

LIPPINCOTT'8  MAGAZINK. 
— The  March  number  of  LippincoWa  has 
two  very  j^easing  Illustrated  articles  to  start 
with  ;  one  is  on  Peru,  being  from'  the  travels 
of  tbe  Frenchman.  Marooy  ;  the  other  relates 
to  Japan,  and  baa  to  do  with  the  adventures  ot 
another  Frenchman,  M.  Collache,  who  served 
the  Japanese  as  military  instructor.  The  Ulua- 
trations  h|>ve  the  French  clearness  aud^  au- 
dacity which  make  the  reader  look  twice  before 
passing  the  articles  by.  A  very  remarkable 
story  follows  ;  "  Soth,"  by  Fannie  Hodgson 
Burnett  would  do  credit  to  the  very  best  of 
our  writers  of  fiction.  The  story  is  partly  in 
that  Lancashire  dialect  which  we  know  in 
Mrs.  Burnett's  other  work,  and  in  plot  is  not 
entirely  without  likeness  to  other  things  she 
has  written.  But  her  grasp  of  human  nature 
is  really  extraordinary,  and  her  ability  to  deal 
with  that  dangerous  quality^  in  fiction,  the 
pathetic,  is  beyond  praise.  We  hesitate  to  say 
how  much  pleasure  this  little  tale  has  afforded 
us,  but  would  merely  like  to  express  our  oon- 
viotion  that,  judging  trom  her  present  work, 
the  author  has  great  things  in  store  for  tbe 
reading    world.       As      an     antidote     to     this, 

one     has  .  to      sufier      such      unmitigated 

stuff  as  '■  Place  auz  Dames,"  which  is  a  oomio 
hash  of  Shakespeare's  characters  heated  over. 
Sidney  Lanier  has  a  short  poem  called  "Red- 
breast in  Tampa."  Berthold  Auerbach's 
story,  translated  by  Mr.  Charles  T.  Brooks, 
rather  improves  in  this  number  on  the 
former  installment.  Tbe  German  emigrant's 
son  in  his  relation  to  kinsfolk  and  acquaintance 
in  the  ancestral  village  is  sketched  -with  greaf- 
keenness  and  considerable  force — young  Aloys, 
"the  GFawk  from  America,"  who  is  suffering 
from  tw^o  evils  on  bis  visit  to  tbe  paternal  -vil- 
lage, one  ansmg  from  his  father's  nickname, 
"Gawk,"  the  other  from  the  fact  that  the  one 
cirl  whom  his    father   does   not    want  him    to 

marry  is  the  girl  whom  he  takes  a  liking  to. 
The  wifo  his  father  has  recommended  him  to 
take  comes  on  the  scene  in  this  mstallment. 
"  Our  Monthly  Gossip"  contains  an  interesting 

communication  from  W.  W.  C.  ia  regard  to  the 
late  Rev.  Henry  Harbaugh.  His  greatgrand- 
iatber  came  from  Switzerland  in  1736,  and  he 
himself  is  likely  to  be  more  famous  as  a  poet  in 
the  Pennsylvania  Dutch  dialect  than  as  a  cler- 
gyman or  theological  writer.  The  dialect  seems 
very  close  to  common  or  "  Bauer"  German? 
with  remarkably  few  English  intrusions.  There 
are  no  very  noticabie  points  of  likeness  b&t 
tween  the  apeelmena  here  given  and  tbe  dialect 
used  by  Mr.  Charles  Lsland  in  his  far-famed 
Hans' Breitmann  ballads.  Tho  poems  have 
been  published  in  a  new  edition  under  the  title 
Harbaugh'e  Harpe,  by  tbe  Reformed  Cnurch 
Publication  Board  of  Philadelphia. 


APPLETONS'   jnURKAL. 

— George  Sand's  "Tower  of  Percemont"  is 
continued  in  this  month's  AppUton,  and  the 
second  installment  of  "  Cherry  Ripe"  is  here, 
-with  a  finely  composed  illustration  by  C.  S, 
Reinhart.  There  are  also  a  story  by  Ellen  W. 
Olney  called  "  The  Young  Doctor,"  and  a 
poem,  "  The  Singer's  Error,"  by  Howard 
Glyndon.  Mrs.  Piatt  has  a  little  poem,  which 
has  some  of  the  fr.gile  grace  we  are  used  to 
admire  in  her  work. 

Charlotte  Adams  -writes  about  "Venice," 
and  Julian  Hawthorne  continues  his 
ree  and  easy  disquisitions  on  anything 
and  everything  having  the  slightest  connection 
with  his  present  abode  m  England.  The  "De- 
fenses of  Constantinople "  is  the  title  of  an  op- 
portune paper  by  George  M.  Towle,  while  a 
sprightly  little  story  called  "My  Son  Victor," 
bears  the  name  of  Mary  Wager  Fisher.  D.  H. 
Jacques  -writes  about  a  Floridian  island,  and 
M.  £.  W.  S.  has  a  most  ambitious  article  in 
verse,  adorned  with  vignettes,  under  the  title 
"Love  or  Study."  American  topics  are  well  dis- 
cussed by  Christian  Reid  in  "  Tbe  Mountain 
Region  of  North  Carolina,"  an  illustrated  pa- 
per on  a  country  of  which  too  little  is  known, 
and  by  John  T.  Short,  who  -writes  an  interest- 
ing account  of  "  Culture-Heroes  of  the  Ancient 
Americans. " 

BOOKS  BSCSIYED. 

—Anne  Warvnck.  A  noveU  By  Oeorgiana 
M.  Craik.      NewTork :  Haroer  &  Brothers.    1877. 

— Hell  and  Damnation.  By  Rev.  G.  H.  Hum- 
phrey. The  £amett  Christian  offloe,  Bocbeater, 
N.T. 

—Weavera  and  Weft ;  or.  Love  that  Sath  Us 
in  Hit  Set.  By  Ml»^  Braddon.  New-Xork  :  Har- 
per &  Brothers.     1877. 

— Autlwrieed  Report  of  the  Third  Church  Con- 
gress in  the  linited  States.  1876.  ITew-Tork:  T. 
Wbittaker.  "So.  2  Btble  Hoose. 

—Handrhook  and  Ouide  to  Florida.  By  Sidney 
Lanier.  Profoaaly  Ulostraced.  PhiUdelptda  :  J.  B. 
Lippmoott  &,  Co.    Paper  covers . 

— Electricity  and  the  Electric  Telegraph.  By 
George  R  Presoott.  With  Illnstraiioas.  Kew- 
York :  D.  Appleton  &  Co.    1877. 

— Suggestiona  for  Hovm  Decoration  in  Paint- 
ing, Woodwork,  OTid  Jhimiturt.  By  Bboda  sndAgnas 
Garrett.     Philadelphia :     Porter  &.  Coates. 

— The  Statesman's  Tear-booh  for  the  Tear 
1877.  By  Frederick  Martin.  Poarteenth  annaal 
poulicatlon.     XiODaoo  :   Uacmillan  Sc  Co.     1877. 

—SUver  and  Gold,  and  their  RekUion  to  the 
Prol>lem  of  RetumptioTi.    By  S.  Oana  Horton.   Kew 

editioo.     Clnclnnacl :     Bouert  Clarke  Sl  Co.  1877. 

Majolica  and  Fayence :  Italian,  Sicilian,  Ma- 

Jorcan,  Hitpano-Moregque,  and  fersian.    Bv  Arthar 
Beckwitb.     New- York  :    D.   Appletoo  &  Co.    1877. 

— Selections  from  the  Writings  of  Lord  Mao- 
atiiay.  EJited,  with  occasional  notes,  by  Qeorga 
Otto  Trevelyan,  M.  P.  New-rork :  Harper  & 
Brothers.     1877. 

— An  Introduction  to  Political  Economy.  By 
Arthur  Litbam  Perry,  LL.  D.,  Proteisor  of  His- 
tory and  Political  Economy  in  Williams  College. 
Kew-Xoik:    Seribner,  Armstroni;  &  Co. 

— A  Bide  to  Khiva,  Travels  and  Adfcn- 
tnres  in  Central  Asia,  By  Fred.  Bamaby,  Gap- 
tain  Boyal  Horae-Oaarda.  With  Maps  and  Ap- 
peudix.    Kew-York:   Harper  it  Brothers.     1877. 

— Arrows  and  Anecdotes.  By  D-mght  L. 
Moody;  with  a  sketch  of  his  early  life,  and  tbe 
story  of  the  ereat  revlvaL  By  John  Lobb.  New- 
Tork  :  Henry  Gnrlev,  Ko.  312  Fourth  avenna.   1877. 

— The  Land  Birds  and  Game  Birds  of  Ifeuh 
Enaland;  with  dMoriptions  of  the  birds,  their  nests 
and  eggs,  their  hablu  uid  notes.  With  lUastrs- 
tions^  By  H.  D.  MlnoL  Saiem,  Mass.:  Xatorallst^s 
Agency.    1877. 

— The  Life  and  Correspondence  of  Thomas 
Arnold,  D.  £>.,  late  Head  Master  of  Hugby.  By  Ar. 
tbnr  Penrhyn  Stanlev,  D.  D.,  Dean  of  Westminster. 
Two  volames  in  one.  New- York:  Soribaer,  Arm- 
strong A  Co.    1877. 


A  MAIL-BAQ  BIFLED. 
The  Springfield  (Mass.)  Republican  of  Satur- 
day says:  "  Tbe  Stockbridge  mail-bag  was  cat  open 
tbe  other  night,  and  all  tbe  letters,  some  40  or  50, 
taken  oat,  and  no  signs  of  them  hara  yat  been 
found.  Tbe  mail  carrier  take»  the  1ms  from  tbe 
train  a  little  after  9  id  tbe  evening,  pats  it  m  bia 
sleigh,  drives  home,  pats  no  his  horse,  and  then 
takes  the  bag  to  the  Post  Office,  throwmg.it  In  at  the 
oaiaide  door,  where  it  Itos  iiutil  morning.  It  was 
fuand  mutihiied  on  thia  ocoaalon  when  tbe  office 
was  opened  m  the  morning,  bat  tbe  papers  beug 
left  In,  itWBSthoaghtthe  nisoblef  Wat  done  white 
jiaa  aaaa  —  jaawlag  wii  .Ma  jinw*;'* 


LADY '  TREVOR'S  SECBET.. 

— ■  .,♦    —  • 

CHAPTER  L 

VS  THE  BLA.CK  POBBST. 

In  the  midst  of  the  Black  Forest,  in  Ger- 
many, lieiJiidden  the  piotnresque  viUsge  of  Zorhts. 

The  principal  Duilding  in  the  village  la  the  Uttle 
wooden  Lutheran  obnrcb,  the  only  honse  of  worship. 

The  Pastor  of  this  chnrob,  a  year  or  two  ago,  wss 

Herr  Brocken,  or  Fatner  Brocken,  aa  he  waa 
affectionately  called  by  his  people,  '  He  was  a 
kindly,  simple-hearted  man. 

Here  he  had  dwelt  twenty  years,  the  father,  the 
pastor,  and  goideof  bis  simple  people ;  here  his  wife 
bad  recently  died,  and  bare  he  hoped  to  be  bnried. 
He  was  cbildlees,  hla  family  oonalating  of  an  old 
housekeeper  and  a  young  girl  known  as  hit  niece. 

Thia  nircn  of  tbe  Pastor  waa  the  IdOl  of  the  good 
people  of  Zurlitz.  She  tended  tbe  peasanta  in  their 
illness;  she  visited  the  quaint  old  houses  like  a  ton- 
beam,  brlngine  with  her  always  warmth  and  sun- 
ablne 

One  afternoon  In  June,  at  the  time  we  have  indi- 
cated, oar  heroine,  after  makinc;  a  call  upon  a  aick 
old  womu).  began  the  ascent  of  tbe  ateep  Dill  in  tbe 
direction  of  the  parsonage.  When  balf-way  np  the 
slope,  she  turned  aside  into  the  wooda  puraning 
a  shaded  path  at  an  easy  pace,  swlDging  her  broad- 
brimmed  bat  by  its  ribbons  trom  ber  aim,  and  car- 
oling a  German  long  in  a  sweet  voice  that  roiued 
the  birds  to  emnlation. 

She  was  about  seventeen  years  of  age,  tall,  slim, 
and  sracefnl,  with  a  beaaty  nnmiataKably  English, 
and  yet  more  anmistakably  pairioian. 

Tbis  gill,  with  hsr  wonderfal  beauty,  which 
wonld  have  made* a  sensation  in  tbe  Queen's  draw- 
ing-room, with  her  fzqnlsite  rollnement  of  looks 
and  manner  (hat  declared  her  gentle  birth  and 
breeding,  possessed  a  grandly  generoos  natnre,  a 
warm  heart,  and  impulsive  temperament,  and, 
witbal,  a  personal  magnetism  that  attracted  every 
one  to  her. 

She  had  been  thorongbly  well  edncated,  tbe  good 
pastor  and  his  wife  bavini;  gloried  in  her  keen  Intel- 
leot,  and  in  ber  thirdC  for  knowledge.  They  bad 
taught  her  various  languages,  music,  for  whioh  she 
had  a  positive  eenina.  drawing  and  painting,  and 
varions  feminine  arts;   oat   ber  acoomplishmenta 

were  among  the  least  of  ber  charms, 

Xbe  path  along  which  she  waa  walking  came  oat 
upon  a  spring,  whose  clear  pool  was  shadowed  by 
bending  trees.    This  was  a  favorite  resort  of  the 

yonng  girl,  and  sbe  sat  down  noon  the  green  bank, 
tbe  sung  dving  on  ber  lips,  and   a  atrsnge  gravity 
overspreading  her  face. 
"Ob,  dear,"  she  said,  sighing;  "I  am  so  tired  of 

tbis  dear,  stupid  old  Z  jrlitz.  I  wish  that  I  «ould 
see  something  of  the  world  oatside.     I  have  read  of 

tbe  great  towns,  of  difiert-at  peoples,  of  life  betide 
which  oars  Is  staguati'in.  I  am  growing  diacun- 
teoted.  Mast  I  live  here  all  niy  life,  aud  die,  and 
be  burled  here,  knowing  nutbiog  of  any  t>etter  ez- 
igteace )  It  it  were  not  for  leaving  nocfe  I'd  beg  to 
be  allowed  to  go  aomewUere  aa  governess.  Bnc  I  can't 
leave  him,  and  he  will  never  leave  Zorlitz.  And 
vet  I'd  give  half  my  rumainiag  life    for   a  ohango^ 

if  I  might  only  go  somewhere  aud  see  something  of 
the  world." 

Did  eonie  mischlevons  spirlc  hear  ber  complaint 
and  resolve  to  grant  her  wiab  1  For  a  change  in  her 
life  was  close  at  hand— a  cbsnge  greater  tban  even 
her  vivid  Imagination  would  have  dared  oonceivr. 
That  very  boat'  waa  tbe  laac  she  wonld  ever  know  of 
cummonplace  existeuce.  Ferbaps  it  was  as  well 
that  f*he  could  nut  read  the  strange  futoro  before 

ber,  elsu  she  might  have  abrunk  trom  it  in  terror 
and  misgiving,  oreferiiug  ibe  safe  shelter  of  the 
Z  jrlitz  parsonage  in  the  depths  of  tbe  Black  Forest 
10  the  wbirlius  vortex,  the  perils  ana  troubles 
lying  in  wait  for  bur  in  the  great    "  world  outside." 

She  waa  still  maAing  aidcontentedly  when  a  aud- 
dou  rifle-shut  rang  out  sharply  upon  the  air — a  deer 
went  flying  past — and  a  slingiog  pain  In  the  girl's 
left  aim  aeni  a  thrill  of  faiutuess  quivering  through 
her. 

A  low  cry  escaped  her  as  the  realized  that  the 
bad  beec  shot.  Thai  cry  waa  ecliued  from  the 
borritled  lips  of  two  bantsmen,  who  boonded  into 
the  iilado,  and  baited  abruptly  at  sight  of  her. 

"By  Jovel"  cneil  one,  speaking  ia  ibe  Engliih 
language.  "A  perfect  Dinua,  Glenhaml  And 
you've  shot  ber. 

The  other  raised  bis  hand  in  an  imoerioos  gei- 
tnie,  commanding  siieaoe,  and  advanced  toward  tbe 
tainting  girl,  his  cuantenance  still  wearing  an  ex- 
pression ot  bt/jrur,  lu  which  were  now  miDi^led  a 
deep  piiy  aLU  keen  remurscfuluess. 

ibe  girl  had  fainted  quite  away  by  tbe  time  he 
reached  her.  Fliuging  down  his  unlacky  rifle,  tbe 
yoan^  man  devoted  himself  to  her  recovery  with 
peouli^  gentleuess  aud  reverence,  aud  with  an 
Htbidniiy  that  speedily  recalled  ber  locouscionsness. 
She  opened  her  eyes  upon  the  strangers,  bluabed 
viviul.T,  aud  arose  uusieadily  to  ber  leet,  retreating 
a  few  paces. 

"A  perfect  little  qqeen  I"  cned  the  gentleman 
who  uad  before  apokeu.  "  Who  would  have  dreamed 
of  flnding  sucn  a  maguiflceut  little  beauty  In  this 
wilderness  I    Isay,  ijlenham — " 

Tbe  girl'a  pale  f..ce  flu:<hed  acarler. 

-Pordou,"  sbe  said,  speaKiog  in  Kngliah,  with  an 
accent  0s  pore  as  itiac  of  the  genileuien,  "  but  I  an. 
ders.and  Fnglinb." 

Xue  two  yiiuiig  men  were,  for  tbe  moment,  cov- 
ered witn  confuaioD.  Xben  the  one  who  bad  been 
called  Gieuuain  addressed  himself  to  the  young 
lady,  avowed  himselt  tbo  antbor  of  ber  injary, 
lamented  his  own  awkwardness,  und  begged  to  be 
permitted  to  examine  nur  arm  to  asceriain  ibe  ex- 
tent or  ber  woiuid,  and  to  endeavor  to  allevlato  her 
sufl'eriDg. 

Hii  evident  sorrow,  bis  chivalrio  ooarteay,  im- 
pressed the  girl,  who  quietly  gave  asaunt,  and  per* 
mitted  blm  to  examine  ner  arm. 

"My  triend,  in  bis  chagrin  at  his  awkwardness, 
baa  forgotten  to  introduce  himself,"  aaid  tbe  gentle- 
man who  bad  hrsi  spoken.  *'  Permit  me  ^o  remedy 
tbis  defioieucy.  He  i)  Gordon,  Earl  of  Gleobam,  tif 
Yuikshire,  England.  And  I  have  tbe  honor  to  be 
his  vtry  good  triend,  Maldred  Craftuii.  We  came 
ou  an  explur.ng  and  bunting  oxpeditlon  to  iheSe 
wildi,  little  expecting  to  find  haie  a  tellow-cooutry- 
woman." 

Tbe  yoang  lady  acknowledged  the  introdactiona 
with  a  bow,  anl  responue-i : 

"  I  fear  that  I  cannot  lay  claim  to  the  tame  nation- 
ality with  your^ielf.  1  am  Ceod  Raiise.  Ibe  nieoe  of 
Herr  Brockeo,  tbe  LtOlheraa  pastor  of  Z  jrlitz." 

To  the  girl,  reared  in  tbut  secluded  region,  see- 
ing, besides  ber  aged  relative,  Owly  tbs  lude  peat- 
antM  of  Zurlitz,  young  Lord  Gieuham  appeared  a 
very  demi-gol. 

He  was  stilklngly  handsome,  with  a  dlstin- 
guinbed  presence.  Ue  was  about  twentv-eigbt  years 
of  age,  yet  be  retained  ayontht'ul  freshness  of  feel- 
ing, was  cblvalroaa  and  noble  la  the  highest  de- 
gree, and  was  uol  only  aumatried,  but  he  had  never 
loved. 

Bli  companion,  Maldred  Crafton,  was  his  In- 
timate trieud  and  diaiaui  relative,  who  possessed  a 
small  lortune,  was  about  thirty  yeaisof  sge,  and  also 
numarrled.  The  intimacy  t^eiween  tbe  two  moo 
was  inexplicable,  for  never  were  two  persona  more 
unlike  than  Lord  Gleunam  and  Maldred  Crafton. 
Hisliordsbip  waa  too  njble  and  aosiupicioas  to 
disuern  tbe  real  nature  of  hu  kinsman,  which  was 
Sly  and  scheming,  intensely  avaricious,  and  utter- 
ly unscrupuiuos.  Yet  Crattun's  exterior  was 
plausible  aud  iusiuoating;  he  was  singularly  gen- 
tle in  his  manners  ;  and  Dis  black  eyes  aud  swartby 
leatures  bad  been  too  well  trained  to  reveal  tho 
secrets  of  his  soul. 

Cecil  Bosse  was  not  sufficiently  skilled  in  pby- 
sioguomy  to  read  the  ob.irauters  of  these  two  men. 
bho  only  knew  that  sbe  liked  Lord  Glenbam,  and 
wiib  her  liking  came  an  insdnc.ive  falih  in  him. 
As  tor  Craitou,  sbe  felt  for  him  a  singular  dittrust 
and  an  averaiou  that  wai.  deaiiaed  to  grow  and 
screogiheu  into  a  stronger  en^otion. 

An  iucreased  pallor  and  sadden  compression  of 
her  perieoc  hps  oruugbc  Lord  Glenbam  basilly  to 
her  aasi:>iancu.  Her  wound  was  out  slighr,  and 
When  Lord  G-lenham  had  attempted  his  small  at- 
tempt at  nurgery,  and  tbe  wounued  arm  had  been 
well  baodsged,  Cecil  Busse  thanked  him  conrteuus- 

ly  and  avuwed  her  lateuciou  of  haateuinic  home. 
*' We  will  acoompanv  vuo.    Miss  R>s3e,"  nalj  tbe 

£ul.  "  No,  00  not.  relaae.  Yuu  are  uut  able  to  go 
alone.  Lean  auon  me^^else  1  snail  think  that  yua 
have  not  torgiveu  me." 

Cecil  took,  bis  aim  and  led  tbe  way  by  tbe  forest 
path  in  tha  dueciiuo  ot  ber  bume.  A  lew  minaies' 
walk  breaght  ibem  out  upon  the  steep  village 
street  and  verv  near  tbe  parsonage.  As  they  en- 
tered tbe  little  garden  gate,  tbe  old  boasekeeper, 
Gretoben,  came  out  to  meet  them  with  loud  cTpret- 
sions  of  alarm  at  the  evident  weakneaa  of  her  yuang 
mistress.  She  fainy  worshiped  tbe  Pastor's 
nibce,  and  Cecil  furueu  a  smile  and  diiengaged  her 
arm  trom  its  support  as  sbe  said  : 

"  Hash,  Gretchen,  you  wih  alarm  my  uncle.  I 
am  not  seriously  hurt." 

She  battened  to  explain  the  recent  accident,  and 
theu  invited  her  comoauluua  to  enter  tbe  house. 

"Not  now,"  anawered  Lord  Glenbam.  "Bat 
we  will  avail  ourselves  of  your  Kiud  Invitation  to- 
morrow." 

He  raised  bis  hat  oourteontly,  and  waited  until 
Cecil  had  eutered  the  dwelling  with  her  old  servaat, 
and  then  hu  led  Uie  way  down  to  the  village. 

At  a  little  distance  from  the  parsonage  Lord 
Glenbam  baited  and  looked  back,  a  new  Ugnt  in  his 
eyes,  a  new  glow  on  bis  face. 

"  Ho  he  loves  her  toot"  ihonght  Crafton,  h^s  tout 
convulsed  with  bofflad  fury.  "  fiat  he  has  not  won 
her,  and  be  never  shall.  For  I  love  her,  too — tbis 
patrician  beaaty  of  tbe  BlaoK  Forest— I  love  her, 
and  I  swear  oy  all  that  is  holy  that  abe  aball  be  my 
wife — my  wile,  and  not  his.  He  will  woo  her 
openly.  That  1  cannot  do,  lest  be  know  me  for  hit 
rival.  Tet  it  suail  no  hard  if  I  do  not  undArmiue 
him,  cause  her  to  refuse  him,  and  then  win  her  for 
myself.  Tbe  brst  thing  U)  be  done  ia  to  discover 
how  Ibis  Bnglish-lookiug  and  Buglish-speaking 
young  lady  nappeus  to  be  the  niece  of  a  German 
i:>as(ur.  Ab.  my  lord,  cherish  your  little  fancies, 
dream  your  little  dreams,  while  I  step  ia  and  win 
the  prize  before  your  very  eyest" 

The  nextday  tie  young  Englishmen  oaUed.  Tbeir 
interview  with  the  old  Pastor  was  a  pleasant  one. 
Cecil  was  transcendently  lovely.  Both  of  the  yoirag 
men  were  desperately  lu  love  with  her,  aud  each 
resolved,  if  posoiole.  to  win  her  for  his  wife. 

Tcey  settled  cnemselves  oomtortably  at  Zdrlits, 
banted  in  the  forest,  and  visited  the  parsonage 
uaily.  Absorbed  in  his  books,  tbe  Herr  Pastor  paid 
little  heed  to  the  -visicors  wnom  Cecil  eutertaiued. 
June  faded  into  July,  and  August  came  ard  went, 
and  still  the  Bngiishmsu  lingered  at  Zorlita.  ITo 
one  but  abarp-eyad  old  Grerohen  auapeoted  that 
tnev  were  to*  lurers  of  "Iitde  Ceotl,"  or  saw  the 
skaoge  in  her  yoaog  mistress. 


to  hmelf, .  well  oonteatef,  "And  he  IfVM.  ber. 
The  Herr  Pastor  Is  faflinc— no  one  can  see  it  but 
I>--bn«  when  ha  die*  the.  UttI*.  frwlem  wlU  bare  a 

grand  home.aad  a^roteotor,  and  will  not  be  driven 
>  earn  her  own  Uvlog,  as  Inave  often  feared  I" 

It. was  plain  to.  Cralttm  that,  theyoiig  Earl  was 
tbe  favored  lover  of  Cecil,  but  this  ooavlotion  by  uo 
means  dampened  the  ardorof  hla  own  love,  oroaused 
him  to  desist  from  his  suit     . 

"I  shall  win  taert"  be  said  to  himself,  grimly. 
"Z  oan  work  and  wait.  In  spite  of  any  obstacle  m 
my  oath ;  in  spite  of  Glenbam's  beaaty,  raak,  aad 
wealth  r  in  spite  ot  the  fact  even  that  the  giri  loves 
him  and  dislikes  me,  I  will  win  her  I  I  devote  my- 
self, mind  and  body,  heart  and  soul,  to  tbe  task ; 
but  if  I  shootd  fail^-as  I  shall  not— I  would  utterly 
destroy  the  4clrl  before  aoy  other  shoold  possess 
her  I" 

Tbe  bard,  evjU  look  in  his  eyes  attested  to  the 
ttuthfnlness  of  this  declaration. 

As  the  month  of  Aagast  drew  to  a  close,  Lord 
Glenham  began  to  make  preparstioDs  toqoitZor- 

liti,  as  he  bad  to  return  home  to  keen  his  engsge- 
ments  with  a  party  of  gaests  whom  he  had  invited 
to  spend  the  month  of  September  with  bim  at  his 
sbiiotiug-box  in  the  Scottish  Highlands.  On  the 
OVQ  of  hit  departure  be  oslled  npoo  Herr  Bruuken, 
avowed  his  love  fur  Cecil,  and  asked  for  her  band  ia 
marriage.  The  old  Pastor  was  deeply  moved,  and 
after  oonsideratile  hesitation,  i-evealed  to  the  young 
nobleman  a  secret  whioh  afiiected  him  profbnudly. 
On  recovering  from  tbe  siiootc,  he  asked : 

"  Does  Cecil  know,  ber  bistory  I" 

"  No  ;  I  have  not  dared  yet  to  tell  her." 

"  Then  keep  it  a  secret  still  fTom  her.  She  must 
pever  know  it.  And  give  ber  to  me.  Main  Herr,  if 
sbe  will  marry  me,  and  let  me  gi^ard  and  protect 
her—" 

"  Yon  are  generoos.  my  lor<^,  but  this  cannot  yet 
be.  Yuu  shall  not  marry  her  on  a  generous  impulse. 
Besides,  she  is  too  youiig.  Go  back  to  your  own 
cunntry  for  one  year,  leave  her  to  me.  and  if, 
another  Summer,  you  si  til  love  Cecil,  come  and 
claim  her.  Bat  now  you  mast  not  speak  to  ber  of 
love.    She  is  but  a  child — she  is  only  aaventeen." 

Lord  Glenbam  waa  forced  to  acquiesce  in  the  old 
Psstor'a  decision, 

Cecil  was  called  in  and  ibe  Earl  took  leave  of  her 
in  her  guardian's  presence.  His  lordship's  longae 
waa  eilenced  upon  the  subject  of  love,  bat  his  eyes 
told  tbe  tale  bis  lips  had  been  torbiddun  to  utter, 
and  the  girl's  sunl  thrilled  under  his  worshiping 
gaze. 

"  I  am  going  away,  Cecil,"  said  his  lordship,  with 
a  tenderness  be  could  not  repress.  "I  am  going 
home  to  Bogland,  bat  I  shall  return  next  Rummer. 
Good-by,  Cecil — good  by,  my  darling  I" 

The  sorrow  Inner  sweet  eyes  robbed  him  of  bis 
self-control.  He  caught  her  to  his  breast  and  show- 
ered kisses  on  her  pare  \  oung  face  in  an  irrepressi- 
ble agitation.  Then,  gently  patting  her  from  him, 
he  wrung  the  Pastor's  hand  and  dashed  from  the 
houie. 

An  bonr  later   I,ord   Glenham  and  Maldred  Craf 
ton  lett  Zjrlitz  on  tneir  way   to  Sngland,  the  latter 
'  priimliing  to  bimselKk  speedy  and  secret  return. 

That  evenfhg.  as  tbe  good  old  Pastor  sat  alone  in 
his  study,  meditating  upon  tbe  great  syent  of  the 
day, the  dour  opened  and  old  Uretoben  oamelo,  bear- 
ing in  one  hand  a  lighted  candle,  in  tbe  other  a  small 
packet,  upon  which  was  impressed  tbe  London  post- 
mark. 

The  Pastor  tore  open  tbe  packet  aa  aoon  as 
Gretcben  had  retired.  Two  English  bank-notes  fell 
upon  his  knee,  and  a  folded  sheet  of  paper,  upon 
which  he  saw  handwritiug,  followed  them.        ' 

The  old  icbolar  started,  recoiling,  his  gentlt  face 
growing  troubled  and  perplexed.  I 

.'•A  letter  J"  bs  muttered.  "The  first  letter  I 
ever  received  from  Cocll'a  lormer  imardian.     X  have 

received  fifty  pounds  from  bim  every  year,  butT^jjer 
a  toranof  writing  before.  What  bat  he  tif^Jjio 
met  Soes  he  intend  to  take  the  child  from  m'^1  Is 
tho  long  mTsteryoi  fourteen  years  to  be  cleared  away 
at  last  )" 

Herr  Brocken  unfolded  the  msrtteriout  letter,  a 
strange  agitation  quivering  throagh  all  his  nervfj. 
He    believed  bimseir  to  staoa  upon    the  threshold  of 

the  solution  of  tbe  strange  mystery  of  Cecil's  or^jlu. 
A  blur  obscured  his  vision.    lie  removed  his  tuec- 

taclea  and  wiped  them  with  a  trembling  Land. 
Then  he  spread  oat  tbe  sheet  of  paper,  his  usger 
old  eyes  fairly  devouring  its  contents. 

The  letter,  as  hs  noticed  alter  reading  it,  was 
written  upon  plain  white  paper,  without  water- 
mark or  imprint  of  aay  sort  whatever.  Tho  baoo- 
wnting  was  coarse,  and  ilanted  backward  with 
evident  attempt  at  disgdise.    Thefe  was  no  date  to 

tbe  letter,  which  was  aa  follows: 

"  Hebb  BuocKUi:  It  it  nuw  fourteen  yeart  since 
I  left  with  you  tbe  little  nameless  child  wnom  yuu 
agreed  to  bring  afk,  and  in  all  that  time  X  have  nev- 
er written  a  line  to  yon.  nor  have  I  beard  from  you 
directly,  but  I  am  aware  that  the  child  is,  unfor- 
tunately, still  alive.  I  have  remitted  regularly  to 
you  for  her  support  tbe  sum  of  flf  ty  pounds  per  an- 
num. I  remit  tbat  sum  herewith,  as  usaal,  m  Bank 
of  England  notes.  As  she  is  now  about  seventeen 
years  old,  and  qiiice  able  to  make  her  own  wav,  I 
shall  not  send  any  more  money  for  ber.  A«  this  is 
the  first,  it  will  also  be  the  last  oommunioadon  yoa 
will  ever  receive  from  mo. 

"I  suppose  that  she  has  been  brongbt  np,  in  ac- 
cordan>:e  with  my  inytrui'tions,  as  a  German  puas- 
BQt  girl.  I  suppose,  also,  that  iibe  is  contented  with 
her  lot,  since  she  has  never  known  any  other.  If 
abe  sbonlil  marry  some  wood-carver  of  your  people, 
then  my  beat  wishes  for  her  welfare  will  have  been 
fulfilled. 

"  It  ia  scarcely  neceaaary  for  me  to  repeat  what  I 
told  yo'u  fourteen  yeara  ago,  that  tbe  gul  has  no 
friends  save  those  she  mav  have  made  at  Zrlilz; 
ho  relations;  and  tbat  tbs  beat  she  can  do  lor  her- 
self Is  to  live  and  die  in  the  obscurity  of  tbe  Black 
Forest.  My  care  and  concern  for  her  end  herewith. 
Neither  sue  nor  you  will  ever  bear  from  me  again." 
There  was  no  signature  to  this  epistle.  Herr 
Brocken  read  it  over  the  aeoond  time  and  aighed 
heavily, 

"  Tbe  unknown  gnardian  washes  bis  banda  of 
Cecil,"  be  mattered.  "  All  connection  between  tbe 
girl  and  her  early  past  is  now  completely  severed. 
Shs  will  never  solve  tbe  mystery,  never  know  her 
origin.  I  almost  wish  that  I  had  not  aent  Lord 
Glenham  away,  and  yet  I  could  not  do  otherwiDe. 
Aocordiag  to  the  traditiona  and  usages  of  tbe 
world,  a  girl  like  Cecil,  no  matter  bow  great  her 
beaaty,  geniua,  and  goodneas,  la  no  fitting  -wife  tor 
a  great  lord." 

The  door  opened  while  bia  eyea  were  riveted  on 
tbe  paper,  and  Cecil  came  in  slowly,  balf-sbyly. 

The  Pastor  made  a  movement  to  put  the  letter  in 
his  desk,  but  changed  his  purpose. 

■'  Uy  aear,"  be  said,  "  yoa  seem  somehow  less  of 
a  child  to  me  than  usual  to-night.  My  heart  isbeavy 
and  acre  with  many  buideot.  Shall  I  lay  them  upon 
your  young  ehonlders  f " 

Tbe  tender  young  face  at  once  grew  stronger 
with  a  gravity  and  courage  that  touched  tbe  old 
scholar. 

"I  did  not  know  that  you  were  bearing  secret 
bnrdens,  uncle."  said  CeciL  "Let  me  help  yoa. 
X>o  you  need  money !" 

The  Pastor  glanced  at  the  two  bank-notes  on  his 
desk. 

"  Ko,  dear.  It  is  not  any  fear  of  poverty  tbat 
troubles  me,"  ne  said,  gently.  "I  feel  strangely 
weak.  I  realize  to-night  (bat  1  am  growing  old.  I 
may  not  Uvd  another  ye^r,  and  there  are  things 
yon  ought  to  know.  I  will  tell  them  to  you  now.- 
iDeoil,  this  handsome  English  lord  asked  me  to-day 
for  my  consent  to  address  you  aa  yonr  suitor." 

Tbe  girl  blushed  and  paled,  and  her  eyes  glowed 
wiih  a  switt  and  dazzling  splendor. 

"  -What  did  yoa  aay,  anola  1"  sne  whispered,  after 
a  little  pause. 

"I  bade  him  wait  a  year.  I  told  him  that  you 
were  too  young  to  marry." 

"  He  loves  me  1  He  loves  me  I"  Cecil  said  to  her- 
self softly,  ber  glorious  young  beauty  radiant  as  a 
star.  ''And  he  ia  coming  back  next  year  I  Oh, 
nnole,  I  am  the  happiest  girl  in  all  the  world  to- 
night I" 

The  old  Pastor  sighed  and  stroked  ber  hair  with 
a  shaking  hand.  A  great  struggle  was  going  on 
within  bim.  At  last  a  look  of  decision  settled  upon 
bis  careworn  features,  and,  with  bis  trembling  hand 
resting  on  Cecil's  head,  be  told  her  ber  bistory  as 
far  as  he  knew  it.  He  also  informed  ber  that  he 
had  told  it  to  Lord  Glenbam,  and  that  it  seamed  to 
make  bim  love  her  ail  the  more.  He  then  handed 
ber  the  letter  from  ber  anknown  guardian,  closed 
bis  eyes,  and  leaned  back  in  his  chair.  His  face 
looked  singularly  worn  and  sorrow  tul  in  the  dim 
light,  and  tbere  was  a  weariuets  in  the  drooping 
features  that  told  of  extreme  physical  weakness. 
No  one  marked  tbe  rapid  change  of  expreasioa  in 
the  young  face  at  bia  knee,  the  passionate  auguish 
in  the  sweet  eyes,  tbe  tense  lines  about  tbe  lovely 
mouth,  the  bitceroess,  horror,  and  despair  indi- 
cated in  all  her  perfect  features. 

The  letter  fell  at  last .  frum  Cecil's  hand,  and  tbe 
bright  head  drooped  to  tbe  Pastor's  knee,   while 

Cecil  save  irav  to  a  burst  of  passionate  weeping. 
"  M-V  child,"  said  the  old  scholar,  arousing  blmsolf 

with  hisformer  bewildered  expression,  "bush,  dear, 
yoa  pain  me.  I  would  have  keot  this  from  you  if  I 
kad  dared..  Lord  Glenbam  ma  y  oome  back.  G<)odns8S, 
beauty,  and  genius  are  of  more  value  than  ancestry. 
Put  the  letter  in  your  pocket.  It  may  prove  a  clue 
some  day." 

He  took  from  the  desk  a  small  packet,  which  be 
opened. 

"My  good  wife  wrote  oat  the  history  of  your 
coming  here,"  be  said,  "and  here  it  is.  We  both 
'signed  ii.  And  the  good  wife,  who  was  clever  with 
ber  pencil,  made  tbat  nigbr,  after  your  guardian's 
denarture.  a  sketch  of  bit  faoe.  Here  it  ia. '  It  can 
perhaps  do  yuu  no  good,  but  as  tho  mau  might  have 
been  your  lather,  we  preserved  it  for  you  1" 

Cecil  seized  tbe  paper  eagerly,  and  stared  at  the 
picture  wiih  great,  devouring  eyee, 

It  represented  a  .vouug  man  with  a  fair,  English 
face;  a  heavy,  cruel  mouth;  amall,  bine  eyes,  the 
left  one  ba-nng  a  peculiar  droop  ;  and  with  a  large 
mole  on  tbe  leit  cheek.  Tbe  face  was  hard,  oold, 
and  nnpleasanr^  and  Cecil  sbnddered  as  she  studied 
it,  feeling  a  qaiok  sense  of  reoulsion  toward  it. 

"Da  you  think  that  he  was  my  father!''  she 
asked. 

"The  good  wife  thought  not.  Bat  he  might  have 
l>eeD.  Mea  can  be  very  ornnl  to  their  owa  flesh 
and  blood  when  they  are  supremely  selfish.  Keep 
the  picture,  dear.  And  now,  Ceoil,  we  must  aay 
good-night.' 

Cecil  knelt  down  beside  bim,  and  he  laid  his 
Iiands  on  her  head  and  bleaseit  her.  Then  he  em- 
braced her  tenderly  as  sne  arose,  and  dismissed  her. 

Tbe  old  Pastor  leaned  back  In  his  chair.  His 
long,  eoaniv  looks  fall  aroimd  his  -venerable  faoe, 
and  bis  eyelids  drooped  wearily. 

"  Poor  little  Cecil  I"  he  said  to  himself,  yet  with- 
out seeming  to  realise  his  words.  "  I  seem  to  havs 
tbe  gift  of  Second  aifht  to-night.  A  terrible 
fatnre  yawns  before  her.  Poor  little  one  1  God 
shield  her  1" 

Wben  morning  dawned  ha  still  sat  in  bis  easy- 
obair,  but  his  head  was  thruwa  back ;  tbe  gentle 
smile  was  froxen  on  his  features,  which  ware  rigid 
as  marble. 

Tbe  old  Pastor  had  gone  to  Join  his  good  wife. 
He  was  dead,  and  Ceoil  Bosse  was  left  alone  in  the 
world  to  meet  tbe  terrible  perils  in  store  for  her  I 

The  grief  of  CeciL  when,  the  next  morning,  she 
discovered  tbe  old  Pastor  sitting  dead  in  bis  Chair, 
was  Indescribable.  Sbe  felt  that  she  waa  now  lu- 
deed  alone,  and  without  a  guide  in  the  world.  But 
old  Grstoben  and  all  the  neighbors  oomtorted  bee, 
and  by  the  time  the  fonerai  oeramanlaa  bad  ended 
aud  the  a&irs  of  the  Pastor's  estate  bad  been  set- 
tled, tbi)  ISt  recovered  bet  oSaai  Mtttlefty  of  spiiite 


to  XnglMid,  raooQiapaaied  by  Gretoben,  and  see  if 
•be  oonld  not  find  some  traoa  of  her  tamily. .  As 
they  set  oat,  old  Oretcfaeni  lookmg  baek  at  the 
forest-vulage  throagh  ber  tears,  naiutered: 

"I hope  that  we  ain't  roshiag  sttaightlnto  troaftle  I 
And  yet  a  creeping  feeling  comes  over  me  that  there 
are  dark  days  ahead  !  I  wish  I  could  read  tbe  fa- 
tnre 1 "  The  above  we  publisb  as  a  speoimen  ehap- 
ter;  hut  the  continuation  of  this  story  wlU  be 
fooiid  onlv  In  the  K.  Y.  Ledger.  Ask  for  the  num- 
ber dated  March  3,  which  can  now  be  had  at  aoy 
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to  Bobert  Bonner,  pabllsber,  180  -William  street, 
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DIFFICDLTT  OF  OBTAINING  SUITABLE 
CAVALBT  HORSES. 
From  the  London  Telegraph,  Jan.  3b. 
A  large  number  of  letters  have  been  for- 
-warded  for  insertion  in  the  columns  of  The  Daily 
leleamph,  in  answer  to  thote  tbat  have  recentlv  ap- 
peared from  "Bmeritus"  and  "X  Drsgooa"  on  the 
interesting  and  important  qneation,  "How  are  we 
to  get  horses!"  "Stockwell  "  is  of  opinion  that 
those  -writers  onght  to  have  rather  propounded  the 
query,  "WTiere  are  we  to  get  horses  I"  In  Ireland, 
which  is  tbe  great  horsc-prodnoing  oonntry  for  our 
tronprrs  and  cavalry  remoanrs,  the  regimental  deal- 
era  have  the  greatest  difficnliy  In  flnding  the  sni- 
able  article.  Af^er  much  mdnstrlous  search  they 
collect  a  batch  of  animals  for  tbe  insoectioa  of  tbe 
Colonel  and  ver4>rinary  surgeon,  whose  reg- 
iment mav  be  stationed  in  some  English  town. 
Mariv  Colonels  nf  crack  cavalry  regiments  are  ex- 
ceedingly pnrlicnlar  in  tbeir  selections  as  to  nni- 
formity  in  size,  color,  &o.,  and  in  order  to  conciliate 
these  officers  the  contractor  will  in  some  oases  pay 
the  farmer  or  breeder  a  price  in  excess  of  the  rngl- 
mental  standard  for  a  good  young  horse.  The  pro- 
position of  "Emeritus"  "and  "  X  Dragoon  "  Is 
never  likely  to  be  larried  on',  as  many  regiments 
are  staliooed  in  great  manatacturing  and  commer- 
cial cenirps,  where  horse  fairs  are  seldom  held,  and 
where  "  Coloji*<" Fire-eater  "  would  be  nnable  to 
select  hal^>4^oz»n  t  hat  w^uld  meet  his  require- 
ments. ''He  wonld  be  showu  "  a  parade  "  of  "  the 
halt,  the  lame,  and  tbe  blind "  thnt 
wonld  so  sicken  him  that  be  wonld 
forever  eFchew  the  oCRce  of  "dealer,"  and  reseek 
the  aid  and  services  of  the  regimental  contractor. 
Tbe  sosrcity  of  horses  is  so  grsat  and  tbe  piioe^  no 
much  increased  that  steeds  stutable  for  cavalry  pur- 
poses are  worth  much  more,  and  command  higher 
prices  among  jubmasters,  dealers,  and  private  bny- 

ere  ;  and  it  ia  only  at  the  end  of  a  fair,  when  theHa 
men    have    r<'jpoted   them',    that  tbe    farmera   and 

breeders  will  treat  with  the  regimental  contractor 
and  accept  his  price.  The  snggestion  enunciated 
by  "Eraerltas"  as  to  a  Colonel  fixing  and  advertis- 
ing a  rendezvous  for  the  purobsne   of  norses    might 

be  attended  by  anccess  in  Canada  or  the  Western 
States  of  America  bat  neither  in  England  nor 
Ireland  would  his  efiorts  meet  with  suo4^88.  For 
fatace  troopers  and  cavalry  remounts  Ve  mtist  look 
to  oar  Canadian  dominions 

"  Sabreur"  writes  that  the  Eftstem  question  has 
closed  the  export  trtide  from  Russia  aud  Austria, 
and  tbat  at  any  hour  Prinre  Bismarck   may   decree 

that  no  horee  sbail  Itave  Germany,  At  tbe  present 
moment  France  seeks  6,000  cavalry  and  artillery 
remoDnta,  for  which  she  is  wiillns  to  pav  from  900 
to  1,500  franca.  For  the  coming  Exhibition  the 
Paris  omnibus  and  tramway  companies  require  2.000 
fresh  animals.  Here,  our  Colonels  of  cavalrv  pay  43 
gnioeaa  for  three- y«aroldB.nnd,8bonld  war  breakout, 
ot  what  nse  wonld  such  immatare  colts  be  in  a  cam- 
paign t  Oar  relief  must  onme  from  Canada  and 
America.  The  only  remedy  to  this  equine 
soarciiv    is    to    draw    upon     the     unlimited      san- 

pllee  Vbicb  exist  in  thete  countries.  By  the  last 
oeatus  there  were  nearly  9,>'i00,000  horses  in  the 

'  states  alone,  against  2.762,000  in- Great  Britain.  In 
tbe  one  State  of  Illinois  tbe  numbers  are  increasing 
at  the  rat'fi  of  50,000  per  annum.  Tli<>ogh  not  snc- 
cessl'nl,  the  best-looking  horse  in  tbe  paddock  at* 
Goodwood  was  the  strapping  American  Preakness, 
who  looked  quite  np  to  grand  Liverpool  form  or  a 
"clinker"  la  the  tbiret.  Wo  are  at  our  wit'a  end 
for  blood  weight-carrying  hunters,  and  this 
class  of  borse  is  to  be  bad  in  the  blue- 
grass  region  of  Kentucky— par  excellence  the 
floett  breeding  country  in  the  world.  There 
are  to  be  found  the  desc<!nd4nts  of  Messenger. 
Priam,  Glencoe,  Margrave.  Tranby,  and  strains  ot 
tho  best  blood  in  our  Stnd-oook.  The  horses  of 
Canada  and  tbe  Western  States  nre  large,  powerful, 
well-shaped,  upstanding  animals,  possessing  crreat 
bone  and  substance,  with  plenty  of  size  below  the 
knee,  aad  with  excellent  feet.  All  are  natural 
trotters,  and  roaring,  so  common  with  us,  is  an  al- 
most unknown  mala   y. 

The  anchor  of  "  England's  Horsoa  for  Peace  and 
War"  states  that  ho  jt  a  prscucal  man  in  horse- 
dealing  both  at  home  and  abroad.  "  E.ueritua  " 
draws  atreucion  to  the  mnnner  in  which  recraits 
are  got,  and  soggests  a  parallel  method  for  obtain- 
ing remounts.  'I'he  obvious  reply  is  tbat  recraits 
are  to  be  bad,  but  not  remouota  Beferring  turiber 
to  tbe  letter  of  "Emenius,"  the  writer  asks. ^pre- 
suming the  Colonel  of  a  cavalry  regiment  were  to 
discharge  the  contractor  and  assume  tbe  functions 
of  a  horse-dealer,  bow  many  bree  lers  or  farmers 
would  give  him  the  first  retasal  of  their  prodnce  < 
It  must  be  an  unsound  or  comparatively  inferior 
animal  tbat  during  tbe  prevailing  •  dearth 
is  not  worth  mora  than  tbe  regala;iou 
price,  (£40.)  And  for  such  as  would 
suit  cavalry  Colonels,  and  paas  tbe  lynx- 
eyed  mi'ltary  prolessional,  at  his  Wbow  there  are 
eager  buyers  who  will  pay  more  than  "  Col.  Fire- 
eater"  can  pHy  fur  the  Government.  Tbe  idea,  too, 
of  young  Colts  lor  tbe  severe  work  ot  carrying  our 
soldiers  and  tbeir  heavy  appliances  in  full  march- 
ing order,  or  to  stand  the  terrible  ordeal  of  the  rid- 
ing-school drill,  Is  all  wrong.  luCanadaand  Amer- 
ica, where  there  are  immense  numbers  of  ibe  horses 
required  for  our  Army,  tbe  suggestions  of  "  Emeri- 
tns'  might  be  practicable,  bat  In  thete  Itlands  they 
are  preposterous  and  impossible. 

V  FRIGHTFUL  TRAOBDY  J.V  BRITTANY. 
A  frightful  tragedy  has  taken  place  in  Saint 
Brleuc,  a  seaport  town  in  Bnttany.  A  Journaliit 
named  M.  Le  Foil,  connected  with  a  local  newspaper 
called  Le  Progrit,  tent  an  Invitation  to  Capt. 
Wortz,  of  tbe  Seventy-flrtt  Begiment,  to  call  at  his 
ofBce  on  urgent  bosiness.  The  Captain  did  so,  and 
found  himself  in  presence  of  M.  Le  Foil, 
Who  abruptly  pat  to  him  this  question,  "  Is 
it  true  that  .von  visited  my  wife  while  I 
was  absent  trom  town?"  The  Captain  replied 
"Yea"  "Yon  admit,  then,"  continued  the  baa- 
band,  "  to  have  relations  with  her  I  "  "  Not  at  all," 
protetied  Capt.  Wurtz.  "  Will  you  promise  me, 
then  said  M.  L.e  Full,  "  to  debt  with  any  one  who 
says  tbat  vou  are  the  lover  of  my  wlfsi  "  "Cer- 
taioly  not,"  responded  tbe  military  man,  "  beoanse 
in  that  case  I  should  be  obliged  to  deal 
with  all  the  blaokauarda  yoa  might  choose 
to  send  me.  Bat  if  '  voa  desiro  it 
I  will  fisht  With  yoa."  Then  M.L  e  Foil  followed 
with  thia  strange  quettion,  "Will  you  sign  e  dec- 
laration stating  on  vuur  honor  that  you  have  never 
bad  any  impropor*intimaoy  with  my  wife?"  "  Cer- 
tainly, reolied  Capt.  Wurtz,  "  as  it  is  perfectly 
true."  He  sat  down  at  a  table  and  began  to  write 
the  required  document,  when  L.e  Foil  drew  a 
poignard  and  staobed  him  twice  In  tbe  back. 
Although  Capt.  Wurts  was  ttruck  down  bv  the 
second  blow  he  found  enough  strength  to  disarm 
hit  antagonist.  Holding  the  dagger  in  bis  hand  he 
said  to  bis  assassin,  "  Miserable  wretch,  go  and 
aave  yonrself  1  I  ounld  kill  you  like  a  dog."  (Je 
pourrais  vous  tuer  eomme  un  chien.)  But  I  wane 
to  come  out  of  tbis  affair  with  my  honor  unfitaiued." 
Lb  Foil  escaped  from  the  ofSce  of  hfs 
journal,  and  went  to  his  own  bouse  carry- 
ing tbe  dagger.  Going  up  to  his  -wife  he 
said:  "I  have  killed  your  lover;  now  die  ia  your 
turn."  With  these  words  he  stabbed  her  to  tbe 
heart.  Proceeding  to  the  Hotel  ot  tbe  Croix  Blanche 
he  there  r^uined  a  woman  named  Guinette,  who 
bad  been  his  mistress  for  IS  months.  They  went 
out  together,  but  what  took  place  afterward  la  not 
known.  In  tbe  morning  the  lifeless  boaies  of  the 
conple  were  found  at  the  gate  ot  the  public  paric 
of  the  t3wn  known  as  the  Glals  Bizoin.  There  is 
no  doubt  that  Le  Foil  had  first  killed  the  woman, 
and  then  bad  taken  his  own  life  with  a  revolver 
which  was  found  upon  nis  corpse. 

ENOLISR  PAINTINGS  AT  THE  CENTENNIAL. 
"Atlaa,"   in   his   oontribation  to  the   Liondou 

World,  mjn   "Duabts  were  naturally  entertained 

whether  the  pictures  sent  to  the  International  Ex- 
hibition at  Philadelphia  might  not  be  injured  by 
tbe  doable  voyage  across  the  Atlantic.  Tbo  ex- 
treme beat  of  the  weather  in  tbe  United  States 
might  have  affdcted  them,  and  the  vibration  of  tbe 
steamer  iu  which  they  were  transported  might 
have  had  an  eqaally  bad  efiect  Fortunately,  no 
appreciable  damage  has  beeu  done,  and  Mr. 
Jopling  deserves  no  small  credit  fur  this.  He 
succeeded  better  ia  taking  good  care  of 
tbe  pictures  tban  in  nersuading  the  United 
States  Commistioners  to  agree  with  him  iu 
all  things.  He  was  simply  an  accomplished  artist, 
wbeieas  they  were  merely  Commisdioners.  Among 
those  tent  were  the  Boyal  Academy  diploma  pic- 
tures. Tnese  were  shown  at  Philadelphia  for  the  first 
time  in  pnblic.  They  comprise  such  works  as  those 
by  Constable, Tumer.and  Wilkie.  and.  as  a  whole,  are 
the  most  representaiive  ana  xbaracteristic  tpeci- 
mens  of  the  Euglish  school.  Perhaps  tbe  Council 
of  the  Boyal  Academy  may  think  that  the  time  has 
now  oome  for  these  pictures  being  seen  by  the 
English  public.  If  they  can  be  exhibited  in  Phila- 
delphia they  may  be  exhibited  in  London. 


Nob.         Demnrrert. 
7— Pinckaev     Vs.     The 

Mayor,  k.0. 
14— Brainerd  vs.  Bertram 

etal. 
1 5— Same  vs.  Same. 
17— Hsight  vs.  O'Donneli 
etaL 
Law  and  Fact 
47— Eteilly  vaOiiion  Pt  al. 
105— The  Harlem  Bans  va 
Decker  et  al. 
60— De  Zavala  vt.  Bart  et 


TSOB. 

148— Bitoh  ve.  Atlantic  tc. 

Padflo  Tel  Co. 
281— Ntcoll  vs.  cidrrmser. 
114— Kinney  va  Cohen. 
1 1  &— Kinney  vs.  Beach. 
283— Duucaa   va.     l>aucan 
etaL 
67— Herriot  va  Henint. 
•Jtf-Bard  vs.  0. 8.  Lite  Int. 

Co. 
38 — uawton    O.  Mov.  Cs. 
vs. '  'oean  8.  C.  Ca 
63— Tavlorvs.  Koche. 
74 — Andrews  et   al.Avt. 

Byiin.  ' 

87— Allien  va  Diossv. 
29— Green  vs.  Milaank.^ 
334— Whlilug  vs.   Qearty 

etal. 
1 10— Auff.u'th  va  Schmae- 

de.<e  et  aU 
I.tI— Ten  Byck  n.  Cory. 
35— bnrrotvs  ve.  Atlantic 

.  Na'.  Bank. 
82— Snare  va  Uardwloke. 

SUFBEUB   COUBT — CIBCUrr— FAST  I. 

Held  bv  Dpuo^ue,  J. 


ai. 

122— Backing  va  Banaelt 
etal. 

128— Grlssler  et  al.  va 
Powers- 

133— Busieed  vs.  Bosteed. 

136 — JacoliB  va  Miller.   > 

141- Steinbrrcher  vs.  Bey- 
er et  at. 

142— Guldet  va  Brown  et 
at 

143— Lyues  vaBrander,  Jr. 


VESSELS  OP  WAS  OP  ALL  NATIONS  B  UI 
ONE. 
The  number  of  vessels  of  -war  of  all  the  man- 
time  nations  amounted  in  1878,  according  to  some 
oflioial  statistict  lately  published  m  Germany,  to 
3,039,  of  which  809  were  tron-olads.  The  armam  ent 
comprised  280,000  men  and  15,000  giins ;  110  war 
vessels,  Inolnding  66  iron-dads,  were  m  course  of 
construction.  The  share  of  Germany  in  the  world's 
navy  was  21  tblpa  (11  being  iron-olads)— two 
frigates,  four  oorvettea,  five  ffuo-tKiats,  10  vessels 
fitted  with  screws  (of  which  four  are  oorvettea, 
three  tenderji,  aud  three  are  vesaela  with  torpe- 
doea.)  Aa  regards  tbe  number  of  vetaels  which  they 

fiostess,  the  dififereac  nations  rank  as  follows :  Eng. 
and.  France,  Busaia,  Turkey,  Auatria,  C^rmany, 
Italy,  Spain,  Holland,  Danmarlt,  Sweden  and  Nor- 
way, Portugal.  Italy  and  German.y  rank  together 
by  reason  of  the  great  nunbei  of  vessels  tbe.y  have 
lately  oonatmcted.  The  Oazette  d'Aitgsbourg.  com- 
menting on  these  fignrea,  expresae*  a  hope  that 
Germany,  who  flnda  herself  at  present  sixth  on  the 
list  will  oocapv  tbe  fourth  place  as  soon  as  tbe 
vessels  she  it  building  are  completed,  and  will  rank 
even  third  possibly  in  1883,  wben  the  programme 
Which  sha  has  drawn  dp  fur  hsrtslf  will  be  carried 
into  execatUm.  ZJm  United  States  Havy  is  tgaored 


Nos. 

1993— Pitts  et  ah  va  OU' 
dprdonk 

2011— Rodman  va  King. 

2691 — Uill  et  al.   vs.   Con- 
ner, sheriff 

2637— PieKsrd    vs.   Bern- 
heimer. 

2G89-TBoyd    vs.     Jackson 
.  et  ai. 
1— Latourette  vs.  Clsrk. 

1613— Brown   vs.   Decker, 
'  impi'd. 

2091— Carroll  vs.  Cassidv. 

2864— Bxcelsior    Pet.    Co. 

vs.  Fowler,  impl'd. 

902  >g— denlen  vs.  Powers 

4297— (Trey  et  alUx'^a.vs. 
Jobes, 

2803— Laflin  le  Itand  Pow- 
der Co. -rs.0.illandpt. 

2849— Frane  .vs.  DhI.,  Lack 
t  W.  R.  R.  Co. 

aSTl-ArcliT  va  O'Brien, 
Sheriff 

aSOl — f'mn-ra.  Aam'r..T«. 
■The  Uayor,  Jco. 

2909-Breea  ya   Mulock, 

etaL 
2943— Klu  any     vs.     Basch 

et  al. 
2996— '-pilnger  et   aL  va 

Herman, 
3007— Bughea  vs.  Rubeua. 
3U09 — Same  vs.  Savof. 
2649— KeiieyvB.1  he  Mayor 

&c. 
2517— Vallely,    Adm'r..  vs. 

Amend  et  al. 
3065^Sanciiez  vs.  Stenw. 
1657— Goldsmith  va  Daly 

etsL 
lC-83 — Coilios    -versus  Tbe 

Mayor,  Sec. 
1841— Fitzpatrick  vt.  The 

lla.yorj  be. 


K.8. 

1436— Parcell  versus  The 

Mu.yor,  &.& 
1437— Hayes   versus     The 

Mayor,  tc 
2769— Vo8»  V-..   Third  At. 

R.  a  Oo. 
2721— Tbeleman,    Jr.,  -vs. 

EmanneU 
2913— Aden    t  al.  vs.  Ache- 
son  et  al. 
3679-Bogstzjki    vs.    Bo- 

catzsifi. 
3091— WiHiur  vs.  Taylor. 
3785— OOrlg     va     Brodie 

et  al.,  Adm'rs. 
3103— French,   et    al..  Be- 

eeiver,    vs.   Gearty 

et»l. 
3109— McKeon     va     Don- 

nelL 
3127-  <'CB-«ar  vs.  Krngfr. 
2979— Butler,  Receiver,  va 

Seymour  et  al. 
3141— Flood    vs.   Cashing 

et  al. 
3153— Botler.  Receiver,  vi. 

Pbvte  et  aL 

3166— Butler,  Receiver, va 

Frudeafels  ei  aL 
3157— Butler,  Receiver,  VS. 

l>reyfoos  etal. 
2743— Cimfiu  va  Daniels. 
1963— Erwln.     Adm'x.    -vs. 

^eve^sinlc     ;3team- 

boat  x'ol, 
4391— Eemlngton,  Jr..  va 

Westerman. 
2761— WUbur  vs.  tioft. 
276.'{ — Miner  vs.  liofC. 

2805— Von  Aken  vt.  Von 
A  ken. 

2819— People's  n't.  of  N.I. 
rs.  Bogart  et  al. 

1311— Morgan  vt.  Conti- 
nental Lite  Ins.  Co. 


BumauB  coiTBT — ciBcnrr — ^PAaiit 
Seld  by  Lawrence,  J. 
Not.  Nos. 

1096— Hewlett  vs.  Wood  et 


aL 

1784— '^rennan     vt.     The 
llavor.  &c. 

1834— Oollins  vs.  Pierson. 

3082- Biug  et  al.  vs.  The 

Ma.vor,  fcc 

1038-SchalletaI.  va  Col- 
lier. 

2110— De     Lavalette      vs. 

Wfindt,  Kx-x,  &c 
1660— Fallen  bee  ye  8ilve^ 

stone,  impleaded. 
2786— Vlal  VS    tlie   Mayor, 

&C  .Of  .V.  r. 
3444— Litbmer  vt. Conner, 

.•■hrrilt 
1820— Schmid  et  sL  vs.  11- 

lig. 
1644— Bamlltsa  vt.  Eno. 
1 888 1^— Atkinson  va.  Mor- 
timer. 
601 — Bal  ev  vs.  Dodee. 
1696— Nai.  Bk.  of  foultney 

vs.  Collier. 
1664 — Tunison  vs.  Camp. 


1844— Donkin  vs.  AUarton 
et  aL 

4470— Mo  Hugh,  turv.,  va 
.Vlc.^tave,  impl'd. 

1910 — Pomeroy  vs.  AUer- 
ton. 

1912— Phillips  vs.  The  lu- 
ternational  Pun.  Co. 

1920 — CV    nea  vs.  Weeber. 
1922 — .Miller  et  aL  vs.  Os- 

roar. 
3648— Coaners,  Adm'x,  vs. 

Titus  et  al. 
1612— Moody   va.    Llbbvet 

aL 
1744— ''and''oTd  et  aL  vs. 

Harlem  R.  t  P  R.R. 
182t>a— timich  vs.  VVrlght, 

liiipleadeo. 
3102— Hcj.  KreecJch.  Afs'n 

vs.  The  Mayor,  kc. 
1678— Kepni'lic   of   Mt-xico 

vs.  A  na'o  in    &  Mex- 

can  K.  a.  uo. 
184e-('bti4tlanDnion  Pub. 

Co.  vs.  Rotchschim. 


BOPSEMB  couEr— ciBcnrr— PAST  m. 

Btid  bv  Fan  HruiU,  J. 
Vos 


Nos. 

278— Rpck  vs.The  Phoenix 

Fire  Ina  Ca 

2277— Delamater  et  al  vs. 

Amer.tL  K.(J.  KggC". 

636 — Da-rlsoii    et    aL    va 

Willetts  et  aL 
801 — Lee  r%  Sayles  et  sL 
31- Mpyefet  aL  vs  Am- 
idon. 
2720— Hook,  Kiecntor,  vs. 
Tiie  Ma.yor.  jcc. 
634 — Donohae   et  aL  -vs. 
Sherwood  et  aL 
1739— Corn     vs.     Conner, 
blieriff. 
849— Saportas     vs.     The 
Mavr,  tp. 
1879— Murphy  vs. The  May- 
or. Slo. 
4346— Thaule  vs.  Krekeler 
etaL 

SCPBRIOB  COUBT— OENXBAL  TBBIC. 

Adjourned  sine  die. 

SCFEBIOB  COUBT— SFSCIAi;  TEBU. 
Held  by  Sedairtek.  J. 
Case  on— Ka  64— Boody  vs.  Tllden  et  aL    No  other 
case  will  be  called  this  term. 

BUPSBIOB  COUBT— TBIAL   TBBU— PAST  L 
Held  by  Soeir.  J. 
Noi 


4493— McDermott   vs.  Th« 
Mnvor.  ke. 

277'>— Ham  vs.  Ham  et   al 

30v!6-.  KuMer  et  aL  vs.  Hunt 
et  »L 

2089— McKuleht,  Ex'r,  vs. 
Devlin  et  aL 
37— Bl'Pk  et  aL  vs.  Con- 
tinental Nat.  Bank. 

3161— Donovan     vs.    Con- 
ner, .she'iflE. 

1177— Boi>ert  vs.  HilL 

1549'a — Hicicev     vs.    The 
M«vor,  tc. 
803  Ja— Jones  vs.  The  May- 
or, &c. 
669— Lynch  vs.   Kleman. 

1668— Bgau  vs.  Tucker. 

1222^3— >vbedoa  et  aL  vs. 
KrideL 


Kos. 

10j3— CofTs  vs.   Lord,  Jr., 
et  al.,  Adm'r. 

468— Wraws.  Fedderke. 

365— [liamont  vs.  White. 

687— Purman  vg.  Titos. 
63— Copeland    va     Ells- 
worth. 

476^Morean,  Adnfx.  vs. 
McVlckar. 

446— Boyd  vs.  Phoenix 
Ins.  Co.  of  Hartford. 

631— Johnson.  Trust.,  va 
Opponheim. 

486— Schmidt  -vs.  Iieatn- 
am. 

758— Melvin  vs.  Care.v. 

606 — Pavue  et  aL  vs. 
Conner.  gheriS 

800>3— Snarman,  by  guar- 
dian. VS.  Keim. 

376— Ibe  Uanui'ts  and 
Builders'  Bank  vs. 
Faiigbum. 

619— Cleary,  Adm'x,  va 
Gambling. 


878— Peek,  Ex'x,-vs.Cohen. 

•IdO- Barle  va  Finket  al. 

435— Uall  vs.  Barrett,  im- 
pleaded. 

755 — Hartman  vs.  The 
Ol'ibe  Mutual  Life 
Ins.  Co. 

313 — Whomlngton,  im- 
pl'd, vs.  The  ^2d  Jt 
Grand  St.  F.  K.R.  Co. 

442— Strong  va  Harlem 
Savings  Bank. 

779 — Havemeyer,  Adm'r. 
et  al.,  vs.  Bave- 
me^-er  et  al. 

864— Statford,  Adm'r,  vs. 

N.     T.     Cent,      and 

Had.  Blv.  B.  B.  Oo. 

480^3 — Slmmoas  et  aL  vs. 

Webb. 
819— The  Mayor,  Itc  va 
Duryea. 
1096— Cornwall,  Adm'r,  -vs. 
Mills  et  al. 


OOIOIOII  tT<lA»-TKLai  imBaC-HPAlT  n. 
Beid  bn  L*rremore,J. 
Nos. 


;-  <if  ■ 


BUFEBIOB  COUBT — TBlAL  TERM — PAST  H. 

Beld  by  fretdman,  J. 
Nos. 


Nos. 

347— Far.  &  Mcs.  ITa*-.  Bk. 

of  Bufiialo  VS:  Brown 

etaL 
637— Franklin   vs.    Catlin, 

Jr.,  etaL 
672— Harrison   vs.    Eeford 

et  11. 
673- Harrison  vs.  Eosa 
743— DbL  Ror.,  vs.  Cremer. 
314— Qermania  Bk.  of  N.  Y. 

vs.  l<rost. 
669 — Dye  et  aL  vaAdriance. 
633— Matthews    vs.    Dris- 

coU. 
645— Baofluld  vt.  Gould. 
621— Lord  et  al.  vs.  Allen. 
866— Kiug  vs.  Kellv. 
629— Wbice  et  al.   vs.   Tal- 

mage  et  ah 
591— Sevmour  vt.  Fellows, 

Assignee. 


641— Pnllllps  vs.  Eager 
etal. 

784— Bauman  va  Hitch- 
cock. 

930— Sacta  vt.  O'Connor 
et  aL 

931- Kellogg  vs.  Dough- 
dfl.v. 

567 — Scully  vs.  Sanders. 

74'i— Da-yis  vs.  Blauvelt. 

748— Bersensteih  versus 
Simon. 

761— Hawier  va  Selovar 
et  nL 

754— Lawsou  et  aU  vt. 
Myerson. 

777 — Lmiler,  Jr.,  sur.,  vs. 
M.verson. 

1007— Ligbtstone  va  -Dry. 
fouset  aL 

1009 — ^Henderson  vs.  Sex- 
ton. 


BUFPBIOB  COUBT— TBIAL  TERM— FAST  OL 
StXd  by  Curtis.  0,  J. 
Kos. 
909 — Oent  vs.  Moonev. 

886^Wailing  vt.  Bensel 

ec  aL 
887-Prflgv8.  Benaeletal 
933— Marshall    vs.    Pegg 

etaL 
1006— Cutler  va  Cary. 
1034— Morris  et  al.  va  Goe- 

deke. 
1036— Heraberg  et  al.  vt. 

Murray. 
716— Archer  vs.  Garde. 
717 — lliisbrouok,    Adm'r, 

vs.  Oarae. 
700— Putnam   et  aL   vt. 

Van  Bioer  et  aL 
707 "»— Richards  et  aL  vs. 

Ciunm. 
821— Beruett  va  Kane. 
713— Farrell  vt.  Van  Tnyl 

etal. 


Bntter- 


NOB. 

948— ScheU 

field. 
949— People  State  of  S.T. 

-vs.  BulL 
1014— Kelly  vs.   O'Donneli 

et  aL 
1017— Sutherland  ve.  N.  T. 
Cen.  IlH.  B.  B.R.Co 
1023— Fester    vs.    ^eber, 

Adm'x. 
1032- American  Ued.   Ca 

'  Va  Kestler. 
1036— Bart  vs.I>aTle  et  aL, 

Kx'rs. 
1037— Bradbury  vt.  Walih. 
1038— Same  vs.  Same. 
662 — Dann  vs.  .£tua  Ina. 

Co.  of  Bariford. 
664— Dunn  vs,  Williams- 
burg City  F.  Int.  Co. 
606— Thurber  et  aL    vt. 
Uaahes. 

COMMON  FLEAS— aENEBAJ,  TSBK. 


Adjourned  oncll  the  first  Moaday  of  March. 

COMUOH  PLBAS— TBIAL  TEBU— FABT  I. 

B$Ul  by  Van  Botsm,  J. 

Nos.  ^ 

SOS— -WalkeiT     vs.      New 
Central  Coal  Co.  of 
Maryland- 
877— Wilson  va  Pine. 
723->0'Uouo^l  vs.  N.  T. 
U  Harlem  R.  B.  Co. 
969 — beyoeoker  vs.  Camp 
600— MoCormack   va    S. 
T.  U.  It  U.  E.  B.  B. 
Ca 
1156— Seligmau  vs.  South 
It  west  Alabama  R. 
E.Ca 
1206— fenn.  Hor.    Society 

vs.  Webster. 
1342— Broadway  dtableCo. 

vs.  Conner. 
1223— Mclntyre   vs.     Car- 
rolL 
866— Fiynn  vs.  Dayton. 
362— Gilet  vs.  Wetalar. 
945— Dean  vs.  Brown. 
384— Mott  vs.  Consumers' 
Ice  Co. 
1070— U.  8.    Reflector  Co. 

vs.  Euston. 
899— Andrews  vs.  Farley 

et  aL 
688— Sohenck  va.  Barker. 
690— Drayton  va  Crosoy. 
1108— Palmer    va    Clark, 

MarshsL 
1209-MnLBihy   vp.  N.  T. 
^ ^Flo*tlnff0i7  l>oels. 


M«a 

IISO— Trask  et  aL  va  Sol- 
omon. 
1163— Brlggs  vs.  Berdan. 
1149— Lunuv  va  Oarrity. 
362— UoGolrevs.  N.  X.  a 

fc  H.  B.  B.  B.  Ca 
966— Amsdell    et  aL    vs. 

Garde,  MarshaL 
865— Banks  vs.  Carter. 
892— Shandley    va     The 

Uayor,  bo- 
468— Egian  veriut     The 

Mayor,  ita 
716 — Busseil  vs.   Helms. 
I200^Haymaa  vt.  Bttath- 
saar. 
998— Uoir  vs.  Beach. 
1186— Pious  vs.  Gasser. 
1121— Eisemaa  va  Mayer. 
1105— Connell  vsMltObelL 
661— Kaimaavt.  Coaaei: 
274— Kearney  vaBlakley. 
874— Baoklev  va.    West- 
em  B.  B.  Ca 
1191— Sylvester  vs.  Bam- 

ate  In. 
1108— Davis  vs.  Dry  Bock. 
E.  B   li  &  B.  B.  Co. 
885— DUger    vt.   lIcDoii- 

ough.  ' 
466— Sterottezgar  vs.  Mo- 

Oovem. 
86fr— Brigat,  Jr.,vi.Weai^ 
<UMeiwrnnIte& 


ISToa. 

1095— Friessenvs.  Kichola 
1169— Fitch  vs.  6er/ten. 
1197— Sylvester  va  Bern- 
stem. 
660— Shelly  vs.  Yard.  Jr. 
1091— Werwiok    va    Ohl- 
weDer. 
176 — N  •witter     vs.     Qer^ 
mania  Fire  Ins.  Co. 
916— Bogert  vs.  Clark. 
1454— Towie  vt.  The  May- 
or. 
789 — Eisner  vs.  Morgan. 
"783— Doniieliy    va     The 

Mavor. 
1126— McOowan    vs.    Mc- 

Gowan. 
1090— Usubert  va  Lercb. 
786— Schroeder  vs.  Leu- 
boscner. 
1093 — Baidey  vs.  Shaw. 
1136— Lew  VS.  Pottdsm. 
497— Brown  vaPatterso^ 


897— Waalden  vs.  SobMk 
1066— Cohn.-Attignse,  VS. 

Conner.     — 
1 3  93— Ixics  vs.  Tfdr. 
907 — Schemerhoin        va. 

Devlin. 
604— Tho  N.  T.  Life  Int. 

Co.  vs.  Crosier. 
.S14— Devlin  vs.OaUasher. 
1097— Ublmati  vs.tiayman 
1*215— ShilTerdecker  yertui 

Gottwuld. 
SS5^Baokins':am  vs-K.T. 

<.'.   &  H.  R.  R.  R.  (Ja 
1050— Lnwrence  et  aL  rt, 

Ttie  Uavor,  be 
735 — Meacbam  vs.  Camp. 

belL 
738— Brovrer  vt.    Camp- 

beiL 
737 — Titomis     -vs.    Camp- 

lielL 
736— Haat  vs.  CamiilMiU. 


COISUOS  FI.KA3 — TBlAt.  TBBM— FABT  UL 
BtldbyJ.  F.  Dal^.J. 
Not. 


Kos. 
430— Jolmson     vs. 

Mayor,  Ilc 
942— Hewison    va. 


Tbe 
Sam- 
The 


1194— Weidhng   va. 
Mayor,  &c. 
670— Israel  et  aL  versos 
Nicholson. 
1179 — Kessei    versus    Tbe 
Miiyor,  tc. 
49.'*— Browvr  vi.  Day  ion. 
I(i79 — !«pencerva  CBri^iL 
7.10 — Koe  et  aL  VKBriiphy; 
887— Wslsh  vs.  .S.  ¥.  Fl'tjj 

Drv  Dock  Ca 
843— Second  N.it.   Bk.  of 
Paterson  va  Porter 
etaL 
1190— Seaman  et  aL    va 
Noonan. 
710— Sbipmjn    va   Plels- 

ticke:-. 
1266— Isaacs  vs.  Baer.    ' 
1140— Wyoea    va    Schap- 

oerV 
1114— Gouonde  va  Flood. 
641— ScliKgva.  Schla?. 
603 — .SobencK     vs.   Man- 

ziiie<'C. 
929— Cook  va  Clark. 
1116— Vaode  Wieie  va  Cal- 
lahan. 

COIOION  FLEAS— EQUrrr  TFBM. 

JIttd  by  Robinton,  J. 

Nos. 
8 — ^Le-vy  et  ai.  vs.  Ne-wman 
4— Finkenaner  va.  Demp- 
se.y. 
22 — Arnold  vs.  Morris. 
27 — Malcolm  vs.  Holmes  et 
ah 

33 Vt.  — . 

9— Goldsmith  vs.  Patter- 
son. 
UABICT  COUBT— TBIAL  TEBM— FABTL 

StldbyAllur.J. 
Nes. 

5419— Rngler     et   aL 
Freeman  ei  aL 


l(i23-'Leroiie  rt.  Brush. 
937 — liuppeiibfim         vs. 
I'fursbeimer.        r 
1053— KoHrtt  V...  Baencor. 
10i4— Kolleit  v8.The  Leech 
Aut.  Macliino  Ca 
631-Kuse  vs.  The  <l.  i.  It 
N.  il.  R,  K.  Oa 
1221— Brink  vs.  Pay. 
1184 — AcKermau    va     Miy 

Ar.hut. 
1182— Halgesva.  Huspratt 
et »[. 
8'?7— H-'idick  vs.  BovA. 
1060— Tnij -ffirt    va.    Van 

lu,;,-n  et  nL 
1258 — Un  rl  et  si  vs.  Tho 
Com.  G'n.Tran  .  Ca 
403— CurUs  vs  The  May- 
or be. 
880— Conlow  -vs.  C'"=e. 
118S— Donobue.  Adm'r,  vs. 

Boorain. 
1219— Parks  vs.  Pulton. 
42 — L'laijhran  vs.  Krlly, 
Shenffi 
1246-Fank  vs.   Lord,  Jr., 

etaL 
1180— La    Koe    vs.    Ocear 

SteaTu  Vav.  Ca 
277— Potoalaki  vs.  Levy" 


Nos. 

5766— Mackintosh  etaL  vs. 

Rogers  et  al. 
4682— Holler    et  al     va 

tiherrard,  Jr. 
6694 — Ailites  vs.  Conner. 
6209— Boach  vs.  Conner. 
6127— Tysen  vs.  Hulin. 
7810— Lang  et  aL  vs.  Mch- 

olsuu. 


Sos. 

26— nimar  vs.  Pattfitson. 
19— Be  imps  vs  T^nnt. 
17— Helm  vt.  The  Met.  Lltt 
Ins.  Ca 
Demxirrera. 

3— Gomperis  vs.  Wood. 
lM)r])h«a  Asy.  voa.  of  5. 
Y.  vs.  Water bory. 


VIS 


0042— Slmonsoh  va.  8pratt 

4742 — Qroiran  vs.  McAVoy) 
6066 — Tanaenbaum         v; 

H'.iiiender. 
5183— AtltinBoa  vt.  Morti 

mar. 
6108- SuUer  vs.  -Wlenlera 


1919— Perhyn  Slate  Co.  vs.  '6145— B.ake  et  aL  vs.  Con- 
Alien.  I  ner  et  aL 

16146— Scherer  va  Wolil 

KABtKB  COURT — TaiAL    TEBU — PARr  It. 

Held  by  OatoB,  J. 


Kos. 

8723— Redlioli    et    aL     vs. 

Bartta,  Impl'd,  fee. 
5947— McGregor   va.    Con 

n  r. 
3948 — Uaatvs.  Conner. 
6949 — Huof>r»V8.  <  onner. 
6s62— Kasemeyer  vs.  Dres- 

ler. 
6897— Quimov  vs.  Grat 
9038— Magiim  vs.  ©"Dey  et 

aL 
5657— Kupfer  va  Brigget 

ni. 
5886 — Niefleter  va.  Ka'z. 
6528 — Curry  vs.  Farley. 
6745— sh  he  VS.  Ber^aa. 
6836— Mills  vs.  Blunt. 
.'>710 — Wetzel  vs.  acbaaf. 
2987— Duteh  Va.  Doraev. 
d6j7— Maudelick   vs.  San- 
ders. 
5852 — Uertz  vs.  SobacliteL 
74U2 — Haniuer^r      versus 

Brooks. 
7435 — ClemB.it  vs.  Moian 
8436 — .ume  vs.  Same. 
58bii — WaudtrliCQ  Vi.Emsi 

41ol— SHVage  Versus    Ory 

Dock,  K.   B.  and  a 

Railroad   Cuiup  ny. 
9199— Chevalier  vs.  Kuhn- 

bt  imm. 
6902— browu  va  Fuiley. 
6V48 — Colt  vs.  Srevens,  Im- 

piei  ed,  &u. 
5908 — Cammoii  vs.  Doll  ei 

al. 
5682— Koeller  vs.  Toong  ei 

at. 
9173— Brooklyn   Bank  ve 

Meuard  et  aL 
6820— Pangborn  et  aL  vt 

CoUrn. 
5564— Tumball  vs.  Reed. 


Nos. 

.T'Jio — Metz  vs.  Aaron  et  aV. 
576.S — Lora  et  al  vs.  Craoa 
5188— Nf-yille    vs.    Bosaw 

IhaL 
4672— Beld  vs.  S'oneet  aL 
585tj — K  ozsgaard  vs.  Kut- 

raff  et  al. 
8937— Faddcn  vs.  Buohrai. 
343v>— ile.4ula.v  vs.  LfVy. 
45t)2 — Ifurzheimer    varsoi 

TiiOiier. 

5716— Phiiltps  vs.  Lewit  ef 

art. 
6629 — Le-  ry  et  aL  versra 

Kramer. 
3910— Hua  Pablishlng  Co 

v«.  Ham 
3915 — McGinois  et    al.  va 

O'shea. 
J252— Urak^  et  aL  vs.  Bud 

dt-nsxk. 
581  •/ — iic-'vulty  vs.  Smith 
5890— doplcinz  vs.  Lidu; 
59j4— Cl^rk  vs.  Kuig  .t. 
7i9U — ^ool^lrU  Veisus  Jl© 

Creary.  " 
j7.52 — isecves  vs.  Noodle. 
j8ii— i'leta&iaer  v*.  Now^ 

h  <u4e. 
'>84T— aeri;e  vs.  Oftrt. 
0 17 — Peet3;:b  vs.  BigeloWi 
9  Jl — jriayer  vs.  Schneider 
JUoG— shi-eiiau  vs.  ttoiet. 
.918 — .>icGuire   et   al.    vs 

Van  .ertnil. 
'i94G — Raoeusiein  vs.  Brea 

ii:ia. 
,835— iiawlnns  va  Euera 

teL 
5377 — Lampert  vs.  Mallo] 

el  iiL 
'926— Mechanics'  Nat.  Kit 

vs  cihaw  et  aL 
i748— Hyatt  vs.  King. 


Nos. 


UABUTE  COUBT— TBLAL  TEBU— FABT  m. 
Held  by  Sinwtt,  J. 
No^ 


Bonna 


7105 — Leon  va  Conner. 
5819 — Godney  vs.  Conner. 
6061- DonnoUy    vs.   KeUy 

etaL 
6016— Hinhy  vs.  Farley. 
5977 — ^ULderbrant    versus 

henry  et  ai. 
7220— Devlin  va  CaldweU. 
7009 — vieiz.nger  vs.Vt  eldu. 
66^2 — Arnold  vs.  Conner. 
5586— MoCready  va  Spof- 

iord. 

COUBT  OF  GENEBAL  SESSIONS— FABT  IL 

Held  by  Sutherland,  J. 

Charles  Dorbritz,  barnlary.  Theron   T.   Tnompsoa,  a* 


7293— Trenor    va 

liora  et  al. 
7124— Lutte  vs.  Krakanec. 
6U5tJ — chtgan  et   ai.   vs. 

Lawrence  et  aL 
6093— sLiao      et    aL     va. 

Bement  et  aL 
9122— hopkina  vs.  Wempls 

etal. 
3806— MolligaavB.  Conn»» 


John  Bruckner,  burglary. 

William  Davis  and  Louis 
Bessmger.  grand  larceny 

Elien  Brennan,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

Uel.lo  Osborn,  Edwara  Mc- 
Lean, and  Freoerick  S. 
Brown,  grand  larceny. 

Iiooisa  alcGomery  ana  Liz 
Eie  Dugnan^  petit  lar- 
ceny. 

Jules  Tobi*,  petit  larceny. 

Ueorge  Gordon,  assault  and 
battery. 

COUBT  OF  OEySBAL  SESSIONS— FABT  L 
Meld  bu  Hackett,  JBeeorder. 
James  Sutton,  pe]:jary^.coQtinueiL 

KSW-XOBK  OTEB  AND  TBBMINBB. 
Held  by  Brady,  J. 
James     Blca,     homicide — i  Bobert  Garity,  homlcidsk 
continued.  | 


sault  and  battery. 
Joseph    Coburn,   felonlout 

aasauU  and  battery. 
John  Davis,  burt;lary. 
jlichael  Binke  and  i  bomas 

Johnson,  burglary. 
George  Smith  ourgiary. 
David  Asber.  grand  lanieny, 
John   Ledwith,    griLnd   las 

ceuy. 
Thadius  K.  Whellock;  ml* 

demeanor. 


WST  IS  SEA  WATER  SALTlSBt 
This  question  has  puzzled  men  of  science  in 
all  ages,  and  upon  which  they  have  formed  variuns 
opinions;  one  of  which  is.  that  at  an  early  period  ol 
the  world's  formation,  the  earth  waa  entirely 
covered  with  a  watery  atmosphere  )  tbat  at  thai 
epoch  the  earth  was  one  volcanic  mass  of  fire,  whict 
put  tbe  sarronnding  atmosphere  into  an  excess' 
ively  bolliu{;  heat— hotter,  t.vice  over,  than  boilioa 
water  now  is ;  (hat  this  incalculably  hotacmospbere, 
ac'.ing  on  the  fiery  aurtace  of  the  volcanio 
which  It  encompassed,  produced  its  nat- 
ural resalts,  and  drew  oat  of  the  ardent 
earth  certain  acids  into  its  own  aquatic  body  then 
undergoing  condensauoo  into  sea  waier,  assisted  by 
the  acids  existing  in  ibat  atmosphere  itself  at  the 
time.  The  chaotic  massot  fiery  rQvks  were  so  noted 
upon  by  the  atmosphere  by  carbonic,  suipharic^and 
other  Infiuences,  that  tbev  gradually  cooled  dowii  in 
submission  to  tbe  watery  element  with  which  tbey 
bad  so  long  contended,  and  then  tbe  saltidh  sea  tooic 
its  saline  booty,  retired  to  its  ocean  caves,  leaving 
behind  it  earth  and  itt  surface  fit  for  animal  life. 
Two-tbirds  of  the  globe  may  be  said  to  be  covered 

b.v  the  sea;  and  therefore,  taking  an  average  deotta 
at  3,000  yards,  and  that  this  body  of  water  onncsins 

319  per  cent,  of  salt,  we  have  conspquently  exi^tinz 
in  cne  aea  no  less  tban  sixty  miUioct  ot  mi'UoLS 
of  tons  of  salt.  Were  all  this  water  to  be  dried 
up  then  we  sboold  have  a  deposit  of  dry  salt 
over  tbe  entire  bottom  of  the  seas  of  tue 
thickness  of  1C5  yards.  Thia  is  eqaal  to  ■ 
thickness  of  300  yards  of  salt,  wee  it  all 
taken  from  the  sea  and  soread  over  the  whuls 
surface  of  the  dry  land.  Thia  shows  thai  there  is 
as  much  salt  in  the  water  of  tbe  oceal  as  would 
cover  tbe  entire  surface  of  tbe  globe  with  drv  salt 
to  the  thickness  of  67  yards,  as  a  superfisial  coating. 
The  dosbing  of  the  waves  against  tbe  land,  tbe 
raiua  and  nvers  of  our  lime  are  adding  to  tbe  saltish 
water  in  the  sea  ;  but  other  agents  ^re  at  work  in 
an  opposing  direction,  so  that  very  likely  the  sea  is 
gaining  a  little,  if  any  at  all,  of  ealine  matter.  Tbat, 
tbereiore,  the  saltish  water  was  created  in  a  prim- 
eval period,  long  before  man  appeared  on  c>artb; 
and  the  problem  atill  remains  tor  scientific  Investr 
gadon,  Why  is  sea  water  saltish  f 

THE  COTTON  MARKETS. 


KEvr-OBUStANs,  Feb.  17.— Co^ton  irregular;  Mid. 
dllng,  12c.;  Low  Middling.  llHjc.;  Good  Ordinary, 
11  Ha:  net  receiots,  2,779  bales:  gross.  3,347  bates: 
exporu,  to  tbe  Couttnent,  6,2o6  b..les;  sales,  2,60f 
ba.es;    stock,  314,869  bales. 

Chablbstoh.  Feb.  17.— Cotton  dull:  Middling; 
12t4c:  Low  Middling.  12i«c.;  Good  Ordi  >ary, 
ll^'ai2a;  netieceipts,  1,861  bales:  ext>orts.  coast* 
Wise,  818  bales:  salea,  400  bales;  stock,  48.040  bales. 

MOBILB,  Feb.  17.^7ntton  weak  and  Irregulsr; 
Middling,  l2o.;  Low  Middling,  11  icC:  Good  Ordinary, 
lie.;  net  receipts.  604  bales:  exports,  coastwise,  64 
bales;  sales,  6UU  bales;  stock.  66,z78  bales; 

Galveston.  Feb.  17.— Cotton  doll  ;  Middling 
120.;  Low  Middling,  1 1  hxc:  Good  Ordinarr,  1  lo;  aM 
reoetpta,  1,626  bales  ;  exporta,  coastwise,  290  bal»»f 
aaiM,  401  bales;  stock.  79,067  bales. 

BOSTON  WOOL  MARKET.- 
Boston,  Feb.  17.— "Wool— Market  steady {  fUi 
dema  nd  :  transactions  In  Ohio  aud  Peons.Tlvaala  irer« 
199.000  a.;  X,  480.®45c:  XX  add  XJCX.  47e.96t)ai 
market  Arm  at  tiiew  flgares.  The  sales  of  othet 
fleeers  were  123.000  Ih..  mostly  Wlseonaln  and  Ke-w^ 
^campehire,  at  88o.A40a  Combing  and  delaine  mm 
changed;  salea,  uu,UOo  a.  Pulied.  steady  drmand;! 
prices  UDCbannd  ;  sales,  199,500  ft.  Cftllieruis  dull;; 
sales,  319,00uS.:  Fall.  10a '<»26a;  Bpxlnig,  82o.'3>27a 
Tbsire  have  also  been  saiss  of  9iS*>0^  lb-  OtUusrult 
Palled  at  from  8Ua  to  dOa,  and  some  idioioe  hnet 
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NEW-tORK,  MONDAY.  FEB.  19,  1877. 

AiiViEHMNTSTUIiSEVEyiNQ. 

TtAIXiCS^S  THfiATRB  — Wild  (Uts— \Ip.  Lester 
Waliaok.  BCc.  John  Oilbert,  Mr.  Harry  Beckett,  Mlaa 
Bose  WooiL 

*1FTH  AVB^TtTE  THEATRB.— Lbkoot:  ok,  Wbdlock 
yos  SsTBlT'^Mr.  C.  F.  CogbOan,   Hia    R   DsTenport 

ROADWAY  THEATRE,— Odr  Bot»— Mr.  Thomaa 
Wbiffln,  Ur.  tt.  Bates,  Mus  A.  Bdmondaon.  Miss  Q. 
StebbiQtf.  ^ 

BOOTH'S  THkATEB.— FiWH  AvasuK— Mr.  George 
Eixnold,  Miss  Jiaad  Granget 

BAOI.^ 'AaBATRB.— I>A  OKAirDB  DucBBssi— (Opera 
iSouffe^Allle.  Maii«  A]ni6e. 

Park  T'HBATRR.— Oim  Boahdiks  Housk— Mr.  Staart 
Kobaon.  Mr.  W.  U.  Crane,  Mrs.  A.  K  Baker. 

VSIOS  SQUASS  THEATRE Tax  Pakichbffs— Mr.  C. 

B.  Tbome.  Mr.  W.  B.  Floyd,  tfias  Katherine  Rogers. 

BEILER'S  WOSTDJBR  THKAraE.— PRasxiDiaiTixios, 
Mtrsio.  AST!  HCKOK— Me.  Robert  Heller,  Mis;)  Hellar. 

KEW.TOR&  AQUARIDML-Rark  and  CtiRions  Pish  aso 
TUltiitvti.lk,  Statuabt.  lia— Day  and  evenlast 

mBLO'ii  OABDBN.— AROuin>  ths  Woru>  ui  Eiohtt 
Oats  (•tpeotacular)— E.1ralfy  Brothers. 

8TEl:rWAT  HALL.— OiuiND  Conckbt— Mme.  DeRyther, 
Miss  M.  Mason,  and  the  Toung  Apollo  Clnb. 

OlrTMPlC  T^EATRK.— Botik»;,THB  Crock. 

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NOTIOE. 

weeannottiotlee  anon  vinous  coramanioatlons.  In 
sDca^s  we  reqiure  the  writer's  uame  and  address,  not 
icipablicatluti.  bat  as  a  jHiaraatee  orgoodilaith. 

W«B  cannot,  uader  any  eircmnatances,  return  ra]  eotod 
conuDunlcatlans,  nor  can  we  uudertake  to  piesorre 
TrjHinscrlpts.  ^ 

Gov.  Grover  telegraphs  fi-om  Oreffon  to 
the  World  that  he  noTer  sent  a  dispatch  to 
Gov.  TxLDEN  signed  "  Gabble"  or  "  Gaver- 
nor,"  and  that  he  never  used  a  cipher  or  a 
fictitious  aigoatare  in  hia  life.  Tbere  is 
pitiftil  evasion  in  this  denial.  Groveb  says 
that  he  never  used  a  cipher  ;  that 
Is  to  say,  he  could  not  have  sent  the 
deciphered  dispatch  to  Tilden,  because  he 
did  not  use  a  cipher.  Nevertheless,  he 
■wrote,  or  caused  to  \m  -written,  a  dispatch 
to  TlXDEN  (which  was  signed  "  Gobble/") 
amnoancing  the  decision  in  the  Electoral 
case,  five  days  in  advance  of  its  being  made. 
That  dispatch  might  have  boon  "  sent  "  by 
another.  It  wm  not  necessary  for  Grover 
to  send  it.  Patrick  controlled  the  cipher 
and  sent  the  telegram.  Kellt  says  that  he 
indorsed  one  with  his  signature,  though  he 
did  not  know  what  was  in  it.  It  was  in 
cipher.  Grover's  dispatch  to  Tilden  was 
undcmbtedly  put  into  cipher  and  sent  over 
the  wires'  by  Patrick.  Grovkb's  artful 
ieiual  ia  otly  a  juggle  with  words. 


||e  %^i^0Kk^^-^^j^^,. 


Bogy,  Democratic  Senator  from  Missouri, 
Ib  the  only  human  being,  so  far  as  we  know, 
who  has  attempted  a  defense  of  the 
aefarious  plot  in  Oregon.  In  a  speech  in 
the  Senate,  last  Saturday,  he  said  he  was 
not  willing  that  the  Democratic  Party 
should  be  the  only  one  convicted  .of  fraud. 
He  tacitly  admitted  that  the  Oregon  fraud 
was  most  flagrant  and  noxious.  But,  he 
argued,  there  were  also  frauds  in  Florida, 
and  dispatches  which  contained  inflammable 
instructions  were  sent  to  that  State 
immediately  after  election.  "The  man 
in  Oregon,"  he  affirmed,  "was  new 
to  the  business."  Therefore  he  was 
found  OTlt  when  the  Florida  conspirator 
was  not.  This  is  an  amazing  admission. 
It  is  well  to  let  it  stand  as  it  is.  It*  is 
merely  the  cry  of  "  You're  another."  Bat 
Bogy  had  another  arrow  in  bis  quiver.  He 
Let  it  fly  against  the  Electoral  Commission, 
[n  future  ages,  he  saidf  men  would  remem- 
ber the  Republican  Justice  who  changed 
his  vote,  [BradLky,]  as  they  now  remem 
bered  "  those  corrupt  Judges,  Jeffreys 

and  MARLBOROUGH."     Boqy'.8  history  is  as 

shaky  as  his  logic.  It  is  possible  that  there 
wero  corrupt  judges  of  this  name,  and  that 
the^  are  known  to  modern  times  as  venal. 
But  Bogy  lias  a  monopoly  of  information 
V7  this  jiointl 


story  of  this  man  is  most  edifying ;  It  is 
especially  so  when  we  rembmbor  that  he  is 
unwillingly  giving  the  true  inwardness  of 
a  party  which  has  been  bawling  "  friiad" 
in  Louiaiana  and  Florida  to  lustily  that  it 
has  had  no  opportunity  to  publish  a  word 
aboat  Holland,  Grovkr,  or  Senator 
Kelly. 


The  attitude  of  the  Sonthern  Democrats 
on  the  Electoral  Commission  result  seems 
to  add  to  the  rage  and  discomflfcaro  of  the 
party  managers  from  the  North  and  West. 
With  scarcely  one  exception,  the  Demo- 
cratic Congressmen  from  Southern  States 
declare  their  intention  to  abide  by  the  de- 
cision of  the  Commission  unquestioningly 
and  promptly.  It  ought  not  to  be 
considered  a  virtue  that  men  keep  their 
promises  and  remain  true  to  their  often- 
expressed  convictions.  But  it  must  be 
confessed  that  the  consistency  and  decency 
of  the  Democratic  Party  in  Congress  are 
chiefly  with  the  Southern  members  thereof, 
who  say  that  they  supported  the  Electoral 
bill  and  mean  to  abide  by  whatever  it  pro- 
dtices.  It  is  clear  that  if  such  awasbbucklers 
as  TnoMPsoN,  of  Massachusetts,  and  Field, 
of  New- York,  propose  to  initiate  any  revo- 
lutionary measures,  they  cannot  count  on 
the  support  of  Southern  Representatives. 
The  latter  know  something  of  the  destrnc- 
tiveness  of  organized  rebellion. 


Without  any  new  declaration  on  the  part 
of  either  Russia  or  Turkey,  it  is  daily  be- 
coming more  evident  that  the  two  countries 
are  drifting  into  a  condition-  of  war.  At 
this  moment,  to  be  sure,  peaceful  nego- 
tiations between  the  Sablimo  Porte  and  its 
provinces  appear  most  auspicionsly  in  the 
news  dispatches.  But  it  is  not  likely  that 
any  treaty  of  peace  which  may  be  concluded 
with  either  of  these  provinces  will 
bo  worth  a  rush  when  the  inevi- 
table conflict  comes.  '  Servia  has  already 
shown  that  no  convention  excluding  Ras- 
sian  troops  from  Servian  transits,  in  case  of 
war,  can  be  concluded.  And  nothing  but 
the  old  jealousies  which  have  so  long  divided 

the  councils  of  the  other  Cliristian  provinces 

from  each  other  will  prevent  Montenegro 
and  Herzegovina  from  silently  consenting 
to  an  invasion  whenever  Turkey  becomes 
the  object  of  attack.  When  that  attack 
will  be  made  none  can  tell.  Bat  as  the 
months  wear  on,  the  first  blow  may  be  mo- 
mentarily expected. 


A  lunatic  person— Piatt  by  name — is  se- 
curing some  gratuitous  advertising  for  his 
newspaper  in  Washington  by  axlvocating 
assassination  as  a  means  of  preventing  the 
inauguration  of  Gov.  Hayes.  This  sanguin- 
ary individual  has  heretofore  distinguished 
himself  as  a  contractor  for  the  extermina- 
tion of  moths.  He  has  succeeded  so  well 
that  he  rises  to  larger  game.  It  is  prema- 
ture. Iiet  the  young  editor  confine  himself 
to  the  bloodless  and  perishable  moth.  There 
is  money  in  the  business.  Twenty-thousand 
dollars  is  a  neat  thing  to  make  in  exter- 
mination. Assassination  ia  not  in  Mr. 
Piatt's  line  ;  and,  though  he  may  act  by 
proxy,  as  he  sometimes  has  managed  to  re- 
ceive the  consequence  of  his  libels,  the 
Blanghterof  motha  will  befotmd  moreharm- 
Vess  and  profitaUe. 


That  eminent  Democratic  reformer  Mr. 
Eph  Holland,  now  under  duress  in  Cin- 
cinnati for  corrnptiag  the  ballot,  is  making. 
B  clean  breast  of  it.  He  says  that  he  was 
an  operator  in  Indianapolis  and  Cincinnati 
during  the  late. elections.  He  was  in  daily 
communication  with  Milton  Sayler,  Mr. 
Banning,  and  other  Democratic  lights. 
His  business,  aa  he  candidly  acknowledges, 
was  to  stuff  ballot-boxes  and  run  in  repeat- 
ers. For  this  parp<»e  he  had  a  gang  from 
Baltimore,  "  under,  the  direction  of  one 
McCoy,  i  proniiBeiit  Democratic  politician, 
who  iB  said  to  be  on  Tilden's  slate  for 
Collector  of  the  Port  or  Naval  Officer. 
New-Tork  contributed  Glkason,  familiarly 
icoown  B««Mike  the  Biter,"  to  Mr.  Hol- 
l.ANl>'s  oorpa,  and  Gleason's  party  voted 
K  •Tacr^^&Molact  of  three  wards.    The 


IHE  OBL^ON  CASE. 

The  next  case  to  be  submitted  to  the 
Electoral  Commission  is  that  of  Oregon, 
ana  though  it  is  generally  conceded  that 
the     Democrats     cannot     present    even    a 

plausible  argument  in  favor  of  counting 
one  of  the  three  votes  of  that  State  for 
Tilden,  it  may  be  interesting  to  call 
attention  to  the  facts  as  they 
will  stand  before  the  Commission. 
The  Republican  ticket  in  Oregon  received  a 
considerable  and  decisive  majority  of  the 
popular  vote.  One  of  the  Electors  on  that 
ticket,  Mr.  Watts,  was  at  the  time  of  the 
election  a  Postmaster,  Had  the  majority 
in  the  Electoral  College  for  either  Mr. 
Tilden  or  ilr.  Hayes  been  certain  and 
large,  this  fact  would  probably  have  at- 
tracted no  attention.  As  it  was,  however, 
Mr.  Tilden  conceived  the  idea  of  getting 
in  Oregon  the  one  vote  necessary  to  his 
election. 

After  the  f>opular  election,  but  before  the 
meeting  of  the  Electoral  College,  Mr. 
Watxs  resigifed  his  position  as  Postmaster, 
and  thereupon  became  elig^ible  for  appoint- 
ment to  anj^  vacancy  which  might  exist  in 
the  Electoral  College.  Under  the  laws  of 
Oregon,  in  case  of  a  vacancy,  the  acting 
Electors  have  the  power  to  fill  it.  Accord- 
ingly, when  the  College  met,  the  two  Elec- 
tors whose  election  was  nudi.sputod  met, 
and,  Mr.  Watts  not  appearing,  filled  the 
vacancy  by  the  appointment  of  Mr.  Watt?, 
who  then  joined  them,  and  the  College  cast 
three  votes  for  Messrs.  Hayes  and  Whkeleh. 

In  the  meantime  the  Governor,  Grover, 
whose  duty  it  was  under  the  statutes  to 
issue  certificates  to  the  Electors,  was  ad- 
vised from  the  East  to  take  the  position 
that  Watts'  ineligibility  gave  the  elec- 
tion to  the  candidate  receiving  the 
next  highest  number  of  votes.  This 
he  promised  to  do,  and  after  going 
through  the  farce  of  hearing  argu- 
ment from  the  Democrats  and  a  protest 
from  the  Republicans,  he  did  issue  a  cer- 
tificate toCKO^'I^f,  the  Democratic  candidate 
receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes. 
Cronin  was  put  in  possession  of  the  certifi- 
cate issued  to  him,  with  the  others,  and 
when  the  legal  Electors  met,  he  was  pres- 
ent, and  demanded  that  they  should  act 
with  him,  refusing  to  show  the  certificates, 
except  on  compliance  with  his  demand. 
Failing  to  obtain  this  recognition,  be  as- 
sumed to  be  himself  the  only  legal  member 
of  the  College,  assumed  that  the  places  of 
the  other  two  Electors  were  vacant,  ap- 
pointed two  of  his  fellow -Democrats,  who 
were  ready  at  hand,  to  fill  the  pretended 
vacancies,  and  with  them  preceded. to  cast 
one  vote  for  Tilden  and  two  for  Hayk,«. 

'  These  are,  in  brief,  the  facts  which  will 
appear  in  the  "certificates"  that  will  be 
referred  to  the  Electoral  Commission.  The 
vote  of  the  legal  College  will  bo  unaccom- 
panied by  the  certified  list  of  Electors  which 
the  Federal  statnto  provides  shall  be  iesaed 
by  the  executive  authority  of  the  State. 
The  votes  of  the  Croriin  College  will  have  a 
certificate  in  form  such  .as  the  statnte  asks 
for.  This  state  of  things  will  require  the 
Democratic  counsel  to  execute  another 
somersault,  and  probably  a*  new  set  will  be 
employed.  It  is  difficult  to  see  how  any  of 
those  who  made  the  argument  in '  the 
Florida  case  or  in  that  of  Louisiana  could 
bave  the  courage  to  take  the  ground  which 
must  be  taken  as  to  Oregon.  In,  the 
Florida  case  the  Commission  was  a  court 
with  the  power  to  take  quo  warranto  pro- 
ceedings; in  the  Lousiana  case  the  Com- 
mission was  Congress,  with  power  to  do  a 
great  deal  that  Congress  has  never  before 
been  even  asked  to  do.  But  in  the  present 
instance  the  Democrats  wiU  aak  the  Com- 
mission to  act  in  a  strictly  ministerial 
capacity,  and  to  take  the  Governor's  certifi- 
cate as  final. 

The  Republicans,  on  'the  other  hand,  will 
find  themselves  on  ground  different  neces- 
sarily from  that  held  in  the  previous  esses, 
but  not  inconsistent  with  it.  Thdy  will  ask 
that  the  official  records  of  the  State  as  to 
the  persons  who  received  the  majority  of 
the  votes  cast  for  Presidential  Electors  in 
Oregon — a  statement  of  which  records 
accofflpanies  the   votes   far  Hay/»v:^^^- 


be  accepted,,  and  that  the  action  of 
the  majority  of  the  Electors  in  filling  the 
vacancy  in  their  number  shall  also  stand. 
They  will  hold  that  the  Governor's  certifi- 
cate is  false  in  fact  and  in  law ;  that  it  dOes 
not  certify  that  which  it  pretends  to  cer- 
tiiy,  and  that  the  Governor's  judgment 
on  the  legal  question  of  the  effect  of  Watts' 
ineligibility  is  of  no  force,  because  he 
had  no  jurisdiction  regarding  it,  and  be- 
cause he  had  no  authority  to  certify  to 
it  under  either  the  State  or  the  Federal 
statute.  It  wiU  be  perceived  that  this  does 
not  require  the  Commission  to  go  into  an 
investigation  of  tbe  popular  election  m 
Oregon,  or  to  revise  the  action  of  the  State 
authorities  appointed  by  law  to  determine 
and  declare  the  facts  concerning  that  elec- 
tion. When  the  Republican  counsel  opened 
in  the  Florida  case  they  laid  down  with  great 
clearness  and  candor  the  principles  which 
must  guide  the  Commission  regarding  the 
force. and  value  of  a  Governor's  certificate. 
They  pointed  out  that  a  ground  on  which 
that  certificate  could  be  assailed  was  that 
it  was  a  false  statement  of  the  fact  which  it 
purported  to  establish,  namely,  the  result 
of  the  State  canvass  ;  and  they  expressly 
disclaimed  the  doctrine  that  the  certificate 

was  conclusive,  or  its  absence  fatal,  since 
the  Federal  statute  which  provided  for  it 
was  not  binding  on  the  State  Executive, 
and  the  vote  of  the  State  could  not  hinge 
on  the  fulfillment  of  a  condition  which  the 
United  States  could  not  enforce. 

The  Commission,  then,  will  have  before  it 
the  oflicial  determination  of  the  facts  in  the 
popular  election,  showing  the  majority  for 
the  Republican  ticket ;  the  official  proceed- 
ings of  the  College  showing  the  appoint- 
ment of  Watts  to  the  vacant  place  ;  aud, 
opposed  to  these,  the  opinion  of  Gov,  Grover 
on  Cronin's  title,  and  the  Governor's  certifi- 
cate as  to  Cronin's  action.  This  is  all 
they  will  have,  unless  Democratic  counsel 
induce    ^hem    to    go     into    the     question 

whether  Mr.  Tilden  did  not  persuade 
Grover  and  hire  Cronin  to  da  what  they 
did,  and  fry  to  bribe  a  Republican  Elector 
to  join  in  the  plot.  But  the  Commission 
will  hardly  listen  to  such  an  appeal. 


DIRECT  TRADE  AJ^D  JMiilGBATTaif. 
FOR  THE  SOUTB. 

A  quasi-independence  in  commercial  m»t>\- 
ters  has  for  many  years  been  one.of  the 
dreams  of  tbe  South.  There  was  no  imme- 
diate connection  between  the  advocacy  of 
direct  tradeand  the  movement  lor  establish- 
ing a  Southern  Confederacy,  but  the  same 
men  were  conspicuous  in  both,  and  their 
most  effective  arguments  were  derived  Irom 
the  same  sources.  The  general  idea  was 
that  tbe  planters  and  merchant-s  of  tbe  Cot- 
ton States  paid  undue  tribute  to  New- 
York  and  the  North,  and  that  tliesovoroicn 
remedy  was  the  cultivation  of  direct  com- 
mercial intercourse  between  Liverpool  and 
Savannah  and  other  Southern  ports.  It  was 
argued  that  the  effect  would  be  to  rid  the 
planter  of  dependence  upon  Northern  mid- 
dlemen aud  to  secure  him  better  prices  for 
bis  crop,  besides  building  up  home  interests 
^uld  be  advantageous  to  the  entire 
intereats^psthe  South.  New- York  was  al- 
ways cohtent  to  le.ive  those  movements 
to  "their  obvious  fate.  They  were  re- 
newed again  aud  again.  Conventions 
were  held  to  ascertain  the  available  ele- 
ments of  strength.  Steam-ship  lines  wore 
projected.*  Agents  were  sent  to  Europe  to 
obtain  the  requisite  business  support. 
Newspapers  were  started  to  prove  that  the 
South  held  the  key  to  better  fortitnes  than 
it  had  ever  realized.  Those  were  the  days 
when  it  was  heresy  to  demur  to  the  maxim 
"  Cotton  is  King."  From  all  these  ettbrts 
nothing  practical  ever  came.  Commerce 
could  not  be  diverted  from  established  chan- 
nels at  the  bidding  of  a  fow  enthusiasts. 
Tlie  monetary  centie  of  the  Continent  being 
fixed  at  New-York,  there  could  be  no  escape 
from  the  conditions  which  the  fact  implies. 
And  the  South,  in  its  pursuit  of  illusory 
benefits,  neglected  the  substantial  means  of 
improvement  which  were  within  its  reach. 

Since  the  war  the  old  idea  has  reappeared 
in  various  shapes.  The  Georgians  have 
been  especially  active  in  their  endeavors  to 
promote  it.  Taking  advantage  of  the 
Grangers'  movement,  they  formed  a  Direct 
Trade  Company  in  1374,  its  head-quarters 
being  at  Savannah,  with  an  agency  under 
competent  direction  in  Liverpool.  An  ade- 
quate working  capital  was  provided,  and 
all  the  machinery  of  the  Grangers'  organ- 
ization was  brought  into  play,  with  the 
help  of  experienced  business  men  in  Sa- 
vannah and  Charleston.  Very  little  time 
was  required  to  prove  the  hopelessness  of 
the  plan.  It  was  a  failure  from  the  begin- 
ning. The  trade  which  was  supposed  to  be 
waiting  only  for  the  opportunity  to  pour 
its  wealth  into  the  Southern  -lap  did  not 
yield  enough  to  pay  expenses.  The  agent 
was  recalled  from  Liverpool.  The  Savan- 
nah office  was  closed.  The  money  embarked 
in  the  enterprise  was  lost.  Recent  and  dis- 
astrous as  this  experience  has  been — in 
complete  accord  as  it  is  with  previous  ven- 
tar«B  ot  the  same  general  character — it  has 
not  prevented  the  introduction  into  the 
Georgia  Legislature  of  a  scheme  for  try- 
ing once  more  the  chances  of  direct 
trade.  This  time  it  assumes  the 
form  of  a  subsidy  to  a  monthly 
line  of  steam-ships  between  Savannah  and 
Liverpool,  and  the  discussion  it  has  pro- 
voked shows  that  the  fallacious  calcula- 
tions on  which  it  proceeds  do  not  deceive 
everybody  even  in  Georgia.  Mr.  Nklsov 
Tift,  formerly  one  of  the  Democratic  Repre- 
sentatives in  Congress,  has  published  a  let- 
ter  in  which  he  proves  clearly  enough  that 
the  purpose  of  the  project  is  to  supply  a 
want  which  doQS  not  exist.  Savannah  has 
undoubtedly  a  considerable  export  trade, 
but  its  import  trade  is  virtually  nil.  As 
Mr.  Tift  shows,  the  importation  of  ioreign 

goods  into  Georgia  ia  so  insignificant  that 
the  vessels  engaged  in  the  foreign  trade 
with  Savannah  depend  wholly  on  the  out- 
going cotton  cargoes  for  profit,  and  fre- 
quently arrive  laden  only  with  ballast.  To 
subsidize  steam-ships  in  circumstances  like 
these  would  bo  to  throw  away  money  which 
tbe  people  of  Georgia  can  ill  afford  to  spare. 
New-Orleans  is  interested  in  a  less  pre- 
tentious scheme  for  cultivating  direct  trade 
between  the  Southern  States  of  the  Missis- 
sippi Valley  and  Europe.  Throe  or  four 
years  ago  committees  were  formed  in  St. 
Louis,  New-Orleans,  and  elsewhere;  an 
agency  .was  opened  in  London  and,  perhaps, 
also  in  Liverpool,  and  systematic  efforts 
were  begun  for  building  up  a  reciprocal 
trade  direct  between  the  Mississippi  Valley 
and  the  British  maricets.    The  results,  so. 


far,  have  amounted  to  little  or  nothmg. 
Grandiloquent  rept^  appear  now  and 
then,  but  the  langnid  interest  they  excite  is 
confined  to  the  aarvow  localities  in  which 
they  appear.  The  culrrents  of  trade  are  not 
to  be  diverted  from  established  channels  by 
the  rhetoric  of  an  organization  whose  origin 
may  be  traced  to  the  speculative  activity  of 
a  few  individuals  rather  than  to  the  busi- 
ness wants  of  the  Southern  States. 

Trade  considerations,  however,  are  not 
the  only  ones  of  which  thftse  Southern 
movements  take  cognizance.  A  prime  ob- 
ject is  the  promotion  of  immigration.  The 
pending  Georgia  bill  is  upheld  on  this 
among  other  grounds — that  direct  commn- 
nioatiou  with  Europe  is  necessary  to  at- 
tract to  the  South  a  larger  share  of  the. 
population  which  in  ordinary  times  flows 
steadily  hither.  The  Mississippi  Valley 
States  hold  a  similar  view.  Their  conven- 
tion at  New-Orleans  last  Spring  was  barren 
of  results,  if  measured  by  its  effect  on  the 
emigrating  classes  of  the  Old  World  ;  but 
the  organization  from  which  the  conven- 
tion derived  whatever  importance  it  pos- 
sessed still  has  some  vitality.  Jeff.  Davis' 
recent  visit  to  England  was  understood 
^\  have  a  certain  connection  with  this 
LSfi'emo.  He  is  about  the  last  man  whom 
shrewd  managers  would  select  for  a  mission 
of  this  character  ;  and  the  fact  that  he  was 
selected  shows  how  utterly  the  Southerners 
who  clamor  for  direct  trade,  and  build  great 
expectations  on  the  possibilities  of  immi- 
gration, fail  to  realize  the  practical  aspects 
of  either  question. 

A  very  large  proportion  of  all  immigra- 
tion is  made  up  of  the  wage-earning 
classes.  For  these  there  is  no  inducement 
now  in  any  part  of  the  country.  With  the 
return  of  bettor  times  will  come  a  renewal 
of  immigration  of  this  character.  But  the 
South  offers  no  field  to  labor.  Georgia  is, 
perhaps,  the  most  prosperous  of  the  South- 
ern States,  yet  we  have  the  assurance  of  one 

of  its  own  citizens  that  poor  white  men  can 
obtain  no  employment  there, and  that  negro 
la  jorers,  who  would  gladly  work  for  ten 
d(  liars  a  month  and  rations,  wander  away 

fr^m  the  Stato  ij  search  of  what  it  does  not 

.^dkply.  Nor  can  it  be  said  that  this  is  an 
ji^dent  of  the  hard  times.  It  is,  as  Mr. 
TvfX  pointi  out,  a  consequence  of  the  slov-, 
only  agmnltnre  which  prevails  throughout 
tm  Booth,  aggravated  by  the  general  lack 
of  thrifty  Industry  aud  enterprise  among 
its  people.  A  section  thus  situated  cannot 
address  itself  to  the  working  men  of  the 
old  countries,  or  if  it  succeed  in  tempting 
them  it  can  only  be  to  bring  upon  itself 
their  bitter  curses.  Are  its  chances  any 
better  with  regard  to  immigrants  who 
bring  money  sufficient  to  buy  and  cultivate 
land  or  to  embark  in  business  enterprises  T 
We  think  not.  These  people,  it  must  be  re- 
membered, look  at  things  with  exclusive 
reference  to  their  own  interests.  They  are 
not  likely  long  to  hesitate  between  the 
South,  with  its  caste,  its  intolerance,  its 
ignorance,  its  backwardness,  its  low  stand- 
ard of  comfort,  and  the  West,  with  its  buoy- 
ant energy,  its  genuine  freedom,  its  cease- 
less growth,  its  churches  and  schools.  The 
South  must  undergo  a  second  reconstruc- 
tion before  it  can  wisely  challenge  compar- 
ison us  an  emigration  field. 


A  FINANCIAL  RETROSPECT. 

Now  that  renewed  attention  is  being 
directed  toward  the  financial  question  and 
the  measures  requisite  ^o  insure  the  suc- 
cess of  resumption  at  the  appointed  time, 
it  is  opportune  to  review  the  results  of  the 
operation  of  the  financial  measures  of  the 
last  three  years.  The  most  important  of 
these  are  the  act  of  June  20,  1S74,  and  the 
act  of  Jan.  14,  1875,  providing  for  the  re- 
sumption of  specie  payments.  The  main 
objects  of  the  former  act  were  to  furnish 
a  system  of  l)ank-note  redemption,  and  to 
provide  for  what  was  considered  to  bo 
a  more  equitable  distribution  of 
the  bank  currency.  The  former  ob- 
ject has  been  succes-sfully  accom-^ 
plishecl,  but  it  is  not  our  purpose  to  dwell 
upon  it  here;  our  present  inquiry  being 
limited  to  the  effectof  the  acton  the  volume 
of  the  circulation.  The  redistribution  of 
the  bank  currency,  so  as  to  give  the  West 
and  South  their  due  share  of  the  circula- 
tion, was  the  chief  aim  of  the  bill,  and  to 
this  end  the  Controller  of  the  Currency  was 
peremptorily  directed  to  forthwith  with- 
draw $55,000,000  of  bank  notes  from  banks 
org.mized  in  St^ates  having  more  than  their 
proportion,  and  to  Isauo  it  to  such  banks  in 
the  less  favored  sections  as  might  apply  for 
it.  There  had  been  a  great  clamor 
raised  in  certain  quarters  about  the  injus- 
tice of  the  then  existing  distribution  of  the 
franchise  of  issuing  circulating  notes,  and  the 
expectatation  of  the  advocates  of  this  fea- 
ture of  the  bill  was  that  the  bank  capi- 
talists of  the  East  would  be  compelled  to 
disgorge  a  large  share  of  their  circulation, 
and  turn  it  over  to  the  needy  communities 
of  the  West  and  South.  Doubtless,  such  a 
result  would  have  ensued  to  some  extent, 
though  not  to  the  degree  that  the  cham- 
pions of  the  bill  anticipated,  had  not  a 
modest  provision  of  the  act,  whose  results 
no  one  foresaw,  given  an  entirely  differ- 
ent dii-ection  to  its  operations.  The 
fourth  section  provided  4hat  any 
bankdesiringto  withdraw  its  circulation,  in 
whole  or  in  part,  might  deposit  in  the 
Treasury  leg.al-tenflera  equal  in  amount  to 
the  circulation  surrendered,  and  take  up  a 
Iiroportionate  amount  of  its  bonds.  There 
at  once  began  a  surrender  of  bank  circu- 
lation under  this  provision  which  is  still 
going  on  to  some  extent,  and  which  effec- 
taally  relieved  the  Controller  of  the 
necessity  of  compelling  any  of  the  banks 
to  part  with  their  circulation.  Strange  to 
say,  the  surrender  waa  most  general,  and 
largest  in  proportion  to  their  issues,  among 
the  banks  of  the  West  and  South,  the  sec- 
tions which  were  represented  to  be  most  in 
need  ot  more  circulation. 

The  causes  of  this  action  of  the  banks 
have  been  very  generally  misnnder'stood. 
It  has  been  assumed  that  they  surrendered 
their  currency  because  they  could  not  em- 
ploy it  profitably.  But,  as  a  matter  of  fact; 
each  bank  had  more  money  to  lend  after 
the  surrender  than  before,  as  a  very  simple 
calculation  demonstrates.  A  bank  retiring 
$90,000  in  circulation,  and  taking  up 
$100,000  in  bonds,  and  selling  them  at  a 
premium  of  15  per  ceqt,  had  $25,000  more 
cash  to  lend  than  before  the  transaction, 
although  the  aggregate  amonnt  of  currency 
in  circulation  was  decreased  by  the  process. 
The  true  cause  of  the  surrender  of  circula- 
tion was,  in  most  cases,  a  desire  of  the 
banks  to  realize    the  nremiom   on    their. 


bonds  while  the  high  prices  mled,  and 
jbefore  the  return  of  specie  payments 
sfaonld  wipe  oni  the  preminm.  By  this 
means  a  bank  which  was  carrying  a  load  of 
bad  debts  was  enabled  to  efface  them  from 
its  books  and  to  present  a  clean  balance- 
sheet  to  its  shareholders.  The  total  amount 
of  circulation  surrendered  from  the  date  of 
the  passage  of  this  act  to  the  close  of  Jan- 
uary reached  the  immense  aggregate  of 
$63,948,604. 

In  deference  to  the  very  general  demand 
for  free  banking,  a  provision  was  inserted 
in  the  Resumption  act  removing  the  limita- 
tion which  had  previously  existed  on  the 
total  amount  of  the  bank  circulation, 
and  permitting  as  much  bank  currency 
to  be  issued  to  any  section  as 
might  be  applied  for  under  the  National 
Bank  act.  Coupled  with  this  enactment, 
■however,  was  the  provision  that  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Treasury  should  retire  legal 
tenders  equal'  in  amount  to  80  per  centum 
of  the  bank  circalation  thereafter  issued, 
until  the  amount  of  greenbacks  outstanding 
should  be  reduced  to  $300,000,000.  Since 
tbe  passage  of  this  act  $21,268,935  in  bank 
notes  have  been  issued,  and  $17,015,188  in 
greenbacks  retired.    Besides  this,  $7,361,456 

in  their  own  notes  have  been  returned  by 
the  banks  for  destruction  since  the  20th  of 
June,  1874.  Between  June  20,  1874,  and 
Jan.  14,  1875,  $4,734,500  in  bank  notes  were 
issued  for  which  no  greenbacks  were  retired. 
Summarizing  these  figures,  we  reach  the 
following  results,  showing  the  issue  and  re- 
tirement of  circulation  from  June  20,  1874, 
to  Fob.  1,  1877  : 
Legal  tenders  depoaitea  for  retirement  or 

bank  note? $63,943,604 

Notes  of  their  own  itsue  returned  by  the 

banks 7.361.456 

Greenbacks  retired 17.015,188 

ToUI $83,325,248 

BiDk  notes  i-ssned  from  June 
20,  1874,  to  Jan.  14, 1873......»4,734,.'500 

Bank  notes  i.teaed  frnm  Jan. 
14.  1875,  to  Feb.  1,  ISTT 21.268,985-  26,003.495 

Net  reduction  ot  circulation $62,321,763 

If  this  process  were  certain  to  continue  at 
the  same  rate,  we  might  feel  the  assurance 
that  the  circulation  of  the  country  would  be 
brought  within  proper  limits  by  the  opening 
of  the  year  1879  without  further  legislation. 
But  this  is  not  likely  to  be  the  case.  The 
surrender  of  circulation  is  not  taking  place 
on  any  such  scale  as  formerly,  and  there  is 
no  reason  to  suppose  that  it  will  increase, 
since  the  price  of  Government  bonds  is 
reduced  to  such  a  point  that  tbe  operation 
does  not  offer  any  special  advantage.  Oa 
the  other  hand,  many  banks  are  depositing 
tbe  new  A\-2  per  cents,  and  taking  out 
additional  circalation,  indicating  that 
the   price   of  bonds    and   not    the    demand 

for  currency  controls  the  surrender  and  in-, 
crease  of  the  bank  circulation.  Such  being 
the  case,  some  positive  action  on  the  part  of 
the  Government  is  required  to  bring  the 
circulation  of  the  country  mthin  such  lim- 
its that  specie  payments  may  safely  be  re- 
sumed at  tne  appointed  time.  In  our  opin- 
ion, the  safest,  cheapest,  and  easiest  way  to 
secure  this  end  is  to  gradually  retire  the 
greenbacks  by  funding  them  into  bonds, 
as  recommended  by  both  the  President  and 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 


W^'  m 


TEE  STATE  CAPITOL   BUILDING. 

Some  years  ago  it  was  proposed  to  erect  a 
new  State  Capitol  building  which,  m  its 
size,  durability,  and  architectural  beauty, 
should  be  worthy  of  the  resources  of 
the  Empire  State.  The  old  Capitol  build- 
ing at  Albany,  at  no  time  either  be.".u- 
tiful  or  convenient,  had  become  con- 
siderably the  worse  for  wear,  and  was  and 
is  totally  inadequate  for  the  uses  for  which 
it  was  originally  erecteil.  Designs  for  the 
new  building  were  .called  for,  but  the 
selection  of  the  one  to  be  adopted  Was  left 
to  a  legislative  committee  of  which  no  mem- 
ber had  any  knowledge  of  architecture, 
or  pretended  to  have.  It  was  not  likely 
under  these  circumstances  that  the  choice 
would  be  a  very  happy  one ;  and  it  was  not. 
The  building  which  the  favored  architect 
proposed  to  efect  was  in  shape  an  immense 
cube  from  which  a  smaller  cube  had  been 
taken  out,  leaving  a  central  court.  An 
enormous  tower  surmounted  the  whole 
structure.  The  cost  of  the  building 
was  not  to  exceed  l$4,000,000.  An 
area  of  ground  three  Seres  in  extent 
was  acquired,  situated  immediately  be- 
hind the  old  Capitol  building,  and  on 
the  face  of  the  hill.  This  was  the  second 
mistake,  as  the  building  should  have  been 
placed  further  back,  on  the  summit  of  the 
sloue. 

Work  w.as  begun  and  continued  until  the 
opening  of  the  Legislative  session  of  1875, 
when  the  constant  complaints  w^hich  had 
been  made  in  respect  to  the  architectural  de- 
fects of  the  rising  building,  the  uncftrtainty 
about  its  ultimate  cost,  and  the  alleged  ex- 
travagance and  waste  in  the  building  de- 
partment, caused  the  Legislature  to  institute 
an  inquiry.  It  was  found  that  more  than 
$5,000,000  had  been  expended,  while  the 
construction  of  the  shell  of  the  buikiing 
had  barely  reached  the  bottom  of  the  main 
Story;  and  that  a  further  sura  of  $7,000,000 
would  be  needed  to  carry  the  structure  to 
completion.  The  glaring  defects  of  the  in- 
terior arrangements  were  made  more  ap- 
parent as  the  building  advanced.  It  was 
further  discovered  that  fully  detailed  plans 
and  specifications  of  what  remained  to  be 
done  had  not  been  prepared,  and  that  it  had 
been  customary  to  mature  drawings  no 
faster  than  they  were  required  by 
the  progress  of  the  work.  This 
unsatisfactory  state  of  things  induced 
the  Legislature  to  refuse  any  more 
appropriations  until  all  the  drawings  and 
plans  should  be  completed,  and  to  require 
that  these  should  be  indorsed  as  satisfactory 
by  the  Commission  then  created,  before  the 
work  should  proceed.  The  complete  plans 
were  not  ready  until  the  following  De- 
cember. Early  in  the  succeeding  month 
they  were  submitted  to  aboard  of  architects, 
composed  of  Messrs.  Eidlitz,  Olmsted  and 
Richardson.  The  Commission  suggested 
certain  modifications  tending  to  improve, 
simplify,  and  reduce  the  cost  of  the  build- 
ing ;  and  the  arohitects  prepared  a  plan  of 
modifications,  with  careful  estimates  of  cost, 
and  submitted  their  report  to  the  Commis- 
sioners, who  presented  it  to  the  Legislature 
of  1876;  and  the  completion  of  the  building 
was  finally  authorized  on  these-  modified 
terms. 

This  proceeding  appears  to  have  given 
mortal  offense  to  a  small  circle  of  people, 
mainly  jresidents  of  Albany,  who  had  been 
turning  the  building  to  uses  not  connected 
.with  orchitectace— in  ahoxlu. 


h  ad  _h<tfii^  n  **  ^t^  't        Th( 


it  ^  a  political  machine.  It  also  offended 
th6  local  pride  of  Albany.  I^at^a  Commission 
of  outsiders,  eminent  though. its  members 
might  be  in  their  profession,  should  pre- 
sume to  interfere  in  an  enterprise  which 
had  long  been  regarded  as  ^strictly  local 
property,  was  something  not  to  be  borne. 
As  a  consequence,  there  has  been  an  unre- 
lenting warfare  waged  against  the  present 
Capitol  Commission,  and  all  the  arts  of 
political  intrigue  have  .been  ^ihausted  in 
efforts  to  induce  the  present  Legislature  to 
set  aside  tbe  Commission,  undo  the  work  of 
the  past  year,  readopt  the  old  plans,  (with 
some  modifications,)  and  reinstate  the 
former  governing  body.  Wisely^  however, 
those  who  attack  the  designs  of  the  Board 
of  Architects  say  very  little  ^gainst  the 
plans  which  these  gentlemen  presented 
for  the  interior  arrangement  of  the  build- 
ing. The  defects  of  the  old  designs 
were  too  obvions  for  defense.  They  confine 
themselves  to  the  design  for  the  exterior 
add  upper  story,  and  the  cry  Is  repeated, 
parrot-like,  by  persons  who  could  not  tell 
Greek  from  Gothic  architecture  that  if 
the  new  plans  are  carried  out,  the  lower 
stories  of  the  building  will  be  in  one 
style  and  the  upper  in  another—a  prop- 
osition which  is  monstrons  and  not  to  be 
endured.  The  local  idea  seems  to  be  that 
if  the  building  were  completed  in  this  way, 
it  would  be  something  different  to  any 
other  existinjt  structure  the  world  over.  It 
surely  can  scarcely  be  necessary  to  explain 
here  that  some  of  the  most  celebrated  archi- 
tectural monuments  extant  display  two 
different  styles  in  their  construction,  or  that 
to  impose  one  style  on  another  in  the  same 
building  is  not  necessarily  a  violation  of 
the  canons  of  art.  It  is  only  reqiiisite  that 
the  two  styles  shall  be  harmonious. 

Now,  it  happens  that  the  exterior  of  the 
new  Capitol  building,  up  to  the  upper 
story,  is  Renaissance  architecture.  Re- 
naissance, as  most  students  of  architecture 
know,  is  not,  strictly  speaking,  a  distinctive 
style,  but  simply  a  method  of  ornamenting 
forms  which  may  be  either  Greek,  Roman, 
or  Gothic  in  their  character.  The*  Benais- 
sance  of  the  new  Capitol  is  Roman  in  its 
character,  and  the  style  of  the  upper  and 
conclnding  story  which  the  new  architects 
proposed  to  impose  upon  it  is  the 
allied  and  harmonious  form  of  Ro- 
manesque. The  original  architect  of 
the  building  has  used  both  styles, 
since  the  architectural  forms  of  the  interior 
of  the  building  are  almost  pure  Roman- 
esque. If  it  be  inquired  why  the  change 
from  the  original  plans  of  the  exterior  Was 
made,  the  answer  is  easy.  The  upper  story 
of  the  building  as  first  proposed  was  the 
worst  part  of  it.  Without  going  into  tech- 
nicalities, it  may  be  sufficient  to  say  that  it 
presented  a  long  line  of  small  square  win- 
dows, like  a  warehouse,  while  the  roof 
above  was  overloaded  with  such  a  mass  of 
meretricious  ornament  that  the  eye  sought 
in  vain  for  some  spot  on  which  to  rest, 
Cast'^iron,  galvanized  iron,  zinc,  copper,  and 
stone  were  all  to  be  used  in  the  building  up 
of  this  exaggerated  mass  of  top-ham- 
per, aud  to  complete  the  whole  it 
was  designed  to  rest  on  the  parapet, 
the  drainage-water  being  conveyed  through 
pipes  carried  into  tbe  interior  of  the 
building.  The  new  architects  proposed  to 
sweep  away  all  this  unnecessary  stuff,  to 
rest  the  roof  where  it  should  rest,  and  to 
reduce  it  to  simple,  symmetrical,  and  neces- 
sary forms.  They  present  estimates  for  the 
whole  building  on  the  new  plans,  which 
show  a  large  reduction  from  the  amount 
estimated  to  be  necessary  to  complete  it  on 
tbe  old  ones,  and  they  assert  that  they  have 
already  in  hand  the  secured  bids  of  re- 
sponsible contractors  to  do  the  work  on 
these  estimates.  This  may  or  may  not  be 
correct,  but  one  thing  is  certain,  that  if  the 
new  plans  are  now  discarded  and  tbe  work 
begun  anew,  the  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
dollars  expended  during  the  past  year  will 
be  all  lost,  and  a  like  outlay  be  required  to 
bring  the  building  up  to  the  present  stage 
of  progress.  Whatever  determination  the 
Legislature  may  arrive  at  in  the  matter,  it 
IS  to  be  hoped  that  at  least  it  will  not  be 
led  astray  by  the  loud  and  ignorant  outcry 
about  the  two  styles  of  architecture. 


TONIC. 

No  intelligent  man  denies  that  the  unre- 
stricted sale  of  ardent  spirits  as  a  beverage 
is  an  eviL  There  is  but  one  opinion  as  to 
the  wrong  and  sliame  of  drunkenness, 
though  good  men  may  differ  as  to  the  best 
way  in  which  to  oppose  it.  Nevertheless, 
great  as  the  evil  ot  free  rum-selling  unques- 
tionably is,  it  is  not  the  only  evil  which 
philanthropists  and  reformers  should  strive 
to  abolish.  The  alcoholic  poisons  of  the 
rum-seller  are  daily  slaying  their  thousands, 
but  the  "tonic"  of  the  barber  is  accom- 
plishing results  that  are  hardly  less  appall- 
ing. And  yet  there  is  not  an  anti-tonic  so- 
ciety in  existence,  and  we  have  yet  to  hear 
of  the  first  reformed  barber  who  is  willing 
to  lecture,  tor  a  fair  compensation,  upon  the 
frightful  evils  that  result  from  the  unre- 
stricted trade  in  tonic. 

Jt  is  not  many  years  since  the  perverted 
inceuuity  of  some  unprincipled  barber  led 
him  to  manufacture  "tonic,"  and  to  use 
the  advantages  which  his  access  to  the 
hair  and  throats  of  his  customers  gave 
him  to  force  them'  to  purchase  the  fatal 
compound.  When  a  man  is  stretched  on 
the  tonsorial  chair,  with  his  nose  in  the 
firm  grasp  of  a  determined  barber,  and  his 
throat  in  close  proximity  to  a  razor,  he  is 
completely  helpless,  and  can  be  talked  to 
the  verge  of  insauity  without  being  able  to 
make  the  slightest  effort  in  self-defense. 
If,  in  this  helpless  situation,  he  is  informed 
by  the  barber  that  his  hair  needs  a  little 
tonic,  and  that  he  had  better  buy  a  bottle 
for  one  dollar  and  have  it  applied  to  his  hair 
twiceor  three  times  a  week,  he  perfectly  well 
understands  that  he  mast  accede  to  the 
barber's  proposal  or  undergo  an  amount  of 
conversation  .which  few  minds  are  strong 
enough  to  bear  with  impunity.  The  ease 
with  which  tonic  could  thus  be  forced  upon 
the  public  was  quickly  perceived  by  the 
rivals  of  its  first  infamous  manntacturer, 
and  within  an  exceedingly  brief  time 
every  barber  in  the  country  had  manu- 
factured bis  own  private  tonic,  and  con- 
verted his  shop  into  a  den  for  the  sale  of 
that  pernicious  liquid.  Shaving  and -hair- 
cutting  became  mere  pretexts  for  the  con- 
cealment of  the  real  nature  of  the  barber's 
shameless  trade,  and  at  the  present  day  the 
statistics  of  the  sale  of  tonic  are  so  frightful 
that  few  men  would  believe  them  were  they 
to  be  published. 

,e  efEetcts  of  toxica  ai^  moral  aod 


rather  than  pbysicaL  In  fact,  there  ia  no 
evidence  that  it  has  any  effect  whatever 
upon  the  human  body.  Its  nse,  however, 
leads  directly  to  bankruptcy,  domestic  dis- 
sension, and  a  complete  loss  of  faith  in  hu- 
manity. When  an  unhappy  man  purchase! 
his  fint  bottle,  and  has  his  hair  liberally 
deluged  with  the  perfumed  contents,  con- 
cealment of  his  weakness  becomes  impossi- 
ble. His  friends  mock  at  him,  and  jeeringly 
assume  that  ho  is  a  vain  person,  who  it 
ashamed  of  his  baldness,  and  desires  to  re- 
new his  hair  in  order  to  delude  the  public  ai 
to  his  age.  His  wife  upbraids  him  f  )r  Wast- 
ing his  money  in  an  absurd  attempt  to  beau- 
tify himself,  and  hints  that  there  mnst  be 
some  young  person  of  the  gentler  sex  in  the 
eyes  of  Whom  he  is  criminally  anxious 
to  present  a  false  appearance  of  youth  and 
gayety.  Of  course,  he  bitterly  regrets  hav- 
ing bought  the  tonic,  but  inasmuch  as  he 
has  paid  a  dollar  for  it,  he  feels  that  he 
must  continue  to  use  it  until  the  bottle  is 
empty.  In  the  course  of  the  week  he  visits 
the  barber's  shop  and  reminds  the  proprietor 
of  his  offer  to  apply  the  tonic  free  of  cost  at 
least  two  or  three  times  a  week.  He  is 
shown  to  a  vacant  chair,  and  the  barber, 
with  a  reproachful  look  which  seems  to  say, 

"  this  is  an  exhibition  of  meanness  for 
which  I  was  really  not  prepared,"  calls 
loudly  for  the  culprit^  bottle.  It  is  some 
time  before  the  bottle  is  found,  and  in  the 
meantime  the  unhappy  owner  is  gazed  at 
with  undissniised  contempt  by  all  the  bar- 
ber's assistants.  Finally  the  bottle  is  pro- 
duced, and  though  it  is  half  empty,  its 
owner  is  ashamed  to  make  any  complaint. 
WTien  he  retires  from  the  shop,  it  is  with  a 
determination  not  to  enter  it  again  except 
for  the  purpose  of  being  shaved  ;  in  which 
case  he  imagines  that  he  might  call  for  bit 
bottle  without  lacerating  the  barber's  feeb 
ines. 

yerhaps  another  week  elapses  before  h^ 
again  decides  to  use  his  hated  tonic.  Ia 
pursuance  of  his  resolution  he  submits  to 
being  shaved,  and  then  in  a  careless  way 
suggests  that  he  has  a  bottle  of  tonic  which 
it  might  be  well  to  use.    As  before,  th< 

bottle  is  sought  with  apparent   earnestness, 

bat  the  search  results  in  the  discovery  thai 
It  is  empty.  The  victim  is  inarmed  thai 
he  has  used  all  bis  tonic,  and  that  he  must 
have  a  fresh  supply.  Usually  he  tries  tc 
avoid  the  second  purchase  by  feebly  hinting 
that  the  first  bottle  has  had  no  effect  in 
stimulating  the  growth  of  his  hair  ;  but  he 
is  sternly  told  that  it  would  be  unceasonable 
to  expect  miracles  from  a  single  bottle  ol 
tonic,  and  that  common  decency  demands 
that  he  should  give  it  a  fair  trial  before  im- 
pugning the  skill  and  honesty  of  the  barber. 
Once  more  he  yields,  and  buys  an  exeriip- 
tion  from  conversation  by  investing  another 
dollar  in  tonic.  This  done,  he  shakes  off 
the  hair  of  that  barber-shop  from  his  fest, 
and  solemnly  vows  never  to  enter  it  again 

But  it  is  in  vaiu  that  any  man  strives  to 
escape  from  the  purchase  of  tonics.  No 
matter  how  many  different  barbers  he  may 
patronize,  each  one  has  his  peculiar  tonic, 
which  he  sells  at  the  point  of  the  scissors  or 
the  edge  of  Ihe  razor.  Gradually  the  help- 
less Janyer  of  tonic  finds  hiTiself  filled  with 
bitterness  and  hatred.  His  wife  regards 
him  as  a  weak-minded  spendthrift  who 
wastes  his  substance  in  tonic,  and  strives  t< 
regain  his  hair  in  order  to  renew  the  pre- 
sumed profligacy  of  his  youth,  while  his 
friends  cease  to  respect  him,  and  decide  that 
he  is  little  better  than  an  elderly  coxcomb. 
Meanwhile,  the  barbers  fatten  on  their  ill- 
gotten  gains,  heedless  of  the  misery  thai 
the  forced  sale  of  tonic  inevitably  produces 

Here  is  an  evil  which  cries  out  for  stern 
suppression.  No  half-way  measures,  no 
"  local  ontion,"  or  license  law  will  meet  the 
case.  The  manufacture  and  sale  of  tonic 
must  be  absolutely  prohibited,  and  for  the 
further  protection  of  the  public  it  would  be 
well  to  have  a  commission  appointed  to  in- 
vestigate the  manner  in  which  the  barbers' 
trade  is  conducted,  and  to  consider  the  ad- 
visability of  converting  our  deaf  and  dumb 
hospitals  into  normal  schools  for  the  train- 
ing of  barbers  who  would  shave  in  silence, 
and  cut  hair  without  making  the  remotest 
allusion  to  politics  or  tbe  weather. 


TILD  EN'S  A  ceo  17NTS. 


PRESIDENT    ELLIS    PROPOSES     TO     PBODOO 

them  bf.caose  he  can'^  avoid  it. 

To  ilu Editor  of  the  .Veic-For*  Timet: 

The  AssociAted  Press  report  in  the  newspa 
pers  states  that  when  I  was  before  the  Senate  Com' 
mittee  on  Privileges  and  Elections,  on  Saturday,  in 
Wasbinttton,  I  expressed  m.y  willinicness  to  farnish 
a  transcrim  of  Mr  Tilden's  account  with  the  Third 
National  Bank.  As  yon  notice  this  editorially,  and 
as  I  did  not  volunteer  to  furnish  sncb  statemenc, 
will  you  permit  me  to  add  to  this  report  by  sayins 
that  when  called  upon  by  the  committee  for  the 
account,  I  stated  In  sabstance  that  I  had  takei 
counsel  on  the  subject  and  had  been  advised  that 
tbe  proceeding  was  illegal,  but  that  i.t  was  useless 
to  resist  the  antbority  of  the  Senate,  and  I  pro- 
tested aeainst  exnosing  the  basincss  of  any  deposi- 
tor, but  that  under  such  cironuistances  I  could  not 
see  m.T  way  to  iefa8e,^and  asked  tbe  privilege 
(which  was  given)  of  retnrnine  to  New- York  and 
putting  the  responsibility  on  tbe  Board  of  Directors. 
Farther  retoaal  on  my  part  would  probably  have  re- 
sulted in  the  committee  orderiotc  the  books  of  the 
bank  to  be  taken  to  TVsshincton.  The  result  of  tbe 
whole  is  tnat  I  am  directed  to  retnm  to  W  asbinstoa 
with  the  account,  whether  the  Directors  consent  oi 
not.  Mv  indiBpositlon  to  prodnce  this  account  arose 
solely  from  my  position  as  a  bank  officer  owing  a 
duty  to  his  depositors.  JOHN  W.  ELLIS, 

Fresident  pro  tern.  Third  National  Ban]^ 

ADVOCATES  OF  ASSASSiyATIOIT. 
To  the  Editor  o r  the  Neui-  Tork  Timet  .- 

I  inclose  some  bead  lines  clipped  from  tbe 
Augusta  (6a.)  Ohioniele  and  SentiJuL  They  are  af 
follows  : 

Sic  Seupeb  UsuRFOBmns. — A.n  Attempt  to  As- 
sassinate Pack,  tbe  Pretended  Governor  of  Lontsi- 
ana— Struck  in  the  Koee— A  Narrow  Escape— 
•' Weldon,"  Good  and  Faithfol  Servant,  Better  Ain 
Next  Time. 

If  tbe  editor  upholds  tbe  doctrine  of  aasassinatlon 

aod  the  whole  tenor  of  bis  paper  clearly  ahows  be 
does— wbere,  in  the  name  of  all  that  is  Chnstiao,  Is 
"belter  aim  ntit  tlmo"  to  be>rin  and  end  •  To 
Northern  people  reelding  South,  and  those  thicking 

of  coming  here,  tbe  prospect  of  wholesale  murder, 
being  upheld  by  more  than  one  of  the  papers,  not 
only  in  this  reeion,  but  in. the  enlightened  and 
civilized  City  of  Aognsia,  is  anything  but  entlcinjt 
or  editying  to  those  whom  chance.  Inclination  or 
necessity  has  placed  within  iheir  booodarles. 
Sbame  on  such  papers,  who  are  doing  and  will  do 
all  they  can  to  keep  alive  tbe  dead  issues  of  the  war. 

The  heading  is  a^sample  of  many  which  the  above- 
named  paper  takes  pleasnre  in  parading  dailv  befor« 
its  readers.  J 'E.W 

AOKH.  S.  C,  Thursday,  Tob.  15,  1877. 


IBB  ISDIAN  TROUBLES. 
Sak  Francisco,  Feb.  18.— A  Tucson,  Arizona, 
disoatoh  says  Gov.  Safford  is  oat  in  a  threa-colosm 
letter  in  the  Oitixen  reviewing  the  Indian  tronblea 
since  last  April .  aud  cbn tending  tnat  the  deoar^ 
ment  commander  has  foiled  to  do  hia  dnty. 

SUnDBN  DEATH  OP  A  STBAN&EB. 
Wii.snHQTOir.  Feb.  18.— A  middle-aged  man 
of  respecublo  appearance,  apparaauy  »  Prench 
Canaoisn,  who  stopped  at  the  City  Hotel  Ust  nlgk^ 

• .    ,       was  found  dead  in  bis  bed  thi«  mormlng.    Ha  a%a 

mAfltfti^  [  natrwhtfw  ht-I  *}-m  is  ■»  nlnaJUhU^UuiS^  ^ 


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tATEST  NEWS  BY   CABLE. 

TF*  EASTERN  QUESTION  UNSOLVED. 

«OB£  DISCORD   IN  THE   TURKISH  CABINET — 

ANOTHER    GRAND    VIZIKR     DISMISSKD 

RUSSIA  BXPORTBD  TO  HAVB  EFFBCTBD 
▲N  AGBKKMKNT  WITH  GERMANY — ^THK 
CZAB^  TROOPS  PBBPABUtG  TO  CROSS 
-      THE  BOKDSR. 

-pASia,  Feb.  la — Le  Temps  confirms  the 
statements  wbioh  have  been  current  tLat  the 
Bultan  is  ill,  and  says  it  is  feared  that  he  is  guf- 
'bring  from  paralyais  of  the  brain. 

The  Post  a&ra  it  tan  coatradiot,  upon  relia- 
bio  autnoni^,  xne  rumors  of  the  Sultan's 
^Ineas. 

.uONDON,  Feb.  19. — A  special  correspondent 
>t  Vienna  says  a  dispatch  has  been  received 
from  Constantinople  announcing  that 
Gdham  Pasha  has  Deen  requested  by  the 
Saltan  to  appoint  another  Grand  Vizier. 
A.  Berlin  special  says  the  dismissal  of  Edbem 
Pasha  seems  to  be  a  fact,  and  Mahmoud  Damad, 
the  brother-in-law  of  the  Sultan,  becomes 
Grand  Vizier,  with  a  policy  aiminjr  at 
the  abrogation  of  the  Constitution. 
Edhem  Paaha  will  continue  to  assist 
him,  as,  the  new  Vizier  is  Ignorant 
of  any  foreign  language.  The  same  correspond- 
ent states  that  £assia,  after  I'niitless  efforts  to 
amve  at  an  understanding  with  Austria,  has 
relinquished  the  idea  of  obtaining  her  immedi- 
ate co-operation.  It  is  said,  however,  that 
Sussia  has  arrived  at  an  asreement  with  Qer- 
many,  to  which  the  adherence  of  Austria  is  ex- 
oeoted. 

A  telegram  from  Pesth  reports  that  8,000 
military  engineers  are  changing  the  gauge  of 
the  Boumanian  railways  to  that  of  the  Bussian 
roads.  The  work  will  be  completed  in  20 
days.  The  Boasian  Army  is  making 
energetio  preparations  to  cross  the  Pruth. 
llie  orders  from  St.  Petersburg  are  that  the 
march  should  be  accomplished  without  need- 
lessly iiKambering  the  railways,  which  will 
transport!  the  artillery  and  ambulances, 

A  corraBpondent  at  Vienna  reviews  the  va- 
rious nimors  from  Constantinople,  and 
lays  tbe  news  thence  foreshadows  a 
serioos  crisis.  A  dispatch  from  Pera 
annonnoes  that  M.  Bistics,  the  Serviap  Envoy, 
bas  arrived  and  been  honorably  and  courteoos- 
^  reeeived  by  the  Turks.  He  will  have  an 
audience  with  the  Sultan  on  Monday.  A  Vi- 
enna special  says  the  Montenegrin  Envoys,  Bozo 
Petrovios  and  Stanko  Badonics,  will  embark  on 
(Vedneaday  for  Constantinople. 

A  correspondent  at  Berlin  says  the  Porte  of- 
fered to  prolong  the  armistice  a  month  it  the 
liontenegrins  would  negotiate  in  a  Turkish 
iown.  The  suppression  of  Edhem  by  Mahmoud 
Damad  is  considered  immiaent. 

A  Belgrade  special  savs  warlike  rumors  have 
reached  there.  \t  is  believed  in  many  circles 
liiatthe  passage  of  the  Pruth  will  not  be  de- 
tayc^^uoh  longer.  The  Servians  are  prepar- 
taig  for  possible  resumption  of  hostilities. 
£ut  the  principal  subject  of  discussion  is  the 
meetmg  of  the  Great  Skupooht^jaa.  Both 
the  Prince  and  Ministry  feel  that  is  a  gigantic 
force  of  utterly  unknown  tendencies,  and  there 
is  oonsiderabie  uneasiness  in  all  quarters  with 
regard  to  its  probable  policy. 

UISCELLANEOUS     FU&EiaN    NOTES. 
S6YPT  AKD  ABYSSINIA— A    REPORTRD   MAS- 
SACRE  THE  SPANISH  GOVERNURNT  AND 

THE    PKOVmCES — A  SEARCH    FOR  MISS- 
ING FISHERMEN— THE  FAMINE  IN  INDIA. 
London,  -  Feb.    18. — ^A    special   dispatch 
from  Cairo  says  G«n.  Gordon  was   to  leave 

there  to-day  for  Masdowah  to  negotiate  with 
Abyssinia  for  peace  and  the  opening  of  bet 
conntry  to  trade. 

liOKDON,  *  Feb.  19. — ^A  special  dispatch  re- 
ports that  Oapt  Mitchell,  an  engineer  in  the 
K6hdive's  aervioe,  and  50  soldiers,  who  were  on 
an  exploring  expedition  in  Abyssinia,  have  been 
massacred  by  tne  natives. 

A  special  irom  Calcutta  says  the  Viceroy's 
I  official  dispatch,  dated  Feb.  16,  states  that  the 
I  famine  in  North  Arcot  is  much  worse  than  was 
I  at  first  supposed,  and  there  is  great  distress  in 
Mysore. 

A  dispatch  from  Vittona  says  the  Junta  of 
tbe  ^Province  of  Alava  has  been  convoked  lor 
extraordinary  session  on  Feb.  23  to  discuss 
I  proposals  for  an  arrangement  with  the  Govern- 
.XDent  relative  to  the  Fueros  law. 

The  man-of-war  Valorous  returned  to  Tar- 
tnonth  on  Sunday,  after  a  week's  search  for  the 
missing  fishermen,  which  was  totally  unsuo- 
cenfuL  Twenty-five  vessels  and  150  hands  are 
given  up  as  lost. 

Ihe  Times  has  advices  from  Cape  Town,  via 
Madeira,  which  represent  that  no  war  is  likely 
to  arise  out  of  the  Transvaal  difficulty.  Mr. 
Shepstone,  the  British  envoy,  has  arrived  at 
Pretoria.  It  is  reported  that  the  Burgers  now 
favor  SBinexation  by  England  in  consequence 
of  the  threatening  attitude  assumed  toward 
theTrarasvaal  Bepublic  by  the  Lulu  King,  who, 
liowe<«<er,  is  thought  to  be  amenable  to  British 
influence. 

A  Vienna  dispatch  to  the  Times  says  a  con- 
ference was  held  on  Saturday  between  tbe 
Austrian  and  Hungarian  Ministers,  on  the 
vexed  question  as  to  the  number  of 
iDirectora  which  are  to  represent  each 
ooontry  in  the  board  of  the  proposed  ioiut 
bank.  Although  no  resolution  was  taken,  the 
Tlews  of  tSie  two  Ministries  so  for  coincided 
that   it   is   expected  a   compromise   may    be 

reached  to-day. 

♦ 

THE  SUCCESSION  TO  THE  PAPACY. 

London,  Feb.  19.— The  Roman  corre- 
spondent of  a  morning  paper  states  that  it  has 
been  resolved  that  any  Cardinal  may  be  elected 
Pope  on  ,  the  death  of  Pius  IX.,  irrespective 
•f  nationality.  This  decision  was  not  renched 
without  considerable  discussion  between  tbe 
Pope  and  some  of  tbe  Sacred  College.  Tbe  de- 
eision  will  be  communicated  to  all  the  Cardinals. 

CENTRAL  AND   SO  DTE  AMERICA. 


threaten  to  sbotten  the  tenare  of  oflSoe  nfGen  Dosa. 
A  smart  shook  of  e^^tuquvke  visited  Valpafaiso  on 
Jan.  11,  aboat  330  o'cIock  P.  M.,  but  was  only  pro- 
ductive of  a  little  alarm. 

THE  FOTOHK   OF  NEW-YORK. 


m 


■ai 


i/HE  STRUGGLE  IN  COLOMBIA — AN  EXPECTED 
ATTACK  UPON  CARTAGENA — THE  DARIEN 
XXPEDITIOBr — DISCOVERY  OF   GUANO. 

Panama,  Feb.  8. — Since  the  departure  of  the 

^olon  on  the  2d  inat.,  no  detinite  information  baa 
li««n  received  front  tbe  interior  of  Colombia  in  re- 
gard to  the  pendiD(g  struggle  between  tbe  Liberals, 
or  OoTemmant  pavtv,  and  the  Conservatives.  Tbn 
meagre  advlees  that  have  reached  as  aeem  to  mdi- 
eate  the  growmg  strength  of  tbe  latter,  and  the 
possibility  of  their  final  triamph.  Tbe  latest  ad- 
vices from  Cartagena  are  to  Feb.  6.  All  tbe  avail- 
able forces  were  being  harried  forward  to  Bar- 
lanqoilla,  to  asslit  m  repelling  an  expected 
attaok  npon  that  city  by  cfae  ConBervative  forces. 
It  is  reported  that  residenu  of  Cartagena  are  not 
permitted  to  leave  tbe  place,  and  that  everybody 
bad  to  be  In  their  Jboases  at  and  after  7  o'clock  P. 
]£  Political  arreats  continued  to  be  made.  It  is 
thongbt  that,tha  contest  cannot  last  much  longer. 

The  Isthmn*  continaes  qniet  Unless  some  new 
oompUcatiod  arises,  there  will  probably  be  no  fight- 
ing here.  ISie  oontinaed  presence  of  the  men-of- 
-war  Fenaaoola  and  Omaha  serves  as  a  bealtbfnl 
tonic  to  'prevent  a  breach  of  the  peace. 
The  British  sloop-of-war  Albatroas  arrived  on  the 
4tb  to  rebeve  the  Daring.  Tbe  latter  vessel  left 
Panama  for  Bealejo.  Kicaragaa,  at  the  request  of 
tbe  German  Government,  to  investigate  the  al- 
leged ontrace  perpetrated  In  tbe  case  of  Mr.  Eidsen- 
Stnofe.  T^  Boston  brig  Bicbmond.  (Japt  Bryant. 
PAisacola  for  Asplnwali,  went  ashore  on  SennvUle 
Amk  Jan.  IM,  and  became  a  total  loss. 

From  tlw  Carien  Expedition  there  has  been  little 
of  public  Interest  yet  made  known.  The  work  is 
iMt>Kr«ssiofi  and  will  be  completed  about  tbe  end  of 
FeBnuST^ Advices  from  Peru  say  fresh  guano  aia- 
eorerias  have  been  made  in  the  Soath.  which  are 
■aid  to  be  of  immense  proportions,  but  no  definite 
M«a  can  berfurmed  of  their  size  er  value  ontU  regn- 
lar  aorveva  have  bean  made.     The  revoluttun  in 


LETTEft  IIL 
To  tU  SifUr  ot  the  Nev-  For*  Timt*  i 

The  transportation  to  the  seaboard  of  the 
products  of  the  West  is  the  immediate  and 
ostensible  prize  for  which  rival  oities  are  con- 
tending. It  is  believed  that  the  city  which  se- 
cures this,  or  mneh  or  most  ot  it,  will  have 
various  other  things  of  v<^t  commercial  value 
added  to  it.  The  port  mnit  be  frequented  by 
vessels  to  ccmvey  these  products  sbroad,^  capital 
must  be  lodged  for  purchases  and  expenses, 
supplies  and  repairs  to  shipping  must  be  pro- 
vided, labor  to  handle  must  be  employed, 
towage  and  pilotage  must  be  paid.  To  some 
extent  imports  will  pursue  the  line 
of  export^;  and  furnish  new  ele- 
ments and  souroes  of  traffic  and  gain. 
Indeed,  one  New- York  house  extensively  en- 
gaged in  importing  is  arranging  to  receive  a 
portion  ot  Its  merchandise  through  a  branch 
in  Baltitnore,  and  another  is  receiving  a  large  ^^ 
portion  oi  its  foreign  goods  through  Boston.'' 
Cargoes  of  coffee,  when  destined  for  the  West, 
are  landed  at  Baltimore  almost  exclusively. 
That  port  which  can  reeeive.  deliver,  and  han- 
dle exports  most  rapidly  and  most  cheaply 
will  retain  or  obtain  this  prize.  It  is  a  ques- 
tion of  dollars — no,  not  ot  dollars,  but  ot  cents 
and  mills.  Upon  such  small  issues — small  in 
detail — ^bangs  the  question  of  ultimate  com- 
mercial prosperity,  possibly  commercial  su- 
premacy. 

And  here  New-York  is  at  a  disadvantage. 
The  cargo  and  the  ship  must  be  brought  to- 
gether with  the  least  possible  delay  and  at  the 
least  possible  cost.  At  present  the  cost  ot  hand- 
ling the  produce  here  is  greater  than  elsewhere, 
and  this  City  loses  a  portion  of  her  trade.  Some 
of  our  dealers  have  followed  the  trade  to  an- 
other city,  while  the  others  are  waiting  for  a 
practical  solution  of  the  problem  aa  to  cargo 
and  sbio.  There  is  need  ot  wise  counsel  and 
early  action.  There  is  a  leak,  and  it  must  be 
stopped.  Bankers  tell  me  that  thev  find  the  cur- 
rent of  certain  lines  ot  western  financial 
accounts  changing  ;  they  go  West  to  find  tbe 
cause,  and  are  told  the  busmess  is  transferred 
to  another  61ty  because  oi  terminal  expenses 
and  delays  here.  So  closely  are  business  inter- 
ests interlocked  that  no  link  in  the  chain  can 
be  snapped  wiihout  a  respuusive  shock  to  the 
whole.  This  blending  of  every  interest  iu  the 
common  weifaxe  renders  it  in  the  last  degree 
unwise  for  any  to  assume  that  it  is  tuo  remote 
to  be  injured  by  impedta;;  elfective  measures 
for  assuring  faciliuea  lor  transhipment  of 
produce. 

The  subject  of  rapid  transit  within  the  City 
limits  is  one  wbioh  cannot  be  passed  by.  It  is 
hoped  that  the  time  is  at  hand  when  it  will 
possess  the  qaalitiea  of  a  commanding  intur- 
esr.  In  1866,  aa  Chairman  ot  a  special  commis- 
sion to  investigate  the  subject,  1  devoted  sev- 
eral months  to  a  oarelui  examination,  and  the 
conclusion  then  arrived  at — that  underground 
railways  passin^;  UDder  atreets  would  best  pro- 
vide lor  the  wants  of  the  City  in  respect  to  the 
safe,  raoid,  and  cheap  transportation  of  per- 
sons and  property — seems  a  sound  one.  ihe 
Fourth  avenue  su  l>way  has  been  a  very  loug 
step  in  the  direction  inOicatcd. 

Elevated  roads  have  their  advocates,  and  un- 
doubtedly their  merits.  Bapid  transit  roads 
need  a  population  upon  or  near  their  lines.  It  is 
alleged  witu  much  iurce«bat  the  road  must  pre- 
cede the  inhabitaurs;  that  it  must  be  built,  in 
fact,  to  make  remote  property  habitable.  On 
the  other  hauu,  it  is  urged,  witn  equal  force 
that  such^road  cannot  be  construcuj<i  without 
Injury  to  valuable  property  m  the  improved 
portion  of  tbe  City,  and  that  the  dumuj^e  to 
improved  property  is  immediate  ani  absolute, 
wtule  the  advantage  to  uistaut  property  is  re- 
mote and  contmgeut. 

Cunuusly  enough,  while  tnis  controversy  is 
pendinir.  a  metuod  uf    rapid    transit   bad    uuuie 

mto  vogue  which  is  ot  interest  m  this  couueo- 
tiun.  Perpenuicular  rapid  trausit  had  an  im- 
portant bearing  upuu  hori2ouial  rapid  transit. 
If  the  tuau  who  makes  two  blades  ot  grass 
grow  upon  a  spot  of  ground  where  oul.y  one 
grew  beiure  la  a  Ijenefactor  ot  hu  race,  what 
shall  be  Soid  of  the  luau  who.  in  efi'ect,  makes 
two  houses  stand  were  only  one  stood  beloie  { 
The  elevator  is  the  vehicle  which  edecis  this 
result.  Until  within  two  or  three  vears  tuo 
third  story  was  as  near  tbe  sky  us  it  wad  pus- 
sible  to  induce  the  better  class  ot  tenants  to  go, 
but  the  steam  elevator  manes  the  huh  and 
even  the  sixth  accessible  aiid  habitable,  uud 
the  diiference  in  rents  between  the  sevuroi 
floors  where  this  vehicle  is  m  u^e  is  surprisingly 
suiali.  it  baa  become  pj:i8ible,  then,  lu  accom- 
modate within  a  given  aiea  a  pojiiUatio-i  muuu 
mure  dense  ibau  could  be  housed  witiiout  this 
agency.  iShouid  the  erection  ot  lotty  d  weiiiiigs, 
Uats  OS  tbey  ui'e  called,  cuntmua  lo  meet  witu 
tavor,  the  occupation  ot  uuiuiproved  lot:i  must 
proceed  at  a  slower  rate  and  tue  uuprov.'meU(. 
ol  tnose  more  remotely  suuaiud  b^  lu  some  ue- 
gree  retarded,  ibemtiueuceof  the  8 team  ele- 
vator upon  down-town  property  admits  of  uo 
question.  Certain  culliu>is  wuicQ  are  e^pc- 
cialiy  gregariouii  find  it  posoibieto  keep  witain 
the  coveted  area  bv  occupying  tue  now  aocussi- 
ble  lotty  stones,  indeed,  the  upper  stones  of 
oidiiiai-y  buildings  down- town  witliuut  eleva- 
tors are  not  easily  rented. 

That  rapid  trausit  in  some  effcf  tivo  form  will 
come  id  certain.  I'  will  ue  iudispeu liable  for  a 
full  development  of  tbe  teriitonai  resources 
ot  the  City,  ihe  coulormanou  of  Maubutiau 
Island  iu  itself  will  impose  the  neeissity  of 
providing  means  ol  speedy  ti'a  sit.  Vet  ic  is 
possible,  if  Mow-York  shall  persiSi.  wit;i  lijur- 
bou-iii£e  oijsimacy  m  ucrtaiu  iuci.uo.;ti,  and  re- 
sist certain  i^eluruis,  tue  urgent  necessity  tor 
rapid  transit  wiii  be  j^ostpoued. 

Weokue  H.  Asdbews. 


SMteCn^JSwiivWla  Btn""'"g  Tjroportuma  which  I  veaterdav  noxtdn^ 


IME     htJAlHEIi. 


INDlCATIi^lNS. 

Washington.  Feb.  19—1  A.  M.— ibr  the  Mid- 
dle and  Eaxtern  Utatea.  increasing  south-east  to  south- 
west winds,  fallitvj  barometer,  and  threatening 
weather,  with  rain  or  snow. 

IN     THIS     CIIY. 

The  following  record  shows  the  changes  in 
the  teranerature  tor  the  past  21  hours,  m  com- 
pariaon  with  the  corresponding  datt*  of  last  year, 
asiadicatedby  tne  tbermomoier  at  Haduut's  pbar- 

macy : 

187B.  1877.'  IS76.  1877. 

3A.  M '2S°   24°!  .'?:30P.  M 35'-   36^ 

6  a.  M -'8"    24^.  6H.  iL oa=    33° 

9  A.  ai 32=    20'',    »f..\i 3J^    -Si^ 

12  M 35°    319. J2P.  M iO^    30° 

Average  tfmperatare  yeateraat 29^8° 

Averajce  temperature  for  currespoaciuu  d.ite  Ust 
year. Si's" 


ANOTHER  RhYHJSVK  AGENT  KILLED. 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  18. — Private  dispatches  irom 
Warrenton,  Mo.,  state  that  Col.  Fred.  Meyer, 
Bevenue  Agent  for  this  district,  was  sbot  and 
seriuusly  wounded  at  that  place  to-day  by  Kat.  C. 
Drvden.  a  lawyer  ot  that  place.  Tbe  canse  of  tbo 
abooting  i^  onbnown ;  bat  Col.  Meyer  seized 
some  stills  at  Warrenton  vesterJav,  and  the 
anppoaiclon  is  tbat  Dryden  was  attornev  for  tLe 
owners  of  tbe  atilis,  and  thai  some  dispute  growing 
cue  of  the  seiznre  led  to  the  nufonnaate  r 'BUlt 
stated  atmre.  The  ball  Irom  Dryden'a  pisiol 
entered  CoL  Ueyec's  moatb  and  iiifltet«>(l  a  aeriuna 
woand,  but  at  last  auouunts  he  was  doing  well.  A 
sorgeoa  will  leave  here  to-nigbt  t»  attend  bim. 
Aai>ie  from  the  (act  tbat  Col.  Meyer  is  an  old  ci '  izun 
ot  Su  Lonis,  ana  b.is  been  an  active,  efficient  officer. 
I}ryden  is  the  »on  of  Judge  Dryueu,  a  proiniuenc 
lawyer  of  this  city.  The  affair  has  created  a  great 
deal  ot  interest  here. 


TEH  SAVAOE^i  llf  YIOIORIA. 
San  Francisco,  Feb.  18.— A  dispatch  from 
Victoria  states  tbat  tbe  OoverncAent  bave  decided 
to  send  a  gUD-bpat  to  tbe  island  where  Indiana  re- 
port the  crew  of  tbe  Geotge  Sioaght  were  mur- 
dered. Tbe  trit>e  to  wbicb  the  alleged  mnrderera 
beluog  is  said  to  be  small,  but  warlike.  One  of  tbe 
lodlans  who  makes  tbe  atatemant,  offers  to  con- 
dnct  the  gun-boat  to  tbe  bay,  where  tbe  bones  of 
the  mnrdered  men  can  Biill  be  found. 


KILLED  BY  A  FHEIGHT  TBAlJf. 
WiuiisGTON,  Feb.  18. — William  H.  Hammpn- 
ton,  a  colored  bootblack,  was  run  over  by  a  freight 
train  on  tbe  Philadelphia,  Wilmington  and  Balti- 
more Kailroad  yesterday,  and  died  thU  morning 
Irom  his  lniurl..-«.  

MJHTE&IOVS  DEATH. 
New-Havbn,    Feb.     18. — To-day     the    dead 
body  of  an  unknown  man  was  found  with  a  hole  in 
his  head,  on  the  MeadoWs  in  West  Havea,  near  the 
railroad  bridge.    It  is  not  known  whether  he  was 
mnrdsced  or  killed  by  accident 
•^^a^  - 
EAS.taQVA  KB  )IN  CALIFORNIA. 
8as  Fsakcuco,  Feb  1^ — There  was  a  heavy 
■book  of  earthquake  at  Qaiooy,  Piooiaa  Coaaty. 


THE  KINGDOM  OF  HALT. 

NOTES  FROM  TUE  ANCIENT  CITY. 

AKBOQANCB  OF  THE  PAPACY  IN  THE  PAST — 
TJE  SPIRIT  OK  THE  VATICAN  NOT  TET 
CHAXGED— JOHN  bull's  INTERFERENCE 
"WITH  ITALIAN  LAW — CAPT.  BOTrON  GBT- 
tlSQt  ON  SWIMMIKGLY-^ VICISSITUDES  OF 
AN  ANCIENT  CITY— AN  OBIQINAL  PHASE 
or  ROMAN  SOCIAL  LIFB. 

From  Our  Own  Correnondtnt. 
Eo(ME,  Wednesday,  Jan.  30,  1877. 
My  letter  of  the  2oth  inst.  bore  a  date 
somewhat  memorable  in  the  history  of  the 
acta  of  arrogance  of  the  Papacy  in  the  remote 
past ;  when  to  will,  with  the  power  to  do,  was 
more  absolute  than  at  present.  It  is  now  just 
800  years  since  Pope  Gregory  VII.  (Hilde- 
brand)  obliged  the  German  Emperor  Henry 
rv.  to  wait  with  bare  feet  three  davs  in  tbe 
Court  of  the  Castle  of  Caaossa,  praying  that 
tbe  ban  of  excommunication  might  be  taken 
off,  which  the  Pontiff  had  imposed  for  acts  of 
opposition  to  his  good  pleasure.  From  what 
has  been  said  recently,  we  wore  m  expectation 
that  some  notice  would  be  taken  of  this 
eighth  centenary  of  an  alleged  triumph 
of  the  Church,  by  the  actual  lords  of  the  Vati- 
can, But  not  a  word  of  exultation  has  been 
uttered,  nor  a  lamp  lighted,  nor  any  sign  what- 
ever given  that  the  centenary  has  come  round. 
Eight  hundred  years  is  a  pretty  long  period.ia 
the  history  of  human  institutions,  and  even  in 
the  history  of  tbe  world ;  and  these  past  cen- 
turies have  brought  many  changes  to  the  State 
and  to  society,  and  have  laid  the  foundation, 
without  doubt,  for  greater  changes  yet  to 
come.  But  with  all  this,  it  is  as  clear  as  any- 
thing can  be,  that  the  spirit  of  the  Vati- 
can, or  of  the  Papal  party,  has  not 
chaaged,  and  that  the  Church  would 
be  just  as  ready,  had  it^  the  power, 
to  impose  humiliations  and  punishaients  upon 
the  present  German  Emperor  as  upon  the  onQ 
who  bore  the  same  title  long  ago.  So  far  as 
Gregory  VII.  is  concerned  in  this  remarkable 
fact  of  history,  he  did  not  come  out  much 
brighter  than  his  antagonist.  Henry  forced 
his  way  into  Italy,  and  shut  Gregory  up  in  the 
Castle  of  St.  Angelo,  while  he  was  crowned  in 
Rome  by  Clement  II.,  the  Anti-Pope  whom  he 
himself  had  appointed.  Four  years  after  (1085) 
Gregory  VII.  closed  bis  stirmy  career  of  12 
years  of  Papal  rule,  at  Salerno,  to  which  place 
he  had  fled  for  safety.  Henry  IV.,  maltreated 
by  his  son,  whom  he  had  named  as  his  successor 
to  the  Empire,  died  in  exile  and  neglect,  at . 
Liege,  in  1106,  under  a  second  ban  of  excom- 
munication, which  was  not  removed  until  live 
years  after  bis  burial. 

The  action  proposed  by  certain  interested 
parties  iir  England  tobo  taken  tor  the  removal 
of  the  evils  which  ufHiot  society,  and  particu- 
larly the  chronic  evil  of  brigandage,  to  which 
your  attention  has  already  oeen  called,  has 
produced  a  burst  of  indignant  protest  from  the 
Italian  newspaper  press.  Some  pretty  hard 
words  are  hurled  at  tbo  llritishers,  and  they 
arc  plainly  told  to  mind  their  own  business 
and  not  attempt  to  intormeddln  in  affairs  here, 
for  Italians  are  quite  capable  of  initiating  tlieir 
own  legislation  and  executing  their  own  laws. 
John  Bull  is  sothick-beaded  that  he  does  not 
see  tbat  the  drawing  up  a  bill  for  the 
correction  oi  abuses  here  i-;  Just  as  offensive  to 
the  Italians  as  would  have  been  similar  action 
bv  foreigners  to  find  a  cure  for  the  woes  ot 
Ireland  when  that  island  wa^  iu  a  much  worse 
condition  than  it  is  at  pr<^-scut.     Tbe  people  of 

this  country  know  that  tne  time  is  pust  when  a 
fleet  before  Naples  was  sufficient  to  intimidate 
tbe  local  aut  hority  and  cause  it  to  submit  to 
arbitrary  exactions  ;  and  they  know  also  tbat 
one  of  the  aiivanta^fs  if  tbo  present  union  of 
the  provinces  is  that  it  gives  conftdouse  that 
tbe  rights  of  the  nation  will  be  respected,  as 
there  is  suQioicut  power  behind  to  enforce  such 
respect. 

Capt-  Boyton.  with  his  life-saving  invention, 
has  given  the  liomans  for  a  week  past  enough 
to  talk  about.  Wl  en  he  came  floating  down 
the  Tiber  tne  banks  of  tbe  river  were  thronged 
with  thoasaiils  of  the  population,  and  within 
tha  limits  of  the  city  har.ily  a  standin::-place 
for  others  could  be  found  anywhere  alon:j  tlio 
biiuk  of  tbe  strc.im.  Some  tumbled  into  the 
water,  and  thp  euterprisiug  Captaiu  came  near 
having  an  opportunity  of  putting  the  utility  of 
his  apparatus  to  a.  practical  test.  He  had 
given  two  or  three  exhibitions  in  an  inclosed 
basin  during  the  week,  and  tbe  curiosity 
of  the  public  has  had  full  gratification. 
Such  crowds  of  people  oa  the  banks  of  the 
Tiber  reminded  one  that  the  so-mucb-needed 
improvement  of  the  river-front  of  Romo  is  still 
unaccomplitibod^  If  all  tbo  words  used, 
whether  printed  or  spoken,  about  this  great 
project  could  be  turned  into  so  many  bricks 
and  stones,  material  enough  would  be  lumished 
to  build,  not  only  tiio  quays  of  tbe  Tiber,  but 
the  walls  of  anew  Babylon.  As  Capt.  Boyton, 
borne  along  by  the  current,  waved  the  Ameri- 
can fla;i  in  Iriendlv  greeting  to  the  ancient 
city  one  almost  wished  that  some  magic 
influence    might    be   sbaken    out    of   tbe    folds 

of   the    banner     to    quicken    with    a     little 

of  our  national  energy  those  bore  who 
have  constituted  themselves  the  conductors  of 
local  enterprises.  iComo  la^Jio  longer  the  sty  6f 
filth  tbat  it  was  under  tbe  old  Government, 
and,  compared  wilh  Naples,  it  is  already  a 
model  city  for  cleanliness,  But  a  great  part  of 
the  crowded  districts  in  which  the  indigent 
masses  burrow  need  to  be  reconstructed.  Rome 
once  had  not  less  than  1,000,000  inbabitants 
witlrn  its  walls,  and  several  millions  in  its 
suburbs,  which  extended  themselves  for  miles 
in  every  direction  over  the  Campagna.  As  one 
of  the  most  remarkable  examples  in  history  of 
the  vicissitudes  to  which  cities  and  nations  are 

subjected,  we  have  the  fact  that  this  Capital  of 
the  Cseaars'  Empire,  at  the  momsn:  of  its 
lowest  estate,  was  reduced  to  a  population  ot 
17,000.  That,  as  we  are  informed  by  authority, 
wastheextrcme  point  it  touched  in  the  period  of 
its  desolation.  Foxes  and  wolves  oamo  back 
to  the  caves  from  which  they  were  driven 
when  tbe  spirit  of  colinization  and  of  conquest 
led  Romulus  and  bij  successors  to  fix  here  the 
seat  of  the  nascent  State.  The  halt-brigand 
clans  of  warlike  barons  shared  with  tbe 
wolves  and  foxes  the  wild  domain  of 
ruin  which  foreign  deapoilers  had 
left.  Itahana  are  now  trying  to 
build  the  Rome  of  the  second  kingly  epoch, 
and  the  matter  is  reduced  to  a  vulgar  question 
of  money.  It  is  estimated  that  to  carry  out  the 
improvements  planned  by  Garibaldi,  the  mu- 
nicipality, and  tbb  State,  the  sum  of  not  less 
than  130.000.000  of  franca  will  bo  needed- 
Where  is  this  to  come  from  ?  ia  tbe  inquiry 
made  on  all  sides,  and  no  definitive  response  is 
yet  given.  It  has  been  noised  about  that  the 
Government  is  ready  to  guarantee  the  interest 
on  a  loan  to  this  amount,  so  that  a  burden 
greater  than  it  can  bear  shall  not  he  put  upon 
Uome.  Meanwhile,  the  Tiber  rolls  its  muddy 
current  undisturbed  by  man's  devices,  and 
with  no  obstacles  to  binder  it  from  smearing 
half  tbe  city  with  its  slime  when  it  suits  its 
Bweet  wilL 

Before  closing  this  letter,  I  will  put  on  re- 
cord a  little  incident,  which,  during  the  past 
week,  has  given  some  slight  scandal  to  certain 
circles  of  tbe  town  A  Roman  marquis,  living 
not  far  Irom  tbe  Piazza  Barbariui,  has  ^tely 
given  away  his  daughter  in  marriage  to  one 
probably  of  equal  social  condition.  .  A  few 
days  back  a  good  many  friends  of  both  the 
parties  in  the  matrimonial  alliance  were  as- 
sembled at  the  bouse  of  tbe  bride's  father,  ot 
exchange  felicitations  and  view  the  valuable 
presents  that  had  been  sent  in,  and  which  were 
laid  out  in  the  usual  way  for  show  and  praise. 
'Suddenly,  to  the  consternation  of  the  head  of 
the  house,  it  was  discovered,  that  a  neck  lace 
and  ear-drops,  set  with  brilliants,  were  missing. 
The  father,  without  saying  a  word,  sent  for  the 
nolioe,  and,  to  the  surprise  ol  everybody,  the 
V  doors  were  dosed  anil  an  ordar  o'lveu.  tor  the 


whole  company  to  b«  searched.  The  order  was 
rigidly  executed,  but  without  finding  the  mis»- 

ing  property.  The  incident  is  interesting  as 
presenting,  at  least,  an  original  phase  of  Roman 
Boipiallife.  " 

OBNEBALAaSEitBLY  OF  NEW-JERSEY 


CBAMCE8  OF  BEPUBLICAN  SUCCESS  IN  JOINT 
MKKTIKQ JERSEY   CITY  CH ARTKB  PROS- 

PKCI8— REFORMING    THE     JUSTICE     OF 

THE  PEACE    SYSTEM. 

■  /yoiR  Our  Own  Correavondent. 

Teenton,  Sunday,  Feb.  18,  1877. 

The  joint  meeting  of  Monday  and  its 
probable  result  continue  to  be  the  engrossing 
topic  In  political  circles  here.  There  does  not 
seem  to  be  any  particular  change  in  the  sltua- 
tion^inoe  last  Monday.  Mr.  Kreuger,  the  dis- 
affected Democrat,  is  as  much  as  ever  an  ob- 
ject of  solicitude  to  both  sides.  Last  Tuesday 
be  voted  for  Samael  Morrow,  tbe  Republican 
candidate.  Mr.  Morrow  is  bis  legal  adviser. 
He  is  also  a  resident  ot  the  same  district  with 
Morrow,  and  it  is  intimated  that,  the  district  be- 
ing a  Republican  one,  he  owes  to  Morrow's  ef- 
forts* his  election  to  the  Assembly.  He 
has  therefore  the  strongest  of  reasons,  both 
personal  and  political,  for  casting  his  vote  at 
the  approaching  joint  meeting  ns  he  did  at  tbe 
last  On  the  other  hand,  he  has  been  persistently 
slighted  by  tbe  Democratic  members  of  the 
House.  They  promised  to  induce  the  appoint- 
ment of  his  friend  Lee  to  the  la.y  judgeship  of  the 
Essex  Common  Pleas,  but  bave  failed  to  do 
anything  in  that  direction.  They  promised  to 
divide  with  his  friends  a  share  of  the  printing 
patronage,  but  the  proposed  division  of  the 
spoils  loaves  him  entirely  out  in  the  cold.  In 
the  face  of  it  all,  some  gentlemen  who  profess 
to  be  cognizant  ot  his  designs  say  that  he  has 
expressed  a  willingness  to  vote  for  McMiohael. 
it  Gen.  Stockton  be  thrown  overboard  and  tbo 
Burlington  candidate  be  nominated  iu  his  stead 
by  the  Democratic  caucus.  Mr.  Morrow  is, 
however,  confident  tbat  Kreuger  will  stick,  and 
fully  expects  when  Tuesday  shall  have  come  to 
be  chosen  Controller  Runyon's  successor.  Tbe 
question  will  be  taken  into  the  joint  caucuses, 
which  both  parties  will  probably  hold  to-mor- 
row evomug  after  the  adjournment  of  the 
houses. 

Next  to  joint  meeting  and  the  Con  troll  ershlp, 
great  interest  has  been  shown  iii  thu  eflbrt  to 
elevate  the  character  of  the  courts  for  the  trial 
of  small  causes  in  cities.-  Tbe  country  Justices 
of  the  Peace  are  selected  gcHcrallv  from  tbe 
best  classes  of  the  country  people.  In  the  cities 
they  are  generally  chosen  from  the  rabble  of 
pot-bouse  politicians.  Theii  verdidtsare  received 
with  no  degi'eo  of  coulidonce,  and  costly  ap- 
.pouls  to  tbo  higher  courts  are  the  invariable  re- 
sults of  the  trials  before  them.  Within  three 
menths  three  of  |he  Justices  have  been  on 
trial  in  the  Hudson  County  Courts,  and  two  or 
three  others  in  other  parts  ot  the  State,  for 
malleasaucea  of  cue  kind  or  another.  One  who 
had  failed  to  appear  for  sentence  before 
Judge  Holhnau,  was  surrendered  again 
into  the  custody  of  the  court  last  Friday.  Sev- 
eral bills  looking  to  neodod  i-elorm  at  tbo  very 
lountain-beHds  of  jusiico  are  now  pendine  in 
the  Hoaso.  The  District  Court  bill  weeds  the 
Justices  out  of  the  cities  aliugetlier,  and,  iu 
cities  of  over  15,000  people,  vests  tbo  civil 
power  which  they  buve  bithcrto  exercised  iu 
one  or  two  district  courts,  the  Judge  thereof 
to  be  u  practicing  cuuusclor  at  law,  to  bo 
chosen  by  tbe  Oovuruor  and  confirmed  by  tbo 
Senate.  Another  bill,  introduced  by  Mr.  Brig- 
bum,  provides  lor  tbe  appointnieut  by  the  Gov- 
emur  of  two  to  six  Juntices  in  011101*,  accord- 
ing to  their  population,  out  euact.s  that  they 
shall  first  have  passed  an  examination  as  to 
tbetr  competeucv  betoroa  Supreme  Court  Judge. 

A  third  bill,  iiitruduced  proltaoly  for  tbe  pur- 
pose of  beading  the  other  two  otl",  provides  for 
tbe  election  by  the  people  ot  us  mauy  Justices 
as  now,  but  requires  au  examination  firdt  to  be 
made  by  a  tSupremo  Court.  Judge  as  to  their 
competency  bcfuie  their  ccriilicates  shall  be 
grouted  tbem.  I'tie  Justices  uru  lighting  all 
iLese  bills  vigorously,  i'lio  iJidtnct  Court  bill 
has  already  passed  its  second  reading,  and  will 
pi'obubiv  puss  the  House  this  week. 

Auioug  ttie  bills  wbicti  uu^bt  to  be  on  the 
calunuar  for  finul  pasiiu^e  in  the  liouje  to-inor- 
I'ow  uigut  is  SIT.  Ab..uti's  oLiI  abulisiiipg  Coui- 
miHsious  in  Jersey  City,  it  passed  its  second 
reading  witlinut  up)>ositiou  lu8t  f buruday.  Ibe 
efldrt  10  pass  it  fim:liy  will,  however,  witness  u 
w.irm  strugulc  by  thu  Republican  Commission- 
ers to  retain  ibeir  ollices.  The  iriends  ot  the 
bill  claim  10  biivo  secured  Roiiiibliuau  votes 
enough  10  puss  it ;  und  its  op;joueuts  do  not 
leei  eoubdeut  of  their  ability  to  defeat  it.  Au 
eftort  will  probauly  bo  maae  to  make  opposi- 
liuu  to  It  a  Kepublican  caacns  order.  It  tbat 
Should  be  ooue  tue  bill  may  be  detealed.  At  the 
same  timt^  the  maiutenaiiee  of  Coiiimissiou  rule 
bus  no  much  taxed  tue  patience  ot  the  UepUO- 
lieauB  uuriug  tbe  lust  hvo  or  six  years  that  an 
uuJoubted  sentiiueut  lu  favor  ot  lotting  them 
go  by  tb«  oo.iTd  prevails.  Mr.  Brigham,  O.y 
way  of  injeccing  a  couiitei-iiritan:,  last  week 
introduced  another  bill  providing  lor  the  elec- 
tion ot  Commissioners  by  Assembly  Districts; 
one  It  proyiues  also  tbat  those  whose  terms  ot 
utri'.-u  eiiull  not  have  expired  by  Juno  1  shall 
hold  over  lor  another  year.  Tuat  bill  was  or- 
dered printed  beiore  relerence.  It  is  now  in 
tbe  bauds  01  thi-.  Municipal  Corporations  Com- 
mittee, uud  It  IS  duubtlui  if  it  willcvcr  see  day- 
light again. ■ 

AMUSEMEMH. 

LOCAL    Al  FAIIIS. 

"  La  Grande  Duchcsse"  is  to  bo  sung  at  the 

Eagle  Theatre  tbla  evening. 

'•  Our  Boys"  will  be  acted  this  evening  at 
the  Now  Broadwav  Tlieatre. 

Mr.  Bur  bank  will  benefit  by  a  reading  to  oc- 
cnr  at  Cbickeriuic  UuU  tbia  evening. 

A  concert  iu  aid  of  tbe  Hospital  for  the  Cure 
uf  Cbruuic  Uiseaaus  will  be  given  tbta  CTening  ac 
Steioway  Hall. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Feininger  are  to  give  a  recital 
of  vucal  uud  icatrumental  music  at  CbickeriDg  Hall 
on  Wednesday  uigbt. 

•'  Our  Haslj  house"  is  the  title  of  a  new  ex- 
travaganza which  will  be  made  known  by  tbe  San 
Fraociacu  Minstrels  to-nigbc. 

FOREIG.N  AFFAIRS. 

Mme.  Marie-Roze  Perkins  is  to  return  to  the 
Paris  Ooera  Comique  to  t,iDg  In  "  MIgnuu." 

Mr.  Irvine's  Richard  III.  continues  to  en- 
gross public  and  ciittCAl  attention  in  Loudon. 

Mr.    H.  J.    Byron's  new    burlcsqae    at   the 

Opeia  Comique,  111  London,  bua  fur  subjuct  and  title 
•'The  Bohemian  Girl." 

M.  Ofi'enbaoL's  new  opera-boiifl"e  called  "  Doc- 
tor Ox"  baa  btjen  suocedatullv  produced  at  the  Va- 
lio  bi  Theatre,  in  Paris. 

Mme.  Nilsson  has  received  at  Vienna  a  mag- 
nificent bracelet  from  tbe  Empress  of  Austria,  and 
iu  addition  has  been  named  aiuger  to  the  court. 

M.  Tomael,  once  a  celebrated  French  bari- 
tone, and  until  recently  one  tf  tbo  most  valued  aing- 
ing-toacburs  of  tbe  Paris  Conservatoire,  has  been 
diBmissud  from  tbat  Institufion.  Hiapetitioa  f  jp  an 
inquiry  iuto  tils  case  bus  remained  uuanawereu,  but 
tbu  matter  is  not  l^ely  to  rest  there. 

The  Thfefttro-Franyaiee  is  in  full  prosperity. 
The  result  ofe  ibe  year  lfc76  bas  been  mai>iiiflcent, 
and  tbe  abara' accruing  to  eacb  associate  exceeds 
20,C0O  iranoa.  Xne  year  1877  commeuces  Just  as 
DrilllivDtly,  and  tbe  "Ami  Frilz"  contiuues  tomake  so 
much  money  tbabttie  revival  of  "Cbatterton"  will 
buye  to  be  postpoued. 

An  interesting  series  of  dramatic  perform- 
ances are  about  to  bo  inaneurated  by  Mile.  Marie 
Dumaa  at  tbe  Porte-Saint-Marim,  iu  Pans,  the  idea 
being  to  illustrate  tbe  various  cbaracieristios  of 
l>igh  ait  in  diffureat  connuies  as  well  aa  tbe  merits 
ot  tbetr  respective  anthers.  The  lepretentations 
Will  be  giveu  as  matiu6.'^s,  beginniog  with  tbe  "Don 
Joan  "  of  Poucbkiiie,'  translated  into  French. 

A  fOrtmght  ago  M.  Brcssant  o£Bcially  retired 
from  the  Parisian  Com6aie  Fran^ aisc,  after  a  hril- 
liant  coreor  there  extending  over  23  years.  For 
many  of  bis  bates,  and  notably  tboaein  "Hernani," 
"  Le  Lion  Amoureux,"  and  '•  Le  Verre  d'Ean,"  M. 
Biessant  baa  left  uo  anccAKSor,  and,  so  far,  hi*  loss 
aecma  irreparable.  Ha  will  now  give  biinaelf  up 
entirely  to  bit  course  ot  dramatic  instruction  at  tbe 
Conservatoire- 
Richard  Wagner  announces  to  bis  "  devoted 
admirers"  his  return  from  Italy  in  an  epistle  wblcb 
is  likely  to  become  somewhat  celebrated.  Ho  com- 
mence* by  deotaiing  tbac  there  1*  but  one  real  de- 
scription of  music — bis  own  ;  but,  foreseeing  tbat 

he  mar  find  retrnctory  siirits  in  this  world,  he  pro- 
poses ic  chastise  them ;  and  tor  tbat  pnrpose  be 
kaa  invented. a  meaoa  aa  crael  as  it  is  ingenious; 
uamsly,  to  exclude  from  hia  future  repreaentations 
at  Bayteuth  all  those  who  do  not  bear  a  badee  witb 
the  luscnvtion,  "Wagoerian  eniboaiast."  He  will 
not,  at  any  price,  allow  bis  enemies,  whom  be  terms 
his  "calamniators."  to  be  nruaeni  on  those  great 
ocoasiou^ 


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^CT^"i^!i^B^^pp>B|W"7W 


OBITUARY. 


REAR  ADMIRAL  CHARLES  H.  DAVIS. 

Rear  Admiral  Charles  Henrv  Davis.  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Kaval  Obiervatorv  at  Waahintcton, 
died  yesterday  morning  of  disease  of  the  heart.  Ad- 
miral Davis  was  born  m  Boston  on  Jan.  16. 1807,  and 
was  appointed  Midshipman  from  that  State  on  Auir. 
12, 1833.  In  1827  and  1828  he  served  on  board  the 
frigate  tTnited  States,  in  the  Pacific  Squadron.   In 

1829  he  was  promoted  to  Passed  Atidablpman, 
and  was  attacned  to  tbe  sloop  of  war  Onrario, 
of  the  Mediterranean  Squadron,  from  1830  to  1833. 
He  was  ordered  to  the  sloop-of-war  Viocnones,  of 
the  Pacific  Squadron,  iu  1834,  and  was  commissioned 
aa  Lieutenant.  During  tbe  years  1837  and  1838  be  was 
on  special  duty,  and  in  1840  and  1841  he  waa  attached 
to  tbe  razee  Independence,  of  tbe  Brazil  Squadron. 
He  was  placed  on  ordnanoe  duty  in  1842,  and  from 
tbat  time  to  1849  waa  an  assistant  in  the  Coast  Sar- 
vey  service.  He  waa  engaged  in  the  survey  of  the 
waters  about  Nantucket  from  1846  to  1849,  in  tbe 
course  of  which  he  discovered  tbe  "  new  sonlb 
shoal  "  and  several  smaller  sboals  lying  directly  in 
the  tractc  of  vessels  sailing  from  New-York  to 
Europe.  These  discoveries  solved  the  mystery  re- 
garding several  shipwrecks,  and  tbey  called  forth 
special  aoknowledgemnnts  from  insurance  corpora- 
tions and  mot  chants.  During  aud  after  his  connec- 
tion with  the  Coast  Survey  he  served 
on  several  oommusions  appointed  to  ex- 
amine the  barbora  of  Boston,  New-York,  Charles- 
ton, and  other  cities.  In  connection  with  those  in- 
veatigations  be  made  »  study  of  the  lawa  of  tidal 
action,  tbe  result  of  which  is  given  In  his  M-moir 
upon  the  Oeologtcal  Action  of  the  Tidal  and  other 
Currents  of  the  Ocean  and  the  Law  of  Deposit' of  the 
Flood  Tide.  Oo  June  12.  1854,  he  was  corumissionod 
as  Commander,  and  in  1857  was  ordered  to  the  com- 
mand of  tbe  aloop  of  war  St.  Marys,  of  the  Pacific 
Squadron,  and  waa  attached  to  that  vessel 
until  January,  1859.  when  he  returned  and  was  ap- 
pointed Sapertntendent  of  the  American  Nautical 
Almanac,  the  foundation  0/  which  was  directly 
owing  to  his  effort's.  Ho  was  commissioned  as  Cap- 
tain in  1861.  and  was  appointed  a  member  of  the 
board  of  officers  convened  for  the  purpose  of 
making  a  thorough  investigation  of  the  Southern 
coast  and  harbors,  their  access  and  defenses. 
Cue  of  the  immediate  results  of  the  investigations 
of  this  board  was  tbe  organization  of  Dopont's  ex- 
pedition to  Port  Royal,  S.  C,  in  which  Capt.  Davis 
bore  an  important  part.  On  M»y  ?,  1862, 
be  waa'  appointed  Flag  Officer  of  tbo  Mis- 
sissippi Flotilla,  relieving  Flag  Officer  Fooje. 
On  the  11th  of  the  same  month  an  attack,  for  which 
the  rebel  fleet  lying  below  Fort  Pillow  had  been 
long  preparing,  was  made  on  the  flotilla,  ot 
wbicb  Davis  was  in  command.  The  rebel 
fleet  of  eight  irou-clad  steamers,  fouro  of 
them  fitted  as  rams,  steamed  up.  fnllv  pre- 
pared tor  an  engagement,  and  the  flatilla  was 
quickly  in  motion  to  receive  them.  An  action  of  an 
hour's  duration  at  close  quarters  followed,  at 
the  end  of  wbioh  tbe  ongjny  retreated 
nnder  the  gnns  of  Fort  Pillow,  three  of 
tbeir  rnn-boata  baving  been  disabled.  On  June 
5  Fort  Pillow  was  abandoned  by  tbe  rebels. 
The  flotilla  moved  down  the  river,  and  on  the  morn- 
iocr  of  June  8  engaged  the  rebel  fldet  of  eight  enn- 
boats  and  rams,  opposite  the  City  of  Memphis.  A 
nmnin'g  fight  followed,  carrying  tbe  vessels  sev- 
eral miles  below  the  city,  and  resniting  in  the  cap- 
tare  or  destroction  of  tbe  ^ntiTe  rebel  fleet,  ex- 
cept the  Van  Horn,  which  succeeded  in  escaping. 
At  the  close  of  tbo  ongagemeot  Davis  rotnrned  to 
Memphta  aud  demanded  the  surrender  of  the  city, 
and  bis  demand  was  at  once  complied  witb.  Ou 
Juno  29  be  lett  Memphis  with  a  part  ot  his  flotilla 
and  six  mortar-boats,  and  on  July  2  Joined  Admiral 
Farragut  above  Vickaburg;  that  officer  hav- 
ing arrived  there  a  fuw  days  pieviou.s, 
Denonst rations  were  continued  by  the  com- 
bined squadrons,  at  intervals  on  tbe  defenses 
of  Vickaburg  for  aome  days,  the  mortar  vessels  of 
each  squadron  bombarding  from  both  above  and 
below.  There  not  being  a  sufficient  military  force 
to  co-onerate  in  tbu  redaction  of  Vickaburg,  tbe 
scheme  was  fur  tbe  time  abandoned,  and 
late  in  July  Davis  withdrew  his  com- 
manU  to  tbe  moath  of  the  Yazoo  fiiver. 
In  August  following,  a  joint  expedition  was  planned 
by  Davis  and  Gen.  Curtis  for  operations  up  the 
Yazoo,  which  waa  eulirely  auccpssful.  resulting  in 
tbe  capture  ot  a  battery  of  heavy  guns,  flo'.d-pieces, 
muDitiuns.  and  stores.  On  July  16,  1862,  be  was 
commissioDod  aa  Commodore,  and  iu  tbo  Fall 
of  the  same  year  was  ordered  to  duty 
in  tbo  Navy  Depvrtment.  at  Washlogton, 
as  Chief  <:f  tbe  Bureau  of  Navigation. 
While  filling  tbis  position  ho  was  commissioned  as 
Rear  Admiral,  taking  rauk  from  Feb,  7,  1863.  In 
18G5  bo  was  appoiatod  Superintendent  of  tbo  Naval 
Observ.dory  at  Waahin|>ton,  and  coatinosd  there 
until  1867,  in  which  yo»r  he  was  onlered  to 
tbe  command  of  tne  Sooth  Atlantic  squadron, 
coast  of  Brazil,  for  which  point  be  aailed 
from  BoHton  in  tbo  sirem  frigate  Guerriere  as  his 
flag-ship,  that  vessel  haviiie  been  jast  flniabed.  Ho 
remaiued  in  tbat  position  until  tbe  Summer  of 
1869.  when  be  retuinedto  Washington,  and  was 
mudo  a  member  of  tbeu  Ltght-honso  Buard,  and 
waa  afceward  placed  in  bis  old  position  aa  anperin* 
tendent  of  tbe  Kaval  Observatory.  At  the  time  of 
his  death  he  was  secoDd  on  tbe  active  list  of  Rear 
Admirals,  Koar  Admiral  L.  M.  Goldaborough  h°ing 
first  on  tbe  liit.  Admlr.al  Davis,  bsndo  being  the 
antbor  of  a  number  of  able  and  valuable  articles  on 
astronomy  and  geodesy,  published  in  Boston  in 
1868  n  translation  of  Gauss's  Theoria  Molua  Cor- 
porum  Ccele^Hum. 

HERR  SOLOMON  HERMANN  MOSENTHAL. 
This  noted  German  dramatist,  whose  name 
has  been  made  famlliat  to  Americau  audiences  us 
tbe  writer  of  some  of  tbe  most  powerful  dramas  ot 
tbe  present  day,  has  just  aied  in  tbe  City  of  Vienna, 
fierr  Mosontbal  was  of  Hebrew  parentage,  and 
a  natiTo  ot  Casael,  in  Qermany.  He  was  born 
Jan.  14,  1821,  and  received  his  primary  education  in 
bis  nativo  city.  He  pursued  a  course  in  natural 
Bcloncea  in  tbe  Polytechnic  School  of  Carisiube, 
and  later  studied  at  Marburg  where  he 
received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philos- 
ophy, Ue  removed  to  Vienna  in  1842,  and  became 
preceptor  in  tbe  family  of  a  rich  banker.  Here  be 
soon  mingled  iu  literary  circles,  and  bis  poetical 
contributions  to  the  Viennese  JournaiS  attracted  at- 
tention, and  gave  bim  a  marked  posi- 
tion among  Austrian  poets.  Turning  bis 
mind  to  dramatic  composition,  however,  be  achieved 
in  this  branch  of  literature  tbu  distiuguisblDg  re- 
sults of  his  iite's  labor.  Three  of  his  plays  iu  par- 
ticalar  bave  become  tbe  most  popalar  works  on  the 
German  stage — "Deborah,"  "Sonnenwendhol,' 
and  "Die  Dentacbeu  Kamoedianton, "  (The 
German  Comedians.)  iTbe  first  of  these 
has  been  tranibted  into  Euglisb,  Italiau,  Danish, 
Unngurian,  aud  Bohemian,  aud  formed  no  inottec- 
tivo  leaiuro  ot  the  repertoire  of  Madame  Risiori. 
Besides  these  bo  produced,  later  on  iu  bis 
career,  "Eiu  Deutachoa  Diubtorleben"  (A  Ger- 
man Poet's  Lifd,)  "Der  Goldaobmid  von 
Uim,"  (The  Goldsmith  of  Dim,)  "Dilweke, " 
and  the  tragedy  ot  "  Pictra."  Still  more  recently 
''Isabella  Oi'sioi"  was  pruduceo  simultaueously  lu 
Vienna  and  .Hamburg,  and  waa  received  witb 
marked  exhibitions  of  public  tavor.  Herr 
Mdseutbal's  dvamatiu  power  bos  Cecouie  moru  gen- 
erally known  to  tbe  American  piiolic,  however, 
through  Mr.  Augustio  Daly's  preseatation  >f  a 
play  ol  tbis  disiiugnisbed  author  unaur  the  ticlb  of 
"  Madelem  Morel,"  produced  at  tne  Fiftli  Avenue 
Theatre,  on  May  20,  1873.  Among  the 
more  distinctly  poetic  productions  of  He;r 
Mo.ienthal  are  "  Daa  Gefangen  Bild,"  (Tbe 
Imprisoned  Image,)  '  published  in  Stuit- 
ganii  in  1858,  and  a  collection  of  poems,  Gasam- 
incite  Oedichte,  published  in  Vienna  in  1866.  i.n 
1851  Herr  Musentbal  was  placed  in  charge  of  tbe 
archives  ot  theDeimrtmeni  of  Public  Instruction  of 
AuBtri»,  in  which  position  ho  continued  up  to  ibe 
time  of  bis  death. 

^-* 

OBITUARY  NOTES. 

Ex-Alderman  Charles  B.  Wylie,  who,  three 
years  ago,  was  au  Independent  member  of  the 
Brooklyn  Board  ot  Aldermen,  and  for  tbe  last  two 
years  and  a  halt  has  been  Clerk  iof  the  Third  Dis- 
trict Court,  in  that  city,  nnder  .lustice  Riley,  died 
at  10  o'clock  on  Saturday  nlgbt,  at  bis  residence. 
No.  417  Myrtle  aveuue,  ot  consompcion  and  kidney 
disease,  ftom  wbicb  complaints  he  bad  been  sulTer- 
ing  for  several  months  past. 

Guilford  R.  Wilson,  a  coal  merchant  and  old 

citizen  of  BoiTaIo,  died  yesterday  afternoon,  after  a 

short  illoesa,  aged  64  years.    He  was  the  pioneer 
ahipper  of  tntbraoite  coal  on  the  lakes. 

A  SELF-POSSESSED  WOilAJf. 
The  .^ugusta  (Me.)  Journal  says!  "A  lady 
was  driving  a  spirited  horse,  on  tbe  other  side  of 
the  river,  near  the  Kennebec  bridge,  when  the 
aleigb  went  down  into  one  of  tbe  boUows  of  tne 
road,  by  wblcb  means  it  was  capsized  and  tbe  lady 
thtonn  ooL   She  still  clang  to  the  reins,  and  wu 


dragged  B  distance  of  several  rods  before  the  horse 
was. brought  to.  Several  gentlemen  rushed  to  her 
resone,  thinking  she  roast  be  badly  burt,  but  the 
lady  quietly  gathered  herself  no,  took  her  poaition 
in  the  rigbtua  aleieb,  and  with  ribbi>ns  in  band, 
drove  ofT,  ooollv  remarking  to  the  crowd,  '  Thes^ 
pitches  are  awfully  troublesome  when  a  person  is  in 
a  borrv  !'  "  

LOSSES  BY  FIRE. 


A  dispatch  from  Medina,  Ohio,  says :  "  At 
12:3U  o'clock  yesterday  morning  fire  was  uiscovered 
in  the  Empire  block,  occnpied  by  £.  J.  Fenn,  dry 
goods  store,  ana  tbe  bnildin<^  was  entirely  oon. 
snmed,  as  wero  three  bnlldinca  adjoinine',  and  occn- 
pied by  E.  Cobeu,  barber  ;  E.  W.  Rheinbard.  baker 
and  confepiloner,  and  M.  Bach,  boots  and 
shoes.  Tpe  loss  on  tbe  buildioes  is  $10,000: 
Insured  tor  $4,000  in  the  Lycoming,  of  Miincev, 
Peon.  Mr.  Fenn's  loss  is  estimated  at  irom  $12,000 
to  115,000;  in.>inred  as  follows:  $4,000  in  fbe  Fneoix, 
Brooklyn:  |3.000.  Niasara,  New -York;  »2.0C0  in  the 
M.  M.  and  M.,  Milwaukee;  $3,000  in  the  Cooper. 
Dayton,  Ohio;  $1,150  in  the  Sioubenville.  Ohio.  Mr. 
Reinhard's  loss  Is  ibl,200 ;  insnred  for  $700  iu  the 
Steubenville.  Ooio.  Mr.  Bach's  loss  U  $2,000:  ia- 
sored  for  $890  in  tbe  Humboldt,  New-Jersey.  Mr. 
Cohen's  loss  is  small ;  no  insurance. 

Guild's  Block  and  Codding's  Building  in 
North  Attleboro,  Mass..  wero  burned  early  yester- 
day morning.  Loss,  $25,000;  insarance,  $18,000. 
The  fire  couiraenced  in  Codding's  Building,  occupied 
by -Jacob  H.  Peck  an  a  market.  Tbe  loss  on  Gnild's 
Bl6ck  is  about  $10,000,  and  on  Cod.iins's  Building 
$1,000.  Mr.  Peck's  loss  is  about  $900.  Guild's 
Block  was  occnplad  by  six  stores,  to  wit,  James  £. 
Pollaod,  hardware,  loss  $2,000  ;  Benjamin  Dexter, 
pictures  and  trames,  loss  (500  ;  Harrison  Leland, 
furniture,  &c.,  loss  $5,000  ;  D.  B.  Cornell,  paints  and 
paper  hanzings,  loss  $3,200:  John  Badz,  tailor,  loss, 
$1,500,  and  Soen^  &  Co.,  coffin  warerooms,  loss  $2,00(). 

About  .midnight  on  Saturday  a  fire-board 
ignited  lu  tbe  two-storv  frame  residence  of  Antony 
Figniera,  No.  593  Court  street,  Brooklyn,  resnitiug 
in  damage  to  the  building,  and  a  similar  one  ad- 
joining, (No.  594)  owned  by  Richard  Cronin,  to  the 
amount  of  {2,U0O  each,  and  causing  tbe  loss  of  about 
tl,UOO  worth  ot  lurniture  and  other  personal  prop- 
ert,v.  Ibe  losses  are  nearly  covered  by  insurance 
in  tbe  Pbenix  Company,  of  Brooklyn. 

At  2:30  o'clock  yesterday  morning  a  fire  oc- 
curred on  tbe  first  floor  of  tho  frame  ouildltig  No. 
124  Canal  street,  loiutly  occupied  bv  Max  Grubn  asf 
a  coliue  and  cake  saloon  and  John  Bade  as  a  grocery 
store.  The  tire  was  caused  by  a  defective  gas- 
pipe.     Damage,  $300 ;  insured. 

Shortly  after  4  o'clock  yesterday  morning  a 
fire  was  discuvcred  on  the  seooud  fiour  ot  tbe 
armory  bnildin:;.  No.  1,494  Broadwav,  occupied  by 
G.  J.  B.  Sammis  &.  Co.,  mauolaciurers  of  Vk'heMs, 
spokes,  anrl  H.\les,  and  was  promptly  extinguished. 
Damage.  $200.      . 

Shortly  after  midnight  a  fire  occurred  on  the 
first  floor  of  the  fdur-ifor3'  brick  building.  No.  3 
New-Chumbers  street,  occuuicd  as  a  clothing  store 
by  S.  Franklw,  caused  by  hot  ashes  thrown  into  a 
box.    Damage  to  building  and  stock,  {^350 ;'  insnred. 

A  lire  Saturday  in  Middletown,  25  miles  from 
Dayton,  OhiOi  destroyed  the  pork  factory  of  Shafcr 
&  Kemp,  ana  a  quanbity  of  itock.  Tbe  loos  ia  escl- 
mated  at  $25,000  ;  insured  for  $21,000  on  the  build- 
ing, stock,  and  machinery. 

A  fire  broke  out  at  1  o'clock  yesterday  morn- 
ing on  the  top  fliior  of  the  residence  of  J.  R. 
Francke,  No.  2  West  Fiftieth  street,  caused  by 
carelessoess  on  tbe  part  of  the  seivants.  Damage 
to  building  and  furniture  $300;    tully  insured. 

At  12:30  o'clock  yesterday  a  fire  occurred  in 
Ihe    dwelling    of    Mr.  Thomas    Lord,  No.  35  Wes 
Seventeenth    street,  causing  $150  damage  to  boild- 
iue  and  fumituro;  insuied  in  the  Royal  Insurance 
Company. 

A  fire  occurred  at  11:30  o'clock  yesterday 
morning  in  the  room  of  Joseph  Wolff,  on  the  sec- 
ond fluor  of  No.  33  West  street,  caused  by  a  defec- 
tive flue.    Damage,  $10:). 


'  Thk  KXCimtEMT  and  animosities  of  tbe  late  Prasl- 
destial  campaign  sboola  soon  pnaa  away.  K.  T.  Bab- 
bitt's Toilet  Soap  will  last'  as  long  as  ciVlllMtKni  en* 
dares. — AdvertUement. 


A  GANG  OF  YOVyO  THIEVES  IN  CVSIODY. 
For  several  weeks  past   a  number  of  small 

burglaries  and  robberies  have  occnrrod  at  stores 
along  Third  avenue,  and  from  the  investiga- 
tions made  by  Detectives  McGowaii  and  Brennan, 
of  tbe  Nineteenth  Precinct,  tbe  officers  became 
convinced  that  the  depredartions  were  committed 
by  a  gang  of  young  thieves  who  infest 
tbe  neighborhood  of  Forty-third  street. 
During  last  week  the  cfficers  named  arrested 
Stephen  £.icrnau.  aged  19 ;  Michael  Collins,  alias 
James  Jinks,  aged  22.  who  was  convicted  of 
burglary  ou  Nov.  15,  IS'S,  and  sentenced  to  five 
years'    imprisonment;     Dennis  Shay,   alias  George 

Williams,  aged  24,  who  was  convicted  of  highway 
robbery  Jan.  30,  1873,  and  sentenced  to  five  years' 
imprisonment,  und  William  Dunn,  aged  21,  con- 
victed of  graud  larceny  1<  eb.  13,  1875,  aud  sentenced 
to  two  and  a  bait  years'  imprisoumeDC  Ihe 
evidence  againttt  those  young  tbievea  is 
believed         to       be       sutficient  to         secure 

their  conviction.  The  officers  have  witnesses 
to  show  tbat  this  sansr  of  tbieves  entered 
tbe  eatiog  saloon.  No.  676  Third  avenne,  una 
cheated  the  propriotor  out  of  his  bill  tor  retresh- 
menis  which  tbey  liaJ  regaled  themselves  with,  and 
stole  a  knile.  Tnls  kuifa  was  subsequently  found 
In  the  rear  of  Foster  Brotbeis'  hardwaie  store.  No. 
719  Inird  avenue,  where  au  attempt  bad  been  made 
to  force  an  entrance  into  the  place.  The  stores  of 
J.  G.  During,  baker,  at  So.  734  Third  avenue; 
Isaac  Browu,  hatter.  No.  668  Third  avenne,  and 
Jumes  Moan,  sboe  dealer,  at  No.  7G4  Third  avenue, 
bave  been  roohed  by  tbe  nami;  gaui;.  The  prisoners 
will  be  arraigned  at  the  Fifty-seventh  Street  Police 
Court  to-Jay.  « 

THE  BROOKLYN  RETREAT  FOR  TEE 
INS  A  NE. 
A  circular  has  been  i^ed  by  the  ladies  in- 
terested iu  tbis  charity,  which  sets  forth  the 
grounds  ot  their  action.  It  says:  " Tbe  treatment 
of  the  insane  aud  usagos  of  lunatic  asylums  are  yet 
very  mucu  under  the  iofi'.ience  of  tradition — tbe 
domination  of  other  times,  when  tbe  insane  were 
supposed  to  bo  possessed  of  devils.  The  humane 
and  modern  ideas  rdspecting  tbe  Insane,  that  they 
are  chronically  sick,  and  need  tbo  application  of 
hygienic  law  and  moral  support,  find  little  exempli- 
fication in  our  modern  ezpensire,  gregarious,  and 
prisou-liko  esiablishments.  Mdin  force  is  the  great 
executor  in  must  establishments,  and  tbe  term  brute 
might  in  mauy  instances  be  appropriately  applied. 
B..-sides  tresh  air  and  cheeriul  surroundings  and 
occupaiioo,  tho  insane,  above  all  otbers,  neea 
kiudueas,  encouragement,  and  tbe  restraint  of  love. 
Aud  In  cases  wbere  physical  restraint  becomes 
necessary  it  should  oe  used. with  the  utmost  care 
aud  consideration,  uuder  medical  snpemsion,  ana 
not  at  the  discretion  of  ignorant  and  hardened  at- 
tendants. We  wish  to  remody  this  state  ut  things 
by  instituting  a  retreat  tbat  will  embody  tbe  heart 
aiid  science  of  our  time,  and  we  hereby  invite  your 
sympathy  aud  ou-operaciitn.  Dr.  Scbenck,  as  well 
aa  Dr.  Storrs,  will  address  tho  gieetins  iu  support 
of  rhis  movtimeut,  to  ba  bold  at  tho  cburob  on 
Piorrepont  aireei,  corner  of  Monroe  place,  tbis 
evening.  

WERE  OSCHWALD  ANDHYAN  INNOCENT t 
It  is  well  tnown  tbat  many  persons  in  New- 
ark and  elsewhere  entertained  serious  doubts  re- 
garding the  guilt  of  Oschwald  and  Kyan,  who  died 
ignominious  deaths  oa  Thursday  last  for  tbe  mur- 
der of  OfllcBr  Brock,  of  tne  Newark  Police  force,  and 
this  doubt  wasiocroased  bv  tbo  persistent  protesta- 
tions of  iunoueuce  made  by  tho  condemned  men  to 
tbe  very  last.    Considerable  excitement  was  caused 

in  Newark  last  eveaing  by  a  report  that  Sheriff 
Harrison  received  the  following  dispatch  irom 
Wasbiugtou  last  Thursday,  the  day  of  tbe  execu- 
tions : 

"  Yon  have  banned  an  innocent  man.  Brock's 
murderer  ia  bare.     Coma  iminediaicly." 

Tbo  rumor  spread  rapidly  through  the  city,  and 
gamed  credence  Jrom  tbe  fact  tbat  the  Sheriff  left 
lor  Washiugtou  ou  tbe  afternoon  of  the  same  day. 
The  Deputy  Sberlfls  are  very  reticent  about  the 
matter,  which  seemiusly  givos  aUditiunal  color  to 
tho  report.  Much  exciteoient  'prevails  In  cunse- 
qucuce. 

TOWN  ELECTIONS. 

Steuben  County  has  retaken  its  old  plase  in 
tbo  Kepnuliciu  column,  aud  the  Spring  elections 
give  ipdications  that  it  intends  to  keep  it.  From  a 
list  nubliahed  by  the  Horneil  Tiincs  it  soems  that 
the  now  Board  of  Supervisors  will  consist  of  22  Re- 
publicaaa  and  10  Democrats;  la^tyeir  tbe  board 
was  composed  ot  17  Kepablicans  aim  15  Democrats. 

Fuitou  County  na»  elected  8  KcouOlican  aud  7 
Democratic  Supervisors.  Tbe  Oifcoso  board  will 
staud  12  Repiiblicaus  aud  12  Democrats ;  last  yiar 
there  were  10  Repuolicaus  and  14  Democrats,  a  lie- 
publican  aam  oi  2.  Schuyler  County  has  chosen 
5  Kepublicunanua 3 Democrats;  aud  Si unbeu County 
22  KepuliHcans  aud  10  Democrats,  a  Republican 
gain  of  5.  St.  LawreDco  has  chosen  33  Republicans 
and  1  Democrat ;  Tioga.  7  Republicans  aud  3  Demo- 
orats — both  same  as  last  year. 


Dr.   Wilbor*a   Cod    Liver  Oil  and  Lfme.— 

Invalids  need  no  ioneer  dresa  to  take  that  great  spe- 
cific forconsoiDDiion,  asthma,  and  threatening  coQKhS 
— l;OD  LIVKR  Olli.  Aa  prepared  by  Ur.  WHoor.  it  is 
robbed  of  the  nauseating  taste,  and  also  embodies  a, 
preparation  of  the  phosphate  of  lime,  giving  nature 
the  verv  article  required  to  aid  the  heaMne  qualities 
of  the  oil,  and  So  recreate  where  diseaae  has  dcRtroved.  : 
It  also  forms  a  remarkable  tonic,  and  will  cauoe  wcaic 
anddebilitated  persons  to  become  strong  and  robust.  Kor 
sale  bv  all  respectable  druggists  throughout  the  coun- 
try, and  should  be  kept  in  every  family  for'lnatant  naa 
oil  the  first  app?ar:inoe  of  coughs  or  Irritation  of  lUo  '■ 
lunps,  laaimtoctured  only  by  X.  B.  WlLBOR,  Cbemiat 
Boston.    Sold  by  all  druggists. 

Parker's  Hnlr  Balsam  ie  entirely  luinnle«» 

and  iree  Irom  the  imriure  Ingredieuts  that  render  many 
Other  preoaraliiiiis  ipjuriou*.  It  restores  tho  perfectly 
natural  color  to  Gray  Hair. 

Give  op  Doetng 

With  powerful  drug-i  for  dyspepsia  and  try  that  blac& 
but  searching  specific,  HILK  OK  MAONiihlA 

Pomeroy>s 'fniBses— By  far  the    Best  in  Use^ 

Ask  your  phvslclan.  POMRttOV  TRUSS  (X).,  7iS  B'way. 

BDRQKR— EABOLD.  -At  Brooklyn,  E,  D.,  on  Fridav. 
Feb.  16,  1877,  hy  Rev.  Wm.  A.  McGinley,  Wiixiax  D. 
luROSR  and  Lotrus  B.,  diinghter  of  WllUau  Uattold, 
Ksq.  ^^^^^^ 

JDXJEllD. 

BAISBRIDiiE.— On  the  morning  of  tbe  17rb  inst., 
ScLiNA  Jane,  aged  13  Tears,  youngest  child  of  Henry 
and  the  late  Amelia  Uainbridge. 

Funeral  services  wlU  be  held  at  tbe  residence  of  her 
ftther,  1  rescent  av.,  PlalnSeld,  M.  J.,  on  Tuesday  at  i2 
o'clock  M. 

BRADLBT.— On  the  evening  of  the  16tb.  Cratra  T. 
BRADi.Br,  of  this  City,  aeed  50  years. 

Funeral   Monday,  19tn  Ins^.,   at   1  o;elock  P.    M.,  at 
Rev.  W.  W.  Con  kline'ji  Church,   corner  ol   Madison  av. 
and  '29tb  st.    Friends  an  i  relatives  are  reBpectfuily  in-  " 
vlted  to  attend  without  further  notice. 

HON  HAM.— At  Irvmzton-on-Hudeon.  Feb.  18.  1877. 
Cabeoll  Pcnhax.  M.  D.,  in  the  49th  year  of  bis  a^. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  at  bis  iate  residence  la 
Irvinct<m  ou  Tuesdav.  Feb.  20,  at  '2:Sit  P.  M.  Kudson 
River  tralc  from  Thirtieth  Street  Station  at  1  o'oloct 

'liGbE=5TOiV  — At  New-Brighton,  .Staten  Island,  on 
Sunday  morning,  the  IStbinst.,  Adrlaioe.  daughter 
of  Wm.  C.  aud  Klla  L.  Kgleston,  in  her  t)tb  year. 

Notice  of  funeral  hereafter." 

PAKRELL.— un  tbe  17th  inst,  MAr  Ann  FAaaiLt, 
aped  72  years. 

Relatives  and  friends,  also  the  memliers  of  the  Mad- 
ison Avenue  Baptist  Church  are  luvit?d  to  attend  her 
funeral  from  the  Bap  l8L  Uome  on  dSth  sr..  near  4.tii. 
av.,  on  Tuesday,  SOth  iust,  ntl  r*.  .M. 

FREKJd^W.— At  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Thursday,  loth  Inst, 
Sarah  A.  March,  wife  of  Jonathan  VV.  Kreeman. 

GORDON In  Shrub  Oak.    Jhu.    25,  of  conBumption. 

follotrine  measles.  W11.1.IAH  H.,  son  of  Rev.  (jeor>te  S. 
and  Mary  J.  Gordon,  aged  17  years  2  months  and  25 
days. 

UART8HORNE.— On  Saturday  night,  Feb.  17,  of 
scarlet  fnyoc,  Wai,tbr  Gkiswold.  third  son  of  Sidney 
G.  aod  Josephine  Mabbatt  Uartsborne. 

Funeral  services  on  Mondav,  Feb.  19.  at  12  ££., 
from  the  rcsideuce  of  his  parents.  No.  28  West 
Silst  St. 

JKNKS.— At  Armonk,  Westchester  County,  on  the 
I8th  insC,  Chaelotts  A.  Davis,  wife  of  Wm.  a. 
Jenks. 

Funeral  from  West  Twenty-third  Street  Pre8byterl;«n 
Church  Tuesday  moraine,  SOth  lust.,  at  11:30  o'clock. 

LOWREY.— un  baturday  morainz,  the  17th  inat.,  at 
his  late  residence,  Ko.  10  7th  av.,  Brooklyn,  Charlbs 

LOWRKY. 

Uelalives  and  friends  are  invited  to  attend  the  fttn—i 

al  services  at  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  corner  J. 
linton  aud  Momaeue  ste.,  on  Tuesday  raurning.  tho 
20tb  ii'st..  at  9  o'clock.     The  remains  will  be  taksn  te 
Fairfield,  Conn.,  for  interment.    Friends  are  requested 
not  to  send  flowers. 

MASTKinox.— *uddenlv,  on  Thnrsday  night,  Kel>. 
15,  William  J.,  only  son  of  Virginia  aud  the  lata 
Joseph  T.  Masterton.  in  the  2l8t  year  ot  his  age. 

His  relatives  and  fnsnas,  also  luembers  of  Comnany 
I,  Seventh  Keiriment.  >.  G.  S.  N.  Y..  ttre  resDectfuiiy  in- 
vited to  attend  bis  funeral  from  the  residence  of  Oscar 
Tibbals,  No.  325  West  19th  sL,  on  Moaaav,  19th  lust., 
at  12:30  P.  M. 

CoMPAirr  I,  SSV2STH  RKGiMRirT,  N.  G.  8.  N.  T.  I 
Kbw-York,  Feb.  16,  1877.     > 
Companv  Orders  n6.  2. 

I.  It  is  the  pilnfal  duty  of  the  Commnndant  to  aO- 
nounne  the  death  ot  William  J.  Mastkhtos. 

II.  The  meml)er8  of  this  companv  are  reqilestod  to ■ 
attend  bis  luneral  in  citizen's  dress,  from  bis  late  resi- 
dence, Jfa  325  West  laib  St.,  ou  Monday,  Feb.  19,  at 
12  o'clock  XL.     tiy  or  Jer  of 

Capt.  WILLIAM  C  CASEY.  . 

D.  Chausckt,  Jr.,  First  Sereeant. 

MITCUELLi.— On  Saturday  morning.  Feb.  17,  Johk. 
A.  Mitchell,  formerly  ot  this  City,  in  the  84th  year  of 
bis  aee. 

Relatives  and  friends  of  the  family  are  Invited  to  at- 
tend the  funeral  from  the  residence  of  the  late  William 
Mitchell, Whitestoneav.,  F-lushing,  Long Island.on  ilon- 
day  at  12  o'clock  M.  Coaches  wul  be  at  the  Biiilgf-  St.' 
depot  on  tbe  arrival  of  the  11  o'clock  train  trom  Uaut> 
er'8  Point. 

PALMER.— At  Cranford,  N.  J.,  Feb.  15,  1877.  Bar- 
BiET  N.,  widow  of  the  late  Stephen  Palmer,  aged  61. 

tuneral  services  at  the  Ashury  Methodist  Kpiscopal 
Church.  New- York  City,  comer  of  Washinuton  plaoo 
and  Washington  aquare,  Kast,  on  Mondav,  the  19cu, 
inst..  at  1:30  P.  M.  rtelatives  and  friends  of  the  tamiiy , 
are  invited  to  attend. 

KlVAs.— dtSt.  Aueustine.  Pla.,  on  Tburadav.  Feb. ' 
15,  Rakon  db  Rivab  y  Lamak,  In  the  70th  year  of  iur- 
age. 

Notice  of  the  funeral  hereafter. 

KIViiRA. — On  Saturday,  Fob.  17,  Nbllie  Tsa8k&,  i 
dauuhter  of  Herbert  O.  Ward,  Ksq.,  and  wife  of  Usury 
C.  de  Rivera,  Ksq.  < 

Relatives  and  irieads  are  Invited  to  attsnd  the  fhner-. 
al  services  at  the  resiaence  of  her  father.  No.  38  HOMt, 
aOth  St.,  on  Tuesdav,  tbe  20th  iosr...  at  2  P.  M. 

STBBBINS.-Snddnlv.  In  New-York  City,  on  Satur-J 
day,  Feb.  17,  1877.  Stkphbn-  A.  STKBBtN*.  of  7a?  >9  Ful- 
ton St..  Brooklyn,  aged  48  years.  1 

bervici-B  ana  Interment  at  Colchester,  Conn.,  Tues-  I 
day.  "JOth  inst.  '. 

TaLMAN.— In  Brooklyn,  Sunday,  Feb.  18,  1877.  at] 
tbe  resifleuoe  of  his  son,  Cbaklbs  Taulan,  m  the 85th 
year  af  his  age.  • 

•    Notice  ol  tuneral  hereafter. 

VOSK— At  Montrose,  N.  J.,  on  Friday,  16th  ins^t 
Ebubbn  V0S8,  aged  81  years. 

The  iriends  are  invited  to  attend  the  ftmeral  8emce3\ 
at  his  late  reside uce,  on  Monday,  luth  iust.,  noon  the: 
arrival  at  Mountain  Station  of  the  1U:1U  A.  AL  train,.', 
Ucl  iware,  Lackawanna  and  Western  Railroad. 

ly  doston  papers  please  copy. 

rtlLlARD.— On  Frida.v.  Feb,  16.  of  congestion  of 
the  brain,  in  tho  4rltb  year  of  her  aee,  Klizasbth, 
wite  of  Edward  K.  WilLard,  ana  eldest  daughter  of 
the  late  Capt.  John  Wii:ard. 

Relatives  and  friends  are  invited  to  attend  the  ftt- 
nerai  services  at  ber  lato  residence.  No.  221  West  44  tit. 
Et.  at  10  o'clock  Monaay,  19th  Inst.  Friends  are  re-- 
qu^^sted  not  to  send  flowers. 

WOODWORfH.— On  Friday  afternoon,  Feb.  16,  M. 
Fannie,  wile  of  wiijiam  G.  Woodwortb,  and  eldest 
daujihteroi  .Alfred  C.  Eoe. 

Relatives  and  friends  of  tbe  family  are  respectfallV' 
invited  to  attend  tho  funeral  from  the  residence  of  her 
fatuer.  No.  327  West  14th  st.,  on  Monday  afternoon 
Feb.  19,  at  1  o'clock. 

SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


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POiSr  OFFICE  NOriCK. 

The  foreign  maiis  tor  the  week  endina  Saturday.  Feo, 
24, 18f  7,  Will  close  at  this  office  on  Tuesday  ut  IA.  M., 
for  Eurooe.  by  st«am-shii>  Nevada,  via  Queeostown; 
on  Weilnesuav  at  7:3o  A.  M..  loi  bluropa,  bv  steamship 
China,  viaQueenatown;  on  Thursday  at  11: 3U  A.  M..  for 
Kurope,  b.y  steam-ship  Pommeraida,  viaPlymoutb.Cher- 
hourg,  and  Hamburg;  on  Saturday  at  11  A.  IM..  lor 
Kurope.  by  8t«am-sbip  Biitunnlc,  via  Queens- 
town,  (corrrespondeuce  for  Geimaoy.  France.  Scot- 
laud,  and  North  of  Ir°l!:na  to  be  foiwariL-d  by  this 
steamer  must  be  specially  addressed;)  ai'd  ut  11  A. 
M..  for  Scotland  and  tbe  North  of  Ireland  by  steam-ship 
Anchoma.  via  Moviile  and  Gliisgow.  aiid  at  1 1  .\.  -\1..  lor 
France  direct,  by  steam-ship  Canada,  via  Havre,  and  .it 
ll:ao  A.  >...  lor  Germau.T,  tc,  by  steam-ship  Hermann, 
via  Southamotou  and  Bremen,  tcorresiiouaonce  for 
Great    liritam     and   France    to  be   forwarileil  by   this 

Steamer  muse  be  spt'cially  addressed.)  Tne  btenm- 
sbips  Nevada, China,  aud  Britannic  do  not  take  mails  tor 
Ileumark,  Sweden,  and  Norway.  'I'he  mails  for  -Viit- 
s:iu.  N.  P.,  will  le.f.ve  New-YorK  Feb.  24.  'llie  mails 
for  tbe  West  Indies,  via  Havana,  will  leave  New- 
York  Fdb.  28.  The  mails  for  Porto  iilco  direct  wul 
leave  New-York  March  5.  Tue  mails  for  Australia  wiil 
leave  S.in  Francisco  Feb.  28.  Tne  mails  for  China 
aud  Japan  will  leave  Sau  Francisco  March  1. 

r.  L.  JAMK8,  Postmaster. 
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Monday.  Feb.  19— A.  M. 

The  statement  of  the  associated  banks 
asued  from  the  Clearing-house  on  Saturday 
last  shows  a  loss  of  $1,685,425  in  Burploa  re- 
Berre,  which  redaces  the  excess  above  legal 
requirements  held  by  the  banks  to  |19,709,100. 
The  chanqes  in  the  statement  are  an  increase- 
of  $2,237,300  in  loans,  $2,021,500  in  lesal  ten- 
ders, and  $623;700  in  deposits,  and  a  decrease 
ot  $3,551,000  in  specie  and  $80,700  in  ou-ouiation. 

The  followinc:  shows  the  condition  of  the 
banks  on  Saturday  last,  aa  compared  with 
the  preyiooB  statement  and  trith  the  state- 
ment for  the  corresponding  week  last  year: 

Feb.  la         Febi  17.    Feb.  19, 1878. 

liOans 5256.817,100    $259,054,400    5268.011.400 

Sp«eie 35.U16,600ji     3^.065,600        32,041,900 

Leml  tenders.    43,786.700  - '  45.808,200  '    48,96^.800 

Deposits 23;!.035.100  <  232658.800   ?  224T62.200 

Circulation...     15,635,410^     15,554,700:'    17,183,100 

And  the  followmg  the  relations  between  the 
total  reserve  and  total  liabilities  of  the  banks : 

Specie (35  616.600  $32.06.5.600  Deo.  $3,551,000 

jLesal  wnders..  43,788.700    45  898,200  Inc.    3,021,500 


Total  reserve.  ..$79,403,300  r<7,873,8i)0  Dec.  $1,529,500 

S«aVe  required 

'    ssrt.dspoalts..  58,008,775  '  58,164,700 

fexoeaaot  res'va 

above  legal  re- 

«niremenu...  21.3945^25    19,709,100  Deo.    1.685.425 

The  monetary  situation  continues  to  exhibit 
fk  state  of  great  ease.  The  extreme  rates  for 
loall  loans  throughout  the  week  were  2^  and  4 
V  cent.,  with  the  great  bulk  of  the  business  at 
intermediate  quotations.  Discounts  were  un- 
cltanjred  at  4'S)5  ^  cent  for  prime  mercantile 
paper. 

The  ioreign  advices  were  not  specially  im- 
^rtant,  and  reported  a  firm  market  at  London 
fm  British  Consols  ■  and  American  securities. 
iTbe  Bank  of  England  gained  £61,000  m  specie 
for  the  week  endine  Wednesday  last  The 
rate  of  dlBcount  remaina  unchanged  at  2  ^ 
jCent 

The  foreign  exchange  market  WM  steady, 
Imt  scarcely  any  business  was  transacted,  the  de- 
imand  for  bills  of  any  kind  being  exceedingly 
'light  The  nominal  asking  rates  were  $4  84^ 
for  bankers'  60  day  sterling,  and  $4  86  for  de- 
mand bills. 

The  gold  speculation  was  entirely  devoid  ot 
Animation.  The  highest  and  lowest  pjrices  were 
105%  and  105^  respectively,  and  the  closing 
quotation  105^.  The  rates  on  gold  loans 
ranged  &om  1  to  5  ^  cent  for  carrying,  with 
the  borrowing  rate  flat. 

Goyernment  bonds  were  quiet  and    prices 

well  maintamed.  The  opinion,  prevails  that 
when  the  Presidential  question  is  finally  settled 
a  Considerable  amount  of  capital  now  lying  idle 
is  likely  to  be  invested  m  this  class  of  seoonties. 
Bailroad  oonds  were  generally  lower,  with  the 
heayieiit  decline  in  the  issues  ot  the  coal  roads. 
Among  State  bonds.  District  of  Columbia  3.658 
were  at  intervals  in  active  demand,  and  ad- 
vanced to  73,  with  closing  tranaotions  at  a 
{rational  reaction. 

The  railway  and  miscellaneous  share  specula- 
tion was   characterized  bj  "weakness,  and  the 

dealiDga  in  the  acti?e  stocki  were  at  times 

attended  with  considerable  excitement.  The 
«oal  shares  were  conspicuous  in  the  downward 

moTement.    The  influences  adyersely  affecting 

these  stocks  were  the  appointment  of  a  Be- 
oeiver  for  New-Jersey  Central,  the  revela- 
tions in  regard  to  the  previous  mismanage- 
meat  of  the  affairs  of  that  company,  and  the 
^stelhatic  deception  practiced  by  its  officers 
In  eonoealing  from  the  stockholders  all  knowl- 
edge as  to  the  actual  condition  of  their  prop- 
erty, together  with  reports  that  some  of  the 
other  coal  corporations  were  suffering  from 
financial  embarrassment.  A  prominent  feature 
ot  the  market  was  the  depression  in  investment 
•hares.  New-York  Central  fell  off  from  101  to 
97%,  and  Rock  Island  from  100 ^^  to  97%.  with 
closing  transactions  at  a  merely  fractional 
Teoovery.  The  general  market  in  the  final 
dealings  was  fevensh  and  imsettled  in  tone. 

COXJBSE   OS*  MA^KKT— THE  WXEK. 

Cloaioe 
Bigbest.    Lowest  Feb.  19,  '76. 


■fe'-' 

American  eold 1057a 

105  ig 

113% 

^Ki 

United  States  5s. '81. coap..ll06g 

11038 

11878 

^K.   ~ 

United  States  5-208, '67. C.  113 

112^8 

1231a 

Hp' 

Kew-Tort  Central 101 

97'78       • 

11618 

I&- 

Rock  Island lOOSa 

97% 

110% 

&^ 

Pacific  Mall 2578 

2479 

33% 

pt;'.- 

UilwaukeeandStPftnl..  19 

18 

45ifl 

•  >■  ' 

Milwaukee  &  StPaol  Pf .  49 

46I4 

7978 

,.-■■_:    " 

Z.akeShore 52% 

507g 

66 

Ctaicaso  &  Nortb-west...  329i 

30 14 

441a 

%i> 

Cbicago  &  North-westP£,'  52ia 

481* 

66  la 

Western  Union 711* 

6914 

73Sa 

■    r    /.           -" 

Union  Pacific 66 

64 

69 

U&t- 

Toledo  &  Wabaah. ^H 

7 

5^4 

Kf^ 

Del.,  Lack.  Sc  Western...  69 

65 

II914 

S^""' '  • 

Hew  Jersey  Central 18 

10 

los'a 

lifc'i  - 

J>.  &H.  Canal 53% 

45 

122 14 

,.*>;^ 

]forri8  Sl  Essex 89ifl 

79 

10319 

Panama 123 

132 

132 

&-- 

Erie 888 

8 

17ifl 

f^ii^ 

Ohio  Sc  MiasisBi  ppi 6i<i 

5ifl 

291s 

m: 

Q.,  C.  &Ind.  Central S^ 

81a 

5^ 

Harlem 140 

13538 

1431a 

Hannibal  &  St  Jo. 11  ^g 

Ilia 

19 

\m- 

Hannibal  &  St  Jo.,  Pre£.  24 

2373 

291a 

'i-'  -- 

Ulcbigan  Central 45I9 

44 14 

60% 

•*;'v 

mmois  Central S3^ 

5108 

1001a 

r^^ 

l£iBsouii  Pacific 3 

3 

1208 

'ifiVi.- 

VA«aB  OS*  1-BICBS  AKI>  CI.OSINO  QUOTATIONS, 

^R^  • 

FKB.   17. 

S^  -"   ■ 

Blgbcst   Irowest       Bid. 

liked. 

B'- 

New-Tork  Central....  9878 

97'^9       97% 

97^8 

re.  - 

Barlein 137 

l35Ss        135 

135% 

P--  ■ 

Ene 858 

81a            8=8 

8% 

l'-  ' 

Laire  Shore.. .m. S2ie 

Sl^fl          51 I9 

51% 

L 

Wabash ^ 

.6 

6^9 

»— " 

JSocUi-westem 32^* 

3114         3114 

3i;3 

^mx-  - 

2f ortb- western  Pref...  49J* 

481a        4914 

4933 

^^^ 

Bock  Island 9i^ 

97%        98^4 

198^ 

H^*: 

Fort  Wavne 

IOOI4 

101 

Hb« 

MUwankOR  Sc  SL  Paul.  IS^e 

18             18 

181a 

Ha^ 

MiL  &  St.  Panl  Pret'..  4670 

46^  S  46^8 

47 

Pittsburg . 
.DeL.Laok.<b  Western. 
New-Jersey  Central. 


65% 

in* 


69 

65 

10^ 

43 

80 

45 

53 

64ia 

SOifl 

ii 

'5Bb 

e9i» 

18 
3Sifl 
14 
Sl 


Del.  &  findson  Canal.  SSi* 

21oms&£sSez 8II1 

Michigan  Central 45% 

XlllnoU  Central 53'4 

Union  Pacific 65ia 

C,  C.  C.  &I 86>« 

C,  C.  &.  Ind  Central..  .. 
Han.  JbSr.  Jdeenb....  U 
XUm.  &  St  Joseph  PL  .. 
Obio  St  MisatssiDpl...    o\ 

PSaama '. 

Western  Union 70 

AC.  A  Pao.  Xsl.......  18^ 

PaclflQMail 85^ 

Qoiofcsilver. 14 

Ualoksilver  Pref : Sl 

A4an)s  Express 

'Wells.  ?srgo  &  Co. 

Am.  Mer.,  Union  Ex 

United   States  Ex 

The  following  are  the  returns  of  the  foreign 
oommeTQe  pf  the  port  of  ¥ew-York  and  the 

operations  of  the  Unit«d   States   Sub-Treasury 

bete  lor  the  week'^endlng  SatordTay  last,  and 

■inoa  the  beginiung  at  the  year,  compared  trith 

tte  r«tam  to  the  oorrMpondlng  periods  of  last 

jrear: 

■impprk  9/Iflv  099^  a>*d  Qfntrat  M«rthandi$e. 

0Mt«i9eBttlciK  ir«MjN)tjaw*«MM«*-»  ^  %oiAU«a 


88^ 

651a 

10% 

51% 

80 

4438 

S2ia 

OS'S 

38>9 
2ie 
11 
S3 

Ha 

691% 
I8I4 
S5^1 
14 

103 14 
83^ 
S7% 


65^ 

llifl 

52 

8OI4. 

45 

S3 

be  i 
87 
3% 

Ui* 
24 

„*'» 
134 

69% 

18% 

25ls 

15 

Sl 

104 

83*9 

58I4 


SOifi      51 


t95.seo 

...  3.331,945 
...  1,990,841 
...     5,949,985 

.».  $9,399,657 

...     3.376.943 

...  la 408,393 

.14,738.693 


^QOA;«D.iiilittyMir..i.i.»,^< 41,1(5,1^ 

QoTOwojdlng  »«iod  last  year. »,4»iiSt1 

Oirfd.Pteb.  17.1997 .„,  105, 

<>ol«I,FeD..,l9..1876.. .......,....;....  Il3% 

£s^on$  df  i>omesHc  Produee. 

Week  ending  last  Tuesday $4.977  839 

CorrespondioK  week  last  vear 3  440,295 

Since  Jan.  1  this  year '. 40,649.307 

Corresponding  period  last  year 33,939,333 

_  Hxports  of  Qcid  and  Silver. 

Week  endine  last  Saturday> 

Correoponding  week  lust  year 

Since  Jan.  1  thiayear.... !.!!!.""! 

Correspoudln^r  period  last  jearl.ll""" 

BeeeipU  for  Customs 
Week  ending  Feb.  17,  1877.      .  , 

Week  ending  Feb.  19.  1876 

From  Jan.  1  to  Feb.  17.  1877 

From  Jan.  1  to  Feb.  19.  1876 

Gold  Interest  Paid  out  by  the  Sub-Treasursf. 

Week  eudins  Feb.  17.1877 $338,346 

Wetk  ending  Feb.  19,    1876 804.320 

From  Jan.  1  to  Feb.  17,  1877 11,608  599 

From  Jan.  1  to  Feb.  19,  1876 ,.    9.843,131 

The  Commercial  and  Mnaneial  Chronicle,  in 
its  issue  of  Saturday  last  publishes  the  follow- 
ing table  of  railroad  earninjca: 

Latest  earnings  repartea.——<s 
ISC'Tor    1876  or 
1878.'      .1875. 
Atob..T.  its.  r6..  Month  of  Jan....  $128,651    $117,417 
B.,C.R.&  North.  1st  week  of  Feb. 
Cairo  &.St.  Loai8..M.ontb  of  Jan.. . 
Canada  Sontb'rn..lRt  week  of  Feb. 
Central  Paciflo... Month  of  Jan....l,123.(K)0^  994339 
Chicago&Alton..lst  weekolFob.     74.588       89,381 
C,  B.  &  Quinov... Month  of  Dec.    826,120 
C..M.&  St.  Paul.. lit  week  of  Feb.      97.000 
Cbic.&NonhwestMooth  of  Dec...    909.640 
Chic.,  R.  L  &  Pac. Month  of  Jan.. 
Gin..  l.flf.  &  Chic. Month  of  Jan... 
CL.  M t  V.  <fc  Del. .  Mon  th  of  Jan . . 
Denv.  &£.Gr'de..3d  week  of  Jan- 
Han..  &  Sc  Jo Month  of  Nov... 

Boast.  <b Tex.  C... Month  of  Dec... 

Illinois  Central... Month  of  Jan.... 

Do.  la.  Ifs'd  lines.. Month  or  Jrc 

Indian.,  Bl.  &  W..l9tweek  of  Feb. 

Int.  &.  6t.  NortIi..4th  week  of  Jan. 

Kansas  Paoi  fie ..  .Month  of  Deo. . . 

Loui3V.,C.&Lex.. Month  of  Dec. 

Loniav.  &.  ya8bv..Jnly  l  to  Dec. 31.2,755:000 8,564  201 

McKans.  ifeTex.l.'ttweekofPeb.       52,661 

Mobila  &Obio.... Month  of  Dec.    300.000 

Naahv..  C.  &;St.L.Month  of  Dec.     139,237 

PhiU.  &.  Erie Month  of  Dec. .    298.292 

Pad.  &  Mem  phis.. Month  of  Dec.  17,104 
Eome.  Wat.&Osd.MonchotDPc.  86.659 
StL.A.&T.H.(o.).lat  week  of  Feb.  8,988 
St.!..,  I.  Mr.  &  So.. 1st  week  of  Feb.  11G,7U0 
St.L.,Z.C.&]Sor...lst  week  of  Fob.  43,5.39 
St.L.&Soath-eant.3dweek  of  Jan..  84.622 
Sr.  P.&S.Clty,&e.Mo  iihof  Dec...  64.47T 
T0I..P.&  Warsaw. 1st  week  of  Feb.  19.964 
ToLWab.&  West. .Monthof  Dec...  377,221 
UmonPaviflc MonthofDeo...    952.353  ^ 


14.5^8 
18.102 
30,611 


500638 

23,813 

86,379 

4.663 

178,401 

375.341 

374,838 

91,661 

21,288 

'  71.110 

216,927 

96,350 


30,821 
21.791 
25.631 


823,468 

115.934 

933.339 

480,638 

34,4-.i3 

80,049 

6,477 

169,539 

401,592 

428,163 

127,411 

40,6P7 

41,188 

289,825 


53,960 

391.014 

164.513 

270.441. 

21.553 

92.628 

7.363 

62,627 

69  817 

20. 168 

107,562 

33.355 

359.284 

903,451 


BANKING  AND  FINANCIAL 


^*  TR^NESSEK  STATE  BONDS. 
Holders  arc  invited  to  call  at  our  office  on  17tb .  19th 
and  20th  iost.,  aud  join  in  pbui  ot  iM^astmeai  already 
signed  by  largu  boadbolders. 

(JEDDB.S  U  SMll'd,  So.  31  Nassan  st,  Boom  No.  a 


COMMERCIAL  AFFAIB8, 


Nsw-YoKK.  Saturday.  Felx  17.  1877. 
The  receipts  of  the  pnuoioai  kiuou  ot   Prodaoa  siuoe 
onr  last  have  been  as  lollows: 


Ashes,  pits. 36 

Bees-wax,  pks 

BmiiOD,  bais 1,768 

BeaDB.  bbls 627 

Cotton,  bales. 1.93U 

Copper,  bbla 162 

Uried  Frail,  piu 37 

KCKS.  bbia. 1,973 

Floor,  bbis 16,80'.i 

Wheat,  bustaejs 50t 

Corn,  busbelf 24,600 

15.20< 

1.5«>; 

6,34i 

601 

.....   1,81. 

.  1,001 

82; 

48 

11.11 


Oil.  bbIs 80 

Spirits  Turpi,   bbls..  64 

Tar,  bbls 165 

tiesln.  bbls 98 

Oil-caket.  p,ia. .......  1,6',^ 

Pom.  pks 67^^ 

^Jeer   plES 129 

Out-meats,  pics 2,838 

Urease,  oks iat» 


Lard.  pks. 

Lard,  kegs 

teariiie.  pks 

iutter,  pks. ........ 

:apese,  pks 

Tallow,  pas 

'Te8sr>d  HoKs.  t>o... 

pelter.  pes 

<urcn.  bxs 

.''obacco.  hhds 

robaooo.  bxs.  no*.. 

t'biskT.  bbla. 

Yool.  Dales. 


337 

110 

60 

2,682 
164 
280 
127 

3.606 

15U 

28 


N.  0. 

Texas. 

ll"* 

ll'* 

u\ 

11«8 

12 

12 

127-16 

12>« 
Ia7-16 

1211-16  la  11-16 

Uats.  bnsheis. 

Eye,  bushels 

Malt,  bushels 

Barley,  bushels 

I'eas,  boahels 

Grsaa-seed.  Oags... 

Oat-meal,  bbls , 

Uopa.  bales 

Leatber.  siues . 

LeaC  PISS 62;      t'bisky.  bbla. 940 

U.ola8ses.(N.O.)bbls.       5S.     Yool.  Dales. 85 

COFFKI2 — .\  Bteadvmarket  noted  to-day.with  a  mod- 
erate demand,  8aies.  2,00U  Daea  &tnto«,  br  ih«  Colon, 
at  7^.,  gold  ;  and  '2,5U0  bags  Bio,  at  Hampton  Boads, 
for  Baltimore,  at  O-^c  gold. 

COTTON— Has  been  -wtry  quiet  to-day   for  early  de- 

UTery  at  barely  stand  v  rateii Urdinarr  quoted  tu-day 

at  lli«e.®llJ4C.j  Low  Midillina.  12  5-lbc.®12  7-lfcc.j 
Middling,12  13->t3c.'ai215-lBc.. ..Sales  were  ofllclally 
reported,  lor  piomot  dehvoiy.  of  I80  bales,  tof 
wuich  96  bales  were  on  last  erenlng.)  all  to  spin- 
ners  And  lor  forward    delivery    the    dealings   have 

betju  beav.y  at  siightl.v  reduced  flcures.... 
bales  jiavs  been  reportea  since  our  last  ot  63.400 
bales,  ot  winch  16,100  bales  were  on  last  evrn- 
•uxz  and  47,300  bales  lo-day.  with  1,100  bales  on  the 
cans,  on  the  basis  of  Middling,  witn  Febm- 
arv  options,  closinar  »t  12  IT-aicSl'J  10-32c.: 
March.  12  ll-16c912  23-32c.;  Anril.  12 
15.16c®ia  3!-3v!c.;  May,  ]3>80.®l-t  B-320.; 
Jons.  13  9-320.-313  6-16e.!  July.  13  i3-33e.®13  7-l«c: 

Ausnut.  13  15-32C. 9x0*90.:  a«Dtaiuber.  13  7-32«.'d 
IS^c;  October,  ia''8C.aii2  20  S-.Hu;  November.  12aBC- 
•S>12  ll-lOc;  Oecember,  12"^®  12  IMbc  *•  ft., 
ebowiiura  decline  of  1.32c.®l-I>)C.  ^  lb.,  closlus  barely 
steady.  Tbe  receipts  at  this  port  to-day  werel.O^iU 
Dales,  and  at  the  shlDDiug  purCs  11,13'J  baloa,  actilnst 

1  5,068  bales  same  da.v  lost  week.  The  week's  exports 
btnce  bare  bren  6.559  bales,  including  6,524  bales  to 

Liverpool  and  35  bales  to  Havre Tbe  exnortsfrom 

all  tbe  porta  since  H<;pt.  1.  187tji  nave  been  2.06:2.061 
bales.  01  wbicb  1.395.448  bales  were  st.-nt  to  ibe 
British  poru  and  §67,513  bales  to  tbe  Continent 

Cloring  Fnet»  of  Cotton  in  Sew- York. 
DpPda.  Abk 

Ordinary 11»8  HH 

Strict  Ordinary.. U"^  ll'-j 
Good  Ordinary...!  1^8  ^I'^g 
Strict  Good.  Ord..l2ii  12»9 

I,uw  Middling 12  6-16     12  &-16 

StxictLowi]id...l2  9-lt>    12  9-16 

Middlin? 12  13-16  12  13-16  12  15-16  12  15-16 

Good  MiddUns... 13  1-16     13  1-16      18  3-16     13  3-16 
SCdct  Uood  Mld..l3  5-16      13  6-16      13  7-16      13  7-16 

MiadllneFalx....l3  11-16  13  11-16  13  13-16  13  13-16 
Vtii..... 14  7-16    14  7-16    U«-l«    14  9-16 

Stairud. 

Good  Ordinary  ...lO^A  |  Low  Middling. 11  11-16 

Strict  Good  Ord.  11^         1  iiiddliog. 13  8-10 

FLODH  AND  MEAL— Business  in  State  and  Western 
Flour  reacbea  a  fair  agsresate  to-da.v,  and  In  InstaDcea, 
at  a  farther  improvement  of  lOcSloo.  ^  bbl.,  tce 
main  call  lor  supplies  having  been  on  home  trade  ac- 
count, and  m  this  connection  runnius  cblefi.y  on  the 
more  desirable  classes  ot  Winter  Wheat  Extras,  and 
of  Minnesota  extras  ^atraiebt  brands  ufths  latter  con- 
tinuing to  uitract  mosc  attention.)    Toe  inquir.v    trom 

shippers  waH  apiritlesd  tbrnghont Sales  have  l>een 

reported  since  uor  lootot  Vi.HH)  bui^  of  all  eradcs.  lii- 
ciudini;  unsound  Hoax  ol  all  classes  at  S3  5U'2>$U  75, 
(of  which  lou  bbls.  tipiiag  Wlieut,  superfiue.  at  S4  75, 
and  300  bbls.  Winter  Wheat,  extras,  nt  $6'Sti  50;) 
Hour  Flour  at  S4  50'^6  la;  puor  to  stilotly  taocy  No. 

2  at  $4  40'S>$5  2a.  chiefiv  at  S4  75a>£i>  lor  good  to 
choice;  $5  10®$5  25  lor  very  choice  to  f*ncy, 
aud  $4  50'2'$4  60  for  comniou;  ordinary  to 
cboice  Snpertme  Western,  (>u  tHl®$6.  ma>oiv  Mt 
S5  75'2)$6.  with  faac.v  brands  held  hlKber: 
poor  to  good  Kxtra  ^ate.  $5  95SS6  20  :  good  to  cnoice 
do.  at  iiti  WwiQ  b*>;  City  Mills  Exua,  shipping 
j;rades.  tor  West  Indies,  on  tbe  oasis  of  £6  75®$?  2d 
lor  good  to  very  cboice;  do.  for  South  America,  at 
$8®$8  60  for  very  tcood  to  fancy ;  do.  fur  the  English 
markets,  (ol  the  grade uf  standard  Extra  btate.louoted 
at  iS6.;  iofenor  to  good  shipping  bxtra  Western, 
$5  QWS^ti  20;  good  to  choice  do..  SO  20'2e'$6  50; 
and  Trade  aud  Family  Kxtras  at  proportionate  rates. 

loclnded    in    the    sales    have    been   2,050    bbis. 

shipping  Extras,  of  which  l.lOO  bola.  were  City 
Mills  ;  3,500  bbla.  Mlnnesotn  clear  and  straight  Extras, 
(tbese  mainlv  at  S7  10®$8  30  ;)  07o  bbls.  do.  Patent 
do.;  bUO  aula,  Wlacer  Wheat  Extras,  (for  shipmenc,  ut 
$6  75®£8  00;)  2,300  bbis.  Weateru  Bed,  Amber,  and 
White  Wheat  lixtras,  (mostly  to  the  Jobbing  trade, 
though  paitly  on  speculation,)  at  i£7®<8  aO;  iOO 
bbls.    tinperliae,   and  8.^5   bols.    No.    2  at  the   qunted 

r.ite8 Of  8ottthern  Klonr,   1,700   bbls.    sold  ut  firm 

quotations,  of  which  1,050  bbls.  Kxtrus,  for  export  to 
boatb  America,  -yriibin  tbe  raoge  of  $7  6J(<^4i8  25. 
....Of  Eye  Kiour.  245  bbls.,  in  lots,  cbiefi.y  fair  to 
choice  superfine  ^tat•e,  at  $4  70®So;  very  choice  do. 
do.  at  $5   10  lor  small  lots ;  Superfine  Pennsylvania  at 

$4  50®$4  80;    market    dull Of  Coin-meal,    3,2iJU 

bbls.,  luclndiog  2,UUU  bbls.  braudyntne  at  $3  50;  90O 
bbls.  ¥eUow  Westeru  at   $3,  (of  wnich  500  bbls.  Prize 

Uedai,  f^ee  on  board. )     Market  active  and  steady 

And  ot  Corn-meal,  iu  bags,  1,300  bags,  mostly  on  the 
basis   of  $1    U8S£x  lU  for    coarse   city,    aod   Sl   l><r 

Brfltimo.-e,  from  dock Buckwheat  Fiour  In  demand 

at  $3  25®$3  75  for  poor  to  cboice,  and  hlguer  figures 
lot  fimcy,  in  small  lots,  #"  100  £9. 

GRAIN — Spnng  Wheat  was  in  moderate  demand  at 
stead.v  rates,  thu  main  call  having  been  lor  ungraded 
Siock',  in  store  and  ufioat,  for  shipment.     Winter  dull 

at  tormt-r  figures Bales  were  reoorted  to-day  ol  72,- 

000  busbels  ungraaed  spriug  within  tbe  range  of  $1  23 
®$1  31,  chiefiy  in  store  at  $1  2s®  1 1  ;-il.  aud  afloat  at 
Sl  SS'S^l  3i>,  (vrlih  prime  No.  2  Milwaukee  Spring,  iu 
store,  held  at  $1  6u,  at  which  rute  a  boat-load  was 
rumored     sold,     but     not     confizmed ;     ana     prime 

Ko.   2  Chicago  do.,  in  store,  at  $1  45    asked) 

Nevr  Corn  again  advanced  quite  shoiply, 
on     a     comparattvely  brisk     Inquiry    for     shipment 

and       home       use       and      restricted      offerings 

Old  Corn  in  more  rcqnest  at  about  former  quotations. 
....Sales  have  tiecn  reported  siuoe  our  last  of  102,000 
liushels,  iuctading  Mew-Xork  ho.  1,  12.UOO  bashels,  at 
bg^acaeOc,  (of  wblon  8,000  buabeta.  deUvered. 
for  borne  use,  at  6Uo.,|  and  odd  cat  lotsat  SS^^o.® 
oOa;  New-York  No.  2  at  58c.;  New-Vork  bteauier 
White  at  59o.:  New-York  No.  3  at  58c.®6Siac.  (of 
wliicb  18,0uU  btubela,  tor  export,  at  52 'ao.;)  New- 
Tork  Steamer  Mixed  at  5sc.®d9c.,  malnl.y  at  58^c.® 
Cdc;  Nevr-Yurk  oteamer  XeUow,  4,4u0  btubels,  at 
59c.®.o9^c.;  new  crop  Mixed  Western,  ungraded,  «t 
ST^ac^oy^c,  mostly  at  5ac.»o8->oC;  lellow  vVest- 
crn,  Olid  lots,  at  60c.;  lellow  boutbern,  from  dock,  oad 
lota,  at  euc;  inferior  White  Boutbem  at  -58o.; 
nngrsded  sailing-vessel  Mixed  Western,'  old  crop, 
(nomual.)  at  68c.®61o.,  in  store  and  aflua^; 
No.  2  cbicago,  in  store,  quoted  at  59o. :  an4,  afloat, 
at  60c®6l<'..  (With  lO.uuu  bushels,  detlVered  from 
Btcre,  said  fur  export  on  priyaiu  tenu«,  Slid  ottter  Bales, 
In  stores  nunored,  also  for  export,  without  leliaote 
particulars;.... Sieamdr    Mixed  Western,    for    MarchS 

oflered     at    68<ac.,  wltb    bSc     reported    old Aud 

fur  delivery  »t  Pnlbtdelpbia.  further  extensive 
consldezabte  dekUngs  were  teported  in  Mlzad 
Western.  on  the  basis  ot  66Asc.®56<aC 
for  early  delivery.  free  .on  board — 
Bye  has  been  quoted  steady  to-day  and  moderately  ae- 
tive,  with  sales  reported  of  about  11,000  busbslitJor- 
sey.  Pennsylvania,  siid  »Ute  here  at  8<5Mi.®89c; 
10,OW>  bushels  6tate,  in  store,  (rumored.)  at  SSc;  ana 
10.000  bnsheis  Jersey,  .&tate.  and  Peansyiranla, March 
deUvei7,  at  88 'ao..  with  Western,  afloat,  bold  at  soo., 
wliboat  Skies ;  Western,  ia  car  luU.  quoted  at  800,® 

83C Canada  Peas,  in  oood,  inactive  j  {ffimeo  qnot^d 

afdicdOoc Barley  in  limited  den^and.  with  sales 

or  10,000  bnsheis' No.  1  Canada  ou  pnvcte  terms, 
qooted  at  $1  uS  bid,  and  l,tuObuttielai>rlm'iBtvrc-, 
lotred  StsteKt70c....Or  Bartej-jl6stt,  ssies  \T6re  re- 
ported of  4,000  busbels  cboice  new  crop  Caaada>  at 
ISl    !iO,    time;     and    4,600  btUbe.s    two-rowed    i>UHi« 

at     70c Buckwheat       as       last      qnbtett Outs 

bare  been  in  quite  urcent  request,  chiefly 
tor  local  trade  aooonat  at  f  loriher 
■fa'arp  rise  in  prices  of  several  gi«dea.. .. Sales' ^re- 
ported of  43,000  t)usbelB.  inolndlng  Whft«  Western  at 
i4e.®62c.  tor  inferior  to  choloe,  ohieflr  oar  lot*  at.44o. 
9bO<u  (75U.  bosbels  Mlcbttooi  st  50c.,)  »sd,  loT^toreL; 
6,100  bosbeU,  at  Su^ae:;  Utxed  Western  a!i  41 'afl.®: 
ASo.,  as  ttf  qosntyi    White'  Sistic  otdntaxy  taf  Very- 


store,  and  ftUbst,  nisinlr  lii  store,  10.000 
bushels  St  53^0.,  otr  tou,  At  630.965 V^;  fKooj 
do..  Xu^eed  narpoees.  SlQOO  bOabela,  averaslng  34  B>. . 
at  M&ltMeii-  laxM  -Blat««»^-ai&»sae.  for  inferior 

£>  eb«t«e<:ltan  UMfe  •m  afloat :  and,  in  store,  8,000 
astleli  «bol«eist  6Be.i  Rtw^Tork  5o.  1  WUt^  »t«4a; 
yeir.Tork  Vo.  3..  WbMe  at  Met  llew-Tork  Ho.  S  Wbita 
St 46c.;  New-Tork  No.  1  at  bSktc.  (l.dUO  bushel*;) 
ftew-Tork  NO.  8.  0,000  bttstaeU  at  47o.;  Npw-Tork 
Itot  8  at  440.)  He^MTork  tijecied,  St  4li9e.®4ac....; 
Feed  in  active  demand  at  verv  fall  prices;  2,700 
bags 4011).  aud  60-Iti.  r«t>orced  sotd,  chiefly  at  $22; 
and  «  oar  of  Western  Sva  Keed,  from  traclE,  and  a 
small  lot.  of  do,  at  $24....CioTer-seed  veiy 
quiet     with     prime     to     very     choice    Western 

quoted  at'  15  W®1 6c.;  -prime  State  at  lOe.:  com* 
mon  do,,  at  I60.,  witlx  small  lots  sold  at  these  figures 
....Other  seeds  inactive;  quoted  as  before.... 
Halo  Hay  has  been  In  fnlr.reqnest,  with  shipping  qnsl* 
Ities  qniited  at  from  70c.®7f>c.  and  retailing  qnaliUes 
Rt75o.2!>$l  05,  the  extreme  flgnra  for  choice  <?•  100 

Sl. !  Clover,  65c.  a75o. ;  Halt  Hay,  SOcSOoc Straw 

ia  in  demand,  iuuIuOing  Rvo  Straw  withiu  tbe  range 

of  60o.a85c.  ;  Oat,  SucaTOi;.  *•  100  ft The  week's 

expart  clearances  lienos  ftr  Bnropeaii  pnrts  inclnded 
9,973  bbls.  Fiour,   10.509    busIie.B    Whent.  375.6i!6 
bnsheis  Corn,  22,856  bnsheis  K.vo,  and  23.!$82  bushels 
Peaa 
HIDRS — Have   oeen  in  limited   deman-l   at  easier 

ard  drooping  rates Tbe  week's  receipts  have  been 

V0.083  Hides..  ..Sales  30,lv5  Hides,  the  sales  includ- 
ing. Recording  to  Messrs.  Pick»rdJS6  Andreaen,  1,2J0 
Dry  Bufnos  .^yres,  21  to  23 "a  ft.,  oarc  at  22c  ,  gold. 
4  mouths,  usual  selection;  316  Dry  Corrteutes  Kips, 
lUlh..  piiTate  terms;  7,100  Dry  Bio  Grande.  20I9  to 
21V  lb.,  at  20c.,  gold,  4  months,  usual  sfle'tlon; 
10,300  Drv  Ca.fbmla.   22*8  to  24  lb.,   at  20o.®21'J.. 

Sold,  30  dajB.  usual  seleoiion:  7i>0  Dry  California 
:iph,  10  ID.;  61.')  Drv  Central  Amenoan,  20  It).:  2,650 
Dry  Mexican,  19  to  24  lb.,' on  private  terms;  765 
I'ry  Texas.  24  ft,  at  I80  ,  currency.  30  day*,  s-lected; 
690  Dry  Southern,  18  115.;  1,9»'0  Dry  Texis  Kips,  10  to 
11  lb.  I  1,600  Wet-sj»lted  Kio  Grande,  trom  iiurope,  40 
lb.;,  200  Wet-salted  Text*.  60  lb;  1,000  City 
A-^laudbter,  70  lb  ;  and  600  Wet-salted  .N'ewaiuudland, 
60  lb.,  on  private  terms.  Ami  to-ilay,  BiOOO  Tex's. 
at  l8c.... Stock  ill  first  bands -to-day,  103  300  Hides 
t»nd  33  bales  do.,  aaalust  83,800  Uldes  and  766  bales 
do.  Btme  time  last  year 
UOPS— Have    been  moderately   sought    after   and 

quoted  irregular  iu  price N«>w-York  State,  crop  of 

187(j,  quoted  at  10c'(i20o.  for  irand  to  choice,  with 
very  choice  to  fancy  lots  held  higher;  Kustern,  new, 
I3c.'«»l8c.;  new  Western  "t  10c®ioc  ;  Yearlings.  8c.® 
12o.r    Califi(rul.-»  of    J 876  at    15o.®20c.;     Olds,    all 

growths,  4c.@6c  'IP'  lb 'Ihe  receipts  for  th>' weik 

wer"A  1.868  Oaies.  aud  since  ept.  1.  1876,  as  made  np 
by  Mr.  Bramett  Wells,  66,752  bales,  against  62,155 
bales  same  period  in  1875;  expoit  clearances  this 
week,  959  bales,  and  since  ^ept.  1,  27,464  bales, 
against  28,381  bales  same  period  of  1875-6. 

MOLAStiKS — Kew-Orieons  has  been  mmlerately dealt 
in,  at  from  47c.®37o.  for  about  good  to  strtctlv  fhnc.v. 
sales,  ;^40Ji>bls.  Market  otherwise  Uuil  and  uomiuallv 
as  last  quoted. 

NAVai-  STORES— Besln  has  b(>en  very  dull  on  the 

basis  of  $2SS2  lo  for  common  to  good  Strained.  ^  280 

ft.    Sales  150  obis,    at   $2 Tar   and  Pitih  as  last 

quoted Spirits  ot  Tnrperitiue  inactive,  with  mer- 
chantable, for  prompt  delivery,  at  the  close  down  to 
40c. '341c,  #' gallon. 

OiL-CAKb — Has  been  in  limited  request,  with  West- 
ern, in  bags,  quoted  at  $34  50,  curreuoy,  (00  sales  of 
loo  tons  for  bhipmetit  to  Liverpool;)  City,  nominal.... 
Exports  for  the  week,  8,031  pks. 

'  PKTROLBUM— Crude  has  bf<eu  in  slack  request  and 
quoted  down  to  10c.,  in  bulk,  and  13c  iu  shlpoing 

order Kefinedofiei»d  more   freelv  and  quoted  lower 

aud  unsettleu  on  a  restricted  bn'<luesB;  quotod  by  re- 
finers at  26K2C.;    but  from  second  bands  down  to  17c. 

lor  small  lota  for  early  delivery Kefiued.    in   cxses, 

quoted  26'ac (ity  Naphtha  quoted  12e .^tPblU- 

uelnhia  and  Bfiltlmoce,  Ueilned  Petroleum,  for  early 
delivery,  quoied  br  refiners  at  2Giac.,  but  iu  small 
lots  imm  second  hands  down  to  16''>ic,®17e. 

PB0V1S10N8— Western  alesa  Pork  ha*  oeen  inactive 

for  early  delivery  at  lower  prices Sales  reported  o( 

30  bbis.    at  $16  25 Other    kinds  dull  and  heavy; 

Kxtra  Prime  quoted  at  S12  75®#13;  Western 
Prime  Mess  at  SIJ  25®$15  50 And  lor  forward  de- 
livery hi  re.  Western  Mess  has  oeen  in  less  request; 
quoted  for  Februarv,  at  tbe  close,  nominal;  March,  un 
toSlB;  April,  ;£16  10.  and  May,  £16  30 Sales  re- 
portea of  750  bbls..  March,  at  $16;  1,V50  bbls., 
April, -at  $16  lua>^l6  15;  and  600  bbls.,  May,  at 
$10  40....bre<>&ed  tlogs  more  sought  alter,  with 
Westeru      quoted       down      to      7^8C-'&'7»4C.;      city 

at      7*4C®ac.;   Light    Pigs     at     8'40 Cut-meats 

have       oeen       dull      to-da.v,      at     former     rates 

e-alea  Include  small  lots  of  Pickled  BeLles,  in  bulk, 
at  Oca-O^ac.;  ami  sundry  small  lots  of  other  City  bulk 
within  OUT  previous  rauge.    Also  100  bxs.  Dry  .salted 

BbouldeiB.    Ctiicago     delivery,    at   &H>o Ot  Bacon. 

wtiich  waa  quoted  heavy,  sales  were  reported  here  of 
37U  bXB.  Short  Clear  ait  9v.'a9htc.,  and  125  bxs.  Long 
Clear  at  8V^'a>8  II-I60 And  lor  t'hicago  de- 
livery, loo  bxs.  Long  Clear  at  8  >8C..'..  West- 
ern Steam  Lard  has  been  mcdeiatel.y  in. 
quired     for    for     early     delivery,    at    easier     rates. 

Of  Western  Sieam,   for  early  delivery  here,  sales 

have  beeo    reported  of  250  tcs.    prime    at  Sl0  82>v, 

closing  at  SIO  so And   (or  forward  delivery   here, 

Weatern  btesm  has  been  falriv  active.  Out  ut  reduced 
prices Westeru  Steam,  lor  February,  quoteqat  the 

close     at    $10     80    asked;     March,     $lu     8»;     AurlL 

£10    02'3;     May,   $11    Un i^ales     were    reported  of 

Western  Steam  to  the  extent  of  l,25u  tcs.,  »iarch,at 
$10  Hoa$10  82 >a:     6,750  tcs.,    April,  at    StO  02 Hi 

®110.>:  anda,250  tcs..  May,  at  Sll  0;>-j®$ll  10 

City    Steam    and  Kettle  dull;    quoted   at    ihe   Ciose 

$10  50 ;ind  .No.  1  quoted  uomioalutSlU Rofiued 

Lurd  Inactive  ;  qnoteu  lor  tlie  Continent,  tur  early  de- 
livery, ai  810  8/>a.  and  tor  the  West  Indies  at  $9  5o. 
....ut  Beef,  50  tcs.,  and  of  Ueef  Usms,  16   bbls.  Ht  un- 

obanjjed  rai«e Butter  jnd  t  beese  aa  last  quoted.... 

bggs  in  moderate  demand;  qdotcd  at   i9c. dli!2o.  for 

frerh Tallow     has     been     been     less     active    at 

eiisier  rates Bales  IIO.UOO  Q>.  prime  ut  7  lj-16c.® 

8c..  moStb'  tor  shipmeut Steaiiue  very  quiet;  choice 

City.in  hhds..  quoted  nominal;  prime  to chmce  Western, 
in  icfl.at  $10  75a'£l0  87<u;  sates,  26  tcs.    at  $1075 

Dume«tio     Bice  continues    in  miwlerate    request, 

at    about   lormer   rates We   quote  fair  to  slrictlv 

choice      Carolina,    in     tob     lots,     hi      $5    2ad.]<U  75: 

Louisiana  at  $4  bO-a£6  25  f  lOO  lb Kasi  India  Klee 

ha*  beeu  inuciive,  with  Rangoon  quoted  at  $i^  12  Hi® 
$3  25,  gold,  in  bond:  Palna  ut  $7®$7  12>g.  cuireuor, 

free,  and  in  bond  at  $4.  gold, '^   lOO  tb Tbe  week's 

exports  to  liarope  bavo  been  1,885  oka.  Purk,  1.8;)  1 
tos.  Beef,  9,596  oxs.   Baoon,  3,48Jpka  L,arJ,  20,004 

bxs.  Cheese,  8,217  pks.  Batter;    aisu.  'ii,l68  plis. 

■1  allow. 

SKINS — Deer  has  been  inactive,  and  quoted  weak  as 
to  piic«....'fbe  week's  receipts   have  o«;n  K7    bales; 

saies  imlmportaLt Goat  bdS  been  in  talr  lequeat. 

ut '  lull  rates;  lecelDt*.  33l  bales:  sales,  200 
bales  Mexican,  and  200  buios  Z.iosibar  ou  prirate  terms. 
.Wequoto  Heerthas:   Vt-ra  Cruz.  :Wc.;  Uu^item-tia, 

3dc;  Pora.  32»ac.'S'3oc.;  Sisal,  30<:.;  I'uerto  Cabello,  30c.; 
Uondoraa.  32>ao.:  Central  America,  2*Jcd^32><iC.  #^  It. 

.  ..AndGoit  thnar  Tampico.  4  7'-jc.'aj5Uc;  natamoros; 
47<aC.'a50c-;  Vera  <'ruz.  4oc.^50o.,  gold;  Bueuos 
Ayres,  50c'd52'«c;  Piv.vta,  .47c^50c.:  Curaooa,  se- 
levttid,  55o.®57'tc.;  Cape,  35c,;  Madras,  55c,i0i}i>>jc.; 

Patna.  4Uc.'d42>20. 

KUQ'^Et:^ — Kaw  have  been  ill  light  demand,  with  fair 
to  good  liuQmng  Cutuk  quoted  at  9>4>'.^9^ bales, 

SJo  bhda.  Ceatrtfusal  at  lo>.ii;....UeDuea  Sugars  have 
been  in  lair  request  at  eteady  price*. 

TKaS — Sold  to  the  extent  of  6,4oO  half-chesta  Oolong. 
7U0  bair-cbeati   Ure«a.    I.IUO   faall-vliesta   Japan,  and 

500  halt-vuests  Congou,  within  the  previous  rauge. 
Market  steady. 

WHISiCV— Dnil;    sales,  60  bbls.  at  $1  07.  ca«h. 

FK(£lQtir(>— Bertb  rates  irere  weaker  to-day,  notably 
so  tor  room   for  Uraln,  on  a  coiuparatively    moderate 

movement.  The  chartcriog  Interest  also  showed  de- 
pression, and  more  or  less  of  irregulirity  as  to  rates, 
on  restiict?d  call  tor  tonnage  trom  nearly  ail  sources. 

For  Li  verpool.  the  eugagemenis  reported,  since  our 

last,  have  been,  b.y  sail,  luii  tuns  Gil-cake,  LHb.  od.  ^ 
ton:  and,  by  steam,  small .  lots  ot  Cotton,  at  ^^d.  ^  ft.; 
23,500  busbrls  Grain,  ot  wbtuh  (5.50O  bushels  Wheat,  at 
43^11.  ^  oushel.  uuU  17,000  bushels  Oralii.  at4<^.  ^ 
60  ft.;  3,800  bbls.  Appies,  chiefiy  at  3s.  ^  bbi.;  5uO 
pka  Mautitnery  on  private  terms;  stuall  lot  ot  Meas- 
urement Goods  at  20a.;  850  bxs.  Cheese  aud  550  pks. 
Butter  at  35s.;  160  tons  Provisions,  in  lots,  at  30s.  ^ 
ton,  and  (recent  shipdients)  450  bags  Oat-meal  and 
2.000  cases  Canned  Uuods  at  current  rates.  Aud,  by 
'  steam,  from  PbilaUet|>liia,  1,5(10  uaies.  Cotton,  part  re- 
ported at  5-16d.  HP  ft- >  and  35.«iOU  bntbeis  Grain  on 
private  terms.  Also  a  British  bark,  728  tons, 
with     a    general     cargo,     from      Phllaaelpuia,      at 

market   rates For  London,    oy  «ail,    500   bbli  Oil 

at  5s.  HP'  bbl-:  smiili  lots  ot  Measurement  Ooods  at 
previous  flirures ;  aud,   by   stsam,    loo  bbls.  Flour  at 

28.  3d.  HP  l>t>>-;  (>0  bsles  hops  on  private  terms Fur 

Glasgow,  by  steam,  16,000  bushels  Wheat  at  5d.  4>' 
bushel  (Wiih  auotber  shipment  of  8,000  bushels, 
rumored,  at  the  aime rate:)  l.ooO  bbU.  A|.<ples,  iu  lots, 
reported  at  4s.  HP  bbl;  l,'j5U  pki.  Provisionsr'  st  equal 
to  30S.  ^  ton.  aud  (of  recent  shipment)  i.xOlf  bags  Oil- 
cake, and  3,800  cases  Cnuned  Goods  at  current 
quotatton*....For  Btldtol.  by  sail,  100  hhds.  Tallow  at 
25s.  HP  ton....  tor  the  United  Kingdom, 
direct,  an  Austrian  bark,  712  tons, 
hence,  with  about  3*600  quarters  Wheat, 
at  48,  7 'ad.  HP  quarter;  aud  a  British  bark, 
569  tons,  with  'limber  and  Deals,  from  Pensacola,  re- 
ported nt  130s For  the  east  coast  of  Ireland,  tonnage 

for  Grain,  Baltimore  loading,  was  iu  moderate  request. 

within  the  rang.;  of  4s.  7'2<i.®4s.  Hd. 'P' quarter For 

Cork  and  orders,  an  Austiian  bark.  699  tuns,  bence 
with  about  4,000  Quarters  Graiu,  ut  43.  9d.  'i^  quarter. 

For  Bremen,  by  sail,  20,000  bushels  GralD.   at  7d. 

^  56  ft.;  500  bbla.  Ueaiu  at  3s.  HP  2^0  ft.;  and  300  loos 
Measurement  Goods  at  22s.  6d.  ^  ton  ;  also  a  German 
bark,  923  tons,  placed  on  the  uerth  bence,  for 
geoeral  cargo.  The  regular  steamer  of  this 
work  cleaied  with  I6,00o  bushels  Corn  and  4,4oo 
bosihels  Rye,  (engaged  some  lime  since,)  at 
1,20^1.45  reichmarks;  37  bales  Leather  at 
4  do,:  900  pkd,  ProviB'ons  on  the  basis  of 
3  do. ;  365  pks.  'lobaccoat  40  do.  for  hbda.  ;  and  sun- 
dry lots  of  general   cargo  at  proportionate  figures 

For  Hamburg,  by  steam,  small  tots  of  PrOTloioos,  at 
2'S>2ig  retch-marks ;  (with  room  for  Grain  q noted  at 
1.30  do.,  asked.)  Also  a  British  barK.  840  ton*, 
hence,  with  Walnut,   be.  repurted  on  private  terms. 

For  BiBinore  aud  orders,  a  German  bark,  473  tjus, 

hence,  with  about  2,800  obls.  Refined  Petroleum,  at 
4s.  T^^.V  bbl.  ...For  Genoa,  a  Norwegian  nark,  490 
tons,  with geoerai  cargo,  trom  Baltimore  at  £dOO...For 
Madeira,  a  British  brig,  with  lO.uOO  busheis  Grain  (as 
bulk  of  cargo)    at    l7c.  ^  bushel;    and  Petroleum, 

in  cases,    to    fill     up,  at    proportionnte    rates I'or 

Rio  Janeiro,  an  American  brig,  22.-*  tons,  wltb  Fiour, 
Itc,  from  Philadelphia,  reported  at  SI  4^  bbl.,  huo 
Hu  American  scliuuuer.  458  tons,  with  Lumber,  f^om 
Pensacola,  at  $21 For  the  River  Platte,  an  Ameri- 
can schooner,  .ibouc  080  tons,  with  Lumber,  from 
Boston,  reported  at  $16,  and  an  American  brig,  503 
tuns,  with  CO.,  iromBiuuBWlck,  on  private  terms.... 

.For  Cieniuegos,  an  American  bark, with  Coal,  from  tial- 

Tlmore.£l  76   ^  ton For    Cieniuegos    and    back   to 

New-York,  an  Austrimi schooner,  28.1  tons,  on  the  basis 
olt40c.fur  Sugar For  St.  Jobt!,N.  B.,  a  British  schoon- 
er, 120  tond,  wltb  Coal,  from  Philadelphia,  at  $2  12  HP 

ton For  Havana,  tonnaze    was   iu  some   request  for 

the  Ice'  trade,  Boston  loading,  on  the  basis  ot  4>1  50 
HP  ton.... For  Baiacoa,    an  American   achnamei,    333 

tons,  with  Coal,  froui  Baltimore,  at  $2  HrUin For 

Jamaica,  a  British  Is'ig,  192  tons,  hence,  with  general 
cat  go,  at  42  V:.  HP  bb  ..  and  back  with  Logwood,  at  $4 
HP  ton...  For  MaiizsuiUa,  an  American  schooner,  331 

tons,  with  Coal,  from  Philadelpula,  at  $2  26  ^  ton 

For   Yarmouth,    Me.,    a    aebooner,     with    ■  Lumber, 

from    Union     Island,     reported     at     S7     SO For 

Calais.      Me.,      a       schooner,      witn    Lumber,      trom 

Savannah     at    $7 For      Boston,     a      eobooner, 

with  Lumber.-  from  8avanQah^  at  $0  50,  (with  a 
limited  call,  noted  for  tonnage  for  Coal,  local 
loading,  on  the  reduced  basis  of  $1  26<231  30  #' ton.) 
....For  BnckBport,  a  •cboouer.wltn  Lumber,  from  WU- 

mlngton,at  $7 Fori  hUade.pUla,  two  *obooner*,wlth 

Lumber,  from  Georgia  portB.  at  $5  75®$6 For  New- 
York,  two  schoonsis,  with  CojI,~  from  uicnmund,  at 
CI  75  Jf  ton,  and  a  sohooiusr,  with  Lumoar,  trom 
Bavannah,  at  $5  50. 

ant     

HATA.yj.  WBJCKLY  MABKBT. 
Havana,  Feb.  17. — Sugar— The  market  was  active, 
hut  tbe.M<  e«  were  limited  ou  account  of  a  scarcity  of 
suitable  parcel*  ;  price*  are  firm,  bnt  unchanged,  ex- 
cept Centrifugals;  which  have  advanced  ^  real  if'  ar- 
roos:  stock  ia  warehouse  at  Havana  and  Mutan- 
Ei*.  6S,000  bxs.  and  24,000.  hhdik;  receipt*  ot  the 
\T«ek,  22,0UU  hxs.  and  11,500  bhils.';  ezpofis  dnrtiig 
the  week,  10,4U0  iTss:  tfad7.4t>U  hhds. ,  Including  'i.oOo 
bxs.  and  aU  the  hhds.  to  tbe  .Dulled  States. 
Butter,  $70'3$75  ^  qnlotal  for  fcuperlgr  American, 
floor,  $34  '2)i30  #  ubL  tor  Ameticau,  Jerked  Beef,  $5 
'@5  25  ^  arioha.  nams,  $42  50®$45  ^  quintal  for 
Soicai^oured  American.  Lard,  in  tins.  £4:d  60® 
tM  50  HP  quintal.  Potatoes.  $i»  HP  bbL 
Honey,  b>a^b  V  xesl*  ^  gallon.  Onion*,  C14' 
'9$l6  HP  bbL  lor  American.  Naval  litore*  nom- 
inal.   Lumber  dnllt  WMte  Pnie,  $930$35  9  M;,  gbid. 

Bfiodieb-  dtttrr  Bix  9»8*i  tddsr  Httga  HojtsusiitaB, 


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fl^mvy  Biidi4  M«l8>g  lAU-f  AMalift.  «*n, 
•«i#0^:  )«u*  #  innoba.     Hootis,  :i4«af    fhaved. 

V^ms  '9  ^«  >Kt<)it»-R><ak  bosses*  Aoma  at 
steady  and  arm.  hut  unchanged  rates,  "robaooo  aotiveb 
Spanish  Gold,  23i®22l>a.  Bxobanga  firm;  on  Lon* 
don.  12912  ^a  premium. 

THE  STATE.  OF  TEADE. 


Chicago.  Vob.  17  —Flour  steady  and  Arm ; 
Wheat  fairly  active  aud  a  shade  bigher ;  No.  2  Chicago 
Spring,  $1  Sl>9,  cash;  Sl  S2\.  l&arch:  $)  it^Vg, 
April:  Sl  3634,'  Slay.  Corn  steady  utid  firm;  42c., 
cash;  46I4C.,  May.   bats  una  ttled  and  beav.v ;  84''igc,, 

cash;  has  sold  at  34'4C..  crtsli,  35^c.  Aijrit,  37'2C., 
Moy.  Rye  aetive  bnt  lower  at  68c.  Barley  quiet  at  67c. 
Pork  in  fair  demnnd,  bnt  loner;  $i5  20,  cash  ; 
$15  47H2,  .^prii.  Lard  dull  and  a  shade  lower;  $10 
42><i,  cosh;  $10  659$10  bT ht.  Apra  Bnlk-msats 
firmer;  Shoulders,  5>ac.;  Clear  Bibs.  8>9C.;  Clear 
Sides,  •834C.  itressrd  Hog*  fair  demand  iinU  firm  ; 
light,  ao  60®.«8  60;  heavy,  $6  '.0®$«  7C.  Whisky 
unsettled;  sales  at  $1  viy@$l  05>a:  closed  at  $1  05. 
Receipt*— Flour  6,000' bbls.;  Wiioat,  8,00i»  bnsheis; 
•Corn,  60,000  bushels:  Oats,  26,000  bus'j<-lB:  Ryu, 
1,8110  bushels;  Barley.  lO.oOO  bn!,he1s.  Shtpdieiits 
— i<lonx,  6,0  >0  bbis. :  Wheat,  8,500  bushels;  Corn, 
26.000  bushels ;  Oas,  11,000  bushels;  Bye,  9011 
bUBhels;  Barley,  5,500  bnsheis. 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  17 — Flnnr  firm,  nncbanged. 
Wheat  firmer;  ^o.  2  Red  Pall,  $1  61.  Feorua  y : 
$1  5214'a'^l  52^  .Mrtrch;  No.  3  do.,  $1  4U34a'$l  47, 
cash;  tfl  4734,  anarch.  Corn  active;  iSo.  :j  Mixed, 
S9340.'Si41c.,  cash;  40<^a.  Maicli;  44I4C.,  May. 
Oats— No.  2,  30c.  Rye  easier  at  67»ac.  B.irie.v  dull, 
nncbahged.  Whisky  cisier  at  $1  05.  Pork  duil  at 
$15  8U  bid,  cfiiib;  sales  up  country  at  $15  20,  caiQ; 
here  at  $16  25.  April.  Laid  dui:;  lO^c.  ooked;  IOI4C. 
l>i>l.  Bulk-mt-ats — Bu.ver^  auu  seileis  apart.  Bacon 
quiet,  uachanged.  Live  Hogs  sfong;  light.  $5  10(i> 
s>b  60;  PacKluR,  $5  40**5  85:.  Butchers',  $5  70u) 
$6.  Cattle  In  fair  deman4;  firm:  choice  to  funcy 
Steers,  liio  26®$j  ri5  :  good  tn  prime  do.,  $'4  7.>'a> 
$5  i'i'a;  light,  $4a$4  uO;  fair  to  cnoice  Cowi  and 
Ueitbrs,  $3  IZ^w^i.  Corn-led  Teiaus,  $3  6oa( 
$4  25.  Receipts— 3,300  bbls.  Flour;  ll.OOO  bushels 
Wheat;  6.3.00o  busi.eis  i  oru. ;  0,000  buahelaUats: 
1,000  busbelB  barley ;  l,0oo  head  Hogs;  600  head 
Cattle. 

Buffalo,  Feb.  17.— Markets  firm ;  good  demand 
lor  Wheat  aud  Corn.  Bail-y  in  lair  lianir.y.  Utoer 
ai'ticie*  unchanged  aa< I  quiet.  ItHilruad  Frci!;bts  un- 
changed, .snliis  or  Fiuar  850  bbls.  at  uiicbaugad  fig- 
ures. Wheat — Snles  3.500  busuels  Wbit»  Wiutei  on 
private  terms  ;  500  husheis  i  xtra  do.  at  $1  id:  1,8J0 
bushels  ChiCiigo  Npr:nz  ar  $1  43;  i.oOO  bnsUcis 
Noith-western  bpring  un  private  term^.  Corn— Sales 
of  20  cars  Sew,  ou  tr.ick,  et  51Hic.'a'52c.  Bnney — 
Saies  of  7,500  bushel*  un  private  lero&s.  Receipts — 
2.500  bbls.  l<lour,  11,400  busuels  Wheat.  17,200  bush- 
els Cnru,  7.000  bushels  Uats.  '.',400  busiiels  Bnrley. 
2.1100  busuels  Rye.  SbipiiiPnis— 2  OiiO  bbld.  F.our, 
37,400  buchelB  Wheat.  10.800  ijusueis  Corn,  7,UuO 
bush(!ls  Barley,  2,400  busheis  Bye. 

CINCWNATI.  Feb.  17.— Flour  aniet,  but  firm. 
Wheat  in  light  demand,  but  holders 'Urm  :  Red,  $1  50 
^$1  60.  Coru  strouser  at  42c.'a'44c.  Oats  Urm  at 
38c.®42o.  Rye  quiet,  but  steud.v.  at  VSCaoUc  Bar- 
ley duH  and  nominal.  Pork  nomiuilly  uncManged;  no 
siilpa  Lard  dull  uud  Domiual.  Bulk-meats  firmer  abd 
iu  fair  demand;  bhoulaei(>.  6c.;  Cl-ar  Ribs,  S'aC; 
Cle:ir  Sides,  8^«o.  Baton  firmer;  8hould>-rs,  7140.; 
Clear  Ribs,  9 'ac.®9"9c;  Cleir  sides,  8»4L.®9'eo.  VVhis- 
kv  dull  and  lower  ut  $1  04.  butter  dull  and  un- 
cnnngeiL  Hogs  steady  and  Hrm  ;  commou,  $5®$,')  40: 
light,  $5  6u<^$5  80;  packiugi  $0  85ai$t);  bi-avy 
butchers',  $6  15a>$0  30;  rbcelDls  UXO  heuU;  ship- 
meuu.  090  head. 

Toledo,  Feb.  17.— Flour  steady.  "Vrbeat  dull; 
No.  1  Wnite  Miehisan.  $1  58:  txtra  do.,  $161: 
Amber  Michigan,  spot,  $1  53  olfered  ;  March,  $1  54; 
April,  $1  57;  No.  2  do..  *1  3'.t:  No.  1  lied.  Winter, 
$1  61;  >o.  2  do., spot,  $1  u3i4  0ff  r<;a;  Marcb,$l  53<-j; 
No.  3  Red  held  at  sill  38 ;  $1  37  bid.  Rejected  Liike 
Shore  Red,  $1  25.  Corn  steady;  Uigh  aiixed,  45'4C.; 
May,  4»78c.;f<o..2  44  V;  No.  2"White,  45a.  n^etied, 
44 ^e.  O.ts  stesdy;  White,  4-Jc.;  51ichigan.  4UC.; 
heiected,  32e.  Ciover-seed,  $9.  Receipts— boO  bids. 
Flour,  4,00(1  bushels  Wheal,  50,ou0  oiishels  Corn, 
1,600  bushels  Oe.ts.  Shipments- 3oO  bbls.  Flour.' 
l4*O00  bushels  Wheat,  39,o00  bushels  Corn,  2.200 
bushels  uats.  • 

Louisville,  Feb.  17:— Flonr  quiet ;  Extra.  $5  25® 
$3  00;  Family,  $o  76(r$6;  Al,  $6  75<2'$7;  Fsney, 
$7  fiO'<2>iii8.  w  heat  steady  ;  unchanged.  Cora  firm ; 
Vv  bite,  4.,ic;  Mixed,  41i:.  Barley  easier  at  8uc.  uats 
quiet;  unchanged.  I'orS  in  lair  demand  at  $16  7u® 
$17.  Bulk- meats  tn  tuir  demand;  nucbanged.  Bacun 
steady  at  714C.  O'S'-iC.,  and  b^tc  fur  Sbouiders,  Clear 
Rio.  and  I'lear  Sides.  Sugar-cured  Hams  firm  ut  12>sc 
a'l3>ac.  Lara  firmer  ;  tierce,  11 '•jc.;  kcg,12^.  Whisky 
steady ;  uncbangrid.     Bagging  in  tuir  demand. 

CHlCAfio,  Feb.  17. — Cattle- Receipts.  1,430'head: 
shipmcuts,  3.100  head:  fairly  aitive  and  fi.-m;  prices 
nnchuug.'d.  Boss — ttcceipts.  5. 000  head;  shipments, 
•4,700  head:  uctlve  aud  Urm;  Light,  $5  5U®$t>  80; 
lair  to  extra  prime  Heavy,  9*0  8 j®$6  65 ;  clOi>ed 
steady  and  firm  ;  packing,  $5  7o'a$6;  Phiiadelpuius, 
$0  8J.     Sheep  uull,uiichiiugcd;   receipts,  000  head. 

f  KOVHiENCE,  Fob.  17. — Priming  Cloths  market  in- 
active t.uriug  the  week,  with  sxles  ot  21.400  pieces  ; 
prices  rai.>ier  easier  at  the  close,  5>«c.  tf.>>4C  lor 
biaudard  to  kzita  U4zo4. 

New-Okleaxs,  Fell.  17. — Coffee  dull  and  lower  ; 
Rio  cargoes,  oral  nary  to  prime.  19i«c.®8o'2C.  bran 
firmer  nt  UOc  Other  articit  s  uuchangeiL  Kxchange— 
New-York  sight,  ^  pieioluai.;  btcr.lug,  $5  13'a  t^r 
the  bank.    GuKi,  lUo\a/l\jti. 

WILMIAGTOS,  N.  C,  Feb.  17.— Spirits  of  Turpentine 
dull  at  3Sc.  Kesin  dull  and  aomlnal  at  $1  60  lor 
Strained.  Crude  'lurpeuiiue  quiet  at  $1  CO  for  Hard; 
S2  60  for  leilow  Lip,  aud  «2  Uo  tor  Virgin.  Tar 
steady  at  $1  60.  _ 

THE  MEAL  ESTATE  MARKET. 


At  the  Exchange  on  Saturday,  Feb.  17,  by 
order  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  foreclosure,  Charles 
Jackson,  Esq.,  Beferee,   Hugh  N.  Camp  sold  the 

four-story  brick  tenemenc-honse,  with  loc  '2d    by    50, 

No.  85  Greene  St.,  south-west  corner  Spring  st.,  fur 
|30,u50,  to" Philip  Bohnet;  also  the  similar  bouse, 
with  lot  23  by  100,  No.  83  Greene  St..  west  side,  ad- 
joining above,  sold  for  127,800,  to  J.  H.  Seasongood. 

B.  'V.  Harnett,  under  a  toreclnsure  decree,  by  order 
of  the  Court  of  Common  Pieas.  R.  Sl.  Henry,  £sq., 

Bsferee,  sold  three  four-story  brick  stores  and 
dwelbngs,  with  lots,  each  21.5  by  98  9.  on  East  34th 
St.,    north   side.  185.8  feet  east  of  3d  av.,  for  $27,100, 

to  John  Leo.ibeim;  moiteagee  sale,  under  direc- 
tion of  Christopher  Corsa.  Eiq.,  Adinioisirator. 
James   M.    MUler   sold   a   three-story    brick    house. 

with  lease  of  lot  18.11  by  103,  oa  Oraeowicb  st,, 

west  side,  123  feet  north  of  Barrow  st..  for  I1.C25, 
to  John  Clark.     Lea^ied  May  I,  186G.  term  19  years 

and  6  months,  groaod  reot  |300  per  aaaam. 

The  following  foreclosure  sales  were  adjourned  : 
Sale  by  £.  A.  Lawrence  Sc  Co.  of  the  building,  with 
plot  of  land,  Nos.  87  and  89  Wall  St.,  west  i.t  Water 
St.,  to  Feb.  26 ;  sale  by  H.  Vf .  Coates  of  the  house, 
with  lot,   Ko.  337  East   30th   et.,  west  of  Idt  av.,  to 

March  12.  and  sale  by  H.  K.  Camp  of  tbe  building, 
witk  lot,  NTo.  238  Pearl  St..  near  I'latt  st.,  to  April  20. 
The  total  value  of  City  roal  estate  sold  at.  ihe 
Exchange  tor  the  week  endln<i  Sjturday.  Feb.  17, 
was  (283,359,  as  against  $318,459,  the  figures  lor  the 
week  entiiug  Feb.  10. 

THIS   WEEK'S  AUCTIONS. 

For  the  present  week,  ut  the  Exchange,  unless 
otherwise  noted,  the  following  pubiio  s.tlej  ure  an-, 
nonnced : 

To-day,  (Monday.)  Feb.  19. 

By  S.  v.  Uatnett,  Supreme  Courc  forecloanre 
sale,  £.  B.  Scoatcr,  Esq.,  Keteree,  of  tbe  building, 
wito  lot,  21.3  by  57.6,  No.  3  Peck  slip,  oait  sioe, 
between  Pearl  and  Water  sts.  Also,  foreclosure 
sale,  by  order  of  tho  Court  of  Common  Pleas.  F.  W. 
L»ow,  Keferee,  of  a  bouse.,  with  lot,  21  by  92.3,  on 
East  9th  St.,  nonh  side,  154  feet  east  of  Aveuue  C. 
Also,  Supreme  Court  tureolosnru  sale,  S.  hi.  More- 
house, Esq.,  Keferee,  of  two  lots,  together  in  size 
50.8  by  100.  im  11th  av..  sonth-oast  corner  60tbat. 

By  Louis  Musier,  Supremo  Court  toiecloauru  sale, 

C.  11.  Phelps.  E^q..  Kuterec,  or  a  plot  of  laud,  100.11 
by  300  on  3 J  av..  south-west  coruer  97.h  et.  Also, 
similar  sale.  "W.  P.  Uixou,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  a  bouse 
witb  lot,  25  by  102.2  on  East  I7ib  st.,  souih  side.  250 
teet  west  of  Aveuue  A. 

B.y  Peter  F.  Meyer.  Supreme  Court  fcecloanre 
<Bale,  J.  W.  C.  Leveridge,  Esq.,  Keteree,  of  one  lot, 
25  by  102.2  ou  E^st  8Stb  at.,  suuth  side,  255  teet  east 
of  3a  av. 

luesday,  Feb.  20. 

By  B.  P.  Fairchllrl,  Supieme  Court  foroalosnre 
sale,  E.  B.  Schafer,  £-q  ,  Keferee,  ot  a  house,  with 
lot  35  by  100.  ou  Grauu  at.,  north  aide,  75  feet  west 
of  Suffolk  St. 

By  '^  illiam  Ceunellv,  Supreme  Court  foreolosare 
sale,  J.  Grant  Sinclair,  Esq.,  Keieree,  of  a  houae, 
with  lot  24.6  by  61,  on  Gouverneur  at.,  sjuih-wust 
Corner  Madison  st.  Also,  sinJiiar  sale,  sameKjteree, 
of  one  lot,  25  by  lUO,  on  E*bt  88th  «i.,  bet  A'een  3i 
and  4iih  svs..  known  as  loc  Ku.  84,  ou  a  map  ot  Har- 
lem eommoup. 

By  M.  A.  J.  Lynch,  Snpremo  Court  foreclosure, 
W.  A.  Boyd,  Esq.,  Keferee.  of  a  plot  of  land.  126.3 
by  152.3  by  197.9,  on  East  90th  St.,  south  side.  6ul 
feet  west  of  3d  av.  Also,  similar  sale,  same  Keferee, 
of  six  lots,  each  35  by  100.8,  on  East  01st  at.,  sonth- 
east  earner  4th  ay. 

By  E.  U.  Ludlow  &  Co.,  foreclosure  sale  by  order 
of  tbe  Court  ,ot  Common  Pleas,  H.  Puliz,  E.-q.,  Bel- 
eree.  ot  a  plot  of  laud.  19j  ov  agH  by  22  by  5o  by  75 
b.v  102.2,  on  St.  Ann's  av.,  norru-west  corner  Weat- 
chester  av.,  Monisanio. 

Wednesday,  Feb.  21.. 

By  E.  H.  Ludlow  &  Co.,  Supreme  Conrt  foreclos- 
ure sale,  J.  P.  Leowi^h,  Eoq.,  Keteree,  of  a  buUdiug, 
with  plot  of  land,  25.9  by  2o0.2.  on  Bond  si.,  uunh 
side,  extending  ibrongU  to  Great  Junes  st.,  433.8 
teet  oust  of  Broadway.  Also,  similar  sale,  biuuey 
DtiBay,  Esq.,  Keferee,  of  tbe  bouse,  witb  loi,  16.8 
by  lOU.ll,  >(>.  117  East  liath  St.,  north  side,  190.8 
leet  Eaat  of  4tb  av. 

By  E.  A.  Lawrence  Sc  Co.,  Supreme  Conrt  fore- 
closure sale,  J.  P.  Lud'<4itn,  Esa.,  Keferee,  of  a 
bouse,  Wltb  lot,  lb.6  by  98.9  on  West  SUih  su,  south 
siae,  26i.6  teet  east  ol  O.h  uv. 

By  K.  'V.  Uamelt,  Supreme  Conrt  fbreolosura 
*ale.  F.  W.  Loew,  Esq.,  Keteree,  of  two  bouses,  with 
lots,  each  25  by  IUO.4  uu  West  49tii  at,  north  side, 
100  feet  west  Of  6to  a  v.  Ai*o,  similar  *ale,  Gourge 
P.  Smith,  Esq.,  Keieree.  oi  one  lot  2J  by  103.3  by  40 
by  20  by  20  by  82.3  on  £aat  79(h  st.,  north-west  cor- 
ner Lcxiuetun  av. 

By  William  Kennelly,  Supreme  CotfTt  forecloenre 
*ale,  J.  Grant  Sinclair.  Esq.,  Keieree,  of  one  lot  25 
by  103.2,  ou  West  76ih  St.,  son.h  side,  175  feet  west 
ot  Sib  ar.  Also  two  lots,  each  35  by  102.:i  on  West 
76th  St.  soaih  side.  S7S  feet  wssi.  ul  8cb  av. 

By  Scott  Sc  Myers,  Supreme  Court  partition  sale. 
M.  A.  J.  Lyuoh.  Esq.,  Keferee,  of  a  plot  of  land,  100 

by  100,  on  llihav,,  suuth-easi  corner  llltb  st.  Also, 
Supieme  Court  foreclosure   sale,   A.  l*.  I^ltch,  Eiq., 
.  Beferee.  of  a  hott.->e.   with  lot  SO.  10  by  80,  on  9a  a  v., 
norcti-east  corner  llSth  at. 

Thurtday,  Fa.  22. 

By  B.  'V..  fiarnett.    forecloanre  sale   by  order  ot 
tbe  Oourt-bf  Common  Pieas,    K.   M.   Heifiry,    Esq., 
Keferee,  of  a  bonae,  with  lot  25   by  100.11  on  EaaC 
1231  St.  nofta  side,  100  teet  west  ot  Isi  av. 
Friday,  Feb.  23. 

Bv  Y.  E.  Stevenson,  Jr.,  Supreme  Court  fore- 
oloaoTS  sale,  Altted  Mclntire,  Esq.,  Beferes,  of  a 
Uotue  with  lot.  No.  88  Willett  ai,.,  east  side,  be- 
tween BiviDgton  and  Stantt^n  »ts.     Abo,  similur 


lot  ST  by  100,5.  Ifa  599'5tn  ar„  0Mt  side,  ^.S  fast 
north  of  48th  St.       

B.v  B.^T.. Harnett,  forecloanre. sale  bv  otdarof  the 
Conrt  of  Commoii  Plea*,  S.  -H/  CHin,  Bsq.,  Keferee, 
Of  a  honse^  witbaotSS  by  94,  ^o.  177  Btlfabeth  st, 
west  side,  bstween  Sprioi;  and  Prince  sts.  Also. 
Supreme  Court  foreolosnre  sale,  John  A.  Goodlett. 
Esq..  Keferee.  of  a  bouse,  with  a  lot  19.9  by  69.10 
by  15.8  by  70,  on  Washington  st,  sonth-west 
oomer  Horatio  st  A]*o,aimliar  sale,  Charles  Pnce, 
E^q..  Referee,  of  a-  plot  of  land  80.3  by  99.11,  on 
West  139  .b  St.,  north  side. 433  feet  west  of  lOtb  av. 

Br  William  Ee^oellv,  Sopreme  Conrt  forclosare 
sale,  W.  J.  Marrin,  Esq.,  Keferee  of  a  house  with 
lot,  16.8  by  98.9  on  West  22d  St..  north  side,  200  feet 
west  of  9th  av. 

By  W.  O.  HOfiman,  Supreme  tJonrt  foreclosure 
sale.  C.  A.  Lane.  Esq.,  Beterce,  of  one  lot  25  bv 
100.5,  on  East  63d  st,  south-east  comer  Madison  av. 

Saturday.  Feb.  24. 

B.y  A.  B.  Miller  &  Son.  Supreme  Court  forecloa- 
nre sale.  Kay  Hamtlion,  Esq.,  Keteree,  of  a  honse 
witb  lot  25  by  lOO  un  Amity  St.,  south  side,  25  feet 
west  ofLaurdus  St. 

By  Louis  Meslpr,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure  sale, 
Ambrose  Monell,  Eiq.,  Keferee.  of  a  hoase,  with 
lease  of  lot  20  by  65.8,  on  East  56th  St.,  north  side, 
993  feet  east  ol  tsi  av.,  leased  Kov.  1.  1870,  term  19 
years  and  6  months,  gr'Jund  rent  9240  per  annum. 
Also,  foreclosure  sale,  by  order  of  tbe  Court  of  Cotn- 
mon  Pleas,  S.  H.  Oliii,  £q.,  Keferee.  of  one  lot  25 
by  100  on  11th  a  v..  snath-west  corner  of  46th   St. 

By  B.  P.  Faircblld,  Supreme  Court  loreelosore 
sple,  K 'belt  Se  well,  Bq.,  Keferee,  of  six  lots,  each 
25  by  100,  on  West  85th  st.,  north  side,  200  feet  east 
ofOtbav. 

By  Peter  F.  Meyer,  at  Carpenter's  Hot^l,  in  Mor- 
risania,  ut  10  o'clock.  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
»i\f,  Mever  Btttzsl,  E-q..  Keteree,  of  a  plot  of  land. 
100  oy  373.8  by  100  by  266.8,  on  College  av..  south- 
east C'ruer  ol  Cirsa  av.,  Furdh'nm. 

Bv  William  Kenuf-lly.  at  the  new  County  Conrt- 
house  at  11  o'clock.  Corporation  sale  of  tbe  follnw- 
ioj;  lea*i6bold  premise*:  21  o.  1,146  Broadway ;  N<>. 
18  RenwicK  St.;  No.  128  We*t  Broa'lwav;  No.  202 
West  31.-t  St.;  No.  594  Grand  St.;  No.  160  Wooslt 
St.;  Nu.  442  WeHt  33d  st.;  Nos.  166  and  lOs  Eist  50th 
St.;  No.  458  East  Houston  et.;  No.  53  Spring  St.;  Ho. 
352  WoBt  35:  h  sr.;  No*.  57,  80,  81.  83,  89,  91,  and  93 
Chatham  St.;  No.  6  Th>'mpson  st.;  Nos.  61  to  72 
West  12rh  st;  elgbi  lots,  31  av.,  west  side,  betweei^ 
C6th  and  67ih  sts.;  fix  lots,  3d  av.,  west  side,  adioin- 
iiig  above ;  six  lots.  East  66th  nt.,  sonth  side,  be- 
tween 31  and  Lexington  avs.;  stables  and  plot  on 
Tompkins  aod  Mangin  sts.,  1^  ieet.nortb  of  Biv- 
ington  St.,  plot  79.6  by  230  ;  sta  lea,  and  plot  of  land 
50  by93.9,  West  24th  St.,  sonih  side,  300  feet  west  of 
lOthav.;  cellars  in  Fultou.  Wasbin^too,  Centre,  Es- 
sex, aud  Franklin  Markets,  Gouverneur  Market,  aud 
old  Catherine  Fish  Market. 

By  Bernard  ^mvth,  at  tbe  Continental  Hotel,  in 
the  village  of^Peekskill.  at'  12  o'clocit,  Sopreme 
Court  foreclosure  sne,  W.  Carv  Smith,  Esq..  Beferee, 
of  about  80  acres  of  land  near  Cruger's,  in  the  town 
of  Coi'tlandt,  Westchester  County. 
♦ 

EXOHANGS  SALES— SAIUBDAT,  FEB.  17. 
NKW-TOEK. 
By  Hugh  N.  Cannp. 
1  fpur-stcry  brick  tenement  house  with  lot  No. 

b5  tircei.e  st,  s.  w.  corner  Spring  st.,  lot  28x 

lA) $30,050 

1  simi  ur  house,  wi  b  lot,  No.  83  Qreene  st,  w. 

s.,  aUJ./ining  above,  lot  23x100x25x100 27,800 

By  B.  V.  Samett. 

3  four-slorv  brick  stores  <ind  dwellings,  wUIl 
lots.  East  34th  *t  ,  n.  s. ,  lbb-8  ft.  e.  of  2d  av/ 

each  lot  21.5xiJ8.9 $27,100 

By  Jane*  M.  HUler. 

1  three-Btory  bnck  hoiue.  wltb  lease  of  lot 
Greenwich  at,  w,  s.,  123  ft.  n.  of  Barrow 
St.,  lot  18.11X108.  Leased  May  1.  1866,  term 
197  yeais  aud  6  months,  ground  rent,  per 
annum $300 


nom. 


RECORDED  SEAL  hSTATB  XRA.N8FEB8. 

KEW-YOBK. 
Friday,  Feb.  16.  j^ 

Chetry  st.,n,  s.,  Na  154,  20.<?x75;  M.  Lots 

aun  wife  to  Jonn  A.  Arnedes 

62d«t,  n.  8.,  v!08.7tt  w.  of4thav..  13.9x100.5. 

Calvin  Whipp.e  and  wife  to  W.  P.  Willett $11,500 

2dHV..  e.   s..  51.1  ft.   n.    of  8jlh   st.  25x100; 

Betty  Baer  to  Morris  Jacoby 11,000 

Merson   St.,   No.  39,  «f.   s..  25x97.6;    bouhia  A. 

Hixou  to  J.  8.  Oavis 68.000 

6v;d  St..  n.  s.,  29.5  ft.   w.   of  3d  av.,    15x92  9; 

Oideou  Fountain  and  wUe  to  J.  D.  Newman..    11,900 
54th  st,   u.   s..   231.3   fL  e.  of  8lb  »v.,  l&9x 

100.5;    Thomas    Oarrash    and    wifa    to   C. 

Claussen 20,000 

Bauk  su.  n.  s.,  58.1  IHiit.  w.  iir4th  aU,  18x65; 

Robert  J.  Houghton  and  wile  to  C.  W.  Iiage- 

man 6,960 

12utns..,  s.  s.,  21C.3  ft  e.  of  5th  av.,  18.£x 
99.11;    Thomas    Hanson    and    wife   to   u. 

Hoorer 23,000 

130tii  St.,  n.  B.,  75  It.  w.  of  7th  av..  25x99.11; 

J.  T.  Rssn  to  r.  Kane 1,600 

West  fct  ,  ^o.  420.  Chamoer  of  commerce, 
n.  s.,  125.:'!  ft.  e.  of  Uediord  St.,  No.  21 ;  aUo 
We8t24tbat.,  Nos.  43>  aud  4.'i5 ;  also  West 
2.3th  St..  Mo.  430,   one-half  parts   ol  ;  Kmor.y 

F.  Las:'  and  wite  to  F.  A.  Rogers 6,500 

Snme  property,  F.  A.  lioeers  to  S.  C  Luoe 5,600 

7bth  St.,  s.  8.,  100  ft.  w.  oi  .Stb  av..  ■J5x402.2; 

J.  W.  Clowes  anil  wife  to  F.  S.  Allen 4,000 

Pitt  St..  B.  e.  (oruer  of  Rivlugtoo  *L,  5oxlOO; 

A.  HusseytoJ.  Conde 1,000 

Ann  st,  Non.  49  aud  51,  37.9x79.U;  F.  J.  B*tts,    - 

Kx.eut<ir,  to  L.  Durr. 22,000 

Wooster  BU,  e.  a.,  141  ft.  s.  of  Amity  St.,  20.6x 

bo;  .U.  VV.  BoiiiudtoD.  D.  Lord 8,000 

40tb  St.,  n.  a.,  300  ft.  e.  of  8ih  av.,  25x98.9; 

p..  Pheiao  to  W.  McBuriiie 6.000 

Snmo  prop'-rtv;  W.  McHermott  to  K.  Pbelau..  10,000 
49th  *:.,  s.  B.,  75  ft.  e.  ol  11th  av  ,  25x100;  S. 

B.  bruwoeli,  uefetee,  to  U.  K.  Buardmau 7,000 

loth   av  ,  w.  s..  10  I  ti.  n.  ot   20th   si..  83.1UZ 

luO;   J.  U.  v.  Arnold,  Referee,  to  U.  R.  Plerre- 

pont 9,000 

4btn  St.,  n.  s.,  18  I  ft  e.  of  5th  av.,  20x100.5  ; 
A.  Monell,  Kefrrte,  to  J.  T.  Daly. 10,000 

Wa-'bington  St..  u.  e.  comer  of  Horatiu  St.,  24.1 
x8U;  (i.  W.  UiUaway,  Eeieree.  to  S.  Heuob> 
liffe 13.680 

87th  st  B.  8.. 158.8  tt  w.   of  4th  av.,  26.6x 

10O.8;  W.  A.  noyd,  Ucferee.  to   B  Taylo.-...        6,000 

11th  av.,  w.  •.,  60.2'a  ft.  n.  of  61.st  st. 
25x100:  L.  G.  Garrottsop,  Reteree.  to  F.  (i. 
Qanutt^oa '. 

LEASES    BECORBBD. 
Christ  Park.  23d  Ward,  6  years.  A.  O.  Hnffel 

to  A.  huizer 

Avenue  b.  Nos.  45,  47.  49  and  51 ;  6  years,  M. 

Hater<«on  to  A.  Stent 

Allen     sC.     «o.      157,    21    yeais;     W.     Rhiae- 

L.nder  to  J.  C.  Hardeubrook 


3,000 
2,000 

•4,200 
COO 

1=53 


AN  BLEUANT  FOUK-STORV  BROVVX-STONul 
house,  wirn  large  diniue-room  extension,  for  sale, 
lit  39tb  St.,  west  ot  and  near  0th  av.;  uat  of  the  most 
e  egant  establishments  tn  the  City;  will  be  sold  at  a 
low  price,  ivith  aprtionor  the  whole  of  the  costly 
furniture,  if  deslreid  :  lot  25x9:i9. 

14.  H.  1.DDLOVV  It.  Co.,  No.  3  Pine  St. 


FOU  .•«ALIi— DNK  OF  Tdiv  BiiST  BUILT  FOOR- 
story  bl  own-stone-lront  bouses  in  tbe  City,  25  by 
60;  lot,  100.5;  Just  tiiii«hed:  replete  aod  complete; 
bard  wood ;  price  in  accordance  with  the  times.  In- 
quire of  WILLIAM  BKNl'LT.  on  tbe  premises.  No,  40 
Bast  58th  St.,  or  of  CHARLES  FOX,  No.  115  Broadway, 
rtsar  offloe. 


XI.  40  VVli.«*l' atti'H   SsT. 
For  sale,  this  desirable  four-story  English  basement 
1  ronu-stone  bouse,  well  arranged  aud  iu  perfect  order; 
lot  98.9;  prioolow.  R.  H.  LUULOW  &  CO., 

No.  3  fine  St. 


"|U>«K  .•«ALK  litlW.- IHK  UfiSlttABLK  POOR- 
A"  story  brick  house.  No.  10  West  48th  rt.,  25x50 
feet,  with  dining-room  extension,  butler's  pantry  and 
backstairs;  lot  100. o:  leasehold;  ground  reut,  $350. 
For  permit  and  further  particulars  apply  to 

bL  H.  LlJuLOW  II  CO.,  Na  3  Pine  st 


FOR  8AI.K— THK  VALUA6LK  LOT  NOETH-EAST 
corner  of  6th  av.  aod  49Ch  St.,  83.9x100  feet,  with 
extra  lot  adjoining  in  the  rear.  25x100.5;  excavated 
and  ready  lor  immediaie  Imorovemoot. 

K.  H.  LCi  LOWtC.l.,  No.  3  Pine  St. 


1.^0rt  .••AL.tS— iMMKOl.i'lK  POSSiiSSlO.^— A  VcRlT 
X/  choice  house,  medium  size,  in  a7th  st,  near  5th  av. 
and  Central  Pare.  Priucfpals  who  desire  to  purchase 
wtllplaseaadreSs  OVVi:<KEi,  station  A.  New- York  Post 
OfHce. 


FflKbiALK.- ON  MURRAY  BILL,  NEAR  MADISUN 
av.,  an  elegant  full-size,  four-story  brown-itone 
house,  built  by  the  late  havid  Uooins;  is  tasteiuUy 
decoiated,  and  iu  perfect  order;  lot  98.2;  price, 
$4-<!,50U.     Anply  tn  bOUKR  MOttQAN,  lio.  2  Pine  St. 


IMlKbALK.-ON  tiUilRAlC  rilbL,  .SKaBMAOISON 
av..  an  elegant  tull-stze  four-story  brown-stone 
bouse,  built  by  the  late  Uavld  Rontus;  is  ta^te'ully 
decorated  audio  perfect  orde'.  Lot95.9.  Pnoe.  $4^.- 
500.  a.  H.  LUDLOW  fe  CO.,  No.  3  Pine  st 


q&i  17  f^AA  Willi..  I'llKCBASETUli;  illE- 
tpjL  I  f  OUvf  DIUM  sized  Ungiish  oasement house. 
No.  110  i^at,t  H5th  st,  near  Paib  av.;  bouse  10  good 
order.  For  permits  apply  to  BOMUIC  MOilOAN,  No. 
a  Plue  St. 


AFINU  COUNKU  UUlJisK  OS  SVa  AV 
low  4'.2d   St. 


$75,000. 


,  BB- 
pnce 


for  Bute  witn    tbe    fU^nlturd; 
Lot  foil  depth. 

E.  H.  LUDLOW  it  CO.,  No.  3  Pine  st 


ABAUGAIN.-FOa   SALB.  AN  ELKGANT  FOLL- 
Bized  bouiie  on  West  6Stii    St.,  close  to  5th  av.     For 
lull  iiarticuiars  apply  to  HuMER  MOUGAN.  2  Pine  st. 


aLLY  reduced   pr.ces.     V.    K.    iiTBVBNSON,  Ja., 
ho.  4  Pine  8t.  aud  Ho.  Sa  bast  17r.h  st. 


LAUOb:   AM>  a.VIALL   ilOlJ8o:8    Al' 


PiiUPliRTlf   FOK  !>iAiiK.- 

near  Wooster 
imijrovement  M.  S.  Mi'KRi  fe  M)N,  N.<.  619  Broadway. 


BROuniB   ST. 
Two  lots  40x75    near  Wooster  *t:  desirable  for 


ALAKiiB  i>ill.ttiil£(t  OF  tl«)i;.^i£.-s   BiiLO.^J- 
lug  to  estates  and  iustUutiiins  for  sale  or  rent  at 
low  rates.      KiNUMa.n  F.  PAUE,  No.  42    East  23d  st 


FOR  !!iAL.Iir-A  BKAUiIFOL  COUNTKT  RBSI- 
deuceln  .Netv-Jersey,  oje  houir  tcaai  foot  of  Cort- 
lundt  st:  iocaaon,  tiJO  te^t  above  tide- water;  periect- 
ly  healthy,  aud  no  mtisquitoes;  hou-ie  ha*  all  modern 
improvements:  bot  and  ould  wj,ter,  marble  mantel*, 
fee;  supplied  witb  wtter  rroai  spring  on  side  biU  ; 
view  from  house  yery  exte  sive;  handsumd  lawh; 
trait  and  *hade  trees  in  q  dimtitiea'  Fur  further  oar- 
ticulars  apply  to  T.  s.  SHKi'dBRJ,  No.  145  Broadway. 
Boom  Na  l9. 


AWONUBRKUIi  BARGAIN.— FARlf  OB- 
taiued  oy  foiecloaure  worth  Sl  5,000  for  $6,500; 
88  acres;  living  brook;  plenty  fruit:  good  house;  10 
r  .oras ;  ampie  barns :  near  Freehold  Battle  Qrodnd, 
MonmoucO  County,  New-Jersey,  adjoluiog  the  depot. 
BTANbai:  KtaaUaON,  No.  161  Broaii^ay. 


iefni 
onia 


LllNU  ItitANCa,     iflUNJnOUl'U    ubaciI, 
^..d   SeSnnaht  cottages  to  rent   for   the   Summer. 
l>uli  partioiiiar*  and  catalogues  m^ty  be  hod  from 

K  G,  4  C.  8.  BiiOWK, 
No.  6j  Broadway. 


'andvil.af^   >ots  -for   sale:   *  gieat    wiety.     Auto. 


.— CUoNl'Rf      HuUSKS.      1..4ilUlk 


Iliniislied  and  tinfuruiahed  nouses  to  let  for  ikisou  ot 
jetir,  bv  WAi-lKtt  R.  .>vM"'l'U.  lormer  y  Blacawetlk. 
Ra,:t1i.(>r:iiiue.  <;oriier  of  Main  and    ■''oiip  Stgt. 


anki/u  aia.     Awo,  similar      Oity.    App.vtoi^.HA 
B«tac««k  of  •  tif»aa«.  wtUv^LxwckBt*..  i<ixa»:i  uits 


JKReiBV     Cl'l'V.— ro    LKASE.    Al'    LOW    RRNT. 
tbte  -story  buil^llng,  76x60,  wltb  engine, 
fe4-..  With  water  t^nt.  neat  terrte*.  ou  Grand  *t 
City.    App.v  to  VI .  HAtUHX  *  HtMI.  Mmte  ac%*« 


N'eWPOBT,  H.I.— POS  «Bi*T.  *OR  THS  SOit» 
mer,  a  fnratahvd  aottavt- on  Waabiagtoo  St..  wltli 
fine  vietroftha  Bay.  Apply  to  ilAMOEL  0.  TATCM, 
Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


p^^LLDiriaS  TQ  LET. 

rilO  tET^HOOSE  no.  232  BABT  IITH  «T.,  BH- 
Jutween  2d  and  3d  ava.,  oontalnin^  aU  the  modern 
improvements,  will  be  let  low  to  gbod  parties.  For 
pafUoidars,  fcc,  apply  to  M.  BCBBVJIEBIA  It  CO.,  No. 

20  Beaver  St. 


X  first  door  east  of  Broadway:  will  be  let  to  a  respoU' 
sible  tenant  at  a  moderate  rent    ' 

Apply  to  H.  H.  CAUMANH, 
No.  26  Pine  at 


TO  JLBT— A  FDRNIShBD  FOOB-SrOBY  B^OWN- 
Btone  bouse,  on  S9tb  *t,  between  6th  and  6tb  avs.. 
from  March  1  until  Oct  1.  Apply  to  U  W.  BEKQEB, 
No.  33  Pine  Bt,  ea*t  basement         .       . 


X^and  nornmistied  nonses  at  No.  4  Pine  *t  or  No. 
38  Bast  17th  at.    V.  K.  iTEVENiSOiV,  Jr, 


gOU^S&ROOMSJWAOTBJ) 

WAN'I'ltD— A  HA.>iUflOMK  AND  COttPLBTKLY 
turnished  bouse  in  a  firsl-elass  central  loeation, 
whose  o\(ner  will  boari.  witb  tenant  "in lien  of  pari-pf 
rent;  bhfhest  references  given.  Address  J.  (!•  '•• 
Post  Office  Box  No.  1 .389. . 

WANTBO.— A  nOOSK  WiTH  10  Ott  12  ROOjdB, 
with  modern  impriivemsnts,  between  32d  and 
60th  stB.,  and  3d  and  6th  ava.  Ad<lr  *•  yrith  full  par. 
ticnlara  M.,BoxNa  146  I'bnMOfleQ. 

«roiih;s,  .scO.,  'jo  lex. 


OFFICEH  TO  LBT 

IN  THB 
TUUBS  BUILDlNa 
4FPIir  TO 

GBORGB  JONBiS, 
TIAlBst  OFlflCB. 


ABlJlLUl.Nn  'I'O  LKT,  sUirABLB  FORPAPRB 
tiox  or  collar  factory,  or  aoy  btiainess  where  light 
is  reauired;  47  •et't  front,  100  .  leet  deep,  clear;  five 
stories  and  cellar,  nil  light,  with  elevator ;  situated  on 
'27ttast,  100  leet  east  of  8th  av.  Apply  at  Na  257 
West  34tb  Bt 


BKUB.N  HOtJnilC— A'f  PKRTa  AMB'OY,  TO  LRASE 
on  fivorable  terms ;  tbeho'eiisin  good  order  and 
convenient  for  Beaoathing  aud  boatin;;;  tbe  station  of 
the  Long  Branch  Railway  i*  near  the  houae.  For  fur- 
ther inloi'matton  apply  to 

HORACE  a..  ELY.  No.  M'i  Pine  *t 


riv 

XNo.  131  Waverley  place,  one  door  from  6th  av.;  a 
good  stand  for  any  light  trasitiess:  rent,  $600  per  an- 
nnm.  THORNTON  M.  ROHM.1N,  Real  Estate  Agent, 
Na  i>96  Broa  iway,  corner  4tb  Bt 


rpi»  f<BT— THB  STORK  Nu.  42  BARCLAY  ST.,  BK- 
X.  tween  Church  and  Oreanwich  st-i. 

Apply  to  H.  H.  CAMMANN. 

No.  25  Pine  st 

TO  raANCJFAU'l'UBBaai.— SPLENDID  FLOORS, 
with  steam-power,   fee.     Noa  164  and  156   West 
lOth  St. 


EIGHTH  AV.— WEaT  SIDiJ  8TORBS  TO  RENT— 
33d  aod  34th  sta.    Apply  to  J.  BO  MAINE  BuO  WN, 


No,  1.2SU  Broadway. 


rilU  UUT— lHi<  6TORK  AND  BAShMBNT.  NO.  2 
J.  New  Chambers  St.,  now  occupied  as  a  restaurant 
Applyto  W.  L,  CO.SKLIS,  No.  Irf4tnsv. 

STUAAi  POWKRANU  Fll£.*iT  FtiOOR  ANU 
cellar.  50x80  feet.  Nob.  188  and  190  West   Houston 
st    Inquire  in  tbe  corner. 

REAL  BSTATB  TO  EXCHANGE.— WANTED. 
a  small  country  place,  tnree  or  fSonr  aorea,  (West 
Chester  County  preArred.)  with  a  good  house  unin- 
cumbered, W'irth  from  $3,000  to  $4,000,  tor  wbleli  a 
well  assorted  stock  ot  ready  made  clothing  will  be 
given.  Address,  giving  pariicnlars,  HANSON,  Station 
D,  New-Yort.  , 

SITUATIONS^  ANTED. 

KUiMALBSl. 
THE    UP-rOVV*X~OFFICB^Jf  THE  XIXLEH. 


Tbe  np-tovm  office  of  THE  TIMES  Is  located  at 
No.  1,257  Broadway,  bet.  Slat  and  3itd  sta. 

Open  dally,  Sundays  motuded.  fh>m  4  A.  H  to  8  P.    M. 
Subacriptlon*  received,  and  copies  ol  THB  TIUBS  for 
Bale.  V 

ADVERTISEMENTS  BKCEIVED  UNTIL  9  P.  M. 


CUA.UBI<:R-iylAIU  A.ND  WAITRESS.- BY  A 
young  woman  as  chamber-maid  andwaltreaa;  no 
oblactlon  to  assist  with  washing  and  ironing ;  good 
reference.  Call  at  ^o.  13  J  West  -.28tn  St..  berwsen 
6th  and  7th  avs.,  room  .Na.  14. 


pHAMBEd-.nAIO.-Bi  A  RB-xPEC'lASLe  OIKL 
V/istelj  >«nded,  snd  to  assist  with  the  washing  and 
iionin?;  willing  to  make  herself  eenerall.v  useful; 
COO !  leference.    CaU  st  No.  234  West  14th  st 


CUAIMBUa«.>IAlD.-Bf  A  PaOTKSTAi.NT  GlBii 
as  chsmoer-mald  and  waitress,  or  assist  in  w^ash- 
ing;  willing  tu  go  to  the  conntry  ;  best  of  City  reler- 
ence.    Can  be  seen  for  two  day-<  at  347  Bast  30th  st 


ClHA.UUUU-.UAID  AMU  WAITUKM.S bY  A 
/■respectable  yonng  girl  aua  assist  in  washing  ;  is 
willing  and  obliging.  Call  or  addresB  Na  421  West 
42d St, infancy  store. 


CH  AAlUBU-.tl  Al  U.— BT  A  RBSPKCTABLB  GIBL; 
vrlll  do  fine  wasliing,  or  aa  w^altre-a  ;  best  Ctty  refer- 
ence.   Call  for  two  days  «t  No.  122  West  18tb  •!. 


CHA.nBER->IAlU     AND    SiiBADltiPIlEtSM.- 
By  a  youne  sivo'lista   woman;  good    City  reterence. 
Call  at  No.  220  Boat  27th  st. 


CBAMBBB-OIAIO.-Br  A  BK8PE0TABLB  QIEii 
a  situation  as  chamber-maid  and  waitress;     first- 
class  retereuoe.     Call  at  No.  'iQb  Bast  2Bth  st. 


CHAMBER- nAIU.-A  YOUNQ  OIBL  AS  CHAM- 
bermaid  and  seamstress ;   iaagond   operator:   City 
reference.    Call  or  aildresa  at  No.  217  Baat  26th  st 


CHAMBER-ltlAIU.-BY  A  ttESPBCTABbE  OIRL, 
as  chamber-maid  and  waitress  or  washing;  can  be 
seen  in  last  emplovment.  Call  at  Na  2 19  West  23d  st 


COOK— CHAM BER-.>IAID  A.NO  WAlTBliSS.— 
By  two  slaters,  together,  Scotch  Protestants ;  will 
do  work  of  small  family  tketween  them;  Cltv  or  coun- 
try; liest  of  reference.  Call  at  Na  66  West  13tb  st., 
candy  store. 


COOK.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  COOK  IN  A  PRIVATE 
family ;  nnderstinds  F.enoh  and  English  choking; 
can  take  entire  charge  of  kitchen  ;  City  or  country  ; 
best  reterence.  Address  6.,  lox  Na  284  TIMES  UP- 
TOWN OFFICE,  No.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


COOK.-BY  A  YOUNG  R.vaLI-:iH  WOMAN  AS 
eooil  cook,  washer,  and  irouer;  Citv  or  country  ; 
best  reference.  Call  at  No.  156  West  18tb  st,  third 
floor,  front 


COOK..— BY  A  RESPACTABLB  WOMAN  AS  COOK, 
washer,  and  ironer;  three  years'  reference  from 
last  place ;  no  objection  to  the  country.  Call  at  No, 
225  East  35th  st 


C100K,  WASiHER,  ANO  IRONEK.— BY  A  RE- 
yspectable  young  woman;  Oityorcuotry;  best 
City  reference.  Call  at  No.  107  West  18th  Bt,  second 
floor,  back  room. 


RUbPBCTABLB  WUMAN  AS  OtiOD 

isiat  With  wasbing 
CaU' at  Na  425  7th 


C^OOK.— BY 
^/cook;  excellent  baker;  will  assiat  with  wasbing 
and  ironing  ;  best  City  reference, 
av..  tietween  33d  and34lh  sts. 


COOK.- Bf  A  WOMAN  AS   PIBST-CLA.SS   COOK  IN 
a  private  tamUy;   understands  all  kinds  of  cooking : 
^wages,  $20 :    be<t  City  refereuce;    no  carda.    CaU  at 
No.  211East4othst. 


CIOOK.-BY  A  RKSPIiCl'ABLE  WoMiN;  NO  OBJKC- 
ytion  to  assist  witb  washing  and  ironing  in  a  pilvate 
family  or  boarding-house  ;  good  reference.  Call  at  Na 
258  West  33d  st.  canity  store. 


SltUATlOKS    t\rANtfet). 


plain  oook,  and  u*si*t  witb  washing  and  ironing; 
best  Cit.y  refeienoe.  Can  os  seen  nntU  anitad  at  No. 
144  Bast  loth  st 


C104»K.— BY  A  RBSeuCTASLE  PROTESTANT 
.'womnu  as  flrst-claas  cooic  and  an  excellent  baker ; 
can  take  charge  of  both  milk  and  butter;  best  of  ret- 
erence.   CaU  at  No.  456  West  -.i7th  st 


COOK.—  Y  A  RESPECTABLE  FBcNCH  WOMAN  IN 
a  private  family ;  City  or  ooantryj  good  reference. 
Call  or  address  lor  two  days  Na  2*26  West  SlBt  at; 
bistmeot. 


COOK.— BY  A  RKSPtiCTARLB  WIOO  vV  WOMAN  AS 
good  plain  conk,  washer,  and  irouer ;  City  or  ooun- 
tiy:  good  City  reference,  t^all  at  No.  -236  East  46th  at 


C^OOK.— BY    A  FIRSr-CLASS  COOK;     IS    KXPRRI 
./enced;    can  take   the   eutire    manage  m3ut;    can 
marKet  ifrequtred.    Call  at  No.  118  West  2sith  st 


CUOK.— BY  A  YUDNG  WOMAN  AS  O'JOD  COUK  IN 
a  private  family;  uuderstauds  her  business  ;  good 
City  reference.     Call  at  No.  454  7th  av.,  near  34th  st 


Ct)OK.-BY  A  YOUNU  WOjdAN  AS  GOOD  PLAIN 
cook,  washer,  and   ironer;    best    City  reference. 
Call  Rt  No.  610  2d  av. 


CIOOK.-BY   A   FlBSr-CLASS   COOI^    BA8    FlVB 
/years'  City  referenoe.    Can  be  Seen  tor  two  day*  at 
No.  'liA  West  4  ist  Bt. 


COOH.— BX     AN    EXPBrtlE.VCKD     PROriSSTAtfT 
woman   a*   cook;   good   launJresa;  will  be    found 
willing  aud  oollglni(.    Cull  at  No.  317  W.st  41st  st. 


DKE.'^.f-.UAKElt.— J^Y  A  RESPKCrABLB  PROT- 
estaiit  girl  as  dreis-malisri  cab  cut  and  fit  and  baa 
amaebine;  no  objection  tu  taking  care  of  a  growing 
child :  good  refeienoe  oan  be  given.  Call  for  two  days 
at  Na  447  West  SBth  st 


DRk!»i!«>IllAKBK.— ilAKivBOVKB  OF  DREsbES: 
good  trimmer,  fitter,  and  outtoB-hbies;  obarge 
modei:atB:  Kiiou  operator.  Address  iC,  Box  No  274 
TIMES  UP-TOW!«  OFFICB,  NO.  1.267  BROAUWaY. 


GOYBUNBiSS  Or  liAOif'14  C0.ni*ANlON.- 
By  a  Freneh  widow  lady  of  edaoattoa,  refinement 
and  uuexceptionabl*  reference:  i*  used  to  traveling 
and  good  ■ooietv;  salary  not  so  much  an  oMect  a*  itn 
agreeable  position.  Address  B.  S.  H.  B.,  Box  Ka  IIU 
iSmtt  Office. 


HOUH&-WMUK.— BY  A  RiiSPKOTABLK  XOD:<0 
girl  for  general  bmse-Work  in  a  soiaii  privata 
family;  gooa  City  tcferenee.  C«U  at  li(k  97S  Sd  »▼., 
between  68ih  and  50th  sts.t  third  belt 


1   RENT, 
,  hollers,  I 


LAUY  OAaaiEu..  dtEc-BY  A  Yuu4re  last 
having  a  good  -KngUsh  edneatlon,  spy  iKieltioa  of 
trust;  oau  tak^  ehargjB  of  hues  or  store-ruoio,  or  wonld 
act  aa  caahier:  gboa  refferehce.  Call  on  or  address 
M.  M..  No.  247  East  87th  at.  all  week. 

1r  Al)V>d  MAI0.— BY  AN  RHGIiUli  Ulbti  WBO  IS 
Jyqsed  to  tnTclmg :  an  axceUeo  1,  hairHlr«a>«c ;  i|up4 
kauwleugeof  dreSs-mattlug:  obliging;  flrst-«la*a Clt^ 
xef^ience.    Addtea*  S.  Q ,  Box  IU    8M   <UiUW  UA 


L*Dr»8  MAIBI.-^T  A  OOUPKTKTrt  PB«ilO«, 
to  a  lad  V  or  young  ladies :  speaks  sevsrsl  lannaces  j 
is  a  good  seuifBtresS  and  lattndresa ;  best  refetenee. 
CaH  gt,NOi  562  8tb.av.,-ln  bake.ry. ^  . 

INBA3<T»»  NUB8B«-BT  A  PROTKBTANT  WOlT. 
an;  capable  of  taking  sole  charge,  llttd  brfnglng 
It'Ofi  b.v  the  lierttle;  «xo^lent  City  reftoreHMrslven; 
no  oblectien  to  tbe  country.  Call  for  two  day*  at  Na 
150  &st  2.Sd  St.  between  Lexlivgton  and  8d  »%. 

T'ADNDRKSS.— BY  A- caMPKTE.-.T  P^RSOSiAS 
XJlanndres*;  would  be  wliUnc  to  assist  witb  ohan-. 
ber-work;  be*tf>ity  reference  can  be  given.  Apply  al 
y.o, 280 Bart  30tb  *t ■      .•..   x.'.  /  ■j^ 

NUR"*E.— A  LADY  WISHF-S  TO  PROCGRS  A  817^ 
ation  for  an  excellent,  trustworthy  iciri  as  Poraa 
eranald;  Is  bg->oA  seam  stress;  willing  and  AMitiiiKj 
can  be  seen  at  present  employer's.  CaU  at  Na  2a<l 
West,43(l  st  —r       -..    .^.^ 

'KTVRSK.—BY  A  FRKNCH  PUOIE-TANT  lNF.i.NT'3 
X^nbrae;  wHlaseiat  wiiht'«»wn  <>.»>iHrrn.  cr  d  >  rin^ 
mendinz;  hash"'*  fSir  refirence*.  Adarets  >«.  a2S 
We»t  Slst  ot  .  b*a«m-nt. 

■Kj«ja.»»   -hy  a  <u..M?riT„sr  tspANisH  yodno 

JJv  woman;  ai^afc*  Bn^Hstifin^nt'ly.  and  is  a  verv  aX- 
peiienoed  norse;  best  city  r^ffereuoe.  Apply  at  No. 
160  Waverly  place,  near  6th  a V. 

T\rOR»h  AND    .•*£*  «STKEj««.— KIK-;T-CL4SS{ 
dLv  fake  Kheeatire  ofire  of  a  baby  and  brin-;  it  np  on  a' 
bottle;    i*  neat  and  obliging:    has  four   yeai*'   i  liy 
refftrenoes.    t^sU  at  No.  132  West  19tb  nt 

■\ri;K»K«-Bli  A  VOUNG  GIRL;  CAN  TAI?K  THE 
Xi  entire  Charge  of  children;  will  do  rhaniber-work 
If  r(>qiiired;  good  reference.  Call  at  No.  217  East 
25th  Bt 

NURSE.— BY  A  LADY  FOR  UEK  PBOTRST.tNT 
infant's  nurse  wbo  has  lived  with  her  for  font 
years.  Apply  at  No.  450  West  21at  *t,  opposite  eol- 
legeu  .    .     .-.  .  .  -     • 

TITL'RSE.- BY  A  COMPKThNT  PERSON  AS  .NDB-E; 
i.v  can  takeentlre  charge  of  infant  from  birfi  :  three 
and  a  h*lf  years' Cltv  reter-nce.  Cnll  »t  No.  747  6t'.  av. 

NDRMR.— BY     A     PBoTE<TaNT   WOMAN    AS    I.«. 
fane's  nnrae;  good  City  reference.    Call  at  Na  124 
West  50tb  St. '     "     "  ; 

NORSE.-BYAN     ENGLISH    PROTEsTaVT    GIBL 
totakecnreof  one  or  two  children.    Call  or  ad- 
dress M.  M..  No.  347  7tb  av. 

SEAftlniTEUNS BY  A  YiiU.VG  WOMAN  AS 
seamstress;  nudersttindR  drsss-mtkiog,  trimml'iit 
and  all  kinds  ot  family  se-wing;  wo  In  assiot  with 
chamber-work  or  children ;  is  a  good  operator:  onex* 
ceptnmable  Cit.y  reference  as  to  honesty  and  eapaJl> 
ty.    ChU  at   Xo.  321  Bast  37th  st.  J\ 

SBA!>1STRfc:s.S     A^D      HAIR.i>RBWSKK.^ 
Wishes  work  at  home  or  womu  go  out  I'V  the  6i<y : 
also  makes  up  hnir  switches.    Call  at  No.  I;z3i  Sd  av. 

ET-NDRSK.- BY  A    YOU.>U  woMA.-f  r   CHibfi 
one  month  old;    best  cil.v  reference.    Call  tw« 
daysat  No.  163  Fast  26t(i  »t«^  ' 

AJTRESS.— BY     A     KKsPxiCf ABLE    GIKL     AS 

waitress  in  a  priv.ite  family;  hveyesra'  best  Clti 
refdrerjce  trom  her  last  place.  Addre-iS  U,  H..  boi 
No.  255  TIMES  Pf-TOWN  OFFII  K,  1.-^57  BBOADWAT, 

AMUIX..— BY  A  RKSPECTAKLE  WOMAN;  FAM- 
ily  and  gentlemen'*  washing,  76  ce>ita  a  dossn; 
fin  ing,  polishing,  fee  CaU  or  addr^^s  Mr*.  SnUivab, 
No.  420  l^t  15th  et.  third  floor,  back  r<>om. 

WA!4HIN6}.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  WOMAN, 
washing  and  ironing  nt  tier  -own  plaoa,  m 
would  go  out  by  the  day;  good  relerencea  Call  at  No. 
409  West54ttt  St.,  second  floor. 

AHHINO.- BY     A     FIRST-CLASS    LaONI'RKSS, 
to  go  out  bv  the  day ;  undersranils  French  flnUiix 

and  polishing;  75c.  to  $1  per  day.  CaU  at  Na  3.^2  East 

26tb  St..  rear,  first  fl  lor. 

AMUINU.— BY    A    FlRST-t;LASS     1.ADNOBKSS 
wasbing  and  ironing:    75  cent- per  dosen.    Apply 
to  Mrs.  McCarthy.  Na  160  West  19th  st 

I  'j 
inAL.ES. 

C^^'OACHBIAN.— bTaBESPBCTABLS  YOOSO  HXS 
(single)  aa  coacbmac  ;  thorougniy  underatands  cars 
and  management  of  hones,  harnesses,  and-carnagtis: 
IS  strictly  Bot>er  and  obliging ;  ka*  fijat-clasa  Cit.v  i«f^ 
ereuce  from  last  employer.  Call  ou  or  address  O. 
Bryen,  Kg  129  Wost  50th  st. 

COACB.WAN.— liY  A  GBNT1.KMAN  FOR  BIB 
coachman;  has  served  bim  f»itQtuUy  lor  year* 
with  tbe  strictest  honesty,  sobriety,  aotl  inlustrv; 
tborenghlv  uoiJerstandB  his  buBinsBS:  Is  a  aklUftil, 
bandy,  and  indastrious  good  man ;  strictly  temperate. 
Address  O.  K.,  No.  713  7tb  av. 

riOACH.'WA.M.- BY^  COMPiiriiNP  SINGbK  MA.Vj 
vythoroushly  undecstanas  his  business;  is  an  ex- 
cellent groom:  careful  City  driver;  is  willing  aud 
eO'ilgiiig  I  nnem-nluyad  in  oooaeqoence  of  his  emplo.vet 

se'iing  ont ;  first-class  City  reference.  Call  or  aodres* 
C.  W..  J.  B.  Brewsten's  warerooms.  No.  l45  5th  av. 

OACH.HAN    AMI    GARUB>ER.-Bf  a    RE- 

rpectable  youn-;  Enslishmau,  lately  iaod<Ml,  as 
coachman  «nd  gartieaer:  oan  milk;  make  him^Mslt 
generally  naetnl;  not  atraid  of  work;  good  r^'ereo  e 
from  last  employer.  Addresa  K.,  BoxNa  2S6  .lifltej 
offica 

/■^OACHJUAN.— BY  AN  EIPBRIENCED  YODXQ 
VJman  lateiy  landed,  as  coachman:  perfec  ly  uoder^ 
ataiids  his  businesst  wllUngand  obiigi  g;  mske  him- 
self nselul :  wants  a  home  more  than  wages:  nol  :■ 
good  reeommenaataons.  Address  T.  B.,  Box  Na  24S 
limes  Offic-. . 

COA(;HAiA.N.— BY  A   SINGLE    :dAN.  WHO    THOK- 
oughly  understands  the  care  of  horses,  carrlag«-s. 
and  harness :  careful  City  driver ;  beat  City  refetenoa;; 

can  be  seen  at  present  employer's.  CaU  on  or  aadress 
No.  163  West  56th  St.,  private  stable. 

COACiliWAN.-BYA  bINQLEYoO.VO  rfAN,  WHO 
UBderstaods  the  business  tboroughLv ;  s^vep 
years'  very  best  ot  City  referentje ;  is  ni lUug  and  oblig- 
ing. Address  P.  M.,  Box  No.  275  TIMES  Dt'-TOWN  OF- 
FICE, NO.  1.257  BROAD W^AT. 

-  '■ 

COACH3IAN  ANU  GARDENER. —  BY  A 
single  man;  tboroasbly  understands  his  bo-oiness 
in  both  branches;  ac'uatomed  to  City  and.councrv; 
can  milk  and  make  himself  frenerflilv  uselni;  beif 
reference.    Address  B,  box  200  Time*  Office. 

i^OACHMAN    ANU   GROOM.-BY  A  RESPECT- 

Viable  Protestant  ScotcbmaD;  single;  tboroagUly  on. 
derstauds  his  busin^SB;  careful  Cit.y  driver;  no  objeo. 
tiou  to  tbe  country  :  nrst-class  referencs.  CaU  or  arfi- 
areas  for  twodavsCo  icumkn.  No-  i-iO  West  Slst^sl. 

COACHUAN  ANU  £iAEU£.\£B.-llY  A  Btf- 
spectable  man :  understaails  h'n  business  thoe> 
OTtgbly;  no  obiectlon  to  go  to  t^e  counf  ry  ;  s^>od  refr 
erencp.    Address  J..  Box  No.  211  Times  office. 

OACil.nAN.  -  BY     AN     KNQLIiHMAN,      WhO, 

tboraa«!bly  nnderstanda  his  business  ;  three  yearaf 

and  k  half  good    City  reterence.      Address  H.  2L,  Na 

347  7th  »y. 

COACH.VIAN' BV  A  QENTLEMA.V  FOR  HIS 
coachman;  married.no  family:  strictly  temperate 
aud  perfectly  trustworthy.  Address  O.  K.,  Na  1X3 
East  'J2d  Bt. ■ 

CjllAi:H3IAN.— Blf    A    i'lCSft     CObORtilT    MAS; 
good  reference.    Address  J.  P.,  Box  Mo.  258  TIMB3 
DP-TOWN  OFFICE.  NO.  1.257  BROADWAY. -     - 

jriAftDENER FOR    THE    15TH  OF  MARCH.  BY 

VlTa  practical  single  man  to  take  char ^  of«flr*(- 
class  gentleman's  place;  has  most  satisfartoi^  peta|^ 
encs  as  gardener  ot  experieucn  a  nd  abi  lit-v  in-  the  Taaa- 
agement  of  green  and  hot-house  pUhts,  xiapviiet, 
vegetables,  fruits,  laying  out  gi-oniids,  fee.  Parties  is 
want  of  such  a  ipan,  address,  etatihg  fail  partlohlara,' 
i).  B..  florist,  HoDoken,  N.  J.  - 


GAtlDENER  OR  FAkC.Vi E'R.— BY  A  SCOTlJit^ 
man;  married:  no  incumbrance:  has  a  practical 
knowledge  of  hut  and  cold  graperirs,  greei^-honsa 
plants,  vegetables,  fee;  also  a  general  Imowledge  9I 
farming;^  six  years'  referents  from  last  empluya& 
Addre.-s  W.  A.  B.,  Bos  No.  237  Times  Office. 

GARDENER.— BY  A  CO.HPETKNT  MARRIUB 
mau ;  understands  the  propagation  and  care  o| 
greennouse  plants,  grapes,  fee;  best  of  Cit.y  referesoaa; 
has  had  long  practical  and  buocessfui  experience.  Uaol 
or  address  G.  D.,  at  seed  store.  No.  876  Br.iadway. 


aARuBNBR.— BY  AN  ACTIVE  MiRRIBD  MaK 
OS  gardener;  wife  wouid  do  house-work:  wilUng 
to  milk  and  drive  and  be  gene  all.v  useful;  low  wages; 
good  re&rence  froqi  business  community.  Adilreas  M. 
a..  Box  No.  212  Times  Office. 


GARDEN  KB.— BY  A  SCuTCaMAV,  AGE  28] 
married;  11  years'  experience  in  first-clasa  piac**; 
can  give  the  best  references  dompabt  au(lpref>ent 
employers.  Address  G.  H..  care  T.  Satterlee,  New- 
Brlsrhton,  Staten  Island. 


AROENBR.— BY  A  UARRIBU  MAN;  (iERM.ll^' 
_.  one  child;  understands  the  care  of  grfMinhbaaea 
and  graparles.     CaU  or    address  O.   P.,  seed  atore.  Na 
67  Nassau  st. 


G. 


GARDENEii.— Bf  A  SINGLB  MA.V;  UNUaR- 
Btands  vegetables,  flowers,  care  of  hor*  *,  and 
milking;  wilbnz  and  obliging.  Call  or  aaare**  J. 
Umitb,  Na  165  East  32d  st 


TtrURSE  AND  PROFESn^lONAI.  RUBaniR.- 

Xv  To  an  invalid  gentleman;  best  medical  aud  privata 
reterencea  CaU  on  or  address  W.  J.  B.,  Na  219  baat 
29tbbt  •< 


U.SBFIJL1  .HAN.- 81  A  YOUNG  COL  iRiiD  MAJ< ; 
highly  esteemed  tor  integrity;  nuderaun  Is  o>M 
ot  borses,  cows,  plain  gardeiUn.;,  aua  oan  wait  Call 
at  No.  208  6tn  av..  L.  WooJiey. 


WA1TER.-BY  A  RKSPKCTABLE  YOOSQ  PROT- 
eatant,  in  a  private  famUy ;  wi.l  be  lonnd  wUilng 
andooilginsc;  five  years' best  City  reference.  Addx.:*! 
for  two  days  J.  A.,  Box  Ko.  aoo  TIMES  UP-IOWN 
OFFICE.  NO.  1.267  BKOADWAY. 


VXrAlTBR.— IN  A  PRIVATE  FAilLf  BT  &  PRut 

V  V  estant  who  perfectly  understands  U*  bnainea* ; 

bas   six   ye  rs  of  tbe  best  llty   rsterenoe.    Audres* 

K.P..BOX  Ha  281   TIMBS    OP-TOW  if   OFiriOK,  MO. 

1,267  BROADWAY. 


WAITER.— BY  A  YOUNG  FRBMOBMAM  A.S  gLSlAT 
Class  waiter  tn  apnvate  fiunilr  ;  best  City  refer 
ences.  Call  on  or  address  M.  Y.,  at  iMtei's,  NO.  bo£ 
Broadway. 


XVrAITER.- bl  A  XOUNQ  FBRXoH  BWIttS  AaX; 
Tt  good  c^ty  referenoe*:  speaks  a  Utile  iSngbsa. 
CttU  or  address  A  B.,  Rd.  141  blhav. 

KELP    WAyXED. 

MMB.  HBPPBRD.  MO.  101  WBsT  14rfl 
at,  teacbeaa  naw  system  of  aelf-fittinjt;  hlgbl; 
recommended  for  it*  aimp aelty  and  perfect  aoccass ; 
aby  Sesfaatress  can  be  taught  In  tbrea  leSsona 


ANTEO-'A  COMPETENT  pR.yTta:BTA.<<T  NUKSt, 
age  80  to  36,  tu  take    charge  of  an  infant  of  14 

mSnth* ;  good  ieierencea  required.    Apply  between  Ur 

A.  M.  ana  1  P.  H.  at  No.  24  f.titt  35tb  at. 


yn 


WANTED.— A  PloOS,  CLRANlX,  UcALrril.  AND 
«xt>eriaboad  Ptuteatant  woman  to  care  for  grow- 
ing cbUdren,  and  to  be  generaUy  u*«rau  Addxeaa  roat 
OQce  Box  J^o.  2,187. 


\)|rAN1<Bl^l  YOU.^G  gWEUE  G(KL  TO  Du  LlO<d 
VI  Cbamber-work  and  sewing  tor  a  tmaailf  «z  tlii«a 


CaU  at  Na  105  Wast  48th  *t. 

igaat 


Tj[Xi»rD0DWOttiNS»^^ 

-^BKHOVkd  to  no.  08I  STH  AVBNUR.  flpriagtSMI 
now  commencing.  For  partlcalar*  *eBd  fbrotreuuN^' 
Private iea»on* evpry day.  ■    jiVis  *■ « 

DE  OAAMOfti 

PBTYATK  D.tbCI.>til  AUAoan;, 
■a,  7  Wast  a;<d  aft.  two  Ottoca  uocaAtik  a« , 


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tammasaBSBBBmssmmmaammmBm 

Mb  Q0SBMM3t>W%  A  SO    UTUtrOOU      oiBRXllQ 
_    -  DNITBD  STA'fBS  HAIU. 

The  ateiunATS  of  diuitfi9  tttm  tUi  u«ia  totit^r  i. 
amBiBen(l«<l  bv  Ueat  Vaatt' 0*  ^  if..  «'>ln«  soitli  if 
i\i*  Banks  on  tbe  paasa^eo  rQasenitoira  au  t]x«  r<>  \* 
roan< 

BklTANNIU RATDEBAY.  Felt  24.  2  P.  M. 

CBtTIC SATUBEBAr  Marcb  10,  at  3  R    SL 

OSAMASIC 8ATDBKAT.  March  17.  6:30  A.  M. 

a*IiTlC....  SATUaDAf .  Marcto  24.  ftt  X  P.  H. 

Ptoro  Wmte  star  Dock.  Plot  No.  53  'iott'a,  II  /-ar.  - 

Id   aoD<nntn3"ti&3.    The    s'^lo-in,  »t'V63r:>3Txi.     srnaJcms 
fpA  <»i»tTi    rooms  -tra  atnM^bloa.  vTbeira  tti3    noisa  am 

Entto»  ftrr  iBMi  ffttt.  sfforllii?  a  tloaroaof  ouiabrt 
therto  anittiimble  »tin%. 
S»Cbb— fiahxia  *80  tail  « 1 90,  nil-     reiutn    tlokats 

¥et  RMoectton  <^(  pUds  nail  »ti3r  mfOrmitioa  appi » 

8.1.  i!:)trigk  \scaati. 

CUNAROLiNEB.  &N.  A.  R.  M.S.  P.  CO. 

NOTiqK. 
wlf^  tnc  Tiew  of  olmtmshlngth"*  eainoM  of  eolW«oa 
tD«>  Hteamers  oi  tbis  Jfno  Utke  ii  specrfflsd  coarse  foe  lU 
teaaona  of  the  year. 

jnrt  thH  oiitwardo-Msi»29  'i-otu  Qa^enstowa ';i  Nstt- 
161* or  Boston.  cruBsinzTj-srldlanorSJat  44U8lti:U* 
OT^thlm  to  th"  nqrtU  t»f  I  i 

,PP  the  homeward  aaas^sn.ori'Jilin  ',^9  mendlan  >f 
t»»t4'<S.ornothiTiartdt'i9  T»rblnr  4  3. 

FROJI   N«W-T11HK  »0a  LlTSHPOOl   ^VT>  qO^XflTOTf. 

rRIKA..,...WTirD..  Pco.21iABY8S1Niii.WKIJ..  March? 
^ATAVlA....WBb.  .Feb.  28l  AIGBKIA.WKU..  March  1* 

Stfliimera  rnsTlceo  "'  oo  not'iirr*  sCBirare  pasgeazers. 

Cflhio  Dwsaor*,  S30,  StOO.  ^al  •StS),  »il  f,  skuoordtn; 
io  aawmtB'Mlatlon.    Kettim '■ioietsoi  farorahH  terms. 

8t«terH?e  tickets  to  ati  I  ft-om  k'l  d'^'U^  jf  Europe  •*! 
▼erv  lowr  \ia*.  preizht  anl  D'*4ait?n  o316s,  Ma  4  BowW 
mttgreeg. •      OHAS.  Q.  TOASOKLYN.  Asenu 

LJ.VKKI'OOI>    A.XO     URKAT     WKSTUK.M 

MTBAn  i;O.MP.\NY,    (LlMlTSai 

LIVERPOOL.  «VlaQueHDstt»\rii,) 

:^        CARKXING  THK  U9ITHU  SrATK3  \iilU 

TUEf^UAY. 

LenTing  Pier  Ho.  46  Morcb  River  as  follows: 
nVjLHA...^ Feb.  20.  at    10  A.    M. 

ItfAHo Feb.  a?;  at  3  P.  M. 

UOjiTA.VA March  6.  at  10  A.  M. 

WISOfiSai.N March  13,  at  3  P.    M. 

Wyoming March  20,  at  9A.  M. 

DAKOTA March  27.  at  3  P.  M. 

Bates  ok  pauskngkes  redockd. 
Iteersea,  $26:  Interoisdlate.  ^f>.  cabla.  $15  to  tSO, 
iMoidlBg  tostata.room.     oaioes.  So.  29  Broadway. 

WIM,IAi>IS  &  UlilON. 

«TLAM  XI ALL  UMS. 

JTOJONTaut  SKRVIOB  TO  JvnviiU.  HiYn. 
CDLOJfblA.  anl  tSPl.'I.VAljti,  aiil  t.a  F.V.>(»>f«  aal 
BODTHPAOIKIC  POStT.^    (via  AsalniTill.)     firjs-sl^n 

taU-rxrvTpred  Iron  sord\T  iCjAn^ra,  (von  Pur     Na  31 

tv«rth  tt\Ttit; 

Vti Haiti. coLo>rBi4.  f.sTHvinH  ok  pavama.    »»e 

SOOTH  PAOIlflO  Pi>14l'3(rU  AspiQvTill.) 

Airs Feb.  28 

ETNA March  19 

KorKI.SGSTO.S  (Jam.)  ami  HAYTI. 
ATLAiS March  14 

Superior  rtciN  si  K?  im<i;i?  ii!conn3l»tl'»  u 
PIM.  KORWOOO  &  CO..  Asenti. 
No.  50  Wall  IS. 

„      STATE  LINE. 

SSl.FA<T,  .AND  LD.SD  iSDS^iR?. 

rheseHrst-cltss 'ull-ooirerel  ^tsiinsrs    vriil  siii  fro.n 

Pier  So. 43  Vortli  ?liver.  fosi  of  lan^l  iS. 

PTAiKOK  NKVM>a TliurBrtav,  Feh.  22 

FTaTKOF  IxnTAHA ThnrwIaT.  March  S 

PTATb  OF  VlRGINl.A Thnrsdav JIarch  15 

6TATK  oy  PKNVSYLVANl.A ThiiredflT.   March  22 

First  cabin,  sed,  ?rr\  »nd*7t>.  flpcoriini'  to  aroom- 
iBfdatKnis  rotpm  tlcket8,$110.  8125.  Seconl  caWn 
M!V:  retacK  tickets.  a-Sa  Steeraee  »t  lowest  rates. 
Applvn-* 

AUHTIN  BALDWIN  dc  VO..  Aceiit^ 

No.  72  Broadway.  New- York. 
KTKiiRAGK  r,iciieta  at    No.  4j  Brt^ilw^  »y,  anj  iic  tli9 
rompa&T's  Dier.  fo  »t  >f  <:aniU-;..    Nortn  -lirir. 

-.  IVUKTH    (JISRinAN  I.I.OYI). 

«TKAM-SHIP    LINE    BETWEKN"   .NEW-YORt   BODTB- 
AttPTOk.  AND  BRKUBN.- 
rompany's  Pier,    toot  or  -jdis..    do'tslcan. 
HBBAlANN..Vat..  1-eD.  :;4:l  AMKxlCA...J>at.,  MarchlO 

NK<  K    B sat..    March  S  |  WK8ER 8af..  M»rch  17 

KATES  OK  t-A-iSAUU  KKOU    NKW-YORK  TtJSOUra' 
AilPlOX;    HAVRE.   Oa  BRKMB.N': 

First  cantn .., ^.$100^011 

Fe<-OD(i  caoni. .,,.., ..........:^..         .     6U?all 

btrer.ise .'.'.."     Slicurrener 

Return  ti<;kpt3  kt  reilucKdcmi..  Prei>»'«i  steorasa 
certiHcates,  :fe3'J  currency.  Por  "r  »  ;  i;  iir  p^tasa^H  ap- 
plvt'i UbLKfOdSJ^  ;  >..  In.  3  iowHaj  Green. 

1>:YIA.N  M.ME.     lUAl  L  STKA.HKKS. 

^        JOK  uHEnNSTOWo    AMP    LlVKKPOOu* 
Cni  Oh  RICBilONU,  Saturday.  March  .S.  at8A,M. 
CVt\  «»K  R«>ns»iBBs..}«atiu:dav.  March  17.  6:S0  A.  SI. 
Cni  Ot  BEKU>.8ntnr(lav.  Jlareh  ■.'4,    tt  1  P.   M. 

»..»...   ..  ...  ^ro'o  *^^r  i.i  North  tlv-»r. 

C.4BlN,$&i)  and^lOO,  i>H.  Ricuni -M  c^ti  onfw 
Torabl-  ier.ns.  sPBlfRAGa.  'i'i.  CLu:oaB7  Ur^fti 
at  i'>w3si   1-3  1. 

Saloons,    -it  iOrai-m,      smolcin!!.    and    Bath-rooiaa. 
■niiilsiiii.a.  JOHN  0.  DALE,  AReol, 
No8.  15  and  ;<3Bro4'lwaT.  S.  I. 

ANCHOR  1..INE  t.  S.  .1IAII..  STRADlKU.x. 

SEW-YORK.  A.SD  GLASGOW 
ADchorl.i..Feh.  •J.i,  2f.  A.  1  Ethiopia.Marcb  10,  2P.  M. 
tnhloi  iim.  •  arrh  H.  >s  a.  M.  I  Victoria.  Ma/tJh  17.  7  A.  M- 

TO  GLASGOW.  LTVKRPOOL,  OR  D.<RaX. 
Cabius  itij  to  as-ij,  aircor  imz  to  acoomm)  latiuas;      Ip- 
tprtnedlate,  $35;    Steerage  *'JA. 
NEW-TORK  AND  Lo.SDOn 
DtpBia.  Feb.  24.  5i  e.  M.      •  H.viih... March  10.  3  P.  M. 
Caoins,   $53    to  iE7u       ."steeraye,  **.iS.     t'abtn   excnr- 
lion    lirkets  ic   r»ilacel    rates.  •  urofta  issued  for  any 
imouiit  at  (torrent  r  usi.     ComDany's  Pier  Xos.  20  and 
41,  .NOrili  >iiror.  S.  t.         HE.VUnRSON  BRoTUKRS, 
Atreiiia.  .No.  7  Bowling  Green. 

IIM-Y  HIREt'T  MNB  TO  CKANCU. 

rUtGKKKEAL  rRA.SJATLA.STIC  C.»dt>A -JrH    itVlIi 

BTKAMEKSB.a'WliKN'.'iii.V-VOaKANi)  dA  ^ii 

taiiiusat  Pt.ViI(>UTd(  J.  rt.)  i.ir  caa  lin  iia;  j.' 

'    Pasaeusers. 
Wliliallfrom  Pier  ^o.  42  North  ttlrer.  foot»t   Morton 

»C.  ererv  alteruate  Saturua.y,  ueglaning  with: 

CAI'ALA.  Iraugeui.. Sittiirdav.  jy^o.  -^4,  at  2  P.  U. 

tor  panluuiara  aoUceas 

LnUIj  Dli  BEaiA.V,  Agent,  No.  55  Broadway. 

NATlU!*ALi   ULAK— Piers  44  and  51  Morth  Rivet 
POR  Li'SDOS. 

(iREKCE SATURDAY.  F^b.  24,  at  1  P.  M. 

Fuit  QOEKNSTOWN   AM)  LIVERPOOL. 
England... Feu.  zl,  11  a.h.  I  TfirQueenMar  'A,  7'^A.M. 
I  aUiu  and  steerage  pasaaiie,  and    draffs  from  £1  up- 
ward, iasoeil  at  very  low  rates.     Comp.tuv'8  ofBoes  No. 
fey  tr.>a.iw.i.it  1..  W.  J.  HURST,  Manager. 

FOR  SAVANNAH    GA., 

Tan  KLORllJA  PORTS, 
AJSD  THE  aburd   AND  80UTU-WE3r. 

<BEAT  SOUTHERN  FEEIGUT  AND  PA3.SE5GBR  LI5B, 

CENTRAL   RAILROAD  OF  ffRORQlA,  AND 

A'iLANTIC  AND  GULF  BAILROAU. 

WED.NKSDAY   AND  SATURDAY. 

GEIfEKALBAK«hB,  Capt,  Chbksxa.'t.  WEPNESDAT, 

feK  21,  Her  16  East  Kivei,  3  p'  al  mUBTEAY,  FERRIS 

fcCO..  AKts..    U',:  .Sontli  St. 

6aN  jaOIN  1 1>,  caps.  Hazard,  SATURDAY.  Feb. 
84,  pier  iS  Nortii  Riror,  3  P,  iU  GEO.  iO.NQE,  Agt., 
4Qt!  aroadwuv.  ■ 

to'.  CI\lj«GSTOt>,  Uapi.  Maujori.  WEDNESDAY.  Feb. 
28,  Pier  no.  43  Noftb  Klver.  3  f  M.  GEO,  YOSGE. 
Acent,  Mo.  4UV>  Broadway. 

Insarance  ONE-HALF  PER  CE.NT.  Superior  accom- 
modations for  passengers.  Thrjueh  rates  anl  bills  ot 
UdInK  iu  oonnectioa  with  Central  K.  It.  of  Georjia, 
AtjAntic  and  UitU  Railroad,  and  Florida  ateamer.! 
City  Point  and  IMctator  alao,  with  the  ateamer  J. 
B.  SCDYLER.  wbich  lias  been  placed  on  the  Inside 
roateftom  Savannah  to  Florida,  and  offers  unsorpaased. 
iccommodatioas. 

■  -t\  Uu  UVVENS,  GEORGE  YONOB, 

Aeent  A.  &  G.  K.  R.  Afent  C  R.  R.  of  Ga., 

j»o.  31.>  Broadway.  No.  409  Broadway. 

FLORIDA. 

Caution  to  traveleral  Great  reduction  In  fore  via 
the  inland  route  irom  Savannah  to  all  Florida  ports. 
Only  ji'J  to  JackRuhylllo.  Meais  and  state- rooms  extra, 
Tbe  eleeant  steamer  J.  B.  SCHUYLER  makes  close  con- 
ceotloa  with  ail  bavannah  steamers,  thus  formioj;  tbe 
quickest  aod  most  agreeable  route  as  well  as  the 
lowest-  m  taro.  ACfiumnodstions  for  passeoKers  on- 
•uroft8se<L  Travelers  are  cautioned  aKainsc  purchas- 
taiir  '  iiroaich  tickets  via  any  other  route. 

FiCMlAMFiMTlliSIT 

]te^  STEAMSHIP  LINES. 

FOR  CALlFOamA,  JAPA1«,  CHIS  A,  AUSTRALIA,  HBW^ 
UsaLiAND,  BRITiaa  C0LU.SIBIA,  OREGON.  to. 

t>alilui:  irnot  ir'ier  toSKi  oanul  at.,  Nortn  Rlvex. 
VoiJiAii  fRA.N'CiSCO,  vialSTHAIUd  OV  PA.VAMA. 

Steam-ship  CRB^PENf  pITi iliursday.  Mprch  1 

eonneuCiujg  lor  Central  America  ana  South  Paclflo 
ports. 

Krom  SAN  FRANCISCO  to  JAPAN  and  CHINA. 

Eleam-ehip  CITY  OK  TOKIO Thursday,  March  1 

From  &an  Pniuclaco  to  Saaivrtcu  IsUnd^  AiutrAlia. 

and  New-Zealand. 
B<MiO-«biP  CITY  OF  liYDNBY...... Wednesday.  Felib  28 

For  treight  or  passage  apply  to 
WM.  P.  CLYDRJtCL>..arfl.J.  BDLIiAT,  Superintendent. 

'^ou  a  BowuuK  (ireen.  Pier  foot  Canal  su,  North  River. 


GREAT  SOUTHERN 

ntttUiHT  ANU  I'AM.'lKNUifK  LilNK. 

6AILI.NG  PBUU  etHR  NO.  29    KORTd  RIV8R. 

WKDNKSDAYSand.HATURDATS  at  3  P.    M., 

COR  (;liAULii.STON,  .S.  C,  FLORIDA.  TOA 

*^MIU'iM.  AMU    HOOTH.WEST. 

GPJ^S'UcBA*^... -WKUNKbPAf Febb  31 

01T»  OJr  ATLANTA ^<ATaBpAX Fefc  24 

KUPKlilOU  PAJciKNUKU  AUOOMBUDArto.lX 

JniOTaneeco  l9icla»tlon  >a-i-i»lt>ir  ox-  p«ro8nfc 

,    Ooo<ts  forwHrdeil  ^ne  >>'  unm  olsslon.  Pa^aen^er  clolc 

CtEMDii  bills  lit  ladlnKisiaii'i  ;ia  |  ii^nel  at  tb?  qAcojC 

Ka  i.77  West  *t.,  ooFnerWaifroo. 
Or  W.  P.  CLYDE  t  <''0.,  Ho    6  Bowlln?  iJreen. 
Or  BK^TLBY  0.    UASSLtl  Qeaerat    Agent 
lirrat.Hontaera  Frelglit  ti\nft.  3 J  f  ByftB4Tray. 

HBW-YORB  aAVaS4.A.NO«EriCAII>|AlUH.  IiHi. 

bUtamera  leave  Piop  •''<>.  *  ^Hia  ■J4»-ir  «  i  .\    M. 

*"*^^       HHij|AVA.XAlnlt5t)E 

CITX  OP  VBRa  CBOZ , Wednesday.  Feb.  21 

Ciax  UK  NhlW-YonE. Wednesday, Job.  2ti 

crrV  OF  MEXICO Saturday.  March  10 

J^Ult  VISKA   UKUZ    AND    MSW-UaLKA.Ni-v 

niTHitrjJtt*    ftbxtoi'*.  UHiia.>Moti/    Tuxoah,     and 

<:^?'o&  *«iiXlCO Sattntl^,  inarch  ip 

MMuneM  wUi  tears  Mewtmeaqs  irea.  »S  ana  JUarclt 
l«i*Ver»iCru»aii<iVi  tnaatwreiiurft. 


yEW-TOBKJJfn  HAVANA 

DIBJSOT  MAIL  hWBm 


teva,  PiccBl^ 


rA.'vsTS 


8UKVIA ..JttartJh.  litVIIiuASn '*'a^oh  8 

Rates  or  ptsii^s)  PiynincB,  Lin  loo.  Oderboar?, 
Bamhurg: aod  1(1  polaesin  liastlaat  Kirjt  ilabia.  :61>»J 
foi^faooaa  a«l)(n,  AcSJ  aold,  .-^tsirize,  -B^^O,  eufreupr 

"losMAttSTJi  oqH,        ca  aicSARo  !t  boaj. 


GehetWA^etttiL' 
61,BxttaCi(.7lL  t 


GeneralPass9'»?ot  A«ots. 
Ql  Bruikdwar.  H.  v. 


PEOTSYLVAmA  BAILBOAI). 

GREAT  TRUNK.  LliNE 

AND  UNITED  STATE j  MAIL  ROUTE. 
Trains  leare  New-YME,vi}  Deabro^ses  anl      Cort- 

landt  Streets  KetHes,  as  fjllow^ 

Uxpcess  Ibt  U8rrl»biMX,  Ptttsbarc  the  West  and 
South,  with  Phlhnan  Palace  Oars  attached,  8:30  A. 
M.,  6  aua  &SU  P.  M.,  daily. 

For  WtlUMusport,  Loick  Uaveo,  Oorrv,  and  Erie,  at 
8:30  P.  M^  oooneodns!  at  Uorr.r  tot  Ti  tosville.  Petio- 
leom  Obptre,  an^  the  Oil  Revioaa.  For  WiUianu- 
port  and  UM)k  Haveh,  H-.SO  A.  M. 

For  Baituit<ite,  Washlntjrton,  and  the  South,  "Lim- 
ited: Wasbiuirton  Kiprearf"  ot  Pullman  Parlor  Cars 
cially,  except  Sunday,  9:30  A.  Mr  arrive  Washinz- 
ton4:I0  P.  U.  Reintiar  at8:40  A.  M.,  1,6,  and9 
P.  H.    Sunda.y,  a  and  0  P.  M. 

Express  for  Pniladelpbla,  7:  30, 8:30,  8:40,  (9:30  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.  M..  1,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8:3a,  9  P.  M.,  and  12 
ulKht.  »unday,  fe3l)  I.  M..  6,  6.  7.  8:30,  and  9  P.  M. 
Emigrant  an<i^cond-plae«,  7  P.  M. 

Aocommodatlon  for  Trenton,  7  A.    U.,  2  and  4:10  P.   U. 

For  trains  to  Newark.  BliaiUeth,  Rahway,  Prlnoston, 
I'renton,  Perth  Amboy,  Fleminjttoa.  Betyider^  and 
other  points,  see  tucai  sobedales  at  all  riokot  Of- 
fice^ 

Trains  wrrtve:  From  Pittsburc,  6:20  and  10:30  A.  SL, 
and  10:20  P.  M.  daity:  10:f()A.  .M.  and  6:5i)  P.  aL 
daily,  except  Monday.  Prom  Washington  and  Bal- 
timore, Qi-aO,  9:50  A.  a..  4;  10,  5:10.  and  10:2i)  P.  M. 
Hnnilay  6:30,  9:50  A.  M.  Prom  Pliiladelphia,  S:05, 
6:20.  6:30,.  9:50,  10:10.  11:50  A.  M„  2:10.  4:10,  6:10, 
6:50  S:40,  lrt:10,  and  10:20  P.  M.  SunJav  5:05. 
6:20.  d.30,  9:50,  11:50.  A.  M.,  6:50.  10:10,  and  10:20 
P.  M. 
Ticket  Offices,  Nos.  626  and   944  Broadway,  No.  1 

Astor  Uonse,  and  foot  of    Desbroases  and   Cortlan<H 

streets;      Nn.  4  Court  strcpt.  Brooklyn.     Nos.  114,  116, 

and  118  Hudson  street,  Hobokeu:    Depot.  Jersey  City 

Kmigrant  Ticket  Ofllce,  No.  8  Battery  plac^ 

FRANK  THOMSON.  D.  M.BOYD,  Jn., 

General  Unnaxer.  Oeuprnl  Passenger  Azent. 


TO    PHIIiADEL.I'UIA 

PENNSYLVANIA  RAILEOAD. 

THE  OLD-ESTABLIBHED  ROUTE  AND    SHORT    LINE 

between 

NBW-VORK    AND    1>HIL.ADEL.PH1A. 

14  Through  Tcains  each  way  dal)  v:     3  Depots  in  Pblla- 
delnbla,  2  tn  ft'ew-York. 

4    Tracks,    the  most    Improved    Equipment,  and    tbe 
Fastest  Time  consistent  with  absola'>«  safety. 

Sxpress  Trains  leave  New- York,  via  Desbrosses  and 

Cortlfindt  .itreeu  Perries,  as  follows; 
7:.30.  8:30,  8:40,  (9:30  Limited,)  10:30  A.  M..  1,  4.  5,  6, 

7,  8:30.  9  P.  M.,  and  12  Midnight.    Sunday.   8:30  A. 

M.,  6,  6.  7,  8:,30.  and  9  P.  M. 
Returning,  trains  leave  Phii^.lelpbia  3:20,  3:30,7,  7:30, 

8:30,  aid  11   A-  M.,  (Limited    Kipress.    1:H5  P.    .M.,) 

1:40,  4.  5:30,  7,  and  7;33   P.    M..   and    12  Midnight. 

On  Sunday,  3:20,  3:30,  7,  8:30  A.  M..  4.  7,  7: 36  P.  M., 

and  12  Midoiaht. 

Ticket  Oflacea,  Nos.  526  and  944  Broadway,  Na  1 
Astor  House,  und  loot  of  Uesoroaaes  and  Cortlandt 
sts.,  mo.  4  Court  St.,  Brooklyn;  Nos.  114,  116,  and  118 
Hudson  St,  Uoboicen;  Depot  Jersey  Oty.  Emigranl 
Tioket  Offli  e.  No.  8  Battery  Mace. 
FHANK  TrtOMfSO.V.  D.  M:  BOYD,  Ja., 

General  Manager.  General  Passenger  Aeent. 


TVrE*V-YORK     t;Bi\TKAL     AND     HUDiSON 

Xl  RIVER   RAILROAD.— I  ommMncinT   Deo,    VJli     187a. 
throTUch  trains  win  leaye  Grand  Central  Depot: 

7:16  .-l.  .M.,  Western  and  Northern  lixoreaa,  with 
drawing-room  oara  to  Canan  lRi:;ua. 

fc:30  A.  M..  spvclal  CJhlcago  and  St.  Louis  Ezorsss, 
With  dTHWing-ruiim  cars  to  Rochester  aui  BuffAlo. 
Also,  through  otr  lo  St.  Louis. 

11:00  A.  SI,  NortU-ro  and  Western  Kxoraii. 

3:30 P.  M..  apt^eial  Alb-»ny.  Troy  aui  VVestem  Er- 
nr-asarrlvesal.  Bnlliio":  10  A.  M. 

5:011  P.  .\L,  Kipress.  with  sle^pln^  cirs,  for  W-»ter- 
townandUanandiiiKUik  Alsot'jr  Maatcjil  yi)  PUtcs- 
bur?. 

8:30 P  M..  Paciao  Rxpreas,  daily,  with  sleepln;  car*, 
tor  Jlnchest^r,  Niagara  Falls,  Buffalo.  Cleveland.  In- 
dianapolis, and  Louibviile.  Also  for  Chlcaga  via  botii 
K  .<ib  and  M.  C.  Railroads,  anu  to  Montreal  via  Bt.  Al- 
bans. 

11:00  P.  M.,  Kxoreas.  with  gleeplnz  cars,  for  Albany 
and  Troy.     Way  trains  as  pt«r  loca'    Tloie  Tables. 

Tickets  tor  sain  at  Nos.  252,  v:61,an(l  413  Broadway, 
and  Mt  Westoott  Kxnresa  Company's  offices.  Nos.  7 
Park  place,  785  ami  »4-.i  Broadway  New-York,"  and 
333  Washington  St..   Brooiclyn. 

a  il  MKEKBit.  General  Passenger  Agent. 

ERIE  UAIL.VVAY. 

Winter  .Arrangemeist  of  through  trains.  From  Cham- 
bers btreet  Depo'.    (Kor  23d  st.  see  note  below.) 

9:00  A.  M.,  daily,  except  Sundays,  Cincinnati  and 
ChieaeeDa' Exorcss.   l»rawlnR-r.>om  co-inhes  to  Buftala. 

10:45  A.  M.,  daily,  exiiept  simiiavs,  Expr»8S  Mail  for 
Buffalo  and  tiie  Went.    Kleepini^  couo'i  to  Buffila 

7K)0  P.  M..  daii.y.  Paciflo  Kipresi  to  the  West  .'Sleep- 
ing coaches  through  to  Buffalo.  Niagara  Falls.  Cincin- 
nati, and  Chica^to  withunc  change.  Hotel  dlnlUi;- 
coaches  to  Chicago. 

7:00  f.  M..  except  Sundays,  Western  Emigrant  train. 

Above  trains  leave  Twt-nty-thirl  Street  Ferry  at 
8:45  and  10:  Id  A.  M..  and  6:4-5  I'.   M. 

For  local  trains  s^  time.iabies  and  cards  in  hotels 
and  depots. 

JNO.  N.  ABBOTT.  General   Passenger  Agent. 

N£W*YORH,    NEVV-HAVEN.    A.ND    HART- 
FORD   RAILROAD. 

After  Dec.  10,  187«.  trains  leavi;  Grand  Central  Do- 
pot  (42d  f>t.)  for  New-Caanau  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M., 
1.4:40  P.  M.;  Danbiiy  aiidNorwalk  Ratlrond  at  8:05 
A.  M.,  I,  and  4:40  P.  JI.;  Nauzatuck  Rallr.wd  at  8:05  A. 
M.,  and  3  P.  M.;  Uoas'aconic  R^Uroid  at  8:05  A.  M., 
and  3  P.  M.;  New-Havi'n  and  Northampton  Railroad  at 
8:05  A.  M.,  and  3P.  M.;  tor  Newport  at  8:05  A.  M.  and 
IP.   M.;' Boston  and   Albany  itailroAd    at  8:05   and 

11  A.    M  .  S  and  9  P.  U.,  (9- P.  M.  on    Suniiay  :)    Boston, 
(via    Shore  Liiie,i    at  1  and  lOP.  M..  (10  P.  M.   on  Suu- 
da.ys.)    Boston  and  New-)iork  Air  Line,  8  A.  M.,    1   and 
11;35P.  M. 
Way  trains  as  per  local  tim^-tablps. 

LEHIGH  VAIiLBY  RAILROAlD. 

ARBASGEMK.Sr.        PASShNGEK  TtlAINS,        JAS.  L 

1877. 
Leave  depots   foot  ot   CorclaaUt  and  D^brosses  eta.,  at 

6:30  P.  M.— Niiiht  Express,  dailr,  f.ir  Eaatoa,  Bjthle- 
hem,  Alieniowd,  Muucli  ch  inn,  Wilksburre.  Pittston, 
tiayre,  Elmira,  lihacn.  Auburn,  Rocbe^ter.  Ballilo, 
Niagara  Palls,  and  the  West.  .Pulloian's  sleepiaz 
coHcbt-8  attached. 

General  Basiernofflcp  coriirtr  Church  and  Cortlandt 
sts.,  CHARLES  a.  CU.VlMi.'^GJ.    Age.it. 

RoBBitT  H.  SAlTRE,  tinperintendent  and  Engineer, 


Wril^RPORD  RAI  I. ROAD  ROUTE  TO  NBW- 
TT  PORT.  R.  I.— Passengers  tor  this  Une  take  8:05  A. 
M.  and  1  P.  .M.  express  ~  trams  from  Grand  Central 
Depot,  amviog  at  4:18  and  8  P.  M.  ut  Newport. 

THEOUORt  WARRKN,  Superintendent. 


STONINGTON  LINE 

VOR     BOSTON     A>D    AM.    POI.NTH     EAST. 
REDUCED    FARE. 

Elegant  stvamers  leave  Pier  No.  33  North  Bivar. 
foot  of  Jay  St,  at  4:30  P.  .H. 

Tickets  for  salo at  kll  onaolpn  cfoitet  6  doas.  .''tits- 
rooms' secured  at  iilHcesot'  Westi:utt.<x;>r<iia  Oonpaay 
and  at  No.  303  Broad  w.iy. 

PROVIOBNCK    LINB. 

Freielit  only,  steamers  leave  Pier  .lo.  27  .inrth 
River,  foot  o'Park  place,  atl  e.  M.  FraUhCs  via  either 
Jinetageoat  lowest  r.t!;34. 

D.  ei.  BABCQiIg.  Prea.      L.  V-  ViLXfUi.  (}.   P.  Agent. 

FALL    RIVER   LINE 

FOR 

BOSTON  AND    THE    EAST. 

FARES  REDUCED. 

Iieave  New-York  daily.  (Sunday  eiuepte'l.)  from  Plot  ' 
No.  28  North  River,  toot  of  .viurray  at..  4:30  P.  M. 

BORDEN  it  LOVELL,  Agents. 
GEO.  L.  CONNOR,  GeiierAl  Pasaan^ef  Ajeot. 

FOR      NSW-HAVUS,     liAKTFOKD,     liko.— 
Fare  $1 ;  steamers  leave  Peclc  slip  for  Ne,w-Haven 
at  3  aod  11  S.  M.,  connecting  with  roaiL 

LiV»K  BKID»KI'OKTA.wi>  Al^l.  POliMP.'i    ON 

FBousatouic  and  .Naagatuns  Kjilroa:!. — ^*ij,  "SU 
fteamers  leave  Hatbari lie  alio  n.  ll-3J.t.  H. 

LEGAL  NOTIGES. 

UNITED  STATES  OF  A.nERiCA. 

Massaohnaetts  District,  ?  .„ 
seal.  J  ** 

BosTox,  February  3d,  1877. 

PuTsnant  to  a  monition  to  me  directed,  I  hereby  give 
notice  to  all  peiaons  concerned  Ibac  a  libel,  or  PHti- 
tloD,  Is  filed  bo^re  the  Uon.  John  Lowell,  Judge  of  the 
District  court  for  said  district,  by  Mr.  Frederick  Nick- 
etson,  Frederick  W.  Nickuraon,  Alfred  A.  .Niclcersoa. 
and  Elkanah  C.  (.Crosby,  pameis  under  tbe  firm  ot  F. 
Niokerson  and  Company ;  Harrison  Loriug,  Joseph 
Mckerson,  and  Wiidam  T.  G.idden,  owners  of  th« 
steam-sblp  "Seminole,"  her  machinery,  lackie,  apparel, 
and  fnmltnre,  aud  freight,  against  John  Mazuire, 
claiming  to  be  the  late  owner  of  the  eteam-snip  "Mont- 
gomery;" and  all  persona  making  or  alleging  any 
claim  against  said  steam-^ibip  in  a  canse  ot  collision, 
ctvii'ahd 'maritime,  wherein  and  whereby  said  o-wnerj 
claim  tbe  t>eneflt  ot  limitation,  of  haoility,  as  t>y  law 
provided,  and  upon  the  facts  and  circumstances  set 
forth  In  said  libel  er  petition ;  said  collision  biini;  al- 
leged to  have  occurred  between  ibe  said  stesia-sfaip 
"  Montgomery"  and  said  ste-im-shlp  °'  Seminole,"  on  the 
morning  of  Bnnda.y,  the  seventh  day  of  January,  now 
last  past:  and  panQsnt  to  said  moultion,  X  cite  all 
persons  clai'ming  d&mages  for  any  loss,  destruction, 
dama(r<t,  op  iniary.  by  reason  of,  or  caosdii  by.  or  aiia- 
Ing'uut  of  said  oolhsion,  to  appeal  before  said  UistrlcC 
Court,  »( the  United  States  Courtbouae,  in  BpstQu.  Id 
said  district  of  Massachusetts,  on  or  before  the  first 
da.yof  Jua<;  next  at  lu  o'clock  A.  AL ,  and  make  aue 
proQtof  their  resoeotlve  elaima.  * 

SoXAND  U.  VaUaH,    United  8t«ite«  MwrshaL 

fArlawSwM       •  ; 

rwvufX  COURT,  codnTy  of  i&ing.s 

VtSABAH  F.  CORTELYOUagflinst  JOSEPH  T.  WHITE, 
Henry  W.  Domett,  Robert  S.  Walker,  Charles  B.  Cald- 
well,  and .  his  wife.  James  M.  Borden,  Stephen  G. 

Ceodit.  To  each  of  tbe  defendants  above  named.  You 
ai8  hereby  summoned  and  requited  to  answer  tbe  com- 
plaint )a  this  action,  of  which  a  copy  is  herewith 
served  on  you,  and  this  day  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
Clerk  of  the  County  of  Kings,  at  tbe  Kings  Couatv 
Court-hocse,  in  tbe  City  of  Brooklyn,  in  said  County  of 
KiDga,  in  the  State  of  New-York,  and  to  serve  a  copy 
of  your  ansver  to  the  said  oomoinint  on  the  subscrib- 
ers, at  their  oBloe.  No.  13  VViUonghbv  street,  in  the 
City  of  Brooklyn,  within  twenty  days  after  tne  service 
of  this  summons  on  yon.  e^olnsive  of  tbe  day  of  euoh 
sernce,  and  if  joa  fall  to  answer  tbe  said  oomniaint 
witidn  the  time  aforesaid,  tbe  plaintiff  tn  this  act(oi( 
wlU  apnlT  to  the  court  for  the  reHef  demanded  la  the 
compWnc— Dated  ^Mklyn,  August  21.  187U. 

A.  fc7.  iTIuTT.  PlMoOS-a  Attomeya, 
n.a-UTr6wM   No.  13  WUloughby  B«roet,  Brooklyn. 


lOE-CKEAM. 


iM  iqROBJCAM.-BEST  IN  THBOITTt 
irt  to  ohnehea  and  lam*  pMtea; 
MxM,  taaanrtwaHT  ftiMtwlMA 


FiNA:j^OLA.fA 


BANKERS, 

1«  and  18  IVassau  st.,  WewYorlc 

DEAIiEBS  IN  ALL  IP8UB8  OF  GOVERNMENT 

SRCURIflBK 

NEW-YORK  ClTt 

AND  BROOKi'YN  BOND.S. 

BUT  AND  8BL.L  ON  COMMISSION 

STOCKS.  BONDS,  AND  GOLD. 

ADVANCES  MADE  ON  APPROVED  8BCORITIB8. 
JAtJ.  A.  TROWBRIDGE.                      DONALD  MACKAY. 
LATHAM  A.  FISH.  

SIX  PER  CENT.  UROORLY.S  CITY  BONDS. 

DkPa&tiicst  oFFiarANCB.  Costroulbr's  Othob,  } 
CiTT  Hall,  BrookxtX.  Feb.  10,  1877.        J 
The  nndcrsi<rued  will  rPCMve  sealed  propiisals  at  tlils 
office  until  Thors  lay.  March  1,  at  12  o'clock  noon,  (at 
which  time  tliey  will    beopcnel)for   the   purcaase  of 
the  whole  or  any  part  or  the  folluwing  loans: 

$600,000 
But  per  cent,  Brooklyn  city  bonds  for  tbe  completion 
of  the  New- York  aad  Brooklrn  Bridgr. 

$300,000  M.ATURING  IN  lflJ9,  and 

$2ilO,ilOU    MATURING  I  •<     1910. 

COUPON  OK     REGISTERED. 

$250,000 

fir  percent.   ASSBSSMENf   FUNu   BoNDS,  W.  it  8., 

matitnng  three  years  from  date  of  pnrchase— Regis- 

Proposala  must  state  the  price  offered,  (with  scorned 
interest  from  Jan.  1  on  Brooklyn  City  bond^)  and  de- 
Borlptiou  of  bonds  desired. 

WILLIAM  BURRELL.  Controller. 


CHASE  &  ATKINS, 

BANKERS  AND  BROKERS, 

NO.   18  BROAD  STREET.  NEW-YORK. 

INTEREST     ALLOWED   ON    DEPOSIT     ACCOUNTS 
SUBJECT  TO  DRAFT  AT  SIGHT. 
GOLD.  GOVERNMBNT.    SrAPK,     MUNICIPAL.    ANU 

RAILROAD   8ECURITIE4    BOUGHT    AND    BOLD    ON 
COMMISSION  FOB  CASH  OR  UPO.'J  MARGI.N. 


Choice  and  Sale  Investments. 

7,  8,   AND  10  PER  CENT. 
CITY  AND  COUNTY  MUNICIPAL    BONDS. 

FIRST  MOHTGAGK  RAILROAD  BONDS. 
CITY  RAILROAD  STOCKS  AND  BONDS.  ^^^^ 

INbURANt^E  ANO  BANK  STOCKS. 
GAS-LIGHT  STOCKS  AND   BOND-i. 

STRICTLY  PIRSr-CLASS  SECURITIES. 
PAYING  10  TO  15  PKR  CKNl'. 

INTEREST  ALWAYS  PROMPTLY  PAID. 
For  sale  at  desirable  prices  by 

Albert  H.  Mcolay  &  Co.. 

NO.  43  PINE  ST.,  NEW-YORK. 
N.  B.— INVESTMENT  SEOURlTIEvODa  SPECIALTY 
26  YEARS. 


TOT.iE  HOLDERS  OP    ' 

Alabama  State  8  per  cent.  Gold 
Bonds  of  1870, 

ISSUED  TO  THE  ALABAMA  AND  CHATTANOOGA  R.  R. 
NbwYcrk.  Feb.  1.  1877. 

Having  bf en  appointed  by  the  Engl  sti  Cnmmltieeof 
Bondholders  agents  for  the  United  States  to  receive 
the  deposit  of  Bonds  nucompinied  by  a  contrinutinn 
of  Ten  Dollars  Gold  lor  ea(h  b  H  I.  we  rpyieotluliy  re- 
que.st  holders  to  depooit  wiih  us  at  our  omi-e.  So.  51 
William  St,  their  Bonds  and  the  atated  eontribullou, 
for  which  proper  reoeiots  will  b^  ieaued. 

Printe'rt  torm-i  for  deposit  of  Bonds  and  cnpips  of  the 
resolution  under  which  the  said  Commiitee  act  will  be 
furoisbed  on  npplicatiuu  at  our  office. 

PLOPK  it.  CO. 

bupsnyisoB's  OFyiCK.  Tows  of  sobthaiipto.'».  ) 
ScFFOLK  Con.NTT.  Feb.  6.  1877.     5 

FIVE  PER  CE.NT.  COtPON  BONDS  OF  THE 
Town  of  Southampton,  for  sale  at  par $80,000 

«ee  provisions  of  Chap.  101.  Laws  of  1809. 
Interest  payable  at   tbe  office  of  the  Superrlsor,  an- 
nunlly,  Feb.  1st. 

Principal  redeemable  after  two  years  from  issue,  and 
payable  Feb.  1.  1899. 

A  perfectly  safe  lnyestm'>iit. 

First  Issued  at  7  per   cent.,    ri-issued   at  C   percent., 
an<l  now  being  issued  at  5  per  pen'. 
Original  amount  not  inrrea-ed  'iv  later  issues. 

WILLIAM  R.  PO.-hT.  Supervisor. 
Po9t.office  address.  Snatharaiiton,  N.  Y. 


WANTED— .MOBILE  AND  OHIO  Sfr.RC.SG 
bonds,  .Mobile  and  Ohio  8  per  cent,  intercat 
nonda,  MissI  sippM'entral  firnt  nnd  second  mortgage 
bonds,  New-Orleans  and  Jicksm  first  murlgatio  buods. 
Mississippi  and  reniiease*  firs-  mortgige  liomls,  .Mis- 
elgsippi  and  Tenueiree  second  niortga:;e  H  per  cent. 
boiida.  At.Hnlio  and  Gul'  cunsiili dated  bunds.  Western 
Railroad  of  .\labama  first  m.irtRneo  bonds.  W,  sii-m 
R.iilroad  of  Alab>iiua  s-coua  mi>r'g:kKe bonds,  riiarl(«ie, 
Columlila,  and  Au^rost-t  con^olidateil  bonds,  hoiith 
Oeiirgis  ana  Klorlda  first  mortgage  bonds,  Cairo  nnd 
Pa' ton  first  mortgage  bonds.  Aiao3m.i  class  A  and  B 
bonds. 

KOR  SALE. 
Virginia,  South  Carolina,  nnd   l,onliianr%  consols,  by 
ARKNT.^  at  YoU.'«U.  No.  0  New  et. 

OCEAN   NATIONAL  BANK. 
ASSETS  AT  AUCTION, 

MARCH  27,  1877. 

For  catalogue  apply  to  ADRIAN  H.  MULLER  it  CO., 
No.  7  Pine  st,  or  to  the  Receiver,  No.  21  N.tssau  st 

THEODORE  M.  DlVtS.  Refelver. 

inUNIOIPAL  BO.NDS,  DDE  IU06.     A   LIMITED 
AMOUNT  FOB    SALE  BY 

KPHy,lOEB  &  COi,  SO.  31  NASSAU  8T» 

COll.NTY    BONDS. 

ONE    TO  TEN  BONDi. 

$1,000    EACH, 

Eight  per  Cent,  interest.  cayai>le  in  April  next. 

Prompt  rayment. 

Price,  $700  lor  each  iKind  of  $1,000. 

For  sale  by 

TH03.    H.  WAOHTAFF, 

Na  92  Broadway. 


AnAH'S  KXPRSSS  COMPA.NT.  No.  69  Briiapwat.      I 
New- York.  Feb.  14,  1''7;.  > 

THE  TRANSFER-B<»OKS  OF  THIS  COMP4  NY 
will  be  closed  from  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  Feb.  19.  to  the 
morning  of  March  2.  J.  C.  BABCOCK, 

TreasnTeT. 

AC.  BURNHA.^I,  NO.  33  PINE  8T.  NEW-YORK. 
•—Investment  securities  oaying  eight  to  ten  pet 
cent  for  sale.  Western  mortgages  a  specialty  lor  six- 
teen .years.  References  in  New-York,  Boaton,  Hart- 
ford, and  Pbllaaelpbla.    Send  for  lists- 


T.  ROU1N.MIN  WARiCEN  &  CO. 

WM.  O.  HOFFMAN,  Aurtion-er. 

No.  106  Broiidway,  Comer  of  Pine  st 

STOCKS,  BONOS,  AND  Br.AL  EsTA    E. 


BROWN    BROTH  UtCS  dL'  CO.. 

NO.  69   W.^LIj  .-^l'., 

iHuUii  COMMERCIAL  and  TRAVBLKR?   «liDm 

AVAILABLE  in   a'lPAHT.S  of   thfl  VVOBLa 

BOND  AND  .nORTGACJK.- PERSONS  HAVING 
mouty  to  loan  oil  l);'Bt  improved  City  property,   ad- 
dress L.,  Post  Office  Box  No.  4.673. 


ELEOTIONS. 


urn  1 

177,3 


CLSyXLANO.  COLUMBU.S,    ClKCIKNATI  AJTO 
iNDlAKAPuLiS    ItAlLWAT    COMPAJf*. 

CLHysLANP,  O..  Feb  15,  1877, 

TBE  ANNUAL  JIKETJNU  OF  THd  bTO..K- 
holders  o;  this  company  for  the  election  of  Direc- 
tors, and  lor  the  transaction  ot  otiier  buainetts.  will  be 
held  at  tlie  office  of  the  company  in  Cleveland,  ou 
WEDNESDAY,  March  7.  1877. 

The  transfer-book  t  will  be  closed  from  tbe  evening 
of  20tb  Inst.,  nntU  March  a 

GEO.  H.  RUSSELL.  Secietary. 

OFFICB  of  TBK  CONSOLIDATIO.N  CoAL  CoMPANT  OF  > 
MaRTLAUD,    No.  71  BROAOWAr,  > 

New- York,  FeO.  2,  1877.  J 

TBE  ANNUAL  I*IEBTl>(«i  OK  'I'riE  Sl'OijtC- 
holders  of  this  company  for  the  election  of  Presi- 
dent and  Dtreotors,  and  transaction  of  other  bu:it- 
ness,  will  beheld  ut  noon  on  WkdNBSDAY,  tfle  2i8t 
Inst  Tbe  trausfer-bookj  will  close  ao  2  o'clock  P.  M., 
On  the  lUth  inat,  and  reopen  ou  tbe  23d  Inst 

rl.  C.   HlCKj,  Secretary. 

A  SPECIAL  mBETlNdi  OF  THE  STOCH- 
HOLDl^RS  and  election  of  Direciors  of  the  StJoseph 
ana  St.  Louis  Rallroaxi  ComDonviwIU  be  held  on  rus 
2etli  of  March,  1877,  at  tne  i-ffice  of  said  cnmoany. 
No.  417  OUye  st,  bt.  Louis.  Mo  ,  at  1  o'clock.  P.  {£ 

N.  K.  GOULUV.  aecritary. 

JVKOmSALg^ 

|>0.1iZN10N    OF  CA.NAUA. 

CI'i'Y  OF  MONTREAL. 

stbbbt  railway 
privileges. 

8BALED  TENDERS,  indorsed  "TENDER  FOR 
STREET  RAILWAY  PRIVILliG.ii.S,''  and  addressed  to 
the  undersigned,  wiU  be  received  at  the  City  clerk's 
Office,  City  Hall,  until 

FRIDAY,  Tun"  1ST  DAY  OF  JUNE  NEXT, 
for  the  piiyiiege  of  la.yins  rails'  and  rnuiiinz  cars  in 
certain  streets  or  sections  ot  streets  m  this  city, 
under  certain  ooaditlon<i  and  stipulations,  as  uetaUed 
In  the  pcint«d  specifications  adopted  by  the  Cit.y  Coun- 
cil, a  copy  of  which  may  be  ootained  ou  application  to 
tbe  underslghod,  by  any  pe  son  who  may  desire  to 
tender.  (By  order.)  CHAS.QLACKMEYBR,  City  Clerk. 
Cm   Clbrk's   Offick,  City  Uaxx,  MoNtkaAir,  Feb.   1, 

1877. 


ASTNjSr"wANTEa^^^lFT"GO^^ 
estabUshed  and  profitable  business,  centrally  lo- 
eated  In  the  Oitr  of  Bochester,  cofaaprialng  storea,  tin, 
aad  shoot-iron  ttnt,  honse-hinifshlng  ^oods,  and  ^i>- 
ei^  labhlag  wocki  %  <»(4to\  of  98.000  re^iiired-  Ad- 
4xit4  ■»  Box  ^»-  1«B  SSmm  OAos,  or  BOWABD  JOVB9. 

\ltofMtWf  I«  M  iMtft  H  Vfyi  if> 


THE  UP- TOWN  OFFICE  Oil   THE  TIMES. 

The  ap-town  office  of  THE  TIMB3  Is  located  at    . 
No.  1,tM7  Broadway,  bet.  31at  and  39d  cbt. 

Open  dally,  Sundays  taciiided,  from  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  M. 

Bnbaoriptlons  reoelved,  and-  copies  of  THE  TIMES  for 

sale. 

ADV8RTI8BMBNTS  BKCBIVED   UNTIL  9  P.  M. 


FIFTH  AY.,  NO.'iOS.CHKsTKRFIBLD  HOUSE. - 
Parlor  nml  bedroom,  with  fi-st-class  board:  ■part.y 
occupying  second  floor,  front,  will  let.  with  or  -wlthoat 
board,  tot  balance  of  season  very  rrasonably. 

JOHN  P.  WORSTELL. 


QECONOFI.OOK,  FRONT.  SUNNY  SUITE— 

One  r  5th  ttv.,  excellent  table;  anv  reasonable  offer 
entertained;  reference  required.  Address  ENQL.\«D. 
Pox  No.  319  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1.267 
BROADWAY. 


AHAfAi.L  ENGLI.>4H  iPAWlLY  OF  POSITION 
having  taken  the  residence  No.  335  West  28  b  st, 
will  be  Willing  to  give  one  oc  two  persons  of  culture 
thecomf  irtsor  a  home,  with  or  without  board ;  lib- 
eral teims:  refercnces- 


THREE  DO<IRS  FRO.^I  5 1'H  AV.~NO.  12 
EA.ST  16TH  ST.— Handsome  second  floor,  sunny 
rooms,  with  board,  for  families;  also,  rooms  for  single 
gentlemen;  references.  


AGENTiiBtlAN  CAN  BAYE  LARGE,  SUN- 
NY room  In  small  faiailv;  excellent  board.  $12 
weekly!  refer^-noes  exchanged,  t^o.  238  West  43d 
St.,  near  Bipoadway.  ' 


ENTIRE  SECOND  FLOOR,  WITH  PRIVATE 
Fable;  large  looms.  hanrisoinely  furnished,  bath,  be, 
ai<d  elegant  parlor ;  references.  14  Bast  32d  st,  be- 
tween 6tb  and  Mndlion  av\ 


"l\rO.  4  WEST  14TH  ST.— HANDBOMBLY  AND 
11  newly  fiiruiBhed  rooms  for  families  and  gent  lemen, 
with  or  without  breakfast:  best  references  given  and 
required. 


NO.  31  WEST  30TH  ST.,  BETWEEN  BROaD- 
wi^  and  5th  nv..  a  fine  suite  of  rooms  and  single 
rooms  to  rent,  with  board:  house  and  appointmeuts 
first  olasN  in  evjry  particular. 


NO.  67  WEST  38  I'H  ST.— HANDSOME  PARLOR 
and  bedro  men  upper  floor:  also,  hall  room  on 
thir  .  floor:    private  table  only. 


NO.  20  BAST  3'iD  ST., 

With  boird,  narmr  and  bed-room,  first  floor;     single 
rooraB;  tible  board. 


N 


O.  543   \VE-»T  :*'i'»  ST.— A  lakgh:.  also    a 
medium-sized  room,  with  .superior  table,  tor  gentle- 


I.EGANT    LARGE  itOOMS.  FrfilNT  AND 

rear,  with  or  withimt  board;   niso   single   rooms; 
referemes    No. ,45  Slst  st ,  5tb  ay.  and  Broadway. 


NO.    344     WE-iT     34TU     ST.— TWO    FRONT 
hall-rooms,  with  board,  heat,  aud  gas;   terms  mod- 
erate. 


FIFTH  AY.,  NO.  d/J,  BKTWEKN  II  I'H  AND 
12TH  STS.— Spacious  suite  of  well-furnished  apart- 
ments on  parlor  floor,  with  or  without  private  table. 


T\ro.  a30  WEST  45TH  ST.- SECOND  STORY. 
i.1  front;  sunny;  Inrge;  board  tor  two,  $20;  refer- 
ences. 


NO.  73    EAST  6I.ST   ST. -A    SECOND-STORY 
large  room   to  let,   with    flist-class    board.       Ser- 
vants have  been  with  us  fOr  years. 


NO.    1-ia    MAOIi^ON    AY.- DESIRABLK    SUITE 
of  rooms,  also  slugie  room,  with  board;  references 
eschsnged. 


NO.    l-i    GRA1«KR1;Y     PARK.-ONE    HAND- 
som'-ly  furnished  room,  with. board,  on  parlor  floor ; 
also  li  all-room. 


NO.  5S  WEST    33D    ST HaNDSOMR    ROO.VIS 
on  second  floor  to  let,  with    board;     terms    mod- 
erate:  references. 


NO. 5    EAS-r   4«TH  ST..    NEAR  WJNDSOR 
HOTEL. — Second  floor;    well  furuiahed:   first-class 
board:  referoncep. 


R 


oo.'ns  TO 

East  46th  st: 


LET,    WITH    BOARD— NO. 

rrferennes  exchanged. 


IN 


JO.  S  WEST  4  JO  ST 

secouu  floor,  w.th  bo:ird 


-llANDSOniK    ROO.M  ON 
referince  exchanged. 


mA RD  ^^[ANTEp. 

WANTED-BHTWKRN  2.3D  \ND  5f)TH  STS.,  AfD 
4th  and  6ih  tivs.,  with  snnny  expttjur-*,  a  paflor. 
beiJromn.  end  baih-roim,  all  communicating,  ■with  pri- 
vato  fablH  forscutieman  and  wife.  Address,  wirh  full 
particulars,  S.  A.  M..  Box.  No.  302  TIMES  CP-TOWN 
OFl'ICK,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


FUKNIsniOD  i^O^^ 

AGEN-riCicyiAN  LEAVING  FOR  EUROPE 
d>  sires  loflud  a  good  tenant  for  a  very  de«lruble 
suite  oi  rooniii,  cnoBi-tuu  of  parlor,  library,  bedroom, 
aud  dresuing-rnom,  with  oath,  tie;  lucation  aod  house 
first  cIhbb  tn  every  re8f>eci.  Addres)  TBAVKLKR,  box 
No.  29.'>  I'LVIE-ifP-lOWN  OFFICE,  l,2"i7  BttOADtVAY. 


ff^O    Ke;i^T— TO 
.Lb>a 


»»K.'.TLKJlr;.N  o.M.Y,  WITHOUT 
lard,  twii  or  three  iiicely-fum.slied  rooms  nt 
morterat  t  nrices,  in  private  house,  neighborhood  of 
Uaaisou  ay.  aod  3  Jd  sc.  Addre-is  CO.MFORT.  Box  No. 
•JO"  1 1.UK8  Ul'-  iOWN  OFF1C-.  N  •.  1,'J07  BROADWAY. 


tJbCO.VD      ANO      THIKO-STOKY      FRONT 

iORuO.Ms.  famished;    reference  required.    No.    114 
East  'J4tn  at 


]\JO.tSi)»  EAST  51  ST  .•»'!•.— A  FKW  NEWLY  AND 
ll  elegantly  turnlHueii  r'loms  at  rensouable  prices; 
but  and  cold  waicr,  bath,  g'ls,  und  tire. 


NICEI.Y-FUUMHHKD      !•  KONT    KOOAI 

Lto  let  in  a  privaii-  family  at  No.  204  East  17tli  st 


I^UKNISIIEO   ROO.VIS   FOR  GE.NTLEinEN 

A*  on#.     No.  34  East  :J0th  st 


HOTELS. 


THE  ROVALi  VlcrOKlA  HOTEL. 

N.\aSAU,   BAllAdA   IdLANOS. 

For  fall  Infoim.ition  tnply  to 

JAli.%S  l.UXlEttWOOD  St  CO., 

No.  7.>-l  tlr->.iiiy  iv.   Vow-rorlc. 


NE\V-E.\GLAM>    HOTEL.- LoDQI.SGS,  60o., 
20ii  comfortable  light  rooms  for  gentlemen  only, 

curuer  of  Bowcry  uud  bayard  sc. 


DRY  GOOm 

Gentlemen's   Underwear, 

Including  SHIRTS,  DRAWERS, 

NIGHT-SHIRTS,  UNDER-SHIRTS,  and 

EVERY  ARTICLE  OF  MEN'S  FURNISHING.' 
HAVING  LATELY  RECEIVED  the 

LATEST  PARISIAN  and  LONDON     NOVELTIES, 
For  DRESS  and  FANCY  SHIRTS,  In 

LISBilS,  PERCALE9,  CHEVI0T8,  Itc. 
WK  are  FREPABED  TO  MAKE  to  HEA8DBE. 
In  a  STYLE  8DPF.RI0R  to 

ANY  OTHER  E8TABLISMENT,  and 
At  PRICES  VERY  MODERATE. 
AN  APARTMENT  Is  PROVIDED 

On  the  FIRST  FLOOR  for 
TAKING  MEASURES  SPEEDILY 

And  CONVENIENTLY. 

A,  T,  STEWMT  &  CO., 

BitOADWAV,  4lh  AV.,  9th  and  lOlh  8T8. 


Dress  Goods, 

FRESH  and  ATTRACTIVE  NOVKLTIB3 

From  tbe  LEADING  EUROPEAN  MARKETS, 
SUITABLE  lor  SPEINO  COSTUMES, 

Including  SPECIAL  PARISIAN  IMPORTATIONS, 
At  VERY  MODERATE  PRICES, 


iT. 


BROADWAY.  4th  AV  ,  9th  and  10th  ST8. 


R.H.MACY&CO. 

.SPBCIALTIE.i 

DRESS-MAKING. 

BLACK  DBESS  SILKS.     BOYS'  CLOTHING. 

UNLIKE  any  other  establishment  in  the  countr.y. 
FOREIGN  DRir  GOODS,  FANCY  GOODS,  and  NOVEL- 
TIES by  every  EUROPEAN  STEAilKR. 

ORDERS  BY  .'«AIL   KBCBIVB  SPKCIAL  CAR.X 
CATALOGUES   FREE. 

14TH  ST.   AND  6TH  AVENUK.   N.  \. 

ArXr^^^SPEClALANNOUNCEMENT, 

A  Superb  Collection  of  American  and  .foreign 
OIL  PAINTINGS, 

Sereral  of  which  are  from  the  last  Paris  Salon  Exhibi- 
tion, and  the  American  direct  from  the  studios  of  our 
hrst  artists,  now  on  exhibition  at  the 

SCHKNCK  ART  GALLERt 

NO.  60  lilBEBTY  BTBSET, 

TO  BE   SOLD    AT   AUCTION    ON 

TUESDAY  AND  WEDNESDAY,  FEB  20    AND  2V. 

At  12  o'clock  Each  Day. 

EDWARD  8CHENCK,  Aiictioneer. 


JdUrvlCAU 

rGRlAT  OFFERI  Itiies,  H.,dT 


We  wMl  4wriiw 

__     .690  Hard  l^mei 

dumoae  cf  itfD  PlANuH  Jc  OROAN.S,  ttew^uid 
Bccondoband.  of  fli%t-ctass  malsers.  iiiclndtnv 
wATERd'.at lower  prltieii  for  oBsb  of  lutagOU 


meat*  or  to  let  ontii  paid  for  tliaa^vor  boforJe 

aOnad.      WATiSRSftJRANO      t 

Uf  KluaX'  PlAMOSdcllRtiANslaro  the  flBai:* 


MAJD^B.   AGBSTtiW 
^0n9»«mM,     A 

tttfSUen,  OKitrckei.  ate. 
.UUAV. 


dl 

CnArckei.9tc.     HbOOt 


La<Mi(> 


ahi7s:e}Mes:t,s. 


JBAOLE  TflEATUe;  /»  BROABWaT  AND  83D  «t. 

This  week  Aimee  In  her  most  popular  operas. 
ALMEE,  QUEEN  OK   OPSRA  BuUFF-l. 
.    MONDAK  and  TOBSDAY  EVKNINOS;  also  at  the 
Extra  Matinee  THUBBDAY  (Waibjngton's    Birthda.y.) 

AIMEE.... .'B-  —  ..:  — .1.A  BitANDB  DOCllBBSie 

WliDNBSDAY   EVENING   ANDBATDBDAT   JIATINBB 

LA  FILLB  BE  MUB.  aNGOT. 
TBUBSBAY— Washington's  Birtbday— 

TWO  PERFOBHANCB8. 
Matinee  at  1:30— LA  GRANDE  DDUBB^SB. 
Brening  at  8— By  request,  a  apodal  peritormance  of 

LA  JULIE  PABFOLMBUSE. 
in  which  AIMEt^  vriU  introdncejierworld  fkroons  Eng- 
hsh  song  and  dance,  PBErTY  Af  A  PICTORB, 

FridHyeyeniDg,ouivperformaaoeofQlKOF'[iB-GIBOELA 

AIMKE  (only  time)    as ...GIROPLE-OIROPLA 

Saturday   Matinee- LA   FILOB  OE    MMB.  ANGOT. 
Saturday  eveutng — Benefit  of  the  Treasurer. 
ENGLISH  DR.-iM.KTIC  PtiRFOBMANCK. 
Bnnday  Night,  Feb.  26,  a  Grand  Conceit  will- be  glyen 
at  the  EAGLE  THKATKB  by  Mlie.    aI\1EE.    together 
with  tbe  artlit's  full  chorus  and  orchestra  of  the  ' 
AIMKB  OPERA  COMPANY. 
Monday  eveiiiae,  Feb.  26,  first  time  in  New-Tork  of 
an  entirely  new  Opera  Bouff  ,  by  Offenbach, 
LA  BOiJLANGERK  A  Dcrf  ECUS, 
'wrictenexprcssl.y  for  Mile,  .\lmoe  and  which  'was  per- 
formed by^er  for  100  consecutive  nights  at  tbe  Thea- 
tre des  'vanetes,  Paris. 


CU1CH.ERINU  HALL. 

THE  NEW-YORK  CHORAL  UNION, 
P.  S.  OlLMORK,  Director, 
Will  perform  for  i  be  first  time  in  this  City, 
MALOHUS, 
a  cantata  in  three  parts, 
compoBed  by 
FRANCIS  T.  S.  Da  RLE  r,  Esq..  of  Philadelphia, 
on  FRIDAY  JiVE.'JINQ  next,  Pebu  23.  1877, 
accompanied  by 
GILMOBE'S  GRAND  OltCririSTRA,    50  PEBF0EMEE8. 
'Ihe  churns  -nlll  consist  of 
260  VOICKS. 
Selected  ftom  the  New- York  Choral  Dnioa  and  tbe  fol- 
lowing artists: 
Mrs.  CARRIE  BROOKS-UULAGER,  Soprano, 
MiS.  L.  C.  ELLIOT.  Mezzo  Soprano. 
Mrs.  Dr.  SAHUEL  AVERS,  Alto. 
Mr.  WILLUM  CASTLE.  Tpnor. 

'-Mr.  ADOLPH  SOHST,  Baritone. 

Together 'With  othe^  artists,  representiug  the    seven 

brothers,  the  flye  priests,  and  the  principal 

characters  in  the  work. 

TICKETS,  $1;    no  extra  charge  for  reserved  seats, 

which  cao  be  secured  at  SHUBlfRTH'S   music   store. 

No.  23  Union  square,  aud  at  CHICKBKING  HALL. 


G 


ILinUxtE'ji  GARDEN. 


OPEN  THBEB   EVBNI.VGS  IN  THE  WEBK. 


TUESDAY, 


THUa^AY.        AND  SATURDAY. 


50  cents. 


.ADMIS.SION 60  cents 


NIBLO'S  GARDEN. 

KIRALFY  BROTHERS Leasees  and  Managers 

LAST  NIGHTS,     LAST  NIGHTS,     LAST  NIQHT8, 

of 

AROUND  THE  WOBLD. 

THURSDAY,  March  1, 

Offenbach's  groat  Musical  Extravaganza, 

A  'I  RIP  TO  THE  JIOON. 

WASHINGTON'S  BlRTHllAY, 

GRAND    HOLIUATt    MAI'INKE. 


TENTH  ANNUAL  EXHIBITION  OF  THE 

AMERICAN  HOCIETV    OF    PAINTERS    IN 

WATER>COLORS, 

now  open  at  the  National  Aoadem.y  of  Design,  comer  of 
4tb  ay.  aud  23d  st,  daily,  (Sundays  excepted, )  tiom  0 
A.  M.  until  6  r-.  M..  and  from  7  until  10  P.  M. 


OLYMPIC  THEATRE. 

BOUND 


THE 
CLOi.K. 


NO.  624  BROAWAY. 

THE  SUCCESS  OF  1877. 
GRAND    EXTRA    MATIN KE 


WASHI.NGTON'S  BIRTHDAY.  THURSDAY.     / 
ALSO    WEDNESDAY    AND    SATURDAY.     ^ 


_  B^^jlK1R£PT_NOTT0ES^ 

DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
St 'tea  for  the  Southern  District  of  New- York.— lu 
tbe  matter  of  KUSSKLL  C.  FI^K,  bankrupt.— In  Bank- 
ruptcy.— A  warrant  iu  Bankrupicy  has  been  Issned  by 
said  court  against  tbe  estate  of  Bnssell  C.  Flsk,  of  the 
(/ounty  of  New- Yon,-,  of  the  State  of  New- York,  in  said 
district,  a<Uudj:ed  a  bankrupt  upan  the  petition  of  his 
creditors,  and  the  payment  of  au.f  debts  and  the  de- 
livery ot  any  property  belonging  to  aaid  bankrupt  to 
him  or  to  bis  use,  and  the  transfer  of  any  property  by 
him  are  forbidden  by  law.  A  meeting  of  the  creditors 
of  said  bankrupt  tn  prove  their  debts  and  choose  one 
or  more  AssUnees  ot  his  estate,  wiU  be  held  at  a  Court 
of  Bankruptcy,  to  be  holden  at  .No,  4  Warren  street,  in 
the  City  of  New-York,  la  said  district,  on  the  sixth  day 
of  March,  A.  D.  1877,  at  ens  o'cloc'c  P.  M.,  at  tbe 
office  of  Isaiah  T.  Willi-<m«,  Esq.,  one  of  the  Registers 
in  Bankruptcy  ot  said  Court 

OLIVER  R18KR,  Marshal— Messenger. 


IN  BAMvRUPTCY.- IN  THE  liISTRlCT  COURT 
of  toe  United  states  tor  the  Sontbera  District  of 
>ew-York.— In  the  mntler  ot  JULES  CRUCK  and  AD- 
RI.AN  CUUOY.  bankrupts. — Notice  is  hereby  given 
that  a  petition  bus  been  filed  in  said  court 
by  Adrian  Cruuy.  In  snid  district,  duly  declared  a 
bankrupt  undsr  theact  oi  CongrcBS.  of  March  2,  1867, 
for  a  discharge  and  certificate  thereot  from  nil  his 
(lebtB  ai<d  other  claims  provable  under  said  act,  and 
that  tueninih  dav  of  March.  1877.  at  12  o'clock  M., 
at  the  office  of  Mr.^John  Fitch,  Beguter  iu  Bank- 
ruptcy, No.  346  Bro.idway.  in  the  City  of  New-York, 
is  assiinied  for  the  hea.ing  of  the  same,  nheo  and  n  here 
all  creaitore  who  have  proved  their  debts  and  other 
persons  in  interest  may  attend,  and  show  cause,  if  aii.y 
they  have,  why  the  pmyer  of  the  said  petition 
should  not  be  granted. — Dated  New -York,  on  the  5ih 
day  of  February,  l!>77.  GliO.  F.  BuTlS,  Clerk. 

fl2-law3wM' 


DisTKicr  cuuur  ov  the  united 
stutea  for  the  Southern  Diitricc  of  New-York.— 
In  the  matter  ot  STANLEY  A.  DAYTON,  bankrnpt.— 
In  Bankruptcy.— A  warrant  in  bankruptcy  has  been 
issued  by  said  court  against  the  estate  of  C' tan  ley 
A.  UaTton,  of  the  County  ot  New-York,  of  the  State 
ot  .New-York,  in  said  diatnct,  adjudged  a  bankrupt  upon 
the  pitltliio  of  his  cfeaitors,  and  the  payment  of  any 
d^bts  aud  the  delivery  of  any  propurty  belonging  to 
aaid  b.inkmpt  to  him  or  to  bis  use,  and  the  transfer 
of  any  property  by  him,  are<orbtdden  by  law.  A  meet- 
ing of  tbe  creditors  of  suld  bankrapt,  to  prove  their 
deota  and  choose  one  or  more  Aasigoees  of  his  estate, 
will  beheld  at  a  Court  of  HaukrupLcy,  to  be  hAlden  at 
No.  346  Broadway,  in  tbe  City  of  New- York,  in  said 
district,  on  the  '^tb  day  of  M'ircb,  A.  0.  1877,  at 
twj  o'clock  P.  M.,  at  the  office  of  John  Flich.  Ksci., 
one  ot  tbe  Registers  la  Bankruptcy  of  said  conrt. 

OLIVER  Pl6Kr,.  Marshal- Messenger. 


IN  TIIE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  M.ilt&O 
States  for  the  Southern  District  of  New-iork. — In 
tne  matter  of  ALB bKl'S.  ODELL  aod  RDUAR  ODELL. 
bankrupts. — In  Bankruptcy. —  I'bls  is  to  give  notice 
that  a  petition  has  oeen  filed  in  said  court  by  Albert  S. 
Odell  ana  Edgar  Odell,  of  .lew- York  City,  in  said  cis- 
trict,  duly  declared  bankrupts  under  the  Revised 
Statutes  ofthe  United  States,  llt'ie  "  Banbrupto.y  "  as 
amended,  for  a  discharge  to  each  of  them  aud  a  certifi- 
caie  thereof  from  all  their  aad  each  of  their  debts  nnd 
other  claims  provable  under  said  Revised  Statutes,  and 
that  the  Idth  day  or  March  next,  at  2  o'clock  P.  AL,  at 
tlte  office  of  J^mes  F.  Uwi'ht,  Eaq..  Register  in  Bnnk- 
mptcy  of  said  Court,  at  No.  7  BeekBHU  stree>t.  New- 
York  Cit.v,  Is  assigned  for  the  bearing  of  the  same, 
when  and  where  creditors  may  attend  to  show  cause, 
if  any  tbey  have,  wh.y  the  prayer  of  said  pelition 
should  not  be  granted.  GEO.  F.  BKITS, 

f  lUlaw;<wAl*  Clerk  of  the  Ulstrlot  Court. 


rrillS  IS  TO   GIYE   NOTICE-THAT  ON  THE 

JL  16th  day  ot  February.  A.  D.  1877,  a  warrant  in 
bnnkruptcy  was  issued  against  the  estate  ofJi'HN  P. 
PHKLPS,  of  New- York,  in  the  County  of  Mew-York,  and 
dtnte  of  New-York,  who  has  been  a<4iudgcd  a  bankrupt 
on  hit  own  petition;  that  the  payment  of  any  dents 
and  delivery  of  an.y  property  belonging  to  sndh  bank- 
rupt to  him  or  tor  bis  use,  and  the  transfer  of  any 
property  by  him,  are  forbidden  by  law;  that  a  meeting 
ofthe  creditors  of  the  said  bankrapt  to  prove  their 
debts,  and  to  choose  one  or  more  Assignees  of  Uia 
estate.  Will  be  held  at  a   Court    of  Bankruptuy.  to  be 

holden  at  No.  345  Broadway,  in  the  City  of  New-Vork, 
before  John  Fitch,  Esq.,  Register,  on  tbe  6ih  day  of 
March.  A.  D.  i877,  at  two  o'clock  P.  M. 

OLIVER  FIBRE, 

U.  S.  Marshal,  as  Messeng-er,  Southern  District  ot  New- 
Yort. 


r|iHi->  IS  to  mvE  notice— that  on  the 

3.  seventeenth  day  Of  February,  A.  D.  1877, 
a  warrant  iu  bankruptcy  was  issued  against 
tho  estate  of  CORNELIUS  8.  GliOOT,  in  tbe 
Citv  of  New-York,  in  the  County  of  New-Yorn. 
and  State  of  New-York,  who  has  been  adlndged  a 
bankrupt  on  his  own  petition:  that  tbe  pityment 
of  liny  debts  aud  dehyer.y  of  any  property  be- 
longing to  such  bankrupt  to  him  or  lor  his  use,  and 
the  trunafer  of  any  propert.y  by  hira,  are  torbldd^sn  by 
law;  that  a  meeting  of  the  creditors  Of  the  Said  baiik- 
mot,  to  prove  their  debts  and  to  choose  ooe  or  more 
Assignees  uf  his  estate,  will  be  bald  at  a  Court  of 
Bankruutcv,  to  be  holden  at  129  Fulton  street,  iu 
the  City  of  New-York,  before  Edgar  Ketcbum,  hsq.. 
Register,  on  tbe  secoud  day  of  March.  A.  D.  1877,  at 
twelve  o'clock  M.  OLIVER  FISKo, 

U..S.  Marshal,  as  Messenger,  Sonthem  District  of.  New- 
York. 

IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  TBE  UNITED 
States  tor  tbe  DiJtrict  ot  New-Jersey.- In  the  mat- 
ter of  WILLIAM  H.  ALLEN,  bankrupt— Tho  suld 
bankrupt  having  applied  to  the  court  for  a  discharge 
froni  his  uebts,  by  order  of  the  cuurc  notice  is  hereby 
given  to  alt  creditors  who  have  proved  their  debts, 
anil  other  persons  in  interest,  to  appear  before  the 
said  court,  at  the  State-house,  in  tbe  city  of  Trenton, 
in  said  district,  on  tho  thirteeuth  (13th)  day  of  March, 
A.  D.  1877,  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.,  and  show  cause,  if  any 
they  have,  why  a  discharge  should  not  be  granted  to 
tbe  said  bankrupt  W.  S.  BELVlLLb,  Clerk. 

ri9-lawaw.d 


N  THE  DIS  t'KlC  I'  COURT  OF  THE  DNIfED 
States  for  the  District  ot  New-Jerssy.— Iu  the  matter 
oi  JOHN  F.  KlLGoU  ,  bankrupt— The  said  bankrupt 
haviug  appded  to  the  court  tor  a  olsobarge  from  fats 
aebis,  by  order  OI  the  cou.  t  notice  is  hereov  giyen  to 
all  credilors  who  nave  pr»ved  tbelr  deots,  and  other 
persons  in  interest,  to  appear  before  the  aaid  court,  aC 
tbe  ista  c-liouse,  in  the  City  ut  Trentou,  in  said  dis- 
11  let,  on  the  ihlrteenth  (13th)  dey  of  March.  A.  0. 
1«77,  at  10  o'clock  A.  Ai.,  and  abow  cause,  if  any  th-'y 
have,  why  a  discharge  should  not  be  granted  to  the 
sitld  baukrapt.  W.  S.  BGLVlLiLti,  Cleric, 

llU-lawJnM 


IN  THE  l>L«*TRiCT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED. 
<tatc8  for  ttie  aouthem  Dftlrict  of  New-Xork.— . 
iu  the  mat.er  of  ROBERT  A.,WlLL1.4M8,  bankrupt— In 
Bankiuutc.y. — No.  4,803. — clefbre  James F.  Uwlghi,  Reg- 
ister.—  ro  whom  it  may  concern;  'ihe  undersigned 
hereby  gives  notice  of  his  appointment  hb  Asslgoee 
ot  Robert  A.  Williams,  of  tbe  city  of  New-Vork  in  tne 
County  of  hew- York,  and  Btate  of  New- York,  witfaid 
said  dlstciot,  who  has  been  adjudged  bankrupt  npqn 
the  petition  of  his  crediters  by  the  District  Court  of 
said  district— Dated  at  Sew-'Yor'k,  the  5  to  day  of  Jan- 
uary. A.  D.  1877.  JOHN  H.  PLatT.  Assignee, 
feD4-law3wM*         Wo.  40  Wall  et,  Ne^y-York  city. 

ftlTRD     SPATES     Dl.S'l'RICT     COOH'P, 

Southern  District  of  New-Yorii.— in  Bankruptcy.— 
Southern  District  ot  New- York. 'as  :  At  the  City  of  New- 
York,  the  tblriy-first  day  ot  January,  1877.  The  nn- 
derslgued,  Bdward  V.  B.  Dodd,  hereby  gives  notice  of 
his  upoointment  as  Assignee  of  the  LUCIUS  HARr 
MANUFACTURING  COMPA  NY,  ofthe  City  of  New- York, 
in  tbe  CouLty  ana  State  of  New- York,  wtthin  said 
district,  a  corporation  which  baa  been  adjudged  •» 
bankrupt  npon  the  petition  of  its  creditors,  by  the 
District  Conrt  of  said  distriet. 

BDVYABD  V.  &  DOOP,  Assignee. 

Jaxss  S.  Stzasits,  Attorney,  Na  74  Broadway,  New- 
Yorl*. 

ts-lawBrM* 


LOST  AJyP  FOIJim 

.^ ., -—.^LOtlT^Oa^NDAT.  FBB.   18,' 
etwew2««49,  tf  eioek,  wtHtnokp,  a  l»)aak 


UmONHarARE  THBATRB. 


Proprtetvr. ..... 

Mtniigf\r 


.Hr.  SBEBIDAir  SHOOK 
Mr.A.M.  PALUSB 


TBIBD  WBBK 

^  and 

UNBQOTTOCaL  sdcoess 

of  tne  most  important  dramatlo  work  pifldnced  In 

BeW'-Tork  in  ioany  sessens,  the  oharming  xomantio 

drama  in  four  acts  entitled. 

THE  UANICHBFFt. 

H0U8B  OEOWDED  AT  BVEBT  REFRB8BNTATI05. 

A  play 'strong  in  its  simpUcity.  beanttftil  in 
its  tsedog,  aiul  picturesque  in  its  surround- 
ings. The  success  of  tne  piece  Is  unequirooaL 
—<»««>- For*  lrH)WM. 

Tbe  greatest  drama  yet  presented  upon  the 
boards  of  the  unique  Union  Square  Theatre.— 
Evening^  MaiU 

The  new  play  promises  to  add  another  to 
tbe  list  of  long  runs  at  this  theatr*.— Tbe  Bun. 

Unqnestiooably  tne  Danicbeffs  Is  the 
most  remarkable  play  produced  in  New-Tork 
in  tue  last  five  years.— Spirit  oftlte  Timt*.    • 

In  moral  tone,  graphic  indlvidaalisatlon, 
profonnd,  pathetic  interest  and  scenic  beauty 
there  has  not  been  so  impressive  and  tonohing 
a  stage  exhibition  tor  many  a  season.- iJaity 
Ntwa. 

A  good,  pure  play.— Conimerefal  Advurtiitr, 

An  nndonbtnd  success.— .Veto- Tork  Herald. 

The  most  effective  of  the  man.y  trood  plays 
produced  at  the  Union  Square  Theatre.— Jfvsi^ 
ing  Post. 


THE  SCENERY,  COSTUMES.  PURNITCRE, 
AND  APPOINTiJRNTS  EXCEL  IN  BB.vOT'r 
AND  HAONIPiCENCB  EVERY  PREVIOUS 
PRODUCTION   HEBB 

The  cast  embraces  the  fbllowing  fkrozlte 
names: 

Messrs.  C.  R.  Thome,  Jr..  James  O'Neill,  W. 
R.  Floyd,  J.  H.  Stoddard,  John  Parselle.  H.  W. 
Montgomery,  H.  F.  Daly.  W.  H.  Wilder,  John 
Matthews,  Lystnder  Thompson,  and  H.  Bi.m- 
sey,  and  Misses  Kathertno  Rogers,  Fanny  Mo- 
rant  Sara  Jewett.  Ida  Vernon,  Mrs.  Marie 
Wiikins,  Mrs.  Farren,  Miss  Lillian  Cleves,  and 
Mrs.  heym'our. 

The  acting  of  the  ladies  and  gentlemen  em- 
ployed is  described  by  one  of  tbe  most  refined 
and  competeot  critics  oo  the  New-York  press, 
as  follows:  '  THE  ACTING  IS  PERFECT.  THE 

MANAGEMENT  HAS  CAST  THrt  PARTS  AS 
THEY  WOULD  HAVK  BEEN  CAST  AT  THE 
FBANCAIB.  THIS  H  THE  WAY  PLAYS 
SHOULD  BB  CAST  FOB  PERMANENT  BUNS, 
AND  IT  18  ONE  OP  THE  SEASONS  OP  THE 
INrVARlABLR  8DCCK3SES  OP  THE  ONION 
SQUARE  THEATRE."  


TUKSDAf  KVENING,  Feb.   2  >,  third  annual  benefit 
of  Mr.  CHARLES  R.  THOR.NE,  Jr. 
THURSDAY.  Feb.  22,  (Washington's  Birthday,)  TWO 

PEBFORMA.^CES  OF 

THE  DANICHEFFS. 
Matinee  at  1:30;  evening  at  8. 
SATDBDAY,  Feb.  24,  at  1:30.  fourth  matiu6e  of 

THE  DANICHRFFS. 


DALY'S  FIFTH  AYENUB  THEATRE. 


The  Alenieat  Performance  in  the  City. 

Let  those  now  LAUGH 
Who  never  LAUGHED  before, 

And  those  who  always  LAUOHBB 
Now  LAUGH  tbe  more. 


liEMONS! 


Beslns  Every  Nl^ht  at  S  i  Terminates,  lOtSO. 


LAUGH 

FOR 

EVERYBODY. 

LEMONS  Matinee  Saturday  at  2 1  OTerat4i30. 

\YA8HINGTON'S   BIRTHDAY, 

THURSOAY  NEXT,  AT  3. 

LE.UPNS  MATINEE. 

MATINEE  PRICES.- Balcony  reserved  seats,  $1;   Or- 
chestra. $1  50;  Family  Circle,  50  ets.  Honses  crowded. 


THE  BEST  QflESERVEO  SEATS  AND 
boxes  f.>r  the  opera,  and  all  theatres,  six  days  iu 
advance ;  also  front  boxes  for  the  .llarth<t  Washington 
Reception  at  Tyson's  theatre  ticket  office,  Windsor 
Hotel 


BOOTH'S  THEATRE. 


THIRD  WEEK. 


ENORMOUS  SUCCESS  of  ROWE'S  GREAT  PLAT,    ' 
"FIFTH  AVENUE." 

GEORGE    RIGNOLD  as  the  Hero. 

•,*  The  play  abounds  with  illustrations  of  the  neou- 
liar  phases,  thrilling  Incidents,  and  seniuionai  occur- 
rences of  LIFE  IN  THE  GREAT  METROPOLIS  as  it 
was  in  1863. 

Pictures  the  SINKING  OK  AN  OCEA.H   STEAUEB. 

ACT  IL 
Plctores  SCBNB3  IN  WALL  STREET. 

ACT  IIL 
Pictures  the  LAUNCHI.NG  OP  TBE  MONITOR. 

ACT  IV. 
Pictures  Fifth  avenue  by  ni;ht.  and  the  MUBDEB  OF 
MB.  SCHUYLER,  the  banker.    A  thrilling  scene. 

AOT  V. 
Pictures  tbe  return  of  tho  gallant  SEVENTH  REGI- 
MENT and  tbelr  conflict  with  the 

RIOTERS     OF     18S3. 

•»»BPECIAL  MATINEE  on  Washington's  Birthday. 


HTEINWAY  HALL. 

MONDAY  KVENINQ,  FEB.   19,  18T7, 
GRAND  t;ONCKKT. 

(In  aid  of  HospitAi  for  Cure  of  Chronlo  Diseases.) 

loUNQ  APOLLO  CLUB! 

MME.  DE  RYTHERt 

and 

MISS  MINNIE  MASO-V,  Elocutionist. 

Admission,  with  reserved  seats,  at  Pole's,  No.  39 

Union  square. 


UEU^ER'S    WO. MOB U.    THEATUB. 

EVEBY  EVENING  AT  & 
The  Tlilrd  Programme. 

Kveryibing  new  aod 

more  wondenul  than  ever. 

BOBBRT  HELLEB.  MISS  HELLEB. 

Matinees  Wednesday  and   Saturda.v  at  p. 

Children  half  price  tolUatinees. 

Extra  Matin6e  WASHINGTON'S  BlRTHDAT. 


THE  B£8T  NEW  AIUSJIC. 

"Billow  of  Fire,"  song,  by  the  late  P.  P.  Bliss.  30c.; 
"Rweet.  Sonny  Smile  of  My  Darling."  Dank'a  (>eBt 
song,  -with  picture  title,  40c.;  "I  Love  My  Love," 
Graham,  30c.;  ''Pond  Lily."  galop.  Berg.  40c.;  "Pleas- 
ant Recollections,"  MBller.  50:.  New  Easter  Hymns 
and-Carols  now  ready.  WC  A.  POND  &  CO.,  Mo.  647 
Broadway.    Branch,  No.  39  Union  square. 


CHICKERING    HALL.— MR.   AND    MRS.  CARL 
FEININGKR'S  fourth   music  recital,  WEDNESDAY 
EVENING,  Feb.   21.    1877.     Compositions    by    Bach, 

Scbubert  Gade,  Kalliwoda,  'Wieniawsky.  and  others. 
Admission  $1 :  reserved  sea's  SO  cents  txtro.  Tickets 
can  be  obtained  in  adraace  at  Obickerlng  Hall  and  at 
Scblrmer's,  No.  701  Broadway. 


GBANDOfENM,  FEB,  19,187?, 

THE    FIRST    JAPANESE     MANUFACTUR- 
ING AND   TRADING  CO.^IPANY,    GIT 
T0K.10,    JAPAN, 

NO.    866    BROADWAY. 

WE  INVITK  TEE   PUBLIC    TO   INSPECT    OUR   EX- 
HIBITION. 
A  branch  of  the  Tokio  House  has  been  permanently 
estabUsbedin  New- York,  where  may  be  seen  the  vari- 
ous products  of  Japanese  art  and  workmanship. 

Tbe  choicest  specimens,  both  of  antique  and  modern 
design,  will  be  constantly  on   sale,  witb   the  latest 
adaltions  from  the    potteries,    enamel  works,    bronze 
founderies,  andlacquer-rooins  lu  Japan,  such  as 
BIZEN     PORCELAIN     AND     EGG-SHBLL 

CHINA. 
SATSUMA  FAIENCE,  BANKO    MAJOLICA, 
OWARI  CLOISONNE.  KIOTO  FANS, 
SCREENS   ANO    TOYS.    TOKIO 
CABINETS    AND    VASES, 
LACQUER    WORK    FRUill    MANY     PRO- 
VINCES, SILKS  AND   EMBROIDER. 
IBS    FROM   KIOTO,    CUU108I> 
TIES   FRO.n  ALL  F.\RTS 
OF    JAPAN. 
We  represent  all  the  Industries  of  the  Mikado's  Em- 
pire.   Toe  production  ot  every  brouzssmith,  lacquerer, 
porcelain-mAker,  potter,  eunmeler.  and  artist  ot  repu- 
tation are  and  'wlh  bs   lonad  lu  our  establiaument. 

KINZABRO  YATE. 


TO    CONSIGNORS    OP    lYIEAT.     , 

Mr.  T.  B.  BLACK  begs  to  iuform  consignors  of.  meat 
to  tlie  Kiiglish  market  that  sll  eunslgnments  lorwarAed 
to  him  will  receive  prompt  atleotiun,  and  no  pains  will 
oe  spared  to  seoore  the  best  prices. 

T.  B,  BLaiK,  Commission  Salesman, 
No.  102  Central  Meat  Market,  London. 
EaTABLlSHriD  1850. 


FRBSH  BEEF.— A  PARTY  HAVING  FACILITIES 
tor  dellyeiiag  dress3d  beef  ttom  Chicago  wishes  ad- 
dress of  some  neater  who  can  handle  same  iu  New- 
York,  K.  Y.  BEate  niclllttes  for  rei-eivme  aad  bandllng 
one  or  two  cars  per  day.  C.  F.  PlEiiOE  (t  CO., 

H^u  102  Wasbiugtuq  St.,  Cbicaga 


E 


mjPt'ei'  COCOA.— «R.AI'KFULi  AND  oo  dKjJtl'f  NGh 
Jjiea'-h  paoiteti3l-ib>llB,l,  JAJihi  1  lie^i  Si  O.K.  aom<<- 
opattilo  Chemists,  No.  4$  T^eadoeedle  st  and  No.  170 
^iccaditlv.  Lou  toQ,  EnjlAuJ.  Nev-YorK  Depnt.  Silli'H 
&  VA2I0BRBKUK  Pare  pUe.e. 

t,..l..  ,.     '  .,1. .  ..         .,     ,      .1 ■,J 

THE    UP-TOWN   OFFICE    OF  THE  TIMES. 


Theuo-towm  office  of  TUB  TIMES  Is  located  at 
No.  lt'.257  Broadway,  bat.  Slst  aad  3s|d  •&. 

Open  doily.  Sundays  inbluded,  brom  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  M. 

Subscriptions  received,  and  copies  of  THii  TIME3  for 

sale. 

ADVERTISEMENTS  RBOKIVRD   UNTIL  9  P.    M. 


WANTED-JJTABLB  WITH  FlVii  ST.VLLS,  AMPLE 
catflage-room,  accommodatlona  for  coachman; 
from  S4th  st.  up ;  two  blocks  from  oth  av.;  vent  not 
to  exeeed  $600  per  year.  Address  H.  L.,  Box  No.  287 
TIMBS  DP-TOWN  OFFlCa,  NO.  1.267  BROADWAY. 


WAULACKfa, 

Proinietor  and  Uanager Mr.  LBSTSB  WAXiLAOK 

GEKUIRB  8UGOE88  OF  LEGITIMATE  OOXKDS 
THE  PEODUJTIOH 

Of  .       - 

WILD   OATS 

AS  ABTISTin  TBIURPH 

FOB  EVBRYBOPT  CONCBRHBD 

IN  ITS  BEPBBSBNTATIOIL 

Wbat  tbe  Herald  says.:  | 

The  production  of  O'Keefe's  flamoiu comedy  of 

WU.P  OATS 
on  Monday  evening  created  an  enthnaiaaiB  nmrarpasssft 
by  ftoy  pr«Ti0tts  prodaction  at  this  tboAtre. 

THK  BOVEB 

of 

MB.  LESTBB  WALLACK 

A  bPLENDID  PIBCB  OF  ACTING.— AitM. 

In  Sir  George  Thnnder,  Hk  JOHN  OILBKBT  fladf  • 

eh aracter after  his  own  heart— H'eraiti, 

Mr.  BECKETT  was  notaoiy  good  as  Ephralm  fliBOOth. 
—Time*. 

Mr.  g.  ARNOTT  personated  John  Dory  with  tifht 
feeling  and  discreet  art.— rritoae. 

Sim,  by  Mr.  B.  M.  HOLLAND,  a  delieions hU of  oe^ 
iofh—Heraid. 

Harry  Thunder,  played  by  Mr.  0.  STKVBBSOff,  tilth 
his  wonted  grace.— Rerald 

Miss  ROSE  WOOD  played  Lady  Amaranth  with  flae 
Rraoe  and  delicate  humor,  aad  Miss  BFPIB  0EKlfO.9l 
■was  equally  at  home  in  the  merr.y  Jenny  Oammon.  la- ' 
deeil.  ttom  Mr.  WaLLACK  himself;  to  the  Lftudloiftal 

tho  "  Rising  Sun."  the  nlay  iras  

A  TRIUMPH 

FOB  BVBBTBODY  CONCBBNBD.— R'sralA 

THE  GBEAT  COMEDY 

■wilt  be  performed 

EVBBT  BVBNINO  AND  SATURDAY  MATUTKB  CBTIIi 
FUBTHER  NOTICE, 

with  Ite 
EXCEPriONAIi  CAST 

and 
PICTUBESQUE  SCENIC  ILLUSTBlTlOai. 
1  Box-«ffloe  open  ttro  weeks  In  advance. 

'  In  consequence  of  ihe 

UNPRECEDENTED  SUCCB8B 

of 

WILD  OATS 

the  prodnetlon  of  other  novelties  is  tat  the  iweMflA 

postponed. 

ACADEMY  OF  MUSIC.  ABBOTT. 

GRAND  ITALIAN  OPBBA. 

Hr.  DE  VIVO  has  tbe  boner  to  annooooe  the  ddim^ 
of  Miss  EMMA 

ABBOTT. 

IN  GRAND  '  I         FEIDAT    EVBNUra, 

ITALIAN  FEB.  23, 

OPERA.  I  AT  a 

when  'Will  be  presented  DonisettPs  charming  opera, 

JiA  FIGLU  DEL  BEGGIMENTO, 
with  the  following  Btar  cast : 

Miss  BMMAWIlBBOTT.» as ^...HCABIA 

(in  whloh  tAle  she  achieved  a. decided  saooeM  ia  Lco> 
don.) 

Signer  BBIGNOLI  in  his  great  rftleof .Toido 

Sienor  FBBRANTI  in  bis  incomparable  rAle  of  Solpisio 

MUe.  DB  GBBELE The  MaroUoneai 

and  others. 
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of  Music 

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OLENT  SOCIETY. 

SATDBDAT  E'VBNINO,  Feb.  24,  first  perfbrmanoe  oi 

LBS  DRAGONS  DE    VILLAud, 

Opera  oomique  in  three  acts. 

MUe.  MAKIE  AIMEE  AND  TROUPB. 
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Tbe  last  week  of  that 

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Tuesday  evenin-;.  Feb.  20.  at  8i  'j 
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LISZT— WAGNER.     RKCITa  IIVK  and  ROMANCK. 

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CHOPIN  SCHERZO.    C  sharp  minor. 

SCHUMANN  Warum  t    WEBER.  Momento  capriccloaa^ 

&c 

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It  li  i«spectflillr  anuoooced  that  otriaf  to  orfienl 
demands  of  the  musical  public 

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EXTRA  MATINEE 

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at  Stein  way  Hall,  Shuberth's  and  111  Broadway. 


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MONDAY,  FEB.  19. 
First  representation  here  ol 

OUR   BOYS, 

(With  permission  of  Anernstin  Daly,  Esq..)  * 
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day.  Hr.  J.  J.  Saville.  Miss  Anaie  Kdmondson.  Miss 
Genevieve  Stebbina.  Mrs.  Sol  Sm.in,  Miss  May  («aUo< 
gher. 
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AND  SATURDAT  AT  2. 
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Prof.  STABR'8  ASTONISHING  BXHIBITlON. 

Magnifying  minute  marine  objects  to  10,000  tlaei 

their  natural  size. 

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C CONCERT  BY  F.  F.  ItlULLER,  AT  CnlCK. 
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•  INSTRUCTION.   . 

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No.  40  WASHlNOrON    SQUARE,  NKW-YORK  CITZ. 

GEO.  W.  CLARKE,  Ph.  D.,  Principal. 
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ClIARLIER  IN.vriTUTK, 

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twenty  yearj  old. 


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No.  274TIMB«  UP-TOffN  OPFICB,  1.857  BBOADiyAT3 

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THE  STATEN  ISLAND  MTSTEBY. 

VBB  CSAIX  OK  CIRCUM8TANTIAI,  BYIDEKCB 
AOAmST  OEOBOE  Iv.  EBNST  BROKEN— 
THE  PRISONER  TO  BB  RBLKASBD  TO-DA.Y 
—PECULIAR  DISCREPANCIES  IN  THE 
STATEMENTS  OP  HUSBAND  AND  WIFE, 
la  parsTiin?  the  inTestisation  in  relation  to 
the  Koilt  or  inoooenoe  of  Georgo  L.  Ernat,  whose 
wrest  on  sosDioion  of  havlDK  been  conoerned  ia  the 
death  of  the  yoantc  woman  whose  corpse  was  foand 
OS  the  momins  of  the  lltb  inst.  near  tho  old  Qaar> 
uitine  srroonda  on  Staten  Island,  has  been  fally 
ebrooided  in  The  Times.  Sereu  Sattie  and  Detec- 
tive Georee  Q.  Dilka  paid  a  visit  yesterday  to'  the 
Hiohmond  Coonty  Poor-honse,  wbete  the  body  ot 
the  nofortnnate  yoone  woman  is  still  kept  await- 
ine  positive  identification.  They  were  accompanied 
by  a  yonns  son  of  Mrs.  Henrietta  Schaal,  the 
proprietress  of  the  boardlnK-honae,  No.  188  Frank- 
lin street,  whe^w  Emac  boaraed,  and  where,  it  is 
alleged,  he  was  in  the  habit  of  receiving  f requeue 
visits  iromayonog  woman,  answering  in  some  re- 
spects the  description  of  the  deceased!  Mrs.  Soboal 
seated  on  Saturday  that  on  the  evening  preceding 
the  finding  of  the  body  this  yonog  woman  called 
on  Ernst,  and  appeared  to  be  in  great  troable,  and 
that  Ernst  went  with  her  to  Staten  Island.  Ernst 
admittea  that  he  went  to  Staten  Island  with  a 
woman  on  the  night  in  Qnestion,  bnt  said  that  this 
woman  was  .his  wife.  Mrs.  Ernst  corroboiaved 
her  husband's  statement  in  the  main,  but  there 
were  a  number  of  nunor  discrepancies  in  the  two 
statements.  The  visit  of  the  officers  to  Staten 
laJaod  was  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  definite- 
ly whether  the  deieeased  was  the  woman  who  was 
in  the  habit  of  calling  on  Ernst  at  his  lodgings,  and 
yonng  Schaal,  who  had  seen  this  woman  several 
times,  was  expected  to  identify  her.  On  reaching 
roe  place  where  the  remains  are  temporarily  depos- 
ited, the  youth  wai  shown  the  corpko,  and, 
after  gizing  steadily  for  several  minutes 
at  the  remains,  said  eropbatically  tbat 
iie  Dad  never  !>een  that  tace  before.  He  was  next 
shown  the  clotbinsr  which  the  woman  had  worn, 
aud  he  aaain  reiterated  the  statemenc  tbat  tbe  re- 
mains were  not  those  of  tbe  woman  who  had  called 
at  bis  mother's  house  ro  see  Ernst.  He  said  that 
toe  aeceased  resembled  this  woman  somewhat,  but 
was  not  HO  tall  He  is  now  firmly  convinced  tbat 
the  woman  who  called  on  Ernst  was  his  wife.  The 
non-identification  of  the  remains  overthrows  tbe 
fabric  of  ciruumstantiai  evidence  which  bad  bson 
slowly  accumalating  against  the  prisoner,  and  he 
will  be  released  to-day.  He  will  be  taicen  for  that 
porpose  before  Justice  Silbreth,  at  the  Tombs,  this 
morning. 

Jirs.  Ernst  called  on  Inspector  Dilks,  at  the  Po- 
lice Central  Office,  yesterday,  ana  told  him  that  she 
wished  to  correct  tho  statement  made  by  her  on 
Saturday  to  the  effect  tbat  sbs  had  never  oallad  on 
her  husband  at  his  boardlog-hoaae.  She  says  now 
tbat  she  did  call  there  on  the  Wednesday  or  Tnurs- 
day  previous  to  the  finding  of  the  bodv,  bnt  not  on 
Saturday  evening,  as  stated  by  Mrs.  Schaal.  Tne 
latter  is,  however,  positive  that  it  was  on  Sat- 
urday evening  that  the  fair-haired  stranger, 
whom  she  now  recognizes  as  Mrs.  ^rnst, 
called  at  her  house,  and  it  is  iapossiblo 
to  reconcile  these  two  statements,  except 
ou  the  hypothesis  that  Mrs.  Schaal  is  mistaken  as 
to  the  evening  on  which  the  woman  oallea,  or  tbat 
there  is  still  anotner  woman,  a  blonde  with  bine 
eyes,  mixed  up  In  the  case,  who  has  not  appeared 
on  the  scene  since  the  discovery  of  the  miirder  or 
suicide.  Mrs.  Ernst  obtained  permission  Irom  tbe 
Inspector  to  visit  her  husband  at  the  Leonard 
Street  Police  Station,  where  sne  had  au  interview 
with  him  in  tbe  presence  of  an  officer,  nnder  the 
proviso  that  the  matter  lor  which  he  was  under  ar- 
rest should  not  be  the  subject  of  conversation  be- 
tweeu  them.  Ernst's  brother,  who  is  sexton  of  the 
church  at;  the  corner  of  Broome  and  Elizabeth 
Btreets,  also  called  on  Inspector  Dilka,  bat  was  not 
allowed  to  visit  his  brother. 

5  U&GLAJRS  ■  CLE  FERL  Y  CAPTURED. 
TWO      WELL-KNOWN     THIEVES       CAPTURED 
APTER     A        SHARP       CHASE — A      LARGE 
AMOUNT  OF     STOLEN    JEWELRY    FOUND 
IN    THEIR    POSSESSION. 

At  9  o'clock  on  Satarday  night  Jacob  Hell- 
man  called  on  Capt.  Byrnes,  at  the  Mercer  Street 
Police  Station,  and  reported  that  the  apartments  of 
his  father,  Mr.  Emanuel  Hellman,  on  tbe  second 
floor  of  No.  5  Clinton  street,  bad  jnst  been  robbed 
of  Jewelry  valued  at  13,000  by  two  youug  men,  who 
bad  made  their  escape  in  au  express  i^agon.  Tbe 
wagon  had  been  atanding  in  front  of  tne  house 
while  the  thieves  were  in  the  apartments,  and  one 
of  the  neighbors  had  noticed  that  "  Clinton  Place" 
was  painted  on  its  side.  Capt.  Byrnes  remem- 
bered tbat  some  time  ago  -  a  wagon  be- 
longing to  John  W.  Earl,  who  keeps  a 
liable  in  Clintsn  place,  between  Macdougal  street 
and  Sixth  avenue,  had  been  captured  in  New-Jersey 
w^hile  conveying  stolen  goods  to  tbis  City,  and  he  at 
once  sent  Deteotives  Slevin  and  Dolan  of  his  com- 
mand to  the  stable.  Tbe  officers  learned  tbat  two 
men  bad  hired  a  w^agon  there  at  about  7  o'clock  and 
bad  not  returned  it.  The  detectives  stationed  them- 
selves in  tbe  neighborhood  of  tbe  stable  to  await 
their  return  with  the  wagon.  They  bad  not  been 
waitins  long  wben  they  saw  the  wazou  coming 
dowu  Clinton  place  from  tbe  direction  of  Broadway 
at  a  rapid  pace.  There  were  two  men  in  it  whom , 
the  officers  at  once  recognized  as  expert  bnrglars. 
One  was  Charles  Pardy,  alias  "the  Kiii," 
whom  Slavin  bad  been  instrumental  in  sending  to 
SinK  Siag  several  years  ago  for  barglary,  and  his 
companion  was  Edward  Earrell,  who  has  also  dune 
tbe  State  service  at  the  same  penal  establishment. 
As  tbe  wa,gon  approached,  Slevin  ]amped  out  into 
tbe  street  und  seized  tbe  horse's  head.  Both  tbe 
men  leaped  out  and  started  off  in  opposite  direc-, 
tiona.  Purdy  ran  to  Sixth  avenue,  and  turned  up 
that  thoroughfare.  As  he  turned  the  corner  he 
threw  oifbis  overcoat,  and  taaing  tha  middle  of  the 
Street  beiweea  tbe  car  tracks,  ran  like  a  deer  no 
the  avenue,  closely  followed  by  Slevin.  The  officer 
called  on  the  iuEitive  to  stop,  bnt  the 
fiying  burglar  paid  no  attention  to  tbd  suin- 
Dioos,  ai.d  Slevin  fired  a  shot  irom  bi.<*  pistol 
5D  the  air  hoping  thereby  to  cause  the  surrender  of 
the  fucitive,  but  without  effect.  Pindiog.  however, 
that  his  pureuer  was  gaining  on  him,  Pordy  turned 
suddenly  at  bay,  aud  slipping  his  bands  into  tne 
pidtol  pocket  of  his  pantaloons,  was  about  to  draw 
a  revolver  wben  Slevin,  who  had  came  up  with 
him,  divining  his  "intention,  by  a  well-direoied  blow 
under  tbo  ear  sent  bim  reeling  into  the  gutter.  Be- 
tore  be  conld  recover  himself  the  officer  bad  dis- 
armed aud  seemed  tbe  desperate  burglar.  Meao- 
wbile  Dolan  pursued  Farrell,  and  arter  a  elarp 
»  cbase  sueceedea  in  arresting  him.  Both  men  were 
taken  to  the  Mercer  streat  Police  station  and 
seurchec'..  In  ine  possession  of  Purdy 
-were  lound  six  solitare  unset  diamoncs 
ball  a  dozen  silver  .tablespoons,  half  a  dozen  silver 
teaspoons,  a  gold  tbimble,  and  a  large  bottle  of 
chloroform.  Parrel  had  in  his  pockets  two  gold 
watdbes,  a  heavy  gold  neck  chain,  an  oval  locket, 
and  an  empty  watch-caae.  X'he  prisoners  were 
lucked  up,  and  Mr.  Ueliman,  on  being  notified, 
identified  the  property  found  in  tneii  possession  as 
bavius  been  stolen  trom  blm.  A  quantity  of  old  gold 
and  silver,  several  gold  rines,  and  some  valuable 
papers  stolen  at  tbe  same  time  are  still  missing, 
and  it  is  supposed  tbat  the  thieves  threw  these 
articles  away  "in  their  flight.  It  was  ascertained 
ihai  the  burglars  had  forced  open  the  door  leadinff 
to  Mr.  Hellman'a  apartments  with  a  "jimmy  " 
during  the  absence  of  the  occupant,  and  bad  also 
lorcea  open  a  box  containing  the  property.  The 
pi-isouers  were  arraigned  at  tbe  Washington  Place 
Police  Court,  before  Justice  Flammer  yestsrday, 
and  remanded  until  to-day,  wben  a  formal  chai'ge 
of  burglary  will  be  made  against  them. 

'' RETURN  GRAIN  MOVEMENT"  RUMORS. 
Foreign  grain  markets  have  been  tame  and 
spiritless  tor  a  long  time  past,  especially  for  wheat, 
and  ^iar  own  markets  have  been,  in  tne  wheat  con- 
nection, kept  relatively  higher  as  to  prices,  partly 
by  speculative  manipulation,  based  on  the  assnmp- 
twn  of  short  supplies  In  the  interior,  thus  seriously 
checking  business.  Export  dealings  in  wheat  at 
this  point  have  been  reoently  unimportant,  ship- 
pers complaining  of  their  inability  to  pay  asking 
rates.  Millers  here  and  tbrougbout  the  interior 
have  been  also  very  reserved  in  their  operations, 
yet  values  have  been  maintained  by  holders  with 
remarkable'  firmness.  Through  the  past  few 
weeka  yarious  mmors  have  bsen  in  circulation  of 
return  shipments  of  Au)ericnn  wheat  Irom 
£urope  of  more  or  leas    msgoltude,  thase  rumors, 

tor  the  niMt  part,  being  credited  to  "  well-informed 

p«rtiea  at  Chicago,"  where,  by  the  way,  the  specu- 
lative interest  is  reprenented  as  being  in  substan- 
tial control  of  the  market.  Tbe  mmors  have  had 
xefarence  mostly  to  retuming  cargoes  of  Cali- 
fornia     wheat      but      at      tho      close     of      the 

put    veek   became   more    comprehenslvo,    and 

Innted  at  '*  larae  <xuaiilities  of  wheat  •  arriving 
at  the  port  of  New-Tprk  from  England,  Germany, 
and  CaUlbmia,  with  further  important  umounta 
«n  The  way."  The  rumors,  as  nearly  as  anything 
coiid  bo  made  out  of  them  having  a  bwis  of  ptob- 
abUitv  are  epoken  of  here  as  having  the 
foStion   of  a  return  ahlpment  of    very    n- 

ie^r  Spring  wheat  from  Glasgow  whio-h  in- 
Srior  wheat  is  said  to  bo  in  Uberal  supply 
imd  unmarketable  there,  and  poaslbly  one  or  two 
Lis  of  California  wheat,  which  have  been  involved 
tn  the  return  movement  by  the  rnmors  which  are 
BO  freely  supplied  from  certain  points  at  the  West 
Z  tKarkew  of  the  seaboaro  with  the  aufficicntly 
obvious  puroose  of  lofluencing  values.  Within  a 
;we^  OP  so  Wait  Canada  mlUera  have  been  pnrchas- 
W  wblAV^SlwiSkW  fluito  freely  to  provide  for 
ffi^nrgent  want^  w^al  anppliee  haying  heen  ex- 


seemingly  more  disposed  to  operate  here  and  at  tbe 
ontports,  .esoecially  in  view  of  the  favorable  oironm- 
stances  of  exiraordinarily  low  rate-s  of  ocean- freight 
both  by  f>ail  and  steam.  Beoenc  purobascs  of  mixed 
Western  corn  on  ijxport  account,  for  delivery  here 
and  at  Philadelphia  and  Baltimore,  have  been  ex- 
tensive ;  and  prime  rye  is  a,5aiu  in  comparatively 
active  request  for  the  Gerinan  markets.  The  ex- 
port call  for  flour  at  present  comes  mostly  from  tbe 
West  Indies.  South  America,  and  the  British  Amer- 
ican Provinces,  the  inquiry  for  Europe  being  ex- 
tremely light.  City  millers  supply  tbe  bulk  of  tbe 
West  India  trade  requirements. 

THE  RESDRREVTION  OF  MAN. 
DR.  CHAUNCEY    GILES'    LAST    LKCTURE    ON 
THE        SWEDEN  BO RGIAN        THEORY        OF 
DKATH  AND    THE    RK8URRECTION — ^THB 
BESURRKCTION  OF  THB  MATERIAL  BODY 
HELD  TO  BE  AN  IMPOSSIBILITY. 
The  Church  of  the  New  Jerusalem,  in  East 
Thirty-fifth  street,   between  Park  and  Lexington 
avenues,  was  crowded   last  evening  on  tbe  occasion 
of  the  deliver.v,  by  Rav.  Dr.  Chauncey  Giles,  of  a 
lecture  on  "The  Besurrectlon  of  Man,"  being  tbe 
fourth  and  last  of  a  series  of  lectures  explanatory  of 
the  Swedeuborgian  theories  ot  death  and  the  resur- 
rection. 

After  briefly  alluding  to  the  importance  of  tbe 
theme  upon  which  he  was  about  to  speak.  Dr.  Giles 
proceeded  to  explain  the  meaning  of  the  two  words 
''man"  and  "resurrection,"  a  distinct  idea  of  the 
import  of  which  was  essential  to  a  clear  imdersiand- 
ing  of  the  subject.  By  "  man  "  was  meant  a  spiritual 
being  in  the  haman  form,  capable  of  love,  thought, 
conscionsness,  and  all  tbe  activities  aud  functions 
of  a  man.  By  "resurrection  "  was  meant  the  with- 
drawal ot  man  trom  tbe  material  body,  and  not  tbe 
colleotine  tozolher,  reorganisation,  and  vivification 
of  the  elements  which  once  composed  that  body. 
Having  ascertained  tbe  meaning  of  the  terms,  the 
next  point  was  to  obtain  evidence  of  the  truth  of 
this  theory  of  resurrection.  Evidence  is  furnished 
in  the  material  world  by  an  examination  of  tbe  pro- 
cess by  which  plante  and  animals  attain  the 
highest;  state  of  their  existence.  In  every  case 
that  state  is  reached  by  successive  Btep^  each  one 
of  which  is  a  resurrection  of  a  form  which  lay  un- 
folded in  a  lower  one,  and  was  clothed  by  it  in  the 
same  way  tbat  man  is  invested  with'  a  material 
body.  We  flad  the  same  regular  and  universal 
method  of  tbe  Divine  wisdom  in  the  creation  of 
plants,  insects,  birds,  animals,  and  man,  so  far  as 
regards  his  life  in  tbis  world.  Tbe  creation  is  not 
effected '  djrectly  and  immediately,  without  any 
agency  of  intermediate  steps,  bnt  is  consummated  by 
a  series  of  resurrections  of  forms  Irnm  other  forms 
within  which  they  were  organized.  If  this, 
said  Dr.  Giles,  is  the  universal  method 
of  creation,  are  we  not  justified  in  believinz  tbat  If 
another  distinct  step  in  existence  is  to  be  taken  by 
an  animal  or  by  man,  it  will  be  taken  in  the  same  way 
according  to  the  same  law.  This  law  of  creation  is 
worthy  of  notice  as  beaiing  upon  the  commonly  re- 
ceived doctrino  ibat  the  resurrection  of  man  is 
merely  tbe  reorganization  of  his  material  body  and 
ita  revivification  by  tbe  soal.  It  cannot  be  reconciled 
with  such  a  theory,  and,  further,  there  it  not  a  hint 
in  the  whole  creation  tbat  any  material  body  of  aoy 
kind,  wben  once  cast  off  and  dissipateJ,  is  ever  reor- 
ganized and  reinbabited.  If  man  were  thus  to  re- 
turn to  his  material  body  he  would  be  an  anomaly 
and  an  exception  to  the  universal  teachings  of  the 
Lord  in  His  works. 

The  Lord's  testimony  as  contained  m  the  Word 
also  favors  this  theory  tbat  resurrection  is  a  with- 
drawal from  the  material  body.  In  nearly  every 
instance  where  tha  subject  is  referred  to  there  is 
something  which  renders  it  impossible  to  interpret 
the  passages  containing  such  references  as  teach- 
ing the  resurrection  of  the  material  body.  If,  how- 
ever, spiritual  chance*  In  the  sunl  are  meant  by 
"death"  and  "resnrrection,"  then  tho  meaning  of 
the  passages  become  plain  and  accords  with  tbe 
whole  Scriptures  and  all  tbat  we  know  ol  tbe  Divine 
laws  aud  methods.  The  testimony  of  the  Apostles 
in  their  epistles  is  also  to  tbe  same  effect.  Even 
Paul's  argutnL-ut  in  ihe  fifteenth  chapter  of  First 
Corinthians — which  is  reliea  upon  ascuuclusive  evi- 
donco  of  the  resurrection  of  the  material  body— m 
which  he  bases  the  certainty  of  man's  resurrection 
on  tbe  tact  tnat  tbe  Lord  rose  trom  tbe  dead,  evfU 
tbis  upon  close  analv'sis  is  found  tu  contain  no  allu- 
sion to  a  re.4urrucuuu  of  tbe  material  body.  In  it  a 
clear  diatiuciion  is  drawn  between  the  inward  man, 
who  was  alive,  and  tbo  ont  ward  mao,  who,  tbough  ac- 
tive, is  dead  in  sin.  To  the  objecior,  wbo  asks, 
"How  are  the  duad  raised  up. ana  with  what  bodies 
do  they  coiae,"  the  Apostle  replies  by  illustrating 
tbe  resurrection  by  the  simple  principle  evolved  in 
the  planting  and  growth  of  seed.  A  seed  planted 
ia  never  raised,  but  lather  auntber  bodv  or  form  is 
raised  out  of  it.  Tbis  is  precisely  the  doctrine  of 
the  new  Chftrcb.  It  holds  ihal  the  material  body 
dies  and  turns  to  dust,  in  accutd.tnce  with 
tbe  universal  law  uf  growtb,  and  tbat 
it  is  never  again  raised  up,  -  bnt  anotber 
budy  is  raised  oat  of  it.  If  Ihene  Scrip- 
tural passaees  leave  any  room  tor  duubting  tbif 
assumptiun.  another  kind  of  lestimouy,  wbioboaght 
to  be  coQcmsive,  is  obtainable.  Toe  Scriptnre.i  re- 
veal tbe  important  lact  tbat,  although  thalresurrec- 
tiou  of  the  material  body  has  nut  tiflK  place, 
human  beings  who  once  lived  in  this  worKrare  now 
living  in  tbe  spiriinal  world.  In  one  instance  of 
this  kind  we  tiod  Muses  and  Ellas,  who  had  been 
dead,  in  the  common  m'^aulug  ot  tho  word,  fur  huu- 
drt-ds  of  years,  apseatiuii  before  the  Lord, 
still  living,  as  human  beinirs.  In  humau 
lorms,  wiih  their  identity  still  preserved. 
In  another  instanco,  Jobn  testifies  in  Kevelation 
that  he  "saw  ptople  of  every  kiuured.  tongue,  and 
nation  siuging  a  new  song  to  the  Lord  for  their 
redemption  ;''  and  also  iliat  he  "  saw  under  the 
altar  the  souls  of  tuem  tlint  were  slaiu  for  the 
Word  of  God,  and  lor  the  tealimony  which  the.v 
held."  Alturward  he  saw  multitudes,  which  no 
man  could  umaber,  bianding  betoie  the  throne 
and  belore  the*  Lamb,  clothed  with  white  ro5t<s 
aud  With  palms  la  ibeir  haod'^,  oryini:  in  a  loud 
voice,  "balvatiou  to  our  God  wbo  sitteth  upon 
tbe  throne,  and  ynto  thu  Lamb."  Uure  it  tbe  proof 
of  our  continued  exiuleuce  as  human  beings  in  the 
human  form  before  the  resurrection,  which  is  so 
often  demanded,  aud  which,  it  is  clHimed,  would 
dispel  all  doubt  and  carry  with  it  conviction  of  tbe 
leaiity  of  a  future  existence.  These  people  whom 
ibe  Apostlo  Jobn  saw  were  not  io  their  malarial 
bodies,  fur  those  bad  died  and  turned  to  dnst^ 
Their  bodies  mnsi  then  have  beeu  spuitaal.  Tbeir 
identity  was  preserved;  they  were  tbe  same  beings 
who  had  lived  ia  this  world.  Tnus,  tfom  what>;ver 
point  of  view  we  regard  the  subject,  whether  from 
reason  or  revelation,  we  are  compelled  to  recognize 
the  resurrection  of  man  from  his  material  body,  never 
again  to  reinhibit  it,  as  a  law  ot  the  D.viue  order, 
and  a  part  of  the  plan  uf  lutjuite  lovo  and  wisdom 
for  the  perfection  and  happiae^s  of  all  human 
beings.  When  man  leaves  the  maienal  body  it  re- 
tnrus  to  the  dust  whence  it,  originated.  Leaving 
tbe  material  body,  bo  throws  ofi'  all  physical  weak- 
ness and  deca.y,  and  comes  into  full  conscioasnees 
of  the  realities  of  the  spiritual  world.  He  ojmes 
into  the  tuli  blessedness  of  a  lite  whose  main- 
spring is  love  of  the  Lord;  into  a  lite,  the  recipients 
uf  which  will  regain  the  freshness  and  vigor,  zest 
aud  bi-aut.v  of  tLe  prime  ot  liie,  and  will  continue 
to  advance  forever  into  larger  wisdom,  nobler  and 
lovelier  form,  and  more  exquisite  happiness. 

In  conclusion,  the  epeaiter  bnt  fly  reviewed  the 
points  brought  out  in  bis  preceding  lectures,  and 
urgned  that  lUey  gave  noUoabted  proof  of  the  truth 
of  tbe  Swedenburt<iau  theory  that  tbe  dissolution  of 
the  material  body  is  simply  a  provision  of  the  infi- 
nite iove  and  wisdom  tor  the  attainment  of  man's 
higher  state  ;  that  man's  resurrection  is  but  an  or- 
derly step  iu  his  life  by  which  he  attains  that  state, 
and  that,  finally,  having  attained  it,  he  continues  tu 
live  as  a  human  being  in  a  spiritual  body  m  the 
human  form  in  some  mansion  in  bis  Father's  bouse, 
wtiere  he  will  find  a  home  in  which  his  soul  sbail 
enjoy  peace  and  the  faculties  of  bu  mind  perfect 
freedom  of  action. 

THE  RUSSIAN  GRAND  DCKES. 
HOW  THE  IMPERIAL  PARTY  SPENT  SUNDAY. 
The  Grand  Duke  Alexis  and  bis  party  spent 
yesterday  very  qaietly,  remaining  in  their  hotel 
during  tbe  greater  part  of  the  day.  After  an  early 
breakfast,  the  Grand  Duke  Constantine  and  Dr. 
Coudrine  went  to  the  Greek  Chapel  in  Second 
avenue,  near  Fiftieth  street,  and  heard  mass,  which 
was  celebrated  by  Rev.  Father  Bjerring,  the  Pastor. 
Tbe  Gospel  lesson  for  the  day  was  taken  from 
Matthew  xxll.,  15-22.  Shortly.afier  10  o'clock  the 
Grand  Duke  Alexis  and  Baron  Schilling  went  out 
for  a  waltt,  taking  tbe  little  white  ball-terrier  which 
they  brought  from  Norfolk  with  them.  They  were 
dressed  plainly,  and  very  few  uf  the  persons  whom 
they  met  fcnew  Who  they  were.  Upon  leaving  the 
hotel  they  went  through  Eighteenth  street  to  Broad- 
way, aud  ibencu  to  Madison  square  and  Fifth  ave- 
nue, and  walked  rapidly  up  ibe  latter  until  they 
reached  Piflierh  street,  at  which  point  they  turned 
and  retraced  Ihoir  steps.  At  6  u'clocE  the  imperial 
party  dined  in  the  hotel,  and  then  passed  tbe  even- 

iu2  smoking  and  obattia<;  antil  aboilt  10  o'clock, 
when  tbey  tooK  anotber  walk,  this  time  eoing 
down  Broadway  as  far  as  Bleecker  street.  Baron 
de  Budlsco,  the  Husaian  Consul  General  dined  with 
the  G-rand  Duke  and  was  with  him  the  greater  part 
of  the  evening. 

A  DESPERATE  WIFE. 
Elizabeth  Healy,  aged  29,  residing  at   Ifo.  29 
Sheriff  street,  had  a  quarrel  wfth  her  biuband  yes- 
terday, dunug  which  he  struck   her  in  the  face. 
The  woman    seized  her   three-year-old   child,   and 

With  the  infant  in  her  arms  rushed  oat  of  tbe  boose. 
She  made  her  way  to  Pier  No.  57  East  Biver,  where 
her  excited  manner  attracted  tbe  attention  of  tbe 
watchman  on  tbe  pier.     Tbe  woman   attempted 

to  throw  her  child  into  the  river,  but  was  prevented 
by  tho  watchman,  who  held  her  until  Patrolman 
Combes,  of  the  Seveuth  Precinct,  arrived,  when  she 
was  taken  into  custody.  Mrs.  Healy  said  that  she 
Oeoired  to  end  her  existence,  which  bad  become  nn- 
endnrable  owinz  to  the  brutality  of  her  hosbaind. 
She  intended  first  to  drown  her  child  and  then  to 
Jump  overlMwrd  berselt    The  woman  WM  detaised 


LOWER  RE^TS  IN  BROOKLYN 


jn«i  '^^yr;  "—"--•..  ^  advieea    are    ot     suroogar     jump  overboard  herself.    The  woman  ^ 
SS^iJS^X^liSr^d  ^^ bwawSUjat  too  stottoa-tousa  f»  tbe  alshfr  ^  - 


REDUCTIONS  TO  BE  MADE  IN  MAT. 

THE   MARKET  NOT  YET  FULLY  XNDICATBD — 
AN    INEVITABLE    RKDUCTIGN— THB    FA- 
VORED    I^OOALITIES     IN    THE     WKStERN 
DISTRICT — SHOP   RENTS — THB    OUTLOOK 
IN  THE  EASTERN  DISTRICT. 
'*  We  had  3,000  vaoant  bouses  on  our  hands 
at  tbe  end  of  May  last,"  said  a  Brooklyn  real  estate 
agent  one  day  last  week,   "  because  In  the  early 
Sprinc  bonse-ownera  made  no   thoir    minds    tbat 
they  would  have  the  prioos  tbey  had   fixed,  and 
then  adhered  to  them  immovably.    They    would 
listen  to  no  suggestions  about  shrinkage  o(  values, 
tbe  dullness  of  trade,  reductions  of  salary,  tbe  pre- 
cartons  earnings  of  many  men  with  families,  and 
the  iuduoements  ottered  to  men  to  leave  tne  city 
altogether  for  situations  certain  but  not  lucrative; 
but  they  bad   their  own  way,  and  have  lost  money, 
and  gained  nothing  but  costly  experience." 

The  condition  of  things  In  the  City  of  Brooklyn, 
with  regard  to  rents  for  the  season  beginning  on 
the  Ist  ot  Hav  next,  was  fouiid.  npon  diligent  in- 
quiry by  a  reporter  of  The  Toiks,  to  be  similar  to 
tbat  existing  in  New- York  City.  With  tenants  of 
both  stores  and  houses  there  is  a  general  feeling  of 
inability  to  continue  tbe  payment  of  rents  fixed  a 
year  ago.  Many  men  who  have  hitherto  found  it 
comparatively  easy  to  pay  13.000  or  $4,000  a  year  for 
a  house,  through  tns  ditUoens  of  trade  are  compelled 
either  to  obtain  a  reduction  t>f  their  rental  or  to 
move  to  a  cheaper  building.  The  clerks  of  large 
establishments,  who  have  been  cramped  by  sevi  ous 
loppings  off  of  their  salaries,  are  also  compelled  to 
reaort  to  economical  arrangements,  and  are  doing  it 
without  much  regard  to  the  feelintsof  landlords 
or  agents  who  are  interested  iu  commissions.  Shop- 
keepers along  the  priooipal  streets,  who  are  selling 
less  than  they  did  in  "easier"  times,  and  making 
smaller  profits,  offer  their  landlords  tbe  optiou  of 
lower  rents  or  vacant  shops,  and  they  will  shorten 
the  already  short  salaries  of  thoir  clerks  and  book- 
keepers. The  clerks  and  book-keepers,  and  tbe  great 
host  of  working  people  who  labor  in  New- York  and 
dwell  in  "Brooklyn,  many  ot  them  almost  despair- 
ins  of  a  better  day,  are  positive  in  their  demands 
far  lower  rents,  as  many  of  thorn  have  been 
unable  to  pay  tbs  already  small  prices  charged  for 
the  rooms  they  have  oooupied  ftir  months  past. 
With  tho  worst  condition  of  commercial  depres- 
sion known  for  yvars,  bearing  noon  all  classes 
of  citizsDS,  tbo  tax-payers  of  Brooklyn  are  addi- 
tionally burdened  with  taxes  so  enormous  and  diffi- 
cult to  pay,  tbat  tbeir  imposition  is  threatening  the 
ruin  of  many  holders  of  properly.  These  taxe», 
going  as  they  do  in  a  large  measure  into  the  pock- 
eta  of  unnecessary  offlce-nolders,  supporting  a  nng 
of  politicians  almost  as  powerful  aun  conscienceless 
as  was  the  Tammany  King  in  Its  most  vicloas  days, 
are  lelt  and  talked  of  day  after  day  Dy  those  wbo 
bear  them,  bnt  as  time  goes  on  nothing  is  done  to 
break  tbe  power  which  imposes  tbem.  All  over 
tbe  oity  the  Corporaiinn  is  acquiring  title  to  real 
estate  upon  which  the  taxes  have  accumulated  until 
there  is  no  choice  left  to  the  owner  bnt 
to  surrender  his  claim  upon  it.  Many  owners  hav- 
ing atruegled  against  their  burdensome  assessments 
until  now,  find  themselves  out  of  pocket,  and  on 
thousands  ot  houses  tbe  announcement  "  For  sale  " 
IS  known  to  be  hue  an  expression  ot  despair  and 
desperation.  Of  conrsn  this  overtaxation  affects 
the  rates  of  rentals.  Tbe  landlord,  in  bis  desire  to 
meet  his  current  expanses,  endeavors  to  keep  his 
rents  up  to  a  figure  that  will  pay  his  taxes,  main- 
tain the  condition  of  his  bouses,  and  prevent  his 
property  from  falling  into  the  hands  of  tbe  Sheriff. 
And  in  tbis  effort,  made  alike  all  over  tbe  city, 
comes  the  explanailnu  of  the  obstinacy  which  last 
year  found  3,000  or  more  houses  unoccupied,  many 
of  tbem  going  to  rapid  rain,  and  not  a  few  becoming 
the  prey  of  the  auctioneer's  remorseless  hammer. 

As  yet  it  is  almost  too  soon  to  speak  confidently 
or  positively  abont  rents  in  Brooklyn  for  the  com* 
ing  year.  Real  estate  agents,  like  their  brethren  in 
this  City,  are  snxiotu  tbat  tbe  subject  shall  not 
be  agitated  too  earl.y,  lest  the  host  of  bonse-hun  ters 
to  secure  places  late  in  April  shall  be  restralnsd, 
and  they  advise  tbat  "  nothing  should  be 
said  about  the  prospect  just  yet."  Their 
caution  is  natural.  "Business  is  business"  with 
them,  aud  it  is  their  concern  to  put  off 
the  day  of  reduction  as  long  as  possible. 
Tbey  feel  and  acknowledge,  when  pressed  to  ex- 
press an  opinion,  tbat  rents  mu«t  come  down. 
Bouses  of  all  sorts  are  to  t>e  let  at  lower  rates,  if 
they  are  to  be  let  at  all,  and  tbe  highest  priced 
honses  in  the  best  looalitiss  are  to  feel  tbe  nresiure 
most  seriously.  Ooly  in  a  few  instances  wilt  stores 
be  rented  at  rates  which  were  obtained  la^t  Spring, 
while  there  is  abundant  evidence  tbat  there  will  be 
hundreds  Of.  shops  in  good  streets  that  will  remain 
empty,  while  their  owners  would  be  glad  to  rent 
them  at  any  price. 

THE  WESTERN  DISTRICT. 

Among  tbe  Brooklyn  real  estate  agents,  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Montague  street,  which  is  the 
real  estate  centre,  the.  common  answer  to  tbe  ques- 
tion :  "  What  aboat  May  rents,"  was:  '*  Can't  say  ; 
ao  market  yet;  tenants  anxious  for  reductions; 
landlords  tilcut,  bat  convinced  that  concessions 
must  bs  made,  and  both  waging  for  something  to 
turn  up."  The  inquiry  as  yet  has  been  small.  A  few 
persons,  desirous  ofoutaining  houses  on  tbe  Heights, 
have  mads  aoplicatlon,  buk  there  are  as  few 
bonses  available  in  tbat  favorite  district 
as  in  formsr  years.  Agents  say  that 
there  are  always  plenty  o(  people  ready  to  move 
into  a  house  on  the  Heights  as  soon  as  It  is  given 
up,  and  that  the  steady  demand  always  keeps  nrioes 

pretty  well  ap.    Still  there  has  been  a  decline  la 

prices  even   in   tbe   most   favored  streets.     Houses 
that  rented  three  years  ago  for  $4,000,  declined  last 
Soring  to  lesi    than  |3,000,    and    It.  is    deemed 
wise      by      landlords      to       keep      good      tenants 
for     even     less     than      this      figure      now,       so 
that    tbe     same     premises     will     probably    not 
bring  more  than   fS.SOO  or  $8,500.    The  request  for 
houses    at    trom    (890    to   |l,300  is  very  good,  the 
smallest  pnce  being  obtained  for  frame  buildings, 
Kiuall   but  new  and   in  quiet  neighborhoods.     The 
complaiut  is  general  of  the  dilapidated  conditi  on  of 
a  large  number  of  bouses,  tbis   being  true  not  only 
in  tbe  best  parts  of  tbe  City,  bnt  lamentaoly  sgln  The 
indifferent  sections.    In  connection  with  tbis  part  of 
tho  subject,    agents   say  that  tenants  are  requiring 
a  great  deal  more  of  landlords  tbao  formerly.  Rents 
are  collected   with  great  difficuliv,  and  wnere  the 
tenants  have  been  compelled  to  makerepairs  for 
tbeir  own  cumlort,  aftor    having  in  vaiii     rc-quested 
the  landlords    tu  make    them,  ihey   have  insisted 
upon  deducting  tbe  expense  from  tbeir  bills   at  the 
end  of  the  quarter  or   month.     Houses  tbat  rented 
two  years  ago  for  fl.OOO  are  now  briuging  $750,  but 
it  is  possible  a  sligbc  reduction  even  upon  tbe  in- 
side price  will  be 'made  to  old  tenants.     Where  two 
years  ago  $1,200  was  obtained,  the  price  Is  reduced  to 
(l.UDO,  these  figures  obtaining  tor  ihree-story  brown 
stone  bouses.     Away  irom  the  Heiicuts  the  changes 
in  prices   are  greater,  but  meaium-priced  bonnes 
near  tbe  City  Hall  are  "holding  their  own"  better 
than-  dwelling    piuperty    au     hour's    ride     away. 
"Everybody  wants  to   live   ten  minutes  away  from 
tbe  City  Hall,"  said  an  ageut>  "and  nobody  wants 
to  pay  more  than  $800  fur  a  house."    Tbe  limii  of 
Atlantic  avenue  on    tbe   south,  Cumberland  street 
un    tbe  east,  and   Flnsbin,;  avenue  on   the  north, 
about  describes  the  "ten  minute  "  district,  bnt  it  is 
only  the  well-keot  hotues  that  will  not  leel  a  re- 
doction  of  from  15  to  20'per  cent.,  and  ou  the  best  of 
bouses  it  will  be  as  much  as  10  percent.   In  Living- 
ston street,  where  the  surrotrndiogs  are  fair,  one 
aireut  said  he  bad  difficulty  lu  letting  for  $900  a  bouse 
which  last  year  rented   for  tl.SIK),  while  one  tbat 
until  now  has  brought  $1,800,  would  have  to  be  rent- 
ed tor  $1,500  ir  even  less.  .  A  bouse  ot  21  rooms,  tbat 
in  ordinary  times  would  rent  easily  tor  $2,500,  would 
not  now  Di'ing  |2,0U0.    Landlords  cnarge,  say    $1,000 
for  a   house,  which  they  think  is  worth  that  rent, 
but  they  will  "snap  up  "  a  good  tenant  at  $800.  The 
inquir\' is  foD  houses  from  $700  to  $1,000 — and  nothing 
higuer  is  asked  for.    Below  AXlauiio  avenie,  to- 
ward and  in   South  Brooklya;  the   state  of  unoer- 
tainty  Is  veiy  great.    Landlords  fear  to  lose  their 
tenants,   as  they  are  batd  tu  get,  even  with  low 
rents,  and  the  inducemeutit  offered  to  present  ooou- 
pants  to  remain  will  be  as  powerful  as  the  tax-list 
will  permit.    The  district  about  Prospeoc  Park, 

where  brovm-stone  houses  sprangup  like  mushrooms 
»  few  years  ago,  la  well  marked  already  with  bills  of 
"To  Let,"  as  well  as  "For  Sale,"  and  the  Impres- 
sion amoDg  agents  is  tbat  there  will  be  redaotiooa, 

varying  according  to  location  and  the  condition  of 
hoiiaes- 

Store  property  along  Falton  street  is  of  course 
the  best  in  tbe  city,  but  Fnlton  street  is  not 
equally  good  for  btuiness  m  all  parts  uf  it,  and 
'prices  vary  on  different  sidea  Just  as  ttiey  do  ou. 
Broadway.  Beginning  at  the  Ferry,  rents  are  low 
as  far  up  the  hill  as  Sands  street,  but  they  "  will 
Lave  to  come  down,"  It  the  prophecies  of  tne  occu- 
pants aro  true.  Above  Sands  street,  on  the  left  hand 

side  suing  ap  tbe  hill,  the  shops  io  some  instances 
bring  rents  of  $5,000,  $8,000,  and  even  $10,000,  ana 
there  is  iiltle  proosbiltty  that  there  will  ne  any 
great  reduction  in  these  prices.  The  sh.ps  are  in 
tbe  best  quarter,  and  some  one  ia  always  ready  to 
take  tbem.  'i'here  aro  many  vacant  st  res  on  the 
risht  hand  side,  some  of  them  bavins  k>eeu  so  for 
months,  and  they  cannot  be  rented  at  any  but  tbe 
lowest  price*.  When  these  stores  can  be  rented  for 
$2,000  the  building  on  the  opposite  side  ^f  tho  street 
will  bring  $4,000  much  more  readily.  Next  to  Falton 
street  in  importanoe,  and  feaung  the  dolness 
of    bnslneas     as     keenly,     is    Myrtle     avenue. 


stores  vacant,  and  the  cry  of  tbe  tenantisof  oooupied 
atoroa  is  load  for  rednotloDa.  From  IS  to  .SS  per 
cpot  was  estimated  by  one  agent  to  be  tbe  probable 
rednctlun  in  reuts along  Myrtle  aveaue,  depending 
np'on  the  ootl.ving  nBii:hlK>rhood,  the  side  of  the 
street — for  Myrtle  avenue  has  it*  best  side^  too— 
and  the  stylo  of  tbe  building.  On  Court 
street  oamerous  placards  are  exhiojted  on  busi- 
ness property.  These  placards  increase  in  number 
as  the  distance  from  the  City  Hall  becomes  greater, 
and  notably  multiply  beyond  Atlantic  avenQe. 
On  Atlantic  avenue,  below  Court  street,  there  will 
be  some  reduction  made,  it  is  thought,  even  in  the 
best  class  of  store  property  in  that  section,  bnt 
atiove  Court  street  there  is  tbe  cry,  "  No  market." 
Smith  street,  which  may  be  compared  witb  the 
Third  avenue  in  this  City  in  the  character  of  its 
business,  and  which  is  ordiuarllv  a  good  street  for 
business,  feels  the  depression,  and  tbe  universal 
dropping  tendency  is  to  be  followed. 

In  connection  with  the  statement  tbat  there  were 
large  numbers  last  year  of  vacant  dwellings  in 
Brooklyn,  it  was  saiil  by  a  prominent  agent  that 
the  dis.oosition  to  "double  up''  was  so  gieat  that  it 
oould  not  fail  to  havo  ita  effect  in  incrcasiDg  the 
number  of  vacancies.  Persons  are  coming  to  the 
agencies  witb  half  a  house  to  let  who  have 
always  occupied  a  dwelling  exclusively^  and 
they  find  it  easy  to  rent  snob  '  auart- 
meuts  at  good  prices.  The  impres»iun  prevails 
among  many  of  the  Brooklyn  agents,  as  it  has  pre- 
vailed in  previous  years,  tbat  tbe  extravagant 
prices  in  Now- York  wlM  drive  over  the  river  an 
immense  throng  of  ea^er  bouse-bunters,  wbo  will 
be  ready  to  pay  guud  prices,  aud  tbat  the  agents 
can  make  about  tbeir  own  terms  with  these  strank- 
eis.  Tu  be  ibistaken  in  this  direction  will  be  to 
invite  an  increase  in  tbe  number  at  vacancies, 
and  it  is  probable  .that  the  disposition 
to  accommodate  tenants  in  New-Yurk  will 
tend  to  checit  say  soeculativo  pricep  established 
on  the  assumption  that  tew  comers  will  ouukider 
Brooklyn  cheap  at  any  price.  ■  Toe  uewer  cottages 
of  brick  aud  browu-stoue  that  ate  scattered  about 
the  city,  at  distances  of  trom  a  mile  to  two  miles 
from  the  City  Halt,  renting  at  trom  $650  to  $500;  are 
about  tbe  best  class  of  pruperty  Just  now  for  own- 
ers wbo  are  anxions  to  make  sure  uf  tenants.  Tbesb 
houses,  containing  f>-om  7  to  10  rooms,  fitted  up 
to  accommodate  small  families,  are  more  ireqiientlv 
inquired  lor  than  houses  of  larger  capacity  held  at 
hifber  rents. 

THE  EASTERN   DISTRICT. 

The  real  estate  agents  iu  the  Eastern  District  of 
Brooklyn  look  back  with  sinking  hearts  to  tbe 
records  of  real  estate  operations  in  tbat  qnarter  a 
uecade  ago,  and  wonder  it  tbe  prosperity  tbat 
blessed  them  tbens  will  ever  again  return.  While 
there  has  been  some  building  there  during  tbe  past, 
year,  there  does  not  apfiear  to  be  a  good  rnason  why 
money  should  beoirvested  lu  that  way  when  there 
is  already  an  abnndance  of  surplus  space  all  over 
the  oity  both  for  dwelling  and  business  pnrposes. 
But  comparatively  few  vacancies  are  foreiibadowed 
iu  tbe  principal  thoroughtare!!,  the  time  being 
almost  too  early  to  know  what  tenaots 
will  do.  Tbe  ouMouk  for  stores  along 
Broadway  is  poor,  afior  one  has  pansod  Fourth 
street,  and  even  below  that  point  tbe  Keepera  of 
shops  all  talk  as  if  tbey  were  poor  aud  did  not  c  n- 
aider  it  worth  while  to  coniinue  in  business  if  thev 
could  not  reduce  expenses.  FonUh  street,  one  of 
the  best  streeis,  with  many  flourishing  shops  be- 
tween Grand  street  and  tbo  founuin  on  Bedford 
avenue,  and  a  street  upon  which  high  rents  have 
always  been  obtained,  fouls  tbe  prensnie  of  the 
bard  times,  and  landlords  in  mauy  lustaoces  bave 
signified  tbeir  intention  of  concedinu  something  to  all 
tenants,  althongh  tlie.y  raude  important  onncessioos 
last  year — Spring  and  Fall  in  some  cases — and  bad 
yielded  aumetbing  the  \ear  before  I  hat.  Go  Grand 
street,  the  Bowery  of  Williamsburg,  the  best  rents 
scarcely  going  a'ouve  $2,000,  are  likely  to  be  less, 
and  lesser  rents  will  be  reduced  in  a  proper  propor- 
tion. Dwellings  near  the  ferry,  tor  there  is  tue 
Same  anxiety  to  be  near  the  leiry  in  the  E^istern 
District  that  is  met  with  in  the  Western 
District,  bold  to  p.  ices  stuutlv.  Ou  BoO- 
ford  avenue,  in  tbe  neighborhood  of 
Clymer,  Wilson,  and  Soatk  Tnnth  streets,  honses 
aro  inquired  for  at  a  rent  of  (800.  and  this  is  lar 
at>ovo  me  limit,  which  tue  largo  mnjorit.v  cho<iso  to 
name.  As  in  Brooklyn  proper,  so  lu  the  Eastern  Dii- 
irlct,  families  are  fln>iing  out  tbat  tbe.)  can  get 
alunc  with  half  a  house  lecher  than  occupy  an  en- 
tire boose,  and  are  offr-rlng  the  lower  or  upper  parts 
of  hilborto  private  rssideoces  lor  rents  as  low  as 
can  l>e  expected,  with  ihs  gentility  of  appearance 
secured,  although  the  bouses  rented  lu  this 
way  are  ottvn  without  the  conveoiences 
fur  boasekeeping  foand  in  many  flats.  Teue- 
ments  oi  good  class,  where  tbe  rents  range  trom 
$ld  to  $25  per  month,  nia.v,  in  a  few  instancos,  have 
their  rates  reduced;  hut  when  the  builuinits  are 
well  kept  thev  can  easilv  be  filled,  it  proseut  uccu- 
oants  are  obstinate  or  i>uor,  and  landlords  are  in- 
clined tu  think  well  uf  their  uwc  iu  this  line  All 
sorts  of  pmpririy  generally  will  obey  the  general  tei,- 
dency,  and  .tield  to  the  demand  for  lower  rents,  aud 
the  percentage  will  vary  acuorolng  to  the  distance 
from  the  femes.  In  the  moro  tavorable  business 
centres  the  rednciiun  will  probably  not  ho  greater 
than  10  per  cent,  un  store  propuny,  and  15  per  ceur. 
on  bouse  rents.  But  away  trom  the  neigbburhuod 
ot  the  terries,  toward  the  nurtb  side  .lud  uui  in  tbe 
direction  of  Kant  Now- York,  there  may  pocstbly  De 
a  decline  ot  uveo  20  uer  cent.  In  the  lowest  clasi 
of  tenements  there  aie  great  numbers  uf  tenants 
trom  whom  owners  and  at;onts  complain  that  tbey 
bavo  been  unable  to  toUfCi  rents  regularly  for 
months.  Lack  of  employment  has  maJe  it  impossi- 
ble for  thorn  to  keep  up  iheir  payments,  and  many 
landlords  bave  beeu  oooteot  with  accepting  al|tbe.y 
could  get  whenever  tbey  oould  get  auythiug.  Io 
say  what  nductions  will  lake  place  m  such  rents 
would  sigiiily  little.  It  will  bo  considered  a  sign  of 
improvcmoiit  when  even  tbe  lowest  rents  can  be 
obtained  tur  cheap  tenements  with  ragulatity. 

TEE  AMERICAN  IhMPERANCE  UNION 


GIRBS.    IHB     PKESI- 
JOHN     M  OFF  ATT,    OF 


TEE  LEON  ASSAVLT  OASE. 
Friends  of   Antonio   Leon,   who   feloniously 
assadted  his  daughter,  Rose  Massimino,  in  Brook- 
lyn, have  informed  Capt.  Leavey,  ol  the  Third  Pre- 
cinct   there,  tbat   they   helieve  MassimiDo,  tbe  bna- 

baod  of  Kose,  extorted  a  statement  fiom  his  wife  of 
au  act  tbat  her  father  waa  never  guilty  of,  she 
making  the  accusation  In  order  to  save  her  life, 
wblcb  had  been  threatentd  by  her  husband.  Capt. 
Leavey  ascertained  that  Leon  bore  an  excellent 
reouiation  in  tbe  neiebborhood  in  wbioh  be  lived, 
aud  tbat  after  be  beard  of  bis  dangbter's  charge  he 

shed  tears,  appeared  almost  crazy  with  griet,  and 
said  he  could  never  bear  tbe  awtul  disgrace  uf  such 
horrible  imputation.  Toe  uisiol  wbioh  be'fired  at 
bis  dauebter  is  at  the  Third  Precinct  Statiou-uouse. 
It  is  Stained  witb  blood,  three  uf  tbe  bun  els  are  nis- 
charged,  and  the  stock  iu  broken.  His  overcoat, 
stained  witb  spots  of  blood,  aud  with  some  ot  the 
hair  of  bis  daughter  clinging  lo  1 1,  is  also  at  tbe 
Station-house.  The  daogbier,  who  is  lyiug  at  tbe 
Long  Island  College  Hospital,  was  in  a  favorable 
oonditlon  last  evening,  tbe  physicians  reportiug 
that  unless  inttammation  set  in,  of  wbioh  there  was 
no  present  indica&>«^-*ba  vguld  soqp  be  iq  (i  fake 


ADDRESSES  BY  J.  B. 
DENT,  AND  IIO.N. 
TENNKSSRK. 

Tbe  American  Temperance  Union  held  their 
regular  weekly  meeting  at  the  Cooper  Uoiou  yes- 
terday afternoon.  The  President  of  the  Union,  J. 
B.  Gibos,  occupied  tbe  chair.  Rov.  Dr.  Corey,  of 
Brooklyn,  read  a  passage  frum  the  Scriptures — four- 
teenth chapter  of  St.  Paul'n  Epistle  to  tbe  Romans, 
and  a  part  of  tbe  twontv-eighth  chapter  of  Isaiab, 
beginning  at  the  twenty-first  versi— after  which 
Rov.  Dr.  Oimstead  offered  praver.  The  President 
read  a  communication  signed  "Temperance,"  taking 
the  advocates  of  total  abstinence  to  task  for  cun- 
demning  tbe  moderate  use  of  spirituous  liquors,  as 
the  Bible  approves  of  tho  use  of  stimulants.  Tbe 
President  opposed  snch  an  interpretation  of  the 
Scriptures.  He  would  not  deny  that  wine  was 
allowed  nnder  certain  lestrictions;  bnt  that  was 
only  one  side  of  tbe  argnment,  as  the  Bible,  from 
Genesi.s  to  Revelation,  condemned  tbe  wine-bibber 
and  tbe  glutton. 

Hon.  Jobn  Moffatt,  o^  Tennessee,  was  then  in- 
troduced. Ho  said  that  be  (elt  very  much  obliced 
to  "Temperance"  for  sending  snch  a  communica- 
tion. It  gave  evidence  uf  tbe  fact  tbat  there  is 
need  for  the  discussion  of  the  subject  announced. 
He  referred  to  the  twenty-eighth  chapter  of  Isaiah, 
which  painted  the  evils  tnat  existed  la  Israel  Irom 
indulgence  in  the  wine  cup,  and  then  drew  a  pic- 
ture ol  the  Bcuurse  which  fell  on  the  cbo.sen  chil- 
dren of  the  Lord  irom  being  addicted  to  this 
degrading  habir,  which,  he  declared,  bad 
afiected  not  alone  the  common  people,  but  the 
priests  and  prupoets,  as  well.  The  prophetic  de- 
scnption  of  Israel  of  tbat  day  would  apply  to  the 
present  state  of  society.  It  was  uu  figure  of  speech 
to  say  tbat  the  land  is  filled  with  blood;  there  is  a 
crimson  glare  all  aronnd.  The  lecturer  denounced 
the  8tute  laws  which  lei:alize<l  the  sale  of  intoxi- 
cating liquors.  It  was  a  traffic  which  only  led  ro 
moral  ruiu  and  political  uegradaiion;  and  when  the 
State  licensed  such  a  scourge,  the  moral  sentiment 
of  tbe  community  wan  paralyzed.  Christians,  he 
said,  should  exercise  ihe  same  oommuneenseaod 
discretion  in  doing  tho  Lora's  work  as  tbe.y  wonlcl 
in  doing  their  own.  and  Christian  ueople  should  be 
active  in  destroying  a  practice  naught  with 
so  much  danger  to  tbe  social,  physical, 
moral,  and  political  lite.  Tbe  word  of  God  could 
not  coantenance  a  violation  of  the  laws  of  nature. 
If  wine  wa<t  spoken  of  in  tho  Sctiptures  as  an  em- 
blem of  God's  mercy,  so  was  it  uecignated  as  an 
emblem  of  God's  wrath.  This  was  ■  nly  a  seeming 
contradiction,  which  a  little  refleciiun  would  har- 
monize. 'The  Bible  is  a  practical  book  which  aims 
at  snpplyiuc  and  providing  lor  the  wants  and  im- 
psrfeotioos  of  human  nature.  God  has  written  his 
disapprobation  oi  all  tbat  can  iutoxicate  in  letters 
ot  living  light.  The  tutal  abstinence  uUimatnm  is, 
"  taste  nut,  tuucb  not,  handle  not;  "  but  the  Scrip- 
tures go  further  and  declare  that  we  must  not  look 
upon  wine  when  it  is  red.  Gud  pro- 
claims against  intemperance  in  the  buux 
of  nature,  as  wriitKU  iu  tbe  physical 
laws.  God  does  not  commend  iu  His  revelations 
what  he  condemns  in  His  nature.  Tbe  speaker 
drew  a  vivid  picture  of  the  eficcts  that  intoxicating 
beverages  had  on  the  humau  system,  and  asked.  Is 
tbis  human  wreck  obeying  tbe  behests  uf  Gud  wbeu 
he  sinks  to  the  level  of  a  drunkard  1  In  the  incipi- 
ent longing  for  stimulants  was  found  the  strongest 
argument  that  it  is  opposed  to  the  laws  of  human 
nature.  At  the  conclusion  ot  Mr.  Moffati's  address 
it  was  announced  that  the  meeting  next  Sunday 
would  be  hela  at  Scienoe  H4II. 


CITY  AND  SUBURBAN  NEWS, 

NEW-YOBK. 

A  meeting  sf  the  Board  ot  Edaoation  will  be 
held  at  the  hall,  comer  of  Grand  and  Sim  streets, 
next  Wednesday  at  4  P.  M. 

I'he  Veterans  of  the  War  of  1812,  Gen.  Henry 
Baymond  commanding,  will  bold  their  annual  din- 
ner at  tbe  Stortevant  House  next  Thursday  at  1 
P.M. 

Frederiofc  Luhrs,  aged  5  years,  died  Tester- 
day  at  his  parents'  residence,  Ko.  102  Broome  street, 
trom  scalds  received  on  Saturday  by  falling  into  a 
waah-lKiiler  filled  with  hot  water. 

A  concert  will  be  given  at  tbe  Germania 

Assembly  Rooms,  No.  291  Bowery,  on  Sunday, 
Marcb  4,  at  8  P.  M.,  for  tbe  benefit  of  a  fond  for 
the  support  of  the  Sjidiers'  Home  of  this  State. 

Elizabeth  Hays,  aged  42,  of  No.  86  Charlton 
street,  while  intoxicated  yesterday,  was  seriously 
burned  on  the  bodv  by  her  clothing  taking  fire  from 
the  stove  io  her  apartments.  She  was  attended  at 
the  Chambers  Street  Hospital. 

BROOKLYN. 
In  a  recent  issue  the  name  of  Mr.  Samnel 
Snee  was  printed  unone  the  namesof  the  gentlemen 
wbo  had  been  admitted  to  the  Bar  at  the  General 
Term  in  Brooklyn.  The  name  should  have  been 
Samuel  Slee. 

This  evening  the  fourth  Sunday-school  Con- 
vocation of  the  season  will  be  held  lu  the  Cfaapel  of 
St.  Peter's  P.  E.  Church,  on  State  street,  to  dlscius 
thf  question  of  "Oar  Sunday-schools  in  their  rela- 
tions to  the  Missions  and  Charities  of  tbe  Church. " 

The  seventh  anniversary  of  the  Sheltering 
Arras  Nursery,  was  held  yestsrday  afternoon,  at 
Christ's  Church,  Clinton  and  Harrison  streets. 
Bishop  Litrlf-jolin  presiding.  Addresses  were  de- 
livered by  Kev.  Drs.  L.  W,  Bancroft,  J.  G.  Bacchus, 
and  others. 

Cornelius  Torpey,  aged  19,  of  No.  21  Presi- 
dent street,  was  arrested  yesterday,  and  identified 
by  Mr.  Jobn  W.  Engelke,  of  No.  143  Tenth  street, 
as  the  person  who  recently  assaulted  him  on  Ham- 
ilten  avenue,  near  President  stree',  and  robbed  him 
of  a  gold  TVatcb  and  chain  valued  at  $250. 

LONG  ISLAND. 
The  adjourned  term  of  the  Queens  County 
Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer,  held  specially  for  tbe 
trial  of  tbe  two  alleged  mnrderera,  Frank  Mc- 
Connxchle  and  Dennis  Kyer,  will  commence  at  the 
old  Court-hon8».  North  Hempstead,  tbis  mornine. 
Jndee  Pratt  will  preside,  with  Conniv  Jnrtse  Arm- 
strong and  Justices  Baxter  and  Capp.  Ex-Judge 
Richard  Bnsleed,  assisted  by  Theodore  J.  Atm- 
Htrons.  will  defend  McConnscbie  bv  as-iignment  ot 
the  court. 

For  the  past  week  mounted  policemen  have 

been  scouring  Queens  County  in  search  of  William 
Abemerthy,  tbe  rann  who  canned  tbe  death  of  Fred. 
Henteider  in  BiooKlyn.  E.  D.,  on  Sa  nrdav  nisht. 
the  12lh  inst.  Abernerrhy  had  a  brother  employed 
as  a  brukeman  <  n  the  Soutbein  Railroad,  and  was 
familiar  witb  the  stations  on  tbe  rontp.  The  officers 
allege  that  tbey  got  on  his  traok  on  Friday  last  at 
Bookaway,  hut  tailed  to  overtake  him.  Early  yes- 
terday meming  a  yonng  man  answering  the  deecrip- 
tion  of  Aberoer'by  was  arrested  at  Foster's  Mt-ad- 
ow  by  Constable  Felton,  and  taken  to  .Jamaica, 
where  he  was  lucked  up  to  await  Identification. 

NEW-JERSEY. 

The  woods  just  north  of  Princeton  were  set 
on  fire  Saturday  attecnuon  by  a  spark  from  a  loco- 
motive. 

At  the  Central  Market  Relief  Assooiation, 
Newark,  on  Saturday  3,335  persons  were  supplied 
wi'b  food. 

The  sentence  of  James  S.  BInnchard,  tbe  con- 
victed burgltir,  who  was  the  principal  witness 
against  Ryan  and  Oschwald,  theNewark  murderers, 
ha.^  been  deferred  till  Samrday  next. 

Ex-Justice  of  the  Peace  Thomas  Nugent,  of 
Newai  k,  was  sentenced  to  18  months'  imprisonment 
on  Saturday  by  Judge  Titsworth  for  hsvine  em- 
bezzit'd  SG.60O  Irom  tbe  Citizens'  Loan  Association, 
of  which  be  wus  Treasurer. 

The  trial  of  Mrs.   Hausen,  the  Philadelphia 

adventuress,  which  was  to  have  been  commenced 

in  tbe  Hadsop  County  Sessions,  before  Judge  Hofi- 
man,  t(>.da\\/ha»  been  postponed  on  acconnt  of  the 
aUseoce  ol'^enator  WinfielJ,  Mrs.  Hansen's  counsel. 

Tbe  proposed  chemical  analysis  of  the 
stomach  of  Thomas  Byan,  tbe  Newark  murderer, 
has  nor  yet  beon  begun.  It  will  cost  between  $300 
and  $500,  and  Justice  Depuein  to  l>^ consulted  as  to 
tbe  propriety  it  expending  that  amount  of  money 
for  tbe  purpose.        *. 

THE  BALL  SEASON. 

There  are  several  prominent  entertainments 
yet  to  be  given,  although  the  hall  season  is  practi- 
cally over  for  tbis  Winter.  The  principal  evenuare 
as  follows : 

Tbe  Martha  Washington  reception  and  garden 
party  will  take  place  at  tbe  Academy  ot  Music  and 
Nilsson  H<ill  next  Thursday  eveaiog.  This  enter- 
tainment will  be  given  under  tbe  auspices  of  St. 
John's  Guild,  for  the  benefit  of  tbe  poor  of  tbe 
City. 

A  complimentary  ball  will  be  given  in  honor  of 
ex-Chief  George  Mitchell,  of  tbe  Caledonian  Club, 
at  Irving  Hall,  next  Wednesday  evening. 

Th<>  second  dramatic  and  social  reception  of  tbe 
Fifth  Uuiversaiist  Society  will  take  pldce  at  the 
Lexington  Avenue  Opera-house  on  Wednesday 
evening,  Feb.  23. 

Tbe  annual  reception  of  the  SeventV'first  Begi- 
ment  will  take  plA:e  at  its  armory,  Thirty-fitth 
street  and  Broadway,  next  Thnrsd.iy  eveiiiiiff. 

The  Eevenih  Regiment  will  hold  a  recption  at 
its  armory.  Grand  and  Centre  streets,  next  Thurs- 
day evening. 

The  fortv-fonrth  annual  reception  of  the  Wash- 
ington Gray  Cavalry  will  be  given  at  the  armory, 
Broadway  and  Furiy-flUh  street,  nexC  Tnuraday 
evening.  ^^^^^ 

TBE  LECTUHE  SEASON. 

Rev.  James  S.  Ostrander  will  give  a  grand 

spectular  entertainment  at  tbe  Church  of  tbe  Stran- 
pers,  Mercer  street,  tbis  evening,  at  8  P.  M. 
Rev.  Joseph  T.  Duryea,  D.  D.,  will  deliver  a 

lecture  entitled  "  The  Future  of  tbe  Republio,"  at 
Association  Hall,  this  evening,  at  7:30  o'clock. 

Noah  Porter,  D.  D.,  will  deliver  a  lecture  en- 
titled "  Miracles  and  Prophei'ies  which  Show  the 
Bible  Divine,"  at  Association  Hall,  this  eveoing,  at 
7:30  o'clock. 

A  lecture  entitled  "  The  Cuneiform  Alphabet," 
was  delivered  under  tbe  auspices  of  the  Maimonides 
Library  Association,  by  Mr.  Morltz  EUinger,  at 
Teutooia  Assemuly  Booms,  lasteveniog. 

Mr.  A.  P.  Burbank  will  give  areading  at  an  en- 
tertainment to  be  given  for  his  benefit  at  C  bicker- 
ing Hall,  a^tb  the  assistance  of  Mr.  Walter  B.  John- 
son and  Mrs.  Gordou  Steele,  tbis  evening. 


be  a otatinnatioB  of  tfa*  r^lmt,  tbe  ArffMhvriag 
become  merged  in  tbfc  JffnUn,  withont  aAdtiog  in 
tbe  slightest  degree  the  lodivldaalitr  bt  th«  latter 
p»P«r,  -^        '   .  ■     -■■: 

TBE  SSELTBRINQ  ABJ£S  NTTliSlBiST. 
Tbe  seventh  annivertary  of  the  SheltA^iaj; 
A,rms  Xforsery  was  held  yesterd^  afternoon,  at 
Christ's  Cbnroh,  Clinton  and,  Harrison'  streets, 
Brooklyn.  Bishop  Little^ohn  presiding.  Addresses 
were  made  by  Bev.  Ori.  Bancroft,  J.  G.  Bachns, 
and  others.  The  annual  report  recited  that  during 
the  past  year  37  ehlldreqi  bad  been  given  homes,  21 
bad  been  remoTed,  and  184  day  children  bad  b^q 
oared  for.  At  present  there  were  41  ebildren 
regularly  provided  for,  of  whom  13  were  under 
the  age  of  1  year.  The  receipts  for  the  year  were 
$4,256  45,  and  tbe  expenditures  the  same  amount 
A  debt  of  $407  existed.  Siqee  tbe  organiasticm  of 
tbe  institution  448  children  had  be)>n  reKolsr  in- 
mates, of  whom  85  bad  died,  and  2,256  day  children 
ban  been  received.  Bev.  Dr.  B<<ncrort,  in  the 
conrse  of  his  address,  alluded,  with  warm  approval, 
to  tbe  ooDvietion  expressed  by  Gov.  Hayes  a.t  tbe 
opening  of  the  Children's  Home  in  Cinoinnat,  that 
the  true  way  to  prevent  pauoeriam  and  crime  was 
to  care  properly  for  the  little  ones. 


Chateau  Lagarossk,  pure  delicate  elsrets  bi 
qta.  Dts  .  and  casks.  Victok  E.  filAcaxs,  110  Baade  at. 
— Advertiumtnt. 


BRAZIL  OOfFMB  MARKETS. 

RiO  Jankiro,  Feb.   17 rCoffeo  qnlet ;    priees  Ir- 

reeuur :  good  Firsts.  6,700^9.850  reis  per  10  kilos. 
Exchange  on  London,  v;4^ 

Kasto  .  Feb.   17.— Coffee  here  is  quoted  at  6,600® 
6,800  reis  per  lt>  kilos  for  snoerior  Santoa 

— ' .^ 

PASSENGERS  ARRIVED. 

In  $leam-*hin  Alpt,    Jrtym    aaxawXLa.    ^tA— Ur.  and 

Mrs.  John  E.    Bartlett,  Mrs.   D.    Lips:,    B.   Hnrtado,  A. 

Chaveau,  A.  Fuenmayor,  F.  MendizabaU  J.  Bmilde,  J. 

A.  Rowland,  J.  H.  Bivant,  J.  R.  Bryant,  Jr, 


MiyiATVRE  AL.HA.Y.La—lUrS    DAT. 
Sunrises 6:48  I  Sun  sets. ...5:40 1  Moon  sets.  12:00 

KlOa  WATBB~-T1IIS  DAT. 
Sandy  Rook.li:lX  I  Gov.Islaod  12:00  j  Rell  (}ate....l:32 

MARINE  INTHiLLIGENCE, 


HBW-TOBK SUNJAX.  FEB.  1& 


ARKIVbD. 
Bteam-sMp  State  of  Nevada,   (Br.,)  Bnes.  Olasfcow 
Feh.   2,  via  Lnrne  4tb,  with  mdse  and  passengers' to 
Austin  Baldwin  &  Co. 


Steam-ship  A>»s.  (Br-)  WtlUams.  Jaem*l  Jao.  Vt 
Savanilla  Feb.  2.  Oarthacena  4th.  aspiswall  Stk 
Narassa  llth,  with  mdae.  and  pasMCcaxa  to  rim, 
Forwood  It  Co. 

st-am-sUp  Vlndleator,  Howe,  PhUadei^ia,  'mVSk 
mdse.  and  paaaensers  to  Janes  Hand. 

8fe«4im-ship  Wyuioke,  Couob.  Kfehmoad  and  KerCoU^ 
witQ  mdse.  and  passeogers  «o  Old  Dominion  fiteam-ahlg 
Co.  .' 

Steam-ship  Haerisbarg,  Worth,  PhnaAelphIa,  wtfh 
coal  to  BeadUuc  RailMadTo. 

Steam-abip  Korgau  City,  Bead.  VewOrlaaas  Fefe.  la 
witb  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Bogart  It  HorgaB. 

St«am-«htp  Pioneer,  Wakely,  Wllmt&itOB,  H.  C,  4  ds., 
witb  mdse.  and  passengers  to  W.  P.  Clyde  k  Col 

Steam-ship  Britannic,  (Br..>  Thompson,  Ltveipoel 
Feb.  &  via  Qneenatown  9th,  witb  mdae.  a«d  paasen' 
gers  to  B.  J.  CoTtis. .  , 

Bark  Adele,  (Ger,,)  EUngnis.  Amsterdam  Dee.  10, 
vrlth  mdte.  to  J.  M.  Preobt.    Aneborad  on  the  bar. 

Bne  Wat^r  Witcb,  (ot  Baltimore.)  Anderson.  Vet- 
nambaco  Oct.  28,  Tla  Betmoda  Fell,  z,  with  snaar  t< 
GoBsler  &  Co. 

Brig  Curacao,  (of  Windsor,  V.  8.,)  Fanlkser.  Corai 
cao  la  ds.,  witb  salt,  hides,  kc,  to  Joseph  Fomke** 
Bona 

ijctir.  Dreadnot.  (of  Windsor,  If.  8.,)  Boiden,  Jeiemii 
Kor.  14,  via  Bermuda  Feb.  3.  with  logwood  to  H  Be^ 
ez  tL  Co. 

8chr.  U.  B.  Killen,  (of  Savanoab,)  Raymond,  Paleras 
78  ds_  via  Delaware  Breakwater,  with  fruit  to  ScoM 
&  va-f. 

Sehr.  Matilda  Krana,  (of  Provmoetown.)  Blob.  Kaa 
seiiles  97  da,  witb  mdse.  to  James  Ueniy— vsssel ^ 
Brett,  Son  t  (  o. 

Scbr.  bansassett,  Baokett,  Virginia. 

Scbr.  Adelaide  J.  Aloott.  Freneh,  Virginia. 

Scbr.  Geo.  P.  Hailock.  Sbarrett,  Biohnond. 

Scbr.  Helen  Hasbrouob,  Bennett,  Balttmoie. 

Schr.  Emma  Arey,  Hall.  Baltimore,  for  New-HsTC^ 

fichr.  M.ary  E.  Amtden,  Baker.  Philadelphia.       ^ 

Scbr.  J.  B.  Carrington,  ParkerTlfew-aaven.   '* 

Scbr.  Henrietta  Kelsey.  New-Haven. 

Bchr.  Mary,  btow.  Providence. 


BELOW. 
Bark   Merenr.    (Aust.,)    Thiapich,   fttna  TagssreA 
epoKen  Feb.  timlat.  38  34,  Ion.   74  36  byptlot-lMiv 
F.  E.  Perkins,  Ho.  15. 


SPOKEN. 

Bysehr.  ILB.  Mellen.  Jan.  iS,  lat.' 88  i&,  len.  1% 
bark  Darid  A.  Pri-ston.  , 

By  scbr.  Matilda  Kranz,  Jan.  14,  lat.  20  len.  36  iXA 
bark  Dilarira 

By  orig  Water  Witch,  no  date,  70  miles  B.  ftom  Delaf 
ware  Breakwater,  bark  Prometheua 


NOTICE  TO  MARINEBB. 

PKTLABifKiA.  Feb.  18.— Light-sbip  Nou  10  was  ■ 
Delaware  City  on  tbe  17tb  lost,  to  take  her  staclaaaa* 
the  Fouiteen-loot  Back  tbe  same  day. 


MARINE  DISASTER. 
KxtWbst,    Feb.   18.— The  ship  Proteoter,  (Kerw.i 
which  struck  at  HiUsliorouKh  on  the  12th  inst.,  is  a 
total  loss.    Tbe  crew  was  saved. 


T  B I  B  T^r-S  XI  C  O  A  D    A  S  S  U  A  L    B  E P 


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xjusrm 

IJVSURAjyCE    COJUPA^NY^ 

OFWCE, 

NOS.    346    AND    348    BROAD^VAY. 

A9IODNT  OF  NET  CASH  ASJSSETS,  JAN.  1,   1876 - 830,160,903  ^ 

REVENUE    ACCOUNT. 

Premiums W.OICSAO  87 

Interest  received  and  accrued $a,i64,080  81 

Less  amount  accrued  Jan.  1.  1876 257,130  86— 1.906,949  95— •'7317,790  A 

Total - - 837,984,08^04 

DISBURSEMENT    ACCOUNT.  - 

Losses  by  death $1,547,648  42 

Dividends  and  returned  premiums  on  canceled  pohcies 2,516,681  16 

Life  annuities,  matur.'d  endowments,  and  re-insuranoes 234,230  22 

Commissions,  brokerages,  agency  expenses,  and  physician's  fees jL 

Taxes,  office  and  law  expenses,  salaries,  advertising,  printing,  Itc vj 

Seduction  of  preoilams  on  Dnited  States  stocks - "; 

(hi  other  stocks 'V 

Total 833,730.898  a^ 

ASSETS. 


373,001  67 
>  376,694  33 
'  140,232  32 
65,307  10-  'i5,2SS,7M  81^ 


Cash  in  Trust  Company,  in  banks,  and  on  hand —...—..  $L487,938  18       '^ 

Invested  in  United  States,  New-Tork  City,  and  other  stocks,  (market  value 

$10,311,046  67) - 9,780,629  91 

Eealestate 2.64l,67»  4«  - 

Tbis  includes  real  estate  purchased  under  foreclosure,    amounting    to  ^i        '     ' 

$773,402  32,  a  recent  appraisal  of  which  by  competent  iiarties  shows   that,  *r'' 

wben  sold,  the  company  may  reasonably  expeot  to  realize  at  le^t  Its  cost. 

Bonds  and  mortgages,  first  lien  on  real  estate,    (buildings  thereon  Insured 
for  $15,321,000,  and  tbe  policies  assigned  to  the  company  as  additional  col-  • 

lateral  security) 17,364.887  84 

♦Loans  on  existing  policies,  (the  reserve  held  bv  the  company  on  these  policies  ^  . 

amounts  to  $3.669,490) ■^781,586  38 

*Qaarterly  and  semi-annual  premiums  on  existing  policies,  due  subsequent  to  .vj;a 
Jan.  1. 1877 ->—  *  482,696  4X^, 

'Premiums  on  existing  policies  in  course  of  transmission  and  collection,  (esti- 
mated reserve  on  these  policies  $50!>,0(K),  mcluded  in  llabiUties) ,  125,027  15 

Aeents'  balances - ...— — — ....—..  36,164  19 

Accrued  interest  on  investments  to  Jan.  L  1877 300.558  68— $83,780,888  Sf 

*A  dt  tailed  selieduU  of  thete  items  wiU  accompany  the  iwieol  annual  report  JUed  with  the  Inturamx 
Department  of  tA«  -Stot*  of  New-  York. 

Excess  of  market  value  ol  sucurities  overcost 680316  7S 

CASH  ASSETS,  JAN.  1. 1877 -833,3 11,413 if 

Appronriated  as  follows: 

Adjusted  losses,  due  subsequent  to  Jan.   1,1877 -.$314.440  9^ 

Eeporied  losses  awaiting  proof,  tc „ 201,162  21 

Keserved  tor  reinsurance    on  exlstlns   policies  ;  participating  insurance   at   4  v 

per  cent.  Carlisle,  net  premium;   non-participating  at  0  per  cent.  Carlisle,  net 

premiam 29,634,461  «l 

EeservedforcontlnKent  liabilities  to  Tontine  Dividend  Fund,    over  and  above  a 

4  per  cent,  reserve  on  existing  policies  of  tbat  class 617,504  84 

Beserved  for  premiums  paid  in  advance 17.038  83—80.884,697  0 


Divisible  surplus  at  4^  cent ,,—$2,636,816 

Snrplns,  estimated  by  tbe  >ew-Vork  State  standard  at  4  1-3  per  cent,  orer 85.ff00»000 


^ 


A  LOVESICK  LAWYER. 
Eli  Hooh,  wbo  said  be  was  a  lawyer,  was  ar- 
raigned before  Justice  Flammer,  at  the  Wasbiugtoa 
Place  Bvlice  Court,  yesterday,  on  a  charge  growing 
out  of  his  affdction  f  jr  a  young  lady  wbo  did  not 
encourage  his  wooing.  The  yonng  lady  lives  on  tbe 
west  siie  with  her  parents,  and  is  the  daughter  of 
a  prosperous  down-town  merchant.  Complaint  was 
made  on  the  sworn  testimony  of  her  brother,  who 
lives  in  Bruoklyo,  tbat  she  has  sufTerod  in  body  and 
mind  from  the  assidnoos  attentions  ot  her  w^ould-be 
suitor,  and  that  he  has  shadowed  bar  movements 
since  the  8th  of  March,  1876,  dogcing  her  footsteps 
whenever  she  went  abroad,  and  writlnz  letters 
avowing  his  affdclion  fur  her.  He  has  called  at  the 
residence  of  tbe  yonng  lady,  rung  tbe  bell,  and  re- 
quested admission,  but  his  reception  would  have 
dampened  tha  ardor  of  a  less  persistent  lover, 
the  door  being  invariably  slammed  in  his  face. 
Justice  Flammer  questioned  him  at  gr^at  length 
on  bis  obiect  in  pnrsuing  such  an  unmanly  course 
in  thrusting  bis  attentions  on  a  yonng  lady  and 
thereby  making  ber  life  miserable.  Tne  court  next 
proceeded  to  ascertain  if  he  bad  received  any  en- 
couragement. The  prisoner  maintained  that  he 
bad,  and  gnvo  his  reasons  lor  so  believing  witb 
great  emphasis.  The  lady  had  spoken  to  him  onoe; 
she  said,  "How  do  you  do  ?"  one  day  in  the  street, 
and  on  anotber  occasion  she  nodded  to  bim  from  a 
Broadway  stage.*  This  wa»  sufficient  euconrage- 
ment,  in  his  opinion,  to  warrant  him  m  arrivins  at 
the  conclnsioa  tbat  be  was  an  aoo.epced  snitorr 
Every  Sunday  he  occupied  a  pew  in  the  church 
where  be  had  a  fall  view  of  her  conntenance,  which 

be  studied  with  marked  attention.  Not  content 
with  these  methods  of  demonslratine  his  attach- 
ment, he  sent  ber  his  photograph,  inclosed  in  an 
amatory  epistle,  reqnestlag  ber  picture  in  return. 
This  was  too  much  lor  the  persecuted  young  lady, 
and  orotectlon   was  soaghi  for  tbroneb    the  asenov 

ot  the  Distnot  Attorney's  office,  fie  was  arrested 
by  Detective  Field,  aud  when  tbe  Justice  bad 
■  beard  tbe  whole  story,  he  sent  the  prisoner  for  ex- 
amination, before  the    Commissioners  of  Charities 

and  Correction.  His  case  will  be  reported  ou  tbis 
morning  at  tbe  Washington  Piaoe  Police  Court. 


From  tbe  nndlvlded  surplus  of  S2. 626.816  the  Board  of  Trustees  has  declared  a  reverstcraary  divMaaS 
available  onsettlement  of  next  annual  premium  to  participating  policies  proportionate  to  their  contrlbattoat* 
Eurplna.    The  cash  value  of  the  reversion  may  be  used  in  such  settlement  if  the  poUoy-holders  so  eleoc  :; 

During  tbe  year  6,514  policies  bave  been  issued,  insuring  $20,062,11L 

Number  ofpolicies  in  force  Jan.  1.  1876,  44,661. 

Numberofpobclesin  force  Jan.  1.  1877,  45,431- 

Amountatilsk  Jan.  1,  1876 $136,183,118  8l 

Amount  at  risk  Jan.  1,  1877 127,748,473  00 


MORRIS  FRANKLiy, 
DAKIEL  S.  MILLER, 
ROBERT  B.  COLLIxe, 
CHARLES  WRIGHT,  M.  D., 
J.  F.  SEYSIOPR. 
HENRY  BOfVERS, 


TRUSTEB& 
DAVID  DOWS. 
JOHN  UAIBS, 
WILLIAM  BARTOK. 
WILLIAM  A.  BOOTH, 
g.  R.  BOGERT,  M.  D.,* 
EDWARD  MABTIS, 
WILLIAM  H.  BKEEtS. 


ISAAC  0.  KENDALL, 
WM.  H.  APPLETOW. 
liOOMie  L.  WHITE. 
H.  B.  CLAFLI9, 
i  OEOaOB  A.  osoooiv 

3SQ.  M.  FCTRU.AN.'^ 


•  ■T" 


AIORRIS   FRANKLIN.    President. 

WUiiaAAI   H.   SBBR8,    Vice    I'restdent    «ad   Aetaur* 

THBOOOEB  M.  BAMA,  Cashier. 
D.  OOELL,  Superlatendent  of  Ageaeias. 
CORNEUUJ)  R.  bOOEET,  M.  D., 
CHARLES  WRIGHT,  M.  D.. 


Medical  Examlssta>" 


IKSUEfflCi:  COMFAHT 

_^  OFNKWYORK. 
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THE  BROOKLYN  UNION-ARGUS. 
Mr.  Lorin  Palmer,  of  the  Brooklyn  Union, 
said  last  evenioa  tbat  ibe  reason  why  no  allusion 
was  nude  in  Satnrday's  Union  ro  tbe  cotaolidation 
ot  the  Brtioklyn  Argu»  with  tbe  Union  was  because 
tbe  negotiations  we<'e  not  completed  on  Saturaay 
until  after  tbe  latter  paper  bad  gone  to  press.  The 
Union-Argru,  tbe  first  number  of  which  is  to  be 
isfcuudto-oay,  would  be,  he  said,  tbe  sama  in   tone, 

politics,  and  general  obaraotenstios  aa  tbe  I7^n.      ^_^ ,„ 

There  bad  been  no  conditions  made  involving  any    •'"Livbrpool!   FeVi8.-^Tbe   steam*shtp  Sally,  Caat.^- 

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schIme  to  stop  thecount. 

♦ 

TILDEN  MANIP  VLATING  THE  HO  USE. 

6DCCE8S  OF  HIS  ATTORNEYS  IN  SECURING  A 
RECESS  WITHOUT  ACTION  ON  THE  ELEC- 
TOBAL  VOTES — THE  PRETEXT  FOB  THE 
DELAY  TO  DECErVB  THE  CONSISTENT 
DEMOCRATS  WHO  WISH  TO  KEEP  FAITH 
— DEBATE  IN  THE  SENATE  ON  THE  QUES- 
TION OF  CONCURRING  IN  THE  ACTION  OF 
THE  TRIBONAt. 

Svecial  Diapateh  to  the  New-  York  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  19. — Contrary  to  gen- 
«ral  expectation,  but  In  accordance  with  what 
"was  noted  last  night  as  gossible,  the  count  of 
the  Electoral  votes  was  not  resumed  to-day  by 
the  joint  convention.  The  action  of  the  Demo- 
cratic caucus  on  Saturday  night  in  agreeing  to 
proceed  with  the  count  without  resortinp: 
to  dilatory  motions,  and  the  assurances 
^ven  by  leading  Democrats  yesterday  that  the 
count  would  proceed  to-day,  unattended  by 
any  delays  other  than  those  created  by  the 
Electoral  act.  mduoed  the  general  belief  that, 
beyond  pouring  out  vials  of  Democratic  wrath 
and  indi;:nation  for  two  hours,  nothing  would 
be  interposed  to  hinder  the  progress  of  the 
count,  and  that,  in  the  language  of  the  cau- 
oujb  resolution,  "it  should  proceed  with- 
out dilatory  opposition  to  the  orderly 
execution  of  the  act  creating  the  Elec- 
toral Comraission,  whose  decisions  sball 
be  received  and  acted  upon  in  aceordance 
with  the  provisions  of  said  law."  A  few  of 
the  more  sagacious  observers,  notirg  the  fact 
that  a  large  number  of  the  Democratic  mem- 
bers were  not  present  at  the  caucus,  and  that 
those  who  advocated  obstructive  measures 
numbered  nearly  50,  placed  no  confidence  in 
the  professions  of  Saturday  night,  and  ex- 
pressed the  conviction  than  an  effort  would  be 
made  to-day  to  set  aside  the  action  ot  the 
caucus. 

Tne  joint  convention  reassembled  at  11 
o'clock.  Long  before  that  hour  the  floor  and 
galleries  were  crowded  by  anxious  spectators, 
who  occupied  the  time  m  discussing  the  proba- 
bility of  the  Democrats  keeping  the  faith  ex- 
pressed in  the  caucus.  The  decision  of  the 
Commission,  awarding  LouLsiana  to  Haves  and 
Wheeler,  having  been  read,  all  eyes  were  turned 
to  David  Dudley  Field,  expecting  to  see  him  rise 
when  the  presiding  officer  asked  for  objections 
to  the  decision.  TJaat  emtaent  man  sat  grandly 
morose,  with  folded  arms,  and  just  as  every 
Dne  not  acquainted  with  the  Democratic  pro- 
gramme was  wondering  if  David  Dudley  had 
forgot  his  cunnmsc  or  deserted  his  master,  Rep- 
resentauve  Gibson,  of  Louisiana,  arose  and 
presented  formal  obiections  to  the  decision. 
Incorporated  with  the  objections  was  a 
pjunphlet  brief  of  evidence  which  the 
Democratic  counsel  had  prepared  for 
presentation^  to  the  Commission  in 
the  Louisiana  case,  but  which  the  Commission 
declined  to  receive.  The  reading  of  the  objec- 
tions consumed  an  hour  and  a  quarter,  and  an- 
other half  hour  w^as  consumed  in  givmg  the 
Democranc  members  an  opportunity  to  append 
their  signatures.  A  large  number  of  Demo- 
crats who  bad  not  before  had  an  opportunity 
of  signmg  came  forward  and  affixed  their 
names  to  the  document.  Further  objections 
were  filed  by  >eBator  Wallace,  and  Represen- 
tative Cochrane,  of  Pennsylvania.  The  Senate 
then,  at  1  o'clock,  withdrew. 

As  soon  as  the  procession  of  retiring  Senators 
had  disappeared,  Fernando  Wood  moved  a  re- 
cess until  10  o'cloci  to-morrow.  This  was  re- 
garded as  a  dilatory  movement.  Great  interest 
was  manifested  in  the  progress  of  the  roll-call, 
which  was  demanded  on  the  motion.  As  the 
call  proceeded,  it  was  difficult  to  predict  what 
the  result  would  be,  and  when  the  call  was  fin- 
shed  it  was  doubttul  whether  Wood's  motion  had 
received  a  majority.  A  large  number  of 
Democrats,  mostly  from  the  West  and 
the  South,  failed  to  respond  to  their  names  on 
the  call.  These  arose  when  the  regular  call 
was  completed  and  recorded  themselves  for  re- 
cess, thus  carrying  Wood's  motion  by  10  ma- 
jority, the  vote  standing  140  to  130.  Twenty- 
six  Democrats  voted  against  recess.  Of 
these  26,  only  seven  are  from  the  South. 
John  H.  Bagley  and  Mr.  Willis  are  the  only 
two  New- York  Democrats  who  voted  in  the 
legative.  Cutler,  of  New-Jersey,  voted  "nay," 
»s  did  Hardenberg,  from  the  same  State,  but 
the  latt«r  changed  his  vote  before  the  result 
was  announced.  As  soon  as  the  recess  was 
declared  notice  was  given  the  Democratic  mem- 
bers Irom  the  Clerk's  desk  to  immediately  as- 
semble in  caucus,  which  was.  however,  ad- 
journed without  action  to   7:30  in  the  evening. 

When  the  two  houses  separated  the  Senate 
returned  to  its  own  chamber,  headed  by  the 
Sergeant  at  Arms  and  a  nuaiber  of  special 
policerueH.  Mr.  Ferry,  the  President  of  the 
Senate,  came  alter  the  Sergeant  at  Arms,  and 
beside  him  was  an  attendant  who  carried  two 
mahogany  boxes  containing  the  returns.  These 
Mr.  Ferry  keeps  continually  m  sight,  and 
It  may  be  well  that  he  does  so,  for  some 
of  the  disappointed  Democrats  are  desperate 
enough  for  any  lawless  or  violent  act  which 
promises  to  aid  their  cause.  When  the  Senate 
had  reached  its  own  chamber  the  galleries 
began  to  fill  ap  rapidlv,  and  in  a  few    moments 

It  was  impossible  to  find  standing  room  in  them. 
After  the  Chair  had  state!  the  business  be- 
fore the  Senate  and  the  character  of  the 
objections  which  had  been  read  in  the  Hoase, 

Senator  Sherman  obtained  the  floor,  and  offered  a 
resolution  to  the  effect  that  notwithstanding 
these  objections  the  decision  of  the  Electoral 
Commission  be  sustained  by  the   Senate.     At 

this  peine  Senator  Davis  said  that  he  would 

like  to  have  the  objections  read.  This  proposi- 
tion gave  rise  to  considerable  debate,  and 
finally  Mr.  Bogy  insisted  that  the  objections 
be  repeated,  and  a  great  deal  of  valuable 
time  was  so  wasted.  Then  Senator  Eernan 
obtained  the  floor  and  moved  as  a  substitute 
lor  Mj.  Sherman's  motion  a  resolution  which 
provided  that  the  decision  of  the  tribunal  be 
dissented  from.  Upon  this  question  the  debate 
oommenced  and  continued  for  two  hours,  the 
time  allowed  under  the  Electoral  bill.  Each 
speaker  was  permitted  by  the  law  to  oo- 
oupy  the  floor  for  ten  minutes.  Mr. 
(daxey,  of  Texas,  was  the  first  to  get 
1  hearing.  He  read  a  carefuUy  written 
tddress  protesting  agamst  the  action  of  the 
Commission  and  praying  heaven  to  aid  the  de- 
feated Democracy.  Mr.  Kernan,  who  next  ob- 
tained the  floor,  was  iu  very  good  voice,  and 
delivered  ©ne  of  his  old-time  "  Agricultural 
fair "  speeches  with  an.  energy  and  dramatic 
ability  which  seemed  to  be  highly  appreciated 
by  the  galleries.  Mr.  Thui-man,  who,  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Commission,  should  have  kept  silent. 
'oUowed  the  Senator  from  New-York.  He 
made  an  exceedingly  inflammatory  and  iiyudi- 
jious  soeeoh,  denounced  the  Louisiana  Return- 
ing Board,  and  declared  that  the  wUl  of  the 
Mople  of  the  State  had  been  overturned  bj  a 
few  unsorupuloas  men.  Mr.  Sherman  followed 
In  a  verv  forcible  address,  in  which  he 
t«ierred  >artioularly  to  the  charges  of 
bud  whioii  ioA  b6«n  brought  against  tha 


NEW-YOEK,  TUESDAY,  FEBEUAKY  20,  1877. 


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Republicans  of  Louisiana,  and  declared  that, 
even  if  these  charges  were  &ue,  they  were  off^- 
set,  counterbalanced,  and  bidden  out  of  sight 
by  the  terrible  crimes  of  outrage,  intimidation, 
violenoe,  and  murder  which  had  been  provecP 
against  the  White  League  Democracy  of  the 
South.  Mr.  Sherman  also  mentioned  the 
fact  that  the  bill  creating  the  tri- 
bunal had  been  passed  by  Democratic 
votes,  and  he  claimed  that  now  the 
members  of  the  party  named  were  bound  in 
honor  to  sustain  the  deeision  of  the  tribunal 
which  had  been  called  into  existence  by  their 
influence.  Senator  Morton,  who  had  not  in- 
tended to  speak  upon  the  action  ot  the 
tribunal,  was  forced  to  take  the  floor  to 
answer  the  address  of  his  fellow  Commis- 
sioner, Mr.  Thurman.  He  made  a  quiet 
and  dignified  judicial  argument,  showing 
that  the  constitution  of  the  Betoming 
Board  was  perfectly  legal,  and  that  the  decision 
of  the  Commission  was  strictly  in  accordance 
with  both  the  letter  and  the  spirit  of  the  Con- 
stitution and  the  law.  Mr.  Bayard,  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Commission,  after  an  earnest  consul- 
tation with  his  friend  Watterson,  of  Kentucky, 
next  spoke.  He  made  a  short,  and,  much  to  the 
surprise  of  those  who  know  him  best  and  have 
admired  him  for  his  usual  independence 
and  tairness,  a  most  violent  and  indecently  par- 
tisan address,  bitterlv  denouncing  the  action  of 

the  Commission.  Senator  Logan  followed  in  a 
short  speech,  and  then  Mr.  Sargent,  in  his 
quick,  nervous  way  made  a  number  of  good  . 
points  in  favor  of  sustaining  the  action  of  the 
Commission.  He  was  particularly  happy  in 
his  reference  to  the  seven  Democrats  who  sat 
upon  the  tribimal,  and  who,  with  a 
partisanship  and  want  of  patriotism 
which  no  fair-minded  citizen  could  un- 
derstand or  excuse,  voted  obstinately  with 
their  party  and  refused  to  join  the  ranks  of 
those  who  considered  the  Presidential  contest 
upon  us  merits  ana  in  a  strictly  judicial  spirit. 
In  finisning  his  address  Mr.  Sargent  made  a 
passing  allusion  to  the  attempted  assassi- 
nation ot  Gov.  Packard  in  New-Oile.ins. 
At  this.  Senator  Withers,  with  great  rude- 
ness and  lack  of  dignity,  laughed  outright. 
Mr.  Sargent  turned  upon  him  quickly  and 
asked,  "  Does  the  gentleman  laugh  at  my  al- 
lusion to  the  attempted  assassination  ot  Gov. 
Packard  ?"  "  Yes,"  said  Withers.  "  that  was 
what  I  was  laughing  at."  *•  Well,  then,"  con- 
tinued Mr.  Sargent,  "  perhaps  you  will  also 
laugh  at  the  article  which  yesterday 
appeared  in  a  Democratic  paper  of 
this  city,  and  which  advised  the  Dem  ocratio 
White  League  to  kiU  President  Hayes  on 
his  way  to  the  Capitol!  Perhaps  you  also 
laugh  at  the  murder  of  the  Republican  Presi- 
demt  Lincoln,  assavsinated  by  one  of  your 
Democrats  !  or  at  the  bloody  civil  war  which 
was  brought  on  by  your  party  !"  To  these 
pointed  remarks  Mr.  Withers  attempted  to 
reply,  but  did  not  succeed.  Alter  further 
speeches  on  both  sides,  the  question 
was  put  on  Mr.  Kernan's  substitute, 
and  it  was  lost  by  a  vote  of  28  to  41.  Then 
the  question  recurred  upon  the  original  reso- 
lution of  Senator  Sherman  sustaining  the 
action  of  the  Commission,  and  it  was  adopted 
by  a  vote  of  41  to  28.  It  was  noticed  that 
Senator  Conkling  was  not  in  the  chamber 
during  the  day,  and,  of  course,  he  did  not 
vote  on  the  resolution. 

The  action  of  the  House  to-day  in  de- 
clining to  continue  the  count  till  to-morrow 
has  produced  a  feeling  of  imcertainty  as  to 
the  good  faith  of  the  caucus  action  of 
Saturday  night.  Half  of  the  number  of 
those  who  voted  in  caucus  against  the 
proposition  to  defeat  the  counting  of  the 
Electoral  vote  by  dilatory  motions  voted  to 
take  a  recess  till  to-morrow.  It  is  particularly 
noticeable  that  the  Southern  men  who  were  so 
strongly  against  delay  in  the  caucus,  almost  to 
to  a  man,  voted  tor  the  recess.  The  proceed- 
ing needs  explanation,  and  the  Democratic 
account  of  it  is  to  the  effect  that 
Mr.  Hurd,  of  Ohio,  who  had  been 
selected  to  act  as  manager  of  the 
Oregon  case  before  the  Commission  had  become 
sick  and  unable  to  go  on  with  it ;  that  Mr. 
Jenks,  of  PennBylvania,  would  have  to  take 
Kurd's  place,  and  he  needed  till  to-morrow  for 
preparation.  They  say  the  Oregon  case  cannot 
take  more  than  two  days,  and  South  Carolma 
will  be  only  referred  to  the  Commission  as  a 
matter  of  form,  and  that  the  entire  count  will  be 
concluded  this  week.  This  is  a  plausible  reason<f or 
the  action,  which,  however,  has  a  deeper  mean- 
mg.  The  recess  is  a  part  of  an  insidious  and 
snrewdly  devised  system  of  delay  which  has 
been  so  quietly  operated  as  to  deceive  mativ 
Democrats.  The  revolutionary  Democrats  are 
great  blusterers,  but  they  are  under  the  lead- 
ership of  two  or  three  consummate  plotters. 
Field.  Fernando  Wood,  and  Thompson,  being 
defeated  in  caucus,  have,  without  appearing 
themselves,  fixed  np  pretenses  of  delay,  like 
that  above  note^l,  so  plausible,  and  presented 
with  such  a  semblance  of  candor  and  honesty 
as  to  win  the  votes  of  those  who  have  deter- 
mined not  to  support  the  policy  of  filibuster- 
ing, but  who  do  not  feel  like  breaking 
away  from  their  party  when  they 
are  asked  only  to  vote  for  time  for  prepa- 
ration. In  this  manner  the  filibustering 
party  succeeded  to-day.  They  will  be  ready 
with  some  excuse  for  another  recess  on  the  first 
occasion.  There  was  this  time  the  particular 
motive  for  a  recess  in  the  call  for  another  cau- 
cus, which  is  held  at  the  Capitol  to-night.  The 
revolutionists  have  put  forth  every  possible 
effort   to    secure    a  reversal   of    the   action  ot 

Saturday  night,  and  the  secret  motiye  of  post- 
poning the  count  till  to-morrow  was  in  the 
hope  that  to-night's  caucus  would  change  the 
party  position. 

Considering  all  that  has  been  done  in  the  last 
three  days,  it  looks  as  though  David  Dudley 
Field,  Fernando  Wood,  and  a  few  of  their  fel- 
lows were  trying  to  outwit  the  whole  Demo* 
cratic  Party  and  cheat  them  into  doing  that 
which  they  voted  not  to  do.  The  sickness  of 
Hurd,  if  real,  was  no  valid  excuse  for 
delay;  for  in  any  event  Jenks  would 
have  24  for  preparation,  which  ought  to  be  'suf- 
ficient It  was  said  of  Hurd  by  some  Demo- 
crats that  he  had  withdrawn  irom  defending 
the  Oregon  fraud;  but  the  story  of  his  Oeing 
sick  is  more  probable,  for  the    privilege  of 

making  an  argument  before  the  Commission 
would  compensate  him  for  suppressing  any 
scruples  he  might  have. 

THE  DEMOCBAIS  IN  CAUCUS. 

A  SNUB  to  THEEXIKKMISTS — INDISPOSITION 
OF  THE  MAIN  POBTION  OF  THE  MEMBERS 
TO  AID  THE  PLOTTERS  —  FEBNANDa 
wood's  FARCE  ENDS  IN  DESPONDENCY. 

Special  Ditpateh  to  (A«  New- York  Tlmei. 

Washington,  Feb.  19.— Upon  the  reas- 
sembing  of  the  caucus  at  7:30  this  evening,  the 
extremists  were  discouraged  by  the  large  num- 
ber of  members  absent  The  adi'onmment  bad 
been  carried  in  the  afternoon  because  of  the 
email  attendance,  and  tne  indifference 
oonspiouously  manifested  by  so  many 
in     staying    away,      convinced      those      who 

Jxooed  to  reooiuider  M»  action  of  SatordaY. 


night  that  they  were  not  to  have  sufficient  sup- 
port to  carry  out  their  purposes.  Vance,  of 
Ohio,  was  the  first  to  take  the  floor.  He  pre- 
sented substantially  the  same  resolution  which 
Cochrane,  of  Pennsylvania  offered  on 
Saturday.  This  was  discussed  briefly,  but 
no  effort  was  made  to  obtain  a  vote  upon  it 
Mills,  of  Texas,  succeeded  in  distinguishing 
hiiaselt  by  presenting  a  resolution  declaring 
that  as  neither  Presidential  candidate  had  ob- 
tained a  miyjority  of  the  Electoral  votes  the 
House  at  1  o'clock  to-morrow  proceed  to 
elect  a  President  for  the  t^rm  commencing 
March  4.  No  notice  was  taken  of  this  resolu- 
tion, which,  considering  the  fact  that  Springer 
was  present,  may  be  regarded  as  somewhat 
remarkable.  The  sequel  shows,  however,  that 
Sprmger  was  simply  reserving  himself  for  a 
proposition  of  as  much  originality  as  that  made 
by  Mills.  Sprmger  desired  to  save  something 
from  '  the  general  wreck,  and  with  that  view 
proposed  that  to  each  of  the  regular  appropri- 
ation bills  yet  to  be  acted  upon  by  the  House, 
a  clause  should  be  -  appended  requir- 
ing the  President  to  recognize  Nichols 
as  Governor  of  Louisiana,  an  Wade 
Hampton  as  Governor  of  South  Carolina.  He 
proposed  to  make  this  more  binding  on  the 
Army  Appropriation  bill  by  withholding  it  to 
the  last,  and,  should  recognition  of  NUholls 
and  Hampton  not  be  forced  prior  to  that  bill 

being  reached,  then  the  Army  Appropriation 
bill  should  provide  only  for  the  main- 
tenance of  forts  and  other  military 
works,  and  it  should  be  made  unlawful  to  employ 
Federal  troops  anywhere  but  upon  the  frontier. 
Messrs.  Hunton,  Harris,  of  Virginia  ;  Buckner. 
and  Durham  spoke  again6tSpringer'Bfolly,wbile 
Messrs.  Hooker,  Knott,  and  Mills  spoke  mildly 
in  favor  of  something  of  the  kind  being  done. 
Those  who  desired  to  carry  out  in  good 
faith  the  actioa  ot  Saturday  night  finally 
became  tired  of  tbis  nonsense,  and  John  Youjig 
BrowB  cut  them  off  by  offering  the  same 
resolution  that  was  passed  at  the 
last  meeting,  and  under  which  the 
count  should  have  proceeded  to-day.  Some 
discussion  ensued  upon  tbis,  the  general  senti- 
ment being  that  a  reaffirmation  of  Saturday's 
action  was  unnecessary.  McMabon,  of  Ohio, 
moved  that  the  caucus  adjourn  until  the  State 
of  Oregon  shall  be  called  in  joint  convention, 
which  was  adopted. 

Thus  ended  the  farce  rung  on  to-day  by  Stage 
Manager  Wood.  It  is  known  that  the  recess 
could  not  have  been  carried  to-day  had  it  not 
been  for  the  effortsof  Springer,  Sa.yler,  and  afew 
others,  who  went  about  during  the  roll-call  im- 
portuning their  colleagues  to  grant  the  recess 
as  beimg  necessary  to  prepare  the  Oregon  case, 
and  declaring  they  only  wished  for  this  one 
day. 

INDIGNATION  AMONG  DEMOCRATS. 

THE  COURSE  OF  PETTIFOGGING  CONGRESS- 
MEN SEVERELY  DENOUNCED— THE  HAND 
OK  TILDEN  RECOGNIZifD  IN  THK  DKLAY 
— THK  OPINION  OF  AN  EMINENT  OHIO 
LAWYER. 

Special  Diepateh  to  the  Jfew-Tork  Tlmei, 

Columbus,  Feb.  19.— The  Democrats  of 
the  General  Assembly,  in  joint  caucus  to-night, 
adopted  a  resolution  favrring  a  filibustering 
policy  to  prevent  the  consummation  of  the 
Electoral  count  at  Washington.  This  action 
is  supposed  to  have  been  inspired  from 
Grauercy  Park,  New- York,  and  is  known 
to  be  in  direct  antagonism  to  the  views  of 
many  prominent  Democrats,  and,  indeed,  of 
nearly  all  except  the  place-hunting  crowd. 
One  leading  Democrat  lately  expressed  a  very 
prevalent  feeling  of  his  party  in  say- 
ing that  if  a  new  election  should 
be  forced,  there  would  be  a  lively 
time  before  Tilden  should  again 
be  chosen  as  the  leader  cf  his  party.  Another 
remarked  that  he  had  much  rather  that  Hayes 
had  been  nommated  by  the  Democrats  than 
Tilden.  and  intimated  that  nothing 
but  the  chagrin  of  being  beaten  pre- 
vented ready  acknowledgment  of  Tilden's 
defeat  The  popular  feeling  in  favor 
of  a  prompt  settlement  ot  the  Presidential  con- 
troversy is  growing  stronger  every  hour  in 
Ohio,  and  is  not  limited  by  party  lines.  Deep 
indignation  is  expressed  at  the  factious  course 
of  the  House  of  Representatives  m  its 
needless  waste  of  time  in  ^prosecuting 
the  count,  and  a  storm  ot  popular 
execration  is  evidently  gathering  for 
the  pettifoggers  at  Washington,  who  attempt 
to  prolong  the  public  agitation  and  anxiety. 
One  of  the  most  eminent  lawyers  in  Ohio,  while 
in  this  city  to-day,  remarked  that  in 
case  the  House  of  Representatives 
shall  persist  in  a  filibustering  poliey 
it  was  the  plain  duty  of  the  Senate  to  proceed 
as  best  it  could  and  count  the  vote,  and  de- 
clare the  result  Ha  thought  both  public 
opinion  and  the  law  would  justify   this  course. 

THE  WEATHER. 


SYNOPSIS  AND  INDICATIONS. 
Washington.  Feb.  20—1  A.  M.— The  area  of 
loweit  temperature  has  mpred  north-eastward  to 
the  North  Carolina  coast,  and  the  barometer  has 
very  generally  risen  west  of  the  Alleshanies.  Cola 
DOTtberly  winds  prevail,  with  clear  weath' 
er,  over  the  lake  region,  Ohio  Valley, 
the  North-west.  and  Soath-weat,  bat  have 
backed  to  warmer  8ontb.east  In  Dakota  and 
Manitoba.  Sontb-nest  winds  continae  on  the  im- 
mediate Gnlf  coast  and  in  the  Soatb  Atlantic  Statoi, 
with  occasional  light  rain.  Clear  weather  prevails 
in  the  Middle  and  Eastern  States  bnt  on  the  North 
Carolina  coaat  oload   and    rain,  and   in  Nova  bcotia 

■now  continoes. 

The  rivers  fell  on  Monday  from  Keokuk  to  Mem- 
phis, but  rose  at  Leavenworth. 

INDICATIONS. 

For  Tuesday  in  the  Soaih  Atlantio  and  Oulf 
States,  riainK  barometer,  colder  north-east  to  north- 
west winds  and  clear,  or  clearing  wnaiber. 

For  Tennessee  and  the  Ohio  Valley  and  the 
lower  lake*,  north  to  went  winds,  rising  barumeter, 
and  cooler,  clear,  or  partly  cloudy  weather. 

For  the  npoer  lakes  and  North-west,  cooler 
noitherly,  shifting  to  warmer  southerly  winds,  ris- 
ing followed  by  falling  barometer,  and  generally 
Clear  weather. 

For  the  Middle  and  Eattem  States,  risitid  ba- 
rometer, cooler  north  and  west  teinda,  inereating  to 
brUtk  or  high /or  a  short  time,  and  clear  or  partly 
cloudy  weather. 

Gantionary  signals  contlnne  on  the  Texas  and 
Sonth  Carolina  coasts. 

The  rivers  will  continae  to  fall  slowly. 
IN    THIS    CITY. 

The  following  record  shows  the  ohanges  in 

the  temperature  for  the  past  S4  hoars,  in  com- 
parison with  the  corresponding  date  of  last  year, 
asindiciitedbT  tne  thermometer  at  Radnat's  phar- 
macy : 

187a  1877.1  1876.  1877. 

3  AM 27°       3l°i.3:30P.  M 47'-       38° 

6  a.  M 27°       32°.   6  P.M. 43°       31° 

9  AM 34=       32*',  »P.  M 39"       23° 

12  M 47°        3a°ll2P.  M 36"        21° 

ATerage  temoeratore  yesteroar 30i8° 

Averase  temperature  for  correspondinc  date  last 
year? ..■^... 37'2° 

MILL  0PEB±T1YE8  ON  STRIKE. 
Nbw-Bbdford,  Feb.  19.— The  anticipated 
strike  of  the  W  amsutta  mill  operatives  took  place 
to-day.  The  mills  are  preparing  for  a  lone  shut- 
down. Operatives  of  other  mills  have  agreed  to  aid 
the  strikers. 

FLOBIDA.  STA.TB  I'AUt. 

jAOSBomnuaSt  Feb.  19.— The  second  annoal 

state  Fair  opened  here  to-day.'    The  pro«p«ot«  for  a 

cn41tat>l^  4isj»lv  wd  a  Iwks  atteadaBC*  aro  good  v: 


ALBANY. 


THE  WORK  IN  THE  LEGISLATURE. 

EVENING  SESSIONS  LAST  NIGHT — THE  PRO- 
POSED CONSTITUTIONAL  AMENDMENTS 
TO  CONSOLIDATE  NEW- YORK  COURTS — 
POWER  OF  INSURANCE  COMPANIES  TO 
REINSURE  THEIR  RISKS — CONDITION  OF 
STATE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES — ^THK 
SDPERINTENDKNT — TRADING  IN  OFFICES 
— AN  IMPORTANT  CITY  BILL. 

Special  Dttpateh  to  the  New-  York  Tlmei, 

Albany,  Feb.  19.— Senator  Gerard's  reso- 
lution for  an  amendment  to  the  Constitution 
consolidating  the  Superior  and  Common  Pleas 
Courts  of  tlf}  City  of  New- York  with  the  Su- 
premo Court,  was  ordered  to  a  third  reading. 
With  an  amendment  giving  to  the  Legislature 
power  to  equalize  the  salaries  ot  all  the  Su- 
preme Court  J  udges  in  the  City  of  New- York 
during  their  present  terms  of  office. 

The  bill  reported  by  the  Senate  Insurance 
Committee,  authorizing  insurance  companies  to 
reinsure  their  risks,  was  ordered  to  a  third 
reading  after  striking  out  the  third  section. 
As  it  now  stands,  individual  risks  can  be  rein- 
sured by  consent  of  the  policy-holder, 
but  the.  entire  risks  of  a  company  can 
only  be  reinsured  after  the  company  has 
gone  into  the .  hands  of  a  Receiver,  and 
then  only  by  the  w^ritten  cansent  •€  the 
Superintendent  of  Insurance,  the  Attorney 
General,  and  the  Judge  appointing  the  Re- 
ceiver. 

The  House  debated  over  three  hours  on  Mr. 
Purdy's  resolutions  for  the  appointment  of  a 
special  committee  to  inquire  into  the  condition 
of  the  State  insurance  companies.  The  chief 
and  qply  point  of  dispute  was  whether  the  in- 
quiry should  bo  conducted  by  the  Standing 
Committee  on  Insurance  or  by  a  special 
committee,  and  in  the  end  Mr.  Gilbert  ottered, 
and  the  House  adopted,  by  a  vote  of  60 
to  43  a  substitute  to  referring  the  subject  to 
the  standing  Committee  on  Insurance,  with 
power  to  send  for  persons  and  papers,  the 
committee  to  employ  counsel  ana  exxierta  and 
to  report  in  30  days. 

There  is  very  little  prospect  of  a  reconsidera- 
tion, at  the  executive  session  of  the  Senate  on 
Wednesday,  of  the  vote  confirming  John  V. 
Smythe  tor  Superintendent  of  Insurance.  It  is 
said  that  only  three  Democratic  Senators  can  be 
roliod  on  to  voto  for  reconsideration,  while 
eight  or  more  Republican  Senators  will  vote 
against  it.  Mucli  curiosity  is  expressed  to 
know  whether  the  "bargain"  between  the 
Conkling  Republicans  and  the  Democrats  lor 
a  division  of  oflices  is  to  extend  to  all  the  Re- 
publican officials  now  holding  over.  It  is 
rumored  that  the  next  man  on  the 
ilst  is  Dr.  Jones,  a  Homeopathic  physician  ot 
Albany,  who  is  to  supersede  Dr.  Vauderpoel  as 
Health  Officer.  Albany  physicians  claim  a  pre- 
scriptive right  to- this  office,  having  held  it  most 
of  the  time  for  the  last  UO  j-ears.  Senator 
llturris  is  said  to  take  the  place  of  leading 
negotiator  on  the  Republican  side  in  trading 
offices.  .      * 

Mr.  Rusted  introduced  a  most  important  bill 
this  evening. just  as, the  House  was  on  the 
point  ot  adjourmui:.  It  is  similar  in  nearly 
all  its  provisions  with  the  famous  "  Miller- 
Husted"  bill,  which  made  such  a  flutter 
.  in  the  Democratic  House  of  1875,  when  it 
was  introduced.  The  bill  as  it  now  stands  legis- 
lates out  of  office  every  head  of  a  department 
in  the  New- York  City  Government,  except  the 
President  of  the  Fire  Department  and  the 
Commissioner  of  Public  Works.  It  makes 
all  commissions  single-headed,  except  the 
Police,  which  commission  is  to  have  two 
members.  It  reduces  the  Mayor's  salary  from 
$12,000  to  $10,000;  the  Controller's  to  $8,000  ; 
the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works  to  $10,000  ; 
and  makes  the  salary  ot  all  other  Commission- 
ers $3,000.  The  kill  als*  consolidates  the  Duck 
Department  with  the  Department  of  Puolio 
Works,  and  the  Department  of  Build- 
ings with  that  of  the  Fire  Departmenu 
This  radical  and  thorough-going  measure  was 
sent  to  the  Committee  on  Cities,  and  will  be  one 
of  the  bills  considered  at  the  joint  meeting  on 
New- York  afiairs  to-morrow. 

In  the  House  Mr.  Cozans,  from  the  minority 
of  the  Committee  on   Privileges  and   Elections, 

iiresented  a  report  giving  the  seat  tor  mo 
Tonrth  Albany  District  to  Mr.  Curran,  fDem- 
ocrat,!  the  sitting  member,  which  was 
laid  on  the  table  with  the  majority 
report  in  favor  ot  Mr.  Braman,  the  contestant. 

I  he  Auditor  of  the  Canal  Department,  in 
answer  to  a  resolution  ol  tne  House  calling  for 
intoimation  as  to  the  employment  of  laborers 
on  the  canals  during  the  months  of  October 
and  Novemoer  last,  just  before  the  election, 
submitted  a  statement  of  the  expenditures  on 
the  canals  during  the  entire  season.  This 
statement  shows  that  durmg  the  asonths  of 
August  and  September  the  expenditures 
amounted  to  $100,638  69.  During  the  months 
of  October  and  November  they  were  $13U,- 
314  77.  The  day  labor  chargea  was  as  lol- 
lows:  August,  $11,876;  September,  $10,854; 
October,  $18,931 ;  November,  $24,085.  The  check 
rolls  lor  the  various  sections  of  the  canals 
show  the  expenditures  in  the  months  of  Octo- 
ber and  November  as  somparcd  with  those  for 
the  months  ot  August  and  September,  and  were 
as  follows  :  On  section  one,  about  double  ;  on 
suction  two,  about  treble  ;  on  section  three, 
more  thas  doUltle ;  on  section  four,  five  times 
as  great ;  on  section  six,  a  decrease  of  one- 
third,  while  the  expenditures  on  tne  remainder 
01  the  sections  were  about  the  same.  The  som- 
munication  was  laid  on  the  table  and  ordered 
to  be  printed. 

Ihe  Governor  sent  in  a  communication  from 
the  Governor  ot  Michigan  asking  the  co-opera- 
tion of  the  Stale  in  behalf  of  a  light-house  on 
Stannard  Island,  Lake  Superior.  The  commu- 
nication was  referred  to  the  Committee  on 
Federal  Relations. 

In  the  Senate  the  following  bills  were  intro- 
duced, in  addition  to  those  mentioned  above  : 

By  Mr.  Prince— To  authorize  the  appointment  of 
policemen  fur  district  Velefcraph  companies  in  the 
State. 

By  Mr.  Carpenter — Amending  the  charter  of  the 
city  of  Pougbkeepsie.  Also  to  aathonze  the  con- 
atrautiou  ot  an  armory  in  the  city  of  Pougbkeepsie. 

Mr.  Mr.  Bradlay-^Xo  amend  the  aotrelalive  Ui  loe 
Code  of  Procedure. 

By  Air.  Mornssey— In  relation  to  the  estimates 
and  aoporlioDmenD  of  the  Board  of  Education  in  the 
Citv  ol  New- York,  which  auihorizsa  the  Board  of 
Estimates  and  Appurlionmeut,  on  the  upplicaiion 
or  the  Board  ot  Educaiion,  to  transfer  any  sum 
appropriated  for  any  district,  purpose  from  one  ot 
saiU  pnrpone  into  auother. 

£y  Mr.  Kuberison— Legalizing  the  procsediogs  of 
the  annual  town  meeting  of  the  townof  Westches- 
ter in  relation  to  the  purchase  of  fire  apparatus. 

By  Mr.  Bradley — Amending  the  acD  relaiing  to 
dimes  and  their  punisDmeni,  which  proyides  that  a 

reasonable  sum  shall  be  paid  to  the  Treasurer  of 
the  county  where  coiiTictiun  was  bad  lor  the  ex- 
pecse  of  making  a  copy  ot  the  statement  of  the 
conviction  and  sentence  to  be  transmitted  to  the 
Governor. 

Mr.  Prince's  bill  relating  to  policemen  for 
district  telegraph  companies  provides  that 
the  Board  of  Police  in  any  city  may  appoint, 
in  addition  to  the  regular  force,  special  patrol- 
men, not  exceeding  200  in  uumoer,  to  be  desig- 
nated by  the  district  telegraph  company. 
The  patrolmen  shall  wear  the  same  uniform  as 
the  rejjular  Police  force,  and  be  under  general 
control  of  the  Board  of  Police,  but  be  paid  by 
the  telegraph  company. 

The  Senate  in  Committee  of  the  Whole,  con- 
sidered the  following  bills  : 

Ta  facilitate  the  dissolution  of  manufacturing 
corporatioos  in  the  County  of  Herkimer.  Ordered 
to  a  third  reading. 

Ameudiug  ibe  act  establishing  the  compensation 
of  County  J  uuges  and  Surrogates.    Progiesseu. 

Authorizing  the  New-XorK  Society  for  tne  Relief 
of  the  Knptared  and  Crippled  to  hold  real  and  per. 
■onal  estate.    Third  readmg. 

Providiue  for  the  payment  of  bonds  issued  by 
municipal  corporations.    Progessed. 

Amending  the  act  to  revise  the  charter  of  Oswego. 
Third  reading. 

Amending  the  act  for  the  benefit  of  married 
women  insuring  the  lives  ot  their  husbands.  Inird 
reading.  .... 

Bemoving  business  disabilities  from  married 
,  women.    Froerused. 

The  act  incceasing  the  powers  and  duties  of  the 
Police  Commisaionera .  of  the  City  of  Troy.  Third 
reading. 

J    ^ 

STATE  PRISON  REFORM. 

Albany.  Feb.    19. — ^Louis  D.  Pillsbory,  the 

new  Sapenntendent  of  State  Fnsons,  left  for  Sing 

Sine  Prison  to-day  to  eommtaoe   ihe  work  of  refqr- 

jaation  in  that  iostlta(ioa  at  on6&  ,  A  new  WardJu 


will  probably  be  appointed  in  place  of  the  present 
Incumbent  in  a  few  days.  Such  other  changes  as 
may  be  necessary  to  a  thorough  reconstraotion  of 
management  ot  the  institntion  will  also  be  made. 


THE  MERCHANTS'  BANK  OF  CANAS)A. 


MBE'nNG     IN    MONTBBAL    OF    THE  LEADING 

SHAREHOLDERS  —  A      RESOLUTION       OP 

SATISFACTION     PRESENTED  —  A     STATE- 

•  MENT  OF  FIGURES — $400,000   OVER  AND 

ABOVE  THE    CAPITAL  STOCK. 

Special  IHtpateh  to  the  New-  York  Timti. 

Montreal,  Feb.  19. — ^An  intormal  meet- 
ing of  several  of  the  leading  shareholders  of 
the  Merchants'  Bank  of  Canada  was  held  to- 
day at  the  bank,  at  the  request  of  the  Direct- 
ors, for  the  purpose  of  discussing  the  reports 
circulated  respecting  the  bank,  and  the  efforts 
made  to  depreciate  its  stock.  Some  of  the 
shareholders  were  invited  by  the  board,  and 
others  voluntarily  attended.  Statements  re- 
specting the  position  of  the  bank  generally, 
and  showing  the  special  points  inquired  into, 
were  laid  before  the  meeting,  and  inquiries 
were  made  of  the  President  and  General 
Manager  upon  numerous  points  interest- 
ing to  .shareholders.  After  a  full  dis- 
cussion Mr.  W.  Darling  moved  a  reso- 
lution expressing  satisfaction  with  the 
result  of  the  statement,  and  recommending 
thfit  the  shareholders  do  not  permit  temporai'y 
depreciation  of  the  stock  to  lead  them  to  sac- 
rifice  interest   in   the  -bank.     A    statement  uf 

figures  submitted  showed  that  there  would  be 
a  probable  loss  of  $400,000  since  tbel^st  annual 
meeting.  To  this  sum  was  added  $100,000 
to  meet  all  contingencies.  In  addition  to 
these  sums,  it  was  resolved  to  wine  out 
Milwaukee  Railway  bonds  amounting  to  $210,- 
000,  thus  making  a  total  loss  of  $710,000.  The 
rest  and  contingent  fund  to  credit  at  the  last 
annual  meeting  was  $1,108,000.  After  deduct- 
ing $710,000,  this  would  leave  nearly  $400,000  t« 
the  good  over  and  above  the  capital  of  the 
bank.  It  is  thought  that  the  resignation  of 
Jackson  Rae,  the  General  Manager,  will  not  be 
accepted.  Strong  ettorte  are  being  made  to 
steugthen  the  Grand  Trunk  and  Grsat  West- 
ern Railways  at  Canada  by  means  of  coalition 
of  English  shareholders. 


LAW-MAKERS  OF  NEW-JERSEY. 


they  reassembled  LAST  EVENING  AT  THE 
STATE  CAPITOL — SIXTEEN  BILLS,ARE  IN- 
TRODUCED —  THE  PAY  OF  COUNTY 
CLERKS. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  New-  York  Times. 

Trenton,  Feb.  19.— Both  houses  reas- 
sembled this  evening  in  the  lower  house. 
Sixteen  bills  were  introduced.  The  most  im- 
portant one  was  one  introduced  by  Mr.  Hams 
reducing  the  ferriage  tor  passengers  on  all  the 
ferries  between  New-Jersey  and  New-York 
City  to  two  cents  per  capita.  Mr.  Egan  intro- 
ducedagcneral  Horse  Railroad  bill  empowering 
the  companies  to  charge  four  cents  for  the  first 
two  mUes  and  one  cent  for  each  additional  mile, 
children  to  be  provided  with  seats  for  halt- 
lure.  The  general  Local  Option  bill  was  called 
up  on  its  second  reading.  Several  amendments 
were  proposed  by  Mr.  Nichols,  but  the  House 
refused  to  agree  to  them.  Mr.  £gan  finally 
moved  that  the  further  consideration  of  the 
bill  be  indehnitely  postponed,  which  is  an  easy 
way  of  killing  it.  Ihe  motion  was  agreed  to  by 
a  vote  of  39  to  15. 

Senator  Abbett's  City  bill  was  not  reached  m 
the  Speaker's  calendar,  Mr.  Brigbam  moving 
an  adjournment  to  allow  the  committee  to  bear 
arguments.  The  bill  ;.uthorizing  the  Jersey 
City  Board  of  Education  to  pay  the  teacners 
lor  the  halt  month  ot  service  which  they  ren- 
dered gratuitously  after  the  appropria- 
tion had  been  exhausted,  was  passed, 
and  goes  to .  the  Senate  for  concur- 
rence. In  the  Senate,  Mr.  Hill  -introduced 
a  concurrent  resolution  declarinjr  it  to  be  inex- 
pedient to  impose  a  one  and  a  half  mill  Siate 
tax,  and  declaring  it  to  be  the  sense  of  the 
House  that  the  State  expenditures  ahould  bo 
confined  to  the  revenues  of  the  State.  Ue  fol- 
lowed it  in  a  long  speech,  m  which  he 
showed  that  a  reduutiou  in  all  the 
departasents  was  practicable.  The  resolution 
was  <<-eferred  to  the  Committee  on  Finance. 
Mr.  Pidcock  introduced  a  bill  requiring  County 
Clerks  to  pay  their  lees  into  the  County  'Treas- 
ury, and  allowing  them  in  the  largest  eouu- 
ties  $4,000  per  year,  and  in  others  $3,000  to 
$2,000,  according  to  the  size  of  the  county. 

Ic  is  pretty  generally  believed  here  to-night 
that  Kxueger,  the  disafi'ected  Democrat,  will 
vote  for  no  one  else  than  Morrow  m  joint  meet- 
ing for  Controller.  Tne  Demoerats  will  caucus 
in  the  morning  to  agree  on  some  plan  of  action, 
'ihe  joint  meeting  will  be  held  at  noon  to-mor- 
row.           ^ 

DEATH  OF  A  NONOGENARIAN. 


DEATH  OF  REV.  FATHER  KGENAN,  OF  LAN- 
CASTER, PENN. — HE  WAS  SAID  TO  BE 
THE  OLDEST  PRIEST  IN  THIS  COUNTRY. 
Special  Dispatch  to  tlie  New- York  Z\nv<j. 
Lancabieb,  Feb.  19. — Rev.  Father  Bernard 
Eeenan,  V.  G.,  said  to  be  the  oldest  Catholic  priest 
in  the  United  States,  died  la  this  city,  about  2 
o'clock  tbis  morniDc;,  at  the  advanced  age  of  98 
years.  Father  Eeenan  waa  born  in  the  County 
Tyrone,  Ireland,  in  the  year  1T79.  He  was  educated 
for  the  clerical  profession  by  entering  the  semina- 
ries of  his  native  county,  and  afterward  at  the 
Protestant  College  of  Bungannon.  After  studying 
in  that  institution  for  four  years  he  was  employed 
as  a  taacher,  and  was  the  first  Catholic  that  was 
employed  in  that  capacity  in  Bungannon 
Colleee.  In  company  with  Right  Rev.  Bishop 
Conwell  (who  was  at  that  time  consecrated 
Bishop  of  Philadelphia)  he  came  to  the 
Uuited  States,  landing  at  Baltimore  Nov  21, 
1820.    They  proceeded  to  Philadelphia,  and  at  that 

place  he  was  ordained  a  priest,  the  first  priest  ever 
ordained  in  the  Philadelphia  Conference.  Alter  he 
was  ordained  he  proceeded  to  Mount  St.  Mary's  Col- 
lege, near  Emmettsburg,  Md.,  and  continued  there 
until  the  death  of  Key.  J.J.  Holland,  of  St.  Mary's 
Chorob,  Lancaster,  and  came  to  ihis  city  in  the 
Fall  ot  1823,  and  na«  been  in  tbis  position  to  the 
present  time.  Betore  he  came  to  this  city  his  phy- 
sicians told  mm  he  was  in  the  last  stages  of  cou- 
sumption,  pronouncing  the  left  lobe  of 
his  lungs  as  (sutiteiy  gone  with  that  oiseasc. 
The  old  stone  church  still  stands  where  he  com- 
menced hia  labors.  It  was  erected  in  1762,  115  years 
ago,  bat  in  front  of  it    he     had  er>  cieo     uue    oi  the 

finest  chorches  in  the  State.  He  was  master  of 
Hebrew,  Greek,  Latin,  and  French.  Hi:t  deaih 
vaa  only  from  extreme  old  age.  His  fuueral  will 
take  place  on  Thursday  mornmg,  at  10  o'clock,  at 
St.  Mary's  Church,  this  city. 


SUNDRY  CIVIL  APFROPRIAIIONS. 


THE  TOTAL  AMOUNT^  ABOUT  $14,000,000 — 
THE  BILL  BEADY  TO  BE  REPORTED  IN 
THE  HOUSE. 
Washington,  Feb.  19. — The  House  Com- 
mittee on  Appropriations  to-day  completed  the 
Sundry  Civil  Appropriation  bill,  and  authorized 
their  Chairman  to  report  it  to  the  House  at  the 
earliest  opportunity.  Its  principal  Items  are  the 
following:  For  expensss  of  United  States  courts,  in- 
cluding Marshals,  attorneys,  witnesses,  &c,.  $2,500,- 
000;  for  support  of  homes  for  disabled  volunteer 
soldiers,  |880,U00 ;  for  the  Signal  Service.  1300.000  ; 
for  the  Coast  Survey  about,  $400,000  ;  for  surveys  of 
northern  and  north-western  lakes  and  the  Mis- 
sissppi  Riyer,  1100,000;  for  the  malu- 
tensnce  of  lights  on  the  Mississippi,  Missouri, 
and  Ohio  Riven,  and  such  booys  as  may  be  neces- 
sary, $125,000  ;  for  surveying  public  lands  and  pri- 
vate land  claims,  $50,000  ;  for  the  repair  and  pre- 
servation of  the  public  bnilclings  throughout  the 
country,  $100,000  ;  for  the  nurchaae  ot  additioaai 
land  tor  the  Boston  Post  Office  and  Sub- Treasury, 
$181,554;  for  the  erection  of  pier  headlights  on  the 
noixhern  and  north-western  lakes,  $10.000 ;  for  es- 
tablishing day  beacons  on  the  ooat^ts  ot  Malue,  New- 
Hampshire,  and  Massachusetts,  110,000  ;  tor  the  es- 
tablishment of  light-houses  as  follows:  Com- 
micm,  B-  I.,  $5,000;  Mnasel  Bed  Shoal, 
B.  1.,  $5,000;  Egg  Island,  N.  J.,  $5,000; 
Absecom,  N.  J.,  t5,000;  Grasse  Point,  near  CbioaKo, 
III.,  $5,000;  Trbee  island,  Ga.,  $3,000;  Cape  Cana- 
veral, Fla.,  $4,000,  and  Cape  Saint  Bias,  Fla.,  $3,000. 
For  payment  ot  claims  of  Son  them  mail  contractors 
for  aerrioes  rendered  before  the  war,  1360,000.  For 
the  Havden  exnlotatioos  west  of  the  100th  mer- 
idlao.    kO.000.  .  for  .  the  .  Whaeler    exoiorattons 


west  of  the  100th  meridian,  $20,000.  For  the 
Powell  explorations  west  of  the  100th 
meridian,  $20,000.  and  for  oontinaing 
work:  on  public  buUdinss,  as  follows :  At  Chi- 
cago and  St.  Louis,  $400,000  each ;  at  Philadel- 
ptal»  and  Cincinnati,  $325,000  each ;  Hartford,  Conn., 
150,000;  Fall  River.  Mas*..  Grand  Rapids,  Mich., 
and  Evansville,  Ind.,  $20,000  eacb  ;  Trenton,  N  J., 
$14,000;  Nashviile,  Tenn.,  813.000;  Italeigb.  N.  C, 
$5,300  ;  Parkersbure.  West  Va.,  $5,000;  Port  Enron, 
Mich.,  $10,000;  Atlanta,  Ga.,  $15,000.  and  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal ,  $70,000.  The  total  of  the  bill  is  about 
114,000.000. 

THE  VANDERBILT  WILL. 


A  REPORT  THAT  IT  IS  TO  BE  CONTESTED  BY 
CORNELIUS      J.     VAlft)KRBILT — COUNSEL 
SAID    TO    HAVE    BEEN    EMPLOYED  FOR 
THE  PURPOSE — THE   WILL    TO     BE    PRO- 
DUCED IN  COURT  ON  TUESDAY,  THE  27TH. 
Soon  after  the  death  of  Commodore  Vander- 
bilt,  and   the  reading  and   publication  of  his  will, 
numerous  rumors  wore  clroalated  to  the  effect  that 
dissatisfaction  existed  in  the  family  in  consequence 
of  the  disposition  which  he  had  seen  fit  to  make  of 
his  property,  and  it  was  very  positively  announced 
in  certain  quarters   that  tbis  dis-'-atisfaction  would 
find  expression  in  the  Surrogate's  Court  at  the  time 
the  will  came  up  for  probate.    At  the  time  these  re- 
ports were  circulated-mquiry  was  made  about  them, 
but  nothing  more  definite  could  be  learned  than 
that  there  was  a  disposition  to  resist  its  provisions. 
Since  that  time,  however,  the  rumors  to  the  same 
e£rccthave  been  repeated,  and    within  a  day  or  two 
have  become  common  report  at  one  of  the  leading 
hotels.    It  IS  said  that  Cornelius  J.  Vanderbilt,  the 
brother  of  VP'illiam  H.  Vanderbilt,  upon    the  advice 

of  an  intimate  friend  and  companion,  a  man  named 
Terry,  who  lives  in  Toledo,  but  spends  much  of  his 
time  in  this  City,  has  employed  counsel  and  has 
taken  steps  to  legally  oppose  the  settlement  of  tha 
Vanderbilt  property  as  directed  by  the  wilL  A 
number  of  reasons  are  civen  for  the  pro- 
ceeding, but  the  principal  one  appears 
to  be  that  Cornelius  J.  Vanderbilt  is  a 
debtor  to  a  considerable  amount  to  Mr.  Ferry, 
and  sees  in  the  possibility  of  a  new  settlement  the 
prospect  of  an  easy  composition  of  his  difficnlties. 
Whether  this  is  actually  true  or  not'  could  not  yes- 
terday, in  the  absence  from  the  City  of  some  of  the 
principal  persons  concerned,  be  ascertained.  Mr. 
C.  J.  Vanderbilt,  of  a  restless  disposition,  seldom 
long  in  one  place,  has  not  been  at  home  tor 
several  days,  and  it  is  reported ,  tbat  in  a  con- 
versation three  days  ago  in  Washington  with 
bis  brother  he  did  not  allude  to  the  sub- 
ject, and  his  silence  has  been  construed  by  that 
part  of  the  family  which  is  con  tent  with  the  Com  - 
modore's  bestowal  of  bis  riches,  into  submission. 
Persons  who  assume  to  speak  with  authority  say 
that,  notwithstanding  this  apparent  acqnleicenee, 
'the  dissatisfied  brother  has  continued  his  prepara- 
tions, and  that  on  Tnes  lay  next,  when  the  case  is 
called  in  the  Snrrocate's  Court,  Cornelius  J.  Van- 
derbilt and  his  counsel  will  be  there  to  de- 
mand that  a  more  eqnitable  distribution  of 
the  Vanderbilt  estate  amon;;  the  children  shall  he 
ordered.  Tbat  the  application  to  have  the  will  set 
aside  is  ndt  altogether  an  unlikely  proceeding  has 
been  inferred  from  extreme  anxiety  of  Mr.  "William 
H.  Vanderbilt  to  be  apprised  at  the  earliest  possi- 
ble moment  of  the  appearance  of  any  contestants  in 
the  Surrogate's  Court,  althouzh  he  has  assured  in- 
quirers tbat  he  i%  not  aware  that  any  proceedings 
have  been  taken.  The  dissatisfaction  is  said  not  to 
be  confined  exclusively  to  Mr.  C.  J.  Vanderbilt,  but 
a  be  shared  by  a  number  of  the  family.  Surrogate 
Calvin  yesterday  said  that  while  ho  had  received  ao 
notice  of  tbs  intention  of  any  parties  to  contest  the 
will  of  Commodoie  Vanderbilt,  the  rumors  had 
reached  kis  ear  tbat  a  contest  would  be  made.  No 
application  of  attorneys  in  the  matter  had  been  as 
yet  filed. 

LOSSES  BY  FIRE. 


The  losses  6y  the  fire  at  Sag  Harbor,  Long 
Island,  on  Sunday  moroins,  as  far  as  ascertained  up 
to  yesterday  afternoon,  are  .is  follows  :  M.  H.  Gre- 
gory. $3,000;  <S.  S.  Crowell,  81,000:  B.  F.  Hnnrins, 
$30,0UU ;  J.  Fordam,  $2.000 ;  Nickerson  &.  Vail, 
$1,500;  H.  &  S.  Prenoh,  $40,000;  W.  &  G.  H. 
Cooper,  $3,000 ;  C.  S.  Slillwellf  $1,100  ;  Nassau 
House,  f  10. 000;  G.  B.  Brown,  $3,000.  Mrs.  Kelly, 
$1:200;  Mrs.  Graham,  $1,500;  Peter  Hughes,  $300  ; 
N.  Matihews,  $1,500;  Frank  Corcoran,  $1,000;  S. 
E.  Rogers,  $iS00;  Jed  Conkliu  $900;  Conkling, 
machinist,  $1,100  ;  J.  Decastro,  $3,000  ;  and  a  num- 
ber of  siuallur  losses,  making  an  aggregate  of  over 
$150,000. 

At  «  o'clock  yesterday  morning  a  fire  was 
discovered  in  J.  H.  Klausiug's  grocery  store,  corner 
of  Filth  street  and  Park  avenne,  Hobokeu,  N.^, 
and  betore  It  could  be  extiaguished  the  entire  con- 
tents of  the  store  were  destroyed.  The  circum- 
stances surrounding  the  fire  were  so  snspicious  tbat 
the  Chiec  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department  ordered 
KlauaiDg'a  arrest  on  a  charge  of  arson.  He  eabse- 
qnently  had  an  examination  before  the  Recorder, 
aud  was  dischareed  for  want  of  proof.  The  store 
was  barued  last  Saminer  under  smilar  circa  m- 
Btances.  The  loss  amounts  to  $1,000,  on  which 
there  is  an 'insurance  ot  $1,500. 

A  fire  at  Cedar  Grove,  East  Providence,  on 
Saturday  night  destroyed  a  uuilding  owned  by 
Levi  S.~  Winchester,  and  occupied  by  the  Post 
Ulfice,  meat  market  of  Monroe  Brothers,  and  as  a 
residence  of  'Xhomas  Monroe.  The  loss  is  $6,000 ; 
insurrd  for  $2,000  in  the  City  Office  of  Proviuenoe 
aud  $2,500  in  the  Hartford  Olfice  or  Harttord. 

The  Presbyterian  church  on  West  Third 
street,  Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  built  in  1835,  was  buined 
at  miunieht  Sunday  night.  The  fiames  were  first 
seen  in  the  steeple.  The  loss  is  $10,000  ;  insured  in 
the  Lycoming  Company  for  $2,000,  aud  in  the  .£lna 
Company  for  $3,000.  'X'bere  was  also  ao  insurance 
of  $2,000  on  the. organ  m  the  Mla-^  Company. 

The  store  of  Loomis  Bros.,  and  the  Hillyer 
Hotel,  in  Granby,  Conn.,  were  destroyed  by  fire 
early  on  Sunday  morning.  Tne  fire  started  m  the 
Masonic  Lodi;e-room  in  the  third  floor  of  the  Loomis 
buildiug.  The  loss  of  Loomis  Bros,  will  reaoh 
$10,000 :  insured  m  local  companies.    The  loss  on 

the  hotel  will  reach  $45,000;  no  insurance. 

The  Manila  Paper  Mill  at  North  Providence, 
R.  I.,  waa  destroyed  by  fire  Suuday.  The  Ioks  is 
from  $15,000  to  $20,000;  insured  in  Boston  com- 
panies. 'Xhe  property  was  m  the  bandd  of  J'oseph 
F.  Dean,  the  Boston  Trustee,  but  was  owned  by 
George  Campbell,  of  Nurtolk,  Mass. 


LA  WLESSNESS  IN  MISSOURI. 

St.  Loui8,Feb.  19.— Col.  Frederick  Meyer,  who 
was  shot  by  yoimg  Dryder  yesterday  at  Warren- 
ton,  was  broaght  home  this  morning,  and  bis  con- 
dition is  such  that  Visitors  are  not  allowed  to  sea 
him.  The  ball  Is  not  extracted  yet.  It  entered  the 
mouth  a  little  to  the  right  of  the  centre,  aud  is  sup- 
posed   to   be   lodged  against   the  vertebra.     The 

wound  is  quite  serious  and  may  result  fatally.  The 
cauae  of  tue  shootinti;  is  not  yec  explained.  Une  ac- 
count says  Dryder  insulted  Meyer  on  the  street, 
which  led  to  an  altercation,  while  another  story 
sa.vs  Meyer  provoked  the  quarrel.  Drvder  was 
attorney  lor  parcies  whose  atills  weie  seized.  He 
waa  arrested  by  the  Sheriff-  and  gave  bonds. 


FOUR  MEN  ARRESTED  FOR    MURDER. 

Nashville,  Feb.  19.— Four  persons  named 

Holt  were  arreaied  here  to-day,  by  United  States 
Marshal  Wheat,  on  the  strength  of  dispatches  re- 
ceived from  Chattanooga  and  Atlanta,  charging 
them  with  having  participated  in  the  murder  of 
Lieut.  Mclntyrti,  in  Northern  Georgia,  while  the 
latter  was  in  command  of  a  torce  of  revenue  officials 
eu£aged  in  breaking  up  illicit  distilleries  recuntlj*. 


A  NEW  RAILROAD  IN  TEXAS. 

Galveston,  Feb.  19.— The  Galveston,  Har- 
risbttrg  and  San  Antonio  Railroad  is  now  Com- 
pleted, and  the  first  train  left  Galveston  for  San 
Antonio  to-day  with  an  excursion  party,  iaolnding 
the  Governor  and  other  State  offipials.  The  com- 
pletion ol  this  road  opens  np  a  large  portion  of  the 
finest  territory  in  Western  Texas,  which  tias  here- 
tolore  ueen  without  I'ailroad  commanioatioj. 


ATTEMPTED  SUICIDE^  OF  A  FIREMAN. 

Boston.  Feb.  19. — Phineas  D.  Allen,  foreman 
of  Hook  ana  Ladder  Company  No.  4,  ol  Boston 
Highlands,  in  an  attempt  to  commit  paioide  to-day 
blew  ott  the  lower  portion  of  his  face  with  a  shot- 
gun.   

DEATH  FROM  MIDROPHOBIA. 
Pkovedence.  Feb.  19. — Thomas  Lockwood,  of 
Burrillville,  R.  I.,  died  at  the  State  Alms-boose  on 
Saturday  last  of  hydrophobia.     He  was  bitten  in 
the  thumb  by  his  dog  about  five  weeks  ago. 

ORARGBD  WITH  FOROEKT. 
Boston,   Feb.    19.— A  detective    to-dav   ar- 
rested William  E.  Morrison,  wbo  Is  wanted  la  Troy, 
N.  Y.,  tor  a  $500  forgery,  oommittsd  ssTsral  montbs 
•lno» 


WASH1N6T0K 


DONN  PIATT'S  INFAMY. 

THE  ASSASSINA-nON  OP  THE  PBEStDEBTI) 
ELECT  SUGGESTED  —  THE  DISTBICT  AXW 
TOBNEY  PREPARING  CHARGES  AOAXNSX 
PIATT— HE  WILL  BE  BROUGHT  BEFO&B 
THE  GRAND  JURY. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  New-York  Times. 

Washington,  Feb.  19. — District  Attorney 
Wells  is  preparing  an  indictment  against  Donn 
Piatt  for  t_he  article  in  yesterday's  Oapital  sug- 
gesting t  e  assassination  ot  President  eleot^ 
Hayes.  The  publication  is  indictable  at  tfa/s 
common  law,  which  is  by  an  oljd 
act  of  Congress  in  force  in  the  Distri.ct 
of  Columbia,  and  also  indictable  under 
a  special  statute.  Eyidenoe  will,  it  is 
reported,  be  laid  before  the  Grand  Jurj  to. 
morrow,  and  if  the  indictment  is  founds  as  it 
no  doubt  will  be,  the  prosecution  will  be  pro- 
ceeded with  as  vigorously  as  possible.  Theraj 
have  been  all  manner  of  stories  of  assassination 
in  the  air  for  several  days.  Generally,  men  have 
paid  little  attention  to  them,  for  the  reason 
that  it  was  not  characteristic  of  the ,  people  ot 
this  country  to  strike  in  the  dark,  and,  more- 
over, the  attempt  to  kill  Mr.  Hayes,  or 
any  of  the  other  gentlemen  whose  Uvea 
have  been  threatened,  would  be  oertain  death 
to  the  assassin.  The  only  fear  is  that  some 
half-crazy  person,  irresponsible,  and  without 
coadjutors,  might  be  excited  by  just  saohj 
articles  as  that  in  the  Capital,  to  undertake  tb^ 
dastardly  deed  of  murder.  The  life  of  no  mem 
in  the  Republic  is  in  the  slightest  danger,, 
probably,  from  any  organized  scheme  of  assas- 
sination, but  in  the  existing  condition  of  ex- 
citement a  riot  might  be  incited  to  bloodshedi 
and  hanging  to  lamp-posts. 


HEWITT  UNDER  EXAMINATION. 
HE    TELLS  WHAT    HE    KJSOWa  ABOUT  CIPHBS 
DISPATCHKS — HOW    HE    RAISED     MONEY' 
FOR       ELECTION     PURPOSES  —  PELTON'S^ 
FAMILIARITY  WITH   TILDEN. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  New-  York  Times. 

Washingiov,  Feb.  19.— Mr.  Abram  S.' 
Hewitt,  Chairman  of  the  Democratic  National' 
Comniittee,  w^s  examined  this  morning  by  th» 
Senate  Sub-committee  on  Privileges  and  Eleo- 
tions.  He  testified  that  he  had  never  mada. 
any  attempt  to  raise  money  for  election  pur- 
poses except  by  sometimes  speaking  to  persons 
whom  he  thought  would  be  glad  t»  contribute. ' 
He  had  no  knowledge  of  the  telegrams  8ent> 
to  Oregon  by  Mr.  William  T.  Pelto«.. 
Those  which  he  had  sent  to  that^ 
State  himself  were  not  in  cipheu' 
He  said  he  had  never  used  it,  but  had  sec^a 
CoL  Pelton  use  it.  He  has  a  copy  of  the  key  to- 
il, and  will  turn  it  over  to  the  committee  .to- 
morrow if  they  desire  it.  He  also  stated  tSiat  j 
Col.  Pelton  livea  in  the  same  house  with  Sam- 
uel  J.  Tilden,  and  ate  at  the  same  tabla.witlii 
him. 

Mr.  Pelton  will  probably  be  called  to-morrowi 
and  examined  regarding  the  Slater's  Code  BooJci 
cipher,  already  referred  to  in  these  dispatohei^' 

NOTES  FROM  THE  CAPITAL.     ;' 


Washington,  Feb.  19. — There  is  copjaid  '■ 
erable  speculation  in  various  quarters  hef  e  to- 
day as  to  what  action,  if  any,  the  Presiderat  wiU 
be  likely  to  immediately  take  in  regard  to  thfr 
recognition  of  the  State  Governments  iji  Louis- 
iana, but  thus  far  there  is  nothing  to  indicate 
any  further  determination  by  the  Administra- 
tion than  is  already  known^that  being  to  con- 
tinue the  instructions  already  governing  tha 
mihtary  authorities  at  New-Orleans.  t-c 
preserve  the  public  peace  at  aJl  bastards. 
Letters  and  telegrams  have  been  received  by 
the  Secretary  of  War,  the  Attorney  Greneral, 
and  the  President,  as  well  as  by  Congressmen 
and  other  oflicials,  with  reference  to  probable 
serious  trouble  in  Louisiana,  and  have  received, 
proper  consideration.  It  is  as  yet  the  feelini;  > 
in   military   quarteis    here,    that    the  army  iu 

New-Orleans  is  sufficiently  strong  to  prevent 
any  outbreak,  and  at  the  same  time,  it  is  noti 
the  impression  in  Cabinet  circles  that  any  viola- 
tion of  law  will  present  itself. 

The  Committee  on  the  Powers,  Privilege*, 
and  Duties  of  the  House  met  this  attemooB, 
and  Durcan  S.  Kenner,  of  New-Orleans,  waa 
fiirther  cross-examined  by  Messrs.  Lawrence 
and  Burohard.  He  said  that  shortly  after  hia 
firstinterviewyrith  Wells  he  communicated  with 
.  D.  D.  Withers,  of  New -York,  a  gentleman  who 
had  large  interests  in  Louisiana,  and  told  him 
that  he  wanted  money  to  help  the  cause  of  the 
people  of  that  State.  Mr.  Withers  replied,  say- 
ing that  he  was  prepared  to  contribute 
his  full  share  of  everything  neediuu; 
Ho  said  he  had  no  special  interviews  with  Qovv, 
Nicholis  on  the  subject  of  his  interviews  witli  i 
Wells,  although  he  may  have  told  Gov.  Nich- 
olis that  he  was  making  every  possible  effoirt 
t»  secure  an  honest  count.  In  reply  to  ques- 
tions by  Mr.  Field,  Kenner  stated  that  at 
one  of  his  interviews  with  Wells  ha 
said  to  the  latter,  "  I  am  aaronished. 
at  the  gravity  and  solemmty  with 
which  you  have  listened  to  this  story  of 
Eliza  Pinkston."  _ Wells  replied:  "Touidon'C 
suppose  I  am  to 'be  humbugged  by  any  such 
yam  as  that."  Mr.  Kenner  further  said  that 
Wellb  told  him  that  he  had  been  approached  by; 
some  one  who  offered  him  a  large  sum  of  monev 
if  he  [Wells]  would  let  him  know  the  result  of 
the  canvass  beforehand. 

Judge  Lawrence,  at  this  point,  wanted  to 
examine  Judge  Davis  and  Mr.  Abell,  two  of  the/ 
clerks  at  the  Retumiag  Board,  but  Mr.  Fiel  a 

objected  to  the  examination  of  any  one  con- 
nected   with    tbo    board  until    tbis    ooinmit';ea 

should  be  able  to  obtain  the  original  returns 
now  in  the  possession  oc  the  Senate  Louisuina 
Committee.  Iftie  obiection  ^as  sustained,  and. 
the  committee  adjaurued  until  to-morrow  at 
10  o'clocll  A.  M. 

Secretary  Morrill  continues  to  improve  ;  hia 
appetite  is  retarniug,  aud  his  frieuas  t'eel  con- 
fident that  it  will  not  be  long  before  he  will  ba^ 
out  Rear  Admiral  Goldsborough's  coaditioix 
is  not  so  encouraging  to-day  as  it  has  been  t(.a 
some  days  past. 

The  following  weretbe  balances  in  the  Unit/ed 

States  Treasurj-  at  the  close  ot  business  to-<^Ay: 
Curreuc.y,  110,451.070  ;  special  deposit  of  'egal 
tenders  for  redemption  of  certificates  of  de- 
posit, $37.849,000 ;  coin,  including  $53,fi49,100 
in  com  certificates,  $89,597,552  ;  outstan(4iug  le- 
gal tenders.  $364,984.81i>. 

Judge  Humphreys,  in  the  District  Court, 
recently  beard  the  case  of  J^he  United  States 
against  the  ram  Albemarle,  Distric'f  Attorney 
Wells  for  the  Government  and  James  Fullertoa 
for  the  petitioners.  It  will  be  remembered 
that  Commander  W.  B.  Cushing  and  a  foroa 
of  men  captured  this,  ram  on  the  27th  ol 
October,'  1864.  Prize  money  to  the  amount 
of  about  $80,000  was  awarded  in 
1865,  and  Congress  appropriated  about 
1200,000  more  iu  1873.  This  amount 
was  ordered  to  be  distribut«d  among  tbe  cap- 
tors. The  Navv  i>epartment  allowed  aerraiu 
officers  to  share  according  to  the  pay  of  the 
rank  to  which  they  were  promoted  subsequeuc 
to  _  the  capture.  The  other  captors  protest 
against  this,  aud  claim  tbat  the  rate  of  pay  at 
the  time  of  the  (Aptuie  fixes  the  amount  to 
which  each  is  entiiicd.  The  present  applica- 
tion to  the  court  is  made  to  enforce  their  de- 
mand. The  court  overruled  tbe  motion  of  the 
District  Attorney  to  dismiss  the  petition  ^  but 
vacated  orders  heretoibre  made,  and  gave  the 
petitioners  leave  to  amend. 

PROPOSED     RAILROAD    OONSOLIDATIOS, 
Toronto,   Feb.    19. -^-A   special  cable  from 

London,  England,  to  the  Globe,  says:  "Strong  et- 
forts  are  being -put  lorih  to  strengthen  the  Grand 
Trunk  «nd  Great  Western  Railways  of  Canada  b| 
means  ot°  •  oottiitiou.  The  Laodoa  Timas  of  this 
morning  says  that  the  proprietor*  of  these  two 
great  companies  must  bestir  themselves;  they' 
laiut  raalix*  the  true  oosition  of  thfair  attain,  ftT^tj 
InaUt  oB  a  coaUil«ja.b«u>g  aolcikly  A&totad.? 


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FORTY-FOURTH  CONGRESS, 

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SECOND  BJBS8I0K....I^h.  ISL 

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SENATB. 

The  Senate  resumed  ita  aesaloa  at  10  o'clock 
A.  U,,  with  bni  few  Senators  prMent.  la  reply  to 
a  qaeation  of  Mr.  Withers,  of  VU-Rlnla,  the  Pres- 
Ident  pro  tern,  amid:  "  The  House  wilL  be  ready  to 
reoeiTO  the  Senate  for  the  paroose  of  resmninK  the 
count  of  the  Electoral  Tote  at  11  e'elook. " 

Mr.  WiTHEBS  inciaired  \t  it  would  be  in  order  to 
inoTe  a  farther  receaa  until  tbit  hour. 

The  Fbesibeiit  pro  tern,  replied  that  It  would  not. 
1h&  Senate  haTine  already  tbken  a  reoeas  from  Sat- 
ordav  until  tbla  morning,  eonld  not  take  a  seoond 
one  until  another  qneatlon  wa*  raised  in  CbQ  joint 

meetdne.  At.  10:56  A.  M.  the  President  pro  tem. 
announced  ibat  tbe  Senate  would  now  repair  to  the 
House  of  Sepresenta tires,  andths  Senate,  headed 
by  its  ofiScers,  left  tbe  chamber. 

Upon  returning  at  12:55  P.  M.,  the  PBESIDBNT  pro 
tern,  announced  that  the  Senate  harini;  met  tbe 
House  of  Kepresentatiyes  for  the  nurpose  of  re> 
ceivine  the  deolsion  of  the  Electoral  Commission  in 
regard  to  the  vote  of  Louisiana,  and  an  objeetion 
having  been  made  thereto,  the  two  houses  sepa- 
rated for  the  purpose  of  dcIiberatiDK  U)  regard  to 
that  decision.  ITDlesa  some  Senator  asked  it,  he 
would  not  direct  that  the  decision  and  objectioa 
thereto  be  read  again. 

Mr.  Davis,  of  West  Virginia,  said   the  papers 

Bhoald  be  read. 

Mr.  Sabgent,  of  Califomis,  laid  If  all  the  papers 
were  to  be  read  the  two  hours  allowed  for  discussion 
woold  be  consumed,  and  there  would  be  no  time 
left  for  debate. 

The  PBEBiDEifT  pro  tem.  decided  that  the  time 
ocenpied  by  the  reading  of  the  papers  would  not  be 
taken  oat  of  tbe  two  hours  allowed  for  debate.  The 
two  hours  would  run  from  the  time  the  debate 
actually  commenced. 

Mr.  Sherman,  of  Ohio,  submitted  a  resolution 
that  the  decision  of  tli«  Commission  upon  the 
Electoral  vote  of  Louisiana  stand  as  the  Judgment 
ot  the  Senate,  tbe  objections  made  thereto  to  the 
contrary  notwithstanding. 

The  decision  of  the  Commission  was  then  read  by 
Secretary   Gorham.     The  Presidknt  pro    tem.    in- 

jm  red  If  tlie  objpctlons  thereto  submitted  in  the 
Uouse  of  BPoresentatiTes  shoula  be  read. 

Messrs.  CoGT  and  Davis  demanded  the  reading 
thereof. 

Mr.  iSHERHAN  ssid  the  papers  had  been  read  in 
the  Honse,  and  it  was  of  no  use  to  have  them  read 
K^iain  to  cnraber  th»  record. 

Mr.  'WiTHKBa — We  want  as  many  records  of  them 
ES  possible. 

Mr.  BoGT  said  this  was  the  most  Important  bnsl- 
De«s  which  the  Senate  had  ever  been  called  upon  to 
perform,  and  the  reading  of  tbe  objeotions  should 
Dot  bo  omitted  to  save  a  tew  minutes  of  time. 

The  ob)actions  were  then  read. 

Mr.  Kernan,  of  New-Tork,  submitteu  a  snbstl- 
tnte  for  the  resolation  of  Mr.  Sherman,  as  follows : 

Ordered,  That  Totes  purporting  to  be  Klectoral  -rotes 
for  President  and  Vice  President,  and  which  were 
elveu  by  Mr.  William  F.  KellojtK,  J.  U.  Enrch,  Peter 
joaopb,  L.  A.  Sheldon,  Morris  Marks,  A.  B.  LeTiase, 
O.  M.  Brewster,  and  Oscar  Joffroin,  claiming  to  be 
Electors  tor  thn  State  of  Louisiana,  be  not  counted, 
the  decision  of  tbe  Commisslou  to  the  cuutrary  not- 
^thstauctin;;. 

The  question  being  on  the  substitute  of  Mr.  Ker- 
nan,  Mr.  Maxet,  of  Texas,  spoke  of  the  jBlecioral 
Commission  buing  invested  with  the  same  power 
a«  the  two  housea  of  Congress  in  canvassing  the 
Electoral  vote,  and  said  it  was  intrnsted  with  the 
only  of  deciding  who  were  the  true  Electors,  but 
this  duty  Had  not  tieen  'performed.  The  Coromis- 
aion  was  directed  to  ascertain  the  true  vote  of  the 
State,  bat  instead  of  that  they  had  brought  forth  a 

certlficste  reeking  with  Irand  and  offeDsive  in  tho 
nostrils  of  all  honest  peonle.     The  Judemenc   of  the 

Commission  had  been  weighed  in  tbe  balance  and 
found  wanting. 

Mr.  Kebmax.  of  Kew-Tork.  said  the  Senate  should 
not  and  ho  trusted  it  would  not  afiSrm  tbe  decision 
which  had  been  made  by  the  Commission.  By  the 
law  recentlv  passed  Congress  conferred  upon  the 
Electoral  Comminsion  ail  tbe  power  and  autbority 
which  both  houses,  acting  together  or  Beparat«,  had 
to  ioTestigate  and  decide  npna  wbat  was  the  true 
vote.  He  then  spoke  of  tbe  offer  of  tbe  Democratic 
counsel  before  the  Commission  to  prove  that  fraud 
existed  In  Lonisiana  and  that  certain  Electors  in 
that  State  were  ineligible,  aod.  commenting  on  tbe 
decibioo  of  tbe  Commission,  said  if  a  file  of  soldiers 
Bbunld  threaten  to  murder  the  Governor  of  a  State 
unless  he  signed  tbe  certificate  of  certain  Electors, 
and  the  Gavernor  yielded,  under  this  decision  there 
was  no  power  in  tho  two  houses  of  Congress  to 
ioqnire  into  the  matter.  Tbe  decision  was  to  the 
pflect  that  there  was  no  power  in  Congress  to  obtain 
the  truth  and  smite  down  fraud.  He  entered  his 
solemn  protest  ag.»iDat  ic 

Mr.  Thubmak,  of  Ohio,  said  tbe  statute  of  Louisi- 
ana created  a  Keturning  Board  consisting  of  fire 
persons,  who  were  to  hold  office  indefinitely,  uid 
with  power  to  fill  all  vacancies  that  might  occar. 
It  devolved  upon  these  five  men  to  say  who  shoald 
hold  office  in  the  State.  The  qutstian  of  who 
ibonid  hold  office  depended  not  upon  the  will  of  the 
people,  bnt  upon  tbe  will  of  tbe  Returning  Board. 
Ue  believed  that  such  a  board  was  utterly  destruc- 
tive of  a  repabiican  form  of  govemmeut.  The  State 
of  Louisiana,  under  otir  Constitution,  had  no  power 
to  ereate  such  a  board.  Tbe  hcts  of  that  board  were 
anconatitutional.naU  and  void.  Even  if  itsaots  were 
not  nnconstitntiooal,  they  were  rot  legal  in  canvassing 
the  vote  of  the  7ih  of  November  last,  because  the 
statute  required  that  the  board  should  be  composed 
ut  five  perituns  of  different  political  parties,  but  in 
fdct  it"  was  composed  of  bat  foar  persons,  all  of 
tbe  same  party;  and  thev  steadily  refused  to  fill 
the  vacancy.  Tho  duty  of  tbat  board  was  to  oan- 
vass  aiid  compile  the  returns  of  the  Commissioners 
of  election,  but  tbe  testimooy  showed  they  did  not 
do  so.  Tr.e  proof  wbioh  counsel  otfered  befote  the 
Uommission  sbuald  have  been  accepted,  and  in  tliat 
opinion  bs  was  fortified  by  tbe  action  ot  both  hooses 
of  Congress  four  years  ago  in  rsleoiiog  the  vote  of 
Louisiana.  He  then  referred  to  the  ineligibilitr  ot 
certain  Electors  in  tbat  S'ate,  and  said  he  conld  not 
regard  that  otner  than  as  a  nullification  of  the 
constltntiiin<l  piovision  on  that  sabject. 

Mr.  SBEBMAN,  of  Ohio,  said  be  was  surprised  at 
the  objt^ciious  to  tbe  decision  ot  the  Electoral 
Tribunal.  It  was  constituted  by  tbe  votes  of  the 
very  gentlemen  who  cow  objected  to  its  finding. 
The  Senators  objecting  knew  when  they  voted  for 
the  bill  organiziug  the  Commission  that' these  very 
questions  of  taking  evidence  were  to  be  sobmitted 
to     it,      and     ibey     were     in     honor      bonnd 

by  its  decision.  Although  he  voted  against 
the  bill,  and  longhc  it  step  by  step,  after  it 
passed  he  made  up  bis  miod  to  abide  by  tbe 
decisions  of  the  tribnnal.  These  objections  now 
trom  the  other  side  ot  tbe  chamber  were  insulting 
to  tbe  tribunal  and  insniting  to  those  who  sustained 
Its  decision.  Tbe  Democrats  bad  chosen  an  arbi- 
tration. The  decision  was  aeainst  them,  and  there 
should  be  no  unseemly  wransUug,  Be  further  de- 
clared that  tbe  decision  of  the  tribunal  was  right, 
bud  as  a  question  of  law  no  man  would 
have  held  two  months  ago  tliat  Congress 
bad  the  right  to  ovetbaQl  the  returns 
by  which  Electors  were  chosen.  If  there  was 
any  right  of  a  Utate,  it  was  the  right  to  choose  its 
own  E.ectors.  This  right  was  carefully  guarded  by 
the  Cunsiiiution,  and  Congress  had  no  more  power 
to  overrule  tbe  uerision  of  a  State  tban  any  man  in 
Great  Britain  or  France  had  to  do  so.  A  good  deal 
Lad  been  said  about  fraud,  fraud,  fraud  and  per- 
jnry,  and  Kepubilcaos  were  looked  upon  and 
pointed  out  as  upholders  of  fraud.  Suppose  that 
Conertsss  conld  go  behind  these  retnrns. 
It  would  find  murder,  violence,  and 
fraud  on  tbe  part  of  the  Democrats. 
The  State  of  Louisiana  had  tbe  right  to  provide  by 
law  for  overrnliug  this  fraud,  and  it  did  so  by  its 
Beiurning  B^iard.  For  Democrats  to  talk  about 
iraud,  when  it  was' the  violence  and  fraud  of  the 
Democratic  Party  which  brought  this  danger  to 
the  country,  seemed  to  bim  wrong.  Tbe  Louisiana 
lietnruing  Board  might  be  imprisoned,  the  mem- 
bers might  be  arrested,  the.?  m>gbt  be  driven  to 
theirgraves,  but  they  bad  simnly  obeyed  tbe  law, 
and  Cuugress  bad  uu  power,  thank  Gud,  to  reverse 
the  decisioii  uf  that  board.  Tbe  Democrats  coald 
some  forward  now  and  say  wbat  the?  proposed 
to  prove.  Why  was  it  they  did  not  offer 
their  proof  before  the  InvestigaMng  Committee  t 
He  argued  tbal  it  would  have  been  impossible  for 
the  Commission  to  have  examined  all  tbe  evidence 
before  the  4tn  of  March,  and  this  attempt  to  have 
them  lake  eviUenca  looked  aa  if  it  wa«,ci>nt«m plated 
to  have  a  new  election  lor  President.  He  detended 
tbe  dscision  of  the  Commission,  and  asked  if  these 
pure  anil  hooerablo  men  were  to  be  assailed  through- 
one  the  land  bv  libellers  and  assassins.  When  all 
tbe  testimunv  taken  by  both  housea  of  Congress  In 
the  Louisiana  case  shall  have  been  read  b^  the  peo- 
ple, they  would  see  that  tbe  decision  of  tho  Com- 
xuission  was  right  and  just. 

Mr.  MOBTON,  of  Indiana,  said  the  statute  of 
Louisiaaa  creating  the  Beturning  Board  provided 
in  express  terms  that  a  m«oorltv  of  the  number 
Bhoula  constitute  a  quorum  to  do  business  and  make 
theretnins.  The  board  waa  to  consist  of  five  per- 
sons, to  be  elected  by  the  Senate.  Three 
of  that  number,  by  the  express  terms 
of  tbe  act,  were*  a.  quorum  to  do  business. 
There  were  four  in  nnmber  upon  the  board,  one 
more  than  a  majority.  Tbe  Electoral  Commission 
bad  decided  that  tbe  board  waa  properly  constituted. 
On  tbe  other  band  it  was  argued  that  tbe  existence 
pf  a  single  vacancy  destroyed  tbe  board.  Tbe  Com- 
mission said  not,  upon  the  very  best  settled  princi- 
ples of  law.  Tbe  Constitution  provides  that  the 
benate  shall  consist  of  two  Senators  from  each  State, 
yet  vacanoies  from  half  a  dozen  States  will  not 
ieatroy  the  legal  character  of  this  Senate.  The 
law  provides  that  the  Supreme  Court  shall  consist 
of  a  certain  number  of  Judges:  two,  tiiree 
vacancies  will  not  desUoy  the  legal  character  of  tbe 
Supreme  Court;  so  he  could  run  throaich  the  law  in 
regard  to  corporation  and  special  tribunals.  There 
were  certain  commissions  created  for  specific  mm- 
istenal  purposes.  Sometimes  the  law  required  that 
the  Commisaion  should  be  fill  to  enable  it  to  per- 
form an  act-  but  here,  the  law  creating  this  tribunal 
gnaraa  against  that  by  specially  providing  tbat  a 
maioricy  of  the  members  snail  eoustitnte  a  auornm, 
aiS'H  there  be  such  a  majority  present,  it  makes 
-^^diflerence  from  what  caofle  there  are 
tbsente**-whether  there  are  vaoanciea  or 
whethet  members  are  willfnUy  absent, 
rrtj^re  be  a  maiorlty  present,  tne  law  is  complied 
irttb  Ifow  in  regard  to  the  eligibility  ^tBleotora, 
the  Commisaion  decided  that  it  was  not  compewnB 
to  prove  that  oerUln  Electors  were  ineligible,  on  the 
TtS   ot   November,    the    day  of   the  elocttoK.     Tbey 

decided  that  opon  twt  grounds,,  first,  beoaosein 
i^Sdntofview  the  pr?of  would  be  immaterial, 
SlaSSe  the  siibitanoe  of  the  Constitution,  the 
i^Uimd  meaning  of  it  1»  that  tb«  Electors  shall 
tSeURibl*  when  tSey  C«mo  to  act,  when  they  come 
10  vote,  and  net  at  the  time  when  they  are 
SueSflT  Certain  >r«M    «e  i°«yS^^  *°^}^. 


have  certain  qnalifloatlons.  If  he  has  them  wbea 
the  time  comes  to  be  sworn  in,. that  is  enough.  It  is 
immaterial  whether  be  has  them  on  the  day  of  his 
election.  That  is  well  settled.  But  the  Commission 
daoided  tbat  the  proof  was  immaterial  upon  other 
gronnd ;  if  it  were  conceded  tbat  an  Elector  was  in- 
eUgible  upon  the  day  he  voted,  can  that  fact  be 
proven  to  strike  out  his  vote  f  If  it  can,  it  is  over- 
turning  the  very  best  settled  principles  of  law.  A 
man  mar  bo  Ineligible  to  a  seat  in  this  body  ,•  he 
may  not  be  30  years  old,  be  may  be  under  the  disa- 
bilities of  the  Fourteenth  Amendment ;  but  if  he 
comes  here  and  is  sworn  in  and  takes  his  seat,  he 
may  afterward  be  turned  out  upon  p»oof  of  the 
fact,  bnt  every  vote  tbat  he  casts  baa  the  same 
validity  with  the  vote  of  every  other  Senator.  A 
man  may  be  ineligible  to  be  appointed  a  Judge 
under  the  fourteenth  amendment,  or  for  want  of 
age,  or  from  any  cause  provided  by  the  law  of  tbe 
State  ijQ  which  be  Uvea;  yet,  if  he  is  appointed, 
notwithstanding  his  ineligibility,  every  act  otthis  as 
Judge  is  Just  a*  valid  as  if  be  bad  been  eligible. 
He  may  be  turned  put  upon  a  quo  ioarranto,  bnt 
until  tbat  is  done  nis  act  is  valid.  Can  there  be 
an  exception  to  this  itUet  He  knew  of  none.  In 
applying  it  to  Electors,  we  apply  a  simple  well-set- 
tled rule  of  law,  and  how  absurd  it  would 
be  to  overturn  that  rule   In    a   case   where   a 

discovery  is  made  after  the  vote  is  east,  when  it  la 
past  remedy,  that  an  Elector  waa  ineligible,  and 
Strike  out  his  vote.  If  the  Commission  bad  decided 
that,  It  would  have  overruled  a  well  settled  prin- 
ciple of  law.  "Who,  six  months  ago,  contended  for 
any  anoh  nrlnciple  as  that  >  This  tribunal  decided 
tbat  you  could  not  enter  into  proof  to  contradict 
the  returns  made  by  the  proper  Betnmlng  Officers 
of  the  State  ;  those  appointed  by  the  State  to  de- 
cide and  declare  who  bad  been  elected.  Xt  seemed 
to  bim  tbat,  if  any  proylsion  of  constitutional  law 
was  plain  tbat  must  be.  The  Constitution  gives 
to  each  house  tbe  right  to  judge  of  the  elec- 
tions, retnrns,  and  qualifications  of  ita  mem- 
bers. If  it  were  not  for  tbat  provision  ot 
the  Constitution,  each  house  conld  not  do  that,  and 
If  a  Senatorial  election  were  contested  it  would  have 
to  be  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  that  sends  the 
Senator  here.  But  that,  however,  has  been  given 
to  each  bouse,  and  it  was  not  given  in  regard  to 
Elaotors.  xt  is  claimed  that  the  two  houses  have 
the  same  power  in  regard  to  Electors  that  tbe 
houses  have  in  rnKard  to  their  members.  Tne 
answer  is,  the  power  was  not  given.  If  the  fhiroers 
of  tbe  Constitution  had  intended  to  give  that  power, 
they  would  have  said  so.  To  Infer  the  existence  of 
so  great  a  power  is  to  override  every  principle  of 
construction  in  regard  to  tbe  ConsiituOou  tbat  was 
adopted  in  tbe  very  beginning.  To  give  to 
Congress  the  power  to  judge  of  tbe  election  returns 
and  qualifications  of  Electors,  is  for  the  legislative 
to  absorb  the  executive,  and  to  place  the  control  of 
an  election  of  Prreident  absolutely  in  the  power  of 
the  two  houses.  We  know  that  was  not  intended. 
We  know  if  anything  is  clear  it  was  intended  to 
make  tbe  election  of  a  President  Independnnt  of 
Congress.  Tbe  Constitution  says  the  certificates 
shall  be  opened  by  tbe  President  of  tbe  Senate,  in 
the  presence  of  the  two  housea.  Whether  he  is  to 
count  the  votes  or  whether  tbe  two  houses  are  to 

oouDt  the  votes,  and  I  assume  under  this  law  the 
two  houses  are  to  do  it,  or.  in  certain  oases,  this 
Electoral  Commission.  what  can  they  do  ? 
They  have  but  one  duty  to  perform,  and  that  iji  to 
Bscertain  tbat  these  certificates  came  from  the 
Electors  of  the  State  ;  when  ttiat  is  donev  "  tbe  rote 
shall  then  be  counted."  They  must  ascertain  tbe 
fact  whether  they  come  from  the  Electors  of  the 
State,  and  when  they  have  avoertaiued  that  their 
duty  is  at  an  end;  there  is  no  time,  there  is  no 
place  to  try  any  question  of  inehgihliity.  And 
how  are  we  to  know  that  the  certificates  came 
trom  the  Electors  ot  the  State  t  In  tbe  first  place, 
the  act  of  Congress  provides  tbat  prima  facie  evi- 
dence is  the  Governor's  certificate,  but  tbat  is  not 
conclusive.  That  is  the  result  of  an  act  of  Con- 
gress ;  Congress  may  repesl  tbat  act,  or  it  may  pro- 
vide by  another  to  go  behind  it ;  but  when  yon  so 
behind  that  and  come  to  tba  action  of  the  officers  of 
the  State,  there  yonr  inquiry  is  at  an  end.  When- 
ever the  officers  appointed  by  a  State  to  declare 
who  have  been  chosen  Eelsotors,  have  acted  aod 
made  tnat  declaration,  it  ia  hnal  so  tur  as  Congress 
is  concerned.  The  action  of  tho  State  oflicers  is  the 
act  of  tbe  State. 

Mr.  Bayabd,  of  Delaware,  said,  as  a  member  of 
the  Electoral  Commission,  be  had  given  aU  tbat  he 
could  give  of  earnest  study,  patient  labor,  and  devo- 
tion to  secure  a  just  esecatlon  of  the  law  under 
which  he  was  aopointed.  Uis  labors  aod  his  clTorts 
bad  been  crowned  by  failare.  Deep  was  his  sorrow 
and  poignant  was  his  disaiipointment  He  monrned 
bis  tailure  tor  his  country's  Bak(>,  fur  it  seemed  to  him 
that  not  only  did  ibis  decision  of  tbe  eight  members 
of  the  Commisaion  level  in  the  dust  all  the  essential 

safeguards  thrown  around  tbe  election  of  a  chief 
magistrate,  bnt  it  announced  to  tbe  people  of  tnis 
land  tbat  truth  and  Justice,  honesty  and  morality 
were  no  longer  tne  central  basis  of  their  political 
power 

Mr.  LooAX,  of  Illinois,  said  he  was  not  here  when 
the  bill  creating  the  Electoral  Commission  passed. 
Had  he  been  here  he  would  have  voted  againit  it. 
It  seemed  to  bim  that  tnere  was  an  amount  of  irri- 
tation on  tbe  part  of  the  disappointed  portion  of 
Congress  whicu  was  rather  extraorciDary.  He 
denied  tbat  Congress  had  a  right  to  go  behind  the 
retnrns  of  the  Louisiana  Itetuming  Board,  and 
claimed  that  Electors  were  State  officers.  They 
stood  in  tbe  same  relation  to  Congress  tbat  tbe  Gov- 
ernor of  a  State  did,  and  be  presumed  no  man  would 
claim  that  Congress  had  a  right  to  investigate  the 

election  of  a  Ooveroor  of  a  BtAte.  The  voce  uf  ad 
Elector  must  be  contested  in  the  State  prior  to  the 
time  ii  is  cast,  and  unless  so  contested  tt  is  good. 

Mr.  Wallace  said  :  The  Senator  from  Ohio  |Mr. 
Sherman,]  »ayt<  that  no  lawyer  asserted  the  rieht 
to  go  oehind  the  returns,  but  the  record  shows  that 
this  bill  gave  that  right  when  he  resisted  its  pass- 
age, and  two  of  tbe  Coumlasioo,  Messrs.  Moit^n 
and  Garfield,  in  the  debate  opposed  the  bill  because 
it  gave  that  right.  Tbe  rejection  of  the  proof 
of  fraud  by  the  Commission  admitted  its  truth. 
This  is  sound  law,  and  tne  Kepublican  Party  can- 
not now  say  the  tacts  are  not  as  we  state  tUem. 
Ha  then  made  an  attack  on  tbe  characters 
of  the  members  of  the  Kstarnln^  Board, 
and  on  Gov.  Packard,  and  continuing  said : 
The  lawa  of  the  people  whom  I  repreaeni  are  based 
on  common  rinbt,  common  Justice  and  uommon 
sense,  and  they  believe  that  the  end  of  legal  pro- 
ceedings is  the  attainment  of  Justice.  Tuey  will 
not  respect  a  decision  that  tetuses  to  hear  the  trutti, 
tbat  indorses  falsehood,  sustains  forgery,  and  places 
the  Federal  Government  at  the  mercy  of  the  base. 
They  will,  and  thev  should,  agitate  for  its  leversal. 
Tbe  result  before  us  in  filly  reached.  It  is  tbe  de- 
cree of  party,  wrung  by  party  lealf.y  from  a  Judicial 
tribunal  upon  a  purely  legal  question.  May  we 
never  look  upon  its  like  again. 

Mr.  Saboext,  of  Calltornia,  said  hi«  Judgment 
was  deliberateiymade  up  and  eipressed^against  tbe 
passage  of  the  bill  creating  the  Electoral  Commis- 
sion. At  that  time  every  Detnociat  on  tbe  fioor, 
except  one,  insisted  that  the  bill  should  pass.  It 
was  passed,  and  by  Democratic  votes.  During  the 
debate  upon  that  bill,    he  stated  tnat  it  would  be 

said  the  decision  of  the  Commission  Was  parlinan, 
no  matter  whicb  way  they  deciaed;  bnt  the  Dem- 
ocratic Senators  scooted  such  an  idea.  Not  a  Dem- 
oeratio  member  of  the  tribunal  bad  risen  In  tbe 
sligntest  degree  above  pariiaaosbip.  Every  vote 
tbey  had  given  was  saturated  with  partisanship. 
Because  in  the  selection  of  tbe  flitb  Judge  there 
happened  t*  be  one  more  Bepnblican  on  tae  Com- 
mission than  Democrat,  and  because  those  Repub- 
licans carried  out  the  principles  of  their  party,  tbe 
Democratic  Senators  foood  fault,  when  their  own 
members  on  tne  Commission  were  Inst  as  partisan. 
It  was  very  easy  t«  talk  about  fraud,  Irand,  iTaad. 
The  Democratio  counsel  weut  before  the  Commis- 
sion and  offered  to  prove  •■  long  list  of  .things 
which  they  knew  time  would  not  allow.  He  ar- 
gued tbat  the  decision  of  tbe  Commission  only 
sustained  the  right  ot  the  State  in  selecting  its  Eiee- 
tors.  He  did  not  concede  lor  a  moment  that  frands 
were  perpetrated  by  the  Republicans  of  Louisiana. 
Thousands  of  Bepublicaus  in  tbat  State  were  taken 
by  the  throat,  and  strangled,  and  thus  prevented 
from  voting.  By  this  means  their  opponents  ob- 
tained an  aoparent  majority.  The  policy  of  the  law 
in  Louisiana  was,  tbat  such  fraudulent  ma{orities 
sbould  be  cast  out,  and  tbe  Betnmlng  Board  did 
right  in  throwing  them  out.  He  defended  tbe  de- 
cision of  tbe  Commission  at  length,  and  said  the 
condemnation  of  tbe  American  t>eople  would  be  writ- 
ten upon  tne  Democratio  Party.  Murder  was  not  a 
fair  mode  of  eleotiooeering.  All  tbe  Kepublican 
Party  wanted  was  a  fair  voice  ut  tbe  people,  fear- 
less on  their  part,  and  it  would  be  heeded.  Fraud 
had  been  committed  In  Loaisiana  by  the  Democrats, 
and  it  was  by  such  means  that  thev  expected  to 
seize  the  Presidency.  It  was  by  such  means  that  a 
few  days  ago  an  assassin  attempted,  in  tbe  State- 
house  of  Louisiana,  to  take  the  life  ot  a  man  whom 
more  than  one-half  of  tbe  people  of  the  State  had 
elected  Governor.  (Laughter  on  the  Democratio 
side.J  Mr.  SaBGKNT  (lookiug  toward  Mr.  Withers, 
of  "Virginia,)  said  tne  Senator  might  laugh  at  that 
fact.  l>id  toe  iseuator  laugh  at  tbe  fact  tbat  one  of 
the  paity  papers  in  this  city  yesterday  counseled 
the  assassination  of  Gov.  Hayes) 

Mr.  WrTHBBS— Ko  ;  I  do  not  laugh  at  tbat 

Mr.  Sabqemt — Does  tbe  Senator  laugh  at  the 
fact  tliat  bis  party  la  responsible  for  tne  assassina- 
tion of  Abraham  Lincoln }  Does  the  Senator  deny 
that) 

Mr.  WrrjHKBS— Tea,  Sir;  I  deny  it  fairly  and 
squarely. 

Mr.  SaBOENT  (resuming)  said  tbe  Democratio 
Party  was  stained  all  over  with  the  ciime  of  assas- 
sination. It  had  assassinated  from  the  best  man 
God  ever  created — Abraham  Lincoln— down-  to  tbe 
poorest  negro  in  Mississippi. 

Mr.  \i'rru£B8,  of  Virginia,  said  be  supported  the 
bill  for  the  creation  of  the  Electoral  Commission  in 
the  hope  that  the  members  drawn  from  the  iudicial 
department  of  the  Government  would  give  tbe  sab- 
ject a  fair  judicial  consideration.  Bat  he  wns  mis- 
taken. This  decision  had  demonstrated  the  fact 
that  the  members  ot  the  Supreme  Court,  the  higbest 
tribunal  in  the  land,  conld  not  rise  above  party  any 
more  than  pronounced  politicians.  Be  then  denied 
tbat  the  Democratic  Party  was  responsible 
for  all  wrongs  committed,  and  said  three-tourths  of 
the  violence  in  the  iSouth  had  been  instigated  and 
brought  about  by  tbe  Bepubllcan  Party. 

Mr.  BoinwELL,  of  Massaobasetts,  said  In  these 
momenta  when  disapointment  waited  upon  so 
many  of  his  friend'a  on  the  other  side  of  the  cham- 
ber, he  desired  to  say  tbat  be  was  disappointed  in 
two  partloulara.  He  never  had  any  doubt  as  to 
tbe  eleotiuu  of  Gov.  Hayes.  but  he 
knew  that  a  large  -  nnmber  of  people 
In  this  country  did  not  so  believe,  and  in  tbe  intei> 
est  of  public  peace,  and  believing  all  would  ao- 
quiesein  the  dedslon  of  the  Electoral  Commission, 
ha  voted  for  the  bill  creating  tbat  Commission.  He 
was  disappointed  that  any  gentleman  in  this  Senate 
Who  bad  endeavored  to  lead  those  on  the  Be- 
pnblican side  to  anpport  tbe  bill  should 
oome  here  now  to  condemn  the  Judgment  of  the 
Commission.  He  was  disappointed  that  the  judg- 
ment of  eight  men  had  not  been  taken  as  a  better 
evidence  of  tbe  Justice  ot  the  conclusion:  reached 
than  the  dlssencius  opinions  of  seven  other  men. 
He  believed  the  people  of  this  oonutry  would 
accept  the  judgment  of  the  Commission,  and  that 
the  Snpreme  Court  would  lose  no  prestige  by  tbe 
aotioa  of  ita  memlMrs. 

Mr.  STKvaiiBoir.  of  Kentnoky,  said  tbe  proceed- 
ings of  the  Ameriean  Senate  to-day  would  hve  as 
long  as  oonatitnUonal  government  lasted,  or  the 
.  nrincislea  of  libertv  had  a  votarr.  ^  He  voted  for-. 


■be  hUl  dreetlna>  tbe-Xleotoiml  Commissloa,  and  Aid 
eo  la  the  interest  ot  peace.  It  had  been  said  there 
was  but  one  Democrat  who  voted  against  it;  thank 
God  there  waa  but  one,  because  tbe  Democratio 
party  met  this  matter  nnon  the  broad  basis  of  fair 
inveattgation:  When  this  bill  was  passed,  it  was 
ezpeoted  tbat  there  would  be  a  free,  full,  and  fair 
investigation,  and  that  Judgment  would  be  ran* 
dered  in  accordance  with  the  proofs. 
*Mr.  HowK,  of  Wisconsin,  said  tbe  Senator  from 
Kentucky  [Mr.  Stevensooj  had  admonished  the 
Senator  that  the  proceedings  of  this  day  would  live. 
Tbat  was  true,  and  in  his  Judgment  [Mr.  Howe's] 
it  was  a  pity  that  it  was  true.  He  thought  it  would 
be  better  for  tbe  fame  of  the  Sepubliu  if  these  pro- 
ceedings could  be  bnried  out  of  sight  as  soon  as 
they  shonld  be  finished.  For  days  the  .waves  of 
Viioperation  had  broken  at  the  feet  of  tbe 
Electoral  Commission  iu  order  to  coerce  tbat 
Commission  int«  the  crooiflxton  of  the 
rights  of  a  State,  ano  to-day  these  same 
foamy  surges  beat  upon  the  heads  of  the  members 
of  the  Commission,  to  crncify  them  because  they 
would  not  consent  to  crucify  a  state.  Tbe  Commis- 
sion and  its  judirment  would  survive,  becanse  tbey 
were  Just.    That  Commission  was  vested  only  with 

such  prerogatives  as  the  two  bonses  of  Coneress  had ; 
would  it  be  said  that  Congress  could  tell  a  State 
when  she  had  violated  her  own  Constitution  In  se- 
lecting Electors  t  Congress  conld  tell  Lonisiana 
that;  it  could  tell  New-York  also,  bat  New-"Sork 
would  correct  that  style  of  reasoning  veiy  soon. 
Mr.  Howe  then  defended  the  action  of  the  Louisi- 
ana Returning  Board. 

At  the  expiration  of  tbe  two  boa.'s,  the  question 
being  on  tbe  resolution  of  Mr.  Kernan  as  a  substi- 
tute for  that  of  Mr.  Sherman,  it  was  rejected — yeas 
SS,  nays  41,  as  follows : 

Tiu  —  Messrs.  Bailey,  Bsmnm,  Bayard,  Bogy, 
Cookrell,  Cooper,  Uavis.  Dennis,  Eaton,  Ooldthwaiie, 
Gordon,  Hereford,  Johnston,  Jones  of  Vtonda, 
Kelly,  Kernan,  HcCreery,  McUonaid.Maxey,  Merrtmon. 
^orwood,  Randolph,  Ransom,  6aulsbury,  Stevenson, 
Wallace,  Whyte,  and  Withers— '2a 

Nats— Messrs.  Alcoru,  Allison,  Anthony,  Booth, 
Boutwell,  Bruce,  Burnslde.  ('ameron  oi  Pennsylvania, 
Camerou  of  Wisconsin,  Chaffee,  Christlanoy,  Clayton, 
Conover,  Cragln,  Uawes,  Ferry,  Prelinghnysen,  Ham- 
lin, Harvey,  illtchcook,  Bowe,  In^alls,  Jones  of  Ne- 
vada, Login.  UoMUlan,  Mitchell,  Morrill,  Morton, 
Oglesby.  Paddoolt.  Patterson,  Kobertson,  Sargent,  bbs- 
ron,  btaerman,  Spencer.  Teller,  Wadleifih,  West,  Wlu- 
dom,  and  Wright— 41. 

Mr.  Edmunds,  who  would  have  voted  in  the  nega- 
tive, but  who  was  detained  at  home  b.y  sickness, 
was  paired  with  Mr.  Thurman,  who  would  have 
voted  in  the  affirmative.  Mr.  Blaine,  who  would 
have  voted  In  the  negative,  was  also  detained  at 
home  by  sickness. 

The  question  then  being  on  tne  resolution  of  Mr. 
Sherman,  it  was  agreed  to — yeas  41,  nays  98 — astrtct 
party  vote.  Those  voitng  in  favor  of  tbe  substi- 
tute as  above  recorded  voted  against  the  resolu- 
tion, and  tnoae  who  voted  against  tbe  substitute 
voted  for  tbe  resolution. 

Mr.  Hamlim  said  tbe  Senate  having  concluded  its 
action  ou  tbe  vote  of  Louisiana,  he  moved  that  the 
Secretary  tie  instructtfd  to  notify  the  Honse  of  Rep- 
resentatives that  the  Senate  was  ready  to  meet 
tbat  body  and  proceed  with  the  oonnt  of  the  Elec- 
toral vote.    Agreed  to. 

Mr.  i3ABOE>'T  inq aired  if  it  was  not  necessary  to 
inform  ihe  Honse  tbat  the  Senate  had  arrived  at  a 
conclusion  in  regard  to  the  decision  of  tbe  Commis- 
sion. 

The  PBEeiPENT  pro  tem.  replied  that  that  would 
tie  inclnaed  in  the  notlfioution. 

The  Senate  then,  at  3:35  P.  M.,  took  a  recess  nu- 
til  10  o'clock  to  morrow. 


H0X7BB  OF  BEPBESENTATIVES. 

Tbe  House,  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.,  took  a  further 
recess  until  10-50  A.M.  On  reassembling  at  10:50,  tbe 
time  till  11  o'clock  was  occupied  in  preparing  the 
hall  for  the  reception  of  the  Senate.  Tbe  galleries 
were  crowded  ss  usual  on  the  days  when  the  count 
is  10  proceed.  Precisely  at  11  o'clock  the  arrival  of 
tbe  Senate  was  announced,  and  the  Senators  en- 
tered tbe  ball,  the  members  of  the  House  standing 
to  receive  them. 

Tbe  Presiding  Officer  then  said :  The  jolnt.meet- 
log  of  Congress  ri;siimes  its  session.  Tbe  ob- 
jections presented  to  roe  certificates  from  the 
State  of  Louisiana  having  been  submitted  to  the 
Commisaion,  tbe  two  bouses  have  reconvened  to  re- 
ceive and  consider  tho  decision  of  tbat  tribunal  in 
writing,  by  a  miijority  of  tho  Commissioners,  and 
signed  by  a  majority  of  the  Commissioners  agree- 
ing thereto.  It  will  now  bo  read  by  tbe  Secretary 
of  tbe  Senate. 
.  The  decision  was  then  read,  as  follows : 

ELritrrouAL  Commission,  ) 

Washihgton,  1).  C,  Feb.  llj,  A.  D.  1877.  > 
To  tA«  PrtticUnt  uf  the  Henate  of  the  Cnitea  States, 
presiding  la  tho  meeting  of  tho  two  houaes  of 
Congress,  undur  tba  act  of  Congress  eatitled 
"An  aos  to  provide  for  and  retfuiate  tho  count- 
ing of  the  votes  lor  Preaident  and  Vice  Presi- 
'  dent  <ind  the  decision  of  qaestions  arising  there- 
on, for  the  term  commencing  March  4,  A.  D. 
1877.  "  approved  Jan.  29.  Id77: 

Tbe  Electoral  Commission  mentioned  in  said  set 
having  rccewed  certain  certifioutts  and  pspcrs  pur- 

porclDK  to  be  certiflcales  and  papers  accompanying 
tbe  same  of  tbe  Electoral  vote  trom  the  State  ot 
Louisiana  and  tbe  objections  tbereto  submitted  to 
it  nnder  ssid  act^  now  report  that  it  has  duly  con- 
sidered thu  same,  pursuant  to  said  act,  and  lias  by 
a  maiortty  of  votes  drclded  and  dofs  hereby 
decide,  that  ibe  votes  uf  William  P.  Kellogg,  J. 
Henry  Burchs,  Peter  Joseph,  L.  A.  Sbuluoo, 
Morris  Marks.  Auron  B.  Levisse,  Orlando  M. 
Brewater  aud  Oscar  Joffriou,  named  in  tbe  certifi- 
cate of  William  P.  £,eliogg.  Governor  ot  said  State, 
which  vott'S  are  certihedby  baid  persons,  as  ap- 
pears by  the  rertificate  submitted  to  tbe  Commis- 
sion as  aforesaid,  aud  marked  Nos.  1  aud  3  by  said 
Commission,  and  herewith  returued,  are  the  votes 
provided  f»r  by  the  Constitution  ot  tbe  United 
States,  and  that  the  same  are  lawfully  to  be  counted 
as  therein  ccrilded,  namol.y:  Eight  voles  f»r  Ruth- 
erford B.  Hayes,  of  Oniu,  tor  President,  and  eUht 
votes  for  William  A.  Wheeler,  ot  2(ew-York,  for 
Vice  Preaioeut. 

The  Commission  has,  by  a  maiorlty  of  votes,  de- 
cided, and  dues  hereby  decide  and  report,  tbat  the 
eight  persons  first  beiore  nsmeil  were  duly,  apimint- 
ed  Electors  in  and  by  tbe  saiu  State  ot  Louisiana. 

The  brief  gronnii  of  this  decision  is  that  It  ap- 
pears upon  sucn  evidence  as  by  the  Constitution, 
and  the  law  named  in  suid  act  uf  Congress  is  com- 
petent and  pertinent  to  tho  consideration  of  the 
subject;  that  the  before-mentioned  Eluctora 
appear  to  have  been  lawfully  appointed 
such  Electors  of  President  and  Vice 
President  of  the  United  States,  tor  the  term  bsirin- 
ning  March  4,  1877,  of  the  State  of  Louisiana,  and 
that  tbey  voted  as  such  at  the  time,  and  in  tbe  man- 
ner provided  lor  oj  tbe  Coostitutioo  of  the  United 
Slates  and  tbe  law,  and  iba  Commission  naa,  by  a 
maiut'ity  of  votes,  decided  tbat  it  is  not  competent 
under  tho  Constitution  and  the  law  as  it  existed 
at  the  date  of  tbe  pnssaee  of  said  aor,  to 
go  into  evidence  al  iunde  tbe  papers  opened 
by  the  President  ot  the  Senate  in  the 
preseuce  of  tbe  two  houses  to  prove  that  other 
persons  tban  those  regularly  certified  to  by  tbe 
Governor  ot  the  State,  on  aud  according  to  tbe  de- 
termination ot  their  appointment  by  ths  Returniog 
Officers  tor  elections  in  said  State  prior  to  the  time 
required  tor  tbe  performance  of  their  duties  had 
betm  appointed  Electors,  ur  by  couuter  proof  to 
show  tbat  thev  bad  not,  or  that  the  determination 
of  said  Returning  Officers  was  not  in  accordance 
with  the  truth  and  fact,  the  Commission 
by  a  m^ority  vote  being  of  opinion  tbat 
it  IS  nut  within  the  Jurisdiction  '  of  tho 
two  houses  of  Congress  assembled  to  oonnt 
the  votes  lor  President  and  Vice  President  to  enter 
upon  a  trial  of  such  question.  Tne  Commission,  by 
a  majority  of  votes,  la  also  of  opinion  that  it  is  not 
competent  to  prove  that  any  ot  said  persons  so  ap- 
pointed Electors  as  aforesaid  held  an  uffice  of  trust 
or  proSt  under  tbe  United  States  at  tbe  lime  when 
thev  were  appointed,  or  tbat  they  were  ineligible 
under  tbe  laws  of  the  State,  or  any  other  matter  ot- 
fered to  be  proved  aliuTule,  said  certificates  and  pa- 
pers. The  Commission  is  also  of  the  opinion,  by  a 
majority  of  votes,  that  the  Returning  Officers  of 
election  who  canvassed  tbe  votes  at  tue  elec- 
tion for  £  ectors  in  Louisiana  were  a  law- 
fully oOnsliiuted  body  by  virtue  of 
a  constltuiional  law,  and  that  a  vacancy  in  said 
body  did  not  vitiate  its  prooeeaings.  Tne  Commis- 
siun  has  also  decided  and  dues  hereby  decide  by  a 
majority  of  votes,  and  report  as  a  consequence  of 
tbe  foregoing  and  upon  tbe  ground  before  stated, 
that  the  oaper  purporting  to  be  a  certificate  of  tbe 
Electoral  votes  of  said  State  of  Louisiana  objected 
to  by  T.  0.  Uowe  aud  others,  marked  N.  C.  Ko.  3, 
by  tbe  Commission,  and  herewith  returned,  is  not 
the  certificate  of  the  votes  provided  for  by  tbe 
Constituiion  of  tbe  United  States,  and  that  they 
ouzbt  not  to  be  counted  as  sucb. 

J[)one  at  Washington,  tbe  day  and  year  first  above 
written.  (Signed,) 

SAMUEL  b\  MILLER,    - 

W.  SIBONG, 

JOSEPH  P.  BRADLEY. 

GEORGE  F.  EDMUiJiDS, 

O.  P.  MORION. 

FREDERICK  T.  FRELINGHUTSEN. 

JAMES  A.  GARFIELD, 

GEORGE  F.  HOAR. 
The  decision   having  been  read,    the  PBESinrKQ 
Offickb  asked  whether  there  were   any  objeetiona 
to  the  decision. 

Mr.  Gibson,  of  Louisiana,  thereupon  rose  and 
presented  objections  to  the  deeision  on  the 
ground  tbat  the  Commission  bad  refused  to 
receive  evidenoe  which  had  been  offered, 
and  bad  decided  that  the  rotes  mentioned 
in  certificates  Nos.  1  and  3  should  be  counted  for 
Hayes  and  Wheeler,  such  evidence  to  the  contrary 
notwithstanding.  The  paper  recites  at  great  length 
the  proceedings  of  the  Commission,  but  the  point 
of  it  is  the  rejection  of  the  evidence.  It  is  signed 
by  most  of  the  Democrats  in  both  noases. 

Tbe  reading  of  the  paper  occupied  just  an  hour. 
It  was  tbe  driest  of  legal  documents,  merely 
consisting  of  repititions  of  the  various  forms 
iu  which  evidence  '  had  been  offered  to 
and  relnsed  by  tbe  Commission.  Ko  one, 
after  tbe  first  five  minutes,  made  the  slightest 
pretense  of  listening  to  it  or  making  an  effort  to 
understand  it.  The  hum  ot  conversation  prevailed 
on  the  floor  and  in  the  crowded  galleries  to  such  an 
extent  that  the  Presiding  Officer  had  several  times 
to  appeal  for  order  and  silence.  Finally,  when  the 
reading  was  at  last  ended,  (at  12:25.)  an  opportunity 
was  given  to  members  wno  had  not  yet  signed  tbe 
paper,  to  step  up  to  the  Clerk's  desk  and  append 
their  signatures,  and  this  consumed  still  more  time 
and  added  to  the  uproar. 

Ac  12:45  the  Joint  Coorantlon  was  again  called  to 
order,   and   the  Presiding   Officer   asked    whether 
there  were  any   further  objections  to  tbe  decision. 
Mr.  Wallace,   of  Pennsylvania,    rose  and  pre- 
sented obieoiions,  which  were  read.    They  are: 

First,  that  the  deoisloa  is  m  violation  of  the  Bleo- 
toral  sot,  in  this :  That  by  tbe  act  the  Ckimmiaaion  is 
reqmred  to  decide  whether  any  and  wbat  votes  trom 


tntioA,  and  what  persona  were  Asly  appolstad  ■!•«• 
tors;  yet  tbe  ConuDtsvlon  nftisad  |o  extumne  ana 
ascertain  who  Were  dnly  iWolnted  Bieeteis  in  ami  hf 
the  State  of  Lonisiana  and  what  votes  trom  ttiat  0tate 
are  within  the  provisions  of  tbe  Constltatlon  of  the 
United  States  i  seeood.  becanse  the  aet  onatismtlM 
(temmlsaioa  was  paaaad  to  the  end  that  tbe  Coamia- 
sion  would  hear  and  examine  evidence,  and  honestir 
decide  what  Blecton.  in  any  disposed  State  were  iMr- 
ly  and  legally  chosen ;  whereas  the  Commission  re- 
fused to  bear  aod  consldet  tbe  evidenoe  offered  to 
show  that  the  Klectors  whose  votes  the  Commission 
had  decided  sbould  be  oonnted  were  not  duly  obosea. 
but  that  tbey  had  false!  r  and  firandnlently  soted 
as  such  Electors,  and  also  refused  olfors  to  show  that 
the  pretended  certificates  of  election  were  procured  by 
corruption  and  wholly  untrue  t  third,  beeause  the  de> 
cislon  is  in  disregard  of  truth.  Justice,  and  law,  and 
establishes  tbe  demoralising  and  ominonr,  doctrine  tbat 
trand.  forgery,  bribery,  and  peijury  can  lawfully  be 
used  as  a  means  to  make  a  President  of  tbe  United 
States  against  the  well-itnown  or  easily  ascertained 
will  of  the  people  and  of  States. 

Tnis  paper  is  signed  by  Senators  Wallace,  ot  Penn- 
sylvania; Johnston,  of  Virginiai  Bailey,  of  Ten- 
nessee; Eernan,  of  Kew-York;  Kelly,  of  Oreson; 
Sanlsbury,  ot  Delaware,  and  other  Sisnators  and 
meipbers. 

The  PresldinK  Officer  having  called  lor  other  ob- 
jection to  tbe  decision,  Mr.  CocBBAN.of  Pennsylvania, 
presented  an  objection  and  protest  siiroed  by  htm- 
self  and  several  Senators  and  Itepresentatives,  for 
the  following  reasons : 

First,  it  w.<M  not  denied  before  the  Coramlssion  that 
the 'lllden  KlecCora  la  Louisiana  had  received*  large 
majority  of  tbe  votes  oast;  seqoud.  it  was  not  Aenled 
before  tne  Commission  that  Wells  and  his  associates, 
styi1n2  themselves  a  Returning  Board,  were  guilty  of 
gross  fraud :  zhnt.  their  certificates  given  to  the  Bayes 
Bleutors  were  fklso  and  fraudulent,  or  that  tbelr  ac- 
tion in  oanyasslng  the  votes  was  in  violation  of  tbe 
Constitution  and  laws  of  tho  State  of  Louisiana; 
third,  the  action  of  the  eight  members  of  the  Uommis- 
sion lo  deultuing  to  hear  evldouoe  of  those  aod  otber 
facts  was  a  violation  of  tbe  letter  and  spirit  of  the 
act-under  which  tne  Commission  was  created  and  of 
the  spirit  of  the  Constitution  of  tbe  United  States. 

No  further  oojections  bding  presented  tbe  Presid- 
ing Officer  announoed  (at  1  o'clock)  that  the  Senate 
would  withdraw  to  lis  Chamber,  so  tbat  the  two 
bonses  might  separately  consider  and  decide  the 
objeotions. 

The  Senate  having  accordingly  withdrawn.  Mr. 
Wood,  ot  Kew-Tork,  rose  to  make  s  motion,  bat 
tbe  Speaker  interposed  and  ruled  that  a  new  leg- 
islative day  was  now  commencing. 

Tbe  proceedings  were  thereupon  opened  by  tbe 
Chaplain  with  prayer,  and  then  the  Journal  of  Sat- 
urday last  was  read  and  approved. 

Mr.  Wood,  of  New- York,  then  moved  that  the 
House  take  a  recess  till  10  o'clock  to-morrow  morn- 
InA 

Before  putting  the  Question  the  Sfbakbb  desired 
to  present  some  enrolled  bills,  but  Mr.  CoNOBB,  ot 
Michigan,  obiected.  Tne  veas  and  nays  wereoalled 
on  Mr.  Wood's  motion  and  it  waa  agreed  to — yeas, 
140:    nays,  130. 

Tbe  toUowtn^-named  Democrat*  voted  in  ihe 
negative :  Messrs.  Alosworib,  Anderson,  John  H. 
Baglev,  Bell,  Camobell,  Carr,  Cutler,  Finl«v,  Goodln, 
Hatcher,  Haymond,  Hopkins,  Jones  ot  New-Hamp- 
sbire,  Kebr,  Lemoyoe,  Morgan.  Neal,  I'h^lpa.  Pot- 
ter, Powell.  Stevenson,  Tarbox.  Warner,  Wells  of 
Missouri.  Willis,  Wilshire,  and  Testes. 

The  House  thereupon,  at  l:i!5  P.  M,  took  a  recess 
till  10  o'clock  A.  M.  to-morrow,  aod  the  Demoeratlo 
members  remained  In  the  hall  lor  the  purpose  of 
holding  a  caucus. 


DEATH  OF  A  CELEBRATED  TVBFMAN. 


DECEASB^   OF   MR.    MKRKY— HI3  GREAT  6UC- 
CBtiS  AS  AX  OWNER  OF  RACE  HORSES. 
.From  th»  PaU  Matt  Oatette.  Teb.  7. 
Mr.  Merry,  whose  death  was  announced  on 
Monday,  had  been  in  failing  health  for  some  time, 
and  this  was  why  he  severed  hia   connection  with 
tbe  turf  soon  after  retiring  from  the  Hotue  of  Com- 
mons, in  which  he  sat  for  msny  yeaas  as  member 
for  Falkirk.    His   political  career  was  an  unevent- 
ful one ;  bnt,  as  an  owner  of  race  horses  he  aobieved 

greate-  success  tban  any  otber  sportsman  now  alive. 
He    did    not,   like  tbe  late  Sir  Joseph  Hawley  and 

Mr.  Bowes,  win  tbe  Derby  fonr  times,  but  bis 

colors  were  victuricns  in  every  race  uf  importance  at 
leant  once,  and  a  list  of  bis  iirincipal  winners  would 
fill  several  pagei  of  the  Calendar.  Tne  first  horte 
of  sterling  merit  wbicb  be  owned  was  Chanticleer, 
with  whom  be  won  the  Northumberland  Plate,  the 
Gxodwood  Stakes,  and  Doncasler  Cup  in  1848,  and 
who  was  the  sire  of  tbat  good  mare  Sunbeam.  In 
1B53  be  won  tbe  Two  Thousand  Guineas  with  Lord 
ot  the  lutes;  and  three  )-ears  later,  by  wbleh  Uma 
Mr.  Merry  bail  oome  Into  posseation  of  tbe  stables 
and  tralolng-gruund  at  Russle.y,  where  his  horses 
wero  under  tbe  charge  of  Matthew  Dawson,  Sun- 
beam and  Blanpne  of  Middlebie  ran  first  and 
third  fur  the  St.  Leger ;  while  in  1860  Thormanbv, 
ridden  by  Cnstanoe,  won  Mr.  Merry  his  first 
Derby.  The  "Squire  ot  Bnssley,"  as  it  waa  the 
fashion  to  call  bim,  always  let  bis  LWp-year-olds  tiave 
pisniyof  work,  and  this,  in  tbe  opinion  of  many 
ueuple,  is  why  Daudee,  Bnckstone,  SBottitb  Cbisf, 
Liddinetoo,  Student,  Marksmaa,  Bellsdrum,  and 
King  ot  the  Forest  did  nut  do  all  that  was  exoected 
of  them  as  tbree-year-olas.  All  of  these  horses  were 
bearily  backed  tor  tbe  Derby  in  their  respecdre 
years,  aod  it  was  qaite  an  exceptional  thing  for  Mr. 
Merry  not  to  have  a  "  Winter  favorUe"  tor  tbe 
Epsom  ract^.  Afier  sweeping  tbe  board  as  two- 
year-olds,  most  uf  lbs  aOove-named  animals  devel- 
oped some  infirmity  as  tbey  got  older,  and  it  is  a 
well-known  stoiy  how  Dnndee.  breaking 
down  at  Tattenham-corner,  "straggled  boms 
on  throe  legs"  fur  the  Derby  and  was 
ool.v  beaten  half  a  length  by  Kettledrum. 
Liddiogton  and  Belladmm,  though  they  were  bad 
"  roarers' '  distinguished  themselves  by  obtaining 
a  "place."  in  tbe  Two  Thousand  Guineas,  while 
Hnckstone  and  Scottish  Chief  did  tbe  same  in  the 
Derby.  Tbe  two  latter  were  less  affected  by  their 
two-year-old  performances  than  any  of  tbe  others, 
for  Ppckatone  ran  The  Maiquls  to  a  bead  tor  the  St. 
Leger,  and  as  a  four-year-uid  wun  'the  Ascot  Cup, 
alter  a  dead  heat  with  tne  redoubtable  Tim 
Wbifflcr.  ThormauDy  bad  alreadr  ssoured  this 
trophy  two  years  before,  and  Mr.  Merry 
wou  it  for  the  third  time  in  fonr  years  with 
Scottish  Chief.  Soon  afterward,  Matthew 
Dawson,  who  had  trained  all  tbess  horses  for  Mr. 
Merry,  left  bis  service,  and  tbe  Enssley  horses 
were  placed  nnder  tbe  charge  of  Waugb,  who 
trained  Macgreeor  when  tbat  Inckless  animal  won 
tbe  2,000  gniness,  and  ultimately  of  Robert  Peck, 
who  revived  tbe  tadiag  fortunes  of  the  stabla  It 
was  during  bis  period  of  servioe  that  Mr.  Merry 
achieved  his  final  and  not  least  notable  triumphs, 
winning  tbe  Deroy  io  1873  with  Donoaster,  while 
in  tbe  same  year  MarieStuart  secured  the  Osks  ana 
the  St.  Leger,  beating  her  stable  companion  by  a 
head  only  for  tbe  latter  race.  As  four-year-olds 
Tbey  did  not  distinguish  themselves  as  was 
expectea,  Ixith  being  beaten  by  Bolard 
In  the  Ascot  Cup,  though  Donoaster  afterward  se- 
cured the  Goodwood  Cup.  Bnt  in  the  following 
season  tbey  acbieved  a  triple  victory  at  Asoot,  for, 
while  Mane  Stuart  won  the  Queen's  Vase,  Don- 
caster  secured  the  Gold  Cup  and  ths  Alexandra 
Plate,  and  was  sold  for  the  enormous  and  nnpre- 
cudenied  sum  of  14,000  guineas.  Soon  afterward 
Marie  Smart  was  sola  for  a  large  sum  (o  Mr.  Stir- 
ling Crawford,  and  in  the  eonrse  of  another  six 
weeks  Mr.  Merry's  conoectinn  with  tne  tnrf  waa 
terminated  by  tbe  sale  at  Tattersall'a  of  all  bia 
horses  in  training.  Bis  breeding  stud  had  been  dis- 
posed of  two  years  bsfore;  aod  how  cbuice  it  was 
may  be  inferred  from  tbe  fast  that  most  of  the 
horses  referred  to  were  bred  by  Mr.  Merry  himself. 
Marksman  and  Doncaster  being  the  most  notable 
exceptions.  

Alf  VNNATTTRAL  MVTBJSR'S  ORIMM. 

From  tht  Liverpool  GourUr,  Fib.  8. 
Tho  horrible  suspicion  tbat  the  woman  Kirk- 
bride  had  Improperly  disposed  of  the  bodies  of  no 
less  than  eight  obildren  of  which  she  wis  the 
mother,  is  now  reaKeed  almost  to  the  fnllest  extent, 
another  child  io  addition  to  the  six  already  traced 
having  been  added  to  thosa  tbat  oan  bo  clearly  ac- 
counted for.  Strange  to  say.  tbe  latest  discovery 
is,  as  in  the  case  of  the  original  disolosnre  of  the 
frightful  story,  due  to  the  agency  of  one 
of  the  sons  of  tbe  aecnsed,  who  now  resides 
at  or  near  Fenritb.  Thu  publication  of  the 
shocking  discoveries  of  the  doings  of  Mrs. 
Kirkbride  tbat  have  from  time  to  time  been 
made,  baa  led  to  gossip  and  conieocnre  and  amused 
recolleoilons  tbat  still  furtbc  add  evidenoe  of  tbe 
tact  that  tbe  inhuman  creature  has  committed  tbe 
full  series  of  revolting  crimes  she  is  believed  guilty 
of.  Uer  son  re  I  erred  to  now  remembers,  and  has 
so  stated  to  the  antborities  at  Penrith,  that  some 
three  or  fonr  years  ago,  while  he  and  another  broth- 
er were  clearing  out  a  lumber-room  in  tbe  house  la 
which  they  lived  at  Helton,  tbey  came  across  a  par- 
cel tied  up  in  dirty  cloth  and  rags.  They  ttirew  it 
down   stairs  aiong  with  otber   ruoblsh,  but  before 

futting  it  away  tbey  had  the  curiosity  to  open  it. 
I  contained,  as  may  be  surmised,  tbe  body  of  a 
child,  whicli,  however,  vrlthoat  saying  anything 
more  about  it,  tba  bovs  threw  into  tbe  midden. 
Whether  tbe  remains  have  been  traced  further  we 
do  not  learn,  but  tbat  it  was  the  liody  of  a  cbild 
there  does  not  appear  the  least  doubt.  The  par- 
cel'was  made  up  in  exactly' the  same  way  as 
those  inclosing  all  the  bodies  previonsfy  discov- 
ered, and  the  recollections  of  tho  boys  as  well  as  the 
circumstances  point  dearly  to  the  conclusion  named. 
It  is  not  Improbable  that  tbe  eighth  and  last  body 
may  also  be  traced,  and  then  it  is  booed  there  will 
be  an  end  to  tbe  sickening  catalogue  of  horrors  pre- 
sented by  this  unparalleled  case. 


A  FBENOa  LADT  LIBMLMD. 
Tbe  Paris  correspondent  of  a  London  p»i>et 
writes:  "Mme.  Jules  Simon,  wife  of  the  Prime 
Minister,  has  commenced  an  action  for  defamation 
•gainst  tbe  Bufragt  UnivtriH,  the  organ  of  M. 
Cuneo  d'Omano,  the  Bonapartlst  Deputy.  Tbe 
complaint  is  founded  on  an  article  entitled  '  The 
Nationnl  Decay,'  published  on  the  occasion  of  the 
presentation  of  Mme.  Simon  to  Mm6.  Mac- 
Mabon,  wife  of  the  President  of  the  Repnbho. 
Asking  how  can  the  public  allow  such  people  to  be- 
come the  heroes  of  tbe  ho'nr,  the  newspaper  in  ques- 
tion gives  a  very  unfavorable  account  of  Mme. 
Simon.  Ajnong  other  things  it  recounts  an  inci- 
dent which  ic  ueclares  to  have  taken  place  daring 
the  war: 

■  One  day  Mme.  Jules  Blmon,  leaning  on  tbe  arm 
ot  Citizen  Uliliere,  aftarwaru  a  hero  of  tue  Commune, 
entered  one  af  tbe  seheols  of  the  Slaters  of  Cnarity  in 
the  Eleventh  ArroadiSSemeot.  one  ot  the  Sisters  ap- 
proichedher,  ttiAMptptelned  that  the  children  were 
safferiu<t  drsedtnlly  (MM  celd.  and  that  toere  was  no 

"Wood  left  to  ennx.     ''AO'Wood!''  she  exclaimed  ;   polat- 
Ing  to  a  oTucUlx  M  She  ^all,  "  take  that."     So  saylnj; 

she  tore  dowa  tft*  taags  of  Christ  on  the  oross,  which 
sue  thrust  inl6  the  stova' 

Tbe  jonmatlet  eontflaAes  his  arUele  hv  asking 
whether  this  to  a  w««Bfa  fit  te  be  introduoed  to 
Mme.  MaoMatwR.  In  the  aetioa,  which  is  to  be 
heard  on  Veh.   10   in  the  Gohrt  of  AngonlAmtt. 


snnh  State  are  the  votes  ptOTiaed  tat  by  the  Conakwl  Miae;  BlBurn  ol«llMlMI9  traaee  tfaaacast" 


UT£RARY  NOffS. 


-Mr.  ChwiH  Xafheira  u  hU  to  if  ^mMnti 
bis  antohtograpbr. 

•—JVme  J7«n{n<r  li  the  title  of  attew  BOTd  1)gr 
l[rs.-C.A.Warfleld. 

— TrSbner  &  Co..  London,  pnblisl  an  8  to. 
hook  of  SOO  pages,  entitled  Advanee  ThougM. 

— ^The  opening  of  public  libraries  on  Sundi^ 
If  one  of  the  rising  loolal  questlona  in  XnglMd. 

—The  complete  -works  of  Edgar  .^tunet  are 
about  to  be  pnblistaed  in  Fraaoe  by  •nbeeriptioB. 

—  Joaquin  ICiller  u  writing  a  serial  atoij, 

"From  the  Wabash."  for  tbe  CineiUBatl  Mnqubrtr. 

—The  February  .BtoeAwood  treats  "Th«Bit> 
nation  in  Amerlea "  ftoa  the  high  British  etand- 
point. 

—Brat  Harte's  SVtMA/W  Bletmrn  li  being 
fBbUahed  la  BtQttfvIk  ia  aa  aathedzed  Gsaua 

tranalatlea.  "^ 

— Lealie.Stepbeneontmnes  hit  literary  eindies 
by  en  article  on  "Fielding's  If ovela"  in  the  Feb- 
nurr  OomhiU. 

—Bey.  B.  W^  Church,  Dean  of  St.  Panl'e, 
London,  has  published  a  book  entitled  SluUihM  tf 

ottoman  Hiatory. 

— BJ5mBl(jeme  BjSnuon  has  lately  flnisbed 
end  proposes  soon  to  publish  a  new  norel  named 
MagnhlXd,  after  the  heroine. 

—The  Authoristd  Beport  of  A*  Fljimfmt'h 
Church  Ovngrtn  for  1870  has  Jtist  been  issued  by 
Mr.  Wells  Osrdner,  Bngland. 

—A  joomal  in  the  Finnish  langnage,  edited 
hr  Dr.  Mnlkko,  has  Just  been  started  In  'WlBoonsln 
tat  the  use  of  the  Fianlsb  oolonlsts. 

— Prof.  A.  W.  Ward  (drea  an  aeootuat  of 
"  Swift's  Love  Story  in  German  Llteratnte  "  la 
Jf aemiUan'*  Magatint  for  Febmary. 

—James  B.  Osgood  &  Co.  will  brina  out,  by 
special  arrangement  with  tbe  London  publishers, 
tbe  Erigliih  and  Foreign  Phitoiophital  Library. 

— One  of  the  JSlaekwood  oontributore,  Hr. 
Alexander  Allardyoe,  ha*  written  a  novel,  ttiniOity 
<{/  Suruhint,  wnloh  is  published  by  'William  Black- 
wood 3t  Sons. 

—The  marked  feature  of  tbe  foortb  edition 
of  Charles  Dudley  Warner's  In  (As  Lttant,  in  dis- 
tinction from  other  editions.  Is  a  fall  and  eaxefoUy 
prepared  index. 

-The  Februarr  Atlmntle,  like  the  Jannary 
Worth  Amtriean  Stvtnt,  waa  obliged  to  do  what  the 
English  BsTiews  so  often  do  in  tbeie  days,  ga  into 
a  seoond  edition. 

— The  Maroh   nnmber  of  the  ifofoeine    o/ 
Atnerieatn  History  will  contain  an  Artiol^  by  Albert 
S.  Gataohat,  on  "  The  Indiaa  liSBgaages  of  the  Pa>' 
cific  Slates  ano  Territories." 

—Some  Facts  of  Beliffion  and  Lifo,  a  yolnme 
of  the  sermons  preached  before  the  Queen  la  Soot- 
land,  1866-76,  by  Sr.  John  Tnllocb,  has  jnst  been 
published  by  Blaokard  Si,  Sons,  Edinburgh. 

— George  Bell  &,  Boiu,  London,  will  eoon 
publish  tbe  Ofnmtry  of  BaXoehiitat^  a  new  work  by 
A  W.  Bughea,  who  gives  some  aeeonnt  of  its  geog- 
raphy, topography,  etbnology,  and  history. 

— ^Edith  Simoox  giyes  a  full  and  eareM  state- 
ment of  the  ■'  Principles  ot  Social  Science,"  tanght 
by   Henry  Carey  In   the  Academy   for  Jan.  87,  and 

some  sharp  criticism  upon  tbelr  appUoation  to  efCtf  rs. 

— Tlie  author  ut  Christian  Schools  aiid  Scholars, 
Ixindon,  1867,  a  work  whleh  exulted  oonsldwable 
interest  at  tbe  time,  and  is  still  read  eagerly  by 
those  who  oan  get  a  chance  at  it,  is  sale  to  be 
Mother  Baphael  Sraine,  Prioreas  of  tbe  Convent 
tt  Stone,  Suffordshire,  England. 

D.  Appletou  Sc  Co.  have  published  a  JBand 
Atlas  of  Ancient  Qeograph)/  In  28  maps,  edited 
with  an  Introdaotion  by  Bev.  George  Butler,  and 
Ths  Correct  Card,  a  whist  cateohum,  prepared  by 
Cant.  Arthur  Campbell- Walker,  and  warranted  to 
itesob  persons  how  to  play  at  whist  anceessfnlly. 

— A  number  of  very  interesting  old  manu- 
icrlpts,  supposed  to  be  written  by  tome  menk  of 
tbe  Soloveisk  Monastery  near  Archangel,  and  said 
to  throw  new  light  upon  tba  blstory  of  the  religions 

sects  of  Russia,  were  recently  f  oend  by  a  Bnssian 
antiquary  in  one  of  the  book-stalls  at  St.  Peters- 
burg. 

— Df.  Dyer's  BUtory  of  Modem  JTurop*,  re- 
ylaed  and  oontlnuad  to  1870,  will  abortly  be  pnb- 
lished  by  George  BeU  ft  Sons,  London.  The  same 
firm  announcee  the  JHieourHi  of  Spictetus,  with 
the  JCaclreirldt«&  and  Fragmeats,  traasiated  by  Mr. 
George  Lone,  who  also  famishes  notes,  a  lite  of 
Epiotetus,  and  a  view  of  bis  philosophr. 

—  Messrs.  Bobert  Clark  Sc  Co.,  Cincinnati, 
have  Just  issued  7h*  Proeudingi  of  (As  igoHsty  of  (As 
Army  9/  the  Cumberland,  Tenth  Bennlon,  at  Phila- 
delphia, July,  1876,  and  the  flrat  volume  of  Contri- 
butions to  the  MUtorietU  Society  ^  Montana,  with 
its  Tranitetioaa  Act  of  Incorporation,  Constitution, 
Ordinances,  and  List  of  Officers  and  Members. 

—  Ths  Washington-Crawford  Lettehi ;  being 
(As  Osrrtspondencs  batuiesn  Qtsrgt  yfasMngton  and 
yftUiam  Crawford,  from  1767  to  1781,  eoneerntng 
T^ettem  Lands,  Ohronologiealty  Arrunged  and  Cart- 
fiiUy  Annotated,  by  C.  W.  Bdtterfleld.  author  of 
Crai^fbrd's  JSxpedition  ofolnst  Boindtuky  in  ITM,  will 
be  pablisned  at  aa  early  day,  la  an  octavo  rolame, 
by  Bobert  Clark  A  Co.,  Olacinnatl. 

— Cardinal  Manning  will  eonteibnte  to  tbe 
Hituteenth  Century  a  seiioo  of  papers  from  original 
sonrees,  to  be  called  '"The  True  Story  of  the  Tati- 

oan  Cooncil."  The  drat  paper  will  appear  la  the 
March  number  of  tbe  Beview.  It  is  also  said  that 
a  monthly  hotioe  of  "Beoent  Science,"  tba  mate- 
rials fOr  which  will  be  first  submitted  to  Tftfit. 
Buxley,  will  appear  in  the  same  B*yie#. 

—The  Atnerfean  Library  JourtvU,  Nos.  4  and 
t,  for  Jan.  31,  ptoTcs  ilt  osefnlnesi  by  discussing 
"  How  to  Start  Libraries  ia  Small  Towns,"  "  What 
are  tiie  Best  Handred  KoreU,"  "  Tbe  Use  of  Capi- 
tals," and  "  Tbe  Sizes  ef  Printed  Books."  These 
are  praetloal  matters,  and  interest  pnblishera  and 
readers  no  less  than  libranaas.  The  editorial  notes 
in  this  number  cover  a  great  deal  of  ground,  and 
more  clearly  indicate  the  mission  and  work  of  the 
/oumo^  than  the  preyions  issnet. 

—  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons  liaye  nearly  ready  fbr 
publication  the  fifteenth  revised  edition  of  Hayden's 

Dictionary  of  Datst,  brought  down  to  September, 

1876,  to  which  they  add.  aa  before,  their  Amerioan 
supplement;  also  the  fifteenth  edition  of  tbeir 
popular  ifanudl  for  Bookbuyerf  and  Boetestlers, 
which  bas  been  entirely  rewritten  and  brought 
down  to  Augtist,  1878,  with  the  addition  of  a  eare- 
fully-prepared  prtoe-ll*t  uf  seleotlens  from  German, 
French,  Spanish,  aud  Italian  literature.  At  the  same 
time  they  will  publish  the  new  edition  ot  Baitiat's 
Political  Economy,  edited  by  Dayid  A.  Wells. 

— Dayid  Douglass,  the  sueoessor  to  the  late 
firm  of  Bdmonston  te  Douglass,  Elinburgb,  pro- 
poses to  publish  three  books  of  flcst-elass  latport- 
anoe  dnrlng  the  coming  season.  One  Is  The  Letters 
of  Ihomas  Brekine,  of  Linlaihen.  He  bad  a  great 
Influence  over  Dr.  Ewing,  the  late  Bishop  of  Ar- 
gyll, who  published  many  of  these  letters  la  his 
series  ot  Present-Day  PamoAlsts,  and.  In  select  reli' 
gious  circles,  and  with  such  men  as  Principal  Tal- 
lock,  his  name  is  highly  revered  and  his  writings 
eagerly  read.  The  publication  of  a  complete  edi- 
tion of  these  letters  will  be  hailed  with  delight  by 
religions  students  of  this  class.  Another  annonaoe- 
ment  is  tliat  of  a  new  work  by  Dr.  John  C.  Shalrp, 
the  PnneiDal  ef  St.  Andrews,  Scotland,  on  Ths 
FoeHe  Interpretation  of  Nature,  #hose  prevlens 
works  on  Culture  and  ReHgion  and  Studite  tn 
Poetry  and  PAiletopAy  have  been  so  widely  eirca- 
lated  ip  this  oountry.  SeUl  anotaet  is  a  aeir  SeHes 
of  Eorce  Subtecism,  by  Dr.  John  BroWfi,  the  Aathor 
of  Bob  and  Bis  Friends. 

It  shall  Hot  be  eaid  that  the  fui  1877  goes 
long  a-begging  for  a  new  tsnsatton  in  loaraalism. 
flsfo  IS  a  noir  weekly  aboat  to  statt  nnde^the 
oatrlotlo  title  of  The  AsaeriMm.  Ita  poBluhlag 
efflee  is  at  Ko.  6<0  Breaai^y,  and  its  eelataas  are 
to  he  aevotad  to  poUtlaa,  Utetatare,  att.  maeie,  aad 
the  drama.  The  prospeotns  assures  us  tliat  many 
of  our  best  writers  and  artists  hst^e  baea  secured 
for  it— and  that  is  a  cheerftil  piece  of  news  for  tbe 
habitually  iapecnnleua  Jitf^rotntr.  .tn  atae  Ths 
American  Is  to  he  like  Sarper's  Wesiig,  sad  in 
scope  MhmXd  seem  to  lie  eanaUj  the  rival  of  that 
saeoesstul  sheet.  For,  to  quote  again  from  the 
prospectcu,  "able  political  editorials,  essays,  sto- 
ries, tenilletons,  poems,  reviews  of  new  publica- 
tions, dramaa  Ac.,  aad  a  general  bright  miscellany, 
will  oonttittite  thi  literary  porMeo  ef  tbe  paper; 
with  these  featnrea  will  be  cemMned  saelal  aaa 
politioal  cartoons,  portraits,  scenes  from  dramas, 
and  amnslnc  eeneatnree."  The  drst  nnmber  is  to 
appear  on  the  3d  of  Xarch. 

— Oeona  B.  Preeeett^a  bMk  ea  tf  actiiei^  ant 
the  eleetris  telegn^h,  Jntt  pnbUtaed  by  Ai^ia- 
Mbia  aet  ealv  a  eeaigiitttew  la  trfttoK  tike,  beet 


iB^gbiir  and  Oenaaa  aatbonttec  hare  been  son- 
^i^^bl,  |«t  hat  ibe  soyeteicnmeht  of  being  written 
liy  ap*eon)pdtotheprofee^n.  Itweareeer. 
reotljr  IniiKBted,  Mr.  Presoott  still  holds  the  posl^ 
tico'ofchiefoperator  over  the  vaat  system  of  lines 
employed  by  the  Western  Union.  JFbis  ought  to  be 
in  Itself  reooiuaendation  enough.  The  book  Is  IuUt 
illnttrated  with  wood-onts  of  decided  excellence^ 
glTlDg  'the  latest  end  most  important  machines,  In- 
straments  necessary  to  explanatisns,  and  diagrams 
to  facilitate  an  nndersttading  of  the  text.  Mr. 
Freeeott  begins  m  an  elementary  chapter  with 
*¥rl«tieDaleleotrlaity."and  pionges  latex  on  into  snoli 
a  tboroogh  exuninafion  of  the  latest  Improrements 
in  the  methods  of  telegraphy  as  only  a  workifig 
operator  ooold.  The  appendix  eontains  tables  for 
^e  nse'pf  stodente.  The  yolums  might  form  an 
excellent  text-book  In  schotrit  of  telegraphy,  or   for 

speolal  students  at  colleges.  It  Is  eminently  fitting 
that  an  Aaaerican  should  be  the  author  of  work  on 
t  mechanical  art  wliloh  owes  so  much  to  tbe  citizens 

of  tiie  TTmted  States, 

— Appleton  5c  Co.  haye  taken  prompt  adyaii' 
tags  ot  the  increasing  taste  for  bric-a-brac  and 
ebina  by  pubUshiBg  a  small  duodecimo  on  i£etfoliea 
and  Faienes,  by  Mr.  Arthur  Beokwith,  of  New- 
York.  The  book  has  had  its  cover  adorned  with  a 
oiaas  ef  the  marks  used  by  oelebrated  ohina-bakers. 

At  a  ditttnce,  these  have  exactly  the  elfeotot  a 
tablet  inscribed  with  Chinese  writing.  The  pages 
are  frequently  broken  by  illnstrations,  anparently 
by  the  author ;  they  are  deoldedly  individual,  but 
by  no  means  displeasing,  being  a  great  relief  from 
tbe  ordinary  characterless  llltistration  usual  in  snch 
books.  Mr.  Beckwith  is  plainly  master  of  his  sub- 
Jsei,  and  goes  to  work  in  a  thoroughly  workmanlike 
spirit  without  wasting  words  on  unnecessary 
tonies.  Information  is  condensed  without  bseom- 
tng  tiresome.  But  what  makes  the  handbook  peou- 
liariy  opportune  at  this  fnncture  is  its  relation  to 
the  collection  of  Casteilani,  which,  after  baring 
been  exhibited  at  Philadelphia^  has  been  bought 
and  placed  in  posiUon  by  the  Metropolitan  Museum 
In  Fourteenth  street.  The  admirers  ot  old  ohlna, 
of  which  there  are  great  numbers  in  this  City,  will 
therefore  htye  a  ehanoe  to  examine  the  Csstellanl 
eolleotion  by  aid  of  an  aeoompUshed  young  arobl- 
teet  Whe  has  himself  made  more  tban  one  painting 
ea  obina.  Mr.  Beokwith,  we  belleye,  is  a  graduate 
of  one  of  the  best  Govammant  schools  of  art  in 
Paris.  _    

THE  STAaHATION  IK  BUSINESS.  ^ 


UmVERSAL  DKPBBSSIOK  OF  TBE  PAST  THREE 
TEARS  —  BSrriSH     TRADE  '     BErURNS — 
COMMERCE  WITH    THE    UNITED    STATBS 
— ▲  DISMAL  ASPECT  PRESENTED. 
From  Vis  London  Times,  Feb.  8. 

The  commercial  world  has  been  for  a  long 
time  watching  with  anxious  iuterest  to  detect  the 
signs  of  a  general  revival  of  trade';  but  hitherto^ 
unfortunately,  tbe  indications  of  improvement  have 
been  obscure  and  evanescent^  British  commerce,  it 
is  trne^  has  not  suffered  as  severely  as  that  of  the 
United  States  at  Germany,  but  it  bai  shared  In  the 
universal  depression  of  the  past  three  years,  and  it 
has  shown  hardly  a  greater  impulse  towara  a  re- 
newal ot  aotiyity.  It  is  natural  that  men  of  business 

shonld  be  assidaoos  in  feeling  the  pulse  of 
national  oommerce,  and  the  monthly  returns 
of  trade  and  navigation  supply  the  most 
accessible  '  and  effective  tests.  We  believe 
there  is  grave  reason  for  suspecting  tbat 
these  statistics  are  not  strictly  accurate,  bnt  errors 
In  detail  are  probably  compensated  by  the  immense 
nnmber  of  the  particulars,  redunaaucy  in  one  case 
being  set  off  on  tbe  average  against  deSciency  in 
another.  At  any  rate,  tbe  Trade  and  Itfavization 
Betums  are  tbe  most  familial,  and  probably  the 
most  nseful,  evidenoe  tbat  we  possess  with  respect 
to  tbe  course  of  onr  national  commerce.  The  re- 
turns for  tbe  month  of  January  last,  offering  a  eom- 
paiisoa  with  those  for  the  same  menth  in  tbe  years 
lS75and  1876,  disclose  a  slight  improvemeut'in  a 
few  of  tbe  most  important  branebss  of  trade ;  but  in 
others  a  eontinaed  stagnation  is  apparent,  and  in 
one  or  tWo  there  are  even  symptoms  of  a  further 
decline. 

The  imports  take  precedence  of  tbe  exports  In 
the  trade  retorns.  aad  may  therefore  be  oonsidered 
first,  tbougb,  perhaps,  the  converse  arrangement 
woiild  be  in  some  reapeots  more  logical  and  con- 

venisnt.  In  January  last  we  imported  from  foreisn 
countries  and  British  colonies  coaimodities  to  the 
value  of  nearly  £33,000,000— about  £2,250,000  more 
than  in  the  same  month  of .  1876,  and  £500.000 
more  tnan  in  the  same  month  of  1875. 
Among  the  particulars  ot  importation  we  look 
first  at  tbe  food  supplies.  The  wheat 
imported  during  tbe  month  was  less  in 
qnantity  and  in  value  by  one-third  than  that  taken 
In  1876,  bnt  a  little  greater  in  quantity  and  consid- 
erably greater  in  yalue  than  tbe  imports  of  1875. 
There  was  a  decrease  also  in  the  supply  of  live 
animals— oattle,  sheep,  and  swine — as  compared 
with  1876,  but  a  slight  Increase  over  1875.  Toe 
most  noticeable  change  is  in  tbe  supoly  of  fresh 
beet,  duev  flnubtless.  to  the  lately-developed  trade 
vrlth  the  United  States.  In  Jannary,  1875,  we 
imported  it  to  the  value  of  £10.456  only,  and  in 
January,  1876,  to  tbe  value  ot  £13,683;  but  last 
menth  the  imports  reached  £87,768.  Tbeanantities 
of  preserved  meat  of  every  kind  increasea  in  some 
oasee  b.v  ouiT-third,  in  others  b.y  one-balf.  Tbe 
tame  thing  is  seen  ia  the  entiles  of  otber  lood  sup- 
plies. All  this  goes  to  prove  that  the  apparent 
stagnation  of  business  has  not  yet  seriously  affected 
the  physical  comfort  and  well-tielng  of  the  majority 
of  the  people.  When  one  source  of  snpoly  is  closed 
or  narrotred,  oRiers  are  immediately  opened  np;  and 
tbe  importation  of  Amerioan  meat  would  go  a  long 
way    to    mitigate    the    pressure  of  a  cattle-plague 

re.  But  more  important  than  the  food  supplies 
the  demand  tat  raw  material,  which 
shows  whether  our  main  industries  are 
healthily  active.  In  very  many  branches 
of  ibdOttry  this  demand  during  tbe 
pest  month  compares  most  favorably,  not  only  with 

the  depressed  level  oi  1876,  bat  even  with  1675.  Thus 
we  imported  In  January  la8tS,'44S.  000  hundred  weight 
Ot  raw  oottOB,oompared  witb  1,917,000  bnndredweigbt 
in  January,  1875;  ICl.OOO  hnndredweieht  of  fia^. 
eempnred  with  69,000  hnndredweigbt  in  1875, 
and  30.000,000  pounds  of  wool,  compared 
With  24.000,000  in  1875.  Otber  classes  of  raw 
materiats,  it  is  true,  exhibit  a  decrease  In  importa- 
tion, as  unrefined  sugar,  jute,  and  silk.  Bnt  while 
the  cotton  and  woolen  industries  are  making  larger 
demands  upon  the  producing  countries,  we  cannot 
be  Justified  in  taking  a  desponding  view  of  the 
temporary  denression  of  our  trade  and  tbe  falling 
off  of  the  exports.  Fortunately,  British  industry 
is  fonnded  upon  a  solid  basis  of  home  trade,  and 
wbea  onr  oommeroe  with  foreign  countries  meets 
Witb  a  check,  our  manufacturers  can  afford  to  bide 
their  time  and  to  encounter  the  slack  tide  of  for- 
tone  with  cheerful  enduranoe.  At  the  same  time  it 
must  be  admitted  tbat  the  time  has  come  when  a 
change  for  the  better  irill  bs  regarded  as  a  welcome 
deliverance  ttoia  m  painful,  if  not  a  perilous,  situa- 
tion. 

The  oonditton  of  our  export  trade,  as  shown  by 
these  return^  is  snob  as  to  demand  all  our  fortitude 
and  confidence  in  the  native  reaonrces  of  the  British 
manufsoturec  and  merchant.  The  total  value  of 
tbe  expoits  lor  the  month  of  January  was 
£15,946,000,  or  considerably  less  than  half  the 
value  of  tbe  Imports  for  the  same  period.  Moreover^ 
this  amount  exhibits  a  progrsssive  decline  when 
compared  with  the  valaes  of  exports  in  the  same 
month  of  1875  snd  1876.  Since  1875  there 
has  been  a  fhllmg  off  of  more  that,  £1,000,000.  Nor  is 
there  much  consolation  to  be  derived 
fVom  a  glance  at  tbe  details  ot  the  various 
Industries.  Take  tbe  cotton  manufacture,  which 
shows  a  fair  increase  in  quantity  nnder  the  beads 
both  of  piece  goods  and  of  yarn,  &c.;  the  values, 
nevertheless,  in  ooneeqnenoe  of  tbe  fall  in  prices, 
htye  hardly  increased  at  all.  Thus,  although  the 
piece  gooda  exported  in  January  last  amounted  to 
328.000,000  yards,  compared  with  5293,000,000  in 
1875,  the  vslnes  returned  were  £4,398,000  for  the 
former  and  £4,367,000  for  the  latter  year.  In  the 
linen  manufacture,  the  quantity  exported  remains 
almost  Tinaltered,  bnt  toe  value  has  talien  by 
8  or  10  per  cent.  In  the  jute  trace  the  same  s.vihp- 
toms  are  discernible.  In  the  woolen  manufacture 
the  amount  ot  the  decrease  in  tbe  value  of  the  ex- 
port* is  alarming.  In  1875  and  1876  tne  returns  for 
the  month  showed  that  the  exports  were  to  the 
yalue  in  eaehoaseof  about  £2.000,000  sterling,  bnt 
last  month  it  was  found  tbat  tbey  had  declined  to 
£1,578,000.  tt  is  almost  needless  to  say  tbat  the 
exports  of  iron  have  not  only  diminished  in  quan- 
tity, but  have  fallen  about  30  per  cent,  in  value. 
Nor  are  there  any  industnea  much  more  fortunate 
than  these  great  pillars  of  our  trade. 

Yet  the  dismal  aspeot  presented  by  this  array  of 
diminishing  exports  and  declining  pnces  most  not 
oe  allowed  to  dishearten  the  British  merchant  or 
manutaoturer.  The  eentinnanoe  of  tbe  check  upon 
bxportatloa  is  due,  in  part  at  least,  to  causes  whi  tb 
have  netbing  to  do  with  tbe  energies  and  the 
oapaeiuot  of  Uritish  oommeroa.  and  from  which  our 
neighbors  and  rivals  are  suffering  as  well  as  we. 
The  pobtiesi  nooertatnty  whicb  has  now  lasted  so 
king  still  ssereiset  a  paralysing  infiaence  over  tbe 
oommeroe  ef  the  world,  and  as  we  deal  wicb 
fell  ciyillted  nations  we  ate  affected  indirectly  by 
Mu&t  pertnrbatieas  and  anxieties  no  less  than  di- 
rectly tiy  onr  own.  But  some  of  our  beat  customers, 
oar  possible  rivals,  have  been  so  much  more  unfor- 
tunate then  we,  that  while  our  trade  suffers  only  by 
tbe  Stiattened  market,  theirs  has  been  almost  de. 
stroyed.  The  condition  of  mannfaotunug  iadustry 
in  the  United  Statee  is  pictured  as  deplorable  by  tbe 
most  reeent,  the  shrewdest,  and  the  most  impartial 
observers.  So  far  are  we  from  r^oicing 
at  the  mlsfertUDes  of  these  oompetitors. 
that  we  oan  oan  point  to  the  evils  which  their 
losses  of  necessity  inflict  upon  ua.  A  country  in 
which  coasmero*  is  palsied  ceases  to  be  a  good  cus- 
temer.  Ia  this  way  onr  trade  with  tbe  United 
States  has  fallen  off  year  by  year  since  the  ooUapse 
of  boiineH  etedit  in  America  more  then  three 
years  agOk  Alreviyal  of  enterprise  on  tlie  other 
side  of  the  Attaatio  would  soon,  probably,  have  » 
eeUsllMtoty  efffcet  upon  tne  exportettoa  tromtbie 
aid^  Bat  tnoh  a  reyival  seems  as  yet  dittank  In 
tibe  united  States  its  develooment  has  been  hip- 
dsred  }xs  political  dUdoulties,  m  ia  Europe  py  the 
Tt^ive  dread  of  a  geaecal  war.  If  tbeeloads  wtaloh 
ooyer  the  politlcel  sky  could  be  dispersed,  com* 
aero^  we  are  oonMebk  woutd  seen  be^ia  tn  move 
aadthrireiatbaaMndao  .  


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JOE  COBUBN  02r  TBI  AS. 
AK  niMENSB  CROWD  OF  PUOIU8T8  KK\ 
GAMBLERS  ISr  AXD  ABOUT  THE  COUfttf 
—THE  TRIAL  POSTPONED  TO  WBDNBfr 
DAT  OK  APPUOAnOK  OF  FBI80|[B^g 
COUNSEIh 

The  announcement  that  ^  oaae  ef  Jeeep^ 
Oobum  would  be  tried  la  theConrt  of  General 
Sessions  yesterday  attraoted  to  the  brown<4tone 
building  a  larger  erowd  of  speotators  than  had  evei 
been  seen  in  the  vicinity,  even  on  tne  oooasion  of 
notorious  murder  trials.  Athooch  tba  hoar  of 
opening  court  was  11  o'clock,  the  crowd  began  to 
congregate  aa  early  tt  9:30,  and  wben  the  court 
otBciala  arrived  the  stairways,  oorridora,  and  en. 
trtnees  were  so  densely  crowded  at  to  reader  in* 
gross  or  egress  almost  impossible.  The  oonrt-room 
of  Fart  H.  was  quickly  filled,  aad  so  demonstrstlva 
were  those  ontside  in  their  efiortt  to  gain  tdmiV 
tance  that  the  serviees  of  a  force  of  Police  from  the 
City  Hall  had  to  be  called  into  requisition  to  dear 
the  atairways.  Those  who  were  driven  from  the 
building  formed  in  lines  on  the  sidewalks  ontside,. 
and   there   waited     patiently     for     hours    In    tht 

hope  .  of  ottching  -  a  gUrapie  of  the  noto^ 
rious  pugilist.  The  crowd  within  and  without 
the  building  was  composed  of  sporting  oharaoters, 
pugilists,  and  gamblers,  mingled  with  curiosity 
seekers  and  comer  loafers,  many  of  whom  claimed 
intimate  acqtiaintancesbip  with  "Joe."  Cobnm 
was  brought  from  the  Tombs  at  10:30  in  custody  of 
two  court  officers,  and  was  followed  along  Centra' 
street  by  a  crowd  of  several  hundred  persons.  Bit 
head  was  still  bandaged,  and  he  wore  a  soft  white 
hat^  He  walked  briskly  with  tbe  officers,  and  ap- 
peared to  have  regained  considerable  ot  his  oU 
strength  and  vigor.  As  he  approached  the  ooort- 
room  he  passed  between  two  dense  lines  of  speota. 
tors,  to  many  of  whom  he  nodded  in  reoognition. 
The  prisoner  was  taken  into  the  court-room,  bat  in 
order  to  escape  tbe  crowd  was  snbseqaently  re-  ■ 
moved  to  the  Judge's  chambers,  into  which  only  a 
fsw  intimate  friends  were  almitted. 

Afier  some  routine  bnsinesa  bad  been  transaoted, 
Assutaot  District  Attoroey  Bolllns  called  the 
case  ot  Joseph  Coburn,  and  the  announce 
ment  caused  a  hum  of  excitement  among  those  anx- 
ious to  catch  a  glimpse  of  tbe  notorious  criaainaL 
To  tbe  intense  disgnst  of  tbe  curiositr-seekers, ' 
however,  Mr.  Rollins  annouoced  tbat  the  prisoner 
need  not  be  placed  at  the  bar.  and  tbe  spectators 
liad  to  content  themselves  with  hearing  the  arga- 
meni,  without  seeing  tbe  accused.  Messrs.  Charles 
W.  Brooke  and  Edgar  M.  Chipman.  who  appeared 
for  Coburn,  asked  for  an  adjournment  of  the  trial, 
on  the  ground  tbat  It  had  been  poshed  with  undue 
haste,  while  the  piisoner  was  physically  incapable, 
owing  to  bis  severe  iujaries,  of  consul Ung  with  his 
counsel  or  securing  tbe  attendance  of  witnesses,  o( 
whom  he  had  a  number.  Couanel  read  the  affida- 
vits of  Coburn  and  ex-Judge  Fowler  in  support  of 
the  statement  tbat  tbe  accused  was  in  too  enfeebled 
and  incoherent  a  condition  to  transact  any  business 
or  coiuult  witb  bis  legal  advisers  aa  to  tne  line  of 
defense.  In  conclusion,  counsel  stated  that  the  de 
fense  would  be  able  to  show  tbat  Cobarn  was  not 
afraid  to  meet  the  charge  against  him,  bslng  mora 
sinned  against  tban  sinniner. 

Assistant  District  Attorney  Kollins  said  that  tht 
defense  bad  asked  for  a  oostponement  of  tbe  case  on 
two  grounds;  flrat,  on  the  gronnd  tbat  tbe  orlsoner 
suffered  severely  trom  his  wouada,  and  was  in  too 
dazed  a  condition  to  give  an.y  coherent  account  of 
the  occurrence,  and,  8econdl.y,  tbat  tbey  were  un- 
able to  procure  tbe  atreudance  of  a  number  ot  wit- 
nesses.   Coburn  was  represented  to  be  in  each  aooii< 

dition  that  be  coald  make  no  cobereot  statement  ot 
the  affray,  yet  he  beld  in  his  hand  a  long  aud  per. 
fectly  clear  statement,  made  by  the  prisoaei 
to  a  newspaper  reporter,  m  which  he  denied  ever 
having  fired  a  shot.  If  tbat  fact  conld  be  estab- 
lished  It  was  a  perfect  defense,  and  would,  of  eonrse, 
immediiitely  acquit  tbe  prisoner.  Tbe  Tombs  Phyt, 
siclan  had  notihel  hitn  that  there  was  no  physical 
reason  why  CoDurc  should  not  be  placed 
on  tiial.  The  only  ground  tor  a  postponement, 
therefore,  was  the  non-attendance  of  witnesses.  H.e 
woald  ventore  to  say  tbat  those  witnesses  were  im-j 
agmary,  and  would  never  appear  in  court.  The! 
bartender  Pectinger,  who  was  said  to  be  the  onlyl 
one  who  could  tell  tbe  names  of  Cobum's  witnesses, ' 
had  been  released  on  bail,  and  could  easily  have 
been  found  by  Che  defense,  had  they  seen  ht  to  find 
him.  However,  if  his  Honor  thougtat  tbat  tbe  wit-: 
nesses  coald  not  be  reached  that  day  he  had  no  ob- 
jection to  tbe  case  going  over  until  next  day, 

Mr.  Brooke  protested  against  tbe  action  of  the 
prosecution  in  pushing  the  case  to  trial  so  speedily, 
and  argued  that  the  prisoner  was  entitled  to  suffi- 
cient time  to  prepare  ius  detense.  He  tberefore 
moved  for  a  postponement  ol  the  case  untU.  Mon- 
day. 

Judge  Sutherland  thought  the  case  was  a  very 
simple  one,  aud  set  it  down  for  vrednesday  next  A 
motion  to  release  the  pnsonsr  on  bail  was  subse- 
quently denied  by  bis  Honor,  on  the  ground  that  tne 
District  Attorney  was  rcadv  to  try  tbe  case. 

At  1:30  P.  M,  the  court  officers  took  Cobarn  from 
the  Juoge's  chambers  by  a  private  stairway.in  order 
to  evade  tbe  crowd  of  idlers  congregated  around  tbe 
buildiog.  On  reaching  tbe  City  Uail  Pari^  how- 
ever, tbey  were  noticed,  and  soon  formed  the  centre 
of  a  ring  of  several  hundrad  spectators.  The  offloers 
burned  their  prisoner  into  a  Fourth  avenue  car, 
and  in  tbat  way  reaobed  the  Tumus,  where  the 
crowd  awaited  their  arrival. 

After  the  peoceedinss .given  above  Cobnm's  coun- 
sel applied  to  Judiie  Brady.in  the  Court  of  Over  an< 
Terminer,  and  oDtained  a  writ   of  habeas  corpus  in 

the  case,  which  is  returnable  before  Judge  Brady  at 
10  A.  M.  to-day. 

OWEN  W.  BRENNAS'S  SUIT  FOR  BEJfT. 

The  trial  of  the  suit  ot  Owen  W.  Brennaa 

against  tbe  Mayor,  &c..  was  begun  before  Judg« 
Lawrence  and  a  Jury,  in  Fart  II.  of  the  Supreme 
Court,  yesterday.  Ic  appears  that,  in  1853,  Bren> 
nan  was  the  owner  of  the  premises  at  £fo.  514  Pear! 
street,  and  leased  a  portion  of  tbem  to  the  City  at 
the  rate  of  |2,800  per  yesr  fjr  the  use  of  a  District 
Court.  Brennan  assigned  his  lease  to  one  Hen- 
ry MoCaddin,  and,  in  1S63,  tbe  Common  Council,  by 
resolution,  authorized  the  renting  of  the  samt 
premises,  with  tbe  cellar  of  tba  house  in  addition, 
for  17,500  per  annom.  Sicbard  B.  Connolly,  as  Can* 
troller,  executed  this  last-mentioned  lease  in  April, 
1870.  Tne  term  was  9  years  and  11  montha. 
Soon  after  the  execution  of  this  lease,  McCadain  as- 
signed the  lease  back  to  Brennan.  In  December, 
1870,  the  rent  being  dne,  a  suit  was  brought  to  re- 
cover the  same.  An  answer  was  then  pnt  in  by 
tbe  City,  to  tbe  effeot<that  Brennan  was  a  Com- 
missioner of  Charities  and  Correction,  and  that  ahy 
contract  between  him  and  tbe  City  was  forbidden 
by  the  charter  aud  was  absolutsly  void.  This  de- 
fense was  overruled,  and  judgment  was  given  in 
Brennan'fr  favor  for  116.000.  Subsequently  Bren- 
nan and  Controller  Green  made  a  compromise,  as 
the  former  claims,  by  wbicb  Brennan  agreed  to 
throw  off  $375  per  quarter  from  the  rent,  such  re- 
daction to  be  of  no  effect,  howevei,  unless  the  Cou" 
troller  paid  the  future  rent  promptly  every  qaarter. 
For  four  quarters  the  rent  was  paid  promptly,  but 
w^nen  it  came  to  paying  ttie  rent  for  the  fltcb 
qaarter  Controller  Green  refused  to  pay  snytbmg, 
and  the  present  action  was  began  to  recover  $1,500, 
tbe  amount  of  the  reduction  tur  the  four  qoaftera, 
and  $1,873  due  for  the  fifth  qaarter.  The 
City's  defense  is  that  the  ongiual  ordinance 
was  passed  by  a  iranduleDt  arrangement 
between  the  Common  Council  aod  Brennan ; 
tbat  tbe  lease  was  executed  by  a  fraudulent  aarae- 
ment  between  Brennaa  and  '  Connolly  ;  that  the 
lease  was  never  properly  executed,  aud  tbat,  when 
tne  suit  of  1874  was  bronghi,  the  Controller  and  the 
Corporation  Counsel  were  in  ignorance  of  tbe  real 
facts  of  tbe  case.  A  counterclaim  is  put  in  tor  the 
amount  paid  beyond  tbe  actual  value  of  the  prem- 
ises, which  Is  sated  at  #2,600  per  annum,  and  1200 
at  the  most  for  tbe  cellar,  whicb  tbe  City  nevec 
usefL  Tne  plaintiff  was  on  tbe  witness  stand  yes- 
terday, and  the  Guy  offered  to  prove  the  old  lease 
as  part  ot  the  proof  of  fraud.  The  plaintiff  s  conn-  - 
sel,  however,  raised  the  ooieotion  that  toe  Judg« 
ment  in  1874  was  conclusive  upon  the  City,  not  only, 
as  to  all  matters  whicb  the  latter  r  used,  but  alao  at 
to  those  which  tbe  City  might  have  raised  at  the 
time.  Judge  Lawrence,  however.  .  permitted  tbe 
City  to  offer  testimony  that  the  City's  officers  atj 
the  time  had  no  knowlaJge  of  tue  faces  now  set  an. 
The  case  IS  still  on.  Joon  E.  Devello  appears  forth* 
piaintiii^  and  Francis  C.  Barlow  lor  the  City. 
* 

OOVRT  OFFICERS  AND  TBETB  FRIBITDS. 

Yesterday  morning,  before  tbe  case  of  the  n» 
torious  Joe  Coburn  was  called  in  the  Court  of  Gen- 
eral Sessions,  Part  IL,  a  large  nnmoer  of  Coburn 'i 
associates  and  many  Tammany  roughs  were  ad- 
mitted without  ceremony  into  the  conrt-room, 
while  others,  who  bad  business  to  transact,  wert 
not  allowed  to  enter.  Several  of  tbe  conrt  officers 
seemed  to  recognize  the  roughs,  whom  they  adi 
mitted  as  old  acquaintanees.  Bobert  Lindsay,  tbe 
Captain  of  the  squad,  should  saggest  to  his  men 
that  they  are  the  servants  of  the  public,  and  are  not 
placed  there  for  the  oonvenience  of  tiie  friends  ot: 
criminals.  There  are  36  attendants  attached  to  the 
two  parrs  of  tbe  Court  of  General  Sessions,  and 
tbeir  united  salaries  amount  to  (43,200  a  year. 


THS  WASHnfOTOy  MARKET  BOMtOIDB. 

The  trial  ol  James  Rfte  for  the  Idlling  ol 
Hugh  MoCabeih  Waahington  Market  in  Kovembeii 
1876,  was  resumsd  before  Judge  Brady  and  a  jary.' 
in  the  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer,  yesterday. 
After  some  testimony  for  the  detense,  the  case  was 
summed  .up  by  A.  Oakey  Hall  lor  the  defense  and 
Assistant  District  Attorney  Rassell  for  the  proae> 
eation.  '  Mr.  Kossell  in  bis  exordium  made  soma 
references,  in  exceedingl.v  bad  taste,  to  tbe  nation' 
allty  of  the  persons  concerned  in  the  scuffle  iq 
wbioh  the  deceased  received  his  mortal 
'would.  Jadga  Brady,  .i'ln  charging  the  Jaty; 
administered  a  rebuke '  to  the  prosecuting  eflioer. 
The  court  told  the  jury  that  they  were  to  be  goy« 
emed  by  the  testimony  sworn  to  by  the  witnesses 
and  not  by  tbe  statements  of  eounsel.  exoeptluc  ao 
tar  as  these atatements  were  home  out  bv  the  teatt. 
mony  or  by  Mt  inference  from  the  testimony.  The) 
were  to  do  their  doty  without  fear  or  fsvor.  Tfci 
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iiUMiynorasies,  nor  those  of  Germuu.  nor  tbose  of 
VtlMrnationkUties.  The  jnry  were  tofladaimply 
Ml  ttie  facta,  not  on  their  favor  or  ohoioe.  bat  only 
n  the  facts  as  ahown  by  the  evidence,  OontliialniK, 
Tadse  Brady  said  that  the  proaecntlon  had  prooerly 
•rSthdrawn  the  oharee  of  mnrder,  as  there  was 
aelther  deliberation  nor  intent.  The  jury,  if  they 
foand  for  the  people,  coald  find  the  prisoner  trallty 
of  toanslaaehter  in  the  third  deccree.  At  8:45  o'olooK 
Che  lory,  not  having  agreed,  were  looked  np  tot  the 
mght.  ^^ 

COURT  NOTES. 


Jadge  Gildersleeve  eat  in  Part  I.  of  the 
Court  of  Ceneral  Sesaions  yesterday,  in  the  absence 
of  Becorder  Hackett. 

The  case  of  James  Sutton,  pnbliaher  of  the 
Sldine,  on  trial  for  peijnry  in  the  Gonrt  of  Oonwal 
Sessions,  was  yesterday  adjoarned,  in  oonaeqnence 
of  the  illness  of  Recorder  Backott. 

In  Part  II.  of  the  Court  of  Greneral  Sessions 
yesterday,  Lonisia  McGomery  and  Liziie  Deif^an, 
woo  attacked  an  Italian  named  Antonio  Condino 
and  robbed  him  of  tl,  pleaded  enilty.  They  were 
MCh  sent  to  the  State  Prison  for  one  year. 

The  jury  in  Part  IlL  of  the  Superior  Court 
yesterday  rendered  a  verdict  of  $1,000  In  favor  of 
the  plaintiff  in  the  snit  of  Edward  Schenck  against 
the  Chnrch  of  the  Incamatiao.  Mr.  Sobenok  sued 
to  recover  $3,000  on  a  contract  for  providing  an  or- 
ftanist  and  a  otiaTtet  choir  for  the  chnrch  for  the 
year  ending  May  1,  1876. 

The  case  of  Walker  against  the  New  Central 
Coal  Comniny  came  up  for  trial  yesterday  in  Part 
I.  of  the  Common  Pleas.  The  action  la  brouRbt  to 
recover  tl5,000  for  legal  services  rendered  Dy  the 
l»te  firm  of  Strone  &  Shepard.  The  defendant  not 
.being  ready  to  proceed,  Jndee  Van  Hcesen  ordered 
a  reference,  and  referred  the  case  to  ex-Jndtre  Loew. 

The  case    of    Sergt.  Theron  T.  Thompson, 

/I  the  Fonrth  Precinct,  indicted  on  complaint  of 
Mr.  Andre^rs  for  a.«8aaUlng  Michael  Cannon  on 
Park  row,  was  upon  the  calendar  of  Part  IL  of  the 
Conrt  of  Genertri-  Sesaions  yesterday.  Owing  to  the 
abaence  of  Mr.  A.  Oakey  iHall,  coansei  foi^  the  ac- 
cnsetl  oflBoer,  the  case  went  over  until  Wednesday. 

X)aniel  Asher,  aged  19,  of  No.  76  Orchard 
ttreet,  charged  with  stealing  two  boxes  of  lace 
goods  valued  at  $75,  the  property  of  Lewis  B.  Smith, 
Na  42  Greene  street,  was  convicted  by  Assistant 
District  Attorney  Rollins  yesterday  In  Part  II.  of 
the  Court  uf  General  Sessions.  Jndge  Sutherland 
sentenced  the  thiet  to  three  years  in  the  State 
Prison. 

A  few  days  aeo,  Assistant  District  Attorney 
Iiyon  prosecuted  George  Gordon,  alias  Sweeney,  for 
stealing  a  case  of  toba«Go.  The  jury  found  the 
thief  guilty  of  petit  larceny,  which  involved  a  pen- 
alty of  only  six  months  in  the  Penitentiary.  Yes- 
terday Mr.  'Lyon  had  Sweeney  brooght  up  for  as- 
saulting the  officer  who  arrested  him,  and  Six 
months  additional  were  added  to  his  sentence. 

The  celebrated  Boyd  whisky  case,  in  the  trial 
of  which  it  is  claimed  the  operations  of  the  West- 
ern whiskv  ring  will  be  exposed,  was  called  before 
Judge  Blatcbford  in  the  TTiiited  States  Circnit 
Court,  yesterday,  but  was  postponed  until  Wednes- 
day, in  consequence  of  the  death  of  the  wife  of  Gen. 
Bometi,  one  of  the  coanael  foe  the  defendants.  All 
the  other  whisky  cases  went  over  cmtil  next  Mon- 
day. 

The  proceedings  in  the  suit  of  Boody  against 
William  B.  Ogden  and  oihera  before  Judge  Sedg- 
wick in  the  Superior  Court,  Special  Term,  were 
rat&er  monotonoaa  yesterdav.  The  greater  portion 
oftbedaywas  taken  up  with  the  reading  of  the 
depositioQ  ot  Toung,  formerly  Ogden's  confidential 
clerk,  who  averred  that  the  plaintiff's  present 
claims  were  considered  at  the  time  of  the  aooonnt- 
ing  and  final  settlement  of  the  Galena  "  pooL" 

The  case  of  Kate  Allen  against  John  E.  Al- 
len was  brought  before  Judge  Sedgwick,  in  Supe- 
rior Court,  Special  Term,  vesterday.  The  plaintiff 
sues  for  a  decree  of  absolute  divorce  on  the  ground 
of  the  defendant's  adultery,  and  moved  for  a  refer- 
ence yesterdav.  Among  the  motion  papers  were 
affidavits  of  the  publication  of  the  summons,  toe 
defendant  not  being  in  this  State.  Jndge  Sedgwick 
denied  the  motion  for  a  reference  because  the  order 
Df  publication  was  not  presented  with  the  motion 
pai>ers. 

Ellen  McGuire,  a  forlorn  looking  beggar,  was 
irrestedlast  Saturday  night  for  attempting  to  pass 
what  was  alleged  to  be  a  oonntsrfeit  half  dollar. 
She  was  locked  up  until  yesterday  morning,  when 
She  was  taken  before  Commissioner  Denel.  She 
stated  ttiat  she  bad  offered  the  money  to  a  baker  in 
payment  for  a  loaf  of  bread,  'supposing  the  coin  to  be 
good.  It  being  evident  that  ther9  was  no  intention 
on  the  woman's  part  to  pass  connterfeit  money,  the 
Commissioner  discharged  her.  Upon  subsequent  ex- 
amination of  the  50  cent  niece  it  was  found  to  be 
genuine,  some  one  having  covered  it  very  neatly 
with  tin  foil,  wlucn  gave  it  the  appearance  of  being 
apurious. 

Chief  Justice  ■  Davis,  in  Supreme  Court; 
Chambers,  yesterday  granted  an  order  of  publica- 
tion in  the  soit  of  Catharine  Georgl  against  Adolph 
"Z.  Georgi.  The  aciion  is  for  an  absolute  divorce. 
The  plaintiff  alleges  that  her  hnsoand  left  her, 
Buddenly  and  secretly,  on  Dec.  15,  1876,  and  went 
to  Cslitomia.  After  his  departure  sne  found  that 
be  had  been  on  terms  of  improper  intimacy  with 
one  Maggie  Barrett,  at  Coney  Isiand,  and  that  the 
girl  Barrett  had  had  a  child  by  him.  Mrs.  Georgl 
■ays  her  husband  lett  the  State  to  avoid  a  prosecu- 
tion to  compel  him  to  take  care  of  his  illegitimate 
child.  She  says  that  Maggie  Barrett  told  her  of 
'these  facts. 

In  the  suit  of  the  Sixth  Avenue  Bailroad 
Company  against  the  Gilbert  Elevated  Railway 
Company,  judgment  was  rendered  for  the  plaintiff 
Iby  Judge  Sedgwick,  in  the  Superior  Court,  recent- 
[ly.  The  defendant  moved,  yesterday,  to  have  the 
findings  ot  fact  modifleil  by  inserting  the  following  : 
I  "At  the  time  the  acts  incorporating  the  defendant 
were  passed  the  actual  plan  of  Dr.  Gilttert,  as  then 
known,  had  dispensed  with  tubes  for  passenger 
traffic,  and  moved  by  atmospheric  pressure,  and 
liad  substituted  tnerefor  ttie  ordinary  open  railroad 
(tracks,  not  to  rest  in  a  tube  or  its  equivalent,  and 
to  be  nsoa  by  steam  locomotives."  Judge  Seag- 
wick  aenled  the  application. 

HOW  MANT  FOUNDS  TO  THE  lOUt 
The  suit  of  Frederick  Eecht  against  the 
^cenix  Insurance  Company  was  brought  in  the  Su- 
•preme  Court,  recently,  to  recover  on  a  policy  of 
marine  insurance.  The  policy  contained  the  fol- 
lowing clause  concerning  the  vessel  in  which  the^ 
liunred  goods  were  to  be  shipped :  "  Warranted 
not  to  carry  more  than  her  registered  tonnage  m 
marble,  lead,  coal,  or  iron."  Tue  vessel  in  which 
the  goods  were  shipped  was  registered  in  this  port 
at  916  tons.  She  carried  a  load  of  coal  consistine  of 
902  tons,  of  2.240  pounds  each.  This  quantity 
Would  make  over  1,000  tons  pf  2,000  pounds  eacb. 
The  vessel  was  lost  at  sea.  The  insurance  compa- 
ny claimed  that  the  warranty  in  the  policy  related 
to  loading  the  vessel  withtous  of  2,000  pounds  eacb, 
and  the  vessel  being  over-loaded  m  carrying  mora 
than  1,000  tons,  they  were  discharged  from  liability 
on  the  policy.  The  case  was  tried  before  Jadge 
Van  Brunt  yesterday,  and  the  plaintiff  asked  leave 
to  show  a  custom  at  this  port  of  making  the  tons  ot 
coal,  &c.,  eacb  of  2.240  pounds.  Judge  Van  Branty 
however,  held  that  as  the  contract  of  insurance 
bad  been  made  in  ^tiis  State  and  was  to  be  perfurmed 
in  this  State,  the  Ikws  of  this  State  regulating  the 
number  of  pounds  to  the  ton  should  govern.  The 
Damber  ot  pounds  here  is  2,000.  The  vessel,  there- 
fore, was  loaded  to  more  than  her  registered  tonnage, 
and  the  comoanv  is  not  liable.  The  complaint  waa, 
tharelore,  dismissed. 


TRB  EMMA  MINE  SUIT. 
Hr.  Phelps  having  concluded  his  opening 
addreaa  in  the  famous  "  Emma  Mine  "  suit,  the  de- 
fense yesterday  began  the  examination  of  witnea- 
sea.  Ex-Judge  J.  B.  McKeau.  of  Salt  Lake  City, 
and  ex-Judge  Amaasi  B.  James,  of  Ogdena- 
bore,  testified  that  they  wuuid  not  believe 
J.  B.  Lvon  nnder  oath  unless  his  testimony 
was  corroborated.  His  reputation  for  veracity  was 
exceedingly  bad.  Similar  testimony  was  given  by 
3Lsaac  B.  Newcomb,  C.  J.  Turuer,  Beo)am1n  I*. 
Keodall,  J.  C.  Houghton,  Henry  Hooker,  of  St.  Law- 
rence County,  and  SpufiorU  C.  Pield.  The  defease 
liad  a  aoors  ot  other  witnesses  to  testify  in  reUtilon 
to  Mr.  L.vod's  veracity,  bnt  the  Judge  decided  to 
limit  them  to  tbe  parues  already  mentioned. 


THE  MAXWELL  FORQEBT  OASE. 
The  exammation  in  the  case  ot  Georga  L. 
Ifaxwell,  charged  with  negotiating  a  forged  check 
for  KM,293,  purporting  to  haye  been  drawn  by  the 
Xew-^ork  Life  Insurance  Company  on  the  Union 
Trnst  Comoany,  was  resumed  yesterday  in  the 
Tombs  Police  Court,  Some  additipoal  testimony 
was  taken  on  both  sides,  when  counsel  rested  the 
case  without  argument.  Justice  Duffy,  after 
briefly  reviewing  the  testimony  in  the  case,  held 
the  prisoner  for  trial,  fixing  bail  at  |10,000,  wtaioli 
waa  tomlahad  by  one  of  Maxwell's  brothers. 

m 

COVET  OF  APPBA'LS. 

AXAAirr,  Feb.  19. — In  the  Court  of  Appeals 
today  the  following  business  waa  transacted  :  Ko. ' 
163— Goeman  vs.  Cmger;  argument  resamed  and 
concladed.  No.  SOl — Ourant  vs.  Abendroth;  argued 
Dy  B.  H<  and  William  U.  Amonx  for  appellant,  and 
C.  Norwood  for  respondent.  liTo.  205 — Whitehead 
Tt.  Kennedy;  argued  by  T.  W.  Dwight  and  S.  J. 
CHassey  for  appellant,  and  S.  Hand  for  respondent. 

The  following  is  the  Conrt  of  AptMals  dav  ealen- 
tfw  for  Tuesday,  Feb.  80 :  Nos.  906,  9H  184,  185, 
iflf7%  Wl,  437,  and  lOL 

5   ^  i>EaisiONa. 

■    "^  aUFBBia  COUBT— CHAXBXBS. 

Bu  Judge  Donohnie. 
Otrman  Vp-town  Bimngt  Bamk  »«.  JFitzgtcOd — A 
•nit  may  be  Drought  on  the  apeement.  ont  I  tbinlc  I 
•have  no  power  to  make  ail  order.  ^     ,„. 

BvrU  vs.  Tht  MOfor,  it&— The  tazatloa  abonld  be  re- 
'Auced  to  $8  per  oar  on  the  niunber  of  daya  aworn  to 
by  ttieBefereeu 

nnXMM  0OT7BT— CIBCtnT— FABT  IL 

jBy  Jtedfffl  DoaoAue. 
rtumwur  ti€U.  vt,  BtlOtn  et  ol— Does  b«S  eompky  with 

xuEa,  

loniMi  oomnv-oncmr— r m  au 


anoendBflntfl  do  not  eonfarm  to  mla 
pbafaattmitaat  nordoMltconAttitn 

oouioN  rtx*B-«vKcui.  nwH. 

By  Jvttgt  J.  F.  Ddt^ 
Phelan  vs.   IfcOKlnnM*.— Jndgmant   Car   d4(lindaAt, 
with  Gosta,    See  opinion. 

Salomon  «a  Jforot Judgment  direeted  as  in  optnloB. 

By  T%dgt  faa  Botim. 
DUun  •$.  jrar<iii.t-8ee  memotandom. 

COmfOH  PLEAS— TBIAI.  ■nEX-^AK  I. 
£y  Judge  Van  Sot$m. 

.  Bwtevt.  Oardntr. — See  memorandmn. 

''  muuip  «a  '  jHaaiOcoii.— Complaint    dialiawA     Bw 
opinion. 

BUFEBIOB  COnBT-'8PBCLU/  TIBIC. 

Bit  Judge  Stdgvtek. 

HHdettlum  VM.  J>fav«r.  —  Caae  and  amandmanta 
aettled. 

Aubury  tt  ol,  v$.  Pest— Denied,  without  eoata.  •  ^     ^ 

PeweU*  «l  oI.  M,  (Toetsci.— notion  denied,  wtthonl^ 
costs. 

JtfoMoiM  Z>«n{e&— Soadhelm  vs.  Hamburger;  Wilaoa 
va.  Davis. 

WMtev*.  ColftixetaL— The  sum  fixed  by  tbe  Beftna 
in  his  certificnte  shsnld  be  paid. 

Vtanininai  et  at.  oa  Ctutiiji  et  oJL— JndgBMit  tot  da^ 
fendsnts. 

^mteim  ve.  Suttufet  aL— Taxation  affirmed,  wittMOt 
oo^ta. 

Barrovt  v$.  JTallf  et  al— Denied,  SIO  eosts.  to  abide 
event,  without  prntudice  to  a  renewal  of  motion,  if  it 
shall  appear  that  the  trial  of  the  aotioa  ia  onaecesaa- 
rlly  delayed. 

Clarke  vt.  Flanagan. — Denied  on  ground  that  delirerv 
of  unindoraea  warrant  would  not  tranafei;  any  right  of 
defendant  and  hla  controller. 

AUm  vt.  .,<t{«n.'>-J)enied.  Order  of  pnblieatiOB  abonld 
bo  presented. 

Hxndkotfer  vt.  Lang  et  at.— (Four  aotlttna.)— Alotlasi 
granted. 

Dame,  Jr.  etal.  w.  Foanjper.— Order  settled. 

CommUsioni  Ordered.— Maroh  vs.  Masterson;  18^>^'"^n 
vs.  Barretto. 

T)ie  Sixth  Avenve  Baaroad  Company/  vt.  rk«  OObert 
Elevated  Bailroad  Company —Uotlon  denied,  without 
costs.  An  order  m<ty  be  entered  for  defendant  (unisas 
plaintiff's  attorney  objeor  on  the  ground  of  want  of 
notice)  staying  entr;  ot  judontent  for  SO  days  for  the 
purpose  of  mckioK  a  case.  If  otgeotion  be  made,  the 
entrv  of  the  order  on  this  motlou  may  be  delayed 
nniii  the  21st,  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  defendants . 
to  tret  an  order  to  show  cause  why  Jadgment  should 
not  be  stayed,  be. 

Walaee  v*.  TFuton.— Order  vacating  order  ol  arrest, 

Jtolpk  vt,  iEoipk— Order  to  file  affidavit  nano  pN 
tunc. 

Orders  Oranted. — ^PaTdkner  ▼•.  Hitlctat;  Boiler  vs. 
Norton ;  Bnbla  va  The  Relief  Fire  Insuraaoe  Compaayk 
Bv  Judge  Sanford, 

Satett  vt.  TTinaiu.— Case  settled  and  ordered  e<i  file. 

HABIKB  COUBT— CELAHBCBS. 

By  Judge  MeAdam. 

Opinions  J!Y2a1— T.ongstreetvs.New-Tork,  Kew-Haven 
and  Hartford  Railroad  Company ;  Bseger  va  Boaolieri 
Maltby  vs.  Jones  ;  Mendelsohn  va  Fosa. 

Xmrnontvi.  BeAema— Motion  granted,  wlthovt  ooata, 
on  stlpnlstii  n  not  to  sue. 

Poltakvt.  Meyer — Declsiona  filed. 

Black  va.  KaibfleUch—Oiiet  to  pay  over  grantM. 

McCallvm  vt.  nimtm. — Order  as  settled. 

Motions  Granted.- Holler  vs.  Thompson;  Gorman  va 
Leach;  Huderson  va  American  bhovel  Company; 
Osborne  rs.  Amerioan  ShoTsl  Company :  Kerr  va  Wy. 
att  ;  Lightstone  vs.  Blumgnet ;  Winans  va  Frtedson; 
Black  River  Inanraooe  Company  va  Chriatianaon ; 
Uirandat  vs.  Low ;  Oppenheimer  vs.  bbein. 

Miller  v*.  Stcofuon. — Order  settled. 

Ahem  vt.  Morgan. — notion  denied;  $10  costs,  to 
abide  event. 

Thompton  vt.  J'Hnley.— Complaint  dismissed. 

DefiuUt  Noted.— KlmbaO.  va.  Snllivau ;  Wakeman  vs. 
Phjfe. 

Kiekvt.  ."eAfefife.— Wesley  Yard  appointed  Becetver. 

Llndemeyer  vt,  IxMoreace.— Judgment  ordered. 

Williams  vs.  OonnoU]/. — ^Motion  to  resettle  denied, 
without  eosts. 

Brvct  va  QuiiiA,— Motion  denied.  ^  (45  N.  T.,  pn.  aSl, 
468.)  frr        I 

Levy  vs.  OailiTigsr. — Motion  denisd. 

Magrath  vt.  Ostneh. — Arrest  vacated. 

Meed  «a  ^Uen,— Secelver  anthoriaed  to  rae 
Bv  Judge  Alker. 
.  Fitktr  vt.  King.— Catp  settled  and  filed. 
Bv  Judge  Qoepp. 

JMctardson  m.  Iktotn Opinion. 


QOW&T  OALBNDABS-THia  DAY. 

BUPBSHX  CODET— CHAXBXBS. 
Beld  by  BarrtU.  J. 
Vos.  I  Nos. 

70— Sickles  vs.  KichardsoiL  76— Piatt  vs.  Piatt. 
73— Decamp  vs.  UemDsey.  l7i* — Carpenter    va  '  Weln- 
76 — Sperber  vs.  Soeiber.     l  berg. 

Call  commenoiog  at  No.  9a. 

BTTF&KUK   COtTST— SFKCIAL  TOM. 
Held  by  Van  yortt.  J. 


Kos,  Demurrers. 

21— Labubut,  be,  va  De- 

latoui  et  aL 
22— Grant  va  Anderson, 
to. 
Law  and  Fact. 
47—  Rel  1  ly  vs.  D1  Uon  et  aL 
100— fiarlem  Bana  voraos 
Decker  ec  aL 
60— De  Zavala  va  Bart  et 
a  I. 
128— Grissler    et    aL  '  va 

Power,  bo. 
185— Jacobs  va  Millar. 
141— Stenbrecber  vs.  Bey- 
er et  ai. 
142— Guidet  va  Brown  et 

aL 
143— Lynes,  Ice,  va    Bran- 

der,  Jr. 
148— Hatch  vs.   Atlantlo  k 

Pacific  TeL  Co. 
281 — NlcoU  vs.  Scrymser. 
114 — Kinney  vs.  Cobt-n. 
1 1 5 — Kinney  vs.  Basch  et  aL 
283 — Duncan   va    Duncan. 
67— Herriot  va  Herriot 
rrse— Bard  va  U.  B.  LirUna. 

Co. 
38— i^awton    O.  Hov.  Ca 
va  Ocean  8.  C.  Ca 
,  63— Tar  lor  va  Roobe. 


aL    Ta. 


Nos. 

74— Andrews  et 

Ryan. 
87— Alden  va  Dlosav. 
38— Oreea  va  Milbank  e* 
aL 
384— Whiting  va.   Oearty 

etal. 
110 — ^Anffarth  va  Schmae- 

•  deke 
151— Ten  Ryck  vaCory.fco. 
35— Burrowa  va  AtUattO 

Nat.  Bank. 
83— Snare  va  Uardwleke. 
332— WiilUms,      fcc,     va. 
Freeman  et  aL 
67— Waterbury  vt.  fanten 

etaL 
6^-Cbetwood  vaBaraett. 
62— Bmmscbeidt  va.  Bea- 

singer. 
8&-Temple    et    al.    va 
8niythe  et  aL 
111— Jones   va  Mittnaabt 

et  aL 
112— HagsmMi  ya   Xotsa 

etaL 
117— Jones  va  Kllpatrlek. 
137— Bulger  va  Batea 
138— Nosser  va  B^rae  et  aL 
9&— VeUler  va  Kmas  Ca 
Manufaoturing  Ca 


SUFBBia  COUBT— CIBCnTT— PAST  L 
Seld  by  DpaoAna  J- 


Vo». 

2741— Mlldberger  va  Ger- 
man E.  L.  St.  John's 

Cburch. 
777— MoHarg  va  Stratton 
2011— Rodman  va  King. 
2691— uill  et  aL  va  Con- 
ner, hberiit 
2637— Picicard     va  •  Bem- 

beimer. 
2689— Boyd    vs.    Jackson. 
1 — Latonrette  va  Clark. 
1613 — Brown   va   Decker, 

fee. 
2091— Carroll  va  Caasidv. 
2364— KxceUior    Fet.   Co. 

va  Fowler,  impl'd. 

9021a— denlen  vaPoWera 

4297— Grey      et      aL    va 

Jobea 
2803— Lafiln  U  Band  Pow- 
der   Co.     va    Oal- 

laudette. 
2849— Frane  VS.  DeL,Laok. 

&.  W.  R.  B.  Co. 
2871— Archer  va  O'Brien. 
2891 — Coonei,  Sec.  va  The 

Mayor,  ka. 
2909— Breen  va    Unlock, 

etaL  f 

2943— Kinney    vs.  I  Bascb 

etaL 
2996— bprlnger  et '  aL  va 

Herman. 
3007— Hashes  vs.  Ruliens. 
8009— Same  va  Bam  p. 
2649— KeiieyvaThe  Mayor 

fro. 
2617— Vallely,   Adm'r.,  va 

Amend  et  al. 
1657— Goidsmith  va   Daly 

etaL 
1683 — Collins    versus  Tbe 

Mayor,  bo. 
1341— Fltzpatriok  va  The 

Mayor,  fco. 
1436— Pnrcell  versus  The 

Mayor,  fea 

■uPBBus  coim— cntdun— VABTit. 

ir«ld  by  LaiereTUt,  J. 

Noa  Noa 

1096— Hewlett  va  Wood  et 
aL 

1834— Collins  va  Flerson. 

8o82— ffing  et  aL  va  The 
Mayor,  ke. 

loss— SchaU  et  aL  va  Col- 
lier. 

2110— De  Lavalette  va 
Wendt 

1660— Fallen  bee  vs.  Bilver- 
Btein. 

2786— Vail  vs.  The  Mayor. 

3444— Lithauer  va  Conner. 

1820— Schmid  et  aL  va  II- 
llg. 

1644— Hamilton  vs.  Eno.  ; 
600— Bailey  Va  Dodga 

1604- Tonlson  va  Camp. 


Noa 

1437— Hayes  verana  ,  The 

Mayor,  be. 
2769— Toss  vs.   Third  Av. 

R.  R.Ca 
2721— Tbeleman,  ./r..  Ta. 

Emannel.    ' 
2913— Aden  et  aL  Tl.  Ache- 

aoD  et  aL 
3679i-BoRatz>kl  ^va  i  Bo- 

eatsakL 
8091- Wilbur  vs.  Taylor. 
3786— Obrlg     va     Brodle 

etaL 
3103— Frenoh,    et  aL^Ta 

Gearty  ot  aL 
3109— McKeon    va    Dea- 

neiL 
3127— Cfflsar  va  Kmaer. 
2979— Bntler,  bo.  va   Sey- 
mour etaL 
3141— Flood    vs.  Cuabingt 
3163— Bntler,    Ac.   vorana 

Phyte  et  aL 
3166 — ^Butler,   bo.    verana 

Ureyfboa 
3167— Hams  vs.  Same. 
V!743— Cimen  va  Danlela 
1963— Brwia,   bo.    verana 

NeverainkS.  Ca 
4391— Remlorton      veiana 

Weaterman. 
2761— Wilbur  va  ipoft. 
2763— Winner  va  Loft. 
2806— Von  Aken  va  Von 

Aken. 
2819— People'a    Baak  va 

Bogart  et  aL 
1311^llor||tan    va    Conti- 
nental Life  Ina  Ca 
2893^Blackslee  va  Ooold. 
2895— Bischoff  va  Bauer. 
2826— Clark.  Jr.,  va  balL 
697  >9— Meyer  va.Iievyet 


4470— MeHngh  vaMeStave 
i3U8-D.  8.  Spring  Bed  Co. 

vs.  Conner. 

2694- MoLesn  vs.  Heald. 

280— Lrach  va  Bntler. 

1880— Bnder  va  WoodrdlK 

1862— klllott  va  Allemanla 

V.  Ina  CO. 
1852— Mathes  va  Sanborn 

et  sL 
1740— Berge  vs.  Mo5ifl: 
1062— Cfl  stance  vs.  Burr. 
1794— Blliott     va     West- 
chester Fire  Ins.  Co. 
1694— Oaily  va  Ke.rs  et  aL 
1924— Soofleld  vs.  Conner. 
1926— Ogden  et  aL  vs.  Con- 
ner. 


Noa 


Bvrtaaat  coubt — cibcuit— fart  m. 
Seld  by  Vm,  Brunt.  J. 
Nos. 


2277 — ^Delamater  va  Ameri- 
oan bE.C.  KggCa 
'  636 — Davison    et   aL    va 
WUletta 
301— Lee  vs.  Sayles  et  al. 
81— Meyer  et  aL  vs  Am- 
Idou. 
2720-De   Wint  Hook,  va 
The  Mayor,  bo. 


634 — ^Donohae    et  aL  ^s.   1549  %i — Hiokey     va    The 


BDerwood  et  aL 

1739— Corn  vs.  Conner,  ba 
649— Saportaa  ra  The 
Hayiir,  be. 

1879— Murphy  vs.  The  May- 
or, bo. 

4346— Thaule  va  Erekeler 
etaL 

4493 — ^MoUermost  va  Thn 
Mayor,  bo. 

2776-Hain  va  Ualn  et  aL 


30;^6-  Fuller  et  aL  va  Hunt 

etaL 
3089— MoKnlebt,    ba.  va 

Devil  D  et  *L 
^7— Black  va  Cootmen- 

fal  Nat.  Bank. 
8161 — ^Donovan     va     Oon- 

ner,  be. 
1177— Robert  va  HIU. 


j_     Mayor,  ba 
803V-Joaeau.  TheUay- 

or,  bo. 
669 — Lynch  vs.   Knran. 
1663— Bagau  vs.  Tnecer. 
1222  la- »v  hedoa  at  ti.  va. 

KrideL 
1494 — Crow  vs.  Knapp. 
2669- Tbe   Mayor,  bo.,  va 

Haw  et  A. 
lieov-Higgina    va   The 
Mayor,  ba 

SUFZBIOB  CODBT— 8FXCIAI.  TnitK. . 


Held  by  Sedgwiek.  J. 

Case  on— Na  64— Boody  va  TUden  et  aL 
day  calendar  thia  term. 

BUFSBIOB  COUBT— TRIAL  TBBU-^rASt  L 
Held  Vy  Bpeir,  J. 

Nos. 

1U03— Caffe  va  Lord,  Jr. 
et  aL,  be. 

179— Moore  vs.  Tower. 

atts—Wtav  vs.  Fedderaa 
/  805 — Olamont  vs.  «Vhite  ■ 
I  687— FnrmaB  va  Tltua 
*   66-Copeland  yi.    Bllt- 

worth. 
476 — Morgan,      ba      vs. 

McVlokar. 
446— Boyd     va    Fhcsnix 

Ins.  Ca  of  Bartibrd. 
631— Johnson,     ba,    va 

Op>ienhelm,  etaL 
486— Sehmidt  va  Leatn- 

am. 
7S8-MelTlnTa  Carey. 
.  606— Pavne    et    aL     va 

Conner,  ba 
SOOV-Spanaan,  ba.  va 


m»J' 


'•-kaaut.andBuiMeza', 


.vadPaDCMtt»' 


No  ftarther 


Noa. 
619— Cleary,      b&,      ra 

Oamblia^ 
878— Peck,  be. jri.  Coliea.' 

46U-^Barle  va  Flnket  aL 
436— UaU  va.  Barrett,  be. 

401-^ndiow    et    aL  va 

Spufford. 
766— Bartman  iva.  Qloba 

Mntual  Life  Ina  Ca 
813— Whomlngtaa,      bo., 

va  The  42d  Sa  ba 

Petty  K  B.  CO. 
443— Strong   va   Harlem 

BavingaBant . 
77»— HavsmeBr.  ba.va 

Havemeyer  at  aj. 
480)»~8ioanio&a«t«L  vs. 

Webb. 
787— Lawten  va    Baiaa- 

877-^te  yiLTsattook. 


ssn^SKm  ootnrr— atAi.TnK<-VASf  n. 
MM  »y  Ffttamn,  /. 

847-yaa  b  Mm.  Vat.  6k. 

•FvaSilo  va  Brown 
687— Fqmklw  ,Ta  Gatlin, 
„^     7r..«tat 
57a-BaitliMn  va  Befbrd 

etaL 
67ff>-aantaen  va  Boaa 
743— ubietu.  va  Cremer. 
31«-Clatnaal»  Bank  va 

6S9— 'Dye  et  aLva  Adrlaaea 
ess— Mactbewa    va   Prla- 

ooliT 
6^— Btnflald  Ta.  Gould. 
868— Kttaya  Kelly. 
639— WhAe  et  ^  va  T^ 

cei-^iavmont  vs.  rsBbwa, 

Ml-FbUlips    y%.     Bugei 

•taL 

BtnWOOB  COUBT— TBULTIBK-^ABT  m. 
mid  by  Ourttt.  a.  J. 


JFJUiASGIAJj  AFFAIRS. 


KOI. 
784— Bauman  va   Bitob 

eoek. 
667— BcttUy  va  Bandera 
74ii-I>«Tis  va  BUQvelt. 
761— dawior  ra.  Kelover 

etaL 
764— LaWaen  at   aL  vt. 

Myeraon. 
1009-^«ndetaoa  va  Sex- 
ton. 
1069-4ainn  va  Van  Pelt. 
671— Brown    ei    aL    va 

Stokes  et  aL 
6S4i9-Bieg«l  et   aL  va. 

HarpeL 
605— Riehaxds  va  Gonld, 

ba 
686— Totrey    va    Grant 

Looomotlva  Wor^a. 


•ALBS    AT  TBE  STOCK  KXCHAXaS — ^BB.    19. 
SALES  BBFOBS  TBB  CALL— 10  A.  M. 


•24,00011  Ota  8.e6a  72  >« 
13,000  L.  bW.aoon..  34 
1,000  N.  W.  C.  C.  Q..  89»4 

lOUPaaMaU 26»9 

300  do o.  26^ 

lOUErie  Ball slO.    B<^ 

100  DeL  b  Hud. 62  Ja 


Bee. 
700-:P«ta«ai  et  aL  va 

vanJUo^i;  etaL 
8ai-HBe«nttva  KaBSb 
7l5-^arren  va  Van  Tuyl 

etal. 
048-8oheU   va    Batter- 
field. 
049— People,  ba.va  Boa 
1028— Fboter  va  Weber,ba 
1083— AnMKioaa  Med.    CO. 

va  Kessler. 
loss— Bart  raBoylo  at  aL, 

ba 
i  eOB— Thuber  et  aL   va 
Hnthea 
608— The  Kniokerbooker 
Lite  loanranoe  Co. 
TK  Patteraon. 


012-e>BarceB«  vfc  Voa 
Boffman  et  »t. 

eiS— Wooa  va  The  May- 
or, ba 

616— Strookva  Altmeyer' 

610— Lord  va  The  Mayer,, 
bo. 

617— Diokeraoa  vaAlaen. 

Olt^Gbodr^a.  Ponllaine. 

620— National  Park  Bank 
vaBrie  Bailway  Ca  < 

639— Tbe  Neweaatle  Chm. . 
Works  Ca  va  Beed 
et  al. 

651— UoKenna  ra  The' 
Mayor,  be. 

«6»— Divt  va  WatUna 


100 
600 
800 
300 
200 
600 
100 
300 
400 
100 
350 
100 
100 
100 
8 
100 
100 
200 
100 


do a  63 

do 63 

do 63'* 

do 63»3 

do 531* 

do 53 

do .....  b'i'^a 

....  6294 

....  6'JJ9 

a  62a4 

..  53 

52  >9 


do. 

do 

do 

do .: 

do. 


do aS.  62 

dq 62!% 

do 53 

do a  62<>8 

do i'i\ 

do a  62S4 

do a  Sa^g 

300  Mottb-w.  Pf. 49«8 

600  do 49V) 

100  do 49>4 

300  do .83.4916 

100  Book  Island 9i\ 

100  do 9834 

4uOWeafcUu 


800  N,  Y.  Cen.  b  H....  97»4 


100 
300 
100 

61 
400 

25 
200 
200 
300 
200 
100 
100 

aoo 
100 
100 
800 
100 
100 
100 


do 

do.. 

CO.. 

do.. 

do.. 

do.. 


..  97  «s 

97»9 

97% 

9734 

97ifl 

..B3.  97 

97J4 

97 

oe^a 

..b3.  963* 

QQf^ 

do 9678 

do 97 

do 9714 

00 83.  97 

do 96»A 

do b60.  96 


do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 


do 

do 

100  Ohio  b  1USS...83. 

200  do 

500  do b3. 

1100         do 

duo  Lake  »boce 


OCaiMOH  PLCAB— BQUtTT  TBBK. 
J»M»irBeMiHDm.C 
i^Bo  day  oalendar. 

COMMON  FLKAB— TRIAL  TSBU— TABT  L 

^  Btld  by  Tan  Eoun,  J. 

nr  The  eelcadar  ta  the  same  as  it  waa  yesterday. 
OOXKOX   rLSAB— TRIAL  nBM— «ABT  XL 

Stli\tyLurrtmort,J. 
Kpa,    _  Noa. 


300 

100 

300 

600 

1600 

1300 

900 

8210 

900 

1600 

700 


do 

00 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 


100  Ceo.  of  N.  J. 


60 


69  •« 
.  b9=fe 
.  6914 
.  69»8 
..  69 
..  Ob's 
..  6834 
..  6H»8 
..  OS's 
..  63=% 
..  68  Hf 
..  68=8 
11 


do 1084 


400 
100 
300 
500 
800 
700 
900 


do. 


b^ 
6I9 

5«8 

6'a 

&1"9 


do a  611a 


do 

do 

do 

do 

do. 


lOOSt.  PanLPC. 

300     do 

liOO     do 

duo     do..... 

800     do 

200D.,L.bW.. 


00 
1200 
300 
200 
200 
200 
100 
1800 


do. 
do.... 

do 

do.... 
do.... 
do.... 
do. 


do 


.  61% 
...  61J4 
...  dlifl 
S3.  6II4 

61% 

46'8 

463* 

.....  46% 

46^^ 

48% 

6684 

«5'8 

6584 

Boia 

65% 

es^i 

...a  6534 
65% 

66 19 


lied— Vttoh  va  Bergen. 
1197— Sylvester  va  Bem- 
ateia. 
660— Shelli  va  Tard,  Jr. 
1091— Werinek    va    Ohl- 

wellea 
176— Bewltter    va    Ger- 
tenmia  Fire  Ina  Co. 
016— BoRert  va  Clark. 
1464F-Towle  va  The  May- 
or, ba 
780— Rlaaer  va  Morgan. 
786— Donnellv    va     The 
Mi^or,  bo. 
1126— MoOowan    va    Mo- 

Oowan. 
1090— Banbert  va  IJerob. 
786— Sithroeder  va  Len- 
buaoner. 
1093— Baldey  va  Shaw. 
1136— I>ew  va  Potadam. 
497— Brown  va  Patterson. 
897— Waatden  va  Sehaat 


lOOS— Cohn.  ba,  va- Con- 
ner. 
11 99— Lace  va  Tfbr. 
907— 3ehermerhoin     TS. 

Devlin. 
604— Tbe  N.  T.  LlfO  laa 

Ca  va.  Crosier. 

314— Uevltu  va  Gallagher. 

1097— Ubiman  va  Hay  man. 

1316— Hbiffsrdaeket  yaraua 

Gottwald. 

886— B  aoki  ogb  am>va  K.  T. 

C.  baiB.  B.  R.Uk 

1060— Lawrence  et  aL  va 

Tbe  Mavor,  ba 
736- Meacham  va  Camp- 
bell. 
738— Brower  va    Camp- 

belL 
737 — Loomis    vs.   Camp- 

belL 
736— Bant  va  CuapbelL 


OOMKOll  n.SA»-TBUL  THB1C-- PABT  aL 
Heldb^JtF.IMy.J. 
Nos. 


Noa 

430-^ohnaon    va      Tbe 
Mayor,  be. 
:  070— Urael  et  aL  vetsna 

Nieholaon. 
1179— Hesael  verana   The 

Mayor,  Itc. 

493 — ^Brower  va  Dayton. 

lt>7e— Spaneerva  O'Brien. 

789— Roe  et  aL  vaBrophy. 

8t7-WalahTaB.  T.  W'tg 

Dry  Dock  Oa 
84S— Second  Nat.  Bk.  of 
Patenoti  va  Porter 
etal. 
1190— Saamu  st  aL  « Ta 

Neenan.  , 

^710— Bhtpmaa  >va  Piala- 

ticker.  ^ 

1256— laaaoa  va  Ba«r.  '-^ 

1140^WyneB  va   Behap- 

oert. 
1114  -Goaonde  va  Flood. 
641— Sohlag  va  Bohlag. 
608— HoBendk    va  Mtta- 

sloKeK 
029— Cook  va  Clark, 
lllfr— Wleie  va  Callahan. 


l023—Levene  ra  Brnah.   . 
937— Kuppenbelm       va 

Pfbnbeimer. 
1068— FeUett  vaThe  Leeeh 

Ant.  Machine  Ca 
1064— FoUett  va  Hpeneer. 
631-Keese  va  The  M.IT.  b 

N.  H.  B.  B.  Oa 
1221- Brink  va  Fay. 
1184— Aokerman  va    He- 

Artbur. 
1182— Bodcasva  Mnapratt 

etal, 
837— Heidiek  va  Boyd. 
1060-TaijfAut  vs.   Van 

Inaen  et  aL 
1268— Dotel  et  aL  va  Tbe 

Com.  Qen-Traoa 
llSS-'Denohne,    be.,    va 

Boorom. 
,  42— Loughran  va  Kelly, 

1246-Piwkva  Lord,  Jr., 

etaL 
1180— La   Rue   va    Ooean 

Steam  Nar.  Oa 
977— Potoulaki  va  Levy. 


MABDIX  COUBT— TRUL  TBBM— PARTL 
Btld  by  After,  f. 
Noa  I Noa 

6419— The  Broadway  Kat.  6124— Connolly  va  Smith. 

Bank  vaDatton,bal6147— Ueiman  va  Keld. 


6991— Bnglar    et  aL     va 

Fl«eman  et  aL 
8301— Phelpe    va.    Sersea- 

helmer. 
6109-The  Providence  and 

N.  T.  8.  B.  Ca  va 

Sllpeka 
4644— M<*Ardle  va  Byan. 
4066— Cole  va  Tarry. 
6^&7— Tbe     Forea*     and 

Stream  Pnix  Co.  va 

Curran. 


6161— Herts  va  Sebnck, 
0164— Kramer     va    Bart- 
man etaL 
6166— Drew  va.  Philllpa 
6160-Hiracb  va  Speaae- 

man. 
6161— Qnv      va     fleSsra 

et  aL 
6166— Harlen    va   Bosan- 
thaL 


MAUKB  OOORT- TRIAL  TIBM— FABT  IL 
MelibyOoew.J. 

Noa 


Noa 

6947— UeOregei  va   Con- 

nvx. 
903fr~M»gtBa  va  CDay  et 

al. 
'6667— KnpSer  va  Brlggat 

ai. 
6880— Xiefleker  vs.  Rata 
6628— Carry  va  Farler. 
6746— jihane  va  Bergan.  - 
6886— Mills  va  Blont. 
6710— Wetael  va  bbaaf. 
2987— Dutch  va  Oorsev. 
6607— MandeUok  va  Ban- 
dera 
6863— Helta  va  BehaehteL 
7402— Bamberger     versus 

Brooka 
74SB— Clement  TS.  Xoran. 
7486— ilame  va  Bama 
6860— Wanderlloh  va  Ernst 
Mtfl-'BaTan  verana   0^ 
,  Dock,  B.  B.  and  & 

BaWoad  Coiattkny. 
9109 — Chevalier  va  Kohn- 

atamm. 
6902— Brown  va  Tnrley. 
6748— Colt  va  Stevens,  ba 
6908— Camman  va  OoU  et 

6683— Xeellet  va  Tonng  et 
aL 


6866— Krofsgaard  va  Kut- 

rulf  et  al. 
8937— Fadden  va  Bnebraa. 
543U — McAulay  va  Lovy. 
4562— Pfbrsheimer   Tersna 

Tncker. 
6716— PhiUlpa  va  Lewla  at 

al. 
6629— Lesry  et  al.  verana 

Kramer. 
6910— Bub  PnbUshlng  Ca 

vaHara. 
3916— McGinnis  et   aL  va 

CSbea. 
9253— Drake  et  aL  va  Bnd- 

drnslck. 
6904— Clark  va.  Knight. 
6752— Beeves  va  Woodla 
6917— Peetaeb  va  BIgelew. 
6921— Marer  va  Scbaelder. 
6B06-4taeeban  va  Baler. 
6918— McGuire  et  al.   va 

▼anderblia 
6946— Rabenatelnva  Bren- 

nan. 
6877— Lampert  va  Malloy 

68a6-4fe4shanlcs'  Nab  Vk. 

vs  Shaw  et  al. 
874a-Hyattva  Ktnir. 


0173-^Broeklyn  Bank  va 
Meoard  et  aL 

6820— Panglmm  et  aL  va 
Cohen. 

6664— TumboII  va.  Beed. 

6246— Veta  vs.  Aaron  et  aL 

6188— Neville  va  Bosen- 
tbaL 

4672— Beld  va  Stone  et  aL 


6676— Beckendorf  vaPnck 

etaL 
6968— Hoopes  n  aL  va  The 

RlKsoeJoP.  bP.  Ca 
7659— Costa  va.  Cavanaah. 
6960— McCallum  et  aL   va 

Brennao,  be. 
6499— Bchloeb  VI.  Fleisob- 

haner. 
4973— Tallman  va  ueera 
4295— Wagner  vs.  Meisnea 
MABin  CODBT— TRIAL  TSBM— FABT  IIL 
Beld  by  atmnott,  J. 


Koa 

6819— Gednarvt.  Conner. 

6061— Donnelly   va   Kelly 

etaL 
6016— Hanley  ra  Farley. 
7320-DeTlln  Ta  Caldwell 
7009— Matxagec  va  Wtide. 
9268— Ambrogettl   va    Be 

Mena 
7124— Lotte  va  Krakaner. 
912i^BepRlaa  Ta  Wemple 

etaL 


Boa 

3946— Gallagher    Ta   The 

DeL,Lae.  b  %Vestern 

Bailread  Ca 
6662 — Murray  va  Lntbv. 
6801— Scott  Ta    Pottberg 

et  aL 
6694— Grassmnck  et  aL  Ta 

Diosmore,  ba 
7097— Toehrenbsoh   et  aL 

Ta  Mvllua 
6167— Partllu  va  Blder,  Jr. 
3683— Linkert  va  Shl^ 

CODBT  OF  ORNIBAL  SIS8IOHS— PART  n. 

H«t<i  fry  Butkerland,  J. 

David  Dawsey,  Maria  Dev-i  James  Wright,  grand  lar- 

IIb.  robbery.  I    oeny. 

James  Byan.  telonlona  aa-|JobnNorton,Krandlareeny. 
sattit  and  battery.  I  John  Sharkey,  grand   lar- 

PagioU  Palorei,    faloaioaal    oeny. 

anaatut  and  battery.         |  William   S.  Wood,    grand 
Matthew  UamlIl,felonioiU|    laroeny. 

aasault  and  battery.  [Mary  Ann  Kelly,  petit  lar- 

Josepk     DtHen,       Charles  >    oeny, 
Hamilton,  Frank  Maliln,IJobn  Maloney,  petit   lar< 
burglary.  1    oeny. 

Henry  Meyer,  Cbarleel 
FlMer,  Fetes  Wolf,  burg- 
Ury.  I 

CODBT  or  OBin&AL  8SMI0NB— PABT  L 
Beld  by  EaektU,  Bteorder. 
James    Sntton,    peijnry-i  James  Penny,  mayhem. 

continued.  iGnatavus     Abbott,     lalse 

Thomas  DegnAn,  lobDeiy.    |    pretensa 
James   Nngeot,     feloniotUiWilliam  DsTia  Louis  Bea- 
aaaaolt  and  battery.  |    sengA,  grand  larceny. 

HBW-TOBK  OTBB  AND  TBRKIB1IB. 

BoDert  Garity,  bomioida 

FOREIGN  MARKETS. 


I.ONnoN.  T9'eb.  10—12:30  P.  M.— TTntted  States 
Bonds,  10-40S.  108^.  Brie  RaUway  Shares,- 8%.  Illi- 
nois I'entral.  61<» 

2:30  P.  M.— Consols,  06  16-16  for  both  money  and 
the  acoonnt. 

4  P.  M.— Paris  advlcss  qttote  6  ^  oent.  Bentes  at 
106C  12>9a  for  the  aooonnt.  The  amount  of  bollioa 
^withdrawn  from  the  Bank  ef  Bnalaod  on  balanoe  to- 
day la  £i7,000.  Conaols,  95  13-16  for  both  money 
Mid  the  aooonnt.  United  States  Bonds,  4d-40s,  108  >» 
Bi-ie  Bauway  Shares,  sia. 

4:80  p.  .IL- New-York  Central,  94. 

PaaiB,  9ib.  19.— Baehange  on  London,  2&t  14  ^oa 
for  abort  alght. 

Bbrun,  Fob<  Ift-^ealntf.— The  atatement  of  the 
Imperial  Bank  of  Qermany  shows  a  deoreaae  of 
4.497,000  marks. 

LiTBRFoot.,  Felh  19.— 12  )i— Cotton— The  noeipta 
to-day  Were  l'ii,300  bales,  all  American. 

Fvtares  opened  l-SSd.  dearer,  bat  have  ainee  became 
weaker ;  Oplaads,  Low  Middling  clanse,  March  and 
April  dAlivery,  0  18-89d.;  UpTaoda.  Low  Middling 
clause,  April  and  May  delivery,  6  23-32d.:  alsotsaies  of 
tbe  same  at  6  11-1 6<L I  Uplands,  Low  Hiddllaat  olaniie. 
May  and  Jane  deUvery,  0  a5-3'i<d.i  Uplands,  Lew  Mid- 
dling clause,  June  and  July  delivery,  6  'ii-Z^ii,;  also 
sales  of  the  same  at  618-16d.:  Uplands,  Low  Mlddlmg 
cianaa  shippea  March  and  April,  sail,  6  37-32d. 

12:30  P.M. — Cotton— The  market  is tendlag  dowai 
Middling  Uplands,  6%d.;  Mlddllae  Orleans,  6S4d.; 
aaira,.  8.000  balea,  iooluding  l.oOO  bslea  for  speon- 
lation  and,  ezpnrt.  Uplanda,  Low  Middling  cUuie. 
March  and  Apiril  delivery.  8  9-lUd.;  Uplauda.  Low 
Middllog  elaase.  Mav  and  Jnae  daUvery,  ^»*d. 

1:30  P.M.— BreadaiafiJ»-'Com,  24a.  9d,  per  aaarter 
fbrhelrmttcd  Weatem.  Flour  241.9951.  9  BbL  tor 
Waatem.  {i^beat  lOA  8d.9l0a  9d,  »  oentaf,  ior 
average  CaHfomia  WhiUj  10a.  lld.'»lla  Sd.  Sot 
Caitorulit  Ciatk 

'  8  P.  v.- Cotton-Upianda,  Low  HiddUsg  elavM. 
shipped  JADnary,  sau,  6  V-<  tplahda.  Low  MiddUng 
oianae,,.ablpped  Jaunanr  and  February,  sail,  6%d.i  also. 
eaJea  of  tbe  same  at  0  I9-S2d. 

4  P<  M.— Tbe  aalea  of  Cotton  to-daT  isolnded  6,400 
balea  Amerioan. 

6  P.  If.— COiton— Futurea  firm ;  Uplands,  Low  Middling 
Clause,  April  and  May  delivery,  6  2i-83d.i  alae.saiea 
eftbeaameat611-16d.  PreJnoe— Common  Beirin  6a  6d. 

LoWMUr,  Feb.  19—5  P.  M.— Prodfioo— Rafirted  Petro- 
lonm,  14d.dl4>sd.  3p  gallDO.  Bjdriu  of  Tnr^d&tliio, 
aOa  6d.  V  owt.  Provisions— Sugar,  SOa  3^  ewt.  foe 
Ba  12  Miteh  Standara,  on  the  spot,  and  SOa  afloat. 

AintWBar,  Feb.  19.— Petroleum,  4<tft  for  fina   Pale 

'  AaiMIOSB. 

Havana.  T«b.  19^-toaaialk  edd.  190919BW. 
jbuiMm*  «ntat. .  iacan  Anr 


eOVBRMMRNT  BTOOKA— 10:13  AND  11:  iJ  A.  U. 

$3,600  U.  S.  Oa  '81, 

K la.ll2J3 

10,000      do 112'* 

16,000  C.  8.  6-20  C, 

'66  N.... 12.109% 
10,000  D.   H.  5-20  C 

'67 112% 

10.000  D.  S.   6a  '81. 

B. 12.110% 


$10,000  U.  S.6-20&, 

'67 112% 

7,000       do 12.112% 

10,000  U.  8.  bs,  10-40 

E llQia 

3,000       do hcllOVi 

20,000  D.    a.   4^1   R., 

'91 12.106% 


$11,000  Ma  6s,  long.  106*4 
26,000  Ma    6s,    FU 

'94-6 aloe's 

27.000 D.  ore.  3.65a.  7'.^% 
1,000  N.  r.  8.6s,'91.124 
6,000  N.  car.  68,  old 

J.  bJ 21 12 

6,000  N.Car.  6s,  old 

A.  bO. 21 12 

2.000  Alb.  bSns.  1st.  109 
2,000  Alb.  b  Sn8.2d.  95 

1,000  chL,  a.  bg.8*.ii2  ^g 

16,000  Ubi.,  B.  b  Q. 

con.  7a 109^2 

9,0O0N.  J.Clst.con.  64 

12,000  li.  b  W.B.con.  34 
1,000  M.b8.P.8a  Isulla 
3,000  M.  b  St.  P..  1. 

bM.Dlv 86 

*  3,000  MIL  b   St.  P., 

0.  a  f. 82% 

'  1,000  Mor.bEs.lat..  113 
2,000 M.  b  E.  2d...  105 

11,000  ».  W,  C.  0.  G.  90 
1,000  Erie  3d. 10634 

32,U0U  Krie  4th 103 

2,000  N.  y.  (;.6s,'87.104 
6,000  0.  Paa  lBt...l04i8 
3.000  Ohio  bM. con.  88 
6,000  Pac.  of  M.  Ist.  9514 

3.000  p.y.w.bcisaivio 

J.OOOToLb  W.  Ist  104% 
11,00U  T.  b  W.  lst,8l^ 

L.  aiv 8I34 

8,000  Qt.  W.lst,'8ai04 
10.000  D.bU-R. '01.  98 
3,000  St.  L.  b  L  M. 

"    Ist 98% 

3,000  Cen.  P.  gd-b.c.ioe's 
6  Fourth  NaC  Bfc..l03 

10  Met.  Bank 134 

6  uo 183% 

SoBk.  of  N.  Y 118 

lOPenn.  Coal 200 

100  West.  Un. 


nSST  ROAKD— 10:30  A.   U. 

300  DeL  b  Hud...b.o.  6234 


100 
100 
1013 
3000 
2700 
300 
900 
UO 
200 
2000 
1800 


.b.a  68  K) 
..sd.  68% 

do 68'-j 

do 68% 

....  bS"* 
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....  Ii8'4 
....  6e% 
....  68% 
..a  68 14 


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100PaaMtiU..b.c.b3 

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19  U.  8.  Ek 

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200 
30 
25 

600 

100 

360 

100 

.^00 

lUO 

300 

300 

300 

300 

500 

200 

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52% 

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53 

83.    6il34 

53 

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....  53 
....  63% 
....  53Sl 
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....  64 
....  54% 
....  B4'4 
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....  65 

do 54% 

do 64% 

do 64% 

do 5434 


300  L.  8.  bM.U.b.aa3.  51% 

1000  do si  61% 

3400  do 83.  51 

1350  do 51 

4uo  do 61% 

1254         do 61% 

100  do s6.  51% 

100  C.b  Puts.  G'U...  88% 

20  do 89 

100  do 8a% 

45  do 88% 

200  do 88 

lOJ  do b.c.  88 

6  do Hilt 

160  Un.  Pac b.c.  65 

100  a  t  NT  W b.a  8z% 

600  do 32 

200  do 32% 

100  ao 32Si 

300  do b3.  32% 

200  IL  b  5.  W.  Ptb-a  49 


500 
100 

200  do 

300  do.. 

400  do.. 

30  CL  ot  N.  J 


48»4 


do 

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40 

4y% 

4y»-a 

b.a.  looa 
11 


200  do 

68%|l00ab  E.  1 b.a  98% 

08%  200  do 88 

2.T%  100  do 98'4 

25%  100C.,M.bSt.P.b.c.s3  18 
50%400Cht.  41.   IL  8t.  P. 

60%  Pf. b.c.  46S4 

81  do ha  50      100  C,  B.  bQ....b.cll4 

lOU  Erie  Ball. ac.sl5.     8%!300  D.,  U  &  W b.a  65>3 

64  lU.   Cen 62%  200  do 05% 

200  N.  I.  CbH..b.ac.  97%!800  do 65% 

!«60  do 97    1300  do 83.  65% 

60  do a  97      400  do bS.  OjS* 

VO  do 96%l60o  do 6534 

680  dq »7%I1800         do 65% 

800  do 97%  2400         do 66 

700  du «7a8l50o  do 60% 

2ooUieB.  CeD.b.a 44%!d00  do fi6% 

600  do 44%  16U0         do 6J% 

600  do s3.  44     900  do i.0% 

420  do 44      "  " 

600  do 44*4 

100  do 44>9 

lOOMorbEs 80% 


100 
100 
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.b.o.s3.  8O34 

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luO 


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do 03.  Q6^ 

lOOChL  t  Alt b.c.  96% 

100  U.  bSt.  J b.c.  11 

300  Ohio  kM b.c     5% 

100  do 6% 

400  do s3.     6% 

260  C,  C.  tl.  C...b.c.     2% 


•ALBS  UBVORS  TUB   CALL— 12:30?.  K. 
3110  N.y.  C.  bU.. 


$10,000  U.  S.  6s,  '81, 

C 113% 

10,000  D.   S.   6s,   81. 

C 110% 

10,000  Lehigh  bW.B. 

con h.S.  .34 

,  6,000  D.  b  U.  H..  '77.  97 
5,000  Bt.P.lst,LbM.  80 
O.UUO  M.bE.lat,con.  92 

lO-JDeLbHnd. 5434 

200  do 64% 

300  do 64% 

600  do '  4 

lOO  do 5334 

U6  ao s2.  53% 

10  Adams  lix...opg.l04 
100  Paa  Mail os.  25% 


15 
25 
15 
200 
200 
100 
400 
200 
100 
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do. 

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97 
97% 
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97% 

..-b3.  97% 

97% 

07% 
97 


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do O634 

do ..s3.  90 

do. 


.b6.  90% 

300  Lake  Shore 61% 

700     do 51% 

400     do b3.  61% 

3U0     do 01% 

_  2400     do 61 

700  West.  Un 68'4  2000    do 50% 

8UO     do S3.  68>«  1600     do 6034 

600      do 68%  1000     do 5U% 

2oOO    do tH*  100  North-western...  32% 

1300    do 67%  100  North- w.  Pt.DOO.  50 

1700    do 6734  100     do 50 

600  do 83.67^4   100  do 50% 

1000  do 67%  700  do 5ii 

2600  do 67%  100  do 49% 

20OUarIem s3.is5    llOO  do 4914 

aoo  ^lloh.  cen. 44%|10J  ChL,B.  bQ.s00.113 

100  do 44%  loOMor.  t  bs 80>2 

600  do 44      200  0.,  L.bW. 


06».j 

66% 

66% 

00 

65% 

6. 


4U0  do 43%  luOO  do 

'260  Rook  Islsnd 08%  3U0  do 

600  St  Pani  Pf 40%  700  00 

aoo  do 47     800  do 

100  do 46%'200  do »3. 

100  do S3.  46%i700  do s3.  66% 

JtOO  do 46%  oOO  do 6j3, 

,60Pltteburg. 88%' 100  a  b  St.  Jo.  Pf...  '24 

GCVRRKMXNT  STOCKS— 3  P.  M. 
$10,000  U.  8.  6s,  '81, iSiO.oOOU.  8.  5a  "81. 


:00 


do. 


B 112%!  C... 

30,000      do 112%,  10,000      00.. 

6.OOO  U.  «.  5-20  R., 

«7 II234I 

BKCONU  BUARD— 1  P.   M. 

.2,000  Chea  b  O.lst,  300  Paa  Mall 

'  cp.  on 26 

1,000  C.,«.  b  y.7B.109% 

1,000  a  b  N.  W.  1st.  106 

4  000D.,L.bW.2d..l08 

6.000  North  Mo.lsi.100 
10,000  Un.  Pac.  Jst..l04 

6,000 N.y.  t).  lst,C.ll7 

4.000  AL  b8us4.2d..  96 

5  Park  Bank 115 

SOoDel.  bU b.a  63% 


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do 

do 

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do 


600 

200 

100 

100 

100 

100 

800 

100  AtL  b  Paa 

100  do... 

600  do... 

600  du... 

100  00... 

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.  64 
.  64% 
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647, 

56 

b.c.a  18 

18% 

18 

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..bSO.  18% 
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113% 
....113 


.b.a  25% 
2514 


100  N.  Y.  C.  b  U..b.c.  96% 
60  do sa  97 


1200  West.  Un....b.a  67  H* 

2400  do 67% 

1300  do 67% 

900  do 67% 

825  do 67  >« 

1200  do C7i>8 

700  do aS.  07% 

900  do 67% 

1400  do b3.  67% 

360  do 67J4 

1200  do 67i8 

100  do a  67»8 

300  do 67 

700  do 60% 

100  do s5.  6634 

1900  do 66% 

82u0  do 66^ 

1400  do 66% 

1400  do 66% 

100  U.  a  Ex 60 

60  Wells-Fargo B3 12 

SALR8  FROM  2:30  TO  3  F.    M. 

$5.000 U.  S.  68,  Our.. 123% 

8,000  Qa  7e,  KOld...lii6'a 

6,000  D.  b  H,  E.  '91.  97 

6,000  D.  b  H.  R.  '04.  86 

2,000  T.bW.lst..... 104 

.  8.000  H,  lat.  B 121 

;  2.000  H.  b  Ot.M.lst.  74 

2,000  Dn.  Pac.  l8t..lU4 
600  At.  b Paa  TeL...  18 Ja 

50  U.  ti.    Kx 60 


600  do 97% 

300  do 97 

175EriePr. b.c.  18 

40BrieBaUway.b.a     8% 

1150  00 gi-j 

60  do bS.     8% 

500  Mich.  Cen....b.c.  4334 

200  do 83.  43% 

300  do 43% 

350  do 44 

800  L.  B.bM.8...o.a  50% 

500  do 83.  6UI.J 

300  do 50% 

1200  do 5034 

800  <io ba  50% 

600  do 83.  60% 

lOOC.  bP.G'd....b.a.  88 

lOOIlL  Cen b.c.  52% 

luO  do 52% 

lOOCbN.  W b.c.  82% 

3110.  bN.W.Pf...b.a  49Sj 

174  C.  of  N.J U.O.  1084 

100  0.  b  U.  I b.c.  98% 

lUO  C,  M.    b   St.    P. 

b.c s3.  17% 

500  Chi.,  MIL  b  Be.  P. 

Pf b.c.  46% 

500  uo b3.  46% 

20P.,  Ft   W.    b  0. 

gd. b.c.10034 

200  D.,  ij.  &  W Uo.  6534 

100  do 00 

do 66% 

do i3.  66 

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do 661^ 

do eeoa 

100  H.b  81.  J.  Pf.b.a  23% 

100  do 23 

100  Mor.  b  Ka..b.c.83.  SU^ 
20  du 80<>a 


300 

400 

300 

1900 

2500 


500  RHe  Railway....      8% 

200  Un.  Pac 64  >3 

100  IIL  Cent. 5134 

100  North-west  Pf...  49% 
100  Hock  lBland...b3.  98^ 
6O0Lake  8bore...ba  5034 

400  do 6U34 

SOU  do s3.  50% 

ISOO         do 6u% 

too  .  do a4.  50>a 


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400      do 

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600 

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500     do 

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1000 

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100     do 

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loo  DeL  b  Hud.. 

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300  St.  Paul  Pref. 

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102  Hot.  b  Bs... 

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44 

Monday,  Feb.  19— V.  M. 

The  prominent  feature  of  spectilation  on 

the  Stock  Exclianse  to-day  was  the  weakness 

exhibited  by  Western  Union,  which,  owuung  at 

W4.  (|»alia«d  steadUr  to  ^  wtd  oleaed  Ireak 


at  abont  the  lowest  flgnre.  The  depression  in 
this  stock  was  mainly  due  to  tiie  action  taken 
at  the  meeting  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Com- 
pany to-day,  when  Messrs.  Garrett,  Scott,  Garri- 
son, Keene,  and  Jewett  were  elected  Directors, 
and  the  sum  of  $600,000  was  subscribed  for  the 
purpose  of  extending  the  lines  and  otherwise 
improTinfi;  the  facilities  of  the  company,  thus 
placing  it  on  a  more  iormidable  footing  as  a 
rival  to  the  Western  Union.  This  was  supple- 
mented by  reports  emanating  from  semi-official 
sources  that  both  companies,  haying  deter- 
mined to  wage  war  to  the  bitter  end,  contem- 
plate inaugurating  at  an  early  day  some 
sweeping  redaotioBs  in  rates.  Such  a  consum- 
mation may  not.  indaed.  contribute  largely  to 
the  wealth  of  holders  of  telegraph  stock,  but 
the  general  public,  who  will  be  benefited  by 
the  cheap  rates,  will  scarcely  oomplaiD. 

Tbe  entire  transactions  for  the  day  amounted 
to  182.198  shares,  which  embraced  68,410  of 
Western  Union,  27,550  of  Lake  Shore.  25,560 
Delaware,  Lackawanna  and  Western,  18,470 
Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal,  10,450  New- York 
Central,  5,800  North-western,  5,500  St.  Paul, 
5,270  Michigan  Central,  2,890  Ohio  and  Mis- 
siBsippi,  2,300  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Telegraph, 
2,040  Erie,  1,500  Pacific  MaU,  and  1,000  Itook 
Island. 

The  coal  stooka  were. strong  and  higher,  the 
improvement  being  based  on  a  very  emphatic 
contradiction  of  tbe  rumors  alleging  an  em- 
barrassed financial  condition  of  some  of  the 
companies.  Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal  made 
the  greatest  advance,  rising  from  52  to  55%, 
with  closing  quotations  at  the  highest  point. 
Delaware,  Lackawanna  and  Western  advanced 
from  65V^  to  67%,  and  Morris  and  Essex  irom 
80  to  81,  the  latter  reacting  V4  ^  cent,  at  the 
close.  New-Jersey  Central  was  firm,  and  closed 
at  11^.  Lake  Shore  was  weakened  by  rumors  in 
relation  lo  a  reduction  in  rates,  and  fell  off 
from5H4  to  50M8.  The  Granger  shares  were 
firm,  and  higher  for  North-western.  Illinois 
Central  sold  at  51%,  against  53  at  the  close  on 
Saturday,  with  final  quotations  at  the  lowest 
point.  Michigan  Central  declined  from  44^4  to 
43^,  and  closed  at  44.  Ohio  and  Mississippi  made 
a  deoUne  of  %  ^  cent,  in  tbe  day's  transactions. 
Uoion  Pacific  fell  off  Mj  •IP'  oent.  New-York 
Central  declined  irom  97%  to  96^4,  and  closed 
at  97%.  The  general  market,  though  in  some 
instances  showing  a  slight  recovery  in  the 
final  dealings,  was  weak  and  feverish  at  the 
close. 

The  money  market  worked  smoothlv,  with 
•all  loans  early  in  the  day  at  2M>®3  ^ 
cent.  In  the  afternoon  tbe  rate  was  advanced 
to  5  ^  cent.,  but  the  transactions  at  this  figure 
were  exceptional,  and  loans  at  the  close  were 
made  at  3®4  ^  cent  Discounts  were  quiet 
and  unchanged.  Tbe  national  bank  notes  re- 
ceived at  Washington  for  redemption  to-day 
amounted  to  $1,000,000.  Tbe  following  were 
the  rates  of  exchange  on  New- York  at  the  un- 
dermentioned cities :  Savannah,  buying  ^, 
BeUing,  V4 ;  Charleston,  scarce,  buying  ^pre- 
mium, sellmg  y<  premium ;  Cincinnati,  quiet, 
buying  par,  selling  1-10  premium;  New-Or- 
leans, commercial  ^4,  bank  3-16;  St.  Louis,  Vi 
premium ;  and  Chicago  par. 

The  foreign  advices  report  no  important 
change  in  tbe  prices  of  securitlos  at  London. 
Cousols  were  steady,  and  closed  at  Saturday's 
final  quotations,  namely,  95%®95%  for  both 
money  and  the  account.  United  States  bonds 
were  a  shade  weaker,  and  closed  at  Id5>i4  for 
1865s,  (old,)  109^®109^  for  18678,  lOSMs  for 
10-408,  and  107%  tor  Ne  w  58.  Erie  advanced  to 
8^  and  reacted  to  8M1,  the  closing  price.  Illi  - 
nois  Central  was  quoted  at  5\.\^  and  New- York 
tentral  at  94.  Bar  silver  sold  at  56V4d.  ^ 
ounce.  Bullion  to  the  amount  of  £27,000  was 
withdrawn  from  tbe  Bank  of  England  on  bal- 
ance to-day.  Rentes  at  Paris  rose  to  106f. 
12Mic.  The  specie  in  the  Imperial  Bank  of 
Qermany  decreased  4,491,000  marks  last  week. 

The  sterling  exchange  market  was  dull,  the 
demand  for  oills  being  very  1  imited.  In  the 
afternoon  the  nominal  asking  rates  were  re- 
duced to  $4  84  for  60-daya'  sterling  bills,  and 
$4  85Mi  for  demand. 

Tbe  gold  speculation  waa  firm  at  the  open- 
mg,  but  subsequently  the  market  exhibited 
weakness,  and  the  price  declined  to  105V<i. 
Closine  sales  were  effected  at  105%.  On  gold 
loans  the  rates  ranged  from  3  Mi  y  cent,  for 
carrying  to  fiat. 

Government  bonds  were  quiet  in  the  early 
dealings  at  a  fractional  decline.  At  the  close 
the  tone  of  the  market  was  stead  v.  In  railroad 
bonds  the  most  important  changes  were  a  de- 
cline of  3  l^*  cent,  in  Albany  and  Susquehanna 
Seconds  to  95,  and  a  decline  of  1  ^  cent, 
each  in  Lehigh  and  Wilkesbarre  Consolidated, 
New-Jersey  Central  Consolidated  Firsts, 
and  Morris  and  Essex  Firsts,  salens  of 
which  were  madie  respectively  at  34,  64,  and 
113.  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  issues  were 
steady,  and  Chicago  and  North-western  Con- 
solidated Gold  Coupons  strong,  advancing  to 
90.  State  bonds  were  fairly  active,  but  with- 
out any  especial  change  in  quotations. 

United  "-taxes  Tee.^surt,      \ 
Nkw-Yobk.  Feb.  19.  1877.    i 

Gold  receipts ?28-,175  17 

Gold  payments 


Gold  balance. 

Cnrreocv  receipts 

Currency  payments. 

CnrrencT  balance 

Costoms 

CLOSIMQ   QUOTATIOX8- 


100,293  90 

72,016.370  U2 

895.186  .'52 

557.685  04 

44.404,009  73 

.". 266,000  00 

—FEB.  19. 
Satnriay.  Monday. 

American  Bold 105%  lOSSg 

United  States  53.   1881.  coup llO'^a  1103a 

United  St.ites5-2()3.  1857,   couo U2%  112^ 

Hills  on  London |4  81  «!4  83i2®N  84 

New- York  Central 9778  SC'g 

Kock  Island 98I4  98i8 

P.-iciBo  Mail 'Ja»y  2538 

Milwaukee  and  SU  Paul 18  1778 

Milwaulireeanil  SC.   Paul  Pref 4678  46^ 

Lake  Snore 5II3  50ia 

Cbicaeo  and  ^ortb-westero 'Al'^  32^4 

Chioaeo  ana  North-western  Pre! 4914  49ia 

Western  Union 69*8  66 

Union  PsGinc bS'a  64ifi 

Delaware,  Lack,  and  Western 65*3  eCe 

New-vTerse*  Central 11^  H^ 

Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal 52  55% 

Morrisand  Essex 80  80%. 

Panama 122  ItiS 

Erie ., SSg  BI9 

Ohioaad  Mississippi 6^  63$ 

Harlem 13538  135ifl 

Hannibal  and  St.  J  oseoo 11  11 

Hannibal  and  St.  JosBDb  Pref 23^  23 

Michigan  Central 44%  44 

Illinois  Cen  rrai 53  51% 

The  extreme  range  of  prices  in  stocks  and 

the  numDer  of  shares  sold  are  ai  fallows  : 

flo.  or 
HlffhnsU  ti0wn'<t 

New-yorkCentral 

Harlem 

Erie 

Erie  Preferred 

Lake  Stiore 

North-western 

North-westera  Preferred 

Rock  Island 

Mil.  <fcst.  Paul 

Mtl.  &  au  Paul  Pre! 

Pittsburg 

Del..  Lack.  <fe  We.steru.. 

Now-Jersev  Central 

Delaware  &  Had.  Canal. . 

Morris  &  Essex 

Michiirau  Central 

Illinois  Central..-. 

Union  Pacific 

Chicago,  Bur.  &  Qaincy 114 

C,  C.  &  Ind.  Central 2ifl 

Hannibal  &  St.  Josepb 11 

Hannibal  &  St.  Josepb  Pt...  24 

Ohio  &.  MlssiosipDl Sig 

Western  Union 69ia 

A.  &.  f.  TeVgraph ISifl 

Pacific  Mail asfig 

Total  sales 182,198 

The  following  table   shows   tha    half-  hourly 
fluctuations  in  the  Gold  market  to-day : 

10:00  A.  M 105%|l:OOP.  M 105!% 

10:30  A.  M lOS's  »:30P.  M. 1055a 

11:00  A.   M lOSOg  J:OU  P.  M. 1051% 

11:30  A.  M 10558|4:30P.  M IO5I9 

12:00  M. ...10358  3:00P   M, 1050$ 

12:30  P.  M 10589 

The  folio  Wing  were  ctiaoloting  quotations    of 
Government  bonds  : 

Bid.  Aslted. 

TTnitedStatescnrrsDovSs. 133^  12319 

United  States  6i.  ISdl.  registarsd 112  112^ 

United  States  tfs.  1881.  oouooos. 113''a  113^ 

United  States  5-30S.  1SS5.   recnst«r»d..lOSB8  lOS^g 

.Dnita«SUiM5-aOs.  ISSSi  «ouoana....l«>S^  V)8'> 


Bid.  Asked. 
United  States  5-30t.  1865.  new.  res.. ..109^  109\ 
Unitea  States  5-20s.  1865.  new,  eonp...t09S8  lOOiU 
United  SutasS-aos.  1867,  roKlitored..  11808       ns\ 

United  States  S-SOs.  1S67.  ooopons. 119Bg        iifi^ 

United  SutesS-SOs.  1863,  reeiaterea.. 115%       II6I4 

Unitmi  States  S-SOs.  1868.  coupons. 115%       116^ 

United  States  10-40S  registered 110)4        HO^s 

United  States  10-40S.  connons I14f4        II419 

United  States  5s,  1881.  resutered I1014       IIOI4 

United  Statos 5s,  1831.  oonpods. IIOI4,        UOSs 

United  States  4ias.' 1891,  rezistered... 10658        IW9 

The  Sub-Treasurer  disbursed  in  gold  coin 
$63,000  for  interest,  170,000  for  called  bonds, 
and|6,800  silver  coin  in  exchange  for  fraotioiial 
currency. 

Tne  following  were  the  gold  clearings  by  tha  t 
NationalBank  of  the  State  ol  New-Tork  to- 
day: 

Gold  cleared ..$16, 374, 000 

Gold  balances 1,003,960 

Currency  balances 1,167,834 

The  following  is  the  Ciearing-hou.ia  state- 
ment to-day: 

Cnrrencv  exobanees $77,991,993 

Cnrrenov  balanoea 4.388,638 

Gold  exobanees 9,796,760 

Gold  balances 1.16a671 

Tne  following  were  the  bids  for  the  various 
State  securities: 


34 
34 
34 
34 
17 


Aiabania5«,  83.... 
Alabama  5s.  '86... 
Alabama  8s.  '86... 
Alabama  8s.  '83.. 
Alabama  8s.  '93.. 
Arkansas  6s.funded.  S5 
Ark.78.L.R.&F.S.is..  7 
Ark.78,  Mem.&L.R.  7 
A.7S.L.R..P.B.&.N.0.  7 
ArK.7B.M.0.<fcE.Eiv.  7 
Ark.  7s,  Ark.  Cen.R.     7. 

Conneotiout  6s 111% 

Georma  6.^ 94 

Georgia  73.  n.  b jioe 

Georgia  78,  indorsed.lOS 
Ga^  7s.  Gald  bonds.. 105% 

KentDOky  On 102 

Louisiana  Os 38 

Louisiana 6s.  n.  b....  38 
La.  «s.  new  Fl.  Dbt.  38 
La.  73,Penitentiary.  33 
La.  6s,  Levee  bonds.  38 
La.  8a.  Levee  bonds.  38 
La.  8s.  L.B8.  of  '75..  38 
La.  7s.  Consolidated.  58I4 
.Vlicbisanes.    '78-79.101 

Miohiean6s,  '83 104 

Micbijian  7i,  '90 I13»3 

Mo.  68.  due  in  '77..  ..100''8 
Mo.  6s.  due  in  '78..  ..IOII4 
Fund.  OS. due -94-5..  106 >4 
Long  OS.. '82 to  "90 in.  105% 
Asv.or  Uni.,  doe  '92.IO5I3 
H.  &.St.Jo.,  dqe'86.J05i3 
H.  <fc  St.  J.,  due  '87. . 105^2 
N.  Y.  6s,  G.  Keg. '87.130 


N.  T.  69,  G.  L'n,  '99.133 
TS.  T.  68,  G.  L'n.  '93.122 
N.  C.6H.  old.J.  StJ..  91 

N.O.  6s.  A.  &0. 21 

N.C.68.N.C.R.A.&0.  67  ' 
N.C.68,do.o.ottJ.<feJ.  48  . 
N.C.6B.do.c.olfA.&0  48 
N.C.6S,  Fd'e  Act  '66.  16  f 
N.C.6S,  Fd'g  Act.'68.  16 
N.  C.  new  bds.J.&J  12 
N.C.newbds.A.&0.  12 

N,C.S.T.  class  1 if 9 

N.C.  8.  T.  cla»8  2...:    2>9 
N.  C.  S.  T.  olasaS...     2ifl 

Ohio  6s.  "86 no 

Rhode  Island  «s 110 

S.C.  68 35 

S.  C.  6s.  J.  &J 35 

S.  0.6a.  A.  &0 35   . 

S.  C.  fls.  F'e  Act.  '66.  33   * 
S.  C.  L.  C..'89.  J.&L  45 
S.  C.  L.  C..'89.A.&0.  45 

9.  C.  7s.    '88 35 

S.<J.  Non.  F.  bs 2I3 

Tenn.  6h.  old 42i2 


fenn.  69,  n.  b. 
Tenn.  6s..  n.  b.,  1 
Virginia  6j,  old. 


42  ig 
42ifl 
30 


V  irelnia  6s,  n.  bds.  '66.  30 


Vireinia  t>9.n.bds.'67. 
Va.  6'^.  Con.  Bonds. 
Va.  6s.  ex  mat.  conp. 

Va.  63,  Con.  2d  S 

Va.  6s,  Deferred  bda, 
Dis.  of  C.  3.65s.  1921 . 
Dis.  of  C.  Bee 


30 
78ifl 
66% 
37 
7 
72 14 
72% 


And  the  loUowing  for  railway  mortgages: 


Alb.  Si.  Sus.  Ist  bds.109 
B.,  C.  R.&  M.lst7s.B.  39 

C.  &  Ohio  68,  Ist 25 

C.  &  Ohio  63,  ex  con.  21 
Cbic.  &  Alton  lat. ..114 
Chic.  &Alt.  Income.lOGiji 
La.  &.  Mo.  Ist.  gtd..  84 
C..B.&Q,8^?'ct.  Ist.ll2i2 
C.B.l.&P.SF.i.69. '95.100 
C.  B.of  N.  Jri9t^..l04 
C.R.of  N.  J.latCV  64 
C.  B.of  N".  J.Conv.I.  55I3 
L.  &  W.  B.Conj^'d.  33^4 
Am.  Dk.  &  Imp.  bdsV  41 
M.&SP.l8t7s.le,RD 
M.&S.P.  1st,  LaC.D.  97 
M.&St.  P.l3t.H.&D.  82 
M.&.St.P.  Ist.C.&M.  96J4 
M.  &.  St.  P.  Con.S.F.  8278 

M.  &St.  P.  2d 90I2 

Chic.&N.  W.  S.F..107i« 
C.&N.W.  Int.  bds..l04 
C.  &  N.W.  Con.  bds.lOS^ 
C.  &M.W.Ext.  bds.lOO 
C.  &  N.  W.  C.  G.  bds.  90 
€.  &  J5f.W.  B.  G.bds.  88 '-o 

Penin.lstCoc 100 

Chicago  &.  Mil.  1st.. 105 
(!..C..C,&Llst78.S.F109 
Del..  L.  &  W.  2d....l07% 
Dl'1.,  L.  &  W.  78,  C..102 
Mor.  <fc  Easex  Ist. ..113 
Mor.  &E.  IstC.  G...  91 12 
Erie  Ist  Extended..  109^8 

Erie5rh78,  '88 100 

Lone  Dock  BoD(te..l06% 
i!.,N.T.  &E.  Ist  '77.  81 
B..N.T.  &E.  L.bds.  91 
H.&St.J.  89.  Con....  85 12 

M.  So.  7^  c.  2d 103 

M.S.&N.I.S.r.7  4?'ot.l09  ifl 
Clev.  &  Tol,  S.  F...107 
Clev.  &  Tol.  new  bs.  107 


Clev.P.  &  A.old  b8.104ig 
Cle't.P.  &  A..new  b8.107i« 
Buf.  &  E.  new  b'ds..l07ia 
Buf.  &  State  Line, 78.105 
Kal.  &  W.  Pic  Ist. .  85  • 
D.,M.&T.lst  78.1906.105  1 

L.  S.  Div.  bds 107  ). 

L.  S.  Cons.  C.   1st.. .107  J 

L.  S.  Cons.  B.2d 97 

Mlch.O.Con.Ts.  1902.103% 
Mioh.C.l9t8^'8a.SF.112 

•83 103  »3 

,  K.  E.104 
Sal)..  104 
1st  C..11738 

C 120  »fl 

7s.  R...12OI3 

N.  Missouri  1st 99% 

Obio  &  M.  Con.  S.  S  .  88 
Ob^o  &.  Miss.  Cons..  88 
Obio  <ScM.  2d.  Cons..  50 
Cen.  Pac.  Gold  bds.. 106^8 
Cen.  P..  San  J.  B'oh.  91 

W  est.  Pacific  bs 100  >a 

Union  Pao.  Ist  bs.. .104  « 
Union  Pao.  L.  G.  7s.l02  4 

Union  Pao.  S.  F 9689 

Pac  B.  ot  Mo.  1st...  9519 

P.K.ofMo.2d 85 

P..Ft.W.ifcChic.lBt..ll9 
P..  rt.W.&Chic.2d.lili« 
Clev.  <feP.  4thS.  F..105 
Col..Cnic.&lDd.  Ist.  31 
St.  L.  <Klron  M.lst...98 
A  &T.  H.2d  Pref..  89 
Alt.  &  X.  H.  2d  Inc.  73 
To!.  &  Wab.  Ist,  Ex.104 

Tol.  &  Wab.  2d 70 

T.&  W.Cons.  Conv.  48 
Gt.  West.  lat.  '83. ...104 
Q.nincv&Tol.lst.'90.  75 
W.  U.  bds..  1903.  C. 10518 
W.  U.  bds..  1900.  K.105 


And  the  following  for  City  Bank  shares: 


America 130 

AmericanExchnnee.109% 
Bank.  &  Brok.  Asso.  80 

Central  National 102 

Commerce 112 

ContinentaL 68 

Corn  Exchange 125 

First  National 201 

Fourth  National 102 

Fulton 150 

Filth  Avenue 216 


Manhattan  — 

Mecbanics' 

Mercbants' 

Metropolitan.. 

New-Tork 

Park 

Pbenix 

Republic 

St,   Nicholas. 


....128 
....135 
....117 
....133'^8 
....118 
....1141a 
....  97 
....  93 
.100 


Union 130 


PHILADlfiLPHIA  SfOCK  PBICES — FEB.  19. 


Citv69,  New 

United  Companies  ot  New-Jerse.v... 

Pennsylvania  Bailroad 

Philadelphia  and  Readme  Railroad. 

Lebieb  Valley  Railroad 

Catawissa  Railroad  Preferred 

Pbiladeiohia  and  Erie  Bailroad 

Sohoylkill  Navieatlon  Preferred 

Northern  Central  Railroad. 

Lebieh  Navigation , 

Oil  Creek  and  Allegheny  Railroad.. 

Hestonrille  Railway 

Central  Transportation 


Bill. 
..112 
..134 
..   42 
..   UTs 
.  43 
..  30 
,.   10 
..     8 
..  2OI4 
.  2034 
..     6I4 
..  1534 
..  34 


Asked. 
11214 
135 

42  le 

12 

45 

35 

1\ 

22 

2038 

7 
I6I2 
35 


CALIFORNIA  MINING  STOCKS. 
San  Pbancisco,  Feb.  19. — The  following  are 
the  closing  official  prices  of  mining  stoclca  to-day: 


20I2 


Alpha 

Belcber 

Best  and  Belcber... 

Uulliou. 

C.onsol.  Virginia 

Caliloruia 

Chiillrtr 

Contld«nce 

Oali-ddoia. 

Crown  Point. 

Excheouet _ 

Gould  ana  Curry I214 

Uuleaod  ^^orcrbss...      5 

Imperial 2I4 

Julia  Consolidated...      Hhi 
Justice 13'<> 


Roesuth 

Kentuok  

Leopard .,. 

Jlexican 

.Northern  Belle. . 


9 
.   35 14 
.   17».i 
.    60 14 

.  46!'4i Overman 

.   6rf  • 


9 

6^4 


Jphir... 

K:iymondand  Blr 

dllver  mu 

Sava,(e 

Seg.  Belcher 

Sierra  Nevada .. 

Union  Consolidated.. 

Yellow  Jacket W'a 

Eureka  Consolidated.    18  ^a 


1 

7»a 

5>* 
I8I4 
V?5»3 
88 
2t)^a 

0 

6 

8 
60 

8U 

9^ 


BANKING  AND  FINANCIAL 


^-TRNNESSEB  STATE  BOSDS. 
Holders  are  invited  to  call  at  oar  office  on  17tb,  19th 
and  2Uth  lust,  audjoln  in  plan  ot  ac^nstment  already 
signed  by  larj^e  bondb  oldera. 

QEDDBd  b  SMITH .  No.  31  Hassan  st,  Boom  Ko.  8. 


THE  LIVE   STOCK  MARKETS. 


Kkw-York,  Monday,  Feb.  19,  1877. 
Trade  opened  slow  ou  thia  forenoon,  rates  -were 
steaav  but  did  not  advance  on  our  last  quotations; 
nearly  ail  of  the  herds  to  hand  irere  sold  off  by  noon. 
At  Sixtieth  Street  Yards  prices  were  9 "40.  Si  12  "20.  #" 
tb  ,  treiubt  OU  to  lli4cwt.  stroug.  At  Harsimus  Cove 
prices  were  7"4C.'ai2'4C.  ^  IB.,  weijrht  6  cwt.  scant  to 
914  cwt.  From  55  to  60  lb.  has  been  allowed  net. 
Quality  ranged  from  onarie  to  choice.  Trade  io  Sheep 
dull;  ciheep  Buld  at  d^scSSc.  ^  ID.;  Lambs  at  70.3 
734c.  ^  tb. ;  Hilch  Cows  neld  on  sale.  There  were  no 
Veals  or  Calves  fresb  to  hand.  There  were  no  live 
Hogs  on  sale. 

BALKB. 

At  Sixtieth  Street  Tardt—T.  G.  Eastman  sold  for  self 
4B  cars  of  lioraed  Cattle,  tales  asIOllOws:  136  com- 
mou  Illinois  al  913C  #'  0).,  with  a  fraction  on  ^  head, 
•weight  6^4  cwt.:  80f;<ir  Illinois  Steers  at  I034C.  #■  tt., 
wei^^ht  7  i-j  cwt:  76  fair  Illinois  Steers  nt  lie  ^1b., 
weight  73j.  uwt.;  84  Illinois  Steers,  from  fiair  to  good, 
at  10i4C.'<»12c.  V  IS.,  weight  S^a  owt.;  Ill  fair 
lilinuis  Steers  at  10c.®llc.  f  tb.,  weight  Tu 
cwt.,  strung;  108  lair  Illinois  Steers  at  lie. 
^  m.,  weieht  73*  cwt.;  96  good  IlUnoia 
bteers  at  III4C  *■  B5f,  weight  7»i  cwt.;  90 
Iliiuois  Steers,  fromfair  to  good,  Irom  10i4n.®12c.  f  ID., 
weight  8  cwt.:  Coou  U  Thompson  sold  lor  Rankin  k, 
Co..  18  fair  Illinois  litems  at  0»4U.  ^  lb.,  weight  6^ 
cwt.;  32  lilinuis  Hteera.  from  fair  to  Kood,  from  luPic. 
®lli20.  ^  m.,  -weight  714  to  S^a  cwt.;  18  good  Illinois 
Bteers,  at  llc^llSic.  ^  &.,  weight  8  cwt.: 
neld  on  sale  114  Illinois  Steers.  T.  Oillis  sold 
fur  self  and  Urowu.  79  choice  Illinois 
bteers  at  lli2c.012»<2O.  ^  lb.,  weight  914  cwt.; 
Olery  JcCary  sold  for  selves  61  Illinois  Nteers  trom  fair 
to  good  from  H)^c.'ti>12c.  ^  15.;  weight  T^a  cwt, 
Btro«g.  U.  F.  Bnrcbard  sold  tor  Kaukin  &  fhomp- 
Bon  08  fair  Illinois  bteers  at  10c.  ■^  ID.,  with  $1  on  ^ 
lio»d;  weight  ti^t  cwfc;  16  fair  Illinois  Utoets  at  lO^^O. 

^  lb.,  weight  7  cwt.;  64  Illinois  ^teers  from  fair  to 
itood  from  loi4C.®l)  i^c.  ^P"  Hi.,  weight  7O4  cwt.;  14 
good  Illinois  Swets  at  ll^c.  *-  ft.,  with  oOc  on  ^p* 
head,  weight  8^4  cwt.  F  It  M.  Gllllce  sold  tor  selves 
13  fair  Illinois  Steers  at  9340.  ^  tb.;  weight  684  cwt.; 
15  common  Illinois  Hteers  at  9 i-^o.  4^  lb.,  welgnt  6!>4 
cwt;  66  lair  Illinois  isteers  at  loc^ttk.  weignt  i}»4, 
to  7U  cwt.;  22  eood  Illinois  Steers  at    11>4C.    ^    lb.. 

weights  "H  to  8^  cwt.;  15  good  Illinois  Stsers  at 
lli<20.  4P'tb.,  weights  owt;  24  choice  Illinois  Steeis 
Ht  12c.  *■  lb.,  weight  43,820  ft.,  to  dress  60 
09.net.  Seigel  it  Meyer  sold  for  selves,  112  Illinois 
Bteors,  from  fair  to  good,  from  934C.®lli»c.  ^p'  lb., 
weights  a^A  to  8  cwt  f.  jBamnels  sold  for  li.  Morris 
64  common  Illinois  Steers  at  O^c.  jp*  B)..  with  $1  ou 
4?*  bead,  weights  6 'a  to  0°4  owt. ;  37  common  Illinois 
Steers  at  9 >;i  4P'  ft.,  with  $1  on  4?*  bead  on  17  head, 
weigots  6^4  to  7  owt,  scant ;  43  generally  lair  Illinois 
Bti-ei's  at  9^40.  ^  ft.,  with  SI  otfJf  bead  on  16  head, 
welchts  634  to  7  cwt;  48  fair  IlUmels  Steers  at  lOo., 
with  $1  on  4^  bead,  and  10>4O.  ViB.,  weight  7  owt. 
C.  Vogei  sold  for  .M.  Morris  124  fair  llilaols  Steers  at 
tmic  ^  ft.,  weight  6^  cwt;  27  Uix  IlUnois 
Steers  at  IUI4C.  4^  ft.,  weight  7  Hi  cwt ;  30  fair  Illinois 
steers  at  10 i-jc.  ¥■  ft-,  weight  SI4  owe,  scant ;  2lili- 
noin  eulls.  live  weight  4.O0U  lb.,  at  43so. -j^  tb.  Htune 
&.  Elliott   sold  110    State   Sheep,  welgut  O.UOO  ft.,  at 

6c.  4P'  tb.;  78  State  Sheep,  weight  6,840  &.,  at  6^  » 
ft.;  l\H  state  -iheep,  weight  10.840  ft.,  at  Hho.  ¥  •»-, 
54  State  »lieep.  weight  5,000  ft.,  at  6S40.  4p' lb.;  161 
Htate  Sueeo,  weight  16.000  ft.,  a^  e^sc  4P'  ft ;  19  State 
Lambs,  weight  l,ii30  ft.,  at  7o.  V'  ft-;  186  Ohio  Sheen, 
weight  14.«10  ft.,  at  $6  70  *■  cwt.;  186  Ohio  She»p. 
xeigbt  14,500  ft.,  at  634c.  ^ft;  191  Ohio  Sheep, 
weight  10,600  ft.,  at  $3  HI  ^  cwt;  S69  Ohio  Sh6ep, 
weight  S3,34U  ft.,  at  6^n.  a^  ft.;  3^8  Ohio  «heop, 
weight  34,670  t)]..  at  O^gc.  ^  ft.  Sold  tat  week  ending 
]<eb.  17, 1877,  b,705  Sheep  and  Lamoa,  at  t&  44,  aver- 

Bge.  4P'-head. 

At  Forty-eighth  Street  Sheep  Afarr«(— DavIa  k  Hallen- 
book  sola  17  Michigan  She4>p,  weight  1.66U  fii.,  at  60, 
yf  ft. ;   160  llichigan  Sheep,  weight  16,3^0   Si.,  at 
it-6  35  ^  cwt:    16S   Michigan  Sheep,  Weight  16,600      ik»  • 
ft.,  at  iS6  40V  cwti    I08  ^Ued  Ohio  and  MMUfai^JjMlM, 


Sheep,  weight  15,330  ft.,  at  6I4C.  f  ft.:  142  Oblti 
Sberp,  weight  17,9ii0  ft.,  at  7^.  iP-  ft.;  ViS  OhU> 
Sbeep,  weight  18,560  ft.,  at  734c.  »  ft.;  159  fit«t«j 
Iismbs,  weight  12.830  ft.,  at  7340.  V  ft.;  107  8tat« 
Sheep,  weigbt  18.560  ft.,  at  7o.  »  ft.;  199  State  Sheep, 
weigbt  16,6i0  ft.,  at  $5  66^  4^  owt  Sold  ftir  weeii! 
endiig  Feb.  17,1077:  S.774  Sbeep  and  Lambs  at  «62< 
average  9^  head.  J.  Kirby  sold  180  Sheep,  weight) 
16,440  ft.,  at  $6  80  ^P-  cwt;  174  8heep,  weight  16,190^ 
ft.,  at  6e.  ^  ft.:  231  Sheep,  weight  22,080  ft.,  at  O'ec 
V  ft.;  254  Sheen,  Weight  23,270  ft.,  at  *6  b^*  ^?  cwU; 
144  Sheep,  weight  17.580  ft.,  at  7  V-  ^  ft- 

At  Uarstmut  Cove  yords— Coney  k  Mcfherson  sold 
for  Dadisman  k  Offnrt  16   Ohio  Steers,  from  fair  to 

food,  from  10«oc-®1134C.  y.  ft.,  weight  7^3  cwt;  for 
.Evans,  17  Tennessee  Oxenat  9^40.  v  ft.,  weight  6  Ha 
cwt.;  for  8.  Brown  14  Oxen  and  Steers  mixed  at  9c.  i^ 
ft.,  with  $1  off  4?' head,  weight  7  cwt.;  15  Oxen  and 
Steers  mixed  at  934c'i[2illc  *■  l^.,  weight  714  owt;  for 
J.  Quitine,  16  Oxen  and  Steers  mixed  at  9^0.  ^  ft., 
weight  8  owt;  for  J.  Holmes  15  Oxen  and 
Steers  mixed  at  ScaJS^a  ¥  ft.,  weight  9  cwt; 
S3  faU  Oliio  Steers  at  IOI40.  V  ft.,  weiteht 
7  cwt  LBegenstein  sold  for  self  and  Myers  16  fair 
Iliiuois  Steers  at  9340.  ^  ft.,  weight  7 cwt;  145  fair 
Iliiuois  Steers  at  lOe.  ^p'  ft.,  with  $1  on^  head  on  ,28 
head,  weights  6^4  to  7  cwt,  strong;  14  coarse  Iiliuois 
Steersat  IOI40.  ^ft.,  weieht  7iecwt;  25  fair  Illinois 
B«e»TB  at  10»4C.  ^  ft.,  weight  7"^  ewt  D.  Walxel  bOid 
for  Waixei  k  Allertoa  7  fair  Illinois  Steers,  at  9^0-  ^ 
ft., weight  684 cwt;  34  tair  iliinois  Steers  at  lOo.  ■«''  ft., 
with  f  11  on  16  bead,  weight  7  cwt.:  24  fair  U.iiioia 
Bteers  at  lO^ac  ^P'  ft.,  weight  7  cwt.,  strong; 
25  good  Iliiuois  Steers  at  IO34C.  V  ft., 
weight  713  cwt  M.  Lauterbach  sold  tor  Wane! 
k  AUerton  15  IllinoU  Oien,  at  9c  <?■»..  weight  71« 
cwt.,  strong;  15  Illinois  Buhs,  lire  weight  1.346  ft., 
¥  bead,  at  4c.  4»'  ft ;  61  fair  Ulinois  Steers  at,  10c.  ^  m. 
weights  O^ii  to  634  owt  8.  W.  Sherman  sold  for  W'aixel 
k  Auertou  S'i  oommon  lillaois  Steers  at  9 'ao-  ip  tt.,witb 
$1  on  4^  bead  on  16  heaa,  weights  etotiSicwt. ;  15 
fair  Illinois  Steers  at  934a  ^  ft.,  weignt  634  cwt, 
scant.  Toffer  k  Sons  sold  fur  iS.  Moms  87  common 
U.inols  Steers  nt  9^20.  ip'  lb.,  wttn  $1  on  ^  head, 
on  54  head,  weight  6k  cwt;  16  fair  Illinois  Steers  at 
934c.  ^  ft.,  weight  6^  cwt;  19  fair  Ulinois  bti-ers  at 
lOc.  ^  tt.  with  *15  off  the  lot  weight  634  cwt;  for 
H.  Klopffer,  18  fair  Missouri  Steeis  at  9->40.  *>  ft., 
weignt  6  cwt;  22  Cherokee  Steers  at  734c.  ^  m., 
weight  6  cwt.  scant;  19  Cbeiokee  Bteers  at  8^20.  <?" 
ft.  weight  b'^iOWt  S.  O'Uonnell  sold  for  VValxei  & 
Allerton,  31  common  Illinois  Sieers  at  9  "ac 
^  ft.,  with  $1  on  4»  head  on  14  head,  and  $5  on 
17  head,  weights  6  to  634  cwt,  scant;  15  lair  Illinois 
Steers  at  luc.  f'  ft.,  with  $1  off  ^  head,  weight  ti  "9 
cwt.  B.  and  H.  Weatheimer  sold  for  H.  8.  Bogentnal  32 
common  lUlnois  Steers  at  3c.'S>^\c.  ^  ft.,  witb  $1  on 
^  head,  weights  6  "4  to  6^4  cwt.;  20  common  Iliiuois 
Bteersat9i2C.  ^ffi.,  weipht C^cwt;  36  fair  Illinois 
Steeisat  10c.®lO^.  *•  ft,  weights6»ato7  cwt  il. 
Guldsclimidt  sold  for  U.  S.  Bosenthal  16  cars 
of  boxned  Cattle,  sales  as  follows :  10  fair  Mlssouii 
Steers  at  lOc.  #•  ft.,  weight  7'4  cwt;  34  fair  Missouri 
Steers  at  IC^c.  ^  ft.,  weight  6^4  cwi.:  65  fait  .^llssouri 
Steets  at  lO'-jC-J?'  ft.,  weights  7  to  7*2  cwt:  13  choice 
MlBSOnri  Steers  at  I2I4C  ^  ft.,  weight  9*4  cwt;  »  com- 
mon  iliiuois  Steers  at  914C  ^  ft.,  with  *i  »u  ^  head, 
weight  6^tcwt.;  36  common  lUin  is  bteers  at  9'2C.  <»' 
ft.,  with  $1  off  ^  head  on  18  head  aud  $1  ou  ^  tiead 
on  11  bead,  weights  6  to  6 "a  cwt;  7otair  Illinois  Steers 
at  lOc.  ^|>'  ft.,  weights  6i3to7eWt.  E.  Sewton  sold 
189  Ohio  bheep,  weight  89  ttB.  if  head,  at 
$5  45-  **  cwt;  172  Ohio  Sheep,  weight  95 
ft.  ^  head,  at  5840.  JP"  ft.;  168  Ohio  Sheep, 
weight  103  ft.  4P'  bead,  at  O^sc  ^  ft.  Juod  ic  Bncklug- 
ham.  sold  106  Btate  Sheep,  weight  b8  ft. '^bead.  at 
6V-  4*  head;  1.014  Ohio  Sheep,  weight,  S2to  83  ft.  4?* 
head,  at  h^c.  4p-  ft.;  182  Ohio  Sljeep,  weight  i?7  tt.  ^ 
liead,at 534C.  ^ft.;  509  Illinois  Sheeij.  weights  8J  ft.  to 
102  ft.  W-head.  at  6c.  ^  ft.  Sold  lor  week  enOin?  Feo. 
17,  1877,  3,740  Sbeep  and  Lambs  at  $6  13  average  ^ 
head.  Kase  it  Pideock  sold  194  Iliinois  Sheep,  weiirUt 
78  ft.  #■  head,  at  5i8C.  ^  ft.;  221  Michigan  Sbe^p. 
weigut  90  ft.  *■  head,  tat  534e.  ^^  ft.;  191  Ohio  Sheep, 
weight  89  ft.  #"  nead,  at  5  "jc  43- ft.;  129  Ohio  bhooo. 
weight  140  ft.  ^  head,  at  8c.  4P'  ft.  Sold  for  week  end- 
ing Feb.  17.  1877,  2,981  Sheep  and  Lambs  at  $5  86 
average  ^  head. 

EECEIPT8. 

Gross  arrivals  at  Sixtieth  Street  Yards  for  week  end 

IngFeb.  19,1877:3,617  head  of  Jiomed  Cattle,  l7 
Cows,  363  veals  and  Culves,  3,433  Sheep  and  Liamba. 

Gross  arrivals  at  Forty -eiglith  Street  Sheep  Market" 
for  week  ending  Feb.  19.  1877 :  5,444  Sheep  aud 
Lambs.  79  Cows,  8  Vcala 

Gross  arrivals  at  Fortieth  Street  Hog  Yards  for  week 
ending  Fe'i.  17,  1877:  10,023  Hogs,  fresh  arrivals  ai 
same  yards  for  yesterday  and  to-day  :  4,220  Uogs. 
Gross  ariivals  ut  Marsim  us  Cove  Y  arils  fur  week  eud- 
ing  teb.  17,  1877  :  4,7(32  head  of  horaed  cattle,  5.-* 
Cows  7,305  Sheep  and  Lambs,  9,064  Hogs.  Fresh  ar- 
rivals at  same  yards  for  yesterday  and  to-day:  1,75] 
head  of  horned  Catcie,  3,405  Sheep  and  Lambs,  3,364 
Hogs.  

Chicago,  Feb.  19.— Cattle— Receipts,  3,100  bead; 
shipments,  1.940  head:  market  firm,  with  good  de 
maud;  common  to  fair  Bteers,  $3  12^a>rS'S  7a; 
feeders,  $4  10S$4  25;  good  to  extra  prime  sbippini;, 
$4  SS'^fS  75.  Hogs — Receipts,  8,000  head;  ship- 
ments, 2,60u  head :  SL-arce,  bat  dull  aud  weak: 
liKht.  $5  60®$5  80;  m-dium  aud  heavy  packing, 
iii.-i  80®i6  30;  good  to  choice  heavy  shipping.  46  20 
'3$>6  40 ;  Sbeep  stead.v  and  firm  ;  receipts,  700  head; 
one  lot  of  extra  sold  at  $6  75-;  inferior  to  common, 
$3®4;  fair  to  good,  $4  25&$5:  cboice  to  extra,  $j  60 
®*6  37^ 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  19. — Cattle  dull  ;  sales,  3  006 
head;  extra  Peuusylvania  and  Western,  6i4c.&6^80-; 
fiiir  to  good  da.  6>4C.®6c.;  cnmiaoa  do,  iCSioa. 
Sneepinuir  demand;  .tales,  8,000  head  at  4e.  #7 'to. 
Uogs  lower;    sales,  3,6,00  head  ac  $7  bWS^H  7.5. 


THE  STATE  OF  TRADE. 


Chicago.  Teb,  19.— ITlonr  quiet  and  unchanert 
Wheat  dull  and  a  shade  lower:  No.  2  Chicago  Spring, 
81  31  "a,  cash;  *1  31^  March;  $1  33=8,  April; 
$1  3534,  May;  No.  3  do.,  SI  21'a;$l  23;  rejected, 
$1  OS'O'SI  Ob's.  Corn  dull  aud  a  shade  lower ;  42c., 
cash;  41'''8C-.  March;  45 '^gc..  May;  rejected,  380. 
Oats  dull  and  a  shade  lower:  Si'sio..  cash:  34^ 
bid,  ^pril;  Si^c,  Ma.v;  rejected,  27%c'&28o.  h.v* 
dull  and  nochanged.  Barlev  easii-r  at  &6^c 
Pork  duil,  weak,  aud  I2C.  lower ;  $14  75,  cash, 
or  March;  $15®$15  02*2,  April.  Lard  duil. 
weak,  and  lower;  $10  lo.  cash,  or  March;  $10  25, 
April;  410  '67hi^$lO  4ii,  May.  Bulk-meats  dull 
and  lower;  Shoulders.  oSgc.;  Short  Hius,  8^-.: 
Short  Clear  Sides,  S*'8C.  Xiress  d  Hogs  ouli  and 
lower ;  sales  at  *6  25®  ji6  60 ;  chiefly  at  $6  25®$6  50. 
Whisky — Fair  demand  at  $1  04^  Ueceipts — Flour 
8,000  bblB.;  Wheat,  lO.OOu  bushels;  Coru, 
60,000  bushels:  Oats,  25.000  bushels;  Rye, 
4,400  bushels ;  Barley.  24,000  bushels.  Shipmeiita 
—Flour,  4,7l.O  bblB. ;  Wheat  9,000  bushels;  Corn . 
28.000  bushels;  Oits.  lO.OOO  bushels;  Bve,  37o 
bushels;  Barley,  10.000  bushels.  At  the  altemon 
call  of  the  board  :  Wheat  unsettled,  and  lower  ;  $1  31  ^s 
®$1  3II4.  March;  $1  32*8-.  ApriL  Coru  lower,  41840., 
March;  45^c.<£4534c.,  Mav-  O^a  uuchanzed.  Pork 
weaker  and  lower ;  $14  50  bid,  cash  :  $14  92  '2.  ApriL 
Lard  heavy;  $10,  cash;  $10  10S$iO  1212,  April. 

New-Oeleaks,  Feb.  19.— Flour  in  good  demand, 
tending  upward ;  Double  Extra,  $7;  Treble  do.,  $7  25 
®$8  50;  Superfine.  $6  50®$6  76  ;  high  grades.  $8  75 
®$9.  Coru  steady,  with  a  liood  dtmuud  ut  53c.®55c. 
Oats  in  fair  demand  and  firm:  choice,  50c.  Corn-meal 
guiet,  but  steady  at  $3.  hay  dull;  prime,  $15®$16; 
choice,  $i7®$18.  Pork  firmer  at  $17  50.  lard  inac- 
tive; 'Heroe,  11  ^c.'ffiiil'-jc.;  Keg,  1 1 34c.  ©12.  BulE- 
meatsdull;  Shoulders,  loose.  6'4C.;  packed,  b%c.;  Clear 
Bibs,  8'%c.®834C.;  Clear  Siiles.  Oc  Bacou  dull  and 
drooping:  Shovrioers,  1  !^a.a7 ^^c;  Clear  Ribs.  lOc; 
Clear  tides,  lu^c.®10^c.  Whisky  quiet  at  a>l  03a» 
$1  08.  Coffee  quiet;  Kio  cargoes.  17'4C.®20i2C. 
Sugar  ill  fair  demand  aud  firm  ;  ialarior,  oc.®G34(;.; 
c'uiuuioa  to  guod,  7c.®734<'.;  lair  to  fully  Uiir,  8c.  aiS'^c; 
prime  to  choice,  8^2C.®9e.;  Centrifugai,  i>^4C.'a/'J^iC.; 
Yellow  Clarified,  9i2C.®10%0.  Molasses  quiet:  t;ood, 
scarce  and  firm:  common,  dull  and  nominal;  cen- 
trlfu£al.  25d.®35c.;  common.  3Uc.'aJ32c.;  fair.  35c.ii* 
37c.;  prime  to  choice.  4'ic.®50c.  Bice  quiet  but  firm; 
ordinary  to  choice  Luoisiaua,  4I2C.  ^6c.  Bran  ouiet 
but  steady  at  9oc.  Kxchuiige— iNew-York  sight.  ^ 
premium;  Steriiug,  $5  13  fur  the  baulc  Gold,  105 <^ 
'0)105 '^s- 

Buffalo,  Feb.  19. — Markets  very  quiet ;  supply 
of  new  Com  light,  with  only  muderate  inquiry.  Wheat 
elowiy  tending  downward.  Other  articles  uominaliy 
nuchaoged  in  the  absence  of  sales.  The  transactions 
repurtea  were  9  cars  new  Corn ,  on  track,  at  Sl'sC'V 
52c.:  900  bushels  V\  hite  Michigan  Wheat  at  il  63 ; 
1  carNo.  2Toleilo  Oais  at  4lc:  400  bbls.  Kionr  held 
firm  at  unchanged  raiea  Receipts — Klour,  6.200  bbls.; 
Wheat,  16,400  uushels;  Com,  34,200  busheis;  Oats. 
18,200  bushels;  Barley.  4,400  busiiels  :  Rye.  1,600 
busnels.  Shipmenie— Fiour,  4.900  obis.;  Wueat  10.- 
4oo  bunheis;  Corn,  29.600  bushels;  Oals.  17,50;l 
bushels;  Barley.  3,600  bushels:  Bye,  l.tiOO  busiiels. 
Grain  in  Store  and  Afloat— Wheat,  212,860  bushels; 
Com.  250,619  bvishels;  Oats.  16,058  liuibela;  B.vriev, 
S43,2»2  bushels  ;  Rye,  8,316  bushels;  Peas,  799  bush- 
els;  Malt,  52,458  busbelo. 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  19. — Flour  firm  and  nn  changed. 
Wheat  firmer;  >o.  2  Ked  Fall,  SI  01.  cash  and 
FeOiuary;  $1  67,  April;  No.  3  do.,  $1  i6hitt>il  ii, 
cash.  Com  active;  So.  2  Mixed,  3934C.®40-2C., 
cash;  44-\c..  Juue;  40isc.  bid  Aiaich.  Oats  firm  aud 
inac'ive;  Ho.  2.  36c.  bid,  cash;  38c.  asked,  .darcti. 
Rye  dull  aud  unchanged.  Bariey  dull  aud  uachaneed. 
Whisky  quiet  at  SI  05.  Pork  ouil;  sales  or  suiall 
lots  at  $i.5  75,  cash ;  $15  7u®$15  83,  ApriL  Lard 
dull  and  nominal.  Bulk-meats  du/l;  no  movements 
in  round  lots:  O'sc,  8^c.  and  8>ac.  asked  fur  Sboul- 
ders,  Clear  Rib,  and  clear  fSides  :  ^c.  le^s  bid.  Bacou 
quiet  and  wealt  at  634c.,  914C.;  gJacSg^gc  for  Snoul- 
oers.  Clear  Rib,  and  ulear  sides.  Live  Uogs  quiet  aud 
uncbani^ed.  Cdttle  quiet  and  unchanged.  Itecelpts— 
4.800  bbls.  Flour;  12,000  bushels  Wneat;  61,000 
bushels  Corn  ;  7,000  biuhels  oats;  4,100  head aogs; 
1,700  head  Cattle.  ^ 

CiNCiKSATi,  Feb.  19.— Floor  etrooff  and  higher; 
Family.  $6  9j®$7  10.  Wheat  in  good  demand  :  Red, 
£1  oOa>$l  67.  Corn  firm  and  iu  fair  demand  at  41c. iz) 
44c.  Oats  QUlet  but  firm  at  3Sc.®43c.  Bye  quiet 
hut  steadv  at  79c.980c.  Barley  qtiiet;  good  to  prime 
Fall,  6Uc®85c  Pork  quiet  at  allS  75®$16.  Lard 
dull;  Sieam  offered  at  $lu  16.  spot  or  Unrch :  Kettle, 
llc®lli«ic.  Bulk-meats  dnll  at  534c..  8'4C®8%u  ,  and 
834C.  for  Shualners,  Clear  Eib,  and  clear  Sides.  Ba  .on 
dull  at  7l8C®7i40.,  9*20.,  and  934c  for  Shoulders, 
Clear  Rib,  aud  01eu.r  Sides.  Whisky  quiet  but  tirm  as 
SI  04;  generally  held  at  $1  05.  Butter  stronger; 
Western  Reserve.  2lc.®23c.;  Lentral  Ohio,  17c®i8o. 
Live  Uogs  dnll;  common,  $5@$5  40:  lair  to  good 
light,  $5  60®$5  80;  packing.  $5  90  #$6  16;  buteb- 
ers' grades,  $6  20®$6  40:  receipts.  990  head;  sbii>- 
ments,  4'^0  head. 

LouiflViLLB,  Feb,  19.— Flonr  Ann  and  unchanged, 
Whea  t  active,  bat  not  quotably  higher.  Corn  and  Oats 
dnll  and  nominal  Rye  in  fair  demand  and  brm  at  8  'C. 
Pork  quiet  at  SIO  50.  Lard  quiet  and  nactiauKed.  Boilc- 
meats  infalr  demand;  Shoulders,  O^c;  Clear  Ribs, 
S^IHS^iC;  Clear  Sides,  9340j3>9''ec-  Baoon  quiet; 
Sbonlders.  718=.;  Clear  Bibs.  9»2C:  Clear  Sides,  O^gc 
Sugar-cured  Hams,  13o.®13>ac  Whisky  firmer  at 
$1  05.    Bagging  quiet  at  11 'ac 

WiLMlNQTON,  N.  C,  Feb.  13.— Spirits  of  Turpentine 
quiet  at  38c.  Beam  steady  at  $1  60  for  Strained. 
Crude  Turpentine  quiet  at  $1  60  for  Hard;    $2  65  for 

Yellow  Dip  i  $2  65  tor  Virgin.    Tar  steady  at  $1  60. 

Pbovidence,  Feb.  19.— Printing  Cloths  markef 
flat;  prices  nosatnal  »t  biscas'^c  for  Standard  i^ 
Kxtra  64x64.  ^ 

IBS* COTTON  MARKETS. 


2f xw-Oelkans,  '  Feb.  19.—  Cotton  easier ;  Midi 
dllug,  I'ic;  Low  Middling,  III20.;  Good  Ordinary, 
imc;  net  receipts,  8,948  bales:  gross.  9.486  bales: 
exports,  to  Great  Britala,  2.466  bales  :  to  tbe  Coa- 
tinent,  2,200  tuilee;  to  tbe  Channel.  6,900  bales; 
sales,  3.000  bales;  stock.  313,880  bales. 

Galvsstok,  Feb.  19.— Cotton  irreenlar;'  Hiadline 
12e.i  Low  Mlddlins.  ll>ao-;  Good  Oidlnarr,  llo.^  oei 
reeetpts,    1,887  hales ;    gross.  1,401  Dales  ;  exports  M 

Qieat  ISrltai*,  1,862  bf^es;  ooastwlM,  1,8»0  balea  1 
•alea,  684  balsa;  stock.  77.291  bales. 
'  Cbabjlbstob,  Feb.  19. — Cotton  dull  i^liiddUnc, 
12Vi-(  Low  Middling,  12>«o.|  ^  Good  *  Ordinary, 
11340.;  net  receipts,  &ta  bale»;  f  exports  to  Orml 
Btltaln,  1,812  halesi  eoaatwlM.V946  httleat  sales 
SOU  bales;  stook,  «fi,9a9  bales.  "~ 

^    Savaknah,    Feb.   19.— Cotton  ^  dnll  > '  Mlddl: 
12%o.|  i'ow  mdOttng,   UV-I  Oood  utdlnair,  1X,._, 
set  receipts,  976  bales;  itroes,  1,006  balea  1  anortw 
ooastwis^  80a  baUe  i  aalM,  600  tales  >  stoek,  47.63^ 


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NEW-YORK,  TUESDAY.  FEB.  20,  1877. 


AMVSEMEIilS  THIS  EYES  IN  O. 

^AUiACK'S  THBATEK.— Wild  Oats— Mr.  Lester 
^  allack,  Mr.  John  Gilbert,  Mr.  Harry  Beckett,  MIm 
Boe©  Wood. 


PIFTH  AVENUE  THEATRE.— Lbxons;  or,  Wbdlook 
»OR  SKTXir- Mr.  U.  P.  Cofjhlan,   Mii3    F.  Davenport 

fiBOADWAT  THEATRE.— Our  Bots- Mr.  Thomas 
Whiffln.  Mr.  M.  Bates,  Miss  A.  KdmondaoD,  Miia  O. 
StebbiGs. 

eoOTfiPS  THSATBB.— Fifth  Avb.yob— Mr.  Georae 
KiKnoId,  Mias  Aland  Granger. 


BAGLE    THEATRE.— La    Grandb     Puchkmb— (Opera 
Bouffe)— Mile.  Marie  Alai6e. 


PARK  THEATRE.— OuH  Boakdito  HonsE— Mr.    Stuart 
Robaon.  Mr.  W.  H.  Craue,  Mra.  A.  K  Baker. 


•*'^^S^**^'^^^  THEATRE.— Thb  D.VNiCHBFirs— Mr.    C. 
B.  Thorne,  Mr.  W.  R.  Floyd.  Miss  Kathenne  Rogers. 

MKTBOPOLITAN  RIDING    ACADEMr.— Gr^co-Romaw 
WEMiLiHe— Mr.  WlUiam  Muler,  Mr.  Ernest  Trehet 

SELLER'S    WONDER    THKATRE._PRBSTii>iaiTATio!r. 
MUSIC.  Airo  BcTMOK— Me.  Robert  Heller,  Miss  Heller. 


«EW.TORK  AQCARIUM — Rarb  and  Curiods  Fish  ajjd 
AUxxAUA.  Stattjaby.  &.&— Day  and  evenliiK. 

fflBLO'S   GARDEN.— Around    thk    World  iir  Eightt 
DATS  (.Spectacular)- Kiralfy  Brothers. 

GrLMORE-S  GARDEN.— EQUESTBiAir  Gaxrs  awo  Pibld 

SKIRTS. 


OliTMPlC  THEATRE.— RonxD  Thb  Clocc 


8ATI0NAL    AUADEMT    OF    DESIGN.— ElHIBlTlOX    OF 
Wahr  CTolors.    Day  and  evening, 


CHICKBRIXO  Hall.— CONCKKT— Mr.  F.  F    Mnller.  Mr. 
M.  Arbackle,  Mrs.  Kate  Reed.  Mrs.  G.  W.  Lockwood. 


4TEINWAT   HALL.— PiAso    Co.vcbrt— Mma.    Aunetto 
Esupo£. 

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FoT  a  party  which   has   so   much   to    sav 
abaut   decency  and  propriety  in  connec- 

tiora.  with    the    Commission,  the    Democrats 

©r.ght  to  be  ashamed  of  the  way  in  which 
faerr  leaders  in  Congress  behave.  Entirely 
tapart  from  the  merits  of  the  Presidential 
question,  the  public  may  justly  require  ot 
Kepresentatives  and  Senators  an  observance 
of  decomm  and  courtesy.  The  other  day 
the  leader  (after  David  Dudley  Field 
and  Fernando  Wood)  of  the  Dem- 
ocrats in  the  House  indulged  in 
a  "profane  and  vulgar  demonstration 
toward  one  of  his  associates  which 
Wfis  worthy  of  a  Tammany  loafer.  Yester- 
d;ay,  Senator  Withers,  of  Virginia,  inter- 
rupted Mr.  Sakgent  with  a  loud  laugh 
when  the  latter  alluded  to  the  attempted 
killing  of  Gov.  Packard,  in  New-Orleans — 
a  piece  of  bad  manners,  which  drew  upon 
"him.  a  severe  and  deserved  rebuke.  This 
«ort,  of  thing  was  common  in  the  days  when 
the  slaveholders  brought  the  insulting  arro- 
^.nce  of  the  plantation  into  the  Senate 
cJiamber,  but  it  has  not  been  known  there 
la  many  years,  and  it  will  not  add  to  popu- 
lar fondness  for  the  Democracy  if  it  is  now 
renewed. 


Last  night's  proceedings  at  the  Demo- 
cratic caucus  will  certainly  not  inspire  fresh 
lco»ifidence  either  in  the  good  sense  or  the 
Igcod  faith  of  the  active  members  of  that 
party.  The  resolution  of  Mr.  Mills,  of 
7Jexas,  declaring  that  as  neither  Presidential 
candidate  had  secured  a  majority  of  Elec- 
toral votes,  the  House  should  proceed 
to-day  to  elect  a  President  for  the 
term  beginning  March  4,  was  only 
a  trifle  more  absurd  than  the  proposal 
of  the  irrepressible  Springer,  of  Illinois, 
that  a  requirement  for  the  recognition  of 
Nichols  in  Louisiana  and  Hamptox  in 
South  Carolina  should  be  tacked  on  to  each 
of  th>3  regular  appropriation  bills  yet  to 
be    acted    on.     The   preposterous    folly    of 

convening  a  party  caucus  merely  to  afford 
an 'opportunity  for  ventilating  crack-brained 
Be7  jemes  like  these  is  not  more  obvious  than 
t  J  le  thinly-veiled  treachery  and  fraud  which 
v.nderlie  all  the  Democratic  attempts  to  dis- 
'regard  a  bargain  by  which  they  hoped  to 
circumvent  their  opponents.  The  caucus 
merely  resolved  that  it  was  not  necessary 
to  reaffirm  the  action  of  Saturday^it 
might  have  added  that  no  amount  of  affirm- 
ation could  render  it  certain  that  the  pariy 
would  not  eat  its  own  words  within  a  few 
h-ours  after  they'  had  been  deliberately 
formulated. 


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Congress  has  only  eleven  workiag  days 
left,  a.nd  debate  on  the  electoral  question  is 
likelfy  to  consume  some  time.  But  the  House 
CoTamittee  has  only  iust  completed  the  bill 
to  provide  for  sundry  civil  expenses  of  the 
G  ovemment ;  and  other  equally  important 
tiills  are  yet  m  an  incomplete  state.  This 
paxticular  appropriation,  for  example,  in- 
cJ  ades  a  vast  number  of  items,  some  of  which 
r>ught  to  be   carefully  scanned.     The  bill  is 

apt  to  be  an  omnibus  in  which  objection- 
able   jobs     are     coacealed.       The     present 

House  has  shown  great  aptitude  at 
packing  undesirable  passengers  into 
the  "omnibus"  bill.  But  it  would  be  a 
real  calamity  if  the  main  appropriations  of 

this  bin  shoold  be  lost.     Provision  is  made, 

among  other  things  in  the  bill,  for  the  ex- 
penses of  United  States  courts,  the  support 
of  homes  of  disabled  soldiers,  the  Signal 
fiervioe,  the  maintenance  of  certain  beacons 
and  lights,  and  the   prosecution  of  certain 

tmp'Artant  sniveys.  A  suggestion  has  been 
BUMie  that  the  pending  and  delayed  appro- 
priati<ms  be  pat  through  both  houses  with- 
out debate.  This  would  be  a  desperate 
rcBort.  Unless  the  committees  are  more 
thMi  araally  prudent,  it  would  also  be  a 
Very  retokless  one^ " 

There  will  be  »  joint  meeting  of  the  two 
Comittittees  on  Cities  at  Albany  to-day,  and 
ik*flliUfefflM4uild«Biaf  oar  looal  Ckivara- 


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ment  will  be  heard  in  regard  to  pending 
legislatioQ.  We  fear  that  the  proceedings 
of  this  Legislative  conference  will  be  more 
voluminous  than  valuable.  The  views  of 
Controller  Krlly,  for  example,  in  re- 
gard to  the  financial  needs  of  the 
City  can  hardly  be  of  much  value, 
considering  the  level  of  his  ability,  and 
the  limited  opportunities  he  has  had  to 
familiarize  himself  with  the  details  of  his 
department.  Mr.  Kelly  and  the  majority 
of  his-colleagaes  are  much  more  likely  to 
discuss  proposed  City  legislation  with  refer- 
ence to  its  influence  on  the  prosperity  of 
Tammany  Hall  and  on  their  personal  in- 
terests, than  with  any  regard  to  the 
claims  of  the  tax -payers.  It  is  entirely 
proper  that  they  should  have .  an  oppor- 
tunity to  enliihten  the  Legislature  on 
questions  with  which  it  is  their  special 
business  to  be  familiar,  but  the  Committees 
oa  Cities  must  remember  that  in  Ne  w- York 
thetheery  that  public  officers  are  the  natural 
guardians  of  public  interests  has  ceased  to 
be  anything  more  than  a  pleasant  fiction. 


It  would  be  too  much  to  expect  that  the 
public  demand  for  strict  economy  in  City 
administration  should  be  recognized  bv  the 
Democratic  majority  of  the  Board  of  Alder- 
men. These  persons  come  from  a  class 
which  has  beem  accustomed  to  live  on  the 
spoils  of  the  City,  and  which  will  resist 
every  attempt  to  cut  down  the  allowance 
of  public  plunder.  The  Republicans 
on  the  board  have  it  in  their  power 
to  defeat  the  raids  of  their  Democratic 
associates  on  the  Public  Treasury,  but  we 
regret  to  see  that  four  of  their  number 
have  lately  exhibited  a  disposition  to  evade 
that  duty.  Their  names  are  Messrs. 
PiNCKNEY,  De  Vries,  Simonson,  and  Ehr- 
HAKT.  These  four  voted  on  Thursday 
last  with  the  Democrats  to  carrv 
through  a  resolution  awarding  some  $1,840 
to  twenty-two  clerks  and  door-keepers 
who  are  alleged  to  have  assisted  the  Alder- 
men in  their  work  as  County  Canvassers. 
The  resolution  was  clearly  illegal,  and  its 
passage  was  a  piece  of  shameless  jobbery 
which  the  Republican  members  acting  to- 
gether could  have  defeated.  The  four  Re- 
publicans who  proved  recreant  to  their  pub- 
lic trust  on  that  occasion  would  do  well  to 
reconsider  their  evident  intention  to  assist 
the  Democrats  to  rob  the  tax-payers. 


THB   DEMOCRATS    AND    THE  LOUIS- 
IANA DECISION. 

A  long  list  of  objections  was  filed  by 
the  Democrats  yesterday  to  the  decision  of 
the  Commission  in  the  Louisiana  case.  The' 
document,  which  was  signed  by  nearly  all 
the  partisans  of  Mr.  Tilde  x  in  both  houses, 
was  reinforced  by  a  batch  of -personal  pro- 
tests put  in  by  that  pure  and  eminent 
statesman,     Mr.     Senator     Wallace,    of 

Pennsylvania,       and       which      have      the 

merit  of  brevity  rather  than  originali- 
ty. The  burden  of  all  the  objections  is 
that  the  Commission  did  not  feel  competent 
to  receive  evidence  other  than  that  con- 
tained in  the  papers  referred  to  it.  Of 
course,  so  long  as  the  Commission  could  not 
go  into  the  proofs,  the  Democrats  feel 
themselves  free  to  assert  what  they  choose 
concerning  the  facts,  knowing  that  no  tri- 
bunal exists  before  which  their  assertions 
can  be  tested.  Accordingly,  the  objections 
recite  and  amplify  all  the  propositions  con- 
tained in  Mr.  Trumbull's  offers  of  proof, 
and  accompany  these  with  the  proper 
rhetorical  manifestations  of  indignalion  and 
disgust. 

The  first  impression  which  the  public  gets 
&om  all  this  furor  over  the  decision  of  a 
tribunal  which  owes  its  existence  to  Demo- 
cratic votes  is  that  It  is  an  evidence  of 
weakness.  When  a  man  gets  into  an  angry 
dispute,  which,  after  much  violent  discus- 
sion, he  contrives  to  refer  to  an  arbitrator 
of  his  own  choosing,  and  then,  when  the  de- 
cision goes  against  him,  flies  into  a  passion 
and  abuses  the  arbitrator,  he  gets  laughed 
at.  Every  one  sees  that  he  submitted  his 
case,  not  because  he  wanted  a  fair  decision, 
and  was  ready  to  abide  by  it,  but  because 
he  expected  to  win.  If  he  cries  out  that  he 
has  been  cheated,  he  only  shows  that  he  has 
been  trying  to  cheat  his  opponent.  Every 
word  he  says  against  the  tribanal  he  had 
himself  provided  only  makes  him  ridiculous 
and  contemptible.  And  parties  are  judged 
in  the  same  way.  If  there  has  been  any  un- 
fair decision  by  the  Commission,  the  rights 
of  one  of  the  parties  have  been  denied  them  ; 
but  what  right  had  either  party  to  build 
confidently  on  the  vote  of  the  Commiasioaf 
The  Democrats  did  so,  or,  as  they  now  con- 
fess, they  would  not  have  contrived  it ;  but 
they  have  only  overreached  themselves ; 
they  have  fallea  into  a  snare  which  they  set 

for  the  Republicans. 

Every  one  of  the  more  prominent  objec- 
tions made  by  the  Democrats  goes  Co  show 
that  the  opposition  to  the  Hayes  Electors 
in  Louisiana  was  not  made  in  good  faith, 
but  was  a  technical  and  quibbling  opposi- 
tion, by  which  it  was  hoped  either  that  one 
of  the  Republican  Commissioners  would  be 
confused  and  entangled,  or  that  the  count 
would  be  thrown  over  the  4th  of  March. 
The  proposition  to  open  up  the  whole  pro- 
cess of  the  popular  election  in  Louisiana  ; 
to  examine,   a  thousand    miles   away,    the 

facts  at  every  disputed  poll ;  to  test  the 
observance  of  all  the  details  of  a  set  of  com- 
plicated Election  laws ;  to  go  into  the  va- 
lidity of  the  testimony  taken  by  the  Return- 
ing Board ;  to  take  that  testimony  over 
again  and  confirm  or  overthrow  it  by  addi- 
tional proof — this  proposition  was  never 
made  by  men  who  expected  it  to  be  car- 
ried out  in  a  fortnight.  What  the  Demo- 
crats really  wished  was  that  the  Commis- 
,8ion  should  admit  such  evidence  as  would 

sustain  their  case  and  then  stop.  They 
wished,  for  instance,  that  the  Commission 
should  admit  the  lace  of  the  returns  made 

in  Louisiana  by  the  County  CommiB8i9ners, 

but  they  would  not  have  consented  to  evi- 
dence showing  tbat  those  returns  were  erro- 
neous. They  asked  that  the  act  of  the  Re- 
turning Board  in  throwing  out  votes  for  in- 
timidation  and  fraud  should  be  revei-sed, 

not  because  there  was  no  such  intimidation 

and  no  such  fraud,  but  because  the  affida- 
vits proving  them  were  not  submitted,  as 
was  alleged,  within  twenty-four  hours  of  the 
closing  of  the  polls.  They  would  have  liked 
to  prove  the  latter,  but  they  would  have  ob- 
jected Btoutly  to  taking  evidence  as  to  the 
fbrmer. 

Again,  take  the  repeated  assertion  of  the 
Democratic  objectors,  tbat  "it  was  not  de- 
nied before  the  Commission  that  the  action 
of  the  Betomiog  Board  was  in  violation  of' 
Um  GoBitUiitiim  and  lairs  of  tho  State  of 


Lonisiana."  Not  only  was  this  denied  be- 
fore the  Commission,  but  every  particular 
in  which  the  action  of  the  board  was  alleged 
to  be  in  violation  of  the  Constitution  and 
the  laws  of  Lousiana  was  carefully  re- 
viewed; the  law  bearing  upon  it  was  cited; 
afid  the  Commission  distinctly  decided  and 
reported  against  the  allegation.  The  fact 
is,  that  every  step  the  Democrats  take  to- 
ward impugning  the  fairness  of  the  Com- 
mission only  plunges  them  deeper  into  con- 
tradictions. 

But  if  the  objections  to  the  action  of  the 
Commission  are  violent,  ill-considered,  and 
inconsistent  with  the  trnth,  the  course  of 
the  Democrats  in  arbitrarily  delaying  the 
count  is  wholly  without  excuse.  The  recesses 
taken  on  Saturday  until  yesterday,  and'  yes- 
terday till  to-day,  had  no  other  purpose  than 
to  obstruct  the  election  of  the  President.  No 
other  has,  in  reality,  been  seriously  alleged- 
The  pretense  that  time  was  needed  to  make 
up  the  objections  in  the  Oregon  case  is  ab- 
surd. The  facts  in  that  case  were  known 
a  month  ago  as  well  as  they  are  to-day, 
80  far  as  the  Democrats  are  likely 
to  use  them  before  the  Commis- 
sion. All  the  legal  points  in 
connection  with  it  have  been  worked  up 
and  presented  in  the  Senate  over  and  over 
again  by  the  Democratic  Senators.  There 
is  only  one  point  in  the  case,  and  that  is 
the  effect  of  Watts'  ineligibility  at  the 
time  of  the  popular  election.  On  tbat 
point  lawyers  as  able  and  diligent  and 
learned  as  are  likely  to  appear  for  the 
Democrats  before  the  Commission  hunted 
up  the  precedents  and  cited  them  long 
ago.  It  is  true  that  the  precedents  were 
few  and  weak,  and  that  they  were  met  by 
an  overwhelming  array  of  decisions  in  an 
opposite  sense,  but  if  the  Democrats  take 
iT  week  to  discover  authorities  that 
will  reverse  the  current  of  American 
cases,  they  will  be  no  better  off 
than  they  now  are.  Equally  wide  of  the 
fact  is  the  pretense  that  the  more  conserva- 
tive members  of  the  party  wish  delay  in 
order  to  control  a  factious  and  revolutionary 
minority.  They  made  that  excuse  on  Sat- 
urday, and  they  went  through  the  form  of  a 
caucus,  at  which  it  was  determined  not  to 
oppose  the  progress  of  the  count  by  dilatory 
proceedings,  and  then  yesterday  the  first 
thing  done  by  the  House  was  to  take  a  re- 
cess on  the  motion  of  Fernando  Wood, 
one  of  the  worst  and  most  reckless  of  the 
faction  that  was  declared  to  be  under  con- 
trol. In  one  sense,  Republicans  have  no 
interest  in  checking  such  proceedings. 
They  will  be  fatal  to  the  Democratic  Party 
if  they  are  carried  any  further.  But  the 
question  is  not  one  of  partisan  advantage  ; 
it  is  one  of  public  welfare.  The  course  of 
the  Democrats  is  In  the  la^t  degree  hurtful 
to  the  country.  It  disturbs  public  confi- 
dence, encourages  wicked  and  revolutionary 
passions,  and  discredits  the  nation.     It  is  a 

pitiful  blunder  for  the  party  guilty  of  it, 
but  it  is  none  the  less  disgr  aceful  and  mon- 
strous. 


EXTRADITION. 

Lord  Derby,  it  is  now  evident,  has  re- 
ceived more  credit  than  he  was  entitled  to 
in  regard  to  the  extradition  treaty  and  the 
reported  willingness  of  the  British  Govern- 
ment to  amend  and  enforce  it.  He  has  not 
repented  of  the  blunder  which  subordinated 
treaty  obligations  to  the  restrictions  of  a 
statute  subsequently  enact.ed,  nor  has  he 
indicated  any  change  of  position 
which  could  justify  the  United 
States  in  reopening  negotiations  on 
the  subject.  The  essential  preliminary 
to  any  amendment  of  the  treatv  is  a  literal 
fulfillment  of  the  covenants  embodied  in  the 
treaty  as  it  stands,  and  we  now  know  that 
the  praise  accorded  to  the  Bntish  Minister 
for  an  alleged  compliance  with  the  requests 
of  the  authorities  at  Washington  was  mis- 
placed. He  and  his  colleagues  adhere  to  an 
interpretation  of  duty  which  this  country 
cannot  recognize,  and  there  the  matter 
rests,  and  will  rest  until  Lord  Derby 
changes  his  mind  or  makes  room  for  a  suc- 
cessor less  fettered  by  the  technicalities  of 
a  law  which  has  no  legitimate  bearing  upon 
the  provisions  of  the  treaty. 

The  dilemma  thus  produced  assumes  its 
worst  form  in  the  suspension  of  arrange- 
ments for  the  reciprocal  surrender  of  crimi- 
nals between  this  country  and  Canada.  The 
obstacles  and  contingencies  which  minimize 
the  mischief  of  the  present  state  of  things  as 
between  the  United  States  and  Britain  are 
inoperative  in  the  case  of  Canada.  A  few 
hours'  start  enables  criminals  to  cross  the 
line  which  separates  the  two  countries 
across  the  continent,  and  once  on  the 
otner  side  they  are  safe.  The  months 
which  have  elapsed  since  Lord  Derby 
resolved  to  shelter  Winslow  and  other 
runaway  thieves  have  been  prolific  of  inci- 
dents which  are  as  injurious  as  they  are 
discreditable.  Numbers  of  criminals  have 
found  safety  in  Canada,  while  quite  as 
many  Canadian  offenders  have  evaded  pun- 
ishment by  crossing  to  the  United  States. 
Now  and  then  there  has  been  imminent  risk 
of  trouble  in  consequence  of  pursuit  beyond 
the  border  and  the  seizure  of  a  criminal 
without  caring  for  formalities.  If  in 
these  instances  international  entanglements 
have  not  arisen,  it  has  been  because  the 
Canadian  officials  have  deplored  the  inoper- 
ative condition  of  the  treaty,  and  have  been 
disposed  to  stretch  authority  in  order  that 
extradition  might  not  wholly  cease.  They 
realize  the  evils  involved  in  the  lapse  of  a 
treaty  which,  in  some  shape,  is  essential  to 
the  maintenance  of  friendly  relations  be- 
tween conterminous  countries,  and  they 
have  pressed  upon  the  British  Ministry 
the  desirableness  of  some  arrangement  be- 
tween the  Dominion  and  the  United  States 
if  a  larger  measure  be  not  found  practicable. 

The  performance  of  this  task  tormed  one 

of  the  objects  of  a  mission  to  London  un- 
dertaken some  months  ago  by  the  Canadian 
Minister  of  Justice,  whose  report  on  the 
subject  has  just  been  laid  before  the  Ot- 
tawa Legislature.  It  is  impossible  to  go 
through  thio  document  and  the  correspond- 
ence  accompanying  it  without  a  feeling  of 

wonder  at  the  timid,  hesitating,  half-apolo- 
getic way  in  which  a  very  able  man  is  con- 
strained by  his  surroundings  to  plead  the 
cause  of  the  confederated  provinces  as 
against  the  overshadowing  authority  of  the 
CrowD.  In  connection  with  another  sub- 
ject— namelv,  the  Instructions  and  powers 
of  the  Governor  General  as  the  representa- 
tive of  the  Queeu'-ho  seems  to  have  chafed 
under  the  restraint  imposed  upon  him.  The 
force  of  some  o^  his  propositions  is  almost 
wasted  by  the  diluted  phrases  in  which 
thsT  an  statsiL     Tlkas.i)a  waiinds  Loe4 


Canarvon,  the  Colonial  Secretary,  of  the 
magnitude  of  the  Dominion,  the  diversity 
of  its  interests^  the  freedom  to  which 
its  people  are  accustomed,  the  powers  with 
which  representative  institutions  have  in- 
vested them,  and  having  in  this  manner 
laid  the  foundation  of  a  really  strong  de- 
mand, he  contents  himself  with  suggesting 
that  such  a  people,  so  situated,  should  be 
dealt  with  "in  a  manner  very  different 
from  that  which  might  be  fitly  adopted 
with  reference  to  a  single  and  comparatively 
small  and  voung  colony."  The  same  char- 
acteristic is  still  more  apparent  in  the  mem- 
oranda and  letters  relating  to  extra- 
dition. One  would  have  thought 
that  a  man  like  Mr.  Blake — a  law- 
yer of  repute  and  the  head  of  the 
department  to  which,  so  far  as  the  Dominion 
IS  concerned,  extradition  cases  must  neces- 
sarily be  referred — ^would  be  taken  into  the 
confidence  of  the  British  Government  and 
allowed  some  voice  in  the  discussion  of  its 
plans.  Perhaps  a  remark  which  occurs 
parenthetically  in  his  report,  to  the  effect 
that  he  was  "  nnable  to  adopt  the  conclu- . 
sions  of  the  British  Government,"  may  have 
cost  him  some  official  courtesies.  At  any 
rate,  the  fact  is  clear  that  he  was  kept  in 
the  dark  as  to  the  negotiations  which  he 
was  led  to  believe  were  going  on,  and  that 
the  alternative  he  proposed  in  the  interest 
of  Canada  wa<  not  accorded  the  considera- 
tion it  deserved. 

Mr.  Blakf^'s  statement  of  his  views,  brief 
and  imperfect  as  it  is,  is  conclusive  as  to 
the  substantial  agreement  which  exists  be- 
tween the  Governments  at  Ottawa  and 
Washington,  both  as  to  the  pretensions 
which  resulted  in  the  suspension  of  the 
Ashburton  treaty  and  the  particulars  in 
which  the  treaty  itself  should  be 
amended.  Not  only  does  he  sus- 
tain the  interpretation  upheld  by 
Mr.  Fisii,  but  he  assails  on  their  merits 
"  some  of  the  stringent  restrictions  of  the 
British  Extradition  act  of  1870,"  and  he 
argues  that,  taking  the  peculiar  situation 
of  Canada  into  account,  many  crimes  should 
be  embraced  in  the  now  arrangement  which 
are  not  included  in  even  recent  treaties.  He 
adds  that  the  members  of  the  Gladstone  Ad- 
ministration whom  he  met  acquiesced  in  his 
opinions  upon  these  points — a  proof,  if 
any  were  needed,  that  the  causes  of  the 
present  suspension  of  the  treaty  will  not 
outlast  Lord  Derby's  possession  of  power. 

The  suggestion  of  the  Canadian  Minister 
to  which  we  have  referred  is,  that  if  a  re- 
vival and  amendment  of  the  treaty  be  not 
at  present  possible,  some  temporary  ar- 
rangement shall  be  entered  into  by  which 
Canada  may  be  left  free  to  legislate  for.  the 
evils  which  operate  in  common  in  the  Do- 
minion aud  the  United  States.  The  con- 
cession sought  is  so  obviously  reasonable 
that  it  should  have  been  gianted  without 
hesitation,  or,  if  not  promptly  granted, 
should  be  pressed  upon  the  British  Gov- 
ernment with  more  positiveness  than 
Mr.  Blake  appears  to  have  displayed.  It 
is,  in  truth,  the  proper  solution  of  the  ex- 
tradition question,  so  far  as  it  relates  to  this 
country  and  the  Canadian  Provinces.  Our 
interests  and  theirs  arc  in  this  matter  iden- 
tical, and  there  ought  to  bo  no  difficulty  in 
protecting  them.  Unlike  reciprocity,  the 
question  is  not  incumbered  by  British  home 
considerations.  Lord  Derby  may  deem  it 
necessary  to  exact  from  Canada  the  sacrifice 
of  an  important  trade  for  the  benefit  of 
Yorkshire  manufacturers,  but  he  cannot 
urge  any  objection  to  an  arrangement 
enabling  Americans  and  Canadians  to 
provide  for  the  mutual  surrender  of  fugi- 
ti^  criminals.  Of  course,  the  initiative 
must  be  taken  by  Canada.  Mr.  Blaki^ 
has  the  reputation  of  being  a  man  of  cour- 
age, as  well  as  a  man  of  ideas,  and  having 
realized  the  futility  of  dancing  attendance 
in  Downing  street,  he  may  usefully  exem- 
plify the  folly  and  injustice  of  attempting 
to  regulate  the  affairs  of  four  millions  of 
people  in  accordance  with  the  traditions  of 
the  Colonial  Office.  Extradition  is  a  good 
subject  to  begin  with. 


JOHN  CHINAMAN  AGAIN.  . 
It  is  possible  that  the  periodical  cry  of 
the  Californian  against  John  Chinaman 
may  be  renewed  when  there  shall  come  a 
lull  in  national  politics.  But  at  present, 
for  some  reason,  the  so-called  "  anti-coolie" 
party  in  the  Golden  State  is  silent  concern- 
ing the  danger  of  an  immediate  and 
overwhelming  invasion  from  Asia.  Dis- 
cussion of  the  main  question,  like 
the  maltreatment  of  the  mild-eyed 
Mongolian,  is  always  in  order.  The 
publication  of  an  uncommonly  candid 
and   well-written   article  on  the  subject  in 

Hcnhxer's  Magazine  for  March  will  be  sure 

to  excite  the  combativeness  of  those  who 
never  speak  of  the  Chinese  immigrants  in 
less  portentous  terms  than  "  unclean  hordes" 
and  "  servile  barbarians."  The  writer  in 
question,  who  appears  to  be  thoroughly  in- 
formed concerning  his  subject,  does  not 
readily  accept  the  propositions  advanced  by 
those  who  urge  that  the  exigency  is  so 
great  that  Congress  must  interpose  to 
save  the  land  from  a  ruinous  influx 
of  Asiatic  immigrants.  The  complainants 
say  that  the  emigration  from  China  to 
California  is  enforced,  and  that  the  immi- 
grants are  practically  slaves,  that  the 
labot  of  these  people  is  brought  into  unfair 
competition  with  white  labor,  and  that  the 
Chinese  are  themselves  so  vile  as  to  debase 
and  corrupt  society.  In  various  modifica- 
tions, these  three  objections  are  made  to  do 
duty  in  all  arguments  against  Chinese  im- 
migration. 
The  reticence  of  the  Chinese  in  America 

is  probably  the  cause  of  the  wide-spread 
misappreheusion  concerning  their  interior 
management  and  the  motives  of  their  mi- 
gration.    But,  as  the  magazine  writer  above 

quoted  poiuts  out,  it  is  strange  that,  in  all 

the  agitation  relating  to  their  movement, 
not  a  single  instance  of  enforced  emigration 
from  China  to  the  United  States  has  ever 
been  exposed.  United  States  Consuls  and 
agents  who  have  gone  to  China  fully  believ- 
ing   that    the     emigrants     are     bondmen 

or  coolies,  have  failed  to  report  any  case 

in  which  their  opinions  have  been 
justified.  Nor  does  it  seem  likely  that  the 
Chinese  officials,  whose  natural  prejudices 
are  against  emigration  of  any  kind,  would 
sanction  a  wholesale  deportation  which 
would  annually  reduce  thousands  of  Chinese 
to  bondage.  Minister  Srwahp,  after  four- 
teen years'  experience  at  the  ~^atv  ports 
and  Pekin,  declares  :  "This  emigration  has 
been  entirely  voluntary  in  its  character." 
Mr.    S.   Wells  Williams,   United  States 

^iVVM'-O-Ai:"^'    :         •-l/'v:-'\   _-■ 


who  is  undoubtedly  the  best  in- 
formed foreign  observer  of  Chinese  affairs 
now  living,  writes  that  it  is  well  known 
"  that  emigrants  go  from  Hong  Kong,  and 
coolies  from  Macao."  There  is  »  law  of 
Congress  forbidding  the  transport  ot  coolies 
in  American  ships,  under  severe  penalties ; 
and  their  deportation  is  expressly  contrary 
to  the  provisions  of  the  Burlingame  treaty, 
agiainst  which  the  "anti-coolie"  dema- 
gogues of  California  continually  declaim. 
It  should  be  said  that  the  coolie  trade  of 
Macao  is,  or  was,  in  the  hands  of  the  Por- 
tuguese, and  that  it  was  carried  on  for  the 
benefit  of  a  few  of  the  South  American 
States  and  Cuba.  Not  one  coolie  was  ever 
landed  on  the  soil  of  the  United  States. 

As  for  the  "  outnumbering  of  the  white 
population,"  to  which  Pacific  coast  orators 
call  attention  in  such  distressful  accents, 
facts  and  figures  show  its  absurdity.  The 
California  address  to  Congress  estimated 
the  total  population  of  the  State  at  800,000, 
and  that  of  San  Francisco  at  250,000.  The 
number  of  Chinese  in  the  State  was  put  at 
200,000,  and  in  San  Francisco  at  75,000.  This 
gives  aproportion  of  Chinese  to  white  of  about 
one-fourth  of  the  whole  population.  It  is 
not  exactly  "overwhelming."  The  records 
of  the  San  FraBcisco  Custom-house  from 
1848  to  1868  show  a  total  Chinese  immigra- 
tion of  108,471.  During  the  same  period, 
according  to  these  records,  45,887  Chinese 
returned  to  their  native  4and,  leaving 
an  excess  of  about  64,000.  According  to 
the  report  of  the  Bureau  of  Statis- 
tics, the  immigration  from  1868  to  1873  was 
43,715,  giving  a  total  of  107,715  Chinese  re- 
maining in  the  country  July  1,  1873.  These 
figures,  the  trnstworthiness  of  which  cannot 
be  successfully  assailed,  show  that  the  Cali- 
fomians  grossly  exaggerate  the  number  of 
Chinese  in  their  State  when  they  put  it  at 
200,000.  No  allowance  is  here  made  for  a 
considerable  migration  to  adjacent  States 
and  Territories,  and  none  for  the  natural 
decrease  by  death.  The  birth-rate  among 
the  Chinese  in  America  is  practically  nil. 
If  the  people  are  as  loathsome  as  described, 
their  death-rate  must  be  enormous.  No 
white  man  is  ever  adequately  punished  for 
killing  a  Chinaman. 

It  is  childish  to  complain  that  any  com- 
peting class  in  trade  has  such  an  advantage 
over  another  class  that  legislation  must  in- 
terfere to  equalize  matters.  Yet  this  is 
precisely  wh'at  is  asked  of  Congress  in  the 
case  of  the  Chinese.  Because  the  Chinese 
immigrants  carry  on  their  simple  mechan- 
ical labors  at  a  less  cost  than  another  class, 
it  is  seriously  proposed  to  drive  them  out 
of  the  country,  and  make  their  return  im- 
possible. But  it  should  not  be  forgotten 
that  these  despised  laborers  do  add  some- 
thing to  the  wealth  of  the  country  besides 
the  products  of  their  hands.  In  1861, 
according  to  the  report  of  a  Le- 
gislative commission,  the  Chinese  in 
California  expended  the  following  amounts : 
$500,000  in  duties  at  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Custom-house ;  |562,683  lor  frsights 
aud  passages  from  China;  $370,000 
for  rents  and  storage  ;  $2,164,273  for  State 
taxes  and  licenses ;  more  than  $5,000,000 
for  American  products  bought  in  California, 
and  more  than  $5,000,000  for  water-rates, 
mining-claims,  and  other  items.  This  re- 
spectable total  of  nearly  $14,000,000  should 
■ot  be  left  out  of  sight  when  people  dis- 
cuss the  proposition  that  "  the  Chinese 
send  more  money  out  of  the  country  than 
they  spend  in  it." 

The  complaint  that  the  Chinese  are  a 
vicious  and  degrading  class  is  even  less 
worthy  of  serious  consideration  than  any 
heretofore  preferred.  The  memorial  of  the 
Six  Companies  very  tersely  put  the  case 
when  it  said  that  the  Chinese  neither  de- 
sired nor  attempted  to  change  the  existing 
order  of  things  in  politics  or  religion,  opened 
no  whisky-shops  for  the  poisoning  of 
their  fellow-beings,  and  never  evaded 
t^e  payment  of  their  taxes,  duties, 
rents,  or  debts.  The  plea  that 
the  Chinese  are  breeders  of  disease,  con- 
tagious or  otherwise,  is  unfounded  and  un- 
proved by  any  evidence  whatever.  When 
an  attempt  has  been  made  to  prevent  the 
landing  of  Chinese  women  of  the  baser 
sort,  San  Francisco  lawyers  defeated  the 
head  men  of  the  Six  Companiea^nd  brought 
the  women  on  shore  in  triumph.  That 
Chinese  immigration  has  objectionable 
features  is  undeniable.  But  it  is  clear 
that  these  objections  have  been  enormous- 
ly exaggerated,  and  that  the  whole  ques- 
tion is  popularly  regarded  through  a  false 
medium.  ' 


TEE  CITTS  TAX  BURDEN. 
The   receipts   and    expenditures    of    this 

City  for  the  year  ending  July  31  last  may 
be  thus  presented  in  a  condensed  form  : 

RECEIPTS. 

From  taxes fM.SSg.OSS 

From  revenue  bonds  of  1876.  .$17,012,718 
From  other  revenue  bonds . . .    4,527, 933 

From  other  loans 14.488,596—  36,009.207 

Other  sources 15,858,412 

Total  receipts f8iJ,X56.6B7 

EXPENDITURES. 

Interest  on  debt »9,256,971 

Debt  redemption  ou  account 
of  slnklug  fund 5,437,389 

Interest  payments  on  account    -»., 
of  sinkine  fund 2,064.095 

Redemodon  of  revenue  bonds 
Ot  1875 81,146,600 

Hedeioption    of     assessment 

bonds 3,897,800  * 

Redemption  ol   more  perma- 
nent bonds 7,847.403—  49,650,258 

Slate  taxes *|7, 750,000 

School  taxes  (State) 1,506,914—    9,256.914' 

Other  expenditures 24.501.177 

Tota:  expenditures $83,409,343 

■  *Of  this  actual  payment  made  Trithln  the  vear, 
92,023,725  beloQi;ed  to  another  year,  leavins  $5,725.- 
275  as  the  City's  share  of  State  taxes  for  that  year. 

The  following  is  a  statement  in  still  more 
condensed   form,   compared   with    items   as 

nearly  corresponding  as  we  can  make  them, 

in  the  case  of  London,  the  figures  for  that 
city  being  from  Mr.  Goschen's  report  on 
local  taxation  : 

Xfew-Tork  receipts       London  receipts 
yeareudiuff  .year  ending 

JalT  31,  1876.  March  31,  1869. 

Taxes 130.289,038  117,349,860 

Dues;  fees,  &.0 1.564,193  ,    1,940  510 

li3ao8 36.0C9.207  15,474,100 

MiscellSDeoas........  14,294,219  6,368.945 

Total $8a.l.'56,657  $41,133,413 

New-Tork  expendl-       London  expend!- 
tare*  same  vear.       torot  tame  year. 

New  works $4,026,903  $13,  l.'S9,  OOS 

Interest  OB  debt 11,321,066  1,706.090 

Debt  repayment 38,3:^9,192  4.112.780 

General  purposes 29,731,189  91.096,475 

ToUl .....183,408.349  $40,071350 

It  is  proper  to  state  that  in  the  la^t  item 
tf  LwAan  wnwUtw  i»iMlad$d  ism^ao 


onaoobunt  of  interest  and  debt  reduction* 
and  that  the  items  other  than  taxes,  loans, 
interest,  and  debt  redaction,  are  separated 
somewhat  vaguely  in  the  New- York  oolumn, 
but  correspond  aa  nearly  to  the  analogous 
(unseparated)  items  in  thi  London  ac- 
counts as  we  can  make  them.  It  should  also 
be  noted  that  the  receipts  from  the  sale  of 
revenue  bonds  and  the  disbursements  on 
account  of  their  redemption  swell  the  total 
of  the  annual  account  in  a  way  that  is  apt 
to  be  misleading.  Eevenue  bonds  are  i|-^ 
sued  year  after  year  in  anticipation  of  the 
tax  payments  in  the  Fall,  and  are  paid  off 
when  these  payments  furnish  the  means  to 
liquidate  them.  Were  the  taxes  of  a  given 
year  made  payable  wien  its  expendi- 
tures begin,  there  would  be  no  ne- 
cessity for  this  perpetually  recur- 
ring temporary  debt.  The  debt  of 
London  appears  from  the  interest  payment 
to  have  been  between  forty  and  fifty 
millions— perhaps  about  the  latter — ^in 
1869;  that  of  New-York  was  forty- 
eight  millions  at  the  same  time. 
London  has  certainly  not  grown  in 
any  such  ratio  as  New-York  in  eight  years 
in  respect  to  debt,  revenue,  and  expendi- 
tures, and  hence  the  difference  between  the 
two  cities  in  these  particulars  cannot  be 
considered  largely  covered  by  the  differ- 
ence in  the  dates  of  comparison  ;  farther- 
more,  London  is  now,  and  probably  was  in 
1869,  three  times  as  large  as  New- York.  The 
reader  can  therefore  be  left  to  draw  his  own 
inferences  from  the  fact  that  New- York  had 
in  1869  a  debt  about  as  large  as  that  of 
London,  and  has  now  a  debt  more  than 
double,  and  her  expenditure  apparently 
double,  and  certainly  one-half  greater  than 
that  of  the  larger  city  in  1869. 

Every  City  official  stands  ready  to  prove 
that  he  already  uses  an  economy  amount- 
ing to  parsimony,  and  that  he  has  not 
an  employe  who  can  be  spared  without 
detriment  to  the  service;  the  apparent 
uselessness  of  his  work  is  due  to  the 
scantiness  of  his  funds,  and  the  econo- 
mizer must  attack  the  other  places. 
But  if  retrenchment  is  to  be  made 
anywhere,  it  must  be  made  somewhere, 
and  inasmuch  as  every  official  cries  out 
"  anywhere  but  here,"  it  must  be  made 
in  spite  of  objections.  Every  City  em- 
ploye may  fee  convinced  that  the  debt 
and  expenses  are  too  high,  but  not  the 
less  will  he  cling  to  his  place  and  all  his 
salary.  To  call  upon  any  official,  subordi- 
nate or  chief,  for  voluntary  aid  in  retrench- 
ment, or  for  any  information  as  to  where  it 
can  be  made,  is  simply  inviting  self-sacri- 
fice and  wasting  time.  If  any  retrench- 
ment is  made,  the  tax-payers  must  them- 
selves select  places  for  it,  and  then  drive  it 
in,  no  matter  how  those  who  are  touched  re- 
sist it.  And  that  they  will  resist  it,  unit- 
edly, savagely,  and  indefatigably  is  so  per- 
fectlv  natural  and  certain  that  we  again 
warn  the  public  that  the  work  of  Reform  is 
no  child's  play,  and  is  not  to  be  done  by 
passing  resolutions  or  holding  informal  con- 
ferences. 

As  reported  in  the  official  journal,  the  eva^ 
ployes  on  the  City  pay-roll  are  now,  2,611, 
just  11  less  than  a  year  ago  ;  the  number  of 
policemen,  exclusive  of  officers,  2,120,  a  de- 
cline of  18  ;  firemen,  718,  an  increase  of  68  ; 
total,  5,449,  a  net  increase  of  39.  The  un- 
named laborers  and  others  swell  the  total 
list  of  City  employes  to  about  10,000.  The 
following  is  a  schedule  of  employes  and  ag- 
gregate salaries  in  the  several  departments, 
the  former  taken  from  the  official  lists,  and 
the  latter  from  the  final  estimate  of  expen- 
ditures for  the  present  year. 

No.  Employes.    Salaries. 
Lecislarive  Department^  (Common 

CouncU) 36  $109,000 

Executive   Department,      (Ma.vor, 

4;c.) 22  49,000 

Fmance  Department,  (8  bureaus)..  151  235,000 

Law  Department,  (3  bureaus).. 43  117.876 

Department  Pnblic  Works,    (10  bu- 
reaus)  297        .       100,000 

Department  of  Parks 148  135.000 

Department   of  Buildings,    (5  bu- 
reaus)  73  72.500 

Department  Chanties  and  Correc- 
tion, (21  bureaus) 305  •    265.000 

Health  Department 89  128.072 

Police  Department 658  3,202.400 

Fire  Department,  (7  bureaus) 128  1,041,670 

Department  Taxes  and  Assessment, 

(2  bureaus) 55  113,600 

Board  of  Education 41  2,700,000 

College  of  thn  City 140.000 

Judiciary 377  1,011.800 

Dock  Deoartment,  (3  bureaus) 88  85.000 

BoardofEscise 27  42.000 

County  Clerk's  oflBce 24  40.725 

District  Atturnev's  office 22  70,000 

Surrogate's  office 30  49,000 

The  patrolmen,  roundsmen,  firemen,  tend- 
ers, laborers,  &c.,  are  not  included  in   the 

number  of  employes  as  above  given,  nor  do 

the  salaries  as  above  given  from  the  esti- 
mates, agree  in  all  cases  with  those  given  in 
the  official  journal.  For  example,  the  Pub- 
lic Works  Department  is  credited  with 
$100,000,  but  the  actual  list  of  salaries  foots 
up  $217,770,  and  the  similar  list  in  the 
Fiaancial  Department  foots  up  $227,201, 
while  the  estimate  for  it  is  $235,000.  The 
figtlres  above  foot  up  $9,706,843,  which 
probably  does  not  vary  very  much  firom  the 
actual  present  burden  of  salaries  borne  by 
the  tax-payers. 


TALMAGE  AND  MORRISSET. 
Mr.  TAL.MAGE  remarked  a  few  weeks  ago 
that  his  sermons  are  frequently  reported 
with  much  inaccuracy,  and  that  on  one 
occasion  a  reporter  deliberately  invented 
an  entire  sermon,  and  procured  its  publica- 
tion upon  the  pretext  that  it  had  been  de- 
livered by  the  eloquent  arms  and  legs  of 
the  ■  Tabernacle  acrobat.  Of  course,  Mr. 
Talmage  did  not  point  out  where  and  when 
this  false  sermon  was  printed,  and  there 
are  wicked  persons  who  maintain  that  it 
would  be  impossible  for  him  to  do  so  for 
the  reason  that  the  alleged  reporter  and  hia 

foiled  sermon  were  the  oflEspring  of  TiL- 

siage's  imagination.  It  is  shocking  to 
think  that  any  man  could  be  depraved 
enough  to  doubt  Mr.  Talmage's  word ;  but, 
alas,  this  is  a  wicked  world,  and  there  is 
more  than  one  abandoned  wretch  who 
would  prefer  some  one  else's  bond  to  Mr. 

Talmagb's  word. 

^This  ingenious  method  of  avoiding  re- 
sponsibility for  a  peculiarly  atrocious  ser- 
mon by  asserting  that  it  was  falsely  report- 
ed will,  perhaps,  be  used  by  Mr.  Talmage 
when  he  is  summoned  before  a  jiiry  to  an- 
swer the  charge  of  threatening  the  life  of 
Hon.  John  Morbissky.  Last  Sunday  Mr. 
Talmage  is  reported  to  have  said  that  he 
"  wished  to  Gor>  Mr.  Morrisse  y  was  dead." 
Of  course,  he  may  deny  h%vin<;  said  any 
such  thing,  and  may  assert  that  the  loporii- 
Mawiwfttnmhad  x«A<icto  of  lia  MxaMm  lor 


several  of  the  newspapers  of  the  following 
day  were  in  a  conspiracy  to  defame  hixo. 
He  will  have  to  prove  this,  however,  by 
unimpeachable  testimony,  and  until  he  doaa 
prove  it,  the  public  is  frdly  justified  in  be- 
lieving that  the  reports  of  Ms  sermon  were 
disgustingly  true. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  Mr.  Mdrrisse"? 
has  his  faults,  though  he  has  never  been 
charged  with  caricaturing  religion  and 
striving  to  bring  the  pulpit  into  contempt. 
StiU,  it  does  not  follow  that,  because  he  is 
an  objectionable  person,  he  can  be  killed 
with  impunity.  He  has  a  right  to  life,  lib- 
erty, and  the  pursuit  of  happiness  until 
some  competent  court  decides  that  he  has 
forfeited  these  rights,  and  the  public  will 
not  calmly  stand  aside  and  permit  Mr.  Tal- 
mage  to  kill  him,  in  order  to  gratify  a  dis- 
like of  gamblers.  There  are  thousands  ol 
persons  who  dislike  vulgarity,  ignorance, 
and  profanity  in  the  pulpit ;  but  were  any 
of  their  number  to  assassinate  Mr.  Tal- 
mage, the  law  would  not  hesitate  to  avenge 
the  murdered  acrobat. 

When  Mr.  Talmage  publicly  wishes  tha' 
Mr.  MoRRissEY  were  dead,  he  is  probably 
aware  of  the  meaning  of  his  words.  Tc 
wish  that  MorrlsseY  were  dead  with  all 
that  death  in  his  case'  would — ^in  the  esti- 
mation of  Talmagk — imply,  is  a  remark- 
ably comprehensive  curse,  since  it  includes 
the  joint  and  several  destruction  of  the 
body  and  soul  of  that  distin,a:ui8hed  Demo- 
crat. It  is  not  to  be  expected  that  Talmage 
should  know  that  cursing  is  ^  habit  ol 
which  no  gentleman  is  guilty,  but  he  snrely 
ought  to  be  aware  that  it  is  an  offense 
against  Christian  morality.  Talmagk's 
profanity,  however,  will  probably  be  over- 
looked, in  view  of  the  graver  nature  of  his 
threat  against  Mr.  Morrissky's  life.  When 
a  man  publioJy  proclaims  that  he  wishes 
another  man  dead,  the  murderous  nature 
of  his  avowal  cannot  be  misunderstood.  It 
is  to  be  expected  that  he  will  seize  the  first 
opportunity  to  convert  his  wicked  wish 
into  a  bloody  reality.  Thus,  to  openly  wish 
that  a  particular  mAn  were  dead  is  justly 
held  to  be  equivalent  to  a  threat  to  kill 
him,  and  were  Mr.  Morrissey  to  be  found 
dead  to-morrow,  with  an  expression  of 
acute  suffenng  on  his  face,  suspicion  would 
at  once  point  to  Talmage,  and  he  would 
have  to  answer  the  charge  of  having  slain 
that  stalwart  statesman  with  one  of  his 
most  deadly  sermons. 

It  was  undeniably  weak  in  Talmage  to 
invite  the  attention  of  the  Police  by  pro- 
claiming his  criminal  desires  in  connection 
with  Mr.  Morrissey.  Perhaps  a  tight 
boot  chafed  his  alleged  mind,  or  perhaps  he 
sprained  his  ankle  while  delivering  one  of 
his  most  eloquent  passages.  Either  one  of 
these  causes  may  have  irritated  him  to 
such  a  point  that  he  temporarily  lost  his 
self-control,  and  used  the  wicked  and  in- 
discreet language  for  which  he  may  yet  be 
compelled  to  answer.  It  is  a  great  pity 
that  he  did  not  confine  himself  to  simple 
profanity.  Many  a  man  has  sworn  roundly 
when  irritated  by  a  tight  boot,  and  though 
such  a  course  cannot  be  approved,  it  never- 
theless does  not  demand  the  attention  of  £ 
Grand  Jury.  Talmage,  however,  compli- 
cated his  profanity  with  an  implied  threat 
upon  the  life  of  Mr.  Morrissey,  which  th« 
latter  cannot,  in  justice  to  himself  and  th< 
community,  permit  to  pass  unnoticed.  Tal- 
l^AGE  must  be  bound  over  to  keep  tht 
peace,  and  if  he  is  caught  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  Mr.  Morrissey's  house  with  a  ser- 
mon concealed  upon  his  person,  he  should 
be  promptly  indicted  for  an  attempt  to  MU 
with  force  and  legs. 

No  one  will  imagine  that  Talmage  in- 
tends to  waylay  Morrissey' with  a  pistol, 
knife,  bludgeon,  or  other  carnal  weapon. 
He  will  use  his  favorite  and  cruel  weapon, 
a  sermon.  If  he  can  lure  Mr.  Morrisse-s 
into  a  room  furnished  with  a  large  chande- 
lier, from  which  he  can  swing  by  his  hands, 
he  will  drive  his  unhappy  victim  into  a 
corner  with  the  sweep  of  his  far-reachinp 
legs,  and  preach  him  to  death  with  remorse 
less  energy.  Humanity  shudders  at  th. 
thought  of  such  a  crime.  Whatever  Mr 
Morrissey  may  be,  he  has  not  deservec 
such  a  fate  as  this,  and  the  communitj 
would  be  irretrievably  disgraced  were  such 
a  crime  to  be  consummated.  Every  citizex 
is  entitled  to  protection,  and  if  the  Police, 
after  Talmage's  open  avowal,  fail  to  keep  a 
close  watch  upon  him,  they  will  be  grossly 
negligent,  and  will  have  to  share  the  re- 
sponsibility of  whalever  violent  and  law- 
less act  he  may  venture  to  commit. 


LETTEBS  TO  THE  EDITOR. 


NEW- YORK'S   WATER  FRONT. 

7V>the  Editor  oy  the  yew- York  TXjnes: 

I  see  that  some  of  tlie  strouj;  men  of  ^e^ 

York  are  trying  to  see  what  is  ibe  proper  width  for 
West  street  to  belp  the  business  ot  New-York  and 
prevent  Baltimore  and  otber  Tillaees  rnnnins  awa> 
with  it.  The  opinion  seems  to  be  divided  betweeo 
200  and  250  feet.  Now,  it  strikes  me  that  thev  are 
both  alike  In  one  thine,  tbat  they  eo  oa  tbe  sap- 
^position  tbat  the  furthest  way  around  is  the  short- 
est way  home.  "Why  not  save  the  expense  of  hand- 
ling by  putting  tbe  stores  on  tbe  bulkhead  and  the 
street  where  the  stores  now  are,  so  that  trocdi 
could  be  received  from  vessel  to  store  on  the  ont 
side  and  discharged  into  carts  or  osrs  on  ibeothei 
without  the  loss  of  cartinK  across  a  street  of  anj 
width,  tbe  wider  the  more  expensive  f  Other  citie« 
who  study  how  to  save  expenses  in  handling,  bv 
brintciug  cai-s  and  carts  to  one  side  and  vessels  t< 
the  othe''  side  of  their  stores,  will  take  the  bnsinesi 
away  from  Nevr-Tork  unless  she  useS'^he  experieno< 
of  1877  instead  of  1777,  wnica  is  the  risk  site  seemi 
to  prefer.  PROGRESS. 

Bartow,  Westchester  Conntv,  Friday,  Feb.  9, 1877 


THK  CENTRAL  PARK  PARADE  QRODND. 

r«  the  Editor  of  the  ffew-  York  Timet : 

Tour  issue  of  13th  lost.  «ontained  an  article 
relatini;  to  the  bill  tUrectini;  tbe  Commissioners  of 
PArKs  to  allow  the  use  of  the  ball  sronnds  ^  the 
Central  Park  for  a  llmitel  number  of  times  each 
year  to  certain  bodies  of  tbe  National  Gaard.  You 
speak  of  such  a  use  as  "*  incompatible  with  the 
plana   of  those   who   laid   It    [the  Park]  out."     The 

orisinal  plan  of  the  Park  contained  a  parade  ^aad, 

$8  the  maps  show.  Tbe  Commissioners  requested 
tbe  Katioual  Guard  not  to  claim  their  privileges  for 
t!ro  or  three  years,  in  order  that  the  a  id  might  be- 
eome  strong.  Their  re4uest  was  acceded  to ;  t<ut 
m  1865  a  section  waa  Inserted  in  chapter  SS   of  tbe 

laws  of  that  year  which  the  Commissioaerji  claim 
prevents  their  allowinE  any  military  bo  Iv  within 
the  Park,  *Ithoii£b  it  is  evident  the  latent  was  dif- 
ferent. 

The  bOl  now  proposed  allows  the  First  Division 
and  each  of  the  three  brigades,  when  paradinz  as 
»acb,  to  nae  what  is  commonly  known  as  the  ball 
ffroood  once  a  year.  The  troops  can  be  taken  to 
the  ground  by  tbe  Seventh  avenue  entrance  with 
ont  niioK  itny  of  tbe  drives.  Maontsd  troopa  and 
artillery  beinK  excluded,  tbe  sod  is  not  likel  y  to  b< 
defaced  as  much  as  It  is  by  the  paths  out  by  ou* 
game  of  base-ball.  It  may  be  said  that  the  most 
vehement  opposition  to  the  measure  comes  from 
tboae  intereste  d  in  tbe  proposed  parade  eroond  oo 
the  Harlem  RJver.  and  wbich  wjuld  Incur  an  ex. 
pRudlmre  ot  $4,000,009  at  tbe  oucset,  and  at  laa#( 
•MU  <^  f|iip^fB»y  fnr  mMntMifcno*- 


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•".HE  QUAKAJ^TINE  MYSTERY 

WAS  KJTT  REIDEL  MURDERED  f 
^EDBAD  BODT  FOUND  IN  THE  OLD  QUAR- 
▲NTINB  GROUNDS  FT7IXT  IDSNTIFIBD^ 
▲  GERMAN  NAMED  WILUAM  WBLDSPIEL 
IN  CC8TODT  —  TESTIMONY  SHOWING 
THAT  HE  WAS  KATY'S  LOVER  AND 
PROBABLE  SEDUCER — FACTS  REGARD- 
ING THE  girl's  career — THE  MANNER 
OF  HER  DEATH  NOT  YET  DISCOVERED. 
The  identity  of  the  young  woman  whose 
6ody  waa  fonnd  on  the  Qaarantine  eronnds  at 
Staten  Island  a  week  ago  Sunday  has  finally  been 
aetermined.  She  ia  now  known  to  taaTe  bean 
named  Kate  A.  Reldel  whoae  code  ot  morals  was  not 
»t  all  rield.  The  mam  points  of  the  story  told  by 
Georee  Syokman,  the  yonoi;  German,  at  the  in- 
qaest  on  Saturday  evening,  have  been  verified. 
On  Sunday  mornint;  the  Mrs.  Wiener  who, 
Katy  Reidel  told  Brokman,  was  her  aaot 
was  fonnd  at  her  residence,  Nol  134  Hester  street. 
Through  information  given  by  her  a  man  named 
Weldsplel  waa  arrested.  He  confessed  that 
he  bad  known  a  young  girl  named  Katy 
Reidel.  He  did  not  believe  that  the  girl 
he  knew  was  the  deceased,  but  willingly  accom- 
panied bis  custodians  to  the  Richmond  County 
House,  near£gbertvilie,  Staten  Island,  to  view  the 
body  of  the  poisoned  woman.  The  party  reached  the 
Poor-houae  at  11  o'clock  on  Sunday  night,  and  in  the 
darkness  went  to  the  hat  where  the  remains  of  the 
dead  girl  lay.  The  prisoner  was  nervous  during 
the  drive  to  the  nlace,  but  at  the  entrance  to 
the  bat  became  almost  powerless  from  terror. 
He  repeatedly  exclaimed  "Oh  I  if  it  is  Kate  it  will 
kill  me."  Then  he  would  add,  at  if  with  the 
hope  to  reassaro  himself,  "No;  it  can't 
be  her."  He  entered  the  hut  with  faltering 
steps  and  glanced,  as  if  in  dread,  atonnd 
the  room,  dimly  lighted  up  by  the  rays  of  a  lantern 
carried  by  Keeper  McCormick,  ot  the  Poor- 
bouse.  Ibere  was  nothing  in  the  apartment 
hat  the  plain  pine  box  in  which 
lav  the  remains  of  the  dead  eirL 
He  did  noc  look  at  the  coffin  lor  a  few 
aeconds,  but  stood  irresolutely  near  the  door- 
way. When  he  first  gazed  at  tbs  face  of 
the  corpse  ne  said,  without  hesitation,  "It 
is  not  Katy."    The  changea  in   the  appearance 

of  the  lace  since  the  discovery  of  the  body  were 
explained  to  bim,  but  he  persisted  that  the  corpse 
Waa  not  Katy  Reidel's.  He  examined  the  teeth 
and        hands        of        the  dead  eirl,  and 

then  insisted  that  he  bad  not  known 
her  in  life.  He  described  the  clothing  of  the  girl 
he  had  known,  and  they  proved  to  be  exact- 
ly similar  to  the  earments  found  npon 
the  deceased.  He  remained  firm  in  his 
declaration  that  she  waa  not  Eaty 
Reidel.  Suddenlv,  however;  he  acted  as  if  stricken 
With  some  fearful  thought.  He  pressed  his  tem- 
ples and  paced  the  floor  excitedly.  Then 
he  stopped  suddenly.  seized  tlie  hand 
of  Keeper  McCormick  which  held  the 
lantern,  and  held  it  up  so  that  the  light  streamed 
over  the  pallid  face  of  the  corpse,  and,  for  a 
moBient,  stood  looking  into  the  coffin,  with 
k  wild  '  expression  upon  his  now  hageard 
features.  A  moment  more  and  he  threw  his  arraa 
no  and  sobbed,  then  crie4  oat  as  he  flang  himself 
upon  the  coffin,  "Yes,  it  is  Katy. 
Ob,  my  God  I  Oh,  my  God  I  "  He  lay 
npon  the  coffin  for  five  minntes  moaning  and  mat- 
tering unintelligibly.  When  he  arose,  he  stood 
rigid  for  a  moment.  Then  he  beckoned  to  the 
bystanders  to  approach,  and  when  they  had 
placed  themaeives  around  the  bier,  he  drew  np  one 
of  her  hands,  and,  after  kissing  it,  showed  them 
that  the  fingers  were  fiattened  as  if  the  girl  bad 
been  in  the  habit  of  placing  them  in  her  month.  After 
looking  at  them  for  a  few  seconds  he  again  threw 
liimseif  upoQ  the  coffin  all  the  wbile  sobbing  as  If 
his  heart  would  break.  Again  be  arose.and  standing 
BtifBy,  he  said  with  a  defiant  air :  "  No, 
it  is  noc  Katy;  it  cannot  be."  J9e  once  more 
moaned  aloud,  and  fell  npon  the  corpse,  pressing  his 
lips  upon  its  mottled  cheeks,  and  crying  out,  "  Oh, 
mime  Gott,  mine  Gott,  Katy,  you  have  killed  my 
life;  you  have  killed  my  life."  Then  he 
paced  the  hat  like  a  maniac,  begging  the  officers  to 
lock  him  iu  alone  with  the  corpse.  After  much  en- 
treaty by  Police  Capt.  Blake  and  the  keeper  of 
(he  poor-honae,  he  consented  to  leave  the  hnt,  and 
retnm  to  Stapleton. 

Weldsplel  ia  a  heavy-bnilt  German,  with  a 
flaxen  mustache  and  goatee.  His  face  Is  for- 
bidding in  character,  as  his  eves  are  deep- 
aet,  and  bis  brow  ia  marked  with  corrngatioui. 
His  whole  appearance  is  that  of  a  man  ot 
very  Btr»ng  passions — one  whom  it  would  take 
some  time  to  anger,  but  who  when  excited 
woold  paraae  a  desperate  scheme  with  determina- 
'Mon  and  steady  perse  vsrance.  The  Police  keep 
him  closely  guarded  and  permit  no 
conversation  witii  him,  but  it  is  nnder- 
atood  t&at  be  declares  his  belief  that 
Kacy  Reidel  was  mordered,  bat  does  not  know  any 
person  wbo  bad  reason  to  get  her  out  of  the  way. 
\Vetda()iel  is  a  piano-maker  by  traf^e.  and  has  lately 
been  employed  by  Liindermann  Si.  Brother's  of  this 
Ciiy. 

TbA  inquest  over  the  body  of  the  poiaooed  girl 
wasTesamed  last  evening  bydoroner  Dempsevin  the 
Police  Station  at  Stapleton.  The  place  was  crowded 
unrjomtortably. 

Xhe  testimony  waa  very  voluminona,  but  inter- 
«8tang,  and  reveals  that  a  very  remarKable  relation 
.Aisted  between  Weldsplel  and  the  deceased. 

THE  TESTmomr. 

Mrs.  Henrietta  Wiener,  of  No.  134  Hester  street, 
in  tbis  City,  waa  the  first  witness  examined.  She 
testified  that  sbo  knew  the  deceased  :  abe  came  to 
ber  Jiouse  with  a  man  named  Weldsplel,  and 
was  represented  as  his  wife;  this  was  in 
November;  she  did  not  remain  at  the  house  con- 
tinncusly,  but  was  there  at  times  when  out  of  em- 
ployment ;  she  was  a  servant  employed  in  private 
honses ;  Weldapiel  lived  in  the  rqom.  nntil  the  week 
before  New  Tear's  Bay,  when,  as  I  coald  procure 
more  pay  lor  the  apartment,  I  told  him  to  leave; 
Sirs.  Weldapiel  told  me  she  was  married  to  Weld- 
apiel in  Boston,  and  was  the  mother  of  two  children; 
abe  also  told  me  she  was  pregnant,  and  did 
not  want  to  be  in  mat  condition  ;  she  never  told 
me  abe  deaired  to  produce  an  abortion,  but  abe  told 
another  person  in  the  house  she  wonid  like  to  know 
uf  someihine:  to  take  ;  I  never  heard  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Weldsplel  quarrel,  and  I  did  not  know 
he  waa  jeaioua  of  her ;  Mrs.  Weldspiel 
Visited  my  house  for  the  Inst  time  on  Saturday 
thi^e  we«ks  ago ;  she  then  told  me  she  bad  lelt 
her  place  and  waa  living  with  ber  bosband  in 
Chryatie  atreet. 

At  this  Janctnre  the  prisoner.  Weldspiel,  was 
brooKbt  into  the  room,  and  tbe  witness 
xecogoized  him  as  tbe  man  wbo  engaged 
the    room    In     her    house   and    lived    in     it 

with  tbe  -aow  deceased  girl.  Mrs.  Wiener 
also   recognized   a    bine  enameled    sbawl-pin  as  one 

that  waa  worn  by  Mra.  Weldspiel,  wbile  in  ber 
houae. 

Miss  Adeline  Wilber,  a  domestic  in  the  family 
of  Mrs.  M.  R.  Phelpa,  of  No,ll  Thirty -niutn   streec, 

teetified  tbat  abe  knew  a  young  girl  named 
£La;y   £iedel,  wbo  waa  employed  in  Mrs.  Pbelpa' 

boose  as  a  chamber-maid  and  waitress,  from 
I>ec.     2^       1876,       nntil      Jan.       27,       1877;       K.ity 

left  ber  aituation  ot  ber  own  accord ; 
'Wltneaa    knew    George   Dyckman,  a  milkman; 

-  barl  been  acquainted  with  him  over  five  years  ;  Katy 
Jteidel    knew  George,  and   saw  nim  every  morning 

While  ahe  waa  in  Idrs.  Phelps'  bouse;  George  called 
there  several  times  at  night,  but  witness  did 
Dot  know  that  be  came  partlcalarly  to  see  Katy  ; 
Miss  Wtlber  here  recognized  tbe  prisoner  Weld- 
ipiel  aa  a  man  wbo  tvrioe  called  npon  Katy 
at  Mrs.  Phelps'  house;  he  said  he  was 
Katy's  brother,  and  was  named  Reidel; 
Eaty,  it  seemed  to  witness,  acted  coollv  toward 
Kieder;  be  never  auestioned  her  as  to  Katv'a  con- 
duct, and  she  never  witnessed  any  display  of  really 
harsh  lealing  on  the  part  of  one  toward  tbe  other  , 
when  Katy  left  Mrs.  Fhelps'  house  she  told 
witness  she  was  going  to  No.  134  Hester 
atreet,  bnt  the  expressman  said  he  waa  to  take  ber 
trunk  to  Eldndge  street;  she  had  forgotten  tbe 
Dumber  at  tbe  street;  Katy  told  witness  that  tbe 
prisoner  Weldapiel  was  ber  brother ;  that  he  bad 
•  famfly  of  two  children ;  she  also  said 
ibe  Ivad  once  accompanied  him  to  Europe, 
and  remained  there  nine  months;  Katy  never 
appeared  to  the  witness  to  have  a  gnef;  sbe  was 
alway<4  lively,  and  never  compiainea  of  aickness ; 
witness  never  believed  that  Beidel  waa  really 
Eac>-*8  brother ;  Miss  Wilber  recognized  an  enam- 
eled shawl-pin  and  a  plain  gold  ring  as  the  property 
of  her  former  fellow-domestic. 

Qe«rue  Dyckman  waa  recalled  and  oonfroQted  with 
Weldsplel ;  he  declared  he  nad  never  seen  the  pris- 
oner before  ;  be  then  stated  that  Katy  Reidel  told 
him  ahe  had  a  brother  living  in  I^ewis 
Btreetk  and  that  a  young  man  wbo 
worked  in  tbe  shop  with  her  brother,  and  lived  in 
Tb*Tty-flfth  street,  kept  company  with  her ;  she 
sev«r  told  bim  the  name  of  the  .young  man. 

After  acme  fnither  questioning  Dyckman  waa 
discbaiged  fiom  custody,  the  Coroner  thanking 
bim  tor  the  information  he  had  given,  throwing 
HghT  upon  the  career  of  Katv  Reidel. 

Tjottleib  Rdtfajld,  of  No.  167  Eldndge  atreet,  t«8ti- 
fled  that  the  prisoner  Weldspiel  came  to  his  house 
on  Dec.  31  1876,  and  hired  a  room  ;  he  gave  nie 
name  as  Keidel,  and  said  he  wlshea  the  rposj^for  his 
Individual  aaa ;  three  weeks  later  Reidel  brought 
to  the  house  a  young  woman,  who  he  aaid  waa  hia 
Sster;  the  two  slept  together  in  the  rooi^hvit 
SSdel  ate  his  meals  In  another  place ;  Reidel 
Sued  tSe^  young  woman  Katy;  at  5  o'clock 
PM.  on  Saturday.  Feb.  10.  Beidd  and 
ihe  wolnan  left  the  houae  together,  and  the  former 
laid  ih«r  w«e  going  to  Newark,  whwekiaaistor  ex- 
JJ^t^d'S.  gtw'ork,  .t&30o^ookR^.l^2nrn^ 


the  boat,  and  that  aa  he  had  a  head- 
ache she  told  '  bim  to  go  back,  and 
abe  could  find  her  way  alope ;  ever  aince  that  time 
Beidel  had  resided  at  witness'  bouse;  when 
he  went  away  with  Katy  ho  bad  aide 
whiakers;  he  ahaved  them  off  laat 
Saturday;  witneaa  first  heard  of  Katy'a 
death  on  Monday  morning ;  from  the  fact  that 
Seidel  and  Katy  slept  in  one  room  he  made  up  hia 
mind  that  the  sutement  they  were  nrother  and  sis- 
ter was  untrue  ;  Reidel  slept  in  witness'  bouse 
tbe  night  of  the  day  he  eacoried  Katy  away  as  if  to 
go  to  Newark.  Witness  gave  him  a  light  to  retire 
with,  and  beard  bim  cough  frequently  during 
the  night.  He  lett  the  honse  at  9  o'clock 
on  Sunday  morning,  tbe  11th  inst.,  and 
returned  at  2  o'clock  P.  M.;  In  the  evening  he 
played  cards  with  witneaa ;  Katy  was  never  aiok 
for  more  than  a  day  while  in  witness'  house,  and 
she  never  gave  evidence  of  being  pregnant. 

Peter  Wohlbert,  of  No.  163  Lewis  street,  testified 
that  he  knew  Weldapiel,  and  bad  known  bim 
since  November,  1875;  Weldapiel  came 
to  bis  bouse  «wlth  a  child  whom  he 
wished  to  bave  boarded;  witnesa  kept  tbe 
child  for  three  months,  during  which  time 
Weldapiel  viaited  it  almost  every  night  : 
the  child  was  taken  away,  and  verv  soon 
afterward  died  in  a  house  on  Second  avenue  ; 
after  this  Weldapiel  told  witness  tbat  be  and 
Mrs.  Reidel  were  married,  tbat  tbe  child  wastbeira, 
and  that  they  bad  another  child,  which  was  bom  in 
Pennsylvania  ;  Katv  Reidel  visited  the  family  of 
witnesa  for  tbe  laat  time  joat after  New- Tear's  Day. 
Mra.  Clementine  Weldsplel.  of  No.  63  Columbia 
street,  New-York,  testified  :  I  am  maixied  to  Wil- 
liam Weldspiel,  and  am  the  mother  of  six  chil- 
dren, three  of  whom  are  alive  and  are  now  in  the 
Nursery  on  Staten  Island ;  I  was  at 
the  nursery  myself  for  two  weeks ;  I  do  not  live 
with  my  husband;  he  is  boarding,  but  he  aup- 
ports  me;  we  broke  up  bouse-keeping  last 
July ;  I  spoke  to  bim  the  last 
time  on  Sunda.y  morning  last,  when 
he  called  npon  me  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  Better ; 
my  husband  gave  me  money  for  my  rent  on  Satnr- 
Oa.y  last;  witnesa  saw  her  nnaband  every 
day  since  abe  has  been  in  New-York;  she 
was  married  to  Weldspiel  in  Boston  in 
1869 ;  ahe  could  not  remember  the  name  of  the 
clergyman  who  performed  the  ceremony  of  mar- 
riage ;  she  arrived  in  Boston  in  1869,  and  made  tbe 
acquaintance  of  several  families,  among 
wdom  was  one  named  Reidel;  witness  came 
to  New-York  from  Boston  with  two  children;  her 
husband  preceded  her,  and  having  procured  work, 
wrote  tor  her  to  come  on ;  a  short  timeafter  abe  came 
to  New- York  Katy  Keidel  came  on  from  Boston, 
and  procured  a  situatlun  .in  a  family; 
she  called  on  witness  several  times ;  witness 
and  family  removed  to  Phillipaburg,  Penu.;  at 
the  railway  depot  Katy  Beidel  met  them :  shortly 
after  she  and  ber  family  arrived  in  Ptaillipsbnrg, 
Katy  Reidel  toUowed  them  and  was  installed  in 
their  houaehold ;  there  Katy  waa  delivered 
of  a  child;  abe  never  said  wbo  its  father  was;  it 
lived  only  seven  weeks,  and  waa  buried  at  Pbilliori- 
burg;  there  waa  no  trouble  in  witnesa'  family  re- 
sulting  from    the  birth   of    Ksty's    child  ;     Katy 

waa  born  in  Boston;  witneaa  lived  iu 
Boston  for  several  years,  and  while  there  Katv  Rei- 
del was  given  to  her  by  her  mother  to  act  as  a  nurse 
in  her  family ;  ahe  was  then  aboat  11  years  old ; 
witnesa  went  to  Germany  and  tsok  Katy 
with  her ;  her  husband  came  to  Germany  and 
accompanying  them  back  to  this  coantr.y  ;  they  re- 
turned to  Boston,  but  after  a  time  her  husband  goi 
ont  of  work  and  came  on  to  New- York  to  procure  if; 
be  was  not  compelled  to  fiee  from  Boston  ;  she 
never  told  her  landlady  that  her  husband  bad  to 
leave  Botton  to  avoid  arrest,  and  that  they  broke 
np  housekeeping  so  as  to  prevent  officers  from  seek- 
ing ber  basband  ont ;  abe  never  was  in  Chicago 
in  her  life ;  never  condemned  her  htisbaod 
for  paying  attentions  to  Katy;  she  was  only  a 
child,  she  thought,  though  she  knew  8he,had  a 
child  in  ber  house;  witness  never  knew  Katy 
bad  a  gentleman  friend,  though  she  told  her 
often  about  her  "fellers;"  witness  never  knew 
that  ber  basband  kept  a  room  tor  Katy  ;  did  know, 
however,  that  be  had  a  room  at  Mra.  Wainer's,  No. 
134  Hester  street;  she  slept  there  several  nights 
last  December,  out  never  saw  Mrs.  Wainer, 
and  she  never  saw  witness ;  tbe  last  time  witnens 
saw  Katy  Reidel  was  in  A^gnst,  1874;  she  then  told 
her  abe  waa  married ;  never  told  any  person  tbat 
her  husband  bad  deserted  and  refused  to  supoort  her. 
Mrs.  Weldapiel  was  here  asked  if  ehe  knew 
Peter  Wohlbert.    and  he  was  told    to  stand   so  that 

ahe  could  aee  him.  She  replied  tbat  abe  did  not 
know  him.    He  saicl  be  never  saw  ber  before. 

Mrs.  Weldapiel  then  stated  that  tbe  reaaon  she 
and  her  husband  lived  apart  and  had  their  children 
in  tbe  Nursery  was  that  Weldspiel  was  oat  ot  work 
all  through  tbe  Winter  of  1875--6,  and  they  had  to 
sell  their  furnirnre  for  money  to  live. 

A  controversy  arose  just  here  between  some 
of  the  jarymen  and  the  Coroner  about 
the  latier's  method  of  examination.  Tbe 
Jurymen  claimed  that  the  Coroner  was 
bacigenng  tbe  witnesa,  and  endeavoring  to  force 
her  to  give  answer  to  suit  some  settled  theories  in 
his  mind.  At  its  conclusion  the  inquest  was  ad- 
joorned  until  to-day. 

George  L.  Ernst,  who  waa  arrested  on  Satur- 
day on  suspicion  of  being  connected  with  the  deacb 
of  the  woman  whose  body  waa  found  in  the  Quaran- 
tme  ground  at  Staten  Island,  was  brought  before 
Justice  Daffy  at  the  Tombs  Police  Court  yesterday 
by  Deteciive  Snilv,  who  Informea  the  court  there 
waa  no  evidence  against  him.  Justice  Duffy  ques- 
tioned the  prisoner  cloiely  as  to  bis  knowledge  of 
the  woman,  and  £rnBt  protestao  his  entire  ignorance 
of  everything  connected  with  the  case,  and  waa  dis- 
chargeo.         ,  ^^^^ 

COMBIHATIOy  OF  DISTILLERS. 

Ceicago,   Feb.  19.— A  combinfttion  of  the 

distillers  of  tbe  entire  conutry,  emtiracing  nearly 
every  important  establiahment  in  the  United  Statea. 
has  been  formed  for  the  purpose  of  aelf-oro- 
tection,  and  for  pooling  their  earnings.  Their 
plan  is  to  deposit  the  sam  of  10  cents  lor 
every  gallon  of  taxable  apirita  tbat  ia 
manufactured,  and  to  divide  the  sum  thus 
accruing  semi-monthly  among  all  diftillera 
in  proportion  to  the  capacity  of  tneir  several  dis- 
tilleries. It  is  immaterial  whether  any  still  is  in  op- 
eration or  not,  the  proprietor  receives  his  proportion 
of  this  deposit  the  same  as  though  he 
was  runninif.  It  is  expected  tbat  in 
this  way  tbe  market  price  of  whis- 
K.y  will  be  raised  to         a         fluure 

ai  which  money  can  be  made.  The  smaller  dis- 
tillers will  be  glad  to  form  such  an  alliance^  as  at 
the  present  rate  tbey  are  actually  losing  money, 
and  the  larger  distillers  keep  prices  down  below' 
their  lowest  rates. 


LATEST  NEWS  BY  CABLE. 


BUSINESS  FAILURES  IN  OHIO. 

Cincinnati,  Feb.    19.— Madiaon   W.   Jones, 

Aaron  C.  Johnson,  and  Isaiah  Brown,  all  of  Fay- 
ette County,  Ohio,  filed  petitions  of  voluntary  oank- 

raptcy  in  tbe  United  Statea  Cooi  t  to-day.  The  fol- 
lowing are  rheir  liabilities  and  assets:  Jones,  liabil- 
ities aouBt  (34.000;  assets.  $14,000;  Jubnaon,  liahlli- 
ties,  180,000;  aHseu,  fSl,000 ;  Bruwa,  liabilities,  $33,- 
COO;  assets,  (21,000. 


SUSPENSION  OF  A  CHICAGO  SAVINOSBANE 
Chicago,  Feb.  19. — The  City  Savings  Bank 
has  closed  its  doors.  Its  denoeits  were  about  140,000. 
The  examiner  on  behalf  of  the  creoitocs,  who  went 
th#oi(|zh  mo  papers  and  books  this  afternoon,  says 
it  wiSiiay  nearly  if  not  qnite  dollar  for  dollar. 

OBIIUAHX  NOTES. 

Dr.  Carroll  Dunham,  a  prominent  homcBO- 

patbio  pbysician,  died  at  his  residence  at   Irvington 
on  Sunday. 
Judge'  H.  W.  Williams,  of  ^he  PennaylTanis 

Sapreme  Court,  died   In   Pittsburg   yesterday  after- 
noon of  heart  disease. 
Information  has  been  received  of  the  death  of 

Mrs.      Minerra      KoOgers.     widow    of     Commodore 

Bodgers.  and  mother  of  Bear  Admiral  John  Rodgera, 
ot  the  United  Statea  Navy,  at  Rock  laland,  III.,  on 

Saturday,  Peb.  17,  at  tbe  age  of  92. ' 

HAMPTON'S  LEIIEK  10  THE  TWO  OINDI- 

DATES. 

Judge  S.   M.   Boone,  of  Winchester,  Ky.,  re- 
cently wrote  to  Wade  Hampion  m   regard  to  bis 

letter  to  Hayes  and  Xilden,  and  receiTed  th»  follow- 
ing reply : 

COLtJUBU,  Jan.  30, 1877. 
Mt  DbarSib:  Ton  owe  me  no  apologj-,  but  one 
is  rather  due  from  me  to  you,  and  I  hope  that  yua 
will  find  it  in  the  fsct  that  I  scarcely  have  a  mo- 
ment of  lelsare.  My  correspondence  bas  been  neg- 
lected of  late,  and  my  triends  must  attribute  thia 
to  tbe  constant  pressnre  of  public  business.  I  write 
now  merely  to  tbauk  yoa  for  your  letter,  and  to 
say  that  you  apprehended  my  motive  in  writing  tbe 
duplicate  letser  correctly.  I  only  desired  to  revive 
a  patriotism  which  would  demand  that  the  Consti- 
tution and  the  laws  should  be  respected  by  install- 
ing tbe  aandidate  who  waa  legally  declared  elected, 
peaoefnlly.  Tbe  Electoral  bill  proceeds  on  tbe 
identical  idea  expressed  by  myself,  and  our  Demo- 
cratic fnends  in  Congress  have  placed  both  candi- 
datea  for  tbe  Presidency  on  tbe  aame  footing.  I 
have  never  doubted  Mr.  Tilden's  election,  bat  my 
opinion  can  do  him  no  harm.  Thanking  you  for  the 
interest  you  have  shown,  I  am,  very  respectruUy, 
youra,  WADE  HAMPTON. 


HAWAIIAN  MINISTER  TO  WKSRINQTON. 
Speaking  of  the  resignation  of  Hon.  ElishaH. 
Allen  aa  i^M^t  Juatice  of  the  Hawaiian  lalanda,  and 
bis  appointiSent  aa  Minister  Resident  of  that  Gov- 
ernment at  Washington,  the  Honolulu  OazetU  says: 
"  He  will  leave  aa  soon  as  he  may  be  able  to  close 
up  his  offleial  labors  hero — probably  in  Pebrnary  or 
March  next.  The  necessity  of  having  a  represent- 
ative at  Washington  is  boMming  more  apparent 
every  month,  as  questions  arising  from  the  treaty 
are  conatantly  being  raised,  which,  unless  settled  at 
once  may  lead  to  oon  trovers  y.  There  are  also  par- 
ties in  the  Baatem  United  States  known  to  be  up- 
posed  to  the  treaty,  who  may  seek  to  termiaate  it 
by  legislative  action  in  Congress.  These  contiagen- 
cies  can  be  more  effectniOly  met  by  haviog  the 
right  man  on  the  spot.  The  exoenae  attending  auch 
a  mission  ought  not,  to  be  thought  of  in  view  of  the 
great  benefits  contoured  by  the  treaty.  Tbe  last 
liegialatiire  voted  a  salary  of  $4,000  a  year  for  tbia 
purpose;  but  the  lease  sum  necessary  to  maintain 
an  officer  in  hia  poaitlon;  conaldering  the  expenaoa 
of  livuig  in  that  city,  is  15,000,  and  we  tmat  the 
I.«a1slatiira  wtU  iaoreaee  the  pi*y  to  tnls  fUmr-  m» 


TURKEY  AND  HER  ENEMIES. 
ADDITIONAL  TROOPS  BTATIONED  AI.ONO  THE 
DANUBE — BSPORrKD    CONCLUSION    OV 
PEACE    WITH    SERVIA — REPLY    OF    THE 
POWEBS  t6  GORTSCHAKOFP'S  ClECtTLAR. 

London,  Feb  19.— A  dispatch  trom  Rnst- 
ohuk,  Bulgaria,  aays  :  "  Tbe  number  of  Turk- 
lah  troops  quartered  in  the  villages  along  the 
Danube  has  increased  from  60,000,  on  the  31st 
of  Januar.y,  to  75,000.  The  garrison  of  Buts- 
ohuk  numbers  12,000  man." 

London,  Feb.  20.— A  special  dispatch  from 
Berlin  aays  it  is  report«d  there  that  the  con- 
olnaion  ot  peaoe  between  Turkey  and  Servia  is 
now  assured.  Another  Berlin  dispatch  says  it 
is  stated  in  diolomatio  quarters  that  the  powers 
have  already  confidently  commnnicated  to 
Buesia  tbe  substance  of  tbe  replies  they  intend 
to  make  to  Prince  GortBohakofrs  circular.  All 
have  agreed  to  abstain  from  any  interference 
until  the  Porte  baa  proved  itself 
incapable  of  earrying  through  the  prom- 
ised reforms.  It  is  reported  that  Russia, 
on  her  part,  will  inform  the  powers  of  her  in- 
tentions and  of  the  oironmstanoes  which  make 
it  impossible  for  her  to  forego  immediately  all 
interference ;  but  she  will  give  no  indication  of 
her  eventual  isolated  action. 

A  ^dispatch  from  Vienna  ^ys  the  report  is 
current  that  Prince  Gortschakoff  has  expressed 
his  satisfaction  to  the  Prince  of  Montenegro 
tbat  the  latter  consented  to  send  Plenipoten- 
tiaries to  Constantinople,  and  he  wished  them 
good  luck. 

The  Political  Correspondence  gives  a  de- 
tailed account  of  the  strength  of  tbe 
Russian  Army  ,  derived  from  authentic 
sources.  It  substantially  confirms  the  state- 
ments in  tbe  report  from  Kisheneff 
which  appeared  in  the  Daily  Nexcs  on  Feb. 
15,  but  it  makes  the  forces  even  more 
formidable.  The  Baasian  Army  south  of 
the  Caucasus,  on  the  Asiatic  irontler 
of  Turke.y,  iu    readiness    for    action,  numbers 

115,000,  and  has  35  field  batteries  and  250  boayy 

siege  guns. 

MISCELLANEOUS  ' FOREIGN    NOTES. 

London,  Feb.  19. — Silver  closed  to-day  at 
Sei^d.  per  ounce. 

Mr.  Sidney  Herbert,  Conservative,  was  retnmed 
to  Parliament  vesterday  for  Wilton,  defeating  Mr. 
Korria,   tbe  Liberal  candidate,   by  a  poll  of  751  to 

187. 

An  official  telegraphic  dispatch  from  the  Yioeroy 
of  India,  dated  Feb.  17,  reports  that  the  number* 
of  natives  on  the  relief  worka  ahow  a  further  re- 
daction of  32  000  in  Madras,  and  41.000  in  Bombay. 
Tbe  prices  of  grain  are  falling  in  most  ot  the 
Madras  districts  owing  to  large  importations.  In 
Bombay  prices  remain  unchanged. 


THE  BRITISH  GRAIN  TRADE. 
London,  Feb.  19. — The  Mark  Lane  Expre$s, 
in  its  weakly  review  of  tbe  com  trade,  aays:  'Ad- 
vices from  the  rural  district*  continue  fairly  favor- 
able aa  to  the  condition  ot  Winter-sown  wheat, 
which  is  looking  well  on  light  landa  and  where  it 
bas  not  safi'ered  injary  from  the  recent  floods  in  the 
aoothem  counties.  Beana  are  also  said  to  be  an- 
uanally  forward  fur  the  time  of  year,  and  vegeta- 
tion generally  is  rapidly  advancing.  Very  little  al- 
teration is  noted  either  in  the  quantity  of 
English  wheat  marketed  or  the  condition 
of  samples,  which,  owing  to  the  gram  never  hav- 
ing become  thoroughly  dry  in  the  stack,  have  been 

dampi  and  in  inierior  condition.  Conaequently,  a 
farther  decline  of  1  shilling  oer  quarter  had  oc- 
curred, bat  farmera.  as  a  rule,  have  not  pressed 
sales.  In  aome  country  markeis  it  baa  been  dtfti- 
cnll  to  boy  at  tbe  decline.  The  week's  imports  of 
foreign  wheat  into  London  bave  been  moderate. 
Until  the  close  of  tbe  week  trade  was  extremely 
qniet,  sales  being  eflfected  with  difiBculty.  althongh 
prices  were  not  quotably  lower.  On  Friday,  how- 
ever, a  decided  reaction  set  in.  A  steady  demand 
Wats  experienced  trom  millers  at  improving 
prices,  eapecially  for  the  red  varieties,  whieb  re- 
ceived most  attention,  owing  to  the  scarcity  ot  fine 
milling  samples,  and  tuia  class  of  wheat  oooasioo- 
ally  realized  a  alight  advance.  Politico  bas  pro- 
duced DO  apppareot  effect  on  trade,  and  tbe  return 
to  firmness,  oombinsd  with  improvombot  in  de- 
mand, seems  to  resnlt  trom  ooniinued  short  im- 
ports, with  an  advance  in  American  prices,  and 
extremely  small  shipments,  recently  advised  from 

Atlantic  ports.  Tbe  loqniry  for  feeding  stafifi  haa 
'  been  very  light  tbroagbout  the  week,  and  grinding 
barley,  oata,  and  maiae  have  given  way  6  pence 
per  qnarter.  With  moderate  arrivals  at  porta  of 
call,  floating  cargoes  of  wheat  have  met  with  a 
steaoy  ineraasing  demand  at  an  improvement  of  1 
shilling  to  2  sbillincs  per  quarter,  chiefly  npon 
red  sorts.    Maize  baa  also  ruleu  a  shade  steadier. 


AMVimMENTS. 


THK  OPKRA  BOUFFE. 
"  La  Grande  Dnchesse "  was  sung  at  the 
Eagle  Theatre,  laat  evening.  Tbe  performance  waa 
not  of  marited  lnteri>st,  owing  to  the  absence  of 
Mile.  Aim^e,  who  waa  to  have  sung  the  titular  part. 
Mile.  Aini6o  being  indiapoaeo,  the  character  was 
takeu  by  MUe.  Gueymaro.  a  clever  and  induatnoua 
artist  wbo,  anbappily,  is  unequal  to  tasks  of  so  try- 
ing a  nature.  Mile.  Gneymard  got  through  the 
opera,  aud  that  is  about  all  that  can  bo  said.  M. 
Raoult,  who  bas  prodnced  a  much  more  farorabie 
impression  thia  aeason  tbon  last  year,  was  exceed- 
ingly good  as  Fritz,  and  tbe  other  r6lea  were  in  com- 
petent hands.    The  Grand  Duke   was  among   the 

'  spectators. 

♦ 

NEW    BROADWAY    THEATRE. 

After  a  week's  recess,  this  house  was  re- 
opened, last  evening.  A  pertormance  of  "  Our 
Boys  "  was  the  attraction.  Mr.  Byron's  neatly  con- 
structed and  smartly-written  comed.y,  which  is  now 
approaching  ita  one  tboujandtb  representation  in 
London,  was  dealt  vrith  in  tbis  place  when 
It  was  made  known  at  the  Fifth  Avenue 
Theatre,  a  few  months  ago.  It  requires,  therefore, 
no  extended  description.  Its  rendering,  at  tbe  New 
Broadway  Tbeatre,  wbile  it  failed  to  reproduce  tbe 
English  atmosphere  and  oharactertstics  whicb 
endow  some  of  tbe  xiersonages  and  scenes  of    "Oor 

Boys"  with  an  agreeable  raclDeaa  of  the  aoil,  waa 

sufiBcienily  clever  and  lively  to  amuse  the  attentive 
spectator.    Mr.  WhiSn,  whoae  speech  and  manner, 

moreover,  were  as  aarKQitive  of  ttM  retired  British 

tradesman  as  could  be  wished,  personated 
Ferkyn  JUiddltvrUk  with  much  earnestness  aud 
vivacity,  aud  created  unbounded  merriment.    Mr. 

,r.  G.  Saville  portrav«d  with  auitable  elegance  of 
bearing  Talbot  Chdmpneyt,  and  Mr.  Mark  Bates 
was  becomingly  simple  and  forcible   aa  CharUi, 

ilr.  Loveday  was  an  acceptable  Sir  Qtoffrey,  and 
the  female  rdles,  which  were  allotted  respectively 

to  MlBsea  Annie  Edmonaon,  Geneviere  Stabbing, 

and  Gallagher — Uiaa  Gallagher  representing  "  the 
slavey"— and  to  Mrs.  SjI  Smith,  were  in  good 
bands.  A  pretty  numeroua  audience  enioyed  laat 
night's  performance,  and  was  liberal  of  applause. 

GENERAL  MENTION. 
Mme.  Esaipolf  playa  at   Steinwa.y    Hall,  thia 
evening.    She  proceeds  next  week  to  ualifomia. 
Mr.  and  Mrs,  Feininger's  recital  of  vocal  and 

instrumental  music,  occurs  at  Chickenng  Hall,  to- 
morrow evening. 

Mr.  F.  F.  Miiller's  concert  at  Chickering  Hall 
occurs  thia  evening.  Be  is  to  have  the  assistance 
of  Mrs.  Kate  Reed,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Lockwood,  and 
Messrs.  Fntscb,  Sohat,  «nd  Arbuckle, 

A  Berlin  dispatch  to  yeaterday'a  London  Pott 
announces  tbat  tbe  proposed  repetition  of  Riobsid 
Wagner'a  "Biog  o(  tbe  Ifibelnnga"  at  Ba.yreath 
will  not  take  place  thia ,  year,  having  been  post- 
poned on  account  of  tbe  impaired  health  of  the  com- 
poser. 

The  San  Francisco  Minstrela  added  to  their 
programme,  yesterday  evening,  a  new  extravaganza 
called  "Onr  Haah  Houae."  It  proved  to  be  an  ex- 
ceedingly amnsing,  if  exceedingly  nonsensical, 
aSair,  and  rounded  off  in  the  merriest  manner 
imaginable  a  programme  rich  in  good  things,  lyri- 
cal, terpsicborean,  and  aemi-drainati& 

TB.E  CANADIAN  JSLEOTIONS. 

Ottawa,  Feb.  19.— Tbe  Dominion  Parliament- 
ary eleoiions  to-day  in  South  Waterloo,  Ont.,  and 
Kamowraaka,  Qnetiec,  resulted  in  tbe  retam  of 
Masters,  Miniatertai  candidate,  and  Boy,  opposi- 
tion.   

LECTURES  ON  OEHUAN  LITERATURES. 

Mr.  Bayard  Taylor  will  commence  his  ooorae 

of  leotorea  on  Gkrmaa  literatare  at  11  o'clock  thia 

morning,  at  Asvwlatlon   Hall.     The  lectures  are  to 

.  1.^  .nvan  In  *lM  difftUna.  in    ordnr    to    mnt%awntttntto.t^ 


ladies  who  have  taken  an  latareat  In  tb«  antdeet, 
and  they  will'  ba  eontlnoed  on  Tnasdays  and  Fiidaya 
of  ancceaaiva  weeka  ontil  tbe  conrae  of  12  lectures 
la eompleted.  The  aobiect  for  to-day  la  "The Ba- 
ginnings  of  German  Literature." 

THE  FUTURE  OF  NETF-IOSK. 


LETTER   IV. 
To  the  Editor  of  the  New-  York  Timet : 

Debt  and  taxation  are  a  load  under  wbicb 
Kew-York  ia  staggering.  Debt,  State  and 
Municipal,  is  placed  before  taxation  because 
debt  is  in  great  part  the  cause  of  the  excessive 
rate  of  taxation  whicb  is  now  the  source  of 
complaint,  and  is  regarded  aa  withering  the 
energies  and  checking  the  growth  of  the  City. 
Tbe  actual  increase  in  the  current  expenses  of 
the  City  in  proportion  to  the  value  of  the 
property  is  really  not  very  great  as  compared 
with  a  iieriod  20  years  ago.  For  instance,  in 
1857  the  rate  of  taxation  for  current  expenses 
was  $1.13  upon  1100,  and  in  1876  tbe  rate  for 
the  same  purposes  was  $1.30  upon  $100.  This 
statement  will  be  regarded  by  many  as  incredi- 
ble, 80  a  few  figures  by  way  of  proof.  Tbe 
rate  for  1857  for  oil  purposes  was  $1.5564.  From 
this  deduct  the  interest  upon  the  debt,  $1,311,- 

813,  and  the  State  tax  ot  1^  milla  .upon  the  as- 
sessed value.  1895,545,  and.  it  gives  a  rate  of 
$1.13.  In  1876  the  rate  for  all  purposea  was 
$2.80.  From  this  deduct  tbe  interest  upon  the 
debt,  $9,503,189,  and  tbe  Slate  tax,  $7,233,189, 
and  it  gives  a  rate  of  11.30. 

Now,  do  not  let  me  be  considered  as  in  any- 
wise tbe  apologist  for  the  current  extrava- 
gance. The  City  debt  is  immense,  and  it  is  the 
product  of  extravagance,  recklessness,  and 
dishonesty.  But,,  there  it  is,  and  it  has  to  be 
met  honestly  and  carried  manfully.  The  State 
tax  has  been  enormous,  and  this  City  bas  paid 
in  tbe  past  10  years  $64,014,204  in  that  direction. 
Fortunately,  it  is  now  subsiding,-  and  the  Cit.y 
will  pay  for  that  charge  in  1877  leas  tb an  in 
any  .year  since  1867.  Tbe  building  mania,  which 
hascosttbe  States*  largely  durmg  the  past 
lew  years,  no  longer  prevails,  and  it  is  hoped 
that  the  good  sense  of  tbe  Legislature  will  per- 
mit   no  large    appropriations   this   year.     The 

interest  upon  the  City  debt  must  be  paid,  and 

for  the  present,  at  the  fixed  rate  of  interest. 
It  is  possible,  however,  under  certain  conditions, 
to  b£  hereafter  named,  that  tbe  rate  ot  interest 
maybe  reduced,  and  so  tbat  burden  lightened. 
I'^here  remain,  then,  oni.y  the  current  ex- 
penses  of    tbe    City    in   wbiob    immediate   or 

very  early  retrenchment  is  possible.  Then  in 
that  direction  must  the  knife  of  retrenchment 
bo  applied.  C&n  it  be  done  ?  It  can.  It  will 
hurt ;  but  so  does  the  surgeon's  knife.  The 
bod.v  politic  is  in  peril,  in  extremity,  and  the 
fact  must  be  recognized.  Besolution  and 
courage  are  needed  to  apply  this  remedy,  but 
they  ought  not  tu  he  wautiu£r. 

Ibe  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  is 
the  final  arbiter  in  fixing  so  much  of  City  ex- 
penses as  is  under  local  control.  Legislative 
restrictions,  so  far  as  they  relate  to  the  mini- 
mum compensation  lor  services  should  be  re- 
moved, still  reairioting  the  maximum.  The 
composition  of  the  Board  ot  Apportionment 
should  be  changed.  The  Mayor  aud  President 
of  tbe  Board  of  Aldermen  should  remam,  but 
tbe  bead  of  one  department  should  not  be 
called  upon  to  fix  the  appropriation  for  other 
departments.  It  is  au  Invidious  duty,  ibe 
gentlemen  who  fill  those  positions  now 
will  know  that  this  suggeaiiou  is  not  made 
from  any  distrust  ot  tbeir  ability  or 
integrity.  They  would,  I  doubt  not,  es- 
teem it  a  privilege  to  be  released. 
The  board  should  consist  of  five,  three 
ol  wbom  might  be  selected  respectively  b.y  the 
resident  members  ot  one  year's  standing  of  tbe 
Chamber  ot  Commerce,  tbe  Bar  Association, 
and  the  Produce  Exchange,  aud  commissioned 
by  the  Mayor  Irom  among  citizens  who  lor 
two  years  precedmg  have  been  the  owners  of 
real  estate  ot  tbe  assessed  value  of  at  least 
i|25,000.  These  gentlemen  should  be  ineligible 
lor  any  local  ofiic«  to  which  a  tee  or  salary  is 
affixed  tor  two  years  alter  their  terms  aa 
members  of  this  board  have  expired,  and  should 
be  proUibitea  trom  recommeuuing  or  procuring 
tho  appointment  ot  any  person  to  a  local  oibce 
during  their  t«:,rui  ot  ofiiee.  Tbe  term  of  one 
of  them  should  expire  each  year.  A  board  so 
composed  would  give  to  the  real  estate  interest 
the  importance  aod  control  to  which  it  is  so 
well  eutitled. 

Tho  fact  tbat  this  City  could,  as  already 
stated,  pay  tor  a  Stat«  tux  In  ten  years  the 
enormous  sum  of  more  than  ^60,000,000  truui 
taxation — equal  lo  more  than  halt  tbe  City 
debt— ia  a  proof  of  the  wonderlul  vitality  of 
the  City;  a  vitality,  however,  which  must  not 
be  too  much  strained  or  presumed  upon,  or  a 
collapse  may  ensue.  A  large  portion  of  this 
State  tax  wivs  to  meet  tbe  t>ouaty  debt,  and 
probably  nouo  of  that  vast  sum  waa  lor  uuy 
purpose  which  incruased  the  taxable  rnsoiu'cus 
of  tlie  City. 

In  the  general  depression  which,  for  nearly 
four  yeai'd,  has  ailectod  every  interest  in  tbe 
country,  real  estate  has  not  escaped.  Yet 
other  investments  have  proved  less  reliable 
than  those  in  real  estate.  The  owner  of  un- 
incumbered real  property  in  this  City  may  have 
reason  to  complain  ot  a  diminished  mcome 
Irom  reduced  reuts,  and  of  high  taxes,  but 
still  his  condition  is  lar  better  than  tbat  of 
those  who  bold  securities  which  bave  defaulted 
in  the  payment  of  interest,  or  stocks  no  longer 
paying  dividends,  and  the  capital  ol  whicb  has, 
in  some  cases,  disappeared.  The  aiiuinisbed 
compuusatiuu  paid  to  those  uuciuployed,  aud 
the  entorced  jilleness  ol  many  out  ot  employ- 
ment, has  led  %  a  condeneucion  of  teikants  in 
the  one  case  and  a  total  stopjiage  of  reuts,  very 
often,  in  the  other.  That  is  to  say,  faaii- 
lies  who  foruierlv  occupied  an  entire 
house  have  been  compelled  to  put  themselves 
lulo  half  a  house,  and  others  lormerly  occup.y- 
ing  half  a  house  have  been  reduti^Mi  to  ibe 
Lcoesait.y  of  occupying  apartments,  or  a  single 
floor,  'iuia  process  of  condeusatioa  has  left 
u  good  deal  ot  property  unoccupied.  Thf  re 
pruoably  have  not  been  so  many  instances  of 
removal  to  distant  suburbs  as  in  oetter  times, 
as  auch  removal  Is  rarely  a  merely  economic 
measure  so  lar  as  family  expenses  of  livmg  are 
concerned. 

Owing  to  the  changes  of  methods  in  business 
already  referred  to  in  part,  and  a  resulting  sur- 
plus oi  store  property,  some  stores  remain  idle, 
and  tbe  rents  ol  nearly  ail  where  leases  bave 
expired  have  sufi'ered  reduction.  Incited  by 
the  prevailing  low  prices  ior  materials  aud  la- 
bor, a  good  deal  of  buildmg  has  been  going  on 
in  the  face  of  tbe  depression  in  business,  the 
owners  not  expecting  to  liud  occupants  imme- 
diately, but  deeming  the  temporary  loaa  ol  in- 
terest upon  tbe  investment  a  teas  consideration 
than  the  advantage  obtained  in  the  very  Ijw 
cost  ol  construction. 

GEORGE  H.  ANDREWS. 


EENAISSANVE  Ai\D  KOMANESQUE. 

To  the  Editor  of  the  New-  York  Times  .- 

I  would  ask  leave  to  call  attention  to  some 
statements  in  tbe  ardcle  on  the  "Stato  Capitol 
Ballding"  in  THE  Times  uf  tbe  lOcb.  In  that  article, 

the  objections  raiaed  agaioat  the  preaent  plan  on  ac- 
count of  the  change  Introduced  into  the  aiyle  ot  archi- 
tectnre   are   held   as   factious,  because   adding   two 

additional   sioriea  in   tbe   Rooianeaqae  atyle  on 

a  building,  with  two  stories  already  completed 
in  the  Renaissance  style,  is  a  trifling  matter  of  taste. 

Tbe  article  then  adds,  that  ii)  reality  tbe  difference 
between  Romanesque  and  RenaiHS.tnce  1*  slight, 
and   many  people  dn  not  Icnow   tbe   difference  even 

between  Greek  and  Gotbic  arcbltectare. 

This  last  statement  is  unfortunately  trna  abd  it 
is  also  unfortunate  that  a  nation  in  wbiob  nearly 
every  man  bullda  or  buys  a  bouse  abanld  know  ao 
little  about  arcbltectare.  The  Romanesque  is  not 
closely  albed  to  tbe  Renaissance.  Tbe  Romanegqae 
flourished  when  Christianity  overthrew  pagan 
ideas.  It  continued  ontil  aboat  the  close  of  tbe 
eleventh  century,  when  Gothic  forms  were  intro- 
doced,  and  for  nearly  300  years  every  public  and 
private  building  in  Europe  bore  traces  of  the  Gothic 
spirit.  In  the  fifteenth  ctmtury,  with  the  revival  of 
tl>e  stady  of  classical  literature,  came  the  revival  of 
claaoio  arcbltectare.  Tbat  revival,  with  tbe  modifl- 
cationa  required  by  different  modes  of  life,  has  ex- 
isted to  tae  present,  day,  under  tbe  name  of  tbe 
Renaissance — the  born  anew.  Its  greatest  develop- 
ment baa  been  in  France,  where  the  Freucb  Benaia- 
sauce  has  almost  become  a  distinct  stf  le.  Ita 
beanty  and  its  adaptability  to  moaem  wants  can  bo 
seen  in  every  street  in  Paris,  aud  its  capabilities  tor 
oiiginahty  and  almost  scenic  effect  can  be  aeeu  m 
the  LouTre  and  in  photographs  of  the  now-de- 
Btioyed  Hotel  do  TiUe. 

Ill  the  Albany  Capitol,  two  stories  were  com- 
pleted in  a  severe  Rennissance  atyle,  tbat  i»  in  a 
stvle  similar  to  the  old  City  Hull  in  New- York.  On 
these  two  stories,  t&e  new  aronlteota  com- 
menced to  add  two  additional  storiea  in 
tbe  atyle  of  the  American  Exchange  Bank 
on  the  corner  of  Broadway  and  Liberty  street. 
When  the  diacnasiun  that  look  place  in  tne  Engliab 
papers  and  magazinea  over  the  new  law  courts  at 
Temple  Bar  is  remembered,  it  seems  sarprlsing  bow 
little  remark  so  great  an  arcbitectaral  blunder  bas 
excited.  Tbe  American  Inatitnte  of  Architects 
took  tbe  onusnal  step  of  orotesoing  against  tbe 
change,  bnt  otherwise  tbe  opnoaition  has  been  more 
like  a  quarrel  between  tVe  ins  and  outs  on  a  big  job. 

The  interior  arrangements  of  the  old  plan  might 
easily  be  improved  by  tbe  new  commlaaioa  ;  but  m 
putting  one  style  ot  architecture  un  tbe  ton  of  an- 
other, the  State  of  New-York  is  r<flnng  tor  a  monu- 
ment wbicb  will  not  ba  creditable  either  to  its  edu- 
cation or  iu  taste  in  the  vaar  1877. 

*.  T.  AtrCHMtTTZ. 


GENERAL  MISCELLMY. 


WELDON,  TEE  ASSASSIN. 
HIS  CARE&R   IH     BPRmaFIELO,   ILL. — A    80- 
CIETr  YOUNG  MAN-,  WITH    AN    ITOHINQ 
FOR  NOTORIETY. 

'  From  the  Springfield  (IU.)  Journal,  Feb.  17. 
The  most  notorious  man  in  tbe  nation  to-day 
ia  William  Benry  Weldon,  who  attempted  the 
aaaarsmation  of  Gov.  Packard,  of  Louisiana,  on 
Tbnrsday.attheState-boase.  New-Orleaas.  Weldon - 
used  to  live  in  Springfield,  and  is  well  known  by 
many  of  our  citizens,  who  find  italmost  impossible  to 
conceive  of  him  in  the  rdlo  of  an  assassin.  Tbe  dis- 
patches gave  a  description  of  Weldon,  and  the  addi- 
tional fact  mentioned,  that  among  his  pipera  waa 
also  found  a  letter  from  Mr.  G-.  M.  Brown,  formerly 
aenior  of  tbe  firm  of  Brown  &  Coleman  of  thia  citv, 
led  to  some  inquiry  by  a  Journal  representative, 
yesterday,  the  reenlc  of  which  conclusively  ea- 
tatliahes  the  identity  of  the  assassin  with  William 
B.  Weldon,  about  six  years  since  and  for  two  years 
prior,  ft  popular  cierk  at  Brown  &  Cole  .an's  sroie. 
He  wilt  be  re'mem  Dered  as  abonthvefeet  five  in 
height,  of  beary  build,  ruddy  complexion,  dark  hair' 
and  eyes,  exceedingly  dreasy,  and  accustuinodto  wear 
Bumaide  whiskers.  His  Springfield  career  was  like 
that  of  many  clerks,  with  nothing  to  esnecially 
draw  attention  to  it,  if  it  bad  not 
been  recalled  bv  tbe  recent  tragic  oc- 
currence at  ^ew-Oileaoa.  About  eight  years 
since,  William  H.  Weldon  first  became  employed 
at  Mr.  L.  H.  Coleman's  present  store.  He  was  au 
affable  .yonng  man  and  polished  ;  abont  21  year.i 
ot  age  then,  and  the  sou  of  a  Lutheran  cit-rt^yman 
at  Bethlehem,  Penn..  a  short  distance  oat  from 
Pblladelpbia.  He  proved  hiinseifau  sfitcient  clerk, 
tbe  more  ao  as  he  conld  speak  Qerman  (bbing  in 
fact  of  German  descent)  and  apeedily  achieved  a 
marked  popularity  among  his  fellow  clerks,  and 
others  with  whom  be  asaoclaied.  Mr.  Coleman,  in 
converaation  yeaterda.y  regaraing  bim,  spoke  of 
.Weldon  as  industrious  and  rrustworiby  :  one  who 
would  be  considered  rather  reiiiing,  except  tor  a 
strong  liking  for  society,  and  bv  good  looks  and  ac- 
complishments Weldun  was  fitted  to  adorn  society, 
and  became  quite  a  social  tavorite.  Mr.  Coleman 
finds  it  almost  impossiule  to  conceive  of  Weidou  in 
the  rdle  of  an  asaaasin,  for  personal  or  opinion'a 
sake.  He  cberlabed  very  strung  oninloija,  but 
rarely  gave  utterance  to  them.  He  was  an  ultrn,  or 
as  Ui.  (/'oleman  expresses  it,  eveu  a  bitter  Demo- 
crat, still  be  veiy  rarely  gavA  ntteraoce  to  his 
po.itical  viewR  even  among  hia  most  intimate 
triends.  Perhaps  tbe  must  intimate  Springfield 
friend  of  Weldon'a— iu  fact  hia  ri'oiu-mate  wheu  be 
lived  here — is  Mr.  George  £.  Maxoo,  now  a  aalea- 
man  at  Herndou  ScCo.'s.  They  were  fellow-sales- 
inen  at  Brown  &  Colemau'a.  Two  yenrs  later  Wel- 
don went  to  Lalayefe,  Ind..  and  lar«r  to  Cincinnati, 
wbere  be  became  salesman  in  W.  H.  Johnaun  & 
Co.'s,  of  which  bouse  Mr.  G.  M.  Brown  was  then  a 
partner.  Mr.  Maxnu  was  also  employed  there  with 
Weldon,  wbo  atterwaia  wont  to  Philadelphia  aud 
became  connected  with  a  white-goods  houae,  wbere 
he  was  still  sapposeo  to  be  by  his  friends  here,  imtil 
the  atartling  news  came  from  New-Orleans.  •  He 
correaponded  with  Mi.  Maxon,  Air.  J.  M.  Uibbs, 
and  other  friends  hrre  uu  to  leas  tban  a  year  ago, 
but  never  mentioned  any  connection  with  tbe  prens 
of  Philadelphia  ur  eisewhere,  and  it  ia  not 
believed  that  be  was  so  connected.  Mr.  Maxom 
says  there  was  nothing  of  bravado  or  recRleasneas 
auout  Weldon;  be  was  in  appearance  and  taste 
rather  fitted  for  societv,  of  which  be  was  very  fond 
and  quite  a  pet,  tban  fur  war.  Not  being  addicted 
to  drink,  (in  fact  be  was  a  regular  church  attendant 
while  nere,)  his  association  would  not  naturally  be 
with  men  of  olood.  He  was,  however,  ambitious  uf 
distiiiciion,  and  if  a  craving  for  notoriety  lud  to  the 
act,  then  he's  certainly'  got  tbe  notonet.v  be  de- 
aired,  and  poaaibly  more.  Among  other  acquaint- 
ances of  Weldon,  lAvB^Ta.  Hibba,  Roper,  C.  Well, 
Hablizel,  Cashier  Weber,  and  others  pronounced 
him  a  fine  fellow  m  every  reaped  »hen  bere,  de- 
serving  the   popularity     wuich     was     his.       All 

expressed  [bemselyoa  aa  astounded  when  they  read 
of  his  connection  witn  the  asaassinailon,  aud  would 
aa  readily  bave  suspected  one  ot  ibem.^elves.  Tbe 
opinion  obialna  among  most  of  them  that  be  must 
bave  been  hired  to  do  the  work,  and  yec  Ibut  be 
would  oonaenc  at  all  is  an  occasion  of  surprise  to 
them.  

TERRIBLE  COLLIERY  JiXPLOSION. 

TEN  LIVES    LOST— THE    EXPLOSIVE    EFFECTS 

OF  FOUL  GAS. 

A  London  newspaper  ot  Feb.  8  prints  the 
following  dispatch  tfom  Bolton  :  "  Scarcely  bave 
the  inhabitants  ot  tbia  district  recovoreii  from  tiio 
shock  occasioned  by  the  new<4  of  the  disastrous 
file  at  tbe  StouehiU  Colliery,  Farnworth,  by  which 
18  men  and  boys  were  suffocated,  th^  tbey  b^ive 
been  again  startled  by  the  occurrence  of  a  dread- 
ful explosion  at  a  colliery  in  tbe  neighboring  town- 
ship of  Darcy  Lever,  resulting,  it  ia  to  be  tearod, 
in  the  loea  of  10  lives.  The  pit  at  wbicb  tbe  latter 
catastrophe  haa  taken  place  is  known  as  Fogg's 
Pitt.  it  IS  situaied  on  tbe  banks  ot  the 
Bolion  aud  Bury  Canal,  and  it  worked  by 
Messrs.  Andrew  Kuowies  &.  Sons  (Limited.)  i'bureia 
only  one  abaft  lo  tbo  mine,  the  lowest  wmkiuga  in 
which,  knuwu  aa  tbe  Canneli,  are  at  a  di-pili  of  380 
yards.  These,  however,  have  noi  been  in  uueratiou 
for  some  time.  Tno  npDcr  mine  was  styled  the 
I>.)e,  of  aeven  feet,  and  was  wuiked  .it  a  depth  of 
320  yards  trom  the  pit's  moutti,  or  O'J  yards  auovo 
the  Canuell.  In  this  pit  some  50  men  ana  boys 
were  employed.  Tup  various  ramifications  exieud- 
ed  lor  a  aisiauce  ot  900  yr.rtld,  lUe  uuujoer  ot  men 
engaged  in  the  reruutuat  workings,  w..icij  are  situ- 
ated immediately  under  the  latoi  of  Mr.  James 
£i1ge,  in  Little  Levcr,  being  14.  The  colliery  was 
conaideiea  a  very  aafe  oue,  Ibe  ventilation,  iudeud, 
being  authcienliy  good  to  permit  of  tbe  use 
ot  naked  candles  and  even  of  blasting  operations. 
The  men  had  been  at  work  lor  some  hours  tbis' 
morning  when,  about  10  o  clock,  tbo-<e  woo  were 
employed  abuut  tbe  pit  bank  ivere  alarmed  by  a 
auddeu  emission  of  smoke  irom  tnureturn  uir  sbalt, 
followed  diiecilv  aiterwdtd  by  a  signal  fiom  tliose 
below  to  wind  up  tbe  cuiie.  Tue  men  were  quiciilv 
boisl«d  op,  one  of  tbe  laat  to  a&ceud  being  Aosulom 
Noma,  tue  fireman.  Oue  auu  all  reported  tbat 
lUeir  workings  were  rapid. y  filling  with  smoke, 
but  they  were  unable  tu  aay  whether  it  was  the 
resnlt  ot  fire  or  of  an  explosion.  Two  nt  tne 
men,  named  Thomas  JJiuaiey,  of  Little  L^ver, 
and  Jaraea  Hurst,  of  Daley  Leve",  who  wore 
among  the  13  getting  coal  utiderneatn  Kdge's  Farm, 
slated  that  tbey  wore  alarmed  l,y  a  sudueu  iuni.sa 
of  smoke,  and  thev  ar,  ouce  took  t.>  ibeir  heei.^. 
They  declared  that  they  had  no  time  to  warn  their 
f'  How  workers,  and  il  tbey  bad  turned  back  eveu 
f.^r  an  instant  ineir  lives  Wuuld  have  been  lost.  Tbe 
Choke  damp  tollcweu  tbem  rapidly  tor  a  distance  uf 
230  .yards,  and  when  i  hey  arrived  at  the  pii'a  eye 
tbey  Were  suffenug  greaiiy  from  ihe  iubalatiou  of 
tue  salpburoua  fumes.  Wuen  lUe  uame»  of  uli  tbe 
men  came  to  be  called  over,  it  was  touud  tbat 
10  who  were  engajjed  in  the  farihermost 
workings  were  niisaiug.  Horns,  the  hr-'mau, 
aud  nearly  tbe  whulo  of  the  miueta  at  once 
descended,  and  on  uenetiatiug  toward  the  spot 
wlier<4  it  was  supposed  the  uul'ortuuare  men  were 
lying  they  discovered  aad  evidences  of  ihe  explo- 
sive etfecta  of  tool  gaa.  In  some  places  the  roof 
had  tallen  in,  wbile  in  othera  atoppiuga  had  iif.eu 
blown  down.  Dense  smoke  filled  iho  workings  in 
the  immediate  locadiy,  thus  proving  beynud  all 
question  ibat  tbu  1^:01  led  gaa  had  tired  tbe  coal, 
(which  la  said  to  be  of  a  veiy  combuaiiblo  nature,) 
and  au  cm  off  from  all  nupes  uf  escape  auy  wbo 
might  have  survived  the  terrible  effects  of  tbe  ex- 
plosiun.       A.     ounrageoua     aitcoipi,    was    maue    to 

toice  a  way  throucb  ibe  thick  smoke,  but  ail 
iu  vain,  and  the  men  were  at  length  compelled  to 
aaceuu.  Meantime  ilr.  Peti  r  Howcroft,  manager 
10  Messrs.  JCauw^leM  &  Ou.,  Had    oeeu  couiuiuuicatea 

with,  and  luioroiaiiou  ot  the  CHtaairopbe  having 
reached  the  uei|{uOunng  colli;;rie8  ot  Messrs. 
Fletcher  &.  Sons  aud  ot  llie  Bridt-ewater  Ti  uaieea. 
tneir  managers  also  buaieued  lO  ine  scene.       Au  ex- 

ploiiog  party  was  then  formed,  and  having  pro- 
vided themselves  wiia  seveialol  Sinclair's  helmet 

respirators,  iliey  descended  tue  rainej  wbile  otuurs 
of  lUe    men    as»isiea  iu  remuvios  tbe  UCor.s  caused 

by  the  explosion  ;  oibers  aprai^ged  tue  shattered 
roofs.    Measures  ivere  takeu   lor  diverting  tue  cur- 

reut  of  air,  with  the  view  of  clearing  tbft  wurkiu^^a 
from  smoke.     Bricka    auu  moi'iar  were   iius'.ily  ueuc 

down  Ibe  pit,  with  wuich  to  erect  new  stoppings. 
Brattice  cloth  was  laid  wiierover  ueceasaiy,  aud 
very  soon  the  exploring  party  had  ihe  »ar.isiaccion 
of  reporting  tbat  for  a  uia  auce  of  800  > aids  trom 
the  pit's  eye  ibo  wonsings  were  euiireiy  ireo  from 
foul  air.    Eeyond  thai  point,  bowevci,  they  touud  it 

impossible  tu  penetrate,  aud  to  tue  puoi  oieuture*. 
Wbo    uy  tbis   time    baa   couK>ogai.ua    round    lUo  pit 

bauk. ,  anxiousiv  iuquiiiug  lor  missiQ;:  busbaDUs, 
SOUS,  and  biotbers,  but  little  hope  coald  be  h'-lii 
out  tbat  any  of  iho  uiifortnnate  im^u  would  bo  touud 
alive.  Mr.  Howcrofi  did  luueed  a. ate  that  if  tbe 
men  had  mauaucd  tj  escape  in.o  the  lower  work- 
ings, it  waa  possible  they  mtgbi  bo  touud  alive,  but 
ic  waa  felt  by  ail  who  were  experiv:ucea  in  auou 
matieis  ibai  ihia  was  but  a  ueiueive  uope. 

JSome  of  the  exploring  party,  au  ut  C  o'clock,  had 
lo  be  brought  out  ot  the  pit  They  had  become 
nearly  luaeuaiole  ttirouuh  luhaim.:  ilif  alter-daujp, 
and  bad  to  be  lilted  out  of  ibe  luoa.  Reatorauves 
were  adminlatcred  by  Dr.  Dou^iusa  auu  they  re- 
covered, but  they  were  iu  such  a  siais  ot  exaaustion 
that  they  were  not  allowed  to  d«.sceud  again.  Tbe 
remaiuaer  ol  tbe  party  were  to  proceea  8G0  yards 
fiom  iLe  pit's  eve.  Ac  tbat  point  tbey  discovered 
a  pony,  dead." 

FEARFUL  CRIME  IN  FRANCE. 

The  Pans  correspondent  ot  a  London  news- 
paper writes :  "  Never  were  mure  crimes  commit- 
ted in  tbia  country  than  at  present.  Every  day  has 
Its  scandal  or  worse.  A  place  called  St.  Brieux 
was  the  scene  of  the  last  drjima,  tbe  chief  pare  being 
played  by  tbe  manager  of  Le  Progres  des  Cotes  dit 
Nord,  named  Le  Foil,  wbo  had  served  in  tbe  Army, 
and  been  decorated  with  the  L.-^glou  of  Honor.  A 
abort  time  ago  be  waa  seateuced  to  a  month'a 
impriaonment    tor    insulting    the    Army    in    his 

journal,  and  on  being  released  from  dn- 
laoce  vile  he  accused  a  Capt.  Wariz  of 
improper  intimacy  with  bis  wife,  aj  American  lady 
of  toriune.  Th»  Captain  denied  the  soft  impeacti- 
ment.,  and  Xe  Foil  having  demanded  a  wi-l.ti-n 
statement,  ho  sat  down  at  a  desk  aud  was  abont  tu 
pnc.  what  ne  baa  said  on  paper,  when  XiuFoU  siaOjed 
him  in  tbe  back  twice.  The  Captaiu  turned  round 
and  received  two  mure  wounds  la  tbe  breast.  Le 
Foil  then  hurried  to  tbe  honse  of  his  wiie,  and 
tbrowins  himself  00  hia  wift>,  stabbed  her  six 
tiroes.  He  tbeu  went  to  tbe  house  of  a  girl 
called  Quinei,  with  wbom  he  had  had  improper 
lelaiiou*.  and  the-  fair  left  St.  Brieax  to^'etner. 
W tiat  happened  fllio  ward    will    in  all  probabil.ty 

forever  rcmaiD  nartiaiiv  euvelooad  m    mvauirv.      X.^ 


Fell  went  at  11:30  at  night  to  the  bonae  of  M.  data 
Bisuin,  who,  with  M.  Gambetta  and  M.  Cremtenx. 
managed  affairs  In  the  provinces  daring  tbe 
war.  Hearing  a  ting  at  tbe  oelj,  the  cook  tumped 
out  ot  bed,  but  as  tbe  ring  was  not  repfsteil  she 
did  not  open  tbe  door.  Shortly  afterward  several 
pistol  abota  were  heard,  and  in  tbe  morning 
a  ahawl,  a  nair  of  atars,  and  an  umbrella  were 
foimd  in  the  garden.  Not  far  from  these  was  dis- 
ooverel  the  body  of  the  girl  Qiinet,  who  bad  re- 
oeivea  five  bullets  in  the  left  t^reast.  and  one  in  the 
ear.  Le  Foil  was  found  leaning  up  against  a  wail 
stone  dead.  He  had  completed  his  exploits  by 
blowing  bis  own  brains  ont.  It  appears  tbat  Mme. 
Le  Full  and  Capt.  Wnr  z  are  still  alive,  but  tbe  con- 
dition of  both  leaves  li  tie  hope  tn at  They  will  re- 
cover. This  is  the  most  terrible  dram 4  which  has 
occurred  since  Capt.  Hassau  broke  into  the  Conocil 
Chamber  at  Constantinople  and  slew  tbe  Miuiaters. 


EMERSON  ON  BOSTON. 

The  Boston  Herald  of  Sandajr,  says :  "  Mr 

B.  W.  Emerson,  who  has  iu  large  measure  witb 
drawn  from  the  lecture  finid,  oonaents  each  season 
to  appear  before  hia  townspeople  in  Concord  in  their 
Lyceum  course,  and  thus  keen  up  hia  acquaintance 
and  manitest'hia  sympathy  in  their  welfare  and  en-, 
Joyments.  Tbe  lecture  of  tbe  present  aeason  was 
delivered  by  him  on  Wednesday  evening,  when  a 
considerable  number  of  bis  admirers  from  Boston 
and  other  places  were  present.  The  aabject  of  the 
discourse  was  'Boston.'  It  waa  an  interesting 
and  iiicturesqiie  lectare,  and  presented  a  rather 
familiar  subject  in  the  peculiar  phraseology 
and  originality  of  iDnstration  to  be  expected 
from  the  author.  The  climate  was  spoken 
of  and  some  of  tbe  positions,  so  humoroosly 
exaggerated  oy  Mark  Twain,  rather  mildly  In- 
dorsed; but  what  waa  meant  b.v  'calestial,' in  con- 
trast with  tropical,  waa  hardly  jieroeived  by  tbe  ob- 
tose  bearer.  Allnsion  was  made  to  tbe  aomewbat 
trite  innoeodo  aboat  oersons  born  in  Boston  not 
needing  'to  be  born  again,'  which  Brotber  Moody 
ignores,  and  her  general  character  for  intelligence, 
patriotism,  charity,  and  intellectual  caltivation 
was,  upon  tbe  whole,  modeHtlv  set  forth.  No  Bos- 
ton man  would  resent  any  omission  in  ber  behalf, 
nor  were  there  grounds  of  complaint  from  other 
persons.  The  inference  from  tbe  discourse  woold 
seem  to  be  that  the  character  of  tbe  city 
and  tbe  people  was  tbe  resalting  com  pound, 
chemically  apeaking,  of  Puritanism  and  climate. 
Aft>>r  bestowing  npon  the  subject  all  com- 
mendation and  admiration,  the  Ipctiiier  felt  called 
upon  to  admit  tbat,  after  all,  tbe  Puritans 
and  tbeir  succeasora  were  a  good  deal  like  other 
peopip,  and  in  some  respects — such  as  persecuting 
the  Quakers  and  hanging  tbe  witches — 'rather 
more  so.'  Tbe  dlBtingniabed  names  of  Boston  were 
remembered,  and  tbe  achievements  in  liieratnre  and 
the  measuros  in  behalf  of  general  edaca:ion  duly 
spoken  of.  Toward  tbe  conclusion  of  tbe  lecture, 
the  first  iKiOk  ever  printed,  written  bv  a  native-born 
American,  was  casually  referred  to,  bnt  not  men- 
tioned.    Xbis  book  was  prinreo  in    Loudon    in  1669. 

and  IS  entitled.  The  Mystery  of  Israel's  Salvation,  Ex- 
plained and  Applied ;   or.  LiDCOune  Concerning  the 

General  Conversion  of  the  /srae'itieh  Katiori,  Wherein 
is  mhowed.  <£c.  By  increase  Mather,  M.  A.,  Xeacber 
of  a  Church  in  Boston,  Xew-Englaud.  We  have 
seen  one  copy  of  the  b  >ok,  and  there  are  probably 
other  copies  in  tbe  libraries  ot  the  city." 


MR.  BLACKBURN  ON  THE  COMMISSION. 

Congressman  Blackburn,  of  Kentucky,  re- 
cently wrote  to  one  of  his  constituents  the  follow- 
ing letter  in  explanation  of  hia  vote  on  the  Compro- 
mise bill  : 

Wabhingtgn,  Feb.  10,  1877. 
My  Dbab  Sib:  I  have  youi-s  of  the  24tb,  and 
tbank  vou  for  it.  'Twas  a  good  strong  argument 
againat  tbe  bill,  though  you  conclude  we  had  best 
take  it.  Well;  we  have  it,  and  I  sincerely  hope  that 
we  are  not  to  bo  swindled  under  its  operation.  I 
could  not  support  it.  Tbat  it  was  in  plain  conflict 
witb  tbe  Constirntion  is  ton  manifesc  to  need  argu- 
ment. As  a  matter  ot  policy,  'twas  the  greatest  of 
blunders.  Under  it  we  may  get  Tilden  ;  without  it 
we  had  bim,  after  the  Senate  eliminated  the  only 
danger  we  were  ever  io,  tbat  of  the  presiding  offi- 
cer of  the  Senate  exercising  any  power.  I  have 
hopes,  but  also  fears.  There  never  was  any  danger 
of  war  or  of  Hayea'  inaagaratioo,  if  the  HAaae 
simply  protested  against,  tbe  wrong.  Your  iriend, 
J.  C.  S.  BLACKBUE!^. 


Thousanda  of  women  bless  tbe  day  on  which 
Dr.  Pierce's  Favokite  PBESCRiPTloxyWas  first  made 
known  to  tbem.  In  all  those  derangements  causing 
backache,  dragging-down  sensation 
general  debility,  it  is  a  soverei 
soothiog  and  bealing  properties  r< 
utmost  value  to  ladies  suffering  fro 
congestion,  irfiammation,  or  ulcerati 
by  all  dtagij.ists. — Advertisement 


nervntts    and 
remedy.      Its 
it  of  the 
internal  fever. 
It  is  aold 


The  success  obtained  by  the  Goldim  Wine  at 
the  Centennial  Exhibition  where  it  was  rewarded  with 
the  ipedal,  has  determined  ita  proprietor  to  mtroduce 
the  wines  direct  to  the  public  of  tbis  City. 

The  premisPS,  No.  19  Union  rouare.  have  bee; 
up  in  tbe  raoat  elaborate  and  artistic  manner. 
IbinT  oeiiig  new  andeiegint.  Th.»  bin  otxareco: 
every  delicacy  of  th:-  si-ason,  while  the  prices  a 
eiate.  Laiiies  will  hud  this  a  most  attractive  1 
lancb  or  cine.  Golden  Wine  Buffet,  >.o.  19  Union 
auaa,re.~Advertisemtnt. 


ifitted 

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orisea 

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te  to 


l.<ccture  on  Anceathetics. 

Protrro'by.dnring  bis  lecture  on  aueestheticslast  Sat- 
urday evening,  stated,  .19  proof  of  the  suety  of  nitrous 
Olid  •  gas.  that  the  ' "olton  Destal  .Association  had  ad- 

niiolste.''ed   it    to  95.5i'0  pacieuts  wlLhouc  a  aiogle  caae 
ol  injury.— .<ldre7  tuement. 


"  Clean  hasps  and  a  pure  heart"  are  ever  to  be 
found  iu  comoanv.  To  insure  the  perfection  of  cle  mli- 
ness.  B.  T.  Babbitt'8  Toilbt  Soap  la  now  for  aalo  every- 
where.— Advertisement. 


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B.^IVBRIDltE.— On  the  mornins  of  the  17tb  inst., 

SSLiNA  Jans,  Hged  15  vears.  voougeac  child  of  Uenry 
auu  tui*  iace  Aiuclia  l^ainuriJge. 

Funeral  aervices  wiU  be  lielJ  at  the  residence  of  her 
father,  >  reacent  uv.,  Pialnfleld,  s,  J„  on  "rueaday  at  li 

o'eioct  M. 

BtluWN. — .At  Klne  Stre-t.  near  Port  Cnester.  DAsiHt. 
H.  Brown,  in  his  d7tli  vear. 

Fuuoial  trom  bis  late  residence  Wednesday,  tbe  21st 

inst.,  ;il  •J:30  o'clock  P.  M. 

u  ..MA.titdT.— At  PUintlelil,  N.  J .  on  Monday,  tho 
l9lh  inst.,  John  .1.  Ubm arbst,  junior  memoer  of  the 
Urui  ot  Demareat  k.  Joralumou 

Fun-rai  ae  vlcca  from  bis  late  residence  Wednesday 
"t  iiiau  o'eii'Cc.  Tr.iin  le:iv  a  loo.  01  Li.-prty  at.  at  1 
o'clock,    returning  at  4  o'clock.    <  amagea  at  depot. 

OUiNUAM.— .\t  li-viaiion-on-Uudaon,  Kej.  1-i  lull, 
CARKni.1,  DcauAM.  .Vl.  i).,  in  ch  >  4J.h  yccir  of  bis  age. 

Funeral  services  wil.  b^  held  at  oig  late  rest  leuce  in 

Irviugtou  on  luesdii" .  Feb.  vfO.  at  2:-t.i  P.  M.  Hudson 
kiver  iraii!  irom  f  Oirtieh  Str>-et  ^it.lt{ou  at  I  o'clock 
P.  M.  The  interment  wiil  take  place  on  Wedneaday  at 
Urcen-wood. 

iiGLii>il'U.V— At  ^"ew-BI^c:bton,  staten  Island,  on 
Sundu,.v  morning,  tb<>  lothiusl..  Adp.laidb,  daughter 
of  vym.  C.    .ud^r.lla  L.  liglestou.  in  uer  y  u  year. 

Ihe  iflativt^s  and  friends  of  tbe  tamily  iire  respect- 
luliy  invlied  to  aitend  ber  funeral  from  t  hrist  Chu.-ch, 
New-liiitibiou,  on  Wodnesdav,  tbe  'Jlst  inst.,  at  l^-.'AO 
p.  M.  Noith  Sbu:e  boat  leaves  Pier  x\o.  1  at  11:16 
A.  M. 

FIliLD.— At  Rlvrsiile,  Conn.,  on  Sabbath  morning, 
Feb.  1b,  KMiLr  luausTA  Firld.  aged  38  years. 

Funeral  services  wili  m-  held  at  tbe  houae  of  her 
brotuei'-in-law.  j.  II.  Ockeisbauaea,  on  Weoneaday, 
aiatiuat.,  at  12  o'clock.  ;\ew-ilrtTe.n  train  will  leave 
Grand  central  Depot  at  1U:1U  o'clock  A.  M.  ihe 
triends  ai  e  r  jsp.3Cttully  Inviced  to  attend  -  wUbout  fur- 
ther nonce. 

FuKuYi^ii.— At  Orange.  N.  J. .  on  Saturday,  Feb  17, 
JoHK  FoKOTCB  in  tiie  93d  year  of  his  age,  a  veteran  of 
tbe  war  of  liiXi 

tuueral  services  at  the  residence  of  his  son-in-law, 
A.  A.  Jay-ne,  corner  Centre  and  Uurlonc  sta.,  Oranze, 
N.  J.,  ou  fnesaav,  -Otli  inat..  at  1  P.  51.  Trains  leare 
fiiot  of  Barclay  Kud  Chriatopher  ata.  at  11:15  A.  M. 
Buriiil  at  Spriugfiel  I,  .N.  J. 

riOv\'iiLL.— Jn  tue  19tniast.,  of  scarlet  lever.  Ahua 
B0LI.S8,  dan  hter  of  Ueurv  C.  and  Anna  A.  Uowell,  de- 
censfd,  aged  u  years  aud  9  montba. 

Funeral  irom  her  lather's  leaidence.  No.  &60  Broad 
at.,  ftewark.  iS.  J.,  on  Tjesday,  'aOth  inst.,  at  2  P.  M. 

LA.nyy.— Ou  Sund.iy  morning,  Feb.  18,  Mart 
LociSB  Lamst,  wlte  of  Wltliam  U.  Lamey,  of  Anoorn 
N.  X. 

Her  relatives  and  friends,  also  th  >se  of  her  father. 
Char. es  C.  tleroert,  and  uis  tamily,  are  invited  to  at- 
tend he-  fuciprai  from  ihr!  residenoj  of  her  father.  No. 
76  Morton  si.,  in  Ibid  >.'ity,  un  i'oesday  afternuoo,  20tb 
inst.,  at  l:dO  u'cloci,:. 

■clijVAl.iE.—Ou  the  19th  inst.,  at  the  residence  of 
ber  son-in-law,  J  lin  H.  llewaun,  No.  43  West  17th  at., 
1.HI1.V  JiiCitVAiKB,  widow  (if  ih<^  late  i>uhopof  uhi» 
'i'ue-tUuorai  aerVicea  wid  be  bald  In  <:«n»aiina(* 


BXTA&p-^tn.  Autntttaw,  yis.,  ott  Unindiar,'\^eb 
15,  Rakok  sa  Bivaa  t  Luum,  Ml  tbe  TOtb  j«ac  of.M 

a^e.  V 

Relatlvea  and  Menda  of  tbe  flunOy  are  iotttefl  to  afer. 
tend  his  laneral  from  tbe  Cboroh  of  tbe  Holv  Inn»' 
cents,  oomet  of  37ib  at.  and  Broadwav.  on  WedoM-' 
dav,  Feb.  21,  at  10  o'clock  A.  H.,  witboot  fUrtlwrnO' 
tlce. 

arVERA.— On  Saturday,  FoU  17,  ITkixia  taASnL, 
daughter  of  Herbert  D.  Ward,  Htq.,  attd  wifnof  Uoniy 
C.  de  Rivera,  Esq. 

Relatives  and  triends  ate  invite.!  to  attend  tne  fUosr- 
al  a<Tvicea  at  tbe  reaioence  of  her  father.  No.  S8  oaat 
SUth  at.,  on  Taesdav.  tbe  20tta  IiisTv.  at  2  P.  M. 

lAiiMAN.— In  «Tooicryn.oo  >uuiiay  evening,  Feb.  18, 
CHAKLaa  TAtMAS,  in  tb-  85th  year  of  his  age. 

Keiativea  and  friends  are  Jnviied  to  att<-nd  tbs 
fimeral  services  trom  the  reaid*-oce  "f  his  son,  Wm. 
G.  Taiman,  .No.  304  Sute  at.,  at  4  o'clock  tbia  (Toes- 
day)  afternoon.    .  _     

tATLOR.— Athlslateresidencft  No.  439  Weft2l8i 
St..  on  the  19th  met..  KOBsaT  TATiAa.  in  the  45tk  yeai 
ot  his  age. 

notice  nf  funeral  hereafter. 

WYMa  N.— In  Jersey  City.  On  Sundftv,  Feb.  18.  Daw- 
«L  W.  Wtmas,  38d  degree  III.  Commabder  m  Chiet  01 
i^ew-Jeraev  Boverelgn  Consiiit"ry  and  ")nperlnt»-Dd«ut 
of  the  Elevated  Railraad  of  N«w-Tork.  aged  ft'i  years. 

Relatives  and  trieu'is  of  the  moiUy,  Jerary  Citv  Lod.i« 
Ho,  74.  F.  and  A.  M..  HUgh  de  P»?en  comma  darv  -o. 
1.  Knights  Templar,  of  Jersey  City,  members  of  V'ew- 
Jersey  sjoveri  ign  Con»is  ory,  and  the  Masonic  fra:er- 
nitv  in  general  are  invited  tn  att«nd  bis  fniierm  on 
Thursday.  Feb.  22.  at  1  o'clock  from  Ids  late  residence. 
No.  2t59  2d  St.,  and  at  1:'^0  o'ciocfe  from  the  Hed  ling 
Methodist  kpiscopal  Church,  Montgomery  at,  Jersey 
City. 

WBIOHT.— On  Monday,  Feb.  19,  nt  ber  resiaenoe  ix 
Brooklyn.  Mrs  Sanct  VCuoht,  widow  ot  the  lat< 
Amasa  Wrigni,  aged  81  years. 

Friends  01  tbe  family  are  invited  to  attenil  the  fu- 
neral services  at  tne  Fir-t  Prvsbvterian  Churc^  ol 
Brooklyu,  B^nry  st,  near  Clark,  on  tVednesday,  Feb. 
21,  at  1  o'clocg. 


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IN   THE 
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P«>8r  OFPlCfi  NOl'iCfi. 

Tbe  foreign  malis  tor  tbe  we>'k  ending  Saturday,  Feo. 
24'.  1877,  will  close  at  this  offlee  on  Tuesday  it  7  A.  51., 
for  EnroDe.br  steam-shio  Nevada,  via  Qaeeostown; 
on  Wednt-scav  at  7:3o  A.  .H..  foi  Kuropa,  by  atejm-ahip 
ibina,  viaQaeenstown:  OnTbursday  ut  11:30  A.  d..  for 
Kurope,  bv  ateam-sbip  Pommera.da,  via  Plyinoatta,Ctaer' 
bourg.  and  Hamburg:  on  Saturday  at  11  A.  A.,  tor 
Kurope.  by  steam-sbip  Bilt^nnlc,  via  Queens- 
towD,  (corrrespundence  for  Geimauy,  Prance,  scot- 
land,  and  North  of  Ir^kna  to  i>e  fOrwBr(I*-d  by  this 
Steamer  roust  be  specially  addressed;)  and  at  11  A. 
M..  for  Scotland  and  the  North  of  Ireland  by  ateam-ship 

Ancboma.  viaMovUle  and  UlaSgow.  au'i  at  1 1  A.  A.,  for 
France  direct,  by  steam-suip  CanaOa  via  Havre,  and  st 
11::{U  A.  n.,  lor  tierman.r,  Jtc,  oy  steam-ship  Hermann, 
via  Southamiitou  and  Bremen,  (correspondence  for 
Great  Britain  and  France  to  be  forwarded  bv  tbis 
steamer  must  be  specially  nddreased  )  Toe  steHm- 
abfps  Nevaua. China,  and  isrltannlc  do  not  take  mailsfoi 
Denmark,  8wedea  and  Norwa.y.  The  maUa  fbr  Nas- 
aau.  N.  P.,  wid  lecve  New-torn  Feb.  24.  Ihe  mails 
for  the  West  Indies,  via  Havana,  wlU  leave  New- 
Tork  Feb.  28.  Tbe  maila  for  Porto  hico  direct  wiil 
leave  New-Tork  March  5.  Tne  mails  for  Austra  ia  will 
leave  Snn  Francisco  Feb.  28.  The  modls  for  China 
and  Japan  wiU  leave  San  Francisco  Slarcn  1. 

r.  L.  JAMUS,  Poatmastec 
New- York.  Feb.  17. 1877.      

THE  JIBSSRS.    L,EAV1TT.  AUCTIONEiiUS. 

PEREMPTORT  ART  SALE. 
On  exhibition  at  the  ^rt  Koima,  No.  817  Broadway 

ANCIENT  and  MODERN  OEL  PAINTlJfOS.    Also. 
Drawings  by   the  AMERICAxV    SKETCH  CuDB,   H.  Pe' 

ters  Gray,  W.  S.  Mount.  'JTs.  Agate,  A.  B.  Dnrand.  If 

Cole.  F.  W.  Edmonds,  and  others,  to  be  aold  without 

any  reserve  whatever,  WhUSBSDAT  EVENING,  Fe' 

21,  commencing  at  8  o'clock. 

CHINKSK  ANU  JAFANKSK  UK.  OT! 

Just  received,  per  Pacific  Railroad  and  aieamera, 

ANTIQUE   PJRCKLAIN  AJfD    Cl.OISONNo   VASE? 

KIOTO,  HIZUN.  AND  KAGA  TETK-A-TETK  SETi. 

EXTRA  CHOICE  FAMlLrTEAlS.  V..RTCHfi*P. 

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STCAKT    W1LI.1*.    ATTOBNEy    A.\'D 

__/«Coun8elor  at  Law,  Notary  Fubhc.  Ka  ltj2  Sruad- 
way.  doom  N0.4,  New-iork 

N  B.—:jpeoial attention  paid  to  settling    "eatnies 
convevanclng,  aud  Citv  ana  couatv  colleu  .ion. 

RUBBKT^«ON  &  BDftNErr,  CARPKNrEiU 
and  Builders.  No.  o07  3d  av  ,  comer  34ih  st,  can  b* 
consulted  in  relation  to  alterations  and  repaira.  Ali 
new^  work  and  repaira  nnder  onr  own  aapervisiOD; 
appointments  by  mail  promptl.y  keit. 

HE.TKIKKHnlDS  OK  PIL.ES  PERMAirBNTLl 
eradicated  witnunt  the  knife,  ligature,  or  caustic. 
j>o  chitrge  whatever  until  cured.  Send  for  ulrcalar  con- 
tains references.      Dr.  HOTT.  21  West  24th  St..  >.  Y. 

l>la»KAa>Esi  OV  THK  NKUVUCii  SVi^riiJl 

A  SPECIALTY. 
HENRY  A.  DANIELS,  M.   D.,    Nn.  144  Lexington   av., 
near  29th  st.    Hoars  8  to  3.        

KEEP'."*    CLISTOfll    SHlKlr?    MAUK  TO  .MEAS- 
URE.—Very  Uest.  Six  for  $9;  no  obUgatiou  to  keep 
any  nnleas  oeritectly  satistactory.    ^'0.  671  Broadway. 

ScRiBKBR's  maintains  its  position  at  tbe  bead  of  tb^ 

illustrated  magazines.— iVeio-  York  Times. 

SCUIBNBR  FOR  MAKCH 

contains  nearly  eight.y  illastrationa,  and  opens  wlt\ 
an  illustrated  paper  on  "  Tbe  New-Tork  Aqoarium"  by 
Pro£  Ward. 

Among  the  subiects  engraved  are  tbe  Kingi.vo.  tbe 
Hell-benders,  Sea- Raven,  Toad-Fish,  Angler,  Skate, 
Shark,  Seals,  besides  some  exceedinsl.v  comical 
sketches.  Other  iliaatrated  papers  are  "Prlnceien 
College,"  by  Rev.  Dr.  Alexander;  the  ninth  of  Clar- 
ence Cook's  familiar  talks   on  bonse-famiahing;    the 

concluding  part  of  Oeu.  UcClellan'a  "Winter  on  the 
Nile,"  with  descriptions  of  an  Arab  tournament  and  a 
dinner  with  Sheik  Achmet;  and  at>opalar  science  die 
cnsslon  of  "  The  Pitcher  Plants,"  br  MrA  S.  B.  Her- 
rlck,  with  drawiags  from  nature  by  the  aathor. 

There  la  also  an  engraving  from  a  portrait  of  Gilbert 
Stuart,  painted  by  bimaelf,  accompan.ring  Uisa  Stoart'i 
reminiscences  of  her  father,  with  anecdotes  of  Ben- 
jamin West,  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds,  and  othera.  A  single 
illuatration  is  given  wfth  Dr.  Holland's  "Kicbolas  Min 
turn."  the  motive  of  which  is  discovered  to  lie  in  tbe 
discussion  of  problems  connected  with  mendicant 
classes.  Of  Urs.  Burnetf  a  serial,  "  That  Lass  o'  Low- 
rie's,"  there  is  a  dramatic  Installment,  and  Sammy 
Craddock  continues  his  readings  of  "Robinson  Crof 
soe"  with  tbe  aid  of  a  "Manyensla." 

"Farmer  Bassetf  s  Itomance,"  by  Saxe  Holm,  ia  con 
clnded,  and  there  is  a  light  story,  "Celestial  Peas,"  by 
Isabella  T.  Uopkina,  and  one  la  a  minor  key,  "Stellf 

Gra.yland,"  by  Jamea  T.  McKay.     Bret  Harte  rerippeara 
in  SCKIBNER  witb  a  poem,  "Ot  William  Francis  Bart 
ett;''  Mrs.  AnneLynch  Botta  has  a  noteworthy  son  ' 
net,  "  Bannotv,"  an&  Mr.  Boyesen  bas  a  paem  of  extra-  ' 

ordinary  metfta.     Gen.  Dix  boa  a  abott  aketch  of 

"Clandlan."    one   of  whose   poems   be  translates    in  ar 

happy  line-fot-line  rendition.  There  is  a  cleur,  im.oar- 
tial  "  ExDosition  of  Life  Insnran  le."  by  Julias  Wilcox, 
and  a  defeoee  of  Chinese  Immigration  by  a  writer  in- 
formed on  the  Buhject 

Dr.  Holland's  "  Topics  "  are  "  Polltieial  Training  " 
and  "The  Amusements  of  the  Rich;"    "  Tbe  Old  Cab- 

inpt"  haa  great  variety  and  interest ;  in  "Home  and 
Society."   the  flftn    "  Letter  to  a  Yonng  Mother."  deala 

with  the  cultivation  of  literary  taste  in  children; 
"Culture  and  Progress"  bas  notices  ot  Americ»n, 
English,  French,  and  German  I>ooks;  "The  World's 
Work"  records  aome  Lvte  inreotions,  and  ''Brie-&r 
Brae  "  contains  yer^e  and  pictures  in  a  humorous  vein. 

No  description  can  do  Justice  to  the  varied  interest 
of  this  wuuderfttl  numoei  of  a  wonderful  magia'ine. 

For  sale  by  ail  t>ookaellers  at  35  cents.  Sabecription 
price,  $4  a  yeab  SCRIBE  KB  fe  Co.,  Bew-Xork. 


"EXTRACTS    FROU    THE    JODRXAL  OF   A    BLUK. 
COAT  GIRL." 

Laura  Winthrop  Johnson,  the  aister  of  the  lav 
Theodore  Winthrop,  baa  written  for  the  Uatob  otia 
ber  ot  St.  Nicholas,  afi  "  l<:xtraet  from  the  Joamal  oi 
a  Blue-coat  Girl."  which  the  editora  aay  ii  aa  qiutfnl 
and  admirable  la  its  way  aa  "The  Seb5ni>erg-Cott^ 
Family."  Mrs.  Winthrop  Johnson  adds  to  tbe  interaaf 
aud  vraUemblanu  of  the  atory  by  an  apt  quotatioi 
from  peoye'  DiaT^,  which  proves  It  to  t>«  true. 

This  alone  ebould  make  the  fartnae  of  the  number/ 
ST.  NICHOLAS  ia  aold  by  aU  bookseUers  at  25  o«Bt% 
a  number  aud  $3  a  year  in  advance. 

8(.:R1BNkB  fe  CO..  yew-Tork. 


NEW  EASTER  ANTHEM,  "CHRIST  OUR 
Passover,"  in  Bflat.  by  U.  p.  imiks,  7Jc.:  Kasrei 
Autbem.  by  C.  A.  Haveus.  4l)c-,  Baster  Carol,  ''  Cbilsl 
the  Lo.'d."  Draper,  iOc:  also  tbe  popalas  and  standard 
baster  Antbems  bv  Lloyd,  I'homaa,  Cbaople  .Wilaoa 
Andrews,  fea,  fee.    Lir.->ON  fe  Co..  No.  711  Brbadway. 


POLITICAL. 

THBRBGCJLiAR  MONTHLY  MEKTINU  OV 
THK   JliiPD    LICA.N  CKN  PBaL   <.Ou\llTris£  Ot  tb* 

City  of  New-York  will  be  held  at  Republican  HaiI,  SSd 
St.,  ne^^r  Broruiway,  on  TUiittUAlT  tiV liti I SQ. -J Jt^ 
iuaU,  at  8  o'clock.  By  order  of 

BEKJaMI.^i  K.  PHELPS.  Piaaidaak-    ' 
WuxAW*  BintLAan.     I  s«ot»t»rtak 
,    Tuunoavs   ai.Oi.aoD.  I  •^""*""'    " 


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"      QOMUERVIAL  AFFAIMS. 

1  — — ♦ 

•      -^..^.^      S«w.To«K.  Uondar.  Pel*.  19.  1877. 
.,jaK*i«MtpCt  of  tixa  p»iB<np«t  kliuu  at  ProAwM  tliiM 
^3f|S(lMth»T«  boea  m  IoUoitk 

llIolMiM,(:r.O.)t>bIa.  1,770 

*""'  "-•  -  10 

16 

1'9 

1,765 

796 

6U 

5,040 

263 

1,09« 

26 

6» 

.  2,076 

8.332 

324 

.     60 

826 

9U4 

26 

432 

lUO 

729 

ma 

1,730 

ail 

7 

116 

L016 

8S0 

19 


•haa,i>ka. 21 

a^yna.pk» 1 

B.  Pema,  bag*....         93 

— i.bbU 368 

n,  Daiea. 6,470 

tton-ae«(l  oil,  bblt      100 

pper,  bbU 141 

uper,  eaksa '  J6i 

M  Frait,  pka...i      442 

>CC«.bbu. .'..  2,101 

^OT.  bbU .10.465 

Wheat. bnahwt..-„,  4,800 

Corn,  buabeli.. 63.838 

OM.  bnabeia 19.(541 

ftT«.  boabela „  1,600 

Maltbnibeta „  6,190 

Barler.  boahel*. 17.do(» 

rea«,  bnabeia 1,200 

&n«»«e<Ml,  bags....      643 

rukX-tt^A,  ban S 

Oorn-iDOal.    bbla.... 

tOoro-meai.  bars 
aokw't  Flnur,  pks.. 
QOKw'tFloar.boab 

pat-meai.  bbla, 

Boinp.  balea... 


900 
100 
12 
400 
100 
7 
211 

r;5 ~.       631 

illdpa.  bales 2,»74 

Leitioer.  siaes ..22. 1 1 1 

l«a(l.  mes...., 865 


liiipa,  iiniea,.. .„.„.. 
Btdea.  So 


lloaa.  ImUm 

Oil.  bbia„ 

Keatn.  bBIa... 

Ot|.c«ke.pks 

Pork,  pka 

eeer,  pka 

Cat-ine«t«,  pka 

OreMe,  oka 

IiUd.  pka 

Lard,  keya 

>te«riKe,  pka 

Sntter,  pka... 

Uheeae,  pka 

Tallow.  pM.*. 

LubriMtff{-oll.  bbla. 
i>reaa«d  Hocca.  Ko... 

Pea-nnta,  bafca 

Peeant,  oka 

Slue,  pka 

kice-floar.    x»gt 

Sucar.  (R.  O.,)  bbda. 

■Spelter,  pea 

StaruQ.  bza 

Mklaa.  balea 

8pon)K>.  "tMklea 

Tobacco,  bbda....... 

Tobacca  bxo.  k.  oa.. 

«'biakT,  bbla. 

(Vool.  Dalea. 


liow  MirtdJing 121* 

titrlctLowiIld...l2ia 

Mtddlinz -.12»4 

OoodUiddUaK....13 
Btrict  Good  U1X..13>4 

Uladilng  Fair 13°B 

Van 14% 


COFFEE— Trade  ir  Bio  haa  been  on  a  very  moderate 

Bcxle,  with  VHlue&aaoted  easeacHlly  aa   bciore  :    2  lOO 
bags   ly  aipparchus.  takea  ftomaCook.    Tha  aales  bere 


DaUed  siatealo  Uac.  30,  94.87H  Daga;  ourcbHaed  to 
**b.  1/.  245.tib0  baBB;  lotal  vlaiDle  supplr,  397,119 
b»(tis...inhpr kinds  dull,  wltdin  th  prevli.as  nn 'B..,. 
We  nuoteluTolces  tbus  :  Rm,  ordinary,  17»40.®17>uc.; 
«»c,  lOJ^caiSHjc.;  stood,  19S4a'a>2ac:  prime,  2oHic.« 
Z-»4C..  KOid,  *■  16.,  eodaya'  credit:  El.>,  Injob  lots, 
*7c.®22>4c..  gold — Santos,  fair  to  good  Invoict-a, 
19  '^ac.'wlQ'ao.,  and  in  j  ib  lota,  ordinary  to  very  choioe. 

a//o.aiil  Vjc.  (fold Jay»    ioroicea.   2.'a.^24b.:    Miur- 

afoalbo.  IS'nc.S^Xi.;  LaKuayra,  1  -iao.'»19i3Cj  Mexican, 
7-8o.®19»2C.:i  osr&  Rico,  lBiao.321e,;  Jamaica,  n^o.'M 
xShc;  SavaDllla  at  lS>aa'320o.,  and  Ban  Domingo, 
leiac.  »17v;..  goid,^^  ft.  • 

COTTON— Has  be#n  doll  for  early  delivery  at  a 
reanction  of  l-lBc.  ^  to.  ..Urdlnary  quoted  to-day 
»t  1 1  l-li3o.®ll  3-I6«.;  IiO(r  MiJdlini;,  l'2\ic.'a>l23ao.; 
Hlddlinit,  12»4C.S>12»80.  -Sales  -were  officially  re- 
poned.  for  oxomot  deurery.  of  408  bales,  iot  wblcti 
tiO    bales    were  ou    Sacnrday   evening,)  all    to   spio- 

Zien And  forfortrard  delivery  butinesa  has  been  ei- 

traordlunrily  active,  but.  umiertree  ufferinsa,  at  lower 
XaCes,  closing,  however,  flrmly  at  the  uiodinftd  fleorea, 
ravoped,  la'peun,  by  tae  later  reports  from  Liverpool. ... 
Bales  i.ava  been  reporteo  since  our  last  ot  94.400 
bale*,  ot  wMoh  15,200  balea  were  on  Saturday  evrn- 
Uix,  and  79,200  bales  to-day,  with  6,600  balea  on  the- 
calls,  on  cbe  baaia  of  Middline.  wiia  Febra- 
ary  options  cloaine  at  12  O-lBcaiJ  19-32a: 
kareh,  U  21.32oai2  11-160..  April.  13  i,!9  32c 
pl2  16-16«.:  May,  13  8-32c^l3^;  Jnno. 
13^0.-313  9-S2C,;  Joly.  xSiyic.913  i3-32c.:  An- 
fCUdt.  13  7-160.;  «eotemb«r.  18  8-16o.®18 '  7-S2e.: 
October,  12  13-l6c.®1227  32c;  Norember.  12  19.32c 
®12  V!l-32c.!  Ceoember.  12  10-39cai 2  21-3^0.  ^  flj., 
Ihowinira  decline  of  l-32c®l-16c.  #<  Sv.  cloatas  firoL 
....ihe  receipts  at  this  port  to.da.Twere  6,470  baiea, 
and  at  the  shipping  porta  18.913  balea,  against  29,028 
bales  same  day  last  week,  and  tbua  i  r  tbla  week 
Su,230  balea,  againat  44,396  balea  aame  time  laa« 
"week — The  receipts  at  the  shippinc  pons  since  Sept. 
1, 1376  have  been  3.435,362  bales,  sgaiost  3,83U.380 
balea  for  the  correspondiug  time  in  the  preceding  Cot- 
^n  year...  Coosolioatad  exports  (one  dav)  tor  Great* 
Britain,  tr^m  all  tne  sblpplog  porta.  942  b4lea;  to  the 
Continent.  9,637  bales.... Stock  In  Mew-fork  to-dav. 
^B81, 126  bales;  oonsoUdatvd  stock  at  the  ports,  9v3,' 

ClMing  Fr%et$  of  Cotton  fa  Neio-Torlt. 

Dpi'ds.        Ala.  N.  O.       Tezaa. 

Ordinary 111-16    111-16     113-16     113-16 

tetnct  Ordinary..  11 7-16    117-16     119-18     119-16 

Good  Ordinary.. .11  13-16  11 13-16  11  13-16  11 15-16 

Strict  Good  Ord..l2  1-16    12  1-16     12  3-16     12  3-16 

12^4 

12 'a 

12^ 

13 

13'4 

13  »s 

14as 
Sittinti. 
Good  Ordinary  ...10  11-16  I  tOM 
Btrict  Good  Ord..ll  5-16    |  .Uiddling, 

PLOUR  AND  MEilL— A  fairly  active  movement  was 
ceoorted  in  State  and  VVestei-n  Flonr  at  geaerally  firm 
though  in  lustances  somewhat  irreenlar  prices.  The 
export  call  was  maluly  from  bnvers  for  the  West 
Inaiea  u»d  Son  U  America,  trom  vrbich  sonroes  the 
inquiry  was  mostly  for  City  )Iill  Extras,  and  the  better 
Bluss  of  Winier  Wheat  kxtra-.  From  the  Knropeaa 
tritde  the  demand  was  very  1  ghu  Home  trade  deaunga 
Were    com  para  tively     liberal    in    Minnesota    l:.xtraa. 

Straight  and  pitteot.  more  toan  nsaally  so  in  deairable 
raaUii     of    patent,    valaes    on   which    were    if>irly 
in  potted.    Most    other    gradea  were   less  active  on 

the   basis      ot    onr     quntat^oua Sales     have     been 

repurcea  since  oiu  ia«t  oi  14.750  bbia.  of  all  eratles.  lu- 
ciname  uusound  Klour  ol  aill  classes  at  $3  50®$8  76, 
Bour  Flour  at  S4  5U®S6  7.i;  poor  to  siiictly  tanoy  No. 
2  at  $4  40®$3  Ud.  chiellv  at  S4  75<i*So  tor  good  to 
Choice:  $4  5u2>$4  65  for  common  to  fair  ;  ordinary  to 
Choice  Supertlne  Western.  So  tiO'3>$6,  ma'olv  at 
to  75'S$5  90.  with  fancy  branda  held  higher; 
poor  to  good  Kxtra  State,  $5  95'3St>  20 ; 
goo<i  to  choice  do.  at  $6  20^S6  50 ; 
City  Uilla  Extra,  shipping  grades,  tor  West  Indies, 
on  the  oasis  ol  £6  76'3>^7  '^5  tor  Kood  to  vcr.v  choice; 
do.  for  Sonth  America,  at  $8®;$8  50  for  very  eood  to 
Xancy;  do.  fortbeBngUsh  markets,  <ol  Che  grade  cf 
■taudard  eixcra  state.)  offered  at  $6,  with  $5  9 1)  re- 
ported as  bid  for  small  aaantltiea;  Infenor  to  good 
llblppias  tixtra  Western,  $5  9U'S>$«>  20:  good  to  choice 
«o..  Sti  20®$6  50 ;  very  poor  to  yery  choice  Western 
Trade  and  family  Extra,  Spring  Wneat  »tock,  $6  15® 
$8  bv  ;  inferior  lo  yery  choice  da  d»..  Red  and  Amber 
Winter  W  heat  stock,  at  S6  ld'3$8  50,  (oart  for  snii>- 
ment  at  $7  73'<i>;^.  of  which  950  bbls.  sold, )  ordinary 
to  very  choice  white  Wheat  do.  do.  at  $o  25@$9  25  ; 
Tery  poor  to  fancy  St.  Louis  Extras,  $6  25'S)3  9  50; 
Extra  Genesee  at  $6  SS'S'S?  50.  the  latter  an  extreme; 
pooE  to  very  chnice  Minnesota  clear  and  straight  Ex- 
tras at  $»  4U9$S  25,  chiefly  at  $79£S  for  fair  to 
choice,  (with  very  eholce  to  tencv  np  to  $8  25®$8  oO. 
and  very  ioterior  lots  called  Hinnesoca  down  to  $8  26 
^i6  35;)  and  Minnesota  Patent  Kxtraa,  ordinary  to 
Tcry.  fancy,  at  $8a^ll,  mainly  at  $8  60®$10.  with 
vpcoSlO  oOSSll  for  very  choice  to  strictly  fskncy. 
(and  odd  lota  oi  very  inrerior,  called  Minnesota  Patent,aa 
low  $7  35®$7  7o)....loclnde<llnthe  salea  nave  been 
7.000  bbis.  shipping  Extras,  of  which  5.6U0  bbls. 
were  City  MUs;  2.250  bbls.  Minnesota  clear  and 
straight  Kxtraa;  1.450  bbla.  do.  Patent  da;  900  bbls. 
Winter  Wheat  Extras,  (for  shipment,  at  $7  25 
*^ti;)  300  bbls.  Superfine,  and  560  bbls. 
Da  2  at  the  quoted  rates.. ..Honthem  Flour  has 
been  In  lees  deiuadd  to-dav,  chiefly  for  home  trade 

xmrposes,  at  steady  rates Sales  h.ive  been  treported 

Iiereof  l.lOu  obis.,  in  lots,  at  $3  609$8  for  poor  to 
oboice  Superfine ;  $0  25®^7  60  for  poor  to  very  choice 
ahipplDg  Extras ;  $7  5U339  26  tor  &ir  to  fancy  trade 
and  ^'aiuily.    The  dealinga  were  mostly   in  Extras  at 

from  $7  50®$8  25 Eye  Flour   quiet   at   arooplng 

prices We  quote  at  fcom  $4  25a>$ofor  about  fair 

otdmary  Western  to  choice  istate  bupertine:  $5  059 
to  10  for  very  choice  to  lane?  State,  lu  small  lots,  and, 

S3'3$4for  poor  to  very  choice  Fine Sales  reported  of 

S6U  bbla.,  in  small  lota,  chiefly  at  $4  70'3^d  for  fair  to 
ebolea  Bapor&ue  State;  $4  5l/Si$4  SU  for  Pennsylvania. 

■iid$4  40w$4  85  for  auout  fair  to  choice  Western 

Coi»-meal  has  been  in.  less  request  at  nnchunged 
pilcea....We  qnote  at  $2  85^$^  10  for  i>oor  to  very 
•hoice  Velion  Weataru;  $^  UiJ'SiS  10  for  Yellow  Jer- 


12"8 

12^ 

12»8 

12  "8 

127, 

12T, 

13H 

13>a 

18H 

IS^B 

13^ 

13!^ 

14  Hi 

14>a 

Idling.. 

11  «• 

i- 

121s 

at  aboat  vnndv   vdMs.... 

extra  Pale  and  Wloaow  Olass,  |f  d01&....Tar  ha* 
been  twy  quiet  within  ttn'raun  of  from  mi  3S<HSi  SO 
«'bbl....Ortr  Pitch  at  «3  87^i»»3  eorbbU..!^^ 
of  TdXpnittM  has  bMn  in  slaok dnUMM^ wtthmar- 
ohantable,  for  pconnt  deHyery,  qttoted  at  tb*  oleae  at 
400.  ^  lalloa  Salts  84  bbla.  at  40o<,  (part  oU  and 

whisky  pis. Stock  )b  yard  includes  6.003  bbls.  Tac. 

4,421  bbla.  HpiriU   Turpentine,  4,708  bbls.  Cradoda. 


At  the  Exohanse,  yesterday,  (Moaday,)  Feb. 
19,  by  order  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 
in  partition,  F.  W.  Loew,  Esq.,  Beferoe,  S.  Y. 
Harnett  sold  a  fonr-story  brick  tonsment-hsase, 
with  let  21  by  98.3,  on  East  9Ui  it,  north  side, 
154  feet  east  of  Arsnae  C,  for  |5,10O,  to 
Herman  -  "Wille,  plaintiff  in  the  legal  action. 
TTnaer  a  Supreme  Coort  foreolosore  order,  J.  W. 
C.  Iieyeridge,  £sq.,  Beferee,  Peter  T.  Meyer  dis- 
posed of  a  two-story  and  basement  frame  honse, 
with  lot  35  by  102.2,  on  East  85tb  st.,  south  side.  255 
•ey  and  83  50  to^'^andy vriner.TTsales'have  been're-X  '**'  •*•*  "' ^  *^*i  '**'  I3|500,  to  Warren  B.  Sammis. 


ported  ot  460  bbla.,  including  Tellow  Western,  in  lota, ' 

»t  $3,  and  Brandy  wine  at  $3  50 Com-meai.  tn  bags. 

bas  been  leas  active,  within  the  range  of  $l'3Sx  50  for 
poor  to  very  choice  ^  100  S>.    Moac  of  the    salea  liave 

neen  of  coarse  lota  at   $1  09  for  City  Mills Oiit-meai 

dull  within  tbe  range  of  $6  25®$7  for  £alr  to  choice 
City  and   Western;  very  choice  to  fancy  held  higher; 

Canada,    $7'3    50 Buckwheat    Fiour  has   been    in 

Bodozate  demand  within  the  range  of  $3  25'S)$3  75  for 
▼ery  poor  to  choice  State.  Jersey,  and  Penn- 
■ylrania,    and    up   tu   $3  8>^$4     tor    very    choice 

to  very  lancy  do Most  of  the  lota  sold  were  at  93  60 

f9$8  76  for  fiair  to  choice  #*  100  to. 

GRAIK — Wheat  was  sparingl.y  purchased  to-day,  for 
V^;iQrt,  and  local  miiliD<;  account,  the  flmineas  ot  the 
MTBOipal  holders  ooerating  agitinat  a  free  movement. 

values  were  quoteri  generally  as  before Sal«8  were 

reported  .'f  37.000  bushels,  including  uograded  Spring. 
osQled  ordinary  No.  2  Chicago  sipnnz.  16.000  busaslv, 
for  mUhng  at  $1  42  (with  SI  45  asked,  and  $1  44  bid 
fbr  strictly  prime  do.,  in  storey  and  $1  50  asKed  for 
strictly  prime  N  a  2  Milwaukee  do..  In  store;)  So.  3 
Chicago  Spring,  old  and  new,  mixeo,  in 
•tore.  10,000  bushels,  for  export,  at  $1  35; 
unjcraded  Spring,  In  lots,  at  $1  26'd$X  43;  and 
Tory  inferior  to  good  Bed  Western,  for  export,  at  SI  38 
'3$1  64,  of  wbicn-.^.00ObaaheU  at  $1  64.  and  4,000 
bnahela  at  $1  38.  The  inferior  old  Spring,  (about  a 
boat-load,)  exported  from  Glasgow,  said  to  be  olH  Ho.  2 
Chicago,  is  yet  reported  aa  offered  at  $1  30.  without 
bids.  The  accumulation  of  Wheat  at  Glasgow  is  repre- 
■ented  as  unnauall.v  large.... New  crop  CToi-n  baa  been 
lesssonnbt  after,  particularly  for  shipment.and  though 
'  opening  str.mger,  was  towiord  the  close  weaker  in 
pslce.    Old  crop  without  fucther  repotted  movement, 

but  quoted  steady Salea  have  been  reported  since 

Dur  lasCol  65,000  bushels,  including  New-York  No.  1, 
B.6UO  bubhela.  (for  bomeoae.)  at  bOc;  New-York  No.  2 
jquoted)  ac  58'qc®59&;  >'ew-i  ork  low  Mixed  st  idho. 
ifew-rork  Ko.  3  at  bShCdi^dc,  closing  dull  at  58Jac.; 
Sew-Tork  Steamer  Mixed  at  59c.,  new  crop  Mixed 
Western,  ungraded,  at  5tic'3>59^dc..  Yellow  Southern 
at  Htcwdvc,  mainly  (3,500  bnsnels)  at  e9c.il>a.;c; 
'White  Southern,  2  OUO  bushels,  at  6Uc.-,  ungraded sail- 
UNt-Tessei  Mixed  Western,  old  crop  (nomioan)  at  58c.® 
Uo..tn  store  and  afloat ;  Na  2  Chicago,  lu  store,  quoted 

ait  d9c  ;  and,  afloat,  at  BOcSeic Rye  has  been  dull 

to-day,  with  sales  reported  of  oni.y  small  lots  Jer- 
sey. Pennsylvania,  and  State  here  at  84c.®85c.; 
quote' I  afloat  at  SSCSSQc.  here,  and  SOciz'SO'tic.  for 
Uaroh  arrival;  Western,  afloat,  quoted  at  86a;  West- 
em.  In  car  lots,  quoted  at  8oc.^8Ja,  as  to  quality. 
Some  purchases  of  prime  Western,  rumored  as 
made     at      Milwaukee,     on     export     account,     but 

without   confirmation Canada  Peas,  iii   bond,  dull; 

prime  held   at  95c Barley  in  moderate  demand  at 

ftbout  pieyions  rates,  with  sales  of  10,000  bushels  No. 
1  Canada  on  private  terms ;  quoted  at  $1  05  bid  and 
Bl  OS'^Sl  lu  asKed:  6,000  bnstaels  very  good  nn- 
Craded  Canada  at  $1.  and  e.70U  bushels  Canada  East 

at   71c    ^   bushel Barley-malt  quiet  to-day ;  sales 

of     choice      new      crop      Canada      reported      at 

>1  80,   time;    and  good  two-rowed  State  at  70c 

'Bnekwheaf  inactive;  a  car  load  of  lair  State  re- 
ported aold  at  97c.. ..Oats  bare  been  in  c  mpacatively 
Elaok  request,  tor  local  trade  purposes,  at  about  former 

fates Sales  reported  of  21,000  bushels,  including 

white  Western  at  44c962c  tOr  inferior  to  choice. 
Bhieflr  car  lots  at  44a 947a:  Mixed  Western  at 
ft0i8e.'962c,  as  to  quality;  (of  which  l.SuO  bushels 
vasy  interior  at  400.; )  White  State,  ordinary  to  ye>«r 
•imoe,  within  the  range  of  ile.9iOo.,  from  track  and 
afloat,  inalnly  car  lots  at  61c'365c.:  fiincy  do.,  for  local 
tue,  760  bushels  at  68c:  Mixed  State  at  tlcS/ob^e. 
tor  inferior  to  very  choice,  trom  track  and  afloat; 
JTew-York  Mo.  3  White  at  49a;  New-Tork  So. 
1.  8,760  bushels,  at  68'aa;  New-York  No.  2. 
SMo  bushels,  at  47a;  Nev-Tork  Na  3  at 
48ig&t  New-Tork  rejected,  qnoted  at  41c... .There 
liaa  been  a  more'  urgent  call  aeied  for  Peed,  which  has 

been    rery    scarce,  and    again  qnoted  firmer We 

4IMtei40tOdOIB.  at    B88924;     100  BS.  at  S23'935; 
^  Bye  Peed  at  i24®$26 :  Sbarpa  at  «24'3>«a6,  the  latter 

tat  choice Clorer-aeed  dnU,  with   about  prime  to 

Aoiee  Western  quoted  at  le^cdie^ao;    very    eholce 


tp!!jLaKo.;  about  prime  to  ea^iywrtme  State  at  IS^^c 
....^ther  seeds'  inaetire,  auol 


tftUU 


About  60  bags  Western  reported  sold  at  16a 
onaUty  t.and  ssull  lots  of  state  at  'WiO-'aiQ. 
er  seeds  inaetire.  auoted  as  before.... Uay  and 


%awas  last  otioted...rThe  stock  of    Orain  in   store 

S*lsjJ«^t<?daT embraces 2.991.706 bushels  Wheat 

SllM,sQ8  bnshels  (;orn,3»/,789  bushels  Bye  600.379 

lUhsM  uriey,Sa6.07^bnahets  Malt.  088,480  basbeU 

oSu.    and   9.888   btuheU  Pees.. ..Tbe  accregate  of 

:  tetti  to  store  is  7.44i.8a7boshels.  as  ag^t  7.608,- 

^l^bnabala last itoaday,  and  7,198,496  basbels  ea 

^K  U.  1876. 

-  jm^KoTbe  ooBtraet  pHee  paid  to  dslrvmea  by  hirge 

JaSrn  for  tbe  mmfb  ofVeBnurrls  8>ga^  quart. 

Mm  BBotfaeta  fbr  tiM  latter  ftaU  of  i^avmrj  bare 

Was  settled  at  the  rate  of  4«k  #  qoart. 

2£!l3223sfc.iS-CSa22Sa4,»*aJ^ 


were  deoidedlT  nnflsvorabU  to-day.... Western  Mess 
Pork  has   been  in  stack   demand    nac«     Itor   early 

delivery,     at      reduced       prices Sales     reported 

of  60  bbts.  uninspected  at  (16.... Other  kinds 
▼erT__dnlli  Extra  Prime  qnoted  at  $12  603 
•12  76 :  Western  Prime  Mess  at  814  769$16.  . 
And,  for  forward  delivery  here.  Western  Mass  haa 
been  moderately  dealt  In;  quoted  ferPebmary,  at 
the  dose,  nominal;  March,  down  to  $16  609$16  6iJ: 
April  Bl5  60,  aad  May.  S15  75,  showing  a  marked 
decline^.. Salea  renoxted  of  1.260  bbla.,  Aprii,^  at 
|15  60®«lo  80.  and  1,500  bbls.,  May.  tkl  sfs  f  69 
$i6...  Dressed  Hogs  lesskought  after,  with  (Vettem 
qnoted  down  to  70.97^.1  Ihty  at  7\a98o Cut- 
meats  have  been  In  light  requeat  at  about  prevloua 
rates.. ..Sales  include  8,000  18.  Pickled  BeUies, 
in  bulk,  13  to.,  at  8c.  and  sundry  smaU  lots 
or  other  City  bulk  within  oar  ranga  Auo 
60  bxs.  Rib  Bellies.  12  to..  at  8^  ... 
We  quote :  City  Pickled  Shoulders,  in  bulk,  at  7ai 
Pickled  Hams  at  10c,  (for  10  tb.  averages: )  Smoked 
Shoulders  at  SitC;  smoked  Hams  at  lliaa^llSto.; 
Weatera  Dry-aalted  Short-ont  Hams,  20  to  16  Ib.i 
nominal:  Western  Pickled  Hams,  in  tea.,  at  I0a9 
10>sc;  Clear  Belies,  in  bxs.,  at  9i4ol...Bacon  has 
been  in  limited  demaud,  with  Western  Long  Clear 
quoted  down  to  8>9C.;  and  City  da  ut  8V:-98^; 
l^ng  and  Short  Ciear.  early  dellvety.  S^^a  bales.  100 
bxs.  Western  Long  Clear,  heavy,  at  S'sa.  and  100 
bxs.  Short  Clear  at  9o....Aud  for  Chicago  deliver, 
Iioog  ana  Short  (jlear.  for  ear.y  delivery,  down  to  8'sc. 
with  no  further  sales  reported,  (the  advanued  rate  of 
6oa  9 100 18.  yet  claimed  on  through  freight  to  Liver- 
pool, In  part  impeding  oporai  tons.)  Sales  Were  reoorted 
01  200,OuO  to.  Short  Bio,  in  bulk,  fi>r  ihloago delivery, 

April  option,  at  9H  26 Western  Sti-am   Lard  haa 

been  qnoted  much  lower  tor  early  delivery  on  a  limited 

movement of  Western  Steam,  for   sarjy   delivery 

here,  sales  have  been  reported  ot  276  tea  prime,  part 
at  $10  43,  Closing  at  Slo  409$10  46;  and  fto  tus.  utT 

grade  at  $]0  35 Aid  fbr  forward  delivery   hare. 

Western  ^team  haa  been  quite  active,  but  under  a 
pressure  to  place  options,  prices  declined   shkrply, 

closing  qnlte  neavlly Western  Steam,  for  Pebmary. 

quoted  at  tbe  oloae  at  $10  409910  46;  JSaroD, 
SIO  02>a;    April.    S10e2<4:    Ua.v.   $10  80    askwl 

Sales  vrere  reported  of  Western  Steam  to  the  extent  of 
$6,000  tcs.  Maroh,  at  $10  52>s®$10  75;  &.60Qtos., 
April,  at  $10  62>a9$10  87^  and  3.500  tos.,May.at 

SIO  SO-aiSll Cit.v    &team     and     Kettle     Inactive: 

quoted  at  the  close  «10  269$li'  37>»    dales.  180  tea. 

at  $10  25 Ana   Na  1   ouoted    nominal.. ..Beflned 

Lard  very  quiet  >  quoted'  fbi  the  Contt- 
neut,       fbr       early       delivery,        at        $10   62>q9 

$10  75,    and    for    the    West    Indies    at    S9  37's 

— Beef  has  been  in  very  moderate  regufst  oa  tbe 
basis  of  former  quotations.. ..Wequote  BtrrelBeetat 
Slz'aiXS  60  for  Extra  Messi  at  $10  609$il  60  for 

Plnm  Mesa,  ana  $13  509314  tor  faoaet.  4r  bbl 

Tierce  Beef  quoted  thus:  Prime  Mess,  nf>w,  at  $199 
$20;  India  Mess,  new,  .$2o9$41 ,  City  Bxtra  India 
Meat,  $25....B,ref  Hams  have   been  lightly  dealt  in, 

with  choice  Western  qnoted  at  $24  ^  bbl A  mod- 

erate,.xabvement  ba*  been  reported  in  most  kinds  of 
Butter,  with  the  advantage  as  to  valnes.  in  most  in- 
stances, in  fbvor  of  purchasers.    Supplies   generally 

ample We  quote  State  tubs,  fair  to  very   cboloa 

a0c934c.;  Welsh  tubs.  16c.ai26c.;  Co.  firkins,  fkir 
to'  strictly  choice,  at  18c1:<23c.;  State  Butter,  whole 
dairies,  fair  to  choice.  20c.925c.;  Western  palls,  fair 
to  very  choice.  25a'S>35a;  da  tubs,  oommoa  to  choioe. 
13a921a:  do.,  strictly  lair  to  prime,    tn  firkins,  13c 

917c.;  rolls,  fair  to  very  choice,    140.9200 A  fair 

inquiry  has  been  reported  for  the  mora  desirable 
makes  of  Cheeae,  whicb  have  been  offered  with  re- 
serve and  quoted  quite  firm We  anote  State  Pac- 

.  tory  at  14Hic91634C  fbr  prime  to  strictly  fiuioy,  and 
IIC.91412C.  for  fair  to  prime,  and  Western  factory 
at       lO^aCSlSc       for      fair     to     strictly      lancy; 

State,  aairy-made,  poor  to  very  choice.  8c915o 

Eggs  have  been  moderatoly  inquired  for  since  onr  last, 
with  fresh  Eggs  quoted  within  the  range  ol  18c921a 
for  ikir  to  very  choies  marks,  and  the  dealings  reported 
at  fVom  19c  920c  In  round  lots  ^  dosen....  i'allow  has 
been  more  freely  dealt  in,  at,  however,  irregular  rates. 
Sales  166.000  lis.  prime  Country  andCMt.y.  at  7'''ac 
98o..  and  50  tea.  nn  private  terms Stealrioe  inac- 
tive ;  choice  City,  in  hhas.,  qnoted  nominal:  prime  to 
choice  Western,  in  tec,  $10  5i»@$10  75;  salea  61)  tos.  on 

private  terms Of  Ran£Oon  Rice,  1,000  bags,  in  bond, 

reported    sold  at  $3  36.  gold,  an  extreme  quotation. 

wdlSKY— Quoted  stranger ;  $1  (i9  ssked,  and 
$1  08^  bid  regular,  bur  no  transaotions  reported. 

FREIGHTS— A  comparatively  dull  markrt  was  re- 
ported, to-day.  Kates  were  withont  important  change, 
but  the  advantage  was  in  favor  of  sbiopers,  whose  re- 
qnirementa  were  apparently  very  limited . . .  Kor  LIvut^ 
pool,  toe  engagemdUlB  reported  since  our  last  have 
oeen,  bv  steam,  650  bales  Cotton  at  ^41.  ^Qi.;  1,200 
bales  do.,  (of  through  fteigbc.)  on  pnvate  terms  ;  1.000 
bbla  Plour  at  2b.  6d.  ^  boL;  12,000  bushela  Grain 
ac  434d.  ^  60  lb.,-  1,650  bbls.  Applea  (part 
or  through  freight.)  at  3a.  ^  bbl.;  80  tons 
Heavy  Goods,  reported  st  25a  927s.  6d.;  400  bza  Ba- 
con at  30s.;  1,500  bxa  Cheese  at  35a,  (with  room  for 
Bellned  Sugar  quoted  ac  25a.  bid.)4P'  ton.  And  by 
steam   from  Pliiladelphia,   equal   to  250  tons  Heavy 

Goods,  reported  at  27s.  6d.93os.  ^tou Kor  Londou. 

by  steam,  small  lots  of  Provlsioug  reported  at  36a. 
(With  some  demand  reported  lor  ruum  for  Refined 
Sugar,  but  bids  not  sati8fjotorv)....Pur  Glasgow,  by 
atoam,  40  *onp  Tallow  on  private  terms;  quoted  at 
3O9.,  asked,  ^  ton. ....For  the  United  Kingdom,  some 
fhriher  inquiry  was  reported  tor  toauage  tor  Timoer. 
Southern  port  loading,  at  about  previous  quo- 
tations  For     Cork     and      orders,      tonuage      lor 

Grain  waa  in  very  slack  request  tu-day,  with 
rates  quoted  essen.lally  aa  before — irom  this  port,  4". 
9d.95a;  from  Philadelphia,  5a  Soa  3d.:  acd  from 
Baltimore,  5s.,  ^  quarter.  A  somewhat  freer  move- 
ment was  ri*i>orted  Irom  San  Francisco  In  tonnage 
suited  to  tbe  Wheat  trade,  at  about  formor  ratea.... 
For  Bremen,  by  sail,  50  rons  Measurement  Uooiis.  at 
22s.  6d.  ^  ton  I  also,  a  German  bar  ,862  toiu,  hence, 
with  about  5,800  bbla  Refined  Petroleum,  at  3a  3d.| 
and  a  British  bark,  1,046  tons,  with  about  7.200  bbis. 
do.,  trom  Baltimore,  at  St.  bd. '^  bbl For  Conti- 
nental ports,  generally,  tbe  repoit  as  to  berth  freights 
by  steam  and  sail  was  of  extreme  dollness,  though 
no  further  changes  ot  moment  were  reporr-ed 
aa  to  rates,  which  rulod  low. ...For  Gibraltar  aud  or- 
ders, an  Italian  brig,  3U4  tous.  hence,  with  equal  to 
about  2,000  bbla.  Kenned  Petroleum,  lu  bbls.  and  cases. 
at  6s.  Sd.  ^  bbL,  and  27c.  ^  ca^  to  the  Mediterra- 
nean, with  privilegea  (at  proportionate  rates.)  ex- 
tending to  Odessa,  which  was  at  7a  ^  bbL  and  36o.  V 
case. ...For  the  W  est  India  Sngitr  trade,  aa  also  for  the 
Lumber  and  Coal  tradea  the  demand  was  compara- 
tively tame  to-day  oa  the  basis  of  about  former 
flgnrea                           

THB:BEAL  EST  AXE  MARKET. 


plainilfll  Louis  Ifesler,  under  a  similar  court 
order,  "W.  P.  Dixon,  Esq.,  Beferee.  sold  a  bouse, 
with  lot  35  by  103.3,  on  £ast  74th  st.,  sonth  side.  230 
feet  west  of  Avenne  A,  for  flO.OOO.  to  H.  kleyer. 

The  following  legal  auctions  were  adjonmed : 
Sale  by  Louis  Mesier  of  a  plot  of  land  oa  3d  av., 
south-west  comer  97tb  sC,  to  Feb.  31 ;  sale  by  R. 
T.  Harnett  of  the  boilding,  with  lot.  No.  3  Peck 
Blip,  between  Pearl  and  Water  sta,  to  Feb.  86,  and 
safe  by  same  auctioneer  of  two  lots  on  llch  ay., 
south-east  eomer  60tn  st.,  tiru  dU. 

TO-DAT'S  AUCTIONS. 

To-day's  sales,  all  at  the  Exchange,  are  aa 
follows : 

By  B.  F.  Falrchtld,  Supreme  Court  foreslosure 
sale,.E.  B  Schafer,  E^q.,  Beferee,  of  a  honse,  with 
lot  25  by  100,  on  Grana  St.,  north  side,  75  feet  west 
of  Suffolk  BC 

By  William  Eennellr,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  J.  Grrant  Sinclair,  Esq.,  Beteree,  of  a  houae. 
with  lot  24.6  by  61,  on  Gonvernear  St.,  ssntb-west 
corner  Madison  at.  Also,  siuiiiar  sale,  same  Beferee. 
of  one  lot,  35  by  100,  on  East  88ch  sc,  bet  ween  3d 
and  4tb  ava.  known  as  lot  Jio.  84,  on  a  map  of  Har- 
lem Commons. 

By  M.  A.  J.  Lynch,  Suprem*  Court  foreclosure. 
"W.  A.  Buvd,  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  a  plot  of  land,  126.3 
by  152.3  by  197.9.  on  East  90th  St.,  sontb  side.  601 
feet  west  of  3d  av.  Also,  similar  sale,  same  Beferee, 
of  six  lots,  each  25  by  100.8,  on  East  91tt  st,  soath- 
eaat  comer  4th  av. 

By  E.  H.  Ludlow  &  Co.,  foreclosure  sale  by  order 
of  the  Court  of  Common  Picas,  H.  Pultz,  Esq.,  Bef- 
eree, ot  a  plot  of  land,  19U  or  372  by  32  by  50  by  75 
by  102  3,  on  tit.  Ann's  av.,  north-west  comet  West- 
chester ar^  Korrlsania. 


EXOHANeSSALES— MONDAY,  FSB.  19, 

KKW-YOKK. 
Sv  R.  V.  Banutt. 
1  fotir-story  brick  tenement-house,  with  lot. 
Baat9thst.,  n.  a,  154  ft.  a  of  Avenue  C,  lot 

21x82.;i. $6,100 

Bil  etUr  F.  Meytr. 

1  two-story  ana  basement  frame  honse,  with 
lot.  East  86th  St.,  a  a.  255  ft.  a  of  ad  av.. 
lot  2Sxl0a.2 3,S00 

By  LOUM  Mmut, 

1  five-Story  brick  tenement-house,  with  lot. 
East  7«th  St..  a  s.,  260  tu  w.  ot  Avenue  A,,lot 


22x10X2. 


..  10,000 


BJSOOBDJID  REAL  JtSTATE  TEAySFMBS. 

NBW-TOBK. 

Saturday,  Feb.  17. 

40th  St.,  e.  a.  87.6  it.  n.  of  Grand  st,  Zs'sx 
100.2;  Barak  G.  Coles  and  wife  to  G.  I).  Mei- 
nen.. nom. 

22d  St.,  a.  a,  15U  ft.  w.  of  let  av.,  26x9a9|  T. 
Mohler  to  Lena  urnst -  nom. 

Pnt  st,  «.  •.,  lUO  fl.  n.  ot  Grand  it,  26zlU0; 
same  to  same......... .      nom. 

83a  St.  a.  a,  76  ft  w.  of  1st  av.,  30x9a9; 
Christian  Hisber,  Jr.,  and  wUe  to  A  Reinhart.$28,600 

Ludlow  st,  a  a,  200  tt.  n.  of  Hester  sk,  40x 
87.6;  i£.  Stengel  to  P.  Btengel nom. 

41se  St..  n.  a,  250  fr.  w.  of  t>th  av.,  60x98.9; 
Edward  L.  Donnelly  to  George  L.  B..lheimer.      nom. 

Broaaway,  n.  w.  corner  6ist  St..  I08x  irregu- 
lar; George  JUng  and  wife  to  Apartment 
Hotel  Comoany..... . „ '  nam. 

Delanoyst,  w.  a,  68.7  ft  a  of  Suffolk  sc, 
2&8x84.ti:  Frederick  Handt  and  wife  to  B. 
Uiobenfelder 12,000 

Willet  St.,  a  s.,  200  ft.  s.  ol  Eivingten  St..  25x 
100;  A.  Hassey  to  M.  Eeim 18,000 

Istay..  w.  a,  25.5  tt.  n.  of  60th  st,  23x100; 
Anthony  i>ugro  to  Bdward  J.  Krug. 18,700 

SSdst..  a.  a.,  70  ft.  w.  of  lut  av..  80x98.8: 
Anna  Keinhart  an  d  husbaud  to  Amelia  Ai^ 
bedter 36,000 

Eldridge  BU,  w.  a,  between  Stonton  and  Eiv- 
inatonsta.lot  Nc  668.  26x100;  C  Oahin 
and  wile  to  B.  Uerdstielder 17,000 

78tb  St.  a.  a,  206  tt  a  of  3d  ar.,  60zl02t 
QeorM  W.  Chamberlaiu.  and  wiie  w  it  J. 
Cummtngs.. nom. 

78ta  st,  a.  a,  aoo  ft  a  of  8d  av.,  26xl02; 
same  Wiame nest 

BaBnitba  st,  ««.  18 1  Cbrutiaa  Selsaaand 
bsaband  to  Bsge  Getacb. bok. 

•Ocb  i^  ^  i^Jo*  at  fc  at  0tb 


4u£^:;;««3ie]i>J<:^ir3iNfs(^^ 


1  avM  8Ua;76d|^  Pa^ 


rrdkF.lfagtnnwdwiretoasorgePreneb aea. 

lutb  fcCSV 7§&. %. «ra3r*y" a»«nw.xi i  ^ _ 

JCimxM  &  Hsnfv  t*  Bridcet  B.  BeRtak-..  9.000 
eOtb  st,  a  a.  80  tt  e.  oTetb  ar.,  30x76 1 

Michael    Pitastanmoa   and  Wife  to  Oemge. 

French < „.. , 82.600 

JCadison  ar.,  a  w.  eoraer  S8th  st,  36x96;  ▼. 

It  A  Chauetto  w.  Beranlt...... %  nom. 

ntt  st,  w.  s..  llXi  ft  w.  of  Grand  st,  24x100 ;  ^ 

WiUlasn  Bmat  and  wifiB  to  T.  Mahler nom. 

82d  St.  n.  a,  160  ft  w.  of  1st  ar..  26x98.9;   ^ 

same  tosame S  nem 

Waterst.,  a.  a.Bos.   314  and  818.  26x74;  A 

S.  Batch  and  wifb  to  McAtUey  Water  Street 

Mission i.     6,000 

1st  av.,  a  a,  75.11  ft.  a  of  126th  at,  26x76  : 

Oeerge  P.  Martens  to  C.  a.  Oragin 12.600 

41scst..  O.S..  400  ft  a   of  2d  av.,  18.8x98.8; 

J.  J.  Thomaaaon,  Referee,  to  W.  L.  Cutting...  6.300 
let  ST..  a  K,  76. 11  ft  a  or  126lh  St.,  26x75;  J. 

0,  Biaolalr,  Keferee,  to  Q.  P.  Martens 8.800 

49th  St.  n.  a,  200  ft.  e  of  3d  ar.,  19.6x74 ;  C. 

T.  Mlddlebieoy.  Beferea  to  U.  H.  Boardman..  3.700 
16tbsc,a  a.  387.1  rt.   w.   of  7th  av.,   24.»x 

8a  6;  B.  C.  Cbetwood,  Beferee,  to  T.  Flu- 

patnck 9,060 

86th  st,  a  a,  300  ft  w.  of  8th  ay..  31.10X 

102.21   B.    O.    Cnetwood.  B«ferea*to   Ann 

Crowley.. .4 3  500 


CITY  KEAL  ESTATE. 

JOHN  W.  DBRINU  dts  CO.. 

MO.   ISO  BBOjIDWAY,  and 

BHOAUWAT,  CORNBB  OF  618T  ST., 

Have  a  honse   on  West  45th  st.   $28,000,  and   many 
others  above  42d  st,.  less  than  $20,000. 


NO.  40  BAe)T»l!STe»T. 

Four  stories,  hl?h  stoop,  brown  stone.  26x65x92;  20 
rooms,  prtu".  $37,noo,  lucludlu/  fixtures  and  a  por- 
tion of  the  furoUura :  $J5,000  may  remain  at  6  per 
cent  tor  three  and  five  veara 

E.  U.  L'DULOW  k  CO.,  No.  3  Pine  st 


THlKTY>.«>BVMNrU    HT.,    BErvVKKN    5TfI 
AWD  6TU  aVS.-  For  sale  a  go  >d  EiurUsh  basement 
house  in  fine  orJei  and  partictilarly  well  plumbea. 

P.  Q.  it  C.  M.  BROWN,  Nc  9u  Broadway. 


APl.Ve   NUKTM.hA.HT   CORNKK   HoU/^B 
on  Uadiaoj  av.  aud  Munray  Hill:    fad  aiasd,  perfect 
order  in  every  way.  F.  Q.  kC.  8.  BilOwN,- 

So.  90  Broadway. 


AL>Ai£<4B   NU.tlBUR   OF  dOl/.SttS    BrfuO.fd- 
ing  to  estates  and  InsUtatinns  for  aale  or  rent  at 
low  ratea     KiAQUASi  K  PAOE,  Sn.  42  East  23d  st 


BKOOKI/ra^^EAIi^ESlA^ 

To  LliA!»£— $800.— POUB-SrOBY  BROWN-STUNB. 
bigli-stoop  honat-s,  22r55  feet,  on  lot  100  feet,  slt- 
nated  on  3d  St..  Brooklyn,  near  7th  av..  and  on  tbe 
bigfa  ground  ad)olnlug  Prospect  Parx.  Third  st  Is  the 
extra-wide  srreet  leading  to  the  entrance  to  the  Pork. 
This  Is  the  hignesr.  and  most  huilthfol  part  of  the 
whole  city.  The  bonsea  are  flrac-class  ia  every  re- 
spect, in  perfect  orJer.  and  immrUlate  possession 
oao  he  given.  Apply  to  J.  B.  BAMUEL  tt  SON ,  jlc  117 
Broadway,  Kew-Toik.  or  10  IRA  A  KIMBALL,  comer 
6.h  av.  and  9th  St.,  Brooklyn. 


FINEST  COUNTRY  SEAT  ON  THE  HUD> 
eti>N,  about  lOO  acres:  large  mansion ;  porter's, 
gardener's,  ana  iarmer's  cottaees,  .ind  all  neceasary 
ottt-bmldings  ;  a  bargain ;  Improved  property  taken  in 
part  payment  J.  WILSO.>l  LDOKKT,  Tonog  Men's 
Christian  AssociaUon  Buildings,  comer  4th  av.  and 
2Sd  St. 


AN  ELEGANT  A1AN8IUN,  COAIPI.UTB  |1N 
alliu  appointments,  firescoed,  and  heated  by  steam, 
to  rent  partially  t'urnished;  situated  in  the  most  de- 
sirable part  of  Newark,  M.  J.,  faoi-ig  Mrashlurton  Park; 
the  grouuds  are  handsomely  laid  out;  fine  stable, 
gxeen-honse,  Ilo.,  complete:    rent  low.    Applv  to 

B.  U.   liUUliOW  Ic  CO.,  Ka  3  Pine  st. 

rW\0  L.BT— FUR.SI8UEU  OR  UNPUK.SISUED— THE 
JL  private  residence  of  James  C.  Woodruff;  containing 
15  rooms,  on  the  corner  of  West  Jersey  st  and  De  Hurt 
place,  Elisabeth.  M.  J.;  grounds  of  one  acre:  lawn, 
garden,  firuit,  stable,  and  hen-house.  Inquire  of  A.  O. 
CRANE  J{a  135  Broadway,  or  O.  U.  LANUDOM,  Mea  8^ 
and  84  Worth  st 


EXCHAMGK.— THREK  UANDSUMK  COUN'TBY 
residences  within  one  hour  of  New-Tork,  tree  of 
mortgage,  to  exchange  for  City  Improved  property  not 
too  heavily  encumbered.  Apply  10  T.  8.  aUkPaBUD, 
Ma  146  Broadw^. 


OUANUK.  M.  J.-ttUoMl'af  HOUSKS.  LAHM. 
Hnuvil.age  <nta  ror  •tale:  a  zieat  ran  sty.  .Use 
liimislied  and  unfurnished  'lOUses  ru  let  for  season  ac 
jejir,  bv  WAtTKit  R.  sMri'a.  tormery  Blaukw»:  it 
''n.iili.  (ii'Hime.  uonii-r  iifMalnand    •"'one  st*. 


TO  ttK.Nf,  AT  liK\<I.X.  .VIA'i.-*.,  TilK  PLAi  S 
of  the  late  R.  Sands  Tucker,  with  carnage -bonae. 
Jcc;  tarm  U  desired.  Applv  to  TUCCKR.  CARTER  It 
Co..  Na  70  aouth  st.,  or  to  1'.  POST,  Lenox,  Maaa 


__^WEIJJNGS^TOJ^ET^__ 

A  SPECIALTY. —TO  LET.  FROM  MAY  1.  TrIAT 
desl^ole  private  dwoiilnz,  Ko.  247  Kast  82dst; 
tbree  stories,  basement  and  cellar;  high  stene  sMop, 
tea  rooms,  besides  bath,  cioaeta,  store-room,  h,o.;  per- 
fect order,  everynmprovemeni;  $55  oer  month-  Ap- 
p  y  on  premises,  or  to  J.  A  J.  NBAFBE.  (owner,)  Real 
Estate,  Sa  1.533  8d  av. 


FURNI.SHKDAND  UNFL)KM.««U  El>  HOUSES. 
■II  parts  or  City  aud  subnroa  to  let  or  for  sale;  bar- 
Salns.  Parties  having  bouses  are  Invited  to  send  me 
eacription;  no  charge  lor  registering.  J,  MBLSuM 
LUuKbY,  2.1d  St.,  corner  4tb  av.,  christian  Associa- 
tion Building. 


^U^O  LET— HOUSE  HO.  232  EAST  IITU  ST.,  BE- 
X  tween  2d  and  3d  ava,  eontaining  all  the  modern 
improvements,  will  be  let  low  to  good  parties.  For 
particulars,  k.a.,  apply  to  M.  ECUETERRIA  It  CO.,  Na 
•M  Beaver  St. 


HOUSES   TO    LKT  CHfc:AP— SAbT   5tiTd  HT., 
$760:   East  48th   st,  $l,2oO ;    7th  av.,  $1,600; 
West  21st  st,  $2,000;   30tb  St.,  $2,200. 

B.  A.  CRDIKSUANK  fc  CO.,  Na  68  Broadway. 


NO.  101  WAVMULtiV  FLACH— 30  BY  SO. 
overlootflog  WaahioKton  aqnare  :  a  delightful  resi- 
dence: rent  $2,150;  seen  only  oy  permit.  Inquire  of 
N.  P.  FREEMAN,  Ka  37  Pine  st 


ClHEAPBHT    BUILU1.N<4    TU     LKT    IXIW.N 
/TOWN— Na    436  tVater  st,    26x60.   four  stones  ; 
$1,000.      B.  A  CRCIKtlHANK  It  CO..  tt8  Broadway. 


NDAIBKK     OF       KIUST.^'L.ASS     gVH- 

Lnlshed  aodnafhroished  houses  to  let 

8.  W.  WiLLIAMa,  Na  837  6tb  av. 


HOUSES&EOOMSJWAOTED 

WANTKI>^A  HANDSOME  AND  COUPLUTKLY 
tumished  honse  tn  a  flrst-elasa  ceutral  location. 
whose  oitner  will  boara  with  tenant  InUen  of  part  of 
rent;  highest  references  given.  Address  J.  U.  P., 
Pest  Office  Box  No.  1 .389. 


WANTEU.- -A  HOUSE  WITH  10  OR  12  ROOJdS, 
with  modem  Improremente,  between  S2d  and 
6Uth  sta,  and  3d  and  6th  ava  Addr  ss  wUh  tuU  par- 
ticulars U^  Box  Na  145  Tlvu*  ofBoa 


STOKES,  ^tO.,    JO   LEX. 


09JBI0S8  TO  LET 

IN  THE 
TIMES  BVITJ>lNGi 
tf  PLT  TO 

GEORGE  JON^s, 
TIMES  OVFICE. 


OFiriCBS  ON  VianT  BLiOOB.  OP  .NO.  117 
Broadway,  now  occupied  by  the  .standard  Jnsur- 
tnce  Company,  to  let  or  leasei  rent.  $4,200  per  an- 
num; kise,  26x90 feet         B.  U.  LUDLOW  fc  CO.. 

No.  3  Hne  st 


riAO  LET- THK  STOKS  AND  aPaU TMEN  I'S  AT 
XNo.  131  Waverler  place,  one  door  fttim  6th  av.;  a 
good  stand  for  any  light  business:  rent,  $600  par  an- 
num. THORNTON  M.  BODUaN,  Real  Estate  Agent, 
Na  696  Broadway,  corner  4th  st. 


OFFICUS  TO  BENT. 

KoallS,  116,  117,  and  119  Broadway.    Two  lam 
elevatorsi  obsapast  in  the  i-ltj  considering  location. 
a.  a.  LUULOW  fc  Co.,  mo.  a  Ptoe  st 


STOltBS  TO  LKT  CHEAP  -ON  B    OAD.  FRONT, 
Wattrr.  Beaver,  West,  .south.  Pulton,  Catharine,  aud 
Ibambers  sts.,  4th  av.,  Broaoway.  &a 

E.  A  CKUIKJiHANK  fc  co.,'mu.  68  Broadway, 


mo  LET— >Hiii  STOftU  AND  BASb-MENT,  HO.  2 
J.  New  Chambera  St..  now  Occupied  as  a  restaurant. 
Apply  to  W.  L.  CO.SKLIN,  No.  li  4tn  av. 


T 


O  KBNT-TUK  SECOND  STORY  STORE  NO.  I80 
6th  av.,  near  23d  at    Apply  to 

E.  H.  LUOLO.*    fc  CO..  No.  3  IHtte  St. 


n; 


O.  'Ze3  BROAUWAY-CFPEBPAIiTTO  LET; 
splendid  location  for  otBces  or  business. 
E   A.  CRU1K8HA.>K  fc  CO.,  No.  tia  Broadway. 


T- 

X  excellent  loantion  for  bosloeiis,  No.  195  Dnane  kt, 
near  Greenwieb.    Inquire  ou  premises. 


TO  LET— THE  PODR-STOBY  BDILDINQ,  IKCLnO- 
ing  store  Na  866  Broad  w..y,  four  doori  above  17th 
st    Apply  to  U.  a.  CAMMAN.s.  No.  25  Finest 


STUAiU  fOWKtCANO  JfitCsiP  KUOOR  AND 
cellar.  50x80  feet,  Soa.  188  anl  190  West   Houston 
st    Inquire  in  the  corner. 


_REAL_ESa^A/^E^WAN^ 

REAL  ESTATE  TO  EXCHANUB.-W ANTED. 
a  small  cotmtry  place,  three  or  four  acres,  ( >Vest 
Chester  County  preferred.)  With  a  good  house  nnln- 
cumoered,  W'irih  from  $3,000  te  $4,0i>0,  tor  wbicli  a 
well  assorted  sto&k  ot  ready  made  clothing  will  be 
gtren.  Address,  giring  partloolars^  HANSON,  StaJou 
D,  New-York. 


___JJ0ST^A£D^J<W5P;;___ 

STOLUN  FBO.tt  ONE  OF  THE  AlANAGBRS 
lo  ticketo  of  tbe  Martha  Washington  Reception— 
Noa  4,181  M  4,190,  inclusive.  The  public  aieouu- 
tioned  against  buying  the  same,  and  are  reaneaied  to 
renort  at  the  rooms  of  St.  John's  Guild,  Na  <2  East 
14tb  st,  any  one  offering  the  aume  for  sale. 


UBWAUU.-LOaT  ON  eiU-SDAY.  FUB.  18, 
between  2  and  a  o'clock,  atteruooo,  a  blaok 
ondtauTemer — longears— in  4tbaav.,  between  29th 
and  80th  sta  Apply  at  MAISON  KtuaBLIEO,  No.  161 
Lexington  av.,  corner  80th  st 


LOaT— 910  UttWARif.— P02  TERRIER  DOG, 
nearly  white  ;  black  and  tan  about  Ifead;  tail 
sbertoned.  Above  reward  will  be  paid  fbr  him  at  Na 
104  hast  86th  st 


WATOHES,    JE WELBY^    &0. 

ONE V  oiTiiiASioNDsrwA^^  ace. 

—Diamonds,  natebsa  Jewel,  y.  silver- ware,  eamei's 
hair  shawls,  siU,  ko.,  bought  and  soul  baek  at  a  very 
smaU  adramoa     UEOROB    C    4Xaata.  }eweier,   No. 
sAoBO  BMaawsr.  aea*  39«ai^ 


SIXtJAXIONS  WAKTBP. 


FE9L4LR8. 


•^VBBvCFiiTOWM- OJWIOE  OF  THE  TUIES. 

^-  -  The  up-town  of&ee  of  THE  TIMES  is  located  at 
No.  I,ita7  Broadway,  bet.  Slat  and  3!M  sta. 

Open  daily,  Sundays  moiuded.  ftom  4  A  M.  to  9  P.    M. 

Bubscriptiona  received,  and  copies  of  THE  TIMES  for 

sala 

ADTESTIRBMBNTS  BBCBllTBD  UNTIL  9  P.  M. 


CHAB-WO.tlAN.— BY  A  YODNQ  WOMAN  TO  »0 
out  b.r  tiie  da.y  to  do  washing  and  house-cleaning, 
at  $1  per  dav ;  good  referenca  Call  at  Na  406  Weat 
&4tb  St.  first  floor. 


CHAR-WOAIAN.— BY  A  TOONG  WOMAN  TO  GO 
out  at  day  work;  nnderatands  fine  washing  and 
ironing;  good  refbrenca    Call  at  No.  212  West  SOtbst. 


CHAMBKR-MAID  AND  WAITRB«S.-BT  A 
young  woman  as  chambet-maid  and  waitress;  no 
obleotlon  to  assist  with  washing  and  Ironing ;  good 
reflrrenca  Call  at  Na  130  West  28tn  st,  between 
6th  and  7th  ava,  room  Na  14. 


COAMBMR-JIAIU  AMD  W^AITlUB.Sis BI  A 
very  respectable  girl  as  chamber-maid  ana  wait- 
ress, or  waiting  alone;  is  willing  and  obliging;  best 
Citr  reference;  no  cards  answered.  Call  at  No.  309 
West  38th  st 


CHA91BER.inAIO,   ifcc— BV  A   RKHPIsCrABLK 
girl  as  chamber-maid  and  waitress;  or  would  wait 

on  a  lady,  and  care  growing  children  :  C^rr  reference. 
Call  at  Ho.  112  West  20th  St.,  between  6th  and  7th 
avs.,  second  floor. 


CHA.VIBBK-.UAID.— BY  A  YOU.'«0  GIRL  AS 
chamber-maid  and  wai  reas  lo  a  private  family; 
three  years'  I'ltdr  reference  Irom  last  placa  Call  for 
two  days  at  No.  442  vVest  36tli  st. 


CHAMBKH->IAID.-BY  A  YOUNG  GIRL  AS 
chamber-maid  and  seamstress  in  a  private  fWmlly; 
three  veara'  City  reference  from  last  plaea  Call  two 
days  at  No.  44  J  West  3  th  st 


CHAlMBBR-HAIIL- BT  A  SCOTCH  GIRL  FOR 
chamber-work  ;  wliling  to  assist  with  washing  and 
waltinu;  understands  house- work.  Can  be  seenunril 
Thursday  a"  Na  3i»7  7th  av..  me-xt  markrt 


CHAnB£l{.!VlAn)  AND  SEAitLMTRRMH.  OR 
chamber-maid  ami  waitress,  b.y  a  voune  Protoatant 
Welch  girl)  no  ot^r-ction  to  countrv:  good  referenoa 
Call  at  No.  828  West  16th  it.  ftwcy  stora 


|'^HAinBBK..-VIAlD    AND    WAITHB.SS — BT  A 

Vyre  speotable  yonng  girl ;  wuM  assise  with  washing 
and  imniog;  is  Willing  and  obliging:  good  referenoa 
Call  st  Na  602  2d  oy. 


CHAAIBEK-iHAIO.  —  BY  A  YOUNQ  GIRL  AS 
chamber-maid  and  waitress;  Is  willing  and  oblig- 
ing; best  of  City  reference.  Call  at  Na  141  West 
27th  st 


CHA.>IBBH-inAID.— HT  A  RE8PBCTABLK  GIRL 
SS  chamber-maid  or  waitreas :  assist  with  washlnir 
or  sewing ;  flrit-olast  referencea  Call  at  Na  486  2d 
av.,  between  27tb  and  28th  sta 


GHAYIBBR-.nAID  AND  WAIIKE'-S,  OR 
to  do  Chamber-work  4nd  Fine  Washing.— By  a  very 
r*8pectable  younz  woman:  the  best  Cl'v  reference 
givpn.    Call  or  address  No.  435  Hast  5Sth  st. 


CHAMBER.inAIO.-BYA  RBSPBCTABLB  PEOT- 
estent  girl  ns  chnmiei-mald  nnd  waitress,  or 
obamber-mald  and  seamstrrss;  excellent  City  refer- 
ence.   C1II  at  No.  201  Kaot  37th  Ft. 


CHA.nBKH..>IAID  AND  \VAITRK«S.-BY  A 
respectable  young  girl  ana  assist  in  washine ;  is 
willing  and  obliging.  Call  or  address  Na  421  West 
42d8r..  in  fancy  store. 


CHA.VIBBK.VIAID     AND     ASSIST     WITH 
Washing.— Best   referenoe,    CaU  at  No.  109  West 
6 1  st  st 


CHA.nBBR..ilAJD    AND    VVAITRli.«iS.-BY  A 
young  American  girl,   or  as   seamstresa  :   flrst-class 
reference :   Cttv  or  country.    Call  at  237  Bast  24th  st. 


CIHAinUBR.lVlAIil.- BY  A  RCSPECrABLB  GIRL 
yas  chambt-r-maid  and    waitress;    flrst-class  refer- 
enoa   Call  at  No.  2i)5  East  29ih  at. 


CHAI»IBBR.>nAIO   AND  WAITRESS.- BY  A 
respectable  girl;  good  City  referenoa    Call  at  Na 
225  Weat  IBth  ar. 


CHAHBER..1IA1D.-BY  A   YOU.NG    WOMAN  AS 
ohamber-iuBld  aud   waitress  in  a   private  family; 
el<tht  years  City  rei'erence.     Call  at  No.  49()  bth  av. 


CHAMBER-.tlAlD   AND  WAITRESS.— BY  A 
young  girl,  or  will  do  general  bouse-worlt.    Call  at 
No.  4».>  EfiBt  9th  St. 


CBA^iaKK-.tlAIO.— UY      A     YOU<ia     GIKL     AS 
cb  moc-r-maid  and  waitress  In  a  small  private  fbm. 
l;y.    Call  stNo.  137  West  2jth  St..  bell  Na  4. 


COOK— CHAAIBRR- WAI D  AND  WAITRESS.- 
By  two  el-terti,  together,  Scotch  Protestants;  will 
do  work  of  small  tamily  between  them;  City  or  coun- 
try; bes' 01  rUercnca  Call  at  No.  68  West  13tb  st, 
caody  store. 


COOH.  WASUU.t,  A.ND  IK«*.M£U.— BY  A 
respectnbie  woman :  is  a  go  d  cook ;  excellent 
washer  and  ironer ;  best  City  reference ;  Citr  or  couu- 
trv  Address  U..  Bot  Na  310  TIME.S  DP-TOWN 
OFFIi-E.  NO.  1,257  BttOADWAY. 


C^ilOH.- BY  A  scored  W.JMAN  AS  PIRST- 
^clnas  cook;  can  serve  up  dinners  in  the  best  style: 
exoert  baker  aud  pastry  ciKtit;  experienc  d  In  all 
kiuus  ofausnerts,  sweets,  preserves,  fcc;  best  refer- 
ences.   Call  at  .\o.  115  West  50th  st. 


COOH,  diec.— C'HAUBtilt-.rlAlU UV  TWO 
respectable  colored  cirls;  cue  as  cook,  wasber, 
andiiouer;  the  other  as  ch  imbet-maid  and  waitress; 
or  would  take  washing  Rt  home  ;  best  City  reference  ; 
Apply  at  No.  2;19  i-.asr.  '.iStb  st. 


C100K.— BY  A  FIKSf-.  L.KSi  COOK  I.V  A  PRIVAlK 
./family;  Is  an  excel  eut  breud.  bieouit.  and  caice 
maker;  understands  de«s-rt«.  meats,  and  soupi  ;  best 
City  referAoca  Call  at  Mo.  I'.ii9  .vest  10th  St.,  second 
floor,  front. 


COOK.— BY  A  FRiiNCU  COOK  l.M  A  PltlVATB 
tamilv;  uo  oojeotion^  to  tbe  country;  Citv  refor- 
eucf^;  Well  recommended  from  last  place;  can  be 
seen  tor  two  daya  Call  or  address  No.  448  6th  av., 
nug  tep  belt 


COOK.— BY  A  KlRsr-CLASS  COUK  l.V  A  PR.V.VfB 
family;  Ihorooglily  uuderstauds  her  business; 
will  assist  with  washing;  best  City  reference.  Call 
for  two  dara  at  .No.  6ud  6th  ar. 


CIOOK.— Bi  A  UKSPBCIABLE  VNOMAN  Ad  COOK, 
ywasber,  and  Iro.ier;  three  .years'  reference  from 
last  place:  no  oljsctioo  to  tbe  oountry.  Call  at  Na 
253  hust  38th  st 


COOK  AND  IjAUNDRKSS.-BY  AN  i^XPdRl- 
•luced  Protestant  .vounx  woman  aa  cook  ;  good  ad- 
dress :  will  oe  found  willing  and  obliging,  call  at  No. 
206  West  30th  st 


ClOOH.-BY  A  UKUABLE  Pfc:RSO.>f,  (PROTKST- 
vant.)  and  assist  in  the  waahiog:  understands 
work  in  general:  City  references;  no  objection  to  the 
couatry.    Ca.l  at  Na  160  East  25tb  st 


COOK.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  PBOTRSTaNT 
youug  woman  as  c<iok  and  laundress:  first-oiasf 
references  Irom  iaat  employi-r.  Address  A.  vy.  Box 
No.  V!88  TIMlss  OP-luWN  OFFICE,  1.2i7  BROAOWAY. 


ClOOK.— BY  A  PttOTEdi'ANr  WoMAN  &6  GOOD 
./plain  cook:  cnde.stauds  baking;  no  oijection  to 
going  a  short  dlstauce  in  the  cqantry.  Inquire  at  No. 
•^.m  We.t  16th  St. 


COOK  AND  I.AlJNDi£o,SS.— BY  A  YOU.NG 
P.oiestant  woman  as  cook;  is  a  flrst-class  laun- 
d  ess:  (itv  retereacei  city  or  country;  Call  at  Mo. 
•^S7  Baat  -.;4th  at. 


C100K.— 1>Y  A  EKSPECTABLh  PliorfalSTANT 
>/girl  aa  cook  and  to  assist  in  washing,  fca;  no  objec- 
tion to  t'je  country:  best  City  referenoa  Call  at  c%o. 
150  West  28th  St..  in  store. 


COOK.-BY  A  FIK31-CLA>8  hNOLlSU  Pn.OTti8T- 
ant  cook  In  a  private  family;  will  do  coarse  n  ash- 
lug  ;  City  or  Country;  best  City  refurenca.  Call  at  No. 
330  6th  BV. 


COOK  AND  AiA{JNl>Kli!!«.'«.— ilY  A  KESi'ECT- 
able  person  as  goad  pialn  cook;  flrst-class  laun- 
niess;  City  or  country ;  good  Citr  relerenca  Call  at 
No.  i(}3  East  43d  St.,  one  st-iiirs  upb 


C'lOOK.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  WOMAN  AS  GOOD 
yeook:  no  obJecUon  to  assist  with  was b ing ;  oest 
City  referenoa  Call  at,  for  two  days.  No.  108  West 
51st  St. 


(■>OOK.— BY  A  P.Rsi-CLASS  NORTH  GORMAN 
ycook;  excellent  famliy  baker:  best  City  reference 
ITom  la-t  employer.  Addresj  O.  H.,  Box  No.  308 
TIMES    Uf-TOW.'*'  OFlflCii,  iMO.  1,'257  BRO.*DtVaY. 

OOK  A.>U  ASSI.«*P  WITH  VVASUINC1J.-BY 

•  good  family  cook  in  a  private  family;  has  Ave 
years'  City  tererenca  Call  at  No.  202  West  19:.h  st, 
Ural  fl  :oi-. 

COOK.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  COOR;  CNDERSTANDS 
French,  bnclisb,  and  American  cooking;  best  City 
reierence:  hotel  or  boarding-house.  Call  ht  t>o.  181 
West  19th  St.,  in  rear. 

OOK.—  YARESHKtTABLEKR.'.NCH  W0>1AN  IN 
a  prlv.ite  family :  Cit.y  or  country;  good  referenoa 

Call  or  adureaa  lor  two  days  No.    220   West   Slst  at., 

bnstment. 


COOK.-BY  A  Y<»UNU  WO  JAN  AS  GOOD   PLAIN 
cook,  waaher,  and   ironer;    best    City  referenoa 
Call  ixt  No.  610  2d  av. 


C100K.— BY    A    FIRSr-OLASS    COOK;     HAS    FIVE 
yyeuTs'  Cliy  referenoa    Can  be  seen  for  two  daya  at 
No.  :^48  Weat  4 1st  St. 


COOK.-BY      AN    EXfE,<lENOKD     PROTBiTAiVT 
woman  as  cook;  good  lauu.lress;  will  be   found 
willing  and  ooliglnt;.    Call  at  No.  317  W  st  41st  SL 


COOK.-BY    A    RKSPECTaBLE     YOUNG     WO.MAN 
as  cook,  washer,  and  ironer;  best  city  referencea 
from  last  pisce.    Call  at  No.  642  3d  av. 


CUOH,   dec— BY  ACoafHrHSV  YuUNG  WOJIAN 
as    cook,    washer,  and  irouer,    eigbt  years'  City 
reference.    Call  at  .No.  3'^4  West  iiilet  st. 


C4IOI4..— BY  A  REaPKCTABLhi     WOMAN  Ao  COOK, 
washer,    and   ironer;     hrst-class   City   references. 
Call  at  or  address  No.  211  East  26th  st 


C^OOK.— bY  A  RRSPECTABLB  WOMAN    AS  FIRST 
/class  cook;   is  willing  and  obliging;    country  pre- 
ferred ;   good  reierence.     Cull  at  No.  233  West  27th  st. 


CXOOK.— BY  A  YOUNQ    rt'OllAN   Ai  COllK  ;    WILL 
/assist  with  washiug  10  a  private  family  j  best  City 
referenca    Call  at  Ma  65  8th  av.,  corner  13th  st 


COOH.— BY  A  BKcP-iCTABLE  YOUNG  QlRl.  TO  DO 
cooking,  washing,  undirouing;   best  City  refeience. 
Call  at  No.  334  East  36th  st. 


COOH.— BY  A  aliOOtiKAQED    PROIKSTANT  WOJl- 
an ;  la  a  good  plain  coou  ;  willing  to   do  the  coarse 
washing ;  best  City  referenoe.  Can  at  168  West  &2d  st 


C^OUK.— BY  A  PROrE.*.A.^r    WOMA.V  AS    COOK; 
yTisagood  baker:    City  referjenca    Call  at  No.  105 
\>  est  l7th  St..  afler  9  o'clock. 


DitK^i.^-.tlAKt::!!.— BY  A  KESPECTABLK  PKOT- 
eetent  gin  its  dres^-maicer ;  cin  cut  aud  fit  and  has 
a  maobiue ;  no  objection  to  thking  care  of  a  growing 
child ;  good  referenoe  cin  be  given.  Call  tor  two  daya 
at  Na  447  West  39th  st. 


DKBS>-.ilAKUR.— EMPLOY^dENT  BY  A  OREaS- 
mauer  by  tue  day  or  at  her  own  hotue;  ia  acons- 
tomeJ  to  ail  kinds  of  fomlly  sewing.  CaU-oa  or  ad- 
dress L  D.,  Na  149  East  12l8t  st. 


DRESS-MAKKR.  — A  F8\7  MORE  FAMILIES' 
work:  understands  ontting  ana  fitting  ladies' 
dresaes;  operating;  terms  moderate;  reierenoa  Call 
at  Ma  434  4tb  av..  in  stora 


DRESti-ill.tKEM.— iiY  A  FlRd'^-CLASd    DRhSS- 
maker  a  lew    more   eugagemente  :  tenna   $8   per 
\  week:  fl<st-atai«i«t!BnaA«.    Call  at  Na  itlu  oau ar' 


^ 


SITCrAOTOKS^AJJrTBD. 

JfEMALJBaB, 

DREKS.1HAKER.— WOBK  BT  TBB  DAT;  COTS 
_  and  flte  all  ^  latest  stylea.  Call  er  addreea  Na 
866  6th  av. 


GOTERNBSS  OR  UADV'S  COMi' ANION.— 
By  a  French  widow  lady  of  edoeatlon,  refinement, 
and  uuexcepriouable  reference:  is  used  to  t  traveling 
and  good  society;  salary  net  so  much  an  oi^ect  as  an 
agreeable  position.  Address  M.  S.  M.  &,  Box  Ma  lltf 
ZHmes  OfBca 


HOIlSB>WORK.— BY  A  ,  BBdPBCTABLB  blBL 
to  do  general  house-work:  has  no  objection  to  a 
privnto  boarding-honse :  is  a  good  plain  cook,  washer, 
and  ironer;  good  referenca  CaUatpreaenl  employepa. 
No.  268  West  21st  st 


HODSB-WORK.- BYAYOONO  WOMAN  TO  DO 
general  houae- work  in  a  private  family  t  four  years' 
reference  from  last  place.  CallatHa289  Bast  69th 
St.  room  No,  9. 


HOUHB-WORK.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  WOM- 
an  to  do  house-work  in  a  amall  family:  good 
washer  and  ironer;  good  City  reierenoa  Call  at  Na 
304  Kast  34tb  st 


OCMU.VVOaii..— UY    A   RB8PECTABLB  TOUMG 

■  ■  girl  to  do  general  house-work  In  a  small  private 
family.    Call  tor  tvro  days  at  No.  442  Qreenw  oh  it. 


HJ 


HOUSfe-WORK.— BY  AM    AUBRICAN    GIRL   TO 
do  general   b<  tiae-work  in  asmili  family;    City  or 
country;  good  refeieuce.  Call  at  No.  414  East  18th  st 


INPA.NT'S  NVUHK.—BY  AP.lOl'KSrANT  W\.M. 
an;  capable  of  taklus;  solt  char-^e  and  briniclog' 
It  np  by  tbe  iiottle;  excelleot  Citv  referenoe  given ; 
no  olrieotioa  to  tbe  country.  Call  for  two  days  at  Na 
InO  Baat  23d  st,  between  Lexington  ami  3d  ava 


LADY»»  .'VIAID.- BV  A  COilPKTE.Nr  PiSKSON, 
to  a  la  .voryouiigladi-s:  soealcs  sererai  lauTuazes ; 
is  a  good  seamstress  aud  iiundrebS;  best  referenca 
Call  Rt  No.  bUJ  8th  av  .  in'ba  very. 


LAU\>S  1>IAID.— BY  A  COMPKIENT  PERSON, 
ir  companion  to  an  elderly  lady;  speaks  several 
languages;  isagoid  seamstress  and  laundress;  best 
referenca    Call  at  No.  56.^  8th  ay. 


LAUNDKKStl.- BY  A  PRorUSTAtJT  WOil^N  AS 
flrst-class  lauodress  in  a  private  family  ;  City  or 
Country;  good  lefereuca  Call  at  No.  320  East  22a  st, 
in  bakery. 


LAUNDRBM.X.- BY    A    RE SPKCrAlil.E    GIRL    AS 
flrst-class  laundreis;  best    City  reference:    not 
afraid  of  work.     Call  at  No.  543  7th  av.,  corner  39th  St. 


L'  ll.>DKES.-*.-BY  A   YOU.NG  WO  HAS  A^  FIRST 
class  lanndress,  or  would  do  chamher-work;  best 
Citv  reterenc.    Call  at  No.  143  West  38th  st. 


CAl'.mttCtii-'S.—BX     A      PlRsr-CLitlSS      FAUIL.Y 
laundress ;    City    or  country  ;    best  of  referenca 
tall  at  No.  l■^i  West  19th  st,  first  floor. 


LAUND  R  KSsS.— BY  A  RBLIABLh:  YOUNQ  WOMAN; 
best  Cicv  reterence.    Call  at  No.  l,46ti   Broad«ra.y. 
between  42d  and  43d  sts. 


NCRSBRV  GaVlcRNE.-s.**  — BY  AN  AM8RI0AN 
woman  some  responsible  position;  is  an  expe- 
rienced nursery  f^ovt-mess  and  invalid  nursa  Inquire 
MldsL  .Yonn..:  Women's  Christian  Association,  Na  7 
East  15th  St. 


NUR"*E.— A  LADY  WISHKS  TO  PROCDRS  A  SITU- 
ation  for  an  excellent  trustworthy  girl  as  nurse 
or  maid:  is  i.  g  Hid  seamstress  ;  willmg  and  obliging : 
can  he  seen  at  present  employer'a  Call  at  No.  230 
West  430  St. 


NUKHE.— BY  A  RE.SPECTABLE  YOUNG  WOMAN 
as  child's  nurse;  la  capable  of  taking  care  of  a 
baby  from  its  birth,  or  would  do  chamber-work  and 
fine  washing :  five  years'  best  City  references,  tan  be 
seen  at  her  last  employer's,  No.  251  West  64th  st< 


TVTtKr<K.— BY  A  LADY  WHO  HAS  GIVEN  DP 
r^  hiiusekeeplog  for  her  nurse,  who  has  lived  with 
her  nve  years;  luily  competent  to  take  care  of  an  in- 
fant.   Call  at  No.  1U9  Kast  36th  st. 


NUKSB.— BV  A  RKSPECiABhE  GIRL  AS  AN  BX- 
neiieuoed  nurse,  or  would  do  chamber-work  and 
wiitini;:  oest  City  referenca  Call  or  address  Na  125 
West  49th  St. 


lyr IJRSE,  dtc— A  LADY  WISHES  TO  PROCURE  A 
Xl  fituation  for  an  excellent,  trustworthy  girl  as 
nurse  or  maid;  good  seamstress;  wiUin:;  and  oblig- 
ing.   Call  ut  No.  :^3b  West  43d  st.,  pie8eutempio.yer. 


NIJR.«*E  AND  SEA.^IrtTRESS.  A- BY  A  RU- 
spectable  girl :  is  cap<tole  of  titking  lull  charge  of  a 
ba'iy  from  its  birth;  go^  City  referenca  Call  at  No. 
162  Bast  Insist 


NUltSK.-BY  A  PROFESTA.NT  WOMAN  THOR- 
oughly  competent  to  t.ika  care  of  a  child  from  its 
hirtli ;  refereiic.  Address  M.  A.:  Box  No.  a27  TIMES 
UP-TOW.f  OFKICK.  NO.  1,267  BRO  \U WAY. 


NURSE.— RY   A    COMPSTKNT    SPANISH    YOUNG 
woman  ;   snsaks  Eu'.;  ish  fluently,  and  is  a  very  ex- 
?(>rii*iiced  nurse;    beat  Citv  refeience.    Apply  at  No. 
60  Wavpr'ev  place,  near  6th  av. 


NUKSIi.— oY    A    PROTK.STA.NT    ClRL;  TAKB  EN- 
tire  coargeot  infant :  Citv  or  country;  good  City 
r-fereoca     Call  at  No.  4.i7  7tU  av.,  near  34th  st. 


NUKSB,  &C BY  A  YOU.SG   FRENCH  PROfESI- 
aut  (!lri|  to  t.iku  care  of  children  aud  do  plain  setr- 
ing.     Cell  oraddre  s  .Vo.  216  7th  av. 


NCKWK.- BY   A    COiMPKCENr    GIRL.,    AS    NURSK 
{^d  seamfatri'Sa ;  capable  of  t.ikliig  charge   of   an 
Infini  from  its  birtli.  C.illor  ttit<iro8a  'Ju7  West  ;j6tb  st. 


NiatSK  A.ND  P*K4.»ISrRfi.'!«S.— riV  A  RriSPE^T- 
abla  girl;   Protestant;   best  City    referencea.    Ad- 
dress J.  W..  care  Mr.  Murdy,  So.  342  East  2::td  st. 


NLIKSB  AND  (JUAUUKR-rlAID BY  A  COM- 
petenr  youue  girl ;  good  City  referenca    Call  at  No. 
2ii4  East  2uth  sL 


SKA.tlSPRB.-^S  OK  CH AMBER- .UAID.-UY 
a  thoroutiulv'  competent  p'^rsou  iu  a  pnvace  f  tmily  ; 
uuderstauds  cutMuK  and  fittius;:  all  ki:id8  0t'  family 
work;  workiu;{  ou  dies.seH:  operat>-s  00  Wheeler  fc 
Wilson's  suwin8-ni.ichioe;  can  farnish  best  City  ref- 
erences Can  be  seen  wheie  she  has  lived,  No.  26 
West  .S9th  St. 


SKA.llSPKR.SS.-BY  A  YOUNG  WOMAN  AS 
seamstress;  understands  drsss-miking,  trimmiug, 
an  J  all  kliiila  ot  family  sewing;;  wo  ,1a  assist  with 
cbambcr-work  or  children  :  is  a  good  operator;  nnex- 
ceptionable  City  reterence  a.i  to  honesty  and  capaci- 
ty.   Crtll  at  Ao.  321  East  37th  "st 


Sfc;A.WSTRli>*S.— BY  A  VOUAU  AMERICAN  GIRL 
as  first-. 'lass  seams'ress  and  ohamuer-iu<tid  ;  can 
sew  on  di£rereut  m,w'biaes.  or  aasist  with  goiwing 
cbiidren;  good  City  referenca  CaU  at  JSa  317  E;ist 
37t  I  St. 


SBA.11.STRKS.S.— A  FIR.ST-CLASj  SEA.»loTRi,S3 
oy  tbe  day ;  can  cut  and  fit  aud  trim  in  every  style  ; 
flrsi-class  rererences  for  cxpability  and  character  ; 
Wiiges  moderate.  -  Address  No.  3.S3  West  17'ii  St. 


QEAinsTKESS.- BY  A  KEjPECTAULK  GlUL  A3 
l^staujstreaa,  and  to  110  light  chamber-work ;  can  cut, 
Ut,  nnd  operate:  is  willing  aud  obliging;  beat  City 
reierence.    Call  at  .Vo.  330  Bust  39tb  at.,  for  two  days. 


SBAIYISTRBSS.-UY    A    GOOO    .>EAUS1'RSSS    A 
fewe.igaeenieuls  bv  the  day  or  week;  can  tnraish 
minhine.    < 'all  i.r  address  if.  L.  H.,  ^^l  West  .Slst  st 


WTEf  NL'»t>.p;.— BY  A  KhSPECTA6LE  VOU.NG 
r  T  woman,  who  has  no  home  and  no  care  but  her 
baby:  hnle.  strong,  and  health v  :  reierence  cood.  Can 
be  seen  for  two  da.vs  at  the  Roosevelt  Hospital.  West 
59th  St. 


WET-^UKSE.- BY  A  YoU.SO  jlARRI.D  LAUit, 
H  baoy  to  wet-nurse  at  her  own  home ;  hat  lost 
her  own  baby  one  week  ago;  first-clasi  dootress; 
reterences  exchHrned.  loqmre  at  Na  341  East  27 th 
St..  second  floor,  Iront  room. 


WAITRBS.*!  Ott  CUA>lBKR>iUAlU BY  A 
brst-class waitress  and  caamber-maid;  na  neat 
plain  sewer;  best  City  reterence.  Can  be  seen  until 
suited  at  No.  l'.3j  West  2itb  st. 


lTAI-PRE."*!*.— BY  A  F1E3I-0LA8S  WAIIRESS: 
.  T  understands  making  all  kinds  of  salads  and  care 
of  sliver;  is  can^ble  ot  filling  a  man's  place ;  City  ref- 
erence.   Call  at  No.  488  7th  av. 


w 


WAITRESS.— BY  A  10U.su  GIRL,  AS  WAIT- 
ress:  is  wiMng  to  assist  with  cuamber-work ; 
f<  ur  years'  refeieuce.  Call  at  Na  706  9tn  av..  near 
4Si.b  St.;  second  bell. 


WAITRES.-^.— Bi  A  RESPECTABLE  GIRL  IN  A 
private  tamily :  five  yearo'  best  Citr  reterence  from 
her  last  place.  Address  M.  H..  Box  No.  2o5  Tl.aES  UP- 
TOWN OFrlCE,  NO.  1,267  BROADWAY. 


WArPRES.-*.— BY  A  V  UNG  WO.d.iN  AS  PlRST- 
class  Wi;iitre8s:  is  willing  to  do  cham  oer- work  In  a 
piivatK  famdv;  seven  years'  City  refercuca  Call  at 
Na  454  Wpst  S2.1  St. 


WAITRK.'^S.— BY  APROTESTaNf  YoU.SU  WOM- 
an,  ss  first-class  waitress.  Call  at  No.  477  5th  av.. 
present  employer. 


WAl'rRliS.'».-BY     A    COMPEPuNr    GIRL    IN     A 
flrst-ciass  private  family  ;  best  of  City  referencea 
Call  at  No  164  West  2bth  at. 


WAll'RKSS.- BV     A     RE.^PFCTABLE     GIRL.     AS 
hrai-class  waiiress:  beat  City   reference.    Call   at 
No.  lOi  Hi  VVest  49ti^t.:  ring  second  bell. 


WASHINU.— BYaE.^:si'EOTABLE  WCUAN,  FaM- 
llies'  i>r  a  few  laare^  or  geniJemeu's  washing,  by 
the  month  or  dozen;  terms  modt-rute;  best  01  refer- 
ence; gentlemen's  shirts  done  ill  the  neatest  manner. 
Call  at  -NO.  34i*  West  43d  su,  between 8th  uuj  9ih  ays,, 
second  floor ;  Mr«.  Moore. 


WTASHlMli.— BV  A  FlRiT-UL.iaS  L.iU.'iURiidS  ; 
rr  i.idies'  anu  gen  lemea's  washing;  undersiands 
fine  Washing  and  fluting;  50  oeuts  lo  75  cents  per 
oozen  ;  City  reference.  Call  at  ^o.  1I4  West  4oth  St., 
Mrs.  Alalone. 


WASHI.\G.— BY   A  FiKai-CLASS   LAU.SUR.^SS 
eeutlcmen'saudfamii.y  washing.  p.>lisbing, fluting, 
aud  puffing,   at   76   cents.       Call  at  No.  4;.i0  East  X6ta 
St.,  top  Hour,  bacK  room,  .So.  19. 


WASHING,  dkc.-BYA  RESPECTABLE  WOMAN 
to  no  out  by  tbe  (la.y  wushing  aud  ironing,  or 
would  he. p  lu  tbe  kitchen  ;  best  City  reference.  CaU 
at  No  330  E  iSi  3t>th  Bt. 


WASUlAU.— BY  A  FXdSf-OLiASS  LAO.NDRESS 
gcutlemun's  or  family  washing  ac  her  own  honse  : 
best  of  retereuco  can  be  given.  Call  ur  address  No. 
417  Westblidst. 


WA.«»tii><ii.— uY  A  RliSPnCl'ABL.i  WOMA  V, 
gent-emeifs  or  family  w,i8biug  on  reasonaOlo 
term] ;  tirsi-cl  iss  City  refereuce.  Call  or  addreaa  Mrs. 
Leioy,  No.  107  vVe|^6ih  st,  Room  No.  11. 


\YA.SHlNt^.— nY      A    RESi'EClABLK      OEBaAN 
V  T  Woman  as  flrsi-class  lauudress;     will  wasu  by  the 
dozen,  week  or  mouth  :  i>est  relerenca   Call  at  No.  195 
2d  81.,  beiweeu  Avenues  A  and  B.  second  floor. 


WA.SHINU — BV  A  PR01'i:,SrA.NT  WuMaN, 
washing;  at  her  home,  or  will  go  out  by  the  day  ; 
does  not  ujject  te  house-cleaning ;  tiest  reference.  Caul 
at  Mrs.  MorribOn's,  ao.  48s  btn  av. 


WTASUllSu.— BV    A     FiRdl--cL.AS.S     IjAONDRKSS 
r  r  wasbing  aud  ironing:    7o  Cent .  i>er  dosen.    Apply 
to  Mra  McCarthy,  No.  150  West  I9th  st 


CIjBRKM  AxND   SAiiBS.tlBN. 

OOK^kuBPEK.  CORR^SPONDBNTTdfecT 

— Is  comoetent;  an  excellent  penman,  and  oau  give 
first-ciasd  reierence.  Address  P.,  Box  Na  120  TimeM 
offlcc. 


UlALiiila. 

C COACHMAN,  dfcc— BY  A  YODNG^MaRRIEoIiaS 
juB  coachman  and  gardener,  or  porter  ;  Protestant; 
flrst-class  re.ereuca  Call  or  address  John  McAffrv,  No. 
Olid  Greenwich  St. 


F' 


COACHMAN.— BY  A  GKNTLEMAN  FOB  UI8 
coachman,  a  single  young  Svotohmtn;  all  satisfac- 
tury  re.ereucea  given.  CaU  un  or  adaees  V,  T.  C  So, 
84  juliMtrtr  SU.  Boom  JIa.  ^ 


j^y.MiS'.">Ai-5,^/i-^ 


SITUATIONS  WAKTED. 

.•nAUBts  

able  man,  married ;  experienoed,  capable,  and  trust- 
worthy; generaUy  nseftil;  knows  the  City:  will  be 
fotmd  a  good  man  in  erer.r  respect;  has  good  reference' 
from  late  employer,  who  can  b«  seen.  Address,  for 
ttiree  days,  Z.  Z.,  Box  No.  328  TIMES  DP-TOWN  ,0P- 
WCB.  NO.  1.267  BBOADWAY. ^ 


CIOACHJHAN  AND  GROOM.- THOROUOHL  Y 
/  understands  bis  business ;  willing  and  obliging  : 
no  objection  to  country:  understands  the  oar*  and 
treatment  of  gentlemen's  read  horses ;  highly  recom- 
mended, lirlng  six  years  in  one  place.  Address  A  B.. 
Box  Na  253  TIMES  UP-TOWIT  OPPIOE.  NO.  1,267 
BROADWAY, 


COACHAIAN.-BY  A   YODNO    COLORBU    MAN: 
understands  his  business  aa  to  care  of  horses  and 

carriages:  honest,  willinc  ana  obliging:  good  atead.v 
driver ;  good  City  refJsrence.  Call  or  adoress  !.  D., 
No.  214  East  22d  at,  top  floor,  frost;  can  be  seem 
at  any  time. 


COACHMAN.— BY  A  SINGLE  HAS.  WHO  THOR- 
ongbly  understands  tbe  oate  of  horses,  carriages, 
and  harness ;  careful  City  driver ;  best  Citr  reference ; 
can  be  seen  at  present  employer's.  Call  on  or  aadresa 
Nn.  103  West  56th  St.,  private  stabia 


COACUlUAN. -BY  A  SINGLE  Y  UNG  UK'*. 
Prote8t>int;  understend*  the  business  tborongbiy: 
can  milk;  is  capable  of  being  nsetnl  iagener.il  one 
gentleman's  place;  good  rfiference  given.  Address,  for 
two  days,  J.  o.  H.,  Box  No.  '222  Timei  u£Sc«. 


C"1t»At;jan1AIV.— BY  A  Co.UPETtiNT  AND  Ri-.SPEC T- 
//able  Protestant  einsln'  man,  8c  >toh  ,  understands 
gardening  and  can  mi  k,  If  iieoessiry;  Citr  or  coun- 
try :  first-class  reterencea  Address  J.  D.,  Box  Na  236 
Timet  Offloa 


COACH.nAN.— BT  A  FlRSr-CLASS  ENGi.ISH 
coachman;  thoroughly  nnderst  inds  hia  busin  ss; 
bf'st  Cit.y  refereiices:  City  or  country ;  married,  one 
child.  Address  W.  J.,  Na  130  West  ^Sth  st,  private 
stable. 


ClOAt'UiUAN,  UROO.U,  AND  PL.UN  QAR- 
/'deuer.— By  ayouug  man;  ttioTOU{bly  understands 
the  care  of  horses,  ham-  as  and  carriages,  and  gen- 
eral woik  on  a  geutlema.'s  place:  good  reierencea. 
Address  J.  M.,  Box  inc.  vil6  Timti  OfBca 


COACHMAN  AND  («ROO.Ur-81f  A  Rii.sPttOi- 
abieyouus  German;  first-cl  ss  groom  aud  driver; 
City  orcouutiy;  is  willing  aud  ooliging;  first-clask reter- 
ence. Call  or  address  Coachman,  corner  liruadway  and 
37th  st;  harness  stora 


COACH.UAIN'.- BY  AN    BNGLISU  M.A&.t.l£D  UAN  : 
no  family.    Address  for  one  week,  Etobert  Cole,  Pat- 
ersoQ  Post  office,  N.  J. 


aARDKNER — KOR  TUE  loTU  OK  MARCH.  BY 
a  practical  siuele  man  to  take  cb'tr^e  or  a  first- 
ciasi  gentleman's  place;  has  most  satisfactory  reier- 
ence as  gardener  01  experieucn  and  ability  in  tde  van- 
aeement  of  areen  end  hot-house  plants,  grap°riea 
vegetables,  fruits,  laylnn  out  grounds,  ttc  Parties  in 
want  ot  such  a  man,  addxeaa,  stating  fiui  particulara 
U.  B..  flurist.  Uoboken.  S.  J. 


GAKUENRR.- KUOA  GERMaNV,  WdEttE  UR 
received  a  thoroui^h  education ;  the  Oreeo-nonse 
Departmentof  the  Central  Park  was  fur  several  years 
placed  under  bis  care;  as  be  haa  an  experience  of 
many  years,  during  which  he  was  employed  In  some  of 
the  must  ci-lebrated  gardens  of  Europe,  he  trusts  that 
be  is  able  to  give  entire  satisfaction.  Address  Brtlck- 
ner,  No.  1.8S0  34  av. 


GAROe.NER.— BY  A  SCOTCHMAN;  TriOROUQH- 
ly  competedt  in  hot  and  cold  graperies,  green- 
house plants,  rows,  vegetables,  ana  laying  out  of 
grounds  11  required  ;  wife  can  tmke  charge  of  dairy; 
sntisfactory  references  can  be  given.  Address  £.  J., 
Box  No.  237  Timet  Ofllce. 


GARDENER.- BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  GARDENER  : 
(Scotch,  married:)  tborongbiy  ondeistanda  his 
business  lu  all  its  branches :  references  as  to  character 
and  ability  nnexceptionabla  Address  L.,  Peter  Hen- 
derson. Esq.,  No.  85  Cortlandt  St. 


GARDENER.— BY  A  « OiiPETENT  MARRIED 
man;  understands  the  propagation  and  care  of 
greenhouse  plants,  grapes,  ka;  best  of  Oty  refereaces: 
has  had  long  practloil  and  euccesstui  experienca  Call 
or  address  G.  D.,  at  seed  store.  No.  876  Broadway. 


GAROEMBR.— BY  AN  ACTIVE  MARRIED  M.AN 
us  gardener;  wife  would  do  house- work;  willing 
to  milk  and  drive  and  oe  gene:  ally  nsetul;  low  waces; 
good  reference  from  business  oommunity.  Address  U. 
a.,  Box  No.  212  Times  Offlca 


GARDENKR.- BY  A  SCOTCHMAN,.  AGE  28; 
mHrrled;  11  years'  experience  in  first-class  places; 
can  give  the  best  references  Hom  pa.t  aud  present 
employers.  Address  o.  H.,  care  T.  Natterlee,  New- 
Brii;hton,  Stated  Island. 


GARDt£Ni:;li..— BV  A  SINGLE  MAN;  UNDER- 
stands  vegetaoles,  flowers,  care  of  hors  s,  and 
mukiufr;  willing  and  obliging.  CaU  or  aaoress  J. 
.smith,  No.  1 85  Kast  32d  st 


GARUE1N1<;R.— BYA  PIdsT-CLASS  FRENoU  GAR- 
deuer ;  competent  in  ail  branchaa      Addresa  No. 
l^ti  Blcecktr  st. 


G.\KDKl«Ui(.— BY     A    PRACTICAL.    MAN;      ilAR- 
ried,    no   chlliren;     wife  aa  cook;     If  desli'ed   good 
rctereme.    Call  or  aodress  J.  B.,  No.  35  i'ortlandt  st 


HOLlSE.A«i;£.NP.-BV  A  RESPECTABLE  PSOf- 
estaiit  man,  to  take  charge  of  teuemuot  property 
as  honsB-keeper  ;  or  lease,  with  uood  reler.-nce  ;  with 
good  expei'ieuce.    Address  217  East  29th  st.  Room  3. 


MAL.E  nt'RSE.— BY  A  COMPeTE.ST  A.VD  TEM- 
oerate  man  as  nurse  or  attendant  to  a  sick  or-in- 
vaiid  geuticicau;  good  City  reference.  Address 
Hervey.  rioi  So.  26j  TIMEU  UP-rOW.tt  OFFICE,  AO. 
1,257  BROADWAY. 


U.SKI?(JL  itlA.N.- BY  A  YOUNG  COLiBiiD  MAN; 
highly  esteemed  tor  inleerlcy;  uuderscan  Is  o^te 
01  horses,  cows,  p.am  gardenia;,  ana  can  wait.  CaU 
at  No.  2o8  5ta»v..  L.  WooJiey. 


USEFLL.  MAN.— CA.f  MILK.  WAIT.  GARDB.f, 
care  for  an  1  drive  a  horse  :  a  smaU  place  in  coun- 
try preferred;  three  years'  reference  :  wages  no  object, 
ouiyahome.    Address  J.  J.,  Box  No.  230    rztm  es  office. 


WAIl'KR.- IN  A  PRIVATE  FAMILY;  UAS  FULL 
kuowlaiigeof  all  the  wotk  that  is  required  in  a 
fir»t-clasi  family;  will  be  recommoiidel  by  fi  re  families 
iu  City  for  being  reil.ible  in  aU  respecta  Address  H. 
M.,  Box  No.  30a  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OPPICE,  xNO.  1,257 
BaOAOiVAY. 


WAITER.— BY  A  PROTBSTaNI'  MAS.  SINGLE 
as  waiter  in  a  private  lauxUy ;  wUlmg  aud  obliging: 
thuiouebiy  uuderstands  his  business  :  tbe  best  ofCicy 
reference  trom  bis  last  employer.  Address  John,  Na 
1278  Broiidwav.  between  32d  and  33d  sts. 


WfAlTKR.- BY  A  REsPeCTABLE  MAN,  IN  A 
T  T  private  family  ;  wUhng  and  obliging:  best  City 
reierence  from  last  and  present  employers.  Address 
E.  B.,  Box  Na  288  TIMES  UP-TO»VN  OFFICE,  NO. 
1.267  BRU.ADWAY. 


WAITER.- BY  A  RELIABLE  AND  COMPETENT 
Protestant  man  as  flrst-cass  waiter,  iu  a  nrivate 
family;  has  the  best  City  re.erence;  no  objection  to 
(irv  or  country.  Address  G.  R.,  Box  No.  3o2  TIMES 
UP-TOVVN  OFFICE.  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


WAITER.— BY  A  RKSfECTABLE  YoUNQ  t  OL- 
ored  man,  lU;  a  private  family ;  City  referenoe  ; 
Understands  all  kicds  of  salads;  ooiigiug  and  willing 
to  00  anything.  Address  L.  vv.,  Box  No.  3^2  TIMES 
UPTOWN  OKKICB,  NO.   1./67  BROADWAY. 


WAITER.— BT  A  FRENCHMAN;  FIRST-CLASS 
waiter ;  two  years'  first  class  City  reference  from 
last  place;  in  private  family;  City  or  country.  Ad- 
dress C.  T.,  No.  12;s  West  d3i  at,  first  floor. 

AlTER.— BY  A  RS8PECTABLE  F.iENCH  WAIf- 
er;    nndersi.ands   service   at   table:     bas    taken 
cbarire  of  silver  for  a  private  family  ;  best  city  refer- 
ences.    Address  N.  Y.,  No.  255  West  35th  st. 

WTAIPER.- BY     A     loONQ     COLORED     MAN    AS 
VT  first-class  waiter  in   a    boarding-house  or  piivaffl 
famllr  :  best  City  referencea    CaU  at  or  address  Na  150 
West  27th  St. 

Al'PKK.— BY    A    FlRn-CLASS     MAN;     KNuWS 
uis  worK  thoronghly  iu  all  iis   brancoes;   best  of 

City  reference.    Address  tor  tvro  days  L.   W..  Box  No. 

302  TIMES  Ut^-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1.257  'ROADWAY. 

WAITKR.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  WAlTriR  WITH 
Vt  excellent  references;  is  an  active  mau  of  good  ap- 
pearance.   Address  J.  D..  Waiter,    ox    -0.273   TIMES 

UC-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 

WA1TER.-BY  A  RESPECTABLE  ENGLISHMAN  AS 
steward  ;  would  have  no  objection  to  act  as  nurse 
to  an  Invalid  gentleman ;  liuexceptlonable  referencea 
Appl.y  at  or  addres)  No  t>21  tilh  av.,  third  floor. 

AIl'ER.— BY    A  PROrESTANT    ENQUsHMAN 
as  waiter;    is  thorough  iu  hie  duties;    best  city 

refereuce  Klvi-n.      Call  or  address  C.  11..  No.  154  East 

42d  St.,  first  floir.  front. 

All'Eli.— £iV     A     YOUNG     COLOREO    MAN     AS 
Walter  in  a  smaU  private  family ;  good  retereoces. 
CaU  or  address  J.  a.,  No.  b92  8th  av. 


4\TA1TEU.— iiY    A  FRE.xCHjIAjN    IN    A    PRiVaTE 
Tt  family;  best  City  refereuce  from  last  emp.oyer. 
Addiess  A.  C.  No.  246  East  30i.h  st,  room  no.  ^ 


WTAll'KR BT  A  BE8PECTA6L2;.    KXi^nKi.NCED 

T  T  young  Eu;;liahmau  ;  i/lty   reierence.    Address  A. 
B.,  No.  -Mil  West  vi6th  st 


WAITKR.—uY  A  FRENCH    WAlffttt  O^t  iKAVnL,- 
lu,^  sei'Vd/Ot;  speaks  Italian  aud  Engliah;   beat  City 
reterence.     Address  P.  S.,  Ko.  15u  East  42d  st. 


WAII'ER.— r>Y   A    SWISS    MAN,    IN     A  PEiVaTE 
tamily ;  good  refereuca     Address  P.   K.,   JNo.  892 
bth  av. ,  m  the  grocery  stoi-c. 


WAITEU.-./!  4  loUNG  FRENCH  SWISS  MAN; 
cood   City  reiereuces;     speaks  a  Uttle  Engl>8ii. 
Call  or  addicBS  A  B.,  flo.  141  hthav. 


MMB.  UBPVERD,  NO.  101  WEST  I41'H 
st,  teaches  a  new  sysiem  of  self-flttiug;  highly 
rec.mmended  fur  its  simp.iclty  aud  perfect  success  ; 
any  seamsciess  cau  be  lautihtla  three le^ssons. 


WAITED- SAl-ESAlBN;  TWO  IN  NEW-YORK 
City,  anJ  three  for  New- York  and  Pennsylvania; 
business  permanent,  and  uo  peddling ;  salary  liberal ; 
hotel  and  traveling  expenses  nalJ.  Address  MOniTuR 
LAMP  COMP.ANY,  Na  2o4   Main  St.,   Cincinnati,  Obio. 


WANTEU.-A  PioU5),  CLEANLY,  UcALTriY.  AND 
experienced  ProtestiiUt  woman  to  caie  for  grow- 
iug  cuildren,  and  to  be  geuerally  lueful.  Address  Post 
Office  Box  No.  2,187. 


WAN'l'ED— A  LADV'S  MAID    AND  ScAjlblttiibS ; 
eue  thoroughly  uuderstanding  her  business.    Ap- 
ply at  No.  2i«  West  19th  st..  from  9  to  11  a.  M. 


WA^'PJiD— A  YoUnG  SWEUE  GIrL  to  do  LlGaT 
chamber-work  and  sewing  lor  a  fsmily  of  threa 
Call  at  No.  lo5  Weat  4ath  st. 


A  GREAf  OFFER!  Itbe\^eVti'd^.T^'S 

dispose  0/  lUO  trtJtuSoa  oe  OxtiirANi.'?,  aew  antt 
aecoad-baud.  of  firat-claati  malters.  inciadins 
Vv  A  I'UifCs'.at  lower  priced  lor  ca^b  or  inacali- 
inenti«  or  to  let  outii  paid  for  tnaa  erer  before 
altered.  VVA'l'ttRS'  titCASu  sQCaRc;  and 
Uf  KluHT  PlAi^U-SiSeOtCUAiX^^ai-e  the  liEs  1' 
MADE.  AGb.\T.«t  V¥ANrG;D.  f Uojtraied  Cat- 
alocnea  .bailed.  A  liberal  discoitnt  to  x'eaeitera, 
Jtf.nwiers,  Ohurcius,  etc  s>lBbet  mnelc  at  ball  price. 
jd.oi(ACE  WAl'ERS  ii  SoM.?,  iflanufctra.  and 
Dealero,  40k.ast  14th  .«t.,  Cnion  sguare,  M.  V. 


MJ»S  SL.O.riAN  ISVOtLM!*  THE  RESIDENTS 
ol  Xtemfurd,  Conn.,  that  she  vrid  give  Yocai  and 
lus.rumentAl  lessons  in  their  city.  Apply  at  Miss 
Aiken's  beminary. 


-rroCAI.    AND     ll^STRUMENl'ALi     AIUSIO 

T  1  aught  by  a  Sonthem  lady  at  the  Cburoli  ot  Oar 
%„.vuat*.  liA  K*..  aotfr  38th  st    'Aenas  $a  par  «ttact«c. 


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BBOBOHALa  jTOR   APHBtaVS    FCMTAOI 
hTAMFH, 

Posx  omoa  DaPARnurr, ) 
i  Jan.  26.  J877.     J 

'  Sealed  proposals  ars  invited  from  steel-plate  eik, 
fravers  and  piate  printers,  ana  will  be  reoeired  at  thit 
department  until  12  o'clock  K.  on  Wednesday,  tbe 
asth  day  of  February,  1877,  for  ftamlsblng  all  tbif 
peuage  Btampe  which  this  department  may  iiB4«dr* 
for  pubUo  and  official  use  during  a  period  of  four  years, 
eommeitcing  on  tbe  1st  day  of  May,  1877,  ris: 

1.  Stampa  tor  tbe  use  of  the  pnbUc. 

2.  Official  stamps  for  the  use  of  the  executiredepaxf 
venta 

.  8.  Newspaper  and  periodical  stompa 
QOALITT  tip  STAMPS. 

The  stamps  must  be  fnmlshed,   suiject  to  tbe  ap 

firoval  of  the  department  irom  steel  plates,  engraved 
n  tbe  highest  atyle  of  the  art  ol  steel  engrxviiig,  ami 
printed  in  audi  colors  as  may  from  time  to  time  OS 
selected  by  the  department  in  the  oest  an  1  most  k» 

S roved  manner,  upon  paper  of  the  beat  quality,  soita- 
le  tor  the  purpose  and  satisfactory  to  th;«  depart- 
ment, thoronguly  gammed  with  tbe  best  qiallty  ol 
adhesive  gnm,  pe'.tur.tted  iu  snob  manner  that  pacb 
separat!'  stamp  can  be  readiiv  detached  aud  used,  ih< 
sheets  to  be  weU  pressed,  and  packea  So  as  to  prevent 
tbem  rroiD  adhering  to  eu.  1>  other:  the  same  to  iite 
fumisbeJ  with  all  rea-sonable  dispatch  in  such  qnan- 
ti.ies  RB  may  m  each  case  be  ornered  bv  the  depart* 
meut  daily  to  fill  reqnis.ti  >n9  trom  Postmasters  and 
from  tbe  executive  depi^rimenta  The  siamps  mual 
be  primed  ou  baud-roller  pressea 

DIES,  BOLLS,  AMD  PL.<TES. 

The  dies,  rolls,  and  olatea  from  which  postage  stdmna 
are  uow  printed,  being  the  propi-rty  <f  the  Uoitnd 
bt.it(B.  Wilt  oe  placed  in  the  keeping  aod  cnsody  of 
the  contractor  on  or  oeiore  the  flrst  d  i.r  01  .Ua.v,  le77. 
the  ssme  to  be  heid  suojt'ct  to  the  ord--r  and  control 
of  Che  department,  as  berelnafrer  provil.d;  and  the 
contractor  wUl  be  required,  from  said  dies,  rolls,  and 
pi  tea  and  from  bUCu  rolls  -ud  'plat.-a  as  may  bf  ns- 
cessary  to  ba  reproduced  trom  tbe  original  d  es,  to 
h-<ve  ou  hand,  ready  f.jr  issue  ou  tbe  duv  tbe  contract 
term  commeucos,  a  sufficient  htock  of  stamoa.  of  the 
several  deuomiUjitiiins  and  kinds  required,  to  fUl  the 
cnrreul  daii.y  reqnisi.ions  from  tbe  departrasut  with* 
out  biudiance  or  delay. 

'the  contractor  will  be  fhr  her  required  to  keep  In 
repair  aU  dies,  rolls,  and  plates  from  wtuch  stumps 
mav  oe  piiuted.  and  to  renew  the  eime  whenever  re- 
quired; and  should  new  designs  be  required  at  any 
time  to  tone  tne  place  of  tbe  prea  nt  sedes  of  stamps 
fur  tbe  use  ot  tbe  puolic,  or  of  any  of  theoik  or  tor  de- 
nomiuatloos  of  stamps  not  uow  lu  ttse,  the  same  ah.ul 
be  toraisbcd  ani  engraved,  subject  to  the  npuforal  of 
the  Postinasttfr  General,  upon  bis  req  lest  within  a 
reasonable  time;  ail  wnicli  shili  he  doueaua  executed 
lu  the  bekt  stylo  of  btcel  engravin-i  by  the  contractor, 
and  at  his  own  expense.  No  change  wiii  ue  made  U) 
the  preseut  desiguj  of  official  postage  stamp-i,  or  of 

newspaper  and  periodical  stamps;  but  the  cuutraetoi 
will  Oe  required  to  keeo  in  repair,  ami  reoaw  wlieu  v^ 
oui.ed,  the  dies,  rolis.  and  plates  for  these  siamps,  tb< 
same  as  tor  the  stamps  for  tbe  use  of  the  public.  aU 
dies,  roils,  and  plates  made  or  nsed  at  any  time  in  fiU- 
Ing  the  concrRCt  snail  iaimeaiately  become  the  aoso- 
late  proDerty  of  the  United  States,  ana  ehall  be  de- 
livered, in  good  working  order,  to  the  Postmaster  Qea 
erai  or  his  autboriz<-d  agent  whenever  demanded. 

BOlLDING.  PLACE  OP  MANUFACTDRK.  ta 

The  stamps  will  be  required  te  be  mioufactured  in  a 
fire-proof  building,  and  in  separata  apartments,  dis- 
tinct irom  those  In  which  any  oth^r  work  is  doue  by 
the  001  tractor — the  wuoie  t.o  be  euhJecL  to  the  aporo val 
Of  the  departuieni.- and  when  fluisued  must  be  placed 
in  a  tire  aud  i<ni  giai-proof  sate  or  v..ult.  to  be  sp  ciully 
provided  for  that  purpose,  and  coostracied  te  the  sat- 
isfactton  of  the  deparimeat.  The  contractor,  his  em- 
ployes, and  ageuts  shall  coafortn  to  such  teg^latlona 
aa  the  department;  may  irom  time  tu  time  adopt  fur 
the  security  of  the  Government. 

AGENT— OFFICE-ROOMS— INSPECTION. 

A  resident  agent  of  the  departmenc  will  have  super- 
yision  of  the  manulActure,  stora^^e,  and  Usne  or  toe 
stamps,  who  shall  at  all  times  have  full  and  free  ac- 
cess to  tbe  apartments,  sates,  aud  vaults  where  the 
stamps  are  manufactured  and  stored,  for  the  purtose 
of  iusp.-cting  the  same  ;  and  the  contractor  shall  2ur- 
ni*h  hun  and  his  clerks  suitable  office  aud  d«*sB  room, 
tor  tbe  traujaclioU  of  the  ousineoS  of  his  ageuov, 
without  cost  to  the  Government.  Ttij  Poaimaatet 
General  shall  also  hive  the  right  at  any  time  tp  cause 
an  inspectiou  to  be  made,  by  any  ageut'W^ agents 
Whom  be  may  specially  designate  lor  the  purpose,  of 
tneapartiuents,  safes,  anu  vaults  used  tor  the  miiuu- 
taoture  and  storage  of  stamps,  and  of  the  stamps  it) 
course  of  mauuiacture  or  In  stock. 

STOCK    OH  HAND. 

Tho  contractor  shall  at  all  times  keep  on  hand  a 
stocE  of  the  sev^eral  denominati'^us  and  kinds  ot 
stamps,  BU'iject  to  ;ba  coutroi  of  the  Post  Office  De- 
portment, its  regularly  authorized  agent,  orsuco  othei 
agente  as  ma.y  be  specially  autnonzeJ  by  the  1  ust- 
master  General,  iu  all  stages  of  manotacture,  auffioieut 
to  meet  all  orders  of  the  departmcut.  aud  to  provide 
against  any  and  aA  coutingeucies  that  may  be  likely 
to  occur  during  the  existence  of  tbe  couLraot,  »o  mat 
each  anJ  every  order  01  the  deparimeut  may  be 
promptly  fliied,  aud  the  departmeut  snail  have  the 
rigiit  lu  require  tbe  contractor  at  any  time  dtt,ins  tht 
exiaieuce  of  thecoutract  to  furuisli  an  extra  quantity 
of  stamps  not  exceedm.;  a  supply  for  chree  moutha 
PAuKI.nG. 

Stamps  to  be  transmitted  by  sea  routes  must  he  se 
cnrely  packed  in  hermetically  sealed  tin  cases,  wrapped 
iu  strong  manna  paper;  ajl  ot..erd  most  eiihci  be 
packed  m  strong  binUeis'-board  boxes,  bound  on  the 
eoges  and  corners  with  muslin,  aud  euveioped  in  two 
tUickuesiL-B  0.'  Btrou';  maoila  paper,  or  incltised  iu 
stroug  manila  envelopes,  as  the  quantity  to  oe  trans- 
mitted miir  req  lure  ;  all  oackaees  to  tie  so  ncjosed  aa 
to  enable  the  agent  of  the  ueparuneut  to  ofiiciuUy  seal 
them. 

DELIVERY. 

The  statnpa  may  be  required  to  be  delivered  by  the 
contractor  in  sepirate  pacii:a;;<'6,  as  above  provided 
for.  at  the  Po^jt  Office  iu  the  place  wbeie  tbe  same  are 
manutavtured.  or  at  such  otnur  Post  offlue  lu  ih.;  Im- 
meciate  vicinity  of  the  place  of  mauuiaccure  as  the 
Postmaster  General  may  direct :  or  iu  sncn  qantititi 
nt  the  Post  Office  Depart mont,  Washington  D.  O.  (each 
denominatioa  and  kind  beins  kept  separate,)  as  tht 
Postmaster  General  ma.y  direct. 
BLANKS. 

In  addition,  the  contractor  will  be  required  to  fhr 
ni.  h  labels,  and  direct  the  same,  for  e.\cu  package,  in 
acuoraaucj  with  the  daiiy  lista  rurniahed  b.y  the  agent 
of  the  department,  tngether  with  al.  other  blanlu  le- 
quired  to  oe  Liciosed  wi.  h  the  stamps :  aiso,  all  ulankl 
lor  daily,  weekly,  monthly,  and  quarterly  returns  re 
fating  10  the  number  aud  denominariona  ofstampr 
turiiished. 

EEPORT.S. 

The  contractor  will  be  required  to  report  weekly,  un- 
der oath,  tue  number,  deuomination,  and  kind  of 
Stamps  manufaciured,  (tinisbeJ,  tuifiuished.  and 
spoiled.)  the  number  issued  daring  tbe  weeic,  and  th« 
numoer  avai.aUie  tor  Issue;  all  spoiled  scamps  to  b« 
destro.ved  by  me  agent  of  tbe  department  in  the  prea 
enc'e  of  the  contractor  or  liis  repr>  sentative,  or  other- 
wise disposed  of,  as  tbe  Postmaster  General  may  direct 
AWAED. 

The  contract  vrill  be  awarded  on  the  basis  of  the 
number  of  the  several  kinds  of  stamps  issued  duriug 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  3  J,  18  76,  as  toUows : 

1.  Number  of  stamps  for  use  of  the  public. S9S,799,09C 

2.  Numoer  of  official  stamps  for  use  ut  the 
executive  depariments 17,682,66£ 

3.  Number  of  newspaper   and    periodical 

stumps 1.290,347 

lotal 7l7.7(2,loa 

Bids,  must  be  made  for  each  liiud  of  stamps  sepa- 
rately, tbe  bidders  stating  m  tbei  propo.au  the  price 
per  thousand  stamps,  iiicludiug  everything  required 
to  be  dona  ur  fornibhed.  as  set  >orih  in  this  advcrtisa' 
ment;  and  the  contract  will  be  awarded  as  a  nhole  to 
tue  lowest  lesuouslule  bidder  In  the  i  g^reeaie,  to* 
amount  ot  a  bid  to  oe  ascertain-^  oy  ex. ending  the 
atiove  issues  at  the  pnoes  bid  respectively,  and  toen 
aggregating  the  amounts  of  tho  three  several  icema 
li  must  be  underatoud,  however,  that  proposals  mads 
under  this  advertisement  shall  include  all  the  «isuipi 
needed  by  tue  d.pjrtmeui  durlox  lb ;  ooutraot.  teim. 
Without  referenca  to  tbe  aoove  issuea  .  bunid  tne 
use  of  any  of  the  ajove  siuds  of  sttunps  t>e  diacoa 
tinned  duiing  the  contract  term,  tue  contractor  will 
not  oe  euiitiud  to  damages  ou  account  of  sucu  dlAOon- 
tinuanca 

PROPOSAi.8— AGREEMENT— BOND, 

Each  proposal  must  be  signed  by  the  ujivitlUHl  or 
partneisuip  making  it,  and  wuen  m-uie  by  a  partner- 
ship (Ue  name  of  eaou  partner  thereof  must  be  uis- 
ciosed:  auu  it  must  be  aoc»mpaul-d  by  a  guaranty, 
signed  by  at  least  two  rrspomuole  guarantor*,  that  tn4 
bidder  ahall,  within  teu  da:^s  >fter  being  called  upon 
to  do  so,  execute  a  contract  to  luruisu  promptly,  and 
iu  qnautiil^s  as  ordered  the  article  or  articles  to  ot 
furuisued  by  iiim,  the  responsioility  aud  sufficiency  ol 
the  si)iner.«  to  such  guaranty  to  ue  ceitlflea  to  by  th« 
Postmasteror  United  .>tates  Attorney  whstv.'  tiie  Did- 
der resides;  and  in  such  contract  tbe  contractor  and 
bis  sureties  shail  covenant  and  at:ree  that  m  case  tbe 
said  coutractor  shall  lail  to  do  or  perform  all  C'  an^ 
of  tbe  covenan  s,  stipulations,  and  agr.-emeuts  of  saij 
contrac;  on  the  p..rt  01  tho  saiti  contractor  to  oe  per- 
formed, as  therein  set  lorth,  the  said  contractor  and 
his  nureties  shall  fjrfeit  and  pay  tu  the  Uuiiel  btatei 
01  America  tbe  sum  ot  twj  haudred  thous  ion  dohars, 
for  wnicii  said  iorieiiure  the  said  contractor  and  his 
sureties  sball  uejointly  an.l  severally  liable,  as  liqui- 
dated damages  to  ue  sued  tor  in  the  name  01  tut 
United  States. 

If  the  bidder  to  whom  the  first  award  miy  be  mtde 
should  tall  to  enter  into  u  contract,  as  herciii  provided, 
then  the  award  may  i>e  annulled,  and  tue  couiir..cc  let 
to  ilie  next  lowest  respjusioie  uidJer,  itn^tdeeoied  too 
hijib  by  the  Postmaster  General,  and  so  on  uniil  the  r» 
quired  c  jutract  is  executed;  auu  sucli  next  10  Wcst  biddei 
shall  be  reunlrcd  to  tn-flJ  every  stipuiaciun  emoraceJ 
herein  as  if  he  were  tho  original  party  to  whom  the 
contract  was  awarded. 

The  ontractwiii  also  provide  thit  if  at  anytime 
during  its  coutiuuauce  tb'.  su.eties  sball  die  or  b» 
come  irresponsible,  the  Poatmastei  General  shall  havs 
the  ri^bt  to  reauiTc  adonional  and  sufficient  sureiies, 
wbicb  the  contractor  shail  furmsh  to  the  arccptauca 
01  tue  Postmaster  General  wLhin  10  oays  atier  niit<cs 
and  in  defauit  thereof,  the  coutrxct  may  be  anunlled' 
HEilriRVAiioNS. 

The  Postmaster  General  reserves  the  right  to  r^ecl 
any  anu  ail  bids  if.  in  bis  j  augment,  the  iuie.esc  01  tb< 
Goverument  requires  it;  ulso  ine  ri:;ht  ro  ann  u.  the 
contract  1:',  m  bis  opiuiuu,  there  shaii  oe  a  fdUure  at 
any  time  topertorm  faithfuhy  any  of  its  stmnlations, 
or  in  case  of  a  willful  attempt  to  impose  upon  the  de- 
partment stamps  uiteriur  -to  those  required  by  tbi 
contract. 

PAYMENTS. 

Payments  for  stamns  actua.ly  issued  and  delivered 
Will  be  made  quarterly,  arter  proper  examinstiua  and 
adKutineut  01  accouma 

CONIR-ACT  NOT  ASSIG.1ABLE. 

Tbe  contract  cannot,  m  any  case,  be  iawfnUy  ttaa# 
ferred  or  as8i>^ed. 

EXTENSION. 

Should  the  Interest  01  the  Government  reauira,  th* 
contract  mav  be  exteuied  beyond  the  lime  named, 
not  exceeding  three  months,  by  order  of  the  Post- 
master General,  and  tbe  oouiraot  prices  and  all  c.n- 
dltioos  herein  set  lorth  shall  govern  in  such  extended 
contract 

ADDRESS. 

All  proposals  must  be  made  Oh  the  blank  fbrmi 
famished  by  the  department,  securely  eiiveloi>rd  and 
sealed,  indorsed  on  the  back  "Proposals  fo<^  Postage 
htamps."  and  addressed  to  the  Third  Assistant  Post- 
master General,  Washington,  D.  C 

JAMES)  N.  iVNER.  Postmaster  General. 


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-'-  esteUished  and  profitable  business,  centrally  lo- 
cated in  the  Citr  of  Rochester,  comprising  stoves,  tin, 
and  sheet-iron  ware,  honse-iumishiug  goods,  and  gen- 
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dress B.,  Box  No.  145  Times  Office,  or  EDWARD  JONES, 
Rochester.  Ha  16  Sonth  St  Paul  st 


FOR  SALK.— A  COAL  YARD  IN  BROOKLY  ',  IN' 
clnding  property,  offl  e,  stoule,  sheds,  borses.  ant 
carts,  and  all  appuiteuanoas  to  a  first-olass  busioess; 
will  sell  It  a  bargain  and  on  eosv  terms.  Aoply  to  K. 
J.  STEWART,  Ho.  Ill  HaU  st,  btooklya 


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WHITKIATAH  I.INil. 

*OK  QUVBMhTOW!!    ASD    M^BBPUOU      oabrzibo 
ONITBU  STaTBS  JIAIL. 

Th«  itaMm'ri  of  chtsllna  cava  cti)  tjt<iA  Roit<^rv 
(OflsmendMl  br  Lieat.  Maury,  U.  1.  H.,  ^olnc  •oibli  >f 
tba  Bauks  on  tbe pasaiije CO  Qaeenataira'tu  tlwrdir 
rouu<l. 

BRITAlfNIO MTURDAT.  Fel»,  34,  3  P.  M. 

CRI/nc SATURDAY.  March  10.  at  8  P.    M. 

OtrtilANfC 8ATDRUAY.  March  17.  6:80  A.  H 

BALTIC SATURDAY. March  24.  at  1  P.  M. 

From  Wnito  ><i;ar  Dootc  Pter  Na  53  Sortti  tl  '«r. 

Tb^a*-  steaoipravw  aaUnrm  in  alas  aod  tiaiaroM«a<l 
jn  aixKHTitmonta.  Tha  salom,  st^terooiM.  anailciax 
anil  b»th  rooms  t»ro  aml'Mhlis.  whers  ths  noU»  aai 
notion  »r»  Inast  rait,  affbrdiae  a  dusraa  of  oumfort 
hitlinrto  antttainibla  at^nt,  • 

BAtea-Saloon  MgQ  Ht\.|  ^lOQ,  pU:  r«iura  tickets 
wifsTorabln  rem*   atqaMtsUi 

Kor  inaoeotion  if  plana  and  Jthar  mtbrtnattOTi  appi* 
attbeOompany'aoaiuaa.  Mo.  37  3raa<iv«y  Novr-Yitt 
_______^ a.  I.   ODiPH.    \g9at 

CUNARDUNEB.  &N.  A.  R.  M.  S.  P.  CO. 

NOTICK. 

With  th^  view  of  aimimatainKthn  oainoea  oteolHnoa 
tiir  ateamera  ot  thU  Mne  UIca  a  apeoifted  coarse  fbt  »il 
aeaaona  of  tba  y«ar. 

On  the  out  ward  o-Maai;a  ''roni  Quaanatowati  Sow- 
Yort  or  Boston,  omaainc  ■n'trldtan  or 5U  at  4.i  I  »tUa la. 
ernot  hlns;  to  th»  n  orth  of  1 1 

On  thehola(^•l■»rdt>a8a^7n,orr>1ftn;  u'la  mendianif 
t<  flt4-J.or  nothmetoths  Tirth  of  4  3. 

-.JJ?"*   ^■W-TilHlt  FOR  tlT^aPOOt   *xn   (JCT^^IITOWI. 

flKA WED.,  FpD.  21i  ABYSSINIA. WKU..  March? 

BATAVlA....WKJj..Peb.  28i ALGURIA.WKU..  March  14 
I       StOHmers  marked  '  oo  notnarrr  sto^ra^ro  passensera. 

Cablo  passa?o, '380,  $100, %ai  «i..13,  ?>I  I.  a<ii)or4l>i5 
to  acoommndatlon.    KetQra'"lolretso'i  farorahli  toroia. 

St^erinyetiolcets  toani  from  kll  niiiliiDf  Entope'it 
▼erv  lowr  xte*.  Preiffht  and  oa*ai*OT  offloe,  No.  4  Bowl- 
Jnggraen.  CHAa  G.    PRANOKLTN.   As^nl. 

ASSKNGEBS  PER  .STFAM-SHIP  CHINA 

embark  fiom  the  Cnnard  Wharf,  loot  of  Grand  Pt, 

Jeraer    Cltv.    at    ll):30    A.  M.    on  WBDNESDAY,  2lBt 
Pebmary,  1877.  CHARLF.S  Q.  FRaKCKLYH, 

No.  4  Bowllnjt  Green,  New- York. 

IdVBICPOOL    A>D    GRKAT    WRSTBRN 

MTEAn  i:0.»IP.\NV.     (LIMlTBai 

liIVBBPOOlj.   (VlaQneoostown.) 

OARRIING  THB  ONITKU  HrATKS  U.\IU 

TUEiXUAV. 

Leaving  Pier  No.  46  North  Blrer  as  foUowa; 

/B7ADA Feb.  20.  at  10  A.   M. 

lUAHO Feb.  27,  at  3  P.  SL 

MONTANA March  6.  at  10  A.  M. 

WISCONSIN March  13,  at  3  P.    M. 

WYOMING March  20,  at  9  A.  M. 

DAKOTA March  27.  at  3  P.  M. 

RATES  OK   PASSKNOKE3    REDUCBa 
8te*ratte,  $26;  tatermediate.  $49;  cabio.  $55  to  $30, 
tccording  toatate-room.     Offices.  No.  29  Broadway. 
WIM.IAfllS  <fe  tJlllON. 

aTLAM  aiAll.  L.IMC. 

BI.MONTaLY      SBUVIOR       TO    JAu^tUl,      WaYP 

CDLOMBU.  aal  vSPIifWALtj,  mi  t.t  P\:7\H\  ail 
BOOTH PAOl KIC  PDltT.J  CnaAsalavriil.*     l'irs>3t>n 
inll-powereil  Iron  sort>\r  sc^AOiacj,    trsjo   Pior      N&  3> 
^ortb  Kireit 

IctHAYTl.COIiOirBtA.  r-STHMO"*    OK  PANAMA.     »U(? 
60UTH  PAOIKIO  P(»ljr3(yU  A8?ia>Tlll.) 

AlPH Febi  28 

ETNA. Marcb  15 

forKiNG.STU.I  (Jam.)  and  HaYTL 
ATLAH Match  14 

Knptjrtor  ilrit-ol  v<s  i»n>ir^c  I'loanil*!;!!  i. 
PIM.  KORWOOD  &  CO.,  isentj. 

^     No.  bi  yyaii  n> 

STATE  LINE. 

ffKW.YOER    lc>   GI.ASUOW,     LlVhRPnOU.     DDBLUI. 

B8LP4ST,  AND  b<»ND  >SDB'{at 
TbeaeHrst-cl'taa  ialU->oTarel  us»  Qsri    will  svi  froaa 

Pier  So. 43  :^oi't'i  -iirsf.  fnix  of  '.»n\U5. 

PTAllSOK  NKViDA Thnrartav,  FeN.  22 

PTAJKOF  IN'nTANA Tl.n.s<IaT.  March  H 

pTATh  OF  VIRGINIA Tlmradav. March  15 

BTATh  Oir  PKNVSYLVANIA ThnradnT.  March  22 

Urst  cabin.  SFO.  ?n.=i,  snd  *7n.  accorlin?  to  aecom- 
mo'lariims  rotnrn  tickets,  $110.  $125.  Seconl  cabin 
M5:  reiac"  llcketa.  *8a  Steerage  at  lowest  ratea. 
Applyo 

ACSTI.N  BALDWIN  &  Oil.,  Agetit^ 

o^..    „.„,.  No. 72  Broadway.  Rew-Yorlc. 

RTKiiRAGK  ricRwts  at  No.  45  tSrj»lwr»y,  imj  »t  tl>a 
romuany's  oier.  fi>)t  >f  canilt,..    N  >rtT  -tlT'^r. 

nitJRTH' UKRMAN  IJ.OYI). 

btkam-8hip    line   bktwek.n'  .vew-vods,  soutb- 

ampton.  and  BKEMEN. 

Company'a  Pier.    toot,  or  JJii.    djioian 

HERMANN. ...-at.  hiD.  i4l  .A  >l  K  .  HA....«at.,  March  10 

BE(  K;\B....sat..  March  »|  WKSKR...  Sat..  Mnrch  17 

JLaTK.S  OK  PAXSAQS  KttOM     NKWYORK    ro  SOOrS' 

iilPrOiN:    BAVKB.    OK  attKilES: 

Jirat  caDtn $iOO»oil 

Second  cabin tjUiraLl 

fcteentSH ^ """     8(icarren»T 

ketum  ticfents  v6  e64luct«drif,ij.  'prePitiil  ateeraste 
certirtcatea.  *a2  currency  Por  r  )i  :it  or  p  tasa^H  »d. 
P'yt'> OBLKfOdat  ;i..  to.  2  ^otrllg;  lireen. 

JNniA.N  M>B.    inAII..STKAt!ER.«< 

>OK  unEriNSTOW^i    ANP   LIVKRPOOL. 

f"^  Oh  RlCHiJOHU.  satnrilay.  March 3.  atSA^M. 
cm  OK  BRUSSELS. .saturoav,  aiarcn  17.  e-.so  a.  \L 

tll^  OBKHtl.V^ntnrtlay.  March -'4,    1 1  1  P.  U. 

CABIN, Still  and  siO'J,  lilt.  Kicar:!  -iic^!;,  ontv 
TorabiB  lerin*.  srSBaAOS.  "ii,  Oar.-eiiay  Urifti 
41 1'HTeat  ■  i^ii. 

Saloona,  Stvoro.j-n^  Smolon*.  and  Bath-rooioi. 
«mlU8iiiii3.  JOHN  G.  UALK.  Atteot. 

Kos.  ISaod  .<3Broj'lvray.  N.  t. 

AMCHUR  I.INE  V.  H.  MAil.  STKAAlKRiS. 

.SKW-YORK  ASD  ULASGOW 
^*nchorla..Feb.  i:4,  'J  P.  M.  I  Ethiopia. M^irch  10,  2P.  M. 
txhforiiiH.  "arcU;-!,  ^A.  V.  I  Victoria.MajCh  i7,  7  A.  A). 

TO  GLASGOW.  LIVKRPOOL,  OR  D.<.=iat. 
Cabins  $ijj  toaJ'SJ.  accor  Iiut  to  aceotnoi  >  lictoai       lo- 
termediate,  «3ii:    Steeraee  «28. 
NKW-Yoku  AND  LONDON. 
Utopia.  Feb.  24.  2  P.  m.     i  K1>ms... March  10,  2  P.  M. 
tauins.  855   to  $7o      .<!teera?e,  *23.     '^abln   ezciir- 
aion    tickets  It   rHilacel    rates,     ortfts  laaaed  tor  any 
amount  at  current  rktai.     Uomoanv's  Pl^r  .Soa.  'iiOaud 
'^L  North  KiTer.  .S.  i.         HENUiiRdON  BRdTUKRS, 
Anents.  No.  7  Jiowiiua  Green. 

A.UEKICAN  8rEA.n>SHll'  LI.NE 

■Between  Phiiad'a  &  Liverpool,  callia?  at  Qaaaistown. 

Thursdays  iroin  Phliid'a.  We  Insil-iya  from  Liivirajo;. 

At.amersto  sail  trum  Phiiadelpbia  as  foilowi: 

Indiana Feo.  16  I  *Lora    Clive March  8 

II'''"'!* i'eu.  a.  I  PennsTlTania March  15 

Ohio Marcli  1|  Indiana March  2a 

Price  01  passage  in  currency. 

Cabin,  $75  to  $100.   intcrmeniate,  *40.    Steeraze,  $2S 

PKTKR  WRIQUT  4.  oO.«fS,  Geu.     .ASMnts.  Pl.ilal'l 

^o.  52  Broadway.  New-York. 
JOHN  »cDO<ALD   Nu.  ^  B  ittery  plAoe.  New-Yorte. 

ONI-V  IMREt'T  I.IXB  TO  KRAxNCtS. 

IBtGKNERAL  TR A .SS ATLANTIC  LJi)ilPA.^Y'<    aAlL 
BTKAMEK8Bl.;TWEliN.Sii^-VORKASl>a4/ai  . 

CaiiiugatPLVMOUTUt  J.  «.l  Ur  taa  iau  liai  jl' 

PAftSC  D  SFB  rflL 

will  aali from  Pier  ^o.  4i!  Noitti  Rirei;  foot»t    Morton 
It..  CTerv  alternate  Saturday,  beginning  with: 

CA^AitA.  *raugeui Saturday.  Feb.  24,  at2P.  M. 

For  parucoiara  audress 

LoDlj  UK  BEBiA.>f,  Agent,  No.  55  Broadway. 

NATlUiNAL.  L.l!S  E— Piers  44  and  51  North  Elyct 
FOR  LOlVDON. 

CBRECB SATUKUAY.  Feb.  24,  at  1  P.  M. 

FOK  QDKENSTOWN   AND  LIVBRPOOU 
Ellgland...Feo.-.il,  llA.Ai.  I  TheQtieen.Mar  3,  7kA.M. 
Cabin  and  steerage  pasaaoe,  and   drafta  from  £1  up. 
v^kTd,  iasned  at  Yery  low  rates.    Compauv's  offlcea  iSo. 
e9  Broadway K  W.  J.  HURjit,  ManaRer. 

FOR  SAVANNAH    GA., 

THIS  FLORIDA  PORTS,  ' 

AND  THE  BOUTH   AND  SoUTd-WBST. 

6BBAT  SOUTHKRN  FREIGHT  AND  P  AS.SKNGER  tWB. 

CiJNTRAL    RAILROAD  OF  GEORGIA,  AND 

ATliANTiU  AND  GULF  BAILROAU. 

WEDNESDAY   ASD  8AT0EDAT. 

QBNEKAL  BARM  Kb,  Capt.  CHsaaitAX  WEDNESDAY, 
Peb.  21.  Pier  IB  Kaat  Kivei,  3  P  ai.  MURRAY.  FEftUlj 
k.  Co.,  Agta..   Ua  Boutii  BC 

bAN  JACIN  ru,  <.>aDt.  Hazakd,  SATURDAY.  Feb. 
S4,  Pier  43  Norttt  Riyer.  3  P.  JO.  GKo.  ItO.NQB,  A«t.. 
40a  Broadway.  '  ^  ' 

iu  LIVlJsGSTO^,  Capii  Mailobt.  WEDNESDAY.  Feb. 
88,  Pier  ao^  43  Nortb  aiver.  a  f  M.  GEO.  YONGE. 
.AKentt  No.  AWt  Browlway. 

laaorance  ONE-HALP  PER  CENT.    Superior  acoom- 

eoOationa  for  paaaentrera.  Tbr.iaztt  ratea  ana  bllla  o( 
ding  iu  C'laHoctlua  \ricb  Ueutral  &  R.  of  Georgia, 
Atlantic  psi  Gall  Railroad,  and  PioriJa  steamars 
City  Poini-  aai  Dictator:  also,  with  the  steamer  J. 
S.  SCDitoSR.  which  lias  been  placed  on  tne  inside 
Voate  trum  ^^aranuah  to  Florida,  aud  ud'exa  unsorpaased 
•CConunoJatious. 

C.  a  OWBNB,  GEORGE  YO.VGE, 

Agent  A.  k  G.  It.  3.  Agent  C.  R.  R.  of  Qa., 

NO,  315  Broadway.  No.  409  Broadwty. 

FlCIFICMlJliFMAUnRiSIT 

|J«^^TJ57^iK-/SirXP  LINES, 

FOR  CALIFORNIA,  JAPAN.  CHINA,  AUSTRALIA,  NEW- 
2JiALANi>,  &liiriSH(X>LDMBIA.  OREGON.  &(;. 

baiiiuir  triuu  P.<>r  iom  uaniil  at..  Nortb  Rirei; 

For  SAN  FL-A.^CISCO,  TialSTHMUd  OK  PA.'iAMA. 
Bteam-ahip  i;£lii;SCKNT  OlTx.......  i  liuraday,  Mrrch  1 

Donnectiug   tor  'Central    America   aua  South    Pacldc 
ports. 

From  SAN  KPANCISCO  to  JAPAN  and  CUIHA. 

Steam-Bhip  CITY  OF  TOKIO Thursday,  March  1 

^oui  aan   Fr:uiolsco  to  Bandivioii  laLiuJa,  Anacralia, 

aud  Neir-Zealaad. 
Bteam-shipCrrYOFSYD.SEY Wedneadaj,  Feb^  28 

For  li-eigbc  or  passage  apply  co 
WM.  p.  CiiJiu:h&Uo.,orH.J.  BULLAY,  Superintendent, 
^  tto.  0  iiowiin,;  Ure«n.  Pier  foot  Caiial  sc.  North  Btrer. 

MBW-YOKK.HAVAM.t.  A.\0VlEXICA5a\lt<4.1.  blXi. 

liteaiu'era  leave  P'.«c  .l<t.  i  A^tia  iitic  tc  i  .->.    j£. 
KOiC   a.^VA.\A  UlitECl\ 

cm  OF  VKtiA  CR'JS. Wodneaday.  Feb.  21 

Cl'i'Y  UK  Nb,»V'-i"(.>tiS. vvediieaduv.  Feu.  28 

envoi'  MEXICO Satnrdav.   March  10 

FOK  VER.4   V.H.Vr,    AND    NEW-ORl^EA.N^ 

Via   tiitr;uu,    Pro^raav.  <;«in>>«auhT    Tuxpaci.      aod 
Tampiua 
ClTl  oy  AibXlUO Saturday,  March  10 

fettmmers  wliii<ur)  Mew->>neaas  i^eOk  :iS  ana  March 
1(>  lor  Vt^ra  ordwaiid  til  rnaaiiore  jurci. 

?0f  freight  or  -iMtnxa  xoiiy  e  > 

KALHXAJiDRg*  J->.'f^?'<n.  ^laaJ  3<  itrt\-i.ir%T- 

JfE  W-  YOUKAND  HA  VAN  A 

•Lg^  DIRECT  MAIL    J.INE. 

1^^^     These  ilrat-class  steamablos  sail  regularly 

I|vCT\st  3  P.  M.,lxom.  J'lerNoi.  13  Nortb  Barer  aa 

ItVl^r^**'"""'*  8ATDBDAY.  Feb.  24 

Sif  K^-ROH ', WEDNESDAY,  March  7 

*^*i'^£^mSdi«iil  unaurpaaaed.  ^For  freight  or  to* 

■i.^f^Slr  to   WM.    P.    CLYOB   t  CO.,  No.  «  Bowling 
gjgln.  '^McgBLLKS.  LDIiUiG  &  CO.  Agents  In  Havana 

HAinni.uu  American   PaoaM    <'oittPMny'a_liioa, 
5L*p?vvMfflraoaKaBO0KG.  and  dAM8UR(J. 

MI^A  '■''iw^hlMiiAND.....      .!4aroh8 


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SHIPPTKa 


GREAT  SOUTHERN 

KAKIGHT  ANII  l'AH!4ENOBR  LINB,   - 

BAILtSQ  PROM  PIKR  .VD  2i)  NOnTti  RIV88. 
_„  WKUNRSDAYB  ana  .SATO Rlt AYS  at  .S  P.  «., 
'OR  CHARLiB.<«TUN,  M.  C,  FLillillUA.  TBB 

GUbFSlKRAM .WBDNKSDAY Fehy  31 

ClTl  UP  ATLANTA „.KATDBDAX Feb.  24 

,  BDPRRloR  PAS3KNGBB  ACOOMMODATIONN. 
•"auraneeto  l^-icla»tioa  )a>-i*lt>:  oi*  p^roerit. 
Gooda  forwarded  ^«e  >f  oomnlsslon.  Paiiatnar  iloii,. 
etaand  bllla  oMadlngiaiuid  aal  ilTnai  at  ths  oHooif 
JAftlE.«i  W.  QUINTARD  iV  CO.,   Acents, 
Na  177  Westit.,  corner  Warreo. 
OrW.P.  CLYDBtOO..  No    t5  Bowlinsjireen. 
^    OrBHHTLEY  0.    HASBLL  GeoeriT    Agcent 
OrfatHottthera  grelgUl  Line.  31 1  Broadway. 


Merchants'  Steam-ship  Line  to  Brazil. 

FOR  PBRNAMBOCO  AND  BAHIA. 
Steam-ahip  CA8SINI  will  aail  about  MARCH  1.    Ratea 
•f  paaaage  and  irelght  have  been  Axed  on  a  1  ow  haaia. 
For  inrtber  information  apply  ro  tbe  uicent. 

B.  B.  BoBLA.n'D.  Na  70  Wall  St.,  New-Tork. 


JRAILROADS. 

PENNSYLVANIA   EAILROAD. 

fc;B£AT  TRUNK.   lolME 

AND  UHITKD  8TATB3  MAIL  ROUTB. 
Train*  leare  New-YorK,7li  Deabrosses  aal     Cort- 

landt  Streeta  Kerries,  as  f.>llow3: 

Kxpress  for  Uarrisburg.  Pitcsbarc  che  West  and 
South,  with  Pullman  Palace  Cars  attached,  8:30  A. 
M.,  6autt8:30P.  M.,dally. 

For  WiUiamaport,  Look  Haven,  Corry.  and  Erie,  at 
8:30  P.  M.,  uunneccinsat  Corrr  for  Titnsville,  Potio- 
leum  Centre,  and  the  OH  Regions.  For  WiUlaau- 
port  and  Look  Uaven,  8:30  A.  M. 

For  Baltimore,  Washington,  and  the  South,  "Lim- 
ited Wasbinstoa  Express"  of  Pullman  Parlor  Cars 
oaily,  excippC  Snndav,  9:30  A.  M.:  arrive  Waahliiz- 
ton4:lO  P.  M.  Eeaiilar  at8:40  A.  M.,  1.  6.  8nd9 
P.  M.    Sunday,  6  and  9  P.  M. 

Bxpreaa  for  Palladelpbla,  7:  .30,8:30,  8:40.  (9:30  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4.  5,  6,  7,  8:30,  9  P.  M.,  and  12 
night.  Sunday,  8:30  A.  M.,  5,  6,  7,  8:30,  and  9  P.  M. 
Emigrant  ami  second-class,  7  P.  M. 

Acpommudation  for  Trenton.  7  A.    .M..  3  and  4:10  P.   M. 

For  tr-'ing  to  Newark,  EliiAbeth.  Railway,  Prinoetoa 
Trenton,  Perth  Amboy.  Flemingtoa,  Belvlder'i,  aui 
other  points,  aee  local  achedaiea  at  all  TlokaC  Of- 
fices. 

Traina  arrive;  Prom  Pittsburg.  6:20  and  10:30  A.  M., 
aud  10:20  P.  M.  daily:  10:10  A.  .\L  and  6:50  P.  M. 
daijy,  excent  Monday.  Prom  Washington  and  Bal- 
timore. G:30,  9:50  A.  M..  4:10,  6:10.  and  10:20  P.  M. 
Sunday  6:30,  9:50  A.  M.  Prom  Philadelphia,  5:05, 
6:20.  6:30.  9:50,  10:10,  11:50  A.  M.  2:10.  4:10,  5:10, 
6:50  S:40,  10:10,  and  10:20  P.  M.  Sundav  5:(J6. 
6:20,  d.30.  0:50,  11:50,  A.  M.,  6:d0,  10:10,  and  10:20 
P.  M.  , 

Ticket  Offlcea,  Nos.  526  and   944  Broadway.  No.  1 

Aator  Houae,  and  foot  of    Deabroasea  and   Cortlandt 

atreets;      N...  4  Court  atreet.  Brooklyn;     Noa.  114.  116, 

and  118  Hudaon  atreet.  Hobuken:    Depot.  Jersey  City 

Kmlgrant  Ticket  Oflice,  No.  8  Battery  placn. 

FRANK  THOMSON.  D.  M.  BOYD,  Jr., 

General  Manager.  Genentl  Paasenger  Agent. 


TO    PHI1.AI>£L.1'HIA 

■via 

PENNSYLVANIA   EAILEOAD. 

THE  OLD-ESTABLISHED  ROUTE  AND    8H0ET    LINE 

between 

^B\V•TORK    AND    PHlUADELiPHlA. 

14  Through  Traina  each  way  dally:     8  Depots  In  FhUa- 
delphia,  2  in  £ew-York. 

4  Traeka,   the  most    Improved   Equipment,  and    the 
Paatest  Time  conaiatent  with  absolute  aafety. 

Bzpreaa  Trains  leave  New- York,   rta  Deabroaaea  and 

Cortlandt  .->treeia  Ferriea,  as  follows: 
7:S0.  8:30,  8:40,  (9:30  Limited.)  10:30  A.  M..  1,  4,  6,  6, 

7,  8:30.  9  P.  M.   and  12   Midnight.    Sunday.    8:30  A. 

M.,  5,  6,  7,  8:30.  and  9  P.  M. 
Retnmlng,  trains  leave  Philadelphia  3:20,  3:30,7,  7:30, 

8:30,  and  11   A.  M..  (Limited    Kxpreas,    1:35  P.    M.,) 

1:40.4.5:30,7.  and  7:35  P.   M.,   and   12  Mi.lnlgbt. 

OuSonday,  3:20.  3:30.  7,  8:30  A.  M..  4.  7.  7:3d  P.  M., 

and  12  trdaigbt 

licket  Offices,  Noa.  526  a^d  944  Broadwa,T,  Na  1 
Astor  House,  and  loot  of  'Ues>iro:iaea  and  Cortlandt 
ate.,  Na  4  Court  at.  Brooklyn  Noa  114.  116.  and  118 
Hudaon  at..  Hoboken;  Depot  Jersey  City.  Emlgranl 
Ticket  Offli-e.  No.  8  Battery  place. 
FRANK  T.iOMs«i<j.  D.  M.  BOYD.  Ja., 

General  Manager.  General  Pasaenger  Agent. 


•VTB^V-YORR     (;E.NTRaL     AMI     HUDSON 

X~  RIVER   EAILEOAD (  ommeucm?   Den.    v6t     187(3. 

through  trains  will  leave  Grand  Central  Oepoc: 

7:15  -A.  M.,  Western  and  Northern  Exproaat  with 
drawing-room  cars  to  Caiian  iuijua. 

!-:3li  A.  M.  special  (Chicago  and  St.  L^^^s  Exprssi. 
wilt)  drawing-oxim  cars  to  Rochester  and-  Bu£.lo. 
Alao.  through  cir  <o  St.  Louis. 

11:00  A  M..  Nortb-rnind  Western  Kxpresv 

3;30P.  M..  special  Albiny.  Troy  aul  Western  Ex- 
DT^aa  •arrives  at  BiiffAio  7: 10  A.  M. 

6:0ii  P.  >!..  Kxpresa.  with  slaipInT  o-»r8,  for  Water- 
town  and  CaaandaUu^  Alsofjr  Moatrd^l  vit  PUtts- 
burg; 

8:30 P  M..  Pacific  Express,  dally,  with  aleepinctoari 
tor  Enchest-er.  Niagara  Falla.  Buffalo,  Cleveraiid.  In- 
dianapolia,  and  r.ouioviile.  Alao  for  Chtuasa  via  both 
li.  ."V  and  M.  G  Bailroaoa.  anu  to  Montreal  via  St.  Al- 
bans. 

I1:00P.  M..  Kxpreaa,  with  sleeping  cara.  for  Albanr 
and  Troy.     Way  iraina  ae  per  loca'  Time  Tables. 

Ticketa  tor  sain  Ht  Sos.  252.  vei.and  413  Broadway, 
and  »t  Wfstcott  Express  Company's  offices.  Nos.  7 
Pai  k  nlace.  785  and  94-.i  BroidwaV  New-York,  and 
833  Washington  ac.    Brooklyn. 

a  a.  ilKEKBii,  General  Paasenger  AgenU 


ERIE  1(AIL,VVA¥. 

Winter  Arrangement  ot  tUniugh  trains.  From  Cham- 
bers street  Deiw.     (Kor  23.1  St.  see  note  tielow.l 

9:00  A.  M.,  dailv,  except  Snodavs,  Ciucinnatl  and 
Chicago  Dav  Hxoress.   Drawing-r  lOni  coiclies  toBuflalo. 

lD:45  A.  M.,  daily,  except  bunnavs,  tixprpsa  Mail  fbr 
Buflaioand  the  West.    .*<leeiiin.;  coic'i  to  Buffila 

7:00  P.  M..  daily.  Paciac  Kxpres«  to  the  West:,  .'leep- 
Ing  coachei)  through  to  Buffaio,  Niagara  Falls,  Cincin- 
nati, iind  Chica:io  without  changa.  Hotel  dluiag- 
coaches  to  Chicago. 

7:00  P.  M..  except  Sundays,  VVeatem  Emigrant  train. 

At>ove  trains  leave  TwHncv-thlrJ  btreet  Ferry  at 
8:40  and  10:15  A.  .M.    and  G:45  P.   M. 

For  local  iraius  see  time-tables  and  cards  In  hoteU 
and  depot  a. 

J.NO.  N.  ARBOTT.  Geneyal  Pasaenger  Agent 


NEVV'YOKa,    NKW-HaVK.N.    and    HART- 
FORD   RAIIjKOAD. 

After  Dec.  10.  1876.  trains    leave  Grand  Central  De- 

rt  (42d  6t)  for  New-Caaoaa  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M., 
4:40  P.  M.;  Danbmy  and  Nor  walk  Railroid  at  8:05 
A.  M..  l,  and  4:40  P.  M.;  Nauzatuck  Railnmd  at  8:05  A. 
M.,  aod  3  P.  M.;  Hoasatonic  Rillroia  at  8:05  A.  M., 
and  3  P.  M.;  New-Haveu  and  Noithampton  Railroad  at 
8:05  A.  M..  and  3 P.  M.;  for  Newport  at  8:05  A.   M.    and 

I  P.    M.;  Boaton   and    Aloany   Itailroad     at  8:05    aud 

II  A.  M.  3  and  9  P.  M.,(9P.  M.  on  .Sunday,)  Boston, 
(via  6horu  Liue,i  at  1  and  lOP.  M.,  (10  P.  il.  on  Sun- 
daya.1  Koston  and  New-Vork  Air  Liae.  8  A.  U.,  1  and 
11:35  P.M. 

Way  traina  as  per  local  tim';-tat>Ie». 


l.EUKiH  VAL.I4EV    KAIL.ROAD. 

ARRANGEMENT.        Pa^.SKNGER  TRAINS.        JAN.  L 

■      1877. 
Leave  depots  fnot  ot  Cortlandt  and  Debrosses  sts.,  at 

6:30  P.  AL — .Niibt  Express,  dailv,  for  Kaatoo,  Bethle- 
hem, AUencown,  .Uauub  chmk,  Wilkabarre.  Pittsboa. 
Ba.Tre,  Elmira,  Ithaca,  Auburn,  Rochester,  BuUaIo, 
Niagara  Falls,  and  the  West  Pullman's  aleeptax 
coachea  attached. 

General  Kasiern  office  corner  Church  and  Cortlandt 
Bta.,  CHARLES  d.  CUMMINGi.    Agent 

KOBEKT  H.  SAf  RE.  Superintendent  and  Engineer. 


WICKI^OKD  RAI  I.KOAU  ROU  I'B  TO    NEW- 
PORT,  B.  I Passenscers  tor  this    line  take  8:05  A. 

H.  and  1  P.    M.   expreas   trains    from   Grand   Central 
Depot,  arriving  at  4:18  and  8  P.  M.  at  Newport 

THEOUOaii  WAKRKN,  Superintendent 


STEAMBOATiSw 


STONINGTON  LINE 

FOR     U08T0M     ANlD    ALL    POINTM     EAST. 
REDU/CED    FARE. 

Elegant  ateumera  leave  Pier  No.  33  North  River, 
foot  of  Jivst.  at  4:30  P.  M. 

Tickets  for  sale  at  Ui  onaclpii  ticket  o  doas.  Stata- 
rooma  secured  at  officaaof  WeatcotCJitpreas  OoJtpaay 
aud  at  .1»  363  Broadway. 

Pa/iVIOBMC'K     l.,INIi. 

Freight  only,  ^teamera  leave  Pier  .In.  27  .^nrtb 
River,  foot  ofPafk  place,  at4  ::*.  tf.  Freights  via  slther 
line  taaeu  at  lowest  r^C:9«. 

DLoi  BAB(jy^;K.  P'-9S.       ti.  W.  Fit,m:r».  'i.    P.  Agenu 


FALL   RIVER   LINE 

FOR 

BOSTON  AND    THB    EAST. 

FARES  REDtCEl). 

Leave  New-York  daily,  (Sanday  exuepted,)  from  Plot 
No.  28  North  Elver,  foot  of  Hurray  sU.  4:30  P.  M. 

BORDEN  k.  LOYKLL.  Agents. 
GEO.  L.   CONNOR.  General  Passang'*r  Ajeot 


FOR      NEW-HAV'E.^.    UAKTH'OUU,     dec 
Fare  $1 ;  steamers  leave    Peck   slip  for  New-Haven 
at  3  and  ll  P.  M.,  connecting  with  road. 


|jinRBtflUUEI'ORrA>'ll  AL,li  Pilli^ir.t    ON 

I?Houaatomc   and    .NangitucK    Rillroai — f^^xa,     £1. 
Meamera  leave  natharine  silo  \\.  1 1-3J  .A.  4. 


AUCTJON  SALES. 

BAINK<«.i;PT  !«AL,£  OF  HOSIERY  ANU 
KA.nCY  G00D3.— In  the  mutter  of  JERKMIAH 
JOHNSO.N,  Jk.,  EDWARD  L.  R^QUa,  and  GEO.tGE 
WiLCOX,  bankrupts. — The  uuderaigned  will  aeJ  at 
public  auction  at  the  premiaea  lately  occupied  by  aaid 
bankrupts.  No.  61  Walker  street,  lu  the  City  of  New- 
York,  on  the  ii7tti  diy  of  February,  1877.  buginning 
at  10  o'clock  A.  M.,  the  stock  of  hosiery,  gloves,  sus- 
pendara,  buttons,  needlea.  thread,  yarn,  and  otiier 
lancy  goods,  late  of  the  bnsin°8B  of  the  said  bnak- 
ruoia,  together  with  the  countnra,  ahelviug,  office 
furniture,  and  other  flxturea  and  furaiture  lately  used 
In  said  bnsluess.  JuHN  H.  PLATr,  Asaignee, 

f6-law3wTu  No.  40  Wall  at,  New-Y  rk. 


S.  DtKSBB,  duotloneer, 

SELLS  THIS  DAI,  TUESDAY,  FEB.  20, 
at  10:30  o'clock,  at  Aietropoli;au  Salea-rooms,  4th 
av.,  comer  26Ch  at.,  the  balance  0/  stock  of  a  flrst- 
clasa  maoufaomrer  retiring  from  bualneaa,  compriaiiig 
rich,  medium,  and  low-priced  furniture  ;  parlor  suita, 
wardrobes,  tf.  T.  tables,  aideboards,  cottage  chamber 
Bolts,  ball-atanda,  mattreases,  pillowa,  &c  Alao,  in 
baaement,  aecond-haud  housedold  lurnlture.  carpeta, 
eroekery,  silver-plated  ana  glass  ware,  pier  and  mantel 
mirrota,  &c. 


Ofllce  of  the  MTER1.INU  FIRE  INS.  CO., } 

Ko.  ISoBaoAKWAT.  Naw-YoBK,  Feb.   14,1877.     5 

30TH  DIVIDEND. 

A  SEMIANNUAL  DIVIDEND  OF  FIVE  PBR  CENT. 

is  payable  on  demand. 

J.  K.  VAN  BENBSELAEB,  Secretary. 


NCW-YOSK  AND  COLORAnO   COKPANT. 

Pakk  Baidk  BCILDI-IO, 
K»w-Yowc,  Feb.  10. 1877. 

DITIDENO  NO.  1.— A  DIVIDB.'tD  OF  ONE  PER 
cent,  has  been  declared  on  the  capital  atock  of 
thia  compaar,  pa.yable  at  this  uffloe,  on  and  after 
]I»reb  1, 1877.  to  the  atocltholders  of  record  at  tbe 
elosing  of  the  tr»nsfer-booiH.  which  will  close  on  tiie 
20th  day  of  February  Instant,  and  reopen  March  2, 
1872.  S,  QBCUUiB^'lEYKR.-BaaratarK.  . 


mrANOLAJU 

VEBMILYE 

&Ga 

HANKERS, 

16  and  18  IVassau  ■«.»  Ne-fr-Torlc. 

DBALEES  IN  ALL  IPSUES  OF  GOVERNMENT 

SRCDRITXES. 

NEW-YORK  CITY 

AND  BROOKLYN  BOIO)! 

BOT  AND  SELL  ON  COHMISSI05 

STOCKS,  BONDS,  AND  GOLD. 

ADVANCES  MADE  ON  APPROVED  BE0UEITIB8. 

JAb.  A.  TBOWBRIDGR.  DONALD  MACKAT. 

LATHAM  A.  FISH. 


First  Mortgage  7s  of  1886 

OP    THE 

Albany  and  Eensselaer 

IRON  m  STEEL  COMPANY. 

HAVING  THE  PBB80NAL  GDABANTEB  OF 

ERASTUS  CORNING,  OF  ALRANY, 

Seonred  by  sinking  fund  of  $75,000  applied  semi-an- 
nually—March  1  wad  Sept  1  of  each  year— to  retiring 
the  bonds  at  par,  drawn  for  by  lot  at  tbe  United  Statea 
Tmat  Company  of  New- York,  where  the  principal  and 
Intereat  are  payable. 

Allowing  for  the  semi-annual  drawings,  these  bonds, 
although  due  In  1886,  have  now  only  the  average  time 
of  four  and  a  half  years  to  mo. 

We  recommend  this  aecurity  as  worthy  the  confidence 
ot  Inveatora. 

$422,000. 

Being  tbe  total  nnaold  balance  of  the  Issue  of  SI, 600,- 
000,  which  has.  aince  Sept  1,  1876,  by  drawiogs  at 
par,  been  reduced  to  $1,350,003.  for  sale 

■  AT  PAR  AND  ACCRUED  INTEREST  BY 

BLAKE  BROTHERS  &  CO., 

No.  28  State  st.,  Boston. 
No.  54  WaU  st..  New- York. 


SIX  PER  CENT.  BROOK. liY.X  CITY  BONDS. 

DBPAKTXBtrr  op  FlNAD'CB.  CoSTBOIiLBR'B  OPPIOB,    ) 

CiTT  Hall,  BaooKL^s.  Feb.  16,  1877.       5 
The  undcraiened  will  receive  sealed  prnooaala  at  this 
office  until  Thuraiay.  March  1,  at  12  o'clock  noon,  (at 
which  time  they  will    be  opene  I)  for   the   purchaae  of 
the  whole  or  any  part  of  the  following  loana: 

$500,000 
Stx  per  cent.  Brooklyn  City  bonda  for  the  completion 
of  the  New-York  and  Brooklrn  Bridge. 

$300,000  MATURING  IN   1Uj9.  and 

$2ii0,'iO0    MATL'RI.N'G  IS     1910. 

COUPON  OR     KEGIaTERKD. 

$250,000 

fix  percent    ASSBSSME.Vf    FD.VU    BONOS,  W.  t  S.,^j 

maioriag  three  years  from  date  of  piiruhMe— Re^a- 

tereo. 

Propoaala  muat  state  the  pnce  offered,  (with  accrued 
tntorest  from  Jan.  1  on  Brooklyn  City  bonds,)  and  d«- 
scrlptiou  of  bonds  deaired. 

WILLIAM  BURRELL,  Controller. 


IMPAJfT,  1 

i,  1877.  S 


OrriCB  OP  THE  FARHBaS'  LOAH  A.f  D   'I  BI73T  .  OHPAJ* 
No.  26   EXCBAXSB  PUICE,  0  >&XRa   WlLLIAX 

New- York.  Jan.  8, 

THB  PAR.nBRS*  L.OA.N  A.Ni>  TUUHT  tOM- 
PANY  of  the  (  Ity  oi  New-VorK,  Trustees  of  tiie 
sinking  tuni  of  the  construction  and  equipment  bonds 
of  tbe  Cle>'e1and  and  Pittsburg  Railroad  Company, 
hereby  give  notice  tli-it  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  ti<e  said  ai  akin ;(  fund,  thiy  have  drawn  bv 
lot  the  following  numoert  of  aixteen  of  snli  bomla. 
viz.:  Nos.  5*5.  449.  684.  670.  709,  711.  739.  867,  883. 
888.925,945,959.931.  1,100,  1.312.  aiid  that  on 
p.esentaiion  and  delivery  to  them  of  said  aixteen 
bonda,  or  any  onrt  of  the  a  ime,  tliev  will  be  redeemed 
at  par  value  tbeteof.  and  that  interest  c>n  nil  ot  tbe 
Bind  Mxteen  bonds  not  prea  -ntod  for  redemption  on  or 
before  the  Ist  day  of  July  next  wlJ  ceaae  from  and 
alter  thai  date.  EG.  ROLSTO.S".  Qreaident 


WANTED. 

Mobile  and  Ohio  Steillng  Bonds. 

Mobile  and  obio  8  pt  C"ni.  Intereat  Bonda. 

MiaalBBiopI  CeutralKh'st  aad  Second  Mortgage  Bonds. 

New-Orleans  and  Jackson  Pint  Mortgage  Bomla. 

Miasiaaippl  and  Tenneasee  Fliat  Aiortgage  8  per  cent. 
Bonda. 

Mlsaisaippi  and  Tenneaee  Second  Mortgage  Bonds. 

AtlRotio  aod  Gnlf  Consolidated  Bonds. 

Weatt-rn  Railroad  of  Alabama  Klrst  .Mortgage  Bonda 

Weat<im  Kailroail  otAlabam.i  Second  Mortgage  Bonda. 

Cbarlotte,  <  olumbi-i  and  Augusta  Consolidated  Bonds. 

Boutb  Georgia  and  F>orida  Firat  .Mortgage  Boiida. 

Cairo  and  Kulion  First  Mortgage  Bonds. 

Alauuma  Clasa  A  and  B  Bonda. 
FOR  dALK, 
Virginia,   South   Carolina,  an  I    Lonislana   Consols,  by 
AKE>  IS  k.  YOUNG,  No.  9  ."few  at. 


CUICAUO  A.ND  ALTON  RAILROAD  CO. 

Skcrbtart'b  Ofpicb,  > 
Chicago.  Feb.  8,  187  7.  J 
Notice  ts  hereby  glVen  to  the  Htocknoidnra  of  iiie 
Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad  Compauy  tbat  a  caab  divi- 
dend of  four  (4)  per  ceut.  baa  tbis  day  been  declared 
uoon  tbe  Prelerred  aud  Common  otock  ot  tbia  Com- 
pany, payable  at  the  banklnghouae  of  tiia  Companv's 
Agents,  '.Knsara  .W.  K.  Jesup,  Paton  it  Co.,  No.  52  Wil- 
liam street,  in  the  City  nf  New-i°orK.  oa  the  let  day  of 
March  next,  'O  holders  who  are  registered  as  auon  at 
the  close  of  bnsioess  hours  on  the  1  i  ib  day  of  Keoru- 
ary.  Inst,  at  wiilch  tima  th't  transter  bo<-ks  will  be 
oloaeil,  ai#  reopened  for  tr.insfera  on  the  2d  day  of 
Maichnox.  W.  M.  L.ARRAHKr>.  lecietary. 


HANMBAL  A.NU   !ST.  JOi^EPH  RAILROAD 
CO.yiPANY. 

Sealed  proposals  addressed  to  WM.  H.  SWIPT,  Esa.. 
at  Meaars.  Ward.  Campbell  &  Co.'a,  No.  56  Wall  at, 
New-York,  or  to  tbe  undersigned  Truatees,  care  of 
Cbarlea  Merriam,  Agent,  No.  36  Sears  building.  Boa- 
ton,  will  be  received  until  FRIO.^Y,  March  2,  1877,  at 
noon,  for  the  aale  of  S5U,U00  of  the  land  bonda  of 
■aid  company  to  the  undersigned  Traste.os,  in  accord- 
ance with 'toe  pro^jioiis  of  the  Indenture  of  mort- 
gage, dated  April  I,  1803.  The  Idda  will  >ie  opened  in 
Boston  on  Saturday,  March  3,  1877.  aud  the  accepted 
blda  declared.  WM.    H.  SWIKT.         > 

SIDNEY  BaRILKTT,  >Tru8tees. 
NATH'L.  THAYER,      > 

Berro:r,  Feb.  19.  1877. 


THE  BANK  OF  MONTREAL 

IS  PRKRARKD  TO  ISSUE 

CIRCXJLAR  NOTES 

AND 

LETTERS  OF  CREDIT 

TO  TRAVELERS, 
available  1b  all  parts  or  tiie  world. 

CHARLES  F.  S.V1ITHBB8,  )  .    .   .. 
WALTER  WATSO.V,  J  Agents 

■ NO.».  59  ANO  61  WALL  8T. 

7  PER  CENT.  STOCKS 


,  CITY  OF  NEW- YORK, 

DOE  1886,  1883,   1890,  1896, 
FOR  SALB  BY 

GEORGE  K.  SISTA.RE, 

Ko.  24  NASSAU  ST. 


TJBTE  AMERICAN  MINING 
AND  STOCK  EXCHANGE, 

win  remove  to  their  new  Board  Room, 

Ha  60.  BROADWAY.  AND  NO.  23  NEW  STREET. 

on  or  about  tbe  1st  of  March. 

GEO  RGB  TUTHILL,  President. 
H.  J.  HuBBABD.  Secretai-y. 


AIDMCIPAL  BONDS,  DUE  1U06.    A  LIMITED 
AMOUNT  FOR   SALB  BY 

KIIHN,LOEB&€0,,  NO.  31  MSSAV  ST. 


T.  ROtflNnON   WARiCEN  Sc  CO. 

WM.  O.  HOFFMAN.  Auctioneer, 

No.  lOG  Broadway,  comer  of  Pine  at. 

STOCKS.  BONjS,  and  R/^AL  E.sTA    B. 


BROWN   UlCOTHtfR.'^  dL'  CO.. 

NO.  69  Wall  M'.. 

ir«UJs  OOMMERilAL  and  TRaVELRRS"    CREDtTS 

AVAILABLE  in    a'lPA^T.S   ot    the  WORLO. 


ELECTIONS. 


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177.  J 


CLByBI,AfIO,  (.OLIIMBUS,   CiNCUtHATI  AKD 
IMDIAMAPjLiS   tlAlLWAT   COMPAKT. 
"  I.LIIVBI.AND,  O..  Feb   15.  1877. 

TBB  ANNUAL  lUuluriiViJ  Oif  THIS  STOoK- 
holders  o.  tula  company  'or  the  election  of  Direc- 
tors, and  lor  the  trauaactioa  ot  other  buaiuess.  will  be 
held  at  the  otSce  of  tbe  compauy  in  Cleveland,  on 
WEDNESDAY.  March  7.  1877. 

Tbe  transter-hookt  will   lie   cloaed  from  the  evening 
of  20th  inat,  until  March  8. 

GUO.  H.   RUSSELL.  Secietary. 


OFFICB  OV  TBB  CONBOLIDATION  COAL  CAaFANT  OP  ) 

Martlahd.  No.  71  BaoADWAt,        > 
Nbw-Yobk,  Fea  J,  1877.  J 

TBB  AiNNUAL  MBBTI.Vti  OV  TKB  STOCS- 
bolders  of  this  company  lor  the  election  of  Preal- 
deotand  Directora,  and  transaction  of  other  bual- 
neaa, will  be  held  at  uoon  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  21at 
inat  Thetrausfer-booits  will  cloaeat  2  o'clock  P.  M., 
On  the  10th  inat,  and  reopen  on  tbe  23d  luat 

H.  c.  HICKS.  Secretary. 


Harlbh  Bakk,  Nbw-York,  Feh  17.  1877. 

THB  ANNUAL  aiUliSTlNG  OF  THlf  SToCK- 
holders  of  tbls  bank  ibr  the  election  ol  Directors  and 
inspeotora  of  election  for  the  euauliig  vear,  will  be 
held  at  their  hankiag-rooma  on  TUESDAY,  March  6, 
1877.  Polls  open  f^om  1  to  .8  P.  M.  Tranafer-bocOta 
will  be  cloaed  on  the  '.^otb  inat 

C.  H.  ROBERTS.  CasMer. 


A  SPECIAL  AIBETINU  OF  THB  STOCK- 
HOLDERS and  election  of  Dix«otora  of  the  St  Joeeph 
and  St  Lonla  Railroad  Company  will  be  held  on  rna 
26th  of  March,  1877,  at  tbe  ojfice  of  said  company. 
No.  417  UUve  St.  St.  Lettis,  Mo,  M  1  o'elook.  P.  tL 

N.  r.  30DLUY.  ManuMB*. .  A 


BOABDING  AM)   LODGING. 

5najB"ijpCxow7?^oFFi^^ 

The  np-f-own  office  of  THK  TTMBS  Ulneated  Kt 
No.  1,307  Broadway,  bet.  31M  aad  33d  ■!«. 

Open  daily,  Sundaya  loomded,  <tom  4  A.  tL  to  9  P.  M. 

Buhacrlptlons  reoeiyed,uid  copies  of  THB  TIMES  for 

sale. 

ADVBRTISEMKWTS  RECEIVED   UNTIL  9  P.  M. 

OH.  HI    AND   33  WEST   3dTH  ST.,  SKAB 
MADISON     tQOARE.— Elegantly-Iuenlahed    rooms 

on  aeonnd   and  tbird'floora:  large  cloaets,  oath-room, 

&.C.;    table  and  house  atrict  ly  firat  claaa. 


NO.  43  EAWT  39TH   ST.-HANDsOMELY-FDR. 
nlahed  roama,  with  board;  table  and  attendance 
flrst-claas ;  relerences. 

UNNY    FRONT    NECONO-FlOOR  SUITBt 

aunetior  boacd  :  low  for  balance  of  season.    Ko.  S3 
We.-tt  83d  at ^^ 

1\rO.  67  W^BMT  38TH  e«T.— HANDSOME  PARLOR 
Jl.1  and  bedro  -m  on  upper  floor :  also,  hall  room  on 
thlr.i  floor:   private  table  only. 


NO.  73    EAST  eL-ST   HT.  -  A    SBCOND-STORY 
large  room  to  let,   with   first-class    board.       Ser- 
vants have  been  with  us  for  years. 


NO,    J3   GRAiriKRCY     PARHL.— ONE    HAKD- 
somely  fumtshed  room,  with  board,  on  parlor  floor; 
also  hall-room. 


NO.  5S  WEST   33D   .•liT.— HaNDSOMR    ROOMS 
on  second  floor  to  let,  with  board;     terms    mod- 
erate: referenoea. 


NO.S  EASST  4«TH  8T..  NBAR  WJNUSOK 
HOTEL.— Second  floor;    well  furnished:   firat-olass 
board:  referencei". 


IS 


JO.  3  WEST  49I»  .sT.-HANDSOMB   BOOM  ON 
aecono  floor,  with  board;  reference  exchanged. 


m)ARDJVVANTED^ 

BOARD  WANTEO-FOR  GENTLEMAN.  WIFE, 
two  inrants,  and  nurse;  a  private  family  having 
more' room  than  they  require,  .ind  willing  to  fumlah 
plain  and  generoua  board  for  a  moderate  compenaa- 
tloo.  will  find  thia  a  good  opportunity  to  get  firat-claaa 
party,  who  cruld  fnrnUb  rooms,  if  neceaaary,  except 
carpets:  parlor  and  bedroom  and  room  for  nnrae,  and 
not  above  thiid  fioor;  location,  20th  to  46th  at,  4th 
to  7th  av.  Address,  atating  terma  and  all  particulara, 
ALEXANDEA.  Box  No.  122  TimtM  Office. 


WANTED— BkTWEEN  23D  AND  60TH  ST8..  ASD 
4th  and  6th  ava..  with  sunny  exposure,  a  parlor, 
bedroom,  and  bath-room,  all  commuuieaiing,  with  pri- 
vate table  for  gentleman  and  wife.  Address,  with  fail 
Barticulara,  S.  A.  U.,  Box.  No.  302  TIMES  UP-TOWN 
FPICE.  NO.  1,257  BEOADWAY. 


To  RENT— TO  GENTLEMEN  ONLY,  WITHOUT 
board,  two  or  three  ntcely-fninisbed  rooma  at 
moderata  oricea,  in  private  house,  neighborhood  ot 
Madison  av.  and  3'<id  st.  Address  COMPORT.  Box  No. 
267  TIMES  UP- TOWN  OFFlCK,  N  ).  1,257  BROADWAY. 


NO.  56  OVH  HT.,  FEW  DOOR.t  WEMT  OF 
BROADWAY Nicely  Innilsbed  parlors  and  bed- 
rooms, near  reatauraota;  breakfast  It  desired;  neat, 
qnlet  houae;   reterenceaexchauved. 


t^URNISHKD   R<>l>n:;«    FOR   GENTLEiHEN 
'only.    Nu.  34  Baat  20th st 


JHOTELS^ 

THE  ROYAL  VlCTOtCiA  HOTEL. 

NASSAU,  BAdAdA  ISLANDS. 
For  fun  Infoimation  ipply  to 

JAMiiS  LIDQERWOOD  &  CO.. 

No.  753  riroAdwtV.  NTew-York, 

DEY  GOODS^ 

R.H.MAOY&CO. 

SPECIALTIBA 

DRESS-MAKING. 

BLACK  DRESS  SILKS.    BOYS'  CLOTHING. 
UNLIKE  anv  other  establlabment  In  tne  country. 
FOREIGN  DRf  OO0D3.  FANCY  G0303,  an<  NOVEL- 
TIES by  every  EUROPEAN  STEAMER. 

ORDERS  BY  MAIL  EBOBIVB  SPgCIAL  OABB. 
CATALOGUES  FBEt 

14TH  ST.  AND  6TH  AVENUE.  N.  Y. 

ba:^ KnUPT  N QTiogs.     ^ 

IN  B.AM4.RUPrCV.— IS  1H8  DISTRIcr  COURT 
ot  ihu  United  Statea  lor  the  Southern  DIatriol  of  New- 
lork.— lu  the  matter  of  aLKXA.nOBR  R.  CHISoLM 
and  b.DWARD  VMLLl.s.  Dankrapta.— Notice  la  hereby 
given  that  a  petition  baa  been  filed  in  aaid  court  by 
hdwnrd  Willia,  in  aald  district,  duly  declared  bank- 
rupts under  the  act  ot  Cougreaa  of  March  2,  1867, 
for  a  discharge  and  certificate  tbere^f  Irom  all  their 
debts  and  other  claims  provable  uuder  aaid  act.  and 
that  tbe  aeveuteenth  day  ot  March,  1877,  at  two 
o'clock  P.  M.,  at  the  office  of  Edgar  Ksichum.  Bat). 
Keitiater  in  Biuikmptcy,  No.  1^9  f^alton  atreet,  in 
tbe  city  of  New- Vork,  la  aaslgiied  for  tbe  heariug  ot 
the  same,  when  aod  where  all  creditors  who  have 
proved  their  debts,  and  otiier  persona  in  intereat,  may 
attend,  and  show  cause,  if  any  they  have,  why  the 
prayer  ot  the  said  petition  should  not  be  granted. — 
Dated  New  York,  on  the  nineteenth  dayof  Februiry, 


18/7. 
f20-law3wTu» 


GEO.  F.  BETrs,  Clerk. 


I.NBA.-MKKCl'TCY.— IN  TUBOI^TRICT  COURT 
of  the  United  states  for  the  Southern  District  of 
New-York.— In  the  mutter  of  CHARLES  HUBIiR.,  bank- 
rupt.— Notice  la  her.  bv  given  that  a  petiiiou  haa  oeen 
filed  in  aaid conrt  by  Cba.leaHuoer,  ot  the  t  itv  of  .>ew- 
York  ill  said  district,  uuly  decUred  n  bankruot  under 
the  Act  of  Congreaa  oi  March  2.  1867,  tor  a  discharge 
and  certificate  ihe.eof  from  all  hia  debta,  aud  other 
claims  provable  under  aaid  act,  and  tbat  toe  I3th  day 
ot  Marab,  1877,  at  12  o'clock  v.,  at  tbe  office  of  Jamea 
F.  Dwigbt,  Register  t>i  Bankruptcy,  No.  7  Beekmau 
atruet,  in  the  city  of  New-York,  la  aaaigned  fi<r  tne 
hearing  of  the  aaiuo,  when  and  where  all  credltora  wbo 
have  proved  tbeir  debts,  and  other  persona  In  Interest, 
may  attend,  and  ahow  cause,  it  any  they  nave,  why  tbe 
prayer  ot  the  aaid  i>etUlou  ahouUI  not  be  granted. — 
Hated.  New-Yori£,  on  the  19th  dayot  February,  1877. 
f2U-ltiw3wTu"  GEO.  f.  BBri'd.  Clerk. 


DISTRICT  CtlURT  Of  T<IE  UNITED 
Statea  tor  the  Southera  Dlitrlct  of  New-York.— 
In  tbe  matter  ot  uTaNIiKT  A.  DaYTUN.  bankrupt.— 
In  Bankruptcy. — A  warrant  In  bankruptcy  baa  i>een 
iasued  by  aaid  court  agalnat  the  ebtatu  of  btaaley 
A.  bavton.  of  the  County  ot  New-York,  of  the  State 
(It  .Vew-York.  in  aald  diatnct,  adjudged  a  bankrupt  upon 
tbe  petition  ol  his  creuitors,  and  tbe  payment  of  nuv 
aebta  aud  the  uellvery  of  any  property  belouglug  to 
aaid  bankrupt  to  him  or  to  his  use,  and  the  transCer 
of  any  property  by  him,  are  forbidden  by  law.  A  meet- 
ing of  tbe  creditors  of  auid  bankrupt,  to  prove  their 
douts  and  choose  one  or  more  Anaigoeea  of  bis  eatate, 
will  bo  held  at  a  Court  of  Bnukruplcy,  to  be  taoldeu  ar 
No.  345  Broadway,  in  the  Citv  of  New-York,  In  aald 
district,  on  the  "th  day  of  Miroh,  A.  D.  1877,  at 
two  o'clock  P.  M.,  at  the  office  of  John  Pitch.  Eaq., 
one  ol  the  Registers  in  Bankruptcy  of  aald  court 

OLIVER  FIsKr,,  Marabal— Measeuger. 


rpHIM  IS  TO  GlYE  NOTICE— THAT  ON  THB 
A  16tb  day  of  February.  A.  D.  1877,  a  warrant  in 
bankruptcy  was  l.Bued  against  the  estato  of  JOHN  F. 
PHELPS,  of  New-York,  in  the  County  of  New- York,  and 
t  tate  of  New-York,  who  has  been  acUudged  a  bankrupt 
on  his  own  petition;  that  tbe  payment  of  any  daots 
and  delivery  of  any  prooarty  belonging  to  such  hank- 
rupt  to  him  or  tor  bia  uae.  and  the  tranafer  of  any 
property  by  him,  are  forbidden  by  law;  that  a  meeting 
of  tlie  credltora  of  the  said  bankrupt  to  prove  their 
debta.  aud  to  choose  one  or  more  Aasigneea  of  iila 
eatate,  will  be  held  at  a  Court  of  Bankruptcy,  to  be 
holdeu  at  No.  345  Broadway,  in  the  City  of  New-York, 
before  John  Pitch,  Eaq..  Regiater,  oo  tb«  5ih  day  of 
March,.  A.  D.  a877,  at  two  o'clock  P.  M. 

OLIVER  FI8KB, 
U.  S.  Marabal,  as  Measenper,  Southern  Diatnct  of  New- 
York. 


riXHI*  IS  TO  GIVE  NOTICE-THAT  ON  THE 

M.  aeventeenth  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1877, 
a  warrant  in  bankruptcy  was  Isaned  againat 
the  eatate  of  CoRNELllTs  8.  GitOoT,  In  tue 
Cltv  of  New-York,  in  ibe  Couqty  of  Newrors, 
and  Stiite  of  New-York,  wbo  has  been  adiudged  a 
bankrupt  on  his  own  petition:  that  the  payment 
ot  liny  debta  and  dehvery  ol^  auy  proi>erty  ue- 
longing  to  such  bankrupt  to  him  or  lor  hia  use,  and 
the  transfer  of  any  property  by  him,  are  torbldd'sn  b.y 
law;  tbat  a  meetina  ot  tbe  credltora  of  tbe  aald  bauk- 
lupt.  to  prove  their  debta  and  to  choose  one  or  more 
Asalgneea  uf  his  eatate,  will  be  hdld  at  a  Cotut  of 
Bankruptcv,  to  be  holdeu  at  129  Fulton  atreet,  in 
tbe  City  of  New-Y'ork,  before  Edgar  Ketchum,  naq.. 
Reaiater.  on  tbe  aecoud  day  of  March.  A.  D.  1877,  at 
twelve  o'clock  M.  OLIVER  FISKa, 

U.  S.  Marahai.aa  Measeuger,  Sontheru  District  ol\.  New- 
York. 


UMTEU      .STATES      DiSTRICl'      Ct»tRT 
fur  the  Southern  Diairtct  of  New-Yurk.— In   Bank- 
ruptoy.— In   tbe  matter  of   BERiNARD  BbRMAN  and 

ELIa.->  OLENICK.   Banitrupta Notice   ia  hereby  gveu 

that  I,  aa  A8fis;nee  in  bankruptcy  of  the  eatate  and  ef- 
lecta  ot  the  aloreaaid  bnnkruptB,  will  aell  at  public  auc- 
tion, on  the  10th  day  of  March,  1877,  at  hulf-paat 
ten  o'clock  In  the  forenoon,  at  tne  office  of  Hon.  Isaac 
Dayton,  Regiater,  &c.,  at  No.  322  Broadway,  In  the  City 
of  New.-Yori:,  certain  bllla.  notes,  uiaims,  and  other 
evideoces  of  debt,  comptistnt  all  of  the  property, 
aasota,  and  effecta  ot  the  estate  of  eaid  bankrupta 
now  remaining  iu  my  handa  undiapoaed  of.  A  sched- 
ule of  aaid  property,  etc.,  U  on  file  at  the  office  of  said 
Register.  Oi:iOEGi];  CdAP.uAN, 

flJ-law3wTu*  Assignee- 


NO.  5,761.— IN  THE  DISTRICT  COUitT  OF  THB 
United  States  for  the  toutliern  DIacrlot  of  New- 
York. -In  the  matter  ot  ABRAHAM  oTEIN  and  ISRAEL 
STlilN,  bankrupta.— In  Bankruptcy. — Before  Mr.  Henry 

WliUer  Allen,  Regiaterin  Bankruptcy Soathem  D;a- 

triot  i»t  New-York,  sa.:— At  tbe  City  of  New-York  tbe 
19tu  day  of  Febniarv,  A.  D.  1877.  To  whom  it 
may  concern  :  Tne  undersigned  liereoy  given  notice 
of  appointment  as  .Assignee  of  Abrabani  Stein  ana  Is- 
rael .Nteln,  of  New-Yor^  in  the  County  of  New- Yoric 
aud  State  of  New-York,  within  aaid  district  who  have 
been  adiudged  bankrupta  upon  the  petition  uf  tbelr 
creditors  by  tbe  DlslrloC  Court  ot  aaid  district 

tViO-lawSw  Vu*  MAX  OA-NZIGER.  Assignee. 


IN  THK  OlSTRICr  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
States  for  the  Southern  District  of  New-York.— Iu 
the  matter  of  JAM.vS  WICKdAM  and  WILBUR  N. 
WICKUAM,  bankrupts.  —  In  Bankruptcy.  —  Before 
Jumes  F.  Dwight.  Reglstor.— To  whom  it  ma.y  con- 
cern: The  underaigoed  hereby  gives  notice  ot  hia  ap- 
pointment as  Aasiguee  of  tbe  eatate  of  Jamea 
Wlckham  and  Wilnur  N.  Wiokham.  of  New-York,  in 
the  County  of  New-Y'ork,  luid  State  of  New-York, 
wlttain  aaid  diatnct,  who  bave  4>een  adjudged 
bankrupta  upon  tbeir  own  petition  b.y  the  District 
Court  ol  aaid  dlatrict— Dated  New- York  City,  the  19lh 
day  of  February,  A.  D.  1877. 

CUK8TER  WOLVBE'rON,  isslimee. 
f20-lawSwTn.*  2J8  fnlton  st.. H.  Y.  City. 


COPAJETJ^RSHJP^NOTIO^ 

NOTICE  is  HEREBY  GIVEN  THAT  THE 
eupiartnerabip  heretofore  existiog  under  the  firm 
name  of  LB  BuUriLLIER  It  BRIDE  la  tUa  day  dls- 
solved  by  mutual  consent. 

The  bosloess  wl.1  be  esnttnued  by  THOMAS  LE  BOt>- 
TILUBR,  Jr.,  woo  will  sbri  In  ligiUdatlon. 
l'at«d  Hew-Yorlt,Feb.  17.  iBff. 

OMA8  LE  BODTILLIItB  Jr.. 
:^JtIlB8  Ji,  BKIOB. 


AJftTSBMESTTS. 

MARTEA  f ASHINBTON 

RECEPTION 

AVD 

GARDEN  PARTY, 

IN  AID  OF  THB 

Poop  of  New- York, 

UNDER  THB  ADSPICMS  OF 

ST.  JOHN'S  GUILD, 

ACADEMY   OF    MUSIC.  ' 

ABD 

NILSSON    HALLj 

FEBRUARY     22.    1877. 

Beaatiftil  Floral  Display. 
Appropriate  Pecorattonsa 
F«iirte«ii  Bowersa  Riepresenttflf 

AMERICA. 

aUSBIA, 

GBRSIANY, 

SNGLAND, 
FRANCE. 

SPAIN, 

ITALY. 

QRKBCB, 
BRAZIL. 

JUBZIOO. 

ICELAND, 

nOUNT  T£BNON. 

REBBCCA  AT  THB  WELL. 

GYPSY  ^JAMP. 

ONB  HXnrOBBD  LADIBS  ATTIRED  IV  OHABAUTBB- 

ISTIO   COSTUHBB,   TYPICAL  OF  THB  BBSPBOTIVB 

BOWERS. 

MENUET  DE  Li  COIIB 

under  the  direction  of  WILLIAM  B. 
DE  GARMO,  to  be  danced  at  10  o'clock 
by  Ladies  and  Gentlemen  In  the  cos- 
tume of  Louis  XIV.  and  L01&  XYI. 

AFTBB  WHICH 

GRAND  BALL  IN  THE  ACADE9IT 

AND 

GARDEN    PARTY    IN  NILSSON    HALL 

MUSIC  BY  BBRNSTBIN>S  ORCHBSTRA 

AND 
GRAFULLA'S    AND    DOWNING'S  BANDS. 

SUPPER  FURNISHED  BY  BXPBBIENCBD  CATXBIIB8 
URDBR  TBB  PEBSONAL  BVPBBVI3I0II  OF  THB  EX- 
BCDTIVB  COMMITTEE. 

FOREIGN  CONSULS,  OFFICERS  OF  THB  ABUT 
AND  NAVY  AND  OF  THB  BATIOBAL  GUARD  ARE 
RBQUBSTED  TO  APPEAR  IN  CNIFOBM. 

LADIES  AND  G8NTLBHBB  ABE  COBDLAIiLT  IN- 
VITED TO  APPEAR  IN  THB  COSTOMB  OF  100 
YEARS  AGO. 

ENTIRE  NET  PBOCBBD8  OF  THB  BBCEPTION, 
SUPPER,  AND  HAT-BOOM  TO  BB  DBVOTIO  TO 
THB  POOR. 

TICKETS  MAY  BE  HAD  AT  THB  GUILD  BOOMB, 
KO.  42  EAST  14TH  ST.,  OF  THB  UANAOBBS.  ALSO, 
OF  TYSON,  AT  THB  WDCDSOR,  GILSBT,  FIFTH  AVE- 
HUB,  AND  ST.  NICHOLAS  H0TBU3. 


STEIN  WAY  BALL.  BSSIPOFF  TO-NIGHT. 

The  last  week  of  that 
ILLUSTRIOUS    PIANloTB, 
prior  to  her  departure  for  California, 

THIS  (TUcSDAY)   KVENING.  Feb.  BO,  at  & 
LAST  MOHr,  (BUT  Oi<E,) 
BAINT-8AEN8.     GRAND  i  ONCeRTO  No.  9— (2  Pianas.) 
LISZT-WAG.'IER.    Recitative  and  Bomanoe. 
cHuPlN.     SCHEhZj  C  sharp  minor. 
SCHUMANN, Warum  I  W<  SER,  Uumentu •apnooiOB«,fcc 
PPKCIAL    NOTUE. 
It  isreap?ctftally  announced  that  Mme.   ANNETTE 
BSSIPOFF  will  niveau  EXTRA  MATINEE    Ou   THURS- 
DAY. Feb.  22,  (Wasblngtou'a  Birthday,)  at  2,  when  a 
magnlflcet  programme  wilt  be  preseotuL 

Admusion,  $1;  reserved  aeat,  $1  60.   Sale  of  aeats  at 
Bteinwa.v  Hall,  Bcbnberth's,  and  No.  Ill  Broadway. 

GR.iECO>ROniAN   WRESTLING. 

PROF.  WILLIAM  MU.LKE,  1HB  CHAMPION, 

VS. 

HERB  ERNBaT  TREHER, 

Beat  three  in  five  flails,     to  restriotlODS. 

This  Intereatlng  event  will  take  place  as 

METROPOLITAN  EtOlNQ  ACADEMY, 

Third  av..  63d  and  64tb  sta., 

THIS  TUESDAY  EVENING,  FEB.  20,  8  P.  If. 

Admlaalon,  60  cents.  Reserved,  75  cents  and  $1. 

SUPRE.^1E  COURT  OF  THB  STATE  OF 
New-York,  City  and  County  of  New- York. —CHARLES 
HaUN,  plaiDtlfr,  against  DANIEL  BBERHAROT.  as  Ex- 
ecutor of  the  laat  will  and  teatament  of  Liidwlg  Ned- 
die, deceaaed,  and  aa  Executor  of  the  last  will  and  tes- 
tament of  Frana  Dengier,  deceased,  ApoUonla  Kopp,' 
formerly  Apolioula  Neddie,  Louisa  Elonter,  an  iiifani 
under  tbe  age  of  fourteen  years;  Ottmat  Kupter- 
sabmidt;  Maria  Anna  Kupfersobmidt  Eitsabetha  Kup- 
farschmidt,  babioa  Kupfersobmidt,  Beglua  Knpter- 
schmidt,  .and  blisabetlia  Dengier.  detendants.— bam- 
moua— tor  relief. — (Com.  not  aerved.)— To  thedefland- 
ants  above  named  and  each  of  them  :  You  are  hereby 
summoned  and  required  to  answer  the  complaint  In 
this  action,  which  will  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
Clerk  of  tbe  City  aod  County  of  New  York  at  the  Court- 
house. In  the  City  ot  New-Y^rk,  aod  to  serve  a  <  opy  of 
your  answer  to  the  aald  complaint  on  tbe  sabsortber  at 
Lia  office.  No.  11  AveuneA.  iu  tbe  City  of  New* York, 
within  twenty  daya  alter  tbe  aervice  of  thia  aummooa 
CD  yon,  exoluaive  ot  tbe  day  of  auob  aervioe;  and  if 
you  tail  to  answer  the  aaid  complaint  within  the  time 
aforesaid,  the  piaintiff  in  tbia  action  win  apply  t6  tbe 
couit  tor  the  relief  demanded  la  the  complaint — 
Dated  New-York.  February  1,  1877. 

hUWABM  F.  HiSiSEY,  Plaintiffs  Attorney, 
«o,  11  Avenue  A,  New-Totk  City. 
The  complaint  In  this  action  waa  duly  fllea  in  the  of- 
fice of  tbe  Clerk  of  tbe  Cit.y  and  Uouaty  of  New- York 
on  tbe  2d  dav  of  February,  1877. 
l6-lawewl>Q*  EDWARD  F.  HA8SBT. 


SUPREME  COURT,  NEW-YORK  COUNTY.— 
J.  DAGGEiT  BUNT,  plaintiff,  agaiAst  GBOBGB 
O.  MULFORD,  defendant — SummoDs  for  a  money  de- 
mand ou  contract. — I'Om.  not  aerved. —  I'o  the  dettnd- 
ant  above  named.— Yon  are  hereby  summoned  and  re- 
quired to  anawer  the  complaint  In  tliia  action,  which 
Will  be  filed  in  tbe  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  City  and 
County  of  New- York,  at  the  Court-house,  Nuw-York 
Cit.7,  and  to  serve  a  oopv  of  TOUT  anawer  to  tbe  aald 
complaint  on  the  aubacriuer.  at  hia  office,  No.  1  Col- 
lege place.  New-lurk  City,  wlthlu  twenty  da.ys  after 
the  service  oi  thia  aummona  on  you,  exclnalve  of  the 
day  of  auch  setvioe  ;  and  if  you  toil  to  aAawer  the  Said 
complaint  within  tbe  time  aforesaid,  tne  piaintiff  in 
thu  action  will  take  Judgment  against  you  tor  the  snm 
of  six  hundred  aadaeventv-aeven  IB-lOk)  dollara,  with 
intereat  f  om  the  21  at  da.y  ot  October,  one  ttaouaaad 
eight  huud.ed  and  aevent.v-flve,  beaidea  the  ceata  of 
tbia  action.— Dated  New-York,  January,  1877. 

STEPHEN  B.  BRAOUti:.  Plaintiff's  AltOmer, 
No.  1  College  place,  New-York. 

Tbe  complaint  in  tbe  above  entitled  actiou  waa  filed 
In  the  (iffice  ot  the  Clerk  uf  the  City  and  County  of 
New- York,  at  the  Court-house  in  the  City  of  New- York, 
on  the  second  day  ot  Feoruary,  1877. 

csXEPUcN  B.  BRdGUE,  Plaintiff'a  Attorney. 

r6-law6wTu* 


/BOUNTY   COURT,   COUNTY  OF  KINGS.- 

^^SAKAH  T.  COrTkLYOU againat  JOSEPH  T.  WHITE. 
Uenr.v  W.  Domett.  Kohert  S.  Watlcer.  Charlea  B.  Cald- 
well, and  ——,  his  wife,  James  vi.  Borden,  Stephen  G. 
Condlt  To  each  of  the  defendants  above  named.  You 
are  hereby  aummnued  and  required  to  answer  the  com- 
plaint la  tbia  action,  of  wbiub  a  copy  la  herewith 
atirved  on  you,  and  thia  day  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
Clerk  of  the  County  of  Kinga,  at  tbe  Klnga  Conotv 
Court-buuae,  in  tbe  City  of  Brooklyn,  in  said  County  o^ 
Kings,  in  the  tstate  of  New-York,  and  to  s:jrve  a  copy 
of  your  answer  to  the  said  comoiniut  on  the  snbsonb- 
era,  at  toeir  office.  No.  13  WiUoughbv  street,  in  the 
City  of  Brooklyn,  within  twenty  days  after  tne  service 
of  this  aummona  ou  you.  exclnalve  of  tbe  day  of  auch 
aervice,  and  it  you  fall  to  anawer  tbe  said  complaint 
within  the  time  aforesaid,  the  plaintiff  in  tbls  action 
will  apply  to  tne  oonrt  lor  the  relief  demanded  in  tbe 
complaint. — Dated  Brooklyn.  August  21,  1876. 

A.  b,  J.  Z.  Lu'tT.  Piainiiflr'a  Attorneys, 
f20-law6wTu  No.  13  WUloogbby  aircKt,  Brooklyn. 


IN  PURSUANCE  OF  AN  ORDER  OF  THB 
Supreme  Court,  First  Judicial  Dlatrict,  made  and 
entered  on  tbe  6lh  day  of  February.  1877,  ttotioe  ia 
hereby  given  that  WILLIAM  OUTHOUT.  now  of  tbe 
City  ot  Paria,  ia  the  BepubUc  of  France,  Will  aoplT  to 
the  court  at  a  Speelal  Term  thereof,  to  be  neld  at 
Chambers  in  the  Ooant.y  Coarc-honae.  In  tbe  aaid  Uly 
ot  New-York,  on  Monday,  the  2d  day  of  April,  1877,  at 
10  o'filock  A.  M.,  or  aa  Mun  tbetcAfier  M  ooaasel  cM 
be  heaxd,  for  an  order  that  be  be  dlsobargad  trom  bis 
oac«  as  one  of  tne  Tmsteea  of  a  certain  mortgaaa 
made  aad  executed  aad  dehvered  to  him  and  anotiier 
by  the  New- York  and  Silver  Peak  Mining  Conkfiftoy. 
TbepetlEioa  of  the  MiA  WiliUm  Ooihont,  upon  whlPb 
the  aald  Oroctr  waa  cr*nt«d.  waa  dttty  fUed  ta  the  Offiee 
«r  tbe  Cl«rk  of  the  City  aad  Coaoty  of  New-York  en 
thefitb  4»T  ttf  F*raarr,  1877. 

HENRY  BBACB.  Attoxn«y  for  aatd  PetltlegMg, 
fl8-l»w8irTa*  «o.  61  Liberty  st..  ».  Z.  ^. 


AMUSiJMBNTS, 


BOQTa«tt  THBATKB.  THUS  WBBK. 

BirWHOUS  SVCOISSofftOWVS  0UAT  PLii; 
•»  FIFTH  AYBNPfl.** 

filfeomOB  RIGMOLO  M  tb»  Barfc 

*•*  Th*  piM  •boonda  with  ilhutrstiou  of  tiM  bmo- 

nar  plwaM,  thrlUiDglaeidents.  and  aentatloaai  oooni- 

tWMW  cf  LIFB  IN  THE  GBBAT  KBTBOPOXiIS  as  U 

waa  In  1863. 

AOTL 
Plctnm  the  SIKKIIfO  OF  AJf  00BA5  BTBAItKB, 

Flotaxea  B0BMB8  IN  WALL  STBBBT. 
«.  ^         ^  Al^T  IIL 

FtetOrMtiMLACirOHING  OF  THB  MOBITOl. 

ACT  IV. 
Ptetnres  Fifth  aveane  by  night,  and.  the  MTTBOBB  OF 
MB.  SOHUYLBE,  the  banker.    A  thrOltng  soene. 

ACT  V.  

PtotarM  the  retom  of  tbe  gallant  SBTBNTH  RBOt 
MEHT  and  their  eonfltot  with  tbe 

R10TBR4    OF    1863. 
•,*BPBCTAIi  MATISKB  on  Washington's  Birthday-. 


DALY'S  FIFTH  AYBNUB  THBATKB. 

A  LAUGH  FOR  EYBBTBODT. 

LEMONS 

B«slai  tray  nlrht  tt  8.  Tennlnatea  ti  10:  SO, 

I>BMOMS  Mating*  Satnnlay  at  9 ;  over  at  4:Sa 

lilMOMS  01ATINii~WA8HIN6TONni 
BIRTHDAY  AT  3. 

MATINEE  PBICEB — Baloony  xe.erved  aeats,  91 1   Or- 
obastra,  $1  SO. 


STARTLING  ATTKA0TI0N8  AT 
THB  GREAT   NKW-YORK  A<lUARIUJn. 

Broadway  and  86th  at. 

NEW  FEATURES  I    NEW    ADDITIONS  1 1  WondsrftH 

Bladder-aote  Seal,  only  one  ever  brought  alive  to  this 

City.  18  Enormous  man-eating  Alligators,  16  feet  long. 

Uke  White  Fish,  only  ones  ever  transportod  aliva. 

louapreya.  Living  Glass  Snakes,  Flyiof  Foxes. 

AU  kinds  ot  water  Lifa  and  Carosities. 

Prot  STABB'S  ASTONISHING  EXHIBITION.  Uagnl- 

fying  minnto  marine  otflecu  to  lO.UOU  times  their  nat- 

orsl  slse.  Ur.  M.  CBBAROON  and  his  Tumhleronioon. 

AU  the  Marine  and  other  Wonders  and  Marvels. 

AFTBENOON  AND    EVENI.SO   CONCERTS. 
ADMISSION  50  CENTS;    CHILDREN  HALF  PRICE. 


NEW  BROADWAY  THEATRE. 

BBOADWaT  and  BOTH  ST. 

OUR   BOYS, 

nhutratcd  by  disttngoiahed  artiata  apeoiallr  «ngaffed. 
BYEBX  BVEllINa  AT    &      MATIN EE8    WBDnESOAY 

AND  SATURDAY  AT  2. 

BFBOlAIi     HOLIDAY      MATlNBB       WA8HINGT0IPB 

BIBTHDAT,  FEB.  22.  AT  2.    POPULAR  PRICES. 


HELLER'S  WONDER   THEATRE. 

EVERY  BVBNINO  AT  a 

The  Third  Programmeb 

Everrthing  new  and 

more  wonderful  than  ever. 

BOBBBT  HBLLEB.  AOSS  HBLLBB. 

Katiniies  Wednesday  and  Saturday  at  2. 

Children  half  price  to  Matinees. 

BxtraMatin«e  WASHINGTON'S  BlETHDAT. 


Q;[LUOitB*S  GARDEN. 

OPSK  THBBB  BYBNINGB  Of  THB  WEBS. 


TUBSDAT, 


THURSDAY,        AND  SATUBSAT. 


50  cents ADMISSION 80  eeata 


NIBLO'S  GARDEN. 
KIBAIiTT  BBOTHBR8 Lesaees  aad  HanBcara 

^ABr  BIGHTS,     LAST  KIGUT8,     LAST  NIGHTS, 

ABOUND  THE  WORLD. 

THPRBDAY,  March  1, 

OfitolNMh'i  Bl*ftt  Musical  Extrarajntnu, 

A  TRIP  TO  THE  IK>Oir. 

WASHING  TON'S  BIRTHOAY. 

GRAND    HOIiIUAl    MATIKBB. 


CUIOMlBBING  HALL.  FRIDAY  EVENING. 

FIRST  ^»>M^.^..<^.#s»,M««~s«^      PBODUCED 

\       MALCUUS.        \ 
TIMB  ^.i^f,*.,^,^^.^^^^     THIS  CITY. 

GILMOBB'S  GRAND  ORCHESTRA. 

NBW-YOBK  CHORAL  UNION. 

TICK8T9  ONE  DOLLAR^ WITH    RESERVED    SEATS. 


TENTH  ANNUAL  EXHIBITION  OF  THB 

A91BRICAN  SOCIETY     OF    PAINTERS    IN 

WATER-COLORS, 

new  open  at  the  National  Aoadem.y  of  Design,  oomer  ef 
4tb  ar.  and  83d  sk,  daily,  (Sutfdaya  exoepted, )  fh>m  9 
A.  M.  nntU  6  P.  M.,  and  from  7  uutli  10  P.  M. 


oly;»ipic  theatre. 


NO.  624BROAWAY. 


aon«D 

THB 

CLOCK. 


THE  SUCCESS  OF  1877. 

GRAND  EXTRA'  MATIN  KB 

WASHINGTON'S  BIRTHDAY.  THURSDAY. 

ALSO    WEDNESDAY    AND    SATURDAY. 


C1H1CKERINU  HALL.— MR.  AND  MRS.  CARL 
>/FEINlNGEa'8  fourth  musio  recital,  WEDNESDAY 
EVENING,  Feb.  21.  1877.  Composltloos  by  Bach, 
Schubert,  Gade,  Kalliwoda,  Wlentawsky,  and  others. 
Admisaira  81 :  reserted  sea  s  60  cents  >  xtra  Tickets 
can  be  obtained  in  advance  at  Ohickering  Hall  and  at 
Sebiriner'a.  No.  7U1  Broadway. 


FINE  ARTS. 


TO^  ABT  OONNOISSBCRS. 


A  BARS  OPPOBTDNITY. 

Absolute  sale  af  on*  of  the  floBst  aad  most  iaportont 
private  ooUeotions  of  MODBBN  PAINtlNQd  of    the 
beat  European  aoboula,  the  property  ot 
MR.  HENRY  N.  SMITH,  NO.  047  0TH  AY., 
will  take  pUhm 

FRIDAY  BVBNINO,  FEB.  23. 
The  ooUeotion  inolades  chete-d'ceaTret  by  Bosa 
Bonhstu.  Jules  Bihton.  Giut  Brlon,  Charles  Bang- 
nlet,  B.  BoatlbooDB,  Bieratadt,  Me.yer  Von  Bremen,  P. 
CoUDte-Oallz,  Cofot  Dlas,  Danbigny,  Leon  Y.  Bscosorft, 
06rt>tat,  Gtsbert,  Hlldebrandt,  Hubert,  Hammtn,  Inno- 
eenti,  Itteabaoli,  Eoeltkoek,  Lamblnet,  Ungues  Merle, 
Moreaa.  Bossi,  Bofflaen,  Jean  Roble,  Salntin,  Theodora 
Bouasean,  Toulmouobe,  Verboeokboven,  3.  Q.  Vlbert, 
F.  Ziem,  uid  others. 

NOW  OB  EXHIBITION, 

DAT  AKO  BYBNISG, 

at  the 

KtnSTZ    GALLBBT. 

Va  6BMt  28d St.,  oa  Madiwa s^aan. 

BOBEBT  SOMBRVILLE,  AaOtioneea 


A.  A.-SPBCIAL  ANNOUNCEMENT. 

4  Superb  Oalleetton  of  American  and  Foreign 

OIL  PAINTINGS. 

Several  of  which  are  from  the  laat  Paris  Salon  Bxhlbi- 

tion,  and  the  American  direct  from  the  studios  of  our 

best  Mrtiats,  new  on  exhibition  at  the 

SCHKNCK  ART  GALLBBX 
NO.  60  LIBERTY  STBEBT. 

TO  BB  SOLD  AT  AOCTIOH 

THIS  DAY  AND  TO-MORROW,  FEB.  20   AMD  21.  i 

At  12  o'clock  Eaob  Day. 

EDWARD  SCHBNCK.  Anetlonaer. 


ART  NOTIvE. 

Fre«  exhlbitloa  day  and  evantng         _ 
AT  MINEB'S  ART  GALLERIES.  NO.  846  BROADWAY. 
"The  private  Collection  of  a  well-known  art  connoisseur 
of  ttiis  Ulty,  embracing  cno  ee  aad  valuable  works  ot 
leading  ariista  of  America  and  Europe. 

THB  FAUi.KNBB  GALLBBT 

WATER-COtOBS. 
Forming  *>he  of  the  finest  assemblages  of  Art  Works  in 
thia  branch  ever  Offered  at  puoliC  competition  la  tiiia 
Olt.T. 

To  be  sold  at   anoUon,  MONDAY,  TUKSDAT,   aad 
WBDNESDAY  evenings,  Keb.  26,  27,  and  2& 

HENRY  U.  MINBii,  Austl  inaer. 


mSOEULA^EODS^ 

ANNOUNCEMENT  TO  BUTCHERS  AND 
CATTLE  DEALERS. 

SAMUEL  POOL  t  CO.,  LONDON, 
Being  the  largest  c  ittle  aaleamen  In  Kngiand,  aad  tbe 
oldebt  ettabllBbed  house  tor  the  sale  ofFOBhlON  O.aI'- 
TLE  and  MEAT,  offers  to  sell,  on  Commission,  Oxen, 
bhecp.  aad  Piga.  alive  aad  killed:  highest  references 
f.bm  largeai  bankera  in  New-York. 
Fur  particoUrs,  aduresa  our  agsut, 

Mr.  M.ANDf^AUii.  No.  81  Ifassaa  st. 


FRESH  BEEF.— A  PARTY  HAVING  FACILITIES 
for  debveilog  dresaed  beef  from  tJbioago  wiahea  ad- 
draaa  of  aome  dealer  who  can  handle  aame  in  New- 
York.  N.  Y.  btate  facllittea  for  rei  eiviiu  aad  bandling 
one  or  two  cara  per  da.y.  C.  P.  PIERCE  k  CO., 

No.  102  Waahiugton  st,  Chicaga 


ADVISER  AND  NEGOTIATOR.— AN  EXPB- 
rlenced  gentle. nan  will  negotiate  affairs,  claliaa  In- 
veBtmanta,  be,  with  aklll  and  tact  Addrsaa  NBGO- 
I'lATOR,  Box  No.  277  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICK.  flO. 
1,267  BROADWAY.       


EPI*!S'  COCOA.— QR.ATKFOL  AND  DO  uPaBTINO; 
eaeh  packet  la  labelle.1,JAMKj  EPPSli  C:>..  Hom:>- 
opathio Chemists.  No.  43  Threadaeedla  st  and  No.  170 
Pii-cadillv,  Londoo,  England.    .New-Yora  Depot.  SMITH 
A  VANOBRBKKK.  Park  olx-a. 


BALDNESS.— Da  NEWTON  GUARANTEES  TO 
grow  a  Inxnriant  head  of  hair  on  bald  Ifeads;  no 
hair,  no  pay.  Address  J.  B.  NEWTON,  Station  L., 
NewTotk. 


DA-JfCIl!iG. 


ALLEN  DODWORTU'S  DANCING    SCHOOL 
RjialOVKO  TU  NcX  bSl  SrU  AVBNOB.    Spriagtorai 
aew  csmmeaciag.   For  partleolata  send  forolro-jiac. 
Private  lessons  every  dav. 


AMmmam^ 


^^l^^^^^^^^>^^^>^^»<^*r  -in  ~injn.nnn_rLrLn_n-ilft 

WALLACK.'S. 

Jft.  LBHTBB  WAUACX 

QHUmaS  SV00B8B  OP  LBOrmCATl  OORBini 
THE  FBODDOWOir  «"»»"» 

01 

WILD  OATS  / 

AF  ABTISTin  TBIinCVa 
FOB  BTBRTBOOI  COBOBBBBB 
ur  ITS  BBPBBSBBTATIOB. 

What  a*  SmraU  uyii 

ThaarodaattaaefO'KMfiB'aibiBvaieoBadyef 
W1IJ>  OATS 
on  XoadAT erenlBg created  aa oBthaalasm  nnsTirfmut 
IkT  M7  pMTMU  pndaetien  gt  tlila  tbafttM. 

THB  BOVBB 

of  

m.  IiBBTBB  WAXibAOK 

A  SPIiBBDIO  PIBOB  OF  AOTINO.— BimM 

tn  Sir  George  nonder.  Ma  JOHK  OILBBBT  ftuAi  4 

ebaraoter  after  bis  own  baart.  — JSraroU. 

Mr.  BECKETT  was  notably  good  aa  Bphralm  SmootK 

Mr.  E.  ABBOTT  o«n«a»ted  Joha  Dory  with  rlgbt 
flaeUns  and  discreet  art.— THbwM. 

Sim.  by  Ma  &  M.  HOLLAND,  a  doUeloas  bu  Of  aet- 
In^— JXeroUL 

Barry  Thunder,  playodby  Mr.  a  STZTBBSOff,  with 
ms  wonted  graoe.— JTsrafaL 

Miaa  ROSE  WOOD  played  Lady  Amaranth  with  flao 
grace  and  delieato  Immor,   and  Him  BFPIB  GBtOfON 

was  eaoaiiy  at  home  In  the  merry  Joony  Oammon.  la> 
deod,  from  Mr.  WaLLaCK  himaaii:  to  the  Landlo^  ol 
the  "  Bismg  Sao."  the  play  was 

A  TRIUMPH 

FOB  EVBBTBOOT  OONCBBITBD.— RcroIA 
THE  GBBAT  COUBST 

will  be  perfamed 

EVERT  BVSNZNOAMD  SATCRDAY  KATUTXB  UNTn 
FURTHER  NOTICE, 

With  IU 
EZORPTIONAL  CAST 

aod 

ncrUBBSQCB  SCENIC  ILLUBTRiTIOVa. 
-^  BWB-offloo  open  two  weeks  in  odvuioo. 

^  la  eoaseatwnee  of  ihe 

ONPBECBDBNTBD  BU00BS8 

of 

WILD  OATS 

the  predaotloa  of  other  aoveltles  is  ftn  the  presesi 

postponed. 


ACADEMY  OF  MVtilC.  ABBOTT 

GBAND  ITALUN  OPBBA. 
Mr.  DE  VIVO  has  the  honor  to  aanoanee  the  dtbot 
of  Miss  EMMA 

ABBOTT. 

IN  GRAND  I        FRIDAY   EVBNIVQ  ^ 

ITALIAN  FEB.  23, 

OPERA,  I  AT  8. 

and  8ATUBDAX  ABBOTT  MaTINBB. 
LA  FIGLIA  DBL  REGGIMKNTO. 
Miss    EMMA  ABBOTT  AS  MARIA. 
Hmft.    DB    GEBELE,    tbe    Marchlonesa;    BRnyBOLt 
Teaio    PBEtRANTI,  Snlpezlo;  BAKlLI.  and  otbecs. 
GRAND  CHORUS  AND  ORCHESTRA 
Under  the  direction  of  MAX  MARETZES. 
Bole  of  seats  at   Schirmnr's,  No.  7ol  Broadwayi  at 
Now    111    Broadwav:  at   Sohub^rth'B.    No.    23    Dnloa 
sooare.  and  on  and  after  WEONESuaY  at  the  Acadamj 
of  Music. 


UNION  SQUARE  THEATRE. 

Proprietor Mr.  SHBBIDAB  8B00X 

Muager Mr.  A.  M.  PALMBB 

UNEQUIVOCAL  BUC0K88  OF 

THE  DANIOHEFPS. 

Tne  most  efleetive  of  the  many  good  plays  proi 

duoed  at  tne  Utuon  Square  Theatre — Svenina  Pott. 

HOUSE  CRO.^  DED  aT  EVERY  EEPREsENTATiOH. 

TO-NIGHT  BKNEFIT  OF 

CHARLES  E.  THOR.NB,  Ja 


To-morrow  two  performanoea.       i 
Afternoon  at  1:30.    Evening  at  8.    I 


.Batoiday  at  1:30, 

Fourth  Matm4e  of 
THti  DA    I0H8FrS. 


BAGLE  THBATR1£.  BROADWAY  AND  33D  BT. 
THIS  WEEK.    CHANGE    OF    OPERA    EVERY  NIGHT. 

THIS  WEEK-^AIHEE  In  her  moat  popular  oPBUvS. 
Two  MatlneeaTHIS   WEEK— Thursday  and  Saturday. 

TO-NIGHT  last  time  of  Lh.  ORaNDE  DDCBEssE. 

I'O-MORROW  (Wednesday)-LaFiUede  Mme.  Angot. 

THURSDAY  MAT!  NKE—La  Grande  Duchease. 
Admlaalon,  60c.;  reserved  aeata,  50c.  extra. 

THUtt-SDAY  NlGUr— LaJolieParfumeuae;  in  which 
AIMEB  sings,  "  Pretty  aa  a  Picture." 

FRIDAY  NIGHT— Glrofie-Girofla. 

SATURDAY  MATI.VkE— La  Fine  de  Mme.  Angot. 
Admiaalon,  60c;  reaerved  seats,  60c.  extri^ 

SATURDAY  NIGHT— Rngjah  Dramatic  Performance. 
SUNDAY  NIGHT— GrA.NDAIMES  CO.SCERf.l 

NEXT  WEKK— A  new  Opera  by  Offenbach. 

First  production  ia  New- York  of  Offsnbach's, 
LA  BODLANGERH  A  DES  ECUS, 
expressly  written  for  Mile.  AIMEB,  and  perfbraiedby 
her  in  Paris  for  100  consecutive  nl^bts. 

PARK.  THEATRE, 

BROADWAY    AND    22D    ST. 
(CotiTenlent  to  aU  the  popular  lloes  of  trareL) 

HENRY  E.  ABBEY Leaaee   aod  Maoagek 

Fourth  week  af  the  great  comely  success  of  the  aea- 
BOn.  £ver.y  evening  at  8.  special  Tburaday  Matinee 
and  Saturday  at  2,  Mr.  Leonard  Grovar'a  brilliant  and 
amusing  American  Comedy  in  four  acta,  entitled 

"OUR  BOARDING  HOUSE," 

With  Messrs.  Stuart  Robson,  W.  H.  Crane.  W.  B.  Sheri- 
dan, T.  E.  Moms,  H.  Ll:t  e,  A.  H.  Stuait.  J.  W.  Carroll. 
W.  J.  CogawelL  Mrs.  A.  F.  Baker,  Miasea  Maud  Barri- 
800,  Aliie  Dorrington,  Virginia  Buchanan,  Mliinie 
Doyle,  Meta  Bartiett,  Roberta  Norwood.  "  it  Is  very 
well  Aotea." — Evening  Pott  Reserved  aeata  in  bal- 
cony, 60  centa;  dreas  circle,  $1 ;  orchestra.  $1  60.  Ad- 
miaaion,  60  centa  ana  $1.  Free  Uat  aoaolutely  bus- 
pended. 

SPECUL  MATISBB  THURSDAY,  22d,  at  2  P.  M. 


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LOCAL  MISCELLANY. 

THE  BURNING  OF  THB  BAVARIA. 

_.^4KBiyAI.  AT  THIS  pJIbT  OF  THB  OFFICEBBS, 
CREW,  ANI)  PAS6BNGBBS  OF  THE  BUENBD 

>  8TEAM-8HIP— DETAILS  OF  THB  DI8A8TEK 

— THE  SHIP  ABANDONED — ^EESCCJE  OF 
THE  BOATS  "WITH  THE  SHIP'S  COMPANY. 

The  steam-flbip  Golf  Stream,  Capt  Crowell, 
Arrived  at  this  port  yeatarday,  after  a  Toyaee  of 
four  days,  fromCbarleBton.  S.  C,  brlDgint;  the  offi- 
fers,  orew.  and.  passansers  of  the  ill-fated  ■team-ship 
Bavand,  which  was  bwoel  at  sea  od  the  6ta  Inst. 
Boon  after  landloe  the  men  reported  at  the  office  of 
the  British  Coneal,  where  the  assiatance  required 
was  eiven  prompily.  Capt.  Williams,  commander 
of  the  Bavaria,  in  oonversatioc  with  a  reporter,  said 
that  bis  ship,  one  of  the  sorew.steamers  of  the  Do- 
AUnlon  Lice,  left  3r»w-0rleanB  for  Liverpool  on  Feb. 
X,  witb  a  crew  of  SS  men  and  eight  QasseoKers.  and 
bad  on  board  a  oargo  of  4,336  bales  of  cotton,  1,000 
barrels  of  ream,  and  269,000  Mexican  dollars.  The 
ship  was  coaled  at  the  Soath-west  Pass,  and  re- 
cnamed  her  voyage  on  the  3d  inst.  ITotbinz  of 
Interest  occorted  on  board .  notll  the  afternoon  of 
Taesday,  Feb.  6,  when  the  firemen  discovered  that 
the  ooal  in  tbe  etarooard  banlcer  wa9  bnrnini;.  The 
-donkev-pampa  were  started,  and  the  flre  was  soon 
ex-iDgnisbed.  AboQt  ^  o'clock  on  the  evening 
of  tbe  same  day  smoke  was  detected  between 
decks,  and  an  investiitatioa  showed  that  the  cotton 
on  the  steerage-deck  was  bninioz.  The  pumps 
'were  started  again,  and  every  effort  made  to  save 
'the  ship,  but  it  tf  as  evident  that  cooTbustion  had 
been  goin^  on  a  long  while.  Aboat  10  o'clock  P.  M. 
ilte  fire  was  borning  forioasly  and  was  completely 
beyond  control.  The  ship  bad  six  boats,  snfficient 
to  accommodate  every  -soul  on  board,  and  orders 
weie  given  for  all  bands  to  prepare  to  leave  the 
abip.  Tvo  bags  of  -bread  and  a  breaker  of 
vrater  were  put  into  each  boat,  so  that,  with 
proper  care,  the  people  could  live  for  10 
days,  if  not  swallowed  np  by  the  sea. 
There        was       no        excitement,        the        men 

acting  coolly  aod  bravely.  Tbev  had  their  water- 
proofcoaics  on,  but  beyond  that  and  tba  clothing 
tbev  wore  when  tbe  second  fire  was  discovered  ootb- 
\vz  was  saved  except  tbe  ship's  papers. 
When  the  order  was  given  to  clear  away 
and  lower  the  boats  the  engineers  rushed 
on  deck  and  took  the  nlaoes  as- 
Signed  to  tbem.  Tbe  fire  was  then  bursting 
throagb  toe  deck  aad  hatches.  Among  tbe  paaseu- 
jters  were  Mr.  D.  O'Connor  and  bis  wile,  Mary  and 
Miobael  O'Connor,  rbeir  coftOren  and  an  infant. 
Toey  were  placed  in  the  Captain's  boat.  The  other 
pasaeDgers,  Mr.  J.  B.  Biuarv.  Geurge  Woodward, 
and  John  Harrison,  were  placed  in  tbe  other 
boats,  and  the  craw  disCnoated  among  tbem.  Tbe 
aea  w<itt  oomDaranvely  quiet,  and  no  trouble  occurred 
in  getting  all  afluat  except:  boat.  No.  4.  While  tbe 
xuen  were  geftiag  that  boat  away  a  burst  of  flre 
And  a  denae  t.Iual  of  smoke  drove  toem  back. 
Acain  and  again  the  men  rushed  f«i  it, 
only  to  be  driven  back.  The  flames 
w«Te  then  rusblng  np  tbe  rigging  and 
bad  reacQed  tlie  iQasc-beads,  when  Capu  Williams 
Xnaiie  a  flnai  rash  for  the  boat  and  snceeedod  in 
lowering  it  without  accident.  After  seeing  ever.y 
one  else  safe,  the  Captain  entered  bia  own  boat,  and 
it  was  pulled  away  from  the  burning  vessel.  The 
ofiBuers  to  charge  or  the  boats  knew  their  oxict 
posiuon  then  to  be  31°  14'  north  longiiude,  78°  42' 
west  of  Greenwiob,  in  the  Gulf  Stream  and  off  ine 

Jowbr  coabt  ot  Georgia.    Tneir  orders  were  Wj  keep 
,%  close  together  as  posidble. 

^oout  midnight  on  Feb.- 7  tbe  light  of  the  fire 
wa-tseen  by  ibe  officcrsof  the  British  bark  Dorotbea 
Th<^aiDS0P,  Cspt.  Frosnok.  bound  &om  0,^orto 
to  £jV  Helena.  The  bark  bote  down  on  tbe  Bavaria, 
and  &.'>out  davlight  tbe  next  morning  was  ciose  to 
tbe  bu.roiog  ship.  Csou  Ftottick  reporced  that  at 
that  tuQO  ouiy  apartuf  the  mizzenmast  was  stand- 
ing aiiil  on  fire,  tbe  fore  and  mainmast  hav- 
tsg  vn>na  by  tbe  board.  He  then  com- 
meoced  a  search  for  tbe  boats,  being  sacib- 
£ed  that  the  sbip  bad  been  absnduueo. 
At  10  o'clock  in  the  morning  he  picked  up  the  first 
efficor's  bi>»t,  and  sooa  after  found  three  others 
Aa  the  bark  was  picking  no  the  tuird  and  t'ourtb 
buat6  sue  was  seen  by  ibose  io  tbe  Cantaiu's  boat, 
ana  wiih  reuewed  energy  the  men  triea  to  reacn 
her,  boo  s.owly  tbe  bark  weitC  about  and  laeir 
biarts  twnk  ag«MO  as  she  disappeared.  Toward  the 
luiuale  of  the  atternoon  a  shone  went  op  from  tbe 
buai's  ciew  us  the  bark  again  appeared  heading 
directly  f.ir  tbem,  and  soon  tbe  fifth  and  aixib  boats 
Were  pioKed  up.  Tbe  shipwreckeo  people  were 
kindly  treated  and  taken  lu  Bsautort,  S.  C,  wbeuce 
tbey  were  forwarded  to  Charleston.  There  the 
Biiiidh  Consul  gave  tbem  eacb  a  outt  of  clothes,  fnd 
them,  and  procured  passage  tor  all  to  this  port  on 
(he  steamer  Gult  S^xibam. 


DELAWARE  AND  BVDSON  CANAL. 

SYNOPSIS  OP  THB  FORIHCOMING  ANNO^L 
KEPORT — HYPOTHECATING  BONDS  TO 
MEET  THB  PRESSING  DEMANDS  OF  THE 
COMPANY. 

-fhe  Directors  of  tbe  Delaware  and  Hudson 
Canal  Company  met  yesterday  afcerooon  to  con- 
sider Ibe  prou&sheets  of  tbe  annual  report  to  be 
issued  lo-Uay.  It  was  approved  as  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  printed.  Mr.  Dickson  and  the  other 
officials  of  the  company  wbea  applied  to  for  ad- 
vance sheets  of  the  report,  positively  retused  to 
^uiniab  them,  on  tbe  ground  that  the  Directors  did 
vol  wiab  it  published  until  to-morrow.  At  a  late 
bour  ii  waa  learned  that  oopiea  of  the  report  bad 
been  secretly  ftunisbed  to  the  World  and 
^lUUtin.  This  ,  action  created  a  great  Ueal 
of  talk  on  tbe  street,  tbosa  papers  bav- 
jng  been  engaged  for  some  time  past  in 
bolstering  up  tbe  company,  and  it  was  freely 
cbarged  that  the  object  of  the  officers  was  to  keep 
tbe  bull  movement  up  for  another  day,  before  the 
indepeadent  newspapers  would  have  an  oppor- 
-4tanity  of  analyzing  tbe  report.  If  such  was  tbe  in- 
tentiop  It  was  of  no  avail,  as  tbe  reporters  suc- 
ceeded in  obtaining  an  official  oop.v  of  the  report,  of 
irbicb  tbe  foilowiug  isasynopsi*:  The  o.»mpaQy 
DUiima  to  have  made  last  .year  at>ove  dividends,  in- 
ker,est,  rentals,  and  all  first  charges,  |30S,020.  It.ac- 
knuwiedgea  that  it  lost  through  leasel  line*  $555,045, 
but  ways  that  tbm  is  inoloded  in  the  account  showing 
the  a^ioonnt  of  not  profits  given  at>ove.  Tie  '•  reai 
estates  inventories,  in:.,''  owned  oy  the  uumoaoy  is 
IPura^sed  at  18,532.813,  and  the  estimated  ralue  of 
Us  coai  lands  is  HtateU  at  fl2.000,noo.  The  orber 
asseis  t^re  miscellaneous  boaos  and  stocks,  18,088,- 
714,  inolvding  among  otbers  Boston,  Oaniord  and 
jBiie  oont^s,  |1,S54,2(>8.  and  New-York  and  Canada 
railroad  Lrvmos,  i3.^97,U8S.  There  are  paid  to 
be  Litis  receivable  lo  tne  amount  oi  12.063,237,  and 
tbe  bills  p<t^abte  are  staved  at  1855.000.  i  ae  other 
items  are  as  ibiiows:  cash  on  hana.  ^621, 584  ;  *  de- 
p< .ea tors, "  i6a<, 318:  landed  debt,  $15,116,000 ;  capi- 
tal stuck,  #20.^00,000.  It  is  reportea  oo  th«  best 
authority  that  the  compauy  raised  $900,000  cash  by 
bypotheoatiog  bonds  tbrttogh  tbe  Bdok  c£  Com- 
\uerce,  about  tb^  middle  of  last  week. 

BEQVESTS  ,10  \CU±BITABLB    S00JETIE8. 

''.  he  will  of  Miss  Mary  M.  Dauser.  late  of  No. 

40  West  Eleventh  strott,  was  admitted  to  probate 

yesterday.    After  dividing  $185,000  among  relatives 

an>i  irieuds,  the  following  bequests  are  made  : 

Tbe  American  Female  Guardian    society $20,000 

Sew-iork  Biolt?  oociety 10,000 

bew-ioric    Aasociatiiun     for  Improving   the 

C.-uditlon  ol  too  Poor 10,000 

Board   of  foceiea    AlissioDs  ut  toe  iluiormed 

Church  Ui  Ati.eiic». ^ 10,000 

Bew-Yoik  tAr  and  Kye  lufirmary 6,000 

House,  rof  Incuiablea — 20,000 

liew.yorK  --ociety  lor  ttio  Preventioa  ot  Cruel- 
ty 10  Children -..-.   10,000 

Bow-Yorit  Juvoulie  Asylutn 1,000 

Jfoitb-easlern  Dupensar.v  lu  the  Cit.v  of  New- 

lori  5.000 

Sbeltenng  Arm*  tor  the  City  of  New-yoric 1U,0U0 

hurservaud  I  hiia'8  Hospital 6,000 

Kortbcra  L'ispenaary  of  ihe  City  of  New-York..      d,UUO 
Toon ^  women' a  Christian  Associatloa  ot   the 

Ciiy  of  .New-York 6,000 

JJew-iorK  city  Chmob  bxtension  aud  Mission- 
ary    Society    ot   the   Methodist    Kpiitcopal 

cburch -*- ..-  ...  ...    10,000 

Ameriean  Sunday-achooi  Dnloa  in  the  Citj  of 

PbuadelpUla.,.. 19:^9. 

Cnild.en'a  Aid  Bopiaty 20.UtO 

New-Xork  city  Mistion  aod  Tract  ^ocietv,  In 

the  Citvof  New^^orii 20,000 

BomoBupatbic  Medital  College  ot  tbe  State  ot 

^ew•Xorll,  >ew-Vork  Clt.y. 6,000 

Jloitb- western  Dispensary,  lu  the  City  of  Wew- 

■   ~     York. .--. .-•"..... •-. 0,000 

Peirut  irtspenaary -j-^-iTV     ^•^^'•^ 

Bomffiopaibic  Dispensary  lor  Women  and  Chil- 
dren      5,000 

lliaaluiiaTy  Society  of  the   Uechodlst  Kpiscopal 

Cborob ...- -    20,000 

)Traot  oociety  of    the    Methodist    Episcopal 

churcn. 10,000 

JBoard  of  Boucativn  of  tb«   EUtOrmed  Chmrch 

fin  America. „5'29x 

lAmericau  jseaman'sFnend  tJooiety .- 20,000 

Sew-York   Kociety   for  tbefielief  of  Euptmed 

and  crippled..... oR'nJln 

America nBi Die  Society 20,000 

ilethodiJt  Home   ir  irorty-seoond  street,  near 

Blgbtn  aven«e. -■_■ -••-     °-*'^ 

^«^  Vlilaga  Cbotoh  (now  known »«  the 

fcevemb  Street  Jh.etnodist  Church) „2'9s" 

fM  Jay  iSibool  Onion  Of  the  MetboUJst  Church  20.000 
\ftsteru  Irispensary  of  tba  City  of  .-(ow-i  ork. . .    5,000 

TBJE  NEW-rOSK  WSSIjETA-N  OLVB. 

The  New-York  Wealeyau  Club  held  a  meet- 
ing last  night  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  Stephen  H. 
Olin  No.  Ill  Bast  Xhlrty-flrat  street,  and  Dr.  Hunt, 
the  President,  being  absent,  the  speaker  of  the 
arenlng,  Dr.  John  W.  Draper,  waa  introdnced  by 
|4r.0lin.  Dr.  Draper  repeated  bis  interesting  lec- 
ture on  •■  What  Soienca  Owes  to  America  for  the 
SKftHnnimSl  Tears"  an  address  which  attracted 
^,5h^tioS%?hen^««i  before  the  Amerl^ 
Sh?»i»l  Socxatyon  the  16tb  of  laat  November. 
§be  toSureWM  llatffljsd  to  witb  marked  atientton 
ifdaSns«.nZ«onlt.  aotbor  vaa  rewarded  br* 
SSiS  4StSr^  tSSS..  a  eolUtlon  was  Mje«««J«^ 
£!uith«  TMt  of  the  evening  WM  spent  in  social  In- 
^J^^  %^f^^^^yt^ta.^  hold  ownthlv 


meetingfl,  tbe  next  of  which  will  be  at  tbe  call  of 
the  President. 

THB  CARE  OF  THE  INSANE. 
MEETING  IN  AID  OP  THE  BROOKX.yN' RE- 
TKEAT  FOB  THE  INSANE — THE  OBJECTS 
OP  THE  INSTITUTION  AND  WHAT  HAS 
BEEN  DONE  TOWARD  ITS  BSTABU8H- 
MENT — ADDRESSES  BY  REV.  DBS.  PUT- 
NAM AND   8TORR<?. 

The  third  of  a  series  of  meetings,  under  the 
auspices  of  a  number  of  ladies  who  desire  to  found 
a  private  asvlnm  in  Kings  County  for  tbe  reooption 
of  respectable  females  iu  the  incipient  stages  of  in. 
sanity,  was  held  last  evening  in  Rev.  Dr. 
Putnam's  Church,  coroer  of  Plerrepont  street  and 
Monroe  place,  Brooklyn.  Dr.  Putnam  called  the 
meeting  to  order  and  presided.  He  said  that  since 
the  last  meeting  the  association  of  ladies  who  bad 
the  project  of  an  asylum  in  contemplation  bad  be- 
come incorporated  under  tbe  title  ot  '•Tbe"Brook- 
lyn  Setreat  for  tbe  Insane,"  the  declared  obiects 
being  tbe  providing  of  a  comfortable  retreat  for 
Insane  women  in  the  County  of  King8,the  Trustees 
for  the  first  year  to  be  Mary  W.  Manning,  Anna  C. 
Field,  Sarah  M.  Parsons,  Amelia  Forman,  Ruthy  B. 
Hutchinson,  M.  Tberese  Tnpper,  Mary  H.  Holley, 
Hannah  D.  White,  and  Sophia  B.  Qrmiston.  Tbe 
ladies  who  bad  undartaken  this  work  believed  that, 
under  an  improved  method  of  treating  tbe  insane, 
ooabined  with  cheerful  Burronndings,  pleasant  oc- 
cnpatioD,  and  ootdoor  exercise,  a  mncb  larger  oer- 
(sentage  of  cures  may  be  effected,  and  they  had 
already  procured  i^.OOO  io  subscriptions  from 
women. 

Roy.  Dr.  Storrs  was  inlrodnced,  and  said  that  it 
was  a  sad  and  sombre  subject,  treating  of  the  night 
side  of  life,  that  tbey  had  met  to  connlder.  He  hud 
had  nothing  to  do  with  originating  the  association, 
and  all  the  credit  was  due  to  the  ladies  who  had  so 
nobly  come  to  the  front  in  this  great  project. 
There  were  45,000  insane  perHOoe  lo  the  TTiiited 
States,  a  very  large  proportion  of  whom  were  women, 
and  this  did  not  include  the  very  large  class 
of  those  whose  nerves  were  abnormally  afiected.  A 
severe  Winter  increased  the  number  of  insane  per- 
sons, and  greiit  dieaaters,  likn  tbe  Brooklyn  Thea- 
tre flre  and  the  Ashtabula  horror,  had  a  great  ef- 
fect lu  disturbing  the  normal  condition  of  the  minds 
of  many.  The  ratio  of  insaoity  to  population  was 
constantly  on  the  increase,  and  tbe  ratio  of  cure  was 
as  Steadily  dimiDiKbing.  Tbe  ratio  of  cure  bad 
dimiinished  from  90  per  ceat.  to  a  little  over  30 
per  cent.  The  phases  of  Insanity  bad  increased 
in  intensity  and  difficulty  of  treatmen:,  owing 
mainly  to  the  severe  strain  put  upoo  the  faculties  in 
tbe  present  active  compe:itlou  in  all  tbe  walks  of 
life.  Tbe  proper  care  of  insane  persons  when  in 
tbe  incipient  stacks  of  the  disease  had  a  great  in- 
fluence m  promotj.  g  a  Qure.  Fewer  patieuts  should 
be  in  eai;h  asylum,  and  fresh  air,  cbeeriul 
surroundings,  aud  sympathetic  eare  were 
grand  aids  in  tbe  process  .of  offeoiing 
a  cure.  An  asylum  coDtaining  over  1,000 
patientfi,  as  many  aid,  with  only  three  or  foiu  piir- 
sicians  to  look  att«>r  tbem,  was  an  impractic.ible 
plan  tor  tbe  cure  ot  the  ilisease.  Insanity  was  in 
the  air  in  these  large  institutions,  and  tbe  efic-ct  of 
tbe  presence  of  those  who  were  io  an  iacurable  or 
chronic  condition  on  those  in  only  an  iucipiei^t 
stage  waa  very  detrimeotal.  Proper  vanoty  of 
employment  .could  not  be  bad  in  large 
asvlnms,  ana  varied  employment  was 
very  conducive  to  a  ouie.  In  -  general 
hosnital  practice  the  ratio  of  care  wa&  aooui  50  per 
ceut.;  bur  iu  Flatbusb  Insane  As.vlura  onl.*  10  per 
cent,  ot  the  inmates  were  cured.  This  cane  of 
overcrowding,  and  inadequate  facilities  for  varied 
and  cheertul  emplo.vmeut  aod  uiveruion.  There 
were  1,080  inmates  ot  that  asylum,  and  tbe  per  cent, 
ot  cure  was  so  rapidly  lesseniui:  toat  it  would  soon  be- 
come, if  no  improvement  was  made,  a  veritable  se- 
pulchre of  dead  minds.  There  were  .^5  insane  asvlnms 
In  this  uoouiry,  costing  $30  000,000.  The  supuorc 
of  tbeextvavagantlv  built  ap-l  counucted  asylums 
of  this  SJtate  averaged  i5,d00  unoualiy  for  «acn  lu- 
mate.  During  tbe  last  uecade  the  population  of  the 
United  biates  baa  iocreasea  25  per  Ceou,  whil<-  tbe 
number  of  insane  persons  hud  increased  55  per 
cent.  Tbe  ladies  who  bad  cbargr^  of  tbe  present 
project  intended  to  eodearor  to  uHtabhsb  an  asylju 
thai  would  be  sabstantially  seli-supportiug,  and  be 
tree  from  the  auaaes  liow  exi8tiatf  in  moat  asvluma, 
and  have  advantages  oukDown  perbups  to  aay  tf 
thf>m. 

Mr.  David  M.  Stone  gave  many  interesting  illus- 
traiious  of  the  lU-ireatment  uf  inmates  of  lusane 
asTlums,  and  said  that  tbe  latiies  who  bad  pre- 
sented their  plan  tor  the  securemout  of  the  aid  and 
good  wi8bes  of  thosd  present  inieuded  to  •austituie 
a  treatment  touuded  on  the  love  and  8ymi'ai.t5'  of  a 
home,  instead  ot  a  system  of  neglect  and  harsh 
treatment. 

Alter  brief  remarks  by  Eev.  Mr.  Nye.  of  the 
Church  ol  OarPaihtr,  tbe  meeting  a>'.Juorued.  witb 
tbe  understAoduig  ibat  a  cooimutee  would  be  in- 
structed to  ooiieci  subscrip  iuu>«. 

LITTLE  BELL  GATE  TO  BE  FILLED  VP. 

The  conference  between  the  Police  Commis- 
sioners and  tbe  beads  of  other  dspar'meois  in 
relation  to  the  proposed  filling  up  ot  Little  Hell 
Gate  with  street  reftiae,  met  again  yesterday  at 
Police  Head-quarters.  President  Wales,  of  the 
Department  of  Docks,  occupied  tbe  chair,  aud 
Prof.  Chandler,  ot  the  Board  of  Health,  olficlated 
as  Secretary.  Gen.  Smith  ofiered  ihe  fullowiug 
bills,  wbicti  were  4X>acurred  iu  as  Uoing  necessaiy 
to  toe  proper  autbonz-ilioa  uf  rue  work : 
Air  Act   to  declare   Littie   Hell    Gate  not  a  narlzabie 

cbunuel,  auii  ti  accord    tu^    assent  of  tue    United 

iNtittes  to  tbe  filllu:.'  up  of  the  name: 

Bf  It  enac:eab.y  tbe  Seoutr  and  Unusc^  of  Kepresenta- 

tlvea,  in  v-'outcrflBS  oasemblba.  ia.,t    tue  Wdter  oasH^k'ie 

known  as   mtle   He.l     iate.    becweta    iiaadal.';)  uud 

Warn's  Islan  ts  be  aod  ihe  stme  hi-rel>y  is  declaiea 

not  a  uavinable  channel  or  p.ibtiu  highway. 

AN  -^CT  lo    cuanse   the   builLueaa  Jiuc  of    BaoilaU's 

and    Waru's  lelitDas:    Tbe    people   uf  the   atate  of 

liew-Yorlc  represumed  in  Senate  and  Assemuly   ao 

enact  «a follows: 

Section  1.  Thj  uuilibeod  line,  or  lloe  of  solid  tHUn?. 
a<^aceot,  to  the  westen.y  shore  ot  Kanditira  Istaud 
ahali  be  ttltcred  and  oxtendeu  Iroui  a  point  on  tbe  8.:a 
wail  sf  BOiu  Ranuali's  Island,  lying  in  the  line  of 
tne  proloug-ition  of  ihf< ,  north  siue  of  the 
building  of  the  lemale  dep.trttneut  or  tbe 
Uunse  of  Refuge,  and  l^D.7  fe^:!  aialant  from  :ha 
uotth-Wi:St  corot-r  of  the  s  ime,  aod  runntiig  irom  thin 
pent  to  Che  nor  b- west  coaerof  tke  bmiJiug  occu- 
pied oy  the  Superlnte.iaent  of  the  Oep.rtuienc  ot  ih  - 
L  ommissiouers  oi  Etuigr.>i,ioa  t<>  rhe. point  la  tae  reiir 
wall  01  Waru's  Island,  l>ing  iu  the  prolongation  of 
said  liu& 

bEC.  :^.  Tke  bulkhead  line,  or  line  of  solid  filling  ad- 
jacent to  the  eascerlv  6bo,-eot  KaudHll'8  UUtnd  rhsll 
be  altered  and  extended  irurn  »  p.imt  of  the  sea  wuil  of 
said  Kandaii's  isianu  lying  In  tbe  prolonsatioa  i  f  a 
line  siartini;  f. om  a  point  in  the  soutuerly  fjue  of  the 
school  house  ot  satd  itandidi's  isiand  (.Vursey  u..-part- 
meut)  24. 1  ieet  aisiant  hoaj  th*-  80Utli-ea«t  corner  of 
tbe  sane  and  run  ing  tbeuco  hrousb  a  point  l>ins  i:i 
the  proloug-itiou  of  toe  soutb'-riy  lauo  oi  tue  main 
building  ot  the  large  boy's  doimitory  (.•Juraery  Depart- 
ment) and  87  K'et  aistant  f.oin  the  sonth-wesc  corner 
Of  tun  8  ime  to  tbe  polat  in  tbe  am  wall  of  Ward's  la- 
land  lying  in  the  prolougatiun  of  said  hne. 

Bac.  S.   i'bis  act  shai;  take  cffeut  Lmmodlately. 

A  letter  was  received  trom  Chief  of  United  States 
Engineers  at  Washington  notifyung  the  confornnce 
1  hut  tbe  United  Estates  authorities  do  not  object  to 
tbe  scheme,  aod  suggesting  the  presentation  ot  an 
appropriate  bill  to  Congres.s. 


THE  BOBBBJiT  OF  SI'OOKS  ANT)  BONDS, 
Messrs.  James  G.  King's  Sons  bave  not  ob- 
tained any  clue  to  the  sneak  thieves  wbo  so  adroitly 
carried  off  the  two  tin  boxes  lull  of  securities  from 
their  safe  on  Friday  last.  Mr.  King  said  to  a 
Times  reporter  yesterday  that  be  had  succeeded  in 
fixing  the  time  of  the  robbery  as  jtut  before  doob. 
The  boxes  were   not  kept   in    the    large  safe  of  the 

concern,  bat  in  another  safe  which  is  stationed  iu  a 
small  room  opening  into  the  main  oifice  on  the  left 
and  divided    trom   it  by  a   plaster  pariition.     Mr. 

Eicbards,  the  owner,  did  not  inform  tbe  firm  that 

the  boxe.4  cjutained  an.ytblng  valuable,  and  it  was 
supposed   in    the     oSice   that    there  was  nothing  in 

tbem  bat  private  papers  and  memoranda.  Two  clerks 
have  seats  in  the  little  room,  but  on  Friday  both 
had  heen  sent  out  on  messages.  Toe  members  of 
tbe  firm  bavs  occasion  to  pass  in  and  out  of  tbe 
room  oontinaaliv  for  b(x>ks  and  papers.  About  11 
o'clock,  during  the  absence  of  the  clerk,  three  gen- 
tlemen came  np  to  the  railing  and  asked  the  janiur 
partner  for  the  senior.  H*  informed  them  that  he 
was  expected  ever.y  moment,  and  asked  tbem  to 
walk  inside.  Tbey  did  so,  and  young  Mr.  Sing, 
turning  bis  bead  to  look  at  the  clock,  saw  it  was 
just  11.  At  the  same  momeiit  Mr.  King,  Sr.,  en- 
tered, and  the  gentlemen  transacted  their  business 
witb  him  and  lett.  Tbe  outer  offlae  was  filled  with 
people,  but  nothing  unusual  was  noticed  until 
about  lunch  time,  when  one  of  tbe  clerks  noticed 
that  a  number  of  revenue  stamps  were  jammed 
in  the  door  of  tbe  small  sate.  Opening  it  to 
arrange  tbem  be  discovered  the  absem^-e  of  the 
boxes,  but  it  was  supposed  that  Mr.  Bicbards  motiC 
nave  taken  them  away.  It  was  not  uncil  tb«>  next 
Bsorning  that  it  was  learned  that  he  bad  not.  Quo 
uf  the  most  curious  points  about  the  robbery  is, 
that  the  thieves  must  have  had  at  leastfive  minutes 
to  accompiish  their  work.  The  space  iutrootot 
the  safe  door  is  so  narrow  that  the  person  opening 
it  is  obliged  to  step  out  of  tbe  way  before  he  can 
reach  the  interior.  A  similar  pei^ormaoce  has  to 
be  gone  through  to  shut  It.  Tbe  detectives  think 
five  men  were  engaged  In  tbe  robbery,  but  have 
very  little  hope  ot  capturing  tbe  thieves  or  getting 
tbe  bonds  back,  except  by  msans  of  a  compromise 
witb  tbe  thieves. 

— .     ♦ 

JUSTIOE  FLANAGAN'S  SALARY. 
Thomas  C.  Clark  recently  sued  John  Flana- 
gan, tbe  Justice  of  the  Tenth  Di:itTict  Court,  and 
recovered  judgment  against  the  latter  for  $1,938  54. 
An  execution  Issued  against  tbe  defendant's  prop- 
erty waa  retarned  onsatisfied,  bat  the  plaintiff  dia- 

oovered  that  Jnatioe  Flanagan  bad  not  drawn  his 
salary  for  tbe  month  of  January,  1877.  Clark  then 
anplied  to  Judge  Sedgwick,  io  the  Superior  Court, 
So*oial  Term,  lo  have  tbe  t6€6  66,  tbe  amount  of 
Flanagan's  warrant  for  salary,  applied  toward  the 
■atislaotion  ot  the  judgment.  Judge  Sedgwick 
denied  the  application  yesterday,  on  the  ground 
that  the  d^^livery  of  an  unindorsed  warrant  waold 
transfer  no  right  uf  the  defendant,  and  that  tbe 
Controller  cooid  not  be  compelled  to  pay  money 
thereon.  Toe  denial  of  tbe  motion  Is,  however, 
witbonc  preludicB  to  a  further  application  by  Clark 
to  compel  Flanagan  to  apply  the  amount  received  on 
thu  warrant  to  tbe  satisfaction  of  the  iad£ment> 


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INSURANCE  COMPLICATIONS 


THE  CONTINENTAL  LIFE. 

SUITS    .INSTITUTED      AGAINST     LUTHER      W. 
FB08T      AND      OTHERS       TO       BECOVEB 
MONEYS       ALLEGED      TO      HAVE     BEEN 
FRAUDULENTLY    OBTAINED. 
Mr.  William  R.  Grace,  tbe  new  Receiver  of 
the  Continental  Life  losarance  Company,  is  acting 
with  commendable  promptitude  in   endeavoring  to 
recover  from  the  former  officers  of  that  corporation 
some  of  ths  money  which   they  bave,  as   alleged, 
fraudulently  obtained  therefrom.    Gae  of  the  sirits 
instituted  by  the  Receiver  is  against  Luther  W. 
Frost,  the  former  President  of  the  company;  Juliet 
D.  P.  Frost,    bis   wife;   Maria  L.    Tyler;    Minnot 
Mitchell  and  his  wife;  Daniel  J  Noves,  and  George 
J.  Schermerhorn.    The  complaiot  in   this   action, 
after  reciting  the  incorporation  and  existence  of  tbe 
Oontinental  Life   Insurance  Company  and  tbe   ap- 
pointment of  tbe  plaintiff  as  Receiver  on  Feb.  7, 
sets  lorth  that  tbe  defendants,  as  the  Receiver  is  in- 
formed and    believes,  bold  in  their  posression  $622,- 
204  65  which  rishttuU.y  belongs  to  the  poHcv-holders 
and  other  creditors  ot  the  conpanv.    It  isalleged  of 
the  first  named  defendant  that  $218,237  15  was  taken 
b.y  him  fmm  rhe   funds  of  tbe   company,  beginning 
on  June  7.  18fi6,  and  down  to  the  time  of  bis  removal, 
that  amount  having  been  paid  to  him  during  that 
period   fur  oieminms  and   appropriated  to  bis  own 
use.    Ho  is  also  cbnrged  with    having  caused  to  be 
paid  to  various  agents  $77,333  48.  in  sums  which,  if 
rine  at  all,  as  plaintiff  believes  were  due  by  himself. 
The      complaint     further     alleges      tbat    between 
the     month    of    Msy,    1870,    and    June    21.     1872, 
tbe  defendant  Lufner    W.    Frost   drew    irom  the 
fnnds   of   the  said   corporation    $69,5'I0,  and    tbat 
subsequently,    for    the    purpose    of  canceling  tbe 
olnim  against  him  on  the  books  of  the  company,  he 
entered    Into    a  nertain     agreement,    whereoy    be 
agreed  to  sell  his  claim  to  commissions  on  rertain 
policies:  that    again,    between    July    16.  1872,  and 
March  23,  1875.  be  flrew  from  the  asspts  $115506  66, 
and  on  Jan.  15,  1673,  borrowed  of  the  said  company, 
on  bis  bond  secared  by  mortsrapes,  tbe  sum  of  $25,- 
000  ;  and  that  on   June  26,  1872,  another  agreement 
was  mad*,  whereby   ha  agreed   to  sell  his  claim  to 
commissions  on    certain    outstanding    policies,  nnd 
was  thereupon  orertitfd  witu  the  sum  of  $141,506  66. 
It  is  als'>  charged  that  between    Aug.  9,  1872  and 
March   24,    1875,    Luther   W.    Fiost    drew    out    of 
toe  funds  other  sums  amounting  ia  the  aggregate 
to  $17,558  36,  which  were    charged   as    "interest 
paid  L.  W.  Froiit  oo  secood  sale  of  commuted   com- 
missions ;"  thut   his   silary    was   $15,000,  and    this 
was  drawn,    over  and  above   the  amounts  cited; 
that  during  fhe  time  of  his  Presidency,  Luther  W. 
Frost    claimed  that    the   B»ard  of    Directors    had 
granted  him  an   annuity  "t  $750,   «nd  atatnd  that  be 
would   sell   the  said   annult.y  to   the  company,   and 
under  such  ajireemont  received  $14,478  30  to  cancel 
his   said  prefomled   right;    tbat   in    1874    he   ag»in 
drew    ont   f  12. 641, 77;      in    187.'i,    18,000,    and  in  1878, 
$6.0U0;  making   a  total  of  (41,120,08,  all  jf  which 
sums  were  tor  tbe  purpose  of   canceling  his  right 
to  tbe  annuity   above   mentioned.      The  complainx 
further  alleges,  that  as  the  Receiver  is  informed  and 
believes,  the   said  Luther  W.   Frost  has  assigned 
properly  to   his   wile,   Juliet  D.  T.  Frost,  on  Pali- 
sade avenue,  Yonker«  ;  t>i  his  mother-in-law,  Maria 
L.  Tyler,  nropenv  on  North    Broadway  ;  to  Minnot 
Mitchell;    oo   Jan,   15,    1877,  premises  on   Babcock 
plaue,  Warbntton   and  Wonowoitb  avenues,  and  ou 
J<>n.   22,  1877.  property  ou   Rivei  dale  avenue,  all   in 
the  City  OI  YonkerK.  "  On  Oct.  18, 1875,  it  is  charged 
that  he  assigned  to  Baniel  d.  XoyoM  iwo  mortgages, 
one   for  $3,000  and  tne  other  tor  $5,000.  and  to    the 
other  detenoant,  George  J.  Soheimeihorn,    a   mort- 
gage  for  $18,000.       Tue   Receiver   therefore  prays 
that   Judgment  may  be  entered  Rcainst  Luther  W. 
F.OKt  lor    the  full  sum  of  fC22,204  65,   that  the  as- 
bl^inmenti  above  meotioued  be  <ieclared  void,  and  in 
fraud   ol  tbe   rights  of  tbe  Continenial   Life  Insu- 
rance Company,  and  tbat  tue  det'endants  be  restrained 
trom  disposing  in  xny  way  of  tbe  property  in  their 
po8«essiou.    Attachments   bave  been  iasued  lu  tbis 
suit  against  ihu  property  of  the  defendants. 

Suits  bave  also  been  instituted  aiiRinot  Sarah  P. 
and  G  Hilton  Scribuer,  and  acaiuat  Lather  W.  and 
Juliet  D.  T.  Frost  to  set  aaide  kOiititaotlon  pieces 
executed  on  mortgages  formerly  held  by  the  Con- 
lioental  Company,  The  tirst  nauied  ni  these  has 
been  heretofore 'mem  ioned  in  The  Times  and  is 
brought  in  relation  to  a  mortgage  fur  (17,500  upon 
which  a  satistactiun  piece  was  given  by  Luther  W. 
Frust  Ou  June  17,  lt!«74.  Tbe  eompUint  charges  that 
this  cerlidcaie  vina  made  and  executed  lu  pursuance 
of  a  corrupt  and  frautinh.-nt  arrangement,  between 
tbedetendaut  and  Luiher  \V.  Frost  to  cheat  and 
delraud  tbi>  compauy. 

Tbe  suit  brought  againrit  Luther  W.  Frost  and 
bis  wife  18  OD  a  t25,00U  mortgage  executed  by  M. 
B.  Wyukoop,  which  was,  on  April  5,  convejed  to 
Rutna  (J.  Frost,  who  in  inrn  couve.yed  it  to  Juliet 
D  T.  Froijt.  Bjih  cf  these  morterges,  the  Ke- 
ceiTcr  charges,  were  k^ut  dm'Hig  t)ie  assets  of  the 
company  long  alter  they  had  buen  sa.isQed  of 
record. 


LCTHEB  W.  FROST  Hl'ARD  FROM. 
For  some  time  past  the  whereabouts  of 
Luther  W.  Frost,  the  former  President  of  tbe  Con- 
tinental Lite,  bave  been  unknown,  and  it  was  gen- 
erally t>«rlieved  that  he  bad  left  tbe  State  for  the 
purpose  of  avoiding  any  explauatiun  as  to 
the  manner  in  which  the  business  of  that 
institution  was  earned  on.  It  was  gen- 
erally Known  that  ho  bad  left  bia  re.Mdence  at 
Yonkers,  and  although  he  bad  been  seen  in  this 
City  witbin  a  few  Mut'ks,  no  one  wa.i  able  to  tell 
where  he  cunld  be  found.  One  of  the  pailien  in  in- 
terest, at  wbi>.<«8  suit  Mr.  Wiiiiam  Allen  Butler  was 
appointed  Keteref,  ve.tterday  receueJ  a  letter  from 
Uim,  which,  however,  did  not  sbow  where  it  had 
0<.eu  written.  Iu  tliia  letter  Mr.  Frost  asks  a  siu- 
oeiisiOD  ot  criticism  for  h  Khort  time,  and  sa.ys  that 
under  legal  advice  bb  xnd  those  wuo  were  associated 
with  him  in  tbe  m3att.:euient  of  the  Coucincntil 
will  be  read>  lo  me<)t  any  and  ail  charges  that  may 
be  preferred  a:;ainsl  bim.  Tbe  dail.y  papers,  be 
says,  bave  done  him  very  great  inlostice,  and  be 
adds  that  it  was  his  only  and  bouest  purpose  to 
carry  Ibe  (■.omodny  s.iteiy  tbroneh  tne  eviU  with 
Winch  It  was  besei.  Mistakes  were  at  sucn  a  time, 
accoruiug  to  bis  belief,  a  necessary  conseqaeuce, 
and  it  any  were  made  there  was  no  intention  to  de- 
fraud- As  tor  liluiself  aud  bia  aasociatea,  be  thinks 
tbev  were  onlv  actuated  by  the  best  of  motives,  aod 
the' Charges  of  disbuLesty  tbat  bave  been  made 
aeaiust  him  be  denounces  as  s  aiiderons  and  untrne. 
The  comD»n»ation  ibac  be  received  trom  the  com- 
pauy, Mr.  Frost  couiiuues.  wtis  lairly  earn  3d  by 
bim.  He  expressses  regret  that  thescuemeot  the 
Western  capitalists,  wnose  desire  it  was  to  m>tke 
good  the  debcieucy  existing  and  put  tbe  company 
again  on  its  leet,  was  not  looked  upon  favorably, 
aud  closes  with  the  expiesHion  of  tbe  nope  that 
everything  may  be  satiBfaciorily  settled. 


INSUKANCE   NOTES. 

In  tbe  official  report  of  the  examination  ot 
tbe  Secniity  Life  Insurance  and  Aonnity  Company, 
Mr.  John  A.  McCall,  Jr.,  the  Deputy  Superintend- 
ent uf  the  Insurance  Department,  stated  yesterday 
tbat  the  death  claims  against  tbat  company 
amounted  to  $217,869.  This  amount  was  reaobed 
alter  deducting  ibe  oremium  rates  and  loans  exist- 
ing against  tbe  policies,  and  it  forms  a  large  portion 
of  the  liabilities.  On  Monday  next,  Mr. 
Robert  Sewell  will  move  befoie  the  Supreme 
court  for  an  order  to  William  H.  Wickham.  the  Re- 
ceiver of  tbe  Company,  to  show  cause  why  he  should 
not  give  these  claim:!  preference  over  any  and  all 
otbers  existing  against  tbe  comoany.  This  will  be 
a  test  case,  and  inasmuch  as  tbe  rights  of  policy- 
holders geueraliv  will  be  qucstiuoeJ,  the  decision  is 
looked  forward  to  wi..h  some  anxiety. 

It  >a  understood  that  Attorney  U-eneral  Faircbild 

Will  persoually  appear  us  tbe  leoreseniative  of  the 
Insurance  Deo-irtment  in  the  hearing  in  iht  matter 
of  the  Continental  Life  Innurance  Company  when 
It  is  resumed  on  the  23(1  i  .st. 

Ic  was  Stated  yesterday  tbat  Benjamin  Noyes,  the 
President  of  the  National  Capitol  Life  Insurance 
Company,  who  left  tbi»  City  auddenly  on  Friday 
night  la-it,  wfts  in  New-tLuven,  and  lost  he  woat'd 
leinrn  at  an  early  day,  when  a  meeting  would  prob- 
ably   be   arranged   bi^iwuen  htmielf  and    ex-Guv. 

Parker,    the  Receiver   oi"  the   New-Jeree.y    Mutual, 

looking  vo  the  tranafer  of  the  assets  of  tbe  latter 
corporation. 

♦ ■  • 

THE  IN8URANCK  SUPKRINTENDENT. 

To  the  Editor  of  Vie  New-Tork  Times  : 

Tbe  inanrance  interests  of  tbe  State  ef  New- 
York  ought  to  thank  you  a  thousand  times  for  your 
articles  condemning  the  nomination  of  J.  F.  Smythe 
for  Insurance  Superintendent.  People  this  way 
bave  thought  Gov.  Robinson  an  bouest  man,  but 
this  appointment  seals  bis  character  forever. 
Sm.ythe  la  entirely  unht  for  this  place.  Hb  has  not 
the  first  qualitlcation  f  >r  tbe  position.  His  ante- 
cedents are  all  wrong.  In  tbese  times  the  insurance 
community  demand  an  bonust,  competent  Superin- 
leodent,  one  who^e  oaat  character  is  above  ens- 
picion.  Tbe  Senate  should  be  made  to  feel  the  Ju.tt 
indignation  of  the  community  in  hastening  the  con- 
firmation of  such  a  nomination. 

SILAS  F.  SMITH. 

BTBA0U8B,  Feb.  17,  1877. 


THE  NEW  aiOOK  EXOHANGE. 
The  New- York  Open  Board  of  Stock  Brokers 
held  another  meeting  in  Deimuniou's,  Broad  street, 
yesterday  artemoon,  Mr.  J.  F.  Underbill  in  the 
t^air.  There  was  a  large  attendance.  The  Com- 
mittee on  Nominations  asked  ior  farther  time  to 
select  candidates  for  officers  of  the  Board,  and  on 
motion  the  election  was  postponed  until  to-morrow. 
Polls  will  be  open  from  2  to  4  P.  M.  The  Chairman 
annsnnced  that  tbe  limit  of  200  members  placed 
at  a  previous  maetiog  bad  beeu  reached,  aod  that 

there  were  100  additional  applications,  51  of  which 

had  been  reported  favorably  by  the  Committee 
on  Admissions,  fie  advised  tbat  the  limit  be  ex- 
tended to  30O,  which  was  on  motion  adopted.  Tbe 
list  of  new  names  were  read,  and  members  were  in- 
vited to  make  objections  privately  to  the  Chairman 
of  Ihe  Committee  on  Admissions  before  2  P.  M.  to- 
day. The  Committee  on  Building  reported  that  the.y 
had  secured  the  retusSl  ot  an  eligible  oxohauge  at  a 
reiital  o/ $10,000  per  year  j  that  they  had  in  view  two 
other  onilfilugs,  corner  of  Exchange  place  and  "Wil- 
liam  street,  auo  corner  of  Exchange  plaoeand  Broad 
•treet,  that  would  sorve  as  temporary  exchanges 
until  the  permanent  edifice  <H>uld  be  remodeled,  and 
that  tbey  bad  juat  received  anott)^  proposal  which 
''Jiey  had  nut  bad   time  to  investigate.   .Thev  re- 


fa«ed  to  iQibeate  the  looatlon  of  tti«  propMed  per- 
manent batiding,  Od  tbe  oronqd  that  tbe  Stock  Ex- 
change had  leased  the  present  Gold  Bxchaoge  over 
tbeir  beads'  when  tbey  learned  tbey  were  after  it, 
sud  were  anxious  to  do  the  samt  in  tbe  present 
eaae.  On  otoiion  tbe  committee  was  given  full 
power  to  lease  tbe  building,  and  (he  Cbairmau  and 
two  other  persons  were  added  to  it,  making  six  in 
alL    The  meeting  then  adjonmed. 

THB  MURDER    OF  MAGGIE   BAUER. 


BEGINNING  OF  THE     TRIAL     OF  HER  ASSAS- 
SIN AT  THE  QUEENS  COUNTY  COURT  OF 
OYER  AND     TERMINER — TESTIMONY     OP 
THE   MOTHER  OF  THE   LITTLE   VICTIM. 
The  trial  of  Frank  McConnoohie  for  the  mur- 
der of  Maggie  Bauer  at  Foster's  Meadow  last  Au- 
gust was  commenced  at   the  old   court-honse    in 
North  Hempstead,   Long  Island,    yesterday,  before 
JadgeC.   E.  Pratt,  County  Judge  John   J.Arm- 
strong, and  Justices  Cbipp   and  Barrett.    On    tbe 
opening  of  the  court  tbe   prisoner  was  arraigned, 
and  pleaded  "  not  guilty."    He  was   represented  by 
ex-Jndge  Biohard   Biuteed  and  Theodore  J.  Arm] 
strong  as  counsel,  and  regarded  the  tedious  work  of 
impaneling  a  Jnr.y  with   close  attention.     He    wore 
no  coat,  collar,  or  necktie,  and  appeared  va  bis  shirt- 
sleeves.   Mrs.  Baner,  the  mother  of  the  murdered 
child,  waa    seated  inside  tbe   bar,  surrounded  by  a 
number  of  friends  and  neighbors.    Sbe  was  dressed 
in  deep   monming,  and  was  mncb  affected   as  the 
trial  progressed.     The   jury  was  finally  Impaneled 
at  2:30  P.  M.,  and   nomprised   tbe  following  mem- 
bers: John  Remsen,  of  Hemnstead.  farmer;  Sam- 
uel O.  Wright,   residing    at    Hempstead   and  doing 
business   as   a   carpenter   in   this  City;     Thomas 
Duncan,      gardener.      of      Astoria ;       John       H. 
Van      .Cott,       tarmer,       of       Greenvals,        Long 
Island;     Oakley     Ketchnm,    insurance     agent,    of 
Glen  Cove ;  John  M.  Samuels,  merchant,  of  Oyster 
Bay  ;    Nathaniel    Baylis,    farmer,    of   Springfield ; 
Charles  £.  Tan  Nostrand,  farmer,  of  Hinsdale ; 
William    H.    Hicks,    farmer,    of    College     Point; 
Richard    A.    Sammls,    merchant,  of   Oyster    Bay; 
Clarence  Betts,  no  oocnpation,  of  Woodside ;  and 
John  Decker,  farmer,  of  Springfield.     The  case  was 
then  opened  by  District  Attorney  Downing  for  the 
prosecution.    He  reviewed  the  partlcnlara  ot  the 
tragedy  at  some  length,  and  placed   Mrs.    Margaret 
Bauer,  tbe  mother  of  the   murdered  child,   on   the 
stand,      Mrs.    Baner  testified    that   she   lived   at 
Foster's  Meadow,  In  the  town  of  Hempstead ;   her 
daughter    Maggid    was   8  years  and  9   months  old 
when  she  was  murdered  ;  the  tragedy  took  place  on 
Aug-  14.  1876  ;  on  that  day  Catherine  Hoffman  came 
to  her  house  about  10  A.  M.  and  left  about  12:50  P. 
M.;  on  leaving  the  house  she  inc[uired  tbe  way  to 
the  Valley  Stream  depot,  and  little  Maggie  volun- 
teered to  sbow  her  the  way ;  the  pair  started  off  to- 
gether.   This  was  tbe  last  time  witness  had  aeen 
ber  daughter  alive.    As   the  afternoon  waned   and 
Maggie     did     not     come     home,     her      parents 
searched    the  neigbbprhood    as  long    as    daylight 
lasted,  and  resumed  the  search  at  3:30  o'clock    the 
next  morning ;  at  6  o'clock  the  same  moining  Dick 
Rhodes  found    the    body    of  Maggie;   witness  de- 
scribed the  condition  of  the  bod.y    when    it  was 
found ;  tbe  hood  of  her  sunbonnet  was  rolled   np 
and  stuffed  in  her  month,  aiid  the  strings  were  tied 
back  of  her  tacaa,    while  tbe  cape  was  used  to  cover 
the  face  of  the  little  girl ;    bundles   of  leaves   were 
also  crammed  into  her  mouth  ;  ttiere  were  marks  on 
her  breait,  ard  tbe  impression  ot  a  human   hand  in 
black  aud  blue  marks  was   found  upon   one  irm ; 
there   was    blood    upon    her    ears    also;    Maggie's 
clothes   were   not  torn ;    she  was  barefooted,   aud 
there  were  pieces  of  flesh  under  ber  nails  showing 
tbat  in  her  death  struggles  she  had  scratched  the 
face  ot  her  assassin. 

Upon  being  cross-examined  bv  ex-Judge  Busteed. 
witness  said  that  when  Maggie  leit  her  home  wi>  h 
Kate  Hoffman,  sbe  [witness]  was  preparing  cioner 
for  her  other  children  ;  sbe  had  known  Kate  Hoff- 
man for  15  vearo ;  bad  never  heard  tbat  Kate  had 
made  threats  against  any  of  her  famllj-,  and  knew 
of  no  dissAtistaoiion  ou  the  part  of  the  former  with 
tbe  wages  she  had  received  when  in  the  employ  of 
Mr.  Bauer;  the  first  knowledge  witness  had  that 
the  nrisoner  was  tbe  murderer  was  when  she  was 
BO  intormed  by  Stephen  Payne,  a  deteotive,  wbo 
with  ber  husband  aod  the  prisoner  came  to 
her  house  together  one  day  at  noon  ;  the 
party  took  dinner  at  ber  bouse,  and  during  tbe 
progress  ef  tbe  meal  Payne  told  ber  tbat  McCoo- 
Eovhie  was  tbe  murderer  of  her  child ;  the  pns 
oner  dei:iea  it.  "They  ate  dinner,"  said  she. 
"  You  miut  not  think  I  conld  eai  any  dinner,  when 
right  opposite  me  sat  the  murderer  tf  my  child;" 
alter  dinner  tbe  part.v  went  to  the  scene  of  the 
murder,  where  the  prisoner  bad  described  the  mode 
of  commuting  the  deed,  and  pointed  out  the  places 
where  he  had  first  seized  Maggie,  and  where  he 
h.td  killed  her. 

To  the  District  Attorney— Tbe  prisoner  at  tbat 
same  interview  acknowledged  haviug  taken  from 
Maggie  a  silver  dime  aud  halt  dime;  he  also  ac- 
knowledged tbat  the  little  girl  bad  scratched  his 
facH  in  several  places. 

John  De  Mott  Henderson  was  the  next  witness. 
He  testiflvsd  that  he  was  a  farmer,  and  had  lived 
near  the  Bauers'  place  "  all  ot  his  life"  His  8tat(>- 
ment  of  the  circumstances  surrounding  the  murder 
was  sabstHUtially  the  same  in  its  geui  ral  features 
as  tbat  of  Mis.  Bauer.  He  was  on*  of  the  Cui oner's 
Jury  I  hat  held  an  inquest  upon  the  body  of  little 
Maggie,  and  had  had  iu  bis  possession  a  belt  ribbon 
which  the  prisoner  had  acknowledged  having  tied 
around  tbe  thrust  of  his  victim  betore  hs  moruernd 
her.  In  the  course  ot  bis  testimony,  witness  naid 
tbat  tbe  prisoner  had  said  that  when  b«  was  killing 
little  Maggie  she  cried  out  "Mamma"  three  times 
in  a  loud  voice. 

The  witness  waa  cross-examined  at  iengtb  by  ex- 
Judge  Busteed,  but  nothing  nrw  waa  developed. 
The  witness'  knowledge  of  tbe  English  language, 
although  he  wab  an  American  born,  was  extremely 
bmited,  and  the  nesessltv  thus  imposed  upon  oonn- 
ncl  to  explain  commonplace  words  rendered  tbe 
oross-examinaiion  yery  tedious.  The  court  rose  at 
5  P.  M.  ^ 

IBE  SWALLOW-TAIL  DEitOORAOT. 

The  Manhattan  Club,  whioh  recently  ex- 
perienced certain  floancial  embarrassments,  seems 
to  be  in  process  of  resuscitation,  or  rather  a  new 
club  has  been  formed  to  take  its  name  and  place.  A 
certificate  ol  incorporation  of  tbe  Manhat- 
tan Club  was  filed  in  the  County  Clerk's 
office  yesterday.  Aooording  to  this  the  associa- 
tion   IS     organized  under    the  laws    of  May    12, 

1875,  and  March  14,  1876.  Its  incorporators  are 
Euward  Cooper,  Aaron  J.  Vanderpoel,  Edward  Pat- 
terson, Frederick  R.  Coudert,  Nathaniel  Jarvis, 
Jr.,  John  E.  Brady,  Peter  B.  Olney,  William  E. 
Rider,  Cyrus  Yale,  John  T.  Agnew,  Thomas  K, 
Fisher,  lienrv  Wilder  Allan,  Benjamin  Hart,  F.  H. 
Bangs.  B  Casserty,  J.  Augustus  Page,  George  H. 
Putser,  Edward  Schell,  August  Belmont,  Charles 
D.  Burrili,  Everett  P.  Wbeelsr,  Ricbaid  Lathers, 
Mortimer  Porter,  Wilson  G.  Hunt^  atd  Augustus 
Schell.  The  business  and  objects  of  tbe  club  are 
Stated  to  be  "to  advance  Democratic  principles, 
promote  social  Intercourse  apiong  its  members,  and 
provide  tbem  tbe  conveniences  of  a  club-house." 
Xbe  business  of  the  olub  is  to  be  oone  by  12 
managers.  The  managers  for  tbe  present  year  are 
tbe  foliowing:  August  Belmont,  Augnstns  Sohell, 
Edward  Cooper,  Sidney  Webster,  Aaron  J.  Vander- 
poel. William  £.  Rider.  Clarkson  N.  Potter,  Smith 
Ely,  Jr ,  Edward  Patterson,  Peter  B.  Olney,  Wil- 
liam C.  Whitney,  and  Oswald  Ottendoifer. 


THE  BROOKLIN  ALDEBUEN. 
The  Brooklyn  Aldermen  held  their  regular 
weekly  meeting  yesterday,  bnt  transacted  very 
lltttle  business  of  public  interest.  Alderman  Gria. 
wold  (Republican)  offered  a  resolution  indorsing  a 
bill  which  has  been  reported  on  formally  by  the 
Assembly  Committee  on  Cities.  Tbe  bill  provides 
that  the  offices  of  the  City  Auditor,  Col- 
lector of  Taxes  and  Assessments,  Treasurer, 
and  Register  of  Arrears  be  consolidated  in 
the  Finance  Department.  The  bill,  the  Alderman 
said,  would  save  hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars 
to  the  tax-payers,  and  the  resolution  indorsing  It 
should  receive  tbe  unanimons  report  of  the 
Common  Council.  Alderman  Burnett  (Repub- 
lican) boped  that  the  resolution  would  be  laid  over. 
Tbe  resolution  was  laid  over  fdr  a  week.  The  mo- 
notony ot  the  usual  weekly  attempt  to  organize  the 
board  was  varied  by  the  piractical  withdrawal  of  Al- 
derman Ray,  tbe  Republican  candidate.  The  Re- 
publicans, however,  bad  not  decided  to  unite  on 
any  other  candidate,  as  the  first  vote  showed  Tbe 
vote  was  as  follows:  Arnott,  (RepublicaD,)^;  Black, 
(Democrat,)  11;  Ray,  (Republican,)  9;  Donovan, 
(Drmocrat,)  3.  When  tbe  vote  was  announced 
Alderman  Baird  (Republican)  moved  that  Alder- 
man Francis  B  Fisber  be  elected  President  of  the 
board  for  1877.  Alderman  Aiken  (Repnblicatj) 
moved  that  Alderman  David  S.  Arnott  be  elected 
^President,  aud  Alderman  Acker  (Republioan) 
moved  that  Alderman  Griswold  be  the  man.  Alder- 
man Duane-(Demoorat)  moved  as  a  substitute  that 
another  vote  be  taken  tiva  voce  for  President.  The 
motion  prevailed,  and  the  vote  resulted  as  follows: 
Arnott,  (Republican,)  4 ;  Black,  (Democrat,)  11; 
Djuovan,  (Democrat,)  1;  Griswold,  (Republican,) 
5;  Fisher,  (Republican,)  1;  Cottrell,  (Republican,) 
1.    Tbe  board  then  adjourned. 

OiTT  HALL  NOTES. 
Mayor  Ely  yesterday  stated  that,  owing  to 
the  press  of  official  btuiness,  be  would  not  appear 

to-day  before  the  Joint  Committee  on  Cities  of  the 
Senate  and  Assembly,  to  participate  in  the  eonl'er- 
euce  on  the  bills  relating  to  this  City.  Controller 
Kelly,  bowerer  and  also  Commissiuner  Campbell 
intend,  it  is  said  to  appear  before  the  committee. 

The  Commiasioner  of  Public  Works  has  re- 
moved Antonio  Leon  and  John  Leon ,  who  were  em- 
ployed as  night  watchmen  in  the  new  Court-house 
anu  the  First  District  Court,  and  who  are  implicat- 
ed m  tb(  attempt  to  murder  of  Rose  Masslmino,  in 
Brooklyn.    They  received  a  salary  of  $900  eacb. 

Chamberlain  Tappan  reports  that  the  balance 
in  the  City  'Xreaswy  on  Feb.  17  was  $1.194. 7aa  »^ 


Clir  AND  SUBURBAN  NEWS. 


NEW-YORK. 

Mr.  C.  D.  Bryoe  was  yesterday  reftdaitted 
to  the  privileges  of  4he  Cotton  Exchange. 

Tbe  Tarions  exotaangea  and  Qoyemment 
bnildinga  will  be  closed  on  Washington's  birthdsy. 

Rev.  James  S.  Ostrander  gave  a  speotaoular 
entertainment  last  evening  at  the  Church  of  the 
Strangers. 

Ber.  Dr.  Joseph  T.  Duryea  will  lecture  to- 
night at  Association  Hall  on  "  Tbe  Future  of  the 
Republic." 

"  Miracles  and  Prophecies  which  Show  the 
Bible  Divine  "  was  the  subject  of  a  lecture  by  Dr. 
Noah  Porter,  delivered  last  evening  at  Association 
Halt. 

Mr.  A.  P.  Burbank  gave  a  reading  at  Chiok- 

ering  Hall  last  night,  and  additional  entertainment 

was  turnisbed  by  Mrs.  Gordon  Steele  and  Mr.  Wal- 
ter R.  Johnson. 

Mr.  Isaac  Van  Winkle  will  lecture  this  even- 
ing at  the  Colombia   College  law  school,  on  "  The 

History  of  the  Roman  Law,  from  Alexander  Severus 
t(>^nstinian." 

The  thirty-sixth  annual  commenoement  of 
the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  the 
City  of  New-York,  will  occur  this  evening  at  the 
Academy  of  Music, 

The  inquest  in  tbe  case  of  Samuel  Cantrell, 
the  Fourth  avenue  shoe-dealer,  wbo  shot  himself  in 

the  Putnam  House  on  the  8th  inst,  was  oonclnded 
yesterday,  and  a  verdict  of  suicide  was  rendered. 

The  Russian  Grand  Dukes  Alexis  and  Con- 
stantine  and  their  suites  will  be  present  attl\e 
Martha  Washington  Reception  and  Garden  Part.y, 
given  b.y  St.  John's  Guild  on  Washington's  Birth- 
day, 22d  inst. 

A  meeting  of  tbe  owners  and  representatives 
of  real  estate  on  tbe  line  of  the  New-York  and 
Brooklyn  Bridge  will  be  held  as  tbe  office  of  .Scbultz, 
Southwick  Sc  Co.,  No.  63  Cliff  stieet,  to-morrow  af- 
ternoon.at  3  o'clock. 

Patrick  Lennard,  aged  33,  of  No.  649  East 
Thirteenth  street,  fell'trom  a  cart  which  he  was 
driving  at  Ninth  avenue  and  Fourteenth  street  last 
evening,  and  was  instantly  killed,  one  of  tbe 
wheels  passing  over  hia  body. 

Mr.  L.  W.  Wyman,  Superintendent  of  the 
Greenwich  Street  Elevated  Railway  Company, 
died  at  bis  home  in  New-Jersey  yesterday  morning. 
Mr.  J.  H.  Hunting  will  probahly  be  chosen  to  fill 
the  vacancy  at  tbe  next  meeting  of  Directors. 

A  burial  permit  was  granted  yesterday  in  the 
case  of  Mary  Sharkey,  who  died  at  No.  330  East 
Seventy-fourth  streer,  aged  101  years.  The  deceased 
was  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  bad  been  m  tbis  City 
for  25  years.    Death  resnlted  from  senile  asthenia, 

The  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Produce  Ex- 
change yesterday  determined  to  put  In  foroe  the 

rule  requiring  the  members  to  leave  the  room  be- 
fore the  sound  of  the  second  gong  under  a  penalty 
of  50  cents.  The  rule  ha*  latterly  fallen  into 
disuse.  The  new  regulation  will  take  effect  to-day. 
A  Graeco-Roman  wrestling  match  between 
William  Miller,    champion  of   America,    Canada, 

and  Australia,  and  l^nest  Treber,  the  famons 
wrestler  of  Germany  will  be  contested  this  even- 
ing at  the  Metropolitan  Riding  Academy,  Third 
avenue,  between  Sixty-third  and  Sixty-fourth 
streets. 

John  Harry  Thomas,  who  claims  to  be  a 
lawyer  and  to  reside  st  Earle's  Hotel,  was  arrested 
yeaterday  by  Detective  Williamson,  of  the  Central 
Office,  aod  arraigned  before  JoHtice  Otteibonrg,  at 
the  Washington  Place  Police  Court,  charged  with 
passing  a  bogus  check.  He  was  held  for  trial  va 
default  of  $5,000  bail. 

Mrs.  Caroline  S.  Brooks,  whose  Dreaming 
lolantbe  attracted  so  much  attention  at  the  Ceaten- 

nlal  Exhibition,  has  just  completed  another  "stndv 
in  butter,"  which  she  culls  tbe  Little  Mermaid,  ft 
is  dedicated  to  tbe  children  of  America,  and  will 
remam,  witb  the  lolantbe,  on  exhibition  for  some 
lime  at  No.  858  Broadway. 

During  an  altercation  last  night  between 
Petro  Scalasse  and  Joseph  Massano  at  their  board- 
ing-house. No.  318  Mott  street.  Massano  was  stabbed 
in  the  right  breast  by  Ids  antagonist  Tbe  quarrel 
originated  in  a  misunderstanding  concerulng  a 
woman  living  in  the  same  bouse.  Scalasse  was  ar- 
rested, and  Massano's  wound  was  dressed  at  the 
New- York  Hospiial. 

The  English  Lutheran  Churoh  of  St  James, 

on  Fifteenth  street,  between  Second  and  Third  av- 
enues, will  celebrate  its  semi-centennial  anniversary 
this  evening,  30ih  inst.  This  occasion  is  to  be  ob- 
served by  a  reunion  of  all  wbo  have  ever  been 
members  of  the  church.  A  paper  will  be  read 
giving  a  condensed  history  uf  the  rise  and  progress 
of  the  Lutheran  Churoh  in  this  City. 

Charles  Purdy,  alias  "the  Kid,"  and  Edward 
Farrell,  alias  Wilson,  tbe  burglars,  wbo  were  ar- 
rested on  Saturday  night  by  Detectives  Dolan  and 
Slevin,  of  the  Fifteenth  Precinct,  for  robbing  the 
apartments  of  Mr.  Emanuel  Hellman,  No.  5  Clinton 
place,  were  arraigned  before  Justice  Octerbourg, 
at  the  Washington  Plane  Police  Court  yesterday, 
and  committed  far  trial  in  default  of  $2,500  bail 
each. 

A  fire  occurred  yesterday  morning  on  tbe 
first  floor  of  the  tenement-house.  No.  105  Mott 
street,  oooopied  by  Adam  Adams,  and  wtts  soon  ex- 
tinguished. Damage,  $500 ;  Insured.  During  the 
firogress  of  the  fir*  Thomas  Adam.s,  aged  62,  who 
ived  on  the  second  floor  of  the  house.  Jumped  ont 
ot  a  second -s''ory  window  and  was  seriousl.y  in- 
jured. He  was  taken  t»  tbe  Chambers  Street 
Hospitsl. 

An  exonrsion  party  of  400,  composed  of  East, 
man  College  students  ^nd   prominent  citizens    of 

Ponghkeepsie,  will  leave  that  city  on  a  special  train 
on  Thursday  morning  for  New- York,  rnnning 
throogh  on  fast  time.  They  will  be  accompanied  by 
the  Eastman  College  Band,  and  after  vlsltiag  the 
Aquarium  will  march  to  the  Metropolitan  Hotel, 
where  a  banquet  will  be  ready  for  them  at  2  P.  M., 
to  which  a  number  of  aistinguished  gentlemen 
have  been  invited.  In  the  evening  the  exotu-sion- 
Ists  are  to  visit  Booth's  Theatre,  returning  toPough- 
keepsie  at  midnight. 

The  Bub-committee  appointed  by  tbe  confer- 
ence of  commercial  bodies  to  investigate.the  merits 
01  the  Belgian  steam  cable  towing  system  as  ap- 
plied to  canal  navigation  met  yesterday  afternoon 
in  the  rooms  of  the  Cheap  Transportation  Associa- 
tion and  agreed  upon  the  character  of  the  report 
tbey  are  to  submit  to  the  conference.  They  will 
express  themselves  as  entirely  satisfied  with  the 
superiority  ot  the  system,  thereby  indorsing  tbe  re- 
port of  the  special  committee  of  tne  Cheap  Trans- 
portation Association  whIoh  gave  rise  to  the  ecm- 
ference,  and  will  recommend  tbat  tbe  conference 
devi4e  some  plan  for  an  early  application  of  tbe 
system  to  the  canals. 

BROOKLYN. 

Charles     MoChance      alias    Charles    Moore, 

colored,  was  arrested  last  evening  on  a  charge  of 

setting  fire  to  the  apartments  ot  Emma  Moore, 
at  No.  108  Floyd  street,  on  Sunday  night. 

The  Aldermamo  Committee   on   Lamps  and 

Gas  intend  to  report  in  favor  of  a  reduction  of  50 

cents  on  each  thousand  cubic  feet  of  gss  furnished 
tbe  City.  The  companies  supplieo  gas  last  year  at 
$2  50  per  1,000  cubic  feet 

Rev.  Mr.  MacFarlaue,  the  newly-chosen  Pas- 
tor   of  Hanson   Place  Baptist  Chorch,    waa  taken 

saddenly  ill  while  dellrering  bU  sermon  os  Sunday. 

He  was  removed  to  his  residence  at  No.  353  Cum'- 
berland  street.  Tbe  reverend  gentleman  was  better 
yesterday,  although  not  able  to  be  out. 

Daniel  Quin,  a  United  States  marine,  who 

was  arrested  some  days  ago  for  oommitting  a  burg- 
lary at  tbe  corner  of  York  and  Harrison  streets,  has 
been  identified  as  a  professional  bnrglar.  He  u 
"  wanted  "  b.y  the  Staten  Island  Police  for  several 
bnrgls^ies.  In  his  wife's  bouse,  $700  worth  of  the 
Stolen  property  was  found. 

Thomas  McCarthy  and  Chester  M.  Case  were 
arrested  yesterday  ou  a  charge  of  swintlling  J.  F. 

Elin  by  means  of  a  fraudulent  real  estate  transac- 
tion. The  land  in  question  belonged  to  ex-Register 
Hugh  McLaughlin,  and  was  soid  by  £.  Dwight 
Pepper,  wbo  represented  it  as  bis  own,  to  Mr.  Case. 
McCarthy,  as  agent  tor  Case,  sold  it  to  Elin. 

An  action  brought  by  Mrs.  Crigen,  of  Green- 
point,  against  the  Cross-town  Railroad  for  injuries 
received  on  one  ot  the  company's  cars  was  settled 
by  her  lawyer,  a  Mr.  Bsokert,  without  her  consent, 
as  sbe  claims,  for  $100.  The  action  was  for  $10,000. 
Yesterday  another  lawyer  commenced  a  new  action 
against  the  company  on  behalf  of  Mrs.  Crigen. 
Cotinsel  for  tbe  company  objected  on  tbe  ground 
tbat  the  case  had  beeu  settled.  Plaintiff's  counsel 
was  allowed  to  draw  a  Juror  so  that  the  case  may  be 
brought  up  at  the  next  term. 

LONG  ISLAND. 

Rev.  W.  G.  Steele,  Pastor  of  Fleet  Street 
Methodist  Bpiscopal  Churoh,  Brooklyn,  delivers 
the  annual  address  before  the  Suffolk  County  Tem- 
perance Society  at  Orient,  the  23d  IssC,  on  "  Pa- 
triotism and  Temperanc&" 

Sheriff  Cooper,  haying  reason  to  suspect  that 
James  Clark,  confined  in  the  Riverhead  Jail,  await- 
ing trial  for  robbing  Amos  Dorr,  at  Bay  Shore,  of 
$1,500,  was  meditating  an  ^caps,  had  him  searched 
on  tinuday  and  loand  secreted  on  hlg  person  $320  iu 

money. 

The  schooner  sunk  in  Gardiner's  Bay  has  been 
identified  as  the  Vermillion,  65  tons,  which  sailed  in 
ballast  Deo.  30  from  Stonington,  Conn.,  for  Port 
Jefferson.  The  schooner  Is  believed  to  have  been 
mn  into  by  some  unknown  vessel,  and  afterward 
drifted  to  where  she  was  found.  The  bodies  of  Capt. 
Davis  and  the  two  seamen  have  not  l>een  recovered. 

Tbe  case  of  Dennis  Ryer,  who  is  under  in- 
dictment for  tbe  murder  of  Patrick  Tafit  at  tbi 

freight  offioe  of  the  Long  Island  Railroad  Company, 
<suna  no  bvCore  J  ttdae  Pratt  at  tbe  Queens  Coontv. 


Goort  of  Oyer  and  Terminer,  North  Hempstead, 
yestecday  morning.  Bz-Judg*  Biohard  Busteed. 
who  appeared  for  the  pnstner.  stated  tbat  his  (tba 
eonnsera)  health  would  not  permit  bim  to  attend  to 
it  in  connection  with  the  McConnoohie  case  at  the 
present  time,  and  Jndge  Prate  aojoumed  it  for  the 
term.  .  , 

NEW' JERSEY. 

Thomas  Booney,  a  laborer,  employed  on  Shan- 
ley  ic  Wright's  steam  stone-crusher,  at  East  New- 
ark, was  caught  In  the  shafting  yesterday  morn- 
ing and  Instantly  crushed  to  death.  Deceased  re- 
sided m  Newark. 

Tbe  body  of  Henry  Yahanse,  who  has  been 
missing  from  his  home  iu  New-Brunswick  for  sev- 
eral days,  baa  been  found  In  the  Raritan  River  near 
the  steam-boat  dock.  It  is  supposed  tbat  he  fell 
into  the  river  while  intoxicated. 

A  man  named  Conway,  who  residfedm  Brook- 
lyn, was  crossing  the  New-Jersey  Central  Railroad 
track  at  tbe  Communinaw  Station  last  evening. 
When  he  was  struck  l«y  a  train  and  instantly 
killed.  The  body  was  removed  to  the  Morgue  to 
await  the  action  of  the  County  Physician. 

John  McKenna,  tbe  young  man  who  stole  so 
much  of  the  property  from  the  Jersey  City  Opera- 
house  that  the  performance  conld  not  go  on,  had  his 
sentence  changed  yesterday  from  one  year  in  State 
Prison  to  three  months  in  the  Penitentiary,  Mr. 
Bndloog,  one  of  the  owners  of  the  theatre,  having 
pleaded  in  bis  behalf. 

Simon  Kiein,  residing  at  No.  200  Morgan 
street,  Jersey  City,  was  committed  to  the  County 
Lunatic  Aaylum  yesterday,  the  County  Physician 
having  declared  bim  insane.  Klein  was  married  10 
da.ys  ago,  and  after  bis  marriage  he  developed  un- 
mistakable symptoms  ot  insanity,  finally  becoming 
so  violent  that  his  arrest  and  incarceration  became ' 
necessary. 

Sheriff  Harrison,  of  Newark,  has  not  yet  re- 
turned borne,  ana  consequently  neither  the  object 
nor  the  result  of  his  trip  can  be  positively  ascer- 
tained. It  is  denied  at  tbe  Sheriff's  office  that  be 
received  any  dispatch  in  relation  to  the  Broek  mur- 
der, and  tbe  rumor  tbat  be  did  cannot  ba  traced  to 
any  authentic  source.  At  the  telegraph  otBce  it 
was  positively  denied  that  any  such  dispatch  had 
come  over  the  wires.  County  Physician  Ward 
having  ascertained  tbat  it  would  cost  from  $200  to 
$500  to  have  a  chemical  analysis  of  Ryan's  s'omach 
made  in  New- York,  sent  it  to  Princeton  College, 
where  the  analysis  will  be  made  for  a  nominal  sum. 

James  Verrinder,  the  son  of  City  Missionary 
Verrinder,  of  Jersey'  City,   has  been  arrested  in 

Brooklyn  on  a  charge  of  abandonment.  He  was 
arrested  in  Jersey  City  some  time  ago  on  tbe  same 
charge,  and  was  released  when  he  disoloaed  the  fact, 
which  was  news  to  his  wife,  that  he  had  procured  a 
divorce  from  ber.  Subsequently  his  wife  procured 
a  reopening  of  tbe  case,  the  Chancellor  directing 
that  he  should  nay  alimony  and  counsel  fees.  Ter- 
rinder  transferred  his  property  in  Jersey  City  to 
his  brother  and  move.!  to  Brooklyn.  Mrs.  Vemnaer 
made  complaint  to  Justice  Walsh,  and  Verrinder 
was  arrested  for  abandonment.  He  was  bailed  to 
appear  for  examination  next  Saturday. 

Twenty-lour  weavers  employed  in  Soleliao's 
silk  mill  in  Paterson,  struck  for  higher  wages  yes- 
terday. The  men  have  been  receiving  27  cents  per 
.yard  for  tbe  last  three  years,  bnt  they  claim  that 
they  bad  an  understanding  with  their  employer  that 
as  soon  as  business  improved  tbe  price  would  be  in- 
creased. Business  being  brisk  now  tbey  demanded 
the  increase  yesterday,  and  struck  on  being  re- 
fused. The  German  weavers  say  they  are  willing 
to  work  for  31  cents  a  yard,  while  the  French 
weavers  want  37  cents  a  yard.  The  strikers  en- 
deayorad  to  get  tbe  other  employes  to  join  them, 
bnt  they  declined,  as  tbey  deemed  a  strike  at  tbe 
present  time  very  ill  advised.  It  is  expected  that 
an  amicable  settlement  of  the  difficiuty  will  be 
effected  to-day. 

An  mterestmg  case,  involving  some  nice 
points  of  law,  will  be  argued  before  Chancellor 
Rnnyon  in  Trenton  on  the  8th  of  March.  It  seems 
that  after  Mrs.  Carrie  Black  was  married  sbe  ex- 
pended $33,000  ont  of  $300,000  settled  upon  her  by 
ber  father,  iu  the  erection  of  a  handsome  residenee 
on  land  belonging  to  her  busbaad.  Subsequently 
she  left  her  husband,  or,  as  she  claims,  was  com- 
pelled to  leave,  and  being  anxious  to  secure  posses- 
sion of  her  property,  the  question  arises  how  far 
the  law  secnriuif  to  a  married  woman  her  own 
propert.y,  which  belonged  to  her  before  coverture 
and  oanie  to  her  since  by  gift  or  otherwise,  will  go 
in  relation  to  money  expended  by  her  in  relstion  to 
erecting  buildings  on  her  busban'd's  land.  Rminent 
counsel  have  been  engaged  on  either  side,  aod  the 
question  promises  to  be  an  intere>>ting  one,  because 
of  its  mvelty  and  also  for  the  reason  that  the  de- 
cision will  establish  a  precedent. 

BUSINESS   FAILURES. 
J.  Bryan  Clarke,   of   No.  383  Broadway,  as- 
signed his  property  for  tbe  benefit  of  his  creditors 
to  James  D.  Griswold  yesterday. 

John  F.  Phelps,  dealer  iu  corsets,  at  No.  449 
Broadway,  has  been  adjudicated  a  voluntary  bank- 
rupt. His  mdebtedness  is  $21,579  ;  nominal  assets, 
$17,000. 

The  New-York  creditors  of  H.  C.  Trunick  & 
Co.,  wbolesala  dry  goods  dealers,  of  Philadelphia, 
have  received  an  offer  to  compromise  at  60  cents  on 
the  dollar. 

Andrew  Campbell  asade  an  assignment  yes- 
terday to  William  M.  Leslie.  His  liabilities  are 
$45,825  95,  his  nominal  assets  $55,823  66.  and  his  real 
assets  $10,709  02.  A  bead  was  ordered  for  the  As- 
signee in  $15,000. 

The  schedules  Twre  filed  yesterday  in  the  as- 
signment of  Henry  Louis  and  Adolphus  Louis,  com-  y 
posing  tbe  firm  of  Henry  Louis  Se.  Brother,  var- 
nishes, No.  378  Pearl  street.  Tbe  liabilities  are  re- 
ported at  $99,515,  the  nominal  assets  at  $96,203  90, 
and  the  real  assets  at  $19,000.  The  Asslgnse  was 
ordered  to  give  a  bond  in  tbe  sum  of  $25,000. 

Register  Ketohum  has  adjudicated  Cornelias 

S.  Groot,  broker,  of  No.  14  Broad  street,  a  bankrupt 
on  bis  own  petition.  Among  the  creditors  are  50 
brokers,  whose  claims  range  from  $100  to  $15,000. 
His  liabilities  amount  to  $76,000,  and  he  has  no  as- 
sets. The  principal  creditors  are  Janeson.  Smith  Sc 
Sattig.  $15,796  ;  E-  C.  Delavan,  $13,000  ;  Joseph  A. 
Janeson,  $5,000;  W.  H,  Granbery  &.  Co.,  $5,312;  W. 
S.  Williams.  $5,000;  E.  F.  Button,  $5,000. 

AN  ADROIT  SNEAK-THIEF. 
A  skillful  sneak  robbery  was  perpetrated  on 
the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company  one  day 
last  week,  the  particulars  of  which  have  been  care- 
fully  concealed  from  the  public.  In  the  partition 
alongside  the  money  transfer  clerk's  window  In 
the  main  office,  at  tbe  comer  of  Dey  street  and 
Broadwa.y,  is  a  door  which  has  no  knob  on  the  out- 
side and  can  be  opened  from  that  direction  only 
with  a  key.  As  an  additional  precaution,  a  clerk 
generally  sits  inside  tbis  door,  but  on  the  occasion 
in  question  he  had  Just  gone  out  to  lunch.  Either 
he  or  somebody  else  had  neglected  to  fasten  the 
door.  The  money  transfer  clerk  was  seated  at  his 
desk  behind  his  window  counting  over  bis  money. 
On  tbe  desk,  in  a  bundle,  was  a  pile  of  greenbacks 
amountmg  to  over  $1,600.  Beside  tbe  bimdle,  but  a 
little  nearer  the  door,  was  a  tin  box  containing  $127 
and  some  cents  in  cash,  and  a  lot  of  papers  of  no 
value  to  anybody  but  tbe  company,  A  castomer 
tapped  at  the  window  and  tbe  clerk  turned  around 
to  attend  to  him.  At  the  same  instant  tbe  arm  of  a 
man  who  was  stooping  outside  the  partition  was 
thrust  behind  the  door  and  the  tin  box  carefully 
lifted  out.  Tbe  thief  coald  not  reach  the  large  pile 
of  greenbacks  without  getting  a  portion  of  his  per- 
son inside  the  partition,  when  ne  wonld  undoubt- 
edly have  been  noticed  by  those  in  the  front  office, 
and  he  was  prudent  enough  to  leave  them  alone. 
The  box  was  subsequently  returned  by  a  man  who 
said  he  had  found  it  in  Barclay  street.  The  private 
papers  were  all  safe,  but  the  cash  was  gone. 


AN  AMATEUR  AOTOR  ON  TRIAL. 
Douglass  Walker  appeared  yesterday  before 
Police  Justice   Walsb,  m  Brooklyn,  to  answer  a 

charge  of  assanlt  preferred  agaiast  bim  by  Thomas 
F.  Clark.  The  facts  connected  with  the  assanlt, 
which  occurred  behind  the  scenes  in  the  Academy 
of  Mnslo  last  Tuesday  evenmg,  have  already  been 
published  in  The  Times.  Both  parties  are  amateur 
actors,  and  when  the  case  was  called  vesterday  a 
crowd  of  amateur  theatrical  paople  filled  the  court. 
Cotinsel  for  Walker  asked  for  an  adjournment  on 
the  ground  that  several  ladies  expected  to  testify 
for  the  defense  were  not  present.  Mr.  John  H. 
Bird,  for  the  plaintiff  e&ld  that  the  mention  of  the 
names  ot  the  laoies  in  question  by  tbe 
defendant's  counsel  was  an  additional  offense. 
Mr.  Pullman,  counsel  for  Walker,  said 
he  might  show  Justification  or  that  bis  client  did 
not  commit  the  ftrst  assault.  After  some  further 
discussion  Justice  Walsb  decided  to  take  the  testi- 
mony of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oakey.  There  was  nothing 
new  in  Mr.  Oakey's  testimony.  Mrs.  Oakey.  who 
had  received  one  of  the  blows  intended  for  Clark, 
testified  that  Douglass  came  behind  tbe  complainant 
and  without  warning  struck  him  on  the  Jiack.  Sbe 
further  testified  that  sbe  saw  Clark  run  away  and 
beard  him  cry  for  mercy.  At  the  conclusion  of 
Mrs.  Oakey's  testimony  the  case  was  adjourned 
until  Wednesday  morning, 

ARRIVALS  AT  THE  HOTELS. 
Robert  Lenox  Banks,  of  Albany,  is  at  the 
Clarendon  Hotel. 

Judge  Charles  S.  Lester,  of  Saratoga,  is  at 

the  St.  James  Hotri. 

Gen.  J.  B.  Stonebouse  and  Qen.  Rufns  H. 
King,  of  Albany,  are  at  the  Hotel  Brunswick. 

Alexander  Mitchell,  President  ot  the  Chicago, 
Milwaukee  and  St.  PatU  RaUway  Company,  is  at 
tha  Hoffman  Moose. 

Gen.  Anson  Stager,  of  Chicago,  and  Capt.  W. 
H.  Thompson,  of  the  steam-ship  Britannic,  are  at 
the  Fifib  Avenue  Hotel. 

Capt.  James  B.  Eads,  of  St  Louis,  and  ex- 
Congressman  WilUam  H.  Armstrong,  of  Pennsyl- 
raoia.  are  at  the  St.  Niebulas  Hotel. 

W.  A.  H.  Loveland,  President  ot  the  Colorado 
Central  Railroad  Company,  and  Robert  €rarrett.  of 
Baltimore,  ace  at  the  Windsor  Hotel. 


"Mobsau-Lkfetbk,"  the  oldest  and  most  Freooh 

of  Chamnagne.    Tt<«»»  V ,  lUnsxx,  110  Bead  St.-  R.  T. 


PABBEN3SBS  ABRIVMD. 

Tn  tttam'ihip  Brltannie,  ftrom  lAventooL—UtfaaHi 
Cholmondeley,  Arthur  Wade,  Dr.  W.  O.  SBalL  PnO. 
Alex.  Agassis,  Mrs.  Hartley.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  J.  Wilson, 
Mrs.  A  C.  Taylor,  Master  Taylor.  Miss  A.  R  Leigh,  8. 
E.  Bloch,  W.  B.  Chatfleld,  Charles  Schroeder,  George 
Andrae.  Jolin  Lee,  A.  D.  Brown,  Mr.  Orpe,  j.  B.  Bedard. 
James  T.  Lee,  Master  Lee.  C.  Ponoe  de  Leon.  Oesac 
Dessolles,  W.  Fnedmnn.  Mr.  Abegg.  H.  Shorey,  Oorga 
Priddis.  Oharles  Gossage,  Ulss  Gossase,  Mr.  Sherman, 
T.  M.  Turner.  Koss  Johnston,  Ur.  Gordon.  Mr.  Mackeii- 
sie.  Arthnr  Hoy,  6.  E.  Imbue,  Mn.  Bo  wen.  Master 
Bpwen,  Capt  Edwin  Carter.  U.  Uiroux,  Mrs.  Stanbnrr. 
Mrs.  Dunn.  Capt.  Alfred  Doune,  B.  W.  Holsaes.  G.  H. 
Pumer,  James  Sherman,  A.  Lamarche,  B.  Bluraenthal, 
Master  Brayley.  James  Braylev,  Mrs.  K.  Banks,  IL 
W^adlson.  George  Armour,  Don  Manuel  .Selma,  M.  Paul, 
MISS  Paul.  Bam  Elliott,  Don  Enrique  de  Armas.  Don 
Jose  de  Armas,  Mr.  aud  Mrs.  W.  8.  de  Camo.  A.  Hamar. 
B.  Ramsay.  George  P.  Arnold,  J.  M.  Van  Nute,  J.  J. 
Hiokmnn.  Mrs.  J.  J.  Hickman.  Ludwlg  Lehmaier,  Uisa 
Ansa  Freeman,  J,  Edmondaon,  Thomas  (Jramp  G.  J. 
Eice,  uscar  Oexle,  Charles  HauH  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred 
J.  Dohaon,  Mr,  and  Mra..  Alexander  Smith,  WilUam.  J. 
Mathews,  Mr.  Caldwell,  }f.  8.  Caldwell,  L.  A.  Tabor. 
Al&ed  Austin.  Capt.  and  Mrs.  B.  O.  Day,  Hiss  Dav  B. 
8.  Stewart,  Alfred  Wayeott,  John  Ptrth,  George  Mor- 
ton. Charles  Tauffe.  Mlas  Thompson,  Cant.  GUbert 
Dewar,  ThomMGmnd.v,  Joseph  U.  Meadows,  William 
Manley,  Mr.  Tannebaum,  Mr.  TanneoHum,'  Richard 
Taylor,  A.  C.  Jeffrey,  G.  W.  Dannreuther,  T.  H.  Small 
T.  H.  Taylor.  H.  D.  Jackson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  P.  Jelly 
George  Tomes,  J.  Wemman,  Alexander  Mitchell,  Mill 
Phillips,  E.  Owen,  Miss  Phillips.  W.  J.  Ueatiog. 

In  tteam-ihip  General  Barnes,  from  Savannah.— W. 
EL  Gams  and  wife,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  8.  Rundall,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  D.  Mescheodorf,  Father  Miller,  Capt.  8.  J.  White- 
sides.  Miss  H.  Glaclc.  C.  J.  Ward  well,  J.  T.  Badd,  ii.  W. 
Day,  George  Paleir,  Thomas  Comwelly,  W.  H.  Ryan,  C 
E.  Dougherty,  Mrs.  Ellen  Harrigan.  Miss  Dwyer. 

In  tteam-ship  Utopia,  from  London. — Mr.  and  Mrs 
Smith,  Master  Borace  Smith,  Mrs.  &.  Camnbell,  Mrs. 
Anderson,  Miss  Jossie  Anderson,  Master  Walter  Ander- 
son, Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  J.  Eyre,  Master  Tom  Eyre.  Mdstei 
Charles  E.yre,  Miss  Florenre  B.vre,  Master  John  K.yre, 
Master  Uarr.y  E>  re,  JArs.  Karsley.  Lieut.  CoL  Redmond, 
Mrs.  Parke  and  party. 

In  $Uam.»Mp  Oily  of  Dallas,  from  Ftm(mAi$M.—0.  M. 
Wittier.  A.  Li^.t,  (Charles  Light,  Henr.y  Watkins,  John 
Tares.  Joseph  B.  Mitchell,  Wm.  Brosnair,  Henry  Mou' 
ogban,  John  Wood. 


MINIATURE  ALU  AN  A  Q—1  HIS  DA  I. 
Sunrises 6:47  I  Sunsets 5:41 1  Moon  sets.  12:29 

HlOa  WATBB— THIS    DAT. 

Sandy  Book.  11:48 1  6ov.Islandl2:37  |  Hell  Gate....I:SS 


MARINE   INTELLIQENGB. 


NEW-TORK MONDAt.  PER   19. 


CLEARED. 


Steam-ship  Chesapeake,  Maugum,  Portland,  J.  t*. 
Ames. 

Ships  David  Crockett.  Anderson,  San  Francisco.  Snt* 
ton  &  Co.;  Privateer,  (Br.,)  Cox,  Calcutta,  James  W. 
Elweii  &  Co. 

Barks  Angnsta  Qolnta.  (ItaL,)  Amadeo,  Genoa,  Slo- 
covich  &.  Co.:  Eliza  Barss,  (Br.,)  Vesey,  Hamilton,  Ber- 
muda, A  £.  Tucker  &  Co.;  Vasco  ue  Gama,  (Norw.,) 
Andreasen,  Rotterdam,  Kunch,  Udye  k  Co.;  Kakalis, 
Brown,  Cadts,  V.  Talbot  St  Ca 

Brigs  AmeincuB,  Uooper.  Marseilles,  Jamas  Benry; 
Eiche,  (Br.,)  Lindsay,  Laguayra  and  Puerto  Cabeifo, 
Dallett.  Boulton  k.  Co. 

Schrs.  W.  ^.  Gesner,  Egbert,"Phlladelphia,  Van  Brunt 
&.  Bro.;  American  Cnlet.  Snow,  Portland,  Haviland  k 
Pressey;  North  America,  FIske,  Kewark,  N.  J.:  S,  P. 
Godwin,  WilliamB,  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  btamford  Mann, 
facturing  Co. 

ARRIVED. 

8team-shipUtopls,(Bt:,)  Craig,  London  Feb.  3,  with 
mdse.  aud  passengers  to  Henderson  Brothers. 

Steamship  General  Barnes,  iheesman.  Savannah, 
3  ds.,  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Aiurray,  Ferrif 
ton. 

Steam-ship  Gulf  Stream,  Crowell.  Charleston  i  ds., 
with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  James  W.  Quintard  & 
Co. 

Bteam-ship  E.  C.  Rnight,  Chichester,  Georgetown.  D. 
C,  and  Alexandria,  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  J.  L. 
■Boome.  Jr. 

Steam-ship  City  of  Dallas.  Chester.  Femandina  Feb 
15,  via  Port  Royal  22,  with  mdse.  and  passengen 
to  C.  H.  Mallory  &.  Co, 

Steam-ship  Hermann.  (Oer.,)  Reichmann,  Bremen 
Feo.  'i,  via  Southampton  12th,  with  mdse.  and  iias' 
sengers  to  Oelnchs  U  Co. 

isteam-ship  KUa  Knight,  (n<>w.  i  Bearse,  Piilladelpbla. 
with  mdse.  to  Bogart  &  Morgan. 

Steam-ship  Glaucus,  Bearse.  Boston,  with  mdse.  and 
passengers  to  Metropolitan  Steam-ship  Co.^ 

Shli)  Lake  Superior,  (ot  Montieal,)  Stewart,  Livei 
pool  46  ds.,  with  mdse.  to  order. 

Ship  Messenger,  (of  Boston,)  Gilkay,  Cailao  Sov.  14. 
with  guano  to  Uobson,  Hortado  tc  Co. 

Bark  Hermoine,  (of  Liverpool.)  Lavers,  Live-pool, 
via  Delaware  Breakwater  64  ds.,  in  ballast  to  Bowria; 
&  Archibald. 

BarkMercuT,  (Anst.,)  Thlanich,  Taganrog  108  da., 
With  wool  to  Wood,  Faysoa  &  Colgate.— vessel  to  mas- 
ter. 

Schr.  Anna  M.  Dickinson,  (of  Port  Jefferson.)  Tucker 
Rio  Grande  da  Sol  63  ds.,  with  hides,  &c.,  to  Oelricm 
&  Co.— vessel  to  master. 

Schr.  J.  L.  uragdon.  Fletcher,  Savannah  10  da,  with 
lumber  to  Busseil  &.  Co. 

Schr.  Wm.  Slater,  Killen,  Providence,  to  Parsons  (r 
IiOUd. 

Schr.  Almon  Bird,  Bacon.  Philadelphia,  for  Boston 

Schr.  Mary  C.  Arnold,  Arnold.  Baltimore. 

Bchr.  B.  B.  Emery,  Weeks,  Haltimore. 

Schr.  Rodne.v  Parker,  Parker.  Baltimore. 

Schr.  A.  P.  Aver.y,  Ibompson.  Baltimore. 

Schr.  Twilight.  Robinson,  Baltimore. 

Schr.  M.  B.  MUlen, ,  Lewes,  Del. 

Schr.  Mary  H.  Amsden,  Baker,  PhiladelphUb 

Schr.  L.  P.  Pharo,  Andfrson.  Vliginia 

Schr.  Maria  Piersqn,  Grant,  Providence. 

Sobr.  Hudson,  Coie,  Providenoe. 

Bchr.  Lottie,  Comers,  Pawtucket. 

Schr.  Dart,  Moneli,  Stamford.  > 

Schr.  8.  P.  Godwin,  Hoboie,  Stamford.  ' 

Schr.  Ann  Ell2i»,  La,ngdon,  New-±iavQn. 

Schr.  Agues.  Hall,  Mew-Bedlord. 

Schr.  Kmma,  (of  SL  John,  N.  6..)  Hatfield,   Fion. 
dence,  in  ballast  to  P.  L  Kevins  k.  Son 
Schr.  H.  T.  Wood,  Curtis,  Virginia. 
Schr.  M.  E.  Turner.  Camp,  Virgioia. 
Schr.  C.  W.  Alcott,  French,  Virgini*  . 
Scor.  Magellan,  Barrow,  Virginia.       ' 
Schr.  Carrie,  .lohnson.  Ricbmo  id. 
Scbr.  Elia)  Mqore,  Lewis,  Richmond. 
Sctir.  J.  1:1.  Uapp,  Cole,  Virginia. 
Scbr.  Uarr.T  Lsndell,  Martin,  Virginia. 
Scbr.  Jacob  Birdsali,  Blake,  Virginia. 
Schr.  fli'urv  H.  Pitts.  French,  VLr-ginia. 
WIND-  Suuset.  fresh,  N.  W.;  clear. 


SAILED. 


Bteam-ship  Albemarle,  for  Lewes,   DeL;    barks  Lalif 
W.,  for  Cork  or  Falmouth ;  Dnchess.  for  Altona. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

Bars  Adele,  (Ger. ,)  Elingnis,  from  Amsterdam.  wfal4v 
arr.  18th  and  anchored  on  the  bar,  came  up  to  thf 
Cit^  this  morning. 

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SPOKEN. 
By  bark  Adele.  Jan.    18.   lat.  27  48,   Ion.   38  37,  bark 
Sopule  Gorblri,  (Ger.,)  trom  Shields,   for  Philadelphia, 
70  ds.  out,  short  of  proTisions,  aud  supplied  her. 


MARINE  DISASTERS. 

The  steam-ship  Ontario,  from  Phlladelobta,  for  Liveis 
pool.  bctoTe  reported  aabore  below  Newcastle,  DeL.  got 
off  at  8  o'clock  this  morning.  She  will  reload  and  pro- 
ceed. 

Washingtok.  Feb.  19.— The  Signal  Service  Observec 
at  Atlantic  City  reports  to  the  Cuief  Signal  OfS.cer  that 
a  schr.  went  ashore  but  was  got  off  at  8  A.  Jd.  oy  Life- 
saving  Crew  No.  27. 

He  also  reports  that  the  scbr.  reported  on  Brigantlne 
Shoals  at  9  a.  M.  was  the  Mary  Standlsb,  froni  Boston, 
bound  to  Georgetown,  D.  C,  with  coal,  Capt.  E.  T.  Ful- 
ton, orew  seven  men.  She  got  off  at  noon,  after  part- 
ing with  20  tons  of  coal. 

LON0OH,  Feb.  19.— The  bark  Amor.  (Ital.,)  Capt.  Mua- 
Encato,  from  Leith  Jan.  13,  for  Philadelphia,  has  nut 
into  Dover  with  her  broadside  damaged  bv  collision. 

BF  CABLE. 

Loimos,  Feb.  19.— Bid.  10th  inst.,  Thomdean;  ISth 
insU,  Nuova  Emilia  Celestina;  13th  inst.  Fanny 
Lewis;  17th  Inst. .  Leonids,  F.  L.  Carney,  the  latter 
for  St.  Thomas;  18ih  inst,,  Hiawatha,  (lace  Kings- 
port  ;  Estella,  the  latter  for  fit.  Thomas  ;  Clara  and 
Agnes,  for  B allfax  ;  19th  inst.,  Frey,  Ka^hele,  Albion, 
Capt.  Frederic  ksen.  the  latter  for  Beaufort. 

Arr.  6th  inst..  Hancock;  14th  inst..  Ri-suelta,  Zulei. 
ka,  Capt.  Walsh;  15tU  lust..  Leocadla,  Louise;  17th 
Inst.,  Olbera.  Marietta  W. ,  Massachusetts,  steam-bhin; 
America,  Capt.  Montell;  19th  mat.,  Sussex.  Caut. 
Stap ;  Nef,  Henry  T.  Wing,  Montego,  B.  S.  Powell,  Gin- 
seppiooC,  Auriga 

London.  Feb.  19.— Sid.  19lh  inst.,  Norwegian,  for 
Delaware  Breakwater:. an n beam,  for  Doboy. 

Arr.  19tb  inst.,  FrQlBJg,  Capt.  Berg;  Gen.  Faircnild, 
Evelyn. 

Bbistol,  Feb.  19.— The  Anchor  Line  steam-ship  Sido- 
nian,  Capt.  Edwards,  from  New-Iork  Peb,  4,  arr.  here 
yesterday. 

Uavrb,  Feb.  19.— The  Hamburg-American  steam-ship 
Hammonla,  which  was  appointed  to  sail  from  here  lOr 
New-York  Satnrdav,  did  not  leave  until  yesteiiduv, 
Feb.  18. 

QuBBHiTOWK,  Feb.  19.— The  White  Star  Line  steam- 
ship Adriatic,  Cant  Perry,  trom  New-York  Feb.  10,  for 
Liverpool,  arr.  here  at  8:30  o'clock  tbis  eveniue. 

Havana,  Peb.  19. — The  steatn-suip  Columbos.  Cape 
Reed,  from  New-York,  arr.  here  to-day. 


Vo&EL  Brothers. 


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LEADING  CLOTHIERS, 

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THE  COUi(TING  OF  THE  VOTE 

NINE  MORE  STATES  COUNTED. 

tHlVIAL  OBJECTIONS  HADE  TO  KLBCTOBS 
PROM  MICHIGAN  AND  NEVADA — SINGU- 
LAR ACTIOS  OK  THE  SENATE  ON  THE 
MICHIGAN  CASE — THE  OBSTRCCrORB  IN 
THE  HOUSE  REBUKBD  BY  THE  RK- 
8PECTABLB  DEMOCRATS — THE  OBJEC- 
TION TO  TH3  NEVADA  ELECTOR  UNilNI- 
MOUSLY  OVBRBULED  IN  THE  SENATE, 
special  Oitpatch  to  (ke  ITew-Tork  Timet. 

"Washington,  Feb.  20.— When  the  Honse 
tnet  this  morning  at  10  o'clock,  there  were 
many  members  absent,  and  Vance,  of  Ohio, 
with  several  others,  attempted  to  secure  two 
hoars'  delay  bv  moyins  a  recee s  until  noon. 
This  effort  resulted  in  nothing  except  a  half 
hour's  loss  ot  time,  and  the  debate  on  the  ob- 
jections to  sustaining  the  decision  of 
the  Commission  began  at  10:30.  About 
a  dozen  members  spoke  in  the  two 
hours  alloted  to  debate,  the  first  speech 
being  by  Mr.  New,  of  Indiana,  who  proposed 
to  stand  by  the  consequences  of  the  Electoral 
bill.  Mr.  Joyce,  of  Vermont ;  Mr.  Townsend, 
of  Pennsylvania  ;  Mr.  Crapo,  of  Massachui^etts ; 
Mr.  Dacfoid,  of  Ohio;  Mr.  Kelley,  ot  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  Mr.  Pratt,  of  Iowa,  made  earnest 
speeches  in  defense  of  the  action  of  the  Com- 
mission. Of  these  perhaps  Mr.  Kelle/s  was  the 
most  forcible,  since  he  met  the  ouarge  of  iraud 
by  aviirorous  protest  and  a  scrong  declaration  of 
the  character  ot  the  crimes  by  which  tbe  Dem- 
ocrats had  sought  to  oarrv  the  State  of  Louis- 
iana. He  quoted  the  recent  opinion  of  Judge 
Church,  of  New- York,  and  was  interrupted  by 
Mr.  Cox,  who  said  that  Judge  Church  meant 
that  tbere  was  no  way  under  the  law  of  going 
behind  the  returns,  a  sentiment  which  Mr. 
Cox  seemed  to  indorse,  and  which  is 
precisely  what  the  Commission  decided 
and  irhat  the  Bepablicans  claim.  Cux 
evidently  had  in  mind  that  the  Commission 
was  a  Democratic  Uetummg  Board  instead  of 
a  body  bound  by  existing  law.  Mr.  Dan  ford 
referred  to  the  Oregon  telegrams  and  Tilden's 
oonnectiouwith  the  Oregon  fraud,and  exprebSPd. 
his  gratification  that  Gov.  Hayes  had  no  such 
dllair  as  that  laid  to  bis  charge. 

On  the  Democratic  side,  after  Mr.  New's 
speech,  the  decision  wcm  farther  attacked  by 
Messrs.  Levv.of  Louisiana  ;  Mo.Vlahoa.of  Ohio  ; 
Bice,  of  Ohio  ;  Watterson,  Cox,  Ellis,  ot  Louisi- 
ana, and  Fernando  Weod.  Their  speeches  were 
reinforced  by  Henry  L.  Pierce,  ot  Massachu- 
setts, and  in  some  manner  by  Pr  ot.  See  lye.  Mr. 
Watterson  plainlj^  expressed  his  purpose 
to  accept  the  result  of  the  Electoral 
Commission,  and  go  home  to  his  confid- 
ing constituents  and  tell  them  all  about  it. 
Mr.  Cox  mixed  bis  speech  in  about  equal  parts 
with  jokes,  partisan  recrimination,  and  profane 
allusions  to  Holy  Writ.  He  declined  to  be  held 
responsible  tor  the  result  of  the  Commission's 
action,  but  seemed  inclined  to  accept  it  without 
great  opposition.  Mr.  Pierce  concluded  that 
the  btate  ot  Louisiana  bad  been  carried  by  tre- 
mendous irauils,  and  he  admitted  the  ille^iality 
of  the  action  ot  the  Beturniag  Board,  as  be 
claimed  it  to  be,  and  while  be  bad  a  holy  hor- 
ror ot  Democratic  rule,  be  oould  noc  endure  the 
thought  that  the  results  of  violence  should  be 
overcome,  except  in  some'manner  to  square  ex- 
actly with  his  own  judgment  of  what 
*jight  be  proper.  Prof.  Seelye  concluded,  on  the 
whole,  that  theintimidatiou  on  one  side  and  the 
fraud  on  the  other  were  so  great  that,  really, 
the  State  of  Louisiana  ought  not  to  have  any 
voice  at  all  in  the  Presidentijil  election.  He 
Approved  the  decision  ot  the  Commission  in  re- 
B£ieot  to  its  int«rpretacion  of  law,  but  regarded 
this  as  a  case  where  equity  rises  so  much  above 
Che  law  as  to  compel  the  law  to  be  set  aside  in 
behalf  of  the  right.  Both  Seelye  and  Pierce 
voted  with  the  Democrats  against  sus- 
taining the  decision.  Both  are  men  whose 
honest  purposes  can  never  be  impeached,  biu 
thev  have  been  overcome  by  the  popular  de- 
lusion that  what  is  not  made  right  by  law 
must,  he  made  right  in  some  unlawful  manner. 
Prof.  Seelye's  position  on  tbe  general  result 
would  sustain  tbe   action  of  the  £etarninc 

Board.  li'  it  had  been  as  fraudulent  na  Mr.  Pierce 
supposed  It  to  have  been,  because  tbe  Setum- 
ing  Board  in  saving  tbe  State  Irom  being 
carried  against  ttie  will  of  tbe  people  bv  mur- 
der and  intimidatioa,  would  have  preserved,  ac- 
cording to  Prof.  Seelye's  position,  though  in  an 
unlawtul  manner,  the  exact  equities  of  tbe  elec- 
tion. Putting  Mr.  Pierce's  allegations  and 
Prof.  Seelye's  logio  together,  the  Betuming 
Board  simply  rose  above  tbe  law  to  entoroe  the 
right.  This  demonstratTon  by  two  such 
men  is  the  remains  of  the  sentimentalism 
by  which  a  great  many  good  people  have  been 
misled,  because  they  seem  to  think  there  is 
some  better  way  to  right  wrongs  than  tbe 
legal  way.  This  was  in  the  main  the  theory 
which  Don  Quixote  pursued.  The  House  sus- 
tained the  objection  to  tbe  decision  of  the  Com- 
miss.on  by  a  vote  of  172  to  99. 

Tbe  Senate  was  then  notified  that  the  House 
was  ready  to  proceed  with  the  count,  and  at  1 
o'cl  jok  the  Joint  Convention  assembled  for  the 
fifth  time  since  Feb.  1.  The  eieht  votes  ot 
Louisiana  were  counted  lor  Hayes,  and  the 
count  proceeded,  Maine,  Massachusetts. 
Maryand,  and  Michigan  being  called  in  regu- 
lar order.  It  was  generally  expected  that 
tbe  count  would  proceed  until  Oregon  should 
be  reached,  that  being  the  next  State  in  aloha- 
betioal  order  from  which  there  are  two  sets  of 
Electors  returned.  It  was  a  great  surprise, 
therefore,  when,  in  response  to  the  inquiry  of 
the  Presiding  Officer  for  objections  to  the  vote 
of  Michigan,  Mr.  Tucker,  of  Virginia, 
arose  and  presented  formal  objections 
to  the  counting  of  the  vote  of  one  ot 
the  Electors  returned,  on  the  ground  that  he 
was  a  Federal  officer  at  the  time  of  hia  appoint- 
ment, and  continued  to  be  such  officer,  and 
there  was,  therefore,  no  election,  and  the  va- 
cancy was  not  legally  tilled.  The  olgeotions 
having  been  read  the  Senate  retired  to  its  own 
Chamber.  It  was  generally  suspected  that  the 
objection  to  Michigan  was  made  simply  for 
delay,  and  when  Mr.  Southard,  of  Ohio, 
who  has  advocated  every  violent  measure 
proposed  in  caucus,  was  awarded  tbe  ^oor  t^ 
make  a  motion  for  a  recess  until  10  o'clock  to- 
morrow, this  suspioian  was  partly  confirmed. 
It  was  subsequently  pretended,  however,  that 
(hose  who  preferred  the  objection  to  the  Mich- 
igan Elector  were  not  acting  in  concert  with 
the  obstructionists.  Mr.  Tucker  disclaimed 
all  purpose  of  interposing  unnecessary 
d«lay,  and  stated  he  was  prepared 
to  proceed  with  the  argument  in 
snpport  of  the  otgections.  Fernando  Wood 
also  mildly  opposed  a  recess,  and  the  demon- 
stration which  followed  on  the  Deisocratio 
Bide  showed  that  the  advocates  of  delay  would 
be  iu  a  hopeless  minority.  The  vote  on  South- 
ard s  motion  for  a  recess  was  first  taken  viva 
toee,  and  the  greatvolttmeof  souud  that  rolled 
Into  "  nay"  left  no  doubt  of  the  result.  A  di- 
Tieion  wa«  demanded,  when  86  arose  for 
■9d  163  against  rewss.  The  filibustertrs 
tbaa     donaaded     the      yeaa     »»d      »»sr». 


and '  they  were  ordered,  resulting  in  a  more 
sweeping  defeat  for  them ;  only  57  were  bold 
enough  to  record  themselves  for  further  de- 
lay* while  192  are  recorded  against  it  The 
negative  vote  was  furnished  by  the  following 
States:  Ohio,  10:  Kentucky,  6;  Pennsyl- 
vania, 4 ;  Indiana,"^  4 ;  Georgia,  Maryland, 
and  Tennessee,  each  3 ;  Alabama,  Illinois, 
Louisiana,  Mississippi,  North  Carolina,  New- 
York,  Virginia,  and  Wisconsin,  each 
2 ;  Arkansas.  California,  Massachusetts. 
Missouri,  New-Jersey,  Oregon,  'Texas,  an«l 
West  Virginia  each  one.  Meade  and  Odell 
were  the  New- York  negative  voters.  It  was 
3  o'clock  before  debate  began  on  the  Michigan 
objections,  and  it  continued  until  after  5,  being 
marked  by  notbing  of  special  interest  Some 
of  the  speeches  delivered  to-day  were 
prepared  fur  the  Louisiana  cast',  and 
were  gravely  read  by  their  authors 
to  listless  auditors.  Several  tim<)3  general  im- 
patience was  manifested  by  some  wearied  mem- 
bers calling  out.  "  Vote,  vote,"  but  tbe  monot- 
ony was  contmued  until  the  two  hours  de- 
voted to  debate  had  been  exhausted.  Then 
Mr.  Jenks,  one  of  the  Democratic  objectors  in 
tbe  Louisiana  case,  offered,  as  a  substi- 
tute for  Tucker's  motion,  a  resolution  pro- 
.viding  that  tbe  vote  of  Michigan  be 
counted,  despite  tbe  objection,  and  much  to 
the  surprise  of  most  of  the  spectators,  this 
was  carried  by  an  overwhelming  vote.  Alter 
this,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Hale,  tbe  Clerk  was  in- 
structed to  notify  the  Senate  that  tbe  House 
was  again  ready  to  go  into  joint  session. 

When  the  Senate  reached  its  own  chamber, 
after  the  separaiion,  Mr.  Allison,  of  Iowa,  of- 
fered a  resolution  to  tbe  efiect  that  the  vote  ot 
Michigan  be  counted  for  the  Kepublican  can- 
didates, notwithntsnding  tbe  objection  made  by 
the  opposition.  Upon  this  proposition  Mr.  Bay- 
ard surprised  his  non-partisan  friends  by  mak- 
ing an  exceedingly  Injudicious  speech,  in  which 
he  repudiated  all  the  principles  established 
by  the  decision  of  the  Electoral  Commission,  of 
which  he  is  a  member.  He  declared,  among 
other  absiird  things,  that  a  vote  tor  an  Elector 
about  whose  eligibility  there  was  a  dispute 
was  not  a  vote  at  all,  or  if  it  was  a  vote,  >t  was 
only  such  a  one  as  could  be  oast  for  a  dead  man. 
Messrs.  McMillan  and  Cbnstuncy  followed  iu 
strong  speeches  in  favor  of  tbe  resolution 
and  against  sustaining  tbe  objection  made  in 
tae  House.  Then  .Mr.  Hereford,  of  West  Vir- 
gmia,  mustered  up  courage  enough  to  open  his 
mouth,  and  declared  that  although  be  did  not 
desire  to  take  up  tbe  time  ot  the 
Senate,  he  thought  it  was  bis  duty 
to  his  State  to  protest  against  the  counting  ot 
the  vote  under  discussion.  Mr.  Morton  fol- 
lowed in  support  ot  the  resolution,  and  be  in 
turn  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  Stevenson,  of  Ken- 
tucky, who,  much  to  the  surprise  of  his 'asso- 
ciates, supported  tbe  resolution  and  expressed 
a  determiuatiou  to  vote  for  it. 

At  this  point  news  was  received  that  the 
conspiracy  in  tbe  House  to  take  a  recess  until 
to-morrow  had  been  defeated  by  a  vote  of  192  to 
57,  and  then  Mr.  Bajard,  seeing  that  be  bad 
made  a  mistake  in  opposing  the  resolution, 
obtaihed  tbe  floor  by  unanimous  consent,  and 
declared  that  if  he  bad  had  time  to  finish 
his  speech  be  would  have  expressed  tbe 
opinion  that  upon  tbe  testimony  submitted  in 
the  Michigan  case  it  would  not  be  just  nor  le- 
gal to  throw  out  the  vote  of  tbe  so-called  ineli- 
gible Elector.  I'his  put  an  end  to  all 
partisan  opposition  to  the  oounting  of  tbe 
vote.  Messrs.  Bogy  and  Keman  fell  into  line, 
making  speeches  in  favor  of  the  resolution. 
Senator  Morrill,  amid  loud  laughter,  stated 
that  for  once  be  would  be  unpartisan  and  vote 
with  bis  Democratic  friend  Mr.  Kernan,  and  it 
seemed  as  if  the  resolution  was  gomg  to  be 
passed  without  further  waste  of  time.  This, 
nowever,waB  a  mistake,  for  Mr.  Wbjte  obtamed 
the  floor,  and  offered  a  substitute  for  the 
original  motion,  which  greatly  modified  its 
language  and  scope.  Tuis  gave  rise  to  con- 
siderable debate,  pending  which  Senator  Nor- 
wood stated  that  when  he  signed  the  objection 
he  was  not  aware  of  the  insufficieucy  of  the 
evidence  upon  which  it  was  based.  Then 
a  vote  was  taken  ou  Mr.  Whyte's 
substitute,  and  it  was  lost  by  a 
nu^ority  of   10.    Tbe    original    resolution  was 

then  taken  up,  and  Mr.  McDonald  made  a  mo- 
tion to  strike  out  f^e  first  clause,  which  set 
forth  that  the  objection  was  not  good  in  law. 
This  was  defeated  by  a  vote  of  3d  to  26,  and 
then  the  question  recurring  upon  the  first  reso- 
lution, it  was.  at  tbe  suggestion  of  Mr.  Cooper, 
voted  upon  separately.  Tbe  first  clause  was 
adopted  by  a  vote  of  40  to  17.  The  last  sec- 
tion,, providing  that  the  Michigan  vote  be 
counted,  was  ctiriied  by  the  unanimous  voice 
of  the  Senate,  Mr.  Hereford  voting  with  the 
rest. 

Shortly  after  this  a  message  was  received 
stating  that  the  House  was  ready  to  again 
meet  in  joint  session,  and  tbe  Senate  proceeded 
to  tbe  Hall  of  Representatives.  Then  the  vote 
of  Michigan  was  declared  for  Hayes  and 
Wheel,  r,  and  tbe  count  went  on  until  Nevada 
was  called,  when  Mr.  Springer,  one  of  the 
most  prominently  unscrupulous  and  dishonor- 
able    filibusters     in      Congress,     objected    to 

the  count  on  tbe  ground  that  one  of  the 
Electors  from  the  State  named  was  ineligible 
at  the  time  of  his  appointment.  This  made  it 
necessary  for  tbe  two  houses  to  separate  attain. 
The  Senate  returned  to  its  own  Chamber  and 
by  a  unanimous  vote  declined  to  sus- 
tain the  objection,  aqd  ordered  that  all 
the  votes  of  Nevada  be  counted  for 
the  Bepublioan  candidates.  Pending  the 
discussion  of  the  subject  the  lower 
house  took  a  recess  until  to-morrow  morn- 
ing. There  was  no  roll  call  on  the  motion, 
goth  sides  were  worn  out  with  tbe  labors  of  the 
day,  and  seeing  that  it  the  count  prooeeeded 
the  session  would  last  until  late  at  nigbt  they 
were  willing  to  let  it  be  suspended  for  another 
day. 

SCHEMES  OF  THE  REVOLUTIONISTS., 
THE  POUOT  OF  DRLAT  AND  ITS  WORK 
TE8TK.BDAT — DUPLICITY  AND  UN8CRU- 
PUL008NKS8  OF  THE  EXTREMISTS — THE 
TRU.MPED-UP  OBJECTIONS  REJECTED  BY 
THE   SENATE. 

BveeiallHtpatehto  Oe Ifew-York  Times. 

Washington,  Feb.  20.— The  new  revolu- 
tionary policy  of  cheating  the  Democracy  into 
an  abandoniaent  of  the  course  marked 
out  in  the  party  caucus  by  offering 
plaosiBle,  well-appearing  excuses  for  de- 
lay, met  with  a  seriotis  defeat  to-day, 
which  gives  promise. of  a  completion  of  the 
Electoral  count  jwithoat  intentional  procras- 
tination. The  Fabian  policy  of  the  handful  of 
lunatioa  who  propose  to  prevent  an  eieotloQ, 
succeeded  in  securing  the  recess  yesterday  on  a 
false  pretense  of  wanting  time  to  preparo  for 
the  Otegon  case,  and  by  a  promise  of  content- 
ment with  one  day  only.  Hurd,  who  was 
said  to  be  sick  and  unable  to  go  on  with  tbe 
Oregon  case,  was  iu  tbe  House  to-day  looking 
as  well  as  ever.  This  would  seem  to  give  ored- 
enoe  to  the  other  atorj  that  Hard  had  become 
di#<nutad.i«dhadrefujuidto  oUua  the  fraud- 


ulent vote  of  Cronin.  Tbe  Louisiana 
case  was  permitted  to  be  closed  withqiit  delay, 
but  when  the  Joint  Convention  met  and  bad 
proceeded  with  the  count  as  far  as  Michigan, 
It  was  found  that  a  trumped-  up  objection  had 
been  framed  against  the  vote  of  one  of  the 
Electors  chosen  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  the  college. 
The  dismgenuousness  of  this  objection  is  wit- 
nessed by  the  unanimous  vote  of  the  Senate 
against  sustaining  it.  The  motive  of 
it  was  immediately  revealed  by 
the  motion  of  Southard,  of  Ohio, 
that  the  Houso'^fake^Tt  recess  till  to-morrow 
morning.  The  purpose  to  delay  was  scarcely 
attempted  to  be  disguised.  Southard  couid 
only  say  for  himself  that  be  did  not  havti  any 
intention  of  speaking,  but  this  was  a  very  im- 
portant (fuestion.  and  he  wanted  a  day  for  con- 
sideration. Some  points  of  order  were  raised, 
hut  Randall  ruled  against  them  all,  except  one 
to  the  effect  that  if  a  recess  was  taken  till 
evening,  the  question  of  sustaining  the  objec- 
tion could  not  be  sot  aside  for  legislative  busi- 
ness. This  was  so  plain  a  provision  of  law 
that  any  person  who  could  road  oould  not  fail 
to  understand  it.  though  three  or  four  mem- 
bers, including  Soyler,  of  Ohio,  endeavored  to 
thrust  a  legislative  evening  session  into  the 
midst  of  the  Electoral  count.  The  mo- 
tion of  Southard  was  one  for  which  no 
pretext  could  be  presented  in  its  support  The 
vote  showed  about  the  same  number  of  revolu- 
tionists who  bad  voted  in  ouucus,  while  near  a 
hundred  Democrats  voted  with  the  Republi- 
cans against  the  proposed  delay.  ITiis  vote  is 
regarded  as  a  decisive  defeat  of  the  revolu- 
tionists, though  it  will  by  no  means  put  a  stop 
to  their  secret  plots  for  delay. 

The  case  made  nut  against  the  Michigan 
Elector  was  similar  in  most  respect.'?,  though 
much  weaker  than  that  which  S])ringer  had 
prepared  against  Chaffee,  the  Illinois  Electbr. 
Grossman,  of  Michigan,  Lad  been  made  a 
United  States  Commissioner  for  a  special  mat- 
ter, and  without  evor  coming  into  posses- 
sion of  a  commission,  had  ceased  to 
act  13  years  ago,  without  anr  formal 
recognition.  Chaffee,  in  Illinois,  had 
been  really  a  ComniiKsionor.  and  had  acted  as 
such  to  the  knowledge  ot  bis  neighbors  for 
some  years.  But  the  objection  was  not  made 
in  the  case  of  Chaffee,  lest  the  oounting  of  his 
vote  should  prejudice  the  Louisiana  case  before 
the  Commission.  The  objection  in  the  case  of 
Michigan  was  simply  for  delay,  and  shows  in 
strong  light  the  duplicity  of  the  revolutionists 
in  the  party. 

The  objection  tramped  up  to  a  Nevada  Elec- 
tor was  of  the  same  character  and  made  for 
the  same  purpose,  and  tbe  Senate,  witliout 
even  dividing,  refused  to  sustain  tbe  objection, 
and,  as  m  tbe  case  of  the  Michigan  Elector, 
the  House  will  probably  refuse  to  roject  the 
vote,  though  there  may  be  tbe  full  two  hours 
of  debate,  for  many  members  have  written 
speeches  on  the  general  situation  which  will 
fit  this  cose  as  well  as  any  other.  Ttiere 
are,  however,  no  more  States  which  are  known 
to  afford  opportunities  for  ol  jection  till  Orcson 
IS  reached.  After  that  the  only  State  is  the 
last  on  the  list,  (Wisconsin.)  where  there  is 
some  story  about  an  ineligit»le  Fleeter  which 
may  be  token  advantage  of.  Ot  course,  South 
Carolina  must  go  to  the  Commu>sion.  The  rev- 
olutionists may  still  consume  considerable  time, 
but  cannot  defeat  the  declaration  of  an  election. 


HE  WITT  jyD  KENNER'S  GAME. 

A  SCHEME  TO  SPRINO  KENNER'S  STORY  ON 
THE  COMMISSION  IN  THE  LOUISIANA 
CASK— Hh-WITT's  CONFIDl'NCKS  WITH  A 
BABBLING  JOURNAL'ST^FAfLURE  OF 
THE  8CHKME  TIIKOUGJI  THE  DECISION 
NOT  TO   TAKE   TESTIMONY. 

Special  Diepaleh  to  the  Jfeio-York  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  20. — There  is  a  history 
concerning  Duncan  Kennor's  testimony  as  to 
his  attempt  to  bribe  the  Louisiana  Returning 
Board  to  vote  to  give  the  State  to  Tilden  that 
is  decidedly  interesting.  Wells  was  the 
first  to  allude  to  this  attempt,  and 
charged  Kenner  with  an  offer  ot  $200,000 
for  the  vote  of  the  State.  Kenner 
immediately  came  forward  with  his  story  that 
Wells  had  made  the  first  proposition,  and  that 
Kenner  had  tried  to  raise  tbe  money,  subscrib- 
ing liberally  himself,  but  had  not  sacceeded. 

It  was  tbe  purpose  of  the  Democrats  to  reserve 
Mr.  Kenner's  testimony  for  tbe  Commission, 
tbe  expectation  of  some  of  them  being  that 
testimony  would  be  received  in  the  Louisiana 
case.  It  was  noticed  that  Kenner  was  not 
called  by  the  Field  committee  as  soon  as  he  ar« 
rived  in  town,  and  the  explanation  of  the  delay 
is  as  stated  above.  Mr.  Hewitt  imparted  the 
story  of  Kenner  to  Sam  Bowles,  of  the  Spring- 
field Bepubltcan,  during  a  dinner  at  Mr.  Hew- 
itt's house,  and  also  told  Bowles  of  the  very 
shrewd  design  of  producing  a  tremendous  effort 
on  the  Commission  by  spnaging  this  testimony 
nnexpeetedly  upon  thera.  Bowles  promised 
to  observe  secrecy,  but  immediately  wrote 
the  whole  story  in  a  letter  signed  witti 
his  initials  and  printed  in  the  Springfield 
Republican,  before  the  decision  of  the  Commis- 
sion was  announced.  The  intent  which  Mr. 
Hewitt  at  the  same  time  expressed  of  submit- 
ting Kenner's  testimony  before  Field's  Com- 
mittee if  they  should  fail  to  secure  his  exam- 
ination by  the  Commission,  was  afterward 
accomplished  by  hia  examination  last 
Saturday.  It  is  not  generally  supposed 
that  Kenner's  confession  of  his  part  in  the 
transaction,  supposing  the  story  which  he  tells 
were  uncontradicted,  would  have  produced  so 
great  an  effect  upon  the  Commission  in  behalf 
of  giving  that  State  to  Tilden  as  Mr.  Hewitt 
expected  ;  but  at  any  rate  the  decision  of  tbe 
Commission  not  to  take  evidence  defeated  the 
theatrical  exhibition  which  the  great  Demo- 
cratic manager  bad  prepared  for  tbe  stage.  * 

DONN  PIATT'S  DEFIANT  ATTITUDE. 
HOW  HE  REGARDS  HIS    OWN    INFAMOUS  AD- 
VICE— ^HIS  EXPLANATION    OF  THB    ARTI- 
CLE IN  THE    CAPITAL — AN    ATTEMPT    TO 
•  INCITE  REVOLUTION. 

apeeuU  Ditpateh  to  the  tfew-  York  Timn. 

Washington,  Feb.  20.— Donn  Piatt  is 
said  to  have  published  the  incendiary  article  in 
Sunday's  Capital  to  secure  for  iiimself  some 
gratmtous  advertising,  and  he  regarded  the 
matter  as  a  huge  joke.  Now  that  the  case  is  in 
progress  of  examination  in  the  courts  it  ap- 
pears less  fanny  to  him  than  it  did,  and  to-day 
he  publishes  a  card  in  the  Star  in  which  he 
freely  mingles  explanation  and  defiance.  Ho 
closes  with  the  following  Parthian  shot: 

"  I  only  seek  to  protest  the  misoonstmoUon  pot 
upon  my  words.  Nuoe  other  than  an  losaDs  man, 
or  one  desperately  wicked,  would  ever  think  of 
assassinatioD,  let  alono  publicly  advocate  the  com- 
mission of  so  horrible  a  crime.  B<^yond  this  I  have 
nothing  to  say.  I  ask  no  odds  of  these  people. 
They  are  playing  with  a  danKerons  element,  when 
they  openly  Innovate  on  right  saootioned  by  time 
and  sanctified  by  tbe  blood  of  tbe  people.  They 
Till  have  eDonga  to  do  in  earing  for  ihemielves, 
without  tronbling  me." 

He  incorporates  in  the  card  the  ii^cendiary 
parafcraph' -from  bis  former  article,  which  be 
Mrs  he  aoain  reneats,  and  he  ezpiaina  that  his 


appeal  yraa  to  tbe  people  and  not  to  tbe 
assassin.  He  means  open  attack  instead  of 
concealed  murder,  or,  to  give  his  words  their 
most  favorable  construction,  he  incites  to  re- 
volution instead  of  assassination.  His  inter- 
pretation of  his  own  language  is  about  on  a 
plane  with  Kelly's  explanation  of  tbe  Oregon 
dispatches.  The  point  which  be  makes  is  so 
fine  tbat  it  will  be  necessarily  determined  by 
a  jury  in  a  public  trial. 

NORTH  CAROLINA  DEMOCRATS. 

TQRIB  ATTACK  UPON  A  CO.MMI83ION  CREATED 
BY  THEIR  OWN  PARTY — THE  INAUGURA- 
TION OF  THE  PRE6IT»ENT-ELECT  BITTER- 
LY OPPOSED- HOW  30,000  AMERICAN  ClT- 

IZKN8  ABE  TO   BE  DISFRANCHISED. 

Hveeial  DlnoatcMo  t^t  yeio- york    rimt. 

R\LEiGH,  Feb.  20.— Tbe  Senate  having 
piissed  the  resolutions  telegraphed  on  Sunday 
last,  a  Democratic  member  on  yesterday  in- 
troduced the  following  in  the  lower  house  of 
tbe  Legislature: 

Whertat,  Tbo  Joint  Elfctoral  Commission,  bv 
tbeir  action,  deliberately  Hanciioned  fraud  and  have 
violated  rbe  spirit  and  the  luttor  of  thn  act  onnsti- 
cntlng  laid  Commin^lon ;  and  tvheretu,  The  di- 
rect result  of  their  action  m  refnslng  to 
inquire  iiitb  the  fraud  of  th<^  Ketnrning 
Boards  is  to  plao  in  tbo  office  of  Presi- 
dent a  person  who  has  no  Ingnl  <>r  moral  rizht 
to  bMd  »ala  offlcB.  Id  defiance  of  the  will  of  the 
people,  nod  in  opposition  to  a  larje  m:ijority  of  the 
Elect^rnl  vote  legally  oaat;  therefore, 

Jietolved,  Tbat  the  General  Assembly  of  North 
Carolina  do  enter  Its  soleoia  protest  against  the  ac- 
tion of  said  Commi^Dion,  and  tbe  Sena'ora  and 
Rfpre*entariTe<<  of  North  Carolina  in  Congr  -88  are 
rcqae»t  d  to  nve  all  Uiwful  inoaoH,  confining  thein- 
selvet  witbin  the  ti-t  ms  of  the  act  constitntmc  'ho 
Commiesi  m,  !«  prevent  the  inaniraration  of  tbe 
person  atteinpt<>d  to  be  illegally  thruHt  upon  tbo 
people  of  the  Uuitod  States. 

An  amendment  was  adopted  making  the 
resolution  rnfcr  to  a  raaiority  of  the  Coramis- 
sicra.  After  considerable  angry  and  excited 
talk,  notion  was  postponed  until  the  night  ses- 
sion to-morrow.  The  Georgia  game  Is  now  on 
foot  in  the  Legislaturs.  A  bill  is  now  be- 
fore the  Senate  to  amend  the  Constitution 
so  as  to  require  erich  person  who  applies  to 
vote  to  exhibit  bis  receipt  for  poll-tax  for  the 
preceding  year.  The  Demoorutio  organs  are 
pressing  tbts  bill  uoon  the  ground  that  it  will 
virtually  dinfranchise  25,003  or  30.000  iiojrocs, 
and  thus  make  North  Carolina  as  firmly  Demo- 
cratic as  the  State  of  Goor^ia. 


THE  PHlLADELPdlA  ELECTION. 


A  STfrEKPINO  RUrUBLICAN  VICTORY — MIYOR 
STOKLEY  RE-KLKCTED  FOR  A  THIUD 
TKRM  BY  A  LARGK  MAJORITY — DES- 
PKRATK  EFFORT  OF  TUIC  DKMOCRATS 
TO  8KCURE  CONTROL  OF  THK  CITY. 
Special  Ditpa:ch  to  tlit  yew-  York  rime*. 

rH"LADiCLP  iiA,  Feb.  20.— Que  of  tbe 
hardest  fought  battles  for  municipal  ofllces 
which  has  ever  taken  place  in  this  city  was 
that  of  to-day  for  Mayor,  RoceivT  of  Taxes, 
and  City  Solicitor.  Tnese  throQ  offices  are  very 
important,  and  the  Democrats  made  strenu- 
011'*  etlbrts  to  capture  all,  but  wore  not  suc- 
cessful. Hon.  William  S.  Stokley,  the  present 
incumbent,  was  re-elooied  Mayor  by  a  good 
majority  considering  the  opposition  which  was 
made  against  him.  Durin;;  bis  present  term 
he  incurred  tho  displeasure  of  some  of  the 
Republicans  who  were  ambitious  for  the  office 
01  Mayor,  and  failing  to  reach  the  prizs  them- 
selves took  up  as  their  candidate  Mr.  Jose;)!)  L. 
Caven,  an  Independent  R.'publicuo.  A  combi- 
nation was  loriuei  with  tbo  DonioiTats, 
and  Mr.  C.'wen  toisled  upon  them 
as  their  candidate.  To  thin  the  Bourbon 
mmded.  straigut-out  members  ot  tho  party  ob- 
jected, and  refused  to  support:  him,  preterriug 
Mayor  StokUiy  again  to  a  min  whom  they  did 
not  know,  and  wuo  was  craiuiued  down  (heir 
throats.  In  aaditioii  to  this,  the  orderly  citi- 
zens feared  u  Democratic  Polico  toioo.  Six 
years  ago  wo  lia<l  Democratic  policemuu,  wlio 
bartereil  with  thieves,  and  made  lito  uusato  in 
tbe  straets  even  in  da.ytiino.  A  complete  reign  of 
terror  orevailed.  but  undi-r  Mayor  Sioklov  tho 
rujghs  were  driven  from  the  city  and  onier  has 
been  preserved.  The  people  took  the  miitter  lu 
tbeir  own  hands  and  re-elected  Mayor  Stokluy 
to  a  third  term. 

Tne  Democracy  bad  a  two-told  purpose  in 
their  desperato  efifort  to  securu  control  ot  the 
muuicipai  offices,  notaoly  tout  ot  Mit.yor  ana 
Receiver  ol  i  axes,  bt-cau-^e  tiioy  could  then  use 
the  latter  office  lor  tbe  purpose  ot  liuodiug  the 
State  wilh  bogus  tax  rece.pcs,  and  by 
fraud  overcome  the  Repuulican  major- 
ity in  the  city,  and  capture  tbe  State. 
This,  in  coniuuotion  with  a  Democratic 
Police  to  cluo  voters  from  tne  polls  in  the  city, 
would  have  given  them  control  of  immense 
power.  Tiie  majority  lor  Mayor  Stokley  is  esti- 
raaljed,  at  1  o'cIock  A.  M.,  from  returns 
thtis  far  received,  at  about  5,000.  Nel- 
son >Ve8t,  RepublicaDk  is  elected  City  Solicitor, 
ana  Robert  C.  Roberts,  Republican,  Receiver  ot 
Taxes. 

♦ • 

MUNICIPAL    ELECTIONS    IN    PKNN8YLVANIA. 

Reading,  Feb.  20.— Charles  F,  Evans,  Repub- 
lican, was  re-elcoted  Mayor  to-day. 

YOBK.  Feb.  30. — The  Dt^mocrats  elected  the  Bnr- 
gess  to-day  by  300  mai  'ritr. 

SUNBUKY,  Fob.  30.— The  RopnbUosns  elected  tbe 
4rBurceas  to-day  by  160  minority. 

Tybonb,  Fob.  SO. —  A  BeDablioarr  Mayor  was 
elected  to-day. 

Lebanon,  Feb.  SO. — Tbe  Democratio  candidate  for 
Barees^  was  eleoled  to-day.  The  Cuauod  la  also 
Democratio. 

Lancastbb.  Feb.  20.— Macgonigle,  Democrat,  was 
elecieii  M.^ynr  tihd^y  bv  50  majoritr. 

CuKSTEB.  Feb.  20 — Tbe  wbole  tiepablionn  ticket 
waa  el<'CC>'d  to-day  by  a  mainnty  averaging  400. 

Habrisbubo,  Fob.  SO.— iuetzzar.  RjpuolicaD.  was 
elecieu  CouLruller  to-dav.  T'ne  Democrats  g>tin  in 
bot>    l>raiioliea  of  tbe  Council. 

Pittsburg,  Feb.   20.— Liddoll,     Dem.     was 

elected  Mayor  to-day,  and  McCarthy,  Dum.,  Oon- 
truller.  Ktigurr,  Rep.,  was  elected  Xreaaurpr  over 
Cosgroye.  Dem.  Liddell's  majority  over  Humphries, 
Kep.,  in  74  ot  the  101  precincts,  is  1,414. 


THE  MILITIA    OF  SOUTH  CAROLINA. 


TBEIR   PROPOSED  PARAUE  ON  WASHtNGTOX'S 
birthday     TO      BE      PREVENTED — THE 

presidEni's   ordbb^-compliancb    of 

gov.  hampton. 
Columbia,  Feb.  20.— Information  having 
reaobed  President  Oran-,  throagb  Jftepablicaa 
cbaanelB'  here,  that  several  white  military  com- 
panlei^,  inclading  the  Wasbin,:ton  Licbt  Infantry, 
wDicb  attended  tbe  Banker  Hill  and  Centennial 
celebiations.  intended  celebrating  Washington's 
Birthday  by  a  parade,  an  order  was  issued  to  GoL 
Black,  Eighteenth  lufantry,  commanding  the  post 
heire,  to  prevent  any  sach  demonstration  or  parade 
on  the  Dart  of  aaoh  organiaUion*.  Gov.  Hampton, 
upon  beanng  of  If,  issued  a  proclamation  to- 
night cs.ling.  upon  tne  people  to  cum  ply 
with  the  requlteroents  of  the  President's 
Older,  but  protesting  in  atrone  IsiiKnage  againat  it 
and  aaking  tbat  the  celebration  be  postponed  until 
some  more  anipiclons  period.  Tbe  order  creates 
some  excitement  among  the  neople  and  ludiguatiun 
among  tbe  citizen  Militin. 

PETiTWNS  AND  JPIUTERB  IN  CANADA. 

Ottawa,  Feb.  20. — On  a  motion  to  receive 
several  petitions  from  Iraards  of  trade  in  tbe  IToited 
States,  tbe  Speaker  aaid  be  was  of  opinion  that 
citizens  of  the  United  States  or  other  aliens  bad  no 
rigbc  whatever  to  petition  this  Honse,  and  rnled 
that  th«y  oould  not  be  received.  The  report  of  tbe 
committer  on  the  form  of  prayer  to  be  vrnei  at  the 
openinj:  of  the  Uuaae  was  presented.  It  recom- 
mends players  tor  tbe  Queen,  Prince  ot  Wales,  and 
Par  iament,  enaing  witu  the  Lord's  Prayer.  It  was 
agriaed  tbat  tbe  Speaker  sbonld  read  pnt.rer«  before 
tbe  galleries  were  opeofsd  in  bia  own  lanicuago,  and 
that  the  form  ot  prayers  aboald  be  printed  with 
the  votes  and  proceedings  in  French  and  English 
reapecaTeiy.  that  all  ought  andersCand  uianto 


LATEST  Mm   BY   CABLE. 


TURKEY  AND  HER  ENEMIES. 

ARRIVAL  AT  CONSTANTINOPLE  OF  MUNI- 
TIONS OF  WAR — Russia's  XRmy  wbll 
ORGANIZED  AND  BEADY  TO  CROSS  THE 
BORDER— THK  CZAR'S  NEGOTIATIONS 
WITH   THE    PHAH    OF  PERSIA. 

BucHARESr,  Feb.  20.— The  Turkish  flo- 
tilla has  returned  to  Sultina  after  an  excursion 
to  Rustchuk.  It  has  just  been  reinforced  by  a 
second  iron-olad  corvette. 

Constantinople.  Feb.  20. — Tbe  Servian 
Plenipotentiaries  had  tbeir  first  conference 
with  Safvet  Pasha  to-day.  The  inter- 
view lasted  three  hours.  The  conciliatory 
impression  continues.  The  Porte  does  not  seem 
disposed  to  press  its  points  relative  to  guaran- 
tees as  a  sine  qua  non.  The  Hritish  steamer 
Lotos.  Capt.  MoNabb,  wbicb  sailed  from  New- 
Haven  Jan.  23.  with  a  cargo  of  arms  and 
ammunition  fortbe  Turkish  Government  valued 
at  Sjl.750,000  has  arrived  here  with  boats  and 
dock-house  damaged,  hatches  and  skylights 
washed  away,  and  winches' broken.  Tho  cargo 
is  also  reported  to  be  damaged. 

London,  Feb.  20.— The  Vienna  PoUHeal  Cor- 
mspondenee,  in  its  detailed  account  of  the 
Strength  of  the  Russian  Army,  says:  "In  all 
Russia  has  600,000  men,  or  two-fittbs  of  her 
Army  orijanized.  Of  those  about  half  are 
ready  on  tho  Irontiers,  and  only  awaiting  or- 
ders to  begin  operations." 

Thft  corroapoudeat  of  the  Timei  at  Vienna 
says  the  atatemcul;  of  tbe  Political  Correspoiid- 
ence  apnears  to  be  a  tolerably  correct  one, when 
compared  with  in'ormation  from  other  i^ourcos. 

A  ppeeial  dispatch  from  Per.i  savs  :  "Twenty 
more  Bul;;ariau8,  charged  with  complic- 
ity in  the  May  insurrection,  have  been 
sentenced  each  to  20  years'  penal  servitude. 
Chevket  Pasha,  of  atrocities  notoriety,  has 
been  appointed  to  command  an  army  corps  on 
the  Danube." 

London,  Feb.  21. — A  dispatch  from  Vienna 
n-ports  that  the  Roumanian  representative 
has  officially  informed  Count  Andrassy  that 
Rouinaiiia  desires  to  remain  neutral  in  any  case, 
and  tbe  Roumanian  Militia  will  be  disbanded 
next  week.  A  special  dispatch  from  Pestb 
says  It  is  rumored  in  Belgrade  that  Russia  has 
informed  Sorvia  thrtt  she  intends  to  cross  the 
Priitb  witliin  10  days.  A  correspondent  at  Pera 
telegraphs  that  peace  with  the  principalities  is 
considered  certain.  A  dispatch  says  news  has 
been  received  that  tbe  Russians  are  actively 
working  in  Persia  to  induce  the  Shah  to  join 
ihem  ill  the  event  of  war.  The  inducement  held 
out  to  Persia  is  the  possession  of  disputed  fron- 
tier territory.  The  Shah  does  not  appear  to  be 
altojjether  averse  to  tho  plan.  The  Turkish 
frontier  is  nlmoHt  denuded  of  troops,  and 
even  with  20,000  soldiers  whom  the  Sh:ih 
can  collect,  something  might  be  done.  Tbe 
chronic  differences  between  Turkey  and  Persia 
would  furnish  a  ready  excuso  for  a  declaration 
ot  war.  The  foregoing  strengthens  the  impres- 
sion that  Russia,  iu  the  event  ot  war,  will  make 
her  chief  cfi"ort  im  Turkey's  Asiatic  frontier. 


L^' GLAND    AND    EASTERN    AFFAIRS. 

DEBATH  ON  THE  EASTERN'  QUESnON  IN 
THE  HOUSE  OF  LORDS — SPKECHK3  OF 
THK  DCKK  OF  ARQYLE,  EARL  DERBY, 
AND   LOUD    SALISBURY. 

London,  Feb.  20. — In  the  debate  in  the 
llouHe  of  Lords  to-day  on  the  ^ualern  question 
tlic  Duke  (if  Argylo  poioted  oat  that  the  ob|c-c(  of 
thoMiirqni.^ol  Salisbnry'a  miBt^ian  bad  been  toseoare 
peace  in  Europe  and  reform  in  I'arkcy.  Neither 
tif  the^e  objects  had  been  attained.  Turkey  was 
not  reformed,  and  tber.)  wai  no  proapeot  of  peace 
in  Eurooe.  He  deprecated  the  nnreasoiiable  aas- 
pici  >n  ot  liusala  which  actuated  Enslish  pulley  up 
to  Aagiist  last.  He  ailmitted  tbat.  Boglana  ban  a 
great  interest  In  the  neutrality  of  Egrptand  lu  pre- 
veiiiing  Constantinople  frotn  failing  into  the  bands 
of  any  gruat  European  power.  Bat.  ex- 
cept 00  these  points,  he  could  conceive  of 
no  injary  to  Groat  Britain  by  any  traus- 
ter  of  power  from  tho  Tnrki.sh  Empire. 
He  pointed  to  the  varions  in  stances  where  European 
powers,  while  profeasing  to  respect  tbe  independ- 
ence ttnaranteed  to  Turkey  by  the  Treaty  of 
Paris,  bad  interfered  in  Turkish  affairs  in 
a  way  that  bbuvred  '  thev  regarded  Turk- 
ish jQstice  as  utterly  unworthy  of  oontldfoce. 
It  was  necessary  to  carry  fhia  armament  farther  in 
the  aease  indicated  by  tbe  Marquis  of  Salisbury 
when  he  declared  the  indeoendenoe  of  Turkey 
might  at  the  prii'sent  time  be  interpreted  so  as  to  be 
coBsistent  with  the  joint  military  and  diplomatic 
action  of  the  gaaranteeing  power*.  The  speaker 
concladed  with  an  eloqaent  appeal  to  the  Earl  of 
Beaconsfield  to  mark  the  close  of  hia  career  by  pro- 
caring  sumo  meaaure  cf  liberty  for  CbrisMans  in 
Turkey. 

Tbe  Earl  of  Derby  asked  if  it  was  not  premature 
to  say  tbe  coui'ercnca  had  failed.  He 
could  not  yet  say  tbe  peace  of  Earooe 
was  to  be  broken ;  and,  relative  to  iaternal 
reforms  it  most  be  remembered  that  Turkey  bad 
lately  Introdoced  very  '  comprehensive  reforms. 
We  were  not  jastided  in  'oonclnding  be- 
cause a  particnlnr  mode  of  effscting 
reforms  was  not  adopted,  that  Turkey,  therefore, 
h«a  a  fixed  ourpose  of  rejpcrlnc  all  reforms.  He 
pointed  to  the  fact  that  the  Government  had  never 
l>eeu  williog  to  Qeht  for  Turkey,  and  had  in- 
formed the  Turks  so  as  far  back  as  last  May. 
He  admittod  that  although  the  Government  had 
never  changed  its  policy,  they  Iiad  in  one  respect 
changed  their  course  of  action;  that  is  to  say, 
that  having  to  deal  with  the  danger 
of  a  Enropean  war,  which  at  one 
time  appeared  imminent,they  bad  doneaod  accepted 
many  things  wnioh  they  would  have 
thought  impossible  to  do  or  accept  if 
mure  bad  not  Iieen  at  stake  than 
the  snppression  of  a  petty  inanrrectioo. 
The  Govetiiraent  had  said  all  aloni;  that  the^Turk- 
ish  Guvemment  could  be  maintained  oi^ly  by  the 
amelioration  of  their  Internul  admiiiiatration. 
He  agreed  with  the  Bnke  of  Argyle 
that  independence  was  a  very  elastic  term.  There 
were  in  all  D:irt8  of  the  world  Stales  wbioh.by  their 
weakness  were  exposed  to  measures  on  tbe  part  of 
stronger  neighbors  which  those  neighbors  would 
not  aJopt  toward  more  powerful  States.  In  answer 
to  tbe  obarEe  of  nndoe  snspiolon  of 
Rassia,  he  said  it  was  not  bis  dnty 
or  wiHh  to  say  auytning  of  fheBuitsian  Goyerament, 
bat  it  was '  perteotly  well  known  that  official' 
personages,  personages  connected  wilh  tbe 
Rus«ian  Government,  wore  among  the 
most  active  agpnts  in  stirring  up  the 
diatarbanoe  in  Hevzsgovina.  Lord  Derb.y  oit«d  pas-, 
sagea  from  former  Blae  Books,  showing  thai  in  one 
case  a  Russian  Consalate  was  tbe  hoad-quarters  of 
tbe  insurgents.  The  Balgati,ia  outia;<es  had 
only  secondary  influence  on  the  change  of  tbe  Gov- 
ernment's coaraH  of  action.  The  priuQipal  cau^e 
was  that  Servia  entered  a  fleht  with  an 
army  of  which  the  fighiing  element  waa  dmost 
entirely  Bossian.  Russia  was  In  the  field  in  fact, 
thouzb  not  in  name.  R<iB*ian  feeling  waa  so  ex- 
ci  ed  tbat  there  was  very  great  fear  of 
war.  Lord  lierby  gave  a  detailed  ac- 
count of  the  ett'uris  to  procure  an  armis- 
tiou.  He  was  never  im}  mncb  anrprlsed  in 
his  life  as  when  Kussia  refused  tbe  bve  mouths' 
armistice.  If  the  Duke  of  Aigyll,  or  any 
other  member  of  the  Opposition,  desired 
to  raise  the  question  of  tbe  advit- 
abilitv  of  cciercion,  he  [the  speaker)  would 
undertake  to  show  tbat  coercion  would  be  unreason- 
able aniens  It  meant  war,  ana  war  would  bn  tVanght 
with  every  possiole  daniwr  to  Europe.  Sinoe  the 
ooufereuce  the  Goverumeut  had  been  unremitting 
in  pressing  tbe  expediency  of  peace  oh  Survia, 
MontenoKro.  and  Turkey — a  few  days  would  abow 
■with  woat  sucoHBS.  If  tney  were  autsuensfal  half 
the  work  of  tbe  conference  woald  be 
done.  There*  would,  of  c<iur!>e,  remalni 
the  qaesdon  of  internal  reform.  He  waa  doi  pre- 
pared to  give  a  definite  opinion  on  this  snoject,  but 
he  was  mach  strack  with  tae  sugaiestion  made  by 
the  Tarkish  representative  at  the  oonfarenoe 
that  the  Porte  shuald  be  given  a  reaabna- 
ble  time  to  carry  oat  reforms  in  its,  own 
wa).  and  then  it  nothing  was  done  tbe  powers 
wontd  bavB  the  litfht  to  demand  enaraatees.    Tiicis 


was  admitted  by  Midhat  Pasba,  and  he  [Lord 
Derby]  tbought  the  idea  was  a  moderate  and  tair 
one. 

The  M.-irqaisof  Sabsbnry.  replying  to  the  E*rl 
or  Kimbei'ly,  who  blamed  the  Govemment  for 
b.iTing  declared  their  intention  not  to  coerce  Turkey, 
said  the  present  complications  were  traceable 
to  the  treaty  conclnded  after  the  Crimean 
War.  The  ide.i  ot  six  European  powers  nndertak- 
in  :  I  he  tutelage  of  the  »ul)ioot  popnlations  of  Tur- 
key, was  an  impracticable  chimera.  Loucrandaad  ex- 
pei'icnuehad  proved  that  Turkey  would  not  reform 
hei^soif  as  tho  powers  expected  when  tbe.y  under- 
took the  obligation  to  nrwtect  her  Cbrislian  sub- 
jects. The  Govemment,  however,  are  bound 
bv  the  acts  of  their  predecessors.  We, 
like  all  the  Governments,  stnoe  the  Crimean 
war,  are  bound  to  respect  the  treaty  bv  which  that 
war  was  conolarteo.  He  uolnted  to  tbe  startling  fact 
that  tho  peraons  who  sig  led  rbat  treaty  guarantee- 
ing the  iudep«nd<^nce  and  inteerlrv  of  Tut  key 
ore  now  attackinir  Lord  Derhy  for  not  having  fos- 
tered and  encouraeed  tbe  Htfrzegoyinian  insnrreo- 
tion  when  tho  hnpelesMuess  of  Turkey's  reform  be- 
came  evident  It  is  also  plain  that  Enzlaod's  atti- 
tnde  toward  Turkey  could  not  remain  the  same, 
as  in  1656.  Lord  Salisbury  asked,  however,  were 
we  Jiiatthed  lu  immediately  turniiii:  around  on  our 
ancient  ally,  who  bad  long  been  encouraged  to  count 
upon  our  aupoort.  If  the  -terrible  events  in 
Turkey  were  to  alienate  tbe  nndoabted  iifieclii>n 
which'had  been  entertained  bv  tbe  Eoalish  peo- 
ple for  Turkey,  surely  it  was  oar  duty  to  struirgle 
as  long  as  puHnible  against  a  change  which 
forced  us,  at  all  evonte.  to  put  ajnewand  unexpected 
iuterprtitntion  ou  words  to  whiob  England 
was  pledged.  We  have  changed  as  tar 
as  force  of  circumstances  have  com- 
pelled us,  but  we  have  not  diasolved  our 
traditional  aUiance  without  sorrow,  and  we  still 
cling  to  the  hope  that  some  change  in  coan«els  may 
restore  that  alliance.  The  refusal  of  the 
Taj-ka  to  accept  (be  recommendations  uf  the 
conterenoB  is  a  niviitery.  Their  infatuation  seems 
tremondoue.  Tbe  awertions  of  the  Porte's  irre- 
oponsible  adviserd  tbat  the  Russian  Army  was 
'lisorgauizeU  und  diseased  had  mncb  lu- 
flueucp  on  its  determination.  In  reeard 
to  England's  not  bavin;;  used  threats 
of  coercion  at  tho  conference.  Lord  Salisbury 
rlioujiht  It  imoortanL  to  place  upon  recora 
the  fact  that,  ai  far  as  the  proceefliug-i 
of  tbe  conforence  went,  no  power 
had  ueied  nnuli  threat*,  and  nothing  bad 
happened  at  the  confnreuce  to  pledee  Itaasia  as  a 
matter  of  honor  to  talce  military  action  against  the 
Porte.  He  energetically  challongeo  tbe  Oppoai- 
Uiiii  to  bring  forward  a  definite  raoiiun 
statioir  the  Dolio.y  which  th"?  adviieu.  Heshow<id 
that  the  only  ooerciou  Eaglaud  could  threat- 
en would  be  the  destiuciion  of  Stamboul 
by  a  fleet.  Turkey  .would  probably  disregard  it. 
As  the  question  ol  yieldmg  i^  not  in  tbe  bands  of 
those  wfio  are  most  deeply  interested  in  tbe  prosper- 
iry  of  tbe  country,  the  exocn'ion  ot  the  Lbreat  would 
dcHtrov  the  only  Goveniment  whie.a  now  controls 
thirty  millions  of  people.  Our  policy  is  to  endeavor 
to  secure  som^^  measure  of  Liberty  aod 
sately  for  the  subj-ct  popnlatioD.s.  tjf  that 
we  do  not  despair.  Midmt  Pasha  was 
nnqaestionablv  the  greatest  opponent  of  tho  con- 
fpreuce.  It  is  fair  to  ascium<^  uniil  we 
kuuw  otherwise,  tbat  his  fall  betokens 
a  more  conciliatory  spirit.  We  hope  that 
if  I  he  substsiuce  o'  ilie  relnrms  be  adouted,  nopower 
will  consider  itself  bound  or  iuxtified  in  irring 
to  solve  tbe  qoestion  by  the  sword. 
If  once  the  powers  are  assured  that 
peace  is  hopeless,  there  is  every  reason  to  fear 
tiiat  tbe  erea";  energy  which  now  induces  tbem  to 
strain  every  nerve  to  avert  war  will  lead  them  in 
rlie  future  to  m&v  this  aueacion  must  be  settled 
once  for  all.    That  Is  the  terrible    danger.  . 

The  Earl  of  BeacoDKfield  cbalieiigeu  the  Oapoii- 
tioD  to  propose  a  distinct  motion.  He  depre- 
cated tne  po'icv  of  coercion.  The  policy  of  Europe, 
and  not  merely  of  Enu'Ianft,  was  to  maintain  the 
rpieirity  and  inutpenrience  ot  ibe  Ottoman 
Eiii;iire.  That  waa  the  principle  which  has 
always  been  acted  upon  tiy  all  statesmen 
aM  iiflording  the  best  security  fjr  the  peace 
ol  Earope.  Nothing  bad  happened  since  tbe  tteaty 
ot  P  irix  to  show  tbat  this  principle  was  not  wise 
and  just. 

MISCELLANEOUS  FOREIGN  NOTES. 

THE  RINDEKPKST  IN"  ENGLAND — LONDON 
STOCK  EXCHANGE — THE  BANK  QUES- 
TION LN  AUSTRIA — UADICALISM  IN  PARIS 
— SPANISH  C0NSPIRAT0118  ARRESTiSD. 

London,  Feb.  20. — Mnch  unefMiness  is  felt  on 
account  of  an  outbreak  of  rindorpesi  at  Hull,  which 
cannot  be  traced  to  any  contact  with  infecti'us 
beast  or  matter.  Stringent  measures  have  been 
taken  to  isolate  local  outbreaks. 

On  tbe  Stock  Excbanee  to-day  the  foreign  market 
was  stagnant.  Prices  t«nd  down,  bat  there  was  no 
business  doing.  Tbe  suspense  of  the  political  sltaa- 
tion  fl.itteiis  all  international  stocks.  American 
railwa.y.s  are  depressed. 

Vienna.  Feb.  29.— The  Journals  here  report  that 
anlaureement  ha^  been  reached  on  the  bank  question, 
and  the  Hnugariau  Ministers  have  started  for 
Pesth.  *  ▼ 

Pauis.  Feb.  20.— M.  Dnverdler,  an  extreme  Badi- 
cnl,  nas  been  elected  President  of  tbe  Manioipal 
Council. 

LoN-DON,  Fob.  21.— A  dispatch  fi:om  Barcelona 
says  seven  per  ons  have  been  arrested  there.  It  is 
said  that  they  are  cbareed  with  taking  part  in  a 
Ziiillist  plot  which  was  to  hive  been  carried  into 
effect  during  the  approaching  euloarn  of  King 
AlioDSO  :t  Barcelona.  Tbe  trial  of  the  prisoners 
has  already  commonr-ed. 

London,  Feb.   21 Mr.   Hntohinsnn,  Li'ieral,  has 

been  returneii  ^>  tne  House  of  Commons  from  Hali- 
fax, recivini  5,750  votes  against  3,624  thrown  for 
Mr.  Gamble,  Conservative. 


BUSINESS  FAILURE  Itf  OH IV AGO. 
CmcAGO,  Feb.  20.— The  failure  is  announced 

of  D.  K^reign,  commission  merobant  in  produce  and 
provisipns,  and  an  extensive  dealer  on  'Change. 
The  rapid  decline  iu  the  price  of  provisioni  is  as- 
sumed to  be  tbe  cause  of  the  failare.  Mr.  Kreigh 
says  he  cannot  yet  give  any  definite  flgares  ;  bat  it 
is  known  the  failure  is  for  a  very  large  amonnt. 
Among  the  Fooured  liabilit:ies  are  tlOO,  000  in  trust 
d.  ed,toN.Corwitb,of  Chicago;fl30,000  in  warrantee 
deed  to  James  L.  Flint,  of  New- York,  and  a 
morTga^eon  real  estate  (amount  unknown)  to  T. 
J.  S.  Flint  of  New- York.  The  uneecnred  liiibil'ties 
are  from  $1,000  to  (4,0G0  effch.  to  numerous  firms 
on  'Ch.inge.  Mr.  Kreich  is  an  old  and  hiirhly  re- 
spected citizen  of  Ciiicago,  an  J  bis  failure  bas 
caoaed  creat  aarpnse  to  all  except  those  who  were 
informed  of  bis  late  bnsiness  transactions. 


THE  ST.  ZOUIS  MUTUAL  LIFE. 
St.  Louis,  Fob.  20.— The  Receivers  of  the  St. 
Louis  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  filed  suit  in 
the  Circuit  Court  to-day  against  the  Columbia  Life 
Insurance  Company  for  a  settlement  of  accounts 
between  tne  two  companies.  The  petition  sots  forth 
that    in    December,    1873,     tbe    St.    Louis    Mntual 

Life  msarance  Company  executed  a  contract  with 
defendant  under  whioh  all  its  property  and  assets 
of  every  kind  wnre  transferr<?il  to  the  defendant, 
•mounting  to  nearly  (11,000,000,  and  that  the  con- 
tract; was  illeg.il  and  void,  and  .judgment  la  tbe 
above  amount  is  therefore  prayed. 

MURDERER  IDENTIFIED. 
CiNcnoJATi,  Feb.  20. — The  proprietor  of  the 
hotel  at  Jefi°erson,  Texas,  at  whioh  Bessie  Hoore 
and  her  murderer  stopped,  while  in  tbat  city,  ar- 
rived here  this  morning  and  identified  "  Abe" 
Rothschild  as  the  man  who  waa  last  seen  wl'fa 
Bsselfl  Moore,  'Wbile  there  be  passed  under  the 
name  of  Monroe.  It  will  be  remembered  these  dis- 
patches gave  an  account  on  Saturday  last  of  an  at- 
tempted snicide  by  R  thschild,  supposed  to  have 
been  caused  by  remorse  lor  the  murder  of  Miss 
Moore. 


THE  ASHTABULA  DISASTER. 
Cleveland,  Feb.  20. — ^A  special  dispatch  to 
the  Leader  from  Ashtabula  says  th^t  tbe  Coroner's 
Jury  to  inquire  into  Ihe  cause  of  the  disaster  re. 
assembled  to-day.  Several  brakeoien  were  ex- 
amined relative  to  the  length  of  time  it  took  to  atop 
^  train  running  at  a  eiven  speed  on  which  the 
patent  brakes  are  nsed. 

MURDER  IN  THE  HBOOND  DEGREE. 
Baltimore,  Feb.  20. — In  the  criminal  court 
to-day  George  Waters,  (colored,)  who  btis  been  en 
triiil  for  the  past  two  days  for  ths  marderof  Wll. 
liam  Giles  (colored)  in  December  last,  was  found 
guilty  of  murdtr  in  the  second  degree  and  aen- 
tenoed  to  15  years'  imnriaonineni  In  the  Peniten- 
tiary. 

AID  FOR,  THE  WAM&UTTA  STRIKERS. 
Pall  River,  Fob.  20. — A  mass  meeting  of 
mill  operatives  held  here  to-night  resolvsd  to  aid 
the  strikers  of  the  Wamsatta  Mills,  New-Bedford, 
and  votea  an  aasessmant  for  that  purpose. 


THE  MOBILE  AND  OHIO  RAILROAD. 
Mobile,  Feb.  20. — In  the  Mobile  and   Ohio 
Railroad  case  a  rehearing  ot  Judge  Brace's  late  de- 
cision In  opposition  to  the  former  decision  of  Judge 
Woods  will  k>e  beard  in  April. 


HOMICIDE  IN  KENTUCKY. 
Louisville,   Feb.   20. — E.  D.  Kennedy.  Mas- 
ter Commissioner  of  tbe  Garraid  County  Conrt,  was 
killed  to-day  by  his  nepbew.  G.  C.  Kennedy,  at  Lan- 


caster.   They  had  a  difficulty  about  a  Uwa^U.    Tbr 
marderer  was  arrested. 

THE  RAILROAD  STRIKE  IN  BOSTON: 


accidents  and  APPREH3CNSION  OF  OTHERS 
MORE  SERIOUS — THE  STBIKEBS  TAMPKB- 
ING  WITH  THE  ENGINES — NABROW  ES- 
CAPES ALONG  THE  BOSTON  AND  MAINS 
ROAD. 

Special  IHtpateS  to  the  Neio-  York  71m«a. 

Boston,  Feb.  20.— The  strike  on  the  Bo» 
ton  and  Mame  Railroad  does  not  change  ma- 
terially. Both  parties  are  confident  of  success 
and  both  are  equally  obstinate.  Between  tbem 
the  public  has  to  suffer,  if  not  from  aotaal 
loss,  at  least  from  nervousness  and  incon- 
venience. There  is  .  a  constant  appre- 
hension tbat  some  fearful  catastrophe  will 
happen.  To-day,  as  a  train  from  Uedford  was 
being  pu  shed  into  the  depot  by  the  shifting  en 
gine  "Lion,"  It  left  tbe  rails  in  tbe  yard,  in 
conseqaenoe  of  a  misplaced  switch,  and  went 
bounding  over  the  sleepers  for  about  60  feet, 
striking  a  train  standing  upon  the  side-'  rack.  The 
collision  raised  both  trains  from  the  groand, 
and,  as  thev  crowded  against  each  other,  the 
seats  were  wrenched  out  of  position,  and  the 
sill  timbers  sprung,  one  of  them  being  brokeo. 
The  panels  of  the  front  car  of  tbe  incoming  trala 
were  stove  in  half  its  length,  and  tbe  timbem 
of  one  truck  were  smasbecL  The  train  vaa 
quickly  stopped  and  all  excitement  allayied, 
bat  some  of  the  women  were  badly  frlKhbened 

and  screamed  frantically.  The  damage  done 
was  nqt  serious,  but  the  escape  from  worse 
oonsequeuccs  was  very  forttmate.  There  was 
a  dai^er  of  the  cars  upsetting  and 
had  this  occurred  the  cars  would  undoubtedly 
have  cauiibt  tire,  when  the  worst  results 
might  have  followed.  It  is  said  that  the 
switchman  had  not  had  time  to  replace  the 
switch. 

A  dispatch  from  Portland  says  an  accident, 
hapjrened,  at  midnight,  to  the  freight  tra'u 
bound  for  Boston,  tind  inqmry  reveals  tbe  fa«t 
that  the  engine  was  burned  at  Welis. 
which  id  about  25  miles  this  s^de 
of  Portland.  The  engine  was  the  *'  Saep," 
tho  largest  on  the  -  road.  It  is 
a  most  significant  fact  that  workmen  are  chang- 
ing iho  boiler  plugs  in  all  tbe  locomotives,  re- 
placing tbe  iron  ones  with  lead  onus.  Tbe 
•'  Granite  State"  arriveil  in  this  cit.y  barned  so 
badlj^  that  with  but  little  more  heat  she  would 
have  burst.  Along  the  line  several  narrow  es- 
capes nave  beeureoorded,  and  people  are  getting 
extremely  nervous.  All  tbe  busmess  that  the 
other  roads  can  do  is  being  transferred  from 
the  Boston  and  Maine,  and  passengers  who 
can  get  to  their  destination  by  any  other 
route,  however  circuitous,  much  prefer  deiay 
to  danger. 

A  general  strike  on  the  railroads  leading  oat 
oi  this  city  is  bmted  at,  but  is  neither  denied 
nor  confirmed  by  tbe  officers  of  the  Brother- 
hood. Chief  Arthur  sa^s  that  due  notioe  will 
be  given  to  the  public  of  gucq  action.  A 
movement  is  on  foot  among  tbe  stockuolders  to 
take  advantage  of  tbe  law  wnich  requires 
the  comoany  to  open  tbe  books  at  tbe  requesc 
of  15  stoctcbol  lers.  and  if  successlul  tbe  public 
will  probably  know  what  tho  strike  is  costing 
the  corporation,  the  Po^t  Office  aurborities 
aver  tbat  tbe  evening  mail  train  from  Portland 
is  almost  uniiormly  late  since  tbe  strike  began. 


ONE  OP  THE    LOCOMOTIVE    ENGINEEBS    A» 
liKSTED. 

Divatch'lo  (V  .Attoetated  Prttt, 
Boston,  Feb.  20.— Charles  Randall,  one  ol 
the  sulking  engintiers  of  tbe  Boston  and  Mamf 
Railroad,  was  ariested  to-day  and  held  for  examina- 
tioG.  baring  been  detected  in  the  act  of  disablina 
tbe  locomotive  of  the  9  P.  M.  ouiwaxd-boiwd  trai# 


MARINE  DISASTERS. 

London,  Feb.  20. — Tbe  weather  is  now  (i 
P.  M.)  fair,  but  last  uigbt  and  this  morning  it  ws' 
wet,  cold  and  Doisterons.  A  gale  prevailed  on  tb& 
went  coast,  and  great  damage  was  done  to  shipping 
but  no  loss  of  life  Is  yet  reported.  The  British  ship 
Rowantree,  Capt  Canningbam,  from  Liverpool  Jan. 
13,  for  Mobile,  is  on  Peurhos  beach.  North  Wale^ 
full  of  water.  Two  coasting  steamers  and  severat 
sailing  vessels  are  SRbore  near  Holyhead,  and 
several  other  ycssels,  in  a  damaged  condition,  bave 
taken  refnge  in  that  harbor. 

Last  night's  gale  extended  aroimd  tbe  sonth 
coast  and  numerous  shipping  disaxters  are  reported. 
A  Liverpool  disnatcb  slates  that  toe  Britisb  ship 
Lizzie  Uurnll,  Capt.  Stuart,  which  arrived  at  tbat 
port  from  New-Oileans  Jan.  29,  and  the  Danish 
^tark  Tobasco,  C^pt.  Klitgaard,  wbicb  put  back 
Jan.  29  from  a  voyace  to  Hampton  Bouds,  ara 
ashore.  Tbe  American  bark  General  Fairohild. 
Capt.  Kell.y,  which  arrived  at  Liverpool  from 
Charleston' yesterday,  waa  damaged  by  collision  li 
the  Mersey. 

Havana,  Feb.  29.-^Tbe  bark  Kronprinzen,  Capt. 
Calibeig,  from  Nuw-Orleans  Feb.  11,  tor  Liverpool, 
with  a  carco  of  cotton,  waa  lost  on  tbe  17th  on  Sao 
(iayetano  reefs.     Tbe  caew  waa  saved. 

Boston,  Feb.  20  — Ths  schooner  T.  Rl  Pills- 
bur.v,  New-Orleana  f  jr  Boston,  with  a  cargo  of  cot- 
ton,' went  a^ihore  at  Nausett  at  2  o'clock  this  mon^ 
u)g.     She  will  probably  gf  t  off. 

HOPEFUL  FEELING  AT  FALL  JtlYER. 

The  Boston  Journal  of  Monday  says:  "  Thb 
Fall  RivCT.  maoafaccurets  generally  believe  that 
tbeir  bardes^nperiencea  are  over,  and  look  for  a 
lively  SoringSnde.  Tbough  tbe  expense  of  ran 
nmg  bv  steam  aDdthe  large  amount  necessary  tc 
pay  the  yearly  InfH^t  on  costly  and  extensivt 
mills  have  eaten  up  what  little  profit  tbey  bav< 
made  during  the  past  tbreeS^ars,  tbe  present  busl 
ness  of  nearly  all  tbe  corporations  is  remanerattvei 
and  tbe  prospect  is  of  a  steady  increase.  Th« 
drought  danog  the  past  Winter  bas  stepped  many 
mills  which  are  dependent  entirely  apon  water,  ana 
tbe  growing  confldeooa  in  a  satistaotory  eolation  of 
the  political  sitaation  has  created  a  demau(k'  for 
cloths,  which  tbe  Fall  River  manufactareis  are  pre- 
pared to  take  ailvaotaee  of.  Tbe  present  orolac- 
lion  of  all  tbe  Fall  River  milla  amonnta  to  5,850.000 
y^irds  per  week,  on  which  there  is  a  net  prodtof 
158,500.  and  prices  show  signs  of  improving.  It  is  a 
no.ewortliy  fact  that,  though  Fall  B.ver  manutao- 
tarers  moou  the  first  export  of  goods  to  Eogland, 
and  can  cocnpele  with  ner  in  foreign  coanirie«,  tbe 
home  demand  is  ro  great  that  they  oani.o^ 
at  present  follow  up  the  advantage,  asa  thii 
branch  of  tbe  trade  is  practically  monop- 
olized, as  far  as  ^ew-Eogland  is  c^oncerned.  by 
•Rhode  Inland  makers.  £yei7  inchcattOo  points  to 
the  fact  that  the  bard  timi-s  in  the  drv  goods  trade 
are  over,  aod  it  is  tair  to  suppose  tbat  this  new  and 
encouraging  state  of  things  will  extend  %0  other 
lines  of  manufacture  also." 


QUARRELS  OF  MUSICIANS. 
The  Springfield  (&lass.)  Bepubliean  of  Tnes- 
day  says  :  "  Charles  E.  Pratt  and  Ernll  Selfert  ot 
the  Abbott  concert  troupe  indalged  in  a  few  bard 
words  at  tbe  depot,  yesterday  afternoon,  just  after 
their  arrival  on  the  fast  train  from  the  south,  which 
ended  in  Pratt's  giying  Seifert  a  blow  across  tba 
month.  A  policeman  interfered  jast  in  time  ta 
prevent  a  fight,  and,  putting  tbe  ooml>atant« 
in  separate  hacks,  sent  tbem  to  their  botd. 
Seifert  immediately  set  oat  to  procure  a  war' 
rant  tbr  Pratt's  ari-e^t  for  aasanlt,  and,  afc«r  ba 
bad  been  refused  by  Judge  Wells  and  M.  P. 
Knowlton.  finall.v  obtained  one  of  £.  P.  Bar- 
tholomew. None  of  the  regular  Policemen  would 
serve  the  warront,  but  Special  Officer  Tbieman  did 
so,  and  Mr.  Pratt  wa:<  arrested  about;  saodown. 
His  wife,  with  another  memt>et  of  tne  rronoe, 
furnished  bail  In  a  few  mmotes,  planking  $100  Ini 
gold  as  security,  and  tbe  two  comoatantd  sopeared 
on  the  stage  together  last  evening  as  if  notbing  had 
happened.  As  Judge  Weils  refused  to  ^ivs  a  war-^ 
rant,  he  will  doubtless  dismiss  the  case  when  i-J 
comes  before  him  this  mornmg.  Tbe  trouble  la' 
understood  to  have  arisen  over  a  criticism  of  Pratt's 
playing  written  by  Seifert  and  which  appeared  19 
a  New- York  paper. 

THE  RICHEST  MAN  IS  THE  WORLD^ 
From  tht  London  JSpeetator. 
The  American  accounts  all  agree  in  oepork 
ing  that  Mr.  Yanderbilt  was  tbe  richest  Amerioaa, 
and  probably  tbe  richest  man  in  tbe  world.  His 
heirs  will,  it  is  belieyed,  pay  legacy  daty  on 
£16,000,000  starlhig,  most  of  it  lomsted  to  yield 
7  per  cent,  ner  annum,  and  the  whole  of  it  made  bj 
It  waterman's  apurentlce  in  one  ltfeti(B«.  Mr.  Vaa 
derbiit  bas  left  about  a  sixth  of  this  prbpertr  in 
legacies  to  bis  wife  and  younger  children,  and  five. 
i>ixtnk  to  hie  eldest  son,  but  at>solat«ly  notbing  t« 
any  chanty  whatever,  tbontfli  it  is  <aaid  he  asked 
his  ion  before  his  dcttb  to  make  c^«in  gifts.  In 
America  it  is  «ot  considered  quite  right  to  make  a 
will  without  charitable  beqassis,  Inu  in  Eotrlaod 
nobody  expects  a  great  landlord  to  l««ve  sixpence  to 
anybody  but  bisown  p«Qpl^  and^s  a.n>iei  he  tolfiU* 
I  exoectattona^ 


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MAKING  NEW  PHYSICIANS. 


A  FRESH  INSTALLMENT  OF  DOCTORS. 

▲NXUAL  C^MMBNCKUBNT  OF  THB  MEDICAL 
DEPARTMENT  OF  THB  UNIVERSITT  OP 
THB  CITT  OF  KEW-TOKK — DEGBEES  CON- 
FERRED   UPON    157  STUDENTS. 

The  thirty-sixth  annual  Commenoement  of 
the  Medioal  Department  of  the  UnlTenlty  of  the 
City  of  New -York  took  pla«e  at  (he  Acadeaay  of 
Hoala  last  eTenlnSi  in  the  presence  of  an  an> 
UBTiany  lavge  and  brilliant  a5lembIag^  The 
andltoriam,  orohestrs,  parquet,  ana  baloonv 
'were  crowded  with  ftleoda  of  the  Inatltu- 
tlon,  tnlly  one-half  of  wboiq  were  ladies. 
On  the  a(aK^  which  waa  haodaomely  decorated 
with  flowers,  were  aeated  the  members  of  the 
Faculty  and  other  distiuKalsbed  enaata,  Inoladine 
Chancellor  Crosby,  Profs.  Loomis,  Hammond, 
Darlioe,  Weiss.  Arnold,  Goulet,  Pardee,  Darbr, 
and  Thompson;  Blabopa  Qaiotard,  of  Tenneasee, 
and  Potter,  of  New-York  j  Prof.  Little,  Dra. 
Meyra,  M.  A.  Pinnel),  Louis  H.  Ayme,  L.  Lopcz- 
Silvero.  and  many  others.  Tbe  music  waa  fnrniabed 
by  (rrafaila,  and  compriaed  seleotlona  from  Stranaa 
•nd  other  popular  autbors. 

Tbe  Mott  gold  medal  for  the  beat  anatomical  pro- 
cess was  conferred  upon  Mr.  M.  M.  Jotinson,  of 
Connecticut,  and  tbe  ailver  pnae  upon  Mr.  Alex- 
ander Dallas,  of  New-York.  Honorable  mention 
'  tor  proflcienoy  and  superior  excellence  In  tbis  ex- 
amioation  was  made  of  the  foUow'nz  eentlemen  i 
H.  C.  Toal,  P.  A.  Gillen.  C.  A-  L.  H.  Von  Bamdohr, 
M.  T.  Scott,  A  G.  i>a]De.  Jay  Owens,  L.  Haapt,  G 
L. Krieger.  F.  W.  Brown,  H.  H.  Cileman,  W.  P. 
Bow  en,  H.  T.  Dawsoo,  S.  Eohn,  A.  E.  Priuoe,  and 
W.  E.  Cladek. 

The  address  of  Bishop  Qaintard  contained  a 
■:'  pleasant  reference  to  i  be  past  30  years' bistory  of 
the  Institution  and  of  tbe  noted  men  wbo  bad  been 
ooimected  witb  It,  and  waa  tull  of  aympatby  and 
encourasement  for  tbe  jroane  aradnates  before  bim. 
At  the  same  time  be  oaatiooed  tbem  aeatnsc  oTor- 
confiaence,  and  reminded  tbem  tbat  perseveranoe 
and  constant  atndy  were  aa  necessary  in  tbe 
pbj-sician  as  in  tbe  student.  Theirs  was  a  bunlen- 
Bome  prot'esaion.  often  an  overtasked  and  nnremn- 
nerative  one,    AOd  patience  and   coaraee  were. 

•"  aoore    all    things,     necessary.       The    Bishop     did 
not    side     witb     those    wbo    thoaglit    a    strictly 

^medical   edncation  BafScieni  for  a  good  pbysloixn. 
A   liberal  allowance  of  academical    studies— espe- 
cially Greek  aod   Latin— were  esaent  al  to  a  man  of 
tboTUQsb  oaXtivatioo,  acU  ctrtrainly    woald    not   de- 
tract trom  a  pbysiotan's  asefuloess  or  capacity  for 
improvement.      He   would    espfcially    nrge    upon 
them   a  soint  of  manly  indepeodence  and   self-rell. 
aiioe.    The  address  was   listened  to  witb   marKed 
attention  and  elici.ed  much  apolan^e.    Daring  the 
evaiiing   Chaooellor  Crosby  conferred  desrees  npon 
tbe  followine  andererada  ites.  157  in  number  : 
AndarsoD,  J.  U.  D..  Obio,     E^usseler.  A^M.  D.,  N.  T. 
AtKiiw,  &.  E,  VL  D.,  N.  Y.     Kellam  J.  W.,  Virginia. 
Baoh^rr,  H.  M.,  N.  iL  Kingston.  R.  J.,  M.  D.,  S.  T. 

Baker.  B.  0..>1.  A.,Kii{rland.Kuapp.  F.  R..  Penn. 
BaNiwin.  F.,  Sew-Vorlt.         KobD.  S..  New-Yorfc 
PaiJey.  A.  C,  Veim  'ut.         K.ne>'erj  G   L  .  New-Tork. 
Barger.  Ue,  il.U..i;aUti>mla. Laird,  J.  M..  Virjrinia. 
Becc.  0.  T.,A.  M.,New-V:oiJc.LiaDnleao,  J-  A-,  B.  A.,  K,  S. 
BePts,  A  ii..  Canada.  Lawr-nce,  W.  U.,  N.  r. 

Beuoit,  B.,  Jr.,  aiaas.  Lewis,  H.  W.,  Vireinia. 

Beiuen,  K.  J.,  New-Jersey.Liou.y,  L  K..  N.  11. 
EoW'ii.in,  J.  W.,  M.  D.,  Va.  Ludlnm.  H.  V.,  A.  R,  Vt 
Bows-r.  W.  P.,  N.  B  lantfotd,  U.  Vlrttinla. 

Broncao.  h.,  Aew-Tork.        LovsU,  B.  »v.,  M.  !>.,  Vt. 
Breanao.  T..  Hew-Yorlt.         I>Ton.  E.  DeM.,  NewTork. 
Brown,  G.  S.,  JI.  D..  Art       Mackenzie,  J.  N.,  .\L  D..  Md. 
Brown.  F.  W..  New-iork.      Miillette.  M.  B.,  Georgia. 
Burrows  E,  New- York.         Martto,  J.  H..  Sew-yorlc. 
Busone,  T.  w..  A.  B.,  N.  1.   MayBr.  E.,  iSew-lTorlr. 
Cadv.  W.  D..  aichiaan.         McBjo,  S.,  North  Carolina, 

vCarponter,  W.  J.,  S.  T.  SIcConnell,  D.  W.,  IlUuoia, 

>C5rtpr,  .-.  H.,  S.  C.  McDermott.  J.R..  AM..  N.T. 

CTiaflfee.  F.  ¥■.  V,?rmont.  McFadyen.  fl.  L.,  N.  <•. 

Child,  B.  M.,  Conuecilout.     UcGuli-e,  K.  A,,  New- York. 
Cblt,  G.  D.,  Couaecucut.        ftlo4ngo.  P.  J.,   Now-Tork. 
CladPk,  W.  E.,  New-Jersey.  Michaelii,  W.  CD.D.S.N.Y, 
ClarKP,  G.r..Coiioecticut.    Miller,  >'.  C.  Minnesota. 
Ch.istesjn,  J.  S.,  Penu.  Uliler.  J.  C,  N.  T. 

Coleman,  n.  &..  M.  0.,Oaia.  JNliller,  M.  S.,  New-Tork. 
C<^emau,  U-  H.,  N.  B.  aiilhken,  J.  W.,  Ualoe. 

•Cou-,  J.  A.,  Jr..  iladS.  MiilioKton,  W.  F.,  N.  Y. 

Jonovpr,  W.   s>.,  New-Tork.  Mnrvmen,  B..  M.  D..  Ky. 
Cornell.  B.  F.,  ^ew-York-.      OUeil.  R .  iL U  D..U.  8.,  K.T. 
<  ornPli.  1.  M.,  Sew-Vork.      Ogaon.  J.  W..  Vlrttlnia. 
Conrad.  H.  B.,  iSew-Vprk.      Otis,  8.  D.,  Cooncctioat. 
Coo  fV,  J.  S.,  iiew-Yoxfe.         Oveu,  T.  P.,  3i.  0.,  Micb. 
Cowles.  U.  .hI,  PentL  Owens,  J.  Minnesota. 

Croucb,  G.  E.,Tennps»6e.  Os  jome.  R.  T.,  Hew- York. 
Cutie.,  C.  S.,  Conneotioat.  Pal  .«,  A.  G..  A.  M..  Conn. 
Cnllunore.  J.  -M.,  Illinois.  Ppyton.  C.  E.  u..  Vireiuia. 
Cnloepper,  V.  G.,  li.  D..  Va.  Htta,  G.  F..  New-Xork. 
Camotu.gs,  C.  tf.,  Penn.       PitU,  J.  w..  Mew-York. 


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Baab,  J.,  .New-Vork. 
I>aw30ii.  .4.  1.,  N.  B. 
l»av.  H.  v.,  New-York, 
lodae.  C.  il^  >.  H. 
Botglas,  O.  B.,  Mass. 
DowU.  P.  Al.,  A  B..  N.  T. 


Paul,  C.  W.,  N.  Y. 
Pollock.  J.  A.  N.  C. 
PrliKO.  A  K.,B.  8.,  niinols. 
Bankia,  S.  iVL.  New-Jersey. 
Ranoolpb.  J..  Alabama. 
Ramdour.L'.A.L  U  Vc.n,S.T. 


Biidiey.  H.  VT.,  Teunessoe.  a-ve,  n.  G.,  New-Toric 
Ellison,  H.  -V,  Nova  dcoUa.  BiT<iS,  VV.C.  Jr.,  B..A.,ttasa 
Fi.rcman,  J.  tu.  New-VorK.  Eobort,  J.  t^  New-Vcrk. 
G-jkie,  K.  &.,  M.  D.,  ti  luois.    Bobri'son  T.  It.,  >iisinia. 
Gailrv.  J.  U.,  B.  o.,  Jliob.      Kosenihal.  D.,  >ew-York. 
<ioas  .ni,  J.  A.  AiRb..mi».     Boo  ,  M.  G.,  Npw-Yoric. 
Giilf^n.  b\  A.,  Sow-YjiU.        P^ipp.  A,  Ntw-York. 
Glazier,    VV.   (J.   W.,   Jd.  D.,  Russell,  W.H.,  Jr..AB„N.T. 

^<.■n»ylyauia.  bblcedo,  U.  A.,  Ceo.  Amer. 

(trlles   U.  I .,  .New- York.  Scott    a.  H.,  A.  M.,  K.r. 

Giili-m,  W.  C,  A  B.,  iL  D.,  bchmMaer,  Q.,  A  B..  N.  J. 

Virjpu.a.  Se.amao,  ti.  L.,  H.  P.,  N.  Y. 

Giraii,  J.  J.,  A.y.. Costa  Rica,  ouiriutao,  U.  tl.,AsiaUinor. 
Gorion.  O.  a.,  Ci  nnectiout.  tjkiuner.  A,  Kew-York- 
Coff,  Q.  .».,  Xew-iork.  Bmall,  W.  p.,  N.  C  roUna. 

Guctoe'-,  K.I:;.. New-Jersey.  Smitk,  U.  A.,M.as8acbaBetts 
Ii..minond.  J.  U..  .^iw-Yurk.  tmith.  T.  W  ,  tt.  U  ,  Va. 
Haj;ucr,  Jl.  D.,  Virginia.        Mewiut.  A.  U.,  New-York. 
Haoer.  G..  ^ew-YorK.  htabb?,  EL  H.,  Xt-w-Jersey. 

H  vea,  W.  C..  Ma^a.  hteaiiman,  J.  A..  Uilne. 

>iaupt,  L..     ow-Ycrt.  Toal,  d.  C,  New-Yotk. 

Hayis.  F.  M.,  New-Yorfc*     Trast,  J.  D.   Jr..  New-1fork. 
Heicai-r,  VV.  L).,  iMew-iork.    Twias,  F.  C.  New-lorli. 
Beiisie,  A.  A,  M.  D..  &10.       Tvsoii,  J.  A,  K.  Carolina. 
Bersehel,  G.  a.,  M.  li.,  N.  T.  Vliioent,  h.  C  A  B-,  N.  T. 
Ueirin>;.  J.  P.,  Kentucky.      Walte,  K.  K.,Mas8aobneetts 
Bitcbuock,  De  W.,  N.  Y.         Ussboum,  W.,  New-iurk. 
licit,  c.  A.,  C'onneetieut.       Warner,  JL  K.,  A.  H.,  N.  J. 
Bolues,  a  J.,  id.  K.,  IIL  Watt.  W.  .N'.,  N.  t'aroUn*. 

Bocbhp  mer,  E..  A.  a.,  a.8..  Weiob,  K  T.,  QforjEia. 

New-York.  Weaael , A  G.,  li.  D.,  8.A 

EibDeu,  J    a.,  A.  B..  N.  Y.      Westiaiu,  J.  A.,  New-ltork. 
Huutiey,  J  F.,  Jr.,  N.  T.         Willey,  Q.A.,A.  M..  N.  Y. 
Hura,  W.  S.,  Now- York.         Wlnanip,  D  C,  New-York. 
Joanaon.  ii.M.,B.  Ph., conn.  Wil«on,  W.  IL,  Kew-tork. 
Joiinaoo.  S.  X,  Maas.  Weeks,  J.  &.,  New-ltork. 

iones,  J.  P.,  N.  H. 

ACADEMY  OF  DENTAL  SUBGERT. 


lars  for  the  dome,  heavr  Inn  boita  wer6  c .    ,_ 
£UIln«;  Into  ths  pasaaeo-ways   benSaV^:  ''^ 
ratbei  providential  tbat  no  person 
tbem. 


WORK  OF  BROADWAY  CVT-TliROATS. 


piscrrssioN  on  thb  use  of   AK.2:8TaBnc8 

FOB  DENTAL  OPERATIONS — PAPBES  ON 
OTHER  SUBJECTS  READ. 

The  regular  meeting  of  the  American  Acad- 
.'    erayotBental  Surgery  waa  held  last  evening,  the 
/     President,  Dr.  George  H.  Perine,  preaidioe.    Aiter 
(      the  recoras  of  tbe  last  meeting  were  read,  reports 
\    of  different  cooimittees  were  made  and  aoeepted. 
V  Donations  to  tbe  library,  oonsistinir  of  volumes  of 
\nedical   and   dental  publicailons,   were  received. 
rlM)  President  stated  tbat  since  the  last  meetlnK  of 
the    academy  be  had  received    a  number    of   let- 
ters  reqaesting   bis    theory    respecting  tbe  use 
of      anteatbetics      for      dental      operations,      and 
as    tbe    pabiio  are    interested  in    tbe   anbject,    he 
woald  be  f;lad  to  have  an  eixpressioo  from  toe  Fal- 
lows.  Dr.  BobinsoD  said  there  was  often  a  want  of 

oare  in  tbe  aumiuisiration  ot  axuestbetics.  He  con- 
sidered it  dan^ieruna  to  admin  aier  tbem  wlibont 
f  rst  anderstaniiiog  the  pbys.oal  eonditioQ  of  tbe 
patient,  fle  fully  concarred  witb  tbe  views  of  Pr. 
Perine,  tbat  patients  affected  wicb  aoopleotio  ten- 
deucirs  sbunld  never  <Tun  tbe  nsJt  of  m  baling  an 
auaettnetio,  even  tor  •  very  paintai  operation. 

lit.  Heed  said  tbere  is  a  stage  of  tbe  aaastbetio 
process  dnrlns  woicb  tne  iuhaiation  sbou.d  be  car- 
ried on  slowly,  for  it  is  a  stage  of  danger.  He 
alluded  to  ibe  stroggling  stage.  Tbat  tbe 
air  is  not  saturated  ia  tbe  reason  tbac 
-wa  do  not  hear  of  still  mora  accidents.. 
"We  aodacsiaad  ibat  tbia  vapor  ot  tbe  residoal 
air  is  Deing  abBorbea  even  if  respiration  is  entirely 
suauenoed.  Ano  now  W9  mav  mark  that  at  the 
close  of  tbisstage,  we  ran  sue  how  easy  it  oiay  be 
to  give  an  overdose.  After  some  fnrtner  discos- 
sioo,  an  interestmg  paper  upon  the  "Tamors  01  the 
Mouth"  was  lead  by  J.  P.  Buddington,  M.  D., 
wbicb  waa  treated  acientidcaliv  both  from  a  aur- 
gioai  anu  medical  pomt  tf  view  Afisr  the  diicns- 
Bion  of  ihi-i  paper  the  president  introduced  C.  M. 
Lariob,  M-  D.,  Moscow,  fiussia,  wbo  detailed  some 
iiiterea'tiug  cases  in  p'act'oe,  wbicb  interpated  bis 
auuitors.  He  paio  a  banOsome  tribute  to  American 
inaiiiudona.  Ths  President  tendeied  hia  thanks 
an  1  tbe  ibanks  ot  tbe  Academy  to  Dr.  Laiiob  lor 
the  treat  enjoyed.    The  meeting  tben  aajourued. 

AOOIDEKT  AT  THJS  NJEW  OOUBT-HOUSS. 

A  paintul  illnBtration  waa  afforded  yesterday 

of  the  nealieent  anJ  dangerous  manner  in  which 
the  work  on  tbe  Intetior  of  tbe  new  Coort  House  is 
being  carried  on.  Tbe  workmen  have  been  engaged 
for  several  woeks  In  tearing  down  tbe  sections  o{ 
iron  pillais,  set  in  brick,  wbicb  were  designed  to 
^  anoDort  tbe  dome  oriainally  intended  to  snrmonnt 
tbe  edifice.  Tbe  present  architect  is  baring  bnck 
•Diers  erected  lor  tbe  support  of  the  octagonal  dome, 
whion  according  to  tbe  new  plan,  is  to  bepat  on  the 
Btrnctttxe.  In  me  work  of  removing  tbe  pillars  a 
rtnrrick  waa  tisod  to  lower  the  sections 
aa  tbev  ware  how^i  out.  While  endeavoring 
to  move  the  derrick  at  II  A.  M.  yesterday, .>ne  of  tbe 
TOues  eave  way  and  tbe  derrick  with  lU  Uckling 
ftil  inw  the  paaaage-w^y  aionnd  the  balcony  on  the 
tnird  Ajor.  Henry  Heyuard,  one  ol  the  workmen, 
was  then  eneagea  in  rsmoTing  a  pbmk.  He  was 
Mucbt  by  some  of  tbe  tacklibg  of  tne  derrick,  and 
WM  "reed  against  tbe  iron  balcony  in  tbe  rotunda. 
Hif  leTt  arm  was  badly  fractured  and  be  received  a 
^ere  wound  on  the  head.  Mr.  MoJionnell.  one  of 
fhlsuDenTr  Court  pffloers,  rushed  hastily  to  tbe 
»5^^t*nd  nicked  no  the  wounded  mat.  who  waa 
S^J  ^rolwely.  Heynara  was  taken  to  the 
DieeaiUK  ill"  J  Hoeolt^  Another  work- 
S^^ad  h!f  h\nd  blSly  eat.  The  beaw 
S!a  «#  the  derrick  fell  olofe  to  where  Messrs. 
aSa^orP.^wery  "l^^^J  »-„^!^,^S: 
Zn^Md  in  a  dlaeoaala*.  Persona  familiar  with  the 
2SS?te  wuStikawoFkoli  the  dome  U  being 
SSShaie  wriSTtadlt  ewreaMd  aurppee  that  no 
SSdeSthU^SSufMdhlthwto.     ThMolaatMeaen* 

!S«  SthJpSSswbwe  *•  •^•?f ^ep^^j^s 


BX-GKN.  ihru:,  of  Washington,  knockkd 
DOWliT  Ain>  BOBBED  NEAR  TWBKTT-filXTH 
STREET. 
At  10  o'clock  on  Monday  evening  a  gentle- 
man, who  afterward  proved  to  be  ez-Creo.  Ibrie,  of 
'Wsshiogton,  was  foond  lying  In  a  seml-unoonsclons 
condition  at  tbe  comer  of  Twenty-sixth  street 
and  Broadway,  wlib  a  deep  gaab  in  tbe  back  of  his 
head.  He  was  taken  to  the  Police  station  on  Thir- 
tieth street  by  OfBcer  Hill,  of  tbe  Twenty-ninth 
Freoinot,  and  as  soon  as  be  bad  recovered  saffl- 
ciently  announced  tbat  he  bad  been  robtied  of  a 
gold  watcb  and  cbain  valaed  at  {200  and  a  small  sum 
ot  money.  Tbe  gentleman  first  stAted  bis  name  as 
Atbom,  but  subseaueutly  gave  bis  real  name,  and 
asked  that  a  measage  be  taken  to  bis  friend.  Presi- 
dent Smith,  of  tbe  Polioa  Department,  wbo  bad 
been  hia  class-mate  at  West  Point  Tbe  o£aoen. 
thinking  tbat  bis  wounds  bad  temporiirily  unsettled 
bis  mind,  pegleoted  to  send  tbe  note.  The  Gen- 
eral's inluries  wsre  attended  to  by  Dr.  Fetter,  and 
be  waa  allowed  to  depart,  after  tbe  Sergeant  at 
the  desk  had  first  entered  a  charge  of  "  intoxica- 
tion "  against  him.  A  Tnixa  reporter  visited  the 
General,  wbo  is  confined  to  bis  bed,  at  bis  resi- 
dence in  West  Twenty-seventh  street,  yesterday, 
and  obtained  &om  bim  the  following  atatement : 
"I  bad  Jost  called  at  tbe  Army  and 
Kavy  Club  and  waa  walking  down  Broadway 
to  the  Stevens  House.  At  tbe  corner  of  Broadway 
and  Twenty-seventh  street  I  paused  under  tbe  light 
of  I  be  street  lamp  to  consult  my  waton.  In  doing 
so  I  noticed  two  men  close  behind  ma  wbo  seemed 
to  be  watching  my  movementa.  In  getting  at  tbe 
watch  I  had  to  unbutton  my  Ulster,  displaying 
both  tbe  watch  and  tbe  larse  gold  neok  chain  to 
whinb  it  was  attached.  I  found  tbat  it  was  too  late 
to  make  tbe  call  I  intendei,  and  I  aooordinKly 
crossed  to  (be  other  fide  of  tbe  street  and  walked 
down  to  tbe  corner  of  Twenty-sixcb  street 
and  Broadway.  Here  I  was  struck  sudden- 
ly from  bebiod.  aod  fell  to  tbe  groond. 
1  remember  notbing  more  until  I  reacbfd  tbe 
Station-nonse,  where  my  wonnd,  wbicb  bled  freely, 
waa  attended  dOb  Aa  soon  aa  I  recovered  con- 
acionsness  I  foond  tha'  tny  watcb  aod  chain  were 
gone,  together  witb  a  few  dollars  in  money  and  my 
memorandnm  book,  containing  importaT>:  private 

oapers.  1  waa  nut.  lotuxieated  at  tbe  tlaae,  and  I 
am  positive  tbat  I  nid  nst  lose  my  valuables  through 
carelesauess.  l-bad  been  taking  one  or  two  g  asses 
of  wiae  dnriug  tbe  evening,  bnt  not  enough  to  affect 
me  to  any  extent." 

Tbe  Q-eiieral'a  wounds  eonsist  of  an  ntcly  easb 
three  inches  in  lengtb,  immediately  back  of  the  lett 
ear,  and  a  contusion  on  tbe  top  of  his  bead.  The 
doctoral  th  -  statlon-boase  thought  1  hat  It  bad  prob- 
ably been  inflicted  by  a  knite.  When  tbe  GKeueral 
reaoned  tbe  Stalion-bimse  his  pockets  were  furnd 
turned  inside  out,  and  his apntarance  indicated  tbat 
be  bad  been  protesaionally  *'  gone  throoKb" 
oy  armed  fooipads.  The  Sergeant  wbo  was  at 
tbe  desk  at  tbe  time  says  tbat  tbe  Creneral 
bad  certainly  been  drinkioe  more  or  lean,  and  tliat 
itwaa  not  clear  whether  be  had  boon  robbed,  or  bad 
merely  lost  bis  propertv  wuile  in  aarate  of  inebnety. 
A  diamond  ring  and  #25  in  currency  were  found  on 
him,  and  toese  wire  retomed  to  bim  wnen  be  lett. 
It  18  well  known  tbat  men,  and  partioalarlv  well- 
dressed  [>er8ons,  m  a  partially  iuioxicatedoonditton, 
are  a  favorite  prey  with  highwaymen,  from  tbe  fact 
tbat  cbey  are  nnaole  from  tbelr  condiuon  to  iden- 
tity their  assailants. 

A  few  days  ago  a  gentleman  who  was  walking 
down  Fifth  avsooe  with  bis  nife  waa  suddenly  con- 
fronted, at  Ttreuty-sixth  street,  by  three  men,  ap- 
parently tramps,  two  of  whom  stationed  themselves 
on  aitber  side  of  the  couple,  tbe  man  on  tbe  right 
seising  the  lady'a  ear-rings  snd  attempting  to 
wrench  tbem  off,  Tbe  gentleman  showed  fight,  and 
the  rnffians  fled.  The  (acta  in  th*  case  of  Geo.  Ihrie 
bavH  been,  nommtinicated  to  tbe  authorities  at  tbe 
Central  Ofi3oe,  and  a  viaorous  search  is  beinjt  insti- 
tuted for  tne  recovery  of  the  plunder  and  the  ar- 
reat  of  tbtrthieves. 

^ 

GRJSCO-RdJdAS  WBSSTLiya. 
A  fair  number  of  spectators  assembled  at  the 
Metropolitan  Ridmg  Academy,  Third  avenue,  be- 
tween Sixty-tbird  and  Sixty-fourth  streets, 
last  evening  to  witness  a  Graeoo-Boman 
wieetling  match  between  William  M^iller, 
tbe  champion,  and  Ernest  Treber.  Miller 
is  29  years  of  age,  atands  5  feet  9\  inches  in 
bis  stockinzs,  and  weighs  about  200  pounds.  Treber 
is  three  years  younger,  is  5  feet  7  inches  bieb,  and 
wetebed  last  D'gbt  180  pounds.  As  Treber  had 
earned  considerable  reputation  in  some  of  tbe  small- 
er cidea,  and  bad  been  highly  apokea  of  by 
tbe  local  press,  it  waa  thought  that  tbe  last  night's 
match  would  be  well  contested,  altbougb  Mil- 
ler was  tne  favorite.  Prom  the  moment  tbe 
men  began  to  wrestle,  however,  it  was  evi- 
dent toat  those  wbo  bad  expected  to 
see  a  good  atrnggle  would  be  diaappolnted. 
Tbe  m.>t«ii  waa  lor  the  best  three  in  five 
falls,  with  no  restncnons  sa  to  gripe.  Time  was 
called  shortly  after  8:30  o'clock,  and  when  the  men 
came  toitetber  Trcbrr  rushed  at  bis  bulky  opoo- 
nent  as  thungb  he  meant  to  make  short  work  of 
bim.  His  violent  eif -rts  were  utterly  nnanocesaful, 
and  it  soon  became  apparent  ttiat  be  was  no  match 
for  Miller,  wbo  played  with  him  as  a  cat  wouid 
with  a  munse.  The  brat  two  falls  were  won  by 
Miller  in  seven  and  nine  minutes  respectively, 
ibe  third  was  won  by  Treber,  wbo,  taking  advao- 
tMX9  ot  a  slip  made  by  Millar,  pluckuv  ruabed  in  on 
bun  and  threw  nim  baokwanl,  gainine  tbe  fall  in 
IQi^  minutes.  Tbe  iourih  tall  was  won  by  Mil.'er  in 
eiiibt  minutes,  and  ibe  match  was  declaired  in  bis 
tavor.  ^^^^^^ 

D£LJ  WARS.  LAOKA  WANS  A  AND  WESTBRN. 
The  annual  meeting  of  tbe  Delaware,  Lacka- 
wanna and  Western  Railway  Company  was  held  at 
tbe  oflice  of  the  Company  on  Monday  afternoon, 
but  particQlara  were  withheld  until  yesterday.  The 
entire  old  Board  of  Manaeers  and  former  offlo  ra 
were  re-elected.  Tbe  annual  report  waa  .presented, 
of  which  tbe  following  eammary  only  was  famished 
for  publication: 

BEVENUE  FOB  1878. 

Earnings  from  all  eources $4,001,861  46 

Leaa  intereat  ou  bonda  and  rentals  of 

leased  Une» 3,280.03a  SO 

Balaneenet  inoeaae $721,824  U6 

Capital  stock $26,200,000  00 

Funded  oebt. 
CouvMble  mortgage  bonds.  .91,688.000 

Coavartible  bonda 600.000 

Lack  and  Bloom,  bonds  as- 

suied - 687,000—2,820,000  00 

All  other  Uabiities,  inolnd- 

iag  interest  and   rentaxs 

on  leased  Unee  up  to  Jan.  .,.  _, 

^.  1»77 ig4,281,666  76 

'x.  )iiS  cash  on  band,  bills  aad 

acconnis  receivable,  coal 

oa  baud  at  cost  and  cash 

advanced  on  coal  to  be  re- 

c^^!!?. 3,401,240  02-  880,316  7» 

Suxplua  received 6.213,487  73 

Total. ..$36.1I3,«63  5i 

The  company  holds  under  lease  at  low  leatals  over 
4.000  acres  of  eoal  lands. 

These  «re  valned  at 529,118.948  46 

Iteal  estate  in  tbe  cities  of  New-York, 

Boobester,  Bufffuo  and  Chicago 33\5S5  86 

Stoo.s  ana  bonus,  valurd  at... 4,ab3,t>37  46 

AloteriaU  on  hauaat  cost. l,2l>U,6dU  61 

iiargea  and  equlpmeuta . . 66.3S1  7a 

Total 885,113,843  51 


i?0RTY*FOlFRTH  CONQ 

•   SECOND  SESSION...  J't^  SJ- 


TffS  RIVAL  BOARDS  OF  BROKERS. 
The  organization  of  tbe  rival  Board  of  Bro- 
kers baa  alarmed  tbe  members  of  the  regular  Slock 
ISxcbange,  and  a  short  time  ago  tbe  Executive 
Committee  appointed  a  sub-oommiltee  to  examine 
into  tbe  advisability  of  reducine  rates  of  brokerage. 
Yeaterday  afternoon  after  business  hours  a  pnblio 
meeting  of  members  was  held  on  tbe  flo.>r  of  the 
Exchange  to  expreaa  their  views  on  tbe  matter. 
Mr.  Henry  G.  Stebbina  presented  a  resoln  ion 
recommending  tho  aoolitlon  of  the  penalty  pre- 
scribed tor  doing  business  below  the  high  ra>es  of 
brokerage  established  two  years  a«o.  loia  was  not 
satisfactory,  and  Air.  Thomas  Denny  offjred  a  sab- 
stiiuie,  recommending  that  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee redace  tbe  rates  to  1 16  for  investment 
securiues,  1-32  for  other  securities,  and  H2  per 
100  shares  to  members.  These  are  tbe  rates 
under  which  the  new  Ooeu  Board  are  to  do 
busiuesa,  and  they  are  about  tbe  same  as  were  cnr- 
leut  before  the  advance.  The  suusiirute  was  ear- 
ned entbnaiastically,  the  vote  standing  34i>  tor  to  11 
agaioat  It.  It'is  expected  tbat  tbe  Exeootive  Com- 
mittee will  take  immediate  action. 

ARRiyALa  AT  IBS  BOTBLS. 

Dtmoan  F.  Kenner,  of  New-Orleaae,  is  at  tho 

New-York  HoieL 

Bon.  Cbarles  Stanford,  of  Soheneotady,  i« 
at  the  Windsor  Hotel. 

H.  Bartela.  ot  the  Gterman  Centennial  Com- 
mission, ia  at  the  Hoffman  Hons'e. 

Bicbmond  Pearson,  United  States  Constil  at 
Lieee,  Belgium,  is  at  tbe  Union  Square  HoteL 

Judge  George  T.  Bigelow  and  B.  P.  Cheney, 
of  Boston,  are  at  the  Brevoort  House. 

Judge  J.  Prout.  of  Rutland,  Vt.,  and  0.  Lu 
MaoArtnnr,  of  Troy,  are  at  the  Sturtevant  House. 

E.  B.  Judson,  of  Syracuse,  and  Canal  Com- 
missioner Christopner  A.  WalratU,  of  Oneidm  N.Y., 
are  at  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel. 

J.  Condit  Smith,  of  Buffalo ;  Charlemas:a6 
Tower,  of  Philadelphia,  and  Nathaniel  Tbayer;  of« 
Boistoa,  are  at  tbe  Fifth  Avenue  Hotel. 

SVnOJDE  OF  A  FAZMES. 

NswBCBO>  Feb.  SO.— WUliam  H.  White,  aged 

83  years,  a  fuiiier,.  living  near  ]^iahkiU  Tlllag^ 

Dutohees  Goassy,  hanged  bfnuelf  jesteiday.   ICen* 

tal depnaaleB  «a« tbe oanaa. rR^htma a wift aaC. 


SiNATft 
The  Senate  resumed  its  session  at  10  o'olopk, 
but  no  bosiaess  whatever  was  transacted.  It  haTing 
decided  yesterday  to  sustain  tbe  decision  of  tbe 
Electoral  Commission  la  tbe  I,onJslana  case,  and 
notified  the  House  accordingly.  Tbe  Senate  await- 
ed potlfloation  ftom  the  House  that  that  body  waa 
ready  to  meet  the  Senate  for  tbe  pnrpoae  of  resum- 
ing the  oonnting  of  tbe  Electoral  votes.  At  1:30  P. 
M.,  Mr.  Adams,  Clerk  of  the  Honse  of  Representa- 
tives, appeared  at  tbe  bar  of  tbe  Senate  and  an- 
nounced tbe  aotion  of  tbe  Honse  in  regard  to  the 
decision  of  tlie  Commission.  He  also  Informed  the 
Senate  that  the  House  was  now  ready  to  meet  it  for 
tbe  purpose  of  resumine  tbe  count,  and  tbe  Senate, 
beaded  by  its  officers,  left  the  chamber. 

THB  OBJSCTION  TO  XHB  MXCHIOiLH  BLBOTOB. 

Upon  returning  at  2:30  P.  M.  the  President  pro 
tern,  announced  tbat  tbe  Senate  having  withdrawn 
from  tbe  joint  meeting  ot  tbe  two  bouses  of  Oon- 
greas  upon  the  anbmis«ion  of  an  obieotion  to  oonnt- 
ing tbe  vote  of  D.  L.  Crossman,  an  Elector  for  the 
State  of  Michigan,  tbe  objection  would  be  read. 
Tbe  Secretary  having. read  aocb  objection,  Mr.  AUt- 
■on,  of  Iowa,  submitted  the  following: 

Besolved,  Tbat  tbe  vote  oast  by  Daniel  L.  Croaaman, 
as  an  Elector  from  the  Stnte  of  Mlcbiicao  b«,  snd  tbe 
same  is  hereby  directed  to  be  counted,  notwltbatand- 
Ing  tbe  otjeotions  made  thereto. 

Mr.  Stbvbmbon,  of  Kentucky,  inquired  If  tbe 
Senator  [Mr.  Allison]  knew,  tbe  fact  tbat  the  per- 
son alleged  to  have  been  ineligible  was  not  a  Gov- 
emment  ofScer. 

Mr.  Allisok  replied  tbat  be  did  not,  but  be  heard 
tbe  testimony  read  bsfore  the  joint  meetins. 

Mr.  Batakd,  of  Delaware,  said  this  teatimony 
was  not  as  clear  upon  tbis  very  important  subject 
as  tbe  Senate  might  dpsire  it  to  be.  It  appeared 
that  an  Elector  bad  been  voted  for  in  Michigan 
who  held  an  office  of  trust  and  pi^fit  under  the 
United  States.  Altbouiib  be  bad  not  acted  for 
some  tim^  he  bad  not  resigned.  Mr. 
Bayard  then  spoke  of  the  provlaion  of 
the  Conttitation  authorizing  tbe  appoint- 
ment of  Electors,  and  said  tbe  Constitution 
said  the  Stato  BbnuM  appoint  a  certain  number  of 
Electors,  but  should  not  anooint  a  certain  olaas. 
Tbe  Constitutinn  authorizes  the  State  of  Miobiean 
to  appoint  11  Electors.  Suppose  she  sboold  appoint 
SS,  11  would  ne  releoted,  because  tbe  State  exceeded 
the  number  snthorizrd  by  the  Conatiintion.  Con- 
gress was  bound  to  observe  Its  fealty  to  tbe  Consti- 
tution in  all  things,  and  tbe  provision  in  regard  te 
tbe  qoalifioation  of  Electors  waa  jnst  as  binding  as 

that  in  reeard  to  tbe  n amber.  Ac  a  late  stage  of 
tbe  debate  M.r.  Biyard  said,  while  be  would  ad- 
here to  all  the  reqnlreraente  of  tbe  Constitution,  be 
did  not  consider  the  facts  m  this  Michigan  case  as 
made  np  were  anffirient  to  exolnde  the  vote  of  this 
Elector  noon  oonsiitutional  eronnda. 

Mr.  McMiLLAK,  of  Minnesota,  snld  tbat  under  tbe 
deoiaion  of  tbe  Electoral  Commission,  the  vote  of 
Ibe  Michieab  E.eoior  waa  IoksI  ;  bat  there  was  an- 
other point  to  be  conxidered.  There  was  no  teatl- 
mouT  before  tbe  two  bnuites  of  Congrea*  that  tbe 
Elector  was  ever  an  officer  of  the  United  States. 
The  mere  atatomenk  of  some  person  Oefore  a  com- 
mittee Ot  tbe  House  of  Representatives  was  not  evi- 
dence fur  tbe  two  bnuaes  of  Congress.  Tbe  best 
evidence  as  to  the  Ineligibility  of  the  Elector  was 
the  record  of  tbe  oonrt  showing  his  appointment 
as  Commissioner  of  tbat  court.  Bis  own 
admisaion  tbat  be  was  such  Commissioner 
waa  not  sufficient  evidence.  The  record  of  the 
court  must  be  pr.  dnced.  Had  it  come  to  thia,  tbat 
a  great  political  party  sought  to  deprive  a  sovereign 
State  o'  her  rights  in  this  manner  1  At  any  other 
time  than  this  snob  an  attempt  to  so  deprive  a  State 
of  her  rights  would  meet  with  a  rebuke  from  the 
whole  narlon. 

Mr.  Cbbistiakct,  of  Michigan,  said  be  looked 
upon  tbe  ouieotioo  as  one  of  mere  tecbnioality. 
wi'hont  merit,  which,  if  it  should  prevail,  would 
disfranchise  one-eleventh  part  of  tbe  people  of 
Michigan. 

Mr.  Alusok,  of  Iowa,  modified  hia  resolution  ao 
as  TO  read  : 

iieaoiticd,  Tbat  the  objection  made  to  tbe  vote  of 
Daniel  L.  Crnaiiman,  one  of  tho  Klectors  of  Uiobiaan, 
is  nut  good  in  law,  and  is  not  snatalned  by  any  lawtul 
eyidenoe.  j 

Betolwd.  That  said  vote  be  counted  with  the  other 
vote*  of  tbe  Klectora  of  aald  8tate;  notwithatandUig 
tne  objection  made  tnereto. 

Mr.  MOHTOH,  of  Indiana,  referred  to  the  action  of 
tbe  Senate  yeaterday' in  austaining  the  deolaion  of 
the  Electoral  Commission,  and  said  be  believed  tbat 
decision  was  law,  and  he  would  not  argue  it  here  to- 
day.  What  cheater  fraud  could  be  practiced  npon 
the  neople  of  a  State  than  to  deprive  tbem  ot  tbeir 
suffrage  by  proving  tbat  an  Elector  held  a  petty, 
contemptible  offlee  which  tbe  people  of  Michigan 
did  not  know,  and  whiob  the  ioonmbent  nimaelf 
bad  forgotten.  To  deprive  the  people  of  a  State  of 
their  voice  upon  snob  a  pretense  wonld  be  a  itand 
for  which  there  waa  neither  Justification  nor  ex- 
cuse. It  bad  not  been  proved  that  this  man  eyer 
was  a  United  States  Cum missioner.  The  first  and 
best  oroof  of  that  fact  would  be  a  transcript  of  the 
recotd  of  the  court  Tbat  tranaorlot  was  Just  as 
attainable  as  the  witness  bimaalf.  Tbe  broad  prin- 
ciple decided  by  the  Senate  yesterday  in  sustaining 
tbe  decixion  of  tbe  Electoral  Commiaaipn  was,  tbat 
it  was  noi  competeiat  to  prove  at  tbiJ  stage  of  tbe 
iirooeedings  tbat  an  Elector  was  ineligible  on  the 
7th  of  NiivembHr  last. 

Ml.  SrEVkxsoN,  of  Eentnoky,  referred  to  the  case 
oi  Gen.  Suialds.  whose  seat  in  tbe  Senate  waa  con- 
teatsd,  and  said  that  Mr.  Webster  in  tbat  case  held 
chat  It  was  not  neceosarr  to  have  tee  record  ot  evi- 
dence ;  tbat  the  admission  of  (xen.  Shields  that  he 
bad  not  been  born  in  tbis  country  waa  anfflctent. 
The  Senate  had  bean  told  that  it  was  a  sacrilege  to 
exclude  tbe  vote  of  an  Elector.  Waa  it 
a  sacrilege  to  obey  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  Stat4>a  t  Had  not  oar  forefathers.  Ir- 
respective of  party,  respected  tbe  Constitution?  A 
new  spirit  seemed  to  faave  come  over  Senators  in 
regard  lo  State  rights.  He  was  not  satisfied  that 
thid  man  in  Michigan  was  an  office-holder,  and.  even 
if  be  was,  it  bad  beeb  ao  long  ago  that  be  [Mr.  Steven- 
son] had  bis  doubt  about  his  holding  the  office  now, 
and  would  give  tbe  benefit  of  ibat  doubt  to  Hiohl- 
gan.  He  thouKbt  that  tbe  vote  ot  tbe  Elector  sbonld 
be  conn  led.  fCnes  of  "Good  "on  the  Bepublicao 
side  of  the  Cnamber.] 

Several  other  Domocratie  Senators  expressed 
doubt  as  to  the  Elector  being  an  officer  of  the 
United  Sta'PB. 

Mr.  W BITS,  of  Maryland,  said  tbat  be  could  not 
vote  for  the  resolution  of  tbe  Senator  from  Iowa  aa 
it  stood.  He  therefore  sobm'tted  tbe  following  as  a 
substitute : 

Ordered,  Tbat  while  it  is  tbe  sense  of  the  Senate  tbat 
no  heoaror  or  Representatlye,  or  person  holding  an  of- 
fice of  trust  01  proUt  imder  tbe  United  '<>tatei,  khall  be 
appoliiteil  an  Elector,  and  tbat  thia  proyisiun  of  the 
Constitution  aoall  be  carried  In  ita  whole  apirltmto 
iigid  execution,  yet  that  tbe  proof  la  not  such  aa  to 
Juaufr  the  exoluslun  of  the  vote  of  Daniel  L.  Croaaman 
aa  one  of  the  Klectora  of  the  State  of  Michigan,  and 
tbat  ala  vote  aliail  be  counted. 

Mr.  NOBWOOD.  of  Georgia,  said  when  be  signed 
tbe  objectiou  to  the  vote  of  Crossman  this  morning 
he  knew  nothing  as  to  what  the  proof  would  be.  He 
was  aatis&ed  now,  from  the  evidence  whiob  bad  been 
sobmltted,  that  it  was  not  sufficient  to  exclude  tbe 
vote  of  this  Elector. 

The  snbatitnte  of  Mr.  Wbyte  was  releoted  by  a 
strict  party  vote— yeas  27,  nays  39,  aa  follows  : 

TiAS— Messrs. Bailey,  Barnum.  Bayard.  Bogy,  Cook- 
retl.  Cooper,  Darla.  Dennis.  Batoa,  Goldtbwalte,  Uere- 
tord,  Johnston,  Jonea  ot  I^lorlda,  Kelly,  Keman,  Mo- 
Creerr,  HoPooald,  Uaxey,  Merrlmon,  Norwood,  Ran- 
dolph, Ransom,  Sauiabury,  Stevenaon,  Wallace,  Wbyte, 
anil  Withers— Vi7. 

H^vs— Messrs.  Alcorn,  Allison,  Anthony,  Baotb,  Bont- 
well.  Bruce.  Bumaiae,  Cimieron  ot  Pennavlvanla, 
Cameron  ot  Wlscoqiin,  Cbaffee,  Chriatiancy,  Clayton, 
Cenover,  Cragin,  Ifawes,  D.irsey,  Perry,  Frelingbuyaen, 
Hamlin,  Harver,   Howe,    luiialls,  Jones    of   Nevada, 

Lozan.  McMillan,  Mitchell,  MorriU.  Morton,  Paddock, 
Patceraon,  (iobertaoa.  oargeat.  bherman,  Spencer, 
Teller,  Wadlslgb.Wett,  Windom,  and  Wright— 39. 

The  queatlon  then  bxing  on  the  motion  of  Mr. 
Allison.  Mr.  McDonald,  of  Indiana,  moved  to 
amend  the  first  reaolntion  so  it  would  read  : 

iUtolvid,  That  the  objection  made  to  the  vote  of 
Daniel  L.  Cro^^smsn,  one  of  the  lileetora  of  Michigan,  is 
not  snatalned  by  any  lawful  evidence." 

Beleoted — Yeaa,  S6 ;  nays,  38,  a  strict  party  vote. 
Mr.  COOPBB,  of  Tennessee,  demanded  a  separate 
vote  on  the  resolutions,  and  ths  first  one,  as  submit- 
ted by  Mr.  Alliaon,  was  agreed  to  by  a  vote  of  40 
yeas  to  17  nays— a  party  vote.  Tbe  second  resolu- 
tion  was  then  onanimonsly  agreed  to— yeaa,  63  i 
nays,  0. 

Mr.  Chbistiamot  moved  that  the  Honse  be  noti- 
fied ot  the  action  of  the  Senate,  and  also,  tbat  the 
Senate  waa  ready  to  meet  the  House  and  resume 
tbe  OQuiit.    Agreed  to. 

CBBDENTIAXS  FBESBNTBD. 

Mr.  HabV^T,  of  Kansas,  presented  the  creden- 
tials of  P.  11-  Plumb,  e>ected  tTnited  States  Senator 
from  tbe  State  ot  Eauaaa  for  aix  yeaia  from  March 
4,  1S77.    Placed  ou  fl<e. 

^r.  UOBSST,  of  Arkansas,  aaid  be  bad  been  nn- 
expeoiediv  called  away  irom  tbe  Senate  yesterday, 
but  bad  hoped  to  return  in  time  to  vote  on  the 
Louisiana  case.  He  had  not  been  able  to  get  back, 
but  if  be  had  been  presjent  be  -vnuid  taave  voted  to 
sustain  the  deoisloa  of  the  Commission. 

Al  5:15  a  message  was  received  from  the  House 
of  l^epreseutativea  annannclng  the  aotion  of  tbat 
body  iQ  reeard  to  tbe  vute  ot  Croaaman,  tbe  Miabl- 
gan  Elector.  On  motion  of  Mr.  Allison,  tbe  Sen* 
ate  proceeded  to  tbe  House  of  Benreseutatives. 

OBJECTION  TO    ItBYADA. 

Ubon  returning,  at  &:S0,  tbe  President,  pro  tern, 
stated  the  ttenate  had  withdrawn  trom  tbe  Joint 
meeting  on  oijeotiun  submitted  to  tbe  vote  ot  tbe 
State  of  I^ evada.  Tne  olgectlon  to  tbe  vote  ofB. 
M.  Daggett,  an  Elector  trom  that  State^  submitted 
in  ths  Joint  meeting,  was  tben  read, 
and  aUo  the  testimony  of  Mr.  DsKgett  taken 
by  tbi»  Commltteee  on  tbe  Powers  aod 
privileges  ot  tne  Honse  in  regard  to  bis  holding  the 
office  ot  Clerk  of  tbe  United  States  Court,  but 
wbicb,  be  stated,  be  resigned  on  the  6th  of  2(ovem. 
ber  last. 

Mr.  JQNBS,  of  Nevada,  submitted  a  resolution 
that  tbe  vote  ot  K.  M.  Daggett  be  counted  witb  the 
other  votes  of-  jVeyada.  notwittistandlng  tbe  ol>- 
jectlbn  made  thereto.  Aereed  to  nnanlmonaly,  and 
tbe  Seeretary  directed  to  notify  tbe  House  of 
Bepre»enutive8  of  the  aotion  of  the  Senate. 

A  6:15  o'clock  ths  Secretary  returned,  and  re- 
ported tnat  the  Honse  had  taken  a  recess  before  ne 
reached  the  haU.  , ,,    »  ^     , 

Tbe  Senate  then,  on  motiea  of  Mr.  Saboxit,  took 
a  recess  oatil  10  o'clock  to-morrow. 


SOITSB  OF  BBFSBaBNTATIVBS. 
The  Honae  met  at  10  o'oloek  ▲.  M.,  bnt  over 
half  tm  hour  vra«  consuvea  ia'  eeUinc  the  loU  to  as^ 
oertabi  vhetber  ibaie  waa  a  aoomm  preaent. 
OaUSTVSO  <■■  KURCTOBAIrVOTH* 


\iM  Hayae  SleetaKal  vpte*  f«  Hm  State  et  Loots- 
GMHi.he  net  eoaated; 

Ifii-.  HuiuuT,  of  mititHL  notfi  to  aaiMd  by 
liking  ont  tbe  word  "  net."  '• ' 

Mr.  Nzw,  of  ladialia,  opened  tMdisouseipa.  He 
Icaid  that  be  had  voted  for  tbe  Xleotomt  Commia- 
sien  bill,  and  be  wa«  not  aanamed  of  the  aapport 
wbicb  he  had  given  tbat  measnre.  When  ne  vbted 
for  that  aot  he  did  ao  In  fhll  eenfldaaoe  that  no  re- 
qnlremeut  In  it,  either  expraaaed  ot  implied,  would  be 
ignored  or  treated  a«  larDlasaxe.  He  had  enoagh 
of  aimplloltv  and  orednllty  to  believe  tbat  a  Com- 
mission ao  coustithfed  wonld  it&i  become  mere 
oountioc  tellKa  for  tbe  President  of  the  Swiate.  He 

would  vote  to  eiutalB  tbe  oldeetiona  to  tbe  deciiioa 

of  the  Commlaaion.  He  waa  in  £avor  pf  prooeeding 
without  onneoeasary  delay  lo  a  completion  of 
tbe  oonat,  and  be  declared  it  to  be  bis  beet  Judg- 
ment that  the  Denocrate  oi'the  Honae,  of  the  Sen- 
ate, I^mlatana,  and  of  tbe  Union  ahould  submit  (he 
did  not  now  think  of  a  more  approoriste  word)  to 
the  Inst^ation  of  a  minority  President  under  the 
flodlnge  of  tbe  Commission. 

Mr.  Sbbltk,  of  Massachtuetta,  said  tbat  In  tbe 
ease  of  tbe  Iionislana  election  it  seemed  to  bim  per- 
fectly oleaf  ibat  the  oharges  made  by  each  party 
against  the  other  were  in  the  main  true.  He  foimd 
it  quite  Impossible  to  sav  which  of  the  two  sets  of 
Electors  coming  np  from  I/Onislana  voiced  the  true 
will  of  the  people  of  that  State.  It  would  have  been 
hard  to  find  wiser  and  more  candid  men  than  those 
wbo  bad  orononnced  tbe  decision  of  the  Electoral 
Commission.  He  appreciated  r  be  strenstb  of  tbelr 
position.  Congress  oould  not  be  too  lealons  of  tbe 
oonatitutional  rinht  of  a  State  to  choose  its  Preai- 
denti^  Electors,  but  tbere  were  oases  where  «unt- 
mvtjut  beoame  tbe  tumma  injuria  ;  cases  where  tbe 
law,  strictly  interpreted  and  strennotialy  en- 
forced, worked  out  results  contrary  to  all 
law,  tfnd  m  snob  cases  equity  laid  the 
spirit  ot  the  law  aside.  He  foond  such  a  eaae  in 
the  pending  iasue.  Granted  that  the  Commission 
bad  clearly  interpreted  and  accurately  applied  the 
lawa,  yet,  what  if  the  very  principles  on  which  the 
laws  must  rest  became  thereby  subverted !  "  Ko 
nation,"  said  Neibubr.  '*  ever  oied  except  of  aaicide, 
and  the  suicidal  vice  ia  engendered  not  so  much  in 
nnjuat  statutes  of  a  Government  aa  in  tbe  immoral 
praoiioea  of  a  people  wbicb  the  Government  Is  un- 
able to  punish  and  unable  to  restrain." 
'  Mr.  Joyce,  of  Vermont,  supported  the  decision 
of  tbe  Eiectaral  Commission,  and  asked  whether 
anybody  supposed  tbat  if  tbe  decision  had  been  the 
other  way  tbe  wailing  sounds  about  oorrnpcion 
wonld  have  been  beard  from  the  Democratic  Party. 
He  bad  heard,  but  was  not  to  be  frightened  by 
threats  of  revolution  and  civil  war,  especliUly  when 
tbey  oame  from  tbe  Northern  Democracy,  for  be 
knsw  the  members  of  that  party  to  be  "  childlike 
and  bland"  In  tbfir  diapoaition  to  have  no  ambition 
for  military  glory,  and  to  care  nothing  for  "seeking 
tbe  bubble  reputation,  even  at  tbe  cannon's  mouth." 
He  therefore  proposed  to  stick  to  what  be  honestly 
believed  In,  and  rink  tbe  cooaequeacea.  He  de- 
rlared  tbat  tbe  whole  scheme  of  tbe  election  to  tbe 

Presidency  of  tbe  grand  fraud  of  Grameroy  Park 
had  been  a  superb  Demooratio  obeat  Irom  beginning 
to  end,  and  tbat  tbe  Democrats  had  started  out  with 
tbe  Impression  tbat  they  could  buy  every  man 
Whom  they  could  not  overawe  or  delude. 

Mr.  TowNSKKD,  of  Pennsylvania,  expressed  bis 
astonlsbmeut  ai  tiie  opposition  made  to  the  decision 
of  the  Electoral  Commission  by  the  Demooratio 
Party,  patiicalarly  as  tbe  Commission  was  a  iriou- 
nal  of  Democraiio  creation.  He  defended  its  action 
and  argued  tbat  it  waa  tied  down  by  tbe  Conatitu- 
tlon  and  law,  and  tbat  it  was  bound  to  adhere  to 
the  certificates  returned  to  tbe  President  of  the 
Senate,  and  oould  not  go  behind  tbem.  If  tbe 
Commission  had  azreed  to  take  evidence,  where 
would  ic  have  got  evidence  to  satisfy  both  parties  t 
It  could  not  have  got  that  evidence  in  the  reports 
ot  Congresalonal  committees.  Tbe  oistory  of  "  the 
dark  and  bloody  ground  "  of  the  bnli-dosed  par- 
ishes of  Loulslsna  bad  never  vet  bean  written,  and 
never  would  be  written  so  long  as  the  Democratic 
Party  was  in  existence  there.  As'  to  the  talk  of 
fraud,  tnere  never  had  been  a  more  tiold-faced 
fraud  attempted  tban  the  certificate  of  John  Mo- 
Enery,  a  private  citizen,  tbat  eight  other  private 
citljsena  were  leeally  oonatltnted  Electors. 

Mr.  McMahon,  ot  Obio,  said  that  in  bia  opinion 
tbe  decision  of  tbe  Commission  in  the  case  of  Lou- 
Isana,  was  worse  in  its  consequence  to  tbe  Ameri- 
can'people  than  the  decision  in  the  Florida  case. 

Mr.  RlCB,  of  Ohio,  protested  agalnat  the  wrong 
and  vioieuce  embodied  In  the  decision,,  and  argued 
tbat  tbe  whole  subject  ahould  be  referred  back  to 
the  Commisaion. 

Mr.  CraPO,  of  Masaacbusetta,  said  tbat  aa  a  mem- 
ber of  tbe  Louiaiaca  Investigating  Cominittee  be 
bad  heard  the  teatimony  oi  tbe  witnessea,  and  the 
result  ii  it  all  in  his  mind  was  that  tbe  electioii 
was  not  entirely  fair,  free,  and  peaceable,-  that  it 
was  influenced  and  controlled  by  yiolence  and  in- 
timidation, and  tbat  there  bad  been  in  some  sec- 
tions of  the  State  a  determination  on  tbe  part  ot  the 
Demoorata  to  carry  the  election,  which  bad  led  tc 
lawlessness  which  no  good  citizen  approved,  and 
which  the  people  where  he  lived  would  not 
tolerate.  He  would  not  defend  ths  aotion  of  tbe 
Reluming  Board,  but  be  asked  what  must  have 
been  the  condition  of  a  Stale  mat  made  such  a 
board  necessary,  that  required  such  a  system  in 
order  to  iruard  against  violence,  and  to  protect  In 
their  polulcal  riabts  tne  timid,  tne  ignorant,  and 
the  inoffensive,  against  the  strong,  tbe  desperate, 
and  tbe  lawless. 

Mr.  WATrsaaOH  aald :  If  the  acceptanoe  of  tbe 
Ineyitable  with  resolution  and  dignity  be  the  high- 
est aa  It  is  the  rarest  form  of  cotuage  known  among 
men,  it  is  made  the  harder  In  tbis  present  iustauce 
by  the  oonsciouaoess  of  double-deaiiug  and  foul 
plav.  Two  courses  are  open  to  the  majority  on 
tbis  floor  ;  on  the  one  baud,  passionate  eatery,  at 
once  Impotent  and  ohlldisb ;  on  tbe  otoer  hand, 
without  offerluK  needless  obstruction  to  tbe  proit- 
resa  of  eveuts,  and  earnest,  tuaniy,  but  temperate 
protest  agalnat  what  we  believe  a  great  ana  grlev- 
oua  wrone.  In  my  Judgment  the  latter  ia  otir  ciear 
aod  bounden  duty.  We  owe  it  to  the  necessities  ot 
the  case;  weoweittothe  ooimtrv ;  we  owe  It  to 
ourselves.  Because  we  were  dnned  by  lalse  pre- 
tenses into  a  anare,  furnished  no  reason  why  we 
should  forget  the  obligations  that  ores*  upon  hon- 
orable men.  In  tbe  very  act  of  passing  tbe  Eleo- 
toral  Commlasion  bill  we  provided  for 
tbe  contiUKenoy  tbat  baa  come  upon  os.  X 
voted  for  tbat  measure  in  perfect 
good  faltb.  Tbe  result  is  against  me, 
and  detestable  as  I  must  ibink  the  means  tnat 
btonght  It  about,  I  accept  it  aa  a  finality.  I  shall 
gi)  to  my  people,  and  shall  tell  tbem  all ;  for,  as  now 
advised,  tbey  know  only  a  part.  And  wheu  tbey  have 
taken  time  tor  refiectioo,  tbey  will,  I  am  very  sure, 
illustrate  the  wisdom  and  tbe  grace  ot  moderation, 
doing  nothing  thatdoea  not  become  good  citicens.  Lite 
will  still  go  forward,  lu  spite  of  ail  this.  Tnere  are 
many  chings  to  live  for  yet  in  this  rough  world,  and 
among  the  rest  that  day  ot  rackoniug— "/.ites  iioe, 
die»  iUa"—"  when  the  dark  shall  be  light,  and  tne 
wrong  be  made  right." 

Mr.  Dakfobd,  of  Obio, defended  the  decision  of  the 
Electoral  Commission  aa  one  which  outside  of  parry 
feeling  would  meet  tbe  approval  of  tbe  whole 
American  people.  He  demed  the  Democra  Ic  as- 
sumption tbat  tnere  was  frand  at  the  bottom  of  tbe 
returns  in  favor  ot  tbe  Uayea  Electora  in  Louiaiana. 
His  Judgment  waa  tbat  when  the  history  of  tbe 
last  election  in  Louisiana  was  written  it  would  be 
found  rather  that  murder,  intimidation,  and  out- 
rage had  failed  in  tneir  purpose  tbere.  As  to  tbe 
return  of  Yemon  Parish  having  been  altered,  be 
conceded  tbat  fact;  buA  asked  who  was  responsible 
for  Itt  Every  member  of  tbe  Returning  Board 
had  sworn  tbat  bo  knew  nothing  of 
the  transposition  there.  He  knew  the  fact 
that  a  Committee  of  the  Honse  had  before 
it  a  clerk  of  Uiat  Returning  Board,  wbo,  by  his  own 
confession, bad  been  villain  enpugh  to  do  it.  He  also 
knew,  from  the  testimony  of  a  Democratic  witness, 
Duncan  L.  Kenner,  tbat  there  had  been  Democratio 
money  in  the  bands  of  tbe  reform  party  in  Louisi- 
ana to  corrupt  the  Returning  Board,  or  a  member 
of  it.  He  believed  that,  if  tne  true  and  tull  vote  of 
Louisiana  htd  been  counted,  there  would  have  been 
a  large  majority  in  favor  of  the  Hayes  Electors. 
Alluding  lo  Mr.  Field's  speeeb  on  the  Electoral 
Commisaion  bill,  be  said  that  the  "early  watcher" 
from  Kew-Yorlc  wonld  soon  perceive  tbat  the  flag 
on  the  Capitol  was  again  furled,  and  that  it  bad 
been  pronounoed'tbat  Butberlord  B.  Hayes,'  having 

received  185  Klectoral  voles.  bad  been 
duly  elected  ■  President  from  tbe  4  th  of 
March  oiext.  This  declaration  would  be  made 
in  peace  and  would  be  aoceptea  by  tbe  American 
p««ple  as  a  finality,  vid  when  Mr.  Hayes  oame  to  bis 
inanguratiOD  there  waa  not  an  honest  man  in  all  tbe 
land  wbo  would  not  congratulate  bimaeli  on  toe 
fact  that,  although  tbere  had  been  investigating 
commiitees  into  tbe  elections  in  Florida,  Louisiana, 
and  Oregon,  which  bad  lound  macb  crookedness 
tbere,  in  all  tbe  words  spoken,  tbe  leciera  written, 
tbe  telegrams  sent,  there  bad  not  been  traced  to 
the  Prasideot  elect  oi*  to  any  member  ot  his  house- 
hold, one  word  that  would  bring  tbe  blush  of  shame 
to  the  American  people,  f  Applause.  J 

At  this  point  I  noon]  tbe  speaaer  annonnoed  tbat 
to-da.T's  leglslauve  session  would  begvn.  After 
ptayar  by  the  Chaplain,  and  tbe  reading  of  yester- 
day s  Journal,  tbe  debate  was  nnnmed. 

Mr.  PiBRCK,  ot  Massachusetts,  said  tbat  be  wonld 
be  glad  tu  avoid  the  responalbillty  of  voting  on  tbe 
queatlon  piesenied,  bui  be  did  not  think  it  could  be 
avoided.  It  was  witb  great  diffidence  tbat  he  ven- 
tured to  dissent  from  tbe  decision  of  tbe  Commis- 
sion, but  tbe  rule  it  laid  down  was  one  he  oould  not 
oonscientioosly  indorse.  Tbe  Commisaion  nad  re- 
tnaed  to  receive  evidence  other  than  tbe  certlflcat« 
ot  tbe  Ouvetnor  of  the  Swte.  It  eould  never  nave 
been  intended  by  tbe  tathcrs  of  tbe  Constitution 
tbai  Congress  should  not  De  able  to  scrutinize  tbe 
returuk  of  tbe  Eleotoral  votes.  If  that  waa  not  a 
maUor  which  tbe  representatives  of  the  people  could 
inquire  into,  then  this  Government  Stood  on  a  very 
insecore  foundation.  Ha  oould  not  five  his' assent 
to  any  snob  declaration.  It  waa  oonirarj  to  good 
government  ai)d  good  morals. 

Mr.  Ellis,  of  Louisiana,  argued  against  tbe  deci- 
sion, and  vbaraoieriaed  ibe  members  of  the  Ueinrn- 
ing  Board  as  men  whose  suuls  were  soorobed  with 
peijary  blaoker  than  tbat  of  ^udas  Iscariot.  But 
the  deed  waa  done;  the  crime  was  accompllsbed. 
For  tour  years  more  the  Republican  Party  wonld 
hold  tbe  shadow  of  axeoutive  power.  He  aald  tbe 
shadow,  because  the  substance  of  luarped 
power  could  never  bo  realised.  Tbe  im- 
mortal pencil  of  Doi6  kad  illustrated  the 
legend  of  the  Wandering  Jew,  who  In  all  the 
weary  march  of  years  toand  no  rest  and 
no  peace  from  bis  crime  and  Ita  memories.  He  aaw 
ever  before  bim  tbe  pale  autCsring  taoe  of  tbe  Re- 
deemer, and  tbe  accusing  voice  was  ever  in  hia  ear. 
So  it  would  be  wiih  the  Bepnblican  Party.  Tbe 
spoils  of  office  oould  not  eompensate  it.  The  spleo- 
dora  of  Presidential  levees  and  receptions  would 
not  baaiata  in  presenoe.  Tbe  sileaoe  and  gravity  of 
Cabinet  meetings  wonld  net  hash  Its  avenging 
voloa ;  apd  in  tour  years  more  tbe  great  American 
people,  wronged  and  outraged,  would  arise  in  their 
matesty  and  might,  aod  hurl  snob  drunken  guests 
trom  power  forever,  and  bnnd  with  the  inuelible 
brandof  infamy  men  who  had  aided,  oonntenanoed, 
abetted,  and  defended  tbla  monstroua-  oribte.    f Ap- 

lb;  Cos,  of  New-York,  nest  addressed  the 
Hooae.  Be  laid  In  ratereoee  to  tke  Xleeflve  biil, 
iliai  blUfe Me  law ]  we  ksow  what  it  is  <  what  Its 


kad  gone  ont  of  this  Ho^se  when  wa  bad  passed 
that.BtU,  bnt  I  did  not  exactly  aee  where  tbe  virtue 
had  alighted.  fLanghter.]  I  knew  that  the  pldpriv- 
flegM  of  tbe  commons  bad  departed ;  bnt  in  tbe  inter- 
est of  peace  Igave  a  reluctant  vote  for  the  bilL  But, 
one  stranee  thing  abont  tbe  bill  is  tbis  :  tbat  wbile 
we  are  permitted  to  vote  in  this  House,  yet,  after 
alK  it  It  a  «ort  of  post-mortem  vote.  [Laughter.] 
Altbonch  we  are  permitted  to  areue  it  is  an  argrtl- 
mentum  ad  pott  faetum.  We  are  eracionaly  per- 
mitted under  tbis  bill  to  argue,  alter  tbe  matter  is 
accomplished,  and,  although  we  vote  and  although 
we  eatry  oni  vote  in  tbe  House  we  are  "gone." 
fLanabter.J  We  sain  nothing  ;  we  are  permitted 
to  take  10  minutes  after  tbe  counting  and  tbe  con- 
oldsion.  It  is  tbe  old  rule  ot  hansring  a  man  and 
trylng'blm  afterward.  [Laughter.)  This  is  onr 
condition  to-day;  and  what  ia  it  that  we  try! 
Wbv,  Sir.  everything  as  to  teRtimony,  and  facts, 
and  foreery«and  perjury,  and  force  is  ottundt— out- 
side not  to  be  oonsidered.  Truth,  and  iuaiioe,  and 
morality,  aod  fair  dealing  are  altuntii.  The  House 
is  aliundi,  [Laughter.]  I  s  acts,  and  tbe  acts  of  its 
committees,  and  tbeir  jeporta — all  tbe  facta  gathered 
In  these  Southern  States — are  aliundi.  [Lanubter.J 
The  time  will  come,  if  not  now  in  some  near  future, 
when  the  eentlemen  on  the  other  side  wbo  now 
laugh  and  taunt  becanae  ot  tbis  trao  in  whiob  the 
Democrats  are  oaugbt  will  lepent  of  this  ereat 
crime  of  history,  of  which  tbey  are  parncipei  crim- 
inis.  Ah  1  Tbey  called  in  the  ermine  to  help  them. 
The  ermine  is  a  little  animal ;  it  is  an  emblem  of 
purity ;  it  wonld  rather  be  cauebt  than  be  bedrae- 
sled  in  tbe  mud.  Hunters  put  mud  around  tbeir 
haunts  to  catch  tbem.  But  where  is  the  ermine 
now  f  Ah  1  The  fox  has  become  tbe  ermine. .  But 
no  cunning  no  craft,  no  human  laws,  no  divine  law 
can  ever  condone  fraud.  I  was  al^onc,  Mr.  Speaker, 
before  tbe  hammer  tell,  to  refer  to  the  Holy  Writ, 
so  thatthe  cebtlemen  on  tbe  oiber  side  may  have 
time  for  repentance.  (Laughter  and  applause. | 
With  the  permission  of  tbe  Hunso  I  will  reau 
Psalm  94,  verse  20 :  "  Shall  the  throne  of  miquity 
have  fellowship  witb  Tbee  ?" 

Mr.  Krlley,  of  Pennsylvania — I  obieot.  [Laugh- 
ter. | 

Mr.  Southard,  of  Ohio — I  hope  the  gentlemen  on 
tbat  side  will  listen  to  iboss  words  that  they  may 
have  time  to  repent. 

Several  memoers  objected. 

Mr.  Cox— The  Bible  is  aitundt  with  these  gentle- 
men.   [Great  applause.] 

Mr.ElELLET,  oi  Pennsylvania,  said  that,  m  oom- 
mou  witb  tbe  Speaker,  aud  with  tbe  overwhelming 
majority  of  Demnorais  in  both  Houses,  and  against 
tbe  wislfes  and  views  of  bis  own  party  triends,  be 
supported  tbe  Electoral  Commisaion  bill.  Hod  not 
Justice  Davis  been  eluoied  to  tbe  Senate,  and  if  his 
[Mr.  Kuliey'sj  convictions  bad  been  oveiruled,  be 
would  have  aoquietied  in  tbe  decision  aa  his  party 
fneuda  would  have  dOne.  His  first  duty  now  was 
to  thank  those  gentlemen— late  of  the  Contederate 
States — for  the  conaervative  tune  which  tbey  were 
repotted  to  liave  adopted  in  the  Democratic  caucua. 
jLauKbter.]  He  nad  rejoiced  in  tbe  passase  of  tbe 
Electoral  (commission  bill  because  it  sverced  pos- 
sible tumult  and  war,  but  mure  so  because  it  was 
lik.ely  to  witbtaold  the  I'resiaency,  iis  hunois  and 
i'»  emoluments,  from  teini;  ^ven  now  and  here- 
after as  a  reward  lor  Crime.  He  aeclared  tbat  tbe 
Demi  oratio  canvass  in  Republican  districts  in 
LouisiaDa  was  one  vast  series  of  organized  crime, 
and  tbat  tbe  amusements  wbicb  tbe  State  Com- 
mittee bad  reconimeoded  tor  tbe  purposo  of  gaining 
colored  votes  included  robbeiy,  aison,  rape,  and 
murder.  In  tbis  connection  he  mentioned  the  namns 
ot  Henry  and  E>iza  Pmkston,  and  was  greeted 
witb  ■  an  outuiust  of  lanahier  on  tbe 
Democratio  side.  "Ah,"  said  be,  "  vou  may 
laugh  gentlemen.  It  is  a  part  of  yuur 
game  to  sustaiu  these  crimes— I  mean  those  of  you 
wbo  laugh  aud  deride  at  tbe  name  of  tUaimurdered 
man,  that  mutilated  womau,  and  tbeir  babe.  Tbe 
toothless  babe  ot  E  iza  Piuksion  was  torn  from  bee 
arma,  but  was  not  too  young  tor  the.  kuife  of  tb^ 
Democraiio  reformers,  [jlore  laughter.  J  H# 
arguev.1,  in  conclusion,  tbat  the  decision  of  tbe 
Comniission  wus  in  accordance  with  tbe  Constitu- 
tion, tbe  law,  and  precedents,  and  would  meet  the 
approval  ot  every  well-iusiructed  lawyer. 

Mr.  Pratt,  of  Iowa,  deteuaed  the  action  of  the 
Electoral  Commission,  and  repelled  the  charge  Of 
fraud  and  corruption  made  against  tbe  Returning 
Board  ot  Ljuisiaoa  and  against  the  Republican 
Party.  He  declared  that  by  this  weafc,  puerile, 
and  spiteful  answer  to  the  decision  of  the  Commis- 
sion tbe  Democratic  majority  would  not  weaken 
the  force  of  ihe  decision  or  impair  tbe  character  ot 
the  Republican  Party. 

Mr.  Wood,  of  i^ew-York,  closed  the  debate.  He 
said  :  "When  tbe  Uouho  cunsentod  to  tbe  passage 
of  the  bill  to  provide  for  an  Electoral  Commission  it 
was  understood  in  both  bouses,  by  boib  sides,  and 
generally  throughout  the  country,  that  the  ques- 
tions in  dispute  between  the  two  ereat  poiiiical 
parties  would  be  Judiciously  and  impartially  inves- 
tieated  and  determined.  Tbis  was  the  sole 
object  of  tbat  meaaure;  otherwise  there 
would  have  been  no  necessity  tor  either 
bon«e'  to  delegate  its  (lowerK.  Having  failed  tu 
examine  into  aud  decide  tboae  queotiona  by  refusing 
to  consider  the  most  importaui  ot  tbem,  the  Com- 
mission has  nulliticd  tbe  oliji;Ct  of  its  creation.  Un- 
der these  circumstanced,  1  doubt  wbetber  either 
bouse  of  Congress  is  bound,  legally  or  morally,  to 
abide  its  actiuu ;  aud  yet.  while  under  no  obliga- 
tion, i  bone  It  will  nut  refuse  to  submit.  He  then 
discnaaeu  the  legal  aspect  of  tbe  case,  charging  tbe 
Commisaion  with  disregarding  tbe  law — with  being 
partisan,  and  deantuie  of  tbe  high  moral  sense  the 
world  bad  a  right  to  expect  of  tbem. 

Tbe  debate  closed  at  1  o'clock,  and  tbe  House  pro- 
ceeded to  vote  on  tbe  order  eubaiitted  by  Mr.  Q-ib- 
BOD,  of  Louisiana,  Mr.  Hurlbut  having  withdrawn  faia 
amendment,  and  it  was  agreed  to— yeus,  172;  nays, 
99 — a  party  vote,  except  tbat  Messrs.  Seelye 
and  Pierce,  of  Masaachusutss,  voted  witn  tbe  Demo- 
crats. 

A  message  was  tben  sent  to  tbe  Senate  to  inform 
it  of  tbe  aciion  of  tbe  House,  and  tbat  the  House 
was  now  ready  to  meet  the  Senate  in  ]oint  conven- 
tion. 

THE  JOINT  SESSION. 

At  1:35  the  presence  of  tbe  Sena^^e  at  the  door  of 
the  ball  waa  announced,  and  tbe  members  rose  and 
remained  standing  wbile  the  Senators  entered  tbe 
hall  and  tooR  ibuir  seats  on  tbe  Democratic  side  of 
tbe  House. 

The  President  of  tbe  Senate  having  taken,  the 
Speaker's  chair  called  tho  meeting  to  order,  and 
stated  that  tbe  two  bouses  acting  separately  bad 
considered  and  decided  tbe  objections  to  the  cerliti 
caies  from  the  State  of  Lunisiana,  and  tbat  the  ac- 
tion ot  each  bouse  womd  now  be  read. 

This  having  been  done  tbe  Presiding  Officer  an- 
nonucea  tbat  tbe  two  bouses  noL  naviuii  necided 
otherwise,  tne  deciaion  of  the  CumuMssiou  would 
stand  in  force,  and  he  directed  tbe  tellers  to  declare 
tbe  vote  ot  Loni.iiaua. 

Senator  Allison,  one  of  the  tellers,  thereupon 
announced  tbat  Louisiana  bad  given  8  votes  tor 
Hayes,  lor  President,  and  8  votes  for  Wheeler,  lor 
Vice  President. 

Tbere  was  no  manifestation  of  any  kind  at  the 
announcement,  aod  tbe  opeulng  and  conutiog  of  tne 
oei'tittcates  proceeded  in  alpnabetical  oruer,  tne 
State  of  Maine  giving  7  voles  tor  Hayes  and 
-^ heeler  i  Marylaud,  6  votea  for  Tilden  and  Hen- 
dricks ;  Massachusetts,  13  votea  tor  Hayes  and 
Wheeler. 

OBJECTION  TO  A  MICHIGAN  ELECTOR. 

When  the  certificate  from  the  State  of  Michigan 
waa  read  giving  its  11  votes  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler, 
Mr.  TUCKJSB,  of  Yirelnia,  rose  and  presented  an  ob- 
jection to  tne  counting  of  the  vote  of  Daniel  L. 
Crossman,  one  of  the  Electors,  declaring  that  one 
Benton  Hanchett,  bavine  been  elected  one  of  the 
Electora  lor  tbe  State  of  Michigan  and  having  held 
and  still  holds  the  office  of  United  States  Commis- 
sioner, had  absentbO  himself  from  the  meetine  of 
Electors  on  the  6th  of  December,  and  that  bis  place 
hid  been  filled  by  the  other  Electors.  The  ob- 
jection claims  tbat  the  tact  tbat  Hanchett  absented 
himself  Irom  tbe  meeting  did  not  create  a  vacancy, 
and  therefore  tbat  sail  Grossman  had  not  been 
dulv  appointed  Elector.  The  ob)eotion  also  sub- 
mits the  testimony  of  Benton  Huucbett  betore  the 
Committee  on  Privileges  and  Elections,  in.  which 
be  states  tbat  he  has  never  rcsltined  his  office  as 
United  States  Commisaioner,  and  tbat  be  ab«ented 
himself  tor  tbat  reason  Iroiu  tbe  meeting  of  tbe 
Electors.  Tbe  oijjution  Is  signed  by  Senators 
IJorwood,  Wallace,  £>arnum,  and  Hereford,  and  by 
Representatives  A.  S.  Williams,  TuoKer,  Vance  ot 
Onto,  McMabon,  Itice,  Sparks,  Maisb,  Savage,  and 
Huid. 

Tbe  Pbesimnq  Officbb  tben  aeked  if  there  were 
any  further  objections,  and,  uoae  being  made,  tbe 
Senate  witbUtew  to  let  tbe  objection  be  considered 
and  acted  on  by  eaoh  House  seoarately. 

Mr.  Southahd,  ot  Ohio,  moved  tbat  the  House 
take  a  recess  uuiil  10  o'clock  to-morrow. 

Mr.  F*t.k,  of  Maine,  raised  tbe  point  of  order 
that  tbe  general  scope  of  tbe  Electoral  Commission 
bill  Intended  to  prevent  delay,  and  that  a  moUon 
for  a  receas  waa  not  now  in  order. 

Tbe  Sfbakeb  said  tbat,  aa  be  understood  tbe  in- 
tent and  suope  of  tbe  bill,  a  motion  for  a  recess  was 
in  order,  and  he  therelure  overruled  the  point  of 
order. 

In  the  course  of  a  discussion  over  tbe  Question  of 
a  recess,  Mr.  Wood,  ot  Kaaw-York,  opposed  the 
proposition,  and  submitted  that  as  it  was  still  early 
in  t  he  day,  tbe  objection  to  the  count  from  Miubmau 
should  be  presented  at  onoi.>,  aiaousseu,  and  acted 
upon,  so  tbat  ihe  Electoral  count  should  proceed. 

Mr.  TUCKKB,  of  Yi  iginia,  disclaimed  any  idea  of 
interbosiue  tbe  objection  tor  tbe  purpose  ot  deiay. 
He  was  (irepared  now  to  argue  and  main  aln  it  be- 
fore ths  House.  He  had  uotbiug  to  do  with  the 
motion  for  a  feceas, 

Mr.  So(JTHAKD,of  Ohio. who  made-the  motion  for  a 
recess,  deiunduu  it  on  the  ground  that  members 
rfnoold  have  time  to  cousider  and  act  upon  tbe  ob- 
jection to  tbe  Elector  Irom  Michigan.  He  for  one 
desired  delay,  aod  .  be  was  in  no  taa^te  to  ins  al  a 
man  in  the  Pre8id<>ntial  chair  several  days  before 
tbe  conatituiioual  time. 

On  a  standing  vote  tbe  motion  for  a  rooesa  was 
voted  down  by  a  larae  majority,  and  then  the  yeas 
and  nays  were  demanded  and  taken,  and  again  tbe 
motion  was  relucted — yeas  57,  nays  192.  The  af- 
firmative vote  is  given  in  lull  aa  toliowa: 
BYeas— Messrs.  Ashe,  Banning.  Blaclcbum,  Boone, 
Cabell,  Caldwell  ot  Alabama,  Caldwell  of  Tennessee, 
Gate,  Clarke  of  Keniucl(.v,  Cochrane,  Cook,  Cowan,  iia- 
rU,  Ulbrell,  Kins,  I'oruey,  Puller,  HamiUon  of  luciiana, 
Uartridge,  Uuoker,  Humphreys,  tlurd.  Jonus  of  Jien- 
tuck.y,  K.uott,  Lander  or  luaiaua.  Lane,  Levy,  Lynue, 
UcUabon,  Ueade,  MilUkeii,  Moue.y,  Morriaon,  Mu<v.h- 
ler,  O'brien,  Odell,  Phil  dps  of  Missouri,  Foppleton,  Kice, 
Boaa  of  Kew-Jersey,  6avier,  Bbeakly.  tjlemona,  dmltb 
Ot  Georgia,  Souibard,  bparks,  Terry,  Thumpaon,  Tnom- 
aa,  Throckmorton,  'furuey,  Vance  of  Ouio,  VValdnif, 
Waleb,  Wbitiborue,  Wiggiuton.  and  Wiisuuof  West 
Virg.nia^67. 

Mr.  TuCKEB  then  ofiered  a  resolution  declaring 
that  Daniel  L.  Crossman  waa  not  appointed  an 
Elector  by  the  State  of  Michigan  as  its  Legislature 
Uireoted,  and  tbat  hia  vote  as  Elector  ahould  not  be 
counted.  He  went  on  to  argue  tbat  Benton  Han- 
chett, having  been  ohoeen  by  tbe  people  as  an  Elec- 
tor, and  be-belog  ineligible  oa  aooouot  of  holding  a 
Federal  commission,  tbere  was  no  j<rovi«ioa  in  tbe 
law  of  tbe  Legislature  autboriaini^  tbe  College  of 
Electors  to  appoint  another  person  in  his  place. 
The  College  of  Electors  was  authorised 
to  fill  a  vacancy:  but  tbis  was  not  a 
.vaoaacy,  but  a  vacuum.  Where  a  man 
rirha.  waa  eattUed  to  an  ofBce  waa  absent, 
' tkaa;  there  vae  a  vacancy  i  but  where  an  office 
h*i<»^'a'la<<  -ahaiaajwaa^  Taouain  m»A.  uiat, 


waa  tba  ca«e  here.  Mr.  Hanohett  having  been  dis  | 
gualifled  b.v  tbe  Constitntion,  could  not  be  elected. 
Wbatever  night  be  said  tit  the  other  end  of  tho 
capital,  or  amidsbips  before  tbe  Commiaaion,  be 
trusted  that  the  Honse  wonld  far  that  no  man 
'should  hold  the  office  of  Presidential  Elector  whom 
tbe  Constitution  said  should  be  silent. 

Mr.  CONGBB,  of  Michigan,  said  tbat  tbe  gentle- 
man from  Virginia  (Mr.  Tuokeil  by  bis  warmth 
miebt  lead  a  person  who  was   not  acquainted   with 

bim  to  believe  that  be  himself  bad  someoonfl- 
deuce  in  the  objection.  It  was  not  tbe  first  time 
that  a  great  atateaman  had  jumped  at  a  condnaion 
Without  kaowiug  tbe  law.  He  tben  quoted  from 
the  law  of  Michigan  to  show  that  the  failure  ot 
Hanchett  to  appear  at  tbe  meeting  of  the  Electors 
constituted  a  vacancy ;  tbat  it  waa  competent  for 
be  other  Electors  to  fill  the  vacancy,  and,  therefore, 
that  Grossman  had  been  fairly  appointed  an  Eleo* 
tor.  '' 

Mr.  BncKHXB,  of  Missouri,  replied  to  Mr.  Conger, 
and  referred  to  tbe  unanimous  decision  of  tbe  Su- 
preme Court  of  Bbode  Island  against  tbe  proposi- 
tion assumed  by  Mr.  Conger,  but  that  decision,  he 
said,  bad  been  made  when  there  was  no  temptation 
to  pervert  the  law  to  unholy  purposes.  Tbe  Consti- 
tution did  not  say  tbat  a  person  holding  a  federal 
office  elionid  not  hold  tbe  office  of  Presidential 
Elector,  but  said  tbat  he  should  not  be  appointed, 
and  the  appointment  of  Hanchett  beine,  therefore, 
in  violation  of  the  Constitution,  was  void. 

Mr.  Chittenden,  of  New-Tork,  regarded  the 
question  before  the  House  aa  absolutely  free  from 
all  difficulty.  2^o  question  oould  be  entertained  as 
to  the  elieibility  ol  an  Elector  wbo  refused  to  aot. 
On  tbat  [loint  he  appealed  to  common  intolhgenoe. 
If  members  wanted  to  vent  their  spite  on  tbe  Elec- 
toral Commission  they  should,  like  straightforward 
men,  have  the  Commission  before  tbem  for  tbat 
purpose,  bnt  tbey  should  not  have  recourse  to  such 
objections  as  were  raised  in  this  caae. 

Mr.  Bbioht,  of  Tennessee,  argued  in  support  of 
tbe  objectiou  tbat  Crossman,  being  ineligible  and 
Incapable  of  receiving  tbe  trust,  tbe  trust  itself 
was  incapable  Of  being  transmitted  to  any  other 
person. 

Mr.  Wabben,  of  Massachusetts,  admitted  that  tbe 
State  of  Miobigan  should  have  ber  lull  Electoral 
vote,  but  he  did  not  see  how  be  could  vote  for  it 
odiisiatently  with  the  Constitution  and  laws  of  tbe 
country.  There  was.  be  said,  no  question  aa  to  tbe 
ineligibility  ot  Hanchett. 

Mr.  CONGSB— Oh,  yes;  we  deny  that  he  is  ineli- 
gible. 

Mr,  Wabben— He  held  a  commisaion  under  the 
Federal  Governmeut.  Much  as  I  hate  to  have  tbe 
Presideniial  election  determined  on  technlcalitiea, 
or  even  on  so  high  a  matter  as  a  constitutional  im- 
pediment, still  I  have  no  opiion  but  to  give  my  vote 
aeainst  the  Electoral  vote  of  this  man  Cross- 
man. 

Mr.  Lawbence,  of  Ohio,  argued  from  tbe  stamtes 
of  Michigan  inai  the  objeoiion  in  tbis  case  was  not 
well  founded.  The  statutes  were  intended  to  cover 
every  caae  of  vacancy  tbat  might  arue,  without  re 
gard  lo  tbe  manner  in  which  ic  arose. 

Mr.  HuuBELL,  of  Michigan,  asked  Mr.  Lawrence 

wbfciher  tbere  was  any  proot  of  Hancbett's  dis- 
qualification. 

Mr.  Lawbence  replied  tbat  tbere  was  no  stcb 
proof,  and  there  cntild  not  be,  because  tbe  House 
was  incapable  of  takins  proof  on  tbe  sabject,  and 
so  was  the  Board  of  Canvassers  of  Michigan. 

Mr.  Fosteb,  of  Ohio,  wbo  represents  tbe  district 
in  which  tjov.  Hayes  resides,  suoke  of  the  duty  of 
both  parties  to  abule  bv  tbe  decision,  aod  said  this 
is  not  a  lime  for  mere  party  exultation.  The  ex- 
ultation of  the  patriot  over  the  naiion's  escape 
trom  tbe  dangers  that  threatened  its  peace,  pros- 
perity, and  happiness,  ia  fitting  and  proper.  In  the 
triumuh  of  peace  over  disorder  and  possible  civil 
war,  both  parties  can  unite  in  exultation.  Wbile 
I  do  not  rejoice  simply  In  a  party  sense,  I 
do  rejoice  that  one  of  the  purest  and 
moat  patriotic  of  our  fellow-citizens  is  to 
guide  tbe  affairs  cf  tbi-i  G-oye'rnment, 
lor  four  years  to  come.  Representing  as  I  do  the 
district  in  which  G-ov.  .Hayes  resides,  and  being  a 
lifelong  acquaintance  ot  .bis,  I  butsoeak  the  opinion 
of  all  ptrsnus  who  know  him  when  I  say  that  his 
Administration  will  be  wise,  patriotic,  and  just, 
notwithstanding  whatever  else  may  be  said  to  the 
.contrary  here  or  elsewhere.  ;  The  people  ot 
all  sections  of  the  country  *may  confidently 
expect  from  him  not  only  tair  but  generous 
consideration.  Hia  letter  of  acceptance  is  tbe  ex- 
pression of  a  man  of  tbe  broadest  and  loftiest  patri- 
otism. I  feel  certain  thai  I  shall  be  sustained  by 
bis  acts  when  I  say  tbat  bis  hiehest  am  bition  will 
be  to  administer  tbe  Government  so  patriotically 
and  wisely  as  to  wipe  away  every  necessity  or  ex- 
cuse for  the  formation  of  parties  on  a  sectional 
basis  and  all  traces  of  party  color  lines  ;  tbat  there- 
alter  we  shall  bear  no  more  of  a  solid  South  or  a 
united  Kortb.  The  fiae  shall  fioat  over  States,  not 
provinces;  over  freemen,  not  subjecis.  When  Gov. 
Hayes  appealed  to  the  people  of  the  South  in  bis 
letter  of  aoceptaoce  be  addressed  them  as  "My 
countrymen,"  and  why  not  bis  countrymen  J  Axe 
not  ti.e Southern  States  the  equal  of  those  in  tbe 
North-east  or  West,  and  ia  not  tbe  South  an  inteeral 
part  of  tbe  nation?  It  baa  been  said,  sneeriugly, 
and  for  the  purpose  of  stirnng  tbe  wild  pas- 
sions of  tbe  bnman  heart  to  oad  actions, 
tbat  the  South,  under  President  Hayes, 
roust  submit  tu  an  unconditional  surrender  to  the 
Republican  Party.  No,  Sir;  no  such  demand  will 
be  made.  All  that  will  be  txpected  is  tbe  patriotic 
co-operstion  of  Southern  patriots  in  the  great  work 
of  restoration  through  the  Union,  the  Constitution, 
and  tho  enforcement  of  the  laws.  In  this  great 
work  tbe  repreaentailve  men  of  the  South  have 
already  diatinguisbed  themselves  for  patriotism  and 
staieamaostiip  during  tbe  pendency  of  tbe  present 
crisis  in  our  history. 

Mi.  Bubchabd,  of  Ulinois,  thought  that  there  was 
no  evioeuce  that  Hanchett  held  any  otbce  of  trust 
except  the  mere  statement  of  Hanchett  himself  that 
be  bad  been  appointed  as  a  Commissioner  and  tbat 
be  tuinks  be  took  the  oath.  There  was  no  record  in 
evidence  of  the  fact.  He  held  further  i  bat  tbere 
was  no  DOwer  in  tbe  House  to  go  iuto  a  judicial  in- 
quiry as  tu  the  incompetency  or  ability  of  the  Elec- 
tor!! to  exercise  tbe  rights  pertaining  to  their  office. 

Mr.  Banks,  of  Massachusetts,  argued  tbat  tbere 
was  no  proof  at  all  ot  tbe  appointment  of  Mr. 
Hanchett  as  Commissioner.  He  bad  been  notified 
that  a  commission  would  be  sent  to  him,  aod  he  sup- 
posed he  must  have  qualified,  but  tnere  was  no 
proot  tbat  he  had  qualified.  He  had  refused  to 
serve,  and  the  vacancy  occaaioned  by  such  refusal 
had  been  lawfully  filled  by  tbe  other  Electora. 

Mr.  Jenks,  of  Peunsylvania.  offered  tbe  following 
as  a  subsiiiuie  for  Mr.  Tucker's  amendment : 

Whereas,  Tbe  fact  bus  been  established  tbat  it  is 
about  VZ  years  aiuoe  tbe  alleged  ineli^^ioie  Elector  ex- 
ercised any  of  tbe  functions  of  the  office  ot  United 
tjt..tes  Commissioner,  ami  it  is  not  sufficiently  proved 
that  at  the  time  of  bia  apooiniment  be  waa  an  officer 
01  the  United  states;  tbe.efore 

Betolvea,  Tbat  the  vote  objected  to  be  counted. 

The  Bubsiirute  waa  agreed  to  without  division, 
and  the  Senate  was  thereupon  notifl:^d  of  tbe  <*ctton 
of  the  House,  and  of  its  readiness  to  meet  tbe  Senate 
m  joint  con  yen  lion. 

THE  joint  session    BESTTMED — MICHIQAN 
COUNTED. 

At  5:30  o'clock  tbe  Senators  again  entered  the  ball; 
the  Piesiding  OSScer  took  tbe  Speaker's  chair,  and 
the  Joint  Con veu lion  lesumed  its  session.  Tbe  con- 
cuireut  action  of  each  bouse  overrnline  tbe  objec- 
tion in  the  case  of  one  of  the  Micbigan  Electors, 
tbe  11  votes  of  tbat  Slate  were  announced  as  being 
cast  tor  Hayes  and  Wheeler. 

Tben  follows  tbe  State  of  Minnesota  with  five 
votes  tor  Hayes  and  Wheeler;  Mississippi  with 
eight  votes  tor  Tilden  and  Hendricks;  Missouri 
with  15  votes  for  Tilden  aud  Hendricks;  Nebraska 
with  three  votes  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler,  and 
Nevada  with  three  votes  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler. 
OBJECTION  TO  A  NEVADA  ELECTOB. 

Mr.  Spkinqeb,  of  lilmois,  objected  to  tbe  count 
of  one  of  tbe  three  votes  of  Nevada  on  the  ground 
tbat  the  Elector,  R.  M.  Dagzett,  was,  at  the  time 
of  his  appointment,  and  for  a  long  time  previously, 
and  thereafter  continued  to  b^  a  Unit«d  States 
Commissioner  for  tbe  Circuit  and  District  Courts 
of  the  United  Siates  m  tbe  District  of  Nevada. 

Tbe  Objection  is  sianed  bv  Messrs.  Springer, 
Tucker,  Vance  of  Ohio,  Sparks,  Savage,  Maisb,  and 
Jenks  Representatives,  and  by  Senators  Barnum, 
Wallace  and  Hereford. 

The  Objection  having  been  read,  tbe  Senators 
withdrew. 

Mr.  Sfbinoeb  moved  that  tbe  House  take  a 
recess  uuiil  10  o'clock  to-morrow. 

At  first  there  was  a  majority  of  20  against  the 
motion,  bat  several  Bepuuliuans  changed  tfaeir 
vol  es  from    "nay"  to   "yea,"  and  the  motion  was 

The  House,  therefore,  at  6:15  o'clock,  took  a  re- 
cess till  10  o'clock  to-morrow. 


LAW  KEPORT&. 


WILLIAM  BEACH   LAWRENCE'S   RECORD, 

To  the  Editor  of  the  New-  York  Times  : 

Tbe  advice  of  Mr.  Beaoh  Lawrence  to  the 
Democrats  to  break  up  the  Electoral  Commission 
recalls  an  attempted  exploit  of  tbat  renowned  jurist 
in  the  same  direction,  aome  25  years  ago,  when  the 
brave  Sacbem,  fresh  from  Tammany,  having  by  the 
tactics  so  faithfully  followed  by  bis  distinguished 
successors,  Tweed,  Tilden,  &c,  succeeded  in  get- 
ting himself  elected  as  Lieutenant  Governor  of 
Rhode  Island,  and  having  been  defeated  tbe  next 
year,  be,  witb  bis  fellow  reformers,- wbo  controlled 
one  branch  of  the  Legislature,  but  not  ita  joint 
vote,  sail  out  a  large  part  ot  a  day  and  niebt  filli- 
bustecing  in  tbe  joint  convention  to  prevent  the 
election  of  his  successor  as  provided  by  tbe  Consti- 
tution, with  tbe  design  of  holding  over  himself  tor 
anotber  year.  A  full  report,  of  toe  proceedings  of 
tbat  sesaion  in  tbe  old  State-bonae  at  Newport, 
especially  tbe  scathing  denunoiaiions  which  were 
hurled  in  the  face  of  his  Honor,  as  be  sat  huor  after 
hour,  voting  on  every  motion  to  tire  out  tbe  conven- 
tion and  keep  bimaelf  In  office  another  year  against 
tbe  exoresaed  will  of  tbe  people,  would  dnuoiless 
be  very  interesting  readins  now  for  the  ereat  con- 
stiturl.,nal  and  International  lawyer.  • 

A  RHODE  ISLANDER.    • 


SBOOKINO  DUAL  MVRDER  IN  CUBA. 
A  letter  from  Havana,  dated  Feb.  14,  save 
a  abocking  affair  has  jnst  come  to  lizbt  in  the 
neiehborbood  Of  Gluanabacoa,  a  village  on  the  op- 
posite aide  of  the  bay  trom  Havana.  Tbe  dead 
bodies  of  a  woman  named  Sixto  Regla  Saez  and  ber 
son  aged  13  yeara  were  found  in  a  well.  The  woman 
had  been  killed  by  strangulation  and  the  boy  by 
blows  on  the  bead.  Tbe  Police  nave  captured  tbe 
murderer— a  eiroumStanoe  not  common  here— and 
he  provee  to  be  one  Jos6  Naranjo,  between  whom 
and  the  woman  an  nnlawfhl  Intimacy  had  existed.  '> 
Tbe  boy  waa  her  own  child  by  a  former  paramoat.' 
After  mnrdenng  tbem  Naranjo  carried  off  hia  own 
child  by  thia  woman, -a  girl  aged  4  years,  aad 
abandoiied  her  in  tbe  weeds,  where,  sbe  waa  fbnnd 
by  tbe  Police.  The  murderer  aubaeqnently  paoked 
tbe  bodies  of  his  victims  in  a  large  box,  and,  witb 
ttie  aaaistanoe  of  frianda,  oonveyed  tbem  to  the  well 
where  they  were  foond.  The  motive  fox  ttw  crime 
.is  uakaowib 


A  QXmStlON  OF  IDSimTT. 
Some  interesting  proceedings  were  luUl'bea 
fore  Judge  Brady,  in  tbe  Court  of  Oyer  and  Tee- 
miner  yesterday,  on  the  retnm  to  tbe  writ  at  habeaa 
corpus  in  the  case  of  William  Connen,  alleged  to 
be  one  of  the  Northampton  (Mass.)  Bankv  robbera. 
The  return  of  the  District  Attorney  almply  eel 
forth  the  prooeeolnga  before  the  Polioe  Jiutloe  tfj 
wbom  Conners  was  committed,  and  when  the  ma^ 
ter  was  presented  to  tbe  court  yeaterdayr  Col.  TbU 
lows  and  Hr.  Allen,  who  appeared  fop  tlM 
prosecntioB,  at  onee  conceded  that  the  t^ 
turn  was  defective,  and  tbat  '  on  it  the 
prisoner  must  be  dlaobarged  from  onstody* 
Cbarles  W.  Brooke,  wbo  appeared  with  WiUlaa 
^.  Kintzing  tor  tbe  prisoner,  immediately  jnmped 
to  bis  feet  and  indignantly  denounced  tbe  proeeeO* 
ing  as  a  fraud  npon  the  court.  He  said  be  bad 
been  informed  that  the  return  to  the  writ  of  habeaa 
corpus  would  be  the  requisition  of  the  Governor  oi 
MasKschusetta  and  the  extradition  warrant  of  the 
Governor  of  this  State.  To  such  an  expected  re- 
tnm Mr.  Brooke  said  he  bad  prepared  bis  traverse. 
Under  tbe  circumstance.'^,  however,  be  desired  to 
withdraw  bis  petition  for  tbe  writ  of  habeas  corpus, 
as  be  understood  It  was  intended  that  the  minute 
his  client  got  outside  ot  the  court-room  he  was  to  be 
arrested  on  the  extradition  warrant  without  oppor- 
tunity of  having  his  objections,  which  were  not 
technical,  heard.  Judge  Brady  said  it  ap^ 
peanng  to  bim  now  tbat  tbe  priaonec 
was  not  legally  held,  be  must  diBcharg« 
bim,  but  tbat  no  member  of  tbe  profession  ooold 
act  in  bad  faith  toward  tbe  court  without  heme 
compelled  to  account  for  it.  After  some  disousaiua 
it  was  finally  agreed  tbat  Conners  should  be  dis. 
Charged  from  arrest  under  the  Police  magistrate's 
commitment,  and  be  rearrested  on  tbe  warrant  ot  ex< 
tratiliion.  At  tbia  point  rhere  was  a  sharp  oliok, 
and  tbe  prisoner's  bandcufiia  were  taken  off.  Dsk*- 
utv  Sheriff  McGonicle,  who  was  present,  sbowod 
tbe  warrant  of  extradition  issued  by  Got.  &ubia< 
son  and  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus,  returnable  torth< 
with,  was  granted  oy  .Judee  Brady.  Mr.  Brooke 
tben  out  in  his  traverse,  which,  contained  several 
startling  denials,  the  principal  one  beluga  denial  of 
tbe  identity  of  tt\e  prisoner  with  the  person  indicted 
in  Masaaohusotts.  Oa  this  point  Col.  Fellows  took 
issue,  and  aiter  some  discussion  tbe  bearing  of  the 
case  wa.0  laid  over  to  to-day,  in  order  tbat  proof 
might,  in  tbe  meantime,  be  taken  aa  to  'the  matter 
of  idenuty.  ; 

ARRESTED  FOR  OOUATERPEITINO  LABELS. 

Anthony  Fisher,  a  liquor  deale^  of  No.  103 

Bayard    street,    and  Thomas  McCormiek,  a  wii|B 

bottler,  cf  "So.  87  Pearl  street,  were  arretted  1^ 

Officers  Casey  and  McSally,  of  the  Court  ScLoad, 
and  arraigned  before  Justice  Otterbourg,  at  tba 
Washington  Place  Polioe  Court,  yeaterday,  ohazged 
with  connterfaitloK  a  trade-mark.  Tbe  oomplatnaos 
m  tbe  caae  is  Mr.  Oswald  Jackson,  of  tbe  firm  of 
Oswald  Jackson  &  Brother,  vrine  merchants,  at  No.  35 
Beaver  street,  who  In  bis  affidavit  seta  forth  that 
bia  firm  are  the  sole  aeents  In  the  United  States  for 
Pinet,  Castillon  &  Co.,  brandy  manufacturers,  of 
Cognac,  France,  and  tbat  tbe  brandy  sent  to  this 
country  by  tbe  latter  firm  la  well  known  and  much 
esteemed  in  tbis  market.  The  bottles  in  wbicb  thu 
brandy  u  imported  Dear  labels  on  which  is  a 
braad  or  device  consisting  of  three  barrels  se- 
curely hooped,  two  barrels,  being  placed  side  by 
side  and  the  third  on  top.  For  some  time  past  Jack- 
son &  Brother  Irave  been  informed  that  an  inferior 
brandy,  branded  and  labeled  in  close  imitation  of 
the  brands  and  labels  of  Pinet,  Castillon  Sl  Co., 
could  be  purchased  of  certain  dealers  In  this  City, 
at  a  rale  much  below  tbe  market  price  of  tbe 
genuine.  The  wholesale  cash  price  for  tbe 
teen  nine  article  has  never  been  lower  than 
$9  70,  gold,  by  tbe  tbouaand  cases, 
and  the  wholesale  price  per  single  case 
was  from  $10  to  $11  in  gold.  On  tbe  8d  mst.  L.  W.. 
H.  Lee,  an  employe  of  their  firm,  purchased  trom 
Fisher  a  case  of  brandy  for  $8  5b  in  currency,  which 
bore  tbe  labels  and  brands  of  tbe  genume  Pinet, 
Castillon  &  Co.'s  brandy,  but  on  teatlns  the  con« 
tents  of  the  bottles  they  were  found  to  be  filled  with 
interior  liquor.'  A  case  of  brandy,  similar  to  that 
purchased  from  Fisher,  was  also  bough  r.  for  the 
same  price  by  Lee  from  McCormick,  and  Mr.  Jack, 
son  theretore  charges  tbe  accused  witb  Belling;  the 
inferior  liquor  witb  the  brands  and  trade-marks  ot 
tbe  manotactnrers  of  a  superior  article,  wicb  intent 
to  defraud.  The  accused  both  pleaded  not  amity. 
Fisher  says  that  he  bought  five  cases  of  the  brandy 
tbroogb  a  broker  named  Worth,  to  till  an  order 
from  a  man  named  Klein,  who  wanted  25  oases,  and 
he  did  not  know  whether  it  was  eenuine  or  spuri- 
ona.  He  paid  only  (4  75  per  case  fOr  it.  McCor. 
mick  denied  ia  the  most  positive  terms  that  he  sold 
a  case  of  brandy  to  Le'i  as  charged  in  Mr.  Jacttion'f 
affidavit,  and  as' also  sworn  to  by  Lee.  The  aouased 
were  permitted  tu  go  on  iheir  own  recoeoicanoe^  ta 
appear  for  examination  on  Monday,  March  5. 


A  TRUSTEE'S  REMOVAL  DENIED. 
An  application  was  made,  returnable  befoN 
Chief  Justice  Davis  in  Supreme  Court  Chambers, 
yesterday,  for  the  removal  of  one  John  Murphy  aa 
an  Execntor  and  Trustee  of  tbe  estate  of  William 
Cogswell,  deceased.  The  application  was  nom- 
inally in  behalf  of  one  •Jonathan  Cogswell,  ImS 
really,  as  stated  by  counsel,  by  one  E.  N.  Bimy, 
who  seeks  to  obtain  Murphy's  place.  John  H.  Bird 
appeared  for  Mr.  Murphy,  but  no  one  put  in  an  ap. 
pearance  for  Cogswell  or  Blmy.  Mr.  Bird  said  tbat 
the  latter  had  betfun  bis  proceeding  to  get 
hold  of  this  trust  fund  by  seducing  tbe 
wile  of  one  Jerome  Stivers,  ehe  being 
a  daughter  of  the  late  William  Cogswell.  Tbia 
disclosure  had  been  a  very  painful  one  to  tba 
families  of  the  parties  concerned,  and  led  to  Mr. 
Stivers  orooiinne  a  divorce  from  hia  wife.  The  de- 
cree of  divorce  was  granted  to  Mn  Stivers  in  the 
Supreme  Court  in  this  City  on  Dec.  1,  1876,  and  on 
tbe  same  dav  Bimy  married  the  divorced  Mrs- 
Stivers  in  Connecticut.  While  tbe  divorce  procec^d- 
inss  were  pending,  however,  Bimy  was  arrested  in 
a  crim.  con.  suit  brought  by  Mr.  Stivers,  and  tbe 
Deputy  Sheriff  who  served  the  order  of  arrest  found 
Bimy  and  Mrs.  Sriyera  livine  together,  under  the 
names  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bimy,  in  West  Twenty-fourth 
street.  Mr.  Bird  stated  in  court  yeaterday  that 
Mr.  Morohy  bad  roanased  the  estate  ot  tbp  late  Mr. 
Cogswell  m  an  efficient  manner.  The  estate  ia  vaU 
ned  at  abont  $115,000.  Chief  Justice  Davis  dismissed 
the  proceeding  brought  by  Cogswell  for  the  r». 
moval  of  Murphy.  Mr.  Bird  read  .a  portion  of  a 
letter  written  by  Mrs.  Stivers,  after  her  alleeed  ee- 
auction,  to  her  mother,  in  which  she  saya  s  ■'  1  fcup- 
pose  you  are  anxious  to  hear  from  me.  Don  t 
worry,  as  I  am  doing  wall,  and  feel  like  a  fighting 
rooster  with  his  feathers  pulled  out.  Don't  try  to 
find  me,  because  you  will  tail  in  doing  so.  I  sup- 
pose the  news  yon  have  heard  don't  aurpnse  you. 
*  *  *  I  suppose  you  are  so  angry  with  me  that 
you  don't  want  to  hear  from  me  or  see  me  again." 

FIVE  DOLLARS  AND  COSTS. 
Minnie  Praneky,  a  rather  pleasant-faoed,  Vat 
very  ignorant  girl,  14  yeara  of  age,  sued  Jaoob 
Isaacs,  aged  19,  for  damages,  ehe  olaimmg  tbat  be 
h^bad  injured  ber  in  attempting  to  commit  an  out* 
rageous  assault  upon  her.  The  defendant,  it  ap> 
pears,  is  a  tailor,  and  has  been  married  four  years. 
He  has  two  children.  The  case  was  brought  to 
trial  before  Judge  MoAdam.  in  Marine  Courts 
Chambers,  yesterday.  The  girl  was  tne  first  wi6» 
ness  called.  She  looked  even  yotmger  tban  tbe  is, 
and  told  ber  story  in  a  scraikchttorward  man- 
ner. Sbe  said  she  had  been  employed  by  Isaacs  to 
work  for  him  in  tne  tailoring  business.  She  lodged 
at  taia  bouRe.  On  Jan.  10.  187X  at  4  A  M.,  she  said, 
he  bad  conxe  to  ber  room  and  bad  attempted  aa 
outrageous  assault.  Isaacs  and  his  wife  denied  tba 
girl's  story,  and  said  it  bad  been  trumped  no  foe 
the  Durpose  of  extorting  money.  Judge  McAdam, 
after  oommentine  on  the  oonflioting  character  of 
tbe  tfBtimony,  gave  judgment  for  the  plaintiff  tut 
15  and  costs,  amomitini;  together  to  flO. 


CONTRACTS  BV  TUB  POLICE  DEPABTMBITX. 
The  case  ot  Johnson  against  The  Major  waa 
tried  yesterday  betore  Judge  Daly  in  Part  IIL  ol 
the  Common  Pleas.  The  plaintiff  sued  for  rent  of 
a  stable  used  by  tbe  Street-cleaning  Burean,  for 
which  a  written  lease  bad  been  taken  by  the  Board 
of  Police.  Alter  proof  of  tbe  lease  and  non-pay* 
menc  of  the  rent  tbe  plaintiff  rested.  The  defend-, 
ants  then  moved  to  dismifw  the  complaint  on  tlia 
ground  tbat  the  City  is  not  liable  for  tbe  oontraota. 
of  the  Police  Department,  but  that  such  obliga* 
lions  are  to  be  paid  bv  tne  Treasurer  of  tbat  de. 
partment  from  the  funds  transferred  to  bim.  Too 
eonrt  held  that  the  point  was  well  taken,  but  on 
account  of  its  noveliy  directed  a  verdict  for  iha 
plalntifi;  subject  to  the  opinion  of  the  cmrt  aC 
General  Term.  Vauderpoel,  Green,  and  Cummin^ 
appeared  for  tho  plaiotiff;  and  D.  J.  Oean,  A^aiat* 
atit  Corporation  Counsel,  tor  the  City. 

1.  RBJUINISOENOB  OF  "  BAB  A." 
Judge  McAdam,  in  Marine  Court,  CbamberSi 
yesterday,  beard  argument  and  reserved  his  dei 
oision  on  a  motion  to  open  a  Judgment  obiained. 
by  default  in  favor  of  the  plaintlflE}  m  the  suit  of 
the  National  Steam-sbip  Company  against  Jona 
Mct;ool  and  Charles  B.  Stongbton.  The  Judgment 
was  for  91,585  SO,  and  was  entered  on  the  9ih  Inst. 
The  bUli  was  brought  against  the  defeodants  as 
pannera  in  the  scheme  for  bringing  out  "Baoa  "  at 
Niblo'a  Garden  Theatre  last  Fall,  to  reoovOr  tbe 
paasage  money  of  the  members  of  tbe  troupe  to 
this  City  from  France.  McCool  deniea  tbat  he  and 
Stouehtoa  were  partners,  and  also  puts  in  a  general 
denial  of  tbe  plainufi^s  Claim.  Stousbton  merely 
makes  a  general  denial. 


A  VIOLENT  L  O  VBR  SENT  TO  PRISON. 
On  March  15,  1875,  a  young  sailor  named 
Mattaew  HammiU,  who  waa  enamored  of  Eiiaabet^ 
Cbtbby,  a  girl  of  14,  living  at  No.  308  Mott  atreet, 
asked  ber  to  marry  him.  She  refused,  whereopoo 
HammiU  drew  a  pistol  and  fired  at  her,,  tbe  abof 
Cbrtodately  missing  tiie  mark  and  lodging  in  the 
wallvbehtaid  her,'  HammiU  tben  fled  and  want  to 


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COURT  NOTES. 


Chief  JuBtioe  Daris,  in  Supreme  Coort,  Cham- 

"btta,  yesterdsT;  beard  ariniment  and  reaerved  hia 
(leciaio&  on  a  motion  to  Tacate  an  order  of  arrest 
iMaaa  osatnat  Morris  Weinberg,  in  toe  suit  of 
\f  iLliam  M.  Carpenter  and  others,  faeretofure  re- 
ported  ia  Xhb  TOfBS. 

Judge  Bobinson,  In  the  Special  Temj  of  the 

Court  of  Commoa  Pleas,  yesterday  denied  a  mo- 
tion for  the  striking  oot  of  certain  portions  of  the 
oomplaioc  in  the  oaae  of  Tilton  and  Featiier  aijdinst 
tho  Dnitea  States  Lite  lasaranco  Company,  bertsto* 
ioro  reported  m  The  Tixes. 

William  S.  Wood,  a  thief;  who  waa  detected 

by  John  B.  Taylor  on  the  9l.h  Inst  in  the  act  of 
eteaUnjt  a  box  of  kid  iiiovea  from  the  atore  No.  441 
SroadW4y,  pleaded  guilty  yestwday  in  Pari  L  of 
theCuart  of  General  Seosiun*.  '  Juaee  Sutherland 
aentenced  Wood  to  two  year*  in  tho  State  Priaou. 

On  Jan.  1,  1876,  Jamea  Nugeut,  of  No.  10 
Market  atreet,  stabbed  Hnzb  Lennon,  of  No.  239 
'Xaat  Twenty-ei(;bth  street,  in  the  abdomen,  inflict- 
ing a  aeiiuoa  wonnd.  In  Part  I.  of  ibe  Court  of 
General  beesiona,  yescerday,  Naeent  pleaded  euiity, 
amd  Judge  Glldorsleeye  aenteuoed  mm  to  one  year 
in  the  Peuiteuciarv. 

The  suit  ot  Lord  agaiiist  Funk  and  others 
iras  brou^iit  before  Chief  Jaatioe  Davis  yesterday, 
on  a  motion  to  continue  certain  injunctions  restrain- 
ing the  defendants  trom  pro3ecutiog  their  sulta 
■sainac  the  Virtue  estate.  The  aruument  was  ad- 
ioomed  until  Jb'riday.  The  details  of  the  case  have 
been  published  hitherto  in  Tax  luiza. 

Henry  Meyer,  Charles  Fisher,  and  Peter 
Wclf,  three  men  wbo  entered  the  barn  of  Theodora 
"W.  B«yard,  at  Ifew-B»cheUe,  Westchester  Coanty, 
and  stole  harness,  Up-robe«,  ana  livery,  valued  lu 
all  at  flSO,  pleaded  guilty  yeateiday  in  Part  IL  of 
the  Court  of  General  Sessiuns.  Judge  Sutherland 
aentenced  the  tbieves  to  two  years  and  six  months 
each  in  the  State  Pri^ion. 

The  trial  of  the  case  of  Henry  H.  Boody 
against  Ogden  and  othera  was  resumed  before 
Judge  Wesibrook  in  the  Snpetior  Court,  Special 
Teim,  yesterday,  but  the  testimony  was  oot  of  gen- 
eral Interest.  Samu<)l  J.  Tiloeu,  who  was  one  ot 
the  defendants,  and  escaped  liabiluy  by  pleading 
the  Statute  of  Limitaiiuua,  will  probably  appear  as 
a  witness  in  the  case  to-day. 

In  Fart  IL  of  the  Court  of  (General  Sessions, 
yesterday.  Assistant  District  Attorney  BoUlns  oon- 
▼loted  David  Dawson,  a  negro,  and  his  white  wife 
Mary,  of  robbing  a  negro  cook  named  Peter  Mouton 
ot  t9  50  on  the  nlgbtof  the  12th  Inst.,  in  theden2!{o. 
S9  Xhumpson  street.  The  oiieDse  was  a  daring  and 
aegravated  one.  and  Judge  Sutherlund  sentunoed 
the  prisoners  w  seven  years  each  in  the  State 
Prison. 

.  Chief  Jostica  Davis,  in  Supreme  Court, 
{Chambers,  yesterday  granted  an  order  for  the  pub- 
SUcation  of  the  summons  in  the  case  of  Mary  £mily 
X.  dtlckenbols  agunat  Carl  Frederick  Wilbelm  Ar. 
Sold  Siickenbola,  the  latter  beiiuj  a  non-resident  of 
Ithe  State.  The  suit  is  brought  Tor  an  absolute  di- 
iTorce  on  the  ground  of  tbe  defendant's  alleged  adal. 
4ery  with  bis  siater-in-iaw.  Be  is  said  to  be  In  San 
'francisco,  CaL 

Judge  Speir,  in  the  Superior  Court,  Special 
Verm,  yesterday  rendered  a  decision  in  tbe  case  of 
Anenstin  Daly  agalDst  Iformsn  L.  Manro  and 
othera.  Th:s  suit  grew  out  of  the  publication  by 
the  aefendaots  of  a  story  taken  from  Mr,  Daly's 
play  of  "Piqne,"  and  Jndge  Speir  in  his  decision 
•lutauis  tbe  plain  tilt's  tight  to  an  ininnction,  and 
the  damages  caused  by  tbe  unauthorized  puolica- 
tion  kre  ordered  to  he  settled  by  a  reference. 

Judge  Donohue,  in  Part  L  of  the  Supreme 
Court,  yesterday  granted  a  motion  for  the  dismissal 
of  the  complaint  in  the  case  of  Connors  againat  the 
Mayor,  &c.,  in  which  the  plaintiff  soed,  tn  Aumin- 
istiacor,  to  recover  |5,000  for  a  deatb  caused  by  tbe 
tailing  in  of  tbe  root  of  St.  Andrew's  Church.  The 
motion  was  granted  on  the  authoriry  of  the  well- 
cnown  case  ot  Maximilian  against  the  Mayor,  iiC, 
irbich  limits  the  habillty  of  the  City  for  acts  dune 
by  its  officers.  

JVS0B3  fflTH  CONSCIENTIOUS  SORVPLBS. 
The  case  of  the  People  against  Bobert 
Gerraty  was  called  lor  uial  in  the  Court  of 
Oyer  and  Terminer  yesterday.  Gerraty  waa 
indicted  tot  murder  In  tbe  first  degrea,  for 
killing  John  Smith  on  Jaly  4  last.  From 
the  testimony,  as  given  before  the  Coroner,  it 
appears  that  Gerraty.  In  the  evening  of  the  day 
mentioned,  euxsosted  two    young  women  who  were 

talking  along  West  Thirty-eighth  street,  near 
Venth  avenue.  They  passed  him  by,  however,  and 
he  went  ud  to  them  agiiin  when  they  were  near  Ko. 
fi09  West  Thirty-eighLh  sireet.  He  spoke  to  them  a 
■trcond  ume,  and  one  of  the  young  women  answered 
him  rather  sharply.  He  thereupon  strack  her  in  the 
face  with  his  fist,  drawing  bluod.  She  fainted  and 
tell,  and  a  crowd  gathered  around.  Among  those 
in  the  gathering  was  the  deceased.  According  to 
the  tesumuny  before  the  Coroner  it  would  seem  as 
though  the  accused  went  across  the  street  and 
picked  up  a  oart  ran^,  and  tlien  came  back  and 
■truck  Smith  with  it.  Smith  died  on  July  6.  In 
court  yesterday  both  siaes  teemed  desirous  of  bav* 
Ing  a  speedy  trial.  With  this  view  exertions  were 
made  to  impanel  a  Jury,  but  it  was  discovered  that 
nearly  each  person  called  said  ho  had  consoientioas 
■oinples  against  the  inflioiion  of  the  death  penalty. 
'Q.'be  panel  of  Jurors  was  exhausted  and  only  10  Jar- 
ors  bad  been  urawn.  Tbe  caae  waa  then  adjourned 
VBOi  Friday. 

♦ 
A  QVE8TI0N  OP  ADMISSIOIT  TO  BAIL. 
The  matter  of  Andrew  J.  Mellen  vras  brought 
1>efore  Chief  Jiutice  Davis,  in  Supreme  Court, 
Chamtiers,  on  a  rather  novel  application  yesterday. 
Meilen,  it  appears,  waa  Indicted  in  Pennsylvania 
for  Kraod  larceny  and  embezzlement.  The  Gover 
nor  of  Pennsylvania  granted  a  requisition  directed 
to  tbe  Governor  of  this  State  for  tbe  extradition  of 
Mellen,  and  Gov.  Bobinson  duly  issued  his  mandate 
lor  the  surrender  of  the  accused  tothe'PenDsylvania 
lautborlties.  A  siigbt  difficulty  arose,  however,  in 
.carrying  out  tbe  executive  maodate,  it  appearing 
that  Mellen  u  held  by  the  Sheriff  of  this  county 
OS  an  order  ol  arrest  in  a  civil  suit  here, 
A  writ  of  habeas  corona  for  the  surrender  of  the 
prisoner  by  tbe  Sheriff  was  taken  out,  but  Judge 
Donohue,  after  argument,  dismissed  the  writ  and  re- 
Siandea  the  pnsoaer  to  the  Sberifi's  castody.  Xbe 
application  yesterday  was  to  admit  tbe  prisoner  to 
ImuI  penuing  tbe  decision  of  tbe  ciise  on  a  certiorari, 
vrblcb  was  obtained  and  served  on  the  Sberlff,  and 
Wbicb  operates  as  a  stay  of  proceediogs.  On  the 
part  of  tbe  prisoner  it  was  admitted  yesterday  that 
ue  ttatnte  >«iib  resrard  to  bail  does  not,  in  terms, 
•xtend  lo  casea  in  which  ap  extradition  warrant 
has  been  Lssued.  The  prisoner  relied  on  his  riiihts 
nnder  tbe  United  States  Conatitutlun,  which  de- 
clares that  excessive  bail.,  shall  not  be  required. 
This  case,  it  i*  claimed,  is  one  in  which  tbe  Penn- 
aylvania  laws  allow  the  accused  to  be  admitted  to 
tall.  Cblef  Jostioe  Davis  took  the  papers,  reaerv- 
Ing  his  aeoiaioB  oa  the  question  of  admission  to  liail. 

♦ 
A  BAB-ROOM  JOBBERY. 
On  the  nieht  of  Deo.  8,  Morton  F.  Plant,  of 
So,  584  Fifth  avenue,  while  under  the  influence  of 
liquor,  accompanied  a  woman  named Kellie  Osborne' 
to  a  liquor  store  at  the  comer  of  Mercer  and  Prince 
streets.  Here  Plant  was  robbed  of  his  gold  watch, 
locltet,  and  scarf-pin  by  the  bartender,  Zdward  Mc- 
X.ean,  aided  by  Frederick  S.  Browne,  alias  Osborne, 
tbe  woman's  hnsband.  Mr.  Plant  reported  his  loss 
at  the  Fitteentb  Precinct  Station-bouse,  and  De- 
teotive  Edward  Slevin,  who  was  detailed  by  Capt. 
Byinetoworkup  the  case,  arrested  Browne  and 
the  woman  Osborne,  MoLeao  having  fled.  O^ttiome 
iras  tried  In  Part  L  of  tbe  Court  ot  General  Sessions 
yesterdav,  by  Assistant  District  Attorney  Bell, 
irfao  examined  ^Nellie  Osborne,  as  a  witness  tor  tbe 
prosecution,  and  proved  that  the  robbery  bad  been 
oommltted  by  Osborne  and  McLean.  The  Inry 
found  Osbcroe  (or  Browne)  guilty  ot  receiving  stolen 
fEOoda,  and  JodgeGildoraleeveseatenoed  liim  to  four 
Irears  and  six  oaontlu  in  the  State  PtUon. 

DBOISIOS  IJr  AN  BXTBADIIION  CASE. 

Jadce  Johnson,  ot  the  United  States  Circuit 

Court,  gave  a  deoision  yesterday  In  the  case  of. 
Vanderveipen  and  wife,  the  Belgian  forgers,  who 
had  beeoi  taken  before  him  on  a  writ  of  habeas 
corpus  and  certiorari.  He  holds  that  a  United 
States  Commissioner's  powers  are  co-ordinate  with 
those  of  a  Jndge  of  tbe  Circuit  Court  in  extradi- 
tion matters,  and  therefore  refuses  to  take  the  case 
oat  ot  Commissibner  White's  hands  or  to  review 
the  evidenoe.  The  prisoners  were  remanded  to  the 
eustody  of  the  officers,  and  the  examination  will  go 
9a,  batore  the  Commissioner. 


and  that  of  Special  Terra  affirmed  with  eosta ;  Odell 
vs.  Montroas ;  appeal  dismissed  with  sMts  >  the 
Union  Consolidatod  Mining  Company  vs.  Bapt: 
Judgment  reversed  and  new  trial  grmtea, 
oosu  to  abide  event;  Flood  vs.  Mltcbell. 
Motions— People  ex  reL  Burroughs  vs.  Bnncker- 
hoff  I  motioa   to   amend   remittlttar  aa  to  costs ;  S. 

Hand  for  motion,  Bradfoni  Prince  opposed.  Ap- 
peals from  Orders— Ko.  39a  In  re  Gardiner ;  rear- 
gned  by  Hugh  L.  Cole  for  appoltant  and  James  A. 
Deering  for  respondent ;  No.  430,  People  ex  rel. 
Tradesmen's  National  Bank  vs.  Tbe  (Commissioners 
of  Taxes  of  New-Turli ;  argued  by  Hugh  L.  Cole 
for  appellant,  H.  Barnard  for  respondent;  No.  4St9, 
In  re  Brady;  arcued  by  J.  Lanjdon  Ward  for  ap- 
pellant George  W.  Van  Slyck  for  respondent  t  No. 
&9,  Ward  vs.  Roy;  argued  by  S.  Hand 
for     appellant,    J.     McGnire   for   respondent;     No. 

205,  Whitehead  vs.  Kennedy;  argument  resumed. 
Following  is  tbe  day  calendar  of  the  Court  of  Ap- 
peals tor  Wedneadav.  Feb.  21  :  IJds.  431,  433,  433, 
§06,  204,  188,  195,  1871s.  207.  427,  lOL 


MSIZVBS  OF  OOUNTEBFBIT  MONET. 
While  Officer  Moran.  of  the  Fourteenth  Pre- 
,^0^  waa  aearobing  the  premlsea  of  Bngene 
'ittobwer,  at  No.  16  Cannon  streets  in  quest  of  stolen 
goods,  be  found  |40  in  counterfeit  bills  and  $135  in 
«oanwrfelt  half-dollar  pieces.  He  arrested  Scbwer 
«nd  bis  wifsk  and  arraigned  them  before  Conunis- 
'floner  Shields,  who  held  toem  for  examination.  All 
'vMsparloua  money  was  oonflscated. 
■ • 

COVBT  or  APPEALS. 
AlSAST,  Teh.  20.— In  the  Court  of  Appeahi 

fstday  the  flpUowing  deoisions  were  handed  down  i 
Oniar  affirmed  with  eosta.— In  tbe  matter  of  the  ap- 
plication of  Edward  A.  Glardner  for  a  mandamns  to 
tbe  Clerk  of  the  Supervisora  of  Kinga  Connty ;  the 
l^epple  ex  reL  MoAllUter  ti.  Lynch.  Judgment 
irfilxnicd.— .People  ex  reL  MoCann  vs.  Eilbonrn; 
People  ex  reL  Lansing  vs.  Tremaln.  Judgment 
■lodifled  so  as  to  authorize  tbe  appellant  at  any 
Sme  to  apply  to  tho  Supreme  Court  to 
have      the      fund      delivered     to      her    upon     her 

Jiving  •eourlty,  as  m.WMoned  in  opinion,  and 
udK^ia*  thus  modl«d  affirmed  and  the  costs 
ofJbotb  partis*  in  this  eonrt  to  -be  paid  out  of  the 
Cbad  in  oontroveray  i  Livingston  vs.  Murray ;  lude- 
amt  afflrmed  with  ooeta i  Johnson  vs.  Morgan; 
People  ex  reL  ErsaaefTa.  FitaaimjBwnaj  Lavertr 
yai  fawhaiBilftii-rm-t  "^  """^-^  *"■«*  nntatAl 


DEOISlOlfS. 

BtrrasacE  col*4t — cbambsbs. 

By  Judge  DavU. 

Oranfed. — Bnner  vs.  Bowe;  Barry  vs.  McDonald; 
Delafield  vs.  May;  Ferris  vs  ijag<>;  Deyo  vs.  Hntehlus; 
Andersnn  vs.  AmeriLsn  Sbuvel  Ooinpauy;  Gun  Ian  vs. 
Mlttnacht,  (Nob.  2  and  8;)  Haveme.tv-r  va  Powlt-r; 
Town  vs.  Williams;  Pliillips  vs.  McCloskey;  Berry  vs. 
McDonald;  Anderson  ys.  American  Shovel  Company; 
Bozers  vs.  Maltliy*;   Butler  vs.  height. 

Or<ier$  Oranted. — Devoe  vs.  iJcToe:  Union  Olme 
Savings  In~titati»n  v.s  Wen>lell ;  Sobeld  vs.  Uoffmaa  : 
Lagevs,  Looliman;  Audenrdid  vs.  Lifichild;  Fowler 
vs.  Comniercial  VTarehouse  Compitny;  American 
Shovel  Company  vs.  Keck ;  Natioiial  Tube  Works  Com- 
pany vs.  Uarway. 

Marx  vs.  Aroots.— Order  granted  discharging  Be- 
celver. 

Detwiller  vs.  Botrrn.— Motion  sranted. 

Byan  vs.  fivcm.—>>toViotx  denied  wttbont  coats. 

In  the  MaHer  of  McOoon.— No  notice  eiven. 

Ihompsonvs.  ffMef.— Motion  granted;  case  to  be  put 
on  short  cause  calendar  for  second  iiriday  of  March 
next. 

Whitt  vs.  auberu — Motion  granted  and  reference 
ordered  to  Albert  Stlcku*y,  "isq.,  to  hear,  try,  and 
dete  mine. 

Bambtrifer  vs.  Hyamt. — Motion  granted;  ordered  that 
it  be  referred  to  George  VV.  Parsons,  Bsq.,  to  hear,  try 
and  determine,  and  take  and  st  ite  accounts,  bo. 

CUary  va  Donovan. — Ordered  that  the  motion  stand 
over  to  the  first  Monday  of  March  to  be  heard  at  the 
same  time  with  the  motion  fur  leave  to  amend,  ito. 

SDFBBMB  COTTBT— BPKCIAI,  TEBU. 

By  Judge  Van  VorsL 

i>aot&mane«.  5^ult<n{r.— Findings  ano  QWHIHUmeil 

COUHOM  FLKAS— 8PECIAI.  TS^Jd^ 

By  Judge  Ro  Mason. 

Orvmm  vs.  JlfotArfn?— Motion  to  sttics  out  aaswa^ 

as  trivo.ons  denied,  with  $10  co8t% 

THlton  vs.  The  Uniied  States  Life  Insvranee  Conpanv.— 
Motion  to  strike  out  part  of  oompiaint  deided,  with  $1( 
costs. 
jSMaAardt  va  SMnAsrdt-— Decree  signed. 

8V7BSI0S  COIXBT — SPECIAL  TBBK. 

By  Judge  Speir. 

Datt  n.  Xtatro  et  al.— Judgment  for  plaintift  Opia  ' 
ion. 

By  Judge  Sedgtotdk. 

Donovan  vs.  TlM  Board  of  Education.— Ordemi  on  gen- 
eral calendar. 

sondJieim  va  Bamburger.— Older  denying  motion  to 
vacato  order  of  arrest. 

Smith  vs.  Sehu/OTzeMtd  tt  at— Order  dismissing  p  >■ 
ceedtngs. 

DavU  va.  The  Broadway  and  Seventh  Avenu*  Bailn  id 
Company.— Plaintiff's  complaint  dismissed. 

Boyekm  vs.  Qotael  tt  ai.— Older  denying  motion  to'  fa- 
Catr  order  of  ar  est. 

Wilton  vs.  Davis. — Order  denying  motion  and  vacat- 
ing order  of  arrest. 

Miiuttko/e  vs.  Lang  et  al— Order  that  oommlsalon  1  y 
■ne. 

Wedemeyer  vs.  Wedemeytr. — Order  of  xeXexenca  l» 
Eon.  John  M.  Barbour. 

Orders  Granted.— Etichardsonva.  Hooper;  Meyer  vu. 
VUmsr;  Clifford  va  Uawe;  Lord  vs.  Alien,  and  Wilson 
vs.  Davis. 

MABINS   COtrST — CBAUBEBS. 

By  Judge  UcAdam. 

Dexhimer  as.  rZricA.— lh««*cau»e  of  action  set  forth 
in  the  ȣBdaTit  on  wbicb  the  attachment  issued  is  tbe 
debt  itbslt.  and  not  the  morigaee.  It  is  aaCBcit-ntlr 
Stated.  The  case  in  .SdN.  Y.,  2&4  has,  therefore,  no 
apDiication.  'Ihe  proofs  show  thHt  the  debt  is  un- 
paid. Tbe  care  In  40  Barb.,  158,  has,  therefore  no 
application.  Tbese  embrace  all  the  opdectlons  urged. 
Motion  denied  ;  no  eosta 

JIfoMoTw  6ran(<d.— Brush  vs.  Levene;  Vioslawsky  va 
Stevenson;    KxltvaUltz;   Schotte  vs.  Hamilton. 

Wylte  vs.  Oibbs. — Order  to  pay  oyer  moneys. 

Defaults  Ao(r<t— Raynolds  vs.  Hermes;  Pairs  vs. 
E^aus;  Kohn  vs.  Ehrlieh;   Loewy  vs.  Hone. 

Dyer  vs.  teller. — Motion  denied:   no  costs. 

Commissions  Ordered.  — Arnold  Vd.  Allen ;  Slingerland 
Vs.  Baraie. 

Complaints  Dirmiased. — O'Dor.nell  vs.  Eahn  ;  Heu 
schaler  ts.  Hirt;  Lewi*  vs.  Major. 

Dedilon*  Filed  uiith  Pop«rs.— Hlznolet  vs.  Haverty 
BeloTer  vs.  li-  wentbal;  luiker  vs.  SberiOnn. 

Stubtr  vs.  ScAicarte.— Writ  of  inquiry  granted. 

Letlie  vs.  Bloomberg. — Order  nf  publ:cation  granted. 

Sangervi.  Setgat. — Attacbment  ordered. 

Oraers  Orantedi—Uffg  ys.  Wood ;  Kmmens  vs.  Beh- 
rei'Z;    Cobn    vs.    Solomon:    Bans   va  Tlilev  ;     Uannen- 

hauer  vs.  Stronss;  Cndbertb  vt.  Keeue;  0010  va 
Ponslol.y:  Ryan  vs.  Farley;  UoCautiy vs.  Quinton: 
Cliiivs.  llilienberg. 

Bg  Judgs  Ooevp. 
Sogtn  vt.  &CVM.— Findings  settled. 


COVBT  CALENDARS— THIS  DAT. 
C017BT  OF  GKKBBAI.  BK8BI0N8 — FAJtT  L 

Held  by  Saekett,  Recorder. 


Josenh  Hurd,  robbery. 

James  M.  Phillips,  trara- 
lary. 

BauDah  Harrigan,  burg- 
lary. 

William  Tomlay,  ^urgla^y. 

Fr.ink  Muller.  teloaiooa  as- 
sault and  battery. 

William  Heddendorf  and 
Clans  Williams,  grand 
larceny. 

Walter  Taylor,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

PhUip  Conlon,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

Jobn  Caasidy,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

Bruno  Borsch,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

COtTBT  OV  OEKEUAI.  SESSIOITS— PABT  IL 


John   Hoyt  and  Jobn  Be- 

earn,  burglary. 
John  Clifib  d,  petit  larceny. 
James  haggerty,  petit  lar- 
ceny. 
Charles  Brigres  and  Charles 

Heyman,  frrdod  larceny. 
WilJam    I'avis  nnd    Louis 

Bessii  ger,  grand  larceny. 
Wnir  Coben.  ftraud  larceny. 
Michael  Carroll,  grand  lar- 

cenv. 
May  Clark;  grand  larceny. 
Ulcbaei  CuMunaham, 

grand  larceny. 
Patrick  Tnraey,  concealed 

weapons. 


Held  by  Sutherland,  J. 


Charles  Seaffergood,  burg- 
lary. 

Martin  Kelchert,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

Joseph  Slater,  grand  lar- 
ceny. 

Joseph  Ford,grand  larceny. 

Frank  Smith,  petit  laioeny . 


Joseph    Cobnm,     felonious 

assault  and  battery. 
Mlob"el  Blarlno,    felonious 

assault  and  battery. 
Thomas  P.  Nash,  biirglary. 
Thomas  Kenny   and   Peter 

Kelly,  burglary. 
Leonuu  Aeilioff  and  David 

hJciff,  btuglary. 

BUFKBIOB  COUBT — SPECIAL  TBBIC. 

Beta  by  Bedgwieh.  J. 
Case  on— Nok  54— Boody  vs.  Tllden  et  aL   Vo  day  oal 

endaz; 

•XnnEBIOB  COtmT— TBIAL   XBBX— TABT  L 

Bsld  by  Speir,  J. 


Nos. 

10i>3— Caffa  vs.   I/ord,  Jr., 

et  si.,  &^ 
179— Moore  vs.  Tower. 
687— Fnrman  vs.  Ittus. 
66— Copeland    vs.     J£Us- 

worth. 
475— Morgan,     be.     vs. 

McVlckar;  reserveil 
446— Boyd     vs.     Phoeutx 

Ins.  Ca  of  Hartford. 
631— Johnson.     Slc.    va 

Oppenhelm,  etaL 
486— Schmidt  vs.   Leatn- 

am. 
768— Melvln  va  Crosby. 
606— Pavne    et    al.     vs. 

Conner,  b.0. 
300  >s— 8  carman,  Ito..  va 

'  Eeim. 
876 — Mannt.and  Builders' 

Bank  vaPaugbnm. 
619— Cleary,      fca,       va 

GambUng. 

SIJPKBIOB  COtTBT— TBIAL  TBBK— PABT  IL 
Beld  by  Fresdman,  J. 
Case  on— 1^0.— S47— Far.  t  Mcs.   Nat.  Bk.  of  BuHklo 
VS.  Brown  et  al.    So  da;  calendar. 

BOPBUOB  CODBT— TBIAL  TBBH— «ABT  m. 
Beld  by  OurtU,  O,  J. 


Nos. 
878— Peck,  ko./rs.  Cohen. 
460-BarlevaFinketaL 
435— Uall  vs.  Bariett,  kc 
401 — Ludlow     et    aL    va 

bpofiord. 
766— Hartman    vs.  Qlobe 

Mutual  Life  Ina  Co. 

313 — Whonjin;;ton.       to., 
vs.  Tbe  A2d  Si..fco., 
Ferry  K.  B.  Co. 
442— £tron2   vs.   Harlem 
Savings  Bank. 

778 — Havemeyer.  &c,ya. 
Bavemeyer  et  lU. 

4801a— bimmoasetaL  va 
Webb. 

877— Whit  ■  vs-VanVleck. 

881— Heller  vs.  Pltsohke. 

340— Hnsted.  fcc,  versus 
Ra  to  bone. 

841— fiame  va  dame. 


Noa 
618— Goody  vs.  Ponllaine. 
622 — 'I  ho  Newcastle  (Jbm. 

Works  Co.  vs.  Beed 

etal. 
660 — Armstrong  vs.  Fogg 

et  al. 
6P4— Grant  va-  Oould,  tc 
666— Ca.tper    va    Stein- 

tM-rg  el  aL 
673 — Baner   vs.  Goldman 

•  et  lU. 
674  -Cohu  et  aL  va  Qold* 

man  et  al. 
676— Barrett    et     aL    VS. 

Goldman  et  aL 
676— hirscb    ec    aL  vs. 

Goldman  et  al. 
677 — Splo?am  et  aL  vs. 

Ooldmaa  es  aL 


Sos. 

1034- Morris    et    aL   va 
Qaedeke. 
716— Archer  va  Garde. 
717— Hasbrouck,  itc,  va 

Garde. 
713— Farrell  vs.  Tan  Tnyl 

etal. 
049^The  People,  ka.,  va 

bulL 
X03Z— American    Medioine 

Co.  va  Kessier. 
606— Ihurber  et  aL    va 

Hnabes. 
608— Tbe    Kolckerliocker 

Life   Insurance  Co. 

va  Patterson. 
'612— Burgess      va    Von 

UoSinan. 
61S— Wooa  vs.  The  May 

or,  ko. 

8DPBBI0B  OOUBT— GESXBAL  TIBIC 
Adjourned  sine  dtc 

aOPBBlCB   COtTBT— CmCirrT— PABT  L 

Etld  by  Drnokm,  J. 

ITos.  Nos. 

777— McHargvB.  Stratton 
2011— Rodman  va  King. 
2691— uiU  et  aL  vs.  Con- 
ner et  aL 
2637- Picicard     vs.    Bem- 

heimer. 
2689— Boyd    vs. '  JaokaoiL 
1— Latourette  vs.  Cinr  k. 
1613— Brown  va   Decker, 

fce. 
2364— Kxcelsior    Pet   Ca 

ya  Fowler. 

902^9— Henien  vs.PowerB 

4297— ^rey      et      aL    vs. 

Jobea. 
2808— Laflin  h  Band  Pow- 
der   Ca     va    Ool- 

landet. 
2849— Franeva  DeL,Laok 

4i  W.  B.  B.  Cow 
2871— Archer  va  O'Brien 
2UU9— Breen  va.    Muluok 

etaL 
8843— Kluney    vs.    Batch 

etaL 
S906— fepringer  et    aL   vs. 

Herman. 
8007— Hughes  va  Bubens. 
8U09— 6ame  va  Same. 
1657— Goldsmith  vs.   Daly 

etaL 
1683— CoiUns   versus  The 

Mayor,  &C. 
1S41— Fitzpatrick  vs.   The 

Mayor,  fco. 
1436— Puree  11  versos   The 

•  Mayor,  Ita 
1487— Hayes  versus    The 

Mayor,  ba 
3760— Voaa.va.   Third  Av. 

B.  S.Ca 
8Tgl*»TaslesMin,    J&,  vs. 


2913— Aden  et  aL  vs.  Ache- 

son  et  al. 
3679— Bogataskl    va    Bo- 

eatsskt 
3091— Wilbur  vs.  Taylor. 
3785— Obrig     va     Brodie 

et  aL 
3103— Prenoh,    et  aL   va 

Gearty  et  aL 
2079— Butler  vs.  Seymour. 
3168— Bauer  Va  Phyte  et 

aL 
^166— Butler  va  Dreyfooa 
3167— Butler  va.  Dreyfooa 

etaL 
^743— Cimen  va  Daniels. 
1963— Brwln,    ho.,   versus 

NeversinkS.  B.   Co- 
1391— Remlnaton     versns 

Westerman. 
J761— Wilbur  va  Loft 
2763— Miner  va  Loft. 
2i:il9— People's     BaoK    vs. 

Bogart  et  aL 
2826— Clark.  Jr.,  va  Bafl. 
3136 — Macs  vs.  Meagher. 
3161 — OonoTan  vs.  coanor, 

be. 
3165— Koehler  va  Adier. 
:{169— Byrd  vs.  Rodman. 
3171— Thurber   et    aL    ▼■. 

Bums  et  aL 
3173— (Smith  va  Overmsn. 
3176— ismith  va.  Kacmeet 

3177— Vawcett  va  MoCaf- 

frey.' 
3179-Dnncan  et   aL   va 

Shaw,  bo. 
3181 — MaDbattan  Gaallght 

Ca  va  Mayor,  be. 
318S-^ew«U  ThMnraU. 


■UMUn  COUUT "(JUeUlT-^^ABSCC. 
Beld  by  iMiorenes,  J. 
Foa  )Noa 

1834— Collins  va  Pleison.    1880— Woodrnff  v>  Imps- 
Sb83— Bing  et  aL  va  The  rial  F.  Ina  0a 

Mayor,  be.  ,  1862— Klliott  vs.  Allenaanla 

1038— SohaUet  aL  vs.  Ool-j  V.  Ins.  Co. 

lier.  11852-MathMTt.  S«Q4oni 

2110— De    Lsyalette      val  etaL 


^     Wendt,  Bi'r,  bo. 

1650— FaUenbee  vs.  Silver- 
stone. 

2786-Vi8l  vs.  The  Mayor, 
bo. 

3444 — Lltbaner  vs.  Connor. 
1820— Schmld  et  aL  va  II- 

iilr. 
1644— HaiotUnn  vs.  Ena 

500 — Bai'ey  vs.  Dodge. 
16H4— Tnnlson  vs.  Camp. 
1398— U.  S.  Sprin?  Bed  Co 

vs.  Connur,  bo. 
280 — ^Ii.vnob,  Uo.,  vs.  Bnt- 

lec 


1740— Beree  vs.  KeMUE.     . 

1062 — Cnstanoe  vs.  Burr. 

1794— Blliott  va  West- 
chester Fire  Ina  Co. 

1694— Oaly  ra  Keys  et  aL 

19^4— Scofteld  vs.  Connor, 
boi-   < 

1926— Ogden  et  aL  va  Con. 

nor. 
1610 — Ulmsfead  vs.    Bash. 
82613— Wbit<ikerva  Fei- 

tretoh. 
1742— Grader   Cotton  Gin 

Man.    Co.    ts.    N.  Y. 

Cotton  Gin  Man.  Ca 


BUPBrnO!  COUBT— CIBCirrr-PABT  UL 
Msld  by  Van  Brunt.  J. 
Nos 


Koa 

656— Davison    et  al   va 
Willetts  et  aL 

301 — Lee  vg.  Sayles  et  al. 
31 — Meyer  et  aL  ys.  Am- 
Idon. 
2720—1)6    Wlnt  Hook,    vs. 
The  Mayor,  bo. 
849 — Saportas     ya.      The 
Mayr,  bo. 
1879— Murphy  vaThe  May- 
or, be. 
3026-  Puiler  et  al.  vs.  Hunt 

et  bL 
2089— Mo  Knight,    be.,   vs. 

Devil  D  et  aL 
3161-^onoyan     vs.     Con- 
Tier,  bo. 
1177— Bouerts  vs.  HUL 
1549is^Hickey     vs.    The 
Mayor,  bo. 

eUPBSUB   COURT — OHAMBBBS. 
Beld  by  Davis.  P.  J. 


8U3  la-Jones  vs.  f  he  Maj^ 

or,  be 
669— Lynrb  ys.   Kiernam. 
1494 — Crow  va  Koapp. 
llUu^a-Biggins    va    Tbe 

Mayor,  be. 
2191— ilcStea  vs.  .Fowler. 
1861- f^ofield  vs.  Compton. 
953— Baker    et     aL     va 

Oieuson. 
1809— Moody    et     aL   va 

PeiL 
1059— Eckert     et    aL    vs. 

(Story  et  aL 
1921— Sudivanvs.Johnson. 
loos  >a— Onion   Trust   Ca, 

of  N.  Y.,  vs.  Whlton. 
171— Pnrdy  ya  The  May- 
or, bo. 


Kos. 

13— Heam  va  Cleveland. 

2i— Ubl.     be,    ys.      JSen- 
mann. 

41— Earie  vs.  Straban. 

65— Blaes  vs    btgas. 

67— Kerr  vs.  Reynolds. 

60— Bryan  vs.  PaoJ  Belt 
Ca 

71 — Same  vs.  Same,  (two 
motions. 

72— Cbappel  vs.  HubbelL 

77— GiUlan      vs.       Mltt- 
nacht 

78-Prinee's  Hetatll< 

Pain;  Co.  va  Casboo 
Wet.  Paint  Ca 

85J— Slelzht  y».  Cody. 

84 — Donobue  vs.  Cody. 

88— Hall  vs.  UUtcn. 
Call  from  Mo.  147. 


Nos. 

ilv:— Schaopart  va  Roben* 
bteln. 

lie— First  National  B'k.  of 
(.'ooperstown  va 
Bcals. 

117— Enrle  vs.  Snoden. 

lis— McDonald  vs.  Rosea- 
stein. 

128— Matter  of  Pratt. 

131— Hannah  va  McDon- 
ald. 

133— Savarese  va  Bava- 
resa 

186— Br^aa  vs.  Paoll  Belt 

136— Starin  va  Freeman. 
141— Clegg       vs.      Blaatio 

Truss  Ca 
144— Matter    of   Security 

Life  Insurance  Oo, 


SDPBZMB   COCTBT— SPECIAL  TBBK. 

field  bv  Van  Vorst,J. 
Noa 


(oa 

47— Rellly  vs.  Dillon  et  aV 
115— Harlem  Bans  versna 

Decker  et  aL 
141— Stenbrecber  vs.  Bey- 

142— Onidet  vs.  Brown  et 

aL 
143— Lynes,  be.,  va    Bran- 

der,  Jr. 
148— Httcb  vs.    Atlantic  tc 

Paciflc  Tel.  Co. 

114— Kinney  va  CohciL 
1 1 6— Kinney  vs.  Basch  et  aL 
67— Herrlot  vs.  Uerrlut. 
126— Bard  ys.  U.  S.  Life  Ins. 

Co.  of  N.  Y. 
38— nawton   0.  Mov.  Co. 
ys.  Ocean  8.  C.  Ca 
53 — Taylor  vs.  Kocho. 
74 — Andrews  vs.   Ryan. 
87— Alden  va  Diossv. 
iiO— Green  va  Milbank. 
334 — WbitlnK,  be,    yersos 

Gearty  et  al. 
110— Auffarth  va  Schmae- 

deke  et  sL 
161— Ten  Byck  VB.Cory,ba 


86— Burrows  et  aL  vs.  At- 
lantic Nat.  Bank. 
82 — Snare  vs.  Uardwloke. 
33-J— Williama      Ito.,     va 
Freeman.  . 
67— Waterbury  vkFeatOB 

etaL 
62— Bmrascheidt    et  aL 

vs.  Blasingsr. 
86 — Bemple     et     aL     va 
Smythe  et  al. 
138— Nosser  va  Berge  etaL 
85— VeiUerva  Kmga  Ca 
Manufacturing  Co. 
290 — Mayor  ya.  Uoloa  Fer- 
ry Co.  of  Brooklyn. 
125— Ferris    et     aL     va 

Porsn.  bo. 
126 — Same  ys.   Same. 
15— Taylor  vs.  Thomsa 
65— AmerioanFemale.bc, 
(ioclety  va  Mayor, 
152— McNeill  ys.  BlSaeL 

46— Fora  vs.  Connor,  ba 

124— Cutler  va  Bntler.ba 

l'J9— Bamett  vs.  Zacharias 

28 — Beamish  vs.Busbton. 

bo. 


o* 


COMMON  FL«AS— GENBRAL    TBBK. 
Adjonmed  until  the  first  Monday  ot  March. 
COMMON  PLBAS — EQUITY  TBBK. 

BsUt  by  Bobmton,  JC 

Nos.  Nos. 

3 — ^Levy  vs.  Newman.- 
22 — Arnold  va  Morns. 
27— Malcolm  vs.  Holmes. 
19 — Beamt-s  vs.  Towns. 
17 — Helm  vs.  .Mf  trooo.ltan 
liife  Insniance  Ca 
12- Kels  >  vs.  Lorilard. 
13—1  ovd  vs.  Phyfe. 
26 — Tenaniei  vs.  bhipman. 

COMMON  PLBAS— TBUL  TBBK— PABT  L 
Beld  by  Van  Boesen.  J. 


6 — K^ey  vs.  Heslev. 
32— Mnckellar  va.  Mnmhy. 
24— Howe  ys   Tbe  Second 
Avenue  Bailroad  Ca 
29 — Oswald  ys.  Sporry. 
Demurrer. 
1— The    Orphan    Asylnm 
So'y  vs.  Water  bury. 


Noa. 

939— Heydecker  ys.Cnmp 
12u6— Pebn.  Hoitlcultora 
bocietv  vs  Webster. 
1342— Broad  way  Stable  Co. 
vs.  Conner. 
Se.'V- Flvnn    va    Diyton. 
352— Giles    vs.    Wetsler 
945— Dein  va  Brown. 
284 — Mott  ys  Consumers' 
Ice  ComTiaciy. 
1070— U.  8.   B<  flectbr  Com- 
pany vs.  Rusbton 
899— Andrews  va  Farle.v 

et  al. 

688— Rchenck  ya  Barkpr 

1103— Palmer  vs.  Clark.Iic. 

1209— Mulcahy    vs.    New 

York    Floating  Or> 

Dock  Company. 

362— McGnire  ya.  N.  T.  C. 

and  H.  K  &  a.  Co. 


Sos. 
966— Amsdell   eA  »L   vs. 
Garde,  be. 
355 — Banks  vs.  Carter. 
715— Bu^ell  vs.  Helms. 
1 121— EiaemsD  vs.  Mayer. 
llt.6— Connell  va  MItcbelL 
274— K<  amey  vs.  Blakely. 
b74~I>ucKley  va  Western 
Bailroad  ('ompany. 
1191 — Sylvester  vs.  Bera- 

Kteln. 
1 108— Davis  vs.  Dry  Dock, 
b.B.andB.  B.B.C3. 
886— Dilger    va    MoDob- 

ouifh. 
466— stemberger  vs.  Mo- 

Govem. 
965— Briggs,  Jr.,  vs.  West- 
cnester  >lrelns.  Ca 


COMMON    PLBAS— TBIAL  TBBU— PA  BI  O. 
Beld  by  Larremors.J. 
Nos. 


50B. 

1159— Pitch  vs.  Bergen. 
Il07— Sylvester   vs.  Bern- 
stem. 
660— shelly  vs.  Yard.  Jr. 
1091— Werwick    vs.    Obi- 
WfUer. 
176^8  e  witter     vs.     Ger- 
mania  Fire  Ina  <  o. 
1464 — Towle  vs.  The  May- 
or, be. 
789 — Risner  ys.  Morgan. 
786— DoDiiellv     ys.      The 
Mayor,  be. 
1126— McGowan    va    Mc- 

Gowan. 
1090— Haubprt  va   Lercfa. 
786— Siliroeder   vs.   Leu- 
buactier. 
J093— Baidey  va  Shaw. 
ll."ie — Levy  ys.  Potsdam. 
497— Brown  vaPatterson. 
897-Waalden  va  SobaaL 


Con- 


vs. 


1066— Cohn.  be.,  va 

ner. 

907— Schermerhom 
Devlin. 

604— The  N.  Y.  Life  las. 
Co.  vs.  Crosier. 

314— ix>yhn  ys.Oallasher. 
1097 — Ubiman  vs.Mayman. 
1216— ^hlfferdecker  versus 
Oottwald. 

385 — Bacliinghsm  VS.N.Y. 
c.   b  M.  R.  B.  R.  Ca 
1060— Lawrence  et  aL  vs. 
Tlie  Uavor,  Jtc. 

736 — Meachamva  Camp- 
bell. 

738 — Brower   vs.    Camp- 
bed. 

737— Loomla    vs.   Camp- 
belL 

736— Hunt  vs.   CampbelL 

49H— Klnkel  yaMayor.lic. 

COMMON  PLEAS — TRIAL  TEBM— PABT  UL 
atldbyJ.  r.  Daly,  J. 


17  oa 

670— Israel  et  aL  versus 
Nicholson. 
1179— Nessel    yerims    Tbe 

Mayor,  Jto. 

493— Browerva.  Day  ton. 

lo79 — Spencer  ya  O'BriiMi. 

730 — Roe  et  aL  yB.Bri)phy. 

887— Walsh  VS.  N.  Y.  Fl'tg 

Dry  Doclt  Ca 

843 — Second   Nut.    BR.    of 
Paterson  va  Porter. 
1190— Seaman   et   aL    vs. 
Noonan. 
710— Shipman    va.   Piels- 
ticker. 
1256 — Isaacs  vs.  Baer. 
1140— Wynen    va    Schap- 

pert. 
1114— Gononde  va  Flood. 
641— Schlag  va  Schlag. 
929— Cook  ■'a  Clsriv. 
1115— Wieie  ft.   Callahan. 
1023-Leveue  vs.  Bruab. 
937 — KnppenLelm         vs. 
Pforzbeiuier. 


Noa 

1054— Follett    va     Leech 

Automatic  Maoh.Ca 

631— Kiiaa  ys.    The   N.    Y. 

ten.liH.R.  R.  B.Co. 
1221— Brink  vs.  Fay.  • 
1184-^Ackerman    vs.    Ko- 

Arlhor. 
1182— Hodges  va  Mnspratt 

etal. 
827— Hfldiok  ys.  Boyd. 
1060— Tnij  effort   va    Van 

Ingt-n  et  al. 
1268— imiel  et  al.  va  The 

Com.  Gen.  Trans. 
1188— DouDbne,     ba,    va 

Booram. 
42— Ldughran  vs.  Kelly, 

be. 
1246— Funk  vs.  Lord,  Jr., 

etaL 
1180— La   Rne  va   Ocean 

Steam  Nav.  Co. 
277— Potoulskl  va  Lew. 
1146— Collins  va.  The  May. 

or,  ba 


1058— 'FoUett  vs.  Spencer.  1252— Dowley  vs.   Merxitt. 
MABINB  COUBT— TBUL  TBBM— fABTL 
Jksld  by  Alter,  J. 
Noa 


Nos. 

6766— Hacklatosh  es  al 
ys.  Etoeeis  et  al. 

4544— M'-Ardle  vs.  By^n. 

8201— Phfipa  va  OeiJV'a 
beimer. 

8102— Piov.  b  N.  Y.  8.  B. 
Co.  vs.  Qilpeke. 

6124 — Connolly  vs.  smth. 

6154— Kramer  va  Hart- 
man  et  aL 

7760— Hartcoxn  vs.  Mc- 
florry. 


6U36— Hathome  va  John. 

son. 
6047— Rothschild  vs.  See- 

bacher  et  aL 
0072— McUal  bun  va.  Cohen. 
4988— .'^tockbammnr       Ts. 

Marsnall. 
6100— Ltthrs  vs.  Blake, 
dill- Kgge.ing  vs.  NagaL 
1117— <.-bl88  y:f.  Dlllent>enc. 
3404 — Carpenter   ya  Har- 

ilsoa  et  eL 


/      MABINB  COUBT- TRIAL  TBBM— PABI  IL 
Blld  9  Ooeoo,  J. 


08.\     \ 

jS8-^ai 


Ifos.  ^   , 

9u38-^agtnn  va  CDayet 

aU 
6667— Knpfer  vs.  Brigget 

aL 
6886— Ntefieker  vs.  Rata 
6628— Curry  v.s.  Farley. 
6746— -h  ne  vs.  BersnuL 
6885- Mills  va  Bloui. 
2987— Dutch  va  Dorsev. 
66o7— Mandelick   vs.   Ban- 
dera 
6862— Uerta  va.  SohacbteL 
7402— Hnmberger     versus 

Brooks. 
7436 — Clement  vs.  Moran. 
7436 — Same  ys.  Same. 
686(.i— Wanderlicb  vs.  Ernst 
41ol— Savaae  versus    Dry 

Dock,  K.   6.  and  B 

Railroad   Comp  iny. 
6902— Brown  vs.  Fai  lev. 
6748 — Colt  va  Stevens,  be 
6908— Camman  va  Doll  ei 

al. 
6682— Koeller  vs.  Young  et 

bL 
9173— Brooklyn   Bank  va 

Menard  et  aL 
6820— Pangbum  et  aL  va 

Cohen. 
6664— Tnmbnll  vs.  Beed. 
0245— Metz  va.  Aaron  et  aL 
6188— Neville    vs.    Bosen- 

thaL 
4672— Beld  vs.  S^one  et  aL 
68&t}— K  ogsgaard  Vs.  Kut- 

mff  et  aL 
8937— Fadden  va.  Bnohran. 
6430— McAulav  va  Levy. 
4562— tforabeimer  verstis 

Tucker. 
671ft— PhiiUpa  vs.  Lewia  el 


Noa. 

6629— Lesry  et  aL  versns 

Kramer. 
6910— Hub  Publishing  Ca 

VS.  Ham. 
3916— McGlnnis  et   aL  va 

O'Shea. 
9253 — Drake  et  aL  vs.  Bnd- 

denslck. 
5904— Clerk  vs.  Knlgbt. 
5752 — Reeves   vs.     Noudja 
•.917— Peetscb  y».  Blgelow. 
59a6— bheeban  ya  Uaier. 

j9l8— McGnire  et  al.   va 

Vanaerbllt 
3946 — Ba'oeusceinvs.  Bren- 

nan. 
5877— Lamport  va.  MaUoy 

et  aL 
5926— Mechanics'  Nat.  Vk. 

vs.  Shaw  et  aL 
3748— Hyatt  va  King. 
>576— Beckendorf  vaPuok 

et  aL 
5953 — Hooper  etal.  vs.  Tho 

Kl  KsDejo  Pnb.  Ca 
7559— Costa  vs.  Cavaaagh. 
<960 — MoCallum  et  aL    vs. 

Breonao,  be 
1973— Tallman  va  Beera 
4v95^Wagnervs.  Meisner. 
j:562— Dater  ya  Payne 
404S— Lowenatein    verans 

EUaa. 
5815— Bnsmenger    versus 

Goldstein. 
.=i853— Kster  vs.  Clark 
4982— Donagan  et   aL  va 

Steinwey  et  aL 
5466— Wluans    va   Ftled- 

aam. 
3368- Lioke    et    aL     vs. 

bteela 


MlirjJrOfJJj  AJUFAUiS, 


tUMB  AT  ltl«  8T0GE  BXCHAKaS— TEB.   90. 

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Tdbbdat,  Feb.  20— P.  M. 
The  stook  market  was  irregalar,  with 

wide  and  frequent  fluctuations  in  prices. 
Western  Union  was  again  the  prominent  fea- 
tore  of  speoulation,  and  at  the  opening  was 
heavily  pressed  for  sale,  the  price  declining 
from  66  to  63%.    Subsequently,  on  pnrohafies  to 

realise  the  handsome  profits  accruing  &om  tbe 
decline,  the  atook  rallied,  and  elosing  sales 
were  e&oted  at  65<%.  The  report  that  the 
Atlantio  and  Paoifio  Telegraph  Company  in* 
tended  at  once  to  largely  extend  their  lines, 
and  liad  to-day  oouoladed  a  contract  with  one 
of  the  most  prominent  firms  in  the  telegraph- 
snpply  business,  contributed  to  the  depression 
which  marked  tbe  dealings  in  Western  Union. 

The  coal  ah^oar  were  firm  for  New-Jersey 
Central,  BpKfag  for  Morris  ahd  Essex,  and 
weak  for  Dela\^are  and  Hudson,  and  Delaware, 
Lackawanna  R;ad  Western.  The  decline  in  the 
two  latter  stocks  indicates  very  clearly  the  lit- 
tle confidence  reposed  in  statements  however 
favorable  and  rose-colored  emanating  firom  ooiv 
porate  officials  ;  and  this  is  not  to  be  wondered 
at,  as  recent  developments  seem  to  show  that 
the  Directors -ot  companies  deem  it  their  first 
duty  studiously  to  conceal  from  shareholders 
all  knowledge  as  to  tbe  actual  condition  of 
their  property. 

The  entire  transactions  amounted  to  193,373 
shares,  wiiioh  embraced  64,600  Western  Union, 
39,550  Dalaware,  Lackawanna  and  Western, 
20,800  Lake  Shore,  16,277  Delaware  and  Hud- 
son Canal,  9.190  Erie.,  8,800  St  Paul,  7,100  New- 
York  Central,  6,200  North-western,  5,940  Pa- 
oifio Mail,  4,515  Michigan  Central,  3,118  Ke>«* 
Jersey  Central,  2,110  Atlantic  and  Paoifio  Tele- 
graph, 1,535  Sock  Island,  and  1,350  Ohio  and 
Mississippi.  Delaware,  Lackawanna  and  West- 
em  opened  at  67,  and  declined,  with  occasional 
fluctuations,  to  64H.  Delaware  and  Hudson, 
after  au  advance  of  about  3  V  cent  m  the 
early  dealings,  was  pressed  for  sale  and  de- 
cliaed  to  SSVi,  with  closing  sales  at  54.  New- 
Jersey  Central  mad^  an  advauoe  of  1  V  cent., 
and    Morris   and   Essex,  of    IV^    ^    oeat 

on  the  day's  transaotions.  Lake  Shore 
rose  from  50%  to  51%,  and  closed  at  51^.  The 
Granger  shares  were  stronir.  North-western 
common  rose  from  32^  to  327i,  and  the  pre- 
ferred from  49%  to  51,  with  a  fractional  de- 
cline in  the  late  dealings.  St  Paul  preferred 
advanced  irom  46Vk  to  48.  Erie  declined  &om 
8Vft  to  7%  and  closed  at  7%.  Michigan  Cen- 
tral declined  trom  44 >4  to  43^,  but  subse- 
qnently  recovered  and  closed  at  44Vft.  Illinois 
Central  deelined  \  V  cent.  Atlantio  and  Pa- 
oifio Telegraph  advanced  from  ISVft  to  20,  and 
closed  at  19Vft.  Investment  shares  were  strong. 
Book  IsUnd  rising  to  99Vli  and  New-York  Cen- 
tral to  98^.  with  closing  quotations  at  99%  and 
98%  respectively. 

The  money  market  was  exoeediuKly  easy, 
and  call  borrowers  readily  supplied  their  re- 
quirements at  2%®3  ^P*  cent,  tbe  latter  beinj; 
the  olosino;  rate.  There  was  qo  ohanee  in  dis- 
counts. The  national  bank  notes  received  at 
Washinf^ton  to-day  for  redemption  amounted 
to  1300,000.  The  following  were  the  rates  of 
exchange  on  New- York  at  tbe  undermentioned 
cities :  Savannah,  buying  %,  selling  % ; 
Charleston  easv,  buying  %  premium,  selling  % 
premium;  Cincinnati,  moderate  demand,  buy- 
ing par,  selling  I-IO ;  New-Orleans,  commer- 
cial 3-16,  bank  %  ;  St  Louis.  %  premium,  and 
Chicago  par. 

The  foreign  advices  record  unchanged  prices 
in  British  consols  and  American  seourities  at 
London,  vrith  the  single  exception  of  a  decline 
of  Vi  ^  oent  in  United  States  10-40a  Consols 
closed  at  95%  995%  for  bdlh  money  and  the 
aooount  United  States  1865a  (old)  closed  at 
105%,  1867s  at  109%  ®109%,  10-40a  at  108%,  and 
new  5s  at  107%.  Erie  common  receded  from 
8%  to  8%.  Illinois  Central,  after  selling  at 
50%,  fell  off  to  50.  Bar  silver  was  quoted  at 
56d.  #*  onnoe.  The  Bonk  of  England  lost  £20,- 
000  on  balance  to-day. 

The  Sterling  Exchange  Market  oontinnes 
dull  and  weak,  witb  soaroely  any  demand  for 
bills.  The  nominal  asking  rates  to-day  were 
t4  84  for  bankers'  60-day  sterling,  and  $4  84% 
«S4  86  iOe  demand,  Wltb  actual  business  at  m 
eua«es4iiur 

The  KOt*  »pB«iuiaBiuu  'wv.s  tame  ana  entirely 
devoid  of  feasors.  All  the  sales  were  effected 
at  105%  and  105%,  the  former  being  the  open- 
ing and  closing;  quotation.|>  On    gold  loans    the 

rate  ranged  from  3  !>'  eenUT  to  *'  flat"  fer  mnj- 
injt. 

Government  bonds  were  rather  weak  in 
the  early  dealings  at  a  fractional  de- 
cline, but  subsequently  made  a  partial 
recovery  and  closed  fairly  firm.  In  rail- 
road bonds,  Hannibal  and  St  Joseph  8s, 
convertible,  declined  2%  ^  cent,  to  83;  Le- 
high and  WHkesbarre  2%  V  cent,  to  31%  ; 
Morris  and  Essex  7a  1%  ¥  cent,  to  100;  da 
Firsts,  consolidated,  %  ^  oent^  to  91 ;  Toledo 
and  Wabash  Firsts,  St  Louis  division,  1%  ^ 
oent  to  80% ;  Chicago,  Book  Island  and  Paoifio 
7s  %  ^  oent,  to  108 ;  Chicago,  Burlidgton  and 
Qoincy  8s  %  ¥*  cent,  to  113,  and  Delaware  and 
Hudson  registered  of  1884  %  ^  cent,  tb  97%. 
New-Jersey  Central,  consolidated,  advanced  % 

V  cent,  to  64%  ;  do.  Firsts,  new,  %  V  cent,  to 
104%;  Ohio  and  Mississippi  Consolidated  Sink- 
ing Fund  %  V  cent,  to  88%;  Chicago  and 
North-western  consolidated  gold  coupon  %  V 
cent.,  to  90%,  and  Western  Union  coupons   % 

V  oent,  to  105%.  Kew-York  Central  Os  of 
1883  sold  at  104;  Lake  Shore  Firsts,  consoli- 
dated, registered,  at  106%:  North  Missouri 
Firsts  at  100;  Milwaulcee  and  St  Paul,  La 
Crosse  division,  at  98,  and  Chicago  and  j(forth- 
westem  Consols  at  104     State  bonds  were  dull. 

The  exports  of  prodnoe  from  the  Port  of 
New-York  for  the  week  ending  this  date,  were 
$4,670,161,  agamst  $4,061,000  for  the  correspond- 

ing  week  in  1875,  and  $5,133,613  in  ISfi.  The 
total  exDorts  of  produce  since  Jan.  1,  this  year, 
were  #45,519,468,  against  $37,591,232  for  the  cor^ 
responding  period  in  1875,  and  135.803,349  in 

1874. 

T7srnn>.STATEs  Tbbasitbt,     \ 
NrW-Touk,  Feb.  90.  1877.    > 

GoldrooeiDts KdlQOO  uu 

Gold  paymenta 229.720  80 

Gold  balance 73,381.549  23 

Currency  reoeipts 745.411  SI 

Currency  payments. 654.630  15 

Gurrenoy  Mlaaoa ....44.694.790  70 

Customs ...,      667,000  00 

CUMING  QUOTAXXONtt — FBB.  20. 

Mondw:    Tuesday- 

Amerleau  cold loS^  103% 

United  Sums  6s.  1881.  eoap........U04s  110% 

United  SUtes  3-30a  18S7,  eouD UA\  113% 

JttiUs  on  LoadOB. |4  83%  #4  ti4    «|4  83% 

New-York  Ceatral iJC^s  96% 

Rooklslsnd 98%  98% 

Paotflo  MaU SftSIs  26 

Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul IT'S  18% 

MUwankeeandSt  PaulPref 46\  48 

Lake  Shore 50%  n% 

Chioaeoand  North-western 39%  Xi'% 

ChioaKO  ana  Nortb-weatarn  Pret 4»i9  fOVg 

Western  Union 66  «><^ 

Union  Paomo...'. 64%  64^ 

Delawam.  I.aok.  aad  WeaMm SSVg  ..S6% 

Kew-Jersev  Central U%  12% 

Delaware  and  Hudson  Csnal 5S  M 

UomaaadBasax 8Q4i  89 

Tsauaa*....... ........... ...........VtSt  US 

Xtie..... 89  7% 

Ohio  and  Mississippi 5^  5% 

Uaxlem 1S5%  186% 

BsBBitelaodSc  JoseoB 11  Xflifl 

Haoon>aiandSt.<roseohPcer 89  S3 

Ib^liaa  OeBtral 44  «4% 


Th9  'extreme  range  of  prioes  In  stocks  and 
tiie  number  of  shares  sold  are  as  follows  : 

Jo.  er 
„      «...  Hhthen-  toweit 

New.  York  Central.... 98% 

Harlem ....... ...13S% 

Brie ^i^ 

take  Shore „...  61% 

Wabaah 6% 

KoTth.westem Sa'a 

Nortb-western  Preferred 51 

BoitklsUnd 99% 

Mil.  &  St  P«al 18% 

Mil.  &  St.  Paal  Pret 48 

Det.  Lack.  &  We-item. 67 

New-Jeroev  Central 12% 

Delaware  &  Hod.  Canal. 5?^i 

Morris  &  Bssex KSg 

Mtchlsao  Central 44% 

gbicago  and  Alton - 96?£ 
.,  C.  C.  &.  I... S5ia 

Hannibal  &  St.  Joseph li)^ 

EsnDibal  tt  St  Joseph  P&..  23 

Ohio  t(.  Minaioaipoi SSg 

Ohio  &  MlKBlaslppi  Pf. 8 

Western  Uoion 66 

A.  &  P.  Telegraph 20 

Pacific  Mail 36% 

Total  sales 193,373 

The  following  table  shows  the   half- hourly 

fluctuations  in  the  Qohl  market  to-day : 

10:00  A.  M 105%  1:00  P.  M. 10.'>% 

10:30  A-  M 105^  1:30  P.  M. 105% 

11:00  a.  M 105%  2:1)0  P.  M. 105% 

11:30  A.  M 105%*3UP.  M. 105% 

12:00  M. .• 105%|3:03P    M. .• 105% 

12:30  P.  M 105%' 

The  following  were  cho  oiosing  quotations  of 
Qoveinment  bonds : 

„  ,     ,„                                                       Wd,  AsVed. 

UnUed3tatesoarrenov69 .....123%  1233^ 

United  States  Oi.  Id-IL   reutstersd 113  112% 

Giitied  States  Sa.  IBdl.  couooas. 112^1)  113% 

UDiiedScati«»5-20a.  1865,   remtered..  108<^  lOS'^s 

,  United  States  5-3Ua.  1865,  onnooos 1U8(^  lOS'^s 

United  Slates  5-30a  1865.  new,  res 109^^  109% 

United  Srates  5-30«,  1865.  new,  ounp... 10938  109% 

United  States 5-20a.  Iei67,  re^i«tered..ll338  U2<i 

Untteo  States  5-20a,  1867.  coupons 1133a  liai« 

Duited  States 5-30^.  i!i6<i.  re«rl8tered..li54t  116% 

United  Srateit  5-30a.  186d.  oouponi.  ....115%  116% 

United  States  lO-lOi  registered 110  110% 

United  States  10-408.  oonoons.... 114%  114^ 

United  Srates  5s.  1831.  reziatered 110  110% 

United  Stares  5s.  1831.  ooaoons. 110  110% 

UnitedStates  4%s,  1&)1,  rezl9tere'1...106%  106^ 

The  Sub-Treasurer  disbursed  m  gold  coin 
$27,000  for  interest,  $39,000  for  called  bonds, 
and  $8, 100  silver  coin  in  exchange  for  fractional 
currency. 

Tne  following  were  the  gold  oleariuTS  by  the 
National  Bonk  of  tho  StaM  ot  New- York  to- 
day: 

Gold  cleared $30,965,000 

Gold  balances 1,073,566 

Correnoy  balances.................. 1,130,131 

The  following  u  the  Claaring-hoose  state- 
ment to-day: 

Currency  exohances ^ $69,378,280 

Cnrrencv  balances........ 4.370,190 

Gold  excbanees.. 6,901,476 

Gold  balances 903,203 

The  toIloTfing  were  the  bids  for  theTanous 

State  seountiea: 


Alabama3«i,  83 34 

Alabama  8j. '86 34 

Alabama  Sa.  '88 34 

Ark.  68,  Fanded 23 

Ark.78.L.R.&F.S.is..  8 
Ark.7s,  Mea).feL.R.  8 
A.7«.I..El..P.B.&.N.O.  8 
ArK.78.M.0.<feK.Riv.      8 

Ark.  7t,  Artt.  Cen.fi.    8 

Connecticut  63 Ill  ^ 

GeureiaOi 93 

Geor«cla7a  n.  b 106 

Georela  7s,  indorsed  103 
Ga.  7s.  G>ld  bonds.. 106% 
Iliinoia  conn.  O-1.  '79..1U3 
Illinois  War  L>oan..lU2 

EeniDCEy  6f 103 

Louisiana  6^ 38 

Loaiaiana6i,  n.  b....  .38 
La  6^  newFL  Di>i.  38 
La.  7a.Peaitentiary.  38 
Li.  6\  LisVes  bunds.  38 
L>a.  8a.  Levee  bonda.  38 
La.  83.  uBs.  of  "75..  38 
Li.  Ti,  Cuhaolid  ited.  58 
.Mlchisian6a   ^S- 79.101 

Miohleau  6^   '83 103 

Michiuan?',  '90 115 

"  lOO's 


N.  Y.  6a,GL'n.  '91.191 
If.  Y.  6j.  G.  L'n,  '92.122 
N.  X.  6a,  G.  L'n.  '93.123 
N.  C.6.4.  oid.a.  &  J..  31% 

N.  0.  68,  A.  &0 21 

N.C.6!i,N.C.K,  J.&J.  67 
N.C.6aN.C.B.A.&0.  67 
N.C.6«,do.c.oirJ.&J.  47 
N.C.6!i,do.c.oliA.&Q  47 
N.<  ■.68.  Fd'e  Act  '66.  16 
.V.C.ds  Fd'K  Act. '68.  16 
N.  C.  new  ba8.J.&  J  12 
N.C.newbds.A.&0.  12 

N.C.S.T.  class  1 2% 

N.  C.  S.  T.  claas  2....     2»3 
N.  C.  S.  T.  daw  3...     3% 

OhioBa  '81 109 

Ohio  63,  '86 110 

Rhode  island  us. 110 

S.  U.  6i as 

S.  C.  6d.  J.  &J 35 

S.  C.  6j.  A.  &  0 35 

S.U.  6^,  F'a  Act.  "86.  35 

S.  a  L.  C..*89.  J.&l.  45 

C.  L.  C'eftA.&a  45 

A.C.'i     '88 35 

S.U.  Non.  P.  ba £^ 

Teno.  6-1.  old 42^ 


I'eun.  bi,  n.  b.. 


Mo.  60.  due  in  77... 

Mo.  64.  dnein'7ii — 101%|T*-nn.  Si.,  n.  b., 

Fuod.  OS. due  94-5..  106     | ViTi;inia6<,  old. 


42% 

4268 
30 


Lions  ti8..'83to'9Jin.  105%  v''irelaia63.n.bds.'66    31 


Asv.or  Uni..dao  '92.105%' Virginia  Os.n.bds.'G?. 
H.&St.Ju..  dae '86  105%  V».6i.    Uon.  Bon  1<! 


31 

■8  3i 


H.  &  St  J.,  due  '87.. 105%  Va.  63,  ex  mat  coup.  66% 


37 
Vjl  68,  Deferred  bds,  7 
Ois.ot'O.X63^Uil.    73% 


N.  Z.  R-e.  B.  L.....101%  Vi.6i,  Con.  21  »...! 
N.  Y.  Ooao.  B  L...li)l% 
N.  Y.  6",  G.  R..  '87..  13) 
N.  Y.  61.G.  C,  '87.. 123 
And  the  following  for  railway  mortgages : 

Alb.  &  Sas.  2d  bds..  95    |Clet.P.  &  A..new  08.103 
H..  C.R.&.  M.13T7S.K.  4J     iBaf.  Se.  E.  new  b'd3..107% 
Chic.  &Alr.  Income. 106%  Buf.  &.  Sta'e Li 06.7^105 
JuUet&Chic.  Lit.. .108     lI)..M.&.X.l3t  7al906  105 
La.  &  Mo.  lit,  Ktd..  84%  L.  S.  Ulv.  oda. 107 


C..£.&Q,8#'ct  lat.113 

C.R.L&P.  lit  7s... .108 

C.K.  I.&P.SF.I.61. '95.100 

G.  K.  of  K.  J.  1st n..  104% 

C.R.of  N.  .T.l.itCon.  64%  Marietta  &  Cio.  Ist.lOfi 

O.  B.of  N.  J.Conv...  55%  Mlch.C.Con.7:«.  1902.103% 


L.  S.  Cuna  C.  lat.. .106% 
L.  S.  Cons.  R.  1st... 106% 

L.  S.  Cena.  C.  21 95 

L.  8.  Cons.  R.2d....  97 


L.  Sc  W.  B.Con.  G'd.  32 
Am.  Bk.  &  Imp.  bds.  42 
M.&  8.  P.  l8t,8a.P.  D.114 
!kI.&S.P.3.1.73-10Pl>.  95% 


Micb.C.lotS  j.  '81.  Sir.113 
N.  Y.  Cen.6i.'83....104 
N.  Y.  Con.  63.  B.  IS.  104 
N.  Y.  Cen.  6*.  Sal)..  104 


M.&SP.l8i7a.fe,RD.  94%'N.Y.C.&  aud.lst  Clio's 


M.&S.P.  Isc  LaC.D. 
M.&S.P.l»tL^^M!0.  85% 
M.dtst.  P.i3t.H.&D.  80 
M.&.St,^.  InCC.&M..  97 
M.  &  Su  P.  Con.S.F.  8218 

M.  &St  P.  2d 90 

U.&N.W.  Int.  bda  ..104 
C.  &  N.  W.  JIxt  bds.lOO 

C.  &N.  W.lsc 104% 

C.&N.  W.  C.G.bds.  9d% 
C.  &  N.W.  K.  G.bda.  88 
Galena  &  Chic.  £xt.l06 

Ptnln.lstCon 100 

Cbtcazo  &  Mil.  1st. .106 
CCCSk  I.l8t7s.S.F109 
Del..  L.  &  W.  8d....l07% 
Mor.  &E!isex  1st.. .1133s 
Mnr.  &.  £.  Ist  C.  G...  91 
£rielst  Extended. .110% 

£ne  3d  7a   ^ 104% 

Erie4rh7i.  '80 102% 

ErteS-h  7d,  '88 100 

LonfiDoc^  Bonds. .107 
H.,N.y.&E.lst  "77.  90 
R.N.Y.  &E.  L.  bds.- 93 
Ind.Bluom.  &Wn.lst  20 
M.  So.  7^P'C..  2d.. ..103 
M.a&N.LS.P.7*'otll0 
Clev.  &.  T0I.S.  F...107% 
Clev.  &  Tol.  new  b9.l07% 
Clev.,P.  &A.,old  b8.lu4% 


and.  K,7aaii.S.F. '85.112% 

Harlem  Ist  78.  C 131 

N.  MiBHonn  lat 99% 

Obio  &  M.  Con.  S.  fi.  88 
Ubio&M.2d.  Cons..  50% 
Cen.  Pac.  Qold  bd»..106% 
Gen.  P.,  San  J.  B'oh.  91  % 
C.  P.  State  Aid  Dds.t07 
West  Pacific  bs. ...  .100  % 
Union  Pac  1st  b3...103  % 
Union  Pac.  L.  G.  78.102% 

Union  Pac.  S.  F 97 

Pac.  R.  ot  Mo.  lat..  95% 

P.R.  of  Mo.  2a 85 

P..  Ft  W.<fc  Chic  2d.lll% 
P.,FtW.&Chic.3d.l05 
Clev.  &P.  C.  8.  P. ..110% 
Olev.  &  p.  4ih  S.  F. -1041a 
Col..Chic.&Ind.  l3t.  30% 
CoL,Cbic.&Ind.  2d..  4 
St.  L.  &lranM.l3t.  98% 
Alton  St  T.  H.  l3t...l08ia 

A.  &T.H.31I  Pref..  89 
Alt  &  T.  h.  ad  Inc.  73 

B.  ts.  111.  1*D,  8»...  8J 

r..  p.  &  W.W.U. 85 

T..P.  &W.  21 30 

Tol.itVV.tgtSuL.D..  80% 

ToL  &  VVab.  2il 73 

Gt.  West.  l3t.  '88.. ..104 
GtW.  3d,ErC.,'93.  71 


And  the  following  for  City  Bank  shares: 


Market 110 

Merooants' ....117 

Merchanis'  Ex 93 

Metropohtan ..1333i 

Nassau..... 100 

New- York 118% 

Park 114 

Pnenlx 97 

Shoe  &  Leather 132 

St.   Nicholas 100 

Union.... 130 


America 133 

American£xchanee.l09 
Bank.  &  Brok.  Asso.  80 
Central  National ...  .101% 

Commerce 112 

ContinenUL 68 

Corn  Ezobange 125 

First  National 301 

Fourth  National 101 

Fulton IM) 

Fifth  Avenue 216 

Manhattan 128 

PaCLADULPHIA  STOCK  PBICBS — FEB.  20. 

Bid.  Aakod. 

Cltv68,  New. 113  112% 

United  Comoanles  ot  New-Jersev 134  135 

Pennsylvania  Railroad. 43  43% 

PhiladelDbia  and  Beadms  Bailroad...  11%  11% 

Lebieh  Tallev  Railroad 43%,  44 

Catawissa  Railroad  Preferred 30  34 

Piiitadeluhia  and  Erie  Railroad IQ.%  U 

Sohaylkill  Navlzation  Preferred......     7  8 

Northern  Central  Railroad. 20  21 

Lehl7b  Navigation 2U^  21 

Oil  Creek  and  AUeeheny  Bailroad....    6%  6% 

UestonviUe  Rail  way 16%  16% 

Central  Transportation 35  30 

The  attention  of  investors  is  invited  to  the 
advertisemeut  of  Mr.  Qeor^e  EL  Sistare,  who 

offers  for  sale  Xfew-York  City  7  ^  cent,  bonds. 

OALZFORMA  MINING  STOOKh. 

Bah  Fkancisco,  Feb.  20.— The  following  are 
the  closing  official  prioes  of  mining  stocks  to-dayi 


Alpha. 19% 

Bnlober.. ............        <>s 

Beet  and  iielcber....    -S 

BuJdoa 17 

Consol.  Vlrgiiiia.......    46I9 

Ualitomla....... ......  4419 

Cbulltf 65 

Confidence^... .......     9 

Caledonia. _.....     9 

Crown  Point. 9« 

BzcheoaerM..........     0*« 

6onld  and  Curry 12 

Rale  and  Koruroaa...     6 

Imnerial. 2% 

Jnila  ConaoUdated...      ti'a 
Justice 13V 


Kntsnth...... 1 

Kentuck  ..........;..      7% 

Leopards  .....M......     Ca 

alextean 18% 

Northern  Belle V0% 

Orarman.  ............  82 

Ophir 26 

Raymond  aAd  Bly....      6% 

dilver  HIU . .. 

Savaxe 

r^eg.  Beieher.......... 

Bierra  Nevada. ....... 

Union  CODSOlidated-. 

Tellow  Jacket 

Bnreka  Uonaohdated. 


5% 

60 
8 

9'B 

14 
18% 


THE  LIVE  STOCK  MJBKRT3. 


BurtAto,  Feb.  90.— -Cattle— Beceipts  to-day,  916 
head ;  total  for  the  week  thna  far  h,026.  againat  4.069 
same  time  laat  week.  Market  modexately  aetlve,  £-ir 
attendance  of  purchaaera;  qnality  of  offerlnits  com- 
pare very  favorably  with  last  week ;  100  cars  olaposed 
of,  a  fair  proportion  for  the  Eastern  trade.  Pricea  of 
beat  aradea  <rf  ahlppeis'  and  bntehen^  Steers  %&  off; 
Hsrht  stock  at  laat  week's  oaotattona.  Salea  of 
sh  ppe'V'    Cattle    at    9o'3$5  75     fbr    extia,    and 

t6^i63C5  60  for  tbe  raiige  from  1.450  to  1,487; 
nteneraP  Cattle  at  S4  40^$4  94i,  and  a  oounuon  lot 
at  93  909a4:  Oxen  at  S4  OO^t*  for  tnlr  arade,  av- 
era^X  1,690  lb.,  and  good  fleah  do.,  averairlng 
1,786  IB.  Sheep  and  LamUs— Beceipts  to-day. 
800  head:  total  for  the  week  tbns  tar,  II.IOO 
agatast    0.6O0    bead    same   time    last    ireeic  1  market 

Xairly  active,  at  a  shade  to  >ao>  olf  on  meoinin  ano 
couimon  lots,  best  offi-riugsat  full  last  week's  quota- 
tions ;  S&  era  were  dispoaed  ot  22  o^ra  for  Eastern 
trade,  2  for  PbUadelvhta,  2  for  local  and  9 
for  Brlshtou  trade;  qnoted.  oommon  to  me- 
alnm  lots,  $8  9u9$4  75;  tair  to  nod,  (4  75 
'^•6  40 1  cAotee  to  extra.  raagluK  fhna  102  to  119  tt., 
Ce9ife6  SO:  Western  i.amba,  areraaias  72  lb.,  M  6U  > 
Canana  ibeep  and   X<amb«.  t&  xe'9.    Hoit*— Beeelpts 

to>daTr  200  bead;  total  tor  tbe  weak  tbns  tar,  6,900 

auainst  6,4o0  same  time  last  week:  demand  oibt  1 

jdess  waakt   sates  sC  Xaikeia,  «»ed  «•  eaeiaai  a« 


MSOMe  10;  eommoa. «S  509t5  70;  heavy.  96  10 
9f6  40  for  c«od  to  obolos;  abont  6  eata  UXht  matfm 
unsold. 

EA^TLlBBBtr.Peiin.,  FehSO.— CaUle-Kecelpts  IVtt 
tbe  week  ending  yesterday,  were  6,222  bead  or  250  oars 
of  through  and  116  eara  of  yard  stock,  ammst  4.36T 
bead  or  leo  oars  ot  ttaronah  aod  71  cars  of  yard  atocK^ 

for  the  week  befoie.  fceoetpts  to-day, 'i9  oars  or  493 
head ;  all  for  tale  bare,  best  at  $5:  medium  to  Rood, 
S4  eo®$4  80;  common  totalrat$4  Hok»— Beoelpta 
for  the  last  week  16.885  head  aaalnst  14.410  bead  fof 
the  week  before;  reeeipis  to4ay.  88O  bead:  Yorkers 
at  $6  5{)'9$5  90.;  Phliaddbhias  at  $6  5tht$6  76. 
Sheep— Beoelpta  last  week.  1  '7, 1 00  head  ■-  ^nst  1 1 ,000 
head  for  the  Week  beferti.  Secetpta  to-day  S,i!00  head; 
sellinK  at  $4^6. 

Chicago.  Feb.  SO.— Cattle— Kecetpts,  5,500  hend: 
shipmeots.  1.670  head:  market  dull ;  bnvers  hoMina 
oft  Hoes — Itecelpts.  16.U00  head:  ehipmencs.  2.00U 
head:  mflrkerdull,  weak, and 20c ®25c  lower:  closing 
week,  with  lower  prices  still  bid ;  sales  of  ilaht.  $5  49 
'^$5  65;  shipptiitr.  £5  9.>®$6:  a  tew  FhilHdelpliiaa  at 
$6  60.  Sheep— Becpipts,  1,700  head:  market  mudr 
erateiy  aoilve  and  steady;  quoted  at  $1 5o®Sd  50. 

Watkbtowk,  Ma«a..   Feb.  BO.— Cattle— Ri'cctpta, 

763  bead.  irade  active;  pricas  well  snstiitnedi 
choice,  $8  75;    hztra.   SS'giSS  60;   first  quaii;y.   *7'a 

t7  75;  second  Qoality,  ;E63$6  73:  third  guahty,  $53 
5  76.  hheeo  and  Lam  ua— Receipts.  1,'247  hea^ 
Market  steaay;  prices  lu  lots,  S2  5ud-$S.  and  S."^  503 
$8  76;   Uxira,  $4®$d  60,  or  from  3a  to  d^o.  ^  lb. 


TEE  STATE  OF  TRADE. 


Chicago,  Teb.  90.— Flonr  dull  and  nnchane*<l 
Wheat  heavy,  activ  •,  but  weak,  and  S\r,  lower:  No. 
2  Chioiigo  Spiinsr.  »1  28'«,  caah;  $1  iB'^  KUiruh; 
$1  iH}»t,  April;  aaiea  at  $1  »0®«i  3j>«,  April ;  May, 
91  3334;  No.  3  do..  $1  20  ^$1  'Z-i;  rejected.  $1  (I6. 
Coro  active,  but  tower ;  41  i«c,  oaeh  or  narch;  closed 
at  41.''8C..  Aoril;  45^80..  ftlay;  rejected.  37c.  Oats 
dull,  weak,  and  lower;  S3 4c..  ca.sh:  84c.,  Uarch; 
34lac,  April;  36^'„  May ;  rejected,  2do.  Kye  steaily 
and  nnchineed.  darlev  dull,  we.<k,  and  toirerat  n5  Sic.. 
cash,  or  Haich.  Purk  heavy,  panicky,  and  lower: 
$14  25,  cash;  $U  16'3>$14  20,  fttatch;  $14  453 
S14  60,  April:  sales  at  $.4  4iS$i4  80.  AprU.  Lard 
active,  but  lower;  $9  76.  caab;  j>'9  90,  April.  Bnlk* 
meats  actlv«,  but  a  shade  lower  Shnnders,  6 '4c; 
Short  aiis,  7V.:  Short  Clear  Slles,  QH^.  Dr^ss  d 
Hots  aetlve,  but  lower;  packlDg.  if6'3  0  25.  Wbislry 
nn.«ttled  at  $1  04®*!  06.  Kecelprs— 7,6  '0  obis.  Flour, 
7  6u0  bosbels  Wuent,  104,000  bnsheis  Corn,  41,uoO 
bnshels  uats,  2,6iiO  uuslieU  Rye,  27.UOO  tmshels  Bar- 
ley. Sblpmeuts— 7,  00  bbia  Floor,  10,000  bushels 
Wheat.  V!8.a00  bushels  Com,  22.U0O  buaheli  o^-a, 
l,2oO  tmshels  Rye,  6,600  bnsnels  Uarley.  At  toe  after- 
noun  nail  of  tbe  board:  Wheat  heHvy  and  lower; 
$1  2838.  March;  $1  30,  apnl.  Cora  end  uata  weak 
ano  uachanaed.  Pork  heavy  aad  lower;  $14  05, 
Uarrh;  $14  80.  SprtL  Lard  heavy  and  lower j  $9  &0, 
March;  $9  66,  AprlL 

St.  Lotns,  Feb.  20.— riour  firm;  unchaneed. 
Wheat  ioac.ive:  Na  2  Red  Fall.  SI  48®$1  50, 
cash:  91  65,  April)  91  49^  bid,  Marcbt  Na  3  do^ 
$1  45,  cash.  $1  45ig,  Marob.  Com  active:  No.  2 
Mixed,  38 34c 'dS 9 34c.  closing  at  the  luside  figure; 
»9%o.,  Maich;  41i4C.'941><}C..  AnrlL  Oats  drmer;  No, 
2  36I3C,  cash;  Soa,  biG,  Feomarv  and  Jiiircii.  Ry4 
ateady  and  firm  at  68c.  Bar^y  oolet  and  weak;  Uttli 
doinf;.  Wbtaay  ^niet  at  91  05.  Pork  dnil  at  $15, 
March;  $16  30,  AprU.  Lard  dull  and  nominal;  notb 
Ine  doinz.  Bulk-mf^ats  dml,  weaK.  and  lower  t"  Bell{ 
nothing  doing.  Baoon  dulli  nncbanged.  Live  Hot* 
oull;  Liabt.  $5ȣ6  3U;  Packing,  $5  3.)a/$6  76; 
Bntchers*,  $5  U5'3$6  75.  Cattle  qnlet;  nnohanzed, 
Receipta— 8,000  bbIa  rionr;  10,0UO  bushels  Wheat; 
43,000  buabeis  Corn;  7,000  bushels  tiats:  2.0OI 
bu8beIa.Barley;  LlOO  head  Hogs:    600  head  Cattle.  ~ 

CEfCrSKATL  Feb.  20.~Flonr  steady  ano  Arm; 
Wheat  quiet  but  steady  ;  Red,$l  60®51  65.  Com  lu  fail 
demand  at  41o.®44&  Oats  cuietat  !t8o.943c  Rye 
anlei  at  7So.®<iOc  Barley  la  tair  demaad  :  Na  3 
SpricK  i-'anada.  870.  Pork  la  i^ood  demaad,  bat  lowet 
at  $16  60.  L:ird  dull,  weak,  atid  lower:  Stean> 
rendered,  $9  87^:  Kexile.  $ll'8'$ll  25.  Bnik-moacs 
dull;  Shoulders,  SSUcaSc.-.  Clear  Bibs,  S^cdH's^i 
Clear  Sides.  S^acSS^gC.  Uaoon  dull,  and  lower  :  Slioul< 
ders,  7a;  Clear  Ribs.  9  V-;  Clear  8id<  s,  OHjc  vyutskr 
active,  drra,  and  liigber  at  $1  u5.  Butter  in  fair  de- 
mand for  best  er&des.  Ho^  doll  and  droopin?:  oo=i- 
mon,  $5&$5  40;  t,lr  to  good.  ll?Ut,  $.>  55®$5  lo:. 
PaoUinz,  $5  80®  £8  10;  Bnci^ere',  .t6  ITt'WiO  ii\  r^ 
ceipts-7l,9d0  head ;  shipmencs.  l'.^4  head. 

BlTFFAlXJ.  Feb.  20. — Marltets  eenf^rallv  quiett 
prices  Reneraily  nnchanned.  The  snles  reported  were 
12  c-jraof  new"Cum  nt  5l^>c.:  10  cars  do.  diih  'llxed 
at  52^;    2.0OO   bushels    No.    2   Mixed  Westero   al 

?rlvat>-  terms;  1  car  vVmte  Winter  wheat  at$l  60; 
car  two-rowed  state  Barlev  a'  private  terms:  T  car 
Ka  2  1'oledo  Oa  s  at  41c.  P<>tk  quiet  ana  weak; 
qnoted  heavy  Mess  and  short  Cat,  $16.  Lnrd,  10><tc: 
®llc.,  m  tierces  an  1  kesa  Dress'-d  Houb— <'Ut  at 
9"  60®$?  T."*:  Western,  ar  *7  26®£7  5u.  Receipts— 
MiiUr,  4,400  bblas  Wbo.t.  10,8i»0  bushels;  Cori. 
21.400  bushels:  Oats.  11,900  bushels;  Barley.  .3,600 
bnslielB.  tjhipmenis— Foar,  3.5tO  iibls.;  Wheat,  lO.- 
8uU  bnsheis;  corn  19.600  Dusaels;  Oala,  lu,50l> 
bushels;    Barley.  3.6. )0  bushels. 

Toledo.  Feb.  20— Fiour  steady.  "Wheat  dullj 
Extra  White  Michigan.  $1  60:  Amber  Miclilsan,  spot 
and  March,  91  94;  April.  $1  57 >4:  Miv,  $1  easi;  No. 
2  do.,  91  38'a<'ffere0:  Na  2  Red  Winter,  epot.  beld 
a*  $1  5.S,  91  .ov!^  off-red;  M^irch.  $1  o3J<j:  dav, 
.$1  58^:  NaSRed.  $1  38;  R^  ct -d  Eid.  *1  ll»a>>id, 
91  13  asked.  Com  dull;  hlub  Mixed.  44'ec-;  -Hhv 
4"'3.*<5.;  ^o.  2  44340. ;  March,  t5c;  Ap  11.  46>2C.j  Sa  a 
White.  45^46:  Re.le  ted,  44ViC  Oats  oui-t;  No.  2, 
86H?;  Bej-cted,  3i>4C.  CiATer-seed,  8-9  IJ'*  R» 
Ceipia- '.iOO  bills.  Flour,  .i.OOi-  bushels  Wheat,  121.oofl 
bnsliels  Com  3,000  bushel*  Oats.  Shipments— 70(1 
hhia  Flonr,  IS.OOO  Dusbelr  WUeat,  6b,uOci  ouahell 
Corn,  4,u00  bnshdls  Oats. 

Phii.adkt.PHIA.  Feb.  20.— 'W'>ol  quiet  bnr  firm; 
Ohio.  Peiiua.vl'ania.  and  West  Vireinia  XX  and  ab  va, 
45<'.®5  a;  X  <5a®46c.:  m<-<lium.  43c.®45c.;  coarse, 
88c.®4Uo.  .New-York,  Michigan,  Indiana  aad  VVe^C- 
ern,  hue.  S8c®42c.;  media. «.  41 '-.tc.®!^.;  coarse. 
S6c®38c:  combing  washed.  620.09560.:  do.,  no- 
wa-^ae  I,  3."ic.®37o.  Camda,  e^mbin ',  5 -c.@5  >c.:  fine 
unwashed,  25('.®80c;  course  #tid  medium  nnwRshed 
28c  ®12.:  tnb-waBned,  4'.ic,'t45c  Colorar.o.  waoliei 
2(ic.3>28c.;  unwashed.  16c'3'^3c.;  extra  and  merino 
pulled,  36c.®4'.ia;     No.   1  and  saper-oulled.   Sue.  3 

SBc^Texaa.  fine  nnd  medinm,  20c.®.i8o.:  Cimrse, 
16c?®2t)c.  Calitomio,  flue  and  mediam,  '^i>o.'a>36o.\ 
coarse.  18c®22c 

MiLWACEEE,  Feb.  SO.— Flour  quiet;  ■Wh«»at 
weak:  Sa.  1  .Vlil traukee.  SI  45:  No  2  do.,  besh, 
i\    36H2:   Marcb,$134;   April,    $13478:     Ko.    3   do., 

$1  26.  Cora  ste  idler;  No.  '.,  44o.  Oa*s  steady, 
with  a  fair  demand;  No.  2,  33>2e.  Bye  steadv,  with 
a  fair  domaad;  No.  1,  71*3C.®72n  Bar:ey — No.  2 
Spriae  nominally  69c.:  Mnreii,  tg^jc.  Provisions 
dull,  depreasod.  Hess  Pork.  $14  50.  Prime  Lard, 
934C.  Dressed  Hogs  steady  at  $K®'S6  25.  Keceipts— 
4,iSiie  bbls.  Klonr,  12,0>>0  Dushals  Wheat.  Shipments 
—10,000  bola.  Kiour.  8.600  bushels  Wheat. 

OsWBGO,  Feb.  20.— Flour  steady;  salea  1.300 
bbls.:  No.  1  fpring.  $7  76®$3  25;  Amber  Winter, 
$8®$8  50;  White  do.,  $3  25®f3  75;  donula  Extri, 
$8  60®$9.  Wheat  steady;  sales  of  Ko.  1  .Milwaulcee 
Club  at  91  60;  So.  2  do.,  91  53;  No.  2  Red  Waoasn 
held  at  $1  60;  No.  1  White  Michijon.  $1  68;  eitrado. 
d<i.,  $1  74.  Comqalet;  aates  of  We.- tern  Mixed  at  69c. 
Barlev^tniet :  Mo.  i  Canada  held  at  $1  01;  No.  2  do. 
910.  CTtu  mi-al— $27  tor  Bolted.  $i;6  for  On  bolted,  <^ 
ton.  Mill-feed— .Shorts,  $20;  Ship-stuffi.  ^Z;  Mld- 
dllngs,  $J4®$25  4^  ton.  Bailroad  Shipments— Flour, 
1,600  bols. 

Deteoit.  Feb.  20  — Flonr  qniet  and  unchaneed. 
Wbtat  heavy;  Extra  Wbite  Michigan,  $1  69;  Miliog, 
$1  67;  ^o.  1  White  Miebigan,  *1  o4'a,  soot;  March. 
$1  55*3;  MilllDs.  SI  48.  Corn  quiet  and  easv;  No.  I 
Mixed,  47 ^cd>4Sa.  Oats  dull  and  lower;  White,  43>3a; 
klxed,  io'ac.  Receipts- Flour,  560  Dbls.;  Wheat, 
7.174  bush. Is;  Corn.  9.982  bushels;  Oits.  1,514 
bosiiels.  .■<hipm8iita— Clour,  1,1  lo  bbls.:  Wb-at,  3..>d7 
bodhels;  Com,S.209  boahals;   Oats,  1,.M-J  bushels. 

HIkw-Oblsaits,  Feb  SO.— CorD-nieftl  doll,  weaK, 
and  lower  at  $'i  80.  Bacoa  dtill  and  lower;  Shoulders, 
7*ac;  Clear  Ribs.  9 340.:  dear  ides,  loc.  Susor-eared 
Hams,  l..c.®1234C.  Vvbisky  doll  and  lnwer  at  « I  02d 
$1  u8.  Other  articles  iuiclh>ntt»<LHzchaDgfr-.New-rork 
sight,  ^  pretniam;  Sterling,  ^$6  13  l^r  the  bank. 
Gold,  105^3^10634. 

WoMiKOTOH,  N.  C,  Feb.  20.— Spirits  of  Turpemina 
quiet  at  38c  Sesm  firm  at  $1  65  for  Strained, 
crude  Turpeutine  stea:  y  at  $1  Co  for  Hard;  92  65  foi 
Tellow  Dip ;   $2  66  tor  Virgin.     Tor  ste  idy  at  $1  60. 

Peovidkkcb,  Feb.  20.— Printiog  Cloths— Market 
dull:  prices  weak  and  lower:  Standard  and  £xta% 
64x64,  6c®5^c.,  cash  to  30  days. 

TEE  COTTON  MARKETS, 


Nbw-Ohlbahs,  Feb.  20.- Cotton  steadv  1  Mia 
dling,  11 V-;  I^w  Mlddline.  11  %c;  Qo<id  Ordinary 
lie:  net  reoelpis,  9,985  bales:  gro«e.  lt>,001  uales; 
exports,  to  Great  Lritalo,  11,451  bales:  10  Franuet 
4,323  bales;    sales,  SdoObaies;  stock.  308,107  bales. 

Charleston.  Feb.  20.— Cotton  opened  easy; 
now  tirm  ;  Middiine,  12^gC4  Low  Middling,  12i8ol3 
12'4C.;  Good  urCI  ary,  imtc;  netieceipts,  6.'JS  Uaxes; 
exports  to  the  Chaunel.  1,987  bales;  aaiea,  1,00( 
bales;  stock,  44,626  balea. 

SavanHah,  Feb.  20.— <;otton  steadier;  a  shad< 
higher;  nominally  nochaogcd ;  Middlina,  12^0:  Low 
Atlddliug,  11 '^sc;  Good  Orainary  11  ^c;  uet  receipla 
601  baies;  salea  225  bales;  stock,  48.'.i81  bales. 

Galveston,  Feb.  20.— Cotton  dull  and  nominal.- 
MlddUae,  120.:  Low  Middliue,  1 1 I2C:  Good  Ordinarv. 
lie.;  net  receipts,  635  bales;  exports,  coastwiae,  349 
bales,   salea,  63  bales;  atocl^  77,548  oales. 

Mobile.  Feb.  20.— Cotton  qniet;  Middline,  ll''8C., 
Low  Middling,  11%C.|  Good  Oidinaiy,  lO^gCi  net  ro 
ceipts.  6oil  Dales:  exports,  coastwlao,  290  iMUes:  aaief 
600  bales:  stock.  68,180  balea 

FOREIGN  MABKETX 


I/OifDOX.  Feb.  SO— l-i30  P.  M.— TTnited  States 
Bonds,  10-40B.  108^  Kne  Railway  8h.tres.  8^  Illi- 
nois ( emral.  50^ 

3:30  P.  M.— The  amount  of  bullion  withdrawn  from 
the  Bank  of  Eualand  on  balanca  to-da>  is  £.M,i>O0. 

4  P.    M.— Erie  Railway  bbares,  8>«;     I. liuuis  Central, 

6U.  Farts  advioas  quote  6  f'  cent.  Rentes  1051,  990. 
for  the  acoouoc 

LivaBPooL,  Feb.  20—12  H.— Cotton— The  receipts 
of  Cuttou  to-day  were  17.300  bales,  laoludina  12,10C 
balea  American.  Patnrea  l-16d.  dearer;  Uplands,  i^ow 
Middling  clause,  March  and  April  delivery.  6<^d.;  Cp 
lauds.  LOW  Middling  clause.  April  and  May  delivery. 
6  23-82d.:  als<f  sales  of  tbe  same  at  634d.;  Cplanda 
Low  Uiddllnit  clause,  llay  and  Jnue  delivery, 
6  13-16d.;  Uplands,  Low  MiddUnf;  clau-je.  June  and 
July  dehvery,  O'^nd.;  Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause. 
July  and  AUffust  delivery,  6  16-16d.;  Oplands,  Low 
Ml  .dltoK  olanae,  ahipped  January  and  Fauruaxy,  aalL 
6  11-ldd. 

12:30  P.  H.— Cotton— The  market  ia  steadier; 
MiddUng  Uplands,  eVL;  AliddUue  Orleans.  6^d.; 
aaiea,  ii.OOO  balea,  Inoiadlng  1,000  halaa  for  apeon- 
iation  and  expi>rt. 

3:30 P.  M.— cotton— Uolanda  LowBIiddliasr  clause, 
Pebruarj  and  March  delivery,  6  9-IOd.:  iJoLinds.  Low 
MiddUug  olausa.  March  and  April  delivery,  ti  2i-3.sd.; 
Cplanda,  Low  Middling  olanae.  May  and  June  de.ivery, 
6  27-82d.s  Uplanas,  Low  MiaOJlng  oiaase,  June  ana 
Jaly  delivery,  6%d- 

5  P.  M.— Trade  Report— TTis  market  for  Tarns  and 
Tahtlcsat  Manchester  i^  doll,  but  cot  qnotab.y  iowec 
Co  ton— Kutttres  qniet;  Upl  >nds.  Low  diiddliiia  cun-te, 
March  aad  AprU  dehver.v,  6  1  i-16d.:  also,  saies  oi  the 
sameat  6  21-32d.;  Dpiands,  Low  Middling  clan  e,  Juue 
andJtily  delivery,  6  29-32d.;  Uplands,  Low  Middlilui 
olanae,  shipped  JtatunTyjtWT  Feoruary.  sail,  6  2S-)iM. 

6  P.  M.— Provisions— Card,  50a  Ou^ola  V' cmX.  for 
American.  Produce— SpiilU  of  Turpenune,  60s.  ^ 
cwt. 

Loirsoir,  Peb.  20 — 5  P.  M. — Produce— Spirits  of  »•• 
trolenui,  lid.  S12d.  ^  gallon.    Tallow,  4  a  9d  4P  cwt. 

ANTWERP,  Feb.  So.— Petroleum,  40'tt&  fur  One  Pale 
Ameiican. 

ILikVAjTA.  ee1>.  2a— Spaolab  Oold,  IZl  i^t^iaiat.  B» 
Change— On  the  United  titaies,  60  darfe*  currenc7,  4i3 
8^4  disoonnt;  short  sight  da,  S^^a  diseoout:  wl 
days,  sold.  1S4®2  premlnm:  abort  al«;nt  do.,  S<^93 
premlunu  on  LooOoo,  U^SIS^  premlam  1  oa  P^ila, 
yarsS'a  premlank 

Kio  Jassibo.  Feb.  la-MToffee  nurlttt  qniet; 

oMoes  maintained;  no  ebanga  Bio,  apod  drat*.  6.700 
&6,8BO  ma,  ^  10  Ktloa.    Bxehanca  on  Lioadoa.  UAJ* 

Sabtob.  Feb.  19.— CofEse  maricet  quiet;  prices 
maintained;  tw  ehanca^  Wofttios  Baatba,  6,6009 
•.auosatariOkUa*^ 


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NEW-YORK,    WEDNESDAY.    FEB.  21.  1877. 


^ALlACK'S    TBEAT88— ATiLD     (UTS-Mr.     Letter 
WalUkCk,  Mr.  Jolm  Qilbert,  JMLr.  Harry  Beckett,  Uiaa 


iWTH  AV^JJCE  TOBATRB.— LiKom:  or,  Wkolook 
von  SxTKX— Ur.  C  P.  (.'o^aian.   UUs   F.  Baveuport 

BBOADWAT  THEATER,— On*  BoTS— Mr.  Thomas 
WhifBn.  Mr.  iL  Batei,  AUsa  A.  Kdmoadson,  Mitta  Q. 
Btebbl&a.  

BOOTH'S  THT^ATRB — Pirra  AyK.<ru*— Ui;  George 
BignoIdiMUs  JiBQdQranjter. 


Eagle   thkatre.— la  Fti,t.s   dk  masaxb  akgot. 

(Ooera  Bonfie) — Ulle.  Marie  Aim^e. 


PARK  THBATRR.—Oim  BoASDisa  Hoosb— Mr.   Staart 
Kobsou.  Mr.  W.  U.  Cr:iue,  ilra.  A.  K  Baker. 


UinO!»  SQUARE  THRATRR.-THB  T)AincHBPP3-Mr.  C. 
E.  Thome,  Mr.  W.  R.  Floyd.  Miss  Kalhenne  Koger*. 

HBLLER'S    WONDRR    THK ATRB.— Pbbstidisitatiot 
MUSIC.  Aat>  UuxoK— Mc  Robert  Heller.  Misj  Hellar. 


JTEW-YORK  AQUARlUM—RAnB  Airo  CtJHtous  FiSK  and 
Mamiaua.  Statuabt.  Sii— D»7  and  evenluji; . 


NIBtO'S   OARDES.— Around    the    Wokij>  mt  Eiohtx 
Dats  (»i>eotacular)— Kiraify  Brotbeia. 


ObTMPiC  THKArEB.-Ron:fD  Ths  Cmck. 


RATIONAL    ACADEHT    OF    DKSIGN EzHlBinOH    OF 

VV  ATKK  C0L0B3.    DajT  and  BTening. 


^AN  FRANCl.SCO  MI?fSTRKL3.— MrmTRKUT,      Bi^cm 
and  Ricaiio  Comicalities 


QRAI^D  OPERA-HOUSI.— Th»  Two  OKPHAin. 


1ETCKKRISO   HALL.— McsicRkcitai,— Mr.    and  Mrs. 
<:i>urlei  Felninxer. 


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The  ten-minutes'  speeches  of  the  Demo- 
trats  in  the  House  over  the  Louisiana  de- 
cision were  pitched  in  a  somewhat  faoereal 
key,  Mr.  Wattersox  made  a  doleful  refer- 
ence to  the  crreat  Day  of  Reckoning  whose 
earthly  counterpart  has  given  him  so  much 
trouble.  Mr.  Ellis,  of  Louisiana,  predicted 
for  the  Bepnblican  Party  the  fate  of  tne 
Wandering  Jew,  from  which  neither  "  the 
splendors  ot  Presidential  levees  "  nor  "  the 
silence  and  gravity  of  Cabinet  meetings" 
could  save  them ;  while  Mr.  S.  S.  Cox 
aclded  a  characteristic  mixtore  of  buffoonery 
and  profanity  to  the  mock  heroics  fitly 
spoken  over  the  grave  of  Tildenism.  The 
Democratic  orators  were  perfectly  agreed 
that  the  game  was  up,  and  they  showed  more 
unanimity  than  might  haf  e  been  expected 
in  accepting,  with  however  bad  a  grace, 
the  inevitable. 


The  farcical  objections  made  to  the  count- 
ing of  the  votes  of  Michigan  and  Nevada 
ihow  to  what  desperate  straits  the  extrem- 
ists of  the  Democratic  Party  are  reduced  in 
their  efforts  to  defeat  a  declaration  of  the 
popular  will  recorded  at  last  election.  More 
glaring  examples  of  the  want  of  either  tact  or 
leadership  in  that  party  could  hardly  be  de- 
Bired.  Bepublicans  have  of  late  shown  a 
good  deal  more  vacillation  than  was 
desirable,  and  have  by  no  means  been 
free  from  the  suspicion  of  divided 
counsels.  But  Democracy,  in  the 
presence  of  defeat,  presents  a  far  more 
pitiable  spectacle  than  was  ever  presented 
by  the  half-hearted  and  hesitating  policy  of 
their  opponents.  Men  who  are  nervously 
Apprehensive  of  doing  anything  that  might 
be  made  to  appear  wrong  may  not  occupy  a 
particularly  heroic  position,  but  they  are 
Infinitely  more  worthy  of  admiration  and 
lympathy  than  men  who  are  demoTalized  by 
^e  failture  of  a  premeditated  trick 


The  country  has  had  its  attention  concen- 
trated so  long  and  so  closely  on  the  Presi- 
dential dispute,  that  it  will  see  the  Forty- 
fourth  Congress  adjourn  sine  die  and  go 
home  with  no  special  desire  for  an 
sarly  .meeting  of  the  Forty-fith.  The 
Senate  is  reported  to  be  very  anxious  to 
Becore  this  result  by  omitting  to  make   any 

eerioas  opposition  to  the  appropriation  bills, 

whidh  came  from  the  House  greatlv  de- 
layed. But  the  wish  to  get  rid  of  poli- 
tics as  an  absorbing  topic  of  public  in- 
terest can  be  carried  too  lar,.  and  we 
hope  that  the  Senate  will  not  forego 
as.  careful  examination  of  the  appropriation 
bills  as  they  may  really  require.  Worse 
things  might  happen  than  an  extra  session 
of  Congress.  Such  a  session  might  end 
in  the  passage  of  a  bill  for  pre- 
paring to  resume  specie  '  payments  by 
judicious  funding  ;  and  it  might  even  load 
to  a  practical  and  conclusive  civil  service 
reform.  There  is  nothing  so  wholly  bad  in 
an  extra  session,  at  any  rate,  that  the  Sen- 
ate need  make  improper  concessions  to 
woid  one. 


The  Washington  journalist  and  jobber 
who  was  suspected  of  an  attempt  to  utilize 
experience  gained  in  the  moth-exterminat- 
ing business  for  the  purpose  of  wipiog  out 
the  next  President  of  the  IJnited  States  ex- 
plains tbat  he  has  been  misunderstood.  It 
wras  the  Watterson,  not  the  Weldon  plan 
that  Piatt  had  in  his  mind  When  he*  wrote 
bis  sanguinary  advertisement  of  Sunday 
last.  With  a  taste  for  blood  developed  by 
the  vermin-killing  trade,  he  wants  whole- 
lale  slaughter,  not  murder  by  retail.  Of 
course,  this  blAte^^^hombug  invokes  for  his 
protection  tF&rib-^b^^Us  a  "  right  sanctioned 
by  time  aifd  aancJj^^  by  the  blood  of  the 
people,''  and  thei»i¥y^ makes  a  bid  for  some 
more  cheap  notorifity.  -SU*  case  is  one  of 
those  which  make:_oine  regret  that  the  right 
of  the  whipping -post  is  confined  within  so 
■  ^•slzioted  an  areaL 

Aa  nnfortanatep'  jerson,  evidently  of  un- 
Boond  mind,  haa'^lie^  going  about  the 
country  during  the  p^  four  or  five  years, 
proclaiming  that  the  uaciopal  currency  re- 
ceived at  the  Treasury;  int  redemptions,  is 
Illegally  reissued.  About'  two  years  ago, 
Jiis ioiuitic  was faUnd atlaijat iu  the. wilds. 


of  Nebraska,  where  he  was,  or  h.id  been,  an 
observer  for  the  Signal  Service.     Later,  he 

made  himself  known  in  Alabama,  and  an 
investigating  co-nmittea  of  the  House 
finally  captured  him  in  NewrMexico  or 
Colorado,  and  brought  him  to  Washington. 
The      extraordinary      delusion       which 

possessed  him  made  some  impression 
on  the  Democrats,  who  were  panting  for  a 
sensation.  But  a  brief  examination  into 
the  facts  of  the  case  showed  positively,  con- 
clusively, and  satisfactorily  that  such  a 
charge  was  baseless,  and  that  a  reissue  of 
the  currency  would  be  simply  an  impossi- 
bility. Notwithstanding  tBis,,the  lunatic 
has  appeared  again,  and  has  gravely  con- 
fided his  terrible  secret  to  the  House  Com- 
mittee on  the  Washington  Eeal  Estate  Pool. 
Some  of  the  Democratic  newspapers  print 
this  old.  old  story  with  as  much  affectation 
of  interest  in  it  as  if  it  were  new  and  gen- 
uine. •  Assistant  Secretary  Conanx  thinks 
it  worth  while  to  denounce  it,  in  effect,  as 
a  yam  fit  only  to  bo  told  to  credulous 
marines. 


The  Legislative  committees  have  listened, 
to  the  collective  wisdcfm  of  New-York  office- 
holders on  the  bills  affecting  the  City,  and 
they  certainly  have  learned  very  little. 
Controller  Kelly  is  in  favor  of  economy  in 
the  abstract,  but  does  not  see  very  cleaxly 
where  the  prRning-knife  is  to  be  applied.  He 
would  like  the  work  of  salary  reduction 
to  be  intrusted  to  the  Board  of  Apportion- 
ment, which  recently  distinguished  iSself  by 
raising  the  salary  of  the  Commissioner  of 
Jurors  to  $15,000,  and  by  making  similar 
additions  to  the  pay  of  other  Tammany 
Hall  favorites.  These  samples  of  jobbery 
and  extravagance  were  covered  up  by 
striking  out  from  the  final  estimate  the 
sum  of  $350,000  appropriated  at  the 
instance  of  ■  Controller  Green  for  re- 
paving  some  of  the  down-town  streets. 
Mr.  Kelly  did,  however,  admit  that  Police- 
men and  Firemen  would  be  adequately 
paid  at  $1,000  a  year — a  fact  which  the 
weak-kneed  members  of  the  Assembly  Com- 
mittee on  Cities  might  profitably  bear  in 
mind.  Commissioner  CA.MPBELLmade  some 
very  sensible  remarks  about  the  contract 
system,  which  will  doubtless,  furnish 
the  Democratic  Aldermen  with  a  fresh 
reason  for  trying  to  get  rid  of 
him.  Commissioner  Erha rot's  urgent  plea 
for  a  Police  pension  fund  sounds  rather 
strangely,  in  view  of  the  recent  misappro- 
priation of  the  revenue  from  fines  and 
penalties,  which  is  pledged  to  the  life  in- 
surance fund- of  the  force.  He  is  tired  of 
the  Street-cleaning  Bureau,  however,  being 
naturally  desirous  to  confine  his  attention 
to  affairs  where  maladministration  excites 
less  indignant  comment. 


DEMOCEAJIC  RESFOKSIBILITT. 

Whether  prudence  or  passion  finally  pre- 
vail in  the  councils  of  the  Democratic  Party, 
the  country  will  understand  where  the 
responsibility  rests  for  the  existence  of  the 
disturbing  causes  now  at  work,  and  for 
whatever  complications  may  arise  in  con- 
nection with  the  Presidency.  Prudence 
may  yet  save  the  party  from  the  more  se- 
rious consequences  which  men  like  Hewitt, 
Bandall,  Mill«,  and  Sphinger  are  desirous 
of  bringing  about,  but  it  cannot  obliterate 
the  fact  tbat  forces  are  in  operation 
within  the  party  which  would  com- 
mit it  to  extreme  and  dangerous 
measures.  On  the  other  hand,  the 
triumph  of  passion,  with  all  its  deplorable 
results,  will  only  be  the  ultimate  logical  re- 
sult of  the  policy  inaugurated  by  Mr.  TiL- 
DEX  when  his  defeat  became  apparent,  and 
acted  upon  under  his  guidance  whenever 
an  opportunity  presented  itself  for  reckless 
aud  dishonest  tactics.  In  cither  case,  the 
circumstances  of  the  contest  now  carried  on 
at  Washington  are  comprehended  with  suf- 
ficient distinctness  to  leave  no  room  for 
doubt  OS  to  the  popular  verdict  tbat  will  be 
rendered  when  tiieponding  proceedings 
end.  It  is  the  Democratic  Party — not  the 
Electoral  Commission — which  is  on  its  trial. 

The  only  reasons  for  the  existence  ot  the 
Commission  are  derived  from  the  anarchical 
tendencies  displayed  by  a  large  section  of 
the  Democrats  under  the  excitement  of  de- 
feat. There  would  have  been  no  occasion 
for  extra-constitutional  methods  of  conduct- 
ing the  campaign  had  the  Democratic  man- 
agers evinced  a  willingness  to  abide  by  the 
result,  as  determined  by  the  ordinary  pro- 
cedure. Just  as  Mr.  Tildkn  seems  to  have 
imagined  that  some  superhuman  agency 
had  predestined  him  for  the  Presidency,  so 
they  insisted  at  every  stage  that,  right  or 
wrong,  elected  or^nofc  elected,  he  should  bo 

ifemgurated.     The   claim  and    tho   purpose 

thus  iudicated  might  have  been  ascribed  to 
a  species  of  infatuation,  if  the  cunning  of 
Mr.  Tilden's  bloodless  nature  had  not  made 
his  every  act  a  matter  of  calculation.  Im- 
pulse had  nothing  to  do  with  the  despicable 

means  employed  to  secure  him  a  majority. 
The  remark  is  equally  applicable  to  the 
Northern  leaders  who  made  bis  cause  their 
own.  An  angry  outburst  might  not  have 
been  nnnatnral,  and  allowance  would  have 
been  made  for  violent  utterances  while  it 
prevailed.  But  Mr.  Clarkson  N.  Potticu's 
proposition  was  as  cool  as  the  Gramercy 
Park  dispatches  to  Patrick  or  Kelly. 
The  idea  of  buying  an  Oregon  Elector  was 
not  more  deliberately  thought  out  than  was 
Mr.  Potter's  plan  for  preventing  an  elec- 
tion in  the  joint  meeting  of  the  two  houses, 
and  for  bringing  the  Government  to  a  dead- 
lock by  an  act  of  usurpation  on  the  part  of 
the  Democratic  Eepresentativcs.  The  in- 
terests of  the  country  were  discarded  as  of 
no  moment^  in  eomparison  with  the  ambi- 
tion of  a  bad  man  and  the  greed  of  the 
crowd  that  were  gathered  around  him.  The 
Government  was  to  be  brought  to  a  stand- 
still for  his  sake.  The  foundation  of  civil 
war  was  to  be  laid  in  order  that  the  t)emo- 
crats  might  avenge  their  disappointment. 

In  pursuance  of  the  same  policy,  arrange- 
ments were  made  for  demonstrations  on 
Jackson's  birthday.  They  were  failures 
everywhere,  because  the  good  sense  of  the 
people  revolted  against  the  attemnt  to 
foment  strife  as  a  means  of  helping  the 
Democracy  into  power.  The  fact  remains, 
however,  that  the  Northern  managers  of  the 
party  devised  a  plan  for  fomenting  a  dan- 
gerons  popular  excitement,  with  the  double 
purpose  of  driving  the  majority  in  the 
House  up  to  the  point  at  which  Mr.  Pot- 
TVa's  programme  might  be  acted 
upon,  and  furnishing  the  out- 
door support  which  so  perilous  a 
scheme  evidently  required.  Its  failure,  as 
evidenced  by  the  break-down  of  the  dema- 
i  iroiruea  who  had  undertaken  to  iriva  it  efi(9ct 


in  Ohio,  Indiana,  and  HHnois,  does  not 
lessen  the  responsibility  of  its  promoters. 

The  money  supplied  from  the  treasury  in 
Gramercy  Park  was  wasted ;  the  incendiary 
appeals  called  forth  no  adequate  res|^onse. 
Bat  neither  of  these  circnxustancea  forms  an 
excuse  for  the  partisan  recklessness  which 

attempted  thus  to  accomf,1i>.h  its  ends  with- 
out reference  to  consequences.  They  were 
ready  to  plunge  the  country  into  anarchy 
to  secure  a  chance  of  obtaining  control  of 
the  GJovernment. 

But  for  this  condition  of  things  no  such 
device  as  the  Electoral  Commission  would 
have  been  dreamed  of.  It  was  a  conces- 
sion to  Democratic  demands,  proceeding 
mainly,  no  doubt,  from  a  conviction  that  no 

tribunal  guided  by  judicial  considerations 
could  ignore  the  constitutional  strength  of 
the  Bepnblican  case,  but  resulting  in  some 
instances  from  a  timid  desire  to  avert  the 
trouble  which  Democratic  braggarts  had 
threatened.  The  relative  moral  difference 
between  the  two  parties  could  have  no  more 
effective  illustration  than  in  the  temper 
they  have  respectively  displayed  since  the 
Commission  be>:ran  its  labors.  Each  party 
professed  confidence  in  the  result.  Each 
insisted  that  the  result  should  be  final. 
There  has  not  been  a  moment  at 
which  the  good  faith  of  the  Be- 
publicans in  regard  to  this  point 
could  be  questioned.  There  has  hardly 
been  a  moment,  since  the  Commission  re- 
vealeS  its  controlling  principles,  when  trust 
could  bo  felt  in  the  ultimate  action  of  the 
Democrats.  They  were  prepared  to  extol 
the  Commission  as  a  piece  of  heaven-bom 
statesmanship  if  it  gave  them  what  they 
wanted.  Having  decided  contested  votes 
against  them,  they  are  divided  on  the  ques- 
tion whether  the  judgment  shall  be  ac- 
quiesced in  or  resisted  at  the  cost  of  the 
peace  of  the  country  and  the  infliction  of 
ruinous  loss  upon  its  most  important  in- 
terests. 

A  party  which  in  this  manner  proclaims 
indlffereuce  to  everything  except  its  own 
sinister  objects  confesses  its  unfitness  to  bo 
intrusted  with  the  power  it  seeks.  Ad- 
mitting that  in  the  end  wisdom  may  over- 
rule folly  in  marking  out  tho  line  to  be 
pursued,  the  presence  of  a  dangerous  ele- 
ment, with  strength  sufficient  to  make  its 
struggle  for  ascendency  doubtful,  is  a  valid 
reason  for  distrusting  the  party  and  fasten- 
ing upon  it  the  odium  it  has  earned.  Its 
bad  faith  is  almost  as  conspicuous  in  the  in- 
decent conduct  ot  Democratic  members  of  the 

Commission,  in  their  places  in  the  Senate, 
as  in  the  crazy  violence  of  demagogues  in 
the  caucus.  Tho  same  consideration  seems 
uppermost  in  the  minds  of  all  of  them. 
They  may  admit  the  binding  force  of  the 
decisions  of  the  Commission,  while  impugn- 
ing the  integrity  of  all  not  of  their  way  of 
thinking,  or  they  may  defy  the  Commission 
and  revive  the  original  causes  of  quarrel  in 
an  aggravated  form.  There  is  a  difference 
in  the  degrees  of  responsibility  attaching, 
say,  to  Mr.  Bayard  or  Mr.  Mills, 
Mr.  TuuRMivx  or  Mr.  Springer,  but 
they  are  alike  in  a  general  willingness  to 
excite  bad  feeling  and  surround  the  settle- 
ment of  the  Presidential  question  with  dis- 
turbing influences,  If,  as  tho  more  moder- 
ate of  them  declare,  the  title  of  Mr.  Hayes  to 
his  high  office  is  in  any  quarter  impugned,  it 
will  bo  booause  Senators  who  were  ap- 
pointed to  sit  in  judgment  are  unwilling  to 
accord  to  their  judicial  a-ssociates  the  credit 
for  integrity  which  thoy  claim  for  them- 
selves. They  profess  to  deprecate  tho  vio- 
lent suggestions  of  tho  Bandalls  aud  Hew- 
itts, and  yst  supply  the  pretexts 
on  which  tho  latter  rely.  A  Senator 
who  in  one  breath  declares  that  "  tho 
decision  of  the  Commission  must  be  re- 
spected," and  ill  tho  next,  that  "  the  con- 
duct of  the  CommLssiou  is  unworthy  of  re- 
spect," might  be  dismissed  with  contempt  if 
ihe  lesson  he  inculcates  were  less  mischiev- 
ous than  it  is.  The  Democrats  who  openly 
propose  to  frustrate  tho  work  of  the  Com- 
mission aud  prevent  an  election  of  President 
before  the  4th  of  March  arc  more  entitled 
to  respect  than  Mr.  Thurman  or  Mr. 
Bayard.  They  mean  mischief,  and  they  are 
frank  enough  to  say  so.  For  the  uncertain- 
ty which  their  conduct  meanwhile  engen* 
ders  the  country  knows  whom  to  hold  re- 
sponsible. Aud  if,  after  all,  they  carry 
their  point  so  far  as  to  provoke  fresh  trials 
of  strength,  and  to  call  into  play  the  re- 
served forces  of  tho  Constitution,  they  will 
bring  upon  the  Democratic  Party  the  fate 
it  deserves.  It  can  not  rid  its?lf  of  rc- 
sponsibilitv   for  their  revolutionary  course. 


INSPECTING  RAILROAD  ACCIDENTS. 
In  what  bas  so  far  been  done,  there  is  lit- 
tle reason  for  hope  that  the  actual  and  com- 
plete causes  of  tho  awful  disaster  at  Ashta- 
bula will  ever  be  known.  The  investigation 
from.which  most  was  to  have  been  expected, 
that  of  the  Ohio  Legislature,  though  better 
by  far  than  the  Coroner's  inquest  made 
under  local  authority,  cannot,  in  its  result, 
be  accepted  as  final.  .  The  only 
adequate  means  •  for  reaching  the 
exact  and  whole  truth — if,  indeed, 
that  has  at  any  time  been  with- 
in reach — was  a  careful  inquiry  by  com- 
petent engineers,  free  from  the  bias  of 
previous  employment  by  the  Lake  Shore 
Bailroad  or  its  associate  companies,  yet 
aided  by  that  road.  Such  an  investigation 
the  officers  of  the  Lake  Shore  Buad  could 
have  had  if  they  had  desired  it,  and  to  have 
secured  it  would  have  been  an  act  of  great 
service  to  the  public  and  some  compensa- 
tion for  the  calamity  at  Ashtabula.  But 
as  the  company  did  not  choose  to  secure  the 
investigation,  and  as  there  was,  unfortu- 
nately, no  meantf  of  compelling  them  to 
provide  or  submit  to  it,  the  disaster  must 
remain  a  sort  of  vagne  horror  in  the  his- 
tory of  railway  travel,  unrelieved  by  any 
practical  and  valuable  warning  conveyed 
for  the  future. 

This  state  of  affairs,  which  it  is  not  too 
strong  language  to  call  disgraceful  as 
well  as  lamentable,  proves  that  the  self- 
interest  of  railway  companies  is  not  suffi- 
cient to  induce  them  to  get  at  the  truth, 
and  to  publish  it,  in  a  form  which  would 
generally  be  accepted.  It  is  true  thgA  the 
company  on  whose  line  an  accident  such  as 
that  at  Ashtabula  occurs  is  more  inter- 
ested in  knowing  its  causes  than  any  one 
else.  If  its  bridges  are  bad,  it  must  want 
them  improved.  But,  conclusive  as  this  ar- 
gument appears  on  its  face,  it  is  plainly 
broken  down  by  the  facts.  The  company 
may  have  more  interest  in  ascertaining' the 
truth  than  any  one  else,  but  it  still  has  not 
enough.  The  general  nublic.whoso  interest.. 


after  all,  is  supreme,  suffers  from  the  Bdglecti, 
and  in  the  present  state  of  tlie  law  has  no 

remedy.  To  our  mind  it  is  clear  that  the 
law  ought  to  be  improved..  It  is  useless 
to  depend  on  State  law,  because  it 
is  too  limited,  and  though .  it  may 
do     much    good,    as    it   nnquestionably* 

has  done  in  Massachusetts,  for  in- 
stance,  it  is  a  poor  general  reliance. 
The  Federal  Government  is  the  proper 
source  of  adequate  legislation  in  this  mat- 
ter, and  the  bill  which  Mr.  Gakfibld  has 
introduced  is  an  excellent  measure  to 
begin  with.  We  earnestly  wish  tbat, 
even  in  the  closing  days  of  this  exciting 
sessibn,  it  might  be  slipped  through,  and 
the  bill  is  so  simple  and  harmless  tbat 
the  desire  does  not  seem  unreasonable. 

The  bill  provi'les  for  a  Board  of  Commis- 
sioners, to  be  made  up  of  three  officers  of  En- 
gineers, to  be  appointed  by  the  President. 
It  is  made  their  duty  to  inquire  into  the 
number  of  accidents  on  the  railroads  of  the 
United  States,  their  cause,  the  means  of 
preventing  them,  and. the  injury  anddeatl^ 
consequent  upon  them.  The  Commissioners 
are  to  make  special  investigations  and  re- 
ports of  accidents  of  an  unusual  or  unex- 
plained nature,  <and  besides  are  each  year  to 
make  a  general  report  upon  the  accidents  of 
that  year.  Besides  their  pay,  the  Commis- 
sioners are  to  be  allowed  compensation  for 
actual  expenses  incurred  in  investigation. 
It  will  be  observed  that  this  bill  creates  no 
new  office,  makes  no  demand  of  any  moment 
on  the  Treasury,  gives  no  extra- 
ordinary powers,  avoids  the  question 
of  juri«diction,  and  simply  directs 
three  army  officers,  in  the  name 
of  the  Government,  to  ask  the  railroad  com- 
panies to  aid  them  in  investigating  acci- 
dents. Slight  as  the  measure  seems,  we 
have  no  doubt  that  it  would  be  efficient. 
Mr.  Charles  F.  Adams,  Jr.,  who  prepared 
the  bill  at  the  request  of  Mr.  Garfield, 
says  that  the  Commissioners  would  have  as 
much  power  as  the  British  Inspectors  have, 
and  as  much  as  the  Bailroad  Commissioners 
of  Massachusetts  have,  and  that  the  latter 
have  always  found  their  powers  entirely 
sufficient.  . 

It  was  a  happy  thought,  placing  the  pro- 
posed power  in  the  hands  of  engineers  of 
the  Army.  These  officers,  though  not  rail- 
road experts,  are  thoroughly  trained  in  a 
line  of  study  clonely  connected  with  railroad 
building,  aud  it  would  be  easy  to  find  those 
who  had  given  special  attention  to  this 
branch  of  their  work.  They  hold  their  office 
by  a  lasting  and  independent  tenure.  They 
would  be  beyond  the  reach  of  tho  vicious 
influences  which  too  often  control  the 
appointments  to  office.  Thsy  would 
be  sure  to  be  men  of  more  than  ordi- 
nary integnty,  and  they  would  soon  ac- 
quire the  special  knowledge  which  would 
be  necessary  to  the  proper  performance  of 
their  duties.  It  would  be  imposSlble  to 
form  a  commission  of  civilians  which  would 
combine  nearly  as  many  good  qualities,  and 
it  is  clear  that  a  Federal  commission  of 
some  sort  is  indispensable. 


A  MISCHIEF-MAKER  AT  LARGE. 

Why  does  not  Patrick  come  forward  and 
clear  himself  f  Is  he  to  be  tho  only  and 
tinal  culprit  in  the  Oregon  fraud?  He 
appears  to  be  the  only  one  who  had  no  per- 
sonal interest  in  the  success  of  the  con- 
SDir.acy,  Yet,  unless  he  is  greatly  belied  by 
those  who  profit  by  his  crimes,  he  must 
carry  into  the  wilderness  the  sins  of  the 
tribe.  In  a  certain  New  England  village, 
justly  celebrated  for  its  manufacture  of 
bas-s-wood  hams,  a  family  of  six  brothers 
and  their  father  drove  a  thriving  trade  in 
these  attractive  but  indigestible  articles. 
Tho  family,  with  a  single  exception,  were 
honest  and  upright  men  ;  tho  exception  was 
a  wicked  brother  who  sold  the  wooden  hams 
which  the  rest  of  the  family  innocently 
fabricated.  So  far  as  known,  Mr.  J.  H.  N. 
Patrick  is  the  wholly  unregenerate 
brother  who  has  been  wickedly  peddling 
about  the  country  the  innocent  echemea  of 
Kklly,  Grovkr,  Pklton,  and  Tildkn,  Of 
these  gentlemen,  the  palm  for  simplicity  and 
unsuspiciousness  clearly  belongs  to  Senator 
Kelly.  Ho  is  too  innocent  and  guileless  to 
to  be  left  out  any  longer  m  this  wicked 
world.  It  must  bo  a  mental  relief  to  the. 
people  of  Oiepon  that  his  Senatori.il  term 
expires  next  March,  and  then  he  may  re- 
turn to  tho  vast  solitudes  of  his  own  Sta|:e. 
That  ho  is  to  bo  succeeded  by  the  astute 
GrovI'R  may  be  small  consolation. 

Kelly  was  drawn  into  the  conspiracy  in 
a  singular  manner.  The  attentive  reader 
will  remember  that  a  cipher  dispatch  was 
sent  from  Oregon,  Nov.  28,  saying  that  an 

Electoral  certificate  would  be  issued  to  one 

Democrat,  and  that  money  was  needed  to 
buy  ofte  Republican.  This  was  signed  by 
Patrick  and  formally  indorsed  by  Kklly. 
The  last-named  gentleman  says  ho  met 
Patrick,  with  whom  he  had  a  slight 
acquaintance,  in  a  railroad  depot.  Patrick 
showed  the  Senator  a  cipher  dispatch  which 
he  wanted  him  [Kelly]  to  indorse  as  cor- 
rect. Kelly  represented  to  TiLDEX  the 
Oregon.  Democracy.  The  dispatch  was 
a  demand  for  money.  Now,  Kklly, 
on  general  principles,  is  in  favor 
of  using  money  in  elections,  and.though  the 
election  had  been  long  since  over,  he  joyfully 
embraced  tho  opportunity  to  indorse  a  dis- 
patch asking .  for  more  money.  It  i&  much 
to  the  credit  of  this  unsuspicious  Senator 
that  he  took  the  word  of  a  casual  acquain- 
tance that  the  secret  message  was  harmless, 
and  such  au  one  as  any  high-toned  gentle- 
man might  indorse.  Of  course,  he  is  horri- 
fied now  to  learn  that  the  message  told 
TiLDEXthat  bribery  was  necessary  to  carry 
the  day,  and  that  tho  money  must  be  forth- 
coming at  once.  The  good  man  thinks  that 
he  has  been  imposed  upon  by  the  oasual 
Patrick,  who  met  him  iu  the  depot  and  in- 
veigled him  into  indorsing  such  a  bald 
fraud. 

The  wicked  Patrick  not  only  deceived 
Senator  Kelly  as  to  the  true  intent  and 
meaning  ot  the  cipher  dispatch,  but  after 
Jie  had  done  so  he  taught  him  the  use  of 
that  cipher.  The  Senator  was  such  au  apt 
scholar  that  when  Patrick  went  away  he 
[Kelly]  kept  up  the  correspondence  with 
great  spirit.  Signing  himself  "  K.  for  P.," 
K<  LLY  renewed  the  demand  for  au  immcT 
diate  remittance.  He  urged  that  it  would 
be  impossible  to  convene  the  Legislatupe. 
Money  only  would  carry  the  day.  And  to 
think  that  all  this  time  this  virtnous  and 
unsophisticated  Senator  Was  so  sure  that 
the  much-desired  money  was  only  need- 
ed for  necessary  orxpenses.  He  actually 
swore  before  the  Senate  committee  that  he 
did  Aot  know  whei»  a  doUac.  Jukd-  beisiiisorri . 


rnptly  used!  This  is  simpUetty  on  the 
largest  scale. 

It  was  Patbick,  too,  who  divined  the  in- 
tentions of 'Gov.  Grovkb,  long  before  he 
had  made  up  his  mind,  and  who  commnni- 
cated  the  Governor's  decision  while  it  was 

yet  incomplete.  If  Patbick  added  necro- 
mancy and  the  art  of  foretelling  the  future 
to  his  other  accomplishments,  he  could  not 
have  come  out  better  with  his  predictions. 
For  it  was  on  Nov.  28  that  this  ingenious 
person  telegraphed  that  Grovkr  would 
issue  .Cronin's  certificate.  And  on  the 
30th  he  repeated  that  statement  with 
emphasis,  adding  that  the  Governor 
would  do  this  without  reward.     How  did 

Patrick  know  this!  Grover  solemnly 
swore  thait  he  communifeated  his  decision  in 
advance  to  nobody,  yet  here  was  Patrick 
not  only  telling  Tilden  that  the  Governor 
would-  do  what  he  subsequently  did,  but 
that  he  would  charge  nothing  for  the  ser- 
vice. If  Patrick  is  not  a  skillful  professor 
of  the  black  art,  then  Groveb  and  Kbixy 
have  told  some  awful  falsehoods.  Of  course, 
it  must  have  been  this  bad  man  who  sent 
the  notorious  "  Gobble"  dispatch,  in  which 
the  writer  said,  "I  shall  decide  every 
point,"  &c.,  just  as  though  he  were 
really  Governor  of  Oregon.  They  used  to 
say,  in  olden  times,  that  Satan  could  assume 
the  part  of  a  well-known  priest,  citizen,  or 
General  in  such  a  consummate  manner  as  to 
deceive  the  most  intimate  friends  of  the 
real  man.  For  the  time,  according  to 
Grover,  Patrick  must  have  been  playing 
Governor.  How  he  "played"  Kelly  we 
have  already  seen.  It  is  high  time  that  this 
pnnce  of  darkness  and  general  mischief- 
maker  were  brought  to  justice.  If  he  re- 
mains longer  at  large,  no  Democratic  states- 
man's reputation  is  safe. 


BARVCH  SPINOZA. 

Two  hundred  years  ago  to-day,  died  one 
ol  the  greatest  philosophers  of  modern  times, 
whose  fortune  it  was,  like  that  of  so  many 
great  men,  to  be  misrepresented  in  life  and 
to  be  misunderstood  after  death.  Baruch 
or  Benedict  Spivoza  was  born  in  Amster- 
dam, his  father  being  a  Spanish  Jew,  who, 
having  fled  to  Holland  to  escape  persecu- 
tion, had  prospered  as  a  merchant,  and  de- 
sired his  so/  to  prosper  likewise.  The  boy's 
frail  healla  and  hunger  for  knowledge, 
however,  caused  him  to  be  educated  for  a 
rabbi.  .  His  extraordinary  ability,  and  the 
interest  he  showed  in  Jewish  theology, 
gained  the  ardent  admiration  of  the  leading 
Israelites  of  the  city,  who  predicted  his  fu- 
ture eminence  as  an  expounder  of  their  reli- 
gion. They  wore  disappointed.  Before  he 
was  fifteen,  although  modest  and  cautious 
in  the  expression  of  his  opinions,  he  evinced 
symptoms  of  heresy.  Having  been  "reported 
as  holding  the  doctrine  of  the  unity  of  sub- 
stance in  the  universe  so  absolutely  as  to  in- 
terfere with  the  law  of  Moses,  ho  was 
called  before  the  Hebrew  judges  and  doc- 
tors, and  menaced  with  excommunication. 
Fearless  and  unmoved,  he  made  no  effort  to 
conceal  his  beliefs,  and  to  save  his  accusers 
needless  trouble,  formally  withdrew  from 
tho  synagogue. 

From  that  time  the  youth  decided  to  dis- 
card all  mere  theologic  trammels,  and  de- 
vote himself  rigorously  to  what  he  con- 
ceived to  be  the  truth,  guide  him  where  it 
might.  The  synagoziie,  anxious  to  retain 
him,  offered  him  a  ha&dsome  salary  if  he 
would  be  silent  and  yield  an  outward  ad- 
herence to  its  dogmas.  He  declined,  and 
his  refusal  created  eo  much  feeling 
against  him  that  some  zealot  of  his  rejected 
faith  attempted  his  assassination.  His 
studies  were  diligently  prosecuted,  and  he 
soon  became  familiar  with  the  writings  of 
Descartes,  in  whom  he  found  much  in 
common  with  himself.  The  illustrious 
Frenchman's  maxim,  "Beceivo  nothing  as 
true  that  is  not  sustained  by  good  and  solid 
reasons,"  echoed  his  own  thought,  and  more 
than  ever  determined  him  to  put  to  the 
severest  intellectual  test  each  and  all  of  the 
opinions  he  had  adopted  from  his  infancy. 
The  hostility  of  the  Jews  toward  him  so 
increased  that  a  number  of  the  rabbis,  then 
very  influential  in  Amsterdam,  induced  the 
magistrates  to  banish  him  from  the  city. 
Ho  submitted  without  protest  or  murmur, 
going  from  town  to  town,  continuing  his 
studies,  and  supporting  himself  by  polishing 
gllisses  for  optical  instruments— an  art 
which,  in  accordance  with  the  Talmud,  he 
had  early  learned,  and  in  which  ha  excelled. 
In.  his  thirty-fourth  year,  assenting  to  the 
urgent  request  of  a  few  faithful  friends,  he 
took  up  his  abode  at  The  ^ague,  where  he 
remained  until  his  death,  which  occurred  at 
the  early  age  of  forty-five. 

No  man  has  lived  more  purely,  more  con- 
scientiously, more  religiously.  His  whole 
time  was  spent  in  reflection  and  polishing 
glass,  the  slender  earnings  of  his  trade 
supporting  him  in  the  pursuit  of  philosophy. 
He  had  but  one  object — Truth — for  which 
he  surrendered  everything,  the  joys  of  love, 
the  quest  of  gold,  the  hope  of  fame,  the 
charm  of  society,  the  total  consideration  of 
self.  If,  with  renunciation,  all  true  life 
begins,  Spinoza's  life  was  of  the  truest. 
His  friend,  Simon  de  Vries,  wished  to 
leave  him  a  handsome  property,  but  was 
persuaded  by  him  to  make  another  his  heir. 
He  transferred  his  share  of  the  paternal  in- 
heritance to  his  sisters.  He  refused  the 
Chair  of  Philosophy  at  Heidelberg,  because 
its  acceptance  might  hamper  his  free  sjifrit 
of  investigation.  When  a  pension  from 
Louis  XIY.  was  proposed  to  him,  he  said 
he  had  nothing  to  dedicate  to  the  King 
of  France.  And,  all  the  while,  he  suffered 
from  ill  health  and  poverty;  laboring  at 
his  trade  all  day,  and  studying  and  writing 
far  into  the  night.  His  first  works,  entirely 
logical,  temperate,  tolerant,  and  religions  in 
their  breadth  and  sincerity,  while  they 
brought  him  many  dlstiaguished  admirers 
and  friends,  were  condemned  by  the  Church 
and  State. '  Amiable  by  nature,  and  averse 
to  controversy,  he  continued  writing,  but 
resolved  to  have  nothing  more  published 
during  his  life.  Consumption,  the  seeds  of 
which  had  been  in  his  system  from  the  first, 
was  so  aggravated  by  his  unremitting  toil, 
his  seclusion,  his  scanty  sustenance,  and 
Spartan  simplioity,  that  he  passed  calmly 
away  in  the  midst  of  his  labors,  in  the  pres- 
ence of  his  physician  alone,  leaving  his 
chief  wor^,  Mhica,  with  other  manuscript, 
to  be  sent,  as  by  previous  agreement,  to  his 
publisher  in  Amsterdam. 

Spixcza's  philosophy,  entirsly  panthe- 
istic, holds  that  QoD  is  a  being  absolutely 
infinite,  a  substance  consisting  of  infinite 
ai;tribotes,  each  of  them  expressing  an  in- 
finite and  otemal  essence.      Substance  is 


and  thirefore  Ooi>.  .  Nothing  exists  «xcept 
sabstance,  and    th«   modes    of  its  dttri* 

butea  Substance  cannot  produce  sub- 
stance, and  consequently  there  is  no  such 
thing  as  creation,  neither  beginning  nor  exxA. 
All  things  have  flowed  necessarily  from  God, 
and  will  oontinae  to  flow  on  eternally.  Of 
all  the  innumerable  attributes  of  Qod,  only 
two  are  known — extension  and  thought— 
the  objective  andsubjective— of  which  Deity 
is  the  identity.  Body  is  a  mode  of  extension, 
and  indivisible ;  thought  isinfinits,  and  men- 
tal acts  are  its  modes.  Qod  alone  is  a  free 
cause ;  all  cither  entities  move  by  fixed  laws  of 
causation,  without  free  will  or  contingency. 
Gqd  is  the  imnuuient  cause  of  everything, 
not  axlsting  apart  from,  but  expressed  iO| 
the  universe.  There  is  a  constant  parallel- 
ism between  bodies — modes  of  extension — 
and  ideas— modes  of  thought — and  the 
parallelism  appears  everywhere.  Soul  is 
shared  by  animals,  vegetables,  and  minerals, 
of  aU  three  of  which  man  is  an  intricate 
compound.  He  gets  life  and  self-mastery 
from  God  alone ;  love  of  God  extinguishes 
all  other  desires  ;  virtue  is  knowledge  and. 
power  of  God  in  the  human  soul.  Immor- 
tality is  secured  by  the  influence  of  adequate 
ideas  upon  fbe  mind  which  frees  itself  from 
the  conditions  of  duration  by  exclusive 
contemplation  of  the  eternal. 

The  publication  of  Spinoza's  Ethics,  a 
year  after  his  death,  excited  enormous  pre- 
judice against  him.  He  was  denounced  on 
every  hand ;  called  atheist  and  monster ; 
Batle,  Lsibxitz,  Maltbkanche,  andMAS- 
siLLO.v  joining  in  the  detraction.  Since  then 
his  principles  have  been  better  understood ; 
many  eminent  thinkers  have  accepted  and 
honored  him ;  Herder  and  Schlrier- 
MACHER,  SCRBLLIXG,  and  Hegel  have  fol- 
lowed him  ',  Gokthe  has  acknowledged 
himself  as  his  enthusiastic  disciple,  his 
most  devoted  worshiper.  However  widely 
his  students  may  differ  from  him,  they  must 
admit  his  passion  for  truth,  his  earnest 
purpose,  his  perfect  disinterestedness,  and 
most  see  the  great  and  good  influence  he 
has  exercised  upon  the  intellectnal  worldi 

To-day  a  statue  to  his  memory  is  to  be 
dedicated  at  The  Hague  ;  a  number  of  the 
leading  thinkers  of  Holland,  Germany, 
France,  England  and  America  are  expected 
to  be  present,  and  Ernest  Benan  will  de- 
liver a  commemorative  address.  The  world 
may  be  slow  to  understand,  and  slower  to 
appreciate  ;  but,  in  its  own  good  tiniie,  it 
seldom  fails  to  recognize  those  who  have 
battled  lor  human  progress,  or  conscien- 
tiously striven  in  the  canse  of  truth. 


UNREASONABLE  PEOPLE. 

The  world  is  full  ot  unreasonable  people. 
Everv  man  who  has  met  pepple  who  differ 
from  him  in  ooinion  will  recognize  the 
truth  of  this  assertion.  The  New -York 
Yacht  Club  is  especially  full  of  unreasona- 
ble people,  and  perhaps  those  members  of 
the  club  who  do  not  own  yachts  are  rather 
more  unreasonable  than  any  other  persons 
now  living,  except,  of  course,  professional 
lunatiQS. 

As  is  generally  known,  a  very  small  pro- 
portion of  tho  three  hundred  and  sixty 
members  of  the  Yacht  Club  own  yachts. 
The  control  of  the  club  is  vested  ex-' 
clusively  in  the  hands  of  the  latter, 
who  alone  have  the  right  to  vote.  Thus 
it  happens  that  eight  yacht-owners  can 
elect  themselves  to  all  sorts  of  offices  and 
pass  every  conceivable  variety  of  resolu- 
tion without  asking  the  consent  or  listen- 
ing to  the  protests  of  the  hundreds  of 
yachtless  members.  Becently  certain  yacht- 
owners  decided  that  the  two  club-houses — 
one  ai  Staten  Island  and  one  in  this  City — 
should  be  given  up.  To  this  decision  the 
yachtless  members  have  taken  exception, 
and,  with  tho  most  unreasonable  indigna- 
tion, are  now  complaining  that  the  club  gives 
them  absolutely  nothing  in  retcirn  for  the 
money  which  they  pay  into  the  treasury. 

It  is  usually  a  loss  of  time  to  reason  with 
grossly  unreasonable  people.  Still,  eharity 
requires  that  an  effort  should  be  made  to 
convince  the  yachtless  yachtsmen  ,of  the 
error  of  their  ways.  Have  they  ever  asked 
themselves  why  they  were  admitted  to 
membership  in  the  New-York  Yacht  Club^f 
Nothing  can  be  more  obvious  than  the  an- 
swer. They  were  admitted  solely  in  order 
that  they  might  pay  money  into  the  treas- 
ury. The  yacht-owners  wanted  to  have'  re- 
gattas and  other  expensive  aquatic  amuse- 
ments, and  they  nobly  decided  to  allow 
other  people  to  contribute  to  the  cost  there- 
of. To  parody  the  famous  epigram  of  the 
Tichborne  claimant  concerning  brainS  and 
money,  the  yachtsmen  saw  that  some 
men    have     plenty    of    money    and    no 

yachts,    and    other     men    have    plenty    of 

yachts  and  no  spare  money ;  and  they 
naturally  decided  that  tho  men  with  plsnty 
of  money  and  no  yachts  were  made  for  the  use 
of  men  with  plenty  of  yaehtsand  adefi<;iency 
of  loose  change.  Upon  this  great  principle 
they  organized  the  New-York  Yacht  Club, 
and  allowed  persons  without  yachts  to  bring 
money  into  the  treasury  to  be  disposed  of 
exclusively  by  the  vote  of  the  yacht-owners^ 
There  was  no  concealment  or  false  pretense  ^ 
in  the  matter.  The  yachtless  members  of 
the  club  knew  when  they  joined  it  that 
they  could  have  no  voice  in  its  deliberations, 
and  that  their  only  privilege  under  the 
constitution,  was  that  of  contributing 
money.  It  Was  for  that  purpose  alone — in 
the  opinion  ot  tho  yacht-owners— that  they 
were  created,  and  it  is  now  rather  late  in^ 
the  day  for  them  to  pretend  that  they  were 
entitled  to  privileges  other  than  those  of 
paying  initiation  fees  and  annual  dues. 

Of  course,  so  long  as  the  club  chose  to 
maintain  a  club-house,  the  yachtless  mem- 
bers were  permitted  to  enter  it.  There  is 
no  doubt  that  they  derived  a  good  deal  of 
innocent  pleasure  from  the  opportunity 
thus  afforded  of  being  able  to  lounge  in  a 
comfortable  room  and  listen  to  a  discussion 
between  two  real  yachtsmen  as  to  the  oom- 
parative  merits  of  different  fireworks,  the 
true  way  in  which  to  cook  blue-fiiS^J,  and 
other  abstruse  questions  of  seamanship.. 
Still,  they  knew  that  the  yacht-owners  had 
at  any  moment  the  power  to  abolish  the 
club-houses,  and  must  have  known  that,  in 
case  they  did  not  contribute  money  enough 
to  pay  for  both  club-houses  and  regattas, 
they  would  have  to  do  without  the  former. 

Now  that  the  Yaoht  Club  is  no  longer  to 
have  a  olnb-house,  the  yachtless  members 
have  no  privileges  except  their  original  one 
of  paying  money  into  the  treasury.  That 
they  should  be  dissatisfied  is  extremely  un- 
reasonable. No  one  proposes  to  deprive 
them  of  the  right  to  pay  their  annual  >dneis, 
and  were  they  to  frame  an  humble  petition 


GEN.  ROBERT  STOCKTOX  ELECTED  COX» 
TROLLKR  of  the  state  in  JOINT  LB' 
GISLATIVE  convention. 

From  Our  Own  CorreiDondenL 
Trenton,  Tuesday,  Feb,  20,  1877. 
^  The  joint  meeting  to-day  ended  in  a  love 
feast.  At  noon,  the  Senate,  headed  by  Presi- 
dent Abbett,  marched  into  the  Assembly 
Chamber,  and  Mr.  Abbett  ascended  to  the 
Speaker's  desk.  Announcement  was  at  onca 
made  that  the  business  betore  the  convention 
was  the  choice  of  a  Controller  of  the  State 
Treasury.  The  roll-call  showed  that  Egan, 
who  has  been  particularly  bitter  against  the 
nomination  of  Gen.  Robert  P.  Stockton  by  the 
Democratic  caucus,   was  the  only  absentee, 

Mr.  Howell  asked  to  bo  excused  from  voting, 
explaining  that  he  had  paired  off  with  Mr. 
Bgan.  Mr.  Kruger,  the  disaffected  Democrat, 
who  had  promised,  to  vote  for   Morrow,  the  Re- 

Sublicaa  candidate,  answered  with  Me- 
[icbael's  name  when  the  clerk  reached 
him  on  the  check  list.  The  vote  at  the 
end  of  the  roll  call  showed  that  Morrow  bad 
39  votes,  Stockton  37,  and  McMichael  .3.  Be- 
fore the  vote  bad  been  counted  Senator  Uo- 
hart  was  ou  his  feet  expr,issing  a  desire  to 
ofaantie  his  vote  from  Morrow  to  StocEton. 
Gen.  iScovfll  tollowad,  aiid  a  stampede  oi  Ke- 
publioans  to  the  Democratio  caucus  nommea 
ensued.  When  the  result  was  announced, 
it  was  discovered  that  Gen.  Stockton  had  re- 
deived  58  votes,  Mr.  Moitow  14  votes,  Mr.  Ms- 
Michael  3,  Air.  Runyon,  the  present  Controller, 
3,  and  E.  J.  Anderson,  now  a  clerk  in  the  Con- 
troller's oflice,  1.  William  Patterson  was 
elected  Sate  Direetot  ot  Railroads  and  Canals, 
aud  the  joint  convention  adjuurnea  to  Tuesday 
ot  next  week. 

The  Carscallen  bill,  for  the  reoreanization  ol 
the  local  Government,  came  out  ot  the  hands 
tif  the  committee  so  badly  riddledand  cut  un 
tbat  no  one  can  recugniza  the  ori$cinal  in  it. 
'I'he  eommittee's  bill  is  offered  as  a  substitute 
for  that  orisinally  committed  to  them.  It  al- 
lows none  of  the  present  CommiBsionera  to  re- 
main in  oflaoe  alter  the  second  Tuesday  ot  May, 
but  provides  for  the  election  of  one  Commis- 
sioner for  each  board  in  each  Aldermanio  dis- 
trict. The  most  important  proviso  is  that  the 
Board  of  Finance  shall  sanction  whatever  any 
ol  the  other  boards  may  do  before  the  acts  of 
other  boards  can  eo  into  effect.  This  is  a  nder 
which  Assemblyman  Droban,  who  is  also 
President  of  the  Board  of  Finance,  succeeded 
in  toistiug  on  tne  bill.  He  reconciles  it  to  hia 
party  friends  on  the  ground  that  Demoeratif 
good  requires  it.  

UEETIsa  OF  TRM  OA.NSL  BOARD. 
Albant,  Feb.  20.— The  Canal  Board  met  to- 
day. Xbe  Auditor  presented  a  communication  from 
James  S.  "WaAsworth,  Secretary  of  a  eitisens' 
meeiine  in  Mew-York,  askine  to  be  heard  on  the 
snljeot  of  tolls.  The  board  voted  to  hear  Mr.  Wads- 
worth  uid  othor  parties  Feb.  38.  Apptioa- 
.tlcb .  (or  ft  rehearing  in  tbe  appeal  case^ 
of.  John  W.  'WilUams  and  Horatio  £.  UM.' 
.teson  was  referred  to  the  Attorney  Osnertl, 
,The  Attorney  General  and  the  Controller  reported 
in  tavor  of  paviut;  witness  f^*a  to  W.  fl.  Bum  and 
C.  W.  Avery,  Canal  Superintendents,  feainst  whom 
charces  were  made,  but  dismissed.  Tbe  Aadifor 
aad  Controller  sfafe  appointed  a  coaainlttee  to  r»- 
iKMtt  a  plan  to  provide  fands  foe  ordinary  repairs, 
preparatory  to  oppnini;  the  canals.  Tne  ContruUer 
was  requested  to  intorm  the  board  if  a'jy  reducOou 
\a.  the  loU-sheeta  Ot  lost  year  can  be  made  wirbout  a 
deficiency  in  the  amoant  required  t'oi  the  maince- 
,  ,    „   .  .,,.,<  ,nuce  of  tbe  canals  this  ye«c.    Xke  board  th«a  ad* 

paceMary  and  .mfinitft,.  Qnft.»nd.  ittdiviaihlaJLaaking  tttJl)ftjfterputteii^to..aDnbto.tijit%<u)tt.JiJtottn>»d  to  ifeti. «» 


iributions  to  the  treasury,  thine  is  ever} 
leason  to  believe  that  it  would  be  granted. 

Indeed,  if  they  would  offer  to  rent  and  fur- 
nish a  club-bouse  exclusively  at  their  own 
expense,  there  is  no  doubt  that,  not  only 
would  they  be  permitted  to  do  so,  but  that 
the  yachtsmen  themselves  woold  occasion* 

•lly  visit  the  club-house,  in  order  to  give  it 

a  moral  and  marine  tone.  The  yachtsmen 
are  liberal  and  kindly  gentlemen,  and  there 
is  probably  not  a  single  one  of  them  who 
would  refnse  the  yachtless  members  the 
privilege  of  making  themselves  as  comfort- 
ble  at  their  own  expense  as  they  might 
think  proper. 

It  must  inevitably  lower  one's  estimate  ol 
human  nature  to  have  these  yachtless  per- 
sons gloomily  asking  what  the  club  gives 
them  in  return  for  their  money  f  Their 
obvious  and  reprehensible  purpose  is  to 
lead  the  public  to  believe  that  the  club 
gives  them  absolutely  nothing.  It  has 
already  been  shown  that  the  club  gives 
them  the  priceless  privilege  of  paying 
money,  but  its  liberality  does  not  end  here. 
Every  yachtless  member  receives  in  ex- 
change for  his  money  a  receipt  signed  by 
one  of  the  officers  of  the  club.  What  more 
woidd  these  unreasonable  people  havef 
Perhaps  they  think  the  club  ought  to  give 
them  chromes  or  sewing-machines.  The 
grasping  spirit  shown  by  them  is  a  most 
melancholy  exhibition.  They  are  allowed 
to  pay  money  and  they  are  given  nicely 
printed  and  written  receipts  for  it,  aud  yet 
they  are  dissatisfied,  and  clamor  for  other 
and  further  privileges. 

If  the  yachtless  members  ot  the  New- York 
Yacht  Club  intend  to  maintain  their  present 
attitude,  they  had  better  vrithdraw  from  tho 
cluh.and  join  some  one  of  the  many  exist- 
ing clubs  where  all  members  enjoy  equal 
rights.  As  for  the  yacht-owners,  if  they 
find  themselves  unable  to  maintain  their 
organization  alone,  they  might,  perhaps, 
let  it  die  a  natural  death.  There  are  cer- 
tainly enough  yacht-owners  in  New-York 
and  its  vicinity  to  maintain  a  flourishing 
club;  and  a  single  yacht  club,  consisting 
exclusively  of  yachtsmen,  would  be  de- 
cidedly prefeiAble  to  half  a  dozen  struggling 
yacht  clubs  organized  on  the  principle  that 
men  with  money  ^and  no  yachts  are  the 
natural  prey  of  men  with  yaohts. 


TEE  MAIORALTY  OF  SYBJCU8E. 


THE  REPUBLICAN  CANDIDATE  ELECTED  B* 
THE  LARGEST  MAJORITY  EVER  GlVKH 
FOR  THE  OFFICE — TILDKN  AND  Hta  PAR- 
TY AGENTS  SIGNALLY  BEBUKRD. 

Sptdal  Ditpateh  to  the  .Veto- Fore  Times. 
Syracuse,  Feb.  20. — ^The  charter  elec« 
tion  to-day  resulted  in  an  overwhelming  vio- 
'tory  for  tbe  Republicans.  .  James  J.  Belden  is 
elected  Mayor  by  tbe  largest  majority  evet 
given  to  the  office  in  this  city.  The  result,  is 
bailed  with  satisfaction  by  the  entire  business 
community.  The  Republican  Convention  nom- 
inated Mr.  Belden  during  his  absence  from  the 
city  aud  against  his  earnest  protest.  Upon  his . 
return  home  he  declined  the  nomination,  basing 
bis  reasons  for  such  action  upon  the  grounds 
that  until  the  decisions  of  the  court  s  bad  fully 
vindicated  him  from  the  attacks  made  upon 
him  by  Tilden  and  his  partisan  agents  he 
could  not  accept  any  honors  at  tbe  hands  of 
the  citizens.  The  Republican  Convention  re- 
fused to  received  his  declination,  and  renomi- 
^ted  him  by  acclamation  amid  the  greatest 
ehihusiasm.  The  must  responsible  busiuess 
men  of  tbe  city,  baukers  and  merchauts. 
waited  upon  him  and  insisted  tbat  tbe  wclfaro 
of  the  city  depended  upon  his  acceptance,  fbe 
main  question  in  the  election  was  that  of  mu- 
nicipal reform.  There  were  three  tickets  m 
the  field,  the  Democratic,  Citizens',  and  Re- 
publican. Mr.  Belden's  majority  over  both 
is  fully  1,700,  the  largest  majority  ever 
{riven  to  any  candidate  in  Syracuse. 
/Ptre  entire  business  interests  of  the 
city  united  in  securing  his  election.  The 
result  is  indicative  of  the  respect  in  which  Mr. 
'Belden  is  held  at  borne.  It  shows  that  the  citi- 
zens of  Syracuse  have  entire  confidence  in-  bis 
iuteeiity  aud  ability,  and  that  they  enter  their 
protest  against  tbe  partisan  attacKs  that  have 
t>een  made  against  him.  After  the  result  was 
made  known  to-uight  Mr.  Beiden  was  waited 
upon  aud  con$rratu>ated  by  hcmdreds  of  our 
leading  citizens  and  representative  business 
meq.  A  hundred  guns  were  fired  by  the  citi- 
zens in  honor  of  his  election. 


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^BB  EXPENSES  OF  JnEW-YORK  CITY. 

Vdunkss  in  the  senate  and  the  assem- 
bly—joint  MEETINQ  0»  THE  COBOUT- 
TEE8  ON  CITIES — CONTBOIXSB    KKLLY's 

miAS   OF    KcoNomr — ^thb    cautious 

OPINION    OF  A  VERT    "CABEFUL"   MAN 
—STATEMENTS    BY    MR.     ALLAN     CAMP- 
BELL, POLICE   COMMISSIONER  ERHARDT, 
BETH  HAWLET,  AND  RUSH  HAWKINS. 
dVteial  DUpatehto  the  NexB-Tork  Timei. 
Albany,  Feb.  20.— Senator  Bixby  to-day 
btrodaoed  a  bill  reducing  all  tbe  If ew-York 
Commissions  to  single  heads  except  the  Police, 
ind  providine  that  this  shall  consist  of  two 
vommiasiooers    representing     both    political 
parties  in  the  State.     The  terms  of  oflace  of  all 
he  CommiBsioners  are  to  terminate  on  the  1st 
rf  May  next,  and  the  new   Commissioners  are 
»  be  appointed  by  thd  Mayor,  to  retain  office 
rntil  the  lat  of  Januery,  lb79,  and  to  be  ap- 

K>inted  thereafter  ior  a  term  of  two  years. 
rtae  salaries  of  ail  tue  Commissioners  is  fixed 
it  $5,000,  and  the  President  of  Police  and  the 
Health  Officer  of  the  Port  are  to  act  with  the 
Commissioner  of  Health. 

Senator  Bobertson  introduced  a  bill  incorpo- 
catinK  the  New -York  State  Bar  Association — 
the  first  officers  to  be  the  same  as  those 
elected  as  the  volunteer  asaociatioa 
formed  in  Albany  last  November,  with 
Jadjza  John  K.  Porter  as  Presideut. 
The  AsaemblT'  bill  Brovidinc;  for  the  payment 
Of  the  Clerks  of  the  Justices'  Courts  in  New- 
York,  who  were  decided  by  the  Court  of  Ap- 
peals nut  to  have  been  properly  appointed,  was 
concurred  in  by  the  Senate  by  a  vote  of  19  to  1. 
The  bill  rt'^orted  from  the  Senate  Insurance 
Committee,  preventing  the  reinsurance  of  risks 
by  insurance  companies  except  where  they 
have  gone  into  ihe  bands  of  a  Receiver,  came 
pp  on  its  third  reading,  and  after  a  good  deal 
of  discussion  and  several  attempts  to  amend,  it 
vas  recommitted  to  the  standing  committee. 
I  Senator  Qerard  introduced  a  bill  extending 
the  time  for  the  Broadway  Underground  Bail- 
way  (the  old  Beach  Pueumatic)  to  build  its 
Brat  section,  (trom  Bawling  Green  to  Harlem 
River,)  five  years  alter  May  1.  1877,  on  the  fil- 
ing of  a  certificate  by  tha  Eogineer  Commis- 
sioners that  the  whole  capital  stock  of  the 
company  has  been  subscribed  or  such  financial 
arrangements  made  as  will  iusure  the  construc- 
tion of  the  road  witbia  the  time'  limited. 

The  Assembly  spent  the  whole  morning  i^ 
the   discussion    of  the   annual   Appropnatioh 

5'>U1,  and  proceeded  about  two-thirds  through 
t,  whjen  the  Lour  of  adjournment  came,  and  it 
Vent  over  till  to-morrow.  The  bill  would  have 
[been  completed  had  it  not  been  for 
jGen.  Spinola,  who  proposed  amendments 
to  nearly  every  paragraph,  one  and 
ftll  of  wbioh  were  voted  down.  A  t>iil 
was  introduced  bv  Dr.  Hayes  to-day,  under  the 
title  of  "  An  act  in  relation  to  proceedings, 
Whether  in  courts  of  record,  or  otherwise,  to 
ascertain  and  provide  compensation  to  owners 
of  private  property  taken  tor  public  or  private 
use  as  contemplated  by  section  7,  article  1 ,  of 
the  Constitution  of  this  State."  The 
purpose  of  the  bill  is  supposed  to  be  to  prevent 
the  constmoiion  ot  any  elevated  railroad  or 
the  operation  of  any  such  road  already  con- 
Btnioted.  It  authorizes  any  person  whose 
property,  real  or  personal,  corporate  or  incor- 
porate, is,  or  may  in  his  opinion  be,  injured  by 
the  conscruct.un  of  such  a  road,  to  bring  an 
action  for  damages  in  any  Court  of  Record  iu 
the  State,  and  requires  such  action  to  be  tried 
by  jury.  It  also  compels  the  Judge  of  the 
court  in  which  such  action  is  brought  to  issue 
an  livjunction,  stopping  all  lurther  work  on  toe 
road  until  the  trial  is  concluded,  and  the  dam- 
ages, if  any,  are  paid  in  full. 

The  Senate  Committee  on  Commerce  and 
Navigation  will  have  a  hearing  on  the  subject 
of  the  New  burg  and  Fishkili  Bridge  on  Wednes- 
day afternoon,  the  28th  mst.  The  joint  meet- 
ing of  the  Senate  and  Assembly  Committees  on 
Cities  was  held  this  alteraoon  in  the  Senate 
Chamber,  Senator  Woodm,  Chairman,  and  Mr. 
Fish,  Secretary.  There  were  present  Controller 
Kelly,  Pobce  Commissioner  Erbarat,  Mr.  Seth 
Hawley,  Chief  Clerk  of  the  Police  Department ; 
Commissioner  ox  Public  Works  Campbell,  Mr. 
Jotin  H.  Strahan,  iUr.  Rash  Uawkiis,  and  other 
gentlemen.  Mayor  Ely  was  unable  to  be  pres- 
ent, owin£  to  official  engagements.  The  pro- 
oeediDss  were  opened  by  Senator  Woodin  stat- 
ing the  object  of  the  meeting  and  the  purpose 
of  the  two  bills  already  passed  relating  to  tne 
office  of  Coroner  and  of  Commissioner 
of  furors,  and  of  the  third  bill  of 
the  «ame  series  not  yet  passed,  which  relates 
to  the  office  of  Register  of  Deeds.  Mr.  Fish 
gave  an  outline  of  the  Salary  bill  introduced 
By  Mr.  Langbein,  the  Wuodin  Charter  bill,  the 
Btreet-cleaning  and  the  Police  bills,  and  Mr. 
C'owdin's  bill  for  the  Advisory  Council.  Cop- 
troller  Kelly  was  then  called  upon  for  Lis  views 
on  the  matters  witb  which  these  bills  dealt 
!Faking  up  the  Woodin  Charter  biU  first, 
he  reierred  to  the  subject  of  assessments,  say- 
ing that  there  were  uncollected  assessmeuts  to 
Che  amount  of  I'JO.OOO.OOO,  17,000,000  ot 
fyhich  probably  never  could  be  collected.  He 
recommended  that  $15,000,000  be  made  a  per- 
manent debt  of  the  city,  it  was  impossible,  in 
the  present  depressed^ondition  of  business,  to 
collect  these  assessments,  and  he  tbouebt  it 
would  be  well  to  change  ttie  abort  to 
long  term  bonds  at  a  lower  rate  of  interest.  In 
reapect  to  the  proposed  reduction  of  the  salary 
of  the  County  Clerk,  Mr.  Kelly  tbougbt  the 
salai-y  should  not  be  less  than  $10,000.  It- 
would  make  a  man  indifferent  if  his  compensa- 
tion was  too  low.  He  is  responsible  lor  large 
inms  of  money.  If  the  office  of  Register 
Df  Deeds  should  be  made  a  salaried  one 
It  should  be  at  a  fair  rate,  tor  he  has  the  care  of 
most  important  documents.  This  matter  of 
lalaries  required  much  care  in  dealing  with 
tc.  He  was  rather  in  favor  of  allowing  the 
Board  of  Apportionment  to  fix  thein.  As  to 
the  Coroners,  Mr.  Kelly  did  not  tbink  that 
three  could  do  the  work.  They  alao 
ihoold  be  allowed  a  fair  compensa- 
tion and  reasonable  amount  for  clerk 
hire.  He  did  not  believe  in  too  low  salaries. 
A.  Coroner  ought  to  have  |6,000,  or  perhaps 
|7,000.  as  he  has  many  necessary  expenses. 
Mr.  Keliv  then  spoke  ot  the  bill  to  reduce  all 
lalaries  10  per  cent.,,  and  said  that  if  it  passed 
much  injury  would  be  done  to  some  of  the  most 
luefui  servants  the  City  had.  In  respect  to 
the  proposition  to  merge  the  Dock  Department 
In  the  Department  of  Public  Works  he  was  in 
favor  ol  it.  The  permi&sion  to  i»sue  b(mds 
should  certainly  be  revoked.  The  Building 
Department  might  be  merited  in  the  Fire  De- 
partment, but  be  was  not  certain  wbother  it 
would  be  advisable.  He  could  not  see 
how  any  expense  would  be  saved  by  mers^mg 
the  excise  in  the  Police  Department,  and  could 
aee  no  reason  why  it  should  go  there.  He  did 
not  thmk  the  P<>lice  CommiBsioners  were  over 
paid,  and  did  not  think  trwo  Commissioners 
"Were  enough  to  do  the  work.  Neither  could 
one  man  administer  properly  the  immense  De- 
partment ot  Charities  and  Correction.  He  did 
not  aeree  with  Mayor  Ely  as  to 
the  advisability  ot  smgle  headed  Com- 
missions for  all  departments.  There 
were  some,  as,  for  instance,  the  Police,  Fire, 
and  Chanties,  which  should  have  more.  The 
only  point  on  which  the  Controller  would  di- 
rectly commit  himself  as  to  the  reduction  of 
Bahunes  was  m  respect  to  the  Police  and  fire- 
men. He  thought  they  were  overpaid,  and 
ibould  have  no  more  than  $1,000  per  year.  In 
re8i>ect  to  reducing  other  salaries  he  said  he  was 
wining  to  have  his  o  ffn  reduced,  but  he  qualified 
all  hhi  observation  in  respect  to  other  reduc- 
tions with  so  many  clauses,  and  repeated  so 
often  that  "  much  care,  and  great  care,  and 
the  greatest  care  "  shoiild  be  taken  in  making 
reductions,  that  the  impression  seemed  to  be 
ceneral  among  those  who  heard  him  tnat  be 
was  "  whipping  the  denl  around  the  stump  " 
inretty  thoroughly. 

At  last  Mr.  Woodin  pinned  Mr.  Kelly  down 
with  the  direct  question  whetiier  he  was  in 
Favor  of  the  general  policy  which  the  Legisla- 
ture proposed  to  adopt  of  cutting  down  all  offi- 
cial salaries,  reducing  the  compensation  of  em- 
^ loves  and  the  running  expense  of  tbe  City  1 
uJr.* Kelly  replied,  "Yes;  quite  so."  and  added 
ithe  usual  provision  about  the  necessity  tor  care. 
]On  tbe  matter  of  street-cleaning  he  ssiid 
he  was  decidedly  in  lavor  of  taking  it  trom 
the  Police  and  making  a  separate  department 
of  it.  He  was  opposed  to  the  system  ot  hav- 
'dng  the  street  cleaned  by  contract,  the  experi- 
ence of  the  City  with  this  having  been  very  un- 
tbrtunate  and  very  costly,  too.  He  thought 
the  complainU  which  had  Deen  made  against 
Uie  Police  Department  durinz  the  Winter  were 
rather  oatatr.  The  work  of  cleaning  the  streets 
With  such  constant  snowstorms  as  had  occurred 
waa  enozmooa,  ana  costly.  The  Commissioners 
had  dons  the  boat  they  oould.  It  may  be  added 
that  Mr.  JkaUr  oooudered  jaaay  at  tha  teaoh- . 


ers  in  the  public  schools  overpaid;  but  Senator 
Woodin  remarked  that  the  Legislature  could 
not  do  anything  with  that  Mr.  Allen  Camp- 
bell was  the  next  speaker.  In  an- 
swer to  questions  he  said  that  he 
thought  the  Public  Works  Department  oould 
do  the  work  of  the  Dock  Department  and  of 
that  of  Parks  if  necessary,  but  he  should  not 
like  to  express  himself  decidedly  on  the  policy 
of  mergina  those  departments  in  it.  He  ex- 
pressed himself  unqualifiedly  m  favor  of  the 
contract  system  as  against  day  work, 
and  said  that  he  saw  when  he  took 
his  present  position  that  the  great- 
est saving  could  be  effected  by  dispensiaK 
with  all  day  labor,  and  letting  the  work  by  con- 
tract, This  is  what  he  does  now  lor  all  jobs 
except  small  repairs.  In  respect  to  street-clean- 
ing, he  was  in  favor  of  having  the  work  done  by 
contract,  but  tbe  contracts  should  be  for  small 
districts,  so  that  men  of  moderate  means  can 
take  them.  The  iailure  of  the  contract  sy^em  in 
tbe  past  had  been  because  the  woc%:  for 
the  whole  City  waa  let  to  one  contractor,  and 
because  of  the  large  capital  required,  he  had 
practically  no  competitors,  and  could  do  al- 
most as  he  pleased. 

Police  Commissioner  Erbardt  being  called 
upon,  expressed  himself  as  more  than  doubtful 

ot  thejuatiee  or  wisdom  of  reducmp;  the  sala- 
ries of  the  policemen.  Their  clothes  cost  them, 
be  they  ever  so  careful,  $2^25  a  year,  and  this 
amount  deducted  from  their  present  salaries 
did  not  leave  a  great  deal  to  live  and  sup- 
port a  lamlly  upon.  He  urged  with  much 
torce  the  necessity,  on  grounds  of 
justice  and  humanity,  that  a  bill 
to  create  a  Police  pension  tund  should  be 
passed  m  order  that  old  ana  faithful  servants, 
who  bad  been  on  the  force  more  than  20  years, 
might  be  retired  on  hall-pay,  and  not  turned 
out  to  drag  out  ihe  brief  remainder 
ot  their  lives  in  penury  and  want 
The  Commissioner  was  decidedly  m  favor 
of  the  system  ol  grading  which  bad  been  pro- 
posed, and  wished  it  to  be  understood  that  he 
did  not  say  that  pa.trolmen  shoula  come  on  the 
force  at  a  salary  ot  $1,200.  He  thought  the 
s.reet-cleaniug  should  not  be  in  the  Police  De- 
partment. It  was  not  Police  duty  ;  it  has  no 
busiuesti  there  at  all ;  it  is  there,  but  he  would 
be  glad  to  have  it  out 

Mr.  Seth  Hawley,  lor  22  years  Chief  Clerk  of 
the  Police  Department,  said  the  Board  ot  Police 
would  certainly  not  object  to  any  reductions  in 
expenses  at  head-quarters.  He  gave  some 
statistics  showing  the  cost  of  policemen's 
Clothing,  and  directed  attention  to  the  fact  that 
clothes  wore  out  rapidly  in  the  exposure 
to  all  weathers  the  men  were  necessarily  sub- 
jected to.  He  thought  the  board  would 
be  very  thanktul  to  get  rid  of  the 
street-cleaning  business,  and  pointed  out  the 
enormous  una  unnecessary  cost  ot  this  work 
trom  the  positive  requirement  of  the  law  that 
the  retuse  should  be  taken  out  to  the  deep  sea 
to  be  dumped.  They  had  to  go  out  ii2  mdes. 
'Ibis  entaued  a  feartul  waste  of  money.  He 
thought  reluse  should  be  used  to  fill 
up  sunken  lota  and  low  land,  ami  was 
sirongiy  in  favor  ot  the  project  for  filling  up 
Little  Hell  Gate.  It  street  refuse  could  be 
dumped  here  a  sarine  ot  iSloO,UUO  would  be 
efi'ected.  He  thought  tbe  system  ot  letting 
contracts  to  clean  small  areas  of  the  City  was 
a  good  one.  Tnat  was  the  proper  way.  but  the 
districts  should  be  laid  out  with  a  view  to 
the  convenience  ot  each  to  the  dumpmg  places. 
Tbe  fa.iure  ot  the  old  contract  system  was  ovv- 
ing  solely  to  the  lar>;e  contracts.  Iu  tbe  mat- 
ter ot  merging  the  Kxoise  iu  the  Police,  he  was 
not  specially  auxious  it  should  bu  done,  but 
was  very  certain  the  work  could  be  uone  tor 
less  money  by  the  Police,  and  more  thoroughly 
than  by  the  Excise  Commission.  In  tact,  the 
greater  part  ot  the  work  was  already  done  by 
the  Police. 

Mr.  Rush  Hawkins  was  tbe  next  speaker, 
and  presented  substantially  the  same  tacts 
which  he  had  at  tbe  meeting  of  the  As- 
sembly Committee  on  Cities  the  other  day. 
Siuce  the  ad]ournment  of  the  joint  meet- 
ing Mr.  Kelly's  remarks  have  been  the  one  sub- 
ject of  conversation,  and  the  c.  mmeut  is 
general  on  tbe  fact  that  he  could  not  see  how 
the  salaries  ot  the.heads  ot  departments  were  to 
be  reduced,  but  did  see  that  school-teachers, 
firemeu.  and  policemen  were  ovt-rpuid. 

The  bill  to  abolish  the  Marine  Court  will  be 
favorably  reported  to  the  tiouse  to-morrow  by 
the  Judiciary  Committee.  It  is  pretty  sate  u> 
say  that  the  days  ot  this  institui ion  are  num- 
bered. The  Ways  and  Means  Committee,  in 
secret  session  this  alteruooo,  beard  Mr.  Mul- 
lett,  the  architect,  in  relation  to  the  new  Capi- 
tol building.  He  is  uuderstood  to  have  seri- 
ously disapproved  ot  the  new  plans.  Mr. 
Vaux,  the  architect  of  the  Jefierson  Market 
Court-house,  was  also  before  thu.  committee, 
and  layered  them. 


IILDE^'H  FiiEE  QAKDEN. 


HOW     THE      REFORM     CANDIDATE       SEC17RED 

THE  IMPROVEMENT  OF  GRAMEBCY  PAKK 

BY  A  GENEROUS  COJiTRIBlJTIoN  WHICH 
HE  SEVER  PAID  —  ANOTHER  CHANCE 
FOR  THE  STATUTE  OF  LIMITATIONS. 
When  an  indulgent  and  fond  public  discovers 
that  it  has  a  pulilic  spirited  citizen  dwelling  in  its 
midst  it  onpht  never  to  lose  sn  oppor^onily  tu  rea- 
der homage  to  him  for  his  public  spirit  aud  munifl. 
cence.  Funr  years  ago,  mure  or  less,  a  num- 
ber ot  citizens  residiDK  on  the  borders 
of  Gramercy  Park,  desinng  to  improve  the 
appearance  of  the  iuclosnra  before  thuir 
dwelllDgs.  agitated  tbe  tnbject,  and  concluded  to 
raise  a  fund  l(>r  the  purpose.  A  meedog  was  called, 
it  is  noderatood,  lo  le  held  at  tbe  bouse  of  one  of 
the  Triuteea,  bat  Guv.  Tildeb,  who  aeenied  par- 
ticularly anxious  that  the  scbeme  of  impiovement 
Bbonid  be  carried  furwara  successfully,  and  who 
was  seized  with  a  yearning  to  be  identified,  in  some 
way,  with  "  the  tmo  and  beautiful  and  good." 
insisted  that  the  meeting  sboald  be  hold 
at  his  boase.  Tbe  plans  were  unfolded 
and  met  -witb  the  approval  of  the  rising  ralormer. 
Looking  forward  iu»o  the  dim  Presulential  tuturu, 
he  smiled  in  bis  childlike  aud  bland  luauner,  <in(l 
desired  that  bis  oanie  «boald  bead  tbe  li'>t  of  con- 
tributors tor  91,000.  Tbe  name  vv;is  pat  qowd,  aud 
the  amount  wiiicu  tbe  opnlt-nc  and  geuerous  Gov- 
ernor haa  nii-ntloned  was.  as  he  bud  desiteu.  sei 
opposite  to  his  uaoiu.  ImitaDing  bis  bright  and 
illustriont  example,  the  ueiubbors  of  the  re- 
former put  down  Their  names,  with  ruium  set 
opposite  lo  them,  varying  linm  tSLiO  to  $200,  or  lexn. 
Time  passed,  the  services  ol  gariieoeis,  painieib, 
and  care-takers  were  emploj^ed,  and  iu  due  time  a 
wondrous  cbaoise  took  place  lu  the  worn-oat  park. 
With  dextruas  toach  the  painters  transtormod  the 
rusty  old  fence  inio  a  glittering  barrier  of  black 
and  gold.  Witb  tbe  liberal  use  of  fer- 
tilizers tbe  hitherto  plain  giirden  liloa- 
Bomed  as  the  rose,  and  parterres  of  lr<i- 
grant  blossoms  gleamed  liom  Spnns  time  tdl 
nipping  frost  beneath  ihe  searcUio^  eyes  aud  sensi- 
tive nose  ot  the  Pre>4idential  aspirant.  All  tins 
beauty  had  to  be  paid  for.  aud  the  money  contrib- 
uted was  collected  lr'>iu  timu  to  timt>,  iu  amounts 
iufficient  to  meet  current  Lxoeoses.  That  is,  some 
ol  it  was  collected.  Tbe  reformer  who  had  been  t,o 
eager  to  Dead  the  list  with  the  proudestrnume  and 
the  lariie»t  airouut  proved  to  be  a  better 
promisor  than  fulfiller.  Not  ouly  had  he 
promistid  $1,000  to  the  luml,  but  he  eni- 
uloyed  a  landscape  gardener  to  euvise  plans 
tor  his  own  snavial  pleasure,  and';  the  architect, 
having  made  his  Diana,  geut  tbe  Governor  a  paper 
in  which  it  auneared  thai  the  liug  lireakpi  was  the 
garjener's  debtor  to  the  amount  of  850J.  The 
thrifiv  Siimael  wanted  to  thiuk  over  this  demand, 
and  he  thought  so  long  that  the  impertloeiii  de- 
signer lost  his  pitienco  and  liroiigbt  suit  for  tue  re- 
covery of  the  debt  be  could  not  collect.  This  ap- 
pears to  have  had  a  bad  etlect  upon  tbe  gieaL  sub- 
Hcriber's  lemper,  for.  having  paid  4^250  of  the 
Jl.OOO  which  he  had  set  opposite  to  his  name  for 
beuntifviut:  the  garden  boiore  bis  bouse,  tbe  im- 
portunity of  the  laniiscapu  garuener  seems  to  have 
bad  the  effect  of  bardeniug  hi.s  tender  and  suscep- 
tible heart,  and  from  that  lime  liirward  until  this 
day  his  pocket-book  has  bbeii  closed  acuiust  ail 
appeals.  Ail  the  siibscribers  except  one,  wbich  one 
it  is  unuccBSSKrv  to  explain  is  the  great  economist 
and  reformer,  have  paid  their  subscrip- 
tions without  urging  or  repeated  remind- 
ers. With  the  one  exception  the  times 
have  been  bard  Indeed.  Notes  ionnmeiable  have 
bees  sent  to  him  from  time  to  time,  iuformiug  him 
that  maunra  and  spades  and  ttie  services  of  gar 
deuera  and  paints  and  painters  co9t.  money,  and 
that  If  would  be  agreeable  if  that  $1,000  promised 
could  be  made  i^allable.  All  to  no  purpose,  and 
while  the  park  han  bees  made  to  graiiiy  tbe  eyes  of 
all  the  great  reform  candidate's  visitors,  and  pro- 
voke them  to  dream  npou  his  supposed  munihceuce, 
ihe  little  subscription  list  remaius  dishonored,  aud 
the  prospect  is  good  tbat  the  burden  wbich  be 
should  have  boine  will  fall  upon  the  shouideta  of 
his  less  pretentious  but  more   honorable  neigh Uoru. 

I'RE  WKAIHEB. 


WASHINGTON. 


INDICATIONS. 

Washikgton,  Feb.  21—1  A.  M.— Jbr  the  Mid- 
dle andEattem  &  tates.  falling  barometer,  warmer  aouth- 
wett  windt,  cloudy  or  partly  cloudy  weatlier,  except 
potsibly  in  Maine  and  the  Canadian  l^ovinceg, 
leindt  ihift  to  cooler  easterly,  with  riting  barometer. 
IX    THIS     CUY. 

The  following  record  shows  the  changes  in 
the  temperature  for  the  past  24  hours,  la  com- 
parison with  the  corresponding  dat»  of  last  year, 
asindicatedhy  tne  thermomater  ac  Haduut's  phar- 
macy: 

187&1877.!  1S76.  1877. 

8A.M 36°        2o''i3:30P.  K 4t/-        84" 

6A.M Sty        'M°,   ^^.li. a7»        Bo" 

9A.  M 36=        '2-i^,   iiP.yL Si''        Si" 

in  M 3.8°       a»°iJ2F.  M........„28^       30° 

Averaiie  tvmperatiua  yesterday 37^^ 

Average  temperature  for  correapoudiue  date  last 

Y^fty, ' ^ 1^     , HSl-O 


THE  APPEOPBiATTON  BILLS. 
ALARM    IN    TUB    SENATE    COMMITrEB   OVER 

THE    BACKWARDNESS   OF   THE    LEADING 
'      BILLS — ^A  STRONG   EFFORT  TO  AVERT  AN 

EXTRA  8FSS10N. 
Special  IHapateh  to  the  Xevi-York  Times. 
Washington,  Feb.  20. — The  Committee 
on  Appropriations  of  the  Senate  is  getting 
alarmed  at  the  situation  in  which  the  appro- 
priation bills  now  are,  and  fear  they  cannot  be 
completed  without  extraordinary  efforts.  There 
will  probably  be  some  night  sessions  required, 
which,  with  the  labors  attending  the  Electoral 
count,  will  require  pretty  severe  work.  There 
is  a  general  desire  among  both  parties  to  finish 
the  business  of  the  session,  so  as  not 
to  have  a  called  meeting  ot  Conaresa.  The  Sen- 
ate, rather  than  have  a  contast  witb  tbe  House 
concerning  the  appropriations,  will  probablv 
be  willing  to  accept  almost  anytbiaj:  that  is  of- 
fered, with  the  expectation  of  correcting  defi- 
ciencies next  Winter.     The  Sundry  Civil  bill  is 

much  less  in  amount  than  last  year,  and  what- 
ever jobs  have  been  smuggled  into  it  are  said 
to  be  unusually  small.  It  will  be  printed 
m  to-morrow's  Record  and  can  then  be  ex- 
amined carefully.  The  lack  of  attention  that 
haa  been  given  to  the  bill,  instead  of  being 
favorable  to  iobs,  has  probably  been  unfavor- 
able, siuce  the  bill  has  been  mostly  pre- 
pared by  Mr.  Holman,  and  integrity  is  one 
ot  his  few  virtues.  it  is  almost  im- 
possible     to      secure       from       him      even      a 

proper  appropriatioh.    Doubtless,  however,  ho 

has  admitted  some  matters  for  his  party's  ad- 
vantage, when  the  amounts  desired  were  not 
very  large.  The  hope  is  that  the  bills  will  be 
passed,  if  it  can  be  done  safel.y,  and  if  five  or 
six  men  in  either  house  will  give  their  strict 
attention,  this  may  probably  be  accomplished. 


PRIVATE    PAPERS    AA'D    ACCOUNTS. 

MR.  IILDEN'S  bank  ACCOUNT  NOT  TO  BR 
INQUIRED  INTO — MUTUAL  AGREEMENT 
BKTWEEN  TWO  INVESTIGATING  COM- 
MITTEK8. 

Washington,  Feb.  20.— By  mutual  aeree- 

menf,  the  Senate  Committee  on  Privileges  and 
Elections  and  thb  Committee  on  the  Powers, 
Privileges  and  Duties  of  the  House  in  qounting 
the  Electoral  vote  have  decided  not  to  go  into 
anexaminationufthe  papers  and  accountH  of  the 
leaders  of  either  political  party.  In  eousequonce 
ot  this  agreement,  Mr.  E<lis.  President  of  the 
Third  National  Bank,  of  New- York,  will  not  be 
roqujied  to  proouce  an  abstract  of  the  account 
of  aumuel  J.  Tildenat  the  Third  National  Bank 
for  examination  by  the  former  committee, 
while  tlon.  Z.  Chandler,  Chairman  of  the 
National  Republican  Committee,  will  be  ex- 
cused from  appearing  before  the  IIoush  com- 
mittee with  his  account  buok.s,  papers,  &.<?. 
This  harmonious  agreement  was  brought  al<out 
throucrh  the  exertions  of  Senator  Baruum  and 
Mr.  EUis. 

GOr.  PALMKh'S  EXPLANATION. 

HIS  CONNECTION  WIfH  TUE  MAN  LITTLIC- 
FIKLD— $100  LOANED  A  STRANGER — 
AMUSING  DRSCKIKriON  OF  A  VISIT  TO 
A   NKW-ORLKANS    BALL. 

Washington,  Feb.  20.— The  Senate  Sub- 
comml  tee  on  Louisiana,  Senator  Howe  presiding, 
met  at  11  o'clock  this  morning.  Ex-Gov.  Palmer,  of 
Illinois,  waf)  sworn,  and  testified  that  lie  was  one  of 
the  Visiting  Committee  that  went  to  New-Orleans 
last  November,  at  the  request  of  tbo  National 
Democratic  Committee;  was  Chairman  of  tliat 
Visiiiog Committee;  got  acquainted  witu  Littlefleld 
while  there;  met  bim  oa  an  evening  which  has 
already  been  testified  to  here;  also  met  Spearing; 
he  told  witness  be  was  a  clerk  on  tbo 
Reinrning  Board  ;  the  first  conversation 
tbat  occurred  between  LittloQeld  ai:d  witness  was 
that  witness  complained  to  him  tbat  the  Rrpuhlicao 
Committee  got  more  facilities  than  tbe  Democrats 
did,  and  Liltlefield  reolied  be  had  no  authority  to 
do  otherwise  than  he  bad  done,  but  that  he  would 
endeavor  to  givo  witness  all  tbe  papers 
the  other  side  eol ;  the  next  conver- 
sation wa.'^  on  another  occasion,  when  witness 
saw  Litttetlelrt  come  out  of  Hale's  room  at  the  hotel 
with  pauerx  lo  bis  baud  that  l^uked  liko  election 
papeis;      wituess    iikaia  complaiued  to  Lirtlptii-Iii  of 

acting  in  bad  faith  townrd  the  Democratic  viiitors; 
also  spoke  to  Speariug  about  it ;  witness  was  never 
permitted  to  handle  or  see  any  napern  ex;'e;>t  tlio8e 
witness  obtained  copies  'it  nindo  by  the  Rerurninu 
Board  clerks;  in  none  of  tbeso  cooversaitus  did 
witness  ever  hold  out  au.y  money  inducement  to 
Liliietield  TO  do  auythiMg  tor  a  ciimp>-nsati<>ii ;  io 
tbe  first  visit  of  Spearing  to  wltues.*'.  Snoaring  <  x- 
pres-ed  a  stioirg  desire  to  hav«  the  Uaves  Electors 
returned  aud  tun  Nichi-ils  State  ticke'  ctrried  ; 
witness  never  heard  Siieaiing  or  Litt.elield  iipeak 
ol  alleged  IrauMs  or  literati  in.s  in  the  (lection  re- 
turn!) ;  the  general  imprus-O'-u  among  busuiest  men 
seemed  to  be  that  a  chance  vva»  necensary  in  tbe 
local  goveixmeui  ;  on  the  :;7ili  of  December  wtlDess 
leceived  a  lelegraui  tioiii  s^ie  iri-ig  dated  at  Carlo, 
asltiuir  witness  to  meet  hiin  there;  witness  being 
unable  to  go  telegrajihed  to  him  lo  coiue  to  Spriug- 
fleld:  tbe  next  daj-  witness  went  to  the  depot 
and  met  Sooarinj,  Littletleld.  and  .Judge  Murpny, 
of  Davenpori,  and  made  au  uopoiutmunt  to  meet 
them  at  witness'  bouse  af;er  10  o'clock  that  nl;:hi ; 
witness  recollected  the  tactb  uuoui  that  alreied  re- 
lurn  ;  they  were  ■  subatautially  as  LiitleSeUi 
has  already  testified  to  boiore  the  committee: 
Le  fLittleQeO.J  said  the  snli-roturns  bad 
been  destroyed,  and  that  Wells  had  re- 
quested bim  to  deatroy  this  return:  tbe  inter- 
view lasted  over  an  hour;  never  'had  any  in- 
terview or  correspoud.  uce  with  Liitlefleia 
after  that ;  Spearing  told  witnens  he  had 
paid  tbe  expense  of  ihe  trip  to  tiiiriua&eld,  aud 
wanted  to  borrow  money  to  take  thrm  buck  ;  wit- 
ness loaned  him  bis  indorsement  on  a  note  lt>i  i^lOO  ; 
MS  au  old  lawyer,  wilnesi  W'>uld  always  Huspecc  a 
mull  who  d'Oit-sseil  bis  prirticiDation  inacrimei 
there  is  no  doubt  in  wiines')'  niiud  ihat  Liti.etield 
oxnecied  somn  kind  ol  reivard  in  cise  bis  exposures 
rrsultcd  in  oreaKing  do(\  n  tbe  Keturniog  Buura  aud 
electing  Mr.  Tiiden  ;  in  tbinkin<:  over  wuat  miiibi 
be  done  tor  Littlefisid,  iu  ca-<e  bis  iafbrmatinn 
should  nrove  valuHBle,  witness  had  an  iduath.it 
s(  mutbiug  might  be  loiinU  away  from  Louisiana, 
some  place  lu  case  ot  Mr.  Tiluen's  iu:iugutatiou  ; 
wiiuesii  rfmemi'crs  that  wlieu  ihe  Vernou  Parish 
reiurns  were  opened  by  lUe  Ketarniug  lioard,  while 
he  was  in  JS'ew-Orleaus,  there  were  iithilaviis  with 
them  or  mentioned  in  couuectiou  with  lueu;  tiieiu 
w*r»  no  papers  cimiestiug  that  pari!>h  i-eturn,  or 
anything  to  impeach  it  in  any  wav;  in  examining 
the  taUnlaft-u  return  preseiited  by  Linledeld  at 
Suringbeld  witness  made  up  his  uima  tbat  Wells 
and  uie  jieturning  Uu:iru  had  cumuiilled  u  crime, 
uud  tbat  nu  exponnreol  it  would  iuipulr  tbeir  credit 
before  tbe  country ;  wiiness  had  no  idea  tbat  the 
changes  in  tbe  leiurii  lua  e  any  dififeieuca  in  the. 
general  return  lor  Electors,  aud  never  eianiiued  the 
erasures  except  -so  far  as  to  ascertain,  lu  cotroDotd- 
tion  ol  Liitleheld's  statement,  that  alicratious  had 
been  made liu  as  to  elect  certain  .jiate  or  parochial 
othcera. 

At  Ihe  ball  iu  New-Orleans  witness  met  anamber 
of  local  peoule,  William  D.  Kelley,  ot  Pennsylvaui.i ; 
Job  S^teveusiin,  of  Ciijcinniui;  Col.  Di  ty,-of  iJalti- 
more,  and  Juduo  Trumbull.  Tbo  whole  esiablish- 
mtnt,  ao  far  as  wiloehs  coulu  see,  was  neutral  in 
poliiics.  .JiidKc  Xinmbnll  went  thero  as  an  artist, 
to  study  a  peculi.ir  poase  of  Southeni  society.  His 
gravity  all  through  was  the  must  amusiiiGr  thing 
wirno.-iS  ever  saw.  iio  couldn't  have  been  more 
solemn  if  be  had  been  B  shop  of  the  diocc^e. 
Mr.  Kolloy,  ofl'ennsyivaiiia.  was  coins' if  very  lively, 
cutting  the  double  sliiilB  '  uud  turuwiog  the  ulber 
visitors  ID  the  sbale.  VV'iiuess  hi-ro  explaiueU  thav 
tbe  eutertaiiiiueut  referred  to  is  sniueihing  peculiar 
to  Mew-Oileaiis,  and  is  nuivorsall?  v. sued  by 
Biraiiuero  there  without  uolavorable  commeut  al- 
tachiug  necessarily  thereto. 


AFFAIRS   IN  JSEW-ORLEANS. 

A  CALL  OX  TUK  PRESIDENT  BY  GKNILEMEN 
f  l.O.M  LOUISIANA — iHli  GUBEBNATOHIAL 
8TKUGGLE — A  DI3PATCH  FROM  MR. 
NICaOLLS. 

Washington,  Feb.  20.— Representative  Ellis, 
Mr.  Burke,  and  Mr.  Cavauac,  of  Louisiana,  waited 
upon,  tbe  Presideut  to-day  and  assured  him  that  tbe 
reports  of  turbalence  and  apprehended  violeuce  in 
Louisiaoa  were  untrue  and  made  for  politi- 
cal effect;  tbat  there  was  intense  feeUng 
growing  ont  of  telegrams  received  in 
Kew-Orleans  from  Louisiana  Republicans  In 
Washington  asserting  that  Gov.  Paccard 
would  be  recogulzod  by  tbe  President;  but  that 
NicbulU  would  cause  the  peace  to  be  preserved  in 
accordacco  with  former  assutances.  RoferrlDg  to 
the  recent  attempt  of  tbe  demented  Woldon  to  as 
aassmate  Packard,  Mr.  Burke  assured  the 
President  that  tbe  act  was  condemued 
by  every  citizen  of  Louisiana,  and  that 
should  tbo  people  of  Louigiaoa  ever  be  called 
nptm  to  redress  taer  wrongi  it  would  be  dose'  lu  an 
open,  manly  way,  ana  nut  by  tbe  weapon  of  the 
assassin.  The  Preeldent  said  he  waa  satisfied  from 
Ilia  advices  that  Niobulls  was  aciiug  in  good  faltb, 
and  that  lutemuerate  expressions  were  altrioatable 
to  inuivlduais  only.  Xue  President  was  firm  in  his 
determination  not  to  interfere  except  to  repress 
disorder,  and  deeply  impressed  his  viititcrs  by  his 
kindly  reception  aud  discussion  of  Louisiana  aftUrs. 

A  teleirrum  ipceived  from  ^tcbolls  on  Tui'sday 
^v  Maior  12.  A.  RiirIcA  aava:     "  Xbe  Deoale  of  Laui 


■Una  not'  only  refuse  to  pay  taxes  to  any  OoTem- 
meot  hut  that  of  which  lam  Exeoutive.  but  have 
anticipated  tbe  appointment  of  tax  collectera, 
and  voluntarily  paid  to  agents  for  tbe 
use  ot  onr  Government,  a  percentage  lieemed 
sufficient  for  present  purpoaes.  Have  delaved 
many  appointments  ot  tax  collectors  because  await- 
ing legialation  reducing  tbe  present  extravagant 
compensation.  Now  collecting,  and  people  not 
only  wilUog,  bat  anxious  to  pay." 


NOTES  FROM  THE  CAPITAL. 


WASHtNGTOH,  Feb.  20.— The  remains  of  the 
late  Rrar  Admiral  Davis,  escorted  by  a  battalion  of 
msfinea  under  command  of  Lieut.  Col.  Haywood, 
are^beio&  conveyed  down  Pennsylvania  avenue  on 
the  way  to  tbe  depot,  from  whe.noe  they  will  be 
taken  to  Cambridge,  Mass.,  for  interment.  Tbe 
funeral  ceremonies  took  place  at  St  John's  Church, 
and  were  numerously  attended  by  prominent  offi- 
cials and  other  oitisena  and  officers  of  tbe  Army 
aud  Navy. 

Acting  Secretary  of  tbe  Treasury  Conant,  in 
response  to  an  inquiry,  stigmatizes  aa  false  the 
Btatemeut  yesterday  made  before  the  Real  Estate 
Pool  Committee  tbat  large  amonnts  of  currency 
returned  to  the  department  for  redemption,  instead 
of  being  «!estroyed,  were  from  time  to  time  reissued 
for  political  and  other  purposes.  He  further  says 
that  this  is  tbe  reproiluction  of  an  old  story,  and 
emanates  from  n  discharged  clerk  who  was  nnsuc- 
ceasfufin  his  efforts  to  be  reinstated. 

Secretary  Morrill's  health  is  so  much  improved 
tbat  be  sat  up  In  bed  a  short  time  to-dsy. 

James  M.  Watmongh,  Pay  Inspector  United 
States  Navy,  has  been  appointed  Paymasi'^r  Gen- 
eral of  the  Navy,  vice  BraOf  ird,  whoso  term  of 
office  expires  on  the  27th  in«.t.  by  retirement. 

The  Preddent  sent  the  fo'llowing  nominations  to 
tbe  Senato  to-day:  Edgar  M.  Marble,  of  Michigan, 
to  be  an  Examiner  lu  Chipf  in  tne  Patent  Office; 
Chief  Enginenr  WilliHm  II.  Shock,  to  be  Chief  of 
the  Bureau  of  Steam  Ensinnerine  in  the  N«vy  De- 
partment, and  A.  W,  Mullins.  to  be  United  Stsiies 
Attoruey  for  the  Western  District  of  MInsonri. 

Tha  tollowitisr  were  the  balances  In  tbe  Treasury 
(*t  the  (dose  of  businesst  to-dp.y  :  Cnrrenc.y,  $10,- 
217.449;  special  deposit  of  legal  tenders  for  the  re- 
demption of  corfifiratPR  of  deposit.  $37,910,000  ; 
coin,  including  $53,859,300  in  coin  cnrtiflc.teH,  (90,- 
189,i:il:    outstauiiuii  leaal  tenders,  $364,984,812. 

The  Senate  CommiJiee  on  Finance  to-day  agreed 
to  report  a  bill  lunaing  tbe  new  4  per  cent,  bonds. 
It  Id  not  exactly  tbe  pl.tn  of  the  Itoaident  as  re- 
cently recommended  by  him,  but  Is  in  tbat  direc- 
tion. It  waa  the  iutention  of  Senator  Sherman,  the 
Chairman  of  thu  committee,  to  present  it  tu  (he 
Senate  for  the  pnrpoie  of  being  printed,  but  on  ac- 
count of  the  Electoral  law,  wbich  forbids  any  legis- 
lative bu^inesM  pending  the  count  of  tbe  Electoral 
vote,  be  was  prevented  from  doing  so.  He  did  not 
consider  it  proper  lo  communicate  its  contents  to 
tbo  press  until  It  shall  have  beou  formally  pre- 
Btnted  to  the  Senate. 

The  Mexican  Minister  will  to-morrow  apiieur  be- 
fore the  Judiciary  Committee  of  the  Senate  to 
present  evidsace  showing,  tbe  award  in  tbe  Weil 
case  to  bo  fraudulent.  It  was  tbe  Law  Agent  of 
Mexico  that  filed  the  protest,  under  the  aJvice  and 
authority  of  Minister  Manacal,  protesting  against 
the  payment  of  cfrcaiu  awards  said  to  be  illagal 
aud  frauduleuc.  Mexico  does  uoi  relume  to  pay 
these  awaros,  out  olTorH,  in  due  couthc  of  time,  lo 
Bbow  their  fraudulent  nature,  and  will  trust  to  the 
generosity  of  the  American  Government  tu  see  tbat 
it  18  not  impoHud  upon  by  bad  uien  witb  fraudulent 
claims. 

A  number  of  Ponc.t  Indians  from  Dakota  are  ex- 
pected here  within  a  few  days  to  confer  nith  the 
■uthoriiies  of  the  Indian  Otfice  upon  ihenubject  of 
their  removal  to  the  Indian  Territory.  The  Indi- 
ans Wish  tob8vea"l)ig  talk,"  and  are  averse  to 
leaving  their  present  quarters. 

AMVSEMEyiS. 


GENERAL   MENTION. 

Mr.  Max  Strakosch's  Italian  Opera  Troupe, 
which  includes  Mme.  Pappeuheim,  Mr.  Lonis  Karl, 
Air.  GottHcbalk,  and  other  artists,  are  elvlng  per- 
formances of  '*Eanst  "  at  tbe  Albambra  Theatre  in 
Pbiladeipbia.  this  week. 

In  consequence  of  the  illness  of  Mme.  Essi- 
poff  no  concert  occurred  at  Stum  way  Ball  last  even- 
ing. Tbursday  afternoon's  performance,  however, 
is  announced  as  positive,  and  the  farewell  concerts 
set  down  for  Friday  night  aud  Saturday  atteruoon 
will  also  be  given  as  intended. 

The  complimentary  benefit  to  Mr.  Edwin 
Adams,  iu  Sao  Francisco,  gav.)  to  the  buo6ticiaire 
$2,600.  Spiechos  were  made  b.y  Mr.  Sutbern  and 
Mr.  Adams;  "  Anld  lang  Syuu"  was  sung  by  tbe 
company  of  the  San  Francisco  ^Thuatrn,  asssembled 
on- the  stage  ;  tears  wera  shed,  and  general  kiudli- 
ness  of  feeling  prevailed. 

The  sale  of  tickets  for  Miss  Abbott's 
operatic  performances  at  the  Academy  of  Musio 
progresses  briskly,  and  the  indications  that  tbe  two 
representations  ot  "  La  Figlia  dol  Regimento,"  to 
occur  respectivuly  on  Friday  night  and  on  Saturday 
aftcruoon,  will  be  iiitinerously  attended,  are  uumiv 
takablc.  Miss  Abnott  bas  civen  concerts  this 
week  in  Hartford  aud  in  Sprincriicld. 


COLLAR  ASD  ELIiuW  HOLD. 


COL.  M'LAUQHLIN  WINS  ANOTHER  VICTORY 
— UI8  OPPONENT  PRONOUNCES  HIM  IN- 
VIXCIDLE — WHICH  OPINION  A  PERSON 
BY  lUlO  NA.MIC  OF  SMITH  &KEMS  TO 
DOUliT. 
UxiCA,  Feb.  20.— About  1,500  people  witnessed 
the  wrestling  match  for  $5J0  a  siilo  between  Col. 
J.  D.  McLaughlin,  of  Detroit,  and  John  Cavauaugb, 
of  Vcriiiont,  in  the  Utica  Opera-honso  to-night. 
David  E.  Smitb,  of  Littio  Falls.  was 
chosen  loferee;  A.  D.  Uentley,  of  Onskaney 
Fails.  ofCciated  as  umpire  tor  McLaughlin,  and 
Frank  K.  Baxtnr,  ot  IJtica,  for  Cavauaugb,  Both 
m^n  were  iu  good  condition,  McLaughlin  weighing 
222  and  Cavanaugh  228  ponnils.  The  first  round 
lasted  six  minutes,  .and  was  won  by  McLaughlin  by 
what  is  known  as  the  "lefc  drop."  In  the  second 
round  ih«ro  was  one  "doi;  tall,"  both  men  going 
down  iVi'iily  upon  their  hronsfs.  The  second  round 
lasted  IS  minutes.  McLaughlin  won  this 
and  tbu  matcM  by  au  Inside  cross  or 
back  throw,  Cnvanaugh  eotng  to  the  floor 
like  a  leather.  McLaucbliu  savs  Cava- 
uaugb i%  a  voiy  good  man  out  lacks  in  training. 
Cnvanaugh  says  McLaii:ibiin  i.s  invinoiblc.  Silas 
O.  Smiih,  ol  Mohawk.  BcrKiiiier  County,  will  chal- 
lengo  McLiUghlin  through  the  Utica  Seraldot 
Wednesd:iv.  tor  a  match  according  to  estaolished 
rules,  tor  from  $500  tu  $1,000. 'to  take  place  in  Utica 
within  10  days. 


A  QRKES  MELLOr;. 
Joseph  H.  Calvert,  alias  '•  Button  Joe,"  was 
arraigned  before  Justice  Duftv  at  tbo  Tombs  Police 
Court  yesterday,  ^bargoit  with  conspiracy  to  black- 
mail A.  J.  Mellon,  of  No.  24S  West  Twelfth  street. 
The  complainant  le:itified  that  on  the  Stb  if  Janu- 
ary last,  Calvert,  who  represented  hims.-lf  as  a  de- 
tective trom  Police  Head-quarters,  arrested  bim  on 
a  warrant  purporting  to  bo  issued  bv  Police  Justice 
Chiirles  M.  Carpenter,  or  Piiiladelpiiia.  Cislvert  told 
hini  that  if  be  would  go  wiih  him  to  a  hotel  and  pay 
b'ilb  their  ex oouacs  the  aff.iir  would  be  kept  quiet 
aud  nut  allowed  to  get  iuto  the  papers.  Meliun, 
who,  accordiuv:  to  his  owu  storv  t-poears  to  have 
been  extremely  verdant,  accepted  this  propositlou, 
and  tbe  pair  continued  to  board  at  the  ijlacv  House 
ou  Broadwa.y  for  home  lime,  Mellon  paying  the 
biliH.  At  the  end  of  that  period  Calvert,  who  was 
Ostensibly  a waitiug  tbe  i»sue  of  a  itguisiiiou  for 
his  prisoner  Iroin  the  Governor  of  Pennsvlvania, 
look  Mellon  to  tbe  Wasbiiigion  Place  Ponce  Court, 
where,  on  his  reproseula  ions,  and  chose  of  a  man 
uamed  Da''i.<i,  Mellon  was  held  a^  a  liigilive  from 
jusliee,  and  sent  to  the  Tombs.  Mellon  charges 
Calvert  with  boinz  an  ex-conviot,  recently  released 
trumihoE.tsternPoniteniiiary,  at  Philadelphia,  and 
saj-s  tbat  bu  has  already  become  notorious  as  a 
confidence  operator.  Mr.  Joieph  B.  Reed,  of  the 
Stacy  House,  say*  that  he  has  recently  asceriained 
Irum  Phiiauelphia  that  nu  warrant  hxs  been  issued 
against  Melluu,  aud  Superiuteiideut  Walling  denies 
lh.1t  Calvert  h.is  au.y  coiinecliou  with  tbe  Ceniral 
Office.  After  a  lone  examinatlou  and  considerable 
Tecrimlnation  on  both  sides.  Judge  Duffy  decided 
to  diacliarge  the  prisoner  on  paroie,  ihe  case  agalusc 
bim  pot  having  been  clearly  made  out. 

WELDOy'S  STAX  IN  MOBILE. 
The  Mobile  (Ala.)  Register  of  the  17th  inst. 
says:  "  William  H.  Weldou,  the  would-be  assassin 
ot  Pretender  Packard,  wa.?,  up  to  a  fortnieht  ago.  in 
the  employ  of  Messrs.  P.  H.  Pepper  &  Co.,  of  our 
city,  as  a  dry  goods  clerk.  He  came  to  Mobile  some 
time  in  Septtmber  or  October  last,  with  a  letter  ot 
tulrodiiction  li-jm  Mr.  Spencer,  of  ibe  bouse  of  H. 
B.  Claflin  &  Co..  of  Kew-York,  to  Mossia.-  P.  H. 
Pepper  &  Co.  .These  genilemen  immediately  gave 
Weldon  employment  in  their  large  retail  dry  goods 
establisbment,  and  retained  him  in  their  employ 
until  a  couple  ol  weeks  ago,  when,  ou  account  of  neg- 
lect of  duty,  he  w^is  dischargad.  His  dLsmissal.  to- 
gether with  trouble  of  a  private  nature,  induced  him 
to  dnuk,  and  it  is  said  by  his  lormer  associates  tbat 
for  a  week  before  he  left  Mobilu  he  seemed  wholly 
iiresponsibic.  o  ten  saying  aud  doing  things  that 
Huccoited  a  demented  or  '  halt-uraciced '  state. 
La.st  Sunday  be  hired  a  room  at  John  Mandich's, 
on  Royal  atre:*t.  aud  told  -his  friends  that  he  was 
going  to  abut  himself  op  iu  his  room  aud  commit 
suicide.  He  was  reasoned  with  upon  the  subjecf, 
and  promised  to  disojrd  the  thought.  Ou  Wednes- 
day he  called  at  Pepper's  and  obtained  a  settle- 
ment. He  baae  tbe  cashier  good-)  ye,  and  declared 
tbat  he  in:eade<l  to  leave  the  city.  While  under 
tbe  infflaeuce  of  drink  be  has  been  known  4tu  be  wild 
and  extravaaant  in  his  threats,  aud  it  is  supposed 
that,  in  anch  a  coudit'ou,  be  planned  and  exeouied 
tbe>  deed  on  the  apnr  of  the  momsot.  Ho  is  a  North- 
ern man,  and  has  been  ic  the  South  only  four  or  five 
months.  He  was  never  known  t*)  talK  politics  while 
he  was  here,  aad  no  one  bn^*'  ■^^^  lua  political 
opinions  Weia '! 


OBITUARY. 


BEAR  ADMIRAL  GOLDSBOROUQH. 
A  dispatch  irom  Washington  announces  the 
death  m  tbat  city  early  yesterday  morning  of  Bear 
Admiral  Louis  Malesherbes  Goldsborough.  Thus, 
after  living  upward  of  73  years,  be  departed  this 
life  in  the  city  in  which  he  was  bom  in  February, 
1805.  In  December.  1813,  young  Goldsborongh  re- 
csived  an  antedated  midshipman's  warrant,  which 
was  accompanied  by  the  condition  tbat  be  was  not 
to  receive  any  pay  or  emolument  until  he  reported 
himself  to  the  department  ready  tor  actual  service. 
In  Jnly,  1H16,  he  was  given  his  first  orders  into 
service,  which  were  to  joiu  tbe  74-gtm  frigate  In- 
dependence, then  at  Boston,  under  command  of 
Commodore  Balnbrldge.  A  year  later  Midshipman 
Goldsburough  was  ordered  to  the  Franklin,  des- 
tined, as  tbe  flag-ship  of  Commodore  Stewart,  for 
tbe  Mediterranean  Sea.  At  tbo  end  of  this  ship's 
cruise,  and  while  she  was  at  Gibraltar  on  hercway 
home,  he  wa^ransferred  to  the  frigate  Gnerriere, 
in  which  vossel  be  returned  to  this  country  late  in 
the  Antumn  of  18S0.     In  1821  he  waa  again  ordered 

to  join   the  Franklin,  once  more  the  flag-ship  of 

Commodore  Stewart,'  bat  now  bound  to  tbe 
Pacific.  He  remained  on  board  of  her  throuehont 
the  cmise,  and  returned  home  m  the  Fall  of  1824. 
Soon  after  he  obtained  permission  from  tbe  Kavy 
Department  to  avail  himself  of  the  schools  of  Pans, 
which  he  attended  at  his  own  expeoie,  with  the 
view  ot  prosecuting  his  stndiesinibe  French  lan- 
guage and  In  the  scientific  branches  of  his  protes- 
("ion.  He  remained  at  Paris  for  two  years,  and  in 
1827,  in  actiordauce  with  orders,  he  Joined  tbe  Med- 
iterranean Squadron,  then  commanded  by  Commo- 
dore R  -dgers.  It  was  .Inst  at  a  time  when  niraticnl 
depredations  in  and  about  the  Grecian  Archipel- 
ago, were  of  such  frequent  occurrence  tbat  nomer- 
cbaot  ship  unprotected  by  a  vessel  of  war  could 
with  safety  venture  eastward  of  the  Island  of  Malta. 
Young  Goldsborotigh's  heart  was  gladdened  by  a 
transfer  from  the  flag-ship  to  the  schooner  Porpoise," 
wbiob  vessel  waa  then  actively  employed  in  keen- 
ing a  good  lookout  for  tbeie  piratical  craft.  Other 
nations  also  bad  vessels  of  war  engaged  in  perform- 
ing tbe  same  service,  aud  a  general  nnderstanding 
existed  that  protection  should  be  given  to  any  mer- 
cbantuan  that  might  nsk  it,  regardless  of  nation- 
ality, as  tbe  whole  civilized  world  pronounced  pi- 
rates enemies  of  the  human  race. 

Ihe  sound  thrashing  administered  to  these  pirates 
by  young  Goldsborongh,  who  had  by  this  time 
reached  a  Lieutenancy,  was  among  the  most  cher- 
ished reminucences  of  his  busy  life.  In  Soptem. 
bcr,  1827,  the  Pon>oi»o  left  Smyrna  for  Malta,  with 
a  convoy  under  her  charge  consistiug  of  11  mer- 
chant vesself,  four  of  which  were  American. 
While  becalmed  in  the  Doro  passage  at  night,  one 
ol  the  convoy — an  Eoglisb  vessel  called  the  Onmt<t 
— was  attacked  and  carried  by  some  200  or  300 
Greek  pirates,  who  bad  put  out  from  tbe  Island  of 
Audros  and  Neeropont  tur  the  purpo8«  in  five  large 
boats,  each  arranged  to  pull  aume  40  or  SO  oars. 
Tbe  Comet,  owing  to  tbe  calm,  was  at  a  distance 
Irom  the  Porpoise  and  toe  rest  of  (he  vessels 
of  perhaps  a  couple  of  inilus,  but  in  tbe 
midst  of  tbe  noisa  and  confnsion  ou 
her  deck  her  mafe  and  another  of 
tbo  crew  succeeded  in  effectine  tbeir  escape  In  the 
storA  boat,  and  reaching  the  Porpoise,  soon  related 
thEf  Story  of  the  attack.  Altbongh  the  firing  of 
arms  by  the  pirates  as  they  approached  the  Comet 
had  attracted  the  attention  of  those  on  board  the 
Porpoise,  .vet  no  to  the  moment  of  the  arrival  along- 
side of  the  mate  nothing  definite  was  known  of  the 
affair.  Strong  flToris  witb  the  sweeps  were  made 
to  appruach  the  Comet,  but  it  was  soou  founi^  that 
tne    pirates    were   towing  her  taster  than    the   war- 

vessel  could  move,  aud  as  the  only  remaining  alter- 
native the  schooner's  boats  were  resorted  to.  They 
were  promptly  prepared  to  assail  the  pirates,  and 
nil  of  them  were  placed  under  Goldsborougb's  com- 
mand. Despite  tbe  disparity  in  numbers,  the 
Comet  was  boarded,  the  uirates  driven  from  her 
dock,  and  the  vessel  thus  fully  recovered.  \u  tbe 
■  iruggle  from  80  to  9U  of  tbe  pirates — or  more  than 
tbo  entire  number  of  the  attacking  force — were 
cither  killed  or  wounded.  It  is  related  of  the 
ward-room  steward,  amulatto  of  herculean  strength, 
that  he  slew  with  his  own  nand  no  lees  than  11  of 
the  villains.  Goldsboroagh's  victory,  accomplished 
in  tbe  lace  of  great  odds,  taught  the  buccaneers  a 
valnablo  lesson. 

In  1W30  Lieut.  Goldsborongh  returned  to  the 
United  States  iu  tbe  Delaware,  aud  shortly  after- 
ward brought  to  the  notice  of  the  department  the 
detcetivenees  of  the  implements  of  navigation  gen- 
erally turnisbed  to  our  ships  by  the  process  ot  re- 
qoiditiouH  upon  Navy  ageuts.  and  urged  as  a  remedy 
tbe  establishment  of  a  depot  of  charts  and  instru- 
ments. The  sugcestion  was  accepted,  aud  thus  was 
started  tbe  nuclouii  of  tbe  present  observatory.  His 
after  career  was  marked  with  ability  aud  rapidity 
of  promotion.  In  184G,  during  i bo  War  witb  Mex- 
ico, he  waa  on  boa  d  the  sbip  Ohio  at  Ihe  fall  ot 
Vera  Cruz,  and  subsequently  commanded  a  large 
detacbmeut  of  her  officers  and  crew  at  the  attack 
and  capture  of  Tospan.  In  1648  he  commanded  the 
naval  rendezvous  at  Baltimore,  and  in  1849  was  sent 
as  the  senior  naval  officer  of  a  ]oiut  commisHioii  of 
three  army  and  three  navy  officers  to  expluie  Cali- 
fornia and  Oreffon.  In  1S51  be  returned  lo  Wash- 
ington from  this  service,  and  was  ordered  to  com- 
mand tbo  frigate  Cumberland,  tbeu  tbe  flag 
ship  of  Commodore  Stringham.  Ho  served  in 
the  Mediterranean  until  October,  18J3,  when 
he  returned  to  take  command  ol  the  14 aval 
Academy,  where  he  remained  as  Supenuteud- 
ent  lor  nearly  four  years.  In  1859  be  waa  or- 
dered to  the  friaato  Cougress,  ol  the  Brazil  ;3quad- 
ron,  from  which  cruise  he  returned  in  time  to  pro- 
ceed with  his  ship  to  Hampton  Roads  at  the  out- 
break of  the  rebellion.  Soon  alter,  however,  aud 
freatly  lo  bis  feurprise.  he  was  ordered  to  Hupersfde 
'lag  Officer  Striugham  in  command  of  tbe  North  iVt- 
luiitic  Squadron.  Not  long  af>.er  this  be  co-operated 
with  Gen.  Buiuslde's  land  torce.s  iu  the  attack  on 
Koatioke  Island,  the  results  of  which  are  too  well 
known  to  require  further  mention.  Suuseqneiitlv, 
iu  obeoience  to  orders  Irom  the  Navy  DDourlmeui, 
be  returned  to  Hampton  Roads,  where  Uis  services 
were  needed  agaiost  tne  rebel  ram  Merrimau. 
Here  he  saw  bis  old  sbip,  tbe  Cnmberiand,  go  down, 
with  her  colors  flying  aud  officers  and  men  at  tbeir 
post  of  duty,  and  not  a  greaw  while  later  be  wit- 
ne88>id  tlioKisnal  victory  of  tue  uis:.  Mjuitor  over 
the  boasted  Mcn-imac. 

At  the  time  the  Army  under  Gen.  McClellan  was 
approaching  Richmond,  Goldsborongh  kept  suveral 
vesscis  of  his  bquadruu  in  the  Jamoa  River,  to 
afford  support,  sUould  it  be  required.  After  cverv- 
thiug  had  been  done  tbat  was  necessary  in  tbe  way 
of  arrangements  toward  afibrdiiig  assiatauce  to  the 
Array,  Commodore  Wilkes,  (recently  deceased,)  a 
junior  officer  to  Goldsboroush,  was  sent  from 
Washington,  not  tu  report  to  the  latter  and  act 
under  bis  orders,  bnt  to  tjke  command  of  tbe  force 
and  control  it  independently.  The  transier  of 
o  mmand  was  made,  and  Goldsboiuugh.  believing 
that  this  was  an  indication  tbat  what  he  had  done 
toward  tbe  Army  was  not  approved  of  by  tlie  de- 
partmenl,  asked  to  be  relieved.  In  the  course  of  a 
few  weeks  Aciiog  Rear  Admiral  S.  P.  Lee  waa 
appointed  his  succensor  iu  command  of  the  North 
Atlantic  Blockading  Squadrou.  Goldsborougb, 
who  had  been  constantly  on  board  ship*  for  tbree 
years,  then  repaired  to  Wasbiugtou,  where  he  was 
Intormod  tor  the  first  time,  and  reliably,  that  the 
department  was  entirely  saiufied  witb  his  conduct 
on  tbe  James  River;  but  no  saiistactory  expiaua- 
lion  was  ever  made  lor  CommiiUore  Wilkes'  appoint- 
ment. 

He  was  then  assigned  to  tbe  important  duty  of 
preparing  a  code  of  regulations  far  the  naval  ser- 
vice. In  18C5  he  was  appomted  to  command  tbe  Ea- 
ruuean  bqnadmn,  and  after  serving  out  bis  lull 
tof  m  be  was  relieved  from  it  bv  the  appointment  of 
Admiral  Farraeut  to  take  the  oositiou.  He  re- 
turned to  the  United  States  in  bis  flag-sbip,  tbo 
Colorado,  in  Aagu«t,  1867.  Subsequeurly  be  was 
placed  in  command  of  the  Navy -yard  ar  washiijg- 
ion.  In  the  course  of  his  naval  career.  Rear  Admi- 
ral Goldsborongh,  it  will  be  seen,  had  been 
frequeutly  called  upon  to  per  tor  tu  duties  of 
the  highest  responsibility.  Very  singularly, 
his  is  tbe  sixth  death  among  tbe  Rear  Ad- 
mirals within  Ave  week*,  namoly:  Smith, 
Alden,  Wilkes,  Bailey,  Davis,  aud  Guidsboroagb. 
At  tue  fame  ot  bi.s  dcaib  the  last  mentioned  was  tbe 
ktyiior  Rear  Admiral  lu  tbe  Navy. 


DETECTIVE  JOHN  S.  YOUNG. 
Capt.  John  S.  Young,  for  several  years  Chief 
ot  tbe  Detective  torce  of  this  City,  died  at  his  resi- 
dence. No.  133  West  Twenty-flrst  street,  yesterday 
attemoon,  aged  53  years.  Cap'.  Young  was  a 
native  of  Troy,  in  this  State.  He  joined  the  Metro- 
politan Police  force  In  1860,  and  in  a  short  time 
•bowed  himself  to  bo  possesaed  of  such 
ability  that  be  was  made  a  member 
of  tbe  detective  squad.  When  John  A.  Kennedy 
became  Supeiinteudent  of  the  Police  force,  Young 
was  made  Chief  of  the  Central  Office.  Ho 
was  given  no  special  sfflce,  bnt  his  posi- 
tion procured  for  him  the  title  of  Captain, 
wbich  be  ever  afterward  retained.  He 
made  a  number  of  important  arrests,  and 
"  worked  up  "  numerous  difficult  cases  with  remark- 
able skill.  His  ability  did  not  save  htm  trom  punish- 
ment, however,  when  ho  infringed  on  the  rules  of 
tbo  Police  Department.  About  nine  yeais  ago  he 
investigated -the  robbery  of  a  Wall  street  bank,  and 
procured  the  return  to  the  institution  ot  a  large 
amount  of  bonds  which  bad  been  taken  from  it.  He 
was  given  $16,000  for  his  eerviees,  but  did  not 
Police  Commissioners. 
Farley,  aud 
work, 


the 


bis 


report    tbe    lact 

Officers  James  living,  Phil 
others  h;id  sided  him  in 
but  he  gave  them  a  comparatively  small 
reward.  Irving  became  dlssHlitfied,  and  reported 
the  matter  to  the  Commissioners.  They  ordered 
Young  to  turn  bis  rewocd  over  to  the  Treasurer  ot 
tne  department,  tu  await  their  disposition.  He  re- 
fused to  do  Ibis,  an^  was  dismissed  from  tbe 
force.  Tbe  most  important  of  Cept. 
Yonag's  arrests  were  those  of  Beale,  tne 
Confederato  sov,  who  was  afterward  hanged  on  Bed- 
loe's  Island,  and  of  Kennedy  and  Yatea,  who  were 
members  ot  tbe  parcv  of  rebel  incendiaries,  who  at- 
tempted to  destroy  New-York  by  firing  its  principal 
buildings,  and  who  !«nffjr<id  tbe  name  fate  as  Beaie. 
Alter  leaving  tbe  Police  force  Capt.  Young  organ- 
ized a  private  detective  .Rg>-ccy.  At  the  time  ol 
bis  death  be  had  an  office  at  No.  291  Broadway,  and 
was  not  in  prusperoas  circ;im*tancea. 


of  Brewster,  Me.,  bom  in  1818.  He  reoeived  bis 
early  educaticm  at  Bangor  Seminary,  and  graduated 
In  medicine  at  Harvard  ITniversity.  He  practiced 
medicine  in  Maine  six  or  sevijn  years,  when  he  re- 
moved to  tbe  central  part  of  Iowa,  and  was  ene  of 
a  small  number  of  Eastern  men  who,  about  30  years 
ago,  founded  the  town  of  Orlnnell,  Poweshiek 
County,  which  to-day  is  approaching  3,000  inhab- 
itants, and  contains  a  college,  high  school,  public 
school,  several  churches,  a  bank,  many  mercantile 
establishments,  bat  no  liquor  Store,  and  no  crim- 
inals nor  paupers.  Dr.  iiolyoke  and  hla  fellow- 
pioneers  are  to  be  thanked  mainly  tor  these  happy 
results  which,  from  tbe  beginning,  have  continued 
to  attract  tbe  orderly  and  moral  to  make  Grinnell 
their  place  of  residence.  Dr.  Holyoke  was  held 
in  high  esteem  m  a  wide  circle  in  his 
State,  and  was  intrusted  with  manv  imnortant 
administrative  positions,  incladlng  Prei^ident  of  the 
Board  of  tbe  Literary  Fund  of  Grinnell  Univeraity-; 
Trustee  of  Iowa  College  since  its  removal  to  Grin- 
nell. and  for  several  years  the  head  of  tbe  Execu- 
tive Committee  and  a  gratuitous  lecturer  on  Physi- 
ology and  Hygiene  before  the  srudents:  Trustee  ot 
tbe  State  Agricaltural  Oollegi-,  besides  various 
business  trusts,  as  Director  in  the  First  National 
Bank,  and  for  three  years  its  President.  He  was  a 
latga  eontribntor  to  tbe  Hubsoriptions  in  aid  of  tbe 
Rook  island  aud  the  Iowa  Central  Railroads  at  tbe 
time  ot  tbeir  oonstruccinn.  Tbo  basiness  places  in 
Griunell,  Iowa,  weie  closed  during  tbe  tuneral 
services,  an<)  addresses  were  made  by  Hon.  J.  B. 
Grinnell  and  President  M.  Magoun  of  Iowa  College. 


OBITUARY  NOTE. 
Hon.  D.  C.  Branham,  State  Senator  from 
Jefferson  County,  Ind.,  died  in  Indianapolis  yester- 
day morning.  Mr.  Branham  had  long  bei>a  identified 
With  the  politics  and  internal  improvemeut  of  that 
State.  • 

Alexander  Clark,  a  wealthy  and  respecteii 

citizen  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  and  a  partner  in  tbe  Clark 
Thread  Company,  died  suddenly  of  beait  diseasQ 

vesterday  morning,  at  bis  residence  in  that  City. 
He  had  been  confined  to  bis  house  for  several  days 
with  a  severe  cold,  bat  nothiue  serious  was  appre- 
beniled.  Deceased  was  40  years  old.  and  leayei  a 
Widow,  but  no  children.    His  name  was  mentioned 

in  connection  with  the  candidacy  for  Congress  ladl 
Fall,  but  he  declined,  to  stand.  Mr.  Clark  was 
known  as  a  man  of  generous  impulses,  possessing 
good  business  habits,  and  was  beloved  by  all  tbe 
employes  in  the  factory,  as  well  as  by  a  large  circle 
offnends.  The  arrangements  tor  the  funeral  have 
not  yet  been  made,  bat  it  is  probable  the  remains 
will  be  taken  to  Scotland  for  iuterment. 


LOSSES  BY  FIRE. 


THOMAS  HOLYOKE,   M.  D. 

The  prosperous  little  town  of  Grinnell,  Iowa, 

has  just  lost  one  of  its  moat  prominent  and  useful 

citizens  in  the  death  of  Dr.  Thomas  Holyoke,  caused 

Vbv  a  stxoce  ot  puolvsii.    Dr.  Haivnb«  •••  g^  native 


A  fire  broke  out  late  on  Monday  night  in  a 
row  of  fr^tme  houses  just  north  of  the  bridge  ap- 
proach in  East  St.  Louis.  A  stroug  north  wind  car- 
ried the  fiames  to  the  wood  work  of  the  bridge  ap- 
proach. Several  tire  engines  from  St.  Louis  at- 
tempted to  cro;is  the  bridge  to  assist  in  subduing 
the  tiro,  but  were  jut  off  b.v  the  fltmes  and  forced  to 
return.  Subsequently  two  or  tnree  fire  engiuos  were 
taken  over  on  tbe  lerrv-boat  and  did  good  service. 
An  exoraication  of  the  bridge  shows  that  some 
600  or  800  leet  of  the  carriage-way  approach,  which 
i.-i  constructed  largely  oi  wood,  were  destroyed,  and 
some  of  the  lighter  iron-work  supporting  the  car- 
riage-wav  is  more  or  less  warped  and  twisted,  and 

Will  have  to  be  replaced.  The  railway  floor  ot  toe 
approach  is  much  less  Injured,  and  the  persons  In 
charge  of  the  bridge  believe  tbe  track  will  be  so 
far  restored  tbat  trains  will  be  able  to  cross  in  four 
days.  The  bridge  company  have  a  large  amount  of 
duplicate  bracing  cords,  &.C.,  and  will  place  them 
In  position  at  once,  and  vigorous  measures  will  be 
taken  to  repair  tbe  damage  as  speedily  as  possible. 
The  reported  loss  to  the  bridce  company,  as  pub- 
lished here  tbis  morning,  is  greatly  exaggerate! 
and  totally  unreliable.  Tne  actual  losa  cannot  now 
be  given,  bnt  it  will  probably  be  not  more  than 
$50,000.  There  will  be  no  delay  of  trams  while  the 
repair^^  are  progressing,  as  all  tbe  passengers  and 
freight  will  be  tranlerred  bv  the  ferry.  Sab=e- 
queutly,  engineers,  who  examined  the  bridge,  state 
ihac  not  more  than  about  300  feet  of  the  approaon  is 
seriously  damaged.  Tbe  following  insuraucc  on  the 
bridge  is  held  bv  tue  company  :  American,  of  New- 
York,  S20,OUO;  Tradesmen's,  of  New -York,  313,700  ; 
American,  of  Newark,  N.  J.;  Firmen's,  ot  Newark, 
N.  J.;  Newark,  of  Newark,  N.  J.:  Xmcorters' aud 
Traders',  i.f  New-York;  Clinton,  ot  New- York  ;  Mer- 
cantile, of  Now-Y.jrk; , Pacific,  of  New-Y>rk;  Com- 
merce, of  New-York  ;  Ke8olute,-of  New-Y"rk;  Far- 
rauut,  of  New- York  ;  iStaudard.  ot  New- York,  aud 
Safeguard,  of  New-York,  ?10.000  each,  making  a 
total  of  $153,700.  The  loss  on  iha  building  where 
the  fire  origiuaied  is   not  known,  but  it  is  not  large. 

A  dispatch  trom  Raynolds,  Ind.,  says  the 
Jnuctiuu  Hotel  at  taat  place  was  destroyed  by  tire 
last  Monday,  iuvulving a  loss  ot  85,000;  iusntod  in 
the  German-American  of  New- York  tor  $2,000.  The 
railroad  depot  was  damaged  to  the  ezteut  ot  $1,003  ; 
uninsured. 

The  saw  and  grist  mill  ot  J.  W.  Cromwell  &. 
Co.,  at  CambiidKe,  on  the  eastern  shore  of  Mary- 
land, WaS  destroyed  bv  fire  Sunoay  morning.  The 
loss  is  trom  ^OOOO  lo  $4J.000;  uo  insurance. 

The  residence  of  Walter  Aiken,  in  Franklin 
Falls,  N.  H.,  oue  of  the  finest  lo  the  State,  was 
burned  yesterday.  Tbe  loss  is  150,000;  no  in- 
sar<ince. 

The  box  factory  of  Spofford  &  Son,  in  Mar- 
blebead,  Mass.,  was  burned  yesterday;  also.  75,000 
f<»0i  of  lumber.  Tbo  loss  is  about  |7,0u0;  Insarance 
light, 

■—■I  

EARTHQUAKE  IN  MAIHE. 
The  Portland  (Mc.)  Argus  of  the  19th  inst. 
says:  "A  distinct  shock  of  earthquake  was  felt  in 
the  city  at  2:20  yesterday  afternoon.  The  rumbling 
BOUTid  was  distinctly  audible,  followed  by  tbe 
shaking  ot  buildings.  In  the  vicinity  of  the  kero- 
Bene  works  the  effects  exneriei;ced  were  even  more 
noticeable  than  in  the  ciiy.  The  family  of  Mr. 
Garden  Gordon  were  very  much  startled,  thinking 
ihe  works  had  ex^iloded,  so  liiud  waa  the  noise. 
Then  followed  a  rumldiug  sound  like  the  reverbera- 
tions of  thunaer,  growing  less  and  les^  distinct  as 
they  receded.  The  sounds  lasted  several  seconds 
Hon  es  were  rocked,  windows  and  doocs  ratiled, 
aud  in  some  instances  disheN  fell  from  the  shelves.' 


LIBEHAL  BEQUESTS. 
James  McGregor,  who  died  in  Hoston  Jan. 
23,  left  the  following  bt  quests  to  public  ii;8titutions: 
To  tbe  Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  $5,000,  tu 
be  invested,  oue-half  the  income  to  be  used  for  pa- 
tients in  the  hospital  and  tbe  other  half  for  tbe  snp- 
oort  of  tree  beds  iu  the  McLbau  Asylum  for  tbe  In- 
sane ;  to  tbe  Massachueetta  lostiintbof  Tecbuolouy, 
12,500;  to  the  American  Unitarian  Association, 
il.OOJ:  to  tbe  Associ  ni'in  lor  tbe  Relief  ot  Agea 
ludigent  Females,  51,000;  to  the  Home  for  Aged 
Men,  $1,000;  to  the  Benevolent  Fraternity  of 
Churches,  :$1,COO ;  to  the  Female  Orphan  Asylum, 
$1,000;  to  the  Widows' Society,  $1,000;  to  the'How- 
aid  Bi-nevoleut  Socictv,  ^1,000;  lo  tue  Massachusetts 
Charitable  Eye  and  Ear  ludrmary,  $1,0J0;  to  tbe 
House  of  Ibe  Good  Samaritan,  in  Mcl.ean  str^^t^ 
$1,000,  and  to  the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor,  (1,000. 
Total,  $17.C00. ^ 

OBSTRVCTINQ  TUE  UNITED  STATES  MAIL. 
Portland,  Feb.  20.— At  tbe  instance  o'f  the 
Bostou  and  Maine  Railroad  officials,  L.  Y.  Wallace, 
a  member  of  tbe  Brotherhood  ot  Eugineers  was 
arrested  to-dav,  charged  with  obstructing  tbe 
Uuited  States  mail  by  iuducing  tbe  engineers  to 
leave  tbeir  work  on  the  B.iHion  and  Maine  Railroad, 
lie  was  held  in  $2,500  bail  for  examination.  As  a 
teat  case  it  excites  much  interest. 


Fairbanks'  Scales.— The  Messrs.  Fairbanks 
have  run  their  immense  factories  on  full  time  dur- 
ing the  eutire  Winter.  Iu  response  to  tbe  qacstion, 
"-Where  oo  the  scales  all  go  ?"  we  would  remind 
our  readers  tbat  the  United  States  Government  (in 
the  various  departments)  has  ordered  over  7,000 
during  the  past  thiee  years. — it  Johnsbury  Caledo- 
nian. 


Don't  lEsrrATE  your  Lungs  with  a  Stubborn 
Cougb.  wlieu  a  remed.y.  sale  and  certain  as  Dr. 
Jaynk's  Expectorant  can   be  so  easily   procured. 

Sore  Turoat  aud  Lun^s  are  speedily  helped  by  It. 

A  dvertiiiement 

Kosamore  Hotel, 

Broadway,  4l8t  and  4-'d  sts., 
Three  blocks  west  of  Gran  J    Ceut.al  uepot,  and  near 
Klevated  Kailioad.    Broj.ilwa.y  aud   aevoutu    Avenue 
lines  ot  cars  pass  the  doors. 

KATKS  itBDUCED. 
$3  60  and  $4  per  day. 
Rooms,  without  me.ils.  $1  anl  upward. 
—AdvenUevient      CHARLEa  E.  LKLaXD,  Proprietor. 


^;tuetevant  House.— Rooms  and  board  reduced 
to  $3  aua  $3  50  per  day.  Kooms  only.  $1  per  day  and 
upwar.l  LKvVlS  it  GEO^iGU  8.  LULaMD. 

— Admirtisement. 

The  Centennial  ha»  boeome  a  part  of  onr  na- 
tional history,  peaking  ot  historv  reminds  us  that 
nothing  of  American  invear-on  bus  ever  duae  a&  more 
crt  dlt  than  it.   T.  babbitt  s  Toilet  SoJLF.—Aiivertiet- 

vient. 


As  A  Reliable  Remedy 

lur  coughs  uud  colds  use  Porter's  Balsam. 
Price  ^6,  50,  aud  7  J  ceots. — Advertue/nenu 


TUE  WEEKLY  TIMES 


WUbor*!  Campenad  mt  P«r«  C«4l  t.iT«r  Oil 

AND  LLUK.— Tbe  advantage  01  tbis  opBtponnd  ovet 
tbe  plain  Oil  <a  that  tbe  naoseatldg  taste  of  thq  Oil  U 
entirely  removed,  aud  tbe  whole  reodwed  entirely 
palatable.  The  offeoslve  tnstc  oftbeOli  hasloun  asted 
as  a  prominent  oujectlon  to  lt<  nse:  but  in  this  form 
the  trouble  is  entirely  obvinred.  a  host  of  certiScatei 
might  oe  tfiveii  here  to  testify  to  the  excellence  nni 
enrcess  of  WILBOR'S  COD  LIVER  Oil-  ASD  LI.ME, 
But  the  fact  that  ft  is  pre«cribi»d  bv  tbe  medical  faoult< 
la  sufficient  Sol  1 1  by  A  B.  VTILBOB,  OhemUt,  Bostoa 
and  bj  all  dmKgiats. 

Seform  !■  Made  Possible  to  tbe  Inebriate. 

and  neiVous  <iebility  overcome  by  the  na«  of  PASO 
KaB'd  GI^GEfi  Tu.Nia 


It  the  Palate  of  a  Joreafle 

Revolts  at  a  medicine,  it  Is  verj  d  rfflcult  for  it  to  Bwa& 
low.    This  Is  not  the  case  with  UILK  OF  MAOAKSIA.  / 


Pomeroy'a  iimmes^By  far  the  Beit  In  Use*' 

Ask  your  pUvsiClan.  FJilRttUV  raCI3^  <'a.  746  B'.way^ 


MOERELL— McCOtiL.— On  Tuesday.  20th  Inst,  at 
the  reslile.ice  of  the  bride's  father.  Johit  H.  HoaaRLi:., 
Ksg.,  to  MiNNiB,  eldest  daagnter  of.  Daocan  McCoU, 
Bsq.,  all  ot  tbis  Utty.    No  c  irds. 


BLAKE.— At  No.  33  West  25th  St.,  on  Tuesday  TDon*. 
ine.  Feb.  UU.  1877,  lomkr  K.  F.  Bi.akb,  ased  22  .veara,' 
sou  of  Marv  Fiaaagan  aud  Capt.  liotner  C.  Blalco'' 
United  tjtates  Navy. 

Notice  ol  tuoeral  in  to-morrow's  papera. 

DKMAiiKST.— At  Platntleld,  N.  J .  on  Mondav,  the 
lOthinBt..  JoBN  J.  Dbxaksst,  )anlor  menit>er  of  tb' 
nrm  <it  Demurest  It.  Joralemon. 

Funeral  services  from  bis  late  residence  Wednesdst 
nt  2: ao  o'clock.  Train  lenvi-s  toot  of  Liberty  at  at  1 
o'clock,    returning  at  4  o'clouk.     Camaces  at  depot. 

EGLESTO.N  —At  ^•ew-Bll?htOIl,  sitaien  Island,  otti 
Sunday  morning,  the  18th  inst,  Adruiidb,  daughter 
of  Wra.  C.  aud  Klla  L.  Kglestou.  in  her  9iii  .year.  ; 

The  relatives  and  friends  of  tbe  family  an>  n-spect- 
lull.v  invited  to  attend  her  funeral  from  thrist  Cburcti, 
New-BrlKbton,  on  Wednesdsv,  the  'ilst  inst.,  at  12:;sC 
P.M.  Noith  Shore  boat  leaves  Pier  Ho.  1  at  11:13 
A  M. 

FIELD. — At  Riverside,  Conn.,  on  Ssbbath  morning, 
Feb.  Itt,  KxiLT  .^cousTA  Field,  aged  38  years. 

Funeral  services  will  be.  held  at  the  hopse  of  ner 
brotner-m-law.  J.  H.  Ockershausen,  on  WecnesOay.' 
:21st  iiist.,  at  12  o'clock.  .Ncw-Maven  tram  will  leave' 
Grand  Central  Depot  at'  10:10  o'clock  A.  M.  'Iha 
triends  are  respectfully  invited  to  attend  wtthout  fur- 
ther notice. 

HA.s'SO.N'.— At  No.   115  East  128th  st,  JosriTUAif 

Banson.  a^ed  71  years. 

Ills  frieuds  are  Invited  to  attend  the  tnaeral   fro3i  ^ 
the  Fresu.yterlan  Church,  corner  of  Madisoa  sv.  and 
l-.25th  St.,  ou  Thursday,   the  22d  of  February,  at   2> 
o'clock  P.  M. 

nULL.— Suddenlv.  on  the  20th  Inst.,  at  rornw»ll-on- 
tlie  Hn  Ison,  Rackkl,  wife  of  James  :i.  Hull,  in  the  73d 
year  of  her  aire. 

Relatives  ana  friends  of  the  family  nre  respoctfully 
invited  to  attend  tha  luneral  at  zo'cJock  trom  the 
Prosbvceilm  Church,  Rev.  Mr.  J.  W.  TeaL  Carriaice* 
will  meet  the  9  A.  M.  trniu  via  Erie  Railroad  for  Corn/ 
wall  rstatioo,  and  return  ti  5:17  P.  if.  train  down. 

MOttSI^.— On  MoaAay  Feb.  19.  Mary  L.,  dausatcr  of 
thi-  late  Walter  aniBar.y  i^picer. 

Puni-ral  from  lierlTit"  residence.  No.  693  DeCalb  av.., 
Biooklyn,  at  2  o'clock  Thursdav  afteruoou. 

KIVA8. — At  8t  Autrustiue,  Fla.,  on  Tbursday,  Feb. 
15,  Uamon  ph  Kivas  y  Lamau,  In  the  70th  .year  of  bii 
age. 

Uclatlves  and  friends  of  the  famil.v  are  invited  to  at- 
tend bis  luueral  from  the  Church  of  tbe  Holv  lono 
cents,  corner  of  37i.b  st.  and  Broadwav,  on  Wedaes- 
uav,  Feb.  21,  at  10  o'ciock  A.  M.,  without  further  n» 
tice. 

SAVAGE.-  On  tbe  20th  February.  1877.  Mrs.  Euia- 
BBTu  .\.  Savaqb.  of  Fordha'u,  wioow  o(  the  late  Joha 
Savaffe,  Esq..  m  tbe  69th  vear  ot  her  aire. 

Nonce  ot  funeral  to-morrow. 

TAVLOit— Uu  the  i9th  inst,  Bobbrt  Taylor,  in  tb» 
45tb  year  of  bis  a$;e. 

Tiie  relanves  and  friends  of  tbe  £am11.v  ate  resoecs 

tnlly  iavlted  to  attend  the  funeral  services  at  his  late 
residence,* No.  4:-i9  West  2Ist  St.,  on  Wednesday  atier- 
nooD  at  3  o'clock  without  further  iuvita;ioa. 

VVVMaN. — In'  Jersey  Cit.v,  on  Sunday,  Feb.  18.  Das- 
iKi,  W.  Wyman,  33d  decree  Hu  Commander  in  Cbiel  ot 
ftew-Jersev  aoyerel)?n  Consiclory  and  "iupenntendeus 
of  the  Elevated  Railroad  of  New- York,  ascd  hS  years. 

Relatives  and  frion'lg  ot  the  tamiiy,  Jersey  Cltv  Lodae 
No.  74,  F.  and  A.  .M...  Haeo  de  Payen  <  oiumaiiderv-  .no. 
1,  Knigbts  "fcmplar,  of  Jersey  City,  members  of  New- 
Jersey  Sovereijia  Couoisiory,  and  tho  Masonic  fr8:er' 
nitv  la  eeueral  are  invited  to  attend  his  ftinerai  oE 
Thursday.  Feb.  22.  at  1  o'clock  from  hla  late  residence. 
No.  '.^b9  2d  su,  and  at  l:'iO  o'clock  trom  tbe  Heddiug 
Methodist  hpiscopal  Church,  :doQtsomery  st,  Jersej 
City. 

WRIGHT. — On  Monday,  Feb.  19,  at  her  residence,  it 
BrooKlyn.  Mrs.  Nancy  Wriobt,  -widow  ol  the  lat< 
Amasa  Wrighi,,  a?ed  81  years. 

Frieuds  oi  the  family  are  invited  to  attend  the  fa 
neral  services  at  tne  Fir:-!  Presb.yterian  Cburch  o: 
Brooklyu,  Henry  St.,  near  Clark,  ou  Wedaesla.y,  FeU 
21,  at  1  o'clock. 

SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


OFFICES   TO    liBT    • 

IN   THE 

TIMES  BUILDING. 

AFPL.Y   TO 

UEOROB  JONES, 
TUIBS  OFFICE^ 


PtlST  tlFKlCK  NOTICE. 

The  forelcn  maiis  tor  the  week  endia:;  tjaturday.  Fe» 
24, 1877,  will  close  at  this  ofBce  on  Tuesday  ..t  7  A.  A., 
for  EurOije.  by  bteam-suio  Kevada,  via  Qiieenstowti  j 
on  Weilnesdav  at  7:3o  A.  .\L.  loi  turopi;,  bv  steain-sbrr> 
thina,  viaQueenstown;  on  Thursday  at  11:30  .4.  M..  foi 
Kurope,  by  steam-sblp  Pommerania,  via  Plymouth, Cher> 
bourif.  aiid  llamburg.  ou  8aturda.y.at  11  A.  C  lor 
fc-nrope.  by  steam-abip  Bilr.annlc,  via  Queens 
town,    (corrro&pondeuce    for   Qeimauy,    France.     ScoD 

laud,  and  North  of  lr?l:ina  to  lie  forwarded  by  thii 
steamer  must  be  specially  addressed;)  and  at  11  A. 
M..  for  Scotland  and  the  .North  of  Ireland  by  steam-Bht[l 
^ncbonia.  viaMovide  and  GluSgow.  an.l  at  1 1  .4.  il..  fot 
France  direct,  by  steam-sbip  Canada,  via  Havre,  aud  al 
ll:.;i»  .\.  .•<,..  lor  Germau.r.  tc,  ov  steam-ship  liermaou, 
via  Southamutou  and  Biemeu,  tcorrcsiiouilence  for 
Ureat  Britain  and  France  to  be  forwardeU  bv  thii 
steamer  must  be  specially  Hddressed.  l  The  Eteiiiu 
ships  Nevada. China,  aud  iiritannic  do  not  take  mailsfoi 
Deumark,  Sweden,  and  Norway,  'the  mails  for  Na« 
sau,  N.  P.,  will  le«ve  New-lork  Feb.  24.  'llie  maiU 
f(ir  the  West  Indies,  via  llavans,  will  leave  New- 
Tork  Feb.  28.  The  mails  for  forto  Wco  direct  will 
leave  New-Tork  March  o.  Tue  mails  fo.-  Austi-aija  wiil 
leave  Sin  Francisco  Feh.  28.  Tbe  mails  for  Chma 
audJapau  will  leave  .San  Francisco  Mai-ch  1. 

I'.  L.  JAMKS,  Postmaster. 
New -York,  Feb.  17,  1877. 


THE  NKW-TOUK  WEEKLr  TIMES,  published  this 
morning,  contains:  ^ 

THELATKST  POLITICAL  AND  OENESAL  NEWS.^ 

CODNTIXGTHK  ELECTaOAL  VOTES;  LOUISIANA 
FOE  GOV.  UAYE6. 

LETTEB3  FBOU  OUR  COEC&ESPONDENTa  AT  HOUIB 
ANh  ABUOaD. 

EDITORIAL  ABTIClES  UPON  CURRENT  TOPIca 

AGRICULTCRAL  MATTER:  UNPROFITABLE  FARM- 
ING; THECDl^TOEEOFBAElLEr;  SPECIAL  OB  QKIT- 
ERAL  FARMI.SG;  ANSWERS  TO  COEEBSPONDKNTS. 

With  a  Kreat  variety  of  miscellaneous  reading  mat- 
ter, and  fhll  reports  of  FIXAltClAL  aud  COM^IBRCIAL 
AFFAIRS,  the  LIVB  STOCK  AND  FARM  PRODUCE 
MARKETS 

Copies  in  wrappers,  ready  for  malllnf;,  for  sale  at 
THE  TIMES  OFFiCB;  also  at  THE  TIMES  UP-TOWN 
OFFICE,  aO  1,257  BBOAD WAX.    PBICR  VIVB  fla HTSL . > 


THE  MESSRS.    LlilAVITT,  AUCTIONEEKS. 

PEHEMPTORY  ART  SALE. 
On  eiliibiHon  at  tUe    rt   Rooms,   No.  817  Bro.idwar, 

ANCIENT  and  MODEE.N  OIL  PAINTINGS.  Also. 
Drawings  by  the  AMblUCAN  SKETCH  CLUB,  H.Pe- 
ters Gray.  W.  8.  Mount.  F^S.  Agate,  A.  B.  Durand.  y. 
Cole,  F.  W.  Edmonds,  and  otbers,  to  ho  sold  without 
any  reserve  whatever,  Wi-.OSESDAY  KVESING,  Feb. 
21,  commencing  at  8  o'clock. 
HARVAUD    CLUB  OF   NEW-YOKK.    CITY. 

Tlie  eleventh  annual  dinner  will  take  place  at  Del- 
monico's  on  THURSDAY,  Feb.  22.  at  6  P.  M. 

-■ill  Harvard  mfin.  from  any  quarter,  whether  mem- 
bers of  the  club  or  not,  urd  cordially  invited.  Tickets 
may  be  obtained  trom 

FRA.VCIS  M.  WELD,  Secretary. 

No.  8  West  Ibtb  St..  or 
T.  FRANK  BRO  W.N  ELL,  Treasurer, 

No.  26  Broad  st 

RSTU.4UT   WILMS,    ATTOBNEY    AStt 
•Counselor  at   Law,  Notary  Public.  Ka  182  Broad- 
way,-tooin  No.  4.   .Vew-iorfc. 

N.  B. — special  attention  paid  to  settling  "estates,  t 
convevanuiug,  aud  City  aaa  coancv  collec-ioo. 

GOLD    J'K.\S. 

KOLsrS  CELEBRATED  GOLD  PENS. 

NO.  -J  Asroit  uou.se. 

Onposite  Heralil  Olflce. 

OlSEASKS  OF  'I'UK  NKtCVOCS  tiYriVEyi^ 

A  SPKCLALTY. 

HENRY  A.  DANIELS,  M.   U.,    S.i.  144  Lerington   av.^ 

near  29tb  st.    Hours  8  to  ^. 

"TWO    THOUS-ANO    XllL.L.LOSsT^'iiS^^'DoiL' 
l.ARS.'> 

BCRraNER'S  MONTHLY  foi  March  contains  an  In- 
dependent and  tearless  "  Bxposiiion  of  Life  lasuranco." 
The  article  sketches  the  rise  and  progress  of  tbe  busi- 
ness ;  explains  its  principles,  the  '^Teserve "  and 
"dividend"  mysteries.  State  supervision,  present  cou 
dition  and  future  prospects;  and  points  out  iti  glar- 
ing  abuses  and  the  reasons  for  its  decliniag  course,  tha 
policies  "  lansed  and  surrendered  "  during  the  past  five 
years  being  equal  to  76  ner  cent,  of  tbe  amount  issued 
in  that  time,  and  to  70  per  cent,  of  the  en  tire  insurance 
now  outstanding.  Tbo  article  is  the  first  complet« 
and  practical  explanation  of  life  insurance  ever  offered 
to  the  American  public,  and  It  should  oe  carefully  read 
— not  only  by  all  polic.T-holders,  but  by  all  who  wish  tcr 
form  an  Intelligent  oolnion  conceminj  this  '^ast  Inter- 
est, now  beclouded  by  failures  and  underling  tbe 
severe  test  of  bard  times,  sold  b.y  all  booksellers  at 
35  cents  a  number,  $4  a  .year  In  advance. 
SCRIBSKRfc  CO..  New-York. 

WHAT  IS  GOING  ON  IN  SOCIETY  I 
H091E  JOCKNAL..  UUr    TO-DAY. 

Full  raparts  of  the  Wolff-Nathan  Wedding  in  f>th 
av.;  other  fashionable  weddings ;  Matrlmouiai  En. 
gagemeuts;  Grand  Duke  Alexis  :  Movements  of  tlia 
President's  Famil.v;  Diunera  b.y  Mrs.  Wm.  Asior.  Mrs. 
Johu  Jacob  .istor,  tbe  ttooeeveitt.  and  others  ;  Becep- 
tioDS  by  Mrs.  Robinson,  Mrs.  Dr.  Marcy,  Mrs.  Pell,  Mrs.. 
liRiubridOT  Clark,  and  others;  Martha  W<>sbiDBto» 
Ortrdeu  Party  :  Pimm  Feitiyltles  ;  The  Coilegea — ''o^ 
Inmliin,  Yale,  huI  B«wd>in  ;  Children's  Carnival ;  Tba 
Clubs;  The  Yachts  Palette,  Goethe,  and  .^talanca; 
Washington  Etiquette;  New-York  Kasbious  for  Gentle' 
men;  Paris  Fauolons  la  Jewelry;  Society  In  New- 
Haven  and  other  Cliiea  ;  Royal  Ball  la  BruSB4*l&; 
Amencins  at  Court;  Americans  in  Paris;  a  mirror  ol 
doings  in  s  >cietv  ever.vwhere.  Sold  by  all  uewsdealera. 
Price  ^ven  Coutt.  Send  subscriptions,  $S,  Ha,  3  Pare' 
place.Wew-York. 

NEW  EASTER  ANTBEM,  "CHRIST  OUU 
P.^SSOVER,"  In  B  flat,  by  U.  p.  Dnafcg,  7ja;  Eattei 
Autbeoi.  by  C  A.  Haveus,  40c.:  Easter  Carol,  "  Christ 
the  Lord,"  Draper,  lUc;  also  the  popular  and  atAudard 
KastPT  Anthems  by  Lloyd,  Thomas,  Chaopie.  Wr.Hoa, 
Andrews,  tc,  tc.     DIT.sON  b.  CO..  No.  711  Broadway. 

OW  TO  CORK  fARALYSl-S  STiPF  JOlNTa, 
bWELLING?,  A^D  ALL  LAMENSdS.    By  Quk.  fl4 
Tayx«&  U,  it-     So  cents. 

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_  .__    ,  ^      S«Tr-roB«L  TueadnT.  Felx.  20.  1877. 
«iul«tth»yft  bets  M  lolloW 


a«1toi,9)ta. 

*••«».  bbU 698 

Cptto^DiueB. 2.073 

Dried  Pralt,  pka 126 

«iWfcbbu.....„ 2,953 

S Floor,  bbls 9.853 
om.  Ouatiels. 72.966 
ats.  bnsiieia 10,645 

Bye.  buahela .^      &12 

Malt,  bnsbela _   3,277 

Sarler.biubelB 4,500 

roas,  bushels 2,600 

vKMB-aeed,  bnes....      852 

Corn-meal,    bbis 1,160 

Corn-meai,  ^)tgB 675 

BaokVt  Flour,  pks,.        11 

BuoKw't,  bnah 400 

Bemi>.  bales. 4 

Hops,  bales 753 

Bides.  No „      782 

Hldra.  bales 89 

LeAtber.  siaes 11,585 

I<ead.  ptgs, 726 

llolaa8e8,(N.O.)bbls.         90 


SI  SDltlta  Tozpk,  bills..  S4 

Tar,  bbls 100 

BeslD.  bbls S62 

oil-«ftke,  pka 1,130 

Porlr.  pks .S22 

Beef,  pks 197 

OuMneats.  pka 3,107 

Grease,  pks 211 

Lard,  pks 607 

c>tearii<e,  pks 43 

Butter,  pks 3,670 

Tallo-ir,  pKs 122 

Cheese,  pks 708 

Lard-oil.  bbls 6U 

Uressed  Hoics.  Koi..  1,159 


Pea-nuts,  baffs. 

fiice,  pka 

Starcb.  bxs . 

Skins,  bales 

Tea,  half  cbeats.... 

Tobacco,  hhds „ 

Tobacco,  bxs.  Koa.. 

WblBky.  bbls. 

Wool,  bales. , 


20 

10 

873 

4 

31 

77 

132 

391 

10 


ASHE.S— A  limited  inquixr  prevails  for  supplies,  with 
Pots  quoted  at  $4  753$S.  and  Peaila  at  .$ti  75®$7  ^ 

loo  16. 

BEKS-WAX — TelloV  has  been  scarue  and  quiet: 
quotea  at  from  32c®84^c,  the  latter  for  Tery  choice. 

CANDLEs— t'ontinuBlnTery  moderate  request,  with 
Adamantine  qnot«d  at  ll>90.®i5c.;  Parafflae,  190.3 
20c.;  Sperm,  plain,  28a;  Bperm,  patent,  Sao.:  Stearic, 
27c  ai2Sc.  #•  lb. 

COAL— Quite  moderately  sought  after  since  our  last, 
JlthLiverpool  House  Cauuel  quoted  about  steady  at 
»loa«17:  LiTerpool  Oas  Caunel,  -glO-SSll;  Newcastle 
Gasj  $6  60;  Scotch  Gas,  SA®*?;  Provincial  Gas, 
$4  o0'<j?$5;  Anjertcan  Gas,  $5  75a$6  25;  Cumber- 
land and  Clearfield,  $5  25®$5  60;  and  Anthracite, 
S3  26'3$4  50  for  cargoes. 

COPPEK— Quiet  atlormer  rates;  sales  of  1.000  bans 
Rio  per  SL  Baird,  and  1,000  basrs  do.  per  Campanero, 
In  Baltimore,  at  19 ''ao..  tfold,  for  strict  lair  to  good. 

COTTOIi — Has  baen  in  rather  more  demaod  for  early 
delivery   at  an    advance   of   l-lflc.  ^p*  ft Ordinary 

3 noted  to-day  at  11^.®H"4C.;  Low  MlddUnff, 
2  5-lt5c.®12  7-16a;  Middling,  12  13-16c»12  15-16c 
....Sales  were  otUclaliy  reported,  for  prompt  debvery, 
of  761  bales,  (of  wbich  79  bales  were  on  last  even- 
ing.) all  to  BplanerB....And  for  forward  deuvery  a 
brisk  business  has  been  reported  at 
zormer  rates,  closing  easier  and  IrreealAr. 
Bales  cave  been  reported  since  our  last  ot  82.200 
bales,  ot  which  18,700  bales  were  on  last  evt-n- 
inz,  and  63.50U  bales  to-day,  with  4.300  bales  on  the 
calls,  on  the  basis  of  Uiddline.  witn  Febru- 
ary options,  closineat  12'%c.;  March,  1211-16C;  April. 
13  16-16c;  May,  ISigc.:  June,  13  9-32o.;  Jnly.  13  i3- 
S2c.:  Aupust.  13  7-16c'ai3  15-3Jc.;  September. 
13  7-S2c®13  9-32e.;  October,  12  27-32c®12  29-32e.; 
Sovember,  12  21-32c®i2  ll-16c.;  Deceaibor, 
12^.®12  11-160.  V  Vs.,  showing  an  ad- 
vacce  of  l-32cai-16c.  ^  tt..  closinst  weak. 
....'1  be  receipts  at  tbls  port  to-day  were  2,073  haieji, 
and  at  the  sbippinff  ports  17.716  bales,  agaiusc  23,928 
bales  same  day  last  week,  and  thus  f..r  this  week 
47,940  bales,  agalnaC   6';<,324  bales   same  lime   last 


Upl'ds. 
Ordinary 11 !« 

Strict  Ordinary.. 11^ 
Oood  Ordinary.. .Ill* 
Btriot  Good  Ord..l2^ 
Low  MiddUnK....12  5-16 
euict  Low  Mld...l2  9-16 


week The  reoeipta  at  tbe  ahlpping  i>or[,s  since  Sept. 

1,  1S76,  have  been  3.453,078  bal&k  against  3,350,131 
bales  for  the  corregpondiog  time  Ivtbe  jfrsoedlng  Cot- 
ton year Consolidated  exports  ( threer  days)  tor  Great 

Britain,  tr^m  all  tne  shlpplag  ports.  11,265  bd.le8;  to 
tbe  Continent.  17,787  bales Stock  in  New-rork  to- 
day, 283,451  bales;  consolidated  stock  at  the  ports, 
891,841  bales. 

Ctming  Priett  of  Cotton  tm  S'exo-  Torlt. 

Ala.  N.  O.       Texas. 

ll»e  111*  111^ 

H*a  IIH         11"^ 

llTg         12  12 

12>s         12\t  1214 

12  5-16    12  7-16    12  7-16 
12  9-16    1211-16  12  11-16 

Hiddllnz „12  13-16  12  13-16  12  15-16  12  16-16 

Good  Middling.. ..13  1-16  13  1-16  13  3-16  13  3-10 
Strict  Uood  Mid.- 18  5-16  13  5-16  18  7-16  13  7-l6 
JdiadllngPalr  ....13  1116  13  11-16  13  13-16  13  13-16 

Pair „ 14  7-16    14  7il6     14  9-16    14  9-10 

Staintd.       ' 

eood  Ordinarr 10^4  I  iiow  Middling. 11 11-16 

Strict  Good  Ord liagl  Middling 12  3-16 

FlBB-CBACKEaS— Have  been  duU  and  nominal,  on 
the  basis  of  $1  95'3>$2  ^  box. 

FISH — More  demand  has  l>een  noted  for  the  leading 

kinds,  with  prices  generally  quoted  firm We  quote  : 

Dry  Cod,  $5  25®*e  ^  cwt.;  I^ry  Cod.  in  drums,  $.=^  60 
■^6  75.     Mackerel    quoted  at  $16'a>$22    for     Ko.  1: 

flo^$13  lor  No.  A  and  $6  50S>$11  for  So. 
,4P'bbL:  Pickled  Herring.  $3®SS  25 ;  Smoked  Her- 
ring at  lecSlSc  for  Scaaed,  and  ISCtdlic.  for  So,  1, 
#•  box:  I>utch  Herring,  SI  15®$1.18  ^  keg. 

FLoUR  AA'D  MliAL — A  very  moderate  inqtury  pre- 
vails to-day  for  supplies  ot  most  kinds  of  dtate  and 
^eatem,  cuiefly  ba  home  trade  account,  with  values, 
as  a  rule,  quoted  essentially  unohaniied,  though  in  in- 
stances nnsetiled.  Tbe  export  movement  is  yet  very 
slow  and  unsatisfactory Sales  have  been  re- 
ported since  our  last  ot  9,900  buis.  of  all  grades,  in 
oiuaing  unsound  flour  of  all  classes  at  SS  SO'SSO  75, 
Sour  Pionr  at  $4  50®S6  la;  poOr  to  strictly  fancy  Vo. 
:^  at  £4  4U'a>$5  220,  ohlelly  at  $4  652>i£5  lor  tair  tocboice; 
ordtnary  to  cnoice  superllne  Western,  $5  60'(£$0, 
ma'Dlv  at  $5  75^$5  90,  with  fancy  brands  held 
higher;  poor  to  good  Extra  State  $5  95'S$0  20 : 
Kood  to  cnoice  do.  at  iH  20aSS  50;  City 
Mills  Kxtra.  sbipping  grades,  tor  West  Indies, 
on  the  oasia  of  $6  io'a)^7  25  tor  good  to  very  choioa; 
(with  the  main  dealings  In  choice  at  $7  10;) 
do.  for  Souf  h  Amenoa,  at  S8®$8  50  for  very  eood  to 
Xancy;  do.  tor  tbe  English  markets,  (ot  the  grade  of 
Btaudaiii  Kxtra  state.)  quoted  at  $6,  with  pmall  lots  re- 
ported sold  from  mili;  inferior  to  good  shipping 
Kxtra  Western,  £5  yo®$0  20;  good  to  cboice  du., 
SO  20®£kJ  60;  verj"  poor  to  very  cUoice  Western 
Trade  and  Family  fcxtra,  Spring  Wneat  itocK,  $0  15® 
$8  50  ;  inferior  to  very  choice  da  do..  Bed  and  Amber 
Winter  Wheat  stock,  at  SO  15'S$S  50,  (part  for  sUip- 
ment  at  $7'<£$7  75,  of  which  470  bbls.  sold; )  ordiudr  y 
to  very  choice  White  Wheat  do.  do.  at  $0  25®$9  25; 
very  poor  CO  fancy  St.  Louis  Extras,  $6  25®49  50; 
Extra  Genesee  at  $6  35®$?  50,  the  latter  an  extreme; 
poor  to  very  cboice  Minnesota  clear  and  Btraignt  Kx- 
tras  at  $b  40'a)$8  35,  ciiielly  at  S6  y5®*7  76  for  liair  to 
about  choice,  (with  choice  to  very  fancy  up  to  $8®$8  50, 
and  very  interior  lots  called  Minnesota  down  to  $0  25 
'9$6  40; )' and  Minnesota  Patent  Kxtras,  ordinary  to 
Tory  raucy,  at  SSaSll,  mainly  at  $8  03®$10,  -sTlth 
UP  to  $10  oOSSll  for  very  choice  to  strictly  fancy, 
(and  odd  lots  ot  very  in^'erior,  called  Minnesota  Patent.as 

low  $7  25®$7  75.) Included  In  tbe  eales  nave  been 

4.260  bbis.  shipping  Extras,  of  which  3.400  bbls. 
"were  C^ty  Mills;  1.100  bbls.  Minnesota  clear  and 
straight  Extras.;  675  bbls.  do.  Patent  da;  470  bDls. 
Winter  Wheat  Extras,  (for  shipmeuc,  at  $7^ 
$7  75;)       450        bbls.      Superfine,     and     480     bbls. 

^a    2    at  the  quoted    rates southern   Flour    bas 

been  in  leas  request,  chiefly  for  home  vae,  with  prices 

Suoted  essentiiUly  unchanged.    The  offerings  of  really 
esirable  brands  have  been   quoted  moderate Sales 

nuve  Deen  reported  here  of  Sou  ools.,  m  lots,  at  $5  GO 
'S>$b  fur  poor  to  cnoice  Superflae;  $0  2o3>S7  50  for 
poor  to  very  Choice  shipping  Extras ;  $7  60S$9  251or 
lalr  to  fancy   trade   aiid  Family.    The  dealings  were 

mostly  inKxtras  at  Irom  $7  25®S8  25 Bye  Flour 

baa  been  selliDg  slowly,  tboagh  prices  have  favored 
buyers. ...We   quote  at  ftoni  $4  2oa/i5  for  about  fair 

ordinary  Western  to  choice  &tate  aupertine;  $0  053 
$5  10  lor  very  choice  to  tanor  State,  iu  small  lots,  and 
$3®$4  for  poor  to  very  choice  Fine.  ...Sales  reported  of 
27J  bbls.,  in  small  Iocs,  ubiefly  at  $4  70'a>£o  fur  fair  to 
choice  Superhue  State;  $4  50'2z>$4  80  for  Pennsylvania, 

and4S4  40ai4>4  85  fur  about  tair  to  cboice  Western 

Corn-meai  has  beun  quite  moderately  songht  diter  at 
previous  prices.... We  quote  ut  $2  8o<»$3  10  for  poor 
to  very  cboice   Yellow  Western;  $2  yu'wHi  10  tor  lel- 

l«wJer8eyand$3  50tor  braiidywine....Sale3  have  been 
reported  of  385  bbls.,  iuclutliu^  i'ellow  Western,  in  lota, 

at  :S3,  and  Braudywine  at  3i3  oO Corn-meal,  in  bags. 

baa  been  selling  rataer  more  freely,  to  tbe  jobbing 
trade,  within  the  range  of  97c.da!X  5o  for  poor  lo  very 
choice  ^  100  tb.  Most  of  the  sales  have  been  of  coarse 
lota  at  *1  09S'S1  10  for  City  Mills,  and  97c.ai98c  tor 

Baltimore Oat-meal  iu   light    reoueat   within    the 

range  of  $0  2a'eii>7  tor  fair  co  choice  City  and  Weat- 
em;  very  choice  to  fancy  held  higher;  Canada.  $7 
^$/  50 Backwbeat  Fiour  contiuues  in  moderate  de- 
mand withiu  the  ranee  of  $3  'io'd/iS  85  lor  poor  to  very 
obolce  state,  Jersey,  and  PeuutivLv:tnia,  and  up  to  ^ 
tor  lancr  do....Mosi  of  the  lots  sold  were  at  ^3  t>0® 
$3  6i)  lor  tail  to  cboice  ^  100  It). 
FfiDlT— The  movements  in  :his  line  have  been  com- 

Earatively  limited.  thougU  bujora.  iu  mu»t  InstaaciM, 
ave  baa  tne  advanta^^e  aa  to  values.  Sales  Include 
1,100  bxs.  Layer  haiaius  at  $1  TOoiipi.  75;  1,ooOdxs. 
loose  at  $2  la'Si'i  30;  600  half  hxs.  Vaneuoia  at 
8Hg.®8^c.;  60  cks.  Mew  Turkey  Prunes  at  ti^tca) 
eiac.;  50  cks.  old  do.  at  O^C;  250  cases  Sardines 
quarter  bxs.,  at  12^40.  a9l3ftc. 

tiSALN — Spring  Wheat  values  were  depressed  and 
gener^y  quoted  off  lc.®:ic.  a  buibel— in  Instaaces 
even  more — under  more  liueral  offei-inKS.ana  a  compar- 
atively slack  demand  for  export  and  miUiag.  Western 
advices  were  decidedly  diiscouraging  to  noldera  Win- 
ter Wheat,  of  prime  to  choice  quality,  attracted  mors 
attention.   chieHv   from  the   local   millliig   interest, 

tbougb  in  part,  lor  shipment,  and  ruled  strong Sales 

have  been  reported  to-day  ot  31,000  buabeU,  including 
extra  choice  White  Michigaii.  about  10,000  bushels 
lor  milling,  at  $1  65;  very  choice  Amber  Pennsylva- 
nia, to  a<Tive,  2,500  bushels,  for  export,  at 
$1  65 ;  prima  Ko.  2  Chicago  Spring, 
In  store,  8,000  basheis,  for  export,  and 
8,000  bushels,  for  miUing  purposes,  at  $1  43,  with 
only  $1  42  reported  asked  at  the  eiose  (for  a  single 

load)  as  againat  $1  43  yesterday,  (and  atriotly  prime 
So.  li  Milwaukee  spring,  in  store,  held  at  $1  50,  with- 
out a  reported  bid  ;>  and  ungraded  Chicago  Spring,  in 
•tore,  2,000  bushels,  tor  export,  to  complete  cargo,  at 

$1  ao Rumors  were  current  again   to-day  of  offor- 

inga    of   Wheat    to    arrive,  but    uochlng    satiatactory 

made  known New  corn  sold  qtute  treeiy  to-day, 

partly  to  the  export  interest,  at  firmer  rates  lor  the 
better  Qualities,  (which  were  wanted  tor  home  use,) 
but    at    eaaiei    prices    for     most    other    kinds,    old 

eropheld  as  before,  without  reported  transactions 

Dales  have  been  reported  since  our  last  of  69,000 
bushels,  including  New-York  No.  1,  8,500  bushels, 
yery  cnoice  Kansas  product,  (for  home  use,)  at  Olo.; 
Mew-York  «a  2  (quoted)  at  08'2c^»59u;  New-Vork 
Steamer  Yellow,  8,000  busheU,  at  59c.;  New-York  Mu. 
8  at  58c®58i9C.,  (of  which  24,000  bushels  for  export 
Bt  BSi^ic,)  cloalng  dull  at  08o.'3'58>40.;  New-York 
Steamer  Mixed  at  58^c.'d59c.;  new  crop  Mixed 
Western,  ungraded,  at  5eo.®58H8C.;  Yellow  Southern 
at  59c.,  afloat  (12,500  bushels;)  leUow  Western 
at  59 'oc.:  ungraded  sailing-vessel  Mixed  West- 
ern, Ola  crop  (nominal.)  at  BScSOle..  In 
store      and     afloat;      Na     2     Chicago,      in     store, 

quoted   at  69c.i      and,   afloat,    at     6lc And  for 

March  deUvery,  6.000  oushels.... Steamer  Mixed  West- 
em.    offered  at  67^c Strictly  prime   Bye,  afloat,  of 

nearby  product,  bas  been  more  sought  after,  partly  for 
shipment  to  Germany,  and  has  been  quoted  stronger  ; 
oddT  oar  lots  qnlet  and  Irregular.  Sales  reported  of 
small  lots  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  and  State  here  at  84c 
'S'SOc-,  mainly  at  86c..  (mth  strictly  prime  State, 
afloat,  quoted  at  90c.  bid  and  up  to  92o.  asked : )  and 
for  April  arrival,  10,000  bushelB  Jersey,  Peunaylvania, 
and  State,  together,  sold  at  80c@90c;  Wej^tern. 
afloat,  q.aot«d  at  86c  aahed-and  84o.  bid;  17.0UU 
buahels  j.no.  2  Cbicago,  in  store,  sold  for  export  at  82 'ao.; 

Yfttttia,  in  car  lots,  quoted  at  80ix®81c.,  at  to  (laality. 
....Canada  Peas,  iu  bond,  inactive  ;  prime  yet  held  at 

93c Barley  m  slack  demand  at  about  former  rates. 

■WtVb  sales  of  10,000  boshela  ungraded  Canada  at  $1  O;^ 

eOO  btuhelB  do,  at  87'ac.,  with  Ao.  1  quoted  at  SI  Oo 
bid  and  $1  08'<d$l    10  asked;    9,500  buaheli  sold  on 

private  terms Barley-malt  very  dull  to-day;  choice 

new  orop  Canada  last  reported  sold  at  $1  30,  time : 
and  good  two-rowed  State  at  70o.. .. Buckwheat  tn 
■onu    demand;     a     oar    load     of     prime      State 

sold     at     $1 The   inquiry   fbr    Oats     has   been 

iStiny  active,  almoat  wholly  fbr  local  trade  account, 
at  generaUv  steady  rates  for  the  better  qoalltles  afloat, 
throgh  low  grades,  especially  from  traok.  were  quoted 
'Weaker,  and  not  in  much  toror  for  the  day  with  buy- 
ers Sales  reported  of  56,000  bushels,  incXndlng 
White  Western  at  44c.@50a  fbr  Inferior  to  about 
Ohoiee  chiefly  car  loU  at  47&950e.;  UUed  Westera 
at  4lc®50c,  as  to  quality:  of  which  31,400  buahels 
jBiteior  in  store,  part  at  42%)a;  and  10.000  l^ishels 
jptime  Milwaukee,  delivered,  at  49^0.  (with  good  do. 
ta  store,  quoted  at  46c.  bid,  and  47  %»c  asked; )  White 
State,  ordinary  to  very  choice,  within  the  range  of 
61e.'»56c.,from  track,  store,  and  afloat,  mainly  car 
Iota  ac  62c'®55c:  and  firom  store,  7,600  buahela 
prime  at  55o.;  lancy  do.,  for  seed  purposes, 
760  buahela  at  60o.;  MUed  State  at  Slcaoo^ac. 
fermltolor  to  very  choice,  from  track  and  afloat; 
■ew-Tork  No.  2  White  (quot*i)  at  49o.j  New-York  No. 
f.  (qootod)  at  68»90.«54c;  Hew-Tork  Kxtra,  (quoted) 
it  ee&'965i»0.j  »ew-Zork  No.  3.  (qnotedj  at  47iac<; 
5«W-Jark  Sow  3,  3.860  ln|*«ta,  •♦  AJW.;  Hew-York  r^ 


MUkvaatadt  anotaA 


a*  In  our  l|MtJ„3,100^bMn,  40  tO  M  0.^  Mid  in  lj|tf, 
neatly  M  attM;  *b4  M  ton*  M^ntlieM  MMk  I  ~ 
S24 — Seeds.  uayandBtrawsgssntUUyaslaat  < 

GUarNT  BAGS  IND  BAG61ir5-AiiAr«}emand 

been  noted  foi:  siinplies  generallv Uomcstio  Bag- 
flag  has  been  quoted  steikdy  at  12V|0.'«)12i9O.. ..Ma- 
uve Bagging  nominal ;   about  B'ac.'^B'ho. 

HABpVVAiiK-Has  been  of  geuotalir  ready  sale  at 
nUratsB.  ■•       — .,  j 

HIDliS— Bar*  ueen  in  comparatlyelv  llijiited  demand 

H"*"?*'"*'*'** "•"»  include  1,180  lilatamoros  at 

Vl^'J^^  days:  1.S0O  uoruua  Olirlstl.  600  Montevideo, 
300  Port-au  Platte,  umi  100  Ory  and  Ory-aaltad  South- 
ern on  private  terms.  '  ' 

MKTaLs— inguot  Copper  najncen  in^better  supply 
and  quite  moderate  demand  a/t  weak  ana  irtegulxr 
pricea  sales  ^reported  of  15(J.00u  ft.  at  IB^vo^tb.; 
Manii£Mtured  Copper  inactive  and    nomlnallr  un- 

chaaged  as  to  values Iron  has  been  quite  active, 

with  prices  quoted  essensltlly  as  before.:. .Sales  have 
been  reported  ot  1,500  tons  American  Porge  at  $17  76; 
200  tons  Wr.ught  Scrap  at$27;  750  ton« 
Amerioao  Pig-  part  Ho.  2  at  $19,  and  100 
tons    old    Car    Wheels  at    $19;       also,    25,0OO  tons 

Steel  Uails  on  private  terms Etegulus  Antimony  has 

been  In  Biack,d6maud;  quoted  at  1234C..*..Lead.  Spel- 
ter, and  Zinc  inactive  at  former  rates. ...Tin  has  been 

iu  iiaht  reouest.  out  quoted  as  before Sales  iepoited 

of  5  tons  English  on  private  terms. 

MILK — Tbe  ooncract  price  paid  to  dairymen  by 
large  dealers  tor  tlie  moiifh  of  February  is  aigc.  IP* 
quart  Some  contracts  for  the  latter  balf  of  January 
have  been  settled  at  the  rates  o(  3'3U.'34o.  ^  quari 

MOLASSEci— .Sew-Orleank  has  been  seilliag  moderate- 
ly witbiu  tbe  range  of  47c®67c.  for  good  to  fancy. 
Market  otherwise  oontlnnes  quiet,  on  tbe  ba«ls  of  pre- 
vious quotatloua. 

N  AlIS^Have  heen  in  fair  reqnest,  chiefly  In  a  Job- 
bing way,  on  thn  basla  3f  $3  for  common  Fence  and 
Sheathing,  and  M  509$5  25  far  Cliuoh  ^  keg. 

NaVAL  STuRiis—KeBin  has  been  rather  sparingly 

de.nlt  in,  siuoe  our  last,  at  rivthrr  irresynlar  prices 

We  quote  at  *2  lor  Bi^rainsd  ;  $2  10  tor  good  Strained; 
$2  20a)$2  45  for  No.  2;  S2  U2'.j@$3  for  Jio.  1;  S3  37^9 

®$7  for  Pa!e  to  extra  Paie  aud  Window  Glass,  ^  280 

16 Sa;eB  275  nbls.  gofti  Strained  at  $2  10,  aud  500 

bbls.  G.  Ht  $2  37 's.... Tar  continues  very  quiet  within 
therange  of  from  $2'a)$2  37^2')?' bbl.,  and  in  provision 

8KS.  at  $2  75....i.-ity  Pitch  at  $2  371q®$2  50  f'  bbl 
pints  uf  Turpeutme  has  beeu  In  moderate  demaud, 
with  merobaii  table,  for  prompt  deli  very,  quoted  at  the 
close  at  40c. '340 '<2C. 'P' gallon. 

OILS — A  freer  mnvemuut  has  Dsen  reported  In  Crude 
Sperm,  but  »t  easier  rates.  Crude  Whale  has  been  in- 
active at  old  figures.  Manufactured  W  bale  and  Sperm 
have  been  quiet,  within  our  rangt;.  Linseed.  Menha- 
den, Olive,  and  Palm  Oils  have  oaen  quite  moderately 
sought  after,  ou  tbe  basis  of  our  quctations.  Gottou- 
aeed-oil  bas  attracted  less  atLeution,  aud  haa  been 
quoted  weaker  aa  to  va'.ues.  Mvst  other  kinds  dulL 
We  quote  (?rude  Whale,  70c®7nc;  Cubleiicbed  Whale, 
72iac.'975c;  Bleached  do.,  76c  £082  >au.:  Crude  Sperm, 
$1  31'^1  33;  Uubleacbed  Sperm,  $1  62hii3.a$l  65: 
Bleached  Sperm,  $1  07>ac.'9;$l  70;  Lard  oil.  within 
the  range  ot'ii2>2G.'di97J90.  fur  prime.  1\i^jo.'3>aoc.  for 
No.  1,  andOOaarOc.  for  No.  2;  iled-oU.  Saponified. 
52iac.iVd3c.;  Linaeed-oil.  650.^660.,  in  cks.  and  bbls.; 
Olive-oil.  $1  22'<j&$l  25,  in  cks.  and  bbls.;  Menhaden, 
4:-lc.®46c.;  Bleached  Co.,  60c;  Crude  Cottou-seed, 
47'3CZB49c;  Redned  Yellow  do..  62i<3C.®67'<>0.,  as  to 
quality  and  color;  White  do..  57'ac.'9b2HiC.:  Paraf- 
flne,  31'2C®a2c.;  Palm-oil,  7'ij0.'a'8'4C;  Resln-oil, 
16o.®iJ5c.;  Tallow-oll.  700.3800.;  Cod.  55c®G2c; 
Mustard-seed  Oil.  70c.a75c:  hape-seedOJl,  «1®$1  10; 
Neatstoot.  75c.'a$l  20,'lCocoa-nut,  lOc®  1234c;  Tan- 

ners'-oil,  44c®46o.;    Lubricating-oil.     20u.'®35c At 

New-Bedford,  sales  were  madeuf  2.250  bbla,  part  if 
not  all  at  $1  30^j3$l  32;  and  500  >bbla  Northern 
Crude  Wbale.  and  24  bbls.  BlaokfisU.  on  private  terms. 

PBTKOLtUM — Crude  has  beeu  inactive,  and  quoted 
nominal  at  lOc,  in  bulk,  aud  13c.  iu  shipping  order. 

Kefined  has  been  quite  moderatelv  souiiht  after  at 

lower  and  irregular  pncea :  qiioted.by  refiners  down  to 
25c:  and  from  second  bauds  down  to  17^  for 
early  delivery.    Sales  reported  of  5,000  bbla,  from 

second  hands,  at  17^30 Upflned,  In  cases,  anoted 

down   to  25'3C City    Naphtha    quoted    12e At 

Fblladelphia  and  'Baltimore,  Refined  Petroleum,  for 
early  delivery,  quoted  by  rehaers  at  25o.,  but  *rom 
second  bands  at  17  ^c. 

PKOVISIONS— Western  advices,  aa  to  Pork  and  Lard, 
continued  decidedly  unfavorable,  reporting  very  free 
offeriugs,   at  much  lower  aud  irre.iular   rates,   witn 

more  or  less  of  demoralization Westeru  Mess  Pork 

here  nas  been  in  tair  demand  for  early  delivery,  cbicfly 

forsbipment,  but  at  lower  prices Sales  reported  at 

135  bbls.  uninspected  at  $lu  75 :    100  bbls.  iuapected 

at  $15  95;  6(10  bbla.  a  tavorite  brand  at  ever  $10 

Other  kinds  inactive;  Extra  Prime  quoted  nowlual; 
Western  Prime  also  nominal iind  tor  forward  de- 
livery here,  Western  Mess  has  been  comparatively 
dull ;  quoted  for  February,  at  the  close,  nominal ; 
March,  uown  to$15  50 :  April,  $15  60, and  May, $15  73. 

Sales  reported  of  1,000  bbli.  Mar,  at  $15  75 

Dressed  Uoga  in  quite  moderate  demanl,  with  >Vest- 
ern  quoted    down  to  O^^ca^c.;  City    at    7'3C®7'^; 

lightPigs  at73ic.'38c Cut-meats  have  been  in  slack 

request  at  drooping  rates Sales  inolade  3,000  lb. 

Pickled  Bellies,  in  bnlk,  at  SC&Qc,  and  sundry  smail 
lots  of  other  City  bulk  within  our  range.  Also,  40 
bxs.  Bib  Bellies.  12  tb.,  at  8 '40.;  70  bxe.  Cloar 
Bellies  at  9'40.'a:9'80....We  quote :  City  Pickled 
Shoulders,  in  bulk,  at  7e.;  Pickled  Hams 
at  10c. ,  (tor  10-tb.  averages;)  Smoked  Shoul- 
ders at  8>4C;  Smoked  Hams  at  llJaC^llSAc; 
Western  Dry-salted  Short-cut  Uams,  20  to  15  tt>., 
nomioal;  Western    Piukled  Hams,    in  trs.,  at  10o.<* 

10  "oc;     Clear    Bellies,   in    bxs.,    at     O^caO^fec 

Bacon  has  been  quite  moderately  inquired  for,  with 
Western  Long  Clear  w«»k  at  8*30.:  and  City  do.  at 
SBgC;  Long  and  Short  Clear,  early  delivery.  8«jc  Bales, 

20  bxB.  City  Long  Clear,  at  S^ao.:  Short  Clear  quoted 
at  Uc,  asked.  Also,  250  bxs.  Westt-m  Long  and  Short 
Clear  at  8°8C;  and  300   bx<<.    do..   March   delivery,    at 

8»4C And  for  Chicago  delivery.  Long  aud  short  Cle.ir, 

fbr  early  delivery,  down  to  Be,  with  no  lurtber  sales  re- 
poited.  and  sales  were  reported  Short  Bio,  iu  bnhc,.  for 
Chicago  delivery,  April  option,  ac  $7  95. ...Western 
Steam    Lard  has  been  again  quoted  decidedly  lower  tor 

early  delivery  one  r«>strict«d  business Of  Western 

Steam,  for  early  delivery  here,  sales  have  been  report- 
ed ot  400  tcs.  prime  at  $10  25,  cloaing  at  $10  25;  and 
650  tcs.  Kettle  on  private  terms ALdfor  forward  de- 
livery here.  Western  bteam  has  been  Ireely  offered 
and  porchasea  at   uiaterially   reduced   rates,  ciuslug 

heavily Western  Steam,  for  February,  ijuoted  at  the 

close  nominal;  Marc b,  $10  15;  April.  $1U  25;  Hav. 
$10  40  asked Sales  were  reported  of  Wes- 
tern Steam  to  tbe  extent  of  7,750  tea, 
March,  at  .<S10  15a$10  35 :  8.500  tcs.,  April, 
at      $10  17»c'a*10  47^     and    2.7uO    tea..    May.      at 

$10  H/SiSiO  ■  2^1 City    c^ieam    and    Kettle    fairly 

active,  but  cheaper;  quoted  ac  tne  close  i^l(X  sale.', 
305  tcs.  at  $10®$10  li'^ Ana  So.  1  anoted  nom- 
inal  Kefined  Lard  inactive;  guoted  for  the  Conti- 
nent, for  early  delivery,  at  $10  dO-SiSlO  62 1^, 
and  for  th«  West  Indies  at  $9  37 ^s-  Sales, 
100  tcs.  lor  the  Continent  at  $10  6213.... 
Beef  haa  been  in  limited  reouest  at  pre- 
vious    quotations We     quote      Birrel     Beef      at 

9r.i'(i>$12  bO  for  Extra  Mess:   at  $10  50^$11  50  for 

Plain  Mess,  and  $13  50®il4  tor  Facket.  #■  bbl 

Tierce  Beef  quoted  thus:  Prime  Mess,  new,  at  $193 
$20;   India    Mess,  new.    $20'^$'J1  :  City    Extia  India 

Mess,    $V25 Beef  Uams   have    been   Inactive,  with 

choice  Western  quoted  down  to  $23  50^  bbl But- 
ter and  Cheese    about  as    last    quoted Fresh    Kggs 

down  to  17c.'ai8o Tallow  has  been    fairly   active, 

but   at     irregular     prices Sales.    80.000   tb.   prime 

Conntr.v     and     (."ity,      at       7  1&.16ca8c Stearine 

dull;  choice  Citv,  In  hhds.,  quoted  nominal; 
prime    to    choice  Western,  in   tcs.,   $10  bO'w$lO  75. 

SALT — Has  been  ofiered  freely,  and  has  beeu  quoted 
weak  and  irreeular  in  price  on  a  comparatively  limited 
demand,  withLiverpool  Ground  quoted  80c;  Liverpool 
Fine  at  $1  10^$2  50.  frum  Btore;  Turk'B  Island,  in 
bulk,  25a;  St.   Martin's,   25o.'S3oe. 

SALTPiiTRB — (Continues  inactive  at  6lac.@7c.  gold. 

SOAF — Has  t>een  In  moderate  request,  with  Castile 
quoted  at  S^ac'SiS^^c,  gold;  Colgate's  Family,  80..  our- 
renov.  and  Sterling  and  other  brands  at  proportion- 
ate figures,  less  usual  uiscou-it 

SPICES — A  niorteiate  movement  has  been  renorted 
since  our  last,  mainiy   in    a  Jobutng   Hue,  with.Mace  at 

SUCSSOc;  N6.  1  X*utmeg8,  SJC&eSc.:  CasBla,  il^ac.® 
230.;  Cloves,  3'Jc.a'42'oc.;  Kast  India  Pepper,  14c.a 
1434c.;  White  Pepper.  23c.:  Pimento,  l2lsc.'a>13i«u.: 
Ginger,  6='4C.*8c.  gill  J.  ^  a. 

STAhCH— lias  been  quite  moderatelv  songht  after, 
With  Potato  quoted  at  5'ac.'®5'4C.,  and  Corn  at  3Wi« 
4c.  #■  lb. 

SUMAC — Bas  been  comparatively  slow  of  sale,  with 
Sloilv  quoted  at  from  SOul^llS  for  inferior  to  very 
Cboice.  afloat  and  from  store,  and  Virginia  at  from  $60 
®$65  4P'ton. 

SUO.^RS — Raw  have  been  qnoted  steady  aa  to  valnea, 
on  a  generally   better   demaud,    witb    fair   to  eood  Ke- 

flnini  Cuba  quoted   at   93gc<29<^c Sales  of  1,468 

hhds.  Muscovado  at  9iso.®9%'.99'iiC:  SUOhhds.  New- 
Urleans  00  privjtte  terma,  and  1.800  bxs.  damaged 
clayed  at  8''ec.  and  recentlv,  not  before  reported.  400 
hhds.  Centrifugal,  1,208  bags  do.,  and  50  hhds.  Malodo 

on  pnvate  terms Kefined  Sugars  have   beeu  Iu  less 

request,  with  prices  qnoted  abnut  as  bctore. 

TUli.\C:cu — Ratber  freer  dealings  bave  been  recently 
reporiea  In  thi.s  line,  partly  for  ibipment,  with  val- 
ues quoted  essentially  unaltered. ...vales  ioolnde  200 
hhdb.  Kentucky  Leaf  at  5c.®l5c.;  100  cases  Sundries 
at  7c^25c.;  30  cases,  1875,  New-hni{land,  at  260.9 
42c.;  22  casea,  1875,  Oo.  at  8>ac.;  314  cases,  1875, 
Penus.vlvania,  at  9i2C.'Si25o.;  185  Cases,  i875.  New- 
York,  at  80.;  50  cases,  1875,  Ohio,  ou  priTate  terms; 
and  200  bales  Uavana  at  88c®3>l  10  ^  lb. 

WOOL— Has  been  moderately  dealt  In  since  our  last 
at  esaentlaUy  unaltered  quotations,  bales  nave  beeu 
reported  of  40.300  lb.  Domestiu  Fleece  at  4Hu.'347  i^c; 

21  bags  Scoured  Fall  California  at  50&;  100  b^gs 
Domestic  Pnlleo  aud  2,000  lb.  Washed  Combing  on 
pnvate  terms;  24  bags  Combing  Pulled  at  40c'343o.; 
9,000  lb.  XX  Oregon  Fleece  on  prirate  terms ;  8,50(> 
fi).  'Texas  at  28c;  27  bales  Spring  Cailiomia  at  24c. '3 
25c.;  110  bales  Fall  do,  at  15c.1»18c.,  and  11  bales 
Cape  on  pnvate  terms. 

WUlSKir— Sold  to  tUe  extent  of  CO  bbls.,  at  $1  OBVi, 
regular,  closing  with  this  rate  bid,  and  $1  10  aaked ; 
market  again  stronger. 

FREIGUTS— From  the  Petrolanm  interest,  a  livelier 
demand  was  reported.chlefly  tor  tonnage  trom  London, 

Bremen,  and  Qambutg,  for  New-York,  Baltimore,  and 
PhUadelphia.  loading  at,  however,  low  quotations, 
closing  with  more  firmness  at  the  modiUed 
figures.  The  movement  has  been  quickened  by 
tbe  tresr  offerings  of  Petroleum,  "as  from 
second  nandi,"  at  prices  decidedly  advan- 
tageous tb  euipoers.  In  toait  other  Hues  the  report 
was  of  comparative  dullness,  with  continued  irregu- 
larity as  to  rates.  B>.r[h  Freigbts  were  quiet  for  tbe 
United  Kingdom,  and   extremelr   flat  for  ports    on 

the   Continent For     Liverpool,    the    eugagemeuts 

reported  siuoe  our  last  have  been,  by  steam, 
sinali  lots  of  Cotton  at  ^4/L  ^  lb.,  6  UOO 
pks.  Butter  and  Cheese  at  35a,  2,250  oxs. 
Bacon  (part  of  through  freight,)  at  308.;  50  hhda 
TaUow  at  258.  ^  tuu ;  450  bbls.  Appies,  part  at  3s.  ^ 
bbl..  (with   Orain  room   Quoted  nomuially   at    Sd.  ^ 

baiiaol) For  London,     by  steam,     24,000    bushels 

QrainatSVid.  ^60  ft.;  lOO  bbls.  Flonr  at  2a  ^  bbl.; 
2,000  bxs.  Cheese  at  35a;  1,000  bbls.  Refined  Sugar 
on  private  terms,  quoted  to-day  at  26a.,  asked,  'li>'  tou. 
Also,  a  British  snip.  750  tons,  hence,  with  about 
5,500  bbls.  Refined  Petroleum  at  3s.  Od.;  another, 
1  006  tons,  hence,  witu  a'lout  7,000  bbls.  da  st  3a 
ed.;    a  Norwegian   ship,  778  tons,   with  about   5,400 

bbla.  do.,  from  Pbiladelpbia,  at    3a.    9d.   ff  bbl For 

Glasgow,  by  steam,  24,000  bushels  Oram  at4>ad.  ^ 
60  n>.:  20  tons  Tallow  OU  private  terms,  quoted  at  27s. 
6d-'(Z'303.:  1,250  pks.  Cheese  and  Butter,  also  ou  pri- 
vate   terms Fur   Briatol.    by  ateam.    16,OlK>  bosbala 

Oralu  at  6isd.  #'bO  lb ForBriatol  Channel.  aBntiab 

baik.  384  tuns,  with  Flan  Scraps,  tromBarzea  Idaud, 

at  £675 For  Cork  and   prtiers,   two  barks,  with 

Grain,  4.00O  and  3,500  quarters,  respectively,  from 
Baltimore,    reported    las  chartered   tbere)    at  Ss.    ^ 

Quarter.  A  British  bark,  488  tons,  with  B>ate  trom 
eith  Ambo,  at  27a  6d.,  with  option  of  •  direct  port, 
at  208.  per  ton.. ..For  tbe  United  Kingdom, 
tonnage  continned  in  request  for  the  limber 
trade,  ^outbern  port  leading.  and  qaoi- 
ed  withiu  tbe  range  Of  Il5a®l.i0s. 
with  a  British  baA,  420  tons,  (to  arrive,)  chartered  to 

load  at  l>arl«o,  at   115s For  Oporto,  an  American 

schoooer,  034  tons,  with  about  20,000  bushels 
Grain,  in  bugs,  from  Philadelphia,  reported  at 
14c.,  and  staves  (10  complete  car;io)  at 
$40. ...For  Bremen,  a  German  bark,  1,058 
tuns,  hence,  witn  about  7.U0J  bbls.  Refined 
Petroleum,  at  3s.  3d.;  anotuer,  719  tons,  hence,  with 
about  5,000  bbla  do.,  (With  option  uf  Hambdrg,)at 
Sa.  6d.:  another,  680  tons,  hence,  with  about  4,600 
b^ls.  do.,  at  3s.  3d.;  a  British  ship,  1,202  tons,  with 
about     7,800     bbls.     do.,     from     Baltimore,    (with 

privilege    of  Antwerp,)    at    3s.   7d.  -  per    bbl For 

the  Mediterraneau  aud  back,  au  American  bark.  507 
tons,  with  general  car;jo,  on  private  terms,  taking  out 
lor  a  Medlterrauean  Spanisb  port  Kentucky  Tobacco 
(on  sub-oontraot)  at  37a  tiO Fur  Adelaide  aud  Syd- 
ney. New  Sontu  Wales,  a  bark.  650  tons,  henee,  with 
geaeral  cargo.  rei>orted  at  32s.  6d.  jp*  ton.  measure- 
ment  For  two  poits  in  New-Zealand,  a  Bcitlah  bark, 

880 ^na  lieiioe,with  gensral  cargo,  on  the  basis  of  41s. 
Sd.  V  torn,  meaaareaent... .West  India  ami  eoastwlM 
ladalatMMtatatBat  tatea  aasaattaUv  aa  last  aiwtaa. 


tji:bi  real  ebtaib  markjsx. 


At  tha  Exobaoge,  yesterday,  (ToiMdi^,)  FeU 
20,  by  ordir  of  tbe  Snprama  Court,  in  iorOOiviar^ 
B.  B.  Sohafer,  Esq.,  Beferee,  B.  P.  7alrobQd  Mid  « 
tbree-otory  and  attio  brick  store  and  dweillnfti  I'itb 
lot  25  by  100,  en  Grand  sL,  north  side,  75  feet  west 
of  Soflolkst.,  for  tl  9.550,  to  :^einrloh  Petri,  plain- 
tiff in  tbe  legal  action.  Under  a  Supreme  Court 
foreclosure  decree,  J.  Orant  Sinclair.  Bsq.,  Beferee, 
"WMiam  Eennelly  disposed  of  one  lot,  25  by  100,  on 
East  88ch  at.,  eoutb  aide,  between  Sd  aud  4tii  avsn 
known  as  lot  ITo.  84  on  a  map  of  Harlem  Commons, 
for  t2,0(X>,  to  Elizabeth  A.  Gatter,  plalntlfi^  B.  H. 
Ladiow  tc  Co..  under  foreclosure  decree,  by  order 
of  theConrtof  Common  Pleas,  H.  Puliz,  Esq..  Ref- 
eree. Aold  a  plot  of  land,  ISO  by  373  by  33  by  SO  by  73 
bv  123.  on  St.  Ann's  av.,  north-west  comer  West- 
chester ar..  Morrisaoia,  for  |6,000,  to  Isaac  L.  De 
Yoe,  plainiifi  in  t^e  foreoiosura  proceedings. 

Tne  following  sales  were  adjourned :  Sale  by 
'William  Eennelly  of  a  house,  with  lot,  on  Gunver- 
nenr  sr.,  aonth-wesi  comer  of  Madison  St.,  to  Feb. 
87 ;  and  sale  by  M.  A.  J.  Lynch,  of  lol  s  on  East  9Utb 
St.,  west  of  3d  av.,  and  lutj  on  Bist  Ust  St.,  south- 
east comer  ot  4th  a  v.,  sins  <M. 

TO-DAY'8  ADCTI0S3. 

To-day'a  sales.  aU  at  the  Exchange,  are  aa 
follows : 

By  £.  H.  Ludlow  &  Co..  Sapreme  Court  foreoloa- 
are  sale,  J.  P.  Ledwitb,  Esq.,  Bet'eree,  of  a  building, 
with  plot  of  land  25.9  by  300.2.  on  Bond  St.,  north 
aide,  extending  through  to  Oreat  Jones  St..  433.8 
feet  east  of  Broadway.  Also,  similu:  sale,  Sidney 
SeKay,  Esq.,  Buferee,  of  tbe  bouse,  witb  lot  16.8 
by  100.11.  ^o.  117  East  113ch  St.,  north  side,  196.8 
feet  East  of  4th  av. 

By  £.  A.  Lawrence  &  Co.,  Sapreme  Court  fore- 
closure sale,  J.  P.  Ledwitb,  Eita.,  Referee,  of  a 
boose,  with  lot  16.6  by  93.9,  on  Weat  30(h  St.,  south 
side.  263.6  feet  east  of '9th  av. 

By  B.  V.  Harnett,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale.  F.  W.  Loew,  Esq.,  Ueteree,  of  two  houses,  with 
lota  each  35  by  l(iu.4,  ou  Weat  49th  at.,  north  side, 
100  feet  west  of  6th  av.  Also,  similar  sale,  George 
P.  Smith,  Esq.,  Referee,  01  one  lot,  90  by  102.2  by  40 
Dy  9U  by  30  by  83.3,  on  East  79th  St.,  oorth-west  cor- 
ner LuxiugtuD  av. 

By  William  Kennelly,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  J.  Grant  Sinclair,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  one  lot,  35 
by  10S.3,  on  West  7etb  St.,  south  side,  175  feet  west 
ot  8tb  ar.  Also  two  lots,  each  23  by  102.a,  ou  West 
76tb  St.  south  side,  275  feet  wast  ot  8ch  av. 

By  Scott  ic  Myers,  Supreme  Court  partition  sale, 
M.  A.  J.  Lynch,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  a  plot  of  land,  100 
bv  100,  onilthay.,  sonttupaat  comer  lllth  st.  Also, 
Snpieme  Court  foreclosure  sale.  A..  P.  Fitch.  E^q., 
Referee,  of  a  hoase.  with  lot  30.10  by  80,  00  3d  av., 
north-east  corner  llSth  st. 


©WBLLmOS  TO  LET. 

jt   KflSlOBNCE  ON  CLINTON  AV.,  RKOOti- 

£%.LTIS,  with  stable,  oocupylng  10  lots  of  ground. 
The  house  la  handsoln^lY  fhmlsbed  throughout,  oon- 
iitins  nine  bedrooms,  parlors,  ivcaptlou-room.  library, 
Qinlng-room,  bnltei's  pantry,  and  billiard-room:  owti- 
or's  family  travelhis abroad:  will  belet  low,  either  fnr- 
aisbed  er  anfnmlshedt  to  a  desirable  tenant  Address 
THB  OWNBa.  Urawer  ho.  6,191  Wew-Tora  post  Uffloe. 

TO  RKNT,  i;NCri]j(iri(l(«afeP— FUS  UaB  OB 
more  years,  a  magnlfloeDt  country  seat  on  tbe 
Uudsou  River,  witu  every  improvement,  at  tbe  low 
rental  of  $2,000  per  annumi.  It  cannot  be  sur- 
passed in  itsvlewrs,  healtnlneas,  water,  oompany,  road. 
Lc.,  Ico.  Apply  to  WILLI .^M  H.  DUNMlNG,  Ito.  20 
Kassaa  st.  Turner  Buildiug,  New-York. 


LONd     BUANCH,      .nOM.nOUi'H     UKAVa, 
aud.  8esbneht  cottages  to  rent  for  the  Summer. 
>'ull  partionlars  and  catAlognes  miy  be  had  from 

K.  Q.  &  C.  8.  BROWN, 
Na  90  Broadway. 


JEitSBV  Cl'Plf.— TO  1.BA8B.  AT  LOW  HKiNT, 
thret-story  buildiu?,  75x60,  with  engine,  boilers, 
fee.,  with  water  front,  near  ferries,  on  Orand  st ,  Jersey 
City.  Apply  to  W.  UAB.SEY  Sl  SOS,  comer  Grove  and 
York  ats..  Jersey  ffltv. 


1^0  LET,  IN  BROOKLYN— .A  THRlsK-STOftV 
.  and  bnseiiient  brick  bouse,  containing  11  rooms, 
all  iu  good  order  ;  located  witbiu  10  minutes  of  KuJton 
or  Wall  Street  Ferry.  Apply  A'lXi.vTlO  SUQAa- 
H006B,  No.  38  Hamilton  av..  Brooklyn. 


riio 

Xi 


LET-Fua.'Ji«ai;u,  Piio.u  .\iahoh  or  april 

until  October  :  Four-htory.  high  stoop,  brown- 
stone  house,  on  39ch  at..  betwef>n  6th  and  6tb  av«. 
Low  rent.  Aooly  to  C.  W.  B^YBB,  No.  38  Pine  St., 
east  basement. 


X  tween  2d  and  3d  avs., 


NO.  232  KAST  IITH  ST.,  BE- 
.  Tsontainiug  all  the  modern 
iroproveuients,  will  be  lot  low  to  good  parties.  For 
particulars,  kc.,  apply  to  M.  KCUEVBRBIA  it  CO.,  Ko. 
20   Beave  r  st. 


C^OUNTUV  .SKAT  TO  LliT  AT  BCAaBOBO, 
.yUudsun  Rirnr  Railroad,  ou  river;  12  acres ;  house 
fully  turnislied:  good  g.trden  and  gnrJener.  Rent 
$900  from  tne  let  01  May  to  .Mov.  1.  Apply  to  Oen.  A. 
8.  WEBB,  No.  15  Letinaion  uv. 


rtMt  LET— A  FiiU'^I-sTOitY  HOUSli  O.N  18TI1  ST., 
M.  first  door  eust  uf  Qroadway :  will  be  lot  to  arespon- 
sible  tenant  at  a  moderate  rejt. 

Apply  to  H.  H.  CAM.MANN, 
No.  25  fine  at. 


NEWPORT,  K.I. -FOR  RKNT.  FOB  TUK  bUM 
mer,  a  furnished  cottage  on  W^ashington  St..  with 
fine  view  of  tbe  Bay.  Apply  to  HAJIUKL  O.  TATUM, 
Cincinnati.  Ohio. 


EXOSA.NQE  SALES— TUESDAY.  iEB.  30. 

NEW-TOBE. 
By  B.  P.  FairehUd. 
1  tbre*  story  and  atlic  brick  store  and  dwell- 
ing, with  lot,  Grand  St..  n.  a.  76  ft.  w.  of  Sof- 

folk  Bf.,  lot  20x100 S19,6&0 

Bu  WUliam  KenneUp. 
1  Iot,^3t  {r3th  St.,  s,   a,  between  3d  and  4tb 
ava,  known  as  lot  No.  84  on  a  map  of  Har- 
lem Commons,  20x100 S2,000 

By  E.  H.    Ludlow  it  Oo. 
Iplot  of  land,  St.   Ann's  av.,  n.   w.  comer  of 
Westchester  av.,   Morrisaoia,  190x272x2ax 
50x75x122 $6,000 


REOOBDED  REAL  ESTATE  TRANSFEBS. 

NKW-YOBK. 
'  Monday.  Feb.  19. 

6th  av..  a  e.  corner  oi'  56th  st..  BOxilO;    also, 

56th  st ,  s.  B..  119  ft.  e.  of  6th  av..  35.7x77; 

R.Moues  to  W.  O.  Langdon nom. 

Same'property ;   belsu  Langdon  to  W.  Q.  Lang- 
don  t nom. 

King  St.,  No.  42,  20.0i«xl00:  J.  U.  Uisoox  to 

William  Cleary. nom. 

30th  St.,  a.  s.,  100  f;.  w.  of  Lexington  av..  25x 

9a9;  John  Brown  te  AUzuste  fottier $13,000 

King  Bt,Nu.   42,  20.014x100  :  William  Cleary 

andwlte  to  Charles  MuOonnell 10,000 

117tli   St.  n.  s.,  026  tt.  w.  of  1st  av..  107.6i 

100.11;   K.  Cohen  to  Dinah  Cohen 10,000 

32d  St.,  n.  a,  45u  ft.  w.  of  6th   av.,   25x98.9; 

Caroline  J.  Balklev  to  J.  A.  Turner. 

4lBt8r.;  B.  s..  3(30  tt.  e.  of  Sd  av.,  415x98.9; 

M.  EUner  and  wile  to  &  Ruaeodeld 17.700 

114th  st.,s.  a.  .393  ft.  w.  of  5th  av.,  25x100.11; 

J.  C  Friedman  and  wife  to  C.  R.  Lauceduug.      1,000 
Market  su.  No.  48.25x87.7,  3iC.  Fteuuu  and  wife 

to  E.  M.  Johnson 7,000 

10th  av.,  n.   e.    comer   of  52d  st.,  60.6x100; 

Union  National  Bauk  to  E.  Ayres nom. 

Bast  28th  st..  No.  31,  25z9d.  9 ;   Isaac  Rodman 

and  wife  to  J.  U.W.  Houii 18,500 

112th  st..s.  8..  200.11  ft.  w.  of  Avenue  A,  68 Sz 

100.11;   .U.  L.  Hope  tu  C  A.  Luqueer nom. 

62d  St.,  n.  s..  luO  ft.  e.  of  lOth  av.,    25x100.5  ; 

Martha  Ruck  to  J.  BeU..^ 19,000 

79th  St..,  n.  s.,  350  it.  e.  of  3d  av..  25x102.  j; 

Tbomas  Smith  aud  wile  to  C.  A.  Banks nom. 

King  sc,  s.  s.,  40  ft.    w.  ot    Uscdougal  st.;  2ux 

47;  Uary  A  Wier  and  husband  to  John  San- 
ders  : 7,000 

68th  St.,  n.  a.  150  ft.  e.  of  lutu  av..  26x75.6; 

W.  U.  Qardiner,  Referee,  K.  F.  Flovd 6,6ffO 

62d  St.  a  a.  250  ft.  w.   3d  av.,   26x100.5  ;  J. 

Liouley,  Heleree,  to  Union  Dime  Savings  in- 

Btiiution 40.500 

aetb  St.,  s.  a,  250.4  ft.   w.   of  1st  av.,  24.8X 

uaO;    o-.   C.    Bigelow,    Rateree,   to    Wliham 

stuwberg .♦. 11,000 

8th  av..  w.  a.  61.2  ft.  s.  of  76th   st.,  25x100; 

T.  H.  Lane,  Referee,  to  C.  B.  Stewart 6.000 

Broome  St.,  a.  s..    H)O.H  ft.   e.  of  Attorney  at., 

18.9x100;  bamuel  -Yong  and  wife  to  Came 

long nom. 


RE4L  ESTATE  AT  ACTOTIQN. 

AoRiA.N  H.  MnLLB-.!,  Auctioneer. 
JbXBCU  iOU!»>  a>AL.K. 

VALUABLE    IMFROVED    ANU    UHlUPROVfiU    PBOP- 

EUTl'. 

ESTATE  OP  JOHN  H.  BOWER.  Deceased. 

Adriau  U.  Muller  <t  boo  Will  sell  at  ani:tion  un  TDRS- 
DAV,  Feb.  27.  at  12  o'clock,  at  the  Exchange  sales- 
room. No.  II I  Broadway,  by  order  of  the  underaigned 
Executors  of  Jobn  U.  Power,  deceased : 

Firra  Avssus— The  flrst-class  lour-story  brown- 
Btoue-front  house  aud  leasn  of  lot,  >a  6;'<2  5thav., 
weat  aide,  between  50lh  Rnd  51st  sta  '1  he  bouae  is  05 
leet  in  depth,  with  an  extension  of  35  teet,  with  party 
walls,  and  contains  every  modem  improvement.  The 
lot,  leased  from  Columbia  College,  Is  23.8x131  feet. 
Tbe  lease  Is  for  21  years  lr.>m  May  1.  1865,  at  aonujl 
ground  rent  of  $650,  lazosand  aaaessmeuts,  and  con- 
tains coven.ints  tor  renewala 

PooBTH  AvsNoa— Iho  four-story  brick  stores,  with 
lease  of  lota,  annate  ou  tbe  eaaierly  aloe  of  4ib  av.. 
commencing  on  tbe  oortu-east  corner  »f  llih  St.,  Nos. 
93,  95,  97,  b9,  aud  lol  4tn  av.  The  leases  are  from 
the  HtuyvesMuteiit;<te. 

bTO.\B  ANb  Pkakl  Strkets— The  brick  stores  and  lots 
No  26  btune  ona  .Na  Ul  Pearl  at.,  lunning  Ibrough 
firom  Pearl  to  3tone  st 

Canal  aad  Uutt  .strbets— The  brick  and  frame 
buildiuga  and  lots  Hoi.  178  aud  180  Catuai  at.,  corner  uf 
M«tt  St. 

Thikd  Avesde,  Sixtt-sixth  a:to  Sixtt-sevextk 
STaaaTB— tlKht  lota  couii>rl:>iug  the  entire  cisterly 
f^out  on  Sd  av.,  betweeu  06th  and  07th  sis.,  and  14 
lots  ^b  tilStb  at.  and  14  lota  on  (^7tb  at.,  coiumencing 
10-Heet  eaat  orthe  3d  av.:  street  lota  e;ich  2t>z.H),i 
I'l-et.  except  Iha  two  eaaterly  iocs  ou  each  street,  wblcb 
are  30xliiO  feat  i-auh. 

Tkumpso.i  &TBKBr-The  ouildlngs  and  lots  Noa  57 
and  50  rnorapaou  at.,  west  side,  near  Brouine  at.,  each 
lot  about  ;i',2.oilOO  fee'. 

FoaTT-sBcuMD  hTBBBT— Une  lot,  south  side,  300  feet 
west  of  7th  av.,  2jxiia.d. 

KIXTT-BIOHTU     l.VD     slXTT-iriSTB     StKBBTB— 61z     lotS, 

nurtb  alue  ul  u8tu  at.,  comnieucing  3-5  teet  weat  of 
8lh  Av.,  aud  lour  lots,  south  siae  ul  69th  su,  commenc- 
ing 375  feet  west  of  8ta'»>. 

RiVKKSiDC  AVB»DK — .tixieeu  lo^TlTU  the  easterly  side 
of  Kiveraide  St..  comnif^iicing  .>a  the  comer  ot  llotu 
at.  HOd  opposite  iciver<  dj  Farx. 

TwBLrrn  AVB.vOE-Tnree  plots  of  water  lots  on  12th 
av.,  betweuu  115ih  aud  il8thsts.,  opuutite  Riverside 
Fark. 

KiaBTT-yiFTa  Stbbbt — Four  lots,  south  side,  between 
the  litd  ;iud  RIvi-rsidf  avi. 

I'wiLrra  AVE.vnB  a.nd  91tu  Btrbbt— One  water  lot. 
norib-eaat  corner  01  utb  av.  and  U4ih  «t. 

bPOTTaM  DUITII.  CKBKB  AJiO   22'JD   BiBSSX — AbOUt  19 

loia 

HDOil  C.\.SSI1)Y,  riecutor, 

HliKRIKriA  B.  PO«Vlii{,   Kiecntrli, 

of  Jobn  II.  i*oner,  deceased. 
Buok-maps  at  the  o£Bo«  of  the  Auctioneer,  Na  7  Pine 
St.,  aud  ot  tbe  Executors.  No.  11  Pine  st 


__OIIT^KJBAX^STA/^^ 

rilHE  POLLOWINfii  DESIRABLE  UOUSE8 

JL  for  sale  at  reduced  prices  by  li.  U.  Ludlow.  Il  Co.: 
West  19th  St.  near  F/th  av.,  S30.000. 
West  21s':  at.,  near  5th  av.,  $40,00a 
Weat  25th  at.,  near  Brosawav.  $37,600. 
East  27tb  at.  near  5th  av..  $25,000. 
Bast  28th  at.,  near  Lexington  av. ,  $15,000. 
East  39th  at,  near  Maduon  av.,  $20,000. 
Bast  30th  st,  near  Lexington  av.,  $14,000. 

For  permits  apply  ac  3  Pine  st 


FOK    HALB— KLbGANT    FOUR-Srofiy    BBOWN- 
stone  htgh-stooD  houses : 
West  22d  st,  extra-wide  house. 
West  37th  st,  23x60x100. 
Weat  53d  at.,  24xd0xl00. 

These  bouses  are  o)pse  to  6tta  av.,  auu  cau  uvwutUAt 
low.  ^^ 

J.  S.   UATUEWS, 
No.  SVaPioe  at. 


CLOSE  TO  FIFTH  AV.,  ON  MUll KAY  HILU 
—For  sale  at  a  reasouable  figure,  an  extra-siaad 
bouse,  tinlsbed  in  the  very  best  manner,  uf  most  xub- 
atautlal  bnlld.  aud  ooaaplete  in  all  its  arraDgeoaenta. 
being   one   of  the   hnt-at  houaea  now  offered  f.,r    sale. 

If  not  sold,  will  be  rented  or  leased  uniurntibed,  wlib 
ftxtutea  Permits  from  tf.  Q.  It  0.  8.  BBOWN,  No.  Bi> 
Broadway. 


TO  SHIP  IIUlLDKtt.>»,  dec. 

Valuable  dock  property  at  Qreenpoint  (50  lots;  be- 
tween Oreen  aud  Huron  sta.,  Weat  St.,  and  East  River. 
Lease  far  five  years  trom  Hay  1,  1877.  Apply  to  H. 
W.  SAOb:  k.  CO.,  No.  67  WaU  st,  or  W.  U.  LYON  k, 
CO.,  No.  483  Broadway. 


AT  GKUAT  KiiDUCTIU.Ne)— A  VERY  LaBUH 
number  Kew-T<<rk,  Brooklyn,  and  country  dwell- 
ings  at  toreclosnre  pricefi,from  $30,00  to  $100,000,and 
will  exchange.    Ofaces  Noa  30  ana  32  Pine  at. 

JACOB  V.  D.  WYCKOFP. 


FOK  SALi::— TUKEE -.STORV  BRICK  HOU:jR  26 
feet  front,  near  Cooper  lostUute,  lo  prime  order; 
price  !ftl8,00,'.  inolutling  mirror,  cornices,  gas-flxlures, 
and  shades.  Address  BURToN,  Box  No.  149  limn 
Offlcs. 


AKUFURIOR  FOUR-aiTORY  IlOIISeTANO 
lot.  with  stable  In  rear  or  lot.  No.  629  Washington 
at,  lor  sole.  Inquire  of  J.  FBIJJULR,  Mo^  62  Universi- 
ty piace.  ?■ 


FOR  SALE  OK  TO  LKT— dMALL,  UAND.SOME, 
an3  convenient  new  brown-stone  houaes,  lltth  st. 
4th  and  Lexins^on  avs.  Apply  on  premises,  or  to 
Messrs,  BLOOtiOOOD  fc  CO.,  Na  19  Nassau  st 


$18 


AHA     WALL    BVV,    FULLY    FU8- 
•VvFv/nished,   browu-Btone  house}    small 
piayment;  balance  easy. 

PAUL  P.  TODD,  No.  145  Broadway. 


FOR  HALB— DOUBLE-BABRELEDOON;      MUZZLE 
loader ;  extra  long  range;    warranted,  and  will  sell 
cheap.     W.  H.  «'.,  Foat  Office  Box  Ma  4,029,  New-iork. 


ALARliE  NUiUBKH  OF  HOU.*»<i:<i  BtlbONCl- 
log  to  estates  and  Instltntinns  fur  sale   or  rent  at 
low  rates.      KlNUMAN  F.  PAQE.Na  42    Bast  23d  st 


T?QB.  MALb— A  BKADriFOL.  COUNTRY  RESI- 
fdencein  New-Jersey,  ojc  hoar  trom  toot  of  Cort- 
landist:  hication.  600  test  above  tide- water,-  perfect- 
ly healthy,  aud  no  mosquitoes;  bouie  has  oil  modern 
improvements:  hot  and  cold  water,  marhia  mantels, 
iic;  supplied  with  water  trom  spring  on  side  hill ; 
view  from  house  very  ext'ejslve;  baudsoinu  lawn; 
fruit  and  shade  trees  in  quantities.  Fur  hirthar  nar- 
Uculara  aoplv  to  T.  d.  SHKt'UBBO.  Ma  145  Broadway. 
Boom  No.  19. 


FOR  HALE  AND  TO  RENT.— AT  PLAlSiFIELO, 
N.  J.,  handsome  resideuoes  of  all  aiaea  ;  also  fdr- 
nisbed  bousea  to  rent  in  best  localities;  lota  lor  aale, 
and  money  loiiued  for  building.  Address  EVA.S  J0ME3, 
Park  House,  Plaloheld,  N.  J.,  or  can  be  seen  Mondars, 
Wednesdays,  and  Fridays,  from  l(h30  A.  U.  to  12:30 
P.  M.,  at  No.  21  Park  row.  Boom  Na  60,  N.  T. 


FOR  MALE  OR  £XCHAN»B.-A  BKAOTIPUL 
country  sea^  witn  7  or  60  acres  land ;  modern 
honse,  twelve  rooms,  and  numerous  onibnlldinga; 
hedges,  friut  and  abade  la  abnodanoe;    one   hoar  from 

Corilandi  st ;  depot  on  the  place.  r 

iiTANLr.Y  KEaa080N,  Ko.  161  Broadwa/. 


1. 


lUH.    »AL.K    IN    Pl^AINFIHI.,!),     N.  J.-rHiSiV^ 

larse    and    beautiraily    altuated      mansion,      with 

modetu  ImprovemeDts  and  carilai^e-hooB^,  totretber 
with  10  acres  of  land ;  about  one  mile  from  the  deoot; 
loweat  price  $13,000.  Apply  to  U.  U.  BTILLUAN,  M. 
D.,  Flalufleld,  M.  J. 


OKANUE.  N.  J.-CUONTBY  HuUSHS,  LANOtt. 
and  nl.age  mta  for  sate:  a  gi  eat  variet/.  Alsa 
mruished  and  nnfuxulahed  houses  ro  let  tor  aeaaon  at 
year,    bv    WALl'Ktt  R.  .lUiTH.     lormery     Biavkw»l  It 

aatitii.  umige,  oomer  of  Main  and  •''one  sta. 


__DWELLI5GS^TOJ^T^__ 

T<l  LET-THB  8PLBND1D  PfiOPKRTY  MO.  864 
Ijt  Mark's  place,  on  8t  Mark's  av.,  Brooklyn,  com- 
prtidog  six  lets  of  ground,  60  feet  front,  and  running 
through  to  Fruspeot  place,  with  iruit  sbaide  trees,  cro- 
qttet  grounda,  ko.;  stable  and  coach  house  on  Prospect 
place.  The  house  is  tbree  storlea  Hansard  roof,  with 
conservatory  aud  piassaa,  containing  12  rooms,  and  all 
modern  improvements,  and  will  be  pat  In  perfect  order; 
offered  at  the  law  reut  of  $8u0  per  annum  fbr  one  or 
more  veara.  Aoply  to  WIIU4AM  U.  DOHKlna,  Ha  20 
Nassau  at.  Turner  Building,  New-York. 


TO  RfSNT- IN  CLAYKBACK,  M.  T.,  NKAR  CLAY- 
eraok  'College  ami  Hudson  ulver  Inatitute,  three 
dweOiog-honses.at  $6  s  mouthr  ona  large  double  two- 
story  house,  witb  Uiree  acres  garden,  at  $14  60  a 
month;  a  an-«boo  aad  estabhsbed  business  and  dwell- 
tag  near;  for  both,  tlS a axoattw  *>(l  *$■>  WiMa  l» 
wwki    A4draBa]t.a.MTn»i.M](. 


I^IRE-PROOF  APART.tlEN'l'.S.-rUc;  ROCK- 
Ingham.  Broadway  and  bbth  st:  elevator;  steam 
heat~  nine  roonia.  witb  heat  :iud  service:  rent,  $100 
tu  $140  per  munih.    Inquire  ou  tbe  premises. 


N?. 


lOl  WAVKKLEY  PI.ACE-30  BY  60; 
overlooking  Washington  square;  a  Uelighttul  resi- 
dence; rent  $2.2511;  seeu  only  by  permit  Inquire  of 
N.  F.  FREEilAN,  No.  37  Pine  st 


An: 


MJ.TIBUU     OF       KIUsjl-Ut.AsH      VVk 

ilshed  andunfurniaued  houses  to  let 

B.  W.  W'ILLIAMj,  No.  837  6th  8V, 


T^lUUTY-Fli'T*!  sTltliKi-.— .VKW-loait  &U- 
•*-^preme  Court.— City  and  County  of  New  York.— 
FRANCIS  E.  WALtlS.  plalutiH;  against  LEWIa.  J. 
PHILLIPS,  WilUam  J.  Sherwood,  Johu  Burke  and 
Frederick  Lewis,  as  Assignees  of  Lewis  J.  Philllos,  lor 
the  benefit  of  creditors'  dofonlanta  — In  pursuance  of 
ajudgment  of  foreclosure  and  sale,  made  and  entered 
in  the  above-entttled  actioa,  bearing  date  the  15th 
day  of  November,  1876,  I,  Robert  bewell,  the  Beferee 
in  saidjudgmeut  nnmod,  will  leil  at  public  auction,  si 
tbe  Exchangi!  Salesroom,  Na  111  B  oadway.  in  tbe 
City  of  New-York,  by  BebJ.  F.  Fairchil  1,  auctioneer, 
onSarUROAi,  tlie  24tQ  dayof  Febniary.  1877,  at  12 
o'clock  noou  of  that  dav,  the  tolluwing-described 
premises  to  wlc:  All  tho^e  six  curtain  lots,  pieces, 
aud  parcels  of  land  known  and  uislin<;uisbea  Oii  a  c  r- 
taln  map  ui  lands  in  Bioomlngd,tie.    in  tUu  (late)  Izm 

Wardul  tlieciiy  of  New-lurk,  belougiug  to  VMIlutn 
W.  Woolaey,  made  by  bdwin  J.  omiih,  i 'ity  Surveyor, 
in  Jnue,  183j.  with  alteriitioni  and  addUioua  muue  in 
May.  1803,  and  U.ed  in  tbe  office  ot  tbe  Seglater  of 
the  City  and  Couuty  oi  New-Yoru.  in  tin  case  219,  ua 
Numbers  2S1.  28.;,  283,  2*i.  2.S5.  and  28J,  tvhicli  H,tid 
six  lots,  taken  together,  are  bounded  aud  describi-d  as 
follows :  Uetlnulng  at  :t  poiut  ou  the  norlher.y  side  of 
bigbty-dftb  atreec,  dist.iut   two    bunUred  leet  easterly 

from  tbe  easterly  side  of  tbe  Miaih  uvenue.  and  thence 
running  northerly  and  parallel  with  the  Niuth  avenue 
one    hundred    iret:     thuuue    running     eiisterly    aud 

Sarallel  with  Elsihty-dttti  streut,  one  buudred  and 
tty  feet;  thence  southerly  and  paraJel  with  tbe 
Ninth  avenue,  one  hundred  feet,  to  El<hty-dfth  street, 
and  theuce  westerly  along  Eightv-dfch  st  eet,  one 
hundred  and  fifty  feet,  to  the  place  ot  beginning. — 
bated  New-York,  Feuroarv  2.  1877. 

RDBERf  SEWELL,    Referee. 
O.  W.  ('0TTERiLL,Flaiauir8  Attorney,  No.  175  Broad- 
way. New- York.  f.^-law3wS 


ISrOUfcJ^  t\.(J.,    JO  LEI. 


OFFICES  TO  LB1 

IN  THE 
(UIIR8  BU1IJ)1NCV 
APlTiV  TO 

«0ROE  JONES, 
TIAIR8  OFFICE. 


OXrriCES 

TO  LET,  FRONTINQ  CITY  HALL  PARC 

ALSO, 

Splendid  first   loft,   26x40,  or  larger,  suitable  tor  any 

business,  at  very  low  pricea    Inquire  of  FBEBUAN  It. 

WOODRCFP.  Clothiers.  No.  241  Broadway. 


f|A(»  LET-WlTH  OR  VVlltiOUr  bfEA.d  POWER, 
X  iu  the  new  iron-fi-out  building,  .n'ob.  1o8.  110.112, 
and  114  Woiister  at.  between  t'rince  and  iipring  sta  , 
tiie  second  fiunr,  bOxlOO;  the  fourth  floor.  lOuxlOO ; 
the  filth  floor.  loOxloo,  and  basemeut,  40x100.  Well 
lighted;  OtU'  patent  elevuturs ;  steam  beaters; 
water  and  gas  throughout  Can  be  divide  I  to  suit 
Will  be  vented  very  low.  Inquire  of  BaO-\£ii  t 
MOORE,  Nos.  4 1  and  43  Weat  14th  st. 


ELEGANT  8U1TE  OK  0KFIC'i<;8,  NOM.  59 
and  61  Wall  at.,  to  reut.  lormejrly  occupied  by 
Puoific  Mall  Steamahip  Company;  eievator,  fine  light, 
and  Bteum  heat ;  suitable  fur  banking  or  luauranue; 
Will  be  divided  to  suit    Apply  to 

F.  G.  t  C.  S.  BROWN,  No.  90  Broadway. 


BKDKN  HOU.IJB— AT  FKltTU  AilBoy,  TO  bli.tSK 
on  f.iVorable  terms;  the  ho:ei  is  in  good  order  and 
convenient  for  sea-bathiu^  aud  boatln<';  the  statlou  of 
the  Long  Branch  Railway  is  neat  the  liousa  Fur  fur- 
ther Inlonhatlon  apply  to 

HORACE  S.  ELY.  No.  22  Pine  st 


rt^ 

JL  No.  131  Waverley  plac>>.  one  door    from  6th  av.;  a 
good  stand  for  any  light  bu^ineas:     rent,  $500  per  an- 

«nmi.     THORNTON  M.  ROOMaN,  Real  Estate  Agent, 
NoTuBB  Broaiiway,  corner  ltd  st 


i.,B'r— THB  yroBh:  no.  42  UAaoi,Ay  st.,  sa- 
.  tween  Church  and  Ureei<  wicb  at-i. 

Apply  to  H.  H.  CAMMANtr, 
Nu.  25  Pine  st 


TU  OlAtiVieAVVV HKa.ii.—aPIjdSDW   FLOOUS. 
with  steam-power,   Ito.     Noa  154  and  156    West 
19tb  St. 


TU    t^HT—iau    STORK     AND    BASKMUNT,    MO.  2 
.Ne-w  Chambers  St.,  now  occupied  as    a    restaurant. 
Apply  to  W.  L.  lO.sKLIN,  No,  1.^  4th  av. 


STEAiU  FOWEUANU  t/LtUi'V  FuOOR  ANU 
oellar,  50x80  teet,  Nos.  188  and  190    West    Uouatou 
St    Inquire  In  tbe  corner. 


_REALJKSTA/r^^ 

WANTED  IN  NEW-VORK.— A  GOoD  HODSB  : 
■ot  has  than  20  ft.-et  front ;  i>etween  4th  aud  (ith 
ava,  and  20th  to  60th  sta.,  in  exchange  for  two  nice 
bouses,  aeven  and  alue  rooms,  ^taoles.  and  tour  toll 
loM  with  cncn  house;  situated  fivd  miles  from  City 
Hall,  ut  Ravens  wood;  uuiucumbered;  cars  pass  the 
door  from  Hnuter'a  Point  to  Aatorla.  Address  bTAN- 
LBYFKRQUBON,  Na  161  Broadway. 


REAL  EQiTArt;  TO  EXCHANGE.— WAN I'EU. 
a  amall  oountry  place,  three  or  four  acrea,  ( West 
Chester  County  preferred.)  with  a  good  bouse  imln- 
enmoered,  worth  Irtim  $3. (MX)  to  £4,000,  tor  wbieli  a 
well  assorted  stosk  ot  readv  made  clothing  will  be 
fiven.  Addreas,  giTias  i»*iloalac»  ajMaOJi,  Si*Uaa 
fi.  AV'XasJt- 


WANTEO-i  HANUSOMK  AND  COttPLETKLY 
turnished  honse  tn  a  flrst-olass  central  location, 
whose  oytner  will  boarl  With  tehdnt  tnUen  of  part  of 
rent;  highest  referencfs  gtvsn.  AAdrass  J.-  ii.  P., 
Post  OfBoe  Box  No.  1,889. _^      ' 

SITUATIONSJW^AFTED.    " 

THE   l;F-roW-"«~OFFi0B  UlfeTUK  TI3UtS. 

The  np-town  ofiSee  of  TBB  I'l.UES  is  looated  at 
No.  1,'.257  Broadway,  bet.  Slat  and  3'Zd  sta. 

Open  daily.  Sundays  included,  from  4  A.  BC  to  9  P.    H. 

Bubscriptions  received,  and  copies  of  THE  TIMES  for 

sale. 

ADVEETn?EMBNTS  RECEIVED  UNTIL  9  P.  M. 


C ^BAR-WOMAN.— BY  A  PROTESTANT  BCOTCa 
^woman  to  go  out  by  day  to  wash  in  a  gentleman's 
lamily  :  no  nhJectioaa  to  any  kind  of  work.  Address 
W.  B..  Ka  78  .-^outh  5th  av.,  aecona  floor. 


CIIAWBER.BIAID.-EY  A  LADY  FOR  A  GOOD 
girl,  who  has  lived  with  her,  as  cbambpr-maidaod 
waitress,  for  nearly  two  years;  is  competent  tu  do 
eeneral  hon?e-worlc  m   a  amnll    family.     Can  be   seen 

from  1  to  4  P.  M.,  to-day,  (Wednesday,)  at  Na  243 
Wfst  37th  St. 


CHA.^IBKR.y|All>,  dkc— BV  A  BKBPBCl'ABLK 
girl  as  <'.hambpr-maid  or  waitress,  or  assist  with 
wnsbin?,  or  do  plain  sewing;  excellent  references. 
Call  »t  Na  486  2d  av.,  between  27th  and  28th  sta. 

two  flights  up.  backroom. 


CHA.>IIIHR..T1AID  AND  \VAITIiE88.-BY  A 
young  girl,  or  general  house-Work  m  a  small  fam- 
ily; is  a  eood  cook  and  loundress;  best  CHty  refer- 
ence.   Call  nt  No.  344  8th  a  v. 


CHA.>IBEK-I>1AII>,  &C.-UY  A  SC«TCa  PROT- 
eetant  cirl  as  chambermaid  aad  plain  sewiDg,  or 
clmraber-maid  and  waitress.  Call  at  No.  l07  West 
26t)i  st,  Eoora  No.  10. 


CIIIAMBKU-iMlID  ANU  WA1TRE8M.-BY  A 
//competent  person,  in  a  private  fhmil.V  ;  eood  City 
reference.  Call  tor- two  Oays  at  No.  276  West  19th  St.; 
ring  third  bell. 


CHA.HBKK-.HAID.  —  Br  A  RESPECTABLK 
young  wnmau  as  firKt-class  chamber-maid  and  to  do 
coarse  washing;  best  City  reference.  Call  at  No.  204 
Enst44thst 


CHAMBKR-.tlAlO.  —  BY  A  YODNG  GIRL  AS 
chamber-maid  In  a  private  family ;  willing  to  assist 
ill  wasbln?  :  flrst-olasB  C^ty  reference.  Call  for  two 
days  at  No.  150  Kast  42d  sc. 


CtiA.YIBER-.llAlU.-BY  A  E2R8T-CLA88  CUAM- 
ber-maid  and  plain  sewer  with  goodCity  references 
ladlps  to  bo  seen.  Address  C.  8..  Box  270  TIMES 
CP-TOWK  OKFICb.  NO.  1.267  BROADWAY. 


CHA.>lllER-y|All>.-BY  A  RESPECTABLE  GIRL 
as  chnmbcr-maid  or  for  flue  washing  in  a  small 
family;  best  01  tv  r  ference.  Can  be  seeu  for  two  days 
at  No.  217  East  22d  st 


CIIA.'nBER-mAID  AKD  WAITRK!<«e$.— BY  A 
resi>ect>ible  girl ;  uo  objections  to  the  City  or 
country ;  first-class  references.  Call  at  No.  206  East 
29th  st 


CHA.>1BBB<.^AID  AND  WAITRBS8.— BY  A 
resi>ectable  girl;  wlllinz  and  obdgin?:  City  or 
country:  good  City  ref.Tcnoe.  Address  K.  JL.  Box  No. 
302TiaE8UP-TuWN  OFFICE,  HO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


CIHAiUBEtt.ltlAIO.- BY  A  RliSPEC TABLE  GIRL 
yas  chambi-r-mald  and    waitress;    first-olass  refer- 
ence.   Call  at  No.  205  East  29tb  st. 


/^HAiUBBR-UAlO   ANO  WAlTRES.S.-fly  A 

V  respectable  girl;   good  <^ty  reference.    Call  at  Bo. 
225  West  loth  st. 


CIHAUBEU-IUAID.-BY  A   YODAG    WOMAN  AS 
/chamber-maid  and   waitress  in  a   private  family; 
eight  years'  City  reference.    Call  at  No.  490  0th  av. 


CIIAtnBER-:nAlD  and    WAITKE88.-BY  A 
young  glri  in  an  American  family:   best  City  refer- 
ence.   Call  at  No.  167  WeBt33d  St.,  corner  Madison  av. 

HAQIKEH-niAlO  ANU    WAlTtf B88.— BY  A 

young  girl  in  a  private  lamily:   two  years'  very  best 
City  reference  from  last  place.     Call  at  Na  980  8tb  av. 


CniA.UBEU-inAlU  AND  WAITRESS.- iJY  A 
yyoun<;  wumao ;  best  City  reference.      Call  at  No. 
571  3d  av.,  between  37th  aud  38t0  sts. 


ClUA.U(tl£U-.VIAID.— ciY  A  FROIICSTANT  GIRL; 
/will  do   si'Win:;;  best  reference   trom.   last   place. 
Call  at  No.  356  West  52d  Bt 


ClHA.tlBEU-.'VlAlD    AND  \VAl'rUES»«.— BY  A 
ycompeient  young  woman  ;  or  as  experienced  nurse; 
four  yeara'  reference.    Call  at  No.  336  6th  av. 


f  iUA.^IBEI{*.MAlD  ANU  VVAliRE.SS.— BV   A 

V/'young  Piocestaut   girl;    good  refereuce  from  last 
place.     Call  lur  tbree  days  at  .So.  44U  Weat  29tb  at. 


COOK,  WASsHBR,  AND  IRONBK.-RY  A  RE- 
gpectaole  woman  lu  a  small  private  family;  la  a 
guud  plttin  cook,  and  la  a  goo.i  washer  and  irouer,  and 
ulbo  iiiideratatiiis  tbe  care  of  children;  can  give  seven 
years'  t  ity  refrreuce  from  her  last  place.  Call  for  two 
days  at  623  Urevnwich  st.  corner  Morcoo,  flrat  floor. 

COOK,  d^C— CBA>IBUK>.nA10.— BY  TWO 
respectable  colored  tAria;  one  as  cook,  washer, 
andi.ouer;  the  other  as  ch  tmber-maid  aud  waitreati; 
or  would  take  washing  at  home  ;  best  City  refereuce; 
^pplyat.No.  2:'tO  b.aac  28tb  st. 

ClOOfi.-Blf  A  FlRUl'-.  L.l;:i.SCUOK  I.V  A  PRIVATE 
.'f.^mily;  is  an  excel.ent  bread,  biscuit  and  caae 
m  iker:  underatandi  deis'-rtii.  meats,  and  soupi ;  beat 
City  reference.  Call  at  x^o.  129  >v est  19th  st,,  seooud 
floor,  iruut 


C100K.— BV  A  FBliNCH  COOK.  l.V  A  FKIVATB 
/tumilv;  uo  objections  to  tbe  oountry;  Citv  refer- 
euce; weU  recommended  from  last  place;  ban  be 
seeu  lor  two  daya  Cau  or  audrets  Na  448  6th  av., 
ring  top  bell. 


GOOK.-BY  A  PROTESTA.-sT  WOMAN  AS  COOK; 
is  au  excellent  baker;  wilUag  to  assist  with  wash- 
lug;  country  preferred  ;  uest  City  reierence.  Call  at 
Nu.  210  East  2uth  St.,  rear. 


ClOOt^.— Of  A  fROi'E^sEA.Nf  UIUL;  EXCuLLE.ST 
/cook  and  baker;  wLI  asalat  with  washiu;;;  a  snort 
distance  in  the  vouutrv  preferred:  wages  moderate. 
Call  at  So.  343  iimi  30th  bt.,  aecond  floor. 


CniOK.— BY  A  RbdFECTAdLE  YoUNU  WOaIAN 
;iu  a  private  family;  thorougnly  undeistands  her 
bubinesa;  would  lusidt  with  washing;  best  City  ref- 
erence.    Call  at  Mu.  244  West  33d  st.  ° 


CtOOH,    VVA8I1ER,     AND    lUUNER.— Bf    A 
/youug  woman  in  a  private  family;    good  cook,  ex- 
cellent washer  aud  Iruner;  best  ret^rence.    Call  at  No. 

210  Bast  71at  at. 


C100K.— BX  A  FlR3T-<.  LA63  COOK  AND  .  RtiAD 
/oakcr  with  excellent  reference;  Udy  tu  be  seen  iu 
the  City.  Acdross  J.  U.,  Bux  No.  304  TuiEd  UP-i  OWN 
Oi-'Flcii,  NO.  l,i;67  BROAUvVAy. 


CiOOK.— BY    A    Rb:.>P.{CTABLE    WOMAN       GOOD 
/piaincook;  assist  with  washing  and  ironing;  best 
of  i.'uv  reference.    Call   at  Nu.   :<27   Weat  3Vlh   Bt, 

lu  sture. 


Cmoa.  AMI  LAtJNDK£8ti.-6ir  AN  hXPEEl- 
/euced  Protestant  young  woman;  good  address ; 
will  ue  fouod  willing  and  obliging.  Call  at  .No.  204 
West  3^dB(. 


COOK.,  dec— BY  A  COMPBTKNT  WOMAN  IN  A 
private  lamily;  understands  family  baking;  good 
wuaUer  ana  exueileut  ^hirt  ironer;  good  City  reier- 
ence.   CallatiMu.  x42  Weat  28ta  St.,  grocery  sioie. 


C100la.-8i'  A  VUUNU  PROTE.^rANr  \VOMA.N'  AS 
y;;ood  plain  cook;  flrst-class  wasuer  and  ironer; 
Cii.v  or  country ;  good  Ulcy  reference.  Call  at  t>u.  2<i7 
iiuat  ;j4th  St. 


C100M..— FlRbi'-CLAiid  ON  AihAi'd,  SOUPS,  AND 
/game;  la  an  elegant  bakur  and  u  reUaUie  woman; 
Well  cecommetideu.  Audiess  {Joan,  Box  ^o.  2dl 
TIMES  UP-l'i»Wrt  OFFICE,  AO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


C\00la.-*8l   A  UclttUAN    FROThISTANI'    AS  GOOO 
/lamlivcook;  exoellout   bread    and    biscuit    baker; 
§ood  City  rdeieuoe;  oountry  preler^ed.    (./all   at  Au. 
I8  7ihav.,  first  flo jr. 


ClUOii..— Bf    A    RESPECTABLE  WOMAN   AS  GOOD 
/cook^;   no  objection    to    assist,  with  washing;   oest 
City  reiereuce.     Cah  at,  for  two  days,  t<o,  lu9  West 

51lltBt 


COOK..— BY  A  FiRST-CLASS  NORTH  GERMAN 
cook;  excellent  lamily  >buker;  best  City  reference 
Irom  U:>t  employer.  Address  Q.  H..  Bux  No.  308 
TlilES    UP-TOW.<  OFrlCii,  i^O.  l,'257BBOADv¥Ay. 


/  \OOki..—iiY  A  MiUUbE-AUi!:i>  PROTE0TS.NT  WoM- 
vyau;  wiil  assist  wicb  washing;  City  or  country; 
.buti,  refeionce.    Cull  ,tt  317  Eas«  j4th  st,  second  floor. 


C1>;Oti.— Blf      AN      EXPERIENCEJ      FlRST-CLASS 
/Pruteatuut  cook;  no  oldectlon  to  flrat-claaa  board- 
iu<-uouse.     call  ut  Mu.  ilo  vVest  20tb  au,  basement. 


Ciooii..— BY  A  pRoTiiSfA.MT  Woman  as   Good 
.fouoK  lu  a  private  lauiiiy; ,  the  uest  01  City  refereuce. 
Can  be  eeen  ut  •.04  27  tb  at.,  a  lew  daora  from  7iJi  uV. 


C>O0K.-fiY     A     GOOO     COOK.    IN    A    FEIVATK 
/family;    will  assist  with  wasuing.      Call  tor  two 
days  ac  l>u.  142  Weal  28ta  at. 


CIOOH.— olf    A   FlUM'-CbASS    COOli;    TUB    BEST 
;ot  City  rcxerenca    Address  No,  235  East  'J2d  st,  be- 
tween 2d  aud  3d  avs. 


elOOH,  iSeC— By  A  GliRMAN  GIRL,  JN  AN  AMER- 
/ican  htmii.v;  cooking,  washing,  and  ironing.    Cail 
ai  No.  2.:3  East  42d  at,  top  floor. 


(100K..— BY    A    BEisPEClABLE    YOUlXG    GIRL    AS 
Jcook,  wasuer,  aud  lioudr:    best  City    tefereuce. 
Call  at  Na  334  East  36tu  st 


DU.Kae!».rIAU.l£lt.— dY  A  FUdiynCT  oPfittATOtt 
ou  vvhee  ur  &.  vVllson's  machine;  cluldien's  drasses, 
sairts,  wrappers,  bULtoc-huiei;  perteot  fitter;  terms 
moderate.  AdaresB  K.,  Bux  Ao.  274  TIMES  UF-TOWN 
OFFioB.  NO.  i,-.£5/  BitOAliWaY. 


DKESa-,MA.lah.itK.— BY  A  COiUPaTENT  UitEdo- 
mawer;  wants  customeis  by  the  day;  outs  aud  fits 
iu  ilie  latest  styie'a  ;  oan  ssw  on  maunine.  Call  at  ho. 
Hiio  ticb  av. 


DK£SBi-.>lAliER.-EMPLOYMENT  BY  A  IIBBSS- 
uia„.er  by  1 
a  tu  mk 
1 1.  u.,No. 


uia„.er  Dj  lue  di.y  or  at  her  own  bouse;  is  aoous- 
tuuied  tu  apt  kinds  of  fiunily  sewing.  Oall  on  ur  ad- 
dross  I.  LI.,  ho.  140  Kast  l-..ilBt  St. 


DKE88-i)lAliEK.— BY  A  FlRisT-CLAbS    DBbSS- 
aiakera lew    more   engagements ;  terms   $8    per 
week :   tlrst-class  reference.     Call  at  No.  2X2  6th  av. 


HOIJSK-VYOUK.-BI  A  RBBPKCTABLB  QlfiL 
to  do  general  bouae- work  in  a  amad  family,  or  np- 
sLuira  work,  aud  asatat  with  the  waabing  and  sewing; 
has  guod  reierence  from  Uer  last  place.  Call  at  AO. 
311  iiast  24th  St,  near  2d  av. 


HUlJ81£-WOUIi..— BV  A  BBaFEv.TABLE  UIBL 
to  do  general  house-work;  has  do  objeutlon  to  a 
private  boarding-house  1  is  a  good  plalu  oook,  washer. 
liudiruner;  good  retcrence.  Can  at  present  employer's. 
No.  268  A'est  21st  at 


HUtJrtl^VVOitH..— uYA  YOUNG  WOMAN  TO  UO 
general  house-work  m  a  private  lamily ;  fuor  years' 
ieicrv:uce  from  last  phMM.  Call  at  Nv;,  239  Bast  59th 
St.,  room  ^o.  9. 


aOtSsE-VVOitli..- IN  A  SMALL  FAMILY;  OR  AS 
laundress;  four  years' rtrfetenoe  trom  last  place; 
no  objection  to  ooouttr.  Can  De  seen  to-day,  at  Ho. 
607  vv  oat  40th  st 


HOi;»E-WOKii.-BY  A  YOUNU  GIRL   LATELY 
lauded  to  do  geuerai  house-work;  uo   ot^eoUou  to 
tne  country.    Call  for  two    Aafu  at  231  West  19th  st. 


1_|UlJbE-WMU.li..— BY  A  •<tK.^PE.^TABLE  AaaERl- 

trtna.n  woman  to  ao  gonacal  boasa>wocki  OH*  as 
•tfuiuxii  AMdUlsrzMaMiiaai  t]aUaftJi*,lUAMsi&a<k 


SITCTATIOKS  WAKTBt^. 

FRWAjUBS. .^ 

rADX««U?ilU>,-l»i  AFRBMCHPBBSOJI;  KI»<T- 
ioiua  aawiiuanaaB  awt  fa»tr.aKMser;  exoeBsnt  Cltr 
nfi>n<)«L,^S^(lML  Vln..  Box  Ho.  S20  TiRBS  UP- 
TOVra^M^,m  IM7  BBOAOWAY. 


T  ADN||JCR4»«  x*  tH%«S-VhAMi  DMUBBSTAHUS 
JJbMT baafBVCitBWWitliuri  would a*sist  with ehan- 
ber-wbrk;  lHitnif*!n.9bfl|nnK:  no  oUsettou  ta  the 
eountrj;  MiUtQr  M^iKJe.  Oall  at  So.  336  Bart 
SBthst,  first  iddfi 


LAUNDRKHH BY  A  RBSPBCTABLB  WOMAH 
as  competent  lanndress  in  a  private  family ;  flrst- 
clasB  Oily  referenee.  Call  tor  two  days  at  So.  160 
East  4W  St.  . 


LAt7NDRE88.— BT  AN    ElPBRiBNCED    WOMAH 
as  laundress  and  obamber-matd,  or  nurse;    three 
aod  one-half  yi-imi'  City  reference.     CaU  at  690  3d  av. 


t  AU  ^l>RB.S8.— BY  A  EB8PB0TABLB  OIBL  AS 
JUgood  laondreas ;  has  the  best  of  reference ;  Ci^  or 
country.    Call  for  two  days  at  Ne.  802  Bast  88fli  st. 


T  AUNDRE88.— BY  A  RELIABLE  YOUNG  WOMaM 
AJas  flrat-elaas  laundress  ;  best  Clry  reterencaa.  Oall 
at  No.  115  West  4l8t  St.  near  6th  av. 


LAUNDRE88.-UA6  EXCELLENT  Crrlf  BEPEa- 
ence.    Cau  be  seen  at  Na  715  6tbaT.,in  millnerr 


LAUNDRE8SANDCHAMHfiR>>lAlU.-BTA 
young  woman ;    llrBt-oiass ,    best  City  referenoa. 
Call  at  No.  671  8d  av.,  between  37th  and  38th  sts. 


NIJK8E.— BY  A  PROTESTANT  WOMAN  FOR  AS 
Infisut;  is  oaoable  ot  taking  koie  Charge  and  bring- 
ing It  up  \iv  the  bottle  ;  excelmnt  City  reterences ;  nia 
oijjection  to  the  country.  Address  Y.  W.  C.  A..  Bo.  7 
Bast  16tb  Bt 


NURSERY  aoVicRNfeisM.-BY  AN  AHEKIGAM 
woman  sOme  responsible  position;  is  an  expe- 
rienced nurseryjroyemesB  and  invalid  nurse.  Inouire 
Miss  L.Young  Women's  Christian  AasooiaUon.  Va  7 

East  15th  Bt 


NUKNB.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  YOUNO  WOMAN 
as  child's  nurse;  is  capable  of  taking  care  of  a 
baby  trom  its  birth,  or  would  do  chamber-work  and 
fine  washing :  flve  years'  best  City  rf>ferences.  (.an  be 
seen  at  her  last  employer's.  No.  251  West  64th  st 


NtRiSE.— BY  A  KB8PKCTABLK  PROTEUTANT 
girl  to  take  care  of  children  or  to  do  chamber-work. 
Call  for  twii  days  at  No.,.^237  Weat  40th  st,  l>etween 
7th  and  8th  ava 


NUU8E,  dre.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  YOUNG  GIRL 
as  nurse  and  chamber-mail,  or  assist  with  wasli- 
lug;  willing  and  obliging;  good  refeienoe.  Call  or  ad- 
dress, for  two  days.  426  East  20th  st  ttrBt  floor,  back. 


NUHSK.— BY  AN  bXPBRIENUED  PRoTISSTANT 
person  who  is  thoroughly  oompetenc  to  take  ruU 
charge  of  an  infant  Can  be  seen  at  present  employ- 
er's, No.  469  West  2lBt  st  


I\]  DRSE.— BY     A     CANADIAN      PROTKSTANT     A-S 

J3 child's  nurse;  is  thorougblv  oompeteat;  would 
have  no  objection  to  travel.  Address  A.  B.,  Box  No. 
251   TIMES   OP-TOW.N    OFFIOB,    1.267    BROADWAY. 


1\TUKSK,— BY  A  LADV  WHO  HAS  GIVEN  DP 
X^  housekeepiog  for  her  nurse,  who  has  lived  with 
her  nve  years  ;  tully  competent  to  take  care  of  an  in- 
fant.   Call  at  No.  1U9  East  3dtb  st. 


IVrUKSE  AND  f*E  A.>l.«jrRE5>S.— BY  A  BE8PBi;T- 
Xiable  girl;  Protestant:  best  City  refereocea.  Ad- 
dress J.  W..  care  Mr.  Murdy,  No.  342  East  23d  st 


l^rtJRSE.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  GIBL  A3  NURSE 
Iv  aud  seamstress:  can  take  care  of  a  baby;  good  City 
referenee.    tail  at  No.  325  East  37th  st 


N 


UKlSE.- UY  AN  EDUCATB0  fRENCU    PROTE8T- 
8nt  glrL    ('all  at  No.  63  6th  av.;  third  belL 


OPEKATOH.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  OPERATOR 
on  Wheeler  it  Wilsou  machine,  to  go  out  by  the 
duylu  private  faoulies;  understands  all  kinds  of  family 
sewing;  baby  and  children's  clothing.  Oall  at  No. 
558  iid  av. 


SEAin.>4TU£i!i8  AND  DRE.'SSi.xUAK.Etf.— BY 
a  colored  girl,  in  private  famiUes,  by  week  or 
month ;  understands  her  bUBluesa.  Address  Drasa- 
maker,  No.  619  8tb  av. 


SEA.M8XUEHH  Ott.  CBAtlBBU-iUAlO.— BY 
a  respectable  young  girl :  no  objection  to  take  care 
of  children ;  best  City  reference.  Call  at  No.  210  East 
46tb  St. 


ttEAin!t'rftES.>«.— A  FlttST-CLASo  BBAMUT&EBS 
Ouy  the  day;  oan  cut  and  fit  and  trim  In  every  style  | 
flrat-class  reterences  for  capability  and  character ; 
wages  moderate.    Addieas  No.  333  West  17tn  Bt. 


SUAin.HTUtiei.-i.— UNDERSIANDS  DBESB-MAKING 
and  family  sewing;    wah«s  emoloyment  tu  famhies. 
Address  No.  306  Bast  41st  st. 


VkTEr  NUK.sk.— BY  A  RhSPECTABLB  YOUNG 
IT  woman,  who  has  no  nome  and  nu  care  but  her 
baby;  hale,  strong,  ana  healthy ;  reference  good.  Can 
be  seen  fur  two  diys  at  the  Bioosevelt  Hospital.  West 
eothst 


WE T- >  UltaiE.— BY  A  YUUNG  MARRUD  LAOK, 
a  baoy  to  wet-uurie  at  her  own  home;  hat  lost 
her  own  baby  one  week  ag^;  first-class  doctress; 
reterences  exchanzed.  Inquire  at  No.  S41  East  27th 
St.,  second  floor,  front  room. 


WA1TR£S!«.— BY  A  Y    DNG   WOMAN  AS  F1B8T- 
class  waitress:  is  willing  to  do  chamber- work'  in  a 
Srivate  lamily;    seven  yearof   City  reference.    Call  at 
o.  454  West  62d  st 


WAlTREsiS.— BY  A  COMPETENT  WAITRESS; 
understands  dressing  all  iduds  of  salads,  care  01 
silver;  cau  nil  a  man's  plaee;  City  reierence;  City  or 
country.    Call  at  Nu.  488  7ih  av. 


WAITRKSS.— BY  A  PdOTESTANT  YOUNG 
woman  as  firat-class  waitress  or  parlor  maid  la 
private  family  beet  City  reference.  Call  at  Na  206 
West  3bth  st. 


WAl'1'Kll.ai!!).— Bi  A  KKsPtCI'ABLB  UIKL  IN  A 
private  tamily :  flve  years'  be>t  City  reterenoe  Irom 
her  last  place.  Address  5l.  H.,  Box  No.  255  TIMES  OP- 
TO»VN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


WAssBXNU.— BY  ABfiSfUOTABIiHl  WOJdlAN,  FAM- 
ilies'  or  a  few  lauies'  or  gentlemen's  washing,  by 
the  month  or  duzen  ;  terms  moderate;  best  01  refer- 
ence; gentlemen's  abirts  dune  lu  tbe  neatest  manner, 
call  at  .NO.  349  West  43d  st,  between 8th  and  9th  ava, 

second  floor ;  Mrs.  Moore. 


WAsUxNtx.— bY  A  FIRyr-CLAsS  LAUNDRESS; 
can  do  aU  kinds  of  fhmily  wasbiag;  glossing,  pufi- 
ing.  and  fluting  done  in  French  st.yle  ;  moderate  terms; 
sevrn  years'  reference.  Cad  or  addioss  No.  3l2  West 
41st  at.,  second  floor,  fo^  one  week. 


WASHING.— BY  A  FlRSl'-ULASS  WASHER  ANO 
ironer  a  few  ladles'  and  geutlemen'a  washing,  or 
would  go  out  by  the  day ;  reierence.  Call  at  No.  159 
WestSlstst 


WAStUlNti.- BY    A    RESPECTABLE  WOMAN    TO 
go  out  to  do  washing,  or  will  take  it  home ;  is  a 
good  nouse  o.eauer.    Call  at  No.  248  0th  av. 


CLiERKfi  AND  t!iAL£!!i.UEN. 

BOOK^3sEEFEKrCOHUESPONDBN'r,  dec. 
—Is  comoetent;  au  excellent  penman,  and  caugi'^e 
first-ciass  reierence.  Address  F..  Box  No.  l^U  2^n«i 
ufflce. 


IHALiEct' 

BUTLiKR  Oil  VAI.ET.— BY  A^onwii  KMGLI8H- 
muni  first-claas  reterences.     Audrass   u.    Pile,  No. 
21  West  44th  st 


C-iOACUWAN.- BY  A  RBSPBC  TABLE  YOUNG 
^mau;  single;  taoroughiy  understands  the  care 
and  management  of  horses,  hamesb  and  carriages  ; 
is  Strictly  Booer  and  obliging;  has  first-class  City  ref- 
erence from  last  employer.  Call  or  address  Ooaoniuau, 
^o.  129  West  5utb  st,  private  stable. 


COAGUinAN  AMlXxAKOE.NUK.— BY  A8INULB 
Protestant  German ;  ful.y  understands  the  csre  of 
horses,  carrUges.  And  driving:  strictly  sober :  can 
milk,  attend  turuaee,  and  is  wilUng  to  make  himself 
generaLy  usetul  ;  t>eet  City  reierence.  Address  F.  B., 
Box  No.  234  Ttme*  OfBce. 


COACUiHAN,  GK.OO1.H.  AND  GENERALi 
::iervant By  a  young  mau ;  understands  his  busi- 
ness; oan  maae  himself  useful,  do  waiting,  milk,  &.O.; 
Citv  or  country :  first-class  recommendations.  Address 
Alex.  No.  964  3(1  av. 


C1OACU.U  AN BY  A  THOROOQHLY  COMFBlB.NT 
^single  young  man  of  long  experience  and  oapaoihty ; 
can  be  highly  recommeuded  by  his  last  emnloyer.  Ad- 
diess  J.  D.,  BoxNa  289  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE, 
NO.  l,-.i67  BROADWAY. 


rioACUAJAN  AND  GROOM.— BY  A  RESPECT- 
VySoie  Protestant  scoiohmau ;  aiugle;  thoroughly  un- 
dersiands  his  business  :  careiul  City  driver;  no  ei^ec- 
tion  to  the  oountry;  firat-ciass  reference.  Call  or  ad- 
dress for  tws  days  Coiohman,  No.  140  West  Slst  st 


COACHMAN.— BY  A  GENTLEMAN  FOR  filS 
oo^chuiau.  a  siugln  young  Scotchm  in;  all  satiatac- 
tury  reiereuees  given.  Call  on  or  addess  C.  T.  C,  Bo. 
34  bloerty  Bt.  Rooni  No.  4. 


COA()H.MAN  AMU  GROOin.-BY  A  BEsPBCT- 
able  single  mnn  ;  thoroughly  understands  his  busl- 
nraa;  beat  City  reference.  Oall  or  address  James, 
No.  121  West  4uth  st. 


COACU.TIAN    AND    GROOAl.— BY    A    SINGLE 
man  with  good  City  reference.    Address  P.  B.,  J.  B. 
Brewater  k.  Co.'s.  No.  145  6th  av. 


COACHillAN.- BY  AN  ENGLISH  MAR  RISD  MAN  : 
no  family.    Address  for  one  week.  Robe  rt  Ccrie,  P*t- 
eraou  Post  office.  N.  J. 


FARAIBR.— BT  A  MAREIBD  MAN;  NO  INODM- 
brance;  thoroughly  underbtanda  fiirmiDg,  care  and 
management  of  ail  kinds  of  stooK ;  wlte  unaerstanda 
dairy  aud  poultry  :  has  the  best  uf  reference.  Call  or 
address  P.  L,,  No.  876  Broadway,  seed  store. 


}:^AU3IUB.ANU  GAKDENEK.— BY  AN  AMBEt- 
cau  man  and  wile,  no  ohUdren ;  the  man  as  first- 
class  farmer  audavrdeaer,  wifeaa  good  butter  maker; 
fbur  years'  referencea  Call  at  No.  640  8d  av.,  top  floor. 


GAKUENEK.-BY  A  P1BST-CLA88  OaRDKNEK, 
who  tnoronghlv  understands  uis  business  iu  all  its 
branches  relatiug  te  hot-house  aud  green-huuse  plant*, 
fruit  trees,  and  yegetables,  the  flaying  out  of  new 
nucea,  or  the  impruTement  of  old  ones  ;  the  advertiser 
cannot  be  equalled  tor  the  raising  and  loroing  of  all 
kinds  of  fruliB,  flowers,  aod  vegetables  ;  dou't  answer 
unless  you  want  «  first -clas  gardeuer;  Ciiy  reference. 
Address Uortlculturlat,  BoxNa.  234  Times  ufllce. 


GARDENER.— FROM  OBRMaNY,  WHBRB  HB 
received  a  thorough  education;  tbe Greeo-fiouse 
Department  of  the  Central  Park  was  for  several  years 
placed  under  Lis  eaie;  as  he  has  au  ezperieuce  of 
many  years,  during  which  he  was  employed  in  some  of 
the  most  celebrated  gardens  of  Europe,  he  trusts  that 
he  Is  able  to  give  entire  satlifactioa.  Address  Brtick- 
ner,  Na  1,880  S«l  av.  * 


GARDB.NER.— BY  A  8UOTCHMAN  ;  TaORODQH- 
ly  eompetent  in  liut  and  cold  graperies,  green- 
huuse  plauts,  rosea,  vegetables,  aod  laying  out  of 
grounds  it  required ;  wl£»  oan  tnke  charge  of  dairy; 
satisfactory  references  oan  be  given.  Addxesa  la  J., 
Box  No.  237  Timet  Offloe. 


ARUENER.-BY  A  SCurCUMAN;  IS  THOBT' 
oughly  versed  in  every  branch  of  his  business; 
higoest  testimonials,  and  Is  a  man  worthy  w  eyerv-re- 
speot  to  the  highest  tiuat  aod  ooofldence  of  tlioae 
who  ma.v  employ  hun.  Address  Bootia,  Box  No.  344 
Xtnss  Office. 


p<  AUDEN&R.— BY  A  MIDOLE-AOEB  HAM, 
VTsingie:  practical  gardener  aud  farmer ;  the  ear*  ot 
horses  and  cows  and  their  proper  treatment;  good 
referenee  as  being  trustworthy  with  anything  left  la 
hU  charge.  Address  J.  Q. ,  Alfred  Bxtdgeaaa,  as^.,  Ao. 
876  Broadway- 


eARDEMEK.— BY 


1  F1B8T-CLAM  OARDENaKi 
^  (tfeotoh.  maxnedi)  tharoogbly   andatstaads    bds 
bustneBB  la  all  tts  bntDehea ;  rafcrwioes  sa  ««  ekaraftttw 
■ttd  abUity  naeMsgrt— abU    AMaMftfaa  Vtt«iflM> 


VlTman;  aoderatends  the  uropagatlwn  •»4«»'2«f 
greenhouse  plants,  grabet,  kc;  best  of  City  refManeasi 
&aeka«i9Dcvnctioal«iasBoeetl»fa2,imwmB^  »*" 
oraddreia  G.  D.,  at  seed  store.  No.  876  Bro«!w»y. 


^' ——.?"•''-— °°°"  ■>»""- ■-—     , 

GARDENER.- BY  AN  ACTIVB  MAREIBD  MAN 
as  gardener;  wife  would  do  honae-worte  wnnng 
Bilk  and  drive  and  be  gene:  ally  nsetnl;  iow  mt^ 
referenee  trom  bnsineaa  oommimi^.  Aaovna  M. 
lox  Ho.  812  Ttmas  OfBoe. 


fiARDBNBIt.-8C0TCH:  rHOROUQdLY  i^Otf 
VA  netent  in  every  braneh  of  the  business ;  httt  nad 
exteutdve  experience  is  laving  ont  new  and  impr«Tln8 
oMgrormdB:  first-class  testimonials.  Address  A.  W.  D.. 
seed  store,  Na,  12  COrtlandt  st 


INARDBNER.— Bit  A  BOOTOHMAN  AI  PLOWBB 
\J  and  yegetable  gardener;  understands  hot  and 
eold  gxapetjr  ;  best  City  reference;  wiil  go  out  by  tb» 
ireek,  OntU  smted,  training  and  piuuing  trees  and 
Tines.    Call  or  address  No.  306  East  Slsist 


/^L-'M^ENSR.— BY   A  GERMAN  .\lAatlllsU  .dA.<f: 
\jreapable  of  taking  " 


'eapabii 
good  NtBsanee. 
fork  city. 


care  ot  green  nouse  and  erapern 
Address  J.  6..  Sox  No.  8.318  Heir> 


/Sa  RDRN  K  R.— by  a  COMPETENT  YOU.vO 
VaSwlaa,  married  man ;  first-elaas  florist,  fmit,  grape, 
and  yegetable  grower :  references  from  flnt-claas  gen- 
tlemeii.   Call  on  or  address  Johu  Bosbard.  IIH  i:im  st* 


GARDENER.— BY  A  MARRIED  MAN  AS  FlR  C- 
class  gardener !  no  Incnmbriuioe ;  wire  is  wiJlng 
to  assist  In  the  honse.  Call  or  address  P.  Cavan,  aeed 
Store.  Na  7  Barclay  street. 


GARDBNER.  —  BT  A  O.tRUR.VKB.  (SCOTCH,) 
marded.  whi)  understands  his  business  thoiongh- 
ly ;  references  unexceptionable.  Addreas  C,  at  Jamea 
Fleming's.  No.  67  Nassau  st 


GAKDENEH.— Bt  A  Sl.vOLB  MAN;  GOOO 
florist  and  vegetable  gardener;  nndersands  care 
of  greea-bouse;  has  first-cUss  reference  from  last  em- 
ployers.   Address  C.  No.  114  Ciedar  st. 


GARDENER.— BY  A  MARRIED  .MAN;  GERMAN; 
one  child;  understands  the  care  of  greenhonsea 
aud  graperiea  Call  or  address  O.  P.,  seed  store.  Na 
67ha«sau8t 


GAKDENl<;R.— BY  A  SINGLE  MAN;  UN1>BK- 
atands  vegetables,  flowers,  care  of  hors  s,  anA 
milking;  wlilmg  and  obliging.  Call  or  aaorsss  J. 
Kmlth,  No.  165  East  32d  st. 


GARDEN ICR.— BY  A  FldST-CLASS  FBENJB  UAB- 
dener;  comoetent  in  all  branohea      Address  NOb 
136Bleeckerst 


GAKDErHEK.— BY     A    PRACTICAL    M.^N;      MAR- 
ried,   no  children:    wifeaaoook:     tf  desired  gooA 
reference.    Call  or  address  J.  B.,  No.  35  I'ortlandt  st 


NIGHT    WATCU.UAN    OU    OOOR-SEKPEB 
Beferences  and  security.      Address  i.  ft,  Box  Nck 
806  New-YorE  Post  Office. 


WAITER.  — BY  A  RESPBCrABLH  OoLORBU 
young  man  as  waiter  in  a  private  family  cr  board- 
lug-house;  wacres  $12  to  $lj  per  mouth;  good  City 
re.eren>e.  Addiess  Samuel.  >  Bux  No.  308T1MBS  OP- 
TOWN  OFFICE,   NO.  1,257  BRUADWAY. 


WAIl'KR.— I.N  A  FKlVATli  FAMIoY.  BY  AN  KNG- 
lisnmen  with  flrst-elass  (Tity  references  from  his 
last  places ;  no  objection  to  tbe  cotmtry.  Address  G. 
W..  BoxNa  267  TIMES  OP-TOW N  OFPICB,  NO  1,267 
BBOADi^AY, 


WAITER.— BY  A  FIBsr-CL.\3S  FttENOii 
waiter;  beat  City  reference.  Can  be  seen  or 
write  to  his  present  employment.  No.  316  Weat  58th 
Bt,  D.  C.  Van  .Norman.  fTom  2  to  B  P.  M. 


WAITEB.— BYAYOUNGMANSPEAKINOFRENCa 
aud  English  In  a  private  boarding-hoUoe.  Adorrss 
L.  B.,  Box  No.  259  TIMES  DP-TOWN  OPFIOB,  *0. 
1,257  BROADWAY. 


WAITER*— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  PEOl'KSTENr 
man  as  flrst-clsBB  waiter  in  a  private  family;  baa 
six  years'  tiest  City  reference.  Address  fbr  two  dayg, 
B.  P.,  .Mr.  Jackson's,  1,298  Broadway,  corner  34th  st. 


WAITER.— BY  A  sTEADi.  RbSi'E JfAHLE  PROT- 
estont  man  in  a  small,  quiet,  pnvate  family:  il 
most  willing  and  obliging;  good  C^ty  refer .-noe:  wag^ss 
no  object    Call  01  adoreBS  u.  ti..  No.  207  West  l3th  st. 


WAli'ER.— BY  A  PROTESTANT  ENQuIStlilAN 
as  wmter ;  is  thorough  la  his  duties ;  best  city 
refereuce  given.  CaU  or  address  C.  tl.,No.  164  BaSI 
42d  st,  first  floor,  front 


WAITER.— BY  AN    U0NK8T    AND  LNDUSTRIOW 
colored  man,  i.-i  a  boarding-house,  or  ns  valet  to  a 
Sentleman.    CaU  or  aodress  Waltarinaa,  la  the  rear  of 
o.  692  8th  av.,  top  floor. 

AJTEK.- BY  A  (XILOR.^O  MAN  AS    WAliEdlN 


w 


1  1  a  piivate  CsmiLv  or  tMtarding-boaae:  City  relet-' 
enoe.  Call  or  address  Waiter,  No.  146  West  82d 
st,  rear  bouse  No.  3. 


WAITER.— BY  AN  BNULISdMA.s'  AS  FldST- 
class  waiter  in  a  nrtvate  family ;  haying  the  best 
of  references.  Address  H.  S..  Box  Na  278  t'lMBS  Ur*- 
TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,^257  BRO   OWAY.  , 


WAITER  OR  STKVVAltO.-BY  A  RoBPaClA- 
oie  Englishman  :  would  have  no  ot^eocion  toactas 
nurse  to  an  invalid  gentleman ;  unexceptionable  refer- 
encea   Apply  at  01  addresi  No.  621  0th  av.,  third  floo& 


WAl  I'tCtC— tit     A     YOUNU     (JOLORi^O    MA.>I     Ad 
waiter  in  a  small  priyate  ^mily ;    good  reterenees. 
Cail  or  address  J.  tt  S.,  No.  092  8tn  av.,  in  the  re  ir. 


WAITER.— bi  A  YODNG  FRENJH  SWISS  MAS; 
Kood    (Jity   references;     speaks  a   Uttle  Enghan. 
Call  or  address  A.  B.,  No.  141  6th uv. 


mRAVBLBR  WANTED-BI  AN  IMPOHaNtt 
X  and  manufacttiring  house  in  paints,  vamisues,  Ite. 
Addxt-ar,  atating  experience,  where  traveled,  age,  aal- 
arv  wlUacuepi,  aud  reieienoes,  B.  M.  J.  It  CO.,  Post 
O&ceBoiNo.  4,i70. 


WANTED.— A  LADi  NuT  OVER  35  YEARS  Oif 
age  to  po  a  shore  distance  In  tbe  couniiy  to  aa- 
'cenntend  a  house  lor  a  widower;  reference  p  qu.red. 
Address  P.  W.  V„  Box  Ho.  258  TIMBa  Vlf-iOWa 
OfrlCti,  NO.  1,267  BROADWAY. 


OYsTKitJHAI^.— WANTED.  A  MAN  WriO  OiiUKR. 
stands  his  busmess  for  a  first-class  duwu-town 
restaurant;  must  be  able  to  stab.  Address  CLaM, 
Box  No.  176  Times  Office. 


WANTED— A  PROTESTANT  GIKL  AS  CUAMBaO- 
maid  and  waitress,  aud  to  assUt  with  washing; 
Citv  reference  reiiuired.  Call,  between  9  aud  12,  at  no. 
115  West  21st  st 


\]|TANTED— A  COMPBTtlNT  PK^TBSTANT  NURSB, 

TY  aite  30  to  35,  tu  take  charge  of  an  Infant  of  14 
months ;  goud  leierences  required.  Apply  between  10 
A.  M.  sua  1  P.  M.  at  No.  24  Kast  35tb  at. 


-MTA.N'rKD— A  LADH'S  MAID    ANU   SoAalSTRtsS: 

T  T  cue  tboroughly  uiiderstandiu;;  her  business.    A^ 
ply  at  No.  29  West  19th  St.,  firom  9  to  11  A.  M. 


INSTRUCTION. 

COARLilER  [N.<iTlTUTK, 

CENTRAL    PARK,      NBW-VORK.      ' 
Boarding   and    Day  .school   for    boys    trom  seven  ta 
twenty  year*  old. 


C'tliAV  BRACK,      N.      Y.,      COL.L.Kiiit      AMU 
yuUDSON     KIVEfl    INSTirUTB.- Bnghsh,     Preno% 
German,  Classics,  Music,  Art    Term  begma  March  i9. 
ALO.NZO  FLACK.  President. 


DREW  ttEMI.VARY    AND   FcMAbB    CjLLEOA 
1  armel,  N.  Y. — For  both  sexes,     ttates  reasonable. 
A  school  for  earnest  wora.    Spnn<  seidiija  Feu.  19. 
UEJ.  C.  SMITE.  A.  at 


MODERN  ORUKH..— ANAT.VK  OFQdaE0K,OF 
thd  Highest  reapectauilitv,wid  give  lessona  of  mod- 
ern Greek  at  pupils'  residence;  will  lorolsh  the  neces- 
sary hooka    Address  HELLENE,  Box  167  Post  Odlue, 


M1»S  fiiAtJlAN  liXEUtiMM  TUB  UBSIDBITTS 
ot  Stamford,  Conn.,  that  she  wta  give  vooai  and 
lQsirument..l  lessona  la  tbelr  city.  Apply  at  >o.  63 
West  35th  st.  New- York  City. 


MR.S.  eAH.ti.t!.*  Bt>ARUl.\G  A-^U  OAlT 
Bchoul  tor  young  ladies,  New-Bmnswiok.  N.  J., 
opeus  Its  next  aestion  Peb.  6,  Oircuiars  sent  if  desired. 
l%rma  moderate. 


PORT  CHKSTER^.INSTITUTE- Port  Cheste)^ 
N.  Y.;  hmited  to  25.feoya    o.  Wlnth»~»  »»—    *    *' 


TEAOHEKS^ 

AMERICAN  AND  FOREIGN  TtkACUttils* 
AQBnCY  supphes  professors,  tntora,  goveruessea, 
aud  teachers  in  every  departmeut  of  lustruotton; 
gives  toformatiou  10  pareuis  of  goud  scbuola :  rents 
and  sells  school  propeitiee.  For  clroulara  apply  ta 
Miaa  M.  J.  YoUnG,  No.  23  Union  square. 

N.ii.— Miss  Young  tias  severed  her  conneetloa  witb 
the  "American  ochool  Inatitute"  in  coukcqueuoe  oi 
the  bankruptcy  otJ.  W.  Schermerbom  k,  Co. 


SCaER!>IEBBORN\H  SCHOOii  AGENCY 
wants,  itpmediateiy.  Classical  teacher,  near  Cltyt 
BugilBh  and  siugln,;,  for  City  institution;  lady  foi 
Prench.  Qerman,  aud  music.  City  lamiiy:  PnncifMl  fbr 
Connecticut  boarding-school ;  fbr  Autumn,  supertar 
prof.:SBor  of  siatbemucloa.  Skilled  teaobara  eooatauslr 
wanted.    No.  14  Bond  st,  up  stairs. 


THB  NATIONAL  8CHOOL  BUREAU  ISA 
reliable  agencv  tor  snpplviug   schoo.s  ana  lamlUea 
with  tesohera,  aud  teachers    wiib  position*.     Inoraas- 

Jng  demand  for  good  leaehera  Appiy  early  for  Au- 
tumn Vacancies.  Send  stamp  for  applicatloa  foroi, 
T.  COTKSWOHTH  Pi N OK .\ KIT.  Domestic  Bnlldlag, 
eoroer  I4th    st.  and  Broadway.  Kew-lforlt. 


1W  O.  33U  6  rU  AV'.— KRENCd  L  ••SSONS  GIVKIT 
j^  in  p  irate  famlheB  or  at  Profsssor's  rasidenaaby 
Mr.  O  A  RBAU,  formerly  a  magistrate  aad  mam  Per  ej 
the  Onivei-sii.v  ot  France. 


lOE-ORRAM^ 


BORTON*4    ICB-CRBAISU 

Msde  from  PURE  ORANGE   CH)ONTY  v.ft8Alt,  a^r*. 
elated  tor  its  purity,  richness,  and  oaRainty  of  haiay 

delivered  in  good  order. 

Charlotte  Rnaae   mad  Jetty,    datlclow    and 
cbeap« 

Noa  305  4th  av.,  1,264  Broadway,  and  75  Chatham  at 


FtJMSl£l^L.>SlCBCR£A-*I.— BB8TLN  TUBCirYi 
25  cents  per  quart  to  ehuohes  aad  acg*  pactoet 
Charlotte  Bnsse,  la  boxas,.  to  owry  honct  fireak  nrlaa  a 
da.y.    No.  12  Bible  Uooae 


MILITAEY. 


TBTBRANS  or  THB  WAR  OF  18l!»  Ol 
this  and  adjacent  eoauties  are  reapeetuulj  t» 
Tited  by  our  fHends,  lieasit.  Lalaad.  pNfirteton  of  tfaa 
Btortevant  Uuuae,  eoroer  38tb  st  and  firoMlway.  to 
celebrate  the  birthday  of  tha  Father  uf  our  Cooatry, 
Sen.  George  Waahmgtoa,  00  TaURiiOAY,  the  22d  da^ 
ot  FBbm.>ry  at  12  o'elook  sharp.  Dinner  wUl  be  served 
at  I  Ccloeg.  Those  tbai  have  omliuaii.  pat  it  on: 
those  that  have  not  ceokadn  on  hat  Let  everv  vac. 
erah  at. end.  to  show  the  saldgentlemeo  we  appreelMf 
their  kind  iavitation.  Gea,  H.  EAXlia^B'.    " 

J.  Q.  WaavaB,  Adjutant  C«L  AMRAM  DALLT. 


LOST  AND  FOmrD. 


LO!»T— OH  BROADWAY.  TUBSuAT.  PS&  20.  B» 
iweaa  Hooaton  and  Howard  ata.,  a  large  POOcBT^ 
KoOK,  contalntDc  papera  of  value  only  to  tho  ovoob 
By  cetamisg  same  to  JOs£PU  T.  VarEOIOIV.n.  V«a 
8g  Howard  St.,  tbe  flnder  will  be  snltai^y  t%trmtdii. 

T  Oe»T-9l«  REVYAKDr-PoX  TSiUa»«    . 

JLluearly  white ;  black  aod  tan  aboat  hes4b 
oottaned.    Above  xasrafdwtMW  Mid  fix  Utoil 


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tn«  MDkaon  tb«pa«sMteeii  Qaaanttowntui  tharaa' 
mtnd. 

BAITaNNIO..... J«ATDTO4T.  P«lx  24.  2  P.  K. 

CRLTIC SATURDAY.  HaKSh  lO.at  3  P.    SL 

eCliMAinC 8ATDBDAT.  Haioh  17.  6:30  A.  M. 

BAtTTC ^BaTUBOAY.  Uansb  24.  »t  I  P.  M. 

From  Wmte  sisr  Dock.  Piar  No.  53  Sorth  tl  rot. 

Tbrac  •teamcTs  <tff  aaifntm  )n  itas  i^od  unsatOMMit 
Id  (tpporatm-'nts.  Tba  9%lo-in.  st-ttaroonat,  amnktaz 
kM  DAtb  rooms  are  aml'Uhlos.  whara  tlia  ooisa»na 
Motton  Mv  le<«4i  fn\t.  affotdlnK  a  daxreeof  eumfoct 
hlUiarto  anacl;aia-»ble  •tant. 

Bates— .snloon  ^0  *a<l  -BlOO.^iti:  tetnra  tioketa 
BBfitvar»bl9t«T'a»:   •tser»7%  ^*i- 

Vet  huoertlon  of  plans  and  otdec  mtbrmatloaappir 
attbeCooapaiiT'sofflcaa.  Ka 37  8roaa«r»y   Nevr-Tick. 

CUNARDLINEB.&N,A.R.Iit.S.P.CO. 

NOTICK.  ' 

With  tar>  new  of  atmttusbiaKCtiii  oooaoea  nf  eolllsioa 
tbf  Bteamen  otth)s  tioe  taka  »  speolfled  coaru  fatiii 
■easAns  of  th«  Te%r. 

On  the  nntwardt>aa4«xe  rtnta  Qaaanatowa  ta  teir- 
zorfenr  Boston,  ornasraffnairtdlaaorsuac  4:llaSltaia. 
•rnothlTi?  to  tb<»  north  of  1 1 

On  the  homeward  n»i»s»ij«,orM»lm  i!>i9  mendlsaif 
l(  Rl4'^or  notbiT]etot>ie  ftrthof  43. 

rRO«  xaw-Tnnic  jon  tiv^apooc.  tvn  qom-nTOirx  ^ 
CBISA WBD..  FpD.  211  APYSSlNlA-WKU.  HarcbT 

BATAVIA....WED.  .Feb.  28l  AlGfeRlA.WKU.;  March  14 
Btexmers  marlced  *  on  noli'.arrv  steiraTO  paasanseM. 
Oflbto  t)!»8sf»7», 'B80,  $100, '»nJ    !«l3i,  srr»H,  a<icorditt; 

to  aceomiDodation.  KetuTOfloWetsoii  faTorabl"i  tutma. 
Stfler^rafcickets  toan  I  (Vom  kH   na't^of   Bnrope^t 

Wr?  lowrtte*.     Rreiaht  and  o-isaasn  offlos.  Ho.  4  Bowl- 

Mawreeo. OHAS.  a  FRAStTKLYS.  Aeenu 

PA»SBN(^BKM  FEK  .*iTRAI»I-8HIP  CHINA 
pmbark  fiom  the  Cunard  Wiarf.  toot  of  Or»n(l»6., 
Jersey  Citv.  at  1U:30  A.  M.  on  WBDNESnAT.  21«t 
Pebraary,  1877.  CBARI.K8  O.  FRaNCKITN, 

No.  4  BowItoK  Qreen.   New-York. 
>  — . —       I . 

UVBKPOOL    AND    ^kKAT    WR8T8RN 

MTBAn  CO.MPANY.     CUMlTBIXl 

tlVEEPOOL.  jVtaQne«n8ti>wu,» 

CARKllhOTflK  (JNITKI)  SCA.THS  UAlk 

TUEHWAY. 

Ziea-rlng  Pier  So.  48  Norch  Ktrer  as  follows: 

IDAHO Feb.  27,  at  3  P.  U. 

UONTAxVA March  6.  at  10  A.M. 

CPlSCON8I2i Marchl.t,  at3  P.    H. 

WTOJttNO March  20,  at  U  A.  M. 

DAKOTA March  27,  at  3  P.  M. 

MBTADA Aprils,  at    9  A.    M. 

KaTBS  OV   P^saHNGKRS    RBDDCBDl 
Sta«T»xe,  $'i(k  tnterinedlate.  $40;  cabia.  $i5  to  $30, 
•coordlng  to  state-room.    Offices,  Ifo.  39  Broadway. 
WII.L.IAJI.'*  A:  UIJIOW. 

ATUiX  1>1A1L  LIMB. 

BT-JffONTaiil     SKftVlOB      flJ   JASVIU*.     «aTP». 
OOIiOMBIA.  unl  i8PINt¥Alili.  anl   to  PA5aM«  •«! 
SODTBPAUIKIC  POKT.S  Cvla  Asolatr»iL)    lftrst-alM» 
iaU-iKrwered  Iroa  soratr  iGJAOiacs.   (toJi  >*iur     No.  51 
Vortb  Rirnr: 

1<ilBATT1.COlrf}XBIA.  t.STHMO!*    OK  PANAMA.     auC 
60UTH  PACIKiU  Piittriina  Aspia>y:in.) 

AlPS „ Feb.  28 

VrSA, March  15 

(orKINunio:!  lJitin.1  ami  HAXTL 

ATLAiS , March  14 

Bnpturtor  rtfih-ol  m  >m^irir  mcojiTtilttli  u 
PIM.  KORWOOD  Sl  CO.,  Agent*. 

STATE  LINE 

5KW-?0HK    TO   GLASOOV9,     LIVKRPkOU       DBLUI, 

BELPAST,  AND  LOND^NDBKRI. 

These  tJrst-cl^as  lull-oosT-erel  ^tsa'na^3    will        .  troxa 

Pier  So.  42  !Jortii  Siyec.  foot  of  "anil  ii. 

BTAilSOK  NBV^Da Thursday,  Feb.  22 

FTaTBOF  INDIANA Thmsday.  March  S 

STATb  OF  VIEGimA Thursday. March  15 

6TATK  Olf  PKN-iSTLVANlA Thiiradnr.  March  32 

First  cabin,  9^'0.  ?n-s.  and  $70,  accordin?-  to  accom- 
modariims  rftum  tickets,  $110.  $123.  Seconal  cabin 
S4&;  reiarn  tickets.  3f8a  Steeiage  a^  lowest  ratea. 
4pplTf> 

AUSTIN  BAI.r>'WiN  &  CO..  Asents, 

Ko.  72  Broad  way.  Ne  w-Tork. 
RTKtRAGK  ticsets  at    No.  45  Broadwjy.  and  aC  the 
romoany'a  pier,  fo3t'>f  can^iltt;..   Nurtn  liyar. 

NORTH    (JBRinAN   I^I.OYIK 

BTEAM-SHIP    LINE    BETWEKN"    NEW-YOKK.   BOOTS- 
AMPTO.N.  AND  BREMEN. 
Company's  Pi^.    looc  ot  :idiii..    doaolcsn. 
HERMANN. ..Sat..  JTeD.  ■.:4  1  AMK  <ICA...Pat.,  March  10 

KK<KaR .sat..   March  :-f  |  WKSKR Sat..  March  17 

ILATK.SOK  PASSAQU  FtlOM    NUVVTORK  TO  30018' 
AMPTOX.    HAVRg.   OB  8BRMBN: 

Flrst  camn $i00:;oi4 

Eef^ODd  cabin..............................     t>0»old 

bt«'enifi;e ]^     SOoutrener 

Ketnra  tii:kt*ts  it  reilucmlrii'^i.  *p^1)»h1  steers^ 
certltlcatea,  £32  currency.  For  'r  n  itJt  or  p^ssaSH  ap. 
plyt<»  OKLKloasje  !0..  lo.  2?owiiast  Greeiu 

KBD  !*TAit  STEAOT-SHIP  UNB. 

i^potnted  to  carry   the   Belgian   and    United    eitates 

malls.    The  tollowinjc  steamers  are  appointed  to  sail 

TO  ANTWKltP: 

From  Pnlladclphia.         i  Prom  New-York. 

YaDERLAND Feb.  15'KENIHVORTH Feb.  3 

NKDKRLAND March  lOiBWlTZKRLASD Fetn  27 

ttates3t   DHSsa^e  in  currency. 
First  Cabin,  $90:    Second  Cabin,  $60:    Bteeraee,  $28. 
PbTEBWRIUHT  &.  SONS.  General  AseaU,  Philad'a. 
No.  52  Broadway.  New-Tork. 
JOHN  MCDONALD.    No.  8  Battery  olace,  New-Tork 

JN.IIAN  MNB.    inAlljSrKA.tlBJi!<. 

_„     >0K  oHEa.NSTOW*'   ANP   LIVKRPOOli. 
cm  OJ-  R1CHM«>NU.  Satunlay,  VarchS.  at  8  AM. 
ClTTt  OK  BROSSELS.. Saturday.  March  17,  6:30  a.  M. 
illTi  OBEBUN.Sstnrilay.  March  v!4,    i.t  1  P.  M. 

^.o,„  ,w..  Prom  rter  i.5  Morth  lurar. 

CABIN,  $fel>  and  ilOO.  ioll.  Racnrii  iiifie*  out*, 
forable  terms.  srESRAGK.  ^31.  Oarrener  Owfti 
at  I'lwast.'i.ji. 

Saloons,    Si.iCfvrooTU,    -smokina   and    Bath-rooms. 

SmiOsiiipS-  jvas  0.  DAUK,  ASSDI, 

Koa.  IS  and  j3  Broadway.  N.I. 

A>CHUR  LJNB  LI.  M.  .MAIL  KTBAiUKRl*. 

NKW-i'ORK  AND  ULASOOW 
AiJChona..Peb.  24,  2  P.  M.  I  Kthiopla.March  10,  aP.  M. 
Cahfornia.  March  3,  8  .A.  M.  I  Victoria. Ma/ ch  17,  7  A.  M. 

TO  GLASGOW.  TiTVKRPOOL,  OR  DK'PvKY. 
.abins  $tid  to  $!^0,  aocor(tinz  to  aoaommolactoas;      lo* 
termedlate,  $35:    Steeraee   *2a» 
NKW-TORK  AND  LONDON. 
Otopia.  Feb.  24,  2  P.  m,      i  Klysii,... March  10,  2  P.  H. 
Cabins,  $55   to  $7U      Steeraire,  $28.    Cabin  excur- 
sion   tickets  »t   reduced    ratea.     iirnfta  Issued  for  any 
•mount  at  current  r.ttea.     Comoany'i  Pirr  Nos.  20  and 
Vll.  North  Riyer,  N.  i.         HENL>c:KdON  BRoXHEEtS, 
Anenta.  No.  7  Bowline  Qi-eea. 

ONLY  UIRBCT  LINB  TO  PKAiNCB. 

rBEGKNBRALTBANSATLANTrC  OOslPA.irs    ttAIL 

BTKAMEKSBKTWEKN.SiJ^-YORKANUaA/Riii 

Calling  at  PLYMOUTH  (U.  H.)  Ur  laa  Laadia^of 

Passengers. 

Will  sail  from  Pier  Ka  42  North  Rlyer.  foot  it   Morton 

fUx  eyerv  alternate  Saturday,  beginning  with: 

CANAliA.  Pranceni Saturday,  Feb.  24,  at2P,  H, 

For  pan  icuiara  aadreas 

LUOIa  UK  BBBIA.V,  Agent,  Kg  65  Broadway. 

"RATIONAL  lJ[*NE— Piers  44  and  61  North  Blyct 

Xi  FOR  London. 

GBBECE SATURDAY.  Feb.  24.  at  1  P,  M. 

FOR  QUEENSTOWN  AND  IIVERPOOL. 
Bngland...Feb.  .il,  llA.iJ.  ITtaeQneen.Hsr3,  713  AM. 
Cabin  and  steerage  passage,  and   drafts  Crom  £1  uiv 
Ward,  isaned  at  yery  low  rates.    Company's  ofBces  No. 
6ti  BiuaawajL  i*.  W.  J.  UUBiiT,  Manager. 

FOR  SAVANNAH    GA., 

Tan  FLORIUA  PORT8,  ' 

490  TBB  HOUTU  AND  806TH-WBST. 

IBBATSOUTHKEN  FREIQaT  ANDPASSRNOEB  lilBBL 
CKNTBAL    RAILROAD  OF  QBURGIA,  AiI0       ^ 
ATM^TIU  AMD  OULF  &AILKOAU. 

WRDNRSDAlI    AND  SATCEDAT. 

OBNBRAL  BABMbs,  Cape.  CassaxAX.  WBDNESDAT, 
Feb.  21.  Pier  lb  bast  Hiyei«  ;;  P  HU  MORBAT,  FBRRii 
fc  CO..  ikgte..   ti2  South  at. 

BAN  JACIN  ru,  L-anc  Kazard,  BATUBDAT.-  Feb. 
B4.  Pier  43  Nortn  fuyer,  3  P.  M,  OEU.  lONOB,  Agt_ 
40t>  Broadway. 

b.  LlViAGSTOA,  Cape.  Mallost,  WBDNSSDAl.  Feb, 
S8,  Pier  Ma  43  North  Rlyer.  a  P,  M.  GEO,  yOAGB, 
Acenb  NOL  4Utf  Broadway, 

Juraranea  ONE-HALF  PER  CENT.  Bapsrtor  aocom. 
iBodations  for  pasBengers.  Through  rates  and  bills  of 
lading  in  cunnuctlon  with  Central  B.  R.  of  Georgia, 
Atlantic  and  unit  BaUroad,  and  Florida  steamers 
City  Point  and  IMotator;  also,  with  the  steamer  J. 
B.  8C0Y  LBEl.  which  has  been  placed  on  the  inside 
loute  from  .Sayauiah  to  Florida,  and  oifers  unsurpassed 
Mcommodations, 

C.  U.  0*VENS.             .    GKOBQE  TONGB, 
Agent  A.  &  G.  B,  B.       v  Agaot  OS.  E.  R.  of  Ga., 
Mg  315  Broadway. No.  409  Broadway. 

■  f 

Ips.    8XMAM.-SBIP  LINES, 
W^  — 

FOR  CALIFORNIA,  .TAP AW,  CHINA,  AOSTftALIA,  NBW- 
KJiALANU,  BRITISH  COLU^BLA,  OBBQON.  fco. 

baiiliig  crnm  Pier  foot  canal  St.,  North  Blyan  -  , 

For  SAW  KKA.SClSOu,  yii»  ISTaMUd  OK  PA.f  AMA. 

Bteuu-sbip  CRE^SCiiNT  CITu .ihursday,  Mrroh  1 

oonneutlug   i«r   Central    Amerioa   ana  South   Paclfte 
aorta. 

PromSANKBANCTSCOtojAPANaadCblNA 

8team-abip  cm   Olf  TOKIO Thursnay,  March  1 

rsMB  Ma  Francisco  to  Handwicu  Island^  AnatraUak 

and  new-Zaaland. 
Iteam-ship  CITT  OV  SXPNBY Wedaesdacr.  Fab.  88 

Fur  freight  or  passage  apply  Co 
WU.  P.  cClfURfcOO.,orH.J.  bOLLAT,  Superintendent, 
i  Mg  4  iivwung  Uraan.  Piar  foot  Canal  St., »  orth  BiTcr. 

HBW-YOBK.  HAVANA.  A.IOttSXICAaUAlb^  4.  IilXA, 

KttMUUan  laava  Pier  Xg  3  Xuria  •Ur.tr  i«  4  /.    IL 

Kdil  tIAVA.NA  UllfiBUa, 

CITX  OF  YKB4  CBU2 ....Wadnasdaar.  Fel>.  2 

U  CiXY  OF  M<W-YV»tJi- We«ue8d».y.  Fab  SJ 

■  r  CITIOP  MEXICO Hatnrday,  Match  It 

iDK  VKRA  VKq»  AND  N£w-allL«AN5v 
Vitt   Ma/sou.    Proxctis>*t  Oain>>aAuay    ToXpai^      and 

ClTi  Of  *«aXlCO BatOrflar,  MaMh  10 

fcteauiert  wiutoara  ftaw*<iriaaas  FaiN  wana  March 

16  lor  Vera  crux  and  ta  rnadboTai/iiru. 
Fanllfaiiintor  P*sii»?»»»pir  B>  .  .     _        ^ 

!  SIalSxa.'JORIJ^  J  J.-fa.  Na<.  ^l  »<td  M  3fi>%lw>r. 

^   3!fEW'TOBK  AND  HAVANA 

•w^  DlB.Bf?T  MAIL    LliMB. 

I^^b.     Thnte  flnt-fllaas  steamships  sail  reKtUarVr 

-  Jtrnr**"*"""    RATOA)AY.  Fab.  24 

^JnM  rD; .ir.. WKDNHBDAY,  March  7 

SSen.  ^KW^B^  LDWSG  k  CO..  Agents  in  Havana 


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GREAT  SOUTHERN 

JTRIMGHT  AND  PA.S.tlfNUBR  LINK. 

BAIIiINQ  FRUM  PIER  NO.  29   NOItTU  BlVil. 

WKDIIR8DaTSan<mAT0Rl)AY3  at  H  P    M.. ^ 

MOR  CHARLBMTON,  »«.  C,  VLORIUA.  TnB 
r,T,  ~„,S«»VTH.  ANI>  «OUi'H-WEe*T. 

GDlF  STBBAM -WBONKSDAY, Feb.  91 

C1T»  OF  ATLAhTA „SATDRDAX......Peg  24 

aOPRRlOR  PA33KNQ8R  AOOOMMODATloSs. 

I>utintiieet<i't94tla%Cloa  )a>^ii»lt)'  ot  p'roaifc 

eoods  forwsrdad  ftrea  >'  oom-nUslon.  Passen<ef  ilok- 

etsandbilla  of  ladinK<sstt>4>l  an)  Jl7n')i  atch)  oflonu 

JAniB.t  \V.  QDINTARO  <&  CO.,    Afenta, 

Ha  177  West46.,  corner  Watreo- 

OrW.P.  CLrbB&OO.,  Ng   BBowllngareeg 

^    OrBKiTLBT   ft     HASBLIl   General     Avent 

Cireat!Hoatliera  Preicht  Line.  31 F  Broadway. 


JRAIIiROADa^ 

PENNSYLVANIA  EAILROAD. 

OREAT  TRUNK  LINE 

AND  UNITED  8TATB3  MAIL  ROUTB. 

Trsioi  leave  New-IorE.vli  Oesbroasas  aal     Cort- 

landt  Streaia  Kerries,  as  follows: 

lizpress  for  Uarrubnrg.  Pittsbnrg,  the  West  and 
South,  with  Pullmaa  PaUca  C^us  attaohed,  8:30  A. 
M.j6 ana 8:3U P.  M.,  daily. 

For  WilliaiOBport,  Lock  Uarftn,  Oorrr,  and  Erie,  at 
8:30  P.  M.,  cooneccing  at  Corr.y  for  'ntnayilla,  Petto- 
leum  Centre,  and  the  Oil  Beglong  For  WlUlanu- 
port  and  Lock  Uayen.  8:30  A.  M. 

For  Baltunnre,  Washingtoa,  and  the  South,  "Lim- 
ited Washington  Express^  of  PuUinan  Parlor  Cars 
aally. except  Sunday.  9:30  A.  M.:  arrive  Washing. 
ton4:10  p.  U.  Reirular  at3:40  A.  M.,  1.  6,  snd9 
P.  M.    Sunday,  6  and  9  P.  M, 

Express  for  Puiladelphla,  7:  30, 8:30,  8:4a  (9:30  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4,  6.  6,  7,  8:30,  9  P.  M.,  and  12 
ulght.  Sunday,  8:3U  A.  M..  5,  6. 7.  8:30,  and  9  P.  M. 
Emigrant  anu  second-class,  7  P.  H. 

Accommodation  for  Trenton.  7  A.  M.,  2  and  4:10  P.  M. 

For  triins  to.  Newark.  Elizabeth.  Rahway.  Prinoetog 
I'rentog  Perth  Amboy,  Flemington.  Belyidera,  and 
other  points,  sea  local  schedules  at  all  Ticket  Of- 
fices. 

Trains"  arrivg-  From  PltUbnrg.  6:20  and  10:30  A.  M., 
and  10:30  P.M.  dally:  10:10  A.  M.  and  6:50  P.  M. 
dail.y,  eicent  Monday.  From  Washington  and  Bal- 
timore. 6:30,  9:50  A  M..  4:10,  6:10.  and  10:20  P.  M. 
Sunday  6:30.  9:50  A.  M.  Prom  Philadelphia,  5:05, 
6:20.  6:30.  9:50,  10:10. 11:50  A.  M.  2:10,  4:10,  5:10, 
t>:50  S:40.  lOtlO,  and  10:20  P.  .M.  Sunday  5:05. 
6:20,  6.30,  9:50,  11:50,  A.  M.,  6:50,  10:10,  and  10:20 
P.  M. 
Ticket  Offices,  Noa.  526  and  944  Bioadwar.  No.  1 

Astor  Uousg  and  foot  of    Desbrosaes  and   Cortlandt 

streets.      N<h  4  Court  street.  Brooklyn:     Nog  114.  116, 

and  IIM  Hudson  street.  Hoboken:    bepot.  Jersey  City 

Kmlgrant  Ticket  OfUce,  Ng  8  Battery  plaoe. 

FRANK  THOMSON:  D.  M.  BOYD,  Ja., 

General  Manager.  General  Passenger  Agent 


■TO    PHILAOBLPHIA 

PENNSYLVANIA  RAILBOAD. 

THE  OLD-ESTABLISHED  ROUTB  AND    SHORT    LINE 

between 

NEW-YORK    AM>    PHILADELPHIA. 

14  Tbrongh  Trains  each  way  dailr:     3  Depots  In  Phila- 
delphia, 2  in  liew-York. 

4  Tracks,  the  most  Improved   Eqn'lpmenU  and   the 
Fastest  Time  coiuisteut  with  absolute  safety. 

BxpTPBs  Trains  leave  New-Tork.  via  Desbrosses  and 

Cortlandt  .>treets  Perries,  as  follows: 
7:30.  8:30,  8:40,  (9:30  Limited,)  10:30  A.  M,.  1, 4,  6,  6. 

7,  8:30.  9  P.  M..  and  12   Midnight.     Sunday.    8:30  A. 

M.,  6,  6,  7,  8:30.  and  9  P.  M. 
Retnrnlng.  trains  leayePhiii^ielphia  3:20,  3:30.7,  7:30, 

8rf0.  andll   A.  M..  (Limited   Express,   1:35  P.   M.,) 

1:40,  4.  5:30,  7.  and  7:35   P.    M.,   and   12  Midnight. 

On  Sunday   3:20.  3:30.  7,  8:30  A.  M..  4,  7,  7: 35  P.  il., 

and  12  Midnight. 

■ncket  Offices,  Nos.  526  and  944  Broadway,  Ng  1 
Astor  House,  and  loot  of  Desbrosses  and  Cortlandt 
Bts.,  Ng  4  Court  at..  Brooklyn:  Nos.  114,  116.  and  118 
Hudson   St..  Hoboken;    Dppot.   Jbrsey  City.      Emlgraul 

Ticket  Office,  No.  8  Battery  place. 

FRANK  ThOMSO.V.  D.  M.  BOYD.  Jr.. 

General  Manager.    -        .General  Passenger  Agent. 


NEW-YORK     OE.NTKAL     AND     UUD.SON 
RIVER  RAILROAD Commencing 'Dec   24    1876, 

through  traiua  will  leave  Ursnd  Central  Depot: 

7:15  A.  M.,  M'e^em  and  Northern  Express,  with 
drawing-room  carsTo  Cauanlaigua. 

8:30  A  M..  special  Chicago  and  SI-.  Louis  Express, 
with  drawing-ruiim  cars  to  Rochester  and  Butlalg 
Also,  through  car  ro  St.  Louis. 

11:00  A.  M.,  Northern  and  Western  Bxprasi. 

3;30P.  M..  special  Albviy.  Troy  and  Western  Ex- 
press arrives  at  Buffalo  7: 10  A.  M. 

5:00  P.  .M..  Kxpresg  with  siortpin-;  cars,  for  W*tef- 
town  andCananUalguEk  Alsofor  Montrd.*!  yt%  Platts- 
bnrg. 

8:30P  M,.  Pacific  Express,  dally,  with  slceptn-joars. 
lor  Rochester,  Niagara  Falig  Buffalo,  Cleveland.  In- 
dianapolis, and  Loui&viilg  Also  for  Chlcagg  via  both 
T*-  Si  and  M.  C  Railroads,  anu  tu  Montreal  via  St.  Al- 
baog 

11:00  P.  M.,  Kxnrpss.  with  sleeping  oars,  for  Albany 
and  Troy.    Way  trains  as  per  local  Time  Tables. 

Tickets  tor  sain  at  Nos.  252.  v;61,and  413  Broadwa.y, 
and  ut  Wtstooct  Express  Company's  officeg  Nos.  7 
Park  place,  78o  and  94-.i  flro-idwaV  New-York,  and 
333  W^aahmgton  at,.  Brooxlyg 

C  B.  MKBKUii.  Uenerul  Passenger  Agent. 


BRIE  RAILWAY. 

Winter  Arrangement  of  through  trains.  From  Cham- 
bers Street  Depot.    (I'or  23d  st.  see  note  below.l 

9:00  A.  M.,  daily,  except  Snndavg  Ciucinnati  and 
Chicago  Day  Exoress.   Drawinjr-x.iora  coarlios  to  Bnilalg 

10:45  A.  M.,  daily,  except  Sundays,  Express  Mail  for 
Buffalo  and  the  VYeat.    Sleeping  cgicb  to  Buff  ilg 

7:00  P.  M..  daily.  Pacific  Kipresi  to  the  West.  Sleep- 
ing coaches  through  to  Buffalo.  Niagara  Falls.  Cincin- 
nati, and  Cbica:;o  without  cliange.  Hotel  dlnln;;- 
coaches  to  Chicsgg 

7:00  P.  M..  except  Sundays,  Western  Emigrant  traig 

Atmve  trains  leave  Twenty-third  Street  Ferry  at 
8c45  ind  10: 15  A.  M..  and  6:45  P.   M. 

For  local  trains  see  time-tables  and  cards  in  hotels 
and  depots. 

JNO.  N.  ABBOTT.  General  Passenger  Agent. 


NEW-YORH.    NBW-HATBN.    A.ND    HART- 
FORD   RAILROAD. 

After  Deg  10.  187B.  trains   leave  Grand  Central  Do- 

rt  (42d  St.)  for  New-Caanan  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M.. 
4:40  P.  M.;  Uanbiiiy  and  Norwalk  Kallro;id  at  8:03 
A.  M.,  1,  and  4:40  P.^M.;  Nangatuck  Railroad  at  8:'05  A. 
M.,  and  3  P.  M4  Uoosaionic  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M., 
and  3  P.  M.;  New-Usven  and  Northampton  Railroad  at 
8:05  A.  M..  and  3P.  M.;  lor  Newport  at  8:05  A  U.  and 
IP.  M.:  Boston  and  Albany  Railroad  at  8:05  ,nnd 
11  A.  M,  3  and  9  P.  M..  (9  P.M.  on  Sunday:)  Boston, 
(via  Shore  Line,)  at  1  and  10 P.  M.,  (10  P.  AL  on  Suo- 
daygi  Boston  and  New-York  Air  Ling  3  A  M.,  1  and 
11:35  P.M. 
Way  trains  as  per  local  time-tables. 


LEHICiH  VALLEY    UA1L.KOAD. 

AEBaNGEMBNT.        PaSSKNUEK  TRAINS.        JAN.  1. 

1877. 
LeaTe  depots  foot  of  Conlaudt  and  Debrosses  stg.  at 

6:30  P.  M- — Night  Express,  daily,  fir  Kastoa,  Bethle- 
hem, Allentown,  Mauoh  cbunlc,  Wilksbarre.  Pittstog 
Sa^re,  Blmira,  Iihaca,  Auburn,  Rochester.  BnHklo, 
Niagara  Palls,  and  the  West  Puilinaa's  aleepiaz 
coacbea  attached. 

General  Baatem  office  corner  Chtirch  and  Cortlandt 
ata.,  CHARLES  B.  CUMMINQd.    Agent. 

KOBEKT  H.  SAYRB.  Uuperlntcodent  and  Engineer. 


W11;K.K0RD  RAI  LR4IAD  ROU  r  B  TO  NBVV- 
PORT.  R.  I.— Passengers  lor  this  line  take  S:05  A. 
M.  and  1  P.  M.  express  trains  from  Grand  Central 
Depot,  amying  at  4:18  and  8  P.  H.  at  Newport 

THEODORti  WARREN,  Superintendent 


STEAMBOATS. 

STONINGTON  LINE 

POK     BOIdTO^     AND    ALL    PlllNTil     BAST. 

RBDUOBD    FARE. 

^  Blagant  steamers  leave  Pier  Ko.  33  North  Rivsr. 
fuotof  Ja»st.  at  4:30  P.  M. 

Tickets  for  sale  at  til  onncip  U  tiexet  o  doss.  Atata- 
rooms  secured  at  ot&uesof  Westcutt>{xi)ra.i3  OoaipAay 
auUat  Ho.  363  Broadway. 

PROVIiSENC'K    i^ine. 

Freight  only,  steamers  leave  Pier  !»g  27  .'«nrth 
Biyer,  foot.ofPark  place,  at4  P.  M.  Freights  via  either 
Unetakeuat  lowest  rAtM. 

IXS.  BABCOOiC.  P'eg       L.  W.ViLnsi,  'i.    P.  Acent 


FALL   RIVER  LINE 

FOE 

BOSTON  AND    THE    EAST. 

FARES  REDUCED. 

Leave  Neyr-Ynrk  dally.  (Sunday  excepted.)  fromPlac 
So.  28  North  BiTer,  foot  of  .vlarray  st>,  4:30  P.  M. 

BORDEN  &  LOV.-^LL,  Agentg 
GEO.  L.  CONNOR.  General  Passenger  A:;unt. 


FOR      NBW-HAYK.N.     IlAKTFOltU,     «kc — 
Fare  $1 ;  steamers  leave  Peck  slip  for  New-Haven 
at  3  and  11  P.  M., 'connecting  with  road. 


fcV»RUtflDQbPORTAl>'JlALL  POlNr.'H  ON 
Bousatomo  and  .Naagatucic  R.%ilroad.— Vsta  SL 
eamera  leave riathariue  alio  ii.   iI-3<).%.  t. 


ELECTIONS. 


177.) 


Cl.XyBI.AND,  COLCXBUB,    ClNCIITNATI  AND 

Indian APui,!  8  uailwat  Compant. 
CLKysLAND,  O..  Feb  16,  ia77, 

THE  ANNUAL  iMKETIi\ti  O*"  THE  8T0>jK- 
holders  01  this  eompan.y  for  the  election  of  Direc- 
tors, and  lor  tne  trausastion  ot  other  business,  vrill  be 
held  at  the  oiBce  of  the  company  in  Cleveland,  on 
WEDNESDAY.  March  7,  1877. 

The  transfer-book.)  will   be   closed  i^om  the  evening 
of  20th  Inst,  until  March  8.  • 

Quo.  H.   RUSSELL.   Secretary. 


OmCB  OFTHX  ConsomdationCoai.  Co.upant  of] 
Maatland. 


iDATioN  Coal  Co.upant  of  > 
to.  No.  71  BaoADWAT,  > 
Nbw-Yobk,  Feo.  ■-',  1877.  ) 


TBR  ANNUAL  IHBBTIN*.  OP  THE  STOC£- 
hqiaara  of  this  company  for  tha  election  of  Prest- 
dent  and  Oireotors,  and  transaction  of  other  busi- 
ness, yrill  beheld  at  uoon  on  WKUNgSDAY,  the  21at 
inst  The  transfer-books  will  elosn  at  2  o'clock  P.  M., 
On  Iha  10th  iost,  and  reopen  on  the  23d  lust 

H.  C.  UlCKS,  Secretary. 


A  SPECIAL  aiEBTINU  OF  THE  STOCK. 
HOLDERS  ani  elactioo  of  Directors  of  the  St.Joseph 
ana  St  Lonta  Ballroad  Company  will  be  bald  on  me 
S6th  ot  March,  1877,  at  tbe  u'ffice  of  said  company, 
Kg  417  OBya  at,  at  Lou1s,.Mo.,  at  1  o'clock.  P.  M. 

N.  B.  GOULDV,  Seer jtary. 


MUjyOAL^ 

A  GREAT  OFFER!  I»r£l!.^q 

disBSMe  4^  100  PIANOS  «Ss  OttUANo,  new  anU 
aecon^liaNd.  0/  Ant-clasa  makers,  tncindlBg 
UAi'Ktts^.atiawerjpriMd  for  caiU  or  loatali- 
tnenta  or  f  let  sntii  paid  for  than  ever  befoito 

Cf  KiUHT  PIANOMdE  O  KUANS  are  the  UBs  1" 

aloncfl  MoUed,  A  liberal  dUcoant  toXnelyfra, 
MitSaera,  Ohatrehe*.  tie.  Sheet  music  at  ball  price. 
HOKAOB  WATKRS  atSUNS,  iUiMiuretra.  and 
Uealen,  40  Kaat  r4tli  St.,  Ualoa  sgnare.  N.  Y. 


rmNTRALTO  SiNCiEK  WANTED,  ALSO  AN 
Vyorcsnlst,  wr  a  neigDboriDK  town:  zeferancas  re- 
qnlred.    Adbr«w  B.  O.  0.,  Poa*  Offlae  Box  gg  3.168. 


DADOING. 


A  LLKN  j>UD WOUTU'S  OANOING  »CflUOb 

AbbMOYKD  TO  N<X  M81  &Ttt  AVBNOK.    Spring  lann 

BOW  oommendnc.   For  partiaolara  aamt  foe  olcouiac., 

,  jMTWa  JmICM  9X9X1  <U»> 


BANKERS, 

ne  amcl  18  2Vassa,u  st^  IVe-vr-Tork. 

DBALBB8  IN  ALL  If'BOES  OF  QOVEBNMBNT 

SKCURIl'IES. 

NBW-YOEK  CITT 

AND  BROOKLYN  BONDS. 

BUT  AND  SELL  ON  COMMI88I05 

STOCKS.  BONDS,  AND  GOLO. 

ADVANCES  MADB  ON  APPROVED  SBCORITIBS. 

JAb,  A.  TEOWBRIDOK  DONALD  MACKAT. 

LATHAM  A.  FI8H. 


J  SINKINO-FUPIJ)  NOTICE. 

CRICAOO.  MHWACKBB.  AND  8t.  PAtJL    BAItWAT  CO.,       } 

Ng  68  WuLiAW  ST..  Nbw-York,  Deg  26,1876.  J 
Notice  ia  hereby  given  that  tbe  following  bonds  of 
this  company,  of  $1,000  each,  known  as  ConsoHdated 
Sinking-fund  Bonds,  have  been  desigdatod  by  lot  to  be 
paid  at  par  and  accrued  interest  on  presentation  at 
this  office,  according  to  tbe  proylslons  of  the  deed  of 
trust  securing  the  aamg  Tne  numbers  are  aa  fol- 
lowa: 

31,  283,  360,  630,  603,  1,158,  1,191, 
1.223,  1.431,  1,471.  1.482.  1,485,  1,673,  1,744, 
1,774,  1.H13,  3.054,  2,105.  2,121.  2,181,  2,205, 
2,305.  2,415,  2,536,  2,639,  2,078.  2.729.  2.766, 
2,808,  2.812,  2,865,  2,910.  2,925,  3.096.  8,124. 
3,245,  3,309,  3,315.  3.452,  3,508,  3,55d,  4,07.3, 
4,172.  4,309.  4.538.  5,030,  5.250,  5,294,  5,298, 
6,3>!6.     5.462,     5,473,      5,617. 

Intereat  on  these  bonds  will  cease  on  the  1st  day  of 
July,  1877. 

JOLIDS  WADSWORTH.  Vic8  President 


SIX  PER  CENT.  BROOKLYN  CITV  BONDS. 

DXPARTVBVT  OPFlNANCa.  CoNTROLLBR'S  OFFICB.    } 
CiTT  Hall,  Brooklyn.  Feb.  16,  1877.       5 
The  nndcrsiiroed  will  receive  sealed"  pmonsals  at  this 
office  until  Thursday.  March  1,  at  12  o'clock  noon,  (ot 
which  time  they  will    t>e  oponel)  for    the    nurchase  of 
the  whole  or  any  part  of  the  following  loans: 

$600,000 
Six  per  cent,  Brooklyn   Citv  bonds  for  the  completion 
ol  the  New- York  and  Bronkirn  Bridge. 

$300,000  MATURING  IN  19U9.  and 

$300,000   MATUaiN'G  IN    1910. 

COUPON  OB     REGISTERED. 

$250,000 

Fix  percent   ASSESSMENr    KUNu   BoNOS,  W.  k.  S., 

matnrlog  three  years  from  date  of  purchase— Regls- 

tereg 

Proposals  must  state  the  pnce  offered,  (with  accrued 
interest  from  Jag  1  on  Brooklyn  Cit.y  bonds.)  and  de- 
scription of  bonds  desired. 

WILLIAM  BURRKLL.  Controller. 


CHASE  &  ATKINS, 

BANKERS  AND  BROKERS, 

NO.  18  BROAD  STREET.  NEW^-YORK. 

INTEREST  ALLOWED  ON  DEPOSIT  ACCOUNTS 
SUBJECT  TO  DRAFT  AT  SIGHT. 

GOLD.  GOVBRN.MBNT.  8TATB.  MUNICIPAL.  AND 
RAILROAD  SECURITIES  BOUGHT  AND  SOLD  ON 
COMMISSION  FOB  CASH  OK  UPOS  MARGIN. 


VVANTjpD. 

Mobile  and  Ohio  Sterling  Bonds. 

Mobile  and  Ohio  S  p"r  cut.  Interest  Bonds. 

Mississiopi  Ceutral  First  aad  Second  Mortgage  Bondg 

New-Orleans  and  Jackscm  Pint  Mortgage  Bonds. 

Mississippi  and  Tennessee  Fiist  Jiortgage  8  per  cent 
Bonds. 
'  Mississippi  and  Tennesee  Second  Mortgage  Bonds. 

Atlnotio  and  Gulf  Consolidated  Bonds. 

Wpstt^m  Railroad  of  Alabama  Kirst  <Iortgaze  Bonds. 

Western  Railroad  otAlabam.t  Second  Mortgage  Bonds. 

Charlotte,  t'ulumbli  and  Au!rust.i  C'onMiliduted  Bonds. 

Suulh  Qi'orgiiv  and  Fiorida  First  .Mortgage  Bo;id3. 

Cairo  and  Kulion  First  Mortgage  Bonds. 

Alaoama  Class  A  and  B  Bonis. 
FOR  SALE, 
Virginia,  South  Carolina,  and   Lonlsiaua  Consols,  by 

.  ARKMS  U  YOUNG.  No.  9  New  st. 


7  PER  CENT.  STOCKS 

OF  THE 

CITY  OF  NEW- YORK, 

DOB  1886,  1S83.  1890,  1894,  1896, 

FOR  SALE  BY 

GEORGE  K.  SISTARE, 

No.   94  NASrtAU  ST. 


miTIiaPEIIlT 

MDNIClPAIi  BONDS,  DUE  J906.     A  LIMITED 
AMOUNT  FOR   SALE  BY 

KVnN,LOEB  &  CO,,  NO.  SI  NASSAU  ST. 


OCEAN  NATIONAL  BANK. 
ASSETS  AT  AUCTION, 

MARCH  27,  1877. 
For  catalogue  apply  to  ADRIAN  (L  MULLRR  It  CO.. 
No.  7  Pine  st,  or  to  the  Receiver,  No.  21  N:issau  st 

THEODORE  it  DWH.    Receiver. 


GENERAL  ACCOUNTANT,  NOTAIIY  AND 
Commissioner  tor  all  the  States  and  Territories.— 
Old  books  closed,  new  books  opened;  books  and  no- 
counts  citrefully  examined :  titles  searched  with  dis- 
patch :  proof  ol  claims  in  bankruptcy. 

C.  W.  ANDER.-,oN, 

No.  34  Cliff  street.  N.  T. 


AC.  BURNHAHI,  NO.  33  PINE  ST.  NEW-YORK. 
• — Investment  securities  uaying  eight  to  ten  i>er 
cent  forsalg  Weatern  mortgages  a  specialty  lor  six- 
teen yoarg  References  in  New- York,  Bostog  Hurl- 
ford,  and  Philadelphia.    Send  for  lists. 


T.  RIIUIN40N  WARitEN  &  CO. 

WM.  O.  HOKFMAN,  Aurtiomer, 

No.  106  Broadway,  corner  of  Pine  st 

STOCKS.  BONOS,   AND  Er.AL  E^.TA    8. 


BROWN   BROTH  ER.X  A:  CO.. 

NO.  6d   WaLIj  .SI'., 

XhbUE  COMMER<:lAL  and   IRAVBLKRJ    CRhDITH 

AVAILABLE  in    a'l  PAKT.-t   of    the  VVORLIi. 


TO  LOAN  Om   HOND  AND  mORTnAUE— ON 
City  and  Brooklyn  improyed   property.      Address 
Box  Ng  5.434  Pose  office. 


BOND  AND  .>IORT£}AliK.-PEKSON->  UAVl.NO 
money  to  loan  i>ii  best  iniM'OV'^d  City  property,    ad- 
dress L.,  Post  Office  Box  No.  4.673. 


NO. 233  PEARL^T.  AND  NO.  118  JO^N  ST., 

NEW-YORK. 

Manufacturers  of  Lr.mps.  Chandeliers,  Glassware. 
Headlight  Chimneys,  and  also  the  sole  owners  «t  tbe 
celebrated  Drummond  Burner  and  Chimney.  Tbi*  was 
the  only  BUBNBR  and  CHIMNEY  that  recciyed  the 

DIPLOMA  AND  MEDAL 

at  the  Centenni.ll  Exhibition  for  its  PURITY  and  BRIL- 
LIANCY of  FLAME. 

Owing  to  its  GREAT  MERITS  and  SALE,  there  have 
been  many  SPURIOUS  CHIMNEYS  put  upon  the  mar- 
ket under  that  name;  as  our  title  hAS  been  sustained 
by  the  courts  in  evemnstiince.  we  wars  all  pfrsuna 
from  selling  or  usia2  any  ohimuey  under  that  name 
unless  mauufaolnred  by  us. 

Each  chimney  has  the  word  "DRUMMOND"  plainly 
stamped  in  the  base. 

Vs  E  ASK  A  TRIAL  OP  ITS  MERITS. 

For  sale  by  all  daaiero  throughout  the  country. 


ESPANOLA    CIGARS, 

The  subscribers  iiave  made  arrangements  for  tbe  ex- 
clusive sale  of  the  cigars  of  tbis  weli-known  and  cele- 
brated brand,  mauu£*ctured  in  Key  West,  and  invite 
the  attention  of  the  public  to  tbe  full  assoitmtnt  of  all 
the  usual  styles  they  are  now  prepared  to  •  ttir. 

Influenced  by  the  high  duties  on  imported  cigars,  the 
proprietor  of  tne  Bapailola  factory  at  Havana  haa  es- 
tablished a 

BRANCH  IN  KEY  WEST, 

and  is  using  there  the  same  class  of  Vaelto  Abnjo  to- 
bacco as  In  the  Havana  factory,  the  pure  quality  and 
aromatic  flavor  of  which  have  given  «thi8  brand  its 
present  high  credit  among  consumers.  Tbe  pnces  aie 
materially  less  than  for  those  irom  Havana  and  a  com- 
puriaon  will  show  that  they  are  in  every  respect  luliy 
equal.  They  are  offered  in  coune-tion  with  uui  usual 
list  of  HaYBua  Ci.;arg 

I'AKK  Oc  TILFORD, 
Nog  917  and  919  Broadwa.y.  New-Tork. 
ACRBR,  MERRALL  <Se  CONDIT. 
Nos.  130  and  132  Chumiiers.  st.^  .New- York. 


ANNO[;NC£.nENT     TO     BUTCHERS      AND 
CATTLE  DEALER:^. 

'  SAMUEL  POOL  It,  CO.,  LONDON, 

Being  the  largest  Gittle  salesmen  in  England,  and  the 
oldest  established  house  tor  the  sale  of  FORblGN  CaI'- 
TLh  and  MEAT,  ofiera  to  sell,  on  oummlssion,  Oxeo, 
Sheep,  and  Pigs.  aUve  and  killed:  highest  references 
fioia  largest  bankers  in  New-Vork. 
For  particnlarg  address  our  agent, 

mr.  iVI.  ANDUADE,  Ng  81  Nassau  at 


rte 


OVISKR    AND     NEClOriAroU.— AN    hXPE- 

rtenoedgentleinnn  will  negotiate  afiaira,  claims  in- 

yegtments,  Ice,  with  sldll  and  tact  Address  NKQO- 
TIAl'Oa,  Bpx  Ng  277  TlJiaS  UP-ToWN  OFFICE.  »0. 
1,257  BROADWAY.   


EFPS>OOCOA.— ORATKFOL  AND  OOuFoariNa; 
eat-h  paekatis  labelled,  JAM Kj  KPP8  k.  Co..  Hom-^- 
op^taioChamlata.  Ng  48  Thraadaeedle  st  and  No.  170 
Pittcadillv.  Loodog  EoglaBd.    &e w- Yore  Dap jt.  aMlVH 
k  YaNDBBSBBK.  Park  oUug 


WATO^Sj^JEWELRY^^&a 

ONBvlirrDl^IONDSrWATCH^ 

—iHaoMmda,  watohea  Jewell v.eUrar-warg  camePa 

lAawlg  allk,  lig,  banrht  and  sold  back  at  a  vary 

small  advaneg     GEOKeB  0.   ALLKN,  {awaJer.  Mdw 


BO ARDrN<4  AjsB   LODGIKa 

THE  I/F-TOWN'  office  OS    THE  TIMES. 

Tha  up-toyrn  office  of  THX  TIMES  ta  located  at 
No.  1.9d7  Broadwa.T,  bet.  31st  and  3Sd  sts. 

Open  dailjr,  Snndaya  lacinded,  trom  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  H. 
Btthaoxlptto&a  xaaeirad.  iuid  ooplea  of  THE  TIMES  tot 

~  salg 

ADVERTISEMENTS  RKOEIVBD  UNTHi  9  P.  M. 


NOS.  ."il    AND    as  WEST   a5 TH  ST.,  NEAR 
.MADISON      SQUARE.— Elegnntly-fu«-nlshed     rooms 

onseonnd  dnd  tbinl  floors;  lurge  clnaets,  bath-room, 
leg;    table  and  honse  strictl.y  first  class. 


TWO  BLOCKS  FROni  BROADWAY— X.ABOE 
and  small  rooms  to  let:    first-class  hoartL     No.  63 
Bust  4th  at 


PLEASANT     UOOAIS,    WITH      BOARD.    THIRD 
floor;  but  few  boarders;  referenoeg     No.  IIB  West 
45tb  at 


NO.  43  EAST  20TH    ST.— tt4ND>0.«RLY-FUR- 
nished  rooms,  with  board;    table  and  attendance 
first-class;  relerences. 


SCNNY    FRONT    SECONIl.PLOOK  SlJlTBi 
snrenor  board  :  low  for  balance  of  scasog     No.  33 
West  33d  Bt. 


■I\rO.  67  WEST  38  I'H  SiT.-HANDSOME  PABLOR 
XI  and  bedro  m  on  upper  floor:  alao,    hall  room  on 

thlr  I  floori    private  table  only.  * 


NO,  73    EAST  61ST  ST.  -  A    SECoND-STOSr 
large  room  to  let,  with  flrst-cla^s    board.      Ser- 
vants have  been  with  ns  for  venrs. 


NO.    Vi    GRADIKRCY     PARK..-0NE    HAND- 
somi-ly  furnished  room,  with  board,  on  parlor  floor; 
alsohall-rooig 


NO.  as  VVE?*t'    330    ST.— llAND.SOMi^    ROOMS 
on  second  floor  to  let,  with  board;     terms    mod- 
erate: references. 


N 


JO.  3  WEST  4iO   ST.  — HAND.SO.MH    ROO.M  ON 
second  floor,  with  hour  J:   reterence  exchanged. 


AL/tOY  WEARY  OFBOARDINU  FURNISHED 
a  "  Bijou  "  of  a  house;  would  rent  rooms  to  select 
gentlemen  who  appreoin'e  and  are  willing  to  pa.y  for 
refined  aurroundlngi;  location  West  26th  at.  n'-ar 
Broad-vay.  Aildreas  CI'LTUitE.  Box  No.  263  TIMES 
UP-TOWN  OKFIC.-:.  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


ri"<0  REfWT— TO  GE.VTLBilK.N  O.NLY.  WITHOUT 
JL  board,  two  or  three  ulcely-fninished  rooms  at 
moderate  prices,  in  private  house,  neigbtiorhood  ot 
Madison  nr.  and  32d  at.  Address  COMFORT.  Box  Ng 
267  TIMKS  Ur-TOiVN  OFPlCK.  N  ».  1.257  BROADWAT. 


IVTO.  56  9l'H   ST..  FEW  DOOR.S    WEST  OF 

ll  BRO.iDWAY.- Nicely  furnished  parlors  and  bed- 
rooms, near  restaurants;  Ineakfast  it  desired;  neat, 
dniet  house:   references  oxcb.tn^ed. 


A  LARUE    KUUMSUED    ItOO:>l,     GRATE 
tire,    to  let  to  one  -or  two    gentlemem    No.    137 
Eiiet  40:hst 


NO.    ai  l-«    WEST    32(D    S'I'.-TO    LET,   AN 
office  to  physician  or  dentist;  also  furnished  rooms, 
witaout  board,  to  gentlemen 


tl^URNISMED   ROO.IIS   FOR  GENTLEinEN 
'onlv.    Ho.  84  East  L'Oth  st 


HOTELS^ 

THE  ROYAL  VICTOKIA  HOTEL, 

NASSAU,  6AHA.1A  ISLANDS 

For  fhU  information  ipply  ti 

JAMolS  LIDOER^VOOD  i.  Oa, 

No.  7jS  droidwiv.  Mew-Yor'c. 


LEGAL^TIOES. 

SUPRB.TIB  COURT.-  CllY  ANU  tlOUNTY  OF 
New. Vork.— JOHN  JACOB  ASToK,  Wtllmm  Astor. 
Franklin  U.  DcUuo.  John  tarcy.  Junior,  William  W. 
Astor,  and  Charles  F.  Suuthmavd,  us  Exei  ntors  of  tue 
laat  will  and  testament  of  William  B.  Asior.  deoi-ased, 
plaintiffs,  against  CHARLES  b.  VVOOi).  and  Antoinette 
K.Wood,  lis  wile,  Sarih  M.  Starr,  Frederick  Wood, 
ludiv'iiinally  and  as    sole   acting  Kxecuiur  of  tlielasi 

will  ana  testament  of  David  A.  \Vood.  deceased.  James 
Buell.SyivaBiu  J.  Jdacv,  llor.ice  Ripley,  Edgar  S  Hicks. 
BdwaidM.  Ueduey.  The  Tenth  Natljnal  Bank  of  the 
Citv  ot  New-V>tk.  AlexiiU(i<-r  Irvine,  Tbe  Erie  Railway 
Comuany,  Hugh  J.  Jeweit.  us  ueceivor  of  the  property 
of  The  i.rie  Railwu.v  Company.  Lewis  J.  Binsse.  Alfred 
Binsse,  Augustus  V.  Biusse,  R<iward  binsse,  Emily 
Louisa  Mouiioii,  I'he  Lawrenccville  Cement  Comonuy, 
Arctiiljald  Ullles.  AUi;U-t  J.  Pitris.  Peter  VV.  A.  Aieyer, 
Jacob  huck,  btepiicu  Bitzird,  William  Drenuen, 
Thomas  H.  ilonstery,  .AmosS.  Rogers,  Frauds  W.  Blond- 
good.  Francis  S.  Brown,  and  Enoch  ^.  llineks,  defend- 
ants.— Summons  for  reliet:— (Com.  not  served.) — To  tbe 
defend  tnts  above  named,  and  eacii  of  them:  Vuuare 
hereby  summonrd  and  required  tu  answer  tbe  cum- 
pluiut  in  this  tiction.  uhich  will  be  Hied  In  the  office  of 
thu  Clerk  ui  the  t  ity  aud  Ciiiiuty  of  .Vew-Yotk,  at  the 
Conn-house  in  said  Cii  v,  and  to  surve  a  cupv  of  your 
anower  to  toe  said  complaint  on  the  suOs};rlbeis,  at 
their  ufUce,  uumner  oM  Wall  street,  iu  tbe  City  of  ^iew- 
York.  tvitUiu  twi-atydajs  alter  the  seryiceuf  tbissum- 
mnus  on  jon.  exclusive  oi  the  day  of  sucii  service,  and 
it  you  tail  to  udswit  tb"  said  cooipiaint  vritbiti  tbe 
lime  aforesal  I,  tbe  pliiiutiffi  iu  tuis  action  will  apply 
tu  the  cuuit  to>'  the  relief  dem:*odcd  in  the  compluiuu 
—Dated  January  9.  ls;77. 

bVARTs.  SOUTIIMAYD  t  CHOATB, 
l-laiutitt;i'  Attorneys. 

The  complaliit  In  the  above-eniitio.i  sciIod  w-h  .luly 
filed  in  the  otUce  of  tho  Clerk  ot  the  City  ;iud  County 
uf  New* York,  iu  tuo  (  ouil-buus;  la  suid  City,  on  tbe 
math  day  of  Jauuary.  1ST7. 

hVAUTS,  SOUTII.VI  AYD  t  CHOATB, 

n4-l.iwGwW  i'liiiitiir»'  Attorneys. 


C<UPRE.ME  COURT.  COU.NTY  Ol^  QUBEN.S.— 
lORICUArtD  I>OWELL,  plaiutill.  against  JA.N'E  K. 
I'OWLIS,  S;npca  A.  bwnlni  and  Jennie  A.  Swaira  his 
n  lie.  Leo  C.  Des-iar  and  .Mislress  Lent'.  Uessar  hii 
wile,  Simon  *>l.  Ebmcb  and  Mistress  ."^imun  M.  hhrlich 
his  wlte,  I'atrici.'  Ua<le  and  Mm;rcsj  I'sitriek  llade  his 
wie,  Richard  P.  Me»«iter  ami  .Mistress  Richard  P. 
.Mea^iter  his  wife.  Abraham  Colien  nml  Mistress  .^br.!- 
bam  Cohen  his  wii'c,  deteudants. — Summons  for 
leiief. — Com  nut  beived. — To  tlio  defend'iuta  above 
named  and  each  of  theui:  Ygu  are  hereby  suin- 
moned  and  required  to  answer  th  '  complaint  in  tins 
aeiiiin,  wnich  wili  be  tiled  in  (lie  office  oi  tho  C:erk  of 
the  County  of  Queens,  at  the  vill.ige  of  ianiaica  in  the 
said  County,  aud  to  aervo  a  coji.v  ot  your  answer 
to  tbe  said  complaliit  on  tho  siibserilier,  at. 
his  olflce,  No.  4>i  Court  street,  in  tbe  City 
of  Brooklyg  County  ol  K'Ugs,  v.iciilu  twenty 
davs  after  tne  service  nf  this  summons  on  .\ou.  exclu- 
sive of  the  d.iy  oi'  such  atttrioi- ;  aud  if  .you  fail  to  an- 
Bwr  the  said  cumplaiul  wkIiiii  the  time  :Uoresaid.  the 
plaintiff  in  this  action  will  apply  to  thu  court  for  the 
relief  demanded  In  the  comi>l:iiiit. — Uateg  Uronlciyu, 
Dccemoer,  13,  Iblo.  JOHN  IL  KNAEBi-L, 

I'laintifi's  Attorney. 

The  said  complaint  was  duly  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
Clerk  of  the  County  ot  Queens,  nt  the  village  of  Jamai- 
ca, iu  the  said  eimiity.  and  .'state  of  New- lurk,  on  the 
15th  day  Janu:iry,  i877. 

John  H.  KNAEBEL,  Phtlntlff's  Attorney. 

Ja24-law6wW* 


SUPRE.1IE  I'OURT— CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF 
.Vew-YorK.— .MUllltAY  HILL  B \.NK,  of  tbe  City  of 
^ew-y•>rk.  piainiiif.  against  MARTHA  li.  SMITH  and 
A.  F.  SMITH,  (letendanig — Summons  for  a  money  de- 
mand on  contrHct. — (Cum.  mt  served.) —  to  the  delend- 
ants  aoovu  named  and  each  of  tliera:  You  are  here uy 
st:mmoned  and  required  to  answer  the  complaint  in 
this  action,  wUlcli  will  bo  tiled  in  the  offlce  of  the 
Clerk  of  the  City  aud  County  ot  New-York,  at  the 
County  Court-hunsc,  New-Vork  City,  and  to  serve  a 
copy  of  .your  Bnaw7r  to  the  said  complaint  on  the  sub- 
scribers, at  their  <  ffice,  number  ir>4  'Nassau  street, 
( Tri'-iinc  Building. )  ill  sai'l  (  Itv, within  twenty  days  after 
tbe  service  oi  tb  is  suumions  on  you.  excliitivo  ot  the  day 
of  snob  service;  aud  if  you  fail  to  answer  li  essid  com- 
plaint within  tbe  tiuio  ufoiosaid,  the  plaintiff  in  this 
aeiiou  will  taKe  Juni;meut  against  you  for  the  sum  of 
ten  hundred  and  utuety-flvt^  Hnd  77-100  dollars,  with 
iutciest  thereon  from  the  th  rteenth  day  of  August, 
one  thousand  clgbr  hiiudred  and  seventr-slx,  besides 
the  costs  of  this  action. — Dated  at  ^ew-York,  Jag  19, 
1877.  hUNK.t.E  it  kNGLEUAKT, 

Plaiutifl''s  Attoroejg 

The  comnlaiat  in  tbis  action  waa  duly  hied  iu  the 
office  ot  tho  (Jlerk  of  the  City  und  County  of  New-York 
on  the  8th  day  of  February,  1S77.— Dated  New-York, 
Febiuar.T  12,  1877.        BUNKLli  &  liNULnHART, 

fl4-law6wW*  PlffsAttyg 


tlCPRE.HE  COURT— CITY  A^D  COUNTY  OF 
ONew-lork.— 5AMUKL  B.  JANK8,  Assignee  of  Ben- 
jamin Collins  and  John  Buwne,  plsiniili,  against 
WILLIAM.  BORciOWK.  and  Juabua  B.  VVrlghc  as 
Trustee  under  tbe  last  will  and  testament  of  James 
Barrow,  decea;ed.  Fanny  Borrowe,  Sarah  iloll.y,  Alice 
Barrow,  Isabella  Osgoid,  Franklin  UsKood,  Thomas 
Barrow,  Maty  K.  barrow,  tind  Caroline  8.  Urcen, 
defendants.  Summons. — KorrelUf.  (Com.  not  served.) 
— To  tbe  defnndiints  above  named:  Vou  are  hereby 
summoned  and  required  to  answer  the  complaint  lu 
this  uuiiog  whicii  will  bo  Oled  iu  the  office  of  the 
Clerk  of  tbe  Cit.y  nnd  County  of  New-Yoik  at  the 
County  Court-boiide  in  said  City,  and  to  aerve  a  copy 
of  your  answer  to  tho  auid  complaint  on  the  aubsoriber, 
at  hia  office  No.  37  Pine  alreet.  New-York  City,  within 
twenty  days  after  the  service  of  this  summons  on  you, 
exclusive  of  the  day  ot  such  service  ;  and  if  you  fail  to 
answer  tbe  said  oomplalnt  within  the  time  aforesaid, 
the  plaintiff!  I  tbis  aetiou  will  anply  to  tbe  court  for 
tbe  relief  demanded  in  tbe  complaint — Dated  Novemi  er 
20,  187tv   JOSEPH  K.  MURRAY,  Plaintiff's  Attomc.y. 

The  complaint  ia  thu  apure  entitled  action  waa  duly 
filed  In  the  office  of  ihe  Clerk  of  the  t^ty  aud  County  of 
Now- V'ork,  iu  the  I  ounty  Court-house  iu  said  City  on 
the  23d  day  ol  November.  lb7B. 

JOSKPH  IL.  MURRAY.  Plaintiff's  Attorney. 

fU-law6«rW» 


AS;?ItxNEE»S  NOTICE.- NOTICE  IS  HEREBY 
given  that  GKORUK  HATHA  WAY,  of  Ocean  town- 
ship, Monmoutli  County,  New-Jerse.y,  hath  this  day 
made  an  assignment  to  the  suttscriber  for  the  equal 
benefit  of  hia  creditors,  i>ud  tiiat  said  creditors  must 
present:  rhelr  cl  ims  under  oath  or  affirmation  to 
the  subscriber  within  three  mouths  Irom  date  nereot, 
oil  be  forever  barred  from  coming  in  fur  a  diyldendof 
hm  estate.— Dated  January  29,  1877. 

HUNUY  B.  SUUlvMAN,  Assignee, 
17-law3wVV*  Long  Branch,  N.  J. 


.  1.  PAPER  Hangings  manufactory. 

For  Sale  or  to  Lease— Large  and  aliglble.  coutalniag 
64.000  square  feet  of  fluor  spxce,  with  ample  .yard 
room,  situated  on  Simmons  st.  Bo^itou.  together  with 
all  the  MAUUINliHY  .  E.V  PitlNl'S  CUT  THIS  KhAR, 
TOOLS,  UTK:>.31LS.  ANt>  FIXTURES  fir  the  manfac- 
tu-.e  of  paper  hangings,  colors,  and  the  repairing  of 
machinery,  be,  with  Ste.<m  biugiue,  Sliaiting,  Belting, 
aud  Steam  and  Gas  Fixtures,  all  complete.  The  ma- 
cbinery  is  in  tne  very  best  conditlog  and  ot  the  most 
approved  and  labor-aaym«  kind,  nnd  at  preaent  in  full 
operation.  It  wili  b«  void  or  leased  in  whole  ar  in 
part,  on  highly  favorable  terms.  1  be  Duiiaiugs  are  so 
arranged  tnat  they  can  he  occupied  entire  or  divided. 
Foriortber  uarticnlara  address  No.  147  Fcank^ln  St., 
Boatog  Masg 


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eatabllshed  and  profitable  busineas.  centrally  lo- 
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and  iheet'lron  ware,  hoiue-iumishtng  goods,  and  gen- 
eral lobbing  work;  a  capital  of  $S.0OO  required.  Ad- 
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Bocheaier,  Kg  16  South  St.  Paul  at 


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-i3IUSBMENTS. 

MARTHA  WASHINGTON 

RECEPTION 

AND 

GARDEN  PARTY, 

IN  AID  OF  THB 

Poor  of  New-York, 

VNDBR  THE  ADSPIOES  OV 

ST.  JOHN'S  GUILD, 

ACADEMY  OF   MUSIC 

AlfD 

NILSSON    HALL, 

FEBRUARY    22,    1877. 

Beantiftil  Floral  Display. 
Appropriate  Decorations* 
Fourteen  Bowers*  Representinsr 

AOIBRICA. 

BESSIA, 

GERMANY, 

ENGLAND, 
FRANCE, 

SFAin, 

ITALT, 

eSBBCE, 
BRAZIL. 

MEXICO, 

ICELAND, 

MOUNT  VEBNON. 

REBECCA  At  THE  WBLL. 

GYPSY  CAMP. 

ONE  HUNOBBD  LADIBS  ATTIBBO  IN  CBARAUTBK- 

I3TIC  COSTUMES,   TYPICAL  OF  THE  BESPBOTIVE 

BOWBBS. 

MEMET  DE  Li  CODB 

under  the  direction  of  WILLIAM  B. 
DEGARMO,  to  be  danced  at  10  o'clock 
by  Ladies  and  Gentlemen  In  the  cos- 
tume of  Louis  XIY.  and  Louis  XYI. 

AFTER  WHICH 

GRAND  BALL  IN  THE  ACADEMY 

AND 

GARDEN    PARTY    IN  NILSSON    HALL. 

MUSIC  BY  BERNSTBIN'i4  ORCHESTRA 

AND 
GRAFULLA^S    AND    DOWNING'S  BANDS. 

SUPPER  FURNISHED  BY  EXPBBIENCRD  CATBBBR8 
UNOEB  TBB  PERSONAL  SUPBBVISION  OF  TEE  BX- 
ECDTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

FOREIGN  CONSOLS,  0FPICKE9  OF  THH  ABMT 
AND  NAVY  AND  OF  THE  NATIONAL  OUABD  ARB 
BSQUBSTBD  TO  APPEAR  IN  UNIFORM. 

LADIES  AND  GSNTLBMSN  ABE  CORDIAIiLT  IN- 
VITED TO  APPEAR  IN  THE  C08TUMB  OP  100 
TEARS    AGO. 

ENTIRE  NKT  PROCBEDS  OF  THE  EECEPTION, 
SUPPER,  AND  HAT-ROOM  TO  BE  DEVOTED  TO 
THE   POOR. 

TICKETS  MAT  BE  HAD  AT  THB  GUILD  BOOMS, 
NO.  42  BAST  14TH  ST.,  OF  THB  UANAGBBS.  ALSO, 
OF  TTSOIJ,  AT  THE  WISDSOB,  GILSBT,  FIFTH  AVE- 
NUE,  AND   ST.   NICHOLAS  HOTELS. 


NIBLO>S  GARDEN. 

KIRALFY  BROTHERS Lessees  and  Managers 

LAST  NIGHTS,     LAST  NIGHTS,     LAST  NIGH'TS, 

of 

AROUND  THE  WORLD. 

Trill  Its  DAY,  March  1, 

Oflbnbach's  great  Musical  tixtravuganza, 

A   TRIP  TO  THE  MOON. 

WASHINGTON'S  BIRTHDAY, 

GKAND     HOLIDAY     MATI.NEE. 


OLYMPIC  THEATRE. 


NO.  624  BROAWAY. 


ROUND 

TUE 
CLOCK, 


THB  SUCCESS  OP  1877. 

GRAND    EXTRA    HATINKB 

WASHI.NUTON'S  BIRTHDAY.  THURSDAY, 

ALSO    WEDNESDAY    AND    SATVttDAT. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MINSTRflLS. 

OUR  HASH-HO0SB. 
EECEIVBD  WITH   ROARS  OF  LAUGHTER  NIGHTLY. 


preach  to-night  in  the  charoU  of  the  Holy  Trinity, 
Madison  av.  and  42d  st,  at  7:45  o'clock.    Seats  free. 


ASSIGNB  K^SSALE^^^^r^rTUlTDISTRrc^^ 
of  the  United  States  tor   the   Southern  DistHot   nf 
Nsw-Yurk.— In  the  matter  df  THOMAS  A.  VYSE,  Ja., 
John    U.    vv  aLLER,  aod   JOHN    U.  WEBER,    bauk- 
rupta- In  Banitruptc.y. 

'Phe  underfaigaeu  will  sell  at  public  auctioa,  ADRIAN 
H.  UULLKU  l(..S«N.Auoiioaeers.  for  cash, on  vVKDNKS- 
DAV.  the  14th  day  of  March,  1877,  at  twelve  .o'clock 
at  noon,  at  the  Exchange  Sales-room,  No.  Ill  Broad- 
way, New-York  City,  the  follawlDg  property  belonging 
to  111*  eslatv  of  Thomas  A.  Vy ae.  Jr.,  and  Vyae  tt  Com- 
pany, tou  bankrupta  feereln : 

The  interest  of  Thomas  A".  Vyse,  Jr..  under  the  deed 
of  settlement  aud  will  of  his  pateraal  grandfather, 
Thomas  Vyse.  deceased,  of  London,  and  under  the  w  11 
of  his  t'utber  Thomas  A.  Vyae.  deceased,  also  ot  Lou- 
don, kuirject  to  advances  heretofore  made  aggregating 
£13,U0u  aterliDC,  togetber  vlib  tbe  interest  of  Thorn* 
us  A.  Vyse,  Jr.,  in  three  tile  lusuiaace  poUoiaa,  aggre- 
gating £5o,o0o.  sntdeot  to  a  lien  for  tbe  above  ad- 
vances ;  a  olatoi  a^iaiast    WliUam    Lalor,    oi  New- York 

City,  loi  dividends  on  a  proof  of  debt  flied 
against      the      estate      of      Thomas      A.      V.yse, 

Jr.,  for  $5,914  02:  a  claim  against  William 
Lalor,  Joseph  U.  Coleman,  and  Thsmaa  J.  Creamer,  all 
of  New-York  City,  tor  dividends  payable  from  the  Indi- 
Tidual  estate  ui  Thomas  A.  Yjm,  Jr,  on  a  proof  ot 
debt  lor  $13,514  9iJ  filed  agatast  said  estate;  a  claim 
against  Llewellyn  F.  Barry  aad  Thoma*  J.  Morg  of  the 
City  of  New-York,  for  dlyidenus  on  a  proof  of  aebt. 
amuuntlngto  $17,112  b4,  filed  against  the  indlviduiil 
estate  of  Thomas  A.  Vyse.  Jr.;  aud  two  cl!<ims  against 
Ueman  J.  Redfield.  Collector,  tor  $6,000,  suitJecl  to  a 
contract  fbr  collecting  tbe  same. 

One  imdivided  one-half  interest  In  United  States  pat- 
ent Ng  t>l.V74  for  improvement  in  tbe  manutacture  of 
dies  lor  imitation  straw  goods ;  also,  oae  undivided 
half  interest  iu  tb«  following  U.  b.  patents,  to  wit: 
Nos.  103,198.  13U.222,  130,223,  132.333,  144,648, 
72  322;  also,  one  uudirlded  half  interest  in  Canadian 
patent  Ng  1,725,  aud  Bolsian  patent  Ng  31,222,  aud 
two  cngliah  pateuts,  Nos.  2.740,  A.  D.  1872,  and  701. 
A.  D.  1874.  and  la  Fraoh  patent  Ng  86,798,  all  tbe 
foregoing  patents  being  fur  imptrovements  lu  £ibrlcs 
for  carpet  lininga,  lit'.,  to  be  Sola  subject  to  agreement 
heretDlore  made  bv  Vyse  k.  Company  with  'lYeated  Ik 
Kendall,  ai  New-York  City. 

ibe  right,  title,  and  interrat  of  V.y4e  fc  Company  on- 
der  United  States  patent  iNo.  125, '/40j  for  an  improve- 
uent  in  maaufacturlng  hallow  articlea  from  paper 
piUg 

The  right,  title  and  interest  of  Vyse  k.  Company  on- 
aer  United  S.ates  patents  for  Impruvemeuta  In  ma- 
chines tor  pressing  hats,  to  wit:  Nog  2U,837,  63,083, 
&7,b88,  0f>.3u8.  and  all  other  right,  title,  aud  interest 
of  Vyae  &  Company  under  three  certain  agree  mem  a 
BUbleot  to  whioa  tbe  foregoing  patents  are  sold,  dated 
as  follows,  to  wit :  December  6,  liil67,  between  Oliver 

Carpenter  &  Company  and  Aaron  H.  Morse  and  Muu- 
roo  Morse:  January  'J,  1871,  between  Oliver  Car- 
penter At  Company  and  Aaron  H.  Morse  and  Mnn- 
roe  Morse  and  Vyse  It  Company;  aud  January  2^, 
1877,  between  Aaron  H.  Morsu  nnd  Muuroe  Morae, 
W  iliium  T.  Cook,  and  Samuel  Shetbar.  Asstgnea  of  Vyse 
It  Company,  bankrupts. 

One  undivided  half  interest  iu  United  States  patent 
Ng  60,088.  lor  an  1  jiprovemeut  In  machines  for  prass- 
In:  bats;  also  the  interest  ot  Vyse  It  Company  lu 
United  States  patent  Ng  130, 173,  subject  to  an  ugree- 
mant  with  Asa  H.  loiiag  aad  WiUiiun  II.  Yuuug;  also, 
tbe  interest  of  Vyse  u.  Company  in  United  states  pat- 
ent No.  49,u48,  being  an  inTeuliou  toi  expanding  and 
contraoting  tranuet  uiockg 

A  claim  against  William  Lalor,  of  Naw-York  City,  tor 
the  sum  of  $930  88,  together  with  a  ttutfisr  claim 
agaiust  him  f.,r  any  dividends  on  the  proof  of  debt 
filed  against  the  estata  of  Vyse  k,  Cosnpaay  lor 
$d,d62  66;  also,  the  interest  of  Vyse  It  Company  in  an 
agreement  dated  October  28, 1874,  between  George  W. 

Bweene.y  aud  Vysa  fe  Compaoy  tortbo  owoeiantp  of  an 
Invenclon    for    manufacturing    carpet    llulugs    oat    of 

ragetabia  produoia ;  also,  tne  right,  title,  and  interest 
of  Vyae  k  Company  in  and  under  agreement  dated 
February  28,  1870.  oetween  Brastua  P.  Carpenter  and 
Oliver  carpenter  It  Company. 

The  undersigned  wUl  also  sell  at  puoHc  aiustion,  for 
cash,  mILLIaM  TOPPIKU  It  8Ui.S,  Auctioneers,  on 
March  15,  1877,  at  eleven  o'clock  A.  JU.,  at  No.  132 
Cbnzeb  Btraut,  New-YorKCity,  the  following  property 
belonging  to  the  haakropta  herein :  i<>y«  kuadiad  aiMl 
flf tT'two  i062)  caaes,  oontaiaiag  ona  thouaaad  a>x  hun- 
dntdandtwentT-fiyaaud  eight-tiralftha  (l,6!ld  8-12) 
doaeg  m«r«  ox  lesg  of  hats  ana  bonneta,  ior  women's 
wear,  known  to  iha  trade  aa  Manila  atamsoA  batg 

AST  in^aiattoQ  ragardipg  tha  aais  wtU  pa  faralahad 
on  appUoation  bt  tb«  badaxalgaed  or  tn  hia  aelicitoxs. 

By  ornar  of  tha  Mwtorahle  bamOKL  BLaXuHVOBX), 
Jnua  of  tka  Otattlot  Ooarl  of  tha  United  stataa  to*  tba 
Boanie>&  Otatrtot  of  Ha  w.Tark. 

BAMCll  BEBTBAB,  Aaalnag 
Ng  MS Bxaadway.  Nav-YorkOkr. 
Caataa  4t  Mtacm.  salMltata  fer  Aaatcaae.  Kg  |4C 


BnB9B9BBa|B9S9BKaa9BBB 

AMUSEMENTS. 


BOOTH'S  THEATRE. 


3IBD  WBBK. 


BNOBMOUS  SUCCBS8  of  q^WR'ni^MtBAT  PIiAY. 
"FIFTH  AVENUE.*' 

)  GEORGE    RIGNOLD  aa  tha  Hero. 

*,*  Tha  t>l»»  abounda  with  illnstrations  of  the  uaoo- 
liar  phaseg  thrilling  inoltleats,  tMid  sensational  occnr- 
reneea  of  LIFE  IN  THE  QRBAT  METROPOLIS  as  It 
waa  In  1863. 

ACTL 
PiataMa  thh  SINKING  OF  AN  OCEAN   8TBAHBB. 
^  ,  ACT  IL 

tnotntes  8CBNB8  IN  WALL  STEMT. 

ACT  III. 
Pletnrea  the  LAUNCHING  OP  THB  UONITOB. 

ACT  IV. 
Piotnrea  Fifth  avenua  by  nUht,  and  the  MXTBDBK  OF 
MS.  BOUOYLBR,  tha  banker.    A  thrilling  aceng 

ACT  V. 
Piotnrea  tbe  return   of  the  gallant  SBVBNTH  BBOI- 
UENT  utm  tbelr  conflict  with  tbe 

RIOTERS    OP    18S3. 

*•*  SPECIAL  MATIN  KB  on  Washington's  Birthday. 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  FAINTBRS  IN 

Water  Colors. 

TKNTHAITNUAL  EXHIBITIOlf 

WILL? SOON *CLOSE.    ' 

NATIONAL  ACADEMY  OF  DESIGN, 
Comer  of  4tb  av.  and  33d  at. 

Open  dallT  (Sundays  exoeptad) '  ftom  9  A.  AL  until  6 
P.  H.,  and  from  7  nntil  10. 


UNION  MdUAUB  THEATRE. 

Proprietor ...Mr.  BBERIDAN   SHOOK 

Manager Mr.  A.  M.  PALMER 

UNEQUIVOCAL  SUCCESS  OF 


THE  DANJCHEFFS.  { 

The  inost  effective  of  the  many  good  plays  piodneed 
at  the  Union  Squ  ire  Theatre. — ^fventnc  Post. 
HOUSE   CROWDED    AT    EVERY   fiEPBESkNTATION. 


TO-MORROW  TWO  PERFORMANCES. 
AFTERNOON   AT    1:30,    EVENING    AT    &         i 

SATURDAY  AT    1:30,    FOURTH   MATHCEB  OP 
THE  DANICHBFFS. 


PARK  THEATRE.  Broadway  and  22d  at. 

(Convenient  to  all  the  vopalar  linea  of  travel.) 

HENRY  E.  ABBEY Lessee   and  Manager. 

Fourth  week  af  tbe  great  comedy  success  of  Che  sea- 
Bog  Ever.y  evening  at  8.  special  Thuraday  Matinee 
and  Saturday  at  2,  Mn  Leonard  Grover's  brilliant  and 
amusing  American  Comedy  in  four  acts,  entitled 

"OUR  BOARDING  HOUSE." 

With  Messrs.  Stuart  Robson,  W.  H.  Crang  W.  B.  Sheri- 
dan, T.  E.  Moms,  H.  Little,  A-  H.  Stuait.  J.  W.  Carroll. 
W.  J.  Cogswell.  Mrs.  A  F.  Baker,  Miasea  Maud  Uarri- 
aou,  Aliie  Dorrlngton,  Virginia  Buchanan,  Minnie 
Doyle,  Meta  Bartlett,  Roberta  Norwood.  "  It  Is  very 
we'll  Acted."— £»n»fn^  Po$t.  Reserved  seats  In  bal- 
con.y,  50  cents;  dress  circle,  $1 ;  orchestra,  $1  60.  Ad- 
mission, 50  cents  and  $1.  Boxes,  38  and  $16.  Free 
list  absolutely  suapendeiL 

SPECIAL  MATIN  KK  THURSDAY,  22d,  at  2  P.  IL 


STARTLING  ATTRACTIONS  AT 
THE  GREAT   NEW-YORHL  AQUARIUM, 

Broadway  and  35th  st- 
NEW  FEATCBHol    NEW   ADDITIONS  1 1  Wonderfol 
Blndder-noae  Cieal,  onl.y  one  ever  brought  alive  to  this 
City.  l3  Enormous  man-eating  Alligators,  15  feet  long. 
Lake  White  Fish,  only  ones  ever  transported  alivg 
Lampre.ys.  Living  Glass  Snakes,  Flying  KoXeg 
All  kinds  ol  Water  Life  and  Cuiosities. 
Prof.  STARR'S  ASTONISHING  EXHIBITION.  Magni- 
fying minute  marine  objects  to  10,000  limes  their  nat- 
ural slzg  Mr.  M.  O'EEARDON  and  his  Tumbleronicon. 
All  the  Marine  and  other  Wonders  and  Marvelg 

AFTER NOO.V  AND    KVBNISG    CONCERTS. 
ADMISSION  50  CENTS:    CHILDREN  HALF  PRICE. 


NEW  BROADWAY  THEATRE, 

BEOADWaT  AND  30TH  8T, 
OUR     B  O  FS, 

nitutrated  by  distinguished  artists  speeiaUy  engaged. 

EVERY  EVENLVG  AT  8.      MATINEES  THIS  DAY 

AND  SATURDAY  AT  2. 

SPECIAL     HOLIDAY      MATIHEB       WASHINGTON 'B 

BIRTHDAY,  FEB.  22.  AT  2.    POPULAR  PRICES. 


HELLER'S  WONDER   THEATRE. 

EVERY  EVENING  AT  8. 

The  Third  Programme. 

Everything  new  and 

more  wonderiul  than  ever. 

BOBERT  HELLER.  MISS  EELLBB. 

Matir,4es  Wednesday  and   Saturday  at  2. 

Cliiidreu  half  price  to  Matineeg 

Extra  Matinee  WASHINGTON'S  BIRTHDAY. 


C BICKERING  HALL.— MR.  AND  MRS.  CARL 
FEININGKH'S  fourth  music  recital,  WEDNESDAY 
EVEM."«G,  Feb.  21.  1877.  Compositions  by  Bach, 
Schuliert,  Oade,  Kalliwoda,  Wieniawsky.  and  others. 
Admission  $1 :  reserved  sea's  50  cents  eitrg  Tickets 
can  be  obtained  m  advance  at  Ohlckering  Hall  and  at 
Schirmer'a,  Ng  701  Broadway. 


fesAN  FRANCISCO  MINSTRELS. 

OUR  HASH-HOUSE. 
TELLS  OF  APPLAUSE.  DELIGHTFUL  SHOUTS. 


BAjSKBUPT    NOTICES. 

IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
States  for  the  Southern  District  of  New- York.— In 
Bankiuptcv— In  the  matter  of  JAPHET  -H.  THORP 
aud  EDMUND  A.  TUOKP,  bankrupts — No.  5,450— 
Assignee's  Sale.— The  undersigned.  Assignee  In  bank- 
ruptcy of  tbe  estate  .and  effects  ot  tbe  above-named 
bankrupts,  hereby  gives  notice  that  he  will 
sell  at  public  auction,  (by  Richard  Ya  Har- 
nett, auctioneer,)  at  the  sales-rooms.  No.  Ill 
Broadwa.y.  in  the  City  of  New-YorK,  on  the 
seventh  day  of  March,  1877,  at  twelre  o'clock 
noon,  the  following  described  property  of  the  said 
bankrupts,  to  wit.:  4-49  interest  of  the  said  Jaohet  M. 
Thorp  nnd  Edmund  A.  Thorp,  bankrupts,  In  and  to 
the  premises  situate  on  the  north-east  corner  ot  Third 
avenue  and  Eighty-sixtn  street,  known  as  Parepa  Hall, 
held  by  them  under  a  certain  agreement  bearing  date 
8th  April,  1874 :  also  168  shares  of  the  building  stock 
ot  tho  East  Side  Association,  includiag  any  interest 
which  said  bankrupts  may  have '  acquired  in  personal 
property  neretofore  held  by  tbe  Bast  Side  Associatiom 
—Dated  New- York,  Feb.  8th.  1877. 
fl4-law3wW     THOMAS  PEARSON,  Assignee,  kg 


DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
States  for  the  Southern  District  of  New-Ynrk.— In 
the  matter  of  ASAHKL  CHAPIN.  WARREN  CHAPIN, 
HENRY  J.  CHAPIN,  and  the  firm  of  A.  k 
W.  CHAPIN  &,  BROTHER,  bankrupts.— In  Bank- 
ruptcy.— A  warrant  iu  Bankruptcy  haa  been 
issued  b.y '  said  court  against  the  estate  of  the 
above-named  bankrupts,  livinc  in  tbe  City  and 
County  of  New- York,  and  State  of  New-York,  in  said 
district,  adjudged  bankrupts  upon  the  petition  of  their 
creditors,  and  the  payment  of  any  debts  and  tbe  de- 
livery of  any  property  belonging  to  said  oankruDtsto 
them  or  to  thelruse.and  the  transfer  of  an.y  property  by 
them  are  forbidden  by  law.  A  meeting  of  tho  creditors 
of  said  bankrupts  to  prove  their  debts  and  choose  one 
or  more  Assignees  of  their  estate.will  beheld  at  a  Court 
of  Bankrupto.y,  to  be  holden  at  No.  345  Broadway,  in 
the  Cit.y  of  New^York.  in  said  district,  on  the  9th  da.y 
of  March,  A.  D.  1877,  at  two  o'oloclc  P.  M.,  at  the 
office  of  John  Fitch,  Esq.,  one  of  the  Registers 
iu  Bankruptcy  of  said  Court 

OLIVER  VIBKE,  Marshal— Messenger. 


IN  BANKRUPTUY.— IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT 
of  the  United  States  for  the  Southern  District  of 
New  York.— in  the  matter  of  MAURICE  WERNER. 
Bankrupt. — Notice  Is  hereby  given  that  a  petition 
has  been  filed  in  said  court  by  Maurice  Werner, 
of  New-Iorlc  City,  ia  aaid  district,  flnl.y  de* 
dared  a  bankrupt  under    the  act  ol   Congtesa   of 

March  2,  1867.  for  a  discharge  and  certificate  there- 
of trom  all  his  debts,  and  other  claims  proTable 
under  said  act,  and  that  the  eighth  day  of  March, 
1877.  at  2  o'clock-  P.  M.,  at  the  office  of  Edgar 
Ketchum,  Esq..  Et'gister  in  Bankruptcy,  No.  129  Ful- 
ton street, iu  tbe  City  of  New-York,  la  asalgned  tor  the 
hearing  of  tho  aame.  when  and  where  all  creditora 
Who  have  proved  their  debts,  and  otiier  persons  in  ia> 
terest  may  attend,  and  show  cause,  if  any  they  have, 
why  the  pra.yer  ot  the  said  petition  should  not  be 
granted. — Dated  New-York,  on  the  20th  day  of  Febru- 
ary. 1877.  GEO.  F.  BB1T8. 
f21-law3wW*  Clerk. 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THB 
United  Statea  tor  the  Southern  District  of  New-York. 
—In  the  matter  of  SAIdUiiL  N.  KlNGSBURT,  KDWIN 
B.ABBOTT,ALiiXANDEK,  HULETT.  and  JOHN  A.KINGS- 
BURY, hankrupts.—InBanlcruptoy.— Before  John  Fitch, 
Register.- To  whom  it  may  concern. — The  uuoerslgnsd 
hereb.y  gives  notice  of  hia  appointment  as  Assignee  of 
tbe  estate  of  Samuel  N.  Kingsbury,  Edwin  E.  Abbott, 
Alexander  Uulett,  and  John  A.  Kingsbury,  of  New- 
York,  in  the  County  of  New-York  and  f tate  of  New- 
York,  within  aaid  distiict,  who  have  been  adjudged 
bankrupts  upon  their  own  petition  by  the  District  Court 
at  aald  dlatrlct.- Dated  nt  New- York  City,  the  2Utn 
day  af  February,  A.  D.  1877. 

CHARLES  H.  LOWBRRB,  Aailfnea. 
F.  K.  Pknsi:.kton,  No.  346  Broadway,  N.  Y.  City. 
Attorney  for  the  Assignee. 


IN  T^E  DISTKICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
States  for  the  .southern  Diatnct  of  New-York.— In  tho 
matter  o«  JOHN  PFh.IFKR,  bankrupt.— In  Bankruptcy. 
^Southern  ristriot  of  New-York,  as.; — At  the  City  of 
New-York,  the  27tu  day  of  January,  1877,  the  tmder- 
signed  hereby  glre  notice  of  his  appointnent  as  As- 
signee of  the  estate  and  effects  of  John  Pfeifer,  of 
the  CItv  of  New-York,  In  Sold  district,  who  w^,  on  the 
third  day  of  January,  .A.  D.  1877,  adjudged  a  banx- 
rupt.  upon  his  own  petition,  b.y  tha  District  Court  of 
the  United  States  for  the  said  Southern  District   of 

New-York.  WILLIAM  T  CARLISLE. 

f7-law3wW*  Assignee.    No.  322  Broadway. 


IN  THE  DI.STRIC  I"  COURT  OF  TUE  UNITED. 
States  for  the  Southern  District  of  New-York.— ^ 
In  the  matter  of  Ur.OiiOE  S.  LEVY,  bankmot — In 
Bankiupt.c.y.—  t!efore  John  Fitch.  Register. — To  whom 
it-'ma.y  concern:  The'uhdersigned  hereby  gives  no- 
Iioe  of  his  appointment  as  Assignee  ot  the  estate  of 
George  8.  Lew,  of  New-York,  in  tne  County  ot  New- 
Xork,  and  State  of  New-York,  within  said  district, 
who  has  been  adjudged  bankrupt  upon  hia  creditors' 
petition  by  the  Distnot  Court  of  said  district— Dated  at 
New-York  City,  the  13th  day  of  KBbruar.y,  1377. 

FRED.  &  MYERS,  Assignee,  Ng  619  Broadway. 
tai-laWSwW* 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OK  THE  UNITED 
States  for  the  Southern  Dl^trlot  of  New-York. — In 
tbe  matter  of  JACOB  T.  HIFFBLsHEIMER.  in  bank* 
ruptcy.—Bankrnpt.— Before  John  ?ltch.  Register.— To 
whom  it  m»v  concern.- The  undersigntMl  hereby  girea 
notice  ot  his  appointment  as  Assignee  of  tbe  estate  of 
Jacob  T.  Hiffelabeimer,  of  i<e»- Vork,  in  the  Count.v  of 
New-York,  aud  State  of  New-York,  within  said  aistrict. 
Who  has  been  aojudged  bankrupt  upon  hi*  creditoi-e' 
petition  by  the  District  Court  of  s  aid  district.- Dated 
at  New-York  City,  the  12ia  aay  of  February.  A.  D. 
1877. 

DENNIS  J.  O^OONNOS,  67  Park  at,  Aaiic&ea. 
f21-law3wW* 


IN  BANfiRUFTCT.— DISTRICT  OF  NBW-JBS. 
aey,  as.— A^  Newark,  oa  tho  Stb  dar  of  Fabroar]',  A. 
I).  1877.— The  naderaifhad  haraby  giraa  notica  of  his 
•ppointiBsnt  aa  aaaicnee  of  UCoU  HOLUBS,  of  BeU- 
tUm,  tn  tha  Count j'  of  Baaax.  and  State  of  Naw-Jaxaey. 
wttbta  aald  dutriot.  who  hak  baau  adlndgad  biM^trupt 
vaoou*  OT-a  patltiOD  Vtta  DUmct  uoortof  aata 
dSMot  B-  N.  MILLBB,  Aaalanaa,  4te., 


AMUSjBMENTS. 

CBlC&BRtNG  HALL. 

THB  NBW-YOBK  CHORAL  DNION. 

P.  8.  GItiMOB($,  Director, 

'Win  perfinm  for  the  firat  time  in  thla  Ottr. 

HALOHUS. 

a  oantata  In  three  parts, 

compoaedhr 

VKAXCa  T.  S.  DARLBY,  Eaq.,  of  PhfladalphU. 

onFKISATBVBNINanaxt,  Fab.  23, 1877, 

-    accompanied  by 

GILHOSB'S  GRAND  ORCHESTRA,   60  PEaFOBKSB& 

The  chorus  will  conaist  of 

250  VOICES. 

SalMted  tram  the  Naw-York  Choral  Uolon  and  tha  flg^ 

lowing  artists: 
Rn.  OARBIB  BBOOK8-GULAOBR,  Soprano, 
Kxg  Ii.  C.  ELLIOT.  Meaao  Soprano, 
Mrg  Dr.  SAMUEL  AYEB8,  Alto. 
Mr.  WILLIAM  CASTLK,  Tenor. 

Mr.  ADOLPH  80BST,  Bazitona^ 

Togaither  with  other  artistg  representing  the    savaa 

brothera,  tbe  fire  ptteetg  and  the  principal 

charaotera  in  the  work. 

TKTKRTS,  tl ;  no  extra  oharza  for  reaarrad  aaata 

Wbich  can  be  aecnred  at  SHUBKRTH'S  mnsio    atorat 
Ng  28  Union  aquare,  and  at  CUlCEERIHG  HALL. 


AOAD£inY  OF  MUSIC. 


AllBOTl 


GRAND  ITALIAN  OPKRA. 
'    Mt.  DE  VTVO  haa  the  honor  to  aonoonca  tha  A4bnf 
•f  Ulaa  EMMA 

ABBOTT. 

\IS  GRAND  I         FRIDAY    EVENDTO. 

rTALIAH  I  PBB.  23, 

OPERA,  I  AT  8. 

and  SATURDAY  ABBOTT  MATrNRE. 

LA  FIGLIA  DBL  REGGIMENTO, 

Miaa    KHMA  ABBOTT  AS  MARIA. 

Mmg     DB    GEBELE,    the    Marchioness;    BBIONOIA 

Tonia  jnSRRANTI,  Sulpeslo:  BABILI,  andotheza. 
',  GRAND  CHORUS  AND  ORCHESTRA 

Under  the  direction  of  MAX  MARETZBK. 
Bale  of  seata   at   Schirmer'a,  Ng  701  Broadway:    aT 
Ng    111    Broadway;  at   Schnberth'g   No.    23    Unloa 
aquare.  and  on  and  after  WEDNESDAY  at  tha  Academi 
of  Musig 


W^ALLACIA'Si- 

PzoprletOT' aad 'Manager Mn  IiESTEB  WALLACl 

'  OENUINB  BDCCBSS  OP  LEOITUfATB  OOKBDYl 

THB   PBODUCnOir 

Of 

WILD  OATS 

AN  ARTISTIC  TRIUMPH 

FOR  KVERTBODY  CONOBRKKD 

IN  ITS  REPRESENTATION. 

THE  GREAT  COMEDY 

will  bo  pertormed 

BVEBY  EVENZNG  AND  SATURDAY  M:ATINn  UBTft 

FURTHER  NOTICE, 

With  its 

EXCEPTIONAL  CAST, 

including 

Mr.  LESTER  WALLACE. .as — ...j ...BOVS& 

Mr.  JOHN  GILBEEIV  »lr-  HARRY  BB(5kETT,  Mr.  » 
ARNOTT,  Mr  C.  A.  S-KVEKSON,  Mr  J.  W.  SHANNON 
Mr.  B.  M.  HOLLAND,  Mr.  J,  W,  LEONARD,  Mr,  a  I 
EDWIN,  Miss  ROSE  WOOD,  Miaa  EFFIS  GBRMON,  aa 
Mrg  JOHN  8EFTON, 

DALY'S  FIFTH  AVENUE  THIskTJiB. 

'  A  LAUGH  FOR  EVERYBODY.' 

LEMONS 

Begins  every  night  at  8,   Tarmtnatea  at  10:801. 

LEMONS  Hatin6e  Saturday  at  2 ;  over  at  4:8a 

■  LEMONS  MATINEE   WASHINGTON'S 

BIRTHDAY  AT  3. 

MATINEE  PRICES— Balcony  reserved  geata,  91}   On 
chestra,  $1  60. 

8TB1NWAY  BALL.  E88IPOFF  aUTlXSM 

MME.  ANNETTE  ESSIPOFF. 

THURSDAY.  FEB.  22,  AT  2  P.  M. 

(Washington's  htrthday.)     

GRAND  SPBlIAL  EBSIPOFF  MATINBB. 

when  Mme.  ESSIPOFF  win  play. 

BBETBOVKN— GRAND  SONaTA  in  F  (piano  andvloUak 

Op.  24,  with  Mons.  Alfred  Vivieg 
ME.NDKLSSOHN,  Prelude  and  Fugue  In. B  minor. 
HAENDKL,  Gigue,  F  aharp  minor.  -' 
SCARLATTI,  Sonata,  A  mivjor. 
CHOPIN,   Mazurkas.  Op.   33,  No.  2  and  Op.  SO,  Ha.  4 

Btnde  (In  G  fiat  mtdor). 
RAFF,  Grande  Valse.  C  ma}or. 

FRIDAY,  LAST  iiSSIPOFP  NIGHT. 
SATURDAY,  FAREWELL  MATINEB  AT  3. 
Admission,  $1 ;  reserved  seats.  $150.    Sale  of  aaaK 
at  Bteinway  Hall,  Schuberth's  and  No.  Ill  Broadway.    . 

EAGLE  THEATReI       BROADWAY  AND  33D  ST.'' 

THIS  WEEK,    CHANGE    OF    OPERA   EVERT  NIGHIV 

THIS  WEEK— AIniEE  In  her  most  popular  OPERAS^' 

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THE  DKATH  OFKATYREIDEL 


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Kew-Tork  City, 
bave  been  in 
*m    a    native    of 


WRETCHED  STOBT  OF  HER  LIFE. 
\HE     MYSTERY     NOT    YET     CLlfiARRD     UP — 

william     weldspirl     testifies    he- 
garding    his    relations    with    the 

GIRL— KATY'S  ILLEGITIMATB    CHILDREK 
— THE  MUBDER  THEORY   NOT    PROVED. 

The  inquest  to  determine  the  manner  of  the 
death  of  Katy  Boldel  on  Sunday,  Feb.  11,  in 
the  old  qaarantiae  Kioand,  waa  continaed 
last  oTening  in  the  Police  station  at  ijt«ple- 
ion,  Slateo  Island.  Only  one  witness,  the 
prisoner  William  Weldspiel.  waa  examined.  His 
Cesilmony  was  clear,  and  tbe  manner  in  which  it 
was  e'veii  ^BS  so  straightforward  that  it  dis- 
abased  tbe  minds  of  most  of  those  present  of  the 
kmpreifion  that  tbe  witness  knew  bow  tbe  yonns 
woman  c.^me  to  ber  death.  Still:  tbe  statements  of 
the  pnsooer  indicated  a  look  of  regard  for  the  pro- 
priety obsetTea  by  tbe  greater  part  of  mankind, 
which  aroused  a  sentiment  of  disenst  in  tbe  minds 
of  bearers  who  did  not  attend  the  inquest  for  mere 
cmniement. 

THE  TKSTIMOirr  OP  WELD8PIEL. 

William  Welaspiel,. tbe  prisoner,  testified:  I  live 
at  Uo.  161f  £ldridge  street,  2Tew-Tork ;  have 
worked  fui  Mr.  Lindermm  as 
No.  201  Heroer  street, 
for  about  two  years ; 
this  countrv  since  1867 ; 
Germany;  have  been  a  married  man  since  1868; 
was  acqiiaioted  Id  Boston  witb  the  Reidel  family, 
and  otbers,  most  of  whom  were  Americans ;  the 
Pweidels  were  Bavamans  :  there  were  five  children 
in  the  family  besides  Xaty — three  brothers,  and  two 
Biatera ;  it  was  tbe  body  of  KatT  Beidel  I  saw 
on  Sunday  night  last;  I  first  met  Kaiy  in  1869  in 
Bo^iou;  ibe  was  in  my  room  with  my  wie  one 
nigbt  when  Iretnmed  from  work;  after  this  1  em- 
ployed ner  to  belp  my  wife,  and  she  remained  In 
luy  tarailv  for  two  years;  I  removed  from  Boston  to 
2few  Turk  m  1871  or  1872;  Katy  Reiilel  left  Boston 
befure  wo  did  and  wen»  to  Cberrvtown,  Mass.,  a  wa- 
lering-olace;  1  was  in  New-York  several  montbs 
before  1  saw  Katy ;  we  met  oer  at  the  Central 
New-Jersev  BaLlway  Depot  while  we  were  on  our 
■\7ay  to  Pniilipsburg  ;  I  believe  she  learned  tb&t  we 
were  going  from  Wew-Tork  to  Pennsylvania,  and 
went  to  the  depot  to  meet  ns  ;  she  did  not  accom- 
pany us  to  Phillipsburg,  but  asked  us  to 
wnie  telling  her  how  we  liked  that  place; 
when  wo  reached  Phillipsburg  I  got  work  in  tbe 
coal  mines;  we  wew  about  two  months  in  Phillips- 
bnrg  when  my  wife  wrote  to  Katy.  and 
ebe  came  at  onoe,  without  writing  a  replv ; 
sbo  was  in  my  boas»  whea  she  was  delivered  of  a 
child ;  this  #as  atx)at<  Chcietmqs,  four  yeaxd  ago ; 
she  lived  at  my  hooao  tfom  Augnst  ontil  December 
before  ber  cUild  was  boin  ;  she  said  nothing  about 
lieiug  preffu»nt  until  (osv  before  ber. confinement ; 
she  afterward  told  me  that  tbe  father 
or  the  child  was  a  yonug  man  namea 
Johnny  Bass.  a  fresco  painter,  whose 
father  kepi  a  dry  goods  store  in  New-York, 
Kat.v's  child  died  sadde.'jly,  in  tbe  month  of  Janu- 
ary, of  indammation  of  the  Inoga  ;  in  March  tollow- 
jag  tbe  death  of  the  cbibi.  I  bad  saved  $10,  wbich  I 
£ave  to  Kaiy  to  enable  her  to  go  to  New-York 
to  proctire  a  situation  as  a  wet-nurse ;  she 
procured  a  nlace  witi't  Mi'S.  Rosenberg,  of 
STo.  44  St.  Marlrs  place.  J^be  witness  here  Htated 
that  ID  the  following  July  Katy  sent  him  |20  to 
come  on  to  New- York,  and,  on  his  arrival  here,  gave 
bini  mure  mooev  to  Duy  tools;  in  tbe  Ootooer  fol- 
lowing she  left  MiB.  Koienberg,  and  then  gave  bim 
|75  to  fornisb  apartmeuis  tor  his  family 
and  beraeLl:  she  agreed  to  fay  bim  at  tbe  rate 
oi  $3  per  week  for  lh>ard,  and  be  was 
to  give  ber  $5  per  week  until  the  whole 
amouuc  of  his  Indebtedness  to  her,  $123.  was  cao- 
celeO;  she  became  ai^gered  at  his  failure  to  pay  her 
The  weekly  s^im  Dinntloned,  and  left  bis  bouse; 
Weldspiel  saw  ber  very  seldom  until  De- 
cember,    1875,     when     she     wiled     upon     him 

«ud.  sayinc  alie  had  a  baby,  asked  bim  to  give  ber 
some  money  ;  he  gave  ber  aume,  and  went  wicb  her 
to  Ferer  Woblbert's,  where  they  loft  the  baby  to 
benuraed;  tbecoild  waa  afterward  taken  to  Mrs. 
Young's,  at  No.  869  Second  avenue,  whore  it  died  ; 
be  dwelt  io  several  boarding-bonsea,  previous  to 
going  to  Mi-8.  Wiener's  at  No.  134  iJ  ester  street ;  he 
went  tu  that  place  at  the  request  of  Katy  Keidel, 
wno  was  about  to  leave  ber  situation  up-towu,  and 
wished  uoina  place  to  stay  while  lookini;  for  em- 
ployment ;  there  was  a  bed  and  a  lounge 
in  the  room ;  althoueh  he  represented 
himself  as  tbe  bmoand  of  Katy,  and 
gave  their  names  as  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Weldspiel,  wit- 
ness declared  be  occupied  this  lounge,  wnile  she 
slept  on  toe  bod  ;  Katy,  be  said,  only  lived  at  Mrs. 
Wiener's  at  intervals;  she  did  not  remain  long  In 
any  situatiia,  and  Mrs.  Wiener  said  to  bim,  "No 
wonder  she  i-an't  stay  long  in  a  place;  she  is  preg- 
naut;"  be  said:  "No,  it  can't  be;"  Mrs.  Wiener 
said,  " Teg,  shv' has  been  four  mouths  that  way." 
Witness  thea  spoke  to  Katy  about  tbe  matter,  and 
Bhe  aenieO  it;  Kaoy  tben  sot  Ihesituatiou  with  Mrs. 
Pheips,  and  wiinev's  left  Mrs.  Wiener's  honse  and 
procured  a  room  u>  Mr.  Katheed's  bouse.  No.  167 
Elaridae  street;  be  risited  bcrtwice  at.  Mr.  Phelpa' 
house,  representing  himself  as  ber  brother  ;  on  one 
occasion,  while  ho  sat  io  tbe  dining-room,  the  base- 
ment door  bell  was  runtr,  and  Katy  opened 
the  window  to  see  who  tbe  caller  was : 
Btie  cried  out,  "It's  our  George;" 
acd  tnrned  pale  as  she  looked  at  witness;  then  sue 
w^alKcd  out  and  dismissed  tbe  visitor  ;  when  sne 
carae  back  Weldspiel  asked  ber  who  the  visiter 
was,  and  she  said  he  was  tbe  milkman ;  witness 
said,  "If  he  is  an  honest  man  why  did  you 
not       bring       bim       m  f"  !Sao        said,        "  Oh, 

I  did  not  want  thim  to  see  you;" 
ehe  lived  at  JEUthgeb's  with  the  witoeas  for  six 
days,  and  during  lb»t  time  be  slept  on  the  floor;  he 
cuutint  cold  Trom  tbi*,  and  on  the  afternoon  of  Sat- 
■uiUay,  i'eb.  10,  while  engaged  at  some  bard  labor, 
became  so  sick  be  was  compelled  to  leave  the  shop; 
ou  leacbiug  heme  be  went  to  bed  and  slept  lor 
eeveral  hours  ;  be  was  awakened  by  Katy,  who  told 
him  that  she  waa  going  to  leave  the  bouse,  as  she 
did  cut  like  Mrs.  Baingeb;  sh?  asked  bim  if  be 
■wcnld  accompany  ner  to  Newark,  where  she  ex- 
pected to  procure  work  in  a  corset  lactory;  be 
endeavored  to  induce  her  to  stay  until  Monday, 

but  sne  refused  to  do  so;  they  went  out  togettusr 
at  5  o'clock  and  took  a  Third  Aveuae  car;  on  tbe 
wav  down  the  jolting  of  the  car  caused  Weldspeil's 
heid  to  ache,  and  he  told  Katy  be  could  go  no 
further ;  be  leit  tbe  oar  at  Chatham  square  and 
Katy  lollowed  him  out  ;  on  tbe  sidewalk  she  said 
xo  bim :  '  I  hope  you  are  not  angry  witn  me,  William. 
1  am  aorry  you  are  so  sick  ;  1  am  thauKful  to  you, 
lor  vuu  have  done  more  for  me  than  my  own  father 
and  motner."  Weldspiel  asked  her  if  she  bad 
money  enough,  and  she  replied  in  German, 
•'I  am  prepared  for  war  or  peace."  They 
parted  and  witness  never  saw  Katy  afterward. 
He  accounted  tor  his  whereabouts  that 
nigiit  and  the  next  day  ;  he  did  not  know  of  tbe 
fiadin^i  uf  Kity's  body  on  Staten  Island  until  Suu- 
day  morning  last,  when,  in  response  to  a  message 
Ifitforbim  in  a  lestaurant,  be  called  upou  Mrs. 
V/ieuer;  the  latter  asked  him  where  bis 
wife  was,  and  be  said  be  supposed  she 
was  "in  health  ;"  "  Why,"  Mrs.  Wiener  restponded, 
"Don't  you  know  that  her  body  baa  be<»n  found  ou 
Btaten  Island  ?  two  detectives  have  been  here  in- 
^uinug  about  ber ;  she  has  been  discovered  to  have 
been  lu  the  condition  I  told  you."  Weldspitl  tben 
lold  M  ra.  WHener  that  Katy  told  him  she  was  not 
tneiente,  and  tbe  latter  declared  that  Katy  bad  asked 
ber  f  'r  aid  to  produce  an  abortion.  In  response,  to 
qaeatiuna  o''  jurymen,  be  said  solemnly  that  be 
never  bad  improper  intercourse  with  Kaiy  Keidel, 
clincbiog  his  declaration  with  tbe  remark  that 
though  be  never  told  bis  wife  that  Katy  lived  with 
bim  at  intervals;  she  waa  willing  to  trust 
hiui  just  as  be  was  to  trust  her ; 
Katy  admitted  to  tbe  witness  that  Bass  was  the 
father  of  ner  second  cbild  as  well  as  of  tbe  first ; 
Mrs.  Koseuberg.  with  whom  Katy  lived  for  eight 
muntb.-i  alter  her  return  from  Phillipsburg,  told 
him  that  a  drug  oierk,  emplo^fed  in  tbe  drug  store 
at  the  conaer  ot  St.  Mark's  place  and  First  avenue, 
was  verv  intimate  with  Katy.  whose  conduct  in 
the  latter  days  of  her  employment  at  Mrs. 
Kosenburg's  was  scandalous  in  the  extreme.  Weld- 
spiel also  decla.'ed  tbiit,  as  be  was  very  poor,  Katy 
always  paid  ber  share  when  she  lived  with. bim. 

At  this  point  the  examination  was  concluded,  and 
the  inquest  was  adjonrneU  until  this  evening.  Toe 
father  of  the  dead  girl  is  expected  to  arrive  at  Sita.- 
pletgn  this  morning,  and  will  be  examined  to-night 
as  to  his  knowledge  of  the  character  of  Weldspiel 
and  tbe  relations  between  bis  dangbter  and  ibat 
person. ^^^^^____ 

KINGS  COUNTY  DEMOCRATS. 


men.  who  would  be  quite  wllHng  to  reeont 
tbe  Insult  put  upon  the  honorable  Michael  by  tbe 
v&lianr  Major  Genera!.  Wise  oounselx  however 
prevailed,  and  the  "  Twelfth  Want's  favorite  son  " 
consented  to  take  bis  seat.  Tbe  busines.t  tranaaoted 
by  tbe  committee  consisted  of  tbe  re-eleotioa  of 
last  year's  officers. 


THE  MURDER  OF  MAGGIE  BAUER. 


I  HAPPY  FAMILY  D18UNIT«I>— A  BOLT  IN 
THK  camp — A  DISORDERLY  MEETING. 
Notwithatandinx  the  large  and  to  a  great  ex- 
tent fraudulent  minority  obtained  by  the 
Democrats  in  Kings  County  last  Novem- 
ber, tbey  are  not  happy.  The  bickering  be- 
tween tbe  local  leaders  baa  been  constant  since 
the  election,  and  at  several  recent  meetings  of  ibe 
General  Committee  to  iettle  the  claims  of  rival  con- 
tesrants  for  seats,  open  hostilities  of  a  hearty,  vig- 
orous kind  have  been  developed.  The  disputes  as  to 
the  representation  of  the  Fifth.  Eleventh,  and 
Twelfth  Wards  in  the  General  Committee  have 
not  been  settled,  nor  are  they  likely  to 
be  for  some  time.  At  a  meeting  of  the  General 
Committee  bat  evening,  to  elect  ofQcers  for  tbe 
year,  a  cDaracteristlo  debate  occurred.  Mr.  Michael 
Coffiy,  who  leada  one  wing  of  tbe  Democratic 
forces,  opposed  to  tbe  rule  of  "Boss"  McLaughlin, 
charged  Robert  Furey,  who  is  known 
among  ward  polnioians  as  itoLaughlin's  ''right 
« Wer'-  with  selilnc  out  to  the  Repnbl  cans. 
One  ot  the  "Boss'"  followers  oouide  tbe  raU  lu- 
ti.rmed  Mr  Coffey  that  be  was  a  — -  loafer. 
Kner  inside  Uie  rail  wanted  to  know  if  Coffey 
^f  member  of  the  committee.  'J^'^e  becre.arr 
Z^  h«  waa  not;  that  bis  seat  was  contested.  Coffej 
!t.2  h!;  WM  a  member  of  tbe  committee. 
^A  was  piooeedlng  to  use  some  exceedingly 
Slain  ulfguagetn  reference  to  the  Boss' folIoweriN 
S-ben  b"  waTcommanded  In  stentorian  tones  by 
Tj.°.  ^Lr  Tamfis  B  Craig  to  be  seared.  Major 
&'aSe.  5  Craig  b"oSg.  to  tbe  Swailow-iail 
^uk  if  the  HoM'^herente,  and  was  temporary 
rh»fnSan  of  last  night's  meeting.  Coflfey  said 
^uTd  not  take  Ws  aeat,  whereupon 
wtuiu     iio»     •«^_    ^^^    ^^jj    gonimaodine 


be 


CONTINU.^TION  OP  THE  TRIAL  OP  FRANK 
M'CONNOCHIE — TESTIMONY  OP  CATH- 
ERINE HOKFMA«  AND  OTHERS. 

The  trial  of  Frank  ItfoConnoohie  for  the  mor- 
der  of  Maggie  Bauer,  was  resumed  at  tbe  Queens 
County  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer,  yesterday 
morning.  Mrs.  Maggie  Bauer  was  first  placed  on 
the  stand,  and  produced  the  clothes  wbich  bad  been 
worn  by  her  daughter  when  she  left  home  on  the 
day  of  her  murder.  Tbeie  were  a  lit- 
tle green  and  white  striped  dress,  a  little 
red  fan  and  some  underclotbinz ;  there  were  blood- 
stains on  the  dress,  but  none  on  tbe  under^lothmg. 
Catherine  Hoffman  was  the  next  witness  :  She  re- 
sided at  tbe  County  Poor-house  in  Hempstead  ;  her 
husband,  Leonard  Hoffman,  was  living  at  Bauer's, 
where  be  was  employed  ;  on  Monday,  Aug.  14,  1876, 
witness  wect  from  Hempstead  on  the  8  o'clock 
train  ;  she  stopped  at  Bridgeport,  where  she  got  out ; 
she  went  on  her  way  to  Mr.  Bauer's  bouse; 
she  saw  nobody,  and  met  nobody  on  tbe  route ; 
witness  bad  not  previously  been  at  the  bouse  of  (be 
Bauer's  for  some  six  or  seven  months ;  after  re- 
maining a  few  moments  she  asked  to  be  shown  tbe 
way  to  Valley  Stream,  and  her  husband  requested 
Maggie  Bauer  to  show  witoeas  tbe  nearest  way  to 
thatvillase;    Maggie  consented    to  go,  and  witness 

having  obtsioed  S2  from  her  husband  took  her 
leave;  the  pair  walked  along  tbe  lane  leading  to  the 
highway  which  led  to  Yalley  Stream  ;  the  child 
prattled  in  an  artless  manaer,  and  on  arriviDgat 
Mr.  Hummel's  barn  witness  save  a  10  cent  silver 
piece  with  a  large  bole  in  it  to  Maggie,  and  told  ber 
to  run  hack  home,  as  her  motber  would  want  ber 
to  help  ber  to  get  dinner  ;  Maggie  then  returned  on 
ber  way  home,  and  witness  started  on  her  way  to 
Valley  Stream.  . 

£x-onugH  Busteed  conducted  the  crotsexamina- 
tion  :  Wimess  said  she  bad  been  io  piiaon  at  the 
Alms-boase  Jail  once  and  had  been  committed  to 
jdl  by  Justice  Bernardus  fieodricksoo,  at  Jamaica, 
on  another  occasion;'  she  poslLlvely  denied  having 
ever  utiefed  any  threats  against,  the  Bauer  family  ; 
had  never  drawn  a  kuife  or  other  weapon  upon  her 
husband  or  other  person ;  at  the  time  of  the  Cor- 
oner's inquest  a  pair  of  ber  gaiters  were  in  posses- 
sion of  the  Coroner;  be  also  had  a  basketcootaining 
some  other  articles  of  her  wearing  apparel,  which 
were  restored  to  witness  before  she  was 
indicted  by  the  Grand  Jury  ;  she  was 
first  arrested  by  Officer  Hamer  upon  eus- 
pioion  of  having  murdered  Maggie  Bauer : 
she  was  then  on  the  way  from  uir.  Anthony 
Wright's  to  VaUey  Stream  ;  on  Aug.  14  witness 
was  at  Mrs.  McLaughlin's  at  Hempatoao  ;  she  bad 
slept  there  on  tbe  previous  night,  and  lett  at  8 
o'clock  on  Monday  morning,  takiog  the  train  for 
Bridgeport,  where  she  alighted,  as  it  was  nearer  to 
tbe  farm  of  the  lianer's  than  the  station  at  Valley 
Stream;  when  she  left  Hempstead  on  that  morn- 
ing sbe  bad  only  50  cents  in  her  pnnseasion ;  in 
changing  one  ot  two  silver  quarters  which  she  had 
received  the  10  cent  piece  wiih  a  hole  in  it, 
which  sbe  subsequently  gave  to  Maggie  Bauer. 

To  the  Districi  Attorney — The  reason  my  hus- 
band left  me  was  because  I  arank  to  excess. 

Dt.  Julius  Auerbach  testified  that  bs  had  assisted 
in  tbe  post-mortem  examination  of  the  body  oi  lit- 
tle Magme.  A  wound  wa?  found  near  the  letc  ear, 
and  the  lett  side  of  the  face  was  bloody;  a  piece  of 
black  ribbon  was  twisted  around  the  neck  of  the 
body.  The  witness  proceeded  to  detail  the  various 
wounds  and  eviaences  ot  murder,  as  published  at 
tbe  lime  of  tho  Coroner's  Inqaest. 

Dr.  Philip  N.  Wood  testitfod  that  he  had  assisted 
Di-.  Auerbach  and  Dr.  William  B.  Wood  in  tho  post- 
mortem pxnminatiou  of  the  body  of  Magm»  lianer 
on  Aug.  17,  1876.  His  tostimony  developed  nottiing 
materially  difioreiiC  from  that  adduced  from  tho 
previous"  witness,  in  cross-examination  witness 
stated  that  the  dead  child  weighed  about  90  or  lOU 
punnds,  and  aa  tbe  pri»oaer  weigbed  only 
about  120  pounds,  be  °  thought  it  possi- 
ble that  tbe  latter  mitrht  have  carried 
tbe.tiody  of  bis  victim  Irom  tbe  plaoe  wht^re  be 
killed  hor  to  tbe  spot  where  the  body  was  found," 
bat  left  I  be  inference  to  be  drawn  tuat  he  did  nut 
think  It '■probable."  Witness  could  not  say  pos- 
itively that  the  nrown  stains  upou  tbe  dress  of  the 
murdered  girl  shown  bim  were  spots  of  t>louu. 

Uenry  L.  Ooderdonk,  editor  uf  the  Homostead 
£nq9iTer,  was  the  next  witness.  He  nad  attended 
tbe  Coroner's  inquest,  and  had  personally  examined 
tbe  premises  wuere  the  murder  had  been  com- 
mitted. Witness  gave  iu  detail  tbecoufettsion  made 
by  the  prisoner  to  hlB  and  other  gentlemen,  in- 
cluding the  District  Attorney  and  Detective  Payne. 
In  cross-exammaiiou  witness  admitted  having 
written  and  published  editorials  in  which  he  might 
have  attributed  the  murder  to  Kate  Hoffinan. 

David  Heudeiaon.  an  old  man  who  had  attended 
tbe  toll-gate  on  the  Hempstead  road  for  many  years, 
testified  to  having  seen  the  prisoner  on  the  road 
leading  to  Springfidld,  ou  Aug.  13. 

Mrd.  Mary  Baker,  of  Springfield,  teitlQed  that 
tbe  prisoner  came  to  her  bonse  on  Aug.  14  ;  "  he 
oegged  a  drink  of  water,  and  something  to  eai ; "  the 
prisoners  face  wa"  badly  scratched  at  tbe  time. 

Coroner  John  H.  Hioks.  of  Bockaway,  oetailed 
the  circamstances  attending  the  luqaest.  In  cross- 
examiuation  Judge  Bu.>iteed  took  (be  witness  to 
task  for  allowing  tbe  articles  of  clothing  belonging 
to  Kate  Hofiman,  an<l  other  things  supposed  to 
throw  some  iigbi  on  the  murder,  to  pass  out  of-bis 
possession.  '•* 

Sopnia  Downs  and  Mary  Kiesel  testified  in  rela- 
tion to  the  diwpoaition  of  Maggie's  bod^-  after  tbe 
inquest,  and  Ctiarles  Maber,  a  barber,  swore  to  the 
marks  of  flugei-oails  on  the  face  of  the  Drisoner  a 
few  days  after  the  murder.  Edwin  McCaflery,  a 
track  walker,  on  the  Hempstead  branch  of  tbe  Long 
Island  Kailroad,  gave  similar  testimony. 

Peter  Petersoti,  of  Hempstead,  had  seen  tbe 
bloody  shirt  said  to  have  been  discarded  by  tbe 
prisoner  alter  the  murder,  "  while  be  was  boiling 
water  for  the  milk  to  take  to  New-York;  "  witness 
was  in  tbe  emnlny  of  \1t.  P.  C.  Barnam.  Tbe  tes- 
timony of  Cornelius  Lawrence  was  taken  to  verify 
the  confession  made  by  McConnocbie,  after  wluch 
the  court  took  a  recess  until  this  morning. 


REPUBLICAN  CENTRAL  COMMITTEE. 


LOCAL  MISCELLANY. 


ITS  ORGANIZATION  COMPLKTED — APPOINT- 
MENT OF  TBE  STANDING  COMMITTEES 
FOR   THE    YEAR. 

The  Bepublicau  Central  Committee  met  last 
evening  at  Kepublioan  Hall  in  Thirty-third  street, 
near  Broadway,  tuid  completed  its  organization. 
Hon.  Benjamin  K.  Phelps,  who  was  at  the  last 
meeting  unanimously  elected  Chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee, presided.  In  taking  the  chair  he  made  a  few 
appropriate  remarks,  accepting  tbe  position  to 
wbich  he  had  been  elected  with  thanks,  and  promis- 
ing, with  the  help  of  tbe  committee,  to  discbarge 
tbe  duties  devolving  upon  bim  to  tne  best  of  bis 
ability.  Ho  then  announced  that  he  hart  appointed  to 
serve  on  the  standinn  committees  of  the  organization 
for  the  ensuing  year  the  tollowlng  named  gentlemen: 
EXECUIIVB    COMMITTEE.    ^ 

Assembly 

Iiiauicts. 

1^.  Robert  B.  Boyd. 

15.  VViliUm  U.  Siluer. 

Itf.  Michael  Cregan. 

17.  Joel  Vf.  Masi  n. 


18.  O.  P.  c.  BUUuns. 
IVi.  Is  ac  O.   Uuat. 
iO.  Wiiltam  A.  Darling. 
-'1.  Robert  (;.  Brown. 
J3d  Ward— James  Tier. 
:.ith     Ward— J.      Thomas 

.Stearns. 
Cingsbridge— George       H. 

Forsier. 


Assembly 
uistriuts. 

1.  Michael  W.  Bums. 

2.  Morris  Friedsam^ 

3.  Thomas  F.  Geauy. 

4.  >'athan  U.  Hate. 

5.  Abiabam  Lent. 

6.  Heniy  A.  biuith. 

7.  John  D.  Lanseo. 

8.  Samuel  A.  Roberts. 

y.  GeorKO  B.  Deaiie. 

10.  William  H.  Lockwood 

11.  George  Bliss. 

12.  Joseph  Archbold. 

13.  Hugh  Gardner. 
Finance  Committee — George  Opdyke,  8.  Van  Rensselaer 

Crutter,  Louis.  J.  rhlUipp,  iJorneUus  U.  Van  Wagqneu, 
Frank  t.  Howe,  Haiem  ti.  Wales,  Clark  F.  Wblttemore. 

Committee  on  Beaolutinnt-  ^Iotakid  M.  Ruggles.  Geoige 
Bliss,  Alexander  K  Ketchum,  George  W.  l-arkar,  John 
H.  Wbite. 

ComnH«i»e  on  PrfnJtnff— Samuel  G.  Acton,  Robert  B. 
Boyd,  John  l»e  Vriee. 

(Jommxttr.e  on  AoiuroIizafJon — Charles  8.  Spencer, 
Josipli  KheinooMt,  Kdward  W»tthHimer.  Samuel  it. 
Everett,  George  Scherman,  William  Uudaiman,  Kicbard 
H.  Greene.  ,  „ 

In  accordance  with  an  amendment  of  the  Consti- 
tution of  the  committee  providing  that  the  Chair- 
man of  the  German  Republican  Central  Committee 
shall  be  electe>i  annually  a  member  ex  officio  of  the 
'General  Comnltttee,  ex-Judge  A.  J.  Diiteubuerer, 
who  18  cow  tbe  Chairman  of  tbe  Germau  organiza- 
tion, was  so  elected,  the  roll  being  called  for  the 
purpose,  and  only  two  vote*  aDpe<iring  in  the  nega- 
tive.   Tb% meeting  tben  adjourned. 


TBE  NEW  SOPERINT&JNI>ENT  OF  PRISONS, 
Louis  D.  Pillsbury,  the  newly -aopomted  Su- , 
perintendent  of  State  Pris-ns,  arrived  at  Sing  Sing 
yesterday  and  visited  the  prison.  The  Superin- 
tendent was  accompanied  by  ex-State  Prison  In- 
spector B.  S.  W.  Cla'ke,  of  Franklin  County,  who, 
it  is  understood,  will  be  appointed  Warden  and 
Agent  of  Sing  Sing  Prison  in  place  of  X&o  present 
Incumbent.  It  la  belisved  that  a  great  many 
changes  and  needed  Improvements  will  be 
speedily  made  by  Superintendent  Pillsbury,  and 
io.  consequence,  the  keepers,  guards,  and  other 
officials,  feel  considerable  aniiety  as  to  their  proa- 
pects  lor  retaining  their  positions.  There  are 
■•veral  aspirants  for  the  principal  positions,  and  it 
is  expected  that  those  of  principal  Keeper,  Physi- 
cian, Chief  Clerk,  and  Storekeeper  will  be  filled 
the  latter  part  of  this  week  or  the  beginning  of 
next.  Yesterday  the  Superintendent  merely  passed 
toroogb  the  different  worashops,  and  Conversed  in- 
formally with  tbe  officials  on  the  present  condi- 
tion uf  the  prison. 

THE  BLEOTION  IS  IME  FIBSF  DISTRICT. 
The  Aldermen  met .  yesterday  aa  a  Board  of 
County  Canvassers,  and  canvassed  the  returns  of  the 
•leouon  held  last  weekfor  member  of  Assembly  from 
the  First  District,  in  place  of  tbe  late  James  Heatey. 
Tbe  vote,  as  annonnced  by  tbs  Clerto  of  the  board, 
is  aa  follows:  John  F.  Berrigan,  1,553;  Jonn  Lioore, 
885;  John  fl.  Grimes.  877  ;  Hngb  ilcManaa,  139; 
William  H.  Cramie,  100;  Frederick  H.  Jurges,  63  ; 
.Tofin  Hob,    IS.     Tne  tioard  will   meet  again  to-dav, 

wben  wi  official  deolacattonof  theab(>Te,^T«t«  TiU.titQ. 


THE  CONTINENTAL  LIFE  COMPANY. 

THE   BBARINO    BEFOBB    THE     RSFEBEB    BI^- 
SUMEO — THE    FORMER  VICE    PRESIDENT 
OF  THE  COMPANY  ON  THE   8TANI>-^HOW 
HIS     LIFE      ANNDIIY    WAS     COMMUTED* 
EVERY    YEAR  —  COMPLICATED    LITlGA- 
TIONB. 
The  hearing  before  Mr.  William  Allen  Butler, 
the  Beferee  in  the  matter  of  the  Continenul  Life 
Insurance  Company,  was  resumed  yesterday  at  No. 
20  Nassau  street,  when  Mr.  L.  V.  Stiles,  the  Cash- 
ier, furnished  a  list  of  items,  which  were  called  tor 
some  days  ago  relating  to  payments   that  had  been 
made  out  of  the  funds  of  tbe  eompany.    The  Janitor 
of  tbe  Continental   building  was  tben  placed  upon 
the  stand,  and  testified  to   having  seen   Luther  W. 
Frost,  Rufus  C.  Frost,  and  J.  P.  Rogers,  tbe  Seore- 
tary  uf  tbe  company,  visit  tbe  office  on  a  Sunday, 
the  date  of  which  be  could  not  fix  positively ;  wit- 
ness was  of  opinion  that  it  was   tbe  last  Sunday  in 
January  or  the  first  in  tbe  month  of  February;  Mr.* 
Rogers   took     away    with    him    a  small   bundle, 
but     witness     did     not     know     what     it     con- 
tained ;    at   another     time    the   witness   said   be 
remembered    baving  seen ,  Mr.   Rogers  enter  tbe 
office  with  a  bundle  after  everybody  had  gone  away 
for  the   day.    Mr.    Raphael    J.    Moses,   of  counsel, 
questioned  tbe  witness  clcsely,   but  without  eSect, 
for  the  purpose  of  showing  that  this  bundle  con- 
tained tbe  three  books  that  were  missing  from  Oct. 

25  to  Jan.  23. 

George  W.  Crofut,  the  lormer  Superintendent 
of  Agencies,  was  then  called,  and  testified  that, 
since  the  appointment  of  Mr.  Anderson  as  Receiver, 
while  carrying  on  negotiations  for  the  purcbaaeof 
the  capital  stock,  be  had  twice  examined  the  en- 
velopes in  Tvbioh  the  oertifioatea  were  oontained, 
and  had  not  seen  tbe  name  of  Walter  XL  Blake 
during  the  examination.  One  ot  the  envelopes  con- 
taining the  stock  of  M.  B.  Wynkoop  was 
shown  witnoso,  upon  which  was  an  indorse- 
ment in  lead  pencil  as  follows:  "W.  B. 
Blake,  loan  (10.625  45.  shares  Continental 
Life  Insarance  Company's  stock."  loslde  of 
tbe  envelope  v  as  a  certiflcato  for  43  shares  oC  stock, 
and  a  promissory  note,  signed  "  VV.  R.  Blake,  '  for 
tbe  above  amount ;  witness  had  not  seen  this  note 
before,  and  thought  it  was  not  there  when  he  ex- 
amined the  stock.  The  witness  was  put  through  a 
long  examination  relating  to  the  stock  of  the  differ- 
ent stockholders,  but  notbioe  pertinent  was  elloiied. 
He  stated  that  he  knew  Daniel  J.  Noyes;  had  free 
access  to  the  vaults  of  the  company  duilng  the 
month  of  December  last.,  and  that  be  came  there 
almost  daily ;  he  wonid  enter  the  vaults  whether 
Mr.  Anderaou  w.is  present  or  not ;  he  never  saw 
Noyes  carry  away  any  bundles  or  documents.  Mr. 
Robert  Sewell,  counsel  for  Mr.  Anderson,  then  cross- 
examined  tbe  witness  with  a  view  to  showing  that 
he  could  not  swear  as  to  what  was  or  was  not  In  the 
certificate  envelopes  at  tbe  ilme  of  bis  examination, 
and  Mr.  Crofut  said  there  had  been  so.  much  chang- 
ing around  tbe  place  that  he  was  not  prepared  to 
swear  to  anything. 

The  next  witness  was  Mr.  M.  B.  Wynkoop,  who 
was  Vice  Presideni  of  the  company  until  May  last, 
at  fvbich  time  he  resigned.  He  testifie«l  that  some 
time  before  bis  resignation  there  wat*  a  purobaau  of 
Stock  raatle  which  had  been  deemed  advisable, three 
of  tbe  Directors  agreeing  to  assume,  for  tbe  time 
being,  the  liability  ot  the  purchase;  witness  borrowed 
over  $10,000  on  tbe  110  shares  of  stock  held  by  him  ; 
this  amount  was  repaid  wben  h^  sold  out  all  his 
stuck  in  the  oompaoy,  by  tbe  latter 
agreeing  to  take  tne  obligations  of  R. 
C.  Frost  loBtead  of  witness'  ooligatiuns.  which 
at  that  time  amounted  to  sometbing  over 
tlO.OUO;  this  agreement  was  signed  by  Luthbr  W. 
Frost.  Rnfus  C.  Frost,  and  J.  P.  Rollers,  and  was 
entered  into  oarly  In  May  last;  when  wituess  solu 
bis  Stock  he  received  for  (>5  shares  their  par  value, 
tC.5U0,  and  a  release  trom  the  liability  of  the  ad- 
vance made  on  the  43  shares  mentioned  in  the  testi- 
mony of  Mr.  Crofut.  The  witness  wat  shown  ccr- 
tiboate  No.  44  lor  15  shares,  which  has  tlgnred 
sooiewbat  promineutly  in  the  bearing,  that  beiog 
tbe  stock  purchased  oy  John  U.  Huyt 
before  he  brungbt  tUe  action  tor  the 
Receiver's  appointment.  Mr.  Wynkoop  said 
that  tbe  15  shares  mentioued  bad  been  trans- 
f  erred  by  bim  iu  blank  to  Rufus  C.  Frost  a  short 
time  prior  to  bis  resignation.  The  witness  was 
asked  the  amount  of  his  salary,  and  if  be  received 
any  other  moneys  from  tho  company.  Uis  salary, 
he'stated,  was  12.000  per  aunum,  and  besides  this 
%e  leceived  a  life  annuity  amounting  to  something 
over  tl.OOl).  Tbe  cross-examination  on  this  point 
brought  out  the  tact  that  ihe  annuity  was  com- 
muted every  year,  lor  what  reason  witnesa  was  un- 
able to  state,  but  be  tbongbt  it  was  in  accordance 
with  the  custom  of  tbe,compAny.  The  stockholdora, 
he  saicL  received  an 'extra  dividend  of  7  per  cent, 
which  did  not  appear  on  the  annual  statement,  add 
this  was  at  one  time  Increased  lo  about  Id  oer  cent. 

Tbe  bearing  was  then  ailionrned  until- Friday. 

In  tbe  suit  of  John  0.  Hoyt  agaiust  the  Conti- 
nental, under  which  the  above  reference  was 
ordered.  Justice  Pratt  faas  granted  an  order  Joining 
m  the  suit  the  people  of  tbe  State  of  New- York 
and  William  Smyth,  Superintendent  of  the  Insur- 
ance Depattment. 

An  order  was  also  made  by  Justice  Gilbert  yes- 
terday  tnai  the  franchises  of  the  Continental  Ltle' 
Insurance  Company  be  declared  to  be  dissolved 
and  exiiucnishea  us  to  all  tbe  world,  except  solely 
for  tbe  purpose  of  enabling  the  Attorney  General 
of  this  State  to  prosecute  an  action  auxiliary  tu 
this,  in  order  to  reach  tbe  funds  belonging  to  the 
company. 

Tbe  papers  in  tbe  suit  brought  by  Mr.  William 
B.  Grace,  aa  Receiver  ot  the  Continental  Lifo  in- 
surance Company,  against  tbe  New-Jersey  Mutual 
and  the  National  Capitol  Life  Insurance  Companies 
and  Benjamin  Nuves,  President  of  the  latter  cor- 
poration, to  prevent  them  disposing  of  tho  assets  of 
tbe  plaintiff,  alleged  to  be  in  their  possession,  were 
jesterday  served  on  Mr.  Heury  D.  Walker,  tbe 
Treasurer  of  the  National  Capitol. 


the  Committee  on  Commerce  of  the  tiouseof  Rep- 
resentatives, the  rates  of  tare  being  entirely  gov- 
erned by  tho  comjietition  among  shipping  com- 
panitta. 

The  rematnder  of  the  answer  ia  an  elaborate  ar- 
gument in  favor  of  the  bill,  and  a  defense  of  tbe 
Commissioners  of  Emigration,  whose  fhnotiona,  it 
claims,  are  widely  misunderstooC. 

After  the  transaction  of  routine  businesa  the 
meeting  adiourned. 

The  immigration  for  January  to*  this  port  was 
300  leas  thau  fur  the  same  periocl  last  year. 


HOPELESSLY  IN  DEBT. 
THE  TROUBLES  OP  THE  PURITAN  CONGRE- 
GA-nONAL  CHDRCII,  BROOKLYN— A  COUN- 
CIL OP  CHURCHES  ADVISES  THE  ABaN- 
DONMKNT  OF  1X8  PROPEKTY. 
■  The  congregation  of  the  Puritan  Church,  cor- 
ner of  Lafayette  and  Marcy  avenues,  Brooklyn,  have 
for  several  years  been  under  a  grievous  and  appa- 
rently Immovable  burden  of  debt  It  began  its  ex- 
istence In  a  store  aud  lu  time  undertook  to  build  a 
taandsome  church, 'which  the  architect  employed 
assured  the  congregation  could  be  built  for  {40,000.  It 
was  constructed  In  war  times,  by  day  work,  and 
much  of  it  was  paid  for  at  prices  two  or  three  times 
higher  than  they  ought  to  have  been.  Tbe  original 
designs  contemplated  a  very  large  building,  to  cover 
tbe  eight  lots  to  which  title  bad  been  obtained,  but 
before  the  ostentatious  wing  was  finished  the 
society  was  found  to  be  deeply  in  debt.  A  number 
of  persons  were  compromised  seriously,  and  tbe 
500  or  COO  attendants  were  unable  to  raise 
even  the  current  expenses  of  tbe  chnrcb.  Its 
Pastor,  Rev.  Charles  Hall  Everest,  has  remained 
with  the  congregation,  until  tbe  present 
time,  but  having  reaigned.  because  be  saw  there 
was  no  prospect  that  tbe  congregation  would  be 
able  to  lift  its  load  of  debt,  aud  his  letter  baving 
been  accepted  by  tbe  congregation,  an  invitation 
was  Sfent  to  the  Congregational  churches  of  Brook- 
lyn, asking  them  to  meet  the  Puritan  Church  in  a 
council  to  be  held  lo  consider  what  should 
be  done.  This  council  was  convene<l  yes- 
terday afternoon  lu  the  Puritan  Church. 
There  were  present  representatives  of  the  (01- • 
lowing  churches  :  Plymouth,  New-England,  South 
Congregational,  Central,  Union,  Bedford  Avenne, 
Tompkins  Aven.ue,  Rochester  Avenue,  and  \Vood- 
baveo.  The  church  of  which  Rev.  Dr.  Budingtou 
IB  Pastor  deolined  to  take  part  in  the  coot'ereDCi-. 
The  meeting  bavinz  been  called  to  order,  Key.  Ed- 
ward fioecher  whs  chosen  Moderator.  A  statument 
ot  the  condiiion  of  the  society  was  read,  showing 
that  its  debt  is  {93,000,  and  that  there  is 
DO  prospect  that  tbe  cougrei.'aiion  can  remove  i^ 
A  committee  consisting  of  Gen.  Heath,  Rev.  Mr. 
Wilde,  aud  Rev.  Mr.  L<ickwood,  was  appointed  to 
consider  and  report  on  the  statement  of  the  church 
committee.  Tne  committoo  reporlod  after  a  brief 
consultation,  recomnionding  the  adoption  of  a  leao- 
liitloo  to  the. effect  that  tlin  cutire  church  property 
should  he  relinquished  to  tbe  creditors  aud  tbe  cor- 
poration dissolved,  but  that  the  suciotv  should  be 
maintained  and  eti'urtn  made  to  secure  another  place 
of  worship.  Tbe  resolutions  were  adopted.  It  io 
said  that  the  balance  uf  S800  due  Rev,  Mr.  Everest, 
the  Pastor,  will  be  paid  to  bim  before  be  leaves 
for  Chicago.  

INDEPENDENT  ORDEli  OF  ODDFELLOWS. 
Tbe  annual  oncainpmcitt  of  tbe  Indepemlent 
Order  of  Odd-fellows  of  tho  Stato  nf  New. York  was 
begun  yesterday  mDrnlng  iu  Odd-fellows'  Hall, 
oorner  of  Grand  and  Centre  streets.  Tbe  meeting, 
which  was  largely  attended,  was  pi-esided  over  by 
J.  P.  Murphy,  G.  P.  Among  the  Past  Grand 
officers  present  were  J.  P.  Sanders,  D.  W.  C.  Lang- 
don,  George  llaskins,  Meyer  Stem,  W.  H.  Barnes, 
Abram  Lent,  James  Terwilllger,  J.  W.  Stebbins,  T. 
P.  St.  John.  E.  S.  Ralph,  George  Gart^ier.  D.  P. 
Gardiner.  Georgo  Snyder,  Charles  Pinckney,  J.  C. 
Aitken,  and  J.  Fonda.  Tbe  forenoon  was  devoted 
to  examining  caodi  latos  for  admission  and  confer- 
ring Ihe  degree  ot  ine  Encampment  upon  new  mem- 
bers, forty  ot  whom  successtully  passed  examina- 
tion. The  annual  i.-lectiou,  wbich  took  ]ilaOH  at 
the  couclnslou  ot  tbi.H  ceremony,  reaulted 
in  tbe  choice  of  tbe  toUowing  .officers  : 
G.  P.,  Rlchar.1  L.  Italclgh  :  G.  fl.  P.,  Elias  Gooo- 
nian  ;  (i.  s.  W.,  (Jeorge  E.  ("raft;  G.  J.  W..  Wu'.iam 
B.  Monroe  ;  G.  bcribe.  G  V.  Clark  ;  G.  Treasurer, 
troorge  Smith  ;  K.  G.  L.  U..  George  HaskinR  ; 
G.  Sentinel  Joseph  P,ittor«ou;  D.  G.  Senti- 
nel Etlward,  Worihelmer ;  G.  Mtir.ihall,  W. 
W.  Tully.  The  reports  of  the  reliriug  officers  were 
then  read,  and  stiowed  tho  tlnaucial  afi'^iirs  of  ibe 
order  to  be  iu  a  favorable  condition.  Tho  cere<uonv 
of  the  installation  of  the  new  officers  completed  tbe 
business  of  the  day,  and  at  its  couclasion  the  meet- 
ing adjourned.  In  tho  evening  the  members  attend- 
ed Booth's  Theatre  and  witnessed  the  performance 
of  the  play  '•  Fifth  Avenue."  To-dav  the  Eucamu- 
ment  will  hold  another  sesi^lon  for  the  purpose 
of  considering  tho  new  constitution  and  by-laws, 
aud  fur  transacting  other  general  business. 


CITY  MD  SUBURBAN  NEWS. 


A   OOVNSEL'S  bBJjFACOUSATlOir. 

At  the  opening  of  tbe  Court  of  Ojer  and 
Terminer  yesterday  morning,  tbe  Jury,  who  bad 
been  locked  up  during  the  preceding  night  to  in- 
duce them  to  agree  on  a  verdict  in  tbe  case  of  James 
Rice  brought  in  a  verdict  finding  the  latter  guilty 
of  manslaughter  in  tbe  third  degree,  bat  recom- 
mending him  to  the  mercy  ot  the  court.  A.  Oakey 
Hall,  the  prisoner's  oounsel,  asked  for  a  suspension 
of  judgment  until  Friday.  He  added  :  "  I  desire  to 
say,  and  I  must  say  that  I  know  this  man  to  be  ab- 
solute! .y  Innocent.  With  tbe  indnlganco  of  the  court, 
I  desiris  to  say  that,  so  believing  and  so  knowing,  I 
desire  in  this  public  manner  to  declare  my  unal- 
tered determination  never  again  as  a  lawyer  to  ap- 
pear in  a  homicide  case.  If  I  cannot  demonstrate 
to  a  jury,  under  circumstances  like  these,  tbe  abso- 
lute innocence  ot  a  man  that  I  know  to  be  innocent 
—while  I  have  no  fault  to  find  with  tbe  Jury— I 
have  a  right  to  find  fault  with  myself,  and,  there- 
fore, I  give  tbe  best  evidence  of  my  earnestness 
when  I  say,  after  many  hours  of  refiectlon,  that 
such  is  the  lesson  this  case  has  taught  me  that  I 
neyer~will  again  appear  in  a  homicide  case,  and  I 
state  it  because  i  desire  to  attest  my  absolute  belief 
in  my  assertion  that  this  man  is  Innocent.  Tbe 
Jury  have  recom.siended  bim  to  mercy.  Your 
Honor  has  no  alternative  but  to  sentence 
hiro.  If  be  did  tne  deed,  as  tbe  Jury 
believe,  he  must  bo  guilty  of  manslaughter  in  the 
third  oegree,  but  believing  him  to  be  Innocent,  I 
earnestly  appeal  to  your  Honor  to  make  Inqairtes, 
to  give  iiim  the  lowest  sentence  that  the  law  al- 
lows." Mr.  Hall  also  said  he  would  make  applica- 
tion to  the  Governor  in  the  case. 

Judge  Brady  ihought  it  a  most  unfortunate  thing, 
if  the  prisoner  was  not  guilty,  that  the  defense 
were  not  able  to  prove  bis  innocence.  He  ttaougbt, 
however,  Mr.  Hall  did  himself  great  Injustice  in 
thinking  the  Jury  were  net  warraiited  in  bringing 
in  the  verdict  they  had.  Ho  suspended  sentence 
tmtil  Friday. 

THE  HEAD-MONEY  TAX  ON  IMMIGRANTS. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Emigration  Com- 
missioners was  held  yesterday  afternoon  in  Castle 
Garden.  There  were  present  Commissioners  For- 
re.<)t,  Lyneb,  Starr,  Mauler,  Qnintard,  and  KaufiC- 
man,  and  Bishop  Qamtard,  of  Tennessee,  brother  of 
the  Commissioner  of  that  name,  who  attended  as  an 
invited  guest.  Commissioner  Forrest  was  re-elected 
President  of  the  Commission  for  the  ensuing  year. 
An  answer  to  a  communication  from  tbe  Board  of 
Managers  of  the  Produce  Exchange,  inclosing  an- 
other from  the  Boston  Board  of  Trade,  and 
asking  for  information  relative  to  the  bill 
now  pending  in  Congress,  entitled  "An  act 
to  'regulate  immigration,"  was  adopted.  The 
Produce  Exchange  people  are  fearful  lest  a  re- 
imposition  of  tbe  bead-money  tax  will  drive  immi- 
giatlon  away  from  New- York  by  diverting  the 
Bteam-sbip  lines  to  other  ports,  whlob  would  na- 
turally take  away  from  this  City  a  large  share  of 
imports  also.  The  answer,  which  is  very  long, 
gives  a  recital  of  the  causes  which  led.  to  the  im- 
position of  the  head-money  tax,  explains  its  work- 
ings, and  tells  how  it  was  abrogated  by  a  decision 
of  tbe  Supreme  Court  declaring  State  laws  on  the 
subject  UDCOosiitutlonal.  It  says  that  tbe  last 
Legislature  adopted  a  resolution  calling  upon  the 
Commissioners  to  take  steps  to  secure  tbe  needed 
legislation  trom  Congress. 

The  enactment  of  She  law,  it  is  claimed,  will  be 
of  much  benefit  to  the  emigrants  bv  providing  a 
quasi  insurance  fund  against  accident  or  disease. 
No  treaty  obligations  of  the  United  States  with 
foreign  Governments  will  be  violated.  Per^ns 
unable  tu  support  tbemselves,  Itmatios,  and  crim- 
inals, are  frequently  snipped  to  this  port  by  persons 
abroad  interested  in  relieving  themselves  of  tbe 
burden  ol  their  care  and  support.  The  tax  is  not 
an  unreasonable  imposition,  a*  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury's experience  shows.  There  is  no  interfereace 
With  commerce  euntomplated.  The  bill  is  not  local 
in  its  bearings,  but  applies  equally  to  all  ports 
where  emigvants  amve.  The  assertion  that  tbe 
imposition  of  a  capitation  charge,  as 
provided  for  in  tbe  bill,  would  have  the 
effect  of  inoreaaine  tbe  rates  of  passage  from 
European  ports  to  New-York  la  not  true,  and  was  bo 
acknowledged,  they  say,    by  Mr.  Goetav  Schwab, 


VudNiuUi«,tb«  itSMB-ihtii  VfiwiBmkWiiw  MKiijnUteaJfi  »uve»-        ^-^ 


THE  LATE  CARROLL  DUNHAM,  M.  D. 
The  funeral  of  tho  late  Carroll  Dunham,  M.  D., 
took  place  yesterday  at  Iivingtou-ou-the- Hudson, 
and  was  largely  attended  by  the  medical  profession 
and  by  tbe  lay  frienos  of  the  deceased.  Dr.  Dunham 
was  one  of  tne  most  prominent  ot  the  Homeopathic 
ph.^sicians  ot  this  country.  For  many  years  be  was 
untiring  in  bis  efiortn  to  elevate  tbe  standard  of 
medical  edn<»tlon.  and  w.is  a  constant  contributor 
to  tbe  Homeopathic  literature  of  the  day.  He  was 
President  of  tho  American  Institute  of  Homeopathy. 
The  cause  of  death  wa»  excessive  nervous  exhaus- 
tion from  the  great  labors  attendant  upon  his 
servioes  lu  connection  with  the  World's  Homeo- 
pathic Convention  held  in  Pbiladclphia  last  Summer. 
For  a  year  prior  to  the  meeting  be  was  actively 
engaged  in  its  behalf,  and  from  June  to  tbe  Ist  of 
December  his  entire  time  was  devoted  to  compiling 
and  arranging  the  proceedings  of  ihe  conveniioTi  for 
pnoltoation.  For  many  .veara  tbe  Doctor  was  Dean 
of -the  New- York  Homeopathic  Medical  Collej:e,  auo 
to  bis  cff  irts  in  lis  behalf  the  present  taish  scauuiog 
of  that  institution  is  largely  inuebtod. 


TOO  MAyr  FOSITIONS  FOR  ONE  MAN. 

Wbile  Commissioner  Campbell  was  at  Al- 
bany yesterday,  the  Aldermanic  Committee  on  Pub- 
lic Works,  of  which  Mr.  Thomas  Sbiels  is  Cbair 
man,  was  occnpicd  in  making  arrangements  tor  an 
investigation  of  tbe  charge,  preferred  by  Alderman 
Tnomey,  that  he  bad  neglected  bis  official  duties. 
Mr.  Tuomey  appeared  before  the  committee,  and 
said  that  Mr.  Campbell  could  not  attend  to  tne  dr. 
ties  of  tbe  two  positions  be  now  holds.  He  was 
Commissioner  of  Public  Works,  and  also  President 
ot  the  Consolidated  Coal  Company.  He  was  run- 
ning for  a  second  term  tor  tbe  latter  position,  and 
tbe  election  would  be  beid  at  noim  to-day.  Mr. 
'f  nomov  tben  expressed  the  belief  that  Mr.  Camp- 
bell would  resign  tbe  Commissionership  of  Public 
Works  if  he  was  ra-ulecied  President  ot  tbe  Consol- 
idated Coal  Company.  The  coniiuitteo  decided  to 
commence  tbe  investigation  ou  Tuesday  next,  and 
directed  Mr.  William  H.  Moloney,  their  clerk,  to 
summon  such  witnesses  aa  Mr.  Tuome.v  might  sug- 
gest— tbe  list  to  include  officers  of  the  Consolidated 
Coal  Company. 

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TEE  '•  OOLD  WATCH"  SWINDLE. 
Mayor  Ely  yesterday  received  a  communica- 
tion from  Charles  £.  Quimby,  of  Auiiutta,  Me., 
Stating  that  he  was  a  victim  of  "  a  swindling  prac- 
tice that  lb  being  carried  on  at  No.  37  Bond  street, 
by  a  firm  purporting  to  be  Russell  Sc.  Co."  Mr. 
Qnimby  then  states  that  a  great  many  people  in  bis 
town,  and  also  in  Gardiner,  have  beed  swindled  by 
tbe  firm,  and  that  they  have  another  office  at  No.  5 
Bond  street.  The  firm  notified  him  that  he  had 
drawn  a  prize  worth  $200,  the  priee  consisting  of  a 
gold  watch  and  chain,  which  were  included  in  the 
articles  to  be  drawn  from  the  Laramie  City  Lottery, 
and  that  they  would  bo  forwarded  to  his  address  on 
payment  of  (20.  Quimbvthen  states  tbatoueof  the 
prize  watches  is  on  exhibition  in  an  express  nflioe 
^u  Gardiner,  Mo.,  ano  that  it  is  not  worth  SOO  cents. 
Many  other  letters  of  tbe  same  character  have  been 
received  by  the  Mayor,  but  it  appears  that  be  has 
no  power  to  interiere  wltn  the  alleged  swindling 
operations  of  tbe  firm. 


GENERAL  BUSINESS  INTERESTS. 
Breadstuff  and  provision  interests  here  were 
very  unfavorably  affected  yesterday  by  the  reports 
of  the  decidedly  bearish  temper  of  speculation  »t 
Chicago,  which  led  to  a  sharp  decline  in  our  mar- 
ket on  No.  3  Chicago  Spring  wheat  of  2  to  3  cents  a 
bushel,  and  on  xacm  pork  and  Western  steam 
lard,  especially  tbe  latter,  the  depression  was  ex- 
treme, the  lowest  quotation  ruling  at  the  close. 
The  dealings  in  laid  were  extensive  at  ^he  materially 
reduced  figures ;  but  in  wheat,  comparatively  un- 
important. Corn  sold  quite  freely  at  iiregular  fig- 
ures;  and  rve.  at  somewhat,  firmer  rates,  this  grain 
cbirny  for  export.  Petroleum  was  also  quite  brisk, 
but  at  lower  and  unsettled  prices,  with  more  call 
for  tonnage  on  charter  suited  to  this  interest, 
chiefly  for  London  and  the  principal  German  ports. 
Rumors  of  lurtber  offerings  of  wbeat  to  arrive  from 
Europe  were  current,  but  witi.out  any  authentic 
particulars,  and  as  far  aa  yet  indicated  uot  deemed 
of  any  special  significance  as  to  the  legitimate 
course  of  trade. 


SENDING  A  LIGHTER  ADRIFT. 

Charles  Dunn,  aged  19,  and  William  Eagan, 
aged  16,  well  known  to  the  Police  of  the  east 
side  aa  members  of  the  notorious  "Hook  gang," 
were  taken  yesterday  morning  before  Justice  Mur- 
ray, at  tbe  Essex  Market  Police  Court,  charged 
with  stealing  the  hawser  ot  the  lighter  Oak.  at 
Pier  No.  64  East  River,  and  sending  the  vessel 
adrift.  Early  on  Monday  afternoon  the  two  young 
thieves,  it  is  tfieged,  walked  op  tbe  pier,  and,  while 
Ibe  crew  were  at  dinner,  deliberately  out  tbe  line. 
When  the  Captain  of  the  craft.  G^urge  Conrtier, 
ascended  to  tbe  deck  a  few  minutes  later,  the  Oak 
was  drifdng  rapidly  with  the  ebb  tid<-.  The  pris- 
oners were  arrested  on  suspicion  by  an  officer  of 
the  Xbirieentb  Preoinct,  but  the  stolen  hawser  was 
not  found  in  their   yoMeasion.    Xtattr  v«r«  (Kgoi- 


NEW-YORK. 

Capt  Braokelt's  force  seized  1,000  cigars  yea- 
terday  that  tbe  owners  were  attemnting  to  smuggle 
f^om  the  steamer  Clyde.  They  also  captured  lu  a 
Broadway  store  a  package  ot^  prunella  cloth,  be- 
lieved to  have  besu  snipped  by  MoClannaghan,  the 
Montreal  smuggler.    . 

Humphrey  Stevens,  aged  61,  an  inmate  of  the 
Old  Men's  Uoseotarlan  Home,  No.  521  East  Ooe 
Hundred  and  Twentieth  street,  died  suddenly  yes- 
terday morning.  The  tact  ot  the  finding  of  a  vial 
of  landaoam  in  his  bed  pntn^ly  establishes  the  belief 
that  tho  oio  mail,  tor  some  unknown  motive,  com- 
mitted suicide  by  poisoning. 

Tbe  semi-centennial  anniversary  of  the 
English  Lntberan   Church  of  St.  .Tames,  Fifteenth 

street,  between  Second  and  Third  avenues,  was 
oelsbrated  last  evening.  The  occasion  was  observed 
by  a  pleasant  reunion  of  all  the  liviqg  resident 
members  of  ihe  church.  During  the  evening  an 
interesting  paper  was  read,  giving  a  condensed  his- 
tory of  tbe  Lntberan  Church  in  this  City. 

A  meeting  of  the  American  Philological  So- 
ciety will  be  held  tbls  evening  in  Room  No.  36, 
Cooper  Union,  when  Mr.  Charles  Sotheran  will  de- 
liver a  free  lecture  on  tbe  subiect  of  "The  Recent 
Verification  of  tbe  Akkadian  and  Earliest  Semitic 
Traditions."  Tbe  lecture  will  diseuss  the  cunei- 
form inscriptions.  Sir  Henry  Rawlinson's  discov- 
eries, tbe  corroboration  of  the  labors  of  Giotefend. 
Oppert,  and  others,  by  George  Smith,  and  will  be 
illustrated  by  diagrams. 

BROOELTN. 

Tbe  Law  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors agreed  yesterday  to  send  to  the  Legislature 
a  bill  providing  for  the  defiolencies  in  the  appro- 
priations for  the  poor.  The  passage  of  a  Deficiency 
bill  at  the  solicitation  ot  tbe  Chanty  Commission  is 
an  event  of  yearly  occurrence. 

Many  complaints  have  recently  boon  made 
of  the  tardiness  of  the  street-cleaning  contractors  In 
removins  ashes  and  garbage.  The  President  of  tbe 
Board  of  City  Worts  has  invoked  tbe  aid  of  the 
Police  Department,  and  in  the  future  contractors 
will  be  held  to  a  strict  accountability. 

Tbe  hearing  ot  testimony  in  the  svut  brought 
by  Kiogsley  &  Keeney  to  recover  from  tbe  city 
$178,000  for  extra  work  done  on  the  Hempstead 
Reservoir  was  resumed  yesterday,  in  the  Corpora- 
tion Counsel's  oflBce,  by  the  Refereea  A  number  of 
contractor.^  were  examined  as  to  the  value  of  the 
work,  the  testimony  beiog  altogether  of  a  technical 
nature. 

The  funeral  of  the  late  Charles  Lowery,  Sec- 
retary and  counsel  of  the  Dime  Savings  Bank, 
took  place  yesterday  from  the  Church  of  tbe  Holy 
Trinity.  The  services  were  conducted  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Hall,  Bssisied  by  Rev.  Mr.  Chad  well.  The  pall- 
bearers were  Judge  McOue,  Alderman  Burnett,  A. 
L.  Husted,  ex- Mayor  John  W.  Hunter,  John  Hal- 
sey,  Daniel  Ch;.uncev,  and  J.  L.  Marcellos. 

About  a  year  ago,  Anton  Lambai,  a  shoe 
dealer,  said  of  Rev.  Adolpb  Melcnzney  that  he  was 
a  thief  Both  parties  are  Poles  and  the  latter  is 
Pastor  of  tbe  Polish  Roman  Catholic  Church  iu 
New- York.  Tbe  clergyman  sued  bis  defamer  for 
150,000  last  Fall,  and  the  jury  diHagreed.  The  case 
was  again  tried  yesterday.  It  was  given  to  the 
jury  last  evening  with  instructions  to  bring  in  a 
sealed  verdict  dunug  the  night,  if  they  came  ti> 
on  agreement.  The  trouble  between  the  plaintiff 
and  defendant  arose  out  of  some  church  accounts.  — 

NEW-JEESEY. 
The  ladies  of  tbe  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
at  Westfleld  will  give  a  Lady  Washington  recep- 
tion, in  the  church,  to-morrow  (Tnnrsday)  evening. 
There  will  be  old  time  sinning,  readings,  and  re- 
tresbinenis.  The  proceeds  will  go  toward  the  fund 
lor  the  purchase  ot  a  new  organ. 

George  Weber  and  Jacob  Weden  had  just 

completed  a  90-da.v  term  iu  the  Hudson  County  Pen- 
itentiary yesterday  morning,  when  they  were  rear- 
rested liy  Detective  Francis  on  a  charge  of  having 
committed  a  burglary  at  Gottfried  Kuovert's  shoe 
stole,  in  Newark,  in  November  last.  They  were 
taken  to  tne  First  District  Police  Court  in  Jersey 
City,  and  delivered  over  to  tbe  Newark  authorities. 

A  dispatch  was  received  by  the  Jersey  City 
Police  yesterday  that  a  man  named  Sllnger  was 
wanted  in  Patersonfor  fraud,  and  that  be  had 
started  from  that  city  on  tbe  9:45  tiain.  The  only 
description  giveu  of  him  was  tnat  bis  hands  were 
deeply  stained,  his  trade  being  that  ot  a  dyer.  Offi- 
cer Purcell  arrested  him  on  that  de8cripiion,and  he 
was  detained  lo  await  the  arrival  of  the  Paterson 
anthorities. 

Tho  cities  of  Jersey  City  and  Hoboken  are 
coulronted  with  a  new  difficulty  in  relation  to  their 
water  supply.  It  has  been  noticed  for  some  lime 
that  the  water  has  a  brackish  taste,  and  seems-to  be 
slightly  impregnated  with  salt,  aud  it  has  been  uis- 
covend  thai  owing  to  the  recent  removal  of  ob- 
structions iu  the  Passaic  River  the  sail  water  from 
Nowark  Bay  no«v  ro.iclies  to  within  a  short  distance 
of  Belleville,  the  source  of  supply.  Several  plans 
for  obv.ating  tbe  ditticulty  have  been  sug^estea,  but 
noimng  ot  a  practical  naiure  has  yet  been  decided 
upon. 

John  Hufnagle,  a  farmer,  resiiiing  on  South 
Orange  avenue,  near  the  Nowark  city  line,  met  with 
a  singular  accident  a  day  or  two  ago  which  resulted 
ill  his  death.  He  was  going  dowu  into  the  cellar 
when  bo  accidentally  sii.'pod  on  the  stairs  and  fell, 
h\n  head  striking  a  proii;ctine  key  with  so  much 
torce  that  it  pouotraied  his  skull.  He  fell  uncoD- 
bcious  on  the  floor  and  reiuaiuea  undiscovered  until 
morning,  wboii  he  was  found  lying  in  a  pool  of 
btood.  Medical  attendance  was  summoned,  out  it 
was  found  impossible  to  save  bis  life.  Deceased 
was  70  years  o;d.       ^ 

WASHINGTON'S    BIRTHDAY. 


HOW  THE  ANNIVEKSAUY  WILL  BE  CELE- 
BRATED IN  THIS  CIlY — r.4.RADE  OF  THE 
VETEKANS  AND  KECKPIIOXS — TRINITY 
CHIMKS. 
To-morrow  will  be  the  145th  anniversary  of 
Washington's  bKthday.  Chief  among  the  features 
of  the  day's  celebration  will  oe  the  parade  and  din- 
ner of  tbe  Veterans  of  1812.  Receptions  will  also  be 
held  by  the  Seveuty-flrtt  Infantry,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y., 
at  the  armory,  Brtiadway  and  Thirty -fifth  street;  by 
the  First  Troop  of  Washington  Grays,  at  the 
corner  of  Broadway  and  Forty-fifth  street; 
by  the  Order  of  United  Americans,  at  the 
Union  Square  Htiiel,  alrd  by  members  of  other 
military  and  civic  associations.  The  Order 
of  United  American  Mechanics  will  hold  exercises, 
at  1  o'clock,  at  the  Cooper  Institute.  The  Post 
Office  will  be  closed  at  10  o'clock,  aud  a  large  num- 
ber of  tbe  down-town  stores  will  observe  the  day 
by  BUSDendiug  business.  A  special  matinee  will 
be  given  at  Gilmure's  Garden,  and 
most  of  the  theatres  will  piesent  snit- 
abto  programmes  during  tbe  i.tternoon  and 
evening.  A  lair  and  festival  will  be  held  in 
the  bas^bieut  of  tbe  Macdougal  Street  Baptist 
Church  during  the  afternoon  ana  evening.  *JHon. 
Charles  H.  Winfield  will  deliver  a  lecture  before  the 
Greenville  Yonng  Men's  Christian  Association,  at 
their  rooms,  comer  ot  Linden  and  Ooean  avenues, 
at  8  P.  M.,  on  the  subject  ol  "Communipaw  aud 
Vicinity  in  the  Olden  Time."  The  Martha  Wash- 
ington Reception  at  tbe  Academy  of  Music  and 
Nilsaon  Hall  will  be  tbe  great  event  of  the  evening. 
Almott  as  regularly  as  the  parade  ot  the  Veterans 
are  tbe  birthday  chimes  wbich  peal  trom  tbe  spire  of 
Trinity  Church.  'Ibe  selection  of  national  and 
other  melodies  made  by  Mr.  James  E.  Ayliffe  for 
to-morrow  is  unusually  large  and  varied,  as  the 
subjoined  programme  will  show.  The  performance 
will  beuiu  at  noon: 

1.  Ringing  tbe  changes  on  eight  bells. 

'2.  "no J.  x-vbiie,  snd  tJlue." 

8.  Centennial  Fantiista,  composed  and  arranged  b.y 
George  F.  Bristow  expressly  for  Triuitr  Uhimes,  iutro- 
4uclng  "  Fling  out  the  Flag."  Liberty  iluet,  aud  Uabe- 
lujihChoras. 

4.  "  O  sons  and  daughters,  let  us  sing," 

5.  Hail  Columbia. 

6.  Last  Rose  of  Summer. 

7.  •'  bet  Me  Go." 

8.  Evening  Beils. 

».  Aula  1  ang  Syne.  / 

10.  Biue  Bells  of  Scotland. 

11.  Iiiatioual  .\ntbem. 

12.  Child  of  the  Reurlmeot. 

13.  Columbia,  tbe  Oem  of  tbe  Ocean. 

14.  vn  tne  chores  of  Tennessee. 

15.  The  Starry  Flag. 
ItJ.  Hall  to  the  tbiet. 

17.  Washineton's  Grand  March. 

18.  Trinity  Ch.mes. 

19.  Our  ..ativtf  band, 
^u.  bee,  the  <  onquering  Hero  Comes. 

21.  Tho  aol  flier's  •Iteturn. 

22.  .Uerrlly  King  the  Trinity  Bells. 

23.  Our  Flag  is  There. 

24.  Yaukee  Dooule. 

The  Webster  Library  Society  has  prepared  a 
varied  and  interesting  programme  of  literary  ex<>r- 
cises  appropriate  to  tbe  celebration.  The  enter- 
tainment will  take  place  at  their  hall.  No.  1.^1 
Second  avenne  Yorkville,  commencing  at  7:30 
P.M. 


aemialBtanoa  ripened  into  aa  intfmaoy  wfaioh  remit, 
ed  in  the  ooople  UvlDg  together  an  man  and  wife.  A 
few  months  ago,  soon  after  the  girl  had  given  birth 
to  a  child.  Eroslg  deserted  hik  mistress,  and  she,  be- 
coming ill,  waa  compelled  to  enter  tbe  Charity  Hos- 
pital on  Blackwell's  Island.  Krosig  denied  toe 
charge  of  seduction,  hut  waa  committed  to  th« 
Tombs  until  such  time  as  the  girl  can  appearto  aab> 
stantiate  her  accusation. 

ViCTOB  E.  MAOosa's  Americak  Platiko  Caxds, 
new  designs.  Bold  by  the  trade  generally.— .<«tvertiM< 
ment  ^^^^^^___^ 

PASSENGERS  ARRIVED. 

Intttam-thip  Oreeee.  flrom  London.— Hon.  and  Mrs.  W. 
T.  Horrohin,  Capt  A.  Johntop,  Capt.  J.  K.  Wlide,  M. 
Martines,  B.  Jarvls.  James  Libby.  John  Branob,  John 
Uorton,  Warren  8tone,  8.  Bennington.  Mr.  Bennington. 
t/u*.  L.  H.  John.  Bdwin  Multon. 

In  iteam-sMp  SwltMrland,  from  ..inftoerp.— Elcbmond 
Plerson,  iliss  Annie  Smith.  Matt  Btel<'her,  Mrs.  Mary 
Qremderlger,  Michael  Weissermann  Miss  Marie  Bngal, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stepper,  Mr.  and  Mra  Terrari,  Mrs.  Kliza 
Bides,  Mr,  and  Mrs.  freuse. 


MINIATURE  A LMANAO-1  HIS  DAT. 
Sunrises 6:46  I  Sun  sets.  ....V42  I  Moon  sets  ...1:39 

HIGH  WATKa— THIS   OAT. 

Sandy  Hook.  12:45  I  Oov.Isiand..l:34  |  Hell  Oate....2:S6 


MARINE  INTELLIQENGB, 


KEW-YOBK TUK8DAI,  PER   20. 


OLBARSD. 

Steam-sbips  Glancus,  Bearse,  Boston;  H.  P.  DImock; 
Anstralia,  Butler,  Olasgow,  Henderson  Bros.;  Glental- 
loch,  (Br..)  Hogg.  London,  Henderson  Bros.,  Wyanoke, 
Couch,  Norfolk,  fit.y  Point,  and  Richmo'id,  Old  Domin- 
ion Steiini-sblp  Co.;  England,  Thompson.  Liverpool, 
F.W.J.  Hurst:  China.  (Br.,)  Gill.  Liverpool,  C  O. 
Francklyu;  Agnes,  Vurdlck,  Pbiladelpliia,  Bogert  & 
Morgan. 

Barks  Pasqnalina.  (ItaL,)  Bossl,  Lisbon,  Punch,  Edye 
&Co.;  Wieisnd.  (Ger.,)  Vogelsang  Acjier,  for  orders, 
Cbanea  Luliuf;  &  t'o.;  Ricard,  HI.,  (ital.,)  Castellano, 
Trieste,  John  C.  ;SeaKer. 

Brigs  Jennie  A.  Chesney,  Amy,  Lagu)»yra  Puerto  Ca- 
bello,  U.  P.  8iown  t  Ca;  Anna  P.  Odell.  (Br.,)  Porter, 
Bt.  John's,  N.  F. .  J.  W.  Partcer  Jt  Co.:  Walter  Smith, 
bmith.  Montevideo,  John  Norton,  Jr.,  &  Sons. 

Hchra  James  W.  Brown.  Kane,  Port  Roval,  Iitaao  B 
.<!taple»;  0.  C.  Acken,  Toms.  Bridgeport,  Stamford 
Manufacturing  Co.;  Volant,  (Br.,)  beqardens.  Pernam- 
buco.  U.  P.  CnrrlCT  F.  V.  Turner,  Walter.  Puerto  Ca- 
bello,  Peniston  &.  Co.;  Sallie  Burton,  Burley,  Bridge- 
port, stamiord  Manufacturing  Co.;  B.  N.  Hawkins, 
Wyatt,  Charleston,  Rvans,  Ball  &  Co.;  Ida  Palmer, 
Palmer,  Bridgeport,  Stamfo  d  Mannfactoring  Co. 


ARRIVED. 

Steam-stilp  Greece.  (Br..l  Andrews,  Iiondon  Feb.  4, 
with  mdse.  and  passtngers  to  F.  W.  F.  Hurst. 

Stesm-shlp  Switzerland,  (Belg..)  Jaokson,  Antwerp 
Feb.  4,  with  mdse.  and  passengers,  to  George  W.  Col- 

."^team-ship  Clvde.  Kennedy,  Havana  Feb.  16,  with 
mdse.  and  passengers  to  Wm.  P.  Clyde  k.  Co. 

Steam-ship  San  Jacinto,  Hssard,  Savannah  Feb.  17, 
with  mdse.  and  passeugers  to  Geo.  Vonge. 

ttteam-sbip  Agni-8.  Burdlck,  Pbiladelphia.  witbmdse. 
and    assengers  to  Bogart  &  Morgan. 

Steam-ship  Isaac  Beli,  Lawrence,  Richmond  and 
Norfolk,  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Old  Dominion 
Bti-ain-ship  Co.  ,        _  _^  ,.,,»... 

ftearo-ship  Idaho.  (Br.,)  Freeman,  Liverpool  Feb.  7, 
and  Queenstown  8th,  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to 

Williams  &  Gnion. 


»i  J'._Ht'.-.]f;,:i!|PvM 


wmm 


Steam-ahlp  Ortv  of  Atlaata,  WaookrfL  — ^^ 

Feb.  17,  with  mdse.  aad  vaaaeasera  to  J.  W.  Qalataet 

Bark  Scutari.  (ItaU.)  lauro.  MtbiMa  "TT  ds~  vrfM 
f^it  to  Iiawrenoe.  Giles  k  Co.-^e8ael  «o  FtMtA.  Bdje 
It  Co. 

Bark  Goether,  {Qvt„)  BehiAart,  Braasen  See.  8^  vte 
Pslninaib   nllli  mdse.  to  a  Lnllnc  k,  Co. 


8chr.  Mary  K  Uonglass,  (of  Bootbbay.)  Eoff.  KaT». 
gneaia  ds.,  wtth  tnat  to  Wm.  Donclaas— TSMal  t» 
B.  J.  Wenberg  k  Co. 


Schr.  Alaeba,  (of  Hardngton,  Me,>-PUMaiaer.  Cae- 
aenas  19  da.,  with  sugar  to  otder^veasetto  Biett,  loa 

Schr.  Ada  J.  Slmonton,  (of  Boston.)  Hall.  Hatanms 
16  da,  with  sugar  to  J.  Saserbc— vessel  to  H.  P. 
Brown. 

Schr.  Hattle  Turner,  Hupper,  WUmlngten,  B.  OL.,  8 
ds.,  with  naval  stores  to  master.  Is  l>euiid  to  Kenae- 
bunkport. 

Scbr.  Moro  Castle,  (of  Gloucester, )  Croes,  Fortane 
Bay,  N.  F,  9  d»..  with  herrtng  to  master. 

Scbr.  MarvDoane,  (of  RocKiiort,)  Lee.  Fortaae  Bay. 
N.  P..  with  berriog  to  master. 

Scbr.  Klask.  (ol  Gloucester. )  WUson,  Fortune  Bay,  V, 
P.,  witb  Herring  for  Philadetphlx 

Sohr.  Freddie  W.  Alton,  Joues,  Boston,  fbr  Vlrglalat 

Schr.  Kagln,  Bobbins,  lioston.  for  PbiladelphlSb 

Sclir.  American  Kaglo.  Tmelove.  Salem. 

Schr.  Ann  L.  Lockw<K>d.  »r,  John,  Provtdenee. 

I&br.  H.  Moody,  band.  Providence. 

Scbr.  Alexander  Touuk,  Blake,  Providenee. 

Schr.  Wm.  D.  Hilton,  Newton,  FrovldeDoe,  fbr  Baitk 
more. 

Schr.  Pytbon,  Bell,  Providenee.  for  Port  Johnson. 

Schr.  Sarah  Wooster,  Sherman,  ProvldeBoe,  fbr  Po^ 
Johnson. 

Schr.  D.  Cliflbrd,  Young,  Providenee,  fbr  Port  John, 
son. 

Schr.  E.  P.*  Wheaton.  Jarvls,  Providenee,  fct  Port 
Johnson. 

Scbr.  Harmonia,  OolUns,  Providenee,  for  Port  John 
son.  __ 

Scbr.  L.  B.  Cowperthwalie,  Jomes,  Warrea.  for  Fhila%- 
delphia. 

Schr.  J.  W.  Hlnes,  Ctaatlleld,  New-Haven. 

Scbr.  New  Regulus,  ballock,  New-Haven.     .*■ 

Schr.  Golden  Rule,  eelsey,  New-Haven. 

Schr.  Mary  DaviB,  Halt  .New-Haven. 

Schr.  £.  K.  Wilson.  Plummer,  Richmond. 

Scbr.  Active,  Sewnrd.  Alexandria. 

Schr.  Samuel  H.  Sharp,  Cauby,  Richmond. 

Schr.  Mary  B.  Tibbite,  Robbios.  Virginia. 

Bcbr.  Sarah  R.  Javne.  raallifnbarg,  Vinelnlfc 

Schr.  E.  R.  Kirk,  Bagley,  Baltimore- 

Schr.  11.  fl.  Diverty,  Williams,  PhUadelDhlikk , 

Sclir.  John  Lenthel,  Martin,  Virginia. 

Bchr.  Deonle  HBStlnea,  Tiiton.   Viretnia. 

Sebr.  Kliaaiieth  Wbite  Abbott,  Virglnt*. 

WIND.  Sunset,  moaerate,  M,  W.;  oleai. 


-f 


Br  CABLE. 


LowDOV.  Feb.  20.— Sid.  SOtb  nit.,  J.  W.  BetleiraUt 
Ifitb Inst..  Clara  Pickens:  17tb  lost.,  Josie  C  Haael' 
tine,  tbe  latter  for  Havana;  Cleveland,  Zto  BattlstO; 
2()th  inst..  Emerald  Isle,  Ocean  Express,  the  latter  fol 
St.  Thiimas :  Hoitingen. 

Arr.  16th  ult.,  Lucy  W.  Snow;  .9th  inst..  Kargberl- 
ta  Oalatoia,  tbe  latter  at  Naples  :  16tb  tnst.,  J.  W. 
Bury,  probably  the  J.  W.  Dmry';  Chiarina :  19th  Inst.. 
Mary  Ann.  Sussex,  Capt.  Taylor;  20tblnst.,  Quart 
Bay,  Francois  Call.  I),  u.  Dickie 

Labne.  Feb.  20 Tbe  State  Ltae  steam-ablp  State  of 

Indiana  sld.  trom  bere  at  10  A  M.  to-day  tor  Hew* 
York. 

Movn.LK,  Feb.  20.— Tbe  Allan  Line  stean-sblp 
Moravian.  Cant.  Grabam,  from  Portland  Feb.  10,  for 
Liveiwol.  arr.  here  to-day. 

SouTBAKPTON.  Feb.  20. — Tbe  WUson  Line  steam-sblp 
Othello,  Capt.  Bristow,  tiom  New-York  Feb.  2.  for 
Bull,  arr  here  to-day. 

P1.TX0UTH,  Feb.  2U. — Tbe  General  Transatlantic  Co.'% 
Bteam-sbip  Labrador,  Capt.  Sanglter,  from  New-Tork 
Feb.  10,  for  Havre,  arr.  bere  at  4  o'clock  this  after' 


A  FAITHLESS  LOVER. 
An  e£Fenxinate  German,  named  Richard  Van 
Krosi^l,  who  professes  to  be  the  son  of  a  wealthy 
gentleman  of  Anhalt-Dessau,  Germany,  was  ar- 
raigned yesterday  at  the  Essex  Market  Police  Court, 
before  Justice  Murray,  on  the  charge  of  seduoing 
Charlotte  Eocb,  who  ontil  recentlv  was  employed 
in  Bucheister's  Hotel,  Fort  Lee,  N.  J,  Van  Krosig 
stated  that  be  was  the  son  of  Bicbard  Van  Erosig, 
Judge  of  tbe  Circuit  Court  of  Anbalt-Bembnrg.  and 
a  resident  of  Anbalt- Dessau.  Though  educated  for 
a  commercial  career,  £rosig,  Jr.,  at  tbe  termination 
of  bis  studies  entered  the  Piussian  Army,  aud  rose 
to  tbe  grade  of  Lieutenant  during  the  Franco- 
Prussian  war.  Kesigulng  at  the  close  ot 
thaL  contest,  be  entered  upun  a  life 
of  dissipation,  and  incurring  dobts,  which 
bis  father  declinetl  to  liqtudate,  he  emigrated  to 
1  tbls  country.  -Soon  after  his  arrival  in  New-Tork 
I  be  applied  for  and  obtained  the  oosltioa  of  oook- 
I  keeper     at  Bacbelster's  Hotel,  Port  I>ee,  where  he  1  ^ 

t,^Eain«Uibe  MflBAiauuifie  n£  tfw  WMBiUttamni.-  V)>^  . 


T  Hin  T  Y-S  E  C  ON  D   A  IS  N  U  A  L    U  MF,0  MJ^ 

» 

OF    THE  . 

NEW-YORK 

LIFE 

IJVSTJRA.jyCE    COMPANY. 

0FW(3E, 

NOS.    346    AND    348    BROAD'WAY. 
jj^isrujiLKrsr  i,  i877- 

AMOUNT  OF  NBT  CASH   ASSETS,  JAN.  1,    18y« - 930.ie«.903  6t 

REVENUE    ACCOUNT. 

Premlnms •5,910,840  87 

Interest  received  and  accrued $2,i64,08o  81 

Less  amount  accrued  J  an.  1.  1876 257,130  86—1,906,949  95—    7,817,T9(»  83 

Total »3r,984.6»3  »4 

DISBURSEMENT   ACCOUNT. 

Losses  by  death ~ $1,547,648  49 

Dividends  and  returned  premiums  on  canceled  policies 2,510,68116       •■ 

Life  annuities,  matured  endowments,  and  re-lttsuranoes 234,230  22  ""    . 

Commissions,  brokerages,  agency  expenses,   and  physician's  fees , 373,00167 

Taxes,  ofBtJe  and  law  expenses,  salaries,  advertising,  printing,  &o 376,694  33 

Eeduction  of  premiums  on  United  States  stocks 140,233  33 

Onotberstooks 65,307  19-  $5,V5S,795  SI 

Total S33,730.i»f  Sl» 

ASSETS. 

Cash  in  Trust  Company,  in  banks,  and  on  hand $l.i27,9S3  18 

Invested  in  Unit«d  States,  New-Tork  City,  and  otber  stocks,  (market  value 

$10,311,045  67) ■ 9.730.629  91 

Eealestate 2,541.576  46 

Tbia   includes   real  estate   purcba8«d   under   foreclosure,    amounting    to 

$773  402  a2,  a  recent  appraisal  of  which  by  competent  itarties  shows   that,  ;^ 

■when  sold,  tbe  company  may  reasonably  expect  to  realize  at  least  its  cost 

Bonds  and  mortgages,  first  lien  on  real  estata,    (buildings  thereon  insured  ■<"• 
for  $15,321,000,  and  the  policies  asslgaed  to  the  company  as  additional  col- 
lateral security) ;> 17,354,837  S4 

*Loan8  on  existing  policies,  (the  reserve  beld  bv  the  company  on  tbese  policies  •_      . 

amounts  to  $3,659,490)... - 781.685  39 

'Quarterly  and  semi-annual  premiums  on  existing  policies,  due  subsequent  to 
Jan.  1. 1877 - 432,695  40 

*PremlninB  on  existing  policies  In  course  of  transmission  and  collection,  (esti- 
mated reserve  on  these  policies  $605,000,  included  in  UabiUties) 125,027  15  "^ 

Acents'  balances 36.164  19 

Accrued  interest  on  Investments  to  Jan.  1,  1877 S00.558  68— C83,730,88S  30 

*A  detailed  sc\edu'-e  of  theu  item  tbUl  aeeompanu  theutwd  annual  r^ort  filed  wtth  th*  In**rane$ 
Department  of  the  '>taU  of  A'eto-  rork, 
Excess  of  market  value  of  securities  over  cost 580.S1S  76 

CASH  ASSETS,  JAN.  1, 1877 • 833,3 11.413  ?• 

Approtorlated  as  follows: 

Adjusted  losses,  due  subsequent  to  Jan.   1,1877 $314.440  98 

Reported  losses  awaiting  proof,  tc 201,152  21 

Reserved  tor  reinsurance  on  eiistlnz  policies ;  participating  insurance  at  4 
per  cent.  Carlisle,  net  premium;  non-participating  at  6  per  cent  CarUsie,  net 
premium ^ «9,684.461  61 

Keserved  for  contingent  liabilities  to  Tontine  Dividend  Fund,  over  and  above  a 
4  per  cent,  reserve  on  existing  policies  of  that  class 817,504  84 

Keserved  for  premiums  paid  lu  advance 17.038  82-^0.684.897  9 

Divisible  surplus  at  4  ^  cent 


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available  on  settlement  of  next  auntial  premium  to  participating  policies  proportionate  to  their  coatributtont# 
surplus.    Tbe  cash  value  of  tbe  reversion  may  be  used  in  such  settlementlf  tbe  poUcy-holders  so  elect. 

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Number  of  policies  In  force  Jan.  1.  1876,44,681. 

Number  ofpollctesln  force  Jan.  1,  1877,  45,42L 

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THE  ELECTORAL  TfilBUNAL 

♦ 

OBEGON  BEFORE  THE    COMMISSION. 

AKGUMENTS  BY  SENATOR  KEIXT  AND  BEFRE- 
BENTATTVE  JENKS  ON  THE  PART  OB*  THE 
DKMOCRATS,  AND  SENATOR  MTTOHKLL 
AND  REPRESENTATIVE  LAWEENCE  ON 
THE  PARI  OF  THE  REPtTBLICANS— AN 
EVENING  SESSION — ARGUMENT  OF  JUDGE 
HOADIEY. 

Sveeial  Di$paicli  to  Ota  New-  Tori  Tima. 

"Washington,  Feb.  21.— Shortfy  after  the 
^|wo  bouses  separated  the  Electoral  Commission 
went  into  session,  and  it  was  announced  that 
Senator  Kelly  and  Representative  Jenks 
■would  appear  as  objectors  on  the  part  of  the 
Democrats,'  and  Senator  Mitchell  and  Judge 
Lawrence,  ot  the  House,  on  the  part  of  the 
BepublicdJis.  Then,  after  some  preliminary 
discussion  of  no  importance,  a  recess 
was  taken  for  half  an  hour.  At  the  end  of 
that  time,  before  an  audience  the  meagreness 
of  which  testified  forcibly  to  the  waning  in" 
terest  in  the  Presidential  question,  Senator 
Kelly  took  the  floor  on  behalf  of  the  Demo" 
orats.  He  made  an  incoherent  and  hlund^rine 
argnmenc  against  the  counting   of  the  votes 

oast  by  the  Hayes  Electors,  and  ourioosly 

enough,  in  view  ofhis  telegrams  trom  Oregon 
to  Tiiden  and  Pelton,  talked  a  great  deal  about 
honesty,  truth,  justice,  &o.  The  principal,  indeed 
the  only  point  made  by  him,  was  that  each 
State  in  the  Union  had  the  ris^bc  to  appoint 
E*reeidential  Electors  in  its  own  way  and  ac- 
cording to  its  own  laws.  When  it  ia  remem- 
bered that  this  very  fact  was  fully  proved  by 
the  Kepablican  counsel  in  ttie  Louisiana  case, 
it  will   be  seen  that    Mr.    Gobble  Dispatch 

Kelly's  one  point  was  not  a  very  original  or 
important  one.  Mr.  Jenks  was  the  next 
speaker  on  tbe  part  of  the  Democracy.  Mr. 
.Jenks  la  a  small,  thin  man,  a:iyea  to  Biblical 
V -^notations,  and  not  at  all  fitted  for  active 
»880oiatiou  with  the  party  in  which  Mr.  David 
Dudley  Field  is  such  a  sliining  light. 
When  he  commencea  to  apeak  he  put  his  hand 
on  bis  heart,  looked  up  to  heaven,  and  spent  10 
minutes  in  stssuring  the  Commission  and  the 
public  that  he  intended  to  argue  in  the  name  of 
truth,  justice,  and  right.  He  would  not  have  a 
decision  on  any  technical  groand,  ha  said.  All  he 
wanted  was  justice.  Then  Mr.  Jenks  went  on  to 
prove  that  in  spite  of  the  plainly  expressed 
will  of  the  people  ot  Oregon,  it  would  be  justice 
to  give  the  vote  of  that  State  to  Tiiden.  He 
said  tLat  in  all  esses  where  there  was 
a  dispute  as  to  the  eligibility  of  an 
Elector,  tbe  certificate  of  tbe  Governor 
must  be  conclusive  evidence,  and 
even  if  he  issued  his  certificate  to  persons  not 
entitled  to  it.  The  certificate  would  have  to 
stand,  and  the  vote  of  the  Elector  could  not  be 
questioned  or  disputed.  After  advanc- 
ing this  startling  doctrine,  Mr.  Jenks, 
with  great  bad  taste,  imitated  tbe 
example  of  bis  friend  Senator  Mc- 
Donald, in  the  Louisiana  case,  and  tried  to 
frighten  the  Commission  into  looking  at  the 
case  under  discussion  in  a  way  which  would 
result  in  the  success  of  the  "great  reformer." 
He  warned  them  that  they  had  taken  an  oath 
to  do  their  duty  faithfully  and  impartially, 
and  that  they  were  watched  by  the 
people  of  the  whole  country.  '  They 
must  do  no  wrong,  he  continued,  or  they 
would  be  forever  despised  by  all  good  men. 
After  this,  Mr.  Jenks  sat  down. 

Senator  Mitchell  was  the  first  speaker  on  the 
part  of  the  Republicans.  He  made  a  very 
clear  argument  as  to  the  facts  of  the  case  in 
iQuestion.  and  advanced  several  new  and  im- 
portant points.  He  showed,  among  other 
things,  that  while  the  Governor  had 
power  to  issue  certificates,  or  at  least 
had  that  duty  to  perform,  he  had 
no  right  and  no  power  to  determine 
as  to  the  eligibility  of  Electors.  There  was  no 
place  in  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States 
or  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of  Oregon  in 
which  provision  was  made  for  such  action  on 
his  part. 

Mr.  Lawrence,  of  the  House,  was  the 
next  speaker  on  the  part  of  the  Republicans, 
and  closed  the  preliminary  case  on  that  side. 
His  speech  was  principally  devoted  to  a 
consideration  of  tbe  legal  points  in  the  case, 

and  his  arerument  iras  a    clear    and    concliisive 

one.  He  showed  that  tbe  Governor  bad  no 
power  to  make  a  selection  as  between  two  con- 
testing Electors,  and  be   cited  numerous    legal 

authorities     to     show     that     Cronin     was 

clearly  ineliErible  to  the  position  of  Elec- 
tor. He  contended  that  even  if  Cro- 
oin  had  been  legally  elected  his  ab- 
sence from  the  meeting  of  the  Electors 
Knd  his  failure  to  act  with  them,  disqualified 
iim.  He  further  argued  that  as  two  Republi- 
san  Electors  were  chosen  beyond  all  question, 
and  had  received  the  certificate  of  the  Gov- 
ernor in  due  form,  they,  as  a  majority  of  the 
oollege,  were  authorized  to  select  and  appoint 
the  one  member  about  whose  eligibility  there 
was  a  dispute. 

At  tbe  close  of  Judge  Lawrence's  argtiment, 
there  was  a  short  debate  as  to  the  time  which 
should  be  allowed  counsel  on  each  side  to  make 
wgtunent.  The  Democrats  were  exceedingly 
anxious  for  an  extension  ot  time,  while  Mr. 
Evarts,  repr«sentin£  the  Republicans,  was  con- 
tent with  that  which  had  been  allotted  by 
She  rulmg  of  the  Commission.  It  was  finally 
ieoided  that  three  hours  and  a  half  should  be 
tllowed  to  each  side,  and  with  this  understand 
Bg  a  recess  was  taken  until  7:30  o'clock. 

After  tbe  recess  Judge  Hoadley,  of  Cincin- 
oati,  who  is  the  managing  counsel  in  the 
Oregon  case  on  the  Demoeratio  side,  began  his 
argument  and  spoke  until  almost  10  o'clock, 
'  consuming  two  hours  and  a  halt  Jmdge  Hoad- 
ley's  argument  was  a  rather  curious 
statement  of  bis  peculiar  theories 
about  ineligible  Electors,  and  ke 
claims  to  have  cited  everyo  ase  that  has  been 
decided  in  courts  of  the  United  States  which 
bear  upon  the  proposition  which  he  advances, 
that  where  an  ineligible  person  is  voted  for 
t'le  candidate  having  the  next  highest  vote  is 
elected.  Judge  Hoadiey  claims  that  Watts, 
being  Postmaster,  was  ineligible  for  ap- 
pointment ;  that  Grover  had  the  right 
and  that  it  was  bis  duty  imder 
tbe  laws  of  Oregon,  te  take  notice 
of  that  ineligibility ;  that  Cronin,  having  re- 
ceived the  next  highest  number  of  votes,  waa 
properly  certified  as  an  Elector,  and  that  the 
vote  of  Cronin  and  the  College  which  he  or- 
ganized should  be  counted  for  Tiiden.  Hoad- 
ley made  a  strong  point  upon  the  assumption 
that  Cronin  was  de  facto  Elector,  because  he 
had  the  certificate  and  that  Watts, 
even  it  de  J"""®  *^  Elector,  bad 
no  means  of  oont«8tin«  his  right 
Hoadley,  in  his  argument,  shitted  the  Demo- 
cratic position  completely  and  took  up  ground 
not  occupied  by  them  either  in  the  Florida  case 
or  tbe  case  of  Louisiana.  His  argument  m  one 
particular  sustained  tuUy  the  action  of  the 
Commission  jn  the  cases  already  decided,  but 
upon  this  he  made  the  claim  that  the  same 
•onzi^  Would  jciye  to  Mden  tha  vote  of  C«»i-_ 


in  Oregon.  He  assumed  that  the  Commission 
had  declined  to  exercise  any  judicial  powers 
whatever,  and  on  that  assumption  claimed  they 
had  no  power  except  to  count  the  returns  cer- 
tified by  Gov.  Grover.  Judge  Hoadley's  argu- 
ment was  filled  with  points  which  bad  been 
impressed  upon  the  ,  Commission  by  the  Re- 
pubhcan  counsel  in  cases  heretofore  decided. 
His  argument  was  ingenious  and  curious, 
but  unfortunately  for  him  it  all  proceeded 
upon  the  ground  that  Watts  was  ineligible  for 
appointment,  and  the  Commission  in  the  Lou- 
isiana case  has  held  that  the  appointment  was 
regular  and  the  vote  of  a  Federal  ofi&cer  was 
valid  as  Elector  if  he  resigned  his  office  before 
the  meeting  ot  the  Electoral  College.  He 
claimed  from  first  to  last  in  his  argument  that 
the  Commission  could  act  only  with  the  nar- 
rowest ministerial  powers,  and  that  they  had 
no  judicial  authority  whatever. 

The  closing  part  of  Judge  Hoadley'a  argu- 
ment was  a  proper  ending  tor  an  appeal  to  a 
jury,  and  he  read  it  from  manuseript.  which 
looked  as  if  it  had  been  written  for  a  long 
time,  and  frequently  read  and  studied.  He 
aotuaUy  claimed  that  Grover's  action  was 
right  and  honest,  and  drew  a  most 
enchanting  picture  of  the  future  renown 
of  the  Commission  and  the  reverence  in  which 
they  would  be  held  by  posterity,  if  they  would 
only  count  the  vote  of  Cronin  lor  Tiiden.     The 

Democratic  counsel,  as  well  as  their  legal 
positions,  change  with  every  new  case.  Mr. 
Merrick  is  the  only  one  of  them  who  has  ap- 
peared in  all  their  cases.  Black,  O'Conor, 
TrumDtill,  and  Carpenter  have  all  disap- 
peared. Carpenter  was  engaged  for  the  single 
argument  in  Louisiana,  and  for  that  work  he 
received,  according  to  report,  $1,500,  certainly 
a  small  fee  when  it  is  remembered  how  much 
he  got  out  of  Gov.  Kellogg  without;  rendering 
any  return.  The  Republicans  have  held  the 
same  legal  positions  from  the  beginning,  and 
Mr.  Evarta  and  Judge  Mathews  remain  as 
counsel  The  legal  path  marked  out 
by  Mr.  Kasson,  who  was  the  first 
Republican  speaker  before  the  Commission, 
has  been  followed  in  every  particular. 
There  will  be  no  departure  in  the  case  of 
Oregon.  That  case  hardly  needs  argument  on 
the  Republican  side.  It  is  not  probable  that 
the  Democratic  Commissioners  will  contend 
for  counting  Croniu's  vote.  Mr.  Thurman, 
particularly,  is  on  record  against  the 
legality  of  such  a  vote,  but  they  are 
likely  to  vote  together,  that  there  was 
no  election,  and  that  there  was  no 
legal  tilling  of  the  vacancy,  which  would  be 
the  same  in  eflfect  as  counting  Cronm'a  vote,  be- 
cause it  would  throw  the  election  into  the 
House.  A  partisan  vote  on  the  Democratic 
side  to  take  advantage  of  the  Oregon  fraud  by 
throwing  •ut  one  of  the  votes  to  which  the 
State  is  entitled,  is  to  be  expected.  Tbe  time 
whioh  will  be  consumed  In  getting  the  Oregon 
case  decided  and  counted  cannot  be  fore- 
seen. If  the  House  is  honest  in  its  intention 
to  proceed  without  delay,  it  will  be  counted 
day  after  to-morr©w,  and  South  Carolina  will 
be  sent  to  the  Commission  the  same  day.  It 
cannot  be  hoped,  however,  that  the  end  wf  the 
Electoral  count  will  be  reached  before  Tuesday 
ot  next  week. 


SUMMARY  OP  THE  PROCEEDINGS. 
Washington,  Feb.  21.— The  Ejectoral  Com- 
miRsiun,  atter  several  formal  meetings  and  imme. 
diate  adjournments  on  accoant  of  the  delay  in 
Congress  in  reaohine  Oreeon.  met  at  1  o'clock  to- 
day to  be«r  the  objections  to  the  certificate*  in  tbe 
Oregon  case.  The  court  was  full  at  tbe 
hour  of  openiDg,  with  tho  exception  of  Mr, 
Garfield.  The  Clerk  read  the  certificate! 
1^08.  1  and  3.  Senator  Kelly,  and  Mr.  Jenkn, 
of  the  House  of  Represeotatives.were  annonnced  as 
the  objectors  on  the  Democratic  side,  and  Senator 
Mitchell  and  Rapresentative  Lavrrence  on  the  Re- 
pnDlioan  aide.  Senator  Kelly,  before  prooeediag  to 
present  his  objectioos,  stated  that  it  might  be  neces- 
sary to  have  certain  testimony  obtHlned  as  to  the 
certificate  of  appointment  of  J.  W.  Watts  aa  Post- 
master, and  also  tbe  certificate  of  appointment  of 
bis  snccessor.  He  bad  applied  personally  to  tbe  de- 
partment, and  tbey  decUned  to  give  the  papers, 
unless  ordered  by  the  Commission.  He  asked, 
therefore,  for  that  order  tbat  they  mleht  bo  nro- 
dnced,  and  would  also  deaire  a  snbpoaaa  for 
two  witDessea,  Mr.  Watts  and  Senator  Mitchell,  the 
latter  of  whom  ■was  present. 

Mr.  Justice  Clifford  inoaired  if  it  would  not  do  as 
well  for  coansel  to  present  this  testimony  later,  to 

wbioh    £epTeaentatlve  Jenks  responded  that  it  'waa 

not  importaot  whom  it  came  from,  and  that  it  was 
only  to  save  time  that  the  application  was  made 
now,  so   tbat  the  papers  and  witnesses   might   be 

present  when  wsnted.  ^ 

Senator  Edmands  moved  that  tbe  Commission 
isioe  a  subpoena,  and  Senator  Mitchell  stated  in 
reference  to  the  witnesses  that  both  were  bere  in 
tbe  courtroom,  and  would  respond  at  any  time 
When  the  Commission  thought  prope;r  that  tbey 
might  be  called. 

Mr.  Jen  KB,. therefore,  stated  they  should  not  want 
a  subpoena. 

Senator  Kelly  was  Invited  to  proceed  withJiis  ob- 
jeotiona,  but  asked  a  recess  for  half  an  hour,  in 
order  to  collect  certain  books  and  papers  that  had 
not  arrived.  The  recess,  on  motion,  was  granted 
for  half  an  boar,  and  at  2: 15  the  Commission  again 
assembled,  and  Senator  Kelly  proceeded  with  bis 
arenment  In  objection  to  certificate  No.  1,  under 
rule  4,  subatantially  as  follows : 

mk.  kelly's  ahgument. 

Mb.Presidbnt  axd  Gentlemen  of  the  Commission: 
The  first  objection  which  has  been  mkde  to  certifi- 
cate No.  1 — aod  It  is  the  first  one  tbat  I  shall  dwell 
upon — is  in  these  words:  "The  said  J.  W.  Watts, 
who  claimed  to  be  one  of  tbe  said  Eleo- 
tora,  was,  in  tbe  mootb  of  February,  1873,  ay- 
pointed  a  Postmaster  at  Lafayette,  in  tbe 
State  of  Oregon,  and  was  dnly  commissioned 
and  qnalifled  as  such  Postmaster,  that  being  an 
ofi&ce  of  trnst  and  profit  under  the  laws  of  tha. 
United  States,  aod  con  tinned  to  be  and  act 
OS  snob  Postmaster  Irom  Febmary,  1873.  until 
alter  the  ISin  day  of  Kovember,  1876,  and 
was  acting  as  snoh  Postmaster  on  tbe 
7ch  ot  November,  1876,  when  Presidential  Electors 
were  appointed  for  tbe  State  of  Oregon  t  and  tbat 
the  said  J.  W.  Watts  was  ioelielble  to  be  apo«mled 
as  one  of  tbe  Presidential  Sleccors."  .Citine  tbe  prohi- 
bition in  tbe  Constitution  ua  this  point,  be  continaed: 
Tbe  question  occurs.  Is  this  an  office  of  profit  and 
trust  t  If  so.  the  Constiintion  is  as  clear  as  the 
Eogllab  langoage  can  make  it  i  "No  person  shall 
be  appointed  an  Elector  who  holds  an  office  of 
profit  or  trust."  On  t^e  point  whether  it  is  an  ofiire 
of  proht  or  trust,  ttiespeaker  referred  to  tbe  fif- 
teenth volume  of  Caiifonua  Reports,  in  the  case 
of  Grow,  pa^es  130  and  121.  He  called 
attention  to  tbe  diatmotlon  between  a  pet- 
hon  who  is  ineligible  or  incapable  of  be- 
ing appointed,  ana  one  who  may  hold 
the  office.  If,  said  he,  a  person  may  hold  uf- 
fict,  then  be  may  be  elected  while  'be  Is  uii- 
der  disqualification  if  be  is  qnalifled  at 
the  time  of  holding,  citing  tbe  case  of  Senators. 
Tbat  was  a  very  different  case  from  one  where  the  . 
prohibition  was  to  tbe  appointment.  Tbe  Constitu- 
tion gives  tbe  right  to  Congress  to  appoint  the  time 
for  holding  the  election.  Tbey  mosi  be  appointed 
on  that  day,  amd  it  not  on  tbat  day,  tbey  are  not  ap- 
pointed at  all.  Tbe  speaker,  tberefore,  contended 
that  tbe  apooiotment  of  Mr.  Watts,  if  not  made  on 
the  7th  day  of  November,  conld  not  be  mada  at  any 
other  time  by  a  canvass  of  votes.  He  referred  to 
tbe  resatt  of  the  elections  in  the  States  of  Ver- 
mont and  Rhode  Island  to  sustain  bis  view. 
In  additioD,  be  referred  to  what  was  said  by  a -com- 
mittee appointed  by  tbe  Senate  and  Hoase  of  Ben- 
resentatives  in  1837,  of  which  Mr.  Grundy  waa 
Cbairman,  and  his  associates  were  Henry  Clay  and 
Silas  Wneht.  It  appears  tbat  certain  persons  bad 
been  elected  who  were  Postmasters  in  tbe  differsnt 
States,  and  it  made  no  difference  at  that  time 
wnetber  their  votes  wore  aJlowea,  as  it 
would  not  change  the  result,  but  he  would 
call  their  atteaiion  to  this  clause  of  the  commit^ 
tee's  opinion :  "^  disqnalifloation  relates  to  tbe 
time  of  the  appointment,  and  a  resienatioD  of  the 
office  of  deputy  after  his  appointmeat  as  Steoior 
would  not  entitle  him  to  vote  luder  the  Constitu- 
tion."   I  contend,  said  the  sneaker,  that  tha  State 

h>a  th»  -nn^mm   *•  «n£aa<Mt    *>-  '^Mtf  *Tltian_lf  tttP 


Government  does  not ;  that  a  State  has  a  right  to 
exclude  Federal  officers  when  the  mandate  is  so  clear. 
The  next  question  presentea  ie,  it  those  gentlemen 
were  not  eligible  then  was  Cronm,  who  received 
the  next  highest  number  ot  votes ,  eligible  1 
He  argued  in  support  of  tbe  view 
that  tbe  next  highest  took  the  election. 
Tbe  Constitution  of  the  State  of  Oregon,  he  said, 
says :  "  When  an  election  is  held  by  the  people  un. 
der  this  Constitution,  the  person  or  persons  who 
shall  receive  the  highest  number  of  votes  shall  be 
declared  duly  elected."  There  is  a  positive  In- 
Junction  in  the  law  tbat  tbe  Electors  shall  be  elected 
on  a  particular  day,  and  there  is  no  authority  to 
elect  at  another  time.  Bat  I  bold  tbat  the  first  elen- 
tion  should  decide  the  whole  matter,  because  it  ia 
itnposaiole  to  convene  the  Electors  at  a  anbseqnent 
time  to  hold  a  new  election  to  sapolv  the  vacancy. 
Here  the  power  of  tbe  people  has  become  exbanste  d 
Tbe  highest  candidates  mast  be  chosen  or  the 
State  will  have  no  representation.  There  is  a  posi- 
tive iuJonctloQ  thai  the  State  t>hall  do  that.  This 
law  is  mandatory,  and  it  says  (be  election  shall  take 
place  on  that  day. 

The  next  point,  and  tbe  one  which  will  be  most 
strennonsly  oontesred,  is  this,  that  the  Governor 
had  no  right  to  decide  this  matter;  tbat  it  was  a 
jadioial  question  and  not  a  question  for  the  Execu. 
live.  There  is  nothine  more  fallacioni.  In  every 
departmentof  the  Government  of  tJie  United  States, 

as  well  aa  tbe  Government  nf  tbe  States, 
every  officer,  whether  executive.  le- 
gislative, or  Jndiolal,  is  comnelled  to 
exercise  judgment         in  certain        oases. 

The  speaker  referred  to  the  case  ia  14th  In- 
diana, which  was  a  mandamus  to  compel  the  Gov. 
emor  to  issue  a  commission  where  the  court  said 
the  Grovemor  migbt  determire  whether  a  candidate 
wasentitlea  to  receive  a  commission  or  not  where  bis 
rieht  rests  upon  the  eronnd  tbat  the  constitutional 
inhibition  is  In  force.  Tf  the  Governor  lias  ascer- 
taioed  tbat  he  has  Issued  a  commission  to  a  person 
inelitdble  to  the  office,  he  may  issue  another  com- 
mission. The  Spealcer  also  referred  to  39th 
Missouri,    where  it  says   tbat  the  Goremor  must 

bavefa  diBcredon  in  appointing  Commissioners.  He 
may  go  behind  a  cet-Aflcaie.  Tbe  Ixsnine  of  a 
commission  is  an  aot  of  tbe  Execniive  m  hia 
pollrioal  capacity,  and  not  hit  Judici<il.  In  all  these 
oases  be  exercises  a  polMcal  disoreilou  fox  the  use  of 
which  he  is  alone  answerable  to  hia  coantry. 
Why,  then,  is  bis  discretion  taken  away  or  de- 
stroyed when  his  duty  refers  to  tbe  issaing  of  a 
commiaaiont  It  certainly  is  not.  Mr. 
Keliy  here  cited  an  unreported  case 
in  Oregon.  Ei-Gov.  Gibbs  was  elected 
District  Attorney  for  the  State,  and  sbortly  after 
enterinE  npon  tbe  dlsctaarKe  uf  hia  duties  received 
from  President  Grant  tbe  oflSoe  of  TJaited  States 
J)istriot  Attorney,  holding  both  officer  at  tbe  same 
time.  The  Governor,  knowing  tbat  fact,  and  know- 
ing that  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of  Oregon 
pr.jbibited  anv  person  who  was  holdinGT  any  office 
under  the  Federal  Government  to  hold  a  State 
office,  appointed  C.  B.  Bellinger  Prosecuting  At- 
torney for  the  State.  Ei-Gov.  Gibbs  refused 
to  recognize  that  appolotmeat.  Mr.  Belliuser 
presented  hia  certificate  of  appointmont  to 
the  Chief  Justice  of  the  Sute,  [Upton,] 
who  reinsed  to  recognize  it,  becauao 
he  said  tbe  Governor  had  no  riebt  to  ascertain  ihdC 
matter.  It  was  a  question  for  the  juaiciary.  On 
the  other  hand,  Mr.  Bellintrer,  b'eiievit.e  iilmsuif 
right, brought  a  writofauo  varranto.  It  was  decided 
adversely  to  him  on  this  i«ame  srouud,  tbat  it  was  a 
matter  of  judicial  inquiry.  On  appeal  the  Ssnpi-eiue 
Coart  unanimously  aeoided  that  the  Governor  haa 
that  right. 

Now,  the  votes  of  tbe  Electors  shall  be  triven,  re- 
ceived, returned,  and  canvassed  tbe  same  as  tbey 
are  given,  returned,  and  canvassed  for  mem- 
bers  of  Congress.  Now,  snotlier  duty  in  additiou 
to  tbat,  is  imposed  upon  tho  Secretary 
of  State,  "  He  shall  prepare  two  lists  of  tbe  names 
ot  Electora  elected  and  affix  the  seal  uf  the  State  to 
tbe  same.  Said  lists  shall  be  signed  by  tbe  Govern- 
or and  Secretary,  and  by  tbe  latter  delivered  tu  tne 
College  of  Electors  at  the  hour  of  tbeir  meeting." 
This  is  the  evidence  of  their  appointment.  This  is 
tbeir  right  to  act.  I  contend  tbat  the  Governor  of 
Oregon  and  the  Secretary  of  State  are  the  persona 
to  caDvaat  these  voces.  Tuere  is  oo  evidence  tbat 
there  waa  a  canvass  by  any  otb»r  person.  This  is 
for  them,  and  tbem  only,  and  they  have  decided. 
They  have  given  their  certificate  tbat  tbe<ie  three 
gentlemen  are  eligible— I  mean  including  Mr. 
Cronin.  It  matters  not  how  they  came  to  tbat  deci- 
sion, ^be  presnmption  of  law  will  alwaj-s  be 
that  n  was  upon  sufficient  evidence.  Tbey 
had  evidence  of  the  ineligibility  uf 
one  of  the  candidates,  and  they  decided  that  it  wad 
sufficient  to  exclude  him,  and  tberefore  a  certificate 
was  given,  in  the  language  tbat  was  read  here. 
These  two  officers  are  the  only  medium  cf 
communication  between  the  State  and  the 
Federal  Government.  What  right  have  thesa 
gentlemen  to  s.ty  ther  are  Electors 
because  they  want  to  gat  tbe  cert.flcates  \  Any 
person  can  go  and  cet  that  by  paying  tbe  tueu. 
Xou  cannot  tell  whether  the  bigoatures  are  genuioo 
except  they  have  tbe  ceriidcate  of  the  Governor, 
which  la  required  by  the  law  of  tbe  United  States, 
and  I  contend  tbat  the  ITnired  Siate;^  have  a  rigbt 
to  piesorlbe  now  these  votes  shall  be  certified. 

By  Commissioner  Tboiman — Does  the  law  of 
Oregon  require  the  Secretary  of  State  to  give  any 
decision  at  all,  or  does  It  require  the  Governor  to 
give  the  evidence  of  the  tact  I 

Senator  Kelly — Let  me  read :  "  Tho  votes  for  tho 
Electors  shall  be  given,  received,  returned,  and  can- 
vassed as  the  same  are  given,  returned,  and  can- 
vassed for  members  ol  Congress.  Tbe  Secretary  of 
State  shall  prepare  two  lists  of  tbe  names  of  tbe 
Electors  and  aflix  tbe  seal  of  tbe  State  to  tne  same. 
Such  lists  shall  be  signed  by  the  Governor  and  Sec- 
retary and  delivered  to  the  College  of  Electors  at 
their  meeting  on  taid  first  Wednesday  of  Decem- 
ber." 

By  Commissioner  Thurman — ^Does  tbe  Secretary 
of  State  make  out  tbat  list,  including  the  name  of 
Watts  I 

Senator  Kelly — No,  Sir;  it  did  not  include  tbe 
name  of  Waits.     Tb^  deoiaioD  upon   the  faces    and 

upon  the  law  waa  upon  tbe  interposttioo  of  a  pro- 
test, by  a  number  of  geatlemen.  to  tbe  counting  of 
the  vote  of  Watts.  Tho  Guveruor  undertook  Ut 
decide  that  matter,  as  he  had  a  right  to  decide  it, 
under  tbe  decision  I  have  stated. 

Commissioner  Abbott  inquired  whether  the  cer- 
tificate wbicb  was  presented  nere  was  uoi.  in  exact 
accordance  with  tbe  provisioos  uf  the  law  of  Oregon 
in  every  reapect. 

Senator  Kelly  replied  that  it  was  in  direct  accord- 
ance witli    tho   law    of   Ore;^on    &nd    tne  law  of   tner 

TJuited  SUtes. 

Commisseoner  Abbott  inquired  whether  there  was 
any  oitaer  board  in'Oreguu  except  that  constituted 
by  ths  Governor  and    Secretary    of   St>ate  who  codld 

certify  to  the  election  ot  Electors. 

;    Senator  Kelly  replied  thai  there  was  none. 

AKGUMENT    OF   MR.    JENKS. 

'Bepresentative  Jenka  next  addressed  the' Com- 
mission on  behalf  of  tbe  Democratic  side,  subacan- 
tiaUy  as  followf  :  Tbe  first  question  necessarily  is 
a  qneation  of  evidence.  What  evidence  is  there 
before  this  tribunal,  or  what  evidence  can  or  will 
be  received  b.v  it )  In  answer  to  tbat,  if  we 
are  to  jadge  by  tbe  precedents  established 
by  this  tribunal  in  the  past,  we  infor  tbat 
there  is  to  be  no  evidence  submitted 
except  tbe  papers  which  oame  with  the  several  re- 
turns from  tbe  President  of  tbe  Senaie.  This  nar- 
rows tha  luqoiry  considerably,  and  in  that  view  we 
propose  to  uiscoss  it;  not  tbat  wo  differ  from  what 
we  said  before  on  this  que.stlon.  fur  we  woald  in-  I 
vite  you,  as  before,  to  go  uuwn  to  the  bottom  of  the 
facts  of  tbe  case  and  look  into  tbe 
whole  matter.  With  reference  to  the  papers 
before  the  Commis.iion,  the  question  arises  wuioh 
are  to  be  considered  legal  e\-idcnce  \  Tne  evidence 
offered  with  the  retnrn  by  the  President  of  tbe  Sen- 
ai«<  waSi^rst^  the  certificate  of  the  Governor  of  Ore- 
gon, attobtea  by  the  Secretary  ot  State,  wbion  Is  of- 
fered aa  evidence  on  the  part  sf  certificate  No. 
2.  The  evidence  on  tbe  part  of  certificate 
No.  1  consists  of  tbe  affidavits  of  three  peisons 
whom  we  know  not,  for  there  is  no  evidence  to 
identify  them  as  having  been  any  of  tbe  person? 
voted  for  at  that  election.  In  tbeir  affidavits  they 
State  ttiat  tbey  went  to  the  Governur  and  asKed 
for  a  ceiliflcate;  but  I  ask  you  whether  ii  was 
not  his  duty  to  judge  to  whom  he  sbonld  de- 
liver tbe  certificate.  Identification  of  Electors  was 
necessary,  bat  tbe  only  evidence  on  the  point  of- 
fered is  tbeir  affidavits.  These  men  have  no  recog- 
nition that  this  triounal  can  take  cognizance  of, 
and  if  this  tribunal  acts  npon  tbo  same  principle  as 
heretofore  it  ia  simply  a  nullity.  Tbe  nsxt 
evidsuce  of  antheucication  which  tbey  attempt 
to  originate  is  the  statement  of  the  votes  case  in 
that  State  with  tns  Seoretar.y  of  State;  tbat  it  is  a 
t<  ue  Statement  of  tbe  votes  as  oast  wiib  tbe  Elec- 
toral vote  of  the  persons  therein  claiming  to  be 
elected  thereto  attached.  Ia  regard  to  this  we 
stand  upon  the  legal  proposition  that,  where  there 
is  a  statutory  mode  of  autbenticatiun,  it  can  be  rec- 
eived as  legal  evidence  in  a  coait  of  justice.  Ue 
then  quoted  authorities  aod  the  laws 
of  Oregon  and  tbe  United  States  on 
this  point,  and  claimed  tbat  nnles'a  a  change  is  made, 
the  certificate  of  tbe  Governor  and  Secretary  ot 
State  must  be  taken  as  oomolete  and  couclnsive 
•videnoe  tbat  Cronin  and  the  two  other 
Electors  were  elected.  Tbe  |  ubject  of 
the  certificate  uf  tbe  Secretary  of  State  is  to  iden- 
tify tbe  person  as  the  person  voted  fwr.  Tbe  next 
questioa  would  be  the  efl^eot  of  tbat  evidense  in 
Case  of  error  or  mistake,  if  it  was  fbown  that  the 
error  was  willful  and  fraudulent.  We  assert  now, 
as  we  always  have,  tbat  fiaud  vitiates  vhu  whole 
proceedings,  but  not  otherwise.  We  assert  that  tbe 
granting  of  tLe  commission  is  a  political  act,  and  as 
such  cannot  be  inquired  into,  except  for  will- 
tnl  fraud,  by  any  ocber  tribnnal  than  tnat 
whose  duty  it  Is  to  exercise  political  functiona. 
Mr.  JenKa  cben  argued  tbat  even  if  Watts  h:!d  re- 
ceived a  majority  of  the  votes  be  was  not  elected, 
beoause  tbe  Constitutional  prohibition  is  against 
bia  appointment.  It  does  not  aay  that 
any  person  holding  an  office  of  trust  or 
profit  shall  not  be  an  Elector,  bat  tbe  time 
of  appotntment  is  tbe  all-important  thing 
in  reference  to  *ibat.  The  citizen  wuo  votes  is  aa 
much  bonnd  to  regard  tbe  requirements  of  tbe  law 
as  the  person  who  is  voted  tor,  ana  if  he  disregards 
thoa*  provisiona  you  must  treat  bis  aot  as  a  nuliiiy— 
it  is  to  be  treateu  as  though  it  was  not  done.  Mr. 
Jenka  quoted  authorities  to  show  tbat  tbe  legal 
votes  are  to  control  the  votes  that  are  cast  illegally. 
In  r*ply  to  an  inquiry  trom  Commissioner  Sdmnnds, 

Mr  Jeaks  said  tbst  it  pata  the  question  indepeud- 
•nt  of  tha  knowledge  of  the  voters. 


l'   CttHUBlMiimtr  Xtaanma-xXeuuMoiKMittan  is  thai  JLaot  ttukWOiwuik  u  uu  l*v  x«aiin»«»_"..Tanrira«i  tb*. 


whSTva  man  cannot  be  voted  for,  then  knowledge 
on  the  part  of  the  voter  is  of  no  consequence. 

Mr.  Jenks— It  is  of  no  oonaequeuce  whatever. 
The  English  authorities  do  not  pretend  that  tbe 
voter  should  know  the  disqualifications  of  the  can- 
didate. It  is  only  aa  to  whether  the  next  highest 
candidate  is  elected.  The  next  questiou  is.  was 
Cronin  elected}  If  Watta  was  not  elected, 
and  Cromn  was  not  elected,  would  there 
be  a  vacancy }  We  assume  to  estab- 
lish tbat  there  would  not  be  •  vacancy,  and  be 
went  on  to  argne  that  there  was  not. 
Electors,  be  held,  are  prtvllaged  to  perform 
certain  acta.  It  was  a  privilege,  and 
this  man's  declining  wonld  not  authorize  the 
filling  as  a  vacancy.  He  then  called  atten- 
tion to  cases  which  be  held  sustained  this  view, 
and  continued :  Now  with  reference  to  the  statutes 
of  Oregon  as  to  vacancies,  if  there  be  no  provision 
of  the  statute  to  fill  any  vacancy.'  and  if  there  was 
a  vacancy  to  fill — which  we  deny,  becanse  where 
there  is  no  incumbent  it  has  been  decided  there  is 
no  vacancy,  and  if  there  Is  no  vacanov  there  can  be 
nothing  to  fill,  but  tbe  statutes  of  Oregon  define 
wliat  shall  constitute  a  vaoaney,  and  it  confines  it 
to  office. 

Commissioner  Edmunds  inquired  bow  that  would 
apply  to  the  action  of  the  Governor  In  declaring  tbe 
place  vacant  ? 

Mr.  Jenks — Tbe  act  of  the  Governor  wos   in   pnr- 

snance  of  a  duty  conferred  by  the  Constitntiou 
upon  him,  in  which  he  was  to  exercise  an  honest 
discretion,  and  which  was  oonolusive  as  a  political 
duty.  After  having  sworn  be  would  not  commis- 
sion one  who  was  disqaalifietl,  he  could  not  do  tbat. 
ana  he  had  tbe  right  to  decide  tbe  qnestion  as  to 
whether  there  was  so  eleetioa  or  not. 

Commissioner  Edmunds — Had  this  been  an  ordi- 
nary State  uffice,  for  the  term  of  a  year,  for  instance, 
and  tbe  Governor  bad  done  the  same  thine,  woald 
it  have  been  competent  for  tbe  coarr«  to  have  re- 
versed bi.i  Judgment  and  dooided  the  other  way? 

Mr.  Jenks — In  contormity  to  the  law  of  the  land 
it  would,  bnt  without  that  oooforinity  aod  without 
tnat  express  statntury  enactment  it  would  not.  In 
the  fltsi  insranceit  was  controlled  byexoress  stata- 
tory  provision. 

Mr.  Morton  inquired  whether,  in  coansel's 
opmion,  it  would  be  eompetent  for  a 
State  Constitution  to  regulate  in  any  way  the  ap- 
pointment of  Eiectois. 

Mr.  Jenks  replied  that  tbe  Constitution  of  tbe 
IJuiced  States  confened  that  powv  in  some  in- 
stances npon  tbe  Legislature  of  the  State.  Tbo 
Consiitutiou  of  the  United  States  becomes  a  oart 
of  and  incorporates  itself  into  that  of  every  State. 
Tiie  Legislature  of  the  Stat^  in  conformity  to  this 
double  instrumeor,  and  tbe  power  conferred  by 
Dutb,  may  so  regulate,  if  it  does  not  lafringe  npun 
either.  Mr.  Jenks,  resuming,  recapitulaieu  cbeprop- 
or-i  ions  tbey  had  attempted  to  sbow.aud  pruoeeded: 
Then  the  case  stauds  iu  this  way  :  Cronin  comes 
and  votes  ;  t  wo  others  come  and  vote,  buii  you  do 
not  tnow  whether  tbey  are  tbe  persons  voted  for 
or  nor,  because  they  do  not  come  identified  as  tho 
law  says  thuy  sb-ili  come.  Bat.  assuming  tbat  tbey 
were  the  same  persons  who  were  voted  for  and 
properly  ideniifled,  wbicb  of  these  votes  should  be 
couutedf  Crouin's  vote  shorAd  be  counted  as  oast, 
and  the  other  two  as  tbey  are  cast,  would  be  tbo 
conclusion  I  shonid  come  to  Irom  these  several 
prupusltions. 

BENATOB     MITCHELL'S    ARGTIMENT  AGAINST     THE 
BOGUS    ELECTORS. 

Senator  Mitchell  presented  the  objections  on  be- 
half of  the  Kepublican  obiectors,  and  in  his  argu- 
ment said  :  In  Oregon  t^ere  was  no  law  authoriz- 
ing tbe  Governor  to  certify  a  minorit.y  candidate 
elected.  Tbe  Legislature  of  Oregon  might  havo 
provided  that  tbe  Electora  should  be  appointed  by 
the  Governor,  the  Supreme  Court,  or  the 
Secretary  ot  State,  but  it  did  not, 
but  did  direct  that  tbe  people,  tbe 
qaalifled  Electors,  aball,  by  a  plurahty  of 
votes  to  be  cast  In  the  different  precincts,  choose 
Electors.  The  manner  of  appointment  neoesaariiy 
includes,  not  merely  tbe  way  in  whlcb  tbo  vote.s 
shall  be  cast,  but  aUo  a  means  of  determining  what 
voles  were  cast,  and  the  result  of  such  votes. 
Hence,  the  Legislature  of  tbe  State  has  pro- 
vided, 'as  a  part  of  tbe  means  necessary 
to  an  appointment,  tbe  mode  of  determining 
and  declaring  the  result  of  the  election. 
This  in  Oregon  prescribes  returns  from  precincts  to 
county  boards,  from  county  boards  to  the  Secretary 
of  State,  whose  fiual  duty  it  is  to  canvass  tbe  votes 
and  ascertain  woo  has  the  greatest  number  of  votes. 
This  ia  tbe  last  act  in  tbe  procena  of  the  appoint. 
tuent  of  a  Presidential  Elector  oy  the  State.  What 
follows  is  no  part  of  the  appointment  but  sim- 
ply matter  of  evidence  of  the  fact.  All  that  pre- 
cedes enters  into  and  constitutes  a  part  of  tho 
manner  of  appointment.  Gov.  Grover.  in  the  matter 
ofisautog  bis  certificate,  be  tells  tis,  ignored  the  State 
statalea  and  followed  those  of  Congress.  If  Con- 
gress had  the  power  to  presorib*  the  form  of  a  cer- 
tificate — and  I  believe  it  bad — then  such  certificate 
is  no  part  of  tbe  manner  of  appointment,  and  in  issu. 
ing  it  tbe  Governor  could  noi  change  the  apoointment 
as  made  by  tbe  State  and  officially  determined  by 
tbe  Secretary  of  State,  aa  the  final  and  conclosivo 
act  in  tbe  process  of  appointment.  Bahind  this 
ultimata  determination  of  tbe  Canvaasing  Boaid, 
neither  tbe  Governor  of  the  State  nor  the  tribnnal 
whose  final  duty  it  is  to  count  the  votes  for  Presi- 
dent and  Vice  President,  whether  it  be  tbe  Presi* 
deut  of  the  Senate,  the  two  houses  of  Congress,  or 
the     Electoral     Tribunal,     can      riifbtfully     go. 

If  Watts'  appointment  was  merely  voidable,  and 
might  have  be<in  declared  void  under  the  statatu. 
by  a  competent  triounal,  but  waa  not  so  deolareil, 
then  he  could  rigbttuUy  act  in  tbe 
College  of  Electors.  either  under  his 
oriiiiual  appointment  by  the  people  aa  au  Klector, 
or  bv^vlrtue  of  bU  appointment  by  the  Electors 
present  wheu  they  accepted  hia  resigaalion.  Or 
again,  shonid  it,  fur  the  sake  of  argument,  be  cun- 
ceded    tbat    Watts    was    not     aopointed,    and    tbat 

Croniu  was,  and  it  is  also  conoeJed,  as  it  mast  be  aa 
a  matter  of  fact,  that  tbey— Odell.  Cartwrigbt,  and 
Croulu — did  not  act  together  as  an  Electtiral  Col- 
lege: but  that  Odell  and  Cartwigbt,  a  maiority.  of 
the  college,  acted  together  with  Watts,  whom  itiey 
elected  to  fill  the  vacancy,  and  Cronin,  a  minority 
nf  one,  acted  bv  himself;  wbicb,  in  such  a  case,  ^^^ 
the  legally  eonstiiuied  college  f  There  can  be  but 
one  College  of  Electors  in  a  State,  and  under  tbeso 
circamatauces  the  former  must  be  held  to  be  only 
that  one.  This  ia  not  merely  tbe  only  record,  but 
18,  I  confidently  insist,  conclusive  upon  tbat  sub- 
ject, and  Odell  and  Cartwrigbt  being  a  majority  of 
the  Electors  coustitnting  the  Electoral  College  in 
Ore. on,  whose  title  Is  indlsputablr,  questioned  by 
no  one,  not  even  by  the  Governor  in  bis  certificate, 
bat  by  it  approve  1  their  certificate  aa  to  the  laot 
tbat  tbero  Was  a  vucano.y,  and  tbat  suah  vacancy 
waa  filled  by  tbem,  is  ooncluaiye,  not  only 
against  Cronin,  but  all  other  oersons, 
tbe  State,  tbe  General  Government,  Con- 
gress, and  the  Electoral  tribunal  aa  well. 
Though  tbe  law  of  yuur  creation  may  not  author- 
ize you  to  look  into  or  consider  this  record  of  iu- 
trigne,  oorrnption,  and  frand,  it  will  stand,  never- 
theless, as  a  part  of  tbe  history  of  tbe  times — a 
changeless  and  palsied  plague-spot  upon  tbe  recurd 
ot  tbe  Democratic  Party  that  time  cannot  obscure 
or  repentance  eoodoae. 

At  the  conclusion  of  Senator  Mitchell's  argument 
it  was  announced  by  the  Democratic  counsel  that 
tbey  sbonld  require  an  extension  of  their  time  to 
double  the  amount,  and  were  willing  to  alt  until  late 
In  the  evening.  Tbe  question,  however,  was  not 
then  decided,  and  as  it  was  getting  dark  candles 
were  brought  in. 

ABGUUENT  OF  MR.   LAWSBNCB. 

Mr.  Lawrence  was  invited  to  proceed  with  bis 
objections.  The  first  point  disoosaed  by  him  was  as 
to  tbe  evidence  of  title  to  the  office  for  tbe 
Hayes  Electors.  Those  Electors  presented,  first, 
a  "list  of  the  Electors  olected"  for  Oregon,  dnly 
certified  and  signed  by  the  Secretary  of  State,  with 
the  seal  of  the  State  bv  him  affixed  thereto.  This 
baa  every  formality  required  by  law,  except  only 
tbat  the  Governor  has  failed  to  comply  with  a  direc- 
tory and  immaterial  provision  of  tbe  statute, 
req-iiring  tbat  it  "  shall  be  signed  by  the  Gov- 
ernor;"  second,  a  certifiadabatractof  tbe  popular 
vote  for  Electors  as  canvassed  according  to  law  by 
the  Secretary  of  State,  dated  Deo.  6,  1876,  showing 
that  tbe  Hayes  Electors  are  "  the  persons  baying 
the  highest  number  of  votes,"  on  which  tact  tbe 
statute  says  "they  shall  be  deemed  elected;" 
third.  the  certificate  under  the  seal  of  the 
State,  signed  by  tbe  Governor  and  Secretary 
of  State,  dated  Dec  6, 1876,  by  which  tbe  Governor 
of  Oregon  certifies  that  W.  H.  Odell,  J.  C.  Cart- 
wrigbt, and  E.  A.  Cronin  received  each  a  given 
nnmber  of  votes  at  the  election  Nov.  7,  which,  "be- 
ins  the  highest  nnmber  of  votes  cast  for  persons 
eligible,"  lhe.y  "are  hereby  declared  duly  elected 
Electora."  4.  The  record  of  the  proceedings  ot 
Odell,  Cartwrigbt  ana  Watta  as  Electors,  dated 
Deo.  6,  showing  that'  Odall  and  CarU 
wright  metk  accepted  tbe  resignation^  of 
Watts,  and  they  two  only  being  present 
tbey  reappointed  Watts,  who  accepted,  and  all 
three  voted  for  Hayes  and  Wbeeler  and  made  the 
proper  return.  Tbia,  as  tbe  Constitution  requires, 
is  certified  by  tbe  Electors,  made  absolntely  cortaia 
beyond  contradicitoa  by  any  other  evidence.  The 
counsel  next  presented  the  evidence  of,title  tofoffice 
for  the  Tiiden  Electors.  Tbe  entire  record  sbowot: 
as  tbeir  evidence  of  title  (1)  the  oertifl- 
oate      of      tbe      Governor,      attested       by      th* 

Secretary  of  SUte,  for  Odell,  Csrtwtighl^ 
and     Cronin.      already     referred      to,      abewlna 


»*! 


highest  nnmber  of  vot»a,"  but  only  tbat  Cronin  re- 
ceived 14,157  votea,    ''being  the  highest  number  of 
votes  cast  at  tbe  aaid  election  of  Nov.  7  for  persons 
eligible."  and   he,  with  OleU  and   Cartwrigbt,  are 
"declared  dnly  elected."  (2.)  The  record  of  proceedL- 
inga    of     the     so-oalled     Tiiden     Electors     show' 
tbat  Cromn  assembled  on  Deo.  6,    "solitary  and 
alone  in  bis  glory"— or  shame — iJ.eclared  tbatOlell 
and  Cartwrigbt  "refnaed  to  act"  whereupon  Cro- 
nin   appointed    Miller   an  Elector,  and  these  two 
then    appointed   Parker,    when     all     voted     one 
vote   for    Tiiden    for     President    and    Hendricks 
for  Vice  President,  and  two  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler 
for  tbe  same  offices.    The  title  ot  Odell  and  Cart- 
wright  is  clear   beyond  question  and  undisoated,  , 
and  as  to  tbe  Electors  there  are  five  provisions  of ' 
law  relating  to  their  evidence  ot   tide,    and  the 
speaker  quoted  the  acts  of  Congress  and  tbe  atat- . 
utes  of  Oregon  as  already  referred  to,  and  added  that  • 
Odell  and  Cartwrigbt  oame  with  evidence  ot  title 
which    satisfied    all    these   provisions.      He    then 
stated  as  his  first  proposition — and  he  declared  tbat 
the  whole  controversy  might  be  disposed  otia  favor' 
of  tbe  Hayes  Electors  by  a  aing.e  nropoaUion- that ' 
if  the  monstrous  proposition  could  be  maintained 
tbat  Cronin  was  legall.y  appointed,  vet  he  "  refused 
to  act,"  "neglected  to  attend"  with  Odell  and  Cart- 
wrigbt.   His  plHoe  became  vacant,  and  Watts  was 
duly  appointed  to  fill  it. 

The  Bleotoral  College  is  charged  with  three  du- 
tiea:  Firtt,  to  fill  all  vacancies;  second,  to  voce  for 
President  and  Yioe  President,  and  third,  to  make 
and  transmit  to  the  President  of  tbe  Senate  "  dis- 
tinct lists  of  all  persons  voted  for  as  President  and 
and  Vice  President,  whioh  lists  they  shall 
sign  and  certify."  Tbe  Electoral  College 
is  a  deliberative  body;  as  much  so  as  is 
Congress.  Tbe  major  part  of  tbe  Electors  present 
is  a  quorum.  Tbe  acts  of  a  quorum  are  valid  to  de- 
cide when  a  vacancy  has  arisen  and  to  fill  it.  He 
then  stated  his  second  proposition,  that  Crooia  waa 
not  elected,  and  on  the  whole  record  presents  no 
sufficient  evidence  of  title  to  the  Electoral  office. 
1.  His  ambiguous  evidence  of  title  is  di^pruved 
tiy  evidence  of  equal  dignity,  free  from  am- 
bigaity.  If  it  sbonld  bs  conceded  tbat 
the  "Governor's  certificate  of  election" 
noexplained  couid  give  a  prima  facie  title  to  tbe 
office,  yet  it  is  not  conclusive.  It  does  not  certify 
tbat  Cronin,  as  tbe  law  requires,  received  "tbe 
highest  number  of  votes."  of  tbat  be  k  dnly  au- 
poioted,  but  onlygthathe  "received  14,157  votes, 
being  the  highest  number  for  persons  eligible."  Tbe 
avurment  of  meligibility  is  a  stamp  of  susplcioa 
wnicb  opens  this  certificate  to  explanation.  This 
is  shown  by  a  note  to  page  319  ot  Brlghtly's  Lead- 
ing Gam  on  JHectiom,  where  it  is  said  that.  "If, 
uowever,  the  certificate  npon  its  face  reeiies  facts 
upon  wbicb  tbe  canvassers  reiy  as  their  Justitioa- 
tion  and  authority  for  giving  it,  and  these  facts 
show  tbat  tbe  bolder  was  not  duly  elected,  it 
may  be  dliiregarded."  (Haitt  against  Harvey, 
32  Barbour  61.;  To  this  1  add  that  if  there  be  two 
certificates  of  election,  as  m  this  case,  to  two  diffor- 
ent  persona  for  one  and  tbe  same  office,  and  one  is 
Buffiuient  la  form  and  frae  from  suspicion,  it  must 
take  effect  as  againt  one  which  on  its  tace 
carries  aonbt  aa  to  tbe  fact  it  certifies. 
That  IS  precisely  the  case  before  us 
Cronin's  certificate  is  contradicted  by  the  certified 
abstract  of  votes.  Xo  summarize,  tnen.  The  ob- 
jections to  tbe  votes  given  by  tbe  Tiiden  Electors, 
ail  resting  on  Cronin's  assnmed  evidence  of  title  to 
tbe  Electoral  office,  are  tbeiie:  (1.)  Cronin  refused 
to  act  with  tbe  other  Electors  duiyappuiuted,  or  ne- 
glected toattend,andif  he  was  an  Elector  htsoffice  be- 
came vacant.  (2.)  Tbe  Governor's  certificate  of  ap- 
pointment la  as  to  Cronin  shown  to  be  unauthorized 
and  untrue  by  evidence  of  equal  dignity  and  legal 
value,  viz.,  the  list  of  Electors  certified  to  by  tbe  Sec- 
retary of  Siate  and  also  the  abstract  of  the  popular 
vote.  (3.)  While  tbe  Governor's  certificate  shows  two 
of  tbe  Hayes  Electors,  Odell  and  Cartwrigbt,  duly 
appointed,  and  tbe  certified  abstract  of  votes  proves 
the  certificate  aa  to  tbem  to  be  legal  and  authorized, 
it  is  shown  from  tbe  same  evidence  that  as  to 
tvrouln  the  Governor's  certificate  on  its  face  gives 
no  title  to  office,  because  it  does  not  certify,  as  tbe 
law  requires,  that  he  ''received  tbe  bigb- 
e^t  number  of  votes,"  but  only  that  he  re- 
ceived the  liighest  number  "for  -person  eligible." 
(4.)  Cronin  fails  to  produce  any  certificate 
IVom  the  Secretary  of  State  showing  n  list  of  tbo 
Electors  duly  appointed.  In  the  Governor's  certifi- 
cate the  Secretary  of  State  certifies  nothing;  he 
merely,  as  a  aubsorlbing  witness,  attests  tbe  act  of 
tne  Governor.  There  ia  no  escape  from  this  con- 
clnsion  unless  tw^  principles  be  resolveu  in  the 
affirmative.  The  first  la  tbat  tbe  Governor  had' 
power  to  a&certain  and  declare  the  alleged 
ineligibility,  and  tbe  aeoond  is  that  this 
would  render  the  election  of  Watts  void, 
and  elect  Cronin,  a  minority  candidate. 
Neither  of  these  posltioDS  can  be  maintained. 
My  third  proposition  is  this  :  That  uoon  tbe  law 
and  evidence  Watts  was  duly  appointed  as  an 
Elector.  His  appointment  by  Odell  and  Cartwrigbt 
is  regular  in  form.  It  is  attacked  upon  the  ground 
that  there  was  no  vacancy  to  fill,  tbat  tne  ineligi- 
bility of  Watts  rendered  his  eleotion  void  ;  that 
be  was  not  an  incumbent  of  the  office, 
and  that,  tberefore,  there  was  no  vacancy,  but  a 
case  of  non-election,  and  that  tbe  statutb  of  Oregon 
doe:j  not  provide  for  tbe  fiUing  of  such  a  place  by 
Hppoiuiment.  I  maiataio,  first,  tbat  ilie  Oreguii 
statute  does  provide  for  a  case  of  non-election,  and 
second,  tbat  in  law  and  in  faoC  no  such  case  has 
aripen,  and  'that  Watts  was  duly  elected.  Tbo 
Oregon  statute  provides  for  filimg  a  vacancy 
caused  by  non-election.  Tbe  act  of  Congr^iss  iu 
January,  184S,  passea  before  Oregon  was  a 
^>tate,  declares  that  each  State  may  pro- 
vide for  the  filling  of  any  vacancy  which 
may  occur  in  its  College  of  Electors  when  such  col. 
lege  meets  to  give  Ita  Electoral  vote,  and  I  con- 
tend that  tbe  word  "may"  is  imperative.  Tne 
Oonstitniion  had  already  given  the  power,  and  an 
Congress  bad  fixed  a  day  for  the  appointment  of 
Electors,  it  was  necessary  to  provide  for  a  va- 
cancy by  a  failure  to  elect  on  tbat  fiay, 
and  for  a  vacancy  ooctirring  thereafter. 
The  law  says,  ''If  there  shall  be  a  vacancy  by 
reason  of  dextn,  refusal  to   act,    or  otherwise,"    &o. 

The  word  "otherwise  "  is  tbe  same  as  if  the  words 
"or  in  a  dificrent  maimer "  had  beeu 
used,  and  there  is  no  doubt  out  that 
it  covers  the  case  of  a  non-eleotion. 
I  ocbclude,  therefore,  that  Watts  was  elected,  and 
became  de  facto  and  do  J  ore  an  Elector  ;  that  his 
resignation  created  •  vacancy,  which  was 
uroperly  filled  by  bis  reappointment.  Finally, 
this  result  which  we  oialm— the  eloctiuu 
of  the  Hayes  Electors — has  been  sanctioned 
Hnd  eanotined  by  law,  and  it   is    etill  farther  sanoii- 

btid  by  the  grailtying  laot  ibftt  it  carries  out  tha 
purpose  of  our  Bepublloan  institutions  by  giving 
effect  to  the  will  of  the  people  of  Oregon. 

Commissioner  Edmuada  moved   tbat    the   f^rtber 

beaiHug  be  postpoaea  nuttl  7:30  o'docg,  and  then 
proceed  in  tbe  Senate  Chamber,  and  tbat  counsel 
have  three  hoars  and  a  half  time  on  each  side  for 
the  whole  case,  including  offers  of  proof  and  every- 
thing, which,  after  some  talk,  was  agreed  xq,  and 
tbe  CommiasioB  thereupon  aiUourned  until  7:30 
P.M.  

EVENING  SESSION. 

Tbe  Commission  reassembled  in  the  Senato 
Chamber  at  7:30  P.  M.  Mr.  Merrick  announced 
that  Judge  Hoadlcv  and  himself  would  appear  for 
tbe  Democratic  side.  Mr.  Evarts  said  tbat  Judge 
Stanley  Mathews  and  himself  would  appear  for  the 
Bepnbllcan  side.  ^ 

'  ARGUMENT  OF  JUDGE  HOADLEY. 

'  Judge  Hoadley  then  addressed  the  Commission 
as  follows :  Our  first  propoalUon  is  whether  on 
tbe  admitted  facts  of  the  case  ths  questions  are 
not  already  solved  by  the  deolsious  of  the  Commis- 
sion in  the  Florida  and  Louisiana  oases.  We  con- 
tend that  the  principles  controlling  this  case  have 
been  already  announced  in  those  cases.  Only  such 
documents  and  papers  as.  if  offered  aliunde,  would 
be  competent  to  be  received  may  be  considered 
when  found  within  tbe  envelopes  sent  to  tbe  Presi-. 
dent  of  tbe  Senate,  and  the  decision  ot  tbe, 
Eetnrning  Board  acted  npon  by  the  Governor 
of  tbe  Sate  is  fiual  and  conoluaive.  My  proposition 
is  tbat  the  State  of  Oregon,  through  her  State 
officers  has  spoken,  and  the  result  uf  that  speech  is 
here  in  tbe  aerlifloatea  given  to  Cronin,  Odell,  and 
Cartwrigbt. 

The  lawa  of  tbe  United  Statea  bave  proi^ded  but 
a  single  method  by  which  the  State  can  oommui- 
oate  to  the  two  Houses  of  Congress ;  and  this  tri- 
bunal, standi  ag  iu  their  place,  may  iu  this  way  hear 
tbe  voice  of  Oregon. 

Commissioner  Tharmon  inquired  who,  by  the 
laws  ot  Oregon,  has  the  custody  of  the  great  seal  of 
tbe  State. 

Judge  Hoadley  aaid  be  could  not  anawer  that 
question. 

Mr.  Matthews  said  it  was  the  Secretary  of  State  ; 
under  the  constiiuiion. 

Judge  Hoardly  aaid  tbat  was  probably  correct,  ! 
bat  be  would  auJ  that  there  was  nothing  in  tbe  ! 
laws  of  Oregon,  which  anthoriaea  any  saoh  certifi- 
cate or  exemplification  as  is  pre.-<ented  by  the  sup-  | 
porters  ol  certificate  No,  1.  He  then  reiterated  : 
tbe  assesrlon  tnat  the  list  signed  by 
the       Governor       or        Seocetary       of      States  i 


tion  of  tbe  term  of  the  prevlona  mem  t>er8  of  Con- 
gress, and  tbe  fact  that  the  election  for  the  election 
for  tbe  members  of  tbe  next  Congress  did  not  occur 
until  tbe  following  November,  and  did  not  the  Gov- 
ernor of  Mississippi  oaase  that  vacancy  to  be  filled 
by  a  proclamation  in  wbicb  be  called  upon  the 
Electora  to  fill  that  vacancy  t  And  was  not  the 
Resolution  admitting  tbem  aa  members  of  Con- 
gress rescinded  at  tbe  regular  sesaion  because 
tbey  were  elected  only  to  fill  a  vacancy  t  The 
counsel  replied  quickly,  "  I  will  anawer  that.  Tbe 
whole  statement  la  correct,  exoeot  the  cause.  It  waa 
reacinded.  Now  rescinding  means  -  withdrawing 
the  original  proposition.  It  was  not,  by 
virtue  ot  a  vote  that  the  vacancy  having  expired, 
tbe  time  baviag  expired,  therefore  tbey  were  no 
longer  members,  but  Mr.  Bell's  amendment  was 
that  tbe  original  resolntion  should  be  rescinded. 

Mr.  Justice  Miller  asked  bow  he  construed  the 
words  *'  refusal  to  act,"  to  which  he  repliel  that  he 
construed  tbe  words  to  refer  ail  oases  which  oc- 
curred after  there  had  been  a  complete  eleotion  just 
as  section  133  of  the  Bevised  Statutes  pro'vided. 

Tbe  next  question  nisoussed  was  the  point  that 
by  Oregon  law,  .as  shown  by  the  certificate  of  the 
Governor,  who  was  obliged  to  act,  tbe  weight  of  an- 
tbority,  if  not  tbeigbt  of  oanseslnthe  United  States 
—tbe  mandate  to  elect  was  of  sucn  paramount 
anthority  that  people  could  not  disobe.v  it 
by        voting        for      a        disqualified      candidate. 

In     tbe     verv     first     place     tbe     first  -  great 
commandment  of  tbe  Gospel  of  American  Liberty, 
I  the  Coo8tit.ntion   is,  "Thou  aualt  elect,"  and  the 
I  second,  "  Thou  sbalt  not  elect  a  disqualified  candi- 
I  date."      Tbe  counsel  then  claimed  tbat  Cronin  was 
elected,  tested  by  any  process  applicable  to  thecaae, 
and  closed  with  a  parting   allusion  to  "Craads"  and 
"  Becoming  Boards,"  and  a  repetition  of  the  asser- 
tion tbat  tbe  Commission  had  no  judicial  powers. 

At  the  coaclusion  of  Mr.  Hoodley's  argnment  the 
Commission  adiourneU  until  10  o'clock  to-morrow 
morning. 


WASHINGTON. 


2fOTES  FROM    THE  CAPITAL. 


Washington,  Feb.  21. — A  call  has  been  issued 
for  a  meeting  of  tne  National  Executive  Committee 
of  tbe  Union  League  of  America,  in  this  city,  on 
Saturday,  March  3. 

Hon.  WilUam  A.  Wheeler,  accompanied  by  Sec- 
retary Chandler  and  other  gentlemen,  waa  at  the 
War  Department  to-day  and  made  a  social  call  upon 
Gen.  Sbenuan. 

It  is  reported  to-day  that  five  companies  of  in- 
fantry and  three  of  artillery  will  be  added  to  the 
garrison  at  this  place  next  week,  though  as  yet  tbe 
information  is  not  shown  in  the  daily  issued  apeoial 
orders  from  tbe  War  Department. 

Tbe  President  haa  signed  the  aot  to  encourage 
and  promote  telegraphic  communication  between 
Amerioaand  Europe. 

A  shooting  affray  occurred  in  the  neighborhood 
of  the  court-bouse  bere  to-day,  .which  created  a 
great  sensation  owing  to  tbe  well-known  circum- 
stances attending  tbe  characters  of  two  notorions 
roughs  who  were  the  principals.  Charles 
Goodman  was  in  attendance  aa  a  witness 
against  Lem  Weeden,  who  recently  assaulted  and 
seriously  wounded  Goodman,  and  finding  Weeden 
on  the  sidewalk  adjoining  the  conrt-house,  in  con- 
versation with  bis  oouosel,  without  a  word  of  warn- 
ing drew  a  horse-pistol,  fired  and  sbet  Weeden  in 
the  thigh,  slightly  wounding  him.  He  then,  throw- 
ing away  the  pistol,  drew  a  revolver  to  renew  tbe 
attack,  but  before  be  conld  use  it  was  seized 
by  officers,  disarmed  and  arrested.  Weeden, 
who  was  then  awaiting  trial  for  asaanlt  and 
battery,  with  intent  to  kill  Goodman,  was  called 
as  a  witness  before  tbe  Grand  Jury  to  give  testi- 
mony to  tbe  simil&r  assaiilt  upon  himself.  This  is 
the  third  rencontre  between  these  notorious  par- 
ties, in  all  of  which,  though  one  or  tbe  other  waa 
thought  to  be  fatally  Injured,  both  surviye,  and 
seem  to  be  determined  to  let  no  opportunity  pass  in 
wbicb  tbey  can  reap  vengeance  on  account  of  tbeir 
mntnal  attempts  at  assassination. 

Hon.  E.  Barksdalo.  one  of  the  Tiiden  Electors  at 
Large,  and  a  member  of  the  National  Democratic 
Committee,  testified  before  the  special  Senate  com- 
mittee investigating  the  Mississippi  elections  as  fol* 
lows  :  Entire  good  feeling  has  been   eatabliahed  un- 


BLEVENTH  BOOB  INDUSTBT. 

BOTH  HOUSES   OF  CONGBESS  KARKKSTLT  At 

i         WOBK  ON  THE    APPBOPBIA'nOIT    BILLS— 

'^        THE      POST  '  OPFICB    AND    LE6ISLATIVH 

BILLS    PASSED    BY    THE     SCNATE — ^THX 

SUNDRT  CIVIL  BILL  CONSIDBRED  IN  THK 

HOUSE — ^AN  APPROPBIATION  FOB  BETTER 

VENTILATION. 

Special  Dispatch  to  (Ka  Keto-Tork  Timts. 

Washington,  Feb.  21.— Both  honses  t» 
day  went  earnestly  to  work  on  the  appropria- 
tion bills,  and,  judging  from  the  progress  made 
by  the  Senate,  it  is  not  probable  tbat  the  x«ga< 
lar  appropriations  will  fail  through  anvH 
remissness  on  the  part  ot  tbat  body. 
As  soon  as  the  business  of  the  Joint  ConventirAa 
was  temporarily  disposed  of,  the  Senate  to<kfc 
up  the  Post  Office  Appropriation  bill  and 
passed  it.  The  only  material  amendment 
made  to  the  bill  as  renorted  by  tha 
Senate  Committee  was  one  providing  for  tho 
o«ntinnation  tor  one  year  of  the  $500,000 
subsidy  to  the  Pacific  Mail  Steam-ship  Com- 
paay,  for  carrying  tbe  mails  between  San  Fran- 
cisco and  China.  The  Liegislative,  Executive^ . 
and  Judicial  bill  was  passed  without  im- 
portant changes.  Tho  House  took  upi 
the  Sundry  Civil  bill,  and  made  consid< 
erable  progress.  An  amendment  providins: 
for  an  appropriation  of  $33,000  to  improve  tha 
ventilation  of  the  hall  of  the  House  gave  rise^ 
to   a  protracted   debate.     During  tbe   discus-^ 

sion,  Mr.  Hewitt  spoke  of  the  unwholesonie 
atmosphere  of  the  House  end  of  tha 
Capitol,  tbe  sicKness  thereby  entaiiied' 
upon  many  members,  and  attnbaced 
it  to  the  imperfect  ventilation.  He  thought  ths 
ventilation  could  be  improved  and  the  atanos' 
phere  of  the  hall  made  pure.  Congress  shonid 
do  tkis  regardless  of  es;pense,  but  if  Congress  '■ 
woiild  not  do  it  he  would  be  willing  to  under- 
take the  work  of  ventilation  at  his  own  ex- 
pense, and  would  guarantee  to  ma^ce  it 
a  success.  Mr.  Hewitt's  .,liberal  offer  wa» 
not  accepted,  but  the  paragraph  making  tha 
appropriation  was  passed.  The  proposed  im-*' 
provoment  in  ventilation  is  placed  in  charge, 
of  the  Architect  of  the  Capitol.  Several  efforts 
have  already  been  made  to  improve  the  ventila- 
tion of  the  House,  and  although  large  Brxms 
have  been  expended  no  good  results  have  hea» 
obtained.  

MB.  GLOTER'S  STAR  CRAMBEB. 
DESPERATION  OF  THE  DEMOCRATIC  SENSic 
TION  SEEKER  —  HIS  INVESTIGATIOIfa 
CONDUCTED  IN  PRIVATE  IN  THE  NAMB 
or  THE  REAL  ESTATE  POOL  COMMTTrEB 
— PRETENDED  REVELATIONS  MADE  BT? 
DISCHARGED  TREASURY  CLKBKS. 
Special  Dispatcn  to  the  New-  York  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  21.— Mr.  Glover,  Ch&i» 
man  of  the  House  Committee. to  Investigato 
the  Beal  Estate  Pool,  has  broken  out  again, 
and,  with  the  occasional  assistance  of  Mr. 
Vance,  •f  Ohio,  is  taking  a  large  quantity  of 
testimony,  which  he  wili  ask,  in  a  few  days, 
authority  to  print.  Mr.  Glover  ia  a  sadly  dis- 
appointed man.  He  started  out  expecting  to 
discover    terrible    things,   and   in   pursuit  of 


_    sensation      scoured     every     place    wherer 
derDemocraticmle:  he  participated   in   the  can-  |  be  could  make  a  subpoena   reach.     It  was  Glr,. 


vasaes  of  1875  and  18T6,  and  b»s  knowledge. | 
of  how  they  were  conduoted;  the  Democrats  j 
promised  tbe  colored  people  protection  in  their  | 
rights,  and  to  make  impartial  laws;  the  promise  { 
was  kept  by  (he  Democratic  Legislature  as  declared  I 
by  tbe  colored  Republican  members  at  the  oiose  ! 
o&  the  last  two  sessions.  Mi.  Barksdale  also  : 
testified  that  he  is  acquainted  with  G.  J.  T.  Lester,   i 


ver  who  purchased  the  discarded  telegraphiio 
dispatches  trom  a  junk  dealer  in  the  hope  of 
making  Btartling  discoveries.  Thus  far  be  haa 
failed,  and  bis  failure  has  made  h)lm 
desperate.  His  manner  of  proceedine 
is  at  least  novel,  and  if  some  en- 
ergetic   Republicans    were     associated    with 


of    Hinds     County,     and    he    was    consulted     by  i  him   on   tbe   committee,  his   conduct  might  ba 

I  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  House.  Glover 
I  summons  witnesses  and  conducts  the  examina-^ 
i  tion  without  the  knowledge  of  his  colleagues. 
Instead  of  notifying  members  of  the  committeie 
of  the  time  of  holding  zneetingB, 
Glover  takes  special  pains  to  keen 
all  knowledge  from  tbem.  Obtainitag 
a  witness  and  summoning  a  stenographer. 
Glover  locks  himself  in  the  committee-room 
and  proceeds  to  take  testimony.  In  this  man- 
ner he  examined,  a  few  days  ago,  a  discharged 
Treasury  clerk,  who  testified  to  all  manner  of 
things  in  connection  with  tho  redemption  aaCi 
cancellation  of  currency.     This  same  witnefis 

was  examined  last  Summer  by  Glover,  but  h-Aa 
doubtless  studied  up  his  part  more  fully  sinca' 
then.  To-day  Glover  locked  himself  jn  witli  a! 
man   named   Chittenden,    who   is   aaid  to  bnva 

made  dama^ng  revelations   about  Ms.  Gar^ 

field,  of  Ohio. 

RiehardBon,  another  discharged  Treasni) 
clerk,  has  been  privately  examined  by  Glover^ 
and  has  related  stories  about  impossibhe  irrego,-) 
larities  in  the  Treasury  Department.  Richard- 
son was  before  the  Committee  on  Expenditures' 
in  the  Treasury  Department  last  Winter. 
Smith  Ely  was  Chairman  of  this  committee, 
and  Richardson  explains  that  the  additional 
revelations  he  now  makes  were  not  madai 
last  Winter,  because  he  believed  Mr.  Ely  had, 
a  number  of  appointments  in  the  departmen'/; 
and  waa  not  therefore  disposed  to  prosectitd 
the  inquiry.  Of  course  there  can  be  no  cross- 
exanunation  at  Glover's  star  chamber  investi- 
gations, and  no  opportunity  for  men  against 
whom  charges  are  thus  made  to  de- 
fend themselves,  or  even  to  know 
they  have  been  accused.  All  manneii 
of  scandal  is  raked  up  by  Glover  and  put  into 
"  testimony,"  and  this  is  the  kind  of  stuff  ha 
wiU  ask  the  House  to  authorize  him  to  print. 
JThe  members  of  the  Real  Estate  Fool  Commit- 
tee are  doubtless  tired  and  disgusted  with 
Glovers  folly,  but  it  is  none  the  less  their  duty 
to  see  that  he  is  not  permitted  to  indulge  hi^ 
i  maliciousness  in  their  name  and  at  the  expensa 
I  of  decency  and  fair  play. 


Lester  several  times  during  tbe  late  campaign,  but 
he  never  heard  of  duplicate  keys  for  ballot-boxes 
until  he  read  the  statement  made  by  Lester  before 
this  committee,  and  members  of  the  Hinds  County 
Democratic  Committee  deny  the  existe'nce  of  such 
Keys,  and  have  expressed  a  desire  to  testify  to  ttiat 
eftect. 

The  Senate  Snb-eommittee^on  Xiouisiana,  Senator 
Howe  presiding,  met  to-day  at  11  o'clock.  Mr.. 
Honore,  Secretary  of  State  of  Louisiana,  was  pres- 
ent with  a  laree  nackine-case  and  a  carpet-bae  con- 
taining the  returns  of  the  22  challenged  parishes  of 
Louisiana  together  with  the  papers  and  afiidavita 
attspbed  thereto.  The  committee-room  was  cleared  of 
all  spectators  except  tbe  reporters  and  two  counsel 
on  eaoh'side,  and  tbe  box  was  onened  iu  tbe  pres- 
ence of  tho  committee.  The  pauers  connected 
-with  "Webster  Parish  •wera  first  taken  up,  and  tbe 
consolidated  ^,apervisors'  return  examined,  showing 
tbat  polls  Nos.  1  and  5  were  thrown  out  by  the  Re- 
turning Board  on   accoimt  of  alleged  informality: 

poll  Nu.  1,  because  tbe  votes  n^ere  notconnted  at  tbe 
polling    place ;    and    poU  No.   S,    for    tbe    reason 

that    the   votes     were    not   ooanied     by   duly 

aacborized  persons.  The  indorsement  In  the 
mbnlated  statement  i  waa  to  the  effect  that 
12  straight  Bepublican  double  ballots  were  thrown 
oat  by  tbo  Superrisors, ,  and   Judge  Davis,  chief 

clerk  of  the  Returning  Board,  stated 
that  the  board  took  no  notice  ot 
this  fact.  The  Commissioners'  return  showed 
that  tbe  election  was  quiet  and  satisfactory,  and 
that  there  was  no  intimidation.  The  poll  was, 
however,  thrown  dut  by  the  Beturning  Board. 
Tbe  affidavit  accomnanyins  the  rejected  noli  was 
sworn  to  on  the  27tb  day  of  November.  1876,  the 
day  the  vote  was  canvassed  by  the  Returning 
Board. 

Col.  Piatt  wap  arrested  this  afternoon  by  the 
United  States  Marshal  and  taken  betOre  Judge  Mc- 
Artliur,  who  required  bail  in  the  sum  of  f5,0U0, 
whlca  was  given,  Messrs.  Polkinghoia  and  A.  F. 
Whitney  becomice  his  sureties. 

The  Senate,  m  executive  session  to-day,  confirmed 
the  nominations  of  Prank  T.  Albright  to  be  Post- 
master at  Mason,  Mich.,  and  A.  B.  Bytord,  to  be 
Postmaster  at  Benton  Harbor,  Mich.i 

Collector  Carpenter,  of  the  Columbia  (S.  C.)  Dis- 
trict, to-day  telegraphed  to  tbe  Commissioner  of 
Internal  Bnvenae  that  a  party  which  had  just  re- 
tarned  from  a  raid  in  the  mountains  of  that  State 
had  captured  10  distiUeries,  100  stands  ot  beer,  and 
9  prisoners.    They  had  no  trouble. 

TILDEHi'S  BAIfK  ACCOUNT. 


THE  "great  reformer"  REPUDIATES  THE 
*  AGREEMENT  NOT  TO  EXAMINE  IT  —  HE 

DENIES    THAT    HE    SENT    ANY     MONEY 
/  TO  OREGON. 

Gov.  Tiiden  has  sent  the  following  commu- 
,nication  to  Senator  Kernan : 

New-Tobk,  Feb.  21,  1877. 
Mod,.  Franeig  Ktman,  Wattiington,  Z>.  C  .- 

A  telegram  to   tbe  Associated  Press,  published  {  » 

this  Uiorning,  states  that  a  harmonious  agreement      PRESIDENT  HAlEii'  INAUGUBATIOU, 
has  been  bruuebt  about  between   tbe  Senate  Com-      *  ~ 

PREPARATIONS     FOR     THE     KVENT     BY    T'SK 

NEW -YORK  REPUBLICAN  ASSOCIAnON  OF 


assesrlon  tnat 
Governor  or 
was  final.  The  next  proposition  was  that 
a  oommiasion  or  certificate  of  elA^tlon  has  been  de- 
livered tu  an  officer,  and  be  accepts  it  and  enters 
up. in  tbe  duties  of  the  office  he  becomes  an  officer 
degine  et  d»  Jaeto,  except  when  bis  title  shall 
be  impeaoheu  by  a  <pio  warranto,  certio- 
riTt,  or  a  contest  porsaed  nuder  ihe  stacace 
for  contesting  his  title.  The  facts  are,  tbat  Cronin 
having  called  in  MiLer  and  Parker  lo  act  with  him 
in  ouateqaeace  of  the  refusal  of  Watts  to  aot  with 
him,  he  proceeded'  in  cooformit.y  with  tbe  statute. 
He  then  reviewed  the  action  ot  tbe  Bepublicau 
Electors,  and  held  that  Cronin  had  not 
retosed  to  aot  with  tbem.  Cronin's  aetien 
oouia  only  bave  been  questioned  by  quo  warranto, 
Cuunsel  then  preseated  two  propositiens:  Cue, 
that  tbe  papers  inolosd  with  the  Certificate  Ko.  1 
are  of  no  valne  as  evidence  by  being  in  that  oerti- 
ficate,  nor  otherwise,  unless  tbey  are  shown  to  be 
duly  authenticated  in  conformity  wiib  the  laws  of 
Oregon. 

When  the  counsel  bronght  up  tbe  familiar  case  ot 
Claiborne  and  Gtaolson  &  tbe  House  of  Bepresan-, 
tatives,'  the  ooimsel  on  the  Republican  side 
stopped  him  to  ask  whether  or  not  the 
decision  of  the  Eonae  of  Bepresentatives. ' 
in        admitting       CUuttome       and      Gbolson      at 

the  extra  session  was  doc  tbat  thei«  was  a  vaosooy 

in  the  rej^eaeatation  of  Misaiaaaippi  in  the  Honaa 

fcCtf  JftMI<wi>nt>ttTOi  'la  -no—fiftiiftiw  oi-tha  ^  axawa*. 


miitee,  of  which  you  are  a  member,  and  a  commit- 
tee of  tbe  House,  by  which  it  has  been  decided  not 
to  go  into  nn  examination  of  my  bank  account  on 
tne  one  band,  or  tbe  account  of  the  Caairman  of  the 
Republican  National  Committee  oo  tbe  other 
baud.  I  repudiate  any  such  agreement, 
and  disclaim  anv  such  immunity,  protection,  or  bnn- 
e&t  from  it,  I  reeret  the  utterly  false  imputation 
that  my  piivate  bank  account  contains  aoytbing 
whatever  that  needs  to  be  concealed.  Under  the 
pretense  ot  looking  for  a  payment  io  Deceaber,  the 
demand  was  for  all  payments  after  May  and  aU  de- 
posits during  nine  months.  The  bank  was  le- 
peatedlv  menaced  with  the  removal  of 
Its  officers  and  books  to  Washington. 
A  tranacri|tt  of  entries  of  private  business,  triuts, 
charities,  containing;  everything  bat  what  the  com- 
mittee was  commissioned  to  investigate,  but 
nothing  wbioh  it  was  commissioned  to  investigate, 
becaasa  noibing  of  tbat  sort  existed,  has  been 
taken  with  my  knowledge  to  Washington.  Of 
course,  there  is  no  item  in  It  relating  to  anything  in 
Oregon,  for  I  never  made,  authorized,  or  knew  of 
any  expenditnre  in  relation  to  the  election  in  ttiat 
State,  or  the  resulting  coptroversies,  or  any  promise 
or  obligation  or  negotiation  on  the  subject. 

Ms.  Ellis,  the  acting  President  of  the  Bank,  him- 
self a  Republican,  some  time  ago  told  tbe  Chairman 
of  the  committee  and  several  of  its  members  that 
there  is  notbmg  iu  theaeconnt  capable  of  furthering 
any  Just  object  of  the  investigacion.  lam  aUo  in- 
formed tbat  a  resolntion  was  passed  to  snmmon  me 
as  a  witness,  but  have  received  no  aubpceDs,  I 
bad  written  before  tbia  telegram  appeared 
requesting  yon  to  sav  to  the  eommlttee  that  it 
would  be  more  agreeable  to  me  not  to  vimt  Wash- 
ington  If  tbe  committee  would  send  a  sub-committee 
or  bold  a  session  here,  but  tbat  ottaerwiiie  I  should 
attend  under  tbe  sabposna.  As  to  this  arrauge- 
ment  now  reported,  I  have  only  to  sa^  that  I  can 

:  accept  deooram  and  decency,  bat  net  a  flodtiona 
eqtdvalent  £or  p  mantle  of  sesreoy  to  aaybody  ^e. 
7  a-. J-  'frir.T>Ttir 


WASHINGTON. 

Special  Dupaieh  to  the  ^ew-Tork  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  21.— The  New-ToA 
RepuDlican  Association  of  this  city  on  Satur- 
day last  held  a  special  meeting  for  the  purpose 
of  making  arrangements  to  take  part  in  the  in- 
auguration of  President  Hayes.  A  com- 
mittee of  13  was  appointed  to  make  the 
necessary  preparations.  This  evening  aeveral 
sub-committees  were  appointed,  among  them 
one  on  reception.  The  duty  of  this  committee 
will  be  to  secure  quarters  for  visiting  organiza- 
tions, military  or  political,  and  receive  thecr 
i  upon  tbeir  arrival  in  the  city.  Communica- 
tions addressed  to  any  of  the  following  mem- 
bers of  the  committee  will  receive  immediate 
attention  :  Capt.  J-  H.  Hitchcock,  Capitol ; 
CoL  Thomas  G.  Hensey,  Register,  Trc»sar> 
Department ;  Capt.  S.  E.  Thomas,  Pay  Depart* 
ment;  Judge  J.  Turbetl,  Deputy  First  Con< 
troUer,  Treasury  Department;  C.  C  £llis. 
War  Department.  . 

BTTSIWJE8S  FA1JUVRS8IK  OSZOASO. 

Chicago,  Feb.  21.— James  H.  Habbard,  a 
real  estate  operator,  filed  his  velnntary  petition  in 
bankruptcy  in  tbe  United  States  Coart  this  Kiom* 
ing.  His  liabilities  are  $250,000,  mostly  aeoured  bj 
mortcsKet,  &c    The  assets  are  |aS,O00. 

Two  small  failures  were  reported  on  'CtauagetW 
monaiBiL  liat  the  nartivuiara  ace  naknova. 


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THE  OREGON  CONSPIRACY. 

iESVLT  OF^THE  SENATE  .  INQUIBT. 

THE     QUBSTIOM    OV    TSK    XUOIBILITY     OP 

XLBCTOR    WATTS     FUIXT    BKViaWKD — 

THB  RSTUBNS  OBBTIFDtD  TO  AOCOBDINa 

.      TO  J.A.W — GOV.    0RO\rBB'S    HXEOAI.  IN- 

TEB^EBiprgB^HOW    ASP    WHEBB    THB 

•     CONSPIBACT  OBXQVSHTBXi — ^TIRDIHaS   0» 

rai  eOMHITTBE — SBICATOE  KELLY'S  BZ<^ 

PLANATIOK. 

WABEiNOToir,  7eb.    21. — The  report  of  the 

Beaate    Committee  on  PriTllege*    and  Eleetiont 

reletlTe  to  the  Oregoa  Xleotoral  oontrofverBy  wee 

Dieiented  to  tfae  BeiMteto-4ay  by  Senator  HltehaU. 

b  is  a  TolnQlpoiu  4M0peiit,   and   ^ata   forth 

the  main  soiota  of  tlia  teatiiQonT  taken  at  oonaid* 

treble  lenfctli.  '  Tbe  coinmittee    sommanze  their 

Bonclusions  of  fact  and  law  aa  follows  i 

First— Tb%t  John  W.  "Watta  waa.  at  the  date  of  the 
eleotioo,  C^ov.  7,  1876,)  a  PoatmA«ter  at  Ziafeyette, 
7am  hill  Connty,  OreKon,  oi  tbe  fourth  claaa,  the 
appointment  of  which  is  not  Presidential,  bnt  ex> 
olnslTely  in  the  power  of  the  Postmaster  G-eneralt' 
thst  Bach  office  la  one  ot  trust  s&d  proflt  ander  the' 
United  States. 

Seeond—THt  tfao  w%oU  Bnnber  of  Toters  reeelT> 

Ine  aod  forwardlnc:  their  mail  through  tliia  Foat 
Office  did  not  exceed  l66. 

Third— Tb^i  the  fi»et  that!  he  was  aPeatmaster 
was  not  (generally  known  In  the  State,  or  in  any 
part  of  It  oatside  ot  his  own  precinct,  nntil  several 
days  after  hia  elaoiion  i  nor  does  it  appear  afilrma- 
tiTely  that  any  voter,  who  voted  for  Watte  knew 
that  the  fact  of  hla  beini;  Postmaster  disqualified 

him  from  bems  apoointed  an  Elector. 

JFourth — 'J-'hat  his  {Watts]  majority  in  the  State 
over  Crooiu  was  1,049  votes. 

iVtA— That  Watts  resiened  hia  offiee  as  Postmas* 
ter  OQ  t  he  13th  of  November,  1876,  and  bis  sacoessor 
'Was  appointed  on  tbe  S3d  of  tbe  same  montta.  Watts' 
reaiesiitioa  was  accepted  by  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral on  the  14tb  of  November,  1876,  and  on  the  same 

day  J.  B.  Underwood.  Special  Agent  of  the  Post  Of- 
fice Department,'  took  possession  of  Che  oftice,  nu- 
der  special  dlreotioiiB  fiom  tue  Postmaster  Q-eneial, 
at  which  Watta  ceased  to  discharge  ths  Unties  of 
Postmaster. 

Hucth — That  on  the  4th  ot  December,  1876,  the 
Secretary  of  State,   who,  tmder  tbe  laws  ot  UreKon, 

-,  U  the  GanTassioK  Officer,  canvassed  tbe  votes  for 
Preeldeniial  Electors  in  the  presence  of  the  Got- 
eroor.  as  provided  by  mw,  and  officially  declared 
that  Odell,  Caitwrigbt,  and  Watts,  the  Keoabhoan 
cuidiuates,  had  reeeiyeil  the  highest  number  of 
votes. 

Heventh — That  Gov.  Grover  Issned  his  eertifioates 
to  Odell,  Cariwricbt,  and  Cronin,  Instead  of  to 
Qaeil,  GartwriicUt,  aad  Watts,  tbe  persons  whom 
the  Secretary  of  State  declared  officially  had  re- 
ceived the  hiebeat  number  of  votes. 

ikighth — Tbat  tbe  Governor  placed  auoh  oertifl- 
cates  in  the  bands  of  the  Secretary  of  State  in 
triphoate — each  copy  oontainiog  the  three 
^names,  Odell,  Cartwngbl,  and  Cronin.  a  short 
time  befoie  tbe  meetiae  of  tbe  Elector^  CGllege, 
and  on  the  same  day,  and  he,  tbe  Secretary  of  State, 
delireced  ail  three  thereof  to  aaid  Crunln,  who 
reinsed,  altboogb  repeatedly  requested  to  do  ao  by 
both  OjsII  and  Cartwiigbr,  to  aohver  such  certifi- 
cates, or  any  of  thDm,  to  Odell  and  Cartwrizht  or 
»ither  of  (hem,  or  exhibit  them  tor  inspection  er 
Diberwise. 

AtntA — That  upon  failnre.:.and  peremptory  refosal 
apon  toe  part  of  Cronin  to  either  deliver  or  exhibit 
each  certificates,  or  any  of  thein.  to  either  Odell  or 
Cartwri£bt,  before  or  after  the  organization  of  tbe 
College,  or  to  tbe  Electoral  College,  after  tbe  same 
had  urtianized — aliboneb  repeatedly  requested  to  do 
so  by  the  indlvioal  members  of  the  coUe^ie,  both 
befure  and  alter  the  same  had  ortfanized,  and  also 
by  the  President  of  tha  collsee — in  poisqance 
of  a  voce  of  the  coUeee,  aaid  Watta 
tendered  lus  resignation  as  an  Eleotor,  which  res- 
ignation was  accepted  by  the  college,  then  consti- 
tuted by  Odell  and  Cartwrisrht,  woeceupon,  and 
apon  the  withdrawal  of  Cronin  to  another  portion 
Of  the  room  to  declare  vacancies  and  organize  a 
college  of  hia  own,  the  Electors  present,  Ouell  and 
Carcwrieht,  Sited  tbe  vacancy  in  the  office  of  Elec- 
tor, by  a  rtva  voce  and  pinraiiry  of  votes,  by  ap- 
pointing John  W.  Walts  such  Eleotor  |  that  the 
college tbas  orgauized  voted  by  ballot  for  President 
and  Yice  President  of  the  United  States,  resulting 
in  three  votes  for  Batberford  B.  Hayes,  of  Ohio, 
for  President,  and  three  votes  for  William  A. 
Wheeler,  of  New-Yorfe,  for  Vice  President. 

Tenth — That  Cronin.  after  his  relnsal  to  deliyer  or 
ezhiuii  Tiue  certificates  of  tbe  Guvernor,  and  belore 
Odell  and  Cariwngbt  bad  appointed  Watts  to  till 
toe  vacancy  in  the  office  of  Elector,,  withdrew  to  the 
further  corner  of  the  room  occupied  by  tbe  Electors, 
and  declared,  or  attempted  to  declare,  two  vacancies 
in  the  I'ffice  of  Elector,  and  immediately  tilled  tbem 
or  attempted  to  fill  tLem  by  tbe  appointment  of 
J.  N.  T.  Miller  and  John  Parker,  two  Democrats, 
seliber  of  whom  bad  reeeived  any  votes  whatever 
for  Elector  at  tbe  election  on  tbe  7ih  of  November ; 
after  whieh  these  three — Crooin,  Miller,  and  Parker 
^-elalming  to  be  an  Elsotoral  College,  cast  two  votea 
for  £ucherford  B.  Haves,  of  Ohio,  for  President, 
and  two  votes  tor  William  A.  Wheeler,  of  New- 
York,  for  Yice  President,  and  one  vote 
for  Samuel  J.  Tilden,  of  .  Sfew-York,  for 
Presideut,  and  one  vote  for  Thomas  A.  Hendricks, 
ot  Indiana,  for  Vice  President,  said  Cronin  voting 
for  'lilden  and  Hendricks,  and  Miller  and  Pazker 
respectively  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler. 

lUeventh—HixdX  a  couspiraoy  was  entered  into 
amoot:  leadini;  Democratic  managers  in  New-Tork, 
Caiitoroia,  and  Oregon,  tor  tbe  purpose  of  depriving 
the  majority  of  the  people  of  the  State  of  Oreeun  ot 
their  choice  for  President  and  Yice  President  and 
seoarlQg  one  Electoral  vote  tor  tbe  Democratic  can- 
uidaie  lor  President,  bv  the  refusal  upon  the  part 
of  Gov.  Grover  to  issue  a  certificate  to  Watts,  and 
by  issumg  it  to  Cronia,  regardless  of  law  or  the 
light  of  the  case,  which  conipiraoy  was,  so  tar  as 
in  their  power,  executed  oy  the  reftual  ot  tbe  Gov- 
ernor lo  issue  to  Watta  a  certificate,  and  by  bis 
issuing  it  to  Cronin. 

Iwel/lh — That  in  jrarsaaaca  of  this  conspiracy 
large  amounts  of  money  were  sent  to  Oreaon  by 
the  Democratic  managers  in  New- York  and  at  the 
request  of  the  Democratic  managers  in  Oregon, 
Which  money  was  used  improperly  and  corruptly  in 
lortberiug  snob  conspiracy,  tbe  sum  of  ^000,  in 
gold  coiD,  of  snoh  moneys  having  been  paid  to  and 
received  Oy  said  Cionln  ;  |3,000  more  of  snob  money 
having  been  paid  to  Hiii,  Durham,  &  Thomp- 
son, of  Portland,  Oregon,  ostensibly  for 
their  services  aa  lawyers,  bnt,  in  fact,  to 
aabsidiza  the  Daily  and  Weekly  Oregonian 
— the  leading  newspaper  of  the  bcaie,  elaimins  to 
be  Kepublicao,  and  of  which  W.  Lair  Bill,  one  of 
said  law  firm,  is  eaitor — into  a  defease  of  the  action 
aonght  to  be  accomplished  through  snob  cocspiraoy. 
That  this  conspiracy  to  defraud  tbe  people  of  a 
Btate  and  nation  out  of  their  choice  for  President 
and  Yice  President,  marked  as  it  waa  at  every  step 
by  Intrisue,  corruption,  and  traaa,  setting  aside 
law  and  precedent,  igntiriog  in  its  inception  ana 
execution  tbe  grandest  idea  upon  which  onr  Gov- 
ernment rests — tbe  will  of  tiie  majority  as 
expressed  at  tbe  ballot-box — bad  ita  origin  m  the 
tamlly  of  Samuel  JT.  Tltden,  the  Democratic  candi- 
date for  President,  and  with  a  member  ot  that 
tamlly,  W.  T.  Pelton,  who  was  also  at  one  time  Sec- 
retary of  the  National  Democratio  Committee;  and 
If  Samdel  J.  Tilden  was  not  himself  a  party  to  and 
had  no  knowledge  ot  tbe  scheme,  then  it  mnst  be 
said  he  waa  ignorant  of  what  waa  transpirint;  in  hla 
own  hoosebold  in  reference  to  a  transaction  which 
was  intended  to  establish  bis  title  to  tbe  chief 
msKistracy  of  the  nation,  as  most,  if  not  all, 
of  tbe  dlaoatcbes  addressed  to  and  sent 
toy  -W.  T.  Pelton  in  reference  to  this 
matter  passed  in  and  out  of  the  door  of 
lair,  Tilden's  residence,  No.  15  Gramercy  park,  New- 
^ork  City,  to  and  from  bis  own  nephew,  member  of 
his  own  tamlly,  sleeping  under  bis  roof,  and  dining 
at  hia  tabi'e.  Besides,  it  must  also  bs  said,  if  he  was 
not  a  party,  that  he  was  ignorant  of  a  dispatch  sent 
to  him  from  Portland,  Oregon,  on  Deo.  1,  purport- 
ing to  come  from  Gov,  Urover,  bnt  wtduh  was  in 
tbe  handwriting  oi  3.  H.  N.  Patrick,  m  the  same 
cipher  used  by  Patrick,  Peltop,  ao<  others,  inform- 
ing him  ITiiden.J  six  days  m  advance  that  tbe  ac- 
tion of  Gov.  Grover  would  be  just  what  it  proved  to 
be  when  the  six  days  bad  elapsed.  As  oouolnsions 
ot  law  tbe  committee  dad  : 

f\r«t— Conceding  Wat^  to  have  been  Ineligible 
to  be  appointed  an  E'ecior,  it  is  clear  this  fact  could 
not  adder  any  possible  state  of  cucnmstances, 
much  less  under  the  circumstances  of  this  case, 
operate  to  elect  Cronin,  a  minority  candidate. 

Stcovd—TtkiA  Gov.  Grover,  in  assuming  to  deter, 
mine  tuls  question  of  tbe  Ineligibility  ot  Watte, 
acted  wiikoot  his  jarisdiotlon,  and  his  action  was 
ultra  nir^  and  void. 

2hird That  the  certificate  of  tbe  Governor  is   no 

part  of  the  appointment  of  an  Elector  ;  tbat  it  is 
aimply  evidence  of  an  appointment,  but  not  a  oon- 
cluaive  oqe,  and  may  be  inquired  into  by  the 
counting  tribunal  and  disregarded  or  set  aside, 
«libei  in  whole  or  in  part,  for  mistake  or  fraud. 

TourfA— That  the  College  represented  uy  Odell 
•na  Cartwriaht  was  fhe  only  and  true  Electoral 
College  in  Oregon,  and'the  voces  cast  by  it  for  Pres- 
ident and  Yice  President  should  be  oonoted. 

>i/lft_Tbat  tbe  aotlon  ot  the  Secretary  of  State 
Id  o^vassing  the  vote  lor  Electors  and  aeolanng 
who  had  received  the  highest  number  of  votes  is 
in  this  case,  under  the  laws  of  Oregon,  conclusive 
as  to  the  persons  appoilited  Electors,  and  cannot  be 
aaesiioned  either  by  tbe  Goysmor  m  issuing  a  cer- 
tificate or  by  any  tiibnnal. 

iiixUk Tbdt  the  record  made  to  the  President  of 

the  Souaio  through  the  cerilficate  of  the  College  of 
Eleotora  reprssented  by  Odell,  Cartwrigbt,  and 
Wacts,  the  persons  declared  by  tbe  Secretary  of 
State  to  have  received  the  highest  oumbet  of  votes, 
la  oono.aslvB  upon  the  point  as  to  whether  there 
was  any  vacancy  m  the  college,  and  as  to  how  and 
by  whom  and  with  whom  such  vacancy  waa  filled, 
and  cannot  now  be  questioned  by  iha  President  of 
the  Senate  either  Ho»ae  of  Cengreas,  or  tbe  Bleo- 

•  (oral  Tribunal. 

/SwOTitA— That,  aflmltMBS!  Watts  te  have  been 
Ineligiuie  to  appeintment  as  an  Elector,  having  re 
ceived  tbe  highest  number  of  votes,  sajbhaylng 
taken  his  seat  ia  tbeEieotoral  CoUeee,  narticipating 
in  its  prpcoedlpgs,  and  haviog  voted  foe  PFe»»«i"'» 
and  Vice  President,  the  queftion  of  his  inellgibii- 
tT  never  having  oeen  raised  or  passed  upon  by  any 
oompeteot  tribunal  prior  to  that  time,  his  act  was 
that  ot  an  Ofiwr  de  facto,  acting  under  color  of  title 
and  being  clothed  with  all  the  insignia  of  office  Is 
therefore*bindiug  spd  effectual  aa  to  third  persons 
Sad   the  public,    bindiius    upon   the    people    whose 

•  lores  be  received  at  the  polls.  WntBng  npon  tbe 
Eleotors  present  whose  votes  he  received  Iq  his  ap- 
Dc^tmen.  to  fill  aivaoahoy,  binding  and  effect  ve  to 

-  the  eantfidates  for  Presideot  and  Vtee  President 
lOT  whom  he  cast  his  vote  aa  an  Elector,  binding 
nSontSe  State  and  ihe  .ation.  the  Legislature  and 
CMSreea,  aiid  cwmot  now  be  quesueued  by  any 

.^^SX^h&th.  vAenAmi  of  V»tu  at  » 
WMiw  mktwt  a  TMsaoy  in  she  oOee  of  Blwstor. 

Anew.  bw*l»  B«mw-MO«Mifc- wd  Uwaa  tha«« 


duty,  under  tbe  statnte,  to  flU  anoh  raoaoey,  Mi  1| 
waa  so  legally  filled  by  them. 

Ifinth — Thar,  conceding  Cronin  *9  havo  been  an 
Elector,  (wbioh  we  deny,)  his  refusal  to  exhibit  or 
deliver  to  the  College  of  Eleotora  bis  certifi- 
cate from  the  Governor,  or  to  deliver  or  exhibit 
to  Odell  or  Cartwrigbt  their  oertifloatea,  wronfffolly 
retained  in  his  possession,  and  his  withdrawing  and 
organising  a  college  of  his  own.  was  open  bis  part 
such  a  "  refa8aL4,o  act"  within  the  meaning  of  the 
statute  of  Oregon,  as  to  occasion  a  vacancy  in  tbe 
office,  which  Odell  and  Cartwrieht  oould,  under  tbe 

statates  of  Oregon,  legally  fill,  and  which  it  waa 
their  duty  to  fill ;  and  it  is  immaterial  to  inquire  in 
so  far  as  the  efieot  of  the  aocion  of  Odell 
and  Cartwrigbt  is  concerned,  whether  the 
vtc«n?y  filled  by  them  by  the  appoint- 
ment  of  Watta,  waa  occasioned  in  £kct  and 
In  law  By  Watts'  resignation  or  by  Cremn's  refusal 
to  act  In  either  view  of  tbe  esse  there  was  a  va- 
canay,  and  it  was  the  duty  of  Odell  and  Cartwright 
to  fill  it,  itnd  tbe  fact  that  Cr<>nm  attempted  to  or- 
ganize a  collese  of  bla  own  Is  conclusive  against 
him  en  this  point;  tbat  the  Electors  present,  Odell 
aod  Cartwrigbr.  id  determlnlDz  as  to  whetber  s  w 

canoy  existed  in  the  office  of  Electors,  and  in  filling 
snch  vacancy,  were  under  no  obligation  in  law  to  In- 
quire as  to  whom  the  Governor  bad  issued  bis 
certifcate  as  tbe  third  Elector,  whether  to  Watts 
or  Cronin.  Jt  was  enongh  for  them  to  know  that 
there  was  a  vacancy  occaaiooed  either  by  Cronin's 
refusing  to  act  or  Watts'  resignation,  it  is  imma- 
terial which,  and  there  hems  such  a  r&cancy,  In  anv 
possible  view  of  the  case,  whether  Cronin  or  Watts 
Waa  tbe  pne  legally  appointed,  tbe  Sleotors  present 
had  tbe  right  and  It  was  tbeir  duty  to  appoint  such 
person  as  they  saw  fit  to  fill  it,  and  the  tecord  of 
their  action  in  tbat  regard  Is  ooncluslve,  and  cannot 
be  inquired  into, 

Tbe  following  was  also  presented  relative  to  Sen- 
ator Kelly,  of  this  committee  i  "In  Justice  to  Sena- 
tor E^eiiy,  the  committee,  with  bis  concurrence,  pre- 
aent  herewith  hla  statement,  made  in  open  Senate 
tbe  17th  of  Pebruary,  1877,  m  explanation .  of  his 
connection  with  certain   teloKraphio  dispatches ; 

and,  while  the  oommittee  cannot  approve  tbe  action 
of  Senator  £.elly    in    the  part  wbioh    he  admits    be 

knowingly  took  in  reference  to  this  controversy, 
they,  m  view  of  his  hlich  character,  accept 
hia  statement  as  true  '  when  be  denies  tbat 
be  knew  the  real  character  of  the  dispatch 
of  Nov.  sa  1878,  from  Patrick  to  Pelton,  which  be 
indorsed.  FoUowine  the  above  was  tbe  statement 
of  Senator  Eelly,  whluh  has  been  oublisbed  hereto- 
fore. This  report  is  concurred  in  by  the  following 
members  of  the  commutes:  Messrs.  Mitobell, 
Logan,  Bargent,  Wadleigh,  Cameron,  of  Wisconsin ; 
McMillan,  Howe,  Oglesby,  dhristiancy,  and  Teller, 
being  all  tbe  Kepublican  ^members  except  Senator 
Morton,  who  has   taken  no  part  in   the  actions  ot 

this  committee  sloce  be  was  tppoioted  a  member  of 
the  Electoral  Commission. 


TEE  BOABJ)  OF  ALDERMEN, 


riMXTING  THH  ;  POWERS  OF  '  IHB  CO  MMIS- 
8I0NEB  OB-  PUBLIC  WOBKS— PROVIDING 
FOB  COMFORT  IN  PUBLIO  VEHICLB8 — 
BEFOBT  OF  '  THE  ^  COBiIMISSIONEBS  OF 
ACCOUNTS. 

'  In  the  Board  ol^  Aldermen  jesterday  Mr. 
Morris  offered  a  resolution,  wtilcb  was  adopted,  re  • 
qnesting  tbe  Legislature  to  repeal  all  laws  or  parts 
of  laws  eonferrlng  on  tbe  Commissioner  of  Public 
Works  the  power  to  order  the  construction  of  sew- 
ers without  any  action  on  the  part  of  the  Common 
Council,  and  to  amend  the  present  laws  so  aa  to 
permit  sucb  work  to  be  done  only  on  the  petition 
of  tbe  owners  of  one-half  of  tbe  property  on  the 
line  of  snob  Improvements,  Under  a  decision  of 
the  Court  of  Appeals  in  the  case  of  Martin  Zbrouski 
against  tbe  City,  Commissioner  Camnbell  can  order 
sewers  to  be  bnllt  without  having  Municipal  ordi- 
nances enacted  authorizing  the  work-  Mr.  Morris 
then  submitted  the  following  letter : 

DbakSir:  I  cannot  see  yon  shout  a  protiosal  now 
before  .vour  board,  (and,  I  bpllTe.  in  your  bands,)  to 
pave  Bigory-sixtb  street,  trooi  liiebtu  aveuue  tn  Eivur 
Dnve,  with  Belgian  parement  I  h'.ve  the  misfnrruue 
to  own  on  two  sides  of  the  street  from  Kishth  aveuue 
to  U12  f<>et  of  Tentb  avenue,  and  am  entirely  opposud 
to  the  paving.  It  is  iiDnecessary,  and  I  could  not  pay 
lor  it  if  it  were  necessary.  I  have  now  two  aMess- 
ments  for  grading  tbe  street,  amounting  to  $52,00(1,  to 
pjy,  both  of  them  undertaken  aoout  tbe  same  time, 
and  both  lately  confirmed.  The  whole  of  my  iHnd 
would  not  «ell  for  enough  to  pay  them,  and  I  have  be- 
sides $°i50  OOO  now  to  pay  on  the  same  and  adjololag 
land  for  work,  the  whole  of  which  1  could  nnd  would. 
If  nermltted.  have  done,  and  done  well — which  is  not 
the  oaite  dow — for  $5(5.UUO. 

I  pray  you  not  to  permit  this  iniquity,  and  I  will  see 
you  and  give  you  such  toformatton  about  it  as  will 
clearly  convince  you.    lours  rpspeotmuv, 

MaRTI.s  fcBRODSKI. 
City  address,  reople'sBank. 
;  To  J.  X  MoRBia. 

Kesoiutions  were  adopted  requesting  tbe  Depart- 
ment of  Parks  to  state  why  tbe  lamps  around  tbe 
Eranklin  statue  in  Printing-bonse  square  are  not 
lighted  at  night,  and  also  reqnesting  the  same  de- 
partment to  have  the  lamps  around  the  Lincoln 
monument  in  Union  square  lighted. 

Alderman  Morris,  at  tbe  request  of  Mr.  Henry 
Bergb,  who  was  present,  submitted  an  ordinance 
designed  "to  protect  tbe  health,  comfort,  and  prop- 
erty of  persons  traveling  in  the  public  vehicles"  in 
this  City.  This  ordinance  provided  tbat  hence- 
forth It  "  shall  not  be  lawful  to  allow  witbln  or  upon 
any  railroad  oar,  omnibus,  or  other  vehicle  used  for 
cairying  passengers,  elsewhere  than  npon  tbe  front 
platform  and  ton  of  same,  any  bundle,  basket  ot 
soiled  or  other  materials,  beds,  bed-clothes,  parcels 
of  merchandise,  baggage,  paints,  oils,  groceries, 
marketing,  or  any  other  substance  whatever.  Ex- 
ception to  tbe  foregoing  is  allowed  for  clean,  inodor- 
ous parcels  not  exceeding  one  square  foot  in  volume, 
to  be  borne  in  all  cases  upon  the  lap  of  tbe  person 
having  the  same  in  charge."  The  ordinance  then 
provides  that  any  conductor  or  driver  who  allows  it 
to  be  violated  shall  be  subjected  to  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  tS  or  one  day's  imprisonment  tor  each  dollar. 

The  ordinance  waa  referred  to  tbe  Committee  on 
Bailroaos. 

A  resolution  was  adopted,  at  the  request  of  Mayor 
£lv  and  Postmaster  James,  providing  for  the  lenum- 
bennK  of  Broadway  north  of  Twenty-third  street, 
and  Pltth  avenne  north  ot  Fifty-seyenrh  street. 
This  course  was  deemed  necessary  in  order  to  facil- 
lute  tbe  delivery  of  letters. 

The  Commissioners  of  Accounts  sent  In  a  report 
of  the  operations  of  tbe  finance  Department  for 
the  year  1876,  a  duty  incumbent  upon  them  by  the 
charter.  Tbe  report  states  that  as  the  appropria- 
tions for  the  various  purposes  of  the  Government 
ot  tbe  City  are  made  each  year,  and  as  the  officers 
of  the  Government  are  prohibited  from  incurring 
any  expenses  for  any  puipose  beyond  tbe  amount 
appropriated  therefor,  the  law  ought  Imperatively 
to  require  that  on  the  books  of  tbe  Pinanca  Deparc- 
meot  each  appropriation  account  should  at  a  fixed 
date  (say  June  30)  be  closed  each  year,  aod  after 
setting  on  amount  to  pay  claims  upon  the  appropri- 
ations which  may  have  been  filed,  tbe  balance  should 
lapse  into  the  Treasury.  After  referring  to  tbe 
receipts  and  expenditures  of  tbe  Treasury 
for  the  year,  which  have  been  pub- 
lisbed  in  tbe  annual  reports,  the  report 
directs  special  attention  to  a  nay  ment  of  f4,600  £rom 
the  Treasury  on  Jan.  27,  1876,  to  the  counsel  for  the 
plaintitt  in  the  action  of  quo  warranto  commenced 
in  the  relation  ot  John  A.  Stemler  against  Joseph 
McGuire,  to  determine  tbe  title  to  tbe  office  of 
Jndge  of  the  Seventh  District  Court.  The  report 
then  raises  the  question  that  tbe  City  ahould  not 
be  called  noon  to  pay  tbe  counsel  ot  successful 
litisanta,  Rs  in  the  present  case,  aod  recommends 
that  section  113  of  the  ctiarter,  under. which  the 
amount  waa  paid,  be  repealed.  Keferenee  is  next 
made  to  the  sinking  fuud,  wbieh  baa  a  surplus  of 
10,281,545  05  of  accumalatioos  against  wbich  no 
claim  exists,  except  the  12,748.000  of  the  floating 
debt  bonds,  so  that  a  peculiar  anomaly  will  be  con- 
tinued of  raising  by  tax  each  year  an  amount  suffi- 
cient to  pay  the  bonded  debt  as  it  taliadue,  while 
there  ia  accumulating  in  the  bands  of  the  iSinking 
Pnnd  Commissioners  an  amount  every  year  sufil- 
ctont  to  meet  this  debt,  but  which  cannot  t>e  applied 
to  the  pnmoses,  nor  to  any  other  nurpose.  so  long 
as  the  oreaent  laws  remain  in  force.  These  laws. 
contiDues  tbe  report,  should  be  amended  at  once, 
making  all  the  present  bonded  debt  of  the  City  pay- 
aule  from  taxation  a  charge  upon  tbe  sinking  fund, 
after  applying  suffioient  from  tbat  fund  to  pay  all 
the  tionds  and  stocks  at  present  a  charge  thereon; 
and  by  continuing  the  payment  to  the  fund  of  tbe 
present  revenues,  tbe  accumulations  will  ne  suffi- 
cient to  meet  all  tbe  bonded  debt  and  stocks 
payable  from  taxation,  and  thus  relieve 
the  annual  tax  levy  of  this  spsctal  bur- 
den. The  report  next  alludes  to  the 
asspssmeot  bonds  outstanding  amotmtlng  to  123,- 
371,400.  Of  this  sum  there  is  at  least  |7,00U,O0O 
"  woich  is  represented  by  no  assessment,  and  fur 
which  no  assessment  can  be  imposed."  To  classify, 
therefore,  and  contioue  this  t'i.OUO.OOO  of  assess- 
ment bonds  as  a  portion  of  tbe  City's  "temporary 
debt"  secured  by  assessments  to  be  recovered  is 
not  a  correct  statemoa't  ot  the  facts.  Por  this 
|7,0O0,O0O  tbe  City  must  provide  otherwise,  and  tbe 
present  is  a  favorable  opportunity,  owing  to  ths 
low  rate  of  interest,  for  converting  these  temporary 
assessment  tionds  int<>  long  boptls,  to  be  provided 
for  by  taxation,  or  from  the  acduioulaiions  of  the 
sinkiDg  fund.  The  power  to  isane  these  long  bonds 
should  be  at  once  conferred  npop  tbe  proper  offi- 

The  report  then  save  tbat  in  the  Finance  Depart- 
ment there  are  on  file  four  contraots  entered-  into 
by  tbe  present  Commissioners  of  the  new  Coort- 
bonse  for  work  on  tbe  building,  tbe  total  amount  of 
tbe  contracts  being  t3S1.478,  out  that  the  Board  of 
Apportionment  appropriated  only  $100,000  for  the 
work.  The  chaiter  expressly  provides  tbat  no 
officer  shall  incur  any  exoense  In  exceas  of  the  sum 
appropriated.  The  Commissioners  of  the  CoXirt- 
house,  howeyer,  have  contracted  for  expenses  ex- 
ceeding ^£80,000  in  excess  of  the  appropiiatioa 
made,  and  are  proceedins  with  the  work  on  tbe 
building.  The  report  was  ordered  tp  bo  printed. 
'Tbe  board  then  adjourned. 

.    -^ ■ 

THE  OAVHES  OF  JiTAS'S  DEATH. 

Coroner  Osborne,  of  Newark,  yesterday  con- 
tinued tbe  inquest  into  tbe  circumstances  surround- 
ing the  death  of  Thomas  Byan,  one  of  the  Kewark 
murderers.  Tbe  mqueet  was  not  concluded  be- 
caase  of  the  fact  that  the  obemical  apalysis  of  tbe 
atomaoh,  now  in  progress  in  Prinoeton,  had  not 
been  finished.  Pour  witnesaes  were  aworn.  The 
teatimoBj  ot  tbe  pbyaioi«n#  shows  that  they 
prqeeeded  ia  tbeir  tretftmeot  im  a  mistaken  diag- 
.noefs  ef  the  oase^  Tba  rest.of  the  itUneta  th^w 
no  lioba  noim  t1ia.eaaaa  of  death- 


EXTMDITION  WITH  SPAIN. 


LITTLE  CHANCE  FOB  FUGITIVES. 

RAraiCATIOir  OF  THE  CONVENTIOK — ^THX 
AORXBMENT  BETWEEN  THB  TWO  C0T7N- 
TRIEg-^THX    CRIMES  FOR  WHICH  FUGI- 


TIVKS 


EHAIX        BB       BUBBENDBBED — 


PRI80KEBS  NOT  TO  BE  TRIED  FOR  FOUT- 

ICAI.  OFFENSES. 

/  WABHIN0T05,  Feb.  21.— The  ratification  of 
the  extradition  oonventian  between  tbe  United 
State*  and  Spain  havtne  lieen  exclianged,  the  Preal- 
deat  has  made  proclamation  of  tbe  same.  It 
la  agreed  that  the  Government  of  tbe  ITnlted 
States  and  the  Government  of  Spain  shall, 
upon  mntaal  reqnisitioa  duly  made.  deUvac 
up  to  ,  JuBliee  '  all  persons  who  may  tie 
charged  >  with    or  -  who      have     been      oonvloted 

of  any  of  the  erlmea  specified  in  tbe  convention, 
committed  witbln  the  junsdlotlon  of  one  of  the 
contracting  parties  while  said  persons  were 
actually    within     snch     jarisdiotloa     wbeit    tbe 

crime  was  :  committed,  and  who  shall  seek 
an  asvlnm  or  shall  be  fonnd  within  tbe 
territoTiet  ot  tbe  other,  provided  tbat  such 
Bnrrender  shall  take  place  only  npon  eyidenoe 
of  criminality,  as.  according  to  the  laws  of  tho 
place  where  the  fugitive  or  person  so  obaraed  shall 
be  found,  would  Justify  his  apprehension  and  com- 
mitment for  trial  if  the  crime  or  offense  bad  been 
there  committed. 

Abticuc  11- — Persons  shall  be  delivered  up,  ac- 
cording to  the  prov^ions  of  this  convention,  who 

•hall  have  b^n  charged  with  or  convicted  of  any  of 
the  following  crimes  i 

I.  Murder,  oi'mprefaendlng  the  crimes  designated 
by  the  terms  of  pariiolue,  assassination,  poisoning, 
or  infanticide. 

Q.  The  attempt  to  commit  murder. 

3.  aape. 

4.  JLrsoo. 

6.  Piracy  er  meeting  on  board  ihip^  when  the 
erew  or  other  persons  on  board,  or  part  thereof, 
have  by  fraud  or  violence  aealnst  the  commander 
taken  ponsession  of  the  vessel. 

6.  Bnrglary,  defined  to  be  the  act  ot  breaking  aad 
entering  into  the  house  of  another  in  the  night 
time  with  intent  to  commit  a  felony  thertn. 

7.  Toe  act  of  breaking  and  entering  tbe  offices  of 
tbe  Government  and  public  antborltiss,  or  the 
offices  of  banks,  banking  bouses,  saviogs  banks, 
trust  compao^s  or  insnranoe  companies,  wltb  intent 
,jto  commit  a  t^lony  therein. 

8.  Robbery  defined,  .to  be  felonious  and  forcible 
takins  from  the  person  of  sDothsr  goods  or  money 
by  vio'eooe  or  bv  putting  him  in  fear. 

9.  Porgery  or  toe  utterance  of  forged  paoers. 

10.  Tbe  forgery  or  falsification  of  tbe  official  acts 
of  the  Goveroment  or  public  authority,  inclndlDg 
oourte  ot  justiott.  or  the  uttering  or  fraudulent  use 
of  any  of  tbe  same. 

II.  The  fabrication  of  counterfeit  money,  whether 
eoiu  or  paper,  counterfeit  titles  or  coupons  of  pub- 
lic debt,  bank  notes,  or  other  instruments  of  public 
credit  I  of  counterfeit  seals,  stamps,  dies,  and 
marks  of  State  or  public  administrator,  and  the  ut- 
terance, circulation,  or  fraudulent  use  of  any  of  the 
above-mentioned  objects. 

12.  The  embeszlement  of  public  funds,  committed 
within  tbe  Juristlictio"  nf  one  or  the  otber  party  by 
public  officers  or  dei  oait  tries. 

13.  Embezzlement  l>>  any  oerson  or  persona  hired 
or  salaried,  to  tbe  detriment  of  their  employers, 
when  these  crimes  are  subject  to  inlamona  punish- 
ment. £ 

14.  Kidnappinz  defined  to  be  the  de^tion  ot  a 
person  or  persons,  in  order  to  exact  money  from 
them,  or  for  any  other  unlawful  end. 

ABT.  ILL  The  proyisions  of  this  convention  shall 
not  import  a  claim  of  sxtradition  for  any  crime  or 
ofienseofa  political  character,  nor  for  acts  con- 
nected with  snch  crimes  or  ofienses,  and  no  person 
surrendered  by  or  to  either  ot  tbe  contracting  par- 
ties, in  virtue  of  this  oonventioa,  shall  be  tried  or 
punished  lor  any  political  cause  or  offense,  nor  for 
any  act  counecced  therewith,  committed  previously 
to  tbe  extradition. 

Aht.  IV.  Ho  person  shall  bo  subject  to  extradition 
in  Tirtne  of  this  convention  lor  any  crime  or  offense 
committed  previous  to  the  exchange  of  the  ratiUca- 
tions  hereof;  and  no  person  shall  be  tried  for  any 
crime  or  offense  other  than  that  for  which  he  was 
ewrrendereJ,  unless  such  crime  be  one  of  those 
enumerated  in  article  second,  and  shall  have  been 
committed  subsequent  to  exchange  of  tbe  ratifioa- 
lioDB  hereof. 

Abt-  y. — A  fugitive  criminal  aball  not  be  sur- 
rendered under  tbe  provii>luos  hereof,  when,  from 
lapse  of  time  or  otber  lawlul  cau»e,  according  to 
the  laws  of  tbe  place  within  the  Jurisdiction  uf 
woich  tbe  crime  was  committed,  the  ciimlnai  is 
exempt  from  prosocutiou  ot'  punisament  for  the 
offense  for  wblcn  the  surrender  is  asi:ea. 

Abt.  YI.  a  tueitive  criminal  wboas  surrender 
may  be  claimed  pursuant  tu  the  stipulations  hereof, 
who  may  be  aciu,illy  under  prosecution,  out  on  bail, 
or  in  custody  for  a  crime  or  offense  committed  in 
tbe  couutry  where  be  has  sought  asylum  or  shall 
have  been  oonvictod  thereof,  bis  extradition  may  oe 
deferred  until  sucb  proceedinas  be  tletermined,  and 
until  sucb  criminal  has  been  set  at  liberty  in  due 

conrse  of  law. 

ABT.  VII. — If  a  fuidtive  claimed  by  one  of  the 
parties  hereto  shall  be  also  claimed  oy  ooe  or  more 
powers  pursuant  to  treaty  pr'>viaioDson  account  of 
crimes  committed  within  their  Juriidlution,  such 
criminal  sball  bo  delivered  in  preference  in  accord- 
ance Wltb  that  demand,  wbicb  is  tboearlieat  in  date. 

Abt.  VIII.  Neither  of  tbe  contracting  partiea 
shall  be  bound  to  deliver  up  its  own  ciiizecs  oraub- 
J«ct8  under  the  stipnlatinnn  ot  this  convention. 

Abt.  IX.  Tbe  expenses  ol  the  arrest,  detention, 
exaiiiinatioa  and  iranspuriation  of  the  accusetl 
shall' tie  paid  by  tbe  Goveniiuent  which  has  pre- 
ferred the  demand  for  exiraditiuo. 

Abt.  X.  Everything  found  in  the  possession  of 
the  ittgitive  criminal  at  tbe  time  ot  bis  arrest 
which  may  be  material  as  evidence  in  roahlng  proof 
of  tbe  crime  shall,  so  far  as  practicable,  be  de- 
livered up  with  his  person  at  the  time  of  bis  sur- 
render. Nevertheless,  tho  rights  of  «  third  party 
with  regard  to  tbe  articles  atoresaid  shall  be  duly 
respected. 

Abt.  IX  Tbe  atipulatlons  of  this  convention  shsll 
be  aupUcaole  to  all  foreign  or  colonial  possessions  of 
either  of  the  two  contracting  parties.  Requisitions 
for  the  surrender  of  fuijitives  from  lustice  shall  be 
made  by  tbe  respeotlve  diplomatic  agents  of  tbe 
contractina  parties.  In  tbe  event  of  Ihe  absence  of 
such  agents  from  the  country  or  seat  of  Govern- 
ment, or  where  extradition  is  sought  from  a 
colouial  possession  of  tbe  contracting  parties, 
rtqalbition  niav  be  made  by  superior  consular  of- 
ficers. It  sball  bo  competent  for  such  reoresenta- 
tivesor  snch  superior  ooDsnlar  ofHcers  to  ask  and 
obtfdn  a  mandate  or  preliminary  warrant  of  ar- 
rest for  the  person  whoso  snrrender  ia  sought; 
wfaereuiion  the  Judges  and  magistrates  of 
the  two  Govemmeota  sball  respeciivelr  havo 
power  and  authority  npon  -  complaint,  made 
under  oath,  to  Issue  a  warrant  for 
the  apprehension  of  the  person  charged,  m  order 
that  he  or  she  may  be  brought  before  such  Judge 
or  maeistrate,  that  the  evidence  of  criminality  may 
be  beard  and  considered  ;  and  if  on  snch  hearing 
the  evidence  be  deemed  sufficient  to  sustain  the 
charge,  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  examining 
Jndce  or  magistrate  to  certify  tbe  same  to 
tbe  proper  executive  authority,  tbat  a  warrant 
may  issue  for  tbe  surrender  of  the  fugitive.  If  the 
fugitive  ciimlnai  sball  have  been  convicted  of  the 
crime  for  which  bis  surrender  is  asked,  a  copy  of 
the  sentence  of  the  court  before  which  snob  convic- 
tion took  place,  duly  authenticated,  shall  be  pro- 
duced. If,  howeyer,  tbe  fugitive  is '  merely 
charged  with  crime,  a  duly  authenticated  copy 
of  the  warrant  of  arrest  In  tbe  country  where  tbe 
onme  was  committed,  and  of  tbe  depositions  upon 
which  such  warrant  may  have  been  issued,  shall  be 
produced  with  snoh  other  evidence  or  proof  as  may 
be  deemed  comneteot  in  the  case. 

Abt.  XII.  This  convention  sball  eontinue  In 
force  irom  the  day  of  the  exchange  of  tte  ratifica- 
tion, (namely,  Peb.  31, }  thereof,  but  either  party  may 
at  any  time  terminate  the  same  on  girlng  to  the 
other  six  months  notice  ot  its  intention  so  to  ao. 

In  testimony  whereof  tbe  respective  Plenipoten- 
tiaries have  signed  tbe  present  oonventiou  in  trip- 
licate, aad  have  hereunto  affixed  their  seals. 

JJone  at  tbe  City  of  Madrid,  iu  triplicate,  Sngliah 
and  Spsnish.  this  5tb  day  of  January,  in  the  vear 
of  our  Lord  1877. 
'      CALEB  CD.SHTNG, 
>;  FERNANDO  CALDERON  T  COLLANTEi 


TAXATION  IN  NEW-YOBK  CITY. 
'■■  Controller  Kelly  yesterday  tranemltted  to 
the  State  Assembly,  In  response  to  a  resolution 
adopted  by  that  body  on  Jan.  22,  a  statement  abow- 
ing  tbe  valuations  of  property  in  this  City  on 
which  taxes  were  levied  for  the  past  five  years,  and 
the  rate  of  taxation  iu  each  year,  together  with 
otber  information  on  City  afiairs.  I'be  following  is 
a  recapitulation  of  a  portion  of  tbe  statement : 


1 

Kate 

of 

Total 

Tr.   Yalnatlons      of 

Tax 

Total 

Amount     of 

Real    aud   Per- 

on 

Amount    of 

Apprupria* 

1  Boaal     l^staiCR. 

$100 

Taxes. 

tioua 

187;^  «l,l-..9.  i3».«23 

HZ  bO 

*28,228,49t 

8311.454,187 

1874      1,164,029.176 

2  80 

a2,312,8i( 

34,882,391 

lh76     l,10U,943,t;99 

2  9« 

82.867,74- 

36.171.472 

18761    1,1H.054,34:.J 

atjo 

3i.l09,e- 

»4,964.39a 

18771     ^ot  yet  fixed. 

*2  6.1 

^0t  fiXKI. 

.'i(/.U84.2e9 

f I  fbr  the  baiieflt  of  tho  cndltora. .  Tbe  nontiial 
aaaera  are  maoh  DTeai#r  than  tbo-  liabiMj^esk  aad  \\ 
is  sxpseted  f iiat  «a  pension  wUl  bo  granted,  as 
the  heavy  claims  are  held  ^y  a  few  oradltora  -  who 
are  willing  to  aooede  to  snob  a  oonrae.     ~^ 

I  wp—       

THE  BOARD  OF  EDDCATION. 


*i!:Btlmated. 

The  Controller  also  refers  to  the  bonded  indebt- 
edness of  this  Clt^,  antl  uives  a  oetailed  list  of  the 
different  classes  ot  stocks  and  bonds,  with  the  rate 
of  interest  on  eaco  issue  up  to  Deo.  31,  1876.  This 
loformatloo,  however,  has  already  been  published. 


BUSINESS  IJtOVBLEB. 

Meetings  of  creditors  were  held  before  Beg- 
ister  Pitch  yesterday.  Tiie  creditors  ot  Kings- 
burr,  Abbott  U  Eulett,  hat  Jobbers,  at  Na  554 
Broadway,  proved  claims  amouating  to  (50,000  aod 
elected  'chailes  H.  Lowerre  Assignee  ia  Bank- 
ruptcy. Ihe  creditors  of  S.  &  $.  Lissner,  cibbuns, 
at  No.  446  Broome'  street,  accepted  a  cbmpqsitiou  ot 
30  cents  on  the  dollar. 

Suniord,  Triulow  &,  Co.,  proprietora  of  tbe 
National  Stove  Works,  at  Nos.  239  and  241  Water 
street,  and  at  PsekstnU.  N.  Y.,  have  temporarily 
suspended,  with  liabilities  of  1100,000.  Mr.  ttanford 
said  yestsrday  that  tbe  embairassmect  was  due  lo 
real  estate  transactions,  and  the  creaiiors  bad 
granted  an  extension  byt  wbioh  be  ^^pected  to  pay 
in  lull.  The  creditors  have  taken  tbu  real  estate  in 
tbeir  obarge. 

8.  Jaeoby  to  Ca.  manufaotturera  of  cigars,  a^ 
So.  m  Cbatham  street,  have  £»iled,  with  Uab  lines 
of  tMiOOO.  Tbe  bBsiness  k'os  bean  transferred  to 
Mr.  Max  ▲beahaiia.  aa  Aaaiaaae.  vha  viU  Madaot 


A  BEQUEST  BT  SENATOR  GERARD  FOR  A  SANI- 

TABT    SUPERltfTBKDBIlT — A     PB|1IC|PAI< 

FOR  THB  TRAIKING  PIPARTMUNTj.HOB- 

.     MAI.      COLr-EGB  —  THB  |  BEDUOTIOIT  'l  OE 

TEACHBRS'^AIiABIES.  >' 

'  A  regular  meeting  of  ths  Board  of  Edaoation 
was  held  yesterday  attemoon.  In  tbe^boarA  rooms, 
in  Grand  street.  Tbe  Superintendent  of  Tmancy 
reported  030  oases  investigated  In  January,  by  tbe 
avanta,  of  wbioh  584  were  not  olaased  as  truants, 
leaviog  359  tenant*  and  son-attondants,  848  of 
whom  Were  returned  and  placed  in  school  and 
four  were  sent  to  tbe  Hew-Xerk  Catbolie  Proteotopy. 

A  letter  from  Senator  Gerard  was  read  in  answer 
to  resolutions  recently  forwarded  to  him  by  tbe 
Board  of  Bduoation  protesting  affainst  the  pas- 
sage uf  a  bill  looking  to  theappolntmentofaa  As- 
sistant Superintendent  for  sanitary  purposes.  Sen-_ 
•tor  Gerard  replied  that   his  objeot  was  to  aot  in- 

telligently,  and  tbat  he  desired  to  hear  the  ot^eo- 
Uons  to,  as  wall  aa  the  reasons  for,  prol^osed 
measures.    He  would,    he  says,    have  been  better 

satisfied  with  the  reasons  of  tbe  board  tban  with  a 
simple  protest  "There  is,"  he  concludes,  "a 
eeneral  publio   demand    for    snob  an  official  aa  he 

propoaet  to  have  for  the  protection  of  life  and 
health,  quite  as  important  as  education.  :  As  many 
of  tbe  schools  now  are  they  are  breeders  of  pesti - 

IfiDoe.  ■  The  action  of  the  Dutriot  Inspectors  on 

health  mattera  never  amounts  to  anything— they 
have  no  power,  and  their  annual  reports  receive  no 
consideration." 

Tbe  Normal  College  Committee  ofibred  a  report 
and  resolutions  relative  to  the  position  of  Principal 
of  the  Training  Department,  which  was  recently 
made  vacant  by  the  death  ot  Miss  Doake.  They 
recommended  tbat  Miss  Isabella  Parsels,  s  tutor  in 
the  Training  .  Department,  be  appointed  to 
the  '  position  made  vacant  by  ^  the  death 
of  Miss  Doake,  ^  at  .  a  salary  '  of  '  #1,600, 
and  that  the  vacancy  made  by  Miss  Parsels'  pro- 
motion sball  not  be  filled.    The  rocommeDdstion 

was  adopted,  by  a  vote  of  18  lo  1,  Commissioner 
Ualstead  alone  voting  in  the  negative.  The  report 
ot  the  FioaDce  Committee,  on  the  division  of  tbe 
(610.250  appropriated  by  the  Board  ot  Estimate  and 
Apportionment,  was  received  and  adooted.  On  a 
motion  to  consider  a  propositiou  to  suspend 
the  by-laws,  President  Wood  took  the 
floor,  Commissioner  Halstead  in  tba  chair, 
and  made  a  long,  warm,  and  positive  speech  against 
tbe  reduction  of  teachers'  salaries.  He  considered 
them  not  overpaid,  and  a  class  not  to  be  compared 
with  speculators  who  had  flourished  in  easier  times 
and  who  now  feel  naturally  the  pressure  of  bard 
times.  He  would  Insist  tbat  tbe  board  should  keep 
on  paying  the  present  saUriea  month  by  month  nn- 
til it  is  impossible  to  pay  ihem  longer,  and  then 
be  would  go  to  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Appor- 
tionment and  say  :  Yon  must  give  us  more  mooey  or 
close  the  school*  and  Qismias  the  pupils  and  teachers. 

Commissioner  Watson  replied  to  the  remarks  of 
President  Wood — which  were  received  with  warm 
applause — entirely  disagreeing  with  tbe  position  of 
the  President  of  tbe  Board,  whose  remarks 
he  considered  premature  and  uncalled  for. 
He  also  considered  tbe  proposition  to 
pay  the  teachers  uotil  the  appropriation  was  ex- 
hausted anctthen  to  close  the  schools,  as  revolution- 
ary and  mischievous.  Be  favored  the  rednotlon  ot 
sai-ries,  and  thought  they  should  be  zednoed  before 
the  ISth  of  March. 

Commissioner  Haaeltine,  of  the  SulMSommlttee  on 
Salaries,  said  that  tbe  question  had  been  considered, 
and  that  they  would  be  ready  to  report  on  Saturday 
afternoon.  It  miehr  then  be  considered  wise  to  call 
a  mee  ine  of  the  full  committee  to  consider  the  re- 
port of  the  sut>-commltt«e  on  Monday,  and  that  as 
soon  as  Dossible  thereafter  the  full  board  should  be 
called  to  act  upon  the  report. 

Prvaideot  Wood  said,  while  not  objecting  to  Com- 
missioner Watson's  criticism  of  his  remarks,  be 
would  criticise  the  acta  of  eitber  the  Board  of  Al- 
dermen or  the  Board  ot  Esdmate  and  Apportion- 
ment whenever  he  found  tbat  they  were  opoosed  to 
the  true  interests  of  tbe  City.  As  for  tbe  suspicion 
that  he  courted  tbe  applause  of  teachers,  those  who 
knew  him  uest  would  know  better  than  to  impute 
aoy  snob  motive  to  him.  He  tbared  there  was 
something  uuder  tbe  aelay  of  tbe  report,  aiAl  be  did 
not  wish  tbe  boiird  to  do  something  in  a  hurry  that 
ought  to  be  done  careiully.  Afiet  considerable  fur- 
ther discussiou,  a  renolutiou  was  adopted,  as  fol- 
lows : 

Bttolwed.  That  the  by-laws  of  this  board  be  and  tbey 
are  bereoy  eospeuded  so  as  to  permit  aar  amendment, 
euspeniilon,  or  repeul  tberpof,  or  auy  part  thereof,  at 
any  meeting  or  meutings  oi  tbe  oourd  beia  iu  pursu- 
auce  ot  an  adjournmeut  of  thU  meeting. 

Tbe  meedoe  was  adjourueu  to  meet  on  Monday 
afternoon  at  4  o'clock.  ;  v 


esooTisa  affhay  at  a  hsano  ball. 

On  Tuesday  night  a  ball  occurred  in  the 
ball  at  tbe  corner  of  Thompson  aud  West  Fourth 
streets,  which  waa  attended  exclusively  by  colored 
people.  Duriog  tho  festivities  a  qaarrel  occurred 
between  Charles  Williams,  a  driver,  living  in 
Fordham,  and  James  Jackson;  of  No.  148  Thompson 
street,  but  the  disputants  were  separated  before 
any  blows  bad  been  exchanged,  and  Williams  left 
tbe  ball-room.  The  ball  broke  up  at  3  o'clock  yes- 
terday morning,  and  when  Jackson,  accompanied 
by  William  A  Johnson,  who  also  lives  at  No.  148 
Thompson  street,  was  comine  down  stairs,  followed 
by  tbe  rest  of  the  revelers,  be  found  Williams 
Btandifig  on  tho  sidewalk  at  the  toot  of  tbe  stairs. 
As  Jackson  appeared.  Willtams  drew  from  bis 
pocket  a  flve-chambere<i  revolver  aad  fired  four 
shots  ia  quick  succession  at  him.  Jackson  escaped 
uninjured,  but  one  of  the  shot«  took  effect  in  the 
leg  of  John  Gibbon,  of  No.  103  Greene  street,  infiict- 
Ing  a  serious  wound.  The  ball  entered  Juat  below 
tbe  knee-oau,  and  striliing  ths  bone,  was 
deflected  tron  ita  coarse,  and  passing  down- 
ward, lodged  in  the  mnscles  near  tha 
anklow  Tho  noisa  nf  tbe  firing  attracted  tbe  atten- 
tion of  Patrolman  Gilgar,  of  the  Fitteenth  Precinct, 
who  hastened  to  tne  scene,  and  took  into  custody 
Willlame,  Jackson,  and  Johnson.  Gibbon  waa  at- 
tended by  Police  tinrgeou  Dum,  and  subsequently 
taken  to  Ballevue  Hospital.  The  prisoners  were 
arraigned  beloru  Justice  Otterbouric,  at  tbe  Wash- 
ington Place  Police  Court,  yesterday.  A  complaint 
of  felonious  assault  was  mado  by  Johnson  against 
Williams,  and  he  was  committed  to  the  Tombs  in 
default  of  t3, 000  bail.  Jackson  is  the  negro  who 
killed  his  white  mistress,  Mary  Jane  Sullivan,  at 
their  home.  No.  571^  Tborapsun  street,  ou  May  StO, 
1873,  and  then  a>  tempted  to  commit  suicide  by  cut- 
ting his  throat  with  a  razor. 

•  GOING  TO  TUE  liLAOK  HILLS. 

'  The  New-^Haven  PaUadium  of  Wednesday 
BSTS  t  "  Last  night  a  party  of  from  20  to  SS  men 
left  this  city  for  the  mining  regions  in  tbe  Black 
Hills.  Many  of  them  took  this  isourse  because  they 
despaired  of  gaining  a  fortune  or  even  a  oomoetence 
here,  while  some  left  good  jobs.  Some  haye  been 
there  betore  and  these  will  guide  the  rest.  In  the 
namber  were  John  Schradey,  augur-maker;  Charles 
Hewitt,  blacksmith)  Patrick  Doherty,  mason; 
Thomas  S.  Sml:h,  eun-maker ;  ^j.  H.  Boushion, 
tool-maker ;  F.  B.  Mnnson,  mason  ;  A.  M.  Sands, 
machinist;  K-  M.  WiiUace,  explorer  ano  miner; 
Charlea  H.  Hilton,  machinist ;  D.  Cook  Lyon, 
Joiner,  Charles  Kraight,  molder;  Z.  Jarvis,  car- 
nage trimmer;  James  Garrii-ty,  blacksmith;  Charlea 
Milltr,  molder ;  Charles  Christy,  tool-maker,  a 
miner  named  Shannon,  and  a  broker  named  Seeley. 
They  went  by  ooat  to  New-York,  and  expect  to 
reach  Yankton  next  Sunday.  Thence  tbey  wiil  go 
overland  to  Deadwood  City.  In  Yankton  they  will 
get  tools,  cooking  utensils,  and  tents.  The  most  of 
them  started  trom  bore  with  an  equipment  ot  two 
woolen  blankets,  one  rubber  blanket,  two  pairs 
heavy  leather  miners'  boots,  cue  pair  long  too  bip 
rubber  boots,  one  Winchester  rifle  with  ammnnl- 
tion.  one  Smith  it,  Wesson  revolver,  and  a  navy  re- 
volver.    Tliree  leave  the  fire  department." 

WHEN  BE  WAS  A  BOY. 

In  an  article  on  "  Tbe  Historic  Buildings  of 
America,"  in  FotUr'i  American  Mon(A<y  for  June, 
Dr.  Lossing  tells  a  delightful  anecdote,  introduolnit 
na  to  the  early .  boyhood  of  Waahmgton  and  his 
friend,  Richard  Henry  Lee.  The  anecdote  ia  told 
in  connection  with  aa  account  of  Stratford  House, 
tbe  family  seat  of  tbe  Loe  fiunily,  and  is  aa  follows : 

"It  [Stratford  House]  is  only  a  mile  from  the  birth- 
place OI  WasbioKion,  and  stood  in  tbe  midst  ot  a 
highly  cultivated  countiy,  dotted  with  the  mansions 
of  people  who  termed  a  very  refined  society.  There 
Wasblniftou  and  Richard  Henry  Lee  undonbtedly 
often  played  together,  aod  within  that  mile  between 
the  dwellings  was  the  scene  of  the  following  cerre- 
spondeiice  when  tbey  Were  boys  only  nine  years 
Old,  there  being  only  a  few  weeks'  difference  be- 
tween tueir  ages.    Little  Lee  wrote : 

Pa  brought  me  two  pretty  books  full  of  pictures  he 
got  them  In  Alexandria  they  have  pictures  of  dogs  and 
cats  and  tiger*  ana  elefanta  aod  ever  so  many  pretty 
tbiiigs  cousin  bids  me  send  you  oae  of  tbem  it  has  a 
picture  01  an  eletant  and  a  little  indlan  boy  on  his  back 
like  UQcle  iu's  s^m  pa  sa^s  if  1  learn  my  tusks  good  he 
will  1st  uuc  e  Jo  oriaR  me  to  see  yuu  nlU  you  ask  vour 
ma  to  let  you  come  to  see  me. 

KIUHAEO  RENRT  LBB. 

To  this  note  little  Washington  reoiied  : 
DkiLR  DiCET  I  thank  you  vory  much  for  the  pretty 
tncture  book  you  gave  me.    Sam  adked  m^  to  show  him 
the  pictures  aud  1  showed  blm  ail  the  pictures  iu  it; 
aud  1  read  to  him  how  the  taiiiK  elepbant   took  care  of 
tbe  master's  little  iKiy,   and  imt  him   on   his  back  and 
would  not  let  anybody  tonph  his   master's  son.    I  can 
read  three  or  four  pages  admetimes  without  missing  a 
word.  Ma  says  I  may  go  tc  see  you  and  stay  all  day  with 
vou  if  It  be  not  rainy,  ti  he  say^  1  may  ride  my  pony  Hero 
if  Uncle  lien  wiligo  wltb  me  and   lead   Beco.     I  nave  a 
little  piece  of  poetrv  about  tlie  picture  book  you  gave 
me  but  I  mustn't  teli  yuu  who  wrote  tbe  poetry  : 
U.  W.'s  comoilmcnts  to  R.  U.  L. 
^nd  likes  bis  book  full  w^II, 
Beooefprtp  will  count  his  friend, 
Andhtipes  n^any  b^py  days  be  may  spend* 
Tour  good  tnend, 

QKOBSB  WASaiNO'TOir. 

Zha  'VMtry'  vss  written,  it  is  said,  by  Mr-  Bow- 
ant,  asenttemaa  who  osed  to  visit  a"  the  home  <4 
l£^  VaahiBotttb^' 


KEEPERS  OF  TRUSIFUMDS. 


THEIB  SEMI-ANNUAL  SBOWINQ. 
A  ^  MAKKEI>      FALILJIfG     OFF     m     B08INE8S 
DURING    THB    PAST    SIX  MONTHS — THB 
FULL  .  FIOURKS-^SHOiriNCi  THB  .DIFFEB- 
XKCE. 

Jnrcm  on  Oooosional  OorrtnonOenU  .^ 

Albakt,  Wednesday,  Feb.  31,  ISTT.  ■' 
The  fbllowfauE  aenai-annnal  reporta  of  truat 
epRipaniea  of  tbe  ootmties  of  New-Tork  and  Etnga 
have  been  made  to  tbe  Baperintendent  of  the  Bank- 
ing Deoartment  ineempUauce  with  chapter  324, 
Iaws  of  1974.  ^^  There  are  butXO  of  these  instita- 
tioas  In  tbe '  State,  \  nine .  of  tbem  being  located  in 
New-York  and  Brooklyn,  tbe  remaining  one  being 
at  Syracaie. '  'Xhe  capital  invested  In  the  tmst  com* 
paniaa  of  -  this  State  aggregatea  nearly  flO.OOO.OOO. 
For   tfae  purposee  ;  of  comparison  •  the '  aggregate 

amonnta' reported  r  by  tbe  nine  companies  on  July 
1,  1876, ;'' and  Jan.,!,  1877,  are  given,  from  which 
tables  it  will  be   seen  tbat  there  has  been  a  decided 

failing  off  in  tbe  bniiness  <  of  these  toBtltations 
during  the  paat  six  months. 

CENT5AL  TRUST  COMPANY. 

BBSOtTBtiBS. 

atock  iaveetmeBts  at  cost $1,784,893  61 

Amount  loaned  on  collaterals.. 1,960,884  49 

Amonot  loaned  oa  personal  securities, . 

including  bills  purchased #  862.360  69 

Cash  on  deposit  in  banks  or   other  n>on-  ■( 

eyed  lostitntions .^    18,460  36 

Cash  on  bsnd  not  deposited :,^        188  17 

Amount  of  assets  not  included  under  <• 

,  either  of  the  above  heads '     26.827  49 

Total  resourees .$4,663,163  70 

LIABIUTIEB. 

Capital  Btoek  paid  In  In  cash 51,000,000  00 

tiadivideri  profits  (net  amount) 76.236  35 

Deposits  In  trust ,8,147,078  0:1 

General  depoalts.  payable  on  demand...  t.  872,407  4d 
other    llnliidties    not  incluoed  under 

cltber  of  the  above  heads 67.431  86 

Total  liabilities $4,653,153  70 

Supplementan/.—TotAl  amount  ef  iuterest,  commis- 
sions, and  prodct  of  any  dt'gcription,  received  during 

tbe  last  six  months,  $110,978  9U|  amount  of  Intereet 
paid  to  ani  credited  depoeltora  during  same  period, 
$46,623  83;   expenses  of  tbo   iusiitution  during   tlie 

last  Six  months,  $16,136  46 1  amount  of  deposits  made 

by  order  nf  court.  $78,334    86 ;    total   amount  of  de- 

rsits,  $8,619,485  48:  rate  ofmterest  on  same,  2  to 
per  cent.  

MEKCANTILE  TEUST  COMPANY. 

BKSOITBCBS. 

Bonds  and  mortgages.. ,-  $464,669  86 

Btock  investments  at  oost 1,026,497  42 

Amount  loaned  on  collaterals ,  616,0UI)  49 

Cash   on   deposit    iu     banks   or    other   -. 

moneyed  Institutions -.  .  69.977  82 

Cash  on  band  not  deposited 1.74140 

Amount  of   assets   not   included  under 

either  of  tho  above  beads , 86.063  69 

Total  resources , $2,182,940  U8 

T.TAWn.iniCH. 

Capital  stock  paid  In  in  casb _. .$2,000,000  00 

Excess  ot  cost  of  Government  bonds  over 

market  value - 25,497  42 

Excess  of  assets  over  liabilities... 167,44266 

Total  liabilities $2,192,940  08 

5u|]|pl<)n«n(arv.— Amount  of  debts  guaranteed  and 
liability  thereon  at  date  ot  this  report,  S  L.71 7,832  3i  ; 
total  amount  of  interest,  coramtssions,  and  profits  of 
every  description  recorded  duriog  tue  last  six  months. 
$92,172  78;  expenses  of  the  lustitutioa  duiing  the 
loat  six  mpnths.  $^14,833  06  ;  amoiiot  of  dividends  on 
eaolljtl  stock  declared  anring  tho  last  six  months,  pay- 
able Jan.  2,  1877,  $5u,UUU;  amount  of  bouds  and 
mortgages  purchased,  $485,500. 

UNION  TEUST  COMPANY  OP  NEW-TOEK. 

BESOUBCES. 

Bonds  and  mortgages $221,600  00 

Ht-ok  Investmi^DiB,  st  cost a,24t»,825  75 

Amount  loaned  on  oollaierals 6,236,249  92 

Amount  loabed  on  personal  secuntles, 

including  bills  purchased -    60,000  00 

OverdrallB •'  130  38 

Cash   on   deposit   in    banks   or    otoer  , 

moneyed  iustilutioos _ {  662.647  49 

Cash  on  hand  not  deposited ~"       0,877  54 

Amount  of  assets  not  includud  tmder  , 

eltner  or  tbe  above  beads 116.331  78 

Total  lesources $J,474,662"¥6 

LiABiLmea. 

Cspltal  stock  paid  ta  in  sash.... $1,000,000  00 

Surplus  land 181,152  26 

Suspended  profit  and  loss <»  172,023  711 

Uadlvided  prutlts.  (netamoimt) '      6I,2',i3  31 

Deposits  in  trust 857,743  02 

General    depoaits,   paynblo    on  demand 

and  on  five  days' notiCH  .._ 7,15^525  83 

Other  llaullities    not    included    under  w 

either  of  the  above  heads 46,994  65 

Total  llaMlIiles $9,474,662  b(3 

5vppl«nint(ary.— Total  amount  of  Interest,  commis- 
sions, aud  priflts  of  every  description  received  during 
the  iaststx  moaihs,  $2:!8.63d  3d;  amouut  of  iuteiest 
paid  to  and  credited  depositors  Jurinj;  same  period, 
$113  1138  70:  expeosFs  uf  the  insiitutlon  during  tbe 
iHSt  six  months,  4:64.27 J  28;  amount  of  diyldeuds  on 
capUul  stock  declared  during  tbe  last  six  mouths, 
payable  Juiv  7,  lo7tt,  $.00,000  ;  amount  of  deposits 
made  by  order  of  court,  $200.3t)l  03  ;  numoer  of  dr- 
poBits  on  which  iuietest  is  alloweii  at  tble  date, 
1.447  ;  total  amount  of  such  deposits,  $6,9;>5.U40  59: 
rale  of  interest  on  same  irom  '2  to  5  perueiit.  per  an- 
num ;  amouut  of  mortgages  purchased,  $105, UOO. 


REAL  ESTATE  TJIUST  COMPANY. 

BKBOUBCEB. 

Bonds  and  mortgages $218,956  47 

Btock  tuvestmeuis,  at  COS'. .        2,000  00 

Amount  loaned  on  col. aterals 177,350  00 

amount  loaned  on  oersonal    securities, 

lucludlnt!  bills  purchased 4,093  79 

Eeal  estate 381,236  33 

Cash  on  deposit  in  banks  or  otuer  mon- 1  . 

eyed  luatitutiona 81,366  03 

Cash  on  hand  not  deposited 19,642  60 

Amount  of    assets  not  included  uuder 

either  of  tbe  above  heads 73.258  03 

Total  resources $8d5,9U2  21 

LLUmiTlKS. 

Cspltal  stock  paid  In  in  cash ,  $496,250  83 

Bonds  of  tbe  company  and  interest  on 

the  same ;     23,359  60 

General  dep  iBitB  payable  on  de<nand 271, 3o9  b'J 

Other    liaeihties.    not     Included    under 

either  of  the  above  heads. .    02,177  19 

Ezcass  of  assets  over  liubilliles 72.745  07 

Total  liabilities... $9o6.902~2i 

SuppUmtntary. — Total  amount  of  uiterest,commi8aions 
and  piotiLB  of  every  description,  received  during  the 
last  SIX  months,  $10,9'J4  86;  smoontof  ioterebt  paid  to 
and  credited  depoBltors  during  the  snnie  period, 
$339  24:     expen8<;s   ot  the  Instltntion  during  tbe  last 

Bis  mouths,  $6,345  43:  number  of  deposits  ou  wbicb 
Interest  U  allowed  at  this  date.  37:  total  amount  of 
«uca  deposits.  $33u.210  36;  rate  ot  interest  on  same — 
$viUO,UuO.  4  per  cent.;    balance,  3  per  cent. 

LIFE  INSURANCE  AND  TRUST. 

BESOUBCES. 

Bonds  and  mortgages $2,211,008  68 

»tock  luvestmeuts,  at  cost ^.^  6,017,834  06 

Amouut  loaned  on  collaterals.... .t  1,086,330  00 

Amouut   loaned  on  personal  securities,  ; 

including  bills  purchased -(4,117,774  84 

Due  trom  bankers „  205  65 

Keal  estate '  251,399  57 

Cash  on  depiislt  in  banks  or  other  mou-  Y  ' 

eyed  institutions '  190.343  02 

Amount   of  assets  not  included  under 

•j  either  of  the  above  heads. 133.318  04 

Total  resources .$13,0UU,233  36, 

LIABIUTIBS. 

Capital  stock  paid  in  in  cash $1,000,000  00 

t^urplus  fund 637,liOer  50 

Undivided  proQts,  (net  amount) :  110,533  03 

Ueoosits  in  truat,  payaole  ou  IU  daxf '  ' 

notice 8,683,158  40 

Other    liabtUtles,  not    included    undei^' 

eltberof  the  above  beads :.  1,163..369  24 

Excess  of  askets  over  liatiilUies 6i3,57G  19 

Total  nablUtiea .$13,003,233  36 

Bupolementarv. — Total  amount  of  interest,  commis- 
aious,  and  profits  ef  every  description  received  duiiag 
tbe  Itfst  six  mouths,  $4U7,552  40  ;  amount  of  lotereet 
paid  to  aud  credited  depositors  during  the  same  period, 
$159,titid  115;  expenses  of  tbe  institution  during  the 
last  six  months,  $5ti,4UO  7b  ;  amouut  ot  divideuds  on 
capital  Block  declared  duiinu  the  last  six  months,  pay- 
able Ana.  IU,  1870,  $160,000;  amount  ot  deposlis 
made  by  order  of  court,  $390,253  63 ;  number  of  de- 
posits ou  which  inti'test  Is  allowed  at  ttils  dace,  1,372  : 
total  amouut  of  suon  deoodits,  $9,683,158  40;  rate  of 
mterebt  ou  same,  2  to  6  per  cent. 

NATIONAL  TEUST  COMPANY. 

BESOUBCES. 

Bonds  and  mortgages .,    $46,000  00 

tltook  iuvestmeuts,  at  oost .1.855,350  00 

Amount  loaned  on  collaterals l,U97,ti07  12 

Overdratts. 2.130  I'J 

Real  estate 22,0U0  00 

Caan    on     deposit   In   banks    or    otner 

moseyeil  institutions... 488,688  66 

Gash  on  baud  not  deposited  93,613  81 

Amount  of  assets  not  Included  under 

either  of  the  above  head^j ... 63,363  74 

Total  resources $4,659,053~35 

LIABIIJTIES. 

Capital  stock  paid  in  in  cash $1,000,000  00 

Surplus  fund , 8,132  10 

Dndlvlded  pronts,  (uet  amount,) "   90,059  41 

Ijepuaits  In  tiust 6,429  02 

Special  deposits  oa  which  no  Interest  Is 

allowed 202,X)50  00 

General  deposits,  pajable  on  oemand...  8,180,639  07 
other   Uabilities,   not   iooluded  under 

eitber  of  the  above  heads 71.748  75 

Total  liabilities 84359,  uo3  35 

StippUmeMorv.— Amount  of  debts  guaranteed  and 
Uai>iut.y  thereon  at  date  ol  Ibis  leport.  $3,3(<9.118  U9  ; 
total  amouut  of  oommlBSlons  ai-d  profits  of  every  de- 
scription received  during  the  last  six  months,  $183,- 
812  !>4;  amouut  of  interest  paid  to  oud  credited  de- 
positors during  same  period,  $,>u.8S7  68;  expenses  of 
tbe  lURtltutlou  duriog  the  last  six  moot  bs,  $37, 3  do  46; 
amount  of  divldeiids  on  capital  stock  declared  duriog 
tbe  last  six  months,  payable  Jan.  2,  1877,  $40,000; 
number  oi  deposits  on  which  iutoiest  is  allowed  at 
this  datn,  2,106;  tetal  amount  of  snoh  deposits, 
$3,184,937  97;  rate  of  interest  on  same,  3  and  4  pec 
cent 

FARMERS'  LOAN  AND  TEUST. 

BSBOUBCES. 

Bonds  and  mortgages $12,500  00 

Stock  investments,  at  eosc 2,015,762  50 

Amouut  loaned  on  collaterals 3,8u3,T40  00 

Amount  loaned  ou  personal  securities, 
iucludlpg  bills  purchased 130,973  39 

Cash  on  deposit  in    banks  or  otber  mon- 
eyed lu^titatioos 169,461  36 

Cash  on  band  not  deposited 18u,9u4  69 

Amount  of  assets  not  included  under 

either  of  the  a'oove  heads 385,450  97 

Toti4  resontces ..$6,648,792  91 

UABIUTIBS. 
Capital  steek  p«lo  In  iu  easb Itl>000,000  00 


Deposits  in  trust „ 4.102.844  78 

General  deposits  payable  on  demand....  630,607  91 
Other  liabilities   not    Included    under 

eltbar  of  the  alio  ve  beads .,.        93,971  35 

Excess  of  assets  over  liabilities   notlo- 

oludedin  surplus  or  pretlts...__. 240,186  91 

Total  liabilities .^.^ $6,648,792  91 

SuppUmeniarv. — Total  amount  of  interest,  commis- 
sions, anu  profits  of  every  deserlption  received  duriog 
tbe  last  six  months,  $266,200  68  ;  amount  of  inter- 
est paid  to  and  credited  depositors  during  the  same 
period.  $66,081  82;  expenses  of  the  institution  dur- 
lUK  the  last  six  months.  $33,040  78;  amount  of  dlvl- 
dends  ou  capital  stock  declared  during  the  last  six 
months,  payable  August  and  Novemoer,  $60,000 1 
amount  of  deposits  made  by  order  of  court,  $57.- 
714  94;  nuinl>er  of  deposits  on  whlob  interest  ia  al- 
lowed at  this  date,  413:  total  amount  of  such  de- 
posits. $4,102,344  72  ;  rate  of  Interest  on  same,  2  to  6 
per  cent.  

UNITED  SJTATES  TEUST  COMPANY.     ^ 

BKBOUBCZa.  'i 

Bonds  and  mortitagas $3,430,000  00 

(stock  investments,  at  cost 6,832,646  78 

Amountloaned  on  collaterals. 9,834,292  83 

Amocmt  loaned  oo  personal  secnriUes,  in* 

cludinjt  bills  purchaBed. 4,829,093  S3 

OverdxatU :-  198  20 

Eeal  estate : f,  170,000  00 

Cash  on  deposit  in  banks  or  other  mo-  V 

neyed  Institutions f^  836,622  02 

Amount  of   assets    not    Included  under  j- 

.  either  or  tbe  above  heads 988,910  76 

/ 


.-..$28,920,771  97 


Total  resources..., 

LIABILITIBS. 

Capital  stock  paid  in  in  cash. $2,000,000  00 

Surolusfund 2,021,128  69 

Uudlvided  proflls,  (net  amount) 1,162,404  22 

DeooBitsin  trust 14,797,197  81 

General  deposits,  payable  on  oemand 3,5U4,0u3  19 

Other    liabilities,    not    included    under 

,  either  of  the  above  heads 436,039  66 

',     Total  liabilities .$23,920,771  97 

'  BuppUmentarv. — Total  aunonnt  of  interest,  commis- 
Blous,  and  proUts  ot  every  description  received  dunug 
the  last  BIX  months,  !i>64'2,351  So;  amouut  of  interest 
paid  to  and  credited  depositors  during  the  8i>me  pe- 
riod, $294,952  47  ;  expenses  of  the  inutitution  during 
the    last   six    months,  inciudins;  tuxes,    $111,390  45; 

amoaut  ofdividendBon  capital  stock  declared  during 
the  last  six  months,  payable  July  10,  187C,  $20u.U00; 
amount  ol  aeposlts  made  by  order  ot  court,  $1,407,- 
640  ti7  ;  nnmber  of  deposits  on  whicti  iiitcreBt  is 
allowed  at  this  date,  1,372 ;  total  amount  of  such  de- 
posits, $18,240,777  14;  rate  of  interest  on  same  2  to 
6  per  ceut- 

BEOOKLiYN  TRUST  COMPANY. 

BE60DBCE8. 

Bonds  and   mortgaftes . .............  $121,500  00 

btock  Investmenis  at  cost ............       bOO.OOO  00 

Amount  loaued   on  collaterals 1,564,015  00 

Amount  loaned  ou  per:>oiial  securities, 

Including  bills  purchased 15,620  00 

Overdrafts.. .- •■  'Zl  39 

Eealestate.. 118,000  00 

Cash     on   deposit   in   banks    or  otber  I 

moneyed  iuslitutioos ?  140,815  29 

Cash  on  hand  not  deposited. .,    12.690  15 

Amount    of   asset  a    not  included  under    : 

eliber  of  the  above  heads 19.954^09 

i.  Total  resources $2,292,621  92 

.     LIABILITIBS. 

Capital  Stock  paid  In  in  cash $403,000  00 

Unuivided  profits,  (net  amount) 4t},415  C9 

Ueposits  in  trust , 127.046  UO 

Geuerai  deposiis  pavaole  on  cvemand l,686,0iS4  55 

Other     liabilities     not    lucluded   under 

either  ot  the  above  heaus J..        29,176  28 

Total  liabilities $2,29~i,621  92 

Suppltmentary. — Totiil  amount  of  interest,  coiumlB' 
stOQs,  and  prohts  or  every  deoci-lptioa  received  during 
the  last  six  mouths,  :r46,26G  51;  amouut  ot  iuteiest 
paid  to  and  credited  deposiiora  during  the  same  period, 
$18,778  b8 ;  expeusis  of  the  instiLuliou  during  the 
last  six  months,  $14,013  G9;  amount,  ot  deposits  made 
by  order  of  court,  $j:<,  IGl  5»;  number  of  deposics  on 
which  interest  is  alluwed  at  this  date,  7ci6;  total 
amount  uf  such  deposits,  $1,814,030  55. .  Kate  of  in- 
terest on  same  avetiige  three  per  cent. 


INVESTIGAIISG  A  CHARITY. 

FUBTHEB  KXAMInAiON  INTO  THE  AFFAIBS 
OF  THE  NEW-YOKK  JUVENILE  GCABDIAN 
SOCIETY — MONEY  CONTRIBUTED  BY  THE 
CITY  FOB  BELIEVING  THB  POOR  APPLIED 

TO    THB    LIQUIDATION    OF    DEBTS— MR. 

ROBEETSON  PKOTEST8  AGitlNST  THE  PEO- 
CEHDING8   OF   THE   COMMITTEE. 

The  investigation  into  the  charges  against 
Kev.  D.  F.  Bubertson,  Secretary  of  the  New-York 
Juvenile  Guardian  Society,  was  sootinued  yester- 
day by  the  Committee  of  tbe  State  Board  of  Chari- 
ties, Messrs.  Theodore  Roosevelt  and  Henry  I,. 
Hoeuet  and  Mrs.  C.  B.  Lowell,  at  tbe  ofBcs  of  the 
board,  No.  52  East  Twentieth  street. 

Mr.  Nathaniel  Gilbert,  tbe  first  witness,  stated 
that  he  had  been  elected  a  Director  of  the  Board  of 
the  Juvenile  Guardian  Society  in  1875,  and  had  con- 
tinued in  ttiat  position  nntil  aboat  two  months  aeo, 
at  wjjich  time  he  tendered  his  resljjnation.  He  had 
not  received  any  notification  of  the  acceptance  uf 
his  resignation,  and  therefore  etill  considered 
himself  a  Director.  Iu  reply  to  a  ques- 
tion as  '  to  whether  ha  was  a  member 
of  the  Committee  on  Destitution  and  Famine, 
he  said  he  was  not.  Mr.  llognet  then  showed  hira 
the  application  made  <o  the  Citv  Controller  for  an 
appropriation  of  (10,000,  to  which  his  name  was 
6iu;ued  as  one  of  such  commiitee,  and  remarked, 
"  then  this  ij  a  forgery  !  "  Mr.  Gilbert  replied  thai 
in  one  seuse  it  was  not  a  for<;cry  because  oe  had 
siiined  his  name  to  the  document,  but  not  as  a  mem- 
ber of  tbe  committee.  He  further  said  be  did  not 
rememter  whether  the  wntiug  characterizing  the 
signers  of  the  document  as  such  comaiiitee  was  on 
the  paper  at  the  time  he  eiiued  it. 

Mr.  Lester  Newejl  tesutisd  that  be  was  a  Director 
of  tha  sucisty  at  nresent,  and  had  filled  tual  posi. 
tion  for  about  10  months.  Of  his  own  knowledge  he 
did  not  Icnow  auything  of  the  operations  of  tbe 
society. 

While  Mr.  Newell  was  examining  the  law  author- 
izing his  examination  by  the  commirtee,  Mr. 
Roosevelt  read  a  letter.from  Major  J.  M.  Bnndy,  in 
which  be  stated  tbat,  as  he  feared  he  would  not  oe 
able  to  appear  before  the  committee,  he  offered  a 
statement  of  the  facts  connected  with  his  service 
as  a  Director  of  the  society,  to  which  he  would  bo 
williue  to  make  oath.  Iu  this  staiemout  Major 
Bdndy  savs  be  was  some  years  sinoe  a  Director  of 
the  Juvenile  Guardian  Societj-.  At  tbe  same  lime, 
Judge  Davis,  then  United  States  Di.strict  Attorney, 
Mr.  William  M.  Vermilve,  aud  Mr.  Scott,  President 
of  the  Hanover  Bank,  were  Directors-  His  flrat  in- 
sight into  the  former  method  of  doing  business  was 
gained  when  he  was  a  member  of  the  Auuiting 
Committee.  All  sorts  of  biUs  were  broujihi  to  him 
to  indorse,  which  were  in  tbe  same  haudwritine. 
Althongn  not  a  bneineas  mau,  he  saw  the  imoru- 
priety  of  this,  and  insisted  ou  having  tne  origioai 
bills,  in  Ihe  handwriting  of  tho  persons  whoae 
accounts  were  submitted.  He  was  not  able  to  givo 
positive  testimony  as  to  the  management  ot  tho 
society,  having  had  so  little  time  to  give  to  it.  But 
he  gmdually  came  to  distrust  Mr.  Kobonaon  acd 
his  Directors,  and  m^de  an  effort  to  got  Mr.  "Ver- 
milye  aud  Mr.  Scott  to  rmeot  him  at  tne  former's 
banking  office,  with  the  view  of  having  a  thorough 
investigation.  The  time  was  set  and  he  was  pres- 
ent, but  neither  Mr.  Vermilye  nor  Mr.  Scott  came. 
He  then  concluded  that  they  were  all  too  much  oc- 
cupied to  oversee  properly  a  doubtful  institu- 
tion, nnd*  resieneo.  Mr.  Yennilye  and  Mr. 
Scott  also  resigned.  Judge  Davis  resigued  when 
elected  to  the  bench  of  tbo  Supreme  Court.  Two 
years  or  thereabout  afterward,  finding  that  Mr, 
Bobertson  was  making  use  ot  their  uamesin  primed 
appeals  to  the  Legislature,  Judtre  Davis  aud  he 
published  a  card,  alluding  to  this  outrage,  and  stat- 
ing that  they  could  not  be  quoted  in  support  cf  the 
other  management.  Without  coming  to  an.y  definite 
•ouclusioD,  tbey  had  aequired  a  settled  distrust  of 
the  management,  aud  he -was  wholly  satisfiud  tbat 
the  present  inauiry  was  demanded. 

Mr.  Ambrose  Wood  said  he'had  not  bepu  a  Direc- 
tor of  the  society  for  two  years.  Ue  knew  nothing 
of  tbe  present  facilities  of  the  society. 

Mr.  John  Scotc  said  he  had  had  nothing  to  do 
with  the  society  for  10  or  12  yesrs;  ho  sigued  the 
application  to  the  Controller  because  Boberisou 
asked  him  to  do  so;  did  not  know  he  was  a  menber 
of  a  committee,  and  did  not  sign  as  such  ;  d<d  not 
uuaerstaod  he  was  to  help  to  distribute  the  money, 

Mr.  John  (x.  Banker,  Treasurer  of  the  society, 
was  next  sworn.  Ue  had  been  appointed  Treas- 
urer about  11  months  ago,  and  now  occupied  that 
position;  during  tbe  11  miinihs  he  had  received  $2,- 
123  03  in  contributions  I  he  did  not  always  handle 
toe  money,  as  receioted  bills  were  given  him  in- 
stead, bills  of  tbe  society  >vhicb  Mr.  Buoertson  had 
paid  out  of  the  money  received ;  these  bills  were 
all  properly  audited  by  the  board  j  the  proportion 
of  cash  received  by  him  was  about  onc-third  or  one- 
fourth  ot  the  entire  som.  At  tne  request  of  Mr. 
Hoguet  be  then  examined  liis  books,  and  gave  the  tol- 
lowiDg  amounts  expended  during  the  11  months,  out 
of  the  13.123  03,  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor: 

BchooU ». $355  45 

Fuel ., 5  8i 

Food 68  bO 

houHar;  purposes ... 40  00 

Indusirial  Department 2100 


FORTI-fOURTH  COKGRESS 

SECOND  SESSION. Ftb,  2L 


Total _- $490  S3 

Tbe  balance  was  almost  entirely  devoted  to  can- 
celing the  back  indebtedness)  be  had  paid  about 
8550  ot  the  balance  to  Mr.  Bobertson,  and  uad  also 
paid  part  of  a  Jadement  obtained  au-ainst  the  socie- 
ty ;  he  had  signed  the  application  to  the  ContrcUer 
for  $10,000  and  had  read  it  before  signing  ;  the  in- 
terest on  the  mortgages  ou  the  property  in  St. 
Mark's  place  wasjiot  paid  by  him;  the  party  bold- 
ing  tbe  last  mortgage  baid  aii  order  to  collect  the 
rent ;  he  did  not'kuow  who  paid  tbe  taxes  on  the 
property,  Mr.  Hoguet  then  asked  the  wilnesj 
whether  he  thought  it  right  for  the  society  to  Col- 
lect 12,123  03  from  the  public  in  the  name  of  and  tor 
the  pour,  and  then  dovote  all  except  $490  93  to  the 
payment  of  back  debts.  After  hesitating  tor  some 
time,  the  witness  said  that  be  would  not  like  to  say 
it  was  wrong,  aud  added  tbat  "  it  wasa  hard  yiiug 
not  to  pay  jour  debts  when  yon  hid  the  money." 

Mr.  D.  JF.  Bobertson  was  the  last  witness  ex- 
amined. Ue  protested  against  tho  proceedings  of 
the  committee,  which  he  said  were  against  the  law 
of  the  State,  and,  in  answer  to  a  question  by  Mrs. 
Lowell,  said  that  the  back  indebtedness  of  $1,200 
tbat  had  accrued  in  lus  tavor  iu  June,  1866,  waa  Tor 
back  salary  and  for  school-teachiug.  The  viiting 
on  the  application  to  the  Controller,  designating  the 
signers  ol  the  paper  as  the  Committee  ou  Destitu- 
t.ou  aud  Famine,  had  been  placed  there  by  himself; 
it  was  put  there  before  the  names  were  sigued — 
possibly  one  er  two  signatures  might  have  been  put 
there  before ;  m  regard  to  tne  siatt-ment  made  by 
the  press  relative  to  tbe  sum  of  (2,000  be  acknowi- 
edf^ed  at  bis  last  examination  tc  have  receired  of 
the  society,  he  wished  to  state  that  it  was  not  ^1 
for  bimselC  but  had  been  drawn  for  otber  purposea. 
also.  Be  agreed  to  aupear  on  Monday  next  before' 
tbe  committee  with  fhe  books  and  book-keeper  oL. 
.the  aooiar 


SUMMAST  07  THB  BAT'S  PBOCEEDDrGA 

In  the  Senate  tha  Orefron  oa«e  WM  r— had  ' 
In  tbe  counting  of  tbe  Totes,  and  waa  referred  to, 
tbe  Commission.     Tha  Oefloieaoy    XpiweivHatteil 
bill  was  reported  back   with  amendmeata.     ▲  Idl^ 

to  aid  tha  reanmptitm  of  speoie  payatati  WM, 

reported  fkt>m  the  Itoanea  Committee.  The  Poai 
Offiee  Appropriation  bill  was  taken  Up.  Vftzloaa 
amendmenu  reported  by  tbe  com mlttee  were  ft(7««/ 
to.  Other  amendments  were  made,  Inchidlnc  ami 
appropriating  $500,000  for  mail  servioe  on  tbe  Paoi^a 
Ocean  by  contract  The  blU  was  then  paaaed.  TbJ 
Xisglalative  Appropriation  bill  waa  then  takaa  m^j 
As  amended  by  tbe  Senate  Committee  on  Appnh 
prlAtioDS,  It  provldet  tor  tl6, 737.895,  an  InereaM  •/ 

$1,758,550.  An  amendment  made  by  the  oommittef 
continuing  the  Preaiaent'a  aaiary  at  |SO,000  in4 
agreed  ta 

In  the  House  a  motion  to  ooxmt  the  VeraA 
^Electoral  rote  for  Hayes  was  offered  by  Hr.  Spnnger, 
the  Demooratlo  objector  of  yesterday,  and  after  ■ 
rambliUK  debate,  was  adopted  without  dlrUion. 
In  tho  Joint  session  the  State  was  counted  aooonk 
ingly,  with  ISfetr-Hampshlre  and  Ohio  for  Haye« 
and  Wbeeler,  and  ITfrw-Jersey  and  New-Tork  an<l 
Xorth  Carolina  for  Tilden  and  Hendricks.  The 
certificate  of  the  three  Electoral  yotes  of  Oregoii 

for  Hayes  and  Wheeler  was  then  read.  mxA. 
that  of  Cronin  and  bia    asaooiates  pretending  to  be 

Electors  from  that  State.    Objections  were  made' 

by  Senator  Mitobell  and  others  to  tbe  Cronin 
certificate  and  by  Senator  Kelly  and  others  tc 
theEepnblican  certificate.  The  Senate  retired,  and 
papers  were  sent  to  the  Electoral  Commission.  Tha' 
Sundry  Civil  Appropriation  bill  was  considered  in' 
Committee  of  tho  Whole  nntil  the  House  took  •' 
recess  until  7:30  P.  M..  and  after  recess  the  oonsld-' 
eration  of  the  bill  was  resumed,  but  witbout  aotioi^ 
The  bill  was  passed. 

;..  SENA.TI5. 

THE  JOINT  SE8SI05, 
The  Senate  resumed  its  session  at  10  o'oloolL 
but  transacted  no  business.  Having  aereed  yestec 
day  to  count  the  vote  of  R.  M.  Daggett,  tbe  Nevada 
Elector,  the  Senate  now  awaited  action  of  tha 
House  oo  that  m<itter.  At  11:4U  A.  M.  a  message 
^as  received  from  tbe  House  of  Bepresentativea 
announcing  the  action  of  that  body  in  regard  to  the' 
vete  of  Daggett,  and  notifying  the  Senate  ttiat  the. 
Ease  was  ready  to  meet  it  and  resume  tbe  oount.  I 
The  Senate  then  le  fc  its  chamber,  and  proceeded  to! 
the  hall  of  the  House. 

EEPOBT  IN    THB    OREGON  ELECTOEAL  CABB. 

Mr.  Mitchell,  t>i  Oiegon,  from  tbe  Commutes 
on  Privileges  aud  Blcciioos,  submitted  along  report 
in  regard  to  the  Orogoo  Elecior,  and  moved  that  is 
be  printed  in  the  Hccord. 

After  some  oiscusbion  Mr.  Mitchell  withdrew  bia' 
motion,  and  it  was  oidered  that  tbe  report  bs* 
piinied  in  the  usual  manner. 

KESCMPTIOK,  / 

Mr.  Bbebman,  of  Ohio,  from  the  Committee  M 
Finance,  retioiied  a  bill  to  aid  iu  the  resumption  01 
specie  payment.  Placed  ou  the  caleuddr.  Tbe  fol- 
lowin.!  IS  the  lu'l  lexr  of  the  bill  s 

Be  it  enacted,  dtc.  Thai  the  S  cretary  of  the  Treasutr 
be  and  he  is  hL-reby  authorized  to  issue  iu  a  sum  or 
sums  uiit  exceediu:;  in  tlie  ufigreuate  $ioO,oOO.OOO,  In. 
redumptiuu  of  aa  equ.il  smou-ut  of  United  States  notes. 
under  Uie  autboruy  of  lOe  acts  oi  Feb.  21,  1.86^;.  July 
11,  j8tJ2,  ami  March  ao.  1863,  coupon  or  registered 
iionds  ol  tbe  same  description  and  cUaract'-r  as  those 
«utboiiz<'d  by  tbe  ac>8  of  July  14.  1S7U.  and  Jan.  °J0. 
lo71,  redeemable  in  coin  uf  tne  prtbeai  standard 
value,  at  the  pleasure  cf  the  Cuited  States,  a^ter  3J 
years  liom  the  date  ^>f  theix  issue.and  bear.u^  Interest, 
payuble  quarterly  in  sucU  cf'lu.  at  LUe  rato  of  4  pdC 
cent,  per  auDUiu ;  bucli  bouds  shall  be  in  addition  to 
the  loan  liUihurized  ty  the  acts  ol  July  14,  1870,  aad 
Jan.  -'0, 1871. 

i>EC  2.  'ihat  during  any  one  year  there  shall  not  oe 
Issued  cf  Said  bouds  or  redeemed  of  said  notes  more 
than  ii)2o,Ouo,OUO,  nor  more  th  tu  $4.UoO,000  during 
any  oue  mouth,  and  wuen  suid  Treasury  ootea  fihaU 
have  been  so  redeemed  tney  shall  not  agdin  be  re- 
issued, but  BliflU  ue  cauoelea  and  destroyed.  No  oom- 
niidBiun  iu  any  furia  shtvil  be  paid  lor  tue  exchange  of 
the  bouds  iosu  d  u>idir  tne  provisious  of  tuis  act. 

Sec.  ii.  f  hut  the  Secrctiry  ol  the  I'reasury  U  hereby 
autiiorized  to  isoue  m  excbanue  lor  legal-tender  notes 
of  tbe  Cuited  Stati-s,  siUcr  coin  to  an  amount  wulch, 
inrluoiug  tlie  ainouuC  heretofore  suchorize.i  to  be  is- 
sued by  the  act  of  .ipril  17,  1S76,  cuapter  63,  and  by 
the  juuit  itBOiu.ion  of  Ju^y  '22,  187t).  Ao.  17,  shall 
not  ciueed  fij.uou.uuO,  a..d  tns  leg.il-tender  notes  so 
leeeived  jliail  be  caiueiea  and  desiioved,  aud  t>e  uel4 
iM  be  a  cart  ot  tuetinuint!  tuud  provided  oj  existing 
1.1W.  the  iutt-r.  st  lo  Un  uuiuputsd  ihereou  as  w  the  case 
o!  bonas  rcdei'ined. 

.•-EC.  4,  That  tlie  necessary  expenses  of  engravmg.l 
printing;,  preparing  and  Usum^  the  bonds,  an. 1  of  re-' 
de>  uiing  and  canceling  lUnlcd  .>tateB  iOlos,  as  pro- 
vlded  in  tins  act,  sUall  ue  paid  out  oi  any  uiouey  as  the 
Tre.isurj  ujt  otberwibe  auprop  i.4ted,  out  iiio  whole 
amouut  ibereoisuau  unt  exceed  om  quarter  oi  ous 
per  ccut.  ot  tbe  amouut  of  haud:^  issued. 

THE  rOST  OFFICE   APPKOymATION. 

The  morning  hour  bavins  expired,  the  Chair  lal& 
betore  the  Seuata  the  uufiiiiabed  liueiuess — being 
the  bill  to  amend  the  PaciUo  Kailroad  acts  so  as  to 
create  a  sinking  fund.  This  WuS  laid  a^ide  infor- 
mally, \yuQ  the  unuerstanOiug  that  li  should  not  lose 
its  piaoe,  ,ind  the  S«uato  thtn  took  up  iho  Post  Of- 
lics  Appropriation  bill. 

Ameudmeuis  reported  by  the  committee  werei 
agreed  lo  as  loilowa  :  increasing  the  uporopriatioa 
for  special  acenr.s  trom  §121,500  to  tl40,u00;  lor  ad-, 
vert ising,  horn  t4J,0U0  lo  v6U.I)00  ;  lor  com^ien*ation 
to  Posimasteis,  Horn  i7,0o0.U00  to  17,250,000  ;  for 
coiupeu.>u.iioii  to  clerks  iu  Post  Odices,  irom  $3,^0,- 
000  to  t3  3j0,u00;  fai  the  paymeut  of  letter  carriers, j 
irom  $75d.0dJ  to  4900.000;  tor  miscellauKOUs  aud  lu-^ 
ciuenial  expeuses,  irom  $50,0110  ui  llOU.UOo;  i or  tba 
trausportaiion  of  mats,  tioiu  {900.00J  to  i930,0UO; 
tor  comp 'usaiion  to  Rjilwav  ir'ust  Odice  cioika. 
from  81,125,000  to  $1,30j,OjO;   for  routo  aaents.    from 

t945.0uu  lo  81.050.uu0;  tor  mail  messeugers,  trom 
^uO. Olio  to  €700.000;  for  the  mauuiacture  uf  postal 

carjs.  from  S2dO,0UI)  lo  gSJU.OJO.  and  mcrea-Jlug  the 
opprojirlation  irom  t2,338,46U  to  54,395.375,  from 
any  money  iii  tho  Treasury,  to  meet  luo  apuropria- 
lions  made  by  tho  bi;l  in  case  the  reveuuea  Ol  llu 
Post  Odiee  Department  are  iasuftioient. 

The  commitree  aioo  reponea  an  amendment  ap- 
propriating $10,000  io  ea.iOle  the  Post  Ottioe  Com- 
mission, oruan.zcd  last  year,  to  complete  its  work, 
and  it  was  a^irecd  to. 

Mr.  Hamllx,  of  Maine,  submitted  an  amendment 
allowing  iiib  Postmaster  General  to  use  1253,000  uf 
the  amount  appropriated  fjr  mall  transpoitauon  to 
obtain  proper  facilities  iiom  the  ereat  trunk,  lines  of 
railroads  tor  the  railway  aeivica  dunng  tbe 
liscal  year  endiog  Juue  3U,  1878.  In 
explanoliou  ot  the  amendment,  he  said 
tho  Postmaster  General  had  no  money  to  place  aer- 
vice  on  new  roads,  and  to-day  tbis  country  is  trans- 
porting its  mails  upon  a  system  which  existed  16 
years  airo.  The  reduction  made  lu  the.  appropria- 
liou  bills  of  last  year  was  the  cduee  ot  it.  A  com- 
mission had  been  appointed  to  inquire  into  the 
postal  BPrvioe,  and  it  would  furnish  valuable  Infor- 
mation which  would  enable  Congress  to  make  a  new 
postal  system,  which  would  result  m  a  saving  in 
the  transportation  of  the  mails. 

Tho  Committee  on  i*osD  Otiices  and  Post  Boads 
bad  C0JB3  lo  the  conclusion  tuat  it  would  nut  be 
wise  to-day  tu  enter  upon  a  system  ul  fast  mails.  If 
Congress  should  undertake  lu  exienu  the  Fast  Mail 
BPfvice  to-day  it  might  fiud  ombariasamenui.  Atter 
gettiug  tbe  iuformaiion  obtained  by  the  Postal  Com- 
mission, postal  cars  could  be  out  upon  the  large, 
trunk  roads.,  but  they  would  have  no  connection  with 
Past  Mail  service.  The  twoere;iL  truu*c  lines,  tUeKew 
York  Central  aud  PennsjiViuiia  Ko&ds,  wnre  now 
running  postal  cars  40  teet  lu  length,  and  there  waa 
not  room  in  them  tor  tne  proper  uistributiou  of  the 
mails  eu  route.  The  amendmeut  which  ho  prupuaed 
was  for  Ihe  puipose  of  enabling  tbo  Postmaster 
General  to  arrauge  with  the  companiea  to  place 
pOtttal  cars  ou  theii-  roads  6J  leet  lu  length.  Wuile 
the  speed  of  tho  maiis  \»'juld  not  oe  increased,  the 
facilities  for  distiibution  would  be,  aud  mans  could 
therefore  be  Oeiiveied  ojtlier,  as  no  nme  would  oe 
lost  in  distri'hutiug  them  alter  reaching  ih*  city  to 
which  tbey  were  ucstioed. 

The  amendmont  ol  Mr.  Hamlin  was  agreed  to 
Without  division. 

Mr.  ilAMLiN  then  submitted  tbe  following  t 

"  That  tue  sum  ot  $.ii, 0,000  is  hereby  appropriated 
.out  of  any  mou.  y  iu  ilio  ircaaury  not  otherwise  ap- 
propriat.d,  to  euab.e  the  Postm-ioter  General  to  coo- 
tiuue  ii.e  sieam-aLlp  mail  serviee  betneen  ban  Fraa«. 
CISCO.  Japan,  aud  Chiua,  for  one  year;  and  me  l'oa> 
ma,iter  Gi-nctal  is  Hereby  auth.i.ize  i  to  coutruct  with 
tUe  Faciliu  ilau  iSteam-aliip  compauv,  upou  iho  lerma 
specidcd  under  tho  act  of  i'eu.  17,  l&uo,  aud 
teo.  IS,  1sd7,  for  transijorting  a  monxuly 
lUiill  from  fcau  l-raaciaeo,  Jap.ui,  and  «.,iuua, 
uuon  the  same  teims  aud  condiiions,  so 
far  as  applicable;  aud  toe  Postmaster  r,eneral  is  di- 
rected lo  continue  said  servioe  as  herein  providea." 

The  amendment  was  tueu  agreed  to,  alter  soma 
discussion,  aud  tne  bill,  having  been  considered  in 
Commitiee  of  the  Whole,  was  reported  to  the  Sen- 
ate,  and  the  amendments  made  in  committee  coo-, 
curred  iu,  with  me  exueptiou  of  the  last  one  ot  Mr. 
Hiinilin,  in  regard  to  the  China  mail  service,  upon 
wnich  a  separate  vote  wa«  demanded. 

Mr.  BuiiXsiDE.  of  Kbo'le  Island,  said  be  agreed 
With  too  Seuator  from  Miosouii  tbat  a  Hue  of 
steamers  shouia  be  eatablished  between  New-Or-; 
leans  and  Brazil.  The  £ugiish  people  were  drivug; 
our  commerce  off  tbe  seas.  He  would  tavur  anp 
amendiueut  to  recover  our  South  Amenuau  trade, 
which  rightfully  belonged  to  this  country. 

Mr.  Boor  suomittea  an  ameudment  to  that  of  Mr, 
Haiuiin,  appropriating  ^SUO,OU0,  or  so  muou  thofeuC 
as  may  bo  necessary,  fut  a  monthly  mail  serrioa 
from  .New-Orleans  to  Kio  Janeiro,  aud  the  Posimas- 
ter  General  be  aod  is  nereoy  autborieed  to  eocerj 
into  contract  fur  this  purpoae  with  any  parties,  to 
carry  such  maile  iu  Amencau  Teasels  of  not  less 
than  2.000  tons  burden. 

Mr.  tjARGBNT,  of  California,  aaid  a  few  days  ago 
be  gave  nonce  of  an  amendment^  providing  that  tpa, 
whoie  number  of  passengers  of  tAsiaiic  birth  or  de* 
scent  received  on  board  the  steamers  of  aaid  com- 
pany to  be  landed  lu  this  country  shall  at  no  time 
exceed  one  passenger  for  every  Is  tons.  The  erila 
ot  Coinese  immigration  on  the  Pacific  ooaat  ofC^ 
any  ad  vantage  gained  by  tbis  commeroe.  -  Tha 
effect  of  tbe  amendment  of  which  he  had  givem 
notice  -vrould  ,  be  v  to  ^  prevent  Ctiinese  beiii^ 
brought  over  •  by  '  the  i  Pacific  Hall  Compaay^  . 
but  JSnglish  -  ships '  and  others  could  tociuj] 
them.  Consequently  no  good  would  be 
•  aooomplisbed  by  bis  amendment  if  it  ahould  ba 
.adopted.  There  must  be  some  general  law  to  n«^y 
.the  evil,  and  there  was  not  time  tupass  sobh  Sb^iav; 
at  tliia  session ;  he  tiiereiore  withdraw  hia  "nil^d  - 
.  ment  ^ 

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bebaUt  nuaer  the  dire«Uon  and  inspection  of  some 
ItKTftl^  officer  to  b*  dealgn»ted  by  tbe  Secretary  of 
th*  Kary.  ftnd  said  Bbips  ■h«Il  a>  all  times  pe  sab- 
Jeet  to  the  oae  oi  the  Govenunent  at  reasonable 
(*te«  for  obaztar.    A«r«ed  to. 

The  ameodment  of  Mr.  Boer  as  amended  by 
that  of  lir.  Hamlin  Jut  mentioned,  w*»  tben  agreed 
to. 

yir.  iftaxixa,  of  Kansas,  submitted  as  asabsti- 
tute  for  tbe  amendment  of  Mr.  Hamlin,  agreed  to 
ta  Committee  of  tbe  Whole,  tbe  foUowine  : 

"And  the  BTitn  of  SS^COOO,  or  so  macli  thereof  as 
mar  be  necessarr.  !•  hereby  upprooriated  to  carry  tne 
mails  betweea  the  United  States,  China  and  Japan, 
upon  the  best  attainable  term*  for  inontfclv  service  ; 
a&r.  tbe  Postmaster  General  be  and  la  barehy  author  • 
iaed  to  contract  fur  such  service,  said  malU  to  be  car- 
iinl  Id  American  bnllt  and  owned  Tessels  of  not  less 
ihaa  2,UU0  tons  burden." 

4.(Ereed  to — yeaa  27,  nays  18 — aa  follows: 

'fsAS.— Allison,  Bamnm,  Bogy.  Booth,  Burnside, 
Mmtton  (Peun.V  Cameron  (Wis.),  OlittfTee.  Chn»tt- 
aocy,  C'onover,  Crasia.  Oawes,  Dennis,  Ferrv.  Gold- 
Ihwalte.Hnmlin.  Ingnlls.  Johnston.  Kertiaii,  McMiUsn, 

"/^l-  .Paddotk,  Futterson,  Saritent,  West,  Wlndom. 
and  wuiiers — 27. 

Kats— Siessrs.  Alcorn,  Batley.  Clayton,  Cooper. 
Wavis,  Hereford,  Ilitchcook,  McCreerr,  McDonald, 
Maxey,  Mfirrlmoo,  I  audolph,  Hansom,  Bobettsoo, 
Wiarman,  Spencer,  Teller,  ana  wrtghfr— la 

l^be  bill  was  tben  read  a  tbird  time  and  passed. 

THE  LEOISLATIVE  APPEOPKIATIONa. 

Mr.  "VTiXDOM,  of  Minnesota,  called  op  tbe  Lcffls- 
■tlve,  Judicial,  and  Execuiive  Aopropriation  bill, 
and  in  exDhmatloo  tberei<t,  said  tbe  bill  aa  it  came 
frrtm  -ho  House  of  Representatives,  api)ropriated 
114,979,345  50,  and  as  amended  i)y  tho  Ci>miinrtee  on 
Appropi-iatinnn  and  rpported  to  the  Senate,  it  at), 
propriated  $16,737,895  95,  an  Increase  of  41,738,550  43. 
The  Leiiislat  ve  lull  for  the  current  yfitv  appro- 
priated 115,717,933  30.  The  Comniiltee  cu  Appro- 
priations bail  adiipied  a  (reneral  principle  in  consid- 
enug  the  bill,  which  was  to  reinstate  all  ^HLaries  re- 
dnoed  by  the  Hoiiao  to  what  they  are  at  pre.-ient. 
The  commltiee  had  taken  the  cooipToaoise  meaaure 
of  last  session  flxina  salaritis  fjr  the  current 
fiscal  year  as  tbeir  cuide,  and  bad  noc  in  a 
•inule  instance  incrca-ied  an s^  salary  over  that  de- 
termined i)y  the  cumpromise  of  last  aesiiion.  In  a 
few  instances  the  number  of  einpl»vpa  in  the  Esec- 
TJtive  DepKTtments  had  been  increased — a,*,  lor  m- 
Btance,  in  the  tjisth  Anditcr's  olbce,  where  the  aiv 
coants  of  the  Pose  Office  Department  wi-re  setrleil. 
thero      was      not      satBoieut      force.        There      were 

400  applications  for  money  order  offiues,  but 
they  could  not  be  granted  on  accoant  of  th'Te  not 
beiDK  safficieut  cloiicdl  force  lo  settle  their  ao- 
oonnta.  Tlie  money  order  offiaer^  paid  thsir  own 
Way  and  left  a  small  profit  to  the  Government. 
Xheretore  It  was  dee^med  advisable  to  increase  tbe 
force. 

All  the  amendments  reported  by  the  Committee 
on  Approiiriationa  were  agreed   ta     Among  them   j 
were   tbe  folio wiiig:     Increasinz  the  appropriation    ' 
for  salaries  and  ercoonsea    of  Collectors  of  Internal    i 
K«venae  from  $1,673,000  to  fl. 840,000.  and   striklug  | 
ont  of  the  IlouMiti  bill  tbe  clause  reducine  the  uum- 
bflT  of  Internal  Revenue  collection  diatncts  to  120, 
after   the   30rh    of  Jane    next.     Tbe  aniondmeai  ap-   I 
propnating   |639,410  59   to  pay  jadnmenta  of  the 
Court  of  Claims  was  aiso  agreed  to. 

The  House  bill,  it  will  be  romerabered,  appro- 
priated i^5,000  for  compet.satiiin  of  tbe  President  of 
the  United  Stales,  and  provided  that  secnon  153  of 
the  Eeviaed  Statutes  be  repealed  eo  far  as  the  same 
relates  to  tlie  salary  of  tbe  President.  Tho  Senate 
Bommlttee  reported  an  amendment  increasiu>;  the 
appropriation  irom  $25,000  to  $50,000,  and  stiikinc 
out  the  proviso  in  regard  to  the  repeal  of  section 
153.  Tbe  question  being  on  coucomng  la  ibe 
amendment  of  the  committee,  Mr.  "Wbight 
demanded  the  yens  and  nsYS.'and  It  was  agreed  to 
— Teas  23,  nays  18 — aa  follows: 

T«Ai— Messrs.  Allison,  Barnum,  Booth,  Boutwell, 
B^ac",  Cameron  of  Peniisvlvaula,  Cameron  of  Wiscon- 
«la,  Chaffee,  Coaover,  Cooper.  Cragin,  Dennis,  I^orsey, 
Ooldtbw»i^e,  Hamlin,  McMillan,  Padaock,  Uobertson, 
Sarcrent,  Spencer,  Teller,  VViadom,  Withers— 23. 

Nats — iiessrs.  Alcorn,  Bailey,  Unckrell,  Davia,  Ferry, 
Hereiord,  Hlicheoclc.  Keruan,  McCreery,  MoUonald, 
Maxey.  uorrlU,  KandolpU,  Bansom,  Wadleisb,  Wallace, 
WTiyte,  Wrigbt— 18. 

The.  bill  having  been  considered  in  Committee  of 
the  TThoie  was  reported  to  tbe  Senate,  and  the 
Amendments  made  in  committee  were  concorred  in. 

The  (senate  then,  at  5:45  o'clock,  went  into  execu- 
tive session,  and  when  the  doors  were  reopened 
y>ok  a  recess  until  10  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 

HOTTSS  OF  REPESSENTATIVES. 

The  Houso  met  at  10  o'clock,  but  a  full  hour 
Was  eonsuined  lu  axcerTalning  whether  there  was  a 
qaornm  present  ana  in  the  reading  of  tef«timouy  to 
Boatain  tbe  obivciiun  made  yesterday  against  the 
Xilectoral  vote  olR.  M.  Dagsett.  of  Nevaaa. 

Mr.  SPBDiGEB,  of  Iliiuoi.s  who  made  the  objection 
yesterday,  ofl'ered  a  resolution  that  tbo  vote  bo 
counted,  and  exnlained  that  an  error  had  been 
made  in  desicribing  tbe  ofiice  held  by  X)ia:;gett  as 
that  of    TJalted     Siatea    Coiuuiis»i>>n>ir,     vrbtle    tbe 

tesiimoDy  sbuwed  tbi>t  tie  hbld  tbe  uffim  of  Clerk  to 
the  UniiedStates  Court. 

A.  ratber  miscellaneon?  araumont  followed, 
running  over  Louisiana,  Oregon,  tbe  Commission. 
Hevada,  President  elect  Hayes,  and  kindred  sub- 
jects, when  the  vote  was  then  taken  on  Mr. 
Springer's  resolatioa,  w^bicn  was  ascreed  to  wiihouc 
«  dl  VIA  ion. 

THE  JOINT  SESSIOy. 

A  roessasa  wa^  xent  to  the  Senate  to  notify  that 
body  of  toe  action  of  the  Hoase,  and  tnat  tbo  Hous-s 
was  now  r^ady  to  meet  il  in  joint  session.  At  11:45 
the  Senators  entered  the  hail  and  tools  the  seatd 
assigned  to  them.  After  all  were  eeited,  the 
PEESiDEjiT  of  tbb  Senate  called  the  meeting  l» 
order,  and  directed  the  reading  of  toe  rosolu- 
itiona  of  each  house  in  favor  of  coantiui: 
tbe  votes  of  Xevada.  Tho  teller  than  annoauced 
that  tbe  State  of  i^evada  had  cast  3  votes  for  Hay  as 
and  Wheeler. 

Tben  followed  in  snccefsion  tho  States  of  New- 
Sampshire,  with  5  votes  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler  i 
Mew  jersey,  with  9  votes  forXildon  and  Hendricks  ; 
'^ow  Y'Tk,  with  35  votes  for  Tilden  and  Hendricks  ; 
,27orth  Carolina,  with  10  vores  for  Tilden  and  Ben- 
drloks,  and  Ohio,  ^ich  HZ  votes  for  Hayes  and 
Wheeler. 

THE  OEEGOS  CERTIFICATE. 

The  Presiding  OfQper  then  opened  and  banded  to 
the  tellers  a  certiiicat©  received  trora  the  Sate  of 
Oregon.  It  was  read  by  Mr.  SioxE,  of  Missouri. 
»nd  proved  to  be  the  sworu  certilioate  of 
the  three  Hayes  Electors — Cartwrieht,  OJell, 
,aod  "Watts — executed  before  a  notary  public. 
The  papers  contain  a  fall  statement  of  tbe  doings 
of  the  three  Electors,  the  resianacion  of  Waits  ua 
'Postmaster,  his  subsequent  choice  Dy  tiie  o;uer 
two  Electors,  the  original  ballots  cast  by  tbe  Elec- 
tors, &C.  Tney  wore  read  in  full.  The  presidinir 
officer  tben  lianded  to  tbe  tellers  the  certiUcate  of 
.the  three  rival  Electors— Cronin,  Miller, and  Parker 
I— autbenticared  by  the  signatures  of  the  Governor 
and  Secretary  of  btate.  with  the  seal  of  the  State 
Bttaobed.  Tnls  certiQcate  gives  two  votiM  to  Hayes 
and  Wheeler  and  one  vote  fur  Tilden  and  Hen- 
dricks. 

Senator  Mitchell,  of  Oregon,  presented  objec- 
tions to  tbe  cenidcate  of  fjronln,  Miller,  and 
JParker  on  the  folloyying  grounds  : 

J\r»t — Because  neither  of  said  persons  was  ever 
mppointed  Elector  by  tbe  State  of  Oregon  in  any 
inanner  whatever. 

Heeond — Because  it  appears  from  the  records  and 
papei  contained  in  and  attached  to  the  certificate  of 
W.  H.  Odell,  J.  C.  Cariwiigbt,  and  John  W.  Watts 
that  tbey  were  duly  appointed  Electors,  and  cast 
their  votes  as  such. 

Third — Because  it  does  not  appear  from  the  face 
of  Gov.  Grover'd  certificate  attached  to  tbe  returns 
of  the  votes  of  Cronin,  Miller,  and  Parker,  that 
•Qch  certificate  was  issued  to  three  persons  having 
the  bigbest  number  ol  votes  lor  Electors,  but  was 
issued  by  bim  to  persona  whom  he  deemed  eligible, 
tfaoagh  one  of  them,  E.  A.  Crocin.  was  not  appoint- 
ed thereto  according  to  the  laws  of  the  Stato  of 
Oregon. 

Fourth — Because  it  appears  from  the  cortiflcate 
ot  S.  F.  Chad  wick,  Secretary  of  State,  that  Odell, 
Cartwrlght,  and  Watts  received  the  highest  num- 
ber of  votes,  and  that  the  Secretary  of  Slate,  in  pur- 
Boance  of  law,  so  declared,  and  ttiat,  therefore,  tbe 
oertiflcate  of  the  Governor^  iu  so  lar  as  it  omitted 
xo  certify  the  name  of  J.  W .  Watts  as  one  ot  tbe 
Electors  appointed,  and  in  so  fur  aksuch  certificate 
oontained  the  nsme  of  E.  A.  Cronin  as  ou<)  of  the 
Xleotors  appointed,  fails  to  confurio  to  tbe  act  of 
Congress  in  such  ca^us  made  and  provided,  and  to 
tbe  law  of  Oregmz,  and  that  such  certificate  is.  as 
to  said  Cronin,  without  authority  and  ot   no  ettoct. 

JFyfth — Because  It  appears  from  both  certificates 
that  0>iell  and  Cartwrlght,  a  majority  of  the  Elec- 
toral College,  ware  duly  appointed  Electors  by  the 
State  of  Oregon,  in  the  manner  dixected  by  the 
jLegislaiuro ;  that  their  record,  prettented  to  the 
President  ot  the  Senate,  and  by  bim  to  the  two 
honses,  shows  that  a  vacancy  in  the  office  of  Elector 
existed  on  the  day  fixed  by  law  for  the  meeting  of 
Electors,  and  tnat  anch  vacancy  was  filled  by  the 
appointment  of  Watts. 

Tbis  objection  is  aigued  by  Senators  Mltohnll  and 
Sargent,  and  by  Eepreaencatives  Lawionoa,  Bur- 
.<ihurd,  and  Medill. 

*  Senator  K^llt,  of  Oregon,  thou  presented  an  ob- 
jeotton  to  the  certificate  of  Cartwrit;ht,  Odell.  and 
Watts,  It  Is  signed  by  Senators  Kelly,  Bogy, 
McDonald,  Stevanson,  and  Cooper,  and  by  Kepre- 
Notatives  Field,  Tucker,  Lane,  Jenka,  Walling, 
Clymar,  Wiggintop.  Fupuleton.  yanoe,  Hurd,  and 
ZiUttrelL     Tne  grounds  of  tbe  objection  are  i 

JVrtt— Tbe  papers  purporting  to  be  tbe  certifi- 
oaxe*  ot  the  Electorei  votes  of  tne  State  of  Oregon 
have  not  annexed  to  Itiem  a  certificate  of  tbe  Gov- 
unor  of  Oregon,  as  required  to  be  made  and  aa- 
nexed  by  sections  130  and  138  United  States  Be- 
Tlaea  Statutes. 

Beoond — The  papers  have  not  annexed  to  them  a 
Ust  of  thii  nam««  of  Cartwrlght,  Odell,  and  Watts 
as  Electors,  to  which  tbe  sdai  of  tbe  State  of  Oregon 
VM  affixed  by  the  Secretary  of  Stat<),  and  signed 
by  tbe  Governor  ana  Secretary,  aa  required  by  sec- 
tion 60  of  cbsptac  14,  Xiiber  9,  of  tne  General 
L»W8  of  Oregon. 

I%ird— Ic  wa«  the  right  and  duty  of  tbe  Governor 

•f  OrecoD,  ander  tba  laws  of  ibat  State,  to  give  a 
oertitloate  of  election  or  appointment  as  Electors  to 
John  C.  Cartwrlght,  William  H.  Odell,  and  B.  A. 
Ciwnin,  tbey  beiA^  the  three  peisous  capable  of  be- 
tag  appointed  PretidentalEleotoia  who  i-eoeived  the 
bigBoat  laomber  of  votes  at  tn«  eleotioa  held  In 
Oregon  on  Kov.  7,  1876. 

jZftrth Cartwngbt   and  Odell  had  no  riebt  or 

■atheritr  in  law  to  appoint  Watts  to  be  an  Elector 
OD  Pec  8,  1876,  as  there  was  no  vacancy  In  the 
Idio*  of  Presidential  Elector  on  that  day. 

J^tflh — Cartwright  and  Odell  bad  no  right  or  aa- 

tboniy  la  law  to  appoint  Watts  an  Elector  on  Dec 

B  187&  Inasmuch  as  they  did  not  on  that  day  com- 

-  bus«  or  lorm  anv  part  of  the  Electoral  College  of 

Qreson  as  by  law  oouatitnted. 

(SuBflk— Cartwiight  and  Odall  bad  no  authority  to 
nnHiiai  Watts  an  Biector  on  Dec  6,  1876,  because 
OB  that  day  Watts  was  ftill  the  Postmat.er  at  La- 
fayettt\  Oregon,  and  was  still  on  that  day  holding 
•aid  office  of  profit  and  trust.  ■„.     »      , 

/g«MntA— Watts,  who  claims  to  be  an  Elector  in 
(he  above  described  oertifloate.  wm,  in  iebnury, 
Iga,  appoiaiad  Poatmaater  at  Lafayette  Oregoo, 
a«d  was  duly  eomaaUaionad  *nd  (laalided  as  aaoh 
.gMMuMMr.  ifeMl  baipK  •■  iAm  <^  ^Mt  v>A  Mvflt. 


under  tbe  laws  of  the  United  States,  and  c  ntlnued 
to  oe  and  act  as  such  Postmaster  from  February,  187% 
until  after  Nov.  13,  1876,  and  was  acting  a*  such 
Postmaster  on  Nov.  7,  1876,  when  the  Preridentlal 
Electors  were  anpoin*.ed  by  the  Stata  of  Oregon, 
and  that  he  was  ineligible  to  be  |appointed  as  on* 
of  said  Presidential  Elfotora. 

£ighth—Wbeu  the  Governor  of  Oregon  caused  the 
lists  of  the  namea  of  tbe  Electors  of  the  State  to  be 
made  and  certified  snob  lists  did  not  contain  tbe 
Dam>  of  said  Watts,  but  did  contain  the  names  of 
Cartwrlght,  Odell,  and  Cronin,  who  were  duly  ap- 
pointed Electors  of  President  and  Vice  President  of 
tbe  United  States  m  tbe  State  of  Oregon,  on  Kov.  7, 
1676. 

Mr.  Lawbencb.  of  Ohio,  presented  a  further  ob- 
jec:ion  to  the  certificate  of  Cronin,  Miller,  and 
Parker,  on  the  grouna  that  neither  of  them  bad  been 
appointed  a  Presidential  Elector,  and  that  Odell, 
Cartwright,  and  Wafts  had  been  duly  elected,  and 
had  cast  tbe  only  true  and  lawfol  votes  of  tbe  State. 
This  paper  is  signed  by  Senators  Mltobell  and  Sar- 
gent, and  bv  Representatives  Lawrence,  of  Ohio; 
McCrary,  of  Iowa;  Hale,  of  Maine,  and  Banks,  of 
Massachusetts. 

The  PRESiDiNa  Offices  then  stated  that  all  the 
certificates  from  the  State  of  Oregon,  with  tbe  ac- 
compaoj'ing  papers  and  with  tbe  objections,  would 
be  now  sunmitted  to  tbe  Electoral  Commissiou  for 
its  judgment  and  decision,  and  that  the  Senate 
would  retire  to  its  Chamber, 

The  Senators  having  retired,  (at  19:55,)  the 
Sfeaker  aiinonnced  Ibe  commencement  of  a  new 
legi.slative  day.  which  was  thereupon  opened  with 
piaver  by  the  Chaplain. 

Mr.  HEWrrr,  otIfew-Tork,  introduced  a  bill  de- 
claring Little  Hell  Gate  not  a  navigable  channel, 
and  according  the  cnnsent  of  the  United  Stales  to 
tbe  filling  up  of  tbe  same. 

THE  SUNDBT  CIVIL  BI1X. 

Mr,  HoLMAN.  of  Indiana,  Chairman  of  the  Ap- 
propriation Committee,  reported  the  Sundry  Civil 
Appropriation  bill,  and  it  haying  been  previously 
printed,  tne  Houfee.  at  1:25  P,  M.,  went  into  Com- 
mittee of  the  Whole  on  that  bill,  Mr.  Baokner,  of 
Missi'on.  in  the  chair. 

Mr.  CosGEB,  of  Michigan,  raised  the  point  of 
order  on  Ibe  paragrapb  which  authorizes  tbe  pur- 
chase of  the  Congressional  Olobe  building  in  Wash- 
ington, together  with  the  hound  and  unbound 
volumes  of  tbe  Olobe  contained  therein,  oa  the 
ground  that  it  was  new  legislation. 

The  C:iiAiB  sustained  the  point,  and  the  paragraph 
was  stricken  our. 

Mr.  Harbison,  of  Illinois, .  ofl'ered  an  amendment 
appropnaiibg  ^33.000  for  improving  the  ventilation 
of  tba  Hou.xo  ot  Kenresentativeji,-  to  be  expended 
under  the  nichiiect  of  the  Capitol.  He  explained 
that  the  ameodment  did  not  propose  to  change  tbe 
system  of  veniiiatiun,  but  Bimply  to  improve  the 
present  system. 

After  further  ciscn^ion  Mr.  Hewttt,  of  ITew- 
Y'lrk,  said  that  he  believed  that  the  system  of  ven- 
tilaiii'D  would  be  vciy  much  Iraprored  if  the 
amendment  was  adopted,  but  if  It  was  not  improved 
bo  would  deem  it  thu  greatest  opportunity  of  his 
life  if  be  should  be  allowed  to  perfect  the  ventila- 
tion of  the  hall  at  bis  own  cost. 

Air.  SPiUNaBB,  ot  Illinois,  moved  to  amend  tbe 
amendment  bv  ordering  the  expenditure  to  be  made 
tinder  the  direction  and  according  to  tbe  plans  of 
Hon.  A.  S.  Hewitt,  but  at  tbo  rtquest  of  Mc.  Hew- 
itt he  withdrew  tbe  amendment. 

Mr.  Harri.son's   amendment   was    then    agreed  to. 

After  making  iomo  progress  on  the  bill  the  com- 
mittee ro.^e,  and  at  4:45  .P.  M.   took  a  recess    until 

7:30  o'clock  tbis  evenioir. 

EVENING  SESSION. 

The  House,  immediately  on  reassembling  at 
7:5U  o'clock,  went  into  Committee  ot  tbe  Whole 
(Mr.  Buckner,  of  Missouri,  iu  the  chaJr)  on  the 
Sundry  Ci'il  Appropriation  bill. 

ilr.  Belfokd,  of  Colorado,  offered  an  amendment 
increasing  tho  amount  for  land  surveys  to  $300,000, 
which  was  rejectoii,  when  Mr,  Belford  moved  to  fix 
the  amount  at  $150,000. 

A  long  time  was  consumed  in  endeavoring  to  find 
if  there  was  a  quorum  present,  Mr.  Holman  trying 
to  effect  a  compromise  on  $100,000,  and  Mr.  Lane,  of 
Oregon,  rejeciiiig  the  proposition. 

Affer  two  roll.calis  tho  committee  rose,  and  the 
House  at  9:30  took  a  recess  till  to-morrow  at  10 
o'olocK. 

THE  CONSOLIDATION  COAL  COMPANY 


CHARGES  AG.AISST  THE  MANAGEMEITT  OF 
THE  COMPANY — A  NEW  BOARD  01"  OF- 
FICERS ELECTED — MR.  V  ALLk^X  '■  CAMP- 
BELL NOT   RE-ELECTED. 

The  stockboldera  of  the  Comolidation  Coal 
Company  held  a  meeting  at  Ho.  71  Broadway  yes- 
terday, for  tbe  election  of  otficers  for  the  ensiling 
year.  The  election  thi.i  year  was  vested  with  un- 
usual Interest,  because  of  tbe  action  taken  recently 
by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  against  Mr.  Allan  Camp- 
bell.  Commissioner  of  Public  Works,  for  holding  at 

the  same  timo  tho  office  of  President  of  this  com- 
lian.y.     Mr.   Henry  A.    Mott  dre  w  at;outiou  to  the 

loUowiug  pani^raph  in  the  anniuil  report  of  the 

company  for  1376  : 

■'  The  company  al.so  holna,  as  a  cash  a.ssct,  SIOO.OOO 
of  the  first  moit;:ago  bonrts  o;  the  Curaiterlaud  and 
I'pnnsylvann  Kailra.ul,  redeemed  iu  1875  by  the  pay- 
ment "f  $U8,6uU  in  cash  tmin  e.iru'uss.  belag  the  uual 
ii:8tallmt.-uc.  lur  llio  purubaso  uf  the  George's  Creek 
llaiiroad." 

By  the  report  of  ls7.5,  Mr.  Mott  said  it  appeared 
these  bonds  had  been  paid  for  out  of  the  earnings 
of  the  company  in  that  year,  while  this  vear's  re- 
port says  that  the  Consolidation  Coal  Company  in 
Id'C  purchased  the  entire  property  of  the  Cumber- 
laud  Kailroail.  Mr.  Mott  asKed,  "How  cotild  the 
Cousulidaiion  Coal  Company  hold  as  an  asset  a 
bond  of  a  company  now  ».  merged  in  it, 
wh^n  it  had  assumed  to  pay  the  indebtedness 
repiesented  by  »100,000  of  bonds  which  were  se- 
cured by  mortgage  now  owned  by  itself?  Could 
they  do  so  any  more  than  an  individual  could  bold 
as  an  a8.<<tt  a  mortgage  upon  property  which  he 
owned  iu  fee  ?"  He  insisted  that  the  mortgage  to 
the  extent  of  the  {100,000  had  meiged  in  tbe  fee 
now  held  by  the  company,  and  ought  to  be  canceled 
lor  uaiie. 

Mr.  Campbell  replied  that  ha  differed  with  Mr. 
Mott,  and  held  that  tbe  disposition  made  of  tbe 
bunds  was  Judicious  and  proper.  They  could  be 
used  as  any  other  atset  of  the  company,  and  if  tbe 
Director*  saw  fit,  could  even  be  resold.  He  snp- 
DOsed  that  if  there  bad  been  anything  wrong  in  the 
trauaaciion,  Mr.  Evans,  one  of  the  Directors,  would 
have  been   a.4  apt  to  see  it  as  Mr,  Mutt. 

Mr.  Mott  answered  with  some  warmth  that  ho, 
for  one,  did  not  intend  to  permit  t/ns  matter  to  go 
by  detanlt.  It  had  comu  up  in  another  sh.ipe  at 
last  year's  meet  iig,  but  no  action  had  been  taken 
to  settle  tbe  difliculty.  If  the  other  stock- 
holders were  willing  to  allow  their  first  and 
second  mortgage  bonds  tj  bo  reduced  In  value, 
Yrhich  would  certainly  be  the  case  if  these  bonds 
should  be  again  sold,  he  was  not.  ^Neither  was  he 
willing  to  silently  permit  a  traud  to  be  perpetrated 
<m  unsuapectiug  persons  who,  unaware  ot  tbe  real 
history  of  these  bond.M,  might  bo  induced  to  pur- 
chase them  wiibont  ioquiriug  into  thoir  character. 

The  voting  for  a  B  >ara  of  Ulhoors  then  took  place, 
and  71,Cb9  shares  were  represented  The  following 
were  declari>d  to  be  thesBoaid  of  Ofiicers  for  1877  : 

/"restd^nJ— Charles  F.  Mnyer. 

Direciun—VfiU'vAXii  Whiteiviight.  George  B.  Warren, 
Jr.,  David  W.  Blshoi),  Willii.m  P.  Buma,  Robert  Gur- 
rett.  Galloway  C'beston,  John  Circsg,  William  F.  Frlck, 
William  DouueJ,  Uecotur  U.  Uiller. 

Mr.  Campbell  made  no  eifjrt  to  be  re-elected. 

ins  J^£W  SIOUK  ijXQUANGE. 

The  New-York  Open  Board  of  Stock  Brokers, 
recently  organized,  held  tbeir  first  annual  eleoilou 
yesterday  afternoon  in  Delmonico's,  New  street. 
The  polls  were  ooea  from  2  until  4  o'clock.  Eighty- 
seven  votos  were  cast,  only  those  who  had  paid 
their  initiation  lee  and  subscribed  to  the  constitu- 
tion and  by-laws  being  allowed  therioihtof  sulfrage. 
Tne  toUowlng  ticket  was  unanlmoualy  elected  : 

Presvitnt — B.  U.  .Nevers  of  the  lata  firm  of  Qrlnnell  fc 
Nevers. 

Vicf  Preeidfnt—3.  N.  Ilarrlman,  late  of  tbe  firm  of  K. 

H.  UttrrimiU  k  Co. 

Oiuilrman — E.  T  Brag&w,  late  Vice  Piesident  of  the 
New-York  Gold  Kicnaiiga. 

'CreasuTrT — J.  11.  Munson,  of  the  firm  of  Munson  It 
Eetcbain. 

/feeretori,— E.  P.  GOodwln,  late  Assistant  Secretary  of 
the  stuck  Kichange. 

Eatcuiive  Oommi'.tee— John  P.  Underbill,  (lata  Presi- 
dent ot  the  Ncw-lork  Gold  Exchange.)  Chairman;  O. 
W.  Jnglyn,  .1.  A.  AlacPhersoD.  J.  B.  hdwarda,  J.  N.  Har- 
I'imaa  C.  H.  Eusher,  E.  A  ilUler,  I,.  W.  GiUet,  Cnarles 
Bcilwaciiffur. 

Committee  on  AdmUtions—Q.  I,  Landon,  Chairman; 
Joseph  Jaci>b9,  .A.  H.  Alien.  R.  Kels,  H.  6.  Taylor,  At- 
tbucr  Dieti-n.lor^  K.  Voa  Destiuoc,  A.  M.  Whitlocli,  Jr., 
V.  A,  Comstock. 

Arbitration  Commitief — J.  H.  Tucker,  Chairman  ;  D, 
L.  St.  John,  K.  o.  Vrenc.b.  W.  SL    Whittemoie,   N.  Dole. 

Finance  Committee — VV.  H.  Phillips,  Cbainnan  ;  1*  O. 
Meyer.  0.  P.  Hallu  J.  U.  V.   Cockurofc,  Beo.iamia   Hart, 

CommiUtt on  See*ritiet—D.Q.  falls,  Chairman;  A.  vV. 
Dimmock.  J.  S.  Croulsu,  Alsuzo  i'oUett,  A.  S.  Boaeu- 
baum . 

A  meeting  was  held  subsequently  at  which  tho 
Committee  on  Building  reported  tbstt  tney  bad 
secured  the  rooms  formerly  occupied  by  the  old 
Open  Board  of  Stock  Brokers,  Nos.  16  and  18  Broad 
street,  for  the  permaneut  use  of  the  Board,  at  an 
anPnal  rental  of  |10,OOU,  and  that  they  are  in  nego- 
tiation tor  a  temporary  building  until  thejt>f^r  can 
be  suitably  altered,  A  number  of  new  "^men^bers 
were  admitted,  making  the  present  membursnip 
272,  and  tho  Committee  on  Admissions  reported 
that  they  have  85  additional  applications  to  pass 
upon.    The  meeting  then  adjourned. 

THE  OHIO  PKOHIBITIONISTS. 
The  Ohio    Prohibition    Beformers,   as  tbey 
style  themselves,  are  to  hold  a  Stale  Gonvention  in 

Colnmbus  to-day,  Feb.  23,  to  nominate  candidates 
for  State  officers,  and  devise  measures  for  securing 
the  prohibition  of  tbe  manufacture  and  sale  of  alco- 
holic liquors  ;  secure  the  legalization  of  woman's 
suffrage,  and  guarding  against  noes,  popular  igno- 
rance, and  Exeoutiye  and  legislative  patronage. 
The  call  contains  this  cbose  i  "It  ever  the  tern- 
perance  mbn  and  women  of  Ohio  propose  to  make  a 
united  ana  determined  movement  for  tbe  enactment 
of  a  Prohibitory  law  against  "the  crime  of  crimes,' 
this  is  tbe  year  for  that  eifort  It  brings  purely  a 
State  canvass,  in  which  none  of  the  old  national 
party  issues  can  intrude,  for  only  State  and  local 
o£Scers  are  to  be  chosen  by  the  people.  Under  tbe 
present  (ionstitutiun,  our  Legislature  has  complete 
contrcd  of  the  subject,  and  can  enaot  tbe  Maine 
law  if  the  people  demand  it.  Tbe  sole  question  is 
whether  the  Legislature  will  be  ruled  bv  the  Beer 
Congress  ana  Liquor-dealers'  Associations,  throagb 
tbe  rings  which  bind  with  base  chains  tbe  leaoers 
and  followers  of  the  Kepablican  and  Democratic 
Parties,  or  whether  tbe  people  will  arise,  and,  with 
their  free  ballots,  command  protection  for  them- 
selves  and   their   bowM   asatj^a*   Uia  destsnvliig 


UW  REPORTS. 


COBVBWS  TRIAL  A&AIN  POSTPONED. 

▲MOTBXR  IMHBNSB  CROWD  OF  ROOOBS 
AND  THIEVBB  IN  THS  NBIOHBORHOOD 
OF  THB  COURT — THE  CASK  SET  DOWK 
PSnEMPTORILT  TtOfi  TUESDAY  NEXT. 
The  announcement  that  Joseph  Cobam 
would  be  tried  yesterday  in  Part  11.  of  tbe  Court  of 
General  Sessions  attracted  to  tbe  brown-atono 
building  In  the  City  Hall  Park  an  immense  crowd 
of  the  unpruoned  prise-flghter'a  friends  and 
admirers.  Tba  aasemblage  consisted  of  a 
motley  throng  of  roughs,  pugilists,  gam- 
blers, "  sports,"  '  profeaaional  politicians,  and 
thieves.  These  gentry  made  strenuous  efforts 
to  enter  the  building,  but,  thanks  to  the  orlticism  of 
'Xhb  Tdies  on  Tuesday,  tbe  court  offieera  were 
brought  to  a  sense  of  their  auty,  and  promptly  car- 
ried out  tbe  instrnotions  of  Capt  McCloskey.  So 
great  was  tba  pressure  to  gain  a<?mittance  that  a 
section  of  Police  were  sent  for  and  stationed  at  tbe 
dlfibrent  entrances  and  stairways  to  assist  tbe  court 
attendants  in  keeping  back  Idlera  and  carlosltT- 
seekers.  None  were  allowed  to  enter-wbo  were  not 
recognized  by  the  attendants  aa  jurorr,  witnesses, 
lawyers,  or  newspaper  represenfativei,  and  tbe 
court-room  was,  in  consequence,  not  overcrowded. 
Those  outside,  falling  to  gain  admittance,  ranged 
themselves  along  the  sidewalks  and  stoops  on 
Chambers  and  Centre  streets  and  awaited  patieatlv 
tbe  arrival  of  Coburn.  At  10:30  A.  M. 
the  pnson  van  drove  up  to  the  Cham- 
bers street  entrance  of  the  eoort,  and  a 
tremendous  rush  was  made  by  "  the  boys  "  for  some 
point  Irom  which  tbey  could  obtain  a  glimpse  of  its 
occupants.  On  discovering  that  "Joe "  was  not 
among  the  inmates  of  the  van,  the  crowd  turned 
away  in  oisappointment,  and  loitered  around  tbe 
vicinity  for  hours,  in  the  hope  of  having  their  cari- 
osity gratified.  At  10:45  Cobum  was  driTen  to  tho 
court  in  a  coup6  in  the  custody  of  two  oflBoers,  and 
entered  tbe  building  before  the  majonty  of  the 

spectators  bad  been  made  aware  of  his  presence. 

Jurtgs  Sutherland  opened  court  at  11  o'clock,  and 
was  accompaniad  by  ex-Gov,  John  T.  Hollhian,  who 
occupied  a  seat  on  tbe  bench.  After  some  rontina 
business  bad  been  transacted.  Assistant  Distrlet 
Attorney  BuUlns  called  tbe  case  of  Coburn,  but  did 
not  have  tbe  prisoner  bronght  to  the  bar.  Messrs. 
Edgar  M.  Chipman  and  George  M.  Curtis,  of  coun- 
sel lor  the  defense,  moved  for  a  postoouemeot  of 
tbe  case,  and  read  affldavits  netting  fi>rth  that  tbey 
had  been  unable  to  reach  all  tbe  witnesses  tor  the  de. 
feose  ;  that  those  who  were  absent  were  important, 
and  that  the  prisoner  was  physically  incapacitated, 
by  reason  of  tbe  severity  of  bis  wounds,  irom  con- 
sulting with  his  legal  advisers.  Gonosel  contended 
that,  under  the  circumstances,  the  prisoner  should 
not  be  forced  to  trial  so  speedily. 

Assistant  District  Attorney  Rollins  said  that  he 
was  quite  ready  to  tty  tbe  case,  which  was  a  sim- 
ple ontf  of  felonious  assault,  such  as  those  tried 
daily  in  that  conrc.      There  were   two  very   strong 

reasooH  why  It  Bhoold  be  disposed  of  at  once  t  one 
was  that  tbe  Jurors  every  day  read  newspaper 
criticisms  on  the  conduct  of  tbe  ^oltoe,  and 
the  character  of  the  prisoner,  and  would,  oonse- 
qoenti  v,  soon  be  nnUt  to  serve  as  impartial  judges  ; 
the  other  was  that  the  announcements  of  tha  trial 
had  attracted  to  tbe  vicinity  of  the  conrt  building  a 
tremendous  crowd  of  thieves,  ptcltpookets,  and 
scoundrels  generall.v.  It  did  not  conduce  to  public 
morality  to  have  such  disreputable  congregations  in 
the  streets  i  but  have  them  they  would 
until  the  case  was  disposed  of.  Tbe  Dis- 
trict Attorney  bad  been  severely  orlticlsed 
and  approvingly  lauded  alternately  for  Dringiog  tbo 
case  of  Coburn  promptly  to  trial,  and  insinuations 
had  been  made  by  counsel  about  indecent  haste. 
Tbe  records  of  the  court  sboweu  ttiat  it  was  no  un- 
common occurrence  to  bring  criminals  to  trial  im- 
mediately after  indictment,  and  tbe  minutes  of  th* 
present  term  of  tne  court  were  Indisputable  proof 
of  tnat  tact  That  was  the  thirteenth  day  of  the 
term,  and  the  records  showed  that  3d  crim- 
inals bad  been  tried  the  dav  after  being  indicted  ; 
8,  two  days  alter  ;  12,  three  days  after  ;  and  3,  five 
days  after.  If  there  was  anything  extraordinary 
connected  with  the  trial  it  was  due  to  tbe  extraor- 
dinar.y  character  of  Coburn.  and  for  thit  tbe  Dis. 
triot  Attorney  was  not  respoDMble.  He  wanted  to  try 
tbe  case  tben,  but  If  his  Honor  considered  that  there 
was  anything  trustworthy  in  tbe  representations  of 
counsel  lor  the  defense,  he  would  not  press  the 
matter  then,  but  would  consent  to  a  postponement, 
provided  tbe  other  side  ceased  tbeir  attempts  to 
have  the  prisoner  released  on  bail  [alludinEE  to 
the  habeas  corpaa  proceedings  before  Judge  Brady, 
which  Were  saosequuntly   withdrawn.]    If  a  post- 

poueaaeot  were  eranted  at  all  tbu  oaae  should  go 
over  until  Monday,  on  which  day  he  hoped  it  would 
bo  tried  peremptorily. 

Mr.  Charlea  W.  Brooke,  who  entered  the  court- 
room during  tbe  latter  part  of  the  argument,  an- 
nounced that  be  had  an  imoortant  engagement  oo 
Monday,  and  in  order  to  accommodate  him  tbe  case 
was  set  down  for  Tne8da.y  peremptorily.  Coba:n's 
Iriends  have  now  secured  the  ner vices  of-  the  fol- 
iewing  counsel :  Charles  W.  Brooke,  Cbarles  S. 
Spencer,  John  P.  O'-Neil,  Edgar  M.  Cbipman,  and 
George  M.  Curtis. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  proceedings  in  court  Co- 
burn  was  removed  to  tbe  jury-room  and  kept  there 
until  2:30  P.  M.,  when  ha  was  again  placed  m  a 
cuup6  and  driven  off.  The  hundreds  of  spectators 
who  bad  waited  patiently  all  day  In  tho  vicinity  of 
the  court-room  were  too  watchful,  however,  to  be 
evaded,  and  on  discovering  Cuburn's  exit  followed 
bim  to  tbe  Tombs.  Coburn  still  complains  of  the 
wounds  on  his  head,  but  bis  appearance  yesterday 
gave  evidence  of  cousiderable  improvement. 

THE  TROUBLES  OJ^  A  FSOUPTER'S  WiFE. 
Essie  Brown,  a  bandsome  young  woman,  who 
said  her  occupation  was  that  ot  an  actress,  appeared 
at  the  Essex  Market  Police  Court  yesterday  aa 
complainant  against  Mrs.  Mary  Moore  Maason, 
whom  she  charged  with  forcibly  breaking  into 
her  room  at  No.  76  East  Third  street,  <  and 
otherwise  >  acting  .  in  a  disorderly  man- 
ner. In  answering  tho  accusation,  Mrs.  Hasson 
alleged  that  her  husband,  who  is  promp'ter  at  tba 
Bowery  Tneatre,  had  become,  during  tbe  past 
mouth,  apparently  iufstnated  with  Miss  Browo, 
who,  it  would  seem,  employed  the  usual  artifices  of 
a  coquette  to  estrange  husband  and  wife.  Several 
weeks  ago  Mrs.  M.-isson,  accotdlng  to  tbe  statement 
made  by  her  to  Jo8ii(^8~~Murray,  discovered  that 
her  husband  was  unfaithful  to  his  marital 
vows.  He  neglected  bis  wife,  and  paid  pariicnlar 
attention  lo  tbe  pretty  actress  whose  apartment* 
lo  East  Third  street  he  frequently  visited  at  on- 
seasonable  hours.  On  Monday  last  tbo  wronged 
wile,  meeting  bsr  f,iitbless  spouse  as  ho  emerged 
from  the  Bowery  Theatre  with  Miss  Brown  leaning 
on  bis  arm,  asked  Masson  what  he  meant  by  such 
conduct.  Keceiving  a  vague  answer  to  tba 
elfect  that  Miss  Brown  was  "a  fnend," 
Mrs.  Maason  proceeded  to  divest  Miss  Brown  of 
her  back  huir,  and  probably  would  have  succeedea 
in  despoiling  her  of  that  portion  of  her  apparel  bad 
not  tbe  prompter  interfered.  It  was  oo  tne  follow- 
ing evening,  according  to  Miss  Brown's  afHdavit, 
that  Mrs.  Masion  "forcibly  entered"  the  complain. 
ant's  room  at  No.  76  East  'i'hird  street.  Mrs.  Mas- 
son  admitted  that  she  entered  the  apartment,  i^ut 
not  in  a  forcible  manner,  and  added  that  she  found 
ber  husband  (here  with  "that  woman'  (pointing 
to  the  complainant)  and  another  young  woman.  It 
b4>ing  aupareoc  that  little  ~IIrs.  Masson  was  more 
sinned  against  than  sinning  tbe  magistrate  du- 
mlssed  tbe  complaint. 


SOMBTHINQ  jy  A  NJ.UE. 
William  L.  Gardner  sued  a  taan  in  one  of  the 
District  Courts,  patting  the  defendant's  name  as 
"Mr."  Kraft.  No  appearance  was  pat  in  by  tbe 
latter,  and  Judgment  was  iaaaed  against  him  by  de- 
fault. Gardner  filed  a  transcript  of  the  jadgmeot 
as  provided  by  law,  thus  making  It  a  Judgment  of 
the  Court  of  Common  Fleas.  An  execution  which 
was  issued  was  returned  unsatisfied,  and  Gardner 
then  made  application  to  Judge  Bobioson,  ia  the 
Special  Term  of  tbe  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  for  an 
order  for  the  examination  of  "Mr."  Kraft  on  sup- 
plementary proceedings.  Judge  fiobinsou  denied 
the  application  yesterday,  and  in  bis  opinion 
proceeds  to  s-'iy  :  "I  am  of  opinion  the 
judgment  is  void  and  is  not  one  upon 
which  any  final  process  could  lawfully  be  issued 
acf^inst  tbe  property  of  the  person  so  served.  The 
rules  of  the  common  law  well  establish  the  princi- 
ple that  any  proueeding  in  a  conrt  against  a  party 
defendiant  must  be  instituted  against  him,  as  well 
in  his  true  surname  aa  in  his  Christian  i>ame.  It 
sued  by  an  erroneous  name  in  either  respect  he  is 
not  bound  to  appear,  and  if  be  omits  to  do  so  tbe 
judgment  cannot  be  enforced  against  him.  To  re- 
lieve tbe  difficulty  of  obtaining  the  true  name  of 
the  defendants,  if  unknown,  section  175  of  the 
Code,  as  well  as  the  twelfth  section  of  the  District 
Court  act,  provide  that  if  the  name  of  the  defendant 
be  unknown  ha  mav  be  aoea  ina  flctitiouB  name, but 
the  deviation  from  the  common  law  inle  thru  al- 
lowed must  be  strictly  pursued,  and  il  a  fictitious 
name  ia  adopted  in  tbe  summon*  or  in  tbe  complaint, 
if  one  accompany  tbe  summons,  there  must  be  a 
distinct  allegation  ttiat  tbe  name  so  used  is  by  i-ea- 
son  of  ignorance  of  the  defendant's  true  name." 


THE  LOTOS  OLOB  BURGLARY. 
Thomas  F.  Nasti,  of  No.  342  East  Twelfth 
street,  the  waiter  who  was  captured  by  Officer  List- 
maiv  of  the  Eighteenth  Frecinot,  ia  the  act  of  carry- 
ing off  a  quantity  of  plated-ware  fcota  tba  Lotos 
Club  on  the  night  of  the  17th  inst.,  was  placed  on 
trial  by  Assistant  District  Attorney  Bulllns  yester- 
day, in  Part  U.  of  the  Court  of  General  fieasions. 
The  jury  tound  Naah  gmliy  of  an  attempt  at  burg- 
lary. It  having  been  shown  that  the  prisoner  bad 
previously  borne  an  excellent  chafaoter,  and  had 
probably  been  driven  by  want  to  commit  the  onms. 
Judge  batberland  sail  he  would  not  impose  tbe  full 
penalty.  The  prisoner  was  remanded  until  Monday 
tor  senlenca  In  order  to  allow  bim  to  m^ke  some  ar- 
rangements for  his  wife  and  eamlly. 


COURT  OF  APPEALS, 
Albakt,  Feb.  21.— In  tbe  Court  of  Appeals 
to-day   tbe   following  proceedings  were  recorded : 
No.   905 — Wnitehaad  va.   Kennedy  i   argameot   re- 
sumed and  eonelnded.    No.  433— Filkina  ya.  The 

People  I  argued  by  A.  P.  Lanlcg  for  appellant,  D. 
N.  liookwood  lor  tbe  people.  Ko.  431 — Blaofos  vs. 
'Xh»  f MVla  1  annwd  hr  M.  9:ia«fe»  ttm  annallswt. 


D.  H.  Lookwood  for  tbe  paoitle.  Ka  432— Day  vs. 
Tba  PaofA*  i  ^arcned  by  W.  B.  X>aa1&«»  tat  aptMl. 
lame.  D.  K.  Lookwood  fur  respondent.  No.  9(M— 
Jarvii  va.  OflcgS;  arfoad  by  S.  Hiiid  fbr  appel- 
lantj.  L.  Haoes  fbt  Mspondant.  Tto.  SI04— Blair 
▼a.  Waite;  argued  b7H.E.  Smltb  for  appellant, 
B.  Baad  for  napoadeot;  ease  atiU  on. 

Tbe  followiag  is  tbe  day  calendar  for  Thursday, 
Feb.   S9  9   iTos.   IH  19S.   187>s.   S07,   437,  101,   118, 

and  aoa.      — 

CODRX  NOTES. 


ThomM  MoCanlly,  aged  10,  of  No.  32  Nor- 
folk street,  and  Isaac  Solomon,  aged  9,  of  No.  40 
£ssax  street,  were  held  in  $500  bail  for  trial  at  tba 
W^ashington  Place  Police  Conrt  on  the  charge  of 
pooket-plcklng. 

Trenor  W.  Park,  the  defendant  in  tbe  Emma 
Kine  case^  now  being  tried  before  i  ndge  Wallace, 
was  placed  on  the  stand  yesterdav.  He  will  nroba- 
biy  consnme  three  days  in  testifying  in  his  own  be- 
half. The  story,  as  told  by  bin,  has  beso  pabUshed 
two  or  three  times. 

Samuel  J.  Tilden  was  expected  to  appear  on 
tbe  witness  stand  yesterday  tu  testify  on  behalt  of 
tbe  defendant  In  tbe  suit  of  Boody  against  Ogden 
and  others,  in  the  Superior  Courts  Snecial  Term. 
He  failed  to  make  his  apuearance,  however,  and 
the  trial  of  tbe  case  was  adjourned  over  until  to- 
morrow. 

Commissioner  White  has  made  ouc  and  for- 
warded to  Washington  the  papers  in  tbe  Vander- 

vetpen  extradition  case,  together  with  thcevidence 
against  tbe  accused.  The  case  will  be  reviewed  by 
the  President,  who  will  doubtless  grant  a  warrant 
of  extradition,  although  a  strong  effort  will  be  made 
to  induce  him  to  refuse  to  send  the  prisoners  back 
to  Belgium. 

As  Miss  Aon  Eliza  Tutte,  of  No.  102  Hudson 
street,  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  was  passing  the  corner  of 
University  place  and  Fourieeoth  street  yesterday 
afternoon  she  was  approach^  by  Frederick  Mor- 
ton, a  yonng  man,  who  relieved  tbe  lady  of  ber 
pockel-l>ouk  containing  $3.  Morton  was  arrested  and 
arraigned  before  Justice  Oiterbourg,  at  the  Wash- 
ington Place  Police  Conrt^  and  committed  for  uial 
in  default  of  12.000  bail. 

The  case  of  Henry  W.  Tbaule  against  Mar- 
garet M.  Erekeler  was  broogbt  to  trial  before  Judge 

Van  Brunt  and  ajury  iu  Part  111.  of  the  Supreme 
Court  yesterday.  The  plaintiff  »ues  to  recover 
110.000  fur  msliclons  prosecnilun.  He  was  arrested 
on  a  charge  by  the  defendant  that  be  had  stolen  cer- 
tain deeds  of  conveyance  from  her.  Tbe  deeds  bad 
not  been  recorded.  He  was  indicted,  but  a  nolle 
oroseqtu  was  entered  in  his  case. 

Edward  Crowley,  as  tbe  guardian  and 
grandfather  of  Jeremiah  Crowley,  a  minor,  peti- 
tioned Chief  Justice  DavIs,  in  the  Supreme  Court, 
yesterday,  for  a  writ  ot  babeae  corpus  to  recover 
tho  custody  of  the  boy.  The  latier's  parents  are 
dead,  and  he  was  taken  by  one  ^llen  White  from 
the  Catholic  Protectory,  where  be  had  been  placed 
by  his  lo'andfather  tor  the  purpose  of  being  *-  prop- 
erly Trained,  Educated,  and  Koformed."  He  re- 
mained in  tbe  Protectory  nntil  last  November.  The 
petitioner  stated  that  Ellou  Wbite  removea  tbe 
boy  to  harass  and  annoy  tbe  petitioner,  and  to  get 
at  a  portion  of  tho  quarterly  allowance  paid  by  the 
pension  department,  the  boy's  father  haying  been 
a  soldier. 

Edward  Wilson  broaght  suit  in  the  Court  of 
Common  Pleas  recently  against  Benjamin  Wood  to 
recover  fSSS  82  tor  services  as  advertising  agent  of 
tbe  DaHy  and  Sunday  Hexoi.  Wood,  in  answer, 
sets  up  pavment  ot  the  claim,  and  also  the  with- 
holding by  'Wilson  of  money  collected  by  tbe  lat- 
ter. Wilson  obtained  an  order  for  Wood'a  exam- 
ination before  trial,  but  on  the  day  appointed  for 
the  examination  Wood  failed  to  put  lu  an  appear- 
ance. An  order  was  then  obtained  directing  wood 
to  show  cause  why  he  should  not  be  punished  for 
contempt  in  disobeying  tbe  order  of  the  court.  Tbis 
order  to  show  cauao  was  returnable  yesterday,  but 
Wood  again  failed  to  make  his  anpearauce,  and 
Judge  Robinson  noted  tbe  default. 

Before  Judge  Bobinson,  in  the  Special  Term 
of  the  Court  ot  Common  Pleas,  the  suit  of  tbe 
Orphan  Asylum  Society  of  the  City  of  New- York 
against  Benjamin  WaterDury  was  argued  yester- 
day Tbe  case  contains  two  causes  ot  action,  both 
being  for  tbe  e.jectment  of  the  defendant  Irom  the 
premises  4 1  Nus.  86d  and  267  Broadway.  Tbe  de- 
fendant, however,  maintains  that  be  is  entitled  tu  a 
renewal  of  a  lease  of  tbe  premises,  and  he  claims 
140,000  damages  for  breach  of  an  alisged  covenant  of 
renewal.  The  plaintiffs  demurred  to  the  answer  on 
the  ground  that  it  does  not  ooniain  facts  snliiotent 
tu  BUBiain  either  a  counterclaim  or  a  deiense. 
After  bearloir  full  nrgament.  Judge  Bobinson  re- 
served his  decision  on  the  demurrer. 

Tber  case  of  Frederick  Israel  and  another 

against  George  W.  Nicholson  and  Joseph  H.  Nich- 
olson was  brought  to  trial  before  Judge  Joseph  1\ 
Daly  and  a  Jury,  in  Part  III.  of  the  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas,  yesterday.  The  plainllifd  are  shoe  man- 
ufacturers, ana  tbe  defandant,  George  W.  Nichol- 
son, IS  a  retail  dealer  in  sboe^  The  snit  is  on 
four  promissory  notes,  aggregating  about  |900, 
which  were  made  by  George  W.  Nicholson,  and 
were  indorsed  by  tbe  tatter's  brother,  Joseph  H. 
Nioholso.n.  George  W.  Nicholson  puts  in  no  an- 
swer to  the  suit.  Joseph  IL  Micliolsun,  however, 
defends  the  action,  alli-ging  that  he  indorsed  the 
notes  on  tbe  express  agreement  that,  In  the  event 
of  such  indorsement,  tbe  plalniifis  would  sell  goods 
on  credit  to  tbe  amount  of  the  notes  to  Greorge  W. 
NIcbolson.  This,  it  is  claimed,  the  plaintiffs  tailed 
to  do.  The  case  is  still  oo.  James  Baker,  Jr.,  ap- 
pears for  the  plainiiffi  and  A.  H.  Wagner  for  the 
defendants. 

THE  SECURITY  LIFE  COMPANY. 
Mrs.  Uebecoa  L.  Miller  is  entitled  to  receive 
$6,000  on  a  policy  of  life  insurance  taken  out  by  her 
basband,  tbe  lata  James  L.  Miller,  in  tba  Seonrity 
Life  Insurance  and  Annuity  Company.  Mr.  Miller 
uied  Nov.  26,  1870,  and  tbe  company  was  declared 
insolvent  on  Deo.  14  last.  Mrs.  Miller  made  a  peti- 
tion to  Judge  Donohue,  in  Supreme  Court,  Cham- 
bers, yesterday,  setting  forth  that  the  Receiver  of 
tbe  company  has  not  sufficient  assets  in  his  hands 
to  meat  tbe  company's  liability  for  matured  claims, 
and  to  provide  for  the  reinsurance  of 
subsisting  poilcioa  or  the  payment  ,  of 
tbeir  surrender  values.  Tbe  deficiency,  she 
alleged,  is  about  12,000,000.  She  asked  for  an 
order  requiring  the  Receiver  of  tbe  company  to  pay 
in  full,  out  of  the  assets  in  his  bauds,  the  claims 
for  losses  by  death  arising  under  the  policies  ot  the 
company  prior  to  tbe  distribution  b.y  the  Receiver 
of  any  of  such  assets  among  any  of  the  other  cred- 
itors or  the  subsisting  policv-holders.  Mrs.  Miller 
stated  that  the  whole  amount  of  claims  for  losses 
by  iieath  is  |2'J3  339,  and  that  the  Receiver  has  more 
than  tbisamouut  in  his  possession.  Qu  behalf  of 
tbe  Receiver  it  wao  claimed  that  there  are  endow- 
ment claims  amonnring  to  141.000,  and  that  the  net 
value  ot  the  outstauolng  policies  Is  (3,800,000. 
Judge  Donobue  Intimated  that  be  considered 
tba  application  made  rather  premature,  and 
that  it  miKht,  if  granted,  preludice  seriously 
the  rights  of  parties  noc  before  the  court. 
WlUism  Barnes,  who  aooeared  for  some  of  the  sub- 
sisting policy-holders,  insisted  that  there  should  be 
no  preferences  aa  to  creditors,  but  tb.tt  all  should 
share  alike.  On  behalf  of  the  petitioner,  however, 
it  was  claimed  that  the  polioy-botders  are  really 
partners,  aad  that  In  tbe  dissolution  of  a  parinrr- 
shlo  tbe  debts  should  be  paid  before  tbe  assets  are 
aistrlbuted  among  tbe  partners.  In  tbis  case 
amounts  due  tor  aeatbs  were  debt*  against  the  part- 
nership, and  should  be  paid  before  the  assets  were 
distributed  among  the  holders  of  unmatured  poll- 
cies.  Judge  Donohue  took  the  papers,  reserving 
bis  decision.  Robert  Sewell  and  William  D.  Booth 
appeared  for  tbe  petitioner,  and  Hamilton  Cole  for 
the  Receiver. 

» 

A  JURY' 8  TUU&  OF  WSPEOTION. 
Cbarles  Weidling  sued  the  City  in  the  Court 
of  Common  Pleas  to  recover  flO.OOO  damages  for 
personal  injuries  received  by  him  in  February,  1875. 
He  was  walking  along  Delancey  street,  and  slipped 
and  fell  into  a  gutter  Sfi  inches  wide  and  7  inches 
deep,  which  ran  across  the  sidewalk  and  was  muoh 
out  of  repair.  Weidling's  left  arm  was  broken  by 
tbe  fall,  and  one  of  his  legs  was  bruised  severely. 
Tbe  City's  defense  was  that  of  oontribntary  negli- 
gence, it  being  claimed  that  the  accident  was  due 
entirely  to  tbe  plaintiff^a  own  carelessness.  Tbe 
case  was  given  to  the  Jury  in  Pare  ILL  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas  on  Tuesday  afternoon.    Tbe 

Iury  were  unable  to  agree,  however,  and  were 
lept  locked  up  until  1  A.  M.  yesterday, 
when  tbey  were  allowed  to  go  to  their  respective 
homes.  Tbey  came  into  court  at  11  A.  M.  yester- 
day, and  annoanoed  that  tbey  were  unable  to  agree 
as  to  whether  tbe  gutter  was  such  a  oanserous 
structure  that  the  City  mtut  be  presumed  to  have 
notice  ot  Its  existence,  it  having  remained  in  its 
present  position  for  upward  of  12  years.  Tbey  re- 
quested permission  to  vi'slt  the  place  and  examine 
tne  gutter  for  themselves.  The  counsel  on  both 
sides  assented  to  this  nroposition,  and  the  jurymen 
went  to  tbe  place,  in  charge  of  Conrt  Officer  Davin, 
J  udge  Daly  lemarking.before  tbeir  exit  that  there 
was  no  approoriatlon  in  the  court  to  oav  oar  fares. 
The  Jury  returned  in  anout  an  houiv  and  after  five 
minutes'  deliberation  gave  a  verdloi  of  $2,500  to  the 
plaintiff:  _ 

AN  AQRMEMENI  CONOEBNINO  STOCK. 

The  ca«e  of  James  C.  Jacobs  against  Sylves- 
ter J.  Millar  was  brought  to  trial  twfore  JaOge  Van 
Yorst,  in  tba  Supreme  Conrt,  Special  Term,  yester- 
day. Tbe  partiea  it  appeared,  made  an  agreement 
In  September.   1875,  whereby   Millar  agreed  to  sell 

to  Jacobs  800  shares  of  stock  In  a  patent  paint 
company,  one-third  of  ib«  patent  right  aad  ons- 
third  of  the  rights  under  a  contract.  The  coosld- 
eration  was  117,500.  Jacolw  now  seeks  to  set  aside 
tnif  agreement  on  tbe  ground  of  alleged  false  repre- 
sentations on  tbe  part  of  Miller.  He  says  tbe 
latter  olalmed  to  hold  mora  than  a  malonty 
of  tba  oomoany's  stock,  and  that  the 
aebeme  was  to  put  one  Joseph  Pool 
aa  President  of  tbe  company.  One  clause  of  tbe 
agreement  reads  as  follows :  "  And  that  said  Miller 
and  Juonbs  agree  to  retain  and  keep,  with  said 
Joseph  Pool,  a  controlling  interest  in  the  stock  of 
said  company,  and  use  the  same  In  the  election  of 
tbe  Board  of  Directors  of  said  company,  in  the  in- 
terests and  for  the  Joint  benefit  of  said  Miller, 
Jaooba,  and  Pool."  It  seoms  that  the  plan  did  not 
work,  and  that  Milier  was  himself  eleotsd  President 
Instead  of  Pool.    Jacobs  olmlms  tha(  Miller  did  sot 

<rid  i^»  Tia^'T— *~  td!  ska  ahar—  JKiiiaci&Aiua  sa  an* 


Bwer  to  tbe  charge,  and  at  tbe  trial  yesterday  his 
eoansel  moved  to  dismiss  tba  complaint  on  tba 
groond  that  tbe  olanse  in  tba  agreement  above 
qaoted  wss  agatnsC  mbho  policy  and  that  tbe 
agxaement  Itsatf  was  void.     Deotsien  was  reassved. 


PRooxSDiira  a&ainsttj^s  sheriff. 

The  case  of  the  Commercial  Bank  against 
Frank  KocUs  waa  broaght  before  Jadge  Sedgwlek 
in  the  Superior  Court,  Special  Term,  yesterdav.  on 
a  motion  for  the  appointment  of  a  Referee,  to  take 
an  affidavli  of  one  Vedder  Tan  Dyck.  The  plain- 
tifTs  attorney  made  affidavit  that  tbe  defendant  was 
arrested  at  the  time  of  tbe  commencement  of  tba 
action,  and  was  allowed  to  ba  «llsoharged  from  the 
custody  of  the  Sheriff  nn  deposittng  with  tbe  latter 
$7,250  in  hen  of  balL  Tba  suit  waa  prosaouted  and 
iudgment  was  reoovered  for  $8,310  84  against  Es- 
cles.  The  attorney  for  the  bank  averred  that  the 
Sheriff  reftise*  to  anply  the  money  deposited  by 
Ecoles  toward  the  satisfaction  of^  tbe  Jndgment 
against  tbe  lattar.  The  bank  Is  now  abont  to  make 
a  motion  to  compel  the  Sheriff  to  apply  the  money 
so  stated.  For  tbis  purpose  it  whs  necessarv  to 
take  Mr.  Van  Dyok's  affidavit.  The  latter  waa  not, 
however,  willing  to  make  the  aC3dayit,  and  the  mo- 
tion made  to  Judge  Sftdgwiok  yesterday  was  for  tho 
appointment  of  a  Referee  to  take  tbe  affidavit 
The  morion  was  granted.  John  N.  Lewis  being 
made  Referee.  

THB  SORTHAMPTON  BANK  ROBBERY. 

Argument  was  had  before  Judge  Brady,  in 
the  Conrt  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  yesterday,  on  tbe 
habeas  corpus  application  in  tbe  case  of  William 
Connors,  who  is  charged  with  being  "an  accessory 
after  the  fact"  in  tbe  Northampton  (Mass )  Bank 
robbery.  B.  F.  Edson.  on  whose  affidavit  Connors 
was  indicted  in  Massachusetts,  was  called  as  a 
witness  to  prove  the  identity  of  Connors.  On  cross- 
examination,  however,  the  witness  fared  so  badly 
as  regards  his  own  character  that  the  prosecution 
withdrew  him.  ©""Car  Edwards,  the  President  of 
the  Northampton  Bank,  tesiified  that  Edson  bad,  in 
bis  oresence.  preferred  the  charge  sgainst  Connors. 
Two  witnesses  from  tbe  Astor  House  swore,  bow- 
ever,  that  Connors  was  at  that  hotel  at  the 
time  of  che  robbery.  The  counsel  for  tbe  prosecu- 
tion raised  tbe  point  that  this  tesHmnoy  was  only 
propel  at  the  trial  for  the  purpose  of  proviog  an 
alibi.  Judge  Brady  reserved  nls  decision  on  the 
question. 

♦ 

MEDICAL  STUDENTS  ACCUSED  OF  THEFT. 

Detective  Handy,  of  the  Kigbteenth  Pre- 
cinct, on  Tuesday  night  arrested  two  students  ot 
tbe  Bellevue  Medical  College  on  the  charge  of  steal- 
ing medical  works  to  the  valne  of  $60  from  the  book 
Store  of  George  K.  Perry,  No.  303  Third  avenne. 
Tbe  young  men,  whose  names  are  Orson  Fox  and 
Alfred  Brown,  are  natives  of  Owego,  N.  Y ,  and 
are  bigbly  connected.  Tbey  lodged  together  at  No. 
265  Third  avenue,  and  in  their  room  were  found 
most  of  the  stolen  books,  while  one  was  found  in 
the  room  of  a  classmate  in  ihe  same  bouse.  The 
classmate  said  he  had  exchanged  another  book  for 
It.  not  knowing  bow  it  had  been  obtained.  At  the 
Fifty-seventh  Street  Police  Court  yesterday  they 
denied  baying  stolen  tbe  books,  and  they  were  com- 
mitted for  trial  iu  default  of  bail. 


UOBE  TROUBLE  FOB  THB  POLICE  BOARD 
Sergeant  Augustus  Miller  was  dismissed 
from  the  Police  force  over  two  years  ago.  He  tben 
made  endeavoro  to  have  a  review  of  the  proceed- 
ings which  resulted  in  his  dismissal.  The  Court  of 
Appeals  held  that  bis  discharge  was  tmwarranted, 
and  therefore  gave  judgment  in  bis  favor  for  costs, 
which  amount  tn  over  $200.  Execution  waa  issued 
against  the  Police  Board,  for  the  amount  of  the 
Judgment,  but  was  returned  unsatisfied.  L.  J. 
Grant;  Miller's  counsel,  applied  to  Judgs  Lawrence, 
in  the  Supreme  Court  yesterdav,  and  obtained  an 
order  requiring  tbe  presence  of  the  Police  Com- 
missioners in  tbe  Supreme  Conrt  on  Monday,  when 
they  are  to  be  examined  in  supplementary  proceed- 
ings in  regard  to  the  property  of  the  boara. 


DECISIONS. 


eUFBUIE  COUBT— COAMBEBS. 
B]i  Judge  Davu. 

nermem  v$.  X>]/on<.— Tbe  adiustment  was  correct. 
The  tiial  came  on  regnlnrlv  in  less  than  IU  davs  alter 
•ervioe  of  the  order.  Plaintiff  was  noc  to  be  deprivol 
of  his  trial  and  coats  thereof  bv  service  of  offer  la  tba 
manner  and  nt  the  time  it  was  done  lu  ttils  case.  Ad- 
justment iifBrmed,  with  $IU  costs. 

BcK-xaJ  rt.  Kahi^ — Motmn  granted.  L.  W.  Emerson 
apnoinied  Reoi-irer  of  rents  ot  stia   premises,  on  flUng 

bond  With  H.'Cariiy  to  be  approved  by  this  court,  ot  a 
Juige  thereof,  in  the  penalty  of  $2,U0U. 

Minai    ««.  Alltgrtttx I'lalotiff    may   amend.    &o.,    on 

pnvment  of  costs  betore  notice  ot  trial,  and  ^i.Q  costs  of 
opposing  this  motion.  No  other  costs  allowed, because 
the  answer  of  tbe  defendants  is  tbe  same  as  that  of 

other  delenilants,  ami  evideutly  was  so  drawo  as  to 
Inave  pla  utifiTin  the  dark  aa  to  the  £^ot  that  defendant 
did  not  coniinue  in  tbe  partnorohip. 

iTatUT VI.  .ifaiuT.— Decree  Of  dlr«roe  granted  to  plain- 
tlflf. 

I>or>.ntlXy  t'».  McCaMll. — Motion  denied.  Leave  grant- 
ed to  pxainlne  the  attorney  of  defenilant,  who  Claims 
lien  on  tlie  Judgment  for  ner  costs  upon  such  exami- 
nation tu  renew  the  motion  on  iiu°  notice  to  him. 

CarpenUrvt.  Weinberg. — The  detendant  in  the  action 
is  entitled  to  be  discharged  upon  giving  special  bail 
as  required  by  the  stniutt-..  Tbe  order  is  not  to  be  ef- 
teotivp  until  suoh  bail  shall  be  entered  upon  nbtice  ta 
plaiatiflfs  atturae.y.  Toers  may  bo  some  doubt  about 
whether  the  Code  bss  not  charged  t^a  form  of  taking 
ball  Id  nil  actions,  but  lor  greater  safety  the  bail  wlU 
be  taken  in  the  form  of  a  bdil  piece  under  tbe  old 
nractice.  and  also  by  exeeuting  an  undertaking  In  the 
lOrin  nreson  led  by  the  Code. 

Ordert  Oranted — Lawrence  vs.  Tal'madga;  In  the 
matter  of  Tethretch;  Usboru  vs.  Taggrrt. 

emigrant  Jiuiu«ir<a(  Savingi  Bank  v$.  Qraee. — ^Ko  tlon 
granted. 

CUiaentf  Sairiugi  Bank  vt.  Schmate.— Qrantad.  ' . 

Bti  Juage  DonoAiM. 

Buopert  vc  Bvp;>«r(.— Decree  of  divorce  granted  to 
plamtifL 

COUMON  FT.SAS— OEKEBA.I,  TBBIC 
By  Daly,  O.  J.,  Btbmson  and  Itarremort,  J.  J, 
Matter  of  Davit,  <^— Order  settled. 

COICUOK  PLKAB — SPBCIAL  TXaiL 

By  Judge  Bobimon. 

White  vi.  TTiUsn  rt  at— Order  slgDOil. 

Gardner  vi.  .f  ra/i.— Applioation  denied.    See  onlnion. 

Strauu  Vi.  Heioman. — FrooeedlBi;B  dismissed.  See 
memorandum. 

Ctarftson  vt.  iScAumann.— SloUon  to  vacate  order  of 
arrest  denied,  with  $1U  -;osts. 

Putnam  v$.    Orafl Motion  to  strike  ont  part  of  the 

answer  granted  to  tbo  extent  noted  in  copy  pleadings. 

UAKUtK  COCBT— CHAHBKBS. 

By  Judge  MeAdara. 

Lazarut  vt.  The  Central  V.  Oopptr  O.  M.  ObaijMav. — 
Uoiton  denied. 

KUiel  vu  Stra'Inn.— Motion  granted. 

Bmarr  vt.  Simpton. — Judgment  tor  plalntifr$400L 
^Wermuth  vt  Jieith. — Opinion  filed. 

Loem  vt.Hom — Bailable  uttachinent  oroered, 

PignoUt'vi.  Harertv—'iiie  trial  fee  is  taxable.  Where 
a  dpfi'ndant  insists  upon  a  deiense  until  his  cause  is 
moved  for  trial  by  tbe  other  narty  he  cannot  tben  put 
an  end  to  tbe  action  by  payment  without  being  liable 
to  par  a  trial  fee  if  the  plaintiff  insists  upou  it.  (Jones 
va  Cast-,  .S8  How..  34y.) 

Natujnal  Steam-thip  Company  vt.  MeCool. — Default 
opened  on  terms. 

Amendmenit  Allowtd.—'Vf yaXt  vs.  Bandell  j  Pryor  vs. 
Murohy. 

Motions  Oranted. — Burr  vs.  Bunn;  WiUlard  vs.  Co- 
vert :  Koe  vs.  Sbille  ;  Ryle  vs.  Peter ;  Livingston  vs. 
Blumgar, ;  Hennan  vs.  Harris;  Dusiln  vs.  Seymour. 

Defaultt  A'ofeei.— Robertson  vs.  UradI  i  Bwansen  va 
Mills  :  Volt  vs.  B»ley;  Page  &  Kidder  Co.  vs.  Hodges. 

Bwift  vt.  Crostman. — Attacument  ordered. 

Benadi  evt.  Foiter.—Otaet  to  nay  over.  Jta,  granted. 

Oomplainti  DismuMd.— Schneider  vs.  Muhl;  Xebinan 
vs.  Hoffman. 

McOollum  vt.  Bdwardt.—'E.  W.  Btone,  Esq.,  appomted 
Beceiver. 

/loyt  vs.  JStierTMirdf.— Dismissed  without  costs. 

Kattenhom  v».  Brunt.— S.  F.  Baudolph,  Bsq.,'  ap- 
pointed Keoeiver. 

Leon  vs.  Conntr. — Taxation  afflrmed. 

Oapenheirn  vt.  iSKiiv.— Motlnn  denied  without  costs, 

Seerv  vt.  Jiberhardt. — Complaint  dismissed. 

l^antky  vt.  Itaaet. — Judgment  for  plaintiff  and  $5 
costs. 

ZelmJtavt  Krutstoff. — Order  as  settled. 


tHjE  cotton  markets. 


Galveston.  Fob.  iJl.— Cotton  quiet;  Mid- 
dling, I'Ja;  Low  Uiddlinz.  III30.;  Qoud  OrdinaFy; 
lie:  net  receipts,  1,59.^  bales:  gross.  1,699  hales  1 
exports,  to  Qreat  Brltaio,  3,S84  bales ;  coastwise, 
1,737  bales;  sales,  91  hales;  stuck,  7;j,826 bales. 

Nbw-Oeleans.  Feb.  2X.— Cotton  qnlet  I  Middling, 
12o.:  Low  Middlins,  lliac;  Good  Ordinary,  11a;  net 
receipts,  3,855  bales;  gross  4,379  bales:  exports 
to  France,  843  bales  ;  coastwiaq,  6,099  bales  1  sales, 
2,000  bains:    stock.  306,542  bales. 

Savannah,  Feb.  21.— Cotton  ,  easy;  •  Middling, 
123sc:  Low  Ulddllug,  ll'^so.;  ,  Oood  Ordinary. 
llHo.^  net  receipts,  '779  bales;,  aalei^  6(S0  balesi 
stooK,  49,010  bales. 

FOREIGN  MARKETS, 


London,   Feb.  21— l!J:30  P.  M Consols.  95 15-16 

for  both  money  and  the  aceouat.  lirie  Railway  Sharss , 
7''8-    Illinois  Central.  61. 

a  P.  H,— OoiuoU,  95  18-16  for  both  money  aad  tba 
account 

4  P.  M.— The  amount  of  bullion  gone  Into  the  Bank 
of  England  on  balnnce  to-da}  is  £3<),UU0. 

4  P.  M.— Biie  Railway  ttbares,  19^  Paris  advloas 
quote  6  ^  cent.  Bentes  l06f.  2>oo.  for  the  account. 

LryaapooL,  Feb.  21-— Pork  duUj  Eastern  at  79s.; 
Western  at  67b.  Bacon  dull  ;  Cumberland  Cut  at 
S7s.;  Short  Klb  at  41a.;  Long  Clear  at  40s.;  Hhort 
Clear  at  418.  Hams — Long  Cut  dull  at  4Us.  Shouldt-rs 
dull  at  31s.  Beef  didl;  ladialUess  at  898.;  Kxtra 
Meis  at  lUSs.;  Prime  Mess  at  79s.  Lard— Prime  West- 
ern dull  at  50a.  Tallow — Prime  City  doll  and  nominal 
at  41b.  Turpentine — Spirits  dull  at  28s.  6d.  Resin 
dull;  Common  at  5s.  6d.;  Mae  at  10s.  Gd.  Cheese- 
American  clioice  firmer  at  72s.  Lard-oil,  none  In  the 
niarjcet.  Flour— Eii^tra  State  steady -at  26s.  6d. 
Wbi-at— No.  1  Spring  kteady  at  10s.  6d.;  No.  2  do. 
steady  at  lOs.  Od.i  winter  Sout.ham.  noue  in  tba  mar- 
ket ;  Winter  Western  steady  at  10s.  9d.  Corn— Mixed 
Bofi  stead.y,  at  25s.  6d.  for  old,  and  25b.  fiir  new. 

6:30  P.  M. — Produoe— Spirits  of  Turpentine  28s.  929s. 
^P'owt 

Evening.- Liosead  OH,  27s.  Sd.  4p  cwt. 

uosD  S,  Feb.  21.— 4  P  M.— Produoe— B»flned  Petro- 
leum, U-itd.  ^gallon.    Spirits  of  Tnrpentlne,  28«.  6d. 

^p-owt. 

LoxDOV,  Tab.  21— Q:3U  P.  H. — Produoe- Beflned  Pa- 
troieum.  1 4-.  HP*  gallon.  Spirits  of  Tuipentme,  gSs.® 
ads.  tf<l.  V  gallon. 

Aarwaap,  Vet>.  SSL — Petroleum,  38f.  tor  fine  fale 
Amenoau. 

Havana,  Feb.  91.— Snuish  gold,  181199133.  Xx- 
change  rising ;  on  the  United  States. 6l»-dayB.  onrrenoy, 
8>«a>3  dUcount;  short  sight  do.,  2ig9D  diseoontj 
60-dnys.  uoid,  2>«'aa'a  pxemiojai  ukort  sight  Oik,  39 
S  'a  Dremium. 

Rio  Javubo,  Teb.  SO.— Coffee  market    qnlet j 

prices  malntainea;  no  change:  Bio  good  Flrsta,  0,700 
#«LS6uraia  DarluJcUask    Bxohanxa  «a  iMidoB.  SM%k 


COMUETtOlAL  AFFAIE8. 


ffaw-Toax,  Wedbasdav.  Fab.  fll,  i»t7. 
The  receipts  ot  the  prineipai  kinds  at  rroaooe  slnaa . 
Onr  last  have  been  as  foilowsi 

Oil.  bbis 


Asltea,  pka 

Bullion,  bars 

B.  B.  Peas,  bags 

Beans,  bois 

Cotton,  Dales. _ 

Copper,  bbIs 

Urfed  Frail,  pKs 

Kgg*.  bbu 

Flour,  bbis 

Wheat,  bushels. 
Coru,ouBbeli..., 
Oats,  bushels.. 

Bye.  bushels '210 

Halt,  bushels „   1,450 

Barley,  bushe** 2,000 

Peas,  bushels 98 

Qrass-seed,  bags 213 

Corn-meal.    bbls....      200 
Corc-meai.  bags.....        83 

Oat-meal,  bbls . 

Hops,  bales.......... 

Hides.  Ko 

hld^s.  bales 

Leather,  ernes... 

COTTON— Has 

early     deliver.y 

Quoted     t»-dav 


40 

235 

72 

135 

.  3.308 

36 

.      .  21 

.  3.140 

.  6,576 

.      -400 

.4a  002 

2.600 


100 

...     lie 

....      941 

26 

...17,264 


SniritaTurp..  bbls.. 

Resin.  bblS 

Oll-oake.  pka 

Pork,  pks 

Beer,  pks 

Cut-meats,  pks 

Qrease,  pita 

Lard.  pks.  .......... 

Lard,  kegs 

Stearine,  pks 

Sutter,  pks 

Cheese,  pics 

Tallow.  DBS „. 

Lard-oil.  bbls. 

Dressed  Hogs.  No.^. 
Pea-nats.  bags...... 

Sice,  pks 

Storcn.  bxa .. 

Skins,  bales 

Tobaooo.  nnds 

Tobacco,  bxs.  Sios.. 

Whisky,  bbls. 

(VooL  Dalea 


4 
49 

Ha 

B34 

Ml 

10 

i,9oa 

1.17 
864 
42K 

60 
1,221 
78tt 
267 
214 
763 
433 
245 
468 

63 
140 
901 
420 


87 
been    in  ver.y  slack     demand    for 

at      unaltered     rates. ordinary 

,  ...      at     lli80.®ll>«a;    Low     Middling, 

l2  6-10c.ai2  7-16c.;  MIddIm?,  12  13-16o.»13  16-160. 
....Sales  were  officially  reported,  for  piomnt  dehvery, 
of  242  bales,  (of  which  24  bales  were  on  last  even- 
ing,) Including  100  bales  to  shippers,  and  142 
bales  to  epinaeri.....4.nd  for  forward  delivery  a 
lairly  active  busiues  was  reported  at  irregular 
and  toward  the  close  reduced  prices. ...Sales 
i<ave  been  reported  since  our  last  ot  62,600 
bales,  ot  whieh  19,300  bales  were  on  last  e»>-n- 
mz,  and  43.200  bales  to-day.  with  4,300  bales  on  the 
calls,  on  tbe  basis  of  Middllne.  witn  Febrn- 
arv     options    closiue     s't      12'ac®12  9-lOc:    Hatch, 

12  9-1 60.;      Aoril.    12  13-160.®  13  27-32CJ  Mav,  13o.a 

13  1.32c:  Juue.  13  6-32c'ail3  3-1 6c.;  July,  13  9-32cai 
i3  6-16c.;  August.  13  b-J-OcaiS  li-32cj  Beotember. 
13  3-32c®15  6-320.:  October.  1234C®12. 25-32c.; 
November,  12  17-S2c.'3il2  9-16c;  December, 
Vi  17-S2c.®12  9-160.  ^  ».,  showing  a  de- 
cline  of     l-iecQiflc.     4^    tb.,     elosmg     steady 

'the  receipts  at  this  port  tii-day  were  3,3US  baies, 
and  at  tbe  shipping  ports  11.571  bales  against  11,729 
bales  same  day  last  week,  and  thus  f  r  this  week 
59,517  bales,  agaiust  bU,053  bales  same  lims  last 

week The  receipts  at  the  shipping  ports  since  Sept 

1,  1876.  have  lieen  3,464,ti49  bales,  against  »,369,470 
bales  for  the  corre.-ipomilug  time  iu  tbe  prL-oedin^  Cot- 
ton year. ...Consolidated  exports  (tour  days)  tor  Great 
Britain,  tr:iai  all  tne  abipplog  porta.  Xti.9b3  b-iles;  to 
the  Continent.  24,047  bales Stock  la  New- fork  to- 
day, 280,934  bales:  oousoddated  stock  at  the  ports, 
8ijO,246  bales. 

Oloting  Frieet  of  Cotton  ia  N»v>-  Tork. 


Upl'ds. 

Ordinary Ilia 

Strict  Ordinary..  11  la 
Good  <  irdinary .. .  1 1  ''a 
Strict  Oood  Ord..  12 ifl 

Low  aiiddiing 12  .O-IS 

Strict  Low  Mid.. .12  9-lG 


N.  0. 

Texas. 

Ilk 

Ill* 

ll«B 

lis. 

12 

1-2 

12i< 

12^ 

12  7-16 

12  7-16 

Ala. 
Ills 
Ilia 

11^8 

12  r)-i6 

12  9-16    1211-16  12  11-16 

Middlin? 12  13-16  12  13-16  12  15-16  12  15-16 

Good  Middling....  13  1-16  13  1-16  13  3-16  13  3-1(5 
Strict  Uood  Mid...l3  6-16  13  5-16  13  7-16  13  7-i6 
Middling  Fair. ...13  11-16  13  11-16  13  13-16  13  13-16 

Fair „ 14  7-16    14  7-16     14  9-10    14  9-16 

'Staijud. 
Good  Ordinary 10»4 1  how  Middling..... 11 11-16 

strict  Good  Ord 11=^1  Middling. 12  3-16 

FLOUR  AND  MEAL— A  dull  market  was  reported  to- 
day for  State  and  Western  Flour,  prices  of  which 
ruled  generally  weak,  and  in  Instances  lower,  though 
the  principal  holders  were  not  disposed  to  make  Im- 
portant  concessions.      Karpaxt   inquiry   qtiito   Umited, 

and  cniefly  irom  tbe  West  India  interest.. ..iSaies 
have  been  reported  since  our  last  ot  9,400  bois.  of 
all  era<le8,  iuciuaing  unsound- Flour  of  all  classes  at 
S3  50®$U  75;  Sour  Piour  at  S4  HOSmO  75|  pi>or  to 
Strictly  fancy  No.  2  at  $4  40®$5  10,chietiy  atS4  650 
&6  lor  fair  to  choice;  OTdlnary  to  choice  SuperUne 
Western.  So  OO^SO,  ma<nlv  at  $5  76'a)S6.  with  very 
fancy  brands  held  higher;  poor  to  good  Kxtra  State 
$6  9d®$b  20;  good  to  choice  do.  at  ;Hi  2ua)$6  oU; 
City  Mills  Kxtra,  shipping  grades,  for  West  indies,  on 
tbe  oasis  of  $6  70®$7  10  tor  good  to  very  choice, 
(with  tbe  main  deaUngs  withiu  the  range  of  $6  BO'S 
$7;)  da  for  South  America,  at  $8®$8  60  for 
very  good  to  fancy ;  do.  for  the  English  mar- 
kets, (of  the  grade  cf  standard  Kxtra  State.) 
quoted  at  $6  asked ;  inferior  to  good  shipping 
bxtra  Western,  $5  95'2>$6  20;  good  to  choice  du., 
$tf  20®*6  60;  very  poor  to  very  choice  Western 
Trade  and  FamUy  Extra,  Spring  Wheat  stoclc.  $:i  153 
$8  6u  ;  mferior  to  very  choice  do.  da.  Bed  and  Auiber 
Winter  Wheat  stock,  at  ft6  15S$a  60,  (part  for  ship- 
ment at  $7  25'a'$8,  of  which  SuU  Dbts.  sold, )  ordiiisr  y 
to  very  choice  white  Wheat  do.  do.  at  $ti  26@$9; 
very  poor  to  fancy  St.  Louis  Extraa,  $6  25®i9  25  ; 
Extra  Oenesoe  ut  $6  35'S$7  50,  the  latter  an  extreme; 
poor  to  very  choice  Minnesota  clear  and  straight  Kx- 
tma  at  $6  40®$8  25.  chiefly  at  $TS£8  for  about  fair  to 
about  choice,  (with  very  choice  up  to  $8  259$8  36. 
and  very  interior  lots  called  Minnesota  down  to  $6  25 
'8>$6  35 ; )  and  Minnesota  Patent  Extras,  ordinary  to 
very  fancy,  at  stSo-Jil,  mainly  at  $8  75®$10,  with 
UP  to  $10  50S)$'ll  for  ver.y  chuica  to  strictly  fiuioy, 
land  odd  lots  ot  very  ia;erior,  called  Minnesota  Pateut.aa 

low  $7  25'3>$7  60.) Included  in  the  sales  nave  been 

2,8d0  bbls.  shipping  Extras,  of  which  1,950  bbls. 
were  City  MLls;  1.200  bbls.  Minnesota  clear  and 
straight  Extras.;  600  bbls.  do.  Patent  do.;  800  bbls. 
Winter  Wlient  Extras,  (for  shipment,  at  $7  25 
"SSS;)  53d        bbls.      Superfine,     and     700     bbls. 

ho.    'i    at  the  quoted   rates Soutbom  Floiir    has 

been  lightly  dealt  In,  chiefly  tor  home  use,  at  about 

former  prices .Sales  have  been  reported  hero  ot  700 

bbls.,  in  lots,  at  S5  6.'<'a>$l5  10  for  poor  to  very  choice 
Superfiue;  $6  25'3$7  50  for  poor  to  very  choice  shlo- 
ping  Extras;  £7  50^9  25  for  fitir  to  fancy  trade  and 
F.'imli}'.  The  dealiuea  were  mostly  in  Extras  at  troBX. 
$7  5US$8  60...,E.ye  Flour  has  been  more  active,  -nltb 
prices  however,  quoted  weak... .We  qnole  at  irom 
-$4  25®$5  lor  about  lair  ordinary  Western  to  strictly 
choice  Htate  Superfine  i  $4  50®$4  80  for  Superfine 
Pennsylvania,  and  $Sa/.ii  for  poor  to  very  choice  Fine. 

Sales  reported  of  43u  bbls.,  in  Email  lots,  ohiefly 

at  $4  70S$5,  for  fair  to  choice  Superfine  titate 

Corn-meal   lias  been    In    moderate  demand    at  about 

former    prices Wo  quote  at  $2  85(r$3  10  for  poor 

to  very  choice  Yellow  Western;  $2  90®S3  10  for  Yel. 
lowJersey,  and$3  50 f or  Hrandy  wine.. ..Sales  have  been 
reported  of  460  bois.,  including  Jfellow  Western,  in  lots, 

at  t£3,  and  Brand.ywine  at  iS  50 Ckirn-meaL  in  bags, 

has  beeu  quite  moderately  sought  after  within  tbe 
range  of  97c.'S$i.  50  for  poor  to  very  clioice  ^ 
lOo  lb.    Most  of  the  sales  have  been  of  coarse  lots 

at  $108®*!  lOfor  City  Mills Oat-meal  verv  qmet, 

wlihm  the  range  of  $6  visit's?  for  fair  to  choice  Cit.y  and 
Western;  very  choice  to  fancy  held  higher;   Canada,  $7 

SS/ 6U Buckwheat  Fiour  atcrttoted  aaore  attention 

within  tbe  ranee  of  $3  35®$3  83  for  poor  to  very 
choice  State,  Jersey,  and    Pennsylvania,  and  up  to  $4 

tenancy  do Most  of  the  lots  reported  sold  were  at 

$3  6o"<£$3  9  J  tor  fair  to  choice  ^  100  lb. 

OaAJN- .Spring  Wheat  was  quotea  off  in  price 
about  2c.  ^  bushel,  inflaeuoed  by  tbe  very  nn^ivor- 
able  advices  from  Chicago,  the  more  liberal  offerings 
here,  and  tbe  comparatively  slack  demand — shippera 
and  mUlers  showing  little  inclination  to  purchase  at 
the  moment.  The  decline  in  gold  was  against  the 
outward  movement.  Prime  Na  2  Chicago  Spring,  in 
store,  was  sought  after  to  a  mode.'ate  extent,  ou 
speculative  account,  on  the  basis  of  Hjl  41  ^ 
bushel,  nt  which  rate  five  boat-loads  were  re* 
ported  as  having  been  marketed:  >o.  2  Mil. 
waukee  Mpring,  in  store,  was  quoted  at  $1  469 
$1  4et  ^  busliul,  but  without  reported  trans, 
actions,  apart  from  one  boat-lod  for  export  at  SI  47. 
Other  grades  of  Spriui;  very  dull  and  uusettled,  and 
Winter  Wheat,  though  held  at  full  figures,  also   tame. 

New  crop  of  Corn  met  with  a  readier  sale  to-da.v, 

in  good  part  for  shipment,  and  was  Quoted  up  ^o.'Siv. 
^  Dushel... .Sales  have  been  reported  since  our  lest 
\)t  136,000  bushels,  including  New-York  No.  1,  very 
cnoioe  (qnoted)  at  61a ;  New-Vork  So.  2  (quoted)  at 
69c.'&>59'ac.;  New-York  Steamer  Yellow  atOB'so.'aaOu.; 
New-fork  No.  3  at  58>sc®59i<2C.  mainly  at 
^S^.'3i5dc.,  but  closing  at  69a®59kc.; 
New- Tork  Steamer  Mixed  at  60^c.'3i60c;  new  crop 
Mixed  Western,  ungtaded.  nt  57o.'a>60c..  mcstl.y  at 
53'<2C®59'9C.:  do  ,  to  arrive  from  the  West,  prompt 
shipment  thence,  48,000  busbels.iat  59c.,  seller  waiv- 
lug  right  to  rebate:  Yellow  Southern  at  58c.®60'-]C., 
trom  dock,  afloat;  choice  White  do.,  6,000  bushels, 
afloat,  at  62c;  ungraded  snlliug-vessel  Mixed  West* 
eru,  old  crop,  (nominal,)  at  58c.  ^Olc,  in 
store  and  afloat ;  damaged  Corn,  9,000  biuhels  on 
prifate  terms;  Na  2  Chicago  sought  after  for  ship, 
meot;  in  store,  quoted  at  59c.i  and,  afloat,  at  Clc; 
II  boat-load,  in  stor.-.  was  reported  for  export  at  69c., 
with   ."iO.uoO   to    85,000   bosbels   rumored    sold,  but 

wiihoni  confirmation And  tor  forward  delivery,   at 

Philadelphia,  76,000  to  100,000  bushels  Mixed  West- 
ern Corn,  reported  on  the  basis  of  67c.,  free  oo  board. 

Rye  Inactive  to-day  within  the  previous  range  : 

car  lots  of  Jersey  State  and  Pennsylvania  rejwrted 

sold  at  85c.'a>8dc Barley  aulet,  quoted  nominally  as 

before ;  3,000  bushels  six-rowed  State,  of  very  brignt 
color,  sold  at  8oc... .Barley-malt  dull  at  essentially 
unchanged  figures ;  a  car-load  of  ohoica  new 
crop  Canada  sold  at  SI  25,  cash  :  ana 
another        of  4lk  choice         elx-rowed        btate        at 

85o.  f  bushel Buckwheat  and  Canada  Peas  dull  aud 

nominal  to-day Oats  atraoted  more  attention  from 

local  Joobers,  and  ruied  stronger  as  to  price,  ou  lighter 
offerings  ot  moat  descriptions.  The  dealings  were  in 
good  part  in  Mew-York  grades.... Sales  reported  of 
Sl.oOO  bushels,  including  White  Western,  at  ilc.® 
50c.  for  iuferior  to  about  cnoioe,  (of  wliich  V50  bushels 
Miciiigan  at  Thirty-third  Street  Depot  at  50c):  Mixed 
Western  at  42c.'S>49c.,  as  to  quality ;  of  which  Infei-lor, 
in  store,  at  42  "ac;  White  State,  ordinary  to  very  choloe, 
vrithin  the  range  Of  5Xo.®66c  trom  track  and  afloat ; 
Mixed  Btate  at  5  ic^.^d  >ac  for  interior  (o  very  choice, 
from  traok  and  afloat,  (of  which  2,250  bushels  fair 
quality,  delivered,  at  53c.;)  New- York  No.  1 
white,  2,800  busaels,  at  55c.;  New-lork  No.  2  White 
at48'2C:  New-York  Na  3  White  at  46^30.;  New-York 
No.  1.  1,600  bushels,  at  e4a:  New-York  Extra,  750 
bushels,  at  65iac.i  New-Yorg  Ho.  2,  6,000  bushels,  at 
d7c®47>«C-.of  which  4,500  busbal*  at47ioa;  New- 
York  No.  3  at  43^iO.'ai44'2C,of  which  .S.uOO  bushels 
at44>ac;  New  York  Ueieoted  at  41i8C'942o.,uf  which 

8,250  bushels  at  A'ic Feed  quoted  as  in  our  last,  but 

less  aolive Seed,  Uay,  and  Straw  quoted  assentiahy 

as  oeiore. 

MOLAtiSES — New-Orleans  has  been  Inactive  within 
tbo  r:inge  of  47c'a>68c.  lur  good  to  fancy.     Market 

otherwise  dull,  ou  the  previons  basis  as  to  prices 

Stock  here  estimated  at  3G7  bbds.  Cuba,  369  hhds. 
English  Island,  and  25.000  bbis.  New-Orleana. 

PtlOVISlONB— V^SAtern  Mess  Pork  here  has  bean  In 
moderate    demand     for    earl.y   delivery,    at   stronger 

prices.    Western  advices  prove  encouraging Saies 

reported  of  250  bbls.  uniuapeoted  at  $3  76®S16..., 
Other  kinds  quiet:  Extra  Prime  aud  Western  Prime 
nominal.  ..And  for  forward  delivery  here.  Western 
Mess  has  been  in  moderate  demand,  qaoted  for  Febru- 
ary, at  tbe  close,  nominal ;  March,  $15  65;  April, 
$15  76,  and  May,  $16 — Sales  reported  of  500 
buls  Match,  at«l6  56;  600  bbls.  April,  at  $15  7£.... 
Dressed  Hogs  in  lese  demand,  with  western  quoted 
down  to  tjJuCaB'AO.;  City  at  7^c.'»7'ao. Cut- 
meats  have  been  null  here  at  previous  rates.,.. Sales 
include  small  lots  of  Pickled  Bellies,  in  bulk,  at  S'^c 
'&>9c,  and  sundry  small  lots  oi  other  City  bulk  within 
our  range.. ..We  quote  i  City  Pickled  Shoulders, 
lu  bulk,  at  7o.;  Pickled  Hams  at  lOc,  (tor 
10-3>.  averages ;)  Smoked  Shomders  at'  8>«a; 
Smoked  Hams  at  ll^ga'3>ll^o.;  Western  Dry- 
salted  Short-cut  Hams,  20  to  15  tb..  nominal; 
Western  Pickled  Uama.  Iti  to.,  at  10o,'S10>3e.: 
Clear  Bellies,  in  bxs.,  at  9>4C'39^...  And  for  Chicago 
delivery,  250,000  tb.  Shauiders,  iu  bulk,  March  option, 
at  6'«o  ..Bacon  has  been  inactive,  with  Western  Long 
Clear  at  SVj,  and  City  do.  at  8'ac.;liOng  and  Short 
Clear,  early  delivery,  Sioo.:  Short  Clear  qaoted  at  Uo-. 
asked.  Also,  600  bxs.  Western  Long  and  Short  Clear, 
March  delivery,  at  gigo — And  for  Chicago  delivery 
dull.  Long  and  Short  Clear,  for  early  delivery  quoted 

numinal Western      Steam     Lard      has      beqp     in 

mora  demand  for  early  delivery  partly  tor  shipment, 
at  Armor  prices Of  Westarn  Steam,  for  early  deliv- 
ery here,  sales  have  been  reportsd  of  1,290  tos.  prime 
at  $10  2il®il0  30.  closing  at  $10  35,  and  60  tcs.  off 
f^mda  at  *9  75. ...And  fonorwanl  delivery  bare.  Wast- 
em  :}team  has  been  more  sought  alter,  and  purchased 
at  advanued  rates,  Closing  buoyantly,  lu  marked  con- 
trast to  tbe  extreme  depression  at  yesterday. ...West- 
ern Steain.  for  February,  auoted  at  tbe  close  nominal ; 
JUarch,  $10  35  :  April,  SIO  47'a'3$l0  60)  May,  $10  «»0 
®$10  65..  .Sales  were  reported  of  Western  Steam  to 
the  extent  of  2,000  tos.,  M  irch,  at  $10  lOOilU  35  ; 
9,S00  tea..  April,  at  $10  22*<j^>810  47^9,  and  2.600 
tos.,  Uiij,  rvt  SIO  00<z>$lu  67 'Q. ...City  Bteam  and 
Kettle  modsrutely  activo;  ijuoted  at  the  oloss 
at  $10  12H.  Sa.es,  15C  tea.  at  $lO«ilO  13)9..  . 
Ana  No.  1  auoted  nominal..  .Keflned  Lard  atttavted 
suuca  atteatlflii  s    oaotad  &u  tha  Uoallaeu^  ttt  eaxic 


dallvMT.  at  tlO  eSH'MlO  76,  and  for  the  Weati 

•*^?*®*'  87  ■*  *»•''>»■  IW  *•••  '•w  ♦*»  Oonl_. 
at  flQ  60 ;  600  tcs.  tOf  the  We»t  ladies,  part  as  $8  'mm, 
ana  ISO  tea  for  Sonta  Amertea  im  private  terns.... 
Beef  baa  been  very  ^uiet  at  previotu  figures. ..^Wa 
gu?t9,BiirrelBaefB«$iii9ai8  50  for  Bxtta  HSM{  M 
$10  609$ll  60  tat  Plata  Meu.  ana  SlS  609$14  fte« 
Pa«ket.«^bbl..,,'neraaBa»faaet«dtb«si  PrtmaMeas, 
new,  at  $199$20i  India  Mesa,  new,  $209$2l ;  Citr, 

Sztia  IndtatMeas,    $2$ Beef  Hams  have  bam  dull 

to-day,  with  eholoe  Western  onstcid  dowiT  to  S23  if 

bbl Batter  and  Cheese  essentially  as  last  quoted. 

Freeh  Eggs  down  to  15e.9 17 0 Tallow  hss  been 

taoderately  aetire,  at  sbvnt  former  prices^... Sales. 
76.000  S>.  prime  Country  and  City,  at  7^«ca8o.... 
Stearine  inactive;  choice  City,  tn  BDdS.,  qucted  non»- 
iiial;  prime  tc  choice  Westara.  in  tos.,  $10  bU'^lO  76|i 
a  small  lot  sold  at  $10  50. 

WHISKY- Advanced  M  $1  10*«,  regnlaT)  sales  60 
bbls.  ^    ^ 

FaKIGHTS— The  berth  fteSgbt  Jnter»s*  was  fnrthei 
depressed  to-day,  inder  inereasAd  effenngs  ot  aeeonx 
modatiofc,  and  a  compwatlvely  spiritless  laqui/y  from 
all  sources,  the  main  eall  having  ^een  for  room  for 
Grain  at  the  low  <mrrent  rates.  The  Provision,  Flour, 
Cotton,  and  general  safga  movements  WKre  very  slow, 
reudennir  it  extremely  dlfleult  t»  load  up  •a*»ela  ou 
berth  with  promptnesa  The  onartering  mrvement 
was  less  active  to-day,  though  With  a  furtBM  material 
decline  In  pnees  of  Petroleum,  a  fair  demand  was  re« 

Sorted  for  tonnage  sult«d  to  the  Petroleum  trade, 
lore  inquiry  was  also  reported  tot  vessels  for  the  Graia 
trade,  iu  good  part  for  outport  loudiug.  Bat-es,  how- 
ever, ruled  low  ganeral^.  In  most  other  lines 
the      business      waa      eomoaratively      dull,       and 

rates    somewhat     unsettled l^or     Liverpool,     the 

engagements  reported,  sinoe  our  last,  have 
been,  by  steam,  20,000  bushels  Qriiln,  including  8,000 
bushels  St  4''4d.and  12,000  bushels  at  4141  ^  tiC  IB  , 
(the  latter  the  late»t  trade ; )  l,i60bblB.  Apples,  part 
at  3b.  9'  obi.,  050  pks.  Provisions,  to  lots,  at  27a  M.9 
30s.  ^  ton.  And  o >■  iteam,  from  Chicagw.  of  through 
frvlgbt,  shfpmpnts  of  Provision*  were  reportfil,  via 
Portland  and  Philadelphia,  witblii  the  radnotd  ran  ;e  of 
ROcSiooo.  ^  100  ra.  Also,  «^orwegian  bark,  650  tons, 
hence,  with  abont  A.UOO  bbls.  fi«>eiaaom  aad  Keflned 
Petroleum  at  i^  f  bbl.. ..For  London,  by  »a  L  100 
bnds.  Tallow  at  20a,  and  300  tons  Rlate  on  private 
terms,  and,  by  steam.  24.000  bushels  Urain,  ioctiid- 
ing  8,000  bushnls  at  5i4d.,  and  16.000  bushels  at  i*id. 
4^60  fl>.,  (-closing  at  the  latt«r  rate,)  and  20(i  bales 
Hops  on  private  terms.  Also  an  Amerioitn  bark.  448 
tons,  henoe.  with    about    '?,7^0  bbls.   at  4s.  9d.  4^  buL 

For  Glasgow,  by  sieam,  1,500  bbis.  Flour  (rumored 

as  of  throuyh  freight)  >n  private  terms,  qu'.'ted  in  tbo 
local  market  numinal  at  2a  ^  bbl.;  16d  pcbs.  syr- 
ups on  private  terms;  and.  (of  receut  sluameots,; 
3,450  cases  Canne<t  Goods,  and  3,6o'>  staves  at  marke] 

rates For  the  United  Kingdom,   aBntlsh  barlcS^j 

tons.  With  Timber,  from  Pensacola,  at  130a 


THE  LIVE  STOCK  MARKETS. 


WA 


Nbw-Tork.  Wednesday,  Feb.  21.  lS77i 
Trade  in  horn  d  Cattl.^  was  ver.y  dull  an  this  fbia 
noon.  Tbe  quality  of  the  herds  on  sale^was  fr»m  pool 
to  good  in  general.  coar*6  but  fxt;  all  of  tbe  lots  were 
not  disposed  of ;  tbis  caused  prices  to  bold  steaaily, 
otbervrisa  the  markst  would  bave  closed  weak.  At 
Sixtieth  Street  Yards  prices  were  9'4cai2c.,  weights 
6  to  8*9  ewe  At  Harsimus  Cove  prices  ranged  from 
Scailc  ^  tb.,  weights  5  to  8 •«  cwt.  From  55  to  68  IB. 
has  been  allowea  net.  Milch  Cows  sold  at  $iS'a>$70  ^ 
bead.  Calves  included.  Veais  and  Calves  out  quoted. 
Sheep  slightly  easier  of  sate  than  on  Mondity  last 
Sheep  sold  at  $5  15®$8  ^  head.  Lambs  not  quoted. 
There  were  no  Live  Hogs  on  sale.  City  Uresae  1  still 
v^ry  dull,  even  at  reduced  rates ;  prices,  7^. '37''80 

SALES. 
At  Sixtieth  Street  Tardt.—T.  C.  Eastman  sold  fot 
self  '60  cars  ot  homed  Cattle,  sales  as  follows :  120 
common  Illinois  Steers  at  9iac.  ^  tt.,  a-ith$lon^ 
head,  weight  G\  cwt;  112  fair  Illinois  Steers  as 
lOUo.  i^  lb.,  welitht  7^  ovrt,  strong:  45  good  nilnoia 
Steers  at  lie  »  m..  weight  73«  cwt.;  7d  goud  IlUnoia 

Steers  at  ll'ao.  ^  Jb.,  weight  »  cwt,  strong:  111"' 
good  Illinois  Steers  at  lli^C^lSo.  #  lb.,  with  $1  on 
^  head,  welgfat  8*11  cwt.  F.  Samuels  soM  for  N.  Morrts 
85  common  Illinois  Steers  at  9^c  ^  03..  with  £1  on  ^ 
head,  weight  Gh  cwt:  16  common  Illinois  Steers  at 
9140.  ^  &.,  weight  O^A  ewt.  strong:  48  com* 
mon    Illinois    Steers     at     9iao.    4P'    lb-,    with    $1    on 

f'  head  on  17  head,  weight  6'*  cwt: 
8  fair  nilnois  Steers  at  984c  ^  m.,  with 
$1  on  ^  beau,  weight  6  Hi  cwt;  44  fair  Illinois  Steen 
at  10c  ^  lb.,  weight  6^4  cwt.;  Cooa  it  Thompson  sold 
forCoonit  «°-o.,  S4  fair  Illinois  steers  at  lila.  ^  IB., 
with  $1  on  ^  head,  weight  7  cwt,  scant;  60  fail 
Illinois  Steers  at  10»4C-  ^  IB.,  weight  7"*  cwt.,  scant; 
15  Ibir  Uimois  Steers  at  lOc  4^  lb.,  weight  7^  cwt., 
strone;  30  good  lUiuols  Steers  at  lie  f  IB.,  with  $1 
off  ^  head,  weight  7 %  cwt.:  E.  Vogel  sold  for  N.  Morrl4 
122  fair  lUinou  Steers  at  9»40.  l^  IB.,  with  $1  off  * 
bead  on  24  head,  and  $1  on  ^  head  on  13 
head,  weights  6>a  ewt,  scant,  at  ti'^  cwt; 
17     fair     liUnois     Steers     at     10c     Jf     lb.,      wtilv 


weight  6  to  6 "a  cwt.  with  $1  on  *■  head  on 83  head; 
50  tair  Illiutis  Steers  at  lOo.  *■  fij.,  weight  O^a  cwt: 
48 fair  IllinoU  Steers  at  IQi^o.  *J  IB.,  weight  7  cwt;  47 
good'Illmois  Steers  at  lOSiCaillc.  <?■  Ds.;  weight  7% 
cwt.  Home  k,  Elliott  sold  HaO  Ohio  Sheep,  weight  30,- 
870  fli.,  at  6c  ^^  tb.:  165  Ohio  Sheep,  weight  15,. 
130  ft.,  at  6^.  V  lb.;  163  Ohio  Sheep,  weight  16,270 
tb.,  at  dSgc  ^Ib-i  310  Ohio  Sheep,  weight  32,590  IB.. 
at  Blue.  #■  IB. 

At  Harsimus  Cove  Tarda  :  Coney  it  McPherson  sold 
tor  Dadlaman  U  Offurt  1 6  Kentncsy  Oxen  at  i)'^--.  f', 
ta.,  with  $1  off  f-  head,  weight  73*  cwt;  for  D.  Mcpher- 
son 68  Kansas  Steers,  from  common  to  fair,  from  S'ac. 
'^lu'^c  ^.  Bs..  weight  6=>4  owt,  18  common  Missouri 
Steers  at  9c  ¥'&.,  weight  6  cwt:  32  fair  Ilunoia 
Steers  at  lOcSloiac.  ^ft.,  weight  7  cwt;  for  N.  Mor- 
ris 112  liimois  tfteers,  from  common  to  good,  from 
Oi^c^llc.  4P'Hs.,  weight  7  cwt.  held  on  sale  tor  I>. 
Mejer,  17  Ohio  Steers-  <i.  u'uonnell  sold  for  Watxel 
k.  Atberton  83  common  Illinois  Steers  at  9^0.  4P 
16.,  weights  6  to  6I4  cwt.,  16  common  luioois 
steers  at  Oigc.  ^  tb,.'  ■with.  50n.  off  ^  nead. 
weight  61a  cwt,  strona;  16  fclr  niMiels  Steers 
at  9\c  ^  IB.,  weight  6^*  cwt.;  held  on  sale,  33 
Illinois  Steers.  Toffey  b.  Sons  sold  for  N.  MorrU  S3 
common  Illinois  Steers  at  9>4C  ^  IB., -sith  50c  on  HP 
head,  welijbt  ti\i  cwt.:  48  common  lUlbois  tsteers  al 
9Hjc.  •^  as.,  with  oOc  off  HP'  head,  weight  6-^  cwt.;  Id 
fair  Illinois  Steers  at  9^iC.  #"  IB.,  weight  6*2  cwt.;  11 
flair  lUmois  Steers  at  lOo.  V  tb  ,  with  50o.  on  )^  head, 
weight  6*4  cwti  for  H.  8.  Etosenthal  3-k  commou  Illl' 
nois  8t«er»  at  9c  4P  flJ.,  with  50c  on  ^  head,  weifbl 
e'ni  cwt;  for  U,  Kiopter  15  Missouri  oxen  at  8c  ^  fli.. 
weight  6  cvrt  D.  Waliel  sold  for  Walxel  t  Allerton 
38  fair  lUinois  Steers  at  10c  HP"  IB.,  weights  6  to  7 
cwt,  scant;  16  fair  Illinois  M^eers  at  10ia<.c.  ^  IB., 
weight  7>«owt.«  15  generally  good  Ulinols  Steers  at 
IO34C  HP"  lb.,  weight  7 "a  cwt,  strong;  held 
on  sale,  27  IlUnols  Steers;  sold  for  self  36  com* 
mon  Illinois  Steers  at  914C  HP' as.,  with  $1  off  H?'  head, 
weight  5»4  owt;  71  fair  Illinois  Steers  at  lui^c  ^?'  Tb., 
weights  634  to  7  cwt,  scant;  32  tair  Illinois  Steers  et 
10c  Hp-  IB.,  weight  63^  cwt.:  held  on  sale  28  lUlnoia 
Steers.  S.  W.  Sherman  sold  for  Walxel  b  Allerton  l4k 
common  lUmois  Steers  at  O'oc  f  tb.,  wltb 
60c  ou  HP*  head,  weight  Q\i  cwt,  strong.  fV.  B.  Dad* 
ley  sold  lor  H.  Klopfer  19  common  Missouri  Steers  as 
9^c  ^  IB.,  weight  6  cwt,  soiint;  17  commou  Miasauit 
iSteers  at  9i2C.  ^  IB.,  weight  6>a  cwt;  34  fair  Missonn 
Steers  at  934c  ^  tb.,  with  $1  on  if  head,  weight  6H 
cwt;  for  N.  Morris  36  common  Illinois  Steers  at 
9I4C  If  ft.,  weight  5»4  cwt.;  held  on  sale,  64  1  llinols  : 
Steers.  M.  Lauterbach  sold  for  iL  8.  Bosenthal  55 . 
common  llUnoU  e>t«er8  at  914C.  if  Xb.,  with  $5  off  on  ' 
l7  head  and  $1  on  4p'head  on  38  heivl,  weights  5  to  8 
cwt.  strong  j  50  common  Illiaola  Steers  at  9^a.  if  tb., 
weights  6^  to  6'4  ewt|  for  Walxel  it  Allerton,  45  laiJ 
I llioois  Steers  at  IOI4C  if  tb.,  with  $10offXhe  herd.' 
7  cwt.,  strong.  H.  "Westbeimer  sold  for  H.  A.  Moore- 
house  33  fair  Ohio  Steers  at  lOc^lO^iC  if  tb.,  weighs 
7  cwt.:  for  Levi  U  Cc  31  common  Illinois  steers  at 
B^jc^p*  IB.,  with  oOc.  ou  if  bead,  weight  6^  ewt., 
strong.  L.  Begenstein  sold  for  self  and  Meyer 
154:ommon  lUmois  Steers  at  7'ac.  if  tb.,  weight  6  cwt. 
strong;  17  fair  Illinois  Steers  at  934c  4P' tB-,  weight 
6*4  cwt.;  54  lair  Illinois  Steers  at  I0I4C  if  tb., 
weights  7  to  7^  owt;  31  lair  Illinois  Steers  at  lO^eo.  V 
tb..  weight  7  cwt.;  l7  generally  good  llliuois  Steers  at 
1034c  ^  IB.,  weight  7^  cwt  strong;  10  fair  Illinois 
Steers  at  10c  if  IB.,  weight  6  >-2  cwt;  2  Illinois  Oxen  at 
10^40.  if  tb.,  weight  8H1  owt;  hsld  on  sale,  65  Illinois 
Steers.  M.  Goldscbmidt  sold  on  oummission  14  cars  o( 
horned  Cattle;  hales  as  follows:  For  U.  S. 
Rosenthal  57  fair  Illinois  bteers  at  lOc  if  tb.,  weighs 
7  cwt;  16  tair  Illinois  titeers  at  10»2C  if  tb., 
weieht  714  owt.;  14  good  lUinuis  Steess  at  llo.  if  tb.. 
weight  7^4  cwt;  for  L.  Rothschild,  l7  common  Mis- 
Bomi  Steers  ai  Qhta-  if  tb.,  with  $1  off  if  head,  weight 
6i<2  cwt;  33  fiilr  Missouri  Steers  at  'd^4.c  4^JB.,  weignta 
6^  to  7  cwt.;  S3  fair  Missouri  Steers  at  lOo.  if  tb., 
witn  $1  off  ■#>•  head  ou  16  head  •  for  h.  Kiopter,  34  tair 
Missouri  Steers  at  934c.  ^  m.,  weight  6>a  cwt: 
10  fair  Missouri  Stetrs  at  10>4C  if  tb.,  with 
$1  off  if  bead,  weight  7  cwt;  11  fair  Missouri 
Steers  at  lOigc  if  tb..  with  $10  ou  the  lot, 
weight  7^  cwt.,  scant;  18  gi;oJ  Missouri  Steers  at 
lie.  HP' IB.,  weights  7^9  to  7^4  cwt  E.  Newtoasold 
196  Illinois  Sheep,  weight  78  IB.  ^  head,  at  $5  15  H? 
owt4  ISBIliinois  Sheep,  weight  83  IB.  if  head,  53^0. 
HP"  IB.;  324  Michigan  Sheep,  weights  09  to  luO  IB.  HP" 
head,  at  6^30.  *>■  ft.;  61  Ohio  Sheep,  weight  107  IB. 
HP- head,  at  7c  HP  lb-;  140  Ohio  Sheep,  weight  129  IB. 
^  head,  at  8c  if  ta.  Judd  fc.  Buci^ingham  sold  183 
IlUaols  Sheep,  weizht  15,350  B.,  at  634c  HP  IB.;  108 
Ohio  Sheep,  weight  16,660  IB.,  at  e^so.  if  tb:,  149  Ohio 
Sheep,  weight  14,910  k,  at  6^0.  if  tb.  Kase  It  Pid- 
qock  sold  187  Illinois  8heep,  weight  14,440  IB.,  at 
S5  62  HP'  cw^  489  lUinols  bheep,  weight  48,480  tb.  a» 
ecH^'tt. 

EECEIPTfl. 

Fresh  arrivals  at  Sixtieth  Street  Yards  for  .yesterday 
and  to  day  1  1,176  head  of  horned  Cattle.  289  VaaU 
and  Calves,  18  Cows,  1,994  Sheep  and  Lambs. 

Fresh  arrivals  at  Forty -eighth  Street  Shaep  Yards  for 
yesterday  and  to-day  t  1,163  Sheep  and  Lam.ba,  14 
Calvss. 

Fresh  arrivals  at  Fortieth  street  Hog  Tarda  for  yes- 
terday and  to-day :    a.268  Hogs. 

Fresh  arrivals  at  Hardimus  C«-ve  for  TSsterday  and 
to-day :  1.942  head  of  named  Cattle,  1,873  Sneep 
and  Lambs,  1,786  Hogs. 

QrcBS  arrivals  ut  Weehawken  Yards  for  week  end- 
ing  Feb.  19,  1877  :  3,052  Sheep  and  Lambs.  18  Oews, 
6,182  Uogs,  20  Homes. 

Buffalo,  Feb.  81.— CatHe— Eeoeipta  tcday,  527 
head;  total  for  the  week  thus  fhr  6,653  head,  against 
6,039  bead  same  time  last  week.  Markrt  moderately 
active  for  the  lew  offerings;  supply  about  equal  tj  tho 
demand;  60  care,  about  all  offered,  disposed  of  nt  luU 
yesterday's  quotations  1  yards  about  bare  of  stock. 
Sales  of  shippers'  grades  at  $4  86'3>5  60  ;  1  ear  extra 
natives,  averaging  1,563  IB.,  at  $6;  Butchers'  CatUa 
at  S4  25  ®$1  90.  Sheep  and  Lambs— Receipts  to.day. 
900  bead:  total  tor  the  week  tnus  tax,  12,000 
head;  12,800  head  for  the  same  time  last  week :  mar- 
ket  fairly  active  for  the  lew  offerings  1  sales  of  1  eara 
good  lo  extra  Western  Sheep,  averaging  89  to  104  fis., 
at  $4  7e®$6  12>g;  demand  supplied  r  yards  about 
bare  ot  stock.  Uogs— Beoeipts  to^v.  2.300  head  ; 
total  lor  tba  week  thus  far,  9,200  head ;  8,050  head 
for  thesame  timo  last  weea  ;  markat  rules  dull  and 
slow,  with  hardly  sufficient  sales  for  qhetaClons;  8 
oars  on  sale;  1  car  fair  York,  weights  avf  ranng  152 
lb.,  at  $5  6U  i  1  car  good  baavy,  avaracing  2tf8  ft.,  a* 

CBiCAoa  Peb,  SL— Cattla— Reosipts,  6,000  bead: 
shipments.  800  head;  market  quiet  and  weak  ;  bnyera 
lioldlug  off;  sales  of  siooker*  and  extra  smooth  aS 
$3  37'a9$5  40  ;  choice  Beeves  qaoted  at  $5  609$6: 
medium  to  good,  $4  ia9$6  15 ;  butohora',  $3'd$4; 
stockers*.  $3  1&'^3  85:  Inferior,  $2  25®$2  TU  Hoon 

— Kecelots.    I4.0OU    bead:      atiipmeuta,     S.20U    hnd  ; 

marketdull,  at  ecSldc  lower  ;  fair  to  obeioe  paoklag, 

t6  109$6  63;  lighted  309$6  40;  shipping.  $5  859 
5  90,  for  ohaice.  Bbeep— Receipts,  8,006  head: 
market  active,  steady,  andT&rm  for  choice  1  others  dull 
and  weak. 

Baltihobe,  Feb.  31 — Cattle^Tbs  mwrket  Aia» 
lug  the  past  week  has  been  tamy  aetlvs 
an^  steady;  vary  best  at  6>4o96Vai  first  «u>d- 
Ity  at  4*2c95>4C;  mediam  or  guod  fair  qmUity 
at  4c.94isa;  ordinary  thin     Steers.   Oxen,  aaa  Cows 

at  3'30.34aj  most  sales  at  i>«o.&&V(v:  re«^nts, 
1,313  headi  sales.  1.406  head.  Hogs  have  beenasO 
ana  prices  are  a  snaaa  easier  ■  vaage  from  8e.98^a4 
receipts,  6.739  baad.  shiMp  have  baea  doll  atlU* 
ebangeilDttesi  langs  frosa  4^sa97SLt  gwsssaartjtfc 
1,924  head. 

£ast  laBBBTT,  Fenn.,  'Fab.  Si. — Cattla.-'RaMlp^ 
to-day  wf««  16  cars,  «r  i*S6  baad  1  all  ta^  aala  bwai 
tuul  for  two  days,  740  bead  t  supply  •ntr  light,  wita 
few  buyers,  aud  nearly  all  sold :  beat  af  9^  Si^tkiS  76 : 
medium  to  guod  at  S6'3$6  "tS;    aomiaoa  to  t^*»  at 

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KEW-YOR^  THURSDAY,  FEa  22,  1877. 


AMU&SMBSTS  THIS  ETESINO. 

^CADHUr  OP  MDSIC.  —  Martha  Wa»hihoto»  Bb. 
cpriox,  Bau..  and  Qarobn  Paett,  under  ttie  mu- 
pic««  of  St.  John's  Oalld. 


fOOTH'S    THEATER.— Fifth     Avkkub-Mt. 
Bignold,  Miss  Uana  Granger.    Uatinde. 


Oeorge 


(iPAXiIiACK'S  THBATBB.— Wild  Uats— Ur.  Lester 
'  WaUack,  Ur.  John  Gilbert,  Ur.  Harry  Beokett,  Ulaa 
.  •.  Soae  Wood. 


HfTH  avenue  THEATEE.— Lskons,  „. 
I  rox  Sbtzx— Ma  C.  p.  CogMan.  Miss  F, 
!      Uatin^ 


IB,  Wmiock 
f.  Davenporb 


ITARK  THEATBK— Otm  BoABDiKa-HonK— Mr.  BtuarC 
Bobfloo,  Mr.  W.  H.  Crane,  Mrs.  A.  P.  Balcer,  UIbb 
Mauoe  Harrison.    Matinee. 


V^TfONSQUARE  THEATRE.— Thk  DAifiCHBFW-Mr.  C. 
,    a  Thome.  Mr.  W.  a.  Floya,  Miss  Katherine  aosera. 
Mi»8  Fanny  Morant.    Matin6o. 


f-^^n<r«^^^'^5-  Z  ^t  ^S"»    P^»»iMu..,  (Opera 
-BoTUre)- Mile.  Mario  Aim^e. 
f  Matinee— La  Fills  db  Madakb  Aiteor. 

{fIBLO'8    QARDRN.— Arotisd   th«  Wobld   in  Eishtt 
..    -Oats  (Spectacalar)—Klralfy  Brother*     Matin6e. 

KEW-TORK  AQDAR1DM._Rarb  awd  Cttrioob  Kuh  AH1> 
UAJUiAiJA,  Statuakt.  &C.— Day  and  ereniug. 

I  

jjBLIBR'S    WONDER    THEATRE.-Pre«tidiqita»ioh. 
Unsio,  AND  HwMO»— Mr.  Robert  Heller.    Mating 

tULMORE'S  GARDEN.- Equmtbias  eAxss  AHD  I^«L» 
'      Bporti.    Uatin6e. 


^ATIpNAL    ACADEMY    OP     DESIGN.— ExHiBITIOJf    OF 

Waibk,  Colors.    Day  and  evening, 


OLYMPIC  THEATHE.— EouHD  thi  Clock.    Matlnfe. 


SO.  858  BROADWAY*— DrraMI  HO  loiABTHl  AHD  OTIIB 
1        fivrmwa 


Stuoibs. 


PRAND  OPEEA.HO0SE.— Thk  Two  Obphaits.   Uatln&e. 


PBOADWAT   THBiTRK-OuR   BoTS-Mr.  T.  Whlffln 
'       Mr.  Mark  Bates.  Miss  Edmonsoa.    Uatin&e. 


pmCKERINQ  HALL.— Ballad  asd  Jubilm  COWCIKT. 

pTEraWAT  HAXL.— At  2  e.  Jd Piako  Coxcaax— Mma. 

Annette  i-.ssipof^ 

pEHTRAL  1»ARK  GARDEN.  -  SPARRUfo  asb  Wbmt- 

I         LOIS  Matchbs. 

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^AUUAXX  HALL.— SOCIETT  Sociabls, 


lAN  PHANCISCO   MIN8TRKLS MrasraRMT,    FASoai, 

ASS  asQso  CoKiCALiTiBa.     Matinee. 

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THE  HMWJOHK  TlilES, 

.TriE  New-Yobk  Timks  is  the  beat  familj  pa- 
per pablisbed ;  it  conUiDS  the  latest  neiT3  and  cor- 
res'pondencek  It  is  tteofroao  all  oblectionabie  adver- 
tif  omenta  and  reports,  and  may  be  eal'ely  admitted 
I*  ceTCty  domesdc  circle.  The  dissracefal  aonoanoo. 
mentsofqnacks  .'md  medical  pretendera.  which  pol. 
thite  BO  many  newspapers  of  the  day,  areaot  admitted 
fintothe  coliuuDs  of  Xhk  Tuies  on  any  terms. 
.  ^erma.  cash  in  advance. 

TBRMS  TO  MAIL  StTBSCRIBERi 
/fottage  vriU  be  prepaid  by  the  PublUhen  on  aU  XdU 
^ovsqf^i^HTmitaseTU  to  Utibscriben  in  the  VniUd 
Vtateg. 
j5he  Dai&t  Tim Rg,  ^  per    annum,  Inoludlns  t'la 

SUTMlay  Edition $12  00 

phe  Dailt  Ttatss.  per  annum.  exciusiTeoi'    the 

IBimaay  Edition 10  00 

rhe  Bnnday  Edition,  per  annum a  00 

^tte.  SMn-WBKKLT  TiMBS.  por  annum _  i    8  00 

^iwWRXRLT  TiHKs,  per  annum \  1  aO 

.  These  pnoes  are  invariable.  We  have  no  travel- 
■lipagents.  Kemit  ia  dratta  on  New- York  or  Foat 
C  fiSce  Monev  Orders,  if  possible,  and  where  neither 
/cl  these  can  be  procured  send  the  money  l  a  a  rejia 
<*r«?  letter. 
Address  THE  NEW- YORK  TIMSa 

Kew-York  (Ji*y 


peared  in  the  Capitol  befdddled  with  aelf- 
mystifioation  and  vanity.  Precisely  what 
distinct  plan,  if  any,  thia  flighty,  incapable 
person  may  have  had,  the  world  will  never 
know  or  oare  to  know.  The  country  saw 
him  chiefly  as  a  bob  -o-link ;  soadding,  cloud- 
like,  between  the  White  House  and  the  office 
of  t^e  Associated  Press."  From  the  favored 
organ  of  the  nincompoops,  from  the  Tyb- 
T.«;U8  who  sang  the  virtues  of  Tildex 
and  the  charms  of  the  Gramercy  Park 
circle  in  most  melodioas  prose,  this  is 
exceedingly  irreverent  talk.  "  H.  W."  eor- 
rowfolly  acknowledges  that  "  the  milk  that 
is  spilled  was  good  miJk  "  to  mix  Kentucky 
bourbon  withal.  But,  "what  of  that? 
The  milk  is  gone.  The  brass-hooped 
pidgin  is  broken  at  the  fountain." 
Still,  <'H.  W,"  will  not  despair,  nor 
beat  his  breast,  nor  saw  the  air 
with  "  his  hands,  .,  feeling  rather  f'  re- 
lieved, apparently,  after  the  foregoing 
mixing  of  fluids  and  metaphors.  So  he  set- 
tles down  to  these  two  pieces  of  good  ad- 
vice to  all  who  sympathize  with  his  distress, 
"  Suppress  violent  thoughts  and  extreme 
ejaculation ;  »  '  "  Treat  Hayks  like  a  gen- 
tleman until  he  proves  himself  a  usurper  by 
his  acts."  *  Even  the  New-York  Sun  might 
learn  something  from  the  Louisville  Courier- 
Journal. 


has  been 
important 
embodied 


The  glimpse  we  get  of  the  returns  sup- 
plied by  life  insurance  companies  in  rela- 
tion to  expenses  whets  the  appetite  for 
fuller  ;;  and  more  satisfactory  informa- 
tion. '  la  the  first  place,  no  attention 
paid    by    several    of    the    more 

companiea     to     the  ,  request 
in     Senator     Bixby's     resolu- 
tion.    The  companies  to  whom  this  remark 

applies  cannot  complain  if  an  unfavorable 

construction  is  put  upon  their   silence.  ,  In 

the  next  place,  it  is  Evident  that  of  the 
companies  whose  returns  are  epitomised  in 
our  Albany  dispatch,  very  few  have 
complied  with  the  spirit  of  the  in- 
quiry sanctioned  by  the  Senate.  They 
state  salaries,  but  as  a  rule  they 
are  silent  about  the  various  devices  which 
are  known  to  be  in  operation  for  increas- 
ing the  incomes  of  officers,  and  otherwise 
concealing  disbursements  which  would  in- 
vite unfavorable  comment.  We  pointed 
out  at  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  the  reso- 
lution that  unless  its  requirements  were 
more  spesifically  indicated  by  the  Insurance 
Department,  it  would  not  elicit  the  re- 
quired facts,  and  the  result  sustains  this 
view.  Some  of  the  figures  obtained  are 
startling,  nevertheless. 


'  The  extradition  treaty  which  has  just 
been  concluded  between  the  United  States 
and  Spain  contains  some  features  which 
have  evidently  been  sugeested  by  recent 
complications  in  our  foreign  relations. 
The  offenses  tor  which  an  accused  person 
may  be  extradited  are  carefully  speci- 
fied and  described.  The  list  comprises 
fourteen  different  crimes,  each  of  which  is 
recognized  as  such  by  all  civilized  nations. 


The  Oregon  case  has  gone  to  the  Electoral 

Commission,  and  with  its   settlement   will      .  ■,       ■,  ^  ^.^      , 

yUoaTv»»«o-  +U..  1    4.    1  J.     J?  _L  .         I  -A^  person  surrendered  to  answer  the  charge 

flisappear  the  last  element  of  uncertainty  ^  ,      .  .^^  ,  ,  ^,  . 

in  the  long  wrangle   over  the   Presidency. 

The     Democrats     expect     nothing     fi:om 

their     arguments      over     the     vote       of  i 

Oregon,       and.       it       remains  'to       be 

^een     whether    any    considerable    portion 


of  them  will  have  conscience  enough  to 
man'ifest  their  disapproval  of  the  infamous 
con/jpiracy  by  which  the  people  of  Oregon , 
.Were  to  be  cheated  out  of  their  choice  for 
[President.  The  Democratic  members  of  the 
|0  ommission  will  have  the  opportunity  of 
B  bowing  their  superiority  to  partisan  oon- 
eiderations  in  dealing  with  the  Oregon  trick, 
and  their  friends  in  Consfress  will 
be  subjected  to  a  test  calculated 
to  reveal  either  their  deliberate  dishonesty 
or  their  disinclination  to  indorse  one  of  the 
most  disgraceful  bargains  of  recent  politics. 
iBnt  when  Mr.  Jkkks,  of  Pennsylvania, 
points  the  way  by  laying  his  hand  on  his 
heart,  and  appealing  for  the  reception  of 
|the  Cronin  vote,   in  the  name    of    "  truth, 


{  of  having  committed  one  of  these  crimes 
may  be  tried  for  any  of  those  specified  iff 
the  treaty,  but  not  for  any  not  included  in 
I  the  said  list.  Crimes  and  offenses  of 
i  a  political  character,  and  those  there- 
!  with  connected,  are  distinctly  excluded 
j  from  the  operation  of  tho  treaty, 
j  No  person  may  be  extradited  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  treaty  for  any  offense  com- 
mitted prior  to  the  exchange  of  ratifica- 
tions. Therefore,  American  fugitives  from 
justice  now  residing  in  Spanish  dominions, 
and  Spanish  fugitives  in  this  country,  are 
secure  from  extradition. 


over  his  countrymen,  as  well  as  his  great 
success  as  a  General  and  a  statesman,  were 
due  to  the  unselfishness  and  conscientious- 
ness with  whieh  he  did  every  thing  that  waa 
laid  upon  him.  When  he  was  named  to 
command  the  "Continental  Army,"  In 
1775,  he  said  in  his  place  in  the  Congress  : 
"I  beg  it  may  be  remembered  hy  every  gentle- 
man in  this  room,  that  I  this  day  declare, 
with  the  utmost  sincerity,  I  do  not  think 
myself  equal  to  the  command  I  am  honored 
with."  This  perfect  modesty  was  an  out- 
growth of  unselfishness.  While  other  offi- 
cers, during  the  long  war,  were  fretting 
about  the  honor  rendered  them,  Wash- 
ington never  seems  to  have  thought 
of        weighing        his        own  repute 

in  the  balance  against  his  duty.  He  was 
the  object  of  jealous  and  envious  intrigue  ; 
there  was  a  party  both  in  the  Army  and  in 
Congress  formed  to  displace  him  ;  the  basest 
slanders  were  used  against  him ;  he  was 
crippled  in  his  authority  ;  a  separate  com- 
mand was  given  to  Gates,  which  was  prac- 
tically exeteised  over  his  head;  efforts 
were  made  to  discredit  him  with  the  French 
court  and  to  estrange  Lafayette  from 
him  ;  but  through  it  all  he  went  about  his 
work  calmly,  and  gave  no  sign  of  wounded 
pride  or  of  solicitude  for  his  own  fame, 
though  his  heart  was  often  heavy  with 
gloomy  forebodings. 

During  his  civil  adminlBtration  he  did  not . 

escape  distrust  or  animosity.  Toward  the 
last  of  his  service  especially ,Jie  was  bitterly 
attacked  by  men  whose  mode  of  political 
warfare  makes  that  of  our  own  day  seem 
mild  in  contrast.     Jefferson,  the    rising 

and    powerfol    leader    of    a  passionate 

party,  often  felt  harshly,  and  some- 
times acted  meanly,  toward  him.  But 
Washington,  though  he  had  lost  some  of 
the  patience  of  his  earlier  years,  never 
stooped  to  UBe  his  great  influence  in  resent- 
ment. Hia  efforts  to  keep  together  the 
representatives  of  the  parties  then '  be- 
ginning to  form  in  the  country  were  al- 
most pathetic  in  their  simple  sincerity,^ 
and  in  the  spirit  of  absolute  patriotism 
which  they  betrayed.  That  his  views  were 
large  and  sagacious ;  that  he  saw,  more 
plainly  than  most  of  the  public  men  of  his 
day,  the  measures  which  were  the  condi- 
tions of  an  enduring  national  Govern- 
ment ;  that  he  had  a  clearer  percep- 
tion of  the  real  tendencies  and  possi- 
bilities of  the  people  of  the  country 
than  even  the  greatest  of  his  contempora- 
ries, these  are  things  which  it  is  easy  to 
gather  from  a  study  of  his  public  career. 
But  to  his  practical  statesmanship,  which 
be  shared  with  others,  ho  added  a  generous 
faithfulness,  a  complete  self-surrender  to  his 
country,  which  no  one  else  of  his  day 
equaled,  and  in  which  no  one  of  later  days 
can  be  compared  to  him  except  Mr.  Lincoln. 
It  is  a  remarkable  fact,  and  a  very  fortu- 
nate one,  that  in  his  greatest  qualities 
Washington  was  a  man  whom  the 
iiumblest  citizen  may  hope  in  his  own 
sphere  to  emulate,  and  no  greater  service 
could  be  done  to  the  boys  of  the  United 
iStatos  by  their  parents  and  teachers  than 
by  making  these  qualities  well  under- 
stood. His  fidelity  to  duty,  his  pains- 
taking efforts  to  form  just  conceptions  of 
duty,  his  respect  for  the  rights  of  others, 
his  constant  self-respect,  his  modesty,  his 
want  of  any  unworthy  ambition,  his  scru- 
pulous honor,  his  courage  in  time  of  trial 
and  danger,  his  moderation  in  times  of  pub- 
lic excitement,  the  perfect  purity  of  all  his 
public  relations — surely  these  ferm  a  stand- 
ard in  which  every  young  American  can  be 
instructed  by  his  example. 


x-limtmF 


GEORGE  WASHINGTON. 
The  United  States  could  not  have  a  holi- 
day more  fit  to  be  generally  observed  than 
the  birthday  of  Washington.  No  name  is 
more  justly  to  be  honored,  whether  tor  the 
value  of  the  services  which  its  bearer  ren- 
dered to  the  country,  or  for  the  solid  worth 


.  .of  his  character   and  the  intrinsic  value  of 

jTii,tice,  and  right,"  it  would  perhaps  be  too  ffthe  example  which  he  left  to  the  study  of 
jriuch  to  expect  the  taintest  display  of  Nfatnre  generations.  It  would  hardly  be 
^Wxtue  from  his  less  pretentious  associates. 

Mr,  Sherman  yesterday  reported  from 
jthe  Senate  Finance  Committee  a  funding 
jbiU  which,  in  its  main  feature,  is  good,  and 
jW-?iich  is  worth  every  effort  to  pass,  though 
it  does  not  go  so  far  as  could  be  wished.  It 

)8.uthorizes  the  exchange  of  legal  tenders  at 

•jpar  for  thirty-year  four  percent,  gold  bonds, 
at  the  rate  of  not  exceeding  $4,000,000  in  any 
one  month,  or  $25,000,000  in  any  one  year, 
|to  the  total  amount  of  $100,000,000.  No  com- 
imission  in  any  form  is  to  be  paid  for  the 
(exchange.  The  legal  tenders  exchanged 
jftre  to  be  canceled  and  destroyed.  ,  The 
[thi  rd  section  of  the  bill  authorizes  the  issue 
|of  "  silver  coin"  to  an  amount  which,  with 
ilbat  previously  authorized,  shall  reach 
^80,000,000,  to  be  exchanged  for  legal-tender 
aotes,  the  notes  to  be  destroyed  and  counted 
B8  part  of  the  sinking  fund.  ,  The  effect  of 
\hia  part  of  the  bill  will  be  nil  unless  the 
silver  coin  goes  above  the  price  of  paper, 
when  the  Government  will  have  the  privi- 
lege of  providing  it,  though,  of  'course, 
there  can  be  no  legitimate  use  for  $80,000,000 
V  subsidiary  coin  or  '•'  small  change." 


►  Mr.  TiLDEN  plays  the  part  of  hypocrite 
ttad  trickster  to  the  last.  He  ''repudiates" 
4he  joint  agreement  of  the  Senate  and 
tTouse  Committees  •  to  leave  the  t  bank 
ft'ccounts  of  the  '  political  managers  of 
Iboth  parties  ■■  unexamined,  i-  and  ''  dis- 
claims any  t  immunity,  *  protection,  ^  or 
benefit " '  from  ■  such  .,  agreement.  ■  Mr.. 
Tildkn'S  protestations  ?  come  rather  late.- 
The  bargain  is  closed,  and  he  is  perfectly 
well  aware-  that  there  ia  no  chance  of  re-f 
opening  it. '  Why  did  he  not  instruct  his 
friend  and  fellow-worker  Jordan  to  lay  his 
bank  account  before  the  Senate  Committee 
when  summoned  i  for  that  express  i  pur- 
pose t  i  The  Cashier  f  of  -  the  Third  Na- 
tional '  Bank,  doubtless,  S  knew  ^  very  well 
Vhat  he  was  about  When  he  refused  to  give 
the  needful  information  about  Tilden's  re- 
cent transactions  with  the  bank,  but  the 
defeated  candidate  for  the  Presidency  rather 
ovorratea.  pubUo  '  credulity  when  t  he  at- 
tempts to  get  credit  for  either  honestyMor 
manliness  in  his  tardy  repudiation  of  the 
^Bstractions  on  which  Jordan  acted. 


« I  shall  go  to  my  people  and  shall  tell 
Qxem  aU,"  said  the  gifted  Wattebson,  ol 
Kentucky,  in  his  speech  on  the  Louisiana 
decision.  As  an  Installment  of  the  revela- 
tions which  he  has  in  storsi  "  H.  W.^'  sends 
fhB  foUowing  to  his  newspaper  apropos  of 
^Xatxs^B  trosted  henchmim :    "  Mr.  Exw- 


safe  to  say  that  without  Washington  the 
war  of  the  Revolution  would  have  been  a 
failure,  or  that,  if  it  had  succeeded, 
without  him  the  Government  would  not 
have  been  organized  on  the  sound  prin- 
ciples and  with  tho  efficient  machinery 
which  contribated  so  much  to  its  per- 
manence. Much  of  the  success  of  the  war 
was  due  to  the  character  of  the  people,  to 
the  skill,  courage,  and  fidelity  of  Washing- 
ton's Generals,  to  the  quarrel  between  Eng- 
land and  France,  and  to  the  peculiar  diffi- 
culties in  the  way  of  the  British 
arms.  Much  of  the  successful  organization 
of  the  Government  was  due  to  the  talents 
and  virtue  of  Hamilton,  Madison,  Jay, 
Morbis,  Gebry,  and  the  other  leaders  in 
the  various  States.  But  it  is  not  too  much 
to  say  that  without  Washington  the  re- 
sult would  have  been  far  more  uncertain 
and  the  work  would  have  been  greatly  more 
difficult. 

It  Is  not  easy  to  .  define  the  sources  of  the 
j  powerful  influence  which  Washington  ex- 
erted, because  they  did  not  lie  in  any  few 
qualities  of  commanding  superiority.  He 
did  not  have  an  imperious  will,  bending 
that  of  others  to  his  purposes ;  on  the  con- 
trary, nothing  in  his  career  is  more  remark- 
able than  his  constant  submission,  while 
in  command  of  the  Army,  to  the  dictates 
of  the  civil  power  in  the  hands  of  men  less 
able  and  even  less  devot«d  than  himself. 
He  did  not  have  the  supreme  confidence  in 
himself  which  ,  is  .^  generally  »  felt  to 
be  ■'  a  condition  ^  of  success  ;  ho  was, 
instead,  self-distrustful,  formed  his 
conclusions  usually  with  great  slow- 
ness, and  always  with  great  pains,  in- 
variably consulted  his  subordinates  in  both 
military  and  civil  hfe,  and  held  his  plans 
always  open  for  revision  with  a  want  of 
pride  of  opinion  that  is  not  often  equaled. 
Nor  could  he  at  any  time  be  said  to  be  pos- 
sessed of  a  consciousness  that  he  had  a  lofty 
missidn  to  be  performed,  from  which  he  de- 
rived special  inspiratioa;  he  rather  went 
about  his  greatest  duties,  as  about  the  least, 
with  patient  method,  with  industry,  per- 
sistepce,  and  healthy  energy,  but  with  an 
entire  absence  of  any  apparent  heroic  feel- 
ing. 

Tet  no  man  ever  won  more  absolute  con- 
fidence or  deeper  resi>ect  from  those  who 
were  connected  with  him  or  dependent  up- 
on him,  or  swayed  a  varied,  jealous,  and 
scattered  people  with  such  great  and  last- 
ing inflaence.  These  fiEKsts  are  the  strongest 
proof  of  his  great  mental  power,  but  they 
are  not  es^lained  by  that  alone. 
)m    saiid    that .  Ua ,  command. 


THE  FUTURE  OF  THE  SOUTH. 

The  Southern  mind  must  be  less  acute 
than  it  has  been  supposed  to  be  if  it  fail  to 
comprehend  the  requisites  of  Southern 
prosperity  in  the  future.  The  present  lack 
of  prosperity  needs  not  to  be  proved,  and 
the  causes  of  a  condition  of  things  which  ia 
in  many  respects  deplorable  are  scarcely 
less  apparent  than  the  fact  itself.  If  there 
is  to  be  any  marked  improvement,  it  must 
be  preceded  by  a  change  in  the  political 
affiliations  of  a  portion  of  the  whites,  and  by 
their  adoption  of  a  policy  of  conciliation 
toward  the  North,  instead  of  the  policy  of 
dictation  and  defiance  which  Democratio 
leader  have  for  their  own  purposes  en- 
couraged. 

The  true  wants  of  the  South  have  not 
greatly  changed  during  the  period  which 
has  elapsed  since  the  war.  Some  time  was 
required  to  enabls   the  planters  to  discover 

that  the  abolition  of  slavery  necessitated 
changes  in  the  management  of  their  estates. 
Their  farms  were  too  large  to  be  profitably 
cultivated  without  more  capital  or  credit 
than  they  were  able  to  command.  The  evi- 
dent remedy  was  the  sale  of  a  portion  of 
their  land  to  acquire  the  means  of  stocking 
and  cultivating  the  remainder.  It  was  not 
a  pleasant  remedy  to  a  class  who  bad  prided 
themselves  as   much  upon    the    extent  of 

^heir  plantations  as  upon  the  num- 
ber Of  their  slaves,  and  we  can- 
not wonder  that_^  they  were  averse 
to  its  application.  After  they  had 
learned  to  accept  it  as  inevitable,  other 
difficulties  presented  themselves  of  a  still 
more  formidable  nature.  Sales  of  land  pre- 
suppose the  presence  of  buyers.  There 
were  no  buyers,  however,  among  the  South- 
erners themselves.  >  Ail  were  impoverished 
alike.  The  only  hope,  therefore,  of  beyig 
able  to  cut  up  large  plantations  and  >  to  sell 
surplus  land  rested  upon  the  attraction  of 
titrangersfrom  the  North  and  from  abroad. 
From  both  sources  a  stream  of  migratiou 
continually^flows.  )■  The  problem  before  the 
South  was,  how  to  divert  to  its  i  wasted 

.fields,  its  stagnant  industries,  its  neglected 
natural  facilities,  a  portion  •  of  the  enter- 
prise, energy,  and  capital  which  have  so 
quickly  built  up  the  prairie  States.  A  mis- 
apprehension of  the  solution  to  this  prob- 
lem has  entailed  upon  the  -South  many  of 
its  embarrassments. 

To  emulate  the  West  successfully,  the 
secret  of  Western  development  must  be 
studied  without  prejudice.  With  some  of 
the  advantages  of  the  West  the  South  can- 
not directly  contend.  It  offers  few  facilities 
for  colonization.  Neither  Its  exhausted  nor 
its  timbered  lands  compare  with  the  fertile 
prairies.  Against  these  drawbacks  it  may 
set  certain  recommendations.  Its  readief' 
access  to  the  great  markets,  its  diversified 
mineral  resources,  its  unlimited  water 
IK)wer,  are  considerations  whioh,other  tilings 
being  equal,  can  scarcely  be  overestimated. 

If  the  comparison  of  seotions  extended  no 
further  than  these  jwints,  the  South 
might  have  confidently  claimed  a  full 
jiLaxA    6i  .  tha  _  anljEEatiiuK  .  mnnilation^ 


native  or  foreign.  But  there  is  one  con- 
dition whieh  the  South  overlooked.  The 
man  in  search  of  a  new  home  seeks  a  com- 
munity in  which  there  i^absolute  freedom 
of  opinion  and  action  in  political  matters. 
A  citizen  of  Massachusetts  or  New-York 
will  not  care  for  cheap  land  or  genial  cli- 
mate, if  part  of  the  price  of  either  is  a  sur- 
render of  his  political  rights.  Inconveni- 
ences and  hardships  he  can  submit  to 
cheerfully,  but  he  will  not  give  up  his  in- 
dependence. In  the  West  it  is  assnred  to 
him ;  in  the  South  it  is  denied. 
The  mischief  to  the  South  has  not 
ended  here.  The  state  of  society  which 
repels  settlers  also  repels  capital.  The  loss 
of  Northern  men  implies  the  loss  of  the  en- 
terprise and  skill  which  they  carry  with 
them.  Therefore,  the  South  remains  poor, 
its  lands  unsold,  its  towns  and  villages  in 
decay,  its  resources  overlooked,  its  people 
soured  and  suffering  by  reason  of  circum- 
stances which  they  seem  unwilling  to  deal 
with  fairly. 

Push  tho  statement  of  the  case  one  step 
further,  and  the  secret  of  the  depressed  con- 
dition of  the  South  becomes  apparent.  It  is 
shunned  and  distrusted  because  of  its  pro- 
Bcriptive  party  organization  and  the  mthods 
Jby  "which  its  party  efforts  are  conducted. 
Both  are  traceable  to  the  Democratic  Party. 
Its  managers  have  assumed  that  they  have 

a  special  title   to    the    votes    of  the    South. 

They  have  predicated  their  plans  upon  the 

supposition  that  by  persistent  audacity 
they  might  'acquire  and  hold  the  South 
as  against  the  Republican  Party.  The 
despotism  thus  built  up  is,  then,  wholly 
the  work  of  the  Democrats,  and  they  must 

bear  a  large  proportion  of  the  responsibility 

for  the  evils  which   the   Sout^  endures. 

There  can  be  no  substantial  improvement 
in  its  fortunes  as  long  as  its  white  people 
allow  themselves  to  be  coaxed  and  coerced 
into  the  maintenance  of  a  policy  which  be- 
gins by  asserting  that  Northern  settlers  are 
joot  wanted  unless  they  renounce  their  Re- 
publican convictions,  and  which  ends  in 
stiienating  from  the  South  the  elements  of 
prosperity  that  are  coveted  by  its  people. 

The  election  of  Mr.  Hayes  will  have  this 
effect,  if  it  have  no  other,  at  the  South — 
it  will  impose  a  cheek  upon  the  violent 
Democratic  managers,  and  will  lead  to  a  re- 
consideration of  their  position  by  the  more 
reasonable  of  the  whites.  With  local  or- 
ganization backed  by  Federal  authority, 
the  extremists  would  have  been  practically 
all-powerful.  With  Federal  power  in  just 
and  generous  hands,  men  like  Vance  in 
North  Carolina,  and  Bulter  in  South  Caro- 
lina, will  be  more  than  checkmated.  Their 
hold  upon  the  intelligent  whites  will  be 
broken.  Whether  the  latter  will  prove 
equal  to  the  occasion,  by  using  it  to  throw 
off  Democratic  dictation  and  to  create  a 
moderate  opinion  which,  in  essential  matters, 
shall  work  in  harmony  with  the  Republican 
policy,  is  a  question  which  must  meanwhile 
remain  unanswered.  We  would  neither 
exaggerate  the  significance  of  recent  South- 
ern action  at  Washington  nor  compromise 
the  essentials  of  Republican  policy,  by 
holding  out  inducements  to  Southerners 
who  care  more»  for  their  section  than  for 
thefr  party.  The  quality  most  to  be  de- 
sired in  them,  and  that  which  they  may 
cultivate  without  any  sacrifice  of  self-re- 
spect, is  independence  in  the  treatment  of 
political  issues.  Out  of  this  quality  reform 
in  Soutben>  politics  may  most  naturally 
come,  and  the  effect  will  be  as  wholesome 
to  the  Federal  Administration  as  to  the 
Southern  people.  Let  this  point  be  gained, 
and  the  foundation  will  be  laid  for  a  new 
South,  with  a  future  brighter  far  than 
would  be  attainable  under  other  circum- 
stances. 


A  THBICE-TOLD    TALE. 

The  report  made  to  the  Senate  yesterday 
concerning  the  Oregon  case  id  a  fair  state- 
ment of  all  the  material  facts.  Moreover, 
its  conclusions  are  decisive  of  all  the  mat- 
ters therein  involved.  It  is  a  recognized 
principle  in  law  that  the  alleged  ineligi  - 
bility  of  a  candidate  is  largely  determined 
by  the  knowledge  or  ignorance  of  those 
voting  for  him  as  a  candidate  for 
office.  Common  justice,  as  well  as 
common  sense,  would  seem  to  provide 
that  the  suffrages  of  the  people  should 
not  be  inoperative  because  the  candi- 
date for  whom  thoy  voted  was  ineligible 
and  his  ineligibility  was  not  publicly 
known.    The  committee  say  that  Watts, 

on  the   day    of  election,    held   an   office  of 

trust  and  profit  under  the  United  States. 
The  voters  who,  as  frequenters  of  his  office, 
knew  that  he  was  such  an  officer,  did  not 
number  one  hundred.  Very  few  of  these 
knew  that  he  was  ineligible  as  a 
candidate  for  Elector,  and  very  few 
of  the  people  in  the  State  knew  that  he  was 
a  postmaster.  The  report,  therefore,  lays  con- 
siderable stresson  these  facts.  It  was  not  gen- 
erally known  that  he  held  any  office.  Even 
those  who  knew  that  he  was  a  postmaster 
did  not  know  that  that  appointment  waa 
any  disqualification  under  the  laws  of  the 
United  States.  And  Watts'  majority  over 
Cronin  was  more  than  ton  times  as  large 
as  tho  number  of  voters  who  knew  he  waa 
a  postmaster. 

The  n^xt  step  in  tho  case  was  the  resig- 
nation of  Watts.  He  resigned  after  the 
election,  but  before  the  assenbling  of  the 
Electoral  College  and  before  the  oeptificates 
could  be  issued  to  the  Electors.  The  Sec- 
retary of  State, .  who  is  the  canvassing 
officer  under  the  laws  of  Oregon,  certified 
that  Odell,  Cartwriqht,  and  Watts, 
received  the  highest  number  '  of  '  votes 
cast  for  Presidential  Electors.  The 
fact  that  Gov.  Grover  issued  certificates 
to  Odell,  Cartwbioht,  and  Cronin  is  not 
considered  conclusive  on  the  point  as  to 
whether  Watts  or  Cronin  ,  was  rightfully 
an  Elector,  ^he  certificate  of  the  Governor 
is  not  part  of  the  "  appointment,"  but  the 
action  of  the  Secretary  of  State— the  can- 
vassing officer — is  conclusive.  Therefore, 
Grover  simply  exceeded  his  jurisdiction 
in  assuming  to  decide  upon  a  question  of 
ineligibility.  But,  even  if  Watts  were  in- 
eligible at  the  time  of  the  election,  his  resig- 
nation of  the  office  of  Postmaster  restored 
his  eligibility,  and  it  was  competent  for  the 
other  two  Electors  to  choose  him  to  the 
vacancy  created.  This  they  did.  His  in- 
eligibility has  never  been  called  in  question 
by  any  competent  tribunal,  and  he  was,  at 
least  de  facto,  a  member  of  the  Electoral 
College,  and  as  such  exercised  all  the  func- 
tions of  such  officer.  The  vacancy,  if  any, 
existed,  had  been  lawfully  fiUed. 

Bat  even  if  Cbonin  were  lawftilly  elect* 
ad.  and  thia  is  a•«^»?^'ft^*^F  darned,  hia  anbaa*. 


quent  action  defeated  the  purpose  which  he 
designed  to  execute.  The  certiflcates  were 
given  to  him.  These  he  refosed  to  deliver 
t(t  Odell  and  Cartwbioht,  who  were  al- 
ready in  possession  of  the  official  canvass 
of  the  Secretary  of  State.  He  withdrew 
from  any  concert  with  Odell  and  Cart- 
wright,  and  organized  a  college  of  his 
own.  This  was  plainly  a  "refusal  to  act," 
which,  under  the  laws  of  Oregon,  created  a 
vacancy.  It  is  immaterial,  therefore, 
whether  the  vacancy  in  the  Electoral  Col- 
lego,  of 'which  Odell  and  Cabtwrioht 
constituted  two-thirds,  -  was  occasioned 
by  the  withdrawal  of  Watts,  or 
the  "refusal  to  act"  of  Cbonin. 
The  vacancy  existed,  and  could  only 
be  filled  by  a  majority  of  the  members  of 
the  college.  Odell  and  Cabtwrioht  con-, 
stituted  such  a  majority,  and  they  fiUed  that 
vacancy  by  choosing  a  person  who  was 
eligible  to  the  position.  The  fact  that 
Cronin  forcibly  kept  possession  of  all  the 
certificates,  and  pretended  that  he  thereby 
controlled  the  official  existence  of  those  to 
whom  they  rightfully  belonged, '  cuts  '  no 
figure  whatever  in  the  case. 

The  fatal  weakness  in  the  Democratio 
case  in  Oregon  was  Cronin's  failure  to  get 
a  lawfully  elected  Elector  to  act  with  him. 
The  burden  of  the  infamous  ,  dispatches 
which  passed  between  Patrick  and  Til- 
den's  bouse  in   New- York  was  "  money  is 

needed  to  buy  a  Eepublican  *  Elector  to 

act  with  one  Democrat."  The  commit- 
tee's report  very  properly  dwells  on  the 
fact  that  a  conspiracy  was  formed  in  this 
City  and  Oregon  to  procure  this  result  by 
corrupt  means.     They  have   proved  "that 

Cronin  was  paid  $3,000  for  his  share  in  the 

nefarioos  business;   and  a  similar  amount 

was  paid  to  one  HiLi,,  a  Bepnblican  editor, 
to  subsidize  his  newspaper,  though  this  sum 
was  ostensibly  paid  him  as  a  retaining  fee 
in  the  pretended  legal  case.  But,  after  all, 
it  is  clear  that  the  failure  ot  the  conspira- 
tors to  buy  up  one  of  the  Republican 
Electors  was  .,  a  defeat  of  ;  all  i  their 
plans.  Grover  secretly  informed  them  that 
he  would  give  a  certificate  to  one  Demo- 
cratic Elector.  ^  Cronin  was  the  most 
eligible  man,  as  he  had  the  largest  vote  on 
the  Democratic  ticket.  He  had  pnbUcly 
said  that  he  would  not  contest  Watts' 
right  to  the  certificate,  i  His  scruples  were 
silenced  subsequently,  and  he  carried  out 
his  part  of  the  conspiracy.  In  default  of  the 
countenance  and  co-operation  of  one  of  the 
Electors  whose  title  to  the  office  was  un- 
disputed, he  arrogated  to  himself  the  right 
to  fill  an  Electoral  College  of  which  he 
claimed  to  be  the  single  member.  The  pre- 
posterous nature  of  his  claim  is  beneath  the 
dignity  of  argument.  It  should  not  receive 
the  seriou*  consideration  of  Congress,  except 
as  a  bold  attempt  to  seize  an  Electoral  Col- 
lege by  stratagem,  or  to  corruptit,  .in  de- 
fault of  other  means  of  capture. 


OVR  PASSION  FOB  SPEEC^. 

"Speech  is  .silvern,  but  silence  is  gold- 
em,"  is  a  proverb  we  hear  perpetually,  and 
usually  trom  those  to  whom  silence  is  im- 
possible. We  Americans  may  believe  in 
its  truth,  though  we  seldom  act  as  if  we 
did.  If  we  do,  we  are  not  unlike  Thomas 
Carlyle,  who  has  been  telling  his  readers 
for  half  a  century  of  the  beauty,  wisdom, 
and  excellence  of  silence,  and  has  pub- 
lished some  forty  volumes  to  prove  his 
sincerity.  We  ought  to  admire  and  appre- 
ciate silence,  for,  as  a  people,  considering 
our  race,  we  have  very  little  of  it.  As  a 
nation  we  are  troubled  with  innumerable 
opinions,  with  views  on  almost  every  sub- 
ject, and  our  trouble  grows  serious  unless 
we  have  an  opportunity  to  express  our- 
selves by  word  of  mouth  or  pen.  Oppor- 
tunity lacking,  we  make  it.  We  will  and 
must  have  our  say.  What  we  have  to  say 
may  not  be  of  sdny  importaace  in  itself,  but 
it  is  of  the  greatest  importance  to  us  that 
we  should  say  it.  We  are  inclined  to  think 
the  fact  that  it  is  our  opinion,  rather  than 
the  opinion  merely,  gives  our  utterance 
weight. 

Tliis  is  conspicuously  a  country  of  opin- 
ions. We  expect  everybody  to  have  opin- 
ions ;  we  like  to  hear  them,  particularly 
when  they  agree  with  our  own.  Even  if 
they  do  not,  we  preter  to  hear  them ;  tor 
then  we  have  a  chance  to  argue,  and  argu- 
ment is  the  delight  of  the  American  mind. 
Go  where  you  may,  yon  wiU  find  men  lu 
discussion  on  some  topic  or  other.  Nothing 
is  too  great  or  too  small  to  be  debated. 
Politics  has  precedence  in  cities  and  towns  ; 
but  this  i^  readily  and  repeatedly  ex- 
changed for  theology,  morals,  law,  medi- 
cine, social  obligations,  finance,  the  state  of 
one's  digestion,  or  the  tendency  to  prema- 
ture baldness.  Irf  the  rural  regions,  in 
sparsely-settled  districts,  where  few  news- 
papers circulate,  and  where  the  roar  of  the 
great  world  falls  only  in  faiut  echoes,  agri- 
culture and  the  crops  are  mooted,  and  all 
the  trifles  of  a  narrow  life.  These  may  not 
be  handled  with  remarkable  skill  or  va- 
riety, bnt  you  can  be  sure  that  they  wiU  be 
steadily  turned   over   and   over.  ^;  The  most 

insignificant  thing  will  answer  to  found  an 
argument  oa,  and  to  argue  is  to  exercise  the 
right  of  a  freeman,  and  not  unfrequently 
the  privilege  of  a  bore.  \  While  !  a  ,  man 
argues,  however  badly  or  drearily,  he  imag- 
ines that  tho  spirit  of  liberty  is  strong  with- 
in him,  and  that  in  this  way  he  mysterious- 
ly discharges  some  abstract  species  ot  pa- 
triotic duty. 

Private  talking  may  be  very '  wearisome, 
but  it  can  never  become  so  unendurable  as 
talking  in  public  with  a  view  to  be  report- 
ed, the  desire  for  pnblicitv  being.in  an  ex- 
act ratio  to  the  absence  of  ideas,  i!^'  Every 
State,  county,  city,  or  village  of  the  Union, 
is  superabundantly  supplied  with  men  con-, 
stantly  uneasy  lest  they  may  miss ;  some 
opportunity  to  .  distinguish  themselves. 
They  delight  in  committees,  conventions, 
meetings  of  every  kind ;  they  are  among 
the  first  to  attend  and  the  last  to  depart. 
Even  when  they  have  a  small  audience — 
when  they  know  they  shall  not  be  reported — 
they  love  to  talk.  Ignorance  of  the  matter 
in  hand  rather  stimulates  them  than  other- 
wise. •  They  wished  to  show  how  much  in- 
formation an  ,  uninformed  understanding 
can  display.  '  They  possess  words ;  they 
hold  that  w»rds  are  things  ;  and  they  have 
learned  by  experience  that  the  multitude 
can  not  discriminate  between  words  and 
ideas,  x  If  it  could,  where  should  they  look 
for  reputation  T  what  hope  could  they  cher- 
ish of  approval  er  toleration  t  They  are 
enamored  of  their  own  voices— a  wild,  un- 
natural affection,  in  which  they  have  few 
rivals— ani  it»  emptiness  has  a  pecnliar 
chana  £nr  them.    The  more  they  hear  it.  th^. 


deeper  their  passion  grows,  and,  as  it  woold 
seen,  the  shallower  their  wit 

When  they  take  up  politics,  they  are 
stimulated  to  do  '  their  best — or  worst. 
Fancying  their  field  to  be  enlarged,  and 
their  consequence  elevated,  they  feel  that 
they  are  addressing  a  nation;  that  the 
eyesof  the  world  are  upon  them.  In 
ordinary  times,  they  are  simply  tedi- 
ous and  harmless;  but  in  extraordi- 
nary times,  when  the  public  mind  is 
disturbed  or  excited  by  any  cause  or  com- 
bination of  causes,  they  are  apt  to  become 
mischievous  by  their  anxiety  to  attract  at- 
tention. Sueh  men  are  generally  prone  to 
demagogism ;  they  cannot  expect  to  influ- 
ence the  intelligent  and  thoughtful  part  of 
the  community,  and  therefore  they  appeal 
te  the  prejadices  and  passions  of  the  unre- 
flecting. Their  grpat  vanity,  not  their 
capacity,  renders  them  to  a  certain  extent 
dangerous;  just  as  any  person,  however 
weak  or  contemptible,  may  be  dangerous, 
if  he  be  permitted  '  to  carry  fire- 
brands where  there  is  inflammable 
material.  The  suspicion  that  they 
can  be  considered  dangerous  arouses  all 
their  conceit,  and  to  be  called  dangerous 
assures  them  of  their  transcendent  ability. 
They  never  suspect  that  it  is  only  the  priv- 
ilege, the  entire  freedom,  they  enjoy  which 
makes  it  possible  for  them  to  do  harm.    By 

abusiug  both  they  exalt  themselves  in  their 

own  estimation.   They  assume  the  air  of 

men  of  high  principle ;  they  pretend  to  be 
guardiams  and  defenders  of.  the  rights  of 
the  people  ;  they  prate  grandiloqueatly  ef 
their  patriotism,  and  beneath  all  their  rant 

and  fustian  is  only  a  porous  quantity  af 

wretched  egotism. 

It  is  hard,  sometimes,  to  be  patient  with 
such  blatherskites,  or  indeed  with  any  men 
or  class  of  men  who  either  talk  for  mere 
love  of  talking,  or  frem  a  desire  to  gain 
notoriety  at  any  price.  But  it  is  the  best 
way  to  bo  patient,  to  let  them  gabble  on 
until  they  tire  everybody,  and  demonstrate 
their  own  shallowness,  as  they  must  ulti- 
mately do.  -  We  are  a  speaking  people  ;  we 
win  have  our  views,  and  many  of  us  our 
grievaaces.  ,  Our  ready  speech  may  ^  be  a 
safety-valve  which,  as  we  run  on  high- 
pressure  principle,  preserves  us  from  ex- 
plosioB.  ,.   


THE  NE W-JEBSEY  LEOISLA TUBE. 


PINAL  adjournment  FIXED  FOB  "MARCH  9 
— thk  district  COURT  BILL  PASSED — 
A  BILL  MAEXNG  ANOTHER  i  GRADE  OF 
MURDER — ANOTHER  BATCH  .  OF  NOMI- 
NATIONS FROM  THE  GOVEBNOB — THB  DI- 
VISION OF  THE  PRINTING  JOBS. 
From  Our  Own  OorretooiKtent, 

Trenton,  Wednesday,  Feb.  21, 1877. 

Thei  House  this  morning  agreed  to  the 
concurrent  resolution  of  the  Senate  oallinc;  for 
final  adjournment  on  Friday,  March  9. 

The  committees  of  the  House  reported  ad- 
versely this  morning  on  several  bills.  Among 
the  more  important  of  them  were  that  of  Egans 
limiting  horse-car  fares  to  four  cents  for  the 
first  two  miles  and  one  cent  each  additional 
mile,  and  that  introduced  by  some  one  at  the 
instance  of  one  J.  B.  Freeze,  fixing  the  rate  ot 
interest  at  6  per  cent.  In  both  oases  the  ad- 
verse reports  yreie  sustained. 

Among  the  bills  introduced  in  the  House  is 
one  which  practically  makes  another  grade  of 
murder.  It  directs  the  Judges  in  case  a  ver- 
dict of  murder  of  the  first  degree  is  accom- 
panied by  a  recammendatiou  to  me^oy  to  sen- 
tence to  imprisonment  for  life. 

Mr.  Harris  introduced  a  bill  authorizing 
cities  and  towns  to  issue  20-year  local  improve- 
ment bonds  tor  the  improvement  of  anv  street 
when  the  m^jority  of  resident  property-owners 
apply  tor  it.  The  tax-payer  shall  pay  7  per 
cunt,  interest  on  his  assessment,  and  5  per  cent, 
of  the  principal  annually.  The  bonds  shall 
bear  6  per  cent.  Interest,  leaving  1  per  cent,  as 
a  contingent  fund  The  bonds  shall  be  first 
assessment  hens  on  ^he  property,  and  in  the 
event  of  failure  «to  pay  the  assessment  when 
due,  the  Cblleotor  may,  on  10  days'  notice,  ad- 
vertise the  property  tor  sale,  and'30  days  there- 
after sell  it.  'ihe  bill  is  de^jlgned  to  make  pos- 
sible much  needed  improvements  in  the  condi- 
tion of  the  streets  m  ail  the  cities  of  the  Stats. 

The  District  Court  bill  was  called  up  on  final 
passage  in  the  House  this  mornmg.  Mr.  Van 
Bensellaer  combated  the  moiion  that  the 
courts  entail  an  additional  burden  on  the  cities 
which  sustain  them.  He  wanted  the  bill  laid 
over  till  Alonday,  but  it-faiieu.  After  some  de- 
bate, it  was  put  on  final  passage,  and  passed 
by  a  vote  of  37  to  20. 

Mr.  JJayton  introduced,  at  the  instance  of 
tbe  Morrisiown  Asylum  Commissioners,  a  biU 
appropriating  an  additional  $15,000  to  that  in- 
stitution. Mr.  Uill  introduced  into  the  Senate 
a  bill  providing  that  hereafter  no  more  appro- 
priations shall  be  made  to  the  support  of  the 
schools  from  the  revenues  ot  tbe  State. 

In  executive  session  the  Senate  received  the 
following  nomiuations  trom  the  Governor  : 

Irusteet  of  the  A'ormcU,  School. — R.  M.  ActoD. 
Jamea  B.  Wooavrard,  Giioeri    Comb,  K.  H.  Vegtite. 

R.  M.  Price,  W-  A.  Whitehead,  and  Kev.  Charles 
K  Imbrie. 

Judges  of  Common  Pleat. — Josenh  Vliat,  Wanen 
County;  Alexander  Wurtz,  Hunterdon ;  Joho  Q. 
Mttuker,  £uex;  David  Muliord,  Umon  ;  D.  ^V. 
Dellioker,  Morris,  and  Elias  Doughty,  (Jumberland. 

JHrostcutors  of  the  Fleas. — Xbomaa  W.  Middieton, 
oi  Ocean,  and  V.  A.  Da  M.uLte,  of  Morris. 

The  nominations  were  all  referred. 

The  Prmting  Committee  have  agreed  on  their 
division  ot  tlie  printing  spoils,  and  have  intro- 
duced a  bill  awarding  contracts  as  follows : 
John  Carpenter,  Jr.,  of  Chntou,  Hunterdon 
County,  who  wua  dismissed  trom  the  House 
Clerkship  two  years  ago  m  disijrace,  the  print- 
mg  of  the  State  Treasurer's,  Controller's,  State 
Board  of  Education,  Normal  School,  and  State 
Prison  reports  ;  Naar,  Day  &.  Naar,  of  'I'ren- 
ton,  the  Senate  and  Assembly  bills  and  such 
reports  of  State  ofdoers  as  are  not  otherwLie 
provided  for ;  Mr.  Mullone,  of  the  Jersey  City 
Argus,  1,000  copies  ol  tbe  Assemblv  minutes  ; 
S.  W.  Miller,  ot  Salem,  1,000  copies  of  Senate 
Journal ;  Frank  Patterson,  of  the  Newark 
Courier,  the  volume  of  legislative  documents ; 
Charles  B.  Wills,  of  Mount  Holly,  3,000  copies 
of  the  Laws  of  la77.  This  printers  of  the  State 
who  are  omitted  by  this  arrangement  wiU 
doubtless  make  an  ettbrt  to  break  the  com- 
bination. 

The  House  killed  a  bill  which  ought  to  have 
been  passed.  Some  property-owners  are  in  the 
habit  of  borrowing  large  sums  of  money  lor  the 
purpose  of  evading  the  payment  of  personal  tax 
lor  lUst  that  amount.  Mr.  Howell's  bill  merely 
requiied  that  every  man  claiming  deduction  oa 
account  of  debt  must  swear  that  the  debt  was 
not  contracted  for  the  nurpose  of  evading  the 
tax.  The  members  thought  it  vould  lead  to 
confusion,  and  the  bill  was  defeated. 

The  general  law  for  the  government  ot 
counties  was  recommended  in  the  Senate,  which 
kills  it.  Assemblyman  Drohan  -withdrew  the 
bill  making  the  Finance  Board,  of  which  he  is 
President,  the  controlling  Board  in  Jersey 
City's  loeal  government.  o 


BUSINESS  fAILUSEa  IN  CHIOA0O.       ;' 
Special  DUvateh  to  the  tfeto-rork  Times.  '' 

Chicago,  Feb.  21.— The  heavy  decline  in 
the  market  rates  of  provisions  and  grain 
in  this  city  within  a  day  or  two 
past  has  '  bad  )  a  demoralizing  effect  on 
dealers.  The  firm  of  D.  Kreigh  &.  Co.,  pack- 
era,  was  forced  yesterday  to  suspend  owing  to 
its  deals  in  pork  and  lard,  its  heaviest  credi- 
tors being  in  New- York.  To-day  the  firms  of 
K.  B.  Murphy  &  Co.,  M.  S.  Klngsland  &.  Co., 
and  K.  H.  Warren  &,  Co,  were  rorced  to  sus- 
pend. All  had  been  carrying  heavy 
margins,  and  the  decline  m  portc 
alone,  which  has  been  from  |18  75 
Jan.  iO,  for  April  option,  to  $14  45  on  yester- 
day, bad  the  eifect  to  foroe  two  ot  these  firms 
to  the  wall  Ihe  others  lost  in  grain  trausao* 
tions,  deals  in  which  are  exoeedmgly  feverish 
iiwt  now.  

THB  JOE  IN  THE  HUDSON. 

ronoHKEEPSiE,  Feb.  SL — ^Tbe  ioe  in  front  of 

this  otty  broke  ap   to-day,  and  u  now  movlax  with 

the  tide.    Beports  ftvm  all  poiou  below  ^alu^wjOMA 
luiata  ffYpH^  mmaiis  oiuAa  CO  ikia  — f-n 


ALBANY.    U      •' 

— ^i — 

IN8UBANCE  MATTERS. 

ywa  OOTBBKOB'S  APPOINTMENTS — ^A  BEPOB7 
FBOM  THE  OUTGOING  INSUBANCE  8U- 
FBBINTENBBNT  —  THE  SALABISS  PAID 
TO  IN8UBANCK  CFiflCIALS— COMPANIES 
WHICH  HAVE  FAILED  TO  BEPLT — IN- 
SURANCE IN  THB  ASSEMBLY— O^BNBBAl 
BUSINESS. 

JVom  Our  Own  Corretvondent. 
Albakt,  Wednesday,  Feb.  21, 1877. 
:',  This  was  the  day  for  a  regular  executive 
session  of  the  Senate,  the  rules  requiring  that 
Buoh  a  session  shall  be  held  on  the  first  and 
third  Wednesday  of  each  month  at  12  M.  Bui 
a  ioint  resolution  having  been  adopted  yester- 
day that  both  houses  adjourn  at  12  M.  to-day 
till  next  Tuesday,  the  executive  session  wai 
prevented.  Two  or  ttiree  attempts  were  made 
to  get  into  executive  session  before  12  o'clock, 
but  it  could  not  be  done  except  bv  unanimous 
consent,  and  Democrats  objected.  Had  a  ses- 
sion been  held,  amotion  would  have  been  made 
to  reconsider  tbe  vote  by  whichJohnF.  Smytiie 
was  confirmed  as  Superintendent  of  Insorauee, 
and  Hezekiah  Sturgeas  as  Canal  Appraiser. 
The  motion  would  not  have  prevailed,  however, 
and  the  only  thing  gained  would  have  been  to 
put  Senators  squarely  on  the  record  in  this 
business  of  trafficking  in  public  offices.  The 
time  during   which   these   nominations  oan  be 

held  in  executive  session  after  being  confirmed 

expires  to-day,  and  they  will  be  returned  to  tho 
Governor  as  duly  conflrmed.  Their  commis- 
sions will  be  made  out  immediately,  and  they 
wiU  enter  upon  the  duties  of  their  offices  to- 
morrow. Mr.  William  Smyth,  the  retiring 
Supermtendent  of  Insurance,  will  not  con- 
tinue  Us    connection     with     the    department 

in  any  capacity.    He  could  probably  remain  as 

Deputy  Superintendent,  if  he  desired,  but  ha 
regaros   the     change   that     has   been  brought 

about  in  the  head  of  the  department  as  tbe 

work  of  the  insurance  companies,  whoae  man- 
Ber  of  domg  business  was  being  subjected  to  a 
rigid  investigation,  and  as  indicating  a  change 
in  the  poliay  he  was  pursuing  toward  them. 
Having  taken  a  firm  stand  in  favor  ot  this 
policy,  and  believing  it  to  be  necessary  and 
proper,  he  says  he  could  not  consistently  re- 
malm  in  the  department  and  see  the  work  that 
he  had  commenced  abandoned. 

In  answer  to  tbe  resolution  introduced  on 
the  16th  of  January  by  Senator  Bixby,  request- 
ing the  Suuerintendent  of  Insurance  to  call 
upon  the  life  insurance  companies  of  this 
State  to  report  to  him  a  list  of  salaries  naid  to ' 
officials  in  each  company.  Mr.  Smvth  to-day 
transmitted  tbe  reports  of  the  companies  so  for 
as  they  have  been  received  up  to  the  nresen  t  time. 
Senator  Bixbj  presented  tbe  reports  to  the  Sen- 
ate and  called  attention  to  the  tact  that  the  most 
important  companies,  and  those  specially 
charged  by  him  with  extravagance  in  their 
ma«a^ement,  had  failed  to  respond  to  his  reso- 
lution. Among  those  failmg  to  respond  are  the 
^Oitual  Life,  the  Equitable  Life,  tbe  Globe 
Mutual,  the  Guardian  Mutual,  tiie  Kniaker- 
bocker,  the  Metropolitan  Life,  and  tbe  World 
Mutual.  Those  who  complied  with  the  resoiu- 
ion,  made  reports  as  tohows  : 

The  North  America  Life  Tnsaranoe  Company 
pay  their  Prenldent,  fienry  J.  Forber,  $12,000  sala- 
Tj;  the  Vice  President  $6,000.  ibe  Secretary  $6,000, 
and   other   officers  and  clerks  $52,296  SO. 

The  New- York  Life  Insarauce  aud  Xmst  Compa- 
ny pav  tbeir  President  flS.OOO  saiaiy,  and  otner 
omoera  an  aegregate  ot  124,950. 

Ihe  Home  Life  Insuiauce  Company  pay  their 
President,  G«orge  C.  Bipley,  $10,000  per  aoDam  ; 
tne  Seoretai-y  $8,000,  aud  the  otber  officer*  iQe  bal> 
ance  to  make  up  tbe  total  ezDeuses,  $31,876  '26. 

The  Universal  Life  Inanraoce  Cumpaoy  pay  their 
President  $9,000  salary,  tUeir  Vice  Presiuent  «20,- 
967  75,  their  Secretary  $14,234  01,  tbeir  Actaaiy 
$13  324:  the  total  amount  paid  for  salaries  is 
(116,428  15. 

The  (Juited  States  Life  laaarance  Company  re- 
port the  expense*  of  rannins  tbe  compauy  last 
year  at  $181,693  32,  tbe  Pre^jideut  reeeiTin>;  a  salary 
of  $15,000.  Ihe  Sapenntendeot  of  Agencies  $10,uO0, 
and   tne  Secretary  |3,500. 

The  expensL-s  of  tne  Empire  State  Life  Insurance 
Cooipany  last  vear  weie  «3,200. 

Xbe  Mannattan  Life  Insurance  Company  pays 
$10,000  salarv  to  (be  Presldei.t,  Senrr  Siokes,  and 
$3,887  57  in  tees  and  donations  ;  {6.(X)0  salary  to  tne 
Vice  President,  and  $2,335  03  m  fees  ;  $6,000  salary 
to  tbe  Secretary,  and  iil,^5  03  in  fees ;  $5,000  salary 
to  tbe  Actuary,  aud  $2,;555  03  in  fees.  Xbe  tot-al 
amount  paid  out  to  olliaers  and  agents  was  $»3, 
040  U. 

Tbe  Homeopathic  Life  Insurance  Company,  $16,* 
550  75;  $2,500  salary  is  paid  tbe  President,  D.  D.  r. 
Mars  nail ;  $5,000  to  tbe  Vice  Presidents;  $335  to 
the  Secretary,  frank  B.  Mavnew. 

Provident  Savings  Life  Assurance  Society  of 
Nett-York,  $18,934   10;    salary  of   tbe  President, 

$6,550. 

Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company,  $33,310  30; 
$7,000  saiai^  is  paid  to  tbe  President. 

G-ermania  Lite  Insarance  Company,  Hngo  We- 
sendonek.  President.  Total  flmuont  paid,  $75,&:.9. 
Xbe  President's  salary  ia  $11,867  15. 

Washington  Life  Insuxuuue  Company,  $56,487  64. 
The  Presiaeot,  Cyras  Curtis,  receives  $10,000  per 
annam  eaiary. 

Government  Security  Life  Insurance  Company, 
exponaes,  $33,165. 

American  Popular  Life  Insurance  Company, 
$22,640. 

Western  It ew- York  Life  Insarance  Company, 
$5,055  50. 

Arlauuo  Mnfnal  Life  Insarance  Company, 
$9,091  74. 

As  respiects  tbe  subject  of  insurance  in  tbe 
Assembl.y,  it  may  be  said  that  ail  attention  is 
now  directed  to  the  Insurance  Committee.  Mr. 
Purdy's  resolutions  calling  for  tue  appointmunt 
of  a  special  oom>uittee  to  investigate  tne  con- 
dition Ol  insurance  companies,  aud  to  report 
in  30  days  what  remedial  legislation  was  needed 
to  protect  Dolicy-holders,  were  really  adopted 
by  the  House,  though  -in  tbe  lorm  of  Mr. 
Gilbert's  substitute.  All  the  change  made 
trom  the  original  was  to  insixuct  the 
Standing  Committee  on  Insurance  to  make 
such  investigiitiun  and  inquiry  as  were  neces- 
sary to  ascenaln  what  reoiedial  legislation  was 
needeo,  and  to  reperD  by  bill  within  30  days. 
A  number  of  gentlemen  were  disappointed 
with  this,  but  It  seems  the  best  course 
whioh  could  have  been  adoptecL  Tne 
idea  of  any  committee  being  ablo 
to  investigate  "  tbe  condition  ot  tue 
insurance  comoanies  ot  the  State"  in  30  days 
is  preposterous.  It  could  not  be  done  in  as 
many  weeks.  Then  tbere  is  a  strong 
prejudice  against  special  committees  of 
investigation,  founded  on  paat  experience 
with  them.  On  the  other  baud,  the 
Insurance  Committee  is  one  of  the  best  we 
have  had  at  Albany  for  years,  aud  it  has  the 

confidence  of  the  House.  Tnough  the  limit  of 
time  given  far  their  report  is  30  days,  tbe  ex- 
pectation is  general,  as  it  is  j  ust,  that  the  com- 
mittee will  report  a  bill  within  15  days ;  and 
lurcher,  that  it  shall  be  a  measure  of  a  cbaruo- 
ter  satisfactory  to  those  whose  only  desire  it  is 
to  secure  such  legislaiiou  as  will  protect  tue 
interests  •!  poUoy-holders.  Tue  test  of  the 
sincerity  of  the  House  in  the  matter  will  be 
made  when  this  bill  comes  before  it  lor  action. 
Meantime  Mr.  Grahaa,  of  Orange,  the  Chair- 
man ot  the  Insurance  Committee,  is  the  gentle- 
man to  whom  the  attention  of  all  classes  of 
members  is  directed. 

Senator  Morrissey  to-day  introduced  a  bill, 
sent  to  him  by  ex-.Vlayor  nemann,  permitting 
assessments  tor  street  imurovemeuts  in  New- 
York  to  be  paid  any  -time  in  five  years, 
provided  interest  is  paid  semi-annually  at  tue 
rate  of  7  per  cent.  It  prohibits  sales  o£ 
property  for  impaid  assessments  until  alter  the 
expiration  of  that  time. 

Senator  Gerald's  resolution  for  an  amend- 
ment to  the  Constiturion  consolidating  the- 
Common  Pleas  and  Superior  Courts  ot  Mew- 
York  City  with  the  Supreme  Court  came  up  on 
their  final  passage,  when  Mr.  Kennaday  moved 
to  recommit  to  allow  parties  in  New- York  op- 
posed to  tbe  consolidation  opportunity  to  be 
heard.    The  motion  w&s  earned. 

Mr.  Wagstalt^s  bill  oontmuing  the  payment 
of  the  percentage  of  the  foreign  insurance 
fund  to  the  widows  and  orphans  of  members  of 
the  old  Volunteer  Fire  Department  was  or- 
dered to  a  third  reading. 

The  House  spent  the  whole  mornmg  in  the 
disoussion  of  a  single  clause  m  the  Annual  Ap- 
propriation bill,  that  making 'an  appropnation 
for  the  National  Guard.  Uather  uuwiseiy,  the 
Ways  and  Means  Committee  had  considerably 
increased  tbe  amount  over  that  appropris(ted 
for  the  save  purpose  last  year,  and  the  resVit 
has  been  a  prolonged  controversy,  whioh  will 
probably  end  in  a  considerable  reduction  being 
made.  The  further  consideraton  of  tbe  toil' 
.went  over  till  next  week. 


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'  A  telegram  from  Concord,  N.  H..  to  the 
Boston  GiolM  says  that  at  a  meetmg  of  the  Xmsteei 
of  Dartmoath  CoUege,  In  that  city  on.  Tteesdav. 
Prof.  Young  w«m  nnanimoasly  reqnested  to  renuda 
as  one  of  tbe  Fsoaity  ot  the  college,  and  it  wai 
voted  tliat  he  be  appointed  Professor  of  Astronomr,' 
diatlaot  from  tbe  obair  of  natural    philosophy,  an« 

that  tbe  fnads.  peoesMry  to  establish  tne  u&aii 
■hoold  be  zaiMd  bv  an  appeal  to  tbe  alumu  %r* 
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XATEST  NEWS  BICiBLE. 

TBB  SHADOW  OF  TEE  SWOBD. 

\  BUSSIAN  OBKBBAL  AT  PKBSIAX  HEAS- 
QUABTKB3 — ^TUKKISH  TROOPS  OX  THE 
ASIATIC  ll^NTIBK — SEPORT  OI*  THE 
sultan's  lUtNESS  UNFOUNDED— THE 
DATE  OF  RUSSIA'S  ATTACK — THE  TURK- 
ISH PROVIKOK8. 

iiONDON,  Feb.  22.— A  Vienna  dispatch 
^ys  adTioes  from  Tiflia  to  Feb.  8  have 
jbeea  received.  Twelve  Busaian  officers 
fvere  about  to  leave  for  Teheran.  A 
poasian  General  has  been  appointed  to 
^present  Bnssia  at  the  Persian  bead-qaarters 
p?arkev  is  conoentracike  troops  on  the  Aslatio 
Rentier  in  conseqnenoe  of  the  belief  that  Persia 
concentrating  men  in  accordance  with 
n  nnderstanding  with  Bassia.  Two  hnndred 
poTsble  axletrees  have  arrived  at  Kisheneflf 
(to  be  nsed  on  the  Sossian  wasons,  to  adapt 
jChem  to  the  gauge  ot  the  Roumanian  railways. 
!  The  Vienna  correspondent  of  a  morning 
paper  says  the  powers  continue  their  efforts 
^t  St.  Petersburg  to  induce  Kussia  to  discon- 
Itinue  her  armaments.  These  elforts  do  not 
protcress  rapidly  in  consequence  of  the  delay 
in  answering  the  Bussian  circular. 

A  dispatch  from  Berlin  -  represents  that  in 
eona^quence  of  reports  of"  the  Sultan's  illness, 
anarchy  is  prevailing  in  Government  cir- 
cles at  Constantinople.  The  war  party 
^  in  the  ascendent  at  St.  Petersburg.  The  date 
of  Bussia's  attack  will  mainly  depend  on  the 
progress  of  events  in  Turkey.  It  is  believed 
that  England  and  Austria,  while  delaying 
a  tormal  reply  to  the  Bussian  circular, 
will  again  urge  the  Porte  to  carry  out  tbe 
^eaommendations  of  the  oonierenoe.  A  Vienna 
dispatch  says  the  British  Government  seems  to 
bave  pointed  out  to  Bussia,  through  Lord  Lof- 
nis.  that  the  preoariouaness  and  uncertaintv  now 

grevaUing  make  the  present  moment  unfavor- 
bie  tor  answering  the  Russian  circular.  It  has 
at  the  same  time  promised  a  formal  answer 
when  the  aituation  ia  clearer,  and  espe- 
cially when  the  issue  of  the  negotiations 
with  Servia  and  Montenegro  is  ascertained. 
iThe  other  powers,  recognizing  that  that  answer, 
in  whatever  form  it  may  be  given,  will  be  of 
decisive  influence  on  Eastern,  and  not  unlikely 
on  general  European  affairs,  seem  disposed  to 
leave  the  initiative  to  England.  Buseia  also 
appears  to  recognize  the  difficulty  in  which  she 
Wuuld  be  placed  if  by  receiving  the  answer  of 
the  powers  immediately  she  were  compelled  to 
decide  for  peace  or  war  at  the  present  stage  of 
uncertainty  and  transition. 

)  A  letter  in  the  Cologne  Gasette  from  South 
Bussia  says  a  forced  loan  will  probably  soon  be 
decreed.  A  lurther  extension  of  naturalization 
has  been  determined  on,  but  will  scarcely  be 
carried  out  until  milder  weather.  The 
commanders  of  the  Southern  Army  have 
been  ordered  to  victual  their  corps 
up  until  the  middle  of  March  at  least 
lio  movement  will  be  made  until  then.  The 
luture  will  show  whether  it  is  a  forward  or 
backward  movement,  but  everything  pointed 
to  the  tormei'.  The  War  Minister  has  ordered 
a  large  quantity  of  shrapnel  shell  for  the  West- 
em  fortreeses. 

A  morning  paper  says  considerable  doubt  ex- 
ists whetiier  tfie  'tebate  en  the  treaty  engafre- 
^ents  will  be  resumed  in  the  Uouse  of  Com- 
mons on  Jb'riday  night.  A  dispatch  Irom 
(Vienna  reports  that  a  fresh  Bussian  circular  is 
expecied,  snowing  rather  warlike  propensities, 
although  at  present  several  Bussian  papers 
liave  been  otBciaily  cautioned  to  stop  publisning 
Svarlike  articles.  It  is  rumored  that  England  has 
jconiidentially  hinted  to  various  Governments 
ithat  she  mignt  change  her  attitude  if  Armenia 
should  become  the  seat  ot  wfir,  and  TurKey's 
territorial  mtegritv  in  Asia  be  endangered. 

The  correspoadent  of  a  morning  paper  tele- 
Erapha  from  Pesth :  "If  the  accounta  which  I 
hear  are  true,  that  tbe  majority  of  the  officers 
ot  the  Army  on  the  Pruth  have  engaged  quart- 
jers  at  J  assy,  war  ean  no  longer  be  averted." 

A  dispatch  from  Vienna  states  that  the 
Fnnoe  of  Montenegro  claims  as  a  minimum 
tne  territorial  csasion  proposed  by  the  Confer- 
ence. He  also  desires  two  lortihed  islands 
on  Lake  Scutari,  the  port  of  Spitza,   iree 

navi,{atiun  through  Lake  ;Scutari,  and  along  tbe 
liojana  to  the  sea,  and  the  establiahuxent  of 
direct  diplomatic  relations  with  I'urkey  through 
agenta  resiamg  in  the  capital  of  each  country. 
lie    offers    to    pay    within    12    years    for    all 

{the  lorts  and  public  buildings  in  tbe  ceded  ter- 

ntory,  and  to  secure  the  return  to  their  homes 
pt  all  Heizegovmian  refugees,  w^hose  number 
[he  estimates  to  be  90,000,  ii  the  Porte  will  grant 
;oomplt:te  amnesty,  maintain  them  until  the 
^ext  harvest,  emd  give  them  the  means  of  re- 
[btuiding  toeir  houses  and,  churches  and  of 
ouitivatmg  the  fields. 

Belgkade,  Peb.  21.— The  elections  for  the 
iGreai  iSkuptscbina  havs  been  held  throughout 
itne  country.  The  majority  of  the  delegates 
'elected  lavor  peace. 

:  Bjjdssels,  Feb.  21.— ie  Nord  draws  atten- 
tion to  tae  fact  that  the  Porte  has  not  yet  ans- 
wered Botmiania'a  note  of  Jan.  20,  demanding 
a  written  declaration  that  Roumania  is  not  to 
be  included^  among  the  Ottoman  provinces 
mentioned  in  the  Turkish  Constitution. 

CossTAiJUNOPLE,  Peb.  21. — The  Porte  has 
notiheA  its  representatives  abroad  that  the 
healtn  of  the  Sultan  is  perfectly  satisfactory, 
And  tnat  the  rumors  of  an  impending  onange 
|m  the  Grahd  Vizierate  are  unlouuded. 
:  ViE>NA,  Peb.  -21. — I'he  Moatentgrin  envoys 
have  emuarKed  at  Cattaro  for   Constantinople. 


MISCELLANEOUS     FOREIGN    NOTES. 

LiOisj>oii,  Feb.  21. — Finzel's  sugar  refinery  at 
JBristol  will  close  on  Saturday  in  coaseqaeuce  of  the 
•cardty  of  raw  materfal  and  the  inflaenca  of  tbe 
X'rencn  bouniy  system.  Aboat  3,000  persons  wUl 
be  tnrovn  out  of  employment. 

Inaia  cotmoU  bills  were  allotted '.  to-day  at  abont 
^  penny  per  rupee  reduction.  The  market  for  silver 
.to-day  waa  uncertain  and  flat,  t-  Tbe  quotation  was 
«boat  S€  pence  per  ounce. 

Darl  Forteacue  gave  noticA  in  tbe  House  of  Lords 
to.day  that  on  to-morrow  he  will  call  attention  to 
tbe  outbreaK  ot  rinderpest  In  Eaaex  and  Torkshire. 
and  aak  tbe  Lord  President  of  tbe  Council  wnat  ateps 
have  been  taken  to  prevent  the  spread  of  the  disease. 

The  Privy  Coimcil  has  issued  a  notice  to-day, 
ftating  that  the  cattle  plagne  haa  been  detected  at 
Bow  and  Stepaey,  both  witnin  ibe  metropolia,  and 
also  at  HolL  A  fresh  oatbreak  is  reported  at  Hall 
daring  tbe  night.  It  is  amoog  itock  in  the  vicinity 
of  the  first  outOreaE,  though  the  entire  herd,  when 
the  latter  occurred,  were  immediately  slaaghtered. 

Pabis,  Fob.  21.— President  MacMahon  has  sanc- 
tioned the  dismissal  of  43  Sub-Prefects. 
I  Mapbid,  Feb.  31. — A  royal  decree  ia  pahliabed, 
permitting  the  return  of  Carlist  refugees.  .Nona 
will  be  prosecated  unless  they  offend  against  the 
oommon  law.  It  is  stated  tbac  the  Ministry  InCtind 
to  leoommend  the  King  to .  proclaim  general  am 
neaty. 

London,  Feb.  22. — A  morning  newspaper  says 
•everal  leading  Home  Balers  have  refused  to  assiat 
at  the  funeral  of  John  O'Mahony  on  tne  ground  that 
their  co-operation  would  be  inconsistent  with  tbe 
Home  Bnle  programme.  If  the  demoastration  ia  to 
be  regarded  as  in  favor  of  tbe  principles 
represented  by  the  deceased,  none  of  th& 
liome  Bole  leaders  will  take  part  in  it, 
although  prominent  men  of  the  pArty  from  the 
principal  Saglish  towna  will  attend,  bat  simply  as 
delegates  from  the  Irish  population  of  their  dis- 
tziots.  Twolrlab  members  of  ParUament  at  least 
bave  promised  to  be  present 

VBIHSB-AMEBICAN    POSTAL  1^  SERTICS— TBE 
PAPACY. 
LoiTDON,  Feb.  22. — The    Postmaater   General 
tutf  under    oontideradon  ,  the  present    nnsatiB- 

Cactory  arrangements  for  '  the  conveyaDoe  of 
tbe  mails  between  G-reat  Brit-ain  and  tbe 
United  States.  The  associated  chambers  of  com- 
merce have  strongly  represented  to  him  that  serioos 
loss  will  be  anstained  bv  merobanta  in  consequence 
of  tbe  non>Jonveyuice  of  the  malls  by 
the  awtftest  steamers.  Post  Office  officials  are  now 
in  Liverpool  investigating  the  aubjeot.  • 

'  A  special  dispateh  from  Bome ,  states 'that  In 
MDseqaenoe  of 'tbe  decision  of  the  -  Cardinals 
that  the  reassembling  of  the  Vatican  CounoU 
would  be  inopportune,  the  Pope  has  dlBtributed  to 
them  theqaeations  left  nnaolved  by  the  previous 
meeting  of  the  conooil,  with  the  view  of  deter- 
In  ioing  whether  he  cannot  solve  tham   by  his ,  own 

authoritr*  ^ 

THE  A  USTBIA'H  UNGABT  BANK. 
Low>OH,  Feb.  22.— A  Perth  diBpatoh  says  the 

diifexenc«s  between  Aoatna  and  Hungary  on  the 
bank    qnestion    hava   bewi   Anally    settled.      The 

Ministers  will  make  tU«  Mnonncement  » 
tha  Chambw  bafora  tha  and  of  the  waak.  Th*- 
general  bank  ooancU  is  to  eonsUt  of  threa 
HoBgwians  and  three  AiittrlaBS,  the  eight  re- 
Mtnlu  SiMoten  toto  ftMte.sie<*s*  >wtba  sfca^.X 


holders.  The  Emperor  nomiaates  tbe  Oevemor : 
the  Austrian  ^and  Hungarian  Oovemmenta  nom- 
inate each  a  Deputy  Governor. 

The  Standard  $  Vienna  dispatch  sUtss  that  the 
Vienna  Ministry  yeaterday  informed  a  conference 
of  tbe  Conatituuonal  Party  that  the  definitive  eon- 
elaaion  of  the  oompromiae  negotiations  depended 
on  the  party's  agreement  to  the  foregoing  arrange- 
ment.  

THE   MEXICAN   ELECTIONS. 


ABBTVAL  OF  GBN.  DIAZ  IN  THB  CITY  OK  MBX- 
ICO  —  BLKCTION  FRAUDS  BBPORTKD  — 
A  COUNTER  REVOLUTION  CERTAIN. 
Havana,  Peb.  21.— The  steamer  City  of 
Mexico  arrived  here  &om  Vera  Cruz  this  afternaon, 
and  brings  tbe  following  inceligenoe  from 
the  City  of  Mexico,  under  date  of  Feb.  11 : 
Gen.  Diaz,  arrived  here  to-day  amid 
great  rejoicing.  He  will  probably  reorganize 
alae  the  Ministry.  Denitez,Oogason,  andTagle,  three 
of  the  most  prominent  members  of  (he  Cabinet 
have  reaigned,  bat  acting  President  Mendez 
has  refhaed  to  accent  their  resigna- 
tions. Ontrogeons  fronds  were  oommittad  at 
an  Electoral  College  organized  for  Congreaslonal 
olectlons.  The  Toxtepec-plan  partiaaaa  now  in 
power  formed  themselves  into  a  sort  of  a  Retarning 
Board,  and  connted  more  votes  for  their  candi- 
dates than  there  were  electors,  the  Chair- 
man Stealing  100  votes  from  the  opposite 
party.  The  Chairman  refused  to  allow  dlsonsaton, 
and  the  opposition  aent  for  the  Governor.  Fraud 
waa  proved  by  the  Governor  calling  tbe  roll, 
wfaerenpon  he  immediately  di^aolved  the  Col- 
lege. A  piatol  waa  fired  and  the  Police 
took  posseaaion  of  the  bmlding.  Vice  Presi- 
dent Mendez  ordered  the  teanaemblmg  of  the 
College,  where  the  Oppaition'a  cliarge  of  fraud  waa 
established,  although  Espernon.  a  promineat  Gov- 
ernment leader,  waa  defeated.  The  Church  party 
is  looming  up ;  moderate  men  retrain  from 
action,  and  tbe  reault  will  be  that  either 
the  Church  or  the  lower  strata  will  come  into 
power.  Liberals  aoonse  Diaz  of  leaniog  toward  the 
Church  party.  A  coancer  revolution  is  certain.  It 
is  poaaible  that  Diaz  may  prevent  distntegratlon 
and  the  ruin  of  his  party  by  remaining  in  the 
capital. 

Many  prominent  politicians  are  named  as  candi- 
dates fur  ibe  Chief  Jusiieesbip.  Tbe  yo2  de  Mexico, 
the  organ  of  the  Catholic  party,  denonncea  8trout;lf 
outrages  recently  committed  on  Proteitants  indif- 
ferent aectiuna.  The  Diazista  lejuioe  beoanee  the 
United  States  have  received  tbe  first  installment  of 
the  money  awarded  by  tbe  Mixed  Oommisaluh. 


OBllUABY. 

-♦ 

MAJOR  GEN'.  AMOS  B.  BATON. 
A  dispatch  from  New-IIaven  announces  the 
sudden  death  laat  evening  from  heart  diseaae  of 
Brevet  Major  Gen.  Amos  B.  £aton,  of  the  United 
States  Army,  while  vlaiting  bis  son.  Prof.  Eaton,  of 
Tale  College.  Gen.  Eaton  was  born  in  New-Yoik, 
and  at  tbe  time  of  his  death  waa  71  years  of 
age.  He  entered  the  Military  Academy  at  Weajt 
Point  as  a  cadet  on  July  1,  1822,  and  was  graduated 
No.  36  in  a  claaa  of  41  on  July  1.  1836.  at  tbe  same 
time  aeing  promoted  In  the  Army  to  Second  Lien- 
tenant  of  the  Second  Infantry.  In  the  same  claaa 
at  Weat  Point  ware  a  large  number  of  officers  who 
have  since  diatingaiahed  themaelvea.  among 
them  beiog  Gren.  Albert  Sydney  Johnston, 
Gen.  S.  P.  Heiatzleman,  Gen.  A.  J.  Pleasonton, 
Gen.  SUaa  Casey,  and  E.  Kirby  Smith.  Gen.  Eaton 
was  on  garrison  and  recruiting  duty  at  various 
points  nntil  1834.  when  he  was  made  Flr§t  Lienten- 
ant  of  tbe  Second  Infantry.  From  1835  to  1S37  he 
was  on  Commiaaary  duty,  and  waa  enzaged  in  the 
Florida  war  from  the  latter  year  nntil  1841.  Oc  Jnlr 
7,  1838,  he  waa  appointed  Cummlasary  of  Subsistence 
with  the  rank  ot  Captain.  During  tbe  Canada 
border  diaturbaoees  be  waa  on  dnty  on  the  North- 
ern frontier.  From  1841  to  1846  he  waa  in  New- 
York  City.  'When  the  Mexican  war  broke  out  be 
waa  appoint«d  chief  Commioaary  of  Sabsiatence 
of  Gen.  Taylor's  armr,  beiBi;  engaged  in 
tbe  battle  of  Bnena  Viata.  For  gallant  and 
meritorious  conduct  in  tbia  battle  be 
waa  promuted  to  the  rank  of  Brevet  Major.  He  con- 
tinued on  commia^arv  duty  at  St.  Loaia,  San  Fran- 
olBCo.  and  New-York  until  1861.  From  the  out- 
break of  the  rebellion  nntil  1864  be  was  Deoot  Cum- 
misdary    and      Parchasinz      Commissarv    for      the 

armies  in  the  field,  in  New-York,  and 
during    this    time    was     promoted     succe.tsiv^ 

to  tbe  ranks  of  Malor,  Lien  tenant  Colonel, 
Colonel  and  Brieadier  General.  Oa  June  29,  186^, 
as  Commissarv  General  he  took  charge  of  the  Suu-- 
aisrence  Borean  at  VVaatungtou,  and  on  March  13.' 
1863,  "for  faitbfal,  lueritonons,  and  distineaiiihed 
services"   during    tne    rebellian   he    wa^   .-^ppuinieil 

Brevet  Major  (reneral.     Oa  May  1, 1874,  lie  was 

placed  on  the  retired  list. 


AM.  UUKMEKIS. 


GEXERAI.    MENTION^. 

A  matin^e-conoert  will  be  given  by  Mme. 
SaalDofi  at  Siemway  Hall,  to-day. 

The  annual  performance  for  the  benefit  of 
the  Soci6t6  Fracyaisn  de  Bienfiusance  occurs  at  the 
Academy  of  Music,  Saturday  evening,  when  a  de- 
lightfal  op6ra  comique  in  three  acta,  ca'lod  "  Lea 
Dragons  da  Villara"  will  be  stmg  by  Mile.  Aimee 
and  her  asaociates. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  PeinLncer  gave  an  interesting 
concert  at  Cbickeriag  Hall  yesterday  evening.  A 
deligbtfuUv  fresh  and  melodloas  sonata  for  violin 
and  piano — Opus  31 — by  Niels  Gade,  waa  the  first 
number  on  the  programme,  and  afterward  Mr. 
Feininger  played  with  conslderabla  effect,  if  not 
with  abaolnte  nuieatria,  Baoh'e  Cbaconne  andWieni- 
awski's  "L^^ende,"  and  Mme.  Feininger  sang 
tastefully  several  songs  by  Schubeit  and  Ealii- 
woda. 

Matinee  representations  will  be  given  to-day 
at  tbe  Park  Theatre,  at  Booth's,  at  the  Union 
Square  Theatre,  at  tbe  Fifth  Avenae  Theatre,  at 
tHe  Eagle  Theatre,  at  the  Grand  Opera-boiue,  at 
the  New  Broadway  Theatre,  at  tbe  Wonder  Theatre, 
at  Niblo'a,  at  tbe  Olympic  Theatre,  and  at  the  San 
Francisco  Minstrels'  Broadway  Opera-hoiuei. 


TUE   WKAIMEB. 


INDICATIONS. 

Washington.  Feb.  22—1  A.  'H.—For  Thursday 
throughout  the  A tlaniie  Atate$,  warmer  aoxUheast  to 
totUh-west  winds,  stationary  or  higher  pressure,  and 
clear  or  partly  cloudy  weather. 

IN  THIS  CITY. 
The  following  record  shows  the  ohanges  in 
the  temperature  for  the  past  24  honrs,  m  com- 
parison with  the  corresponding  date  of  last  year, 
as  indicated  by  tbe  thermometer  at  Hudant's  phar- 
macy :  

187^1877.1  1876.1877. 

3A.M 26°        Sr-*.    ;}:30P.  M a?"        47° 

6  A.  M 25°        32=,    6  P.M. b4°        46° 

9A.  M 27=        37'',    9P.  M 30-        41° 

12  M 3P       4-,i°. l2P.il .SS"       39° 

Average  tfrnoeratore  yeaterday 39  "*" 

Average  temperature  for  currespondinK  date  laat 

year. 31%° 

^ 

ANOTHER  OF  MB.  HEWITTS  OSABGES. 
Special  Dispatch  to  the  New-  York  Times. 

Washington,  Feb.  2L— Mr.  Hoar,  since 
the  announcement  tnat  Mr.  Hewitt  intended 
to  make  a  publio  attack  upon  him  as  a 
Commissioner,  charging  a  breach  of  pledges 
made  when  the  Joint  Committee  was 
franung  the  Electoral  bill,  is  said  to 
have  seen  avery  member  of  that  committee, 
save  Springer,  and  they  all  deny  that  there  is 
any  foimdation  for  Hewitt's  charges  as  an- 
nounced.    Mr.    Hewitt  has  not  seen  fit  to  make 

the  attaol:.  of  whloh  notioe  was  given,  and 
probably  for  tbe  reason  that  he  has  discovered 

it  to   be    a    case    similar  to  the  New-York  Post 

Office  obarge,  in  wfaich  he  reoeived.  so  much 
ridicule.        .    

IBB    OBAJtLBSTON    J'A.BADB    DEFEURED. 

Chaslbston.   Feb.    21.— Preparationa    had 

Deen  made  here  by  the  Waabington  Light  Infantry 
to  celebrate  the  82d  with  great  6olat.  There  waa 
to  have  been  a  parade  of  the  battalion 
and  many  escortiBg  companies,  an  oration, 
and  other  exercises  at  the  Academy  of  Mnaio,  and 
a  banquet  in  tbe  evenmg,  bat  in  deference  to  Gov. 

Hampton's  proclamation,  iaaaed  in  consequence  of 
the  President's  order,  the  whole  celebration  of  tbe 
day  has  been  postponed.  .        -     .. 

Wabhikoton,  Feb.  31.— The  reason  given  for  the 
Praaidenc's  interleronce  to  prevent  a  military  ob- 
servance of  Waehlogton'a  birthday  In  Charleston, 
S  C.  ia  that  ofiBclal  and  other  representations  were 
-made  to  him  that  senons  dlaturbancea  from  snob 
demonstration  were  apprehended,  owing  to  the  ex- 
cited state  of  the  parties,  which  might  extend  to 
Other  losallties.  

BTOOK  OAMBLlUa  A.  PBNAli  OFFXNSI. 

"  Babkisbubo,  Feb.  21.-Two  bills  providin/r 

for  the  praventisn  ot  stock  gambUng  were  intro- 
duced in  the  State  Senate  to-day.  ^  These  propoaed 

meaanies  make  Jobbing  la  stocks  «  penal  offense  in 
oaaea  where  the  parties  so  dealtflC  oaanot  Show  a 
^erdfloateaigBed  bythe  President  of  the  Board  of 
Bcokers,  teatifylng  to  the  actual  poaaaaalon  of  tbe 
•to«k»rorwhet#ttto  stook  lt*6i;>  o^  i>raa«>Urt 


THE  FEEUCH  JUDICIARY. 


APOLITICAL  QUESTION  OF  UNUSUAL 
IMFOETANCE. 

BKSOLT  or  A  LIBEL  SUIT  AGAINST  A  PBO- 
VISCIAL  MBW8PAPBR — A  MEMBEB  OV 
THE  MIXED  COMMISSION  INVOLVED — 
INrEBFBBBNCE  OF  THB  MINISTER  OF 
JUSTICE— LAW  MAKERS  AND  THOSE  WHO 
INTERPRET  THEM— A  CAMPAIGN  AGAINST 
THE  MAQISTRATE8. 

From  Our  Own  OorrapondenL 

Pabis,  Monday,  Peb.  5.  1877. 
A  month  ago  no  one  dreamed  that  the  suit 
for  libel  entered  againsttbe  Avenir  de  la  ffaute- 
SaSne  would  lead  to  a  political  inoident  of  the 
first  importance,  for  at  the  moment,  relatively 
speaking,  it  appeared  to  be  a  minor  a£fair  of  no 
great  signifioanoe.  The  Presidejit  of  tbe  Be- 
sangon  Court  of  Appeals  brought  a  suit 
agamst  this  journal  for  defamation,  and  at  first 
the  matter  did  not  seem  of  sufficient  oonse- 
quenoe  ■  to  warrant  a  paragraph.  The 
Avenir  attacked  Judge  Willemot  in  violent 
terms,  and  he  made  no  reply.  For  same 
time  he  paid  no  attention  to  the  artioles  writ- 
ten about  him.  Emboldened  by  this,  perhaps, 
the  journal  charged  him  with  being  incompe- 
tent to  Bit  upon  the  bench,  he  having  been  an 
aooomplioe  in  a  very  great  crime.  The  crime 
in  question  was  the  Coup  d'Etat,  and  M.  Wille- 
mot was  an  aooomplioe  because  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Mixed  Copiinission  for  his  depart- 
ment after  the  event.  When  order  was  restored, 
after  the  2d  December,  1851,  tbe  Emperor  has- 
tened to  consult  the  people  by  plebiscite.  He 
gave  his  reasons  for  the  act — the  main  being 
the  discovery  of  a  plot  to  restore  the  Moaarohy, 
he  biinselt  having  been  apprdaohed  by  tbe  Or- 
leanists  with  splendid  offers  if  he  would  aid 
them  in  another  attempt  like  that  which  put 
Louis  Philippe  upon  the  throne.  The  people 
were  asked  to  give  their  approval  to  it,  and 
7.000,000  out  ot  the  9.000,000  of  voters  responded 
by  voting  in  the  affirmative.  Since  1798 
every  obange  in  the  Government  of  Franoe 
has  been  by  violence  or  through  illegality. 
The  Emperor  declared  after  the  plebiscite 
that  he  had  gone  beyond  the  limits  of 
legality,  but  had  gone  back  to  it.  A  large  ma  - 
jority  of  tbe  people  had  given  him  absolution  ; 
a  small  minority  reiuscd  .to  accept  the  new 
order  of  things.  What  was  to  be  done  with 
them  1  The  entire  coimtry  being  under  martial 
law,  the  fire-eaters  replied :  "  Shoot  the  most 
of  them,  send  the  rest  to  Cayenne."  The 
courts-martial  would  have  made  short  work  of 
them,  in  fact,  if  the  Emperor  had  not  inter- 
fered, and  from  this  Interference  came  tbe 
Mixed  Commissions.  A  commission  of  military 
men  and  officials  was  formed  in  every  depart- 
ment, and  to  them  werejoined  the  leading  mag- 
istrates, the  idea  being  that  they  would  restrain 
the  hotheads,  and  see  impartial  justice  done. 
Such  was  the  case,  iu  fact,  and  it  wa4  owing  to 
the  interference  of  these  legal  meu  that  so  lew 
were  exiled  and  that  so  many  of  those  ex- 
iled were  allowed  to  return  to  Prance  in  a 
few  months'  time. 

M.  Willemot  was  a  member  of  tbe  Mixed 
Commission  for  Be8an9on,  and  if  he  had  acted 
badly  he  would  certainly  have  won  the  resent- 
ment of  aU  bis  fellow-citizens.  But  owing  to 
his  pleas  before  this  tribunal,  and  to  his  inter- 
ference in  behalf  ot  persons  when  appeals  were 
made  to  him,  nearly  every  prominc-ni  man  was 
going  about  his    business  in    a   few  days'  time. 

At  the  first  election  he  was  chosen  a  member 

of  the  Cunseil  General,  a  position  equal  to  a 
member  of  one  of  your  State  Legislatures,  and 
trnm  that  day  to  this  he  has  been  regularly 

rechoaen,    and    has    b^'en    constantly     honored 

with  the  confidence  of  his  fellow-citizens.  This 
would  not  have^been  the  case,  assuredly,  if  the 
people  had  regarded  bis  action  in  the  Mixed 
Commission  as  a  criminal  act  M.  Willemot 
was  greatly  moved  by  this  charge  against  biiu, 

and  could  not  pass  it  by  as  he  bad  the  other 
attacks.  He  entered  suit  against  the  iournal, 
and  it  was  acquitted.  Suob  a  judgment  was  a 
serious  matter,  and  the  magistracy  was 
deeply  involved,  for  a  large  number  of  the  men 
now  on  the  bench  were  also  members  of 
the  Mixed  Commissions  in  1851.  M.  Willemot 
appealed  to  the  tribunal  of  Besangon,  and  there 
the  first  judgment  was  entirely  reversed.  This 
caused     an     excitement    in     tbe    republican 

ranks,  and  the  Procureur  General,  who  con- 
cluded in  favor  of  M.  Willemot,  wa.s  diumisscd 
bv  order  of  the  Minister  of  Justice.  Thence- 
ioith  the  afiair  of  M.  Willemot  became  a  party 
question,  and  entered  tbe  political  domain. 
An  appeal  to  the  Cour  de  Cassation  waa  then 
made,  an^  an  interpellaiion  was  preseated  iu 
the  Chamber  respecting  the  meusure  taken 
against  the  Procureur  General.  It  beoame,  in 
fact,  one  of  tbe  burning  queetloos  oi  tbe  day. 

But  this  was  not  the  hrst  tiiae  since  tbe  fall 
of  the  Empire  that  the  question  of  tbe  Mixed 
Commissions  came  up.  On  tbe  25tn  of  March, 
1871,  M.  Dutaure,  then  Garde  des  Sceaux,  pro- 
nounced in  the  tribune  of  the  Assembly  the 
following  words : 

''The  magistrates  of  the  Mixed  Commlssioaa 
judged  without  knowing,  thay  coudemned  with<int 
bearing,  and  they — men  caargod  todefond  tbe  lawr — 
invented  penal:ies  fur  crimes  unrecoEoiaad  in  the 
Coue.  *  •  •  It  was  In  tbe  Cabinet  of  tne  Prelect 
that  these  men — all  tbreefimciiunanea — ^pronounced 
aeoretly,  mystPnonaly,  all  llie  odiouacouiiemnatiooa, 
againat  whioh  there  was  no  appeal.  1  pausd  to  ask 
it  such  a  thiog  waa  ever  befoie  aeen  in  the  hlaiory 
of  our  magistracy!  And  these  same  men  uuw 
come  here  to  invoke  the  iirinciple  of  immovability 
fur  tbe  magistracy." 

This  speech  was  made  in  defense  of  the  very 
principle  in  question,  but  M.  Dufaure  took  oc- 
casion to  make  an  attack  upon  the  Mixed  Com- 
missions. On  the  |2th  of  January  last,  when 
the  case  m  question-'  came  before  the  Assemby, 
M.  Martel.  Garde  des  Sceaux,  spoke  as  loliows : 
'  "  To  approve  of  the  conduct  of  these  maglatratea, 
who  are  ciiarged  with  the  execution  of  the  law,  and 
wuo  violate  it,  is  a  thing  that  I  can  never  permit. 
We  can  never  forget,  in  tbe  midat  of  tbe  misfor- 
times  of  our  country,  the  eviU  wrought  by  tbp 
^ixad  Oommujinna.  They  tore  tbouaanda  ot  inno- 
cenc  men  irom  their  famliiea;  they  laveiited  vew 
peoaUiea;  tbey  took  from  their  victims  every 
means  of  defense.  It  wa4  simple  commission  jus- 
tice—the moat  udioua,  the  moat  abominable  of  ail." 

The  Chamber  highly  approved  the  words  of 
M.  Martel,  and  voted  an  order  of  the  day  as- 
sociating the  sentiments  of  the  Chamber  re- 
specting the  Mixed  Commissions  with  those  ex- 
preasessed  by  the  moutu-pieoe  of  the  Govern- 
ment. AL  Martel,  the  Minister  of  Justice,  de- 
clared, therefore,  that  he  wuuid  not  allow  any 
one  to  defend  the  members  of  tbe  Mixed  Com- 
missions, declaring  them  detestaule  institu- 
tions, which  had  been  judged  and  condemned 
Dy  the  publio  conscience.  This  was  said  iu  de- 
tense  ot  the  Minister's  conduct  in  the  case  of 
M.  BaiUeul,  the  Procureur  General  dismissed 
tor  his  defeose  of  M.  Willemot.  And  to  this  the 
Supreme  Court  of  France  replies  in  its  judg- 
ment of  Saturday  last : 

"  There  can  be  no  manner  of  doubt  abont  the  le- 
galiiy  of  tbe  Mixed  Commiaaiona  and  of  their  acta, 
expressly  consecrated  by  decrees   baving  all  the 

toTce  ut  law. 
That  tbe  law  does  not  permit  Jodgea  to  consider 

18  a  crime  participation  ic  aow  prescribed,  author* 
ized,  and  maintained  by  ik" 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that  the  case  of  M. 
Willemot  has  raised  a  very  pretty  political 
quanei.    The  Court  of  Cassation  baa  approved 

the  judgment  of  the  Be8an9ou  tribunal  againat 
tbe  Avenir,  and  alao  the  conduct  ut  M.  fiailleul, 

who  was  dismissed  by  the  Minister  ut  Justice 
for  that  very  cause.  It  says  that  tbe  Mixed 
Commiaaions  were  perfectly  legal,  that  they 
were  instituted'  and  ordered  by  decrees  having 
the  force  of  law,  that  the  magistracy  cannot 

permit  participation  in  their  aots  to  be 
qualified  as  criminaL  M.  Martel,  the 
Minister  of  Justice,  says  that  be  can  never  per- 
mit the  defense  of  these  acts.  But  what  can 
he  do  1  Will  he  break  up  the  Supreme  Court, 
or  will  he  bow  before  its  rendering!  The 
Uepvblicans  take  a  ground  that  suggests  to 
my  mind  a  possible  analogy  with  that  of  oer- 
tain  membera  of  the  Congressional  Commis- 
sion for  examining  into  the  Electoral  -wte. 
They  pretend,  first,  that  the  magistrate 
charged  with  the  execution  of  the  law,  can- 
not be  above  tbe  legislators  who  maire 
the  Uw,  and  that  the  voice  of  the  latter 
must  be  supreme.  And  since  the  As- 
sembly has  pronounoed  against  tbe  illegal 
Comnissions,  the  magistrate  must  bow  be&re 
the  deoision.  Secondly,  the  Bepublioans  iirge 
that  the  magistrates  who  rendered,  the  de- 
cision in  the  Supreme  Court  were  themselves 

.nauibera  of   (Ad  AUud   Comaumuti  tid 


benoe  Incompetent  to  tit  np«n  tbe  case. 
It  is  reported  this  evening  that  M.  Mar- 
tel is  goiiog  to  resign,  but  I  hardly  think 
be  will ;  but  tbe  Left  will  use  this  incident  in 
the  campaign  tbey  h»vo  undertaken  against 
tbe  immovability  of  tbe  magistracy.    Tbe  ob- 

teot  is  to  get  the  magistrates  elected — a  very 
>ad  principle  in  my  humble  opinion. 

A    POINTED    CAED. 


MARSHAL  PITKIN    UPON  THE  ATTEMPTED  A8- 
B^SSINAHON  OF  GOV.  PACKARD. 

"Washington,  Feb.  17, 1877. 
To  the  Editor  <(/  the  Cineinnati  Commereial : 
The  dispatch  henue  in  the   Cincinnati   Fn- 

guirer  of  yeaterday.  charging  ex-Gov.  Kellogg,  Coo- 
gresamen  Darrell  and  Morey,  of  Louisiana,  and  my- 
self with  havmg  arranged  by  telegraph  an  asaas. 
aination  programme,  awaiting  tidings  of  the  result, 
and  reoeived  a  rebuff  xrom  the  Prealdent,  ia  an  in- 
famoiu  lie  from  rind  to  core.  The  gentlemen 
named  were  aware  of  the  threats  rife  againat  the 
lives  of  Gov.  Packard  and  others,  but  wholly  nnpre- 
nared  to  believe  tbe  crime  would  ually  be  at- 
tempted. The  Enquirer  acribe  can  not  mitigate 
tbe  villainv  by  aacribiog  a  plot  to  the  Rppnblioana 
mentioned.  Official  iufurmation  from  mr  office  dis. 
closes  that  the  miscreant  was  a  tool  of  the  inaur- 
eent  Nlcholla  crew,  whose  "ufficiat  organ,"  the  New- 
Orleant  Democrat,  commended  the  act,  both  on  tbe 
same  and  on  tbe  eoauine  day,  as  on  the  ISth  of  last 
month  it  editonaliy  incited  it  thus :  "  The  patience 
of  the  people  ia  well-nigh  exhanated,  and  if  tbey 
are  forced  into  a  oobfliot  tbeir  wrath  will  be  dffli- 
oolt  to  restrain,  and  we  for  one  hope  no  band  will 
be  able  to  restrain  it."  It  advises  ita  partla^ns  to 
"let  tbe  foil  weight  of  their  vengeance  fall  upon 
the  leaders,  *  '  *  and  to  folhiw  Packard  Into 
tbe  hotel,  and.  if  need  be,  into  the  CuHtom-houae, 
and  hang  him  from  its  highest  window." 

Epiacooal  Biabop  Wllmer,  a  vicious  Democrat, 
DOW  here,  from  LonislaTia,  predicted  on  tbe  14tb 
iuat.  Paokard'a  aasasxination  shoold  tbe  Electoral 
Coramiasiou  declare  Louisiana  for  Hayea. 

Nay,  more :  Duncan  F.  Kenner,  al«o  here,  whom 
ex-Gov.  Wella  cbargea  with  an  attempt  to  bribe  him 
as  a  Betnmmg  Officer,  waa  heard  to  declare,  npon 
receipt    of  tbe    newa    of    ttie    onme:     ''Pity    the 

bound    Packard    waao't    killed."      He  is  an 

Old  and  leading  Louisiana  Democrat. 

You  are  at  liberty  to  aae  thla  communication  aa 
may  aeem  proper. 

Very  respectfully,  your  obedient  aervant, 

J.  E.  G.  PITKIN, 
TTnited  States  Marshal,  Diatriccof  Louialaua. 


AMERICAN  F ED EbTKI AN S  ABROAD. 


DANIEL  O'LEARY'B  SIX  DAYS'  WALK  AT 
LIVERPOOL— COSTINUKD  SUCCESS  OP 
~**  THE   CHAMPION   OF   THE   WORLD. 

"'  Frowi  the  Liverpool  Post,  Feb.  5. 

The  great  six  days'  walking  match  at  the 
Admiral  Street  Skaiiug  Rinli  baa  come  to  a  ter- 
mioatlon,  and  if  the  scene  which  tbe  interior  of  the 
rink  presented  at  midnight  on  Saturday  may  be 
taken  aa  a  criterion,  then  tbe  love  for  pedeattlanism 
baa  certainly  reached  a  verj-  high  pitch  in  Liverpool. 
The  conteat  which  taaa  been  going  on  for  the 
past  week  baa  been  of  special  intereat  to  the  sport- 
ing community  from  the  fact  that  one  of  O'Leary's 
antagonists — and,  as  he  has  proved  himself  to 
be,  the  moat  foimidabl&  autagouiat  of  tbe 
two— was  a  local  man.  Tbe  match  waa  for  a  wager 
offered  by  a  gentleman  who  undertook  to  find  two 
Lancaabire  men  who,  walking  for  three  daya  each, 
would  beat  the  distance  covered  by  0'Le<iry  in  six 
days.  Tdo  two  competitors  were  BigL'a,  of  St. 
Helena,  and  Smytbe,  of  Liverpool ;  and,  if  they 
were  aucccsafnl  in  their  uudertakiDtr,  they  were  to 
be  presented  with  £100;  while  if  either  ot  theiu 
covered  a  greater  distance  than  0'L°ary  in  the  firat 
48  hours  he  waa  to  win  £30.  Bigiis  was  the  fitat 
lu  enter  into  tbe  contest ;  but,  aa  the  resolt 
showed,  he  waa  a  rather  weak  opponeut.  At 
miduitcht  on  Wednesday,  when  hia  time  w<id 
up,  BIgga  bad  oulv  aucceedwd  in  walking  133 
mile«,  while  G'Leary,  lu  the  same  tlroe,  bad 
covered  a  distance  of  912  miiea.  In  Smvt  he,  how- 
ever, the  redoubtable  Auiericau  found  a  mnob  more 
powerful  antagonist,  who,  notwitbaianding  ihe  com- 
parative failure  of  bis  predeoeaaur,  entered  into  tbe 
conteat  with  great  aoirit  aud  determina  ion.  The 
local  pedestrian  had  nut  only  to  fight  aisainst  a 
"fjcman  worthy  of  bla  steel,"  but  lad  to  do  bia 
best  to  recover  Biiigs'  lost  ground.  Tbia  he  aac- 
cueded  in  acoomplinhing  to  a  very  creditable  ex- 
tent; and  hu  covered  lu  hia  firs'  48  hours  tbe  dis- 
tance traveled  bv  O'Learv  in  hia  Brst  48  h>iura.  troni 
Monday  moruiDji — oitmely,    153    inllea — with    abont 

an  boiir  to  spare.  Sisytbe  accordinely  won  the 
£50    bet    which    depended    un     the    respective 

uia(«oces  of  tbe  three  competitors  in  tbe  time  above 
mentioned.  At  midnigbt  on  Fnday  O  Lesry  had 
walked  344  miles  from  his  srarc,  and  at  the  same 
hour  Smytbe  bad  covered  155  miles  ftom  Wetities- 
day  night,  wbicU,  added  to  tne  l'J3  miles  traveled 
bv  Bigga  In  the   first   tireed.iya,    made   a   total    of 

286  mtki  acsinst  O'Leary's  342.    This  Ie£i  the  latter 

•  ml  56  miles  ahead  ;  but  it  is  dae  to  Suvtbe  to 
state  that  he  bad  reooveieil  nearly  20  miles  of  ibe 
gronna  lust  by  Biegs.  As  the  conteat  drew  to  a 
close  the  eaciienient  grew  stronger,  tuid  during 
the  whole  of  Saturday  the  rink  was  crowded 
wiih  menibers  ot  tbe  sportiog.  iraiuruity.  Tuward 
evening  tbe  iocloture  presented  an  uousnali}  au- 
imated  appearance,  aud  though  lune  betore  the 
flui«h  of  the  match  it  waa  obvious  that  Smytbe 
wuuld  be  eaaily  beaten,  tbe  latter  dlJ  notlose  heart, 
aud  atuck  to  bis  work  with  dogged  determination. 
From  tbe  oonimeocemenc  be  maintained  a  good, 
oteady  pace,  anJ  walked  with  a  light,  iaunty  atep. 
O'Learv,  who  waa  quite  aware  that  be  could  afford 
tu  lake  IC  easy,  ncvertbeleas  dlaplayed  ruoiaiKabie 
freahneas  and  vigor  till  tbe  close.  Indeed,  aa  the 
midnigbi  hour  approitched,  he  walked  in  «u<;h  a 
guiet,  eaay-guing  style  that  one  might  naturally 
b.,vc  ibouiiht  he  was  oulv  at  the  beginning  ot  a 
SIX  days'  march  loatead  of  at  tbe  cud.  Hia 
Step  was  firm  and  elasiic,  aud  it  seemed  as  if  he 
could  have  gone  on  for  otber  aix  tlaj-s.  The  won- 
deriul  thing  abont  0'Leary'i>  walking  ia  that  while 
he  appeara  to  be  going  at  an  exceedingly  easy  pace, 
he  covers  the  ground  very  rapidly.  He  baa  a  beau- 
tiful atyle  of  walking  ;  lie  is  one  of  the  moat  mudest 
and     a'ndemunstratiTe    peneainana    we   hure  seen, 

aud  there  ia  none  of  mat  iiuuuce  and  dash  and 
tosaing  ot  tbe  bead  about  him  which  aorortnuataly 
ia  the  charactenatic  of  Wasluu.  Tbe  fastest  mile 
wa.ked  by  O'Leary  on  Saturday  waa  one  he  ma  in 
10  minutes.  The  aniaguui^ta  stopped  walking  at 
11:50.  at  which  time  O'Leary  bad  covered  a  oisiance 
ot  418  miles,  and  timvthe  195,  which,  addea  to 
Bingo'  133,  iua<1e  328  miles.  '  O'Leary  waa  thus 
the  winner  bv  90  miieit.  It  will  aiao  be  aeen  mat 
the  latter  walked  74  miles  betweeu  mid- 
night on  Friday  and  midnigbt  on  Saturday,  while 
Smytne,  duiiUK  tbe  aanie  timn,  traveled  a  distance 
of  40  miles.  Tbe  tesalt  of  the  contest  was  reoeived 
with  great  entbualaam  by  tbe  large  gatboring  wuich 
crowded  the  nuk,  and  it  would  ue  almoat  impossi- 
ble to  describe  ttte  scene.  The  utmost  excitement 
prevailed.  Tbe  crowd  cheered  voclferohaly,  and 
{nailed,  crushed,  and  squeezed  each  other  lu  the 
most  ftaiilio  manner,  in  tbeir  attempt  to  catch  a 
glimpse  ot  the  atuniy.  dark-compluxioueJ  American, 
(be  hero  of  the  hour.  At  ihe  cluse  of  toe  c  meet 
toe  people  ahuuted  viguroualy  fur  U'Leaiy,  and 
several  men  immediately  in  front  of  tne  box  woulu 
be  satisUed  witn  nothing  short  of  shaking  bauds 
with  the  plucky  American,  who  good-uaturediy 
giatified  their  desire  in  this  direction. 

The  match  between  O'Leary  and  Weston  next 
mouth  la  looked  forward  to  with  bhgnt  autlcipa- 
tions,  and  tbe  general  opinion  aeema  to  ba  that 
"  tbe  champiou  ot  the  world  "  wdl  give  his  cuuuiry 
man  a  thorough  boating. 


TEE  PBILADBLPBIA  VJOTORT. 
The  Philadelphia  Ptess  ot  the  21st  inst.  says : 
"A  substantial  Kapnblican  victory  cruwnt  the 
work  of  yesterday.  All  tbe  leading  Kepnblican 
oandidatea  have  been  elected,  ranging  by  majoritiea 
from  2,755  to  7,431,  and  tbe  Select  and  Common 
Councila  are  largely  with  the  Repnblicau  Party,  as 
well  aa  tbe  otber  oepartments.  Thia,  in  a  word,  ia 
the  8ti<ry  oi  tbe  cou  test.  Mayor  Srokloybad  to  con- 
tend with  every  sort  of  maUttn  luflueuce,  and  yei, 
he  bravely  fought  hia  way  through.  The  result 
leavea  na  m  poaaession  of  the  citadel,  but  it  also 
leaves  us  in  posaesaion  of  many  admonitions.  The 
Republican  Part.y  of  Philadelphia  is  not  like  the 
Demoeratio  Party  of  Kow-Fork,  which  swallows  all 
the  bitter  doses  of  tbe  Democratic  leadera, 
and  fulfllls  all  their  orders.  Except  upon  national 
iBsnes,  the  Kepnblican  Party  ot  Philadelphia  la  the 
most  aenaitive  and  cenaotioua  of  ail  public  bodies, 
and  in  this  respect,  perhaps,  it  carries  Ita  oriticiim 
of  Ita  own  local  oandidatea  to  exiremea.  Kow  that 
Mayor  Slokley  and  tbe  Republican  Party  are  aeat- 
ed  m  tbe  blah  plaoea  of  the  city,  they  wiU  not  fail 
to  consult  this  peculiar  Republican  sentimtnt,  aud 
we  believe  they  are  equal  to  it.  Mr.  Slokley  him- 
self is  a  brave  and  boiiost  PhiladelphiaD.    He  knows 

preoiselv  what  is  exiiected  of  him.  He  will  not  be 
onmindtul  of  this  expeotatiou,  and  we  areqaite 
sure  that  he  will  cuntiiiue  to  addreaa  bimaelf  to  the 
ouij^plainta,  whether  right  or  wrong,  of  bis  great  con- 
stunency.  While  conaideriog  tbe  lact  that  tbe  Dem- 
ocranu  Party,  with  some  most  honorable  exoep- 

tiona,  constituted  tbe  great  bulk  of  tbe  vote  thrown 
againat  him  yeaterday,  he  cannot  close  his  eyes  to 
the  troth  that  very  many  Republicans  opposed  him 
on  various  grounds.  Itow,  Mr.  Stokley  is  too  wise 
and  considerate  a  man  not  fb  anticipate  theae  Re- 
publican objections,  and  to  show  tbem  in  bia  future 
administrauon  that  be  is  equal  lu  all  their  expecta- 
tions. It  18  (xulte  right  to  say  that  there  can  be  no 
real  reform  in  this  £reat  city  outside  tbe  lines  of 
the  Republloao  Party.  Even  Mr.  Caven  went  to 
bed  last  ni|[bt  perfectly  convinced  of  this  axiom. 
He  troated  Democracy,  aud  tbey  distrnsted  him. 
Be  baa  tried  to  deatroy  nia  great  party  in  an  honr 
of  ita  extremeat  pen),  and  be  will  cume  back  to  it,  we 
truit,witb  tbe  asanraoce  that  no  ime  Republican 
can  expect  to  cure  the  errors  of  his  own  party  by 
Joining  the  rebel  Democracy." 

BBEIOVB  RAILROAD  AOOIDENT. 
LoTVKix,    Feb.  S21.— Tbe    6    o'clock  evening 
train  from  Boston,  while  running  at  the  rate  of  35 
miles  an  hou;  struck  a  luge  Itone  which  had  been 

placed  aeroas  the  track  near  BiUarioa.  Tbe 
•ntrine     and     tender     were     thrown     down     an 

embankneot  aad  ralnootly  damaged,  and  two  |Me. 

aenger  ooacbea  thrown  aoroaa  tbe  tracks,  bloelong 
tbem  up.  Xbree  or  I'oar  pasaengera  were  Isjorod, 
none  fatally.  Tbe  eugineer  ana  QranaB  loiaoed. 
awl  Moaoea  witu  >lUiM  tuolM^ 


GENERAL TELEGRAPH  NEWS 


TEE  BBOTESBHOOD  OF  ENOINEERS. 

OFFICIAL  INVB8TI6ATIOK  OF  THB  STRIKE 
IN  BOSTON — CHARLES  FRANCIS  ADAMS, 
JR.,  on  THB  RIGHTS  OP  EMPLOYBK  AND 
EMPLOYE — THE  GRKAT  POWER  ASSUMED 
BY  THE  CHIKF  OP  THE  BROTHERHOOD. 
special  Disvatehto  the  Neto-  York  Times. 

Bos  TON,  Feb.  21.— The  Railroad  Commie- 
sionera  who  have  officially  investigated  the 
strike  on  the  Boston  and  Maine  Bailroad  have 
made  a  report  in  wbioh  they  take  strong 
ground  against  the  Brotherhood  of  Locomotive 
Engineers.  Charles  Francis  Adams,  Jr.,  who 
is  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Commissioners,  has 
been  long  known  as  a  bitter  enemy  to  the 
secret  organization  which  in  a  measure  controls 
the  railroad  travel  of  the  country,  and  proba- 
bly no  man  actually  connected  with  that 
branch  ot  industry  has  given  tbe  rail- 
road system  of  the  United  States  and 
the  world  more  careful  consideration.  Alter 
reviewing  the  correspondence  between  the 
diesatlgfied  engineers  and  their  employers,  and 
analyzing  the  evidence  taken  during  the  hear- 
ings had  before  the  commission,  the  report 
comes  to  treat  of  tbe  principle  underlying 
strikes  on  railroads.  On  Chief  Arthur,  of  the 
brotherhood,  the  report  i^  particularly  severe. 
It  says :  "In  language  the  significance 
of  whioh  it  is  charitable  to  sup- 
pose      he        did      not      fully        appreciate, 

he,  a  citizen  of  Ohio,  chief  of  a  secret  organiza- 
tion baAring  ramiiioations  in  Massachusetts,  baa 
ventured  to  intimate  that  under  existing  cir- 
cumstances it  depended  on  him  alone  whether 
the  movement  on  the  whole  railroad 
system  of  the  State  should  not  be 
brought  to  a  scaudatill.  A  power  w.hich  the 
Legislature  itself  would  not  dare  to  exercise, 
an  alien  to  our  laws  claims  to  hold.  Certainly 
if  tor  reasons  of  accuracy  or  better  educa'ion 
the  locomotive  engineers  of  Massachusetrs 
were  as  a  class  of  £ugiish  or  German  instead 
of  American  birth,  our  people  would  hardly 
tolerate  the  presence  of  an  emissary  of 
the  Queeu  or  Emperor  who  proclaimed  and 
threatened  to  exercise  such  a  power  over  them. 
It  is  not  easy  to  see  where  the  distinocion  lied. 
Our  railroad  corporations  are  wholly  suoject 
to  tbe  laws  of  Massachusetts  aud  cannot  escape 
from  them,  and  there  is  aosurealy  no  reason 
why  an  organization  which  speedily  proclaims 
a  practical  power  of  slopping  the  whole  action 
ot  these  corporations  should  not  also  be  subject 
to  those  laws  or  else  cease  to  exist  wit  bin  the 
limits  of  the  State.  If  the  issue  is  to  come  in 
tbid  shape,  the  sooner  the  more  squarely  it  is 
presented  the  better." 

The  Commissioners  believe  they  speak  withm 
bounds  and  say  only  what  it  is  their  duty  to 
say  when  they  express  tbeir  beliol  that  the 
condition  cf  affairs  disclosed  to  our  "^aiiroad 
system,  as  the  result  of  the  strike  of  the  l'2th 
inst.,  is  wholly  incompatible  with  the  public 
interests.  And  again,  undoubtedly  the  employes 
oi  a  corporation  have  a  right  to  leave  its  service. 
Thev  can  do  so  singly  or  in  a  body.  The  com- 
munity, however,  has  also  rights  iu  the  matter. 
Those  employes  have  no  right  to  take 
out  trains  loaded  with  innocent  tra- 
velers, perhaps,  as  in  the  case  of 
the  recent  '  trunk  strike  in  the 
moat  inclement  season  of  an  inclement  climate, 
with  the  deliberate  intention,  in  certain  con- 
tingencies, of  Btoppiug  the  train  and  abandon- 
ing It  at  a  given  liour.  A  pilot  might  us  well 
strike  and  abandon  *  his  ship  on  a 
lee  shore.  If  such  an  act  is  not  a 
criminal  offense,  it  should  be  made  one.  It, 
however,  employes  in  reasonable  and  proper 
manner,  witn  a  aue  regard  to  their  obligations 
to  the  public,  have  the  right  to  leave  the  ser- 
vice or  the  organization,  on  the  other 
hand  the  corporation  has  an  equal  right 
to  go  into  the  labor  market  anrt  employ 
substitutes  in  the  place  of  those  who  have  so 
left  its  service,  aud  those  substitutes  are  en- 
titled to  protection  in  worlxiug  tor  it.  The 
oommusion  suggest  to  the  Legislature  the 
enaclneut  of  peual  statutes  to  coyer  the  lol- 
lowing  offenses  : 

First — Tbe  abanaonraent  by  locomotive  engineers 
of  lueirJocjnioiives  upuu  rauroaUs,  in  luriherauce 

of  anv  Cumbinatiou  fur  a  atrike,  except  at  tbe  re>iu- 
lar  schedUi«  aestioauon  uf  sacii  locumuiivea. 

Hecond — The  oDatructiuns  of  a  railroad  or  the  in- 
|nry  or  obalruotion  ol  the  prOjieriy  of  any  i-ailroad 
ourporatiun  in  the  furtnerauce  oi  the  object  of  a 
atnke. 

TAird— The  InteTference  with  a  railroad  employe 

wbiie  lu  the  periormance  of  his  duties  or  ou  tne 
premises  of  the  cumpauy. 

Fourth— Tm  refusal  of  any  locomotive  engineer, 
or  railroad  employe,  iu  fnriheraucb  ol  ibe  oji^ct  of 
a  strike,  to  aia  iu  the  movement  U|.on  the  tracks  of 
the  curuoratiou  empluyiug  him  of  the  cara  of  ether 

coiporatloos. 

TERRIBLE  BOILLH  EXPLOSION. 

FWUR  MEN  KILLICD  AND  NINE  SEKIOUSLT 
INJUKED— MIRACULOUS  ESCAPE  OF  A 
HOY. 

SuecUxl  DUvatch  to  tht  New-  York  2\m«t. 

ClNCiNN'ATi,  Feb.  2L— A  frighiful  acci- 
dent occurred  this  afternoon  about  3  o'clock, 
at  Miduleport,  ou  the  Ohio  Kiver.  Ihe  boiler 
in  the  Clifton  nail-keg  lactory  exploded 
with  great  force,  instantly  killing  four 
men  and  injuring  nine  others,  several 
ot  them  fatally.  The  building,  which 
waa    a   large   one,    is    a    total  wreck.     Mor,;an 

Barker,  a  boy,  was  blown  a  distance  of  75  toet 

and  escaped  unhurt.  His  feariul  flight  was 
witnessed  by  people  on  the  opposit'C  side  of  the 
river.  Large  pieces  of  boiler  were  blown 
200  varus  ftom  the  building.  The  nmues 
ot  the  killed  are  as  loliows:  George 
Riley,  Adara  Seil,  Christopher  Wasou, 
and  John  Brown.  The  injured  are :  An- 
drew Fmemore,  fireman,  severely  scalded ; 
Homer  Barker,  badly  scalded  and  bruised, 
and  will  die ;  George  Withers  and  Fred  Luke- 
hart,  cut  aud  bruised,  not  seriously ;  G.  W. 
Oliver,  slightly  bruised  ;  A.  A.  Holland,  one  ol 
the  propne  ore.  dangerously  hurt  internaiiy; 
Anthony  Hyssell,  boio  arms  broken  aud  suoul- 
di-r  dislocated ;  S.  Maxwell,  cut  in  the  eye  and 
ou  the  nead  aud  brul»<ed  upon  the  breastl 

FEEDING   UPOA   it  UMAJS  FLESH. 
A  DRKADFUL8TORYOK  SHIPWRECK — THIRTY- 
TWO    DAYS   WIIHOUT  A  DROP  OF  WATER 
— DRINKING   THE    BLOOD   OF   THE    DEAD. 

Boston,  Feb.  21.— A  letter  was  received  in 
thia  city  yesterday  from  Capt.  Kaue.  of  thu  Ameri- 
caa  schooner  F.  £.  McDonald,  dated  at  13-oree,  on 
the  west  cuaat  of  Africa,  Jan.  24,  iu  which  he  says 
that  on  bis  outward  nasa&ge  from  Buatoo,  whence 
he  aailed  Dec.  17,  he  fell  in  with  the  wreck  of  the 
British  bark  Marii,  Capt.  Grayson,  having  on  board 
two  survivors  of  a  crew  of  14  men,  the  others  having 
perished  from  expoaure  and  fiiciine.  The  wreck 
waa  discovered  in  latitude  37°  33',  longitude  32°  30', 
with  the  maata  gone  aud  full  of  water.  The  two 
men  were  taken  on  board  tbe  scboonur,  but  one  of 
tbem  died  la  four  hours  from  the  time  of  the  rescue. 
From  t,he  tole  survivor  it  was  ascertained  that  the 
bark  waa  bound  Irom  Duboy,  Ga.,  to  Belfaat,  Ire- 
land ;  that  she  sprung  a  leak  in  a  g  ile,  and  filled 
with  water,  so  that  it  was  impjsslbie  to  save  any 
provlaions  or  fresh  wat^r.  Tbe  Inmber  with 
which  the  vessel  was  loaded  prevented  her 
from  sinking,  but  the  weight  of  the 
masts  turned  the  vessel  on  her  beaik-enda, 
until  the  maata  broke  away,  when  she  righted  and 
the  men  regained  the  deck.  Having  no  food  or 
water,  however,  they  soon  began  to  die  of  starva- 
tion, aind  as  soon  aa  one  died  the  rest  subsisted 
upon  the  dead  body,  and  so  on  until  only  two  were 
left.  The  survivor,  whose  nanio  is  James 
MoLanghlin,  and   who   belongs  to  Beiiasr,  Ireland, 

says  that  only  small  Dortioua  of  the  dead  bodies 
could  be  eaten.  No  one  was  killed,  but  the  moment 
one  died  the  survivors  cat  tbe  throat  of  the  de- 
ceased and  drauk  the  blood,  and  then  divided  Ihn 
heart  and  brains.  It  was  32  daya  irom  thi  time  tne 
diaaater  occurred  nuiil  the  wreck  was  siehted  by 
the  schooner,  and  during  all  that  time  the  crew  had 
not  a  drop  of  water  or  any  food  other  tbau  tbe 
dead  bodies  ot  tbeiCsbipinatns. 


MARIETTA  AA'D  VJACIJSAATI  BAILROAD. 
Cincinnati,  Feb.  21. — The  annual  meeting  of 
the  stocaholders  of  the  Marietta  and  Cincinnati 
Railroad  was  held  here  to-day,  and  the  following 
offloera  were  elected  :  President,  John  Kins ; 
Ti-easnrtr,  W.  T.  McCliniock ;  General  Superin- 
tendent, W.  W.  Peabudy.  The  President's  report 
sbowa  a  decrease  m  the  earniuga  of  (25,000,  and  an 
increaae  of  expensea  of  $1,800,  aa  oumpared  with 
last  year. 

♦ 

IHE  VNITERSITF  OF  BUFFALO. 
BuFi'Ai.o.  Feb.  21. — The  t^ird  annual  meet- 
ing oC  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  Medical  De- 
partment of  the  TTniversity  of  Buffalo  waa  hold  yea- 
terday, at  which  addreaaea  were  made  by  President 

W.  fl.  Potter,  of  Bataria,  K.  Y.,  and  Prof.  James 

P.  Wbita,  of  Bnfialo.  Tbe  thirty-Srat  annual  Com- 
mencement exeruisea  in  St.  James'  Hall  last  uven- 
ing  attracted  a  vast  andieiice.  Dr.  Fiank  H.  Ham- 
Uuin.  uf  ^iew-Turk.  delivered  the  aduiwas  to  the 


AInroni,  and  the  address  to  the  gradoates  was  de- 
livered by  Prof.  E.  V.  Stoddard, ot  Eocheater,  N.  Y. 
At  tbe  close  ot  the  exekciaes  tJie  medical  men  aat 
down  to  a  banquet. 

THE  DOMINION  BUDOE^. 

SPBECH  OF  THE  FINANCE  MINISTER  IN  THE 
CANADIAN  PARLIAMENT — RETROGRKS- 
SION  OF  IMPOSTS — THE  ESTIMATBS  FOR 
18<7 — STATK  OP  AGRICULTURE — ^AN 
ECONOMICAL  ADMINISTRATION. 

Ottawa,  Feb.  21.— In  his  budget  speech  ha- 
fore  the  Dominion  Parliament  to-dav  Mr.  Cart- 
wright  said  that  tbe  maximum  expenditure  of  the 
Dominion  had.  in  his  opinion,  been  reached  in  1870. 
In  that  year  tbe  expenditurea  were  134,488,000, 
while  the  revennes  only  amotmted  to  122.587,000, 
leaving  a  deficit  of  $1,900,000.  Many  items  in  the 
expenditure  account  were  exceptional  and  tem- 
porary, and  therefore  tbe  existing  state  of 
things  might  fairly  be  resardad  as  abnormal. 
Had  tbe  harvest  of  1876  not  proved  so  far  below  the 
average  the  (»lcnlations  of  the  last  budget  speech 
wonld  have  been  fully  verified.  The  decrease  in 
the  revenue  in  1B76  bad  been  almoat  exclualvely  in 
customs  redaction,  which  was  from  115,351,000  In 
1875  to  (12,823.000.  The  excise  on  tbe  other  hand 
had  increased  and  other  sources  of  revenue  had 
fairly  held  their  own,  but  it  wonld  be  seen  that  tbe 
loas  from  customs  amounted  to  $2,500,000,  or  much 
more  than  tbe  entire  deficit.  It  was  only  the  enor- 
mnns  retrogression  of  imports  that  had  inteifered 
with  tbe  calcniatlona  as  to  tbe  revenue  that  had 
been  made  as  a  basis  of  calculation  as  to  tbe  fntnre. 

Tbe  esrimatea  for  1877,  he  pointed  out,  were  nom- 
lonlly  (100.000  bi^rber  than  those  of  tlie  previous 
year,  namely  $23,167,000,  ns  against  $23,031,000,  but 
something  over  $100,000  was  due  to  oroas 
enirlea,  and  did  not  actually  enhance  ex- 
pense^.  The  necessity  for  adding  to  the  public 
debt  bad  entailed  a  charge  of  nearly  half 
a  million,  but  it  waa  a  subject  of  congratulation 
that  tbe  expenditure  for  public  services,  classed  in 
public  accounts  aa  ordinary  expenditure,  wonld  not 
exceed  $6,500,000,  or  $2.0  lO.UOO  less  tban  in  1873-4  or 
lfi7S-6.  and  tbia  inclnded  cbargea  for 
Indians,  mounted  Police,  and  otber  items. 
In  relation  to  exTienditures  of  the  Department  of 
Agricnltare,  the  Finance  Miniatei  reraarited  that  it 
waa  pruUable  that  the  North-weat  expenditure  had 
now  reached  its  maximum.  The  reduction  of  the 
rate  ot  interest  wonld  involve  a  considerable  saving. 
The  loaa  on  working  intercolonial  railroads  miifhi  be 
expected  also  to  be  reduced,  and  the  revenue  £rom 
the  Welland  Canal  wonld  no  doubt  largely  in- 
crease when  the  improvements  now  in  progress 
w#re  completed.  Tbe  total  expenditures  of  from 
$^000,000  to  t23.000.000  might  therefore  be  re- 
garded aa  a  normal  expenditure  for  some  years  to 
come.  On  tbe  current  yesr  as  tbe  result  of  a  bad  bar- 
vest^here  wonld  be  a  small  deficit,  aod  it  was,  in 
the  Finance  Minister's  opinion,  desirable  to  pro- 
vide for  that  contingency  as  well  as  to  prevent  a 
recurrence  of  a  dehcit  in  1877-8.  He  then  pro- 
poaed cbangea  iu  the  tariff  already  telegraphed,  and 
said  tbe  result  of  tbeae  changes  would  amount  to 
from  $400,000  to  $500,000.  He  expected  the  revenne 
from  Codtoms  would  be  $13,600,000;  excise,  $5,- 
300.  UOO.  and  from  otber  sonrcea  aulficient  to  make 
up  the  sum  total  of  £23,400.000. 


A!f  INDIAN  TILLAGE  TO  BE  ATTACKED. 
Deadwood,  Feb.  21.— Company  C,  Third 
United  States  Cavalry,  under  command  of  Lieut. 
J.  T.  Cummings,  arrived  here  this  evening,  and 
two  other  companies  are  on  tbe  way.  A  party  of 
armed  citizens  that  went  in  pursuit  of  Indians  who 
ran  off  stock  m  the  vicinity  of  Spearfiab,  returned 
yesterday,  baving  recaptured  about  150  bead  of 
stolen  Ktock.  Tbe^  report  an  Indian  vUlage  of 
abi.ut  30  lodges,  located  on  Belletuurche  Biver. 
Lieut.  Cummiuga  expeeta  to  leavo  early  to-mo<7ow 
morning  to  attack  tbia  villaee. 


THE  LAST  OF  BEAU  ADMIRAL  DATI8. 

Boston,  Feb.  21. — The  remains  of  Hear  Ad- 
miral Davis  were  burled  from  Christ  Church,  Cam- 
bridire,  thia  afternoon.  A  large  number  of  naval  and 
military  officera  and  civil  digoLaries  were  present. 
Bear  Admiral  Thatcher.  Commodore  Parker,  Gen. 
Ben  bam.  Col.  Laldley,  ex-Gov.  "Washburn.  Dr. 
Grav,  Dr.  Wyman*  aud.  Prof.  Lane  were  the  pall- 
iiearers.  An  eacori  of  marines  and  sailors  Arum  the 
frigate  Wauaab  eacor.ed  tbe  remaina  to  the  Cam- 
biiUge  Cemetery,  where  a  voUey  waa  fixed  over  thie 
grave. 

• 

IHE  MOLLT  MaOVIRE  APPEAL  CASES. 

Mauch  Chunk,  Feb.  21. — The  VocU  Gazette 
of  lo-murrow  doubts  whether  any  of  the  casea  of 
the  convicted  Molly  Magoirea,    except  that  of  Fiab- 

er,  will  be  soriui^aly  contested  before  the  Supreme 

Court.  Writs  of  error  have  been  taken  out  in  the 
oasen  of  Dujle.  "Kelly,  CamnDell,  ana  Donubae,  bat 
the  expcui-e  18  ao  heavy  that  it  ia  not  likeiy  either 
ut  the  prisoners  will  be  able  to  raise  the  necessaiy 
fnnUs. 


CONYIGIED    OF   PERJURY  ON  TBBEB 
OOUXTS. 

Chicago,  Feb.  21. — ^In  the  United  States 
District  Court  to-day,  Aivin  N.  Lancaster,  a  capi- 
talist of  tills  city,  was  convicted  of  perjnry  on  three 
counta,  in  swearing  falsely  aa  to  incumberaocea  ou 
Dropurty  aud  tbe  value  of  real  estate  wtiich  he 
owns.    A  motion  for  a  new  trial  was  eutereiL 


FLYING  BEFORE  TBE  WIND. 

PouGHKEEPsiE,  Feb.  21.— A  special  dispatch 
from  Ne*> -Ham  burg  to  the  Eagle  Bay  a  the  race  of 
the  New-Hamburg  Association  ice-yachts  to-day, 
for  tbe  E!idd  challenge  pennant,  resalted  in  aviotory 
tor  tbe  Zuobyr,  she  winning  the  r^ice  (15  milea)  in 
17miuutea. 


DEATH  OF  A  PROMINENT  PHISIOIAN. 

Christian  Stranch,  a  prominent  physician  of 
Qaeeua  County,  died  Tuesday  night  at  College 
I'uint.    He  waa  51  years  ol  age. 


TBE  FROZEN  SUHQUBHANUlA, 

The  Williamsport  (Penn.)  Gazette  says: 
"  The  SnsqiMhauna  was  frozen  over  this  year 
earlier  than  at  any  period  since  1800,  the  water  dis- 
appeariug  from  aight  on  tbe  10th  of  December.  In 
187i)  the  river  was  closed  ou  the  29. h  of  December, 
lemaiuing  iu  that  ojndition  for  17  daya.  On  the 
12th  of  that  following  February  ice  again  covered 
it  ami  remained  iutact  for  five  daya.  On  Dec.  16, 
1871,  the  river  waa  ico-i.)ound,  and  remaiued  in  th-it 
8UL0  for  the  period  oi  108  day.s.  Ou  Dec.  22,  1872, 
it  was  covered  wiih  ice  aud  remained  so  foi  27  days; 
on  Jan.  23.  1873.  f<ir  9  -lavs;  on  Feb.  24,  187J.  for  15 
aays;  oa  Jan.  10.  1875,  for  48  daja.  In  1874  tbe 
river  was  open  all  the  year." 


FIKEST  OLIVE  OR  SALAD  OIL 
Ever  imported.  Selected  especially  tor,  im- 
punod  a:id  uoitled  bv,  Caswell,  Hizard  &Co.,  drutt- 
gista.  FiFfH  AVEXUB  Hotel  Buildinq  aud  Sixth 
aveuue,  corner  oi  TUirry-uiuch  atreet;  also  No.  132 
Tboma^  street,  Sowpjrc,  R.  L  Oor  only  places  of 
busmeaa  are  aa  ab'ive. — Exchange. 


"  Made  New  Again.» 

St.  CAxaEBiNES.  Out.,  July  31,  1876. 
R.  y.  Pietce.M.  D.: 

I  ht^ye  used    your   Favorite   Prescription, 

GOLDrfV  ilEDICAX.  DiSCOVEKT  anO   PtBASASI  PUBGA- 

TIVE  Pellets,  lor  the  last  three  months,  and  And 
myselt— (What  shall  I  say)—"  made  new  again,"  are 
the  only  words  that  express  it.  I  was  reduced  to  a 
Hkeleton.  could  not  walk  across  tbe  floor  without 
faintibr,  conld  keep  nothing  in  the  shape  of  food  on 
uiy  stomach.  IMyself  and  friends  had  given  up  all 
hope  ;  luy  immediate  death  seemed  certain.  I  can 
never  be  too  thankfnl  to  tho.^e  wno  recommended 
your  medicines,  for  I  now  live  (tw  the  aurprise  of 
everybody)  and  am  able  to  do  my  own  work.  I  de- 
ai^e  to  make  this  staiement  in  order  that  those  suf- 
fering may  not  deso.iir  until  they  have  given  your 
remedies  a  trial.     Toura  reapectfully, 

Mrs.  WILLIAM  D.  RYCKMAN. 
— Advertisement. 


"Jutes     Almnm"    C'hampagne.     Change     «f 
Agency. 

We  have  accepted  tbe  agency  for  the  sale  of  the 
celebrated  champ.ieues  ot 

iViessps.  JUuES  .tfUMM  &  CO.,  Reims. 
The  quality  of  tbese   wines,  heretofore  onsarpasaed, 

shall  be  fully  maintained  in  tne  future,    ^ollci^iag  a 
cuDtiiiuance  oi  your  ebieemed  patronaite.  we  ate  yours 

ro8|>oclfuily.  jioOOLLoCH  &.\'0. 

JSo.  4t»  nKATBB  BTBBST,  Nxw-ToKK,  Febroarf,  1877. 
— Aavertiseinent. 

Villainous  indeed  are  many  of  the  saoonaceoaa 
comuouuds  dold  aa  soap,  f^otbin^  but  the  purest  ves- 
utaoie  oils  are  used  in  the  preparation  01  K.  T.  Sab- 
bitt'b  Toilet  60AP.~Aavrrtitement 


Fitly  per  Cent.   !>aved 

by  using  BioeiNS'  Qekhan  Lauitdbt  Soat.— Advertise- 

menL 


From  Hon.  David  Spraker,  of  Canajoharte,  N.  T. 

I  have  used  I'r.  Wistaria   Balsam  of  WUd 

CHEKKi'  m.vsuif  and  in  my  lamiiy  tor  several  years, 
und  take  great  pleasure  in  recommending  It  iu  prefer- 
ence to  auytbiug  of  the  tdnd  for  tbe  purposes  for 
which  it  IB  luteuded.  Iu  cases  of  asthma,  phthiaio,  or 
affection  of  tbe  throat.  I  have  never  met  with  auy thing 
equal  to  it.  Fifty  cents  and  $1  a  bottle.  Sold  by  aH 
drug.  ^ 

First  Prenuam 

Awarded  by  Ten teniila!  RxpoAicloa  to  BLEOTRO  SILT 
COS.  Tne  besiarti-^lefaruieinlag  aud  poliablaa  ailvor- 
ware  and  iiooaebold  ateojdU.  6old  by  drngglsU, 
house  furniahers.  Jewelers,  and  grocers. 

Core  Yonr  Couj^h  or  Lanx  Complaint 

With  OLhievti'ii  Tasteless  cod  i<ivgb  oil.  Lime 
and  Wild  Cherry.  »M  by  draggiata.  liepot,  6  Bowery. 

liodlea',   iHiMes',  t>)enta>.   aad   Boya'  Boota, 

.Shoes,  Unitera.  aud  India  iiubbers,  all  btylcs  ana 
DTiosa.    Fatronia*  MlLimilt  IlJJQ..  Ha.  s  Oniun  uiiar«b 


Decay  Oestroya  tbe  Hfe  mMl  namral  eoiei 

of  the  hair,    f  AttKaB'tS  HAIR  BALSAM  restorefboth. 


BLAEE.— At  Vo.  33  Weat  2Ath  a*.,  on  Tnesday  mora- 
Inz,  Feb.  20. 1877,  ^oitxa  E.  P.  Blaxb,  aced  22  yeara, 
■on  of  Mary  Flanagan  and  Capt.  Uomet  C  Bloke. 
United  Statea  Navy. 

Bia  friends  and  tbe  fnenos  and  relatlvea  of  tbe  familj 
ate  invited  ro  attend  tbe  ftmerHl  trom  Trinity  Cuai>^ 
on  Friday.  Feb.  23d  inet..  at  V.iiO  P.  M. 

BLfiECKKE.— Ou  tbe  'Jlst  lost.,  LaoxAKO  Blbboksk, 
in  hia  75th  year.  ,      ^  . 

Funeral  win  take  place  Friday,  the  2:^3  Inst.,  at  11 
A,  M.  ttom  Hudson  County  Church  Hospital,  Jersey 
City  Heights. 

CLAEk.— On  the  20th  Inst,  at  Newark.  H.  J.,  Alex- 
AI7DSB  CI.ABK,  Aeed  40  vears.  , ,         ' 

Hia  funeral  will  be  att-nrted  from  hia  late  resHence, 
So.  43  Waabington  at.  Newrirk,  on  iMday,  the  2»d,  ai 
12  M.  Relatives  and  fhenda  of  the  family  are  re- 
apectfollv  invited  to  attend. 

OONKX.IN.— On  Wednenday.  tbe  21»t,  at  the  resi- 
dence Of  her  brother-in-law.  O.  V.  Simmona,  No.  44 
Wayne  st,  Jersey  Cit  .  N.  J.,  Katb  M.  OojtKLur.  seooao 
dau!(bt«i  of  Capt  Edward  t;oiiklio. 

Sotlce  of  funeral  hereafter.  ..,__, 

HAZARD.— In  Brooklyn.  Tuesday,  Peb.  20,  187*^ 
ELitABBTH  K.,  wUe  of  R,  L.  Hazard,-  and  dansbter  o . 
the  late  Ur.  Alphena  B.  dlarke,  after  m  short  and  pain 
ful  Illness. 

Funeral  aervicea  at  tbe  residence  of  John  S.  Loomis. 
Esq.,  No.  325PieBident  at,  at  11  o'clock  Friday.  -^iH, 
18'77.  Remaina  wid  be  taken  to  New-Haven,  Conn., 
for  interment.  Friends  ana  relatlvea  are  reapecttolly 
Inv.ted  to  attend. 

HANSON.— At  No.  115  East  128th  St.,  Joxathas 
Hanboit,  aged  71  years. 

Hie  friends  are  invited  to  attend  the  foneral  from 
tbe  Preauyterian  Church,  corner  of  MaiUon  av.  and 
I'Joth  St.,  on  Thursday,  the  22d  of  February,  aX,  2' 
O'clock  P.  M. 

HOOIiE.— On  Feb.  20,  at  Prattivllle,  Grpene  County, 
m.  Y.,  FlobesCe  a.,  the  beloved  wUe  of  Herbert  G. 
Hoole,  late  ot  this  Lity,  aaed  :iS  yeara. 

Fnueral  as  above,  Feb.  24. 

HUliL.— (Suddenly,  on  the  20lh  inst.,  at  Comwall-on  t 
the  Hudson,  fUcaEi.,  wile  of  Jamea  d.  Hull,  in  the  73d 
year  of  her  aee. 

Relatlvea  and  fnenda  of  the  family  are  reapectTuUy 
invited  to  attend  the  luneral  on  Friday  at  2  o'clock 
tiom  the  PreBbyterian  Cnureh.  Rev.  Mr.  J.  W.  Teal, 
t^rriaees  will  meet  tb«  9  A.  M.  train  via  Erie  Railroad 
for  Cornwall  Station,  and  zetnm  to  5:17  P.  H.  traio 
down. 

JACKSON.— On  Wednesday,  Feb.  21,  Mn.  Sabab 
Jackros,  aged  91  yeara. 

Friends  and  relatlvea  of  tbe  family,  and  of  her  ann, 
William  P.  Parsons.  Hre  resoectfuuy  invited  to  attend 
the  funeral  on  Thursday  evening,  Feb.  Viil.  at  7:30 
o'clock,  trom  tbe  remdence  of  her  son.  No.  iiJ7I'exiaz- 
tOQ  av.  The  remains  will  D>-.  taken  on  Friday  to  &ew- 
Proviilence,  K.  J.,  for  interment. 

JAiN  Vi:i,IM.— Weonesday  morning,  Lotus  A. ,  Infant  son 
Ii.  u.  and  C.  M.  Jaovrio. 

Services  at  Ho.  45  West  24  th  at.  Thursday,  Feb.  22, 
at  12  M. 

JUNES.— On  Wednesday,  Feb.  21,  Urs.  Auca  JoitBa, 
in  tbe  ti6th  vearof  herage. 

Relatlvea  and  trienda  are  invited  to  attend  tne  funer- 
al servli^ea  trom  her  late  residence.  No.  107  vVeat4dili 
at.,  on  Friday,  i^eb.  23.  at  4  P.  U. 

KUIiLY.— Feb.  19.  at  Thomaaville,  Oa.,  Eev.  Dasiik 
Kkllt,  late  Pastor  of  6t  Joseph's  Church.  P.-ovideaua, 

B.1. 

Fiuaaral  at  above-named  choroh  Wednesday,  Feb. 
2%  aiIS~BOt  Friday,  as  previously  stated. 

tOKD.— .it  Jersey  Citv,  on  the  night  of  the  20th 
inat,  Mrs.  Maby  Lobd,  relicr.  of  tbe  late  PbiKdai  Lord, 
ot  Lilobfie1<l,  Conn.,  ageid  99  ye&taand  7  months. 

The  relatives  and  fnenda  of  tbe  family  are  ia  viced  to 
attend  tbe  funeral  on  Friday,  tbe  ^3d  inst..  at  4  P.  M.. 
izotn  the  residence  of  her  son-in-law.  Edmund  C  Bram- 
hall.  No.  6  Ea«t  Uamiltnn  place.  Jersey  dty.  "rbe  re- 
maina will  be  taken  to  Litcbheld  for  interment. 

PKia.— At  Philadelphia,  on  Wednesday,  tbe  21^1 
inst.,  Hblsn  Mow  by,  wile  of  Charlea  ii.  Peet,  In  the 
34th  year  of  her  aae.  .^^ 

^otice  of  funeral  hereafter.  ^^ 

RlUUELY.— Ou  the  20th  Inat.,  Oxobob  WAiautOTOsr, 
aon  of  W.  P.  and  Amalia  ttlJgely,  aged  14  yeara  and  6 
montha. 

Pnn<>r3l  at  2  o'clock  P.  SI.  on  Thursday,  the  2Sd 
inst..  from  residence.  Weehawken  Heigbta. 

S^ Baltimore  panera  please  copy. 

bA^FOau.— OoTuesdav,  Feb.  IS.  Haxsah  BL  Sajt- 
roBo,  aged  75,  aister  of  tbe  late  Emoiy  tiaotord,  of  ox- 
ford, Uasa. 

8U0TWELL.— At  Skaneatelea,  on  Tuesday,  20th 
inat..  NABAB  E..  widow  of  the  late  Walter  F.  sbotwMl. 

WlLButL— At  Batavia.  N.  T.,  on  Tuesday,  tue  2U(b 
inat.  Habbt  Wilbkb,  aged  61  yeara. 

VODNOd.— on  Wednesday,  Feb.  21.  Sakiki,  S. 
YotJNBa. 

BeUtives  and  friends  of  the  family  are  respectftilty 
invited  to  ottend  the  funeral  ftrom  hia  late  residence, 
Mo.  3o4  West  S'2d  at,  on  Saturday,  24th  inat.,  at  I. 
o'clock  P.  M. 


SPECIAL  JS^OTIOES. 


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,    APPLY   TO 

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LAST  1>AY  BUT  UMB 

OF  EXHIBITION  OF 

MR.  HBNST  M.  eUITH'S 

Collection  of  rare  paintings,  comprising  cheft-d'oenvre 

by 
Bosa    Bonbenr,    Jnlea    Breton,    Gnat    Brion,  Charles- 

Baugmet.  E.    Bontibonne,  filetstadt,   Meyer  Von   Bre- 
men,   F.   Comte-Callx.   Corot,  Diaa,   Danbigny,  Iieon  y 
Eacosora,      G^rome,     Gisbert,  Hildebandt,    Hebert, 
TTHinnian,   Innocentl,  Itteaoach.   Bbekkoek,  Lambinet, 
Ungues  Merle,  Moiean,  Rossi,  Eofflaen,  Jeaa  Robie, 
Saintia,  Theodore  Boussean,  Toulmouche,  Terboeok- 
hoven,  J.  G.  Tlbert,  F.  Zlem,  and,  others, 
At  the 
KUBTZ  OALLEBY,  No.  6  East  23A  at. 
Sale  Friday  evening  at  8  o'clock  at  the  Aaaooiatioa 
Hall,  23d  at,  and  4tb  av. 

ROBERT  SOMERVILLk,  Anotijneer. 


niair  oFKicB  N'oricn. 

The  foreign  maiis  tor  Che  week  endlas  baturday,  Fe\ 
24, 1877,  Will  close  at  this  of&ce  on  i^CBday  at  7  A  M., 
for  Europe,  by  bteam-sbiu  Nevada,  via  Queenstuwn ; 
on  WeUncsday  at  7:31/  A.  M..  loi  boropj,  by  ateam-ship 
China,  naQueenstown;  on  Thursday  at  11:30  A  j1.,  for 
Kurope,  Oy  ateam-stitp  Pommerania,  viaPlymaath,Cher- 
bourg,  and  Hamburg:  on  Saturday  at  11  A  at.,  tor 
hurope,  by  steam-ahip  Bilumnlc,  via  Queena- 
town,    (corrrespondeuce    for  Germauy,    France,    acof 

land,  and  North  ot  IrHsnd  to  be  forwarded  by  this 
steamer  must  be  specially  addressed;)  and  at  11  A. 
M.,  for  Scotland  aud  the  North  of  Ireland  by  ateam-ablp 
Anchonia.  viaMovide  and  Ul^sgo-w.  auu  at  11  A.  M.,  tor 
France  direct,  by  steam-sbip  Canada,  via  Havre,  and  at 
11:30  A.  .ti.,  lor  Uermany,  &c.,  oy  Bteam-ehip  Hermann, 
via  (Southampton  and  Bremen,  (correapondence  for 
tjreat  briiain  and  Franoe  to  be  forwsxdea  by  this 
ateamer  muse  be  specially  Hddressed  )  Tne  ete»in- 
sbips  ^'evaua,Chlna,  and uritanuio  do  not  take  mailstior 
Ueumark,  Sweden,  and  Norway.  'Ibe  maUs  for  ^a«■ 
aau.  N.  P..  wid  lep.ve  New-lork  Feb.  24.  The  malbl' 
for  the  Weat  Indies,  via  Havana,  will  leave  Hew- 
Tork  Feb.  28.  The  mails  for  Porto  Uco  threct  wid 
leave  New-Tork  March  5.  Tne  maila  foi-  Austrada  will 
leave  Snn  Francisco  Feb.  28.  Tbe  mails  far  China 
aud  Japan  will  leave  San  Francisco  Uarcn  1. 

f.  L.  JAM£:s,  Poaimastet. 
New-ToEK,  Feb.  17, 1877. 


MBW-YOBK.    S»TATB     HUCIBXY    UF    THB 
C1NC1^NATI. 

Kbw-Tobk.  Feb.  14, 1877. 
General  Order :    The  Societv  will  meet  at  Delmoni' 
CD's.  5lh   av.   and  26th  st   on  TfiUBSUAT,  22d  laa» 
at  t>:30  P.  AL  to  celebrate  tbe 

145Til  ANNITEBSAEr 
OF  THE 
BIRTHDAY  OF  GUN.  WASHINGTON. 
Membera  of  other  State  eocietiea  are   cordially  in* 
vited  to  be  preaent. 

The  Standing  Committee  will  meet  at  the  same  v\»q» 
ate  P.M.     By  order,  HAMILTON  FIsH. 

Mabikus  WiLLKTr,  Secretary.  President 


THEY    HAVB    NO   EQUAL, 

Are  air  tiaht  and  lodestractlble,  preserviuK  the  boa} 
for  years,  and  protecting  it  from  vermin,  repiiies,  ol 
body-snatchl.ig.  Their  use  prevents  tbe  spread  of  coa> 
tagious  diseases  at  funerals  or  elsewhere. 

MeuklUc  Burial    Casea  and  Caskets    are  made  in  all 
sizes,  from  tUe  cheapest  te  i.he  most  espeasive. 
Sola  bv  all  drst-class  undertakers  and  sextons. 
RArMOND  MAvUFACrUtONG   CO-dPANf, 
NO.  348  PEARL  ST.,   NtW-TORK. 


BANUS  ds  CO.,  NO.  656  Bi£OAJ>WAyf 

WILL  SELL  AT  AUCTION   ON 
FRIDAY,  Fob.   23,  at  3:30  P.  M., 
BOOKS  and  PAMPHLETS   relating   to  American  his- 
tory and  antiquities.  With  some  works  on  general  h> 
erature,  medicine,  &o. 


CHINESE  ANO  JAfANEisB  UB^OT! 

Just  received,  per  Paciflc  Railroad  and  steamers, 
ANTIQUE  Porcelain  and  cloisonnis  vasec 

KIOTO.  HIZK.N,  AND  KAGA  TETB-A-TETB  SETS. 

EXTRA  CHOICE  FAMlLYTKAji.  VcRT CHEAP. 

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•  Counselor  at   Law,  Notary  Pablio.  Mo.  Iii2  Bruodr 
way.  doom  No,  4,  New- 1.  ork. 

N.  B.— special attenCioa  paid  to  settling    "estates, 
convevancing,  and  City  aau  county  ooUeuaoo. 


l>Xa)KAa»B:d  UJf  -k'ati  NtStt-VOOa  aYHUBM. 

A  SPEOULTr. 

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near  29tb  at    Hours  8  to  3. 


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300  do. 88.  6534 

800  do 65% 

IOOOPm.  ltiaU....b3.  zQ 

100  do ..a8.  !<!6% 

loo  L»k«  Bhoze 51% 

200  do 61% 

900  do. 83.  61% 


100  jl.  X.  C.  k  U. 97% 

•200  do 9734 

100  do „«t  9734 

200  do 97% 

;J00  Brto  SaliwaT....    73« 

100  Miob.   Cen. 44% 

100  Ptttaboite. as 

14  do 87% 

60U  Book  Ialaad...a3.l00 
iOO  Nortb-waat.  Pf...  63 

lOG  do o2% 

200  8t.  Paul  Pf. 47% 

300  do 47i»i 

100  do 88.  47% 

10  Fort  Wajm«..  .•3.100% 

60  Albany  k  aua. 71 

100  Bt.  L.,  K.  a  k  Jl..     4% 


OOyBBHUXHT  STOCKS— 2  P.  U. 

15,000  V.  S.  6a,  81. 

C 112% 

80,000  a  S.   5-20   U.. 

'66  H -.1087, 

4,000  0.  8.  6-30  C. 

'67 111% 

10,000  C.  8.  10-40  B..lo9% 

BKCOMb  BUAKD— 1  P.   M. 

f&vOOOTeno.  6a, old..  42%  200  4tL  k  Pao., 21 


•10,000  0.8.61, 10-40 

C- 113% 

9,600  U.    S.   68,  '81. 

B. 109% 

20,000  0.    8.  6a,  '81. 

C. 108% 

6.000 a  8.  6a.  Ons,.183% 


1,000  Loo.  7i.  Con..  601a 
6.000  AL  kSu«4.2il..  96 
tO,OOOL.bvV.B.Cun..  30% 

1,000  Une  3d. 105 

1,000  L.    k  N.  <3on. 

fou  91 

8,000  H.  I.  "d"  i»t,c.":  16% 
1,000  Ao.  lio.Ut..^  99% 
2.000  C«n.Pa(^  goid.106% 

2.000  0.1-.  let lo»% 

1,600  C.  kP.  4tb...l05 
1,000  T..  1>.  k    W., 

lat.  W.  DlT.  87 
1,000  ToU  k  W.  i8t. 

xooapoo....  90 
1.000  T.  k  W.  Kquip.  16 
l,0UOI>.kU.a7a.'94.  86% 
8,oOO  a..  O.  &.  kaa, 

IfU 41 

7ParkUauk 116 

20  Haourer  B*nk...  92 
lOuJ^eLkU 0.0.  61% 


100 

1060 

100 

loo 

800 

13 
800 
100 


do 51% 

do 6I34 

do 51% 

da ilO.  5034 

do 61% 

do ....  61% 

do 51% 

do.,......o.  6i% 


200W«rt.  Un b.a  65% 


800 

200 

luo 

J60O 

SOOO 

IIOO 

800 

800 

1800 

600 

200 

800 

2000 


^do .btf.  66 

ido 66 

do b3.  66% 

do 66 

do 66% 

do 66% 

do 66% 

do „  6612 

do 66% 

do 66% 

do 66% 

do M.  6ci 

do 66% 


loo  ao...b.o.8a.  '21 

400  N.  T.  C  b  U...L>.o.  97% 

luo  do »80l  96% 

lOO  do 9784 

5  a  S.  £x b.e.  50^ 

16  do S3.  50% 

60Amer.  Kx b.a  5734 

15  do 68 

100  Haxleni 136 

84  oo b.o.136% 

200&IlclL  Cen 0.C  44% 

200  do 44% 

100  do s5.  44% 

loOflk  a.  klL8.o.o.83.  5134 

835  do 61% 

600  do ..a8.  61% 

•J700         do 61«4 

200  ao 61% 

100  Pamama b.e.  126 

100  Un.  P»c...h.ca3.  65 

100  a  kS.  W b.0.  33% 

100  do 33i« 

1500ak>.ve.  Pto-o.  62% 

500  do 62% 

100  do......a60.  6x% 

200  do 83.  62% 

200  do 52% 

100  a,  0..  O.  k  l..b.c  26 

26  C  of  M.  J t).o.  lx% 

100  do 11% 

600  a  k  B.  1 b.clOO% 

300  CbL,  M.  *L  St.  P. 

Pt b.c.  47% 

300  do 47% 

200  Si,  Xk  k  W.b.cs3.  65% 


200 

do... 

60% 

66% 

.:00 

do... 

1500 

do... 

66% 

100 

do.. 

60% 

JOO 

do... 

66% 

200 

do... 

....83.  66% 

200  H. 

k  8t.  J. 

b.e.a3.  loio 

300  8.  k  t*(.;o.Pf.b.«.  2319 

100  Um.  k  Ma. 

M..b.a  81% 

86u  8il«  BaU b.a    7% 

BAUa  FBOM  2:30  TO  3  P.   IC. 
$8,0000.8.   5-20  d, 800  Panama 


-  il% 
..  61% 


'66  M ...108% 

8,000  U.S.  4%  a.. ...106% 
20,000  Louiaiana  con.  59% 
11,000      do 6934 

6,000  C  il.  LfcP.«.tl03 

lOo  Pao.  MuU 25% 

loo  u«i.  k  Uod........  61% 

loo  da aOU.  48 

800  do 6i% 

400  do.....^^ 61 

800  do....^....  60*4 

800  do 60% 

»00  do... 60% 

loO  do.. ........  60% 

•loo  do., 60% 

100  do 60% 

iOOAt  kPao.T«i..,.  21 
00  A  oat.  Un 60 

800  do 6o\ 

7oO  do 66% 

600  d« tii  66% 

800  do 6{»% 

4<JO  do aS.  65% 

2tiuO         do...........  65 la 

600  do......wt8.  Oo% 

200  It.  J.  Ceu.  k  U....  07% 

120  do ..._  97% 

.110  do »7%,i00  do...... 

8uO  HarUsn .^....X»7      9o0  »«.  Ii.  k  L  |L 11 

200  '■"    ■  " 

100 


125 

426  LakoBiiore. 61% 

700  do S3.  61% 

200  do a5.  51% 

200  do 83.  5L% 

1400  do 61% 

JOoPittaburg 88% 

siiOCMuoi:  S.i 11% 

100  do U 

400  ■ertb-w.  Pt 62 

lOO  do 

100  do.... 

100  do.... 

iuO  do 61% 

100  «ook  Island..... .100% 

306  4o 100 

60  Fort  Wayne 100% 

loo  U..  U  k  V^.....a3.  65% 
600    do. 


1500 

60O 

luod 

4o0 

500 

700 

2000 

600 


do 

do.... 


..  b6i4 
..  66% 
..  65 


do 64% 

64% 

64% 

64% 

do 13.  6i% 

do.., 64% 


do. 

do.. 

do 


600  8t  Paul  "?£'.*.!" 


44%  lid  4^r.  fc  8t.....i3.  81 

„,»&,  44%Uuo  cU> 80% 

_  WssHasoATf  Feb.  21— P,  If. 

l8peoalAtl<m  on  ti^e  Stock  Exciiange  to- 
day wma  etaaraoterlsed  br  weaknew,  the  ooal 
•baraa  aapeoiaUy  •xbiUtittg  marked  clepn*- 
don.  Thf  bakTi««t  deoUna  wiMt  in  P«law«r» 
and  KodaoB  Oanal,  w^taleb  opwped   M  a  ooaeof- 

■iotof  m  W  Mfit,  btm  th«  tlofinf  qootatioB 
tiMf  wlur  inil  wiirtai  8  nntirrTrr  Vr  MiLiipUcff 


to  50%.  »Baw»ttt<tttiyth»pm«f—»rwdtoai», 
batitfttrward  tcaete4,.i>nd  etoaiftic  tniBAetlaa* 
wen  tiMrtsd  M  50H.  Dthilrtte.  ttdeawatiiui 
and  Western  recorded  a  decline  ot  l\fc  V^  dtaat., 
Morris  and  Eawx  of  1%  F  oetit.,  and  Kew« 
Jersej  Central  of  m  9  cdnt  on  the  day's 
trantactidna.  So  far  the  reports  recetttl;  pre- 
sented by  two  of  the  pfinaipal  coal-oarryiltg 
corporation^  appear  to  bars  bad  anytbing 
but  the  anticipated  effect  of  restortne 
oonfidenee.  On  the  contrary,  the  more  the 
reports  in  question  are  sraratinixed  the  less 
satittaetory  is  the  Impression  oreated  by  the 
exhibit  made.  There  is  no  diafrnisinir  the  fact 
that  the  statements  emanating  from  oorpotate 
officials  are  resarded  with  dintmst,  and  in  view 
of  this  prevailing  seutiment  the  Idea  ;  so^rgests 
itselt  that  it  voald  be  wise  policy  on  the  part 
of  the  coal  companies  which  may  be  in  a 
sound  condition  to  invite  an  InTestigatloa  of 
their  affairs  hy  a  committee  of  stookholders, 
whose  conclusions  are  certain  to  command 
public  confidence  and  oheckaate  the  opera* 
tions  of  nnsoTupnlous  speculators. 

Tbe  entire  transactions  amounted  to  146,- 
658  shares,  which  embraced  56.950  Western 
Union,  22,125  Lake  Shore,  20,980  Delaware, 
Lackawanna  and  Western,  13,659  Delaware 
and  Hudson  Canal,  5,780  North-western.  5,600 
St.  Paol,  3,585  New- York  Central,  0.IOO  Book 
Island,  3,310  Miohiean  Central,  2,150  Erie,  1,700 
Padflo  Mail,  1,110  Uorris  and  Essex,  and  1,100 
New-Jersey  CentraL 

Western  Union,  which  was  tbe  most  aotive 
atook,  was  weak  in  the  early  dealings,  and  fell 
offfirom  65^  to  64^,  subsequently,  under  the 
coTerlnsc  of  short  contracts,  advancing  to  66^, 
from  wbieb  point  there  waa  a  reaocion  to  65^, 
which  was  the  oloainit  quotation.  Lake  Shore 
roseirom  51 H  to  51%,  but  afterward  lost  the 
improvement. '  The  Glrantcer  shares  were  strong 
for  North-western  and  weak  for  St  PaoL  Mioh- 
igan  Central  was  steady.  Harlem  advanced 
troto  135W  to  137Vk.  and  closed  at  IST.  Rock 
Island  rose  from  99^  to  lOOVi.  with  final  trans- 
actions at  a  reaction  of  Vi  f  cent  from  the 
highest  point  New-Tork  Central  fell  off  ^m 
98^  to  97H.  and  closed  at  97^.  Expreal 
shares  were  dull. 

A  meeting  ef  the  Governing  Committee  of 
the  Stock  Exchange  was  held  this  afternoon 
to  consider  the  proposed  reduction  of  broker's 
fees.  It  is  generally  understood  that  the  com- 
mittee have  agreed  to  favor  the  ^  adoption  of  a 
lower  sohednle  of  charges. 

To-morrow,  being  Washington's  Birthday, 
will  be  observed  as  a  dose  holiday  by  the 
banklns  and  financial  institatlona  and  the  va- 
rious Ezobanges. 

The  money  market  was  easy,  anc^  call  bor- 
rowers were  accommodated  at  2Vii'33  9  cent, 
the  latter  being  the  closing  quotation.  The 
rate  of  diaoonnt  for  prime  mercantile  paper 
was  3Vfe®4^  ^  cent  The  national  bank  notes 
received  for  redemption  at  Wasbmgton  to-day 
amounted  to  ^700,000.  The  following  are 
the  ^tes  of  exchange  on  New- York  at  the  un- 
dermentioned cities:  Savannah,  buying  ^, 
selling  \i  ;  Charleston  scarce  ;  buying  V6  pre- 
mium, selling  \k  premium ;  Cincinnati,  dull, 
buying  par,  selling  1-10 ;  St.  Louis,  \k,  pre- 
minm ;  New-Orleans,  sommeroialt  3-16,  bank 
>4  ;  Chicago,  ^  discount 

The  foreign  advices  reported  no  change  in 
the  prices  of  British  Consols  or  American  secu- 
rities at  London.  Consols  for  both  money  and 
the  aeoonnt  dosed  at  95% '395 ^/k.  United  States 
1865s  (old)  at  105!.^,  1867s  at  109H  '8)109^,  10-40s 
at  IO8V1,  and  New  5a  at  107%.  Erie  Common 
sold  at  7%,  against  8\4  yesterday.  Illinois 
Central  was  quoted  at  51.  The  price  of  bar 
silver  remains  about  56d.  V  ounce,  tbe  market 
being  uncertain  and  dull.  Indian  Ooundl  bills 
were  allotted  to-day  at  about  %d.  V  rupee  re- 
duction. The  Bank  of  England  gained  £50,000 
on  balance  to-day.  French  Rentes  advanced 
from  105f.  95c.  to  106f.  2»>4o. 

Sterling  exchange  was  very  dull  and  the 
market  weak,  owing  to  the  almost  entire  ab- 
sence of  demand  from  the  mercantile  oommu- 
nity.  The  leading  houses  to-day  reduced  the 
nominal  asking  rates  to  $4  83Vli  and  $4  85  for 
OO-days'  sterling,  and  demand  bills  resoeotively, 
with  actual  business  at  a  considerable  eonoes- 
sion  from  these  rates. 

Speculation  m  gold  to-day  was  characterized 
by  weakness,  and  the  price  declined  from 
105%  to  104%,  with  closing  transactions  at  the 
lowest  point  On  gold  loans  the  rates  ranged 
f^mS^  9  cent  to  "flat "  for  carrymg. 

Government  bonds  were  Weak,  in  sympathy 
with  gold,  the  decline  in  prices  ranging  from 
^  to  %  V  eent  Ballroad  bonds  were  lower. 
Delaware  and  Hudson,  registered,  of  1834,  fell 
off  2%  V  cent,  to  94%  ;  do.  of  1891,  reeiatered, 
2  F  cent.,  to  96,  and  do.  of  1894,  coupons,  Mt  V 
cent,  to  86Vi,  Albany  and  Susquehanna  sec- 
onds declined  1  V  cent.,  to  95.  Lehigh  and 
WiUesbarre  feU  off  1  ^  eent,  to  30  V&, 
but  closed  at  a  slight  recovery.  Central 
Pacific  gold  bonds  made  a  decline  of  %  ^  cent, 
to  107.  St  Paul,  C.  and  M.  Division,  of  ^  ^ 
cent,  to  96^,  Ohio  and  Musissippi  Seconds  % 
V  eent.  to  50%,  Western  Union  coupons  %  V 
cent  to  104%,  New-Jersey  Central  convertible 
%  V  cent  to  55,  and  Rook  Island  78  %  ^  cent, 
to  108.  Bannibal  and  Bt.  Joseph  8a,  con- 
vertible, formed  an  exception  to  the  general 
decline  elosing  at  84%,  an  advance  of  1%  ^ 
cent.  Michigan  Southern  Seconds  sold  at 
103% '3)103%,  do.  sinking  funds  at  110,  Union 
Pacific  Firsts  at  103%.  Land  Grants  at  102,  do. 
sinking  funds  at  97,  Pacific  of  Missouri  at  95%, 
Toledo  and  Wabash  Firsts  ex-ooupon  at  90,  ao. 
St  Louis  division  at  80%  9 80,  Louisville  and 
Nashville  oonsoliaated  at  98,  and  New- York 
Central  Firsts  at  116%.  State  bonds  were  dulL 

TJkitkd  ptatbs  Xbeasubt.     ? 
Nbw-Yobx.  Feb.  21. 187T.   > 

GoldrecsiDts $345.0»«  61 

Gold  paymenta 1259.237  60 

Goldbalsnce 71,469,408  13 

OorreBoy  receipts 858.079  19 

Curreoov  paymeota. 660.054  29 

Curronor  balance 44.790,815  68 

Costoms 345,000  00 

Usno«led  f^old  oeitifloatas  sent  to  Wash- 
ington  1,170,000  00 

CLOBIKa  QUOTATIONS— FEB.  21. 
-  Tueadar.  Wedseadaj; 

American  Kold 105%  I04''^a 

United  States  5a.   1881,  oonp 110%  109% 

UoiiedSULesS-iiaa.  18€7,  oonp. .,,..112%  lil^s 

Billa  on  London.. >4  83%3|4  b3 

New.York  Geoiral 93%        ,    97% 

Hock  Island , 99%  100 

PaciQo  Mail 26  25% 

MilwaakeeandSU  Paul 18%  18 

MilwaakeeandSC  Paul  Pref 48  47% 

L»ke  Snore 51%  51% 

Cbio«zoand  North- woatera 33%  33% 

CbiouKO  ana  North-western  Pret 50%  51^ 

Weasern  'Union 65%  65% 

UpiocPasinc 6<%  t5 

Delawar<^  Lack,  and  Western 65%  64% 

New-vleraev  Centria 12%  11 

Delaware  and  Hudson  Qanal 54  50% 

Murnssad  JBaaex 88  80% 

Panama 'iiS  195 

Erie '%  7% 

Obio  aad  Miaaiaalppl 5%  5% 

Hsrlem 135%  J37 

liiinnibaiand8t.  Joseon 10%  10% 

Haouibal  and  St.  Joaeoa  Prot 33  £8% 

MicbiKan  Oentral 44%  44% 

lUlnoia  Cenrrsl 51  62% 

The  extreme  range  of  prices  in  stocks  and 

the  nomber  of  aharas  sold   are  as  followa : 

So.  of 


Rlfrlieat.  Loweat. 

Kew.ZorkQentral 98%  97% 

Harlem. > 137  136 

Brio 7%  ■»% 

Lake  8boFe 51%  61% 

Nprtb-weatem 33%  33% 

Kurtb-wrstern  Preferred 53%  61% 

Ruoklaiand , loo%  9a% 

Mil.  fc^b  P»ul , 18%  1^ 

Mil.  &  St  ]^sal  Pret 48  47% 

Ptttaborj 88%  88 

DeL.  Lack.  &  Western. 65%  64% 

Nuw^enflTOentFSl.... li%  11 

Delaware  4  Had.  Cansl.....  H%  60% 

MorrU  fc  £saex 81%  80% 

MtcbinD  Contral. 44%  44% 

ITalon  Paoiiio .05  65 

C„  C.  C.  &  I Si  S5% 

Aitfio  *  Terre  Hanla 9%  8% 

Ifoa  Meuatain... 11  11 

Hannibal  4k  St.  JoesM 10%  10% 

laaaimd  jbj^Jesapli  PJ...  mh  >■% 


^hare«. 

3,5^ 

934 

9.150 

SS.li» 

550 

5.930 

3,lu0 

100 

5.500 

314 

S0.9S0 

1.100 

13,620 

1,110 

ft.sie 

100 
SitO 
100 
800 
900 

•09 


...105% 

t:00P.  M.. 

104% 

...105% 

t:30  P.  M.. 

104% 

....105 

2i00  P.  M.. 

104% 

...105 

4:30  P.M.. 

104% 

...105 

3:00P   M.. 

104% 

....105 

■01  of 
^  "isltr-Y  haymt^    kliaiea. 

^auma,:^..,^^ IM  m  _«0 

WieceniUaiofe. «e%       641*      S(,»SO 

A.  4t  P.  Telegraph n  90  <«         1.075 

JfaeifioMall M.         95%         V700 

Totsl  sales .^ .14&6ti 

The  following  table  shows  tbe  half- hourly 
fluctuations  tp  the  Gk>li1  market  to-day: 
10:00  A.  M.. 
10:30  A.  M.. 
11:00  A.  M.. 
11:30  A.  M.. 

12:00  M 

13:30  P.  M... 

The  folio  Wing  were  Che  olosiug  quotations  of 
Siovexnment  bonds : 

_  «<>• 

T7nUed  States  surf  eodv  OS. 133 

United SUtes O*.  I88I,  r0cit(«red.....ill% 

tlnited  KUtea  (ts.  18dl.  oouooas. 113% 

United  State*  5-20S.  l£>6S.   r8inatered..l03 
United  States  S-aOa.  1865,  oouBooa....lue 

United  Slates  5-30a.  1865.  new.  res 108% 

United Sratea 5-30«.  1885.  new.  ooup...l08% 
United  States 5-908.  1867.  reinat«red..Ul% 
United  States 5-908.  1867.  ooupon%....lll% 
United  bcatea5-30<i.  IdGd,  rein8tered..ll5 

Unltnd  Sratea  5-30n.  IWS.  coupona. 115 

United  Statea  10-4qa  registered 100% 

United  States  10-40.<i.  conoons 113^4 

CTnited  States  Ss,  133i.  rezistered 109% 

United  StareH  Sa.  1831.  couonna. 109as 

UnitedStatea  4<ii8.  1391.  rn£lstfre'l...i05% 

The  Sub-Treasurer  disbursed  in  gold  coin 
$30,000  for  interest,  131,000  for  called  bonds, 
and|7,500  silver  coin  in  ejujhanga  for  fractional 
currency. 

Tne  following  were  tbe  tcoli.  oleariaxs  by  the 
National  Bank  of  the  State  ot  New- York  to- 
da.v : 

$93,552,000 

1,747.546 

1,853.835 

The  followinz  is  the  Clearia^-boiua  state- 
ment to-day: 

•78.915.465 

3,5«»stil 

5,379.464 

, 977,640 


Aalted. 
133% 
111% 
119% 
108% 
108% 
109 
108% 
119 
111% 
116 
116 
110 
113% 
10J% 
109% 
106% 


irold  cleared 

Gold  buianoes 

UarrsBcv  balances.. 


Currencv  exohansae 

Currrncv  balanoea 

Qolcexonaonea 

Qoldbslaaoes 


OAUPOIUitA   MlNIXa  8T00KS. 

San  FitAKOisoo,  Feb.  2L— The  following  are 

theolosloK  official  prtooA  of  mioiog  stocks  to-day: 


Alpha. 

eeloher 

Beat  andl>eicber 

BuiUoa. 

Conaol.  VlrsinlM 

i-ahfemia..... 

Cht.li-r 

Conttdcpce- 

(.■Hli-dunla. 

Crown  CulaL 

Rzcbeouer 

Qonld  attd  Curr.v 

Hale  and  Non^rbas... 

Imperial 

JuUa  OonaeUdatad... 


20  >a 
9 

17^ 
47  «* 
45  >« 
66 

8 

81a 

9'9 
0>9 

12 

5 


Juptice 

Kt-ntnok 

Lfopird. 

Uexioan 

Nortbsm  Belle 

OTecman.  

ijpliir 

Unymondand  Kir 

atlrer  mil '. 

Savaxe 

'^eff.  Belcber 

Sii-rra  MeraiU 

Union  Con4olldated.. 
Telle w  Jacket 


6     Bnrt*Jca  Coaaohdated. 


13% 

2** 

6'a 
18 
VB 
84 
26^ 

61a 

5** 

J"" 
60 

19% 


THE  STATE  OF  TRADE. 


Cbicaoo.  Feb.  31.— Flour  dull  and  nnctaaneed. 
Wheat  heaT.r.  aotive,  but  weaE,  and  2c  lower ;  rather 
panicky:  No.  2  rhlcaK'>  ('pring.  SI  1!0%  casbj 
$1  86>%  March;  $1  23%,  April:  aalea  at  $1  25'<>9 
$1  28.  Harcb:  No.  3  do.,  SI  \f>'S$\  17:  re.)ecled. 
$1.  Com  UDsettled,  but  Ksnerally  lower:  40'«o.'341c.. 
caab:  41c..  March;  45o.,  May;  rejected.  SO^u.  Oati 
In  fair  demand,  but  lower;  S:'ic.,  caah  ;  83  ^^o.,  Febru- 
ary; SS^gc.  Harcb:  34c.  April :  T,-Jected.  24c.  Rre 
dull  anda  abade  lower  at  67a  Barley  dull.  weak,  and 
lower  at  4i^'ac  Fork  In  good  demand  and  a  abade 
hleber:  fl4  35.  caah;  $14  35'3>$14  .S7>9.  March; 
$14  d53$14  0713,  April;  $14  90^914  06, 
Mar-  Xiard  actlTO  and  a  abade  bibber; 
$9  80  oaab;  $9  96,  April;  $10  05,  Mar.  Bnlk- 
meata  firmer;  Shoulden,  5I4C;  short  Rli>a,  Sc;  Short 
Clear  Bidea,  8\«c  Dreaa  d  Ho;:a  active,  but  not 
quotablv  tilKber ;  prfcklDK,  iQ'SiQ  25:  choice  heavy, 
$6  »O«$0  35.  WoUky  ffrmer  iit  $1  06.  Keceipca— 
Flour,  ti.OUO  bbla.;  Wlieat,  16.000  buahele;  Corn, 
13U.0U0  buabela;  Oata,  38.000  buabftU;  Rye. 
l,9liu  buaheU;  Barlry.  19.U00  bn!'hela.  Sbip- 
nieuta— Floor,  S.nOO  bbla.;  Wheat.  9,500  buabela; 
Com,  21.U0O  buibeia;  oata.  13,000  buabels)  Rye, 
770  bnahelai  Uarlry,  8. 000  buabela.  At  the  atter- 
noon  call  of  tlie  board:  Wheat  higher ;  $1  26 ^g, 
March;  «1  38V  April.  Coru.  »8C.®'4C.  b1i:b<?r.  Uat» 
nacbanced.  Porkhieber;  $14  459$14  47'a.  Manb: 
$U  753$14  77%  April  Lard  hijcber;  $9  87>a9 
$0  90,  March;    $10  02'a3$10  U7ia,  April. 

Sr.  Lome.  Feb.  31.— Flour  easier,  but  not 
quotably  lower:  Wheat  dull:  ha  2  Red  Fall. 
»i  46'a3'3$l  47;  SI  47>!i.  March:  No.  3  do..  $1  4J, 
oaab.  Corn  active  at  Sb^gc.'&'SS^c.,  caah;  SO^c., 
M.,rob;  40340..  April.  Oataatvady  and  Urm  ;  No.  2.  36>ty:.. 
caah.  Rye  dull:  lower  to  sell  at  65  c,  bid,  caah  aud 
February.  Barley  dull  and  dronpiaf;;  little  doiiig. 
Wblaky.  $1  06.  Pork— .\  good  demand  for  Intuni  dc- 
liverT,at$16»*16  05.  March;  Sl5  'ioO-ilS  30,  April ; 
$15  6Utv$l5  75.  May.  Lard  inoetive  »t  ll^^o.,  caab  and 
March,  eulk-meat*  dnll;  500,000  lb.  01  Cli-arRio  SIdca 
were  aold  on  private  teruia,  tuppoaed  to  t>e  at  8c., 
Marob.  Uacou  unanttled  quoted  at  6>3C..  Oiac,  and 
O^BC.'aO'ac.  f'>r  bhouhlera.  elrar  KIb.  aud  Clu:ir  SIdns. 
Live  UoK«'duU:  lUbt,  $4  85(»$5  lU:  packlog,  $5d> 
$5  40;  bntcberu',  $5  40 (£^  05.  Cattle  quiet  aud 
slow;  cboli-e  to  lanoy  Uteers,  £.5  2.'>®.^5  85:  f(Ood  to 
prttun,  *4  75®$>  V2^\  Licbt.  44'S$4  30;  Cotra  and 
HelferK,  $3  l'J'99$4,  Corn-fed  Tcxana,  $3  6  J®  £4  .6. 
R«celpta— 1.800  obla.  Flour;  Ivf.UOO  buabela  Wheat; 
87.00iJ  bnabeia  Corn:  l^.OOO  bushels  Oatj;  J, 000 
buBhelaRve:  1, 00 j  baabcla  Barley;  1,600  bead Uocs; 
1,400  head  Cattle. 

Niw-Oblbass,  Feb  3i.— Flotir  quiet  but  sffMirty ; 
comaon.  $6;  iiuperfioe.  $d;  Double  Kxtra.  $6  5. I'd 
$6  75;  t'uoin  do..  $79$8;  choice.  $8  ibitia  75; 
('urn  In  fair  demand  ;  cboti:e  Wblte,  53C9.J4c.;  choice 
Yellow,  53&  0.ita  In  fair  deiunud  aud  tlrai ;  White, 
50c.;  Qalena,  6Uc®5'2e.:  Corn-mral  du.l  at  80u.  Hat 
dnll;  choice.  $ld;  Purk  dull  aud  lower;  Mraa,  $17; 
Lard  dull;  Ueroe,  ll>4C.i?llV> :  keg,  12a  Bnlk- 
meata  eaaler;  ShQUiCera,  d^c;  Clear  Ribs, 
h^tc;  Clear  flldea,  9a  Bacon  eaaier;  Sbiiul- 
deta,  7>^c.  Clear  Ribs,  O^^c;  Clear  hiilei. 
O^nO.  ttUitar-cureU  Hams  quiet;  c'boice.  IS^-t 
Walsky  dull  at  $1029il07.  Coffae  iu  fair  demaud  ; 
]ob  lots.  ordinar.f  to  prime,  17"4C.'2>21c.  8nKar  dull, 
inferior,  5c.^6\<-'.:  common  to  good,  7c.'S7*4C;  lair  to 
tnlly  t.ir.  l\c.'wn^iu;  prime  to  choice,  8  "rjc.  ai9c;  Ceu- 
trltU({Bl,  8=Uc.a»»«c.:  iellow  clartfled,  yv-.^iioagc.  Mo- 
laaeeaquiet;  cominoii,  30c.'&'32>gc.;  CeumftaKal,  25c. 
®  5c.;  fair.  35o.'3d7c.;  prime  to  ohoiof,  40c'@.'>0c 
Klce  lu  fair  demand:  Loniaiaua,  234C.'3>3>40.:  ordtnar.y 
to  onme.  4'2c96o.  Bran  dali  at Ouc  BzcUanKe  New- 
York  algbt.  >« premium;  Bterdng,  $5  12  tor  thebauK; 
Oolo.  10S>9«'it6% 

BiTFFALO.  Feb.  31. — Marketa  quiet,  doll,  weaK. 
and  UDsettled.  Salea  reported  90u  bbla.  Pluur  at  on- 
chanfed  pricea ;  lu  cara  of  new  Com  at  51*9ao2o.;  3 
cara  do.  Uish  .Mixed  at  52o.®V.^i<to :  two  cara  nuw 
White  MIohiKsn  Wbeat  ut  $1  57®$1  58 ;  1.70U  busbela 
¥o.  3  Cblcaco  at  $1  30;  4,500  buabela  choice  Oauada 
Barley  on  private  terms;  5  cara  do.,  medium 
grade,  at  75c.;  2  c:<ra  do.,  on  tracn,  at 
83c.:  quoted  Mo.  1  and  choice  at  $1  069 
SI  10 ;  1  car  Malt  from  choice  Canada  Barlpy  at 
$1  IS;  only  a  Uxbt  iuquir.r,  and  market  dacllulng. 
ueeda  quotable;  medium  und  lame  clover  at  %9a 
$9  60;  Ximotby  R>  S^o^li-ii  10.  Pork  dtul  and  weak, 
with  a  light  inquiry.  Other  artlcle«  uucbanged.  Re- 
ceipta— i<li>nr,  '.;.80  <  bbla;  Whe.tt.  5,600  busnela;  Cor.i, 
17.200 bushels:  Oats,  7.70U  bushels;  Barley.  l.euO 
buabela;  Hye,  2.400  buabela.  bbipmenia— F.our. 
2.240  bbli.;  Wheat,  6,6UU  buuheia;  com,  16.800 
buabela:  Oata,  7.700  ouaheis;  Barley.  l.OJO  buahela ; 
Rye,  2.40U  buabela. 

CI5CIK5ATI,  Feb.  21.— Flour  eaaler;  family.  |6  85 
'^$7.  Wheat  In  fair  demind  and  firm  ;  Red.  $1  60® 
$1  57.  Corn  iu  f(ood  demand  at  <ic'ibAt)o.  Uat* 
atead.y,  wita  a  fair  demand  at  38a'34;ic.  Kye  quiet 
at  78c.  Barley  heavv:  icoodto  prime  Pall.  6  >cw<jOc. 
Pork  quiet  at  $15  60.  Lird  dull:  Steam-tendereil, 
$0  76:  Kcitlo.  $10  60d$ll,  Bulk-meaia  auiet; 
Bhould«ra,6c.;  ClearRib«,8>«cwClear  Sides.  8Hie.  Uacou 

Solet;  SUouldera,  7c;  (iie^kr  Wbs.  9>«c.:  Clear  Sid,-a, 
>2C.  WUiaky  lu  fate  deuand  and  bixner  ai  $1  u6. 
Butter  quiet  an.l  uachanced.  Hoks  dull  and  lower; 
oo:nmon,  $4  B0<z$5  2');  fiklr  to  izood.  light,  Si>  259 
S6  50:  pnoklnz,  $5  OO-^.sa  90;  heavy,  S&  \ib'<Oi,Q  16: 
receipta — 1.503  head  ;  -%hiomenta,  530  head.  There 
Will  be  no  ouiri^et  here  to-morrow. 

PKOVrDKNca.  Feb.  21. — Printing  Clotha  market 
dull;  prieea  nominal  at  Sa®5^.  fOr  beat  64x64 
cloths. ^ ^ 

THB  REAL  E  IST  A  IE  MARKET. 


The  following  bosinaas  was  transacted  at 
the  Exohange  yesterday,  (Wedneadav)  Feb.  SI. 

E.  H.  Ladluw  tc  Co.,  by  order  of  the  Suprem 
Coart  in  foreclosure,  J.  P.  Ledwitb,  £aq..  Referee, 
•old  a  ifaree-story  and  attio  briok-houae  and  atable, 
with  plot  of  land  25.9  by  300  2,  on  Bond  at.,  north 
side,  extending  throaKh  to  Great  Jonea  at.,  433,8 
feet  east  of  Broadway,  for  160.000  to  Germanla  Lite 
Insuraoce  Company,  plaintiff  in  tbe  leiial  autiun, 

Wiliian  K.enoelly.  aader  a  Supreme  Court  fore- 
closure decree,  J.  Grant  Sinclair,  Eaq..  Keteree, 
aold  one  lot,S5  by  102.3,  on  Weat  76tbsu.  aouih  aide, 
175  feet  weat  of  8.hav,  tor|5,iao,  to  John  Camp- 
bell ;  also,  two  Iota,  each  23  b.v  102.3,  on  Weat  76i.b 
at.,  lonth  aide,  975  teet  weat  Of  8th  ay.,  sold  for  flU,- 
200,  to  same  buyer. 

Scott  &  Myera,  by  order  of  the  Snpreme  Court  in 
nsrtitlon,  M.  A.  J.  Lynch,  Eeq.,  Referee,  aold  one 
lot,  35  by  100,  on  11th  av,,  aoutu-eaat  corner  lllrh 
at.,  tor  12,600  t<>  L.  Fri«dman.  Also,  two  lota,  each 
35  by  10<;,  on  llCh  av.,  eaat  aide,  25  feet  south  of 
lUth  St.,  aold  for  14,3001  and  one  lot,  25  by  100,  on 
llch  ay.,  eaat  aide,  auloioing  above,  sold  tor  VS. 400. 
IU  L.  FrieanMQ.  Xb^  same  firio,  by  order  ul  the 
Supretne  Court  in  furecluxore,  A.  P.  Fjtob,  Esq., 
Referee,  disoo^ed  of  a  f«/ar-story  bnck  atore  aud 
dweUlnff.  wiin  lot  30.10  by  80,  on  3d  av.,  notth-eaat 
eorner  115th  at.,  tor  >11,05U,  to  Charlea  S.  Loyer, 
plaintiff  lu  tbe  IcKsi  aciiun. 

Tbo  foilowioK  anotlona  were  adjourned  i  Sale 
by  Xioula  Idesler  of  a  plot  of  laud  on  3d  av..  aoutb- 
wesl  comer  97th  8t.,  to  Feb.  24;  isle  by  K.  T,  Hsr- 
pect  of  ooB  lot  on  JSaat  79i'b  at.,  north-west  oorusr 
LexicKtoo  av..  to  M.4rob  2:  sale  by  £.  A.  Lawrence 
Sc.  Co.  of  a  boiMe,  with  lot,  on  West  30ih  eu,  eaat  of 
9t.h  ST.,  to  March  3,  aad  sale  by  R.  V.  Uaroett  of 
two  houses,  wiih  lut4,  on  Weil  49ch  St.,  west  of 
6(h  av.,  to  March  31. 

TQ-DAT'S  AD0TIOK8. 

To-day's  sale  at  the  .Bxohanxa : 

By  R,  "V.  Harnett,  foreclosure  sale,  by  order  ot 
the  Coart  of  Common  Pieaa,  K.  M.  Henry,  Biiq., 
Be'Bvea,  of  a  b<iasa,  wua  lot  itS  by  100.11,  on  B^t 
^Bi^st.,  north  side,  100  feet  west  of  latav. 


EXOBASeS  BALSS—WEDHSaDAX.   tEB.  31, 
1877. 
NBW-YORK. 
By  E.M.    Ludtow  <fc  Go. 
1  three-itotr  and  atne  briek  faonae  aad  atable, 
with  plot  of  frrouud,  tfoaa  m.,  a.  i.,  csieudmc 
tbroUKh  to  Qreat  June*  at-.  433.8  ft.  e.   of 

Bio«dw,<y,  pi»t  ^5.9x.iOO.V $60,000 

eg  WWiatH  KemuUM. 
1  lot,  West  7eth  St.,  a  a.  176  ft.  w.  of  Sth  ay., 

U6il0l2 y...,*. td.lOO 

a  Iota,  Was*  Tech  at.,  a.  a..  876  ft.  -w.  of  8tb  av., 

•aea  MaiOica - lo.aoo 

JMr  amu  i»  Mgvt. 
«  letSi  Uth  at*,  s.  e.  saiav  UXtk  sti.  sa# 


fBxlOO. 


t».aoo 


IfMe-StwyWo'kVtora'iMiidwefuiw.'witb^V^^  .. 

N  avk,  m  «  osiMV  llOib  st,»loTM^lUsBOb.  Xl40»« 

JUOO&DJU)  aXAL  MBTATM  XBJJIMFSXa. 

nW'TOBK. 

^Mddy,  m.  2a 

63a  Bt,  a.  i..  187.8  ft.  e  of  9th  ay,,  laOx 
100.6:  B.  Monday  and  wifto  to  A.  Miehalek^   $6,000/ 

36th at., n,  a,  276ft. e.  of  0th  sy..  88x»aflri 
alaq,  36tb  at.  n.  a„  126  ft  e.  of  9th  av.,  2Bx 
98.9;  also.  9th  ay.,  e.  A.  74.1  ft.  n,  of  35th 
St..  2A.  8x100 1  Dulel  O'FarreU  to  O.  B.  Wood- 
ward     8,000 

120tb.  at.,  a.  a.,  292  ft  w.  of  Avenue  A.,  21x 
UtO;  Peter  C.  Carey  to  Mary  A.  Carer nom. 

120tli  at.,  a.  a,  392  ft.  w.  of  Avenue  A.,  aix 
100;  John  X  Carey  and  wife  to  Peter  a* 
Carey. .,.„. nom. 

62d  St.,  n.  a.,  306  tfc  a.  of  etb  av..  '.'OxlOO.S; 
Carl  Beck  and  wife  to  (Jnoffce  Zouaohaer 11,600 

11th  »v,  n.  e.  corner  of  143d  at.,  200x190.10; 
also  iJth  av.,  n.  e.  corner  of  l44tb  at..  IrreK- 
nUr ;  Wllham  J.  Bhertruod  and  wife  to  Mary 
A.  Weeka ...-  —  , 6.000 

S2dst.,  s.  a.,  200  fc.  e.  of  9«b  av.,  16.8x9a9: 
Alexander  Johnston  and  wifpto  A  Bnohannn  12.000 

125th  at.,  A  A.  260  ft.  e  of  2d  av.,  75x100; 
Emma  L.  Uouaman  and  huabaud  to  Osorge 
Cneatermao  .....  nom. 

lltn  av.,  a.  w.  -corner  67th  at..  25.6x100; 
Joaeph  P.  Carpenter  to  Richard  Citae.y 4,000 

125  h  at..  8.  a.,  250  ft.  e.  of  2d  ar.,  Irrepular; 
Joaepb  O.  Br'wu  and  wifr.  to  H.  L,  Hoiumau.       nom. 

lat  av.,  w.  a.,  50.5  it.  D.  of  o9t  >  at.,  5uxlo0; 
Jamei  McQulnoesa  to  M.  McGovorn 28,000 

llthav..e.  a.,  26.6  it  n.  of  144tb  at.  75x100; 
also.  144tb  St.,  n.  s..  3LV)  ft.  e.  of  lltb  av.,  8 
lot* ;  Fraucea  U.  Sherwood  and  husband  to 
Mary  A.  Weeks 9.600 

Avenue  B,  e.  a.,  45.9  ft.  ii.  uf  IStu  at,  25x88; 
.lohn  Walter  and  wife  to  A.  Repper 22,000 

48tb  St.  a.  A  226  tt  e.  of  lUth  av.,  S2x 
lO.ill;  Bleo,  ATth  at.,  n.  a,  375  ft.  e.  of 
loth  av.,  12.llx200.li;  W.  J.  Clark  to  H.  U. 
Bntterworth  .i..      nom. 

2d  »v.,  e.  s.,  «a  ft.  n.  of  74th  •t..  2Jx80i  a.  M. 
Henry,  Rate-ee,  to  C.  A.  .-'chaster 11,000 

76th  st..a.  a,  30i)  fl.W,  of  Avenue  A,  5uxl02.2; 
e.  1).  Gale,  Referee,  to  John  Karr,  Jr 1,200 

41st  St,  n.  8..  ass  ft  e.  of  3d  av..  16.8x102. -{  : 
iiso.  418-  St,  D.  a..  271.8  ft  e.  of  3d  av.,  16.8 
X102.2:  also,  41ttr.  st.,D.  a.  2s8.4  ft-  e.  of  3d 
av.,  16  8x9.S.9;  Jamea  Wiley,  Referee,  to 
George  Rehiuaa ". 19.000 


AVERY  MCBHOUHE.  21  FBETFitO.Nr,  NO. 
17  v\'eat  39th  at.;  price  low;  also  fine  new  houses, 
Sof.  845,  655.  51)4  Madiaon  av.:  alao  No.  28  West  6»th 
at..  Nis.  104  West  and  16  Baat  Q7tii  st,  N  >.  V20  Kaat 
56^h  at..  Mo.  53  ba^t  65tb  at.  So».  46  and  61  Weist 
54tb  at,  iNo.  1  East  63d  and  No.  22  West  40th  M.: 
$26.00ii  to  $45,0;)0.    W.  P."  8B V.VlOUli.  1 7 1  Broadway. 


Fonr  stories,  hl<>li  stoop,  brown  stoop.  25x66x92;  20 
rooms t  |iria>-,  4>S7,5U0,  iuciiidin<  mlrrori,  flxtore8, 
and  fui-Dituie :  $ i5,<)U0  raa,r  remain  at  6  per  oeut. 
tor  three  aud  five  years. 

B.  H.  liODLOW  t  CO.,  No.  3  Pine  at 


To»HIPBUlt.DKR?<.  Jti^c. 

Valuable  (Jock  property  at  Qrpenooint  iSOlotai  be- 
tween Green  and  Huron  ata,  W<>8t  at,  and  Ka-tt  Rivcr. 
Lease  fnr  five  years  from  Itfnv  1,  1877.  Apply  to  H. 
W.  BACK  &  C6..  NO.  87  WaUat,  or  W.  U.  LYON  4i 
CO..  No.  483  Broidwav, 


fflHIrtTY-.-EVliNrH    Si.,    BiCrWUEN    5TH 

X  AttD  6T11  ATS.-  For  sale  a  eoid  EnsUsh  basumeut 
honaa  in  tine  orilei  and  particularly  well  pluiuiieo. 

F.  Q.  it,  C.  f.  BROWN,  No.  90  Broadway. 


A    FINE   N<»K'riUKA.'XT   COKNEU    H<)U>iB 
on  Madison  av.  aud  Murxay  Hill:    fuil  sizad,  perfect 
order  In  every  way.  F.  Q.Tt  C.  8,  BKOWn, 

No.  90  Broadway. 


FOR  IMA1..E.  VBKV  i.OW— BI  OBDEU  OF  AD 
miiiistrutor  Tbii  liaudsome  fonr-stnr.y  biown-stone 
dwetUnK  No,  178  Uadlson  av.;  full  siee,  with  possea- 
slon  May- 1.    B.  O.  L.UDLOW  k  CO..  No.  3  Fine  st 


FOH  &«AL.E-IN  <:<)MPL";TK  OEDEK.  A  FIRST- 
claas  fourstory  hisb  atoop  brown-atoue  honae, 
newly  painted,  to  Kood  orJer.  Inquire  at  So.  150 
Weat  63d  at,  or  at  owuer's.  No.  141,  opposite. 


EAST49TH  ST.— FO.t  SALK.  BEAUTIFUL  l-ULL- 
sise  dwellluga  on  the  aouth  aide,  near  5tb  av.;  price 
only  $40,000.  L.  ti.  LUU^OW  b  CO.. 

No.  3  Piuo  at. 


FIFTH  AV.— FOR  SALE.  BT   OKDBE   OK  E.XKCU- 
trlx.  a  very  dealrable  corner  hous<;.  (below  42d  at,) 
fully  fnxniahed,  for  475,000.     For  permits  aoplv  to 
K.  H.  LUULOW  it »  O..  No,  3  Vine  at 


ALAUliE  MU.tlBEit  OF  HOU.'ttiS  BEU>Na- 
ing  to  estates  and  iusticuti"ns  for  sale   or  rent  at 
lowraies.      KiMUMAM  K  PAUB.  No.  42    Eaat  23d  at 


FOR  a^ALB— AT  A  QREAT  SACRIKlCli.  ATGKKAT 
Neck,  Long  lalaad.  tbt  resideoc- of '.Ue  late  William 
H.  Miller.  coumIscIuc  of  about  50  acres  oi  excrlieut 
laud,  with  aaplenuid  ahore  front  for  boatlns,  batbiiii;. 
icc.  with  improvemeats;  viz.,  atoue  maudion,  ntxlj 
feet,  two  acoriea  oud  attic:  ia  beautUuly  situated, 
cummanilinK  an  cxteu^ive  view  of  Looe  Isfund  i^ouuil 
aud  tha  aui-iouiiding;  country  i  two  cotta:iPs,  cairiaxc- 
house,  two  barns  auu  itil  uecessorv  oiiti>uiKliD.^K: 
ubnudaoce  of  sbade,  fruit  trees,  iilirubli»ry,  Ux.,  witb 
both  railroatl  uud  ateambuat  commuuication  witb  tne 
City.  Fortermi.  kc.aoply  to  TKU.vis  vs.  QUU  K,  No, 
»2  Broad  ar,.  Room  No.  6,  or  to  CUARLES  W.  BJUERu. 
Great  Meek. 


IMNKHI'COt.NTKYSriAT  OS  THE  IIUI)- 
Si)N,  aiiout  lOO  acri"e:  lirxe  mansion ;  porter**, 
gardrner'a.  and  iarnier's  outta.:r8.  .iod  all  necessary 
out-ouilalnKa  ;  a  barKaiu  :  Improve!  property  taken  IQ 
part  puvment.  J.  NKLSO.i  LUCK^y,  Younj:  .Men's 
Cbnallun  Aasociaiiou  Building*,  corner  4ib  av.  and 
•^'3d  St  ' 


OUAAtie:,  .N.  .1.— EuR  .-^Aun.  Oit  TU  Kls.M , 
^ry  low,  tuniisht'd  or  unfUruisiieri,  a  lart^e  houso, 
]7ruiims,  every  city  conveuiencu,  heated  by  Sieam. 
f(as  m  icnlue ,  four  rcns.  'well  located  mount;iin 
scenery,  fli:e  lawu.  SDrinv  waier.  Rood  htable  :  atreaoi 
of  water  on  eruimds.  i-.  M.  >\H1T.NEY,  real  astaiu 
aguut,  opposite  depot.  DratiKe,  N.  .>. 


J}UK  MAliM— IMlKTKK.N  ti.UALL  KAlt.«-t,  LWu 
rud  one-Iiali  to  ten  acres  each,  in  Kid^ewooil,  N.  J.: 
all  withni  one  mlleuf  atattou,  Eria  Railroad;  worth 
from  41.0UO  to  d>6, OOO  each;  will  be  aold  atbargiins, 
oue-qnarter  oasii :  balance  on  tnurtcBge.  five  .years,  at 
4  per  ceat  interest  Addresa  U.  F.  B.,Post  Office  Box 
No.  672.  New-yor.<  City. 


AT  OUANGE,  (?«FECl/4L.TY.)^UAND:iUMK 
resideoce:  every  uiodeiii  cuuveuienee:  hard-wood 
fluiab:  seven  bedroumi;  balf  acre  iruiC:  commaiidintc 
flnevlewa;  near  depot ;  foraalelow;  will  rent  uufOr- 
uish-d.     U.^MILTU.S  It  WALLI;),  No.  30  Piue  st. 


FARMK  TO  liKT— ONE  OP  81,  O.NK  OF  54 
aorea,  witb  dweiliai^s  and  bams,  m  Kidgewood,  M. 
J.,  betweeu  .Midland  aud  Erie  Railways  t  one  mile  froui 
tbrre  stations  four  niilrs  iroin  Paterson.  Apply  to  F. 
A.  sMITli.  So.  42  Domlnicli  St.,  New-i'ork, 


IT^OU  HALE— A  h'AKAtOh  4UACKr.B  ly  uU.VUOUXU 
.  Cm  t.T.  N.  J.;  will  be  sold  cheap  tor  cash,  or  on 
easy  t«rms  to  suit  parcba<<er.  For  partlcal.ars  address 
WIL.-SUN  UPRUJL,  Keypo.-t,  N.  J.  t\o  axeuta  need 
apply. 


OKAMUE.  y,  J.-(H)oNiaf  HuUSKS.  L.tllUa. 
HDUva.aKe  «its  lor  sale:  a  xie%t  t-anair.  Visa 
ainiislied  and  unturmsbed  'lOuses  ru  let  tor  seasou  jc 
jejir,  bv  VVALlKH  K.  sii'TH.  loruier  y  BiacUw».  k 
«in,illi.t»r;im;e,  corui't  of  Main  and    •''oop  sis. 


ABRiAN  II.  UuLLBa.  Auctioneer. 
h-XRCV  iUHa>  SAL.a. 

VALUABLE    IMf ROVED    AND     USlilPROVED    PBOP- 

Eurv. 

ESTATE  OP  JOHN  H.  POWER,  DecfasoO. 

Adri,iu  U.  Muller  li.  »ou  will  aeli  at  uUi:tiJu  ou  TUBS- 
DAI,  Feb.  \i7.  at  12  o'clock,  at  the  Excbaui;e  sales- 
room. Na  1 1 1  Broadway,  by  order  of  the  uuaertigncd 
bxcootjia  of  Joan  li.  Power,  decea  ed  : 

Fifth  avkhob — The  tiist-cla-s  lour-atory  brown- 
atoue-frout  bouse  aud  leasn  of  l»t.  >o.  6.<-2  ota  av.. 
went  side,  tietweeu  50ih  Rnd  51st  sts.  1  he  bonse  is  liu 
leet  iu  depth,  with  an  extensiuu  ot  35  feet,  witb  party 
wails,  auii  coDtHiua  every  muuera  Improvement.  Tbe 
lot,  leased  frum  Columbia  College,  is  2^8x131  teet 
Ti.e  lease  la  for  21  yeais  trim  May  1.  1805,  at  annuil 
ground  rent  of  $650,  i  axea  aod  aasesameuta,  aud  cuu- 
laina  covenauts  tor  renewula. 

FoDKTH  AVKMOB— ibe  fouT-atorv  brick  stores,  with 
leave  of  iota,  alluate  on  the  eaaierly  eioe  of  4ib  av.. 
commenomg  ou  tbe  norta-east  coruer  of  11th  at.,  Noa 
93,  95,  97.  9ij,  and  lol  4tti  av.  Tbe  leases  are  from 
ttie  UiuyvesautestAtn. 

tJTO  >E  AND  Pkahl  bTRBiTs — The  brick  srores  and  lots 
No.  2t>  tttouo  Kuu  No.  01  Pearl  at,  lanning  tiirougb 
f^um  Pearl  to  btoiie  at 

Caxal  a>o  Mott  fiTRERTa— The  brick  and  frame 
hnildiu);a  and  lota  Noa.  1/8  aud  180  Cuual  at.  corner  of 
Mott  at 

'iuiKO  AVBSCB,  Sixty  sixth  axd  Siitt-sbvbmth 
STUBKTa — Kisht  lutA  couiprislu;;  the  entire  easterly 
frout  uu  3d  av.,  betweeu  dOtU  aud  t>7th  sts.,  and  14 
lots  on  60tb  St.  and  14  lots  on  67tti  at.  commencing 
lOtJ  leet  east  ot  the  3d  av.;  *treet  lots  each  25xlO'> 
it-et.  except  tbe  tAO  easterly  lota  on  each  atreet.  which 
arl'^  30xli>0  feet  each. 

Tbumpson  ^TRBli^— The  Dulldinss  and  lota  Nos.  57 
and  69  i'uompsun  si.,,  west  side,  uear  Broome  st,  each 
lotaoout  32.QxlU0  fee'. 

FouTT-BECuHDiiTRBBT— Onelot,  sonth  side,  300  feet 
westor7tb  av.,  23x9d.9. 

bXXTT-KtaUTH  *K»  aixTT-:iiirTH  Stkibts— Six  lots, 
north  aide  of  o8lU  st,  comuieucing  3;i5  teet  west  of 
Sth  av.,  and  four  lots,  south  siuo  or  dOth  st,  comuienc- 
tuK  ;*75  feet  west  of  8tli  av. 

RiVKRStOK  AvescE— sixteen  lots  on  the  easterly  side 
of  Riverside  bt.,  corameiicingou  tbe  comer  oi  ilotli 
st  aud  op;ro«ite  Rivers  de  Paric. 

TwBLVTU  AvairvK— Three  plots  of  water  lota  on  12th 
av,.  ttetweeu  lloih  and  il8th  ata..  oppoalte  Ulveraide 
Park. 

KiOHTT-nrra  Strebt— Fonr  lota,  south  aldo,  between 
the  Ijta  uud  RiveiuiiJe  ava. 

Twelfth  AVKwnit  and  OIth  Btrbbt— One  water  lot, 
norib-eaat  corner  ol  izth  av.  nod  O-itb  st. 

^P0HaK  DuwilObbba  AND  222o  SiRbst— About  19 
lota 

HUGH  C.48SIl)T,  Kxeontor, 
UaNRlHTlA  B.  PO,\KR,  Executrix, 

of  John  H.  Power,  deceAaad. 

Book-mapa  at  the  oiHoe  ot  iiiu  Auctioneer,  Na  7  Pine 
at.  and  oi  the  Bxecutora.  No.  11  Piue  st 


DISTRICT  COUxtT  OF  THui  U.MTED   STATES 
tbr  tlie  ikjuthtru  Dlstiict  of    New-Vork.— In  the 

tuutier  of    HE.MtV    8.  uaWK.S   bankrupt Notice  la 

hereby  clven  tbut  thj  nodeisifmed  ami  Aasli;nea  of 
tbe  estate  aud  affects  of  the  aooye  namad  baukrupi, 
wlllaellat  pubic  aoction  at  U.  F.  Ahren'a  hotel,  iu 
tue  village  ot  Cluater,  in  the  Towuataip  <if  HarnuKtoD. 
County  of  fleraen,  and  btate  oi  New-Jerney,  on  the 
2otli  day  ot  March,  1877,  at  12  o'clocK  .VL,  ttie  foUow- 
ini(  described  propeity  und  real  eatate,  via. :  All  ibe 
undivided  two-tulrda  part-of  that  certain  tract  or  par- 
cel Of  land  altuateiu  tbe  Township  of  Harringtuu,  lu 
tbe  County  of  Berxen.  aud  btate  ot  new-Jeisev. 
bounded  on  tne  uoitn-west  by  a  atreata  or  br<iok 
known  aa,the  Oid  Tappau  Ruu,  ou  tbe  nortb-eaat  by 
.  land  late  of  Lewis  R.  Northrop,  ou  the  souMi-eiiat  by 
land  late  of  David  1.  Blauveit,  ^ud  on  toe  aouth-west  by 
land  of  the  hcira  of  tbe  late  Abraham  L  Uiauvelt,  de- 
ceased, oontaln'InK  tweuiy-t.To  and  34-luO  aores  of 
land,  be  the  aams  more  or  lea*:  bulutr  tbe  bame 
pieniises  cooie.Ted  bv  Mary  Jaus  Lackey  and  George 
W.  Luckey  to  i.ucieu  Hanlai.  Jauica  Dickey,  aud  Ueury 
S.  llavTiis.  by  deed  d^ted  May  d,  1872,  aud  recorded  la 
ttiu  Olerli'B  lifflue  uf  tbe  said  County  ot  Berjfeu  ou  the 
'^Oth  day  ofJuly,  1872,  in  book  P  8,  p.go  i5. 
RI2-law3wrh*       HBNRY  B.  DOHE^US,  Aaaicnee. 


LOsiT— ON  BROADWAY.    TUKS.jAT.    FKu.  80.  BK- 
.weee  Uoustoo  aun  Bowaru  aia.,  a  largv  PO0KJ$T-. 
B^JUK,  uontatmaK  pofcn  of  value  onjy  to  theowuar. 
Byrtiuruisg  same  to  iOHtUfa  i'.  VarKiNGTU.n,  N». 
I  »2  aeward  st..  tUe  Aadec  wiU  be  aulUDly  nwatds^ 


BROOKli"Or  REAL  ESTATE. 


To  liliA8S~4tM0k^»0l}B-8TOBT  VaOWS-BtOSH., 
hlRn-atoop  houses.  23x66  fest,  oa  lot  lOO  feet,  alt* 

uated on  8d  at.  Brooklyn,  near  7tli  av..*' and  on  the 
hljEh  ground  adloiaing  nrospect  Park;  Third  at  la  the 
extra- Wide  street  laadlBK  to  the  enttaoce  to  the  Park.; 
Thu  la  the  hhtbeat  and  laoat  healthful  part  of  the) 
whole  oity.  "The  houses  see  flrat-elsM  In  every  re- 
spect, in  perfect  order,  and  Immediate  poaaeaaioa 
can  be  given.  Apply  to  J.  B.  BANDEL  it  SON ,  No.  117 
Broadway,  New-Tork.  or  to  IKA  A  KIUBAliL,  ooruer 
6th  av.  and  9th  at,  Brooklyn. 


DWELLINGS  TO  LET, 

ATA.  T.  STJ£«irAItT*S  ClAilDBN  Cif  Y,  L..I. 

TO  LET,  SEVBBAL  ELEGANT  and  CONYBKIENT 
DWBLUNGS,  fitted  for  Winter.  an&  Summer  reai- 
denoea,  with  all  the  modem  Improvementa,  inoludisg 
gas  and  water  from  pubhe  works,  gardens  Itc. 

KBNTS  from  $260  to  $1,000  per  annum,  aooorolng 
to  size  aod  quality  of  honae  and  grouuda. 

TRAINS  BV  Fluabing.  North  Shore,  and  Oentral  RaU- 
road,  via  Long  lalana  Cltv  or  Hunter'a  Point,  at  9:03 
A  M.  and  12:32.  2:05.  3:32,  4t03.  6.03,  &U5.  and  7:05 
P.  M.  Betumlng,  6:58.  7:27,  8:33,  and  10:27  A.  iL; 
2:20,  4:58,  6:29.  and  9:40  P.  M.  week  daya. 

SU.N DAT  TRAINS:  9:16  A.  U.  and  4:33  P.  U..  re- 
turning 8:22  A.  M.  and  4:41  P.  M.  Boata  connect  with 
train  from  foot  of  34Ui  st,  leavlnK  16  mluutea  ore- 
viouslv.  Splendid  cars,  beautiful  ride,  and  uusurpasaed 
hotel  and  restauraat  near  the  stAtioo. 

APPLY  to  W.  B.  HI.NSDALE,  manager,  at  olBce  ad- 
jacent to  railroad  station. 


Tt  I.ET.-KLiiOA.VT  COUNTRV  REdIDE«CE  IN 
New-Jeiaey.  30  mi.nntes  from  City  Hoil,  New-York, 
at  Rtdc^field  P  irlc.  tbrire  tulnar.ea  from  depot  fcroands. 
20  acrea,  heantinilly  laid  out,  wiib  iruit  Ai>d  other 
trees  and  splendul  I  iwds;  h  use  frescoed  from  top  to 
bottom;  finished  in  hardwood:  cont  lins  batb-room, 
gas,  and  all  OI  her  Improremants  of  a  Cltv  'ouce;  sta- 
tjl>,  hot-b  'Uae.  itC:  also  other  eleirant  places  on  Cen- 
tral Raiifoad  Of  New-'erse.T,  50  oiinutes  from  New- 
York  ;  buus>4  and  grounds  in  aplendid  o  der ;  finest  lo- 
cation la  New- lerse.y,  to  rent  cueap  Appi.y  to  J.  A. 
WOO  JS,  Otace  of  rbe  Nor'b  Aipeiican  Iiif<4  Insarance 
Compan.y.  N'b.  17  and  19  Warren  st,  New-1'ork,  he- 
tweeo  1 )  and  2  o'clock. 


Tl»  KE>T— IN  CLaVKRACK.  N.  Y.,  N  r.AR  Cb.AV- 
eracK  ''«lleee  aud  Hu  Ison  itlver  Institute,  tlirpo 
dwelling-houses, ut  $6  a  month;  one  lar^e  dounle  two- 
Btory  house,  W'tb   thres  acres  garden,  at  S14  60  a 

mouth;  a  un-nboo  and  esrablisbed  business  anil  dwell- 
ing uear;  for  both,  $1 2  a  moatb,  and  reut  taken  la 
work.     Address  E.  G.  .STUDLKV. 

TO  LET.— ELEGA.S  r  dR(>W.>-.9ru.Sr:  AN.i  BRlCiC 
hnoaes  on  Madi  on  av.  and  side  streets  near  the 
P  'rki  three  aud  four  atoiier  csibinet  Onish,  with 
mirro. s,  uc  ;  reut  frum  $tiOJ  to  $4,5UU.  Apply  to  J. 
A.  WOODS  ofScp  i.sonh  America  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pac.v.  Nos.  17  and  19  vVaticU  at.,  i^ew-York,  betweeu 
11  and  12  o'cioclc 


HOB8BS  Ain>  OAJlRlAQJBaL 
^BB  Vf-vowti  oBnot  OS  tas  tjjiUw. 

Theun-town  offloa  of  THS  TQCB8  la  loeated  at 

Na.  1.907  Btowtmfi  bet.  31at  ttad  8M  Mir 

Open  dally.  Sundays  ineladed,  froa  4  A  tL  to  9  f.  ML 

Bubaetlptlaas  reoelyed,  and  oogdas  of  THB  TUtBB  Cm  ' 

sale. 

ADVERTT8BMBNTS  EECEIVKD  UNTfL  9  P.  M. 


A— ONE  VLARENCE,NBARL.Y  MBW,  liADl 
•by  Brewster  It  C«.i  one  eoap4.  one  pars  phaeton, 
one  doctor's  phaeton,  and  one  side-bar  top-wagon,  at  a 
snorifiee,  to  aettle  up  an  eitate.  To  be  seeast  IL 
CURLBY'S,  So.  109  Eaat  IStb  at,  near  4th  av. 


WANT£D— STaBLB  WITH  THBEB  SYALLS,  CAR- 
riage  room,  acoommodatioaa  for  ooaohman;  rent 
not  over  $600  ;  neighborhood  3ad  ar.  and  Broadway. 
Addreaa  S.  B.,  Box  No.  309  TIMBM  OP-TOWN  oVBUki, 
SO.  1,257  BROAD  WAr. 


IN  BANKKUFTCy.— IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT 
of  th^  United  States  for  the  bouthem  District  of 
New-York.— In  the  niattA'  of  ABRAHAM  F.  CalSIM, 
HEUV£,Y  C.  CALKI.'«  and  JUi>oON  H.  CALKIN,  co- 
parluerd,  oonstitutin;  the  firm  ol  A.  F.  CulUn  it 
Brothers,  itc,  binicrupta. — No.  d,2!{3. — Notice  Is  here- 
by giveu  that  a  petitiou  hda  lieen  filed  in  aaid  Court 
by  Abraham  K.  Oa.kln,  Hervec  <  .  Calkin  aodJudaoo 
U.  Calkin,  above  named  copartners,  itc,  in  said  district, 
duly  decV-red  beiikrupts  uu'er  the  act  ot  i.ougreas  of 
Murcn  2,  1807.  tor  a  discharge  aud  certificate  thereof 
from  all  tbelr  debts,  aud  other  claims  provable  nuder 
a<iid  act,  and  that  tiie  seVentb  osy  of  Maruli,  1877.  at 
12  o'ciocit  M..  at  the  office  of  Jon u  Fitco,  Esq.,  Regis- 
ter iu  BiiUKruptcy.  at  No  345  B  -oadwiy,  in  tbe  Cltv  of 
^ew-York,  U  aitsigued  for  the  hearfuK  of  tbe  same, 
when  an  .  vi  here  all  oredirors  who  have  proved  their 
deots, 'ud  other  p its jua  iu  inter-'St  mny  attend,  and 
show  cause,  i I  au.y  tuey  have,  why  the  prayer  of  the 
said  petition  shoiild  uou  be  crautcd.— Dated  x<ew-Cork, 
ou  tbe  6th -liy  Ot  February,  1877. 
I8-lawawi'h*  Gi.o.  V.  BETT8.  Clert 


AN  ELKMANT  .UA.NHIO.V,  C'O.UPKKTE  UN 
;ill  Its  appoiutments.  frescoed,  and  healed  by  steam, 
to  rent  pa.tially  turntaued;  situated  in  the  moat  de- 
Rirnble  part  of  N»waik.  N.  J.,  fuci  'K  v\  asbiutrtoa  Park; 
tbe  grouuda  are  handaumel.v  laid  out;  fine  stable, 
grceu-house,  iic,  cniuplete:    rent  low.    Apply  to 

K.  U.  lUoLOW  it  CO.,  No.  3  Pino  st 


A  SPECIAL  I'V.— TO  LiiT,  Faj.rf  .MAY  1.  T  UT 
desiaole  private  dwelliu/.  No.  247  Rast  82d  at; 
three  stories,  ba-ement.  and  cellar;  bi;zh  stone  8tooi>, 
ten  rooms,  besides  ba'h.  ciosets,  store-room,  itc;  pcr- 
lect  oraer.  every  improvement;  $35  oer  month.  Ap- 
p  y  ou  premlseit,  or  to  J.  A  J.  NEAFEE,  (owner,)  Real 
Eitate,  So.  1.633  3d  av. 


FUKM.SHKDAND  lJ.NFi;U.M.<^H  BO  U0U8E8, 
nil  parts  of  City  and  suburua,  to  let  or  for  sale;  bar- 
fialns.  Parties  bavlun  houses  are  Invited  to  send  me 
description;    no  charge    lor  registering.    J.     NELSUN 

LDCKaY,  2.id  St.,  coruer  4th  ay.,  christian  Aaauoia- 
tinn  Building. 


rSAO  LET— aOUSK     no.  232  EAST    ilTH    ST.,    BE- 

X  tween  2d  and  3d  avs.,  containing  all  the  modern 
improvements  will  be  let  low  to  good  parties.  For 
particulars,  itc,  apply  to  M.  ECUETEBRIA  it  CO.,  No. 
•M   Beaver st 


CIOL.NTRY  HEAT  TO  LET  AT  8CARBORO, 
./Hudson  Rivor  Railroad,  on  river;  12  acres;  hoiue 
fully  xurnished:  good  earden  and  gardener.  Rent 
$900  trom  tne  1st  ot  May  to  .Nov.  1.  Apply  to  Gen.  A 
b.  WEBB,  No,  15  Levineion  ay. 


FUKNISHKO— ON  LONG  l.«iLANl»  SOUNO— 
(  ountry  resideno :  and  two  cottages  ;  immediately 
on  the  water;  healthy;  with  exeelieui  buatins;  and 
bathiufi.  ijox  No.  171  Port  Chester,  or  WILLETT 
BHO.SSO.V,  No.  21)  Excbanie  Place. 


TO  KE.M',  AT  I^EMOX,  .VIA-*.-".,  TrfK  PLACE 
of  tlie  late  R.  Sands  Tucker,  wUh  carnage-bouse, 
Uc;  larm  if  desired.  Apply  to  TUcKbR.  cAttiER  it 
Co.,  No.  70  SiiULh  su,  or  to  1".  POST,  Lenox,  Mass. 


HOUSES    TO     LKT  C'HKAP— KAsT    otjT.l  ST., 
$750:   East  48lb   st,   $l,2o0  :   7lh  av..  *1,6U0  ; 
We.t  21st  St.  $2,000;    30th  st,  $2,20d. 

K.  A.  CHUlKSllANK  it  CO.,  No.  08  Broadway. 


FMFTH  AV.-TO  RENT,  TilE  UKSlRABLK  HOUjB 
No.  bOd  5ib  av.    Terms  f.ivorsole.    Apply  to  tbe 
OWNKR,  Ko.  81  Irvlns  place. 


r|l«»  ItE.VT— THRiili-STOKY  BKUWiS-STOMS 

JL  house,  nnr.h  tide  45th  st,  betweeu  Lexingioii  and 
3uav«.  J    .'.  HaWKhWuRTiI,  .No.  8i  Deaver  bt 


eiHEAi'iisr    ilLllLi>l.>«J    TO     i.KT     J*»»W.N 
'Tu>v.>i— no;    436   v\aterst.    25x60.    four  stones  ; 
$l,OuO,      K.  A.  CRUIKsHaNK.  it  CO.,  b8  Broadway. 


NU.nunK     OK       FlK!S'l-CL,Asai     JtliU- 

Lnlshed  and  unfuraisued  bouses  to  let 

ti.  W.  WILLI A.U  ^  .No.  837  6th  av. 


tMJUNl.*9Hl3.i>  iiOlSiE.'S    Ml  KENT  AT   BaB^- 
lou,  Lou<  Island.    Ad.irvSS  JAMI^j  B.\YLl.s. 


HOUSES&EOOMSWAOTEJP 

WAiM"El>— A  UA.-USUilli  AiSD  CUufLtirhL^ 
tui'Di;ihed  house  in  a  first-class  central  loca.iun, 
whose  owner  will  bnari  with  tenant  in  lieu  of  pari  oi 
rent;  bigbest  refereuces  given.  Addresa  J.  U.  F., 
Post  Office  Box  So.  i.HHi). 


IsrOlihiS,  x^LG.,    JO    LET. 


OFFICES  TO  LET 

IN  THB 
mUES  BUILDING. 
i»^Lr  TO 

GEORGE  JONEi!*. 
TIMES  OFFICE. 


OFFICES    TO    LET, 

WIIH  ALL  Tub  modern  ISlPROVlSJliiNrs, 

BPLii.NulD  LIGHT  AND  VisXTlLATION, 

StTITABLB   FOR 

Banks,  Bankers,  tirokers,  >lercfaants,  Law- 
yers, ttailway ,  i  osarance.aitd  other  L  ompauies, 

l.N  cUILkI    G,=  No.  4  \VAl.,L,  f»T, 
38,  39,  40,  4L-Z,  37,  G4,  6.>.  69, 71.  73,  78  iSc  SO 

MiCuAl/\V  A\  , 
Nos.  5,  T,  17, 19,  34,  36.  49,  53  x\EW  ST.. 
Noa.  17.  19.  Ml,  and  38  lt.i.iiAU  NT., 

^os.  5,>  and  57  cXciiANUE  PL.ACE. 

ALL    NEAK    WALL.    ST. 

APPLY   .*T  THB  oFFlCii  OF 

EDWARD     MATTHEWS, 

>o.  71  Broadway. 


rilO  LET— WITH  OR  WITHOUr  8TEA.M  POWER, 
J.  Ill  the  new  iron-fi'Out  building,  vos.  lliS.  110.112, 
i  ua  114  Wooster  et.  between  i^iinne  and  tipiing  sts., 
tne  second  floor,  box lOO;  the  fou.th  floor.  lOuXlOU; 
the  filth  floor.  luUxluO,  aud  o  isemeut,  4tixl00.  Well 
lighted;  Otis'  pxtent  elevutura  ;  steam  heaters: 
water  and  gas  ibruu^bout  Can  t)e  divide  i  to  suit 
Will  be  tented  very  low.  Inquire  of  BED.>£R  it 
MOORE,  Nos.  41  aud  43  West  14tb  st. 


T" 


liKA.-5Ji— lO  UAsKj,  I-.toURANCK  COM- 
pauies,  itc,  the  fiue  banking  floor,  5ox80  teet, 
coruer  of  Nassau  aud  Cedar  tta.,  tojetoer  with  the 
basemeut  and  sub-cellar,  each  25x80  feet ,  the  oank- 
Ine  floor  and  basement,  two  sieps  below  w:!lk,  bnve 
lurce  burglar  and  fire-prouf  vauit^,  and  are  fitted  up 
and  ready  to  carry  on  a  largo  aud  exteUhlve  bu^ineBs. 
HOMbR  M0RGA.'<,  AO.  2  Hue  at 


OFFICES  ON  FiR."»T  FLiOOB.  OP  .SO.  117 
Broadwa.v.  now  occupied  by  the  .^tAodard  Insur- 
auoe  Company,  to  let  or  lease;  rent,  $1,200  per  au- 
nimi;   uze,  25i9U feet  E.  H.  LUULuW  it  CO.. 

No.  3  Mne  st 


r|10  1..EI'— I'Hr;  SlOitli  ANU  AF.\Rf  jllK.i  I'd  Al' 
J.  No.  131  Waverley  place,  ono  door  from  6th  av.;  a 
good  staud  for  Auy  light  buitiiess;  rent,  $50iJ  pei  an- 
num. THORNTON  M.  RODM-lN,  Real  Estate  Agent, 
No.  tJ96  BrOAiiw^Y.  corner  -ItO  st 


OFFICE,-*  TO  KENT. 

KoA  113,  115,  117,  iindllO  Broadway.    Two  lar?o 
elevatora;   cheapest  in  ttie  Llty  conaideriBg  locition. 
t.  li.  LUULOW  it  Co.,  SO.  a  Pine  st 


CiANAI,    !^T.,  NO.    'iZU    NEAR     BROADWAY; 
/.\o.  887.  near  Pt'op.e'a  mink,   atores   9U  leet  deep; 
whole  building.   $2.uOO  per  year,    luquure  of  HlLL£.R 

At  l\l      v..    'A  liiiinn  .niiQiM 


it  Co..  No.  3  Liiiion  tquaie. 


^'I'OUEH  TO  LKI"  CUEAP  -ON  B  .OAD.  FRONT, 
JOWat.-r.  Beaver,  West,  ^outh,  Fuiton,  Catharine,  aud 
thamoera  sts,,  4th  av,,  BruaowA.y,  itc. 

E.  A.  CKUIK8UANK  it  CO.,  So.  68  Broadway, 


L^O  UlD,N'i'— THK  bbCuND  iJTORlf  UTORE  HO.  18u 
.  5th  av,,  uear  z3d  st    Apply  to 

E.  U.  LCOLO.,   it  CO..  No.  3  Pine  at. 


N 


O.  U03  ItKOAUWAV— Ui'PlSRl'A.tTTO  LhT  i 
spiendiu  location  for  offices  or  business. 
E.  A.  CRUIKSUA.nK  it  CO.,  No,  08  Broadway. 


ri^O  LiEl  — >  VHtiY  DUURABLe:  diO-tiS  IN  AN 
JL  excellent  location  for  basinets.  No.  105  Duana  kt, 
near  GrpeuwIetL    Inquire  ou  premises. 


mo  LET— THE  FOUR-.HlORf  BUlLDI.'iG.  INCLUO- 
JL  Ing  store  Mo.  Sdd  i^ruadw...v,  four  aoor«  above  l7th 
St     Apply  to  H.  U.  CAMM.^N.M,  No.  25  Pine  at 


rtyU  LET— lUii;  BTOttE  ANU  BAciuMENi',  NO.  2 
J.  New  Chambers  at.  now  occupied  as.  a  reathuraut 
Apply  to  W.  L.  vO.ilS.LIS,  No.  14  4ttiay. 


QTEA.U  I'OVVElX  ANO  tfLliSV  FLufOK  ANU 

faceliar.oOxSu  feet,  .Sos.  188  aal  100   We^t   Uoiuiod 
at-    Inquire  in  tue  coruer. 


_g^KAIJgSTA/r^^ 

REAL  ESTArE  TO  EXCHANUE.— WANTED. 
a  small  country  plaoe,  tnree  or  four  acres,  (./est 
Cuester  county  preferred.)  witb  a  good  bouse  unin- 
cumoered,  wirthfram  ii>3,00u  to  $4.UoU,  lor  whicii  a 
well  aaaurted  stock  ot  readv  m^vde  clothiug  will  be 
given.  Addreaa,  gryln^  vArtlcoUri,  UANaUiM,  »ta  Jon 
D,  New-Xort. 


OOPAJRTNERSUJP^JJ^TIOES. 

DJl!!>aOLCT10i>J     OF    COPAETNEUHHIF.- 
ihetUmuf  KiCBMCilU  it  Co.,  at  So.  9^5  Bruadr 
war,  is  tbia  day  dlaaolved  by  mutual  cooaent 

U.'.URtici  KiUdMOND, 
JOfil.N   .VlOlATOuU, 

^        _     BA*.Oii;i  bhuat. 
\BvToaK.  tib.  80. 1S}7.     JAjaw  iUUl'OalP 


Dlr^lUlCi'  llOUtf.!'  <»F  Vtkm  U.NI1<.S1> 
dt  tea  lor  the  SoUk.bem  Oiatciot  of  New-lLoik. — lu 
tbe  matter  of  AMABEL  CriAPLv.  WABREN  CHAFiN, 
HENHf    J.     CdAPIN,    aud    thA    firm     of     A.    it 

W.  CHAfIN  it  tROTHBR,  baakiupta.— In  Bank- 
ruptcy.— A  warrant  iu  Bankruu.oy  has  been 
ia.9ued  b.y  aald  court  against  tbe  estate  of  the 
aoove-named  bankrupts,  livlug  in  tbe  City  aod 
County  of  New-Voric,  aud  State  of  New-York,  iu  aaid 
district,  adjudged  ban truots  upju  ths  petltloa  of  their 
creditors,  aud  the  payment  or  any  debts  aod  tbe  de- 
livery ot  any  pio.Mrty  oeltingtiig  to  sail  uaa^rujtsto 
them  or  to  tuelr  use.snd  the  traasivr  of  any  property  by 

tuem  are  furoiddeu  b/  Iaw.  A  raeeUng  of  the  ere  lit  >i'S 
of  said  oanlirupts  1 1  pr.>ve  tbelr  deuts  und  choose  one 
or  mure  AssiKneeaol  their  eatate, will  beheld  at  a  Court 
of  Bjukruptoy,  to  be  hoiden  at  No.  345  Broadway,  ia 
tbe  City  of  New-Toik.  iu  aaid  distnct.  on  the  9ta  day 
of  March.  A.  D.  1877,  at  tWo  0*0100;  P.  U..  at  the 
office  of  John  Fitch,  Ebq.,  one  of  toe  Segisters 
lu  Bankruptcy  oi  said  Court 

uLtVBR  WiSSK,  MarshRl— Messenger. 


IN  UA.NKtcuPrct  .—u  Tdit  DidiRicr  couttr 
ot  the  Umted  .-states  for  tbe  ooutherrt  Dia  ricC  of 
New  Yorit.— In  the  matter  of  MLAOttlCS  WER.HKR. 
Bankrupt — dotice  la  hereby  given  that  a  petition 
has  beeu  filed  in  Sdid  court  by  Maurice  Werner, 
of  New-York  City,  in  aaid  district,  duly  de- 
clared a  b.inkrupt  under  the  not  ot  Cong. ess  of 
March  2,  1867,  tor  a  diacbarge  aud  certiflcaie  there- 
of trom  all  bia  debts,  and  other  claims  provable 
nnOer  saiJ  act,  and  that  the  19tn  day  of  M^rco, 
1&77.  at  2  o'clock  P.  U.,  at  the  office  of  Edgar 
Eeicbum,  Esq ,  Register  in  Bantcruptcy,  Na  129  t'ul- 
tou  street, iu  the  City  of  New- York,  is  assigned  tor  toe 
bearing  01  the  same  when  and  where  all  creditors 
who  have  proved  their  debts,  and  otber  persons  lu  In- 
terest may  attend,  and  show  cause,  it  auy  the.y  have, 
wnv  the  prayer  ot  the  said  petition  should  not  be 
granted —Dated  New-Yorlt,  on  toe  20th  day  of  Febra- 
ary.  1877.  GEO.  F.  BBl'l'S. 

f2'i-law3wTh*  Clerk. 


DIfiTKlCr    COUKT      OF     TUE        UNlTKU 
Siatta  for  the  Southern  District  of  New- York.— In 

tne   matter  of  HENRY  S.  HAWKS.  Bankrupt Notice 

Is  hereby  given  that  the  nnderi-lgneu,  Assignee 
of  tbe  estate  and  effects  of  the  above  nam'-d 
bankrupt,  will  sell  at  pubilo  auction,  on  TOEiiDAt, 
13th  tt:urch.  1877,  at  lu  A.  M..  at  No.  9  Beach  street, 
New-Y'ork  City.  Benjamin  V.  Palrchlld.  Auctioneer, 
all  the  remaiulng  assets  and  effects  of  tbe  aaid  bank- 
I'upi,  consistlug  of  the  books  of  account  and  outstand- 
ing debts  due  the  s^td  bankrupt.  Tbe  Asalgnee  as- 
sumes no  responsibility  as  to  the  valldily  of  said 
claims, but  parties  interested  may  obtain  trom  aaid 
books,  at  the  office  of  aaid  Assignee,  the  particniara  ot 
aaid  claims  and  ail  evideuoe  lu  regATd  to  tue  aame 
w  bich  tbe  Assignee  has. 

UENRT  B.  DOBKMC';,  Assignee. 
f22-law3wTh*  No  76  Franklin  st ,  N.  T. 


THIS  J!*  TO  «IVE  NOTICE— THAT  O.N  THE 
19th  day  of  Kebruirv,  A.  D.  ia77.  a  warrant  in 
bankruptcy  was  lusued  Against  tbe  estate  of  CHARLES 
H.  U.  olEYER,  ot  New-fork  City,  in  the  County  of 
New-York,  and  State  of  iSew-York,  who  baa  beeu  ad' 
judged  a  banknipt  on  bis  own  Letitioa;  that  tbe  pay- 
meiit  of  any  deutd  and  deliver.v  uf  any  projierty  be- 
long nj;  to  such  bankrupt,  to  hxm  or  fjr  bis  use.  and 
tlie  trausfer  of  any  prop  rty  by  bim,  are  lorbidden  by 
law;  that  a  meeting  of  ihe  01  editors  of  the  said  bank- 
rupt to  prove  their  debts  and  to  chooae  one  or  more 
A8st;;nee8of  bi-i  estate,  will  be  held  at  a  court  of  Bank- 
ruptcy, to  Oe  bo  den  at  No.  7  Beekman  street,  in  tbe 
City  uf  iNew-iork,  before  Mr.  James  F.  Dwight,  Begu- 
ter,  ou  tne  Oih  da.v  of  Alarcu,  A  D.  Id77.  at  two  o'clock 
P.  M.  OLlVcH  FlaKE, 

Uuited  Sta'ea  Marshal  as  Messenger,  houtheru  District 
ot  New- York. 


IN  i'VtJLslJA>VH  Oi<'  Ai\  OlCUEIt.  UF  Ub;!.,- 
.\SO  C.  CALVIiN,  Esq..  Surrogate  01  the  County  of 
New-York,  uotice  is  hereby  given  toall  persons  iiavlns 
Claims  against  JOH.S  CA>;eBi\LL.,  late  ot  the  <;ity  of 
^ew-YorlC,  uecrased,  tiipres.:nt  the  same.with  vouchers 
tbereol,  to  tbe  subscriber,  at  bis  omce  ot  transacting 
business,  Noi.  110  and  112  Nass:ia  street  in  the  Cit.y 
01  New-Yi>rk.  ou  or  beiore  the  1st  day  of  c>eptemuer 
next. — Dated  New-York,  tbe  14th  day  of  Febroary, 
1S77.  R-  L.   CAjIPBELL,  Executor. 

MARTIN  it  SMITH,  Proctors,  fl5-law6mih 


LEGAL^^TIOES^ 

SUPKE.ME  COLKT.-Tdii  FIEdT  NaIIO.NAL 
.ANKOFNA.SHViLL,h;airainst  WILLIAM  d.  HOLLO- 
WaY  PREyCOCT  BoHBANK.  and  G£<JRGE  P.  HAtikL— 
tium  >  ons  for  money  damaud  <m  contract — (Oom.  uot 
Ber.)— To  the  above  uamsd  defendants:  You  are  n ere- 
by  bummoued  and  reouired  10  answer  the  complaint  in 
tbis  action,  which  wa^  fiied  in  the  offlu«  of  the  Cl^rk 
ot  the  Cit.y  and  coautv  ot  -New- York,  Janu<uy  19th, 
1877.  at  the  Court-house  iu  New-lfork  cit.y,  and  to 
serve  a  copr  of  your  auswer  to  the  said  complaint  on 
the  subscrioer.  at  lus  office,  at  No.  128  Broadway,  in 
the  City  of  iNew-York,  within  twenty  day*  after  tho 
Service  of  this  summons  ou  you,  exclusive  of  the  da.v 
of  such  service:  aud  if  you  fail  to  answer  the  sai  1  cocn- 

Jildiiit  within  the  tune  aforesaid  tbe  plaintiff  wul  take 
iKlgindui  agalujit  you  tor  tbe  sum  of  seven  tbousanl 
and  twenty-six  78-100  dollars,  witti  luteicst  fiom  the 
bth  d^y  of  Decemuer,  one  tbous»nd  eight  btindred  and 
seveatyaix,  besides  the  costs  of  this  action. — Dated 
January,  1S77.  J.  W.  FEBrBK,  l^laintifrs  Attorney. 
fb-lBWdwCb* 


NOTICE  OF  A.«*«1G\.WENT.-TAKE  NOTICE 
that  by  vlrtne  of  a  ueed  ot  assignment  made  to  me 
on  ihe  first  day  ot  FeOruar.y,  A.  li.  1877,  I  do  hereoy 
notity  the  oi-edttorsot  OKO  .OS  V.  HAVtiR  to  bring  lu 
their  claims  in  accordance  with  the  statute  in  auch 
cases  maae  aud  provided. 

JOHN  McDonald.  Assignee, 
Bergen  Point,  Hndson  Couat.v,  N.  J, 


TJAKTNEJi      WA.NfED— IN     A     GOOO      WBLL- 

"*-  established  and  profitable  busiaess,  centrally  lo- 
cated in  the  City  of  Rochester,  comprising  stoves,  tin, 
and  sheet-iron  w^re,  hunse-iurnishing  Kooda,  and  gen- 
eral loliblng  work;  a  capital  of  $8,000  required.  Ad- 
drcHS  E.,  Box  No.  145  Tima  Office,  or  ED  ^ARD  JONES, 
Rochester,  No.  16  South  St  Paul  st 


AN  EXOELLE.NT  OPPORTUNITV  TO  IN- 
VEST  from  $IUO  to  :£25,0UU  iu  a  respectable  and 
ver.y  lucr.ttive  business:  ausoiutely  safe:  do  nut  lose 
an  honest  op,/oriUuii.y  .m  account  of  tne  many  existing 
swindles    A.:dn-S3  f  ilU.>IDEN  i\  Box  12i>  Times  Office. 


LEASiltANU  FIJJ£N1TUKE  OFBAU-  .UO.n, 
reatduraut,  and  orivate  sunper-rouin  ;    upstairs; 
lu  K«3d  order ;  aaie  very  cheap.  Address  No.  16  6th  av. 


______Jd[UiSlCAL^ 

A  GREAT  OFFER!  lthe\^e%-aS'd*.'SL-5 

dispocte  0/  IUO  FiANxci  tic  OAXxA^ff,  new  «jd<1 
secoud-band.  of  flrst-clase  makers,  includfas 
\>  A  I  EAtf.%atloweriirii;e4  tor  ca«li  or  Liii»tau- 
meutH  or  to  let  antii  paid  lor  taaa  ever  before 
ottered.  W A.'vtut.!*''  \xiCA..\it  cQCAtt.iii  and 
tculivUT  PlAi'«u.<&:0«ttj<AN->ai'eche  UE.-si' 
mAOt£.  .fiGE.NT.S  WANl'iiD.  Illiutrated  Cat< 
alutfues  IVIatled,  A  liberal  dUcoant  to  x'eacKert, 
M.nutuis.  OKurcnes,  etc  :«heet  music  at  hall  price. 
UouACE  \VA  r<i:KsS  lV:  :J>ii>.->,  iflanufctrd.  and 
Oealcrei,  40  l^ast  t4th.r>t..  Union  square,  N.  V. 


IMFTJf  CENiS    fEK    LK«e*ON.— CHn,    riA.sO 
?  iHuabt  at  the  above    price;  reterencea  given.    Ad- 
dresa W.  M,  No.  311  East  14th  at 


CONTUALTO  SsINGER   WANTEO,   ALSO  AN 
organist,  lor  a  iieighoorine   town ;    reterenoes  re- 
quired.   Address  E.  O.  C,  Post  Office  Box  Na  3.158. 


EPI*E»»  COCOA.— UR.VrKFUij  AND  OO  ^iPJACiSOt; 
ea'li  paoicetis  i-to^llei,  JA.tf  r(i  li^^i  U.  OK.  d.0Ji'«- 
opatnicCbeuilsts.  No.  48  TaieaJaeedle  st  aiul  No.  170 
Piecaolllv.  L011.1OU,  En^UuJ,    .New-Yora  Dapjt,  BJlll'iI 
ii  Va-SDERBKUK  PiTit  oi»i-.d. 


WAiNTEO— A  JOB  LOT  OF  «ACK  NUslBBR-S  OF 
English  JUVSNILB  UAGAZlNKS.  Address,  stat- 
ing tbe  names,  the  quantity,  aud  the  price  lor  casXi,Box 
L,  Cambridgeport,  :da8A 


FilK.  KALE— DOUoLK-BARRELBDGO.S:     MUZZLii 
loader;  extra  long  range;    warranted,  and  win  sail 
eheap.     W.  H.  C,  Post  Office  Box  na  4,929,  NdW-iork. 


iiNEV  ON  DiAAIONI>«,  WATCH bU,    Oee. 

— Diamoniia,  watcbea.  jewel  y.aiiver-ware.  camei'a 
liutr  ahawls,  silk,  itc,  bouijut  aud  bOid  back  at  <i  very 
small  advance.  GuiOKGE  0.  ALLEN,  jeweler,  No. 
1,1 90  broad  way,  uear  29tuat. 


AUCTJON^ALBS^ 

By  John  U.  DaAPsa  it  Co..  Auctioneera 

THE    Uci.AWAHK,    LACKAWANNA   ASO 
Weatern  Rsilroaa  Compauy  will  sell 

i  00,000  TONtt  Rc'ttA:\TON  COAL, 

at  public  auetion,  00   WEDNEMOAY,  Fea  28,  st  12 
e'oiuck  noon,  at  Ko.  26  Exoh.inge  place. 

bAMUEL  sLOA.V,  President 


DANCING. 


ALLEN  DOJ>WUU.A'U'M   OA.NCLMG    ecHUOb 
EBttOVhD  ro  Na  u81  5i'U  AVBN0S.'8priact«EI& 
now  commencing.   For  partiooiais  send  fonurojiar. 
Private  leaaoua  every  da.v.' 


ICB'CREAM. 


FUHSELL*!}  ICB  CaBA.VI.— BB8T  UT  TaBCSTT; 
25  oeutaper  quart  to  eaueiiea  aad    arae  paOea; 
4  barlotte  Basse.  IniMxes,.  voswar  twnet  ixssb  VKkas* 
K*»r.   Ha. IU MbM tfaaaa 


FINANOIAL. 


BANKERS, 

16  and  1.8  IVassais  mU,  Tfmw'VoA 

imALEBS  IK  ALL  IF^SOES  OF  GOVEaiMXlf 

HRCOMltEs. 

KBW-YO»K  CITI 

AKD  BROOKLYN  BONOT. 

BUT  AND  8BLL  ON  OOMMISSIOV 

STOCKS,  BOND3,  AND  OOLa 

ADTANOBS  MADE  ON  APPBOTED  BBCUKITIBa    " 

JAb.  A  TROWBRIDGE.  DONALD  UACKAl 

LATHAM  A  TTBH. 

SIX  PBA  CENT.  KKOOKliVN  CITY  BONDS. 

DSPAXTXBTr  orFiSAircB.  OoTraotitai^a  or«oa  I 
CiTT  Hai.1.,  BroOKltx,  Feb.  16,  1877.        > 
The undcraiwiied  will  reoMve  sealed   r-ruKiaals  at  this 
office  until  Thnra  lav.  March  1.  at  l2  o'clock  no.o.  (ai 
Which  lime  they  will    beoponeiifor   the   puroUaaeof 
the  Whole  or  any  part  of  tbe  following  loana: 

»i60tl.00i) 
(Bix  per  oeat.  Brooklyn  city  oonia  fjtthe  completioa 
Of  tne  New-Vofk  and  Bronklru  Bridge. 

«300,«00  M aTORINO  IS  ll)  i9,  and 

^2.i0f"00    MATURISO  I  <     1910. 

COUPON  QK     itEGLsTBRRa 


COUPON  QK      ItEGLsri 

•  ^6250,000 

ASSRSS^.'Tl?   KO.VU 


rir  percent  ASSBMWi.'Ti!  KC.VU  BoSn%  W.  k  II, 
ma  unug  three  yearajtom  d*ta  of  poruaase — Be.{iS- 

Propoaals  must  state  the  pnce  offered,  (with  aoeruet 
Interest  from  J aa  1  on  Brooklyn  City  bonds.)  auido' 
sorlption  of  boaJs  desired.        „....,„„,,    „    . „  . 

WILLIAM  BgRRKLL,  ContTolb-t.  _ 

WANTED. 

Mobile  nnd  Ohio  Stei  line  Bonda 
Mobile  Hud  iiuio  8  p"r  c°nr.  Interest  Botias. 
Mlasissi^ipt  Ceutral  First  and  .Secon  I  Morigaee  Bonda 
New-Orleans  and  Jackson  F1r«t  Mortgiige  Boo  1a 
Misslsaippl  and  Tenneaaee  FUst  Jiortgage  8  per  eeiu 

Bond*. 
AiLsslssippt  au'l  TennPSPO  Second  Mortgage  Bonds. 
AtlRotic  aod  Gulf  Consolidated  Blinds. 
Western  Eailrood  of  AUi.aiua  Klrst  tiortgage  Bottds. 
Western  Kailrna  i  of  Alsbaiii  i  Second  Mortgage  BonOt 
Ctisrlotte, «.  olambl"  and  Auzusta  Consolldxted  Boods 
South  Oeorsia  ami  F.orida  Klrst  Montage  BoudS. 
Cairo  and  t'oliouFlrsi  Mortgage  BiMda 
Alaowma  Claaa  A  aud  B  Bou  la.        ^*>-^ 
FOa  d.ALE,  /^ 

Virginia,  South  CamUna.  an  l   Lonisinaa  Oonanla.  1>) 
ARUM'S  it  YOL'.N'G.  Wa  9!trw  at 

HANNIBAL  ANU    .<ST.  JJi^Ei'U.  KAlLiiOAtf 
CO.HPA.NT. 

Sealed  proposals  addressed  to  WM.  H.  SWIFT,  Ea^., 
at  Measra.  Ward.  Campbell  A  Ca.'8,  No.  56  Wall  at, 
New-Tork,  or  to  the  undersigned  Tmsteea.  oare  ^ 
Charles  ilerrlsm.  Agent  No.  26  Sears  cnildlnit.  Boa- 
ton,  wUl  he  received  untU  FBI  OAT,  Uaroh  2,  1877.  at 
noon,  for  the  sale  of  SjO,009  of  tbe  land  bonda  d 
aaid  company  to  the  undersigned  Tmateca,  in  aeoord- 
anee  with  tne  proTisiooa  ot  the  indenture  of  mors 
gage,  dated  April  I,  1863.  The  bids  will  oe  opened  is 
Boston  on  Saturday,  Maroh  3.  187  7.  aud  ths  accepted 
hids  declared.  WM.   R  SWlKT.       ) 

SIDNEY  BABTLETT,>Tnut«SS. 
NATH'L.  TaATBB,     > 

BosTOK.  Feb.  19.  1877. 

THE  BANK  OF 

IB  PRERABXD  TO  ISSUE 

CIROULAR  NOTES 

AND 

LETTERS  OF  CREDIT 

TO  TRAVKLER3. 

ayallahle  InsU  parts  ot  tus  woriA 

CHARLES  F.  S.UITHBES.  )  .„„*, 
WALTKR  WATSON,  >  *«*°** 

NOS.  59  AXO  61  WALI..  »T. 

TKE  AMERICAN  MINING 
AND  STOCK  EXCJELANGE, 

Will  remove  to  their  new  Board  Room, 

Ko.  60.  BBOaDWAT.  and  no.  23  NEW  STBEEl 

on  or  about  the  lat  of  .March. 

GBORGB  TCTTHILL,  President 
H.  J.  HtrBBABP.  Secretary. 

3 

10 

rUCNICiPAI.  BONDS,  DUE  ](»06.    A  LI&UTBJ 
AMOUNT  FOR  SALE  BT 

KPHN,LOEB  &  CO.,  SO.  31  NASSAP  ST 

T.  UOUINaON  WAUiCEN  Sc  CO. 

WM.  O.  HOFFMAN,  Anrtioneer. 

Ho.  106  Broadwav,  comer  of  Pine  Bt 
SIOGKi.  BONjS,  and  K.-.AL  ESTA    B. 


MONTREAI 


BUOW.N    ttUO'rHEU.'^  Sc  cu.. 

NO.  59   W.^LLi  .■'1"., 

A*KtJE  COiTMEai'lAL  and  TRAVELKlt?   CRKDITS 

AVAILAbLEm   a'lPAHf.^  ot    th-^  VVORl.li. 

KOUN'lZK  lt»tt»rflEtt.S  liA.MKBItS,  SO.  13 
Wall  at.  issue  letters  of  cradle  on  tbe  Onion  Baai 
01  London,  available  lu  all  parte  of  the  wjrld. 

ELEOTIOg^^ 

Cl.XVXi.ANP.  COLtTMBSS,    (  IStClHKATI  A5B  1 
UlDlAKAPut.iS   tlAlXWAT    COMPA^TT,       > 

ci.KVKi.Ajn>,  O..  Feb  16.  1S77,  > 

THE  ANNUAL  iMKKTINcJ  Ott  THE  6T0^K 
holders  o;  this  company  for  the  election  of  Dlrefl 
tors,  and  ror  tne  tcsussction  ot  other  buaiuesa.  will  tx 
held  at  the  ofhce  of  the  company  In  Cleveland,  m 
WEDNESUAY,  Warch  7,  1877. 

The  transier-bookj  will  lie  closed  ftom  tbe  sTenlai 
ef  20th  Inat.,  until  March  8. 

GBO.  H,  RUSSELL.  Seoietary. 

bTOTVkSAm'  Fl&K  IHIUHASCC  CoKPASTT,       ) 

Ka  122  bowxax  and  No.  2<)i)  Bsoai>w».t.     > 
NEW-ioax.  Fell.  21,  1877  > 

THE  ANNUAL  ELECTION  FOU  TWJiiNTIr* 
five  Dlreuici-fc  ana  three  luBpectora  ot  the  next  an 
nual  election  will  he  held  at  tbe  efflce  of  the  cumpant 
No.  '22  Bowery,  on  THUitsDAV.  March  8.  Ia77 
Poll  opened  at  1^  AL,  ani  dosed  at  1  o'clo.ik  P.  M. 

GEOEttK  f    RHOAl'S.  SVrretarf- 

bARt.sx  Bank,  New-Yorx,  Feb.  17.  1877. 

THB  ANNUAL  IMEETING  OF  THE  STUCE 
holders  of  tbls  bank  tor  the  election  ol  Director*  aiH 
inspectors  of  election  for  tbe  eusalug  year,  will  bi 
held  at  their  l.anking-rooma  on  TDESDAY,  March  6 
1877.  Polls  open  from  1  to  3  P.  M.  Transfer-booki 
will  be  closed  on  the  ^6th  inst. 

C.  B.  BOBBBTS.  Csstil«c 


A  SPECIAL  MKETINI-I  UF  TME  STOCK, 
HOhOEKd  ani  election  of  Directors  of  tb«  bt  Joseph 
and  St.  Louis  Railroad  Comnany  will  be  held  on  iiu 
26tb  of  March,  1877,  at  tue  office  of  said  comoaai; 
So.  417  Olive  au,  bC  Luuia,  Mo  ,  at  1  o'clock.  P.  Ml 

N.  E.  QOULOV.  hecr^taiy. 


Office  of  tbe  .<4TEULI.NU  »ia.E  IN8.  CO.,  i 

No.  i.oo  BaoAOWAX,  Naw-Toax,  Feu.    14,  1877.     i 

30TH  DIVIDEND. 

A  8EMI-AHNDAL  DIVIDEND  OF  f  ITE  PBB.  CBSt 

Is  payabls  ha  demand. 

J.  K.  VAN  RBNaSRLAER,  Secretary. 


'J 


Nxw-lo&K  AJTD  Colo  K ADO  cokpavt. 
Park  uakk  Btraoiia, 
Kaw-ioRK,  Feb.  LO.  18  77.. 

DlVrOEND  NO.  1 A  DIVIDKSD  OF  U.VK  PK» 
cent  bM8  been  declared  on  the  capiui  stocfc  o 
this  tsompany,  pa.vabie  at  this  office,  ou  and  attei 
March  1,  1877.  to  the  atookholders  of  record  at  th< 
Olostngoftbe  tranafer-booka,  which  will  close  on  tb< 
20th  day  of  Fobrnarr  instant,  and  reopen  Usirch  '^ 
1877,                          H.  QROEXEMEItsa,  Secretary. 


cnXajTrEirrNsTiT  u  t  k, 

CENiBAL    PA  UK,      NE.V-Vuait. 

Boarding   and   Da.v  ''^chooi   foi    ba.vi    from  aeven  to 
twenty  vatri  014. 


DEAN  COLLEUE  a.MO  CO.NjJEttV A  itlrti 
OF  ilOSIC  lor  yoaaz  l.Mliei,  Bin2ii*mtou.  N.  14 
avitKl  per  year;  harp  extra.  Kev.  B.  A-  PATER80H, 
A  M.,  Prealdent 


C0NYE11.SAT10NAL  LE.-iSO.>lS  IN  TOB 
rtench  laukiuage  by  i»  lidv  (diplomee)  from  Franoe, 
6u  ceots  per  huiu.  Apply  to  or  addrt»a  Mme,  FaUIi 
Na  149  bth  av. 


Mi.-*!*  .SLO.rlAN  i>EOt«.ni?»  THE  KEilDBBTS 
ot  Stamford,  Conn.,  that  she  wl.l  give  vocai  and 
iua.mment^l  lessons  10  their  city.  Apply  at  No.  S3 
West  A5th  at.  .vew-Vork  cl  y^ 


Mits.  PA«ii*»  Hoxamsd  A.110  DAX 
school  tor  voong  Udiea,  New-drunswiox.  M.  X, 
opens  iia  next  ecsslon  Feb.  5.  Uiroaiara  sentif  dsslnd. 
TeruiS  moderate. 


C^LAVfs,hACK,N.  Y.,  OOLLECIK  ANU  UUD. 
JRIV.  IN^T.- Bnaiisi).  FreuoU,  German,  Class  os,  Ma- 
gic, Art  Term  begius  March  a    ALO.NZO  FLaCK.  Pres 


A'MEkiCAN'ANo'*ToKElGl7^EAcTi'Etts» 
AGB.vCif    supplies    piof^ssors,  tutors,  gov>  ruessra, 

aud  teachers  la  eveiy  department  of  tustroction; 
gives  iuiurmation  to  p&renis  of  good  schools:  rents 
end  sells  scuool  pro,>ei'tie8.  For  circulars  apply  to 
Siio8  AL  J.  YoU.nG,  No.  2S  Union  square. 

N.B.— Miss  VoiMjg  baa  severed  her  cod uectloa  with 
the  "Americau  ocbool  Institute"  in  oon^queuce  ol 
the  bankruptcy  ot  J.  W.  auberraerhoru  a  Co.      ' 


MKs.  inircHEi.L  {Dif i, J utmi  bUPPLirt-) 
schools  und  tamillss  with  reliable  goatlainen.  lady 
tcikchers,  goveruessea,  or  tutors;  gives  iutonuaciou  at 
good  schools;  families  going  to  Burope  an  1  coootrr 
WiU  dnu  oumpeteut  teaebvra  to  acoompany  them.  Mra. 
MiTcllBi>L  CiH  refer  ro  t.ie  liest  Limule-  aad  schouU 
in  Mew-1'urk.  Teachsra*  Bureau,  No.  t>7  Weat  35;hau 
Hoora,  I'J  till  A 


h^Ctitfm'tEuilOlCM.-  ISCtiOOL  AuiENCV 
Jwaata.  In-mediuteiy.  Classteal  teauliar,  obh-  <  Ity: 
lluKllah  and  aingin^,  for  Olif  Inaiitution;  lady  tot 
^isuBh.  Oermsii,  aod  music.  Cii.?  lamiiy:  Priacipsl  fui 
Conneciieut  boarding-sch„ol  ;  for  Automu,  supenoi 
arot  aaor  ot  matbemattea.  ti.illad  teacuer.  oousuuitlT 
wanted.     No.  i4  Boud  st,,  up  ktairs  


mUli  NATiUNAI..  KCHOOLi  UUKEAU  Isi  A 

X  reliable agencv  lor  aapplrlui:  soh.xjis  aud  tamiliaa 
with  teaehrn.  and  teachers  with  positions.  Lucted* 
tog  demand  ttoi'  gooj  teaobers.  App,/  esj-lv  tor  AXk 
tumu  yaeancies.  Send  stAmo  for  application  fOniO, 
T-  COTjiSWOKTH  FlSCKStii.  Doaxaatlo  Biuidia^. 
eoroer  I4th   st.  and  Broadw.y.  Sew-Vorfc. 

'author  of  "cauacriea  avee  nuss   rtt*es."  i^.  JW 
\«imlaak  assiy  kr  tatiac  aa  an,  U.  Vaas«6tks^ 


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SHtrpora 


VVniTfCHTiiH  L'lM'l^ 

FOB  gtJBBf^^Tpw-r  iksn  r/mpoou    CABEXiaa 

USITMIJ  ST4f  ft»  4AIU. 
The  (teUBfrt  of  chuiintcazs  tti)  Ij*4a  %(>!lt««ri< 

tn«  Banks  on  tbepauageca  Qa«enatK>7a»U  taarA^r 

BKlTANNIt'., „,..,BATOBOAT.  ftlfc  84,??.  »•• 

BRWiC .......V,KItIjRDAI.  l?»K!h  lO.aFa  ft    JL 

fiJ?llllAHI«j!— —  ..^PATDIIDAT.  March  17.  6«80  A.  H 
a5lATIU.,.,....BAT0RDA?.  Mwoh  31,  |it6;^0A.|I. 

>rpm  »mte  •■<-c%r  l>(»ott.  trifle  So.  52  tQrfeli  M  /Br. 

TbeiH  stoaacn  «*•  aalfnim  In  «U»  sal  iias^tDMVA'l 
M  BVi'Otntni-'nU.  Tiis  nlO'm.  vt^t^iiaami.  tnaotansc 
f(tA  B»tb   roams  >»ra  »ml>U^ios-  v^»3  thiq   noiss  itm 


t4Qket« 


'Vox  iasoe<ft1sn  Df.BUna  ABd3ttxar  mftFia^tto^  appl r 
•tttieCoinpAB^aoaiutta.  Hik  !^7  Bra%<iw>v.  iis«r-t'>ck. 
R..I.  ti;>tPLa.   ttaat 

CUNARP  UNI  B.  M.  A.  R.  ^.  S7p.  CO. 

NOTlOK. 

With  th*  Ttew  of  nlmmiBblQstho  9a<ineea  of  oolimoii 
Cb»  Rteamera  of  this  Hue  take  a  speoifled  eoaraa  far  »ii 
teaaona  of  th4  ye»r. 

On  t4»  nntwartB'MMsta  'mm  Qnaenvtoirnti  '•sw- 
xorkor  Bo!«tpn,  crussinsna'trid^koftriju  »(  4-{UI>l6ai9. 
(prrothinj  to  th»  tiotth  nf  i  {. 

On  th<>1)orBewi«rdD^9ai*eei,  orii^Qi  u'xa  mandtaoif 
ti  at4a.nr  nnthmirtoth^  TirtH  if  41. 

?iTArTA.._WEb.  .^eh.  2Rl  ALGkBlA.WKU..  Marcli  14 
ABT8SINi4.W«r»..  March  7lPAaTaiA..WBU.  Bar.  21 

StoHTDera  maTked  •  a«  notnarf  y  so  irfna  pMaeavoTa. 

CaVopa^aaw, -580,  SlOO^^ni  «i3),  ?'tli,  •"icordiiij 
Ip  •ciSonBiDtMlfttmn.  Ueturn'-lairetjo.i  ft»T3rat»l^  tornji 
'  Bte^r*ieatlol(eta  t^an  I  Prom  tH  o%>l;s  of  Europa^t 
«eirv  laVr  Uo«.  Prelelit  »«■!  o"»«si»a«0!ffiee,  Hd  4  Bpwl- 
JBseieen.  DBAS.  O.   I'RANt-KtjTN.  Acenu 

<»-.-.       ■- . ..      L,.        ■ : :t -       -      - ■ 

.     UVBICPHOL    AMD    RRRAT    WRSTBRM 

MTBAtl  COMPANY.     (UlU'PBai 

IjIVEBrOOL,   (Vla<iue«nst<»wru,> 

CABB;IIKO  THB  UKITKU  STAPIM  UAlb. 

TPEMUAT. 

^«»Tliig  Piar  WOi  46  North  Rlrer  as  (bnowi: 

p)AHo ,. PeK?7,  8t3p.  M. 

ICOJITANA /... March  6.  at  10  A.  U. 

VnscOHSIN March  1.1,  at3  P.    M. 

WTOMINQ.., ^ March  20,  ivt  9  4-  Bt 

DAKOTA Maioh  27.  at  3  P.  M. 

»BVADA.... Aprils,  at    ?  A,   M. 

Bates  oy  PissKNQKBS  rbpdokdl 

Steeratce.  S2S:  intermediate.  $19;  oabla.  fiiS  to  $3(X 
toaordlng  castake-rsom.     OSoes,  Wo.  29  Broadwaj^ 

WILLIAMS  jlkUDION. 


ATLkAM  iUAXL.  M^'K- 

IBOLoM  tiA.  anl  vSPINtVAlili,  and  to  PASilft  aal 
gOKTB  PAOIKIC  POitT.S   (Tl!»  AS3UvitL>     Kira»r3l»i 

<all<pow<^rpd  Iraa  socovr  aCiAoi^ra,  fraji  P^r     Ha  $> 
Koitb  Ki7At; 

VfclHAXTl,OOI.OXBtA.   fSTHMB*    "K  Pi^TAttA.     aui? 
bOUTa  PACIVIU  Poiti'JirtA  Aapuiir»ll.) 

ALPS Febk28 

ETNA. March  16 

l-oc  MSUS^OS  ij;vm.»  »iuil  HAYTI. 


iTUti 


Much  U 


Knpttnur  >1^l^'3l  lis  ittnirir   i<io'>a  mltbti  w 
PIM.  KORWUUU  &  ca,  Asenti. 
Na  5ii  Wall  Ik. 

GREAT  SOUTHERN  ^ 

J^KUJfJJHT  AMI  l'A.H?4UN<^UK  LINK. 

SAILI.NQ  FKOM  Finn  .Vi*    49    NOltTd  RlVSEl 

WKUNCSD.iysandSATORDATf  at  3  P.    iL 

FOR  C'HAKL.B'^TOM,  S.  (L,   irtillUII>A.  TUB 

SOrTH.   AND    MIPTH-WEST. 

Crr»   0)f  ATLANTA SATUKllAI Fehi  24 

QUO.  W.  ClYDK WKD.NE8UAy....ii'^b.  28 

BDPKRIOK  PASdKSQKK  AO'iOilMODATIK.'^M. 
Insnranofitn  Njri-nuiia  >  i  ■?- i  »lt  •'  ii*  o-»rM9it. 
Goo'ls  for^TMr^e'l  'r^a  i'  C'lm  aisslon.  P*H9i»9r  tis*. 
>tear'l  bills  i>f  laiinst-'sia-*  I  ifj  I  »i  rn^l  <»t  th»  o  ttooif 
JA!VlUr«  \V.  qOINTARU  tl:  U».,   Aseots, 
Ko.  177  West  <t..  cnroer  W^rraa- 
OtW.  p.  ri,TDK&i!0..  No    t5B')'Tlin.'  Ir'igx 
WrBKSTLBY   IX    HlSijI,!^   QentPal     Avent 
ireat^ontier  1  Pr^i«ut  Uiie.  31 1  Broadway. 

STATE  LINE. 

VVW-TORK     lo    GliASGOvV,     LIVhBPi'OU     DDBDIB. 

BELFAST,  AND  M>ND  iJ^OSitttt 

rhesetlrst-cl'us  >uH- >a7er9J  tca-^Q-iri   will  s»ii  fh>n» 

Pier  Na4'2  }JortU  rtivar.  fust  of  '.ami  it. 

ITAiKoj*  NKVaDa Tliui alar.  Feb.  22 

FTATKOK  INDIANA Tliur»»1»T.  March  b 

?TATb  OF  VIKGIMA , ThorsdaT. March  15 

SlATh  Ol^  PKNVSYLVANIA Tbiirsdny.  March  23 

First  cabin,  ((♦^•i.  fR.=i,  end  fTO,  aocorllnf  to  accoin. 
Bodariiins  return  Hcbpt8,$110.$12i  Beconl  cablg 
|46:  reiaru  tlcketa.  $Sa  etieeraca  at  joweat  rates. 
iPplyEi 

AU8ri.N  BALDWIN  tSs  0(»..  A»aM, 

So. 72  Broadway.  fJevf-yorii. 
STKtiRAQK  licneta  at    No.  4j  Br3»d>r  »r.  aaJ  at  the 
vompany'a  oler.  fo  it  >f  i!aa<l«5..    .iortti  tlrsr." 

SKW-YORK.  HAVaSA.  A.SDJSXICAd  IvlUl.  ■».  blSJ. 

Stoaraers  leava  .-».Mr  iifc  i  if»rci   ii«  if  kC  {  .'.     iL 
KIIH   HAVANA  UlilEUr. 

CITY  Of  MSW-YUiik .vtdiibsday,  Feb.  28 

CnVOK  JV.KXICO Satnrdav.  .Vlaroh  10 

f  ITi  OK  VT?Ra  CBUE Wedppsnav.  Mat- h  14 

|<OK    VERA    CKU/i    A-Vn     NEW-<»ttMf A.V^ 

Via    i  iiTiax    t'roiros*   04'ar>a^ulir     Tato.Ki.      and 
Sampioa 
tl'i'i  Oi'  >)kX1CO Satnrdav,  March  10 

Meamrra  wliiidivj  .Naw-'irij.>ii}  yah.  'JSaua  March 

m  .oi   V»^rftt^ru4S  kii>t 'ill   rhe  luorajiffCk 
i'oriroiin;  ic  ^kis-k^a  >j)ir  ::> 


7:^ 


rXltKTH    KKKOIAN    I.I.OVIf. 

STKAM-BHIP     LINB     BBTWEKS    .VBW-YOUS,    BOUTa- 
AM^TO.N    ANU  BUKMEN. 

rompauv'8  Piet.    joot  .if  Jii;..    di)i9'{9n. 
HBBMASfi...>^.C..  tio.  iilAMK   iCA-.-Pat.,  iUreh  10 

KI-.l  K  vB >ar..    March  S  I  WKSRK Bar..  Vlaroh  17 

JUT KS  UK   »-A>iSAGll  KB.011     NKVV  YORK    l(»  SOOfa- 
A:klPro.'i    HAVKli.  OB  BURMB.'«: 

Firii  paoiB $10t)Till 

Fe<'Oiiii  cabin BUtal:!' 

>t«-frii8f.... Sl'ourransT 

Keturn  ticlceia  kt  leiiacmlr  k'i^i.  Pr'ei'>t<<' <i-Bera<e 
tertiticfttri.  *3a  cnrrencv.  ?or  r  n  i  it  t>r  pisi»a?«  ap 
plvt.  OKliKfCa.Si  !  )..  IdL  2  liiirliai  Ureen. 


J>:tlANiaNR.     niAM'STKAtlifU^. 

l-OK  onEe:.\STOW»   AKr  blVKBPOOu 
CITI  Oh  KHUUIONU.  Katurilay,  Varch:!.  atiiA.M. 
CriY  nk  RRr^>El,.s..Satur(ia».  Jiarcli  17.  6t:<0  a.  M. 
tm  Ci- EKKl  J^.Satu^^lav.  3rlarch  ^4,     1 1  1  P.   M. 

Krora  t*iBr  1.5  North  'll»-»r. 
CABIN, $«ii)  »nd  $101).  iJlt     Hitarn  iM'Mtn   onfv 
Torabla  leruiaw     SrSBSAGS.    "3^    iJorainoT      Dfirt* 
at  lowest:  V'^>- 

'Saloons,    .Stttvraoni),      •<molnn<i,    and     Batb.rooia\ 
tniidsiiipa*  juatr  0.  dalb,  AKeot, 

Noe.  1 6  and  o3  Bro4'lw»y,  ».  J. 


OiCHOR  L.JNB  U.  H.  .HAJI..  STEAaiKK.>«. 

MBW-YOBK.  KH\i  ULABGOW 
Aiiohorla..Feh.  24,  2P.  M.  I  Bthioiila. March  10,  3P.  TH. 
|;|i^nna.  M«rcb  A,  »  a.  M.  1  Victoria.  Haicb  17.  7  A.  M. 

TO  GliABGOW.  LIVkBPOOL,  OB  DRRBY. 
^CbUos  »4ia  to  :£diJ,  accor.tin?  to  aouommi)  laiioas;     lo- 
trni]ed1ate,$35i    Steeraea  ;^28. 
HEW-rOBK  AND  LONDON. 
Otopia.  Feb.  24,  a  P.  M.      I  kljbii.... .March  10,  2  P.  BL 
CaotJii).  $55  to  $7u      $!teera(re,  $28.    Oabin  exonr- 
plon    tickets  at   rHilacal    ratoa.     Draft*  issaed  for  any 
Aisouat  at  current  r.ttai     Oouioanv's  Pier  Noa.  iiOand 
^J.  Nortb  Hirer,  S.  i.        BENUaO^UN  BBoTQBBB, 
Agents, No.  7  BowiIds  Green. 


ONLY  UIR.UCT  MNB  TO  KKANCB. 

rBliGKNP.EALTR.\.N3ATLA.NTIC  COdPA.fr-l    »iiri 

BTKAMtKBBii'rvvBBNSa.V-yORKASUBAya.i. 

i;alliuKatPL>YMOUl-B((i.  U.H'or  thoUaJiaj ot: 

I'ussenser^ 

471ilaallfroinP<Br  Ko,  4a  North  Rlrer,  foo«»t    Morton 

.-ft..  eTerr  alteraate  batoraay,  beginning  \7ith: 

CAi'A^A.  Prangeai BatimUy,  Feh.  24,  at  2  P.  M. 

fox  narticoiars  aadres*  " 

LODIS  UH  BUBIA.V.  Aeent,  Ho.  66  Broad-iraT. 


i»'ATlUMAti  laNB— Piers  44  and  51  North  Birei; 
J.1  FOELoSUOM. 

<ifiKBCE SATUKDAY.  Feb.  24.  at  1  P.  M, 

FOK.  QOBKNijTOWN    AHD  IiIVBRPOOL. 
llieQneea.Mur.3,  T^aA-W.  |  Spain,  March  10.  1  P.  U, 

Cabin  and  steerage  pastaije,  and  drafta  ttom  J(l  up- 
ward, issued  at  yery  liwratea.    Compauv's  offlcea  No. 

bi»  Bxuauway.  K  W.  J.  U  V&aT.  Manager. 


FOR  SAVANNAH    GA ., 

ASP  TUB  Buora  AND  BOUTd-WBar. 

VUAT  SUUTBKglt  KSSIGaX  ANDPASaiBQBa  liIHS, 
CK^TBAL   BAILaOAU  UF  GBoaGlA.  JLSa 

ATUANTIO  AMJ>  UUliF  KAltBOAlX 

WEflSBSDAH  ANP  8ATDRDAT. 
0AN    JACIMiu.   Lapt.    Hazaed,     BATUSDAT.    Veb. 

M,    Pier  43  NortU  Biy<r.  B  P.  M.     QBUk  HOjiau.  Aff«,. 

AOu  Broaawar.  

ii.  LlVlMGsiTUA,  Cape  Mauobt,  77BDNBSDAI.  Feb. 
S8,  fler  na  43  Nutto  Blvet.  ;i  f  M.  QKO.  YONQK, 
^crnnt.  Nq^  ilHt  Broj^lway. 

r  bAiN      KAlVadOk.     Uapt.      NiCKKaaoir,    8ATDRDAT. 
Warch  B.  Pier  43  North  BiTer,  3  t'.  U.     (»$0.  YONQB, 

|gt.  409  Broadway. 

Insaranee'  ONE.aAliF  PBB  CBNT.  SvperlOT  aeoom- 
HUHlatioos  for  pasaeairera.  Thronzh  rates  anl  bill*  aC 
&i«UiiR  iu  uitnaactiuQ  \rlth  CBiitrAt  9-  li-  of  Georgia, 
Atlantic  find  OtUt  Bailroad.  and  PioriJa  steamari 
City  Point  and  l>iotator:  also,  vltb  the  steamer  J. 
9-  sC'UYLBB,  vrhiob  baa  been  placed  on  tau  inside 
^ute  from  .Sayamia))  to  Ploiula,  and  olfurs  uo3urpas#«<l 
locoQunodatiuua. 

U  u.  UWKNS,  OBOBQB  YONfOB, 

Agent  A.icQ.lLR.  Agent  tl  B.  B.  of  Qa., 

^a  31:j  Bro<tilw^r.  No.  4u9  Broad w^T. 


fh^STEAM'SHIP  LINES. 

EOB  CALlFORlfU,  JJPAK,  CHINA,  ADgTRAIilA,  HBW- 
Mi-a;}!).  BttrnsH  ooi-OiiBiA,  obboon.imT 

balaiig  triinj  Pior  taoi  i..Hn»l  at.,  Nortn  Biron 
Kor  aAi<  f  rtA.N(JiaOi»,  Tia  ISTdMUa  OF  PAJ4AMA. 

Bteam-snip  URKsCaNT  CITi Uiursday,  Mrrch  1 

Spiine<:tiug   loi   Central    America   ana  :iouth   PaclAe 
surts. 

from  BAN  KBANCI8CO  to  JAPAN  and  CblNA. 

Sieaoi-ehjp  CITY  OK  TOKIO Thitraday,  March  1 

^iroiu  Aao  PraaulBOo  to  Baaityiou  l«UuJ4  Aoaccaliak 

and  New-Zealand. 

Staam-shtp  CITY  OF  dSDMfir Wednaaday,  Felv  28 

For  ireixbt  or  passage  appiy  to 
Wli.f.CLyuR«Co.,orfl.J.  B0LL4T,  SiipeTlntendeat, 
^  Ho.  0  Bowiiiijt  Green.  Pier  foot  Canal  sL,  N  urth  BiTer. 

\NE  W-  YOBKANB  HA  VAN  A 

PIRBOT  MAIL    LINB. 

These  BrsMlasa,  ateamshloa  a»Il  reKota^T 
1st  bK  M.,froin  Pier  No.  13  North  Igrerta 

ilug......... BATURDAY,  JPebw  24 

OOLUMBUiS .....WKDNJsBDAI,  March  7 

Aecominoaations  unaarpaBaeii.  For  freight  or  paa* 
■nTa^T  to  Wli.  K  uIyoS  h  (X).,  Ka6  Bow!^ 
BwSaT^oKBIJ-BB,  LDLINQ  4.  CO..  Afcents  in  5*^ 


iSaTwoia 


^PbYMOOTflToWffllBODaa  and  UAM8UB«, 
!I>UlUlBBAOiiA.....«etv  39lHAM)CONU March  8 


Merohanta'  Steam-sbipIHiietD  Braal 

FOB  PBBNAMB0CO  AflO  BABIA. 
StCMB-dtlp  0AB8INI  wlU  itrilabeat  UABCS  %6  Rates 
^paMMa  and  trelg^t  hare  been  (Ued  on  a  1  «w  baaia. 
For  iurtner  Information  apiily  to  the  acent, 

B.  B.  BoBLAXO.  Na  7U  Wall  at.,  Kevr-Tork. 


8TEAi\tBOAm 

STONINGtON  LINET 

VOK     II08TON    AND    ALL    POINTH     BAST. 
BBDUCBD   PABJB. 

■lanat  ateamera  leave  Pter  Ho.  33  North  Bitoc. 
ftiotof  Ja^rat.  at  4»?«P-  >*. 

Tickets  {lor  sale  at  ttl  onaotp  ti  tioicat  o  llaai.  »taka- 
taoauaaoaradat  .iffluasaf  iVestcutt.UpraM  iJaiQpaa^. 
aodat  Na  BB3  Broadiray. 

PRoYlliBNCtt    LINB.  __ 

Freight  oaly,  steamar*  laare  Piar  No.  87  dartti 
Bivar,  eoot  prparlc  p^oe,  at4  ^.  ^^  Freight*  via  aitber 
iinetaKeuat  lowest  rAtaa. 

JXj).  BABOOUJt.  P'98.       U  W.Ft^KiTS.  «S»    P.  Agent- 


FALL    RIVER   LINE 

FOEl 

BOSTON  AND    THE    EAST. 

FABBM  UBDUCBU. 

IicaTaRew-york  dally,  (iandarexoaptei.)  (tomPiat  - 
Ha  23  Murth  BIyer,  tbot  of  Murray  at,  4:3i)  P.  M. 

BOBOBM  b  LOVKLL,  Agents. 
OBQ-  I*.  OONHOB,  Ueuer<«t  Paaaaaner  Ai^enb. 


FOR      NBW.HAVHM,    HAKT&OttU.     dice,— 
Fare$l;  steamers  leave  Peck  slip  for  New-Hayen 
at  3  and  11  P.  M.,  connecting  trith  roa<t. 


IjiOK  BHi»GHI'ORTA>ru  ALI<  PdlNT.H 

FBousatomo  and    .SaagatanK    Hallnial.— fv<3k 
itoapiers  Ibayenathari'tasUo  ti,  11-3<)A.  % 


ON 


SITUATION B  WAITED. 

FBMALBM. 
THB  UP-TOWJi   UJ<JfICB  MU  TJili  'lIllBai. 

Tbe  pp-town  offloa  of  THETIMBS  is  located  at 
No.  1,497  Broii4fr»T«  bet.  31st  and  a'-ld  its* 

Osen  dally,  anndaya  inomded.  from  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.    M. 
Bubscriptiona  reoelved,  and  copies  ot  TUB  TIMBS  for 

sale. 

AD^BRTISBMBNTB  BECBIVBD  UNTII.  9  P.  M. 


C^HAR- WOMAN.— BY  A  P«OTii9TANT   SCOTCH 
^TromaD  to  go  oat  by  day  to  was  A  in  a  gentleman's 
tamily :  ao  otddctlont  to  any  kiad  of  work.    Address 

W.  B..  Ko.  78  .-^outh  6th  av.,  secona  floor.  


pHA.^II|l':Q-»iAMK  JjCC-BY  A  BESPBCTABtK 
V>/giir  as  chamber-maid  or  waitress,  or  aas'St  with 
WRBhin?,  or  ilo  plain  sewing :  ezeelleot  rereremea. 
i;«ll  nt  Ifp.  486  2d  ay.,  bctweea  27cb  and  '.^Stti  ata., 
two  flights  up.  back  room.  


rOA.YIBBR.OIAlD    AND     WAlTttESM   Oft 

V^*  X-.iiiidie.-8.— Bt  an  American  etrl :  good  City  refer- 
euoo.  Address  B.  R.  Box  No.  20b  TIMKB  DP-TOWN 
OFFICB,  MO.  1.257  BBO-^nWAY. 


OHAiUBKH-MAlO.-BY  A  ttBSPKCTABLE  WOM- 
an  as  cbamber-mal'l  and  waitress  or  chnmber-mald 
and  was  hint;  i  City  or  ooautry;  be^t  of  refbrenca.  Ap- 
ply at  N  0.  230  West  ^  lit  sL 


CHA.UBBU.aSAID.-6Y  A  YODNQ  PBOTKSTAST 
woman;  will  "aaist  wifh  washing;  very  beat  City 
reference.  Can  be  seen  at  present  employer's,  Na  117 
bast  57th  st 


CHA<lHBU>.i'|AIU.-^Bir  A  BESPKCT.KBl'B 
yoiinx  gin  to  oo  cbam<>er-work  and  wnltlog  and 
assist  with  washioii  ia  a  pnvate  tamlly.  Apply  at  No. 
232  Kast  45th  It 


CHAMUER-.HAlU,     Ac— BY    A  BBtiPrCcTABI.B 
girifls  ehamb«r-m<idand  waitress,  or  exoeitt-noed 
nurse;   beat  Ci.y  reference.     Call  at  No.  335  5tb  sv. 


/SOXJK-OMAHIB^K-.WAIO  ANO  WAirB.?B.-<.— 
V^/By  t*o  eisters  toKetber;  both  irirla  jfoid  Ijun- 
diesses:  will  do  ihe  wofk  of  sma  I  lamily  if  required: 
are  competent  and  obligian;  Cit.T  or  country:  uest  ot 
City  rrf-rencei  Addr.ss  S.  D..  Box  '>f->.  2?8  TIMfid 
CP-TOWN  OVFICE,  tkO.  1,257  BBOADWAY. 


COOK.— BY  A  PROFESSIONAL  COOK  FOR  PBl- 
vate family;  will  he  disengage!  from  present  em- 
plo.ver  March  3:  any  £amily  wanting  a  flrst-olass  cook 
wi>'  send  a  note  to  present  emoloyer;  can  be  seen 
when  engaged.  Address  8.  J.,  Bnx  .No.  300  TIMK8 
DP  TOWN  OKPICK,  KO.  1,257  BROaDWAF. 


C100H,  tVAsHBli,  AM>  lUONBK.— BY  A  UE- 
^apeccaols  woman  in  a  small  nriyate  lamily  i  ia  a 
good  plain  cook,  and  is  a  goo  l  washer  and  ironer,  and 
aUo  nnderstanils  the  care  of  children:  can  give  seyen 
years'  City  ri-ft-reuce  from  her  last  place,  tall  for  two 
days  at  6'^^  Greenwich  St..  corner  Morton,  Qr»t  floor. 


C100H.  — BY  A  B.-.apiiCTAaLli  YOU-VQ  WO  U.VN  AS 
^Kood.  plain  cook,  washer,  and  ironoi'  In  a  smtll  pri- 
vate family  :  is  willini  and  obligin:; ;  ha*  flrst-clasa 
City  reference.  Can  be  st-en  for  a  week  at  her  present 
em'pliiver's.  .^o.  218  Ea«t  16th  a! 


COOa  ANU  HOU^KKKIiPirtt.- .-V  A  HIGHLY 
respectaule  Prirestant  womaniln  a  small  tamliy; 
kn 'Wa  her  business  thoroughly ; lean  be  highly  rec- 
ommecd^d  as  to  ch.trafl.er  loU  capablliiy  by  the  best 
of  City  ladies.     Call  ac  Na  211  West  Bj'hst. 


^L. 


COOR-WAITBK.— BY  *  FRENCH  WOMAN  AS 
first-class  cook  and  her  husband  as  waiter,  to- 
eether.  in  a  private  family:  beat  i  ity  reference.  Ad- 
dress K1b,».  Box  No.  Sao  TIMiSB  UC--XO  rtN  OFFIOB, 
KO.  1,'J57  BROADWAY. 


eOOR.— BT  A  FlRU-lLASS  COOK.  OF  MANY 
voars  experience  ;  aniier-taiids  ber  bnalness  pei- 
feetlv:  Tery  best  <'ity  reference  ;  Citv  orcoiiutry.  Ad- 
oress  G.  K..  Boi  Na  260  T1MB8  UP- TOWN  OpFICB. 
Na  1,257  BK0ADW.4Y. 


COOK.— BY  A  YOD.SG  WUMAX  A-  Fltt^r-CLAaS 
cooit;  capable  of  doing  tje  marketiUK  if  required; 
highest  references.  Apply  at  Sa  47  St.  Mark's  place, 
first  floor,  near  2d  vf. 


COOK.— Bl  A  y.'DSli  K.NGLI-U  WOM^N  A.-J 
cook :  an  ezcellenT  baker;  will  assist  with  wash- 
ing flnd  and  Ironing:  best  City  ref.^rcnoe.  Call  at  N a 
114  West  17th  St..  near  8th  av. 


COOK.— BY  A  YOUNG  SCOTCH  PitOTESTANT 
girl ;  will  assist  with  vashing  and  Ironing:  no  nb- 
J"Cttoa  to  tne  country  ;  best  reference.  Gall  at  Na  150 
West  >J8th  at. .  in  store. 


C100K.— 35(  A  WOMAN  AS  A  KIK.Vr-CHSj*  COOK 
^tn  a  private  familr:  understands  alt  kinds  of  cook- 
ing; wng.:a.  :f  20:  best  City  reference;  no  cards.  Call 
at  No.  211  Bast  4Uih  at. 


CI'IOK  ANO  LAUNiiitB!4.S.— IN  A  PRIVATK 
^family;  lliy  or  couotry;  eicehent  City  reference. 
Call  at  Na  3U(j  7th  av.,  comer  of  27i.h  st,  in  furniture 
store. 


COOK.— BY  A  RBdPKCTAbLK  WOttAN  A8  GOOD 
plain  cook;  will  assist  with  the  washing  and  iron- 
tne ;  ID  years'  City  reterence.  Call  at  No.  !i!37  Bast 
24th  St. 


COOK— CHAMBBR-ttlAlD  AND  WAlTRBvSS.— 
B.y  two  eiris  together,  one  aa  icood  Protestant  cook, 
other  as  chamber-maid  HOd  waitress;  flnt-claas  City 
reference.    I'ail  at  Na  171  Avanue  B.  near  11th  st. 


ClOOK.-BY      A     GOOD      COOK.     IN    A     i  ElVATB 
.'family;    will  assist  with  washing.      Coll  for  two 
days  at  No.  142  West  28th  st. 


C100K.— oY    A    F1EST-CLA88    COOK;     THE    BEST 
Jot  City  reierence.    Address  No.  235  East  22d  it,  be- 
tween 2d  and  3d  avs. 


COOK.— BI  A    COMPETENT  WOMAN    Aa    COOK; 
has  three  years'  good'  City  referouce.    Call  at  No. 
256  West  41st  st;  up  one  stairs,  back. 


COOK.— GOOU  BAKKR  OK  BRtiAD  AND  BISCDIT  ; 
assist   with  the  washing;    best   City   reterence. 
Call  at  No.  329  West  40tli  st. 


COOPL,— BY   A   YOUnG    WOMA.N;   A  GOOU  COOK 
that  thoroughly  understands   her   hnginedS;   best 
City  reference.    Call  ac  No.  239  Wast  -27tb  st. 


COOIi.-BY  A  BaSPKCTABLE  WOMAN  AS  COOK: 
is  an  exceUent  lauudress;   City  or  oouncr.r :  good 

re  ereooe.     O  ill  for  two  days  at  No.  122  r.aat  4tb  at. 


COOK..— BY  ABE8P&CTABLB  VVOMAN    A8  FIB8T- 
claaii  cook,  washer,  And  ironer;  no  Direction  to  the 
counu^ ;  good  City  reference.    Apply  at  No.  IjtiS  3d  ar. 


COOK.— iiir  A  YOtJNU   WOMAN  TO   DO  COOKING, 
vashlug,  and  ironing  in  a  private  &mily  i  best  and 
long  City  fefurenoes.    Call  at  Na  331  Kaat  SlJth  si 


ClO«lK.— BY  A  PBOTB  TANT  WuMaN;      WILL  A8- 
/Sist  With  washing,    Cit.v  or  country;  good  refer- 
ence.   Apply  at  Na  llh  West  19tb  si 


L^OOK.— BY  A  PUOrsitrANTaiiiL  AS  F{R8T-CIiAdd 
ycook ;  goud  reiei  eace.    ApP<y  at  339  Bast  I6th  at. 


DUIi8!"-31AliEa.-BT  A  SCOTOb  GIRL  A8 
flratclass  dress-maker  and  seamstreaa  In  a  private 
lAmliy;  cutter  ano  fitter;  operate*  on  Wheeler  4i  Wll- 
■on's  machine  ;  would  assist  with  cbamber-work  or  as 
lidv'imald!  Cltv  or  country;  City  reierence.  Addreig 
p.  a.  box  No.  '.^Ta  TIMES  OP-TOWN  OFFICE.  No.  1.257 
BBOADWAY. 


GOVBBNBMS  OE  LADY'.*!  COMPANION,- 
— By  a  .young  French  widow  lady  of  education,  re- 
flaement,  ana  Uiiezceptionable  referenoea;  is  used  to 
tr.iveUn2  and  fcood  societv  :  salary  not  so  mncb  an 
object  as  an  pgreeabl^  position.  Address  M.  8.  M.  8., 
Box  Na  110  IHinu  Office. 


H«l)»K-VVO«.K..-BY  A  BiiSfKuiABLB  QlKli 
to  do  general  boose- work  in  a  small  family,  or  up- 
•tairs  work,  and  assist  with  the  washing  and  sewing; 
has  good  reference  from  her  last  place.  Call  at  No. 
811  t-ast  24ttist.,  near  2d  av. 


HOUtsB-WOUK.- BY  A  Bli:iPBcTABLG  «>IBL 
to  do  general  bouse-work;  nas  do  objection  to  a 
private  boardmg-house ;  is  a  good  plain  cook,  waaher, 
and  ironer;  good  reftirenca  Call  at  present  employei'a. 
NO.  268  Weotaist  at 


HOU8B-VVOBK.— BY  A  -RB8PSCTABLE  WIDOW 
vomau,  and  daughter  17  years,  to  <to  the  entire 
work  of  a  small  private  famU.y;  no  ohJectinn  to  the 
country  or  payment ;  best  references.  t./ttU  or  address 
Ho.  3  West  53d  st 


HOUeJK-WOKK.— BT  A  BBSPUUTAaLE  WOMAN 
to  do  houfe-fforjc  In  a  small  private  family ;  good 
trasber  and  ironer ;  good  City  reierenca  Call  at  No. 
804  Bast  33it  st  

HOUSJS-VV«»f  K.— BY  A  BG3PKCTABLB  UiaL  TO 
do  general  h»nse-work ;  is  a  good  cook,  washer, 
end  Ironer.  Call  tor  two  dayaat  Na  310  Kast  45thst, 
first  floor,  room  No.  1. 


HOtSB-W'ttK-f— 8Y  A   1E.SFK..TABLK  A.MBB1- 
can  wotpan  to  on  general  houae-wurk :  Citr  or 
eoUstrV :  geo^  City  rerere  ce.   Call  at  No.  244  Mott  st- 


XXOO-SB-WOKK.- BT    A    TOOMG    WOMAN  IN  A 

xXamall  AnterieaB  family  ;  good  Ctiy  reference.    Cgll 
tbr  two  days  at  263 1st  av.,  between  14tb  and  15tb  eta. 


TIODSE-WORK^.— B*  AN  KiSGLlSH  PBOTKST- 
JuLant  giri  to  do  general  hoose-work.  City  or  oonn- 
Xn.  Calut  Ha  8^6  aaat  24th  at 

OUVB-WUliK..— BT    AM    AMBBICAN   GIRL  AS 
senerai  house- work  ;  goon  City  reteteqee.    Call  at 
No:  rot  West  28th  st.,  BoCm  Hi.  10. 


lirbiiiSa-W'O&KV-riBr ATfoDNG  swewsu  GifBii 

JuLto  a«?QiiaB-wor|t     CaU  at  Ho.  283  Mnloerry  st, 
iieajr  Hons^il  it.  \ 


IMi'VXtti.-aVt   A  BESPEOTABLB  WOMAN 
~  r'a  nu|(ii;  ^at-elaes  ^BogUab  {efsrenee ;_  an- 


SSSL-^J^lVi^Wa^m^PiiS^il 


FBALALB8. 


LAUNDRBSS.— BY  A  Fl  UST-CL A-S.S  LAnNDRBSB 
la  a  private  lamliy;  can  siva  saiisfkctory  referance 
tn^  reaoeotsi  City  or  country:  willing  to  do  ohaoi- 
ber-work  and  flne  washiag.  Call  or  address  Na  380 
Baat  46th  st.,  third  floor,  between  2d  and  3d  ays. 


L4l/^DBB3S.— BY  A  BBsPECTABLB  GIRL  a8 
flrst^olass  laundreasi  understands  flnttns,  puCBns. 
and  crimping;  rwo  yeara^  reXierenoa  Call  gt  No.  43 
Perry  at.  first  floor. 


LAI7»I»iK><>i«-UY  A   PIB*r  CLASS  LADNDBBBB 
m  a  private  family  I    hss  Brst-olasa  reference  from 
best  families.    Call  at  No.  47 1  6th  av..  fancy  store-  t 


LAUaPRBNS.— BY    A    RK8PKCTA8L8    GIRL    AS 
goodlaunilress;  basttaeb.^st  of  refereBCe;  City  or 
country,    Cali  (bt  two  days  at  Ho.  202  East  88th  st 


LAI)Nl>ii]K4.S.-BY  A  BBLIABLB  YOUNG  WOMaH 
a«  flrst-clasa  laumiress ;  best  Olty  references.    Call 
at  No.  1 1 5  West  4l8t  at.,  near  6th  av.  


T  At7NDRB»M.— Bt  A  KBSPBCTABLE  BWBljlSU 
JJgiTl  asflrst-olass  laundreist  bea-.  Olty  rebrance. 
Gall  at  No.  325  Bast  35th  st,  third  floor,  back. 


LAUNDHBSS.- BV    A.S  AMKBICAN  GlRLj  GOOD 
City  reforenoa    Address  E.  B.,  Box  Na  295  TIMB8 
UP-TOWH  OPFICK,  NO.  1,257  BROAUWAI. 


MATRON.— BY  A  LADY,  WITH  THOROUGHLY 
practical  knowledge  of  housekeeping,  as  matron  ; 
has  nail  experience  lu  schools ;  best  City  referouces. 
Address,  tor  one  week,  i;OMPBTENT.  Box  No.  328 
TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICB,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY^. 


NLH8B.— BY  A  PROTESTANT  WOMAN  FOR  AN 
Infitnt;  is  caoable  ot  taking  sole  charge  and  bring- 
ing it  np  bv  the  bottle  ;  excellent  City  references  :  no 
objection  to  the  country.  Address  T.  W.  C.  A..  Na  7 
Bast  16th  st 


N 


DR.""»fc.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  WOMAN  AS  PBI- 
1^  vato  or  hospital  nurse,  by  the  day,  week,  or 
month  ;  reterence  from  first-class  physician  in  New- 
York.  Address  for  two  aaya  Omeea,  Box  No.  834 
TIMES  UP- rOW.'J  OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


■lVri"*^»*B»— BY  A  PROTESTANT  WOMAN  FOR  AN 
1^  infant;  is  capable  of  taking  sole  charge  and  bnng- 
iti«  it  up  by  the  bottle ;  excellent  City  references :  no 
oUlection  to  the  country.  Call  at  Y,  W.  C.  A..  No.  7 
East  16th  St. 


NURMB BY  A  GOOD  GIRL  PBOM  THB  COCHrBY 
as  obila's  norso  or  chamber-maid  and  iraiting,  or 
general  uousework,  in  a  small  lamily.  Call  lor  three 
da.vs  at  No.  1U7  West  24th  at. 


NURSE  AND  MBA.M!4rKIJ-*9.-BY  A  FI8ST- 
olaia  nnrse  and  Beamstresa,  or  would  do  chamber, 
work:  best  City  refereace.  Call  at  No.  109  West 
SIst  St. 


NUUbB.-BY  A  RtttlPFCTABliB  PROTESTANT 
woman  as  infant's  nurse;  can  take  entire  charge 
from  blrttai  good  City  reference.  CaU  at  No.  17  West 
33d  st 


NURH£.-bY  A  BKSPKCTABLK  PaoTtf-VfAST 
woman :  can  take  charge  ul  ao  infant  or  grown 
children;  willing  and  obliging  j  31ty  reference.  CaU 
at  Ho.  545  2d  av. 


NIIHWK.— oY  A  FRBNCH  PBOTaS>TANT  WOMAN 
na  ohila'a  nurse  or  aew  :  good  rerarHnoaa.  Addreas 
P.  D..  Box  No.  Bdo  TIMES  UP-TOWM  OFFICE.  NO. 
1,267  BBOADWAY. 


NUR.-iE.— BY  A.\  AMERICAN   WOMAN   A.S  N0B8a 
to  an  invalid,  aitber  ladv  or   seutieman  j  has  tsood 
City  reference.     Cail  at  No    715  6th  av. 


SiiAiU.STREiSa)  AM)  DU£'>!^>aiAK.BK.-BT 
a  colored  girl,  in  private  famlliea,  by  week  or 
moiicb;  nnderstiinils  ner  business.  Address  Dress- 
maker, No.  619  Stb  av. 


SBA.^IS  ri^b.».<«.— BY  A  YOUNG  AUKBICAN  GIBL 
aa  seams  ress  and  cliamuer-msid  or  to  assist  witb 
children:  flr^it-oiass  reference;  operates  on  Wheeler  b 
Wilso  I's  m  icbin-.    call  at  No.  237  Bist  24th  st 


WBT-NURSE.- BY  A  HEALTHY  YOONO  WOMAN, 
y  y  with  reference.  Call  at  ^o.  145  kast  32d  at.,  In  gro- 
cery ptore   tor  tvro  days. 


WET-.\URaK.— HY   A     YoU.N'G    WoMaN    WITH 
fiesb   oreast  oi  n)i.k  aa  wet-nursa      Call   at   No. 
242  West  47th  St.,  Boom  No.  6. 


AITtCBsei.—  oY     A     PRolKBTAHr      Y   U«G 
woman  aa  firat-class   waitress  or  parlor-maid  in  a 

grivaie   lamily;    good  Citv   reference.    Address  A.  C. 
ox  No.   200  TlilKci    UP-TOWN   OtFICB.    NO.    1.257 
BROADvVAY.' 


WAITHli.'***.— dY  a  FIKST-CLASS  WaITBEcSS; 
onderstanda  masins  all  kinda  of  salads  and  care 
of  silver;  can  till  a  man's  place,  best  City  refereuca 
Call  it  No.  483  7tb  av. 


WAITRBS.".— BYA  KIRil-CLAdS  WAlTtlEdS  OR 
chamber-maiil  ;  is  fully  competent  to  fl  I  either  ; 
best  City  reference.  Can  be  seen  at  Na27U6tbay., 
near  17tn  st 


WAITRBS:^.— BY     A    FIRU-CLA88    WAITRESS; 
best  City  references  given.  CaU  at  Na  174  2d  av., 
comer  of  11th  st 


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AirRK;:».-*.— TdoRoUUU;    HIGU.18T  CITY  KEF- 
erences.    Can  oraddress  A.  B.,  3oo  bast  66th  st 


WAsHlNti.- uY  A  FIBil-CLA.S  LAUNDKr.Sd; 
cau  do  all  kinds  of  family  wosliiag;  glossing  puS- 
ing,  and  fluting  ooae  in  French  style  ;  moderate  terms; 
seven  years'  refereiiea  Ca-I  or  add.css  No.  3x2  West 
41st  St..  second  f  oor,  for  one  week. 


WASHING.— BY  A  FlRsr-CL\S3  WASUBR  AND 
ironer  a  few  1  .dies'  una  geutl  man's  washing,  or 
would  go  out  by  the  day ;  reieieuca  C.>llatNai59 
W  est  5 1  st  st 


WASilllNU.- Bi'  A  Ko.8PECTaBLK  WOMAN  TO 
go  out  by  tue  day  to  wash.  Iron,  and  do  house- 
cleauins:  best  references.  CaU  tor  one  week  at  No. 
4d8  tith  av.,  rear,  second  floor. 


WA!HHl«tJ.— tlY    A    BnSPlSCTAdLE  WOMAN    TO 
1(0  out  to  do  washing,  or  wlli  take  it  home;  is  a 
good  bouse  c  eaner.    Can  at  No.  218  6tb  av. 


CliBRK^^  AND   ^4ALB:!i.MBN. 

BOOK^Xbp¥h,  COKRBSPO.NDKNr,  dec. 
-^a  coiiioetent;  an  excellent  penman,  and  can  give 
first-ciasa  reiereucd.  Addi-esa  r.,  Box  Na  12u  Ttntea 
Cfflua 


in  A  Lillys. 

COACHMAN.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  MARRIP.D 
man  as  fltsi-ca-s  coachman  in  a  private  family  ; 
aged  30:  good  looking;  tborougnly  understands  toe 
caie  of  boisea,  carriagt-a.  anil  harness  :  ia  sinctly  tem- 
perate :  has  seven  y.  ar»'  best  referenoa  For  any  lur- 
tber  pnrtii'Ulars  call  ou  Ust  employer.  No.  30  West 
26th  st,  or  address  S.  L.,  No.  120  West  6  itD  rt. 


C^OACUMAN  AND  GK.Ol».n.— BY  A  HINGLE 
yman :  uuderstauos  care  01  horses  ana  carriages  in 
all  orancbes;  13  years' first  class  City  recoiumenda- 
tlons;  trustworthy  iu  every  way  :  strictly  temperate. 
Call  on  or  aodreaa  Thomas,  No.  10  West  AAtu  St..  pri- 
vate stables,  f  >r  rwo  tiays. 


COACHMAN,  GROOM.  AND  FLAIN  OAR- 
dener. — By  a  .youog  mau  ;  tboronghlr  onderatbnds 
the  care  ot  horses,  uarness,  and  carriages  ;  otn  milk 
and  do  general  work  ou  a  gentleman's  piaoe  ■  good  re.- 
erences.    Address  J.  M.,  Box  Na  'J  16  Tiotei  Uffice. 


C  10  AC  H  MAN  .-BY  A  SI«GLE  MAN,  PROTiiSTA  «T, 
.fas  couchmin  and  gioom  ;  can  milk,  and  is  willing 
to  make  himself  useful ;  <it.y  or  oountr.v:  good  reference 
can  be  given.  Ca>l  or  addteas  James  D.,  No.  461  4th 
av..  at  the  stabl*.  for  two  days. 


C10ACIIiflA>^  A.ND  GAUUKNKU.— Bf  A  CuM- 
/petent  married  man,  one  cnlld;  thoroughly  under- 
Siands  the  care  and  management  of  a  gentleman's 
place:  best  re.ereuoa  Address  P.  B.,  No.  '71  Franklin 
St..  Greenpolut.  Lon;  Islind. 


COACHMAN.— BY  A  SINGLE  YOUNG  MAN  WHO 
nojerstaiida  bis  business  well;  beat  City  reter- 
enca  Call  on  or  address  P.  N.,  No.  131  West  32d  it, 
private  stable. 


C10ACHMAN  AND    GARUBNBU,    AND  GKNB- 
vraliy  Useful  Man.— By  a  single  sober,  steady  man; 
three  .years'  reterence  itom  last  piaoa     Address  for 

two  days,  J.  C.  YouKera  Post  ufBce. 


ClOACU.flAN    AND    GHOO.H.-BY    A     BINULB 
;man  witb  flrst-clau  City  reference.    Addresa  P.  B., 

J.  B.  Brewater  ii.  Co..  No.  145  oth  av. 


Ci>ACHMAN.— BY  AN   bNGLlSH   MARrtlBD  MAN  : 
DO  family.    Adireu  for  one  week,  Robert  Cole,  Pat. 
eraoa  Post  office.  N.  J. 


aAKDKNfc-U*— BY  A  tJlNGL-B  MAN;  DHUBB- 
stands  the  raising  of  ull  Kinds  of  vegetables,  green- 
Louse  plants,  griti>ery.  the  olauilng  and  Dmamg  of 
fiulc  trees,  grattiug.  budding,  and  growing  mnsh- 
rooma;  famxiusr  tborouglilv  ;  has  tweuty  .veurs' expe- 
rience in  the  country :  wages  maoerate.  Can  be  seen 
at  TauderoiU  brothers',  No.  23  Fultou  st 


GAitUkNBK.Oii    KAK.^IKU.— BY   A    UCOTCQ- 
man:   murried;   no  tncumbianuei   has   a   practical 

knowledge  of  the  culture  and  geueri^l  manageiueat  of 
hot  aud  cold  grapert.a,  gresD-hii:ses.  plants,  vegeta- 

blea,'&c,  the  laying  oat  of  grouuda;  also  a  general 
knowledge  at  Earming;  satistactory  raterenoas.  Ad- 
dress W.  A.  C.  Box  Na  2<'tf  livui  Offloe. 


GARDENER.— BT  A  SCoTOHiniN;  IS  THOE- 
oui^bly  VeraeU  in  every  branch  of  his  baainess; 
lilgoest  tesrimonials.  and  is  a  man  worthy  in  every  re- 
ap6ct  tothebi^nest  truat  and  ciintidence  of  thuse 
who  may  employ  him.  Addreas  Scotia.  Box  No.  244 
Ttmef  Offline. 


GARDEN  Bii.-BY  A  SINULB  Bii^N;  UNP&B- 
stands  greeu-boujes,  flowers,  vegetables,  4(&,  aud 
CHFi;  of  horses  and  carriages;  strictly  temper  ,te;  six 
years'  City  reference.  Address  Gardener,  Box  No.  242 
2'mei  Office,  tor  two  days. 


GARDBISBK.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  GARDhNnR: 
(.Scotch,  married:)  thoroughly  updeistands  his 
business  in  all  its  branches  :  references  us  to  character 
and  ability  unexceptionable.  Address  L.,  Peter  Hen- 
derson. Ksq..  No.  35  Conlan  it  st 


GARDENER.— BT  A  COMPETENT  MARRIED 
man;  understands  the  propagation  and  care  of 
greennouse  plants,  grapes,  ttc;  best  of  City  references; 
has  had  long  practic  il  ami  successtui  experienoe.  Call 
or  address  G.  D.,  at  seed  store.  No.  876  Br<>tdway. 


GARUBNBU.- BY    AN    ACTIVE    MARRIED    MAN 
us  gardener;  wite  wouid  do  bouse-work;   willing 
to  milk  and  drive  and  be  gene  all.y  usetul;    low  wages; 

good  reference  trom  bnaineaa  community.     Address  .U. 
i.,  Box  No.  212  Times  Office. 


GARDENER.— BY  A  SCOTCHMAN  AS  FLOWER 
and  vegetable  sardener;  nndrrstandi  hot  and 
cold  giapery  ;  beat  City  reference;  will  go  out  by  the 
week,  until  suited,  training  aud  piuaing  tretaaud 
Tines.    Call  nr  address  No.  .SU6  Kaat  31st  st 


^i 


AROKMKK..- BY  A  CMMi'Bl'KNr  YUO.'^G 
.v-n  Swiss,  married  man;  flrst-clasa  florist.  fTult,  grape, 
and  vegetable  grower :  references  from  flrat-olass  gen- 
tlemaa    Call  ouor  address  John  Bosbard.  113  Kim  st* 


GAUOENKU.- BY  A  MaRKIKU  MAN  A8  FlBvr- 
class  gardeoer ;  no  Incnmbrance;  wife  Is  willing 
to  asBlBC  in  the  bonse.  Call  or  addreai  P.  Cavan,  seed 
store.  No.  7  Barclay  street 


GAKDENKU.  —  BT  A  GARDEN  BR.  (SCOTCH.) 
married,  who  understands  his  business  tborbngh- 
Iv ;  references  unexceptionable.  Address  C,  at  James 
Fleming's.  Np.  67  N&saau  at. 


GAICDBNBR.-BY  A  SINGLE  HAN;  UHOEB- 
stands  vegetables,  flowers,  care  of  horses,  and 
milking;  wUkng  and  obliging.  CaU  or  aadresa  J. 
timlth  No.  165  Baat  32d  st 

f^  ARDBNKK.-WI1U  DHBCRPASBABLE  BBCOlt- 
Vfmepdattona  from  presenf  ana  forpier  employers ; 
thoroogblT  capable  of  taking  oitarge  of  a  gentlemaifa 
ylaee.    Aidreaa  Gardener,  Box  Mo.  225  Ttaus  Ofllba. 


SITUATIOKS   WAINTTBD. 


.nALB.*>. 


/lARPBNBR.^BT  A  MABBIBP  BHaUBBMAHi 
VXten years'  recommendation fteapreaent  employer. 
Addreas  O.   L.,    boarsdais  Fust  OIBoe.   Weatahastex 


CountT. 


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ALEMli(9B.— BY  A  OOMPETENT  AHD  TKJi. 

Derate  man  as  nnrse  or  attendant  to  a  sick  or  in- 
valid gentleman;  gpod  City  ra&ranoa.  Address 
Bervey.  Box  Na   265  TIMBB  OP-TOWN  OFFICB,  AO. 

1,267  BROADWAY. 


lU'IUHT  WATCHMAN  QR  UOOB-KBEPgB.- 
Xl  References  and  security.  Addreas  J.  B.,  Box  Na 
BOB  New-TorK  Pass  Office. 


PORYBR.— BT  AN  A.MBBICAN  PRdtBB'TAHT 
young  man  t  luoh  as  light  porter  or  some  light  ant- 
deor  huiiness.  Address  L.  F.  Banley,  Ha  23S  jSMt 
Alstst 


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AILOR.— TO    CITY     AND     COONTBY    BltTAlL 
Cloth  Dealera  and  Tailors.— By  a  thoroagb  tailor  o| 

)oug  exueriencBj  can  out  and  make, goy  garment  in 
the  trade;  can  be  generally  ose/al.  Address  Tailor, 
Ha62i6ttiav. 


Tr«EFUl.  MAN BT  A  YODHO  COLOBED  MAN; 

U  can  mitke  hinsrlf  generally  useful  in  the  kitchen 
or  house-work.  Call  lor  three  days  at  ^a  155  Wast 
24tb  at.  A.  Granger. 


VATAITBR.- BT  A  BB^PBCTABLB  TOUNG  »AHi 
-y  f  can  wait  an  table,  care  of  sUvsr.  attend  all  kinds 
ortum>«ce8,  Vc;  care  and  drive  Lories;  wUilngt^do 
iinything  for  very  low  wages;  first-class  referepces. 
Address  J.  W.  Aiken,  Box  Na  291  TIMBa  UP-TOWH 
OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


WAITER.- IN  A  PRIVATE  FAMILY;  HAS  FULIi 
knowledge  of  all  the  work  that  is  required  in  a 
flrst-clasa  family;  will  be  recommended  by  five  families 
in  City  lor  being  reliable  in  all  respeols-  Address 
U.  M.,  Box  No.  3U3  TlMB,i  UP-TOWN  OFFICS,  HO. 
1,257  BROADWAY. 


WAITER.— BT  A  RESPKCTABLB  KNGLIBUMAN 
as  waiter  and  house  steward  1  thoroughly  compe- 
tent; would  take  charge  of  an  invalid  gentleman  1  un- 
exceptionable retereuces.  Aoply  at  Na  621  6tn  av., 
third  floor. 


WAITER.- BT  A  BBUABLH  AND  OOMPBTBHT 
Protestant  man  as  ftcst-dais  waiter  in  a  private 
family:  has  the  best  City  reference;  no  ohiectton  to 
City  or  country.  Addrei^s  Q.  R.,  Box  Na  3U2  TIMES 
UP-TOWN  Ob'PICK,  NO.   1,267  BROADWAY. 


WAITEK.- BY  A  COLOBnU  MAN  A8  WAITER  IN 
apiivate  family  or  boarding-house;  City  rater^ 
ence.  Call  or  address  Walter,  No.  l46  West  32d 
at,  rear  house  No.  3. 


„„  Al  I'B K.— b¥  AN  EXPERIiiNOliD    PRBNCHMAM 

y  y     In  a  private  fsqiily  t    good  City  rafer«boe«t  no  ol>- 

Jection  to  the  country.     Address  A.  u,  Ma  162  Bast 

42a  bt 


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GAfiDBNBR.— BT  A  SIHGtB  OBBHAH ;  UNDBB- 
stands  the  coltuXM  of  hot  and  greea-tioiiSe  plann, 
jiad  autaide  gavdealng  of  ail  htauenaa.  Addaaaa  S.  B., 
.Bag  So.  237  Xtmv.  ti#«* 


^firrV'^.^*^^ 


^,A  t*. 


WAlTElt.- BY  A  YOUNG  MAN  SPliA  KING  FBKNCH 
aud  Knitllsu,  in  a  private  boardlug-h onaa  Aa- 
diess  L.  B.,  Box  Na  319  TIMES  UP-TOWH  OFFICE, 
NO.  1.267  BROADWAY. 


AJWAITiiK.- BY    A    FRKNCHMAN      IN  A  PBIVaTB 
yy  tamilyi  good   City   lofereucoi   City    or    country. 
Adaress  8.,  Box  Na  269  TIMiiS  UP-TOWJi  OFfiOB, 
KO.  1,.!57  BROADWAY. 


WAtTBU.— BY    A  .uAN    OP  LOfiG    BXiBRIIiNOB 
In  a  private  tamll.y  or  boaralug-house ;  good  refer- 
ence.   Addiesi  B.  D..  Sox  Na  290  TIMiiS  UP-TUWN 

OFFICE,  Ni).  1,257  BBOADWAY^ 


WAl'rtfill.- BY     A  FlRjr-CLA.S8  FRB.»JCH     WAIT- 
ei.  In  private  fomiiTi  flrit-ciass  City  rtferenoe 
ftom  hli  latit  place.    Addreas  L.  &,  xilo.  I'i2  Weat  93d 

st,  flrot  floor.  ~ 


WAITER,- BY  A  Rti8PbCT.\B(iB  MAN  AS  WAIT- 
er  in  a  private  faml'y;  is  thoroughly  competent; 
flrst-olaas  Ciry  references.  Address  B.  P.,  box  No.  315 
TIJft8   UP-TOWN  OFFICB.  No.  1,267  BiiOADWAr. 


WAlTnIR IN    A    PttlVAFB    FAMILY.    BY  A  RB- 
hablemyn;  gopd  City  re&reuoe.    Addresa  J.  H., 
No.  34'>'  East  ^Ist  su 


WAI  IBU.— bV  A    aMTISS    MA.^t     IN    A     PUIVATB 
taatUy ;  good  refereuca    Address  P.  K.,  No.  892 
6th  av.,  in  the  irucery  store. 


WAlrKU.— 3)f     A     YOU.^G     COLuRtiD    MA.M     Ad 
w,iirer  In  a  small  private  family ;   good  retereooea. 
Cail  or  aduiess  J.  tt  8.,  No.  692  &tu  av..  in  the  rear. 


JEELP^WA^^IED^ 

rpHAVELElt  WANTED— BY"  AN  IMPORTIHu 
X  ami  mauaractarla..(  buiue  in  painta,  varuisbes,  faa 
Addri  ss,  Bt'itio^  experieuce,  where  traveled,  age,  sal- 
ary willaccepi,  and  rexe^ences,  R.  M.  J.  4t  CO.,  i^ost 
office  Box  .So.  4,170. 

ANTKlt- A  CAPABLK  VEjBfABLK  GARD&NER; 

must  understand  bis  busieess  iu  ever.v  brunch; 
have  flist-class  lofereuces,  be  willing  to  usslst  gen- 
erally lu  sabio  ;  good  situation  and  good  wages.  Ad- 
dicts foi  six  days,  J.   b.  BROWER,  No.  45  Sjuih  at 


OYlSTKitMAN.-WANi'BD,  A  MAN  WriO  CNUBR- 
ataniis  bis  busmess  fur  a  flrst-ciaas  dowu-town 
reataurauC;  muse  be  able  to  staa  Address  CLAM, 
Box  No.  176  Timt*  Offlca 


WA.NTBD— A  FIRal-CL.AS8  NURSE  AND  BBaM- 
stress— FreDCh  or  Swiss  prehried.  Best  City 
refer  ucca  required.  Coll  at  No.  16  Bast  S2d  St.,  be- 
iweea  lU  an.l  1  o'clock. 

A.M'BIt- A  PRoTKSrA.^l-  GIKL  AS  CHAMBBR- 
muid  and  waitress,  and  to  assist  with  washing; 

Citv  reference  required.   Call,  between  9  aiul  12,  at  Ao. 

115  West  2lst  st 


WANTED- A  COMPBTlillT  PRjTBSTA.ST  NURSB. 
aue  30  to  36.  to  take  charge  ot  ao  ia^int  of  14 
months;  good  teiert-noes  required.  Apply  between  lu 
A  M.  aud  1  P.  M.  at  Na  2i  kbsI  3otU  st 


FES'E  ARTS. 


ART. 


agar 
Carl  Uoff. 

K.  HUdebrandt, 
P.  Zlem, 

A.  l:^i:bcic:. 
George  loaeaa. 

DaYla  Johnson, 
P.  A  Brldsmaij, 
W.  &  Has  Itine, 
Buinael  Culm 


Cb.  Bognet, 
F  Kraiu. 
L.  Gutterboek, 
J.  Patrola 


George  Hall. 
W.  J.  BtHnsy, 
G.W.Hioho.san, 


A.  T.  Bncher,  ' 
J.  Fanlkuer, 


EXTBA  INNOUntEinBIIT. 

BARKER  &  CO., 

Nos.  47  and  4^9  Liberty  st. 

How  onexblbitiop.  the  flneit  selection  of  European 
and  American  OIL  PAINTINGS  ever  offered  at  a  down- 
town auction,  among  whlob  is  the  GBANU  PIUTDRB 
by  Neuchtny,  the  HUSSITES  BEFORB  HAUMBUBO. 
This  superb  Painting  baa  been  visited  and  mnoh  ad- 
mired by  many  tbousaii^  dttrlng  the  Snmmsr  Jtxhibl- 
tlon,  and  ij  now  offereq  tor  the  first  time  at  auotlon, 
togethet  with  elegant  examples  of  American  and  Burn- 
pean  Works  of  Art  by  the  following  most  nistlngulshed 
artists : 

8.  R.  Glfford,  James  Hart,  J.  H.  Beard,  Wra.  Bart,  A. 
T.  Brlcber.  J.  a  Bristol,  P.  P.  Ryder.  B.  JL.  Henry,  G.  A 
Baker.  Harvey  Young,  A  W.  Thompsoa,  A  Parton,  J. 
G.  Brown,  C.  P.  Ream,  Arthur  Qu.irtlcy,  W  8.  Ifount, 
(deceased,)  W.  H.  Beard.  8.  Coleman,  J.  W.  Casilear,  O. 
U.  Carter,  W.  T.  Richards,  ami  many  othera  of  the 
American;  and  J.  Oaraud,  Victor  Chavet,  B.  Aooard, 
Fiorent  Wilems,  J.  A  Vroiyk.  Paul  Lyendeoker,  P. 
Belgoac,  Count  a  Bylandt  J.  Patrols,  L.  Gallle,  U.  Bnr- 
gert,  M.  be  Garay,  Charles  Hue,  Narcisse  Dies,  (de- 
ceased,) E.  Lerav,  and  others  or  the  European  schools, 
forming  the  finest  Exhibition  ever  seen  in  a  down-town 
picture  mart 

Catalogues  ready.    They  will  be  SOLD  oa 

Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  Feb.  27  &  28. 

ART    EXHIBITION 

AT  MINER'S  ART  GALLEBIBS,  NO.  845  BROADWAY. 

The  private  collection  ef  a  well-known  connoisseur 
of  this  city,  compiising  flue  examples  of  the  fbllowing 
leading  artists,  vis.: 

J.  B.  Elombeok, 

R.  BtbOe, 

P.  Cbalgneao, 

Pecrus. 
A.  F.  Talt, 

T.  Moral, 
G.  b.  Story. 
P.  La  Croix, 
Homer  D.  Alartln.     .. 

Alexander  \s  tlst  and  others. 
AUo. 

THB  FADLKNBB  COLLECTION  OF  WATBH-COI.OBS, 
Rrobractog  about  100  views  of  American,  English, 
Irish,  and  Scottisli  icenery.ioeether  with  a  number  of 

beautiful  examples  by  & 

Jalea  tiuprea.  David  Boberts,        F.  W.  Topba-». 

John  Constaole,      W,  Craig,  Victor  Comae, 

hlis.ibstb  Mniray,  C.  Laren  Wrlgh-y,  and  otbeia 
Forming  in  its  entirety  one  of  the  finest  and  most  im- 
portant collections  offexed  at  auotlon  lu  this  Ciiy  for 
many  veara. 

The  above  are  now  on  exhibition  tstt,  day  aa4  eyen- 
ing;  to  be    sold  .MONO  .Y,  TU.ioDAt.  and  WEDNES- 
DAY EVENINGS,  Fna  26,   27,  and  2S.  at  7i  30  o'clock. 
BliNRY  D.  MINER.  Auctioneer. 

\  ...  J 

DRYjGOOm^ 

R.H.MACY&CO. 

8PBCIALTIB3. 

DRESS-MAKING. 

BLACK  DRESS  SILKS.    BOYS'  CLOTHING. 
UNLIKE  any  other  estaDllshment  in  the  country. 
FOREIGN  DRf  GOODS,  FAHCY  QOaDS,  and  HOVEL. 
TIES  by  every.  EUROPEAN  STEAMER. 

0RDBB8  BY  MAIL  BBCBIVB  aPBCIAL  0AR3. 
CATALOGUES   FREE. 

14TH  ST.  AND  6TH  AVENUE,  N.  Y. 

MILITARY; 

VETERANS  or  THE  WAR  OB  1814  OF 
this  and  adJ.iC3ut  counties  are  respeuttully  in- 
vitcii  by  our  frieao*,  Messrs.  Leland.  proprietors  of  the 
^tartev»nt  HuUDe,  comer  28tbat.,anil  Broadway,  to 
celeorate  the  birthday  of  the  Fath<>r  of  bur  Country, 
Gen.  Georiie  Washmeton,  on  TdU'i8DAY,  the  22d  day 
ot  Febru.iry  at  12  o'clock  sbaf  p.  Dinner  will  be  served 
at  1  o'clock.  Those  that  have  nnil'orm.  poc  it  on; 
those  that  have  not  cookadn  on  liar.  Let  everv  vet- 
eran attend,  to  show  the  said  gentlemen  we  appreciate 
their  kind  iiivitatioQ.  Gea  H.'  BAYHU.Na 

J.  O.  Waknbb.  Adjutant  Col.  ABRAM  DALLY. 

PROPOSALS. 


Exemgas  Orricc,  Usitbd  Btatm  Aain. 

N«w?ORT.  R.  1..  Feb.  22,  1877.     1 

Sealed  proposals  wi)l  be  received  at  thl^  aJBoe  mrtU 

10  o^oloek  A  M.,  an   the  8'.id  day  of  Uareh,'  iS'TT,^  for 

Bin  Ba>  Granite  tvt  Breakwater  at  BlitcVlalABa.  B.  I. 

Bp«eUloatlon» in  yagard  to  the  work  and  blaak  nrms 


fer  BTOMSfkU  aad  gna«aatT>  apon  whlob  all  Wus  aiiat 


be  ma 


BOARDING  Aim   LODGINa 

Ths  ap-««wa  oOea  ef  THR  mtn  la  laesMd  a* 
FT*.  1.097  BTMdwity,  bpf.  91M  mmA  3M  gtP* 

Open  daily,  ^nadaya  iqetiide4  tfom  4  A  K.  to  0  f.  K. 

Bnhtoriptlona  reoeUed.and  ooplegqf  TM  TUUWibi 

aala 

ADTBRTISBVBIITS  RK0BIV8D  yntTOt  •  P.  K. 


FIPTH  AV.,  KO,  M»,  CHBATBRFIBl^l 
HO082.— Parlor  and  bedroom, with  firs t-oiaaa  board: 
party  occapying  second  Boor,  icon*,  will  let  with  o> 
without  board,  for  balance  of  season,  yvts  reaapnably. 


i'P.;  NBAtt 
,  .fB'Bfihed   rooms 

fca;   table  and  house  sirief.iy  first  etaaa. 


NiS^.  51  ANft  A3.  WBHT  OStl 
MADIgON     8QUABB.— BlMt»n(ly-fB> 
on  seonnd  and  third  floors:   lirgQ  olosi 


NO.  isa  iRflNo  f'tAra.' fWb  iibeBis 
Oraiperaf^  Park,  with  board;  hall  reoms  «b  aeeoni! 
and  fowrth  flqnr«.  with  Are,  oloseta,  Aa;  all  t^ojiregl- 
anoei;  references. 


6.  67  38131  ^ST.,   ISEtWBBN  fftfT  '^ND 

6TH  AVa. — To  lot ;  upper  floor  |  handsome  pisiior, 
bed-room,  and  bath-room  eommunloating  i  prlTat*  tl^ 
bie  ouij;  also  nail  room. 


FIFTH  A  v.,  NO.  45.  BBTWBBN  BliBYBNTB 
and  Twelfth  st  a,  spacious  suite  of  well  furnished 

apaftoenti  on  parlor  floor,  with  or  without  prif»to 

table. 


O,   118  WEST   40TP   ST.-Tu   LBT,  WJTri 
board,  a  double  or  single  room,  anitable  fbjr  gentle- 
men; terms  moderate;  lifbrences. 


No.  39  WEST  3BTa  HT..   NBAB  BROAD- 
WAY.— Ennay  front  rooms,  with  superior  table,  tax 
famUjesand  gentlemea  i  priaea  moderata. 


Cn  ARMINW  FRONT  ROOMM,  91 0.— FBBHCH 
breakfast;  board  if   desired;  near  Blevataa  Baa- 
road.    No.  836  West  28th  St. 


NO  m  EAST  33D  BT,. 

With  board,  parlor  and  bed-room,  first  floor  I  single 
rooms;  tabia  ooarA 


O.  4  BAMT  aeTB  r4T.,  BETWEEN  5tB  AHD 

^tadisou  avs.— aepirable  room;    flrst-elMS  boaio; 
ailso  table  boarders. 


N! 


TWO  BL>OCfiS  FRUM  BROADWAV^liABOB 
and  small  rooma  to  let;   flrst-olaas  board.     )Io.  63 

East  4th  st 


PLEAMANT    ROOMS,   WITH     BOAED,   THIBD 
floor;  bat  few  bovdera;  roferoBOOA   Na  110  Weat 
46th  st  


No,  73    EAST  eiST  ST.  -  A    BBOOHD-8TOBT 
large  room  to  let,  with  flr■^olB••  board     8«^ 

vaots  nave  been  with  us  for  years. 


NO.  ;$S  WEST    330    (ST.- HaNDSOMB    BdOA{8 
on  second  floor  to  let,  with  hoard;     terms   mod- 
erate: referenoea. 


A      THIRD     FtOOR    FRONT    ROOM,     F0B- 
3k.ni»bed,  witb  or  without  board,  at  127  Bust  a4tb  at 


I^O.  106  SIAUISUXH  AV.-TWO  SINQliE  ROOMS 


to  let  witb  board. 


BOARlJJ^^ANTm 

WANTRD-TWO  ROOMS  AMD  BOABD  POB  QBN- 
tlemRn,  wife,  tW"  cblldrep,  and  suraa;  Ipoatlop. 
82d  to  sot  J  It  and  6th  to  4th  »y.  Addresa  A.  L.  P., 
Box  No.  262  TIMER  HP-TOWN  OFPIOB.  NO.  \.%Vt 
BROADWAY. 


No.  06  9TH  («T..  FEW  DOORM  WEHT  OF 
BROADWAY.— Nicely  furnished  parlon  and  bed- 
rooms, near  restaurants;  breakfast  it  depirad;  neat, 
quiet  house:    referenoss  exohaaied.   


NO.  138  EAST  25TH  ^T,-4  BANDBOMItliT- 
fomiBUed  office  and  reception  room,  occupied  Uy  a 
physician,  win  be  vaoant  o:i  tke  let  of  March. 


A  LARGE    FURNISH  BO    Rpo.tf,    GRATE 
fire,  to  let  to  one  ur  two   gentlemen.    Ha   187 
East  4i):h  st 


NO.    81  I-a    WE»*T    a^D    (»T.— TO   LET,  AN 
office  10  physician  or  dentist;  »lau  fnroiabed  rooms, 
witnout  tioard,  to  gentlemen. 


F 


PRNMHBO    ROOMS,  40  cBMrB    To    (1;  A 
week.  S2  to  £5 :  single  beds,  81  50.    Ha  SB  Bowery. 


t;^URNISHEO  ^OOMS  FOR  GBNTt«Eil|EN 
*onlv.    Ho.  34Bast  20tbst 


HOTELS. 

THE  ROYAL  VICTORIA  hOtBL, 

NAB8AD,  BASAdA  IdLANUdu 
For  Alll  information  ipplr  to 

JAMtfS  LIOGERWOOD  fc  oa. 

Ha  758  Broadway.  Sew-Terk. 

*— — — ^— ■^— ■— — ^-^— — ^— ^^^ 

RAJLROADa; ^ 

PENNSYLVANIA   EAILROAD. 

GREAT  TRUNK.  laNE 

AND  UNITED  8TATB3  MAIL  ROOTB. 
Trains  leave  New-Vorc,  vii  Desbrosses  aal  )  Cort- 

landt  Streets  v'erries,  as  f nlowi: 

iixpress  tor  Harrisbnrg.  Pittsburg,  the  West  and 
South,  with  Pullman  raUca  Oats  attaohad,  8:30  A 
M.,  6aba8:3DP.  M.,  daily- 

For  Wiliiamsport,  Lock  Haven,  Carry,  and  Erie,  at 
8:80  P.  M.,  ciAineotlna;  at  Corry  for  Tttasville,  Petio- 
leum  Centre,  and  the  Oil  Bevlona.  For  Williams- 
port  and  Look  Haven.  8:30  A  M. 

For  Baltunire,  Washington,  and  the  South,  "Lim- 
ited Washinirton  Express"  of  Pullman  Parlor  Cars 
daily,  except  Sunday,  9:30  A  M-:  arrive  Wasfiiiie- 
ton4:lO  \r.  U.  Reicuiar  atd:40  A  M.,  1.  6,  sndd 
P  (d.    Sunday,  6  and  9  P.  M. 

ExpressforPiillailelpbla,  7:  30,8:30,  8:40.  (9:30  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4,  5,  6,  7.  8:3.1.  9  P.  M.,  and  12 
uirht.  ^unday,  8:3<)  A.  M..  6,  6.  7.  8:30,  and  9  P.  M. 
Emigrant  ann  second-class,  7  P.  M. 

Acrommndatlon  tor  Trenton.  7  .^.  >\(..  2  and  4]  10  P.  BL 

Fur  tr -ins  to  Newark.  BItzAheth.  Rahway.  Prlnoaton, 
I'renton.  Perth  Ambpy,  FlHmiugton.  Belvider'S  anl 
other  points,  see  local  schedules  at  all  rioket  Of- 
fice i. 

Trams  urrive:  Prom  Pittsburg.  6:20  and  10:30  A.  M., 
and  10:20  P.  M.  daily:  lOifll  A  M  an-l  6:50  P.  M. 
daily,  pxoent  Monday.  Prom  Wasblntetoa  and  Bal- 
timore, 6:30,  9:50  A  M..  4:10,  6:10.  and  lti;20  P.  SL 
Bniiilay  6:3a  9:50  A.  M.  Prom  Philadelphia,  5:05, 
6:20.  6:30,  9:50.  I0:ll».  11:50  A  U.  2:10,  4:10,  6:10. 
6:60  S:4i).  lUflO,  and  10:20  P.  M.  Sunday  6:05. 
6:20.  d.3U,  9:50,  11:50,  A  M.,  6t50,  10:10,  and  10:20 
P.  M. 
Ticket  Offlcesj  Hos.  626  and  944  Broadway,  Na  1 

Astor  House,  and  foot  of    Desbrosses  and   Cortlan.lt 

streets;      N'l.  4  Court  street,  Booklyo:     Nos.  114,  116, 

and  1 18  HuitsoQ  street.  Hoboken:    Depot.  Jeriey  City 

Kmigrsot  Ticket  Office,  Na  8  Battery  placs. 

FRANK  THOU8UH.  D.  M- BOYD,  Ja, 

General  ManaceE.  General  Passenger  Agent 


TO 


PHILADEliPillA 

via 


PENNSYLVANIA  RAILROAD. 

THB  OLD-BSTABLIBBED  ROUTE  AHD    SHORT    LIHB 

between 

MEW.VOl^   AND  ^fiULADEIiPBlA. 

14  Through  Trains  each  way  daily;     S  Depots  la  Phila- 
delphia. 2  m  Cew-York. 

4  Tracks,  the  most  Improved  Equipment  aad   the 
Fastest  Time  oonsisteut  with  absolute  safety. 

Bxpress  Trains  leave  New-York,  via  Desbrosses  and 

Cortlandt  .itreeis  Ferries,  as  follows: 
7:30.  8:30.  8;40,  (9:30  Limited,)  10:30  A  M..  1.4.  6.  8, 

7,  8:30.  9  P.  H..  and  12  Midnight    Sunday.   8.-30  A 

M.,  6,  6.  7,  8:80.  and  9  P.  M. 
Returning,  trains  leave  Phi  iiilelpbia  3:20,  3:80. '7,  7:30, 

8:30,  and  11  A.  M..  (Limited  Kzpress,   b85  P.   U.,) 

1:40.  4.  5:30,  7,  and  7:33  P.  M.,  and   IJJ  Midnight 

Op  Sondav,  3:20,  3:30,  7,  8:30  A.  M..  4,  7,  7: 36  P.  M., 

and  12  Midnight 

'Hcket  Offices,  Nog.  6?^  gnd  944  Broadway,  Hq.  1 
Astor  House,  and  foot  of  Oesbrbssea  and  Cortiabdt 
su.,  Na  4  Court  at.  Brooklyn;  Nob.  114,  116.  and  118 
Hudson  at,  Hobokpn;  Depot-  Jersey  City;.  Emlgranl 
Ticket  Office,  Na  8  Batterv  placei 

phank  thOmkoS.         '  '^   a  m.  botd,  Je.. 

General  ii^anager-  Goneral  Pasaenger  Asrant. 


NEW-YORK     CENTRAL    AND    HUDSON 
RIVER  RAILROAD commenoin?  Deo.  'j6;    1«^^ 

through  trains  will  leave  Grand  Central  Depot 

7: 1 5  ^.  U.,  Weatena  and  Rortbera  BxDrusa.  wlkta 
drawing-room  cara  to  Canauialgua. 

^:30  A  U.,  special  (/hicago  and  St  Louis  Kzorass. 
with   drawing-room  oars    to  Roobester  and    Buffalo. 
Also,  through  o»r  to  at.  Louis. 
11:00  A  M..  Nortu-rn  and  Western  RxDrass. 

8:HUP.  il.  special  Alb»ar.  Troy  aiii  Weatero  Ex- 

nrosB  arrives  at  Buffalo  7: 10  A.  M.  _ 

6:0(1  P.  «..  Kxprass.   wi»h  slertptnj  o»r»,   for  Water- 
to  wo  and  Canandals(U^    Alsofor   MoatraAl  via  PUtta- 
burib 
8:30P   IL.  Pactflo  Rxpreis,  daily,  with  aleeMBXoari. 

lor  Rocbeat-er.  Niagara  Palls.  BuSala  Oleveland.  in- 
dianapolis,  and  r.oui&ville.  Also  for  Ublcagow  via  botH 
T>-  ^  and  U.  C  Railroadli,  ana  td  Montreal  via  Sir  Al- 
bans. 

11:00  P.  M.,  Express,  with  sleeping  ears,  for  Albany 
and  Troy.     Way  cralne  as  per  local   Time  Tables. 

Tickets  tor  sale  at  Nos.  252,  -^61,  and  413  Bro^way, 
end  Ht  Westcott  Kxpress  Company's  officM.  Hos.  7 
Paj  k  place,  785  and  94'4  Broadway  Mew-York,  and 
833  Wsahiugtonat.   Brooklya 

O,  B.  MKEKBii.  General  Paeseneer  Agent 


ERIE  RAILWAY. 

Winter  Arrangemect  of  through  trains.  From  Cham- 
b»>rs  Street  Iiepor.     (For  23d  si.  see  note  tjelow.) 

9:00 A.  M.,  dailv,  except  Bundavs,  Cincinnati  and 
ChicasoDavExoreas.  Dfawingniom  coaches  to  Bofiala 

1<::45  A.  M.,  daily,  except  Sundays,  Express  Mail  ftir 
Bnffaio  and  the  West.    Hleeping  coach  to  Buff  ilo. 

7:00  P.  M..  dally.  Pacific  Kxptes?  to  the  West  Sleep- 
ing coaches  through  to  Bufblo,  Niagara  Falls.  Cincin- 
nati, and  Chicago  without  cbapga  Hotel  dioing- 
coaches  to  Chicago. 

7:UO  e.  M..  except  Sundays,  Western  Bmigrant  train. 

Atipve  trains  leave  Twenty-third  btreet  Ferry  s« 
8:45  and  10:15  A.  M..  and  6:45  P.  ML 

For  local  trains  see  time- cables  and  cards  in  hotels 
and  depots. 

JNO.  N.  ABBOTT.  General  Passengej  Agent 


NEW-YURK,    NBW-BaYE.N.    ANO    HART- 
FORD   RAILiROAD. 

After  Dea  10,  1876.  trains    leave  Grand  Centra'  De- 

rt(42dst)  for  New-Oaaoau  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M., 
4:40  P.  M.;  Uanbmy  and  Nor  walk  Railro^td  at  8:05 
A.  M..  I,  and  4:40  P.  M.;  Nauiatuok  Rallro.id  at  &06  A 
M..and  3  P.  M^  Uoiisaranlo  R«llroaa  at  8:U3  A  M., 
snd  3  P.  M.;  New-Haven  aud  Northampton  Railroad  at 
8:Ud  A.  M.,  and  3P.  U.;  tor  Newport  at  8:05  A  U.   (knd 

I  P.    M.;  Boston  and  Albany  Railroad    at  8:05   and 

II  A.  M..  3  and  9  P.  M.,  (9  P.  M.  op  Munday :)  Boatoo. 
(vl.^  ghore  Line,)  at  1  and  10 P.  M.,  (10  P.  Jo.  on  Bun- 
days.)  Boston  and  New-Vork  Air  Lina  8  A  H.,  1  and 
11:35  P.M. 

Way  trains  as  per  local  time-tables. 


LBBIQH  YALLEY  RAILKOAiP. 

ARBANQBMB^S'C       PASiiUNGBR  TRAllfS.       MS-  \. 

1877.  ' 

Laave  depots  foot  i^  Ootclaitdt  and  Debro«se<  st*..  at 

^:39  P.  M.— Night  E^fpress,  wU-.  for  l$»»tqn,  Bdthfe- 
hem.  Alienee wp,  MaiicK  C^unk,  wilksbarre.  Pittstoo, 
Bay  re,  Blmlra,^  Ithaca,  Auboro,  Boebester.  BfoftAlo, 
Miagiura  Falls,  and  the  West  Pullman's  siaepipg 
macbes  attached. 

Geuexal  Basiera  office  oaruar  Church  and  C«rtlandt 
■ta..  CHABLBS  Q.  OUM4IIHG3.  Ageat 

BuBfRT  H.  BAYRB.  Nnperlnt^Pdept  and  Bnginpet. 


WlcKlrailltltAf  LtLuAn  iMVVKTO  mjpt- 
POBiT,  B.T^PaUeBgte(f  Mt'  tkls  &m  t&e  BeW  a. 
|L  and  T  P.  H-  expEas*  ftswa  fteu  Gra<|A  Ccatral 
iMt.  gsniiaglb ^iilMlilLlL  AtVar 


£bi 


43IXT^BJMllin?S. 


MARTHA  WASHINGTON 

RECEPTION 

AlfP 

GARDEN  PARTY, 

IN  AIi>  OF  THB 

Poor  of  New- York, 

1TND8K  *HB  ACSFIOBS  OF 

ST.  JOHN'S  GUILD, 

ACADEMY  OF   MUSIC 

AMD 

NILSSON    HALt, 

FEBRUARY    22,   1877.; 

BenQtlftU  Floml  Displfty. 
Appropriate  DecorattoiUe 
Fourteen  Bowers*  RepresentUiff 

AMBRIOA* 

mrsBiA, 

GSAMAMY, 
FBAHOII.  BNGIaANV* 

UPAlhs 

JTAI.T. 
BRAZIL.  aBIBOB. 

vaaaioo, 

VOUKV  TBP»J(01f . 

AiBBqoA  AT  rai  wii4i:4. 

OYPST  OAMF. 

0N9  BimSMID  ItADISa  ATTIUO IV  OBAVAUnt- 
I8TI0  dOiTQKBS,  TYPIOAIi  OP  TBI  fUMPBOTITB 
BOWBBS. 

HENUIT  HE  LA  CQIIB 

under  the  direction  of  WILLIAM  6. 
DE  GARMQ,  to  be  danced  ftt  10  o'olock 
by  Ladies  and  Gentlemen  In  the  cos- 
tume of  i;«ouis  XIY.  ^d  Louis  J^l. 

AJTBB  WHICH 

fiminO  BJJbLKfTBE  ACIDEW 

AHD 

GARDEN   PARTY   IN  NILSSON   HALL 

ItlUSIO  BY  BB^NSTEIN»S  ORCHBSTAA 

AkP 
6BAFT7IiEiA>S    AND    DOWNZNG^S  BANDS. 

BDPPBB  FUBHISHBD  BY  BZPBBIEHOBD  CATBBBBB 
UHDBB  THB  FBBSOHAL  SUPBBVTSIOH  09  TQI  B3C> 
BITUTin  OOHIOTTBK. 

FOBEIOH  COH6ULB,  OFFIOBB9  07  THB  AKMT 
AHD  HAVT  AHD  0?  THB  BATXOBAL  OUABD  ABB 
RBQUB8TBD  TO  APPBAB  IH  UHIPOBIC 

LADIBB  AHD  OBHTLBMEH  ABB  COBOIALLT  XH^ 
VITBD  TO  APPBAB  TS,  THB  COSTUMB  OV  \V>^ 
TBABB  AGO. 

BHTIBB  HBT  FB00BBD8  OF  THB  BBOBFTIOH, 
SDFPBB,  AHD  BAT-BOOK  TO  VA  DBTOTBD  TO 
THI  FOOB. 

TICKETS  MAT  BB  HAD  AT  THB  OTTIXiD  BOOMS, 
KO.  42  BAST  UTH  ST..  OF  THB  HAHAGBBSu  ALSO, 
OF  TTBOH.  AT  THB  WIND80B,  OIUBT,  FIFTH  AVB- 
AUB,  AND  ST.  NICHOLAS  HOTBlS. 

Also,  at  «ba  ACADBMT  OF  MD8I0  THIS  BTBHXHO. 

Poors  open  at  8.    Hoilo  eommencei  at  8:30, 


A  FRONT  ANO  SECOND    ROW  BOX    FOR 
Martha   Washington   Reoeitloa  to-night    for  sale 
at  the  Thratre  Ticket  Office.  Fifth  Aranue  Hotel. 


iKV.VI  BROADWAY    TUUAriiB. 

Bro«<lwaT  and  soth  st. 

aBAHD   wA.salNOrON   BIBTHDAT 

MATIHhB  TO-DAY  AT  2, 

and  THIS  EVENING  at  8  o'elook, 

THB  PBO-VOUNCED  SDCCB88, 

OUR BOYS 

BOARS  OF   LAUGHTBB. 
POPULAK  PBICBS. 

Oroheitn  and  balci-ny  chairs ...tl  00 

Reserved  seats,  dress  circle.....................^       76 

Admission „ 50 

Galery 25 


I>ALT>8  FI<<T1I  AvENUB  THBA TRB. 

Proprietor  and  Manager Ms.  AUQDSTIH  DAL7 

WASHIHGTOH'S  BIRTHDAY,  (to-day.)  AT  3. 
BXTBA    "LBMONS"  MATIHE& 
MATIHBB   PRlCBB— Balcony  reserved.  Bl|    Orehea- 
trfi,  (1 60;  Family  Circle,  60  and  7b  cent*. 

A  LAUGH  FOB  BVKRTBODT. 

LEMONS 

Begins  ever;^  night  at  8.    Terminates  at  10: 80. 
LBMOHS  Matin4e  Saturday  at  3i  over  at  4i30.      " 


EAGLE  'TUEA'JPRE.     AIMBc'B  REAi'PBARANCB. 

TO-DAY,  two  perfprmanees.  Matinee  and  Byenlng. 

AIjilBE  positively  appears  at  both  performaaoes. 

AlMBBpusttively  sings  at  Matinee  to-day  In 

ITa TILLS  Dl$  4IME.  ANGOT.    

AIMBK  a?  CLAWBTTB 

Admiasion,  60  cents ;  reserved  seats,  60  cents  extrA 
-     ■   aIMBB  T-osltivelyappoar^iTONrGHT  In 
liA  jOLIB  PAEFLlMSD:JB. 

In  which  she  slags  "Pretty  as  a  Picture." 
TO-H0BR{)w;«oiT  perf  irmanco  of 
OIRL'FL'i-aiiiOFLA 
MOHDAT,  first  production  of  a  new  opesa,  wvlttea 
e^oresaiy  for  M'lle  AIMBe: 

U  SOPLAiSfaiiRB  A  D8S  BCpS. 


bTiB*Ll»a  ATTUACnON^   AT 

TBB  GREAT  NEWrYORK  A^IIABIDOI, 

Broadway  gpd  3p  b  st. 
HBW  VBATUBKal    NEW   ADDI  I'lOHS  It  Wonderfnl 
Bladder-nose  ceal.  only  One  eV^r  brought  allv*  to  tbls 
City.  18  Enormous  maa-eattng  Alligators,  16  feet  long. 

Lake  White  Mib,  onl v  ooea  ever  tfaoaportod  idiya^ 

Lamnre^a.  Living  Glass  Snakes,  Flving  l^oxes. 
Alt  Kinds  at  Water  Life  and  csiv^ties. 
Frpf.  BTARR'd  ABTOHlsHUv<}  BXB|BIt(ON.  Magfti- 

^Dg  B)lDUt«  aurine  objeota  to  lO.UOb  llmea  th^ir  nut* 

»ral  ilsa  Wr.  M.  0»RE4SD0S  and  hia  TumbleroulcoB. 
Alltfie   Marine   and  other  Wonders   and  Matvala. 
AFTBttNOON  XSlJ    BVBHiSO   CONCBftTS.     ' 
ADMI^SiqN  30  0BNT8:    CHILDRBH  HALF  PBIOB. 


CfiUCfiE RING  HALL. 

IHAUODBAL  BXBRCIBBS  OF  XHB 

BliBOTRO-iJIBOlOAL  OOLLBGE, 

Chartered  Xsj  Legislative  enaetment  1875. 
At  Chlckering  Hall.  THIS  DAY .  at  3  P.  M.;  doors  open 

Jt2:lS.    Addresses  bv  Hoa.  FRANK  FULLE&,  Pro!  A. 
.  tfTBgLBi  and  CHABLBS  STBAyss.  Esa.     Tlckeu, 
26q.,  at  )he  dppr.  W.  R.  CLARK,  Booretarr. 


VUICKBAINS  BALL.. 

THURSDAY  EVENIHG,  FEB.  22, 

GBABD  BALLAD  AHD  JDBILEB  COHCEBT 

bv  the 

-      FATIOHAL  BABLB  QUINTBT. 

In  aid  ot  Eoapitai  for  cure  of  Chronic  Digeaaea. 

Admiasion,  with  reserved  sent  50  cents.    Tickets  at 

Pond's,  Na  39  Union  square,  and  at  the  box  bffioa 


HJUULBR'S  WO.NDBR   THEATRE. 

EVERY  EVENING  AT  a 

The  Third  Programma 

Bvery thing  new  and 

more  wondeiTul  than  ever. 

BOBBRT  BBLLEB,  HISS  9ELLBB. 

Hatinties  Wednesdsiv  and  88tnrda.y  at  % 

Children  haif  piice  to  Matinees. 

BxtraMatln4e  WA.sHINGrON'S  BiRrHDAT. 

BBLL.br  i>IATiN£B 

TO-DAT  AT  3. 


LEOTURES. 

LBCTDRis^  ?0B 
•'OUR   NBIGH8URB00D.» 

OBABLIBB  OHAPEL.  68Ta  ST.,  NBAB  BTH  AV. 

ON  FBIUAY  JfVENIHQ,  Feb.  23,  8  P.  M., 

(InateaA  0^  Thursday  eTening.) 

The  CA'THaDBil.a  OF  BURDPR,   with   sterenptloon 

vlpSe,  by  Wof.  W.  a:  OOOPYUAA    Admisaloh  free,  by 

tickets,  to  ^taaa  at  Bocif  wood's  Photogtepbld  Galtery. 

yb.  17  ihildB  aftagh). £________^_____ 

f^OQf  #R,  UmpN  FREE  J^f CTUMSi  JtUR 

l^ilie  B«£ple  ttj  t>egrratljailat8p.M.8Al'Uji5>AY, 
Feb.  lAf.  The  lBOtw«  will  be  dtiiT^M'  »jjr  K.  A.  B. 
Crosby,  of  Hew-Vork  City,  on  the  "IInni«p  HauA" 
with  stereopticoa  views,  liokets  can  be  haa  grfttia'at 
the  offloe  of  the  Cooper  Union  and  at  D.  1^^  Voatnmd'a 

bookstore.  No.  28  Mom?  at  

A  S.  HBWITT,  Beeretary. 


VHB 


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fBV.  _ 
at  ike  0«nii 


9  jf^  LAVE  ur. 

;  B^^A%AKBK. 
0«nitffai  Gkwek,  TnrAT., 


>DOBB  WABBBH. 


!CaOB«DAI. 


At  a.f,^lL;^ 


MEfel 


AMusBMBiirra 


«;pw^.f5it¥g&at%K,H. 

_.,  ^JVS.  aiLMOBK,  Dlrooaor. 
fnUyaiftfaitottbeflnttimela  ttila(»Bk 

•  aaatata  ta  three  pswti. 


FBAFCIS  T.  S.  DABlSTTbsoT,  of 
«•  rBq>AT  BV^HIHO  aegt,  FOb^ 


PhfladstaM^ 
b,  'AS.  X«7, 


aoeompAoled  by 

OfmOmiPB  QBAHDOBChMTBA,  50  PBBFOBMEBa 

The  dtoriis  will  eonaiat  of 

^SiOVOlOBS. 

fla1agaa<  ftm  fha  Hew^York  Cbocal  Dates  ai|iA(k» 

ibnewlnc  artlstai 
lb%  QABBIB  BBOOKB-ODLAOSB,  Sopnao, 
Kxa.  It.  a  BLUOT.  Meato  Bomoa 
Mn.  Sk  SAMCKL  ATBRL  Alto. 
Mt.  WILLUK  OA8TLB,  Taoo*. 

Mr.  tSXaVPTS.  HOBST,  BarttOB*, 
Tofethor  wtth  other  artlata,  xtopreseating  the  aavini 
hrothan.  the  fly*  prtaats.  aad  the  pnaelitti 


oharaotera  In  the  work. 

TICKBT8,  tl ;   no  extra  ebwga  fbr  leaerred  eeatfc 
'blebeaaheaaottrad  atSHUBKBTH'S  maato  at««^ 
No.  28  ^00  square,  gad  «t  OHIUSBRIHG  BAU. 


NBW<.yORK  OBORAL  UNION. 

Y\HiU  BBHBAB8AL  WTTH  CHOEUS  AHD  0BG8BBTBA 

At  CHICKKRING  HALL, 

THIS  MOBMINQ.  a«  1 1  o'clock. 

Bvcry  awmber  is  yegncsted  to  be  preseoft, 

QBICIMtJUNG  liAl.1^.    TOxMOBBOW  BTlUIUf4< 

MALCaUA 

TI0KBT8.  tl.    GET  YOUR  SBATB  TO-DAX. 
Fo  axtta  ebaqw  Jbr  reseired  aeata. 

WALL.AOK.>ji.      ''        ~        "^"^ 

FroFrieto*  Mid  Wamtgae.  .!.>.»  M».  lbsteb  WAKLAOf 
9Byuin  fcocBss  ov  LBamuATB  oombsti 

THE  PBODDCTIOH 

WILD  OAT8 

AH  ABTIBTIO  TBIUMPB 

fOJt  BVBBYBOQY  CONORRVBD 

IN  ITS  BBPBBSBHTATION. 

TUs  Oreat  Oomedv  will  be  presented 

BVBBY  BVBNIHG  THIS  WBBK, 

also 

■ATDBDAT  MATIHBB, 

with  Its 

BXCBPTIO.VAL  OABT, 

looloding 

Ma,  HBSTBB  WALLACE •s.._„....BOTB» 

Mr.  JOHN  OILBBEf,  Mr.  RARBT  BBCKETT,  Mr.  B.' 
ABROTT,  Mr.  0.  A  STEVENSON,  Mr,  J.  w.  SHAHBOJi; 

?«.  B.  M.  HOLLAND,  Mr.  J.  W.  LBONABD,  Mr.  ajL 
DWIH,  Mlas  ROSE  WOOD,  Miaa  EPFIK  GbBjdOH.  aa? 

Mrs.  JOHB  tiKPTOR. 

The  next  of  the 

SBRISS  07  C0M8DT  RKPRBSBIITATIOMfl 

wUl  ha  ^Idamltb'a  famous  standard  work, 

BHB  STOOPS  1  O  OONQCBB, 

Which  Will  be  presented  OB 
MONDAY  UVEVING,  Feb.  26. 
With  the  aaine  oompieteDesa  that  has  charaetarlaad  aV 
formw  protlnctious  at  this   tiieatre.    The   east   viU. 
include 
Mr.  LB8TBB  WALIAOB aa TOITHG  MABLQWl 

ACADBiUY  OF  MU!«1C.  ABBOTE.' 
GRAND  ITALIAN  OPBBA 

Mft  DR  WFO  hai  the  booor  ti  anooaoo*  tbat  H,  X 
H.  THB  GRAND  DUKE  ALEXIS  AHD  SDITB  vlfl 
MUdat  at  tbe  d4bat  ef  Mlaa  KMMA 

ABBOTT. 

IH  GRAND  I        FRIDAY    BVBHUia 

ITALIAN  FEB.  28. 

OPERA.  AT  a 

and  SATDBDAt   ABBOTT  MATIN  BB. 

LA  PrOLIA  DEL  REQGIMKNTO. 

Miss    bMMA  ABBOTI  AS  MARIA 

Mmc    DB    GEBELE,    the    Marchloneas;    BBISlfOG^ 

Toaio    FB RUAHTLSnlpezio;   BAbLUi.  and  otbara. 

GBANS  CHORUd  aNO  oaCHKSTRA 

Under  the  direction  of  MAS  MARtiTZBK. 
Sale  of  seats  at  Aoadetny,   at   Scbirmer's,  Na  70L 
and  at  Na    111    Broadway;   at   Sohub  rth'a.    No.    2B 
Union    square,    and  on  and  after  W£DN  K:JiiAY  at  tba 
Academy  of  Music.         • 

~a^e5iSJFsucie5F"ofTaintbj55Tm* 

Water  Colors. 

TKHTHAHHUAL  EXHIBITIOH 

WILL  SOON  CLOSE. 

national  ACAOBAir  OF  DESIGN, 
Cerasr  vf  4tb  av.  and  2Sd  at. 

Open  dally  (Snndays  excepted)   from  9  AM.  aatD/ 

P.  M.,  and  from  7  until  10. 

PARK.  TtiEATRE.  Broadway  and  22d  st»' 

(CooTenient  to  all  tbevopnlar  lines  of  travel.) 
HENBYB.  abbey Lessee   and  Manages, 

Fourth  week  af  the  great  comely  mcces.)  of  the  sear 
aon.  Bver.y  evening  at  S.  speclti  Thursday  Matiu4f 
and  Saturday  at  2.  Mr.  L°onird  Graver's  brilliant  aa^ 
amusing  Amencaa  Comedy  in  four  acta,  entitled 

"OUR  boardTng  house." 

With  Meeoa  Stuart  Bobson,  W.  B.  Crana  W;  B.  Shetk 
d^  T.  B-  Moms,  a.  U  t  e^^.  U.  Btuait.  J-  W.  Carroll 
W.  J.  Cogawell.  Mrs.  A  F.  Baker,  Missies  Maud  Uarrv 
son,  Aliie  Dorrington.  Virginia  Buchanan,  Uluuie 
Doyle.  Meta  Bartlett  Roberta  NorwooA  "  It  ie  very 
well  Acted." — Ewmini]  Patt.  Reserved  seats  In  bat 
oocy,50  cents;  dress  ciro'.e,  $1 :  orchestra,  $1  50.  Ad. 
missloQ,  50  cents  and  $L  Boxes.  S8  and  $15.  Fret 
list  aosolutely  suspended. 

SPKGIAL  MATIN  aK  THURSDAY.  22d,  at  2  P.  M. 

8FECIAL  MATINEE  TU-UAY, 

OUR  BOARDiNG-HOU<E.  PARK  IHkaTRB. 
Beeerved  seats.  3l>c,  £1.  k  £1  .*>»;  admiastoo.  50a  fc$] 

DUN*r  YOU  WANl-  TO  TB  ^  TU-JAY, 

OUR  B0ABDING-H0U8B. 
ICATnntB,  PARK    rHBAi-KE.  TO-D.^T   AT  8  P.  M. 

BQUTJA'ei  I'tiliATHH.  UA riH4<  D A» 

"FIFTH  AVENUE." 

6EOB.C1B    RIGNOLO  as  tlia  Beco. 
ACTL 
Piotorea  the  8IHKIHG  OF  AH  Oi^AH  8TBAMEA 

ACT  it 
Plotoxea  BCBNBS  IH  WALL  6TRBBT. 

ACT  flL 
PiotareathoLAnNOHI.NG  OF  THB  MONITOR 

ACT  IV. 
Pietnxee  FUth  avenue  by  ni^ht.  and  the  WUBDBB  OF 
MB.  SCHUYLER,  the  banker.    A  thrilling  eoena 

A  ;t  V. 
Piottirea  the  return   of  the  gallant  BBVBHTH  BBOtt 
MBHr  aad  their  coufiict  with  the 

RIIITKR!^    OF    1883. 
^.*  SPECIAL  MATIN  KB  this  Washington*!   Birthday^ 

ttTBlNWAY\6Ai'L«  ESSIPOFf  MATiHB|^ 

MMB.  ANNETTE  E3SIPO PP. 

THIS  THUBSDAY.  FE&  22.  AT  2  P.  M. 

(Wneblngton's  >-lrthaay.) 

GRAND  SPBi  lAL  BSSIPOFF  MATINBB. 

When  Mme.  RSSIPOFP  win  pbiy. 
BBETB OVEN— O RAND  SONATAm  F  (piano  and  vtoUa^ 

Op.  24,  with  Mons.  Alfred  Vivien. 
MENDnLSSOUN,  Prelude  anl  Fugue  la  S  biIbok 
BABNDEL,  Gigne,  F  shaip  minor. 
SCARLATTI,  boaaU,  A  major. 
OHOPIN,   Maaurkas.  op.   33,  Na  S  and  Op.  80.  Ha  | 

Etude  (in  G  fist  m^orl. 
BAFP,  Grande  Valse,  u  mat  or, 

FRIDAY,  LAST  tSSTPOFP  HIGBT, 
SATURDAY,  FAaEWBLL  MATISKK  AT  9. 
Admission,  $1 1  rea^rv.'d  seats.  SI  50.    Sale  oT  seaii 
at  Stainway  Ball,  Sohuberth's  and  Na  111  Broadway. 


ACADEMF  OF  iMUmC.  AIM.B. 

GRaHD  ANHDAL  BENEFIT  OF  THB  FBBHCH  BBHBV. 

OLliST  StiCIBfY. 

8ATUBDAT  EVENI.VG,  Feb.  24,  first  perfonaasee  o| 
LE8  DRAGONS   DB    VlLLAhb, 
Opera  oomiqne  In  three  acts. 

MUe.   MAtvIE  AIMBB  AND  T110UF& 
A  mmdcai  interlude,  to  oommeiioe  with  the  oaa  aot 
6ome47,  l&  1||AR1  I>Aiii8  QD  OQTOS. 

Seats  and  boxes  at  Delmoaioo's  ta  Braver  at:    eebta- 
mei's   Na  70I  JBroadw^ay.  and  Hotel  Bmnswiek. 


MlBlitPe). 


NiBli<Pft 


ORANO  HOI.TDAT   MATIHEB, 
GRAND   BOLIDAT  MATIHBB, 

atSP.lL, 

at  S  F.M.  • 

WABHtKOTOWB    BIBTHDAT.  ^^ 

The  greatest  spectacle  ever  nreseated, 

ARPOND  THu;  WURLO. 

ABOUND  THE  WORLbi. 

GBAHD    BALLBr.  GRAMS  HABCBC 

GRAND  PBQCaSSION.  LIVB   KLBPHAHT.. 

Secure  seats  early  to  avoid  the  emsb. 

UKION  tiflUABK  TUEATUE. 

Proprietor. Mt  shbbidan  shoof 

Manager. .- Mr.  A.  II.  PALMB4 

tjhbqdivocal  success  of  the  danichbfps. 

The  most  effective  of  the  many  good  plays  pzodnoe/ 

at  the  Union  .^guare  Theatre— £p«ninf  fott. 

hOUSh  CROWDKD  AT  EVERY  RiSPRESENTAnoifc 

TODAY,  TWO  PERFORMANCES. 

APTBRSOON  AT  1:30;     bVBNING  AT  8. 

BATUBDAY  AT  1:.3U,  FUCRTK  MATINBB  OF 

THB  DAXIcHhPFS. 

GRAND  OPBBA-BOimB.  8TH  AV.  AND  280  S'F^ 

POOLB  A  DONNELLY Lesseea  and  Maoageaa 

TO-DAl.  TO-OAY.  TO-DAI. 

WASHIHGTOH'S  BIRTHDAY. 

GRAND  GALA  HOLtUAl    MATINEB. 

The  greatest  success  ever  known  to  Hew-Yorlt 

THE  TWO  ORPHANS. 

THE  TWO  ORPHANS. 

HEW   SOENEET,    COSTUMES,    APPOIHTMBNTS,    A«. 
D.VION  SQUARE  TUBATRR  CA-T.  j 


G&AND  8FABUING  AND  WUBSTi^lNG  BN« 
TERTAINAIENT. 

CBNTBAT,  PARK  GARDEN,  7TH  AV.  AH''  69TH  ST. 
THIS  (Thursday)  AFr>iUSOON,  at  2;   RVBNI.SG»t& 

Prol  MILLKB  and  j6h.v  DWYStt  • 

In  a  Grand  Glove  Contest  tor  a  silver  Cup. 
Grasoo- Roman  VPrestUug.  best  3  in  6.  between 
W.  1.  AUbTI^'v  and  J.   uE  LIO.V. 
Collar  and  Elbpw  ^\  restling,  and  other  Athletic  Sroftf. 
.    Adt^laaion.  attemoon,  26  cents;  erenlug,  50  oenta.  ' 


THIS  (Thnrsaav)   AFTKRNOON,  FEB.  28.  AT  8. 

GRaN^D    hXTRA    MATINEE. 

THIS  EVESING  AT  8  O'l  LJCK, 

A  TREM.^NDOCS  BNTEiti'AlNMBHT, 

FOUB  TROTTING  RACBc,       , 

MULE  BACK. 

LAiilBS'  FLAT  BACK, 

AND  OTH   B  ATTBAOTtOnL. 
BO  cents        .  -  A^misaiou —  -.30  eaata^ 

HAN  FRAMCISCU  iUlNtiT&ELii. 

First  week  vt  BymAn'raew  piaoe.    lOPBRA-HoDca 

OHB  HA8H  HCBimi^:         I      Broadway 
Aad  the  baab  oaa  he  tnraMHMr ,  I  and 

THE  tfBifBRAL  PDajiKfr^'-  Sdth  at- 

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LOCAL  MISCELLANY. 


,'  IN  itJSMOBT  OF  WASSINaTON.  ^ 
^SINSSS  TO  BS  OBNEBAIXT  SUSFENSED-^ 
A  W£]JCOME  WITH  SAI<UTBS  AND  THE 
BIMGIKO  OF  CHIMES— FAECAX>]£B,  SIN- 
NERS, BBGBPTIOMS,  AND  OIHEB  BNTEB- 
TAINME^I'M — THE  MABTHA  WASHINGTON 
TEA  PARTY  AND  BKOEPTION. 
^  The  145th  anoiveraarr  oi  the  birthday  of 
'Woabinston  will  be  obsorvad  to-flay  witb  aoaroely 
leM  oerempcy  than  that  witb  which  it  was  kept  in 
Pebroary.  1876,  the  Centennial  annireraarv  at  In- 
dependence. The  atreets  will  wear  an  nnntaal 
'week-day  aspect,  as  tbere  will  be  an  almost  total 
Buapenaion  of  ordinary  basiness.  and  the  majority 
or  citizens  will  tnca  themselyea  to  tbe  pleasure  ot 
snakioK  tbe  moat— and  it  ia  to  be  hoped 
hear — nae  of  the  brief  bonra  betwean 
dayliebt  and  midnight  in  rememberinK 
properly  and  aitzeeably  the  day  which  broaeht 
oae  most  revered  patriot,  soldier,  and  oitizea  into 
existence.  The  City  Hall  will  throw  out  tbat 
■vealth  of  hnnting  whicn  flods  tbe  breeze  without 
prfjudice  aa  readily  on  the  birtbday  of  Wasbinston 
M  on  St.  PatncK'a  day.  From  tbe  fortiflcationi  in 
tbe  barber  the  national  ensien  will  be  mn  op  and 
Bainted  with  rounda  of  ttauoderinK  cannon.  Tbere 
havQ^  been  no  prepiirations  foi  a  military 
parade  except  by  one  or  two  oreanizaiions. 
3>niios  tbe  moroinc  tbe  Seventy-first  Besimeoc 
iriil  be  reyieweo  at  UoIod  square.  The  rapidly  dis- 
apnearins  veterans  of  1812  will  assemble  in  the 
muroiog  and  parade  in  tbeir  old-fashioned  uniforms 
and  at  noon  will  have  a  dinner  at  the  Sturteyant 

HoaB~e.  The  bantcs,  exchanees,  and  public  offices. 
Witb.  tbe  exception  perhaps  ol  thfi  County  Clerk's 
OflBoe.  the  office  of  tbe  Clerk  of  tne  Court  of  Com- 
Don  Pleas,  and  the  Sheriff's  Office,  ^irill  be  cloned. 
Tbe  Post  Office  wlU.  close  for  both  foreign  and  do- 
mestic mails  at  10^.  VL,  and  tbe  Custom-boose, 
which  18  to  De  epened  at  9  A.  M.  tor  tbe  vntry  and 
clearance  of  vessels,  will  close  at  10  o'clock.  The 
chimes  of  Sr.  Thomas',  Grace,  and  Trinity  churches 
'Will  annoiiDce  ibe  holiday  witb  protnammes  of 
patriotio  and  old-nme  musio. 

At  nuon  Mr.  James  £.  A.yliffe  and  Mr.  Thirlual 
will  perform  a  vaned  programme  on  the  Trinity 
CX'arob  chimes. 

^"he  stanents  of  Eastman's  College,  at  PooEh- 
kee^odie,  will  come  to  tbis  Guy  oy  a  special  train  at 
D:3U,A.  M..  and  spend  (be  day  in  saeiog  and  dining 
ana  tramping. 

Tbe    Order  of  TTnlted   American    Sfeohanlcs   will 

bold  a  ceJebratiun  at  tha  Cooper  luaUtate  atl 
o'clock.. 

At  2:1^  P.  M.  there  will  be  an  entertainment  at 
Bt.  Jouu''s  College,  Fordhatn,  by  tbe  St.  John's  Col- 
lege Dramatic  Association,  for  tbe  benefit  of  the 
Bt.  VinceuDde  Fdul  ConfereDCe,  of  Eordoam.  At 
3  o'clock  the  inaagural  exarotsea  of  the  Elescro 
Aleuical  College  will  be  held  in  Cbiokerlng  Hall, 
iFifth  avenues  Besides  celebrating  tbe  one  bun- 
died  ana  foriy-flftb  anniversary  of  the  birthday  of 
"Wasbingtou,  the  sixty-flfin  anniversary  of  tbe  birth 
of  roe  lOQuder  and  President  of  the  college  will  be 
observed.  Tbe  annual  recepaon  of  ine  Seventy- 
first  Kegiment,  N.  G.  S.  N.  T.,  will  be  held  at  the 
armory,  Broaaway  and  Tblrty-fittb  street^  In  tbe 
Bvenmii. 

Tht)  Veteran  Association  of  the  Eighth  Regiment, 
CWashinucon  Greys,)  N.  T.  S.  N.  G.,  will  meet  in 
tbe  evouing  at  tbe  regimental  armory,  No.  326  West 
Twenty-third  street.  • 

There  will  be  a  patriotio  celebiation  in  the 
Eleventh  Ward  Boys'  Lodjdng-house,  No.  700  East 
3!^lev»aib  street.  An  aadiess  will  oe  delivered  by 
Hon,  John  K.  Brady,  Judee  of  tbe  Supreme  Court; 
tbere  will  he  patriotic  Bones  and  recitations  by  tbe 
boys.  Judge  Hooper  C.  Van  Vorst  will  preside, 
and  the  exerciser  will  beion  at  7:45  o'clock. 

Tbe  annual  celebration  of  Wabbiozton's  Birthday 
by  tbe  siuilenis  of  the  Cooper  Union  will  take 
place  in  the  HaU  of  the  Union  at  8  o'clock  this 
evening,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Pizigerald  Tis- 
d«l,  Fb.  1>. 

At  the  Macdongal  Street  Baptist  Chnreh  there 
will  be  a  fair  anu  festival  during  tbe  afternoon  and 
evening. 

A  lecture  on  "  Commnnipaw  and  Vicinity  in  the 
Olueu  lime  "  will  be  delivered  by  Hon.  Charles  H- 
Wiufleld,  in  the  rooms  of  tbe  Topitfl;  Men's  Christian 
Assuuiaiiun,  Greenville.  ** 

CL'ne  tuirty-iuird  anniversary  of  the  Brooklyn  In- 
■titute  will  taae  place  In  the  bail  of  tbe  insiitate  at 
B  u'cluck  thlM  evening.  Ttie  annual  report  will  be 
read  by  Mr.  Jesse  C  timuo,  tbe  Vice  President ;  an 
oration  will  be  delivereu  by  Sev.  Josepn  T.  Doryea, 
p.  D.,  auu  the  prizes  will  be  dlsitiDuted  by  Pref. 
V.  X.  L.  Boy.e,  K.  A.  J>. 

TH£  UABTHi.  WASHINGTON  BECBPTION. 
Tne  preparation  for  the  reception  at  the  Academy 
of  ^usic  dod  at  NiisAon  Mali,  tor  the  bensht  of  St. 
John's  Guild,  promises  to  be  a  samptnous  saocesa. 
The  cuStumes  are  said  to  be  exceedingly  rico,  the 
decuraiioiia  and  aopointmencs  have  been  prepared 
with  a  la  visa  band,  the  number  of  boxes  and  ad- 
mission tickets  aisposed  of  assure  the  bnancial  sao- 
eea»  of  the  affair,  and  the  list  of  distinguished 
gucacs  wno  will  booor  tbe  ball  by  their 
preoence  will  be  large.  Among  those  who  will 
linu  oubtealy  be  present  are  the  Kussian  Grand  Dukes 
^iexis  and  Cunstaotine  and  tneir  suites.  Commo- 
Ciiiei  ^'icholson,  Gen.  Uanoock  and  stafi!,  Gen. 
Bnaier  and  svaSL  ex-Presidedt  Lerdo,  of  Mexico, 
Mayur  ICiy,  and  a  l^^rt^e  number  of  officers  ox  the 
Uuiied  btai^s  Army  and  Nayy,  and  a  number  of 
pri/minent  members  ot  Congress.  During  tbe  even- 
tasi  toe  combineu  bends  of  Gratuila,  Downing,  and 
\circstein  will  play  tne  £uasiau  national  hymn. 

IRE  DEATH  OF  KATY  BEIDEL. 

tlPNTlN CATION  OF  THE  INQUEST — NOTHING 
OF  IMPORTANCE  BLICITED — FURTHKB 
TESTIMOi^Y  BT  WILLIAM  WKLDSPIEL. 
The  inquest  to  determine  the  manner  af  the 
0eatb  of  K<tty  Keidei,  was  continued  last  evening  In 
tbe  Police  station  at  Stapleton,  Staien  Liland.  Tbe 
fotber  of  tbe  dead  girl  did  not  appear,  as 
it  was  expected  be  would.  During  tbe  pro- 
ceedings a  telegram  was  received  by  Cor- 
oner Demps:!ys  announcing  tbat  he  wonid 
arrive  on  Staien  Island  early  this  morning. 
Louis  Hansen,  an  elderly  gentleman,  was  tbe  first 
witness  examined,  "^e  testified  tbat  he  lived  at  N'o. 
}44  Tbiriy-aeoond  street,  ^ew-Yurk,  and  was  a 
Boraoageut,  that  ia,  he  provides  famiies  with  nurses; 
Btf'  knew  £ary  iteidel,  having  met  her  for  tbe  first 
time  in  1874;  she  then  told  him  she  bad 
come  from  Pennsylvania  where  her  child  bad  re- 
cently died  at  tbe  age  of  two  months  ;  he  too&  ber 
to  his  home,  and  after  three  days  procured 
ber  a  situation  witb  a  Mrs.  Bosepbury, 
»t  No.  44  St.  Mark's  place ;  she  viaitod 
witness  a  second  time  on  Dea  30,  1875;  she 
gave  ber  name  as  Catharine  Weldspiel;  she  also 
jBtated  she  was  married,  and  tbat  ber  maiden  name 
jvas  Beidel ;  tne  second  ;ime  she  called  she  carried 
»  bov  baoy,  seven  weeks  old,  in  ber  arms  ;  she  then 
paid  if  ber  husband  could  get  work  she  would 
SOD  take  a  sitiution  ;  she  iett  witness'  house  and 
lie  aid  nor  hear  or  ner  again  until  May  S,  1876 ;  on 
tbat  date  he  procurea  uer  a  situation  aa  a  wec-uurse; 
»  man  represeutiog  bimaeif  as  ber  tausuanu 
called  at  witness'  office  several  times  and 
aakedlorber;  sue  told  wltneaa  toat  her  nusband 
W4ri  a  good  man,  but  jealous,  and  coutinnally  loulced 
alter  her  in  her  vai'iu«is  situations;  witness  reiused 
■  to  allow  her  to  take  a  situation  in  West  Houston 
street,  Decd.ase  of  tne  coaraocer  of  the  street.  Wit- 
ness uere  lecoguiaed  Weldspeil  as  the  man  wno 
caueu  at  bh>  uuiue,  and  represented  bimaelf  aa 
ILity's  husuano. 

Junu  A..  Vandam  and  WllUam  J.  Wnite.  two 
youths  resicUog  in  New-Bnghton,  testihed  tbat 
•but'ly  buiure  1  u'cleek  ou  ine  moiniug  ul  bonday, 
f  eh.  11,  they  met  a  large  man  op  Central  avenue, 
sear  ui  ihe  oia  Qaaran ane  Ground ;  be  appeared 
to  Uiem  suddeiU>,  iruin  b«0uid  a  larne  tree, 
and  sauntered  slowly,  keeping  bis  lace 
turned  from  them  until  tney  passed  him ;  then  be 
Autciveued  or  leaaeued  hia  pave  lu  accuioance  with 
toeirs.  Keeping  ciuse  beuiua  tuem  a*  ii  desirous  to 
hear  their  ecu  vernation  j  in  this  way  he  tollowea 
tnem  to  tneu  uomes. 

William  Weidsuiel,  being  recalled,  indignantly 
denied  mat  be  aecoyea  Kacy  away  ir'tm  Boston 
and  toat  be  paid  ber  board  while  be  Iett  bis  family 
to  lUe  cnarity  vt  strangers.  In  reapoute  to  a 
ooeaii^n  trom  the  Coroner,  ne  said  : 
"luid  wiiatl  could  for  Eaty,  and  she  helped  mu 
and  oiy  family  wnen  we  were  in  want;  wnen  she 
iu.d  ber  oauy  lu  New-Turlc  1  helped  her  j  I  gjve  her 
some  money,  ana  I  told  people  suf  vas  my  wite ;  I 
did  It  l>ecauae  sue  asked  mo  and  aaid  it  would  uelp 
her ;  1  would  do  it  again— I  would  give  my  lite 
it  Katy  coulii  be  made  ati<e  now."  In  respouae  to 
the  qijeauuua  of  a  juryman,  be  ezpiained  bow  be 
(first  luoit  an  intetesc  lu  tue  girl,  bue  aided  bis 
wile  lu  ner  boas'eoold  affairs  and  he  paid  her,  and 
,wueu  Mrs.  Weldspiel  went  to  Germauy  be  paid 
Katv's  passage,  so  tnat  she  o<-uid  be 
a  couipaniou  to  nia  wite;  £aty  auci  her  family  bad 
some  Lroubie  auu  she  relu*ea  to  live  at  uome,  and 
toua  r^iage  m  Weldapiei's  family;  be  sent  her 
oume  several  times,  but  finally  ahe  left  ner  parents 
and  iwok  a  aituaifon  lu  a  notel  at  Cbenyiuwn, 
Ma^.  i  Weidsuiox  visited  her  tbere,  and  trieu  to  in- 
duce ber  lu  tetarn  nume,  aa  be  tbuugnt  ber  place 
Was  not  a  fit  one  lor  a  yoimg,  impulsive,  and  coufid- 
lni£  girl-  O-i  ber  returu  to  iMiaiOn  ne  nelped  ner 
wub  such  amall  aums  oi  m./ny  as  be  could  spare,  in 
order  that  see  mi^ni  live  re8k.ectaoiy 
nniu  she  could  piocure  a  sutiation, 
as  she  was  oeierminea  nut  to  live  among 
"tnoae  loarers,"  aa  she  termed  ber  lamiiy. 
Kaiy  bad  not  visited  Mrs.  Weiusp.ei  in  New-York 
witniu  two  years,  be  said,  because  she  did  not  want 
her  M  Know  that  sue  bad  a  second  tune  become  a 
jDOlber  without  ueing  married. 

Ibe  luqueat  Was  here  adjourned  nntll  this  morn- 
ing at  10  o'c.ock,  when  it  will  be  resumed  in  the 
suiiage  t«aii  ot  New-Bnghton,  Staten  Island. 

LOW  CABLE  TOLLS. 
At.  CyroB  Field  said  to  a  TncM  reporter  yes- 
terday tbat  the  Cable  Company  have  under  eonsid- 
eration  a  proposal  to  reduoe  the  cable  lolla  to  the 
nneral  poblio  to  the  rate  of  25  cents,  gold,  ner  word. 
Pl^BMiaJiy,  he  waa  in  Uvor  of  trying  the  reduced 


a  fair  pio&t  upon  tbe  amonnt  of  money  invested, 
he  would  make  a  pablio  itatrment  of  the  percent- 
age of  profit  derived  from  tbe  various  tanffa  of 
the  past  U  years,  and  raise  tbe  tolls  thereafer  to  a 

Saying  basis.    He  believed  tbat  the   proposed  re- 
action will  he  favorably  considered,  and  that  the 
redaoed  tariff  will  go  into  effect  before  long. 

ZNaZTBANOB!  MIHN  I2i  TBOUBLE. 
THE  PEE6IDBNT8  OF  THE  NATIONAL  CAPI- 
TOL AND  NEW-JEBSEY  MUTUAL  LIEE 
INStTBANCE  COMPANIES  TO  BE  CRIMI- 
NALLY PROSECDXED — THE  CABE  OF  THE 
CONTINKNrAL. 

The  New-Jersey  Secretary  of  State,  Henry 
C.  Kelsey,  has  instigated  criminal  proceedings 
against  J.  H.  Stedwell.  President  of  tbe  defunct 
New-Jersey  Mutual  Life  Insoranea  Company,  of 
Neweark,  and  Benjamin  Noves,  President  of  the  so- 
called  National  Capitol  Life  Insurance  Company, 
to  whom  Stedwell  transferred  all  the  assets  of  the 
Newark  company.  The  ground  of  tbe  proceeding 
is  for  conspiracy  to  defraud  the  policy-holders,  and 
Stedwell  is  to  be  held  also  for  perjury,  in  baying 
swom  falsely  in  bis  annual  statement  of 
the  condition  ol  bis  company^,  filed  in 
the  Secretary  of  Stale's  office.  The  complaints 
were  mike  before  Justice  Jeasup,  in  Newark,  and 
officers  were  at  oooe  nent  to  this  City  to  get  a  re- 
quisition from  Gov.  'Robinson  for  the  apprehension 
••f  the  accused.  The  officials  experienced  some  de- 
lay in  securing  the  needed  papers  in  Albany,  but 
hey  have  oeen  secured.  Mr.  Kelsey  pxpeoted  that 
the  two  Presideots  would  be  airested  yesterday, 
and  tbat  the  prisoners  would  arrive  in  Newark  last 
evening.  Up  to  10  o'clock  noretorn  had  oeen  made 
to  the  warrai.ta.  It  ia  learned  from  other  sources 
tbat  Stedwell  and  Noyes  were  seeo  in  tbe  act  of 
ieavlDg  this  City  two  or  three  days  ago.  Itissas- 
peoted  tbat  they  got  wind  of  Mr.  Eelsey's  deaigns, 
and  are  in  concealment  somewhere. 

So  far  as  could  be  learned  ye.-)terday  no  farther 
negotiations  have  taken  place  between  ex-Gov. 
Parker,  the  Receiver  ot  the  New-Jersev  Mutual, 
and  Benjamio  Noyes,  President  ot  the  National 
Capitol,  loolcing  to  the  transfer  of  tbe  assets  of  tbe 
former  company  to  the  onsrody  of  the  Rece.ver. 

It  is  nnderntood  that  Mrs.  Juliet  D.  T.  Broat.  the 
wife  of  Luther  W.  Froat,  has  communicatee  with 
the  Becoiver  of  the  Contioeutal,  and  requeats  tbat 
the  papers  in  tbe  suit  agiiiust  her  husband  lie 
served  upon  her  counsel. 

An  oraer  was  yesterday  obtained  from  Jns- 
tice  Gilbert  by  Coadert  Brothers,  counsel  tor 
Wlliiani  B.  Grace,  Beoeiver  of  tbe  Conunental 
Life  Inmranoe  Company,  to  William  Fnll»rton.  of 
counsel  tor  .Tohn  J.  Anderson,  directing  hiui  to 
band  over  to  i  he  petitioner  tbe  1103,000  of  bonds 
and  nibrtgages  which  he  received  from  tbe 
New-Jersey  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Compauy  as 
a  settlement  of  tbf>  suit  instituted  for  tneir 
reoovery.  These  bonds  and  mortgages  are 
a  portion  ot  iho  $314,000  tranaferred  to  tbe  New- 
Jersey  Company  in  coosideratioD  ot  tbe  reinsurance 
of  tne  risks  of  the  ConiiueDtal. 


AN  OLD  Mii>hh?S  SECRET. 

AN  AGED  MAN  ARRESTED  ON  SUSPICION  OP 
HAVING  MURDKRED  HIS  SISTER— WHAT 
A  SEARCEI  OF  HIS  MISERABLE  ABODE 
REVEALED — THE  OLD  MAN'S  ECCEN- 
TRICITIES— HIS  sister's  MYSTERIOUS 
DISAPPEARANCE. 

•Police  Uapt  McCullagh,  of  the  Fifteenth 
Precinct,  was  called  upon  Tuesday  morning  to  make 
an  investigation  into  a  singular  case.  Michael  Boy- 
Ian,  a  native  of  the  west  of  Ireland,  bowed  down 
with  age  and  entering  npon  "  second  childishness," 
has  been  suspected  for  some  time  by  the  people  of 
big  immediate  neighborhood  of  having  secretly 
murdered  his  aged  sister.  He  had  occupied  two 
apartment*  in  a  house  belonging  to  Sheriff  BeiUy, 
situated  on  the  north-east  corner  of  Tbirieenlh 
street  and  First  avenue  for  over  15  years,  and  until 
last  April  bis  widowed  sister,  Katharine  Gilligao, 
had  lived  witb  him.  About  that  time  she  disap- 
peared, and  nothing  h»8  been  seen  or 
heard  of  her  since.  Michael,  vho  is  well 
known  as  "  eld  Mickey  Boylan  "  in  the 
neighborhood,  and  who  has  been  frequently 
ridicnled  and  trade  a  butt  for  jokes,  has  always  an- 
swered when  questioned  in  regard  to  the  where- 
abouts of  bis  sister,  tbat  she  had  entered  tbe  ser- 
vice of  a  family  up  town  as  a  cook ;  that  he  bad  for- 
gotten tbe  street  In  which  the  family  resided,  and 
that  be  supposed  she  kept  away  from  bim  because 
as  she  had  often  said,  she  didn't  want  bim  to  follow 
her.  This  explanation  ot  tbe  woman's  disappear- 
ance was  received  for  a  while,  t^ut  latterly  grave 
misgivings  have  been  aroused  as  to  what  has  be- 
come of  ber.  Adjoining  the  rooms  of  Michael,  on 
the  same  floor,  bis  brotber  Thomas  Boylan  and  bis 
wife,  also  an  aged  couple,  occapy  apartments.  Dnr- 
ing  the  past  few  months  tbev  bave  become  uneasy 
on  account  of  tbe  prolonged  absence  of  their  rela- 
tive and  are  very  anxious  to  clear  up  th^  mystery 
of  her  disappearance.  Michael  is  believed  by  some 
to  be  insane,  although  it  is  stoutly  maintained  by 
others,  Capt.  McCullagh  among  the  number,  that 
be  ia  only  very  far  gone  in  his  dotage.  Ha  u  a  man 
about  five  feet  four  inches  high,  white  haired,  with 
a  wrinKled  and  colorless  face,  stoops  as  be  walks, 
wears  dark  clothing,  raeeed  and  dirty,  and  a  white 
hat.  He  is  apparently  75  years  old,  although  he  says 
that  he  is  only  60.  Aa  a  proof  of  his  partial  in- 
sanity, the  fact  is  cited  tbat  he  tells  people  that  be 
owns  a  large  amount  of  real  estate  tbat  is  known  to 
belong  to  others,  and  that  he  also  cherishes  a  deln- 
sion  tbat  Jefferson  Davis  will  be  one  day 
President  of  tbe  United  States.  He  was,  ac- 
cording to  bis  own  story,  a  soldier  in 
the  Confederate  army,  and  Dayis  wa»  his  great 
&iend.  Sheriff  Reilly's  house,  in  which  be  lives,  be 
says,  is  bis  property.  He  has  paid  no  rent  for 
about  six  months,  and  recently  gave  tbe  Sheriff  no- 
tice to  eject  all  bis  tenants  and  give.him  the  right- 
ful posseeaion  of  tbe  property.  The  Fifth  Avenue 
Hotel,  he  says,  also  belongs  to  him,  and  he  has  been 
waiting  for  some  time  for  a  good  opportunity  to 
sell  it  to  advantage.  His  chief  employment  for 
years  has  been  tbe  care  ot  furnaces  in  tbe  man- 
sions  of  aome  rich  people  la  the  Citv,  ana  he  baa 
also  been  always  ready  to  earn  a  quarter  foranv 
odd  ^ob  tbat  fell  In  bis  way.  Hia  missing  sister  did 
chores  and  washed  clotnes  for  a  living,  and  the 
pair,  up  to  the  time  of  her  diaappearance,  ate  to- 
gether and  slept  m  their  wretched  quarters. 

'When  Capt.  McCnllsgh  began  bis  ioqcury  on 
Tueadav  be  was  forced  to  break  open  the  door  ol 
Micnael's  rooms,  as  they  were  trebly  secured  with 
an  ordmary  locK,  a  padlock,  and  cross-bars.  The 
spectacle  which  presented  itself  was  uninviting. 
The  room  was  dirty,  everything  was  covered  with 
dust,  and  the  Captain  was  obliged  to  poll 
off  his  coat  and  roll  up  bis  aieeves  be- 
fore he  began  his  search  for  the  remains 
of  the  missing  woman,  which,  it  was  s  ppoaed. 
might  be  couceialed  on  tbe  premises.  Michael,  who 
had  been  arouaed  from  sleep  on  the  floor,  looked  on 
dazed  and  bcipless,  as  the  officer  and  bis  assist- 
ant carefally  examine<l  every  trunk,  box,  and  nook 
and  comet  in  tbe  place.  Oue  of  the  rooms  ia  abouu 
12  feet  long  and  10  feet  wide,  and  tbe  nthe;- 
6  foot  wide  and  10  feet  long.  Around 
the  stove  were  piled  pots,  pans,  and 
kettles,  boxes,  and  a  lot  of  old  trumpery  and 
inflammaDle  material.  Four  cigar  boxes  were 
found  filled  with  Contederate  notes,  amuaniiogon 
their  face  to  over  i2').000.  Thi*  "money,"  oid 
Michael  afterward  exolained,  he  had  bought  dur- 
ing the  war,  with  greenbacks,  and  he  expecia  when 
Bayis  is  declaied  President  thiti  be  will 
receive  all  that  tbe  bills  promise  to  pay.  A  strdw 
bed,  devoia  ot  bed  clothiag,  was  spread  on  a  rude 
wooden  oedaiead,  and  in  boxes  were  lound  plenty 
of  blankets  and  comforters.  Boxes  well  filled  wiib 
law  books  and  standard  literarv  works,  a  g,.n 
and  two  old  pistols  were  louud,  and.  among 
a  lot  of  Old  trumpery,  several  wom- 
oat  women's  dresses  and  a  shawl,  auppoaed  to  be- 
long to  Michael's  sister,  were  discovered.  In  one 
corner  a  cooying-preas  was  tonnd  so  tightly 
screwed  down  that  it  seemed  impuosible  that  any- 
tliibg  coald  be  beld  between  tne  plates.  It  was 
unscrewed,  and  three  bank-books,  wrappea  in  a 
newspaper,  belonging,  as  was  shown  bv  the  eatries, 
to  Michael's  missing  sister,  were  brougat  to  light. 
The  amount  of  Katharine's  savinga,  as  cevealed  by 
tbe  bank  booka,  amounted  to  i3,00U,  tbe  money  be- 
ing deposited  in  cbe  care  of  tbe  uhiUjIIIs  Aicb bishop 
of  the  Diocese  of  New-York  and  in  the  Bleecker 
Street  Savings  Bank.  The  officers,  alter  further 
diligent  search,  tailed  to  find  any  ocber  truces  of 
the  missing  woman.  Michael  was  taken  to 
tbe  .  Seventeenth  Precinct  Police  Station,  and 
his  brother  made  a  complaint  against  bim,  thu 
uotect  of  tbe  proceeding  being  to  force  tbe  old  man 
to  tell  what  be  might  know  ot  bis  sister's  diaap- 
pearanco.  Before  he  was  locked  up  ho 
was  searched,  and  $99  50  were  foond  sewed 
up  in  bis  >  clothing.  The  raonev  was  in 
new  currency  and  bills,  chiefly  tbe  latter. 
Capt.  McCullagh  coaxed  and  tbreatened  him  al- 
ternately in  oraer  to  get  from  him  the  secret  of  his 
slater's  whereabouts,  but  without  success. 
Ho  was  accu.Hed  of  having  murdered  the 
woman,  and  cut  up  and  destroyed  ber  body 
to  conceal  bis  crime.  The  old  man,  tailing  on  his 
knees  and  praying,  avowed  his  ionocence.  lie  was 
taken  yesterday  murning  before  Justice  Murray  at 
the  Essex  Market  Police  Court,  auo,  after  examina- 
tion by  a  phvsician,  wbo  pronoancfd  him  to  oo  of 
weak  mtelloot  but  harmless.  w<s  consigned  lo  the 
cnre  ot  a  I'emala  relative  lesiding  on  the  east  side. 
Meanwhile  no  tidings  have  beeif?eceived  of  his  sister 
and  people  who  have  known  the  pair  ror  yeara  are 
sail  strongly  inclined  to  the  belief  that  he  could 
tell  the  story  of  ber  disappearance  if  he  would,  and 
their  suspicions  are  streugthened  by  the  fact  tnat 
she  bad  said  repeatedly  in  pabiio  that  he  would 
some  day  kill  her.  Capt.  MoCoUagh  is  of  the  opin- 
ion that  the  woman  has  met  with  death  by  accident 
in  some  nnknovm  way.  As  she  was  a  woman  over 
SO   years    of  age,    and    rather    weak-minded,    his 

theory  seems  probable. 

RKOmVEB  FOB  A  MJ.OMISB  OOMPANT. 

Aseemblyman  Griggs  yesterday  applied  to 
Chancellor  Bnnyon,  at  Trenton.  N.  J.^  for  a  tem- 
porary injunction  and  tbe  appointment  of  a  Be- 


pany  in  Paterson.  Tbe  oonoem  waa  one  of  tha 
largest  machine  oomoaoiaa  m  tbe  OQuntrr.  Mr. 
Josqib  0.  Todd  is  the  anplTlng  oraditor.  Ee  owns 
over  n0O,OOO  worth  of  stock,  and  holda  a  mortgago 
fbr  flSO.OOO  whloh  is  now  in  process  of  foreolotare. 
Tbe  Chancellor  granted  the  temporary  inJaootiOD, 
and  made  the  rule  to  show  eaoae  why  a  Receiver 
sboold  not  be  appointed  returnable  next  Tuesday 
morning  at  10  o'closk. 

ANOTREB  BATCH  OF  NEW  DOCTOBS. 

COMMENCEMENT  EXERCISES  OF  BBLLEVUS 
HOSPITAL  MEDICAL  COLLKGB — ^DEGREES 
CONFERRED — THE     QRADUATINO    CLASS. 

The  exercises  attending  the  sixteenth  annual 
Commencement  of  tbe  Bellevue  Medical  College 
Hospital,  held  yesterday  afternoon  at  the  Academy 
of  Music,  attracted  <\  large  andience.  The  stage 
was  occupied  by  tb»  Faculty  of  the  college,  a  large 
body  of  tbe  repr<"-^en"latiyo  pby8i.:iana  of  the  City. 
Prof.  Saoc.  or  swit«M-ijmd,  Bev.  Alfred  B.  B.  Beach, 
D.  D.,  Chaplain' or  the  college,  and  Bev.  Dr.  Mo- 
Cosh,  President  ot  Princeton  College,  who  deliv- 
ered an  address  to  the  graduates.  The  aeala  imme- 
diately behind  tbe  orchestra  were  appropriated  to 
the  uae  of  tbe  graduating  class,  which  numbered 
147.  Tbe  rest  of  the  building  from  pit  to  dome 
was  occupied  by  the  friends  of  the  young  gentle- 
men who  were  to  receive  diplomas.  Tbe  class, 
besides  having  representatives  from  nearly 
all  of  the  States  of  tbe  Union,  also  in- 
cluded students  from  Cnba,  '  Central  Ameri- 
ca, Canada,  New-Bruaswicx,  '  Australia,  and, 
as  Dr.  McCosb  said  in  his  address,  from 
"nearly  all  oyer  the  world."    After  a  prayer  by 

Rev.  Dr.  Beach,  the  degrees  were  conferred  by  Dp. 
Isaac  £.  Taylor,  President  of  tbe  Faculty;  Tbe 
following  prizes  were  then  awarded  :  For  the  best 
clinic  report,  $.'J0,  George  Mingtea ;  for  the  best  ex- 
amination iu  obstetrioi,  $50  was  equally  divided 
between  H.  W.  Rand  and  B.  M.  Dlsbrow ;  for  best 
examination  in  pbyslologv,  $50,  George  S.  Conant: 
and  for  tbe  best  essay  on  psychology,  t50,  wais 
awardsdto  A.  B.  Bobinson.  In  his  address  to  the 
graduates.  Dr.  McCosh  congratulated  them  on 
having  chosen  "  about  the  highest  of  all  profea- 
sions."  No  one,  he  said,  sees  so  much  ot  human 
nalore  as  the  practicing  phyMoian.  He  has  less  of 
routine  than  any  olher,  having  some  new  phase  of 
character  or  disease  to  come  under  his  care  every 
day.  He  waa  glad  to  testify  that  pbysiotafas  were 
generally  tenderhearted,  and   be  believed  tbey  gave 

more  In  charity,  and  did  more  charitable  work  than 
any  other  class.  He  advocated  very  strongly  rais- 
ine   tbe    standard   of  medical   educatioa,    and    waa 

astontsbed  to  bear  tbaC  Bellevue  College  had 
00  endowment  fund.  He  knew  that  there  was 
money  in  this  country,  and  there  were  rnnnv  gen- 
erous men — As  an  evidence  of  wnioh,  he  said,  the 
college  witQ  which  be  was  connected  bad  received, 
in  some  mysterions  way,  within. tbe  past  few  years, 
42.500,000.  Alter  insisting  on  the  need  of  an  endow- 
ment and  the  addition  of  new  branches  of  studv, 
the  speaker  said  tbe  best  way  to  prevent  an  over- 
crowding of  tbe  profession,  of  which  there  was 
some  complaint,  would  be  to  reqnire  more  thorough 
study.  With  some  pleasant  words  of  encourage- 
ment to  the  newly-made  doctors,  tbe  address,  which 
had  received  marked  attention,  waa  brought  to  a 
close.  Eiisba  D.  Leffingwell  delivered  the  vale- 
dictory, and  the  audience  dispersed.  FoUowmg  are 
ihe  names  of  tbe  graduates : 

Thomas  AddUen.  Michigan.  8teph«>nM.  Diibrow,  N.J. 
Chiirles  W.  Aldeo,  N.  B.  WiUlim  F.  Baman,  N.  Y. 

<  heater  G.  Allen,  N.  T.  CartU  it.  Katabrook,  N.  J.  - 

Fred.  .V.  Anderson,  N.  f.       Warren  C.  Euatis,  Minn,    f 


George  K.  <\ppleton,  N.  J. 
John  a.  Arton,  West  Ind. 
William  M.  tialrd,  N.  J. 
Benj.  J.  Baldwin,  Jr.,  Ala. 
Edward  F.  names,  N.  H. 
Merrick  A.  Barnes.  .V.  Y. 
Cnarles  U.  Bates,  Cal. 


George  T.  Fanning.  N.  Y. 
Abiam  A.  Farwell,  Canada. 
Geoige  T.  Finch.  N.  Y. 
Campbell C.  Pile.  Tenn. 
Wiljium  U.  Flint.  Illinois. 
Wiilter  b.  Foiey.Callforaia. 
Oliver  K.  Forster,  Henn. 


Irvin  J.  Becknell,  luaiana.   Urson  H.  fox,  New-York. 
Bdwin  Bentley.  Callforiiia.  Charles  L.  Purmaii,  N.  Y. 
Richard  H.  L.  Bibb,  Texas.  LeBov  Gale.  Conaectlcnt. 
Henry  K.  Blrdsall,  N.  Y.         Uu^ltus  8.  Gallaber.  S.  B. 
Ch.kries  li.  Borden,  Peaa.      Aiouzo  U.  Oarev,  Maine. 
Alexander  8.  Bowen,  Ind.     Euge.ie  Qarretson,  .>.  J. 
Tnoa.  Bowen,  West  Indies.  Heury  A.  Gates,  Mew-Kork. 
Alfred  L.  Bucban.  Wis.  Henry  K.  Ullimore.  N.  B. 

:iamni-l  C.  Bucoao,  Wis.        James  U.  Glass,  New- York. 
iLartm  Q.  Bue^ck,   I.liuois.  John  Gleises,  .New- York. 
William  c^.  Brandt.lndUua.  Joun  Uabirsbuw, New-York. 
Aualin  C.  Brant,  Ohio.  Lamartlne  G.  Uardman,  Ga. 

Alfred  J.  Browu.  New- York,  Wii'luui  il.  Heard.  Ark. 
Geoitteti.  crowii,Arkausas..  Sydney  Henr /.Nova  Mcutla. 
Mel^oD    W.  Cadr,    Indlaua.  John  J.  Htil,  Ueorglk. 
Thomas  T.  Calbreath.   Mo.  Beabon  W.  Mill,  c'aldorala. 
WelvoiaeU.  Calfee.  Texas.  Krank  M.  Hoyt,  New-TorlL 
Harry  G.  Chase,  Indiaua.      Uarry  1>.  Hull,  Michigan. 
Bicbard  i  beatoam,   Tfno.  Rowland  C.  living,  >.  Y. 
Georjje  8.  Conaut.  N.  Y.         Georxe  W.  Jacoby.  N.  Y. 
AiexaaOerJ.  (Joonoll,  Pean.  Juha  Keating,  Conaectieut. 
James  McC'ov  Keudai',  III.    William  F.  Kennev,  CuniL 
George  E.  (Jrswford,  lowa.'  Kenneth  K.  King,  N.  C. 
N.  ^.  Cooniugbam.  N.  s.        Jus.  Klngsoury,    Australia. 
Lieauder  A.  Uascomb,  Me.      Charles  f.  Kuaps,  Peon. 
Kobert  f.  Daridsou,  .S.  I.      L.  A.  Lacayo.  CeiLAmenca. 
Jesse  T.  Davis,  Louisiana.    John  J.  Lawson,  .S.  B. 
John  Ueyo,  New-Y'>ik.  khsua  D.  LeUngwell,  N.  Y. 

Gijioouk.  Uiclciasun,  N.  J.     John  li.   Liheola,  Vlrgluia. 

Frederick  F.  oicKman.  Kaa  Krueat  M.  Lyou,New-Jer8ey 

aouert  N.  liiaorow.  N.  Y.  George  A  L.yons. New- York. 

WiliiHm  E.  .uagili,  Midi.  Joba  U.  Knpp,  Peun. 

V.  Ualiafio.  Jr.,  Cent.  .\m.  Ferle.v  1..  banborn.  N.  H. 

Thom»8  b.  Marqids.  Uhto.  August  Schetfer,  Kv. 

William  S.  -Vlartiu,  llliuoia.  Wliiiam  K.  Snarpe,  N.  C. 

j.  de  J.  Maniuez,  Cent.  Am.  Wliilam  ahlra,  Unlo. 

Franklin  H.  Maxb.m,  Ind  1  harles  W.  Sibley,  Illinois. 

Qeorge  M.  McCoaibs,  N.  Y.  T.  P.  Simpson,  Penu. 

OeoTice  P.  McCreery.  N.  J.  Joseph  8.  M.  Smart,  N.  B. 

Martin  A.  McUevern.  I«.  X.  GeorKe  P.  limUey,  ho. 

MaiC'jIin  C.  .McLiuod,  N.  8.  David  M.  Bmiih,  New- York. 

Aitred  U.  Mellersti,  -"^eb.  Frank  P.  Smith,  New-York. 

Juhu  G.  Mill'r,  .Sew-iork.  James  H.  Spaiiu.  Alabama. 

Peter  B.  Mel).  Miller,  Cat.  Arthur  B.  8puhn,  Texas. 

Stt-plien  v.  Morris.  N.  J.  V.  f.  Stephsns,  New-lfork. 

Maurice  C.  Nagie,  N.  1.  Balph  t.  .>wiaourue.  N.  Y. 

Tuomas  J.  Nuvlor.  Jr.,  Ga.  \s  iiliam  P.  Tuomsou,  cal. 

Michael  W.  O'Kcefr,  Mass.  George  ri.  Titus,  N.  Y. 

Joa»oa  C.  Palmer.  N.  Y.  George  W.  Tobias.  N.  'T 


Z  iran  K.  Patriot.  IiL 
Alliorto  C.  Peies.  <  nba. 
Porhrio  C.  Peres,  CuUx 
Dani"!  W.  PerUam,  Penn. 
Herolval  R.  Piue,  Ohio. 
James  F.  Plneo,  N.  s. 
J.  Lam  y ton  Price,  Ky. 
Samuel  G.  Prieat,  .Maas. 
Ueury  W.  Baud,  -N'.  S. 
William  W.  Kay.  Ky. 
W.irren  11.  Ristine.  Ind. 
Oliver  P.  Bouinson,  N.  0. 
James  8.  Holers,  Mo. 
Caiisto  J.  Romero,  Por.Rioo. 
Total,  147. 


W  illium  a.  Up  lam,  N.  T. 
Williaui  K.  Vance,  Teou. 
Jacob  1".  Van  Home,  N.  J. 
Jostph  O.  Wallach.  N.  T.  '. 
Oria  W.  Ward,  Ohio. 
Milton  U.  Wearer.  Penu. 
William  C.  Webb.  Ky. 
Kredenck  H.  WIgglii,  N.  T. 
Holt  C.  Wilson,  Oiegon. 
Clareuce  W.  Wlabigler,  IIL 
Mil. on  Li.  Wood,  Aia 
Dudley  Wooaliridgo.  Ohio. 
Wildam  R.  VuUl,  Mich. 


J£rS?aW«d*J««^tLx-.Jt.^^  TndA  A  Baflartw  .Vanhina  fi^,. 


LEA  VINO  EMPLOYERS  IN  TRE  L  UHCR 

»18APPKARANCK  OF  OKORGE  R.  PETTIBONE, 
OF  THB  HOWK  SEWING-MACHINE  COM- 
PANY— THE  AMOONT  OF  HIS  LIABILI- 
TIK8  STATED  AT  FBOM  '  $10,000  TO 
$20,000. 
Something  of  a  flutter  was  created  in  certain 
mercantile  circles  yesterday  by  the  announcement 
tiiat  GeoVge  B.  Pettibooe,  Superintendent  of  the 
Howe  Sewing-Machine  Compauj^  for  tbe  State  of 
New- York,  waa  a  defaulter  to  the  amount  of  from 
$10,000  to  $30,000,  and  had  absconded  pending  an 
t^xamination  of  his  affairs.  Mr.  Levi  Stookwell,  of 
the  J^owe  Company,  refused  to  state  anything  defi- 
nite in  regard  to  the  case  beyond  tbe  fact  tbat  Petti- 
bone  had  resigned  pending  an  investigation.  Mr. 
Stephen  A.  Walker,  counsel  for  the  company,  ad- 
mltced  tbat  considerable  irregularities  existed 
In  Pettibooe's  accounts.  He  was  positive, 
however,  tbat  tbe  company  would  lose 
nothing.  Pettibone,  it  is  understood.  Is  with- 
holding fimds  belonging  to  tbe  company, 
and  it  is  exoected  that  civil  proceealngs  will  soon 
be  brought  fi>r  their  recovery.  It  is  reported  in 
certain  qaartera  that  tbe  ex-Superiotendent's  fall  is 
(lup  to  siuok-jobbiog  ventures,  hat  Mr.  W.  G.  Wiley, 
<<f  No.  46  Broad  street,  through  whom  he  is  rumored 
to  bave  otjerated,  states  that  Pettibooe  has  done  no 
businesH  with  tbat  bouae  for  fullv  a  year  past. 
The  miaking  official  i.i  about  33  years  of  age, 
and  has  oeen  in  the  employ  of  the  company  tor 
five  years  pant.  He  was  formerly  engaged 
In  tbe  upholstering  business  in  Nineteenth  street, 
near  Broadway,  With  a  Mr.  Wbituey.  During  bis 
connection  with  the  sewiug-maoblue  company  be 
l.as  resided  at  Davenport  Neck,  New-Kochelle, 
Westooester  County.  Here  be  kept  borsea  and 
carnages,  and  lived  in  lusanous  style,  tbe  only 
drawback  to  bis  happiness  being  matrimonial 
troubles,  which  culminated  in  his  wife's  procuring 
a  divorce  on  tbe  ground  of  ill-treatment. 

B  VSMEaS  MOV  EM  ENTS. 
At  the  Produce     Exchange    yesterday,   the 
provision  interest  was  quite  buoyant,  on  a  more 
confident  movement   in   mess   pork,    and  Western 
Bteam  lard,  leading  to  a  pretty  sharp  rally  iu  prices, 
especially  in  the  instance  ot  lard,  aided  by  the  more 
encouraging  advices  trom  the  West.      In  the  grain 
line,  tbe  feature  of  the  dealings,  in  regular  forms,  was 
the  aotivity  in  com,    which   advanced   ifl  to  1  cent, 
per  bushel.    Oats  were  also  more  sought  after,  by 
City  joobers,  and  were  quoted  rather  dearer.    Flour 
was  dull  and  unsettled,  iufloenced,  in  part,   by   tbe 
Increased  depression  and  manifest  unsaslness  in 
the  Spring  wheat  connection,  which  was  again  very 
unfavorably        attecied       by       the      earlier     tele- 
grams    trom     Cuicago,      where     tbe   speculation 
continued  notably  against  the  operators  tor  higher 
figures,  UP  to    near    the  close,  when  some  impiove- 
ineut  was   advised   of.     ALbout  40,000  bushels  No.  3 
Chicago  Soring,    in  store,    were  purchased  here  at 
41  41,  on  speculative  account,   showing  a  aeclme  of 
fully  2  cents  a  bushel,    (wiih  bids  irom  shippers  re- 
poried  as  not   exceedlDi;  CI  38 ;)  and  a  boat  load  of 
No.  -i  Milwaukee  Spring,   iu   store,   was   Uken  for 
export,  at  1147,  or  Scents  a  bushel  under  the  asking 
rate  ot  Tuesday.    The   small    lot   (1,50U  bushels)  of 
Spring  Wheat,  of  recent  arrival  from  (rlaagow,  was 
not  ottered    for    sale.    The  quality  was  inferior,  as 
already  mentioned  by  us.  Petroleum  continued  on  the 
downward  course,  refiners  makingapretty  thorough 
surrendei ;  and  refined  for  New-Tork.  Philadelphia, 
and  Baltimore   oeliveries,    was  quoted   durmg  reg- 
ular business  hours  down  to  17  cents,  and  late  in  the 
day,  >a  to  1   cent  ofi  ever  this  materially  reduced 
tigu're,  as  against  26^  to  96%  cents  per  gallon  at  the 
otoae  of  laat  week.    At  the  current  quotations,  the 
export   movement  was  reported  as  fairly  active. 
i  Ocean    freights  exhibited  less  animation,  and  on 
I  the  bertk,    vessels  wera  loading  up  very  slowly, 
.JLabaack.jcaiaiiuiIe4  muDSOaUl  Ivw.    The  atLMca.&U. 


ta  cold  wms  decidedly  sKainatfi^a  export  opentunu 
la  the  produce  line. 

THE  JfAST  BiVEB  BBIDGE. 

XBBTUie  OV  mW-TORK  FBOFEBTT-OWmBRS 
ALONQ    THB    PROPOSED    UNK   07    THS 

BBIOOE A     OOUMITTlIB     APPOIKTKD   TO 

CONEIDKE  TBK  PKOPBIBTT  OF  OPBNINO 
A  WIDK  8TRKBT  ON  KAOH  8n>B— THB 
BDBJRCT  rUIXT  DISCUSSED. 

A  largely-attended    meeting  of  New-Tork 

property-owners  along  the  proposed  line  of  the 
Bast  Biver  Bridge  was  held  in  tbe  office  of  Schulta. 
Sonthwiok  &.  Co..  No.  63  Cliff  street,  yssterday  af- 
ternoon, in  response  to  a  call  issued  by  Messrs. 
John  MoColgao,  Jackson  S.  Scbnlta,  Ambrose  E.BIy, 
and  Hon.  Henry  A.  Barr,  to  consider  a  oommnnlca- 
tion  from  Heory  C.  Murpuy  notifyiog  them  that 
the  approaches  and  viaduct  of  the  bridge  leading 
from  Cbatham  street  to  the  anchorage  at 
Franklin  aqnare  are  soon  to  be  begun,  and  calling 
for  an  expresaion  of  opinion  as  to  the  propriety  of 
opening  a  wldeatreet  or  avenue  on  one  or  both  sidea 
of  tbe  bridge,  and  of  taking  advantage  of  the  re- 
qulrementa  of  the  bridge  to  improve  this 
section  of  the  City  at  a  comparatively  small 
expense.  A  map  of  the  property  affected, 
with  the  projected  lines  of  the  bridge  and  of  tbe 
proposed  widening  distinctly  traced  upon  it.  was 
hung  on  the  wall.  The  meeting  waa  called  to  or- 
der by  Mr.  Schalts,  on  whose  motion  Mr.  Oswald 
Ottendorfer  was  selected  as  Chairman,  and  Mr. 
Ambrose  K.  Bly  as  Secretary.  Mr.  Schultz  offered  a 
resolution  for  the  appointment  of  a  committee  to 
consider  the  expediency  of  opening  a  street  80  feet 

wide  on  the  south  side  of  the  bridge  line.  He 
urged  the  importance  of  such  a  measure.  Tbe 
bridge  Trustees  have  no  power  under  tbeir  charter 
to  do  it,  but  tbey  propose  to  get  the  necessary  legis- 
lation from  Albany,  and  they  ask  the  property- 
owners  to  say  how  the  necessary  asaesament  shall 
be  paid.  Tbey  agree  to  pay  ooCi  third,  if  the  proper- 
ty-owners directly  benefited  pay  another  third,  and 
propose  tbat  the  remainder  be  assessed 
upon  the  City  at  large.  It  will 
be  necessary  to  raise  the  grade  of  Ferry 
and  Gold  streets  to  conform  with  the  grade  of  the 
bridge,  but  taking  the  expense  of  this  into  con- 
sideration the  improvement  will  undoubtedly  be  a 
good  one,  and  the  property-owners  on  the  line  are 
desironsto  have  it  done,  even  though  it  be  bard 
times,  as  their  property  now  is  most  undesirable. 
It  is  necessary  to   nee   abont  legislation  on  tbe  sab- 

Je«t  at  once  if  aathority  la  to  be  obtained  this  Win- 
ter, else  tbe  story  of  the  opening  of  the  New-Bowery 
and  Wortb  street  will  be  repeated,  and  under  sucb 
circumstances  the  property-owners  pra.v  to  be  de- 
livered from  tbe  measure.  If  no  action  be  taken, 
the  bouses  alone  the  line  will  be  within  12  feet  of 
tbe  bridge,  and  their  appearance  will  be  most  un- 
sightly, while  if  the  street  be  widened,  a  number  of 
fine  storehouses  can  be  built  under  the  bridge 
which  will  rent  at  from  tlOO,000  to  tl20,000  per  an- 
num, the  improvement  of  the  adjacent  property 
will  be  very  great,  and  the  various  lines  o'f  street 
cars  will  ludoubtedly  extend  their  termini  to  the 
river. 

A  gentleman  offered  an  amendment  to  tbe  effect 
that  the  committee  be  instructed  to  consider  what 
is  tbe  equitable  distance  to  which  the  assessment 
should  kxtend,  and  whether  It  Is  desirable  to  raise 
tbe  grade  ol  the  street  and  to  what  extent. 

Mr.  Fraser  said  that  at  Frankfort  and  Yander- 
water  streets  a  filling  of  at  leaat  eight  feet  will  be 
required,  and  that  the  Cliff  street  hill  will  have  to 
be  cut  down,  as  a  good  grade  Cmm  Chatham  street 
to  thip  river  will  be  necessary.  This  will  involve  a 
large  expenditure,  but  he  did  not  believe  in  spoiling 
a  ship  for  a  pennyworth  of  tar.  He  would  have  the 
gore  taken  from  Chatham  street,  and  a  great  thor- 
oughfare laid  out.  The  bridge  will  be  one  of  the 
sights  of  New- York  and  the  approaches  to  it  should 
be  commensurate  to  its  greatness. 

Another  gentleman  said  that  the  opening  of  New- 
Bowery  and  other  afreets  had  been  of  no  benefit 
The  City  could  have  got  along  Jnac  as  well  without 
them.  If  the  improvement  ia  to  extend  only  to  the 
park  ha  coald  not  see  tbe  good  of  it,  and  he  wanted 
to  know  Whether  anv  other  steps  were  to  be  taken 
to  furnish  outlets  from  the  park  to  the  remote  por- 
tions of  the  City.  As  Chatliam  street  is  at  present, 
with  cars  passing  every  few  seconds,  it  will  be  im- 
possible for  trucks  crossing  the  bridge  lo  make  ose 
of  it.  The  improvement  of  that  street  ought  to  be 
the  first  thing  to  be  considered.  If  the  new  street 
IS  proposed  solely  ou  account  of  the  street-oars  he 
waa  opposed  to  it. 

Another  gentleman  aald  that  the  mere  eost  of 
grading  would  be  trifling.  If  the  grade  oe  raised, 
all  the  bousL'S  on  Ferry  and  Jacob  streets  will  bave 
to  be  taken  down  and  rebuilt,  involving  an  enor- 
mous expense. 

Three  additional  amendments  were  here  offered, 
to  the  effect  that  ithe  committee  approximate  the 
oost  of  opening  the  new  street;  that  they  state 
how  much  of  each  person's  property  will  be  taken 
by  the  widening,  and  tbat  they  consider  tbo  ad- 
vtsability  of  making  tbe  widening  en  tbe  north  side 
of  the  bridge,  and  report  which  side  would  be  the 
better. 

A  gentleman  owning  property  on  Beekman  street 
denouneed  the  method  in  vogue  of  levviug  assess- 
ments as  legalised  conflioation  and  robbery.  Be- 
tore  taking  any  action,  tbe  meeting  sbould  consider 
well  whether  it  was  going  to  result  in  any  practical 
benefit.  For  himsell  he  did  not  believe  in  10  yaara 
alter  completion  the  bridge  would  nay  two  per 
cent.  It  would  be  time  enoagh  to  talk  about  a 
wide  atreet  after  the  bridge  was  built.  He  waa 
loudly  applauded. 

Mr.  Schultz  said  tbat  the  gen tleman's  property 
was  out  of  the  line  of  assessment,  which  would  not 
extend  more  thaa  400  feet.  The  latter  retorted  that 
similar  promises  had  always  been  made  and  broken. 
He  had  paid  thousands  ot  dollars  foi'  haviiag  trafiic 
drawn  awa.y  from  Beekman  street  by  the  opening 
•f  New  Church  street,  aud  he  had  been  assessed  at 
Fourteenth  street  for  Central  Park  improvements. 
Mr.  Sobnlts  said  that  a  proviso  in  the  bill  not  to  go 
beyond  40U  foet  sbould  be  satisfactory.     ' 

A  gentleman  said  tbat  there  are  now  more  streets 
than  people  to  walk  on  thorn,  and  shanties  are  tie- 
ing  built  in  the  public  squares  to  ooonpy  them. 
[Laughter.]  Another  geuileman  asked  whether 
the  City  would  be  better  or  wurae  off  than 
it  now  is  without  the  widening.  He  waa  in- 
formed that  the  Bndge  Company  are  to  taka  away 
the  present  Frankfort  atreet  and  open  anotberof 
the  same  width— 40  fest.  The  question  before  tne 
meeting  was  wboiuur  this  abonld  be  widened  to  80 
feet.  Mr.  Shnltz  objected  to  outsiders  speaking 
against  tbe  meosurs.  He  said  that  all  the 
property-owneiv  wtibin  the  assessment  line 
were  iu  favor  of  it.  Mr.  Squires  and 
Mr.  French  disputed  this  assertion.  They 
were  opposed  to  it.  Mr.  Shultz  said  tbat  C.vrua  P. 
Smith,  before  he  died,  told  turn  that  tbe  Union  Ferry 
Company  intenced  to  turn  a  line  of  boats  to  the 
new  street  as  soon  as  it  was  opened.  As  for  dis- 
satisfied pronorty  owners,  tbey  can  find  sale  at  once 
for  their  land  at  present  market  prices.  The  gen- 
tleman from  Beekman  street  asked  that  a  provision 
be  inserted  la  the  proposed  bill  that  no  person  shall 
be  assessed  lor  the  improvement  more  cnan  his  pro- 
portionate share  of  benefit,  to  be  determined  on 
bearing  by  a  Jury  of  his  peers.  Snob  was  the  cus- 
tom in  London. 

After  considerable  mere  discussion  the  resolution 
was  carried  with  alt  tbe  amendments  tacked  on, 
and  another  that  the  committee  shall  hold  public 
meetings,  due  notice  ot  which  shall  be  given,  and_ 
that  tbev  shall  listen  to  arguments  for  and  against' 
the  measure.  Messrs.  Oswald  Ottendorfer,  Jackson 
S.  SchullE,  William  H.  Hooper,  Ambrose  K.  Sly, 
and  George  H.  Squires  were  appointed  as  the  com- 
mittee.   The  meeting  then  adjourned. 

THE  "  CROOKED"  WHISKT  SUITS. 
The  suit  of  the  Oovemment  against  Bo.yd  & 
Co..  whlsk.y  dealers,  ot  No.  53  Broad  atreet,  charg- 
ing them  with  conspiracy  to  defraud  the  Govern- 
ment, osme  up  for  trial  yesterday  before  Judge 
Blatohford,  in  tbe  United  States  District  Court. 
Anthony  C.  Hensing,  who  was  tried  and  convicted 
in  Ubicagu  aa  tbe  bead  of  the  famous  whisky  ring, 
and  was  subseqaently  pardoned  by  the  President, 
was  called  as  t.ae  first  w^ltness,  but  he  denied  all 
knowledge  of  tbe  transactions  charged  against  the 
defendants.  He  was  asked  if  It  had  nut  bean  tbe 
prsotice  of  dealers  and  distillers  to  pay  Government 
offioials  to  permit  irsudnlont  transactions  to  pass 
tuinoticed,  but  Mr.  Heasiug  professed  complete  ig- 
noraiiCeof  the  whole  matter.  The  case  will  oome 
up  again  to-morrow. 

METROPOLITAN  POLICE  FOR  BOSTON. 

Mr.  W.  F.  Spaiilding  has  prepared  a  bill  to 
be  presented  to  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts, 
which  providea  for  furnishing  Boston  with  a  Met 
ropolitan  Police.  The  bill  is  based  npon  one  drawn 
by  Gov.  Andrew  in  1865.  Toe  proposed  act  pro 
vides  for  the  transfer  of  the  administration  snd 
control  of  the  PoUce  force  from  the  city  authorities 
to  a  Board  of  Metropolitan  Police,  consisting  of 
three  Commissioners  appointed  by  the  Governor 
and  Council,  and  liable  to  removal  by  the  same 
power  offer  a  hearing  upon  written  ohareei.  Their 
salary   shall    be  13.000  for   the  member  acting  as 

Treasurer,  and  $2,500  for  tbeotber  two.  An  expenss 
of  |2,UO0  is  allowed  tor  the  salary  of  a  clerk.  The 
terms  of  tbe  Comralssionors  shall  expire  in  aacoes- 
slvB  years.  Tbe  board  shall  not  increase  the  num- 
ber or  pay  of  the  patrolmen  without  the  consent 
of  tbe  Mayor  and  Aldermen.  The  Police  shall  ex- 
ercise all  the  common  law  and  atatatory  powers  of 
Csnstables,  except  tUe  service  of  civil  process, 
and  all  the  powers  given  to  tbe  Police  or  watch- 
men by  the  statutes  of  the  Commonwealth,  or  the 
charter  or  ordioances  of  ths  city.  They  shall  obey 
all  orders  of  the  Governor  in  relation  to  the  preser- 
vation of  the  pnblio  peace  oi  the  execution  of  the 
laws  of  the  Commonwealth.  They  shall  especially 
endeavor  to  snupress  tmllcensed  liqaor  shops, 
gambling  placet,  and  houses  of  ill-fame.  The  ao- 
oommodatioos  required  shall  be  those  used  by  the 
Police  force  of  the  city,  if  tbe  same  shall  be  placed 
at  the  disposal  of  the  board ;  otherwise,  tbe  board 
shall  have  power  to  provide  suitable  accommoda- 
tions. The  board  may  provide  an  oflSoe  for  them- 
selves, the,  expense  of  which  shaU  be  paid  by  the 
Ootnmonwealth.  All  expenses  which  are  not  o^ther- 
wiae  provided  tor,  including  tbe  pay  cf  tbe  Police, 
shall  be  paid  by  tbe  City  of  Boston.  A  detailed 
report  shall  be  made  annually  to  the  Leglsla||iire, 
and  a  rei>ort  quarterly  to  the  Mayor  and  Aldennep 
of  said  city.  The  act^  in  it«  relation  to  the  organtaa- 
tlon  of  tbe  board,  takea  effaet  on  it*  passage^  (be 
.TMi  noon  the  1st  day  el  ^tUih 


CITY  MD  SUBURBAN  NEWS. 


NEW-YOBK. 
As  a  reralt  of  the  reylral  mam  In  proKress 
under  tbe  New-Tork  Fort  Sooiety,  488  persons  have 
applied  for  cbnrob  membecsbip  and  813  have  signed 
the  temperance  pledge. 

The  jury  in  Part  IL  of  the  Supreme  Court 
yesterday  returned  a  verdict  In  favor  of  the  City  in 
the  siut  btongbi  against  it  by  Owen  W.  Brennan 
to  recover  rent  fox  the  premises  at  Ko  514  Pearl 
street 

Wilhelm  Barbe,  ased  35,  a  vasrant,  attempt- 
ed to  commit  saieide  yesterday  morning  b.y  cutting 
his  throat  with  a  raaor  while  in  the  baaemsnt  of 
tha  new  church  huildmg  in  East  Houston  street, 
near  the  Bowery.  He  was  taken  to  Bellevue  Hos- 
pitaL 

Marshal  Kelly,  ot  the  Mayor's  offioe,  yester- 
day revoked  the  license  of  Thomas  Harreman,  the 
owner  of  hack  No.  811  for  allowing  tbe  latter  to 
stand  in  front  of  Joe  Cobum's  saloon  on  the  night 
of  his  atlaok  on  the  Police,  without  any  one  in 
charge  ot  it. 

The  pupils  of  Eastman  College,  to  the  num* 
of  300,  headed  by  the  college  band,  and  accompanied 
by  Mayor  Baatman  and  other  prominent  oitiaens  of 
Pongbkeepsie  will  visit  Booth's  Theatre  this  even- 
lag.  The  theatre  will  be  magnificently  decorated  in 
honor  of  Washington's  Birthday. 

Francis  S.  Lathrop,  the  Beoeiver  of  the  New- 
Jersey  Central  Bailroad   Company,  filed  his  bond, 

nnder  his  order  of  appointment  in  this  State,  in  the 
Cotinty  Clerk's  office  yesterday.  His  sureties  are 
William  Walter  Phelps  and  A.  V.  Stout,  each  of 
whom  qnalifles  in  the  sum  of  tSO.OOO. 

Capt.  James  Hilward,  the  newly  appointed 
United  SUtes  Consul  to  Ghent,    sailed  with  his  wife 

in  the  Steamer  China,  yesterday.  A  large  party  of 
City,  State,  and  Fedend  ofBcials  gave  him  a  recep- 
tion on  the  steamer.  He  was  on  the  staff  of  Geu.Dtx 
as  Exchange  Officer,  stationed  at  Fortreaa  Monroe. 

Tbe   Park  Commissioners  have   announced 

that  they  willr  unless  objection  bo  made  before 
Tuesday  next,  at  11  o'clock,  declare  adopted  the 
map  of  tbe  streets  and  ayenoes  in  tbe  Twenty-tblrd 

Ward,  west  of  Blverdale  avenue,  which  has  been 
before  them  for  about  a  year,  and  lo  which  property- 
owners  bsve  had  abundant  opportunities  to  protest. 

Detective  Williamson,  of  tbe  Central  Offioe, 
yesterday  arrested  Charles  C.  Kuhn,  on  a  warrant 
issued  by  a  Justice  of  tbe  Peace  in  which  he  la 
charged  with  having  committed  a  felonious  assault 
upon  Frank  £.  Wheeler,  a  resident  of  Bssex,  Mid- 
dlesex County.  Conn.  As  the  prisoner  consented 
to  return  without  tbe  formality  of  a  requisition  he 
was  surrendered  Co  Constable  Bogbee,  of  Saybrook, 
Coon.,  who  took  him  back  to  await  trial. 

The  Oovemiug  Committee  of  the  Stook  Ex- 
change held  a  long  meetiDg  after  basmeas  hours 

yesterday  to  consider  the  recommendation  of  the' 
open  meeting  of  members  that  the  rates  of  commis- 
sion be  reduced.  After  debate  the  various  plans 
suggested  were  ordered  to  be  printed,  and  laid  on 
the  table  until  next  Wednesday,  and  the  mseting 
adjonmsd.  It  is  reported  that  they  are  ssnously 
considering  the  advisability  of  placing  the  Pacific 
Coast  mining  stocks  on  the  regular  list. 

The  anntial  reception  in  honor  of  Washing- 
ton's Birthday  was  beld  yesterday  at  Grammar 
School  No.  3,  of  which  Mr.  B.  L.  D.  Southerland  is 
Principal.  The  programme  was  most  interesting, 
consisting  of  recitations  by  Masters  A.  Hartfield, 
William  Heaaley,  Samuel  Mayor,  Augustus  Pev'er- 
elly,  Jr.,  Frank  Paige,  and  W.  C.  Sullivan.  Tbe 
oburnaes,  "The  Wiiite  Squall,"  "Star  Spangled 
Banner."  "Nobly  Our  FUg,"  "Men  of '76,"  &o., 
were  rendered  with  excellent  effect,  as  were  also  the 
several  solos. 

BRuOKLlN. 

A  Tax-payers'  Association,  made  up  of  five 
delegates  from  each  ward  in  tha  city,  is  abont  to  be 
formed. 

The  Supervisor  at  Large  yesterday  filed  his 
veto  of  the  resolutlou  providing  for  the  purchase 
for  125,000  trom  the  Brooklyn  City  Hospital  lands 
upon  wnich  to  erect  a  new  iail. 

The  Brooklyn  Bible  Society,  aooordiag  to  the 
report  of  its  Treasurer,  baa  a  bnlance  ou  hand  of 
#438  34.  and  needs  tl.750  to  meet  a  claim  of  the 
paren  t  sooiety  for  books  purchased. 

About  10  o'clock  yesterday  morning  Miss 
Clara  Smith,  of  No.  296  McDonongh  street,  twas 
knocked  down  in  Lewis  avenue  by  a  ruffian,  who 
stole  a  silk  handkerchief  and  escaped.  Miss 
Smith  was  so  frightened  and  stunded  tbat  she  was 
unable  to   call  for  help. 

The  trial  «f  the  suit  of  Messrs.  Kingsley  & 
Keeny  against  the  City,  to  recover  tne,  000  for 
work  done  on  the  Hempstead  Beservoir,  was  con- 
tinneu  yesterday.  Tbe  e vldenoe  was  merely  a  repe- 
tition of  that  elicited  during  the  tilal  of  Commis- 
sioner William  A.  Fowler  before  tbe  Board  ot  Al- 
dermen. 

Inspector  Baymoud  reports  to  the .  Board  ot 

Health  tbat  th6  five  deaths  from  diohtberia  whloh 
recently  occurred  in  the  tenement-house  No.  354 
Smith  street  were  occasioned  by  an  open  sewer- 
Joint  through  which  the  sewer  gas  escaped.  Tbe 
board  directed  that  the  house  be  disinfected  and  Ihe 
open  sewer  joint  closed.    A  special  meetug  of  tbe 

board  to  diauuas  tne  subject  of  house  draiuing  will 
be  belo  on  Friday  at  noon. 

NEtV-JEBSEY. 

Mayor  SuaseU,  of  Hoboken,  has  vetoed .  tbe 
resolution  of  the  Common  Council  selectmg  a  site 
for  a  new  schsol-honse. 

Ellen  O'Brien,  residing  on  Jersey  City 
Heights.  'Sias  commenced  a  suit  for  slander  against 

Catherme  Burney,  who  called  her  a  thief,  laying 
damages  at  #2,000.  The  case  has  been  sent  to  a 
Beteree. 

The  Hudson  County  Board  of  Health  and 

Vital  Statistics  reports  339  deaths  in  the  county 
during  the  month  of  January,  Of  these  230  occurred 
iu  Jersey  City.  43  iu  Hoboken,  and  56  in  tbe  other 
parts  of  the  county. 

The  bondsmen  of  Frederick  Schaffer,  ■  the 
Uulon  Hill  Collector  wbo   absconded  about   three 

years  ago  with  about  $16,000  of  the  town's  money, 
nave  auoceedad  in  etfociing  a  compromiae  with  the 
authoritiea  for  95,000, 

James  Clayton,  a  newspaper  compositor, '  so- 
ddeutaily  fell  down  stairs  Tuesday  night  at  bis 
residanoe  in  Sussex  street,  Jersey  City,  and  sns- 
tainoii  a  fracture  ot  tbe  skull.  It  is  feared  that 
brain  lever  will  set  lu  and  prove  fatal. 

The  funeral  of  D.  W.  Wyman,  an  eminent 
Mason  and  the  Superintendent  of  the  New- York 
Elevated  Railway,  will  take  place,*  with  Masonic 
ntea.  to-da.y  at  12  o'clock  iu  Jersey  City.  The  ser- 
vices will  be  conducted  by  Marsnal  B.  Smith,  of 
Passaic,  Grand  Master  ot  Maaons  of  New-Jersey, 
and  there  will  be  a  large  following  of  aminent  Ma- 
sons trom  New-Jersey,  New-York,  and  other  States. 

Ellen  Sheehan  and  Mary  Lee,  residing  in 
Jersey  City,  bad  a  quarrel  a  few  days  ago,  during 
which  Ellen  declared  that  Mary's  children  were 
illegitimate.  Mrs.  Lee's  husband,  hearing  of  the 
otuirge,  declared  that  he  would  not  live  with  his 
wite  ontil  sue  oould  prove  to  his  satiataotion  that 
the  chllaren  were  legitimate,  and  left  ber.  She 
causeu  his  arrest,  and  also  the  arrest  of  tbe  traduoer 
of  her  character,  and  the  case  has  been  set  down  lor 
examinauon  before  Justice  Carr. 

The  trial  of  Terence  J.  McDonald,  an  ex- 
Director  of  the  Board  of  Education  of  Jeraey  City, 
who  ia  under  indictment  for  malfeasanoe  in  office, 
waa  commenced  yesterday  m  the  Hudson  County 
Court  of  Beasiuus.  In  1874  McDonald  was  Chair- 
man of  the  Committae  on  Heating  and  Venulaang, 
and  he  ordered  new  heaters  from  tbe  firm  of  O'Aiara 
Bros.,  tbe  bill  for  which  amounted  to  |1,364  33, 
Tne  law  did  not  permit  any  committee  or  any  mem- 
ber of  the  t>oard  bo  expend  more  tban  $20U.  without 
advertising  tor  proposals,  and  hence  tbe  charge  of 
malfeasance.  To  obviate  tne  difficulty  abont  ad- 
vertising. O'Mara  Bros,  divided  the  total  amount 
into  smitller  bills  ot  S2U0  so  as  to  comply  with  the 
law.  The  case  was  aull  on  when  the  court  ad- 
juarned  for  the  day. 


NSW  LINE  OP  S'l'EAMERS  TO  BRAZIL. 

On   Saturday  last  Messrs.  John  fioaoh   & 

Bona  dispa.ched  Mr.  Tisdale,  an  agent,  to  Braail 
via  Liverpool,  to  negotiate  with  the  Brazilian  Gov- 
ernment for  a  subsidy  toward  tbe  establishment  of 
a  new  line  of  steamers  between  this  port  and  that 
country.  'The  Messrs.  Boach  do  not  ask  for  a  large 
amount,  and  agree  to  put  on  four  steamers  wiihiu 
30  d«ya  of  obtaining  tbe  contract,  and  two  more 
within  two  montha  thereafter.  It  la  proposed  that 
tbeae  steamers  shall  tonob  at  Para,  Pernambooo,  and 
Bahia,  and  make  Bio  Janiero  their  terminus.  It  ia  be- 
beyed  that  sufiicient  bnsineas  will  be  foimd  to  make 
the  venture  a  very  profitable  oue.  Tue  trouble 
with  Commodore  Garrison's  line  of  BrazUian 
Steamers,  diaoontlnued  two  years  since,  is  said  to 
nave  been  that  they  were  unfitted  in  size  to  the 
trade  botween  the  two  ports,  being  over-large  and 
requiring  the  eunsamption  of  too  much  coal  to 
ma^e  the  business  pay.  Mr.  Boach's  steamers  will 
be  small  and  of  great  speed.  It  is  expected  that 
they  will  make  the  trip  lu  frsm  17  to  SIO  days.  Toe 
Hraziliau  Consul  is  of  the  opinion  that  Mr.  lisdale's 
mission  will  be  entirely  successful. 


A  TENEMENT  MO UHE  INfANTlOIDE. 
Patrolman  Lamb,  of  tbe  Twenty-second  Pre- 
cinct, while  on  patrol  duty  in  the  vicinity  of 
Eleventh  avenue  and  Fiftieth  street,  found  the 
body  of  a  newly-born  male  child  in  a  vaoattt  lot  ad- 
joining the  tenement-house  No.  550  West  Fiftieth 
street.  The  body  bore  no  marks  of  yiolenoe,  ex- 
cept a  sligbt  discoloration  of  the  neck.  Tbe  officer 
learned  at  the  tenement-hoose  tbat  Henrietta 
Bobson,  aged  98,  wtaooocnpied  the  second  floor  with 
ber  brother,  had  givenj^th  to  tbe  child  yesterday. 
Coroner  EUinger  was  reqnestad  to  attend  the  oase, 
and  tne  woman  oonfeaaed  ttiat  the  ohitd  waa  alive 


■eeond-stoiy  winnow.  Bb»  aald  that  she  was  not  m 
married  woman,  and  bad  tfaoa  dlspoaed  of  tho  infant 
in  order  to  hide^ber  shame  tcom  bar  brotber.  Bbe 
xeftised  to  reveal  t  be  name  of  the  father.  The  Core* 
ner  had  her  ttanafBrred  aa  a  prisoner  to  the  VvMiy-% 
ninth  Street  Hoopf  tat. 


TMSJdVBDEB  OF  MAQOIE  BAUEB:' 


1H£  CASE  FOR  THE  PBOSBCUTION  CLOSED- 
OPENING  OF  THE  CASK  FOB  THE  DE- 
FENSE— THB  THBORT  ADTAMCBD  THAT 
KATE  HOFPMAN  -  COMMITTED  THE  MUB- 
DBB.  * 

The  remainder  of  the  testimony  ofteredby 
the  proaeontlon  m  the  trial  of  Frank  McConnoohle 
for  the  murder  of  Maggie  Bauer,  was  taken  y  ester- 
day,  and  at  4  o'clock  F.  M.  Mr.-  Armstrong. opened 
the  case  for  (he  defenae. 

Gomellns  iLawrenoe  f-  was  .  cross-examined  by 
Judge  Buateed.  He  was  asked  if  be  had  testified 
in  this  oase  before  the  Grand  Jury.  Witness  at 
first  said  he  'did  not  know ;  then  he  denied  having 
done  so,  and  concluded  bv  admitting  ;.that  he  had 
been  before  the  Grand  Jury. 

-  George  Bauer,  the  father  of  Maggie,  was  the  next 
witness ;  on  the  day  his  daughter  wad  murdered  he 
was  away  from  home  ;  he  returned  home  at  3  P.  M4 
witness  identified  the  bonnet  that  thad  been  worn 
by  bis  daughter ;  he  knew  Stephen  Payne,  the  de- 
tective {  had  first  made  his  acquaintance  soon  after 
the  Coroner's  inquest ;  witness  and  Payne  met  the 
prisoner    -    at        Jamaica  by  appointment 

on  Oct ""  34  J  they  drove  '  up  the  Hemp- 
stead turnpike,  and  •  MoConnocbie  identi- 
fied various  localities  ou  the  road  as  places  at  which 
he  had  stopped  on  the  night  before  the  murder ; 
prisoner  had  sl^t ,  on  the  stoop  of  a  store  at 
Queens;  witness  did  not  recollect  the  night;  pris- 
oner had  stopped  at  Boss'  shoe  shop,  where  he 
begged  something  to  eat ;  he  next  stopped  at  Mrs. 
Baker's  candy  store,  where  he  also  obtained  food ; 
witness  oontuued  on  the  road  to  his  house,  where 
he  had  dinner  with  Detective  Payne ;  after  dinner 
the  party  went  to  tbe  woods  where  the  body  had 
been  found  and  tbe  corn-field  in  wbiob  the  murder 
had  been  oomnutted;  John  De  Mott  Henderson, 
Cornelius  Lawrence,  and  others  were  also  tnere. 

Charles  A.  Spragne,  tbe  Assistant  Janitor  of  the 
Town  Hall  at  Jamaica,  testified  that  he  had  had  an 
interview  with  the  prisoner  when  the  latter  was 
confined  in  that  institution,  during  which  the  pris- 
oner oonfessed  having  choked  little  Maggie,  bnt 
said  he  "didn't  mean  tO{"  he  held  his  handsaround 
her  throat  longer  than  be  had  intended  to. 

Tbe  prosecution  here  rested  their  case,  and  Judge 
Bnsteed  moved  tliat  all  the  testimony  relating  to 
the  alleged  confessions  of  the  prisoner  to  Stephen 
Payne  should  be  stricken  out,  on  the  ground  that 
as  the  prosecution  had  not  called  Payne  as  a  wit- 
ness, and  thus  given  the  defoise  an  opportunity  to 
cross-examine  bim,  it  was  not  proper  that  others 
should  state  tbe  confessions  which  it  was  alleged 
he  tiad  received.  Payne  waa  a  Deputy  ShenfT;  ne 
was  an  officer  of  the  law  ;  he  had  arrested  the  prisoner 
without  a  warrant ;  be  bad  taken  the  prisoner  be- 
fore the  outraged  family,  and  yet  the  prosecution 
had  not  eaUed  himi  Payne  had  said  to  Mc- 
Connoohle tbat  if  he  did  not  confuss  be 
"  would  hang  him  then  and  there,"  and  if  tbe  prose- 
cutiou  had  plaaed  Payne  on  the  stand  be  proposed 
to  prove  that  tbat  man  had  "  extorted  those  confes- 
sions for  tbe  graufication  of  his  own  personal 
greed."  Judge  Pratt  denied  the  motion,  ou  the 
ground  that  the  court  sould  not  undertake  to  decide 
bow  the  District  Attorney,  who  was  the  counsel  lor 
the  people,  ahould  conduct  bis  case.  His  opinion 
waa  that  tbe  prosecution  abonld  bave  introduced 
the  testimony  of  Payne,  but  because  be 
did  not  the  court  could  not  strike  out  the 
testimony  already  adduced  by  the  Dis- 
trict Attorney.  Judge  Buateed  took  an  ex- 
ception, and  the  Diatriot  Attorney  said  that  as  be 
had  no  wish  to  conceal  anything,  he  would  call  De- 
tective Payne.  The  latter  was  therefore  placed  on 
the  stand ;  he  had  resided  at  Hempstead  for  fonr 
years  1  was  living  there  laat  October  ;  after  the 
priaoner  l^id  been  discharged  by  the  Grand  Jury 
witness  was  driving  along  the  road  to  Garden  City; 
be  overtook  McGonnocfaie  and  took  him  into 
the  wagon,  and  conveyed  him  to 
Mr.  Jennings',  in  Jamaica;  the  prisoner 
liad  a  shirt  roiled  up  in  a  newspaper;  it  was  a  white 
shirt  with  blood  on  the  left  sleeve;  he  had  another 
shirt,  either  dotted  or  checkered,  on  the  inside  of 
the  right  sleeve  of  which  was  a  blood  stain ;  wit- 
ness arrested  tbe  prisoner  in  Brooklyn  upon  a  war- 
rant issued  by  Justice  George  B.  Bennett  on 
Saturday,  Got.  21,  1876;  be  took  him  to 
the  Town  W«ll  at  Jamaica;  witness  sub- 
seqaently went  to  the  Town  Hall  at  Jamaica  with 
Mr.  Bauer,  and  took  the  prisoner  to  Mr,  Bauer's 
house  by  the  circmtoas  route  previously  described 
by  Mr.  Bauer  in  bis  testimony;  arrived  at  Mr. 
Bauer's  house,  witness  asked  MeConnochie  if  he 
committed  tbe  marder  ;  the  latter  replied  mterro- 
gatively,  "Won't  yen  let  them  hurt  me?"  witness 
replied  that  he  should  not  be  hurt,  and  the  prisoner 
then  said,  "  Yes,  I  killed  her."  Witness  next  nar- 
rated tbe  particulars  about  the  examination  of  the 
spot  where  the  murder  was  committed,  iu  tbe  corn- 
field, and  the  woods  wbere  the  body  waa  found  ; 
the  prisoner  told  witness  that  he  had  paid  oac  tbe 

lO-cant.  piece  witb  a  bole  in  it,  wbicli  be  loaH  from 
Maggie,  for  some  cakes,  at  a  baker's  suop,  out  he 
could  not  remember  wbere. 

The  cross-examioataon  of  tbe  witness  by  Judge 
Busteed  occupied  the  greater  part  of  the  afternoon. 
Witness  testified  that  he  was  born  at  Newport, 
Herkimer  County,  in  this  State,  and  was  57  years 
old ;  he  was  never  attached  to  any  Police  force  in 
the  United  States ;  be  bad  been  oounected  with  the 
detection  of  a  large  number  of  oasea  ;  his  connec- 
tion with  the  detection  of  the  gudt  of  Frank  Mc- 
Connoohie  was  undertaken  in  tbe  hope  of  a  reward 
which  he  had  heard  the  Supervisors  would  offer  fur 
the  apprehension  of  the  murderer  ;  if  tbe  prisoner 
wonlu  be  acquitted  he  should  receive  no  compensa- 
tion ;  he  never  cautioned  MeConnochie  tbat  what 
he  said  might  be  used  against  him  in  a  court  of  jus- 
tice. 

This  dosed  the  case  for  the  prosesution,  and  Mr. 
Theodore  J .  Armstrong  opened  the  case  for  the  de- 
fense. He  iwlopted  the  theory  tnat  the  murder  of 
Maggie  Bauer  was  committed  by  Kate  Holtman;  be 
proposed  to  show  by  credible  wuuessea  tbat  Kate 
Huffman  had  been  in  a  sute  ot  neivous  excitement 
on  the  day  the  murder  was  committed,  and  tbat 
certain  tracks  in  tbe  oorn-field  corresponded  In  shape 
and  size  with  the  gaiiers  worn  by  Slate  Hofiman  at 
the  time  ot  the  murder.  Before  the  argument  was 
concluded  the  court  took  a  reossa  until  this  morn- 
ing,   ^ 

AN  AMATEUR  AOIOB  SENTENCED. 
Justice  Walsh's  Court,  in  the  basement  of 
thci  Brooklyn  City  HaU.  was  crowded  yesterday 
morning  by  the  friends  of  Thomas  F.  Clark  and 
Douglass  Walker,  amateur  actors,  wbo  appeared  in 
the  rdles  of  complainant  and  defendant.  On  Mon- 
day, ihe  13th  inst.,  Walker  horsewhiped  Clark  be- 
hind the  scenes  of  the  Academy  of  Music, 
attacking  him  1  trom  ■  behind  and  assaulting 
him  'aavagely,  and,  according  to  the  testi- 
mony, in  a  most  '-'  cowardly  ;  manher.  The 
catue  of  the  quarrel  has  not  been  definitely  ascer- 
tained, but  it  is  rumored  that  Jealousy  about  a 
woman  originated  the  difficulty.  The  testimony 
taken  on  Monday  last  has  already  bean  published. 
Wh<)n  the  case  was  called  yesterday  an  effort  was 
made  to  have  it  adjourned.  The  motion  being  de- 
nied, the  prisoner  pleaded  guilty.  Counsel  then 
spoke  about  the  prisoner's  high  character.  Assist- 
ant District  Attorney  Snell  said  that  the  prosecu- 
tion waa  ready  to  admit  that  they  had  no  faalt  to 
find  with  the  previous  character  of  the  accused. 
Mr.  Bird,  for  tbe  plaintilT  dissented  from  the  views 
of  the  District  Attorney.  Gen.  Cailin  urged 
that  the  mere  imposition  ot  a  tine  wonld  meet  all 
the  requirements  of  the  case.  Justice  Walsh 
thought  difi^erently.  The  business  of  horse-whip- 
ping had  inoreaied  of  late,  and  he  proposed  to 
check  it  if  he  oonld.  He  sentenced  Walker  to  60 
days  in  the  Penitentiary.  His  friends  are  very  iu- 
'dignant,  and  his  counsel,  very  soon  after  the  sen- 
tence of  his  client,  obtained  a  writ  of  tiabeas  corpus 
from  Judge  Gilbert.  The  writ  is  returnable  to- 
morrow, aud  in  the  meantime  Walksr  will  remain 
in  the  custody  of  Sheriff  Daggett^  who  is  his  per- 
sonal ftientL  ^^^^^^ 

A  LOVER'S  ATTEMPT  AT  SUICIDE. 
Considerable  excitement  was  caused  in  the 
little  villaga  of  Goodground,  Long  Island,  on  Tues- 
day night,  by  an  attempt  to  commit  suicide  by  a 
young  man  of  tbe  name  of  Orlando  Penny,  the  son 
of  a  well-to-do  farmer  of  that  place.  It  appears  thi.  t 
Penny  has  been  very  attentive  to  Miss  Fanny  Jack- 
,  aon,  a  young  lady  of  16,  who  resides  iu  the  same  vil- 
lage, and  was  engaged  to  be  married  to  her.  It 
came  to  her  knomedge  a  abort  time  ago  that  he 
had  been  drinking  to  excess  of  late,  and  she  informed 
him  ot  ber  intention  to  break  the  engagement. 
On  Tuesday  evening  he  called  on  her,  by  appoint- 
ment, and  the  correspondence  that  had  passed 
between  them  was  returned.  Penny  then 
went  to  his  father's  house,  and  at  the  usual 
hour  retired  to  bis  room,  which  be  ocoapied  with 
his  brother.  At  an  early  bour  yesterday  morning  be 
arose,  and  taking  a  revolver  from  hisdiessing-tsble, 
shot  himself  in  the  breast.  His  brotber,  wbo  was 
awakened  by  the  soimd  of  tbe  explosion,  sprang 
from  his  bed  aud  found  him  lying  upon  the  floor. 
A  doctor  was  called  ia,  and,  upon  making  an 
examination,  found  tbat  the  ball  had  taken  a  down- 
ward ceurse.  At  a  laie  hour  yesterday  afternoon 
the  young  man  waa  in  a  very  critical  condition,  and 
it  waa  feared  that  the  wound  would  prove  fatal. 


AN  A  CTBSaS  ROBBED  OF  BER  WARDROBE. 
Henry  £.  Walcers  and  Lola  Walters  were 
before  Jnstioe  Otterbourg,  at  tbe  Washington  Place 
Police  Coart,  yesterday  charged  with  grand  larceny. 
Tbey  ware  arraigned  on  complaint  of  John  W. 
Eslsey,  of  Ko.  136  West  Twenty-nmth  street,  wbo 
mformed  the  magistrate  that  his  sister.  Miss  Lizzie 
Kelsey,  tbe  aetress.  bad  lieen  robbed  of  a  large  por- 
tion of  her  wardrobe  and  a  quantity  of  Jewelry, 
valued  in  all  at  ILOOO,  and  he  snspe(^  tbe  accused 
of  having  been  conoeraed  in  the  theft.  The  ac- 
onaed,  wbo  are  realdents  of  the  aame  beoae,  were 


tr-ninth  Preeiaet  and  as  the  evldeBee  agatiiat  then 
was  Ineompleta.  they  were  remanded  iwtU  to-dav. 
It  Is  nnderstooo  tbat  tbe  FoUoe  have  rseorereA  a 
Bortion  of  the  stoleo  property. 

aiN&  BIN  a  FBisos  MANxaxMEirr. 
*  Superintendent  of  State  Prisona  Lonia  IV 

.  PQlslmry  early  yesterday  moniinK  ofBoull  y  notlfls4 
Warden  George  Yoonga,  of  Sing  Slag  Prison,  that 
he  had  appointed  ex'tMate  Fiiaoa  Inspector  B, 
S.  W.  Clarke  in  his  stead.  This  morning 
the  outgoing  Warden  will  aurrender  to  Mr.  Clarke 
the  books  of  the  prison,  and  tbe  latter  will  imiue< 
diately  enter  npon  tbe  duties  it  bia  position. 
Formerly  the  appointments  of  tbe  subordinates  ot 
tbe  wardens  of.  the  different  State  Prisons  were 
made  by  tbe  State  Prison  Inspectors,  bnt  under  the 
system  to  De  Introduced  bySuperintendentPillsbury 
tne  Wardens  will  make  the  appointments,  the  Su* 
perlntendent,  however,  reserving  to  himself  tbe 
light  of  approving  or  disapproving  them.  Said  Sn- 
Twrintendent  Pillsbury  :  "My  Wardens  shall  ap^ 
point  all  the  officials  under  them,  and  Ishall  hold 
them  responsible  for  tbe  eompeienoy  and  good  con* 
duct  of  the  sam  e." 


^  IMPORTATION  OF  ENQLISB  FISH. 
I  The  Aquarium  has  just  succeeded,  through 
Capt.  Mortimer,  of  tbe  ship  Hamilton  Flab,  m  pro- 
curing aome  very  rare  fish  from  England  and  Ger- 
many, and  which,  after  a  protracted  passage  of 
three  months,  were  sucoeesfully  placed  alive  in  tha 
tanks.  They  were  conveyed  by  means  of  peudnlum 
raaks,  thus  avoiding  the  ship's  motion.  There  ai*e 
fire  varieties  of  Enghsh  star-fisb,  seaurobins,  slugs, 
and  aeveral  beaudtuUy-colored — black  and  yellow 
striped— German  salamanders.  Man-eating  alliga- 
tors 15  lest  long  have  also  been  added  to  the  colieo* 
leotion  of  amphibia. 

C00NA.C8  BOTTLED  at  Jonzsc  Distilleries ;  also  la 

wood.  Victor  E.  Mjluoks,  £iole  Importer,  110  Beade  at. 
— Aavertisntatt.  ^ 

PA88EN0ERS  SAILED. 

In  tteam-thk>  Gen  Bxrnes.  for  &it>annah.  — M.  H.  titronA 
Thomas  G.  Lee.  E.  Uenoeasy,  L.  U.  Walton,    Boo.  C.  u. 

MoArthur,  and  wife,  Charles  B.  Bising,  F.  A.  Sabatton. 
Mrs.  Mary  A  Shipman,  Anna  K.  Feale,  Mra.  VV.  H.  Lee, 
Miss  Lee,  Ur.  and  Mrs.  J.  P.  Hatch,  W.  &  Sartt,  Bich- 
ard  MartlD,  Mr.  and  Mus.  F.  U.  Woudworth.  Adolph 
Kelstein,  J.  L.  Lockuer,  lir.  A.  M.  Wright.  Uiss  vyrigat, 
Henry  Cbubbeck,  Capt,  Martin.  P.  o.  Uarward,  T.  V. 
Cashln.  C.  H.  Lester,  J.  K.  Lester,  J.  H.  hliiott,  tS.  B 

Seby,  J.  P.  Labanon. 

Zn  tUam-tMip  CMna,  for  Uverpool.—i.  .Q.  Anderson. 
Mrs.  Butcher,  Mrs,  Kmily  Dunn,  D.  EUwanger.  Miss 
Penmson,  George  P.  Gephart.  M'.  8.  Oephart.  c.  A.  Bin- ' 
richs.  Jr.,  Leonard  JacobL  Miss  Bella  Lennnx,  Mias 
Jessie  Lennox.  Parker  &laan.  Henry  Marsh.  Capt.  and 
Mrs.  James  Mil  I  ward,  J.  P.  Robertson,  Kobert  ^sbleld8, 
Andrew  Tnmey,  Euseble  VUiamil,  dobcn  Watt,  Miss 
Jessie  iVlngate.  .^ 

In  Mteam-thip  BnQland,  for  Liverpoot — W.  Bamnels, 
Mrs.  Scott,  Herbert  Poate.  John  Dltmann,  Dr.  P.  H. 
Beller,  Capt.  GKleon,  Mr,  and  Mrs.  John  McOalla.  Miss 
Higgs.  Frank  Lovell,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Milev.  Mrs.  Buckner, 
John  Podmore.Urs.  B.  UarsbaLl.  Masters  Augnat  and 
AlDert  Marshall. 

m 

PASSENGERS  ARRIVED. 

In  tteam-thin  Idaho,  from  lAvervool — Mr.  and  Ura. 
Holmes,  Joseph  Turner,  R.  de  Tricy  Gould,  T.  P.  Cree- 
don,  Joseph  U,  tJtevens,  C  Coboit,  t.  Rodriguez,  Joha 
Maylon,  Joseph  Chavasizi,  Miss  Mary  E.  UiirrisoQ.  A.  J. 
Cr^edon,  ilhelm  Hufler,  Wm.  Jackson,  Andreas 
Smithaen,  Hiss  L.  Reynolds. 


MINIATVRE  ALM.A..fA.O—ia.[S  DAY. 
Sunrises 6:44  I  Sunsets 5:43  I  Moon  sets...3:4S 

HIOH  WATSa — THIS   DAT. 

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■  MABIITEi .  INTELLIQENCB, 


KEW-TOBK WED.SESOAS,  FBR  2L 


CLEARED. 

Hteam-shlps  Neptune,  Berr.y,  Boston,  R.  F.  Dimockt 
Kleanora,  Johnson,  Portland :  Vindicator.  Rogers, 
Pbiladelphia,  James  Hand ;  City  of  V««ra  Cruz,  Deaden. 
Havana,  itc,  P.  Alexanore  St  eons ;  Valentine.  Rose, 
New-Haven,  Cartwrlght  Si  Dovie;  KUa  Rmght,  Bearse, 
Boston,  H.  P.  Ulmock ;  Morgan  City.  Reed.  New-Or- 
leans, C.  A  Whitney  t  Co.;  Pioneer,  vVakeiy,  Wi  jnine- 
ton,  N.  C„  Wm.  P.  Clyde  &t;o.;  Gulf  Stream,  Crowell, 
Charleston.  J.  W.  Quintard  t  Co.-.  Geu.  Baraes, 
Oheesemau.  Savaun&h,  Murray,  Ferris  it  Co.;  Agnes. 
Burdick,  Philadelpbia. 

ItarKs  .Serena  P..  (Aust.,)  Chersanoz.  Aberdeen,  Scot- 
land, SlocoTiph  &  Ca;  Osmi  Oubroyacki,  (Autt..;  Marl- 
novich,  Queenstown  for  orders,  Kunch.  hd.ye  &.  Caj 
Prot.  Nordenstjold.  (Norw.,)  Bemer,  Cork  or  Valmouch 
lor  orders.  Punch,  Ed.ye  k.  lo. 

Brig  Abbie  £.  lltcomb,  Kenuey,  Matanzas,  J.  B. 
Ward  t  Co. 

Schrs.  8.  P.  Godwin,  Williams.  Bridgeport,  Conn., 
Stamford  Manufacturing  Co.;  Gen.  Toroet,  Pardee, 
Norfolk,  Van  Brunt  it  Bro.;  Washiutiton,  Fischer, 
Galveston,  Tnpper  It  Beattie;  Kate  Scraaton,  Pond, 
^ew-LondoD,  H.  W.  Jackson  &.  Co.;  Anno,  Hawking 
Progreso,  Mexico,  Thebaud  Bros. 


ARRIVED. 

Bteam-shlp  Albemarle,  Oibbs.  Lewes,  with  mdse.  and 
passengers  to  Old  Dominion  ateam-shio  Co. 

Bteam-shlp  Hndaon.  Gager,  New-Orleans  Feb.  15 
witb  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Clark  t  Seaman. 

Steam-sblp  Aiientown,  Tuttie,  Pbiladelphia,  witb 
coal  to  Beading  Railroad  Co. 

Steam-snip  Kleanora,  Johnson,  Portland,  with  mdse. 
and  p^isaengers  to  J.  F.  Ames. 

Steam-8blo  Neptune,  Berry,  Boston,  witb  mase.  and 
passsngers  to  Metropolitan  Steam-sbip  Co. 

Ship  Otto  andAntonle,  (i>iorw.,)Gunder8on,  Liverpool 
60  ds.,  in  ballast  to  Punch,  Edye  t  Co. 

Ship  Freedom,  Lawrence,  Liverpool,  via  Savannah 
60  ds.,  in  ballast  toThos.  Uunham's  Nephow  &  Co. 

Bark  Zorags,  (of  London.)  Larlett,  Manila  Aug.  5, 
with  hemp  and  sugar  to  Youngs  t  Co. 

Bark  Lyman  Camo,  (of  Yarmoutb,  N  8.,)  Graves 
Antwerp  68  ds.,  in  ballast  to  Logan  to  Prestoa. 

Bark  Richard,  (Norw.,)  Danieisen,  London  77  ds,,  iii 

ballast  to  Beabam  &.  Boyeeeo. 

Bark  Clemtlna,  (ItaL,)  Porsio,  Glrgentt  105  ds.,  wit> 
sulphur  to  order.  „       .        .„     ,  ,.„  . 

bark  Kong  Carl,  (Norw.,)  Housken.  Bordeaux  68  da., 
in  ballast  to  C.  Tobias  b.  o'o. 

Bark  Audrea  Lovlco  «o.   2,  from  ifrance  21  ds.,  with 

Bark  Anna  Margaretha,  (Norw.,)  Jacobsen.  Antwers 
65  ds.,  in  uallast  to  Benham  k.  Boyesen.  Anchored  at 
Sandr  Hook  lor  orders. 

Bark  Midas,  (of  Batli.)  Frost,  Catania  Nov.  18.  via 
Gibraltar  Jan.  9,  with  fruit,  fcc,    to  W.  Caaningham'^ 

Son— Vessel  to  D,  B.  Dearborn.  Anchored  at  Sandt 
Hook  tor  orders.  „  „      ^  ,  _,  ^ 

Bark  Andrea  Lovico,  (Ital.,)  B.allo,  Palermo  75  ds., 
witb  irult  to  order.  .     ,    .,     ^       „  „ 

Bark  oabine,  Gilbert,  New-Locdon,  in  ballast  to  C.  a 

Mallory  &  Co.  ,..>_./, 

Bark  Horoet,  (of  Philadelphia.)  Hopkins,  Porto  Ca- 
oello  20  ds.,  witU  coffee  to  Ualiett,  Boulton  t  Co. 

Bark  C,  t*.  Bushnell,  (of  New-Haven. l  Mayo,  Trleat* 
83  da.,  with  mdse.  to  Bentley,  Giiderileeve  t  Co. 

Bark  Padre  VolasAO,  (Aust.,)  Straugber,  Antwerp  6t 
ds.,  In  !>al last  to  order. 

BrigSarab  M.  Lortng,  (of  Portland,)   Lonng,   Matan- 

cas  19  ds.,  with  sugar  to  8.  t  VV.  Welsh— vessel  t« 
Brett,  Son  &  Co. 

Brig  Charles  A_  Hoard,  (of  Yarmouth,  N.  S.,)  Messen- 
ger, St.  John's.  P.  R.,  15  ds.,  -witb  sugar  to  Lanman  (l 
Kemp — vessel  to  Simpson,  Clapp  &  Ca 

Brig  Daylight,  (of  New-tiavea,)  Gibson,  Demerara  24 
ds    with  Bujtar  and  mjlassss  to  L.  W.  u.  P.  Armstrong. 

Brig  Genius,  (Ger. .)  Oltmaus,  Rio  Janeiro  58  ds., 
witb  coffee  to  B.  U.  Arnold  &  Co.— vessel  to  0.  Tobias  fc 

Schr.  Miranda,  Mitchell,  Matanzas  12  ds.,  with  sugar 
to  Gossler  b  Co. 

Scbr.  Summerville.  (of  Liverpool,  N.  S.,)  Swan,  Port 
an  Prince  22  ds.,  with  logwood  to  Tbackray  at  Co.— 
vessel  to  J.  Boss  Jt  Co. 

Schr.  Annie  W.  Barker,  (of  Castine,  Me..)  Snowman. 
Pernambnco  34  ds..  with  sugar  to  agents  Caoauian 
Bank  of  Montreal  .  _.    .    , 

Schr.  MatUda,  (of  Gibraltar,)  O'Mahoney.  dudad 
Bolivar  28  ds.,  with  mdse,  to  G.  W.  Gulett— vessel  to 
KvauB.  Ball  U.  Co. 

Scbr.  Minnie  G.  Loud,  (of  Baltimore,)  Holt,  Alatansas 
20  da,  witb  sugar  to  De  Oastro  i.  i^oi.ui-r— vessel  to 
Miller  k  Hongbton.  _.^ 

Schr.  Frank  Atwood,  Bryan,  Mayaguez  12  ds.,  Wlttk 
fruit  to  Wm.  Douglass. 

WIND-  Sunset,  Ugbt,  N.  W.;  clear. 


SAILED. 
Steam-ships  China  and  England,  for  Lryerpool:  Cas- 
talia,  for  GUsgow;  Cicy  of  Vera  Cruz,  for  Havana; 
Morgan  City,  for  New-Bedford:  Gen.  barues,  lor  8a- 
vanuab  :  Gulf  Stream,  for  Charleston :  Pioneer,  tor 
Wilmington,  N.  C:  Vindicator  for  Pbiladelohia;  ship 
Privateer,  for  Calcutta ;  barks  Kmllid,  for  Cork;  Will 
and  Erato,  for  Aniler;  Johannes  Foes,  for  Vigo :  brigs 
Walter  Smith,  for  Montevideo  ;  Harry,  tor  ht.  John's, 
P.  a.  Also,  via  Long  la. and  .^ound.  schrs.  B.  aud  G.  W. 
Hinds,  for  Calais;  Katie  J.  Hoyt.  for  Glouoestr;  For- 
est Oak  and  Eodney  Parker,  for  New-.iaven;  H.  B. 
Diverty,  for  Bostou;  David  G.  Fio.ya,  for  Providence. 


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BY  CABLE. 

Loirooir.  Feb.  2I.-81d.  13th  inst,  OUnda,  Blla, 
Capt.  Dart;  21st  Inst.,  Carlotia,  ileemal.  Korsfaren. 
the  latter  for  Cnarleston  ;  Runer,  Ueltn,  Capt.  C»s- 
parson.  the  latter  lor  St.  Thomas  ;   Joshua  Lonng,  toi 

HftTftflft.  " 

Arr.  13th  inst.  Genoi;  15th  inst.,  Claudina;  15th 
inst.  Antolnetta,  Michele  Pieaaso.  Principessa  Mar- 
gherita  dl  Piemonte  ;  20tb  mst..  Chioe.  Susan  M.  Dud- 
mar,  Hatlle  G.  Dixon,  Snap,  Arctic,  Cant.  Owen  ;  2iot 
inst.,  Glenejle,  stenm-stiip;  St.  Andrea.  .      _   . 

Havrb  Feb.  -Jl.— The  General  .Translantio  Co.'^ 
steam-sblp  l  abrador,    Capt.    Sanalier,    Irom   New- York 

Feb,  10,  by  wny  of  Plymouth  Feb,  20.  arr.  here  at  a 
o'clock  this  afternoon.  ,_      ^       ^    i     j  ^ 

Havana.  Fab.  21.— The  schr.  Cumberland  has  arr. 
here.  _^^^^^^__^^^^_^___^^^^^_^__ 

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PRESIDENT  BATES'  CASTNET. 

^rORTS  OV  THE  AM&TEUB  CABINCT-MAKRRS 
TO  ORGANIZE  THB  NEXT  ADMINISTRA- 
TION— SPECCTLATIONS       BT      NEWSPAPER 

CORRB8PONDBNT8  AND   HOPEFUL   POLI- 
TICIANS. 

Stieetal  DitpateJk  to  the  ITeto-Tbrk  Tlmtt. 

Washington,  Feb.  22 — The  Cabinet  of 

yreaident  Hajes  has  been  selected  by  Beveral 
newspaper  ooirespondents  and  speoalatiDg 
politioians,  bat  it  oa&  be  said  truthfillly  that 
Mr.  Hayes  has  not '  himself  been  consulted 
by  the  makers  ot  the  pablisbed  lists,  and 
he  may  possibly  repudiate  the  choice 
that  has  been  made  for  him.  There 
is,  of  coarse,  a  vast  deal  of  anxiety  on  the 
part  of  some  politicians,  and  of  deep  interest 
and  curiosity  on  the  part  of  others,  to 
know  bow  the  incoming  .  Administration 
?eill  he  organized.  •  None  ot  .  the  sue- 
tcestions  that  have '  appeared  ^  in  print 
have  come  from  Mr.  Hayes,  either  directly 
or  indirectly.  His  most  intimate  personal , 
friends  give  assurance  that  he  has  expressed  no 
determination  with  regard  to  any  particular 
person  who  has  been  named  for  his  Cabinet, 
thoDgh  he  has  listened  to  much  advice,  either 
voluntary  or  in  response  to  solicitations  on 
his  part.  Names  find  their  way  into 
the  newspapers  from  the  suggestions  of 
friends  of  those  seeking  Cabinet  positions, 
of  whom,  it  is  safe  to  say  there  are  not  lees 
lihan  100  more  or  less  active  or  expectant. 
ill.  McCrary,  of  Iowa,  has,  for  in- 
Btanee,  been  mentioned  for  the  office 
of  Attomev  General  The "  connection  of 
his  name  with  tne  place  crrows  out  of  the  fact 
that  the  Consrressional  deleeations  of  seven  or 
eight  States  of  the  North-west  are  said  to  be 
willing  to  urge  his  nomination  as  the  repre- 
sentative in  the  Cabinet  from  that 
section      of      the      Union.  A     band     of 

Southern  Republicans  are  -  understood 
to  be  gathered  about  Senator  West,  and  will 
urge  in  the  most  strenuous  manner  that  he  be 
appointed  to  a  Cabinet  position.  If  report  be 
true,  a  gentleman  has  been  sent  to  Columbus 
to  present  the  claims  of  Senator  West.  It  is 
said  that  Glen.  Logan  is  being  urgedjatr  the 
admirers  of  bis  political  career  and  mourners 
at  his  defeat  for  the  Senate,  for  an 
appointment  to  the  head  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment The  autherity  for  this  story  is  not  very 
conclusive,  but  it  seems  not  improbable  that  it 
may  be  true.  Whether  the  Pacifio  coast  will 
bare  a  candidate  to  support  for  a  place  in  the 
Cabinet  is  not  definitely  announced,  though  the 
Pacific  States  are  geaerally  forward  in  present- 
ing their  claims. 

As  illustrating  how  hopelessly  the  Cabinet 
makers  are  at  fault  for  lack  of  genuine  infor- 
mation, it  should  be  noticed  that  they  are  en- 
tirely unable  to  assign  anybody  to  the  Treas- 
ury Department.  The  gossip  vacillates  be- 
tween Senator  Sherman  and  Gov.  Morgan,  of 
New-York.  The  general  opinion  is  that 
the  State  Department  will  be  offered  to 
Mr.  Evarts.  No  other  name  is  much  talked  of 
for  that  position,  and  perhaps  tne  only  plausi- 
ble suggestion  of  any  other  name  is  that  of 
Senator  Edmunds,  of  Vermont.  Judge  Stan- 
ley Matbews,  who  is  associated  with  Mr. 
Evarts,  has  made  a  deep  impression  upon 
the  public  mind,  and  is  much  talked 
of  tor  a  Cabinet  position ;  but  it 
seems  more  likeJy  that  he  will  be  assigned  to 
the  work  of  driving  out  of  the  next  House, 
Mr.  Banning,  of  Cincinnati,  who  was  elected 
oy  repeaters  under  the  direction  ot  Eph.  Hol- 
land. Such  a  man  as  Judge  Matbews  is  much 
needed  in  the  House.  2^.  Hale,  of  Maine, 
has  been  repeatedly  named  for^  Secretary 
of  the  Navy.  Whether  he  desires  ttie  position 
or  wbetber  Mr.  Hayes  has  anv  intention  ol 
offering  it  to  him,  is  entirely  unknown.  There 
is  much  talk  as  to  who  ^  will  be  the  Southern 
representatives  in  the  Cabinet,  of  which  it  is 
tapposea  there  will  be  one  or  two,  but 
on  this  subject  there  have  .  been  no 
expressions  from  Mr.  Hayes.  It  may 
be  taken  for  granted  that  he  desires  to  organ- 
ize a  Cabinet  that  will  strengthen  the  Repub- 
lican Party  and  satisfy  the  people  as  to  the 
character  of  administration  that  may  be  ex- 
pected. It  is  believed  be  will' not  act  hastily, 
and  very  likely  will  not  appoint  a 
Cabmet  until  he  has  been  several  days 
tn  Washington.  He  has  thus  far  managed 
to  keep  his  own  couneel,  and  will  be  fonunate 
and  save  himself  much  personal  annoyance, 
if  he  is  able    to    preserve    confidence   ooncom- 

ing  bis  intentions  until  the  nominations  are 
sent  to  the  Senate. 

Senator  Sherman  has  gone  to  Ohio  to  meet 
Gov.  Hayes,  and  they  are  supposed  to 
be  together  at  Mansfield,  tbs  home  of 
Senator  Sherman,  to-night.  Crov.  Hayes  has 
been  expected  to  reach  here  next  week  on 
TLursday,  but  many  Kepubllcans  think  he 
shoald  come  immediately,  and  that  may  b*  the 
ttdvice  given  him  by  Senator  Sherman. 


THE  APPBOFEIATION  BILLS. 

/ASSAOE  OF  THB  PEFICIKNCY  BILL  IN 
THE  SENATE — TEffi  BARCLAY'3  DIGEST ' 
CLAUSE — THE  NAVY  BILL — THE  HOUSE 
AND  THE  SUNDRY  CIVIL  BILL — MR. 
HOLMAN  DEFEATED  ON  SEVERAL 
POINTS. 

UpeeUil  DUpateh  to  the  New-  Torh  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  22. — The  Senate,  to- 
day, passed  the  Defioieny  Appropriation  bilL 
All  the  amendments  reported  by  the  Senate 
Committee  on  Appropriations  were  adopted. 
The  most  important  amendment  reported  by 
the  Senate  committee,  is  that  providing  for  de- 
ficiencies in  the  expenses  of  United  States 
Couits,  to  meet  which  over  )J1,000.000  are 
appropriated.  In  the  House,  a  paragraph  was 
inserted  in  this  bill  repealing  a  House  resolu- 
tion passed  March,  1871,  allowing  Mr.  Barclay 
|l  per  copy  for  his  digest  of  the  rules 
of  the  House,  and  requiring  the  Journal  Clerk 
to  hereafter  prepare  a  digest  of  the  rules. 
Mr.  Blaine  proposed  an  amendment  to 
this  paragraph,  requiring  the  House 
to  pay  Mr.  Barclay  a  reasonable 
compensation  for  such  parts  of  hif  book  as 
might  be  used  under  orders  of  the  House.  A 
Innft  debate  followed  and  several  votes  were 
taken  before  the  matter  was  disposed  of.  The 
amendment  of  Mr.  Blaine  was  finally  earned 
by  yeas  23,  nays  21.  The  Senate  will  take  up 
and  pass  the  Navy  Appropriation  bill  to-mor- 
row. 

The  House  worked  all  day  on  the  Sundry 
Civil  bill,  but  did  not  complete  it  Mr.  Hol- 
man  was  defeated  several  times,  and  amounts 
named  m  the  bill  were  materially  increased. 
The  members  from  sections  in  which  public 
buildings  are  in  course  of  construction  made  a 
eombination  and  run  up  the  figures 
named  by  the  committee.  Mr.  Hol- 
man  made  stubborn,  but  ineffectual 
resistance.  The  sums  named  in  the  bill  for 
^blic  buildings  at  Cincinnati  and  Pbiladel- 
-SSt*  were  increased  from  $325,000  to  $400,000 
•u  the  Bouse  pushes  alona  more  rsDidly 


on  the  bills  yet  to  be  acted  upon,  some  of  thera 
will  yet  be  left  to  the  next  Congress  to  oem- 
plete. 

THE    VOTE   OF  MISSISSIPPI, 
AN  OBJECTION  THAT  WAS  NOT  MADE— A  FEW 
STARTLING  FACTS   PLAINLY   TOLD — WHY 
THE  VOTE   OF  THB   STATE   SHOULD  NOT 

BE  COUNTED  FOR  TILDKN  AND  COMPANY. 

Fi-om  Our  Own  Corretvntlent. 

Washington,  Wednesday,  Feb.  21, 1877. 

The  following  protest  against  the  count- 
ing of  the  Electoral  vote  of  Mississippi  for  Til- 
den  and  Hendricks  was  prepared  by  a  num- 
ber of  well-known  Southern  Republican  mem- 
bers of  the  Senate  and  House.  It  would  have 
been  presented  this  morning  but  tor  the  fact 
that  the  Democratic  flllibusters  have  so  short- 
ened the  time  for  a  consideration  of  the  Presi- 
dential question  as  to  make  all  unnecessary  de- 
lays dangerous. 

We,  the  undersigned  Senators  and  Kepreaenta- 
tivea,  object  to  the  connting  of  the  Electoral  vote 
of  the  State  of  Mississippi  for  the  reaaoos  and  upon 
the  gronnds  as  iollowi,  to  wit : 

L  That  the  Government  of  the  State  of  Misais. 
sippi  was  not  at  the  time  of  the  appointment  of  the 
Presidential  Electors  purporting  to  be  legal  Elect- 
ors of  said  State,  and  is  not  now,  a  State  Qovem- 
ment  within  the  pnrview  af  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  State*,  but  ia  a  uanrpaUon  aet  np  in  violin 
lation  alike  ot  the  Constitution  of  the  State  snd  the 
Constitution  of  the  United  States,  and  against  the 
will  of  a  large  majority  of  the  people  of  said  State. 

IL  That  the  legally  conatitnted  Oovemment 
was  overthrown  by  revolutionary  means,  otiaraoter- 
ized  by  armed  orgaaixatlona  of  political  conspira- 
tors, mob  violence,  frauds  at  the  ballot-box,  intimi* 
Aation  of  votera,  murder  and  assassination. 

ITL  That  the  certification  of  the  appointment  of 
Presidential  Electors  of  aald  State,  porporting  to  be 
a  legal  certification  of  snch  appointment  by  the 
Giovemor  of  said  State,  ia  in  truth  and  fact  a  cer- 
tification by  a  usurper  acting  as  Governor,  hold- 
ins  and  exerciaiDg  the  powers  and  fnnctions  of  the 
office  without  warrant  of  law,  and  is,  therefore, 
null  and  yoid. 

IV.  That  a  revolntlonary  body  pretending  to  be 
the  Legialatnre  of  aaid  State  have,  in  open  viola- 
tion ot  the  Cona  Citation  of  tne  State,  abrogated  the 
office  of  Lientenant  GovemoT  and  placed  a  member 
ot  their  own  body  in  the  chief  executive  office  of 
the  State,  vide  aeotlon  11,  article  4,  and  sections 
13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  and  18,  article  5,  Constitniion  of 
the  State,  and  Session  Acts  of  1876,  pages  12  and 
30,  pamphlet  lawa. 

V.  That  said  pretended  Legialatnre  enacted  a 
Begistration  and  Election  law,  entitled  "  An  aet  to 
provide  for  the  registration  of  veters,  amending 
and  repealing  the  laws  relating  thereto,  and  for 
other  purposes,  and  approved  April  7,  1876,"  which 
contained  provisions  coofiictlng  with  the  Constita- 
vion  of  the  Umted  States,  and  in  violation  of  the 
Conatitntion  of  Che  State. 

The  Conatltuiion  of  the  State  preaoribes  tb^qoal- 
ificatlon  of  voters  In  words  and  ficures  as  foliowa : 

"All  persons  entitled  to  roKister  shall  talce  ana 
subscribe  to  the  following  oatti  or  affirmation:  'I, 

,  do  eolemnlv  swear,  (or  affirm,)  in  the  preaenoe 

of  Almiishtr  G-od,  tbat  I  am  31  vears  of  age; 
tbat  I  have  reaided  in  the  State  six  months  and  in 

County  one  month  ;  that  I  will  faithfully  aop- 

oort  and  obey  the  Constitution  and  laws  of  ttie 
Uoited  States  and  of  the  State  of  Miasiseippt  Snd 
will  bear  true  faith  and  allegiance  to  the  same,  ao 
help  me  God.' " 

The  Regiatratlon  and  Election  law  aforeaaid  re- 
quired that  all  peraons  entitled  to  register  as  voters 
ahonld  state  under  oath  their  occupation  and  where 
proaecuted,  and,  tf  m  the  employ  of  any  one,  where, 
and  the  nature  of  such  •mployment,  name  of  em- 
ployer, the  election  district  in  which  they  resided, 
and  apecify  the  particular  portion  of  sncb  district ; 
and  il  a  resident  of  an  incorporated  city 
or  town,  to  give  the  ward  of  snch  city 
or  town.  (Vide  seotloois  3  and  4  Registration  law.) 
Under  the  operation  of  the  act  as  aforesaid,  at  the 
late  Presidential  election,  thousands  of  legally- 
qaalifiud  voters  were  refnsed  registration  because 
they  were  unable  to  swear  to  the  oarttcular  town- 
ship, range,  and  section  of  the  county  wbbrs  they 
resided,  and  were  thereby  deprived  of  tbeir  nehts 
aa  eleotura  uoder  the  Constitution  of  the  State. 

VI.  That  armed  political  organisations  known  aa 
"  Kifle  Clubs."  "  Wdlte  Leaenea,"  "  Keeulators. " 
"Modocs,"  and  "Bnil-Jozers,"  aided  and  abetted 
by  a  hostile  press  and  incendiary  appeals  to  the 
passions  and  prejudices  of  the  populace  by  Demo- 
cratic orators,  produced  such  a  reign  of  terror  aa  to 
prevent  a  free  and  fair  discussion  of  i>olitical  is^ine9 
bv  Bennblican  candidates  for  Congress  and  Presi- 
dential Electors. 

VIL  Tbat  by  intimidation  of  voters  and  frauds 
practiced  in  registration  and  at  the  ballot-box  a 
malority  of  not  less  than  20,000  of  the  legally 
qualified  voters  of  said  State  were  deprived  of  the 
right  •£  free  suSrage. 


IILDEN'S  LjflTEB  AND  ACCOUNTS. 

MISXAKK  OF  BEPUBLlCAKS  IN  CONSENTING 
NOT  TO  EXAMINE  HIS  ACCOUNTS  — 
field's  COMMITTEE  IN  POSSESSION  OF 
MR.    chandler's    ACCOUNT  FOB     WEEKS 

—NOTHING  DAMAGING  FOUND, 
I        Special  DiMvatelt  to  th*  New-  York  Timet. 

WASHINGTON,  Feb.  22.— The  letter  of 
Gov.  Tilden  to  Senator  Eernan  with  respect 
to  his  accounts  in  the  Third  National  Bank  ia 
a  mere  pretense,  entirely  characteristic  of  the 
man.  The  nature  of  the  agreement  which  is  said 
to  h^e  been  entered  into  by  the  committees  is 
not  veiy  well  understood,  and  it  is  not  certain 
whether  there  is  anv  understanding  that  ac- 
counts shall  be  suppressed.  It  certainly  never 
shoald  have  been  agreed  to  on  the  part  of  any 
Republicans.  David  Dudley  Field's  Commit- 
tee has  had  the  accounts  of  Secretary  Chandler 
as  Chairman  of  the  Republican  Committee, 
and  also  the  aceouuts  of  Secretary  McCormick 
of  the  committee  for  several  weeks,  and  has 
found  absolutely  nothing  which  would  be  dam- 
aging to  the  Republican  organization  if  dis- 
closed. Everybody  believes  that  the  Oregon 
fraud  was  paid  for  out  of  Tilden's  account,  and 
and  as  long  asHbe  exhibition  of  the  account 
is  not  made  this  belief  will  continue. 
Tilden's  account  ought  to  be  examined.  His 
suggestion  that  the  committee  had  intended 
to  issue  a  supboenafor  himself  is  wholly  gratui- 
tous, as  no  such  idea  was  ever  entertained. 
Mr.  Tilden  cannot  make  a  martyr  of  himself 
in  this  way.  He  would  succeed  better  in  that 
r6le  by  resigaing  his  pretensions  to  the  Presi- 
dency. 

^     

THE  MEXICAN  YETSAANS'  A8S00IATI0N. 
Washington,  Feb.  22. — The  National  Asso- 
ciation of  Mexican  Veterans  asaerobled  to-day  at 
Willard  Hall,  with  nearly  all  the  States  represent- 
ed, being  about  150  members  registered.  Most  of 
the  delegates  were  from  States  atliacent,  New- York 
and  Maryland  predominating.  A  committee  select- 
ed by  the  President  of  the  association  will  have  an 
interview  with  the  Senate  Pension  Committee  on 
Friday,  and  the  oonTention  will  call  and  pay  their 
respects  to  Prealdent  Grant  durinz  the  day.  Theelec 
lion  of  officers  fqr  the  ensuing  year  resulted  In  the 
re-election  ot  President  Denver,  Secretary  Kena- 
dav,  and  all  the  officers  at  faead-qoarters  by 
acclamation.  Some  controversy  arising  In  re- 
gard to  the  reported  withdrawal  ol  New-Tork, 
Kew-Jeraey.  and  Maryland,  at  the  meetinK  laat  Jnly 
in  Philadelphia,  and  in  regard  to  the  distribution  ot 
the  badge  of  the  association,  a  Committee  of  Inquiry 
was  appointed  to  report  an  these  points, 
and  they  found  tbat  an  error  was 
made  in  exclncing  the  names  of  the  previous 
officers  irom  Now- York,  who  were  present  at  the 
meeting,  and  disclaimed  any  intention  ot  with- 
drawing ftwn.  the  Natidhal  body.  Tbey  also 
fonad  tbat  the  will  of  the  association  baa  beea 
carried  oat  in  the  selection,  aaannfasture.  and  dis- 
tribution of  the  metal  badges,  and  recommend  that 
membera  of'  tha  aaaMdatiAn  ba  inennittsd  to  wear 


the  badge  in  any  metal  or  sise  conformably  to  the 
deaisn  adopted  by  the  association. 

The  report  was  signed  by  (Jen.  John  Love,  Gen. 
E.  B.  Biles,  Col.  J.  H.  Eaddacic.  Judge  J.  B.  Deoson, 
and  M.  D.  Montia.  A  ooneratulatory  dispatch  waa 
received  t^xa.  the  First  IlUnoia  Asaooiatioo,  in  ses- 
sion at  Monmouth.  ..  ■ «« 


THE  INDIAN  PEACE  POLICY. 
RBPORT  ON  THB  CONDITION    OP  THE  AGEN- 
CIES UNDER  THE  CARS  QF   THE   ORTHO- 
DOX FRIENDS. 

Washington,  Feb.  22.- S.   A.  Galpin,  Chief 

Clerk  of  the  Indian  Offiie,  has  made  an  elaborate 
report  upon  the  condition  and  management  of  cer- 
tain Indian  agencies  in  the  Irdian  Territory  now 
under'  the  supervision  of  the  Orthodox  Friends. 
PartJcnlar  streaa  is  given  m  the  report  to  the  ad- 
vancement of  education  among  these  tribea.  The 
author  of  the  reiiort.  feels  tbat  the  very  satisfactory 
exemplification  of  the  Indian  policy  which  an  in- 
spection of  the  \vork  in  the  central  snperintendency 
ahowa,  and  the  high  standard  which  the  aervioe 
here  has  attained  is  due,  in  a  great  meaoure,  to  tbo 
Intelligent  interest  shown  by  the  Orthodox  Friends 
in  this  work,  aod  the  direct  personal  influence  they 
have  brought  to  bear  upon  their  representatives 
in  the  field.  The  privilege  of  nominating 
Indian  agents  has  not  bmn  conaidered  by  them  as  a 
great  perqniaite,  but  a  great  tmst.  Their  nominee 
for  an  agency  has  not  been  chosen  at  random  from  a 
large  number  of  anxious  candidates  whose  necessi- 
ties are  their  maio  recommendation.  Nor,  when 
once  installed  in  office,  baa  such  nominee  been  left 
to  bimaeif,  and  permitted  to  teel  that  he  is  no  loneer 
their  cboaen  representative  and  respousible  to  thorn, 
out  simply  a  (S-overnment  official  required  to  atrng- 
ele  asainst  Thn  nnmeroas  difficaltlRs  of  hia  position, 
with  a  scant  measure  of  recognition  or  encdurage- 
ment  from  tbe  public.  On  the  other  hand,  the  spirit 
ot  the  agents  and  tne  Interests  of  the  Friends  tfaem- 
selvaa  have  been  kept  np  b}^  tbo  service*  of  a 
salaried  snperviaing  agent  of^uheir  own  sptKtint- 
ment,  and  by  the  reealar  visits  ot  standing  oom- 
mlrtees  of  tbeir  ori^anization.  Tbe|qoaiiticationa  of 
tbe  more  resDonalble  employes  are  also  examined 
by  this  committ-pe  before  tbeir  appointment,  and  tbe 
whole  conduct  of  the  agent  is  olOHely  watohrd.  The 
peculiar  character  of  tbe  service  requires  Just  such 
snperviaiou;  nor  ia' this  all.  It  is  an  open  secret 
tbat  at  four  of  tbe  more  important  agencies  the 
meagre  salaries  of  the  agents  bavo  been  supple- 
mented by  pavmenta  from  the  Friends,  while  lib- 
eral donations  have  been  and  are  leine  cunstantly 
made  for  the  civilizing  and  ChriatianisinK  part  of 
tbe  work.  Even  with  the  addition  of 
1500  per  annum  tbna  made  to  his  salary 
I  bave  vet  to  see  the  agent  who  is  overpaid,  or 
even  sufficiently  paid,  to  make  full  comnliance  with 
all  the  tecbnicalitiea  and  reiiolations  preaoribed  for 
Grovernment  accounts;-  to  be  responsible  for  tbe 
proper  care  and  iasue  of  Government  property, 
amonntiDK  in  some  cases  t^naodreds  of  tbonsands 
of  dollars   annually ;    to  maintain    betiine   Indiana, 

re&tless  and  si:BDicioaa,  the  anthoriry  of  tbe 
Government;  to  protect  them  withont  adequate 
law,  or  rather  withont  any  law  whatever,  from  the 
inroads  of  the  miners,  timber  thieves,  burse  thieved, 
and  otber  outlaws  who  infest  tbe  country  ;  to  meet 
tbeir  dally  wants  and  complaints  out  of  appropria- 
tions alwaya  limited  and  often  Insufficient ;  and, 
furthermore,  to  crowd  such  Indians  forward  in  a 
mode  of  life  contrary  to  all  thel^  old  traditions  and 
habits.  Snrelv,  a  year  of  such  service  as  this,  and 
more,  is  wortb  something  more  than  the  sum  re- 
ceived by  an  Ass'.atanc  Doorkeeper  for  a  few 
months'  service  in  the  national  Capitol. 


TEE  ARCTIC  EXPLOBATIOl^BILL. 

FAVORABLE  RKPORT  FROM  THE  HOUSE 
NAVAL  COMMITTEE — THE  IMPORTANCE 
OF  THE  EXPLORATION  DISCUSSED  — 
CAPT.  HOWGATE'S  plan  HEARTILY  CO.M- 
MENDED. 

Washington,  Feb.  22.— Mr.  Willis,  of  New- 
York,  from  the  House  Committee  on  Naval  AffAirs, 
snbmitted  a  report  to-day  on  the  fionse  bill  to  an- 
tnorixe  and  equip  an  expedition  to  the  Arctic  sens. 
The  committee  say  that  the  ob]uct  of  tbo  bill  Is  ao 
interesting  and  Important  m  its  character  that  thev 
have,  while  not  neslecting  to  consider  It  with  refer- 
ence to  its  results  to  acience  and  coiumerce,  availed 
Ibemaetres  of  all  information  aceeesible,  and  called 
into  reqalsifion  the  testimony  of  experience  and 
learning.  Thsy  discuss  tbe  inquiry  wheth- 
er, under  the  Constitution  or  otherwise,  to 
fit  ont  an  exploration  such  as  is  contem- 
plated would  Im  an  appropriate  and  ieglti- 
mate  function  of  the  Government  for  the 
exerciaes  taxes  oonld  be  properly  levied  noon  tba 
people,  and,  If  so,  wbetber  the  nation  would  get 
value  received  for  the  expenditure  incurred,  and 
tbe  petals  to  which  its  citizens  would  bo  exposed. 
They  review  the  results  attained  from  the  various 
exploring  exoeditions  which,  from  timo  to  time, 
bave  beea  organized  and  dispatched  to  the  Arctic 
regions,  and  express  grave  doubts  as  to  the  chances 
of  future  saccess  in  the  enterprise  if  continued 
upon  tbe  plans  heretofore  followed.  Thoy  tblntc 
that  to  render  success  ansnred  tbe  men  and  tbt 
vesiels  must  be  near  the  channel  by  which  tbe 
North-west  passage  ia  to  be  reached  at  tbe  fortunate 
hour  and  prepared  to  take  prompt  advantage 
thereof.  Polar  colonizationjs  represented  to-bs  tbe 
plan  auited  to  tbe  exigency.  Tbio  pian 
requires  a  colonization  party  of  ut  least 
40  hardy,  resolute  men,  enlisted  in  the 
United  States  for  such  aervice,  provided  witb  aup- 
pliea  for  at  least  tbree  years ;  a  strung,  substantial 
building  transported  on  stiipboard,  aud  tbe  princi- 
pal dKOoi  to  be  in  Lady  Franklin  Bay,  between  81° 
and  82°,  or,  if  possible,  at  high  as  Cape  Union,  bu- 
tween  latitude  82=>  and  83°  ;  tbe  United  State*  ve^i- 
suls  to  be  only  used  fur  craospurilui;  men  and  sup. 
pliea  to  tbe  location  of  the  coionv,  and  to  make 
annnal  visits  thereto  with  ftesh  supplies  and  koep 
the  colony  ia  communication  wiin  the  ourHide 
woild;    miiitmrv  discipline  to  bo  enforced  by  otBcem 

selected  for  tbeir  fiiness  for  tbe  duty,  &c.;  an 
asDionomer  and  two  or  more  naturalists  to  be 
selected  by  tbe  Natiunal  Academy  of  Sciences,  and 
one  or  more  members  corppetent  to  make  meteoro- 
lugicsl  observations.  The  region  ptopoaed  for  tbe 
cuiuny  abonnds  Id  coal  and  In  fish  and  game.  aiM 
never  before,  tbe  committoe  say,  bas  an  ouportnoity 
offered  so  promialnKin  its  reauils  aa  nuw  prcaeuia 
iiself.  The  committee  review  what  bas  been 
and  is  being  done  by  various  foreign  nations  to  at 
tain  tbe  desirable  ends  sought  by  the  exDluratioo  lu 
question,  witb  a  view  to  advance  in  ucientific  dis- 
covenes.  The  committee  say  that  there  is  scarcely 
a  natural  acience  but  would  be  enlarged  and  util- 
ized by  proper  observations  in  tbe  Polar  seas.  Nat- 
ural lorces  tbeie  are  aaojeot  to  extreme  conditions, 
and  consequently  produce  pbenomena  not  seen  else- 
where, wuioh  serve  to  reveal  the  character  of  tbe 
forces  themselves.  Wonderial  already  are  tbe  dis- 
coveries made  in  each  Held  of  inquiiy  noted,  but  we 
are  yet  in  the  vestibule — the  region  of  tbe  nnkuow- 
able  is  jnst  beyond.  We  are  invited  thither.  We 
know  enough  to  realize  the  wealth  which  awaits  us. 
But  tbe  committee  are  of  the  opinion  tbat  to  reach 
the  enda  desired  a  complete  change  of  operations 
must  be  had,  and  this  coautre  is  eff'ected  in  the  bill 
before  the  House,  and  meets  tbe  exact  need.  Jf  we 
make  any  pretense,  as  friends  of  acience,  we  muat 
pnrane  the  only  methods  whereby  development  can 
be  achieved.  Boards  of  Trade  and  Chambers  of 
Commerce  are  now,  through  memorials,  iuvoking 
tne  National  Lesislatore  to  renew  the  honora- 
ble work.  Tbe  cost  is  slight;  the  ends 
arrived  at  will  provoke  no  intelligent  oppositiun. 
The  methods  proposed  are  not  experimental,  but 
the  product  of  experience.  They  have  the  sanction 
and  even  tbe  warmeai  coaimeudution  of  all  scientific 
men  of  all  nations.  The  anpeiviniou  of  tbe  Na- 
tional Academy  or  Science  win  insure  wise  provi- 
sions and  saleguards  against  acciaent.  diseaae,  or 
failure.  Dr.  Hayes,  the  eminent  and  sticcessful 
Arctic  explorer,  coincides  fuliy  with  tbe  views  ex- 
pressed by  the  coa^mittee,  as  also  do  others  familiar 
by  actual  experience.  Their  letters  are  so  con- 
clusive that  tne  committee  make  them  a  part  of 
their  report.  The  committee  conclude  by  saying  : 
*  "  The  honor  of  tbe  American  name  is  involved. 
Will  Congress  suppress  this  jeaions  spirit  of  in- 
quiry and  adventure,  or  give  it  scape  by  ths  pasa- 
aee  of  this  bill  and  a  meagre  appropriation  of 
t50,000  t  To  us  It  appears  there  should  be  but  one 
answer,  and  therefore  we  report  back  the  blU  witb 
the  lecommendation  that  it  do  pass." 

TEE  REAL  ESTATE  INVESTIGATION. 

EX-CONGRESSMAN  HARMER'S  TESTIMONY  DE- 
NTING THE  CHARGE  OF  RKCEIVINQ 
MONET  FROM  .  CONTRACTORS  —  THB 
CHECKS  OF  FILBERT  AND  TAYLOR. 

Wa  hington,  Feb.  22.— The  Real  Estate  Pool 
Committee  had  before  them  this  morning  Hon.  A. 
O.  Harmer,  formerly  a  member  of  Congress,  and 
Chairman  of  the  District  Committee,  and  also 
member  elect  to  the  Forty-fifth  Congress, 
who  testified  relative  to  the  charge  that 
be  bad  been  paid  $3,000  by  the  firm  of 
Filbert  and  Taylor,  contractors,  In  order  to  secure 
his  inflnenee.  He  stated  that  he  had  noticed  that 
a  witness  bad  testified  to  that  effect  before  this 
committee,  and  asserted  that  such  statement 
was  entirely  untrue  i  tbat  be  knew  nothing 
at  all  about  the  veritable  transaction  until  long 
after  it  had  occurred.  The  reiki  transaction  was 
that  a  check  for  11,000  had  been  drawn  by  Dr. 
Filbert,  of  the  firm  of  Filbert  &  Taylor,  payable  to 
tbe  order  of  a  vantlamaa  namad  Zavlot.a  nambar 


of  the  Bepubltean  Executive  State  Committee  of 
Pennsylvania  and  resident  of  Philadelphia.  There 
was  another  check  of  $3,000  referred  to,  drawn  In  tbe 
same  way.  Bothjthese .checks  were  indorsed  ovar  by 
Taylor  to  Gen.  Biazham,  at  that  time  Postmaster  of 
Philadelphia  and  Treasurer  of  tha  Bepnbllcan  State 
Execative  Committee  of  Pennsylvania,  and  were 
bv  him  placed  to  the  credit  of  tbs  general 
campaign  fund  of  the  year  1872.  Mr.  Harraer 
also  stated  that  he  never  heard  tbat  Senator  Cam- 
eron stood  in  any  way  connected  with  either  of 
these  transactions.  He  also  aaid  tbat  he,  while  a 
member  of  Coneress,  nevsr  had  any  conneocion 
whatever  with  any  contract  In  any  city  or  State,  or 
under  the  United  States. 

Gen.  Bingham  virtually  corroborated  Mr.  Har- 
mer's  testimony,  and  tbs  inference  drawn  from  bis 
evidence  was  that  Mr.  Harmer  derived  from  him 
all  knowledge  he  had  in  regard  to  the  above  trans- 
actiona. 

AJexander  B.  Shepherd,  late  Vice  President  of 
the  Board  of  Public  Works  of  this  city,  testified 
witn  reierence  to  tbe  testimony  of  Hope  H.  Slattor, 
to  the  effect  that  Dr.  Filbert  had 
paid  $2,500  to  a  woman  of  bad  re- 
pute under  instructions  from  Sheoherd. 
Mr.  Shepherd  stated  that  the  aum  and  snbstance  of 
this  malter  was  that  when  he  was  about  leavmer  tbe 
city  for  the  purpose  of  recuperating  his  health.  Dr. 
Filbert  called  upon  him,  and  asked  whether  be 
could  do  anything  for  higi.  He  [ShephetdJ 
was  about  opening  his  mail,  and  found 
a  letter  from  a  member  of  the  family  of  a  lady 
whose  husband  had  died  while  in  the  employ  of  tbe 
Board  of  Public  Works,  and  another  from  an 
attorney.  Tbe  purport  of  both  letteri)  was  that 
cbis  lady's  property  was  in  danger  of  being  sold 
under  a  tureolosure  of  mortgage,  and  he  reqiiasted 
Dr.  Filbert  to  carry  this  mortgage  until  he  fShep- 
herdj  should  return  to  the  city.  Gov.  Shepherd 
also  said  tbat  the  lady  belonged  to  one  of  tbe  b<«8t 
families  of  Georgetown,  and  was  a  lady  of  the  high- 
est respectaoility,  and  that  her  husband  was  one  of 
the  oldest  inhabitants  of  the  district. 


SEAKCH  FOB  ILLEGAL  ELECTORS. 

SUGHT  CONSOLATION  FOR    THB  DEMOCRATS 

IN  THB    PKNNSYLVANIA   COLLEG^ 

Wasuington,  Feb.  22. — The  Committee  jin  the 
Powers,  Privileges,  and  Duties  of  the  House  held  a 
very  brief  aession  to-day,  the  only  witness  examined 
being  Hon.  John  Keilly,  momber  ot' Congress 
from  Pennsylvania,  who  testified  that  Daniel  S. 
Morrill,  one  of  the  Electors  of  the  State  of  Pennsyl- 
nia,  was  a  United  States  Centennial  Commissioner. 
He  did  not,  however,  attend  the  meeting  of  tbe 
Electoral  College,  ana  another  man  was  elected  to 
fill  the  vacancy  occasioned  by  his  absence. 


NOTES  FROM  THE  CAPITAL. 


Washington,  Feb.  22. — The  House  Commit- 
tee on  Elections  to-day  agreed  to  recommend  an  ap- 
propriation by  the  House  to  pay  the  expenses  of 
contests  as  follows,  the  awards  being  based  in 
each  case  upon  vouchers  and  afiBdavits 
submitted  by  the  oarlijs  to  tbe  con- 
teats  :  Abbott  and  F.ost,  of  Massachusetts, 
12.000  each  :  Piatt,  of  Virginia,  $3,000 ;  Goo<le,  of 
Virginia,  $500 ;  Biomberg,  of  Alabama,  $1,500; 
Haralson,  of  Alabama,  (1,150;  Lemovne,  of  Illi- 
nois, Samey  and  Butte,  of  South  Caro- 
lina, $1,200  each  ;  Strait  and  Cox,  of  Minnesota,  and 
Tennessee,  of  Idaho,  $1,000  each;  Moray  and 
Spencer,  of  Alabama,  $734  each;  Darrall,  of  Ixialsi- 
ana,  f4U0,  and  Lvnob,  ot  Mississippi,  $500.  These 
awards  close  tbe  bnainesa  of  tbe  committee,  for  this 
Congress.  Tbe  allowances  are  much  smaller  than 
baa  b'-en  customary  in  previous  Congresses. 
Several  claims  were  disallowed,  and  some  contest- 
ants made  no  claim  for  expenses. 

There  is  a  semi-observance  of  Washington's 
Birthday  here.  The  public  departaients  were 
closed  about  noon,  and  the  President  received  no 
visitors  on  official  business.  The  "  Oldest  Inhab- 
itants" are  celebrating  the  day  in  Georeetown,  ana 
thu  Mexican  Veterans  nre  in  se'ssiuo  in  this  City. 
Tlie  Avenue  is  crowded  with  promenaders. 

Admiral  Goldsborungh's  faueral  took  place  to- 
day. The  Obsequies  were  held  at  the  Church  of  tbe 
Ascension.  Bishop  Picckney,  assisted  by  Rhv.  Dr. 
John  a.  Elliott,  officiating.  The  Marine  B.ittalion, 
under  conituaud  uf  Lieut.  CoL  Uaywuod,  formed 
the  escort. 

The  receipts  ol  internal  revenne  to-dav  were 
$-287,904  84,  and  of  Cutroms  $492,587  88. 

Tbe  Senate,  in  executive  session,  to-day  con- 
firmed the  tollowine  nominations:  Clinton  1).  Mc- 
Duoeall,  United  States  Marshal  for  tbe  Northern 
District  of  New-York,  v.ce  Qutmbv,  resigned. 
United  States  Consuli — Joseph  Grierson,  at  Co- 
tiuimlw ;  S.  P.  Baidey,  Jr.,  of  Virginia,  at  Palermo; 
Charles  H.  Phelps,  of  Massachusetts,  at  Praeue ; 
l^nriqiie  Cabret,  at  GarraoOUd,  Spain ;  J.  F. 
Shcpard,  of  Missoarl,  at  Hankow,  China;  Charles 
E.  Merry,  at  Rio  Grande  do  Sul,  Brazil ;  Frederick 
G.  Ueron,  at  Manilla.  Collectors  of  Cnstomi- — 
George  Hubbard,  Siauinetoo,  Conn  ;  A.  A.  War- 
Held,  Alexaudria,  Va.;  Charles  S.  Mills,  Richmond, 
Va.  Postmasters — William  Tyroll  at  Batavia,  N. 
Y.;  Mrs.  Cara  N.  Drake,  Westfleld.  N.  Y.;  F.  D. 
Fiik,  Hinsdale,  N.  H.;  Leonard  Wilson,  Mar- 
shall, Mo.;  Ca.ipcr  £.  Yo^t.  Omaha  Nob.;  Mrs. 
Julia  £.  .Seeley.  Great  Barringtim,  Mass. 

The  jiword  worn  by  the  Conlederate  General 
William  Barksdale,  taken  from  bis  liody  after  he 
toll  mortally  wounded  in  the  b.ittle  of  Gettysburg, 
and  deposited  in  the  Ordnance  Museum,  was  deliv- 
•red  to-day  to  his  brother,  Hon.  £.  Barksdaie,  to  be 
conveyed  to  bis  friends  in  MississippL 


THE  ELECTORAL  TRIBUNAL 


PIGEON  SHOOTING. 


A  MATCH  AT  PHILADELPHIA— THE  SCORES 

YESTERDAY. 

Special  Di»palch  to  the  -Veto-  Yorh  nmet. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  22. — A  pigeon-shooting 

tournament  between  soma  of  tho  beit  shots  in  tba 
country  commenced  ac  tbo  new  hunting  park  on 
tbe  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  near  Fraokford,  in  ibii 

city,  to-d»y.  Tbe  lirsi  match  was  for  $800,  to  be  di- 
vided in  three  prizes.  Tbe  whole  number  of  hirda 
to  he  shot  is  50  on  each  side,  and  to-day  the  shoot- 
ers suceeded  in  disposing  of  15  each,  leaving  the  re- 
mainder for  to-morrow.  Tbs  attendance  was  very 
large,  nearly  3,000  persona  being  present,  Wil- 
liam Long  ac{ed  as  referee,  and  Wil- 
liam Wells  and  H.  W.  Whitehead  were  the 
Judges.  The  majority  of  the  contestants  were  of 
local  celebrity.  Of  tne  15  birds  snot  the  I'ollowing 
individaal  score.s  were  made ;  A.  U.  Bogardus, 
Elkhart,  HI..  15;  R.  Cornel,  Taoony,  Peuo.,  15  ; 
Kicbard  Wood,  Cheater,  Peon.,  iS;  Wiiiiam  Oarsou, 
Pniladelpbla,  14  ;  Jubn  Jordan,  Philadelphia, 
14:  William  Greenwood,  Philadelphia,  13; 
Miles  Johnson,  New-Jersey,  13;  Frank  Pier- 
son,  Kew  Castle,  Penn.,  13;  A.  T.  Eberhart, 
Cataaaqua,  Penn.,  13  ;  Frank  Kleinz,  Philadelphia, 
13;  C.  Lovatt,  Pbiladelphi.'i,  12;  Isaac  Stover. 
J^(ew-Jersey.  12:  S.  H.  Turrell,  Chicago,  12;  J. 
Lovatt,  Philadelphia,  11;  Matthew  Edwards,  Bur- 
lington, N.  J..  11  ;  B.  Wilson,  Philadelphia,  9. 

THE  POMEROl  BOILER  EXPLOSIOS. 
CiJ<qiNNATi,  Feb.  22. — The  four  men  .killed  by 
tbe  explosion  of  the  boiler  at  the  Clifton  Nail  Fac- 
tory, in  Pomeroy,  Ohio,  last  evening,  were  George 
Kiloy,  John  Brown,  Wirt  Mason,  and  Adam  Diel. 
Those  severely  wounded  are  Andrew  Finamore, 
fireman,  scalded;  Momer  Barker,  scalded;  Fred- 
erictL  Luke  Hart,  George  Withers,  cat  and  bruised; 
Anthony  Hisell,  both  arms  broken;  8.  S.  Maxwell, 
cut  m  tbe  nead,  and  A.  A.  Holland,  one  ot  the  pro- 
prietors, dangerously  hurt  internally.  Morgan 
Barker,  a  boy,  was  blown  70  feet  in  the  air,  bat  es- 
caped anburt. 


THE  BANK  DIFFIOULTIES  IN  CANADA. 

Montreal,  Feb.  22. — The  shareholders  of  the 
Banqne  St.  Jean  Baptiste  held  a  meeting  and  de- 
cided to  wind  up  tbe  affairs  ot  that  institution.  A 
committee  Was  appointed  to  settle  the  banks  affairs 
and  liquidate  the  claims  of  shareholders.  Author- 
ity was  given  the  committee  to  dispose  of  the 
charter  without  in  any  way  binding  the  present 
sharebolders.  Sir  Ha^h  Allan  has  reijigued  tbe 
Presidency  of  tbe  Mercbants'  Bank,  aod  Hon.  John 
Hamilton  baa  been  appointed  to  the  position.  Toe 
resignation  of  Jackson  Bae,  Cashier  of  the  bank,  has 
been  accepted. 


COURT  OF  APPEALS. 

Albakt,  Feb.  22. — In  the  Court  of  Appeals, 
Thursday,  Feb.  23,  1877:  No.  304— Biair  vs.  Wait ; 
argument  resumed  and  concluded.  No.  184 — Thom- 
as vs.  Nelaou  ;  argusd  by  Henry  D.  Birdsall  for  ap  - 
psilant  and  K.  P.  O'Brien  for  respondent.  Ko.  195 — 
Dlstin  vs.  Rose ;  argued  by  H.  A.  Nelson  fur  appel- 
lant and  A.  Anibony  for  respondent  No.  187^— 
Arctic  losaranee  Company  vs.  Austin ;.  argued  oy 
S.  Hand  for  appellant  and  George  W.  Parsons  for 
respondent. 

Tne  following  is  the  Court  of  Appeals  day  calen- 
dar for  Friday  :  Nos.  207,  427,  101,  118,  202,  303, 
160  ifl,  and  199. 


NEWBBUNSWIOK  FINANOBS. 
St.  John,  Feb.  22.  —  The  estimates  of  the 
Provincial  Government  show  a  redaction  in  the  Ju- 
dicial expenses  for  prlntmg  and  immigration.  Tbe 
estimates  for  public  works  are  larger  than  the  ex- 
penditnres  of  last  year.  Tbe  total  expenditure 
amoants  t**  $^^'^'^  a*^  ***'  ■••"**''*'  t»  the  aap^ 
amnnn^ 


ABG  UMENT  ON   THE    OREGON  CASE. 

JUDGE  MATHEWS'  SPEECH— ILLUSIONS  AKD 
MISREPRESENTATIONS  OF  DEMOCRATIC 
COUNSEL  CLEABBD  AWAY — MB.  EVABTS' 
ARGUMENT — MR.  MERRICK's  "  FORLORN 
HOPE'' — EXECOTTVE  SESSION  OF  THE 
COMMISSION  WITHOUT  ACTION  ON  THB 
CASE — RKVOLUTIONARY  DEMOCRATS  RE- 
SOLVED TO  INTERPOSB  OBSTRDCTION8.  • 

Speelal  Ditvateh  to  the  New-  York  Timtt. 

Washington,  Feb.  22.— The  Electoral 
Commission  met  again  this  morning  at  10 
o'clock,  and  in  a  few  minutes  Judge  Mathews 
began  his  argument  in  behalf  of  the  Bepublican 
obiectors.  He  began  by  clearing  away  the 
false  assumptions  of  the  Democratic  counsel, 
that  the  Republicans  had  claimed  a  Gov- 
ernor's certificate  to  be  conclusive  of 
the  election.  He  showed  that  in  the  former 
Republican  arguments  they  had  claimed, 
specifically,  that  the  Governor's  certificate 
was  not  conclusive,  if  it  were  shown  to  be  in 
opposition  to  the  statement  of  the  canvass  by 
the  proper  authorities.  He  referred  to  the  char 
acter  of  evidence  that  would  be  brought  forward 
in  the  Oregon  ease,  if  the  Commission  were  to 
go  behind  tbe  returns,  and  alluded  to  the  un- 
willingness ot  the  Democrats,  in  this  case,  to 
have  any  such  investigation.  He  then  took  up 
tbe  faots  in  respect  to  the  election  of  Watts, 
claiming  that  the  record  ot  the  canvass 
in  the  office  of  tbe  Secretary  of  State,  was  oonolu- 
siveevidence  of  Watts' eleotion.and  beexamined 
the  authorities,  and  the  laws  to  show  that  Gov. 
Gruver  was  boimd  to  issue  tha  certificate  to 
Watts  in  accordance  with  tbat  canvass. 
He  cited  various  decisions  of  the  courts 
to  show  that  the  possession  of  a 
Commission  is  not  necessary  to  the  holding  of 
office,  and  that  tbe  refusal  of  the  Secretary  of 
State  to  give  a  certificate  to  the  Ee- 
publican  Electors  did  not  in  any  way  render 
their  acting  as  Electors  illegaL  Judge 
Matbews  made  a  very  strong  technical  legal 
argument,  citing  authorities  and  presenting 
tbe  law,  tersely  and  forcibly,  to  the  Commis- 
sion, and  closed  with  an  eloquent  statement  of 
the  attitude  m  which  he,  as  couneel,  appeared 
beiore  the  Commission,  in  behalf  of  constitu- 
tional principles  and  the  enforcement  of  law 
and  right. 

Justice  Strong  at  the  conclusion  of  Judge 
Matbews'  argument  expressed  a  desire  that  if 
any  evidence  were  to  be  taken,  it  should  not 
be  deferred  tUl  the  arguments  were  con 
eluded.  He  moved  that  the  Democratic 
oflFer  of  evidence  as  to  Watts'  ineligi- 
bility be  immediately  admitted,  and  tha 
motion  was  carried  without  dissent. 
There  was  some  delay  found  to  be  necessary  to 
obtain  the  presence  of  the  witnesses,  and  the 
Commission  took  a  recess  of  half  an  hour. 
When  the  Commission  reassembled  after  the 
recess,  Mr.  Merrick,  on  behalt  of  the  Demo- 
crats, and  for  the  purpose  of  proving  that  Mr. 
Watts  was  not  eligible  to  the  position 
of  Presidential  Eiector,  offered  in  evidence  the 
Postmaster's  commission  issued  to  him.  Watts, 
by  the  Post  Office  Department.  A  commission 
issued  to  a  Mr.  UiU,  who  succeeded  Watts  as 
Postmaster,  was  also  produced.  It  was  dated 
the  3d  of  January,  \%77,  and  tbe  counsel 
stated  that  it  was  ofi'ered  for  the 
purpose  of  proving  that  Watts'  successor  had 
not  been  duly  installed,  and  was  not  properly 
authorized  to  act  until  Jan.  3,  and  that  conse- 
quently Watts  was  in  possession  of  the  office 
until  the  date  named.  This  very  thin  bit  of 
special  pleading  was  completely  overthrown 
by  Pastmaster  General  Tyner,  who  was  called 
bv  Mr.  Evarts,  and  who,  in  answer  to  ques- 
tions put  by  that  gentleman,  testified  that  on  tbe 
14th  of  November  last  be  bad  received  a  tele- 
graphic dispatch  from  Watts,  in  which  he  had 
resigned  the  position  of  Postmaster  held  by 
him  at  Lafayette,  Yam  Hill  County,  Oregon. 
The  Democratic  counsel  here  objected  to  the 
testimony,  but  their  objection  was  overruled  bv 
a  large  majority  of  the  Commissioners,  and 
the  Postmaster  General  continued.  He  pro- 
duced the  telegram  received  irom  Watts  and 
one  accepting  the  resignation,  which  he  sent  in 
reply.  In  addition  to  this  he  testified  that  he 
had  sent  a  telegram  to  Mr.  Underwood,  a 
special  agent  ot  the  Post  Office  in  Oregon,  in 
which  ho  ordered  bim  to  take  charge  of  tbe 
office  made  vacant  by  tbe  resignation  ot  Watts. 
In  due  course  of  mail  he  receive!  a  letter 
from  Watts  dated  Nov.  12,  and  resigning  the 
position  of  Postmaster  from  that  day.  He  had 
also  received  a  letter  from  Special  Agent  Un- 
derwood, iu  which  be  stated  that  be  took 
charge  of  the  Lafayette  office  on  the  14tb  ot 
November,  and  moved  it  out  of  Watts'  store 
and  into  another  building.  Underwood 
continued  in  charge  until  Mr.  HiU  was  ap- 
pointed. Further  on  Mr.  Tyner  testified  that 
the  Post  Office  in  question  was  one  of  tbe 
fourth  class,  paying  only  $275  a  year. 

Watts,  the  Elector,  was  the  next  witness 
called.  His  appearance  created  a  flutter  of  ex- 
citement, which  was  almost  immediately 
silenced  by  Judge  Clifford's  cry  of  "  Order, 
order;  we  must  have  order."  The  man  upon 
whose  vote  the  Presidential  questiou  now 
depends  is  fully  six  feet  two  inches 
in  height  and  large  iu  proportion.  He 
has  a  singularly  frank  and  honest  countenance 
and  gave  bis  testimony  in  a  clear,  outspoken, 
straightforward  way  that  preposessed  every 
one  in  his  iavor.  He  swore  iu  substance 
that  he  had  held  the  position  of  Post- 
master at  Lafayette  until  the  13th  of  last' 
November,  when  he  resigned.  On  the 
14th  his  resignation  was  accepted  by  the  Post- 
office  Department,  and  he  had  not  acted  since 
then.  The  Auditor  of  tbe  Treasury  for  the 
Post  Office  Department  corroborated  this 
evidence,  and  thea,  the  Democratic  coun- 
sel declining  to  cross-examine,  Mr. 
Evarts  eommenced  his  argument,  which 
was,  in  many  respects,  even  more 
clear  and  convincing  than  was  his  address  in 
the  Louisiana  case.  He  contended  that  he  and 
bis  associates  bad  from  tbe  first  taken  precise- 
ly tbe  same  ground  in  all  the  eases  which 
they  had  argued.  He  was,  he  continued,  glad 
to  see  that  the  eminent  counsel  on  the 
other  side  were  coming  over  to  their  way 
of  thinking.  He  referred,  of  course,  to  the 
change  of  base  made  by  them  since  the  deci- 
sions in  tbe  Florida  and  Louisiana  oases.  His 
argument  from  this  point  was  mainly  devoted 
to  the  legal  aspects  of  the  oase,  and  tbe  quota- 
tion of  legal  aatborities  which  sustained 
his  position.  Mr.  Merrick,  for  the  lost  cause 
of  Tilden  and  company,  followed  in  an  ad- 
dress, which  can  only  be  compared  to  the 
charge  of  a  forlorn  hope.  It  was  a  fine,  dash- 
ing oration,  well  prepared  and  well  delivered, 
and  before  a  ooootrv  jorr  it  would  bave  been 
very  effective  ;  but  as  a  legal  appeal  to  a  tri- 
bunal made  up  of  the  most  eminent  lawycire 
in  the  country  it  waa  about  as  sacoeasfal 
as  was  the  last  ride  of  tbe  "  Six  Hundred." 

IWhen  be  finished  Mr.  Evarts  submitted  a  few 
laaral  nfenaottl.  and  thaiu.  on  .naotitMi   of  nana. 


missioner  Garfield,  the  tribunal  went  into  ex- 
ecutive session. 

The  Commission  were  in  session  about  two 
hours  this  evening,  after  the  oouolusiou  of  tha 
arguments,  and  much  to  the  surprise  of  every- 
body, adjourned  without  any  action  beyond 
an  agreement  that  the  final  vote  shall 
be  taken  to-morrow  afternoon  at  4 
o'clock.  This  will  bring  the  deoision 
again  into  the  House  on  Sattirday.  The  situa- 
tion is  thus  become  one  of  great  anxiety,  be* 
cause  there  is  only  one  week  more,  and  the  dis- 
puted State  of  South  Carolina  is  yet  to  be 
decided.  The  city  is  again  full  of  ex- 
citement and  wild  rumors,  and  aside  from 
tbe  uncertainty  of  the  action  of  the 
Commission,  which  is  nnoertaim  as  all  things 
future  are  uncertain,  there  is  the  doubt  as  to 
the  purpose  and  ability  of  the  revolutionar.r 
Democrats.  This  is  the  great  disturbing  ques- 
tion, and  It  remains  unsettled  and  will  so  re- ' 
main  till  the  Oregon  case  has  been  sent  to  the 
two  houses.  There  has  been  some  nervousness 
about  the  decision  in  the  Oregon  case.  It 
is  exceedingly  technical,  and  while  the 
equities'' of  the  case  are  clear,  there  are  those 
who  feared  the  technical  andingeniotis  theories 
of  Hoadley  might  induce  Justice  Bradley  to 
decide  that  Croniu  was  legally  given  the  oerti" 
ficate  in  place  of  Watts.  This  is  the  kind  of 
talk  heard  from  those  Republicans  wiio  are  al- 
ways finding  lions  in  the  path.  There  is 
no  occasion  tor  any  such  fear,  and  it  is  learned 
tbat  the  indications  in  to-night's  meeting  of  the 
Commission  point  to  a  favorable  result.  The 
Democrats  will  doubtless  vote  solidly  that 
there  are  but  two  Electoral  votes  to  be  counted 
from  Oregon.  This  will  satisfy  the  conscience 
of  tbe  fraud  bating  Bayard,  who  will  In 
this  way  announce  his  abhorrence  of  the  trick 
by  which  Croniu  was  made  an  Electoral  Col- 
lege, and  at  the  same  time  ne  will  bo  act  as 
to  claim  every  advantage  of  that  fraud.  The 
aecision  of  the  Commission  will  no  aoubt  be 
such  as  to  verify  the  assertion  of  Mr.  Evarts, 
that  tbe  Oregon  operators,  although  as  "  harm- 
less as  serpents,  were  not  any  wiser  than 
doves."  It  is  clestr  that  the  affair  might  bave 
been  managed  so  as  to  have  caused  ,mach 
greater  trouble. 

The  uncertainty  about  tbe  action  of  tbe 
Commission  does  not  cause  much  anxiety. 
The  great  difficulty,  as  before  stated,  is 
about  tbo  power  of  the  revolutionists 
and  the  good  faith  ot  the  Democratic 
caucus  (action,  because  it  is  clear  that  tbe  ma- 
jority iu  the  House  now  have  it  in  their  power 
to  prevent  by  delay  the  announcement  of  the 
Electoral  vote  before  the  end  of  tbe  session. 
T^^Y  have  only  to  act  together  and  on  Satur- 
day decide,  as  in  .the  Louisiana  ease,  not  to 
have  a  joint  meeting  till  Monday,  and  then  on 
Mondav  take  a  recess  till  Tuesday,  and  follow 
this  aetion  with  frivolous  objeetions  to  every 
Republican  State,  af  which  four  remain  to  be 
counted,  to  force  the  end  beyond  next  week  Sat- 
urday. The  South  Carolina  case  can  be  decided  in 
two  hours,  but  the  paid  counsel  are  willing  to 
talk  on  this  case  as  long  as  the  Commission  will 
hear  them,  in  order  to  consume  time.  There  is 
nutasiuglo  point  of  ground  upon  which  to  raise 
a  contest  except,  tbat  Hewitt  ordered  tbe  can- 
didates for  Tilden  Electors  to  forward  a  set 
of  bogus  returns,  as  be  might  have  done 
in  Massachusetts.  This  case  can  be  forced 
through  the  regular  routine  by  a  dozen  mem- 
bers of  the  House  and  Senate.  The  good  faith 
of  a  majority  of  tha  Democrats  not  being  doubt- 
ed, there  only  remains  the  possibility  of 
defeatmg  the  count  by  the  plan  con- 
cocted by  the  "  grand  commander." 
David  Dudley  Field.  He  and  his  sub- 
officers  bave  been  active  all  day.  The  run- 
ners. Springer,  Thompson,  Southard,  and  oth- 
ers of  the  same  sort,  would  start  off  as  if  ander 
orders,  and  soon  again  would  be  back  with 
Field  to  make  reports  and  get  fresh  com- 
mands. This  running  about  seems  to 
have  been  to  secure  pledges  from 
as  many  Democrats  as.  possible,  to 
an  agreement  for  filibustering.  There  are  said 
to  be  from  36  to  45  or  47  thus  pledged.  The 
only  method  of  delay  which  a  small  number  of 
Deinocrats  can  undertake  is  by  forc- 
ing repeated  calls  of  the  roll.  This  can 
be  done  by  one-fifth  of  all  the  members 
presbut.  The  votes  of  the  House  during  tbe 
past  month  have  shown  from  250  to  280  mem- 
bers present,  and  nearly  all  the  members  are 
now  here  and  able  to  attend.  It  will  require 
from  50  to  55  members  to  force  a  roll-call, 
and  tbe  number  pledged  to  this  course  would 
be  wholly  insufficient.  If  the  majority 
of  the  Democrats  intend  to  stand  by  the  law, 
the  count  can  bo  completed  in  spite  of  the 
schemers  directed  by  Tilden's  personal  agents. 
It  is  also  suggested,  as  a  means  of  defeating 
the  filibusters,  that  the  rules  can  be  suspended 
by  a  two-thirds  vote  every  day  next  week,  and 
this  would  require  a  less  number  of  votes  than 
would  be  necessary  to  defeat  the  calling  of  the 
roll  on  dilatory  motions. 

There  is  a  mysterious  movement  or  proceed- 
ing which  baa  given  tbe  Democrats  great  hope, 
but  how  much  reason  they  have  for  hoping  no 
one  can  tell.  It  is  a  subject  of  general  com- 
ment, and  causes  much  excitement.  Mr. 
Conkling  was  early  in  his  comnittee-room  in 
tbe  Senate  end  of  the  Capitol  this  morn- 
ing, and,  as  the  story  goes,  he  was 
first  visited  by  Daniel  Voorbeee,  one  of  the 
worst  Democrats  ever  in  Congress.  Voorbeea 
went  away,  and  Randall  soon  appeared.  There 
was  then  a  conference  with  locked  doors  of 
nearly  an  nour.  Randall  went  back  to  the 
Sneaker's  room  and  there  was  a  consul- 
tation among  Democrats  there.  Mr.  Payne  is 
also  said  to  bave  visited  Conkling's  room. 
Some  of  the  details  of  the  stories  are  doubtless 
untrue,  but  the  fact  which  appears  to  be  un- 
deniable IS  that  Randall  and  Conkling  were  a 
long  time  in.  conference.  Conkling's  ab- 
sence from  the  Senate  Chamber  has 
been  noted  for  several  days,  and 
it  IS  now  said  he  has  been  hard 
at  work  in  his  committee-room.  He  was  re- 
ported to  be  out  of  town,  but  this  waa  certain- 
ly an  error.  The  occurrences  of  ta-day  recall 
that  a  prominent  Democrat  came  rushing  to  the 
Senate  Chamber  on  the  day  of  the  debate  on 
the  decision  of  tbe  Louisiana  Cammission,  and 
mquirid  with  anxiety  whether  Mr.  Conkling 
bad  yet  spoken.  The  Democrats  are  surelr 
expecting  something  from  the  Senator,  tfaongn 
there  seems  to  be  but  little  he  can  do  for  tbem 
now,  unless  to  follow  the  example  of  Purman, 
and,  in  spite  of  tbe  ugly  rumors,  it  cannot  be 
credited  that  he  is  ready  to  take  such  a  step.   ., . 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  COMMISSION. 


When  tbe  Electoral  Commission  assembled 
this  morning  to  finish  tbe  bearing  in  tbe  Oregon 
case  there  was  a  large  audience  present,  which,  aa 
a*nal,  remained  all  day  attentive  observers  of  the 
proceedings  a«d  interested  listeners  to  the  aA- 
dresaes  of  Stanley  Matbews  and  Mr.  Svaris  on  the 
llepnblican  side,  and  Mr.  Merrick,  who  Closed  the 
oase  for  the  Democrats. 


ARGUMENT  OF  MR.  MATHiEWS. 
Mr.  Mathews  began  with  a  reference  to  tbe 
surprises  of  the  other  side  in  changing  position  aod 
in  attributinff  to  their  opxranents  views  tbey  never 
held,  and  also  to  the  great  urgency  to  pra- 
duce  proof  exhibited  by  the  other  dde-^a  nr- 
anav  that  waa  Isenaaad  in  anmortiaa  to  tha  i» 


greeof  certainty  that  testimony  would  not  be  a^ 
mitted.    Then  proceeding,  he  said : 

Now,  one  of  the  things  whlob  are  sot «  avpriat 
la  that,  in  spite  of  the  changed  cironmscascea  4Mf  tbj 
ease,  we  have  an  exhibition  in  this  of  precisely  tb« 
same  standard  and  gauge  of  morali.  We  liav< 
Cronin  eievateu  upon  a  pedestal  for  pnblie  adora* 
tion  by  hia  inventor  as  the  new  atatne  of  populat 
rights,  freedom  of  elections,  purity  of  the  ballot^ 
Dox,  honest  count,  fair  voting,  and  we  are  all  calle<^ 
upon  to  fall  down  and  worship  him.  W«. 
have  no  offers  in  this  case,  Mr.  President,  to 
prove     any    bribery,      to     show     that     be      waa 

rd  I3,0t)0  under  pretense  of  his  expense* 
Washington  City  as  messenger,  made  byr 
contract  Botorionsly  before  he  tboatrhi: 
altogether  bv  himself  to  make  a  college  by  hlmsel/Tj 
We  bave  no  ofier  to  prove  the  varions  tricks  axidj 
devices  a^d  sirategema  and  correspondence  looUe^ 
in  what  We  supposed  to  tie  undecipherable  biaro^ 
glyphlcs  to  show  that  this,  so  far  from  being  an  at<' 
tempt  on  the  part  of  any  of  the  parlies  a«  actors  td 
maintain  conetitutioDal  doctrines  and  constitntlonaf 
rights,  waa  a  deep-laid  and  deliberate  scheme  to  d»-l 
frand  and  rob  the  people  of  Oreijon  ot  their  jnst  in  J 
fluence  iu  the  Electoral  College.  I  wonder  that  myj 
friend  who  spoke  last  night,  when  he  was  unner^ 
taking  to  cite  to  this  tribDtial  the  definition  oonstt-^ 
tuting  a  vacancy  from  Worcester  and  from  'Wetw 
ster,  did  not  disclose  the  httle  pocket  diorionaryj 
which  was  made  nse  of  aa  the  means  of  transmiitinia 
nnintelliglDle  hypocrisy  between  G-rsmercy  Par  j 
and  Salem,  and  let  ns  see,  by  application  of  th  a| 
cipher,  what  it  was  that  he  wished  to  have  under< 
stood.  Mr.  President,  tbe  argnmanta  made  Laat( 
evening  in  support  ot  what,  for  convenience  n-'ike^' 
may  be  called  the  Cronia  certifi'Mte,; 
by  my  learned  friend  Jodee  HoaUley^ 
is  foanded,  in  my  Jadkiment,  upon  two  falsa 
assumptions,  tbe  properly  nndtratanding  aad 
recognition  of  which  at  once  put  an  end  to  tha 
whole  mountain,  both  of  authority  and  reasoning,] 
by  which  he  undertook  to  support  his  conelnaion.l 
Tbe  first  of  these  false  assumptions  ia  this,  that  tha^ 
Cronin  certificate,  with  the  certifioatof  tbe  Oover^ 
nor  of  Oregon  appended  to  the  list  ot  Bleotors,  uS 
which  Cronia  is  one,  was  and  is  the aatdhoriaacU 
declaratioD  of  the  result  of  the  election  by' 
tbe  proper  legal  canvassing  officer  of  the  Stat*  ot 
Oregon.  He  coald  not  claim  less  than  that,  for 
otberwise  he  was  anable  to  t>ring  his  argument 
within  tbe  scope  of  tbe  decision  of  this  tribunal  in. 
the  Loaiaiana  case.  Ue  was  therefore  oompelted  t» 
assnme  and  arene  thai  bv  the  statates  of  Oregon 
the  Governor  of  tbo  State  was  authorized  to  maka 
snch  certificate  as  he  hsa  made,  and  tbat  in  law  ibafe 
docament  in  its  form  and  substance  is  the  canvas^, 
of  tbe  election  for  Electors,  behind  which  this  trjk 
Onnal  haa  decided  tbat  it  cannot  go.  Tbe  ne'^t 
false  assumption  on  which  his  argument  ia  baaed  la 
this:  that  this  certificate  Is  lo  the  nature  of  a 
commission  lawfully  issued  by  tbe  Governos 
to  an  officer,  and  wbich  it  is  necesaarv 
that  he  should  have  in  order  to  bet 
warranted  in  law  in  the  execution  of  tbe  duti^a  o£ 
his  office.  It  is  m  respect  to  tbis  second  propoaitionj 
tbat  the  laree  number  of  anchorities  were  cited  tot 
show  tbat  in  cases  where  a  Governor  has,  Dy  law  ocl 
''tinder  tbe  Consiitniioa  of  his  State,  an  execunva; 
discretion  in  respect  to  the  appointment  and  com-; 
mission  of  officers,  that  discretion  may  be  exaroiaedi 
by  him,  la  eranrine  or  withboldlce  that  commia-! 
sion  for  sntficient  legal  reasons  in  wUiobj 
he  cannot  be  controlled  by  the  actionaf 
of  the  iudicial  tribunals  o'f  the  ooaniri^ 
by  mandamus  ^7  quo  warranto  ;  that  in  anch  cases 
he  is  made  the  judge  of  the  tacts  in  respect  to  eU> 
gibiliiy  or  otherwise,  on  which  be  may  proceed  ta 
tbe  execution  and  exerciae  of  hia  Judicial  diacre* 
tlon,  the  whole  of  wnich  immediately  tails  to  tha 
gronnd  when  it  is  once  known  and  ascertained  and' 
declared  as  the  law  that  this  ceriiflcat>e,  even  if  iti 
had  been  made  in  conformity  with  some  law,  as  It  is  I 
not,  either  of  Congress  or  the  State  of  Oregon,  waai 
not  lutanded  to  and  noes  not  have  the  effect  of  oon^ 
stitoting  the  warrant  to  these  officers  for  the  exer* 
eisa  of  tbeir  official  duties. 

LEGALITT  OF  THE    WATTS  CERTIFICATE  TESTED* 

Now,  Mr.  President,  let  me  examine  the  first  o't 
the:je  two  propoHitiona  in  the  ligb  i  of  the  atatnt' js< 
and  Constitution  of  the  State  of  Oregon,  in  order  t» 
ascertain  what  is  tbe  main  and  chief  inquiry— wUat^ 
mode  has  been  adopted  by  the  L>e£^tacura  of  Iba! 
Stat*  ot  Oregon  directing  the  manner  of  the  ap^" 
pointment  of  Electors  for  that  State.  By  sec* 
tion  58,  on  page  141  of  the  printed  pitmphlet,  it  lai 
provided  that  on  tbe  Tuesday  next  after  the  Qrsti 
Monday  in  November,  1864,  and  every  four  yaars; 
thereafter,  there  shall  be  elected  by  the  q^uaiified' 
electors  of  this  State  as  many  Electors  of  Pre8i-| 
dent  and  Vice  President  as  this  State  snail  bai 
entitled  to  elect  lor  Senators  and  member^ 
of  the  House  of  Representatives  in  Con> 
gress.  They  are  to  be  elected  by  a  popalac 
election.  TSn-w,  by  the  sixcieth  section  it  is  pro* 
vided  "  that  the  votes  of  the  Electors  shall  ha 
given,  received,  returned,  ar>d  canvassed  aa  the  sam* 
are.received,  returned,  aud  canvassed  lor  memUura 
of  Congress.''  Now,  there  that  proposition  enas. 
We  are  to  ascertain  what  conatitutes  the  legal  oan« 
vasB  for  Electors  ot  Oregon,  and  in  order  to 
do  that  w^e  are  referred  by  this  section  xa 
those  steps  which  by  law  are  provided 
to  be,  taken  lu  tbe  canvass  of  the  election, 
for  members  ef  Congress,  ^ow,  we  witl  asoercaut.'' 
that  fact  by  turning  to  the  thirty-seventh  section," 
on  page  139,  wherein  it  is  proviaed  that  the  CoantT 
Clerk,  immeuiately  alter  makiug  an  abstract  of  tha 
votes  given  ia  his  county,  shall  make  a  copy  of  each 
abstract  and  submit  it  oy  mail  to  the  Secretarv  of^ 
State,  at  tbe  seat  of  Goveminent,  auU  it  shall  be  tb  a 
duty  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  in  the  presence -jf  ' 
iheGoveruor,  o  proceed  within  30  days  after  t  oa 
election,  and  sooner  if  tbe  retarub  be  ail  ret^eived. 
to  canvass  the  votes  given  for  Secretary  :ua<l< 
Treasurer  of  tbe  State,  printer,  Justice  of  tba 
Supreme  Coort,  members  of  Congress,  and  District 
Attorneys."  And  there  that  proceeding  enUe.,  anix 
there  ends  thedeclaranon  of  the  State  in  ret'.3renoa 
to  all  the  steps  wbich  are  included  m  the  canvass 
tor  meoabera  of  Congress.  When  the  canvass  takes 
place,  however,  fur  members  ot  Congress  «>fter  tba 
canvass  is  cuncluded,  then  it  is  directed  tttat  tha 
Governor  shall  grant  a  certificate  of  elocttoa 
10  the  person  haviag  the  hiebesC  numoer 
of  votes,  aod  ahall  also  issne  a  proo« 
lamation  declaring  tho  election  of  such  persoa;  but 
inasmuch  as  that  constimies  no  part  of  the  canvass 
lor  members  ot  Congtess,  it  |ia  not  any  part  of  tba 
canvass  for  Electors  of  the  State.  On  tbe  otbes 
hand,  tbe  original  section,  [60.]  to  which  I  now  re< 
fer,  provides,  ins.ead  of  that,  "  that  tbe  Secretary 
of  Slate  shall  preoare  two  lists  of  names  of  Eleccore 
elected,  and  affix  the  seal  of  the  State  to  tbe  same  :'* 
but,  mark  you  Here,  that  is  no  part  ot  the  canvass. 
Tuia  is  certification  merely  of  tbe  reenlt  ot 
the  canvass.  The  cauvass  is  someibuig  disilnct« 
The  canvass  is  tbe  determination,  tbe  declaration, 
and  record  of  tne  tauta  of  tne  eleccien,  aa  they  hava 
been  transmitted  to  the  Secretary  ot  State,  and  by 
himpaimto  that  term  wliich  soows  yho  nad  tbe 
highest  nnmber  of  votes,  and  there  entered  on  tha 
record  in  his  odice  as  a  pare  of  the  pablie  srotiivea 
of  tbe  Slate  for  the  beoetit  of  whom  it  may  concern, 
and.  as  was  remarked,  any  man  in  the  State — juy 
citizen — bas  tbe  right  by  law  to  go  to  the  Secretary 
of  Scale,  and  on  tender  uf  tbe  pa.Tmencof  tbe  lawfol 
lees,  to  demand  from  him  a  certificate  of  tbat  tecor4 
as  01  any  other.  Now,  then,  we  nave  arrived  at  tha 
two  tainga  which  are  separate  a^d  distinct;  tna 
substanual  thing,  which  cousists  of  the  showinic' 
made  of  the  record  of  tbe  number  of  votes  ca^jt  for 
each  of  tno  Electors ;  and  also  who  had  the  greatss'j 
number  of  votes,  and  that  is  tho  caovaas.  and  it  tm 
not  esBennal.  It  is  uo  necessary  part  of  ctiat  canvaus, 
it  is  nut  made  so  uy  law,  mat  toe  Secretary  of  Siate 
or  anybody  else  should  by  any  formal  declaranon 
or  publication  make  manUest  more  than  it  is  by  Uia 
inspection  of  tbe  record  who  has  in  point  of  fact 
be'  n  elected.  There  i<  no  discretion  In  that  matter, 
Tnere  ia  no  room  for  ooubc  or  uncertainty. 
The  law  and  tbe  Constitution  of  tba 
State  of  Oregon  both  unite '  in  atampliuc 
upon  that  record,  as  it  remains  in  tbo 
office  of  tbe  Secretary  of  State,  tbe  legal,  constica* 
tional,  only  ooasiolo  result,  namely,  "  tbat  the  man 
apoearlce  from  that  record  to  have  tbe  higbesc 
number  of  votes"  vUonid  be  deemed  to  be  eiectud. 
Now,  then,  what  nave  we  here?  On  page  2  of  cer. 
tificate  No.  1  wo  nave  tbe  very  thing.  It  is  no* 
proof  of  tbe  thine.  Is  is  an  exception 
to  tbe  thinz.  It  is  a  production  of  ia 
in  court.  We  have  made  proof  of  tb  a 
identical,  substantial,  and  only  thing;  that  is  tiia 
canyasa,  the  election ;  that  is  tbe  appointment  dy 
tbe  Stale  in  tbe  manner  prescribed  by  ibeLegif/la< 
tare  thereof,  that  is  tbe  muniment  of  title,  tne  cmn* 
stituiional,  ieeal  fonudatiou  of  right;  that  i't  it 
wbicb  constitutes  the  investiture  by  the  State  upon 
tbe  patty  of  his  otiieial  title,  rank,  and  chart «cter. 
All  olse  ia  mere  certification ;  all  else  is  merai 
proof  prima  facie  or  excliuive  as  (ha 
law  makes  constitijitional  or  oiberwise.,  But 
no  iota  of  a  statute,  n6  word  haa 
been  quoted  to  give  efi'ect  to  any  certification  ottier 
than  that  which,  according  to  the  principles,  of  com- 
mon law,  belong  to  it.  It  is  prima  facie  evidence, 
and  is  to  be  taken  as  true  until  confrcated  by  tb». 
tact  it  is  shown  to  be  false.     * 

THB  CKONIK    CEBTIFICATE   ANALXZBD. 

Now,  Mr,  Pjesident,  leaving  the  parties  to  atanfi 
npon  that  document  proved  in  ttiat  way, 
making  mamteac  tbat  tact,  which,  by  tbe 
Constitution  aud  laws  of  Oregon,  is  tba 
very  appointment  to  the  office  of  Electors, 
let  us  examine  tor  a  while  its  rival.  The  certlfloata 
of  tbe  Governor  (No.  2)  Is  a  document  which 
is  iutrneed  here  in  argument  aas  a  subaatnte 
for  tbat  canvaaa  under  pretense  of  beiue  that 
caavaas.  Now,  ttaia  certificate  ia  a  eertificata 
of  the  Governor.  It  is  attested,  to  be  sure,  by  tha 
Secretary  of  State,  but  only  aa  a  witness.  It  is  not 
the  certificate  of  the  Secretary  of  State.  It  ia  not 
the  declaration  of  tbe  canvassing  officer.  It,  coo- 
forms  in  no  particular  with  any  statutory  require* 
ment  afiectiog  the  declaration  of  the  leaolfl 
of  the  election.  Now,  with  respect  to  the  facta  ia 
this  certificate,  without '  readine  what,  neverthe- 
less, it  there  were  more  time,,  would  be  very  profit* 
able  reading.  I  ask  yonr  Honors  to  remember  what 
yon  are  familiar  witb,  and  tbat  is  the  language  ofl 
tbe  reasoning  of  Chief  Jns^ce  iiarahall  in  theeaaa 
of  Marbury  and  Mailiaon,  wherein  be  orawa  a  dis< 
tincuon  l>etween  the  appointment  and  evldenee  o^ 
the  appointment,  and  points  ont. tbe  caaes  where 
tbe  Commission  itnalf  is  tbe  appointment,  an<l! 
where  the  delivery  ia  not  essential ;  and,  also,  tha 
case  in  19  HowarW,  ot  the  Uoit«d  States  against 
Lebanon,  paee  78 ;  also,  437  of  third  WendelU 
After  readine  fron>  these  «asea,  tbe  -  oonnsel 
continued:  Now,  xhonld  im^' Ute^-^Hftk  of  tha 
Common  Plaas  in  tlm  Cltv:v4f  Htiifr-Tark  who.  1 
suppose,  taxes  an  os'  h  to  enpport  um  Geoatitatia^ 
of  the  Sute  of  Ifew-i'ork  and  tha  Q^natitaitaiB  t^ 


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th«  United  SUtM,  why  ahoold  ha  iio«,  wtaenerer  a 
oompetent  p«raon  api>llea  to  him  to  b«  indaotad 
into  an  ofBoe,  and  he  is  reqaired  to  oiothe  him  with 
that  wiiboat  which  h«  oonld  not  act,  whr 
ahoold  he  not,  in  tmitation  of  the  example 
of  Lktayect*  Qrover,  the  GoTemor  of  Oreaon, 
eonaiitnte  himself  the  inufdian  of  the  Conttitation 
of  the  oonacry,  and  appeal  to  it  as  the  great  szis, 
■pellinc  It  in  capitals  as  la  done  by  that  dis- 
tinsmshed  persou.  Why  sbonld  he  not  awtuna 
kino  the  aame  right,  the  mme  duty,  aiui  nndertake 
10  &ic»eiifi  *  diBotfetloh  noli  ffiren  to  him  by  the 
•tetate^  bat  wbleb  yet  beloBM  to  him  «a  the  na- 
tuna  inroteetor  and  ^ai^Jiitt  or  thair  liberties  and 
Conacitutlon  of  the  ooootrj,  and  so  do  an  aot  which 
he  tt*t  be  Mlied  tl^h  to  fHttrvoiem  ai  iteoMfeafy  to 
pat  into  office  an  incompeteali,  ineli«nble,  and  inca- 
pable peraoa.  Why,  Ht.  Preaide&t,  Ih  no  piirtlOal»r 
does  this  certilleate  of  the  Uotrei^af  of  Or^inn 
ooBfomt  In  any  reepnot  elthar  to  the  atattatea 
of  the  tTnited  fetates  or  to  tba  statutes  of  Oregon. 
It  ia  no  dedaraboa  of  the  tanyasa.  Ifc  ioeaaot 
profess  to  be.  It  ia  not  a  list  of  tbe  Eleotora.  It 
ttoaa  no«  profess  to  boi  It  is  not  a  deelaratioa  of 
the  oanTaasing  officer,  becaase  he  ia  not  that  officer, 
6trt  the  secretary  of  State  is.  Bat  let  as  Snppose 
tbr  a  moment  that  this  certificate  Nth  8  i*  suffldent 
and  proper  and  conformable  to  law.  liet 
as  see  what  lef^al  cunseqnences  follow 
It  declarea  that  WiiUam  A.  Odoil,  John  £.  CatU 
wriKht,  and  £.  A.  Croain  were  declared  daly  elected 
Electors  or  the  State  of  Oregon.  Sappoae  for  a 
moment  that  tbe  Governor  had  a  rlsht  to  make  the 
oeelaration ,  and  had  a  right  to  make  it  in  thia  form, 
Let  as  see  what  tbe  reantt  is  :  Then  OdeU,  Cart- 
wrigbt,  and  Ctonin  conatitnte  the  ooUesA 
of  Bieotors— aa  baa  been  aaid  forcibly  by 
CBS  of  the  Gontestora  on  oar  side,  that 
ia,  a  body  composed  of  three  individnals 
who  are  req^aired  to  meet  and  consult  and  delibe- 
rate and  B0(  in  conhinccioa.  They  oopld  not  each 
go  oat  by  bimselt  and  aot  aa  an  Elector  indivldnal- 
ly,  BO  that  tbe  minimam  of  the  College  of  Electors 
la  at  least  three  pereane,  and  meetinsc  to  oodsoIc, 
deliberate  and  vote  (ogetber.  There  seems  to  have 
prevailed  a  contrary  impression  in  Oregon,  and 
that  is,  that  one  of  them  mlgbt  meet  b7  bimielf. 
On  that  point  tbe  only  analoitboa  case  that  I  know 
of  is  tbe  oaae  of  Sharp  vs.  D«wes,  de- 
eidtd  in  the  Court  of  Appeals  in  Ena. 
L>Bd,  and  reported  m  the  Jiumarr  number 
of  tbe  Xaw  Beport  of  this  fear,  page  S6. 
In  this  case,  whioa  waa  cited  at  lenicth  by  Mr. 
Mathews,  tbe  facts  were  that  the  Secretary  and  one 
sbarenolder  ut  an  assooiation  met  and  transacted 
basiaess,  tbe  Secretary  not  being  a  sbareholder  i 
and  tbe  deoision  ia  that  case  was  that  the  word 
"  meecinK"  means  tne  getting  together  of  mors  than 
one  person  ;  that  a  meeting  coma  not  bs  constltated 
by  ooe  peraoa's  atteDdaDce.  and  no  bosinesa  ooolil 
Le  legally  tranaaoted  bybim. 

Mr.  MerrIcK  inqairaa,  sapposa  there  had  bean  no 
dispate  abuat  (be  reKOlaritr  of  appolatment  ot    the 

Eieotors,  and  two  of  them  bad  died. 

ilr.  Mattiewe  replied  that  he  sapposed  the  yt^ 
caocy  woQld  bava  to  ba  filled.  Bat  Mx.  CTonio. 
according  to  bis  own  statement  of  what  oconrred  at 
that  time,  did  not  act  with  the  others,  bat  went  on 
and  elected  two  more,  appointed  two  more,  himself. 

Commissioner  £!dmuDcl«  sugeestad  that  it  waa 
atated  in  Cronin's  oertihoate  tnat  the  otber  two 
SleotoiB  refased  to  aot. 

Mr.  Mathews  eaid  that  waa  so,  and  thereupon  be 
appoint«a  two  others  in  their  stead.  He  continued: 
Now,  I  take  it  that  one  in  a  College  which  necessa- 
rily Qunsists  uf  three  is  not  capable  himself  of  in> 
autatiog  any  action,  and  that  a  oaoraoa,  a  nuvJoritv 
of  tbe  body,  are  required  to  be'  present.  In  this 
case  the  ma)ority  have  certified  that,  having  aaoef- 
taiaed  tbe  existence  of  a  vacancy,  they  we&t  on  to 
fill  it,  and  ttiat  is  to  be  taken  as  the  conuln^ive  and 
legiumaie  account  of  the  proceedings  of  theibody. 

THE  QU158TI05  OF  YAOANCT. 

Ia  snpiMrt  of  the  conclusion  to  be  based  on  this 
argument,  I  refer  to  tbe  decision  of  tbe  Supreme 
Coart  Of  Oregon  referred  to  by  Judge  Hoadley  last 
eyening.  There  was  a  case  where  tbe  prjsecating 
atC'jiney  accepted  an  ofBoe  under  the  TJutted  States 
which  was  incompattiule,  according  to  the  lawa 
of  Oregon,  with  the  exercise  of  tbe  office, 
which  he  had  prevluusty  exercised  under  the  lawa 
of  Oregon.  The  Governor  cummisaioned  another 
netson  as  District  Attorney  on  tbe  groand  that  he 
bad  asceitaineil  ana  ueciared  a  vacancy  in  conee- 
qaenoe  of  the  IneligibilUy  of  the  ocoupaot.  Now, 
in  that  case,  by  the  laws  of  Oregon  the  Governor 
is  aatboriaed  to  fill  vacancies,  and  apon  tbe  argu- 
ment that  the  person  antborized  to  flil  a  vacancy 
baa  tbe  power  to  ascertain,  determine,  and 
declare  the  existence  of  the  facts  which  ooostltnte  a 
vacancy,  and  by  the  laws  of  Oregon  being  the  only 
person  who  bad  tbe  power  to  fill  a  vacancv,  he  had 
the  right  tdso  to  ascertain  and  declare  tbe  exutence 
of  those  facts  which  constitute  in  law  a  vacancy. 
31r.  Mathews  then  proceeded  to  discasa  tbe  qaee- 
tion  as  to  what  constitntea  a  vacancy  in  tbe 
JSleutoral  body  under  the  laws  of  Oregon. 
Tbe  otber  side  bave  undertaken  to  de- 
monstrate that  the  ennmeration  of  the 
particular  iostancea  in  which  a  vacancy  ocoars, 
umlts  the  cases  to  such  as  the  staiutas  define.  I 
tJiink  that  such  a  statute,  where  tbe  object  la  to 
see  taat  tne  sabstaniial  rights  of  the  State  are  not 
btteriered  with,  and  that  it  ha;<  ita  fall 
number  in  tbe  Electoral  (College,  and  that 
its  inflaeuce  in  pubUo  affairs  may  not 
be  diminished,  reqairea  that  no  such 
rale  or  limit  be  applied  to  its  intemretation,  bat 
that,  on  tbe  other  band,  it  is  to  be  interpreted  in  a 
large  and  liberal  sense  for  tbe  promotion  of  tbe  ob- 
jsct  which  the  statute  bad  in  view,  and  tbat  it 
I'arnishea  to  the  tiody  of  the  Electoral  College  the 
meaos  and  the  power  to  fill  vacancies  in  tbat  body 
which  areascertamed  to  have  occurred,  is  as  tall  and 
complete  as  ibe  Legislaiure  itseU  by  any  means 
cutild  supply.  Certainly  there  ia  no  reason  why  in  its 
ap^licaiiuu  to  saou  a  state  of  things,  tbe  ordinary, 
pl'Un,  and  common  sense  meaning  should  be  re- 
sisted by  the  application  of  auy  artificial  maxim. 
Bat,  wUhoat  dwelling  on  that,  I  will  call  your  at- 
tention to  one  or  two  anthontiea  on  the  poiat  that  a 
vacancy,  such  as  we  claim  to  bave  existed  in  this 
case,  may  exist  and  be  declared.  Coaosel  then  re- 
ferred to  the  case  of  Stephens  against  Wyatt, 
where  it  was  expressly  held  that  the  elec- 
tion of  an  ineligible  candidate,  so  far  from 
elecring  a  minority  candidate,  creiited  a  vacancy  ab 
initio — irom  the  commencement  of  the  term.  In 
tbe  case  of  The  Commonwealth  against  Hanley, 
Pennsylvania  Seports.  and  otber  similar  cases,  the 
same  doctrine  is  maintained.  In  one  cl  the  cases 
referred  to  by  the  coansel,  where  an  officer  who  was 
elected  before  be  was  qualified  and  before  the  com- 
mencement of  the  term  of  his  office  tbe  officer  al- 
ready in  office  held  over,  and  it  waa  adjadged  that 
there  waa  no  vacancy  because  there  was  an  existing 
Incombeiit. 

Coaimlssioner  Edmunds  suggested  that  the  view 
taken  by  cuansel  was  tbat  the  officer  could  hold  the 
office  nntil  his  snccesaor  should  be  qnalitied. 

Mr.  Mathews  said  mat  waa  the  proposition.  He 
then  quoted  at  length  several  aatborities  on  this 
point,  and  continued:  "Bat  it  is  hardly  worth 
while  to  bant  for  aatborities  on  this  point  when 
the  authority  is  so  near  at  hand  in  tbe  State  of  Ore* 
gon  itself.  Vot  that  State  has  nndercakeu  to  define 
bv  the  statate  what  shall  conatitnte  a  vacancy. 
Tbe  very  context  ot  tbe  statute  which  prescribes 
tbe  mode  of  election  of  Presidential  Electors  ennm- 
erates  the  instances  which  shall  constitute  tbe  va- 
caneies,  Tirat,  tbe  death  of  the  incambent  t  sec- 
ond, his  resignation  ;  third,  his  removal ;  toarth, 
his  ceasing  to  be  an  incanbent  of  the  district, 
ouanty,  or  town  in  which  the  duties  of  the  office  are 
reqaifed  to  be  dischsrged;  flttb,  his  conviction 
of  an  intamoos  crime  ;  sixth,  bis  refutal  to  take 
tbe  oath  of  office  presotlbed  or  to  give  or  renew 
bis  official  bonds  <  aeveatb,  the  decision  of  a  compe- 
tent tribifhal  declaring  void  bis  election  or  appoint- 
ment. !Now,  it  is  argaed,  on  tbe  other  band,  that 
this  cannot  apply,  becaase  in  tbe  case  of  Waiite,  on 
the  lappoeltiuu  that  he  was  ineligible  at  the  time  of 
bis  origu?.l  appointment,  there  was  no  decision  of  a 
2ompecent  trioanal  declaring  void  his  election  or 
tODOintment ;  and  vet,  on  tbe  other  side,  they  argne 
tuat  the  Governor  bad  a  rigol  to  declare  nit 
election  void,  and  that  was  tbe  decision 
of  a  competent  trlbuaal.  If  so,  I  ask  whatber  tbe 
coDseqaence  does  not  follow  from  tnia  statnte  that 
ioatead  ot  electing  the  minority  oundidate  it  metely 
created  a  vacaucyl  It  bas  been  and  nost  be 
argued  in  order  to  sustain  tbe  claim  made  here  (tor 

withont  it  there  ia  no  standing  groand)  tbat  the 
election  of  an  ineligible  candidate  under  ihe  consii- 
tnuon  of  the  Cnited  States  is  void  ab  initio,  by  virtae 
9i  tbe  constitutional  provision.  Coans«l  held  that 
The  deciaioQ  of  a  comDetent  ktnbanal  declaring  it 
void  is  iu  fact  that  a  man  can  be  an  iuoambent  al- 
tbongh  his  election  or  appointment  waa  void.  Pro- 
bii)inucs  establishing  incapaciliea  do  not  enforce 
themselce^  and  an  ineligible  candidate  may  ac- 
tuMliy  b§>j>ut  into  occupation  of  tbe  office  until  a 
decision  of  a  competent  tribunal  declares  the  in- 
validity jOf  bis  election,  and  tbns  createfl  tbe  vacancy 
oader  the  statate.  I  asic  whether  in  reason  and 
common  sense  he  cannot  voluntarily  create  a 
vacancy  by  doing  that  which  he  might  be  com- 

?ielled  to  do  by  a  deoision  of  a  competent 
ribunai.  It  is  said  tliat  this  title  only  anplies  to 
vacancies  occurring  In  v5tate  offices,  and  cannot  be 
said  to  apply  to  the  office  of  Electors.  But  even  on 
the  supposition  that  it  refers  primarily  to  elections 
to  offices  held  under  the  State  Constitation,  never- 
theless the  references  in  the  other  title,  which  are 
express  directions  concerning  vacanoieg  in  the  Eleo» 
torai  body,  and  tbe  mode  ot  filling  them  mast 
be    sonstraod    in    pari     materia    by    the    context, 

'  so  that  yoa  come  to  the  question  what 
Che  Lejri«i»ture  meant  by  a  vacancy  occurring 
"  otherwise"  in  tbe  Electoral  body.  It  means  a 
vacancy  occamng  in  any  one  of  the  ways  which 
by  laiw  may  be  created  in  reference  to  State  officers. 
There  it  sunds,  on  tbe  express  terms  and  letter  of 
tbe  statutes  of  the  State,  showing  that,  admitting 
WattB  to  bava  t>een  an  ineligible  candidate,  and 
admitting  bis  election  to  bave  been  atterly  Toid,siill 
he  was  the  person  declared  duly  elected,  becaase  be 
bad  the  highest  number  of  rotes,  aad,  fiotwithstand> 
log  Us  meligibility  and  the  veiaanoe  of  bla  election, 
be  waa  capable  under  tbe  GoBatltBtion  ana  laws  of 
Oregon  of  being  indueted  into  the  office  and  of  hold- 
ing it  uirtU.  by  resignation,  or  the  deciaion  of  a  com- 
petent tribunal  ousting  Urn  from  it,  a  vacancy  ahall 
be  declared,  and  tiien  tbe  majority  of  tbe  Electoral 
College,  by  a  plnrali^  of  votes,  and  not  by  the  soli- 
tary votes  ot  Orouin,  ware  called  into  being  and 
into  ciffloaov,  and  had  power  to  fill  ap  lo  the  full 
meastffe  of  ooaatitDtiuiial  right  the  number  of  votea 
to  which  the  State  ot  Oregon  was  entitled. 

Tbe  President  [Jostles  Clitfora|  asksd  eounael 
whether  he  cUlmed  there  waa  any  dlltsrenoe  be. 
tween  a  vote  cast  for  an  ineligible  candidate  and  a 
blank  vote. 

Hr.  Mathewa  aatd  there  was  fast  aa  mooh  differ* 
eoce  aa  there  waa  between  »  man  and  a  motu^— be- 
tween a  live  man  capabls  of  exerelsing  the  func- 
tions of  ths  offloe  and  doing  the  things  which  the 

'  law  inposed  upon  Um  and  a  mere  nothing.  "  A 
man'a  »  man  for  a'  that,"  and  though  inca- 
Mbls  by  law  of  holding  an  office,  he 
aeverikaiManuT  be  pot  m  tbat  office,  aad  if  nolmdy 
atdsot*  he  can  exsreiss  the  functions  of  tke  sffloe 
and  dlaoharcs  the  dattea,  aad  every  aet  performed 
hT  bin  t»  loat  aa  vaUd  as  if  he  was  ths  most  tbor- 
SQgb^j  funOshsd  aaan  by  the  Uw  for  i)te  perform- 
aaoa  of  all  tiie  dnties.  .     .     ^  ^,^ 

'  ComaisatpBer  Morton  inquired  whether,  when  an 
offios  is  fllled  by  aaether  person  serving  as^an 

'   offlaac  da  Cwto^  aad  wfaosa  aeto  ars  held  iBTalld  as 


SOB  waa  aetoally  in  eilles  and  aetisg.  Ae  sAa 
forego  It  by  resignation,  bat  It  he  Is  aa  officer  ds 
&eto  the  office  is  not  vacant.  If  yon  hold  the  office 
to  be  raoant,  then  there  la  no  offieer  tbem^  Bat 
the  very  poipt  of  this  decision  ia  that,  thon||h  m* 
eligible  to  hold  and  incapable  of  tiOtfhg; .neverthe- 
less he  waa  in  office.  He  was  there,  and  there  waa 
no  vacancy. 

BKLF-KXBOumnj  Tovrsa,  o»  pbohibitiokb. 

"Sow,  in  regard  to  the  qaestion  about  the  self-exa- 
eating  power  of  the  Conatitadon  ra  reference  to 
these  prohibitions,  it  has  been  urged  in  argnment 
on  another  occasion  tbat  no  such  legislation  was 
necessary.  Vox  insunoe,  it  was  aaid  there 
was  a  prohibition  on  tbe  States  against 
emitting  bilia  of  eredit,  of  passing  «x  pott 
facta  laws,  ot  laws  impairing  the  obliga- 
tion of  a  contract,  and  it  was  said  with 
aa  air  of  triumph,  as  if  the  question  itself  contained 
its  own  answer,  what  legislation  was  ever  needed  to 

eteente  those  provision^  of  the  ststate  1  Why,  the 
qaestion  proves  my  proposition,  beoatue  there  has 
been  legislation  in  execation  of  these  provisions, 
and  Wlthodt  them  they  could  not  be  executed  t«- 
day.  For  instance,  in  regard  to  tbe  coDsiitntional 
prohibitions  tbat  the  State  shall  pass  no  law  Impair- 
ing tbe  obligations  of  contracts.  That  prohibition 
ia  never  exeteised  except  when  it  is  raised  between 
private  persona,  and  the  case  is  carried  ap  by  vir- 
tue of  the  Jndielary  aet  of  Congress  to  tbe  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  tnates,  from  tbe  deciefon  of  tne 
State  eonrt,  in  order  to  determine  that,  ques- 
tion, and  they  do  determine  it  beeaase 
the  Snprsme  Court,  having  beoome  vest- 
ed by  tbat  aot  of  Congress  with 
Jnrildlctlun  and  the  power  to  try  oases  at  law  and 
equity  arising  nnder  the  Cunstitution  and  laws  of 
the  United  States,  is  bound,  by  the  doctrine  that 
the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  ^ is  the  law 
of  that  case,  to  enforce  it  ludisially.  But  if 
the!  court  had  never  been  empowered  to  aot 
by  the  act  of  Congress,  it  conld  not  have 
exeoated  that  provision  of  tbe  Constltutioa. 

Commissioner  Bradley  inqaired  how  that  would 
apniy  to  the  question  of  tbe  eligibility  of  membera 
Of  Congress. 

Mr.  Mathews  said  that  it  was  only  bv  that  pro- 
Vision  of  tbe  Constitution  which  made  the  two 
hoases  ludges  of  the  election  retums  and  qusllflca- 
tious  of  their  members  tbat  it  was  executed,  and 
that  it  is  not  execuK-d  in  any  oiner  wny 
than  as  dependent  on  tbe  political  will  and 
power  of  each  house.  Each  house  could,  in  defi. 
ance  of  tbe-  Constitution,  without  any  means  of 
prevshtingit,  admit  ru  ineligible  member  to  ita 
body.  Where  is  the  power  to  exeonte  the  Consti- 
tation against  tbe  House  if  it  chooses  to  admit  an 
incapable  person  f  And  now  it  is  proposed  In 
this  case,  without previoas  legislation,  without  any 
indication  of  tbe  will  ot  Congreaa  as  to  what  onght 

to  be  tbe  conseqnences,  to  disfranchise  the  peoole 
ot  a  State,  because,    forsootb,  aome  man    boldiD|;'an 

iosignlfloi^t  and  nnknown  tffioe  of  trust  and  profit 
nnder  ibe  Uaited  States,  in  violation  of  the  provi- 
sioDS  of  the  (jonstitntion  bas  been  voted  for  as  Elec- 
tor non  eongtat}  but  that  Congress,  in  tbe  execation 
of  its  power  to  legiiilate,  to  carry  into 
effect  these  provisions  of  the  Cobstitution, 
may  witnhold  any  such  oonseqaances  as 
that.  Tbev  might,  by  legislation,  prevent 
^nch  appointments,  anticipate  them,  and  impose 
peualties  for  a  Tiolation.  But  I  take  it  tbat  the 
American  Congress  has  yet  to  come  into  power 
that,  if  called  upon  to  deliberate  legislatively  on 
tbat  behalf,  will  impose  the  penalty  of  disfranoblse- 
ment  noon  a  State  because  an  Elector  had  been 
voted  tor  who  was  incapable  of  exeoatiag  tbe  office. 

Commissioner  Bradley — Your  position  tbea  is 
tbat  none  bat  a  regularly  constituted  antbonty 
having  jurisdiction  can  oust  an  uuliglble  person 
wbo  bas  been  elected. 

Mr.  Mathews — Yec,  Sir ;  because  there  must  be 
a  triDunal  to  determine  the  fact.  It  is  a  Judicial 
qaestion  to  be  a.^certaiaed  by  evidence,  or  at.  any 
rate  there  roust  be  some  mode  provided  by  law  for 
going  into  the  question  and  deciding  it,  whether  ju- 
dicial or  otherwise. 

Commissioner  Strong  said  it  was  very  apoarent 
from  tbe  course  the  argument  had  taken  that  the 
whole  time  allotted  to  counsel  on  each  side  waa 
liable  to  be  eonaumed  before  tbev  came  to 
tbe  question  of  the  admissibility  of  tbe  evi- 
dence. He  moved  that  the  evidence  described 
in  tbe  first  item  of  the  offer  made  last  even- 
ing be  received  subject  to  the  decisiua  of  tbe 
Commission  in  regard  to  its  legal  efiect,  and  if 
there  waa  any  evidence  on  tbe  other  side  tending 
to  counteraot  such  evidence,  that  tbat  evidence 
sboald  be  recelTcd  at  this  stage  of  the  prooeediniis. 

The  motion  of  Commiasioner  Strong  was  adopted 
by  the  vote  of  the  Commission.  On  acouunt  ot  the 
non-attendance  of  some  witnesses  a  recesa  waa  then 
taken  until  13:45  o'clock. 


POSTMASTER  WATTS'  RESIGNATION. 

On  the  re-aaaembling  of  tbe  Commission  Mr. 
Merrick  offered  in  evidence  the  commission  of  J. 
W.  Watts  as  Postmaster. 

Mr.  Evarts  submitted  that  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral waa  the  proper  witness  to  produce  the  papers 
himself,  as  the  other  Side  had  subpceoaed  bim. 

Tke  Postmaster  Genera^  was  in  attendanee  and 
iWdy  to  verify  them  aa  being  from  his  office.  After 
considerable  discussion,  however,  he  signified,  to 
save  time,  his  willingness  tbat  the  paper  should  ba 
treated  as  a  certified  copy. 

Mr.  MerricK  then  offered  in  evidence  tbe  commis- 
sion of  Heury  W.  Hallas,  Post  Master  at  Lafayette, 
in  the  County  of  Yam  Hill,  btaie  of  Oregon,  issued 
Jan.  3,  1877. 

2dr.  Evarts  reserved  all  his  objections. 

Mr.  JastiCA  Clifford  inquired  if  Mr.  Merrick  had 
anything  more  to  ofier. 

Mr.  Merriolc  bad  nothing  more  and  rested  the 
Democratio  case  for  the  present. 

Mr.  Evartg  then  called  as  a  witness-  the  Postmas- 
ter General,  James  2f.  Tyner,  who  was  sworn  and 
examined  by  Mr.  Evarts.  He  teatifled  tbat  be  knew 
of  Mr.  Watts  as  being  PoHtmaster  at  Lafayette, 
Yam  mil  County,  Oregon,  and  that  it  was  a  fourth- 
class  office,  tbe  appointment  being  vested  in  the 
Postmaster  tiener.il.  It  was  not  a  Presidential 
office.  His  response  as  to  tbe  qaestioa  aa  to  when 
Mr.  Watts  resigned  bis  office  was  lutermpted  by  an 
oblection  from  Judge  Green,  who  submitted  that 
tbe  best  evidence  was  tbe  written  resignation,  if 
any  soch  existed,  and  preferred  his  tormai  objec- 
tion. 

Mr.  Commtstioner  Abbott  said  be  nnderstood  the 
counsel  to  ask  if  that  resignation  was  in  writing, 
and  Mr.  Justice  Cliflord  directed  M.r.  Evarts  to  put 
the  qaestion  prelimiaarilr. 

Mr.  Evarts  then  asked  if  be  received  any  resig- 
nation from  Mr.' Watts,  and  In  what  form  t 

The  witness 'said  be  received  it  by  telegraph  and 
afterward  m  writing.  He  had  the  telegram  with 
bim,  and  produced  it,  and  it  was  offered  and  ad- 
mitted in  evidence.  The  dispatch  was  received  on 
Nov.  14.  Tbe  witness  replied  to  it  on  tbe  same 
day,  accepting  tbe  resignation,  and  he  produced  a 
copy  of  h:s  reply,  which  Mr.  Evarts  also  offered  in 
evidence,  and  it  was  admitted. 

By  Commissioner  Edmunda — You  aay  you  sent 
that  telegram  on  that  day !  A.— I  did,  by  the 
Western  Union  Telegraph  Company,  and  Ireceived 
this  letter  at  tbe  Post  Office  Depanment  on  the  0th 
day  of  December,  through  Sir.  Underwood,  the 
Special  Agent  of  the  Post  Office  Department. 

The  counsel  on  tbe  other  side  deoUned  to  exam- 
ine the  witness,  and  Mr.  Commidaioner  Tharman 
asked  if  there  was  any  law  requiring  tbe  accounts 
of  a  Postmaster  to  be  settled  beturo  his  resignation 
was  accepted,  to  which  yrltness  replied,  "No,  Sir; 
there  is  nothing  of  that  kind  tbat  I  am  aware  of"    ' 

Mr.  Evarts  then  called  John  M.  Watts,  whose 
testimony  was  substantially  the  same  as  that  of  the 
Postmaster  Ueneral.     So  fcated   tbit  be  did  not  aet 

as  Postmaster  at  all  after  tbe  14th  of  November,  nor 
was  the  office  kept  upon  his  place  after  that.  ' 

J.  M.  McGrew  was  next  sworn,  and  examined  by 
Mr.  fvarts,  aayine  in  responae  to  inqulriea  that 
tbe  settlement  of  Postmastars'  accounts  came  un- 
der hia  department.  The  account  of  Mr.  Watts 
had  been  settled.  Mr.  Evarts  asked  him  to  what  date 
were  his  I  Watts' J  emoluments  and  salary  fixed  bv 
that  settlement,  to  which  the  witness  answered, 
"To  and  including  the  14th  of  Novemtjer,  1876. 
That  waa  tbe  last  account  rendered  by  tbe  Post- 
master." 

This  closed  the  testimony,  and  Mr,  Evarts  was 
Invited  to  close  the  argument  on  the  part  of  tbe 
Bepublicans. 

AEGUMENT  OF  MR.  EVARTS. 

Mr.  Evarts  occupied  the  first  five  minutes  of 

bis  time  by    restating   the    various   propositions 

which  he  and  his    colleagues  had  taken   in   the 

Ploiida  and  Louisiana  cases,  insisting  that  ttaey  bad 

Strictly  adhered  to  them  In  this  case  as  far  as  thev 

applied.  He  said  that  tbe  counsel  upon  the  other 
side  had  themselves,  in  the  prolonged  discussion, 
maintained     as     a     matter    of    law    and  upon 

authority,      not      only       the       position     be  '  took 

as  to  the  action  of  a  State  bringing  an 
Elector  into  the  exscciion  of  his  power  as 
an  Elector,  but,  as  be  nnderstood  tbe  accomplished 
ana  experienced  lawyer  wbo  yealorday  represented 
the  argnment  of  their  opponents  that  he  was,  until 
qtio  iBarranto,  or  until  certiorari  disturbed  his  de- 
cision, a  de  facto  and  de  Jure  representative  of  the 
office.  Now,  said  he,  never  having  had  a  doubt 
that  before  many  weeks  had  passed  the  nniveraal 
judgment  of  this  country  would  sustain  these 
positiona  tbat  were  espousea,  and  that  bave  been 
adopted  by  this  Commission,  I  confess  that  I  did 
not  ex  pool  to  signal  and  immediate  a  seal  noon  tbat 
expectation  as  the  present  immediate  avowal  and 
eapoasal  and  maintenance  of  ibose  positions,  and  I 
welooihe  this  as  a  great  aid  and  necessary  to  tbe  ir- 
responsible and  rash  commentariea  that  have  been 
madelB  various  public  relations,  and  especially  in  tbe 
public  press,  npoo  those  controveit«d  points  of  law. 
You  have  decided  them  in  the  presence  of  great 
agitatlooa  of  the  people,  and  yon  have  decided  them 

in  •  way  that  will  make  them  firm  and  sara 
when  agitations  in  the  future  |shall  take  otber  com- 
plexions and  be  forwarded  in  tbe  interesu  of  other 
parties,  for  what  yon  have  done,  for  what  you 
sliall  do,  principles  of  the  Constitution  and  the 
maintenance  of  the  lawa  of  this  country  in  the 
great  transaction  of  a  Presidential  election  are 
made  ceatain,  Inteilii^ble,  nttioual,  and  sound. 
Now,  m  Oregon  it  isy  very  plain  that  an 
election  was  held  and  through  all  its  stages  was 
conducted  with  an  entire  observance  of  all  the  re- 
quirements of  the  law.  and  with  an  entire  accept- 
ance, OB  the  part  of  the  whole  population,  of  the 
election  and  its  result  up  to  the  last  stage,  and  of 
its  having  been  according  to  law,  unquestioned  m 
integrity  and  in  Jaatice;  that  that  result  was 
reached  by  the  authentic  canvass  of  the  votes 
by  the  proper  authorities  and  in  the  proper 
presence.  All  tbat  has  diatnrtied  thia  result  occurs 
after  tbe  completion  of  the  election,  and  its  certifi- 
cation as  completed  by  the  proper  aatborities,  after 
tKe  file  of  the  canvass  nnder  its  certification  by  the 
officer  of  tbe  State  charged  with  tba 
duty  of  eanvassing  and  of  certifying. 
New,  first  let  us  understand  what  there  is  in  tbe 
natore  of  tbe  evidence  that  l>esrs  upon  the  action 
of  what  is  ooDhtined  in  the  certificates,   which  are 

Ipleoary  evidence  before  yen,  having  been  opened 
and  traasmitted  bTtbe  President  of  tbe  Senate. 
^1^  jf-vrvVwnr  a^nss..^ 


Oregen.  appchtted  veafs  beftire,  was  disoharjHiut 
ths  Mtiaa  of  ttiat  oSoe  while  under  its  ohl!g..f  ions 
on  tbe  7th  of  November';  ttaa%  on  the\l4th  of  No- 
vember he  bM  rbSl^ed  bis  office:  his  res  cnatlon 
Lad  bsea  aeosfrt*d|  that  thereafter  the  deoartmenl 
aOcsoied  4bs  eftaoM*  Of  ihe  offias  and  eondacted  it 
from  that  titas  forward,  and  that,  as  a  matter  of 
fact,  tbe  offles  Iteslf  was  changed  ftom  the  place  of 
business  of  the  Postmaster  who  resigned  to  the 
place  of  boainess  of  ths  man  designated  u,  take  his 
place,  Mr.  Hill  havlBC  a  drug  store,  and  thea  be- 
came immediately  Assistant  Pestmsster  under  the 
Special  Agent,  and  in  due  course .  of  time 
received  ths  tsommisslon  as  Postmaster  in  fjtXl  tot 
the  plaoe  i  that  then  Watts,  whenever  yon  oome  to 
consider — ^If  you  do — thij  question  whether  he  conld 
be  appointed  on  the  6th  day  of  December,  on  his  re- 
fusal to  act  on  his  prior  appointment,  is  unmistak- 
ably placed  before^ou  in  the  position  of  a  Post- 
master who  had-^jrasigned.  and  who  had  received 
from  tbe  Post  Office  Department  tbe  accept- 
aboe  of  the  trust  he  laid  aside  and  its 
continued  exercise  thenceforth  by  the  department 
itself  under  its  agents.  Whatever  we  said  that  re- 
ceived tbe  assent  of  this  Commission  In  tbe  former 
arguments  need  not  be  repeated.  Whatever  was 
said  tbat  did  not  receive  the  assent  of  this  Com- 
mission will  be  of  no  service  in  tbat  regard  if  it  be 
repeated,  and  I  shall  therefore  proceed  witb  the  in- 
quiry into  the  validity  of  the  vote  of  the  three 
Electors  in  tbe  first  cei-tlflcate  as  it  rests 
upon  tbe  vote  in  your  possession,  pro- 
ceeding from  tbe  State,  delivered  into  tne 
bands  of  the  President  of  the  Senate,  opened 
before  the  two  booses  of  Congress,  and  nuw  depos- 
ited witb  you  as  evidence  lor  you  to  regard.  What, 
then,  does  cettifloaie  No.  1  contain  t  And  I  ask 
vour  Attention  to  parts  uf  it  tiiat  I  now  shall  desig- 
nate.      ,* 

Mr.  Evarts  then  quoted  from  the  language  of  the 
oerttfloate  as  presented  before  the  Commission. 
He  then  quoted  the  constitutional  provisions 
on  that  aabj<>ct,  and  said  that  tbe  certificate 
preaeuted  by  OJell,  Cartwrlght,  and  Watts  fully 
oompliea  with  those  provisions.  Suppose  the  list 
appended  is  not  the  one  certified  by  tbe  Exeeutive 
ot  tbe  State,  is  that  a  failure  of  duty  on  tbe  part  of 
the  Electors  t  There  Is  no  imnntation  that  they  bave 
omitted  to  include  it  in  their  return,  but  li.  must 
be  oharsed  to  the  fact  that  tbe  Zxeuntive  whose 
doty  It  was  to  furnish  them  tbe  list  omitted  to  do 
so.  You  have  before  you  all  tbe  minutes  of  tbe  cro- 
ceediDg'4  of  this  Electoral  College,  setting  lorth  in 
detail  each  separate  aot  performed  by  them,  from 
which  it  appears  tbat  having  dnly  assembled  at  tbe 
State  rapitalH  they  demanded  of  the  Governor  and 
Secretary  of  State  the  certifipd  hst  of  the  Electors, 
but  the  Governor  sod  Secretary  refased  to  deliver 
them.  Being  informed  tbat  such  list  bad  been  de- 
livered ti)  Crouln  by  the  Secretary  of  State,  they 
demanded  them  of  Cronin,  bat  be  refn«ed 
to  aeliver  or  exhibit  tbem,  wberenpon  tbey 
procnred     from    the     Secretary    of   State   certified 

copies  uf  the  vote  cast  in  Oreguo  for  Electors,  and 
have  attached  such  certified  lists  to  the  papers 
presented  by  tliem.  What  becomes  now  of  tbe 
proposition  of  a  State  being  deirauded  of  its  vote  in 
tbe  Electoral  College,  when  its  Electors,  appointed 
according  to  law,  having  assembled  to  discbarge 
toeir  constitutional  dniies,  are  deprived  by  the 
Executive  of  the  Slate  of  the  cortifie4l 
lists  required  to  be  appended  In  veriflcatiuu  1 
Which  la  to  stand — the  Electors  m'-de  by  the  Con- 
stitution of  tbe  United  States,  sufficient  certifiera 
ot  their  own  election,  and  showing  tuat  too  absence 
of  the  Governor's  lists  waa  caused  by  the  Gov- 
ernor's default  and  not  their  own,  or  tbuae 
who,  in  violation  of  all  the  provisions  of 
the  Constitution  of  tbe  Stale  and  of  tbe 
United  States,  proceeded  to  constltate  them- 
selves Electors  I  Can  the  fraudnlnnt  power 
to  reverse  the  deciaion  of  the  people,  as  exercised 
by  the  Governor,  subtract  or  withhold  a  |:aper  by 
which  tbe  Electnrsl  College  shall  be  destroyed  and 
tbe  Presideiiiial  vote  lost?  Was  there  any  escase 
for  withholding  on  the  parr  of  tbe  Governor,  or  any 
pretense  tbat  it  was  delivered )  !Not  the  slightest. 
Tbe  duty  and  obligation  ot  tbe  Governor  in  tois  be- 
half t'eie  comolete,  and  his  withholding  tbe  cer- 
tificates needs  no  aesoription  of  trick,  Iraad,  or 
conirivance.  It  was  i>a  absolute  deseruon 
of  duty,  witb  an  object  in  view  as  to 
the  result,  as  sbowu,  and  the  law  will 
impute  it  aa  such.  Mr.  Evarts  then  quoted  the 
law  of  Oregon  defining  tbe  duties  of  tbe  Secretary 
t,f  State,  and  argued  that  the  failure  of  duty  on  tbe 
part  ot  the  Guveruor  and  Secretary  of  State  to  per- 
form  an  act  required  of  them  should  nut  be  allowed 
to  throw  out  (be  vote  ot  the  State.  He  claimed 
tbat  tbe  certified  lists  which  were  substquetitlv 
obtained  truai  the  Secretary  of  State  shuwiug  tbe 
vutee  actually  cast,  waui  tbe  very  canvass  Itself,  and 
tbat  tbe  Secretary  ut  State  was  tbe  proper  official  to 
certify  to  the  tiaosactioo  of  a  Staia  Who  else  is 
there  in  Or<-gou  who  could  certif}'  a  list  I  Who  bcs 
the  list,  tbe  seal,  and  wbo  holds  the  «ffice 
of  both  record  and  certiflcatiun  t  It  is  tbe 
Secretary  of  State.  Supooalng  ibat  to  be  so,  where 
do  yoa  find  any  defect  tbat  is  not  an  adequate  com- 
plianco  with  tbe  act  of  Congress  anu  the  act  uf 
O'egun  t  Yoa  have  only  to  read  tbe  laws  of  Oregon 
to  see  that  the  Electors  aie  to  be  appointed  by 
election,  and  that  in  every  election  held 
in  tbat  State,  the  persons  wbo  bave  tbe 
highest  number  of  votes  shall  be  deciared  elected. 
What  does  this  cerilflcate  want  under  tbe  acta  of 
Oregon  I  Tbe  aot  of  Oregon  requires  tbe  list  to  lie 
given  by  the  Secretary  uf  State,  under  tbe  great 
seal  of  State,  and  tbat  tbe  Governor 
shall  sign  it.  Tbe  Governor,  in  pur- 
suance uf  a  great  breach  ef  trust  aod 
duty,  refuse  his  name  to  that  certificate  ;  but  does 
ir  cease  to  be  a  ceniticatiuo  tbat  tbe  Cooeress  of  the 
Cnited  Slates  will  accept  as  an  adequate  observance 
of  tlie  directory  duty  tbat  the  executive  auiboiiiy 
of  the  State  shall  fuxuisb  lists  of  persons  ap- 
pointed I  I  think  not.  Under  tbe  laws  uf  Oregon 
this  paper  here  betore  you  (the  certificate  uf  Watts 
and  others)  is  to  you  as  a  matter  of  evidence, 
precisely  tue  same  aa  if  you  had  before  ^uu  the 
otigiual  paper  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of 
Slate.  I  contend  ibat,  taking  into  view  tbe  law  uf 
Oiegon  and  tbe  law  of  the  United  States,  tbu  cer- 
itUcates  we  present  are  all  that  is  necessary  to 
make  tbe'transactlou  a  l>ona  fide  action  and  the 
complete  and  lawful  action  ot  the  Electors  of  tbe 
State,  Tbeso  Eleoioia  oannut  bo  obargable  witb 
any  dereliction  of  duty  because  they  were  unable 
to  obtain  tbe  Governur's  certificate. 

In  reply  to  a  question  Irum  Commissioner  Brad- 
ley,  Mr.  Evarts  aaid  tbat  tbe  Secretary  of  State 
was  tbe  Canvassing  officer  aod  oerf^med  his  duty 
in  tbe  presence  of  the  Governor  aa  he  under- 
stood it. 

Commissioner  Ab)>ott  inquired  whether  there 
was  any  law  permitting  the  Secretary  of  State  to 
oertiiy  to  a  result  drswo  from  cenain  figures  or  re- 
turns, or  whether  his  certifying  to  any  paper  was  a 
simple  certifluation  of  its  being  a  true  copy  irom 
the  original. 

Mr.  Evarts  replied  tbat  bis  action  in  certifying 
these  returns  was  In  itselt  a  canvass;  tbat  tbe  rest 
of  ths  transaction  was  lower  down  in  tbe  election. 
Uis  producing  tbe  tabulated  vote,  made  from  the 
votes  forwarded  from  the  prociocts  and  tbe  coun- 
vies,  waa  in  itself  tbe  oanvaaa  of  tbe  votes.  Will 
any  one  tell  me  what  else  was  in  canvassing  the 
votes  f  What  mure  can  any  one  do  than 
take  tbe  retnrns  and  tabulate  tbem.  Mr. 
Evarts  proceeded  to  quote  tbe  mibotcs  of 
toe  record  sbowing  the  meetinj^  of 
the  Electors,  Watts'  reaignatlou,  &.O..  and  said  that 
waa  a  transction  done  in  perfect  good  faith.  His 
resignation  rested  on  tbe  nncertain  opinion  as  to 
whether  bis  having  been  a  Postmaster  oestroverl 
bis  eligibiUty  and  power  to  vote,  and  feaiing  a  nnb- 
lio  injury  to  tbe  State  of  Oregon  be  retused  to  act 
under  that  appointment.  He  did  his  duty  in 
the  College  of  Electors.  Whatever  was  done 
by  Watts  was  dons  openly,  and  it  Cronin  was  a 
member  or  the  College,  and  had  attended  and  took 
part  in  the  iransacuon,  it  would  have  been  seen  by 
Cronin  as  well  as  others.  'Ihe  college  then  pro- 
ceeded to  elect  bim  to  fill  tbe  vacancy  thus  cresiedl 
and  gave  tiim  a  tiile  which  woala  not  pat 
in  peril  one  of  tbe  votes  of  the  State 
of  Oregon.  Then  the  vote  proceeded 
and  tbe  very  ballots  themselves  are  given  to  you. 
Did  anybody  pretend  tbat  tbe  certificate  named  by 
tbe  aot  of  congress  was  any  part  of  the  warrant  of 
Electors  to  act  in  tbe  college  t  No,  it  is  to  be  de- 
livered to  the  KlectoiB  acting  in  the  college,  in  or- 
der tbat  tbey  may  use  it  as  a  part  of  their  transac- 
tion. You  have,  then,  this  absolute  proof  that 
when  this  College  undertook  to  act  there 
were  present  tbe  two  men  that  without  any  im- 
peachment had  a  perfect  title  tu  tbe  office.  There 
was  present  the  third  man  and  there  was  nobody 
else  present.  Then  the  transaction  went  ou.  There- 
fore, unless  you  bold  that  tbe  Governor's  sertificate 
and  its  snbtracunu  by  ths  violation  of  the  Govern- 
or's duty  is  sufficient  to  suppress  the  Elec- 
toral College  ond  tbe  vote  ot  tbe  State,  yoa 
have  here  everytoing  tbat  you  need  nnuer  the  aot 
of  Congress  without  looking  at  tbe  certificates 
which  they  put  in  m  support  uf  this  title.  How,  we 
have  another  certificate,  and  tbat  contains  nothing 
tbat  contradicts  the  other  and  nothing  that  by  itself 
can  stand  on  its  own  inspection  as  an  adequate 

transaction.     Mr.  Evarts  iben  called  attention  lo  the 

wording  of  tbe  Governor's  certificate,  and  contended 
that  it  did  not  comply  with  the  act  ot  Congress,  in 
tbat  be  undertook  to  insert  the  word  "eligible" 
before  the  word  election  to  cover  himself  trom  tbe 
condemnation  of  open  and  recognized  fraud  and 
falsehood.  Instead  of  obeying  tbe  laws  and 
constitution  of  Oregen,  be  has  given 
a  '  reason  for  his  action  to  save  himselt 
from  absolutely  disregarding  bis  duty. 
Mr.  Starts  quoted  from  the  law  of  Oregon  to  show 

that  when  two  persons  are  voted  for,  tbe  one  re- 
ceiving tbe  highest  nnm her  of  votes  shall  be  de- 
clared elected,  and  argued  that  bis  disqualification 
to  bold  the  office  dues  not  elect  the  other   who 

receives  tbe  next  highest  namber  of  votes.  In 
tbat  case  there  mast  be  a  new  election. 
It  is  not  a  qaestion  fur  the  Govamment  to  deter- 
mine. The  principle  of  the  College  of  Electors  is 
ttiat  tbe  majority  govern,  and  tbat  pnncipJe  cannot 
be  applied  to  a  less  number  than  three.  Ooe  man  is 
not  a  College,  and  two  cannot  be,  for  there  oau- 
not  be  a  mi^oilty  unless  there  be  at  least  three. 
Three  makes  a  college,  becaase  tbe  vital 
principle  of  tbe  college  is  tbst  the  ma- 
jority exercises  the  power  of  tbe  College, 
What  IB  Cronin's  aocoust  of  this  proceeding  I  He 
undertake*  to  say  tbat  they  relnsed  to  act;  but 
would  you  allow  Cronin's  statement  tbat  these  two 
men  resigned  and  deserted  tbeii  duty  to  outweigh 
their  own  certificates  snd  their  own  ballots  tbat 
are  here  before  you !  I  should  think  not 
But,  admitted  that  these  Bepublican  Electors 
did  not  recognize  Cronin  or  regard  him  aa  an 
Elector.  Tbey  bad  the  right  to  that  Judgment  and 
nobody  else  regarded  him  as  such,  except  as  an 
experiment  to  see  whether  be  conld  be  manufac- 
tured and  stand  until  after  tbe  counting  of  this 
vote.  No  erne  wonld  claim  that  anything  happened 
whffi  a  corporation  did  nut  recognize  tbe  title 
of  a  man,  claiming  to  belong  to  ir,  except  tbat  he 
was  extruded,  and  If  be  waa  wrongfaily  extruded 
he  moat  right  blmaelf  by  law.  Parties  might 
question  whether  the  action  of  tbe  board  in  that  ex- 
trusion was  or  not  lawiul;  but  did  you  ever  bear 
of  the  extmsion  of  a  member  of  a  board  lawinily 
or  unlawially  authorizing  him  to  ao  ahead  and  fill 
the  board  and  proceed  to  act  f  I  think  this  is  as 
strange  a  novelty  In  tlia  law  of  tbe  creation  of  col- 
leges or  otber  bodiee  as  wss  ever  suggested.  What- 
ever Biay  have  happ^mOd  to  Cronin  by  his  extmaloa 
tbaa  did  no*  naks  hiss  the  eolleoa.  Otberwias  yon 
VoaU  kMM  MM  acnsMiM  aiwtaof  Immb  tfeas  uauMi  «ka 


laws  ef  Oregon  she  ooald  have  three  BleOtora)  boU 
lagAS,  composed  of  «Be  man  saeh,  who  could  oast 
his  vote  in  his  owa  way  and  by  hu  own  authority  i 
bnt  If  yoa  adtpt  the  inle  that  the  ma|ority  oonati- 
tutes  the  oollege  yon  put  yonratlf  tinder  the  proteo< 
Hon  of  ihe  prinmple  Which  governs  all  oorporativ* 
action,  that  there  can  be  bdt  one  college,  and  that  a 
minority  anohors  to  itaflf  all  the  powers  of  such  col- 
lege. 
Commissioner  Abbott   inquired   what   would  be 

Se  effect  if  two  Electors  bad  died  snd  bnt  one.  wss 
rt  I  '"W'onld  the  State  lose  its  own  two  votes  t 

Mr.  Bvsrts  replied  tbat  in  tbat  ease  tbe  Stats 
ought  to  exercise  a  power  reserved  to  it,  and  treat 
the  election  as  having  failed.  It  might  be,  bow- 
ever,  that  the  votes  wonld  be  lost.  There  is  no  ex- 
IstiDg  law  ot  Oregon,  or  aay  other  State,  that  in  Its 
terms  covers  such  a  case.  There  can  be  no  college 
when  yon  are  reduced  to  one.  7on  have  an  Elector, 
I  sgrse,  and  it  Is  nndesirabie  that  tbe  St<ite  should 
lose  its  vote. 

Judge  Hoadley  asked  ooansel  If  he  considered 
the  word  "  plurality''  as  referrlna  to  tbe  original 
number  elected,  or  to  those  remaining  after  the 
vacanay. 

Mr.  Evaits  replied  there  was  nothing  tbat  con- 
fined it  to  tbe  whole  number  g  bat  there  waa  a  clear 
authority  to  tbem  to  choose  by  tbe  plnrality  of  a 
quorum,  according  to  the  ordinary  rule  of  corpora- 
tions ana  colleges,  tbat  a  majority  of  a  qnornm 
is  eqaivalent  to  a  mfvjorlty  of  the  whole. 
Now,  upon  an  examination  of  all  these  certificates  I 
bave  been  gratified  to  find  that,  although  these 
operators  np  in  Oregon  were  as  Barmless  as  ser- 

Sents.  they  were  not  any  wiser  than  doves.  Noth- 
ig  baa  been  done  there  tbat  defeats  the  Constitu- 
tion of  ths  United  States,  or  that  defrauds  the  State 
of  Oregon,  or  tbat  defeats  the  elsctinn  of  a  Presi- 
dent. All  that  has  rettalted  from  the  attempt  to 
perpetrate  a  consammaie  fraud  is  to  exhibit  the 
fraud  to  public  condemnation,  but  tbe  safety  of  tbe 
State  remains  nnbarmed. 


AEGDMENT  OP  MB.  MERRICK. 
Mr.  Merdck  then  addressed  the  Commission 
on  behalf  of  tbe  Democratic  side.  He  audrsssed 
himself  to  tbe  tnbtMial  believing  that  they  wonld 
adhere  to  their  previous  decision%  and  apply  the 
same  principles  to  i  be  decision  of  the  Oregun  case 
tbat  tbey  did  to  tbe  Louisiana  and  Florida  oases. 
In  the  Plorida  caae  he  had  ai'gued  that  it  was  com- 
petent for  them  tu  go  behind  the  Governor's  certifi- 
cate upon  charges  of  mistake  or  fraud,  but  tbe 
Commission  bad  determined  tbey  had  no 
power  to  do  so,  and  be  must  consider 
that  the  real  meaning  of  their  judgment 
was  tbat  tbe  certificate  of  the  Governor  was  the 
ounclusive  and  ultimate  aot  performed  by  the 
State,  beyond  which  tbey  bad  no  power  to  go.    He 

had  observed  at  the  time  of  the  argumert  on  the 
Florida  case  that  the    opposlue  oonusul,  while  their 

bark  was  buing  cast  against  the  bcylla  ot  Florida, 
were  even  then  lo  king  ahead  to  the  Charybdis 
tbat  threatened  peril  iu  Oregon.  It  was  then  ap- 
parent from  tbe  olscuvaions,  an(>  it  was  now 
apparent  from  tbe  admission;  for,  it  your 
Honors  follow  the  track  pursued  in  Ftdiida, 
the  bark  must  be  wrecked  in  Oregon. 
Mr.  Merrick  said  the  decisijn  of  tbe  tribunal  must 
rest,  if  It  rest  at  all,  in  the  confidence  of  the  peo- 
ple, npon  tbe  duotrine  of  State  rights  as  compared 
witb  tbe  rights  of  tbe  Federal  Union.  It  must 
I  .at  in  the  confidence  ot  tbe  people,  if  it  find 
repose  there  at  all,  upon  some  broad  principle 
wbieb  thev  could  comprehend  and  undarstaod,  and 
which  tbey  ouald  recusnize  and  accept,  and  even  in 
tue  angaian  of  their  di&appoiutment  welcome  and 
and  churish  It  as  wise  and  judicious  because  it 
comes  trom  wise  and  juJiciuns  men,  and  is  oom- 

meuoed  by  sound  and  broad  reasoning,  but  if  tbt^se 

Que8ii.jus  wpre  to  bn  settled  upon  any 
such  narrow  and  technical  arguments  as 
was  contended  for  on  tbe  other  side, 
the  woand  which  the  Commission  was  organised  to 
heal  in  the  natiou  they  woula  only  make  bleed  tbe 
Ireer,  and  tor  four  years  to  come  the  American 
people,  while  submitting  to  legitimate  authority, 
would  recugnisa  tbat  there  waa  in  this  ouuntry  tbe 
anomalous  condition  of  a  President  de  tacto 
and  a  President  de  Jure  not  m  office. 
Counsel  submitted  that  to  withhold  tbe  commis- 
sioo,  or  to  wiibbold  the  certilicate  from  a  party 
dovmed  by  the  Governor  tu  (>e  ineligible  tu  the 
office,  was  the  legitimate  performance  of  a  oonstitu- 
tiuual  and  proi>er  execuiive  trust.  Yuu  have  told 
us,  said  he,  that  tbe  State  cannot  iolerlere  with 
au  Elector,  whether  he  be  eliiiible  or  ineligible, 
whether  his  election  be  secured  by  fair  means  or 
funl.  Yuu  bave  tuld  us  tbat  it  cannot  be  interfered 
with,  except  between  the  time  uf  conclusion  uf  tne 
Ketumiug  Board  aod  tbe  time  of  bis  vot- 
ing, (Which,  in  Florida,^  I  believe,  waa  a  x 
hoars,  aud  in  Looiaiaua  sume  four  or  five.  Nuw, 
the  State  of  Oregun,  seeking  to  perform  her  duty, 
and  this  much-abused  Executive,  seeking  to  piu- 
tect  tbat  State  trom  tne  ouium  of  having  wantonly 
violated  the  Cunstiintiun  of  tbe  United  Slates, 
bave  solemnly  determined  that  an  Eluctur 
claiming  to  be  elected  w.is  not  elected. 
The  coubsel  here  reterred  to  the  case 
of  Berkley  against  the  Governor,  in  39ch  Missouri, 
page  399,  and  lu  sectluu  712.  pageS53,  aud  went  on  to 
claim  tnat  the  Governor  uf  Oregon  could  not  bave 
given  the  certificate  tu  an  ineligible  candidate  witb- 
uut  violaiiog  his  oath  and  being  guilty  of  an  Inirac- 
tion  of  the  Federal  Constltutiun.  He  must  inevita- 
biy-  have  a  discretion  in  tne  performance  of 
bis  duty  and  must  not  do  anything  which 
would  niake  bim  a  violator  of  the  Constitution. 
Mr.  Merrick  claimed  tbat  as  Cror.ln  held  tbe  cer- 
tificate, with  the  bioad  seal  of  tbe  Slate  aciacheu  to 
it  |be  bad  the  muniment  uf  title  to  the  office.  What 
had  Watts  t  J^utbiog.  Xbe  opposiug  c.>unsel  said, 
in  considering  the  evldeuce  uf  title  poasessed  by 
VTatts,  tbat  be  bad  the  ueniflcate  frum  tbe  Secretary 
of  State  as  to  tbe  canvass  uf  votes.  Wtiat  did 
this  ueniflcate  purport  to  bet  It  is  beaded  "Ab- 
stract of  Vutes  Cast  at  tbe  Presidential  Election  iu 
Oregon,"  dtc.  It  does  not  say  tbe  canvaas  uf  tbe 
vote.  The  learned  cuunsel,  in  order  to  make  it  ap- 
pear that  "abstract"  and  "canvass"  were 
aynonjrmous  terms,  referred  lo  tbe  statutes 
of  Oregon,  wbich  ruquired  tbe  durks 
to  make  out  certain  abstracts  and  send 
then  up.  These  abstracts  the  Governor  and  Secre- 
tary ut  State  were  required  to  canvass,  and  when 
tbr'y  bave  canvassed  inese  abstracts  tbe  canvass 
makes  another  paper  which  should  be  a  paper  of ' 
record  la  that  office,  and  which  is  not  here  In.  the 
oeriifioste. 

Mr.  Justice  Miller  interrupted  at  this  Junotnre, 
to  ask  I  Dues  that  paper  contain  all  the  absiracts  of 
evidence  sent  up  by  the  clerk  of  each  county  I  Is 
it  not  all  that  tbe  Secretary  bad  belure  bun,  and  all 
that  bo  could  compare  \ 

Mr.  Merrick — He  could  make  bis  abstract  of  evi- 
dence, lo^oiy  ezpeiienae  of  those  cases,  I  bave 
iuond  that  officers  discharging  the  dutlea  corres- 
ponding tu  thai  imposed  by  tne  statutes  ot  Oregon 
upon  tbe  Secretary  or  State,  could  make  otbar  and 
very  remarkable  papers. 

By  Commissioner  Hoar'— When  tbey  opened  and 
canvaased  tbe  vote,  what  else  ooald  their  conclu- 
sion be  but  a  reoult  of  what  wunld  be  worked  out 
by  tbe  canvass  ;  that  is,  is  not  tbe  word  "  result  " 
the  correct  word  by  which  to  express  the  legal 
cenclnsiun  or  termination  of  whatever  tbe  canvaHs 
brings  them  I  Do  they  not  certity  tbat  this  is 
tbe  c<mclusiou  to  which  this  canvassing  Drought 
them  1 

Mr.  Merrick — I  do  not  so  tmderstand  it.  There 
IS  great  turce  in  your  aaggesiion  ;  but  I  do  not  un- 
derstand tbat  he  can  antietitate  in  such  papers  as 
thia  one  word  -for  another,  aud  put 
In  some  expression  which  may  enable  us 
to  give  it  an  easy  and  satisfactory  constrnction. 
I  understand  it  that  we  roust  take  it  as  we 
And  it,  and  as  tbe  statutes  of  Oregon  used  the  word 
"  oanvaaa  "  when  speakinK  ot  the  Secretary  of 
State,  and  used  the  word  "abstract  "  when  speak- 
ing of  the  clerks,  that  the  canvass  Is  something  dif- 
ferent trom  abstract,  and  that  he  onght  to  certify  if 
be  has  made  a  canvass  ;  and  you  want  to  use  tbat 
word  in  evidence,  tbat  is.  tbe  canvass  I  made,  and 
not  say,  this  is  some  result  I  may  bave  reached. 

Mr.  Justice  Bradley— la  not  a  canvaas  an  act  I  jt 

Mr.  Merrick — Yes,  Sir. 

Mr.  Justice  Bradley — Then  you  cannot  have  that. 

Mr.  Merrick— You  caniot  bave  tbe  exact  act^  but 
you  may  iiave  tbe  rLOord  ot  it. 

Mr.  J  oauce  Bradley — Is  not  that  what  waa  mean  1 1 

Mr.  Merrick— I  think  not.  This  is  a  canvass  of 
votes  as  made,  as  Mr.  Justice  Miller  says.  It  is 
probably  true,  as. we  have  before  us  here  what  hu 
hid  before  bim,  but  tbat  is  not  wbut  this  tribunal 
deals  with. 

Mr.  Justice  Miller — Tell  me  what  you  mean  by  a 
canvass  I 

Mr.  Merrick— I  mean  a  sifting  ot  the  vote. 

Mr.  Justice  Miller — What  record  on  earth  even 
would  be  made  of  it  but  putting  iu  tht  votes  that 
were  canvassed  and  sbowing  the  result? 

Mr.  Merrick— I  will  explain  if  1  can,  I  am  re- 
quired to  canvass  certain  abstract  votes  tbat  yoa 
gave  me.  When  I  bave  sifted  those  votes  tbat 
you  gave  me  I  make  a  record  of  what  I  bavs 
done  with  them.  Here  are  the  votes  yon  gave 
to  canvass,  and  here  in  a  record  oi  my  act. 

Mr.  Commissioner  Eamaiids — Ton  recognise  tbat 

it  says  here  that  "the  loiegoing  statement  ia  a  result 
of  tbe  votes  oast  as  canvassed."  The  inquiry  I 
wish  to  put  la,  do  von  consider  tbat  statement  as  a 
paper  tbat  be  made  or  tbat  came  irom  tbe  County 
Clerks! 

Mr.  Merrick — It  is  a  result  of  the  vote. 

Mr.  Merrick  resumed  bis  argument  here,  re- 
ferring, with  great  brevity  and  rapidity,  to  many 
aatborities,  as  bis  time  was  rapidly  closing.  He 
took  up  the  subjeot  uf  vacancy,  the  argnment  upon 
wbiob  be  bad  to  aborteo,  very  much  to  hia 
regret,  but  be  made  the  point  that  un- 
less the  office  had  been  oroe  fllled 
there  oonld  be  no  vacancy,  and  unless  once  fllled  there 
could  be  DO  cesiKDailon.  Tbe  vacancy  alleged  to 
be  filled  by  these  Electors  was  not  created  by 
Cronin's  absence  bnt  by  Watts'  resignation.  If 
they  bad  tbe  power  to  fill  the  vacancy  at,  all  they 
exeuaced  that  power  by  filling  a  vacancv  created  by 

a  resignation  by  Watts,  aud  not  by  tbe  non-action 
of  Cronin, 

At  the  oonoluston  of  Mr.  Merrick's  srgument,  the 
CommlBtion.  on  motion  of  Mr.  Garfield,  went  into 
secret  session. 

THE  EXECUTIVE  SESSION. 
The  Electoral  Commission   was    in    session 
from  10  until  4<30  o'clock  hearing  the  argument  in 
the  Oregon  ease.    At  5  o'clock  the  Commission  went 

into  secret  session,  and  remained  therein  till  7:20 
o'clock,  when  it  aqjourned  till  to-morrow  morning 
St  10:30  o'clock. 

It  ia  understood  that  immediately  after  tbe  Com- 
mission went  into  sect et  session  Mr.  Morion  made 
an  bonr'b  apeeoh  in  favor  of  counting  tbe  three 
Electoral  votes  of  Oregon  for  Hayes  aOd  Wbeelnr. 
Mr.  Edmunds  m  some  incidental  remarks  clearly 
indicated  that  be  would  vote  in  the  same  direction. 
Justice  Miller  then  made  an  elaborate  argument  to 
Show  tbat  there  was  nothing  in  the  Florida  and 
Louisiana  decisioas  of  ths  Commission  incoDsistent 
witb  giving  tbe  entire  vote  of  Oregon  to 
the  Bepublican  candidates.  Messrs.  Tharman, 
Edmunds,  Strong,  and  Bradley  were  aot  well,  and 
an  ad{aamment  was  taken  at  their  angceation. 
It  was  >rder«d  by  a  nnanimoaa  vote,  and  has  no  no- 
litioal  signlfloanoe  wliatevar.  It  may  ba  SMlded  that 
there  were  no  Indioations  this  evening  of  a  break 

loag  althsr  the  Deaowatia  tat  bepabUaaa  nea- 

^       tba  C«Buntaaia^ 


■gesiBaglBittt! 


WASHINGTOJN^S  BlfitflfiiYs 

JTS  CSLEBBA  TION  Ilf  IHIB  CITT. 
A  Qenbral  sOsfcnsion  of  business— thb 

STABS  AN1>  STRIPES  FLOATING  FROM 
HOUSE  TOPS  AND  WINDOWS — SCENES 
ALONG  TBK  STREETS — ^THR  PARAD8  OF 
TBK  SEVENTY-FIRST  REGIMENT  AND 
THE  VETERANS  OF  1812— TRINITY 
CHURCH  CHIMES. 
Few  peirsons  who  yesterday  celebrated  the 
anniversary  of  Washington's  Birthday  ih  this  City 
oonld  bave  desired  a  more  superb  day  for  aj^y  holi- 
day or  festive  occasion.  Ihe  snn  rose  in  a  sky 
partly  obscured  by  light  clouds  and  haze,  and 
shone  all  day  With  sufficient  power  to 
make  heavy  oveiooats  a  burden  and  furs  oppressive, 
A  light  breeze  Just  stirred  the  air,  and  oooaalonally 
reminded  all  who  were  disposed  to  discard  their 
wraps  tbat  Spring  had  not  yet  come.  Business, 
the.  little  that  waa  done,  was  over  before  noon,  and 
down  town,  in  the  usually  noisy  localities,  scarcely 
a  diajrman  was  seen  or  a  box  of  goods  handled. 
At  an  eariy  hour  the  flags  were  hoisted 
over  the  City  Hall,  and  all  over  the 
City  the  Stars  and  Stripes  floated  flrom 
houSs  tops  and  Windows,  from  pablio  and 
private  buildings,  and  from  the  shipping  in  tbe 
harbor,  the  ferry-boats,  the  incoming  railroad 
trains,  the  horses  before  street  cars  and  omnibuses, 
and  from  all  manner  of  vehicles  on  wheels.  During 
the  morning  a  swarm  of  boys  appeared  on  Broad- 
way and  Park  row  with  an  abundant  supply  of 
cheap  American  and  Irish  flags,  offdring  the  two 
kinos  in  pairs  as  if  tbev  were  "one  and  insepara- 
ble." Attracted  by  the  announcement  tbst  a  con- 
cert of  jiatriotic  musio  would  be  played  npon  the 
chimes  at  Trinity  Church  at  noon,  a  great  crowd 
of  people  gathered  in  the  neighborhood  of 
the  church  soon  after  11  o'clock.  The  steps  at  tbe 
comer  of  Wall  street  were  taken  possession  of  bv 
women,  wbo  brotiaht  their   babies  and  children.    A 

long  line  of  listeners  clustered  at  tbe  edges  ot  tbe 

sidewalk,  and  on  the  walk   before  the  ohurch   door 
the    crowds    were  so  great  as  to  make  it  difficult 

to  pass  along.  Inside  the  ohnrch-yard  there 
were  perhaps  50O  men,  women,  and  children, 
while  tbe  church  was  partly  occupied  by 
many  more  persons  who  came  to  hear  the 
-chimes.  Up  in  the  belfry  Mr.  Ayllfle,  the  chlmer, 
and  his  assistant,  Mr.  Thirlwall,  were  visited  by 
a  good  many  wbo  were  curious  to  see  how  the  ronsic 
waa  produced.  At  IS  tbey  weie  rewarded  by  see- 
ing Mr.  Ayliffs  as  be  rang  out  the  changes  ou  eight 
bells,  and  soon  after  with  tbe  performance  of  "  Tbe 
Bed,  White,  and  Blue."  Mr.  Ayliffys  nets,  he  ex- 
plains to  visitors,  are  ail  old  EugU.ih  bells,  acme  of 
them  east  as  long  ago  as  I'TSS,  and  several  of  them 
were  in  the  old  Trinity  Chnrch  building  that 
was  replaced  by  the  present  edifice.  From 
tbe  steaple  tbe  City  presented  a  pleasiog  as 
well  as  grand  sight.  witb  its  thousands 
of  flags  fluttering  in  the  breeze.  At  noon,  soon 
after  tbe  chimes  begaiMo  ring,  the  Bussian  frigate 
in  tbe  harlxir  fired  a  salute,  anl  salutes  were  also 
fired  from  tbe  forts.  A  crowd  of  perhapa  3.000 
people,  two-tbirds  of  tbem  children,  assembled  in 
in  City  Hall  Park  and  waited  about 
until  1  o'clock,  nnder  the  impression  that 
something  in  the  military  line  would  turn  up. 
Trsmps  swarmed  like  files,  and  were  boldly  impor- 
tunate. Peddlers  blossomed  oat  in  innumerable 
force,  as  if  Washington's  Birthday  was  tor  some 
inscrutable  reason  a  good  day  for  tbe  sale  of  cheap 
combs,  patent  needle-threaders,  automatic  articles, 
nickel-plated  match-safes,  and  gilt  collar-buttons. 
Up  Broadway  the  crowds  were  denser  in  the  neijch- 
borhood  of  ITaion  square  than  they  were  do<vu 
town,  and  never  before  had  so  good  a  thing  been 
seen  on  Washington's  Birthday  as  was  seen  yester- 
day. Tbe  parades  of  the  Seventy-firat  and  the  veter- 
ans— Who  marched  from  their  head-quarters  to  tbe 
Sturtevant  Hou^e,  24  in  number — were  witnessed 
by  pleasure-seeking  thousands.  From  the  windows 
of  houses  along  Fifth  avenue  many  flags  were  hung 
out,  the  hotels  displayed  all  their  store  ot  bunting, 
tbe  theatres  were  bidden  behind  liberal  strings  of 
ensigns,  and  grocery  wagons  pat  on  their  moat  pa- 
triotic suits.  At  Madison  square  hundreds  of  peo- 
ple stopped  to  watch  tbe  work  of  placing  in  po- 
sition tbe  hand  of  Bartholdi's  statue  of 
Liberty,  and,  for  the  most  part,  looked 
as  if  such  a  work  was  pardonable 
even  on  the  anniversary  of  Washington's  birth. 
"  The  avenue  "  waa  unusually  brilliant  during  tbo 
afternoon.  A  four-in-hand  coach  mads  its  appear- 
ance, with  a  full  top-load,  and  tbe  music  of  tbe 
guard's  horn,  sounding  tbe  first  call  of  the  season, 
made  tbe  stage  drivers  turn  and  tbe  omnibus  horses 
prick  np  their  ears  as  tbey  drew  aside  to  let  the 
dashing  tnrnout  pass.  The  City  was  full  of 
strangers,  and  all  places  of  amtuement  were  well 
attended.  The  number  of  vlsltois  to  the  Central 
Park  was  very  large. 


BANQUET  TO  THE  VETERANS. 

The  veterans  of  the  war  of  1812  marched 
np  Broadway  In  the  forenoon  to  the  Sturtevant 
House,  at  Broadway  and  Twenty-ninth  street,  and 
partook  in  the  afternoon  of  a  sumptuous  banquet. 
The  Old  guard  is  rapidly  disappearing,  three  of 
them  wbo  were  present  at  tbe  last  annual  dinner 
having  been  mastered  into  tbe  great  army  of  the 
dead.  It  was  gratifying  to  note,  however,  that 
some  of  tbe  most  aged  of  the  24  menfbers  of  the 
corps  who  were  present  at  the  festivity  yesterday, 
were  in  health,  and  give  promise  of  becoming  cen- 
tenarians. Several  of  the  old  gentlemen  were,  as 
is  their  nsnal  custom,  attired  in  full  Continental 
uniform,  and  the  rest  wore  cockades 
in  their  bats.  Their  appearance  in  the 
strset  attracted  a  great  deal  of  attention,  and  tney 
were  regarded  bv  the  spectators  with  the  moit 
kindly  interest.  At  tbe  banquet,  in  reply  to  tbe 
tossts  of  "Tbe  President  of  the  United  States"  and 
"  The  Past  and  Future  ol  the  Country, "  Bev.Marthew 
Hale  Smith,  whu  was  an  invited  guest,  delivered  an 
eloquent  oration,  which  was  listened  to  with  great 
interest  by  the  veterans,  and  frequently  an- 
plauaed.  It  was  a  review  of  the  past  his- 
tory of  tbe  Republic,  and  a  prediction  of 
increasing  greatness  and  prosperity  for  it  m  tbe 
fmnre.  Ooe  of  the  events  of  tbe  lay  waa  tbe  ap- 
pearance at  tbe  dinner  of  Sarah  Smith  Stafford,  of 
Trenton,  N.  J.,  tbe  daughter  of  one  of  Paul  Jones' 
ufiioers  on  tbe  Bon  Homme  Kicbard.  She  brought 
witb  her  tbe  starry  fiag  of  the  famous 
Continental  frigate — the  same  which  was  nn- 
furled  at  the  Centennial  Exhibition  in  Philadelphia 
— and  exhibited  it,  together  with  a  boarding  cutlass 
belonging  to  the  great  naval  cbieitaln,  to  tbe 
veterans  and  guests.  The  festivities  of  the  day 
were  prolonged  until  a  late  hour  of  the  afternoon, 
when  tbe  veterans  went  home,  well  pleased  witb 
their  entertainment.  Following  is  a  list  of  the 
members  of  the  corps  who  were  present  ai  the 
dinner,  and' their  respective  ages: 

Charles  Coombs,  83;  Col,  H.  Crittenden,  84;  Col. 
Abraham  Dally,  81;  Thomas  Bloomei.  82;  Gen. 
U.  Kaymnnd,  85;  Llent.  Isaac  UcPhyfe.  81; 
Charles  E.  Oronbv,  89:  Parmellus  Doxev,  86  ; 
Jared  Olmstead,  84 :  ^^  liUam  J.  6urre,  75  ;  1  homas  J. 
Darling,  76;  LeWls  Taylor,  SB;    John  C.  Baylis,  81: 

Davia  Looea,  89;  Leonard  bargent,  b4  ;  Nlcholaa  DofT, 
81;  Charles  Boker,  79 1  Henry  Bernard,  76;  Kbeu- 
ezerLord  82;  E.  t'.  Jenckes,  76 !  E.  M.  Hilbretb,  76; 
Bamnel  Byckerman,  85 ;  Thomas  Stewart,  78;  Bev. 
J.  U.  Ball,  82. 

Col.  Sperry  and  the  proprietors  of  tbe  Sturtevant 
Hoose  were  the  Committee  of  Arrangements  for  the 
banquet. 

SEVENTY-FIRST  REGIMENT  PARADE. 
Tbe  Bevehty-first  Regiment,  National  Guard, 

Col.  Vose.  naraded  in  tbe  afternoon,  received  a  vis- 
iting company  composed  of  members  of  tbe  Second 
Begiment,   National  Guard  of,  Pennsylvania,  and 

marched  with  their  guests  in  review  beture  G-en.  Vil- 
mar  and  staff  at  Union  sonsre  at  3:40  o'clock.  Tbe 
Seventy-first  turned  oat  nine  companies  ot  16  filesi 
the  whole  command,  iccluding  band  and  dram 
corps,  uumbering  about  400  men.  Tbe  visiting  oum- 
pauy  (Irom  Philadelphia)  waa  100  strong,  and  was 
under  tbe  command  of  Capt.  Charles  ¥.  Santer. 
The  regiment  of  which  it  ia  a  part  was  lurmerly  tbe 
Kinetieth  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  which  did  ex- 
cellent service  in  the  late  war,  fighting  side  by  side 
with  the  Twelfth  and  Tbirteeotii  Massachusetts  and 
the  Ninth  Kew-Tork  State  Militia  Regiment*,  nnder 
Gen.  £«bln«oo.  Tbe  evolutions  ot  tbe  Seveuty- 
flrst  at  tbe  place  of  review  were  well  executed, 
and  elicited  favorable  comments  from  the 
spectators,  as  did  also  tbe  fine  appear- 
ance and  soldierly  bearing  of  their  guests. 
The  Pennsyivanians  whose  head-qiiarteis  are 
established  at  the  Sturtevant  House,  will  be  hand- 
somely entertained  by  the  Seventy-first  during 
their  stay  in  the  City.  Last  evening  a  promenade 
concert  and  hop  were  given  m  their  honur  at  tbe 
armory  of  tbe  seventy-first.  Thirty-fifth  street  and 
Broadway.  Tbe  dTusio  lor  tbe  occaelon  was  fur- 
nished by  the  regimental  band.  Col.  Vose  acted  as 
Chairman  of  tbe  Committee  on  Beception,  and 
Mtgar  £.  A.  McAlnin  aa  Chairman  of  tbe  Commit- 
tee of  Arrangemenu.  The  affair  was  in  every  way 
enjoyable  and  very  sucoessfuL 


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glrsn  aM  rsspoBoed  to.  B<baa  Allen  reaponded  to 
^•ibeiMy  We  Celebrate;"  G-ranvit^  P.  Hawes  to 
"Washington  Heights  aod  Port  Washington)" 
Thomas  C.  B.  Bccleeine  to  "  The  State  of  New- 
York,"  and  D.  F,  Tiemann  to  "The  City  of  New- 
Ttotk." 

— ,     ♦ 

ANNIVERSABT  OP  THE  LINCOLN  CLUB. 

The  sixth  anniversary  of  the  organization  of 
the  lilnooln  Club  was  celebrated  last  evening  in  ths 
club  rooms  by  a  dinner,  which  was  attended  by 
over  100  persons.  The  celebration  was  one  of  the 
most  snooessfnl  and  enjoyable  given  by  the  organ- 
ization since  It  was  founded.  Mr.  Cornelius 
Van  Cott,  President  Of  the  club,  presided,  and 
among  those  present  were  Hon.  Anson  Q.  MoCook, 
Postmaster  James.  Hon.  Salem  H.  Wales,  Hon. 
Issao  L  Hayes,  Hon.  Charles  Blackle,  Mr.  Lacas 
M.  Van  Allen,  Judge  Morgan,  Mr.  James  H. 
Stevens,  Mr.  A.  H.  Baed,  Mr.  S.  J.  Williamson,  Mr. 
W.  Morgan,  Dr.  Dorn,  Prof.  Clark,  and  others. 
Judge  Morgan  read  letters  expressing  regret  tbat 
tbey  could  not  be  present  from  G-en.  John  A,  Dix, 
Hon,  P.  C.  Piatt,  District  Attorney  Benlamln  E;. 
Phelps,  Hon.  Predenok  W.  Seward,  Hon.  Stewart 
li.  Woodford,  Hoc.  George  E.  Andrews,  Hon.  A. 
B.  Cornell,  Hon.  John  D.  Lawson,  Hon,  Roscoe 
Conkllng,  and  Thnrlow  Weed. 

The  first  toast  of  the  evening  waa  "  The  Day  we 
Celebrate,"  which  was  responded  to  by  Hon.  Anson 
O.  McCook.  He  said  tbat  be  came  there  for  the 
parpose  of  enjoying  the  societv,«f  his  friends,  the 
members  of     the     Lincoln   Club,    and    was    not 

aware  he  would  be  called  on  to  speak. 
He  supposed,  however,  that.  it  was 
one  of  the  privileges,  or  rather  tbe  misfortune  of 
those  who  liecame  candidates  for  office,  especially 
tor  an  ofiice  cf  a  leeislati ve  character,  that,  tbey  were 
expected  to  be  ready  to  speak  on  all  occasions  upon 
every  possible  subject.  He  supposed  tbat  this 
was  the  reason  he  was  honored  by  the  olub 
in  bein<^  called  upon  to  respond  to  the 
toast  wbich  had  'been  proposed..  He  felt 
constrained  to  sav,  however,  tbat  from  his 
own  personal  experience  he  had  discovered  that 
tbe  mere  tact  of  being  elected  to  a  seat  in  the  legis- 
lative halls  ot  tbe  ua'lon  did  not  confer  upon  him 
tbe  gift  of  eluquenoe.  Tbe  trust  was  one  iu  which 
be  telt  a  peculiar  pride  in  responding  to.  In  tbe 
closing  hours  ot  tne  adminls'ratlon  of  the  grand  de- 
tender  Of  his  country,  and  within  a  few  days  of  tbe 
inauguration  of  Hayes,  wbo  ho  believed  would  win 

the  proud  title  of  pacificator  of  his  country,  every 
citizan   nboald  feel  a  Just   pride  In    cel»oratin<r  the 

birthday  of  the  father  of  the  Republic,  who,  in  the 
language  of  an  eloquent  Virginian,  was  first 
in  war  and  first  m  peace.  The  name  of 
Lincoln,  too,  was  one  ot  those  whom 
all  uieu  delighted  to  honor;  he  who  had 
so  aptly  described  the  Republic  on  the  sacred  soil 
of  Gettysburg  as  "  a  Gr»vernm>nt  ni  the  people  by 
tbe  people  and  for  tbe  people."  Wasbiagtoa 
achieved  political  freedom  for  3,000,000  of  bis  own 
race.  Lincolulby  one  stroke  of  bis  pen  emancipatrd  a 
whol*  race  ot  men  alien  in  blood,  differing  m  color, 
in  their  traditions,  ana  possioly  in  toeir  aspirations. 
He  concluded  bv  thanking  tne  club  for  tbu  honor 
tbey  bad  done  bim  in  calling  upon  nim  to  respond 
to  toe  toa-'t. 

"  Tbe  President  of  tbe  United  States"  was  the 
next  toast,  and  was  responded  to  by  Hon,  Salem  H. 
Wulbs  in  au  appropriate  speech.  Ha  reviewed  at 
some  length  tne  services  rendered  to  the  repnblic 
by  the  dstinguished  Presidents  who  had  been 
elected  to  govern  the  country  Irom  the  days  of 
Washington  down  to  Ulysses  S.  Grants  and  he  be- 
lieved that  Eayvs,  wbo  would  undoubtedly  be  soon 
declared  Presideor-elect,  would  add  fresh  lustre  to 
tbe  Republican  Party. 

The  toast  ot  AbrabMm  Lincoln  was  responded  to 
by  Hon.  Lucas  L.  *Vau  Allen  in  a  brief  speech, 
atter  wbich  Hon.  Isaac  I.  Hayes  delivered  a  humor- 
ous address  in  response  to  tbe  toast  of  "Tbe  Em- 
pire Staie."  "The  City  of  New-York"  was  next 
proposed,  and  waa  responded  to  bv  Postmaster 
James  in  an  appropriate  manner.  Prof.  Clark  re- 
sponded to  the  toa^it  of  "  Our  Guests,"  after  wbiuh 
tbe  health  of  Mr.  Vau  Cott.  President  of  the  club, 
was  uroposed.  Speeches  were  also  delivered  by 
Dr.  Durn,  Mr.  Nubie,  and  uthers. 


THE  COOPER  UNION  STUDENTS. 
ISie  Btadents  connected  with  the  classes  in 
the  Cooper  Institute  celebrated  Washington's 
Birtbday  last  evening  in  tbe  main  hall  of  tbe  In- 
stitfute  by  mnsical  and  literary  exercises,  tbe  pro- 
gramme including  "  Selections  from  Washington's 
Farewell  Address,"  five  "orations,"  and  a  recita- 
tion of  a  poem  written  by  A.  J.  H.  Dusanne.  Tbe 
hall  was  filled  to  its  utmost  capacity  by  the  students 
and  their  relatives  and  Iriends,  comprising  a  very 
large  proportion  of  ladies,  who  took:  the  liveliest 
interest  in  tbe  proceedings,  and  applauded  the 
youthful  "  orators "  without  stint.  When  Mr. 
Peter  Cooper  took  bis  seat  on  the  platform,  during 
an  overture  bv  the  band,  he  was  vociferously 
applauded  bv  bis  young  friends,  and  his  venerable 
face  was  wreathed  with  smiles  aa  be  bowed  his  ac- 
knuWledgmeuts  of  bis  hearty  welcome.  The  plat- 
form was  gayly  decorated  with  fiags  and  streamers, 
and  presented  a  very  attractivu  appearance.  Mr. 
Fliz  Gerald  Tlsuall,  Jr.,  Ph.  D.,  acted  as  di- 
rector, and,  in  introaucing  tbe  programme, 
spoke  in  feeling  terms  of  the  actinn  of 
Mr.  Cooper  in  Initiating  the  celebration  of  the 
day  by  the  students  long  before  it  bad  been  re- 
cognized as  a  legal  holiday.  Tbe  "selectiun<> " 
from  Washington's  Address  were  well  chosen  by 
Mrs.  J.  £.  Problslier,  wbo  recited  them  with  great 
force  and  in  a  very  impressive  manner.  After 
"Hail  Columbia"  by  the  band,  Harmon  P.  Wroe- 
ger  gave  his  views  of  That  coostituted 
•'A  Modern  Hero,"  delineating  the  aalieut 
points  and  great  attributes  which  made 
Washington  the  ideal  hereof  modem  times.  "Am- 
bition," its  power  for  good  and  potency  for  evil,  in 
accordance  with  the  direction  in  which  it  is  par- 
aned,  was  the  theme  treated  by  James  CNeiil,  who 
gave  able  illustrations  of  the  two  paths  he 
had  indicated.  David  Legare  gave  a  very 
humorous  dissertation  ou  "Love."  and 
Charles  Brand  spoke  of  "The  Good  Old 
Times,"  contrastiug  them  witb  tbe  present 
day,  and  conteodiog  that  tbat  wbich  is,  on  the 
whole,  is  far  saperior  to  tbat  wbich  was.  Marcus 
Woodle's  subject  was  "The  Ideal  in  Public  Lite," 
and  the  poem  "Maubattau,"  glowinslv  deacnoing 
the  beauties  and  advantages  of  Kew-York  IsUnd, 
was  extremely  well  recited  by  Miss  Charlotte 
Napier.  The  exerciaes  closed  with  a  patriotic  air 
by  tbe  band. 


THE  UNITED  AMERICAN  MECHANICS. 
The  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics 
held  a  celebration  in  tbe  large  hall  of  the  Cooper 
Union  yesterday.  A  very  large  nnmber  of  persons 
were  present.  Indeed,  the  hall  was  so  crowded 
that  William  S.  Wright^  who  presided  over  the  en- 
tertainment, was  obliged  to  call  attentlcn  to  the 
fact  that  tbe  law  bad  been  violated  in  the  putting 
of  chairs  and  oampstools  in  the  aisles.  He  request- 
ed tbat  tbe  seats  in  tbe  aisles  sboald  be  removed, 
and  this  was  done.  A  large  namber  of  persona  re- 
mained standing  during  the  exercises.  The  plat- 
form was  decorated  witb  fiags  and  bunting,  and  be- 
hind the  speakers'  desfe  was  a  full-length  niotare  of 

Washington.  To  the  lett  of  the  stage  were  about  a 
docen  of  men  in  Continental  uniform,  whose  make- 
up was  not  only    historically    true,   bat   w||)  very 

pleaalne  as  \iell.    Tbe  exercises  were  opened  with 

prayer  by  Rev.  C.  H.  Goodsell,  who  gave  tbanga  for 
the  blessings  enjoyed  nnder  the  Government  of  this 
country,  and  prayed  for  a  continuance,  of  these 
blessings.  S.  J.  Simmons  then  delivered  an  address 
entitled  "Lite  and  Virtues  of  -  Washington," 
which  was  rather  remarkable  as  contain- 
ing not  over  half  a  dozen  sentences  con- 
cerning Washington.  Tbe  speaker  concluded  an 
hour's  address  by  breakiug  down  in  tbe  recitation 
ot  some  original  poetry  concerniog  Gen.  Grant.  At 
the  conclusion  of  the  speech  three  cheers  were  given 
for  ibe  "  Public  Schools  ot  America."  Piano  sulos. 
songs,  recitations,  and  addresses  followed.  Dnripg 
the  delivery  of  an  address  by  Rev.  Miller  Hageman, 
the  speaker  contended  that  there  was  all  tbe  gonius 
among  the  native-burn  that  w  as  necessary.  He  did 
not  believe  in  importing  Pastors  trom  abroad,  nor 
in  senulng  musical  artists  a  broad,  t  He  alao  thought 

tbar.         only        native-born        Americans         should 

"  fatten  on  the  public  crib."  On  making  this 
Rssertion  be  was  contiaaicted  by  some  pereoa 
iu  the  audience,  and  great  excitement  was 
caused.  K umbers  of  persons  stood  on  their  chairs, 
and  there  were  quite  numeruas  cries  of  "Put  him 
out."  This  was  followed  by  a  nusiliug  movement 
in  the  direction  ot  the  person  who  had  objected  to 
the  speaker's  stateiijents,  and  several  ininace.s 
elapsed  before  the  tumult  was  stilled.  Tbe  seats 
assigned  to  the  reporters  were  fllled  by  other  per- 
sons, and  when  the  reporter  desired,  to  take  a  seat 
be  found  none.  On  speaking  to  ono  of  tbe  ushers, 
that  gentleman  calmly  ignored  a  number  ot  men 
and  boys  sitting  in  the  reporters'  chairs,  but  ais- 

lodged  an  elderly  lady,  wbuae  chair,  of  ouai-se,  tbe 
reporter  declined  to  take. 


THE  DAT  AT  WASHINGTON  HEIGHTS. 
The  citizens  ef  Washington  Beighta  held 
their  fourth  annual  dinner  la  honor  of  Washing- 
ton's Birthday  at  Schedler's  Hotel,  High  Bridge, 
last  evening.  Covers  were  laid  for  60,  and  over  a 
very  exhaustlTs  mmtt  the  guests  made  themselves 
merry.  Dinner  having  betm  diaonseed,  the  Presi- 
dsBb  Mk  Bkeppard  F.  Kaapp.  daltvarad  an  appro* 
,  BTtaia  addrssa  aflSK  whlak   tba  wuuU  Soaau  waara 


THE    ORDER    OP    UNITED   AMERICANS. 

A  very  pleasant  reunion   and  dinner  of  tbe 

veteran  association  of  the  Order  of  United  Ameri- 

eana  were  had  at  the  Union  iSquare  Hotel  last  even- 
ing. Aoout  SO  gentlemen  sat  down  to  the  dinner, 
Wbich  was  very  enjoyable.  After  the  eatables^ 
were  done  full  Justice  to,  a  nnmber  uf  patriotic  and 
otber  toasts  were  offered  and  were  happily  re- 
spouded  to.  Dr.  Samuel  Hall  presided  over  the 
gathering.  Among  those  present  were  Gen. 
Pinoltney,  Alderman  Tbornell,  ex-Alderman  (irif- 
flths,  Joseph  Haigbt  Joseph  C.  Gilmore,  Charles  £. 
Oildersleeve,  ex-Senatur  Lent,  CuL  Buckingham, 
and  others. 

MILITARY  RECEPTIONS. 
Receptions  were  held  by  four  organizations 
in  the  National  Guard  last  evening.  TheSeventv- 
first  Begiment  entertained  ita  friends  at  its  armory. 
Thirty-fifth  street  and  Broadway.  A  Urge 
attendance  was  present,  including  officers 
£rom  the  Second  Regiment,  of  Philadel- 
phia; Twenty-seventh  Regiment,  of  Wsstches- 
ter  Oonnty;  United  Train  of  Artillery,  of 
Providence,  R.  I.;  Brig.'Oen,  Frederick  Vilmar  and 
atafi,  of  the  Second  Brigade,  and  Brig.  Oens.  Hart 
and  Drake,  of  tbe  New-Jersey  National  Guard.  A 
fine  ooilation  was  spread  lo  the  Board  of  Offloars' 
xdom.  aad  Company  0.  Oaat,  Yaatiaa  commanding. 


also  prorlded  MitMtainiBaDt  for  Ms  fnandc  (M 
Vose,  Lient.  OoL  Ghadduok.  and  Halor  MeAtpla4 
welcomed  their  gnesis.  asd'the  oompaay  offloszs  soi 
tended  similar  hospitalities  in  their  assembly  rooaaa, 
A  band  vras  stationed  in  either  reom,andpromaBad4 
and  dancing  moslo  were  alternately  dlaeoarsed. 

The  annual  reoe(|rion  of  the  Xtghth  BsgiBMai 
Col.  George  D.  Scott  commanding,  took  plaos  at  ttij 
regimental  armory.  No.  S36  West  Iwsnty-tbtrd 
street.  The  drill -rooms  and  eompany  apartments 
were  handsomely  decorated  fer  tbe  oo«asioa..and 
nearly  every  reeiment  in  the  City  was  reprsseutsd 
during  tbo  evening.  Brig.  Gen.  D.  D.  Wylle^  CoU 
G.  W.  Wingate,  Dr.  Pieming,  Haior  Josaph  HoU 
land,  and  Capt,  Varian  made  a  brief  otll,  aad  da&o* 
log  was  kept  np  until  a  late  hour. 

The  armory  of  the  Eleventh  Seglasirt  waa 
thronged  with  officers  and  soldlen  wearing  car: 
nnifurms,  and  ladies  arrayed  in  brilliant  totlara. 
Col.  6.  W.  ^Vingate,  General  Inspector  of  Bifla 
Practice,  presented  marksman's  badges  to  thoas 
Who  lyid  won  them  at  Creedmoor  last  Snmmer. 

At  the  reception  given  by  the  Washington  Ofky 
Cavalry,  xnarkaman  's  badges  were  presented  to  the 
successtul  comoeiitors  at  Creedmoor  toarnameBta 
last  year,  and  Brig.  Gen.  Daoiel  D.  Wvlie  waa  ths 
recipient  of  an  elegantly  framed  set  of  reaolatloiis 
from  the  troop,  of  which  he  was  formerly  oo^ 
mander. 

EASTMAN  COLLEGE  EXCURSION. 
The  flxonrslon  of  the  members  and  offloera  A 
Eastman's  Bastness  College  to  this  City  yeatarday 
was  in  every  respect  a  gratifying  suceess.  Atwal 
350  of  the  students,  accompanied  by  President  K, 
G.  Eastman,  Senator  B.  j^latl  Carpenter,  ProC 
Bacchus,  of  Yassar  College  >  P.  P.  DiokiDSo% 
Chief    Bnglneer     of    the    Poughkeepsle    tn-ldgSf 

A.  W.      Cable,     District      Attorney     WUliam 

B.  Woodin,  Judge  George  P.  Pelton.'  Capt> 
James  B.  Martin,  and  other  prominent  citlaani 
of  Ponghkeepsle.  left  that  city  at  0:30  A.  M.  yea> 
terday,  in  a  special  train  for  New- York.  The  train 
consisted  of  three  drawing-room  oars  and  ssvSn 
passenger  coaches,  and  was  elaborateHf' decorated 
with  flags  and  appropriate  banners.  A  nninber  of 
ladies,  tbe  wives  and  relatives  of  the  guests  aoooa* 
panied  the  excursion.  Tbe  train  ran  through  to 
New-York  wiibout  stoppage,  and  drew  np  In  tbo 
Grand  Central  Depot  at  11:30  o'clock,  where  a  Uaa 
was  formed,  and  tbe  students,  headed  bv  the  col- 
lege band  of  20  pieces,  in  full  uniform,  marched  to 
tbe  Aqnarinm,  at  Broadway  and  Thirty-fifth  ttreek 
Here  tbe  visitors  were  shown  about  tbe  establish- 
ment by  the  manager,    Mr.   Coop.      A"    imoromt>tu 

combat  between  tbe    alligators    afforded  moobi 

aibasement,  and  the  guests  expressed  themselves' 
bigblv  pleased  with  their  visit  After  viewing  tite 
wonders  of  the  establishment  in  detail,  tbe  line  ef 
march  was  re-formed  and  tbe  students  proceeded  to 
the  Metropolitan  Hotel.  The  banquet  was  served 
in  the  large  dining-hall,  covers  being 
laid  for  400  guests.  An  hour  was  spent 
in  discussing  an  elaborate  bill  of  fare^ 
after  which  came  a  long  array  of  speeches  by  prom. 
,inent  visiturs  and  invited  guests.  President  Eaal- 
man  occupied  the  chair,  and  introduced  tbe  vener- 
able Peter  Cooper  as  tbe  first  speaker.  Mr.  Cooper 
advised  bis  j-oung  friends  to  keep  out  of  debt  and  to 
ow^e  nobody  anyttiinic  bat  good  will.  Ue  had  prac- 
ticed tbia  rule  himself  for  tiO  years,  and  found  it 
equal  to  any  emergency.  Rev.  S.  D.  Burchard, 
1).  D.,  comoiented  at  sume  leugth  on  the  oliaraeter 
of  VVaahiugton,  and  told  the  students  that  they 
could  find  no  better  example  to  loilow  than 
that  set  by  tbe  Father  of  His  Coontry. 
The  best  hit  of  tne  atternoon  was  made  by  Rev. 
Ur.  Bevan,  late  of  London.  He  said  that  it  was  his 
misfortune  tu  be  a  native  of  one  of  those  "  efftste 
monarchies"  whlcb^had  been  reterred  to,  and 
wbich,  aumebow  ur  otber,  bad  managei  to  exist  np 
to  tbe  presout  time,  aod  gave  promise  of  stl^l  hold- 
icg  out  tor  some  years  to  come.  [Applause  au4 
laughter.]  Munarchies  had  failed  because  tha  men 
Wbu  managed  ihem  used  their  power  for  selfish 
and  uDwor.hy  ends.  Ttaey  must  remember, 
however,  that  tbe  ruin  of  republics  wag 
far  more  certaiu  than  that  of  munarohiea 
if  the  people  once  became  corrupt. 
Tbe  young  lueu  before  bim  would  soon  bavs 
a  share  ia  tbe  privileges  uf  this  great  nation, 
but  tbey  must  never  furget  tbat  tbe  share  ot  their 
responsibility  waa  corresuoudiagly  great,  and  that 
upon  them  and  those  like  them  depended  the  facnre 
welfare  ot  the  coontry.  Tbey  must  aim  not  merely 
at  success  in  bus>ness,  but  attheacqaisiiioo  or  those 
higher  qualities  of  s.rlct  iutegrltv,  patriotism,  snd 
eeii-deuial  which  would  alone  make  tbem  noble  cit- 
izens of  so  noble  a  btate.  The  speaker  closed  with 
ao  eloquent  tribute  to  tbe  genius  of  Washington, 
and  taid  that  to-day  the  char  <cter  of  tbat  purest  of 
p,itnui8  was  as  iiiucb  reverenced  in  the  country 
agaiust  which  be  fought  as  ia  America  itaelf.  Dr. 
Bevan  sat  down  amid  overwoelming  applause^ 
which  was  repeated  again  and  again. 

Judge  Giluei sleeve,  wbo  was  Introduced  by  Mr. 
Eastman  as  an  old  resident  of  Dutchess  Cunnty,  r»> 
minded  bis  audience  tbat  men  did  nut  dritt  into 
success.  There  was  no  tidal  wave  tbat  could  be  de^ 
peuded  upoa  to  sweep  iheMicawbersol  tbe  country 
on  tu  furtuce,  I  laughter,  |  and  nothing  but  pasb  and 
dcterminatiou  ou  the  Port  of  tbe  young  aspirant 
cuuld  insure  success.  Addresses  were  also  maue  by 
ex-tjov.  Price,  ut  J!l ew- Jersey ;  Hon.  Cbaunsey  AL 
Depew,  and  uthers.  Music  waa  turnished  during 
the  banquet  by  the  ouilege  band.  At  6  P.  M.  ibe 
exciirsiuuists,  at  the  invitatiun  of  the  owner,  visited 
the  picture  gallery  uf  Hon.  Marshall  O.  R  iberia, 
aud  in  (be  evcnin;;  attended  Booth's  Tueaire  in  a 
buoy.  The  play  of  tbe  evening  was  iVlr.  George 
Fawoeti  Kuwb's  "  ^'ittb  Avenue,"  aud  tbe  under- 
graduates expressed  themseives  highly  pleased 
with  the  many-siJedpiciuie  uf  JS'ew-Yurk  lifetnere- 
in  piesenieJ.  Sume  ui  tbe  party  visiied  tbe  Mar- 
tha vVasliington  Ksception,  at  tbe  Academy  of  Mu- 
sic, and  utoer  places  uf  amusement  and  ioierecit,  all 
retumiog  to  the  deput  in  time  to  take  tbe  speoia) 
train  back  at  miduifiht. 


THE  STREET  BOYS'  CELEBRATION. 
Through  the  kindness  of  a  few  friends  tht 
homeless  boys  who  are  provided  for  at  theBtvmgton 
Street  Lodging-house  uf  the  Children's  Aid  Society 
were  enabled  to  celebrate  Washington's  Birthday 
in  a  very  agreeable  manner.  The  regular  inmatet 
of  the  institution  were  served  with  a  snbatantl*' 
dinner  of  comed-l>ebf,  vegetables,  pies,  and  oakea 
After  satisiying  themselves  with  tba  good  tliingt 
in  tbe  dining-room  tbe  boys  marched  to  the  assem- 
bly ball,  which  was  profusely  dccurated  with  flags 
and  bloumin^  azaleas, camellias,  calaldltes,  and  otber 
pretty  fluwers,  aod  weut  through  a  programms 
that  afforded  much  amusrment  to  a  large  number  of 
visitors.  Several  of  tba  bovs  distinguished  tnem- 
selves  by  the  efi'dciive  manner  in  which  tbey  remted 
patriotic  aud  otber  selecriuns  ;  one  little  fellow  waa 
heartily  cheered  for  his  excellent  reading  of  **  Bar- 
bara Pritctue,"  and  three  of  tbe  boya  proved  tbens- 
selves  very  good  dancers  to  music  tarnished  by  a 
youtnful  accordeon  player.  Prof.  Mcllvain  preelded 
at  tbe  piano,  and  sang  aeveral  patriotic  and  oomia 
songs.  Addresses  soitable  to  the  occasion  were 
made  by  Messrs.  W.  L.  and  A.  L.  Smith,  Mr.  Lenti>- 
hun,  and  others.    . 

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THE  DAY  IN  BROOKLYN. 

The  day  in  Brooklyn  was  very  quietly  oA 

ebrated.  All  of  the  public  buildings  and  many 
private  houses  were  decorated  with  tbe  national 
colors.  Business  was  generally  sospended  In  the 
afternoon,  and:^  tbe  etreeis  wore  a  holiday  <kp- 
pearauce.      In    past  years   it  has  been  cas  lomary 

to  celebrate  the  day  by  a  parade  of  civic  societies. 
This  fe.iiure  of  the  celebration  was  omitted  yes- 
terday, but  tbe  time-honored  c&stom  of  firing  100 
guns  irom  Port  Greene  waa  duly  ooserved.  Ail 
the  theatres  bad  good  audiences  at  tbe  matin6es„  : 
and  touuaanda,  taking  advantage  of  tbe  beautifal 
weather,  visited  Prospect  Park. 


THE  DAY  GENERALLY  OBSERVED. 

Albant,  Feb.  22.— Washington's  Birthday 
was  obaerved  here  by  a  parade  of  the  Ninth  Brigade 
and  a  display  cf  fla;:8,  &^. 

LocKPOET,  Feb.  22. — Washington's  Birthday 
was  observed  here  tthday  by  a  military  parade,  (Ir. 
ing  of  cannon,  display  of  flags,  and  a  partial  aiis- 
peusion  of  business. 

New-Ori.eaj«-s^  Feb.  22.— The  "WashliiKtOTi 
Artillery  and  tbe  Continental  Guards  oelebratei 
Washington's  Bir|,hday  by  a  salute  and  parade,  and 
a  ball  tu-uit;bc. 

FoBTESS  MoN-EOE,  Feb.  22.— The  annivepsary 

of  Wabhington's  Birthday  was  generally  observed 
here,  and  all  work  in  the  departments  was  sas- 
penaed.  The  naval  and  merchant  vessels  in  tba 
Riiads  were  proinsfly  decorated  with  bunang.  Sa> 
lutes  were  tired  at  nuon  Irom  the  lort  and  tne  flae> 
Bbip  Hartford. 

Buffalo,  Feb.  22.— 'WashlnKton'a  Birthday 

was  celebrated  here  to-day,  the  banks,  eobooLs,  SLnd 
public  offii^ea  being  closed  and  bnsiness  generally 
suspended.  Toe  severid  regiments  and  sompaniet' 
composiug  the  Tuir.y-iirst  Bingade  paraded  the 
streets,  while  nianv  atores  and  public  baildicgs 
were  appropriately  decorated  witb  flags,  la  tbe 
eveuiog  Company  D  held  its  thirty-eighth  anniver- 
sary. Bepredeatatives  from  milltaiy  organizations 
of  Albany,  Detroit,  Ptilladelpiiia.  Syraouae,  TTtic^ 
and  Ene  were  present. 

Columbia,  8.  C,  Feb.  22.— The  day  waa  cele- 
brated here  by  a  general  sospension  ef  bttsineaa. 
Flags  were  aisplayed  on  several  boildings,  pnblla 
and  private,  at  naif-mast  and  draped  with  crape. 
The  Militia  companies,  in  observance  of  the  proda- 
matiou  of  G-uv.  Hampton,  refrained  from  taming 
oujc  United  States  officers  and  soldiers  mostly  oon.  I 
fined  themselves  to  their  quarters.  Xbe  day  passed' 
sff  very  quietly  and  peaceably. 

BicHHONB,  Feb.  23.— There  was  no  general; 
obBervance  of  Ihe  day.  Tbe  Federal  offices  and  n».  I 
tional  banks  were  closed.  The  First  Begiment  at 
Yirginia  Infantry,  the  Richmond  Howiizars,  and' 
one  colored  company  paraded  ttiis  afternoon. 

MABINB  DISASTERS. 

Kingston,  Jamaica,  Feb.  22. — ^The  fkCMan 
steamer  franoenia,  plying  between  Hamburs  ud 
Aspinwall,  has  been  wrecked  <^  Point  San'Blaa.    ' 

Est  Wbst,  Feb.,  sa.— The  Swedish  bark  Sw^i^ 
Capt.  Wetterbnze,  from  Pensaoola,  for  IdvacpM), 
with  tlmb«a.Ja  baIuiva  aaJSLakl^'s  SrSaf> 


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COgpiffiltr  HATSBlAlitSM  IS  ITS  BELATIOITS  TO  RS>- 
XiaiOll   AHD  THBOIiOOT.    By  JAJtB»  Majwixbab, 
.      UhD.    Kew-Torkt   o,  P.Pirr»Aii'fSoNfc 

Vo  living  pieaoheitof  the  Qospel  has 

Akde  anob  a  distino  tive  mark  as  a  ripe  scholar, 
Vfilliant  orator,  most  eabtle  reasoner,  a  soand 
Ckristian,  and  as  a  fearless  ■  oientific  inquirer, 
tiberal  and  bold  to  a  fault,  aa  the  author  of 
Ibis  book.  In  the  treatment  of  such  a  sub* 
loop  as  the  one  under  review,  the  eracea 
i»f  ilia  style  shine  forth  in  every  page. 
hMtsirthieaa,  unlike  too  many  of  hia  Non- 
Conformist  brethren,  is  not  afraid  of  rigid  sol- 
tntiflo  inquiry,  even  If  some  generally  accepted 
leriptural  doctrine,  or,  in  other  words,  misap- 
prehended work  of  Providenoe,  be  exploded. 
He  takea  hia  firm  standpoint  on  the  ground 
that  neither  nature  nor  the  all-power tul  God  of 
j&atore  can  lie  or  be  oontradiotory,  however  of- 
ten and  much  man  may  misinterpret  both.  An 
impresaioa    has     gone     abroad,    ho    remarks. 

*' that  natural  history  and  aoienoe  are  destined 
to  sive  the  coi^p  do  i7r<2o«  to  all  theologTi  and 
disobarge  the  religious  Dbenotnenafrom  human 
Ufa;  that  ohurohea  and  their  symbols  mu3t  dis- 
appear like  the  witohes'  chamber  and  the  as- 
trqlogista'  tower,  and  that  everything  above 
our  natiira  is  dark  and  void."  The  pa- 
pers iu  this  book  are  written  to  eom- 
hat  thia  impression,  and  the  bald 
and  UDsatistaotory  theory  laid  down 
pj  Tyndall  in  hia  famous  addreaa 
before  the  BritiBh  Aaooiation  at  Belfast,  that 
Reaving  the  .  divine  and  supernatural  out  of 
the  question  "  religion"  isstiil  worth  maiatain- 
hxtt  a«  "  anursery  of  emotion."  We  do  not  know 
that  tbe  trae  nature  of  the  relative  positioa  of 

the  ^eat  anta,7oaistio  sohools  of  thought  has 
ever  been  put  more  suooinotly  anl  clearly 
than  in  the  foUowiag  sentenoe :  "  In  so  far 
as  church  belief  is  still    committed    to  a  given 

cosmogony       and      natural       history       of 
man,        it       lies         open        to         scientific 
refutation,     and   has    already    received    from 

it  many  a  wooud  under  wbioh  it  visibly  pines 

away-  It  is  needless  to  say  that  the  new 
'Book  of  Genesis,'  wbtbh  lesorts  to  Lucretius 
for  its  first  beginnings,  to  protoplasm  for  its 

fifth  day,  to  natural  selection  lor  its  Adam  and 
Eve,  and  to  evolution  for  all  the  rest,  oontra- 
Qlots  the  old  book  at  every  point;  and  inas- 
mnoh  as  it  dissinates   the    dream    of  Paradise 

and  removes  the  tragedy  ot  the  fall,  eanoela  at 
lonca  the  need  and  tbe  scheme  of  redemption, 
iand  BO  leaves  the  bistorioal  churches  of  Europe 
joTumbling  away  from  their  very  foundations." 
treating  of  miracles,  the  bold  and  trenchant 
ters  of  the- last  centurv  saw  very  clearly  the 

eoeaaity  for  at  onoe  assailing  their  authentici  ty, 
bile  the  many  learned  apolo;^ats  used  subtle 

inrumentative  theories,  to  reconoiie  violations 
jOf  the  laws  of  nature  by  the  great  Originator 

it  those  immaculate  laws.    Sucn  men  as  Hume 
mid  see  in  tbe  admission  of  supernatural  agen- 

ly  in  the  action  of  miracles,   an  admission   of 

;be  whole  great  schema  of  redemption 
— the  comer-stone  of  the  Christian  faith. 
|Ttu«_they  looked  upon  as  supersticioas,  and 
consequently  kept  on  their  clear  logieal  reason- 
ing track.  We  must  hold  with  the  author  of 
this  most  faaoinating  book,  that  if  we  are  to 
aooept  the  new  book  ot  Gdnesi3,  which  13  being 
"written  for  us  anl  future  generations  by  the 
Par  wins,  Huxleys,  and  Tyndalls  of  the  pres- 
ient,  then  farewell  to  the  Christian  faith.  The  re- 
Jijlion  of  tbe  pure  physicist  ana  the  philosophical 
and  scientific  theologian  are  irreconcilable.  Dr. 
Hartineau  thus  puta  it  very  fairly :  "  That  those 
:Who  labor  to  render  the  universe  intelligible 
ahould  call  in  question  ita  relation  to  intelligence 
Is  one  of  those  curious  inconsistencies  to  which 
the  ablest  specialists  are  often  the  most  liable 
\7hen  meditating  iu  loreign  fields.  K  it  takes 
mind  to  oonstrue  the  world,  how  can  the  nega- 
tion of  mind  suffice  to  construe  it?"  The  ele- 
gant voluipe  before  us  consists  of  an  address 
dehvered  in  the  Manchester  N^W  College  on 
OoL  6.  1874,    and  two  papers,  reprinted  from 

the  Cimttmporary  JRemew. 

^iNNAIiS  OF  A  BABY.  Q.  W.  CABtBToi  &  Co.  Seyr 
TortL     1877. 

If  those  peculiar  babies  ^  -which  Helen 

jwas  the  fond  tDother  have  deljl^hted  innamera- 

ble  readers,  these  pretty  spoiled  darlings  have 

quickly  taken  upon  themselves  somethins  like 
Jpatemal  funotions,  for  they  are  likely  to  becone 

jthe  fathers  of  a  number  of  books  in  wbioh 

[their  pervading  influence  may  be  visible.  It  ia, 
jhowever,  with  a  slight  feeling  ot  regret  that 
the  reviewer  notices,  printed  on  the  title  page 
of  the  AnTiala  of  a  JBaby,  these  words:  "A 
jpompanion  to  Helen's  Babies.^'  As  good  a  book 
aa  Annals  of  a  £aby  requires  no  bush,  for  an 
anonymous  writer  has  produced  such  a  clever 
Volume  that  it  seems  more  than  a  pity  that  it 
should  not  have  stood  alone  by  itself,  rely- 
Ifatc  upon  ita  own  intrinsio  merit.  Grouped 
Then  around  baby  as  a  sun,  there  are  a  number 
[of  happily  conceived  personages,  grandfathers 
id  grandmothers,  aunts,  uncles,  nurses,  rich 
ad  poor  relations,  who,  «s  lesser  planets,  re- 
vive mere  or  less  harmoniously,  but  all  having 
some  definite  course,  due  entirely  to  the  occult 
ret  beneficent  influence  of  the  baby.  Tbe 
'  is  prettily  told,  and  above  all  there  is  a 
pervading  spirit  ot  intenae  charity.  There  is 
knxe  episode  in  the  little  book,  conceived  with 
{rare  skill,  and  described  in  powerful  languaze, 
There  is  a  poor,  fallen  woman,  almost  God-for- 
aaken,  who  is  recalled  from  a  life  of  shame  and 
Wiaery  by  the  baby.  Into  the  arms  of  thia 
|Woman  the  child  ia  placed  by  the  confiding 
pnother,  and  a  soul  is  saved.  The  literary 
Vork  of  the  book  is  excellent,  and  remarkable 
^or  ita  rareness.  If  Helen's  Babies  have  many 
gadmirera,  so  undoubtedly  will  have  the  single 
ibaby  whose  annals  have  been  so  felicitously 
Kiven  to  the  world.  It  would  be  no  disparage 
meat  to  the  first  of  these  books,  where  we  to 
pay  that  the  Annais  of  a  Baby,  taking  a  wider 
Wound,  and  touching  loftier  topics,  ia  quite 
feqnalto  Helen's  Babies,  and  might  even  find 
paore  lasting  admirers.  There  is  just  this  dif- 
ference betweep  these  two  books  :  while  Helen's 
Babies  are  rather  prototypes  of  the  pretty  ec- 
centricities ot  children,  the  Annala  of  a  Baby 
'Sirect  attention  to  those  happier  and  holier 
^fluenoes  which  the^dvent  of  a  child  ma^es  in 
our  homes.  In  a  simple  way,  then,  and  with 
modest  material,  the  author  of  the  A.nndl»  of  a 
'foiyhas  aacceeded  in  reaching  a  higher  ground. 

CHB  LAND— BIRDS  AXD  QAMB— BIED3  OV  WBW- 
BNQLAND.  By  H.  D.  MisoT.  Salem,  Mass..  Bator- 
aUata"  Agency,  1877. 

'  This  ia  a  hand-book  for  collectors  of 
birds'  eetra  and  those  who  deaire  to  learn  the 
J^eneral  outlines  of  bird  life,  yet  are  not  able  to 

buy  the  costly  volumes  of  Wilson,  Audubon, 

and  others.  The  introduction  treats  of  methods 
of  finding  and  preserving  eggs  and  gives  a  good 
deal  of  misoellaneoua  advice  for  the  proaecution 
of  «  very  charming  study.     Tbe  balk  of  tbe 

iKwk  is  oooupied  by  a  classified  series  of 
Botioae  ot  the  moat  important  repreaentativtfa 
of  eaoh  order  and  auborder   of  birds.     Instead 

of  oolored  plates  outlined  figures  of  tvpioal 
Mrda  are  introduced  in  tbe  text,  in  order  to 
^keap  the  price  of  the  work  within  reasonable 

jbotmda.  A  good  deal  of  the  habits  and  man- 
mem  of  the  birds  mentioned  is  taken  from  Wil- 
■on  and  Audubon,  but  much  new  matter  of  per- 
sonal observation  has  been  added.  '  The  note 
of  tlie  bird  ia  generally  indicated.  An  appen- 
dix givAt  an  ornithological  calendar  for  East- 
ern Maaaaohuaetta,  with  notes  on  the  In- 
sestores,  or  land  birdSi  With  thia  guide  one  can 
tell  at  about  what  dato  to  expeot  certain  birds. 
There  10  also  a  key  to  the  eggs  of  Massaohu- 
0«tt«,  «Dd  a  key  to  the  land  birds  of  New-£ng- 
ittai.  Viaallj,  the  appendix  oontaina  an  in- 
dex to  RngiUh  names  in  eommonest  use,  with 
Mforenoes  to  the  body  of  the  book,  and  one  to 
aeie&tlflo  pamea.  Tbe  rolame  la  really  a  man- 
nal  of  a  workmanlike   ktnd*  fonnded   on  the 


Judgment  Thepmbliahers  wiah  it  known  that 
|3  sent  to  the  Naturalists'  Agency,  SaAem, 
Maas.,  will  insure  the  delivery  ef  the  book, 
poatpaid. 

TBE  MABCH  MAGAZINES. 


soribnbr's  magazine. 
— ^A  bright  papenonthe  Aquarium,  lately 
scot  in  working  order  in  this  City,  forma  the 
opening  paper  of  the  Seribner's  for  March.  It  Is 
complete  after  the  fashion  of  these  reports,  giv- 
ing an  outline  of  the  enterprise,  a  picture  of 
the  projector,  and  many  little  sketches  of 
strange  fishes.  The  comic  element  is  not  want- 
ing, supplied  by  tbe   well-known  pencil  of 

Church.  Theillustratiens  to  this  article  signed 
Kelly,  are  remarkable  for  their  spirit  and  vigor. 
J.  C.  Beard  baa  also  had  a  hand  in  them.  Next 
to  the  illustrated  paper  of  local  inter- 
est cornea  Dr.  Holland's  "  Nicholas  Min- 
ium," in  ita  monthly  installment,  which 
does      not    take      one    far     fpom    New-Tork. 

Seinhart  is  the  artist  who  draws  the  illustra. 
tion  to  a  soene  where  Nio  bolas  and  his  lawyer 
are  surprised  by  a  spying  burglar  in  the  guise 
of  a  tramp.  The  midnight  attack  on  Otter- 
cliff,  which  follows  this  scene,  strikes  one  as 
rather  unnatural  m  view  ot  tbe  warning  felt 

bv  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  villa.  Soxe  Holm 
finishes  "Farmer  Bassett's  Eomance,"  with  a 
second  part  in  this  number,  "  Celesfrial  Peas  " 
turns  out  to  be  a  pleasant  littl^  sketch  in  fic- 
tion- with  a  happy  denouement ;  and  S.  D. 
Alexander  does  for  Princeton  College  what 
otbers  have  done  for  tbe  other  colleges  in  auo- 
cessive  numbers  ol  this  magazine.  The  first 
piotoce  is  a  very  character  is  tic  portrait  of  Dr. 
James  McCosh,  who  looks  as  if  he  had  just  de- 
livered himself  of  one  of  his  quick  speeches. 
One  of  the  daughters  of  Gilbert  Stuart,  the 
early  American  painter,  who  resides,  we  be- 
lieve, in  Newport,  B.  L,  contributes  a  paper  on 
the  youth  of  her  father.  Clarence  Cook's  ninth 
installment  on  "Beds  and  Tables,"  does  not 
fall  short  of  its  usual  excellence.  The  draw- 
ing of  many  ot  these  cuts  is  excellent,  and 

we  are  glad  to  see  that  Mr.  Cook  is  beginning 
to  curb  hia  propensity  to  indulge  iu  odd  titles 
to  his  little  pictures.  The  series  is  too  good  to 
be  lost  In  back  numbers  of  a  magazice.  Why 
can  they  not  be  bound  together  iu  a  book  for 
the  USB  of  those  who  do  not  take  Scribner's, 
but  are  glad  to  get  such  an  accumula- 
tion of  bints  toward  decorating  their  homes  1 
The  bestp  ece  of  poetry  we  have  seen  from  Mr. 
H.  H.  Boyesen,  will  be  ibund  under  "  Elegy  to 
A.  G.  L.,"  but  we  cannot  say  as  much  for  the 
poem,  "  Of  William  Francis  Bartlett.  Dead  at 
Piitsfield,  Mass.,  1876."  Yet  we  will  give  one 
of  the  good  stanzas  in  it : 

"  FardoD,  goqd  friendsl     I  am  not  here  to  mar 

His  laureled  wreath  with  tbis  poor  tinseled  crown — 
This  nun  who  tanght  me  how  'twas  better  far 

To  be  a  poem  tban  to  write  it;  down." 
Another  poet  of  this  month  boars  an  unfamiliar 
name,  but  there  is  no  lino  that  can  be  omitted 
from  her  sonnet.     "  Harmony,"  by  Anne  Lynch 
Botta,  must  be  given  in  full  or  omitted  entirely : 

"  He  who  with  bold  and  sKillfal  band  sweeps  o'er 

Tbe  organ-keys  ot'.aome  camedi-al  pile. 

Flooding  witu  ma^io  vaulc  and  nave  and  aisle, 

Wbile  on  his  ear  falU  but  a  tbaudruus  ruar— 

In  the  coniposar's  loffy  motire  free, 

Knows  well  that  all  th.it  temple,  vast  and  dim, 

TbrilU  tu  its  base  witti  antbem,  psalm,  and  bymn. 

True  to  the  cbanseleisa  law^  of  barmony. 

So  ha  who  on  tbesa  clanging  chords  of  life. 

With   firm,  sweat  tonou   plays   the  Great  Master's 

Bcore   • 
Of  truth  and  love  and  dntv.  evermore— 

Knows,  too,  that  far  beyond  tbis  roar  and  strife, 
Tboagb  he  may  nerer  bear,  m  the  trae  time, 
Xbesu  notes  must  all  accord  in  symphonies  sublime." 
Two  soldiers  of  the  war,  one  of  them  at  one 
time  in  the  most  exalted  position,  the  other  our 
late  Governor  of  6tate,  contribute  papers. 
Gen.  McClellan  continues  hia  Nile 
tour  on-  the  one  tract  which  nature 
has  made  invariable.  Gen.  John  A.  Dix 
writes  sympatheticallv  of  Claudian,  a  Latin 
poet  ot  the  fourth  century,  and  translates  into 
English  verse  his  "Felix  qui  patriis  sevum 
transe£:it  in  aeris."  General  Dix  is  one  of  tbe 
not  unfrequent  Americans  whose  character  ap- 
proaches what  we  conceive  the  old  Bomaus  to 
have  been.     His  ability  to  bold  office  and  oun- 

duol  affairs  at  an  advanced  age  is  supplemented 

by  a  readiness  to  study  and  to  cultivate  a  solid 
kind  of  literature.  His  translation  is  a  very 
good  one.    Matters  of  general  and  particular 

publio  interest    are    attended  to  in  "  An  Asiatio 

Invasion,"  referring  to  the  Chinese,  and  inei- 
dentally  defending  Anson  Burlingame,  as  well 
as   in    "  An     Exposition     of  Lifa     Insurance." 

"  That  Lass  0'  Lowno's"  gets  better  and  better ; 
we  baye  seldom  seen  a  serial  that  holds  its  own 
with  sustained  power  so  well.  Finally,  there 
is  a  Bbart  story  of  James  T.  McEa,y,  called 
"Stella  Grayland."  of  a  very  tra;;io  cast,  and 
not  a  very  edify  mg  nature.  At  least,  the  d6- 
nouement  ia  not  ;  the  moral  of  it  goes  high  up 
iu  the  scale  of  self-sacrifice. 


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aemewhat  at  his  hands,  but  the  Qerman  is  in 
parta  unreadable.  Under  the  name  "Saga 
Civilixation"  Prof.  H.  H.  Boyesen,  of  Cornell 
University,  reviews  the  Sagae  of  Burnt  NJal  of 
loeland,  and  of  Qisli,  the  Outlaw,  both  of  whioh 
have  been  translated  by  George  Webbe  Decent. 
Another  Norse  naper  is  "The  University  of  Up- 
sala,"  by  Prof,  Karl  iLThord^n-  Mr.SayPahne? 
sets  great  atore  on  Mr.  James  Bussell  as  a  litera- 
ry critic,  and  in  a  paper  on  him  writes  sympa- 
thetically of  hia  aound  work  in  that  line.  Hia 
text  is,  "  Among  my  Books,"  lirat  and  aeoond 
series.  Mr.  P.  G.  Hamerton  has  a  letter  on 
art,  whioh  contains  a  defense  of  himself  frova. 
the  imputation  oontained  in  the  word  amateur, 
whioh  has  been  applied  to  him. 

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POPULAR  SCIEKCf!  MONTBLT. 

— The  portrait  that  adorns  the  Fopular 
Science  Monthly  for  March  is  unusually  fresh 
in  execution,  being  an  etching  by  field,  of 
the  head  of  Thoraaa  Edward,  a  naturaliat  cob- 
bler of  Ban£bhire.       His   story  Is  well  told  by 

an  anonymous  hand,  with  the  aid  of  a  biography 
of  Edward,  written  by  Samuel  Smiles,  and 
pu'nlished  by  Harper  &  Brothers.  Hia  life  is 
not  only  intereating  in  itself,  but  affords  a 
glimpse  of  Scotch  life  far  from  dull.  The 
second      paper      on      "Education      as     a 

Science,"  by  the  late  Alexander  Bain, 
of  the  University  of  Aberdeen,  shows  him  a 
keen  reasoner  on  the  philosophy  ot  the  art  of 
learning.  From  Ifature  the  Monthly  reprints 
a  paper,  with  diagrams,  giving  an  abstract  of  a 
paper  "  On  the  Manner  in  which  Raindrops 
and  Hailstones  are  Formed,"  by  Prof.  Osborne 
Reynolds,  M.  A.,  read  at  the  Literary  and 
Philosophical  Society,  Mancheater.  Next  we 
have  a  lecture  by.  Prof.  Huxley  "  On  the  Study 
of  Biolosy,"  Kiving  soma  good^advlbe  to  teach- 
ers, and  dealing  with  unusual  moderation  with 
his  enemies,  the  lay  and  clerical  "  paper-philos- 
ophers." Flammarion'a  Hiatory  of  the 
Heavens,  and  Blake's  Astronomical    Myths» 

founded  on  it,  tbe  latter  of  which  baa 
been  published  by  MaomiUan,  furnish  material 
for  a  paper  entitled  *'  How  the  Earth  was  Re- 
garded in   Old  Times."   profusely    Ulustratad 

with  singular  representations  of  the  world  ac- 
cording to  antique  ideas.  There  is  also  a  con- 
densation ot  Chief  Justice   Charles  P.  Daly's 

annual  address  as  President  of  the  Amsrloan 

Geographical  Society.  It  is  a  snmmino:  up  ol 
what  has  been  done  during  the  year  to  explore 
the  unknown  spaces  ot  the  earth.    There  seems 

hardly  a  nlaoe  where  an  expedition  is  not  at 
work  collecting  new  facts  and  correcting  old 
opinions.  The  Challenger  expedition  has  in- 
vaded the  bottom  of  the  principal  oceans. 
"The  Early  Man  of  North  America"  is  a 
sketch  in  outl'me  by  A.  B.  Grote,  Director  of 
tbe  Buffalo  Society  of  Natural  Soienoes.  He 
inclined  to  the  theory  that  the  Esquimaux  are 
the  likeliest  descendants  of  men  of  the  Stone 
Age,  having  followed  the  Arotio  climate  north- 
ward on  the  retreat  of  the  glaeters.  The  Mis- 
cellany haa  as  many  interesting  facts  aa  uauaL 

LllEBAHY  2ilOTES. 


Sr.    NICHOLAS. 

— The  frontispiece  of  St.  liicholas  Sot  March 
consists  m  an  engravini;  of  a  picture  by  G. 
Spangenburgh,  representing  "  Little  Karen,"  a 
young  Norwegian  mother,  sitting  asleep  beside 
the  cradle  of  her  sick  child.  Over  tbe  child 
are  bent  two  Winckelmauncheo,  Alraunen  or 
gnomes.  The  story  to  which  the  picture  refers 
is  told  by  8.  C.  W.  in  tbe  first  pa^es  of  the 
magazine,  fiuth  Eenyou  tells  about  maple- 
sugar  making,  assisted  bv  an  illustration 
by  Alfred  Kappes.  Ot  the  two  illustrations 
to  "Catherc,"  a  story  by  Lucy  G. 
Morse,  in  sequel  to  "The  Ash  Girl," 
one  is  a  remarkably  good  piece  of  engraving, 
tbe  other,  that  exhibiting  "  Little  Trudy,"  is 
decidedly  poor.  "  On  the  Ice,"  by  Irwin  Rus- 
sell, is  a  paper  on  a  very  healthgiving  and  ab- 
sorbing sport  played  by  Scotchmen  on  the  ice. 
The  illustration  ia  hardly  up  to  Mr.  Eelly'a 
usual  excellence.  Susan  Coolidge  contributea  a 
fairy  story  under  the  title  "  Tbe  Two  Wishes," 
with  illustrations  that  look  like  the  delightfully 
Germanic  drawings  of  Ludwig  Richter,  of 
Dresden.  One  of  the  brightest  papers  ia  by 
William  E.  Griffis,  a  gentleman  who  has  pub- 
lished recently  in  China  a  very  interesting 
work  on  Chinese  ^  legends  and  folk  talea. 
It  tells  about  \  the  ^  attempt  to  rob 
the  golden  ■  fish  '  that  *  used  to  adorn 
the  summit  of  Owari  Castle,  in  the  centre  of 
Japan,  'rhe  robber  is  seen  gaining  access  to 
the  fiah  by  a  very  novel  means  of  conveyance, 
a  kite.  The  picture  is  after  one  by  a  famous 
Japanese  artist  in  Tokio,  Ozawa  by  name. 
Then  we  have  extracts  from  Mrs.  Johnson's 
"Journal  of  a  Blue-coat  Girl,"  withapioture 
by  Reinhart,  and  a  further  installment  of  J.  T. 
Trowbridge's  "His Own  Master,"  illustrated  by 
the  same  untiring  hand.  Sicbard  A.  Proctor  ia 
on  hand  as  usual  with  "The  Stars  in  March," 

a  nd  a  number  of  very  black  diagrams  w^ith 
white  stars,  which  we  can  imagine  causing 
great  admiration  among  such  young  people  as 
have  not  learned  to  associate  them  with  the 
rigors  of  a  soUool-room. 


THE  mTEESATIONAL  REVIEW. 
4  —For  March  and  April  the  International  Re- 
view has  prepared  a  list  of  articles  very  much 
akin  to  those  we^ave  seen  heretofore  inside 
its  covers.     The  first  number  is   poUtioal,  being 

"fiepublicanism  under  President  Grant,"  by  an 

"Independent  Republican."  The  second  has 
to  do  with  an  aftair  of  municipal  economy. 
Mr.  J.  C.  Bayles  writes  of  "  Safety  iu  Dwell- 
ings and  Publio  Buildings."  Poetry  is^dti- 
vated  by  a  sonnet  subscribed  by  Charles  Ten- 
nyson Turner,  at  which  we  may  say  the  best 
part  is  the  name  of  the  writer.  In  "Wit  and 
Humor  in  Germany"  we  have  an  interesting 
account  of  oomio  papers  in  the  Fatherland, 
written  by  Herr  Jnliua  Doboo.  The  writer, 
being  himaelf  a  German,  may  be  regarded  aa 
liable  to  bias  In  favor  of  the  wit  to  be  found  in 
his  land.  A  fereigner  might  come  to  different 
conolusiona.  But  the  article  ia  a  good  one.  We 
are  again  aorpriaed,  however,  at  the  gross  mia 


'^■t  ^t^ir-m^jnil  .  wiltiee    ri"^    — le  Md^takM  of  tha  Artet«Md«c.  .  fiaobab . wtffuaJU««BeB«ioM  ^«a^ 


— Bickers  &  Son,  London,  have  brought  out 
a  new  edition  of  tbe  works  of  Wdliam  H.  Preseott, 
In  15  Tolames,  with  the  author's  latest  eorrsctions 
and  addi  tions. 

— Messrs.  T.  &.  T.  Clark,  of  Edinburgh,  have 
In  preparation,  with  tbe   •anctlon  of   tne  author,  a 

translatlnn  of  M.  Janet's  wall-known  work,  Lt$ 
Cautet  Finalts. 

— Lady  Barker's  new  book,  A  Year's  House- 
keeping  in  Natal  describing  the  charaoteristlc  fea- 
tures of  nature  and  man  in  that  colony,  will  soon  be 
pablisbed  by  MaomiUan  &  Co. 

— A.  S.  Barnes  6c  Co.  will  pnbbah  ahortly 
The  Memoirs  (tf  P.  P.  Bliit.  The  book  will  have  an 
introdaotion  by  D.  L.  Moody,  and  iha  special  ser- 
vices rendered  to  religion  by  this  deyoot  and  sweet 
singer,  together  with  his  trscic  death,  will  glre  it  a 
cordial  welcome  in  hundreds  ot  homes. 

— The  Life  of  the  late  Tuleorge  Dawson,  of 
Birminebam,  is  ia  preparation  by  Mr.  Samuel  Tim- 
mins,  F.  S.  A.,  to  whom  the  family  have  farnUbed 
the    necessary  docaments.      Mrs.    Dawson     is    also 

prepanng  her  hosband's  prayers,  sermons,  and  lec- 
ture* tor  the  pre«8.  Henry  S.  King  ii.  Co.  are  to  be 
the  pabliahers. 

—The  Season  of  Ltnt  is  the  title  of  a  very 

nsefcd  little  pamphlet.  Intended  as  a  oomoanion 
for    tbe   cloaet,    prepared    by   Bight   Ber.    Sr.  QU- 

lesple,  of  Western  Michigan,  for  tbe  use  of  his 

people,  when  he  was  a  parish  clertcymao.  It  la 
arranged   on    a  novel    plan    for   self-correction,  and 

has  been  very  neatly  publiihed  by  £.  P.  Dnttou  & 
Co.,  of  this  City. 

— Rev.  Malcolm  MacCoU'a  new  book.  The 
Eattem  Quution,  is  looked  forward  to  with 
mucb  interest  as  the  embodiment  of  personal  ob- 
servations recently  made  in  company  with  Csnoa 
Liddon,  in  Bulgaria  and  the  conntry  adjacent.  Mr. 
MacColI  ie  known  as  tbe  editor  of  The  Guardian. 
tha  leading  ecclesiastioal  orein  of  tbe  Cbnrch  of 
EoKland,  and  also  as  a  very  aola  oontroverslaliac. 

— Rev.  R.  W.  Dale's  Congregational  Union 
Lecture*  on  the  Atonement  for  1873  bay*  {ost  reached 
a  second  edition,  which  A.  S.  Barnes  &.  Co.  will 
publish  in  a  few  days.  Mr.  Dale  and  Dr.  Allon  are 
tbe  leaders  among  tbe  Eoellah  Koncontormlst 
clergy.  Mr.  Dale  is  the  editor  of  tbe  London 
Congregationalist.  and  has  accepted  an  invitation  to 
deliver  tbe  "Yale  Lectures  on  Preaching"  next 
vear  at  Kew-Uaven.  He  will  be  in  Aqierica  next 
Summer,  and  will  remain  in  ths  country  till  bis 
lectures  haye  been  dellvsred. 

— John  E.  Potter  &  Co.  promise,  within  600 
pages.  13  mo.  la  size,  to  give  tbe  publio  a  Sand- 
book  to  all  Religions  from  tbe  oArliaat  aga  to  tbe 
present  time,  including  theme,  progreas,  doctrioea, 
and  government  of  all  Christian  denominatioas, 
compiled  from  their  own  pubhoations,  and  viewed 
from  their  own  stand-point.  Snch  a  book,  if  proper- 
ly made  up,  miitbt  be  extremely  useful  to  people  In 
search  of  a  religiou  wbioh  suited  them,  and  on£ht 
to  find  a  generous  welcome  in  a  country  which  an 
Ensiiabmau  once  wickedly  described  as  a  *'  com- 
monwealth of  sects." 

— The  March  number  of  the  North  American 
Review  will  contain  the  following  articlas  :  "  The 
Compromlxe  and  its  Consequences,"  by  C.  B.  Back- 
alew,  ex-United  Stales  Senator;  "Demonulogy," 
by  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson  ;  "Christiau  Policy  in 
^Turkey,"  by  Laurence  Oliphant;  "Centenary  of 
Spinoza,"  by  Samuel  Osgood,  D.  D.;  "  Poetasters  of 
Amsrioa,"  by  Charles  T.  Congdon  ;  •'William  H. 
Seward,"  by  Richard  Grant  White;  "Bnglisb  Polar 
Exploration*,"  by  Chief  Jusiioe  Daly,  Pre<<ident 
2few-Tork  Geographical  Society,  with  acircnmpolar 
map;  "Tbe  Insnrsnoe  Crlnia,"  by  Sheppard  Ho- 
mans;  '•  Harriet  Mirtlnean,"  by  Jnliua-  H.  Ward, 
and  many  rofiews  of  tbe  moat  ImpOrtuBt  aew 
book*. 

— While  Mr.  Gladstone's  name  ia  generally 
influential  enongh  to  carry  the  number  of  any  mag- 
azine to  which  he  contribntea  Into  a  aecond  edltioD, 
bla  article  iu  review  of  "  Tbe  Life  of  the  Prince 
Consort,"  in  the  January  number  of  tbe  new  Ohureh 
Quarterly  Review,  is  not  the  only  article  which  ia 
worth  reading.  In  the  same  number  there  are  a  re- 
markably vigorous  paper  on  "Positive  and  Cosmic 
Beligion,"  In  which  Mr.  Herbert  Spencer  and  Mr. 
John  FiaKe  are  pressed  very  close  for  evidenos  that 
tbe  unknowable  does  not  com*  down  into  things 
knoWD;  the  ttrat  of  a  aeries  of  papers  on  "The 
First  :Napoleon,"  who  is  indeed  in  (be  lieht  of  M. 
XianfreT's  and  Gen.  Ctc.  de  Sugar's  recent  atadles  of 
bislifet  a  very  tboroasb  restatement'  of  the  story 
of   "Henry  Vlll'a  Divorce,"   baaed   upon  Pror. 

Brewer's  publication  of  orieinal  documents — state 
papers — which  are  daatined  to  create  a  revolution  in 
the  study  of  English  history;  an  essay  upon  "Mag- 
azine Literature,"  tracing  its  growth  In  England  and 
Its  social  and  edncaiional  iuflaeoce  ;  a  very  severe 
criticiam  upon  X>eao  Stanley's  Historu  of  the  Jeto- 
x»h  Church  I  a  theological  lartiole  on  "The  Filioque 
Cuotroveray  aud  tne  Eaaternsi"  a  Ohureh  arti- 
cle on  "Modem  Dissent,  Tbe  Liberation  So- 
ciety, The  Burials  Bill,"  ^hleh  crjves  a  very  clear 
view  of  tbe  present  status  of  political  and  ecclesi- 
astical questiuDS  in  England;  a  "Batro- 
spect  of  1876j"  •  cnrloua  stujdy  of  "Par- 
ish Becords,"  and  brief  but  dlacnmiuatlng  no- 
tices of  the  leading  theological  works  of  tha  day. 
This  review  ii  maintained  bv  the  foremost  aobolars 
at  Oxford  and  by  tbe  ablest  tniukers  amooK  the 
conservative  and  biKbly-cultnrsa  clergy  of  the 
English  Cburcb,  and,  though  only  ayodir  old,  has 
largely  influenced  public  and  rehsiona  opinion,  in 
Eoglsnd  tbrouzb  some  of  its  oontributions.  Iu 
special  ment  is  that  it  unites  flrst-class  thinking 
ou  present  questions  with  remarkable  freshness, 
brightness,  and  seveiity  of  literary  style.  Tbe  beavl- 
nesa  uf  tbe  review  article  is  lost  in  tbe  happy  blend- 
ing of  vigorous  thought  with  tresbnaas  and  terseness 
of  expression.  It  has  many  of  tbe  best  qualities  of 
tne  OoiUemporary  Review  without  its  spioe  of 
radicalism  and  its  ooutroyersial  spirit,  and  is  a 
periodical  too  little  known  among  relie;ious  scholars 
m  tnis  country.  It  is  printed  and  published  tty 
Spottiswoode  &.  Co.,  New-s>reet  square;  London, 
and  Canon  Ash  well,  of  Chichester  Catbedral,  eattor 
•f  tbe  JAterary  Churehjiuin,  is  ButuUrMood  tA  be  Us 


ON  FOOT  IS  TEE  SOUTH. 

ISB  NOTES  OF  J.  FE3E8TBIAN. 
THX    FLAK  OF   A   WALK    THROVaK  YABIOUg 
BlcnONS  SODTH— THE  HI8F0BTDNES  OV 
ALABAMA  —  CHASCEU    FOR     NORTHKBIC 

ENTEBPBISE. 

A-om  a  JUxeioI  Corretpondent. 
MOMTOOMSST,  Monday,  Feb.  12, 1877. 
I  am  going  through  the  by-ways  of  the 

South  a-foot,  to  see  what  can  be  done  with 
capital,  brains,  and  bauds,  and  how  they  will 
be  welcomed.  I  shall  tell  what  I  aee  and  hear 
that  relatea  to  the  commercial,  aooial,  and  peliti- 
Qal  oondition  01  the  oommunity.  The  most  tbat 
has  been  widttei^  of  the  South  haa  been  oolleoted 
aloqg  the  main  routes  and  at  the  large  centres ; 
it  is  time  the  country  side  ahould  be  treated. 
The  territory  ia  too  vast  to  be  studied  as  a 
whole,  and  its  civilization  t«o  varied  for  a 
comprehensive  description  within  reasonable 
newspaper  limits.     Many  erroneous    opinions 

about  the  South  have  sprung  from  generaliza- 
tions about  the  whole,  founded  on  limited 
observations.  No  other  region  is  composed  of 
such  opposite  elements.  No  other  region  pre* 
senta  its  opposite  elementa  so  completely 
changed  &om  their  original  conditions. 
Hera   ia  the    autocratic  planter,  now  the  most 

dejeotea  member  of  tbe  populatiou  ;  the  poor 
white,  now  more  prosperous  and  respected 
than  formerly  ;  the  negro,  now  free,  but  need- 
ing the  bepeflts  of  freedom ;  the  Northerner, 
a  "  foreigner  "  in  hie  ovni  laud,  but  now  gettifcg 
the  feeling  of  home.  Even  geographically  the 
country  is  a  patch- work  of  black  and  white,  in 
a  literal  and  afigurailve  sense.  Anticipating, 
then,  the  probable  defects  of  too  oomprehensive 
an  effort,  1  purpose  to  limit  my  study  to  a  com- 
paratively small  terntory,  and  my  statements 
to       tbe       looalitieu       I       visit.  I      shall 

tell  what  1  personally  see  and  hear. 
in  order  to  give,  as  far  as  possible,  a  true 
idea  of  the  region  generally.  I  shall  visit  such 
places  and  examine  such  subjects  as  will  best 
represent  the  country  in  the  particulars  I  have 
named ;  and  m  order  to  give  an  idea  of  the 

social  life  and  opinions  eenerally,  I  shall  report 
tbe  statements  ot  all  classes,  without  pruning 

the  oontradioUons  tbat  tbey  will  natoraliy  quc- 

tain. 

I  began  my  march  at  Montgomery,  Ala.  This 

State  has  received  but  little  attention  from 
emigrants,  compared  with  her  mure  favored 
sisters  Florida,  Tennessee,  Qeorgia,  and  the 
other  States  northward.     Perbaps  she   is  about 

the  geographical  limit  of  Soutboru  attractions, 

or,  in  another  sense,  tbe  limit  of  Southern  re- 
pulsions. Whatever  the  reason  may  be,  it  is 
not  founded  ou  the  natural  value  of  her  lands 
or  the  genial  qualities  ot  her  climate.  Beiore 
the  war  Alabama  was  the  seventh  State  in 
wealth,  and  tbe  fifth  in  the  value  of -her  agri- 
culture. In  1860  her  per  capita  larm  pro- 
duction was  double  that  of  any  free 
State  excepting  Illinois.  Iowa,  and  Cali- 
fornia. In  1870  her  per  capita  production 
was  less  than  half  tbat  ot  tbe  poorest  tree 
State.  In  1860  the  value  of  her  real  and  per- 
sonal property  was  |7a2,000,000 ;  in  1870  it  was 
|:201,855,b41.  Plantations  that  were  worth  $25 
and  |30  per  acre  m  1860,  cannot  be  sold  now 
tor  $5  per  acre.  This  simple  statement  is  an  epi- 
tome Ol  the  commercial  oonoition  of  Alabama. 
Alabama  is  generally  coasidered  in  four  belts, 
or  strips,  of  different  geographical  features, 
runaing  across  the  State  from  east  to  west. 
The  Pine  Uelt,  or  Lower  Alabama,  is  the  south- 
ern tier  ot  counties.  It  is  a  part  of  the  belt  of 
low  sandy  lands  tbat  extend  aloug  the  Atlantio 
coast  trom  New-Jersey  to  .Mississippi  It  is  too 
poor  a  country  to  attract  the  settler.  Tbe  val- 
uable part  ot  tke  State  begins  with  tbe  Biaok 
Belt,  the  counties  east  aud  west  of  Montgom- 
ery.  The  next  division  is  the  mountains  just 
north  of  the  Black  Belt.  The  coal  and  mine- 
rals of  tbe  State  are   there.      The    Valley    of 

North  Alabama,  aloug  tee  Tennessee  Kiver,  is 

regarded  as  tbe  most  healthful  and  attractive 
partof  the  State.  The  Black,  or  Cotton  Belt,  as 
It  is  called,  Irom  its  black  lands  aud  ita  cottou 
growth,  IS  about  50  miles  wide  and  200  long. 
It  occupies  the  most  of  tbe  following  counties: 
Barbour,  Bussell,  Pike,  ^uUook,  Macen,  ^nont- 

f ornery,   Lowndes,  Autauga,    Wilcox,   Dallas, 
'erry,  Marengo,   Uale,   Greene,   Sumter,  and 
Pickens. 

The  scenery  is  not  attractive.  The  ground  is 
rollmg  kuolls  or  low  hills,  originally  wooded 
with  oak,  cypress,  hickory,  walnut,  maple.beeoh, 
poplar,  gum,  obustnut,  sassatras,  asb,  elm,  aud 
cedar.  Large  holds  o(  luO  or  more  acres  sepa- 
rate the  lots  of  timber,  aud  sometimes  cover 
square  miles  of  land.  Woods  aud  cane-brakes 
generally  Imc  tbe  atreams  and  cover  tbe 
swamps.    The  soil  is  stitf,  black,  prairie  lano;* 

it  makes  in  Winter  the  etrouiceat  and  tUa  aeep- 
est  mud  known,  and  ia  Summer  the  hardest  of- 

baked  roads.  It  is  very  rich  and  strong  where 
it  haa  not  been  exhausted,  but  old  holds  are 
much  run  down.  There  is  plenty  of  timber 
everywhere  for  fuel  or  buildiug.  Streams  are 
intrequent,  and  the  water  is  bad ;  but  artesian 

wells  supply  this  defect  tii  some  extent.  It  is 
uut  a  country   ot   uaturair  grasses  ;  but  millet 

and  clover  groff  wek  when  planted. 

Tbu  borders  of  tho  bottom  lands,  or 
"  prairiea."  as  they  are  erroneously  named/ 
have  a  different  character.  The  hills  are 
higher  and  covered  with  pine.  The  soil  is  red 
clay,  sand,  or  loamt  or  a  mixture  of  all  tbeso,  or 
even  patches  very  distinct,  though  contiguous. 
The  water  is  good  and  abundant.  The  a^enory 
is  mora  varied  and  attractive.  The  prevalence 
of  pine  gives  these  regions  the  name  "  piney- 
wouds  lands."  The  soil  is  thiunor  and  poorer, 
often  entirely  worthless  tracts  of  sand  and 
gravel.  The  roads  are  always  passable, 
but  iu  dry  weather  they  are  bad  with  sand. 
Various  ueciduoua  trees  and  plenty  of  pine 
lumber  are  to  be  had  anywhere.  Tbe  climate 
of  tbe  Black  Belt  is  not  periect,  particularly  on 
the  prairies.  Chills  are  prevalent,  and  they 
Bometimes  terminate  in  a  snort,  violent  malady, 
generally  latal,  called  the  "  yellow  disease." 
ibe  bad  water,  the  damp,  rich  soil,  the  low 
situation,  aud  tho  miasmatic  qualities  of  tbe 
air,  combine  to  render  that  region  undesirable 
as  a  permanent  home.  Nevertueless,  many  live 
on  the  bottoms,  and  generally  euouie  suUenug. 
Even  in  the  pine  hills  ebills  are  lamiliar  euougu 
to  be  Buccesstully  treated,  and  tbe  advantages 
lor  bcaltu  are  uecidediy  with  tbe  higher  re- 
gion. The  most  desirasle  piaataciODa  are  said 
tu  be  those  that  unite  good  water  and  a  sandy 
hill  as  a  site  tor  the  home,  with  rich  boitoius 
tor  cuUivatioa.  Strangers  often  aiifler  irom 
bilious  aud  other  levers  tor  awhile,  hut  alter 
beeoming  acclimated  enjoy  good  health.  Yel- 
low lever  aometimcs  appears  iu  Montgomery, 
yet  statistics  show  it  to  be  a  healthy  city,  aud 
the  State  ot  Alabama  ranks  well  lor  longevity 
and  health.  On  tbe  other  hand,  the  whites  are 
generally  "yellows."  Iu  general  terms  the 
climate  la  mild.  Frost  appears  only  lor  a  short 
time,  and  snow  once  lu  ten  ^'oars.  Mucb  ol 
the  Winter  is  so  warm  aud  bright  that  fires 
are  not  made,  aud  overooats  are  not  worn ; 
doors  and  windows  are  leil  open,  and  people 
often  sit  on  the  piazzas  even  iu  the  eveuinga. 
The  garden  proves  iu  many  waya  the  genial 
climate.  Figs  thrive  here ;  lettuce  and  rad- 
ishes, with  a  little  attention,  will  grow  all  Win- 
ter ;  peas  are  generally  a  loot  high  by  Feb.  15  ; 
gardens  are  made  about  Feb.  1|  and  luruish  a 
prolusion  of  various  kinds  of  fruits,  dowers, 
and  vegetables  untd  Decern  Der.  '''    '-'    •'^ 


C.  H.  F. 


THE  PLANTEE  AJSD  THE  POOB  WHITE 
THB  BLACK  BELT  A3  JT  WAS,  AND  AS  IT  IS — 
THB  CONXBAST8  WHICH  TWEMTY  TBABS 
FBSSBNT. 

Mrer^  a  Stteial  Oorrtnendent 
MoNTOOJUtRY,  Ala.,  Monday,  Feb.  19, 1877.   • 
The  Black  Belt  of  Alabama  was  the  gar- 
den of  slavery.    The  planters  were  aa  princes 
in  wealth  and  autocratic  feeling ;  the  slaves 
were  as   herds   of  suomissive   cattle,  and   the 

earth  was  the  richest  comer  of  King  Cotton's 
country.  A  truthful  pieture  of  that  life,  of  all 
its  evident  brightness  and  all  its  hidden  darfc- 

ness,  would  be    an  invaluable  statement  of 

phases  of-  human   nature   that    we  both  regret 
and  rejoice  have  passed  away  forever. 
A  plantation  had  thousands  of  acres ;   many 

hundreda  of  it  were  fenced  and  cultivated  -with 
sedulous  care.  The  genial  Sprmg  brought  out 
hundreds  ot  slaves,  mules,  and  plows  to  the 
fields  in  February.  Tbe  black  earth  was 
opened  and  planted  with  cotton  and  com. 
Soon  the  long  lurrows  showed  their  linea  of 
green,  and  the  plowa  and  hoes  were  kept 
going  all  tbe  long,  hot  Summer,  now 
in  the  cotton,  then  in  eom.  The 
labor  was  incessant.  At  last  the  cotton 
waa     picked,    ginned,    and    baled,    and    tbe 


oom  was  husked  and  stowed  away.  Mean- 
whil*  the  home  induJitries  for  aelf-snpport 
were  carried  on  at  the  *'  quartera  "  or  bouses. 
The  gardens  were  made,  and  after  the  lat  of 
April  yielded  a  superabtmdanoe  of  evwy  luxury 
— vegetables  of  all  kinds,  melona  Of  great  size, 
ibecxMSi  paaohes, ploma. neotarinea. figs. grape^kJLestate la e^nauMi at ftom 


:  [,';  =»'»s^ 


and  other  frnite  ware  too  abtmdant  for  appre- 
oiateon.  Qnin  was  thraahed  and  sent  to 
mill.  Hoga,  beeves,  and  aheep  were  fatted,  and 
in  the  Fall  the  year's  supply  of  meat  wae-^mred.  ^ 
Leather  was  tanned  and  shoes  were  made. . 
The  blaokamith'a  anvil  wae  ever  ringing.  The 
wheelwright  and  the  carpenter  were  at  work 
in  tbeir  snopa.  The  miller  had  bia  hopper  full. 
The  aaw  mill  waa  at  work.  In  the  boiue  the 
mistress  out  out  the  clothes  for  the  hands,  and 
gave  them  to  the  slaves  to  make.      The  olotb, 

both  woolen  and  cotton,  was  s^un  and  woven 
at  home.  Only  hats  and  blankets  were  bought, 
In  a  word,  the  country  was  self-supporting, 
even  to  profusion,  'ilie  cottou  was  then  a  crop 
of  net  profit  It  waa  hauled  to  the  boat-land- 
ing, or  fiat-boats  were  built  on  tbe  plantation, 
and  tbe  cotton  was  floated  down  the  Alabama 
to  Mobile.  There  the  bales  were  delivered  to 
the  commission  merchant  and  the  boat  was  aold 
for  lumber. 

Tbe  social  aspect  is  not  so  easUy  stated. 
The  30  or  more  log  or  Irame  cabins,  or  "  quar- 
ters" for  the  slaves,  the  shops,  mill  and  count- 
less outboussa,  made  a  -village  behind  the  over- 
seer's house.  In  many  caaes  it  was  orderly, 
and  even  attractive  by  the  number  of  gardens, 
tho  -well-swept  earth  before  tbo  doors,  and  tbe 
green  sod  beyond.  Tbe  slaves  gathered  in 
their  houses  at  evening,  and  etcioyed  all  tbat 
could  be  enjoyed  in  tbeir  lot,  and  bore  what 
there  was  to  bear.  In  many  cases  an  abundant 
living  and  kind  treatment  made  them 
contented,  if  not  happy ;  in  others, 
their  existence  is  to  be  forgotten 
and  forgiven.   Tbe  planter  liyed  in  town  in  a 

large  bouse,  with  ser'^auts  at  every  turn,  and 
all  tbe  appointments  of  comfort  or  of  luxury. 

Qarden  products  were  brought  bim  trom  the 

plantation.  He  visited  his  estate  occasionally 
and  received  the  reports  of  his  overseer.  He 
bad  unlimited  oredit  from  his  commission 
merchant  if  the  profits  on  his  crop  were  ex- 
hausted before  the  next  crop  was  gathered. 
His  substance  was  abundant  and  bis  hospi- 
tality and  conviviality  proportioned  to  bia  sub- 
stance. He  kept  open  botise.  Tbe  spirit  Of  the 
time  is  illustrated  in  an  .anecdote.  One  of  a 
bouse  lull  of  guests,  departing  at  the  end  ot  a 

week's  visit,  expressed  very  warmly  his  satis- 
faction with  the  entertainment  After  be  had 
gone,  the  host  said  to  his  son : 

"  Who  IB  that  young  man  who  said  he  had 
enloyed  himself  aOwell  f " 

"  Why  I  don't  you  know  %  He's  been  here  a 
week.  He's  young  Thorn;  he's  ttie  gentleman 
-who  broke  your  bay  mare's  neck  fox-^^nting 
lust  Monday.    He  says  he's  had  a  mighty  fine 

time." 

••  Well,  I'm  right  glad  he  ei\joyed  htimself ; 
I  hope  he'll  come  again." 

To  visit  phe  same  plantation  now  makes  one 
inexpressibly  sad,  despite  tbe  involuntary 
feeling  of  retribution  and  the  hope  of  better 
days.    Tbe  fields  are  covered  -with  -wild  grass, 

or  even  with  young  piaesand  bushes,  excepting, 

perhaps,  a  corner  bere  or  there  where  a  negro 
crawls  after  a  poor  little  steer  dragging  a  plow. 
The  fauces  are  all  gone.  Bere  and  there  great 
gullies,  30,  even  50  feet  deep,  washed  out  by 
rain,  attest  tbe  fullness  ot  neglect  Tbe  road  is 
without  bridges  in  many  places.  The  quartera 
are  silent  and  empty,  save  one  or  two  cabins 
containing  the  negroes  who  rent  a  part  of  what 
they  lormerly  tilled  for  others.  The  cabins 
are  without  doors  or  -windows.  The  shops  and 
the  mills  are  sdent  Decay  stares  one  iu  the 
tace  on  every  side 

On  one  of  my  walks  I  stopped  at  such  a 
place  for  rest  and  a  glass  ot  water.  An  old 
lady  asked  me  to  a  seat  on  the  broad  piazza. 
While  banding  me  a  cup  of  water,  her  little 
grandson  kept  asking,  '*  Who  is  that  1" 

"  It's  a  genileman.  mv  dear."  "*" 

There  was  an  inflection  with  the  word  that 
told  bow  strong  the  distinction  was  ii^  her 
mind.  She  was  a  lady  of  the  old  school./  Her 
manners  were  dignified,  yet  gracious,  a-hd  her 
low  speech  had  tbe  charms  of  cultivation.  She 
soon  passed  irom  the  compliments  qf  tbe  day 
to  topics  tbat  would  interest  a  Northern  man. 

"Yes,  Sir;  my  nusband  owned  /600  slaves. 
All  the  land  you  see  irom  here  to  the  hill  yon- 
der was  in  corn  and  cotton.  Everythmg  tbey 
wore  anu  ate  and  used  was  made  bare  by 
themselves.      They  had  plenty'of  everything, 

and  were  well  treated.  They  were  much  bet- 
ter cared  for,  and  happier  than  thoy  have  been 
since." 

The  house  was  divided  into  equal  parts  by  a 
wide,  open  passage  or  we^i,  runuing  I'-om  the 
piazza  through  to  tbe  b4ck  porch.  A  heavy 
mahogany  table  on  one  aide  held  a  dilapidated 
saddlo.  Oupoaite  this  ^tooda  pine  closet,  much 
warped  and  cracked  v^ith  a^e.  The  floors  were 
bare,  us  1  beard  by , tbe  buy's  aboes  as  he  rau 
from  room  to  room  after  a  lank  hound  pup. 

•'  We  used  to  ,live  m  W.,  but  now  we 
have  to  live  here  in  the  overseer's  bouse.  We 
lodt  everj-thing,'^  She  said  tiiis  with  a  sad 
tone,  yet  there  was  a  certam  lirmness  and 
prido  in  her  voice,  as  though  the  sacrihce  was 
scarcely  mourned.  "  We  rent  out  tbe  planta- 
tion now,  and  get  half  the  crop.  But  tue  nig- 
gers don't  do  much,  and  wo  get  but  little.  They 

are  not  eood  lor  mucb,  although  (hey  ore 
•  quiet  and  perfectly  manaireable." 

"Doji't  they  work!"  1  asked. 

"  Oil,  yes  I  That  is,  the  men  do.  They  are 
industrious  for  awhile,  but  tbey  lack  persist- 
ence anuantelligeut  methods.  I  don't  see  what 
the  country  is  to  do ;  they  will  never  restore 

it.  I  tear."  It  was  surprising  to  see  any  oiass 
ot  bouiberuers  still  i'eel  the  old  dependence  ou 

the  blacks.    NVby  should  these  be  expected  to 

restore  the  country  t     But  she  explained : 

"They  are  the  only  people  tbat  wiU.  endure 
the  labor  here.  A  white  man  can't  stand  it. 
They  are  just  what  ia  needed  here.  But  they 
have  no  ambition  or  pride  iu  the  country." 

"  I  suppose  not,"  I  said,  and  I  thought  the 
lack  ol  ambition  at  least  is  more  surprising 
in  another  class.  As  I  passed  tbe  door  of  the 
parlor  a  glance  revealed  a  touching  picture 
ul  the  past  and  the  present.  A  carved 
arm-chair,  of  rich  design,  stood  in  one  corner, 
betore  some  shelves  of  worn  books  and  beneath 
an  oil  portrait  of  a  gentleman.  To  tbe  right 
and  left  stood  wooden  chairs  of  tbe  cheapest 
kind,  a  stained  deal  table  without  a  cover,  aud 
a  straight  board  luungo  of  homely  shape,  cov- 
ered with  a  calico  tick.  They  seemed  an  array 
of  mournful  poverty  bofoie  tbe  last  remnant  of 
prosperity.  Behind  the  quartera  I  came  upon 
two  ue,:rues  of  middle  age,  training  a  yoke  of 
two-year-old  steers,  not  larger  thau  good  calves 
ot  eight  montus.  One  man  rode  in  the  cart 
and  whipped  the  ofi  steer  ;  tbe  other  led  the 
near  steer,  anu  whipped  him  -with  a  rope 
halter.  'Ibey  wore  m  high  spirits  at  the 
capers  of  the  cattle,  and  seemed  too  happy  to 
belong  to  tbe  sad  scene,  aud  too  childish  just 
then  to  conquer  a  place  in  any  other. 

There  is  scarcely  an  exception  from  poverty 
among  the  planters  ol  the  Black  Belt.  Many 
of  tbe  large  "borne"  plantations  are  entirely 
abandoned.  The  great  bouse  is  witoout  a  wiu- 
oow  or  a  door.  The  garden  is  a  plot  of  weeds ; 
tbe  stables  have  lalleu  to  the  ground ;  the 
quarters  are  a  deserted  village  of  the  darkest 
aspect.  The  tox  and  tho  raocoou  are  tho 
only  tenants  of  the  wealthiest  estates,  perhaps, 
in  the  country,  'i'he  sons  and  daughters  that 
formerly  never  drew  on  their  bouts  or  combed 
their  hair  now  plow  and  cook.  Some  of  them 
work  in  the  cotton  mills.  A  few  have  turned 
their  attention  to  commercial  pursuits.  Still 
fewer  have  managed  to  keep  their  homes,  but 
not  the  plenty  aud  comfort  that  made  them  a 
type  of  happy  affluence.  The  wealthy  planters 
are  now  the  pooi'e,jt  class  of  the  South,  not  ex- 
cepting the  former"  poor  whites,"  who  are  now 
working  and  earning  a  living,  or  tbe  negro, 
who  cannot  get  deeply  in  debt  if  he  would. 
The  planter  is  now  also  tbo  most  discontented 
aud  unprofitable  citizen.  His  former  autocratic 
lite  bred  in  him  charaotefistios  that  have  euxv 
vived  the  destruction  of  his  possessions  and 
the  circumstances  tbat  exalted  him.  llie  fall 
Las  embittered  him.  He,  and  particularly  his 
wile,  are  tbe  Southerners  who  most  practice 
social  ostracism  toward  the  Northerners.  It  is 
not  eurprising,  perhaps  ;  but,  however  unfor- 
tunate, there  is  little  probability  that  these 
Icelings  will  be  fully  overcome  until  the  present 
generation  and  their  prejudiaes  are  succeeded 
by  the  younger  naen  and  women  who  are  begin- 
ning to  work  out  their  salvation  by  tbe  hand  of 
toil.  C.  H.  F. 


m 


FORTY-FOURTH   COSGSESS. 

SBOONJ)  ssajaion. wa.  S9. 


A  CONSCIB ail OUSJ URT. 

An  old  story  is  well  retold  in  a  recent  issue 

of  a  Soutbero  Journal,  as  follows:  "A  jury  in 
Alabama  had  been  impaneled  in  the  case  of  a  Mr. 
Johnson,  charged  with  killing  his  wife.  Tbe  evi- 
dence -was  positive  and  conclusive,  leaving  no 
duubt  of  bia  speedy  oonyiotioo.  Tu  tbe  amazement 
of  all,  the  jury,  alter  a  short  absence,  retuiuod  a 
verdict,  'Guilty  of  horse-stealing.'  The  Judge, 
astonished,  asked  an  explanation,  stattng  that  tbe 
indictment  was  nut  lor  burse-stealmg,  bat  man- 
slaughter. Tbe  loremao,  with  bia  hand  upon  a 
bugs  law-book,  and  with  ah  amusingly  dignified 
air,  infuMued  tbe  Court  tbat  '  it  was  not  a  case  uf 
manslaughter,  but  woman  sUuKOter,  for  which  tbe 
law  made  no  provision,  but  being  satisfied  tbe  man 
deserved  to  be  banged,  they  had  brought  in  a  verdict 
of  horse-stealing,  which,  m  that  cunncry,  woiud  be 
sure  to  hang  bim.'  " 


A  STUPID  SOJf  AMD  A  M£AS  FATBER. 

There  must  be  one  very  mean  aud  very  old 
father  m  Souihlngton,  Conn.,  if  tbe  following  state- 
ment from  the  Sentinel  of  that  place  is  true :  "  There 
is  a  man  in  this  town  between  50  and    60  years  of 

age,  who  haa  ateadily  worked  for  his  father  until 
the  present  day;  never  bad  a  dollar  in  bis  pocket; 
never  went  to  cburcb,  wedding,  or  funeral  ;  never 
waa  on  a  car;  never  to  •  pwrty;  never  s^ke  to  a 


SUMMABT  OV  THE  DAI'S  PBOCSEDINOS.'^ 
In  the  Senate  Mr.  Edmunds,  from  the  Ja- 
difllary  Committee,  made  varioas  reports,  adverse 
and  favorable,  on  bills  to  remove  pplitloal  dlHhUi- 
ties,  which  were  agreed  to.  The  ^rational  Moaenm 
bill  was  passed.  The  Befidency  Appropriation 
bill,  after  being  amended  in  Committee  of  the 
Whole,  was  reported  to^e  Senate  and  passed. 

In  tbe  House,  the  conaidaration  of  the  Sundry 
Civil  Appropriation  bill  was  reanmad.  GonaUera- 
ble  debate  occurred  on  the  parslmonioas  conduct  of 
Congreaa  in  the  matter  of  pabllo  balldinga,  and 
several  appropriationa  were  nuuie  for  completing 
Post  Offices,  fte.  A  Joint  rtaolntioa  -was  paaaed 
antboriahig  the  President  to  aooept  tha  Statue  id 
Liberty  from  tbe  Frenoh  Bepuhlic.  The  Sundry 
Ci-yil  bill  was  not  disposed  of. 


girl  except  to  ask  where  her  mother  was ;  never 
had  a  holiday ;  and  yet  had  his  poll  tax  aoated  this 
y^iir    on    aoouant  of    poverty,    wbil*   bis   tatbet'a 

safljaoa  t«  a5tt.aoa."  .      - 


SENATE. 

Tbe  recess   having  expired  the   Senate  was 
called  to  order  at  10  o'clock  l^y  Mr.  Faduock,  and 
immediately  took  another  reoesa  until  13  o'cloak, 
BBFOBTS  OH  PISABIUTT  BIIX3. 

Upon  reaaaembling  at  noon,  Mr.  Eouunds,  of 
Vermont,  from  tbe  Committee  on  the  Judieiary, 
reported  adversely  on  tbe  billa  to  remove  tbe  ^liti- 
cal  disabilities  of  John  B.  L.  Tattnall  M.  M.  Kim- 
mel,  Xiloyd  J.  Beade,  Henry  Myers,  F.  S.  Annis- 
tead,  John  H.  Foraey,  and  J.  S.  Ooorad,  and  tbey 
were  Indednitely  postponed.  Ha  said  the  committee 
reported  adversely  on  these  billa  for  tbe  reason  tbat 
tbe  persona  named,  who  were  formerly  United 
States  officers,  bad  not  settled  tbeir  acoonota 
at  the  Treasury.  He  alao  reported  adversely 
on  the  bills  to  remove  the  political 
disabilitiea  of  V.  £.  Sheppard,  H.  T^.  Washington, 
Charles  L.  Scott.  William  Sharp,  B.  H.  Lewis, 
D.  B.  Conrad,  W.  E.  Wisham,  a  H.  WilUam»on, 
John  Johnson,  C.H.  Kennedy,  and  Oscar  Heirnetc, 
and  tbey  were  indefinitely  postponed.  He  said  tbesa 
oeraouH,  foimerly  ofiSoera  of  the  United  States,  had 
been  dismissed,  and  nader  the  rafe  heretofore  fol- 
lowed by  the  Judiciary  Committee  bills  for  their 
relief  conld  not  be  reported,  At  the  next  session, 
however,  their  oases  could  be  brbutht  up  again, 
and  tbe  rule  conld  be  so  changed  as  to  pass  bills  to 
relieve  tbeir  political  disabilities. 

He  also  reported,  from  the  same  commtt- 
tee,  favorably  on  bills  to  remove  the 
political  disabilities  ot  "E.  M.  Wilcox  and  A^  C. 
Myers,   of   Maryland  i  John    S.    Manuadnke.    S.  B. 

Moon,  W.  J.  Canmgton,  J.  P.  Major,  B.  S,  Kinney, 
Simnel  B.  Turner,  and  W.  A.  Webb,  of  Virginia ; 
G.  S.  Hawkins,  of  Florida ;  A.  H.  Gribbs  and  WilUam 
Butler,  of  South  Carolina:  C.  Ap  R.  Jones,  of 
Alabama ;  L.  W  Bajcer  and  D.  H.  Rill,  of  North 
Carolina ;  K.  0.  GstUn,   of  Arkansas ;  Henrv  B. 

Ketley,  of  ZfOUisiaoa,  and  William  R.  Jones,  of 
Texas.    All  <fi  which  were  placed  op  the  calendar. 

iTHE  lATE  6FEAKEB  EEBB. 

Mr.  McpoKALD,  of  Indiana,  eave  notice  that  on 
Saturday  next,  after  the  expiration  of  tbe  moroing 
hour,  he  would  ask  tbe  Senate  to  suspend  business, 
tbat  appropriate  eniogies  ou  the  lite  and  character 
of  tha,late  Speaker  Kerr  might  be  deli-vered. 

TUB  NATIOKJUC  K1TSEUM. 

lk(r.  MOBBILL,  of  Yermont,  called  np  the  Senate 

bill  for  the  erection  oi  a  fire-proof  buildiug  for  the 
Rational  Museum.  Passed.  It  appropriates  $350,- 
OOD  for  tbe  erection  of  such  building  adjoining  tbe 
Smithsonian  Institute,  for  the  exoibltlon  of  goods 
lately  on  exhibition  at  the  Centennial  and  pre- 
sented to  the  United  Btatea  by  foreign  Govern- 
ments. 

THE  SENECi.  iAkD  BILL. 
Mr>  Kebnan,  of  Kew-Vork,  and  Mr.  Alltsow,  of 
lowu,  presented  petitions  ot  citizens  of  Kew-Yurk 
protesiing  against  the  passage  of  the  Honae  bill  to 
amend  the  act  to  authorize  the  Seneca  ITation  of 
Kew-Tork  Indians  t»  lease  lands  within  the  Catta- 
raueus  and  Alleghany  reaerrations  and  to  confirm 
existing  leasua.  Beterred  to  the  Cominittee  oq  In- 
oiau  AJfairs. 

THE  PACIFIO  BAILSOAD  SmSIKO  rUND. 

The  CiiAiB  Uid  before  the  Senate  the  nnfloiahed 
busmess,  being  the  bill  to  create  a  sinking  fund  for 
tbe  liquidatiun  of  tbe  indebtedness  due  tne  Qovern- 
ment  by  the  Paciflo  Ballroad  Companiea. 

THB  DEFICIBNCT    APPBOPBIATIOS    BILL. 

On  motion  ot  Mr.  Sabqekt  that  bill  was  laid  aside 
informally,  with  the  UBaerstanding  tbat  it  should 
not  lose  its  place  aa  the  unfinished  business,  and 
ttie  Senate  took  up  the  Deficiency  Appropriaticm 
bill. 

Amendments  reported  by  tbe  Committee  on  An- 
propriatiiiuH  were  agreed  toasloUows:  Appropri- 
ating $69,449  25  for  transportation  of  notes,  bonds, 
and  other  i>«cuncies  of  the  United  States,  and 
{8,000  lor  repairs  of  vessels  belonging  to  tbe  Coast 
Survey.  Tbe  House  of  iLepreseuratives  appropri- 
ated $500,000  to  pay  officers  and  men  of  the  Kavy, 
being  a  deficiency  lor  the  present  fiscal  year,  bat 
the  tienate  Committee  on  Anpropiiations  reportad 
an  amendment  increasing  the  amount  to  $1,400,000. 

Mr.  Pa-vis,  of  West  Virginia,  saiu  this  was  an  in- 
crease of  4900,000,  and  be  would  be  glad  to  bear  the 
reasons  therefor. 

Mr.  Sauqbnt,  who  was  in  charge  of  the  bill,  sent 

to  the  Clerk's  desk  and  bad  read  a  letter  frum  tbe 
Secretary  of  tbe  Ifavy,  statiiiir  tbat  tbe  department 

had  been  able  to  save  only  (300,000  br  InrloughiDg 
officers  last  year,  and  further  tbat  tbe  appropria- 
tioa  for  tbe  pay  of  tbu  ^avy  was  not  one  npon 
wbicb  tbe  department  coula  economize,  the  pay  of 
tbe  offlcera  and  men  being  fixed  by  law.  Mr.  Sar- 
gent said  "the  Committee  on  Appropriationa  nad 
carefully  examined  tbis  snbjeat,  and  bad  brought 
tbe  amount  down  to  tbe  lowest  figares.  The  amend- 
ment Of  the  comniittee  was  agreed  to  wlthpnt  din- 
siou. 

Other  amendments  of  the  oommictee  were  agreed 
to,  as  follows:  Appropriatins  f50,000  tat  tbe  care 
and  support  of  Indians  at  tbe  ITurC  Peck  Agency, 
and  various  small  sums  to  snpply  defloieaciea  la  tha 
service  of  surveying  public  lapus. 

Tbo  committee  reported  various  amendments  for 
expenaes  of  United  States  courts,  ificiudlng  tbe 
payment  of  bailiffs  and  criers.  District  Attorneys, 
witness'  fees,  inrors,  &c.,  amounting  in  the  aggre- 
gate to  1750,000,  which  were  agreed  to. 

Other  Hmendmeots  of  the  committee  were  agreed 
to  as  follows;  Appropriating  115,000  to  pay  lbs  ex- 
penses of  tbe  Silver  Commission  ;  f40,000  to  defrav 
the  expenses  incurred  by  tho  Committee  on  Prm- 
leges  and  Elections  of  tbe  Senate  in  making  the  In- 
vestigatiou  as  to  tbe  recent  election  in  various 
Southern  States  ;  (3,012  tor  the  payment  of  tbe  ex- 
penses of  inyestigaiion  in  regard  to  tbe  imou- 
gratiun  of  tho  Cninese  by  the  joint  committee  of 
the  two  houses  of  Congress  ;  and  |9,900  for  the  pay 
of  special  policemen  at  the  Capitol. 

Mr.  Blaine,  of  Maiue,  moved  to  amend  the  clause 
of  tbe  House  bill  in  regard  to  tbe  purchase  of 
Barelay^a  Digest,  so  as  to  provide  that.  In  future 
publications  uf  the  dlnest  by  the  Journal  Clerk  of 
the  House,  if  the  text  or  substantial  portions  of 
Barclay's  Digest  be  used,  the  author  aball  be  com- 
pensated lor  tbo  cupTrisbt. 

After  some  discussion,  Mr.  Blainb  withdrew  hia 
amendment,  and  Mr.  Wbytb,  of  Maryland,  sub- 
wiitso  one,  providing  tbat  the  text  nor  any  sob- 
staniial  part  of  the  compilation  of  John  M.  Barclay 
shall  be  used  unless  an  agreement  be  first  entered 
into  with  said  Barclay  for  tbe  use  of  bla  compiu^ 
tion  aa  copyrigbtea.    Bfiected. 

Mr.  Blainb  iben  renewed  his  amendment,  pro- 
vided that  if  the  text  or  substantial  portions  of 
Barclay's  Digest  shall  be  used  in  tbe  future  pnbli- 
catioDH  of  the  digest  by  tbe  House,  Mr.  Barclay 
shall  be  allowed  reasonable  copyright  compensatioa 
for  tbe  full  period  of  copyright  under  tbo  lav^s  of 
the  United  State*.      Agreed   to— yeas  S3,  naya  31. 

Mr.  Aluson,  of  Iowa,  submitted  an  amendment 
apprupnating  t7.000  to  pay  tbe  expenses  of  the 
Electoral  Commission.    Agreed  to. 

Tbe  bill  was  then  reported  to  the  Senate,  and  the 
amendments  made  in  Committee  of  the  "Whola  were 
concurred  in.  The  bill  waa  then  read  a  third  time 
and  passed, 

THE  BEVISED  STATUTES. 

Mr.  BOUTWELL,  of  MaEsaobusetts,  called  np  the 
Boose  bill  lu  perfect  tbe  Revised  Statutes  of  tbe 
United  States,  and  of  thu  Disirict  of  Columbia,  and 
explained  that  it  was  an  exact  copy  of  tbe  bill 
which  recently  passed  t>oth  houses,  but  which  was 
returned  by  tbe  President  with  bis  objections  to 
one  clause,  in  regard  to  advertising.  The  cUnse 
objected  to  had  been  atrnck  out  in  the  House  of 
Bopreaentatives.  Tbe  bill  was  then  paaseo. 
THE  NAVAL  APPKOPBIA.TION  BILL. 

Mr.  Saboent,  of  Caliloroia,  rbported  with  a  few 
amendmeuis  the  >iaval  Appropriation  bill,  and 
gave  notice  that  bo  «  pu.d  call  it  np  to-morrow  for 
Consideration.  Ordered  to  be  printed,  Tbe  Com- 
mittee on  Appropriations  add  to  tbe  amount  appro- 
priated by  the  House  of  Representative*,  a*  fol- 
lows :  Pur  pay  of  tho  Navv,  $1,070,0()0 ;  for  the 
equipment  of  vessels,  (270,000  ;  tur  aonatmoUoa 
aud  repairs,  |1,800,OPO;  lor  steam  engineering,  fl,- 
SUO.OOO;   for  expensas  of  recraiting,  $35,000;  for 

naval  laboratory,  SIS, 000;  and  tor  (.aval  boapitalt, 
$10,000. 

The  Senate  then  went  into  executive  session,  and 
when  the  doors  were  re-opened  at  ^dS,  took  a  reoass 
until  10  o'clock  to-morrow. 


HOUSE  OF  BEPBBSE27TATIYBS. 

;       THB   BUNBBT  CIVIL  APFBOPBIATIOII  BILL.  ^^ 

When  the  House  met,  at  10  o'clock,  it  went 
into  Committee  ol  the  Whole  (Mr.  Bnokner,  of 
Missouri,  in  the  Chair)  on  tbe  Sundry  Civil  Appro- 
priation blU.  There  being  manifestly  no  quorum 
preseni,  tbe  parasraphs  relating  to  tbe  publio  landa 
were  passed  over  for  tbe  present. 

Mr.  P.IPEB,  of  California,  moved  to  strike  put  the 
paragraph  appropriating  |SO,000  tor  the  Hayden 
Survey. 

Dunng  tbe  debate  Mr.  EuuNS,  of  New-Mexico, 
said  that  this  aarvey  was  cly  ordered  in  order  to 
pro-yide  a  nice  birth  for  tbe  sous  of  Congreaamen, 
to  which  Mr.  WILSON,  of  Iowa,  repliad  tbat  if  the 
gentleman  from  ^ew-Mexioo  kueir  of  a^y  snob 
case,  he  ahould  be  manly  enunjch  to  state  tne  name* 
of  the  Congressmen  for  whose  sons  tbe  aarvey  -waa 
ordered. 

By  unanimona  consent  the  oonsi^etaUOB  9f  tha 
paraeraph  was  poatponed.  , 

Mr.  Bankiho,  of  Ohio,  moved  to  indteaae  the  Ap- 
propriation for  the  oontintiauce  of  work  on  the  Post 
Office  building  at  Cincinnati,  Oaio,  from  $996,0(10  to 
f4UO,000.  He  spoke  in  ffvor  of  tba  amendmimt,  and 
said  tbat  it  would  be  true  economy  to  appropriate 
the  larger  aum,  which  would  enable  the  bnlldlBK  to 
be  finished  in  a  lUtle  more  th^n  a  yMr. 

Mr.  Chittsndxil  of  iNsw-Tork,  -tbooi^t  that  .tUs 
dallying  pouoy  ui  Consraas  bad  £U90  on  losg 
enough,  and  we  biuiainga  shoqid  peal^tk^ceom* 


==g=g==g'i  II.  ^m\  1-^, 

plated  or  abandoned.   Ha -weald  th«ri|iara  siOMrt 
thaamandfliMl.  "      .     '^ 

t>e  9vmim»nt  WM  agrwd  ta. 

Mr.  OKbill,  of  PenntirlvaDia.  made  a  siaiilat 
aBModaamu  in  raeitrd  ta  the  naw  Poat  Ofioa  la  'BbU- 
adelpfala. 

Mr.  BLiBBWW.  af  nUnala,  favored  th«  ammd 
mentv  nd  thogf  bt  tbftt  |he  P9U97  of  gUring  soanty 
•ppropriatioita  fat  tne  eompletton  of  pnbuo  build* 
inga  waa  PMv,  a«fl  nnl  ecopooiy.  CJbicag^,  on  ao> 
ooant  of  that  policy,  was  oompelled  to  rent  mere 
tdnder-boxea  in  which  to  traoaaat  her  public  bna^ 
neaa.  .  The  Democra^b  Party  bad  b«M  hguw  by 
that  system  of  eoonomiy. 

After  some    further  debate^   tbe  motion  was 


adopted. 

Cm  motion  of  Mr.  "IVilboit,  of  Wm|  .  . 

appropriation  tor  tbe  Post  OSioe  at  ParKerabnrg  wai 


motion  of  Mr.  Wilboit,  of  W«al  VlrglnJik,  tbe 


iJBoiwaaed  to  $10,900. 

The  oommittee  rose,  in  order  that  •  new  leglal» 
tive  day  might  commence. 

TQS  JTOBTHEBS  PACIHO  mil,«011>. 

Uf.  Lavb,  of  Ortgop,  Brea»qted  •  neBaoTtal  ef  the 
Board  of  Tirade  of  Poruana,  Oregon,  aaktog  for  an 

estpsnan  of  tine  fat  thaeompUftoB  ^  the  Xertheni 
Pacific  $ailroa4.   Itefarred. 

THB    8TATITB  OP  T.rBBBTT. 

Mr.  HEwrrr,  of  New-York,  from  the  Committee 
on  Foreign  Affairs,  reported  a  joint  reaoluiion 
anthorizinir  the  President  to  accent  tba  statue  at 
"  jUbrrfy  BDligbtening  tbe  -World  ""when  presented 
by  tbe  French  Bepublic,  and  to  designate  a  sul'able 
site  for  said  statue  on  either  Gk)veruor's  0^  Bedlof'l 
Island  in  the  harbor  of  Sew-Tork.    Passed. 

THE  CON8IDEBATION  OS  THE  SCNSBT  CIVIL  BIU 
BEBUMEO. 
The   House    then    went  into  Committee  of  th< 
Whole  on  the  Sundry  Civil    Appropriation   biUi 
Mr.  Bnokner,  of  JdLissourl.  in  the  obair. 

When  the  item  appropriating  $800,000  for  tbe  en. 
gra-ving  and  printing  of  bills,  Dond^  stamps,  ftc. 
Was  reached,  Mr.  ijDTTSSLb,  of  California,  moved  and 
advocated  an  amendment  providing  that  tbe  wurk 
shall  be  performed  in  the  Treasury  DeparimeBb 
He  Intimated  that  there  was  v  secret  in  regard  to 
the  motive  for  the  transfer  of  the  work  to  tbe  butk 
note  companies.  The  amendment  was  also  advooatwd 
by  Mr.  Banks,  of  Massiichuaetts. 

Finally  Mr.  Lnttrell's  amenUipeDt  was  adopted, 
witb  an  addirional  proviso  that  tbe  work  can  be 
done  at  the  Treasury  Deparrment  aa  cheaply,  as 
perfectly,  and  as  saiely. 

After  a  lunc  time  spent  in  discnsiion  and  votin( 
on  various  amendments  relating  to  tbeoaymentof 
expraaea  in  oonteaieu  «leoiiun  eases,  tbe  oouiisli>l*f 
reae  wiibont  having  dispoied  of  iha  biU. 

THE  PBOPOSED  ABCTIO  EXPEBXTIOIf. 

Mr.  WlLUB,  of  JNew-Terfc,  trom  the  Committee 
on  Naval  AUdirs,  reported  a  bill  antborizihg  tba 
equipment  of  an  expedition  to  the  Arotio  seaa.  Or- 
dered to  be  printed  and  recommitted. 

The  House  then,  at  4:30,  too^^  a  recea*  wapl  V 
o'clock  to-morrow. 


TMJE  CUNEIFORM  INSCRIPTIONS. 


LECTUBB    BEFORE     THE    AMERICAN    PHILOs 

LOGICAL     SOCIETY — THK     BKCENT   VJtRI- 

FIC.aTI02i  OF  THE  AKKADIAN  AtfD  EjA^-* 

LIBST  SEMITIC  TRADITIOKS. 

A  large  audience  was  assembled  on  Wednes- 
day evening  in  the  rooms  of  the  Ameriaan  f  liilo- 
logical  Society,  at  Cooper  Union,  te  listen  to  a  lec- 
ture delivered  by  Mr.  Charles  Sotheran,  entitled 
"  The  Becent  Verifiestion  of  the  Akkadian  and  Ear- 
liest Semitic  Traditions."  He  was  introduced  by  tha 
President,  Bev.  Aaron  I<Ioyd,  D.  D.,  aa  a  gentleman 
who  had  paid  conaiderable  attention  to  tha  origin 
of  the  earliar  dialects  and  myths  of  the  -freafern  por- 
tion of  the  Orient.  Mr.  Sotheran  aaid  that  for 
years  DMt  diiooverers  have  been  engaged  turning 
over  the  raina  and  moundn^f  Sontb-westem  Asia, 
tbe  home  of  the  Semitio-Bpeaking  tnbsa.  Front 
these  our  most  important  arts  aod  sciences  were 
derived,  and,  whether  in  tbe  Akkadian,  PhOBuician, 
or  Arabic  epoch,  humanity  was  the  debtor. 
Natural  aelection  alone  led  tbe  -Semite  on  to  bis 
tilompbs.  It  waa  claimed  by  many  etbnolozlcaii 
Students  that  one  of  the  nrehistoric  branphes  ot  tbe 
Semitic  family  had  a  superiority  so  great  that  it 
bad  been  termed  the  Mathematid ;  otbera  styled  it 
tbe  Builder  Baoe,  and  others  again  the  Akkad. 
With  it  priginat94  the  art  of  writing,  building  of 
pitiea,  the  institution  of  religioua  systems,  and  tba 

cultivation  of  all  sciences,  bnt  of  astronomv  in  par- 
ticular. Their  dialect  was  tbe  scientific  language 
of  tbe  Babylonians  long  after  Semitic  had  oeoome 
predominant.  Akkadian  was  the  language  ot  East- 
em  aclenca,  aa  Latin  waa  of  Furopean  dunng  me- 
disvallam.  end  also  as  tbe  eaoterio  language  waa  of 
the  Beni-Iarael,  who,  as  a  people,  spoke  no  other 
language  but  an  Arabic  patois.  Hebrew  was  only 
used  for  sacred  or  sacerdotal  purposes.  The  dls- 
ooteries  of  Botta  and  Layard  bad  unearthed  the 
most  ancient  literature  of  the  world.  Tbis  bad  ne- 
cessitated the  tranalation  of  the  Cuneiform  or  ar- 
row-headed writing  used  among  the  earliest  of  tha 
Mesopotamian  peoples.  U^rotefeud  was  the  first  to 
learn  the  key  to  the  charactera,  and  Rawilnson  and 
Oppert  bad  succeeded  in  further  elacidating  the 

nroblem.  It  was  i^  discovery  aa  great  as  tbat  of  tb^ 
Bo^etta  itone.  Claorga  Smith,  however,  had  tha 
honor  of  the  most  important  philological  verifica- 
tion of  modem  times.  Before  tne  Chaldean  Abra- 
ham had  left  Ur-Cbasidim,  the  Izdubar  traditions 
narrating  the  story  of  the  flood  were  in  existence. 
Tnree  bnndrad  years   before   the  foundling    ifosas 

was  lett  to  float  on  the  Nile,  what  is  now  termed 
tbe  "Mosaic  Cosmogony"  conld  be  read  in  Baby- 
lonian libraries.  Tbe  Fall  of  Man,  Bel  «nd  tba 
Draeon,  and  the  Tower  of  Babel  theories  were  then 
in  many  an  A»yrian  city.  Most  of  (be  lablaa  at- 
tributed to  .^30[>  were  m  existence  long  anterior  to 
his  time.  All  these  were  Akkadian  in  origin,  aud  tba 
original  tablets,  or  copies  certified  hundreds  of  years 
before  our  era,  are  yet  iu  exiatence.  Mr.  ^u}therau 
quoted  pre-Christian  and  pagan  writers  in  reerenoe 
to  tbe  disperaion  of  the  races  in  conjunction  with 
the  buiidiui!  of  Babel.  Drawings  of  tbe  original 
tower  as  it  now  exists  were  exhibited,  and  a  % uotA- 
tion  was  made  from  a  Cuoeitprm  inscription  to 
»how  that  Nebuchadnezzar  bad  ouilt  a  temple  neai 
the  site  of  tbe  old  edifice.  Tbis  was  then  known  aa 
"  The  House  of  the  beyen  Lights,''  and  was  dadi- 
cated  to  the  seven  mystical  planets.  Babel  was  an 
observatory.  Tbe  lecturer  entered  pretty  exten- 
sively into  tbe  question  of  ancient  astronomy,  and 
claimed  tbat  the  telescope  was  kno<*n  at  least  3.00| 
years  before  the  time  ot  Galileo.  He  quoted  IsD^- 
olicbus,  flutarch,  and  other  writers  to  prove  this. 
Telescope  lenaea  and  sodiacal  astrolabes  Lave  been 
found  in  ¥ioeveb.  A  statement  of  Boineois  showed 
that  the  clay  tablets  recordiosr  ancient  astronomical 
calonlations  were  known  Oy  the  Greeki  to  be  in  use 
among  the  Chaldeans.  These  tiies,  made  of  baked 
clay  or  terra-cutta,  record  mathemacioal  problems 
so  abstrnse  tbat  tbey  would  pux9le  a  Cambrid^a 
Wrangler.  By  the  aid  ot  a  chart  the  earbest 
numerals  known,  and  wbicb  were  used  by  cha 
Akkad,  were  explained.  These  were  the  fonnda- 
Uon  of  the  later  Boman  and  Arabic  figures.  Tbe 
account  of  tbe  Aasyiiaa  libraries  waa  moat 
Interesting.  Asbur-Bani-Pal,  the  Sardanaoalus 
of  the  Greeks,  waa  one  of  tha  greatest 
natrons  of  ancient  literature.  Tbe  collection  at 
booEs  in  his  great  library  at  Nineveh  oated  back 
thousands  of  years.  Most  of  tbese  have  been  re- 
moved to  tbe  British  Museum.  Ths  civili^auoa  of 
the  Graetcs  was  due  to  tne  earber  Samites.  Mr. 
Sotheran  contested  Max  Mililer'a  atatemtat  thai 
tbe  Cuneiform  inscriptions  -were  of  use  only  for 
historical  verification.  By  thair  aid  the  {iresent 
contest  between  tbeoloey  and  science  cnald  be  in  a 
great  measure  harmonized.  The  story  of  tbe  Deluge 
is  a  national  epic  of  3,000  llnaa,  and  was  composed 
2,000  years  beiore  Cnrist.  The  bero  pf  tba 
poem  is  the  Ninevite  Hercules.  Izdubar  ia 
the  Biblical  Nimrod.  By  thia  cop^ipo^iuon  U19 
Chaldean  Hasisadra  is  identified  witn  tbe  Greek 
Zisltburus  and  tbe  Hebrew  Noati.  In  tbe  fijod 
legends  tbe  sea  ia  called  liatnat  or  the  Dragon. 
Tree  and  serpent  worship  enters  largely  into  ihe 
poem.  The  mythical  Cannes  of  Berosus  is  another 
form  of  the  story.  Tbe  Akkaaian  fiopd  traduiun  is 
the  same  as  the  Hebrew,  but  the  one  is  polytheistic 
and  tbe  other  mpnQtbeutic.  The  earliest  Semiiio 
traditioDB  accept  the  evolution  doctrine.  The  Vedas, 
the  old  Bdda,  Aristophanes,  and  Iiucretiua  were 
other  authorities  quuUtd  in  favor  of  the  anoi«n( 
general  acceptation  of  tbe  theory.  The  MiUrash 
dearly  shows  tbe  Israelites  believed  it.  The  story 
of  the  creation  was  the  great  feature  of  tbe  Cunei- 
form tablets,  and  tbe  time  will  come  when  tbey  will 
be  conaidered  a  crucial  factor  in  the  philpiiaphiea  pf 
tbe  fatore.  Tn  oonclasion,  Mr.  Sotheran  stated  ttiat 
the  Akkadian  corroboration  of  tho  Semitic  legend* 
and  soieutifio  verification,  by  both  of  which  wa  ca^ 
delve  deeper  into  a  remoter  past,  have  tbe  stroogesS 
ppBSible  coDnsotion.  Both  relate  the  same  facta. 
The  lectaire  was  ilsteoed  to  with  the  greateat  at- 

tentioo,  more  partionlarly  tbe  matter  introOaoad  rs- 
laiing  to  tne  Aryan  and  Semitlo  philological  dlvl. 
slons  and  stnigglei.  Diagrama  and  enlarged  oopie« 
of  Babylonian  and  Aasyriaa  aignat  oylindars  greatly 
faciiltated  tbe  explanaiions. 


VVAPPEEQIATED  HEROISM. 
"*  The  Chicago  Inter-Oeean  saya  :  "Weoneada^ 
evening  an  almost  tragic  episode  took  place  on  tix% 
oomer  of  Clark  and  ladiana  streets.  Two  ladist 
attempted  to  9rea«  the  wowded  atxeeta  to  gat  on  a 
far.  In  thair  hurry,  not  notUiag  the  advwoe  ef  a^ 
express  wagon  imtil  too  late,  the  horses  knookel 
ovar  one,  bat  fortunately  In  auob  a  way  that  ah| 
eseaped ;  but  the  latter,  leas  lucky,  hit  by  the  90i9, 
was  thrown  under  the  horsea'  teet,  and  mlghi  have 
bees  inataatly  killed  U  Mr.  Merrill  Spaiding,  whs 
was  about  to  get  on  th*  atme  o<ur,  had  not  wits 
great  presence  of  mind  forced  the  horses  back  wi  h 
si^e  am,  and  wUb  the  other  dragged  tke  ladv  fraa 
her  dsngeroiw  piMltion.  The  whale  affiiir  was  o-r«t 
Within  a  mlnaie^  and  without  a  Atud  tenainatton, 
owing  to  the  perMPsl  doorage  aad  nhysloal  streogtl 
displayed  by  the  afbrttaaid  gentleman.  Under  oft 
dioarr  aUenmatavea*  nix>h  night  nave  srawa  oat 
oftbii  adveptare,  and  vlaiona  of  a  xiol^  father, 
gtatef ol  Boolaii  only  ohlid,  'take  all  I  have,'  'okaei 
you,  my  ehildwu,'  <l^c..  floated  tbreiich  yeuvg  14bv 
Merrill  SpaldUig'a  mind.  Bat  alaa  tar  tbe  vooas 
woman,  gha  eaaae  oat  of  Uw  aeeUUot  tike  a  fcsali 
catsaionntk  ami  exbi^tod  soeu  a  ftcoM  twUaauea 
to  hold  Mr.  Mjirrai  Sptddtag  aeraonaUy  reaponaifais 
fertkeeDUseaooUaM  that  tha jfWULBMt  tetdtta 
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The  argnments  on  the  Oregon  case  were 
fonolnded  yesterday  and  the  Commission 
Adjoomed  with  the  understanding  that  a 
vo-te  would  be  taken  at  4  o'clock  to-day.  It 
■vrould  be  an  insult  to  the  intelligence  of  the 
I^^^jo^ity  of  the  Commission  to  assume 
>iiat  there  can  be  any  doubt  as  to  the 
result,  though  the  lateness  of  their 
decision  excites  apprehension  on  other 
ETonnds.  The  Joint  Convention  cannot  take 
up  the  Oregon   decision  till  to-morrow,  and 

the  extremists  in  the  House  may  again  suc- 
ceed in  wasting  a  day  or  two  by  a  repetition 
of  the  fillibustering  tactics  which  have 
already  been  successfully  employed  to  gain 
time.  South  Carolina  must  go  to  the 
Coramission  a&  a  matter  of  form,  and 
as  the  end  of  the  session  is  perilously  near,, 
tb.e  country  has  simply  the  slender  gaaran- 
t'ae  of  Democratic  good  faith  that  the  count 
^win  be  completed  before  the  4th  of  March. 
"Were  either  honesty  or  manliness  a  controll- 
ing forcem  the  Democratic  Party  the  danger 
of  fatal  delay  would  be  a  purely  visionary 
one.  As  partisan  rancor  and  time-serving 
expediency  dispute  for  mastery  among  the 
Buppdrtera  of  Tildex,  anxiety  about  the 
events  of  next  week  is  not  altogether  mis- 
ulaoed. 

Tho  favorite  occupation  of  the  political 
^quidnuncs  at  the  present  time  is  to  indulge 
m  speculation  about  the  probable  com- 
plesTion  of  President  Hayes'  Cabinet.  The 
auTaber  of  people  who  profess  to  speak  with 
aa'thority  on  this  subject  is  perfectly  be- 
■VUdering,  and  the  confidence  of  their  asser- 
l^ions  is  usually  in  inverse  ratio  to  the  extent 
'jf  their  opportunities  for  gaining  informa- 
tion. Two  things  may  be  taken  for  granted 
in  tMs  connection  :  First,  that  while  Gten. 
HaYbs  will  be  found  extremely  ready  to 
listfen  to  suggestions  about  the  selection  of 
hir*  advisers,  he  wiU  be  very  likely  to  keep 
Ms  own  counsel  until  the  time  arrives 
V/hen  he  is  perfectly  prepared  to  take 
/che  entire  country  into  his  confidence ; 
and  second,  that  when  the  name 
of  &aj  person  is  set  down  with 
great  cefrtainty  as  "  booked  "  for  a  given 
position,  the  announcement  is  pretty  sure 
to  be  a'device  on  the  part  of  that  person  or 
his  &iends  to  advertise  his  claims  in  ad- 
vaii«s.  All  Cabinet  gossip  is  at  best,  there- 
fore, mere  rumor  and  surmise,  and  its 
chi>3f  interest  consists  in  sho  wing  the  pub- 
lic how  numerous  and  pressing  are  the  per- 
Bonal  and  sectional  influences  which  Presi- 
dent  Hayes  will  be  compelled  to  disap- 
Voint. 


That  the  Cabinet  when  authoritatively 
annoonced,  will  satisfy  public  expectation, 
we  have  no  manner  of  doubt.  That  it  will 
dis^.ppoint  a  good  many  political  managers, 
who  have  heretofore  been  allowed  a 
potential  voice  in  the  party  councils, 
niay  be  asserted  with  equal  confidence. 
Oertain  Senators  who  have  carried  the  Fed- 
eral patronage  of  great  States  in  their  pock- 
ets are  likely  to  waken  up  ere  long  to  a  per- 
ception of  the  fact  that  the  incoming  Ad- 
ministration will  not  be  quite  so  ductile  in 
the  matter  of  appointments  as  the  outgoihg 
cno»  Whatever  faults  or  shortcomings 
President  Hayes  may  exhibit,  he  is  not  the 
type  of  man  who  wQl  care  to  shelter  himself 
behind  the  plea  of  bad  advice.  His  aQl» 
will  be  emphatically  his  own  ;\  the  fruit  of 
v.xamination,  reflection,  and  judgment, 
which  he  is  not  at  all  likely  to  take  at  sec- 
ond hand.  In  dealing  with  the  minor  ai>- 
pomtmeats,  heretofore  controlled  by  a  sort 
of  patronage  ring  m  the  Senate,  this  char- 
actezistio  of  the  next  President  will,  donbt^ 

less,  be  as  olearly  defined  as  la  relation  to 
^he  a«^leotion  of  the  officers  of  his   Cabinet. 


l^e  eagerness  with  which  the  Demoeratio 
'>rg|,-an8  assure  their  readers  that  the  letter 
o£  Mr.  TtLDEN  puts  an  end  to  all  sospioioa 
e^nt  hia  connection  with  the  Oregon  plot^ 
ii  xafther  amusing.  Suppose  we  substitnte 
tbr  Mr.  Tiu>sit  in  this  job  the  name  of 
QSMliu  A»4  fBtPMUOM  tha  babm  ol 


Babcock.  What  a  howl  of  Demoeratio 
indignatioQ  we  should  have  bad  over 
the  pablioation  of  the  cipher  dispatches, 
and  what  a  chorus  of  derisive  abuse  over 
the  brasen  effrontery  of  the  venal  nstrper 
who  had  professed  ignorance  of  dispatches 
written  in  his  own  library,  and  of  corrupt 
bargains  settled  with  hia  own  money.  And 
yet  the  World,  which  skrieked  "At  Last," 
and  demanded  impeachment  when  it 
was  shown  that  the  Secret  Service 
fund  had  been  ostensibly  employed  to  pro-i^ 
tect  the  ballot-box  in  New-York,  thinks 
that  Mr.  Tilden's  "plain  and  peremptory 
denial"  should  "  satisfy  all  impartial  per- 
sons," while  that  journalistic  nondescript 
the  Springfield  Bepuhlioan  is  able  to 
announce  this  startling  conclusion:  "He 
[Ttldek]  has  both  in  the  conclusion  and  in 
the  progress  of  the  canvass  lifted  up  his 
party,  and  helped  to  give  it  a  higher  moral 
standing  and  power  than  it  seemed  possible 
the  Democratic  Party  of  Buchanan  and 
Floyd,  of  Jefferson  Davis  and  Willi.^m 
W.  Eaton  could  ever  reach  again."  The 
force  of  idiocy  or  of  impudence  could  not 
much  farther  go. 


The  consideration  by  the  House  of  the 
comprehensive  Sundry  Civil  Service  Appro- 
priatiou  bill  yesterday,  did  not  promise 
"well  for  a  speedy  passage  of  the  great  ap- 
propriation bills.  There  was  an  undiffui- 
fied  squabble  over  the  clause  appropriating 
$50,000  for  the  Hayden  survey,  one 
speaker  charging  that  the  work  was 
only  ordered  to  provide  nice  places 
for  sons  of  Congressmen.  Then  Eepre- 
sentatives  from  various  States  at- 
tacked provisions  for  completing  public 
buildings  at  different  poin  ts,  each  one  being 
determined  to  increase  the  appropriation 
for  his  own  district,  whatever  might  become 
of  those  for  other  localities.  It  is  noticea- 
ble that  the  members  treated  all  of  these 
minor  matters  just  as  though  they  were  at 
the  beginning  of  a  session,  instead  of  at  its 
close.  If  this  is  what  is  meant  by  "  a  care- 
ful scrutiny"  of  the  appropriation  bills,  not 
one  of  those  now  pending  will  survive  the 
operation  and  be  able  to  get  through  Con- 
gress at  this  session. 

'  There  is  nothing  in  the  speech  of  the 
Emperor  of  Ctermany  to  guide  those  who  are 
anxionsly  searching  for  some  indication  of 
German  policy  in  the  East.  There 
is  no  trace  of  Bismarck's  almost 
brutal  frankness  in  the  diplomatic  ad- 
dress of  the  Emperor  to  the  Keichstag. 
Two  points  are  insisted  upon:  Christian 
subjects  in  Turkey  must  be  protected  and 
the  peace  of  Enrope  must  be  preserved. 
But  in  case  of  a  failure  to  secure  the  first, 
Germany  will  give  up  the  second  point  with 
reluctance.  In  any  event,  the  Government 
will  continue  to  exert  its  influence  in  behalf 
of  the  Christians  in  Turkey. 


A  TECHNICAL  FLEA  FOR  FRAUD. 

The  purely  technical  argument  of  the 
Democratic  counsel  in  the  Oregon  case  on 
Wednesday  was  ably,  boldly,  and  clearly 
answered  yesterday.  The  Democrats,  at 
the  opening  of  the  case,  felt  the  peculiar  in- 
felicity of  their  position  in  being  obliged  to 
abandon  the  contention  which  they  had 
made  in  the  previous  cases,  that  what  they 
desired  was  the  truth  and  the  "very 
right,''  no  matter  what  mere  forms  of  law 
stood  in  the  way,  and  to  demand  that  the 
Commission  should  give  them  the  full  ad- 
vantage of  the  forms,  no  matter  how  little 
title  they  had  in  the  substance.  They  en- 
deavored to  cover  their  embarrassment  by 
specious  protestations  of  their  love  of  jus- 
tice and  right,  but,  as  a  matter  of  fact, 
they  were  obliged,  as  soon  as  it  came  to 
argument,  to  fall  back  on  the  barest  and 
narrowest  technicalities. 

They  could  not  deny  that  the  Republican 
ticket  received  a  decisive  and  considerable 
majority  of  the  popular  vote  ;  that  the  will 
of  the  people,  as  expressed  at  the  polls,  was 
clearly  in  favor  of  giving  the  Electoral  vote 
of  the  State  to  Hayes  ;  and  they  made  no 
pretense  that  the  election  was  unfairly  con- 
ducted, or  that  the  result  was  tainted,  in 
the  slightest  degree,  with  fraud,  corruption, 
or  violence.  They  contented  themselves 
with  the  following  argument:  One  of 
the  Bepublican  Electors  was  ineligible  ;  the 
Electorscould  not  act  without  the  Governor's 
certificate  ;  the  Governor  decided  that  on 
account  of  the  Bepublican's  ineligibility 
his  rival,  Cronin,  was  elected,  and  gave 
him  the  certificate ;  Cronin  required  that 
the  others  should  act  with  him,  and  they 
would  not ;  he  then  became  the  Electoral 
College,  and  filled  the  places  of  the  other 
two  Electors,  and  the  three,  getting  another 
certificate  from  the  Governor,  voted,  and 
their  vote  is  the  vote  of  the  State.  This 
was  in  brief  the  Democratic  argument. 
There  is  nowhere  in  it  any  pretense  of  a 
basis  in  the  popular  will.  It  all  turns  on 
the  Governor's  right,  because  he  had  the 
might,  to  determine  the  result. 

Bat  this  argument  is  as  weak  as  it  is 
technical.  It  has  no  more  foundation  in 
law  than  in  fact.  It  is  wrong  in  its  as- 
samption  concerning  the  power  and  func- 
tion of  the  Governor  and  the  effect  of  his 
certificate,  and  wrong  in  its  assumption 
concerning  the  power  possessed  by  C  ronin 
and  the  effect  of  his  demand  on  the  Oregon 
Electors  and  of  his  pretended  appointments. 
In  the  first  place,  the  certificate  of  the  Gov- 
ernor is  not  necessary  to  the  legal  action  of 
the  Electors.  It  is  simply  a  declaration  of 
the  fact  of  their  appointment,  to  be  based 
on  the  determination  of  the  officer  or 
officers  having  the  authority  to  canvass 
the  election.  It  can  be  overthrown  by 
being  shown  to  be  a  false  declaration 
and  not  based  on  the  canvass.  In  this  case 
Gov.  Qboveb's  certificate  was  thus  over- 
thrown by  the  papers  submitted  with  the 
vote  of  the  legal  Electors,  since  those  pa- 
pers included  the  certification  of  the  actual 
canvass  by  the  Secretary  of  State,  who  was 
the  canvassing  authority.  This  canvass  was 
wholly  contrary  to  the  Gtovernor's  certifi- 
cates, and  the  latter  must,  therefore,  }  ield 
wholly  to  the  former. 

In  the  next  place,  the  Governor  had  no 
authority  to  decide  who  wA  or  was  not 
eligible,  or  what  effect  was  produced  by  in- 
eligibility. The  Democrats  claimed  that 
his  certificate  was  in  the  natard  of  a  com- 
mission, but  wherever  a  Governor  is  required 
to  issue  a  commission  his  duty  is  distinctly 
specified.  There  is  no  law  of  Oregon  which 
imposes  on  the  Ctovernor  the  duty  of  com- 
missioning Electors  for  President  and  Vice 
President.  There  is  no  law  of  the  United 
States  making  such  a  requirement.  The 
action  of  the  Governor,  therefore,  in 
to  dA«id«  tiit  aoaatioa  of  inaiiffi> 


bility.  and  of  its  effect,  waa  purely  volon- 
tary  and  unauthorized,  and  his  decision 
was  of  no  more  weight  than  that  of  a  pri- 
vate citizen.  Cronin's  acts  derived  no 
validity  from  those  of  the  Governor,  and 
if  he  had  pftetented  himself  at  the  Electoral 
College  with  a  certificate  fit>m  Judge  Hoad- 
LEY,  that  his  competitor's  ineligibility  re- 
sulted in  bis  election,  he  would  have  bad 
jhstasmnch  right  to  turn  out  the  legal 
Electors  and  to  assume  to  replace  them 
with  his  own  appointees  as  he  had  under 
the  authority  of  Mr.  Grove  r. 

Finally,  even  if  CKONjN^bad  been  a 
legally-appointed  Elector,  ^e  mwe  physical 
fact  that  be  had  possession  of  the  Gov- 
ernor's certificate  did  not  give  him  any 
right  to  dictate  that  the  other  Electors 
should  conform  to  his  directions.  If  the 
Governor's  certificate  with  his  name  in  it 
was  worth  anything,  the  fact  that 
the  names  of  the  others  were 
there  also  was  worth  just  as  much, 
If  their  refusal  to  act  with  him  made  their 
places  vacant,  his  refusal  to  act  with  them 
vacated  his  own.  By  the  Governor's 
original  certificate  they  were  acknowledged 
to  be  legally-appointed  Electors,  and  they 
were  the  majority  of  the  college.  When 
they  proceeded  to  fill  a  vacancy ,  and  Cronin 
assumed  to  do  the  same,  their  authority 
must  be  accepted  as  greater  than  his — the 
majority  must  overrule  the  minority.  Even 
on  the  Democrats'  own  showing,  therefore, 
the  technical  as  well  as  the  substantial  au- 
thority is  all  on  the  side  of  the  Hayes 
Electors, 

The  arguments  of  the  Democrats  are 
quibbles  which  a  careful  examination 
brushes  away.  It  required  a  good  deal  of 
impudence  to  submit  them;  but  that,  of 
course,  was  no  hindrance  in  the  present 
case.  A  party  that  could  afford  to  push 
forward  as  their  representative  a  man  as 
openly  and  completely  disgraced  as  Senator 
Kelly,  could  afford  to  stand  on  pure  petti- 
fogging, even  before  the  great  tribanal  that 

is  sitting  in  this  cask.  But  it  is  evident 
that  the  interest  of  the  Democrats  in  the 
matter  is  slackening.  They  have  dismissed 
their  expensive  and  pretentious  counsel, 
and  fallen  back  on  third-rate  men.  They 
do  not  appear  to  expect  mach  from  their 
lawyers'  arguments,  and  they  are  not  likely 
to  be  disappointed. 


HATES  AND  TILDEN. 

Never  perhaps  since  the  origin  of  the 
Government  has  there  been  such  a  striking 
contrast  between  rival  candidates  for  the 
Presidency  as  between  Hayks  and  Tilden. 
They  represent  two  opposite  types  of  politi- 
cal training.  Each  is  the  impersonation  of 
the  distinct  methods  or  forces  employed  or 
at  work  in  American  politics  since  parties 
began  to  exist 

Hayes  is  all  candor  and  openness ;  Til- 
den is  all  cunning  and  concealment.  The 
former  does  directly  and  in  the  light  of  day 
what  conscience  commands;  the  latter,  by 
indirection  and  stealth,  what  interest 
prompts.  Tildkn's  methods  of  secrecy  and 
deception  never  permit  him  to  make  known 
his  real  thoughts  ;  Hayes'  frankness  never 
snfiers  him  to  make  known  anything  else. 
The  one  utters  alood  and  in  the  presence 
of  others  his  opinions  on  all  proper  subjects 
of  discussion ;  the  other  confidentially,  in 
whispers,  and  with  many  an  aside,  eva- 
sively insinuates  what  may  be  interpreted 
to  suit  the  exigencies  of  the  times.  The 
one  aims  to  be  what  he  seems ;  the  other 
strives  to  seem  what  he  is  not.  . 

The  methods  of  action  of  the  two  men  are 
as  opposite  as  their  principles.  Hayes  be- 
lieves that  a  sense  of  right  and  a  love  of  jus; 
tice  sways  the  majority  of  mankind,  and 
hence  that  to  control  them  we  most  con- 
vince their  reason.  Tilden  assumes  that 
interest  and  passion  move  the  majority, 
that  money  is  the  great  motor,  trick- 
ery the  engine,  deception  the  tender, 
and  hatred  and  malice  the  fuel 
that  propel  the  popular  engine.  Hence  the 
nnprecedented  expenditure  of  money  by  a 
Presidential  candidate,  the  evasiveness  of 
his  public  utterances,  the  cipher  dispatches, 
the  secret  agents  traveling  under  assumed 
names,  the  attempts  at  bribery,  and  the 
fanning  the  fast  dying  oat  fires  of 
civil  strife.  The  electioneering  methods  of 
Tilden  receive  further  illustration  from 
the  ballot-box  frauds  of  1868,  for 
which  he.  was  held  personally  re- 
sponsible by  men  of  character  and 
standing.  Hayes'  method  of  election- 
eering is  to  live  an  upright  private  and 
public  life,  to  think  and  act  up  to  the  best 
thought  and  light  of  to-day,  to  buUd  up  the 
best  character  that  he  can,  and  then  let  that 
and  his  deeds  plead  his  cause.  This  method 
of  honor  and  truth  renders  unnecessary 
cipher  telegrams,  secret  circulars  or  con- 
ferences, manj-named  agents,  money  in 
barrels  or  on  draft  or  appeals  to  the  linger- 
ing disloyalty  of  the  land. 

In  the  coarse  of  these  two  candidates  we 
have  had  a  fair  test  of  the  comparative 
worth  of  honesty  and  craft  in  a  contest  for 
the  Presidency.  Crafib  will  gain  points  at 
Mihe  outset ;  honesty  will  gain  honors  and 
rewards  at  the  end.  Craft  may  be 
so  cunning  as  to  deceive  ♦for  a  time 
the  very  elect;  honesty  cannot,  be 
so  guileless  as  to  eive  the  victor's  crown  to 
anv  but  the  veritably  elected.  Craft 
crops  out  too  mnch  and  too  soon  to  mis- 
lead the  wary.  Honesty  bears  fruit  in  time 
to  make  known  to  the  wise  the  quality  of 
the  tree.  Craft  seldom  wins  success  in  the 
present  and  never  in  the  future.  Upright- 
ness generally  attains  the  highest  success, 
and  what  is  better,  always  deserves  it. 
The  machinations  ot  Tilden,  the  politician, 
have  not  proved  a  match  for  the  simple  ad- 
herence to  duty  of  Hayks,  the  unselfish 
soldier  and  upright  citizen.  Let  aspiring  men 
learn  this  easy,  though  paradoxical  lesson 
— that  the  way  to  reach  the  Presidency  is 
never  to  seek  it,  and  the  way  to  lose  it  is  to 
scheme  and  plot  for  it)  after  the  manner  of 
the  trading  politicians. 


■^.^^■ 


MR  LONGFELLOW  AT  THREESCORE 
4JffD  TEN. 
The  near  approach  of  the  time — the  27th 
of  February  —  when  Mr.  Longfellow, 
crowned  with  the  highest  honors  of  litera- 
ture, shall  have  reached  the  fullness  of  years 
permittfld  to  men,  reminds  us  of  what  he 
has  done  and  for  what  we  are  indebted 
to  him.  In  Eogland  he  stands  next  to 
Tennyson,  if  not  l>efore  him,  as  the  poet  of 
the  people,  and  there  is  no  poet  among  our- 
selves whose  works  are  so  widely  known 
or  who  has  in  the  same  degree 
transformed  the  admiration  for  Jiis  genius 
into  lore  for  tha  man  hinifialf.    This  ia  dua 


to  the  fact  that  Mr.  LoNGFELtow  has  al- 
lowed his  personal  poems  to  centre  ohhsfly 
in  the  affections  of  home  and  family  life. 
Though  a  large  part  of  his  poetry  is  con- 
cerned with  foreign  subjeots  and  transla- 
tions, the  rule  of  the  heart  is  felt  in  every- 
thing he  has  written.  In  language  smooth 
and  flexible,  but  never  strained — ^raised 
only  to  that  point  where  imagination  makes 
it  the  vehicle  of  beautifal  sentiment  or 
passionate  emotion — be  touches  the  hearts 
of  his  readers  because  he  has  spoken  the  im- 
pressions and  convictions  of  his  own  life. 
He  has  written  nothing  which  either  friend 
or  foe  could  regret,  and,  while  never  a  radi- 
cal in  politics  or  religion,  has  always  stool 
on  the  side  of  humanity  and  justice  in 
questions  of  the  day.  If  his  reputation 
needed  a  broader  basis  than  the  poetry  of 
sentiment,  his  translation  of  Dante  displays 
the  happy  combination  of  scholarship  with 
poetic  genius,  and  has  given  him  a 
European  reputation.  Besides  all  which 
may  be  said  of  his  public  work,  the  modesty 
and  humility  of  one  whose  acquaintance 
distinguished  foreigners  when  among  us 
have  sought  as  a  personal  favor,  shows  that 
the  man  himself  is  more  than  his  writings, 
and  that  they  are  the  proper  and  legitimate 
outcome  of  a  noble  and  finely-tempered  life. 
If  those  who  make  the  people's  songs 
exert  a  stronger  influence  upon  national 
character  than  those  who  make  the  laws, 
Mr.  LosrGPBLLOW  is  a  national  treasure. 
Cambridge  may  give  him  a  house  to  live  in, 
even  the  historic  home  of  Washington, 
but  every  house  in  tlie  land  gives  him  a 
welcome.  Averse  as  Mr.  Longfellow  is 
known  to  be  to  public  tributes  to 
himself,  his  approaching  birthday  wiU 
not  probably  be  observed  outside  the  circle 
of  his  personal  friends ;  but  the  public  has 
too  large  an  interest  in  him  to  allow  this 
memorable  event  to  pass  by  unrecognized. 
The  New-York  Historical  Society,  in 
this  City,  has  just  honored  itself  by  sus- 
pending  its   rules   and   making   him    an 

honorary  member  by  acclamation.  The 
poets  themselves  are  already  singing  their 
characteristic  tributes  to  this  venerable 
brother  who  only  stands  secOnd  to  the  more 
venerable  and  equally-honored  Bryant 
because  he  came  later  into  the  wo^ld.  And 
there  is  a  spontaneous  feeling  of  latitude 
and  satisfaction  wheresoever  his  name  is 
known  that  age  has  not  changed  the  qual- 
ity of  his  verse  nor  the  traditions  of  men 
worn  down  the  personal  vitality  of  the 
man.  So  many  things  crowd  upon  one's 
time,  and  Mr.  Longfellow  is  so  constantly 
speaking  to  us  in  new  poems,  as  mellow  in 
tone  as  they  are  fresh  in  thought  and  feel- 
ing, that  it  is  difficult  to  think  of  him  as  a 
snow-crowned  man  at  three-score  and  ten, 
and  we  are  certain  that  thousands  will 
join  us  in  the  hope  that  many 
years  of  healthy  and  joyous  activity 
are  yet  before  him.  The  strength  of  a 
country  is  in  its  illustrious  men,  and  no  one 
has  done  more  to  exalt  the  American  name, 
at  home  and  abroad  than  Mr.  LoNGrBLLOw. 
He  has  made  himself  the  poet  of  the  people 

everywhere.    He  has  stood  faithfully  by 

the  plain  and  honest  virtues  of  life  ;  he  has 

taught  men  the  purity  and  sacredness  of 
home.  And  his  long  life  of  public  usefulness 
is  all  the  more  to  be  honored  because  he  has 
always  been  contented  with  the  position  of 
a  private  citizen. 


THE  LATEST  INDIAN  FAMINE. 

For  the  third  time  within  ten  years  the 
British  Government  has  to  grapple  with 
another  terrible  famine  in  India.  If  these 
awful  visitations  are  to  come  upon  the 
people  of  India  in  cycles  of  three  years,  and 
high  authorities  have  expressed  the  opinion 
that  this  is  not  at  all  an  improbable  con- 
tingency, the  difficulties  of  governing  that 
vast  Empire  will  become  rather  appalling. 
Befoie  Great  Britain  came  to  be  looked  upon, 
as  she  is  now,  as  the  responsible  guardian 
of  the  whole  people  of  Hindostan,  famines 
were  no  doubt  just  as  common,  but  the 
world  knew  little  or  nothing  about  them. 
In  the  separate  provinces,  and  under  the 
rule  of  native  Princes,  who  wore  not  only 
despotic  but  indifferent  to  the  dictates 
of  humanity,  the  people  were  allowed 
to  live  as  best  they  could,  and  they 
died  by  thousands  without  the  least 
effort  being  made  to  relievo  them. 
Such  a  state  of  things  is  impossible  now. 
Even  although  the  British  Government 
might  not  be  technically  wrong  in  refusing 
to  make  great  efforts  to  relieve  the  dis- 
tressed and  starving  subjects  of  some  semi- 
independent  Prince,  the  very  semblance  of 
indifference  would  drive  from  power  the 
strongest  Government,  whether  Liberal  or 
Conservative.  This  responsibility  is  now 
universally  felt,  and  under  its  pressure  the 
authorities  in  India,  most  loyally  backed  up 
by  the  Home  GJovernment,  have  made,  and 
are  making,  groat  efforts  to  cope  with  the 
fearful  famine   now  raging  in   the  Deccan. 

They  are  profiting  by  the  terrible  experi- 
ences of  the  past,  and  by  the  gross  blunders 
committed  by  the  Government  of  Ben- 
gal in  1865-6,  when  the  frightful 
famine  in  "Orissa  swept  away  more 
than  half  a  million  people.  When  the 
famine  of  1873-4  visited  Bengal,  and 
brought  death  from  starvation  to  the 
doors  o^  nearly  10,000,000  of  people,  vigor- 
ous steps  were  at  once  taken  to  grapple 
with  the  emergency.  The  people  of  Eng- 
land, quick  to  relieve  those  people  on 
whom  fell  terrible  calamities,  organized 
^committees  all  over  the  country,  and  col- 
-lected  milioDS  of  dollars.  In  the  mean- 
while the  authorities  in  India  were  not 
idle.  Thev  grappled  at  once  firmly  and 
wisely  with  the  difficulty.  All  who 
were  able  to  work  were  employed 
on  public  works,  and  the  feeble, 
the  women,  and  the  children  were 
cared  for  by  the  authorities.  So  admirable 
•were  the  plans  devised  by  Sir  Richard 
Temple,  Sir  Grorok  Campbicix,  and  others, 
that  only  a  few  deaths  from  actual  starva- 
tion were  recorded.  Indeed,  it  is  questiona- 
ble if  this  famine  was  not  a  material  bless- 
ing in  disguise.  It  is  ceriain  that  but  for 
such  a  desolation  several  important  sec- 
tions of  railroads,  canals,  and  highways 
would  not  at  the  present  time  be  con- 
structed. These  lines  of  intercommunica- 
tion, if  it  is  tme  that  roads  are  the  high- 
ways of  civilization,  have  materially  de- 
veloped the  commerce  of  the  country 
through  which  they  ptiss,  and  lessened  hor- 
rors which  may  follow  in  the  wake  of 
another  famine  in  the  same  districts. 

The  famine  which  rages  at  present  in  the 
Deccan  is  one  of  the  most  threatening  which 
has  ever  taken  place  in  Hindostan,  and 
xet  the  oercentaira  of  deaths  aom  actual 


starvatioa  is  inflnitesima].  The  district 
over  which  the  fiamine  is  felt  includes 
nearly  the  whole  of  the  peninsula  from 
Madras  to  Bombay.  It  reaches  north- 
west to  Khamdeish,  and  recent  tele- 
grams announce  that  it  is  now  raging 
as  far  south  as  the  most  southerly 
post  of  Mysore.  On  the  east  it  extends 
north  to  Madura,  and  south  to  Bistria.  On 
the  coast  line  at  Arcot  it  is  now  stated 
that  the  greatest  distress  prevails, 
and  in  point  of  area  affected  and 
population,  this  is,  perhaps,  the  greatest 
famine  the  Indian  Governments  have 
ever  encountered.  There  is  a  popula- 
tion of  nearly  26,000,000  coming  directly 
under  the  protection  of  the  English,  and,  if 
the  subjects  of  the  native  States  be  included 
— people  who  do  not  directly  claim  the  pro- 
tection of  the  Empress  of  India — ^the 
number  of  persons  affected  by  this  awful> 
famine  may  be  put  down  in  round  numbers 
at  35,000,000.  At  the  present  time  the  Bom- 
bay Government  is  employing  over  1,000,000 
persons  on  public  works,  and  so  perfectly 
organized  is  the  system  ot  relief  that  no,  or 
very  few,  deaths  from  actual  starvation  are 
anticipated.  The  total  cost  of  the  famine, 
which  cannot  be  abated  before  April,  is  es- 
timated at  nearly  $32,000,000. 

If  these  great  and  expensive  calamities  are 
to  be  grappled  with  every  three  or  four  years, 
some  practical  steps  must  be  taken  to  meet 
the  emergency.  This  view  of  the  question  is 
BO  eminently  practical  that  it  will,  at  an  early 
date,  be  brought  before  the  British  Parlia- 
ment. The  Times  advocates  a  curious  plan, 
namely,  that  the  Indian  Government  should 
annually  raise  more  money  than  is  neces- 
sary for  the  financial  year.  It  is  strange  to 
find  so  high  an  authority  advocating  such 
a  financial  fallacy.  Even  if  the  Govern- 
ment could  safely  levy  a  heavier  tax  than 
the  actual  exigencies  of  the  revenue  de- 
mand, in  order  to  provide  against  a  rainy  day, 
the  operation,  as  a  distinguished  financial 
authority  has  remarked,  "is  simply  one  of 

paying  off  debt  vrhich  in  a  year  or  two  will 
have  to  be  incurred  again."  The  same  au- 
thority further  says :  "  The  individual  can 
invest  his  money,  and  thus  is  not  compelled 
to  impoverish  either  himself  or  the  commu- 
nity to  which  he  belongs."  But  to  the  Eu- 
ropean States  no  such  investments  are  open ; 
and  thus,  as  in  the  case  of  the  Grerman  Gov- 
ernment, the  saving  comes  to  the  mere 
hoarding  of  coin  to  the  injury  of  the  com- 
munity. 


SENTIMENT  IN  LOS  ANGELES. 

A  Nevada  paper  has  made  an  assertion 
concerning  forty-seven  alleged  idiots  in  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  which  cannot  be  permitted  to 
pass  without  comment. 

That  there  may  be  forty-seven  distinct 
idiots  in  one  California  town  is  not  at  all 
improbable.  There  is  no  doubt  that  the 
volume  of  idiots  in  this  country  is  greatly 
in  excess  of  the  demand.  If  one-half  of 
our  idiots  were  to  be  immediately  canceled, 
there  would  still  be  enough  left  to  meet  the 
ordinary  requirements  of  business  and  to 
move  the  crops.  The  statistics  of  idiocy 
have   never   been  fully  collected,  and  only 

those  persons  who  have  published  unsuc- 
cessful books  have  any  just  idea  of  the  im- 
mense extent  to  which  the  idiot  pervades 
our  population.  There  is,  then,  no  intrinsic 
impossibility  in  the  assertion  that  Los  An- 
geles contains  forty -seven  separate  and 
complete   idiots.     The  wonderful  nature  of 

the  Calttornia  climate  has  been  generally 
recognized  by  Californians,  and  they  will 
undoubtedly  admit  that  it  is  surpassed  by 
no  other  climate  in  its  ability  to  develop 
idiots  of  the  largest  and  most  imposing 
kind.  * 

In  charging  these  forty-seven  Los  An- 
geles idiots  with  an  unprecedented  and  as- 
tonishing act,  the  Nevada  paper  must  be 
prepared  to  meet  the  indignant  skepticism 
of  ignorant  and  shallow  minds.  The  pro- 
found and  unprejudiced  thinker  will,  how- 
ever, see  nothing  incredible  in  the  charge. 
When  a  sentimental  idiot  becomes  a  prey 
to  a  passion  for  a  beautiful  woman,  it 
would  be  rash  to  assume  that  there  is  any 
phase  of  affectionate  idiocy  of  which  he 
will  not  be  guilty.  He  is  morally  sure  to 
betray  a  longing  for  the  possession  of  spare 
particles  of  the  beloved  object.  If  she  ac- 
cidentally moults  a  ribbon,  he  seizes  it  with 
avidity.  Worn-out  gloves  are  especially 
dear  to  bim,  and  he  hungers  for  an  aban- 
doned slipper  with  the  eagerness  of  « 
knight  in  search  of  the  Holy  GraiL  There 
was  a  time  when  a  lock  of  feminine  hair 
was  a  priceless  treasure  to  him,  but  the 
progress  of  science  has  filled  the  idiotic 
mind  with  doubts  of  the  ability  of  the  hu- 
man intellect  to  decide  upon  the  genuine- 
ness of  any  woman's  hair.  As  to  this  mat- 
ter, he  now  maintains  virtually  the  same 
attitude  which  Mr.  Adler  maintains 
toward  the  question  of  the  existence  of  a 
•Great  First  Cause.  "Bhat  eminent  Jewish 
Positivist  asserts  that  man  has  no 
right  to  either  affirm  or  deny  the  ex- 
istence of  a  God.  Similarly,  the  sen- 
timental idiot  neither  affirms  nor  denies 
that  there  is  such  a  thing  as  genuine  fem- 
inine hair,  bat  he  has  lost  all  hope  of  solv- 
ing the  question  in  this  life,  and  hence  takes 
no  pleasure  in  collecting — he  knows  not 
what. 

The  ablest  idiots  have  admitted  that,  after 
all,  gloves  and  ribbons,  and  even  worn-out 
8lipi>er8,  fail  to  fully  satisfy  the  hunger  of 
the  sentimental  soul.  Unless  they  are  la- 
beled at  the  time  of  capture  they  are  sure 
to  become  mixed  up  with  subsequent  tro- 
phies. Old  age  can  find  no  solace  in  con- 
templating a  drawerful  of  vague  relics  of  a 
score  of  fleeting  loves,  and  in  vainly  con- 
sidering whether  all  those  ribbons  and 
gloves  were  really  samples  of  different  girls, 
and  if  so,  to  which  of  twenty  respectable 
matrons  they  severally  correspond.  What  the 
far-seeing  and  acute  idiot  demands  is  some-, 
thing  which  not  only  belongs  to  his  adored 
one,  but  which  can  be  converted  into  a 
permanent  part  of  himself.  If  the  local 
physician  of  Los  Angeles  had  the  genius  to 
perceive  and  supply  this  want,  he  certainly 
deserves  the  credit  of  exceptional  profes- 
sional acuteness. 

Mr.  Gladstone  may  be  sentimenfel  in 

his  method   of  viewing  great    questions  of 

policy,  but  he  certainly  is  not  an  idiot  In- 
deed, he  sometimes  shows  a  skill  in  com- 
mending himself  to  the  prejudices  of  the 
ignorant  voter  which  would  do  credit  to  a 
keen  Democratic  statesman.  Thus,  he  has 
recently  WKtten  a  pamphlet  opposing  com- 
pulsory vaccination.  He  knows  perfectly 
well  that  vaccination  is  the  only  preventive 
against  small-pox,  but  he  also  knows  that 
many  ignorant  Englishmen  are  violently 


opposed  to  it.  They  insist  that  vaccine 
matter  transmits  from  one  person  to  another 
all  sorts  of  physical  and  moral  qualities.  It 
must  be  confessed  that  there  Is  more  or  less 
truth  in  this  assertion,  but  it  is  evident  that 
care  and  discrimination  on  the  part  of  the 
vaccinator  render  the  operation  perfectly 
safe.  Still  Mr.  Gladstonh  wrote  his 
pamphlet  in  the  interests  of  popular  ig- 
noraoee,  and  he  will  not  be  greatly  aston- 
ished if  he  finds  that  he  has  thereby 
strengthened  himself  among  the  most  ig- 
norant of  the  British  voters. 

The  Los  Angelos  beauty  with  whom  the 
forty-seven  alleged  idiots  were  simultane- 
ously in  love  was  confessedly  a  model  of 
physical  perfection.  She  was  undoubtedly 
beautiful  in  face  and  figure,  and  conld  walk 
fifteen  miles  to  a  ball,  dance  all  night,  walk 
home  at  dawn,  and  get.  breakfast  for  her 
aged  father  without  showing  the  slightest 
symptoms  of  fatigue.  She  could  ride,  shoot, 
and  swim,  and  her  promptness  in  convinc- 
ing tramps  that  their  presence  was  not  re- 
quired at  her  kitchen  door  was  the  admira- 
tion of  the  whole  neighborhood,  and  es- 
pecially of  the  merchant  who  supplied  her 
with  a  constant  succession  of  brooms.  Even 
the  doctor  who  vaccinated  her  could  not 
conceal  his  admiration  of  her  muscular 
arm,  and  asserted  that  it  "  laid  over  any 
stone  arm  that  the  best  marble  sharp  ever 
yet  sculped." 

If  this  acute  and  enthusiastic  physician 
charged  the  forty-seven  idiots  three  dollars 
each,  as  the  Nevada  paper  asserts,  he  showed 
an  exceptional  decree  of  self-restraint  They 
would  willingly  have  paid  twice  that  amount 
had  it  been  asked,  and,  of  course,  a  grasping 
and  mercenary  physician  would  have  seized 
the  opportunity  to  ask  it.  As  it  is,  they  are 
now  the  happiest  idiots  in  California  or 
elsewhere.  Each  gazes  long  and  lovingly 
at  his  arm,  and  feels  a  wild  thrill  of  triumph 
when  the  first  swelling  announces  that  "it 
has  taken."  What  are  gloves  and  ribbons 
and  slippers  in  comparison  with  the  mythi- 
cal bond  that  will  henceforth  connect  forty- 
seven  idiotic  arms  with  the  matchless  arm 
of  the  belle  of  Los  Angeles  T  She  may  drive 
each  idiot  from  her  presence  with  brooms, 
and  scathe  them  with  the  free,  fierce  lan- 
guage of  her  native  camp,  but  she  cannot 
deny  that  they  owe  their  immunity  from 
small-pox  to  her,  and  that  they  have  testi- 
fied their  devotion  to  her  in  a  manner  that 
Rousseau  might  have  envied,  and  that 
Sterne  could  never  have  surpassed. 


PROPOSING  LAWS  IN  NEW-JERSEY. 


AN  ACT  FOR  THE  PUNISHMENT  OP  FOREIGN 
THIEVES  DEFEATED — THE  JUSTICES  OF 
THE  PEACE — A  LAW  REGULATING  THE 
_  PRACTICE  OF  PHARMACY— HORSE  BAIL- 
ROAD  FAKES — A  NEW  TAX  SYSTEM  PRO- 
POSED. 

n-om  Our  Own  Cprrupondent. 

Tkknton,  Thursday,  Feb.  5J2,  1877. 

In  their  excess  of  patriotic  devotion  to 
duty  the  House  to-day  held  one  of  the  longest 
continuous  sittings  of  the  session.  The  pro- 
ceedings opened  with  a  resolution  from    one  of 

tbe  South  Jersey  Republicans  recounting  the 
promise  of  "  the  good  time  coming"  under  the 
approaobiuK      administration      of      President 

Hayes.    Mr.  Howell,   Republican,   of  Essex, 

thought  the  House  hardly  the  place  for  a 
resolution  which  would  consume  much  time 
that  ought  to  be  given  to  business  in  the  airing 
of  Demoeratio  buncombe,  and  he  moved  the 
resolution  lay  on  the  table,  whicu  was  agreed 
to  without  a  division. 

The  oommittee  to  whom  it  had  been  referred 
reported  adversely  on  Harris'  bill  permitting 
the  election  of  Justices  ot  the  Peace,  but  re- 
quiring them  to  submit  to  an  examination  as  to 
character  and  oompetencv  before  a  Supreme 
Court  Judge.  Harris  moved  to  non-concur  in 
the  adverse  report.  Howell  opposed  the  bill 
on  the  ground  that  it  would  practically  place 
the  appointment  of  the  Justices  in  the  hands 
ot  Supreme  Court  Judges.  The  motion  to  non- 
concur was  agreed  to,  however,  and  the  bill 
ordered  on  the  calendar  for  a  second  reading. 
It  is  intended  only  to  head  off  the  District 
Court  bill  passed  yesterday,  and  will  not  be 
permitted  to  pass  the  House. 

There  was  a  long  discussion  over  the  bill,  In- 
troduced by  Tilden  a  few  days  ago,  enacting 
that  a  thief  who  shall  bring  plunder  stolen  in 
another  State  into  New-Jersey  may  be  tried  m 
New- Jersey,  as  though  the  larceny  had  been 
oommitt^  within  the  limit  of  this  Common- 
wealth. The  bill  is  said  to  have  been  designed 
to  cover  the  case  ot  a  prisoner,  who,  when  cap- 
tured in  Jersey  City,  waS  found  in  possession 
of  a  $1,000  diamond  belonging  to  a  Capt. 
Wilgua,  of  Kentuckv,  from  whom  it 
had  been  stolen  on  a  train  at  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio.  Griggs  and  Howell  opposed 
the  biU  on  the  ground  that  this  State 
has  all  she  can  do  to  look  alter  her  own 
thieves ;  that  it  is  not  tbe  business  of  this 
State  to  punish  violations  of  the  laws  of  other 
•States ;  that  if  it  were  tbe  State  has  no  power 
to  compel  the  attendance  of  witnesses  from 
other  States ;  and  that  if  a  thief  be  captured 
bare,  he  can  be  easily  sent  back  for  trial  to  the 
State  in  which  he  committed  his  larceny.  Mr. 
Brigbam  said  that  the  bill  is  now  on  the  stat- 
ute-4)ooks  of  New-York  State,  and  has  been  for 
40  years.  The  bill  was,  after  a  warm  debate, 
lost  by  a  vote  of  24  to  32.  r 

Mr.  Bergeg's  bill  for  the  regulation  oTvthe 
practice  of  pharmacy  passed  the  House.  It 
provides  that  after  Jan.  1, 1878,  every  druggist 
must  be  or  have  in  his  employ  a  registered 
pharmacist,  ubder  a  penalty  of  $59.  It  creates 
a  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  of  five  nembers,  to 
be  chosen  bv  the  Governor  from  15  nominees 
submitted  to  bim  by  tbe  New-Jersey  Pharma- 
ceutical Association.  This  board  is  to  make 
examinations  ot  those  wishing  to  become  regis- 
tere'd  pharmaoisis,  and  grantlioenses  to  them,  but 
a  diploma  from  a  medical  college  will  save  the 
applicant  from  the  necessity  of  another  exam- 
ination. iAom  the  operation  of  the  bill,  the 
homeonaths,  who  carry  their  pills  with  them  : 
rural  drug  stores  selling  domestic  remedies,  ana 
patent  medicine  establishments,  are  exempted. 

Some  time  ago  Mr.  Stevens,  of  Jersey  City, 
submitted  a  bill  limiting  fares  m  horse-cars  be- 
tween two  points  withm  the  city  limits  to  five 
cents.  The  bill  was  desicrned  to  reach  the  car 
lines  in  Jersey  City  and  Uoboken,  the  owners 
of  which  charge  exorbitant  rates  for  tbe 
poorest  possible  accommodation.  The  bill  in 
tbe  shape  in  which  it  was  introduced  was  found 
to  interfere  with  mterests  in  Newark,  and  the 
oommittee  reported  a  substitute  authorizmg 
tbe  Common  Councils  of  cities  to  regulate  the 
fare.  The  substitiAe  was  called  up  on  final 
passage  this  altemoon.  Speaker  Rabe  took 
strong  grounds  in  favor  of  its  passage,  advert- 
ing to  the  ruinous  tariff  exacted  by  the  Hud- 
son County  car  companies.  Mr.  Griggs  took  the 
extraordinary  eruund  that  the  Legislature  has 
no  more  right  to  fix  the  rates  of  fare  than  to 
fix  the  price  of  a  loaf  ot  bread.  The  discus- 
sion lasted  over  an  hotir,  when  the  bill  was,  on 
motion,  laid  over  till  Tuesday  next  for  further 
consideration. 

The  bill  introdneed  by  Mr.  Cooper,  of  Mor- 
ris, revolutionizing  the  tax  system  of  the  State, 

is  one  ot  the  most  important  introduced  this 

session.     Its  provisions  are  : 

That  with  a  view  of  lessening  tbe  per  centum, 
eq^ualizing  the  amouut  to  be  paid  by  each  individual 
tax-payer.corooration,  and  association,  and  that  each 
may  pay  tax  upon  whatever  they  have,  hold,  or 
reoreaent,  and  no  more,  all  moncages  and  debts 
secured  tbeieby,  all  bonda  and  other  evidences  of 
indebtedness,  ull  shares  of  stock  in  banks,  rail- 
roads or  other  corporations,  and  all  other  personal 
property  of  whatever  kind  or  character  (except 
such  bonda  or  stocks  as  are  exempted  from 
taxation  by  the  laws  of  this  State  or  the  United 
States.)  also,  all  rc^al  estate  of  whatsoever  kind  or 
character  located  witbin  the  boonds  of  this  State, 
(except  pttbhc  sobool-houses,  public  buildings' be- 
longing to  State,  conntlei,  cities,  or  boroagtai;  all 
cemeteries  trom  which  no  profit  is  derived  by 
share-holdets  or  stock-holders,  and  all  churobes, 
with  tbe  lots  on  which  they  stancl,)  shaU  hereafter 
be  asaeeaed  fur  taxation  at  their  true  or  actual 
value  at  the  time  if  assessment.  That 
from  any  real  estate  so  ■■ceased  there  shall 
be  dednctsd  the  amotmt  of  mortgage  debt  dns  or 
'  owtn^  tbareon,  which  same  shall  be  assessed  by  the 
A,siieit^r8  va  the  owners  or  holders  of  tne  rent  estate 
aeparai«iy.  and  bv  ■aidowoArs  or  boidara  nald  to  tbe 


township  collfHJton  of  each  towBShfp.  dtr,  or 
bomagh,  and  the  receipt  from  said  coHestors  fur  the 
amount  of  said  taxes  shall  be  deducted  from 
tbe  iotweat  of  aaid  mortgage;  and  from  any 
personal  property  ao  aaseasad  there  shall  be 
deducted  any  and  all  personal  debts  actually 
due  or  owing  by  tbe  person  on  whom  such  assess. 
ment  is  made.  Shares  of  bank  stock  or  of  other 
inoornorated  companies  within  tbe  State,  owned  or 
represented  by  persona  not  residing  In  the  State, 
ahall  be  asaeaaed  upon  the  bank  or  inoorporated  com- 
pany, and  anch  hank  or  company  shall  pay  tbe 
taxes  ao  aaaeased,  and  deduct  the  amount  so 
paid  from  anv  dividend  due  to  the  person  or 
persons  for  whom  such  tax  bill  has  been  paid  ; 
provided,  however,  that  this  ahall  not  apply  to  in- 
corporated sompanies  whose  entire  capital  stock  ia 
Msessed  ander  existlDe  Inwts  or  whoaa  speeia'  char- 
ter may  provide  for  a  different  mode  of  taxation. 
Persona  rendipg  in  this  State  who  may  own  stocks 
or  Donds  of  other  States  on  which  they  or  others 
shall  have  paid  taxes,  shall  not  t>e  required  to  pay 
taxes  again  on  the  same  in  tbia  State. 

Both  houses  have  adjourned  for  tbe  week. 


NORTH  CAROLINA  ANTE-WAR  DEBX 


THE    DEMOCRATIC     LEGISLATURE    ANXIOUS 
TO     AVOID    THE    ISSUE — TENDENCY    OF 
THE  PEOPLE  TOWARD   REPUDIATION    TO 
AVOID  TAXATION  TO  PAY  INTEREST. 
Special Ditpateh  to  the  S'tw-Yort  Tin'.i. 

Raleigh,  Feb.  22.— The  bond-holders 
of  this  State,  whose  proposition  to  com- 
promise at  50  per  cent,  on  the  principal 
and  interest  of  the  State  debt  was  rejected  by 
the  joint  oommission  of  tbe  Legislature  a 
month  ago,  reappeared  yesterday,  and,  through 
counsel,  submitted  a  proposition  to  com- 
promise   the    ante-war    debt    at      40      cents 

of  the  principal  and  mterest,  and  30 
cents  of  the  principal  and  interest  of  the 
bonds  fimded  in  1866  and  in  1868,  tbe  State  to 
issue  coupon  bonds  rnnning  30  years,  with  in- 
terest for  the  first  three  years  at  3  per  cent, 
and  after  that  at  6  per  cent.  After  a  long  ses- 
sion held  this  afternoon,  the  committee  re- 
jected this  proposition  and  agreed  to  report  a  bill 
offering  tooompromise  the  ante-war  debt  at  33Mj 
cents  in  tbe  dollar  of  the  principal  and  25  per 
cent  of  the  interest,  and  to  offer  to  compromise 
tbe  debt  as  fimded  m  1866  and  m  1868 
at  25  per  cent  of  the  principal  and  in- 
terest. Should  this  proposal  be  accepted, 
the  debt  thus  compromised  would  amount 
to  $6,000,000,  leaviuGT  the  debt  in  special  tax 
bonds  to  be  dealt  with  hereafter.  A  leading 
member  of  the  committee  says  that  the  Legis- 
lature will  not  pass  any  bill  proposing  a  com- 
promise of  the  Stat©  debt  ■which  involves  ar 
increase  of  taxation ;  that  if  a  settle 
ment  is  not  brought  very  soon, 
in  less  than  four  years  a  party  -will  nse  up  and 
secure  power  by  taking  ground  for  repudiation. 
The  mclmation  to  repudiate  is  stronger  among 
the  people  than  is  supposed,  and  it  only  needi 
a  few  bold  and  able  leaders  to  assume  a  for- 
midable shape.  The  longer  a  settlement  is  de- 
layed the  stronger  this  feeling  grows.  Th« 
chief  reasons  why  the  Democrats  have  not  anc 
why  they  will  nut  do  anything  with  tbe  debt  ig 
tbe  fact  that  they  are  afraid  thev  will  lose 
power  next  year  if  they  levy  and  collect  an  ad- 
ditional tax  of  ?200,000  or  $30a.Q00  to  pay  mter- 
est on  the  debt  They  urge  as  a  reason  why 
they  should  do  nothing  that  the  Re- 
publicans are  ready  to  take  an  ad- 
vantage of  any  increase  of  taxation, 
no  matter  for  what  purpose,  and  they  ar« 
afraid  tbe  Bepublicans  would  make  tbe  can- 
vass next  year  upon  the  repeal  of  any  act  they 
may  pass  compromising  tbe  debt,  which  levies 
a  tax  to  pay  interest,  and  such  an  issue  would 
defeat  tbe  Democrats.  For  these  reasons  there 
will  be  no  action  by  the  Legislature  at  its 
present  session.  

ENDOWING  A  FKOFESSOBSHIP. 


THE  TESTIMONIAL  TO  HON.  JOHN  WKLSE 
OF  THB  CENTENNIAL  BOARD  OP  PI- 
NANCK — THE  JOHN  WELSH  PROFESSOR^ 
SHIP  IN  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  PENN- 
SYLVANIA ENDOWED. 

SVom  Our  Own  Correspondent. 

Philadklphia,  Thorsday.  Feb.  22, 187>„ 
Tbe    most    important    event  connected  with 
the  celebration  of  Washington's  Birthday  in   this 
city  were  tbe  ceremonies  at  the  University  of  Peon 

svlvania,  consisting  of  the  endowment  of  tbe 
*'  Welsh  Ceqtennial  Professorship  of  History  and 
Literature."  This  affair  was  an  outgrowth  of  the 
Centennial  Exhibition,  and  intended  bv  the  citizpna 
of  Philadelphia  as  a  memento  of  that  memorable 
occasion.  Tbe  idea'^taad  its  inception  with  Messrs. 
George  AV.  Ohilda.  A.  X  Bra'rel,  and  other  promi- 
nent  citizens,  to  tbe  iinm  i*^'  aome  500,  who  de- 
sired to  endow  certain  pr«resdorships  in  the  TJniver. 
sitv  of  Pennsylvania,  and  at  the  same  time  com 
pliment  some  worthy  and  estimable  fellow  citizen. 
Accordingly  tbe  sum  of  $50,000  was  subscribed, 
each  of  the  500  contributing  their  share,  and  indeed 
the  number  could  easily  have  beeu  swelled  to 
more  than  that  had  it  been  necessary,  so  great 
was  the  desire  to  be  Identified  with  the  movement. 
The  sum  was  presented  to  Hon.  John  Welsh,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Centennial  Board  of  Finance,  as  a  m^irk 
of  eateem  and  confidence  for  his  great  and  ardnotis 
labors  in  providme,  along  with  his  co-laborers,  the 
funds  necessary  to  carry  on  the  Centennial  Exhibi- 
tion. It  was  tacitly  undei^tood,  of  course,  that  he 
was  not  to  retain  the  money,  hut  to  present  it  to 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  so  that  professor- 
ships bearing  his  name  might  be  endowed,  and 
stand  ever  as  a  monument  to  his  fame  and  the 
great  Centennial  event.  The  occasion  was  a  grand 
one,  and  had  been  looked  forward  to  witb  great 
interest  by  the  fashionable  world.  The  audience 
comprised  the  leading  merchants,  maoufactnrers, 
and  business  men  of  the  city  and  their  families, 
and  was  as  brilliant  a  gatherine  as  has  eyer  been 
seen  here.  The  ceremonies  took  place  in  tbe  Chanel 
Uall  of  the  University.  Tbe  room  was  tastefully 
decorated  with  buoting,  over  the  platform  beine  a 
portrait  in  oil  ot  tbe  hero  of  the  occasion,  sur- 
mounted by  the  coat  of  arms  of  Phlladelpbia.  To 
the  left  of  tbe  platform,  over  the  mam  door,  was  a 
tablet  containine  tbe  following  Inscription  : 

>  In  grateful  oommpmoration 

>  of  tbe  zealous  and  unselfish  labors  of 
I  JOa.N    WELSri, 

>  In  promoting  tbt-  success  of  | 
%  the  Centenuial  IntematloQai  Kxhibitioa,  s 
\  the  Citizens  of  Phiiadelplda  ; 
J  '  have  endowed  % 
\  the  John  Welsh  Centennial  Professorship  i 
X                  ofUlstory  and  Ent^lish  Literature  ; 

>  in  this  UoiTersity.  $ 

|_^^ ]^ I 

Amone  those  present  were  Hon.  John  F.  Hart- 
rauft.  Governor  of  Pennsylvania ;  Hon.  Anarew  G-. 
Cnrtin,  ex- Minister  to  Russia ;  Director  General  A. 
T.  G-oshorn;  Hon.  Thoma.s  Cochran,  Vice 
President  ot  the  CentenniHl  Boara  ot  Fi- 
nance; Hon,  Frederick  Fraley,  Treasurer 
of  the  Board  of  Finance;  Hon.  Eli  "K. 
Price,  J.  B.  Lippincott,  Klgbt  B^v.  William  Ba.j.in 
Stevens,  Bisbop  of  the  P.  E.  Church  of  tne  Dioccse 
of  Pennsylvania;  Thomas  Harrison,  Edwurd  T. 
Steel,  and  the  following  members  of  the  Commi  tee 
Citizens  who  supervised  the  contributions  to 
the  fund:  George  W.  Childa,  Cualr 
man :  Antbony  J.  Drexel,  Joseph  Pattenion, 
D.  B.  Cummins,  Edward  C.  Kjiichc,  James  A. 
Wright,  Matthew  Baird,  Cbarles  Piatt,  James  C. 
Hand,  0.homas  A.  Scott,  Geuree  B.  Roberts,  Frank- 
lin B.  Gowen,  Henry  Lewis,  Lemuel  CofiBo,  Henry 
D.  Welsh,  George  N.  Allen,  Thomas  C.  iiand,  and 
Jacob  KieKeL  The  Invited  eneats,  citizens,  and 
members  of  the  Faculty  assembled  in  the  veairy- 
room,  and  shortly  after  the  noon  hour  proof'eded 
to  the  ahapel  hall,  where  the  ceremonies 
took  plnce,  under  tbe  charge  of  Prof. 
Charles  J.  StlUe.  Provost  of  tbe  University. 
The  audience  was  calUd  to  order  by  Prof.  Stille, 
who  addressed  them  as  to  the  object  ot  the  assem- 
bling. Kiebt  Bev.  Bisbop  Stevens  delivered  a 
prayer  invokme  tbe  blessing  of  the  Almighty  on 
the  woBk  aoout  to  be  commenced,  after  which  Hon. 
Morton  McMichaei,  of  this  city,  made  a  long  ad- 
dress, reviewing  tbe  sucoesa  of  the  CentPonial  Ex- 
hibition, the  causes  which  led  to  it,  and  particu- 
larized the  services  ot  Mr.  Welsh.  On  ooncluaiug 
he  banded  to  Mr.  Welsh  a  certified  check  for 
150,000,  drawn  on  Drexel  St  Co.  The  recipient  m 
taking  it,  made  an  address,  which  set  forth  at 
length  the  inception  of  the  Centennial  idea,  and 
credited  tbe  fact  of  the  first  recorded  suegeKtion, 
"  that  the  Centennial  eelebratlun  onzbt  to  lavuiva 
an  International  Exhibition  to  be  held  In  Paila- 
delphia,"  was  made  by  John  L.  Campbell.  Proiessor 
of  Natural  Philosophy  In  Wabash  College,  Indiana. 
In  concluding  his  remarks  he  handed  the  check  to 
Gov.  Hartranft,  tbe  ex-offlcio  Presiaenc  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  that  it  might  be  applied  lo  tbe 
endowment  of  the  chair  of  History  and  English 
Literature  in  tbe  University  of  Pennsylvania.  Gov. 
Hartranft  received  it,  and  addressed  Mr.  Welsh 
and   the   audience,  stating  that   tbe  troat  would  be 

carried  out  with  actapnloos  fidelity,  and,  in 
the  name  of  the  mstitudoo  and  the  peeple 
of  the  State,  thanked  the  donor  most  heartily.  Ar'ter 
an  address  by  Provost  Stille.  tbe  OeDediction  was 
prononnoed  by  Kev.  £.  K.  Beadle,  and  the  audienca 
diaperaed. 

XBE  CANADIAN  OBNTHNNIAL  OOMMISStOir. 

Ottawa,  Feb.  22.— The  Canadian  Centeanial 
Commission  will  m  a  few  days,  hold  their  firat 
meeting  for  the  adiustment  of  all  accounts  and  tba 
general  dosing  of  thebr  business.  They,  have  aU 
the  medals  and  diplomas  awarded  In  Canadian  eom- 
petitian  ready  for  deUveryi  but  great,  delay  has 
arisen  in  obtainiug  those  awarded  by  the  Interna- 
tional Judges.  Information  has  bean  reonved  f^ga 
-Philadelphia  .that  these  will  be  forwarded  in  a  <b« 
daiii.   AU  tbe  prise*  will  taea  be  <UstcibiUe4 


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TUSKSY  AND  TKE  POWERS, 

^RQOTtA.TIONS      JTOB  ^   ▲      BESITMPTIOK      OB* 

X>1PL0MATI0  BBXATIONS    BETWEEN  THE 

JPOWBBS     ASIO    THS     ports— the    PBB- 

:f^:„:  XJMIKAKIKS  or  PKACB  BKTWBKN  SBByZA. 

.       ,  '^'Aojnnj  BT  RUSSIA— ELECTION  DISTDRB- 
'        ANCE8  IN  SERVIA. 

London,  Feb.  28.— A  dispatoli  from  Paris 
Axtnoonoes  the  arrival  there  of  Vahan 
Efiiendi.  who  is  intrusted  with  a  spe- 
cial mifsioii  to  '  the  European  ooorts. 
fiamore  have  been  in  oiroolation  that  the  mis- 
•ion  of  Vahan  Effendi  is  to  urge  the  restmio- 
tion  of  full  diplomatio  relations  with  the  Porte. 

A  dispatch  from  Constantinople  says  the 

SfiPvian  delegates  have  held  a  second  confer- 
ence With  Sa*vet  Panha.  An  understanding  has 
been  aJmosfc  completely  established.  The 
next  conference  will  bo  held  on  Saturday. 
It  ig  thought  that  a  formal  prolongation  of  the 

armistioe  will  not  be  neoetesry  to  allow  time 
for  peace  negotiations  with  Montenegro,  and 
that  the  military  commanders  on  both  sides 
will  be  ordered,  by  mutual  arrangement,  to 
remain  on  the  defensive. 

LoBDOu,  Feb.  23.— A  correspondent  telegraphs 
trom  Pans:  "  I  am  intormea  that  preliminaries 
of  peace  between  Servia  and  Turkey  have  been 
iigned." 

-  A  Vienna  special  says  the  Porte  has  ordered 
30^00  revolvers  from  the  United  States. 

fioumanian  troops  are  fcoing  to  Barbosbl,  as 
it  is  believed  the  Turks  will  try  to  seize  that 
important  railway  junction. 
•  A  dispatch  from  Belgrade  reports  that  dis- 
turbances broke  out  in  Jaeodlna,  Kragijjevatz, 
Ushitza,  and  other  places  in  the  interior 
during  the  elections.  Troops  left  for 
Jagodina  on  Wednesday.  It  is  variously  stated 

tbat  the  diaturbances  were  caused,  by  the  Gov- 
ernment exerting  pressure  on  the  electors  and 
by  the  mtriguea  of  Karageorgevitch  against 
Irmce  Milan.  The  Times  correspondent 
is  tnolined  to  believe  the  latter  statement 
BB  it  is  well  known  that  the  partisans  of 
Karaeeorgevitcb  are  very  active,  and 
there  is  good  ground  for  believing 
that  they  find  willing  listeners  to  the 
mass  ot  the  military  adventurers  gathered 
in  Belgrade  from  all  parts  of  iSurope.  Kar- 
aKsorgevitoh  is  also  strom:lj  favored 
by  Austria  and  Hungary.  As  Servia 
has  been  apparentlv  abandoned  by  Bussia, 
an  arrangement  is  not  improbable,  by  means 
ot  whicb  an  attempt  may  be  made  to  place  a 
ruler  in  Servia  who  would  make  a  close  alli- 
ance with  Austria,  and  thus  pacily  the  Hun- 
garian excitement  on  the  Slavonic  Question. 
With  Bosnia  and  Herzegovina  annexed,  and 
Servia  practically  an  Austrian  dependency,  we 
should  probably  hear  of  no  more  Hungarian 
opposition  to  SuBBia- 

A  correspondent  at  Berbn  says  the  Bouma- 
xuan  Government  has  informea  the  powers 
tbat  it  will  disband  the  reserves  early  in  March, 
as  Russia,  even  in  the  event  of  war.  has  no  in- 
tention of  occupying  Kuumama,  but  only  de- 
aixes  the  right  of  transit 

A  Paris  dispatch  says  it  is  very  generally  be- 
lieved that  diplomatio  relations  between  Tur- 
keiy  and  Eiurope  will  be  resumed  im- 
luediately  after  the  conclusion  of 
peace  with  JSerria  and  Montenegro,  and 
tbat  then  tbe  Porte  may  be  expected,  in  conse- 
quence of  advice  from  almost  all  quarters,  to 
eonsent  to  seme  direct  step  that  may  stib  avert 
a  oouflict. 

A  special  from  Pera  asserts  that  Turkey  has 
decided  to  relinquish  her  demand  for  tbe  main- 
tenance of  a  Turkish  aeent  at  Belgrade.  It  is 
thong  3t  that  the  negotiations  wUl  be  comple- 
ted on  Saturday. 

THE  QEHMAN  PARLIAMENT. 
OPKMNQ  OK  THE  REICHSTAG— EMPEBOR 
WILLIAM'S  SPEECH — THK  INFLUSNCB  OF 
THE  EMPIRE  TO  BE  EXERTED  IN  BEHALF 
OF  THE  CHRISTIANS  IN  TUREEY  AND  FOR 
THB  PBKSERVAXION  OF  THE  PSACE  IN 
EUROPE. 

Berlin.  Feb.  22.— The  German  Keichs- 
tag  was  opened  to-day.  Emperor  William's 
speech  opening  the  session  adverts  to  the 
depressed  state  ot  commerce  and  industry, 
and  also  to  the  deficiency  in  the  Budget.  It 
proposes  tbat  the  deficiency,  amountmg  to 
^500,000  marks,  be  met  by  raising  the 
matricnlatory  contributions  payable  by  the 
Statea  The  speech  also  refers  to  Eastern 
afiaira,  and  expresses  the  opinion  that  the 
peace  of  Europe  will  not  be  broEen.  The 
dangers  which  might  result  from  the  Eastern 
question,  still  unsolved,  threaten   Qermany  in 

\  leu  desree  than  anj  other  country.    The 

Empire  has  remained  true  to  fte  princi- 
ples which  it  laid  down  for  itself  at  tbe 
beginning  of  the  Eastern  complications.    The 

oonference  has  not  succeeded  in  obtaining  from 
the  Porte  the  concewions  which  tbe  powers 
Indged  expedient  to  demand  in  tbe  interests  of 
humanity,  and  as  a  means  of  securing  peace  for 
the  future.  Nevertheless,  tbe  proceedings  of 
the  conference  have  led  to  this  result,  that  the 
Christian  powers  have  arrived  at  a  common 
understanding  among  themselves  respecting 
the  guarantees  to  be  demanded  from  the  Porte. 
Before  the  conference  such  an  understanding 
kteked  universally  recognized  expression.  By 
this  means  a  solid  basis  has  been  secured  for 
sonfidence  that  peace  will  be  preserved  among 
Ihe  powers,  even  ahoulu  the  bope  be  disap- 
pointed tbat  the  Porte  will,  of  Its  own  accord, 
tarry  out  the  reforms  regarding  the  treatment 
if  its  ChnstiaL  subjects  which  the  conlerence 
Mmsidered  requisite  in  tbe  interests  of  Europe. 
Should  tbe  expectations  now  entertained,  based 
upon  the  promises  of  the  Porte  on  the  one 
band,  and  the  opening  of  negotiations  for  peace 
on  the  other  with  Servia  and  Montenegro,  fail 
to  be  realized,  the  Imperial  Qovemment,  wbile 
recogmzmg  tbe  fact  that  tbe  present  question 
does  not  prescribe  any  preeise  line  of  conduct 
ior  Itself,  will  continue  to  exert  its  influence, 
as  hitherto,  on  behalf  of  the  protection  of  tbe 
Christians  in  Turkey,  and  of  the  presorvatiu« 
of  tbe  peace  of  Europe,  above  all  things,  how- 
ever, strengthening  its  own  good  relations  with 
^Soremments  allied  or  otherwise  Inendly  to  it 

TRE  BBIIISR  FAELIAMENT. 

%HE  DEBATE  ON  THE  TREATY  OBLIGATIONS 
— ^THE  CONSULAR  STAFF  IN  TURKEY  TO 
BE  SIRBNOTBENED. 
.  Ix>in>ON,  Feb.  22. — In  the  House  of  Commons 
Chis  evening  there  was  a  abort  disoiusion,  in  the 
oooxse  if  which  the  Msrqnls  of  fiattlng- 
ton  said  of  tbe  continastlon  of  tbe 
■isonrslve  debate  on  the  treaty  obligations 
wonld  la  any  way  embarrass  the  Government  the 
OpDositlon  bad  not  the  siigbtest  desire  to  add  to  the 
difficulties  of  tbe  sitaatioh,  and  they  did  not  propose 
to  bring  lorwani  a  definite. motion  to-morrow  night. 
The  resumption  of  the  debate  upon  tbe  suggestion 
of  Kr  Stafford  Norihoota  was  accordingly  indefinite- 
ly postnooed: 

In  the  SLoqse  of  Lords  the  Earl  of  Beaconsfield 
hitlmated  that  it  was  the  intention  of  the  Govern- 
ment to  propose  measures  for  increasing  the  ef- 
ficiency ot  the  consular  staff  In  Turkey,  as  local- 
ities where  tbe  staff  bad  been  formerly  reduced 
Were  likely  soon  to  become  the  seat 
of  important  peaoeinl  or  warlike  erents — be  trasted 
peaceful  eTenta,  as  he  did  sot  yet  despair  of  the 
common  8ense  of  the  Porte,  and  bad  great  confl- 
tecc  la  the  wise  magnanimity  of  the  great  powers. 

<yi£AHONT'S  BOOT  IN  IRELAND. 

MXEVBAIj  of    CARDINAL  CULLEN  TO   PERMIT 
THE     BEMAINS     TO  LIB     IX   THB    CATHS- 

'       DRAL  IN  DUBLIN  AND  HIS  REASONS. 
I  piTBLiN,  Feb.   22.— Cardinal   Cullen  has  re- 
tiued  to  allow  the  reosains  of  John  O'Mahony  to  lie 
ia  state  in  tbe  Cathedral  here. 

LoKnOif,  Feb.  S3. — A  dispatch  fh>m  Dublin  to  the 
Press  Association,  savs  it  is  believed  that  in  oonse- 
Quenee  of  Cardinal  Oollen's  condemnation  of  the 
pnqwsed  demonstration  on  the  occasion  of  the  fune- 
ral of  John  O'Mahony.  the  committee  of  Glasnevin 
Oemetery  will  not  altew  the  remalna  to  be  buried 

there. 

Cardinal  Cnllen,  In  a  letter  to  the  O'MahooT 
Vnnwal  Committee,  says :  "  I  am  unaware  that 
O'Mabony  contributed  any  signal  service 
For  bis  country,  bat  I  believe  tbat  be 
tatber     provoked     hostile     legislation     against 

lu.  I  have  been  usable  to  learn  that  he  was  a  great 
benefactor  of  tbe  Cburoh.  On  the  contrary,  he  is 
laid  to  Aave  written  in  a  spiilt  '  hostile  to  it. 
Be  was  the  Head  Centre  of  the  Fenians,  and 
eolleoted  large  snms  to  promote  their  absurd  move- 
asBts,  even  attar  Feniaaism   bad    been  ooadeoiDed 

ty  tkaObasoii.   If  X  w«m  to  attew  liia  teaaina , 


to  Me  In  the  Cathedral,  I  shonld  mob 
to  approve  his  rebgioos  and  public  canduet  and  his 
prefects  relative  to  Ireland,  a  respoasibUity  wbiob 
I  am  not  at  all  inclined  to  assnme." 

THE  POPE  AND  CATHOLIC  SIATES. 
CONTROTBBSI^L    QUESTIONS  SUBMITTED   TO 

THE  CARDINALS,  WITH  A  VIEW  TO  THEIR 

REMOVAL. 
LONDOK,  Feb.  2a— A  Timet  dispatch  from 
Borne  says  It  is  stated  that  the  Pope  has  submitted 
all  the  controversial  qnestions  existing  in  the 
Cathollo  States  to  the  Cardinala,  in  order 
that  they  may  indioate  those  upon  which  it 
would  be  possible  to  come  to  terms.  He  has  also 
asked  them  what  would  be  the  means  moat  conform- 
able to  the  doocrlDe  of  tbe  Cbarcb,  by  wbioh  the 
HolySee  could  remove  all  causes  giving  nse  to  con. 
tests,  and  attain  the  peace  desired  by  all  parciea. 

T&e  StattdarcTi  dtspateh  from  Rome  states  tbat 
Italy  tass  retased  Germany's  demanU  tor  ttie  excra- 
dition  of  Arohblsbup  Ledoobowski. 


MISCELLANEOUS  FOREIGN  NOTES. 


ViEOTfA,  Feb.  22.— The  Upper  House  of  the 

SelcSsratb  have  adopted,  without  discussion,  a 
credit  of  600,000  florins  to  assist  Austrian  mann- 
facturers  to  participate  in  tbe  Pans  Exhibition  ot 

1878. 

Glasgow,  Peb.  S2. — Sugar  has  advanced  6d.  to 
9d.  p«r  cwf. 

KiNGSTOH,  Jamaica,  Feb.  3;L— Diaturbances  are 
feared  at  Port  au  Prince. 


,  AM  USEMENTS. 


GENERAL    MENTION. 

Mile.  Ain^e  is  to  sing  m  "  GiroflS-Girofla"  at 
the  Eagle  Theatre,  thia  evening. 

The  new  oratorio  called  "Malchus"  will  be 
made  known  at  Cltickering  Hall,  to-night,  by  the 
New-YorE  Choral  Uoion  and  several  well  known 
ariiata. 

Miss  Abbott  will  make  her  d^but  in  Italian 
opera  at  the  Academy  of  Masio  this  evening,  when 
sbe  will  sing  in  "La  Fidelia  ael  Beggimento,"  with 
the  assistance  of  Signori  Brignoli  and  Ferranti,  and 
Mile,  de  Gebela  An  immense  aadience  may  be 
connted  nooD,  and  the  intended  presence  of  tbe 
Grand  Dake  of  Busala  is  also  aimoonced. 

Mr.  Strakosch's  artists  who  sang  "Paust"  in 
Philadelphia,  this  week,  are  to  represent  tbe  same 
opera,  with  tbe  same  mite  en  seine  and  ballet— these 
being  particnlarly  consplcaooB  in  the  "  Waipnrgia 
Naoht"  part  of  the  work,  wtdoh  has  not  hitherto 
been  given  here— as  beheld  at  the  Broad  Street 
Theatre — at  Niblo's,  throaghont  next  week. 

Mme.  Essipoff  gave  a  concert  at  Steinway 
Hall,  yesterday  afternoon.  The  programme  oon- 
aisted  wholly  ot  compositions  of  minor  interest; 
the  talent  of  so  distingnisbed  an  artist  is  scarcely 
to  be  ganged  by  the  pieces  which  Iiave  been  allotted 
to  her  for  perlormance  lately,  and  it  is  really  to  be 
regretted  tbat  for  her  last  entertainments,  at  all 
events,  tbe  co-operation  of  an  orchestra  ahonld  not 
be  had.  However,  Mme.  Essipoff  ought  not  to  de- 
part unheard,  with  or  without  orchestra,  and  bssoe 
we  remind  the  reader  that  she  will  play  again,  this 
evening  and  to-morrow  afternoon. 


OBITUARY. 

• 

JOHN  OXENFORD. 
A  dispatch  from  London  announces  the 
death  of  John  Oxenford,  a  w ell-known  Esglisn 
dramatic  author.  Mr.  Oxentord  was  bom  in  Cam - 
berwell,  near  London,  in  1812;  and  w<»« 
educated  for  the  practice  of  the  law,  be- 
ing admitted  to  tbe  bar  in  1833.  Preferring  litera- 
ture to  the  law,  he  resolved  to  beoome  a  dra- 
matic author,  and  produced  several  successful  plays, 
besides  many  popular  songs.  Among  the  dramas 
of  which  he  was  tb*»  author  are  "  My  Fellow  Clerk," 
*•  Twice  Killed."  "  A  Day  Well  Spent,"  -  Porter's 
Knot,"  and  "  HiX  lis.  3d."  He  also  iranslaied  tbe 
"  Autobiograpny  oi  Goethe,"  tbe  "Conversations 
of  Eckarmanu  with  Guetbe,"  tbe  '- Uellas "  u( 
Jacobs,  and  Kuno  Iriscber's  "  Essay  on  Lord  Bacon 
and  His  Philosophy."  For  many  Veara  Mr.  Oien- 
furd  waa  tbe  dramauc  critic  of  the  London  livies. 

^  THE  WEAIHEB. 


INDICATlONa 
*  Washinqton,  Feb.  23—1  A  M.— Jbr  the  Mid- 
dle and  £attem  States  north-emtt  to  gouth-eatt  tirindi, 
ftationarg  or  lover  temperature*,  rinng  barometer, 
arui  in  A^^rio- England  partly  cloudy  weather ;  bxU  in 
the  Midd!*  Atlantic  utateg  threatening  vtather  and 
pottibly  liyiht  rain*. 

OlNOINhA  TI MEBOSAJHTS  OPPOSIN  0  DEL  A  T 

Upectai  JHsvatehto  t^    Nav-rort    rime*. 

CencinnavTI,  Feb.  22. — A  large  number  of 
leading  merc<bants  and  business  men  of  this 
city,  irrespecti^ve   of  party,  have  united   in   an 

appeal  to  Congress  to  stand  manfully  by  tbe 

decision  of  the  Commission,  whatever  it  may 
be.  Tne  paper  was  forwarded  this  evening  by 
telegraph  to  Messrs.  Sayler  and  Banning,  tbe 

Cincinnati  Kep.re8entativea.  Business  men 
here  are  somewhat  alarmed  at  tbe  possibility 
oi  a  taiiure  to  elect  a  President  betore  the  4ib 
of  Marcb.  They  ieel  that  it  would  be  fiia- 
astrous  to  tbe  connuercial  and  industrial  in- 
terests of  the  coimtry.  11  Banniiig  and  S<iyler 
take  any  steps  to  deli^w  the  final  decision,  they 
will  do  it  under  tbe  emphatic  protest  of  tneir 
constituents. 

REFORM  IN  3LNa  SlJfO  PRISON. 
The  newly  appointed  Warden  of  Sing  Sing 
Prison,  Mr.  B.  S.  W.  Clarke,  entered  upon  bis  duties 
yesterday  morning.  He  immediately  commenced 
tbe  work  of  reformation  b.y  dismissing  seven 
keepers  and  one  guard,  whose  services  he  contiid- 
ered  altogether  unnecessary.  IL?  also  appointed  as 
keeper  of  the  mess-room  Charles'  Fury,  of  Malone. 

Among  tbe  many  Improvements  intended  to  be 
made  by  'Warden  Clarke  is  the  erection  of  a 
stone  wall,  from  25  to  3k)  feet  hisfa, 
inclosing  the  worksbopd,  and  running  irom  t>otb 
ends  ot  the  prison  propto'  to  the  rivei\  A  tail  iron 
fence  will  aliio  t»e  built  alone  tbe  river  fri>ut.  This 
wall  and  tence  will  be  great  guards  agMinst  the  es- 
cape of  convicts,  as  bitoerto  tbix  poraon  of  tbe 
prison  was  entirely  exposed.  Work  on.,  ibe  wall 
will  be  commenced  as  soun  as  practicable. 

A  SHAHP  MORSE  DEALER. 
A  man  who  gave  bis  name  as  CorneliuS'  Van 
Winkle,  and  said  tbat  be  was  an  oflScer  of  tbe  find- 
son  County,  in.  J.,  Societv  for  the  Prevention  of 
Cruelty  to  Animals,  was  arrested  in  tne  Sevenry- 
fonrcb  Street  Horse  Market  ou  Wednesday  morning 
by  GfBcer  Alonzo  S.  Evans,  of  tne  New-York  So- 
ciety for  tne  Prevention  of  Craelty  to  Animals, 
while  in  ibe  act  of  selling  a  borae  anfiering  with 
tbe  glanders.  The  prisaner  waa  taken  betore 
Jnatice  Smith  at  tbe  Fifiy-seventh  Street  Police 
Court  yeaterday  morning,  and  was  held  to  answer 
in  the  sum  of  $600.  It  was  stated  m  court  that  tbe 
horse  liad  been  turned  over  to  Van  Winkle  by  the 
proper  officera  of  the  society  there,  witb  orders  to 
kill  it.  as  tbe  disease  waa  dangerous  and  highly 
oontagions. ^ 

ESCAPE  OF  TWO  COSYIOTS. 
A  dispatch  was  received  at  Sing  Sing  Prison 
yesterday,  stating  that  Tbeodore  Curtis  and  John 
B.  Penfleld,  two  of  the  convicts  who  were  among 
the  nninber  sent  on  Wednesday  evening  from  tbat 
priaon  to  Auburn,  had  escaped  on  the  arrival  of  the 
train  at  Syracuse.  The  prisoners,  SO  in  numt>ei, 
were  handcuffed  in  pairs,"  and  the  manner  in  which 
the  two  prisoners  effecce  J  ibalr  escape  ti  not  known. 
Curtis  is  a  man  <if  50  years  of  age,  and  waa  serving 
a  term  of  five  years  for  grand  larceny.  He 
is  a  notorious  criminal,  having  served  three 
term*  m  State  Prison  piiur  to  the  present  one.  Tbe 
offeases  of  wbioh  he  was  convicted  were  those  of 
bnrglary  and  gjrand  larceny,  and  his  photograph 
at  present  adoins  the  "  Rogues' Gallery"  at  Police 
Head-quarters.  Penfleld  is  abous  27  years  of  age, 
and  had  never  been  at  Sing  Sing  before.  He  was 
sentenced  for  three  years  on  a  charge  of  bnrglary, 
and  had  served  a  year  of  that  time.  Hopes  are  en- 
tertained that  botn  men  will  be  speedily  captured. 

DEAIB  OF  MRS.  FREDERICK  J.  PARKER. 

Mrs.  Parker,  wile  of  Frederick  J,  Parker,  Gten- 
eral  Manager  of  tbe  Buyers'  Exchange  in  this  City, 
a  lady  widely  knows  and  highly  esteemed,  died 
suddenly  yesterday  morning  at  Passaic,  N.  J.,  of 
neuralgia  of  the  heart  Some  six  weeks  ago  ahe  was 
taken  suddenly  ill  at  Paterson,  and  being  urged  to 
return  home,  she  through  mlsuke  took  the  train 
via  Newark  inatead  of  Paaaaio.  The  conductor  told 
her  to  «et  off  at  Peru  and  to  wala  across  to  Passaic. 
Shs  obiected,  oat  he  insisted  sbe  should  da  so.  At 
Peru  ahe  tonld  not  get  a  carriage,  and  was  forced  to 
walk  a  olstance  of  nearly  three  miles  in  the  snow. 
Slis  reached  her  some  in  a  prostrate  onoditloo,  and 
neS^a  aet  la,  resultinj  m  her  death.  -Tije 
fnoeial  will  »ke  place  from  her  bite  resideooe  aLll 
o'cloea  to-morrow. 

FATAL  BOILER  EXPLOSION. 
EvANSVJUiJa,  Feb.  2Si.— A  special  to  the 
Journal  from  Petersburg,  Ind.aUtes  that  four  men 
were  instantly  kiUed  by  the  explosion  of  the  holler 
ofaporUble  *aw  mill,  at  Alford,  two  mUea  ftom 
PetttsboQE.   ^i^ottaen  ware  seTeraly  iaJaced.      1 


THE  DEATH  OF  KATYREIDEL 


EEBiPABENTS  IDENTIFY  TBE  BODY. 

OBIKF  or  THB  MOTHER  OVBB  THB  DBAD 

BODT     OF    HER  DAUGHTER— MB8.  BXI- 
DBL'S    TE8TIMONT    AT     THB     INQUEST — 
DAMAGING    EVIDENCE   AGAINST    WELD- 
SPIEL'S  MORAL  CHARACTER— OPEN  VER- 
DICT BT  THB  JURY. 
The  inquest  in  the    case  of  Katy    Beidel, 
found   dead   at   the    Qoaraptine    grounds,    Staten 
Island,  has  conolnded  without  throwing  any  light 
upon  the  mrstery  surrounding  her  death.    The  man 
Weldspeil  who,  It  was  auppoaed  knew  something 
concerning  her  death,  has  been   discharged,  no  evi- 
dence   having  been  produced   against  bim  which 
would    warrant  hia,  detention.     Ttie  testimony    of 

this  man,  tbonsb  given  in  a  clear,  apparently  ooen 
manner.now  seems  to  have  been  in  the  main  untrue, 
and  the  testimony  of  the  mother  of  the  dead  girl 
shows  conclusively  that  Weldspiel  had  aeduoed 
her  and  taken  her  away  from  her  home 
in      Boston.      Mr.     and     Mrs.     Seidel      arrived 

from    Boston    early   yesterday   moroiog.    They 

went  directly  to  the  Police  station  at  Sta- 
pleton,  Staten  laland,  and  were  from  there 
conducted  to  the  Bicbmond  County  Alms- 
house to  view  tbe  remains  of  their  .daagnter. 
Tbe  scene  at  the  identification  of  tbe  body  was 
affeotug  m  the  extreme.  The  party  was  led 
to  a  room  In  one  of  tbe  onauty  boild- 
ines,  ordinarily  naed  as  a  bath-room.  Tbe 
mother  entered  tbe  apartment  first,  and  stood  at 
the  foot  of  tbe  pine  box  whicb  inclosed  the  l>ody 
of  tbe  dead  girl.  When  the  ltd  was  Uken 
from  tbe  box  sbe  ^Ltered  a  scream  and 
threw  herself  upon  ^V.  body,  which  .vet 
remained  in  a  state  of  perfect^preservation.  "  Oh 
Uod  t"  she  cried,  as  she  caressed  the  cheeks  of  tbe 
corpse,  "it  is  my  Katv,  it  is  my  Katy  I"  There 
ahe  lav  for  a  few  moments  moaining, 
and  saying  in  the  intervals  of  her 
sobs,  "  Katy,  Katy,  my  darling,  why  did  you  not 
come  back  V  RiHiug  up  lioni  the  body,  she  Maid, 
wbile  her  eyes  flashed  :  "  The  scoundrel.  Weld- 
spiel,  be  did  it;  he  killed  my  Katv.  Ho 
stole  her  away,  aud  murdered  my  child." 
Her  grief  was  too  poignant  for  her  to  be  vindictive 
in  tbe  presence  of  the  dead,  and  sbe  again 
threw  bersell  upon  tbe  corpse,  moaning, 
"  Oh,  why  not  send  her  hack  alive  ? 
Way         did       he         kill        her  ("  The        oiau 

who  Stood  by  wept,  and  for  a  long  time  none  at- 
tempted to  lead  away  the  grief-airluken  mother. 
Finally,  sbe  permitted  herself  to  be  drawn  gently 
from  the  room.  Before  leaving,  however,  sbe 
clipped  a  luck  of  hair  trom  tbe  hiad 
ot  tbe  dead  girl,  and  as  sbe  wslked  to  the  waguu 
that  was  to  bear  her  to  confront  Weldspiel,she kissed 
it  passionately,  weeping  aud  moaning  all  the  while. 

THB   TESTIMONY. 

The  inquest  was  resumed  in  the  Village  Hall  of 
New-Brighton  yesterday  morning.  Wilham  Wei- 
spiel  waa  recalled.  The  only  new  statement  he 
made  was  in  explanation  of  his  theory  oPtne  manner 
of  Katy's  death,  fie  said  be  beUived  tbat  sbe 
brooded  over  what  he  had  said  to  her  when  sbe 
came  to  hia  room  alter  leaving  Mr.  Phelps'  house, 
until  her  mind  became  bent  npon  aoicide;  he 
earnestly  declared  that  he  was  not  on  Staten  laland 
laat  Wednesday  afternoon. 

At  thia  point  tbe  logueat  waa  adjorurned  for  an 
hour.  Just  previous  to.  the  resumption  of  the  in- 
quest two  light  wagons  were  driven  up  to  tbe 
Village  Hall,  and  an  elderly  man  and  woman 
and  several  other  persons  alighted  Itou 
tbe  vehicle.  It  was  soon  learned  by 
the  crowd  ttiat  tbe  elderly  coaple  were  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Keidel,  and  the  examination-room  w>ts  soon 
crowded  with  auditors  expeciiog  remarkable  ue- 
velopments.  Coroner  Dempsey  vailed  Mrs.  Kaidel 
to  the  Witness-stand  aesoouaa  the  Jury  were  to  tbeir 
seats.  Uer  testimony  was  a  terrible  denuuciatiou 
of  Welapiel.  Sbe  said  :  My  name  la  Agoes  Keidel ; 
lUV  residence  is  at  No.  3  Tremont  pla.:e,  iioston  ;  I 
recognized  the  body  of  the  dead  girl  aa  that  of  my 
daughter;  I  saw  my  daushter  alive  tbe  last 
time,  over  four  years  ago;  Welapiel  sioie  my 
daughter  away  from  our  nome,  and  I  never. heard 
trom  ber  after  she  left  as ;  my  buibaud  and  myaelf 
otten  tried  to  find  woere  sbe  was,  but  could  nut ;  I 
could  recognize  Welsplel  if  1  shoald  sue  him  again. 

At  this  uiuineut  Weidipiel  was  brougbi  iniu  (be 
room,  in  tbe  middle  ot  a  long  line  ul  men.  Mrs. 
Keidel  arose  atid  turned  around  wiib  ber  entire  frame 
shaking  with  suppressed  excitement.  Welapiel  stood 
wiib  Dent  kneed.  In  tbe  centre  of  tbe  tbrong  of 
men.  His  lace  was  pallid,  and  be  acted  as  it  over- 
come with  tear.  His  bauds  were  clasped  in  trom 
of  nim,  and  be  awaited  with  anxiety  the  ac- 
tion of  tbe  wlmeas,  whuse  face  he  bad 
not  yet  seen.  As  soon  as  Mrs.  Keidel 
turned  around,  be  tbrew  his  bands  bign  ulMve  bia 
bead  and  started  back  aa  if  reireatiUK  from  aa  ap- 
parition. Uia  backward  movemoni  was  so 
sudden  be  would  have  fallen  if  the 
persona  near  him  bad  not  upheld  bim  ;  when  be 
recovered  be  clasped  bis  bands  in  an  imploring 
faabiou,  and  moved,  with  body  bent  and 
bead  DO  wed,  tuwitrd  tbe  strong-taoed  woman 
who  looked  at  bim  frum  bebind  tue 
rail;  aa  be  advanced  be  cried  oat  entreailnglv, 
"  On  Mrs.  Reidel,  Mrs.  litidei  " ;  sne  drew  berseit 
ap  to  ber  lull  beigbt,  und,  ruiaing  ber  b<uad  tbia.it- 
eniugly,    ■»'<!    1"    •    '""'^    "'    triumph,     "At  Liatl 

At  laat  I"  AS  Weluspiel  aurid  at  her, 
and  moved  ius  clasped  hands  couvalsivelv 
np  ana  down  t)etore  hiui,  she  cried  out,  •'  Ob,  you 
need  not  clasp  your  nanda  to  me  ;"  then  she  tnrued 
from  bim  and  aat  down.  Weldspiel  was  led  from  the 
room,  looking  dejected  and  niierly  miserable. 

Mrs.  Keiael  tiien  resumed  ber  cestlmuuy,  saying : 
I  have  never  seen   Welusuiel  since  be  took  my  gui 

away :  he  left  Bustun  at  the  same  timo  g.,  E  iiy  ; 

gbe  was  then  13  ia  years  old,  aud  she  wuulu  t.e  la 
years  ot  aae  on  lo«  15tn  ot  next  April ;  Wulspiel  uia 
not  take  hia  Wile  from  Boston  with  him;  he  sent 
her  a  telegram  about  14  days  later  to  go  to  New. 
York;  while  in  Boston  be  kept  a  saloon  for  a  iime 
in  West  Springfield  street;  be  cueated  every- 
Oody  he  could ;  he  cheated  me ;  he  r«n 
sway  wiib  my  money  and  took  my  daughter  with 
him;  my  girl  lived  with  him  for  two  mouths,  and 
iheu  ahe  went  to  Europe  with  hia  wife;  1 
let  uiv  daughter  go  to  Europe  becauae 
We'idspiel  said  he  was  a  neb  man  there ; 
sbe  stayed  there  five  months;  1  bad  to  send 
mone.y  to  bring  her  aud  Mrs.  Weldspiel 
back-  1  took  my  daughter  away  from 
Weldspiel    alter  the  return  tium  Europe,  because 

geople  told  me  be  abused  her,  tbat  he  took  her  to 
ad  places;  Katy  told  me  tbat  Ue  abused 
ber ;  alter  tnat  Ue  came  after  her  und 
coaxed  her,  giving  ber  presenrs  of.  silver 
and  other  things  to  go  away  with  him,  and  ahe. 
poor  girl,  went  away;  sbe  uiun't  know  aoy  bet  er, 
she  waa ao  innocent;  I  know  ot  my  own  knowledge 
that  Weldspiel  bgd  aexual  commerce  with  my 
daughter ;  bis  wile  knew  this  also,  and  it  caused  a 
£reat  deal  of  trouble  ;  VTeldspiel  tried  to  jjet  rid  of 
hia  wile  by  eendiug  her  to  Earope;  Weldiipiel 
often  threatened  to  |  kui  Katy  if  she 
went  witn  another  man;  be  told 
me  in  myhouBe  tbat  he  would  kiil  Katy  if  sbeweut 
witn  another  man,  and  I  cuased  hiiu  out;  then  I 
told  Katy,  and  she  said :  "Oli,  he  love  me  too  much  ; 
he  wool  aiil  me" — the  po..r  child;  oue  iim.» 
Kjity  went  to  a  party  at  a  friend's  house;  Weldspeil 
was  there  aud  saw  her  talking  to  a  young  man 
wbo  waa  brought  np  iu  my  bouse ; 
he  said  fiercely  to  Katy  I  will  kill 
tnat  fellow  if  you  go  with  him ; 
Katy  aaid  to  bim:  'Ob,  Mr.  Weldspiel,  I  don't  have 
DOtblng  with  him;'  onetime  Mrs.  Welspiel  told 
me  !)er  husoand  said  :  -Why  dou'c  you  take  poison 
to  get  rid  of  your  child  the  same  aa 
Ibe  Yankee  women  dof  I  said  to  her 
Don't  you  do  nothing  like  tbat ;  Weldspiel  always 
fouebt  with  hia  wife  and  beat  her ;  he  told  me  one 
tiir>e  tbat  be  had  some  rat  poi«on  which  be  thuugat 
he  would  (ive  hia  wife,  as  she  was  lazv  and  would 
not  work  ;  I  said  to  him  'Don't  you  do  thai ;  your 
wife  works  aa  muob  as  sbe  cau,'  and  I  drove'bim 
from  my  house  ;  Mrs.  Weldspiel  was  a  bad  wom- 
an, too.  no  better  than  her  husbauo ; 
Mrs.  Weldspiel  told  me  thae  Katy  sleot  in  tne  same 
bed  With  herself  aud  ber  bu.tbaud  ;  sba  protested 
against  tbis,  but  ber  husband  declared  that  Katy 
must  sleep  in  ibe  bed,  and  beat  her  tor  crying :  she 
told  me  tbat  her  husband  bad  carnal  in- 
tercoarse  witb  Katy,  many  times  while  sbe 
was  in  ber  presence;  I  took  my  daughter 
away  from  Weidspisl'a  family  when  I 
knew  be  bad  abased  her;  1  went  out  to  work  and 
left  Katy  at  homet  Weldspiel  went  to  tbe  house  and 
gave  ner  presents— ear-rings,  fancy  comba,  brooches, 
and  other  jewelry;  be  tbieatened  bet  Lie  if  she  uid 
not  accompany  bim,  and  said  no  other  man  should 
have  her  but  himself ;  aeveral  times  he  hunted  my 
house  tnrouKb  to  tlud  my  daughter  when  she  had 
hidden  nerseif  from  nim. 

Joseph  Keidel,  the  father  of  the  dead  girl,  tesii- 
flad :  1  reougniib  tho  body  I  saw  to-day 
as  that  of  my  daughter  Katy ;  William 
Weldspiel  took  ber  away  trom  boston;  1  uot  a 
warrant  for  Weldapiel's  arrest,  but  tbe  Police 
never  lonnd  him  ;  Katy  never  told  me  that  Weldspiel 
abused  bar  in  an  improper  way. 

Welspiel  wsi»  again  recalled  and  asked  to  state 
why  he  left  Boston.  He  rehearaed  bis  former  testi- 
mony, saying  nothing  new,  nniil  Coroner  Dempsey 
stopped  him,  as  bis  atteraacea  only  consumed  tim'e 
wicbout  fnrnisbing  knowledge  to  the  jury.  The 
case  was  then  given  to  iba  Jury.  After  deliberating 
about  ao  hour  and  a  half  that  bodj  rendered  the 
following  verdict : 

The  saiil  Katy  Beidel  came  to  her  death  on  either  the 
10th  or  1  Itb  of  jrebrnary,  1877,  from  a  aose  of  prussio 
acid,  bow  or  by  whom  admiaistered  is  uuknown  to  the 
Jury. 

Coroner  Dempsey  brought  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Beidel 
and  Welsplel  int*  a  private  room  to  hear  tbe  read- 
ing of  the  verdict.  He  then  iuformed  Welspiel 
tbat  it  waa  bis  doty,  under  tbe  circumstance.t, 
to  diacbargt  bim  from  custody.  Tbe  man  appeared 
to  become  crated  with  Jov-  Tbe  pallor  fled 
from  bia  cbeeka,  aud  his  limbs,  tbat  uad  been  qaiv- 
erlng,  became  strong  again.  He  ruahed 
toward  Mrs.  Reidel,  and  crying  "  Mama,  mama," 
threw  himaelf  weeping  npon  her  breaat ;  for  a  mo- 
ment ahe  atood  rigid,  tbeo,  with  a  cry  of  porror,  she 
threw  him  trom  ber ;  aa  be  recoiled  ahe  pounced 
npon  bun  and  tried  to  tear  bis  face 
with  her  hands,  all  the  wbile  screaming 
"Ob,  you  acroundrel  1  you  have  killed  my 
Katy;  jron  nave  atolen  and  mnroered  my 
poor  obild."  Had  it  not  been  for  tbe  offlcera 
present,  ahe  would  probably  have  done  him 
a    great    deal     (if    IniorF.    tor     the     appeared 


to  be  endowed  with  wondrou  strttgtb,  while 
he  seemed  to  be  powerless  to  retist  her;  when 
Weldspiel  Anally  escaped  from  tbe  room  and  went 
into  the  street,  he  was'met  by  a  crowd  ot  excited 
people,  who  howled  at  him  and  celled 
bifii  murderer,  scoundrel,  villain,  and  otheroppro. 
bioos  epitbeta;  they  needed  little  to  make  them 
■eite  and  lynch  him  at  tbe  nearest  lamp*po8(,  so 
afieoted  were  tbey  by  the  disgos.ing  revelationB 
made  bv  Mrs.  Beidel^  of  his  conduct  toward  bar 
daughter. 

Tbe  body  of  Katy  Beidel  will  be  interred  hi  Wood, 
lawn  Cemetery  on  Staten  Island  this  afternoon- 
ThQ  expenses  of  the  burial  Will  be  defrayed  by  sub. 
aonptlo'n.  Mr.  and  Mra.  Beidel  are  too  poor  either 
to  have  tbe  body  of  their  danehter  taken  to  Boatun 
or  to  pay  for  its  intermept  in  this  vicinity. 

BELIEVED  OF  THEIR  BOOIY. 


A  DRT  GOODS  STORE  IN  T^MAS  STREET 
ROBBED — THE  THIEVES  ARRESTED  AND 
THB   STOLEN   PKOPERTT  KECOVKRKD. 

Shortly  after  7  6'clock  yesterday  morning, 
while  Patrolman  Fogarty,  of  tbe  Fifth  Precinct, 
waa  on  patrol  in  plain  clothes,  be  noticed  two 
rough-looking  individoals  carrying  a  trunk  through 
West  Broadway  from  the  direction  ot  Thomaa 
8tr<>et.  The  appearance  of  tbe  men  aroused  the 
anapicions  of  tbe  policeman,  and  be  sauntered  leis- 
urely after  them,  hoping  to  meet  a  Oroiher  officer. 
The  men  went  along  until  tbey  reached  Walker 
Street,  wbeu  they  placed  tbe  trunk  ou  the  stoop  of 
a  bonse.  They  then  separated.  Oue  of  them  pro- 
ceeded alons  Walker  street  to  Chorcb,  and  turned 
up  Chnrch  toward  Canal  street,  while  the  other  re* 

maioed  with  tbe  trunk.  Pogar:y  toUowed  the  man 
along  Walker  at.-eet,  and  when  he  tarned  into 
Church  street,  ont  of  sight  of  hie  companion,  ar- 
rested bim  and  turned  faim  over  to  Patrolman  Pike, 
of  the  Fifth  Piscinot.  Fogarty  then  returned  to 
the  man  who  waa  guarding  the  trunk,  and  arrested 
him.  Tbe  prisoners  were  taken  to  tbe  Leonard 
Street  Police  Station,  7here  tbey  gave  their  names 
as  Patrick  Fay  aiid  William  O'Nell.  The  trunk, 
ou  being  opened,  was  found  to  contain  30  dozen 
linen  poclret-bandkerohiefs,  95  Llama  lace  ahawls, 
25  Llama  lace  jackets,  75  Llama  lace  parasol-covers, 
9  white  lace  shawls.  12  dozen  ladles'  tortoise 
shell  co«bs,  six  dozen  fine  linen  mourning  sets,  2.5 
water-proof  cloaks,  auU  a  number  of  silk  dressee, 
mantillaa,  aud  inckets.  Au  ezaminaiioo  of  tbe 
neighborhood  was  caeu  m^de,  itou  it  was  learned 
that  the  store  ut°  Kuseubaum  &,  Friedman,  on  tbe 
second  flour  ot  Ko.  46  'rhomas  street,  bad  been  en- 
tered aud  robbed  bv  burglars.  The  firm  were  no- 
tified and  on  examining  the  goods  found  in  tbe 
trunk  Identified  them  a.i  their  property.  'I'lie  goods 
are  valued  at  S6,0b0.  It  appears  tbat  the  first  fiuor 
of  the  premiaea  is  unoccupied,  and  it  Is  supposed 
that  the  burglara  were  concealed  there  when  the 
place  was  closed  for  tbe  night,  and  that  daring  the 
iiigbb  tbey  forced  open  tbe  door  leading  into  that 
purtioa  of  the  premlaes  occupied  bv  Kusunbaum  & 
Friedman.  On  the  first  floor  were  touud  a  truuk 
coniaiuiuz  |1,S00  worth  oi  weariug  apparel  beloug- 
iug  to  Mrs.  Friedman,  wliich  had  been  removed 
trum  tbe  second  floor,  and  also  a  ''jimmy,"  pistol, 
screw-driver,  ana  two  knives.  Tbe  prisoners  were 
broUjihi  before  Superiniendeut  Walling,  and  Fay 
waa  recognized  as  Flaherty,  an  expert  burglar, 
whoae  picture  la  in  tbe  Koiiue'sGalle.-y.  O'Niel  ih 
also  knovn  as  a  burglar,  and  the  c>upennteuuent  or- 
dered his  picture  to  be  taken.  Tbe  pnsoners  were 
arraii^ned  betoie  Justice  Dufl'v,ai  the  Tomos  Police 
Cuurt,  yesterda.v,  and  reiuauaed  lor  exauiination. 

RACIJSG  IJS   CALIFORNIA. 


A      FOUR-MILE  .    HEAT      RA.CE — MOLLIB      MC- 
CARTHY     THE    WINNER    IN    '/:431^     AND 

7:42>i. 

San  Fkancisco,  Feb.  22. — A  four-mile  heat 
race  for  a  purse  of  $5,000  came  off  to-day  over 
the  Bay  District  Course.  Theie  was  a  good  at- 
tendance, the  track  waa  in  good  order,  and  the 
horses  in  flne  condition.  Mollis  McCarth.y,  Lady 
Amanda,  Bazar,  Bradley,  and  Billy  Bingham 
started.  Shermiin  and  battle  A.,  wbo  were  also 
entered,  were  withdrawn  on  account  of  lameness. 
An  even  start  waa  eSecied  in  the  first  heat. 
Bradley  look  tbe  lead,  retaining  it  until 
coming  down  the  bomestretcb  on  tbe 
third  mile,  when  MoUie  McCarthy  passed  bim. 
Basar.  who  had  till  then  been  traveling  behind 
took  tbe  third  poaition,  Bingham  the  fourth, 
Amanda  gradually  droppiot:  to  the  rear, 
in  which  order  they  nnisbed  tbe  heal, 
Lady  Amanda  being  distanced.  Time— 7:43^. 
lb  tbe  s^ond  beat  Bradley  toOk  tbs  lead  again,  ana 
kept  it  to  tbe  ena  ot  the  Sicond  mile.  Uoilie 
McCarthy  second,  and  Bxzar  third.  Liidy  Amanda 
dropped  hopele.4sly  to  ibereuron  ihe  sejoud  mile. 
Oj  rounding  the  fl.st  turn  ou  tbe  third  mile,  Mollie 
MeCartliv  weui  to  tbe  front,  anu  iiuzjr 
passed  Bradley.  This  poaition  was  maintained, 
Bradley  graanally  dropping  to  tb«  rear,  Mollie  ran- 
ping  easily  and  crossing  the  score  the  winner  of  tbe 
neat  aud  race,  Bradie.y  and  Billy  B;nt:bam  dis- 
tanced. Time,  (corrected)  7:4j>4.  Moiiie  McCar- 
thy waa  awarded  the  flrat,  tbud  ^nd  tourih  money, 
and  Uazar  ibe  second.     Following  is  asamm.trv  : 

PUBSS  15,000— .2  50U  for  the  first,  •1,2J0  to  secoud 
1600  to  tuird,  aud  »500  to  fourtu  ;    toui  -mile  heats, 
fur  ail  ages. 
T.     Winter's  Slollle   McCarthy,   4    years   old,     by 

Mouda.v,  101  pounds l    i 

B.  F.  Timou's  Uaz  r.  4  years  old,  by  Jack  na.one, 

i04  pounds 3     2_ 

W.  1'.  liaruen'   Urudler,   5    ye>.rH    olu,  t>y    Aoifoik. 

110  pounds 2di8 

J.  N.  (;raub'a  Billy  mut;haiu.  a,ied.  bv  l)r.  Liud- 

sa.v,  114  pounds , 4  dta. 

J.  Catru    .^impson's    tiauy  jiiaunda,  agea,  b.r  uur- 

r-n.  111  potmiis dn. 

Sherman ar. 

Mattie  A dr. 

'I'luie  icor reeled) — 7:4;i'«,  7:4:^'«. 

SOCIETY  OF  THE  OlSClXNATL 
The  New-York  Society  of  tbe  Cincinnati  cel- 
ebrated Washington's  Birthday  by  having  a  ban- 
qnet  at  Delmonico's.  In  the  abHence  of  tbe  Presi- 
dent, Hon.  Hamilton  Fisb,  from  wnom  a  letter  had 
been  received,  regretting  .  his  inability 
to  attend,  Mr.  Willbun  S.  Popham  pre- 
sided. Thirty  members  sat  down  to 
dinner,  among  whom  were  Messrs.  Pierre  Van 
Cortlandt,  Rev.  Mariana  Wlllett,  Gen.  John  Coch 
rane,  John  Schuyler,  Gen.  A.  S.  Webb,  Alexander 
Hamiltan,  William  Ostden  Giies,  George  Cabot 
Ward,  and  other  prominent  eeiitlemen.  After  the 
ouurses,  tbe  toUowii^g  toasts  were  drank  : 

1.  WushinjrtoB— The  First  President  of  the  Society. 
Ma.v  We  emulate  bis  virtues  as  we  revere  bii  name, 
iirunk  in  siience. 

2.  I'he  Founders  of  the  CiDCtnnati — Heroes  In  war, 
Ststeamen  lu  puuce,  aud  evur  loveia  ot  our  cocutry! 
Silence. 

3.  Oar  President— Hamilton  Fish.  Bespouded  to  by 
MraWiliiam  H.  Irosbr. 

4.  Tbe  freddeiit  or  the  United  Statics. 

6.   The  Governor  of  toe  btate  of  New-Yorlc. 

6.  'I  he  Army  and  Nav,-.    Ke8p<jn»e  by  Geo.  Casey. 

7.  our  ulster  Stale  <<ocietiei>. 

8.  Women.    Responses  by  Measi A  Tltoh  and  Schott 
tien.  Cochrane,  who  presided  at  one  end  of  the 

table,  after  the  rrgular  ^^asts,  called  ont  Alexan- 
der Hamilton,  wbo  spoke  to  tbe  character  of 
Washington.  Oiber  speeches  were  made  bv  John 
fiicb,  of  the  New-Jersey  Society;  C.  Bidgely 
Schott,  of  the  Pennsylvania  Society,  apd  by  Geo. 
Cochrane.     Tbe   eociet.y  adjournedst'^  la.e  hodr. 

DINNER  OF  IHE  HARVARD  CLVB. 
The  eleventh  annual  dinner  of  the  Harvard 
Cloh,  composed  of  the  Alumni  of  Harvard  TJoiver- 
ally  residing  in  New- York  C'ty  and  vicinity 
waa  held  laat  evening  at  Delmontoo's.  .Mr. 
Joseph  H.  Choste,  President  of  tbe  club,  oc- 
cupied the  chair.  A  song  comiiosed  for  the  occasion 
waa  sung,  a  poem  having  fur  Its  subject  tbe  "  La- 
dies," wesread  by  Mr.  H.  W.  Poor,  and  aoeeohes 
were  made  by  the  Pies'dent,  Rev.  Dr.  Bellows, 
Dr.  Sturgis,  Gen.  Soragne,  of  Botfalo;  Jndge 
Henry  £.  How  land,  Hon.  John  O.  Sor- 
geiit.  Prof.  Dud  oar.  Dean  of  tbe  TJniversity 
aud  Prols.  Torliog  and  Goodwin.  Among  the  no- 
table gentlemen  present,  in  addition  to  those 
mentioned  as  speakers,  were  Attorney  General  ' 
Faircbild,  Hon.  Francis  Parkruan,  of  Boa.'on  ; 
Meaara.  G.  Choate,  William  M.  Prichard,  and  Dr. 
Francis  M.  Weld,  and  otheis.  wbo  acted  as  Dinner 
Committee.  

EJOHWATUEN  I  A'  JTAKBINGTON  STREET. 
^hile  Mr.  Peter  Anderson,  of  No.  24  Albany 
street,  was  pa^aing  ibrungb  Wa8hin!;ton  street,  be- 
tween I  and  3  o'clock  yesterday  morning,  be  waa 
aetuponby  a  gang  of  young  ruffians  numbering 
five  or  six,  one  of  whom  struck  bim  a  violent  blow 
in  tbe  taoe,  felling  bim  to  tha  ground.  His  com- 
panions then  beat  bim  badly,  and  one  of  them  oov- 
ereu  bis  bead  witb  a  hand  kerchief,  after  which 
they  rifled  his  pockets  of  a  pocket-book  containing 
$&0  in  greenbacks.  Offi;«er  McDermott^  ot  the 
Twanty-sev^mtb  Precinct  Police,  who  waa  in  the 
neighborhood,  beard  tbe  ouicry  for  heip  made  by 
Mr.  Anderson,  and  on  going  to  the  spot  Xound  that 
be  bad  been  beaten  in  a  shockloa  manner.  Tbe 
officer  found  two  of  the  ganft,  named  William 
Biekey,  aged  19,  of  No.  95  Wasbiogion  street, 
and  John  Mitchell,  aged  18,  of  No.  125  Wash- 
iugton  atreet,  standing  near  the  cornet  of  Cedar 
street)  and  placed  them  under  arrest  When  con- 
trontfd  with  Mr.  Anderson  m  the  atation.bouse,  he 
positively  identified  Mitchell  as  tbe  person  who 
first  struck  him  in  tbe  face.  A  man  named  John 
Sullivan  was  subaequpntl.y  arreated  on  suspicion  of 
having  been  oonoerued  in  tbe  robbery,  and  the  three 

Srisoners    were    yesterday    taken    before    Justioe 
luSy,  at  the  Tombs  Police  Court,  where  they  de- 
nled  all  knowledge  of  the  robbery.    Hiokey  and 

Mitchell  Were  each  held  in  default  of  (3,000  bail  to 
answer  at  tbe  General  Sessions,  and  Sullivan  waa 
remanded  to  tbe  custody  of  the  Police,  wbo  expect 
to  connect  him  witb  tbs  robbery. 


LOCAL  MISCELLANY. 


COMMODORE  VANDERBILTS  WILL. 

PREPARINO    TO     CONTEST    IT     IN     COURT.7-A 

.  COMPLAINT  OP  "  UNDUE  INFLUENCE  "  TO 
BE  UBUED — ^AN  EFFORT  TO  BE  MADE  FOR 
AN  AMICABCE  ADJUSTMENT. 

The  Tdcbs  on  Tuesday  announced  that  a  con- 
teat  of  the  Will  of  the  late  Commodore  Vanderbill 
was  contemplated  by  Mr.  Cornelias  J.  Vanderbilt, 
one  of  the  sona  of  rhe  dead  millionaire,  and  tbat 
counsel  bad  been  employed  by  tbe  contestant,  pre- 
liminary to  the  return  of  the  citation  in  the  Snrro- 
gate'a  Cotirt  on  Tuesday  next.  Two  ot  the  morning 
newspapers  on  Wednesday  explicitly  denied  the 
atatements  ot  The  Tiubs.  but  tbe  aame  newspapers 
yesterday  swallowed  their  own  statements  witb  an 
apparently  good  appetite,  .and  fully  oonoborated 
the  assertion  of  Ire  Tdies  tbat  a  contest  would  he 
made.  The  work  of  preparing  tbe  pro- 
test agalnt  the  admission  of  the  will  to 
probate  Is  going  on,  and  the  chief  argument, 
it  is  understood,  will  be  that  undue  infiuenoe  waa 
exerted  upon  Commodore  Vanderbilt  to  induce  bim 
to  make  the  disposition  of  his  property  tbat  he  did. 
Mr.  C.  J.  Vanderbilt  Is  as  yet  the  only  member  of 
the  family  wbo  has  actually  taken  the  position  of  a 
contestant,  although  others  have  oot:salted  with 
oonnsel  in  the  matter.  Tbe  idea  of  contestin<!  tbe  will 
took  tbe  sbspe  ot  a  declaralioa  to  counsel  soou 
after  tbe  wiU  was  opened,  and  Mr.  C.  J.  Vander- 
bilt, it  is  paid,  expressed  bis  dissaiist'aotioD  with 
tbe  instrument  soon  after  it  was  read.  B.y  its  terms 
be  receives  only  the  income  to  be  derived  Irom  an 
investment  of  1200.000,  out  of  au  entate  of  $100,U00.- 
OO'J.  When  be  applied  to  counsel  lor  ad- 
vice, Mr.  Vanderbilt  waa  advised  not  to 
bring  the  matter  before  tbe  public,  but  to  settle 
it  in  the  family.  This  proposition  did  not 
meet  witb  favor  from  Mr.  W.  fl.  Vanderbil',  and 
be  <»ae  will,  unless  a  proposiiiou  should  come 
from  Mr.  W.  U.  Vauderbilt  before  Tuesday  next, 
De  contested,  ao  was  reported.  Should  the  probate 
be  resisted,  an  application  for  a  Receiver  of  the 
estate  pending  the  result  of  the  ault  woald  proba- 
bly be  mtiih',  and  uutil  tbe  flual  decision  is  ren- 
dered. Mr.  W.  H.  Vauderbilt  will  be  uuable  .to  en- 
ter into  the  possedsion  of  bis  share  of  the 
property,  aa  Indicated  by  tbe  will.  Col. 
Ethan  Allen,  the  counsel  for  C.  J.  Vau- 
uerbilt.  said  yesterday  to  a  reporter  of  Thb  Time^ 
that  Mr.  Vauderbilt  bad  inioimed  him  mat  prou- 
ably  Mi.  Jeremiah  Black  and  Mr.  David  Dudley 
Pield  would  become  bia  associate  counsel,  aud  tbe 
luterence  waa  that  be  bad  engaged  them  duriug  his 
recent  visit  to  Washiui;ton.  Mr.  C.  J.  Vaboexbilt  de- 
nies tbat  he  has  been  influenced  at  all  by  Mr.  Terry, 
bis  intimate  friend,  iu  hid  course,  and  ass^rta  ibii  wi 
baa  decided  upon  bis  action  for  himself,  aud  will,  if 
neuesaary,  so  pursue  it.  Col.  AUou  corroborates 
tbis  statement,  and  says  he  has  never  known  Mr. 
Terry  to  make  any  sukgestions  oouceruiuir  tbe  con- 
test, although  he  has  known  that  the  eeutlemau 
was  a  very  intimate  friend  of  Mr.  C.  J.  Vanderbilt. 


ARRESTED  AFTER  TWELVE  TEARS.  - 
BosTOK.  Feh.  22.— Joseoh  ,C.  Davis  waa  ar- 
rested here  yesterday  on  an  indictment  issued  in 
Vermont  12  years  ago.  He  is  chareed  with  defrand- 
ine  C.  S.  HamUtoo,  of  Hartford,  Vt.,  of  |I0,«00  m 
1863.  A  writ  of  habeas  oorpiu  WUs  iasneu.  aud  a 
heariOK  will  taJco  nUo» 


THE  MURDER  OF  MAGGIE  BAUER. 

TAEJNO  TESTIMONY  FOR  THK  DEFUNiiK — 
OPINIONS  AS  TO  THE  SANITY  OF  THE 
PRISONER  —  REBUTTAL  TESTIMONY  TO 
BE  OFFERED  TO-DAY. 

The  trial  ot  Frank  McConnochie  for  the  mur- 
der of  Maegie  Bauer  was  continued  in  the  Queens 
County  Court  of  O.yer  and  Terminer  yesterday 
morning.  Mr.  Armstrong  continued  bis  argument 
in  deteuse  of  tbe  prisoner.  He  said  be  proposed  to 
show  by  witnesses  tbat  some  of  Maggie  Bauer's 
hair  waa  found  on  Kate  Hoffman's  dress ;  he  would 
also  show  ttiat  Payne,  the  detective  who  arreaied 
McConnochie,  had  used  undue  means  for  extorting 
the  confession  trom  tbe  prisoner.  Ou  tbe  occasion 
when  McConnochie  was  taken  along  tbe  road  from 
Jamaica  to  Bauer's  house  he  was  alarmed  at  seeing 
a  rope  placed  in  tbe  buggy,  and  asked  Payne  what 
they  were  eoing  to  do  with  it,  Payne  is  said  to  have 
replied  :  "  I  don't  know  what  the  man  is  going  to  do 
Kith  it,  but  if  yon  confess  be  will  not  use  it  on 
yoa.  "  McConnocbiif  ,  bad  on  several  occa- 
sions displayed  evidences  of  men  al  luca- 
pacuy,  and  had  been  discharged  on  several  occa- 
siona  for  exhibitions  of  imbecility.  A  copy  of  a 
o.rcular  ofienng  a  reward  of  (200  for  tbe  aopreben- 
sion  of  tbe  murderer  of  Alagttie  Baner,  and  signed 
by  tbe  Board  of  Supervisors  ot  Qaeens  County, 
was  placed  in  eviJence,  after  which  Mr.  John  Mc- 
Connochie, the  lather  of  the  prisoner,  was  placed 
on  tbe  stand.  He  tesiitied  tbat  the  prisoner  was 
27  years  old,  aud  had  been  in  tbe  Penitentiary  once 
lor  vaicrancy  ;  witness  had  never  truaied  his  son  to 
do  any  responsible  thing;  he  could  not  get  bim  to 
go  to  school  ;  the  prisoner  bad  a  mind  incapable  of 
understanding  anvthiuK ;  he  had  never  learned  a 
trade,  as  people  wonld  not  be  butberid  with  bim  ; 
witness  had  fitted  bis  son  out  with  clothes  many 
times,  but  be  would  invariably  destroy  or  lose 
them,  aud  wonld  treqaenily  trade  them  for  cheap 
Jewelry  and  trinkets ;  the  prisoner  waa  never  sauoy 
or  disrespecllul,  out  would  lisi.en  atleutively  to  ad- 
vice or  directioD:  wiien  bia  father's  back  was 
tnrned,  however,  be  appeared  to  forget  all  the  lu- 
juuctlona  be  had  received;  the  prisoner  had  been 
■eui  to  Iowa  by  the  Children's  Aid  Society  on  oue 
occasion,  but  tbe  fullowiug  year  he  came  back  to 
the  city. 

in  crossexamination  the  witness  admitted  tbat 
tbe  pi'isjuer  migut  belazv;  bia  idea  was  tbat  tbe 
prisoner  bad  uuapiilioauou;  wltufsa  thoaabi  pris- 
ooer  knew  rl^ht  trom  wroui!:  be  had  beeu  a  tramp 
tor  man.\  years  ;  prisoner's  mother  wouia  not  have 
bioi  arodud  i\xo  bou.ie. 

Dr.  Cuarles  F.  Beldon  was  next  examined.  He 
bad  lived  .n  Jamaica  tbi  14  years,  and  knew  the 
prisoner;  he  last  saw  bim  on  Sunday;  be  maue 
an  examination  of  the  piisQuer  ou  luao  occasion, 
both  intellectually  and  pLysicail.y  :  he  found  tbi^t 
tbe  pruuner  had  beeu  aauicted  to  a  loathsome  habit 
tor  tbe  space  of  13  years;  lu  the  )  augment  of  tue 
witness,  tue  prisuoer  was  pUvslcally  lucompeteni  to 
commit  one  ot  tho  ofleuse:.  witn  wbicn  he  was 
Charged,  and  that  bis  mind  was  more  idiotic  than 
insane. 

Michael  Reynolds,  Charles  Hermelay,  Frank 
Jelliay,  Bar.noloniew  Woj-u,  and  Mrs.  J.  A.  Bat- 
num  icsiified  to  tbe  ojcuial  incapacity  oi  the  pris- 
oner. 

Kaima  Hermelar.  of  Brooklyn,  had  known  tho 
prisoner  lor  Id  i.r  13  yenis  ;  sue  uiought  him  silly  ; 
she  had  giveu  bim  cloiues  al  Valioua  rimes.  a:nou;i 
which  was  tue  uo.ted  shirt  which  h.tu  te  n  pr.  - 
uuced  in  court ;  she  Kave  bim  the  uoUcd  suirt  lot 
penorroing  an  erraoo  tor  ter.  aud  be  pu,  it  ou  ovtr 
uis  while  BUat ;  on  the  tuLowiug  day  ne  waa  sky. 
laraiug  w.ib  her  brotuer  and  brutber-io-iaw,  and 
was  acoideuwliy  slabbed  in  ibo  aim  by  her  orother- 
lu-iaw  ;  sne  nave  bim  the  shirt  abo  Jt  Aug.  20. 

i)r.  Puuip  N.  Wood  testified  luaf  tuere  was  no 
bluod  ou  mo  bonnet  worn  Oy  -daergie  B.iuer. 

Beruaidns  Henderson,  a  Ju8;ice  ot  the  Peace  at 
Jsuiaica,  teaiibod  mat  the  prisoner  bad  been 
oroauhi  beiore  uim  at  tbe  time  oi  nia  arrest,  and  he 
bad  drawu  tbe  conclusloU  trom  the  pnsonei's  action 
that  fie  waa  weak  minued. 

a'aooias  Smym,  ot  Hunter's  Point,  narrated  a 
ooii  versa  Lion  hold  ny  wi.ness  wiihPavue  ana  others 
on  au  East  .New-Yoik  street  car,  to  the  i  tfect  lAjti 
on  the  uay  tne  piisouer  was  arrested  Pav  ne  had 
said  tnat  ne  had  come  lO  the  conclusion  that  McCou- 
uochie  waa  uoi  gdiltv;  Payne  baa  led  the  prisoner 
to  make  a  couiesoiou. 

David  VViigbi,a  telegraph  onerator  at  Valley 
Stream  Depot,  testified  in  regardiu  tae  treatment  of 
tne  prisoner,  Mct/onuochie,oy  Deiecii  vePa.yue.  The 
latter  bad  brodKbt  the  prisoner  into  tbe  station,  aud 
told  the  employes  they  uiisjht  have  some  tun  with 
the  priBOuer  it  tuey  would  not  touch  bim ;  one  pariy 
goi  a  rope  ;  anoiner  threatened  ihe  prisoner  by 
telling  bim  What  he  W'Uld  do  if  his  child  had  beeu 
niurdereo  ;  prisoner  wa»  then  asked  it  he  aitempt- 
ifd  an  ouir-ge  ou  tbe  iitUe  girl;  lie  replied  ne 
••  tried  to." 

AoraUam  Haines,  a  Deputy  Sherlflf  of  Jamaica, 
tesiided  mat  he  arresieu  Kate  Uod'mau  ou  A1114. 
lb  ;  toat  sbe  aiated  to  him  lual  she  was  at  Bauer's 
ou  Aug.  14:  sbe  said  she  lelt  there  at  1;«:30  o'clock; 
llght-coioied  fine  hairs  were  taken  from  the  dress  of 
Kate  Hotfuian  ;  witness  left  tuem  in  charge  ot  Cor- 
oner BicKs. 

L  zzio  Nolan  and  Unci  Uroooo,  Inmates  of  the 
poor-iiousB.  lesiifled  to  their  knowledue  of  Kate 
Hoftmau  aud  her  violent  temper.  Tne  court  took,  a 
recess  until  this  mornius. 


A  MINISTER  OUlWns  A  THIEF. 
Yesterday  morning,  Eev.  Charles  A.  Stod- 
dard, one  ot  the  editors  of  the  Now-rork  Observer, 
and  his  wife.  Mrs-  Mary  P.  Stoddard,  who  reside  at 
One  Hundred "  and  Fifty-flitb  street  and  Tenth 
avenue,  were  riding  down  town  in  a  stage  of  tbe 
Twenty-third  atreet  line,  from  the  Thirtieth  street 
depot  of  the  Hudson  Kiver  Railroad.  While  turn- 
ing tbe  corner  of  Ninth  avenue  and  Twenty-third 
street,  a  man  who  had  been  seated  beside  lAtA,  Stod- 
dard got  up  suddenly  and  burnediy  left  the  stage. 
When  he  waa  almost  out  of  .sight,  a  man  sitting 
oopoaite  winked  at  Mrs.  Stoddard,  and,  pointing  at 
tbe  man  who  baa  lett  the  stage,  said,  "Ma.lam, 
that  m.in  has  got  your  pocicetbook."  Mrs.  Stoddard 
then  found  that  her  oockettKiok,  contaioing  f  10  and 
an  unset  amethyst,  had  disappeared.  Mr. 
Stoddard,  wbo  wa„  seated  opposite  his  wif^, 
did  not  make  an^  movement  to  pursue 
the  supponed  thief,  but  closely  waccbed 
tbe  man  wbo  bad  given  Mrs.  Stoddard  the  informa- 
tion. Under  this  scrutiny  the  man  became  very 
uneasy,  and  at  Eighth  avenae  left  the  staee.  Mr. 
Stoddard  followed  him.  He  walked  leisurely  at 
first,  bat  flodiug  tbat  be  was  being  followed  he 
qdiokened  his  pace  into  a  run.  Mr.  Stoddard 
r  in  after  bim,  and  tbe  fOgltlve,  discover- 
ing that  be  was  closely  pressed,  tbr^w  away 
a  pocketbook  which  sniiaequently  proved  to  be 
the  pocket-book  of  Mra.  Sioadard  with  Its  contents 
iDtaot.  P.itrolman  Madden,  of  the  Sixteenth  Pre- 
ciDOt,  joined  in  tbe  pursuit  and  succeeded  In  arrest- 
ing tbe  fugitive.  On  being  taken  to  the  atation- 
houie  be  gave  hit  name  as  Walter  Browu,  and  was 
reooEcniaed  as  an  adroit  pickpocket,  whose  portrait 
is  inthe  KoKue's  Gallery  at  Police  Head-quartera- 
Browq  was  snUsequeutly  airaigned  at  the  vv'asbiuK- 
ton  Place  Polic  Uuurt,  *»ud  committed  for  trial  in 
deuuit  ot  12.000  bad.    it  was  apyar«ut  that  tii* 


man  who  sat  heaido  Mrs.  Stoddard  was  a  oonteder' 
ate  of  Brown  and  stole  the  pocke^book.  In  leaving 
tbe  stage  he  passed  it  to  Brown,  who,,  when  bis  con- 
federate had  proceeded  far  enough  to  make  his 
capture  d?ubttnl,  informed  Mrs.  Stoddard  that  she 
bad  been  robbed,  hoping  that  tbe  lady  would  leave 
tbe  stage  and  parsue  tbe  thief  and  thus  give  him  an 
opDortuniry  to  escape  with  tbe  boot.v.  Ibis  adroit 
scheme  was  frustrated  by  tbe  pteaence  of  mind  and 
self-possession  of  Mr.  Stoddard  and  his  wife. 

SUICIDE  OF  A  CONFECTIONER. 

THE  EVTL  EFFECTS  OF  INTEMPERANCE — A 
LIFE  OP  DISSIPAllON  ENDS  IN  SUICIDE. 
Frederick  Benson,  a  native  of  this  City,  26 
years  of  age,  committed  snicide  at  bia  residence, 
No.  52  Division  street,  yesterday  morning,  by  bang- 
ing himself  in  bis  bedroom.  The  deceased,  wbo 
leaves  a  widow  and  three  cblldien,  kept  a  confec- 
tionery store  at  tha  above-named  place.  This  store 
waa  pnrobaaed  by  Benson's  father  from  John 
Komarena  in  1866,  and  six  yeara  later  tha  eider 
Benson  retired  from  bnsiness,  and  giving  up  tbe 

store  to  bis  son  Frederick,  went  to  Germany.  Ben- 
son did  a  very  good  tr»de  fur  a  couple  of  years, 
during  which  time  he  married.  About  three  years 
ago  he  joined  a  number  of  societies  and  began  to 
drink  considerably  and  to  negleot  ills  business,  so 
that  be  found  himself  in  debt  to  tbe  amount 
of  $3,500.  In  the  Sprine  of  1876  his 
father,  bearing  of  his  condact,  .came  back 
to  this  country,  paid  off  bis  son's  liabilities,  and 
started  him  again  at  the  same  Iplace  with  a  clean 
score,  and  then  went  back  to  Germany.    Benson, 

however,  did  not  eschew  bis  evil  habits,  but  con- 
tinued to  spend  his  time  in  lager-beer  saloons,  while 
blB  wife  took  Charge  of  tbe  business.  Since  tbe  1st 
of  January  he  bad  not  been  entirely  sober.  On  tbe 
8tb  in.st.,  wbile  his  wife  was  upbraiding  htm  for  his 
couduot,  be  threatened  to  shoot  ber,  and  she  ran 
away  from  nim,  bat  returned  the  same  night.  It 
was  found  that  Benson  wiim,  at  the  time  ne  threat- 
ened to  shoot  bis  wife,  armed  with  a  revolver  aud  a 
rez  ir,  aud  Mrs.  Benson,  tearing  for  her  life,  re- 
tu,ted  since  tbat  time  to  occupy  tbe  same  apart- 
ment witb  her  husband,  but,  with  her  children, 
slept  in  tbe  upper  portion  of  the  house.  At  mid- 
night ou  Wednesday  Benson  retarded  home 
from  a  drinking  boot,  and  was  admitted 
by  one  ot  tbe  men  in  bis  employ.  He  retired  to 
bid  bedroom  on  ihe  second  floor  of  the  house.  Yeu- 
terday  morning  be  did  not  uppeRr  at  breaklast,  and 
his  wile  on  going  to  bis  bei^room  found  the  door 
locked,  witb  the  kev  inside.  Sbe  knocked,  and  re- 
oeivine  no  reply  botsame  alarmed  and  called  in  some 
of  tbe  pygbuora.  Tbe  dour  was  bnrst  open, 
and  B^flRn  was  found  hanging  by  the  neck 
to  a  .  mrge  hoolc  over  the  bedroom  door. 
He  had  twisted  together  four  strands  of  ordiuary 
packing  twine,  and  maae  a  baiter  for  himself.  He 
was  at  oDCe  cut  oown,  but  life  was  fonnd  to  be  ex- 
tinct, and  it  was  evident  that  he  had  been  dead 
some  hours  when  oiscnvereJ.  Coroner  Croker 
held  an  luquost  oq  tbe  case,  and  a  verniot  of  sui- 
cide, while  lemporanl.y  insane,  was  rendered. 

SERIOUS  RESUJbX  UFA  CAROUSAL. 
John  Kane,  a  'longshoreman,  residing  at  No. 
541  Washington  street,  was  shot,  but  not  seriously 
wounded,  yesterday  morning,  and  three  men  are 
now  in  custody  charged  with  the  assault.  Capt. 
McDonnell,  of  tbe  Eighth  Precinct,  has  learned 
tbat  Kane  and  three  other  men,  named  Michael 
Sbanahon,  Dennis  O'Grady,  and  Michael  Cassidy, 
spent  Wednesday  nitfbt  iu  a  low  groggery.  When 
tbe.v  seoarated  at  2  A.  M.,  all  were  under  the  in- 
fluence of  drink.  Kane  went  to  his  home,  and  ,aft»r 
Bleeping  until  5  o'clock,  arose  and  began  to  Kindle 
a  fire,  when  tbe  men  witb  whom  be  bad  spent  the 
nigbt  entered  the  room  abraptly.  Elane  asked  them 
what  they  wanted  but  received  no  •  reply, 
and  Shunahoa  drew  a  large  revolver  and 
fired  it  at  Kane.  The  bnllet  fortunately  entered 
the  wall.  Sbanahon  deliberately  leveled,  the  pistol 
a  second  time  and  fired,  tbe  ball  entering  the  left 
hip  of  Kane,  wbo  fell  to  tbe  floor.  Tbe  three  m^n 
then  lett  the  bouse^nd  Kane  was  removed  to  tbe 
Chambers  Street  Hospital.  Sbanahon,  O'Grady, 
and  Cassidy  were  arrested  in  tbe  alternoou  and 
locked  up  in  tbe  Eighth  Preciuct.  It  was  sabse- 
qaently  ascertained  ibat  Sbanahon,  who  claims  lo 
be  a  boatman,  shot  Kane  because  tlie  latter'*  wife 
threatened  some  time  ago  to  denounce  Sbanahon  aia 
a  river  pirate.  

To  the  Gentlemen  of  New-Vork. 

We  respectiuily  annoutice  having  this  d;iv  .KSOtiCKD 
tne  price  ot  .ur  widely  popular  oilk  i/ATsto$(4,  and 
our  Dkkbt  Hats  to  $3.  With  tbis  aunouncement  we 
note  areccnt  reauctuin  in  cost  of  labor  aa  enabling  us 
lua  measure  to  meet  the  exigencies  of  the  ttmes,  and 
asaure  you  ihat,  in  euiulatioa  ot  the  character  and 
leputatioD  of  ourtaonc  inthepast,  we  shall  produce 
tbe  AMinoii  Hat  of  tbe  future. 

E.  H.  A.tllDON^S  SON, 

New- York,  Feb.  10.  No.  220  5th  av. 

— Advt^isrment.  

Music  IS  one  of  God's  bodt  ifift^  to  man.  Cleanli- 
ness is  luuaic  to  the  cuacle.  Brgo,  6.  T.  Babbitt,  with 
his  Toilet  Soap,  is  oue  of  the  most  acuuupilsbed 
luaestrod  ot  modern  times. — Advertisement. 


As  A    REI.IABLB   REMEOr 

lur  coughs  and  colds  use  Porter's  Bai,sAk. 
Price  '^5,  5d,  und  76  ceucs. — Advertisement. 


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PRICK  FIVE  CKNT3. 

W^Ubor's  Compound  of  Pure  Cod  l.lver  Oil 

ABD  Ll..ih. — The  advantage  Ot  tbis  compound  over 
th  '  plain  Oil  is  tbat  tbe  nauseating  taste  of  the  Oil  is 
ebtiielv  removed,  aud  the  whole  reudered  eiitirel.v 
palatable.  The  offe  jsive  taste  of  the  Oil  has  lonit  acted 
as  a  priimiiient  O'Jectioii  to  it:)  use:  but  in  this  form 
the  trouble  is  entirely  obviated.  A  host  of  certihcutes 
mig  t  oe  eiveii  here  to  tfstifv  to  the  eicelleace  and 
bUecess  of  WIL  OlI'S  COU  LIVER  Olt,  .AND  LI.MH. 
But  iheiact  that  it  is  prescribi-d  bv  rhe  medical  faculttr 
is  Hufflcinnt.  .sold  by  A  B.  WILBOR,  Chemist,  Boston, 
and  by  all  druEgists. 


All  wbo    contemplate  a  sea   voyage  shonld 

take  t\-iih  them  P.irtK..',li'a  tjI.>uKR  Tu-.lC.  It  is  a 
prompt  .md  eertain  relief  from  tbe  dreaded  miseries  of 
seu-slcicness.  , 

Those  Triiinlations  of  Infancy, 

lour  stomach  aod  the  colic,  are  Invariably  remedied 
by  admioisterlng  Milk  of  Uao.vesia. 


BOTD— ANDERSON.— At  the  resid -noe  of  the  bride's 
parents,  Wednesilav,  Feb.  21.  lo77,  by  Rev.  Samuel  P. 
Ha.Bj.v.  hDW.  J.  BoTD  to  Jbnnib  daughter  of  Waiter 
An  ereon.  all  of  Biooklyn.  N.  Y. 

UASTIN—WiiaTKNDVKe.— On  Thursday,  Feb.  22,  at 
the  residencr  o)  the  bride's  parents,  by  Kev.  Q.  Tal- 
maee,  ol  Paramus.  C.  I.  G.  .Uasti:!.  of  Ridgewood,  N.  J., 
to  fLORGitCB  A.,  only  daughter  oi  Isaac  worteudyke,  of 
Midland  Park.  N  J. 

.sUU'.dA.N—  VILUE.— Tn  Brooklyn,  on  the  20th  inst.. 
b.y  Kpv.  Frederick  B.  Carter,  Wm.  O.  Shipman  to  Kkma 
K,  WiLOB.    s>o  cards. 


I3IJ=JJD_ 
BLAKK.— At  No.  33  West  25th  st,  on  Tuesday  morn- 
irni.  Peb.  '^O.  1877,     oxbr  K.  P.  Blakb,  aied  22  y'ears. 
sou   of  Marv   Fiaaagau   aud   Cap^.   domer  O.   Blake. 
Uult«a  States  Navv. 

His  irlends  and  tbe  friends  and  relatives  of  the  family 
Bie  invited  10  attend  the  funeral  trom  Trinity  Chapel 
on  Friday.  Feb.  23d  inst.,  at  1:.10  P.  M. 

BbKKCKbR. — Ou  the  'Jlstiuat.,  LaoNAan  Blbkckir, 
^  uia  75 tl:  vear. 

Funeral  will  take  place  Friday,  the  23d  inst.,  at  11 
A,  M.  trom  Hudson  Couuty  Churuh  Hospital.  Jersey 
City  Heights. 

CLARh..— On  the  20th  inst.,  at  Newark,  N.  J.,  Ai.ax- 
AKDSR  Clark,  a^ed  40  years. 

His  lUner:!!  will  be  att-nded  from  his  late  resi'lence. 
Ho.  43  WasUinvtoD  St..  NewnrJc,  on  Friday,  tho  23d,  at 
Vi  il.  Relatives  and  fneuds  of  tbe  family  are  re- 
spuctfullv  invited  to  atteud. 

CON  KLIN.— On  Wednesday,  the  2l8t  inst,  at  tbe 
leslaence  of  her  brocher-la-law,  Q.  V.  siuimons,  No.  44 
Wayne  St.,  Jersey  v.it.v,  Kate  M.,  second  daughter  of 
CapC.  bdward  Conknu.  y^ 

Friends  are  invited  to  attend  tbe  fuueral  from  the 
Churoli  of  thestraii^eri.  (Dr  Deems',)  Mercer  St.,  near 
Clinton  p.ace,  New-York,  on  tiuuday,  tne  26ih.  at  "i  P.M. 

llAZvRD.— In  urooKlyn.  Tuesda.y,  Fob.  2U.  1S7/, 
Elizabbth  K.,  wiie  of  it.  L.  Hazard,  and  daughter  of 
the  lute  Dr.  Alpbens  £.  Clarke,  after  a  short  aud  pain- 
ful llluess. 

Fun.-rai  services  at  the  residence  of  John  8.  Loomis, 
Esq..  .1^0.  325  P.esidetit  St.,  at  11  o'clock  Friday;.,  ;i3d, 
lo//.  Hem  dins  will  betaken  to  New-Haven,  Comi., 
for  iuferment.  Fnends  aua  relatives  are  reapecttully 
iur  ted  to  attend. 

HOLT.  -On  Thursday,  Feb.  22,  of  pneumonia,  Mil- 
DRBD,  youngest  daughter  of  Henry  and  Alary  Florence 
Holt. 

joNES.— On  Weanesday,  Feb.  21,  Mrs.  AucaJovaa, 
in  the  66th  vear  <.f  ber  age. 

Relatives  and  irieuJsare  invite.l  to  au€iid  tbe  funer- 
al servii-eg  irom  her  late  residence,  IftST  1U7  West45m 
St..  ou  Friday,  feb.  23.  at  4  P.  M.^_y 

KlbLuUtiK. — .^U'ldenl V,  ot  dipu^ieria.JoHir  A.,  young- 
est sou  of  oamuel  and  Annie  KillooKh,  i*  his  8th  .vear. 

Puu'-r.il  fi'om  ais  late  residence  to-day,  (Friday,)  at 
1  o'clock. 

Ly.^ssUN.— OnTliursaay  mornina.  Feb.  22,  Williax 
Wilson,  youuReit  son  of  Kmily  Wilson  and  Arthur 
Leuasen.  a^^d  ^  mouths  and  Vi  days. 

Tbe  relatives  and  rrieiids  are  respectfully  Invited  to 
at  euJ  the  funeral  Croin  the  resideuve  of  ots  parents, 
No.  76  East  dist  St..  on  Saturday,  the  24ih  inst.,  at  3 
o'clock  P.M. 

Lotto. — -it  Jersey  Citv,  on  the  night  of  the  20th 
inst.,  Mrs.  Mast  Lobd,  reticr,  ot  tbe  lat..  Pliinea^  Lord, 
01  i.icbflelii.  Conn.,  aged  89  years  and  7  moutbs. 

Tbe  relatives  auj  ineods  of  the  famii.y  are  tuviced  to 

attend  tbe  tuuerai  on  Friday,   the  234 inst.  at  4  P.  M., 

^ftoiu  the  residence  of  her  soa-lu-law,  Edmund  i'.  i^ram- 

ball.  No.  6  li  lit  UamlltoQ  place,  Jerse.y    citv.    The  re- 

muiiiB  Will  be  taken  to  Litcbtield  for  interment. 

MA  Ul.kU.MlD.— AtPlaindeld.  N.  J.,  ou  Wednssday. 
2lBt  February,  Ja^tb  A.,  wile  o£  Wax.  R.  UaoUiarmid. ' 
■  Frienus  ot  the  £amil.y,  and  those  ot  her  brother 
Genrse  L.  Haley,  aud  uncle  Gci.  <i,  Sampson,  are  in- 
V. ted  to  attend  tbe  fdoerai  services  troio  the  Presby- 
tei-ian  Oliuroh,  corner  of  Remten  an. I  Clinton  ata  . 
ciooiiiyn.  on  riatorda.v,  26lh  insL,  at  2  P.  M.  Friends 
are  rfqaesteunot  to  send  auy  flowers. 

t^  dicbmond  and  Fredericaaborg,  Va.,  paoera 
please  CUP.V. 

MisURirr. — On  the  22d  lost.,  at  the  residence  of  hit 
parents.  No.  235  West  Slat  s  ,  albbrt  J.,  only  son  of 
Jot  bam  L.  and  Uannab  M.  Meiri^,  aged  22  rears  and 
•a  daya. 

I'he  leUtiveB  and  friends  of  tbe  ftemily,  also  the 
mamiiAra  of  TUlctUth  ttixaet  ii.  U.  Cboroh.  we  lesDaot- 


fhllr  invited  to  attend  tbe  fmetal  from  the  chvreh,  on 
finnda.v.  at  l(i:30  o'cloek  A.  U.  The  remains  wiU  be 
taken  to  Tarrytown  for  IntermeuL- 

P£BT.— At  Philadelphia,  on  tbe  Slat  inst.,  of  Bricht's 
disease,  Unuut,  wife  of  Charles  B.  Peet.  and  dangnter 
of  A.  L.  Mowry,  in  tbe  84tb  year  of  her  age.  " 

Funeral  on  ^tnrdt^v.  at  12  o'clock,  from  the  tesideooa 
of  ber  parents.  No.  634  5th  av. 

POLUEUOS.— At  West  .imbo.y,  Oswego Connty,  N.  Y., 
on  isnnuay,  Feb.  18,  Anrib  P.  Beksbn,  wife  of  A  U. 
Polbemns.  aged  61  years,  10  months  and  1 1  days. 

B)iYNOLD8.— At  Cliappaqua,  Westobeater  County, 
Button  Hbtholoi,  21at  February.  1S77. 

The  friends  and  relatives  are  rpqueatM  to  attend  tb« 
funeral  at  the  Prianda'  Meeting-honae,  at  Chappaqua, 
on  veventh  day,  at  12  .M. 

TDCKBK.— On  Tbnisday  morning.  Oracb.  widow  ol 
Fanning  0.  Tucker,  m  the  S.'rtb  year  ot  ber  ajre. 

The  relatives  and  friends  ofthefamll.v  are  reaoect- 
fdliy  reouented  to  atteud  her  fUoerai  from  th^  Cburcb  of 
the  iQcruauoo.  Ma(^.ison  av,  comer  of  35tb  st.,on 
Saturday  morcdoi;,  10  o'clock. 

VALKNTl.NE.— i>n  Thursday,  Feb.  22,  Mast  Jasb, 
daughter  of  tbe  late  Abranam  O.  Valentine. 

Keiativea  aud  friends  are  invited  to  attend  the 
fbneral  Services,  at  St  Oeoree's  Church,  Stnwesant 
square,  on  Monday  moming.  Feb.  2G,  at  10:3u  o'clock. 

VAN  DULSUN.— At  Uiver  Euffe.  N.  J.,  on  the  ::.lst 
inst.,  Jons  Vait  Dol.sxn,  in  the  Both  ye^r  of  bia  ase. 

Ftmfrji  services  irom  bis  late  reiidence.  Saturday, 
Feb.  24,  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.  Trains  leave  Chamber  st. 
8:30,  by  the  N.  J.  Si  .S.  V.  R.  R.  Carriages  will  ue  in  at- 
teadanoe  to  O'Uve .  friends  to  the  boa  e. 

WblL.— Ou  Feb.  22,  at  tbe  age  of  3  .years,  1  month 
and  '.j4daTB,  of  iiifl:iiiiuiatioa  of  tae  brain,  UsaBSKT,  sou 
of  Leopold  and  Matilda  Weil. 

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|nESENT--TBOOPa  Of  XJTTIJI  cBXi;j>^|r 
— THa  LIFH  4»pi  SPUL  Of  Xe^  WQBflHI?- 
SB8— HOW  THB  COBBBSPONDXVl  WAS 
ZMPSE6SID  BT  THB  OKBVMOimSS. 

;d  Aoffp^tos  fiala  iriitea  irom  C(nuitf(ntl- 
jliople  Jan.  23,  to  (he  Loncloa  TtleqrqjiK  m  foUflw*  i 
-."Ifooxid  xtxp  «Dtii^ipa  IQ  thp  Hpwlets'  ConTcnt  ait- 
tttted  in  «  flltb7  baok  la|ie,  UrMted  by  doga  thftf 
•Mined  t«  lufva  ^analit  •ooqetUmE  of  th«  ipitii  of 
their  tubolent  bnmvn  nvlgbbora,  for  the;  yelped 
more  freqaently  uut  more  nappubly  tb^n  the  onrf 
ft  PenH-A  Tory  good-natured  noe  In  the  niidn— are 
n%  t«  do.  There  wa«  the  onatomary  norter's  lodge 
In  the  poroh  of  the  mona4t«iT— «  dark  little  hole^ 
Where  a  ragged-bearded  ol4  ■  e«n»<r0«  took  chaise 
of  oar  bootf.  X  neyer  thoncht  laat  AataoiD  that 
I  ahonld  come  to  the  paM  of  having  to  pnU  o|r  my 
■boeleather  i|i  order  to  h^s  ft  ^etttaen  Turk 
howl  himselr  hoarse  i  bat  ve  never  kn<>w  to  wba^ 
ve  may  oome.  Wa  are  dniy  indaoted  iqto  the 
osTiftl  WQOdw  g«11ery  or  tttracU  roonihg  romi4  thre* 
■idea  of  a  lonj;,  low,  qoadranKular  apartment,  the 
jfloor  laid  with  a  ragged  mattins-  Tbere,  as  G-iaoar*, 
pnworthy  of  admlaaion  to  the  pfnttnlia,  we  were 
{priTilaged  toatandnp;  bntk  aa  I  waa  in  the  fcont 
jtank  tad  wished  to  obtain  a  fall  vitw  of  the  ptr- 
jformanoe,  I  e'en  aqnattod  down  on  my  haoncbea 
4  to  Turqtu,     There  were  two  or  three  K^oapa  of 

^ank  ladles  and  gentlemen,  dressed  m  the  newest 
jiMtiioD,  preseut,  aod,  In  addition  tu  tbese,  there 
iWaa  a  carioas  commiDKline  of  Greek,  Armenian,  and 
^arkiab  women — the  two  former  dreHsed  In  tbeir 
iBanaay  beat,  lor  the  pariicnlar  Sabbath  was  a 
■pecial  festival  of  the  Ori^ek  Cbaron;  the  latter 
Sn  tlieir  castomary  yashtnai*,  and  all  eiKKlintc 
and  ogline  their  Oeighbora,  aa  it  aeema  the  praoiioe 
pftbe  Moslem  wom.uikind  i»doa(all  times  and  at 
all  placea.  Poor  soala  1  Who  ahull  blame  them  if 
Uiey  bei,  indeed,  adaioCed  to  a  Utile '!<kylarkine ' 
nuaei  the  sucnxe  awqlntia  of  theti  maaiiu  Tails  t 
Tbey  miut  h.ive  oat  a  dull  life  of  U  in  their  oarems 
ai  booiui  aiihunch  I  am  well  aware  that  some  fooi- 
'iah  people  declare  tbe  Moslem  womun  to  be  tne 
hnupieac  soul  aiive.  Acourding  to  tbeae  aureeable 
vptimiara,  Leila  or  Fatima  bya  ooihioK  whatever  to 
Xlo  BMve  lu  fat  loi.lpopa.  smoke  babble-baubles, 
plait  ber  treaaea  iuio  riutc-ialia,  listen  to  atory- 
teliers,  luoa  mi  bemeli  m  a  nilrior,  end  dreos 
pTeti.v  puppets  fur  ber  children.  8o  in  mine  owo 
Couuirt  have  1  hearu  masters  declare  that  tbeir 
serv«ni3  oa^nt  to  chink  tbemsHlves  the  moat  fort  • 
naie  creatnrcs  audei  tbe  snu  fur  beini;  perraitteu  to 
spend  tbr  major  pari  o>  tbeir  exUteuce  in  a  aamp 
Stone  dunijieou  uadergroand  amuun  iha  rais  a  .d  the 
blkcE  beetiea,  and  over  aeainai  the  coal  cellar  and 
the  oust  bin.  Bit  onr  aomesiica  never  know  when 
they  are  well  oS,  and  a  similar  stato  of  iguo- 
tauue  ud  to  what  la  best  for  them  mav  pievail 
knioue  wumen  under  the  bencfioeut  away  ofklyio- 
hauiuieaaniam.  ^Tbere  was  aootber  teataroln 
the  aspect  oi  tbe  audience  at  thia  howliug  itanc* 
Vbiub  airuik  me  as  being  aomewbat  reuiara,tbio. 
There  were  iroopa  ot  little  cbLuren  preaeoc,  some 
mere  babiea  in  arms,  otJiers  little  loddlekina 
of  from  three  to  five  years  old.  Tbe  intaiita 
were  piuntnllv  swaduled  and  emmaiiioiUt;  bat 
the  more  aavanoed  orohina  looked  pioturcsque 
enongb  in  tbeir  tiny  J^cueta  and  breeches  of 
liKbt-colored  aiika  or  ngared  cotton  siuff* — the 
.bova  in  lUlpniiaa  fezzaa,  the  eirla  witu  tbeir 
hair  plaited  inio  tails  and  Interspersed  with 
•mall  liiit  coins.  All  these  children  wore,  never- 
theless, ao  aapect  of  extreme  Bickline!>a  and  debiU 
'  Ity  )  and  many  of  them  showed  shooklni;  sores  or 
'were  pitiable  cripples.  A  few  of  the  less  afflicted 
of  this  stricken  band  had  ooutrlved  to  crawl  out  of 
the  G-iaoura'  G-allery  into  the  aacred  preoiucia. 
Where  ibey  sprawled  on  the  mattios  andba^ued, 
With  oincb  equanimity,  to  tlie  Howlarat  but  th«ae 
■mall  intruders  were,  from  time  to  time,  quiolcly 
pickad  no  by  tne  Sheiks,  «r  by  their  atteadsois,  and 
baoded  back  to  their  parents  and  guardians  benind 
the  railing. 

'  I  bad  not  been  five  minntes  in  the  n^ace  before  I 
besau  to  unilerstand  that  (here  were  Dervi^bea  and 
Derviahsa,  aud  tnat  it  was  bv  no  means  Qucessary 
to  wear  out  tbe  leacher  of  one's  own  longs  in  bowl- 
Ynjl  In  order  to  get  a  very  good  liviag  out  ot  tbe 
proiessiKO.  There  were  perhaps  baif-a-dozeu 
Sheika  present,  pinmp,  weli-l'avored,  middle-aged 
Keutleinen,  in   fur-lined  robes,   and   weaiinK  eitber 

reen  turbans  or  tiie  bleb,  conical  lam ba- wool  cap. 
noticed  ibai  one  reverend  personaiEs  produced 
£roui  time  to  time  a  handsome  doaoie-oased  gold 
waten,  attauhen  to  one  ot  the  buttons*  of  bis 
Bafian  by  a  solid  gold  obain.  ana  most  of  his 
eolleagnea  wore  on  their  fingers  slgbet 
rinica  of  price.  Tbeae  olaas  leaoers.  ii  I 
may  calT  them  eo,  marched  up  and  down  the  matted 
area,  obattiug  among  th»tfaaelvea,  or  with  ibeir 
bands  babina  their  baoiu.   tellini;.  In  a  meebanical 

Wk^,  su  it  seemed  to  me,  tti^  beaiis  in  tbeir  cU»ttieu. 
By  turns,  they  appeared  to  go  on  dnty  in  directing 
the  movements  and  oondacuug  tbe  aproar  of  tbe 
XJlvkmtet,  Who,  wtiatever  may  have  been  their 
tactual  social  stains,  did  not,  to  my  thinking,  look 
like  Ltirvisbea  at  all.  They  bad  much  mjre  tbe 
aopeardnce  of  so  many  tramps  and  vat:rants,  lodis- 
oriminately  picked  up  from  tbe  nearest  entter,  or 
recently  discbarged  troiu  tbe  casual  ward  of  »  wurk- 
hooae— sapposlng  anob  an  appliance  of  advanced 
clTilizatiou  to  exist  in  tbe  Ottoman  Empire. 
They  were  some  18  in  number,  brawny,  nnwaaued. 
ragged,  vagaboods  of  all  complexiuns,  from  a 
paaiy  white  to  a  deep  cbooolato  hua;  and  amonn 
them  I  noticed  oue  negro  of  colossal  statnre  and  of 
a  deeo,  shiny  black.  His  nnilawea  eboay  was  moat 
artistically  set  off  by  bis  apparel,  wbion  consisted 
solely  of  a  smock  and  a  short  pair  oi  drawers  ot 
white  luieo,  eiri  about  his  waist  by  a  taded  red  rag, 
and  leaving  bis  broad  ohest  aod  muscular  arms  and 
legs  bare.  He  was,  in  fine,  that  wbiob,  in  the  old 
days  of  American  slavery,  would  have  been  quali- 
fied at  an  auction  mart  as  'a  lull-grown  back  nig- 
ger, np  to  weeding,  hoeing,  carting  trash,  boiling 
cane,  loading  and  heaoiue-ap  oaaka,  and  rollmit 
bales,'  and  would  have  been  cheap.  I  take  it,  at 
|l,i200.  1  fancy  that  bQ  was  a  ^obian.  not  very  long 
«ani£bt.  Anyway,  he  was  the  llfn  and  soul  of  tne 
Howlera,  who  stood  up  ui  a  row  against  the  wall  in 
the  place  where  the  Mithrab  was,  or  should  have 
Deen,  and,  following  the  fnnglemanahip  of  tne 
Sheik,  recited  tbe  'Lab-iUafa,'  which  they  pro- 
nounced, by  the  way,  'Lot'  and  'ollahl'  The  prin- 
cipal movement  on  their  parts  seemed  to  be  a  vio- 
lent stamp  on  the  ground;  and,  as  tbey  went  np 
and  down,  wagging  tiieir  preposteroos  heads,  wav- 
ing Uielr  bony  aims,  aud  bringing  down  tbetr  hage 
feet  in  altemato  tbuiis  on  the  ground,  1  could 
not  help  mtuing  upon  the  benefit  tbey  might  da- 
tive from  say  halt  an  hour's  exercise 
Bvery  morning  on  the  treadmill  of  an  iSngiiah  coun- 
ty jail,  with  a  taste  of  the  oat-o' -nine-tails  atter- 
ward,  Just  to  equalise  the  olroulation.  The  negro 
and  his  17  associates  continued  to  tramp  and  to  in- 
tone their  psalmody  for  about  25  minutes ;  atad  then 
they  began  to  howl,  not  by  any  means  in  unison, 
but  every  one  on  his  own  aooount.  There  were 
those  who  bawled  bass  and  thuae  who  growled 
treble.  Some  granted  like  swine,  some  barked  like 
dogs,  some  lowed  like  kine,  some  l>eilowed  like 
'balls,  some  squalled  Irce  cats,  while  others  merely 
Teiled  and  sbileked  like  the  hnman  Bedlamites 
ithey  seemed  to  have  t»eeh  temporarily  turned 
Into.  In  this  screeobing,  vailing,  snarling, 
gurgling,  gasping  din,  the  voioe  of  the  'fuil- 
grown  buck  ulgeer'  was  always  predominant, 
lie  waa  the  first  to  begin  aud  tbe  last 
to  leave  off  this  disbolioal  clatter,  bat  he 
showed  no  signs  of  swooning  j  on  the  contrary, 
tbe  rogue  looked  as  though  h«  derived  Intense  en- 
joyment from  tbe  performance.  Where  could  it 
be  that  I  last  saw  saoh  a  soeae,  and  listened  to 
the  pious  vaearm*  of  suoh  a  blaek  bolt  of  B^shan 
as  he  in  tbe  white  smock  and  draw^ra  1  Sorely  it 
was  in  the  Uniteid  t-tates  many  yeara  since)  bat 
the  howling  dervish  1  heard  in  the  State  of  Massa- 
nhnsetts  said  notfamg  abont  '  La-lllah-illah-lab  1' 
Be  did  nothing  but  about '  Ureas  de  Lord  I'  '  Breaa 
de  Lord  I'  '  Come  quick  I'  '  Gt^ne  ^aick  f  '  Bress  de 
Lord  I'  'Bress  ue  I^ord  I'  "Oh,  Gully  I  Goll;  t 
Hallelniorum  I'  I>id  you  ever  so  to  a  revival  meet- 
ing t  lilpilepsv  succeeding  to  Impoaturs,  hysterica 
•aperveuing  on  haubag,  aro  very  maoh  the  same 
all  tho  world  over. 

I  ahould  beasbamed  to  record — were  it  not  idle 
to  blush  tor  any  action  that  is  perfectly  natural— 
ttut  the  direst  difiBoaliy  which  I  encounterad  dar- 
ing this  mad  orgie  of  caterwanling  was  to  refratn, 
myself,  from  takiog  an  active  part  in  tbe  perfui-m- 
snce.  There  came  over  me  SO  times  a^ilerce  and 
well-nigh  itrepressible  desire  to  bowL  There  was 
someihinK  more  than  sednocive,  more  than  teuiPtiug 
—there  was  that  whloh  was  absolutely  lasoiuatmg 
and  euthralliug  tn  tAe  opportiuuty  offered  for  pro- 
claiming ona'a  individoallty  in  a  '  bar  bane  yaup.'  as 
Walt  Whitman  pats  ia  'Tbe  occafiou  is  fljeilue,' 
Hippocrates  tells  as.  Whan  might  saoh  another 
present  itself  as  that  offered  by  the  Howling  PlacQ 

of  the  Ajila  Tanni  I  Wbo  was  to  say  me  nay  it 
;I  elected  to  yelp.  I  had  been  told  by  »  friend  well 
i  versed  in  the  iaya|«ilM  of  Islam  that  the  bellowiag 
{bulls  of  Baaitan  againat  the  wall  were  not  professed 
!  Dervishes.  Tbey  were  not  even  holy  men,  bat 
merely  penitents  wbo.  In  atonement  lor  some  crime 
oommitied,  bad  com*  hfr«  to  Joia  in  the  devotional 
ezeroisea  of  the  RoofaL  and  so  howl  themselves 
Inio  a  state  ot  grace.  'Tbere  may  have  been,  per- 
obanoe,  some  penitent  Baabi-Baaooka,  some  re- 
morseful Zaptieha,  some  teclalmed  Eaimakams 
among  the  acreeoliing,  stamping  gangj  and  thedole- 
tai  yella  of  'Hool  vablhoor  may  bave  liupliad 
an  expressloii  of  sorrow  for  tha  howler's  partioipa- 
fioo  in  the  Balgarian  •trocitlea.  I  hope  that  it  was 
•o  wiib  all  my  beartk  I  have  a  good  many  gina  of 
my  own  to  aooount  for,  and  wbv,  I  thoogbt,  sbuuld 
I  not  essay  to  howl  a  few  of  them  out  I  We  are 
fond  enoagh  at  home  of  talking  uf  sitting  in  sack- 
oioU)  and  ash««  of  rending  onr  garments,  of  bei^ung 
onr  breasto,  and  of  luting  np  oai  voices  and 
weeping  j  bat,  i  aak,  do  we  ever  actually  do  any 
one  of  these  things  t  Is  there  any  abnormal  de- 
mand lor  cinders  on  Ash  Wednesday  t  Did  yoa 
ever  ev^a  see,  oat  et  ■  modboase,  anybody  tear- 
lug  bis  or  ner  hair  I  You  talk  at>uat  wiiug- 
Ing  your  hands.  XUd  von  ever  do  so,  aave,  perbapa, 
after  waabing  ibose  exurcmitie*  at  a  hot^  aud  find- 
ing that  the  Shamber-maid  had  torgotton  to  bring 
.  you  a  towel  t  Among  th9  ^Otft»4  f«eiiiti«a  ar«  prw; 
Tlc^d  for  oouverting  mere  rheterlo  into  Iukio,  and 
you  may  wall  youMlf  oat  of  btaath  without  scan- 
oaiisiiig  year  aeighbora.  There  is,  I  i^ppreh^d, 
auoiuer  sad  a  Hor*  deeply-seated  oaoad  Wbipb 
Bigot  aooount  tor  tha  temptation,  whtob  osieuaibly 
mviliseo  aud  ^paraptly  rational  beings  ottan  ax- 
peneuoe,  to  make  twils  pf  tbeaweives  in  tha 
way  UI  sbriekiug.  Wise  phyaiolans  vrlll  difoqarse 
to  you  very  learnedly  about  tbe  proueneas  of 
tha  uvrvea*  aistea  w  ttyatenoal  affMQuns,  aod  the 
ooaMiglenaueas  ot  taystoria  itself  i  but  all  X  know  U 
tbitt  woeD  one  VUd  titpfi  begins  to  bowl  another 
JMluws  suit  I  that  th^  11^  '^yV^'^f  *^  ^*  i'tggle  i% 
Mfwwrsd  By  tbe  uumU^f^  ^teTao^  «*•  porftiT*- 


.  t»»0mffm... 


voa^mm^yMf,  «■<  t«i8taicni;«teii 


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to 


Wp*ft   Wl^^fp*   *Et 


otaly  tp  ft  i^qrMSkly  B*tV«I  iD^^B. 
aoi^  t«#taMl  «uutfot«r,  and  Ufa  n^ 
icoi9  BPfaiof  aat4  |4«btf" 

fHK  ^WKWA^pir^SaMpF  THB  VRESBMAN— 
THE  GOOD  OLD  C(DdTOldrOV  THE  PLAO 
— UTSTEBIOUS  STtlOENtS. 

IVont  tAs  Saturdct]/  Beview. 
Tho  Sflotob  frtishman  is  a  very  ihy  imd  enri- 
ons  being,  all  unlike  tne  mirthfol  Ifds  wbo  omne  no 
fron  Harrow  or  Bagby  with  host!  of  frieada 
ready  made,  and  with  social  and  criokettng  reputa- 
tion to  keep  ^p;  The  Bnglish  aniveraity  1«  n  con- 
tlnoationona  larger  scale  of  the  llflt  they  know 
already;  they  have  already  made  their  mark  la  one 
way  or  another  as  scholars,  or  atbletss,  or  what- 
ever it  may  be,  and  they  fl>'  without  diffioaltv  into 
$he  place  which  u  ready  for  them.  Bverything,  oh 
the  other  band,  is  Btranga  to  the  Sootoh  freibmao  t 
even  the  Greek  alphabet  la  not  always  familiar 
to  .  him,  and  when  a  Professor  asks  bim 
to  breakfast  he  epdmres  agonies  of  shyness. 
He  comes,  perhaps,  firom  a  pariah  school  where  he 
hM  been  the  one  redeeming  featore  in  tbe  toilsome 
Ule  of  the  doaiinie.  He  has  for  yeara  enfoyed  the 
benefit  of  all  the  leisure  of  that  hard-worked  man, 
fnd  has  gladdened  him  by  his  *'  grip"  on  mathe- 
matloa  and  hia  aklU  in  Latin  prose,  an  art  which 
lingsfq  in  Absrdstnis^ire  viUimes  •«  the  old  ^tras- 
ean  method  of  graniilating  gold-work  survived  in 
one  nopkofthe  Apennines-  Full  of  a  modest  oon- 
flden^  tbs|  wtiai  Soot^bmen  bftve  dooe  S^tob^an 
mav  do,  ha  sets  himself  to  the  study  of  the  Hamtl- 
tonlan  pbilosophv  and  grapplea  with  Oooaoioas- 
ness  and  ths  Concept.  Thifi  sor^of  ^tud^nt  yog 
will  bat  rarely  see  in  tbe  open  sir,  never.  osxtaiLiy, 
at  foot-ball  or  golf;  bat  m  paasihg  tbrongh  the 
wlndv  atreefs  at  midnight  one  may  deaqrr  tbi> 
gleam  of  the  candle  by  whioh  )ie  and  a  friend  can 
siudy  Keid's  Actw*  Powen,  or,  greatly  daring, 
master  the  laws  ut  Urepk  accent  nation. 

There  is  no  sncb  thing  as  a  fast  fraabmaa  at  a 
Scotch  aDivei-siy;  but  the  lacnpish  tresainau  I9 
there,  aud  no  doabt  w.>nid  be  last' if  ua  h:)d  rh«  op- 
porinniiy.  Ha  bas  come  frum  tbe  plow,  in  obe- 
uienoe  to  the  mistaken  ambiiion  ot  bis  parents,  wbo 
hope  ro  see  iiloi  a  nlsoed  mintstor.  At  first  oe  is 
very  awkward;  but  he  is  a  good  deal  encouraged 
bv  fladiug  that  one  set  of  leo  urea  begins  wtin  a 
sort  of  resogo^zsd  bear-flgbt,  tn  wbioo  ha  so 
oouducts  himself  as  to  gala  the  approval  of 
other  Dumpkins.  Ue  finds,  too,  that^  la  a  large 
class  of  some  150  men  and  boys,  tbe  odds 
are  150  to  1  that  lie  will  not  he  a»ked  to  give  bis 
rend<<ring  of  any  passage  of  X^nophua  or  Livv. 
Presomiug  on  this  knowledge,  he  exercises  bis 
wleni  tor  piaotioai  )ok»t,  and  ttnally,  perhaps,  after 
some  colminutiog  teat  of  stealing  (he  tongue  o(  tb* 
college  bell,  leaves  .the  place  witnout  a  degree, 
and  with  an  exbaastive  Ignoranos  which  the 
Southern  passman  may  envy,  but  is  not  allowed  to 
enjoy  ^p  peace.  A  tbird  sort  of  txeabmau  comss 
from  one  of  the  larger  Sooioh  scnools,  ana  neces- 
sarily poasessea  some  kaowled«e  ot  tae  elements  at 
Greek  and  L^tln.  TJniurtanately,  be  is  generally 
somach  diverted  by  tne  blaudersof  the  bumukinand 
by  the  false  qaantiiies  of  the  prodigy  from  the 
parish  achuol,  that  he  ceasea  to  he  a  student,  be- 
comes an  anooncerued  spectator  ot  th«  life  aroand 
him,  and  is  easily  detsaied  by  bis  rustlo  rivals. 

Very  qaser  ia  many  ways  their  lit*  I9.  It  is  a  ca- 
rious speoiaole  that  qt  soma  200  men  and  boya, 
some  eagerly  answering  questious  as  if  (bey  were 
children  at  school,  and  some  possessing  their  soula 
in  great  tear  ot  being  blandly  reqaeated  to  exhibit 
tb^ir  Itnow'edge.  In  a  lecinre  on  locrio  yoa  may 
find  men  fall  of  aoateness  and  interest  wbo  cannot 
pronounce  the  Latin  names  of  the  fallacies,  and 
who  talk  of  ignatio  tcltnehi  and  ve4tic principl  wiib 
perfect  confluence.  Tnis  is  tbe  sort  of  man  wbo  is 
very  promineui  in  the  olabs  and  sooiecias  which 
make  some  attempt  to  keep  np  a  corporate  lite. 
Mouibs  before  the  election  ot  a  l>ord  Sector  he  is 
terming  eommittees aod  sao-committeea,  boring  peo- 
ple of  noiB  wiib  his  letiers,  and  wriiing 
•emi-puliticat  tracts  and  lampoons.  He  pre- 
sides over  clubs  wbioh  we4r  colors,  and 
are  not  wholly  unlike  their  Getman  proto- 
types. He  is  great  in  all  tbe  good  oid  customs 
or  the  place,  and  at  one  nniyefsity  amaaea  tbe  "be- 
jane"  by  extorting  from  mm  a  auilting  wherewith 
to  buy  raisins  aad  aimonda.  Some  strange  tradi- 
tion, datiag,  perbapa,  ffora  tbe  fitteeoto  oeniury, 
bas  oraainqd  that  second  year's  men  shall  eat  rai- 
sius,  of  all  tbiuga,  at  the  expense  of  tresbmen,  in 
the  tiiat  month  or  th«  Autuma  session.  Anotbes 
law  of  these  Modes  and  I'craiaua  has  decreed  that  in 
SDnng  a  baod  ot  maslters  is  to  ride  aboai  the  town, 

amoaing  tbe  lieses,  in  special  hunur  of  ona  Kate 
Keuneay.  Antiquaries  are  not  agreed  as  to  wbo 
Miss  Kennedy  may  have  been,  or  wui^i  sOe  did  to 
deserve  this  commemoration,  and  11  may  be  guessed 
that  the  business  is  a  survival  uf  tbe  caxnlvai.  Ptr- 
baps  any  harmless  piece  of  inn  of  this  kind  ratbvr 
deserves  saopori  ihaa  otherwise  ia  colleges  wbere 
traditions  have  taded  very  rapidly,  and  where  gaudy 
days  of  any  sort  are  tew  and  for  between. 
'  There  are  always  in  a  Scotcb  university  a  number 
of  characters  whose  oosiuess  there  Is  anything  but 
obvious,  and  whose  whole  maoaer  of  lite  ia  a 
mystery.  One  student  is  rsporteu  to  have  revealed 
tbe  secret  ot  bis  pallor  ana  of  bis  sleepy  demaanur 
br  appearing  oae  murniug  in  a  policeman's  hat.  He 
was  a  constable  on  ni;;hc  duty,  and  his  perseverance 
in  bis  studies  Was  at  least  as  crediiab.e  as  that  of 
the  Stoio  philosopher  who  turned  a  mul  all  night  to 
gain  money  to  pay  for  the  lestures  be  attended  In 
tne  day.  Untortunately,  it  can  hardly  be  aaid  that 
studeuis  of  this  class  get  much  good  by  their 
well-meant  efforts.  It  is  imposaible  for  the 
Protesaor  to  auk  them  any  queaaoaa,  because 
tbey  promptly  oetray  a  utpth  of  inooncvlvaois 
ignorance  .  wuiqb  is  not  Ughtly  to  he  s.irrad 
a  second  time.  Tbeir  own  idet^  apparently,  is  tnat 
tbey  gain  something  by  living  in  the  atmosphere  of 
hooks,  and  tbe  low  scale  ot  fees  enables  hoD«i«s9  in- 
capacity to  eojuy  tbis  satistaotion.  At  moat,  they 
pick  up  aa  much  scholarship  as  was  dlsplayel  by 
obe of  their  uum Oar  along  wi> ha  eertain  calmness 
peooltar  to  the  race.  Two  atudenta  of  this  class 
wer*  in  one  leotare,  and  it  was  serioaslv  belieyed 
tbat  they  knew  uo  more  of  Latin  thau  the  "adsam" 
with  which  tbey  delighted  t«  answer  to  their  names 
in  the  roU-oall.  A  day  came  waen  oue  01  tbem  was 
absent,  aod,  to  tha  surpnse  01  all,  his  compinijn 
answered  to  hia  name  with  the  word  "  n.roiat." 
Qn  the  fourth  day  he  showed  still  more  pro- 
foona  scholarships  and  atoicism  by  replying 
''mortaoa  est.'  The  weak  point  of  tbe 
Scotch  nniversities  is  the  lack  pf  endow- 
ments, which  makes  it  almost  necessary,'  if  a 
Protesaor  Is  to  live  at  all,  and  not  perish  by  atarva- 
tion,  that  he  ahotild  have  crowded  lectures.  Itpw, 
aa  there  are  but  few  schools  wbere  the  bigbsr  icJaas 
of  euucacion  fiburisbes,  it  is  impossible  to  have  a 
storn  examination  before  tbe  aamis^ion  of  studenta. 
If  only  those  wbo  had  a  fair  kuowiad.ie  of  olaasica 
and  matbematius  were  admitted,  the  lectare^rooma 
would  be  thinned  and  tbe  fsea  reduced  to  next  to 
nothing.  As  these  things  stand  at  preaeat  tne  leo- 
tpre  attendances  aie  large,  and  bat  a  small  prooor- 
tion  of  the  men  have  anything  approaching  te  ao< 
curate  knowledge.  Time  would  be  bopelessly 
wasted  in  tbe  attempt  to  Etve  most  of  tbem 
any  serious  acquaintance  with  any  ailfioult  subject 
At  the  same  time  there  is  eabugn  i^^cresi  in 
the  things  of  the  mind  to  euooarage  Professors  to 
give  lectures  wbicb  are  far  more  ot  tbe  oatnra  of 
literature  than  the  aiH)ointea  and  bald  remarks 
which  are  otteu  called  lectores  in  Oxford-  If  a  man 
has  not  time  or  energy  euough  to  follow  mlaaie 
study  i>atiently,  be  wiU  certainly  learn  more  from  % 
Scotch  Professor  than  in  an  English  college  lectnre- 
rpom.  To  students  who  had  tde  pleasure  and  ad- 
vantage of  atten  J  ing,  for  exjinple,  the  lectures  of 
tbe  late  Prof,  ferrier,  theT#  would  be  aomethlng 
very  depreasing  in  the  aevero  l£oglish  attention  te 
crabbed  passaxea  in  Aristotle's  jb'IAtM,  and  to  pitfalls 
m  the  £egublie.  Tbe  whole  edacatiuu  of 
a  Scotch  uuiversity  is  more  popular,  more 
rheioricaJ,  and,  perhaps,  so  fair,  more  pleasant  aud 
exhilarating.  It  is  found  to  be  iuipoasiuie  to  make 
the  msOority  of  tbe  men  uccomplished  acUolara,  pr 
•vep  to  indnoe  tbem  all  to  take  ibe  paaa  deeree. 
The  examination  foe  that  deeree  ia  much  harder 
than  tbat  which  ends  the  trouoles  of  the  Eoglisb 
passman,  bat  tbe  wi>rk  reqairud  is  not  much  more 
Interesting  tuan  what  is  demanded  of  him.  A^^ain, 
there  ir  but  little  material  profit  in  taking  honors 
in  a  Sootcn  university:  %nd  so,  when  pass-work  is 
dificolt  aod  dry,  and  bonora-yvork  baa  few  aitrao- 
lisus  ooi  i^  very  great  proportiou  of  scadeuts  take 
any  degree  at  all.  Tbe  resalt  la  a  certain  aimleas- 
ness  and  Uesaltory  studv  of  the  sort  wbicb  la  otlea 
practised  by  clever  men,  but  seldom  by  soand 
SUQolars.  There  l«  time  for  dawdling  amuDg  tbe 
pleasant  places  of  literature ;  tuere  ia  no  particular 
need  te  barry  ;  there  are  soie  to  be  nieniy  of  ata- 
dents  of  thia  way  of  thinking,  aud  thus  the  Scotch 
iiaiveraitiea  offur  *  sort  of  lite  which  i«  uot,  all  us- 

profitable.  Kuetoncal  and  literary  talent  la  eu- 
ooaraged  at  ibe  expense  of  the  scbolarsbip  which 
labors  at  details.  The  Scotch  univeraiUes  do  not 
tarn  oat  Dupils  who  can  "cure  the  halt  and  maimed 
Iketldes, "  but  they  elve  every  class  a  chance  of 
gainiuK  intellectual  interests.  Tbe  growing  cus- 
tuip  ut  paabiag  from  the  Scotch  to  tbe  Germ.in  uni- 
versities may  supply  what  the  Mortbern  teaching 
wauta.  or  iK  may  lurp  men  wbo  would  have  been 
nowerv  but  ortuodox  preachers  into  uot  less  flow- 
ery, bat  less  "sound''  occupante  of  the  puipits. 
Cerlaiuly  the  naw  liberalism  of  >'ortbem  opiiiiou 
may  be  traced  to  tbe  allianoc:  between  Booicu  aiid 
Uerman  thought  wbiob  b^s  taken  tbe  place  of  "  the 
An44ent  L«iwae  "  with  It'raaoe. 

SOIESOK  ANU  I'UJS  STAQE, 
The  London  correspondent  of  a  Liverpool 
d^y  writes  1  "  Parisian  tbe«tri9<4  folk,  like  ICng- 
lish  olergymeo,  are  inclined  to  sneer  at  scimioe. 
WtMtk  tbey  are  asking,  baa  scienoe  dona  tor  the 
stage  I  And  the  answer  is,  nothing  worth  haviag. 
The  B«rialaa  peosie  declare  tb»t  the  foiwtists  have 
invented  fur  thehi  only  two  thinga— thq  oxy- 
hydrogen  light  and  'Pepper's  Ghost.'  That  laat, 
having  ceased  to  bewilder  I^jndouers,  is  praisea  as 
a  great  auniavemeot,  aud  tbey  pioudiy  toil  buw 
Ifeouter  dlaeoyefeU  tbe  st>orei.  He  saw  tbal  tbiuga 
Opou  tho  ataj:e  ware  reflected  wiih  the  ghost,  aadi 
onaUepgiag  Prof.  i*^npeir  with  feis'  theory,  WiMi  <t^- 
mitteu  to  the  wbule  secret.  Tha  ant^<toK  part  uf 
^ll  this  gossip,  however,  is  tha(  B^ppvr's  Guost^  is 
now  never  seen  on  the  stage,  aud  tl^dllliualiy  of 
seaiiaiug  a  ghost,  is  still  one  of  (be  nuautvad  pro*- 
lema  wbloa  oerpiex  theatrical  iqanager*-  Autbtoff 
eoald  b»a  maob  wor^e  tban '  1  be  gh^vs  wi^t|'w« 
kaT<9  Mai  i{i  4«ad^a  lately.  O49  *VC«i«8WV  itattl^ 
^lua  waa  of  f  lass,  aad  waa  su  poor  uut  lua  peuQ>« 


« iatbasisav  Mtaally  aiSika  oaok  yamiealar  hair 


I  stand  oa  aad  vna^  Slgllti" 

99ir,  MIGUEL  BLANCO. 


MAIKOXB  AT  »UTAII0}tQa-=^VA«[¥9  flTB- 
IIO  SXBVXQf «. 

A  ^le9«s»  bvm  Qro'vnsTUlQ  to  tto  GflT<Ni- 
ton  (Ta9«D  A«w|,  ^ated  feb.  13,  says  1  "  Tb^  U^h 
iota  Gsg^aral,  Mlflvel  ai^fio,  who  kga  lat4iv  «f^ 
rtihiad  MtaptaA  m  this  fronllir,  1«  •  ngttrt  tut 
Coabpila,  aod  a  lawyer.  Ha  vSa  a  member  qI  tha 
Hexican  Sapieoie  Coort  ot  Jostlec^  Md  of  tbtt 
>lexieao  GoBgreas.   Ia  18SS  ha  aaterad  the  military 

ISFrioaasa  Coloaal,  aad  foagbt  against  the  de»i 
P9tifi  riUa  id  Su^  4,0111  twq  yt«ni  sfterwuptd.  He 
w^  HgMn  in  Conpess  and  nas  again  in  arms 
against  Tresldeht  Oomoufort,  and  was  second  in 
pommaadof  tho  Coostitational  Army.  After  the 
ooaclMipp  of  tbif  war  he  w^s  Governor'  of  tbi) 

Federal  piatriot  of  MezJoo,  and  ocoopied  other 
high  positions.  At  the  beginning  of  the  war  of 
interreo^oa  be  waa  Minister  ot  War.  After  tbe 
falj  of  Paehlo  he  resigned  apd  accepted  opm< 
m#^4  of  j^  division  of  tbe  Army.  Tbia  be 
resigned  to  avoid  some  unpleasant  complica- 
tions. Ha  established  a  floanshing  colony 
in  Tsmaiilipas-r-waa  oflered  a  high  military 
command  under  the '  Emp'lre  and  reluasd.  He  of- 
fered his  services  to  Juatez  In  Chiboabaa  ;  wss  ia 
tha  battle  of  flan  Jacinto  and  the  sieg6  «if  Qaersta- 
ro-  At  the  close  of  tbe  war  he  returned  to  prirate 
life,  only  uking  part  in  poliiief  in  the  Fourtn  Con- 
gress, aQting  with  the  opposltino.  He  was  after- 
ward fonrtb  magistrate  of  the  Sunreme  Oonrt,  and 
was  prevailed  opon  to  acoept  command  of  the  line 
pf(ba3raTo,  He  is  spokea  of  as  a  osndidaie  fnr 
the  Sppreme  Bench  and  lor  Governor  of  Coaballa. 
Tbip  IB  the  kind  of  man  I)iaB  uaa  sept  bare  to  tiu- 
peraede  the  tyrant  and  robt>er.  Ilerueltaa.  Blanco 
•od  Cortina  had  a  friendly  interview  yesterday. . 
Tiie  people  of  Mstamuros  are  lively  and  bopefal  uf 
peace  aod  a  reaumpiion  of  bunuess.  A  srcat  many 
families  have  reri^rued  te  their  bouias.  Some  of  the 
otQce^f  of  ^vueltas  are  said  not  t-i  relisb  the 
ehange  of  commanders ;  it  qay  Uo  becaa^etbey 
know  be  will  rule  according  to  law  and  will  allow  of 
no  UieKal  exaotiona.'  The  people  are  bintily  pleased 
at  the  obauge.  It  is  not  kno'wn  wb#re  Geo.  Cortina 
irill  be  sent;  it  is  sgld  be  will  not  oommand  Msta- 
muroiB." ^ 

N^f  BM^W'T^  01^  JJiti    •HARD  ISSUS" 
The  Atlanta  (Qa.)  CaiuHtution,  a  yiolent  ax* 

rebel  ^emooratlo  Ipontbem  papar,  aaya  in  ita  Issue 
of  tbe  SOth  insr :  "  Gep.  Joe  Johnston  has  l>eoome 
s  dtizvii  of  the  Uclted  Siaies.  There  gre  very  tew, 
pertiapsnot  80^wb<iaa  disabilities  have  uot  been  re- 
mqved-  'Jrfi<-rson  l>4Via  and  Sbpert  To<iraiiir  will 
a9<>p  tjff  ib^  only  sqrvivors  iif  th^  proscribed." 

I.J..  j-gjj- Wf^PW*  I  I -J  ■■    II 

OOTTkT  OALItNUABii~.THlitDAI. 

fVrBXMC  COURf— CHkU^gOa. 


QOL 

v^Heeker  vs.  Sanger- 
8— Tburber     va.     ttait. 

No.  1. 
14— Bainbiidge  va  Liver- 

81— Hnlx^al  va.  8^le. 
7|H8ickles  ya.   Biobbrd- 
sou. 

7i— 8el  bert  vs  Tpokfaher 
75— aperber  ts.  Sperber. 
77— OlUmau     vs.       Mlttt 

oai:ht. 
78— Frloce'a  Metallic 

Paint  C(v  V8L  Uarbpn 

Met  Fiilut  Oa 
83— Sleiiriit  TS.  Codv. 
84— Uouehue  y*.  Cody- 
IIU— Arcilo  (-ire  Ins.  Co. vs. 

■-elley. 
Ii^Flrft  Mat-B'k-ofOoop- 

eratowo  va  B'-ala. 
Call  oommencina  with  :)o.  301. 


Hps. 

13u— liord.  Jr  ,VB.  Punk. 

1,44— t'Ifgg      VS.     Kiastio 

Truss  c<ir 
143— M«>eha  las'    Sav.  BTk 

vs.  Carman. 
142'»-:ifatter  or  Drain. 
148— Third  At.  8.  B.  Co,  vs. 

Remsen.  3ia 
146— Kattor  af  Wakefield 

E.  Closot  Co. 
148— Ro  >Bey  va.  Crugex. 
168- Matter  of  Loruiard  8. 

8.  Oo. 
l&9-blaos  givfT  iroD  kM. 

Co.  va  Thompson. 
167— Puller  VI.  B  iblusoVL 
181 — Xoanir  vs.  Oa  ter. 
iS.i— Uurphy  va.  Monea. 
1S7— Brewu  va.  brown. 


Vos. 


BOPBgHB   COUBT— OFgraAL  TBBH. 
BtUt  fty  Faa  Voht,  X 
Law  aad  Pact.  Moa. 


47— Sellly  vs.  DIUon  et  at. 
141— Slenbrecoer  va.  Bey- 
er at  ai. 
142— Qnidet  va  Brown  et 

aL    . 
143— Lyueava.  Brander,  Jr. 
)48— Httcb  ra    stlaQtlo4, 

Paclilc  Tel.  Co. 
114 — Eioita.v  vs.  Cobrn. 
1 1 5— Rlnntsy  vs.  Beach  et  aL 
67— lierriot  vt.  Uerriut 
•iO— Bard  vs.  D.  8.  Ule  Ina 

Oo.  of  S.  \. 
SS — Tarlor  ts.  Koche  et  al 
74— Andre  wa  et   al.   va 

By.tn. 
87— Allien  Ta.  Dtosav. 
;<9— Qreen  Ta.  atlluank  et 

334— Wbltiag  VI.    Gearty 
•t»l. 

110 — Anffarth  vs.    Scbutae- 

deae  et  sL 
151— Ten  Ryes  vs.  Cory. 
85— Burrows  et  ai  vs.  At- 

Uutic  Nat.  Banlr. 
8a — Snare  vs.  Uardvriolie. 
33-^— WiUiama  va  Preeman 

ot  SI.  ^r~ 

67— Waterbury  vs.  Pen  ton 
etaL  ' 

62— Brumscheidt  et  al 
VS.  Bls*mger  et  sl 


86— Semple    et     aJ.     vs. 

Kniytbe  et  al. 

138— Xosaer  vs.  bf^rK^etal 

9j— Vellier  vs.   Kinzs  Co 

Mrtnufacturing    To. 

2«0— Mayor  ko.,  v*.  Union 

Ferry  uo.  ot  B'lilyn. 

65— Am.  Female  QuArJiau 

Kun.  vs.  1  be  Uayer, 

46 — Font  vs.  Tonnoret  sL 
129— Barnett  va.  Zaobarlas 
3ti— Beamish  vs.  Bushiun 

et  al. 
160— Joseph  thai  TS.  Bteffar 

etiL 
IDS— Locke  TS.  Locke  et  aL 
3(1— Buckley  ts.  Tbe  ilay- 

OT.  fco. 

288— Spencer  ra.  WelU. 
28&— Spencer  vs.    Tsn  Do- 

ran. 
205— Hplas  TS.  McTin  et  al. 
Od — San  lord     vs.     Union 

Dims  Sav.  Inst. 

73— Duiou  Dime  Sav.  Inst. 

vs.  «;iark  etaL 

;  73 — Samb  vs.  Same. 

94— Keal  Bgiat<-  irust  Co. 

.  vs.  t^orantou  rt  al. 
127— St.   John  TS.    UoLean 

et  aL 
149— BU'  I,  ha.,  vs.  Pameet 

StTPBKX*  COCUT— CIRCtnr— PXBT  I.  — 

Btia  frv  iVaokaa.  J. 
Noa.       Short  causes. 
3^66— T)8iy  TS.  ^aaa^ra 
897'>— Jiihnson  vs.  Phyfe 


273;»— B'k  of  North  Amer 
lea  TS.  Wheeler 
et  ai 

4261- Laflin  k.  B.  Powder 
Co.  va.  Benedict. 

4263— VTenman  Ta  Bene- 
dict. 

4131 — UartdsoQ  vs.  Smith. 

3989— Pn.lertooTa.  Buntb. 

Si.B— MoaerT*.  Striker. 

-^6(i— Cambridge  V.  Nat 
B'k   va.  Mat  haws. 

4087— Kettle  va.  Lestrade 
4461— Zimmerman  vs.  Nto- 

olay. 
4441— Kmyou  v»,  Lee  Box 

Lumber  Ca,  ^0. 
419&-t^rki.is,      Jr..      vs. 

Kiuoh. 
44(ll-r-A«to>  va.  8aoger. 
4365-Baten  et  at  va.  Deo 

son  etaL 
8197— Hpwe  v*  ^.ittle. 
2896— Woodmir  vs.  World 

Mat.  Lite  Ins.  Co. 


Riia. 

4003— Louies    vs.    MoDer> 

mot. 
4021— Ooteberger  vs.  Par- 

raiL 
3209— Imp.  fc  Traders'  B'k 

va  K.obn  et  al. 
4146— Oresuwieh    B'k    of 

N.  Y.    va.    Oanlela, 

fce 
4031— Carter  vs.    Haynea, 

etaL 
3819— Hniett   Ta.     Thaeb- 

line  et  al 
4406— Mf  Try  va  Fprga. 
4276— iiurach      va.      Van 

Volksnborgh. 
4469— Tburber    et   aL    vs. 

Pyatt,  tc 
4429- Adam«    versus   Mc- 

(Jcwan 
4467— Kaai  Biver  Nat  B'k 

vs.  U  order. 
8947— Edion    et    aL     vs. 

bmi'.b,  Jr.,  et  aL 
448B-Bus*ell    et    aL    vs. 

Mcoviffliok. 


^IjPKgMB  COURT -OlBCUrr—PXBX.L 
Bid  fry  ixiiereiMt,  J. 


Noa.       Short  Cansea. 
2882— Ctraenwich  dank  va. 

UtiUrook 
4466— Woodward  y*.  Barr 
1770— Clark  vs.  Bradstreet 

etaL 
4164— American    National 

B'k  TS.  Sennedy.kc 
1190— Onion  'l-rost    t-b.  ot 

U.  Vs.  fhlppa  et  at 
4410-.bhotweU  et  aL    vs 

Mnlllgaa 
4420— Walter  vs.  Gorman 
40^8— Bl  ke  et  aL  Ta.  Ps- 

lev. 
4422— liaBoche  vs.  Lyon. 
4147— Lynch     V^.    Knapp 

et  al 
aSOe— Svbroeder  va.  Bam- 

merstelu. 
260S-^holt  at  aLvs.  Bam- 

merstela. 
4193— George  et    aL     va 

Haughtan. 


Nos. 

4J86— Bare,  fco..  va.  Bald. 

wl/i,  et  aL 
4380-Praak  9t  aL  vs.  I^V 

ney. 
4470r— iiamuei  Bear  va.  Bn- 

cl>:s  et  aL 
4288— lievUti    va.     Brown 

et  al- 
409O— May  vs.  Davu. 
ilvB— Oeyo  va.  Uutohlns 

ct  aL 
4166— k'tly      VI.       Qom- 

brscbt 
831s— Vanderboef       va. 

Tucker  et  aL 
424S-Phiilips     vs.     Mo- 

Clqakey. 
4368— Uawiev    va.    Black 

et  al. 
4996— Imp.  k  Tradan^.f  at'l 

B'lc  vs.  Ukmberaer. 
24aO-fBorton   et     aL    vs. 

MOUcS. 


BUPBBMB  oouBT— crBoim— Pint  m. 

lf«id  fry  ram.  Brunt,  J. 

Noa. 


Mo*. 
bSB— Davison    ct  aL    va 

WiUetfa  et  aL 
801— Lee  va  Sayles  et  sL 
31— Meyer  et  aL  va.  Am- 
ioon. 
2730—1)0   Wlnt  Hook,   va 
Tbe  Mayor.  Jtc 
840— Saportas     vs.     The 
Mayor,  ke, 
1879— Mdrphr  vaTbe  May- 
or, ko. 
3026-  Fniler  et  aL  vs.  Hunt 

et  ai. 
3U89— MoKalght,    lie.,   va. 

Oevllo  et  aL 
3161 — ^Donovan     vs.     Con- 
ner, ko. 
1177— Bouerte  va.  HiiL 


The 


1649V-Hlckey     vs. 

Mayor,  ka 
803  Is— Jones  vs.  The  May' 

or.  &U. 
669— Lvncb  TS.   Klernaa, 
1484— Crow  va.  Kaspp. 
imu^a— Ulsains    vs.    Tbe 

Uaror,  «c. 
2191— Moatea  vs.   Favler. 
Idol— Sofltild  vs.  Compten. 
053— Baker   et     al     va. 

Glousou. 
1809— Moody    et     aL    va 

Pea 
1059— kcaert     vs.      Story 

et  aL 

10'<sl— fiallivap  vs.Joboson 
l9S9— bhaeffur  ▼s.  Ulbson. 

BUPKaiOK   COUBT — SFECIAL   TBBH. 

HtUt  fry  Stdgvilcle.  J. 

Cane  on— Na  64- Boody  va.  TUden  et  aL    Ko  day  cal- 
endar. 

BUPESIOn  COnKT— TRIAL    TBBM— FAST  L 

held  bu  Bptir.  J. 


Srs.      Short  Caoaea. 
7U4— Bee  at   aL   vs.    Ste- 
vens. 

1170— Bowe  el  al  vs.  Pe- 
ters. 

1083— Muttba   vs.      Oarri- 
sou. 

117d— Cheever  v«  Qilhart 
Klevated  B'  1  way  «J  o- 


tiot. 

llttO — Brannanvs.  QTman. 

1111— (.aldweil  et  al   va. 

Moore  etaL 
1181— Miiiat<:raon  et.aL  vs. 

Bradv,  &0. 
1163— Galhnger     va.    The 

Mayor,  ho. 


SUFKglQB  COUBT— XBIAL  TKBM— FAST  H. 

Htld  bu  t'rttAmc^n.  J. 

Case  on— Ne.  347— Far.  k.  Mos'.   Nat.  Bk.   of  Bnfialo 
va.  Brewn  et  aL    Jlo  day  eaiendar. 

atJnBIOB  OOOBT-rTBIAL  TXBM— TABT  QL 
B^IA  ^  purtiL  0.  J. 
Caae  on— No.  713— ^aneU  va  Van  TayL      Bo' day 
•^ndar. 

SOFKBIOB  OOUBT— OBKBIUI.  TBBM. 
Adjourned  aloe  die. 

COMMON  PLUS— OENBRAL  XEBM. 
AdJetuned  notil  the  first  Monday  ot  Marctk 
COMMUH  FLBA»— KQCrrr  TSBU. 

ifftd  ^  iioMasoi^  J. 

No  4av  cale^d^r. 

COMMON  FLSASr-^BUL  TaBM-r-BAK  L 
BM  by  Van  Botm^  J. 
Moa 
1492— ghieffelin  v%  Caaay 


■oa         Short  Caaa^V 
7x6— Curtl.  va.  lievr. 


12YI— Beakiey  vs.  bmlth. 

|367— Ualsey  Va).  gti-abap. 

|3ia— Adaos,  Jr..  va   Van 

▼tlkenbaruh. 
)49«T-Whl^«»d    reww 

H3iJ.ft-Pe^%W  at   al  •« 
h%  ly  w. 
}2«a— Bopps  v».  Vwaj  fc 

7t6Vv.  B,  a.  Ca 
l47B-^oin»  vs.  Snaih.     . 
laOH  iwlliairi  TS  Jstm. 


etal, 
1410— Oouaewaid     venoa 

Lnstte. 
Iva'^-nWaruer  va  »bay. 
il64^e»h  rdt  VS.a»oke^. 

Ca  va  Vtaik... 
|38l-<i^o«iei  v%  Abet  la. 
Iu89— o.'.ietU  va.  Bar  ua 
ii^tf— I'be  U.  b.   8^«etot 

0^  Vk  jttMtoai 


■EBaaMflHA&'iaaiBw4MB>  & - 


1.0ei-Wer#iok'^  vaT  Obi- 

._.     weilsi;         ^ 

17»n9ewltiet    vs.    Ser- 

....     OMtolaFtta  XnaCa 

14fi4»-T«w2f(  TS.  i-^e  luy. 


Mayor,  fee. 
1136-MoBowaa    vs.   Mc- 

Oowan. 
109fr-Baubert  va.  Lerob. 
78B--Bcbro9dsc  va.  Leu- 


busohv. 

J— Rail 


1093-Raidey  vs.  8)iaw< 
ll.'JS— Levy  vs.  Pdtadam. 

497— Brown  TaPatteraim. 
.fST-  ysaldan  vs.  Sebaat 
1060-Cohn.  fee.,  va   C^- 
ner. 


^^fiS' 


«r)uii9    VI. 


604— Tb>'  jr.  T.  Llls  Ins. 

Oe.  vs.  Otofier. 
814— Uevlm  va.QalhMrber. 
lQ07r-yb)ipaa  va-Uavmaa. 

lOS^IaiWreaoe  ft  aL  va. 

The  MSTor,  fee. 
786— Msaobam  vs.  Oamp- 

738— Brower  va.    Camp. 

beU. 
797— liOpmis    TS,   C%mp- 

736— Boat  va.   CamplralL 
486— Kinkel  va.MayOr.lu^ 


OOMMON  FUUS— TBLAL  TBBM— FAST  UL 
BttdbtJ.  tf.Daly.Ji 
Noa. 


Noa. 

1179— Nessel   versoa    The 

Mayor,  fee. 

493— Brower  vs.  Dayton. 

1U79 — (tpencerva  O'Brien. 

730— Bee  et  aL  vs.BTophy. 

887-Welshvs.N  Y.  Fl'tg 

Drv  Docic  Ool 
843— Second   Nat    Bic.    of 
Pttterson  va  Porter. 
1190— Seaman  et  aL    vs. 

Mooiian. 
710 — Bhipman    va.   Piels- 
tlcker. 
1266— Isaacs  vs.  Boer, 
1140-Wynsu    vs.    Schap- 

oert. 
1114 — Qononde  va  Flood. 
541— Solilaii  vs.  Scblag. 
fl'29— Cook  vs.  Clarit 
1115— Wleie  vs.   Caliataao. 
1(1-^3- Iievi-ue  vs.  Bruab. 
937— Kupponbeim        va 
Pfonbaimer. 
1053— Follett  r^.  Spenoer. 
1U64— Vollett     TB.      Lt-ech 
Antematio  UachHL'o. 

63l-Kiisev8.  The  >n.  y 

k  N.  H.  a.       ■ 


l2'il— Brink  vs.  Fay. 
1184— Ackorman   va.    Mo- 

Artbar. 
1182— Bodges  vs.  Muspratt 

etHi. 
827— Hnidick  vs.  Bofd. 
1060— TurJplTort   vs.    Van 

liiRi-n  et  nL 
1268— Uuiel  et  al.  vs.  The 

Com.  Gan.Trana. 
1188— DoBohue,     fee,    vs. 

Booram. 
42 — Liiughran  vs.  Kelly, 

1246-Funl(  vs.  Lord,  Jr., 
et  aL 

1180 — La    Baa    vs.    Oeean 
Steam  Hav.  Co. 
277— Potoulskl  vs.  Lew. 

1146— Colli  us  vs.  Tbe  May- 
or, &C. 

1952— Dowler  vs.   Merritt. 

1'<25S— Comes  «t  aL  versus 
Masters. 

1183 — Gamble  vs.    Conner, 
fee 


Kos. 


U.CO. 

KABDIB  COUBT— TBIAI.  TBBV— PABT  L 

Btld  by  AUcir,  J. 
Short  Oaases.  Nog. 


780O— KoUn  va  Uoohstadt- 

er. 
B^Se— Byl«  vs.  Peter. 

$9gO-yQislaaikT  vs.  Bte 

venion,  Jr. 
9264— fich;ittu    Tf.  Hamll- 

tiiiii. 
8 1 62— Brash  va  Leven& 

<l4i^€arr  vs.  Barne. 
246— Relman  va-Bldavrlt. 
9^87- Sloaiie  et  aL  versos 
Uafcta. 


7980— Sloane  et  aL  va-Page 
8u86 — Sloane  et  aL  versus 

Batob. 
9113- Bank  of  tbe  Metrop- 
olis vs  KobD  et  al 
6628— Lew  V^  litamm 
d063 — .Arroitage         versus 

0'>.badgbnessT. 
7728-Wlld     vs.     Battep 

worth. 
9133— Berfft-roB    vs.    Van- 
daugeon. 


VABUn  COURT— TRIAL  TERM— PAST  It. 
B4M  by  OotoB.  J. 


Noa.         Short  Caa*<>8. 
A29S->-8mlth  va  A>lt 
Soft-r^r'-lumeotbal   versos 

Povraolc,  fee. 
8070-Bn^dar  VS.  Allen  ^t 

768S-nenva  Maher. 
756 1— Manuf'\.'  fe  Builders' 

Bai^k  va.  Comet 
7662— M  innia'  k  Builderii' 

Bank  t».   Ke  win. 
6121— Bice  va  Brum  etal 
7070— Bloomlngdale  versus 

Taussig. 


Noa. 

7 .  06— Snnbora  vi.  Boae  et 

aL 
9281— McLangbUn  va.  En- 

7734— >  a.ver  et  aL  va  Har- 
bison. 

9136— Anderson  va.  Amerl- 
oafl  shoTel  da. 

9 '  3&— Same  va.  Same. 

01^7— Osborne  et  al.  va. 
Am.  bhoTsi  Co. 


MABINS  COUBT— TBIAL  TSBM— FABT  m. 
Btia  by  SinnoU,  J. 


Noa    Short  eauses. 
8814— Witbers  va.  Collina 
8872— Lawton  et  aL    va 
Meyer. 

t81S— Same  ts.  .Oame. 
396— McL-'ub^   et   aL    vs. 
DiiuchTtT. 
9109— Gould,  feo.  va  Beh. 
7904— Kav  vs.  Whttiug. 
7717— Flab  vs.  l<uaeol>iirv 
867t^Jlaroteki  va  Papoa. 
puula  ec  aL 


Nna. 

8774— Seligsoerg  vs.    Dr- 

bansbv. 
k775— Brod  vs.  Vetter 
9 1 82- Cordts  vs.  Muller. 
7636— Hart  va  Hcht-I<ier. 
dldu— .Nagie  va  Arnold  et 

BU 

9168— Beyman  vs.  Bpids- 

kolf 
9280— Dasian  va.  Seymour. 


THE  aiATJC  OF  TRADE. 


Bli^falo,  Feb.  21.— Caitle  — Beoelpt*  to-day,  3 
ears,  or  51  bead,  moving  the  total  auppl.v  for  the 
Wrek  thus  far  6,15(14  nead,  aKamsc  6,282  h««d  lor  the 
same  tine  laat  week,  'ibere  was  00  market  to-day. 
The  aeaiKbd  «nd  uifeiings  were  licht.  S^ies  of  3  cars 
sierra.  ave.aKlug  1,<'9J  lb  ,  ^  ^  Si).  The  yards  are 
aooui  clear  of  stock,  tfbeep  aud  LamlM — H-uelpts 
to- igr.  2.(100  head,  matttug  tne  tital  aurpiv 
ior  tbe  week  tuus  f.ir  l4,S0u  ht:a<l.  a;:aiuat 
13,500bead  fur  tbe  same  tiau.  last  week  1  the  markttt 
was  dull  Aiidsuiw,  ana  tne  Ueiannd  was  Uk  't;  saies  of 
3  cart  Kood  Western  Sbeep.averaghig  Ouia  D)  ,»t  $.'>  25; 
10  cars  ol  late  ainvaU  ot  saluoie  stock  remain  In  tlie 
yarda  H  igr— Keceipl«  to-day,  1.9ii6  heail,  lu.tkiou  ibe 
total snpply  tor  vtie  week  tbiis  far  ll.lOU  bead. against 

IU,uuu  bead  f»r  th-^  same  time  laat  wee<:  the  mur  et 
was  alow ;  Sales  01  3  en  good  hi'aTy.'Teragiiie  'J7  j  it> , 
at*d:  4  cars  Worker ->,  lair  tu  good,  averanlne  ICb  to 
lOd  n>.,ut  SO  46d$6  70  ;  4  crs  Yorkers  remain  unsold. 

East  Libbbtt,  Penn.,  FjO.  22.  — Cattle— Receipts 
to-day.  bb3  litau,  or  V!U  oars  of  tbroa.:h  aud  13  I'lirs 

for  tills  marker,  making  a  total  fur  thu  past  three  davs 
of  Jd  cursor  thruugb  and  67  Citisof  yard  siock.  ur 
1.411  head  ;  everythiui;  was  sold  out,  leariug  the  ppns 
ail  clear,  except  OI  throuiih  atocic:  lieit  j6  7.''2>.£5  8uj 
medium  to  good,  $a  '<;59^3  5o;  comiuoo  to  fair,  £4  7a 
<E'4>6.  MOKS — tteufijis  to-day.  2.3U6  bead,  mukln?  a 
tuial  for  the  va  t  three  (la.vs  of  4,ri40  bead;  Yorkers 
ae.ling  at  $5  2  ®$o  7d:  Plilladi  lobina  46  25<£$l>  oO. 
Bhee^ — Keceipts  lo-d«y,  45)i  h  -au,  niakiuit  a  total  tor 
the  past  tbtea  days  of  0,100  bead;  aeiiiug  at  ^  'iocp 
40  60. 

Buffalo,  Feb.  22— The  Board  of  Trade  was 
closed  lo-dav.  But  iittle  business  was  transacted  on 
tnu  Qucks.  Ftour  firm  aud  nni-bauiced ;  sales,  'J5U 
bo'a  Corn — Sales  ni  7  cars  new  arSf^c;  6  ours  do. 
Uiifb  Mixed  at  52o.  Otbet  Grams  niimin<illy  uu- 
chan^ied  lu  the  auaence  of  lulea.  Seeds — Sales  of  150 
baisa  limotby  at  l|i2.  Railroad  Freights  unoliansfd. 
Kvceipts— rionr,  3,(ju0  b'l*.;  Vibtat,  8.4uO  oodhcls ; 
Corn,  -,iU,8UU  bustiels;  Oats.  9.U0U  ousUels ;  liar-ey, 
],-.^ou  bushels  sjtye,  HiH)  buabeia  Sliiumenis— K  our, 
3.810  bbla;  Wheat.  8.4t;U  liusbpU;  Curu.  2U,Uoii 
ausUels;  OatSrO.luu  buahela;  Barley,  l,2uu  basbela; 
Bye,  800  l)nsbeis. 

tJT.  Louis,  Feb.  93. — Hoga  strong  at  the  fnltowing 

1u  tiit.ons,  wiib  prospects  o*  au  ail  vaune  to-morrow  : 
ight,  ¥4  7.>®4  VJ\  packing.  $4  8  ®c5  'Zo  :  butch- 
ers', $6  -.203^  50.  Cattir  weak,  but  not  quuta'ly 
liiwer ;  choice  to  f.incy  .-tcers.  iiij  2ja<^5  U5  ;  good  te 
nriiue.  $4  759$e  Vi'^\  \\f^x•.  $i'e^4^  30;  lair  te  choice 
lowiautl  Ufiit-1'8.  $:'i  12'.j«'$4;  atocKers,  $3'il>$l  its; 
cuiu-fed  Texans,  $3  5a'a'$4  2a- 

.Albakt,  Fob.  ai— Wheat— Nothing  delng.  Rye 
qnlet  at  b5c  Oat*  la  lieht  demand;  aales  ot  1  car 
ho  2  Wbita  Westi.ro  at  69c.;  1  car  no  grade,  suot, 
at57'ac.  i^arley  active  ;  sales,  l(),uuU  bn*h  Is  Bay, 
$  cars  1.  nnsdit,  no  grade,  tind  2  oars  No.  '^  uay.  all  on 
Vrtvate  terms;   1  oar  Mo.  3  Canada  at  76o.    Malt  quiet. 

FOREIGN  MARKETS. 


LOVDOX.  Feb.  28—3:30  4'.M.— The  bullion  in  the 
Bank  of  iingland  has  iM-reaseii  £J20,000  duiLig  the 
past  week,  i  lie  proportion  ol  tbe  iiank  of  Kugland  rr- 
arve  tn  llabilitv,  wuiib  laat  week  waa  4d>ig^ci;nt.,  is 
now  48>«^  cent.  The  amount  of  bullion  withdrawn 
from  the  Bank  ot  Bngland  on  balance  to-day  Is  ji  L  1,000. 

6:3U  V.  M.— roDsols,  9J  15-16  for  tM>th  mo  .ey  and 
the  account.  United  iitatei  Bonds,  I8660, 1U6;  1&67S, 
loOh*.    Brie  Bailvray  bliares,  BV 

lBAIlKro^r,  Feb.  vi2.— United etates Bonds,  new  fives, 
10.  "4- 

Paais,  Peh,  22.— The  specie  In  tbe  Bank  of  France 
has  incteased  l,U23,uUi<r.  uaiiiig  the  p.tai  week. 

LiTSHFoon,  Feb.  22.— Pork  dull ;  b'ftscem  at  79s.; 
Woaiem  at  66a.  Bqcon..siali  ;  <  nmberiuud  Cut  at 
37s.:  8hoTt  BID  at  41s.;  Lung  Clear  at  4Ua.;  bhusC 
Clear  at  4 la  Hams — Long  Cut  dull  at  4ii8.  tihouldr-rs 
dull  at  31a  Bsif  doll;  India  ^esi  at  BOa:  l.xtra 
Sifss  at  lti3a:  Prime  .Uess  at  Tdt.  Lard— Piime  Wrst- 
erndull  at  60a  Tallow— Pilm^  i-'lty  dull  i  nd  nominal 
at  41a.    Tarpentine-rSpirits  dull  at  29s.  6J.     Besla 

dull;  Common  at  5a  Od.:  Fi.ie  at  10a.  Ud.  Cheese— 
American  choice  firmer  at  73s.  Lard-oll,  nonf  In  tbe 
Siarkek  Flour— Uxira  state  steady  at  258.  Od. 
Worst— No.  1  bprtug  kteady  at   lus  9<L;   Mo.  2  do. 

tteadv  at  lUa.  6d.;  Winter  Uuutbern.  noue  in  ttaa  mar- 
:et;  Winter  VVe»iera  steady  at  10a  Ud.     Corn — Mixed 
Soft  steady  at  2o«.  Od-  for  old,  and  zin.  3d.  for  new. 

4:3Q  P.  M.— Votton— The  muraet  la  dull  aud  nasier,- 
Middling  Uplands,  6  9-l(iU.;  Miuuliug  Oileaug. 
6341I.;  aalae,  8,000  bales,  including  2,0(10  bales 
loi  apeeulaiion  and  export;  rr-ceiv>te,  7.duo 
bales,  including  4.8UU  balca  American.  Futures, 
3-;j2d.  cheaueri  Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause, 
noir  landing.  OHid.;  Upiauda.  Low  111  idling  clause, 
March  an'i  April  delivery,  0  l7-3^iL;  also  sales  of  tbe 
aame  ut  6  9-16d.;  Uplands,  Low  Middling;  clause.  April 
aiin  May  dedrery,  U  21-d',^d.!  Uplauds,  Low  Middling 
Clauae,  May  aoa  June  dellTery.  6  23-320.;  Uulands, 
Low  Ulddlliig  ciatisf,  June  aud  .'oly  Uell»erv.  6  'i'i-S2ii.; 
Uplands,  Low  Miadunj;  clause,  July  and  August  de- 
llTery, U  z7-3'.ld.;  Upiaudfi,  Low  Middling  chio^e, 
shipped  Janaar;  and  Feiiruary,  sail,  0  19-33d.;  Up- 
laDas,  Low  Middling  clause,  shlppud  February  and 
March,  sail,  8  21-32d.    Fuiun-s  ciosud steady. 

6:8u  P.  M. — Cotten— 'Ibe  sales  of  Cotton  te-dav In- 
cluded 5.900  bales  American.  Frorlslonf — Cbee^e, 
73«  4|>' owt.  for  American.  Pork,  Utia  ^  buL  lor  prime 
Meas.  BhCob,  39s.  9u.  ^t  owt  tor  Long  Clear  Middles, 
and  aba.  9J.  for  t^hort  tUear  Midilies. 
^oHD.s.  Feb.  22—6.30?  M.— Produce— Eoflned Petro- 
leum, l-.id.'a>12i8d.  ^p-  gallon.  ISplnia  or  Turpsnllue, 
J>7s  l)d.'4)i8a^p'Cwt. 
^KTwaBF,  Veb.  2;^.- Petroleum,  36L  for  fine  fale 

American.  y 

14IO  J  AXBIKO,  Feb.  ai. — Coffee  market  quiet ; 
prices  malntaiui-d;  nochaiiire:  Klo,  (food  Firsts,  tt,700 
@0.8aUrais  per  lo  kilos.  Eichauije  on  London,  ..'4'^ 
ATerage  daily  receipts  duriuit  tLio  week,  6. UUU  bags; 
shiumvuts  of  Ibe  week,  tu  tbe  Cliauuel  and  -North  uf 
Lu'Que,  m.OOO  baits:  to  the  United  Statea,  43,U00 
tiags:  to  lht<  Mediterranean,  2,000  haga  ;  aalea  of  the 
week,  lor  tbe  Channel  and  North  of  Kurope,  ll.OcO 
bans-  for  tbe  Uutted  Hia:es,  23,000  bass:  for  Ibe 
Mediterranean,  1,000  bag:>.  .Mock,  7-<!,000  hags, 
pieigh'  per  sailing  rcasel  for  the  Chauuel,  bUa 

Bavaka.  Feb.  28.— Exchange  on  tbe  United  States, 
60  days,  curreuoy.  '2'*0)'2'^  aiacoaut :  short  sieht,  do., 
Iitt®!  oUcoaut;  60  dV*-  g"''^>  2'3'<5i2'4  premium; 
abort  aiziit,  do.i  3H>'^4  pvemfum;  ou  LuudOn,  13313  ig 
premium ;  ou  Parts,  ^«t^  yreinlnui,  isugara  are  ai- 
HTlug  Slowly, 

S4J5TOB,  Feb.  SI. — Coflte  market  animated  :  prices 
flrm;  »iiii>erlor  Santos,  0,»OU®6,aoo  reia  per  10  kllus. 
Averagu  dallr  reoejpis  during  the  week, -,^,2uo  ba^'s  ; 
sbipmenta  oi  the  week  to  all  countries,  -l-i  000  baua; 
to  the  CtiauneL  KnrAje,  and  Mediierraoean.  I.i,uii0 
bass;  aales  ot  tbe  week,  ior  burope,  10.000  hags;  fur 
ibe  United  Utates,  4,000  bags.     6toofc,  65,U0J  baga 

THS  REAL  EST  AIE  MARKET. 


Kq  l)tuiaBss  vaa  trausaoteil  at  cite  Excbanee 

yeaterday,  (Thutaday,)  Feb.  23.  Ttie  aale  announced 
by  S.  T.  Harnett  of  a  house,  with  lot,  on  Faat  123d 
St,,  west  of  1st  ST.,  was  atUoaroed  for  raadrertise- 
ment. 

TO-PAlt'4  AUCTIONS. 

To-day's  sa'es,  all  at  ibe  Fxohange,  areas  follows t 
By  v.  E.  Stevenson,  Jr.,  Sopreme  C>ourt  lore- 
closure  sale,  Alfred  klolutire,  £sq.,  Beferoe,  of  a 
bunaa  with  lot.  Kq.  83  Wiliett  si.,  eaat  side,  be- 
twc»a  Biringteb  and  dUioten  ata.  Also,  aiinlWr 
aulr,  Jouu  Liudlev,  B-q.,  Keteree,  of  a  house,  witb 
lot »  by  100.S,  &a.  609  5ia  av„  aast  aide,  46.6  feet 
aortb  or49  h  •!• 

Bv  B.  Y.  llgrnett,  foreclosore  sitl«  by  or^er  of  the 
CJ»nA»(g«WWm#4a«Ai$i  -4^  Qua.  SU«»  Jt^erssh 


w;j;TW''TT^^^!T^f^^^^^^r'!^!!f^^''W^'^fT^r'^'W!'''T'' 


wm 


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sregtEa?  between  Spring  and  Frlnwi  ela.  Also. 
BapfBiB*  C<HU1^  fbtaolpanre  ulf,  »robn  A,  Ocedlett, 
Bsq..  SafUM,  of  %  hoaaa  irttb  %  lot  10J  by  fid.lO 
by  15,8  by  70,  on  Washingten  st..  south-west 
corner  Horatio  st.  Also,  simitar  sale,  Charles  Price, 
»M.,  Befenicof  a  plot  of  l«id  tM  to^  W.11,  csa 
West  138tb  st,  north  8l^e,43lfoet  west  of  10th  av. 
Bt  William  Kannellv,  Sapraipe  Comt  forcloraro 

fale,  W.  J.  Harrib,  Esq..  Beferee,  of  a  house  irith 
ot,  18.8  by  96.8  oa  Ww  VA.  st,  oortta  Ude,  fMO  feet 
west  of  9th  av. 

By  W.  O.  Hoffman,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
9alft,  C.  A.  Lane,  Ssa.,  Bsferoe,  of  one  lot,  85  by 
100.5,  on  'E^^Bt  63d  st,  south-east  corper  Madison  av. 
^y  Bernard  Smyth,  foreclosure  sale,  by  order  of 
the  Court  of  Common  PleaSi  8<  U-  QUa.  jisq,.  Bef- 
eree, of  a  house,  -with  lot  18  by  190.5.  on  West  53d 
Bt,  sonth  side,  439.6  feet  west  of  eth  av. 

CITY  Jji-bjAL^^^E^^^ 

THB  Ut*-TUtVM  UFIflCS  MB  THB  XXiOfitl. 

The  np-tewn  of&oe  of  TUB  TIUBS  is  located  at 
Np,  1,497  Broadway,  bet.  ^Igt  aad  3;$4  ets. 

Open  daily.  Supdays  Included,  from  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.  M. 

8abBcriptlons  received,  and  oopiesof  ia.&  TIMBS  for 

sale. 

ADVERTT8BMBNTS  BEOrtiVED  UJfTtL  9  P.  M, 


ClL.Ot«i£  TO  FlKTH  AV.,  0.\  AlUUKAY  HILL. 
/ — For  sale  at  a  reas^uaole  fieure.  au  extrn-sized 
bons^,  dnlabed  lo  the  verf  best  manner,  of  moat  suo- 
StaQtialbnlld.  Aud  complete  in  all  its  arrangeoientB, 
oeiug  one  of  the  finest  honsua  now  offered  f  t  sale. 
If  not  sold,  will  tie  rented  or  leaaed  uniamlsbed.  with 
fixtuiea  Permite  from  tf.Q.UO.  S.  nKOky^V,  No.  9 J 
Broadway. 


To»HIl>BUlL.DUk!<>,  AiC. 

Valuable  dock  property  at  Greenoolnt  i601ote)  be- 
tween (jreen  aud  Huron  sts.,  West  et,  and  Kaat  Blvcr. 
Lease  (or  five  years  trom  Aluy  1,  1877.  Apply  to  U. 
W.  sAQr:  U  CO..  No.  67  Wall  St.,  or  W.  U.  LTON  k. 
CO.,  Na  483  Broadway. 


ClHKAP  CUKMiU  PBoeKKTY.-FOa  HALB, 
la  splendid  corner,  covered  wLb  Kood  bmlillPKa, 
rented  fur  eleven  per  cent  on  price  aaked ;  nut  mauh 
cash  r,  quired ;  a  uargalo. 

Vll,  JAMKS  i^RIOE,  No.  200  Hudson  st 


F(}ltr~*5At.K  VKttV  luifW,  TWO  Si^lAM,. 
three-st.iry  hixh  eteop  brown-stone-lront  h^  uses 
on  West  4 jtb  St.;  all  Improvemente;  in  goodoidrr; 
Uttlecasbri quired    JAMK»  PuIUti.No.  20(1  tiudsonst 


FU11ISAL.K  Ott  to  I.K'IV-JJiIA  .L,  tlA.VD.Si>.<ttlS, 
an  canT  nient  new  iirown-stoue  liouies,  llltbet., 
4tb  and  L3X  n  'ton  ays.  Apply  on  piemisea,  or  te 
klPSS  8.  BLou.^aOUD  ji  CO..  Bo.  19  Nassau  at 


NUVV     jaSt'M     <»K     l>Ai«<itli     AMI      HtlALiLi 
bouses  at  apeoiaUy  red uoed  prices.    V.  S  STii;Vii.L>l- 
bON,  Jk.,  4'Pine  St.  aod  m  i^hsi  1^  h  st. 


AiiAtt,ij£  .^u.iidii.c  <»i^  ti.ili.'^.i.-,  Oii..o.<rj- 
iiig  to  estates  and  lustltatl'ins   for   sale   or  rent  ac 
lowratea      ii.iB  JMan  K.  P.iiiB.  Nv>-  42    Bast  23d  at. 


COUNTRY  liWAL   ESTATE. 

VAIUABLB  HOTEL  PRpPaBfT  4T  CAPE  MAT,  ».  f. 

THE  STOCKTON   HOTEL, 

the  largest  most  complete,  and  popular  SFA-SIDB 
HOU!*b  in  America,  la  offored  fur  aal,i.  For  iuforma- 
tiun,  address  J.  D.  DU  BAB{iy, 

Mo.  23.3  8onth  4th  st,  Philadelphia. 


|J^IiN«ie«l'  CODM'nV  6<vAT  4I,>    Trttf  UUU- 

X/ o>'>,  (tuout  iOO  acres;  l:irge mansion;  porter's, 
gi.rdener'a.  and  larmeHs  cottages,  ana  all  gaceasary 
out-opiluings;  a  bargain ;  improve  1  propeily  takep  in 
part  pavuient:  J.  NKL80.«  LUJK.-.T,  Young  .den's 
Cbrutiun  Associaiion  Boiidlngs,  corner  4ih  av.  and 
23d  St. 


1^^^tt.  -oAiih,- rniui'KiwN  ;9Ji.ii.ij  fAlIjij,  iwo 
nd  one-li>lt  to  ten  acies  each,  in  l{ld.;ewoo.l,  N.  J.: 
Iill  within  oue  mlieof  station.  Erl;)  Uullroad ;  worth 
fiom  itl.OuO  to  siio.UOU  each;  will  bi  sold  al  bargains, 
one-quarter  casii :  oalanceon  mort;:age.  fire  years,  at 
4  per  cent  interest  Address  <i.  P.  B.,Post  Office  Box 
No.  672.  .New-lfor,v  City. 


AT  UUA.\UI£,  CM'bGl.tL.TV.I-UaNDjUMB 
xajroatdeuce;  every  modern  couTeuienue;  bard-wuud 
fiuish:  ^even  bedroumj;  half  acre  iruU:  comm,indiiie 
fine  views;  near  depot;  fur  aaltblow;  will  leut  uufOr- 
maheu.     U.tUILfU.i  ii  WALLIJ.  No.  'ij  IMue  st. 


1J10K  SAljti— AeAttiIOl<40ACR..^l.•«  ..0*NUOUTH 
;  Ccu  t.v,  N.  J.:  will  be  sold  3beap  tor  cash,  or  ou 
easr  terms  to  suit  i>urcha!<er.  For  part  leu  l.>ra  addreaa 
WIL^O.N  bPilUUL,  Keypo.-t,  N.  J.  Ao  aiieuta  need 
apply. 


/andr.l.age  uiui  tor  ^<aie;  a  rie%C  varisty.  .usu. 
iiiriiislieil  and  unfurnished  tiouses  ro  let  I'ur  seasou  ot 
%eiir,  bv  WalI'Ko.  R.  .-tJdiTU.  loruier  y  Biaukw«k.k 
>D>ill>. oi'Hiiuc  eoruitr  uf  <«laln  and    >'oueaca 


APBtA.v  H.  MntLsa,  Auctioneer. 
,^-~v<l*^,  k.XKCU  tUU»*  SAL<bi. 

VAUtABLB    lUPUUVKO    AND     UMIUPAOVBD    PBOP- 
^  KKTl'. 

ESTiTB  Oi'  JOH.N  H.  POWKB,  Deceased. 

Adriiu  U.  Aluller  it  .^ou  will  sell  at  aujtiou  on  TUSS- 
t>Al,  Feb.  '^1.  at  X'i  u'ciook,  at  tbe  Uxcbauije  aales- 
ruom.  No.  1 1  I  Broadwa.r,  uy  order  of  the  undersigned 
Lxecuturs  of  Joun  il.  Power,  decea  ed : 

l-'inTH  AVKSiDK— Tbe  tiist-cU-8  lour-story  brown- 
stone-frout  buuse  aud  lunsn  ot  Im,  No.  6.->2otbaT. , 
went  aide,  oetwceu  uOih  and  Olsi;  eta-  i  he  liouan  ia  05 
teet  In  depth,  with  au  ezteusion  of  6a  leet,  with  party 
walls,  auii  conteius  every  modern  impruven]ei.t.  Tha 
lot,  leased  fioui  Columbia  Coilege,  is  2&axl31'teet 
Ti,e  leaae  is  for  21  jea.a  IT  jm  Jlay  1.  1865,  ac  annuil 
ground  rem  ot  $d50,  taxes  and  assessments,  and  con- 
tains cuven.iuts  tor  renewals. 

PonKTH  AvaauB— ibe  four-story  brick  sterrs,  with 
lease  of  lots,  Biiuate  on  tbe  easi.crly  side  of  4>h  ar., 
comnfeuctng  ou  toe  nortn-east  ccner  of  llih  st.,  Noa 
9.1,  95,  97.  Uil,  and  Idi  4tb  av.  Tbe  leasea  are  from 
the  SiuyTe8Autc:)C<<te. 

bTo  .vB  AND  Pkakl  bTSBETs — The  brick  stores  and  lots 
No  2ti  otnne  una  .>u.  01  Pearl  St.,  luumng  through 
frum  Pearl  lo  ateue  at. 

i.'AXAi,  A>o  MoTT  .sTBBSTs— Tho  bricE  and  f^ame 
bulla. ugs  ana  lots  Noa.  I'Vtf  aud  XHO  Caual  St.,  corner  ul 
ilott  St. 

'IBIKD      AVXSUB,      ElXTT-SIXTH      AND    SlXTT-SEVBITrn 

8TUKBTS — Uht  lots.  uouiirUiug  the  entire  easterly 
fro..t  un  3d  ar.,  between  OtitU  a>id  ti7tb  sta.,  and  14 
lots  on  titiih  St.  and  14  lota  on  67th  St..  commencing 
lOj  leet  eaat  or  tbe  3d  av.;  Htreet  lols  each  2bxlu.< 
ft  et,  except  lb<-  t>vo  easterly  lois  ou  each  street,  wbicb 
are  30xl.>u  feet  each. 

.    -Thukpson  ^TBBBT— Tbe  Duildlngi  and  lots  Nos.  fi7 
aud  oif  I'liompaun  si.,  nest  side,  uear  Broome  st,  each 
lutaonut  3'.2.&xluO  fee-. 
i-oKTY-BBouNDdTKBBT— One  lot,  south  Side,  300  feet 

west  111  7tU  ar.,  ^.>xUd.9. 

bixxr-KiQUTH  ixn  sixTV-NisTH  Stkbbts— SIX  lots, 
Dortu  aiue  ol  D8tu  at,  conimeucing  3z5  teet  west  of 
8ib  av..  aud  lour  iote,  sonth  alae  oi  c>9th  at.,  commenc- 
InK  iSli  feet  west  of  8tu  ar. 

K1VKR8IDK  AvascB — sixteen  Iota  on  the  easterly  side 
of  Uiverside  ar.,  commeiicingou  the  corner  ot  llota 
St.  »od  opiKisite  Kirera  do  Pailt. 

TwBLpru  ATKNtrB— Tbrsu  plots  of  water  Iote  on  12th 
ST.,  between  ll&.h  and  il8tb  ata.,  opposite  klveralde 
Park 

hieBTT-rirrH  Stsbbt — Four  lota,  south  aide,  between 
tbe  iita  iiud  Uiveitiide  avs. 

TwBLrru  AVBirnB  ako  91th  BTREBT-rOne  water  lot, 
nor>h-eaat  corner  oi  izth  av.  and  04th  st. 

i^PDTTBM  OPYTIL  CSBXB.  AND  222D   SiBBBT— AbOUt  19 

loia 

HUGH  C.ASSIDT,  Kxecutor. 
Bi:.£BlETl'A  ti.  PO'tEtt,  Executrix, 

of  John  U.  Power,  deceased. 
Book-mapa  at  the  office  ot  the  Auctioneer,  No.  7  Pine 
St.,  and  ol  the  Executora,  Na  11  Pipe  st 


D WELLff  GS  TO  LET.  ^ 

Tl»  l,BT.— SLUQANT  COUNTRV  REdlDKNCE  IN 
Kew-Jeieey.  30  minutes  from  CIt J  Hail.  New-Tork, 
at  BidKefleld  Part,  tbrt;e  minucea  from  depot  grounds. 
20  acres,  beautifully  laid  cat,  witb  iruii  and  otner 
trees  and  splendid  Uwos;  h  use  trescoad  from  top  to 
buttom:  fimabea  in  hard  wood:  coutHins  batu-room. 
gas,  and  all  ol  ner  Improvements  of  a  Clt.y  :.ouiie;  sta- 
ble, hot-hiuae.  iic.:  also  other  eleeauc  places  uu  Cen- 
tral Bauroad  of  New-.rer»ey,  60  minutes  from  New- 
York;  house  and  grounds  in  splendid  o.der;  finest  lo- 
cation  in  New-Jerse.r;  to  rent  cbeap  Appi.y  to  J.  A. 
WOUU8,  omco  of  the  Nor'b  American  Lif<)  Insurance 
Company.  Noa  17  and  19  Warren  st,  New-1'ork.  be- 
tweeu  11  and  2  o'clock. 


T«»  KKNT— IN  CLAVKftACK,  N.  Y..  Nr.AR  CbAV- 
eracK  ''ollege  aud  Hudson  ulver  Insticnte.  three 
dwelliiig-bouses.ut  $6  a  month;  one  large  duunia  tvfo- 
story  hoase,  with  three  seres  garden,  at  C14  50  a 
mouth;  a  iiu-aboD  and  earablished  business  snJ  dwell- 
ing; uear;  for  both,  $12  a  moutb,  and  rent  laken  lu 
>Tork.    Addreas  E.  Q.  »TUD{iiiV. 


TO  Li<);T.— BLEGAN  r  BBOW.S-aTO.Nrt  ANi)  BttlCK 
houses  on  Madison  ar.  and  aide  etreeta  near  tho 
Prirk;  three  aud  four  stories,  cabinet  finiali.  with 
mirrors,  itc. ;  Tent  from  $UOd  to  S4,500.  Apply  tu  J. 
A.  W00D8,  office  North  America  Life  Insarauoe  Com- 
paiiy,  Noa  17  and  19  Warren  at.,  New-lTork,  betweeu 
11  and  12  o'cioclc 


FOH  HK.NT-A  t'  lRV^^GTON  <K\  HUllCiiON, 
.N.  Y. — ParnisUetl  house,  ■witu  extenalTe  grounds, 
all  in  good  order;  pleasantly  and  couveaiciitly  located. 
Vur  particulars  inqidro  uf  J.  C.  WILLIAMB,  Agent  New- 
York  Central  and  laudson  Biver  Railroad  Company,  at 
Irvluetun  Stait'>n. 


FUKMSUEl)  HOUSETO  UE.NT  TO  A  PRIVATE 
family;  Inuatinu  must  desirable,  ;in(I  west  of  0th  av.; 
taou»u  lepleto  -witn  every  couvenleuoe  aud  Improve 
ment;  elegantly  luiuished  aud  in  fine  order;  lenr, 
^°2aO  per  month.  Apply  to  or  address  JA^bS  BICE,. 
Na  2U0  Uudsou  st 


T   ONQ     BHA.NCH,      aVION.VIOUI'U     ttUACH, 

JLiaud    Heabnsht  cottazes  to  rent   for  tbe   Summer. 
I'liU  particulars  aud  cutaloguoi  miy  oe  had  from         > 
P.  G.  t  C.  a.  BRUW.V, 
Mo.  9U  Broaaway. 


rpi»  tiKT,  IN  BKOOKLiYN— t.THKlSK-STORlf 
JLand  basement  biick  house,  ountainiug  11  rooms, 
nit  in  good  order  ;  located  within  10  miautea  of  hoiton 
or  Wad  btrcet  Ferry.  Apply  aIHaTIO  BUGAU- 
HOUbB,  Np.  88  Banultop  av.,  Brooklyn. 


riMi  LbiT— A  p.iutt-srour  uousoi  on  larn    sr., 

M.  first  door  edst  of  Broadway:   will  be  let  tu  a  respou- 
Bilde  tenant  at  a  moderate  rent. 

Apply  to  H.  H.  CAUUANN, 
No.  25  line  at 


rg^O  LET— HOUHE  NO.  232  EAsT  llTH  ST.,  BB- 
.1.  twee  a  2d  and  3d  ava.,  contelniuz  ad  the  modern 
Iniprovementa.  wid  be  let  low  tu  Kood  parties,  tor 
particulars,  &&,  apply  to  U.  ECUEVERBIA  tt  CO.,  No. 
■i\i  Beaver  St. 


(^OUiN'i'UY  SEAr  TU  LiET  AT  8CARUORO, 
>'tiudson  Rivor  Eailruad,  on  river;  12  acres;  houae 
fully  turnistied:  good  aarden  aud  garaeaer.  Ueut 
$9i>0  trum  tue  1st  ot  May  tQ  .not.  X.  Apply  to  Oen.  A 
b.  WEBB.  No.  15  LexingteB  nv. 


NltW,Ci>aiPL.t£TK  Lil^Tiii  \ilf  FUKNInBEU 
and  uutumishe.  houaea  at    N'o.  4  Pine  at  or  No.  33 
£aal  1 7th  bl.  T.  K.  dTKVBN^UN,  Jr. 


Tt\M  HKNT— THE  BaUR-sTJK?,  '  BlGH-feTOOP 
J.owelling  houae  No.  11  Hubert  ar.;  excellent  loca- 
tion for  boardiug-bonae.  JAMKS  PRICE,  200  uadaonst 


rilO  UUNT- i'lRclT  Fuoua  in  ENOLIgd  BASB- 
JLmeui  bqpae.  Na  110  Baat  30tb  ak;  auitobiefbr 
puvaician  or  dentist 


T(l   Ler— A   CuTl'Aua,    .so. '-SOB  WBiT   43DST.. 
uear  tiroadway,-  can  lie  seen  from  1  until  3o'oiook| 
suitsbie  for  a  deDtlsl  or  phyaicun. 


torvlslwid  " 


Fost  OOloe  Box  How  l.i" 


l(iiij     I,     iji   ^     ]ijLI' 


=■9; 


b'COii4ii?s,  &a,  'j'Q  iM% 


OFR^S  to  iBT 
.      tn  THB 


rfui  tJsA^K— TO  iJANlfS,  I.viURA«pR  cpa- 
X  psutes,  &.C.,  the  flue  banking  floor,  60x80  teet, 
corner  of  Nassua  aud  Cedar  sts.,  together  with  the 
basement  aitd  sub-cellar,  each  25x80  (bet ;  the  bank- 
ing floor  and  basement  two  steps  below  wnlk,  hive 
large  burglar  gnd  fire-proof  vaults,  and  ^re  fitted  up 
ami  ready  to  carry  on  a  large  and  sxteBslre  business. 

BOMEK  MORGA.<l,  No.  2  Pine  St. 


ELEGANT  SUITE  OK  OFFICES,  tiOti.  69 
and  61  Wall  st.  te  rent  formerly  occiipled  by 
Pacific  Hail  Steamship  Company;  eievator,  fine  light, 
and  steam  beat ;  suitaule  fur  oanking  or  iusurance; 
mil  be  divided  te  suit    Appiy  to 

V.  0.  4t  C.  H.  BROWN.  Na  90  Broadway. 


BRDB.N  H(»U.SB— AT  PRRTH  AMBJr,  TO  LEA8B 
on  f.vorable  terms:  tue  ho'ei  Is  in  good  order  and 
co'ivenient  for  seaoatniag  aud  boatio'';  the  stotioo  of 
the  Long  Branch  Railway  is  near  tbe  noose.  For  fur- 
tber  lulormation  apply  te 

HOitiCB  '8.  EbY,  No.  22  Pine  st 


rilO  liBT— THK  STORK  AND  APARTilE.VTS  AT 
XNo.  131  Waverley  pUce,  qua  door  Croat  0th  av.;  a 
KOod  stand  for  any  light  busiiiesa,  rent.  $60J  pet  an- 
pom.  TUORNTOlf  M.  RUOMili,  Real  Sstate  Ageat, 
No.  i!96  Broa  iwav,  ouruer  4ta  at. 


Lof-rs  i<u  nt£.>i  r  Ar  >o. :««  uBii;to.,>iAN 
St.,  through  185  feet  to  Sprue  ■'  a:.;  t>ae  lighiSi 
boiatway,  and  entranon  on  each  street 

JA.VleS  PRICE,  No.   200  Hudson  at 


SAIALiL.  HOTUL.  OU  L.<IDtSl\a-HOUei£ 
.ind  restaiirant  to  let  coruer  Ot  Wact«  aud  canal 
sts.;  47  rooms,  stores,  and  Cellars ;  excelleut  location; 
low  rent  JA)IB>  PBICB,  iNo.  200  Undsuu  et 


r|ll>  inANCTVAUi'UilitUEi.— csPli.vMiJlLi  PLOodJ. 
X  with  ste^tm-powfir,  )^<h  Mo4.  1,54  and  loO  West 
lutb  st 


f\\0  t.Kr— iHE  STOl.^li  4NO  BASIiUEKT,  NO.  9 
X  .NewCbamberast..  nowpccupl'id  as  a  restaoraut^ 
Apply  t(»  W.  L.  »,0  tiH.l,  No.  1  i  4th :tv. 


1>tEM>t»H>xO  ujUlBiBIsi  lU  HEM'  AX  BaBS- 
} loa. LaB« laiaad.  ■,»di»iiiS!»JtAMau.  vulXUju 


Oorliar.  Siixau  feet,  .toa.  linaaX  19u>   Wajt   Uoosteu 
ac    Imjuira  in  tue  uoruer. 

'  '  .  .,.        .—■...■■  .    ^SSSBSSSSBB 

^lUJAL^ESTA/r^^WA^^^^    D. 

REA  I-  ESTA  IK  T»  kX.VB.\fHiE?~WA^ttQ. 
;i»fflall  country  place,  tnree  or  four  acrt^s,  (i^'est 
cnester  county  p-eferrad.)  with  a  good  uonse  nnin- 
Ciimoered,  w>r.hfr.im  $3,00j  to  $4,000,  tor  wbloii  a 
well  asaiirted  at.iC'l^  ot  readv  made  clothing  will  be 
given.  Address,  giTinj  paril«alar4,  U4NoO,9>,  BiaUou 
B,  New-Yort 

__BA^Kg£PT_N5;TTCI^^ 

ot  the  United  States  tor  the  Soaihern  District  or  Bew- 
Vork.- In  the  matter  oi  UERVcI  C.  CALEI.V  and 
JUDSO.N  H.  CALiil.V,  coiisiltnc^ng  the  copir.nersbip 
firm  of  "H.  C.  C.iLiKI.N"  iio.,  bankrupts.— Np.  6,23i!.— 
Notice  is  hereby  given  tbat  a  petition  has  been  filed 
in  said  court  bv  Hervey  C.  (Jalkij  and  Judaou  b.  Cal- 
kin, individually  and  as  copartneia,  above  described 
in  aaid  dlstnct,  duly  declaied  uankrupte  under 
ttie  act  of  CuuscresB  01  Uarcb  2.  1867,  and  the  amend- 
ments and  r.'Visions  thereof,  tor  a  discarge  and  oer- 
tiucate  thereof  tmm  aU  their  and  eacb  ot  their  deots, 
and  other  claims  provable  undar  said  act,  and 
tb.it"  tbe  sRVenth  day  of  March,  1877.  at  12  o'clock 
.u.,Ht  the  office  of  John  Piteh.  iisij..  Register  in  Baak- 
rnpicy.  at  Ao.  345  oroadw^y.  iu  the  City  of  New- 
Toi-lc,  is  Asvgoed  for  tne  Hearing  of  the  same,  wuen 
and  where  ail  creditors  who  hare  proved  tbeir  ueits, 
and  other  persons  lu  lut-resC  miy  atieud,  4nd  gbow 
cau3e,  if  auy  tbev  have,  why  tbe  prayer  or  the  said 
peiiti'in  sbonlinot  t>e  granted.- Uated  New-i!ork,  on 
the  6ch  day  of  Ifeliruar.^,  Iii77. 

f9-  aw.lwK'  QKO.  F.   BBTTS.  Clerk. 

THIS  IS  TO  «1VE  NOTICJS-THAfTTfr^HE 
19tb  d^y  of  feUru irv,  A.  u.  tbTT.tt  warri>nt  in 
b..naruptcv  waa  laaued  against  the  estate  of  cuARLbd 
U.  IL  olEYcR.  OI  Ne»'-YorE  City,  m-the  County  of 
New-1'ork,  and  (state  of  :^ew•'Jork,  who  has  beep  ad- 
judged a  bankrupt  ou  his  own  tetitiou;  that  the  psy- 
me.it  uf  any  ueut^i  aud  delivery  of  an/  i>r'0|>erty  l>.^- 
long  UK  to  such  oaiikruot.  to  nim  or  f  jr  bis  use.  ani 
the  transfer  of  any  prop  rty  bv  him,  are  loruigdcu  uy 
law;  tliata  mertinu  of  .he  ci«diturs  of  tbe  s«id  uank- 
rupt  to  prove  tbeir  debts  and  lo  cbuose  one  or  more 
Assignees  ot  hi<  estate,  wid  be  held  at  a  court  of  Bank- 
ruptcy, to  oe  bo  den  at  ^o.  7  Beeiimaa  attePt,  in  tbe 
City  of  New- fork,  before  Mr.  James  F.  Uwighi,  Regis- 
ter, on  tne  Uib  uay  of  jtiarcu,  A.  i).  Id77.  at  two  o'clock: 
P.  -U.  OLlVcR  FIsKE. 

Uulted  Stages  Marshal,  as  Messenger,  tsoutbera  District 
ot  New-Vorif. 


9W(ASmja* 


BANKERS 


1«  •««  ID  »«tw»ia  ffV  IV««fiV«»^ 
0BALBE8  nr  ALT.  Tf^SOKS  OF  eOYBUrJBVT 

KBw-ITORKCttTT 
AND  BROOt|.T2<  B01TB9. 
BUT  Al^  8BLL  Olf  O0MMI8SI0X 
.  ITOCKB,  BUKSa,  AUD  OOLA 

ADTAlPsajfABiLOT)  App&oyBD  BBOtntmBa 
2L  nawvKfmt.  Do^fAU) kacjia). 


fAB. 


^ATa4M  A.  ?!!)». 


^IX  PBA  I^BNT.  BBUi)&l.VM  i:|TV  nONDi^ 

DBPA««lfB«f  nj  fu^mn-  CoirrBov.i,BR'»  um?f.  J 
Ctn  P"T.,  ll|toou.ni.  Feo  16,  1877.       { 
The  undaxa(«ii»d  will  reeelve  aealecf  prnD<isala  at  thia 
pfflce  upill  Than  iw;.  »IV<"»  l-  »»  i'-*  •'dock  noiin.  (a* 
which  lime  tiiey  will   beopenellfbr  the  porohaaaot 
tha  whole  or  any  part  pt  tne  ItoTluWvag  loans: 

,  A600,00t> 

8iX  per  cent  Brooklyu  City  oonls  fortbs  oomyletleii 

^  *S«*^^^%W^TrV.^3  ?»,9^  aod 

^aiiOJ'OO   MATDBISQ  I  ■!    191^, 

(X)tFO«^K     iSoFsTBRBU. 

•^  $9i0,000  _ 

ri*  per  cent.  A88BS3UE.^r  PO-Xu  8o»0S,  ^k^, 

ma.'unug  thrsie  ye»ra  KO!*  date  of  purohise— BeflS- 

Proposals  must  state  the  pnee  oiliBTeA,  (Wiib  sotirawl 
^terest  from  Jaq,  1  on  Brooklyn  City  bonds.)  ani  9m 
^BUonofboaaad^re^^^^  BPS^BLL,  Oontroller. 


CHASE  &  ATKINS, 

BANKERS  ANP  BROKERS, 

NO.  18  BROAD  8TKBBT.  NBW.¥OKK. 

raTERBiff     ALLOWBD   O^    PBP03TT     ACCOQSTII 
(DBJBOT  TO  DR.t^r  AT  BIQIT. 
QOLD.  eoVBRSHBilT.   SrArR,    tfCmOIPAb.   AVD 

BAILBOAD    SBOOR1T1B4     BOCasr     AMQ    SOW}     tfX 

qOiUUSIiOH  FOR  QAiiQ  OR  OfOJi  HAUaUL 


Omca  OP  TSa  FAiutBBS'  ItniH  and  i  sost  okpavt,  1 ' 
hU  26  lixoBAxaa  rtaoB.  o  >iuf<t<(  ^'iLi.iai  st.,_  > 
Ssw.l''>KB.  Jau.8/1877.) 
rrUBtE  FAXt^fER!!^  LOA.v  •'  Ni»  VittltiT  voX- 
X  PJU«Tr  of  the  >  ity  o-  New-VoK  Trcratsn*  of  t  .• 
ylnkiHC  ruhlor'he'eonstraorionau4  equipment  boads 
ef  Ibe  C.eyel.^n r  and  l?nt*!»t;r;|  Kfjilrpai  C9mpinr. 
hereby  give  notice  t'l-it  la  aocurdan^j  with  ti'C  pro- 
visions qft  ea.li  siaM^i  fu  "1,  thiy  have  ilrawn  br 
lot  the  following  nnnjoer*  of  s^rtOTn  of  sil  i  bomls. 
yia:  Kos.  B'i,  449,  6S4.  670.  70J,  711.  7^9.  837,  6<ii. 
BiiB,  92.^,  945.  9  )9.  94  >.  1, 10 J,  l,Hv2,  and  °t|»>(  OO 
pit*sente4'>a  aad  delivery  te  th^m  of  sa^d  sixteen 
Londs,  or  »ny  n  irt  of  the  a  in>»*,  they  will  bo  redeemoij 
St'parvaliis  tbeteof.  and  that  interest  on  all  ot  tbt 
BHid  nxteen  bonds  not  jpres  -ntad  for  redemption  an  M 
befuro  tbe  let  day  of  July  next  wid  ceaaa  from  ani 
4fter  that  dara  R-  U,  BOLSTO''-  President 


J.  &  W.  SELIGMAN  &  CO.. 

No.  9t   Broad  at^  Now«Tarlc 
iBsqe  Iiettera  of  Credit  for  Traweler*, 

fAYABLB  IN  ANT  PART  OP  EOROPB.  ABIA,  AFRIQli, 
AUSTBAI<U,  AlTD  AMBBICA 

DRAW  BILLS  OB  KZOHABSB  AVB  MAEl  TBtJIii 
ORAPHIC  TRAKSFERS  UF  HONBT  OI  BCBOFX  AK| 
CALIFORHIA. 


NO.  5.036— IN  THB  DISTRICT  CtKJUT 
of  the  Uaitod  Staies  for  tbe  ISouihern  District  of 
NeW'K.irk.- In  the  matter  olJOdN  B.  r-AXNn.  baulc- 
rapt. — InBanKrupcy. — L,elore  Edgar  Ketci,um,E*aaire, 
Urguter  ot  said  Couru — lo  whom  it  may  voucern  : 
Tue  uudereiguel  bereb.v  gives  nouce  oi  his  ajipotut- 
ment  au  Asbi>rnee  oi  Juiin  B.  Paine,  oi  tbe  Ciry  oi  New- 
York,  in  ihevountyof  New-lToik,  aud  State  ol  New- 
\'t>rK.  within  said  district,  who  bas  been  aujadiced  a 
baukiupt  upon  bis  owu  petition  by  tbe  UlatnuC  Court 
of  said  distnct— Drtted  at  Ncw-iork,  tbe  ttihdayof 
Feuruary,  A.  D.  1877. 

Ai,KXANDER Mcdonald.  Assignee. 
*9-law3wF*  No.  -JS  Dey  st..  New-l'drk  ilty. 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURf  OF  THE  UNUKD 
3tate>  tor  lbs  .soatberu  Uistriet  of  New-Yoric — In 
toe  mutt«r  of  WILLIAM  J.  SOULOS.S,  bankrupt.— In 
bankruptcy.— Before  Isaiah  T.  Williams,  rve>;i8ter.— 
To  whom  It  may  concern:  Tbs andetstgned  herebv 
gives  notice  of  his  appointment  aa  Assignee  of  the 
eatat?  of  Widi  >m  J.  douloss,  ot  tbe  City  of  .L\ew-yorir, 
iu  tbe  County  of  .Sew-Yorlc  and  State  of  New-iorlc, 
within  said  d..B  riot,  who  iias  been  Kojudged  bankrupt 
upon  the  petiiiou  of  his  croditers,  oy  tue  District  Court 
ol  said  dlsiriut. — Dated  NoW-lTorlc  City,  tbe  2d  day  of 
Feuruary,  A.  D.  1877. 

KAUFMAN    SIMOV,  AssigueOb 
f9-law3wF*       No.  265  Broadway,  New-iork  city. 


IM  THE  DlSTUlCT  COORT""*"  TUB  DNITKD 
States  for  the  bouthernDistrioipOt  New- York. — In  tlip 
luatterof  SIh^QMU.nD  UKltLSaAltUl,  u,inkru.>t.— Iu 
Bankruptcy.— deio.e  John  Fitch,  Register.— To  whom 
it  may  concern:  The  undersigned  hereliy  givea  nytioe 
of  bis  appointment  aa  Assleoee  of  I  he  estate  of  Sletnnaud 
beruliarJt,  of  New-York,  In  the  County  of  New-Kork, 
and  IStHtoof  New-)fork,  witkiu  said  district  who  has 
been  adjudged  bankrupt  upon  his  creditors'  petition  oy 
tue  District  Court  of  said  district — Outed  at  New-VorA 
City,  the  13tu  d^y  or  r'ebroary,  a.  D.  1S77. 

M.aUUlCU  WERftiElMi-.B.  Assignee, 
f  ie-law3wF*  No   5o0  Broadway,  New- York. 


7  PER  CENT.  STOCB^S 

OF  THB 

CITY  OF  NEW- YORK, 

DOB  1886,  1S83,  1890,  1891,  1896, 
FOB  SALE  BY 

GEORGE  K.  SISTARE, 

No.  84  NAgHAP  ST. 

OCEAN   NATIONAL  BANK. 
ASSETS  AT  AUCTION, 

UABCH  27,  1877. 
For  oatalogoe  tfpply  te  ADRIAN  0.  UCLLBR  *  00., 
Ho.  7  Pine  St.,  ox  to  the  Beceiver,  No.  21  Nassau  st. 

TaBODORB  U.  DtVlS.  Bec^wai: 

■      J  % 

CHICAGO  AND  AL.TON  RAILROAD  CO. 

tiBCRBTABT'S   OVf  ICB,  > 

Cbicaqo,  1-eb  H,  la7  ?.  I 
Kotlcc  is  hereby  given  to  i  be  StotJtaoiders  of  the 
Chicago  aud  Alton  Railroad  Compauy  that  a  cdeb  divi-^ 
deodqf  fuur  (4)  per  cent,  has  tuts  day  beea  deoUrei^ 
noon  tbe  Prelerrcd«and  Common  etouk  ot  tbis  Coin- 
paoy,  payable  at  the  banklnghouse  ol  the  Comptuv'a 
Airents,  .nessra.  .vi.  K.  Jesup.  Paton  it  Co.,  No.  62  WlT- 
haia  streer.  In  the  CUy  of  New-York,  oa  the  1st  dav  ol 
March  next,  -o  holders  wti.>  are  registered  as  suoh  »t 
the  close  of  busluesa  hours  on  the  17tb  aay  of  heuru- 
^ry,  lust.,  at  wbicb  ttma  tho  trnnat^r  bo  >ka  will  bs 
close.L   and  reopened  for   tr.insfers   on   tbe  2d  day  <n 


MaiGh  nex-. 


W.  M.  LARKABBa,  tieoretary. 


MCAIIC1PAI<  BONOa,  OUB  1008.    A  ItlUlTQd 
AHOOHT  FOR  SALE  BY 

KUQNtLQIGB  ^  COi,  NO.  31  NA^SilT  ST* 

•. — , 1 r— — ■ — II    -  ,    .* 

D.  &L  Skax^n,  Aactioiieer. 

STOCKA   AT   ALC'*IOI«.— TBIX^TEB'd    SAXiS-i 
On  Saturday.  Feb  27,  at  12:30  o'oioek,  at  Ba* 
fbange  BaWa-room,  Na  111  Broadway. 

60  aha.  Fniton  Baak-          1 15  80%.  broadwar  las.  Co, 
l94  aha.  United  stetes  Ins.  20  sha  Mercbimts'  Ins.  '  o, 
Oo.                               UOsus-Ooinmerciallns.  Oob 
14  aha.  City  Ins.  Co.           |30  sha.  Columl^ia  ina.  Co. 
10  sha.  Fark  Ini  Co.          I 
Cate.oggea  at  Wo.  14  Fin^  St _ 

V.  ROBINSON  WARUK.N  A  CO. 

WM.  O.  HOBFMAiN,  Auctionees, 
No.  106  Broadway,  oomar  of  iHne  st. 
V    STOCKS,  BONUS,  AND  BkAL  B.sTA    B. 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
states  tor  the  boutbern  District  of  New-york.— In 
the  matter  of  JOBN  K.  HOoS^ti,  bankrupt— In  B»/iK' 
ruptcy.— Before  John  Fitch,  negister. — fo  vrbpm  it 
may  concern:  TUe  nuderBlxued  bereby  gives  notice  | 
of  bis  appointment  as  Assignee  of  the  estate  of  John 
rt.  Uaole.  or  .New- York,  in  tbu  County  of  New-1'ork,  and 
^tate  of  New- York,  within  saiU  district,  wbo  has  been 
adjudged  oaubrnpc  upon  bis  crediters'  yetliiuii  oy  the 
Oistrior  Coavt  of  said  di  ,tnct,— Dated  at  New- York  City, 
the  third  day  01  Feoroary,  A  D.  1877. 

JAMES  W.  LOVaEIDOE,  Assignee. 


BROWN  BROTnt!:R.'<i  «:  CU« 

NO.  69   Wall  -^T.. 

iHB^lf  COHMBBiUAL  and  TRAVa'LMIt?   CBkX>m 

AVAlLAOLBtn    a'lfAdT.-^   ol    tba  VVgauit 


PAPER  HANUIMUS  ALAN  Uf' ACTOR  Y. 

For  Sale  or  te  L^aae -Large  anl  eligible.  contaiidnK 
04,000  square  teet  of  flour  space,  with  ample  yatd 
room,  situated  on  Simmons  St.,  Boston,  tegetber  with 
aU  the  MACHINKttr  .  K.V  PKlNlS  CUT  Tflla  KBaR, 
TOOLS,  UTtiNtJlLS.  ANj  FIXTORKS  fir  tbe  manteo- 
tuie  of  paper  bangings,  colors,  aud  the  repairlaz  of 
machinsry,  &.C.,  with  Stcim  tiagiue.  tiliaitlug.  Belting, 
and  Steam  aad  lias  Fisturea.  all  complete.  Tbe  ma- 
cnlnery  la  In  tne  Taty  best  condition,  and  ot  the  moat 
approved  and  labor-saving  kind,  and  ar  present  in  tull 
operation.  It  wili  be  sold  or  leased  lu  whole  or  In 
part,  ou  highly  favorable  term^  The  oniidiags  are  aa 
arranged  toal  they  can  ue  occupied  entire  or  divided. 
I'or  lurtber  oazllculars  address  No.  147  FranV.ln  St.. 
Boston.  Mass. 


-pARTNER  WANTED— IN  A  GOOD  WBLL- 
-'-  established  and  profitable  business,  centrally  lo- 
cated in  the  City  of  Rochester,  comprising  stoves,  tin, 
and  sbeat-iron  ware,  honse-lumlshias  goods,  and  gen- 
eral lobbing  work;  a  capital  of  $8,001)  required.  Ad- 
dress B.,  Box  No.  145  Times  Office,  or  EDWARD  JONES, 
Rocbeater,  Ho.  16  Soutii  St.  Paul  St. 


<1&A(\  llAA  -A  THOROUGH   BU8INES8 

tP~x:\y»vfVF\y»mau  With  the  above  suui  to  enaaae 
in  nvi»ufacturiug ;  (ousiuess  esc  blisbed:)  pri>ttts 
large,  good  st.iple:  highest  award  Naiional  Exhibition; 
capital  wan'ed  to  erect  new  balldings  and  iocrsaae 
bualoeas;  will  bear  toll  iuvesilaation;  best  refeieuca, 
Addreaa  FRANlvLtN  Posr,  Na  li  (Jllnioa  place. 


LEAiiK  AND  FUllNlTUKB  OFBAB-KOO.U, 
rebtauraut,  aud  orivate  suoper-room  ;    up  steirs ; 
in  KOod  order :  sale  very  obean-  Adareas  No.  IS  6tb  av. 


DIVIDEiS'DS. 


art,  i 
.01  .sa,  > 
J.  1877.) 


N£.W-loKK  Ann  Colorado  Cokpaitt, 
Park  Bawe  Bdiloi: 
Nsw-loaK,  I'eli.  iu,  __ 

DIYIDENO  NO.  1.— A  DlVXDti.»D  oF  OSH  PKtt 
cent  baa  been  declared  on  the  capital  atock  of 
tbis  company,  payable  at  this  office,  on  and  after 
March  1, 187''.  to  the  ateokholders  of  r<scord  at  the 
olosinK  of  tbe  transfer-tiooks,  which  will  close  oo  tbe 
20ttidayof  Fetiroary  Instant,  and  reopen  March  '^ 
1877.  B.  QRObXBMBKBR,  Secretary.- 


WATOHES^^^JEWELR^^ 

MONEV  ON  DlAMUNDa,  WATCH bH,  dee. 
—Diamonds,  watehes,  jewel. v.sUver-ware,  eamei's 
liuir  shawls,  silK,  fcc.,  bought  and  aoid  back  at  a  very 
small  advance.  (iiiOuOB  C.  ALLEN,  )ewel«l^  MO. 
l.iao  Broadway,  near  29tast. 
' I   II    "■    "■?-'    <"',-■  I       I  i^-^ 

I>A;yOING. 

2LKN3oDWORji?i5l»l^ri^ 

RbMOVKD  TO  NO.  u81  3  TH  A  VBxVOR.    Spring  tem 
now  commenciPK.    For  partloalava  aend  ibr  olrcui^e. 
Private  leaaoua  every  da.v. 

I'll ■!  im  \  I  \iBSBasssaagssamBKm 


O  LOAN  Oti  iTlOR'i'6AUE-^10,OoO,  iSioJl^^ 
_  $4,000,  $3,600.  and  $8,uuu :  modenta  auargeaj 
90  delay.    JAdiBB  VRICB,  No.  i:vH>  Uodaon  at. 


T 


LEGAL  NOTICES, 


9R9» 


NBW.TORK  tsUPRBDlK  OUDRT.— OITY  AMO 
Couutv  or  New-York.- iiC.:>A;)l  UlUi.  plaiatiit 
against  PfilLlP  hDd>«fAll;d,  Uonrieita  Nasab4U«9 
bis  wif^   hm'auoel  Missbauia,   Sara  L.jLr«tra,    Jaoes 

B.  jMlyu,  Predeiiclc  f.  Ptarr,  c  barles  MQAoluaia. 
Jtlebard  M.  Nlcholli  aod  Alexander  Litt.  i-oaier  J. 
Weeks,  John  R.  ^itt,  James  F.  Baglea  and  Buaiell  0. 
Jobosup,  The  partem  Baul^  MaaiT  Bisner,  U.  Loeti, 
Kliaa  A.  iViiktuaon,  Kilsha  B-    Qaddis  aud  Frank  A, 

Wilklnaon,  John  Blohm,  and  JTUtOf  SuHmults,  .Usrga- 
ret  C  btidoipb  aud  Joua  Uogbes,  delendants.— dum- 
910ns  tor  reuel^— (Cojp,  not  seryed-)— To  tbe  defend- 
ante  a i>ove  nsmed  :  You  are  bereby  aammoued  and  re- 
quired to.  answer  tije  ooq^^laiut  lu  thui  action,  wbicb 
has  this  day  been  nled  iu  tb"  office  ot  the  oiera  of  tbe 
City  and  County  of  New-Yotk,  at  the  c  itr  Ball  in  a«iil 
Clt" ,  and  to  serve  (^  copy  pi  yoor  aaswer  to  the  s^id 
Complulut  60  the  Bubsorlber,  at  bis  ufDce.  number  5B 
Wall  street,  in  said  Cit.v  of  New-Yora,  wiibln  twenty 
4aya  after  the  service  of  this  summjiis  on  you.  exC'Or 
five  of  the  day  Of  gush  servlee;  and  it  704  full  to  aor 
fwer'tne  said  complaint  within  tne  time  liioresaid,  the 
plalnttS  tn  tnis  action  wLI  apply  te  tbe  court  lOr  tub 
feliei  demanded  lu  tbe  compuiut. — ^Oated  New-rprk^ 
December  8,  ltt76. 

Q.  HoABAU,  PlalntifTsAttemey, 
No.  56  Wall  str  et,  .NewTVork. 

The  oomplaint  in  the  above-entitled  action  was  filel 
pn  me  eigiith  day  ot  Deoe.-ntier,  i87d,  iu  tbe  ot&ce  of 
tbe  Clera  of  the  City  aud  County  ot  New-York,  iu  th^ 
pew  Uourt-bonse,  in  tbe  City  of  New-Yor<  and  the 
State  Of  New•York.-Ilatt^d  >ebraarv  li,  1^77. 

flti^lawBwF"        Q.  AtcADAU,  fUmnffs  Attorn*}; 
■  — — ' r- 

STATB  OF  NEW-YORK. — IS  THB  OOOKT  0» 
Common  Plsas  lor  ih*  city  and  Coijaty  of  KaiP» 
york.-BBNJA.dIN  FLOYu,  Plaintiff,  again, t  KLIZA  S, 
boUtiMAS.  tiuaan  J±.  Heal,  and  Aloert  F.  Heal,  ber  noa. 
b'aad,  t^aT^A  A.  Ueuderaon.  aad  Davia  Headiei^on.  bi^ 
fiuabaDd.  Jamea  C.  Uousmao,  Wil.iam  E,  Uod-man,  Jor. 
sephU.  Huasiniau.  Lizzie  A.  houamaB,  ^u>aii  fiooaoian, 

Bliaae).  Hooamiu,  Admiolatrairij|;uf  tbegttoua,  etaa>t«ta^ 
and  credits  01  James  Hon»maii.  aeceaaed,  John  tV.  Cuofa- 
ran,  >\Uiiam  C  Uoualds^n  and  AOUqitl,.  Hlua.  defend- 
fmts. — bUuiuionelbrrellet.— Tu  thedef«aduats  audeaQb 
ptthem:  Yoaarebereb>  aummouedaud  requlied  to  a^ 
swer  tbe  comulslut  In  this  -xcilon,  whiefa  (nta'Aled  ia 
the  office  of  uie  clerk  of  the  Cours  of  ComiBoa  !'!»«•,  ot 
tne  Citvanu  County  of  New- Sork.  at  the  Cimn-huus* 
in  said  Oit.ri  Ob  the  27tb  day  of  Nov«at.«f.  li)7t>.  aM4 
te  serve  a  copy  ot  your  answer  to 'lie  said  complulut 
on  the  mbBcril>er8.  nt  tbeir   ofllce,    No.    5  1  Liberty  St., 

in  the  City  Of  .New-Tork.  witUiu  tweotv  aa.vs  after  tu* 
fervice  ut  t'ls  sominoiu  ou  you,  exclualve  of  the  day 
otsooh  MTvlca;  and  U  yen  'Aitl  to  anawer  the  aui> 
complaint  wit  11  in  the  U/^  afttreaald.  thQ  plaintiff  ia 
this  aetiea  wiU  app.y  so  tbe  cuurt  for  ibs  leUet  oe- 
maodedia  ^e  «piD£U(bt^i^a%ed  Nsw-Ioric,  >oveia 
ber,  1876.  BOK  It  MAcKllN, 

ial9-law6wB  Pialotifra  4tt<u  neya. 


SfJPiiSillH  OCBT,  OOUNTV  OK  QCEBNei. 
— JACott  uiCKS,  piaiu(tt,  ugataat  Jane  g.  fo  «v  li  <, 
Beufoa  A  Bwaia(aiuVJe.un4Q^  Swalo),  ols  wife,  Wil- 
bur Boahmore  aad  Mlatreaa  Wilbur  Koshmore,  hia 
wi^  defcu4aDta.->iftanvo«»!.-l«ir  relief  (Upob  net 
aerved.)— To  the  derena^nta  above-turned  and  eacb  of 
tbem  :  Xpaareheieby  aiiaamoned  ana   required  tu  a» 

swer  tbeij^iTtBiatat  te  ib^  aqttou.  wbleh  has  ^toen  il4s 
d^  nled  i4  the  oQce  of  'he  VL:rk  of  tbi<^  Cooutv  tn 
QueeBa.attbevdlagref>am)doa,lB  ibe  aaid  oonaty.  an* 
to  aerxe  a  «oiur  <K  yw*  aaawer  («  tbo  s«i  i  eouipiwot 
ou  the  auuacriber,  at  hu  office.  No.  40  Court  atreet.  i^ 
tbe  City  or  Brooklyn,  i^un.v  of  Klugs,  witoin  tweuW 


d>iy4  s^ter  the  safvI^  %!  this  suv^muBS  on  yon.  exulA 
elve  01  the  d.iy  ofsuclt  servioe:  ad.i  It  you  t.U  to  a* 
swer  the  aaid  oemplaiat  witbiu  the  time  •t«a'r*><U,SbB 


INF0RJ»IAT10N    VVANTKU^^F   CBAftLhlB  W. 
Nt-.Wvu->t  wbo  bas  baeii  missing  amce  Uea  -41^,  IBTB. 
V.  Hoover  cun  uive  any  Information  eoucemlng  Uta  or 
bis  wb«x«al>outB  will  tODler  a  aVeat  fa  vac  aad  bw,  ca* 
Warded  ^T  catdng  pu  bis  brother.  QAitiM  IV  ^WfoST 
,^>saa>fia4ia  Motel,  )Sd.a>T.aaAWhsii  ,       \ 


Pkdlil^intJliii  M  Ion  wVl  appor  to  the  «uart  ^  ttM 
relief  demaiKled  In  tbe  Qomp  afut  — I'atid   Brooklyn^ 
An»  22  1976.      -»  "-^  "      'joUN  a    KSAtustkXs, 
.  I'laiu.lflPs  AtterwMfc 

Tbe  said  eompUiat  waa  d«1y  filed  in  tue  office  of  Um 
CleriB  of  tbe  U&aofy  o*  Quo  ns,  at  the  vlll,.<e  of  ja- 
mateatlntfaeaaHcoBAty,  and  Mate  of  Ke^rarsi,  «« 

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yot  tiutMCtiM  iF  bliitg  AQ,|)|;>i«if  mtbrtistloQ  «pT>U 

a.  I.   iDtPtt    \y3at. 

CUNARDLINEB.&N.AR.M.S.P.CO. 

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with  tB»  new  «»f  atminiaWfistth"  eainoes  of  eolllnott 
tDeitMUnara  oi  ttals  Iio«  takk  »  speoiaad  Mono  nir  tU 

<»n  th«  ontwaorao-M^tre  'rora  QnoensMwai)  isir- 
zerkor  Boston,  erii8«i«(  -Hitidtao ar  5 J  ^6  4J  i ifeitals. 
Arti^tbtQc  to  «»•  ntstfb  of  k  I  ^ 

O*  th*  Bomowxtd  n<»<i8>4<is  an^^ta  %<>\9  mtnUui  yt 
K  Nt4-i.nr  Ttothm«t6&>^  iirth  of  41 

BATAyTjl....WEu  J'elT.  281  ALP15BIA.W1<1>..  Ml»rcli  14 
ABTfiBmiA.Wl«I»..  March  7iPAETHlA..WEU.  Mar.  81 

Stexmers  mark^tf  r  qo  aot^'^rrf  sM)r«<ro  passAoz^rs. 

CHWooa»«a<j»,  MO,  il()(),<»a'i  -SiS),  ^fill.  aiiDorliii-; 
to aoeomm'Hlatinn.    Retort '■lo'cetsoi  fi»r3cahl'< terms. 

8t«er>t3e  Ooketi  to  %ri  t  rfo-n  »11  t>-»'-ti  >r  Barooetl 
rert  lowr  ae«>  Ifreisht  >«n1  ot'itaw  o<fio«,  Woi  4  Bdwl- 
lOaneeiK  CiBUL  (t  pramcELTN.  AeenL 

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lilVSKPOOL    A:«B    nitBAT    WRST8RN 

LIVEaPOOL.  «tU(Jue"Ost'>\rii,> 

CARBXIKQTHK  UITITKU  STArKS  UAIU 

TDB^UAT. 

tearltigPMt  Do.  46  North  Slrer  a«  ^tlowg; 

i6AH(i„..4 PeikST,  mar.  v. 

UOMTAJfA ilaroh  6,  at  10  A.  M. 

WISCONSIN Marohl3,  at  3  P.    H. 

WYOMING „ Maroli  20.  at  9  A.  M. 

DAKOTA „ Matcb  27.  at  3  P.  tL 

KBVADA ^ April  a  at    9  A.   U. 

Bates  ok  passknowrs  rboocbd. 

Bteeraee.  S.26:  iatermadiate.  HO;  oibia,  {iJtofSOt 
Moordlng  costate-room.    Offices,  No.  28  Broadway. 
WII.MAfllS  dc  tjUllO.N. 

aTUAN  iMAltj  L.ir(K. 

in.j(toNTaijX    •JUftviRg    ro  jinvM*.    ttiir* 

COLoMblA.  dnl  vSPINi^AliU,  aiil   tt  PASWt  *nl 
BOOTH  PAOiKIC  POUT.'l  (vt.*  AsilmruU)     Kirse-ji*!* 
Inll-powpredlroa  s6re\r  ifejibnicA   OciXt  fur     NOk  51 
Kortti  KiTRc 

JmHAITLCOTjOMBIA.  rSTHMDH    OK  P4XAMA,     aui* 
SOUTH  PAOmo  Pi>ttrj(\rt4  A8?m>Till.l 

ALW „r«b.sa 

YTHA..^ V Mmreb  16 

t-orbJNUHro.N  (Jiun.)  nul  HaYtX 
ATLA^ M»roh  14 

Pint  KORwoou  A  ca.  iiceiltt. 
_  No,  5i>  Wall  tw 

GREAT  SOUTHERN 

fUElUHT  ANI>  VAr*HENi*tiH.  bMK. 

EAILr.SG  PROM  PIKfi  .V'>    a  SOiiTd  arvRit 
_         n  KONP8DAT8ana.<AT0%l>AY«  %t  .1  p.     Hi. 
FOR  CI1AKLiB'«TON.  H.  r..   ffLiOaiOA.  THE 
SOI'TH.  ANU   MIUTH-VVENT. 

C1T>  OK  ATl-ANTA ...•"ATURKAI Feb.  34 

QkO-  W.   CLYUB ...WKD.NESUaY K-ib.  28 

8UPKRIOK  PASiKNORft  AO"OJ13aODATIi>NJ». 

JnsnranoB'-o  Miriinlii  ii-i*ir>     >\.  o'*r>i4itk 

Goo<l«  forwxrlel  "tse  >'  c,  tTi  gtsjloi.  P»«9t  tar  clan. 

elfHii.t  bilis  oHslinf«»a-l  m  li  »n>l  atfi^  ott(M>l 

JA.IlU.o  W.  UCINTARO  .V  Ci»„    Ac«ots, 

_  „  _        .  50.177  Wert  46.,  CAraer  warren. 

OrBK'JTLBT  0.   IvSi^LL  Cei<»rif    A«ent 
nwit?*oaticr  I  Preizui  liiie,  31  /   Broadwmr. 


STATE  LINE. 

KKW.IOKK    lo   GliASUOvV,    (ilVKftPiiOU    OUBLUL 

Bei>P4<T,ANi)  uosD  (.voasta?. 

Tbea»Hr8t-clMs  lali- rairerel  4taia?rj   wtil  »»ii  team 

,  Pier  tia4'3  Vort'i  -Urar.  foot  of  i»n\l  it. 

PTAiEoK  NbV>DA „.Thui8<iav.  Feh.  22 

fTATbOF  IsniANA Tr.tirB<1»T.  March  » 

SI4Jt  '^'^  VIRGINIA ThnT»d»v.M»reh  18 

BTATh   Oi^  PKN"fSYL.VANiA ThiirsdnT,    March  32 

first  cabin.  9rv,  ?r.=i.  8nd$7(i,  flrcorliiif  to  •<>«o<to- 
jDodations:  r»tnra  tickets, $110.  $125t  Seconil  csWft 
S4.V  rsiarn  tlcketa.  *8a  8tert««e  a«  lowest  rates. 
Apply  m 

AUSTIN  BALDWIN  ds  CO.,  Annta, 

«-...„. «w^  BOkiiBrovlwarr.iiew.Yotic. 

STKaRAGK  tdcsets  at  N(x45  Br3»dw*y.  aaJ  at  tUa 
romoanT**  olsr,  fo>t  tf  caailc;..    .furtu  ■ifr^t. 


PBW-rOSK.  HAVANA.  A.N DdBXIUAdtlU U I.  V  (ill^ 

bUjamera  leave  f'mr  ^i«.  {  liro  (i»  <f  tt  1.*.    iL 

KOK  IIAVAXA  OIHflUG. 

cm  OK  NKW-YUiti^ .V  eduosdar.  PeK  28 

crry  ok  mexico Saturday   March  10 

CITX  OK  VBRa  CRUZ Wednesnav.  M»rh  14 

|iOK   VERA    CUVa    ANU    NBW^-OtCLKA.V^. 
Xampica  ^^ 

tiTi  oi/  Missico Sathrtar,  March  10 

^  bieumrira  vvlii  i9»r»  M0w»  >ris:tns  Keck  ^8  ana  Hatch 
18   <>i   Vt-ra  i:riiz:*iii|  \n  rn*  i  novd  j  iccj. 
forrteuat  ir  pM3-t.;e  i  >  jir c > 

>,Al.l»XA.<OllBi  J  >.<^.  >)!.  il  Ml  n  trittvtr. 
* 

,_.   „_  NORTH    tJBRinA.N   I^I.OYII. 

STKA1I.8HIP    tlNB    BETWEKN   .'^EW-VOKK.  80(JT8- 
4llPTO,\  .  ANU  BKKMEN. 
rompanv'*  rtec.    t«ot  or  Jiis..    doii'tart. 
EBBMANN...>aC.  Keo.  :i4  I  AMK   lCA„.Pat.,  March  10 

JiKCK  iB sat..  March  H  I  WKSRB,„.8at,,  M»roh  17 

JtATE.S  UK  KA>i8AQB  KKOil    NkWTORK  TO  SOOTa- 
MlProH.    UAVHE.    «)|f  BttKMEA 

rirtt  caoin....^ $100 roll 

Se«ODd  cabm : tiOirold 

ktrerHKt* ., "■■*     84>eBRen«T 

Kemm  ci<:k«t«  vt  le^iacxlr  k'.^i.  PreOaUl  ai^rava 
eertitlcateB,  ^'i  currencT  Por  'r  u  ;  »t  or  pMtazn  as- 
plyto  OlOiKfOttSk  I)..  1(x  2  )uwlia«  Graen. 


INr»IANl.l>K.  JIA I  L.  STKA  M  KtfM. 

'      .„,     KOS  onEti.S'STOW"   ANr   UYKaPOOu. 

cm  o>  RJCBil(»»y.  sainnlay.  J»aroh  3.  at  8  AJL 
*i?7-\"''  KBD.*''ELit..8a»nrd»».  teareh  17.  tJjHO  A.  H. 

CnJ  CKBERLl.N.Satnnlay.  March  J4.     tt  1  P.  M. 

_._,„  .^„  FromKieri.j  North tivtt. 

CABiN.$8»  and  SlOHirit  BicttM  ■••»t^6»  ontw 
rorable  terma.  8rB«aAG&  O-J.  oar.-<»noy  Dr.»f6» 
■t  luwe«t:i..3L 

Saloona,    ^(■tcvraonai;      Anokino,   and    Batb>rooiiik 
luiasiilpa>  JOHNO.  DALKi  Aneot, 
No*.  15  and  :{3Bro;i<twa7.  N.  L 


,  ANVHUR  LiIN'E  t.  H.  .>1AIL  KTEAfflKRS. 

SKW.yORK  AND  OLA8HOW 
Aaeh0Tla..Febi.  24,  2 P.  M-  I  EthioplaMarch  10,  3P.  M. 
Callforuia.  March  3,  8  A-  M.  I  Victoria. March  17.  7  A.  M. 

TO  GLASGOW,  LIVKRPOOU  OR  DKESY. 
CaUua  $U^  toiSiii).  a<!Coriiias!  to  aocommo  laciuU:     lo> 

1--       -  tetioedtdfe.  $35;   ftteeraen  $28. 
'                „^     NKW-YObKANDLuNBOX 
rtODUL^ebb  24.  a  P.  iB.      I  Klyi,i!....Mar«h  10,  2  P.  M- 
Caolns,  $55  to  $»o      Stoera^e,  *'28.    tiabin  exour- 
Kon    tickets  At   reiluced    rates. . Uritfts  isaoedlor  any 
amoaat  at  carreDtritaa.      Comoanv'*  Pl^^  Nos.  iiOaad 
_^  41,  North  Itlyer,  N.  K.        HExVUjiRdON  BllofHEBS, 
?  ^ AireaAkNo.  7  Jiowiins Green. 


ONI^V  niRHCT  I^MB  T«»  FKANCE. 

fl31iGKNERAl*TaA.-»3ATI.ANTIC  COjlPANTH   HXtUi 
BlKAilEK8BKTWBliN.HgW-Y0RKANua47ai      » 
taJllugatPLiraCOtrrata  n.Mor  caaian-Ua^jf    --"  ' 
« ^      .. .._       .«       .    I'aeaenaerfc 

Will  Ball  from  Pier   Ko.  4iS  Homa  Rirei;  footjc    Ubrton 
It,  every  altera»t»  Sator«ay,  beginning  with: 

CA>AIiA,  i'Taageai ..Saturdav,  Kcb.  24.  at3F.  Jt 

I-orpanicolars  aadresa 

LOCIj  UK  BBBIA.V,  Afient.  No.  55  Broartwwy. 


WfATlUiNAlj  UNE-Plers  44  and  51  North  KiT« 
1.N  FOftliOSDON.  vBiMTci. 

eBEBCB..^ 8AIOHDAT.  Feb.  34.  at  1  P.  M. 

POU  QDBKNBTOWS  ASO  MTBRPOOU 
fh«Qaeea.Mar3,  7^  A.  M.  |  Spain,  March  10, 1  P.  IL 

Cabin  and  ete«fat|»  pacsa!;^  and  drtfta  ttom  £1  aiv 
waod.  iaauea  at  very  l«w  ratea.  CompauT'a  ofBeea  No! 
6a  iicu«tuwaji  K.  W.  X  UlfasT,  Maaaiiexi 

FOR  SAVANNAH    QA.. 

ASD  THE  BUUrd   AND  SaUTd-WESl 

8EBAT  SODTHKEN  FBElGHt  AND^AS.SHHGBB  tlHH. 

CKNTEAL    HAILROAO  OF  GEORGIA,  AND 

ATUANT1UAND<»UUF  RAtUtUAU. 

WEONESDAll  AND  8ATUBDAT. 
'   tfAK    JACIN  I  u,    L>apc.    Hazako,     SATURDAT.    FeK 
i4,    PMT  43  Nortn  tcivac  3  f ,  Jl.     OKUi  tONQK,  ActL 

40U  Bjrouawrty.  ^ 

ii.  lilViKG.sTO>,  Uapj.  JUzxiOXt,  WBDNE3DA1.  Feb. 
S8,  Kier  «o.  43  Nortn  tttvefc  a  t"  *L  QJ»0.  YONGE. 
Airentk  Na  4UV»  Bro^lwar. 

f  6AN  hALVAUiHt  uapt.  NiOKxaaov.  8AT0RDAT. 
Wweh  ».  Her  4a  North  Ktrw;  8  *».  4L  U*a  YONQE. 
Act.,  «OaBnMa«no-. 

,  IiiSttTaoo«  ONR-aALP  PEB  CENT.  Sapazlor  aooont. 
WMdateuna  Kor  p«a>eaireza.  Thr  >a3h  ratea  ana  billa  at 
Udiiitf  iu  ooaaaotiua  wltk-  UsutfM  &  ti.  of  Saorzia. 
Atiantio  and  UiiU  BaUroad,  and  Fioriia  staaoiMi 
Qty  Poiut  and  iMetaioR  aiao,  with  the  steamer  J. 
p.  SCUVLBR.  Wbieh  na»  b<9«a  plaeed  oa  ta»  tnsida 
toutetrom.'^aranDab  to  Florida,  auduifers  luuorpaaMd 
tovonimodatloua. 

I',  kk  uvVKNS.  OKOBdR  TO.NGB. 

Aeeac  A.  ic  G.  R.  3.  A^eot  vX  R.  R.  of  Otk, 

Nok  31.>  Bro-ulwivy.  No.  4ua  rtroad  w*t. 

ntiUAigFMMmisiT 

IJj^.^  STJEAM'JSHir  LINES* 


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MUtjjK  ttttm  Kior  roo»  ^iinai  at..  Nortn  Kiret 
l-ordiN  KtiANOUO.  vii.Ij^.^J^IJJ  UF  ^A.4A»A. 

Btftum-smp  OEESOKNT  CUx imraday.  ilproh  1 

•im^utuig   »r    Ceotral    America    anu  South    PactflO 

•         From  8";iK  FBANCiaoq  to  JAPAN  u):!  ChlNA. 
gleam.«hiDOm  OK  TOKlO Thuraday,  March  1 

and  N»w-Zealaad.  ^^ 

»team-»htpCrrYOFarD4\Kif Wednea'iay,  Fah.  28 

F(it  ir«kbt  ur  p?uaasa  apnij  u 
^fh  ^^-^J'^^^'^^'^'^tO.ljiVhUK^,  Superintendent, 
I  a*  e  liownuic  Green.  Pier  foot  Canal  stTNorth  Bi-rer. 

'^E  W-  TOBKAND  HA  VAN  A 

fel>iiCEC7^   9IA1L    iaN£. 
These  flrat-olaaa  steamshloa  sail  rezoiarly 
•t  3  P.  M..  d:o»  Pier  Ka  13  North  ffi'^r  m 
foUAwa: 

CfcJl'B RATUIDAT,  Feb.  24 

CplUiiaUS «KUNfe8UAV,  Jiaroh  7 


HAMBLKU  Amenean   packet    '^onuMBy**  .liiQ. 
ter  Ki^f  MOUTH.  CM  KBBoU«a  and  AA«flU »«;""• 

eUKVIA ...ilaicH  liHKKlJBK, ,4lurcb  15 

HAMMUMA March  »|WrhvAXi> Wirch  22 

,.KatMor  A'Mis.^*:'*  PiysiaiM,   (io»Iai^  Ctvsrb»tt»% 
nuoburKaatlvir  points  I  n  liaciaoU  KUsA  tJaAia,  *ltji) 

^NHABin-tioa..        ua.  araaAftOk.  goAs, 


'rswjir.j^K.v 


^rstis:^stt 


dMr 


SAUOE& 
X4IBA  Aci'Exmiivlsr 


CBZiBBBATBO 


PBOHOUirOED     BT 

OOimOIBSEUBB 

TO  BB  TSB 

"OHLYGOOD 
SAUCE," 

i-AADAPPtlCABLft 
TO 

imat  TAMBtr 

OF  DISH. 


XXTKAOT 
of  •  liETTES  ttom  a 
MBDICAti     QENTliB. 
UAH  at  Madras  to  his 

brother  at 
WOBCBStEB. 

May,  1851- 
"Tell  LKA  fc  PER. 
BINS  that  their  Sanoe 
IS  highly  esteemed  in 
India,  and  is  in  my 
:Opision,  the  moat  pal- 
atable aS  well  as  the 
most  wholesome 
'Soace  tliat  is  made." 


Worcestershire   Sauce. 

LSA   &   PBfiBtNS* 

8T05ATTTEB  U  on  KVBBT  BOTTLB. 


<^s^c>^:^^'3f^Hid 


JOHI^  DUNCAN'S  SONS* 


NEW-YORK. 


■«« 


SITUATIONSJ^ANTED. 

FEIUALES. 
THE    UP-rOWiV~oIfFICK^*'  Tilii  il^iiiiai. 

The  tip-town  office  of  THE  TIMES  is  located  at 
No.  war  BroadTray,  bet.  Slat  and  3Sd  ata. 

Open  daily,  Sandays  moinded.  fron  4  A.  &.  to  9  P.    M. 

^iiacriptlons  received,  and  copies  ot  TilE  TIMES  for 

sale. 

AbVEHTTWBArE'Jrrs  BRCEIVKD  TNTIL  9  P.  M. 


ClllA>IHRB-i»tAID  AND  liAlINIIRkSS.— BY 
'A  respectable  eirl ;  four  years'  City  refer*>i'Op;  l:ist 
employer  can  be  aeen.  Cnll  r>r  ad<Irt>s8,  on  Friday  and 
Samrday,  Na  3SS  3d  hv.,  in  fancy  atore. 


CHA'nBEK-niAin.-BY  a  RESPECTABLKGIRI. 
as  ohamoerm'»i  '  an  1  aeamatre'-a  in  a  p^yate  fam- 
ily !  b«8t  Urty  ref-rencF.  Tan  b<>  st^en  tor  two  da;a  at 
No.  300 .5fn  av..  p'e=ent  employer's. 


/'iriAMBElUillALD.— Bt  A  SCOlCH  PROTEST. 
V.'ant  ffiri  as  chaiib -r-msid  an.*!  plain  ae'wing,  or 
chamber-'Bata  and, waitress.  Call  at  No.  107  West 
29tH  fit.  hnfcher  store  near  6th  av. 


CHA»1BER-»IA[0.-Bli  AN  AMaRICAV  OlttL  AS 
cnambcrma  d  and  waitrr-ns:  gooii  relerenoe^  Ad- 
diesS  S.  R..  BOX  No.  251  TIMES  CP-TOWN  OFFICE. 
NO.  1,257  BRO  \DWAY. 


C>aAnillBR..TIAll>  AND  WAITKBSH.-BY  A 
^rvspectable  vonntt  clrl.  in  a  private  t.imlly ;  ia 
wll  Ins  and  "b'igine;  Cit  r«tfreiice.  Call  at  No.  448 
7th  av.,  betwet«u  31th  and  35(h  ats. 


rHAinHf<:tf>i>1AlD.—BY  A  *K*PEi  T.\BbK  W(.«- 
an  aa  ebambor-mal  1  and  waitr«>8s  or  ch-<mber-mald 
and  waahinz;  Olt.' orcoaucry;  be^t  of  reference.  Ap- 
ply at  No.  230  West  4  I.St  at. 


CHA.tlBKR-.VtAin.  dec— eY    A    RESPKCIABLK 
.Toaoffffirl  to  do  chamb-r-wurk  snd  plum  sewiax; 
City  references.    Call  11 1  .Vo.  3  West  43th  ^t 


CUUK— CHAl>IBd:K-.>lAIU  AJSU  WAirRS8.-<.— 
fff  tn^O  ulsters  tofrether:  botb  oirls  m>i  Nnn- 
dresses:  will  do  ihe  worK  of  sma  1  tamit.v-iireqnired: 
are  competent  aud  obliglai!;  Cii.v  or  ooontry ;  be^Dot 
City  r^f-ranoei  Addr.  as  s.  D..  >Box  V...  2?8  TIUEd 
Ce-Ti)WN  OFFICE.  NO.  1,2.57  BROADWAY. 


COOK..— bY  A  KtRU-  LAS:}  i  OOK.  OP  UAXY 
rears  experience  t  understands  her  bnsiness  psr- 
fectlv;  very  best  City  rein  re  noe  :  Cltir  orcoautrr.  Ad- 
areaaaK..Boz  No.  200  TIMES  UP-TOWN  Oi<FICE, 
No.   1,267  BKOADWAY. 


CIM>K-<JHA.>IBHR..VIAII>»  ^O.-BY  TWO 
(rirls,  together;  one  as  good  Protestant  C'lok,  other 
»•  Cham b*-r  maid  and  ^raiLress;  will  d^  entire  irorJc  of 
small  family:  tirst- class  City  reference.  Call  at  No. 
171  AveuneB.  near  llta  st. 


CUOK,  WAr^UBK,  ASO  JROi<(UK.— BY  A 
yonnac  wnmsn.  in  a  private  Amily;  rxrellenc 
baker;  understands  fine  desserts:  City  or  conutry  ; 
Kood  reference.  Call  at  No.  142  West  28th  at.  srooery 
store. 


CH»Ort.— BX  A  PHOTkSTa.NT  TOUNU  WoMa.S*: 
/anJent>nds  all  kinas  of  French  and  American 
cooking;  no  obJeoMoo  to  the  country;  City  refer- 
enje.    Call  at  No.  124  Wejt  33d  St. 


(  lUUH. —i>y  A  RESPr.Cl'ABLiE  v\uMA.>i  AS  GOOD 
y^uok,  washer,  snl  ironer  in  a  pnyate  faoii'y ; 
City  I  r  country  ;  beat  refrenoes.  Address  D.  C,  Box 
27aTIUK8  0^-TO»VS  OKflCE^  l.?57    BROADWAY. 


i^OOfi.  WA.riMlfK,  AiND  I.CONc.K.— BY  A 
\j70nng  wom.iD  in  a  priViiie  fnmii.v;  eoodoioi;,  ex- 
cellent washer  and  ironer:  best  relurence.  Call  At  No. 
3U1  hast  d9th  sL,  coroer  of  2d  av 


C10<»K.— FIE6T-CLA.iS  ON  MKAfS.  SOUPS,  AND 
J  game  :  is  an  excellent  baker  and  a  reliauie  woman  : 
well  recOQ.mended.  Address  Cook,  Box  No.  318 
ildES  CF-IOW.S  OFFICa.  M>.  1,2.77  BROaD.V^Y. 


CmOK,  A«D  Aas.ivr  Wl  TH  WA-»HINoi.- 
/By  a  eood  plain  cuok:  willing  and  obliging  ;  o<  st 
City  reference;  City  or  country.  Call  at  No.  I,4i4 
Broad  war. 


ClO<»a.— IN  A  PttlVATB  K.iUiLT;  UNOisJioTANuS 
/her  buMness,  and  ia  a  first-class  uaker;  City  ri-fer- 
enoe.  Can  oe  aeen  for  two  oays,  at  No.  341  Weac 
2Sth  St. 


COOH.— BYA  RbSPKCTABLS  WO.daN;  WILL,  AS- 
al&t  witti  waabiig  and  ironlnir;  City  or  country ; 
tObt  Cltv  reference.  Call  tor  two  dava  at  No.  124 
West  S3dai'..  basement,  back  room. 


COUK..— BY  A  RKsPttCTAilLiS  VOU  O  WOMAN. 
Protestant,  as  first-class  cjok;  help  with  washing 
and  ironiaa:  country  preferred:  {rood  country 
referanoea    Call  for  two  days  at  .'«o.  307  )-aat  44tb  at. 


C1«>OK.— BY  A  SvJOiC  t  PR.>TnaTAi.yT  WOiiAN  AS 
/first-class  cook  in  a  private  family :  will  do  eoarae 
washing:  be-^t  of  reference.  Call  at  Na  22U  East  29ib 
St..  first  floor,  back. 


CIOOR— OHAiUBfiR-HAlU  AMU  WAI IRBSS.— 
./By  two  Riria  togeciier,  one  as  good  t^fott-atant  cook, 
other  aa  chamb°T-maid  ttnd  waitress;  flrat-ulaaa  City 
referenee;,    Dail  at  mo.  171  A  venae  B.  near  llth  at. 


DRB!4h..HAK.£K.— By  A  COMPijiaNT  OitbSS- 
matrer  and  family  seamstress:  operates  on  Wbet-ler 
<t  Wl. Don's  macblne ;  woulJ  w<tic  on  lady  and  asatst 
wMk  «hainber-wurK  ;  ia  willing  and  obligiug;  beat  Cliy 
re'r^rence.  Call  atshuesiore.  No.  b85  bth  ay.,  between 
8$Ch  aud  40th  st. 


DRESiiS-.nAKER.— MAKKR  OVER  OK  UliKoSES; 
good  trimmer,    fitter,    and    button-hulea:  charge 
moaerate:  good   operator.    Address   K.,    'Boi.  No.  274 

Times  dp-town  office,  no.  1,267  bcoadway. 


DKE.*«M-i>IAK.EK.— BY  A  COMPETENT  I^BESS- 
maker  t  would  engage  for  $7  a  week ;  by  the 
month,  less.  Address  J.  vv..  Box  No.  303  TIMES  UP- 
TOWiS  OFFICE.  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


DKBSHC^AIAIIEU.  —  BY      AN      BXPKRIBNOED 
dresit-maker  to  tco  out  by  the  day  or  week.    Call  tor 
two  days  at  No.  307  West  20[b  bt.:  rine  four  times. 


GUVUR>UH8  OR  l/ADy'.-i  COMPANION.— 
—By  »  .roong  Fr«Deh  widow  lady  of  educailon,  re' 
flnement,  ana  unexceptionable  references;  is  used  to 
traT«>liBg  and  good  aociecv :  salary  not  so  much  an 
object  as  an  agreeable  positiun.  Address  M.  S.  M.  b., 
Box  No.  110  Time*  Office. 


HOUsiE&RUPEK.— Bi-  A  NRaT,  UHEnRrUL.  I.S- 
telligent,  companionable  woman  in  hotel  or  family: 
NTunld  act  as  companion  to  an  iuyalidorasdress-malcer 
InataiuUy:  hi .;heat  reference  ;  City  or  couatry.  Ad- 
dress tor  one  Week  Ladies'  Deaository,  87t>  Broadway. 


HOUbU-VVORIl.— tiYA  REaKECI'aBLE  WIDOW 
wowan,  and  daughter  17  years,  to  (to  the  entire 
werJt  of  a  small  private  £>mUy;  no  ot^ection  to  the 
ooontry  or  payment;  beat  retetenoes.  caJl  or  address 
Na3  West  53d  st 


HOUi'>K-VVORa.— BY  A  BESkECTABLE  AMKUI. 
can  woman  to  do   general   house-work   in  a  small 
gnvate  family.    Can  Friday  and  Saturday  at  No.  2ud 
ast  20tb  St..  first  floor. 


HO[J.*iE-\VOKK.— BT   A   IJOnQ   WOMAN  IN  A 
intall  American  family ;  sood  City  reference.    Call 
fbr  two  days  at  '^aA  let  av.,  beiween  14tb  aud  lutb  ata. 


H' 


good 


OLSE-WURK.— BY  A  YOUNG  WoMaN;  GOOD 
plain  cook,  washer,  aud  ironer:  City  or  country; 
I  City  re'Cieuoe.    i!aU  at  No.  217  West  28th  st.  ' 


LADlt'.-*  MAID.— BY  A  RB.sPeGTAllLK  WOMAN 
Hs  lady's  maid;  first-oliiss  hngUah  reference:  un- 
aeisiauiis  all  thoroughly  ;  no  ol^eutioas  to  traveling. 
Aadiess  for  one  week  L.  M..  Box  .>a  230  timet  offiot 


LAI>y>Jli  jMAII).— Sir  A    GKEtf.\N    PttijTi..-41  ANT 
h.kVing  long  experience  in  Europe;    best  City  reiei'* 
enaes.    Address  Mrs.  Wilson,  So.  8/  3d  st. 


LAU.NDKK.-.'*.— Bl!  A  RKdPK„  rABLiK  UIRL  Ai 
flrat-oriksa 'auudress  in  a  private  fami.y;  best  City 
reiereuce.  Cf.n  be  seen  at  Nu.  247  ^West  3lBt  St., 
second  floor,  front  room. 


LACNDREHtt  AND  CHAMBUR-aiAtD.-BY 
a  Protestant  .yonn<;  woman  as  first-clasa  laundreai, 
or  to  1.0  chamber-work  and  waiting  i  ^'•'.y  *'  country, 
flrat-cltaa  reterenoe.   Call  at  No.  JO'  West  IHtb  st.,  rear. 


LAtNORHfr!*.— BY  A  COdPEl'BNT  Y.yD.SG  Wo- 
man aa  fl  st-clasa  laundress  in  a  private  family: 
•  uy  or  coantrv  ;  first-class  City  reference.  Call  at 
No.  1.414  eroad  way. 


LAUiNURUiSaOK  BOIJMK-vVORti.— CirYOR 
country ;  City  reference.  Call  at  Na  464  West  lOtb 
St.,  third  flour. 


LAU.NUKESib  AND    t>UA.nB£U-jrlAll>.-BT 
a  respeocaole  girl;  City  or  country.    Call  at  last 
plaue,  Na  BB  Eaat  2otb  at. 


MATRO.N.— BY  A  LADY,  WITH  THOROaOHLY 
praotical  knowledge  of  housekeeping,  as  matron; 
has  nad  experience  lu  schools ;  best  City  refereaces. 
Address,  for  oue  week.  <.;OMPETENT.  Box  No.  3ii8 
TIMES  UP-IOWN  OFFICE.  »0.  1,237  BRdADWAY. 


NtJK8ERT  OOTEUNESS.— BY  A  PROTB8T- 
ant,  to  take  charge  of  and  matruct  yonng  children  ; 
would  aooempany  a  tamll.y  to  Europe,  or  to  wait  upon 
MS  invalid  lady ;  best  City  references.  Call  A>r  two 
^ys,  betweeu  1  and  3  o'clock,  at  No.  21  West  S9th  St., 
•vc  write  for  four  days. 


TVTDRSE.-BY  A  EBdPKCTABIili  WOMAN  OF  EXPE- 
JL^  rlaoee  i  is  capable  of  bilnging  np  a  baby  on  the 
bottle :  would  awslst  or  take  care  of  growing  obildreni 
three  years^  reference  for  capability  aud  cltaracter. 
Call  at  Na  121' West  46th  St.,  near  Uth  at. 


NUKCIR.— BY  A  TUOROOOaLY  BliLlABIiB  AND 
eoaapetent  gixl  as  nnrsa  fcr  an  infant.  Can  be 
•een  at  her  present  employei's.  Na  208  West  S8th  at.; 
taXi  «B  Friday  and  Eatnrday  atter  12  o'clook. 


'KTORliBRy    GOVBRNRSiBt.— BY      A      FBBNCH 

Xn  woman,  to  teaeb  ohUdieu  Frenoh  and  embroidery, 
or  woaid  tako  can  of  an  loraUd.  OaU  ot  addxea  lio. 
id  fi^iutL  VaahiKtoataaaaik 


SITUATIONS    WANTED, 

KR.1IAI.(iH. 

"KrUltSB     AND     CBA.nBEft-UAinT^BY   A 

1^  yonna  girl :  ean  take  care  of  an  infant  i  good  City 
referenea.  Call  for  two  days  at  Na  213  Bast  25th  st, 
la  the  store. 


NWRf^B.— oY  A  FBEWOa  PROTH8TANT  WOMAN 
as  child's  nurse  or  sew  i  good  refftrenoes.  AddrSas 
P.  D..  Box  No.  295  TIMES  DP-TOWN  OFnCB.  NO. 
1.257  BROADWAY. 


NtrH!i4B.— BY  AN  AMERICAN  WOMAN   AS  BUBdB 
to  an  Invalid,  either  ladv  or  gentleman ;  has  good 
City  refareooe.    Caa  at  No  715  eth  ay. 


TW^ntSE  AND  seA(»tSTRB»i!».-Br  A  BB8PBOT- 
liable  girl:  can toke care  ofab)by-,  has  good  City 
relerenoe.    Call  at  Na  202  West  25th  St. 


NlJR.'*lt.-BY  A  DIayNGAGED  MONTHLY  NORoE; 
bfSt  City  refersncea.    Cidl  srt  Na  162  Bast  42d  at., 
first  flodr,  tront. 


OPERATOR.- BY  A  OOMFi.TBNT  OPBBAl'OR 
on  Wheeler  k.  Wllaon  maoliine  on  fine  work,  to 
M  out  i>v  the  day.4  Address  E.,  Box  Nn.  287  TIMBS 
DP-TOWN   OFFICE,    NO.  1,257  BRO.^DWAY.      


SBAiniiTRHS!^.— BY  A  RBdPECTABLB  GIRL.  OR 
would  take  charge  of  a  liaeu-room  in  a  hotel;  best 
City  reference ;  can  bo  seen  for  two  daya  Call  at  No, 
3075th  av.,  present  dmployer'B. 


\irArrRES.««.-BY  a  FiRsT-OLASS  WAlTRbSS; 
Tt  understands  all  kinds  of  courses,  wines,  and 
Salads ;  best  City  refen^oee.  Can  be  seen,  tor  two 
days,  at  present  employer's.  No.  3*)9  6th  av. 


WAITRESf*.— dY  A  FiaST-CLAaS  ENGLISH 
waitress;  understands  dresainsr  all  Idnds  of  aal. 
ada,  acd  care  li  silver ;  capable  of  filling  a  man's  plaoei 
City  reference.    Call  at  No.  488  7th  av. 


WAITRESS    AND    €HAMBKR-.HA1D    AND 
assist  with    the  washinic.    Call   at  pre.  ent  em- 
ployer's. No.  6  vveat  32d  st- 


WASHINW,— BT  A  RESPECTABLE  lOUNtl  WOM- 
an,  Work  by  the  day.  as  flrsc-oinss  laundress  at 
75o.  to  $1  per  iiay;  cnn  noiUh  and  flute  ;  refetentea. 
CbU  on  or  address  Mrs.  WUllams,  Na  612  i^ast  15th 
St..  fourth  floO: ,  baok. 


CLERKiX  AND  i^ALfiSi.UEN. 

BOOK-KBEPEU.  COKRE8PONDBNT,  dec. 
—IS  competent;  an  excellent  penman,  and  can  give 
flrst-eiasi  reference.  Address  F.,  Box  No.  12u  Timss 
cfflee. 


NlAI^Ka. 


COACHMAN  AND  «iROO.>l.-THOR0DQHlY 
Ondarstauds  hi-i  business  :  wii.ing  an>l  obliclng: 
no  o)>) -ction  to  country;  rnderatanda  the  o«re  and 
t^ea^ment  ot  gen'-iemon's  road  h'-raes ;  highly  recom* 
mended,  living  eIx  yeara  in  one  piscj.  Address  A  B.. 
Box  Na  263  TIMES  Ue-XCWS.  OFl'ICE,  NO.  1,257 
BROADWAY. 


COACHinAN.  —  BV  A  GENi'LrsrtA.V  FOR  UlS 
coaor-man;  has  serv  d  him  talthiully  tor  years 
with  the  strictest  honesty,  sobriety,  and  industry; 
thoroughly  imilepitaiida  hisbusineM:  is  a  skillful. 
h»Mdv,  rind  industrious  cood  man  ;  •irlctly  temperate. 
Address  XX,  No.  TVA  7tb  av. 


COACm  VIA.N  ANi>  G»tO0M.-iilf  A  fnOl'KoT. 
anta'nKi*  man:  is  wii.in^  to  heipin  the  carden  nna 
ma:;e  himselt  generally  uaotul  ;  has  some  of  the  very 
b-st  City  reiereuoe.  Aadiess  C.  M.,  Box  No.  21 B  rim«i 
Office. 


cx 


lOACU.UAN  ANU  UUOOI'l.— BY  A  aESc'Ki  1- 
v_/Abie Protestant  ootcbman:  singln  ;  thomu^bly  un- 
derstands his  bisiness:  car«fnl  wHty  driver;  no  ob- 
jection to  the  country;  hrst-olass  refer>-uoe.  Call  or 
udiiress  for  two  dava  Coac:. man.  Na  14)   '>  est  31st  st. 


C«>ACHi>IA>.— BY  A  Rrtli-liCrAoLiJ  CObO^ED 
m 'U  ascoaohmau;  is  wiillnir  and  obliging:  uniier- 
sta.id.o  the  0  re  of  iisriiess  and  horses:  good,  careful 
driver.     Address  J.  11..  No.  .H<lb  7th  av  .  tor  two  d^va. 


J  MIACHMA.^.— Bl(    A     YuU  ««j     ilA.N     4J     CO.icU- 

V^m:»ii  or  groom  ;  can  >«  well  recommended.    Call  or 
addreas  No.  /  6  Weat  o.Jth  at. 


CIOACH.^IA.N.— BY  a  SLM.^Lr.  MAN;     BcSi'    ClTf 
^references.    Can  be  seen  at  his  late  employer's,  Na 
31  vV  est  34ib  st 


ClOACH.tlAA.— Bl'  A.N    r.NGb'aH    aAR  -lliD  AIA.N  : 
jno  family.    Adiress  for  one  week,  Rouert  Cole,  Pat- 
ersoii  Post  office.  .^.  J. 


GAUOE.NER  AND  I'I.UKIHT.-bY  A  FIRm- 
clasi  man  wbo  tborou?blv  uaJer^tanda  hia  bnat- 
ners  ill  all  its  branchea  relating  lo  uorticolture,  g^e-n- 
house^,  rose-iiouaes,  and  vegetables  bot  and  oold 
graperies,  thi  Uvin^  out  of  new  pi  oe*;  tb-advertls  r 
c;tnoi>t  be  equaled  lor  tbe  raisin  j  and  Porcine  und  the 
propagHtins  of  ail  kinda  ot  fruits,  flowers,  and  veice- 
taliiea:  do  not  auawer  except  you  want  a  flrst-ciasa 
gard-oer ;  best  City  tcfbrenoes.  Addiess  J.  H.,  No.  4 
Uorriss^, 


GAK.Uf.iNKK  «»lt  I<AK.1lliK.— BV  A  SCO  ICll- 
mao;  miirned;  no  Incumbrance;  has  a  practical 
kiiuwi'dge  of  th.i  culture  and  general  management  of 
hot  and  cold  grapen  a,  greou-hoL^ea.  plauts,  vegeia- 
bles,  Uo.;  the  la.yi.ig  nnt  of  erouudsi  nlso  a  geae<'ai 
knowledge  of  fanniog;  saiistactorv  reterencea.  Ad- 
dress W.  A.  C.  box  Mo.  2(>i)  iini'i  ufflce. 


eAttUKNKtl.— by  A  QRSl.xS.  WlTd  Wl  KE 
only,  as  (iist-class  gardener;  nnJeisranda  thor- 
onghly,  hot'lMiuse  plants,  grapi-ries,  flowers,  and  veir- 
getaol  ■  g  irdeniat :  reteis  to  lils  iiresent  employer,  I'. 
T.  Barnum,  Bridgep  ift.  Conn.,  where  he  may  be  ad- 
dressed. Heury  Uilm.o,  or  at  MaliecUt  k.  Wadley, 
florists,  37th  st.  and  6th  av.,  New-Yi>rk. 


GARDEN  ER-OF  EXr.^NSlVii  PKACTICE  l.X 
rreeubonsea,  araperiei.  and  laying  out  c  'Untry 
places,  iic  ,  IS  opun  fur  an  engtg^ment:  has  received 
several  prizes  fiom  the  Qu.-eo  a  county  Agricultural 
^ocietv,  butli  in  cue  horiicultiiral  sod  agncuitural 
dep^irtm^nts:  flrsc-cliss  rofeieucea  Address  M.  C  B., 
Box  No  230  linut  iffice. 


GIARDHiNER— BY  A  MAaBIKD  ii\S,  WHO 
ITiiiorouKhiy  uuderatanda  tbe  cultivatiou  of  atore 
ani  greeu-boasd  pKiuts.  rose-tcrowiiin,  hot  and  cold 
graperua,  fruits,  Te/ecai>le.'<.  aud  full  management  of 
lawns:  hi^lii.v  rec^moiended.  Aduresi  E.  v..  Box  No. 
324  Tf.\IKS  L'P-TOW.N  (iKKICii,  NO.  l,-'57  BROADWAY. 


GAROKNIitf.— bY  A  SiNUm.  I'^AOFl  aL  MA.\  ; 
Kuol  florist  aud  Vi  i^etable  Kardsiier  ;  understitnds 
the  care  ot  Kiceii-houses:  has  first-c  assreiereiice  rrom 
lost  empluye.s.  Address  J.,  Na  1J4  Cedar  St.,  for  two 
uaya 


GARDKAEK.— Br  A  KiR.'4l-cLA.>S  GARD  KNaB: 
(.scutch,  married:)  tboruugoly  undeistinds  his 
business  lu  all  Its  branches  :  references  us  to  character 
and  ability  unexception.tble.  Address  L.,  I'eter  Hen- 
derson. Esq..  Nil.  :{5  Cortlan  .t  St. 

GARDE.\fiR.-BY  A  COMPBTKNT  MARRIED 
mau;  understands  the  propagation  and  care  of 
greennouM  plants,  grapes,  itc..;  best  of  city  references; 
hns  had  lOng  practic  il  ami  ^ucocsjtui  experience.  Call 
or  addre-s  G.  D.,  «t  seed  store.  No.  876  Br.iadwa*-. 


GAKDfcNcJK..— Bif  A  Sl.NGLE  .V1A.\:  U.'^DKR- 
stands  Tegetaolea.  flowers,  cars  of  hnrs  a,  and 
mukiur;  wliLnv  and  obliging.  Call  or  aduress  J. 
.>>mith.  No.  iBd  Kast  :{2d  st. 


GAttlHi-Vr.K. -nY  A  MARRIED  ENGLI.^BMAN ; 
ten  years'  recommendation  from  present  employer. 
Address  G.  L.,  scarsda.e  Pusi  office,  Westchester 
County. 


GARDINER.— uY  A  MARRIED  MAN;  OdAMAN: 
one  chilli:  understands  the  care  of  gre..ahouses 
aud  graperies.  Call  or  address  O.  P.,  seed  s«wre,  ^^o. 
07  Na>sauBt. 


GAitDE.NER.— bY  A  STEAUIT,  SOilBii.  INdUS- 
triona  married  man;  no  family:  nnderstsuda  bis 
bualnea^ :  good  reference.  Addreas  &.,  Box  Na  237 
Times  office. 


I  WISH  A  GOOD  POnlTIO.N— HAVft  \  FEW 
thousand  to  loan  at  seven  per  cent,  on  uuAiubted 
security,  to  a  proper  p^rty  wbo  can  give  a  I*  Ir  com- 
pensation to  a  relable  person  ;  refereases  e\  /en  and 
requir"d.    Andreas  A.  E.  LAWS.  Box  120  <  imM' .<ifQce. 


MALiExsL'RdE.— BY  A  COMPiiTK.VT  A.TD  TEM- 
oerate  m<in  as  nurse  or  attendaiit  to  a  slek  or  tu- 
valid  gentieican;  good  Cit.y  reference,  -address 
Bervey.  Box  Na  265  TIMES  PP-XOWA  OFFVUB,  ^O. 
1,257  BROADWAY.  i 


T18EEl7l>  .^lAN.— BY  A  TODNG  COLORED  MaN; 
U  can  make  bims*lf  generally  osefol  in  the  kitchen 
or  house-work,  call  tor  three  days  at  No.  195  West 
24th  St..  A.  Granger. 


WAITER  OR  COACH  .nAN.— IN  A  PRIVArB 
t>oardlng-hoas9  as  waiter;  or  wll.ing  to  became 
useful  in  any  capacity ;  will  go  in  tlie  country  as 
coachman:  uest  city  reference.  Address  for  oue  week, 
G.  !<.,  No.  345  Kust  122d  st,,  (darlem  ) 


WAIiER.— AS  FiaaT-CLASO  WAITER  IN  A  KRI- 
vate  family;  City  or  country;  is  thoiough.y 
competoiit ;  first-class  Cit.v  reterenoe;  WHtres  not  so 
•m.ion  an  oi.|ecc  Address  Wait<'r,  Box  .Na  2i6  TIJdES 
DP-TJW.N  OKFICE.  NO.  1,257   BROADWAY. 


WAU'EK.— BY  A  COLOR  -D  MAN  AS  WAllBKiN 
aptlvate  f-<mii.y  or  bOHrdln;i-house;  City  refer- 
ence, call  Or  adiiress  Walter,  Na  145  WesD  3Jd 
at.,  rearnouse  Na  3. 


WAil'EK.— BY  APi.lSr-CLAS.S  E.SGblSHMA.'*  IN 
a  private  tamllv.  havliig  tbe  best  of  city  refer- 
ence. Addvees  U.  3.  N..  Box  No.  318  TIMES  UK-TOWN 
OFFICE,  NO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 


WrAlTiiR.— BY    A    lOUNG    COLORED  MAN;    UN 
Tt  der^tands  his  business)  has  good  references;  will 
work  for  moderate  wagea    Call  after  9  o'clock  at  tio. 
132  Weat  15th  at. 


WAlTEtt.- BT  A  FIB:iT.CLAS3  Y^U.NO  Sl.NGLE 
coloreJ  mau  t  is  thurongh.y  competent;  can  fur* 
nish  good  r.-terenue  fur  hoaesty  and  Jnoral  halSits. 
Cell  or  address  vi.,  Na  16B  vvest24tb  st. 


WAITER. -BT  A  VOUNG  ENGLiS  IMAN  IN  A 
pnyate  tam.ly;  is  willing  and  ouUgl.ig;  ran  give 
tbe  best  of  Cuy  r<  fereu<'es.  Address  K.  U.,  B  x  No. 
'ixjii  TIMES  Ui'-roWN  OPPICB.  NO.-4,;;67  BROADWAY. 


WAiTti^li.— BY  A  .RKiPi< .TiBbE  YOUNG  MAN 
ill  a  private  famil.y;  Prntestan  ;  Bye  yt:Hrs,  best 
City  reference;  wiii  oe  found  willing  and  ooligiog. 
Call  or  address  for  two  days  at  sa.  liu  Aest  3  Ist  «t. 


WAITER.— BY    A    EIRST-l-LAS-S    WAITER    IN    A 
prtraM  famil.yi  beat  Cl-y  reference.    Ca4  or  ad- 
dress M.  v.,  at  salcer's.  No.  tSi  Broadway. 


AIl'ER.  —  BY        A       KhtiPBCl'ABLK       YoUMG 
,uguahmsn|   best  City  reference.    Call  or  addreaa 


W_™ 

W.  0.,  No.  ^Z\  Wr'eat  28rh  sti 


WAITER.- BY   A    8»V188   jdA.\    IN    A  PRlVAlB 
family  i  MOOd  referenoe.    Addreaa  P.   K.,    Na    39.2 
6th  av.,  in  the  grocery  stoie. 


WAITEK. —  i  A  lOUNQ  FHdNvJH  SWIdS  MA5. 
Kuod    City  refereuces;    apeaka  a  little  English; 
Call  or  address  A.  B..  No.  141  6th av. 


WAlrKR.— BY     A     YOU.SG     COLORBD    MA.N     AS 
Wuiter  tn  a  small  pi  vale  family;  good  retereaces. 
Call  or  addieas  J.  U.  S.,  No.  Ii92  bth  ay.,  in  the  re^ir. 


WANTED— A  CAPABLE  VBGE TABLE  GAROBNEEj 
must  uuderstaod  his  business  iu  everv  branch: 
have  flrst-class  references,  be  willing  to  ussist  gen- 
erally in  stable  ;  good  slcuatiou  ana  good  wages.  Ad- 
dress for  Six  days,  J.  U.  BROWBR,  Na  45  South  St 


WANTED— A  YOUNOFRENCa  WOMAN  AS  LADI'3 
maid;  one  who  thoroughly  unuerstanda  halr- 
dzessing.  dress-making  and  sewing  on  a  machine ; 
good  reHBreaces  roqulred.  Apply  al  l<o.  264  5th  av., 
from  d  to  1. 


WANT1£U— A  K«air-CbASS  NURSE  AHO  SBAM- 
stress— Frecoh  or  Swiss  preferred.  Best  City 
references  required.  Call  at  Na  IB  East  32d  st,  be- 
tween 10  and  1  o'eioek. 


WANTBD— A   LAOrS   MAID  AND   BBAMaTHKSi; 
must  be  a  good  hair-^meseri  Pzotestant    AoDly 


^ PllOTOSALS. 

t6n  Ofttn  Vwnaamwat,  \ 
Jan.  S»,  IS77.  5 
Sealed  proposals  aia  tavUed  fkom  steel-plate  en. 
gravers  and  piate  printers,  ana  t^ll  he  reeelved  at  this 
detMtftment  hntil  18  o'eloclr  U.  On  WednesdaNf.  tiie 
28th  day  of  Februnty,  1877,  tat  fnmishlDg  all  tbe 
postage  stamps  which  this  department  may  reqnlTe 
for  pnBHc  ahd  officisi  ase  dnniiff  d  pefied  or  fear  yaata, 
commencing  on  tbe  lat  day  ot  lt*,T,1877,  vis: 

1.  Stamps  for  the  use  of  tbe  pnbiio. 

2.  OfOoiui  stamps  for  the  naoef  too  exeouiiTB  deiMrt- 
meiits. 

S.  Newspaper  and  periodleai  stamps. 
QUAUTY  «lF  STAMPS. 

The  Btampe  must  he  ftmished,  aal^eot  to  the  ap- 
proval of  the  department,  irom  steel  plates,  engraved 
in  tbe  highest  style  of  tbe  art  oi  steel  engraiing,  and 
printed  in  souh  o<ilora  as  may  fr|>m  time  to  tlnie  be 
selected  by  the  department,  in  the  ocst  and  most  ap^ 
proved  manner,  upon  paper  of  the  best  qnstity.  sttfta- 
Die  lor  the  porjiose  and  satisfaetory  to  tbe  depstft* 
meot,  thorougiily  gummed  with  tbe  best  onalitj'  (d^ 
adhesive  gam.  peiturated  in  such  manner  that  each 
separate  stamp  oan  tw  readily  detaehed  and  naad,  tbe 
sheets  to  be  well  pressed,  and  paeked  so  as  to  inrevent 
them  from  adhering  to  each  other;  the  same  to  be 
fumiebed  with  all  reasonable  dispatch  in  such  quan- 
tities aa  may  m  each  case  be  ordered  by  tbe  deyart- 
meutdaily  to  fill  requislttans  from  Posttnaeters  ana 
fh>m  the  execntive  depHrtments.  The  stamps  must 
be  printed  on  baud-roller  presses. 

DIES,  BOLLS.  AND  PLATES. 

The  dies,  rolls,  and  plates  from  which  postage  stattpt 
are  now  printed,  beidg  the  property  irf  tbe  Tnlted 
btates.  will  be  placed  in  the  keeping  and  custody  of 
the  contractor  on  or  bejore  the  flrst  da.*  of  May,  la77. 
tbe  snme  to  be  heid  subject  to  the  order  «ad  oontr^ 
of  the  department,  as  hereinafter  provided;  and  tbe 
coniractur  will  be  reqnired,  from  said  dies,  rolls,  and 
Vl  tes.  and  from  such  rolls  xnd  platJs  as  may  he  ne- 
cessary to  be  reproduced  from  tha  original  dies,  to 
h'ive  On  hand,  ready  fir  issne  on_Jhe  day  the  contract 
term  commences,  a  snfflolent  st5ek  of  stamps,  of  the 
several  deiiuminttloDs  and  kinds  required,  to  fill  the 
current  daliy  requiai.ions  from  the  departmeut,  with* 
out  hindrance  or  delay. 

Iheconti'uotor  will  be  farther  required  to  keep  in 
repair  all  dies,  rolls,  and  p'ates  from  which  stamps 
may  oepiluted.  and  to  renew  the  sime  whenever  re- 
quired; and  should  new  designs -be  required  at  any 
time  to  tauetne  place  of  tbe  present  series  of  stamps 
for  tbe  use  ot  the  puolio,  or  Of  any  of  them,  or  for  de- 
nomiuatiuos  of  stamiM  not  aoyr  in  use,  the  same  shiOl 
be  tarnished  am  engraved,  subj-ct  to  the  flouroval  ot 
the  Postmaster  General,  upun  his  reqiest,  within  a 
reasonable  time;  all  wiiicli  sh  ill  be  done  auo  eXcOUted 
in  the  bet,t  style  ot  stcei  engravin>>  by  the  Contractor, 
and  ai  his  own  expeuse.  No  change  win  be  made  tn 
the  present  designs  of  official  postage  stamp't,  or  of 
newspaper  and  periodical  staaaps;  but  tbe  euutraotor 
will  be  required  to  keen  tn  repair,  an  I  renew  when  re- 
qui  ed,  tbe  dies,  ruiis,  aud  pistes  for  these  siamns,  tbe 
same  as  tor  the  siamiM  tor  the  use  of  the  public.  All 
dies,  rods,  ana  plates  made  or  used  at  any  time  in  fill- 
ing the  contract  snail  immeoiateiy  become  the  noso- 
Inte  prooerty  of  tb.^  United  States,  ana  shall  be  de- 
livered, in  good  workine  order,  to  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral or  his  authorized  agent  whenever  demanded. 

BUILDING.  PLACE  09  MANUFACTURE,  Ao, 
The  stamps  will  be  required  to  be  m  inuf  ictoreJ  tn  a 
fire-proi.f  buildiug.  ani  in  separate  dpartmeUiB.  div 
tluct  irom  tnuae  in  whiob  any  uth'>r  work  ia  dune  by 
the  001  tractur— the  wnoie  to  be  subject  to  the  approval 
OI  the  departu.'ent — and  when  flnisued  mast  be  piaoed 
in  a  Ore  aud  nDigUi-pruol  Stiiaor  v..ult,  to  ueapclallv 
provided  fur  thar  purpoae.  and  coustruoieu  to  tbe  sat- 
isfW<ltuu  of  tbe  depar.ment  The  ovntraotor,  hia  em- 
ployes, flutl  agents  kbau  ooaform  to  such  tegulatious 
us  the  ileptrcmeni.  may  irom  iliuO  to  time  adopt  fur 
the  security  of  the  Goverument. 

AOENT-OKFI.;e-ROOMS— INSPECTION. 
A  resident  agent  of  the  departmenr  will  have  soper- 
visluu  01  the  m.iniUtcture,  siora.;e,  aud  i.9sue  ot  toe 
alamps,  who  aball  ut  an  times  h  ve  fail  aud  free  ao- 
.coestoibe  apartmsuts,  satcs,  aud  Vauiu  whore  the 
susmp^  ore  luauufactured  ana  stored,'  f  >r  th  j  pur,  ose 
of  iiiso  ctina;  tue  same  ;  aad  this  coutractor  snjii  lur- 
mvii  him  i<nd  his  cieiks  suitable  ufllo.i  aad  ileac  room, 
lor  the  irau  $otiou  of  the  uu-ine.s  of  nls  ageucy, 
witbont  cost  lu  the  Ooverameut  Tqis  roSimasc^r 
Qeuerai  snoil  also  h  ve  the  rigut  at  any  time  tu  oans<> 
an  luspectio.1  lo  be  mads,  oy  any  aeeut  or  age  .rs 
wuuui  be  may  speci.'liy  uecjgnate  .or  the.  purpose,  of 
thc^pait  i.eut-,  safes,  <inii  vaiiii.8  used  tor  the  m.iun- 
tucture  and  Storage  ot  stamp  .  and  of  the  stumps  m 
course  of  mauaiactu.e  or  In  stock. 

STOCK  UN  Hand. 
Tho  contractor  shui  ataii  li.ues  keep  on  hand  a 
siook  ot  the  So  erai  denomiuati  us  knJ  kinds  of 
Si«mps,  su  ji-ct  to  bo  ooiitrm  of  tbe  Post  Offlue  De- 
partuieuUiis  reguiarly  vutooilaedageot,  orsuuu  otlter 
agents  us  Ukiy  be  specially  autuoriaad  oy  tbe  i  oat- 
niiisier  Oeueiai.  iu  allslHgcsol'mauotauture,  sufficient 
to  meet  ali  orders  oi  the  depatuu..ut  aud  to  piovlJe 
against  any  and  a. 1  cuiitia^eijcles   ibat  iQty  be  hkely 

10  occur  uui'iog  the  existence  of  thecuii.rtot  <>o  tnat 
each  am  every  oraer  ui  the  depar.meiit  may  be 
promptly  filled,  aud  tbe  departmeot  auall  have  tbe 
tigiit  iu  nquire  the  coutraeior  at  any  time  du.in«  tha 

exisieuceot  cue  coutraut  to  furuisti  an  extra  qouatity 
VI  suunua  uot  exceedin  .  a  sappl.y  for  vhree  muutha. 
KA..K.1.NG. 
Stamoa  to  be  trantmitted  by  sea  routes  mosA  be  ae- 
curel.v  packealnherineticaliy  aealedtinuaaes,  wrappaa 
in  BtrunjT  m^Qiia  paper;  ail  ot..era  luust  elihor  be 
packed  in  atrong  bindei  s'-Loard  boxes,  bound  on  the 
eogea  and  corners  with  musliu,  aud  ruTeioped  in  t»o 

tlilrkiieascB  o;  atroa<  maoila  psper,  or  inelused  iu 
BtrouK  uianiia  envelopes,  aa  me  qu.tntlty  to  oe  traas- 
ixjiti,ed  m  iv  rcqaire;  uU  packairft*)  to  be  su  ncjoaed  aa 
to  enable  the  sgouiof  the  aeparcmeut  to  offit.i,tlly  aeal 
them. 

DIXIVKRY. 

The  stamps  may  be  required  to  be  delivered  by  the 
contractoi'  In  sepirate  packa:{es,  as  attove  provided 
tur.  at  the  Po.^t  Office  lu  the  place  wbe.e  the  same  are 
luauulactuied.  or  at  such  ntoer  r'osc  office  in  thj  Im- 
meci.iie  vi.iuity  of  ine  pUce  of  luauuiacture  as  tho 
Piia, master  ueuer&l  may  dlmot:  or  iu  buou  qantilKS 
nt  the  Kiist  uffic  Depart  meot,  Washingtuu.  D.  C.  (eacii 
denuminatiou  and  kind  oeiue  kept  seporaio,)  as  the 
Pustmaater  General  ma.v  direct. 
BLAinK.'^. 

In  addition,  tbe  contractor  will  be  required  to  ftir 
ni  u  labels,  aud  direct  llie  saiu«,  lor  e  tci  package,  iu 
accoraubCj  with  the  d.iliy  lists  lurulshed  by  ihe  agent 
of  the  uepartuienl,  tuKeiher  with  al,  other  blaosi  le- 
qiiired  to  uc  lociosed  wi  b  the  stamps :  aiao,  all  uiauks 
lOr  daily,  weekly,  tuunibiy,  and  quarterly  re:urns  re- 
lating lo  the  numuer  aud  deUumiuatiunt  Of  stamps 
luruished. 

REPORTS. 

Tbe  contractor  will  be  required  to  report  weekly,  un- 
der o.ith,  ti.e  number,  ueuumlnacion,  and  kind  of 
siamt.8  manufactured,  (dnisued,  uuflulshed.  and 
SDuiied.)  tne  nuoiber  issueu  daring  tbe  weeic.  aud  tbe 
num.iei  avul  auie  lor  issue;  all  spoiled  stamps  to  be 
destroyed  by  ihe  agent  of  the  department  m  the  pros 
ence  of  thd  contractor  or  his  repn  sentative,  or  other- 
wise dispuseu  ot^  as  the  Postmaster  General  may  direct 
AtVARD. 

The  cont-act  will  be  awarded  on  the  basis  of  the 
number  ol  the  several  kinas  of  stamps   issued  duriug 
the  flscal  year eudiug  June  3.',  187ti.  as  loiiows: 
L  Number  of  st.'imps  for  use  of  the  public. 098,799,090 

2.  Numoer  of  uffiu.al  stamps  lui  use  of  the 
executive  d.pir.mencs 17,082,685 

3.  Numoer  of   vewspapor   und    periudical 

stamps 1,290,347 

Total 717.7/2.102 

Bids  must  be  made  for  each  kluU  of  stamps  sepa- 
raleiy,  tbe  bldaera  stating  tn  thei  propo.ais  the  price 
per  thousand  stamps,  luoludiug  everything  required 
to  be  dune  or  lurnished.  as  set  iurih  iu  this  advertiae- 
meui)  aua  tbe  cou.ract  will  be  awarded  as  a  whole  to 
tue  joweat  lesuouailiie  bidder  in  tbe  i  gitrecuie,  tue 
amount  oi  a  bid  to  be  ascertain-d  oy  ex.ending  the 
above  issues  at  the  prices  bid  respectively,  ano  toen 
agKregutlug   tbe  amounts  of  tUo  tliLee  aeveral  items. 

11  luuit  be  undcr.-t'iod,  however,  that  propolis  made 
nndei  this  advertisement  shall  include  all  the  siampa 
needed  by  tue  dcp.irtmeat  during  tbjouutraot  term, 
wiihout  reference  to  the  aoove  Is.ues.  .-vhouid  tne 
use  of  any  of  ihe  a'love  ziuds  of  stamps  be  diBPon- 
tinned  duilng  the  contract  term,  tue  contractor  will 
not  ue  eniitied  to  damages  on  accouut  of  suou  discon- 
tiuuance. 

PR0P08AL.3— AGBBEMBNT— BOND. 

Each  proposal  must  be  signed  by  the  ndiyl(!asl  or 
parfueisbip  making  it,  and  wuen  miUe  b.v  a  paitner- 
abip  the  uame  uf  eacu  partner  thereof  must  be  oia- 
ciused:  aua  ic  must  be  Hcuumpaui-d  by  a  guaranty, 
Signed  by  at  least  two  responsible  guarantors,  that  toe 
bidder  eball,  within  teu  days  ktter  being  callea  upou 
to  do  so,  execute  a  ooniract  to  lurnisu  promptly,  and 
in  qnaniiti:.-B  aa  orilei-ed  the  article  or  articioa  to  pe 
furuished  by  him,  the  responsioility  aud  sufficiency  of 
tbe  tignera  to  such  goarauty  to  be  certified  to  by  the 
Koatmaaier  or  Uoitea  .itates  Attorney  where  tbe  bid- 
der reaidee;  and  iu  such  contract  the  ooa  tractor  and 
hia  sureties  shad  covenant  and  agxee  that  m  ease  tbs 
said  coutractor  shall  tail  to  do  of  perform  all  o;  any 
of  the  covenan  s,  stipulations,  and  agreements  of  said 
contraei  on  the  p  .rt  ui  the  snld  contractor  to  be  per- 
formed, as  thsreiu  set  lorth,  the  said  oootraetor  and 
his  ^nretl08  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  Uuiied  states 
Of  America  the  snm  of  two  bandred  thonsiod  doliacs, 
for  wuiob  said  fi>rieiiure  the  said  contractor  and  his 
sureti.-s  aball  ue  jointly  unl  severally  liable,  aa  hqni- 
dated  damages  to  ue  sued  tor  in  the  name  of  tue 
United  States. 

If  the  biduer  to  whom  the  first  award  miy  be  mide 
should  fall  to  enter  iuto  a  contract,  as  herein  provided, 
then  the  award  may  be  aunuiled,  aud  the  ooutraot  let 
to  ibe  next  lu  west  respjQSioie  uidJer,  itn..tdeejisd  too 
biKh  by  the  PoBimiisier  (ieaerai,  and  soon  until  tbe  ro- 
quired  cm  traol  Is  executed;  auu  sucli  next  lowest  bidder 
ahall  bo  required  to  tu.fld  every  stipulation  emoraoei 
herein  as  it  he  were  the  original  party  to  wnoin  the 
contract  was  awi^rded. 

The  OQtract  wiu  also  provide  thit  if  at  any  time 
duiinit  its  coutiauaueo  thi  sn.etles  shall  die  or  be- 
ciime  irresponsible,  tbe  Pustmastei  General  shall  have 
tbe  tight  to  require  adoitiuuai  aud  sufficient  sureties, 
Wblob  the  contractor  shail  furnish  to  the  acoeptanue 
ol  tue  f  uBtmaster  Geueial  wi.hin  10  days  atter  notice 
and  in  aefautt  thereof,  the  ooutraot  may  be  anuulled- 
KBSfthVAiloNd.  - 

The  Postmaster  General  reserves  the  right  to  r^eot 
anv  ana  ail  bids  if,  in  his  juagment.the  iuuitest  oi  the 
GoveruniePt  requires  it;  alao  loe'riitht  toannui  the 
contract  li',  in  bis  upluion,  there  al&ii  oe  a  failure  at 
auy  lime  toperfor^a  faithfully  any  of  its  atiunlationa, 
or  10  caae  ol  a  willful  attempt  to  impose  upou  tbe  de* 
par;ment  aiamps  interior  to  thuae  required  by  the 
oontruot 

PAYMENTS. 

Payments  for  stamps  actually  issued  and  delirered 
will  ue  maue  quarterly,  acter  proper  examination  and 
adKistiueut  Ol  acouuuis. 

CuNiRaCT  NOT  ASSIGNABLE. 

The. contract  canuot,  In  auy  case,  be  lawfully  trans- 
Csrred  or  assigned. 

EXTENSION. 

Should  the  interest  oi  tbe  Government  reouire,  tbe 
oouirsct  may  be  exienJed  beyonJ  the  tluie  named, 
not  cxceeulug  tbrec  moniha,  by  order  of  the  Kust- 
master  General,  and  tho  uuniracc  priceat  and  all  Oiu- 
dliiuDB  herein  set  iorth  shall  govern  in  such  extended 
contract. 

ADDRESS. 

All  proposals  must  be  made  on  the  blank  forma 
fbmlsbed  by  the  department,  securely  enveloped  aud 
sealed,  indorsed  oil  the  back  ''Proposals  tor  Postage 
iftampa.''  aud  addreasud  to  the  Tbird  Asaistant  Foa^ 
master  General,  Wnshiugton,  D.  C. 

JAMKS  N.  'i  YNBR.  Poatmaater  General, 


PROPOsALiH  FOR  RIP  RAP  (JRANlTE. 

Enqinbkr  Opfios,  Unitro  States  A&mx.  ) 
NkWPoRT.  R.  I.,  Keb.  '.22,  1877.  > 
Sealed  propoaala  will  tie  received  at  this  office  imtil 
10  o'clock  A.  M.,  on  the  2'^a  day  of  March,  1877,  lor 
Bio  R^<p  Granite  for  Breakwater  at  Block  Island.  R.  1. 
SjieciUoationa  in  regard  to  the  work  und  blank  forma 
for  pruposaU  and  guarant.y,  upon  wbicb  all  bids  must 
be  made,  will  be  sent  ou  application  to  this  offlo#. 

G.  K.  WARRisN,  Mijor  of  Engineers. 


JlUryCAL^ 
A  GREAT  OFFER!  lth.^:«-^SiiSS 

dlaposs  of  iUQ  FiAiNutt  <Sc  UttUAN.?,  aewud 
aecond-band.  of  flret-claea  nmkera.  tuclading 
WATKK#>,aCiawer  prteea  for  cask  or  luataU« 
menta  or  tajat  Matli  paid  far  ttaaa  erar  bafoiM 
•Oered.  WATeK^  URANU  »UU4&B  aad 
UPRltiHT  PIAi>Urt4fe4»RtiA.V<!!iara  Ma  ttlwr 
MADE.  AOEiNTh  wanted.  IlIoatratAd  Cat. 
aUoaaea  .llailed.  A  liberal  dlacaaat  toTtmektn, 
JTinuttrs,  CAarsMs.  tie.    eihe^t  paoaio  at  Itall  pr|a». 


B0A3^tyc^  Aj<rp  LOjDGiyets 

'I'BK  VPmSiiWti  UV^AUM  <*•    TUR  VUUtB. 

The  np-fown  ofloa  of  TAN  TntAS  liloeHed  at 
Ka.  t,*Mt  Hrvadwa.r,  iwt.  Slat  and  Md  uta. 

Open  dsUy.  Bmtdaya tneindad,  hMi  A  A.  M.  ta  9Pr  tk 

Sahsortpttoos  noelv«d<aaA  oopUaof  TAB  TUtB«<M 

aaldi 

iPVBBTWTOnHITg  RKO^ITID  imTIL  9  P.  It 


-OirTR    A  v.,     NO.    dVS.    CHMKFRRVIBtJI 

Jt:  HOUSE — Parlor  aad  bedroonLwith  flrst-olassbtwrdi 
party  d«cTipyin<  ieeond  floofrrrottt 'Mtl  l«t,  trttw  ot 
Nrttbcnt  boatd.  fbr  btfaaoft  of  8«a«o«.  -Hsti  rtaamaWi'. 

JOaA  p.  WOBBTBLli. 


^     --^WBtlT  MTH.tiTM  KlIAl 
SQUAkk.— Bl^gantly.faenished    rooms 
on  see  >iKi  end  tbird  doora?  large  dioaeii,  Mth-fodt*, 
Ito.;    table  and  honae  strieMy  flrat  olass. 


NOS.  /|1   ANP   ^ 
MADISON      -^--^ 


NO.  8!»  IRTlNid  PliACB,  TWO  DOOBS  FBOlI 
Qntmerey  Park,  with  board;  hall  rooms  on  seooiid 
and  fbnrif)  flonrs.  With  flre,  closets,  Ao.;  all  eott^esf. 
enees ;  referenoes.  .,/„.. i^. 


0,W  38TH  ntu   DBTWSBN  0TB  AND 

6Ta  AVs.— To  let ;  npver floor]  handaome  parlor, 
bed-TOom.  and  bafh-rooia  eommonioatlng ;  private  ta- 
ble o::Iy;  also  ball  room. 


FIFTH  AT.,  NO.  4ft.  KBTWBBN  BLKTBNTB 
and  Twelfth  sts.-.  spaeious  suite  of  well  famished 
apartments  on  parlor  floor,  with  or  without  private 
table. 


NO.  33  WEHT  33D  ST.-BBCOin>rL{>Oft  iftiOWt 
sunny  snltfl;   nperlor  board  low  fbr  balance  df 
season. 


NO.    WS^Bxit   49Ta    MT.-Tu    LET,  WITB 
board,  a  double  or  sl  igl«  room,  suitable  for  gehtU- 
men ;  terms  mndMAfO;  references. 


NO.  49  WB!!4T  dOTB  1ST..  NSAR  BROAD- 
WAY.— tunny  front  reom|.  -with  aaperlor  table,  for 
families  and  gnntlemea }  pHoss  moderate. 

QARNtlNlii  FRONT  KOOftlN.^lA.— KBBNCH 

breaVfiist;  'board  If   desired)  oeM  BlevatOd  BtA- 
road.    No.  335  West  28th  st. 

NO  '.20  BA.S T  22D  ST.,  ' 

With  board,  •parlor  and  bed-room,  first  floor  i  single 
rooms;  tanle  board.      ^ _ 

NO.  4  EAST  20TB  NT.,  BETWEEN  STB  AND 
>iadi8on  avs.— oesirable  room;    fir8^elaBS  board; 
siso  table  boarders.  ^^^ 

I.EASA.NT    RtrOM.S    WITH     BOABI)    THIRD 
floor:  but  few  boarders:  referenoes.    Na  116  West 

451  h  at. 

O.  73    EAST  BLHT  ST.  -  A    SECiftlD-STORT 
large  room  to  let,  with   first-class    board.      Ser- 
vants have  lieen  with  os  for  rears. 

NO.  5S  WES  i<   aSD    HT.-HaNDSOMK    BOOMS 
oh  second  floor  to  let,  with  board;     teams   mod- 
erate: reference*  

A     fHIRD    FLOOR   FRlINT    RDOM.    FUO- 
Oknished,  witw  or  without  oo^rd.  *t  127  B«st  24th  st 


leo.  106  MADIBON  AV.-TWO  SINGLE  BOOMS 


I  to  let  with  iKiard. 


BOARD  WANT J^^P- 

WANTBW-TWO  BOOM'IANrt  BOARD  FOB  GBN- 
tleman.  wife,  tW)  ehildrsn,  and  nurse:  looatioii, 
S2d  to  60ti  tt  and  tith  to  4'h  ar.  Address  A.  L.  P., 
Box  Bo.  262  TIMES   DP-TOWN  OFFICB    NO.  1.257 

BRoADW.AY. 

No;  50  OrH  ST..  FEW  DOORS  WEST  OF 
BROii)W\Y.— Moeiy  furiilAliOd  parlirs  and  bed- 
rooms, near  resiaurAots:  breakfo^tii  di-sired;  neat, 
quiet  house    reter<-nces  exehaa 'e  L 

NO.  13«  EAHl"  25T-I  ST.-A   BANDSOMKLT- 
fnm>Sbei1  office  and  r,  ccptien  r^om,  oeoapied  by  a 
Iibystclan.  Will  be  rsc  tno  o    toe  1st  ol  Uircii. 

31  l-'2    WEST    32D    sT.-TO    LKT,   AN 
offlue  lophysldauordeati^c  alsjfar&lalied  rooms, 
wit  lOut  board,  to  gen' iem3n. 

UKNISHED    ROOM4,  <^J  >BN1S    To    «1,A 
week,  ta  to  S6)  single  beds.  91  '>0.    Na  86  Bowery. 


Nofflt 


adkSCtrSBMBNTa 


p.  s.  oaaoKE.  Mt««ti«. 

MALOOO^ 
•  eantata.  i«tM«e  panrt% 

^^"^SiT-^  ,PAitbiirf»Sr.  of  PMad^iWii, 

GiuKttvs  a&ANA  ottObEBrBA.  SO  pilFoiites. 

Tha  chdnu  will  consist  of 

SttO  ^oickb 

Saieeted  flrom  the  Me#-Tbrh  cTimki  Onton  aad  the 

««1  CAftBIS  BftOoi*^l3SMtS'«opn«d, 
UiA  Is  C.  ELLIOT.  MiMKo  Sopnuio. 
Rra  O*.  SaMOEL  ATBBB,  Alta. 
Itr.  WILLIAM  CASTLI.  TaM», 
^      ^  Mr.  ASOLPB  80H8T.  Basttooa, 

Togathar  wUh  other  artlata.  repMaentlng  the  MYen 
brothers,  the  flre  priests,  and  the  pnadpal 
.M.>u..>— .   ^Charaoters  in  the  work. 
TTCKBTI^  $1 ;  no  extra  obttga  mr  reaerfed  aeata, 
irhioh  can  be  aeodrad  at  SHDBRttTH'd  mnslo  atora, 
""  "I  Dniod  a^nmre,  aad  at  cbickerino  Ball. 


^JiCAllfiiMY  Of  jiriCSlC.         ABBOTT  TQrNiaax. 

^ OKAiro  ITALUN  OPRB.t. 

^Mr.  D?  VT^O  has  the  honor  n  annonnea  that  B.  1. 
S.  TUB  OBA.M>  DDKB  ALEXIS  AND  SClTB  irlU 
assist  at  the  ddbnt  of  Miss  EMMA 

ABBOTT. 

IN  GRAND  I  THIS  (FBlDAt)   ETSNIVG, 

XTALlAS  FlJS.  23, 

OFEftA,  lATg.    noors  open  at  7:15. 

TO-HOBROW  (ttATDBDAI)  ABBOTT  KIATINB& 
LA  FtGLIA  DEL  BBGGIMKNTO, 
Mtss    EMtfA  ABBOTT  AS  MARIA. 
Rme.    SB    OBBELB,   the    Harehionese;   BSIOITOIiI, 
Toaio;   FBRRanxI,  Sulpesint  BAitlLI,  and  others. 
GRANS  CHORUS  aKD  QBCBBSTRA 
Dnder  the  dlteotlon  of  MAX  MARETZBK. 
Seats  at  Academy,  at  Schirmer's,  Nn.  7ul:  at  Ko, 
111  Broadway:   at  Sebnbertb  s.  No.  23  Union  square. 


ACADKMV  OF  lUOaHIC.  ABBoTT  MATINBX. 

TO'MORBOW  at  a  P.  M.;  doors  open  at  L 

LA  FIitLIA  del  RHGQIMKNTO. 


RUOXU'a  TdEAl'RE.  GREAT  LOCAL  PLAT. 

••FIFTB  AVBNtlB.^ 

OBOKGEI   RIGNOLD  aa  the  Hera 

Plctnxes  the  SINKING  OV  AN  OCBAST   BTSAKIB. 

ACT  IL 
notnres  SOBNBS  IN  WALL  STRBBT. 

ACT  IIL 
Pletoiea  the  LADNOBI.vG  OF  TBB  MONITOB. 

ACT  IV. 
Pictures  Fifth  arenne  by  night,  and  the  VX7B0BB  OF 
Ua  SOHUYLBa.  the  banker.    A  thrlUing  soena. 

A  OT  V 
Pietnres  the  return  of  the  gallant  SEVENTH  BBQI- 
HEN  r  and  tbeir  conflict  with  tne 

RIOTERS    OP    1893. 
»»•  MATINEE  ou  SATUanAI  at  1:30. 


fiTARTHNQ  ATTRACTIONS  AT 
TOR  GREAT   NEW.roRK  AQfJARlUn, 

Broadway  and  35. hat 

HEW  FBATDRnis!   NE^  AUDIilOWStI  Wondarftll 

Bl-'ddcT-nose  .~eal,  only  one  ever  bnmgbt  alive  to  this 

City.  13  Knormoos  man-eating  Alligators.  16  feet  long. 

Lake  tVbtie  Klsh.  ouiy  ones  ever  trsusp  irtsd  abve. 

Lampreys.  Living  Glats  Nnakes,  F1 1  ing  Koxes. 

All  ktnisoi  Water  Life  and  cn  iisitles. 

Prot  HfABR'S  AaTONlNflL.Q  EXHIBITION.  Ragnl- 

fyinsc  minute  marine  objects  to  lO.OOu  ilmaa  th  ir  nai/- 

oral  size.  Mr.  M.  CRSARDON  and  hia  I'nmbleraiiicon. 

All  (lie  Marine  and  other  Wonders  and  Marvels. 

AFTBBN(»ON  AND    KVENI  .0  CONCERTS. 
ADMlSalOV  5u  CKN  rS:    CHILDREN  BALF  PBICB. 


JHOTELS. 

THB  ROVAlTvurritHfA  UiirBLi 

NASSAU.  BAlAdA  ULaNJA 
FOr  AlIl  Infoimation  ipplr  b'l 

JAM.1S  LtDOEawooD  k.  oa. 

No.  7H  Jriilviv.   ^?v-T->rV. 


NBW.ENGI.AND  BOT  EL.- LODGINGS.  60 
cents :    weekly,    £2    to  $.3:     200  lietat   rooms    for 
gentlemen  only-    Oumer  of  Bowery  and  Bayard  sts.   • 


JRAILROADS^ 

PENNSYLVANIA  BAILROAD. 

(^KEAT  TRUNK.  AJNB 

AND  CKITKD  STAFBi  alAlL  itODTB. 

Trains  leave  .Sew-Torc,  rl  i  Oesuroises  »al     Cort- 

landt  Streets  t<>rries,  as  f  i.lowi: 

bxpress  tor  Harrtsanrg,  Pittsburg,  the  West  and 
South,  with  Pulluian  ealace  Oars  attached,  8:30  A. 
M..  0  and  8:  ill  P.  Si,,  daily. 

For  WiUiamsport,  L'>clc  Uareo,  Corrr,  and  Erie,  at 
8:H0  I*.  Jl.,  ciinnecclnii  at  Oorr.v  for  'Ihtusville,  Petto- 
leum  Centre,  and  the  Oil  Refion&  For  WilUamj- 
port  oiud  Liock  daven.  8:30  A.  M. 

For  Baltimore,  Washingtoo,  and  tbe  Sontli,  "Um- 
ited  Wssbiiiston  KxpressT  of  Pullman  Parlor  Cars 
aaily,  except  Sunday,  9:J0A.  M.  arriva  Washine- 
ton  1:10  K.  A.  Reiniiar  at8:40  A.  M.,  1,  6,  and9 
F  M.    Snnday.  6  ami  9  P.  M. 

Express  for  P  .iia  lelohia,  7:  30, 8:30,  8:49.  (9:30  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4.  5, 6,  7,  8:3  J,  9  P.  M.,  and  12 
uicht,  ^unday,  H:3i»  A.  M..  6,  6.  7.  8:30.  and  9  P.  M. 
Kralgrant  ana  seooud-elass,  7  P.  M. 

Arcoiumodation  for  rrentun.  7  .A.   .M.,  2  and  4:10  P.  M. 

For  tr -ins  to  Newirk.  Rll»ii»eth.  Rahway.  Prlao3toa. 
1'renton.  Perth  Am>>oy.  Finmingtoa,  Belviders  aiil 
other  points,  see  lucal  schedules  at  all  flcKet  Of- 
ficer. 

Traiiia  arrive:  Prom  Pittsburg,  6:20  and  10:30  A.  M., 
and  10:20  P.  M.  dally  10:lilA.  .\L  anl  6:60 P.  id. 
daily,  excent  Monday.  Prom  Washington  and  Bal- 
timore. G:30,  9:50  A.  M..  4-10,  &!  10.  and  10:2J  P.  M. 
Sunday  6:30,  9:50  A  M.  Prom  Philadelphia,  .5:05, 
6:20.  6:30,  9:50,  10:10.  11:50  A.  M.  2:10.  4:10,  6:li). 
b:50  S:4i»,  litlO,  and  10:20  P.  M.  Sunday  6:05. 
6:20.  <5.30.  9:50.  11:5a  A.  M.,  6:50.  10:10,  and  10:20 
P.  M. 
Tirket  Offices,  Noa.  626  and  944  Broadway.  Na  1 

Aator  Honae.  and   foot  of    Deabrosaes  and   Cortlan-lt 

streets;     N».  4  Conrt  street  Booklvn-     No*.  114.  116, 

and  118  Hudson  street  Hoboken-    Depot.  Jersey  City 

KmigT<M>t  Ticket  f)ffioe,  No.  8  Battery  plao<^ 

FRANK  THOMSON:  R  M.  BOTD,  Ja, 

General  Mnnageti.  General  Passenger  Agent 


TO    PHli.ADEl.PUIA 

via 

PENNSYLVANIA  EAILEOAD. 

THE  OLD-ESTABLISHED  ROUTE  AJGD   BBOBT    LINE 
between         A 
NEW-YORK.    AND    PBIUADBL.PH1A. 

14  Through  Trains  each  way  daily:     3 Depots  hi  PhUa. 
delphia,  2  in  Tew-York. 

4  Tracks,   the  most   Improved   Equipment,  and    the 
Fastest  rime  consistent  with  ab30lu'..e  safety. 

Express  Trains  leave  New- York,   via  Desbrossee  aad 

Cortlandt  -streets  Ferries,  as  follows: 
7:30.  8:311,  S:10,  (9:30  Limitetl,)  10:30  A.  M..  1,  4,  5,  6. 

7,  8:30.  9  P.  M.,  and  12  Midnight    Sunday.    8:30  A. 

M.,  6.  6,  7.  &30.  and  9  P.  M. 
Returuing,  trains  leave  Philadelphia  3:20,  SiSO,"?,  7:80i 

8:30,  and  11   A.  M.,  (Limited   Express,    1:35  P.    M.,) 

1:40,  4.  5:30,  7.  and   7:35   P.   M.,   and   12  Midnight 

On  Sunday,  3:20.  3:30.  7,  8:30  A.  M..  4,  7,  7: 35  P.  M., 

and  12  Midnight 

Ticket  Offices,  Nos.  626  and  044  Broadway,  Na  1 
Aator  House,  and  toot  of  Deaoroasss  and  Cortlandt 
sts..  No.  4  Conrt  at.  Brooklyn:  Nos.  114,  lid.  and  113 
Hudson  st,  Moboken;  I><>pot.  Jexs^  City.  Botigraal 
Ticket  Offlce,  Ndu  8  Battery  place. 
FRANK  Thomson.  d.  m.  botd.  .tr.. 

General  Manager.  General  Passenger  Agent 


NEW-YORK     CENTRAL     AND     HUDsttlN 
RIVER  BAILROAD.— I. ommencmt  Dec   '/ft    l87tti 
through  traiDB  will  leave  Grand  O'Cntral  Depot 

7:15  A.  M.,  Western  and  Northern  Exnntss.  irttb 
drawlng-rooo)  oar«  to  Canan  laisua. 

h:3U  A.  M..  special  i^hioago  and  4t  L'>ntt  Kxprsss. 
with  drawTug-'uum  oars  to  Rochester  and  BuXsto. 
Ais".  through  c\t  ro  St.  Louis. 

11:00  A  M..  North-ro  ^xii  Western  Rxorssi. 

S:aOK.  M..  special  Albviv.  Troy  auj  Western  Br- 
ttr»88  iirrlves  at  Buif*lo  7: 10  A  M. 

6:00  P.  «,.  Kxpress,  with  sis^pln^  o»rs.  tor  WMier- 
townandCauandalicniW  Alsofar  Moutrd^  ria  Platts- 
bnrg. 

8:30P  M..  Paciflo  Express,  dall.r.  with  sleeping  oars, 
lor  Rnchestev.  Niagara  Falls,  Snffislo,  Olereland.  fit. 
diauapolis,  and  (.oursviile.  Also  for  Uhicaga.vta  both 
I*-  ^  and  M.  a  Railroads,  anu  to  Montreal  via  St  Al- 
bans. 

UiOOP.  M..  RxDrcsa.  with  sleeping  ears.  fOr  Albany 
snd  Troy.     Way  trains  as  per  local  Time  Tables. 

Tickets  tor  sale  at  Nos^  252,  -^61, and  413  Broadwa:^ 
and  at  Weatooic  Kxpreaa  CompanVa  offioea.  Noa.  7 
Pai  k  olaoe^  78.'>  and  94'.^  Broadway  New-York,  and 
833  WftshiugtoiiSt.   Brooklyn. 

a  B.  MKEKE it  General  Passenger  Agent 


.ERIE  BAILWAY.  ^ 

Winter  Arraneemeni  01  Luruugu  1/r.iins.  From  Cham. 
b<>rs  btreet  Depor.    (Kor  'ASd  st  see  note  below.) 

9:00 A.  M.,  datlv,  except  SundarA  Ciucinnatl  and 
Chica>;o Dav  KXoress.  lirawing-nom  coinhes  to  Buftala 

1(1:46  A.  M.,  dally,  exnept  sunuavs,  Bxpr.-'ss  Man  for 
BnObm  and  the  West.    Sleeping  coach  to  Buff  do. 

7:00  P.  M..  daily,  Padflc  KxpreSi  to  the  West  Sleep. 
Ing  coaches  through  to  Builiaia  Niasrara  Falls,  Clnoin. 
nati,  und  Cbicaiio  without  change.  Hotel  diuluifi 
coaches  to  Chicago. 

7:00  P.  M.,  except  Sundays,  Western  Bmlgrant  train. 

Above  trains  leave  Twenty.third  Street  Ferry  at 
8:4.')  and  lii:  15  S.  .M..  and  6:45  P.   M. 

For  local  trains  see  time-tables  and  cards  in  hotels 
and  depot* 

JNO.  N.  ABBOTT.  General  Passenger  Agent 


NEW-YORK.    NEW-HaYU.N.    AND    HART- 
FORD   RAIIaROAD. 

After  Dea  10,  1876.  trains   leave  Grand  Central  De- 

?ot  (42d  r-t.)  for  New-Caan an  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M., 
.  4:40  P.  M.:  Uaubii.y  andNorwalk  Rallroiid  at  8:05 
A.  M..  I,  and  4:40 P.  M.;  Nauntuck  Ballroad  at  8:05  A. 
M.,  and  3  P.  M.;  Uoosatonio  Railroad  at  8:05  A  M., 
and  3  P.  H.;  New-Haven  and  Noithampton  Railroad  ut 
8>05  A.  M..  and  »P.  M.;  for  Newport  at  8(05  A.  «.  And 
IP.  M.:  Boston  and  AUiany  Railroad  at  8:05  and 
11  A.  H  .  3  and  9  P.  IL,  (9  P.  M.  ou  Sunday :)  Boston, 
(via  ghore  Line,i  at  1  and  lOP.  M.,  (10  J.  M.  on  Suo- 
da.va.1  Boaton  and  New-York  Air  Lina  8  A.  M.,  1  and 
11:36  P.M. 
Way  trains  as  per  local  time-tables. 


L.BHIMH  VALLEV  RAILROAD. 

ABBaNOBMBaX.        PASSKNGBB  trains.        JAN.  1. 

1877. 
Leave  depots  foot  oi  Cortlandt  and  Debrosaes  sts..  at 

6:30  P.  M.— Nisht  Express,  dailv,  for  Easiou,  Bethle- 
hem, Allencown,  Manuh  chunk,  WUksbarra  Plttstoa, 
Havre,  Elmlm,  Ithaca,  Auburn,  Bocbester.  Bodalo^ 
Niagara  Falls,  end  tbe  West  Polimaa't  sleepiai 
ooaebas  attached. 

(Jeueral  Basiera  office  ooruer  C^oreb  aad  Cortlandt 
ats.,  CUAULBS  a.  OUMMINOA  Ageut 

KuBBKT  H.  SAirRB,  saparinteodcui  and  Bngiaaei: 


W1CK.F4IB.D  RAI  I.KOAlU  ROVTR  TO  >HBW. 
PORT,  B.  I..>Pas*Msgers  tor  tht*  hne  Ufce  8:ue  a. 
M.  and  1  P.  M.  expreti  traina  (ram  Grand  Ctatrai 
Depot.  amvinK  at  4:18  and  8  P.  M.  at  Newport 

THEODORE  WARBBM,  Snperintendent 


ZOE-CKEAM. 


'GlITSSBLL'B  ICB  OBBA.W.«^8BST  IN  TUB  OITT; 

BURACB  WATERi(/te¥i>h:»rManarGi»r,'iu3     ShwfotM'cUme.l^xMl.  taMmr  hMtei  ftSdit^a 
Uaalera.  40Jblaat  Ldth  St..  UAlan  iaiuuo.  NTT.LdSt  *  fla  12Blbi6  HoiST 


PARK  TBBATRE.  OUR  BOAEIjINO  aoUtiE. 

Broadway  wid  32d  st 

BBNBT  G,,  ABBEk Lessee  and  Manager. 

FoUHTH  WEKft 

Of  Looaard  Giover's  lirilliant  come  ty, 

ODR  BOARiING  H()C>B. 

OUR  BOARDING  iiOUSB. 

OUR  BOARDtUG  HOUBB. 

CUB  Bi/ARDiNG  HdUSE. 

ITEITINO  AT  a    SATURDAY  MAflNEB  AT  a 

Reseved  aeats.  SOeenta,  41,  and  $1  90.     Adatasloa, 

bO  cents  aud  $1.    Free  liat  absolotely  suap<  iwled. 

LADiBV  RBCKPi'ION  TO-MOfiuOW  AFTBRNOnN.  , 

L  DISF  RiiCSmON  TO-MORROW  AFTEBNOON. 

LADlEo'  BBCEPl'ION  TO-MORROW  AFi'ERNOOS. 

NEWHAOADWAT  THEATRE. 

BROADWAY    AND30TH8T. 
THB  GREAT  SD  0< '  K8S, 

OUR   BOYS, 

alVERY  E-VENIKO  AT  A.  AND  * 

WBDITBSDAT  A J(D  SATDdOAT  UATINBE  AT  2. 
THB  ONLY  KlBJ»T.i  LA.'8   THEATRE 

WITH  POPULAR  PRICES. 


GlLinURb>.t»  GARDBN. 

OFBN  TBRBB  EVENINGS  IN  THB  WBBK. 
TDB3DAT,        THDRdUAY,  SATURDAT. 

TO-MORBOW  (Saturdayi  KVESrN<3,  Feb.  24, 

AN  IMMB.SSK  B.^'rKRTAINMEMT. 

TROTTINO,  RUNNING,  AND  ATHLBTIC  SPORTS. 

bOCKNT-i.  ADMItSIOS.  60  CRHTg. 


44  /-XAN    YOD    NAAIE   TUB    KBniSPHBRB 

vyin  which  Obiaa  and  Japau  are  airuatedf 
''Ah,  .yer  honor,  dou't  bother  me  wid  yerfnu  now.    I 
niver  had  anything  to  do  wid  such  things  at  m.v  last 
piaoe.    I  can  wash  chany  and  pans  as  well  as  alny 
DO  Iv.  and  that's  enough  now,  isn't  it  f    Indade,  and  ye 
bother  me  iotirely." 
Mrs.  Dr.  L  J.  O'BRIEN'S  READING  THIS  EVENING 
AT  FRIENDS'  MKEriNO-HOOdB, 
27th  St.  near  6th  av. 


GRAND  OPERA  HOUs>E. 

FOOLB  ADON.^BLLY Lessees   snd  Managers 

CROWDED  HOU.  E8.  TiiE  GREAT  SDCCEttS. 

THB  TWO  ORPHANS. 

Matln4eB  Wednesday  and  Saturday.  Reserved  seats  60a 


STKAaMBQATS. 

STONINGTON  LINE 

VOR     BOTTOM    A.ND    ALL   POINT.1     EAST. 
RBDCCED    FARB. 

Elegant  stesmers  leave  Pier  Na  33  North  Birat; 
foot  of  Jay  St.  at  4:30  P.  M. 

Tickets  for  sale  at  til  onnolpti  tldxeto  floss,  -^tata- 
rooma  secured  at  officesof  Weatoutt.<x,>rdss  Ooatpaay 
auilat  Na  HIM  Broadway. 

FROYIDBNCR    LINB. 

Frelrlit  only,  steamers'  leave  Pier  Ns^  27  Nnrtb 
River,  foot  of  Parle  piaea,  at4  (*■  M.  Freights  ria  either 
flnvtakeuat  lowest r«tt>«. 

D.6.  BABCOi.'iC  Pega.      L.  W.  Fiwnxs.  a    P.  Agent 


FALL    RIVER   LINE 

FOR 

BOSTON  AJSTD    THE    EAST. 

FARBS  REDUCBU. 

Leare  New-York  dally.  (Sunday  excepted.)  from  Flee  j 
Na  28  North  Rtrer.  root  of  uurray  st.  4:30  P.  ML         /, 
BORDEN  A  LOVKLL,  Agents.  ^ 
GBa  L.  ('ONNOR,  General  Passenzer  A'jent 


UOR      NKW-tlAVE.Ni.    HAKTFOttU,     iko.— 

f^FareSl;  steamers  leave  Peck  slip  for  New-Uaren 
St  3  and  11  P.  M.,  connecting  with  road. 


itOK  BRIDGEPORT AiVj»  ALL  POINTfH    ON 

SL  Hnuaatomo  aud    .xaagatuax    Railroad.— Far*     SL 
Atcamets  leara  naUiarliie  sUo  Ik  ll:3i)A.  M. 


BANKRUPT  SALB  OF  SILYBR-PliATEO 
AND  OTHER  GOODS.— Dlstrlet  Court  of  the  United 
States  for  tbe  Souttawn  District  of  New-Tork.- In  the 
matter  of  th*  LU01U3  HART  MANUFACTDRINO  COM- 
PANT,  bankrupt.— In  Bankruptcy.— Sonthem  District 
of  New-lork.  88.— Thenndersigned  wlllsell  at  pqblio 
gnodon.  at  the  tales-rooms  of  Robert  Haydock  b,  uro,, 
Na  b  College  blaee,  m  the  City  of  New- Tot  k.  on  KRI* 
DAT,  tbe  sixteenth  day  of  Harofa,  1877,  at  ten  o'clock 
m  The  loreaoon,  the  ibllowlng  property,  being  a  per. 
tton  of  tbe  assets  of  tlie  said  baakrapt;  namely,  a 
large  stock  of  siiver-piated  and  Britannia  ware,  stiver^ 
piated  goods.  Ac.  oonslstiuguf  spoons,  ladies,  ahella. 
rings,  knives,  forks,  belia,  paper  weigbta.  segac  and 
smoker's  stands,  castors,  dredges,  mustard  pots,  to- 
bac<!0  boxes,  salt  and  aaiad  atanus.  candlestioks, 
strainers,  bottles,  toothpicks,  nut-crackers,  spectacle 
esses,  plates,  sngw  cmets.  nius,  ladies,  nut-picks, 
sngat'tongs,  decanter  labels,  mqddlers,  berry,  cake, 
pioisle,  celery,  and  fruit  stands,  bowls,  tankards,  tea, 
sugar  and  cream  and  coffee  pots,  pitchers,  epergnes, 
buttle,  sDoon,  and  mug  holders,  goblets,  cups,  mugs, 
waiters,  commnnion  plates,  toilet  seta,  wine  coders. 
Spittoons,  ice  pots,  and  tnlis,  vases,  syrup  pitchers, 
luger  plates,  toreeoe,  chafing  auu  pudding  dishes, 
traya,  boxes,  dishes,  knife  rests,  shakers  racks,  tea- 
put  and  salt  stands,  pepper  and  spice  boxes,  ale 
meaaures,  fmlt  baiketa,  kettles,  altera,  firamea, 
band  ea,  fninels.  warmers,  and  other  articles;  also, 
aeound-band  guods,  and  partially  manufactured;  also, 
canes,  glass-ware,  show-cases,  table,  copper  boilers, 
brass  cocks,  aud  other  srticles  and  property,  being 
the  stock  lu  trade,  fee  of  the  said  bankrupt.  Gooas 
can  be  seen  and  catalogues  obtained  at  auctioneers. 
EDWARD  V.  B.  DODD, 
Assignee  in  Bankrupicy  of  said  Bankrupt 
Jans  S.  STBAiiNS,  Attorney  tor  Assignee, 
f  23-law8wF  74  Broadway,  New-York. 


A.  J.  I'txOBit    Auctioneer. 

THIS  DAY,  (FRIDAY,)  FEU.  'Z3,  AT  lOt'lO 
o'olock,  at  Metropolitan  baies-roums  4fh  av..  cor- 
ner 26tb  st,  a  fine  lot  of  second-band  household  goods, 
ns.:  cooking  and  kitchen  utensils,  crooKery,  glass- 
ware, stoves,  parlor  and  chamber  turniture,  pier 
mirrors,  chairs,  tables,  buret,  as.  bedsteads,  bedding, 
carpets,  eugraviogs,  chromos ;  also  large  line  ot  now, 
haodaumq  lumltUre. 


FINE  AllTS. 

ART  NOTlcB. 

Free  exhibition  day  and  evening 

AT  MINER'S  ART  GALLERIES,  NO.  845  BROAOWAT. 

Tbe  pilvateeouection  di  a  weU-kno-wn  art  connoiaseur 

ofthla  City,  embracing  oBo!c«  and  raltiable  worgs  ot 

leading  artists  of  America  and  Burope. 

Also, 

THB  FAULKNBB  OALLBBT 

ot 

WATEB-OOLORS. 

Forming  one  of  th')  finest  assemblages  of  Art  Works  In 

this  branch  ever  oQbred  at  pnbiie  competition  in  this 

City. 

To  be  sold,  at   anetion,  MONDAT,  TUEBDAT,   and 
W8DNBSDAX  ereniags,  Feb.  36(  27,  and  38. 

EKNRY  D.  MINBr,  Anatibtiasr. 


EPPef  COCOA.— GRATEFUL  AND  OOMFORriNG: 
««<:hpaokatiS  libelled.  JAM Ki  KPPd  k.  Ohl.  Uom<v 
Apritbta(;bemista.  No.  4dThreada«edl«  st  and  Va  170 
FKiesdillv.  Laoikfo.  (tn^laad-  New-fork  Depot.  IKITK 
A  VANDiRBEBKParlf  ol»-.a. 


WE 


„  TBDi-A  JOB   LOT  OF  BACK  BUMBBRS  OF 
ngUsh  imrBMILB  MAOASIKBS.     Address.  sUt- 

lag  tbe  aaotaa.  tbgaaaBtity,  aad.tba  .wlea  tax  eaBb.Boz 

LrOanbildiciiBort,  Maaa 


AKt7SBMByT& 
^ALiaAck*a/   " 

ttupMtt  Aad  Maaadac, ...  ..iix.  ljMtl^4f A&Ud^ 

<:  oumcn  stoosss  ov  LBarmcAXi  oomPR^ 
res  PBODDonotf  ?         * 

of  ' 

AH  iX^mo^^StswnT 

IN  m  RBra^RirTATIOA. 
'  This  Great  Comedr  will  be  pfWaatad 

SVBRT  SVEBING  THIS  WBIS 

alM    

BATDRDAT  MATma, 

^th  its 
SXOBFTIU.tAL  0A8T, 

_.  laslodlqc  __^ 

Mr,  Zimmt  WALliACK,^.. ...a*...^....,.»OYa 

Mr.  JOBB  GILBBRf,  Mr.  BAjSir  BE^Onrr,  Nb:  R 
ARNOTT.  Mr.  a  A  STBVBNBOB,  Mr.  J.  *v.  SHABBOlf, 
Mr.  E.  M.  HOLLAND,  Mr.  j.  W.  LBOBARO,  Mr.  a  t! 
EDWIN.  Mlaa  ROSB  WOOD,  Miai  SFFIB  OEBMOB.  mb* 
Mrs.  JOHN  SEFTON. 

The  next  of  fh* 

8BRIE8  OF  COMBDT  REPRBBBlTTATIOirS 

Will  be  Goldsmith's  ^mons  standard  mrR, 

BHB  STOOPS  lO  (TONQDBBt 

which  will  bejresented  on 

MO.nDaT  BVSVING.  Febw  28, 

With  the  tame  oempleteoess  that  has  oharadtMtoed  di 

formw  productions  at  this  theatra    Tb*  aaat  vdl 

Include 

Mr.  LB8TBRWALLAOK.....aa...OHAVLB8  MABLOWl 


AitlBRlCAN  BUOIKI'V  Ott  PAlNTBiU  iN 

fatiir  Colors. 

TENTH  ANNUAL  EXHIBITION 

WILL  SOON  CLOSE. 

NATIONAL  ACADEMY  OF  DESIGN, 

Corner  of  4tb  ar.  aad  23d  at. 

Open  dallr  (Sundays  excepted)   from  9  AM.  ontU  6 
P.  M.,  and  fom  7  until  10. 


«TEiNWAY  BALL.  B3SIPOFF  MATIB88, 

AN.NBTTl  B8BIPOFF. 

BOTICB.>-It  li  re-peotfuiiy  annonnced  that  th* 

LAST  ESSIPOPF  CONCERT 

will  ta.\e  p'jiee  on 

SATURDAY,  Feb.  24.  at  2  P.  M, 

GRAND  GALA  KSSIPOFF  MATINEB. 

GRA.^D  GALA  ESSIPOFP  MAllNKB. 

GRAND  UALA  E^SIPOFF  MATINEE. 

On  Which  occasion  Mme  Es^^lPOfF  will  play 

BAWT  SfcXENS'  GRAND  CCnCERTO  Na  2.    ('/Piano*) 

LISZT'S  Recitative  and  Romance,  "  O  dn  mein  holdar 

ahendstern."    (Taunhauser.) 
CHOPIN'S  scHERZJ.    (C  sharp  minor.) 
SCHUMANN'S   Warum.       WEBER    Momento   OapDrl. 
closo,  Ac 
AOmiaaioa.  ONE    DOLLAR.      Beenred   seats,  CI  (SO, 
at  steinwav'a.  Msaub'rth's,  and  Na  111  Broadway. 


ACADEmY  OF  iMUmC.  AIM  E: 

QBAXfD  A.VNaAL  BRNEFIT  OP  THB  FRBNCM  BEMBV. 
OLKNT  SuclBTY. 
SATURDAT  EVENI.VO,  Feb  24,  first  performooeoT 
LK8  DRAGONS   D£    VlLLAnd, 
Onera  comlqne  In  three  acts. 

UUe.   MAiIB  AIMER  AND  TROUPB. 

A  musical  mte'lude,  to  commence  witb  tha  oa»«at ' 
comedy,  LE  oIARl  DANS  DU  CO  TON. 

Seats  and  boxea  at  Delntfo.iico's  tn  Bea'ver  at:   Sefatt> 
mer'a   No.  7ul  Broitdway.  and  Hotel  Brunswick. 


EAGLE  THEATRE.     AlMEd'o  RKAPPEARAJltia. 

To-n1t>ht — Aim6e  as  ({imfl^-Otrofla. 

'I  o-night — Aimde  as  Girofld-Girofla.  ' 

.  This  FRIDAY  evening  only  poriormanoe  o< 

GIRoFLE-QIRoFla. 

TO-MORROW  APTERN(K>N  GRaND  GALA  MATIXBK, 

LAJOUB  PARl<UnBDsK.  ^ 

Mile.   Dnparc  as   Rose  Michon. 

Admlaaten,  60  cents      Reserved  seats,  50  cents  ertt& 

MOM.OAY    night,   a  new    opera    bv  Offenbaeh,    . 

LA   BoDLANGaRE  A  UeS  I?CD«, 

ia  which  Aim6e  sings,  for  the  first  time  tn  English, 

THE  SWELL  6  l.SG.  "  HlLDEBRANr  .Mc'NTEoSE." 


MBLo'.S.  NlRLO>S. 

In  oomsequenee  of  the   enmrmons  snceess  of  tha 
grand  spevi.*cnlar  dr»mA, 

AROU.nD  THB  WORLD 
vill  be  repeated  on  .iiONDAT.  TUESDAY,  aad  WBDni^ 

DAY.  Feb.  26.  27.  and  28. 
THCRsDAi,  MARCH  I, 

tm  two  nights  and  one  mattnda, 

STEAKosh'S  GRAND  OPERA 

aad  KIRALFT  BALLET  CoMBlNATIOB  ta 

FAD8T  AMU   MAKaSKalTB. 

•a  vrodnced  at  the  Grand  Opera-house,  Paris,  iadadlsf 

tbe  great  scene, 
WALPDdGIS  MQHT. 

CMION    SQCARfS  TUBATRE. 


Mr.  SHBBIDAN  8B00V 

:1 


...Mr.  A.  M.  PALUKi 


Proprietor... 

Unnaver..... 

UNEQUIVOCAL   8DCCK88  OP  THK   DARICBRPP3. 

Tbn  moat  effective  of  tbe  many  good  plays  pzodacef 

at  the  Union  Square' Theatre.— .ffotfniap  Po*t 

UOUSli  CROWDED  AT  EVERT  REPRBSBNTATIOB.  . 

TO-DAY,  TWO  PEOFORUASCBS. 

AFTERNOON  AT  1:30;    EVBNLVG  AT  8. 

SATURDAY  AT  1:30,  FoDBTll  UATUIES  07 

THE  DAKIUHKPFS. 

DAL k >8  FxFfH  AVENUE  THEATRE.    "^ 

Proprietor  and  Manager... Mr,  AUGDSTIN  DALY 

A  LAUGH  FOR    EVEETBODY. 

LEMONS. 

EVERY  NIGHT  AND  MA'I'lNBB    TO-MORROW. 
One  dollar  for  balcony  reserved  at  matinee* 

UELJLER'i^  WO>DER    THEATRE. 
BYERY  EYE.MNG  AT  8. 

The  Third  Programme. 

Everything  new  and 

more  wonderlui  than  erez; 

ROBERT  HBLLEB.  MISS  Hwr.r.aa, 

Matin4es  Wednesday  and  Saturday  at  2. 

Children  half  price  to  Matin^ea. 

Extra  Matin6e  WASHINGTON'S  BiRTHDAT. 

PUNCH  ANO  JUUT. 

THB  OCTBAGEODS  DOINGS  OF  MR.  PUNCH  AT  THB 

SATURDAY     MATINEE. 
HBLLBR'S  WONDiJR   IHEATRB. 

HAN  FRAMClisCO  MINSTRELS. 

First  week  of  Byman's  new  piece,     iOPERA.HoT7S&  ' 

OUR  HA.>H  UOUBK.  |      Broxdway 

And  the  hash  can  be  inspected  by     I  and 

THE  GENERAL  PDiiLIC.  29tb  st 

Extra  Matinee  Washington's  Birthd«y|  6<-at*  Secured. 

Ai^SAULT   AT    ARAIS   ANO    UOXlMG.— AN- 

xVnual  entertainment  at  CoL  MONSTE..Y'S  school  of 
Arms  and  Boxins,  ^a  619  6tta  ar..  Satnrday  erening, 
Feb.  24. 8  o'clock.  Tickets.  $1;  for  sale  at  tbe  Academy. 

HE   CBLEBRATBD    CENTBMMAL    ■BUT-^ 
TER  HEAD."   DREAMING   lOLANTHE,   and   other 

stodies,  on  exhiUtion  at  Na  868   Broadway,  near  14th 

at    Admission,  26  cents. 

LECTURES. 

LECTURES  FOB 
"  OUR    NEIGHBORHOOD.^ 

;   CHARLIHR  chapel,  58TH  ST.,  NEAR  6TH  AT. 

ON  FRIDAT  SVENINQ,  Feb.  23,  8  P.  M., 

(Instead  of  Thursday  evening.) 

The  CATHEDRALS  OP  lilCROPii,  with   sterenptleoa 

views,  by  Prof.  W.  H.  GOODY KAR.    Admission  froe,  by 

tickets,  to  be  bad  at  Rockwood'sPhotograpliioGallety-. 

No.  17  Union  square. 


COOFttR  UNION  FREE  LECTURES  FOR 
the  people  in  the  great  hall  at  8  P.  li.  SATURDaX, 
Feb  2A  Tne  lecture  will  be  delivered  by  Dr.  A  B. 
Crosby,  of  New-Vork  <^ty.  on  tbe  "  Mnman  aaod." 
with  atereopticou  views.  Tickets  oan  be  had  gratia  at 
the  office  or  the  Cooper  Dnion  and  at  D.  Van  Nostraud'i 

bookstore,  Na  23  Murray  st  

A  S.  BBWrrr,  secretary. 


s 


INSTRUCTIGK 

Collegiate    Institute, 

,Na  40  WASM1.VGTOH   SQUARE.  NEW-ToRK  CITC 

GEO.  W.  CLARKA,  Ph.  D.,  PriniMpal. 

Prepares  pupils  of  all  ages  for  bftsfossa  or  eoOaoi* 


DREW  SEMINARY    AND  FEMALE    COLLEGE 
c'armel,  N.  T.— For  both  sexes.    Rates  reasonable 
A  school  for  earnest  worg. '  Spiiuz  seasiau.Feu.  19. 
GEO.  C.  SMITH  A  M. 


RS.   PARKS'    BUARDI.NG      ANO       DA? 

school  for  young  ladies,    New-Bmnswiok.    N.    J., 
opeus  Its  next  sessioa  Feb.  5,    Circulars  sent  if  desired. 

Terms  moaerate. 


CLiAVKUACH.N.Y.,  COLLEGE  ANO  U CO. 
RIV.  IN")T.— Engllsu.  Frenoh,  German,  Classics,  Mu- 
sic, Art  Term  begins  March  a    ALONZO  FLaCK.  Pres. 


»ORT  CHESq'ER   INSTITUTE— Port  Onestori 
N.  Y.;  limited  to  26  boys,    O.  Winthrop  Starr,  A.  M, 


TJ^AOHERS^ 

AinERICAN  AND  FOREIGN  TEACHERS* 
AGB.NCY  supplies  profaasors,  tutors,  goveruesse* 
aud  teachers  ili  every  department  of  lustruotiun;. 
gives  lulurmation  to  pareu'is  of  good  schools  :  renti^ 
and  sella  school  properties.  For  eiroulars  apply  t^ 
Miss  M.  J.  YoU.NG,  No.  23  Union  square. 

N.B.— Miss  Young  baa  severed  her  connection  with 
the  "Amsrioan  ischool  Institute"  in  oouseqneae*  « 
the  bankruptcy  of  J.  W.  Schermerhom  A  Ca 


THE  .NATIONAL.  SCHOOL  BUREAU  IS  A 
reliable  agency  tor  supplviag  schoois  and  families 
With  teachers,  and  teachers  wiih  positions.  Increas- 
ing demand  for  good  teachers.  Apply  early  for  An. 
tumn  raoaneies.  Send  stamp  for  applioanon  fbrm, 
T.  OOTESWOKTB  FINCKNEY.  Uomestio  Building, 
corner  14tb   st  and  BroadW!>y,  New- York. 


SOHBRMBRBORN'S  SCHOOL  AGB.SCY 
has  constant  demand  for  skilled  teacbera.  Specially 
wanted :  Protsssors  of  mathematics  for  coilegs  :  eiaa- 
•leai  assistant  near  City  ;  English  assistant  fbr  Oity; 
lady  fbr  Frenob,  (German,  and  blusIo.  No.  14  Bond  at, 
np  stairs. 


ELEOTIOl^S. 


>CUBVni,AVP,  COUIMBUS,   CiSGUrVATI  ASn] 

INniAVAPotia  RAnwAr  CoMPAire,    > 
___         Ci.ifn>4*ar  O..  Feb  16. 1877.5 

TBE  ANIttTAlj  JrtalnN'G  OF  THE  BTOCK- 
holdet*  02  this  iinwWiajri'tsr  the  eleotkoa  of  Dixa*- 
tors,  and  tor  taa  bnnaMMaa  ot  oti)«r  bosines*.  irtti  b^ 
held  at  the  office  of  the  ^company  in  Clerelaad,  on 
WBDBB8DAT.  March  7.  1B77. 

The  tranater-lKwks  wul  be  closed  from  tha  oraiiliit 
af  20th  inst,  nntU  March  8. 

GEO.  H.  RUB8KLL.  S*«t«taiy. 


STOTvnsAjrr  Fcaa  iHsosAjion  ^nsTAar,     ) 

Na  122  Bowxa^  and  No.  900  Bboiawat.    S 

Kaw-IOKC  Feb.  2L  1877  ) 

THB  ANNUAL  BliBCTION  FOR  TWbMtV 
flr«  Diteotors  and  three  iospeeton  at  tb*a*A*a> 
aval  aleetioa  will  b*  held  at  the  aa«eot  flMaosnaoor. 
Ba  188  BowOT.  on  THOaBDAl?  UxtSSYTHm. 
vpU  o««m4  at  18  v..  aad  eloaod  it  1  a'eloek  P.  JC 

&BOBaX  B.  BHOADI.0eo»t«ak^^ 


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A  BRIILIANT  TEA-PARTY. 

^i^E  LADT  WASHIHaTON BECEPIION. 
XffiAlfDSST    AVFAIB    OF    THB     SEASON— THE 
ACADEMT  OF  MUSIC  AND  NIL6SON  BALL 
CKOWDED  TO  BXCES5 — ^DbVcRIFTION  OF 
THE  BOOTHS— THE  PBOMINENT  PERSONS 
"WHO  WBRB  PRESENT — THE  DAl^CINO  AT 
THE  ACADEMY. 
The  citizens  of  New-Tork  bore  witneu  last 
Jigbt  to  the  beneflceuce  of  one   ot  ita  mosc  noble 
olianties.    Ererybody  knows  St  John's  Gaild  and 
kts  work  ;  ererybody  baa  comeaoroM  It  or  its  aeeots 
In  one   place   or   another,  for  several  years    past, 
BDd   thousiuids   of   aoilars  in   money   and     cloth* 
—    Ing  and     proTlaioos    have      been   contribtited   to 
replenish      its      stores      as      thev     have     been 
coDsomed.      "Sfo  time   was  ever   so  hard  in   this 
City  that  this  institution  has  not  been  able  sncoesa- 
folly  to  make  its  appeal  for  the  poor.and  it  has  never 
tbeen  heard  in  vain.  In  Winter  the  freezing  and  starv- 
ing are  fed  and  clothed;    in  Sammer  the  pinins  chil- 
dren and  sickly  mothers  arecaugbt  np  for  a  day  now 
Bod  tnen,  and  blessed  In  body  and  mind  by  a  breath  of 
fresh  air  and  a  meal  of  good  thinss  on  the  hospital 
barge  of  the  Guild.    To  do  all  this  requires  a  great 
deal  of  money,   and  the  entire  success  of  the  recep- 
tion last  niKht  is   proof  that  the  good  work  prose- 
cuted with  so  much  thoroughness  has  been  appre* 
ciated   and   will  be  sustained.    The  Martha  Wash- 
ington Reception  was  brought  to  a  state  of  ripeness 
and  perfection    through  the  assistance  of  many 
of  the  best  known  and  respected  ladies  and  gentle- 
men in  this  City,  who  entered  with  all  their  hearts 
Into  the  work  of  making  the  affair  sacoessfiil.     The 
jtickets    were    illustrated    with    views    of   Jklartha 
-Washington's  home  at  Mount  Vernon,  a  monogram 
of  thn  letters   M.  W.,  and   a  view  of  ladeoendenoe 

iHall,  clustered  abont  a  good  representation  of  the 
hospital  barge  sailing  past  Castle  Garden  on 
one     of    Its     ezcarsions     aown      the      bay.      That 

these  tickets  had  been  in  good  demand  began  to  be 
apparent  at  8  o'clock  last  nitiht.     The  front  of  the 
Academy  at   that  hour  was  ilium  nated   with    the 
glare  of  a  calcium  light  on   Fonrteecth    street,  op- 
posite Irving  nlace,  and  in  the   range  of  this  power- 
ful light  Stood  crowds  of  spectators  awaiting  the 
ariival     of     the    guests.    The    weather    was    as 
delightful      as      could       have       been       desired^ 
the     moon     shining    brilliantlv    overhead,    while 
Ithe       streets       were       in       excellent      condition. 
IThe  number  of  spectators  was  so  large  that   Irving 
place   was   filled  far  above  Fifteenth  street,  while 
there  was  a  dense   throng  on  both  sides  ot   Four- 
teenth street   toward    Third   and  Fourth  avenues. 
Ibe  Police  kept  a   wide  passage  open  to  the  en- 
trances, but  the  crowd  pressed  as  close  as  possiDle 
to  the  lines  eager  to  catch  glimpses  of  the  superbly. 
dressed  ladies  as  they  alighted  from   the   carriages 
and  hurried  into  the    academy.    Before  9  o'clock 
the  approaches  to  the  building  were  fillea  with  car- 
riages, and  it  seemed  as  if  it  would  be   midnight 
jbefore    the     last      one    would    deliver    its    load. 
Unside    the      house     the    arrangements    in    both 
^he  Academy  aod  Nilsson   Hall  had  all  been  well 
made,  and  were  carried  out    smoothly,    skilfully, 
aod  without  delay,  thanks  to  th-o  energy  and  indns- 
trv  of  Mr.  Theodore  Moss  and  Mr.  Charles  Cham- 
berlain,   Jr.,    who     had     general   charge   of    the 
;sfrair.      The  hour    for    opening    the    ball    was    10 
Dclook,    bat   long    before    that    time    the     boxes 
were  more  than  half  filled,  while  the  parquet  was 
well  occapiea,    aod    the  familv  circle  preaented  an 
unasually  blooming    aspect.      The-  decorations  of 
the  opera-house  were  not  elaborate,  the  ingennity 
of    the    decorator   having     been     expended     apon 
the    garden    in    Nilsson  Hall.    Vases   ot   flowers 
marked  the  boundary  erf  the  dancing   platform,  the 
procenium   box  set    ap>art   for    the    Grand    Dakes 
Alexis  and  Constantioe  was  draped  with  the  royal 
ensign    ot      Kassia,      and      the     box     occupied 
hy  Mayor  Ely  was  decorated   with  the  Municipal 
flag.     American  flags  were   tastetully  arranged 
over  the  flrat  row   ot  boxes  on  eithar   side   of  the 
stage,  and  fastened  with  glittering  sbields.     A  cal- 
cium light  in  the  upper  tier  threw  its  glare  over  the 
stage.    At  10  o'clock,  the  crowd  outside,  the  Acad- 
omy    had    increased    to     several    thousands,    and 
the    pol-ce    were     fullv     emoloyed    in    restrain- 
ing    thorn.         The      corridors       were     thronged 
with      ladies       dressed       in       brilliant    costumes, 
and  gentlemen  in  uniform  or  evening  dress,  and  the 
boxes  were  all  occupied,  the   parquet  filled  to  over- 
flowing,  the  amphitheatre     crowded,    and    guests 
■were      still      coming.       They       continued        to 
come      uatil       midnight,      and       swept       in      an 
unbroken     mass     in       and       out       at      the      en- 
;  trances  to  Kilsson  HalL    in  numbers  the  ball  far 
eurpassed  auy  previouaone  of  the  season,  as  it  also 
did  in  the  attendance  of  prominent  persons.    The 
Tariety  andiichnessof  Its  costumes  were  infinite, 
and  there  was  aoundaoce  of  eociabiUty.     The  Grana 
Dnkes  of  Bussia   entered    the    Academy    at    10:30 
o'clock,  in   the    midst  of  a  qaadrille,  giving  no  op- 
portunity for  therecogniiion  of  their  coming  by  any 
formality      They  were  turnished  with  very  artistic 
copies  of  the  order  of  dancing,  painted  in   water- 
colors,  and  the  cord  decorated  with   a  rosette    upon 
■which  the  royal  arms   of  Kussia  were   wrought  in 
silk.    The  ball  will  bring  not  less   than  $15,000   to 
$he  treasury  of  St.  Jonn's  Guild. 

THE  MENUET  DE  LA  COtTB. 

^^t  a  few  minutes  past  10,  after  the  performance 
ot  several  overtures  by  the  two  bands,  the  gas  was 
suddenly  lowered  and  the  ctirtain  was  raised,  disclos- 
ing in  the  foreground  16  couples  in  costumes 
of  the  rei.'n  of  Louis  XIV.  On  the  raised 
platform,  at  the  back  of  the  stage,  were 
proaped  the  ladies  who  were  to  have  charge  of  the 
booths  in  Nilsson  Hall,  the  costumes  of  each  nation- 
ality being  together,  and  Mrs.  Bettner,  the 
repreaentaiivA  of  Lady  Washington,  in  the 
middle.         Mrs.      Settner      word     a    costume       of 

"wbite  brocaded  silk,  patterned  exactly  after  the 
dress  in  Huotiogton's  famous  picture.  Two  broad 
iviok  311k  bands  ran   down  the    eocsage   and   skirt 

Ifrom    the    neck    to    the  bottom.    The    sleeves 

wera  sburt;  aod  tight-fitting,  with  rosettes  of 
~  pink  ribbon  at  the  eloows.  The  stomacher 
was  of  point  aignille  laze,  very  deep  and  rich,  and 
It  was  tasitened  at  the  throat  with  a  large  brooch  of 
diamondi.  The  head-dress  was  very  nigh,  with  a 
long  lace  cap.  the  hair  being  powdered  and 
the  top  being  ornamented  with  a  ouncu 
Df  plok  ruses  and  a  white  ostrich 
feather.  The  couples  on  the  flQor  stepped  for> 
ward  in  a  stately  march  to  the  music  of  Bernstein's 
band,  and  at  the  same  moment  the  glare  of  five  pow- 
erful calcium  lights  was  thrown  from  the  npoer 
(allery  upon  them  and  the  other  group. 
The  «-ffect  was  magmflcent.  The  costumes  were 
superb  sf  themselves.  The  gendemea  wore  coats 
of  scarlet,  blue,  green,  fawn  culor,  and  purple  vel- 
vet and  black  moire  antiqoe,  some  of  them 
elaborately  embroidered  in  colors  and  others 
gorgeous  with  gold  or  silver  lace  ;  embroidered 
waistcoats,  white  satin  knse-breeobes,  pink,  purple, 
pr  black  stockings,  and  shoes  with  silver  hackles. 
Xhev  all  had  white  wigs  with  the  traditional  qaeue. 
The  ladies  were  attired  in  silks  of  various  hues,  cut 
Harie  An  toinette  style,  with  immense  court  trails. 
Some  wore  their  hair  powdered  and  others  had  wbite 
wigs.  17 early  all  displayed  a  bit  of  ribbon  and 
some  feathers  in  their  coiffure.  The  audience 
looked  on  breathlessly  as  the  exquisite  colors 
'blended  in  the  intricacies  of  the  march.  Then,  sud- 
denly the  couples  spread  out  over  the  door,  taking 
their  places  tor  a  grand  Minuet  dnCour.  The  names 
of  the  dancers  and  the  order  in  which  they  stood  is 
as  follows:  Mr.  Be  Garmo  with  Mrs.  Bryant;  Mr. 
'Anderson  with  Mias  Doughty ;  Mr.  D  .rt  with  Miss 
Alice  Brown;  Dr.  Sohnltz  with  Miss  S,  Philbps ; 
Mr.  Van  Orden  with  Miss  L.  Phillips;  Mr. 
Baker  with  Miss  Kate  Forson ;  Mr.  Bhsoh  with 
Miss  M.  Hastings ;  Mr.  Fiske  with  Mis.  E.  Hast- 
ings; Mr.  Doughty  with  MlsafParsoas  ;  Mr.  Weld 
with  Miss  Bryant ;  Mr.  Owfifi  wltn  Miss  F.  Dart; 
Mr.  Maiterson  with  Miss  Hassett;  Mr.  Damond 
with  Mrs.  Mordaont,  Mr.  Pielitz  with  Miss  Still, 
man,  Mr.  Vetnon  with  Misa  Wiliiants,  and  Mr.  G-il. 
berv  with  Miss  Taylor.  The  various  steps  were 
jcone  through  without  a  single  mistake,  and  when 
bbe  couples  made  their  final  bow  and  resumed  their 
march  ihe  vast  audience  broke  forth  into  a  storm  of 
applause.  The  cnrtain  was  then  mug  down  and  the 
^tage  cleared. ,  

SCENES  AT  NlLbSON  HALL. 
When  it  arose  again  the  doors  of  Nilsson  Hall 
^h»A  been  thrown  open,  aod  the  guests  were  allowed 
,to  file  in  procession  into  it.  Workmen  had  been 
',eniEaged  since  Monday  last,  under  the  superin- 
tendence of  Messrs.  Young  &  WUsoa,  in 
the  decoration  of  the  ball,  which  was  trana- 
iormed  into  a  lovely  givden.  The  approaches  Irom 
the  Academy  had  Mea  draped  with  tri-colored  bnnl- 
tog.  The  air  inside  was  heavy  with  perfume.  The 
Mtrance  doors  were  flgnkea  by  fancy  groups  ot 
palms  and  other  rare  plants  and  by  huge  omar 
zoental  nms  overflowing  witli  exquiaite  ezotios. 
iThe  walls  were  hidden  behind  a  masuTe 
■ereen  ot  tall  flf  txnm  which  sheltered  a  series  of 
»cbon..enciosiiiA  boothf   typical   of   the   varieas; 


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countries  of  the  globe.  These  were  surroanded  by 
plants  Indigenous  to  the  several  climates  reore- 
sented,  ana  were  profusely  ornamented  with  flags 
and  banners,  and  with  gay-colored  flowers.  Tinv 
cages  fall  of  oanariea  were  hidden  among  the  foliage 
evervwhere.  The  booths  were  for  the  sale  of  flow- 
ers, done  up  in  many  artistic  shapes,  the  deal- 
ers being  ladies  chosen  for  their  grace  and  beauty, 
each  set  wearing  the  na  ional  costume  of  the  nation 
under  whose  banner  they  served  for  the  nonce. 
Under  the  brilliant  glow  of  the  gaslight  the 
effect  was  very  beantifnl.  Indeed  nothing  bas  ever 
been  seen  to  equal  it  in  this  City,  except  perhaps 
the  decorations  of  Irving  Hall  on  the  occasion  of 
the  last  Ameticus  Club  ball,  which  is  reported  to 
have  cost  130,000;  yet  that  lacked  the  presence  of  re. 
fined  and  beautiful  women,  taaiefnl  toilets,  and 
that  ataosphere  of  reapectablhty  and  good  breed- 
ing which  were  the  most  enjoyaole  features  of  this. 
The  ct'ntral  arbor,  the  largest  and  most  elaborate 
of  the  sMies,  was  dedicated  to  mouern  Amorlca.  It 
was  octagonal  in  shaue,  its  many  pillars  supporting 
an  open  roof,  topped  by  a  dome,  on  which  stood  a 
Urge  stuffed  eagle  grasping  in  bis  talons  a  silk 
United  S  atesflig.  Around  the  outsido  to  a  height 
of  three  feet  ran  a  screen  of  everrteens,  banked 
on  top  with  potted  lycipodlum.  Similar  sceens 
ranninz  through  the  centre  from  iront  to  rear 
made  a  wide  passage  through  the  bower,  and  in  the 
narrow  spaces  between  the  outer  and  inner  prome- 
nades stood  the  ladies  who  had  been  chosen  to  repre- 
sent The  Union.  They  were  in  modem  attire,  and 
were  Mrs,  General  Badeau.  the  Countess  D'WUban, 
Miss  Mari6,  Mrs.  and  Miss  Hubbard  Miss  Eay- 
moud.  Miss  Walsh,  and  Miss  Lawrence.  They 
ware  all  attired  in  evening  costumes  ot  modern 
cut.  They  were  presided  over  by  Mrs.  John  B. 
Marie,  who  wore  a  sky-blue  silk  rohe.  covered  with 
deep  falls  of  point  aiguille  lace  and  magnificent 
diamonds ;  hair  powder-d  and  decorated  with 
ostrich  feathers.  The  pillars,  roof,  and  dome,  and 
also  the  many  graceful  festoons  which  ornamented 
the  edges  and  comers,  were  composed  of  evergreens 
profusely  decorated  with  artificial  and  cut  flowi»-s. 
Which  were  arranged  in  such  a  manner  as  to  make 
the  Union  colors  predominate.  Rustic  nanging 
baskets  and  cages  of  singing  canary  birds  were 
hung  Irom  every  point  of  the  root,  and  on  the  capi- 
tals of  the  pillars  stood  potted  lilies  and  dwarf 
plants. 

Directly  in  trout  of  the  American  bower,  on  a 
pedestal  draped  with  nch  crimson  hangings,  was 
the  silvered  cologne  fountain  that  was  extuolted  at 
the  Centennial.  Figures  ot  cupids,  squiiTels,  bears, 
and  horses,  stood  around  it,  and  from  numerous 
jets  issued  constant  streams  of  Jockey  Club,  White 
Rose.  New  Mown  Hay,  and  California  Water.  Fa- 
cing the  fountain,  wito  its  bacK  to  the  s  reet  door, 
was  Russia's  arbor.  It  was  next  to  Ameiica's  in 
beaaty.  lu  shape  was  half  of  an  ooragon,  with 
evergreen  pillars  and  peaked  roof  Go  each  capital 
stood  a  potted  palm,  between  which  and  onthet'tp  of 
the  roof  were  massed  plumes  of  white  pampas 
grass.  A  platform  In  the  rear  supported  three 
stuffed  bears  rampant — one  in  the  embrace  of  a 
tiger — and  between  th^se  was  plac<>d  the  royal 
Russun  arms.  RusMan  flags  were  gracefully  dfaped 
among  the  evergreen  rafters  of  the  roof  and  the 
royal  Bu88ian  standard  fiiated  from  the  top.  Skios 
of  ferocious  animals  hung  on  each  side,  and  there 
were  numerous  baskets  ot  exotics  pendant  from  the 
roof.  Mrs.  John  C.  Fremont  was  tne  presiding  te- 
nius.  She  was  attired  in  salmon-colored  silk, 
trimmed  with  magnihcent  folds  of  point  aiguille 
lace.  Her  assistants  wtre  Miss  Hargous,  Miss 
Anita  Hargous,  and  Miss  Mary  Townaend,  all  in 
white  silk,  uimmed  with  swan's  down  <.nd  ermine 
far. 

England's  bower  was  next  to  Russia's,  on  the 
right.  From  a  heavy  canopy  of  scarlet  satin  de- 
pended draperies  of  British  flags  and  upright  ban- 
ners tastefully  disposed.  Tall  gilt  stands.  lopped 
by  huge  bouquets,  stood  on  either  side.  Festoons  ot 
smilax  set  otf  one  of  the  prettiest  bowers  in  the 
hall.  Mrs.  J.'  Lester  Wallack  prexided.  She  wa« 
attired  in  white  ailk,  cut  very  dfcoUeti  and  trimmed 
with  small  white  flowers.  She  had  a  buuch  of 
blush  roses  on  tier  bosoin  ana  two  tiny 
silk  Uuioii  Jacks,  one  on  each  shoulder.  Her  as- 
sistants were  in  wbite  silk.  They  were:  Miss 
Sewell,  Mrs.         Char.es         Wallack,         Lidy 

Toung,  Mrs.  Woodman,  of  England,  Miss 
Koss,  Miss  Chamberlain,  and  Miss  Hall. 
The  next  bower  was  France's.  A  white  canopy 
edged  with  red  fringe  was  upheld  by  rustic  braucbeii. 
Beneath,  arranged  on  pretiy  stands  in  front  and  Oe- 
tiind,  was  a  perfect  mass  of  gorgeous  potted  flowers 
in  full  bloom.  Theio  were  acacias,  azalias,  bego- 
ulas.  terns,  calla  Ulie^,  caitiellias,  Vdriegatea  hollies, 
hyacinths,  lilies  ot  the  vallev.  violets,  cineraria.-, 
cytisus,  chorozemas,  giedas  Tankerviilaa,  anibu- 
iiums,  echeverrias,  carnation  pinks,  and  numerous 
other  rare  vanties.  The  flower  counter  was  a 
square  dark  rock  covered  wi  h  trallinif  vines.  On 
each  end  wj»8  a  pretty  hanging  basket.  Mrs. 
Geerge  W.  McLean  presided.  She  was  attired  ir 
white  brocaded  silk  trimmed  with  large  daisies,  or- 
naments of  pearls  and  solitaire  oiamond  ear- 
rings. Her  assistants  were  Miss  Ija  Dewitt, 
Miss  Ella  Dewitt.  Mrs.  Bndd,  and  Mrs.  Fel- 
lows. They  all  wore  white  silk  snd  pearla. 
Spain's  was  next  in  order.  A  canopy  of  red  and 
yellow  silk — the  national  colors — was  suspended  by 
yellow  silken  cords  from  the  branches  of  four  saf- 
roonding  trees.  In  the  rear  was  a  rustic  trellis 
covered  with  imitation  Krano-vines.  TUp  enyiron- 
iug  toliage  was  uay  with  cut  fiowers.  Mrs.  M.  T. 
Uuggins  presided.  She  wore  orange-colored  siil^ 
trimmed  with  Bruasets  lac«  and  scarlet  flowers. 
She  was  assintPd  by  Mrs.  J.  Louuox  Uaggiua,  Mi«3 
Huggins,  Miss  Vau  Wyck,  and  Mus  Aliaoie  Wier. 
Their  costumes  ware  similar  in  style  to  hers. 

Next  came  Germany's,  oue  of  the  largest  and 
finest  in  the  room.  It  bad  the  usual  evergreen 
pillars,  but  m  the  rear  and  in  the  form  of  a  circle. 
The  roof  was  archea,  and  the  evergreen  rafters  ter- 
minated in  tiont  in  a  larice,  opeu-wurk  ball  of  ever- 
greens and  flowers,  beneath  which  hung  huavy 
black,  red,  and  white  silk  streamers,  gathered  by 
ganands  of  blush  rosubmls,  and  encircled  with 
smilax  and  rea  roses.  An  insertion  ot  wide  scar- 
let satin  was  r&n  tbrougn  the  pillars  lu«t  btilow 
thoroof.  Numprous  hau;;ing  baskets  adiicd  to  the 
effect  Ainoug  ttie  foliage  grouped  ab>>at  this  arbor 
were  growing  camellias,  callas.auraoarias,  variegated 
holly,  and  pinks.  A  rouud  taole,  draped  in  black 
and  decorated  with  evergreeus.  stvOJ  in  the  centie, 
and  served  as  a  counter  for  the  use  ot  tbe  fair  dis- 
pensers of  flowers.  Mrs.  Edward  Salomon,  wite  of 
the  ex-Ciovernor  of  Wisconsin,  presided.  She  wore 
a  rich  purple  silk,  with  a  point  a>guille  lace 
stomacher,  and  powdered  hair  decorated  with  roses 
and  an  ostrich  tejtber.  Her  asvistants  were  Miss 
Funke,  Mlss.Kiettouff,  Mrs.  H'  ffuauer,  Miss  Vawe> 
senbouck.  Miss  Isidur,  Miss  F.  Richard,  and  Miss 
Eaiih  Isidor.  Tney  were  attired  in  pea^iant 
costumes,  each  representing  a  difierent  )>ro- 
vince  of  Germany,  manv  of  them  never 
having  been  seen  in  this  country  before. 
The  next  was  Italy's.  The  arbor  was  a  roofed 
trellis  supporting  grape-vines  and  banked  with 
palms  and  other  tropical  olants.  White  grapes 
bung  down  in  clusters.  Large  statutes  fluixbed  ofi' 
the  sides.  Mrs.  Dr:  R.  F.  Wier,  a  great  erand-niece 
ot  Gen.  Wasbijgton,  presided.  Sue  was  attired  in 
white  silk  trimmed  with  chantiUy  lace;  cbc-misette 
of  puffed  tulle.  Her  assisiauts  were  Mus  Barbour, 
Mias  Cutts,  Miss  Oakley,  and  Mrs.  H. 
K.  Alden,  who  wore  the  IcalUn  national  costume. 
Greece's  was  next.  An  imitation  aroue  wall  witn 
capitals  ran  along  two  sides.  Above  wasagruen- 
painted  lattice  buug  as  a  canopy  and  covered  witn 
acacia  vines.  Behind  tne  wall  »nd  in  trout  of  it  on 
eitoer  side  were  statues.  The  enciroling  toliage  in- 
cluded six  or  eight  varieties  ot  dracanas,  maranias, 
eurcnlago.  tree  ferns,  and  yuccas.  There  were  also 
many  vases  filled  with  exotics  dispersed  about  the 
arbor,  and  tbe  top  ot  the  wall  was  almost  covered 
with  them.     A  thick  testoun  of  rosea   was  ar- 

raneed  along  the  front.  Mrs.  Robert  Dale  Owen 
orestded.  Sbe  was  attired  ib  black  sua,  with  a 
Brussels  lace  veil  and  shawl.  Her  assistants  were 
Miss  Hart,  MiasMattieBtuwn,  Miss  J.  Wilson,  and 

Miss  C.  i>.  Jones.  They  wore  bine  aod  red  Greek 
costumes  edged  with  gold  and  silrer  trimmings. 
'  Rebecca  at  the  Well  "  was  last  on  the  right  of  the 
room,  near  the  Academy  d"or.  A  huge  vase,  paint- 
ed to  imitaie  a  stone  well,  and  a  fl  jwer  and  vine- 
wreathed  lattice-woi'K  stand  were  emt>owered  lu  a 
fancy  group  of  palma,  aracanaa,  tree  furos,  and  eur- 
cnlago. The  well  was  filled  with  lemonade,  aod  on 
tbe  stiind  were  elasses  from  which  five  beautiful 
young  ladles,  in  goreeoas  Orieutal  cosiames,  din- 
pensbd  refreshing  drangtitg  at  war  prices  to  the 
susceptible  throng.  Mrs.  Edward  Lauterbach  pre- 
sided. She  was  assisted  by  Miss  Herter,  Miss 
Laby.  and  Miss  Buck  man. 

On  the  left,  next  to  Russia,  was  Iceland's  bower, 
arranged  to  represent  a  rounded  canopy  of  snow 
with  pendant  icicles,  the  background  beiug  com. 
posed  of  cleverly-imitated  ice  on  canvass,  itociis 
piled  loosely  in  trout  and  the  surrounding  trees 
were  wbite  with  cotton  and  mica  to  represent 
snow.  Tbe  effect  was  very  pretty.  Mrs.  F. 
J.  Dopigoac  presided.  She  wore  a  salmon 
colored  silk  trimmed  with  Brussels  lace,  and  on  her 
head  was  a  white  silk  cap  covered  witn  gauze.  Her 
assistants  were  Miss  Isidur,  Miss  iSryan,  Miss 
Denicke,  aod  Miss  Groyer.  Thev  were  attired  io 
gay  colored  striped  dresses  trimmed  with  silver  lace, 
and  all  had  jaunty  caps  on  their  heads. 
Next  to  Iceland,  in  the  corner,  was  the  Mount 
Vernon  bower,  an  elegantly  drapeu  and  carpeted  in- 
closure,  in  which  Mrs.  Beitndr,  Dr.  Carnochan  s 
Bister,  received  in  Revolutionary  coatnme  already 
described.  The  canopy  was  of  Solterino  colored 
satin,  with  a  silk  Ameriean  flag  on  tup. 
Rustic  stands  served  as  flower  counters. 
Mra.  Bettner's  assistants  were  Miss  Harwick, 
Mias  Dufais,  Miis  Vanderpoel.  Mrs.  May  Wbite, 
Miss  Bettner,  Mrs.  Morris,  and  Mrs.  Ball.  All  wore 
white  Continental  costumes.  A  long,  narrow  space, 
completely  surroanded  by  high  forest  trees,  except 
a  small  ihtrance  and  exit,  was  tne  site  of  tbe  gypsy 
camp,  where  fortunes  to  suit  tbe  pockets  of  the 
public  were  told  oy  15  lovely  Zingari,  under  the 
queeuship  of  Miss  Laura  S.  C.  Davtoo.  In  one 
corner  waa  acamp-flre,  with  suspended  pots  and  all 
the  ether  aocessorieii ;  in  another  coruer  was  a  gor- 
geous teat,  and  Surewn  about  were  real  logs,  upon 
which  the  beantilol  fortane-tellers  sat.  Mr.  Sam- 
sou  was  klue  of  the  tronue,  wbiob  ooosiated  of 
Miss  C.  Kimball,  Mrs.  B.  B.  Kimball, 
Miss  E.  Kimball,  Misa  Patterson,  Misa 
N.  Patterson,  Master  G.  Leggatt,  Miss 
Merritt,  Miss  Samson,  Miss  Riker,  Miss  Root,  Miss 
Shirley,  Miss  Bloodsood,  and  Miss  M.  Bioodeood. 
All  wore  appropriate  costumes.  Mexioocame  next. 
In  the  middle  of  a  mass  of  cactns,  Spanish  bayonet, 
agaves,  yuccas,  aloes,  ^upnorbiaa,  rubber  treea, palms, 
and  otber  tropical  plaata  was  stationed  a  stran*- 
tbatched  cabin  with  sides  and  back  ot  matting.  A  . 
counter, covered  also  with  matting.stood  in  front.  Mrs 
George  Browne,  Jr.,|pre8ided.  She  wore  a  solferiuo 
satin  dresA  tnmmed  with  noint  apnilque  laoe, 
over  which  was  thrown  a  black  lace  shawl.  Her 
assistants  were  Mrs.  West.  Miss  West,  and 
Miss  Nichols,  stmllsrly  attired,  and  all 
having  Mexican  caps  on  their  beads. 
Finally,  there  was  the  tiower  of  Brazil,  a  sisne- 
fronted  booth,  with  tile  root  and  baek  ot  matting, 
embowered  in  palmettoes,  rabber  trees,  aoaciaa, 
dracsaas,  amaranths.  Sago  palms,  and  other  ultra- 
tropical  trees.  The  illusion  waa  rendered  more 
complete  l>y  tbe  presence  of  a  Inr^s  white  parrot  in 
a  wicker  cage,  which  supplemented  tbe  beauty 
•f  the  attendants  in  attracting  an  nnceaalng 
throng.  Miss  Fanny  Barrow  presided.  Six»  waa 
attired  in  black  velvet,  with  red  sasb  and  sap.  She 
was  assisted  by  MissBuace,  Miss  Claire  Bunoe, 
and  Miss  Bellew,  who  woresimilar  costumes. 

The  flags  of  the  aeretal  naUona  were  drasad 


about  the  haU,  and  each  booth  was  deeorated  with 
a  red  silk  banner  bearing  its  coat  ef  arms. 


THE  DANCING  AT  THE  ACADEMY. 
Tbe  prooeasipn  filed  tbroneb  the  ball  and 
oat  again,  neaily  every  peraon  stopping  on  the  way 
to  porchase  a  bouquet.  Then  dancing  commenced 
on  a  floor  which  waa  thronged  to  tbe  point  of  dis- 
comfort. Tbe  City's  box  soon  filled  np,  the  gnests 
besides  Mayor  Blybeing  GoDtroller  andMrs.  Kelly, 
President  Lewis,  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  and 
'  wife,  and  CommisaioBer  and  Mrs.  Hayward.  Dur- 
ing the  first  landers  the  Grand  Dukes  Alexis  and 
Constantiup,  attended  by  Consul  Bodisco 
and  Baron  Sohdling,  entered  their  box. 
^^bey  were  attired  in  plain  evening  costume,  and 
tbeir  arrival  was  so  qnlet  that  there  was  no 
demonstration.     In  a  few  minutes,  however,   the 

Sussian  national  anthem  struck  np,  andtbeimperial 
urty  aro^and  bowed  their  thanks.  Then  President 
Lewis  went  oveY  and  asked  if  their  Highnesses  would 
be  pleased  to  meet  tbe  Mayor.  They  acquiesced, 
and  the  Municipal  party  went  over  and  payed  tbeir 
respects.  Then,  under  escort  of  Mr.  Daplgnao  and 
the  Mayor,  tbe  Gr->nd  Dukes  and  their  suite  went 
into  Ntlsson  Hall,  followed  by  an  immense  throng. 
At  the  Rnsslan  bower  a  special  order  of  dance, 
painted  iu  water-colors,  and  having  pendant  from 
it  a  bollion-frioged  rosette  with  the  Rossiau  coat  of 
arms  embroiaered  on  it  was  presented  to  Alexis. 
Gen.Prypr  snbaeqaently  stepped  no  and  introduced 
Mra.  Washington,  of  Virginia,  a  grand  niece  of  the 
General,  who  gave  Alexis  a  pinch  of  snoff 
out  of  a  snuff-box  presented  by  Alex- 
ander II.  To  Judge  Bnshrod,  of  Virginia. 
Alter  about  15  minutes  the  imoerinl  partv  took 
their  leave  as  qaietly«as  tbey  entered.  The  next 
guest  of  note  to  arrive  was  ex-PrMSldent  Lerdo.  of 
Mexico,  who  came  ander  escort  of  Mr.  Alexandre. 
He  was  in  full  uniform,  and  was  made  the  recipient 
of  every  attentiim.  "Tbo  crush  about  1  o'clock, 
wben  tbe  ball  was  at  its  height,  was  awfal.  The 
costumes  of  tbe  ladies  were  very  rich  and  beautiful, 
almost  without  exception.  The  festivities  did  not 
close  until  an  early  hour  this  morning. 


PROMINENT  PERSONS  PRESENT. 

In  writing  of  those  present  it  is  ouly  neces- 
sary to  state  that  what  is  known  as 
"  all  lfew-7ork"  w^ere  in  attendance.  Among 
the  most  prominent  were  the  following: 
The  Grand  Dukes  Alexis  and  Coustantine.  Cant. 
Le  Baron  Schilling,  the  Russion  Minister,  and  the 
Grand  Duke's  physician;  Sir  Charles  Yotmg, 
hlayor  Ely.  Controller  John  Kelly,  and  Mrs.  Kelly, 
Tax    Commiseioner       fiay^ood.     Alderman    S.     A.. 

Lewis,  and  Mrs.  Lewis,  ex-Judge  Joseph 
Koch,  and  Mrs.  Koch,  Algernon  S.  Snlli- 
van,  and  Mrs.  Sollivan,  ex-Aidorman  Vance,  end 
Mrs.  Vance,  Col.  Frederick  A.  Conklmg,  Mrs.  John 
Bigelow,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  Godfrey  Guntbtr 
and  Misa  Guntber,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hinckley, 
Gen.  Rozer  A.  Pryor  and  party,  including 
a  grand-niece  of  G-en.  Washington  and  great- 
grand-mece  of  Martha  Washiotrton,  Judee  D"no- 
bne  and  lamilv,  Howard  Adams.  John  Abbott,  Gen, 
and  Miss  McQoade,  Mrs.  Van  Brunt,  aud  Miss 
Louise  S»Tvo»:'.  Eras'us  Brooks,  R.  DavOy. 
Major  £.  Ellingwood,  Herman  Kobbe,  and  Mrs. 
Betner,  and  tne  followine  members  of  the  O^d 
Guard  :  J.  Aspell,  Capt.  J.  E.  Bazley,  Charles  G. 
Child,  Treasurer;  Seigt.  Ralph  Booth,  Sergt. 
Martine,  Capt.  Buckley,  G>'n.  Joseoh  Naylor,  Capt.  T 
Morris.  Mr.  J.  W.  Ranuey  ;  Mrs.  Dr.  I'aruocbau,  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  £.  W.  Scott  and  Miss  W.vroan,  Judge 
Brady  and  Mrs.  Bra<1v,  Gen.  Xilburo  Knox,  Miss 
Dart,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stanfleld,  Caut.  Warion  of  Gen. 
Sbaler's  stafl;  Dr.  De  Gran.  United  States  Army, 
Gen.  Lloyd  Aspmwall,  Gen.  Anson  G.  Mc- 
Cook,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrew  W.  Leggatt, 
Pilot  Commissioner  Biuut,  aod  family  ;  Judge  A.  J. 
Alkerand  lady,  Charles  Cbamberlain,  Jr.,  and  Miss 
Kitty  Cnaroberlain,  Mr,  aod  Mrs.  Lester  Wallack, 
M  ss  Madeline  Hawes  and  Mr<.  J.  Kogers,  and 
Commissioners  Brenuan  aud  (Jox  and  ladies,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Kettleman,  Judire  Dnfi.y,  Police  Commia- 
siuners  Erbardt  and  Wheeler. 


SOME  OF  THE  PRESSES. 

Mrs  Theodore  Moss,  in  tbe  proscenium  box 
adioining  that  of  Dake  Alexis,  attracted  consider- 
able atten'ion.  She  was  attired  in  a  crean- 
colored  silk  court  train  of  black  velvet, 
richly  trimmed  with  point  lace.  Her  diamonds, 
which  were  of  nntold  valne,  were  admired  by  all. 
Miss  Addle  Moss  wore  a  pink  and  white  grenadine, 
trimmed  vitb  white  lace.  Miss  Emil.y  Moss  looked 
pre.ty  in  a  snow-whi.e  iUuaion,  tnmmed  with  nat- 
ural ^.)wers. 

Mrs.  Ju'ige  Brady  was  attired  in  black  satin, 
wh'te  aDp:iqu6  lace.    Diamonds. 

Mrs.  Sarony  wore  a  nob  nuzarene  and  sky-blue 
silk,  trimmed  with  point  apoiiqu6  lace. 

Mro.  Alexander  Howe  looked  liewitoblngly  beau- 
tiful in  a  black  velvet  court  train.  Diamond  orna- 
ments. 

Mrs.  A  L.  Sewell  nie  Wallack,  wore  a  brocaded, 
lavender,  embroidered  silk,  trimmed  with  white 
lace  and  leather  irimminge. 

Miss  Alice  Ettou,  a  pretty  belle  of  Lake  George, 
was  beautiluiiy  attireil  iupinksilk. 

Mias  Jarrett  lu  white  satin,  lace  trimmings  and 
diamonds. 

Mrs.  Judge  Koch  in  a  heavy  white  ailk. 

Miss  Jusie  Harmon  in  garnet  silk,  black  lace  over- 
dress. 

THE  boxp:8. 

Tbe  boxes  were  occupied  as  follows : 

PBOSCENItm  BOXES. 
B— p.p.  Earle.  Q— Preslilent      Lerdo,     of 

^ — T.  W.  iweddie.  Mexlo,    and     invited 

F — Grand  Duke  Alexis  snd  uuests. 

n:trtv,  B— Wu  Vuiig  Dine.Imperial 

D — Theodore  Moss.  Knvo.y    from     Lhina, 

J — .\rmy  and  .Savy  offlcers.  and  suite. 

P— City  o£Bcih1s and  (ilQcers  O— A.  Hailgaiten. 

of  Slate  Guvernmeut.  K— F.  Korbuy. 

AKTISTS'  BOXES. 


Parepa— DeWHt  C.  Rice. 
NilRSon — t'.  H.  Bonsm.in. 
Kellogg— D.  I.  heliirmaii. 
Pa:ii— O.  H.  BonnelL 
IMccoIomiui— W.  R.  Grace. 
Lagrange — S.  8.  Usrgoos. 
Gri»i— .ura.  J.  D.  Townaend. 
llozart->y.  a.  Wiley. 


Rossliil— P.  J.  Dupl'Tiac. 
Meveioe'iT— R.  A.  Britton. 
Bellini— Jacob  R.  TeJfalr. 
Donizetti — C.  "T.       Woerls- 

choffer. 
Verdi— Mrs.      Zester     Wal- 

Uk-ic 
Gounod- WUIiam  Bb:d. 


FIRST  BOW,  FIRST  TIER. 


1  — Mrs.  flheever. 

2 — C.  K  aicnardfl. 

3— «i.  W.  Cecil. 

4— J.  D.  Blydtnburg. 

6 — Mrs.  A.  O.  Coo  tenuis. 

7— Gen.  •^  C.  Dod^e. 

8— P.  L.  K.  Punk. 

9— H.  J.  Goodwin. 
10— C.  Nterling. 
11— A.  C  kiezs. 
12— Mrs.  Q.  M.  Ward- 
13— Mrs.  M.  G.  Oosenblatt. 
]4_L.  V.  Sone. 
16— L.  V,  Sone. 
IB— Mrs.  A.  W.  Leggnt. 


17— H.  M.  Weed. 

18— 1\  A.  Bloomfield. 

la— H.  C.  I  eV\»tt. 

20-J.W.  Weed. 

•Jl — VV.  p.  Havemever. 

22— Mrs.  I.  L  Hayes. 

V3— J.  H.  Hopper. 

24— Mrs  Hh>-ri<lan  Shook. 

25— O.  II.  Blancbard. 

26— iV.  B.  Bonn. 

27-W.  H.  LeeK- 

28— Mr».  M.  C.  Stanley. 

30— Julge  Donohne. 

31— A.  K.  Bolan. 


CENTRE   ROW. 


40-J.  P.  Eioley. 
41 — C.  Oodtxey  Onnther. 
42 — J.  D.  T.    iilacKstoue. 
43— M.  K.  Bobioson. 
46-.\It8.  H.  K.  Thurber. 

47— W.  U.  OedPUn 
48 — B.  A.  Quiatard. 

49— ^irs.  ; .  V.  ue  Forrest. 
6i/— J.  C.  Southwick. 
61-Mrs.  L.  Kiitland. 
52 — Kioicslaud. 


53— (".  F.  Woeriscboffer. 

64 — Jo..<eph  Kocb. 

65— Mrs.  W.  L.  UoCieady. 

66— w.  LangaoiL 
67— Mr.  D.irlmg. 
ss — J.  T.  Haneman. 
69 — K.  Robe. 
60—  .  C.  Walte. 
61-S.  W.  Morse. 
82— Mrs.  A.  B.  Darllag, 
83— Urs.  U.  H.  Clark. 


SECOND  TIER. 


102-J.  B.  Weaver. 

104_U.  8.  Hills. 
10,^— R.  H.  Conklhi- 
106—4.  Scott 
107— M.  Hnntineton. 
108— Mrs.  T.  E.  Stewart. 
109 — Mrs.  Blanck. 


Ill— C.  Braker,  Jr. 

112 — N.  .Sarony. 
114— L.  8.  StockweU. 
115— R.  Skinner, 
lib— L,  H.  Joseph. 
117— 'ITS.  Ronalds, 
lis— U.  C.  Duval. 


ATHLETICS  AT  CENTRAL  PARK  GARDEN. 

A  Buccoseful  athletic  entertainment  waa 
given  yesterday  at  Central  Park  Garden,  Seventh 
avenue  and  Filty-ninth  street.  There  were  two 
performances  during  the  day,  one  in  the  afternoon 
and  one  in  the  evening.  In  -  the  afternoon  the 
best  display  was  a  Grmco-Roman  wrestling  match 
between  William  J.  Austin,  136  pounds,  tbe  cham- 
pion light  weight  of  New-York,  and  Jacqnes  De 
Lion,  174  pounds,  of  Paris.  The  conditions  of  the 
matclt  were  tbe  best  three  out  of  five  Calls,  with  no 
r<>8trlction8  as  to  grips.  In  the  first  bont,  which 
was  the  best  contested,  Austin  won  the  fall  after  20 
minutes  of  bard  work  ;  be  also  won  tbe  second  and 
third  ialls.  in  7  and  17  minuies  respectively. 

In  tbe  evening  the  audience  was  not  so  large  asm 
the  afternoon,  but  was  moch  mure  select,  many  of 
the  best  known  amateur  athletes  ol  tbe  City  being 
present.  The  programme  was  made  up  of  olob. 
swinging  by  Kavaux ;  sparring  between 
John  Saunders  and  John  Keill.y,  Robert 
Cannon  and  "  Punch "  Morris ;  fencing 
with  broadswords,  and  broadsword  against 
bayonet  by  Freide'loks  and  Detnrck.  The  enter- 
tainment closed  with  a  set-to  with  the  gloves 
hetween  William  Miller  and  John  Dwyer.  From 
the  first  Miller  did  the  best  work,  and  it  was 
soon  a  foregone  conclusion  that  be  would  get  the 
best  ot  the  matob.  He  continued  to  have  the  ad- 
vantage throughout,  and  at  tbe  close  ot  the  five 
rounds  fought,  it  was  almost  unaniinously  decided 
that  he  was  tbe  victor. 


TBS  nOBBE&T  OF  MISS  KEL8ET. 
Henry  W^alters  and  his  wife  Lola,  who  were 
remanded  on  Wednesday  by  Justice  Otterhunrg  to 
await  examination  on  a  charge  of  burglary  in  enter- 
ing the  apartments  of  Miss  Lizsie  Kelsey,  at  Ko. 
126  West  29 1 h  street,  and  stealing  therefrom  wear- 
ing apparel  valued  at  (500,  belonging  to  that  lady, 
were  broagbt  before  tbe  magistrate  yeaterda.y. 
Theodore  Fowler,  who  was  arrested  on  Wednesday 
evening,  was  arraigned  with  them.  In  the  absence 
of  Miss  Kelsey,  who  is  °at  present  out  of 
the  City,  her  brotner,  John  W.  Kelsev, 
made  the  complaint.  He  testified  that  on  Monday 
evening  Mra.  Waiters  invited  him  to  accompany 

ber  for  a  walk,  and  they  were  out  toeether  several 
boars ;  wben  about  to  return  home  Mrs.  Walters 
requested  him  to  allow  her  to  return  half  an  hour 
before  him,  which  request  he  complied  with  ;  when 
be  got  home  he  iouod  that  the  apartments  of  bis 
sister  had  been  entered  by  means  ot  false  kers  and 
robbed  of  several  silk  dresses  and  other  articles  of 
wearing  apparel,  valued  in  all  lat  1500;  when  be 
made  the  discovery  be  raised  an  alarm,  wben  Mrs. 
Walters  appeared  from  a  closet  on  that  floor,  and  io 
this  closet  were  sabse^uently  foand  a  fur  muff  and 
cape  belonging  to  Miss  Kelsey  ;  the  next  day  he 
found  that  the  Walters  were  packing  np  tbeir 
household  goods,  preparatory  to  leaving  tbe  City, 
and  he  therafora  aaosed  their  arreat.    I^om  infnr. 


-ILIUM 


mation  obtained  ,  from  Mn.  'Wattara,  BeteotiTe 
Scbmidcberger.  of  tbe  IVottty-alnth  Predoot,  ar. 
rested  Tbeodore  l^>wlel',  «nd  In  the  apartment  of 
the  Isttm,  in^  First  aqraet;  near  the  Bowvrv,  foand 
the  greater  portlQa  of  the  Dtoperty' stolen  i^m  Mias 
K*lsey.  The  -  prisanars  wyre  held  fur  examination 
and  committed  to  priaoa  in  default  of  baiL 

FUNEBA^  OF  DAMEL.  W.   JFTMAJH. 

mt 

IMPOSING    IfASOiaO    SERVICES    IN     JEBSEY 
CITY — BOKORS  TO  A  DEAD   MASOIT. 

Tbe  funeral  of  Daniel  W.  Wyman.  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Kew-York  Elevated  Hallway,  and 
Xbirty-third  Degree  Illastrioaa  Commander  in 
Chief  of  the  2f  ew-Jersey  Sovereign  Cousiatory,  who 
died  on  Sunday,  aged  53  years,  of  enlargement  of 
the  heart,  took  place  yesterday  afternoon  from  his 
late  residence,  Ko.  269  Second  street.  Jersey  City. 
Tbe  casket  inclosing  the  remains  was  covered 
Witn  fine  black  cloth,  aud  handsomely  trimmed 
with  silver  mountings.  At  its  head  stood  a  massive 
floral  broken  shaft,  placed  there  by  employes  of  the 
Elevated  Hallway.  At  tha  foot  of  the  casket  waa  a 
wreath,  having  the  words  in  tbe  centre^  in 
violets,  "'Our  Departeo  Trustee."  a  gift  from 
tbe  Trustees  of  the  Redding  M.  E. 
Church,  in  Montgomery  street,  Jersey  City,  and 
at  the  foot  of  tbe  casket  waa  a  l^sonio  floral 
tribute,  having  in  the  centre  of  a  triangle  "  Our 
trust  is  in  God."  At  the  appointed  hour  there 
formed  in  front  of  tbe  residence  the  New-Jersey 
Sovereign  Consistory,  nnder  the  command  of  Dr.  J. 
Consad,  Lieutenant  General  of  tbe  State  of  Haw- 
Jsrsey;  Hugh  De  Payen  Commandery  Ko.  1, 
Knight  Templars,  of  Jersey  City,  headed  by  Emi- 
nent Commander  M.  M.  Drohan  ;  Jersey  .City 
Lodge  No.  74  F.  and  A.  M.,  Albert  Jardme, 
Master,  and  delegations  from  Jersey  City  Consisto- 
ry, Xblrty-tblrd  Degree,  Scottish  Kite,  and  Con- 
sistory Tliirty-third  Degree  of  New- York.  Among 
the  New-York  Maxons  present  iu  line  were  Hon. 
Charles  T.  McCieuaclian.  ex-Judge  Saiunel  J onss, 
aod  Messrs.  £iwood  S.  X'horns  aud  Wilson  Small. 
The  pall- bearers,  Messrs.  W.  H.  Waits,  James 
Huskins,  John  Duncan,  Willium  Morgan,  Washing- 
ton Suilib.  and  John  C.  Freeman,  ot  Jersey  City 
Looge,  who  carried  tbe  casket  from  the  house  stcii 
deposited  it  in  tbe  hearse,  which  was  escorted  by 
the  Masonic  bodies,  F.  W.  Cane  acting  as  Grand 
Marshal,  to  tbe  Hedding  'Church,  where  the  reli- 
gious and  Masonic  ceremonies  were  to  be  per- 
formed. The  edince  waa  dllod  to  its  utmost  capacity, 
and  large  numbers  were  unable  to  gala  admissiim. 
The  religious  exercises  were  ouuducted  by  Key. 
Dr.  James  M.  Frteman,  former  Pastor  of  Mr.  Wy- 
man; Bev.  Dr.  J.  L.  G.^cKeown,  Pastor  of  Red- 
ding Cbnrch,  and  Kev.  Mr.  K.  Van  Horn. 
As  the  procession  entered  tbe  CDurch  the 
organist  pertormed  a  dirge,  and  Dr.  Mc- 
Keown  recited  an  appropriate  passage  of 
Scripture,  beginuiog  "I  know  that  my  Redeemer 
liveib."  At  tbe  sound  of  the  gavel  all  tue  Maoons 
became  seated.  Alter  praver  by  Dr.  Freeman, 
Bev.  Mr.  Van  Horn  read  the  90th  Psalm,  "Lord 
Tnon  hast  ueen  our  dwslling  place  m  all  genera- 
tions," which  was  followed  by  a  solo,  ''Jesus,  lover 
of  my  soul."  Aiier  a  brief  tribute  to  tbe  deceased 
by  Dr.  McKeowo,  who  spoke  of  the  kindly  attri- 
butes for  Which  he  was  noted,  Ur.  Freeman 
preached  a  toneral  discourse,  taaing  for  bis  sub- 
ject, Irom  Scciesiastcs,  "Man  goeih  to  bis  long 
home  aud  the  muuiners  go  about  the  streets ;  "  anu 
from  Keveiatioo,  "  God  shall  wipe  away  all  tears 
Irum  their  eyes,  and  there  shall  be  no  more  death 
nor  crying;  neither  shall  there  be  any  more  pain, 
for  the  foiTuer  things  have  passed  away,"  elucidat- 
ing his  lexis  by  speaking  of  the  irailty  of  human 
lite,  and  the  bliasiul  reward  of  all  who  lived  as 
I  heir  deparied  tnend  had. 

The  Masonic  ceremonies  were  under  the  quper- 
vision  of  Joaiah  Drummund,  of  Maine,  Most  Emi- 
nent General  Commander  oi  tbe  Tbirty-tliird  De- 
gree of  tbe  United  States,  and  Marshal  B.  Smith, 
Grand  Maiter  of  tbe  Grand  Lodge  ot  New-Jerse.v, 
the  latter  ot  whom  read  tbe  burial  ritual  and  deous- 
ii«d  the  lamti-sain  apron  (emblem  ot  louooence) 
and  .  the  evergreen  (emblem  \)f  immortality) 
upon  the  casket.  After  a  Masonic  praver,  tbe 
Masons  parsed  in  single  file  to  taite  a 
last  look  at  tbeir  departed  brother  and  sprinkle  bis 
casket  with  evergreeos.  Tbe  procession  re-lormed 
in  the  street,  and  when  tbe  body  bad  been  again 
placed  in  the  hearse  the  line  ot  march  waa  taken  to 
Jersey  Ci.y  Cemetery,  at  Bergen  Hill,  where  tbe 
rt^mains  were  placed  in  the  receiving  vault, 
and  tbe  "Grand  Honors"  were  paid  under  tbe  di- 
rectioh  of  Grand  Master  Jardine,  tbe  "  Uoooi-s  " 
coueiitiug  of  the  uttering  of  the  word.-^ — with  ap- 
propriaie  sigus—"  We  cherish  his  memory  here  ;  " 
'■  We  commit  his  body  to  the  dust,"  and  "  We  com- 
mend his  Moul  tu  God  who  gave  it." 


THE  ELECmV-MtUICAL  COLLEGE. 


COMMENCEMENT  EXERCISES  AT  CBICKEBINO 
HALL— AN  ADDKK6S  ON  ELECrKICAL 
SCIENCE  IN  THKB.\PEDTICS — THE  SUC- 
CESS OB*  THE  COLLKGE. 
The  commencement  exercises  ot  the  Electro- 
Medical  College,  which  was  incorporated  in  lc7S, 
were  held  yesterday  at  C bickering  Hail  in  presence 
of  a  large  nnmber  of  persons,  tbe  occasion  being  the 
sixty-filth  anniversary  of  the  birth  of  the  founder 
of  the  ioslitntion,  Dr.  Albert  J.  Steele,  who  pre- 
sided. Dr.  St.ele  delivered  an  opening  address  on 
"£:ectrical  Science  in  Therapeutics."  He  said  that 
tbe  time  bad  now  come  for  tbe  inauguratiou  of  tbe 
Electro.Medical  College,  the  many  obstacles  that 
bad  stood  in  its  way  having  been  removed.  Many 
years  had  been  spent  in  tbo  study  of  electricity  and 
its  attributes  and  lis  power  in  curing  disease  of  the 
human  system.  Many  of  its  ways  were  past  fiad- 
tng  out,  but  notwithstanding  this  fact,  God  bad 
permitted  man  to  develop  much  ot  its  power.  He 
would  only  speak  of  one  of  the  attributes  of 
electricity — its  power  upon  the  human  frame, 
which  waa  of  a  most  beneficial  nature. 
Much  diversity  of  cpioion  existed  in  regard 
to  helping  nature  in  her  dniies.  and  it 
would  be  found  that  disagreement  was  thn  order  ot 
the  day  in  tbe  schools  of  practice  when  it  was  made 
the  snb,iect  of  Investigation.  Many;  years  ago  he 
was  found  to  be  a  nervous  paralytic  Electricity 
came  to  tbe  rescue,  and  he  was  emancipated  from 
his  termer  miserable  condition,  and  this  fastened  tbe 
conviction  upon  his  mind  that  that  subtle  power 
electricity  might  be  made  tbe  greatest  remedial 
agent  known  to  tbe  world.  He  bad  prosecuted 
studies  in  that  direction  with  great  success,  and  was 
prepared  to  say  that  eleotrictty  was  more  soothing 
to  Ihe  human  frame  in  its  nature  than  any  other 
known  remedy,  and  all  that  was  needed  in  addition 
to  secure  good  health  and  orolong  life  waa  eood 
nutritious  food.  Prof.  Steele's  remarks  were  brief, 
and  when  be  had  conciaJed  be  introduced  ex-Gov. 

Frank  Fuller,  of  Utah,  who  delivered  an  address  on 
"Toe  True  Pbilosopliy  of  Ditreacion."  One  of  ibe 
best  known  writers  on  the  subject  of  di- 
gesiiou,     tbe   BDe;iker     stated,     declared     that 

the  prooess  waa  a  sort  of  liiisiog  ot  the  sub- 
stances that  entered  tbe  human  system. 
The  true  philosophy  of  digestion,  however,  was  op- 
posed to  a  part  of  ibis,  and  still  holds  to  a  oart  It 
controverted  tbe  "rinsing  theory,"  and  showed  that 
there  was  no  substance  wbiob  sbonid  be  lost  except 
such  as  was  etiete.  Toe  speaker  went  on  tu  show 
that  milk  was  the  only  food  which  man  could  call  his 
own,  for  all  tbe  other  substances  provided  b.v  nature 
were  regenerative,  and  tbeir  nutritive  qoaliues 
were  intended  to  assist  in  the  process  of  regenera- 
tion. Fur  tbe  sake  ot  example,  he  called  attention 
to  a  grain  of  wheat,  and  pointed  out 
tbe  manner  of  its  erowth  from  tbe  time  of  tbe 
planting  of  the  seed  until  it  appeared  above  tbe 
earth,  fle  dwelt  at  length  on  tbe  subject  of  feed- 
ing infanta,  and  instructed  bis  bearers  as  to  the 
amount  of  nutritious  food  that  was  cootHined  in 
healthy  milk.  A  child's  life  be  stated  was  greatly 
enduigered  after  the  weaning  process  because  of  a 
failure  to  supply  it  with  as  much  tuod  as  it  had  re- 
ceived In  the  milk. 

Mr.  Charles  Straas",  tbe  college  counselor,  next 
delivered  an  address  relative  to  tbe  workings  of  the 
Electro-Medical  College.  After  referring  to  its  in- 
corporation and  the  selection  of  a  competent  corps 
of  professors  and  the  election  of  Prof.  Steele  as 
Deas,  be  spok*  of  the  prejudices  of  the  orthodox 
members  of  the  orotession  toward  the  institniioo, 
which  by  dint  of  perseverance  had  been  overcome. 
He  said  that  after  demonstrating  to  the  medical 
faculty  and  others  that  tbe  oflicers  of  tbe  iustiiu- 
Uun  claimed  no  suiiitual  manifestations  or  mes- 
mensm,  but  oased  tbeir  work  upon  positive  fact 
and  common  sense  principles  of  diet,  it  was  now  in- 
augurated under  tbe  must  tavorable  auspices.  Mr. 
Strauss  then  referred  to  tbe  competition  in  the 
medical  profession,  and  asserted  that  the  victory 
belonged  to  the  ablest,  whether  be  be  orthodox  or 
not.  Speaking  of  the  degree  conferred  by  tbe  col- 
lege, he  said  it  simply  issued  a  o^rtlflcaie  setiing 
forth  that  tbe  student  had  become,  competent  in 
tbe  sciences  of  electrical  therapeutics,  physiology, 
anatomy,  and  hygiene. 

This  concluded  the  proceedings,  and  tha  audience 
then  dispersed.  ' 

JOE  COB  URN  TIBEO  OF  IHE  TOMBS. 
Judge  Curtis,  oounsel  for  Joe  Coburn,  ap- 
plied  to  Jodge  Brady  yesterday  for  a  writ  of  habeas 
corpus,  on  the  grounds  that  his  client  was  innocent 
of  the  crimes  charged  against  him,  and  that  his  im- 
prisonment pending  his  trial  was  so  prejudicial  to  his 
health  that  there  could  be  no  reasonable  hope  of  bia 
being  in  a  fit  condition  tor  his  trial  on  Monday. 
The  affidavit  stating  these  lacts  was  made  before 
Mr.  William  H.  Kickerts,  and,  armed  with  this  doc- 
nment,  Mr.  CnrriK  at  once  proceeded  to  tbe  resi- 
dence ot  Judge  firad,y.  The  Judge  took  the  papers 
in  the  case,  and  siated  that  be  would  bear  the  argu- 
ments of  counsel  at  tbe  opening  of  tiis  court  this 
morning.    In  case  the  application  is  denied,  it  is  on- 

derstood  that  a  strong  euort  will  be  made  to  obtain 
the  freedom  of  tbe  prisoner  nnder  bail. 


A  PHILADELPHIA  CALICO  PABTT. 
Phtt. A  T>KT.FHiA.  Feb.  32. — A  calico  party  was 
given  to-night  at  tbe  Academy  of  Hnsic  under  the 
auspices  of  tbe  Women'a  Centennial  Committee,  in 
aid  of  the  iioor  of  tbis  city.  The  afiEsir  was  patron- 
ized by  tbe  best  society  of  the  city,  and  waa  in 
every  way  a  sncsess.  Tbe  principal  fsatnre  of  tbe 
oooasion  was  the  performance  of  tbe  minuet  in  cos- 
tume  by  ladles  and  gentlemen  dressed  in  the  garb 
vam  at  tbe  Federal  court  a  oentnrv  aao. 


Glir  AND  SUBURBAN  NEWS. 


NEW-YOBK. 

Mr.  Bobert  D.  Yates,  iu  •  esrd  to'  tbe 
"Draught  Players  of  the  World,!' olTera  to  play  a 
match  of  5U  games  for  the  ohampionship  aod  a 
stake  ot  flOO  to  (500,  in  60  days  after  signing  the  ar- 
Uolea. 

Tbe  Kurtz  Gallery  not  beinfr  larjce  enough  to 
accommodate  the  numbers  who  desire  to  attend 
the  sale  of  the  H.  N.  Smith  collection,  the  auction 
will  be  held  at  Association  Hall,  Twenty-third 
street  and  Fourth  avenue,  this  evening  at  8  o'clock. 

Antonio  Carrollia,  an  Italian,  of  No.  33  Bax- 
ter street,  was  yesterday  held  by  Justioe  Duffy,  at 
the  Tombs  Police  Courti  to  answer  a  charge  of  bav- 
ing  committed  a  felonious  assault  on  Charles  Kelly, 
Of  No.  151  Leonard  street,  whom  be  cut  in  the  head 
with  a  penknife.  ^      / 

Rev.  Sylvester  Malone,  Pastkr  of  Sts.  Peter 
and  Paul's  Church,  preacned  a  sermon  and  delivered 
a  patriotic  discourse  yesteroay  in  tbe  Catholic 
church  at  New-Bochelle,  Rev.  Mr.  McLaughlin, 
Pastor.  Great  crowds  were  present  at  each  apitear- 
ance  of  Bev.  Mr.  Malone. 

William  Hickey  and  John  Mitchell  were  yes- 
terday held  in  (3,000  bail  at  the  Tombs  Police  Court, 
OD  the  cbart'e  of  bnving  knocked  down  and  robbed 
Peter  Anderson,  a  shipwrecked  steward,  who  lately 
arrived  from  .Aspinwall. '  The  attack  was  made 
esri.y  yesterday  morning,  while  Anderson  was  pass- 
ing along  Washington  street. 

The  detectives  of  tbe  Fifteenth  Precinct 
yesterday  discovered  a  number  of  youthful  pick> 
pockets  busily  engaged  in  their  nefarious  business 
in  the  vicinity  of  ITuion  square.  The  following 
were  arrested :  Henry  Smith,  aged  14 ;  Joseph 
Lascb,  aged  15;  John  Yore,  aged  19;  Edward  be- 
msn,  aged  18,  and  John  Fitzgerald,  aged  17.  Twelve 
silk  handerohiefs  and  sevbral  pockelbooks  were 
found  in  the  possession  of  tbe  prisoners. 

On  Tuesday  night  last  a  gang  of  burglars 
effected  an  entrance  to  tbe  office  of  Caleb  Barstow, 
on  the  third  fl  >or  of  Ko.  26  Bnrllne  slip,  and  forced 
open  a  small  safe  which  coutaioed  nocbing  of  value. 
The  papers  in  the  safe  were  thoroughly  examined, 
but  none  ot  them  were  taken.  The  burglars 
descended  to  the  tbird  flior  and  broke  into  the 
oflices  of  Lowell  W.  Palmer.  Cooper  &  Sterling,  and 
Brane,  City  weighers,  but  foand  nothing  of  value 
there  and  were  compelled  to  leave  the  building 
without  anv  booty.  An  exaniination  of  the  premises 
showed  that  t  be  burglars  had  secreted  themselves 
in  tbe  upper  floor  of  the  building  before  the  place 

was  closed  for  the  nigbt. 


PABSBN&EBB  BAILED. 
A  staovSt  •k'P  jPomm«rania,  for  Bcunimrff—Vn.  Kate 
V.  OocgetC,  A.  HsmmaobeT,  O.  PfeSlfer,  C.  SohJexea* 
berc.  B.  OiH*«Bb«txn.  Or.  Otto  Gross,  Julias  Knott.  Mia. 
Jf.  PblUpso  Xt  and  ehlld.  Pletro  Vulovieh,  Lotmuo  Fanth, 
Mr.  and  IIC8.\.I*-  Hols  and  three  obildren,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
O.  Jasnlta,  J.<  O-  Strotamayer,  uenry  j.  Sobn,  Hia.  A, 
Weissbezger,  .Miss  A.  Kann,  Mrs.  C.  Friedman,  Uisa  C. 
KMiath,  Mias  .t.  Frledeman,  E.  Spllker. 

MjyiATVl'tM  ALHANA O—l HIS  DA T. 
Sunrises 6:4!^  <  Sun  sets.... 5:44 1  Uoon  Bete...8:50 

HlOttit  WATSK— THU    OAT. 

8andrBook...8;10|U'>ov.lBland..3:59|  fleU  Gate.  ...0:21 


MABIKB  .^NTELLIQENOB, 


NEW-TOBK^ 


.THDBSDAt,  FSa  22. 


OLit'ARED. 

Stesm-shfp  City  of  Vec»  Cms,  Deakea,  Havana,  F. 
Alexandre  k.  Son. 

Baras  Professor  Koidei  leUpld,  (Norw.,)  Bomer, Cork 
or  Falmontb,  fnnch.  Kdye  fi-Ca;  liea.  (Anst.,)  Smeroh- 
Iniob,  London,  Slooovioh  .&  Co.;  Osini  Subrovacki. 
(Aust.,)  Marinovlch,  Cork,  Funch,  Edye  tt  <  a:  Serena 
P.,  (Aust.,)  Cbersanoe,  Aber  0een,  Slocovich  It  Ca 

BxiK  Abbie  U.  Sitcomb,  Kei  vne.v,  Matanzas,  Cuba,  Jas. 
E.  W^ardfcCo. 


ABRIVI^. 

Bteam-shlp  City  of  Xsw-Tork'  Zimmerman,  Havana 
4ds.,  with  mdse.  and  4  pa8seo|?ers  to  F.  Alexandre  k 
Bona. 

Eteam-Bhip  Begnlator.  Doane.,  Wilmington,  V.  C, 
Feb.  18,  with  naval  stores,  octfkton,  &c.,  to  Wm.  P. 
Clyde  k  Co. 

Steam-ship  Fanita,  Howe,  Phil  Btlelohia,  with  mdse. 
to  .lames  Hand. 

eteam-sblp  Old  Dominion,  Walker,  Richmond,  City 
Point,  and  Norfolk,  witb  mdse.  and'^passengets  to  Old 
Dominion  Steam-ship  Company. 

Steam-ship  tien.  Whitney,  HaUlett.  Boston,  with 
mdse.  and  passengers  to  MetropoUuut  Steam-ship  Com- 
pany. 

Khip  Kenyon,  (of  Liverpool,)  Glover.' Calcutta  134  da.; 
wiih  mdse.  to  Ashbum  i.  Co.— vessel,  to  Orkell.  Tufts 
k.  Co. 


Bark  Yecnvlo,  (Tt«L.)  Oaeaee.  Trieate.  110  «a..  wttk 
empty  barrels  to  order— vessel  to  rnaeb,  Bdya*  Csl 

Bark  Hontesoma,  Briggs,  St.  Fieite  'Jl  da.,  wtik 
pogar  to  DwfgtitfcnaCt. 

Bark  (ietUn,  (of  Boston,)  Snow,  Mnaes*  UOte. 
with  mdse.  to  Gen.  Bopes. 

Bark  Qneen  of  the  Seas,  (of  Hong  Kong.)  Hardwlofe 
Vanlia  120  ds.,  with  sngar  to  F.  a.  Spnnc  fc  Cio. 

Bark  Samuel  B.  Spring,  (of  Portlnud.)  Bacon.  BoeoM 
Ayres  65  ds.,  witb  hides,  ftA,  to  order— vessel  to  Btwt 
Son  t  *jo. 

Bark  Bofheaay.  (Norw..)  Bvenaen,  St.  Thomas  14  da^ 
in  ballast,  to  Punch,  Bdye  *  Co. 

BMk  KmiUa.  (Get,)  Beokmann.  Newcastle.  Eng.,  7| 
"^  "I'l.?™*-  *»  order- vessel  to  Foneh.  Bdy  k,  Co. 

^^^^"••,  "'^'  Sawyer.  Hamburg  92  da.,  wttt 
empty  barrels  to  J.  D.  Fish  t  Ca 

*i^"^v*''"?'  jQe'v)  Oerdes.  Bramen  68  da.,  witfc 
•"SPFyS?*^^*  **  order— vessel  to  Tbeo.  Bnger. 

BrIgElisa  Merton.  (of  Portland.)  Leland.  Oaxdaaat 
17  da.,  with  sugar  to  Gossler  k  Co.— vessel  to  MOler  k 
Hongnton. 

»Jl!?%JT-^.2jr*'"''  <^'  CasHne.)  Havener.  Pensm 
l5SSr''tHo'uS*on"'*"**  H.  H,  Swift  k  Co.--re.aal  t. 

_.^''i°"*xPt"K"'?- J^^°-*  I-eston,  Bavana,  Jan.  SA 
via  Tvbee.  Feb.  6,  with  smrar.  tc.,  to  order 

Sohr.  Aidana  Kokes,  (of  RockUnd, )  Ehodea.  Mataaaai 
14  da-,  with  sugar  to  Fernandez  k  Caloa— vessel  co  a 
P.  Brown. 

Schr.  Sarah  F.  Bird,  (of  Eookland.)  HaU.  MatanaaaU 
de..  with  sugar  and  mo.asses  to  BenJaaiinKiondjrk  fiS 
—vessel  to  H.  P.  Brown.  j»-.*«««oa»  «.  uo 

Schr.  John  Bird,  (of  Rookland.)  Smith.  Catrbarienla 
da.,  wltai  sugar  to  order— vessel  to  a  F.  Dearbotu. 

Schr.  Mary  A  Powei;,  Willey,  Cardenas  14  at.  with 
sugar  to  order — vessel  to  Snow  k  Bunress.  ' 

Schr.  Addle  G.  Bryant,  (of  Bangor,)  StnblM,  Milk 
Biver,  Ja.,  with  logwood  to  6.  Wessela— vessel  to  B.  W 
I<ond  k  Co. 

WISD-  Sunset,  light,  W.  W:;  very  hazy. 


SAILED. 
Steank-ships  Pommeranla,  for  Bamburg;  State  el 
Nevada,  tor  OlasKow :  Bicbmond.  for  Kiehinond  Albe- 
marle, for  tiewes :  Auentowo.  for  Philadelphia;  barks 
St.  Lucie,  fur  Cailao:  Elisa  Barss,  fbr  Bermuda-  brig 
Abbie  C.  Titcomb,  tor  Mataosas. 


ST  TELEGRAPH. 
Bavaxa,  Feb.  32.— The  steam-ship  City  of  Havaia 
from  Kew-Tork.  Feb.  17.  art  here  this  attemonn. 


TSIRTY' SECOND    ANNUAL    REiPOUJ 


N 


The  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  Wednesday, 
elected  ex-Gov.  William  A.  li^ewell  President  and 
George  N.  Cook  Secretary. 

John  Brown,  of  No.  60  Nelson  street,  was  ar- 
rested vesterday~oh  a  charge  of  brutally  beating  his 
wife,  Mary.    Her  injuries  are  of  a  serious  nature. 

Coroner  Simma  held  an  inquest  yesterday  iu 
the  case  of  Henry  Northcote,  aged  4  years,  son  of 
James  Northcote,  the  artist.  jThe  child  swallowed 
a  kidney  bean  aud  was  choked  by  it 

John  Link  fell  into  a  well  which  he  was  sink- 
ing at  East  New- York,  yesterday,  and  beside  dis- 
locating his  collar-bone  broke  eight  of  his  ribs.  He 
was  removed  to  bis  home  In  Atlantic  street. 

An  exact  raeaeurement  of  the  bridge  between 
the  towers  was  made  yesterday,  by  order  of  Col. 
Boebling,  In  consequence  of  tbis  order  a  number 
ot  people  were  prevented  from  making  a  trip  across 
the  East  Kiver. 

Mrs.  Baker,  residing  at  No.  255  Bailroad 
avenue,  Jersey  City,  was  engaged  In  washing  win- 
dows vcdterday  afternoon,  in  tbe  fourth  story  of 
the  bouse,  wben  she  lost  her  oalance  and  tell  head- 
long to  the  pavement.    Her  iujuries  are  futal. 

The  Board  of  City  Works  liaa  passed  a  reso- 
lutiop  directing  the  Police  to  prev«ot  the  tearing 
up  the  pavemeut-oo  Latayette  avenoe.  The  object 
of  the  resolution  is  to  prevent  the  Queens  Connty 
Kailroad  Company  from  laying  their  tracks,  in  de- 
fliince  of  law,  on  the  thornngbiare  m  <inestion. 

Qodl'rey  Beneh,  aged  30  yeara,  attempted  to 

commit  entdde  at  bis  boarding-honse.  No.  277  Sixth 
street,  Eastern  District,  yesterday  morning,  by 
taking  arsenic.  Temporary  insanity  occasioned  by 
excessive  use  of  Intuxicatiug  drinks  is  assigned  as 
the  cause  of  Kenoh's  attempt  on  his  lite.  He  was 
attended  by  Dr.  Sweeny,  and  will  probably  recover. 

Joseph  W.  Clunan,  aged  8.  years,  of  Na  1,642 

Atlantic  avenue,  waa  accidentally  shot  in  the  right 
side  yesterday,  on  Atlantic,  near  Troy  avenue,  by 
Edga**  bmitb,  aged  14  year;,  of  No.  400  Herkimer 
street.  Tbe  boys  were  playing  ^ith  a  pistol  owned 
by  Ediiar  Williams,  ot  No.  401  Herkimer  street, 
wben  the  accident  occnrred.  Dr.  Terry  thinks  that 
young  Clunan's  injuries  will  prove  taiai.  ^mith 
and  W^iliiams  were  arrested. 

A  young  colored  man  named  John  Logan, 
who  swindled  a  number  of  people  by  meass  of  fkise 

pretenses,  was  c«mmitie3  yesterday  for  trial  on  a 
charge  of  at'empiing  to  obtain  SS  from  Dr.  Meoton, 
of  No.  163  Joralemon  streek  Logan  cailea  at  tbe 
Doctor's  uouse  witb  a  forged  letter  irom  tbe  tormer 
cuacbman  asking  for  #5.  Tbe  forgery  waa  detected, 
and  Lugan  arrested.  He  has  been  identified  by  a 
number  of  people  whom  he  bas  swindled. 

Douglass  Walker,  the  amateur  actor,  who 
horsewhipped  Thomas  F.  Clark  in  the' Academy  of 
Music,  spent  yesterday,  tbe  first  of  the  00  days  to 
which  be  bas  been  sentenced,  in  tbe  Penitentiary. 
Art  be  IS  10  be  taken  to  court  this  moruing  on  a 
writ  of  habeas  corpus.  Keeper  Sherlln  did  not  have 
Walker's  nair  cut  ufi,  or  require  bim  to  don  a 
striped  suit.  II  tbe  jadgmenc  of  Justice  Walsh  is 
susiained,  however,  Clark's  assailant  will  have  to 
asstyue  the  Penitentiary  livery  until  the  expiration 
of  his  teim. 

KEW-JEKHEY. 

Godfrey  Renob,  who  swallowed  arsenio  yes- 
teiday,  died  last  evening  at  the  Eastern  District 
Hospital. 

Edward  Smith,  residing  on  Newark  avenue, 
Jersey  City,  in  attempting  to  jump  on  a  Jersey  City 
ferry-boat  at  IC:  15  Wednesday  nigbt,  slipped  and 
fell  into  the  river.  He  was  pieked  out  and  sent 
hums. 

John  Van  Dolson,  a  wealthy  resident  of 
Spring  Valley,  died  at  his  residence  yesterday  irom 
the  efi'ecTs  of  injuries  received  a  week  ago  by  be- 
ing run  over  by  a  train  on  the  New-Jersey  aud  New- 
York  Kailroad. 

The  Thirtj-tbird  Anniversary  of  the  Brook- 
lyn Institute  was  held  last  evening  at  the  Institute 
Building  on  Washington  street,  near  Concord.  Ad- 
dresses were  delivered  by  Ker.  Dr.  Daryea  and 

Prot.  Boyle.  Prizoa  were  given  to  the  members  of 
tbe  art  class  for  pruficiency  in  painting  and  drawing. 

Soeoial  Watchmen  Ferry  and  Hawes,  em- 
ployed on  the  docks  of  tbe  Cardiff  Steam-ship  Com- 
pany, Jersey  City,  at  an  early  hour  yesterday 
morning  discovered  four  river  thieves  in  a  yawl- 
boat  under  one  of  tbe  piers,  and  called  to  them  to 
leave.  The  men'  pulled  from  under  the  dock,  and 
as  they  did  so  both  watchmen  fired.  The  men  in 
tbe  boat  returned  several  shots,  and  until  they  bad 
got  out  of  siebt  an  incessant  firing  was  kept  up. 
Neither  watchman  was  struck,  but  they  are  oon- 
fideat  tbat  some  of  tbe  thieves  were  wonndecL 


OF   THB 

E^WYORK 
INSURANCE    COmPANY, 

OFFICE, 

^       NOS.    346   AND    348  'BROAD^VAY. 

J--A.IsrTJ-A.Ii-Z-    1,    1877- . 
AMOUNT  OF  NET  CASH  ASSETS.  JAN.  1,    18r6 830,166,903  «» 

•    REVENUE    ACCOOfT. 

Premiums -— • $5,910,840  87 

Interest  received  and  accrued _ $2,x64,08U  81 

Less  amount  accrued  J  an.  1,  1876 257,130  86— 1,906,919  95~    7,817.790  83 

Total -! » 837,984,693  51 

DISBURSEMENT    ACCOUNT. 

iKisaes  by  death $1,647,648  48 

DkvldendB  and  returned  premiumson  canceled  policiea 3,516,681 16 


Life^nnuities,  matured  endowments,  and  re-insuranoes 

Commissions,  brokerages,  agency  expenses,   and  physician's  fees............ 

Taxes,  ofQce  and  lanr  expenses,  salaries,  advertising,  printing,  ko 

Seduction  of  premioms  on  United  States  stocks 

On  other  stpokfl '....„ — 

Total.. .r 83a,r30,89S  J# 

ASSETS. 


234.280  22 
373,001  67 
376,694  S3 
140,232  Sa 
65,307  la-  $5,258,798  81 


17,364,837  8< 


781.58S  39 


432,695  40 


126.027  15 
36,154  19 


Cash  in  Trust  Company,  in  banks,  and  on  hand $1,427,938  18 

Invested  in  United  States,  New- York  City,  and  other  stocks,  (market  value 
$10,311,046  67) _ — 9,730,629  91 

Eealestate - 2,541,576  46 

This  includes  real  estate  porchased  under  foreclosure,    amounting    to 

$773,402  32.  a  reoent  appraisal  of  which  by  competent  jiartles   shows   that, 

when  sold,  the  company  may  reasonably  expect  to  realize  at  least  its  oost. 

Bonds  and  mortgages,  Urst  lien  on  real  estate,    (buildings  thereon  Insnied,  ' 
for  $15,321,000,  and  the  policies  assigned  to  tbe  company  as  additional  col- 
lateral security) 

*Loans  on  existing  iMllcies.  (the  reserve  held  by  the  company  on  these  policies 

■  amounts  to  $3.659,490) «. 

•Quarterly  and  semi-aimual  premiums  on  existing  policies,  due  subsequent  to 

Jan.  1,1877 — 

'Premiums  on  existing  policies  in  course  of  transmission  and  collection,  (esti- 
mated reserve  on  these  policies  $505,000,  included  in  liabiUties) 

Agents'  balances 

Accrued  interest  on  inveitments  to  Jan.  1,  1877 300,558  68—^2,780.898  » 

*A  detailed  tehedule  of  that  tttrnt  loill  ocoooipanv  (AeusvoZ  annual  report  JUed  vllh  the  Jnturanee 
Department  of  the  StaU  of  New-'SorIc 

Excess  of  market  value  of  securities  overcost 580.615  78 

CASR  AS4SET8,  JAN.  1,  1877 _ - .833,311.413  96 

Appronriated  as  follows: 

Adjusted  losses,  due  subsequent  to  Jan.  1,1877 $314.440  93 

Iteported  losses  awaiting  proof,   &c „ 201,162  21 

Reserved  ior  reinsurance    on  existing  i>oUcies ;  participating  insurance  at  4 
per  cent.  Carlisle,  net  premium;   non-partlclpating  at  5  per  cent.  Carlisle,  net  "< 

premium 29,684.461  61 

Beserved  for  contingent  liabilities  to  Tontine  Dividend  Fund,  over  and  above  a 
4  per  cent,  reserve  on  existing  policies  of  that  class 617,504  84 

Reserved  for  premiums  paid  in  advance 17,038  32—80,684,687  96 

Divisible  surplus  at  4^  cent ,..$2,626,816  00 

Snrpliu,  estimatedby  the  N'ew-Vork  State  standard  at  4  l>3  per  cent,  over 85,900,000  00 

From  the  undivided  surplus  of  S2. 626.816  the  Board  of  Trustees  has    declared  a   reversionary  dividend 
available  on  settlement  of  next  annual  premium  to  participating  policies  projKirtlonate  to  tueiz  eoatributlont 
surplus.    The  cash  value  of  the  reversion  may  be  used  in  such  settlement  if  tbe  poUoy-holders  so  elect. 

Duilng  the  year  6,514  policies  have  been  issued,  insuring  $20,062,111. 

Number  ofpoUoles  in  force  Jan.  1.  1878,44,661. 

Dumber  of  poUciea  in  force  Jan.  1,  1877,  45,421. 

Amount  at  ilsk  Jan.  1,  1876 ^ 

Amount  at  risk  Jan.  1, 1877 — ; 


.$ia6.1S2,U9  09 

..127,748,473  Oi 


PARKER  E.  MASON,  OF  CRICAOO,  WANTED. 
When  the  revenue  detectives  under  Col." 
Brooks  unearlhed  the  Chicago  Whisky  Ring,  it 
was  found  that  next  to  Jake  Rehm  and  Anthony 
Hessing.  the  leading  spirit  in  the  scheme  was  Par- 
ker R.  Mason,  a  leading  politician.  He  was  arrested, 
and  on  promising  to  make  '*  a  clean  breast  of  it," 
he  was  granted  immunity.  Shortly  after  the 
charges  against  Messrs.  Boyd  and  Hill,  now  on 
trial  in  this  City.were  under  investigation  in  Chicago. 
Mason,  who  was  examined,  denied  positively  tbat 
he  bad  any  knowlecge  of  the  complicity  ol  any  per- 
son in  tbis  City  with  the  Chicago  Bing.  Tbis  state^ 
ment  the  detectives  ascertained  to  be  false,  and  the 
Goveinmenl  officers,  considering  that  Mason  had  for- 
feited >  II  claim  to  favorable  consideration  at  tbeir 
hands,  had  him  rearrested,  and  be  gave  bail  in  12,000 
to  appear  bei,e  tor  trial  and  plead  to  his  indictment 
last  week.  This  he  did  not  do.  and  yesteroay  United 
Slates  Assistant  District  Attotney  Sherman  noti- 
fied Masoo's  counsel  in  Chicago  that  if  he  did  not 
appear  here  aud  plead  to  bis  indictment  before 
Judge  Biatobtord,  on  Monday  next,  his  ball  would 
be  forfeited.  

11,5  00  FOB  A  GAME  OF F ABO. 
On  Wednesday  last  Thomas  MoKeon,  a  paint 
dealer  at  So.  256  South  street,  appeared  before  Jus- 
tice Otterbourg,  at  tbe  Washington  Place  Police 
Court,  accompanied  by  Capt.  Williams,  of  the 
Twenty-ninth  Precinct,  and  applied  for  a  warrant 
for  tbe  arrest  of  three  "sporting"  men,  whom  be  al- 
leged had  despoiled  him  of  |1,500.  McKeon  in 
his  sthdavit  says  that  on  Monday  evening 
while  sanotering   up  Broadway  he  was  accosced  by 

Samuel  Marston  and Fields,  who  induced  htm 

to  accompany  them  to  a  room  on  one  of  the  upper 
fliors  of  So.  1,252  Broaduay,  which  Is  a  place  used 
for  gambliutr  purposes  by  Luring  M.  Black.  There 
he  waa  monced  to  take  part  in  the  fascinating  game 
ot  "  faro,"  with  the  result  that  |1,500  passed 
ttom  his  tiands  into  those  of  tbe  gamblers.  He  there* 
fore  asked  for  warrants  for  the  arreat  of  Black, 
Mar.iton,  and  Fields.  The  warrants  were  issued  and 
placed  in  the  hands  of  Capt.  Williams  for  eteon- 
tion.  Blsck  was  arrested  on  Wednesday  evening 
and  arraigned  before  Justioe  Otterbourg  yesterday 
morning.  He  gave  12,000  bail  for  examination,  tbe 
required  security  being  furnished  by  A,  L.  Ash- 
man, of  No.  75-i  Broadway.  Haxston  and  Fields 
have  not  yet  been  arrested,  but  it  is  understood  that 
they  will  appear  in  court  to-day  and  give  liail  for 
examination.  

Chateau  Laqabobse.    Pure,  delicate  Clarets  in 

2naru.  pints,  and  casks.    Victor  E.  Madobb.  So.  110 
:eade  street.— ^deer(t«<tn«st 


PASSENGERS  ARRIVED. 
m  stMst-sWp  Ctty  (if  Ke»-T«r1t,  from  Bavana.— Wm. 
Hoffman.  Chas.  G.  Col  well,  James  Price,  i'.  Uel  Valle  4 
Tzoaga.  a.  CartwTlgbt,  C.  R.  Sogers,  Herman  Bunder. 
Kdward  T.  Cbatoney,  A.  B.  Faber,  Christian  G.  Peter- 
am,,  c  iiatham  and  Wite,  J:  A.  BnatlUft  B.  De  Muriaa.  .^ 


MOBBIB  FRANIOiIlT, 
DANIEL  S.  miLZBi, 
ROBERT  B.  COLLIKS, 

CHAKLES  WUIGHT.  U.  O., 

J.  F.  SETMOUB, 
HBDBY  BO\VBBS, 


TBOSTEBS. 
DAVID  DOWTS. 
JOH.V  !IIAIECS, 
WILLIAM  BARTON, 

WlIiLIAM  A.  BOOTH, 

C.  B.  BOOEET,  M.  D., 
BDWABD  MABTIJT. 
WUiLIAH  H.  BKEBS. 


I6A&C  C.  EEKDALL. 
WJt  H.  AFPLET05, 
L(K)JII8  L.  WHITE. 
H.  B.  CLAFIiIS, 
OEOR6K  A  09000D, 
JiJO.  M.  FUHAlAX. 


MORRIS    FRANKLiIN.     President. 

WHiMAiU   H.   BESBS,   Yice    President    and   Actaory. 

'^BODUEB  M.  BANTA,  Cashier. 

D.  ODBLL,  Saperintendeot  of  Agendea. 

CORNELIUS  E.  BOaEET,  M.  D.,  i 

CHARLES  WEaoHT,  M.  D.,  j  Medical  ExamUm. 


INSURAPICE  COMPANY, 

IN  THE  CITY  OP  NEW  YORK, 

261,  262,  263  '  Broadway. 

♦— OBCIANIZEB  1S(0-* 

ASSETS,  $4,827,176.52 

SURPLUS,  $820,000 

EVERY  APPROVED  FORM  OF  POLICY 
ISSUED  ON  MOST  FAVORABLE  TERMS 

ALL  ENDOWMENT  POLICIES 

Ajn> 

APPROVED  CKAZMS 

MATURING  IN  1877 


WILL  BE 


AT  7^ 


oir  pitEaENTATioir. 

JABCBS  BUBU.,    .    .    PRSSZDSNT. 

HENRY  W.  BALDWIN, 

SUP'T  MIDDLE  DEPARTMENT, 
Drexel  Balldinc  comer  Wall  and  Broad  ata. 


SPOKEN. 

By  bark  Samnel  B.  ^prinir,  (of  Portland,)  Jan.  22,  lat. 
10  89:  Ion.  3b  06,  ship  Canada,  (Br.,)  from  Monterideo 
for  New-YorK,  45  ds.  ont. 

By  schr.  John   Bird,  (of  Bookland, )   Feb.  17.    lat.  33 

88.  Ion.  76  80,  schr.  Kben  Fisher,  from  Cienfaegos  for 
Boston. 


BY  CABLE. 

OtjLaaow,  Feb.  22.— The  State  Line  steam-snip  State 
of  FenDsylT-aQla,  Cupt.  Kntuht,  trota  New-Tork  Feb.  11, 
arr.  here  at  8  tfolooE  this  morning. 

LoiTDOir.  Feb.  22.— Sid.  15th  Inst.,  Taitnrno:  17th 
inst..  Para.  Enplea,  the  latter  fbr  Boston:  19th  Insr... 
Joun  Ii.  Hasbritack,  Acqoator,  Na-rehink.  Vittotla  M., 
the  tatter  fkom  Genoa;  -Jlst  tnst..  Drama.  LavareUs 
Sncoero,  Maria  LonUa.  J.  n.  wngbt,  Ella  Moore,  the 
latter  tor  Demerara:  32d  inst,,  Jonathan  (3>*se,  Etk- 
den,  C  S.  Bnrceas,  the  latter  for  Nora  Sootia,  XTrtra. 
for  St.  Tbomaa.  Arr.  18tb  Inst..  Jobn  H.  Kraaa.  Ed- 
ward; SSdinst.,  Oliver  Bm«r.r.  Sid.  Feb.  Vi,  Amal- 
thea.  A  o.  Vuae,  both  lor  Hampton  Beads.  Cbadv.- 


ART. 


EXTRl  JUnVOnnCEDIEIIT. 

BARKER  &  CO, 

Nos.  47  and  49  Liberty  st. 

'  Now  on  exhibition,  the  finest  selection  of  Baropeai 
and  American  OIXi  PAItTTINGS  ever  offered  at  a  down- 
town auction,  amon^  which  is  tbe  GBANU  PiOTOaH 
by  Neachtny,  the  HD8SITB8  BUFORB  RAaUBaa(}. 
This  snperb  Paintinz  has  been  ristted  and  maoh  ad.: 
mired  by  many  tboosands  daring  the  Sammer  is shibl> 
tion,  and  is  now  offured  tor  the  first  time  at  aaction, 
tojrethei  with  elegant  examples  of  American  and  Bony 
pean  Works  of  Art  by  the  foUowiuK  most  alstinKulshe4 
artists: 

S.  Bt.  OlfTord,  James  Hart,  J.  H.  Beard,  Wm.  Bart,  A. 
T.  Brlcber,  J.  B.  Bristol,  P.  P.  Ryder.  B.  L.  Henry,  <J.  A 
Baker,  Harvey  Toung,  A  W.  Thompsoc,  A  Partoo,  J. 
G.  Brown,  C.  P.  Ream,  Arthur  Qa  urtiey,  W  8.  tf  lant, 
(aeceased,)  W.  H.  Beard.  8.  Coletnai^,  J.  W.  CasUear,  O^ 
H.  Carter,  W.  T.  Richards,  and'  many  others  of  th>: 
American;  and  J.  Oaraod,  Victor  ChaTet,  B.  Aooard, 
Fiorent  Wilems,  J.  A  VroiyJc,  Paul  Lyondeoker,  P. 
SeiKoac,  Connt  D.  Bylandt,  J.  Patrols,  L.  CaiUe,  U.  Bn» 
Kers,  H.  De  Oaray,  Charles  Hoe,  Sar  isse  Idas,  (de 
cea8<^,)  E.  terav.  and  others  ol"  the  Bnropeao  soboola 
formins  the  finest  Exhioition  ever  st^n  in  a  dowa-to  w/ 
picture  mart. 

Catalojcoes  ready.   They  will  be  SOLD  on 

Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  Feb.  27  &  28. 


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lUCCESSION   TO    THE    PEESIDENCT. 

C0N8IDERABLK  SPECULATION  INDULGED  IN 
— VARIOUS  PROPOSITIONS  aDVANCKD — 
NO  PROVISION  "WHATEVER  MADE  BY  THE 
STATUTES  FOB  FILLING  A  VACANCY — 
WHAT  MAY  OCCUR  IN  CASE  NO  ONE  IS 
DECLARED  ELECTED — HOW  PRESIDENT 
GRANT  MAY  CHECKMATE  DEMOCRATIC 
REVOLUTIONISTS. 

Sj)€eial  VUpateh  to  fhe  ITeio-  Tort  Time*, 

Washington,  Feb.  23.— There  is  much 

talk  about  the  succeseion  to  the  Presidential 
office  in  case  the  Democrats  should  succeed  in 
Breveating,  bj  filibustering,  a  declaration  ot 

the  Electoral  vote.  It  has  been  generally  sup- 
posed that  the  coarse  of  the  Kepublioana 
would  be  to  stand  by  a  continuation  of 
the    count  by    Mr.    Porry,    the    President    of 

the  Senate,  and  the  declaration  of  the  re- 
sult on  the  last  day  of  the  session,  in 
case  no  election  had  been  declared  under  the 
operation  of  tlie  Electoral  bill  before  that  time. 
It  is  ars^ned  in  behalf  of  this  course  that  tbe 
Commission  has  decided  all  the  disputed  ques- 
tions, and  that  everybody  in  the  oounfry  knows 
what  the  leeal  and  equitable  result  would  be  if 
there  were  no  revolution  attempted  on  the 
part  of  the  Democracy  to  defeat  the 
tormal  announcement,  which  is  all  that  would 
be  left  at  the  end  of  the  session  to  make  the 
operation  ot  tbe  law  complete.  The  indigna- 
tion of  those  Kepublicaus  who  were  opposed  to 
Mr.  Ferry  counting  the  vote  in  the  first  place 
baa  been  aroused  to  that  extent  that  most  ot 
them  are  now  willing  to  fully  sustain  him  in 
Buch  a  contingency.  It  is  admitted  that  this 
would  have  less  foundation  in  law 
than  the  ogunting  ot  the  vote  by 
him  would  have  had  if  no  legislation 
on  the  sub.iect  had  taken  place  this  session, 
but  the  excuse  is  found  in  the  fact  that  tbe 
revolutionary  proceeding  of  the  House  makes 
gome  extraordinary  action  necessary,  and  it  is 
not  improbable,  if  there  were  no  other  alterna- 
tive, that  this  course  would  be  pursued.  There 
has  been  no  definite  plan  agreed  upon,  and  the 
views  of  Mr.  Ferry  on  the  subject  are  unknown. 
Various  other  propositions  have  been  advanced, 
as  for  example,  that  Senator  Sherman  should 
resign  from  the  Senate,  allow  Mr.  Hayes  to  be 
elected  by  the  Ohio  Legislature  to  fill  his  place, 
and  that  the  Senate  choose  Mr.  Hayes  Presi- 
dent pro  tern.,  and  make  him  the  President  of 
the  United  States  in  case  there  were  no  elec- 
tion. This  would  be  in  direct  violation  of  law 
in  one  respect,  for  the  statutes  make  no  provi- 
sion whatever  for  filling  a  vacancy  m  the 
Presidency  occurring  by  a  failufe  to  elect. 
Section  146  of  the  Bevised  Statutes  is  as  fol- 
lows : 

In  case  of  removnl,  deatb,  reslgoation,  or  inability 
of  both  tbe  President  ana  Vice  President  of  tbe 
United  States,  the  Presidenc  of  the  Senaie,  orif 
thera  is  none,  then  the  Speaker  of  the  Hoas«<  of 
Bepresentatives  fur  tbe  time  beine,  shall  act  as 
President  oiitU  the  disability  is  removed  or  a  Presi- 
dent elected. 

It  is  provided  in  the  sections  following  that  a 
special  election  shall  be  held,  which  in  this  case 
wonld  occur  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  next 
December.  The  only  evidence  required  of  a 
resignation  of  the  office  is  the  written  instrument 
declaring  the  purpose  signed  by  the  President. 
Uow,  under  this  statute,  the  President  of  the 
Senate  would  not  become  President  of  tbe 
United  States  by  reason  of  a  failure  to  elect, 
and  there  would  be  no  person  having  the  au- 
thority after  March  4  to  hold  the  Presidential 
office,  if  the  Electoral  count  should  be  left  un- 
finished. President  Grant,  being  in  possession, 
it  may  fairly  be  supposed  that  he  would  con- 
tinue to  occupy  the  office  until  a  new  election 
could  be  had,  in  order  that  the  nation  might 
not  be  left  without  an  official  head.  His  only 
right  to  continue  as  President  would  be  the 
right  of  possession,  and  that  would  be  suf- 
ficient, doubtless,  to  maintain  him  in  the  of- 
fice, as  no  other  person  would  have  the 
right  to  claim  it  from  him.  This  is  one  of  tbe 
Conditions  in  which  the  country  may  possibly 
be  plunged  by  Democratic  obstinacy  in  the 
House,  and  they  would  not  like  to  have  Presi- 
3ent  Grant  hold  the  office  under  such 
Bircumstances.  There  is  a  way  out 
under  the  statute  to  save  the  country 
from  all  difficulty  in  respect  to  the 
succession.  In  case  President  Grant  should 
resign  when  it  become  evident  that  no  declara- 
tion of  Mr.  Hayes'  election  cotUd  be  made, 
•ven  though  it  were  within  an  hour  of  the  end 
bt  the   session,    the   President   pro  tern,  of  the 

Senate  would  immediately  become  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  and,  imder 
the  law.  would  hold  over  until  the 
new        election        provided       for       should 

be  held.  Tbe  President  has  it  completely  in 
hii  power,  therefore,  to  checkmate,  by  his  own 
action,  any  Democratic  i evolution,  and  it  can 
hardly  be  doubted  that  he  would  take  tbe  ne- 
cessary action.  This  last  mentioned  proceeding 
would  be  absolutely  within  the  statute  law,  and 
would  give  the  Eepublicans  a  vast  advan- 
tage in  the  new  election.  The  iinlawfal 
and  revolutionary  proceeding  of  the  Demo- 
cratic Party  would  destro.v  them  before  the 
people.  Mr.  Ferry,  very  probably,  would  be- 
come the  President,  and  while  it  is  very  possi- 
ble that  if  the  office  of  President  of  the  Senate 
were   vacant    some   other   person    would   be 

ohosen  to  iill  it,  it  is  not  believed  that  nny 
effort  will  be  made  to  displace  him.  and  tbere 
is  no  reason   to  doubt  he   would  be  a  just  and 

itrong  executive  officer  during  his  incumbency. 

A  MOUNTAIN  OUT  OF  A  MOLE  HILL. 
CONSIDERABLE  EXCITEMKNT  CREATED  BY 
AN  OVER-ZEALOUS  YOUNG  MAN — HOW 
CERTAIN  DEMOCRATS  BECAME  INTER- 
^  E8TED  IN  AN  OHIO  NEWSPAPER — THE 
■°^  MATTER  FULLY  EXPLAINED  TO  THE 
SATISFACTION  OF  EVERYBODY. 
Special  IH$patch  to  the  New-  York  Timet, 
Washington,  Feb,  23. — ^Therewas  a  good 
deal  of  excitement  caused  among  the  Southern 
Democrats  to-day  by  the  circulation  of  numer- 
ous copies  of  the  Ohio  State  Journal  ot  Feb. 
22  containing  a  strong  article  in  favor 
of  the  recognition  of  the  Packard  Gov- 
ernment, -"which  was  claimed  to  have 
been  written  by  Gen.  Comley  and 
dijBpii^d  by  Gov.  Hayes.  The  article  in  that 
view  was  rather  ominous,  and  had  a  decided 
effect  upon  the  Southern  men  who  have  been 
known  as  being  hostile  to  the  filibustering 
policy  to  defeat  the  counting  of  the  Electoral 
vote.  This  led  to  the  holding  of  a  con- 
ference to-night  of  many  Southern  mem- 
bers, and  a  desire  was  expressed  to 
know  whether  ^e  article  was  inspired 
by  Gov.  Hayes,  as  alleged.  The  following  dis- 
patches show  what  was  the  tmth  about  the 
article.  The  paper  containing  it  had  been  sent 
here  in  large  quantities  and  by  the  revolution- 
ists,  and  they  attempted  by  an  adroit  use  of  it 
to  force  tbe  agreement  to  filibuster  upon  the 

''"'^  ■  Washihgtoh,  Jeb.  5»3, 1877. 

To  J.  M.  Comley,  Cohmibns,  Ohio : 

I    The  Ohio  htaU  Journal  ot  yeeierday  WMindos- 


eratio  members  of  tbe  Hoase,  and  soon  after  a 
motion  was  made  to  take  a  recess  until  to-morrow, 
supported  by  an  aloAost  solid  Demooratio  vote,  and 
carried.  A  oauooa  was  called  for  immediately. 
The  article  on  Lonltiaoa  is  supposed  by  tbem  to 
have  been  inspired  by  Gov.  Hayes  and  to  reflect 
hia  policy. 

STANLEY  MATHEWS, 
CHABLE3  POSTER. 
WM.  DBNNISON. 
To  Eons,  Stanley  Mathewt,  Charles  Foster,  and  WH- 
liam  DennUon,  Wathington  • 
Gen.  Comley  has  been  very  sick  for  a  week  past. 
He  is  not  perooitted  to  see  or  talk  to  any  one,  ani^ 
yoar  dispacob   cannot   be    shown     to    him.       He 
is     not     allowed       even      to       read      anything 
that     appears     hi     the     StaU     Journal      The 
article        in        the         Journal         of        Tbnrsday 
on     Loalsiana    afiairs     was      not     written     by 
htm.    Gov.  Hayes  neither  inspired  nor  saw  it,  and 
did  not  hear  of  it  until   his   attention  was  called  to 
It  by  your  diapatoh  from  Waihiagton. 

A.  W.  FRANCISCO, 
Assooiat'e  Proprietor  State  Journal. 

A  further  dispatch  was  received  from  Gen. 
C.  H.  Grosvenor,  Speaker  of  the  House  ot  Repre- 
sentatives, of  Ohio,  stating  that  the  article  in 
question  was  originally  a  communication  lying 
in  the  JoiiTtial  office,  and  was  used  by  a  young 
man  in  charge  in  the  absence  and  severe  ill- 
ness of  Gen.  Comley, 


DEMOCRATIC  OBS  IE  DCTIONISTS. 
CAUCUS  OF  THE  DEMOCRATS  OF  THE 
HOUSE — A  RESOLUTION  TO  TAKE  A  RE- 
CESS TILL  MONDAY  AGREED  ON — 
THE  REVOLUTIONISTS  DRAGOONING  THE 
RKSPECIABLE  MKMBERS  OF  THE  PARTY 
—THE  OBJECT  TO  DELAY  THE  COUNT. 
Special  DitpatcA  to  tite  lfe\o-  York  Timet. 

Washington,  F^b.  23.— The  House  ad- 
journed at  4  o'clock  this  afternoon,  in  order  to 
give  the  Democrats  another  opportunity  to 
meet  in  caucus.  Adjournment  was  carried  by 
yeas  130.  nays  109,  15  Democrats  voting  with 
the  Hepublicans  against  the  motion.  It  wassup- 
posed,  but  wrongly,  in  the  House,  that  the  report 
of  the  Commission  was  about  to  be  received. 
The  caucus  was  immediataly  assembled,  and 
business  was  commenced  at  once  by  McMabon, 
of  Ohio,  who  offered  a  resolution  providing 
that  when  the  two  houses  shall  separate  to- 
morrow to  consider  the  decision  ot  the  Commis- 
sion in  the  case  of  Oceeon,  a  recess  shall 
be  immediately  taken  until  10  o'clock  Monday. 
Mr.  Kehr,  of  Missouri,  and  Neal^  ot  Obio,  re- 
spectively offered  substitutes  providing  that 
the  business  before  the  Joint  Convention  shall 
proceed  to-morrow  without  delay.  In  the  dis- 
cussion which  lollowed  Messrs.  Vance, 
Hurd,  Southard,  Knott,  Lane,  and  Sparks  ad- 
vocated adjournment  until  Monday,  and  Messrs. 
Hill,  of  Georgia ;  Brown,  of  Kentucky  ;  Wil- 
shire,  of  Arkansas ;  House,  of  Tennessee,  and 
Harrison,  of  Illinois,  advocated  proceedmg 
with  the  count. to-morrow.  Bandall  spoke  mild- 
ly in  favor  ot  moderation,  in  view  of  the  great 
importance  of  the  issues  involved. 
Field  also  spoke,  but  devoted  himself 
more  to  the  explanation  of  two  new  bills 
which  he  has  prepared,  than  to  the  oending 
resolution.  One  ot  these  bills  provides 
for  a  new  election  for  President  and 
Vice  President,  in  May  next,  in  case 
no  President  shall  be  declared  to  have 
been  elected  at  the  late  election.  The  other 
bill  provides  that  persons  claiming  to  have 
been  elected  President  may  commence  proceed- 
ings under  quo  warranto  before  the  Supreme 
Court.  The  vote  on  the  substitute  offered  to 
McMahon's  resolution  was  defeated  by  yeas 
44,  nays  66,  and  the  original  resolution  was 
then  adopted  without  a  division. 

The  vote  for  adjournment  until  Monday 
shows  that  those  tavoring  delay  in  completing 
the  Electoral  count  have  received  a  consider- 
able accession  to  their  ranks  since  the  last 
meeting  ot  the  caucus,  but  it  is  doubttul  if 
these  can  be  held  together  to  ulti- 
mately defeat  a  final  proclamation  of 
the  result  of  the  Electoral  count. 
A  majority  of  those  who  voted  agamst 
delay  are  outspoken  in  their  determination  to 
resist  any  action  having  for  its  purpose  the 
defeat  ot  tbe  completion  of  the  Electoral  count, 
and  while  they  may  to-morrow  go  with  their 
party  for  adjournment  until  Monday, 
they  are  determined  to  break  with 
their  associates,  rather  than  follow  tiiem 
m ,  any  effort  calculated  to  defeat  the 
purposes    of   the    Electoral    act.     No   reasons 

were  assigned  for  the  delay  until  Monday,  but 

it  is  apparent  that  the  object  is  to  prevent  the 
completion  ot  the  Electoral  count.  Tbe  action 
of  the  caucus  will  bear  no  other  inter- 
pretation, and  those  w^ho  desire  to  see 
the  Electoral  \»w  carried  out  in  jjood  faith 
may  as  well  recognize  this  fact  now  as 
next  week.  It  is  not  believed  the  effort  will 
succeed.  Those  who  oppose  delay  are  reluc- 
tant to  take  a  step  which  will  place  them  in 
antagonism  to  their  party  associates, 
but  it  is  plain  from  the  temper 
manifested  that  they  are  determined 
to  do  this  rather  than  submit  to  the  plans  of 
the  destructionists.  If  Hill,  of  Georgia,  and 
Brown,  ol  Kentucky,  will  make  on  the  floor  of 
the  House  the  same  earnest  opposition  to  de- 
lay which  they  have  uniformly  made  in  caucus, 
they  will  be  instrumental  in  breaking  up  the 
plotting  ot  Randall  and  his  loUowers. 

Dispatch  to  the  Associated  Press. 

It  1*   reported  chat  jaat  before  the  adjoamment 

Ot  tne  oaacns  a  revelation  was  adopted  by  a  vote  of 

57  to  32  providing  for  another  recess  of  the  Hoaso 

from  Monday  until  Taeaday.  Prior  to  the 
introduction  of  this  resolntion  a  nnmber    of   tbe 

members  of  the  cauoos  had  left  the  hall,  saying 
they  wonld  not  abide  by  tbe  action  whiob  provided 
for  a  recess  from  to-morrow  nntil  Taesday. 

MS.  CONKLING  AND  THE  DEMOCRATS 
THE    CONBOLTATION   WITH    VOORHEE8    AND 
OIHER  DEMOCRATIC    LEADERS    SAID  TO 
HAVE  BEEN  ON  BUSINESS  ONLY. 
Special  D^patclt  to  t\e  Nem-  York  Times. 

Washington,  Feb.  23.— The  recent  re- 
ports regarding  Senator  Conkling's  interview 
with  certain  prominent  members  of  tbe  Demo- 
cratic Party,  which  have  been  eattensively 
published,  have  attracted  a  great  deal 
of  attention  here  to-day,  and  the 
Senator's  friends  are  working  hard 
to  make  excuse  for  him.  They  admit  that  ho 
bad  consultations  with  Dan  Voorhees  and 
others  ot  tbe  same  class,  but  say  that  these 
conferences  related  simply  to  business  matters 
of  a  legal  character,  and  had  absolutely  no 
connection  vath  politics. 


lEE  APPBOPBIATION  BILLS. 
the  naval  bill  passed  by  the  sbnatb — 
several  clauses  amended — so  less 

than  544  CHANGES  MADE  IN  THE  UtGIS- 
LAirVE  BILL. 

apeeial Ditpateh  to  the  Jfew-Tork  Times. 

Washington,  Feb.  23. — ^The  Hoose  con- 
tinued the  consideration  of  the  Sundry  CivU 
bill  to-day,  but  took  a  recess  until  to-morrow 
without  action.  The  Senato,  which  is  turther 
advanced  with  appropriation  bills  than 
it  has  been  at  the  same  period  in  the 
last  session  of  any  recent  Congreea,  with 
commendable  prompticudei  passed  the  Naval 
Appropriation  bill,  thai  disposing  of  the  only 


amount  appropriated  by  the  bill  has  been  in- 
creased since  it  came  from  tbe  House 
14,321,500,  and  the  clause  providing  for 
the  establishment  of  a  Naval  Commis- 
sion has  been  stricken  out.  The  following 
are  the  principle  clauses  amended  :  The  ap- 
propriation for  nay  of  officers  and  men  is  in- 
creased $1,000,000;  the  appropriation  for  the 
Bureau  oi  Equipment  and  Beoruiting  increased 
$270,000 ;  the  appropriation  for  the  Bureau 
of  Construction  and  Repairs  increased 
$1,800,000,  and  the  appropriation  for  the 
Bureau  of  Steam  Engineering  increased 
$1,200,000.  Among  other  minor  additions  to 
the  bill  18  one  appropriating  $1,500  to  defray 
the  expenses  of  observing  the  transit  of 
Mercury  on  May  6,  187a  In  the  Legislative 
bill,  passed  by  the  Senate  a  few  days  ago,  no 

less  than  544  changes  were  made.     There    were 

84  alterations  in  the  Deficiency  bill.  Well-m- 
formed  persons  now  believe  that  these  dis- 
crepancies between  tbe  bills  as   passed    by   tbe 

two  houses  will  render  a  short  extra  session 
unavoidable. 

CASHIER  JORDAN  MADE  HAPPY. 

A  BANK  OFFICIAL  AT  THE  BAR  OF  THE  SEN- 
ATE— HIS  AMUSING  EFFORTS  TO  FREE 
HIMSELF  FROM  CONTKMPT — GRAVE  SEN- 
ATORS ENTERTAINED  BY  A  NEW-YOKKER 
— HE  PROMISES  TO  ANSWER  ALL  QUES- 
TIONS PUT  TO  HIM. 

apeetal  Ditvateh  to  t^e  New-York  Hrmj. 

Washington,  Feb.  23.— Quite  a  scene 
occurred  in  the  Senate  this  afternoon  when  Mr. 
Conrad  N.  Jordan,  Cashier  of  the  Third  Na- 
tional Bank  of  New-Yoik,  was  called  before  the 
btirtor  contempt  in  refusing  to  produce  the 
bank  account  ot  Messrs.  Tilden,  Hewitt,  and 
Pelton,  as  called  for  by  the  Committeo  on 
Privileges  and  Elections.  When  aakod  why  he 
had  tailed  to  comply  with  the  order  of  the 
committee  he  produced  a  written  answer  which 
was  read  by  the  Clerk.  In  this  paper 
the  witness  disowned  all  intention  of 
being  in  contempt  of  the  Senate. 
He  said  that  he  had  failed  to 
produce  the  books  and  papers  called  for  be- 
cause they  were  in  the  custody  of  the  oflSoers 
of  the  bank,  and  he  had  no  control  over  them. 
He  had  reiused  to  answer  the  questions  asked 
him  because  he  desired  before  doin^  so  to  con- 
sult with  the  counsel  of  the  bank.  In  conclud- 
ing, he  begged  that  fdrthar  time  .might  be 
allowed  him  lor  this  purpose. 

The  answer  gave  rise  to  a  short  but  very 
lively  debate,  conducted  by  Senators  Blaine, 
Conkling,  Mitchell,  Kernan,  and  others.  Mr. 
Jordan  was  evidently  very  anxious  to  join  in  the 
discussion,  and  it  was  with  the  greatest  diffi- 
culty that  he  could  be  prevented  from  doing 
so.  Mr.  Mitchell  desired  to  have  the 
witness  adju<red  in  contempt,  and  treated 
accordingly.  Mr.  Blaine  opposed  this  sum 
inarj'  proceeding,  and  in  doing  so 
made  one  of  his  characteristic  speeches.  He 
said,  among  other  things  of  the  same  kind, 
that  be  had  a  great  deal  of  contempt  for  much 
that  had  been  done  by  both  aides  in  the  recent 
investications,  but  he  knew  that  politicians 
did  not  differ  materially  from  other  man,  an<l 
when  they  were  struck  <4hey  were  very  apt  to 
strike  back.  The  Democrats  never  liked  that  sort 
of  policy,  and  evidently  they  had  no  taste  for 
it  in  the  present  instance.  Reterenoe  being 
made  to  the  report  that  the  members  of  the 
oonunittee  had  agreed  among  themselves  to 
stop  the  investigation  int*  tbe  financial  opera- 
tions of  party  managers,  Mr.  Kernan  took  the 
floor  and  disavowed  all  knowledtre  of  such  an 
agreement.  The  same  disavowal  was  made  by 
Other  members  of  the  committee,  and  then  a 
resolution  was  passed  calling  upon  Jordan  to 
state  whether  he  waa  now  willing  to  answer 
such  questions  as  might  be  propounded. 

In  replv  to  this,  the  witness,  a  little  grav- 
headed  man,  jumoed  to  his  teet  with  an  as- 
surance and  readiness  that  would  have  done 
credit  even  to  David  Dudley  Field  himself, 
and  created  a  marked  sensation  and  consider- 
able merriment  by  making  a  speech  of  some 
length.  He  said  in  substance  that  be  hadj)een 
badly  treated  by  tbe  committee  ;  that  he  had 
been  kept  dancing  attendance  on  them  to  no 
purpose,  and  that  he  desired  to  enter  his  pro- 
test against  what  he  seemed  to  consider  a 
curtailment  of  his  rights  as  an  American 
citizen.  He  concluded  by  stating  that  he  was 
now  ready  to  answer  any  questions  which 
might  be  put  to  him,  and  upon  this  he  was  dis- 
cbareed.  Before  leavine  the  chamber  he  shook 
Senator  Blaiiie  by  the  band  with  warm  demon- 
strations of  satisfaction,  and  then  retired  bow- 
ing and  smiliug  to  the  Senatois  as  be  went. 
The  scene  was  a  very^  amusing  one.  and  Mr. 
Jordan  seemed  to  enjoy  it  qiute  as  much  as  did 

the  spectators.  

FRIENDLY  RELATIONS  WITHFRANCE 
PRESENTATION  TO  THE    PRESIDENT    OF  THE 
NEW  FRENCH  MINISTER— A  FRANK    EX- 
CHANGE  OF  FRIENDLY  GREETINGS. 

Washington,  Feb.  23.— M.  Outrey,  the 
neirly  accredited  Minister  of  France  to  the  United 
States,  accompanied  by  the  Secretary  of  State, 
presented  his  credentials  to  the  President  to-day, 
on  wbicD  occasion  be  made  the  following  remarks  : 

M&  Pbesident:  I  have  the  honor  to  present 
to  yon  ma  letter  of  recall  wbich  terinioatea 
the  diplomatic  misdion  of  Mr.  Bartboldi  in 
the  United  States.  I  also  hare  the  honor 
to  place  in  vour  bM»ds  the  letter  wherebv 
the  President  of  the  French  Repnbltc  accreduti  mu 
nearyoor  Excellency  in  tho  capacirv  ofEnvov  Extra- 
ordlijary  and  Minl.iter  Pleuip-Jtenttary.  All  my  ef- 
forta,  Mr.  President,  shall  he  devotud  tu  milu- 
taining  the  '  cardial  relationa  of  Fraace 
with  the  United  States,  and  I  can  as- 
sure you  that  I  shall  fnlflll  tbe  smcere 
wishes  of  my  Government  U  I  can  aid  m  drawioe 
■till  closer  tiie  bonda  which  bare  never  oeaaed  to 
unite  the  two  oonntrlea.  Permit  me  lo  solicit  your 
peiiODal  good  will  and  that  of  the  Government  of 
the  United  States  to  facilitalo  a  mitalon  which  I 
am    happy   to   be   cnllecl    to   falflll   in  a  cuantry   tu 

which  I  am  attacbed  by  many  plpasioic  recollections 
and  by  teeling*  of  warm  s^-mpathy. 

The  President  replied  an  tullows  : 

M.  OUTBET :  I  receive  with  entire  satisfaction  the 
letter  by  which  the  President  of  the  French  Ee- 
onbUo  accredits  yoa  as  the  diplomatic  representa- 
tive of  that  Govern  ment.  The  satisfaction  ariites  in 
part  from  vonr  having  formerly  been  a  sojonmer  with 
na  in  a  diplomatic  capacity  upon  wbioh  occasion 
von  left  an  impression  which  cuald  not  fail  to  make 
you  welcome  on  a  retnm  to  this  country.  I  am  con- 
fident that  yoa  will  diaoharee  your  official  duty  In  a 
way  which  will  be  Kenerally  acueptaole,  and  it  la 
not  to  be  doulited  that  m  this  yoa  wUi  always  have 
tbe  hearty  ou-operatiou  of  tbe  President  of  the  Uni- 
ted States. 

NOTES  FROM  THE  CAPITAL. 


LATEST  NEWS   BY   CABLE. 


Washington,  Feb.  2a — The  borers  of  the 
shaft  on  the  south  side  of  the  Washington  Monu- 
ment reached,  a  few  days  since,  an  immenie  gniess 
riHjk,  which  ia  believed  to  extend  under  the  baae  of 
the  monument,  and  to  form  a  rock  foundation  at  a 
distance  of  33  feet  below  the  surface. 

The  Senate  Sab-committee  on  Looisiana  in  aeoret 
session  to-day  continued  their  examination  or|tbe 
Betnming  Board  records,  wbiob  were  brought  here 
recently  by  the  Lonislana  Secretary  of  State.  The 
investigation  is  now  being  carried  on  mainly  with  a 
view  to  the  determioadon  of  contents  expected  to 
anae  hereafter  coucermng  the  election  of  Secators 
from  thai  State. 

The  Sen<.te  Committee  on  Privileges  and  Blec- 
tioua  to-dav  discharged  all  tbe  wicnesaea  bruaebi 
bere  to  testify  in  regard  to  the  Alabama  election, 
and  will  to-morrow  discbarge  tbe  remaining  wil- 
nessea  tram  Mississippi. 

democrats  who  were  present  at  the  conference  in 
Speaker  BAndall'a  room  last  evening,  admit  that 
they  aereed  to  off^r  an  am»ndment  to  the  Army 
bill  to  fix  tbe  maximnm  of  the  Army  at  17,C0O  men, 
and  to  provide  that  none  of  the  troops  shall  be  nsed 
to  uphold  either  of  the  dnal  Kovemments  in  Louisi- 
ana or  Sonth  Carolina,  but  they  depy  tbat  they 
have  any  lllibastermg  Intentxons  toi  deftat  tbe 
yNJLogWtUw.fttJhii JtlMtftnri  Tg<» r  '      >'<       '    >    ' 


THE  EASTERN  CAMPAIGN. 
TORFBOOES  BKINO  PLACED  IN  POSITION- 
MORE  TURKISH  OUTRA<|ES— THE  FORTI- 
FICATIONS AT  WIDDIN — AUSTRIA'S  NOTI- 
FICATION TO  RUSSIA — A  LARGE  FORCE 
OF  TURKISH  TROOPS  ON  THB  BORDER 
— THE  PEACE  WITH    SKRVIA. 

London.  Feb.  23. — A  Lloyds  dispatch 
from  Constantinople  says :  "  The  Russian 
Consulate  here  warns  shipping  that  torpedoes 
are  being  placed  on  the  Black  Sea  coast  be- 
tween Sookgoom-Kald  and  Fort  Saint  Nicholas. 
Guard-ships  are   stationed   at    Poti  and   Sook- 

Koom-Kal6  roadsteads  to  indicate  the  course, 

Balaklava  must  not  be  entered  before  commu- 
nicating." 

An  evening    paper,   in  a  leading   article. 

says :  "  Rightly  or  wronaly,  there  is 
a  general  impression  that  intema- 
ional         compircations        are         becoming 

easier,  and  war  may  be  avoided  for  the 
time.  This,"  it  says,  ''is  partly  due 
to  the  prospect  of  peace  between  Tur- 
key and  Servia,  which-  is  ns  good  as 
settled.  Though  this  is  no  guarantee  against  a 
Russo-Turkish  war,  it  will  undoubtedly  rpduce 
to  a  minimum  the  chances  of  precipitate  ac- 
tion by  Russia." 

A  dispatch  from  Bucharest  says  a  number  of 
Turks,  including  soldiers,  pillaged  Goraumci 
Island  in  tbe  Danube.  A  detachment  ot  Rou- 
manian troops  captured  13  of  the  party,  in- 
cluding a  Turkish  soldier.  The  lender  ol  the 
marauders,  who  was  a  Turkish  official  from 
Rustcliuk,  and  another  Turk  were  killed. 

London,  Feb.  24.— The  Vi(!nna  Presse  re- 
Dorts  that  the  Russians  have  already  finished 
seven  pontoon  bridges  on  the  Priitb, 
each  broad  enough  to  allow  eight  men 
to  march  abreast.  A  dispatch  from  Vienna 
says  8,000  laborers  are  emiiloyed  daily 
on  the  ftHlifications  of  W'idden.  The 
Qrand  Vi2ier~i^.is  sent  an  autograph  let- 
ter to  Prince  Milan  expft-ssme  a 
firm  hope  that  the  relations  of  Servia  and  Tur- 
key will  bo  amicable. 

A  telegram  tr^m  Belgrade  says  ot  the  400 
menibers  of  tho  Skupocbtijna,  not  30  favor  tho 
continuHnce  of  .var. 

The  Berlin  correspondent  of  a  morning  pa- 
per says  intelligence  has  been  received  irom  a 
trustworthy  suurce  that  Austrui  bus  intimated 
to  Russia  that  she  will  not  consider 
tho  persistence  ot  the  Porte  in  its  refusal  to 
yield  to  the  proposals  of  the  powers  as  a  easua 
beilt,  and  that  it  will  depend  on  each  power  to 
assume  the  attitude  appiopriiite  to  the  special 
occasion  us  circumstances  are  further  devel- 
oped. 

A  special  dispatch  from  Berlin  savs  the 
Porte  has  just  received  several  bumlreil 
thousand  Maruni-Henry  Rifles  and  40l).0J0.00O 
cartridges  from  Aineiica.  A  special  from  Wid- 
diu  stales  that  0-man  Pasha's  troops,  quar- 
tered between  VViddiu  and  baitscbar, 
consist  of  63  battalions  gf  inluutry. 
two  regiments  ot  cavalry,  ^d  78  tield 
pieces.  V\iddm  alone  has  a  garrison  of  23,- 
000.  There  nre  30  biittalious  of  -Asiut  cs 
and  the  severity  of  the  climate  and  tbo 
overcrowdin,^  at  Wiildin,  have  caused  much 
sickness  among  the  men.  It  is  said 
that  the  rate  ot  luortalitv  ia  hiyh. 
It  is  believed  that  "the  TurKs 
will  occupy  Kalatat  opposite  Widdm  in  tlie 
event  ot  war.  They  have  already  collected 
suthcient  material  lor  the  construction  of  pon- 
toon bridges. 

The  Belcrade  correspondent  of  a  mornins 
paper  fsays :  The  Servian  Government 
has  annulled  the  elections  in  Jugo- 
dina  and  Kraguj.^vaiz  on  account  ot 
disturbances  during  the  pollinc.  Tb»  authori- 
ties have  ordered  all  volunteers  nut  belong- 
ing to  any  regular  corps  to  quit  the 
country  within  three  dars.  Fifty-six  uussians 
accordingly  left  on  "Tbnrsday  ;  another  de 
taciiment  goes  on  Friday.  The  order  ia  aimed 
nt  the  crowd  of  military  adveutu  ers  iu 
Belgrade  who  are  sudpuctcd  of  Hivoring 
intrigued  against  tbe  Uynasty.  The  Russiitn 
Consul  entirely  approved  the  action  ot 
the  authorities.  It  is  thought  that  this 
expression  will  cause  a  tinal  breach 
with  the  Russian  Slavonic  societies,  and  the 
last  external  inifaence  which  is  opposed  to  the 
couolusion  ot  peace  will  thus  be  removed.  The 
Pan-Slavests  are  apparently  turning  their  at- 
tention to  Montenegro. 

The  same  ipaper's  correspondent  at  Berlin 
says,  in  consequence  ot  Austria's  opposition  to 
the  cession  of  a  harbor  on  the  Adriatic 
to  Monteneuro  the  Montenegrins  will 
content  themselves  with  obtuinins  access 
to  tho  sea  through  Lake  Scutari  and 
the  B^uana  River.  They^irntimif^  however, 
to  ask  tor  more  territory  than  the  Porte 
will  acrord,  and  the  latest  intelligence  renders 
it  likely  tbat  the  armistice  must  be  prolohged. 
In  the  event  of  tbe  Porte's  making  concessions 
tbe  Montenegrin  Uommissionersare  authorized 
to  sign  a  preliminary  treaty. 

Gen.  Tchernayeff  publisues  a  denial  of  Lord 
Derby's  statements  relative  to  tho  number  of 
Russians  in  the  Servian  Army.  Ue  says  it 
never  exceeded  3,000. 


MISCELLANEOUS  FOREIGN  NOTES. 

REPUTED   KLOPE.MENT  OF   A    DISTINGUISHED 
OPERA     SINGKR-e<;ABI,E      RATES     TO      BE 

BEDUCKD— KE6CUB      OF     SHIPWRECKED 

BAILORS. 

Paris,  Feb.  23.— The  Figaro  names  a  dis- 
lingnisbedVi^thadona  whom  it  charges  with  hav- 
ing eloped  from  St.  Petersbarg  with  tbe  tenor 
NiooUnl.  It  states  farther  tbat  tbe  Marquis  of 
Caux  followed  them,  and  tbat  judicial  proceodings 
tor  a  sepfiration  have  been  commenced. 

L05D0K,  Feb.  23. — A  Statement  ia  pablished  here 
that  a  leaene  has  beea  formed  bv  Ritaalists  fur  the 
pnrpoie  of  agitating  in  tavur  of  the  disestablish- 
menc  of  the  Enclish  Church. 

Silver  was  quoted  to-day  at  sa^s  pence  per  ounce. 

Tbe  Anglo- American  Cable  Company  gives  notice 
that  on  the  lat  day  of  Maroh   the  tariff  on  meesapea 

transmitted  over  its  line  will  be  red  need  to  1 
sbilllng  aterling  per  word. 

Berlin,  Feb.  23. — Herr  von  Forkonbeck  has  been 
eleoteil  President  of  tbe  Reichstag,  and  Prince 
Hohenlohe  LangenhnriT  and  Herr  Stanffenberg  Vice 
Presidents. 

ViFJiNA.  Feb.  23.— Prince  Anersperg,  the  Aus- 
trian Prime  Minister,  baa  informed  a  conference  of 
tbe  Constitnttonal  Party  in  tbe  Reicbsratb 
tbat  the  bank  wUl  agree  to  any  arrangement 
effected  between  Austria  and  Hnngary.  A  clnb 
of  members  of  tbe  Left  have  resolved  to  support 
the  Government's  protect  tor  theorjiaaization  of 
tbe  Board  of  Directors  of  tbe  Bank,  bat  reserve 
tbeir  deciaion  on  aU  other  pomta  of  tbe  compromise. 

LoKPON,  Feb.  24 — A  Vienna  dispatch  states  that 
the  members  of  tbe  Upper  Hoose,  at  a  private  con- 
ference, declared  in  favor  of  accepting  tbe  bank 
compromise  with  Hnngary. 

Agnn-boat  has  sacceeded  in  reaching  St.  Kilda, 
and  broogbt  off  the  Captain,  Capt-aia's  aon,  mate, 
boatswain,  and  five  aeamen  of  tbe  bark  Peti  Dnbro- 
vacki,  before  reported  wrecked  on  thri  island.  It 
is  officially  denied  that  tbe  Qneen  will  go  to  Ger- 
many ihia  year- 

Parib,  Feb.  23.— M,  Db  Stapland,  Senator  from 
the  Department  of  tbe  Nord,  died  to-day, 
at:ed  79  years.  In  the  Chamber  of  Depu- 
ties tbia  afternoon  a  motion  was 
made  on  tbe  part  of  tbe  Government,  tbat  tbe 
Minister  ot  tbe  Interior  be  authorized  tomstitnte 
proeeediqgs  airainst  Paoi  De  Cassagnao  for  hbela 
pablisbed  in  Le  Pays. 

tyUAHONY'S  REMAINS  IN  IRELAND. 


QuEENBTOWN,  Feb.  23.— On  the  arrival  here 
this  porning  of  tbe  steamer  Dakota  from  New 
Toik,  a  local  committee,  appointed  for  the  purpose, 
proceeded  out  in  a  tender  and  received  the  remains 
of  John  O'Mabony,  and  presented  an  address  to 
the  American  deputation  accompanying  them.  The 
oo£3n  was  conveyed  to  tbe  Pro-Cathedral,  where 
maas  for  the  dead  was  celebrated  at  8  o'clock. 
Owing  to  the  aarly  boor  ot  landing|there  was  no 
demonstration. 

\  J.oia)OicFeb^23.— A  tpeoial  dispatch  &om  Qiuun». 


town  to  an  evening  paper  says :  "  O'Mabony'a  re- 
mains will  be  taken  to  Cork  at  6  o'clock  tbib  even- 
ine.  The  Nationalists  there  intend  having  a  torcb- 
lisbt  procession.  Tbe  body  will  lie  in  the  Demo- 
cratic Ciab  room  until  Snnday,  when  it  will  be 
taken  to  Dublin.  Tbe  Fenians  are  indltmantat 
Cardinal  Calien's  rcfnaal  to  allow  tbe  remains  to  lie 
In  state  in  Dublin  Cathedral,  and  say  if  tbev  had  an- 
ticip.itod  it  O'Mahony  should  have  been  buried  in 
New-York. 

CoBK,  Feb.  23.— The  remains  of  John  O'Mahonv 
were  taken  from  tbeir  temporary  resBng  place  in 
Queenstown  this  eveninz.  and  escorted  by  a  large 
procession  to  a  special  steamer,  wbioh  broogbt 
tbem  to  this  city.  On  their  arrival  here  tbev  were 
Qoickly  removed  to  the  Mechanics'  Institute,  whore 
tbt^y  now  lie. 

London,  Feb.  24— The  reception  of  G-Mahoney's 
remains  at  Cork  dis  ippolated  nil  expuctationn;  only 
a  few  bandred  pe^  pie  accompanied  the  oornse  to 
tbe  Detnoora+ic  clnb.  There  was  no  torciiMcht 
procHM:Jiou  and  no  political  demonstrations  were 
made.  Tne  neletiiires  who  accompanied  the  remains 
Irom  New- York  are  inaignant  at  the  canduci'  ot  the 
Captain  of  the  steamer  Dakota,  who  refnsfd  to 
recognize  tbrm  during  the  vo> ace  or  to  supply  them 
with  an  Americau  fl.ijr  to  cover  tbe  colilu  ou  laudin;; 

becaui^e  ne  would  nut  couiireoance  what  he  consid- 
ered to  be  a  disloyal  demonstration. 


TWEED'S  EFFORTS  FOR  RELEASE. 


SUING  HIS  FORMER  PARTNERS  TO  Gl'.T 
MO.MCY  TO  BUY  HIS  FREEDOM  WITH — 
THK    SKCKET   OK    HIS   POWER — CURIOUS 

DKFENSK    TO    A     CLAIM A     SUGGESTION 

TO  THE  PEOPLK's  COUNSEL. 

ITie  Statement  published  in  The  Times  recent- 
ly coacemiug  tbe  proposed  seitlemsnc  uf  the  liti- 
gations by  the  people  against  Tween,  aoU  ol  tbe 
prosecution  bv  the  latter  of  bis  claims  against  vari- 
ous persons  indeoted  to  biro,  rectjived  additional 
corroboratioa  yesterday,  and  there  is, 
as  has  already  been  stared,  no  donbt 
tbat  such  is  the  nxed  proirnviumo.  Papors  were 
drawn  up  by  Tweed's  counsel  yesterday,  in  suits 
auainst  tba,  forranr  partners  of  tbe  "'  ex-iJusi"  in 
various  basiness  tran.sactions.  These  papers  will  be 
ser.ed  speedily,  andtue  purpose  of  instltutiug  the 
suits  is  ti)  biinj;  about  a  ..settlement  so  that  Xwee^l 
may  be  enabled  to  pay  back  to  tbe  Cicy  a  portion  of 
tht.-  stolen  money  for  his  release  trom  jail.  Tsveod's 
claiii.H  a;;ai:iHi  his  partners  are  claimts  lu  re<iarU  to 
real '  state  irau'actionJi,  ilealinc.i  iQ  various  classes  ot 
stoCi^:!  and  pcTSoiiat  cl'.tlms,  such  aam>iney  loans,  &c. 
Many  per.soa.*,  it  is  s.iid,  who  were  benefiv^d  by 
Tweed's  liberality  iu  firmer  times,  have  related  to 
surreader  tbe  proptr ly  given  to  tbem  iu  trust  or 
loaned  to  tbem.  and  lienco  tli?  liticatioDS.  Tbor>) 
is  no  donbt  that  m  these  .>iaits  Tweed  has 
the  upper  hand.  Amou<;  bis  beoeticiaries  are  meu 
botdios  biu:h  positions  in  ufii  ^lal  and  social  iiie, 
and  auy  expoisure  oy  him  uf  trani^actiuus  now 
shrouded  irom  the  public  caze  would  have  a  telling 
etfect. .  There  seems  to  be  but  little  doubt  but  that 
Twded  is  aware  of  hii  power  to  cmah 
Bonxj"  persons.  He  seem.s,  however,  rather 
uesiruiis  of  settling  matter.-i  amicably,  if  this 
can     be     dene.       One     uf     Tweed's     claims    is 

a  lather  peculiar  oue.  The  pi-i-son  agalnrtt  whocu 
be  mailed  tbe  claim  now  holds  a  prominent  pn- 
sition  imder  the  City  Governmeot.  This  man 
was  rather  inclined  to  '•  fight  tho  tiirer  " 
a  few  years  aeo,  and  being  once  bard 
unshed  borrowed  $3,000  from  Tweed  to  pay 
his  priiponiuu  oi  a  luns  at  I'avu.  He  ue{>lectod  to 
pay  up  prumptly,  however,  and  when  prerisod  foi 
pa>munt  iie  pleaded  tbe  Gambling  act;  in  other 
woid.s,  ho  couleoded  that  tlje  money  baviuj; 
been  Used  for  gambliug  purposes,  hu  cuuUi 
not  bo  compelled  to  return  it,  the  money 
having  been  loaned  to  him  with  knowledge 
on  Tweed's  part  of  the  purpose  to 
which  tbe  money  was  to  be  put.  TweeJ,  uf  course, 
by  reason  of  certa'n  "  nnpleasantnesaes"  which 
have  taken  place  within  the  last  six  years,  has  not 
been,  except,  until  very  recenlly,  iu  a  position  to 
demand  his  claims,  and  m  the  event  of  a  retuaal  to 
pay  bis  demand:^,  to  litigate  concdrnicg  tbem.  It 
may  be  Siiid  here  tbat  Tweed,  in  bis  usual  eonversu- 
tiun  and  in  his  letter  written  to  Mr.  Cbarie.,  O'Conor, 
trom  LaUlow-sireet  Jail,  pretends  tu  be  vurv  pour. 
As  this  is  somewhat  antagouistio  tu  the  general 
belief,  it  is  rather  sicKniar  that  ihe  counsel  for 
the  people  have  not  availed  themselvcN 
of  their  richt  tu  examine  him  under  oath, 
in  supplementary  prucee<liuc8,  in  regard  to  bis 
property,  liy  tLis  procedure  he  could  be  compelled 
andr  oaih  to  disclose  what  property  he  now  owns, 
what  properly  he  has  dispossd  uf  during  tbe  past 
six  years  or  more,  and  to  whom  such  dieposition 
has  been   made. 


REPORTED  MARINE  DISASTERS. 


London,  Feb.  23.— A  Lloyds  dispatch  from 
Bucnos  Ayre.-,  dated  Feb.  Hi,  announces  that  tbj 
American  ship  Admiral,  Capt.  Bincbard,  from 
New- York  Dec.  14,  for  San  FraDcisco,  went  ashore 
Feb.  8  at  Patagoucs.  and  has  become  a  wreck.  Fart 
uf  her  cargo  will  probably  be  saved.  The  Rassian 
bark  Matis  Aueust,  Capt.  Lammlin,  from  Ip-twioh 
Jun,  16.  fui  haltimure,  has  put  into  West  Cuwes, 
with   piirt  iiiiw  iidmaged  by  coilision. 

Rljlnkenbeughg,  i!'eb.  23.-  The  British  barK 
EliZa  .ucLsugUiln,  Capt.  PuilUps,  fromLyunJao. 
5  lor  Baltimore  or  New-Torli,  is  a^uore  at  Kuuoke, 
Holland,  aud  likely  to  uecuuie  a,  to^al  wreck.  Tne 
crew  were  suTeU. 

Hamblug,  Feb.  S3.— A  telegram  received  here 
trom  si.  1  nomas  say  a  tbe  steamer  Francunin,  i  eporc- 
»a  wrecked  at  Cape  S^n  Bias,  KOt  oif,  and  is  sate  at 
Aspinwaii. 

CUESTEU,  Feb.  23— The  steamer  Ohio  ran  into 
tbe   souuoner  Gecjr.e  H.  Tnrbill    below  Tinicum 

Isiaud    this   afteinuon,   and  cut    ner    in    two.      The 
Ohio's  bouts  picked  ap  the  scnoouer's  crew. 


TEE  WhSl'  INDIES. 


Havana,  Feb.  23.— Advices  Irom  Port  au 
Prince  to  the  11th  last,  report  that  peace  oontinaes. 
It  IS  announced  that  Presidenc  Canal  is  to  be  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Wilson  on  tbo  13th  inat. 
Intelligence  from  Saint  Dominso  to  tbe 
9tb  represents  that  tbe  _  opponents  ot 
President  Baez  continue  to  spread  reports  that  he 
is  endeavoring  to  secure  tbe  annexation  of  tbe  Ka- 

pubiic  to  the  United  Stites,  with  th»  object  of  ac- 
quiring asBiorance  Irom  the  Haytians  and  promot- 
ing disturbances  m  tbe  nurib. 

St.  Thomas  dates  to  tbe  16th  say  Lamb  &  Co.  ad- 
ver.ise  that  tne  Soanisb  Goverument  will  probably 
indemnity  abippers  who  iosi  thuir  gouds  by  the  CHp- 

ture  of  tbe  steamer  Moctezuma,  and  request  tbat 
shippers  send  their  claims  to  Captiin  General  Jo- 
vellar.  The  Tidente  says  beverat  leaky  American 
ve.'^8ela    are    about    to    proceed    to  tbeir  deatiiiatiiin 

With  the  aid  of  steam  pumps,  ana  that  there  is  need 
viiwx  American  Plimsuli  to  look  intu  this  dangerous 
Ijiuctice,  which  ieopardizes  both  lives  and  property. 

ARRESTED  ON  A  CUARQE  OF  MURDER.% 
Terre  Haute,  Feb.  23.— Light  was  thrown 
to-day  upon  tbe  tttempted  train  rubbery  and  mur- 
der ot  Mile  Eimes,  engioeer,  at  Long  Point,  on  the 
Vandalla  Railroad,  on  July  8.  1875.  Tne  supposed 
murderers,  Charles  St.  Clair,  a  hackman ;  Bud 
Shoemaker,  a  brakeman  on  the  train  at  the  time  of 
the  attack;  Sam  aud  Alexander  Qnaihurn,  (colored;) 
Billy  Carr,  and  Jennie  Osgood,  a  prostitute,  all  of 
this  city,  were  arrested  to-day,  on  evidence  which 
seems  sufficient  to  couvioc  ttiem  of  the  crime.  St. 
Clair,  tbe  leader,  is  owuer  of  a  low  buase  of  prosti- 
tntiou  here.  The  first  clue  to  his  emit  was  obr.ained 
by  women  m  his  own  house,  who  beard  St.  Clair 
talking  to  one  of  bis  assooiatea  about  their  failure 
in  tbe  Lonz  Point  business.  Tbe  prisoners  were 
taken  to  Prairie  City,  III.,  to-dav  for  trial.  The 
woman,  Jennie  Osgood,  was  dressed  in  men's  clothes 
at  the  time  uf  tbe  attack  on  tbe  train,  and  wore  a 
false  mnatacbe.  She  was  on  tbe  eneine  when 
Eames  was  killed.  She  has  sicnifled  her  intention 
to  tell  all  she  knows  aboat  tbe  affair. 


$150,000,  and  that  the  company  is  not  able  to  famish 
the  6  per  cent,  reserve  required  by  tbe  State. 


A  PAYING  RAILROAD. 


TEE  LATE  REAR  ADMIRAL  ALDEN. 

Portland,  Feb.  23.— The  remains  of  Eear 
Admiral  Alden  are  lying  in  ttate  in  tne  Council 
Cbamber,  City  Hall,  guarded  by  a  military  escort. 
The  floral  donations  are  elaborate.  The  funeral  will 
take  place  to-'uorrow  at  11  o'clock,  and  all  tbe  mili- 
tary organizations  will  take  part. 


OOLViiBlA  Dl^E  lASURANOE. 
St.  Lodis,  Feb.  23,— Tne  ground  upon  which 
Col.  Celsaa  Prioe,  Sia.e  Sasexiucendent  of  lasa- 
rance.  asked  the  Circuit  Court  yesterday  for  the 
appcintment  of  Becelvers  for  tbe  Colnmbia  Life  In- 
surance Company,  is  that  by  reason  of  the  shrink- 
age of  values  tbe  capital,   aasets.  Sc*..  of  that  com- 


REPORT  OP  THE    CHICAGO,  BURLINGTON  AND 
QUINCY  RAILROAD— A    LARGE     SURPLTTS 
BEYOND      THE      USUAL    DIVIDEND    RE- 
PORTED. * 
Special  Disoateh  to  the  New-York  Times. 

Chicago,  Feb.  23.— The  report  ot  the  Di- 
rectors of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy 
Bailroad  lor  the  past  year  was  sabmitted  to- 
day. It  shows  the  earnings  fpr  the  year  to  have 
been  $12,057,794,  and  the  expenses,  in- 
cluding taxes  and  also  $138,808  of  a 
disputed  tax:  on  capital  stock,  $6,868,545. 
The  docrense  et  the  funded  debt  has  been 
138,250.  Tbe  construction  and  eouipmenc  ac- 
count has  been  increased  $379,363.  ITie  sales 
ot  lands  amounted  to  31,701  acres,  and  money 
received  in  this  department  $327,800.  Tne 
load  during!  tbe  year  has  accumulated  a  sur- 
plus beyond  its  usual  d.ividend  of  $339,623, 
which  has  been  used  for  the  sinking  fund,  and 

lor  new  construction  in  Iowa. 


NORTHERI^  CENTRAL  RAILROAD, 


ANNUAL  MEKTINQ  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIREC- 
TORS— RECEIPTS  AND  EXPENDITUBUS — 
ELECIKJN  OK  OFFICERS. 

Baltimohe,  Feb.  23. — At  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  Directors  of  tbe  Northern  Ceutral  Bailroad 
today,  President  Thomas  A.  Scott  presiding,  the 
report  ot  tbe  operations  of  tbe  company  tor  tbe 
year  ending  Dec.  31,  1870,  was  presented  to  tbe 
stockholders.  Tbe  report  gives  the  total  levenne 
of  the  main  line,  with  its  leased  and  controlled 
roads,  at  44,369  923  5U,  and  tbe  total  operating  ex- 
penses at  $3,036,435  81,  leaving  as  the  net  earning^s 
11.333,439  69.  "In  comparison  with  1375  tht-re  wasa 
decrease  iu  the  gross  earnin;;3  of  $5.^.6,3^  22,  equal 
to  11  29-100  per  cent.,  and  a  decrease  in-.tbe  opera- 
ting expenses  of  ?32.i  037  87,  equal  to  9  69-100 
per  cent.  Tbe  decrease  in  tbe  net  earn- 
iucs  was  $2J0.684  35.  or  14  75 100  per  cent. 
Tlie  operating  expen.se.s  w<>re  69  43-100  per  cent,  of 
lliC  .iro;'!'  I  aiiiiiiiis.  wliioh.  in  coiayaiisou  with  IB-io, 
Bhows  ,in  increase  of  1  a3-l00  pir  cent.  In  a  I'liiiuii 
to  the  net  eiimiu^.-.,as  al.uve  .stated,  of  $1,333  439  69, 
t  iiTi'  was  received  irmu  dividend  aud  interest, 
■•59,632.  and  coutiiuutioii  t;r  opf-ratuig  tbe  Eimira, 
C  leuiun'j  and  t'ananiajiua  Llivisioii,  tr.,m  tbe 
Penosyivituin  Kaiir  'ad  Company,  £56,487  82,  making 
a  lutal  SI, 449.559  51,  of  wbicb  ainuunt  mere  has 
besa  upO'ieu  to  rue  payment  ot  various  indebted- 
IJ0H8,  interest  uu  morts^a  ee.  &c..  $1,260,133  54; 
leaving  a  balance  for  1876  of  $189,425  97.  Notwith- 
scaudiut:  the  unexampled  depresaion  in  bnsine&s 
Uuiiii;i  tbe  past  year,  tbe  net  tarniners  of  tbe  com- 
pany huve  esceedeJ  tne  int  rest  charged  upan  its 
101  ul  murttage,  indebtedness,  and  leaseu. 

X'lie  balance  to  the  credit  of  the  nrofit  and  loss 
Dec.  31,  1876,  is  staled  at  §176,546  77.  While  the 
aoove  Btatvment  shows  a  lialauue  of  earnings  iqual 
to  a  dividend  ot  3  per  c  nt.  npon  the  capital 
stock,  your  board  does  not  deem  it  wise  to  make 
auivideudi  believing  it  to  be  more  prudent  to  hold 
toe  existing  balaucs  in  reserve.  Althoucb  the  ex- 
peutation:4  of  your  board  have  not  been  realized  in 
the  results  of  ibe  past  year,  they  are  able  to  state 
to  you  that,  uor withstanding:  the  cuutinued  aud  in- 
cieatted  di'pressiuu  iu  all  departments  uf  trade 
Winch  prevailed  during  tho  entire  year,  especially 
ID  those  branches  upon  which  tbe  traffic  uf  y^.nr 
lines  ail  ldr;iely  depend — cuai,  iron,  ana  lumber — all 
vour  property  in  sn'eatly  improved  in  its  condition, 
in. all  branches  of  tne  set  vice,  in  its  earuine:  capa- 
cii\ ,  aud  iu  us  cipubiiiiy  uf  mure  economical  move- 
nijnt  of  the  traffic." 

Immediately  following  tbe  Director's  meeting, 
there  was  a  meeting  of  the  stockholders,  and  the 
following  gentlemen  were  elected  Directors  for  the 
eubuingycar:  Thomas  A.  Scoct,  Wistar  Morris.  S. 
il.  Felron.  A.  M.  Phillips,  George  B.  Roberta, 
Edmnna  bmith,  Jr„  M.  Uuicbmsun,  Deil  Abbott, 
Jr.,  all  of  I'bilidelphia ;  Wayne  MacVeigb,^  Har- 
ris urg,  and  George  Small,  S.  M.  Shoe'ibaker,  and 
if.  B.  isellers,  of  Baltiujore.  The  new i  Diroctuis 
held  a  uieeimg,  vihen  Thomas  A.  Scait  was  re- 
elected rresicent,  A.  J.  Cassatt,  Vice  President, 
and  S.  B.  Hoilins,  Secret  ar v. 


TEE  MEXICAN  VETERANS. 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  THK  NATIONAL  ASSOCIA- 
TION—THE QUKSTION  OP  PENSIONS- 
ESTIMATE    OF  THK    SURVIVORS. 

Washington,  Feb.  23. — The  second  day's 
proceedings  ot  the  National  Association  of  Mexican 
Veterans  comprised  a  visit  to  the  White  House, 
where  they  were  received  by  President 
Grant  with  a  cordial  greeting.  Tbe  movement 
began  four  years  ago.  The  veterans  expressed 
the  hope  that  tbe  President  would  sign  their  pen- 
aion  bill  before  his  term  expired.  Returning  to 
Willard  Hall  Eev.  Green  Clay  Smith  was  selected 
as  urator  of  the  day  for  the  next 
annual  meeting,  which  will  take  place 
at  Baltimore  on  the  221  of  February,  1878. 
The  committee,  consisting  of  one  from  each  State, 
then  organized,  and  proceeded  to  the -Capitol  to  ap- 
pear before  tbe  Committee  on  Pensions  of  the  Sen- 
ate, a  special  meeting  having  been  called  to  hear 
the  veterans.  Senator  Ingalls,  ot  Kansas, 
presided,  Besides  tbe  members  of  the  committee 
Senators  Logan.  Burnside,  and  Maxev  were  present. 
Gen.   Denver   briefly   stated    the   case,    and    called 

Secretary  Kenady  to  read  an  extract  from  his  an- 
nual report  in  regard  to  tbe  probable  nnmber  of  sur- 
vivors of  the  Mexican  War.  Mr.  Kenaday  informed 
the  committee  that  extraordinary  efforts  bad  been 
made  during  the  past  four  .years  to  ascertain  the 
wheieabouts  of  every  survivor.  The  number  of 
names  coileoted  was  6,250,  of  which  4,629  were  taboJ 
Idled  to  show  tbe  regiments  in  which  tbey  served'. 
Fioon  this  comnilation  it  v:at  ascertained  that  25 
regular  regiments  show  an  average  of  41  survivors, 
while  15  volunteer  regiments  from  Indiana. 
Onio.  and  Kentncky,  average  about  46  each. 
Aasiiming  that  4.6.19  cover  only  one-half  of  the  sur- 
vivora  there  would  not  be  over  80  or  90  men 
lett  of  the  full  regiments  that  went  to 
Mexico  m  1846,  less  than  10  per  cent,  of  the 
whole  nnmber  mastered.  These  are  vital  slatia 
ties,  based  on  facts  susiceptible  of  proof.  Senator 
Ingalls,  however,  stateu  tbat  an  officer  of  the 
Pension  Bnrean  bad  prepared  au  estimate 
wbiob  shows  tbat  the  passage  of  tbe  proposed 
bi'l  will  necessitate  an  appropriation  of  17,000,000  or 
«8.UUO,UO0  a  year.  Tbe  Peuaion  Counniktuei  have 
agreed  to  tiave  a  meeting  to-morrow,  to  consider  the 
matter. 

The  convention  adjonrned  to  meet  again  at  3 
o'cloclc  Satnrday  afternoon. 


OREGON  TOTES  FOR  HATES. 


THE    WEATHER. 


INDICATIONS. 

Washington.  Feb.  24—1  A.  M. — For  ihe  MIA- 
dle  States,  rising  barometer,  north-east  winds,  cooler, 
nloudy  and  clearer  weather. 

for  Sew -England  stationary  or  falling,  followed 
by  rising  barometer,  north-east  to  nortp-wsst  winds, 
partly  cloudy  and  clear  weather. 


MORE  INDIAN  DEPREDATIONS. 
Deadwood,  Feb.  23. — On  Wednesday  even . 
ing,  about  6:30  o'clock,  a  small  band  of  ladiana  made 
air  attack  on  Soearfisb  City,  a  small  mining  town 
near  this  place.  About  100  shuts  were  exchanged. 
iJ one  of  the  miners  were  injured,  and  owiug  to  the 
darkuess  the  damage  done  lo  the  Indians  is  un- 
known. liSkit  nigntBouiibtou's  herd  of  cattle,  which 
a  party  of  armed  citizf-us  captured  irora  tbe  In- 
dians a' few  da^s  since,  were  again  driven  off  by  la- 
diana from  tbe  False  Bottom  mining  region. 


THB  BAILROAD  STRIKE  IN  THE,  EAST. 

Boston,  Feb.  23. — The  Boston  and  Maine 
Bailroad  Company  oflor  a  reward  of  flOO  for  tbe  ae- 
tection  ot  persons  violating  tbe  State  laws  relative 
to  obstructing  the  road  or  interfering  with  Us  roll- 
ing stock.  Taere  is  no  chauge  in  the  aituatioo,  ex- 
oepi  that  the  road  Is  daily  increasing  iis  taciUties. 


NOVA  aCOTlA  AND  SEW-BRVNSWICK. 
Halifax,  Feb.  23. — In  the  Assembly  to-day 
tbe  Provinci.tl  Secretary  gave  notioa  of  a  motion 
authorizing  tbe  Gjverumeut  to  appoint  a  delega- 
tion to  coofet  with  delegates  from  NcW-Branswiok 
and  Pi  ince  Edward's  Inland  on  the  proposed  union 
Of  the  maritime  provinces. 


IHE  PREi>IDEi\Cl  OF  MEXICO. 
St.  Louis,  Feb.  23.— JostS  M.  Iglesias,  one  of 
tho  Presidents  of  Mexico,  accompanied  by  several 
of  his  Btafi^  arrived  here  to-night,  en  rente  East. 


ARRIVAL  OF  I  ME  BATAVIA. 

The  steam-ship  Batavia,  Capt.   Moreland,  of 

the  Cuoard  line,   wbich  •ail'-d  from  Liverpool  for 

this  port,  via  Qaetnatown.  OS  the  lOth  iut.,  amved 
oany  have  become  impaixed  to.the  extant  oC  sAadx  Lliue  7eaceraaj» 


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DECISION  OF  THE  COMMISSION: 
UNANIMOUS  REJECTION  OF  CRONZN  AS  AH 
ELECTOR  —  THB  THREE  BEPUBUCAN 
ELECTORS  DECIDED  TO  BE  LEGAL  BT  A 
VOTE  OP  EIGBT  TO  SEVEN — POIKTB  OW 
TBE  ARGUMENT  OF  THB  MEMBERS  IK 
SECRET  SESSION — CONSISTENCY  OF  THK  4, 

REPUBLICAN    POSITION    THROUGH  OUT—  '  ( ; 

REPORT  OF  THB  COMMISSIONERS. 
Special  Dispateh  to  the  New-  York  Times. 
WAsarNGTON,  Feb.  23. — The  Commissioa 
met  this  morning,  with  .  Mr.  Thnrman  absent 
by  reason  of  sickness.  Arguments  were  made 
on  tbe  Oregon  case  by  Senator  Bayard,  Repre- 
sentatives Abbott  and  Hnnton,   and  Jriitioe 

Bradley,  who  spoke  last.  The  two  principui.' 
topics  of  discussion  were  the  eligibility 
ot   Watts   and   tbe   Governor's  relation   to 

the  State  canvass  and  bis  duty  under  tbe  State 

law.    There  was  no  vote  taken  on  CroDm''g 

eligibility,  but  it  was  tbe  unanimous  opinion 

that  he  was  not  an  Elector.     No  Democrat  on 

the  Commission  wen  t  to  the  extent  of  olainiine 

Cronin's  vote  for  Tflden.  It  was  developed  that 

there  would  be   eight  Commissioners  in  favor 

of  counting  the  votes  for  Gov.  Hayes,  and  the 

six  Democrats  present  were  all  in  favor  of  a 

resolution  that  only  two  Electors  were  legally 

chosen  in  Oregon.    It  was  rumored  about  the 

Capitol  that  the  vote   on  counting  the  vote  of 

Watts  was  nine  to  six,  and"T?E  arose  from  a 

common   impression  that    Senator    Thurman 

would  vote    with    tbe  Republicans.    About  4 

o'clock,    the   resolutions  and  reports    having 

been  prepared,  the  Commission   proceeded  in 

carriages    to    Senator    Thurman's    bonse  and 

the  foi-mal  vote  was  taken,  being  eight  to  seven  ; 

in  favor  of  t;i6    resolution    declaring  that    the  ^  (f^iJ 

Totee  of  the  three  Kepublioan    Electors  should.  ''i^^i 

be     counted-  ,      As     predicted     last     night, 

the  Democratic  Commissioners  voted  together 

to    take    advantage    of    tbe     results     of  the 

Oregon  fraud  by  throwing  the  election  into  the 

House.     Tbey  repudiated  Cronin,  but  sustained 

Grover  In  defeating  the  casting  of  three  Re* 

publican  votes  in  a  regular  and  indisputable 

manner  by  issuing  tbe  certificate  to  Cronin. 

The  points  of  discussion  in  the  Oregon  cask 
by  the  Commissioners,  as  above  noted,  were 
the  election  of  Cronin,  who  received  but  a  mi-< 
nority  of  the  votes  cast;  the  eligibility  ot  Watt'j, 
to  whom  Gov.  Grover  refused  a  certificate,  and 
the  Oregon  State  law  defining  the  method  of 
the  canvass  and  the  Governor's  duty.  Tlie 
claim  that  Judge  Hoadley  has  advanced  ■with 
so  much  ingenuity  and  nertinacity,  that  u  mi- 
nority candidate  is  elected  when  the  cantiidate 
having  the  majority  is  ineligible  or  disaualified. 
under  the  law  to  hold  the  office,  was  utterly  re- 
pudiated by  every  member  ot  the  Comwiission. 
The  doctrine  is  one  entirely  unwhole&ome  to 
the  American  people,  and  one  that. has  not 
been  tolerated,  as  was  pointed '^ut  ia  the  Ab- 
bott case  by  Judge  Thurman,  by  an^^  respecta- 
ble judicial  opinion,  save  one  in  Indiana. 
Tha  cases  which  Hoadley  raked  together 
with  so  much  labor  were»  all  of 
inferior  courts,  and  else  had  no  bearing  on  the 
direct  question  at  issue.  This  bsranch  of  the 
disGUBsion  occasioned  no  difficulty,  therefore, 
and  little  time  was  spent  upon  it.  The  duty 
of  Gov.  Crover  under  the  State  law 
was  carefully  examined.  The  argument 
on  the  Republican  side  was'  that  •bs 
Governor  was  no  part  of  the  canvassing  ma- 
chinery of  the  State — that  the  Secretary  of 
State  was  given  by  the  State  statute  exclusive 
and  sole  authority  to  canvass  the  vote  cast. 
That  law  declares  exulicitly  'that  it  was 
his  duty  to  report  to  the  Governor, 
the*  persons  having  the  highest  number 
of  votes.  This  was  the  completiotn  of  tbe  can- 
vass. Tbe  duty  of  tbe  Governor,  as  declared 
by  the  law,  was  to  issue  certificates  of  election 
to  those  persons  reported  to  him  by  tbe  Secreta- 
ry of  State  as  having  the  highest  number  of 
votes,  and  the  Governor  had  no  authority  in 
law  to  examine  into  or  question  ^be  eligibility 
ot  any  candidate.  His  only  duty  iwas  to  issue 
the  certificate  as  directed  by  law. 

The  Democratic  argument,  on  thcyother  hand, 
was  that  the  Governor  with  the  Secretary  of 
State  made  tbe  canvass  of  votes,  be'sanse  the  oan~ 

vass  was  made  in  the  Governor's  presence,  as  it 
were,  as  one  of  the  counsel  suggested,  with 
the  Governor  looking  over  the  Secretary's 
shoulder.     The  Democrats,  claii'nina  that  the 

Secretary  of  State  alone  was  npt  the  canvass-' 
ing  officer,  made  the  point  that  'the  Governor's 
certificate  with  his  signature, /certified  to  by 
the  SecretEiry  of  State  with  the  seal  ot 
the  State  attached  was  at  once  ,a  certificate  of 
the  canvass,  and  that  it  therefore  complied, 
with  the  former  rulings  ot  the  Commission,  be- 
cause the  canvass  and  the  certificate  of  elec- 
tion, according  to  their  view,',  could  not,  under 
Oregon  law,  be  separated. 

Respecting  tbe  eligibility  of  Watts,  tho  Re» 
publicans  on  the  Commission  held,  as  in  the 
Louisiana   case,  that  his  holding   an   office   ol 

Postmaster  at  the  time  of  the  November  elec- 
tion did  not  disqualify  him  for  appointment 
as    an     Elector,    and     that     the    resignation  t^l 

of  his  office,  and  his  ceasing   to  act    before  the  \\Kl\ 

meeting  of  the  Electoral    College    was  all  tbat 

was  necessary  to  remove  his  disqualification 
and  make  his  vote  as  an  Elector  valid.  They 
beld  that  under  tbe  Oregon   law  the   power  of 

the   College  to  fill  a  vacancy,  no  matter  by 

what  cause  it  might  have  been  produced,  was 
absolute,  interpreting  the  language  of  the 
statute  according  to  the  argument  of  the  Re- 
publicans' counsel,  and  disclaiming  the  argu 
ment  of  Judge  Hoadley,  that. the  word  "other- 
wise" meant  "in  like  manner."  Tne  Democrats 
on  the  Commission  held  that  Watts  was  ineligi- 
ble for  appointment,  and  that  his  election  was 
void,  and  that  under  the  State  law  the  failure 
to  elect  did  not  produce  a  vacancy  which  the 
Electoral  College  was  authorized  to  fill.  They 
therefore  voted  for  the  exclusion  ot  the  vote  of 
Watts. 

The  report  made  to  the  two  houses  is  in  ac-, 
eord  with  the  two  reports  made  m  th  e  two  pre- 
vious cases,  reit«ratinK  the  reasons  which  were 
contained  in  tbem. 


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PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  COMMISSION. 

The  Electoral  Commission  reassembled 
in  secret  session  at  10:30  o'clock  this  morning, 
pursuant  to  last  evening's  adjournment,  and 
remained  in  consultation  on  the  Oregon  case 
four  and  one-half  hours.  At  3  o'clock,  the  dis- 
cussion being  concluded,  and  Senator  Thurman 
having  been  unable  to  attend  the  sitting  oiring 
to  illness,  a  recess  was  taken  in  order  to  ascer- 
tain whether  he  would  prefer  coming  to  the 
Capitol  or  that  the  Commission  should  proceed 
to  his  residence,  and  tbere  transact  the 
busmees  incident  to  taking  a  vote.  A 
committee  oonsibting  of  Senators  Bay- 
ard and  Frehngbuysen  was  appointed 
for  this  purpose,  and  reported  in  doe  time  that 
Senator  Thurnan  preferred  to  xeoeiye  the  Cont 


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mtsBion  at  hia  honae.  At  4  o'olook,  therefore, 
the  other  memberB  of  the  Commiasion  pro- 
ceeded in  oairiagea  to  Senator  Thurman's  resi- 
dence on  Ponrt«enth^itreet,  between  K  and  L 
Btreeta,  accompanied  by  Meaara.  MoKenny  and 
Catlin,  Secretaries,  and  Mr.  Beardon,  the  Mar- 
shal of  the  Commlaaion.  Senator  Thorman  was 
foand  confined  to  hia  bed,  where  he  remained 
dnrinp;  the  entire  proceedinga  of  the  Commis- 
sion, which  waa  formally  called  to  order  by 
Justice  Clifford,  President.  The  vote  waa  then 
taken  on  the  following  nropoaitiona,  which  had 
been  informally  snl>mitted  and  disonased,  but 
not  voted  upon,  during  the  day's  session : 
Mr.  Edmunds  submitted  the  following  : 
JResolvtd,  That  the  certificate  vlsned  by  Z.  JL. 
Cronlo,  J.  K.  T.  Miller,  and  John  Parker,  pnrport- 
tm  to  caat  the  Electoral  vote  of  the  State  of  Ore- 
l^o,  doei  not  contain  or  certify  the  consUtational 
Voiea  to  which  said  State  is  entitled. 

Justice  Field  offered  the  following  as  a  sub- 
stitute : 

WTiereaa,  J. "W.  Watts,  deaiirnated  In  certlfloateKo. 
1  as  an  Elector  of  the  State  of  Oreeon,  for  President 
and  Vice  President,  on  the  day  of  election,  viz..  the 
7ch  day  of  November,  1876,    held  an    office  ot   tiast 

and  profit  under  tbe  United  States,  therefore, 

Eesolved,  That  the  said  J.  "W.  Watta  was  then  in- 
eligible to  tbe  office  ot  Elector  within  the  express 
terms  ot  the  Constitution. 

fl<Ject«d — Yeas  7,  nays  8,  as  follows  : 

Teas— Messrs.  Abbott,  Bayard,  Clifford,  ^ield, 
5nnton,  Payne,  Thurman— 7, 

Kats — Messrs.  Bradley,  Edmands,  iFrelinehny- 
xcD,  Garfield,  Hoar,  Miller,  Morton,  Strong— 8. 

ilr.  Justice  Field  then  offered  the  foUowinc: : 

Whereas.  At  the  election  hold  on  the  7th  of  ITo- 
tembej-,  1876,  in  the  State  of  Oregon  for  Electors  ot 
President  aud  Vice  President,  W.  H.  Odell,  J.  W. 
■Watts,  and  J.  C.  Carfwright  receirefl  the  iuehest 
number  of  votes  cast  for  Electors ;  but, 

Whereas,  The  aaid  "Watta,  then  holdine  an  ofi9e« 
Df  trust  and  profit  ander  the  ITnited  States  was  in- 
eligible to  ihe  office  of  Elector :   therefore, 

Kisolved,  Tliat  the  said  Odell  and  Cartwright 

were  the  only  persons  dnly  elected  at  aaid  election, 
and  there  was  a  failure  on  tbe  part  ot  the  State  to 
«Ioot  a  third  Elector. 

Rejected — Ayes  7,  nays  8 ;  the  same  vote  in 
detail  as  the  preceding:. 

'ustice  Field  then  offered  the  following: 

Wheieas,  Tbe  Xioeialatore  of  Oregon  haa  made  no 
provision  for  the  appointment  ot  an  Elector  under 
the  act  of  Congress  where  there  was  a  failure  to 
make  a  choice  on  the  day  prescribed  by  law;  there- 
fore 

Sesotved,  That  the  attempted  aeleotioa  of  a  third 
Elector  by  the  two  persons  chosen  waa  inoperative 
and  ydd. 

Kejected— Teaq  7,  nays  8,(as  above.)  Mr.  Bay- 
ard then  offered  the  lollowing  : 

Etsolved,  That  the  vote  of  W.  H.  Odell,  and  the 
vote  of  J.  C.  Cartwrigbt,  cast  for  Butberford  B. 
Hayes,  of  Ohio,  for  President  of  the  XJiiited  States, 

and     for     William     A.     Wheeler,     of     New- 

Tork,  for  Vice  President  of  the  ITnited 
States,  were  tha  votes  provided  for 
by      the       Constitution       of       tbe       United 

states  and  that  the  aforesaid  Odell  and  Cartwright. 
jind  they  only,  ^ere  the  peraona  duly  appointed 
Electors  in  the  State  of  Oregon  at  tbe  election  held 
Kor.  7,  1S7G,  there  having  been  a  failure  at  the 
aaid  eleciion  to  appoint  a  third  Elector  in  accord- 
ance with  tbe  Constiintlon  aud  laws  of  the  United 
States  and  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Oregon,  and  that 
the  two  votes  aforesaia  should  be  counted,  and 
none  other  from  the  State  of  Oregon. 

licjeoted — Yeas,  7  ;   nays.  8,  as  above. 

A  vote  was  then  taken  on  Mr.  Edmund's 
original  proposition,  and  it  was  adopted — Teas 
15,  na.ys  0. 

ilr.  Morton  theii  offered  the  following: 

lUsolved,  That  W.  H.  OJell,  J.  C.  bartwriaht, 
BUfi  J.  AV,  Watta,  the  persona  named  as  Eieotora  in 
reriificate  Xo.  1.  are  the  lawful  Electors  of  the 
Slate  of  Oregon,  and  that  their  votes  are  tho  votes 
pwvided  for  by  the  Constituiion  of  the  United 
Spates,  and  should  be  counted  for  President  and 
Vice  President  of  the  TJniled  States. 

Mr.  ilunton  moved  to  strike  out  the  name  of 
J.  W.  Watts,  which  was  rejected  by  a  vote  of 
7  yeas  to  8  nays.  Mr.  Morton's  resolution  was 
then  adopted ;  yeas  8,  nays  7,  as  follows : 

Yeas— Messrs.  Bradley,  EJmnnda,  Fielinehuy 
aen,  Garfield,  Hoar,  Miller,  Morton,  and  'Strong — 8. 

Xats — Messrs.  Abbott,  Bayard,  Clifford,  Field, 
Ilnnion,  Payne,  and  Thurman — 7. 

The  decision  of  tho  Commission  was  then 
drawn  up  and  signed  by  the  eight  members 
votmff  iu  the  ajhrmative. 

On  motion  of  ]Mr.  Morton  the  injunction  of 
secrecy  upon  the  acta  and  proceedings  of  the 
CommissioD,  except  as  regards  their  report  to 
the  joint  sesaiou  of  Congress,  was  removed,  and 
the  Commission  adjourned  to  meet  in  the  Su- 
preme CourL-room  at  VJ  o'clock  to-morrow. 
RKPORT    OF    THE    COMMISSION. 

The  report  in.  substance  is  as  follows : 
The  Electoral  Commiasion  having  received  oer- 
t«»ns.  certificates  ana  papers  purporting  to  be  oerti. 
ficatCTp  of  the  £ie<;toial  votes  of  the  State  of  Ore- 
gon, and  certain  papers  accompanyins  the  same, 
and  tho  objections  thereto,  report  that  it  has  dnly 
considered  tbe  same  and  haa  decided,  and  does 
hereby  decide,  that  the  votes  ot  W,  a. 
Oiiell,  J.  C.  Cartwright,  and  J.  "W.  "Watts,  the 
persons  named  in  tbe  certificate  of  the 
Secretary  of  Stale  of  Oregon  as  the  persons  receiy- 
Ing  the  highest  number  of  votes  for  Presidential 
Electors,  are  theviutes  provided  for  by  the  Constitu- 
tion, and  that  the- Fame  are  lawfully  to  be  counted 
as  testified  to  in  the  certificate  of  aaid  Electors, 
namely,  the  three  votes  for  Kntherford  B.  Hayea, 
of  thf^  istate  of  Ohjo,  for  President,  and  three  votea 
lor  William  A.  Wheeler,  of  the  State  of  New- York, 
for  Vica  President.  The  report  will  further  aet 
forth  that  the  election  of  "Watts  by  the  other  two 
members  of  the  Siecioral  College  was  in  aoooru- 
Buco  with  the  Constitn  ion  and  laws  of  Oregon. 
The  grounds  for  this  decision,  ao  far  as  they  con- 
cern tbe  eligibility  of  Watts,  are  substantially  that 
Ic  13  competent  to  go  behind  ih3  certificate 
of  the  Governor  ao  far  aa  the  same 
is  not  founded  upon  the  action  of  the  oanvassiog 
or  returning  authority  provided  for  ,by  the  law  of 
the  Slate,  which  authority,  in  the  case  of  Oregon, 
fs  held  to  be  the  Secretary  ot  State.  The  report 
will  also  tak9  the  ground  that  It  is  not  essential 
to  show  that  an  Elector  was  eligiblle  on  the  7th  of 
November,  provided  it  be  shown  that  he  waa  eligible 
when  no  cast  hia  vote  in  the  Electoral  College,  and 
the  fact  appears  that  the  allegea  ineligible  Eleotor 
I  Watts  J  was  chosen   to   fill  a  vacancy  caused  by  hia 

own    absence  from    the    Electoral  College,   and 

that  ha  waa  not  inelizible  at  tbe  time  he 
cast  hia  vote.  The  Secretary  of  tho  Commission 
will  to-morrow  morning  deliver  to  the  Preaident 
pro  tempore  of  the  Senate, the  formal  deoiaion  above 
described,  together  with  all  the  certificates 
and  accompanying  •  papers  In  '  tbe  case 
which  were  referred  to  the  '  Couimiation, 
and  tbe  Secretary  will  also  deliver  to  the  Speaker 
of  the  Hodse  a  formal  ratification  aigned  by  the 
President  of  the  Commiaaion,  that  their  decision 
had  been  communicated  to  the  President  pro 
tem.  Upon  the  reassembling  of  the  •  two 
bosses  in  joint  session  the  decision  will  be 
read  and  entered  upon  their  respective  jonrDala, 
aud  theieupon,  in  accordance  with  the  Electoral  aot, 
the  vote  ot  Oregon  must  be  immediately  counted 
for  Hayea  and  Wheeler,  unless  upon  objection  be- 
ing made  in  writlug  by  at  least  fire  Senators  and 
five  membera  of  tbe  House  of  Bepreaentativea,  the 
two  houses^hali  separately  concur  in  orderins  oth- 
erwise.   ^^^^^____^ 

FOREIGN  COTTON  AND  GRAIN  TRADE. 

m 
LryBRPOOt,  Teb.  23. — The  Circular  ot  the 
iliiverpool  Cotton  Brokers'  Association,  in  its  re- 
view of  che  week  ending  laat.night,  saya  :  "Cotton 
has  been  inanimate  with  limited  basinesa  and 
qnotationa  are  generally  reduced.  American  waa  in 
limited  demand,  and  a  redaction  of  ^ad.  to  3-16d. 
generally  conceded.  Sea  Island  was  In  fair  request 
at  steady  prices.  In  futures  a  moderate  baaineas 
was  done,  without  any  great  flaotnations.  ^  The  do- 
cllne  on  the  week  is  fully  3-16d." 

A  leading  grain  ciroular,  reviewing  the  trade  of 

the  week,  says:    "  TheJBritish  wheat  markets  were 

,  i%  generally  a  ahlliins  P«r  qoartar  dearer  this  week, 

*%bnt  trade  waa  leas  active.    Millers  are  again  show* 

s»>r'ing  a  iisposition  to  act  with  reserve,  though  It  i» 

'^^"  not  aupposed  that  this  can  long  continue  aa  the  late 

impr»vom«Dt  in  prioM  waa  too  rapid  to  nermlj 


firm,  Buppllea  are  now  chiefly  Callfomlan,  moat  of 
which  ao  far  fTom  being  pressed  for  sale,  ia  going 
into  warehouse.  The  demand  the  last  two  days 
haa  been  steady,  but  not  free,  at  previous  qnota- 
tiona. Several  cargoea  of  Califomiiui,  on  paasage 
and  for  ahtpment,  have  been  taken  at  extreme 
ratea.  Maize  was  rather  dearer.  Tbe  freah  anp- 
pliea  into  port  of  wheat  and  flour  have  been  small, 
and  of  maize  very  light  This  market  to-dav  waa 
attended  by  few  bnyera.  The  demand  for  wheat 
was  quite  hmited.  White  was  a  penny  per  cental 
lower,  aad  red  nominally  unaltered  from  T-ieadsy's 
prices.  Elour  waa  ateady  with  moderate  aalea. 
Com  was  taken  sparingly  at  prices  a  sliade  better." 

THE  LOUISIANA  INVESTIGATION. 


them    going    liberally    into  .stock. 
Hp^t    viuM     (ilM*  ^  iniaaO«».  .>»'*. 


Holders    of 


CBOSS-EXAMINATION  OF  PA.TBICK  J.  KEN- 
NEDY— BIS  EFFORTS  TO  INDUCE  REPUB- 
JACASa  TO  GO  OVER  TO  THE  DEMO- 
CRATIC MEMBERS  OF   THE  LBGISLATURE 

—OTHER    TEsriMO!ry — MR.    gifford's, 

KNOWLEDGE  OF  LITTLEPIKLD,   THE  TAM- 
PERER  WITH   RETURNS. 

Wabhington,  Feb.  23.— The  Committee  on 

the  Powera,  Privileges,  and  Dutie*  of  the  House 
had  before  them  this  moming  Patrick  J.  Kennedy, 
of  Louisiana,  whose  cross-examinatiou  was  resumed 
by  Mr.  Ijawrenoe.  He  stated  that  when  ho  first 
went  to  New-Orleans  he  acted  with  the  Packard 
Legislature  for  about  a  week  and  then  went  over  to 
the  KlchoUs  liOgislatare.  He  stated  that  he  did  not 
solicit  from  either  Kellogg  or  Packard,  or  from  any 
one  else,  nor  did  he  receive  from  anybody,  promises 
of  support  to  secure  his  election  to  the  United 
States  Senate;  he  never  ofi'ered  any  member  of  the 
Packard  Legislature  any  money  or  other  valuable 
consideration  in  order  to  ioduoe  them  to  leave  that 
body;  it  is  possible  he  may  have  said  to  some  of 
them  that  if  they  were  or  would  become  mem- 
bers of  the  NiohoUs  Legialature  they  would  be 
paid  their  mileage,  as  the  Ijicholla  body  had 
money  and  tho  Packard  organization  had  none ; 
he  aaid  that  Wells,  in  tbe  interviews  witness 
had  with  him,  never  held  out  a  view  or 
'  made  the  impression  upon  hia  mind  that 
he  I  Wells]  wanted  any  money  or  wanted  to  do 
anything  corrupt.  Witnens  was  shown  several 
newspaper  extracts  relating  to  the  explanation  ot 

E.  J.  Barrett  m  the  NichoUs  Legislatare  of  his  con- 
nection with  the  interviews  between  Wella  aud  wit- 
ness, and  he  saio  that  they  were  in  the  main  cor- 
rect: be  admitted  that  he' had  conversalious  with 
Erederick  Heath.  W.  J.  Delacey,  C.  E.  Heath,  P.  J. 
Brown,  JobD  A.  Browu,  and  other  members  of  the 
Packard  Legislature,  and  aouiiht  to  induce  them  to 
come  over  tor  10  days  to  the  NichoUs  Leeislature, 

saving  that  they  would  be  paid  their  per  diem  and 
mileage,  which  would  amount  to  about  (100.  He 
knew  of  none  of  the  members  of  the  Packard 
Legislature  with  whom  he  had  conversed  on  this 
babject  coming  over  to  tbe  Kicholls  Legislature, 
except  a  man  named  Jaraun,  who  waa  a  poor  man  ; 
witneaa  told  a  reoorter  of  the  ifew-Orieaos  limet 
of  his  interviews  with  Gov.  Wella,  but  did  not  sng- 
geac  or  aolicit  that  he  aboiUd  be  subijoenaed  befoie 
this  committee. 

Mr.  Keunedy  was  interrogated  by  Mr.  Field  with 
reference  to  tbe  correspondence  that  passed  be- 
tween him  and  Wells  relative  to  the  proposed  inter- 
views between  the  latter  and  ^Nichulls,  and  which 
has  been  published  heretofore,  but  no  material  new 
facts  were  tlicited  on  this  point.  Ho  expressed  it 
as  his  opinion  that  the  P<>ckard  Legislature  could 
not  sustain  itself  if  tt  were  not  for  the  support  of 
the  United  States  troops  :  he  said  he  tboaght  that 
if  tne  troops  were  wirbJravrn  those  gentle- 
men of  the  Packard  Legislature  who  professed  to 
have  beea  elected  would  take  up  their  bags 
and  leave.  Men  who  cume  to  tbe  State 
as  settlers  in  good  faith  are  respected  in  every  way, 
and  the  people  have  an  aversion  to  thoae  ouly  who 
have  been  sent  or  have  voluntarily  come  there 
from  the  North  tor  the  solo  purpose  of  holaiog 
office,  Mr.  Kennedy  related  tho  occurrences  at  the 
iSiate-honse  on  the  first  day  of  the  meeting  of  the 
Packard  Leaislature,  but  developed  nothing  with 
which  tbe  public  is  not  already  suiSuieiitly  tamilidr. 
He  recited  also  some  instances  of  bills  t>ciug  lulm- 
daced  in  that  Legislature  aud  passed  without  hav- 
iug  ever  been  read,  except  by  their  title,  or  l>eiDg 
referred  to  any  commiitee. 

Alter  a  recess  tbe  committee  called  Henry  C. 
Pvles,  of  iiew-Orleans,  and  he  testified  that  he  was 
em Dloyod  by  Blaucbard,  Catlin  iStJiewett,  who  bad 
a  list  of  all  the  registered  voters  4h  New-Oileaus, 
and  sent  to  the  addi-eaa  of  each  one  a  circular  par- 
porting  to  h.ive  been  issued  by  the  Southern  Cuarm 
Sewin;:-machine  Company  of  Alabama  j  whenever 
a  circular  was  addressed  to  a  place  where  ic  was 
found  the  person  did  not  live,  ic  would  be  relumed 
by  the  letter-carrier  i  this  firm — Blancbard,  Catlin 
Si  Jeweit — occupied  a  room  in  the  tnud  story  of  tbe 
State-house ;  tbey  employed  about  a  dozen  clerks 
from  tbe  latter  part  of  September  until  the  earlv 
part  of  October;  witness  is  a  Keoubiican,  and  the 
wtole  concern  was  Kei>ublicac  ;  the  warrants  ot  ar- 
rest were  issued  by  United  States  Commissioner 
Jewett,  who  waa  one  ut  tbe  firm  ;  Blancliard  and 
Catlin  were  connected  with  the  registration;  tho 
affiilavtis  were  sworn  to  by  policemeu. 

Us  Judge  Lawrence — iJid  not  know  that  tho 
Southern  Charm  Sewing  machine  Company  waa  a 
bona  bile  company ;  that  it  had  a  branch  office  iu 
Wasbmgton,  and  a  factory  at  Bellefonie,  Ohio;  ic 
it  waa  generally  understood  that  this  was  a  device 
to  detect  tbe  fraudulent  registration  of  Democrats. 

By  Mr.  Tucker — Whenever  a  circular  was  re- 
turned by  a  letter-carrier  tbe  policemen  made,  or 
swore  tbey  made,  inquiry  at  the  respective  places 
whether  the  parties  iiveu  there  or  not,  and  then  the 
warrants  uf  arrest  were  issued  ;  but  wltuesa  does 
not  know  whether  the  parties  were  arrested  or  not. 

Thomas  Ji  fferson  Landry,  of  Xew-Orleans,  testi- 
fied in  substance  as  tbe  former  witness;  he  stated 
that  the  affidavits  were  printed  and  that  tbe  clerks 
filled  them  out ;  warrants  were  made  out  in  the 
same  wav,  and  Jewett  look  them  to  his  room  in  tbe 
Custom-bonse,  where  be  stamped  hia  signature  upon 
tbem  ;  about  10,000  of  these  warrants  were  issued. 

Ira  M.  Gifforu,  of  Davenport,  Iowa,  testified  that 
he  went  from  there  to  New-Orleaua,  leaving  Chicago 
on  the  night  ot  Dec.  9;  he  went  there  in  his  otfiuial 
capacity  as  an  examiner  ot  national  banks;  while 
in  New-Orleans  he  was  introduced  to  Li  tieSeld  by 
Spearing  on  Dec.  20  ;  ho  was  in  Speanna's  office  ac 
the  time,  aud  Llttlefield  told  him  that  he  was  chief 
clerk  to  tbe  Retaining  Bosrd  and  confidential 
clerk  to  Gov.  Wella  :  ho  aaked  witness  who. her  be 
bad  ever  met  Gov.  Wells,  and  when  witness  replied 
in  the  negative,  Littlefielu  invited  all  present  to 
comedown  to  the  State-house  the  next  morning; 
he  ha:l  not  beard  at  that  time  that  Wells  wanted  or 
had  been  offered  money  for  giving  the  State  of 
Louisiana  to  Tilden ;  the  next  morning 
the  witness  went  to  the  State-bouse, 
aud  waa  introduced  to  Gov.  Wells  anil 
other  membera  of  the  board  ;  after  some  time  spent 
in  conversation  witness  left,  accompanied  by  Spear- 
ing, Llttlefield,  Aoell,  and  Eaton  ;  in  going  along 
Llttlefield  aaked  what  he  [witneasj  thought  ot  Gov. 
Wells,  and  witness  replieu  that  be  liked  him  very 
well;  Spearing  said  that  this  young  man  (referring 
to  Llttlefield)  could  open  his  eyea  by  telling  him 
aometbiog  about  the  duinga  of  tbe  board  ;  after  a 
while  Speanng  asked  again  whether  witneaa  would 
like  to  listen  to  aome  of  tneae  atones;  he  replied 
be  would  be  at  leisure  in  the  evening, 
and  that  they  might  come  to  his  room. 
Mr.  Gifford  tben  reiterated  iu  substance  the 
Btarementa  made  by  him  bet'oro  the  Senate  Com- 
mittee of  which  Mr.  Howe  is  Chairman,  namely, 
that  liittlofield  bad  given  him,  by  various  expres- 
sions, to  understand  that  he  rLittlefl°ld]  desired  hia 
aileoce  regarding  alleged  liauda  by  tht»  llatuining 
Board  purchased. 

After  Mr.  Giflford  had  concluded  hia  teatimony, 
Llttlefield  took  the  atand,  aud  ksave  bis  version  of 
the  interviews  ho  had  with  Mr.  Gifiurd.  and  said 
the  latter  advised  him  te  abstract  all  the  papers  he 
could  Irom  tbe  office  or  tbe  Beturning  Board,  and, 
if  possible,  tbe  minatebook,  because  those  would 
corroborate  tbe  Vernon  L'arisb  matter ;  witness 
replied  that  he  had  never  stolen  anything  in  bis 
lite,  and  tben  told  G.fi'ord  that  he  aid  not  wsuit 
anything  further  to  do  with  him;  this  was  the  last 
interview  witneas  had  with  Gifford.  Litcletteld  de- 
nied that  he  ever  mentioni:d  Gov.  Palmer'a 
name  in  tbe  course  of  any  conversation 
ha  had  with  Gilford,  and  also  denied 
a  statement  made  by  Gifford  in  hia 
testimony  to  the  efiect  that  Llttlefield  told  him  tbe 
reason  why  he  fLittlefieldj  waa  willing  to  expose 
the  fraudulent  practices  of  the  Kecurning  Board 
was  becatise  all  tbe  clerks  uf  tbe  board  had  re- 
ceived from  Gov.  Wella  $2,500  a  piece  aa  hush 
money,  and  that  be  [LittlefieloJ  had  been  put  ofif 
with  a  miserable  little  tax  ouUectorship,  Ue  also 
stated  that  Qifibrd  was  drunk  all  the  time  be  was 
in  New-Orloans,  and  that  on  the  evening  be  sent 
tbe  dispatch  to  Seaator  AUiaon  he  was  ao  drunk 
that  he  asked  witness  to  copv  the  dispatch  aptm 
tbe  telegraph  blank:  Littlnfield  also  stated  that 
Gifford  informed  him  that  he  [Giflford]  had  official 
information  from  Washington  that  Well*  and  An- 
derson  had  beeu  paid  |20b,000  to  turn  tbe  State 
over  to  Hayea ;  be  furthersaid  thai  Giflford,  at  their 
first  meeting,  and  in  the  presence  of  Spearing,  said 
that  if  this  thing  was  not  worth  ^100,000  to  the  Ke- 
publican  Party,  he  knew  where  he  could  go,  and 
that  ho  would  at  once  proceed  to  Albaoy  and  see 
the  Democratic  leauers  there. 

William  K.  Spearing,  of  New-Orleana,  Little- 
field's  uncle,  was  next  called,  and  corroborated 
Llttlefield  in  every  essential  particalar  aa  to  inter- 
views and  tranaacfi-'ua  iu  whicti  he,  together  with 
Llttlefield  and  Giffjid.  took  part. 

At  3:50  o'clock  the  committee  adjotirued  nntil 
to-morrow  morning. 

BOBBERY  OF  A  TEA  MEROSAUrS  BONDS' 
Another  tin  box  filled  with  valuable  pa- 
pers has  probably  fallen  into  the  handa  of 
a  skillful  snesk-thiaf.  It  was  the  properly 
of  Mr.  Von  Sachs,  a  tea  merchant,  raaiding 
at  No.  137  West  Twenty-third-streot,  and  doing 
business  on  the  third  floor  of  No.  125  Pearl-street, 
and  waa  placed  for  safe-keeping  in  thf  vault  of 
Clayton  &  Co.,  wholesale  and  retail  stationers, 
under  the  Seaman's  Bank  for  Savings,  at  Wall  and 
Pearl  atreeta.  On  the  10th  inst.,  Mr.  Von  Sacha 
went  to  Clayton'a,  got  the  box.  and  took  it  to  hia 
ofl&ca.  He  thinks  he  returned  with  It  to  Clayton's 
and  gave  it  to  a  clerk  with  a  request  that  it  be 
replaced  m  the  vault,  but  Mr.  Bogart,  a  member  of 
be  firm,  denies  this,  ana  says  that  he  mtut  have 
mislaid  it  in  hia  own  ofKee.  At  any  rate,  tbe  box 
has  diaappeared.  and  Mr.  Von  Saclis  baa  offered  f  100 
reward  tor  Its  reoovery.  It  contained  two  first 
ptortgaee  bonds  of  the  Jkuaaoun,  Eanaas  and  Texas 
Faoillfl  Itailiiay  Company  for  (LOGO  each,  Kos. 
15,945  and  15,950 ;  two  second  mortgage  bonds  of 
the  same  for  |1,000  each.  Nob.  8,590  and  8,991,  and 
19  aeeoad  mortgage  bonds   of  the   aame  for  CSOO 


[fl  PRESIDENTIAL  DEBATE.' 

<» r 

'A8I0NAL  WA8SINGT0N  NOTES. 

TBAGIC  PBBTORMAKOBS  IN  THS  HOt7SB — 
UNHAPPY  FLIGHT  OF  FLORIDA  PUBMAN 
— THE  BALANCl.NG  PRACTICE  OF  PRESI- 
DENT SEELYE— QUALITY  OF  THE  DIS- 
CUSSION IN  THE  SENATE^-THB  SEN- 
ATORS AT  THBIB  BEST  IN  8H0BT 
SPEECHES. 

Washinqton,  Wednesday,  Feb.  21,  1877. 
In  addition  to  tbe  stirring  tragic  per- 
formances in  the  great  Conzressional  theatre, 
we  have  now  and  then  a  bit  of  elegant  comedy, 
a  roaring  farce,  or  a  stunning  acrobatio  exploit 
in  tbe  way  of  a  brilliant  somersault,  like  that 
of  Mr.  Pierce,  of  Massachusetts,  or  a  skillful 
balancing  on  a  very  fine  point,  like  that  of 
Prof.  Seelye.  Then  there  was  the  funny  little 
affair  of  the  Florida  member  last  week,  when 
we  B&w  Joseph  Surface  outdone  in  "noble  sen- 
timents," Pecksniff  in  honor,  and  Uriah  Heep 
in  humble  integrity.  He  has  a  feline  way  with 
bim,  this  .Porman — he  arched  hia  back,  so  to 

speak,  and  rubbed  hituselt  against  the  legs  of 

Hewitt  and  Field,  and  purred  and  purred,  and 
eyed  the  canary  while  he  purred.  He  has 
found  that  the  way  of  a  Florida  Bepnblioan  is 
bard;  that  party  favor  is  capricious;  that 
often  to  bim  who  hath  Lb  given,  and  from  him 
who  bath  not  is  taken  even  that  which  his 
wife  hath — and  doubtless  he  hopes   that    tbe 

other  part  of  tbe  Scriptural  rule  will  ba  carried 

out  under  tbe  Demooratio  faction  in  Congress. 
As  they  sung  in  the  revolutionary  Ca  ira, 
(translated) — 

"  With  tbe  Legislature  all  will  be  acoomnllahed  ; 
He  who  exalts  himself  shall  be  abased,         > 
And  he  who  abasea  himself  shall  be  exalted." 

But  I  believe  he  will  be  grievously  disap- 
pointed.   The  Democrats  may  pat  bim  on  the 

back,  but  they  will  never  trust  him.    Thev 

will  never  trust  any  man  who  sells  himself  m 
open  market,  or  who  goes  over  to  tbe  enemy  in 
the  very  heat  of  the  battle.  That  they  have  re- 
ceived with  an  appearance  of  hearty  welcome, 
that  they  have  made  so  much  of  more  emi- 
nent Republican  converts  or  perverts,  sur- 
prises   me.    and    seems   like   an  indication    ot 

Democratic  decadence.  Whatever  may  be  said 
of  this  party  in  tbe  past,  of  its  aggressions,  its 
unsorupulousnesa,  it  cannot  with  truth  be  said 
bat  it  ever  nurtured  tbe  "  base  bird "  of  tbe 
proverb.  If  the  masses  of  the  party  were  called 
by  their  aristocratic  opponents  tbe  "vulgar 
herd.''  tbey  were  not  the  sort  of  animals  to  de- 
sert a  wounded  fellow  when  the  bounds  were 
in  sight.  They  would  stand  at  bay  about  him, 
even  though  their  leaders  might  find  it  ex- 
pedient to  trample  him  to  death   themaelves  in 

a  Strictly  private  party  caucus. 

•'Faithful  are  the  wounds  of  a  friend,"  and  I 
feel  moved,  as  a  mother  in  the  Israel  of  Republi- 
canism, to  lay  on  and  spare  not.  Tbe  Repub- 
lican Party  aeetns  to  have  taken  a  new  lease  of 
life,  a  weak  tonuro  perhaps,  but  it  is  doubtful 
whether  the  Democratic  Party  as  at  present 
constituted  has  vitality  and  will  enough  to  de- 
stroy it.  It  can  ouly  die  aa  nations  die,  "by 
suicide" — not  the  active,  heroic  death  of  a  Bru- 
tus or  Cato,  but  the  weak  lot-go  of  one  who 
lacks  the  moral  courage  to  live  after  having 
sinned  away  his  soul.  It  will  be  simple  dis- 
solution from  inward  decay.  The'  party 
would  clearly  never  have  been  iu  the 
strait  in  which  it  has  lately  found  itself, 
between  the  Scy'la  of  an  eiasoerating  defeat, 
and  the  Cbarybdis  of  a  dubious  victory.  Lad 
it  sailed  by  tho  chart  of  patriotic  precedent 
and  the  compass  ot  justice — had  it  maintained 
discipline  and  a  faithful  ^atcb.  Its  counsels 
hiive  b  en  fatally  divided  by  small  jealousies 
and  disputes  over  that  golden  apple  of  dis- 
cord, tho  Presidency.  Certain  soi-disant  lead- 
ing journals  might  have  been  called  disband- 
ing journals.  A  caxual  reader  might  have 
taken  more  than  one  of  them  lor  a  mild-spoken 
oracle  of  the  Democracy.  I  myself  while  in 
Europe  once  made  that  grave  mistake,  but  I 
hardly  think  it  is  possible  for  any  one  to  take 
a  Democratic  for  a  Kepublican  organ.  All  the 
trumpeta  of  that  side,  even  the  penny  trum- 
pets, "  give  a  certain  sound."  . 

It  strikes  an  outside  observer  like  me  that 
the  most  suicidal  course  has  been  taken  by  cer- 
tain leading  Republicans  of  the  high-toned 
type,  who  have  weakened  tho  power  and  de- 
stroyed the  prestige  of  thoir  party  by  admis- 
sions and  concessions  more  Pecksnilhan  than 
politic.  J^IagnanimiC.y,  when  at  the  expense  ot 
party  interests,  is  a  virtue  that  leans  to  folly's 
side.  "  Confession  is  good  for  tbe  soul,"  in- 
dividual, not  collective.  Speak  for  yourself,  is 
a  L-^oori  rule  for  penitents,  (ienticmeu  have 
canted  more  or  less  about  political  sins,  not  in 
the  cozy  conterence  meeting,  where  tho  breth- 
ren know  how  to  take  such  damaging  seli-con- 
demnationa  in  a  pious  "  Pickwickian  sense," 
but  openly  in  the  market  place  or  on  the 
coruers  of  the  streets.  If  they  have  uot 
*'  trembled  befoie  tne  trumpet  sounded,"  they 
have  broken  ranks  at  a  hue  and  cry,  grounded 
arms  before  an  accusation,  and  surrendered  to 
an  indictment. 

On  the  principle  that  "  an  egg  to-day  Is  bet- 
ter than  a  chiaken  to-morrow,"  we  certainly 
may  rejoice  in  a  Uepublican  victory  through 
the  Commission  ;  but  my  heart,  even  now, 
raisgiyes  me.  I  am  not  sure  that  an  interreg- 
num of  power  would  have  been  a  misiortuue 
to  the  party.  It  might  have  learned  invalua- 
ble lesBuns  during  that  four  years  of  privation 
and  discipline.  It  might  have  made  its  hard 
bed  "on  the  cauld,  cauid  ground,"  but  that 
were  perhaps  better  tuan  a  bed  uf  roaes  with 
tho  thorns  not  iclt  out.  It  would  have  had  a 
chance  to  test  the  stuff  of  which  it  ia  made. 
It  IS  probable  that  some  of  its  unworthy  or 
ineompetent  leaders,  who  will  now  take  a  new 
grant  ot  power,  would  in  that  time  have  been 
reduced  to  the  rauks,  aud  men  who  have  been 
cashiered  or  sent  to  the  rear  would  have  been 
"  to  tbe  fore."  But  its  battles  are  by  no  means 
over,  aud  it  may  bo  that  the  future  leader,  the 
coming  winning  maa.  will  be  one  now  under 
some  cloud  ot  misapprehension  or  suspicion, 
assailed  by  envious  aud  treacherous  calumuy, 
and  abandoned  by  cowardly  party  policy. 
When  the  Greeks  were  ou  their  way  to  Troy, 
to  avenge  tbe  marital  wrong.s  of  Menelaus,  one 
of  their  best  Generals,  Phiioctetes,  was  stung  m 
the  foot  by  a  serpent.  The  wound  was  so  un- 
pleasant tu  behold,  "  and  smelt  so,  pah  I"  and 
Phiioctetes  himself  took  the  hurt  so  muoh  to 
heart  that  his  associate  Generals,  high-toned, 
lastidious  old  Hellenes,  cnock  full  of  Spartan 
virtue  and'  all  that,  became  disgusted  and 
treacherously  left  him  on  the  Isle  of  Lemnos, 
and  sailed  away  by  night  to  Troas.  But  the 
siege  proving  a  tedious  affair  to  men  not  used 
to  long  sessions  and  roll-calls  of  congress,  they 
were  at  last,  compelled  to  send  for  Phiioctetes, 
who  after  muon  uxuing,  uud  influenced  by  the 
purest  patriotic  motives,  came  limping  up  to 
Ilium,  to  cover  himself  with  glory  and  kill 
Paris. 

It  unst  be  confessed  we  of  tbe  elect  were  im- 
mensely relieved  by  the  decision  ot  the  Com- 
mission on  the  Louisiana  case,  not  only  because 
we  thought  ic  just  and  right,  but  becauso  we 
had  beeu  a  little  anxious  ab«ut  the  virtue  ot  our 
dear  Republican  Judges.  We  knew  they  could 
not  be  proselyted,  but  we  were  not  so  sure 
they  could  not  be  terrorized  by  the  best  imi- 
tative thunder  beiiind  the  sceues  over  there,  by 
theatrical  rod  lit;hts,  and  alcoholic  blue-lights. 
But  they  stood  Arm,  and  "  all's  well  tkat  ends 
well,"  and  though  the  end  hs  not  yet,  we  will 
trust.  We  could  have  wished  that  the  asso- 
ciates of  tbe  honored  triad  might  have 
risen  superior  to  narrow  partisan  prejudices 
and  presented  a  solid  front  as  patriots  and  Ke- 
publioaus.  But  this  is  an  imperfect  world. 
Tho  juice  ot  tbe  Evil  Apple  pt^rmeates,  more 
or  less,  judicial  hnman  nature.  Not  nowadays, 
at  least,  may  we  look  for  the  severer  virtues, 
under  every  mantle  of  ermine.  Roman  Justice 
did  not  grow  on  every  bench  even  In  Rome. 
There  was  but  one  Junius  Brutus.  Let  us  be 
content  with  our  immortal  three.  As  it  is, 
not  Bbadamautbus,  Minos,  and  .^cna,  the  Su- 
preme Bench  of  Hades,  who  sat  at  tbe  fork  of 
the  road,  and  sent  some  souls  unto  of&ae,  in 
Elysium,  and  other  souls  out  of  office  into  i'ar- 
tarus,  were  ever  more  abused  for  their  rulings 


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'  nnnsnally  Impressive.  Hr.  Sarjcent  wa^  ^erv 
and  dashing,  rapid  and  fearless ;  but  it  seemed 
to  me  that  the  gem  of  the  debate  was  the  nobla 
speech  of  Mr.  Bputwell.  It  w^  utterly  with- 
out rant  or  rancor — quiet,  but  strpng  ;  eupesi^ 
but  dispassionattt— «  farewell  eftqrt.  if  it  oe  bis 
last,  well  worthy  to  crown  an  honorable  Sena- 
torial career.  The  defense  |of  partisanship  in 
great  national  crises  was  especially  fine.  It 
touched  on  the  fact  that  the  fiepublioan  Party 
has  suffered  not  itova  too  mnob,  but  too  little, 
partisanship. 

I  spent  several  boors  in  tiie  House  yester- 
day, listening  to  the  final  disoi^iuu  on  the 
Louisiana  matter.  The  session  was  tempest- 
uous, but  not  so  tumultuous  as  I  expected. 
We  had  all  varieties  of  declamation.  Mr.  New, 
ot  Indiana,  was  very  violent,  closing  with  fierce 
denunciations  and  terrible  anatbeniaB.  Per- 
haps before  New  is  old  he  will  learn  that 
"curses  come  home  to  roost,"  and  sometimes 
to  lay  eggs.  Prof.  Seelye  gave  us  a  moral  dis- 
course—lofty, doubtless,  but  rather  Bunsby- 
like.  You  could  make  anything  out  of  it,  and 
you  could  make  nothing  of  it.  He  adminis- 
tered a  mild  chastisement  right  and  left, 
with  wonderful  impartiality.  One  mo- 
ment a  suuny  satisfaction  shone  on 
Republican  countenances:  the  next  a 
cloud  of  penitential  sorrow  invaded  them,  and 
the  sunshine  passed  to  the  other  side  of  the 
chamber.  It  seems  to  me  that  this  great 
sebolar  and  excellent  gentleman  is  one  of  those 
nice  dilettante  politicians,  who,  like  Daniel 
Deronda,  would  "  talce  an  antediluvian  stand- 
point for  fear  of  doing  injustice  to  the  mega- 
therium." They  aie  not  good  fighters,  they 
are  only  a  little  better  than  those  violently  vir- 
tuous Bepublicans,  who,  instead  of  eoing  to 
work  to  cleanse  the  party  within  the  party, 
rush  out  doors  and  throw  mud  in  at  the  win- 
dows. 

Mr.  Watterson  made  an  eloquent  little 
speech,  in  which,  to  my  agreeable  surprise,  be 
counseled  protest,  but  not  resistance.  I 
think  of  all  our  speakers,  I  liked  best  Mr. 
Pratt,  ot  ^owa,  but  originally  from  Maine— the 
back-bony,  as  Massachusetts  is  tbebrainy.State 
of  New-England.  '  He  was  strong  and  fearless, 
but  not  in  any  way  arrogant  or  passionate. 
The  spirit  of  some  of  our  speakers  I  did  not 
like  so  well.  They  showed  a  disposition  to 
taunt  a  disappointed  and  disabled  enemy — 
which,  to  say  the  least,  is  small.  Surely,  tliey 
should  rejoice,  if  not  ''with  fear  and  trem- 
bling," with  some  humility,  remembering  that 
it  IS  only  by  tbe  skin  of  their  teeth  they  escape 
Utter  defeat  For  the  first  time  since  I  have 
known  him,  Mr.  Cox  appeared  with  a  shadowed 
and  Bombre  aspect.  It  was  no  longer  "  Sunset." 

but  Sundown.  He  did  not  seem  hke  our  merry 
ancient,  but  a  woeful  semblance — as  it  were,  a 

changeling.  We  could  have  burst  forth  with 
the  lament  of  Constance,^  slightly  paraphrased : 

"  Gnef  fills  the  room  up  of  our  absent  friend— 
Stta  in  his  aeat,  walka  up  and  down  theae  aiatea, 
Puts  on  hia  pretty  looks,  repeats  bis  worda, 
Eemt'mbeis  us  of  all  hia  gracious  parts, 
Stuffs  out  his  vacant  garments  with  its  form." 
But  be  presently  came   back  to   his   habits, 
"  tricks,  and  manners,"  ejecting  Grief,  who  is 
no  substitute  for  him.    He  gradually  rose  in 
courage  and  spirits,  till,  at  the  Bible  point,  be 
was  at  hia  fijiest  and   funniest.     As   he   was 
about  to  quote  some  damaging  text,  the  gavel 
came  down — "a  few  more  minutes"  were  de- 
nied— and  be  made  his  point  that  the  Bible  was 
alien  to  all  this  matter.     He  waa  an  impressive 

figure  as  Me  stood  holding  aloft  a  huge  copy  of 
the  Holy  Scriptures,  so  dilapidated  that  one 
might  imagine  that  all  tho  Congressmen  tbat 
had  ever  been  had  been  sworn  in  upon  it ;  and 
that  each  man  had  taken  the  iron-clad  oa'th. 

And  yet  it  was  dingy  enough  to  have  lain  in 
some  old  closet  for  30  years.  I  kalf  expected 
to  see  John  Quincy  Adams'  spectacles  drop 
out  of  it  As  the  Western  settlor  said  to  an 
itinerant  preacher  when  supplying  a  u^ed  tor 
roornipg  service  to  the  best  of  his  ability 
with  a  lew  yellow  leaves  of  Holy  Writ, 
"  1  didn't  know  we  were  so  nigh  out."  I 
commend  the  case  of  the  Forty-fourth  Con- 
gress tu  the  American  Bible  Society.  It  was 
not  altogether  a  very  solemn  occasion,  even 
among  tbe  Democrats.  Tbey  spoke  of  it  as  a 
"  tuneral,"  but  it  was  more  like  a  wake,  neither 
lacking  m  fun  nor  iu  fight.  As  it  has  been 
whispered  that  a  prominent  Republican  or 
two  who  narrowly,  as  they  thought,  at  least, 
missed  ot  the  gulden  apple,  would  not  be  deep- 
ly grieved  if  the  Commission  failed  to  seat  the 
blameless  citizen  of  Columbus,  it  is  now  said 
that  certain  eminent  Democrats  are  not  utterly 
cast  down  by  the  defeat  of  the  master  wire- 
worker  of  tiramensy  Park.  It  is  even 
intimated,  wickedly,  no  doubt,  that  the 
disaffected  voted  for  and  urged  the 
Provisional  Tribunal,  as  an  easy  and 
safe  way  of  disposing  of  their  candidate. 
There  are  open  and  honorable  homicides, 
of  which  tho  bravest  man  may  be  proud,  and 
there  are  indirect,  perfidious  killings,  of  which 
no  man  boasts.  We  can  imagine  good  King 
David's  six  or  seven  little  Israelites  climbing  on 
to  his  knees  and  over  the  back  of  his  chair,  of 
Winter  eyeninga,  before  their  mother  or  mothers 
c^me  to^ut  them  to  bed,  and  claiaoring  for  the 
giant  story  and  other  delightful  sanguinary 
tales. 

Saya  Solomon,  "  Sire, 
Who  killed  Gtiliah  i" 
"  L  saya  tbe  King, 
With  my  litlle  allng; 
I  killed  the  great  giant  Goliah.'' 

Saya  Abaalom,  "  Sire,  ^ 

Who  killed  Uriah »" 
"  The  Philtstiuea,  my  aon. 
And  I'll  never  have  done 
With  mourning  lor  Captain  Uriah." 
After  passing  safely    through   the   Louisiana 
Hell  Gate  they  sailed  along  till  they  struck  tho 
Michigan  snag.    Then  the   Senate  went  home, 
and  another  pow-wow  began.     I  did  not  stop 
fur  it,  but  I  beard  that  tbe  upper  chamber  soon 
disposed  of  the  objection — even  Democrats  de- 
ciding that  the^  crevice  was  too  small  for  the 
Democracy  to  wriggle  through — ana  then   the 
Senate  was  trotted  back  to  the  House  lor  an- 
other couniiug"  bout."  This  time  they  grounded 
on  the  Sierras,  getting  no  further  than  Nevada. 
And  so  we  go  and  don't  go. 

We  feel  no  animosity  against  the  Democratic 
mtgority  as  men  aud  brothers.  Individually 
they  are,  many  of  them,  very  pleasant  fellows, 
bright,  witty,  and  kindly.  Especially  tbe 
junior  members — "  nice  young  men  for  a  small ' 
tea-party"— but  collectively  they  have  a  great 
mural  power  of  mischief  aud  disturbance.  They 
often  remind  me  of  a  little  California  story 
told  by  Bret  Harte.  There  was  once  a  report 
that  an  earthquake  was  about  to  visit  a  certain 
town.  A  paterfamilias,  becoming  concerned 
for  tho  safety  of  his  boys,  sent  them  to  some 
iriends  living  at  a  distance.  The  precious  lads 
made  themselves  so  delightfully  at  home  that 
thoir  host  at  last  made  up  his  mind  that  any 
ordinary  convulsion  ot  nature  was  preferable 
to  such  a  visitation.  Our  prankiah  Congress- 
men were  sent  here  not  only  to  escape  them- 
selves but  to  avert  from  us  an  awful  calamity ; 
and  yet  we  feel  like  appealing  to  their  conatit- 
ueuti)  in  tbe  words  used  hj  the  distracted 
farmer  in  his  dispatch  to  his  city  friend,  "  Send 
down  the  earthquake  to  na,  and  take  away  your 
boys."  Gbacb  Greenwood. 

TUB  QERHAH  MHIGRASI  SOOIETT. 
The  ninety -third  annual  report  of  the  German 
Emigrant  Society  of  the  City  of  New- York  waa  ia- 
aned  yesterday,  and  aent  to  the  Legi  alatnre.  The  re- 
port urges  upon  the  Legislature  tha  neoeaaity  of  pro. 
Tiding  meana  for  the  ourrent  year  to  enable  the  Bmi- 
gration  Commiaaionera  to  take  oare  of  Che  deatlcute 
emigrants.    Ihs  report  next  disonises  the  work  of 

the  Labor  Borean  at  Caatle  Garden,  which  la  now 
run  at  the  Joint  expanse  of  tha  German  and  Inah 
societies,  and  which  has  provided  work  during  tbe 
past  year  tor  10,315  emigrants,  5,394  men  and  4,831 
women.  This  bureau,  the  report  claim.-,  has  done 
more  tor  tbe  emigrants  and  given  more  substantial 
relief  tban  money,  theretoie  tbe  m;inagers  urge  the 
necesaityof  eontinuing  that  branch  of  the  service. 
During  tbe  year  1,53-2  lettera  ware  received  and 
1,130  letters  were  written  on  behalf  of  emigrants. 
These  letters  cnntiiioed  110,393  78.  namely,  95,163  50 
in  oasb,  $4,795  33  in  dratta,  aod  $334  95  in  passage 
and  railroad  tickets,  and  1,133  letcera  were  received 
tor  and  forwarded  to  uewly-arnved  eaiigranta.  The 
"German  Suoblaaohute  verein,"  (aoolety  tor  the 
proteotioo  uf  German  emigraots, )  which  waa  organ- 
ized iQ  Mar  last,  numbers  now  60  oDfimbera,  each  of 
'whom  pave  $20  annual  dues.  This  society,  of  which 
Messrs.  Edward  Salomon,  Willy  Wallaoh,  Howard 
.  Lanterbach,  and  Carl  £oaa  aie  the  President,  Vice 
President,  Secretary,  and  freaaurer,  received 
190  applications  for  aid  since  May  last. 
'X'be  society,  while  taking  oomplainta  whioh  are 
well  founded.  Invariably  deeUnea  raking  charge  of 
any  complaint  which  appeara  frivolous.  The  so- 
ciety expended  during  the  year  $1*2,0812  50  for 
oharity.  The  receipts  for  the  past  yea?  were  $29,- 
593  15,  including  a  balance  ef  t7,SQ0  47  from  1S75; 
$8,325  93  from  donsiiuna,  (inoludiag  $7,393  from  the 
exciae  fund);  $10,395  50  for  dues;  $3,771  75  from 
interoat  on  inveaimenta.  The  expendilnrea  were 
130,951  65,  including  $13,093  50  for  oharity, 
$5il8  23  tor  medicmea,  and  $726  93  for  aalanea,  &«. 
The  property  of  the  society  la  yalned  at  $64,400.  Of 
the  emigranta  which  arrived  in  New- York  last  year 
31.035  were  Germane,  agaiQst35,5S9  in  1875.  40  302  in 
larua,  were  ever  muro  »ou«ou  aur  tuoix^  i  muijs»  j  ^  wi^WM  in  1873.  138.030  lu  1B78,  83,609  lu  1871. 
by  the  unhappy  Tartareans.   than   are  these  1   ,,280  in  1870,  101,571  in  1869,   104,515  in  1868,  and 

our  judicial  irienas,  by  disappomted  Tudeu-  -      "  ... 

ites.  If  any  o-tse  was  found  too  difficult  for 
Messrs.  Bbadamantbus  and  .£cus,  it  waa 
always  passed  over  to  Minos.  He  had  the 
casting  vote  and,  of  course,  took  the  brunt  of 
the  indignation  and  repruaohes  of  the  con- 
demned.   Judge  Bradley  answers  to  Minos. 

I  heard  the  two  hours'  discussion  in  the  Sen- 
ate on  Monday.  AU  the  Bepublicans  were  at 
their  best,  I  thought,  and  yet  it  waa  not  sad 
to  know  that  their  best  must  be  brie£  Mr, 
Morton  filled  his  10  minntesf'  measure,  and 
paoked  it  down  with  solid,  simple  argnoient. 


TWEHTTOSX  TBOUHAND  OBAVOHBa. 
LoxDOir,  Feb.  23. — Stephen  White,  Dominion 
Overster  of  the  Grangers,  delivered  an  address  be- 
fore a  meeting  at  Hyde  Park  laat  night.  'In  which 

_  _  be  atated  that  the  order  in  Canada  «<nr .  nomorlses 

^.Mr.A>wewM  man  onwte  uid  aiwiMh  butUU.00Oct•^CM«BdSl,00On•mb«B•r 


ll5,839  in  1867,  making  the  total  German  emigration 
in  thia  port  tor  the  last  10  yeara  793,630,  while  the 
aggregate  of  all  patlonalitiea  waa  3.006,508.  The  re- 
port aoknowledgea  the  aervlces  of  Mr.  H.  J.  Jsok- 
aon,  the  Secretary  of  the  Commiaaionera  of  £m- 
Igratloo,  and  oloaea  with  an  appeal  to  tbe  German 
reaidenta  to  continue  ihoir  enpoopt  ot  the  aooiety. 


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ING PUBLIC  fCQOOL  TEXT-BOOKS. 
tYom  Our  Own  CtorrmponcIenC. 
MiLWAiTKEE,  Monday,  Feb.  19,  1877. 
There  is  a  bill  now  pending  before  the 
Legislature  of  this  State  in  which  Wall  street 
has  a  lively  interest — a  bill  to  repeal  so  much 
of  tbe  law  of  1869  in  relation  to  tbe  Chieago, 
Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Bailroad  Company  as 
permits  the  holders  ot  certain  bonds  to  vote  in 
the  election  of  Directors.    Tbe  common  stock 
of  tbe  company  varies  in  value  from  17  to  19 
cents ;  if  the  bill  now  pending  should  pass,  the 
stock  will  reach  par  until  enough  to  control 
tbe  election  has  been  secured  by  the  Alexander 
Mitchell  interest. 

In  1869  a  bill  was  pasaed  by  tbe  Legislature 
providing  for  tbe  election  of  one-third  only  of 
all  tho  Directors  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee 
and  St.  Paul  Company  each  year,  and  enfran- 
chising some  $6,000,000  of  tbe  bonds.  Last  year 
1  gave  to  The  Times  a  history  of  the  legisla- 
rion  and  the  efforts  of  the  Mitchell  interest  to 
secure  the  repeal  of  so  much  of  the  law  as  pro- 
vided for  the  annual  election  of  only  a  part  ot 
tbe  Direcjtors,  tbe  object  being  to  secure  a  ma- 
jority of  the  voting  bonds,  re-elect  the  entire 
Board  of  Directors  last  June,  and  overthrow 
the  Russell  Sage  interest.  The  Legislature  of 
last  year  was  composed  of  anti-railroad 
Grangers,  and  it  was  impossible  for  Mitchell 
to  secure  any  favors.  In  this  emergency  he 
negotiated  with  Angus  Smith,  who  for  years 
had  controlled    the  elevators  of  the  company, 

but  who  bad  been  dismissed  by  Mitohell.   Smith 

was  known  as  an  enemy  to  Mitchell,  and  any 
bill  ho  might  favor  would  be  regarded  by  the 
Grangers  as  anti-Mitcbell.    Smith  was  promised 

the  elevators  again  provided  be  would  lobby  the 

bill  through.  He  did  so,  and  Mitchell  secured 
control  of  the  voting  bonds,  sold  off  all  common 
stock,  elected  a  fuU  board  of  Mitchell  directors, 
and  overthrew  Russell  Sage.  But  Smith  failed 
to  secure  bis  reward,  Mitchell  himself  taking 
charge  of  the  elevators,  in  which  there  is  large 
profit. 

To  secure  revenge  as  well  as  to  realize  on 
the  sale  of  common  stock,  Angus  Smith  has 
joined  with  Russell  Sage  in  an  effort  to  put 
through  the  present  bill  to  repeal  the  remain- 
der of  the  law  of  1869,  which  makes  boudh  old 
ers  voters.  This  repeal  would  compel  Mitchell 
to  buy  tbe  common  stock,  which  is    largely  in 

the  bands  ot  Sage  and  Smith,  ia  order  to  keep 

oontrol  ot  the  directory.  The  fight  is  very  bit- 
ter. Sage  aud  Smith  having  issued  abot  ciroular, 
which  has  been  as  hotly  replied  to  by  Mitchell. 
The  stockholders,  in  their  circular,  recite  the 
history  of  the  company,  which  has  already 
been  published  in  The  Times.  They  state  that 
when  tbe  act  of  1869  was  passed  the  whole 
stock  of  the  company  was  $22,000,000 ;  the 
whole  amount  of  bonds  was  $18,000,000.  a  ma- 
jority of  $4,000,000  m favor  of  the  stock.  Now 
tbe  bonded  debt  is  130,000.000,  all  of  which 
they  declare  is  entitled  to  vote  upou  the  same 
terms  with  the  stock.  Tbe  stock  amounts  to 
$27,000,000,  leaving  a  majority  of  $3,000,000  in 
favor  ot  the  bonds.  '*  The  result  is  that  the 
bondholders  will  forever  be  able  to  maintain 
the  control  of  the  company."  They  hold  that 
the  system  of  electing  Directors  by  bondholders 
who  are  interested  only  in  keeping  up  the 
security  of  their  bonds  and  in  receiving  their 
interest  promptly,  and  uot  at  all  in  the  ulti- 
mate value  of  tbe  property,  nor  in  tho  proUts 
to  be  derived  bejond  the  payment  of  interest, 
would,  ordinarily,  result  in  a  substantial  disre- 
gard uf  anything  except  earning  such  interest 
and  making  it  certain  that  such  interest  would 
be  paid  in  the  iutute,  and  "  what  is  kuown 
among  the  gentlemeA  eggaged  therein  as 
*  freezing  out  the  stock  ;'  "  gradually,  by  one 
abuse  and  another,  absorbing  all  the  earnings 
of  a  road  througii  construction  companies, 
costly  construction,  fat  ring  contracts,  die,  till 
hnaily  tbe  stockholder  who  has  bought  stuck 
in  a  company  which  was  then,  aud  is  still,  earn- 
ing dividends,  surreuders  at  discretion.  They 
show  tbat  tbe  act  of  1869,  permitting  additional 
bonds  sufficient  to  coustitute  a  majority  over 
the  stock  to  vote,  has  wrested  the  control  uf 
the  property  from  tbe  bands  of  its  owners 
and  placed  it  in  tho  hands  of  creditors,  uot- 
witlistundiug  the  interest  on  the  bond.'j  has 
always  been  promptly  mec 

Ou  the  other  hand,  tho  bondholders  stato 
that  by  the  original  articles  of  association  a 
certain  proportion  of  bonds  was  permitted  to 
vote.  In  1867  tho  company  bought  the  Prairie 
du  Chieu  Itailruad  and  the  Western  and  Miuue- 
sota  Central,  "and  being  desirous  to  complete 
the  unfinished  portion  ot  the  line,  determined 
to  issue  $4,000,000  in  bonds  tbat  would  vote." 
Again,  in  1869,  another  line  was  purchased  and 
$2,000,000  in  bunds  issued  with  the  same  pro- 
visi  n  ;  at  various  other  rimes  and  for  various 
purposes,  other  bonds  with  the  same  provision 
were  issued.  The  bonds  Issued  iu  18(>8,  bow- 
ever,  were  not  allowed  to  vote.  Theae  amount- 
ed tu  16,000,000,  and  tho  Legislature  ut  1869 
passed  the  bill  conlerring  the  right  to  vote.  In 
round  numbers  tbe  voting  basis  is  aa  follows : 

Bonds  (with  aorioatook) $25,000,000 

Common  aiock Ij.OUO.UUU 

Preterred  stock 12,000,000 

Bonds  (withont  scrip) 6,000,000 

The  bondholders  declare  tbat  the  present 
holders  of  the  stock  purchased  it  with  tho 
knowledge  that  tbe  bonds  were  enfranchised; 
that  tho  present  movement  is  solely  lor  specu- 
lative purposes,  and  that  the  passage  of  the  bill 
distrancbismg  the  bonds  would  be  an  act  of 
bad  luith  on  the  part  of  the  State. 

The  bill  is  now  in  the  handsof  tbe  Railroad 
Committee  of  the  Senate,  and  a  report  will  prob- 
ably be  made  this  week.  Both  parties  are  rep- 
resented by  strong  lobbies,  but  the  general  im- 
pression is  that  tbe  bill  will  not  pass. 
A  lEXT-BOOK   BILL. 

The  Eastern  publishers  of  school-books  will 
be  interested  iu  a  bill  now  betore  the  Legis- 
lature. It  is  framed  on  the  supposition  tiiat 
uniformity  in  text-books  throughout  the  entire 
State  is  advisable.  It  provides  that  the  State 
shall  contract  with  David  Atwood,  of  Madibon, 
Wis.,  fur  text-books  for  all  the  schools  of  the 
State  lor  a  period  of  15  years— no  other  books 
than  those  published  by  David  Atwood  to  be 
used  during  that  time  under  penalty.  The  Su- 
perintendent of  Public  Instruction  shall  secure 
the  materials  for  the  books.  Iho  price  to  be 
paid  to  David  Atwood  shall  be  50  per 
cent.  less  per  page  than  is  now 
charged  lor  certain  school  books,  10  per  cent, 
to  be  added  to  the  price  when  a  less  number 
than  10,0l)U  books  are  ordered  at  a  Bingle  time. 
From  a  careful  reading  of  the  bill,  1  nnd  that 
the  practical  result  will  be  something  like  this : 
One  of  tbe  standards  selected  is  the  lilatioual 
Reader,  No.  1.  which  has  80  pages,  and  sells  lor 
25  cents.  The  bill  permits  David  Atwood  to 
put  160  pages  in  bis  book  and  sell  it  fur  25 
cents,  or  lor  10  per  cent,  more  if  less  than 
10,000  are  ordered  &t  onetime,  i  he  book  will 
cost  the  pu'olisher  $200  for  the  hrsc  thousand 
—composition.  $84 ;  paper,  $20 ;  electrotype 
plates,  $50 ;  end-paper  and  printing,  $3  i>0 ; 
binding,  $30,  aud  press-work,  $10.  The  hrst 
1,UU0,  then,  would  cost  20  cents  per  volume, 
and  his  prudt  would  be  but  5  cents  per  volume. 
But  all  the  subsequent  thousands,  covering  the 
period  ot  15  years,  would  cost  him  but  6  cents 
each,  the  only  expense  being  paper,  press-work, 
end-paper,  and  bmdiug.  and  his  pruhl  would  be 
19  cents  per  volume.  In  the  meantime  the  out- 
cry against  the  high  price  of  text-books  will 
probably  compel  £  istem  publishers  tu  reduce 
the  price  ot  books  to  one-hail,  whioh  would  still 
allow  them  au  enormous  prolit;  but  however 
great  tbe  reduction,  if  this  bill  becomes  a  law 
Wisconsin  people  will  be  compelled  to  pay  tha 
present  price  tor  15  years.  If  labor  should  be- 
come cheaper  or  tbe  oust  of  production  de- 
crease, the  consumers  in  Wisconsin  will  not  be 
relieved,  but  only  the  Wisconsin  publisher. 

Strange  as  it  may  seem,  this  bill  is  likely  to 
pass,  tbe  contract  ratified,  aud  tbe  State  sad- 
died  with  text-books  by  unknowu  authors  se- 
lected by  a  person  holding  an  elective  office, 
and  inflexible  prices  lor  15  yeara.  A  ma- 
jority oi  the  printers  and  politicians  at  Madi- 
son, the  capital,  are  interested  in  tlie  bill,  aud 
an  effort  ia  being  made  to  push  it  through  hur- 
riedly before  it  can  attract  the  attention  of 
educators.  It  is  tbe  first  instance  iu  which  a 
bill  compelUng  tbe  State  to  close  a  oontraot 
with  a  specified  person  has  ever  been  intro- 
dueed  in  this  State.  It  does  not  permit  pub- 
Ushers  to  bid  lor  a  oontraot  to  supply  the 
schools  of  the  State  with  "text-books ;  it  dis- 
tinotlv  deolares  that  "  David  Atwood,  of  Madi- 
son. Wisoonstnu  is  hereby  appointed  and  desig- 
nated tbe  contractor  hereinbefore  named."  It 
IS  not  declared  tbat  the  text- books  shall  be 
fapDlled  at  60  per  cent,  less  tban  tbe  standarda 
•efeoted.^baivtho,oii0e«  of  the  b99J(» shall  be. 


the  solijeot  of  tbe  measurement.  This  is  seen 
in  thi» lollowins paragraph: 

"  If  tl^e  ntifnber  of  pages  in  any  book  ordered  shall 
be  the  same  as  atated  in  said  table  for  a  like  oharao- 
ier  'of  work,  then  the  maximum  contract  pric»  ahaU 
be  the  same  per  volume  as  atateu  opoogite  the 
work  de'algnatecl,  and  under  the  head  of  50  percent, 
ofl,  subject,  to  whatever  exoeaa  may  occur  by  frac- 
tion of  one-tenth  of  a  mill  as  aforesaid  ;  bnt  if  tbe 
work  ordered  aball  contain  more  or  leas  pagea  tban 
the  oorreapondmg  work  In  tbe  table,  the  price  shall 
be  fixed  in  proper  ratio  to  tbe  actual  number  of 
pagea.  whether  mote  or  less.  On  all  worka  ordered 
m  leas  numbers  than  10,000  copies  at  one  time,  the 
contractor  aball  be  entitled  to  10  per  cent,  additional 
to  the  rates  eatabllabed  herein." 

Educators  here  hold  that  uniformity  In  text- 
books is  not  desirable— that  the  books  fitted  for 
the  graded  schools  of  the  city  are  not  adapted 
to  'the  country  school,  where  a  majority  ol  the 
pupils  attend  only  during  tbe  Wiuter  months, 
and  ipust  acquire  whatever  knowledge  is  possi- 
ble in  a  brief  time. 


THE  DEL  A  WARE  AND  HUDSON  CANAL 


FIGURES  OF  A  MANUFACTURER— PROTEST 
AGAINST  VIKULENT  ATTACKS  ON  -  THE 
COMPANY. 

To  the  Editor  0/ the  New-York  Times! 

We  who  have  been  familiar  with  the  busi- 
ness and  growth  of  the  two  great  coal  companies 
whose  proper tiea  are  located  in  thia  vicinity  have 
been  watotiine  with  deep  interest  tbe  effecta  of  the 
virulent  attacks  being  made  upon  the  price  of  their 

atocka.  It  really  aeema  time  that  oommon  seoee 
should  resumQ  some  iofluence  on  tbe  minda  of  the 
people,  and  enable  themto  recognize  tbe  absurdity 
of  the  fundamental  principle  npon  which  tbe  Tri- 
bune and  kindred  valtnrea,  which  fatten  upon  tbe 
nun  and  misfortune  of  their  fellows,  found  all  thei  r 
fignrea  and  arguments  to  induce  stookhoidera  to 
throw  away  their  property,  viz.,  that  whenever  a 
huainess  fails  to  earn  a  dividend  it  is  worthless. 
They  might  aa  welt  aay  to  the  farmer.  "The  grass- 
hopper has  eaten  your  wheat,  give  away  your  land, 
it  is  good  for  nothiug;"  or  to  tbe  city  householder, 
"Yon  cannot  rent  your  buildings,  the  taxes  will 
ruin  yon,  deed  them  to  me ;"  or  to  a  man  oat  of  em- 
ployment, "Tou  are  consuming  your  savings,  you 
bad  best  Jump  ulF  tbe  dock." 

I  am  a  manufacturer,  with,  for  me.  a  large  invest- 
ment;  my  business  yields  no  profit  just  now;  but 
I  have  no  desire  to  sell  it  out,  because  I  have  confi- 
dence that  it  is  a  good  business  and  will  pay  in 
time.    I  am  also  a  small  stockholder  in  Delaware 

and  Hudson,  and  feel  in  the  same  way  in  regard  to 
tbat  interest.  I  know  the  principal  managers,  have 
confidence  in  their  integrity  and  abihty,  and  mv 
long  familiarity  with  their  property  renders  their 
late  report  a  very  aatisfactory  one.  I  know,  too, 
that  Mr.  Goddard,in  his  analysis  of  it  in  the  World 
ot  yesterday,  baa  rather  under  than  over-rated  tbe 
property.  The  Delaware  and  Hudaou  Canal  Com- 
pany began  to  buy  coal  lands  over  40  years  aco,  aud 
mncb  ot  their  magnificent  estate  was  acquired  and 
charged  iu  their  real  estate  account  at 
prices  which  would  be  ridiculoue  now  for  a  sheep 
pasture.  But  even  at  Mr.  Groddard'a  valaation 
there  ia  a  surplus  of  nearly  50  per  cent,  npon  tbe 
capital,  and  the  stock  is  worth,  intrinsically,  150  to- 
day, while  It  is  selling  at  50  in  Wall-atreet.  "With 
ooe  end  of  its  railroad  line  resting  npon  25,000  acres 
of  the  choice  lands  of  the  Wyoming  coal  fields, 

aud  the  otber  tbruat  into  Canada  aad  the  ore  beds 
of  the  Adirouoacks,  I  believe  that  m  five  years 
hence  its  stock  will  be  in  demand  at  200.  I  do  not 
know  of  another  property  in  the  wide  world  so  cer- 
tain of  so  prosperous  a  career.  If  it  should  not 
pav  a  dividend  for  five  years,  the  etock  Is  cheap  at 
present  rates,  or  at  par,  and  there  will  be  10  per 
cent,  per  annum  added  to  its  value  when  pay  it  is 
the  first. 

Now  what  ia  tbe  prospect  of  a  dividend  ?  Hav- 
ing no  ofiicial  connection  with  the  company,  I  do 
not  have  access  to  the  books,  but  will  construct  an 
eatimate  of  business  for  18T7  from  the  statement 
published  for  187G.  It  must  be  evident  to  every 
tbdoghtful  mind  that  coal  will  not  be  sold  long  at 
present  rates.  Either  by  agreement  or  by  the 
operation  of  the  laws  of  trade,  the  price  must  soon 
bef  advanced  to  a  point  ofuioflt.  JFour  dollars  and 
twenty-live  cents  per  ton  was  obtained  during 
the  most  depressed  period  heretofore  known  in  the 
business,  and  thai,  too,  wbeu  tbe  cost  of  minmg 
Was  40  i>er  cent,  cheaper  than  now.  Let  us,  how- 
ever; assume  an  average  of  54  for  thia  year,  (Hie 
sales  have  been  light  so  far.)  It  is  generally  ad- 
aiittcd  that  tbe  qnautity  marketed  will  cunsiderably 
exceed  that  of  last  year,  wbich  waa  S.IOO.OOO  toos 
for  tbe  Delaware  aud  Hudson  Canal  Coiupaov.  I 
will  make  an  estimate  tor  a  ouamess  of  3,500,000, 
wbicti  is  tbe  lowest  amount  the  best  informed  name 
for  the  year  1877,  and  also  for  a  business  of  {3,000,000 
at  {4  per  ton. 

ESXIHATED    BUBINBSS  FOR   1877. 


Dr.  1876. 

Coal  on  hand 
Dec.  31. 1875.    $7.37,627 

Coal  puixhased.        126,599 

MininE  cgal. 2,754-778 

Freight  of  cnal 
and  canal  ex- 
penses.    1,032,430 

Coal  transporta- 
tion aud  re- 
pairs       542,155 

Eondout  ex- 
penses        142,765 

Freight  paid 

otber  lines....      428,839 

Harbor  aud  yard 
expeases 69.861 

Taxes ajl,i77 

iSaiariea,  rente, 
and  law 172,9S4 

Interest 1,187,886 

Loss  on  leased 
lines 555.405 

Balaoce,  profit..       308.020 
Total. 


1877. 

On 

2.600,000 

Tons. 

$698,758 

lao.ooo 

3,275,000 


i87r. 

On 

3,000.000 

Tons. 

$698,758 

150,000 

3,930,000 


1,225,000       1,470,000 


625,000 

200,000 

600,000 

75,000 
225,000 

175,000 
l,'iOU,000 

500,000 
2,94(1,174 


760,000 

260,000 

600,000 

80,000 
230,000 

176,000 
1.200,00i) 

500,000 

3.735,174 


.$6,495,427  $10,000,000  $12,000,000 


50,000 


50,000 


....$8,264,5-.!2  $11,768,932  $13,768,932 

Or. 
Sales  of  coal, 

Canal  tolls '    43,444 

M  1  a  0  e  I  lanoona 

profita     feun- 

aylvania     rall- 

rtiads 306,911  300,000  300.000 

Intcreat   on    in- 
vestments       838.932  338,932  338,932 

M  1  s  0  e  I  laneous 

profits 381,047  280,000  380,000 

Coal    oil     band 

Dec.  31,  1876. 698,753  700,000  700,000 

Total $8,264,52i  $11,708,933  $13,768,932 

Here  is  a  profit  of  from  14  to  18  per  cent,  upou 
the  capital  during  the  current  year,  even  at  the 
same  porporiiooate  coat  of  mining  as  in  1876.  In 
this  one  item  there  will  be  a  reduction  doubtless  of 
at  least  10  per  cent.,  which  would  add  nearly  S  per 
cent,  more  to  profits. 

Those  who  would  have  us  believe  that  the  end  ot 
all  tbings  bad  come,  shriek  "If  this  company  made 
net  t308,000  last  year  with  oombioation  prices  for 
seven  aaonths  and  22  days,  how  can  they  escaoe  a 
Koceiver  now  ?  "  L;^t  the  "  figure  man  "  of  the  'Sri- 
hune  divide  the  f6.495,427  of  receipts  for  coal  lu 
1876  by  the  2,100,000  tons  sold,  (amounts  from  Tri- 
bune,) and  he  will  discover  that  the  average  prico 
received  last  year  was  (3  09  per  ton,  with  uxpenaes 
uDon  oombioation  basis. 

Considering  tbat  the  lowest  of  these  estimates 
must  certainly  be  realized  m  quaniity,  'and  doubt- 
less for  tbe  test  of  the  year  in  'price,  that  at  an 
average  of  even  $3  50  per  ton  for  coal  there  would 
be  8  per  cent,  profit,  or  at  tbe  same  price  aa  last 
year,  with  reduced  expeoses,  at  leaat  5  per  cent., 
together  with  the  prospects  of  the  future,  what  in- 
saoity  it  is,  Mr.  Editor,  that  lends  an  ear  only  to 
ttiose  who  "  darken  counsel  by  worda  without 
knowledge."  Let  us  look  at  things  as  they  are, 
aod  not  as  the  buyer,  saying  ever,  '•  It  is  naught. 
It  is  nanght,"  would  have  as.      UKTERRIPiED.     > 

SCBAHTON,  Penn.,  Thursday,   FeO.  22,  1S77. 


WORK  OF  THE  CHILDREN'S  AID  SOCIETY. 
At  the  last  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  the 
Children's  Aid  Society,  Mr.  William  A.  Booth  in 
tbe  chair.  C.  L.  Braoe,  Secretary,  the  following 
report  of  work  accomplished  during  January  was 
rendered:  During  the  month  334  persons  were  pro- 
vided with  homes  and  employment,  three  com- 
panies, nnmberin.g  161  persona,  were  sent  West. 
The  average  (daily)  attendance  at  the  s20  Industrial 
Scboola  and  Evening  Schuola  was  4,103.  At  the 
Newsboys'  Lodging  House,  No.  9  Duane-street,  the 

nightly  average  attendance  waa  275,  8,243  lodgings 
and  10,360  meala  were  lUrnisbed,  58  boys  wore 
provided  with  work  and  homes,  aiid  120 
boys  saved  f230  10.  At  the  Girls'  Lodglu;; 
Honae,  No.  27  6t,  Mark's-place,  1,139  lodgings  aud 
2,728  moals  were  furuiabuLl,  €6  girls  were  taaght 
on  1  be  aewios  machine,  nnd  86  provided  with  em- 
plojmont,  and  places.  The  Eievouih  Ward  Lodging;; 
House,  No.  709  Kast  Elevonth-street,  sbeltered  97 
bovs  nightly,  2,891  lodgings  and  3,091  meals  were 
furnished,  ana  6  boys  were  placed  iu  homes.  Toe 
Sixteenth.  Ward  Lodging  House,  No.  211  West 
Eiiihteenth-street,  furniabed  2,343  lodEriugs 
aod  3.119  meals,  8  boys  were  provided 
with  work,  ana  the  nightly  average  atteud- 
ance  waa  78.  The  Kivington-atreet  Lodging  House,-,* 
No.  337  Rivington-street,  had  a  nigiiily  average  of 
111  lodgers;  3,448  lodgings  and  5,844  meala  were 
furnished  ;  11  boya  weie  provided  with  homes  and 
employment,  and  14  started  in  boainesa  i  22  boys 
aaved'»42.  The  Xhirty-fifth-sireet  Lodging  House, 
No.  314  East  Thirfy-flfth-SLreet,  lurniahed  1,964 
lodgings  and  2,223  meals  ;  tbe  nightly  average  was 
66.  The  society  intend  to  send  a  party  or  large 
boys  who  are  out  of  work  to  Northern  Texas  iu  a 
tew  days.  ^ 

IHB  MA  NIIOBA  ELECTION  a. 
WiNNEPEa,  Feb.  231— The  Manitoba  Bediatri- 
bntion  bill  waa  up  for  a  aeoond  reading  io  the  Le- 
giidatare  last  night.    The  bill  provides  for  giving 

the  votes  to  16  iBnaUsh  and  eight  French  districts, 
inatead  of,  aa  heretofore,  14  of  the  former  aad  10  ot 
the  Utter.    Of  the  Knallah  aettlera,  eight  «fls««DIe«^ 
JLa«M  tta«  old  Mttiws  and  siMtht  tha  «•«*-' 


THE  DOCK  DEPARTMENT, 

ITS  MANAGEMENT  CONDEMNED. 
EEPORT  OF  THE  CONTEBENCB    OF  COMMBSi 
CIAIi    BODIKS — BXOKR  BX7LEHBADS  OOW 
DEMNED   AND  CRXBWOBK   ADVOC5ATKI>-i-^ 
A  CONFUSED  SYSTEM  OF  BOOK-KEEPIKd  ' 
IK   USE     BY    THB    COMlknSSIOinSBS — ^TA* 
RIOUS  RECOMMEND ATIONa  BY  THB  OON-^ 
FEBEKCB. 

The  Conference  of  Coramerolal  bodies  <K 
Bocks  and  Terminal  PaoiUtlea  held  another  meeb 
ing  yesterday  afternoon  in  the  Chamber  of  Com* 
meroe.  Committee  No.  1  on  the  anDjeet  of  bulk*  - 
heada  presented  a  long  and  exhaustive  reporl 
throngh  Mr.  Schwab.  It  begins  by  denouncing  la 
general  terms  the  system  and  laws  under  which  tha 
Dock  Commiasion  exiata.  It  goea  on  to  atate  aa  tb^ 
result  of  the  investigation  that  the  atone  pier  No.  l| 
North  Biver,  with  the  short  stone  bulkheads  Xa 
the  north  and  south  of  it  coat  more  than  a  million 
cf  dollars,  and  that  "after  six  years'  work  spent  upj 
oh  i^  it  stands  at  this  day  unfinished,  of  donbtfol 
stabilit^^'^th  insufficient  depth  of  water  along  its 
face  and  nnrented — a  monument  of  the  period  of  ex< 
travagance  and  folly."    The  present  Dd&k  Commlsi 

Bionera,  though  compelled  to  finish  it,  condemn  it 
as  much  aa  the  committee  do.  The  committee  met 
at  the  oatset  with  a  stumbling  block  in 
the  fact  that  the  Dock  Department  had 
never  classified,  on  their  books  or  in  tbeirannoal  ra 
ports,  the  expenditures  under  the  different  heads  of 
specified  work  nerformed.  "  The  system  of  book- 
keeping and  of  rendering  annual  reports  followed 
by  tbe  departpient  frcm  the  beginning  of  its  ezlst- 
euce,  oould,  in  fact,  not  be  improved,  if  its  purpoea 
were  to  envelop  its  operations  in  mystery  and  to 
prevent  any  satisfactory  conclusions  to  be  drawn 
from  the  data  published  aa  to  the  actual  coat  of  any 
particular  portion  of  their  wortt,  or  as  to  the  aotnat 
revenue  derived  by  the  City  from  its  wharf  proper^ 
tv."  The  Dock  Commissioners  having  refused,  at 
first,  to  aid  the  com'oittee  aa  long  as  the  delegatei 
to  the  Council  of  Political  Reform  had  anvtbine  to 
do  with  it.  the  committee  were  compelled  to  rely  oa 
tbe  annual  reports  and,  where  fisarea  were  want- 
ing, on  estimates  of  tbe  cost  of  work  alleged  to  have 
been  done.  Thev  thus  cam"  to  the  conclusion  thil 
tbe  coat,  during  1874  and  1875.  ot  atone  bulkbeadt 
had  been  $1,250  a  lineal  foot.  This  the  Dock  Com' 
misaioners  denied,  and  to  disprove  it  undertook  to 
analyze  all  their  bills  and  vouchers  for  the  two 
veara.  As  the  result  they  have  nresented  certain 
figures  which  the  commitree  have  pot  been  sble  to 
verify  owing  to  the  immenae  labor  tbat  would  bavo 
been  involved.  The  figures  of  expenditure  during 
1875,  fnrni><hed  by  the  Commissioners  are  as  follows: 

1.  Cose  of  stone  bulkhead $521,609 

2.  Amount  expended  in  repairs  tor  ac- 

count of  private  owners,  cohected 
from  them  and  i  aid  over  into  tbe 
sinking  fond 48,178 

3.  Purchase  of  ieiae  of  Sprlng-arreet  ba- 

sin, necessary  lor  the  prosecution  of 

work  oa  bnikhead 7,600 

4.  Materials  pai'l  for  in  1874-5,  aodoa 

handAprUSO,  1875 186.716 

5.  Machluery.    tug-boat,    dredges,    pile- 

drivers,  tc,  laid  for  In  1874-5 190.62S 

6.  Grading;  and    fitting  up    Gansevoort- 

Btreetyard 10,88ft. 

7.  Work  on  t'ier  No.  1  Korth  River,  boat- 

lauding  and  river  wall '  241,897. 

8.  Expenses    of    collecting    $1,096,062    ' 

reuts.  &o 60,840 

9.  Building  and  repairing  piers,  Jcc,  in- 

cluding dredging*  other  than  for 
stone  work,  and  building  temporary  / 

connections  with  piers  and  slips .  -.J.,0p3,767 

10.  Ge.neral  expanses  of  the  departmeat.  "  — 

forming  an  atiriition  of  9. 19  per  cent.' 

to  each  of  the  above  items 207,02& 

Total  expenditures  In  1874-5 $2,468,914 

Tbe  statement  of  cost  of  tbe  first  item  shows  a 
cost  of  $462  per  lineal  foot,  an  increase  of  157  a  foot 
over  the  previous  esiimate  of  tbe  Commissioners. 
But  this  calls  forSl  feet  more  of  finished  wall  than 
the  commitee  allowed,  and  they  consent  to  a  re* 
duction  of  only  (100  a  toot  from  their  previous  esti- 
mate. The  secosd  and  third  items  (be  committee  ad- 
mit to  have  been  inadvertently  charged.  The  fourth 
tbey  know  nothing  about,  aa  it  did  not  appear  in 
tbe  annual  report.  Aa  to  tbe  fifth  item,  the  report 
says  that  it  was  properlv  debited.  It  adds  that 
previous  to  lfe74  some  fSCO.OOO  waa  expended  on 
tbis  account,  and  tbe  Department  has  now  on  hand 
fioating  and  otber  property  coating  aome  $600,000, 
which  i.s  DOW  very  inadeqnate.ly  emoloyed,  and 
which,  if  sold,  would  reimburse'  but  a  small  per- 
centage of  its  coat.  Item  nine  shows  tbat  the  ex- 
penditure for  building  and  repairing  piers  and 
other  wooden  structures,  and  of  dredging  otber 
than  for  atono  work,  with  tbe  addidoa  of  9.19 
per  cent,  for  goueral  expenses,  but  without  any 
charge  for  depreciation  of  inventory  of  material  on 
hand,  or  for  interest  on  ttie  tSOO.OOO  invested  in  tba 
inventory,  shows  atotal  ol  about  f  1,09t),000,  or  about 
1500,000  more  tban  the  committee's pravious calcula- 
tion. Tbe  committee  have  looked  in  vain  ttirongk 
the  annual  reports  of  tbe  department  for  any  indi- 
cation of  such  exoenditure  for  this  purpose;  so 
tbat  by  the  Commissioners'  own  figures,  the  previ- 
ous charge  of  extravagance  has  merelv  been 
shitted  from  the  bulkhead  Items  to  other  Items, 
and  chiifly  to  tbat  of  building  and  repairing  piers 
aad  otbor  wooden  atmcturea.  As  an  indication  of 
the  character  of  this  expenditure  the  report  citea 
from  tbe  Commiasionera'  figures  to  show  that  the 
five  large  piers,  from  No.  43  to  No.  47,  North  River, 
have  cost  ^  2-2  per  foot  to  oonstrnct,  while  a  simi- 
lar pier.  No.  42  North  River,  cost/butfl  11  per 
foot,  or  exacrly  haif,  though  tbe  builder  of  the  lat- 
ter was  by  contract:  required  to  take  the  piles  used 
irom  the  department's  atorea,  allowing  for  them 
their  extravagant  cost  of  120  apiece.  Conaideiiug 
tbe  perir^hable  nature  of  tbe  work,  these  faat«,  place 
the  prohts  said  to  have  been  derived  from  the  piers 
in  a  less  advantageous  light  than  that  In  which 
thi'V  have  generally  been  represented. 

TTnder  the  bead  oft  general  suggestions,  the  com- 
mitioe  say  that  bavin:;  obtained  an  insight  into  the 
management  of  the  Department  of  Docks,  such  aa 
it  is  impossible  for  any  ordinary  citizen  or  tax- 
payer to  obtain,  they  take  the  liberty  of  enlighten- 
ing the  DUbhc  ou  'several  points,  under  tbe  law 
tbat  created  and  governs  tbe  Department  of  Docks 
tbe  City  has,  ud  ib  this  daj',  been  bonded  for  tbe 
expenditure  of  the  department  ti  the  amount  of 
about  ^5,500,000.  Tbe  annual  revenue  accruing  to 
tbe  sinkiug  lund  irom  tbe  rental  of  MuoicipaJ 
wharf  property  has  durinjj  that  period  about 
doubled,  but  tbat  increase  of  revenue  Is 
fully  set  ofi'  by  the  iutereat  paid  on  thai 
increase  of  bonded  debt.  For  the  principal  of  that 
oebt,  which  will  have  to  be  paid  one  day.  the  City 
has  little  else  to  show  than  a  great  and  uaelesa  aton* 
pier,  about  2,100  teet  ot  atone  bulkhead  of  doubtful 
stability,  and  a  certain  number  of  wooden  piera. 
which,  in  order  to  remain  productive,  must  have 
their  drat  cost  from  iitne  to  time  expended  over 
again.  The  operations  of  the  Dock  Department 
during  the  first  five  years  of  its  exiatence  thus 
differ  little  from  thoae  of  other  departments,  the 
profligate  management  of  which  haa  in. 
flicted  anoh  irreparable  icjuiy  on  our  3fu- 
uicioal  financea.  «  *  *  The  clanae  authorizing 
the  bonding  of  tbe  City  for  the  expenditures 
of  the  department  should,  they  say,  be  at  once  re- 
pealed, and  these  expehditarea  ahouid  be  provided 
tor  bv  general  taxation,  and  included  in  tbe  annual 
estimatea  to  be  paaijed  upon  by  the  Board  ot  Esti- 
mate and  Apportionment.  If  any  exceptions  are 
allowed,  they  should'  be  strictly  limited  to  aucb  ex- 
traordinary work  aa  can  be  proved  to  producu,  when 
finished,  uot  only  the  interest  on  ita  cost,  but  alao 
Buoh  surplus  revenue  as  will  endow  a  sinking  fund 
sufficient  to  redeem  tne  debt  created  tlieretor  irlthia 
a  reasonable  time,  and  such  exceptions  abuuid  be 
made  subjoct  to  tbe  approval  of  some  other 
boiiy,  after  public  notice  having  been  given 
lor  some  time  previous  to  their  decision.  „ 
The  loose  and  ominous  clause  by  whioh 
tbe  present  law  preecril>es  to  the  department  ita 
duties  as  regards  the  manner  of  accounting  for 
aud  reporting  its  expenditures,  which  ia  comprised 
in  the  following  words  :  "  The  aaid  board  shall 
annually  preaent  to  the  Mayor  of  the  City,  a  re- 
port coutaining  a  description  of  tbe  paymenta 
ina<le  by  said  board,  and  tbe  purposes  and  amonnta 
thereoti"  sboold  be  substituted  by  tbe  prescription 
of  a  svaiem  ot  book-keepiog  and  reporting  rtsally 
intelligible,  and  demanding  the  proper  claaaiflcaiion 
of  all  expenditurea  with  proper  specification  of  de- 
tail. The  existing  law  prescribes  tue  execution  of 
work  by  contracts  imder  the  usual  aateguarda, 
hut  adds  a  proviso  which  haa  enabled  the  depart- 
ment to  do  all,  with  but  very  few  exceptions,  by 
day's  work.  This  provision  should  be  ao  modified 
aa  to  really  enforce  the  eX(.-cuiion  by  contract  of 
all  work  that  can  properly  be  so  done.  The 
authority  for  buying  private  wharf  property.  In  our 
opinion,  should  be  greatly  resiricted,  and  authority 
should  be  given  cot  only  to  lease  for  adequate 
terms,  but  aLso  to  sell  under  proper  restrictions, 
sucn  portiona  of  tbe  water  front  whioh  private 
parties  might  engaiie  to  improve  for  the  use  of 
commerce.  *  •  *  As  a  further  improve- 
ment lu  tbe  interest  of  commerce,  tbe 
commif^ee  recommend  tbat  a  modification  of  tne 
Dock  law  sbouid  include  a  transfer  of  the  auper- 
vision  and  duties  cf  Harbor-masters  to  this  depart- 
ment, wQiob  rouid  not  fail  to  prove  a  saving  of  ex- 
pense, and  by  oonctiutrating  a  divided  authority 
could  be  made  an  improvement  very  satisfactory  la 
our  commercial  classes.  The  report  concludes  I 
■■  I'be  righis  and  titles  of  private  owners  of  dock 
prope'tv  Buoaid.  if  possible,  be  so  clearly  settled 
and  fixed  that  aueb  owners  could  feel  warranted  iiad 
tucoora»ed  lo  improve  their  property  tor  their  own 
benefit  and  for  that  of  commerce." 

Mx.  Miller  wanted  po.^teriiy  to  hare  a  chance  to 
pay  far  some  of  the  improvemecta,  aa  tbey  were  to 
enjoy  the  beuefita  of  them,  but  the  principle  of  pay 
aa  you  go  was  so  popular  that  after  a  short  debate 
the  report  waa  accepted  unanimously.  Tbe  portion 
of  tbe  report  of  tbe  Committee  on  iiulkbeaa  Lines 
which  was  tabled  at  tbe  last  meeting  waa  then 
taken  up  and  accepted.  It  agreea  aubatantially 
with  the  above  report^  and  .  recommenda  that  the^ 
Belt  Bailroad  be  used  at  night  for  freighnng  nnr-' 
poaes  by  ateam.  Committees  Noa.  3,  4,  and  5  re> 
ported  progress ;  No.  4  hopes  to  reach  a  unanimooa 
decision  by  next  meeting  on  tbe  question  of  aelUog 
Uock  property.  In  the  course  of  a  desultory  deoaie 
that  toaowed,_M.r.  Webb,  Chairman  6f  Committee 
No.  1,  said  tbat  he  is  decidedly  apposed  to  the 
movement  now  on  foot  in  this  City  to  do  away  with 
the  Dock  Department.  Mr.  Potter  said  tbac  he 
bad  been  permitted  by  tho  Dock  Commiasion  to  ex- 
amine the  authoritiea  upon  which  they  ciaim  to 
hold  title  to  certain  docka.  These  j>onsiac  oi  two 
short  and  evidently  unstudied  opinlone  by  Riehartt 
O'Gonoan  and  £.  Delafield  Smith,  and  a  test  eaaa 
is  needed  to  have  the  matter  settled.  Tbe  speakei 
waa  of  opinion  that  the  City  would  get  more  rev9- 
na«  throoxb  leases  than  by  hanging  «a  to  moimk^ 
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HERMAN  GRIMM'S  GOETHE. 

rOmiEBVTtQ-RS  OEHALTGN  AN  DER  KG!,.  UNI- 
VER81TAT  ZU  BBRLIiV.  Von  Hermait  Grimm. 
B«rlin:  WtLHSLx  Hkrz.  1877.  liecinres  at  the 
Royal  Onlvcraity  of  Benin,    a  vola. 

These  two  volumes  of  over  600  octavo 
>aKea  give,  in  the  form  of  25  Ifectares,  the  latest 
jihoaght  of  Germany  upon  the  greatest  of  Ger- 
lian  poets,  and  the  work  has  pecnliar  interest 
5Br  Amerioan  readers  from  the  fact  that  the 
*ntboc  wrote  the  popular  Life  of  Michael  An- 
Ido,  and  married  the  daughter  of  the  Bettinu 
ron  Arnim  whose  name  has  been  so  peculiarly 
iS8ociated  with  Goethe's.  Gnmm  himself  is 
tot  an  obsonre  person.  The  son  of  the  distin- 
piished  philologist,  Wilhelm  Karl  Gnmm,  and 
Kephew  of  the  more  famous  Jaeob  Liudwig 
bruom,  he  was  bom  at  Cassel,  Jan.  6,  18i!6. 
Ue  has  written  various  dramas,  novels,  and 
poems,  and  one  of  bis  reoeot  books,  Neuc 
tlssayi,  was  devoted  mainly  to  the  writings  of 
Gmerson.  ■  Since  1849  he  has  lived  at  Berlin, 
knd  his  Life  of  Qoeth»  has  peculiar  interest 
^m  the  face  that  it  is  so  enthusiastio  an 
Pbooeptanoa  of  the  Weimar  poet  br  the 
Froasian  capital,  and,  apparently,  a 
liim  of  truce  in  literature  betwpe^  the 
i>elligerent  chiefs  of  Northern  and  Southern 
Rermany.  Those  who  were  present  at  the 
Humboldt  Centennial  in  Berlin,  m  1869,  will 
Qot  fail  to  note  the  change  of  tone  there  within 
|o  short  a  time,  and  the  disposition  now  to 
claim  Goethe's  thunder  for  the  imperial  city  and 
Kingdom,  instead  of  trying  to  offset  his  ideal 
genius  by  Humboldt's  realistic  soienoe.  In 
lome  respects  Gnmm  goes  beyond  all  of  Goethe's 
Did  admirers.  He  begins  by  saying  that  he 
has  acted  upon  the  intellectual  life  of  Germany 
very  much  as  a  powerful  natural  pheBomenon 
acts  upon  the  physical  world,  when,  for  exam- 
ple, the  'old  ice  age  passed  away,  and  fair 
flowers  and  sweet  froita  and  frisky  animal  life 
took  the  place  of  the  old  glaciers  and  their 
reign  of  death.  Goefcha  has,  he  maintains, 
raised  the  warmth  of  the  intellectual  atmes- 
phere  so  many  degrees  on  the  average  as  to 
bring  on  another  vegetation  aDd  to  call 
for  a  new  kind  of  culture,  and 
to  lay  a  new  foundation  of  scoial  life. 
He  thinks  that  Goethe  has  made  the  litera- 
ture, and  even  the  language  of  Germany  ;  and 
that  when  he  began  to  write,  the  German  lit- 
erature was  as  hmited  in  its  range  as  the  Ger- 
man national  will  was  limited  in  its  politics. 
German  authors  were  noticed  abroad  mainly 
firom  their  eonneotion  with  foreign  writers,  and 
Frederick  the  Great,  who  did  so  much  for  Ger- 
many with  his  sword,  was  willing  to  use  his 
pen  as  a  Frenchman,  and  to  pass  in  Paris  as  a 
French  writer.  Goethe  himself  onoe  spoke  of 
the  feeling  of  the  Bomans  as  citizens  of  a 
werld-wide  kingdom,  as  if  such  a  sentiment 
were  out  of  the  question  with  a  German.  Tliree 
poets  only  are  to  be  compared  with  him,  and 
Germany  ranks  him  with  Homer,  Dante,  and 
Shakespeare,  as  having  given  life  and  name  to 
a  nation  in  the  realm  of  mind.  Goethe  is  the 
true  Crerman,  he  thinks,  and  better  helped  the 
new  nationality  than  if  he  had  been  more  of  a 
Eealot  ot  reform.  He  foresaw  the  coming  revo- 
lutions, and  he  prepared  the  people  for  a 
nationality  greater  than  the  Radicals  conceived 
of,  master-builder  as  he  was  of  tbe  new  and 
Imperial  home  of  culture  and  life  at  the  very 
time  wben  the  Badieals  were  bent  mainly  on 
breaking  windows,  and  setting  the  old  house  ou 
fire. 

His  career  was  remarkable  alike  in  its  vizor 
and  its  persistency.  He  kept  at  work  till 
bis  death,  and  when  the  fire  of  his  youth  had 
gone  he  gave  the  years  of  hia  maturity  to  elab- 
orating the  ideas  that  bad  flashed  out  to  him 
trom  that  early  fire.  He  seemed  at  one  time, 
like  Schiller,  to  have  exhausted  his  strength, 
but  he  signally  recoTered  himself.     Ho  labored 

In  evei^  sphere  of  study  and  acience  except 

one,  that  ot  pure  mathematics.  A  statesman, 
bistorian,  naturabst.  as  well  as  a  poet,  he  was 
a  man  of  all  work ;  he  was  willing  to  do  a  good 
turn  for  every  body  who  asked  help  trom  him,  and 
Instead  of  being  a  dainty  egotist,  he  is  represent- 
ed as  the  moat  kindly  and  considerate  of  men, 
ready  to  treat  every  one  as"if  his  neitrhbar's  af- 
fairs were  his  own.  This  is  somewhat  a  new 
view  of  the  Weimar  demi-god,  but  it  is  all  the 
better  tor  being  new,  if  it  ii~true,  as  Grimm  de- 
clares it  to  be,  and  It  makes  the  reader  listen 
with  the  more  grace  to  the  paragraphs  that 
close  the  elaborato  introduction,  and  declare 
him  to  be  immortal  with  Homer  and  Shake- 
speare, in  an  undying  youth  which  he  shares . 
with  the  children  of  hia  fruitful  bram. 

Gfethe's  life  is  divided  in  these  lectures  into, 
two  unequal  portions — the  Frankfort  time, 
1749-1776,  and  the  Weimar  time,  177&-1832.  In 
the  Frankfort  time  fall  tbebeerlDnings  of  almost 
all  of  his  works  of  the  first  class,  and  bis  TFer- 
tAer,  Goets,  and  Clavigo  were  then  published. 
The  Weimar  time  must  be  subdivided.  The 
first  10  years  of  it  extend  from  the  twenty- 
sixth  to  the  tiurty7aixtb  year  ot  his  life.  Goethe 
wben  he  went  to  Weimar  had  given  up  the 
idea  of  being  a  poet  above  all  things,  and  he 
wished  to  devote   himself  t*  tha  service  of    the 

Duke  and  the  State.  Only  his  leisure  hours 
were  given  to  poetical  labor,  and  in  this  epoeh 
the  Iphigenia  was  got   ready  in  its  prose  fora, 

and  Tatto,  Egmont,  Wilhelm  Meister,  and  Faust, 
which  were  begun  ,  at  Frankfort,  were 
carried  forward.  In  the  two  years  of 
travel  In  Italy,  ,  178&-7,  which  may 
be  considered  as  -^  the  close  of  the 
first  and  the  beginning  of  the  second  epoch, 
Ttuso,  Iphigenia,  and  Ugmont  took  a  new  and 
finished  form,  while  Wilhelm  Meister  and  Faust 
were  oostinued.  Then  he  ratumed  to  Weimar 
and  entered  upon  the  last  period  of  his  life. 
2Tow  followed  one  after  another  the  WUhelm 
Meister,  Hermann  and  Dorothea,  The  Natural 
Daughter,  The  Life  of  Wincklemann,  The  Elec- 
Hve  Affinities,  Poetry  and  Truth,  The  Italian 
Journey,  The  West-Easterly  Divan,  and  Faust. 
X'autt,  it  waa,  that  bound  hia  whole  literary  life 
together.  Goethe  began  it  in  his  student  years 
and  kept  at  it  as  long  as  he  lived,  and  left  the 
oonoluslon  in  manuscript,  to  be  printed  after 
hu  death.  The  best  treatment  of  the  poet's 
career  will  be  found  to  go  with  the  above  clasai- 
Aoation  af  hu  works,  aacarding  to  the  three 
Vpoohs  of  their  appearance. 

The  material  for  the  study  oi  Goetbe's  life  is 
enormous  and  presents  itself  la  two  masses — 
one  from  other  persons,  the  other  from  his  own 
pen.  The  aiaount  that  was  written  about  him 
by  correspondents,  editors,  essayists,  travelers, 
eritios.  &o.,  is  great,  and  constantly  new  can- 
tzlbationa  are  made  to  the  collections.  The 
mass  furnished  by  himself  is  not  small  in  com- 
parison, and  it  consists,  first,  of  his  works  in 
their  bearing  upon  the  author's  personal  ex  • 
perienoe  ;  secondly,  his  diaries  and  letters  as 
doeiuneutary  accounts  of  speeiflo  days  and 
lionrs,  and,  in  the  third  place,  the  especial  bio- 
graphical sketohes  which  Goethe  made  in  order 
to  present  his  life  as  a  complete  whole.  His 
Poetry  and  Tru^  is  both  a  work  of  art  and 
ft  narrative,  bat  it  deals  mainly  with  his  Frank- 
fort life,  and  after  he  went  to  Weimar  he 
writes  of  himself  more  as  an  annalist,  except  m 
■o  far  as  his  poems  and  novels  show  the  man. 
In  this  review,  it  is  better  to  ehoose  two  or 
HiTM  ef  the  prominent  features  of  the  book 
than  to  nndertake  to  go  over  the  whole  ground 
of  the  25  iMtozeSi  whloh  follow  the  poet's 
eatt«er  with  great  detail  until  the  death  of 
Sehiller  in  1805  in  22  lectures,  and  glance  at 
the  remaining  27  years  of  his  lifo  in  the  cloamg 
tSiree  leotnreAi  Beaders  will  probably  most 
Uka  to  know   how   Cioeth»  formed   his  great 


relijions  with  women,  and  what  were  hu  ohar- 
acteristie  ideas  of  morality  and  religion. 

Considering  his  undouDtedly  great  genius, 
we  cannot  but  wonder,  not  only  at  his  method 
of  composition,  but  at  the  way  in  which  he 
studied  out  his  leading  characters.  The  domi- 
nant idea  of  his  great  works  evi- 
dently eame  to  him  very  early,  yet 
he  kept  on  elaborating  most  of  them 
for  years,  and  instead  ot  drawing  his  leading 
characters  from  his  imagination  he  was  con- 
stantly shaping  them  anew  from  the  lite-models 
that  came  in  his  way.  Even  the  love-songs, 
that  seemed  to  be  the  spontaneous  movement 
of  his  feelings  and  his  ianoy,  were  studies  from 
the  life,  and  instead  of  singing  in  order  to  make 
love  to  his  lady,  he  used  the  love  affair  to  make 
him  sing,  not  without  pretty  free  employment 
of  the  part  played  by  the  lady  herself  in  the 
charming  relation.  His  Werther  was  bis  most 
impassioned  production,  and  appeared  to  be  the 

impulaive  revolt  of  his  fiery  youth  against  the 
conventionalism  of  society ;  yet  how  variously 
and  studiously  the  characters  were  made  up 
out  of  his  acquaiutanoe  with  the  good  Kestner 
and  his  wife,  and  the  death  of  his  unhappy  friend 
Jerusalem,  and  the  melancholy  mood  of  some 
of  his  Frankfort  years.  The  Wilhelm  Meister 
is  fuU  of  his  theatrical  experiences  in  his  early 
Weimar  life,  and  while  Meister  is  evidently 
the  poet  himself  in  different  stages  of 
bis  experience,  the  characters  ot  the 
book,  are  careful  studies  of  his  friends, 
and  even  that  exquisite  and  appa- 
rently wholly  ideal  sketch,  the  confessions  of 
a  "  Fair  Saint,"  is  based  upon  an  actual  char- 
acter. The  Fausf,  which  apparently  was  be- 
gun in  1772,  when  Goethe  was  23  years  old, 
and  which  kept  throbbing  in  his  brain  until  his 
death  in  1832,  was  at  once  a  great  original 
poem  and  an  autobiography.  Fatut  is  Goethe 
himself  in  the  main  stages  of  his  career,  first  as 
the  student,  who  turns  from  books  to  the  world, 
to  study  its  temptations  and  to  see  the 
cold  spirit  of  denial  join  itself  with 
the  lusts  of  the^  flesh  to  lure  the 
student  to  the  ruin  of  innocence;  then, 
in  the  second  part,  the  student  appears  as 
the  experienced  man  of  the  world,  who  at  last 
settles  down  into  useful  work,  and  succeeds  in 
solving,  by  benign  industry,  the  life  problem 
that  he  could  not  make  out  by  his  wits. 
Grimm,  of  course,  finds  the  poet  b  ImseLf  in 
Faust,  and  he  is  quite  sure  that  the  idea  of  Me- 
phistopheles,  the  Denier,  was  first  started  by 
his  acquaintance  with  Herder,  who  coolly  an- 
alyzed every  lact,  and  that  it  received  its  point 
and  sting  from  Merck,  the  sharp  critic,  who 
took  the  wind  out  of  all  enthusiasm  by  his 
satire,  and  pnoked  every  air  balloon  of  fancy 
by  his  cuts.  He  is  also  quite  sure  that  Marga- 
ret was  suggested  by  Frederika,  the  daughter 
of  the  Pastor  of  Sesenheim,  not  because  she 
was  ruined  by  her  lover,  but  because  she  was 
deserted  after  her  heart  had  been  won.  If  any 
of  our  readers  would  see  one  of  the  most  ex- 
quisite Dortraits  of  character  in  love  relations 
that  had  ever  been  made  among  us,  let  them 
read  the  charming  story  ot  Alide  by  Miss  Em- 
ma Lazarus,  ot  this  City,  upon  Goethe's  rela- 
tions with  Frederika,  and  it  will  be  seen  what 
cause  the  poet  had  for  remembering  always 
that  pure  and  lovely  girl,  whose  heart  he  broke 
without  robbing  her  of  her  purity.  Yet  it  will 
not  do  to  interpret  Faust  merely  by  the  personal 
traits  which  it  embadies  from  the  life.  It  is  the 
modem  taan  who  tuma  from  the  old  book- 
learning  to  the  new  times  of  materialism,  and 
who,  after  much  grief,  settles  down  into  prac- 
tical well-doing,  and  finds  peace  from  his  own 
conscience  and  forgiveness  from  the  Supreme 
Love. 

As  to  Goethe's  private  life,  opinions  diffar 
widely.  He  has  been  called  by  some  of  his 
critics  a  selfish  egotist,  and  even  a  reckless 
voluptuary,  while  by  others  he  has  been  ex- 
alted to  the  skies  as  a  model  man  in  personal 
purity  as  well  asm  kindness  and  fidelity.  It  is 
not  easy  to  say  exactly  where  the  truth  lies, 
wbUe  it  IS  certain  that  tbe  reaent  and  more 
careful  studies  ot  his  career  are  greatly  to  his 
advantage,  and  that  Grimm,  without  being  in 
all  respects  his  eulogist,  acquits  him  of  the  grav- 
est eharges  against  his  character.  He  makes 
out  that  his  virtue  was  stronger  than  that  of 
lovely  women  whose  eharms  lascinated  him  ; 
that  Lili,  who  figures  so  much  in  his  songs,  and 
to  whom  he  was  virtually  engaged,  confessed 
that  she  owed  her  safety  to  his  forbearance ; 
and  that  the  intimacy  with  the  Countess  von 
Stein  was  wholly  above  reproach  and  within 
the  limits  of  intellectual  and  artistic  friendship, 
and  could  not  possibly,  under  the  circumstances, 
have  been  otherwise.  Grimm  puts  a  good  faae 
upon  the  Roman  elegies,  or  rather  he  takes 
away  their  worst  reproach,  by  making  their  lore 
descriptions  turn  upon  his  relation  with 
Christiana,  whom  he  married,  and  who  is  repre- 
sented as  much  after  tbe  fashion  of  tbe  exuber- 
ant Roman  beauties  who  gave  such  charms  to 
the  region  over  the  Tiber  in  the  time  of  Catullus 
and  Horace.  Yet  Grimm  does  mot  try  to  dis- 
guise the  undoubted  fact  that  Goethe  was 
peculiarly  susceptible  toward  feminine  attrac- 
tions, and  that  he  had  a  remarkable  sense  of 
the  gentle,  trusting  element  In  womanhood, 
sueh  as  he  embodies  in  his  prominent  heroines. 

Grimm's  account  of  Goethe's  loye  temperament 
is  worth  translation  fcomi  the  thirteenth  lec- 
ture, thus: 

''Goethe's  Impassioned  relations  prior  to  hia 
Weimar  period  bave  sometbiiiK  in  common  ;  it  la 
Goetbe  himself  aad  ooly  that  gives  to  tbe  beloved 
the  power  to  fascinate  bim.  AVe  hava  an  Indian 
legend  that  tbe  touch  of  a  yoang  maiden's  band 
brings  trees  mto  blossom.  Goethe  meets  a  simple 
and  lovely  peraonage ;  bis  heart  neaJs  a  goddeas  ; 
the  wbole  flame  of  bis  nature  gleams  back  to  him 
from  the  eyea  of  this  maideo,  wuoae  eyes,  were  they 
ever  so  fair,  witbout  (ioetbe  bimself  woold  never 
have  possesned  sacb  IllaminatiDg  force.  Every 
time  tbia  natural  process  was  repeated ;  alter  a 
short  period  the  bloom  came  to  a  stoo,  then  a  sligbt 
wearineas,  tbeu  fading,  tben  all  13  over;  only  tba 
painful  qoeation  remains,  How  w&»  all  ibia  expe- 
rience possible  I  Even  with  Lill  tbe  css«  was  no 
otherwise,  and  that  sbe  was  a  little  more  prudeot 
tbaa  liotte  and  Frederika  and  tbe  otbers  wbom  I 
bave  not  named,  does  not  cbaage  tbe  matter  macb. 
In  Frau  vnn  Stein,  however,  Qoeibe  for  the  first 
time  met  a  power  which  bad  its  own  fire." 

It  Is  evidently  Grimm's  conviotion  that  the 
Countess  oared  more  for  the  poet  than  he  cared 
for  bar,  and  that  hia  relation  with  her  helped 
his  literary  life  without  disturbing  his  equa- 
nimity or  wronging  her  and  her  family.  How- 
ever this  may  be,  and  whatever  may  be  the 
just  interpretation  of  the  poet's  loves,  it  is  well 
that  our  English  and  our  Amerioan  standard  of 
propriety  differs  from,  the  G«rman  standard  of 
Goethe's  circle,  and  that  none  of  our  leading 
poets  have  given  occupation  to  literary  gossips 
and  scandal-mongers  by  so  many  equivocal 
loves  as  he  had,  and  such  an  equivocal  mar- 
riage as  united  him  with  the  coarse  but  not 
heartless  or  stupid  woman  who  was  mother  of 
his  son.  Our  English  and  American  ideas  of 
home  owe  their  piety  as  well  as  their  purity 
to  afar  more  rigid  study  of  the  Command- 
ments and  use  ot  the  Prayer-book  than  pre- 
vailed at  the  Court  of  Weimar,  and  they  are 
not  becoming  worse. 

Qoethe  is  not  to  be  understood  as  a  dissipated 
or  unprincipled  man,  for  he  led  In  the  main 
a  very  tranquil  life,  kept  hard  at  work  to  the 
last,  and  he  had  a  coda^^f  principles  of  a  very 
definite  kind.  He  professed  to  believe  in  God 
and  in  the  immortal  life,  and  he  has  written 
some  remarkable  statements  of  his  impressions 
of  the  Christian  religion,  especial  in  its  charac- 
ter of  self-renunciation  and  humanity.  He  wad 
somewhat  adrift  in  his  theology,  and  he  honestly 
said:  "I  cannot  for  myself  hold  sufficiently 
to  any  one  way  of  rehgious  thinking  in  the 
manifold  directions  ot  my  life  ;  as  poet  and 
artist,  1  am  polytheist;  as  naturalist,  on  the 
contrary,  I  am  pantheist— the  one  as  decidedly 
as  the  other.     Do  I  need  »  God  for  my  person- 


aorae-«»r  stable  at  tbe  «nd  of   the  Npeacon  street 
l^Hf  -ifcaO^wllawwritkd  lOft  ,  Z2l«jM«Yt»lj;.JLUM  «<  Mm  itoimnoUfcia  gaiirnaA  ttaa^ac*  ••Toa.'i. 


and  earthly  thlogb  a<«  «o  wide  a  kingdom  that 
all  our  organs  together  are  necessary  in  order 
to  understand  it  Ivork  on,  Without  and  within 
always  in  qmau  AtAf  to  have  everybody  else 
do  the  same.*^ 

Nearly  thfl  mpom  al  ia.v\ioXti.  lecture  is 
Xiven  to  Goeth&B- religion,  and  Spinoza  is  re- 
presented as  his  master  in  theoSophy,  and  as 
completing  with  Hamer,  Baphael,  and  Shake- 
speare, the  four  guides  of  his  culture.  Grimm 
says  some  very  interesting  things  about  Goethe's 
religion,  but  he  does  not  seem  to  understand 
very  well  the  peeuliar  system  of  Spinoza,  and 
he  is  not  correct  in  bis  notion  that  this  philoso- 
pher helped  Goethe  most  by  allowing  him  to 
separate  his  thinking  firom  his  faith,and  to  leave 
his  heart  wholly  to  mystical  emotions  while 
his  hoad  waa  cool  and  analytic.  Spinoza,  on 
the  oohtrary,  made  a  certain  mysticism  a  part  of 
his  thought,  aad  he  insisted  that  tbe  severest 
thinking  best  interprets  God,  and  opens  the 

dears  of  spiritual  influence.  Henoe  Qoethe  was 
led  to  accept  his  own  unstudied  and  un- 
conscious productians  as  peculiarly  justified  by 
his  creed,  and  to  affirm  that  every  man  belonged 
not  only  to  himself  but  to  his  race,  and  that 
the  essential  humanity  sometimes  invaded  and 
overflowed  the  individual  man.  He  thus  ex- 
plained tbe  paradox — that,  as  the  sensitive 
plant  at  the  toueh  folds  its  leaves,  after  the  hu- 
man fashion,  so  man  has  a  plant-life,  and  not 
only  breathes  and  digests,  but  even  dreams  and 
thinks,  and  even  speaks  and  writes,  without 
conscious  effort,  under  the  sway  of  the 
over-soul  or  all  pervading  life.  In 
the  same  way  he  explained  apparently 
the  eharaoteristio  in  fascinating  and  command- 
ing persons  which  he  called  the  demoniacal  and 
which  he  so  stroiigly  recognized  iU  Napoleon. 
It  was  the  inflow  of  the  great  cosmic  force  in 
some  peculiar  way,  and  aeoording  to  an  over- 
ruling law.  In  his  conversation  with  Boker- 
mann  he  once  said  : 

"  In  poetry,  especially  in  that  which  ia  uocon- 
BCioos,  before  which  reason  and  understanding  fall 
short,  and  wbiob  therolore  prodncea  effects  so  far  sar- 
passing  all  exnectatiun,  there  is  always  sumetbinif  of 
tbe  demoniacal.  The  same  is  true  of  music  In  the 
biebeat  degree.  UaderstandmK  cannot  reach  its 
elevation,  and  influences  flow  from  It^hich  master 
all,  and  of  wbicb  none  Is  able  to  give  himself  ac- 
count. Tberelore  cannot  reDglons  worabip  dis- 
penae  with  it ;  it  ia  one  ot  tbe  cbief  means  ot  work- 
ing wonders  upon  men.  It  throws  itself  Into  sig- 
nificant individuals,  especially  wben  tbey  are  in 
high  places,  like  Frederick,  and  Peter  the  Great." 

When  Eckermann  hlntad  that  this  demoni- 
acal force  could  not  be  the  Divinity,  Goethe 
said: 

"  Dear  child,  what  know  we  of  the  Idea  of  tbe 
Divinity  t  And  wbat  can  oar  narrow  ideas  tell  of 
the  Higbaat  Being  t  Sboold  X  like  tbe  Turk,  name 
it  wltb  a  handred  names,  I  sboula  fall  far  short, 
and,  in  comoarison  with  tba  infinite  attrlbuias,  I 
sbould  have  said  nothing." 

These    words   give    a    very    good   idea   of 

Goethe's  interpretation  of  Spinoza's  system  of 

religion,  and  of  Ills  view  of  God  as  the  all  in  all. 

They  show  how  inadequate  is  Bichard  Holt 

Hut  ton's  definition  of  Goethe's  use  of  the  term 

demoniaaal  in  his  able  yet  unsatisfactory  essay 

upon  Goethe  and  his  influence.    Hutton  says: 

"  If  it  be  expressible  in  one  pbraae  at  all,  (wblcb 
it  is  not,)  it  migbt  be  called  prttence  of  mind  in  com- 
bination with  a  keen  Imowledge  of  inen.  1  mean  that 
absolnte  and  complete  adequacy  to  every  eoiergenoy 
wbich  save  Napoleon  bia  langjroid  at  tbe  very 
turning  puiot  ot  his  gieat  battles,  and  wbich,  ia  tbe 
literary  world,  has  secured  for  Johasoa  bia  BoS- 
well,  and  for  Goetbe  bid  £ckermann." 

Goethe  had  a  far  different  notion  of  the  power 
that  comes  to  strong  men,  and  which  is  less 
their  action  than  their  visitation,  less  their  work 
than  the  influx  from  the  deeps  of  being, 
whether  from  the  world  of  man  and  nature  or 
from  the  spiritual  world. 

Goethe  had  the  vice  as  well  as  the  virtue  of 
the  Spinoza  system  of  religion.  He  made  more 
account  of  the  intellect  than  of  the  affections 
and  tbo  will  in  hia  plan  of  life  ;  and,  kindly  and 
laborious  as  he  was,  he  sought  the  agreeable 
moro^han  the  severely  true  and  good,  and  set- 
tled down  too  readily  under  things  as  they  were. 
So,  too,  like  Spinoza,    be  regarded  mankind 

and  womankiud  very  much  as  facta  of  tbe  uni- 
verse, with  about  as  much  anxiety  for  tkegood 
ol  tbe  human  raee  as  for  the  sunshine  and  the 
rain.  He  recognised  perfeo''ion  and  imperfec- 
tion, but  made  less  account  of  good  and  evil, 
and  while  like  a  Greek  be  put  away  from  him 
as  far  as  possible  sorrow  and  death,  he,  like  a 
thorough  Spiuozist,  left  out  of  the  account  sin — 
the  word  that  Christianity  so  constantly  Jains 
with  its  offers  of  grace  and  peace.  This  great- 
est of  all  our  artists,  this  master  poet  of  our 
time,  who  is  claimed  br  Germans  to  be  the 
glory  of  their  nation  and  the  light  of  the  mod- 
em world,  thus  falls  below  Martm  Luther,  the 
mightiest  of  all  Germans,  in  bis  answer  to 
man's  deepest  sense  and  Heaven's  highest 
bounty. 

Evidently  Gnmm  presents  bitfHiaro  to  the 
whole  world  as  the  head  of  modem  literature 
and  art.  He  claims  for  his  Faust  a  power 
great  and  lasting  beyond  that  of  the  leaders 
of  history— Charlemagne,  Otto,  the  Fredericks, 
in  war  and  empire,  or  in  another  line,  Schil- 
ler, Leasing,  or  even  Goethe  himself— these  are 
all  faulty  and  perishable  in  comparison  wi  tb 
Faust,  who  has  never  lived  at  all,  and  who  was 
blown  together  as  in  dreams  from  the  clouds. 
For  Germans  ho  is  hold  up  above  all  the  ideal 
characters  of  poetry,  above  Hamlet,  Achilles, 
Hector,  Tasso,  the  Cid,  Frithiof,  Siegfried, 
and  Fingal.  As  Faust  is  among  men,  so  is 
Gretchen  or  Margaret  among  worn  en,  and  in 
her  presence  Antigone,  Iphigenia,  Ophelia, 
Imogen,  must  take  the  secon  d  place.  Grimm 
condescends,  however,  to  share  the  glory  with 
mankind,  and  to  allow  that  Faust  is  the 
standing  property  of  the  modern  nations,  and 
he  does  net  belong  to  Germany  alone.  The 
English  speaking  people,  however,  will  not 
give  a  second  place  to  Shakespeare,  nor  join 
in  the  rising  disposition  to  make  of  a  frail 
and  mortal  man  a  god  for  the  worship  of  an  age 
that  too  often  lorgets  the  God  m  heaven. 

But  a  great  man  is  greater  than  any  of  his 
theories  or  than  any  of  our  definitions,  and  we 
give  to  this  master  of  beautiful  art  more 
acceptaose  of  the  supreme  good  than  his  formal 
creed  states.  We  take  leave  of  bim  here  grate- 
fully, and  we  quote  with  satiafaotion  his  biog- 
rapher's just  tribute  to  hia  name  at  the  close 
of  his  lectures :  "  When  a  sun  calls  forth  a 
whole  great  Spring,  fructifies  a  Summer,  and 
ripens  a  harvest  in  which  a  united  people  have 
part,  then  the  main  thing  to  be  considered  is 
not  by  what  near  clouds  surrounded  the  great 
star  day  by  day  climbed  the  heavens  and 
finished  its  course.  There  might  have  been 
other  elonds ;   there  need  have  been  none." 


WBW  aOLLMOIANS  BEOOillNa  MINISTSStS. 
The  Botodoin  College  Orient  has  the  foUawing 
in  reference  to  the  large  decrease  in  tbe  number  of 
college  graduates  wbo  enter  tbe  ministry  :  "  Tam- 
ing to  tbe  triennial  of  our  Alma  Mater,  we  find  this 
falhnE  off  particnlarly  noticeable.  Tbe  classes  of 
the  decade  beginning  with  1830  claim  the  largest 
number  of  clergymen,  averaging  33  in  every  100 
graduates.  In  one  class,  that  of  1833,  out  of  a  mem- 
bership of  36,  15  gradaated  at  theological  semiua- 
rles.  The  next  decade  sbowa  an  averaea  of  22  per 
cent.,  and  the  following  ot  18  per  cent.;  wbile  dur- 
ing tba  last,  (1860-69.)  only  oua  in  10  became  clergy- 
men. Similar  siatistioa  in  regard  to  Harvard's 
Alumni,  recently  given  In  a  Boston  paper,  are  even 
more  striking.  In  1761 1T70,  79  per  cent,  were  min- 
isters; in  1861-1870,  5\  per  cent.  Tha  same  is  ttae, 
tbungb  not  ia  an  equal  degree^  of  ail  tbe  otder  Sew- 
England  colleges." 

BORSE  DISEASE. 

The  St.  Albans  (Vt.)  Jf  Msen^er  of  the  SOth 
Inst,  says:  "A  carious  horse  distemper  Is  pravail- 
Ing  at  Windsor  and  vicinity,  toe  animals  suddenly 
losing  the  use  of  their  bind  legs,  whlcb  ia  followed 
by  inflammation  and  swalUngupon  the  back." 

Tbe  Boaton  Advettl^ir  of  Wednesday  says:' 
"The  aplnal  meningitis  Has  beooma  quite  pre* 
▼alent  in  this  city  recently.  There  are  oases  of  It 
ip  many  ot  tbe  large  stables.  ALMaynard's,  at  the 
West  Bad.   tbere  are  nve  sl£k  hd»«et,  and  at  the 


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INTKBPRETATION     BY     ITS     FRAMEBS — 

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LATE  YEARS  UPON  Hl8  POWER— ADVISA- 

BILITT     OF       THE      COItMISSIOK     UNI>KB 

bII&TIMG  CIRCUMSTANCES. 

Washington,  Jan,  23,  ISTT. 
Ht  Dear  Gesesal:  I  have  your  letter  of  the 
90th  insL,  and  regret  that  we  do  not  agree  as  to  tbe 
bill  reported  by  the  Joint  Committee  of  Congress, 
and  when  I  find  myself  in  this  position  or  difference 
with  ydo,  I  taefatate  la  order  to  review  my  own 
coaoinsioiiS. 
I  oa«not  resist  the  belief  that  ttae  Intent  of  the 

ConScltdttoa  was  to  give  to  the  President  of  the 
Senate  the  counting,  as  well  as  the  opening,  of  the 
votes  of  the  Electoral  Colleee.  It  provide*  for  the 
delivery  to  tbat  officer  of  tbe  retorns,  wbo  shall,  in 
the  presence  of  the  "Senate  and  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives open  all  tbe  eertlfioatea,  and  tbe  votes 
ahall  then  ba  counted."  It  is  silent.  It  Is  true,  aa  to 
who  shall  count  the  votes,  bat  It  is  equally  silent 
as  to  direction  tbat  tbe  oostodian  into 
whose  bands  it  committed  the  certificates, 
aball  park  with  them,  or  allow  any  one 
bnt  himself  to  count  tbem.  Tbey  aqe  In  his  hands, 
and  no  person  is  to  take  them  oat ;  tbey  are  to  be 
opened  in  tbe  "  presence  of  the  Senate  and  House  of 
Kepreaentatives,"  and  tbe  votes  are  tben  to  be 
coanted.  By  whom  ?  Wbo  bat  be  la  whose  bauds 
they  are  placed  oaa  claim  powers  under  tbe  Consti- 
tation  to  count  wbat  tbat  Constitalioo  has  placed  in 
hia  hands  witbout  authority  to  aay  other  person, 
body,  or  power  to  receive  or  to  take  them  from  bim 
to  coaiuf 

This  view  of  the  power  of  the  rreaident  of  the 
Senate  to  count,  aa  well  as  to  receive  and  open,  tbe 
votei  tor  President,  Is.  I  think,  sastained  by  the 
i-esolation  ot  tbe  oonveotion  wbich  framed  the  Con- 
atltution,  embodied  in  their  report,  dated  Sept.  17, 
1787,  Signed  by  Washington,  as  President  of  tbe 
convention,  tbat  after  tbe  ratidoation  ot  the  Con- 
stitution the  Senators  and  Representatives  should 
convene, and  tbat  the  Senators  should  "appoint  a 
President  of  tbe  Senate  for  tbe  sole  parpose  of  re- 
celviD  2,  opening,  and  counting  the  votes  for  Presi- 
dent." 

They  did  not  eontei^plate  that  Congress,  or 
either  branch  of  it  separately,  should  take  any 
part  In  snob  count.  A  President  of  the  Senate  was 
to  receive,  open,  and  count  tbe  votes.  Sacb 
was  tbe  Tinderstanding  and  such  tbe  rec- 
ommendation of  tbe  framers  of  tbe  Constitatlon. 
It  is  safe  to  believe  that  tboae  who  framed  tbat  in- 
strument knew  what  it  meant,  and  it  so  obances 
tbat  this  verv  provision  as  to  tbo  person  who  is  to 
count  tbe  votes  is,  perhaps,  the  only  provision  of 
that  instrament  to  wbiob  its  framers  have  givea 

Eractioal  constraction  by  deliberate  resolution  and 
y  express  recommendation. 

The  votes  given  in  1789  weie  opened  and  counted 
in  strict  obedience  to  tbe  Constitatlon  and  to  tbe 
recommendation  of  tbe  convention  which  framed  it. 

Tbere  have  been  departaree  therefrom  siace  then. 
Encroaobmenta  advauoe  gradually,  and  are  ad- 
mitted insautiotuly  wben  no  practical  ill  or  violent 
transgreasion  ot  law  or  of  right  is  flagrantly  im- 
minent, and  each  small  encroacbment  or  departnre 
from  tbestriet  letter  of  a  rale  becomes  a  precedent 
for  other  and  more  important  traoesresaions. 

At  eaob  of  tbe  elections  for  President  In  1703, 
1797,  and  1800,  tbe  tben  Presidenciif  the  Senate  was 
a  candidate  for  electiou ;  and  tbere  was  no  question 
of  oonteeted  retarns,  and  no  qnestton  of  tbe  election 
ot  the  persoa  wbo  was  charged  with  tbe  castody 
aad  opening  of  the  oertifloites.  Naturally,  he 
woold  desire,  and  tbe  two  Uouses  unquestionably, 
in  the  absence  of  any  practical  pending  question 
affecting  the  result,  sympathized  in  sacb  desire,  to 
throw  off  from  bim  and  upon  the  two  boaaes,  in 
whose  presence  the  votes  were  to  be  opened  aad 
oounted,  as  much  as  ooald  be  ot  tbe  responsibility 
and  (be  delicacy  of  deciding  his  own  eleotioa.  The 
same  has  occurred  on  several  sabaeqneat  ooeasiona 
—In  1809,  laai,  1829,  1837. 

The  abnenoe  of  controversy  as  to  any  particular 
retorns,  or  ot  any  po«aibie  quescion  as  to  tbe  result 
of  the  election,  necessarily  produced  a  laxity  of  ob- 
servance of  tbe  utrict  letter  and  spirit  of  tbe  Consti- 
tution, and  admitted  in  subsequent  elections  wbat- 
ever  the  practice  of  the  earhdr  Presidents  of  the 
Senate  conceded,  ia  deference  to  tbe  delicacy  ot 
their  nosition  as  candidates  to  be  declared  elected 
by  their  own  loaividual  but  oonsdtnUonal  count  of 
the  votes;  and  vet  it  mast  be  remembered  tbat  Mr. 
Jefferson,  in  1801,  when  bis  own  electiou  as  Presi- 
dent was  iavolved,  certified  under  his  own  band 
that  as  President  01  the  Senate  be  "did  in  tbe  pres- 
ence of  said  Senate  aud  House  of  BepreseaMtivea 
open  all  the  oertiflcaces  and  count  all  tbe  votes  of 
tne  Electors  tor  President." 

Gradually,  and  with  tbe  continual  -  aggression 
wbich  Coaeresslonal  power  ana  prerogatives  have 
been  making  apon  the  coustitutional  grants  to 
others,  this  power  of  the  Presidant  of  tue  ^Senate 
came  to  be  questioned. 

In  1831,  and  lucain  In  1837.  qaestlons  aiosa  as  to 
the  count  of  certaiu  votes,    wb.cb,  oo  wbateveii  tide 

conuted,  or  if  not  counted  ai  all,  woold  prodqoe  no 
chaneo  in  tae  result  of  tbe  election,  and  Congress 
adopted  certain  resolotiuus,  barmiess  and  innflec- 
tive  as  to  the  immediate  qaestiou,  but  praouoally 
avuidiog  discQSsion  and  debate  in  the  Joint  meeting 
to  witness  tbe  coant  of  tbe  votes,  and  unfortanata- 
ly  impartinz  by  Implioatton  a  ^ngbt  which  bad  not 
t>eeu  tiefore  exercised. 

Within  tbe  last  few  years  has  been  the  first  di- 
rect assertion  of  tbe  right  of  a  single  house  of  Con- 
eress  (or  of  both.hoases)  to  reject  the  returns  of  a 
State. 

Power  and  right  may  be  lost  by  gradaal  eacroach- 
meota  wben  not  rebaked  by  the  people.  In  a  gov- 
emmeot  of  tbe  people,  vigilance,  aad  resistaoca  of 
tbe  first  aod  amaileat  eaoioaobmeot,  is  tbe  price  of 
security.  Untortaoately,  the  actentiun  of  tbe  peo- 
ple seems,  ou  tbe  occasions  referred  to,  to  have 
be«n  otherwise  directed,  aad  theao  eucroacbmenta 
were  not  rebaked. 

Tbeenaroachment  by  Congress  on  tha  constitu- 
tional right  of  tbe  Presideat  of  the  Senate  to  open 
and  to  cuimt  the  votes  has  been  gradual,  Dat  I  fear 
tbat  It  has  become  a  praotioal  usurpation,  acquiesced 
in  by  tbe  failore  of  lemoostraLoe  or  of  resistance. 

Aad  tbat  this  Is  not  tbe  only  constitaiioual  graot 
of  i>ower  wbich  has  beeo  invaded.  It  is  necessary 
only  to  ask  wbat  is  now  practically  the  coustita- 
tiouol  power  of  the  President  to  appoint  to  office, 
against  Ita  praotioally  usurped  power  Dy  SHuaior^ 
and  members  ot  Conitresa,  or  what  has  become  of 
tbe  power  of  deliberation  and  of  wise  seleoiian 
whicn  the  Constitntiou  intended  sbuuid  be  exer- 
claed  by  tbe  Electors  in  tbe  cbuloe  of  ttae  President, 
in  view  of  tbe  supcenlS  dictation  of  partisan  con- 
ventions. Both  nave  yielded  ;  oorne  may  say,  have 
yielded  to  a  wise  and  neoessary  popular  tendency 
in  our  insutations  ;  all  must  admit  that  thev  have 
yielded  to  a  popular  teodency.  Tbe  fact,  however, 
remaias  tbat  in  oaolt  case  tbe  theory  ot  the  Conati. 
tation  has  kiven  way. 

Under  tbe  preoadents  of  late  ysars  It  caanot  be 
expected  tbat  the  Presideat  of  the  Seaate  will  be 
alls  wed  tocoaot  tbe  votes  given  at  the  late  election, 
for  differeut  reasons,  possibly,  buk  without  doubt 
as  to  tbe  fact,  a  maloritr  in  each  house  denies  his 
power,  and  be  will  not  be  allowed  by  himself  to 
ooont  and  declare  a  result 

In  tbe  condition  ot  the  result,  and  with  the  pecn- 
llaiity  attending  the  returns  from  some  of  tbe 
States,  and  the  iMlitioal  differences  between  tbe 
matorities  of  the  two  houses,  it  woald  be  ex- 
pecting mora  of  hnman  natare  (at  least  of  bn- 
maa  political  partisan  nature)  than  a  wise  or 
thoughtful  mau  will  look  for,  to  expect  that  the 
two  bouses  will  or  can,  with  tne  passions 
wtilch  have  been  excited,  and  the  large  stake  of 
the  government  of  a  nation  depending  on  the  re- 
sult, be  able  within  ttae  time  between  that  fixed  for 
opening  tbe  votes  and  the  day  of  the  inanguratioa 
of  tbe  new  President,  to  exhaust  or  to  recoucile  all 
tbe  differences  of  opinion  wbich  must  be  given  ut- 
terance, and  reach  aa  amicable  coaolusiou.  Ap- 
peals to  vloleoce  and  intimidation  have  already 
l>eon  made.  Passions  have  been  excited.  Tbe  air 
is  fall  of  alarm  aad  of  apprehensiou.  Tbe  ooadi- 
tloos  and  the  examnie  uf  a  neighboring  Republio 
arises  to  tbe  thought  of  thousbtful  men. 

Wbat  is  our  present  conditioD  I    The  Indastries 

of  tbe  country  ure  depressed,  buaineaa  ana  trade  in 

all  their  branobes  are  stagnant  Values  are  dimin- 
ished. Cai'ital  is  idle  and  unproductive,  and  with 
it  nataral  timidity  and  caatiou,  fearfal  of  invest- 
meot,  abstains  from  affording  to  tbe  unemployed 
labor  of  the  country  the  opportonity  so  benefiolal 
to  both  capital  and  labor,  tor  which  each  is  anxioos, 
but  wbich  IS  withheld  mamly  because  of  tbe  doabt 
and  fear  of  distarbanoe  that  may  follow  from  a  con- 
tested decision  of  the  result  of  tae  election. 
The  oonntry  wants  peace,  quiet  and  har- 
mony between  all  its  sectloos.  It  wants 
a  cessation  of  tho  political  acerbites 
wbiob  arose  from  not  yet  remote   excitements  and 

passions,  bol;  wbich  dow  ought  to  snoslde  aod  to 

be  pat  aside  with  the  events  which  gave  rise  to 
tbem.  It  is  ready  to  avail  iiself  of  tbe  assurance 
tbat  tbe  Presidential  election  will  be  decided, 
without  resistance  from  the  supporters  of  the  die- 
appointed  candidate;  and,  if  we  can  only  give  it 
tbe  further  assurance  ofareiarn  toa>coastitatioaal, 
soand.  hard  money  ourrenoy,  a  career  of  prosperity 
and  of  coateatedness  will  be  opened-  to  wbicti  we 
have  long  been  strangers. 

It  is  in  this  direction  tbat  I  look  with  hope  to  the 
bill  tbat  has  beea  reported  by  the  Joiut  committee. 

It  is  true  tbat  it  doea  not  reclaim  the  long-lost 
constitutional  right  of  tbe  Senate  to  count  the  votes, 
bat  I  do  not  see  that  it  violates  %ny  other  right. 

In  tbe  very  natare  of  tbiags,  and  m  tbe  divided 
political  teodenciea  of  tbe  two  bodies  wbich  aloae 
can  B^rd  a  rehef  from  the  dead-lock  in  which 
the  result  of  tbe  election  has  been  thrown,  there 
must  ba  both  to  secure  ita  creation,  and  to  m- 
aare  acqoxeseenoe  la  its  deeislons  aa  nearly  aa 
mav  be  aa  eqoal  oistribution  of  pohtioal  views, 
la  'any  body  selected  to  afford  the  relief;  which 
cannot  be  afforded  dlr<!otlv  by  the  two  booses. 
It  would  be  unjust  to  assame  in  advance  that 
those  wbo  may  be  seleoted  to  serve  on  tbe  Com- 
mission, altboach  chosen  as  representatives  of  a 
party  la  Congress,  are  to  ignore  all  facts  and  to 
dose  their  eyes  to  all  priaciples  of  tbe  Constita- 
tlon, of  law,  and  equity,  and  are  to  report  merely 
upou  tbeir  party  affinities.  It  la  not  impoasiole 
that  some  may  do  so,  but  not  all,  and  it  is  to  be  ex< 
pected  tbat  tbe  oharaoter  of  the  men  to  t>e  seleoted 
will  at  least  command  for  their  iadgmeats  the  ooofl- 
deaee  of  tometbing  more  thau  that  ot  a  blind, 
partlaan,  predetermined  Judgment  This  must  be 
aaoofdad  at  least  to  tha  part  of  the  Commlssioa  to 
be  taken  from  the  court. 

The  COmtniaston  proposed  may,  I  tblnk,  be  com- 
patod  to  what  wa  osad  to  know  in.  N««r-Tork  When 
wa  bad  a  diutaottva  'Eajuta  Cwwat  Maalat  la 


ChBno«rT-.learBed  In  tbe  law,  and  henaat  in  pur- 
pose, it  is  a  Ootnnlattoii  to  ezniitfie  the  eVldeoce 
and  report  the  iSsots  and  the  law,  and  upon  tbeir 
report  Conareas  is  to  decide,  mving  to  the  report 
the  important  weight  that  it  can  be  overruled  only 
by  tbe  ooncarrani  vote  of  both  booses,  avoiding  ihs 
most  dangeroas  assumption  tbat  either  bouse  may, 
by  Ite  own  vote,  reject  the  returns  of  a  State.* 

In  a  normal  oondltlon  ot  a&irs,  or  as  a  rule  for  all 
time,  I  should  not  be  inclined  to  favor  tbe  pending 
measure.  lulo  not  propose  to  discuss  or  to  defead 
it  in  its  details.  <  In  tbe  Condition  of  the  coantry, 
and  in  the  oircnmstanoes  which  surround  and  which 
threaten  as,  I  accept  it  as  tae  best  attainable 
means  of  avoiding  serious  troubles.  Could  I  pre- 
scribe tbe  course  of  action,  I  ooald  find  one  tbat 
would  be  mach  more  satisfactory  to  me  than  tbat 
proposed.  But  we  cannot  slwavs  have  what  we 
tbluk  best,  and  possibly  we  may  ourselves  be  mis- 
taken in  our  oonceptioo  of  what  would  be  best 
Our  Government  is  ooe  of  compromise  ;  it  rests  in 
pearly  every  one  of  its  principal  features  ou  com- 
promise. It  grew  out  of  compromise,  and  it  bas 
escaped  many  a  peril  by  compromise,  sometimes 
eveu  by  the  compromise  of  what  may  have  been 
deemed  important  principles  as  dlstingaished  ttom. 
consideration  of  confltotiug  interests. 

In  the  peril  now  threatenincr  tho  country,  la  the 
feartul  aaxlety  of  every  material  interest  of  the 
coimtry,  In  tbe  cry  coming  up  trom  all  qaarters  for 
relief,  for  qnlet,  for  the  laying  of  the  demon  spirit 
ot  party  violence,  and  for  the  opportunity  of  labor 
tb  find  remunerative  employment,  and  in  the  ab- 
sence of  any  other  better  practical  mode  of  escape 
from  tbd  aifficulties  of  tbe  occasion,  I  am  compelled, 
and  I  regret  herein  to  be  obliged  to  differ  with  you, 
to  accept  and  look  with  favor  and  with  hope  to  the 
proposed  bill.  I  hope  ana  believe  that  tbo  Com- 
missloi;  as  proposed  will  report  fairly,  and  without 
partisan  bias,  on  the  facts  and  the  law.  If  it  be 
otherwise,  let  it  be  against  us  rather  than  for  us. 
We  can  afford  to  be  defeated,  bnc  cannot  afford  to 
be  in  power  with  the  suspicion  of  wrong  upon  our 
skirts  or  to  aeoore  the  Presidency  with  a  seriously 
questioned  title  to  its  right. 

Much  as  I  should  lament  that  the  power  of  the 
Government  be  enirasted  for  four  years  to  tbe 
Democratic  Party,  I  should  prefer,  if  either  party  is 
to  succeea  witb  the  taint  01  wronger  of  fraud  in 
its  acquisition  ot  power,  that  it  should  be  the  party 
to  which  X  am  opposed,  rather  ttian  that  wbich  X 
aapport. 

If  either  candidate  be  placed  in  power  with  a  rea- 
aonable,  weli-Brounded  doubt  as  to  his  right  tubs 
there,  his  willbe  no  enviable  position,  and  tbe  days 


of  his  party's  sapremacy  will  be  numbered  with 

those  of  his  c 

quired. 


iwn  occupancy  of  a  poaitioa  thus  ac- 


Excuse,  my  dear  General,  this  long  letter.  I 
ooald  not,  however,  allow  your  letter  to  me  to  be 
unacknowledged,  and  on  a  quostioa  of  tbe  nature 
of  that  to  which  It  referred,  I  could  not  allow  a  dii- 
lerence  witbout  attempting  to  give  a  reason  for  the 
faith  that  Is  in  me.  With  great  regard,  very  truly 
voors,  HaMILTO:*  FISH, 


IN  BEHALF  OF  SI»HT  AND  HEARING 


FIFTY-SIXTH  ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  DI» 
RECTORS  OF  THE  NEW-YORK  DYE  AMD 
EAR  XNFIRMART — THE  GOOD  WORE  DONE 
BY  ITS  OFFICERS  DURING  THE  FAST 
TEAR. 

The  fifty-sixtn  annual  report  of  the  Direc- 
tors of  the  New- York  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary,  Seo- 
ond-avenue,  for  the  year  187G,  haa  Just  been  pub- 
lished.   Tbe  officers  of  the  Infirmary  are  < 

Presfdent.— Eoval  Phelps. 

JHrat  Vice  i»re#<(i«n«. —BeoJamln  H.  Field. 

SecoTui  nee  /'rerident.— Abram  Da  Bois,  U.  D. 

Treaivrtr.— J  oha  L.  KlKer. 

Seeretarv—Cb»T\«B  M.  AlUn,  M.  D. 

Dtrectori.— Boval  Phelps,  Clinton  Gilbert.  Johu  T. 
Aicaew,  Coarlea  M.  AUln,  M.  D.,  D.  U.  Arnold,  Adrian 
Isftlin,  Ber.  U.  0.  Potter,  D.  D.,  John  A.  Stewart,  Ben- 
lamia  B.  Bherman,  A  br^m  l)a  Bois,  M.  D. ,  John  L. 
Rilcer,  Daniel  U.  Lord.  J.  OrenvUle  Kaue,  William  K. 
Dodue,  Jacob  D.  Vermllye,  John  Carey,  Jr..  Augustus 
Scheli.  Bentamin  H.  Field,  Effiaeham  Townseud,  J. 
Marsen  Khoadus.  B.  B.  Van  Duseu,  William  H.  Appleton, 
James  tjtones,  William  ('.  elch<-rmerhora. 

Uirectorg  ex  officio  ana  OontuUing  Hurgeont, — ^Abram  Da 
Bois,  M.  D.,  Charles  la..  AUUi,  U.  0. 

8urgeoni.—UtsnTj  1).  Noyes,  M.  D.,  Richard  R.  Derby, 
U.  D. 

Matron.— Xin  C.  E.  De  Trevllle. 

SurgUxtl  5(air.— Consulting  Surgeons— Ahram  Du  Bois, 
M.  D.,  Charles  M.  Allia,  M.  D.  Bxecative  burgeoa— 
Henry  1>.  .So>es,  M.  D. 

Ophthalmic  Department. — SoreeoDS — He\iry  D.  Noyea, 
M.  U.,  Heurv  C.  fcno.,  M.  D..  Udward  O.  jjoring,  M.  D.. 
RlcharJ  U.  Derby,  M.  1).,  Charles  8.  Bull,  M.  U.,  Qeoree 
R.  Cutter,  M.  1>.  Assistant  burneons — P.  A.  Callau. 
M.  D..  W.  F.  Mltteudorl.  M.  D.,  Q.  U.  Bleything,  M.  U., 
U.  C.  Cooks,  M.  D.,  F.  U.  XiOring,  M.  D.,  S.  B.  St.  John, 
M.  D. 

^urat  Department. — Surireons— Francis  Slmroek,  M  D., 
Alioert  U.  uuca,  U.  0.,  Uowara  Pineaey,  M.  D.,  Charles 
Lalght.  M.  ]}..  Morris  J.  Aach,  41.  D.,  Henrv  1).  Joy, 
M.  D.  Assistant  burgeons— John  J.  M.aBon,  At  O.,  Coert 
i»u  Bois,  M.  D.,  W.  C.  ilcKarland,  M.  U. 

Throat  Department — Sarfreons— Woolsey  Johnson,  M. 
D.,  George  Ji.  Lefferta,  Jl.  IX,  Horatio  Bridge,  .n.  D. 
A«ai8iant  Surgeons— George  Hart,  M.  D.,FranitL.  Ives, 
U.  l>. 

Curator  and  MieroicovUt. — Henry  C.  Eno,  H.  D. 

JU»\dent  i)urgeon.—yf.  U.  Mooie,  M.  D. 

In  tbeir  report  the  Directors  say  that  the  fifty  • 
sixth  year  of  the  existence  ot  the  Institution  has 
passed,  and  its  prosperity  aod  usefulness  have  ex- 
perienced no  dimlaution,  and  that  they  have  great 
reason  to  be  thankful  that  so  large  an  amount  of 
charitable  work  has  been  accompliabed   with   so 

moaerate  an  expenditure,  aad  tbat  Its  position 
as  the  largest  institution  of  its  kind 
in  this  coantry  ia,  still  fully  maintained. 
Since  Its  foundation  more  than  805,000  poor  suffer  - 
era  from  diseases  of  tbe  eye,  ear.  and  throat  have 
received  gratuitons  treatment  by  its  surgical  staf^ 
nearly  10.000  of  whom  were  new  patients  during 
tbe  year  just  closed.  They  solicit  special  attentiou 
to  the  reports  of  tho  separate  departments  of  tbe 
infirmary  that  accompany  tbeir  report,  in  which 
ara  detailed  tbe  special  diseases  which  have 
been  under  treatment,  and  the  operations 
which  have  been  performed  by  tba  surgeons. 
Tbey  urge  that  were  the  infirmary  larger  and  its 
income  greater  the  field  if  Ita  nsefnlpeas  migbt  be 
largely  iflcreaaed.  Tbe  report  of  the  Treasurer 
sbows  that  tho'disbarsemeuts  have  been  kept,  as 
heretofore,  within  the  amount  of  receipts.  During 
1876  bequests  were  received  from  tbe  estate  ot  Mr. 
Xhomas  Barron  of  $3,000,  and  from  tbe  estate  of 
Mr.  Benjamin  F.  Wheelwright  of  |1,009.  Special 
donations  were  received  from  Mr.  James  Stokes,  of 
150,  to  provide  spectacles  lor  indigent  patients  ; 
from  Mrs.  A.  T.  Stewart  of  $2,000  ;  from  Mr.  F.  W. 
Moyer,  9f  HOC,  and  from  Messrs.  J.  J.  Astor,  Wil- 
liam C.  Scbermerhorn,  J.  B.  Cornell,  Ruther- 
ford Stuyvessnt,  J.  D.  Vermilye,  and  Johu 
Carey,  Jr.,  ot  flSO  each,  thereby  constituting 
tbem'seives  Life  Governors  of  tbe  Infirmary. 
In  (wnoluaton  the  Directors  confidently  request  tbe 
freest  examination  by  a,  generous  public  of  tbo 
claims  of  this  institution  upon  their  obarity,  be- 
lieving, as  they  do,  that  in  tbe  entire  City  none 
more  worthy  of  benevolent  support  can  be  pre- 
sented for  tbeir  consideration. 

In  tbe  annual  report  of  the  surgeons  of  tbein^ti- 
tatioa,  the  number  of  patients  trested  daring  tbe 
year  ia  as  follows  :  Diseases  of  the  eye,  6,660 ;  of  tbe 
ear.  S,410;  of  ibe  nose  and  throat,  631 .-  total,  9,701 ; 
number  of  opnratioos  performed  dating  the  year, 
960;  number  of  bouse  patients  danng  the  year,  524. 
In  their  report  the  surgeons  say  tbat  tbe  public 
are  apt  to  regard  tUe  City  infitmariea  merely  as 
benevolent  institutions,  designed  and  maintained 
simply  to  relieve  the  Indigent  and  tbat  of  late 
much  has  been  said  of  the  danger  to  whlcb  all  char- 
itable lusritatioos  are  exposed,  of  pauporlzinK  the 
community  by  extending  too  freely  medical  aid  and 
succor  to  the  poor.  They  feel  tbat  this  leproach 
can  not  be  justly  applied  to  them  In  their  depart- 
ment. Tbe  bouse  patients  are,  many  of  tbem,  mea 
aud  women  who  have  families  dependent  on 
tbem  for  support;  loss  of  sight  woald  en- 
tail misery  10  them  and  their  hoaseholds, 
and  relief  afibrded  such  cases  would  restore 
means  of  support  to  tbe  needy  and  tend  direotly 
ta  diminish  pauperism.  The  surgeons  especially  a»k 
tbe  attention  of  tbe  Board  of  Directors  to  the  need 
tbat  18  felt  at  tbe  infirmary  for  other  accommoda- 
tions, in  wbich  cases  of  a  special  character  may  be 
received.  Very  frequently  patients  come  with  in- 
flan[imation  of  the  eyelids  ox  a  daoeeroos  nature, 
where  great  care  and  constant  atteation  are  abso- 
lateiy  necessary  to  prevent  total  loss  of  sight. 
These  oases,  unless  one  of  tbe  smaller 
wards  is  vacant,  must  now  ba  refused 
admittance  oa  accoant  of  tbe  danger  of 
infection  to  other  patients  already  in  the  house. 
They  also  speak  of  the  appropriation  made  with 
whiol  to  sapoly  occasional  destitute  patients  with 
spectacles,  Dy  which  means  they  have  been  able  to 
accomplish  much  good. 

In  the  report  of  the  Treasarer  for  the  past  year, 
the  total  amount  of  money  received  is  f38,S33  37  ) 
the  total  amount  expended  was  C37,U49  75,  leaving  a 
balance  on  hand  of  (1,485  82. 


A  TALK  WITH  MB.  WHEELER. 

A  letter  from  Malone,  N.  Y.,  to  the  Boston 
Journal,  written  on  tbe  19th  inst,  contains  the  fol- 
lowing: "For  the  past  48  hours  the  citizens  of  this 
most  enterprising  and  prosperous  Northern  New- 
York  town  and  its  Ticioity  have  hesn  jabllant 
over  tbe  latest  decisions  of  tbe  iToInt  Committee  ot 
Congress  on  the  Presidential  problem.  This  entba- 
siasm  was  more  marked  than  it  would  have  been 
in  any  other  town  save  the  home  of  Gov.  Huyes,  fur 
tbe  reason  that  Malone  is  the  realdnnce  of  Hon. 
William  A.  Wheeler,  the  next  Vice  President  of 
tho  United  States,  whom  the  peaple  of  this  vicinity 
have  tor  years  past  considered  one  of  the  foremost 
men  of  tbe  coantry. 

The  Journal  representative  this  forenoon  called 
upon  Mr.  Wbeeler  at  his  office  in  Massnio  block. 
In  the  course  of  a  few  moments  we  reached  m  otir 
conversation  the  recent  action  and  decisions  ot  the 
Joiut  Commission  at  Washington,  and  especially  tne 
Louisiana  case.  Mr.  Wheeler  seems  perfectly  satis- 
fled  tbat  the  decision  was  fair.  Just  and  honorable 
reitarding  the  Bleotoral  votes  £rom  tbat 
Stale,  and  he  thought  for  tbe  Commissloa 
or  any  other  tribanal  to  go  bebiud  tbo  Returning 
Board's  declarations  would  Oe  inaugurat- 
ing a  bad  precedent  Mr.  Wheeler  said : 
*  I  waa  satisfied  in  Ifovember  tbat  Gov.  Hayes  was 
elected  by  the  people.  I  was  still  more  firm  in  my 
conviotiuns  when  tbe  Electoral  Colleges  met  and 
confirmed  it,  aud  when  a  Oommissioa  choaen  by  the 
representatives  of  tha  Demoorailo  party  of  tne 
cotmtry  confirm  Gov.  Hayes'  eleetion,  X  do  not 
think  aoyhodv  ought  to  doubt  tbe  reaolt'  Mr. 
Wheeler  is  looKiaa  ia  tbe  tieat  of  health  and  aplrits. 
U18  affice  is  plainly  but  comfortably  furnished.  He 
is  always  glad  lo  meet  fneada  and  acquaintances, 
and  to  say  tae  least  he  receives  qalte  a  large  num- 
ber of  calls  from  tba  hard-shell  Demoeraia  of  tola 
vicinity.  Mr.  Wbealer  iuceods  to  leave  tor  Wasti- 
lagton  the  latter  part  of  this  week,  and  tba  citizens 
of  bis  town  ara  laboring  aealooslr  to  give  the  next 
Vice  Preaident  a  oordlal  public  congratulation  upon 
kis  election  lo  (ba  Viea  JmaldMei,  pMyifOaa  to  bis 
dWMrion*^ 


FORTY-FOURTH  CONGRESS* 


SECOND  SESSION,  FES.  23. 


SEKATE. 
THE  NAVAL  APPROPRIATIONS. 
Tbe  Senate  reassembled  at  10  o'clock,  and,  in 
accordance  with  the  notice  given  yeaterday,  Mr. 
Sarobkt,  of  Clilifornia,  called  up  the  Naval  Appro- 
priation bilL  Amendments  reported  by  the  Com- 
mittee on  Appropriations  were  agreed  to,  as  fol- 
lows: Increasing  tbe  appropriation  for  the  pay  of 

tbe  Navy  from  $6,250,000  to$7,270.000;  aoproprlatioe 

(1,500  for  tbe  expenses  of  observipg  tbe  transit  of 
Mercury  on  the  6  th  of °  May,  1878;  increasing  the 
appropriation  for  tbe  equipment  of  vessels,  &o., 
trom  1700.000  to  |970,000,  and  that  for  the  contingant 
expenses  of  that  bnreau  from  $40,000  to  $75,000 ;  in- 
creasing the  appropriation  for  repairs  of  the  Naval 
Laboratory,  Hosniul,  StC,  from  $10,000  to  $25,000, 
and  that  for  the  civil  establishment  at  the  several 
naval  hospitals  from  $25,000  to  135,000. 

The  House  appropriated  $1,500,000  for  tbe  preser- 
vatitm  of  vessels  on  tbe  stocks,  porohase  of  material, 
&c.,  and  inserted  a  proviso  that  no  pionosal  for  ma- 
terials to  ba  famished  under  this,  or  any  other 
section  of  this  act,  shall  discriminate  against  or  in 
tavor  of  the  productiou  of  any  State  or  section  of 
the  TTnion.  The  Committee  on  AppropTiation4  of 
the  Senate  reported  an  amendment  to  increase  the 
appropriation  from  $1,500,000  to  $3,000,000,  and  also 
to  Strike  oat  the  proviso  inserted  in  tlie  House  bill. 

Mr.  Davis,  of  West  Vireinia,  said  this  was  a 
lanie  increase  of  an  appropriation,  and  he  thoaeht 
$3,000,000  was  a  larger  sam  than  ooald  be  economi- 
oally  expended  in  a  single  fiscal  year. 

Mr.  Sabgent,  of  California,  in  reply,  said  tbe 
proviso  was  put  in  this  bill  by  mistake  in  the  House. 
It  was  done  at  the  saggestion  of  a  Pennsylvania 
member,  who  had  noticed  an  advertisement  by  tHe 
Revenue  Marine  Bureau  for  Tennessee  iron,  which 
waa  desired  for  a  certain  purpose.  The  Senate 
Committee  on  Appropriations  thought  it  bad 
better  be  left  oat.  Tbe  Govei;|iment  or  any  of  its  de- 
partments, should  bavetherigbt  to  call  for  a  particu- 
lar class  of  material.  Aa  to  the  increase  in  the  appro- 
priation for  tbe  Bureau  of  Construction  and  Repair, 
and  also  that  for  tbe  Bnreau  of  Steam  Bngiaeering, 
in  tbe  next  paragraph,  be  had  only  to  say  tbat  last 
year  tbe  amoant  for  these  bureaus  was  cut  to  a 
very  small  fieure,  probably  to  infiuence  tbe  Presi- 
dential election.  Daring  the  past  <flve  or  six  years 
the  Socretarv  ef  the  Navy  bad  been  repairing  our 
iron-clads  instead  of  placing  old  wooden  ships  in 
order.  All  the  single-turreted  monitors  were 
now  In  good  condition ;  and  two  years  ago 
work  was  commenced  noon  tbo  five  double- 
turreted  ones,  but  last  year  the  worK 
upon  tbem  bad  to  ba  auspended  on  account 
of  the  reduction  in  the  appropriation.  Prior  to  last 
year  the  annual  approiiriations  for  this  purpose 
were  $3,300,000.  It  was  tbouebt  tbat  tbe  work-npon 
these  vessels  would  be  completed  this  year,  and  we 
would  then  have  the  must  complete  system  of  iron- 
clads for  harbor  defense  m  tbe  world.  Tbe  great 
iron-clads  of  Europe  were  all  stronger  than  ours; 
but  they  oould  not  enter  harbors. 

It  was  also  proposed  by  tbe  committee  to  make  a 
portion  of  this  appropriatioa  available  immediately, 
that  work  upoo  tbe  iron-clads  mieht  go  on  at  once. 
Tbe  amendment  of^tbe  committee  was  agreed  to. 

Other  amendments  of  tbe  committee  were  agreed 
to  as  ioUows :  Increasing  tbe  appropriatioa  for  the 
Bureau  of  Steam  Engineering  from  $830,000  to 
$2,000,000;  making  $1,500,000  ot  tbe  amount  appro- 
priated for  tbe  Bureau  of  Construction,  and  $750,- 
000  of  the  amoant  appropriated  tor  tbe  Bureau  ot 
Steam  Engineering,  available  at  once  to  complete 
work  on  band. 

Tbe  Committee  on  Appropriations  reported  an 
amendment  to  strike  out  ot  the  House  bill  tbe 
clause  providing  for  the  creation  of  a  oommiealon  of 
nine  members  to  examme  into  the  present  condi- 
tion of  tbe  Navy,  and  consider  the  relation  of  the 
commeicial  to  the  national  marine. 

The  amendment  to  strike  out  the  clause  was 
agreed  to. 

Tho  bill  was  then  reported  to  the  Senate,  and  tbe 
question  being  on  concurnne  in  amendments  made 
in  Committee  of  the  Whole,  ic  was  laid  aside  for 
the  time  btring. 

Mr.  DoBSEY,  of  Arkansas,  called  up  the  House 
bill  eranting  the  right  of  way  to  tbe  Hot  Springs 
Railroad  Company  over  tbe  Hot  Springs  Reserva- 
tion, in  tbe  State  of  Arkansas. 

Mr.  Clayton,  of  Arkansas,  sabmitted  an  amend- 
ment directing  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  re- 
fiay  to  the  settlers  on  the  reservation  all  rents  col- 
ec'ied  from  tbem  by  the  Receiver  after  dedactiog 
tbe  cost  ot  collection. 

Mr.  DoBSET,  of  Arkansas,  in  charge  of  the  bill, 
Explained  its  provisions,  and  spoke  of  the  hard- 
ships endured  by  settlers  on  that  reservation. 

Alter  further  discussion,  Mr.  CLArrON  said,  in 
tbe  hope  that  Coneress  would,  at  some  future 
day,  return  to  these  settlers  tbe  rents  collected  from 
them,  he  would  withdraw  his  amendment,  as  he 
did  .not  desire  CO  piejad;;e  tbe  p.isaase  of  this  bill. 
He  tben  substitated  an  amendment  providiug  that 
a  tract  of  land,  nut  exceeding  five  acres,  shail  be 
granted  to  the  County  of  Garland,  aa  a  site  for 
county  buildings.    Aifreed  to. 

Peuding  discusision,  tbe  Pkesident  pro  tern.,  at 
12  o'clock,  announced  tbat  the  legislative  day  of 
Thursuay  had  expired,  and  the  bill  was  laid  aside. 

THE  THIRD  NATIONAL  BANK  CASHIER. 

Mr.  MiTCliELl,  ot  Oregon,  called  tor  the  reading 
of  tbe  return  uf  the  Sergeant  at  Arms  upon  tbe 
attachment;  for  tbe  arrest  ot  Conrad  i^.  Jordan, 
Cashier  ot  tho  Third  National  Bink  of  New-Toik, 
who  declined  to  answer  ccrt&iu  questions  pro- 
Dounded  to  him  by  the  Committee  on  ir*rivilei;es  und 
Elections,  aud  to  produce  tbe  boukjaud  avcoutits  of 
tbe  bank  in  regard  to  the  accounts  of  Samuel  J. 
Xilden.  William  T.  Pelton,  and  A.  S.  Hewitt.  Tbe 
return  having  been  read,  the  witness  [Jordan] 
was  produced  at  tbe  bar  of  the  Senate  by  the  Sur- 
gesnt  at  Arms.  He  sent  to  tbe  Clerk's  desk 
and  had  read  a  statement  disavowing  any  intention 
ot  showing  disrespect  to  the  order  of  the  Senate  or 
its  committee,  and  declarine  that  Senator  Morton, 
Chairman  of  tbe  Committee  on  Privileges  and  Elec- 
tions, had  a  telegram  from  him  statiag  tbat  he 
wuuld  anpear  before  tbe  committee  ou  the  14ta 
inst,  and  tbat  he  did  arrive  here  from  New- 
York  before  the  officer  charged  to  arrest  him  had 
left  the  ci:y.  He  declared  tbat  the  President  of  the 
bank,  John  W.  Ellis,  was  the  proper  officer  of  the 
bank  to  produce  the  books  and  papers,  as  he  was 
the  custodian  thereof ;  that  be  [witness]  was  not 
the  custodian,  and  had  no  control  over  thnm.  In 
conclusion  he  stated  that  be  declined  to  answer  the 
qaestions  of  tbe  committee  witbout  tho  advice  of 
counsel,  and  be  asked  to  be  allowed  the  advice  of 
Bucb  counspl. 

Mb.  Mitchell  then  submitted  a  resolution  recit- 
ing tbe  facts  that  Conrad  N.  Jordan  having  tailed  to 
testify  or  prodace  tbe  books,  papera,  dtc,  therefore 
"the  President  pro  tern,  of  the  Senate  be  iu- 
struoted  to  certify  tbe  fact  under  the  seal  of  tbe 
Senate  to  the  Uuiied  States  Attorney  for  the  Dis - 
tiict  of  Columbia." 

Mr.  Mitchell  said  the  Committee  on  Privileges 
and  Electioun  dad  given  the  witness  an  opportunity 
to  purge  himself  of  tbe  contempt  bat  he  failed  to 
do  80.  He  asked  that  his  testimony  before  the  com- 
mitte  be  read. 

Mr.  CooPEB,  of  Tennessee,  asked  by  what  au- 
thority this  testimony  was  taken.  The  witness  had 
been  arrested  lor  ooniemot  by  order  of  the  Senate, 
and  tbe  action  of  the  committee  in  permitting  him 
to  testify  witbout  tbe  order  of  the  Senate,  was  a 
waiver  of  nil  proceedings  under  the  attachment ; 
therefore  the  wltucks.  under  all  rules  of  law,  should 
be  disobareed  ;  the   attachineut   was  issued  asainst 

bim  because  he  failed  to  appeu.  Wbeu  he  did  ap- 
pear and  tho  committee  examined  him  the  attach- 
ment fell. 

Mr.  Kernan,  of  New- York,  a  member  of  the  Com- 
miiiee  ou  Privileges  and  Elections,  said  be  did  not 
object  to  the  examination  of  tbe  witness  before  the 
committee  because  he  thought  that  it  might  be 
supposed  he  was  attemptinz  to  screen  one  who  bad 
written  to  him  that  be  had  no  desire  to  conceal  bis 
bank  account..  (Heferriugto  tbe  recent  letter  of 
Mr.  Tilden  to  bim  already  published.) 

Mr.  Mitchell  denied  tbat  the  action  of  tbe  com- 
mittee lu  ail'iwlng  tbe  witness  to  testify  was  any 
waiver  of  the  right  to  proceed  against  hini  now. 

Mr.  Whtie,  of  Maryland,  argued  taat  under  the 
parliamentary  law  the  moment  a  witness  appeared 
and  testified  before  a  couimictee  voluntarily,  any 
order  issued  to  compel  his  aupearance  was  vacated. 
This  witness  came  to  Washingtoa  and  went  before 
tbe  committee  before  he  was  arrested  by  the  Ser- 
geant at  Arms,  thereture  be  could  not  be  punished. 
If  this  wicnei>a  should  go  before  tbe  committee  now 
and  say  he  could  not  produce  tbe  booKs  and  papers 
of  the  bank  because  he  waa  not  tbeir  custodian, 
tbere  was  not  a  lawyer  in  tbe  Senate  would  say  he 
could  be  punished.  He  noped  the  Senate  would 
not  be  guilty  of  anysuch  stultification,  as  it  seemed 
to  him  (be  resolution  of  the  £>euator  from  Oregon 
proposed. 

Mr.  Blad?e,  of  Maine,  said  he  did  not  wish  to  be 
understood  as  believing  in  the  right  of  any  commit- 
tee going   Into  every  baefc-room   or  drawer.    Docket- 

booK  or  bank  account  of  any  man  in  tbeUulted 
States,  be  he  Demourat  or  RepuoUcan. 
Were  he  to  express  bis  judgment  in  the 
marter,  he  would  expriss  bis  contempt  of 
much  done  on  both  sides.  When  blows  were  given, 
blows  would  ba  returned,  and  probably  that  was 
the  reason  this  witness  was  here  to-day.  If  tne 
witoess  should  state  that  he  was  willing  now  to  go 
before  tbe  committee  aud  answer  all  proper  ques- 
tions. It  would  end  the  matter.  He  submitted  that 
the  proper  course  was  to  have  such  question  ad- 
dressed to  the  witness  by  the  President  of  the 
Senate. 

During  the  discnssion  Mr.  BUBNsmB,  of  Rhode 
Island,  referred  to  recent  statements  in  regard  to  an 
agreement  between  the  committees  of  tbe  House 
and  Senate  in  regard  to  the  production  of  the  bank 
accounts  of  Mr.  Chandler,  Mr.  Hewitt,  and  others. 

Mr.  KBCtNAN,  a  member  of  the  committee,  demed 
any  knowleu^ie  of  such  asreement 

Mr.  Mitchell,  acting  Chairman  of  the  Committee 
on  Privileges  and  Electlous,  also  denied  any  knowl- 
edge of  it,  and  said  he  never  spoke  lo  any  member 
of  tbe  House  committee  on  tue  sabiecu  Alter  a 
long  discussion  Mr.  Jordan,  bv  unanimous  consent, 
made  a  statement  in  which  he  said  he  waa 
now  prepared  to  answer  any  proper  questions. 
"When  he  was  last  before  tha  committee  lie  went 
there  in  custody  of  a  Deputy  Sergeant  at  Arms, 
lie  came  to  Wasbington  and  reported  at  the 
room  of  the  Sergeant  at  Arms  two  hoara.before  any 
one  was  there.  Tben  he  was  arrested  aod  taken 
before  tbe  committee,  where  be  was  pat  upon  the 
stand.  He  answered  the  qaestions  put  to  him  im- 
der  protest  because  be  was  arrested  needlessly. 
Tbe  Chairman  of  the  committee  [Mr.  Morton]  bad 
a  telegram  irom  him  statmg  that  he  woald  be  bere 
on  a  certain  day,  and  yet  he  was  arrested.  That 
was  an  oifense  to  himi  therefore  he  declined  to 
answer. 

Mr.  MrrcHSLi,  submitted  a  resolution  that  the 

witness,  Conrad  N.  Jordan,   upon   hia  appearanee 

betore  tba  Committee  on  Privileges  and  £leot!ona, 

be  diacbarffed  f^om  contempt. 

i  .lix,  iSOAua.  t£  Kaaaaa.  aubmittad  a  aubstttotak. . 


*'tbatv  this  witness  Conrad  XT.  Jordan  ba  bow  OUth 
charged  from  oontempt,"  knd  it  was  agreed  to. 

Tbe  Seaate  then  resumed  the  consideration  of  the 
N'aval  Appropriation  bill,  tbe  pradinz  ouestion 
beine  upon  ooncurrlcg  In  the  amendments  made  in 
Commlftpe  of  the  Whole. 

Mr.  Whtte,  of  Maryland,  opposed  tbe  amend- 
ment lncre8.«ing  the  appropriation  for  the  prewrva- 
tion  of  vessels  on  tbe  stoctE8,~&a,  and  said  since 
18641125,000.000  bad  been  expentl^d  in  renairing 
old  vess^s  of  tbe  navy.  In  many  instaiice^  tba 
amount  expended  in  repairs  exceeded  tlie  or^dnal 
cost  of  the  vessels.  Tbe  original  cost,  of  thw  P  'n-'n. 
cola.  Kearsarze.  and  Lackawanna  was  $1,243,937, 
and  the  repairs  to  these  vessels  cost  nearly  100  per 
cent,  over  tbe  original  cost 

Mr.  Sabgent  said  the  statement  a«  to  the  original 

cost  of  these  vessels  applied  to  the  hulls  only,  while 
tbe  statement  as  to  repairs  comnriaed  everythins 
connected  with  the  vesspln.  These  vessels  wero 
built  during  the  war  out  of  white  oaK  j  wbeu  they 
came  to  be  repaired  it  was  toand  that  they  wore 
rotten,  and  good  live  oaft  timber  was  put  in  them, 
so  they  wpre  now  almost  imperishahfe. 

Tbe  amendmi-nt  as  made  in  Committee  of  tha 
Whole,  was  concurred  in. 

The  next  amendment  which  elicited  Aiscnsnon 
waa  that  arrikiaz  out  the  clause  in  retrsird  to  tbe 
apporatment  of  a  commission  to  inquire  into  tha 
condition  of  the  Navy,  &.o. 

Mr.  BouTWZLL.  of   MsssachnEotts.  said  he  ex. 

pected  fo  follow  the  committer  on  this  qnestlou ; 
bnt  he  desired  to  say  that  the  country  was  ex- 
pending ft  lai-ge  sum  "t  money  for  the  Navy  and 
secanng  small  praoiical  results  in  return,  yet  he 
had  no  doubt  the  money  for  tho  Navy  waa 
expended  with  economy.  He  was  of  opmi'm  that 
the  time  oassed  several  years  ago  wben  It 
was  nec&s8ar.y  for  the  country  to  m.ike  the  least 
preparation  for  an  open  sea  fisht.  A  battle  upnn 
the  ocean  would  settle  nothing  in  any  contri'versv  we 
might  have  with  any  power.  It  waa  not -in 
the  interest  of  the  country  to  spend  a  dollar  for 
naval  operations,  except  such  as  were  necessary  for 
harbor  defenses.  Torpedoes  aad  steam-rams  bad 
been  brought  to  such  perfection  that  there 
was  not  a  navy  on  earth  that  coald 
enter  any  harbor  protected  by  them.  Twelve 
or  fourteen  handred  million  dollars  were 
drawn  from  the  pfople  of  Europe  annually  for  ^^ 
the  maintenance  of  armories  durinz  times  -f  peace, 
aud  the  inteiest  on  public  debts  brought  about  ia 
many  instance.s  by  useless  wars.  It  was  for  th's 
country  now  to  set  the  example  of  makinz  no  an- 
propriatlon  in  time  of  peace  for  war.  If  t'lis 
country  would  appropriate  $2,500,000  annually 
to  be  distributed  nmoag  those  who  would 
build  vessels  according  to  "mnrl^ls  fnmi'ihea 
by  the  BareKU  of  Construotiim  ao-i  Renair  we  would 
Boou  have  :.:00  steam>>hins  of  2.500  tons  each  upon 
the  sea,  which  could  be  armed  in  time  of  war  if 
necessary.  If  the  oonntry  woald  givea  subsidy  of 
$8  per  ton  for  iron  steamships  of  more  than  1.000 
tons,  it  would  furnish  tb»  means  of  open- 
ing commercial  intercourse  with  every  conntry 
on  tha  face  of  the  earth.  He  believed  the  lirie 
woald  come  when  the  countrv  would  nay  that  the 
expenditures  for  tbe  Navy  must  be  reduced  to  a 
sum  actually  necessary  to  'police  the  seas  in  time  of 
peace. 

Mr.  Whttb,  of  Maryland,  referred  to  the  testi- 
mony of  Admiral  Porter  befure  the  eommittee  of 
the  House  of  Representatives  m  May  last, 
to  tbe  effect  that  the  country  wa?  not 
provided  with  a  single  first-class  vessel,  either  for 
defense  or  fast  steamin  7  ;  that  our  Navy,  taken  as 
a  whole,  was  worth  nothinz,  and  the  sooner  that 
fact  was  understood  the  better.  Continuing  his  re- 
marks, Mr.  Whyte  said  he  favored  the  appointment 
of  a  commission  of  experts  to  consider  this  sub- 
ject, and  he  would  very  cheerfully  have  tne  com- 
mission made  ud  of  naval  officers,  with  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Navy  at  tbe  head. 

Mr.  Sabgent  said  Admiral  Porter  tnizht  b»  good 
authority  on  qaestlons  of  economy  with  some,  but 
he  [Mr.^arzent]  did  not  think  be.  was  good  auttioi- 
Ity.  Admiral  Porter  wanted  ve.ssels  for  oar  Navy 
to  cost  $2,000,000  or  $3.00J,000  each,  and  guns  to  cost 
from  $100,000  to  $250  UOu  each.  The  country  could 
not  afisrd  sueh  a  Navy.  Tbe  moat  exoen.sive  time 
the  Navy  had  ever  experienced  was  when  Admiral 
Porter  was  actinz  as  Secretary.  ^ 

Tbe  amendment  made  iu  tbe  Comiuitt.ee  of  tha 
Whole  to  strite  out  of  the  House  bid  the  clause 
providing  for  the  appointment  of  a  Commission, 
&c.,  was  concurred  in.  Other  amendments  maJe  in 
Committee  of  the  'Whole  were  concurred  in  with- 
out debate. 

The  bill  was  then  read  a  third  time  and  passed. 
THE  PACIFIC  RAILBOAD   SINKING  FITND. 

The  Senate  then  resumed  the  consideration  ol 
tbe  bill  to  create  a  pinking  fund  for  tbe  liquidation 
of  the  indebtedness  due  the  G-ovemment  by  tha 
Pacific  Railroad  Companies,  bat  it  was  laid' aside 
informally. 

THE  HOT  SPMNGS   EAILEOAB. 

The  bill  granting  tbe  n^ht  ol  wny  to  the  Hot 
Springs  Railroad  Company  over  the  Hot  Sonnga 
Reservation  in  the  State  of  Arkansas  was  taken  up. 

Mr.  Dorset,  of  Arkansas,  said  this  Hot  Surinirs 
property  had  ueen  in  iitigatiuo  more  than  40  years, 
during  which  time  it  had  been  in  many  courts,  and 
the  decision  had  always  been  io  favor  of  the  Uaited 
States;  therefore  the  bill  should  lie  pas.ied. 

Mr.  Alcoks.  of  Mississippi,  submittod  an  ameod- 
ment  providing  that  the  order  of  tli^  Coart  of 
Claims  in  the  matter  of  aopointing  a  Receiver  for 
tbe  Hot  Springs  Reservation  be  mjiiitieii,  so  as  to 
suspend  tne  collection  of  rents  by  said  Keoeiver, 
until  Conzress  ahall  direct  by  law  what  dispoaiiion 
sball  be  made  of  said  reservation.  Rtijected— yeas  8, 
nays  40. 

"The  bill  was  tben  read  a  third  time  and  passed. 

The  Senate  then,  at  5:40,  went  into  execnnve  ses* 
sioD,   and,  when   tne  doors  were  oened,    took  a 

recess  until  10  o'clock  to-morrow  morniuK. 


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HOUSE  OP  EEPRESElTTATIVEa 

THE  SDSDKT  CIVIL  BILL. 

The  House  met  at  10  o'clock  aud  went  into 

Committee  of  tlie  Whole,  Mr.  J£dkn.  of  lilinoia,  ia 
the  chair,  on  the  Sundry  Civil  Aporopriation  liill. 
Various  amendments  were  adopted  tor  tUs  Daymenfi 
of  expenses  lucurrea  in  contested  election  ca-i-^s. 

Mr.  Yoi;xG.  of  Tennessee,  moved  that  S25.U00  of 
the  173,000  appropriated  for  the  survey  of  tha 
North-western  lakes  and  the  iiisaiasipni  River  oa 
used  solely  fjr  the  purpose  of  surveying  the  Mis^tis- 
sippi  for  the  purpose  of  reclaiming  the  oyeiHow 
lands  of  the  Mi.isisaipoi  delra.  He  thouzbt  tbat 
that  enterprise  waa  of  tbe  greatest  importance  to 
the  country. 

After  some  discussion,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Coxger, 
of  Michizan,  iho  anpronriation  tor  the  survey  ol  ,  na 
lakes  and  the  Mississippi  River  was  inorea-sed  to 
S90,000.  The  question  then  recurring  on  the  amend- 
munt  oflered  by  Mr.  YOUXG,  of  Tennessee,  It  was 
azreed  to. 

Mr.  Halb,  of  Maine,  offered  an  amendment,  mak- 
ing availaiile,  for  surveys  by  Encineers  attacaed  to 
military  divisions,  and  for  publication  of  maps  and 
charts  for  the  War  Departcuent,  $18,000  of  the  un- 
expended appropriations  of  former  years. 

Pending  a  vote,  tbo  committee  rose,  and  a  neV 
legislative  day  commenced. 

SMOKING  ASD   CIGAJK  STAKD3. 

The  Sfea&er  said  tbat  numeruuj  complaints  had 
come  to  bim  tuat  there  was  a  erear  deal  of  smoking 
on  the  floor  of  the  House.  He  hoped  that  members 
would  do  tbeir  smokinz  in  the  cloak-rooms. 

Mr.  Bakks,  of  MassiiCbusetts,  called  attention  to 
the  fact,  tbat  there  were  a  number  of  cigar-stands 
in  the  south  wing  of  tbe  Capitol. 

Tbe  Speaker  said  tbat  that  fault  did  not  rest 
with  him.  He  had,  early  in  the  session,  transferred 
all  applicants  for  stands  to  tbo  Committee  ou 
Public  Buildings  and  Grounds.  He  was  pursonally 
oppused  to  any  merchandise  being  offered  lor  oaie 
in  the  Capitol,  it  was  not  fair  to  the  merchants  la 
the  city  who  bad  to  pay  rents. 

Mr.  Banks  then  orfered  a  resolution,  instructing 
the  Committee  on  Poblic  Buildings  to  report  a  retiO" 
lutiou  probibiiiDg  the  sale  of  cigars  and  oiber  mer« 
chandise,  exceotlng  newspapers,  wirbin  tbat  por- 
tion of  tbe  Capitol  under  the  control  of  the  House  ol 
Bepreaeutatives.    Defeated,  70  10  88. 

THE  6UNDET  CIVIL  BILL  EESDMED. 

The  House  then  went  into  Committoo  of  th^ 
Whole,  Mr.  Backner,  of  Missouri,  in  the  chair,  oa 
the  Sbndry  Civil  Appropriation  bill.  The  question 
being  on  Mr.  Hale's  amendment,  makii:gay<ulaola 
for  tbe  publication  of  maps,  &.C.,  tor  the  War  De- 
partment, certain  unexpimded  appropriations  ;  it 
waa  adopted. 

When  the  paragraph  referring  to  thenublic  partra 
in  the  City  of  Washington  was  reached,  Mr.  Hoi^ 
MAX,  of  Indiana,  oftered  an  an»endment  prohihiiiug 
the  Commissioner  of  Pablic  Grounds  Irom  remov< 
log  the  fences  from  around  tbe  parks.     Adopted. 

Mr.  Cate.  ot  Wisconsin,  ofiP.red  an  amendment 
appropriating  35.000  for  the  second  installment  tor 
the  statue  ot  Admiral  Farragut.    Adopted. 

Mr.  ScHLEICHBR,  Ot  TttXas  moved  to  increase  tha 
appropriation  for  the  geozraobical  surveys  wsst  of 
tba  one  hundredth  meridian  trom  $20,000  to  i50  000. 

Mr.  FoET,  of  Illinois,  coald  not  see  tbe  exact 
good  done  to  the  peoole  by  these  surveys.  The  re- 
ports  of  the    sarvevd    were  printed,  but  not    distri< 

buted.  He  would  be  in  tavor  of  the  surveys  il 
provision  was  made  tor  the  distribution  of  the  rai 
ports. 

Mr.  I.ANB,  of  Oregon,  ravored  the  amendmenfi| 
and  argaed  that  tne  reports  should  be  distrioatea. 

Mr.  Atkiss,  of  Tennessee,  opposed  the  amend* 
ment,  and  thought  tbat  all  these  various  surve^Lag 
expeditions   should  be  consolidated,  and  hopeU  ibat 

the  next  Congress  would  inqaire  aa  to  tbe  expedi* 
encv  of  so  doing. 

Mr.  SBELYE,  of  Massachusetts,  whle  agreeing 
with  tbo  zeutloman  trom  Tennessee  |  ilr.  AtKins 
as  to  tbe  propriety  of  consolidating  the  various  ex< 
peditions,  tbouzbt  that  the  amendment  should  ba 
adoptecL    The  amendment  was  adopted. 

An  amendment  waa  adopted  for  the  payment  o{ 
|2  500  to  the  widow  of  Hon.  0.  S.  Ferry,  of  Conneo« 
Ucut.  \ 

Mr.  MosBlSOlt  moved  an  amendment  appropri* 
ating  |3,29U  lor  tbe  printing  at  a  private  (jtiuiing 
establishment  of  teaiimooy  takoa  by  tue  Louisiana 
Investigating  Committee.  Adopted,  alter  so.ua  op- 
position by  Mr,  Wilson,  of  Iowa,  and  Mr.  CosQsa^ 
of  Michigan. 

Tbe  paragraph  providing  for  the  payment  of  mail* 
carriers  in  tbe  Soathern  States  before  the  war  hav* 
log  been  reached  Mr.  Congeb,  of  Micbi,;Mn,  made  . 
the  poipt  of  oi'dsr  that  it  was  contrary  to  an  expxaoeh 
law  of  'Congress.  Without  action  on  tbe  point  of 
order  tho  committee^  at  3:15,  on  motion  of  Mr.  (\T( 
HSR,  cOse. 

Mr;  Cltusb  then  moved  to  take  a  recas  tall  toi 
m^row  moruing  at  10  o'clock.  ^ 

Both  motions  were  made  in  rapid  sncoession  and 
with  a  good  deal  of  commotion  on  tbe  door,  the  aen. 
eral  uuderstanaui£  bemu  that  ttae  objoot  was  to 
atave  off  any  farther  action  on  tbe  Presidential 
ooont.  as  tbe  rumor  bad  jusc  reached  the  hall  tbal 
the  decision  of  the  Commission  In  the  Oregon  oaao 
was  adverse  to  the  Democrats. 

The  Republicans  luslsteU  00  the  vote  being  taken 
by  yeas  and  nays,  and  the  result  was,  yeas  130,  nay4 
169. 

The  following  Democrats  voted  against  the  recasaa 

Uesara  Beelie,  Be)l,  Campbell,  Cntler,  Ooodin.  Han 
denoergh.  Uaymond,  Holmau,  KeUr,  Lauders  of  Coat 
nectloat,  Le  luoyue,  Moigan,  New,  Potter,  Koobins  o4 
FennsyiVaala,  btevensoi^  trariier,  WaUa  of  SUaa«ad|v 


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•WITH     SIJPPLKMKNT 

NEW-YORK.  SATURDAY.  FEB.  24.  1877. 
AiWSEMEliTS  THIH  ETESINO. 

ACADEMY  OF  Masir.—At  2    P.    M— La    Fiolia    dm 
RKGQimirro.  (Italtau  Opera,)— Miss  Emma  Abbott, 
itvening— Lm  Dkaoons  db  Viliars— Mile.  Aim^e. 

«  AUiACK'S     THBATBB.— Wild      Oats— Mr.      Lester 

Wallack,  Mr.  John  Gilbert,  Mr.  Harry  Beckett,  Mlsa 
Rose  Wood.    Matiuee. 

BOOTH'S  THBATEB.— Fifth  ATi:ni«— Mr.  George 
Bignold,  MUBMaaaOtaD^er.    Matinee. 

«FTH  AVENCK  THEATRE.— Lbmons:  or,  Wbi>i.ock 
TOR  Skvbk— Mr.  C.  F.  CQghlao,  Miss  F.  Davenport. 
Matinee. 

PARK  THEATRE — OvB.  BoarSins-Hottsb— Mr.  Btnart 
Robson,  Mr.  W.  H.  Crane,  Mrs.  A.  F.  Baker,  5Uss 
Manae  Harrison.    Matinee. 

DNTON  SQUARE  THEATRE.— Thb  DANicHBFPg-Mr.  C. 
B.  Thorne.  Mr.  vv.  S.  Flovd,  Miss  Katherina  Kouers, 
Misa  Fauny  Morant.    Matinee. 

NIBLCHS  GARDEN.— Arottstd  thb  Wcrij>  in  Kightt 
DATS  (Spectacular) ^.Kiraify  Brothers.     M»tin6e. 

BAGLK  THEATRE.-.At  2  P.  M.-La  Joub  Paejc- 
MEU8B,  (Operii  Boufle,)— Mile.  Jt>u  Para 

HELLER'S  WOiVDER  THEATRE.— PRBSTiDiGiTAXloir, 
Music,  aitd  Himoa- Mr.  Robert  Heller.    Matinee. 

GILMORE'S  GARDEN.— EQnasTRiAK  Gamks  ahd  FisIiD 
Sports.    Matinee. 

RATIONAL    A(UDEMT    OF    DKSIGN JixmBmos    OP 

Watbk  Colors.    Day  and  eveaiag. 

KBW-TORK  AQUARIUM.- Rarb  ash  Curioos  Fish  ahd 
Mammalia,  Statuart.  &a — Day  and  evenius. 

OLYMPIC  THBATEE.— Round  thk  Clock.    Matinee. 

BRAND  OPERA-HOnSE.— Tas  Two  Obpha:;i3.   Matln&e. 

BROADWAY  THE.*TRE.— Our  BoTS-Mr.  T.  WhifEn 
Mr.  Mark  Bates,  Miss  Ediuooson.    Matio^e. 

BTEINWAT  HALL.— At  2  P.  M.— PuNO  CcwCKRT- Mme. 
Annette  Bssipof^ 

BAN  FRANCISCO  MINSTRELS.— MixsTRBLS^  Faros, 
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Thia  morning  The  Daily  Times  consists  or 

■Ten  Pages.      Every   news-dealer   is   bmtnd  to 

Oliver  the  paper  in  its  complete  form,  and  any 

lailure  to  do  so  should  he  reported  at  the  jnibli- 

"Mion  office. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  after  the  vote  on 
"the  Oregon  case  we  shall  hear  no  more 
about  the  "  partisanship  "  of  the  Eepub- 
lican  members  of  the  Electoral  Commission. 
In  this  decision  the  partisanship  is  all  on 
the  Democratic  side,  and  the  law  and  the 
facts  are  obriously  and  indisputably  with 
the  Republicans.  That  the  three  Electoral 
votes  of  Oregon  were  legally  cast  for  H.Vtes 
And  Wheelkr,  is  a  conclusion  whose 
;Jastice  the  wayfaring  man,  though  a 
•fool,  can  appreciate,  and  it  may  saiely  be 
left  with  the  people  to  judge  of  the  im- 
partiality of  the  seven  Democrats  -who 
insisted  that  only  two  of  these  votes  should 
be  so  counted.  It  was  a  very  cheap  display 
of  virtue  to  refuse  to  recognize  the,  vote  of 
Dronin  ;  it  was  a  very  discreditable  dis- 
play of  partisanship  to  hold  that  the 
Grover  conspiracy  had  succeeded  in  cheat- 
ing the  State  out  of  one  Electoral  vote,  and 
%he  country  out  of  ^ts  choice  for  President. 


If  further  proof  were  needed  of  the 
reckless  and  rancorous  partisanship  which 
pervades  a  large  section  of  the  Democratic 
Party,  the  proceedings  of  yesterday's  cau- 
cus farnish  more  than  enough.  A  motion 
to  delay  the  resumption  of  the 
Electoral  count  in  Joint  Convention  till 
Monday  prevailed  by  a  majority  of 
80  in  a  meeting  numbering  at  least  110 
^embers  of  the  party.  As  objection  will 
probably  be  made  to  the  vote  of  Pennsyl- 
vania and  Wisconsin,  and  as  the  double 
returns  from  South  Carolina  must  go  to  the 
Commission,  this  action  simply  means 
an  intention  to  render  any  choice 
for  President  impossible  before  the 
4th  of  March.  A  number  of 
Democrats  opposed  to*  delay  absented 
themselves  from  the  caucus,  and  44  of  those 
■present  voted  in  favor  of  proceeding  with 
the  work  of  the  Joint  Convention  to-day.  It 
remains  to  be  seen  whether  enough  Demo- 
crats can  bo  induced  to  vote  against  ad- 
goumment  till  Monday  to  defeat  the  plans 
of  the  advocates  of  trickery  and  fraud,  of 
which  Tweed's  lawyer  is  the  very  fitting 
leader.  If  the  majority  of  the  Democrats 
in  the  House  are  prepared  to  show  them- 
Belves  as  destitute  of  the  commonest  re- 
^qnirements  of  good  faith  as  they  have  al- 
ready shown  themselves  to  be  destitute  of 
rthe  most  ordinary  political  tact  and  fore- 
ithought,  they  will  have  an  excellent  oppor- 
■tunity  at  to-day's  session. 


We  publish  in  fall  a  letter  from  Secretary 
Fish  to  Gen.  Dixon  the  constitutional  ques- 
tions involved  in  the  compromise  bill  for 
counting  the  Electoral  votes.  Some  pas- 
sages of  that  letter  have  found  their  way 
into  print,  and  have  been  quoted  by  the 
Democratic  press  in  a  way  calculated 
to  give  an  erroneous  idea  of  its 
general  purport.  Secretary  Fish  is 
quite  emphatic  in  declaring  that  the 
true  intent  of  the  Constitution  was  to  give 
ito  the  President  of  the  Senate  the  counting 
as  well  as  the  opening  of  the  votes  ot  the 
Electoral  College.  He  holds  that  the  con- 
vention did  not  contemplate  that  Congress, 
jpr  either  branch  of  it  separately,  ^ould 
jtake  any  part  in  such  count,  and  he  points 
I  out  that  the  provision  on  this  point  is.  per 
"haifs,  the  only  one  in  the  Constitution  to 
which  its  framers  have  given  practical  con- 
ptEOOtionbT  deliberate  resolatioii  and  hr 


express  recommendation.  In  all  this,  and  in 

hia  comments  OD  the  gradual  encroachments 
made  by  Congress  on  the  constitutional 
right  of  the  President  of  the  Senate,  Mr. 
Fish  is  in  perfect  accord  with  the  position 
consistently  maintained  by  The  Times.  He 
differs  from  us  only  in  accepting  the  Com- 
promise bill  as  "  the  best  attainable  means 
of  avoiding  serious  troubles,'*  and  in  neg- 
lecting to  take  account  of  the  disastrous 

effect,  now  only  too  apparent,  of  the  work- 
ing of  the  plan  upon  the  moral  weight  of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States. 


The  ingenious  persons  who  took  in  hand 
the  arrangements  for  an  "  industrial  pro- 
cession and  carnival  pageant "  on  the  4th 
of  April  have  agreed  to  lay  aside  the  masks 

usually  worn   in   such   displays,  and   so   to 

bring  their  tomfoolery  within  the  require- 
ments of  law.  A  carnival  at  the  end  in- 
stead of  the  beginning  of  Lent  is  a  contra- 
diction in  terms,  and  a  camival  pageant 
without  masks  will  be  a  bald  absurdity, 
instead  of  the  grotesque  one  originally 
contemplated.  In  fact,  there  is  a  strong 
suspicion  that  the  800  wagons  and  50 
"  floats  "  will  be  merely  a  procession  of  ad- 
vertising vans,  and,  consequently,  a  piece 
of  unmitigated  humbug.  The  Police  Com- 
missioners would  have  shown  some  slight 
perception  of  their  duty  had  they  promptly 
prohibited  so  thoroughly  inexcusable  an  in- 
vasion of  the  public  thoroughfares  to  the 
great  delay  of  traffic    and  detriment    to 

buiness. 


Mayor  Ely  has  been  unable  to  make  up 
his  mind  about  the  Aldermanic  resolutions 
requesting  the  Legislature  to  appropriate  a 
million  of  dollars  "  to  repair  such  streets  as 
are  in  a  dilapidated  condition,"  and  has  ac- 
cordingly returned  it  without  either  ap- 
prova,l  or  disapproval.  In  dealing  with 
this  request,  the  Legislature  would 
do  well  to  bear  in  miud  thit,  at  the 
instance  of  Controller  Green,  the  sum 
of  $350,000  was  inserted  in  the  year's  appro- 
priations for  the  repair  of  down-town  streets. 
This  item  was  stricken  out  on  the  accession 
of  Controller  Kelly  as  dictator  of  the 
Board  of  Apportionment,  in  order  to  conceal 
the  additions  made  to  the  salaries  of  Messrs. 
DUNLAP,  Boyd,  Gale,  and  other  Tammany 
Hall  magnates  quartered  on  the  public 
Treasury.  The  down-town  streets  are  very 
badly  in  want  of  repairs,  and  we  have, 

fortunately,  a  Commissioner  of  Public 
Works  to  wtom  the  direction  of  such  an 
improvement  can  be  safely  introsted.  But 
the    Bum    appropriatetl  should  not  exceed  n 

quarter  of  a  niillioa  of  dollars,  auu  it 
ought  not  to  be  authorized  till  sweeping  re- 
ductions in  official  salaries  give  some  as- 
surance that  the  City  can  afford  the  ex- 
pense. 


THE  POLITICAL  SITUATION. 

It  would  be  folly  to  deny  that  serious 
complications  may  yet  arise  in  connection 
with  the  Presidency.  The  moral  presump- 
tion is  the  other  way.  What  might  have 
happened  had  events  been  left  to  take  their 
ordinary  constitutional  course  the  pro- 
moters of  the  Electoral  Commission  did  not 
fail  to  portray.  There  was  undoubtedly  a 
chance  of  civil  conflict  as  a  result  of  an  at- 
tempt by  the  Democratic  majority  in  the 
House  to  exercise  a  power  not  warranted 
by  the  circumstances.  The  end  of  such  an 
attempt  did  not  admit  of  dispute.  The 
country  would  have  rallied  to  the  support 
of  a  President  whose  title  rested  upon  a 
legal  interpretation  which  usage  sanctioned, 
and  the  Democratic  malcontents  would 
have  been  compelled  to  surrender,  humil- 
iated and  disgraced.  The  possibility  of  a 
contingency  pregnant  with  strifs,  if  not 
with  civil  war,  reconciled  the  people 
to  the  Commission,  and  formed  the  most 
cogent  argument  in  its  behalf.  Now, 
however,  we  are  confronted  with  the  fact 
that,  after  all,  the  work  of  the  Commission 
may  not  be  perfected.  In  the  natural 
order  of  things,  there  could  be  no  difficulty. 
The  real  labor  ia  already  over.  The  essen- 
tial points  in  the  controversy  have  been 
disposed  of,  and  if  the  House  were  as 
prompt  to  finish  what  the  Commission  has 
besjun  as  the  Commission  itself  has  been  in 
the  performance  of  its  duties,  to  day  would 
have  witnessed  the  final  announcpiment  of 
Gov.  Hayes'  election.  But  the  House  is 
actuated  by  a  difierent  purpose.  At  every 
stage  since  the  Commission  decided  ad- 
versely to  the  U«mocrat3.  the  House  has  in- 
terposed delay.  It  does  not  desire  to  have 
the  election  ended.  And  it  is,  unfortunately, 
able,  by  the  adoption  of  dilatory  tactics,  to 
prevent  the  completion  of  the  count  within 
the  period  prescribed  by  law. 

The  methods  by  which  this  object  may  be 
effected  are  all  discreditable.  They  are 
tricks  to  produce  delay.  Whether  they 
take  the  form  of  motions  for  adjournment 
in  the  House,  or  of  objections  to  the  recep- 
tion of  votes  before  the  Commission,  they 
are  wholly  factious.  The  postponement  of 
action  in  the  House  is  with  the  view  of  ac- 
complishing indirectly  what  the  members 
engaged  in  it  are  afraid  to  try  to  do  in  an 
open  way;  and  the  presentation  of  objec- 
tions to  votes  about  whose  validity  no  sane 
man  has  a  doubt  admits  only  of  the  same 
explanation.  Both  features  of  the  plan  are 
worthy  of  the  disreputable  lawyer  who 
has  been  chosen  to  find  pretexts  for  fraud 
and  to  excuse  base  partisan  tactics  by  a 
parade  of  technicalities.  The  undeter- 
mined question  is,  whether  any  considera- 
ble number  of  members  will  perform  the 
work  assigned  to  them  by  Mr.  Field  in  the 
House,  and  whether  the  Democratic  mana- 
gers before  the  Commission  will  give  effect 
to  suggestions  that  are  more  applicable  to 
the  defense  of  Tammany  thieves  than  to 
the  settlement  of  a  Presidential  contest. 
One  thing  is  certain  :  Mr.  Field  and  the 
reckless  partisans  who  are  prepared  to 
do  his  bidding  have  an  ally  in  the  Speaker's 
chair  whose  conduct  has  demonstrated 'his 
willingness  to  pervert  to  unworthy  ends  the 
power  with  which  he  is  invested.  With  an 
honorable  man  as  Speaker  there  might  be 
little  room  for  fear.  Mr.  Randall  is  as  ex- 
empt from  honorable  restraints  as  Mr.  Field 
himself,  and  is  quite  as  indifferent  to  conse- 
quences. There  is,  therefore,  no  inherent 
improbability  in  the  threat  that  a  portion 
of  the  Democratic  majority  in  the  Housi?, 
guided  by  Field  and  abetted  by  Randall, 
will  avail  themselves  of  technical  facilities 
for  preventing  the  completion  of  the  Elec- 
toral count  before  the  4th  of  March. 

The  infamy  of  the  scheme  is  not  a  hin- 
drance   to  its  execution.      The   men   con- 
cerned in  it  have    no  character    to   lose, 
lltey   are    not     amenable     to    prudential 
,  party  conaideratiaiui  oc  ta  the  influences 


which  the    reputable   members  of  their 

party  may   propose  to  use.     They  have,  in 

truth,  been  allowed  to  go  on  without  pro- 
voking from  their  associated  more  than  a 
mild  remonstrance.  The  decision  of  the 
first  caucus  was  against  them  ;  the  second 
cancuE  left  the  essence  of  the  point  in  dis- 
pute untouched.  It  is  only  ifecessary  to 
look  at  yesterday's  vote  on  the  postpone- 
ment of  the  Orefion  decision  to  perceive 
that  the  men  of  honor  and  principle  in  the 
party  are  a  minority.  The  majority 
cannot  make  up  their  minds  to 
accent      in       good       faith      the       verdict 

of  the  tribunal  they  helped  to    create, 

because  that  verdict  happens  to  be  against 
them.  As  long  as  the  majority  thus  hesi- 
tate between  duty  and  faction,  they  play 
into  the  hands  of  the    Field-Randall  group, 

and  encourage  them  to  push  torward  their 

revolutionary  plan.  A  party  which,  as  a 
party,  initiates  a  policy  of  causeless  delay 
forfeits  the  right  to  rebuke  those  of  its 
members  who  resolve  that  the  policy  shall 
be  persisted  in  until  it  leave  the  country 

without  a  President.      If  the  conclusion  of 

the  Electoral  count  be  not  reached  in  sea- 
son, the  Democratic  Party  must  bear  the 
responsibility  of  the  crisis  which  will  then 
be  inevitable,  and  of  all  its  disastrous  con- 
sequences. J 

There  will  he  one  consequence  which  can- 
not be  considered  disastrous.  The  party 
which  undertakes  to  frustrate  the  formally 
declared  election  of  a  President,  and  to 
plunge  the  country  afresh  into  the  turmoil 
and  excitement  of  a  contest  made  doubly 
fierce  by  the  circumstances  in  which  it  oc- 
curs, will  precipitate  its  owiT destruction. 
Yesterday's  decision  of  the  Commission  is 
conclusive  as  to  Gov.  Hayks'  title.  It  gives 
to  him  the  requisite  185  votes.  So  much  is 
authoritatively  settled.  The  country  ac- 
cepts the  decision  as  one  by  which  it  will 
abide,  vrithout  waiting  to  consult  the 
wishes  of  the  defeated  candidate  or 
the  pleasure  of  his  creatures  in  Congress. 
Should  these  succeed  in  their  tactics,  the 
spectacle  wUl  be  presented  of  the  Presi- 
dency kept  vacant  by  a  Democratic  refusal 
to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  the  law 
in  perfecting  the  title  to  its  occupancy.  A 
faction  will  defeat  the  will  of  the  people  as 
interpreted  by  the  tribunal  which  all 
parties  bound  themselves  to  sustain  and  re- 
spect. The  folly  of  the  proceeding  is  on  a 
level  with  its  wickedness. 

Even  thi*  destructii^n  of  the  Democratic 
Parry,  however,  would  not  oompi'nsfite  for 
the  losses  and  injuries  inseparable  from  a 
fresh  election.  In  its  ordinary  course,  and 
unincumbered  by  extraneous  conditions,  a 
Presidential  election  is  not  beneficial  to 
business.  It  produces  depression  and  doubt. 
Such  a  trial,  under  existing  circumstances, 
would  be  exceptionally  disastrous.  It 
would  be  bitter  beyond  all  precedent,  and 
it  would  be  clouded  with  miseivingi  from 
which  every  interest  must  suffer.  The  Re- 
public would  encounter  an  ordeal  more 
severe  while  it  endured  thau  even  the  re- 
bellion. We  are  not  prepare!  to  believe 
that  a  trial  thus  fraught  with  mischief 
and  danger  will  be  forced  upon  the 
country ;  but  we  arc  persuaded  that 
it  can  only  be  averted,  if  at  all, 
by  the  immediate  interposition  of  the 
popular  will.  The  crisis  is  imminent,  and 
the  Democrats  in  Congress  must  be  taught 
that  its  penalties  will  fall  first  upon  them- 
selves. The  business  classes  of  the  large 
cities  prayed  for  the  enactment  of  the  bill 
creating  the  Commission  ;  now  let  them  tell 
Congress  that  the  decision  of'  the  Commis- 
sion shall  bo  r^spscted.  There  is  no  time 
to  be  lost.  Within  a  week  the  election 
must  be  perfected  or  the  country  will  be  on 
the  verge  of  political  chaos.  An  expression 
of  public  opinion  is  needed  to  bring  the 
conspirators  to  their  senses  ;  and  to  be  of 
any  avail  it  must  be  immediate  and  em- 
phatic. 


TILDE^S  nHSIGMAG  FJilENDS. 

Early  in  the  Presidential  campaign  the 
kun,  commenting  on  the  Democratic  part 
of  it,  said  that  it  was  Mr-  T'm)En's 
misfortune  to  be  chiefly  surrounde  i  tr  nin- 
compoops. This  sharp  thrust  at  tie  I'ilden 
management  did  not  have  any  perceptible 
effect  on  the  Great  Reformer.  He  con- 
tinued to  be  surrounded  by  the  "nin- 
compoops" down  to  the  day  after 
election.  And  when  the  period  of  uncer- 
tainty which  followed  the  election  began, 
the  same  motley  crew  weut  into  the  second 
contest  with  renewed  zest.  It  would  ap- 
pear, however,  that  Mr.  Tilden  has  at  last 
seen  bow  good  a  thing  it  is  to  have  nincom- 
poops, or,  indeed,  partners  upon  wuom  hu 
can  lay  the  burden  of  sins  imputed  to  him. 
In  his  letter  concerning  au  investigation  of 
his  bank  accounts,  he  declares  for  himself. 
He  will  not  indorse  the  doings  of  the  men 
who  have  served  him.  Having  secured  all 
that  their  bargains  could  secure  for  him,  he 
keeps  the  goods  and  repudiates  the  agents. 

Looking  back  over  the  camnaign,  one  can 
see  how  the  guileless  Tildkn  nas  been  con- 
tinually led  into  temptation  by  bad  advisers 
around  him.  His  enemies  were  those  of  bis 
own  household;  those  who  conspired 
against  his  peace  of  mind  sat  at  table  with 
him.  Hewitt,  now  disrespectfully  referred 
to  by  the  gifted  Waticrson  as  "a  bobo- 
link," while  he  fell  on  the  Governor's  neck 
and  cried  "Mybrot-o>  .  my  brother!"  struck 
him  under  the  fifth  rib  and  destroyed  his 
conscience.  Patrick,  confidential  agent  of 
TiLDEN,  went  to  Oregon  to  look  after  mat- 
ters in  the  Electoral  College,  and  not  only 
seduced  Senator  Kelly  into  indorsing  a 
a  game  which  he  did  not  understand,  but 
actually  imposed  himself  on  Tilden  witti  a 
series  of  cipher  dispatches.  Then  there 
was  Pelton,  nephew  and  nearest  rejjresent- 
ative  of  the  Democratic  candidate,  who  not 
only  carried  on  a  guilty  intrigue  in  his  un- 
cle's house,  but  who  contrived  to  make  the 
world  believe  that  his  venerable  relative 
was  the  chief  intriguer.  When  the  Demo- 
cratic House  went  into  the  wholesale  busi- 
ness of  investigation,  Mr.  Tildex'i  bank 
accounts  were  found  to  be  as  legitimate . 
subject  of  inquiry  as  those  of  anybody  else. 
The  accounts  of  the  Republican  man  agers 
had  been  submitted  to  the  benignant  ex~ 
aminatioa  of  David  Dudley  Field,  and 
nothing  suggestive  of  irregular  transactions 
was  fbuikd.  It  is  to  be  presumed  that  the 
bad  men  who  had  been  personifying  Tildbk 
to  his  everlasting  disgrace  had  in  some  way 
bedeviled  his  accounts.  They  had  un- 
doubtedly managed  to  trick  him  into  draw- 
ing^checks  which  meaAt  nothing,  bnt  which 
would  have  a  bad  look.  It  is  even  said 
that  Home  of  those  "  ninooinpoops "  and 
"  bdbolinks  "  iodaced  the  Dour  old  man  to 


draw  checks,  the  dates  and  amounts  of 

which  were  made   to  fit  exactly  into    their 

nefarious  Oregon  transactions.  Of  coarse, 
the  most  natural  thing  for  the  simple- 
minded  old  gentleman  to  have  done  under 
the  circumstances,  was  freely  to  admit  his 
accounts  to  examination,  and  then  charge 
all  doubtful  items  to  the  malicious  con- 
spiracy of  his  friends  and  advisers. 
The  much-iiyured  Tildkn  knew  a  trick 

w^«jrth  two  of  that.  He  waited  until  the  de- 
signing men  who  had  induced  him  to  put 
money  in  Oregon,  or  to  appear  to  put  money 
there,  had  again  betrayed  him.     These  false 

friends  went  to  the  Kepublican  managers 

and  offered  to  call  things  square.  If  the 
Republicans  would  giv^  up  Tildkn's  ac- 
counts, in  which  were  strange  things,  they 
— Field,  Knott  &'Co. — ^ould  give  up  the 
Republicans'  accounts,  wl^h  had  nothing 

especially  interesting  in  them.  Of  course,  it 
could  not  have  been  Mr.  Tilden  who  had 
fought  so  persistently  against  giving  the 
accounts  np  to  Congress,  in  the  first 
place.  It  must  have  been  the  bad  men 
who  wanted  to  trade  for  them  when 
they  were  finally  ready  for  examination. 
The  Republicans,  with  that  readiness  to 
oblige  their  enemies  which  has  always 
yf^haracterizod  their  management  in  Con- 
gress, consented  to  the  arrangement.  Then, 
as  soon  as  the  documents  were  safe,  the 
virtuous  Tildkn  broke  silence.  He  de- 
clared that  be  repudiated  any  agreement  to 
suppress  anything,  that  he  was  ready  to 
testify,  (though  nobody  in  Congress  had 
suggested  that  he  be  put  on  the  stand,)  and 
that  he  never,  never  authorized  or  knew  of 
any  expenditures  in  the  Oregon  contest. 
It  was  a  fine  burst  of  stage  thunder.  It 
was  almost  as  good  as  the  genuine  article. 
The  World  read  the  letter  and  calmly  re- 
marked, *'  That  settles  it,"  and  the  sage  of 
Springfield  profoundly  observed  that  Mr. 
Tildkn  had  "  lifted  up  his  party."  He  did 
not  add — "  higher  than  a  kite." 

Tildex  waited  until  everything  was 
snugly  under  cover  before  he  exploded. 
His  wicked  friends  had  fought  against  giv- 
ing up  his  accounts  ;  they  fought  for  the 
surrender  of  them  after  they  were  given  up, 
and  they  got  them  back  again.  Then  it 
was  that  tliis  long-imposed- upon,  much- 
enduring,  and  truly  good  man  burst  upon 
us  with  the  information  that  there  was 
nothing  wrong  in  the  documents,  and  that 
he  utterly  repudiated  the  bargain  by  which 
he  had  got  them  safely  back  again.  Will 
Mr.  David  Dudlky  Field,  "bobolink" 
Hewitt,  and  the  rest  be  publicly  denounced 
as  repudiated,  and  say  nothing  t  Mr.  Til- 
dkn says  he  throws  over  the  bargain. 
Will  he  also  throw  over  the  bar- 
gainers f  We  do  not  see  but 
virtue  is  its  own  reward  ra-^dxia^ase.  The 
wicked  partners  have  secured  all  the  odium. 
Mr.  Tildk.s  is  the  only  man  that  has  gained 
anything.  He  at  least  has  escaped  the  ex- 
posure which  was  threatened  him.  It  was 
a  narrow  escape  for  him  wheij  Pkltox  at- 
tempted to  convince  people  that  his  uncle 
was  conspiring  with  Patrick  and  using  a 
cipher  to  disguise  an  infamous  scheme.  If 
Tilden  had  not  pleaded  "the  baby  act," 
most  men  would  have  believed  that  a  mem- 
ber of  his  own  family  could  not  conduct  a 
second  Presidential  campaign  without  his 
knowing  its  details.  But  the  Great  Reformer 
thinks  he  has  wriggled  out  of  that.  He 
solemnly  assures  us  that  he  "knew  no  more 
about  it  thau  a  child  unborn."  Mr.  Tildkn 
has  the  profound  sympathy  of  every  tender- 
hearted person.  Never  was  an  innocent  old 
man  so  x'ut  upon  by  designing  friends. 


THE  TWO  COMBATANTS. 

As  the  prospect  of  a  struggle  between 
Russia  and  Turkey  becomes  more  a  proba- 
bility, it  is  intereiting  to  note  the  different 
cnpacity  of  each  for  a  long  war.  In  the 
Crimean  War  the  Russians  suffered  from 
their  weakness  on  the  sea,  as  compared  with 
the  Turks  and  English  combined.  They 
could  not  support  their  advancing  columns 
from  the  Danube  by  a  fleet  on  the  Black 
Sea.  In  the  campaign  of  1323-9,  on  the 
other  hand,  they  were  enableji  to  take 
Varna  with  the  aid  of  their  naval  force,  and 
could  then  cross  the  Balkans,  having  thoir 
wing  supported  and  supplies  furnished  by 
a  fleet.  It  is  true  that  Turkey  in  Europe 
is  so  fertile  a  country  that,  in  the  proper 
season,  it  can  almost  feed  au  army,  hut 
for  ammunition  and  many  kinds  of  sup- 
plies, where  the  roads  are  so  bad,  a 
water  communication  is  extremely  valua- 
ble. If  a  campaign  be  indeed  commenced 
during  the  coming  Spring,  Russia,  in  all 
probability,  will  have  no  assistance  from 
the  sea.  If  she  does,  it  will  only  be  after 
a  tremendous  struggle  with  a  superior  na- 
val force.  The  Treaty  ot  rjiris  seemed  to 
have  cut  oft'  the  growth  of  Russian  naval 
power  on  the  Black  Sea.  But  secretly  the 
Czar  was,  under  one  pretense  or  other,  con- 
stantly adding  to  the  number  of  his  vessels 
there,  and  at  length,  by  an  open  announce- 
ment, he  set  forth  to  the  world  his  detar  - 
mination  to  disregard  the  treaty  and  build 
np  such  a  fleet  as  might  please  him.  Still 
the  result  of  the  war  had  seriously  crippled 
the  Russian  naval  power,  while  it  had 
given  the  Turks  time  and  a  motive  to  in- 
crease theirs.  At  present  Turkey  can  boast 
of  a  powerful  fleet  upon  the  sea,  consisting 
of  30  "  cuirassed"  vessels,  76  more  or  less 
irou-clad,  carrying  46*  guns,  with  15,188 
tons,  aud  a  force  upon  th«m  of  23,995  per- 
sons. The  cannon  are,  very  many,  of  im- 
proved patterns,  bought  of  European  and 
American  manufacturers. 

Russia,  on  the  other  hand,  has  only  two 
ships  and  one  building,  with  two  guns 
each,  which  we  suppose  to  be  monitors, 
2  mor&  or  less  iron-clad,  with  31,336  tons, 
and  carrying  only  81  guna,  with  a 
force  manning  them  much  smaller  than  the 
Turkish.  The  apparent  inferiority,  how- 
ever, of  the  Russian  fleet  may  be  compen- 
sated by  its  quality.  A  few  first-class 
monitors  might  defy  a  fleet  of  iron- 
sheathed  frigates.  It  is  plain  that  a  strug- 
gle will  occur  on  the  sea,  quite  equal  in 
intensity  to  that  waged  on  the  land.  If  we 
consider  the  outside  help  to  be  expected  by 
each  combatant,  Russia  has  clearly  the  ad- 
vantage. From  Servia  she  will  get  all  that 
that  exhausted  principality  can  offer,  but 
this  will  not  be  a  large  force,  after  the  dis- 
astrous campaign  jnst  finished,  probably  not 
more  than  9,000  men,  who  are  not  well 
drilled,  and  are  discouraged  by  past  defeat. 
The  two  principalities  which  were  united 
into  one  princedom  of  Soumania  can  furnish 
a  considerable  army,  fkirly  drilled  by  the 
Hohenzollern  Prince  who  commands  them, 
and  perhaps  amounting  to  80,000  men.  This 
wilL,  in  all  DrobabiUty.  be  ultimately  pat  ia 


the  service  of  the  Czar.    Bulgaria,  too,  could 

furnish  a  considerable  force,  but  the  coun- 
try has  been  so  wasted  and  oppressed,  and 
the  peasants  are  of  such  submissive  nature, 
that  only  a  few  thonsand  can  be  expected 
from  them. 

The    insurgent    provinces,    Herzegovina 
and  Bosnia,  will  also  offer  a  small  aud  embit- 
tered body  of  men,  Tvho  are  ready  to  fijEfht 
to  the  death  with  their  old  enemy.    iThe 

best  auxiliary  force  for  the  Muscovites  will4>e 
from  the  bold  mountaineers  of  Montenegro, 
who  can  send  into  battle  some  10,000  men 
and  youth  that  have  seldom   been  defeated. 

But  these  operate  in  wild  mountains,  at  a 

distance  from  the  lines  of  Hassian  advance, 
and  can  only  make  a  diversion  in  their 
favor.  The  Greek  population  in  Thrace, 
JSpirns,  and  that  region  will  also,  no  doubt, 
rise,  but  their  nnmbers  are  not  formidable, 
while  Greece  herself  will  very  probably  be 
drawn  into  the  fray.  But  this  little  King- 
dom, though  heroically  voting  levies  of 
200,000  men,  can  really  only  furnish  some 
10,000  or  15,000,  and  will  not  count  for 
much  in  the  ereat  struggle.  Turkey  herself 
can  expect  no  outside  allies,  (for  the  Egyp- 
tian contingent  belongs  to  the  Empire,)  the 
possibility  of  any  help  from  the  Mohammed- 
ans of  Asia  being  exceedingly  remote.  What- 
ever feeling  there  may  be  among  the  Mo- 
hammedans of  Croatia,  there  will  be  no 
possibility  of  their  taking  part  in  the  war. 
Some  few  bands  of  wild  Asiatic  Cavalry 
may,  indeed,  join  the  Ottoman  Army,  but 
they  will  be  of  little  account.  Turkey  must 
fight  out  her  battle  alone.  It  is  not  credible 
that,  with  the  friendly  relations  of  Germany 
to  Russia,  and  under  the  present  finan- 
cial condition  of  Austro-Hungary,  the  Aus- 
trian Empire  would  intervene  in  favor  of 
the  Turks.  Should  she  do  so,  the  struggle 
would  take  gigantic  dimennons^  but  of  this 
there  is  little  chance.  Russia,  with  her  few 
allies  and  her  comparatively  fedble  fleet, 
must  wage  battle  with  Turkey  alone,  and 
her  powerful  fleet.  Russia,  of  course,  has 
the  greatest  power  and  the  largest  capacity . 
of  endurance,  and  with  her  are  the  passions 
of  many  oppressed  tribes,  and  a  numerous 
race.  But  Turkey  Has  the  advantage  of  posi- 
tion, the  desperation  of  a  last  struggle,  and 
a  certain  genius  for  defense.  What  the 
issue  will  be,  he  would  be  a  bold  prophet 
who  would  predict. 

'  Ht      I     H  I     '■■■ 

SOMK  CITY  SALARIES. 
The  second  of  the  "  long  talks "  on  Mu- 
nicipal reform,  held  on  Tuesday  last, 
at  Albany,  before  the  legislative  Com- 
mittees on  Cities,  shows  that  the  re- 
cipients of  City  salaries  are  all  of  a  mind 
akin  to  that  of  the  typical  Maine  candidate 
in  the  days  of  Neal  Dow  and  prohibition, 
who  expressed  himself  as  emphatically  "  in 
favor  of  the  law,  but  agin  its  execution." 
The  heads  of  departments  are  all  in  favor  of 
letrenchment,  bnt  they  hedge  their  opinion 
as  to  its  application  with,  so  many  "  huts  " 
and  other  qualifying  words,  that  nothing 
comes  of  the  conferences  except  a  gradual 
improvement  in  the  knowledge  of  the  bur- 
dens home.  The  song  is  "  retrenchment," 
but  the  chorus  by  the  whole  company  is, 
"  anywhere  bnt  here."  So  the  retrenchment 
which  waits  for  initiation  and  direction  by 
the  City  employes  will  wait  indefinitely, 
but  meanwhile  the  salaries,  so  far  as  we 
know,  keep  placidly  running  along  just  the 
same. 

In  an  article  on  this  subject  last  Tuesday, 
the  total  salftry  account,  as  given  from  the 
estimates  for  1877,  differs  so.'newhat  from 
the  total  as  given  in  the  employes'  list  in 
the  official  journal  of  Jan.  31.  By  the  former 
it  is  $9,706,843,  and  by  the  latter  $8,743,731 ; 
the  public  school  teachers  are  not  given  in 
the  schedule  at  all,  but  the  estimate  for  all 
salaries  in  and  under  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion is  $2,700,000,  and  by  deducting  the 
^106,484  paid  the  41  employes  named  in  the 
schedule,  $2,593,516  remains  as  estimated 
for  the  teachers.  Adding  that,  the  total  is 
$11,337,247,  which  is  as  nearly  a  complete 
statement  as  we  can  make  of  the  total  of 
the  exclusively  salary  burden  borne  by  the 
tax-payers,  and  covers  no  other  form  of  ex- 
penditure whatever.  If  erroneous  at  aU,  it 
is  not  on  the  side  of  excess.  This  is  the 
figure  for  the  public  to  contemplate,  and  it 
is  the  total  which  the  heads  of  departments 
can  see  no  way  of  reducing,  notwithstand- 
ing their  aching  desire  for  retrenchment. 

Controller  Kelly,  at  the  legislative  con- 
ference on  Tuesday  last,  spoke  first  of  the 
assessments  unpaid,  saying  that  he  thinks 
not  more  thau  seven  of  the  twenty-two  mil- 
lions wiil  ever  be  collected.  Three  months 
ago,  Mr.  Green  stated  the  assessments  at 
$22,258,881,  estimated  worth  $13,000,000 ;  the 
unpaid  taxes  of  1876  as  $15,435,045,  with 
$6,889,837  real,  and  $10,853,972  personal 
taxes  of  earlier  date  in  arrears,  $7,038,483 
included  in  the  last-named  item  being  prior 
to  1871,  and  presumably  worthless ;  of  the 
total,  $33,178,695,  of  uncollected  taxes,  he 
estimated  $20,000,000  as  the  probable  yield. 
Assessments  are  alwaysresisted,  and  there  are 
now  pending  several  thousand  actions  against 
the  City  intended  in  soma  manner  to  evade 
them ;  their  collection  is  always  difficult — 
and  that  it  is  so  is  the  clearest  proof  of  the 
viciousness  of  the  whole  system  of  improve- 
ments to  be  repaid  by  them.  But  we  would 
not  go  so  far  as  to  pronounce  the  collection 
impossible,  as  Mr.  Kglly  does.  Simply  be- 
cause it  would  be  putting  the  matter  in  a 
more  truthful  representation,  we  should 
favor  his  recommendation  to  transfer  fifteen 
million  dollars  of  the  assessment  bonds  to 
the  permanent  debt,  except  that  such  a  stop 
would  probably  be  a  practical,  if  not  a 
formal  and  legal,  abandonment  of  attempts 
to  coUect  Who  they  are  that  pay  their 
assessments,  who  they  are  that  do  not,  and 
why  they  are  suffered  not  to,  are  points 
upon  which  no  light  has  been  cast. 

Subject  only  to  the  objection  just  sug- 
gested, Mr.  Kelly's  advice  to  fund  the 
assessment  bonds  nearly  due  is  worth  con- 
sidering. By  the  schedule  at  the  end  of 
June  last — sufficiently  recent  for  the  pur- 
pose—there are  $1,758,900  bonds  of  that 
class  at  6  per  cent,  maturing  daring  tUis 
year  and  next,  and  $6,078,900  at  7  per  cent. 
If  the  debt  represented  by  them  is  to  stand, 
refunding  them  at  5  per  cent,  would  save 
$139,167  in  interest  yearly,  and  avoid  the 
objectionable  plan  of  continually  making 
short  loans  to  replace  short  loans. 

But  cannot  we  assist  Mr.  Kbllt  and  the 
rest  in  finding  spots  fit  for  retrenchment  f 
Starting  at  the  beginning  of  the  schedule, 
we  find  21  Aldermen  at  $4,000  each,  well 
paid  at  half  that  for  all  the  labor  they  per- 
form, not  coniidering  its  VEdue  at  all,  with 
a  President  at  $5,000;  this  is  $2,Q00  too 
macfa.  for  if  Mr.  President  Fdbboy's  aalatr 


were  less  the  expenses  of  election,  which  he 

pleaded  as  a  reason  for  the  large   salary, 

might  be  lessened.   There  is  a  Clerk,  of 

course,  and  his  $5,000  should  be  one-half 
less.  There  are  five  assistants  to  do  his 
work,  costing  $7,400;  two  engrossing 
clerks,  at  $1,000  each ;  a  librarian  and  aa- 
sistant,  at  $1,000  each;  a  Sergeant  at  Arms, 
$1,200 ;  two  messengers  and  a^  doorkeeper. 
$2,900  for  the  three ;  36  persons  in  all,  at 
$1G3,500.  Possibly  these  clerks  are  all 
able  to  read  and  write,  but  their  du- 
ties cannot  be  so  ''  engrossing "  as  to  make 
them  all  necessary.  Is  there  any  reason 
for  not  putting  the  knife  of  retrenchment 

among  these  thirty-six  persons  except  that 
it  would  make  them  cry  out  f  In  the  Exe- 
cutive Department,  the  Mayor's  office  is 
first.  Mr.  WiCKHAM  declared  his  powers  to 
be  scarcely  more  than  those  of  a  clerk.  As 
that  view  of  the  office  is  about  correct  under 
existing  conditions,  there  can  be  no  good 
reason  for  not  cutting  down  the  salary  of 
$12,000  one  half.  There  is  a  Secretary,  who 
surely  could  not  justly  complain  if   his 

$4,800  were  divided  by  two.  The  Chief  Clerk 
could  live  and  be  well  paid  at  less  than 
$3,000 ;  the  four  clerks  who  do  the  work 
at  $4,^00,  should  not  be  quite  neglected  by 
reformers.  There  are  a  messenger  and  two 
marshals,  at  $5,500.  There  is  a  Permit  Bu- 
reau, with  a  Registrar  at  $2,350,  an  inter- 
preter at  $1,500,  three  clerks  at  $2,750,  and 
six  "inspectors"  at  $5,400 — ^total,  twenty- 
two  persons,  at  $41,100,  the  Permit  Bureau 
costing  $13,000.  Unquestionably,  consider- 
able sums  are  collected  from  individuals  for 
'*'  permits"  of  various  sorts,  but  what  becomes 
of  the  money  is  another  question  on  which 
no  light  has  been  cast.  The  Legislative  and 
Executive  Departments,  however,  are  very 
poor  fields  tor  retrenchment  in  comparison 
with  the  others,  to  which  we  shall  in  due 
course  direct  public  attention. 


A  UXILIARY  FAT  MEN. 

Mr.  Chomel  is  an  ingenious  person  who 
has  devised  a  new  method  of  propelling 
ships.  The  motive  power  which  he  pro- 
poses to  use  is  furnished  by  the  waves 
themselves.  Scientific  persons  agree  that 
there  is  an  immense  force  developed  by  the 
motion  of  the  waves,  but  they  have  been 
entirely  unable  to  utilize  it.  Now,  how- 
ever, comes  Mr.  Chomel  with  a  beautiful 
model  and  quantities  of  convincing  draw- 
ings, which  clearly  demonstrate  that  the 
rolling  motion  communicated  to  a  ship  by 
the  swell  of  the  sea  can  be  made  to  propel 
the  vessel  in  any  desired  direction. 

The  machinery  by  which  Mr.  Chomrl's 
model  is  to  be  propelled  is  of  the  simplest 
description.  It  consists  merely  of  a  swing- 
ing platform  pivoted  at  the  stem  and  stern 
posts  of  the  vessel,  and  connected  by  a  few 
simple  cog-wheels  with  the  shaft  of  a  screw 
propeller.  Every  time  the  vessel  rolls  the 
swinging  platform,  in  the  effort  to  main- 
tain its  level,  turns  the  propeller  shaft. 
The  more  rapidly  the  vessel  rolls  the  more 
swiftly  will  the  screw  revolve,  and  the 
greater  will  be  the  speed  developed.  Thus, 
without  the  expenditure  of  a  ton  of  coal, 
or  the  labor  of  spreading  a  yard  of  canvas, 
Mr.  Chomel's  ship  wUl  roll  across  the 
Atlantic,  and  convert  to  its  own  profit  the 
fiercest  malice  of  the  waves. 

While  no  fault  can  be  found  with  this  in- 
vention, provided  it  is  used  only  when  the 
sea  is  in  lively  motion,  it  is  obvious  that  it 
will  be  useless  in  a  dead  calm.  If  the  vessel 
does  not  roll,  the  swinging  platform  will 
not  move,  and  if  the  swinging  platform  does 
not  move,  the  propeller  will  not  revolve. 
Mr.  Chomel's  craft  may  shoot  gayly  by  the 
fastest  Cunarder  in  heavy  weather,  but  in 
a  July  calm  the  slowest  steamer  will  pass 
lier  as  though  she  were  a  dock.  How  the 
inventor  proposes  to  remedy  this  defect  we 
are  not  told,  biit,  of  course,  the  resources  of 
science  will  be  sufficient  to  overcome  so 
trifling  an  obstacle  to  the  success  of  a  mer- 
itorious invention.  Were  Mr.  Chomel  to 
build  a  vessel  after  the  model  of  a  water- 
tight copper  cylinder,  ft  ted  m  the  interior 
with  an  endless  series  of  steps  up  which 
the  passengers  could  continually  climb,  she 
could  defy  calms  as  well  as  storms.  Neither 
screw  nor  swinging  platform  would  be 
needed,  but  the  simple  device  which  keeps 
the  treadmill  in  motion  would  roll  the  cyl  - 
inder  over  the  sea.  It  is  true  that  the  pas- 
sengers might  become  weary  of  the  Sisyph- 
ian  task  of  perpetually  climbing  the  aquatic 
treadmill,  and  might  occasionally  clamor 
for  air  and  other  luxuries,  but  so  long  as 
they  could  be  kept  at  work  there  is  no  doubt 
that  the  vessel  would  move. 

There  is,  however,  a  much  better  plan 
than  this ;  one,  too,  which  utilizes  a  force 
almost  as  powerful  as  that  of  the  waves, 
and  hitherto  as  completely  neglected. 
There  is  a  vast  quantity  of  fat  men  in  the 
world,  and  it  is  painfully  evident  that  they 
have  no  clear  idea  what  they  are  placed 
here  for.  The  fat  man  is  a  mystery  to  him- 
self, and  his  vague  gropings  after  his  correct 
solution  are  shown  by  his  practice  of 
associating  himself  with  other  fat  men  in 
clubs,  and  performing  herculean  feats  of 
public  overeating.  Professional  observers 
have  failed  to  interpret  the  true  meaning  of 
the  fat  men's  clubs,  and  have  carelessly 
assumed  that  they  are  organized  merely  to 
gratify  an  abnormal  desire  on  the  part  of 
fat  men  to  make  themselves  conspicuously 
ridiculous.  In  reality  they  are  the  outward 
expression  of  the  fat  man's  vague  feeling 
that  he  has  a  mission,  and  of  his  noble 
determination  to  prove  that  he  was  not 
made  without  a  purpose. 

Mathematicians  have  calculated  that 
every  fat  man  of  the  weight  of  300  pounds 
contains  83 j^  units  of  work,  which,  if  pro- 
perly utilized,  would  be  sufficientto  raise 
833^  pounds  83)^  feet  above  the  surface  of 
the  earth  at  the  equator.  Nevertheless, 
although  th«se  calculations  are  familiar 
to  all  engineers,  no  one  has.  yet  devised  a 
way  to  utilize  this  vast  amount  of  latent  ener- 
gy, and  many  of  our  ablest  scientific  minds 
have  found  that  the  fat  man  is  an  enormous 
mistake,  and  that  he  owes  his  origin  to 
an  occasional  absence  of  mind,  on  the  part  of 
nature,  who  has  gone  on  heaping  together 
unnecessary  quantities  of  material  when 
manufacturing  a  man.  and  has  thus  pro- 
duced a  fat  man  in  a  purely  uninten- 
tional way.  Now  that  Mr.  Chomel  has 
utilized  the  wasted  energy  of  the  waves,  it 
is  time  that  fat  men  should  also  be  turned 
to  profit,  and  it  is  a  remarkable  coincidence 
that  both  waves  and  fat  men  can  justify 
their  existence  by  oontributing  to  tke  per- 
fection of  Mr.  Chombl's  9ew  vesaeL 

As  has  been  shown,  this  vessel  is  pro- 
pelled by  the  nLovement  of  its  swinging 
Dlatfona.     In  zoiuEii  weather  the   waves 


will  famish  the  requisite  motion.   In  oalai 

weather  fat  men  can  be  used  with  the  best 

results.  The  fat  man  is  so  constraoted  by 
beneficent  Nature  that  he  can  roll  to  an 
enormons  extent  without  sustaining  any 
injury,  or  overheating  his  bearings  bj 
friction.  If  six  fat  men,  averaging  300 
pounds  each,  were  to  be  placed  on  one  side 
of  Mr.  Chomel's  swinging  platform,  and 
allowed  to  roll  gradually  and  regularly  to 
the  other  side,  the  shifting  of  their  weight 
would  immediately  depress  the  platform 
and  cause  an  entire  revolution  of  the  screw. 
By  rolling  baok  to  th&  other  side,  a  like 
result  would  follow,  and  thus,  even  in  the 
calmest  weather,  the  vessel  would  be  regu- 
larly and  rapidly  propelled.  It  is  estimated 
that  six  fat  men  of  the  specified  weight 
would  thus   develop   the  equivalent  of  no 

less  than  one  thonsand  horsepower,  and 
were  they  to  be  encouraged  with  sharp 
boat-hooks,  they  would  probably  work  up 
tofiflfeen  hundred  horse  power.  Of  course 
they    would     only    bis     needed     in     calm 

weather,  and  would  be  regarded  merely  as 
an  auxiliary  to  the  power  of  the  waves. 
They  are  imperatively  needed,  however,  to 
make  Mr.  Chomel's  invention  a  complete 
success,  and  there  is  no  doubt  that  his 
"auxiliary  fat-men  wave-motor"  will 
achieve  far  greater  results  than  those 
which  will  be  accomplished  by  the  Keely 
motor. 

The  new  invention  will  be  hailed  with 
the  utmost  joy  by  the  fat  men.  Henceforth 
life  is  no  longer  for  them  a  fat  and  foolisli 
mockery.  They  now  know  that  they  were 
not  made  in  vain.  It  was  ages  before  mei 
discovered  how  to  loose  the  imprisoneo 
energy  of  coal  and  train  it  for  their  service. 
Five  centuries  more  were  needed  before  the 
promise  and  potency  of  fat  men  were  fully 
comprehended.  TJ^  day  has  at  last  dawned 
when  the  fat  man  t  jkes  his  .place  among  the 
great  sources  of  mechanical  energy,  and 
renders  it  unnecessary  for  jis  to  dread  tlw 
future  exhaustion  of  our  coal  mines. 


TRE  FVTDBE  OF  NEW-TOBK. 


LETTEK  V. 
To  the  Editor  of  the  New-  Tork  Timti : 

That  many  have  been  ruined  by  the  de 
cline  in  the  value  of  unimproved  real  estate  U 
true,  but  the  conditions  were  peculiar.  An  era 
of  speculation  in  nroperty,  during  which  prices 
perfectly  fabulous  were  current,  has  resulted 
in  a  collapse  which  has  wrecked  vast  nomina 
fortunes.  For  several  years  property  in  the 
upper  part  of  the  City  advanced  so  rapidly  in 
price  thftt  it  is  hardly  exaggeration  to  say  thai 
a  man  might,  with  his  eyes  closed,  put  his  fin- 
ger upon  a  map  of  that  part  of  the  City  abova 
Fiftieth  street,  puicbase  the  property  tUm 
blindly  indicated  at  the  owner's  valuation,  and 
in  a  few  months  it  could  bo  sold  at  a  profit, 
it  was  a  lottery  m  which  every  ticket  drew  a 
prize.  Men,  many  of  them  of  the  soundest 
judgment,  were  carried  awa.y  by  the  brilliancy 
of  the  bubble.  Not  many  expected  to  hold 
permanently,  and  few  expected  to  build.  It 
was  a  passion,  a  conta^ous  lever.  The  bold- 
est operator  was  the  most  successful  one.  A 
large  part  of  the  transactions  were  upon  m.ar- 
gins,  as  the.y  would  be  called  in  specniations  of 
another  character.  Some  cash  was  paid  and  a 
large  mortgage  given.  The  crisis  of  1873  eame; 
there  was  a  pause.  It  became  difficult  to  re- 
alize the  cost  of  property.  I»arge  estates  were 
offered,  at  auction.  The  stagserin^  market 
tell,  struck  down  by  the  hammer  of  the  auc- 
tioneer. The  day  of  reckoning  came,  raort- 
gages  were  foreclosed,  and  men  who  had  ac- 
quired fortunes  in  other  pursuits,  but  had 
staked  their  all  upon  the  hope,  which  they  had 
deemed  certainty,  of  ad\-aucmg  prices,  found 
themselves  ruined.  No  one  can  withhold  from 
the  sufterers  by  the  revulsion  a  sentiment  ol 
sympivthy. 

The  City  was,  to  some  extent,  a  partner  in 
these  transactions.  Stimulated  by  the  success 
of  Central  Park,  other  parks  were  projected 
and  the  property  secured  at  extravagant 
prices.  Drives  and  avenues  and  boulevards  ol 
the  most  permanent  and  costly  character  were 
laid  out  and  constructed.  AU  the  taxable 
property  of  the  City  was  put  under  bonds  to 
the  extent  of  several  millions  ot  dollars  to  de- 
fray a  portion  of  the  expense  of  some  of  these 
stupendous  imdertakings,  aud  there  they  stand 
to-day,  monuments  of  corporate  and  individual 
extravagance,  almost  "  as  idle  as  a  painted 
ship  upon  a  painted  oeean."  The  City's  motto 
seemed  to  be,  "  Millions  tor  ornament,  but  not 
a  eent  for  utility,"  for  during  this  very  period 
the  pavements  m  the  lower  and  business  por- 
tion of  the  City  tell  into  a  condition  hue  little 
better  than  the  streets  of  a  Turkish  village, 
impeding  traffic  and  imposing  burdens  upon 
trade  already  overweighted  in  the  contest  with 
competing  cities. 

It  is  painful  to  make  these  statements  ;  but 
they  are  true,  and,  as  intimated  in  the  first  ot 
these  letters,  it  is  a  time  for  plain  talk.  It  ia 
tijae  to  strike  a  balance,  to  take  an  account  of 
stock,  to  review  the  past,  and  address  and  ad- 
just ourselves  to  the  future  with  what  faith  and 
hope  we  may. 

While  upon  uuimproved,  and,  of  course,  un- 
productive property,  taxation  was  onerous,  as- 
sesaments  for  improvements  were  crushing,  and 
have,  m  districts  of  considerable  extent,  not 
only  reached,  but  passed,  the  verge  of  confis- 
cation. Time  affords  a  solvent  for  many  diffi- 
culties, and  the  embarrassment  of  property 
thus  situated  must  probably  for  the  present 
be  remanded  to  await  the  development  ol 
methods  of  rebel  through  the  subduing  agen* 
cies  of  time. 

Not  the  least  of  the  evils  attending  the  con- 
dition of  things  herein  describodis  that  so 
large  an  area  has  been  either  placed  in  a  con« 
diiion  where  it  is  likely  to  be  kept  out  of  mar- 
ket for  years  or  enhanced  so  greatly  in  coat 
as  to  unfit  it  lor  residences  of  the  cheaper 
grade,  so  essential  tor  the  accommodation  ol 
families  of  moderate  means  constituting  that 
middle  class  befcre  referred  'to.  This  state  of 
things  has  been  the  cause  of  the  migration  ol 
many  thousands  of  those  who  should  have 
remained  our  citizens  to  Long  Island  and  New- 
Jersey,  and  emphasizes  the  demand  for  meth- 
ods of  transit  which  must  be  safe  aad  cheap, 
so  as  to  reach  the  lowernsriced  lands  iu  the 
Twenty-third  and  Twenty-fourth  Wards.  U 
it  were  not  for  the  fact  that  the  en- 
ergies of  the  City  were  fettered  by  the 
bonds  of  a  crushing  debt.  Municipal 
aid  for  an  effective  method  of  utilizing 
the  vacant  territory  in  the  annexed 
district  would  be  a  fair  subject  of  considera- 
tion. But  it  may  bn  questioned  whether  the 
City  IB  not  in  the  condition  of  a  man  who  by' 
his  extravagance  has  incurred  debts  whiofa  'form 
a  Uen  upon  his  estate  of  such  gravity  as,  for  a 
time  at  least,  to  hinder  his  imprw'fing  his  prop- 
erty in  a  direction  almost  indi»pjnsable,  and 
compel  him  to  practice  an  unused  and  incon- 
venient economy,  to  the  absolute  detriment  o/ 
his  estate. 

It  was  not  until  alter  1837  that  the  taxes  of 
this  Cit.y  regularly  exceeded  50  cents  on  the 
$100.  in  184t>  they  began  to  exceed  $Lonthe 
$100,  and  since  1863  they  have  regularly  ex- 
ceeded $2  on  the  $100.  Since  1863  the  State  tan 
alone  has  greatly  exceeded,  every  year,  upon 
each  $100  of  valuation,  th'  rate  of  the  City  tax 
pnor  to  1837.  Tho  tax-payer,  in  looking  over 
the  musty  recoriU  of  the  past,  is  ant  to  forgot 
how  meagre  were  the  returns  he  received  for 
his  taxes  40  and  50  years  ago.  It  was  the 
old  story  of  "poor  pay,  poor  nreach." 
Then  he  bought  hia  spring  water  trom 
a  cart ;  he  bad  no  day  Police,  and  a 
night-watch  without  discipline ;  his  streets 
were  in  darkness  when  the  moon  was  in  the 
almanac;  his  fires  were  extinguished  by  water 
from  cisterns  or  the  rivers,  through  large 
s.yriiges  upon  small  wheels;  his  parks  were  the 
common  lands ;  his  schools  taujjht  t^A  three 
R's ;  he  swept  the  streets  on  certain  dav*  by  his 
personal  labor,  and  the  ashes  from  bid  wood- 
fires  were  sold  to  collectors.  In  sberc  he  did 
without  many  things  bo  now  hai>;  muu  did 
many  things  for  himself  which  others  now  do, 
or  at  least  are  paid  to  do,  lor  fainu 
It  is  unnecessary  to  detail  them,  but 
this  changed  condition  costs — iar  more  than  it 
ought  to,  I  adMit.  The  luxuries  unknown  in 
former  days — and  we  always  think  them  bettei 
days — have  now  become  necessaries,  and  the 
question  can  never  lie  how  to  dispense  with 
tbem,  but  how  to  enjoy  them  without  a  cost 
quite  disproportion ed  to  the  cost  of  siaiiaz 
-service,  not  only  to  private  corporations  and 
persons,  but  to  other  municipauties.  This  ia 
the  problem  demanding  present  solutioa,  m 
that  this  great  City,  relievej  from  hindrances, 
so  far  as  mav  be  m  this  direction,  shall  be  th« 
better  fitted  for  the  contest  with  aspirittg'. 
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Political  ajsd  general  gossip. 

^E  EASTERN  QUESTION— TBE  LIBERALS  IN 
PARLIAMENT — TWO  FRESH  ANECDOTES 
—I'LA.CE  FOR  A  POET — THE  CHURCH  AND 
STATE — AN  IRISH  BARRISTER  AND  THE 
Cl-AIMANT — THBEATEHED  STRIKE  OF 
COUJERSi 

From  Owr  Own  Corretponieni. 

London,  Tuesday,  Feb.  6,  1877. 
Fate  and  diplomacy  haTO  turned  the 
caleidoBoope  once  more.  After  a  series  of 
comparatively  peaceful  Diotures,  chaos  comes 
^gain,  and  throngh  the  darkness  looms  "  grim- 
visag'd  war."  If  the  Eastern  question  is  eet- 
tied  -witliout  a  European   conflagration,  it  will 

pnly  come  to  pass  as  the  result  of  the  honest 
pieterminatiou  of  the  powers  to  keep  the  peace. 

^jPut  Germany  has  put  her  spoke  into  the  re- 
volving wheel  of    the  kaleidoscope,  and  out 

■  Bhoots  a  mass  o±  radiating  complications  that 
Bets  all  the  world  gazing.  I  have  already  told 
you  that  Bismarck  was  keeping  Gortschakoft 
in  c^ek,  and  the  famous  Minister's  circular, 
wfafoh  is  coming  to  ub  in  telegraphic  shreds  and 
Batches,  leaves  Russia  open  to  act  exactly  as  she 

/pleases.  Turkey  has  refused  the  propositions 
of  the  powers  ;  it  is  for  the  powers  to  say  what 
they  will  do  under  the  circumstances ;  it  is  for  the 
powers  to  act  or  for  Eussia  to  take  up  her 
original  poBition  and  act  alone.    It  is  tbongbt 

that  the  powers  will  say  they  do  not  in  any 
way  feel  aggrieved  by  the  conduct  of  Turkey, 
»nd  that  they  are  anxious  to  give  her  time  to 
carry  out  her  reforms.  Buesia  may  or  may  not 
agree  with  their  views.  The  Emperor  person- 
ally, I  am  informed  on  the  best  authority, 
would  favor  it,  and  wait  quietly  the  effect  of 
the  new  Constitution,  havinc  regard  more  par- 
ticularly to  its  action  in  amelioratinE;  the  condi- 
tion of  the  Ghristian  subjects  of  the  Porte. 
But  the  Czar  is  not  altogether  master  of  the 
adtuation,  and  lust  at  the  moment  wlien  bad 
counsels  maybe  prevailing,  the  official  German 
press  throws  in  unexpected  compliments  and 
BuggestioDa,  which  France  believes,  and  with 
great  show  of  reason,  are  the  devilish 
doings  of  Bismarck,  who  sees  advantages  to 
Germany  in  war.  The  great  German  states- 
man's organs  speak  in  the  highest  terms  of  the 
Biissian  troops,  and  intimate  with  Jesuitic 
slyness  that  the  Porte  has  insulted  the  pewers, 
and  more  particularly  Russia,  by  rejectins; 
their  "  terms  of  peace."  To  complete  the  latest 
kaleidoscopic  change,  we  have  news  that  Mid- 
hat  Pasha,  who  won  for  Turkey  all  her  recent 
diplomatic  victories,  has  been  dismissed — not 
only  dismissed,  but  sent  away  out  of  Turkish 
territory.  This  indicates  internal  commotion 
In  the  Empire  of  a  more  serious  character  than 
anybody  seems  to  have  dreamed  of.  Midhat's 
Buoc&saor  is  Edbem  Pasha,  a  man  of  notable 
accomplishments,  the  same  Pasha  who  had  a 
tov^  with  Count  Chandordy  at  the  recent  con- 
ference. The  French  press  seem  to  regard 
Gortschakoff's  circular  as  tairly  pacific,  but 
that  is  not  the  English  view ;  neither  is  it 
the  Turkish  view.  I  have  told  you  all 
along  that  the  Turks  would  rather  fight  now, 
once  for  all,  than  to  submit  to  the  most  trivial 
and  even  legitimate  interference  from  outside, 
fmd  1  am  borne  out  in  this  by  the  Turkish  not 
which  the  powers  have  just  received,  in  which 
'(he  Ottoman  Government  emphatically  claim 
(he  right  to  uphold  the  integrity  of  the  Empire 
uid  to  resist  the  interference  of  third  parties  in 
their  internal  affairs.  Altogether,  the  news  of 
yesterday  and  to-day  is  eminently  unsatisfac- 
tory, and  the  war  panic,  lulled  by  the  inaction 
of  the  past  two  weeks,  will  once  more  set  in 
upon  Europe,  and  perhaps  at  the  last  momeat 
the  Liberal  programme  settled  for  the  opening 
of  the  British  Parliament  on  Thursday  may  be 
changed. 

i  It  had  been  settled  that  no  amendment  would 
•be  moved  on  the  address  to  the  throne,  and  un- 
Jess  the  news  from  the  East  during  the  next  48 
ibours  should  alter  that  decision,  the  Opposi- 
rtion  will  make  no  move  in  foreign  politics  until 
(hey  have  heard  what  Lord  Salisbury  has  to 
•Bay.  The  Queen  will  leave  Osborne  to-mor- 
row and  on  her  arrival  in  London  will  go  to 
'(Buckingham  Palace.  The  royal  procession 
(will  leave  there  on  Thursday  to  the  houses  ot 
Parliament.  Earl  Beaconsfield,  it  is  under- 
Itood,  put  pressure  on  her  Majesty  that  she 
should  open  Parliament  in  person  and  remam 
^me  time  in  London,  and  this  is  the  only^way 
}o  restore  the  Queen's  waning  popularity. 
fNeverthelcs!?,  I  am  told  at  St.  James'  Palace 
l^that  after  the  openmg  of  Parliament  the  Quoen 
Iwill  return  for  some  httle  time  to  the  laio  of 
Wight,  but  she  will  hold  a  senes  of  levees  in 
person  during  the  season. 

The  session  which  opens  on  Thursday  com- 
mences the  fourth  year  of  the  Disraeli  Gov- 
ernment, and  the  Opposition  lancy  they 
■ee  now  the  commencement  of  a  strong  re- 
action against  the  Conservative  rule,  but 
Ithe  ministerial  power  lies  in  the  unity  of  the 
j  Conservative  Party  and  the  disorganization  of 
tthe  Liberals,  and  unless  some  untoward  and 
ainforeseeu  difficultiea  arise,  the  Comservatives 
will  mamtain  their  majori((y  in  the  next  session 
as  they  have  in  the  past.  It  may  be  that  thoy 
will  encounter  irritating  sallies  and  surprises 
[from  the  Opposition,  but  in  any  ]9it«bed  battle 
!  of  parties  they  are  certain  to  hold  their  own. 
'Should  a  European  war  intervene,  the  loyalty 
of  the  extremest  men  will  prompt  .  them  to 
.itrengthen  the  hands  cf  the  Government.  It 
bas  always  been  the  case  that  in  the  midst  of 
Benons  difSculties  abroad,  with  a  threatened 
war,  or  a  war  actually  begun,  no  matter  whether 
\he  Government  of  the  time  has  been  Tory  or 
/Whig,  Conservative  or  Liberal,  the  Opposition 
ibas  lent  its  aid  to  the  Ministry  in  vindication  of 

.the  national  honor. 

(  Mr.  Lucy,  the  author  of  the  World's  "  Under 
die  Cloek"  articles,  will  commence  his  new 
Aezjes  of  papers  in  to-day's  May/air.  They 
jwill  be  called  "  On  the  Watch,"  and  their  at- 
tractiveness will  be  strengthened  by  thumbnail- 
pietures  of  "  men  and  manners  "  taken  on  the 
vpot. 

Two  mott,  one  in  high  life,  the  other  in  Bo- 
aemia.  "Why  is  Cupid  represented  as  a 
child  t"  asked  Lady  Gay.  "Becaufle  love  never 
kttains  to  the  age  of  experience"  said  the 
Duke.  "  O,  but  how  many  old  men  there  are 
Who  are  not  proof  against  the  gentle  passion." 
**  Quite  so,"  said  the  Duke,  "  but  they  have 
Fallen  into  second  childhood."  The  other  from 
Bohemia.  "  Why  do  you  call  your  paper 
Truth,"  asked  young  Fitzmuggins.  "  Don't 
you  like  the  title,"  Labouchere  replied.  "No, 
it  would  be  more  appropriate  to  caU  it  The 
Liar."  Fitzmuggins  hod  felt  the  amiable  La- 
bouchere's  sting.  "Ah,  I  see,"  said  the  wily 
and  oourt-Uke  editor,  imwilling  to  accept  the 
rade  affront,  "The  I/yrt,  and  bring  in  '  music;' 
a  very  good  idea,  Fitz,  1  -^^l  think  about  it." 

Fitz  thoueht  about  it  afterward,  and  had  to 
repeat  the  joke  m  the  smoke-room  of  the  Gar- 
rick  before  he  would  see  the  debcate  wit  of  it. 
■^  Mr.  Hallam  Tennyson — named  Hallam  after 
the  historuuf  s  son,  in  whose  honor  the  poet 
wrote  "In  Memoriam"~will  shortly  publish  a 
book  of  poems.  He  ia  said  to  have  formed  his 
style  on  the  modal  of  his  father,  and  to  have 
developed  rare  poetievtalent.  in  addition  to 
ooBBing  before  the  world  as  an  author.  Mr.  Hal- 
lam Tennyson  is  on  the  eve  of  marriage  vrith 
the  only  daughter,  of  Mr.  Fredeno  Locker,  a 
rerstfier  of  some  considerable  note  in  society, 
whiili  took  him  up  because  ha  was  related  to  a 
Bi«bop.  The  Government  xa  tiyinic  to  find  Mr. 
Lp<^er  an  appointment.  How  good  of  the 
Goyemment  to  put  itself  out  of  the  way  to  add 


kind  when  one  rememheta  the  relationship  of 
the  poet  with  the  higher  life  of  the  episcopacy. 
The  Hatcham  ritualist.  Rev.  Mr.  Tooth,  is 
still  in  jail  for  contempt  of  court,  and  his 
friends  who  have  visited  him  there  say  he  has 
much  loss  comfort  allowed  to  him  than  Col. 
Baker  had  at  Newgate.  At  some  of  the  high- 
est ot  the  high  churches  they  offer  up  prayers 
for  Mr.  Tooth  and  appeal  to  Grod  to  deliver  him 
from  his  "persecutors."  Rather  cool,  consider- 
ing that  he  is  only  in  durance  ob  account  of  bis 
disobedience  of  the  royal  authority  of  the  law. 
The  truth  is  the  ritualists  recognize  no  la-sv 
higher  than  the  Church,  in  which  respect,  as  in 
many  others,  they  are  in  unison  with  Rome.  It 
is  on  this  ground  that  the  ritualists  as  a  body 
are  favorable  to  the  disestablishment  of  the 
Church,  and  the  proceedings  against  Mr.  Tooth 
will  Irritate  this  faction  suflaoiently  to 
augment  their  vigor  and  importance.  The 
Church  Union  is  a  society  established 
to  counteract  the  Liberation  Society,  whioh 
is  an  association  of  political  Dissenters 
formed  expressly  to  undermine  the  Church  and 
bring  about  its  separation  from  the  State.  A 
large  body  of  the  morabers  of  the  Church  Union 
are  ritualists.  It  is  looking,  perhaps,  far  ahead  to 
say  that  the  Union  and  Liberation  Society  may 
one  day  find  themselves  working  for  a  common 
object — the  overthrow  of  the  Church  as  it  is  at 
present  established ;  but  it  is  quite  evident 
that  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  the 
Church  Union  will  oeaso  to  laoor  in  the  inter- 
est of  the  raamteQance  of  Church  and  State. 
The  ritualists  bebeve  they  would  flourish  far 
and  wide  if  the  Church  were  disendowed, 
and  that  they  would  gradually  build 
up      the      Eoglish       Catholic       Church      into 

a  great  and  glorious  power.  I  should 
not  be  surprised  to  see  during  the 
next  session  of  Parliament  an  attack  upon  the 
establishment  which  will  shake  l<Ao  its  very 
foundations.  A  strong  feeling  in  favor  of  plac-' 
ing  the  Church  on  the  same  level  as  the  Irish 
Church  is  growing  up  in  Scotland,  and  the 
Welsh  offer  the  moral  weight  of  a  big  com- 
pact body  of  liberators.]  For  weal  or  woe,  the 
ritualistic  excitement  now  going  on  in  Lendon 
will  push  on  the  solution  of  the  queatiou  of 
disestablishment,  whieh  has  been  the  bone  of 
contention  upon  English  hustings  for  nearly 
half  a  century. 

There  is  a  new  man  in  Parliament  who  is 
likely  to  be  troublesome,  and  more  especially 
as  Mr.  John  Bright  is  cautioned  by  his  medi- 
cal advisers  to  be  careful  of  his  healtk,  and  not 
work  too  hard  at  St.  Stephen's  this  year.  I 
allude  to  Mr.  Ckamberlain,  the  new  member  of 
Parliament  for  Birmingham,  who  possesses  the 
facility  for  talking  as  well  as  writing.  He  ia  a 
radical  ot  the  extreme  type,  and  is  as  impul- 
sive as  he  is  fierce  in  his  opinions.  He  made  an 
attack  upon  Mr.  Disraeli  duriug  his  political 
canvass,  for  which  he  aoolegizad  in  the  papers 
after  his  election.  His  speeches  upon  the  Li- 
censing act  have  lately  brought  hifti  into 
prominence,  but  ho  is  not  the  author  of  "Es- 
says by  a  Birmingham  Manufacturer "  in 
one  of  the  newspapers.  He  is  a  secularist 
in  education  and  a  libcrationist  in  regard  to 
the  Church ;  and  while  I  write,  as  straws  indi- 
cate the  coarse  of  the  stream,  the  latest  tele- 
graphic news  records  the  resignation  of  a  cu- 
rate in  Nottinghamshire  who  boldly  proclaimed 
the  principles  ot  di.sestabiishmeut  ac  a  public 
meeting  and  also  m  bis  pulpit.  At  the  close  of 
his  sermon,  however,  his  V'lcar  came  forward 
and  repudiated  his  subordinate's  views,  and  in 
the  midst  ot  a  scene  ot  contusion  The  congre- 
gation left  the  church.  Mr.  Chamberlain,  as 
Mr.  Bright's  colleague,  will  have  an  oppor- 
tunity of  demonstrating  agaiaat  the  Churc'a 
before  the  session  is  very  old,  un- 
less the  downtall  of  Miduat  Pasha 
should  really  be  the  beginning  of 
the  end  in  Turkey,  and  then  Parlia- 
mPiUt  will  even  have  its  hands  too  full  to  at- 
tend to  an  agitator  far  more  pretentious  than 
Mr.  Chamberlain,  but  without  possessing  any 
of  that  gentleman's  recognizetl  ability.  Mr. 
John  De  Morgan,  an  Irisu  barrister,  who  ob- 
tained a  certain  notoriety  in  tne  reoeiit  Plum- 
stead  Common  riots,  has  issued  a  mauitesto 
— issued  it  iu  rif  ht  royal  form — issued  it,  and 
addressed  it  to  her  Majesty's  Kirst  Lord  of  the 
Treasury.  VVho  saya  England  is  not  a  free 
country  i  Mr.  John  De  Morgan  proclaims  that 
unless  the  Claimant,  believed  by  luUlious  to  be 
Sir  Roger  Tich borne,  is  leleadcd  by  March 
1,  he  will  gather  from  all  parts  of 
the  Empire  100,000  man  to  march  upon  the 
House  Of  Commons,  and  doiiiand  admi^mon  lor 
himself  and  others  to  address  the  Speaker  and 
the  House,  and  show  cause  why  her  Maji-sty 
bbould.  at  the  instance  ot  the  representatives 
of  the  House,  revise  and  reverse  the  conviction 
of  the  claimant  to  the  Tichboruo  estates  !  The 
Fii'tt  Lord  of  the  Tieasuiy  has  made  no  reply. 
Mr.  De  Moi-gan  has  made  no  more,  impression 
upon  him  ttian  Mr.  Boucicault  <ii»1,  ti.ou^ii  itie 
famous  comedian's  letter  was  clever,  and  his 
Shaugnraun  threats  far^oio  startling  than 
even  Do  Morgan's  100,000  vaj^abouds.  The 
new  agitator  hopes  to  be  arresteit  and  sent  to 
jail  to  vie  with  Tooth  and  Skipwith,  but  it  is 
hardly  necessary  to  say  that  ho  will  not  bo 
humored  to  that  extent.  From  this  latest 
manifesto,  1  iniagme  that  the  scheme  lor  a 
llch  borne  and  small-pox  demonstration  on 
Thursday  next  following  the  royal  procession 
to  Westminster  has  been  abandoned,  and  that 
Mr.  De  Morgan  has  been  engaged  by  Skipwitu 
and  others  to  cover  the  failure  with  a  new  and  a 
bigger  threat — 

•■  Beware  the  Idea  of  ilarch." 
It  is  20  years  since  there  was  a  general  strike 
of  miners  in  the  gi'eat  coal  producing  district 
of  Durham,  but  a  dispute  is  now  going  ou 
whiuh  threatens  to  end  in  a  repetition  ol  that 
almost  forgotteu  trade  calamity.  The  dittcr- 
once  between  masters  and  men  is  somewhat 
eumplieateU,  but  fined  down,  it  is  all  a  question 
01  reduction  of  wages.  Forty  thousand  men 
arc  banded  logetber  in  standing  oy  their  solu- 
tion of  the  difficulty.  Tne  wealth  of  the  riebest 
coal-owners  in  England  stands  on  the  other 
side.  It  18  to  be  hoped  that  wise  counsels  will 
prevaiL  The  men  will  bo  balloted  by  the  trade- 
union  deputies  on  the  question  ot  tbe  huaf 
arbiter  ot  a  general  strike,  which  would  stop  not 
only  the  great  coal  industry  of  the  North,  but 
efiectually  close  the  iron  trade.  Tde  men  wUl 
do  well  to  consider  a  good  deal  before  they 
strike  just  now,  when  the  Winter  is  over  and 
the  demand  for  hou^e  coal  in  Lioudon  ia  falling, 
and  when  some  of  the  ironmasters  would  not 
consider  it  to  be  so  very  great  amislortuno  to 
be  compelled  to  blow  out  some  ot  their 
furnaces.  I'he  iron  trade  ot  the  North  is  not 
60  particularly  brisk  that  a  little  rest  wouid 
punish  masters  any  more  than  it  would  puuish 


berjT  by  a  Hosite  General,  at  tbe  interoeasion  of  the 
children  of  the  besieged.  We  can  Imaflrine  Polonius 
in  raptures  over  it.  A  number  of  engraviDga  and 
watetcolora  will  add  interest  to  this  sale. 


OBITUARY. 


gala  Buob  marks  of  diatinoUon  for  Ita  author.    The 
ll^tbo  faMQBMajef.*  .poet  1 How  much  mora  1  soena  is  the  aoaripg  of  the.i)eBleg6d.tQgB.(«^  jTMun.. 


FRANCISCO  VICENTE  AGUTLERA. 
Major  Gtefl.  Francisco  Vicente  Aguilera,  ex- 
Vice  President  of  the  Iniurreotionary  Government 
of  Cuba,  died  yesterday  afternoon  of  can- 
cer in  the  throat.  At  bis  residence,  in 
thla  City,  No.  223  West  Thirtieth-street. 
Gen.  Ainiilera  was  bom  in  Bavamo,  Cnoa, 
on  June  23,  1821,  and  was  consequently  in  his  56th, 
year.  His  father,  air.  Antonio  Maria  Aguilera,* 
who  was  also  of  Cuban  birth,  beld  large  estates  iu 
the  vicinity  of  Bayamo,  aud  in  tbe  Eastern  Dis- 
trict of  Cuba,  was  at  one  time  a  Colonel  m  the 
Spanish  Army,  and  while  he  held  that 
rank  served  in  the  Feninsnla  during  the 
war  with  with  the  French,  Gen.  Agnllera  was  edu- 
cated in  Santiago  de  Caba  and  iu  Havana,  and  was 
graduated  from  the  aniveraity  in  tiio  latter  city,  re- 
ceiving the  det;ree  ot  Bachelor  of  -Laws. 
He  then  returned  to  his  native  place 
where  ho  occapied  himself  in  the  man- 
agement of  tbe  sugar  estates,  coffee  plautatious, 
and  stock  farms  which  he  had  inherited  from  his 
father.  Shortly  after  his  return  to  Bayamo  he 
married  Miss  Anna  Kindeler,  gtanddangtiter  of 
Gen.  Sebastian  Kindeler,  then  Captain-General  of 
the  isiland  of  Cuba.  Gen.  Aguilera  was  always 
noted  for  the  strength  and  decision  of  his 
character,  and  from  an  early  age  was  known  to  be 
in  favor  of  the  separation  of  Cuba  trom  Spain.  He 
temalued  qaietly  iu  Bavamo,  however,  attending  to 
the  care  of  his  largo  property,  which  was  esti- 
mated to  bo  worth  more  than  $2,000,000,  until  1867,  at 
which  time  tbe  Cuban  revolution  was  inaugurated. 
He  was  tbe  leader  in  the  outbreak  that  occurred  in 
Bayamo  in  that  year,  aud  was  made  Chief  of  the 
General  Committee  of  three  appointed  to  carry 
ont  the  plans  of  the  insarreotionists.  The 
two  other  members  of  this  committee  wore 
Messrs.  Francisco  Maoeo  and  Pedro  Figarelo. 
From  that  lime  until  October,  1888,  ho  continued  in 
the  work  of  organization  Intrusted  to  him,  and 
after  actual  hostilities  bad  commenced  Carlos 
Manuel  Ccspides,  chief  of  the  iusnrrec- 
tionists,  appointad  Asuilera  Major  General 
in  the  Cuban  Army.  In  Apnl,  18C9, 
the  Republic  was  proclaimed  and  Cespidea  was 
elected  President.  He  at  once  made  Aguilera 
Minister  of  War,  and  ho  held  that  position  niitil 
the  following  month,  when  he  was  eleotedj  Vice 
President  of  the  Republic,  by  the  Congreae. 
In  the  Eame  munth  he  was  appointed 
Commander  in  Chief  of  the  Eastern  District, 
and  at  once  took  command.  While  in  command  of 
the  army  be  was  distinguished  for  conrage  and 
ability,  taking  part  in  pernon  In  many  engage- 
ments and  skirmishes.  He  led  the  brilliant 
attack  at  Mayari  in  1870.  and  Wiis  on 
the  field  during  the  whole  of  the  seven  days 
fight  at  Rio  Abuio  in  the  same  j'ear.  In  1871  bo 
was  relieved  ot  his  cummaud  by  Congress,  as  it  \iaA 
thought  that  he  was  peculiarly  httud  tu 
aei  as  General  Foreign  Commissioner,  to 
which  position  ho  was  accordingly  ap- 
pumted.  Ho  then  caniu  to  this  <;ilv,  and 
rendered  important  sorvicea  to  his  country  until 
1873,  when  Mr.  Mayurga  was  appuinied  in  ins 
iilace.  When  Mr.  Muyorga  took  tUo  puuition  Geti. 
A;:uilera  was  in  Pans  on  uttioial  buBliiesK,  uud 
when  he  cnuio  back  to  New-York  ho  luuud  that 
Mayorga,  in  his  turn,  had  been  superseded/ by 
Gun.  Manuel  (iuesaol.i,  and  Mr.  CaWo<yriJi 
Caniell'i,  who  h.iu  breu  madu  Foniga  Coiittdential 
Agents  of  Cuba.  lien.  Aguilura  men  acted  with 
Air.  Aldama  in  getiiuir  up  rhe  welt  known  expedi- 
tion of  the  steamer  Uruguay,  aud.  Iat"r 
on,  organized  an  exocdiiiuu  .  of  AVliich  ho 
was  the  leader,  alone.  This  Pxpediflou  sailed 
from  Boston  on  April  27,  1875,  on  a  brig, 
but  after  tbe  party  Had  hma  a  tew  days  at  sea,  a 
teiribie  atorm  came  up  and  they  were  euuipolled  to 
return,  'i'hej  made  the  Port  ot  Mewport,  II.  1., 
with  their  vessel  so  badly  damaged  ilial  they  were 
ob:it£cd  to  give  up  all  hopes  of  making 
their  voyage  iu  bar.  Hu  did  not  lose 
courage,  but  at  once  caine  tiaek  to 
>Jew-Yijrk  aud  organized  auotherixpoditiuu,  and  ou 
May  27.  .tailoa  fro(n  this  |iort  <>n  a  biu.ill  tiluoi>  uith 
about  11  men.  Tbis  vessol  left  tlioiu  within  15 
luilea  of  Cuba,  iu  a  »mall  buat  iu  which  tUey 
succeeded  in  reaching  Komau  Key,  on  the 
coasu  Tliero  they  waited  until  night,  and 
then  attempted  to  reaeli  the  main  laiitl,  iu- 
tcndiog  to  enttr  a  deep  ctt^ek  or  baytui 
and  So  pas!)  the  tjpauish  Hues  on  ttie  coast.  Their 
suido  made  a  mistake  la  lauding,  aud  instead  of 
making  the  river  entrance  they  ran  into  a  Spaniah 
eucam;>ment.  A  uumb-r  of  shold  were  tjreu  at  them, 
but  they  bueceeded  in  cuneealiug  theiuselyes  lu 
the  deusu  growth  of  iuau:;ruvbs  along  the  shores  ot 
the  buy.  In  ihe  mutning  they  saw  a  .Sj-.iuish  gun- 
buat  that  was  on  the  lookout  lor  iuc:iij,  aud  they  re- 
uiaiued  concealed  uniil  the  neic  nigUr,  wneu  they 
managed  to  return  unseen  to  Roman  Key.  Tneio 
thcv  staid  two  da>B,  hut  tueir  autl^u-iiigs  ou  accouui 
of  llieir  haviug  ucitlier  lood  nor  water  tiecaiue  bo 
great  that  they  determined  to  leavu  ac  all  liaz.irili<. 
The  next  night  they  put  to  eea  iu  their 
boat,  aud  escaping  the  gun-boat,  were  takeu 
up  lu  an  exuauBicd  cjudiciuu  bv  a 
Briti.'^h  wrrctiug  schoutier  and  wore  carried 
to  .Nasstiu.  lalaud  ot  .New  I'rovidener,  in  the  iii;- 
hamas.  Froiu  Nassau  Ueu.  AguUeia  wciit  to  Kin^.-.- 
lon,  Jamaica,  irum  wuicn  port  ho  rtuued  on  aaoihi-r 
expedition,  but  was  usraiu  eouipctled  to  return  by  aii- 
Oihcr  lurioua  hurricane.  He  luoie  relllted  his  vlis^'l 
but  ihero  being  two  Spanish  gun-Jctts  I  Mug  ia  wait 
lor  hliii  just  uUt.^lL'o  the  1>  •;••,  L;3  olL.,;-,  -■  ,.::td 
hi  Ml  no  S  to  attempt  lo  sail  again,  telling  him  tuat 
it  would  be  uuieiUul  to  make  another  etfjrt  lo  de- 
part, lio  Iherelore  camu  baei  lo  ^e\v-Vork,  uud 
on  April  22  ti.iilod  in  a  bari^  bound  for  Hayti  ou 
anoihor  expeiiiuon  couaintiu;:  ot  23  pclson*, 
all  of  high  position  in  Cuba.  I'ailiog  ut  Uiid  in>^ 
veasil  wiiich  was  to  ni.a  them  to  take  tuem  to 
Cuba  thoy  lauded  on  ICaccoju  Ky  with  their  pro 
vit-ioud  itud  storoi.  .-VUttr  many  triaU  and  difup- 
puia:ments  this  expedition  bau  to  I'o  abandjiioil 
also,  and  he  again  returned  to  this  City.  Huriiiu 
all  these  jouruoyiugs  hia  sufi'onugi  wero  in'eUNi-, 
as  ho  wa.-i  not,  only  di-oilitiilea  by  clio  diso.ise  which 
tiiially  caUHed  his  death,  but  was  hurribly  be;:-iicU 
the  whoie  lime  ha  was  atse.i.  His  inends  siiy  mat 
liothinghut  the  most  uetermiucd  will  ami  resotutifiii 
^nableu  him  to  support  thj  fa.igu^  and  har.iships 
/through  which   he  passeu.    Gen.  .i\quilora  leaves  a 

widow  aud  nine  ehliiUee,  r.ll  of  whom,  csceot  one, 
are  iu  this  Cuy.  ^inoiig  the  umnv  Cab.tu  gentle- 
men who  called  at  his  house  yesteraav,  wcro 
Mr.  J.  F.  Laioadrid,  Mr,  Fiutareo  Gjuz.iie*,  Mr. 
.J.  M.  Do  Vurona,  Mr.  .Noaior  I'onoo  do  Leon,  i,\.v 
JFraucisco     Valdiz      ileudoza.      .Mr.      HfStor      .U:ii- 

tiuez,  Mr.  Luaudro  liudiigdez,  Mr.  Uomiuiio 
Ferrar,  Mr.  iCimun  lioz;i,  Mr.  EU- 
dio  Adou,  Mr.  i'lancisCo  Penz. 

The  remains  wlU  bo  taken  to  the  Ciiy  H.iU  this  af- 
ternoon or  to-morrow  morning,  where  they  will  lio 
in  state  until  !)  A.  .\f.  on  Monday,  whou 
they  will  Xic^  taiveu  to  the  Ro.Tian  Gatliu- 
lic  Church  of  .St.  Praacis  X.ivior,  fiiitecuih- 
strcot,  ho.weL-n  I'lfth  aud  Sixiu-avcuuv.s,  wiicro 
the  funeral  ceromouies  will  ho  periormeu.  The 
body  Will  Mieu  bu  doiiositud  in  a  vhuU  until  sucli 
time  asilcan  be  taken  toCuba.  TnefuUowiugnaiuad 
gentlemen  will  act  as  pall  bearers  at  the  luueral  : 
lien.  Martin  T.  Mciiahou,  Gun.  Charles  K_  Graham, 
Mr.  Jose  Li.  Ramirez.  Mr.  J.  J.  Govanius,  Mr.  j.  J» 
Polo,  Mr.  I'lurjirco  Gonziiiew,  Mr.  Lcaudro  Kodti- 
guiz  and  Mr.  J.  M.  Macia.s. 

professwjSal  pi GKUJS-SEOOIERS. 


the  nion. 


SALE  OF  PAIMWGS. 


On  Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  at  noon,  Feb. 
27  and  28,  there  will  be  a  sale  of  paiudngs  by  G.  I. 
JUanka,  auctioneer,  at  Barker  &.  Co.'s  roomy,  JJos. 
47  and  49  Liberty-street.  Xhoro  are  over  15J 
pictureain  tbe  catalogue,  some  of  them  by  men 
whose  names  aro  well  Kno-ya.  Cropsey  has  a  view 
of  Greenwood  Lake  late  of  a  dark  aiterDooo.  The 
Autumn  fuliago  he  affects  so  much  appears  vividly 
only  in  a  smsll  clump  of  trees  ou  ihj  left.  James 
M.  Hart  has  a  laodscape  and  cattle ;  Casilear,  a 
view  on  the  Hooaatoulc.  There  is  a  ••  Pei;  Parrot," 
by  Bakalowicz,  of  Pans,  and  a  "  l^:\ko  in  the 
CaUkills,"  by  Whittredge.  W.  T.  Kichards,  of 
Philadelphia,  is  represented  by  acoastaceue  near 
Atlantic  City,  and  Edward  Gay  by  a  "Spring," 
sbowing  fruit-trees  in  blossom.  Arthur  Qoarvley 
has  seveial  pictiues  of  varying  dogrees  of  merit. 
That  under  i<o.  21 — "On  the  Susquehanna" — is  a 
very  favorable  specimen  of  his  quality.  John 
Thorpe  has  a  good  "Landaoape  with  Cattle," 
and  Que,  of  Berlin,  some  landscapoa  of 
great  merit,  that  remind  one  of  Con- 
stable. The  marines  of  Godchaur,  under 
Noa.  1  and  '  2,  are  well  worth  examination. 
C.  H.  Shearer  lias  a  "  Xwilight"  which  shows  good 
effeeta,  and  A.  T.  Bnoher  in  "  Providence  Harbor" 
appears  as  hard  as  ever.  There  is  a  small  "  Apple 
iiloasoma,"  by  S.  Lvmblnet,  of  Paris,  and  a 
"  Flower  Girl,"  by  C.  GOgel,  of  Munich,  wtiioh  n 
mioda  one  of  the  flower  and  fruit  girls  painted  b; 
Mr.  Georee  :^11.  Xbera  is  likewise  a  battling 
scene  with  nude  figures,  By  C.  PoUomburg,  dated 
somewhere  in  tbe  aeventeenth  Century.  The  chief 
piotnre  ia  OD»  by  ^^Techatoy,  who,  Ic  appears,  has 
been  knighted  by  tbe  Emperor  of  Anatria,  has  re- 
ceived the  "  Franz  Joseph"  order,  and  taken  with 
thia  picture  a  high  premium  at  tne  W^orld'a  fair  la 
1873.    It  is  Just  tbe  kind  of  hiatorlcal  painting  to 


SOME  OF  THE.M  CLAl.M  lO  BE  AMATEURS,  BUT 

TUEY  ALL  LIKK  TO  WIX  MO.NEY— CON- 
CLUSION OK  TUE  TOUliNAMEXT  AT  PHIL- 
ADEU'llIA. 

Special  Diioatch  to  the  New-  Fork  Timen. 
PiUL^DELrni.K,  Feb.  23.— The  pigeon- 
shooting  tournament  at  Hunting  Park,  near 
this  city,  wa.i  concluded  to-day,  the  same  rules 
being  observed  as  ou  yesterday,  t.  c.  iil  yards 
rise,  SO  yards  boundary.  There  was  little  to  note 
except  the  fine  shooting  of  Miles  Johnson,  of 
New-Jersey,  who  kilied  21  straigut  birds,  aud  of 
Mr.  Wood,  who,  with  his  iscore  of  yesiordav,  ^ 
killed  yo  straight.  Slover  killed  19.  Johnson' 
and  Wood  each  killed  44  birds  out  of  50.  Tbo 
first  and  second  prizes  were  consolidated  and 
divided  between  them.  Frauk  Kleiuz,  of  PLiln- 
delphia.  kilied  43  out  of  bO,  aud  thus  won 
third  money.  Capt.  Bogardus  killed  4:2  and 
won  lourth  uioucy,  and  Jouu  Lovatt 
aud  William  Carson  who  killed  41 
birds  each,  divided  tilth  money.  tiroen- 
wood  and  Slover  killed  40  each,  and 
J.  Jordan  and  Edwards,  39  each.  On  account 
of  the  darkness  and  their  beiu;:  no  chance  of 
winning,  th«  following  quit  with  the  subjoined 
scores:  Cornell,  '36  out  ot  4&;  Eberhardt,  31 
out  of  44;  C.  Lovatt,  ii'J  out  ot  40;  Pearson,  iiS 
out  of  43;  Turrell,  2tj  out  of  4J;  Morton,  2a 
out  of  43.     The  attendance  was  very  small. 

BALE  OF  A  KANSAS  RAILROAD, 
Lawrence,  Feb.  -22 — The  St.  Louis,  Law- 
rence and  Western  Kailroad  was  sold  to-day  under 
the  hammer,  for  f20U,000,  to  Frank  Morrisoa,  of 
Boston,  wbo  acted  in  the  interest  of  the  mortgage 
bondbofders.  It  is  gonerally  beUoyed,  however, 
that  the  power  bahind  the  throne  is  the  Atcbisun, 
Topoka  and  Santa  Fe  Kiiiroad,  which*  has  been 
oblised  to  rent  17  miles  of  the  road  for  some  time 
past  in  order  to  get  into  Kansas  City. 


AMUSEMENTS. 


MV8ICAL  AND   DRAMATIC. 

MISS  ABBOTT  IN  OPEUA. 
Miss  Abbott  made  her  first  appearance  in 
opera  at  the  Academy  of  Music  last  evening.  An 
uncommonly  large  audience  had  been  brought  to* 
gether  by  the  oceaeion,  and  tbe  reception  of  the 
debutante  indicated  that  tbe  spectatora  were  as 
well-dispoaed  as  they  were  numerous.  Enough 
was  said  aboat  Miss  Abbott,  when  aha  sang 
in  concert,  a  week  or  so  tigo,  to  make  a 
detailed  reference  to  her  voice  and  style  snperfln- 
OUB.  The  impression  of  her  performance,  yesterday, 
was  at  least  as  good  as  that  of  her  earlier  effurts  in 
the  concert  room,  for  she  acts  with  a  great  deal  of 
ease  and  vivacity,  and  the  applanse  wasiastas  gen- 
erous. Tet.  it  would  be  a(ivis.".ole  for  Miss  Abbott 
to  once  again  challenge  public  opinion  in 
r.    work   more   iu    accord    witb    the  taste  ot  the  day 

than  "LaFiglia."  This  pretty  onera  comique  atlil 
holds  ita  own  in  France,  where  brisk  dialogue  la 
listened  to  iastead  of  the  heavy  recitatives  which 
take  its  place  In  the  Italian  version,  but  it  is  sel- 
dom 0ven  elsewhere.  On  the  stago  of  a  spacious 
theatre  liko  tbo  Academ.y  its  effects,  too,  go 
for  .little  or  nothing,  and  the  picture  is 
literally  d  warfad  by  the  frame.  Yesterday's  per- 
formance lost  somewhat  of  the  pleasant  influence 
an  opera  tf  more  general  interest  would  have  be- 
stowed upon  it,  and  hence  a.  suggestion  that  Miss 
Abbott  sbould  appear  as  promptly  as  possible  In 
"  Faust."  Meanwhjle,  her  Maria  must  bo  set  down 
as  a  personation  of  rare  sprightlineas  in 
a  dramatio  sense,  and  as  quite  as  ImpreBSivc, 
yricallv,  as  the  opportunities  accorded  tbo  prima- 
donna  allowed  it  to  be.  Tne  "  rataplan  duet,"  with 
Sulpizio,  and  "Ciascnn  lo  dice,"  wore  sung  with 
infinite  spirit,  and  in  the  duet  "A  votl  co«i  ar- 
denti,"  with  Tonic,  Miss  Abbott's  delivery  of  the 
text  was  as  expressive  and  as  pointed  as  became 
the  sitnatlon.  The  artist's  thorouehly  tasteful 
eantabile  did  full  iustlco,  naturally,  to  "Convien 
partir,"  and  with  this  touching  and  molodiooa  aria 
the  first  act  terminated.  In  act  tbo  second,  "  I 
dreamed  that  I  dwelt  "  ond  "Ilomp,  Sweet  Home  " 
— the  latter  being  interpreted  in  acknowledgment 
of  an  encore — were  part  of  the  "music  lesson," 
throughout  Which,  by  the  way,  Miss  Abbott 
acted  with  much  archness,  and,  in  the 
third  act,  she  rendered  tbe  martial 
and  tuneful  outhnrst  with  tbe  reqaisite  passion  and 
force.  As  In  the  concert-room,  Mlas  Abbott  hud 
tbo  co-operation  of  Si^nori  Erignoli  and  Forranti, 
and  that  of  Mile.  US'tiebele.  Signer  Brignoli  has 
never  been  iu  better  yolc"  than  just  at 
present,  aud  ithe  impression  ot  hia  clear 
enunciation  tfud  smooth  delivery  is  as 
agreeable  as  It  Is  rare.  In  the 
second  act,  Slgnor  Brignoli  sang  the  familiar  rc- 
manza  from  "La  Spia,"  by  Aidiii,  and  the  plauJiti 
were  so  unanimous  and  prolonged  that  he  had  to  re- 
peat It.  Slgnor  Ferranti  was  Sulpizio,  and  Mile. 
de  Gebeledldall  that  was  to  be  done  with  la  Mar- 
ekeia.  To-daj-,  "La  Plglia  "  will  be  given  for  the 
second  and  last  time. 


THR    OPEKA    ROUFFE. 

"Girofl<;-Girofiii,"  was  given  at  the  Eagle  Thea- 
tre last  evening.  Mile.  Aimoa  did  not  show  any 
traces  of  her  recent  illness  in  her  representation  ot 
the  twin».  She  assumed  tbo  dual  char- 
acter with  her  customary  vivacity,  and  was 
efficiently  supported  by  M.  Uaoult  as  Marasquin, 
by  M.  Doplan  as  liolrro.  and  by  M.  lleiue  as  iluur- 
zuuk.  Encores  rewarded  the  couplets  of  Marasquin, 
tbo  duets  bf^tween  Maramjuin  aud  Girujli.  and  the 
qainiet  which  closes  the  first  act.  Tbe  drinking 
gong  was  sung  iu  Mile.  Aira^ios  best  style,  and  the 
drunksn  verses  in  which  Mourzouk  aud  Maratquin 
have  a  contest  over  their  wife  were  as  effective  as 
usnal.  The  Grand  Dukes  .Viesis  and  Constantino 
came  In  at  the  cloaa  of  the  first  act  and  remained 
throughout  the  rust  of  the  perlormance. 


A   NEW   CANTATA. 

A  cantata  called  '•  .Malcliiis,"  composed  by 
Mr.  F.  T.  S.  Uarloy,  was  made  known  at  Chickenug 
Hall,  Ip.st  evening.  Tbo  story  is  slmflar  to  that  of 
Dr.  Loowo's  oratorio  of  '•  The  Scyen  Sl>  epers,"  and 
it  is  illu:itrated  by  music  of  a  mildly  dramaMc  char- 
actor.  Mini".  Gnlagcr,  Mr.  SImpsou  and  Mr.  Sohst 
were  the  principal  soloist.s,  last  night;  tho  Kow- 
York  Choral  Ciitoo  .sang  tho  choruac-s,  and  tho 
orchestra  was  under  t'.i"  b.i'on  of  Mr.  P.  S,  Gilmore. 

AN    OPEItATIC    SCAXDAL. 

Tho  di.spatcb  priutoti  .hi-<  morniag  in  respect 
of  un  anuouncemcut  by  the  Pariii  t'icjaro  that  Mme. 
Adelina  Patii  had  elop-'d  wi'li  the  tenor  Nicollni 
will  not  HorprisB  persojs  tm/dit  of  transactions  in 
tbe  art  world  of  Europe.  Tfco  Paris  Fijaro  i.t, 
indeed,  poor  authority  on  m  >iit  subjoota,  but  well- 
gruaudol  stones  weri-  current  mjut.*!"!  a^o  iu  Lon- 
don a«  to  Min'j.  I'atti's  parti.dity  fjr  tho  distin- 
guished arti.it  Whose  uamj  'u  now  nieutionod  iu 
connection  with  h'^r  own,  aud  it  wa^  asserted  that 
arrangements  wcro  I'u.iu  lu  pro,^Tes3  by  v.-bicb  each 
ot  the  parties  iu  tho  caso  m\glrt*bo  troeU  from  the 
luatrim'juial  yo'iio  aud  lef:  li  follow  his  and  her  io- 
clination.  A  divorce  was  grante  1  Mm-.<.  Nicolinl 
against  her  hu.^baud  lu  the  Paris  cjurts,  a  few 
weekH  since,  and  wo  Im  iginct  that  M.  Da  Cans  will 
be  allowed  to  obtain  one  against  Mme.  U.i  Cans  as 
promptly  ai  ho  miy  choasa  to  do  s  ).  .Signor  Nico- 
lini  is  ab  )ut  50  years  of  ago,  a  Frauchra  \a  hy  birth, 
and  a  gentleman  anl  singer  of  uacomraon  culture. 
His  nom  defcimilU,  wo  bcJicve,  is  Xicolas. 


ARCTIO  EXPLORATIONS. 
BosTOif,  Feb.  23, — A  petition  at  the  Board  of 
Trade  rooms,  requesting  Congress  to  pass  tbe  bill 
appropriating  $50,000  for  the  establisUment  of  a 
colony  northward  in  tbe  Arctic  regions,  according 
to  Capt.  Howgate's  plan,  so  that  successful  explora< 
tlons  maj  bj  attempted  and  the  discovnry  of  the 
.CiQFth  Pole  BttatoeiL  la  beloj:  ttSfieXAlly  BigT""<    


BKIEF    MENTION. 

"  Around  tho  World"  cau  bo  witnessed  thia 

afternoon  at   Niblo'g. 

"Our  Boys"  will  be  acted  twice  to-day  at 
the  Xew  Broadway  Theatre. 

"Filth  Avouuo"  wiil  bo  the  matin6e  attrac- 
tion at  Booth'.s  TUoatro  to-rt;iy. 

The  Nl'W  York  Aqiir.riiiiu  cau  be  visited  this 

morning,  tnis  afternnon,  ,ind  tliis  evening. 

"  The  Danichcfts"  will  bo  .ictcd  at  the  Union 
Square  Theatre,  thia  afternoon  and  evening. 

A  matindo  representation  of  "  Lemons"  is  set 
down  lor  to-day,  al  the  Fifih  avenue  Theatre. 

"La  Jolic  Partumcuso"'  will  bo  the  inatin^a 
attraoiion  at  tho  Biiule  Theatre,  this  afternoon. 

Mr.  Heller  gives  a  prestidigitatorial    onter- 

tainuient  at  the  Wonder  Theatre  this  afternoon. 

Miss  Abbott  sings  iu  "  Li  Fij^lia  del  Keggi- 
menlo"  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  tbis  afternoon. 

"  Our  Boarding  House"  ■will  bo  represanted 
this  afternoon  and  thi.s  evening  at  the  Park  Theatre. 

A  matinde  performance  of  "  Tho  Two  Or- 
phans" will  occur  at  the  Grand  Opera-house,  to-day. 

Tho  la.st  matihda   performaDco  of    "Wild 

Oats"  is  set  down  for  to-aay,  at  Wallack's  Theatre. 

The  usual  Saturday  aprls  midi  levee  of  the 
S.in  Francisco  MinstreU  is  announced  for  this  after- 
noon. 

Mme.  Esaipoff  will  give  her  laat  concert, 
pvcvioas  to  her  departure  for  Califuruia,  at  Steinway 
Hall,  this  afternoon. 

"  Les  Dragons  do  ViUars"  will  be  sung  to- 
night, by  Mile.  Aim6e  and  her  company,  at  the 
Academy  of  Music,  in  aid  of  tho  Saci6i6  Frainfaise 
de  liicnfaisance. 


JNSVRANUK  MATTERS. 

Boston,  Feb.  23. — In  view  of  tlie  fact  that 
the  outlook  tor  inaurancu  capital  is  so  discouraging, 
some  of  tbe  stockholders  of  tbe  Shawmut  losaranca 
Coriipany  have  decided  to  call  a  meeting  of  stook- 
bolder^  to  consider  the  expediency  of  going  into 
liquidation. 

Albany,  Feb.  23. — Several  months  sinae,  Florsnce 
S.  Van  Yalkenbnrgh,  as  administratrix  of  her  de- 
ceased  husband,  sued  the  American  Popular  Life 
Insurance  Company  to  recover  the  amount  of  a 
policy  of  life  insnrance  issued   to  bim  some   time 

previous  to  his  death.  Tho  .jury  gave  her  a  ver- 
dict, and  tbe  comp^inv  anpeaied  to  the  General 
Term,  which,  at  the  last  term,  affirmed  the  juilg- 
Biont,  amontiMng,  witli  coats,  to  S3.2S0  5C.  From 
this  decision  the  company  to-day  tiled  a  notice  of 
appeal  lo  iht>  Court  of  Apnoals. 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  23.— Judge  Boyle,  of  the  Circuit 
Court,  to-day,  granted  a  temporary  Injnnoiion 
against  tbe  Columbia  Lite  Insarauu'o  Company, 
rbstrainine  it  from  farther  prosecuivag  Ui  bus-.neaa 
or  disposing  of  any  ot  its  property  or  asaeta  without 
consent  of  ibe  court. 


BRITISH  OOLVMBIS   ASD   TUB  DOUIITTON. 

San  PbanCisco,  Feb.  38. —A  dispatch  from 
Victoria,  British  Columbia,  states  Parliament  waa 
opened  yesterday  bv  the  Lieutenant  G-ovomor.  A 
dispatch  from  Lord  Carnarvon  was  laid  before  the 
house  asking  the  Province  to  recognize  the  princi- 
ple of  a  money- eqaivaleiii  for- tbe  IfllMtd  Bailway 
and  expressing  belief  that  work  on  the  main  line, 
will  be  opeoed-in  the  Spring.  Th«  dispatch  has  the 
affixit  at  auletuuE  the  aep^ation  aeutimoat.  .  The 


OoUmitt  la  confident  the  antl-aeDarationists  are  in 
tbe  majority  and  anticipates  no  farther  trouble 
no  less  the  railway  contract  is  repudiated  by  Canada. 

MARRIAGE  OF  AMRRIOAA'S  JIT  JAPAK. 

The  Des  Moines  (Iowa)  Begister  of  tbe  21st 
Inst,  says:  "Major  J.  E.  Wasson  and  wife  were 
yesterday  registered  at  tho  Savery.  They  came 
directly  from  Japan  here  and  are  on  their  wedding 
ioamey.  They  were  wedded  in  Japan  but  recently, 
the  wife  being  a  daughter  of  Hon.  John  A.  Bing- 
ham, of  Ohio,  the  United  Statea  Minister  to  Japan. 
Ma)or  Wasson's  parenta  reside  near  Carlisle,  and 
be  yeaterday  visited  tbo  'old  foltts  at  home.'  He 
was  appointed  from  thia  district  to  a  cadetship  at 
West  Point,  and  a  few  years  aince  graduated  as 
No.  1  m  a  large  class.    Shortly  after  his  graduation 

there  was  a  call  from  Japan  for  engineers,  and  on 
acounnt  of  bis  eminent'iitness  Major  AVassou  was 
sent  to  that  eouniry,  where  he  has  remained  over 
aince,  rapidly  gaining  the  esteem  of  the  ofi&cials  of 
that  nation,  and  be  occupies  one  of  tbe  most  promi- 
nent positions  iu  the  service  of  Japan,  and  is  re- 
ceiving a  very  largb  salary.  Tne  MiOor,  with  bis 
aocoropllsDed  wife,  left  by  the  midnigbt  train  for 
the  East,  where  they  will  visit  friends.  He  has 
been  recently  apoointed  to  tbe  office  of  paymaster 
in  the  Uoited  States  Army,  with  the  rank  of  Major, 
and  will  lemaiu  In  this  country." 


THE  OANAL  SUITS. 

Albany,  Fob.  23.— In  the  Lord  &.  Leahy 
Canal  case,  in  which  at  tbe  last  General  Term  the 
decision  of  Justice  Osborne  dismissing  tho  com- 
plaint was  affirmed,  judgment  was  entered  up  to- 
day in  the  County  Clerk's  Office  by  counsel  for  tho 
dciundanta,  Loru  Sc.  Leahy.  The  amouut  of  the 
judgment  as  entered,  including  the  extra  allowance 
granted  by  Justice  Odborue,  is  i2,5il  3cl.  The  At- 
torney General,  it  is  aaid,  intends  carrying  tho  case 
to  the  Court  of  Anpeals. 


APACEE  HOSTILITIES  IN  ARIZONA. 
San  Fuancisco,  Feb.  23. — Tucson,\Arizona, 
advices  report  that  45  Indian  scouts"  uiidor  Capt. 
Bufjrd,  leave  to-day  to  operate  against  tbe  hostiles. 
News  from  Madaleca,  Sonera,  says  the  Apaches 
buve  cleared  tha  valley  ef  atock,  anil  killed  aud  cap- 
tured a  few  of  the  residents. 


CHICAGO,  MILWAUKEE  AND  ST.  PAUL. 

Milwaukee,  Feb.  23.— In  the  Assembly  to- 

dny,  the  bill  to  disfranchise  the  bondholders  of  the 
Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Bailroad  was  iu- 
delluitely  postponed. 


Come  now  and  let  us  reason  together.  Why 
do  people  so  frequently  say  to  D.-.  Pierce,  "  I  sap- 
pose  your  Golden  Medical  Disco vkuy  cures  every 
thing  V  Because  it  has  been  the  practice  of  knav- 
lab  charlatans  to  manufacture  worthless  nostrums 
and  attempt  to  dupe  the  ignorant  and  credulons  by 
recommending  them  to  cure  every  form  of  disease. 
To  such  an  extent  has  this  been  practiced  that  it  is 
no  wonder  that  many  have  acquired  prejudices 
against  all  advertised  remedies.  But  Dr.  Pierce 
does  not  advertise  bis  standard  preparations  as 
*' cure  alls,"  does  not  claim  that  they  will  perform 
miracles,  but  simply  publishes  the  fact  that  thoy 
have  been  developed  as  specifics  for  certain  forms 
of  disease  for  which  ho  recommends  them,  after 
having  tested  their  efiicacy  in  many  hundred  cases 
with  the  most  gratifying  success.  It  ia  a  fact 
known  to  every  well-informed  physician  that  many 
single  remedies  possess  several  different  properties. 
Qainine,  for  instance,  hai  a  tonio  quality,  which  sag- 
geats  its  use  in  cases  of  debility;  an  anti-periodic, 
by  which  it  is  elficacioas  in  agufi ;  and  a  febrifuge 
property,  which  lenders  it  efQcacious  In  cases  of 
fovor.  Tho  result  of  its  aaministration  will  also 
vary  with  the  quantity  given  aud  the  circam.siances 
under  which  it  is  omployod.  So,  likcwisi;,  ihe 
Golden  Medical  Discoveuy  possesses  both  pector- 
al and  alterative,  or  blood-cteansing  proprieties  of 
the  highcat  order.  By  reason  of  these  two  prom- 
inent properties  it  cures  two  classes  of  diseases. 
First,  those  of  the  respiratory  organs,  as  throat, 
bronchial,  and  long  affoction.s,  chronic  coughs  and 
asthma,  and  liocond,  diseases  of  tbe  blood  and  gland  - 
ular  system,  in  which  affections  all  skillful  physici- 
ans employ  alteratives,  as  iu  cases  of  blotches, 
eruptions,  ulcers,  swellings,  tumors,  absoes.ses,  and 
in  torpor  of  the  liver  or  "  biliousness."  While  its 
use  Is,  by  its  combination  of  properties,  suggested 
iu  cases  of  pulmonary  consumption,  yet  you  need 
not  take  it  expecting  it  will  cure  yon  if  your  lungs 
are  half  consumed,  nor  because  it  is  recommended 
as  a  blood  medicine  would  its  proprietor  advise  you 
to  take  it  expecting  it  to  cure  cancer.  It  will  not 
perlorm  miracles,  but  It  will  cure  many  grave 
forms  of  disuascs. — .iavertlsement 


When  your  liver  is  out  ot  order,  use  Dr. 
Jayne's  Sanative  Pills,  and  yon  will  bring  back 
this  organ  tu  a  bcdltliy  condition,  and  get  rid  ol 
many  diitressing  aymvtQva^.—.idvertisement. 

To  tho  (jicntlemeii  of  Nevv-Vork. 

We  r»8pectiu;iy  anuomice  having  this  day  rbdccbd 
tne  uriCi;  ol  onr  widely  popuiur  mlk  iIats  to  $s.  aud 
our  D:tunY  Hats  to  S.">.  With  this  aunouuceineut  we 
note  a  recent  re.'iuciii'n  in  cost  of  laOor  as  iiialiliug  us 
iun  measure  to  meet  the  exigencies  ot  the  tiiui's.  aud 
assure  you  that.  In  einulatio.rot  tho  eli.'iragter  aud 
ru|iutatloii  of  our  ta>)rlc  .  ill  tue  piist,  we  shall  produce 
ttjc  Amiuoj)  Hat  ot  the  luture. 

F.  H.  A.niDON'^  SON, 

Ncw-Yor".c,  Feb.  10.  No.  2l'l)  oth  av. 

— Adverii'fmerit. 

ALrxAVDEB,  or  HO  ne  of  those  (dd  fellows,  is  said 
to  have  6l(tliod  for  more  worida  to  conquer.  Had  it 
been  his  eood  fortune  to  have  Unown  the  pieasuro  of 
using  a.  I.  iJAUBiTT's  J'oiLKT  KoAP,  bts  restnas  soul 
vould  have  t>eeii  lorever  at  peat. f. — Advertucment. 


SxtJRTEVAXT  House. — Kooms  and  board  reduced 
to  *a  and  $'J  oO  psr  dav.  Uooms  only,  $1  jier  day  and 
upwar.1.  LliWIS  t  GEOKUS  8.  LhL.\"ND. 

— Advcrlisement. 

Fa'kbt  MoXDAYfl  Witness  contains  a  "  Home 
Dcpariiui-ut,"  cUieU.y  made  up  of  letters  from  ladies. — 
AiicfrtUemtnt. 


The  Cubrs  which  Di.  Shaw,  of  thi.^  Citv.  has  per- 
formed by  cieclricit.y  are  wonderful.— .^drertWiS.TirfK. 


•  First   frominin 

Aw.irdedby  <~enteniilal  Kxp>iiLii>a  ti  EL'dnTRO  SILt 
CON.  Tie  best  urtlelotoreijinin^  aadpolislilue  o'lver- 
ware  and  household  uteasils.  eialil  by  druggists, 
house  lurnishers.  Jevr«lera.  anil  ttrooora. 

Gray  Hair  and  italdnesa  may  both  be  pre- 
vented Ity  reasimtthle  care  at  tha  proper  time,  b'se 
PaRKKK'SHaIU  balsam  wht-ncver  ttiehair  is  gray  or 
decaying  and  you  will  bo  pleased  with  the  result. 


Everdcll's,  302  Broad^vny,  eleffunt  Wedding 

and  Ball    Oardj*,    I'oreigu    isote   I'up.rs,     cuat  ot  Arma, 
lowest  prices. 


DAVIS— SERENIIICZ— At  Middlotown,  on  Thursday, 
Feb.  22.  by  Kov.  Alexander  Capron,  Joii.n  G.  Davis,  of 
New-York  tity.to  .Marion  A.,  daughter  ot  Uev.  !•'.  M. 
Seieubi-z,  of  Miildletowu,  N.  X. 

I'KENtJU— liOBB.— At  Calvary,  Church,  Memphis, 
Tenn..  Monday  morning.  Fob  12,  by  Kev.  Dr.  White, 
tlAUKts  H.  French,  of  Uambier,  Ohio,  and  Sakau  A., 
dauuliter  ol  tho  late  Uot.  A.  1'.  Dobo,  ot  Now-Oneans. 
No  cards. 

KlsttAM— SILSBY.-In  Brooklyn,  Thursday,  Feb.  22, 
1h77,  by  Rev.  Job.  T.  Duryea,  Gbokob  Kissau  to  A.vnik 
eii.sBY,  daughter  ol  John  silaby. 

tJS^  iJtiea  u  ipira  pi  use  eop.v, 

LlFoRl)— OKlHTi'.— In  BrooKl.yn,  Wednesday  Feb. 
2],  at  the  residence  cf  the  bride's  parentj,  by  Kev. 

David   Iniills.  D.  i). ,  VV.  C.  Lyfoiid,  of  Bbetbrooke.  Qut- 
l»ec.  to  Mam  !•.,  dauguter  of  James  Cnstv. 

sHll'.MAiN— WILDli.— In  Urooklyu,  on  the  20tb  inat., 
by  Key.  Kredcriclc  B.  Carter,  Wm.  0.  tiuii>M.vi(  to  Lmma 
li.  WiLDii.    no  cards. 


members  of  Thirtieth  Street  JL  B.  Choroh,  ate  Te«p«ct- 

lUUv  invited  to  attend  The  taneral  ftom  the  church,  on 
Bunday,  at  1U:30  otiock  A.  M.  Ihe  remalna  wlU  be 
taken  to  Tarr.ytonn  f(^ interment. 

.MULKOKD.— At  Stattshurgh,  Feb.  21,  MarOARkt 
McLroBD.  widow  of  the  late  David  Mulford.  in  M.<i  84tth 
year  of  her  axe.  nT 

Funeral  ou  Saturday,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.  ■» 

PKKT— .At  Philadelphia,  oh  the  2l8t  lust.,  of  Bnirht's 
disease,  Hblx.x,  wife  uf  Obaries  B.  Feet,  and  dangnter 
01  A.  L.  .Mowry,  in  the  34tb  year  of  her  age. 

tuneral  on  Saturday,  at  12  o'clock,  from  the  reaidenoe 
of  her  parents,  No.  584  5th  av. 

POTXKR.— At  Washington,  D.  C,  Feb.  22,  1877. 
Assr,  daughter  of  Robert  B.  and  Abbv  A.  Potter,  aged  4 
years. 

PUttVES.— On  Friday,  Feb.  23,  Maut  I/OUUb,  wUe  of 
William  K.  Pnrves. 

Relatives  an  i  friends  are  invited  to  attend  the  funeral 
Bervices  at  her  late  residence.  No.  173  vVarreu-st., 
Brooklyn,  on  Monday,  Kub.  26,  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.    . 

SuUTHAlAYD.— On  Friday.  Feb.  23,  at  hiB  residence, 
corner  of  Grand  and  Warren  ats.,  Jersey  Cit.y,  Hkmbt 
J.  SooTHMAYD,  late  Treisarer  ot  the  ^ew-Jersey  Rail- 
road. 

rsotice  of  funeral  hereafter. 

sou  rrtACK.— On  Friday,  Feti.  23.  Fkedkkick  Butlkii. 
only  soil  of  Pred'TlcK  and  Floienoo  Soaihact,  aged  'Z 
years  and  8  months 

Aotice  of  the  funeral  hereafter. 

VALBNTINE.— (»n  Thursday,  Feb.  22,  Mart  Jakb, 
daURhter  of  the  late  Abrabam  G.  Valf  mine. 

Relatives  and  friends  are  invited  to  attend  the 
funeral  services,  at  St.  George's  Church,  Stuyvesant 
square,  on   Monday  morning,  Feb.  2G,  at  10:30  o'clock. 

rt'EBSTER.— Feb.  23.  Kev.  Geokob  vyEBSTKB.  lu  tUa 
55th  year  of  lus  age,  at  hts  late  reaidenoe,  >'o.  21  Wav- 
erley-place. 

services  at  the  house,   at  3  o'clocK  P.  M,  to-day. 

Interment  at  Catskill. 

WORK. — un  'I'harsday  mominic,  22d  Inst.,  Ellbn 
Wood,  wiie  of  Frank  SVork. 

Funeral  services  will  beheld  at  Christ  Church,  5th 
av.  and  35th  st.,  oa  Bunday  at'teruoou,  25th  iuat.,  at  L 
o'clock. 

YiiRK.- Suddenly,  on  Thursday,  Feb.  22,  1877,  John 
louK,  aged  55  .years. 

Relatives  and  f  neuds  of  the  family,  also  tbe  Lily  and 
Gavel  Lodges.  P.  and  A.  M..,  and  the  Morrlsaula  Lo-.ige, 
1.  O.  O.  F.  iiro  rcspectluUv  invited  to  attend  the  lu- 
neral  service  from  the  Rctoruied  Church,  corner  ot 
14(3tli-3t.  and  3d-av.,  on  Uouday.  Feb.  2t),  at  1  o'clock 
P.M. 

lOUNGS.— On  the  21st  lust.,  Dasikl  S.  Yocngs. 

The  Itelatives  aud  t'neuds  of  tue  lamily  are  respect- 
fully Inv.ted  to  attend  th«  fuueral  trom  his  late  resi- 
dence. No.  8U4  West  3'Jd-st..  on  Saturday,  at  1  o'clock 
P.  M.  His  rcuiaiuLs  will  be  taken  to  Woudlawu  for  in- 
terment. 


CONKLIN.— On  Wednesday,  the  2lBt  Inst.,  at  tbo 
resiaence  of  her  brother-tn-law,  G.  V.  Siaimjns,  .N'o.  44 
Wayne  st.,  Jersey  City,  K.\tb  4l.,  second  daughter  of 
Capt.  hdward  Coukliii. 

Friends  are  Invited  to  attend  the  funcrol  ftom  the 
Church  of  the  6trun;<er,«.  (Dr.  D^ems',)  .tlercer  St.,  near 
Clinton  pisce.  New-Vork.on  Suuday.  tbe  Joth,  ac  'i  P.M. 

1)1CKKKM.\N.— At  Watertowu,  Conn.,  on  the  'Jisc 
in^t.,  UDHttNO  B.  DiCKBHKA.v,  iu  the  tititk  year  ot  his 
age. 

C^  Milwaukee  paosrs  pleasie  copy. 

haYWOUU.— At  .St.  AUKustine,  Fla.,  on  Saturday, 
Feb.  17,  Adhlink,  widow  ot  David  Haywood,  of  «ew- 
York. 

Funeral  servloes  will  be  held  m  New- York,  of  which 
notieo  wlil  be  itiven  hereatter. 

UVDli.— On  Wednesday,  Feb.  21,  at  his  residence  in 
Albauy  Centre,  Orleans  Couuty,  Vi.,  Hariit  H.  Htds, 
iate  otthia  City,  aud  lormerly  of  Oswego,  N.  Y. 

HOLT. —On  Thursday,  Feb.  22,  of  pneumonia,  MiL- 
OKED,  youngest  daughter  ot  Henry  and  Mary  Florence 
Uolr. 

Funeral  from  tbe  residence  of  her  parents,  No.  14 
East  54th-at.,  at  10  o'cioc'V,  .Saturday,  Feb.  24. 

LSNSSli^.— OnTbursaay  mornlnjt.  Feb.  2'A  William 
Wilson,  youngest  son  oi  Ktnily  Wilson  aud  Arthur 
Leussen,  afed  7  months  and  1^  da.ys. 

The  relatives  and  triouds  aro  respeettully  Invited  to 
atteud  the  fuueral  from  tho  resideuceoi  hts  iiarents, 
No.  70  East  81st  at.,  ou  tiatorday,  the  l!4th  iust.,  at  3 
o'clock  1'.  M. 

M.VCDI.4K.>1ID.— AtPlalnfleld,  N.  J.,  on  Wednesday, 
2l8t  February,  Jane  A.,  wile  of  Wm.  R.  MacDiaimid.' 

Frieuas  ol  thi;  fHmily,  and  those  ot  her  brother 
Qeoree  L.  Haley,  and  uncle  Geo.  G.  tjampsou,  are  in- 
vited to  attend  the  funeral  services  from  the  Presby  - 
tonan  Church,  corner  of  Remsen  and  Chntou  bts., 
Brooklyn,  on  Saturday,  26tb  InsL,  at  2  P.  M.  Frieuds 
are  requesteo  not  to  send  auy  flowers. 

CSr  Richmond  and  Fredericksburg,  Va..  papera 
please  copy. 

MARTIN.— Suddenly,  on  Friday,  Feb.  23,  of  mem- 
branous cruas,  J.  Trowbbidob,  eldei;  son  of  W.  R.  H. 
and  L.  B.  T.  Martin,  aged  2  years,  8  montas,  and  10 
days. 

hotioc  of  funeral  hereafter. 

ailLLlKEN.- OuFridaymorningtbe  23d  Inst.,  Annib, 
the  beloved  wife  of  i:iainaei  MilliKen,  la  the  30ch  year 
of  her  age. 

The  irienda  are  reapectfQily  invited  to  attend  her 
funeral,  on  ctabbatb,  the  25th  mat,  from  her  late  lesl- 
acnoe,  No.  481  9th-aT.,at  1  o'clock. 

MKRRll'T.— Ou  the  '22d  inat.,  at  tbe  reaidenoe  of  his 

Sarents.  No.  235  We%t  Sist  at.,  albbbt  J.,  only  son  of 
Diham  L.  and  Hannah  A.  Merritt,  aged  22  yeara  and 
;>4a»y8. 
Th«  rBlativoa  ayi^  frtynda   flf  ^c  famU.^  Jli»lJt]x9 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


OFFICES   TO    LET, 

I.N  THE 
Tir^KS  J{UIL,UIN&.     ; 
\PPLY  TO 

u£urub  jones, 
tiiHes  office. 


The  foreign  maiis  tor  the  week  endia'.;  Saturday,  Fea. 
24.  1877,  will  close  at  thia  office  on  I'uesday  at  7  A.  XL, 
for  Europe,  by  uteam-sbui  ^evada,  via  Queenstowii ; 
on  Wedncadav  at  7:3o  A.  >!..  tor  liuropa,  by  steam-ship 
China,  via  Quaenstown;  on  Thursday  at  11:30  A.  a1.,  for 
Knrope,  by  steam-ship  Pommerauia,  via  Plymoutb.Cher- 
bourt;.  and  Hamburg:  ou  Saturday  at  11  A.  aL.  lor 
Kiirope,  by  steam-ship  Biii.anulc,  via  Queens- 
towu,  (corrre&pondeuce  fir  Geimauy,  France.  Scot 
luud,  and  i^otth  of  Irekud  to  bo  toiwarded  by  this 
steamer  must  be  specially  addressed;)  aud  ut  11  A. 
M..  lor  Scotland  and  the  North  of  Ireland  by  Bteam-ohip 
Anchomii.  viuBlovLle  aud  (ilosjow.  and  at  1. 1  .\.  .VI.,  for 
France  direct,  hy  Bt'-am-ship  Canada,  via  Havre,  and  at 
11:30  A.  .>!.,  lor  GermauT,  In:.,  oy  steam-ship  liermann, 
via  Southampton  and  Bremen,  tcorrespondeuce  for 
Great  nritam  and  France  to  be  tor  warded  b.y  thia 
steamer  must  bo  specially  addressed.)  Tiie  stoam- 
sbips  Nevaaa,China,  audlintauuiedo  not  take  mailsior 
Denmark,  Sweden,  aud  Norw;vy.  The  mails  tor  Na>j- 
B:iu.  N.  P..  wid  lo.TVe  New-lorK  Feb.  i'4.  The  mails 
for  the  West  Indies,  via  Havana,  wiU  leave  New- 
York  Feb.  '.iS.  Tho  mails  for  l-orni  Rico  direct  wid 
leave  Ktw-Tork  Marcii  6.  Tho  mails  foi-  Australia  will 
leave  Siu  Fr.incisco  Feb.  28.  The  mails  for  China 
aud  Japan  will  leave  Han  Fr.'iiiciseo  Alarcn  1. 

t'.  L.  JAMkiS,  Postmastec. 

Kew-YoRK,  Feb.  17,  1877. 


A      VEiti"    FUi^L.    A.\U     CO.»lI'Ufc;Ull.>."^lVii. 

report  of  the  scenes,  inci'ients,  and  portiripants  at  tbe 

MARTHA  WASHINGTON  EEChPTION 

AND  G.il:Dt^^f  PARTY 

will  appear  lu  lo-morrow'a 

."•UNDAY  yiKRCURY. 


A iCT  : 

BRIC-A-BRAC.  ANTIQUE  FORNITUBE,  BRONZES,  tc 
Private  COLLHCriON  of  a  WhLL-KNOWN  CONJNOIS- 
SKIR  of  tuis  CITY,  compriainif  CllOlCR  GI5MS  in 
8KVRK.S,  DKE.-DK.N  and  ORIENTAL  PORCKLaUNS. 
>/J,D  L,ACQU-.R,  ilLOISSONisK,  li.NA.>lELS,  SATbUilA- 
WAltE.  CAkVI.nG).  FAYEXCh;.  TERRA  COTTA,  tc., 
itc,  now  on  .ishiiJirlon  iit.  tne  Clinton  Hall  sales-rooms. 
To  oe  eold  by  i.uction  Wednesday  and  f  norsday  after- 
noons, Feb.  2^»  aud  March  1,  commeuciu'.;  at  2  o'cioe.k. 


rsnuMs  jon.NsoN,  aucth»\kek. 

J.  On  SATURUAV,  F.-b.  J4,  ac  11   o'clock,  at  our  sales 
room.  i\o.  37  Nassau  st,, 

LAR;iK  SALE  Of  SliCOXD-HAND  FCRSITCRE. 
Several  fiiie  enameled  eott.igo  suits,  with  all  the  bed- 
din;;  to  match:  Turkljb  smts,  chiiis.  lounges,  raa 
hoj;anv  antique  leaf  tables,  bureaus,  secretaries,  Bros- 
sels  aud  in;iraiu  carputo.  oifleo  desks,  oli-cloibs,  m.it- 
tiiiK',  ^c. 


CHINESE  A.M>  JAI'AKESK  UKPOTI 

Just  received,  per  Pacific  Railroad  and  steamers, 

ANTIQUE   PvlRCELAIN   AND    COISONNii   VASES 

KIOTO.  HIZKN.  AND  KAGA  TETE-A-TETE  SETS. 

EXTRA  CUOIUK  KA.MIb  Y  TEA.-i.  ViiRYCHEiP. 

PARKi'.S,  No.   18fi  Front   bt.,  burlinjj  slip,   New-lork. 


"KTEKNIA.— D^.  .MARSH'S  RADICAL  CURE  TRUSS 
acknov?ledged  by  the  medical  proiession  to  be  the 
only  'fiu33  th.it  is  adapted  for  the  permaueut  cure  of 
Hernia.  Dr.  M-.irsb  who  iias  au  experience  of  eome  40 
veare  will  atcend  to  patients  iu  persuu.  (.So  branch 
olhi'e.)  iSu.  2  VuKPy-8t.,  Arrttr  House. 

MrJ.U<»KUliOll>!S  OK.  riLiKS  FhRMANKNTLY 
eradicated  witnuut  the  kuil'e,  ligature,  or  causlii;. 
ISO  eh.trce  whatever  until  eurefl.  Semi  for  circular  cou- 
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jy       HTUAKT   \VlL,lA.s.    ATl'OKNEV    A.N'O 

JL%/»Couudelor  at"  Law,  Notary  Puolic.  Na  18J  Broad- 
vay,  itooiu  No.  4,  ."4ow-ioik. 

N.  B. — Special  attention  paiii   to   settling  ,  "estates, 
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THE  fSBNCH  POST  OFFICE. 
0-8    ORIGIN— FLTINO    POSTMEN— ORDINAET 

POSTS  AND  ROTAL  RBLATS— THK    PRICK 

FOR  LSTTERS. 
M.  de  Fovflle,  continuing  in  tie  Eeonomiste 
Franfatt  hia  reaearobes  into  tha  variataons  of  prioet 
la  France  during  the  Iaa6  half  oentnry.  traces  to  ita 
tottrce  tat  orlffin  of  the  French  Post  Office  from  the 
Hae  when  Philippe-le-Bol  and  Lonls  X.  Issued 
ehartelra  coDflrmlng  the  ptiTilcKea  of  the  "  Messen- 
(tert,"  who  acted  as  flying  posttaen  between  the 
atudenta  of  the  Paris  TJniversity  and  their  relatives. 
liouU  XX,  \rith  a  view  of  making  the  postal  ayatem 
I  ioorce  of  profit  for  the  Eoyal  iTeasury,  instituted 
throughout  the  Einsdom  a  certain  iiumt>er  of  "  mas- 
ter oooriers,"  who  exerdaed  functions  very  simi- 
lar to  those  of  the  more  modern  Post- 
master, and  who  were  placed  beneath  the 
control  of  a.  Grand  Master  nominated  by  the 
Crown.  At  first  theae  couriers  were  forbidden, 
nmier  pain  of  death,  to  let  horses  to  an?  priTate  In- 
amdual  withoui  the  express  permission  of  the  Kinz 
and  of  the  Grand  Master,  "  the  King  intending 
that  the  benefits  of  the  said  estabUshment  should 
be  reserved  solely  for  himself."  It  is  known  by  a 
commnnioation  which  he  made  to  the  States- 
Geuerai  of  Burenndy  that  I.ouia  XL,  when  reel- 
dent  at  Ple88i8-16i  Tonra,  Was  aware  of  the  death  of 
Charles  the  Bold,  killed  upon  the  battle-field  of 
Nancy,  wichin  three  days,  and  the  couriers  must 
therefore  have  traveled  ac  the  rate  of  90  mllea  a 
day,  aa  the  two  places  are  more  than  270 
mUes  apart.  Later  In  hia  reign  Lonla  Xi. 
allowed  private  Indlvldoals  to  make  ttie 
oftbepodt;  but  the  tarifi;  equivalent  to  two  •hil- 
lings for  10  miles,  was  almost  a  prohibitive  one. 
The  profits  derived  from  this  source  were  app'.ied 
to  defraying  the  cost  of  the  Artillery,  when 
Charles  ViXL  came  to  the  throne  there  were  230 
relavs  of  poat-horsea  in  France,  and  he  improved  the 
•ervica  so  much  that  while  on  a  visit  to  Rome  he 
received,  on  the  12ch  of  Janaarr,  a  letter  written 
from  Pans  oa  the  15th  December.  Henry  IV. 
augmented  the  number  ^f  Poatmastera,  and  by 
An  edict  dated  May  8,  M597,  he  ordered  the 
"  eatabliahment  of  relays  of  post-horses  .  npon 
the  highways  and  oross-roada,  and  along  the 
banks  of  rivers,  tor  the  conveyance  of  pasaeneers, 
mails,  and  baggage  of  all  kinds."  Two  •'  generals 
for  the  relay  of  Doat-horaas"  were  appointed,  and  it 
was  their  duty  to  "adjudicate  the  oontraota  for 
tarminii  the  pose,"  the  oontracts  being  made  for 
lerma  of  three  and  six  years,  i'ive  year*  later  an- 
other rojal  edict  consolidated  the  ordinary  poata 
and  the  royal  relays,  the  latter  of  which  were  very 
utjnrioas  to  the  post,  and  the  .combined  aer- 
vices  were  placed  in  the  hands  of  a  Controller 
General,  who  paid  33,600  crowns  for  the  monopoly. 
In  1629  Cardinal  de  liichelieu  ordered  the  Pro- 
vinciitl  Grovernors  and  other  fonctlocariea  to  for- 
ward their  official  correspondence  by  the  ordinary 
poat  inatead  of  by  express,  and  to  insure  aafo  de- 
uvery  «very  dispatch  was  registered  in  a  book 
provided  for  the  porpoae.  Soon  afterward  the 
same  facility  waa  accorded  to  private  ladividnala 
upon  paymjent  of  an  extra  fee,  and  tbia  waa  the 
origin  of  "regiatered  letters,"  Daring  the  first 
Dart  of  ZiOnls  XTlT.'s  reign  there  were  continual 
disputes  going  on  between  the  postal  officials 
and  the  senders  of  letters  as  to  the  price  which 
ought  to  be  paid,  and  in  order  to  put  an  end  to 
these  misunaerstandlnEca  Cardinal  de  Kicbebea 
issued  a  decree  giving  the  general  tariff  for 
the  different  parts  ot  France.  Xhna,  a  letter  from 
Paris  to  Lyona  or  Nantes  waa  to  coat  three  sols 
Instead  of  four,  and  a  letter  from  Paris  to  Iian- 
gnedoo  or  Provence,  six  sols  instead  ot  eight.  In 
16^  Loola  Xlir.  abolished  the  privileges  of  the 
nniveraity  measengera,  and  created  three  hered- 
itary offices  of  •■controllers,"  "weighers,"  and 
''taxing-masters  "  of  letters  and  parcels,  allowing 
them  to  charge  as  a  remoaeratloa  for  their 
work,  a  fourth  of  the  normal  fee.  In 
other  words,  be  increased  the  rate  of  post- 
age by  25  per  cent  lionyolo,  whe  obtained 
tor  himself  the  title  of   baperintendeat  General 

of  the  Post,  farmed  out  the  Post  Offices  to  M. 
Patin  for  the  sum  of  £48,000  a  year,  and  this 
system  remained  In  force  until  the  revolutiun, 
"being  abolished  on  the  13th  ot  June.  1790.  No  less 
than  23  contract^  nearly  all  of  them  bigher  than 
the  preceding,  were  maae  daring  the  li8  years  be- 
tween 1672  and  1790,  and  the  sum  of  £48,000  paid 
by  M.  Patin  in  the  first  year,  bad  crown  to  £480,000, 
or  10  times  the  amount,  when  the  last  contract  was 
concluded  in  1736.  The  price  lor  letters 
varied  very  much,  and  In  1759  an  ordinary  letter 
cost  five  sola  for  a  discanou  of  SO  miles  or 
luder,  and  15  sols  for  a  distance  of  more 
than  4  and  Jess  than  500  miles.  At  this  period, 
however,  there  waa  a  fixed  tariff  of  twopence  (or 
•very  sbeet  of  printed  matter,  tbe  only  exception 
being  in  favor  of  the  Qazettt  de  France  and  Mercure, 
whion  could  be  sent  tor  three  halfpence,  five  per 
cent,  on  the  declared  value  was  paid  for  the  traua- 
missiou  of  gold  and  silver  torungb  the  post.  It  is 
'^Irom  175i>,  too,  that  dates  the  creation  at  Paris  ot 
What  was  long  termud  "la  PetiU  i'oite,"  lor  the 
attempt  made  by  M,  Yelayer,  Maater  of  Re- 
fueaca,  a  century  before,  had  been  uusnccesaful. 
;^s  idea  was  taken  up  In  the  reign  of  Ljuis  XV. 
bv  11.  de  Chamoassei,  and  after  it  nad  been 
pat  into  execution  was  so  much  approved  of  tnat 
Paris  Boon  contamod  395  letter-boxea  and  117  post- 
men. A  letter  tor  the  interior  of  Paiia  cost  a  penny, 
and  for  tne  suburbs  three  half-pence,  prepayment 
In  each  case  being  compulsory.  In  1771  tbe  General 
Post  Office  possessed  3,000  relays  of  horses,  12,000 
employes,  and  delivered  30,000,000  letters.  M.  1)9 
Foville  proposes  to  study  in  a  second  article  tbo 
still  more  marked  changes  wbich  have  taken  place 
In  the  Post  Office  since  lOe  beginning  ot  tbe  present 
centory,  and  he  will  have  to  record,  among  other 
thli.g«.  that  the  30,000,000  letters  of  1771  have  erown 
to  417, 824,932  in  1875. 

IRE  BOIAL  STATU  COAOR. 
The  royal  state  coach  in  which  Queen  Vic- 
toria recently  proceeded  from  her  palace  to  the 
Houses  of  Parliament  has  Jast  had  a  complete' 
overhanUng  and  been  tegilt.  It  was  constructed  in 
1761.  The  biillder  waa  Sir  Thomas  Chambers,  and 
the  paintings  were .  executed  by  Cipriani  It  is 
rlchlT  ornamented  with  laurel  and  carved  work,  tbe 
whole  being  elaborately  gilt.  .  Tha  length  of  the 
body  is  24  feetj  it  la  8  feet  3  inches 
wide,  and  12  '  feet  f  high.  ?:  Four  "large  Tritons 
support  the  body  ^  by  4  braces,  covered  with 
red  morocco  leather,  ornamented  with  gilt  buckles. 
Of  theae  two  suppoit  the  driver's  seat  in  front  of 
the  carriage.  They  are  re(freaenced  in  the  act  of 
drawing  by  cables  extending  round  their  shoul- 
ders, with  cranes  and  sodndlng-sfaells  to  announce 
the  approach  of  tbe  Monarch  of  the  Ocean.  Two 
Tiitona  at  the  back  carry  the  Imoerial  fasces, 
topped  with  indents.  The  driver's  feotboard  is  a 
large  scallop  aheif  ornamented  with  bnnchea  of 
reeus  and  otuer  marine  plants.  The  pole  represents 
a  bundle  of  lances,  the  splinter-bar  being  composed 
of  a  rich  molUins  iasuing  from  b  eneath  a  vuluted 
shall,  the  ends  terminating  in  the  bead  of  a  dolphin. 
Xhe  wheels  are  imitations  of  those  of  the  ancient 
triomphai  chariot.  Tbe  body  of  the  coach 
IS     composed     ot     eight     palm     trees,    which, 

branching  out  at  tbs  top.  sostaiu  tbe  roof,  and  lour 
aogolsr  trees  are  loaded  with  tropbles  altosive  to 
the  victories  obtained  by  great  Britain.  Theae  are 
supported  by  four  lions'  .heads.  On  the  centre  of 
tha  roof  stand  the  figures  of  turee  boys,  represent- 
ing the  genii  of  £ugland,  Scotland,  and  Ireland, 
■apportug.  the  Imperial  Crown  of  Glreat 
lintain,  and  holding  in  their  handa  the 
■eeptie  sword  of  State,  and  ensigns  of  knighthood. 
Tbeir  bodies  are  adorned  with  festoons  of  laurel. 
Which  fall  thence  toward  the  foar  coiners.  On  the 
panels  and  doors  are  painted  emblematical  devices. 
The  regildtng  and  fitting  np  has  lust  oeeu  effective- 
ly earned  out  under  the  snuerlatendeuce  of  her 
Majesty's  ooacb-bnilders,  who  have  also  supplied  a 
new  and  improved  set  of  harness  for  the  eight 
Veam-colored  horses. 


TRU  ORE  ATX  &X  SOLUIER  OF  THE  A<iiE. 

Tbe  Copenhagen  correspondent  of  the  Pail 
MaU  Gazette  says:  "  The  republication  of  the  letters 
from  Bnssla  by  Cotmt  Moltke  in  the  Dmtsohe  Sund- 
nhau,  and  the  sensation  which  they  seem  to  pro- 
ftuce,  indnees  me  to  send  you  the  following  particu- 
lars, which  may  not  be  without  interest.  The 
letters  are  autbentia  They  are  written  to  a  cousin 
of  the  Csunt,  a  lady  belonging  to  the  haute  noblee** 
danoite,  but  whose  name  I  am  not  allowed  to  pub-; 
liah,  and  were  ori^jinally  printed  some  eight  years' 
ago  in  the  Copenhagen  Dagem  Nykeder,  (Tne  2fews^ 
of  the  Day,)  whose  then  editor,  jir.  £ooert  Watt,  { 
"  "  somehow  got  lioldof  them.  The  letters  con- 
^very  little  of  imodrtanae;  _  their  chief 
merltXls  that  that  they  show  ^ns  the  re- 
nownecK  Field  Marshal  In  tbe  light  of  a 
Clever  wmorof  gossip.  It  waa  not  generally  known 
that  Connt^tol^e  was  originally  an  officer  in  the 
Danish  Army.  At  the  age  of  9  years  he  was  en- 
tered as  a  'Royal  cadet'— i.  «.,  he  was  to  be  educated 
U  the  expense  of  the  King,  (Frederick  VLin  the  Co- 
penhagen Military  Academy  {  and,  having  taken 
tiia  examinations,  he  wore  the  Daniah  uniform 
antil,  as  sub-Lieutenant,  at  the  age  of  27  years,  ha 
petitioned  the  King  fbr  a  three  years'  leave  to  pro- 
ceed to  the  Continent  to  study  the  miUtary  art ;  aa 
be  aaya  in  hia  petition,  '  to  be  able  on  hia  return  to 
employ  hia  acc^iuremeata  lor  the  good  of  bis  coun- 
try.' This  petiiiun  waa  granted,  but  the  Count  also 
asked  to  be  allowed  to  retain  his  pay,  and  aa  tbe 
Bllng  refused  this,  he  took  hia  discharge  and  en- 
tered the  Prussian  Army.  The  refusal  to  pay  per- 
haps a  couple  of  hundced  pounds  may  thus  have 
Haen  the  means  of  altering  the  map  of  Huxope." 

m  , 

LOOK  OUT  FOR  HAT  LlNIlTaS. 

The  London  Medical  Preat  and  OireiUar  says  : 
"It  would  seem  that  that  tiortlonof  homanity  which 
enjoys  tha  InxnTy  ot  wearing  olothea  is  imperiled 
at  both  extremeties  by  the  tricks  of  competing 
tradesmen.  Not  lone  since  we  heard  maoh  of  tbe 
rlaks  ol  wearing  pink  atooklags,  .which  had  been 
Connd  to  snbjeet  tne  ownera  to  violent  eruptions 
about  the  ankles,  and  to  laTOlre  serioos  incon< 
venienees,  Ifnot  actual  dangers.  It  waa  then  dis- 
eoTered  that  the.  d««a^«»tcn  ot  tha  dandy-sooked 
iraatry  arose  trom  the  use  of  analine  In  the  pink 
ay&  We  now  hear  thai  the  other  end 
of  our  bodies  corpoiata  la  threatened  with 
ttaa  same  Infiictlon,  from  the  same  cause. 
A.  shoemaker  io  dtettm  had  bought  «  felt  hat  from 
'%  well-known  firm.  Soon  after  wearing  it,  though 
tbe  hat  axerted  no  pleasure,  haadaahe  set  in,  with 
fretaaU  awellinct  followed  oy  a  pnatolar  eruption. 
lAt  «re«  also  becams  so  iaflamMl  that  they  closed, 
•gd  tne  aweiljag  began  to  apnad  to  tne  lower  part 
'     k^ls  was  •vl^s^tk^i.tiMse . 


tjtmmmmmmitmmmmmmmmimm 


'^^H 


jtgggtmtmtmMBtmtmimmmMmamm 


#ert  atii  td  tfa«  i/rptmi  W  tbe  bat,  rtd-tlie  tittet 
hattdg  b«M  sAbaitted  to  etteiihaiion  by  a  ehetiiiit 
—it  was  ascertained  that  the  bra «rn  leather  Itoing 
was  colored  with  pblsbnons  aniline.  Let  us  hdpe 
that  aniline  bat  linings  wilt  be  iuade  contraband, 
for  an  attack  on  ottr  crania  is  a  far  more  serious 
natter  than  on  ourtoea;  and  henoolorthit  li  only 
those  whose  lining  13  on  the  outside  of  their  heads 
that  will  patronize  the  attractive  deeoratlona  of 
Stettin. 

EGYPT  AND  THE  SLAVE  TRADE. 

A  SQUAPRON  DISPATCHED  BT  THE  KHSDIVJC 
FOR  ITS  SUPPRESSION — THE  HAREM  SYS- 
TEM— $150,000  PAID  FOR  TWO  WOMEN. 
The  -  Alexandria  correspondent  of  a  London 
newspaper  writes,  Jan.  29,  as  follows :  "  As  already 
telegraphed  to  you.  tbe  !&b6dive  has  determined  to 
dispatch  a  sqnadron,  under  the  command  of  M'Kii- 
lop  Pacha,  to  the  Red  Sea  to  aid  in  the  anpression 
of  tne  slave  trade.  Tbia  atep  on  tbe  part  of  one  who 
bears  the  reputation  of  being  the  greatest  alave- 
owner  in  the  world  is  In  itself  so  reibarkable,  and 
the  subject  Is  one  in  which  so  much  Interest  is  felt 
In  England,  that  further  details  may  probably  not 
be  unacceptable.  The  force  as  at  present  arranged 
will  consist  of  four  steamers— the  corvette  Latif, 
the  sloop  Sinai,  an  unarmed  vessel  called  the  Ke- 
gl&ileb,  which  la  intended  to  be  the  flag 
abip.  and  another  ateamer  now  on  her  way 
from  Bfirbera.  In  addition  to  tbeir 
regular  crews  tbe  vessela  will  embark  a  certain 
number  of  aoldiera,  together  with  a  suitable  atafi'of 
medical'  and  oommissarist  officers.  It  may  readily 
be  surmised  that,  in  tbe  existing  state  of  Egyptian 
finances,  it  has  required  more  than  usual  pressure 
to  indace  hia  Hlghuess  to  embark  in  this  enterpilse. 
That  tms  should  be  so  is  natural  enough  when  one 
comprehends  the  true  position  of  affairs,  and  reflects 
that  even  if  sncceaafol  it  will  most  likely 
entail  upon  the  Khedive  a  oonaiderabte  loss 
of  revenue,  over  and  above  the  actual  cost  of 
the  expedition.  There  la  little  or  no  doubt 
that  much  of  the  Irregular  inoome  which  the  Mo* 

fettish  was  able  upon  emereetioy  to  raise  from 
sources  referred  to  by  Mr.  Goschen  as  '  not  speci- 
fied,' really  came  either  directly  or  indirectly  from 
tbe  slave  trade ;  and  the  Kh6alve  might  well  paoso 
at  tbe  present  crisis  before  adopting  any  meaoure 
tending  to  dimmish  the  available  resources  of  tbe 
country.  !No  one  acquainted  with  Egypt  will  be 
disposed  to  give  her  present  Sovereign  credit  for 
any  real  anxiety  to  interfere  with  either  slavery  or 
the  slave  trade  ;  snd  even  were  it  otherwise  there 
would  be  abundant  scope  for  his  Bighuess'  pbilan- 
tbropio  ambition  within  tha  limits  of  his  own  do- 
minions. 

To  aay  nothing  of  tbe  forced  labor  system,  which 
IS  itself  only  a  form  of  slavery,  it  la  notorious  that 
at  the  present  mument  both  blavery  and  tue  actual 
traffic  In  slaves  exists  in  many  parts  ot  £gypt.  At 
Sioutt,  only  240  miles  above  Cairo,  I  know  a  man, 
a  European,  woo  bought  slaves  at  £7  a  piece  lesa 
than  two  months  ago.  It  is  true  that  the  slaves  in 
question  were  procured  for  domestic  service,  and 
are  still  acting  In  that  capacity ;  oat,  nevertheless, 
the  fact  remains  that  they  are  slaves  to  all  intents 
and  pnrpoaes,  and  were  boaght  aad  sold  in  one  of 
tbe  principal  towns  In  Bgvpt.  It  is  well  known 
that  when  Col.  Gordon's  otlicera  captured  gangs  of 
alaves  in  the  interior  and  sent  them  to  the  Mudlr  or 
Govumor,  that  official  frequently  sold  them  again 
to  tbe  first  dealer  that  came  by,  and  alleged  aa  an 
excuae  tbe  necessity  of  providing  the  amount  of 
revenue  demanded  trom  hia  diatrlct.  With  refer- 
ence to  this  sobjuct  It  must  not  De  forgotten  that 
one  considerable  soarce  of  income  la  the  '  back- 
sheesh' naid  to  Government  officials  by  the  slave- 
dealers  as  the  price  of  nonlnterierenoe  with  them 
in  the  various  routes  through  Egypt  to  tbe  Red 
Sea. 

Of  conrse,  In  a  countrv  under  Mohammedan  rule 
where  tbe  harem  system  is  in  operation  slavery  a^a 
domestic  institution  will  exist;  and  so  tar  aa  one  can 
Judge  from  recent  events,  £gypt  dues  not  appear 
likely  to  prove  an  exception.  Everv  one  remem- 
bers how  only  a  few  weeka  ago  the  aaleable  portion 
of  thelate  Mofettish's  barem  (estimated  at  300  in 
number  in  white  slaves  alone)  were  *  bronaht  to 
the  hammer '  in  Cairo,  and  that,  too,  at  the  very 

time  that  the  Kliedive  announced  his  intention  of 
suppressing  tbe  slave  trade  in  the  Ked  Sea.  Hia 
Higbnesa'  own  example  in  such  matters  cannot  be 
considered  as  altogether  satisfactory,  when  one  re- 
members tbe  vast  number  of  women  and  slaves 
that  fill  his  harems  and  cuntilbnte  to  his  financial 
embarrassments.  I  am  credibly  informed  that  tor 
two  female  slaves  alone,  purchased  at  Constanti- 
nople from  tbe  chief  euuncb  to  tbe  Saltan,  tbe 
Kb6divo  paid  no  less  than  £30,000.  Ot  course,  they 
were  the  most  bt;auliful  of  'nouns' — in  fact,  so 
much  BO  as  to  have  arouaed  the  jealousy  ot  tbe 
oiner  inmates  to  aa  extent  wbioh  at  last  compelled 
their  proprietor  to  send  them  away.  The  mode 
usually  adopted  in  such  cases  is  to  marry  the  lady, 
after  providing  her  with  a  suitable  dowry,  to  some 
favored  courtier,  who  considerit  himself  much  hon- 
ored by  tne  distinction.  Tins  metUod  of  disposing 
of  the  superfiuities  of  tbe  Viceregal  harem,  though 
preferable  to  the  old  plan  of  sewing  them  uo  In 
sacks  and  throwing  them  into  the  Nile,  does  not 
unfortnuately  always  insure  tne  oomestic  bappl- 
ueas  of  tbe  aiscarded  favorite.  In  one  caso  wbich 
came  to  my  knowledge  an  officer  in  the  Egyptian 
Army,  who  had  been  honored  In  ihe  above 
way,  on  seeing  his  oride  lur  the  first  time 
after  tha  wedding  found  her  so  unattractive  that  he 
refused  to  live  with  her,  and  persisted  In  his  deter- 
mination, altboueh  warued  of  the  dispieasnre  he 
would  incur  lu  bleb  quarters.  Tbe  sequel  to  the 
story  is  equally  Instructive,  and  throws  much  light 
on  Oriental  habits  and  customs.  The  husband  was 
appointed  the  '  wakil,'  or  deputy  of  tue  Gover- 
nor of  a  town  tar  away  in  the  interior,  and  unring 
the  absence  of  his  chief  on  a  campaign,  l^ad  occa- 
sion to  open  the  Government  uispatcues,  among 
which  were  instructions  to  the  ett'ect  that  he  was 
himself  to  be  put  oat  ofthe  way,  either  by  poisoned 
coffee  or  other  means.  The  officer,  as  m  duty 
bound,  acknowledged  the  receipt  of  the  letter  in- 
tended for  his  superior,  merely  adding  that  during 
tbe  latter's  absence  tbe  ri  quest  it  contained  oould 
not  be  complied  with  without  detriment  to  the  pub- 
lic service,  but  that  upon  his  return  everyttilug 
ahonld  be  done  as  directed.  In  tbe  meanwbilt?,  1  be- 
lieve, the  gentleman  lound  it  convoulent  to  seek 
employment  elsewhere. 

'I'be  pavticniar  pari  of  tbe  alava  traffic  to  which 
McKillop  Pacha's  attention  U  to  be  directed  la  that 
whicb  constats  in  the  transport  of  negroes  from  tbe 
African  to  tbu  Aratjiaii  sbores  of  tbe  R<9d  S^a,  and 
has,  acooraiug  to  all  ikccouatA  reached  formidable 
dimensions.  At  Jeddab,  Yembo,  and  other  places 
there  aie,  it  appears,  regtilar  periodical  importa- 
tions from  the  opposite  shore,  who  come  across  In 
Arab  'dhow*,'  containing  ofteu  aa  many  as  500  or 
600  at  a  time.  Alter  being  lauded  tbe  slaves  are 
e^tuer  aold  privaiely  in  tbe  market,  or  sent  up  to 
Medina  where  tbey  cummaud  a  good  price.  It  is 
stateu  thai  many  of  tbe  veaseU  thus  employee  fly 
tbc  £ugiiih  fis^,  and  tbas  escape  aeicciion.  This, 
if  true,  will  be  an  additional  reason  for  the  proposed 
joint  action  01  the  British  and  Egyptian  vessels. 
Whether  or  not  the  traffic  is  oouuivud  at  by  Egyp- 
tian officials  may  be  a  matter  of  opinion,  but  that  a 
large  portion  of  the  KjU^dive's  sulijeots  are  en- 
gaged upon  It  is  beyond  a  shadow  of  duuot." 

THE  DOCTRINE  OF  RACE. 

THE  TEST  OF  LANGUAGE— OUR  f  OREJATHERS 

WHAT  13    MEANT   BY   A   NATION. 

I'rom  the  Saturday  Review. 

LaQsoageisno  guide  whatetrer  to  race,   if 

by  race  is  meant  that  kind  of  purity  of  blood  which 
a  lawyer  would  demand  if  a  man  were  trying  to 
make  out  his  title  to  an  estate  or  a  peerage.    For 

such  a  purpose  he  must  make  out  every  stage  of  his 
pedigree  beyond  doubt.  Natiooal  purity  of  blood 
of  this  kind  is  nowhere  to  be  found;  the  thing  is 
impossible.  Ho  pvople  on  earth  ever  kept  them- 
selves altogatber  from  admixture  with  other  peo- 
ple. If  physical  ^  or  -  legal  purity  of  blood 
la  needea  to  •  eatabUsh  '  kindred  of  race, 
the  I  taak  may  >  be  given  up  at  once.  On 
this  '  showing  every  folk  ia  a  Miacbvolk. 
Very  few  men  are  abaolutely  certain  who  tbeir  fore- 
fatheiB  were  a  thousand  years  back ;  no  man  is  ab- 
aolutely certain  who  bia  farefathera  ware  two 
tbonsand  yeara  back.  It  ia  perfectly  true  that 
many  partietriar  men,  and  even  large  clasaea  of  men, 
do  not,  in  the  way  of  phyaical  and  legal  pedigree, 
belong  to  the  raoea  to  wbich  the  mere  teit  of 
language  would  assign  thein.  The  lauifuage  which 
a  particular  man  apeaks  now,  tne  language  which 
the  inhabitants  of  whole  districts  speak  now,  is  un- 
doubtedly no  sure  test  of  the  blood  of  their  fore- 
fathers a  thousand  years  back.  So  far  language  is 
no  teat  of  race;  yet  It  la  quite  posaiole  tuat,  iu 
another  sense— a  seuse  less  atriotly  scientific,  but 
yet  practically  useful — laueuage  may  be  a  test  of 
race.  At  all  events,  if  not  a  test,  it  may  be  tbat 
kind  of  presumption  on  which  men  commonly  act  in 
practical  afiaira. 

What,  then,  do  we  mean  by  a  nation  t  What  d9 
we  mean  by  a  race.a.a  word  that  is  commonly  taken 
to  mean  something  wider  than  a  nation  t  What  a 
nation  Is,  like  what  a  King  is,  ia  much  eaaier  to  nn- 
deratand  than  to  define.  But  it  is  qalte  certain 
tbat  in  our  idea  of  a  nation  tbe  ideas  of  common 
blood  and  common  speech  do  come  in,  though  cei- 
tainly  not  in  a  strictly  scientific  shape.  8peaking 
roughly,  we  expect  a  nation  to  conalat  of  men  of  tbe 
same  language  under  tbe  aame  political  govern- 
ment. There  must  be  very  tbw  natlona  indeed  whicn 
would  really  answer  thia  definition.  Still,  there  la 
truth  in  tbe  definition.  So  taraa  any  particular  na- 
tion agreea  with  thIa  definition,  iWe  accept  It  as  the 
normal  state  of  things  which  we  look  for,  and  we 
ask  no  quealiuns  about  it.  So  tar  as  the  actual  state 
of  things  departs  from  thia  definition  we  mark  the 
fact,  and  we  ask  why  It  is  so.  Take  our  own  nation, 
tor  example.  It  answers  the  deflnUlon,  and  doss 
not  anawer  it,  Jtiat  as  well  aa  any  other.  The  for- 
eigner cornea  into  England,  and,  within  the  bounda 
of  What  be  reasonably  and  practically  counts  aa 
England,  ha  finds  certain  people  wbo  apaak  another 
language.  He  notes  the  fact  aa  exceptional,  and 
we  can  tell  bim  the  special  reasod.  So  we  find  be- 
yond the  ocean  another  great  Eaglisfa-speakiog  na- 
tion. We  ask  the  reason,  and  we  find  it  to  lie  tbat 
they  are  a  part  of  tbe£ngli»n  nation  whiob,  through 
political  causes,  haa  split  off  and  ceaaed  to 
be  EdgllSh  Is  a  political  senie.  &o  in  Germany, 
I'ranoe,  any  other  eonntry,  when  in  any  distriot 
we  find  some  other  langnage  than  German  or  Frebch 
spoken  we  note  the  exueptlaual  fact,  and  we  ask 
the  special  cause.  When  agiin,  as  in  the  case  of 
Switzerland,  we  find  a  people  who  are  politically 
one  nation,  but  where  the  diversity  of  language  la 
SO  great,  -where  tbe  minority  ia  ao  large,  that  we 
cannot  call  it  exceptional,  we  mark  the  fact  aa 
Something  diffbreht  from  our  experience  of  England, 
Oerm^ay,  or  lYance.  We  aak  and  we  l«arn  the 
speeuti  historical  oauee.  Ana,  on  tbe  other  hand, 
whto,  as  in  tbe  ease  of  Poland,  wa  find  a  nstion,  as 
jmatwin  4a  tfaiaaa  %j  agsootw  «u  as  betnaaa  tliMo ., , 


seretti  QoTetnmsnta,  We  ecda  note  ttteexc^ptiaual 
fact,  and  we  ask  and  learn  the  special  hutorical 
cause.  In  all  these  ways  tKe  nnmlier  of  cases  which 
do  not  oonforin  to  the  rule  will  far  outnumber  those 
that  do ;  and  yet  we  instinctively  feel  tbat  the  rule 
is  the  mlOi  and  that  the  other  casej  are  the  excen- 
tion. 

Language,  then,  is  distinctly  an  -Element  in  the 
Idea  ot  a  nation  ;  indeed,  it  is  sohiethtng  more  than 
an  element ;  It  is  tnat  which,  in  the  absence  of  any 
oaueea  working  the  other  wayi  determinea  tbe  na- 
tion. And,  if  it  determinea  the  nation,  it  must  in 
the  safiie  way  and  to  the  same  extent  determine  the 
race  to  which  the  nation  forms  a  part.  Mr.  Sayce's 
Objection  ia  perfectly  true ;  and  \at,  for  practical, 
historical,  political  purooses,  langaage  is  a  test  of 
Wioe.  Where  ia  th6  diffterenco  1  It  pretty  well 
ooinea  to  this.  The  practical,  historical,  political 
view,  coDslatently  tor  its  own  purposes,  admits  tbe 
dootnne  of  the  Roinan  law  which  sets  legal  ado)> 
Hon  on  a  letel  with  natural  gonerahon.  The  purely 
scientific  view,  no  less  consiatently  for  its  own  pur- 
poses, knows  nothing  ofadoptioo,  and  t* ill  admit 
nothing  but  true  phyaical  descent.  The  race  ia  like 
a  Rom'an  gttM.  Of  tbe  trne  nature  of  the  gene  we 
have  often  spoken  before.  It  is  a  mistake  to  fancy 
that  all  the  members  of  the  ^ent  were  really  kins- 
men by  blood.  

THE  DISMISSAL  OF  MIDHAT  PASHA. 
HOW_  A    GRAND   VIZIER    WAS    DISGRACED — 

EDHEM  PASHA  THE  NEW  PRIME  MINISTER. 

The  Pera  correspondent  of  a  London  daily 
telegraphs,  Eeb.  3,  sa  folio  wa:  "This  morning, 
about  11  o'clock,  the  newa  was  spread  that  Midhat 
Pasha  had  been  summoned  to  the  presence  of  the 
Snltan  by  a  haaty  mesaage.  The  next  thing  which 
betokened  the  aafo'inding  change  impending  in  the 
Government  waa  tbe  aonnd  of  trumpeta  heard  from 
a  column  of  troops  crossing  the  bridge  of  boats  over 
the  Golden  Ham  to  take  possession  of  tho  atreeta 
leading  to  tbe  Offices  of  State.  This  armed  body 
marched  into  tbe  enceinte  and  proceeded  to  occapy 
and  line  the  staircase  leading  to  the  apartment  of 
the  Grand  Vialer.  Very  sbortl.y  an  enormous  crowd 
collected  upon  the  spot,  maae  up  of  Turkish  officers, 
townsmen,  Earopean  idleis,  and  others,  among 
whom  tbe  rumor  was  current  that  a  new  Vizier 
had  been  appointed.  Tbe  audience  rooiu.  mean- 
time, at  the  top  of  tbe  atnircase,  was  filled  With 
pasbas,  beya,  and  effeudis,  all  engaged  in  animated 
conversation,  discussing  the  leasooa  tor  the  ex- 
traordinary course  wbich  events  had  taken.  Out- 
alde,  tbe  equally  excited  crowd  was  kept  in  order 
by  the  fixed  bayonets  of  the  troops.  The  band 
atatloned  in  tbe  great  square  preaenti.v  atiuck  uo 
the  Turkish  national  anthem,  at  the  first  not^a 
of  which  the  people  cheered  loudly.  Tbe 
officials  inside  immediately  crowded  to  the  win- 
dows, anxiooa  to  discover,  by  bis  approacti,  who 
tbe  new  Prime  Minister  was  to  be.  The 
emotion  at  thla  moment  waa  remarkable.  ITlema, 
generals,  diplomatists,  aeerecatiea,  -were  all  miueled 
With  the  common  crowd,  waiting  to  learn,  by  eye- 
sight, the  unknown  personage  -that  was  to  reolace 
the  great  reformer.  At  tnis  moment,  tbroiish  a 
passage  formed  by  tbe  military  and  police,  Kdbem 
I'asha  made  bis  appearance,  thereby  announcing 
himself  as  Grand  Vizier.  He  was  closely  followed 
by  the  Sheik-uI-Islam,  wearing  the  golu  turbau  of 
his  office,  ana  by  the  Snltau's  Secretary,  having  tbe 
ribbon  of  the  Medjidie.  Edhem  Pasba  was  in  full 
dress,  with  gold-braided  cuat  and  all  his  orders 
and  insignia.  Directly  he  had  entered  the 
building,  tbe  Imperial  Hatt  conhrming  bis  nomina-* 
tiou  was  presented  to  him.  He  kisaedit  twice,  and 
atood  up  while  the  Secretary  read  in  a  loud  voice 
the  terma  of  the  Snltan'a  decree.  When  this  waa 
finished,  the  Sbies-ul-lslam  otfored  np  a  prayer 
amid  deep  respouaes  from  thoae  around,  after 
which  all  tbe  officials  pressed  forward  to  present 
their  ooDgratoIatluna  to  the  new  Premier.  Sobae- 
aneotly  an  informal  Council  of  State  was  convened 
tho  principal  ousiuess  of  wbich  seemed  to  bo  sitting 
rouud  and  smoking  pipes  of  astoutshmeut  and  con- 
templation. The  Imperial  rescript  states  that  Mid- 
hat  Pasha's  exile  tshs  rendered  necessary  for  consti- 
tutional reasons.  It  oontirms  all  the  coastliuttonal 
proviiious,  and  alludes  to  tbe  reorgaaisatiou  of  the 
finances  by  European  apecialista. 

THE  DR.iMA  IN  JAPAN. 

A  PLAY-HOUSE  IN  YEDDO — THK  MEDIEVAL 
LYKIC  DRAMA  OF  "  NO  "  —  AN  AKI8T0- 
CaATl.C  AUDIENCE— THE  STAGE  SETTINGS 
— THE    ACTORS. 

From  the  ComhiU  Magazine. 

Up  a  narrow  alley  In  tbat  part  of  Yeddo 
known  a  li-gura,  or  the  "nee  store,"  tbe  touriat, 
were  any  etrange  chance  to  direct  hia  atops  along  a 
path  ao  little  frequented,  misht  start  on  bearing  the 
■onnd  of  vociferously  loud,  and  apparently  anirry, 
voices  issuing  from  one  of  tbe  houses  on  bis  right. 
The  chiming  In  of  the  drum  or  of  tbe  flute  would, 
however,  aoan  reaasure  him :  no  deadly  quarrel  ti 
being  fought  out  inside  the  gates;  for  In  Japan,  aa 
in  more  Weateru  lands,  sanguinary  feuds  have  now 
quite  gone  out  of  fasbiou,  and  the  loud,  nogry- 
buundlng  voices  are  those,  not  of  disputaoia,  out  of 
actors.  Not,  indee'i,  tbai  it  Is  a  piaT-houne,  prop- 
erly ao-called,  at  whose  door  he  baa  arrived.  Noth- 
ing could  well  offend  tbe  actors  more  tuan  to  have  tbe 
scene  of  tbeir  labors  styled  a  theatre.  It  is  not 
a  theatre,  but  a  "No-butai" — a  place  whore  is  p^-r- 
formed  the  *°No,"  tbe  mediatval  lyric  drain.i 
of  Japan,  the  very  aristocracy  of  the  bia- 
Uionic  art.  The  audience  ititelt  la  almust 
uamtxedly  aiiitoc'aiic.  It  is  smUl — barely 
numbering  one  hubdred  perauns — but  acaroely 
a  plebeian  face  ia  seen  among  its  rauks.  As  lu 
other  countries,  so  alio  in  Japan,  tlio  drama  bad  a 
religioua  origin,  the  primary  object  of  the  "No" 
being  to  propitiate  the  gods,  and  cull  down  their 
blessing  upon  tbe  country.  It  waa  at  firnc  but  au 
adaption  of  the  "  Kagura"  and  "liu-gaku"  tlauoes, 
entertainments  which  aiill  eiist,  and  wbich  cousi.it 
entirely  ot  dancing  to  an  orchestral  accompanlmeci 
by  masked  and  quaintly  coscumed  pertormers.  In 
tima,  hOwever,  words  were  auded  tu  the  rhythmic 
dance,  tho  masks  \tere,  la  must  cases,  tbrown  otf, 
auQ,  although  the  supreme  importance  still  usslgued 
to  the  ohotua  leti  tu  the  performance  its  mainly  lyrio 
character,  tbeintroduciiou  of  Indiviaual  personages 
led  to  the  adoption  of  a  dr.imalic  unity  in  the  plot. 

To  one  lizakl  Kau-ami  is  ascribed  the  fixing  of 
the  "No" in  its  present  form,  and  some  of  tbe  picce4 
written  coujoiuily  by  bliu  and  his  sou  Sc  ami  are 
Still  amouii  the  mast  inieresiiDg  ot  those  to  he  seen 
acted  lu  Yeddo  at  the  present  dav.  (iieii  doubt  ap- 
pears, however,  to  haug  over  the  precisu  uutborsbip 
ot  most  of  these  dramas,  pnnoi pally  nu  account  of 
tho  Japanese  custom  of  attribatiag  to  the  head  of 
the  lamily  of  "No"  actors  at  any  given  time  all  ibu 
pieces  brought  out  under  his  ausptces.  The  first 
"  No"  waa  performed  by  the  above-mentioned  father 
and  aou  before  Yosbimitsu,  the  third  Sho-guu 
of  tha  Asbikaga  dyaasty,  toward  tbe  end 
of  tbe  fourteenth  century.  But  the  regu- 
lations concerning  tbe  form  ot  the  stage, 
aa  well  aa  vanuua  points  ot  detail  and  of  atiquette. 
were  not  lixed  till  aouie  30  years  later,  wueu  6e-aaii 
and    his    aou    Oto-auit   auted    at    Taila9u-.:awara,   lu 

Kioto,  lu  aid  of  tho  tuuda  fur  tbe  lestoration  of  a 
certain  Buddhist  temple,  uu  a  atago  provided  by  tbo 
then  Sbo-guu,  Yoshimasa.  It  is  this  sta;ie,  whose 
every  dliuoUdiou  has  been  carefully  handed  down  by 
trodition,  that  bai  served,  niih  but  few  and 
trifling  alteratious,  as  a  model  to  all  those 
that  have  since  then  beeu  erecteo.  Tbo 
staKe  ii  a  square  wooUeu  routu,  opon  on 
all  sides  but  one,  and  supuoriud  ou  piiiars,  the  side 
of  tbe  square  being  about  Id  £iiglidh  leet.  It  is 
surmoumed  by  a  roof  somewhat  resembling  those 
seen   ou    the    lemplej*.  teDd    ia    conuecteU    with     the 

green-i'oom  by  a  gallery  some  9  feet  wide.  Part 
of  the  action  ocoasiunuily  taaes  place  upon  this  gal- 
lery. Added  on  to  tbe  hack  of  the  square  siage  is 
a  uarrow  space,  where  sits  tbe  orchesiia,  cousisiiue 
of  one  flute-player,  two  performers  uu  Instruments 
which,  lu  tne  absence  of  a  mure  fitiiog  name,  we 
may,  perhaps,  call  tamuouriiiea,  aud  one  peaier  of 
tbe  drum  ;  while  the  chorus,  wuoso  uuoiber  is  nut 
fixed,  tquat  ou  tbe  grouud  to  tbe  rigbt  of  the 
spectatwi.  In  a  line  with  the  choins,  between 
It  aud  the  laudleuce,  sits  the  less  importaut 
of  tbe  two  actors  uurmg  tha  greater  purtiuu  of 
the  piece.  The  back  of  tue  statue— the  only  side 
not  open  to  tne  air — is  painted  with  a  nine  tree,  lu 
accordance  with  antique  usage,  while,  equally  lu 
conlbrmity  to  eatahiisbed  tulea,  turee  ainall  pine 
trees  are  planted  in  tbe  ouurt  dividing  the  gallery 
from  the  apace  occupied  by  the  le^s  diatingolshed 
portion  of  the  audieuce.  Tbe  covered. place  tor  the 
audience  was  around  three  aides  ot  tbe  stage,  tbe 
moat  houorabie  aeata  being  those  wnich  uirectly 
face  it.  It  need  hardly  be  said  that  there 
are  no  "fauteuils" — apeoratora  anu  actors  all  equally 
squat  according  to  tbe  immemorial  cusium  oi  their 
countrymen.  Smosing  is  aiioweu,  us  in  all  other 
places  in  Japan  ;  but  ic  should  be  remembered  that 
the  "No"  Tueatre,  like  almost  ail  other  phtcea  lu  Ja- 
pan, is  open  to  the  air  of  heaven.  The  good  lady  of 
tbe  house,  assisted  by  her  maid,  hurries  hither  and 
tbither  with  the  fish  and  rice  aud  other  dainty  mor- 
sels ordered  for  tue  aadleuce  from  a  nelgbboriog 
tea  houae.  i^'or,  thougn  each  lyric  pieos  takes,  ou 
an  average,  but  cue  uour  lu  represunting,  the  en- 
tertainment lasts  all  day,  as  five  or  six  "  No"  are 
given  m  succession,  aud  tne  intervals  Detweeu  them 
niled  np  by  the  performance  of  comic  scenes. 

Masks  ate  woru  by  such  of  the  actors  aa  take  the 
parts  ot  females  or  01  supernatural  beings,  and  tbe 
dresses  are  gorgeous  In  tue  extreme;  but  scenery,  as 
betore  said,  la  uuknowu  on  the  ''N'o"atagod,  though 
earned  to  such  pertectioa  at  tbe  regular  lOuatres  uf 
Japan.  Probably  a  true  sense  of  the  fitness  of 
thiuga  baa,  on  this  puiot,  kept  tbe  actors  taitbful  to 
tbe  old  traditions  of  their  art.  Eor,  on  the  few  oc- 
oasiona,  occuniug  mostly  in  the  modern  pieces, 
where  thia  rule  is  broken  through,  aud  an  attempt 
made  at  scenic  effect,  the  spectator  cannot  help  feel- 
ing that  thetsoell  is,  in  a  manner,  broaen — so  com- 
pletely Ideal  a  pariormance  Is  but  marred  by  the 
adoiitioB  of  auy  of  the  adventitious  aids  of 
the  iualodramatic  stage.  Tbe  same  remark  ap- 
plies to  the  statoesque  Immobility  of  the  actors 
aud  to  tbe  peculiar  Intohaclun  uf  tbe  recitative. 
When  once  the  ear  has  become  used  to  its  loudness, 
it  Is  by  uo  means  nnpleaaiug ;  while  the  meaaured 
cadaucea  ot  ihu  choriccbaut  are,  from  tbo  very  firat^ 
both  aootbing  and  impressive.  Like  praise  cannot, 
alas  I  be  awarded  to  the  music,  which,  to  au  ear 
trained  to  admire  tbe  divioe  harmonies  of  tue  com- 
posers ofthe  West,  ia  little  less  tbau  torture.  Hap- 
pily, though  there  ia  a  good  deal  ot  this  abominable 
atrummiug  and  mewlue,  it  occurs  moatl.y  as  au  in- 
terlude, or  as  an  aooompaulment  to  the  uances,  dur- 
ing Whose  pertormanca  (be  European  specutor  will 
probably  feel  disposed  to  apply  himself  more  in- 
tently to  his  ohupsiioks  than  lo  wbat  Is  going  for- 
ward on  tha  stage,  and  tbua  does  not  interfere  with- 
the  pleasure  of  listening  to  the  chorio  songs. 

A  WILD  BOAR  HVJST  LS    WARWIOKSSISM. 

A  novel  chase  has  been  witueased  on  the 
Packiugton  estate,  near  Coventry,  England.  Sev- 
eral wild  boars,  forming  part  of  the  herd  brought 
by  tha  Frincs  of  Wales  frem  India,  were  recently 
luaMBted  ia  tho  f  cutoe  to  tbe  JSarl  ef  Ajlaafnrrf,..  ^ 


and  after  being  eonVeyed  to  bis  Iclrclihip's  aeat  at 
Paoklngton  oiie  of  the  animals  esci  ibed  and  got  into 
a  wood.  It  beintr  deemed  necessary  that  it  ahonld 
bo  killed,  a  shooting  party  went  out  with  that  inten- 
tion. After  12  shots  bad  been  nnsucceasfally  fired, 
a  well-timed  biulet  bad  tbe  deaireJ  effect, 

A  OIQANIIO  MODEL  DAIRY. 
From  Ou  London  Court  OtreuUir. 
The  food  satiply  of  the  Metropolis  has  long 
engrossed  a  large  share  ot  public  attention,  and 
upon  tne  purity  of  tbe  articles  supplied  depends  in 
a  great  measure  tbe  health  and  happiness  of  its  in- 
habiUDts.   Some  10  years  since  tbe  dosign    waa 

Introduoea  of  supplying  tbe  dwellet's  lb  this  great 
City  with  milk  and  other  dairy  produce  wbich,  for 
general  excellence,  oould  not  be  surpassed. 
Like  most  good  works,  these  laudable  efforts 
were  at  first  in  a  great  measure  abortive; 
but  by  dint  of  nerseveranoe  and  good  management, 
tbe  Jt^lesbury  Dairy  Company  has  .assumed  an  im- 
purtafioe  far  exceeding.^yeb  the  most  sahgaine  ex- 
pectations of  its  originators,  and  may  fairly  be 
designated  one  of  the  most  nseful  and  prosperous 
coi-porations  now  <n  operation.  Tai  give  some  idea 
of  the  gigautic  aatore  of  tbe  business  so  saocess- 
fully  developed  by  this  company,  we  may  state 
tbat  tbe}-  daily  sup ijly  some  5,000  families  with 
milk,  Which  la  guaranteed,  so  far  as  human 
care  and  iudgment  can  ensure  it,  to  be  not  only 
of  the  purest  deacripriou,«but  obtained  from  per- 
fectl.y  healthy  sources.  Upward  of  25,000  gallons 
of  milk  arff  dealt  with  every  week,  buinir  the 
produce  of  nearly  50  farms  iu  some  uf  the  best  of 
our  dairy  counties.  To  carry  on  tbis  enormous 
trade  tho  company  havo,  in  additiim  to  their  town 
premise.'*  in  St.  Peteraburgh  place,  Buyswater,  a 
large  factory  at  Swindon  >ind  a  dairy  ar  Bonrton, 
Where  all  tho  surplus  milk  is  converted  into 
ohcere.  With  such  admirable  eource^^  of  supply 
it  is  cot  a  matter  of  surprise  that  the  busiuess 
has  rapidly  extended,  and  that  eo  successful  a 
commercial  result  bai  been  achieved.  The 
Aylesbury  Dairy  Company  can  take  into 
their  Swindon  factory  3,000  gallous  of  milk  daily, 
which  they  bold,  aa  it  wore,  iu  reserve.  In  the 
Summer  time,  when  the  tasbionable  world  is  seek- 
ing recreation  in  garden  parties,  and  wben  straw- 
bernes  aud  cream  anu  other  aucta-like  aeaaonable 
delicaclea  are  in  request,  tbeu  the  company  are  iu  a 
position  to  meet  auv  sudden  demancL  They  posiieds 
every  modern  appliance  aultible  tor  the  dairy,  and 
have  tbe  power  of  setting  1.500  gallons  of  milk  iu 
euo  square  feet  of  milk-paus — tbe  product  from 
which  in  10  hours'  time  would  be  a  large  quantity 
of  cream.  Tbe  cream  is  daily  sent  to  Louunu.  aijd 
after  tbe  orders  are  executed  tbe  auroius  i*  m;<de 
into  butter,  tbu  excelleuue  of  which  is  such  that  the 
demand  exceeda  the  aupply. 


THE  TE.y  HUSUHBACKS. 
Tbe  particulars  of  a  dietcraoeful  hoax  perpe- 
trated tbe  other  day  at  Aleu^an,  France,  are  siyen 
by  a  local  paper.  A  young  clerk  in  a  notary's  office 
in  that  town  took  it  into  hia  head  to  send  a  letter  to 
ten  hunehbacka  in  various  parte  of  the  country, 
whose  addresses  ho  had  obtained  ,  requesting  them 
to  attend  on  a  certain  day  at  the  office  of  bia  em- 
ployer for  the  purpose  of  receiving  a  como>unication 
of  great  importance  to  themselves.  At  the  hour 
named,  when  the  flrat  hunchback  made  hia  appear- 
ance, the  bead  of  tbe  firm  happened  to  be  engaged, 
and  he  was  asked  to  take  a  seat  for  a  few  miuutea. 
The  other  hunchbacks  then  began  to  arrive  In  rapid 
succession.  A  second  suou  entereJ,  followed  by  a 
third  and  a  fourth.  The  astonished  clerks  could 
hardly  keep  their  couuieiiaoces  as  the  four  bunch- 
backs  glanced  at  each  other  suspiciously  out  of  the 
corners  of  their  eves,  aud  wben  an  avalanche  of 
six  mure  hubchbacks  desceuued  on  tbe  oBiue  in  a 
body  tbe  effect  was  overpowerlue.  Tbo  clerks 
could  uo  longer  preserve  their  gravity,  and  even 
tbe  chief  clerk  himself  was  quite  uaable  tu  control 
bis  emution.  Tbo  unly  Her.oc^i  persons  in  the  office 
were  the  u>n  huuchliacks,  who,  seeing  that  therj 
was  a  ''myatifloitiuu,"  lust  their  tempers,  and  in 
stentorian  voices  gave  vent  to  tbeir  irritation.  In 
the  meantime  the  uotary,   alarmed  by    the    unusual 

nois>',  rushed  into  the  room,  and  was  tbundursiruclt 
at  fiudiui!  ten  inturlaced  huncho.tci£s  gesciculatiug 
and  gaOhliuii  at  the  top  of  their  voices,  whllo  the 
clerks  were  abaolutuly  coovalsed  with  laughiei-. 
Peace  beiui;  with  Qilficulty  restored,  the  huucu- 
bjcks  showed  the  letters  they  had  i'eo?ived  request- 
lug  their  presease  at  the  uffice.  The  uotary,  with 
luauj'  apologies.  Informed  ttiem  thai  they  bad  beeu 
inade  the  vtcilma  ot  an  iil-tioied  pU'a'<autrv,  aod 
that  tbo  culprit,  wben  diicovereu,  vruulJ  a^isuiediy 
be  dlsnaisseil.  Ity  latest  acouuuts,  liowevor,  he  had 
nut  beaa  detected,  although  tbu  chiet  clerk  "  has 
hi«  auspicious." 

AMERICAN  RKU  I^^  ABROAD. 
Tho  London  corresponireiit  of  a  Livorpool 
newapaper  writes  :  "  I  nave  uot  aoen  so  atrikiugau 
ezauipio  of  tbe  great  dopressioa  of  tiaJe  aa  is 
afforded  by  tbe  rcturua  of  l^'rencb  exporta  to 
America.  Seeing  tbat  1876  waa  the  Centennial 
year,  and  tbat  great  iucruase  inaload  of  great  de- 
crease of  American  activity  might  have  been  ex- 
pected, the  reiurusare  very  sliiking.  I  had  certainly 
expected,  for  iuntaiice,  tuat  lu  a  year  of  lestiviiies, 
cbumpagne  would  have  been  lu  nqaoit  acros-t  thi 
Atlantic  ferrr.  But  no:  thn  export  friiiu  iCUeims, 
which,  in  ie7i  was  valiiel  nt  more  thiu 
f'!.5UU,000,  was  l.;s!.  year  leas  than  jl.500,UU0.  In 
1&7'2  the  trade  Iioiii  various-large  tuwua  was  v.iliieJ 
tti  t7-2,000,0OU:  last  v 'sr  It  wa.i  8'<-i.0UU,0J0.  Pans, 
whicu  exported  t.'t7.'50J.0OO  iu  l£f75,  lust  year  ex- 
Iiorteil  less  tbau  S:^,tiuJ,t>UiJ.  Ihodu  fi/ures  are  ex- 
ceedingly striking.  Uulurttiuiitely,  I  c.iuuot  uhtaiu 
the  figures  lor  Eiii^lish  trade.  Xiie  Aiiierican  dm- 
Buiate  refu.iosi^u  rentier  tliem.  It  is  a  littie  suiitteu 
with  Eiiclisb  red  lapo.  If  there  were  a  luure  obli){- 
ing  dl<<poailiou  the  lists  could  bo  wtilten  out  in  a 
quarter  of  an  hour,  nub.jdy  be  harmed,  aud  tbe 
wurld  maue  tbe  wiser. 


TRE  MEAL  EiSTAl'^  MARKET. 


The  following  busiuess  was  transacted  at  tbe 
Exchauge  yesterday,  (ifriiay,)  Feb.  2J. 

V.  K.  Stevenson,  Jr.,  by  urder  of  tho  Sopreme 
Court  lo  forocluauro,  Alfred  Mclutirc,  Esq.,  Rtlereo, 
aold  the  three-ilury  Iratnu  buusn,  (trout,)  aud  the 
fuur-ator.v  brick  tebement-hou-ie,  (rear,)  with  lot,  Sj 
by  100,  No.  83  Wlllett-al.,  east  side,  between  Itiv- 
ihgtou  and  SUintun  eta.,  for  (9, lri5,  to  John  and 
Elizabeth  Hardecker,  plaintiffs  iu  the  legal  action. 

R.  V.  Harnett,  under  a  foreclosure  decree,  by  or- 
der of  the  Court  of  Commou  Pieas,  S.  H.  Oiio,  E^q., 
R-jferee,  disponed  of  tha  four-9lory  brick  tenement- 
houae,  (trout.)  aud  one  similar  house,  (rear,)  with 
lot  2.%  hv  94,  No.  177K.izabeth-.4t.,  west  side,  between 
Spi'ijg  ana  Prince  sis.,  for  t9, 100.  The  same  auc- 
tioaoet',  bv  order  ol  ihe  Suprouio  Ooarl,  lu    lureolos- 

ure,  Charles  Price,  Knq-.    Keteree,  bold  one  plot  of 


laud,  60.3  by  99.11,  un  West  Uj.li-at.,  noitb  side,  425 

of  I  " 

plalutiU. 


feet  west  ui  luth-av.,  fur  <)1,OUO,  tu  Auuie  T.  Curneu, 


ISurnurd  Smyth,  under  a  foreclosure  decree  by 
order  ol  the  C.<urt  of  Couimuu  Pleas,  S.  H.  O.iti, 

Esq.,  Keferee,  di.Hposed  of  a  threu-stur.v  and  baae- 
meiii-  biuWD-^tone-frout  huiise,  witblui  li  oy  100.5. 
uu  West  o3J-;it.,  soutn  Aide,  439.t>  loot  west  ot  Oiu- 
av.,  for«13,JJ0,  to  E.  S.  Chauiu. 

W.  O.  Huduiau,  by  order  ot  iho  Suoreme  Court  in 
foreoli>.-«urc,  U.  A.  L,:id<-,  iisq.,  K  jteree,  said  ouo  lot, 

33  by  100.5,  ou  Eii^t  63d.st.,  s<iui.h-i.>aso  corner  Madi- 
suu-av.,  lur^.iuO,  tu  E.  M.  Kiugsley. 

Tiio  followiu^  auoiiuns  were  u  ijuuraed  :  Sale  by 
R.  V.  Harnett  of  a  house,  wUh  loi  ou  VVashiuKtou- 
st.,  uorth-west  vomer  01  lioraiio-ai.,  and  sale  by 
William  Kenuell]r  ot  a  buuso,  with  lot  Ou  West  2:21- 
at.,  west  ol  Uih-av.,  sine  die. 

TO-DAl'd  AUCTIONS. 

T-day'a  sales,  all  at   the   E:ch;inge,  with   tbe   ex- 
ceptlou  of  the  two  last  meniioued  : 
Saturdixy,  Feb.  21. 

By  A.  H.  Mnller  &  Sun,  .Su^ireuio  Court  foreclos- 
ure sale,  Kay  ila.-uilion,  Kiq.,  Uiuerje,  of  a  house 
with  lot,  25  by  luu,  ou  Amu j-ai.,  suuth  side,  23  feet 
west  ot  Laurens-st. 

By  Louis  Mester,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure  sale, 
Ambrose  Monell,  Eoq.,  Kercree,  of  a  bouse,  with 
leaS3of  lot,  20  ov  63.8,  on  East  6()th-«t.,  north  side, 
ii93  feet  east  of  Ist-av.,  leaaod  Nov.  1.  1870.  term  19 
yeara  aud  6  muutb«,  ground  reut  $240  per  anuuui. 
Alao,  aimilar  aale,  C.  H.  Phelps,  Ei^q.,  Eeicree,  of  a 
plot  of  laud,  lOU.ll  by  300,  011  3j-av.,  suuru-west 
corner  ot  97[ih-st.  Also,  fureclusure  sale,  by  order 
of  the  Court  01  Common  Piuas,  S.  H.  Oiiu,  Eiq  , 
Referee,  01  one  lot,  25  by  100,  on  llto-av.,  soutu- 
weot  corner  of  40  ib-st. 

IJy  B.  1*.  i'airchiid,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  Roocrt  Sewell,  Esq.,  Itoferoe,  oi  six  lots,  each 
25  by  lUO,  ou  Won  8Jib-st.,  north  side,  200  feet  east 
01  9th-av. 

Bv  Peter  F.  Meyer,  at  Carpenter's  Hotel,  in  Mor- 
risauia,  at  10  u'ciock,  Supieme  Court  iureclusuro 
uale,  ileyet  Butzel,  lisq.,  Keieree,  of  a  plot  of  land, 
100  by  273.8  Oy  100  by  206.8,  ou  College-av.,  south- 
east ooruer  ol  Corsa-av.,  Eordham. 

B.y  William  K.;naelly,  at  the  new  Couoty  Couit- 
bouse  ac  11  o'clock,  Corporation  sale  of  the  follow- 
ing leasehold  premises :  No.  1,140  Broadway;  No. 
13  Renwlok-st.;  No.  128  Wat  Broadway;  No.iJ® 
Wo.t31a-8t.;  No.  594  Graud-st.;  No.  160  Wuostei- 
at.;  No.  442  West  33J-st^:  Nox,  lu6  and  108  East  50th- 
St.;  Nu.  458  East  Houstou-st.:  No.  59  iSpring-st.;  Nu. 
352  West  aStn-at.;  NjS.  57,  8J,  81,  83,  89.  91,  and  S3 
Cuatbam-31.;  No.  6  Tbompsou-st,;  Nus.  ^61  to  Ti 
West  12ib-st.;  eigat  lots,  Slav.,  west  sideJRetweeu 
eotu  and  67ih  ats.;  six  luis,  3i-av.,  west  Aide,  adjuiu- 
ing  above;  six  luts.  East  08iu-su,  sootu  side,  be- 
tween 3tf-ai^Laxiogt.ou  avs  :  stable*^ and  plut  ou 
Tompkins  audMaugin  sts,  153  fee|^  north  ol  Riv- 
iug(oa-«t.,  plot  79.6  by  2J0;  stables  ahd  plot  of  land 
50  by  98.9,  West  24.h-si.,  south  aide,  300  feet  west  of 
lOth-av.:  cellara  iuEulton,  Washiogtou,  Centre,  Ea- 
aex.  and  Eraaklin  Markets,  (i-ouverneur  Alarket, 
and  old  Catharine  Fish  Market. 

By  Bernard  Smyth,  at  tho  Continental  Hotel,  In 
the  village  of  Peekskill,  at  11  o'clock.  Supreme 
Court lorecloauie aale,  W,CarySmitb,  EBq,,Beteree, 
of  about  60  aores  ot  land  near  Cruger's,  lu  the  town 
of  Cortlandt,  Weatahesier  County. 


EXOaANQE  SALEU— FRIDAY,  FBB.iX      - 
KBW-TOBK. 
Bv  y.  K.  Steveruon.  Jr. 
1  three-stor;  fiame  bouse  (front)  and  1  four- 
story  biioa  tenemeni-houae.  (rear)  with  lot, 
ho.  H8  WiUett-ai,  e.  a,    hetwceu  ttlvlngiuu 

andbtabton  sts;   lot  25xlau $9,185 

B¥  R.  V.  Samett. 

1  fbnx-story  bnck  tenement-houae  (front)  and 
1  similar  house,  (rear)  with  tot,  So.  177 
Ellzaoeth-st.,     w.    a.,     between     tSprlng    and 

•■  Prince  SI*.;  lot  25x94 , $9,100 

1  piut  of  laud,  We*t  13tlth-st,  a  a,  42d  It.  w. 
ot  xaufkr.  au.axua.11...,..^......^ si.oo(> 


1  three-stCry  anA  bnsi'.meht  browa-stonii-ftoat 
house,  with  lot.  West  SSd-st.,  a.  a.,  4S9.6  ft. 

w.  of  Bth-av.;  h)t  18x100.6 $18,300 

ByW.-O.  Hoffman. 

1  lot.  East  6Msc.,  B.  &,  corner  Madison-av., 
20x100.6 : $8,100 


REOOBDED  SBAL  ESTATE  TRANSFERS. 

KBW-TOEBt. 

WeOneeday,  Feb.  21. 

47th-st.8.  a,  75  ffc  w.   of   lOth-av.,   25x75; 

Michael  Rudolph  and  wife  to  B.  Marx $14,000 

Canal-st,  a  a,  e.  ol  Fars.vth-st.,  26x50;   Uorv 

F.  Qoiien  to  8,  L.  Csterly 1,000 

Same  property ;    Mary  A.  Caverly  to  Marv  F. 

Gallon. 1,000 

Coeu ties-slip.  Ho.  20;    also  i<ront.st.,  .No.  41 ; 

AunaD.  Parsons  toSnsuuK.  E.  Williamson...  nom. 
2d-av.,  w.  8.,  49.4>4  ft.  n.  of  llst-st,   V!4.8>4X 

80;  Richard  Wltzea  to  H.  Rlngshauser nom. 

■90Hi-st.,  n.  8..  375  ft.  e.    of  4th   av.,    25x100; 

B.  Conboy  to  M.  ilcCabe 4,000 

112th-st.,  B.  s..  279.2  ft.  w.  jf  Aver.nu  A   19.5 

xlUO.ll;  Juda  M.   Waiter  and  husband  to 

M.  L.  Bope nom. 

4tb-Bt..  S.  s.,  124  it.  e.  of  Avenue  C,  2'JxO(i.2; 

also  4th-st.,  s.  s..  No.  310;    John  Diukel  and 

wife  to  Isaac  Hochster nom. 

2d-aT..  w.  s.,49.4'2  ft  11.   of  4l8t.-8t,   24.y>4X 

80  ;  1. 1,  Stilling  to  H.  rangshauser 7,920 

Rutgers  iSlip,  e,  s„  24  ft  n.  of  Water-st,  5()X 

70:   ^nne  B.  Colt  and  others  to  (ieorge  V. 

Hecker 14,500 

20th-8t.,  8.  a.,  4.i9.tj  ft,  e.   of  Istav.,   20x92; 

Peter  Uillespie  and  wife  to  11.  U,  Uagau 10.000 

20th-st.,  B.  8.,  279.3  It.   e.    of  Ist-av.,   20x92; 

same  to  same 10,000 

Coll^ge-nv.,  w.  B..  425  ft.  p.  of  135tb-Bt.,  125x 

100,  23d  Ward  ;  Benjamin  A  Lyon  to  Jaueh. 

Lvon...... ., 14,000 

60th-st.,  «.  s.,  136  ft.  w.  ^if^Oth-st..  20x10(1.5; 

also,  eOtli  St.,  s.  a,  U5  ft.  w.  of  2d-av.,  20x 

100.5;  John  H.  Lyon  to  Benjamin  A.  Lyon...  nom. 
Boalevsrd.  n.  e.  corner  ot  91st-sc.,  18.10x99.8  ; 

also,  Boulevard,  e.  s.,  39.9  ft.  n.   of  9l8t-Bt, 

42.0^102.2;    Samuel   Cohen    and  wife   to 

Sarah  Jacobs 800 

16th-st.,    8.   B.,H97.1   ft.    w.  of    7th-aT..  24.9X 

80.0;    Kliz.ibeth  Jonea   to  Thomas  Fltzpat- 

rlck nom. 

3l8t-et.,  s.   8.,  100  fu   e.  of  2d.av.,  22.6x98.9 1 

J.  .T.  Burchell  and  wife  tu  James  McSuinnesa.  10,600 
Same  prupertv,  James  McOuinoess  to  J.  bnrch- 

ell 10,000 

34th-8t.,  n.  8..  100  ft.  w.   of  9Uj-av.   50x98.9: 

N.  Jarvls,  Jr.,  Referee,  to  (Sisterhood  St.  .Vlarv.  27,000 
33th-8t,  n.  a,  200  ft.  e.  of  2d-av.,  122.0x125"; 

P.  J.  Jeacliireisen.  Referee,  to  A  L.  MoBser 7,2S0 


TH£    UF-TOVV.N   OVKICK    Oi  TUB  TiiUEai. 

Theuntown  office  of  THB  TIMES  is  located  at 
No.  L,497  Broadway,  bet.  Slat  and   3id   sts. 

Open  dall.y.  Sunda.vs  includeil,  from  4  A.   M.  to  9  P.  M. 

bubscriptions  received,  and  copies  of  TUii  TIUBS  for 

sale. 

ADVBRTtSKMKXT.S  RBCKIVKD    USTIL  9  P.    M. 


I^tltt    ^ALiE-brtuADWtr   PKOPuKTr,  CONSl.ST- 
.  iiii;  of  extraordinary  choice  plots,   with  Improve- 
ments tbereou: 

42il-8t.,  n.  e.  corner,  substanrially  Improved,  105x100. 
49tb-8t.,  n.  w.  corner,  improved, '125x100. 
Srftli-st.,  n.  e.  coruer.  ituproved.  98x140. 
30th-st.,  n.  w.  corner,  substantially  improved.  47x92. 
Uere  is  a  rare  opportunity  afforded  to  capitalists  and 
others  to  secure  tuch  oerinaneut  investments  iu  this 
most  desirable   property  at  the  present  time.    Fur 

terms  aud  particulars  applv  direct  to  the  owner, 

JOSlAH  JEX,  No.  1,235  Broadwa.v. 


JA»lE?i  it.  UUWAKDti, 

REAL      RST.tTE       BWOKKR      AND 

AtiKNT  OF  E8TATKS. 

KO.     107     WE8f     2aD-ST., 

Corner  6th-av. 

HOUSES   FOR   tJALh   A.VD   TO    BENT, 

FUBNISHhD  AND  DNKUR.V18BK0, 

In  <-ity  aud  countr,v. 

JAMES     R.     ELiWAKDS, 

No.  107  West  23d-8t. 


NU.  4tf  tAST  a  I. ST  ST. 

Four  storirs,  hifiti  stoop,  brown  atoup.  25x65x92;  20 

rooms;  priO'',  f37,5UU,  iacliidln^    mirrors,   dxturea, 

niid  furniture :  $25,000  ma.v  remain  at  6  per  ceilt. 

for  three  aud  five  years. 

E.  H.  LDOLOW  &  CO.,  No.  3  Pine  at 


Tii!9UIi*BL'iLUKK!«,  «bc. 

Valuable  dock  property  at  Qreenpolnt  (50  lots>  be- 
tween Ureen  aud  llurou  sts..  West  at.,  and  Kast  Uiver. 
Lease  lor  live  years  troai  M:iy  1,  1877.  Apply  to  U. 
W.  6A0K  tL  CO.,  No.  07  WaU'st,  or  W.  H.  LYOS  it. 
CO..  No.  483  liro:idwnv. 


AF(»liCKU  NAtili— SUBSrASflAb  HUUSK,  12 
rooms  ;  excellent  cellar,  pbizza,  well,  cistern  :  fine 
lot.  with  fruit  :  dobirahle  location.  \ntb  iias,  water, 
Bidewalu.s.  lie.:  ne,ir  depot,  50  mluutes  in  Jersey ;  a 
great  bargain,  onlv  :f2,2jO;   naif  cash. 

STANLEY  KKKOU.'^o.N,  No.  101  Broadwav. 


l?OKS.%l,l;.— AFlKSr-iLASS  FUhti-slZiiU  HOUSE 
J^  on  .Madisnti-Liv.,  uetween  3Jd  and  33d  ot^.;  $'J5.- 
liUO  citn  remul:i  on  bond  a:id  niorteaae  at  ti  per  cuut. 
Fur  prrmitij,  iic,  a  poly  tu  HijUhlt  MOKQAN,  No.  2 
Pliie-st. 


I^tUt  SAIjE— Al'  A  UARG.'.IN.  l.S  K1.\K  UKDiia,  A 
.  fuur-gtory  lii/h-9toop  iironu-Btoue  house,  16.8  by 
55  hy  lUO ;  newly  painted.  luqiii.e  at  No.  150  West 
ft:^a-3t.,  or  at  owner's,  ^o.  141  opposite. 


FOK  JSAIjK— A  FIB^sT■CbA6S  FDbL-e»IZ81J  UOUoB 
ou  39t!i-at.,  butane  1  .>la>lisun  and  Park  ava.;    price, 
H.,iicO.    For  permits,  im.,  apply  to 

IiUJiI'.K  -MORGAN.  No.  2  Pine-Bt. 


^EVKItAI.,         FLL.I>!«JZK        Km.-«'»-CL.As*.«» 

K^huus.d  lo.'  sale  at  bnr>;aiU3:  S3o,00U  to  $4o,0UU: 
choice  locitions.  Appiy  to  F'.  O.  k  V.  S.  BtiOWS,  Mo. 
9U  iiro.idw.iv. 


AL..%.U<iK   .Ml.llUUti.   Oe  HOD.SK'^i   BilLONS- 
iiigio  estates  and  iudticatiiias  for  salo   or  rent  at 
low  raiei.      KlN^i.MAM  F.  P.\tiE,  Nu.  42    East  23d  at. 


BROOKLYN^EAI^ 

rtyU  liKASli— %«00.— FOUE-.SI'ORlf  BRUWN-STONK. 
A.  high-atKop  hoifa;-8,  °22z55  feet,  on  lot  100  feet,  Bit- 
iwiti'd  on  3d  St.,  bruoklyu,  near  Ttb  av.,  and  ou  tbe 
liiu'li  uruuud  H<yuihiug  Projpect  Paru.  Third  st.  lathe 
cttr.i-wuie  s.reet  leuting  to  the  entrance  tu  the  Park. 
Tills  18  tli«  hiihesr  aud  must  liealttiful  part  of  tbe 
whole  citv.  The  hnu.sea  arj  diat-class  lu  every  re- 
spect, ill  perfect  oraer,  and  immed.ate  pusdeaslou 
euj  l.e«ivea  Apply  to  J.  B.  KANUKb  &  SO.N' ,No.  117 
liroadway, -Vpw-yorK.  or  lo  IRA  A  KIUl>AiiL,  corner 
u  li  av.  and  9th  at.,  Brooklyn. 


fSIO         KXCHANWli  —  A        liA.SUKUMELl' BUltl' 

Xt  roe-Story  rbiladelphla  brick  bouse,  tree  aud 
c.e.ir,  lu  brool:l.\u.  ne  ir  Dr.  Cu.yler'a  eliiireh.  lor  a 
house  lu  Ne IT- Vork  iu  «;oud  location  i  would  assume  a 
H.uuli  inurttrai;.-.  Auaress  HOUSE.  Box  No.  :U1  XiJlEij 
UP- 1  OWN  OFFICE,  .NO.   1,25V  BKOAUrtAY. 


J30UNTRY^^AJjJtST^ 

1?im  SALiK.— rilK  EhEUA.^T  COO-NTRY  SEAT  AT 
.  Bliiuebeck;  Huest  place  ou  the  Ilulsnn,  and  conbilns 
tSoacre'iuf  blfiily  cul'tirated  land.  embelli»hed  with 
liiwus.'Sbiide  trees, auil shrubbery,  and  uooa  which  area 
1ai';;L*  brick  luAnslun.  ciiach-bouse,  Cottaae*  for  farmer, 
couehiiiUD.  niiU  c  irden  r;  commauda  mo<i  exteuaive 
aud  lieauiilul  views  ol  a  rirei  aud  lake,  wli!i  uouataln 
Laeicerouud;  locaiiou  bealtbtui:  nel  ■hoorfcoml  unex- 
ceu'.iouuule:  and  a  h.ie  nililuj  country  tor  ildiux  and 
drivini;.  Hits  prop  rty  otfers  10  perKOas  of  taste,  cul- 
ture, and  reuuKtueut  a  resioeuce  or'  \iiie(iualcHl  beaucv. 
It  was  purciiascil  by  the  late  o>tui  r  at  a  cust  of  £U(),- 
000,  nud  siai'c  purchase  ua  expeuued  upward  uf  S40,- 
UUU  U1.0U  It  ID  imiiroveiuents.  A  larj{e  portlou  of  thr> 
purchase  mouov  may  remain  on  murtaaKe,  Addresa 
L».,  Box  .\o.  r),4.-l4.  -New-Vork  fust  omce. 


1.">l>lt  SAIjK-TI11KTK|'.N  SilALL  FAltMi,  TWO 
:  U'l  oue-liai:  to  ton  acres  each,  tu  Kid<{ewoud,  N.  J.: 
ill!  Within  one  luUeof  stntiou,  Eri?  Uallroad ;  worth 
from  .f  I  .UtiU  tu  $0, 0(10  each;    will  be  sold    at  barKaina, 

oae-quartercaa.i;  oalonceon  morti^age,  fire  years,  at 
4  per  cent,  interest  Address  U.  P.  K.,Po8t  0£Elce  Box 
No.  672-  .\ew-ior«  Cicv. 


1?UKSAi,ii   ANU  TO  RE.NT— AT   PLaINFIELD, 
.  N.  J.,  handsome  residences  or  all  sizes ;   also  lur- 

nUhed  huu:3es  to  rent  in  best  loeaiitius;  lot«  for  sale  and 
money  loaned  lur  buUdlUK.  Address  EVAN  JUNES, 
Park  House,  I'lainlield,  N.  J.,  or  can  be  seen  Uouda.va, 
Wednesdays,  aud  Fridays,  from  10:3J  A.  M.  »o  L'/i'dO 
P.  M.,  at  Nu.  21  Piirli-iovT,  roum  No.  jO.  N.  Y.. 


AT  OUANUU,  (s»?iiGiAL,TY.)  — Handsome 
rebidcLicu:  every  moilern  couveuie nee;  bard-wood 
huiah:  beven  bodroums;  half  acre  trait;  cummandlue 
flue  views;  neardeput;  foraalelow;  'Will  rent  unfur- 
nisb-U.     UAMILTO-N  t  VVALLIS,  No.  30  Pine  at. 


ijlOlf  SALiE— A  FARM  OK  40  ACRKS  IN  ilONMOOTH 
C<-U  t.v.  N.  .i.:  will  be  sold  cheap  (or  cash,  or  on 
easy  terms  to  suit  purchaser.  For  parti culara  addreas 
WllisON  SPROUL,  Keyport,  N.  J.  ^o  .aisenta  need 
appi.v. 


OltANUK.  iN.  J.-COuNl'ay  HOUSKS.  LANUtt 
nuiiTilBRe  i"M  tor  »aie;  0  jieat  vanatf.  Also. 
luruislied  and  unfurnished  nouses  ro  let  for  season  at 
\eiir.  bv  WALlKlt  K.  riJiiTH.  lormery  Blackwoki  k 
>'u,iOi.(>i':iii;xe.  eiiriier  of  Main  and  •"'ouPBla. 
^1 -!_^^^__^.^_^^^^^_____ 

I^Ult  SALE— A  Farm  ONLONU  ISliAND  IN  GOOD 
order:     comtuodlous  hunse  and  lari;e   ontbuildloga  ; 
terms  easy.    Aiidresa  C.  C.  ROBINSON,  EUziibcth. 


FTuiil^Nul^Hl  Jll  VBUHiOE  I  -  OOUNTttY 
VXhumes,  sale,  reut,  exchauce;  shore  froota;  hour 
fiuuiiity;  circulars.     ATvVATE  i,  uiverside.  Conn. 


To  LET.— KbKQANT  BROVVN-aTONE  ANU  BRICK 
houses  on  Madison  av.  and  side  etreots  near  the 
Piirk;  three  aud  four  stories,  cabinet  Unish.  with 
minu.s,  .U.C.  ;  tent  from  $tiOJ  to  S4,60U.  Apply  tu  J. 
A.  WOODti,  olfice  .>orth  America  Life  lusurauce  Com- 
pacy,  Noa.  17  lind  19  Waireu  St.,  isew- York,  between 
11  an<t  12  o'clock. 


TO  LKT— FUiiRlSHEO— IN  39Trt-ST.,  BETWEEN 
otii  and  bth  avs.,  four-story  blKh-stoop  browu- 
Bioiie  house  :  luw  rent ;  private  rami l.v  on. 7;  immedi- 
ate ousaeHBion.  Apply  to  C.  W.  deYEB,  No.  33  Piue-st., 
east  baaement.  e 


njUl  LKT— HOU8B  NO.  232  EAST  IITH  ST.,  BE- 
J.  tweeu  2d  and  3d  avs.,  oontalnlug  ad  the  modern 
improvements,  will  be  let  low  to  uood  parties.  For 
particulars,  &.C.,  apply  to  U.  BUUEVBBBIA  tt  CO.,  No. 
Viii   Beaver  St. 


C^OU.VTUV  SKAT  TO  1.ET  AT  SCABBORO, 
yHudaon  Bivor  Bailroad,  on  river;  12  acres;  house 
fully  lurnlSbedi  good  Harden  aud  gardener.  Rent 
$900  irom  toe  Ist  of  May  to  Nov.  1,  Apply  to  Qen.  A. 
U.  WEBB,  No.  15  Lexington  uv. 

ON>r  TAH.B  A   FLAT    WHEN    YOU  CAN 

have  a  three-atory  brown-stone  houae  for  f 00  a 
mouth;    bard  p^u.    Call  at  No.  40  Proapeo i-place,  near 

Ea^it  42d-st. 


rili*  LEi— THkEE  ANO  FOUB-SrOBY  B0C»B8 
X  recently  loreolosed,  from  SS,UOO  to  $26,000  in 
vicinity  of  park.       J.    W.    bTBVBNB,  Broadway   and 

,52a-8c. 


rro  ueNt-low.  cs  West  22i)-st.,  nbab  ele- 

X  vated    Bailroad,   a  mediam-sized    house    in  fine 

order.      Apply  (o   JOUS    C    BAttRETT,   Hoom^^O.    83 
Drezel  Building,  corner  WaU  and  Broad-ati. 


kfa;«'r  FOli  NO.  114  BANR-ST.- 

roomS{    get  permit   at    room  No.  6,  No. 

l"Jb  droadway. 


$800i.f 


TVrKW-BlilGHTON,  fsTATJSN  ISLAND.- 
1.1  Houses  to  let,  lurnisbed  and  unmrnished.  Apply 
to  W.  K-  LHiri'ENDti-v'.  Nu.  48  Kiobanj?B-pl»ce- 


lj;yM.Lm^  TO  LET,  . 

lj<tbit4orUy,  30  nilbUMil  from  City  Hail,  New-Tark, 
atkidgefleld  Park,  three  minatea  froja  depot  irrbaodS, 
20  wsrekt  beautifully  laid  out,  with  tniit  and  other 
trees  and  splendid  laWnS;  It  nSe  tteteoM  boiA  titp  to 
bottom;  finlahna  la  bard  wood ;  contains  bath-room, 
gas,  and  all  other  improvetaents  of  a  Olty  Loose;  StSr 
ble,  hoc-hcrase.  fca;  also  other  elecant  plaoes  an  Cen- 
tral BaUroad  of  New-Jersey.  60  minntea  fhim  New- 
York  ;  house  and  i^roniids  In  splendid  order  t  flniist  lo^ 
cation  In  New-Jersey;  to  rent  cheap.  Appi*  to  J.  A. 
WOODS,  Office  of  the  tlorih.  Amefictui  Life  InsuraDoe 
Oompan.Vi  Noa  17  and  19  Warren  at,  NSW-York,  1m- 
tween  11  and  2  o'clock. 


TO  liUT-THB  SPLENDID  PKOPKRTY  NO.  884 
St.  Mark's  place,  on  St.  Mark'ii  at,,  Brdoil.vn.  com- 
prlidne  six  lets  of  ground,  60  fbet  front,  and  mnnl  n^ 
through  to  Prospect  place,  with  trnlt,  sbalde  trees,  cro- 
quet grounds,  to.;  stable  and  coach  house  on  Pivripect 
pUMe.  The  house  ia  three  stories.  Mausard  roof,  with 
conservatory  and  piazzan.  containlnir  12  rooms,  and  all 
modem  improvements,  and  will  be  put  in  perfect  order; 
offered  at-  the  low  rent  of  $8t.'0  p»r  annum  fbr  one  or 
more  -roars.  Apply  to  WILMAM  H.  DONNst^Q,  So.  20 
Nassau  St.,  Turner  Building,  New- York. 


fpO  liKT— AT  SPUYTBNDDYVIIi.  AhABQBPIiBAP- 
X  ant  hotue  most  desirably  situated ;  water  pleqty 
and  convehlent ;  lauodr.v  lu  detfcCb^d  buildine;  aood 
stable  and  carriage-bouse  and  ice-house,  and  about 
four  aCres  of  land ;  the  houSe  has  a  ^uoH  fumacti,  and 
is  otherwise  oomforiably  arrsiiged  toi:  Winter  occu- 
pation: will  be  leased  at  a  low  rent  to  a  good  tenant 
for  a  term  of  yeara  Apfly  to  P.  NAYLOB.  No.  68 
Centie-Bt.,  or  GEOBaB  H.  PKTBIE,  fio.  178  Broadway. 
New-York. 


TO  RfiNT,  UNtUiiNlJ^HEO— FOB  ONE  OB 
more  .yeara,  a  mixal&cent  country  Seat  on  tbC 
Uadaou  Biver,  'with  every  improvement,  at  the  low 
rental  of  $2,000.  per  annum.  It  cannot  be  sur- 
passed in  its  views,  h^ialthiness,  water,  company,  road, 
tc,  &.C.  Apply  to  WILLIaM  ri.  DUNNING,  No.  20 
Kassaa  at.,  Turner  Building,  New-Yorlc. 


rilO  ItENT— IN    CLAVKRACK,  N.   Y.,  NEAR    CLAV- 

JL  eraok  Ooliege  and  Hudson  Klver  Inatitute,  three 
dwelliug-hoUBe8,at  $6  a  moutb;  one  large  double  two- 
story  hOnSe.  with  three  acres  garden,  at  $14  50  a 
month;  a  tin-shop  and  established  buslnesa  and  dwell- 
ing near;  for  both,  $12  a  mouth,  and  rent  taken  in 
work.    Address  E.  O.  STDDLEY. 


F 


URNlSCIKD  UOUSBS  TO  RENT  AT   BABY- 

lon,  lion;  Island.    Adarcss  JAM.Bii  BAYLIS. 


Adhian  U.  MULLB3,  Auctioneer. 
MXECVtOHsi,'  SALE. 

VALUABLB    IMFBOVED    AND     UHIliPHOVED    PEOP- 

EBTY. 

ESTATE  OP  JOHN  H.  POWBB,  Deceased. 

Adrian  U.  Mailer  &  Mon  will  sell  at  auction  on  TCFGS- 
0.AV,  Feb.  27.  at  12  o'clock,  at  the  Exchange  sales- 
room. No.  ll  1  Broadway,  by  order  of  the  undersigned 
Kxeoutors  of  John  II.  Power,  deceased: 

KiFTH  AVBUOB-^The  hrst^lajs  four-story  brown- 
stoue-front  houae  aud  lease  of  lot,  Ko.  6^2  5th  av., 
west  side,  between  50ih  and  blst  sts.  The  house  is  05 
leet  lu  depth,  with  au  extension  of  35  feet,  with  party 

walls,  and  contains  every  modern.  Improvement.  The 
lot,  leased  from  Colambia  Coliege,  la  2S-8xl31  feet. 
The  lease  is  for  21  years  from  May  1.  1865,  at  annuiil 
grouud  rent  of  $650,  taxes  and  assessments,  and  con- 
tains covenaota  for  renewala. 

FooKTH  AVKWUB— The  four-story  brick  stores,  -with 
lease  of  lots,  situate  on  the  easterly  sloe  of  4ib  av.. 
commencing  du  the  oorth-eaSt  comer  of  lltb  at.,  Nog. 
93,  95,  97,  99,  and  101  4th  av.  The  leases  are  from 
tbe  8tuyvesanteatate. 

ijTO.NK  ANn  Pbakl  Stbbbts — The  brick  stores  and  lots 
No.  26  titone  ana  No.  61  Fearl  st.,  running  through 
item  Pearl  to  iStoue  st. 

Caxai,  asd  Mott  iStrbets — The  brick  and  fTame 
buildings  aud  lots  Nos.  17S  and  180  Caual  St.,  corner  of 
Uott  st 

Thikd  Avkncb,  Sixty-sixth  and  6ixtt-8BVbiith 
Streets — tight  Iota,  comprising  the  entire  easterly 
front  on  3d  av.,  between  66th  aud  67th  sea.,  and  14 
lots  on  66th  st.  and  14  lots  on  67th  St.,  commencing 
lOoleet  east  ofthe  3d  av.;  street  lots  each  25xlOu 
feet,  except  the  two  easterly  lots  on  each  street,  which 
are  30x1  uO  feet  each. 

Thompbov  STasET— Tho  btdldingi  and  lots  Noa.  67 
and  59  Xbompson  sc,  west  side,  near  Broume  St.,  each 
lot  about  32.5x100  fee'- 

Forty-second  Btkebt— One  lot,  south  side,  300  feet 
weatofTtb  av.,  25x98.9. 

KlITY-BlQHTH    AND     aiXTT-iriNTU     6TKBBTS — 8lX    lotS, 

north  side  of  bStb  St..  commeocmg  325  feet  west  of 
8tb  av.,  and  fuur  lots,  south  slue  of  69th  st,  commenc- 
ing ;<79  feet  west  of  8th  av. 

U1VBK8IDIC  Avenue — ciixceen  lots  on  the  easterl.v  side 
of  Kiveraide  av,,  commencing  ou  tbe  comer  of  lloth 
St.  and  opposite  Klvers  de  Park. 

Twelfth  AvajtCE— Three  plots  of  water  lota  on  12th 
av..  becweeu  IIOlU  and  ilStb  ata..  opposUe  Uiverside 
Park. 

KiuHTT-FiFTH  Sthebt— FouT  lots,  Bouth  sids,  betit'ceu 
tbe  lltb  iind  Uivi-iside  avs. 

Twelfth  Avrkitb  ano  OItb  Btrbbt — One  water  lot, 
norih-east  corUer  of  I'ith  av.  and  04tb  at. 

^puxTaN  OcYviL  Cbbbk  and  222d  81  beet— About  19 
lota 

HUGH  CASSIOY,  Fxecutor. 
HENEIETTA  B.  POvVEtt,  Executrix, 

of  John  U.  Power,  deceased. 
Book-mapa  at  the  office  ot  the  Auctioueer,  Ho.  7  Pine 
Bt.,  and  01  the  Executors,  No.  11  Pine  st. 


HOUSES&EOOMSWAOTBD 

WAM'liD- A  HA.NUSOilfc:  AND  COAlPLEThLY 
turniahed  house  in  a  flrat-clasB  central  location, 
whuse  onner  will  board  'with  tenant  in  lieu  of  part  of 
lent:  highest  referencea  given.  Addresa  J.  Q.  F., 
Post  Office  Box  No.  1 ,389. 

«l'OKfc;.s,  .JcO.,    JO  LEX. 


aCFlCES  TO  LBT 

IN  THE 
TlllIES  BUILDING. 
APl-Liir  TO 

GBORGB  JONB», 
TIMBsi  OFFICB. 


OFFICiSM 

TO  LET,  FBONTINQ  CITY  HALL  PABK. 

ALSO, 

8plendid  first   loft,   25x40,  or   larger,  suitable  tor  any 

business,  at  very  low  prices.    Inquire  of  FBEGUAN  St 

WOODRUFF.  Clothiers,  No.  241  Broadway. 


rilO  LKA*B— TO  BA.VKS,  I-\6UBANCB  COM- 
X  oshies,  &.C.,  the  flue  banking  floor,  60x80  leet, 
corner  of  Nassau  and  Cedar  sts.,  together  .with  the 
basement  and  sub-csellar,  each  25x80  feet;  the  banU- 
Ine  floor  and  basempnt,  two  steps  below  wnlk,  have 
large  burglar  and  flrt-proof  vaulti,  and  are  fitted  up 
and  ready  tu  carry  ou  a  large  aud  extensive  bUbtnesa. 
MOJIEB  MORGAN,  No.  2  Pine  at. 


EIOHTH-AV.    STOKE.     WEST    SIDE,    BE- 
tween  33d  and  34th  sta.    Apply  to 
J.  KOiUAlNB  BROW.N,  No.  1.^80  Broadway. 


rtMt  l,KT— THE  8TOKK  ANU  BASEMENT,  NO.  2 
X.  New  Chambers  St..  now  occupied  as  a  restaurant. 
Apply  to  W.  L.  i.O.vK.LI.'f,  No.  IS  4th  av- 


fpO    LET— .A     VERY    UB.-<lttABLB    SfOtlE      IN     AN 

X  excellent  looation  fbr  buslhess.  No.  105  Uuane  kt, 
near  Ureenwleti.    luquire  ou  premises. 


ri'^O  Lli  1— AT  SAllATOOA  8PBINOS,  OB  FOB  BaLU, 
X  lurui^hed  bouse  ou  t^ircahU:  St.,  13  roOiua 
'rmuuu  M.  KuSTb.  no.  120  uimadtlraii.  Mav-xnck. 


STBA.U  POWER  ANU  l^'iRisT  FL.UOR  ANU 
cellar,  oUxSU  feet,  I'ioa.  ISa  anl  190    West    Uouston 
bU    Inquire  in  the  coruer. 


REAL  ESTATE  TO  EXCHANGE.-W ANTED, 
a  amall  country  place,  throe  or  four  acres.  (West 
(Jheater  C'oaniv  preferred.)  with  a  good  bouse  unin- 
cumbered, worth  from  j>3,00u  to  $4,000,  tor  wbloii  a 
well  assorted  stoek  ot  readv  made  olothiog  will  be 

>Kiven.  Addresa,  givinjc  partlculara,  HANSON,  Stallou 
D,  New-York. 

-pARTNER  WANTED-IN  A  GOOD  WBLL- 
-^  established  and  profitable  business,  centrally  lo- 
cated in  the  City  of  Bochester.  comprising  atovea,  tin, 
and  sheet-Iron  ware,  house-lumlshing  (toods,  and  gen- 
eral lobbing  work;  a  capital  of  $8,000  required.  Ad- 
dress B.,  Box  No.  145  Times  Office,  or  EDWABD  JOMBS, 
Bochester,  Ho.  16  South  St.  Paul  st. 

<43/in   HAA  —A  THOROUGH   BUSINESS 

CjP'Tbv/sV  Weman  with  tho  above  sum.  to  engage 
lu  manufacturiUK;  (buaiueaa  eat  bliahed  :)  profits 
large,  cood  staple;  highest  award  National  Exhibition; 
capital  wanted  to  erect  new  buildings  and  iDorease 
bualoeBB:  will  bear  full  Investteatiou;  beat  reference, 
Addresa  FBANKblN  POST,  No.  11  Clinton  place. 


I  WISH  TO  RETIRE,  AND  WILL  BELL 
my  bualnesB,  15  years  csirabltshed,  lor  $2,000,  it 
beine  less  than  halt  its  value  :  boaioeas  paving  $4,000 
net  each  year  tor  the  last  10  years.  Come  and  see  It 
auy  day  between    the  hours  of  11  A.  M.  aud  3  P.  M.,  or 

address  M.  HILL,  No.  138  tith-av.,  Citr. 


!iH5Jiili!: 

A  GREAT  OFFER!  Ithe^re^H^'/iSi 

dispose  0/  lUO  PiANuS  &  OKGANs,  it^tv  and 
Gecoud-band.  of  flrst>claas  makers,  Including 
Vv  At' Eit&\at  lower  prices  lur  ca^ik  or  Instail- 
menta  or  to  let  until  paid  for  thaa  ever  before 
olfered.  WATERS'  GRA.NU  SQUARE  and 
LfttlUHTPIAiNOStfc  ORGANS  are  the  UEsst 
AlAUE..  aGE>Ts  VVANTED.  Illustrated  Cat- 
alogues  mailed,  A  liberal  discouut  to  .Ceacktrs, 
ja.nuiterB,  Churciies.  etc.  ^beet  niiuic  at  ball  pcfce. 
UOKAOE  WATERS  «fc  StiN.'^,  irlanbfctrs.  and 
Dealers,  40  East  14th  St.,  tnion  square,  N.  Y. 


MONEY  ON  DIAAIONDS,  WATCHES,  dkc. 
—Diamonds,  watchea  jewelry. sUver.ware,  camei'a 
balr  ahawls,  sill^,  &.C.,  boiuht  and  eold  back  at  a  very 
small  advance.  UEOUGB  C.  ALLEN,  Jeweler,  No. 
1,190  Broadway,  near  29tnat. 


DAJjrOLNG. 


AliljBN  DODWORTU'.'t   DANCING    iiCHUOCi 
BBIdOV  KD  TO  NO.  o81  STH  aVBNOK.    Spring  term 
now  commencing.    For  partioulaia  send  for  olro-jiat. 
Ptivaie  lessoua  every  da.v. 


lOE-QREAAL 


FUSSELL'S  1CECREA-W.-BB8T  IN  THB  CITY; 
25  cents  per  quart  to  ohuohes  and  arm  patles; 
Charlotte  Busse.  in  boxes,-  to  carry  home;  finMh  tlllae  a 
da,v.    So.  12  BlbJe  House 


FURNITUEB. 


,A>.'..  .**-•;'/ V. -./.••f; 


■^^^^j.^v^^^-t^  -.ii'T^riT^K, 


[lOR  SAliE.— BBADTIPDL  SUIT  CKIMSON  AND 
gold  satin,  se^n  pieces;  also  genfleauut'a  Ubiuy. 
84a  Kakt  IMth-at.  kafdaUb 


-u-u^.-u'..rw^.r^ru^,.v^  ^  ^  FEmALfiS.  ■  * 

Tfiftt  ui^i/rotrN  'oiGScE^F  Ttiii  jiiSBij. 

The  up>town  office  of  THB  TIMBS  la  loeated  at 
No.  1,»57  BT*Mlit*.T,  htu  dlSt  ftaO  d!M  «■. 

Open  daily,  Sundays  meinded.  ficom  4  A.  It.  to  9  P.    U. 

Babsciiptlims  reeelved,  and  eeplM  of  THB  TUSBS  fbr 

sala. 

ADV^TTStMBWTS  RfeCBllrgp  tRtlL  9  P.  M. 

CHA.'nBER.MAIU.— BY  A  RSSPBCTABLE  OIBL 
BS  chamber-maid  and  seamstre^'s  in  a  private  fam< 
ily ;  best  City  reference,  (an  be  ieen  lor  two  daj-a  a1 
No.  309  Btb  av..  present  employer's. 

HAinBER-fllAID  AND    WAITRKSS.— BT  A 

young  girl  in  a  private  family  ;  no  objection  to  the 
ooutltrT.    Can  be  seen  at  present  employers,  No.  147 

East  4dtfa-st. 

00  K,  dec— BY  A  COMPETiiNT  SWEDISH 
t^oman  as  roOk  or  bonseiceeper  In  a  fir^t-ctass 
family;  no  objection  to  take  charge  of  the  household 
of  a  widowed  gentlemen ;  c<n  furtilBh  references  as  to 
capability  and  geheral  disposition  of  person.  Call  oi 
address  for  two  days-Mrs.  Brown  No.  '260iiver-8t. 

OOH-CHAltlBBR-in.lIO,       &:c.-BY,    TWO 

girls,  together;  one  as  good  Protest-int  c>iok,  otbez 

as  chambpf  maid  and  waitress;  will  do  entire  work  ol 

small  family:  firs^cla8s   City  reference.      Call  at  No. 

171  Avenue  B,  near  11th  St. 


OOK.    WASHER,     AND    lRO?«BR.-BY   A 

Protestant  Aaierlcan  woman,  or  will  do  ireneral 
huuae-woric ;  <'ity  reference.  Call  at  No.  2B7  West 
8.5th  St..  first  floor. 


COOK.— BY  A  PBOTeBTANT  GIBL  :  GOOD  COOK 
and  excellent  baker;  -will  do.  conrse  waablugand 
ironing :  good  refeirenCe.  Call  at  So.  43  Perry-st.,  near 
Waverly-Biace, 


COOK,  gee.— BY    A   GIRL   TO    COoK.  WASH.  AND 
iron,  or  to  do  general  bouse- work  :  is  a  good  washer 
aUd  ironer;   good  City  reffcteuoe.    Call  at  Mo.  22i 

West  27th-8t 


COOK.^Y     A     RBSPKCTABDB     OIBL    AS    PLAlJt 
cook;  will  assist  with  tbe  washing  and  ironing; 
good  City  leference.    Call  at  224  West  1  Sth-st.-place. 


COOK.— BY  A  BESPECTASbE  WO  .MAN  AS  A  FIRST- 
cl.iss  cook ;  best  City  re'erence  from  last  plaee; 
City  or  country.    Call  at  No.  203  East  44th-8t. 


DRESS-91AKEIC.  —  BY       AN       BXPlSHlENCKD 
drcBs-maker  to  eo  out  bv  tbe  day  or  week.    Call  f«»t 
two  days  at  No.  307  Wpst  20th  at.:  rioa  four  times. 


eUVBRNKSS  OH  LADY'.-l  COjnfANIO.M.— 
—B.y  a  .voung  French  widow  lady  of  eaucation,  re- 
finement, ana  unexceptionable  rtferenoes;  Is  used  td 
travelina  and  eood  societv :  salary  not  so  much  aa 
object  as  aa  ai^eeabln  position.  Address  M.  a  U.  &., 
Box  No.  110  Timet  Office. 

OVERNE8S.-BV    A    CUKERKUU     EDUCATK0 

lady,  a    good  home    and    reasonable  aalary  aa  jrov- 

ernpas.  lad.v'B  coiupanion.  reader,  or  amanuensis  :   best 

references.    Address  Emily  Home,  Box  No.  277  TI4IH8 
UPTOWN  OFPlCK,  NO.  1,257  BROaDWaF. 

OUSti-WOltit..— ev  A  GOOD  Qtfll,  To  UO  GEM- 
eral  house- wurfe:   City  or  country;    four  ypars' ref- 
erence; wages  no  object.    Call  at  No.  228  West  28tK- 
st. .  reai; 

ATKON.- BV     A     LADl,     WITH    THoaOUGHLY 

practical  knowledge  of  housekeeping,  as  matron; 
has  had  experience  iu  schools :  best  Cltv  refere.ices. 
Address,  for  one  week,  COMPETENT.  "Box  No.  328 
TIMES  LiP-TOWN  OFKICE,  NO.  1,257  BRtlAUWAY. 


NIIRSK.— BY  A  PROTBSTANT  WO.HAS  A6  IS- 
lant"s  nurge ;  thoroughly  uuderstanda  bHnging  It 
up  by  the  bottle  ;  excellenc  Citv  reference  elvcu  ;  no 
objection  to  tbe  countrv.  Can  be  seen  for  two  daya 
at  No.  70  West  19th-8t,  between  5th  and  6th  avs. 


NURSE.— BY  A  THOROCGULY  Bl-.LlABliK  AND 
compeient  Rirl  aa  nurse  ftr  »n  infant.  Can  l>a 
seen  nt  her  present  emplo.yer'8.  No.  208  West  38th  st.| 
call  on  Friday  and  Saturday  alter  12  o'clock. 


SEA.tlSTRESS.— FAMILY  8KWING  Bf  A  NEAT 
sewer  by  tbe  day  or  week  ;  can  operate  ami  aaaisS 
iiritb  oreesea :  terms  moderate.  Addie^a  Advertiaer, 
No.  241  West  22d-8t,  top  floor. 


SEA.nSTRKSS  AND  DRES.S-.HAKKR.— WILL 
eo  lint  by  the  aa.v,  or  work  at  home-     i.:a!l  or  a-idress 
Mra.  E.  D.,  No.  216  East  iltjth-at.,  in  the  store. 


WAITRESS!*.- BY  A  •PIRBT-CLASS  WAlTaBSS: 
uuderstanda  all  kinds  of  courses,  'winea,  ana 
Balads  I  best  City  reference.  Can  ba  Be^n,  tor  two 
days,  at  present  emoioyer's,  No.  309  5th  av. 

WTAIT^ESS    AND    caAMBBR-.UAID    AND 

V  T  aaalst   with    tbe  washina.    Call    at   pre  eut   em- 
ployer's. No.  8  West  32d  st 

AITRESS*.- BY  A  SCOTCH  GIRL  AS  WAITRESS 
and  chHmber-maid  :    can  furnish  jcood  references. 
Call  at  No.  5  ChrysTie-street. 


AITRESS BY  A  PflOTESTANT  YOUNG  GIRt 

aa  drat-clasa  waitress';  best  City  reference.    Call 
at  No.  477  5t„-av. 


w 


WAlSHI.N(i,— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  VOONG  WOM- 
an,  work  by  the  dav,  as  first'Clasa  lauudress  at 
75c.  to  i£l  per  dav;  can  noliah  and  flute;  referencea. 
Cell  on  ur  addresa  Mrs.  Williams,  No.  512  Hast  loth 
St..  fourth  fioo. ,  back. 


WASsHl.Mi.— BY  A  YOUNG  WOMAN  Ail  FIBST- 
class  Iftundress;  would  go  out  by  the  day,  oi 
would  take  in  waabiug  at  her  o^vu  home.  Call  at  No. 
158  West  18th-8t..  rear.  Boom  No.  6. 


WASHING.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  LAUNDRESS  TO 
take  in  gentlemen's  or  famil.v  Wasbina  at  her  own 
house ;  best  of  relerence  Co  be  given.    Addresa  So.  417 

West  32d-st. 


CbBRKS  AND  SALiESUEN. 

BOOK-K^^PEkT^OIIRESPONDENT,  dec. 
— Is  comneteut;  an  excellent  penman,  and  can  etve 
first-ciasa  reference.  Addresa  F.,  Box  No.  12u  Timet 
Office. 


iriAL.fa:s. 

COACHiWAN  AND^GARDKNER.— BY  A  sINr 
gle  man :  good  driver  and  groom,  and  excellent 
Eardene:';  best  reference.  AddroiiB  P.  AL,  Box  No.  200 
Times  Office. 


FAtiftJEK,  i&c- AS  Farm  MANAGER  BY  THB 
subscriber,  whj  thorouehly  uuderstauds  the  busi- 
ness. For  furiber  particulars  addresa  U.  W.  BOB- 
LBSON,  Watei'Ville,  Oneida  County.  N.  V. 


GARDENER.— BY  A  GERMAN:  HAS  30  YEARS' 
experience  at  preenbouses.  graperies,  landscap- 
injf.  iruit,  flowers,  and  ^vegetables;  ttiuae  who  have 
eituatiou  for  st.iorcugly  competent,  sober  and.  indus- 
trious man.  with  beat  refei'ences,  addreas  C.  G.,  Box 
No.  315  TlJIEa  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  l.2o7  BBOAU- 
WAY. 


GARDENER,  WAITER,  AND  USEFUL  MAN— 
Cook.  Hou»e-worki-r.  or  Laundress. — By  a  young 
couple;  SIX  years'  references  fi'ooi  iheir  last  employer; 
both  are  trustworthy  servants;  wagps  to  suit  tbe 
times.  Address  Iiaiiielo.  Box  No.  308  TIMBS  OP-TOWN 
OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  bROADv^'AF. 


GARDENER.— BY  A  SINGLE,  PBACTICiL  MAN; 
eood  florist  snd  vegetable  e^iirdeuer  ;  understands 
the  care  of  green-houses ;  has  flrst-ciass  reference  from 
last  empioyeia  Addresa  J.,  No,  114  Cedar  St.,  for  two 
aays. 


GARDENER.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  GARDENKE: 
(.Scotch,  married ; )  thoroughly  Understands  hli 
busioesR  in  all  Its  branches  ;  referencea  as  to  character 
and  ability  unexceptionable.  Addreas  L.,  Peter  Hen- 
derson. Hsq.,  No.  35  Cortlan  ItcSt. 


GARDENER.— BY  A  TUOROOUU  PRACTUAB 
hand;  has  the  best  of  recommendations  from 
present  and  former  employers :  parties  can  be  seen 
with  regard  to  capability:  married.  AUdteas  Qar- 
d»ner.  Box  No.  20j.    Jimes  Office. 


GARDKNBK.-HY  A  Sl.lQLB  -MAN  AS   OARDBN- 
er,  &c:  thoroughly  tmilerstands  all  its  branches, 

and   can   be   highly  recommeuded-      Addresa.  for   tvm 
weeka,  J-  M.,  Gardnuer.  Treraont.  New- York  City. 


GARDE->fc,K.-bY  A  MARRIKO  ENGLlsH.MA.N; 
ten  .years'  recommendation  from  present  employer. 
Address  G.  1..,  tjcarada^e  Puat.  Office,  Weatchestez 
County. 


/^ARDENJBR.-JiY  A  MARRIED  MAN;  QEEMaN; 
VXone  child;  auderstands  the  care  of  rreenhouBei 
aud  i^i'aperles.  Call  or  address  O.  F. ,  seed  store.  No. 
67  Nassau  Bt. 


G ROOM.— BY  A  YOUNG  MAN  AS  GROOM  OB 
second  man  :  underBtands  his  busineas,  anU  will  cm 
well  recommended  ;  eatistactorr  reference.  Call  oi 
addressior  two  davs,  J.  A.,  No.  20  West  I3tb-3t. 


I  WISH  A  GOOD  POssITlON- HAVK  A  FEW 
thousand  to  loan  at  seven  per  cent,  on  undoubted 
security,  to  a  proper  party  who  can  give  a  fair  com- 
pensation to  a  re.iable  person ;  irefereucea  eiven  and 
requir''d.    Aodress  A.  K.  LAWS,  Box  120  timet  office. 

SEfUL   MAN.— BY  A  GKBMAN  TO  TEND  KUR- 

nacea,  build  fires,  and  to  make  himself  generally 

tiaeluL     Address  X.,  box  No.  230  f  imeg  Office. 

WAITER.— BY  A  SINGLE  COLORED  MAN  AS 
waiter  in  a  fiist-class  private  family:  has  best  ref- 
erence-tor capability  auo  honiBty;  luiderstanda  all 
abuut  taking  care  of  silver  and  p  irlor;  hns  lived  with 
fine  famlliea;  alwavB  neat  about  the  houae.  In  peraon 
and  work;  take  tntereat  in  employer's  welfare,  tc; 
City  or  country.  Call  or  adoresa  Joseph,  No.  148  Wasf 
27thst. ^___^_ 

AlCAITBR BY   A   FIRST-CLASS  TOONG    SINOLB 

Tt  colored   man;  is  thoroushiv  competent;    can  fOr 
nish  cood  relerence  lor  honesty  nud   moral  lutbltt 

Call  or  address  «.,  No.  lt?3  Wegt24tbBt. 

AITEK.— BY  A  COLORfcU  AlAN  AS    WAirKttIN 

apiivate  family  or  boarding-house;  CSlty  refer- 
ence. Call  or  address  Waiter,  Ko.  145  Well  820 
St.,  rear  house  No.  3. ^ 

AITER.— bi  A  YOUNG   FRKNCU  SWISS  MAK". 

Kood  City  refereuces;  speaks  a  little  Knglisb; 
Call  or  address  A  B.,  No.  141  bthav. 


HELP    WAl^TED. 


WANTED— A  GOOD  VEGETABLE  GARDBNBB; 
one  who  is  eapable  of  takiug  care  ot  lawn  and 
flonera.  aiattiu{(.  fee;  noce  oeed  apply  unless  strictly 
temperate  and  well  recommended.  Apply  at  Na  lie 
Avenue  D,  from  10:30  to  1  o'clock,  for  three  daya 
Scotch  or  German  preferred. 

BOY  WANTED.— A  DRY  GOODS  IMPOBTINO 
house  wauts  a  boy.  fresh  from  school :  most  reside 
'With  his  parents :  salary  flrat  year,  $100.  Addresa, 
'With  referencea,  IMPOBTBU,  Bux  No.  19S  New- York 
Post  Office. 


WfAtiTBD.—A    YOUNG     AMERICAN      GIBL     A8^ 
TV  ohamoer-mald  and  waltrsas  In  a   tamlly  of  Ibnr 
persons;     none   need    apply   except  'With    exoelleat 
referencea.    Apply,  between  8:80  aud  9: 3U,  at  No.  804 
4th-av. 

WANTJKD— AYOUKGFBK.NCH  WOMAN  AS  I.ADl'8 
maid;  one  who  thoroughly  understands  Jj*"* 
dreBsing.  dresa-maklng  and  ae-wlng  on  a  maohlaet 
Kood  reiereacea  required.  *Apply  at  No.  264  otn  •»., 
from  9  to  1.  ^ __^_-_„ 

W"        ANTED- A   LAUY'S    MAIJ  ISU   SEAMSlBESrJi 
must  bo  a  eood  halr-dreaaer;   f  roteatant.     AppV 
at  Ko.  238  MadlBbu  av. .  between  9  and  loi30. 


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INFORMATION    WANTED-OP   OHAUIiEB  W. 
HkWTON.  who  has  been  mlsiing  smoe  Oeo.  S(5,  187B. 
w  hoover  can  (five  any  Information  bouoemlnx  hia  oe 
nlfe  wbereaboats 'Will  confer  a  preat  fUvaraod  ititn. 
warded  by  oaidng  on  hU  brother.  CaLBB  IL  flBWXOa, 
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LAW  REPORTS. 

61&IITS    OF^THE    ELEVATED   ROAD. 

K  DECISION  AGAINST  THE  COMPANY — THK 
CONSTRUCTION  OK  ADDITIONAL  TRACKS 
AND  SWITCHES  HELD  TO  BB  UNLAWFUL. 
Jndee  Joseph  F.  Daly,  in  the  Special  Term 
•t  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  yesterday  rendered 
»  decision  in  the  caae  of  John  Patton  against  the 
Kew-Xork  Elevated  Kojlroad  Company,  which  was 
recently  tried.  The  action  was  brought  by  the 
plaintiff,  who  is  tne  owner  of  a  hotel  in  Greonwioh- 
■treetn  to  restrain  the  defendants  from  constructing 
or  operating  their  road  on  the  westerly  side  of 
Greenwich-street,  in  tront  of  hia  premises,  and  to 
recover  «10,OUO  damages  for  their  trespass  on  hia 
premises.  Judge  Daly  holds  that  the  follow- 
ing points  were  established  on  the  decision 
by  the  General  Term  of  the  court  in  con- 
tinuing the  preliminary  injunction  prayed 
for-.  First,  that  tne  plaintiflf  naa.  a  atand- 
Ine  in  court,  and  is  tntitled  to  maintain  the 
action  by  reason  of  the  special  damase  he  sus- 
tained ;  and.  secondly,  that  the  railroad  company  is 
entitled  to  operate  oniy  such  portions  of  the  road  as 
were  built  within  the  limitation  of  time  fixed  by  the 
act  of  April  22,  1867,  which  incorporated  the 
Tensers  and  West  Side  Patented  Railway  Compa- 
ny, which  was  the  predecessor  of  the  prssent  com- 
pany. "Snoh  rights,"  says  Jutliie  Daly,  "as  the 
defendants  or  the  grantees  of  the  said  franchises 
had  not  availed  themaelvea  of  were  lost,  and  any 
private  citizen  specially  injured  by  an  attempt  to 
carry  them  into  effect  can  maintain  his  action  to 
restrain  each  attempl.  Under  the  act  of  1867  the 
eranteos  of  the  franchise  were  authorized  to  con- 
ttrnct  &nd  operate  an  elevated  railway  on  both 
sides  of  Greenwich-street  to  Ninth-avenue,  and 
on  both  sides  of  Ninth-avenue  to  the  Har- 
lem Kiver.  An  experimentdl  section  of  the 
road  was  to  bo  constrncted  within  one  year 
Jrom  the  pasiia.<;o  of  the  act,  and  the  ex- 
tension of  tho  ro.id  within  the  City  of  New- 
York  was  to  be  constructed  within  five  years  there- 
_  ^er.  Ihe  tiiuo  wicnin  which  to  coustrnct  the 
"  whole  road  expired  oa  jipril  23,  1873.  Within  the 
time  so  limited  a  single  track  road  was  constructed 
an  the  easterly  side  of  Greenwich-street,  and  on  the 
westerly  side  of  Ninth-avenue  to  Thirtieth-street. 
By  the  failure  to  construct  within  the  time  limited 
%  track  upon  the  opposite  side  of  these  streets, 
i.  e.,  upon  the  westerly  side  of  Greenwich-street 
and  tno  easterly  side  of  Ninth-avenne,  the 
right  to  do  so  w:2s  lost,  and  defendants  are  to  be 
reganleii  as  operating,  by  authority  of  law,  only  a 
liUiEle  track  railway  along  those  streets,  on  the 
side  where  the  track  was  constructed  within  the 
prescribed  time.  The  question  not  passed  upon 
Dy  the  General  Term  and  raised  for  the  fli-st  time  in 
this  case  upon  tho  tr.ul  before  me  is,  whether  de- 
fendants after  the  expiration  of  the  time  limited  by 
the  act  of  1867.  have  the  rieht  in  iheir  discretion  to 
erect  upon  and  alon^  those  streets,  at  any  place 
they  may  deem  tit.  additional  tracks  on  the  side  of 
the  street  opposite  to  tho  completed  single  track, 
upon  the  ground  that  snch  additional  tracks  are  ne- 
cessary for  switches,  sidings,  and  tui-n-onts  in  the 
operation  of  thoir  single-tracfi:  road.  *  *  *  De- 
fendants have  constructed  the  following  additicAial 
tracks  on  the  westerly  aide  of  Groeuwich-street :  A 
track  333  feet  in  length  from  Greenwich-place  to  a 
point  south  of  Morris-street;  a  track  649  feet  in 
length  from  Thames-street  to  Cortlaudt-street  ;  a 
tracK  530  feet  in  leusth  from  a  point  north  of  Harri- 
son-stie-'t  to  a  ooiut  north  of  North  Moore-stteet ;  a 
track  l.OGO  ft»ot  in  length  from  "Vandam-street  to 
Clarkson-street ;  a  trai'li  4,772  feet  m  length  from 
Perry-street,  on  Greenwich-street,  to  Twenty-fourth- 
street  on  Ninth-avenue;  and  additional  tracks  on 
Ninth-aveune,  oppi^site  their  single  track,  which 
are,  resi>e«tively,  723  feet  and  2,531  feet  up  to  Fifty- 
first-street.  Theso  additional  tracks  connect'  with 
the  original  single  track  by  orossiug  the  street  at 
the  points  above  mentioned  as  the  beginning  and 
end  of  each  additional  track.  So  connected,  they 
are  apparently  switches  or  sidlnss  of  greater  or 
less  extent.  Plaincitf  claims,  however,  that  these 
additional  tracks  wore  originally  intended  as  parts 
9f  a  separate  single  track  along  the  whole  line  of 
Breenwich-street  and  Ninth-avenue,  and  that  they 
and  all  other  additional  trades  ooacemplated  under 
the  name  of  switches  or  sidingii  are  intended  by 
defendants  to  be,  and  will  in  efi'ect,  by  their  prox- 
imity, number,  and  ultimate  continnity,  try  reason 
of  further  coiinc>:tiou,  constitute  a  separate,  inde- 
pendent ruad  oi  track  along  Greenwich-street 
and  Ninthavenue,  which  defendants  have  not 
auth*rity  to  construct  or  operate,  owing 
to  their  fuilure  to  so  construot  or  operate 
it,  or  any  part,  or  parts  of  it.,  within  the  time  limited 
by  the  act  of  ldD7."  Continuing,  Jndge  Daly  says 
he  thinks  the  defend<<uita  have  only  the  right  to 
operate  the  portion  ot  the  railroad  built  within  the 
time  limiceo,  and.  that  being  merely  a  single  track 
road  between  certain  points,  the  company  baa  not 
the  general  .right  to  put  up  any  number  of  addi- 
tional trucks  for  any- length  and  at  any  places  the 
company  may  elect,  upon  the  ground  that  they  are 
necessary  for  switches,  turn-outs,  and  sidings.  "To 
hold,"  remarks  Judge  Daly,    "that  the  proposed 

additional  tracks  of  the  defend^uit  are  aathorizei  as 
incident  to  the  right  of  operating  a  single  track 
railroad  would  be  tar  reaching  in  its  consequences, 
and  involve  more  than    the  determination  of  the 

riahts  of  thi.1  particahir  road  in  these  particular 
streets."  The  act  of  1;75  in  regard  to  the  company 
IS  held  to  bo  uncoabtitutional.  Judgment  is  giren 
tor  the  plaintiff'.  

A.  SUIT  AGAINST  TJiE  EQUITABLE  LIFJS. 

Tho  somewhat  uniciue  suit  of  Lymaa  Elmore 

against  the  E<xuitable  L-ifa  Assurance  Society  of  the 
ITnited  Stati  .<  was  brought  before  Judge  Bobinson, 
m  the  Special  Term  of  ine  Cotirt  ot  Common  Pleas, 
yesterday,  and  argument  was  had  on  a  motion  by 
»he  plaintiff  for  an  order  for  the  examination  as  wit- 
nesses before  trial  of  the  President  and  other  offi- 
cers of  the  society.  Tho  plaintiff  in  the  case  is  the 
owner  of  a  52,0U0  life  insurance  poUcy  of  the  society, 

and  serfes  a  discovery  of  the  corporation's  methods 
of  doing  bn^iuetsj.  He  alleges  that  the  Directors 
had  no  right  to  erect  the  costly  buildine  they  have 
built,  and  that  the  President  and  other  officers 
of  the  society  are  paid  larger  salaries  than  tney 
should  receive.  The  society  iu  its  answer 
denies  spocilically  tht;  plaintilT  's  ctiargos.  In  oppo- 
Bitiou  to  the  motion  yesterday,  the  society  urged 
that  the  plaintiff's  application  was  not  made  in 
good  faith,  bat  merely  to  annoy  and  harass  tho 
company  and  its  officers  ;  that  the  proposed  exami- 
nation was  meroly  an  endeavor  to  "  fish  for  "  testi- 
mony to  su-stain  the  plaintiff  s  case  ;  that  there  is 
now  an  invu-itiiration  proceeding  by  a  committee  ot 
policy  holders,  in  which  the  society  is  furnishing 
ail  tho  information  necessary  for  tho  policy  holders; 
and  that  the  plaintiff  has  no  legal  standing  in 
court,  nor  any  right  to  call  the  society  to  account 
before  asking  the  Directors  to  institute  an  investi- 
£aCi|jl£  SDecision  was  reserved.  G.  B.  Butler  ap- 
peared folf  tho  plaintiff,  and  Aaron  J.  Vanderpuel 
and.  ex-Judge  James  Emott  for  the  society. 


Jl  brace  of BVRGLAIiS  HELD  FOR  TRIAL. 
Patrick  Fay  and  William  O'Neil,  who  were 
arrested  on  a  ohar::e  ot  buralariously  entei^ing  the 
store  of  Rosenbaum  &  Friedman,  No.  39  Thomas- 
Street,  on  Wednesday  evening  last,  and  stealing 
about  $6,000  worth  of  laces,  silks',  (tc.  were  arraigned 
at  the  Tombs  Police  Court  yesterday,  before  Justice 
Dufiy,  Capt.  Caffrey,  of  the  Fifth  Precinct,  said 
he  thought  tho  men  bad  secreted  themselves  in  the 
building  some  time  on  Wednesday,  and  had  forced 
the  lock  of  the  door  of  the  second  floor,  occupied  by 
Sosenbaum  &.  Friedman,  during  Wednesday  night. 
Early  on  Thursday  moruing  the  prisoners  were  ar- 
"•reated  by  Odicer  Fogarty.  while  in  the  act  of  carry- 
ing away  a  trunk  containing  $4,000  worth  of  the 
£oods.  and  Capt.  Caflrey  went  to  the  room  of  Fay, 
at  No.  2-.;i  Eldridge-screet,  and  fonnd  there  another 
trunk  containing  ?1,500  wotth  of  wearing  apparel, 
the  property  of  tho  daughter  of  one  of  the  members 
of  the  firm.  A  third  trunk,  containing  about  $1,000 
worth  of  goods,  is  sllU  missing.  Tho  men  were 
held  for  trial  at  General  Sessions,  in  default  of 
$4,000  bail  each. 

AN  VNKIJiD  FATHER  REBUKED. 

While  a  number  of  boya  were  playing  yester- 
day on  First-avenue,  Jonn  Smith,  aged  9  years,  of 
No.  407  East  Siitsonth-street,  sent  a  stone  through 
the  store  window  of  William  G.  Maxwell.  He  was 
arrested  and  taken  before  Judge  Smith,  at,  the 
rifty-.seveulh-strcet  Police  Court,  where  he  was 
hnea  §10  or  10  days  in  tne  Tombs.  His  father,  a 
respectable  looking  man,  was  present,  but  refuned 
to  pay  the  tine,  and,  after  shakin;;  hands  with  the 
little  fellow  in  a  most  cold-hearted  manner,  ho  de- 
serted him.  and  »left  the  oourt-room.  Some 
minutes  later  the  convulsive  sobs  of  the  little  fel- 
low attracted  tho  attention  of  Judge  Smith,  who 
called  him  forward,  and,  learning  of  his  father's  un- 
natural conduct,  said:  "My boy, you  have  the  must 
unfeeling  parent  I  have  ever  seen  iu  the  course  of 
my  career  on  the  bench,  but  if  your  father  has  de- 
serted you  I  will  not.  You  can  go  home."  The 
words  ot  the  court  rang  all  over  the  room,  and 
touctied  a  sympathetic  cord  in  tho  hearts  of  all 
present. 

• 

AH  LEY  RAI8  AH  FONQ  KlLhKD  AE  FUNO. 

Ah  Fonp,  the  Chinaman  suspec'ted  ot  com- 
plicity witn  Ah  Ha  in  the  murder  of  Ah  Fung,  on 
Jan.  28,  was  discharged  by  the  Coroner,  Ah  JTong 
baring  positively  denied  that  he  had  anything  to  do 
with  the  murder  or  that  ho  ever  w.ia  on  tho  prem- 
ises No.  17  roravth-streot.  Yesterday  Ah  Ley, 
another  Chmaman,  residing  at  No.  25  Bowery,  came 
to  the  Tombs  Police  Court,  witn  throe  of  his  coun- 
trvmen,  and  made  an  athdavit  that  he  saw  All  Fong 
coming  out  of  the  house  in  Forsyth-street  about  the 
time  the  murder  occurred,  and  that  he  believed 
that  Ah  Foiig  murdered  Ah  Fung.  Oa  this  com- 
plaint a  warrant  was  issued,  and,  as  Ah  Ley  said  he 
knew  the  whereabouts  of  Ah  Fong  it  was  expeeted 
that  the  latter  would  soon  be  m  custody. 


PERSON  At  I  OiT  OF  AN  OFFICER. 
Joseph  A.  Calrert,  who  was  paroled  on  Tues- 
aay  by  Justice  Duffy  to  appear  yesterday  to  answer 
t  charge  of  having  arrested  Andrew  J.  Hellen,  of 
Philadelphia,  by  represontlng  that  he  was  an  officer, 
voluntarily  appeared  yesterday  to  answer  the 
Charge.  Calvert  and  Mellen  wore  both  represented 
by  counsel.  Calvert  exhibiifcd  a  warrant  from  So- 
Ifoe  Jiuttoe  Camubell,  o/  PnUadslnhliL^  far  u*u».'b 


arrest,  and  stated  that  he  had,  immediately  after 
the  airest,  communloated  with  Superintendent  Wal- 
ling about  the  matter,  and  that  the  Superintendent 
had  letatled  Detective  Tlemann  to  go  with  him  before 
Justice  Bixb.y,  who  held  Mellen  to  await  a  requisition 
from  tho  Goveruor  of  Pennsylvqula,  which  requisi- 
tion had  since  been  sent,  au  J  that  a  writ  oi  habeas 
corpus  obtained  by  Mellou's  counsel  had  been  dis- 
missed and  Mellen  remanded  to  the  custody  ot  the 
SberifiC  .'fvwaa  fioally  arranged  to  dlacharKe  Cal- 
vert onlilB  parole  to  appear  again  on  the  first 
Wednesday  of  March,  by  which  time  it  is  expected 
a  trial  will  have  been  had  in  the  civil  salt  insti- 
tuted against  Mellen,  and  in  wbich  he  was  arrested 
by  the  Sherlfl: 

THE  CASE  OF  JOSEPH  COBUEN. 
THE  WRIT     OP     HABEAS    CORPUS  DISMISSED 
BY    JUDGE      BRADY — THE      CASE     BENT 
BACK    TO    GENERAL   SKS8IONS. 

A  crowd  of  ''roHghs,"  some  sporting  men, 

several  policemen,  and  a  small  troop  of  lawyers  es- 
corted Joseph  Cobtim  into  the  Court  of  Oyer  and 
Terminer  yesterday  morning,  at  which  place  and 
time  .fudge  Brady  was  sitting,  prepared  to  bear  ar- 
gument on  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus,  whereby  the 
prisoner's  release  on  bail  was  sought.  Cobum, 
whose  head  w^as  swathed  in  bandages,  but  who 
looked  much  more  like  a  scarecrow  than  the  inter- 
estine:  invalid  his  counsel  sought  to  make  bim  out 
to  be.  was  quietly  inducted  into  the  prisoner's  pen. 
where  be  sat  beside  the  boy  Robert  Gerraty,  who 
is  on  trial  for  homicide.  The  lawyers  disposed 
themselves  in  a  group  around  the  table  reserved  for 
counsel,  and  the  policemen  devoted  their  energies  to 
the  controlling  of  the  mob  of  uncouth  spectators, 
who  were  rather  inclined  to  be  unruly.  Charles 
"W.  Brooke,  George  M.  Curtis,  and  others  appeared 
for  the  prisoner,  and  Assistant  District  Attorney 
Bussell  represented  the  prosecution.  Mr.  Russell 
interposed  the  preliminary  objection  that,  the  case 
heing  one  in  which  an  indictment  fonnd  iu  the  Gen- 
eral Sessions  is  now  pending,  and  one  wbich  bad 
actually  been  set  down  for  a  fixed  dav  for  trial, 
any  application  to  admit  the  prisoner  to  bail  ac- 
cording to  regular  procedure  should  be  made  in  the 
General  Sessions.  Mr.  Brooke  called  attention  to 
the  harsh  manner  m  which  he  said  the  prisoner  had 
been  treated.  He  had  been  beaten,  bruised,  man- 
gled, aud  taken  to  orison  in  an  almost  unconscious 
condition.  His  family  physician  bad  been  denied 
access  to  him,  aa  had  also  his  counsel,  and  an  at- 
tempt was  belnc  made  to  hurry  on  his  trial  before 
be  was  prepared.  Mr.  Cnrtis  made  a  long  speech, 
in  which  he  referred  in  strong  tcims  ro  the  conduct 
of  the  Police.  The  attack  drew  lorth  much  ap- 
plause from  the  mob  at  the  rear  of  the  court-room. 
Judge  Brady,  alter  hearing  the  addresses  of  the 
counsel,  dismissed  the  writ,  and  sent  the  case 
back  to  the  Court  of  General  Sessions,  direct- 
ing, however,  that  the  prisoner's  family  physi- 
cian shonld  be  allowed  to  see  his  patient. 
After  Judge  Brady's  decifiion  had  been  rendered, 
Cobum  was  taken  to  the  District  Attorney's  office, 
to  await  the  action  of  Judge  Sutherland.  There 
being  no  court  In  session,  Jndge  Sutherland  did  not 
come  to  his  chambero,  and  a  messenger  wos  dis- 
patched to  bis  residenoo.  roquestiog  bim  to  hear  a 
renewal  of  the  applisation  lor  bail.  After  two 
hours'  waiting  it  became  apparent  that  his  Honor 
would  not  appear,  and  Cobum  was  tnken  back  to 
the  Tombs.  The  motion  will  probably  be  made  be- 
fore Judge  Sutherland  to-day. 

FREEZING  OUT  STOCKHOLDERS. 

CONTRACTS  FOR  CONTROLLING  THE  AFFAIRS 
OF  CORPORATIONS  DECLARED  VOID  ANI> 
AGAINST  PUBLIC  POLICY  AND  GOOD  MOR- 
ALS. 
An  important  decision  was  rendered  by  Judge 
Van  Vorst,  in  the  Supreme  Court,  Special  Term, 
yesterday,  in  the  case  of  Joseph  C.  Jacobs  ac^alnst 
Sylvester  J.  Miller.  The  plaintiff  In  the 
suit,  it  appears,  entered  into  an  agree- 
ment with  the  defendant  for  the  purpose  of 
getting  and  maintaining  a  controlling  inhuence  m  a 
patent  paint  company,  and  with  the  farther  object 
of  Installing  a  man  named  Pool  as  President,  the 
plaintiff  as  Vice  President  of  the  cjmpany,  aud  of 
electing  as  Directors  persons  who  wotild  act  for  the 
interests  of  the  parties.  The  sobeme  failsd  to  work, 
however,  aud  the  plaintilT  therefore  broogbi^soit 
to  oompsl  Miller  to  pay  back  aqme  money 
received  by  the  latter  from  the  plaintiS  for 
stock  of  the  company.    Judge  Van  Vorst  rendered 

bis  decision  oraUy,  and  in  the  course  of  his  remark  9 
said:  "  Any  oombintftloa  or  agreement  b(>tween 
stookbolders  of  a  corporation  to  seize  it  anil 
operate  it  in  their  interest,  is  void  as  against  good 
morals  and  public  policy,  because  it  looks  absolutely 
to  the  destruction  of  too  interests  of  others  who  are 
not  oontemnlated  by  the  azreoment,  who  have 
never  been  considered  bv  it,  and  who  are  absolutely, 
by  the  terms  of  the  agreement,  at  the  mercy 
of  the  contractinc  parties.  I  take  it  that  no 
corporation  is  to  be  run  for  the  joint  benefit  of  any 
particular  stockholders.  1  suppose  a  corporation 
must  be  operated  for  the  beneilt  of  tho  stockhold- 
ers. I  don't  see  how  a  court  of  equity  can  look 
with  favor  on  any  contract,  whether  m^do 
between  officers  of  a  corporation  or  the  stock- 
holders having  a  secret  combination  ainod;; 
themselves,  to  acquire  the  stock  and  oper- 
ate it  for  their  benefit.  Now,  this  agroi-mont 
contemplated  the  acquiring  of  tne  iuterosls  of  other 
stockholders  besides  those  of  tho  parties.  Tlio 
scheme  was  so  comprehensive  that  it  looked  ro  t^e 
acquisition  Dy  these  three  parties  of  the  entire 
stock  of  the  corporation  .  Now,  it  can  oe  reailily 
seen  if  once  parties,  iostalling  themselves  in  offices 
in  a  corporation,  commence  to  run  the  corporutiou 
in  what  is  supposed  to  bo  their  iuierests,  how  very 
soon  they  could  bringthe  otherstockholders to  their 
feet.  It,  doubtless,  miebt  be  considered  for  their 
interest  to  rnn  it  unprofltablv,  so  that  the  xtock- 
holdors  who  were  not  comprised  in  this  acrecmput 
and  knew  nothing  about  it  would  bo  very  glad  to 
sell  out  thair  stock.  I  resara  it  as  against  uublit; 
policy  and  good  morale,  and  I  think  the  outcome  of 
such  arrangements  is  injurious — that  the  fiuits  of 
such  an  undertaking  cannot  but  be  pernicious;  and 
I  think  it  is  no  part  of  the  duty  ol  a  court  of  uijuity 
to  reg.ird  agreements  of  this  'kind  with  lavor.  :ior 
to  administer  to  the  parties  any  relief,  but  to  kayo 
them  precisely  where  they  bave  put  themselves." 
The  contract  which  tornied  the  ba^is  of  thepiain- 
tifl^s  claim.  Judge  Van  Vorst  held  to  be  void,  and  he 
therefore  dismissed  the  complaint. 


DECItilOSS. 


SUPKEME  COURT— CHAMIJERS. 
By  Judge  JJonuTtne. 

Aden  vs.  Aeheson. — Memorandum. 

..'Ja^er  o/SiJucri(o-ft«.— Granted  by  default. 

t'lrane  vi.  Warinu. — .Motinn  denied.    .Memorandum. 

Conatabte  v».  Isaacs. — Denied.     LtiHtuissedun  motion. 

Dt  Peyster  vs.  Katzeiistein — Denied.      .Memoranduiu. 

Johmun  vs.  The  Kmpire  State,  le.ca.t  anU  J'.  S.  M.  Com- 
pany.— Motion  dcnieil  without  costs. 

McOregor  vtL  MarshalL — lieclsion  of  motion  suspended 
until  declHion  of  mutioo  to  open  Uet'aulc 

(?rarUed.— Karie  Vb.  Snowden;  Btraub  vs.  Kberbardt; 
.Ashley  vs.  Willett;  Jones  vs.  libbets,  .Jr.;  Nowm;'.n  vs. 
Dickson:  Ledue  vs.  Frelve:  Luiiiwa.v  vs.  Power*:  .Mat- 
ter of  Boheu:  Mivtter  of  Crisbey;  IloUeuder  vs.  Horz- 
beg.  and  Cutting  vs.  Stevens. 

Motions  Orantrd.— The  Uaited  States  Lite  IiiBUiaiice 
Company  vs.  Poillon;  BrisLone  Vb.Travers  ana  Buck  vs. 
Carraher. 

JUotiona  Denied. — Matter  of  the  Sconrlty  Lifa   Insur- 
ance and  Indemuitv  Company;  Livinitalon  vs.  CuiMs; 
Schappert  vs.  Rabeostelu,  and  Starin  vs.  Freeman. 
By  Judge  Lawrence. 

Kelly  vt.  Sullivan. — The  allowance  Sbked  tor  exceeds 
the  amount  which  the  statute  permits  the  court  to 
allow. 

Ferguson  vs.  White. — The  order  in  this  case  wa.s  signed 
on  Weunesilar  ana  sent  iuto  Circuit,  Part  II.,  to  oe  de- 
livered to  the  attorne.v.  Apply  to  the  Clerk  of  Circuit, 
Part  U.,  foi  it. 

By  Judge  Davis, 

The  Emiarant'B  Industrial  Savings  Bank  vs.  Smith.— 
Beierees  repuit  should  l»e  prouuced  to  the  court. 

Pearsall  vs  Fearinj;.— Granted. 

Orders  Granted, — Kerr  vs.  Reynolds;  Briggs  vs. 
Bnggs  ct  al.:  and  flatter  of  the  North  American  Pe- 
troleum Company. 

Price  vs.  Price. — AfiBdavit  of  service  does  not  com- 
ply with  rules,  aud  affidavit  not  properly  mode  beloro 
notary. 

Matter  of  Cogswell. — Prayer  of  the  petitioner  denied, 
with  costs  to  be  taxed  by  ihe  .ludse.  The  Court  of 
Appeals  have  lield  that  an  a  Idltional  allowa.ice  uauaot 
be  made  in  special  proceediogs.  The  application, 
therefore,  must  be  denied. 

BUPEKIOB  COURT— srECIAL  TKHM. 
By  Judge  Sedgxoich. 

WTiite  vs.  Colfax  etal. — Order  settled.  ^ 

Burrovo  vs  IloUy  rt  al. — Motiuu  denied. 

Aitschkevs.  vNeilL — Kini'-iuKS  sittleJ. 

AbecoMSis  vs.  Gray. — Motion  denieii. 

Utnmnan  et  al.  vs.  Pyder.—Ordei  granted  and  under- 
taking approved. 

The  Commercuil  Banx   vs.  EccUs. — Reference  ordered. 

Tutte  V3.  Hanch. — Order  granted  and  undertakiug  ap- 
proved. 

FiiUat  et  at.  vs,  DtH.— John  N.  Harnett  appointed  Re- 
ceiver. 

The  Western  Union  Telearaph  Company  vs.  Harrington 
et  aU — Undertaklnj;  apurovcd. 

Hexter  b*.  Anoa:.— Motion  to  stay  proceedings  grant- 
ed.    Memorandum. 

Struppman  et  al.  vs.  Muller  et  al. — Order  vacating  stay 
of  proeeeilliiKS. 

Struppman  et  al.  vs.  Muller  et  a!.— Appeal  dismiised. 

Law-rence  et  al.  vs.  Gallagher  et  aL — Order  amending 
answer. 

Orders  Granted. — Cohen  vs.  The   Continental  Lifo  In- 
suriiuce  Company  ;    Vogt  et    aL    vs.  Broplir  ;  The  New- 
Tork  Lite  Insurance  uorapanv  vs.  Cnavoet  ai;   Uorgan 
vs.  Allison,  and  Appel  vs.  Muller  et  ul. 
By  Chief  Justice  Curtis. 

Warren  vs.  Tlie  Western  'J'ransportalion  Company. — 
Prepureil  case  aud  amendments  settled. 

Konicke  v».  Soi.den.—Ordct  settle  d,and  signed. 

COMMON  PLBAS — SPECIAL  TEEM. 
ByJudqe  BoMnaon. 
Weed  VI.  BoOTt— Further  findings  settled. 

By  Judge  Van  Brunt 
UatheiQ  vs.  JrUh  et  oL— Findings  signed. 

By  Judge  J.  F.  Daly. 
Bendorf  vs.   Wtlson.—Oidei  signed. 
Patten  vs.  The  Jfeiv-Torii  Elevated  Bailway  Company. — 
Judgment  for  plaintiff,  with  uo^ts. 

MAEBiK  COUBT — CHAMBBB8. 
By  Judge  JtlcAdain. 
Oxiintona  KJ«I.— Anthony  vs.   Smith,  Beyer  vs.  Mur- 
phy. « 
Book  va. Maekey.—Secxitity  for  costs  ordered.' 
MitcAeli  vs.  2*rrv.— An  appeal   may  bo   taken  to  the 
General  Term   without  security  when   no  stay   Is  de- 
Sired  :£Martne  Ot.  pr.  2d,   eu.,  p.  251 ;]  motl(*u  deoied 
without  oosts. 
/rwte   v*.    ZueAiMirl —Motion    to    vacate.     First,   on 


ground  of  InsofSclency  of  the  original  papers,  denied 
without   costs;    second,    on   the  merits,  denied  with 

costs. 

Complaints  Dismissed.— CoweVl  vs.  Spring,  Murphy  vs. 
Pohl. 

SoeracJtelman  vs.  Hoerscm  .n  <  —  JUttlfloation  dis- 
missed. 

Sin-throp  vs.  Cohn. — rroceeoiugs  <usmissed. 

WUhaua  vs.  Porter.— ilot,\on  denied. 

D^/aults  iVoica.— .Solari  vs.  Deljte,  Fox  vs.  Boiling, 
Bull's  Head  Bank  vs.  Hanson. 

SoM  vs.  Wefton. — Sureties  ajmrovedu 

Order*  (Jrantei— The  Ktar  Publishing  Company  vs. 
The  Klastlc  Truss  Company;  Willlard  vs.  Covert? 
Knapp  vs.  Blossom;  Pierce  vs.  Emannel:  Cohen  vs. 
Cohen;  Mellen  va  Calvert;  Freund  .vs.  JUeizirar; 
ClausB  vs.  Clemm;  Popp  vs.  Btraub ;  West  vs.  Vroo- 
man ;  Wyatt  vs.  RandaU;  FcrgUBOn  vs.  Duffy:  McDoii- 
oufih  vs.  Feramaon;  Steven  vs.  Km'iire  Laundry;  Flynn 
VB.  Pita  Patrick;  Knpper  vs.  Biigg;  Dettz.vs-  Klein; 
Couiie  vs.  Gerard;  Wilson  vs.  Wfilv;  French  vs.  Ma- 
honey  ;  French  V8,  Smith;  Webling'vg.  Eldridge. 

Kittelvs.  atroHon.— Order  settled. 

Payne  vs.  SeUly.— Bond  anproved. 


CODBI  NOTES. 


David  W.  McCall,  indicted  for  subornation  of 
perjury,  in  connection  with  the  "straw"  bail  oases, 
was  released  on  $3,500  bail  .yesterday,  Jesse  McCall. 
of  No.  9  West  Jforty-second-street,  and  Hubert  L. 
Judd,  ot  No.  198  Leffert-place,  Brooklyn,  becoming 
his  bondsmen. 

Chief  Justice  Davis,  in  Supreme  Court 
Chambers,  yesterday  granted  an  application  award- 
ing the  custody  of  Jeremiah  Crowley,  a  minor,  to 
his  grandfather,  Edward  Crowley.  The  boy  had 
been  taken  from  the  Catholic  Protectory  in  Novem- 
ber last  by  hia  aunt.  Ellen  White. 

The  matter  of  sentenoinj;  James  Eice,  who 
was  convicted  of  manslanghter  in  the  third  degree, 
in  the  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer,  a  few  days 
since,  was  postponed  yesterday  tintil  Monday. 
Soma  of  the  jurors  have  signed  a  petition  for  a  sus- 
pension or  commutation  of  sentence,  and  an  en- 
deavor is  being  made  to  have  the  petition  signed  by 
all  of  the  jurors. 

The  case  of  Franz  Nesael  against  the  Mayor, 
&o.,  was  brought  to  trial  before  Judge  J.  F.  Daly 
and  a  juty  in  Part  in.  of  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  yesterday.  The  plaintiff  fell  into  an  excava- 
tion at  One  Hnndred  and  Twentieth-street  and 
Fonrth-avenue,  and  sues  to  recover  110,600  damages 
for  the  iujnries  received.  The  CUy  clatins  that  the 
accident  was  due  to  his  negligence.  The  case  is 
stilt  on. 

Philip  Connolly,  who  said  he  was  a  native  of 
"  Keenetiout,"  was  arrested  on  Sunday  night  while 
lying  drunk  at  the  base  of  Washington's  Monu- 
ment, in  Union  square.  At  the  Fifty-seven th-stveet 
Court  yesterday  his  comical  appearance  and  drawl- 
ing tone  created  intense  amusement.  He  was  dis- 
charged. Judge  Smith  saying,  in  the  most  solemn 
manner,  that  be  could  not  find  it  in  his  heart  to 
punish  one  so  intenselv  patriotic  aa  to  lie  down  to 
sleep  at  the  feet  of  the  Father  of  his  Country. 

Judge  Donohue,  in  Supreme  Court  Chambers 
yesterday,  rendered  a  decision  in  the  matter  of  the 
Security  Life  Insurance  and  Annuity  Company,  in 
which  Mrs.  Rebecca  L.  Miller  petitions  to  have  the 
Koceiver  of  the  company  oompelleu  to  pav  in  fall 
the  claims  for  losses  by  death,  arising  under 
policie.s.  In  his  decision  Judge  Donohue  says : 
"  in  this  case  I  do  not  think  the  court  is' authorized 
to  make  the  order  pra.yed  for.  But,  aa  some  of  the 
parties  desire  to  have  the  merits  passed  upon,  I  will 
deny  it  on  the  merits,  that  a  review  may  be  had." 

Judge  Brady,  in  the  Court  of  Oyer  and  Ter- 
miner, yesterday  received  briefs  from  counsel  in 
the  matter  of  William  Connors,  whose  extradition 
to  Ma.^i^acbnsetts  is  sousht,  it  being  claimed  he 
was  '■  accessory  after  the  fact  "  in  the  Northamp- 
ton Bank  robbery.  The  prisoner's  counsel,  it  will 
be  recollected,  tned  to  show  an  alibi.  The  counsel 
for  the  pro.'4eouti(m  insist,  however,  that  this  is  not 
inconsistent  with  the  fact  ot  the  prisoner's  being 
guilty  of  crime.  Decision  was  reserved,  it  being 
understood  that  it  will  be  rendered  on  Monday. 

Robert  Gerraty,  who  has  been  indicted  for 
murder  iu  the  first  degree  for  killing  John  Smith 
on  July  4.  1876,  whs  put  on  trial  t)efore  Judge  Brady 
and  a  jury,  in  the  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer, 
yesterday.  The  details  of  the  case  bave  been  pub- 
lished iu  The  Times  heretofore.  The  prisoner's 
defense  is  that  he  was  set  upon  and  beaten  by  a 
crowd  of  men.  and  that  be  used  tho  cart  rung  on 
Smith  in  belf-defense.  Gerraty  is  only  about  16 
years  of  age,  thongh  he  looks  older.  His  mother 
Hwore  yesterday  that  ho  camo  home  on  the  evening 
ot  the  homicide  in  a  badly  bruised  condition.  The 
case  will  probably  be  ;,!iven  to  the  jury  to-da.y. 

The  trial  ot  the  case  of  Henry  W.  Tbanle 
againxt  Margaret  Krekeler  was  finished  in  Fart  IIL 

of  the  Supreme  Court  yesterday.  Tho  action  waa 
brought  to  recover  910,000  for  alleeed  malicioos 
prosecution.  In  addition  to  tne  facta  already  pab- 
lishud.  the  plaintiff  showed  that  the  defendant  bad 
threatened  to  take  his  life,  und  that  she  bad  said 
she  would  send  bim  to  St^te  Prison.  The  jory  eave 
pluinnti  a  verdict  for  $3,500.  and  .fudge  Van  Brunt 
added  an  extra  allowance  of  $100  to  olaiutifi's  coun- 
sel. D.  M.  Porter  appeared  for  the  plaintifi&fand  U. 
A.  Frost  and  Charles  HallMirstadt  tor  the  defend- 
ant.   

COUHT  OF  APPEALS. 
Alb.ojt,    Feb.    23. — Tho   following  decisions 
were  handed  down  :     Motion   denied  without  oosts. 
—Tho  People  ei  rel.  Barronghs  vs.  Brinkcrhoff. 

•Jodcinont  aihrmed  with  costs. — Mandevilte  '^. 
Kuynolds  ;  Smith  vs.  The  Mayor  ;  Urinnell  vs.  Kirt- 
luud.    Judgment   rovcraed   and   new  trial  granted, 

costs  to  ab'.do  tho  event. — Baird  vs.  Daly. 

The  foilowina  procuedinKS  were  reporteo  :  No. 
ISl^ — Arctic  Insurauoo  Company  vs.  Austin  ;  ar- 
gument resumed  aud  cuncludtil.  No.  207— Spraeue 
v.s.  Uollaud  Insurance  Cumpany  ;  submitted.  No. 
ISD — Orosby  vs.  Craft  ;  submitted.  No.  427 — People, 
&.C..  v.i.  Uowoil  ;  argued  by  J.  Keck  tor  People, 
II.  B.  Cushiug  for  defendant  in  error.  Tho  court 
then  took  a  recess  tn  Monday,  March  19.  No  new 
calendar  will  be  made  ;  the  old  one  will  be  taken 
up  whore  It  is  now  le!t  off. 


SYMMES  A^D  IIOWGATE. 


WHAT  THIC  BELIEVKU  IV  THE  POLAR 
OPENING  THINKS  OF  THE  LATTER'S 
PLAN    OF    REACHING    THE    OPEN    POLAR 

8i;a. 
From  the  Louisville  Couriirr- Journal,  Feb.  20. 
In  conversation  with  Mr.  Amcrious  S.ymmos, 
the  present  upholder  of  what  is  generally  reforred 
to  as  "  .Symmes'  Theory,"  a  reporter  of  the  Oouritr- 
Journal  was  made  acqu.iintod  with  several  facts  of 
iiiterc.it.  After  alludlug  to  the  Uowgato  plan, 
which  is  to  have  persons  gradually  approach  the 
North  Pole  aa  they  become  accustomed  to  the  cli- 
mate of  the  Arctic  regions,  Mr.  S.>  mmes  said  : 

"  Should  the  Uowgato  plan  to  reach  the  pole  be 
adopted  as  tho  beat,  and  another  expedition  bo 
staried  out  iu  search  of  the  North  Pola  it  would  be 
best  to  make  some  arrangement  to  have  a  part  of 
the  expedition  test  iho  truth  of  the  Symmes  theory, 
wliilo  the  others  neie  making  slow  approaches  to 
tho  polo  as  proposed  by  Mr.  Howgate.  Capt.  Tyson, 
of  Capt.  Hall's  expedition,  has  written  a  work 
called  Arctic  Expe-rience,  in  which  he  says: 
'  Though  I  do  not  ut-liuvo  in  an  open  polar  sea,  yet 
I  koow  that  tho  wiln  animals  that  inhabit  the 
northern  regions  go  off  north  every  Fall  and  come 
back  ii'  tho  Spring  fat,  with  their  young  following 
them.'  Such  is  also  the  teatimouy  of  Dr.  Kane, 
Capt.  Parry,  and  Cape.  Itoss.  all  of  whom  made 
.more  than  one  voyage  to  the  extreme  north. 
Into  what  country  or  climate  tboso  animals 
CO  to  spend  tho  Winter  and  produce  their 
young  baa  never  been  discovered,  but  that  they  do 
go  northward  is  proved  beyond  a  doubt.  According 
to  the  Symmes  theory  thev  pass  over  the  verge  and 
into  the  polar  opeuing,  where  they  find  a  warmer 
and  more  genial  climate,  and  whore  tney  find  plenty 
to  live  on  and  produce  their  young,  coming  baox 
fatter  than  when  they  left.  Where  these  ammals 
travel  mah  can  surely  follow  ;  so  let  a  part  of  the 
men  loUow  in  their  wake,  and  if  they  reach  '  Symm- 
zonia,'  (as  Capt.  Symmes  intended  to  call  that  un- 
discovered country,)  tbe.y  will  have  accomplished 
more  than  any  previous  expedition.  Capt.  Hall  got 
about  aa  far  north  as  SSP,  and  found  open 
water,  and  while  eucamped  su  the  bank  of  an  open 
sea,  he  wrote  his  last  dispatch  to  the  dsorctary  of 
the  Navy,  in  which  ho  says  :  'I  flod  this  a  much 
warmer  country  than  I  expected,  and  ic  abtmuds 
with  life — seal,  game,  geese,  ducks,  musk  cattle, 
foxee, wolves,  rabbits,  partndgeg.lemlugs,'  &c.,  show- 
ing that  he  was  lust  eutering  °  Symmzonia'  when  bis 
set  time  for  reinrniug  to  his  vessel  had  expired,  and 
he  wsut  back,  and  was  taken  sick  and  did.  Capt. 
Parry,  on  his  third  voyace,  got  up  to  82°  45*,  and 
here  lound  the  suu  so  hot  that  it  melted  the  tar  out 
of  the  seams  of  his  vessel,  und  even  small  flies  o^ime 
on  board  of  his  boat.  What  ice  was  in  sight  was 
too  rotten  to  bear  his  weitiht,  and,  l>eing  nearly  ont 
of  provisions,  he  bad  to  tutu  back.  Capt.  Boss  ex- 
perienced warm  winds  coming  directly  trom  tho 
north  when  ho  iwas  furthe:»t  northward,  aud  Dr. 
Kane's  men  found  open  water.  expbrien.:ed  a  gale 
lor  throe  days,  blowiuic  steadily  from  the  north, 
ani  once  it  became  so  warm  as  to  melt  the  snow  ana 
ice  about  ibem  and  far  south  of  them.  What  does 
this  all  mean  I  What  must  It  mean  ?  A  warmer 
climate  is  certainl.y  somewbcre  northward,  not  yet 
dicovereJ.  Therefore.  I  say  divide  the  expedition 
when  tho  eighty-hrst  or  eighty-second  decree  is 
reached,  ^no  lot  one  party  follow  the  wild,  animals 
into  their  retreats  northward,  or  'within  tne  verge,' 
and  the  other  follow  Mr.  Howgate'a  plau.'*^ 


CHICAGO'S  BABY  SHOW. 

Chicago  bad  a  baby  show  on  Monday,  aud 

the  Inter-Ocean  thus  deiacribos  it:  "The  babies 
behaved  after  the  generality  of  Infant  cherubs^ 
some  sitting  in  solemn  state  in  embroidered  dress 
and  pink  sash  without  rumpling  even  one  of  the  . 
dainty  curls,  aud  others  threatening  to  wriggle  en- 
tirely ont  of  all  dry  goods,  and  actmg  altogether 
moro  like  a  yonug  pollywog  than  a  specimen 
of  the  genua  homo.  It  will  ■  not  be  a  mat- 
ter of  surprise  that  the  girls  showed  the 
least  trace  of  original  sin,  while  the  boys 
wero  more  prone  to  wai?der.  The  Secretary 
would  occasionally  step  anon  a  dry  goods  box,  and, 
holuing  up  a  stray  baby,  inquire  fsr  an  owner ;  but 
those  little  incidents  caused  scarce  a  rippie.  The 
looms  were  thronged  with  foad  mammas,  the  babies 
who  were  showing,  aud  the  admiiing  public.  Were 
tno  babies  pretty  f  Well,  they  didn't  look  like 
like  lumps  of  putty,  as  envious  bachelors  sav  all 
babies  do,  but  some  of  them  wero  tmcommonly 
pretty-taced,  while  others  ward  beautltnl  aa  one's 
dream  of  tha  angels.    There  wero  two  who  attracted 


nnosnal  attention  on  account  of  their  aise,  one  of 
them  the  daughter  of  J.  Crabtree,  16  months  old.  a 
fair-baired  little  girl,  who  weighed  4S  pounds, 
and  another  a  year  old  yesterday,  who  weighed  40 
poonda.  Tbe'  entries  closed  at  3  o'clock,  and 
there  were  183  babies.  Of  these  109  were  boys,  and 
73  eirls.  This  is  lootcod  upon  bv  those  who  have 
considered  the  subject  as  a  bad  omen,  tor  in  any 
oountrr  the  year  preceding  a  war  will  be  fonnd  to 
be  more  productive  of  boys  than  of  girls. 

No  triplets  were  entered,  but  there  were  12  pairs 
of  twins.  Of  these  there  were  six  pairs  of  girjs, 
five  pairs  of  boys,  and  one  pair  of  a  bo.y  and  a  girl. 
All  classes  of  the  community  are  represented,  and 
besides  our  own  people  there  are  also  sprinklings 
of  Germans,  French,  Scandinavians,  and  Nor- 
wegians. A  large  proportion — more  than  half — how- 
ever, are  from  the  better  class  of  Americans." 


CATTLE  RAISING  IN  LOUISIANA. 


WHAT  HAS   BEEN   DONE    IN  THE   PAST— BX- 

PECTED  RESTORATION  OP  THE  BUSINESS. 
From  fh*  NewOrleana  Timet,  Feb.  14. 

Cattle  raising  is  almost  one  of  the  lost  arts  or 
abandoned  occupations  in  Louisiana.  Thirty  or  40 
years  ago,  tour-fifths  of  tbe  beef  consumed  in  New- 
Orleans,  and  along  tbe  Mississippi  as  far  up  as 
Vielcabnrg,  came  from  the  Louisiana  prairies.  To- 
day, not  one-tenth  of  tbe  beef  which  is  slaughtered 
at  the  abbatoirs  In  New-Orleans  is  raised  in  Louisi- 
ana. All  the  holiday  beef,  extra  fat,  in  those  days 
oame  down  by  the  bitt  steam-boats  from  the  blue- 
grass  pastures  of  Kentucky.  Now  Teunessee  has 
taken  tbe  place  of  Kentucky  in  this  trade,  and  sends 
Mar  fat  cattle  by  rail,  but  Texas  furnishes  five-eights 
oC'  all  our  beef. 

The  vast  increase  and  accumulation  of  cattle  in 
Texas  Uarins  the  four  years  of  war,  owing  to  the 
want  ot  a  market,  gave  Texas  great  advantages  in 
oontrolhng  the  beef  supply.  The  havoo  made  in 
tbe  berds  of  Western  Louisiana  by  tbe  demands  of 
many  armies  and  tbe  depredations  of  jayhawkers, 
greatly  depleted  the  vacheries  aud  lessened  tbe 
stock  of  breeding  cattle.  Much  lawlessness  pre- 
vailed in  Southwest  Louisiana  for  several  years 
after  the  war,  and  vigilant  committees  were  or- 
ganized to  suppress  cattle  thieving  in  a  summary 
way.  The  remedy  was  as  l)ad  as  the  disorder,  and 
the  business  of  stock  growing  did  not  prosper  until 
the  present  time.  The  stock  raisers  of  these  prai- 
n«8  have  rallied  slowly,  but  from  all  accounts  they 
are  now,  for  the  first  time  in  many  years,  in  a  con- 
dition to  sompete  with  the  Texans".  Tbe  immense 
region  of  prairie  in  Western  Louisiana  was  espe- 
cially adapted  to  cattle.  Tbe  French  and  Spanish 
found,  it  filled  with  herds  of  bufialo,  and  all  tbe 
early  settlers  there  were  stock-raisers. 

This  portion  ot  Louisiana  is  one  of  the  choicest 
spots  on  tbe  American  Continent,  but  It  is  almost 
isolated  and  is  as  yet  but  little  known  to  tbe  great 
world.  It  will  soon  be'  penetrated  by  railroads  at 
several  points,  when  the  rush  of  immigration  will 
pour  into  it.  The  prairies  extend  in  the  shape  of  a 
triangle,  from  Alexandria  on  Bed  Btver,  as  the 
apex,  by  one  aide  to  the  mouth  of  the  Sabine,  aud 
by  the  other  to  the  mouth  of  Teoht^with  the  third 
side  extending  alonu-  the  Gulf.  The'prairle,  proper, 
contains  nearly  3,000,000  acres,  crossed  with  nu- 
merous wooded  streams  in  every  direction,  while 
the  sea-marsh,  which  is  equally  as  good  for  cattle 
rai:siog  as  tbe  high  urairie,  oontaios  2,000,000  more 
acres.  This  triangular  tract  is  inclosed  on  two  sides 
by  the  largest  aud  densest  foreqts  on  tbe  continent, 
and  IS  open  broadly  on  the  third  to  the  soft  air  of 
tho  Gulf.  The  climate  is  mild  in  Winter,  cool  in 
Summer,  and  tbe  whole  region  is  better  proiooted 
against  cold  and  violent  clianges  of  weather  than 
any  other  reglon,of  the  Union.  It  is  this  which 
makes  it  unapproachable  as  a  cattle  country.  Tbe 
orange  fiounsbes  farther  up  in  this  prairie  than  in 
any  [lortiou  of  tbe  country  east  of  the  Rocky  Moun- 
lalns,  whicn  indi.iates  tbe  temperature. 

The  Ojjelousas  praiiie  alone  contains  1,200.000 
acres,  and  once  fed  the  largest  herds  then  known. 
There  the  groat  vacnenes  .of  tho  Wlokofla,  the 
Guldrys,  the  Dupres,  Taylors,  and  others  were  lo- 
cated. Darby,  the  geographer,  was  enraptured 
with  the  prospect  of  these  prairies  covered  witn  cat- 
tle, and  as  far  back  aa  1817  .said:  "  There  you  be- 
hold those  vast  herds  of  cattle  which  aflord  siib- 
sistence  to  the  native  and  the  inhabitants  of  Now- 
Oiieans." 

It  was  along  tbe  Teobe  and  its  boantifnl  prairies 
that  Lonetellow  located  the  principal  scenes  in  His 
"  Evangeline,"  aud  gives  a  glowinct  desciiption  of 
Old  Basil,  tbe  blacksmitb,  transformed  into  the 
lordly  taei'dsman  of  tho  Teche. 

It  is  gratif/inc  to  know  that  the  stock  of  cattle 
is  not  only  increasing  in  «hi!i  prairie  r.«eion,  but 
that  nearly  every  portion  of  Louisiana  is  filling  up 
with  an  improved  breed  ul  oaiil>^,  graded  on  the  old 
stock.  There  were  but  few  cattle  lost  by  tbe  cold 
in  Louisiana,  bat  thousMids  and  tons  of  thousands 
were  frozen  or  died  ot  starvation  on  the  graatptaios 
of  the  We'<t  sod  all  over  Teitaa.  This  is  KrMtlr  in 
favor  of  the  Louisiana  stock  raiser,  jiad  is 
a  large  score  for  tbe  superiority  of  the 
climate.  'The  1,500,000  sores  ofpine  flats  of 
Luui.iiaua,  which  lie  n«ar  the  Gulf  are 
as  good  as  the  prairie  for  stuck,  if  tho  tY«qnent 
bumiuSB  could  be  proveutud.  A  laige  area  ot  such 
lauds  lies  in  the  Floiida  parishes,  und  coultl  be  rap- 
idly put  into  grass  aud  used  fur  cattle  raisiug  with 
great  profit. 

IHSGRACSFCL  COMPROMISES. 

A  local  correspondent  of  the'Bostou  Traveller 

contributes    the   followinc:    "A    few    years  since  a 

merchant  in  a  neighboriug  Stale  f«iled..  His  lia- 
bilities being  centred  here,  ho  camo  to  the  city  to 

lay    his  uffairs  before  his  creditors.      Up  called  upon 

one  of  the'largest  of  thesej;-a  well-known  firm — for 

advice.  A  compromise  paper  waa  prnpared.  and 
first  signed  by  this  firm.  It  was  iu  taru  iirosented 
u>  each  nt^  bis  cradiutrs.  nnd  readily  sii:ued  bv  all,  a 
result  due  in  n  great  mea'sui'o,  beyond  doubt,  to  the 
leading  signatutu.  Tbo  considcratiou  given  J'or  this 
assistance  was  the  puymant  of  the  first  Bii;ner's 
claim  In  lull,  as  expressly  jtrovided  for  bi  forehand. 
Another  merchant  in  the  same  buniness  siibsc- 
quontly  failed,  and  his  failure  whs  believed  tu  be 
an  honest  one.  He  made  a  statODient  to  his 
creditors,  aud  tbe  custouafy  committee  ot  inves- 
tigation was  appointed  to  examine  his  affairs. 
The  committeo  recommended  the  acceptance  of 
the  offer  made  by  tho  bankrupt.  Tbe  8u»pi>-ion  of 
one  of  the  creditors  was  arouset^  that  all  was  not 
right.  In  the  absence  ot  proof,  however,  the  mat- 
ter was  passed  over  iu  silence,  the  b.'iukrnpt  ob- 
taining a  quick  and  easy  settlement.  An  admission 
afterward  made  by  the  debtor  coDflrmod  tho  sus- 
picion of  the  cretlltor  tUluoed  to,  that  one  or  more  of 
the  committee  had  received  a  larger  dividend  than 
their  neichbors. 

Still  another  merchant  In  thi»  same  line  ot  busi- 
ness was  forced  to  sitccunb  to  tho  'hard  times.' 
All  of  his  oreuilora,  with  one  exception,  consideiod 
nim'bonest  and  worthy  of  symnatby.  The  solitary 
doubter,  on  hearing  of  the  failure,  accused  tho 
debtor  of  beluga  'swindler,'  aud  avowed  his  inien- 
tion  to  probe  matters  to  tho  very  l>ottom  to  discover 
bis  rascality.  At  tho  meeting  of  tho  creditors,  how- 
ever, ho  was  quite  lamblike,  and  unusually  favora- 
ble to  the  bankrupt.  His  'change  ot  heart'  was  tbe 
result  of  a  secret  interview  between  him  and  the 
debtor  before  the  creditors'  meeting.  Tbe  bank- 
rnpt's  offer  was  large,  and  all  be  could  afi'.ird  to  pay, 
yet  be  was  so  nfraid  of  the  dishonest  creditor  that 
he  puTCbaseil  his  silence. 

Here  Is  another  case.  An  honest  bankrupt, 
shown  so  atter  a  thorough  examination  of  his  af- 
fairs, presented  a  coinpreniiso  paper  to  his  credit- 
ors, ott'erinc  a  very  largo  dividend.  Uaviug  ob- 
tained the  sicnatnres  of  a  large  majority,  ho  called 
on  a«aominent  firm  herti  fur  their.-<.  He  was  asked 
to  call  again.  As  tho  party  making  tho  request 
was  tbe  fiuauciai  man  of  too  concern,  and  tbeir 
claim  small,  tbe  honest  but  insolvent  debtor  was 
somewhat  surprised.  He  complied  with  tbo  re- 
quest— having  in  the  meantime  obtaine  I  the  bal- 
ance of  the  signatures — only  to  find  himself  tbe  vic- 
tim of  a  shrewd  dodge.  They  relusod  absolutely  to 
settle  with  him,  unless  he  gave  them  10  per  cent, 
extra.  He  ucclinod.  He  was  told  that  if  be  was 
foolish  enough  to  go  through  baukniprcy  at  an  ex- 
pense greater  than  their  whole  amonnr,  just  to 
please  bis  taucy,  he  was  at  "liberty  to  do  su.  Ho 
was  at  their  mercy,  and  they  knew  It.  lie  naid 
them  tbe  extra  pittance  of  less  than  (20  to  save  a 
greater  loss  in  time  and  monej-." 

AN  EXPLORER  EATEN. 
The  San  Francisco  Bulletin  of  Fob.  9  says : 
"  Recent  advices  report  the  death  of  Dr.  W.  II. 
James,  a  former  resiileni  of  San  Francisco,  on.  tbe 
island  of  Papua  or  New-Guine%  he  having  been 
sacrificed  aud  devoured  bv  the 'cannib.ils  inhabiting 
it.  Dr.  James  was  assistant  physician  at  the  City 
and  County  Hospital  trom  1656  to  1858.  He  after- 
ward went  to  Nevada,  aua  practiced  his  profes- 
sion in  Gold  Hill  lor  several  years.  When  the 
White  pine  fever  broke  out  he  was  nmoug  the 
thousands  who  fijcked  to  that  locality.  Atterward 
he  went  to  Nye  County,  from  wbich  no  was  elected 
to  tbe  Nevada  Legislature.  Two  years  atco  he  re- 
turned to  this  city,  but  finding  no  opportunity  to 
piaciiee  bis  profession  he  sailed  for  Australia. 
Tne  melancholy  news  Just  received  is  the  first  in- 
formation his  triends  have  had  about  him  since  he 
left.  The  Doctor  was  attacbud  to  an  exploring  ex- 
pedition, which  was  endeavoring  to  explore  the  is- 
land, and  he,  with  a  companion,  became  separated 
from  it.  Tbey  were  then  eurruuuded  by  savages 
and  killed  aud  eaten." 


A  METEORITE  IN  COURT. 
A  letter  from  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  dated  I2th 
mst.,  says :  "  In  February,  1875,  a  large  meteor 
went  splurging  over  Iowa,  ana  burst  all  to  pieces 
round  about  Iowa  County.  A  man  named  Maas 
round  in  tbe  highway,  on  the  lands  of  the  Anana 
Society,  a  fragment  weiifhiug  75  pounils.  'The  title 
to  it  came  into  court.  Maas  ciaimed  it  to  be  his  bv 
right  of  discovery  and  possession.  The  society 
claimed  that,  it  being  on  the  highway  over  their 
lands,  it  belonged  to  tbe  realty  by  accretiou  from 
natural  causes.  This  was  certainly  a  now  question 
in  law,  which  the  courts  bad  not  herctotore  de- 
cided ;  and,  in  this  case,  tbe  court  held  that  tbe 
fragment  belonged  to  the  realty,  and  that  the  tltlo 
was  in  the  sotuety.  The  society  will  present  the 
chunk  to  Prof,  idleinrichs,  of  the  State  University, 
Who  will  place  it  with  the  other  portions  of  tbe 
meteor  deposited  there." 

DAMAGES  AGAINST  A  RAILROAD.' 
The  Albany  Journal  of  Wednesday  evening 
says ;  "  In  September,  1873,  Anton  DrelmiUer,  of 
this  city,  was  a  passenger  on  an  Albany  and  Sas- 
qnehsnua  train,  and  owing  to  his  having  lost  nis 
ticket,  or  from  some  other  cause,  was  ejected  from 
tbe  train.  He  brought  suit  through  his  counsel, 
Messrs.  Green  dt  Dreyer,  to  recover  aamages,  and 
after  the  lapse  of  a  considerable  time  the  action  was 
referred  to  Mr.  Nathan  P.  Hinmao  to  hear  and  ae- 
termme.  Th^  hearing  waa  concluded  before  the 
'&«t»te«  yesterday  afternoon,  when  ho  foimil  in  fayor 
of  the  pliuntitf  fwi  $500  and  costs."  ^ 


AN  ESQUIMAUX  WEDDING. 

♦ 

CURIOUS  CUSTOMS  IN   THE  NORTE. 

COMPARISON     OF     TUE      BRIDR'S      AND      THE 

GROOM'S   PORTIONS— A   RICH    FKA8T   OP 

OIL,  BLUBBER,  AND  FISH — ^A  QUBERLT- 
ACCOUTRRED  PRIEST — THB  MABBLAOE 
CEREMONY. 

From  the  San  Franeiaco  Mail. 

The  lookout    on  board  the    Ciytemndstra, 

cruising  in  the  northern  regions  in  saaroh  of  furs 
and  adventures,  one  evening  reported  land  right 
ahead. 

Our  anchor  down  and  all  things  prepared  for 
trade,  we  received  the  chief  of  the  island  and  his 
officers  on  the  qnarter-deotc,  who  made  known  to  na, 
through  tbe  interpreter,  that  he  would  be  glad  to 
have  us  come  on  shore  to  witness  a  marriage  cere- 
mon^between  nis  daughter  and  one  of  the  tribe, 
to  take  place  uext  da.v.  While  shown  over  the 
vessel  we  bad  an  opporCunit.y  to  judge  of  tbe 
islanders. 

By  the  aid  of  tbe  glass  we  could  aisoern  tbe  snow- 
capped peak  of  Wat-wak,  a  small  island  in  the  west- 
ernmost group  of  the  Aleutian  or  Fox  Islands.  As 
it  was  broken  weather,  we  concluded  to  make  all 
sail  and  stand  in  to  a  small,  almost  circular,  cove, 
described  in  the  Eoglisb  Admiralty  chart  as  con- 
tainins  good  shelter  ai^d  "  holdlue  ground."  Imag- 
ine our  surprise  when  some  12  mile.<«  off  land  to  find 
ourselves  beseisred  by  hundreds  of  oanoes,  each 
containing  but  one  occupant,  and  riding  upon  the 
water  as  easily  and  dry  as  so  many  gulls.'.  Our 
mate,  who  speaks  the  Esquimaux  language  fltrsntly,  ■ 
soon  struck  a  bargain  for  a  pilot,  and  in  an  instant 
tbe  pilot,  by  a  dextrous  Jump  landed  in  the  ''chains" 
and  was  on  deck,  still  holding  tbo  painter  ot  his 
canoe. 

~Tbe  chief  was  of  Haroulean  build,  broad  and  well 
knit  frame,  aud  a  complexion  far  more  fair  than  the 
bronzed-and  weather-beaten  faces  of  our  people.  His 
features  were  of  the  Indian  type,  but  also  had  a  cer- 
tain liebt  of  intelligence  which;  natui:ally  enough, 
accounted  foLihe  almost  abject  manner  In  which  bis 
followers  obeyed  his  slightest  behest.  He  was  dressed 
in  lur,  completely  encased,  leaving  no  part  ex- 
posed but  the  face.      The  chief  was  a  widower, 

and  solemnly  kept  his  f.iith  to  tho  peculiar  vows 
uttered  at  bis  wedding,  which  ceremony  I 
will  describe  further  on ;  as  a  consequence, 
the  only  lady  present  was  the  bride  elect,  his 
daugbtei',a  comely  woman  of  some  eighteen  summery 
or  more  properly.  Winters.  She  was  clothed  in  a 
dress  of  the  same  description  as  that  of  her  father, 
and  was  of  goodly  stature — above  the  medium 
height  of  American  women — and  was  possessed  of 
wonderfully  small  feet,  encased  iu  moccasins  ot  rars 
and  curious  workmanship,  which  would  excite  the 
envy  of  some  of  our  belles- the  feet,  not  the  mocca- 
sins. Her  features  were  of  the  Indian,  oval  cast, 
prominent  cheek  bones  ;  small,  firm.  weU-defloetl 
chin,  and  a  most  bewitching  mouth,  containing  a 
display  of  teeth  of  unusual  whiteness  and  uniform- 
ity;  but,  alas  for  the  weakness  of  tbe  human  fami- 
ly, to  what  base  uses  were  these  same  teeth  put  at 
ths  weddlnar  feant. 

We  were  rowed  ashore  the  following  dav,  well  pro- 
vided with  presents  for  tbe  chief  und  the  happy 
pair,  which  consisted  of  rum,  boadt,  blankets,  flam- 
ing calicos,  a  plug  bat  of  wonderful  dimensions  and 
a  large,  cheap  looking-glass,  also  a  lari;e  jar  of  com- 
mon Turd,  wbich  had  boeu  cleverly  scented  with 
otto  of  roses  b.v  the  mate.  We  landed  amid  tbe 
acclamations  ot  tbe  multitude  and  incessant  clat- 
tiT  ot  a  snecies  of  drum  made  of  saai  skin  and 
whalebone,  the  sound  of  which  is  ear-splittmg  to  a 
degree. 

An  informal  iprocession  was  formed,  tbe  onief  and 
Captain  at  tne  bead,  and  flanked  by  the  music  we 
started  for  tne  village.  Aa  in  all  these  small 
islands,  the  huts  ard  some  distance  from  the  laud- 
ing, and  seem  to  bo  reached  from  any  and  every  di- 
rection. Thero  being  nothing  resembling  a  road 
anywhere  discernible,  we  were  most  unmercifully 
bumped  and  thumped  about  upon  the  ice  in  nnmer- 
ou.s  fulls,  while  our  lithe  and  nimble-footed  oom- 
pauioiis,  who  never  missed  their  footing,  heartily 
enjoyed  our  discomfiture,  nevertheless  coming  to 
our  aid,  raising  us  to  a  standing  posture  with  a 
terk  that  was  sometimes  more  enercetio  than 
pleasant.  On  rouodine  a  h'gh  bluff  we  desoecdsu 
into  A  valley,  completely  incased  In  snow, 
through  Thloh  a  carefuily-preoared  road  had 
heen  run,  leaning  into  the  centre  of  the  village.  On 
all  sides  blusing  fires  of  refuse  blubber,  inter- 
mingled with  the  stunted  undergrowth  of  the 
island,  were  scattered,  dealing  forth  any  thing  but  a 
savory  odor,  and  so  deafening  was  tbe  din  of  drums 
aud  shouts  that  one  could  well  imaelno  himsell'  in 
pandemonium.  We  were  informed  that  the  saluto 
was  intended  for  tbe  chiet,  and  hence  we  were  ex- 
peored  to  Joiu  m  it.  Accordintrly  our  mcu  started  a 
stanza -ot  "ShenadoaJj,  I  Love  Your  Daughter  ;  " 
"  Ten  Thousand  .Miles  Awa.v;  "  "The  Louisiana 
Lowlands;"  "Old  Dog  Tray,"  &c.,  to  the  intense 
delie:iitof  the  people,  who  cipereu  around  us  after 
tbe    approved    scalp-daiice    of  the    North  American 

Indians. 
When  tbo  tumult  had  subsided  we  were  ushel'ed 

into  the  chief's  private  residence,  consiatine  of  a 
square  hole  in  the  ground,  some  30  feet  each  way, 
fiuin  the  suiea  of  which  were  built  up  walls  of  mud 
and  stuuo  to  the  height  of  four  feet,  on  which  rest- 
ed the  root,  a  uetwerk  of  wbaiobuue  interlaceil  by 
strings  of  hiUo  from  non-fur  bearlni;  s^ils,  toiming 
a  light,  yet  pertViitly  dry  coyering.  In  the  centre 
was  a  square  aperture  for  the  exit  ot  smokcand  the 
thousanu  and  one  nauseating  smells  incident  to  an 
K-quimaux  rettldence.  In  the  centre  of  the  fl:>or, 
ana  directly  under  the  aperture  in  the  roof^  was  a 
blazing  lii'O  of  tho  same  material  as  those  out- 
side, but  on  a  raised  hearth  ot  stone, 
serving  alike  the  purposes  of  light  and 
beat^  Around  the  sides  were  arranged  tho 
bunks  or  sleeping  places  of  the  chief,  bis  daught  er, 
and  body  guard  ol  10  picked  men.  A  screen  or  cur- 
tain inaue  fiom  what  1  thought  bad  once  been  a 
ship's  table-cloth  duuoted  ihe  lady's  quarters,  while 
the  others  were  simply  rude  shake-downs  on  whale- 
bone frames  beiiiu  used  as  chairs,  tables,  or  beds,  as 
required.  All  the  parapharnaiia  of  the  hunting  autl 
fishing  business  was  strewn  about  on  walls  and 
floor  as  if  carelessly  thrown  aside  until  required, 
and  of  such  iuiiuitu  nnmber  aud  variety  as  to  re- 
quire '  the  exercise  of  great  care  in  order  net  to 
trample  on  or  f.\ll  over  tlium.  Having  rested  and 
regaleu  ouraelvoa  with  not  mm — of  which 
tho  chief  und  party  partook  o;>piously — we 
were  intormed  that  tho  ceremony  of  Nekach- 
kaete,  or  tho  interchange  of  property  between 
the  coniractiug  parties  and  their  poi'onts,  was 
about  to  t.ike  place.  Accoidiugly.  we  emerged 
from  tho  low.  dog-kennel-liko  door  into  the  cool, 
clear  air,  glad  indeed  to  be  free  from  the  ptiisonous 
vapors  inside,  and  wended  our  way  to  the  council 
chambei,  which  consisted  of  a  circular  wall  of  snow 
some  seven  fevt  high,  the  snow  being  taken  from 
the  inside  of  tbo  circle  to  build  the  walls.  In  the 
centre  ot  the  circle  was  placed  the  property  belong- 
ing tu  tbo  bridegroom,  coiisistlug  of  two  canoos, 
spear:),  bows  anu  :irrows,  a  rifla  with  a  broken  lock, 
18  otter  skio^,  GO  tur  seal  skius,  au  army  overcoat, 
fishing  tackle,  aud  several  hundred  pounds  of  wal- 
rus tusks — the  whole  represeaiing  In  value  some 
(600.  These,  by  the  cauous  ot  the  faith,  must 
be  dnplicated  by  the  parents  of  the 
bride,  in  order  to  induce  tbe  bridegroom 
to  undertake  so  difiicult  a  task  as  the  mamte- 
nancu  of  a  family  iu  those  regions.  Accordingly, 
there  soon  enured  a  train  of  men,  bearing  aa  near  aa 
could  be  a  dujilicate  of  each  article  Iu  the  group, 
but  as  some  difficulty  was  found  to  duplicate  the 
army-overcoat,  we  gladly  passed  iu  our  enormous 
plug  hat  to  make  up  the  collection.  The  advent  of 
the  bell-topper  was  received  with  universal  joy  by 
tbe  crowd,  aud  li  wus  the  cause  of  some  of  the  most 
ludicrous  acti.'Us  I  ever  beheld.  One  lady  insisted 
on  putting  ber  baby  into  it,  while  another  said  it 
was  for  drinking  purnoses,  a  third  thought  it  was  a 
buo:,  while  all  agreed  that  it  was  a  wonderful  affair — 
as  1:  was,  for  it  had  done  service  for  our  local  mins- 
trel staze  tor  years,  and  came  aboard  packed  with 
one  of  tiie  men's  wosliiug  ou  leaviug  San  Francisco. 
The  question  of  uowur  being  settled  between  tbe 
pareutit.  It  became  necessary  to  trot  out  the  happy 
fair  one  under  a  United  Slates  Army  blanket,  where 
she  had  been  seated.  She  proceeded  to  iuspecteach 
article  ot  tho  groom's  partiou  with  a  critical  eye  ; 
when  she  came  to  the  hat  she  laughed  ouirigut, 
and  lurniuc  to  our  interpreter,  asked  its  use;  on 
being  told,  sho  put  it  ou  her  ocad  aud  retained  it 
thrnaghout^  the  ceremony.  Th.i  groom  now  ap- 
pearuu,  loUowed  by  bis  brothers  aud  sisters,  all  of 
whom  embraced  tne  bride  in  a  kindly  mauner,  and 
passed  such  compliments  as  were  befitting  ;  then  a 
pau«e  by  common  consent;  a  death-like  silence 
reigned,  broken  only  by  the  roar  of  the  surf  or  the 
cry  of  the  Oualnska  wolf  and  ocxsasionally  tbe 
howl  of  the  Arctic  wolf  in  the  tar  Interior.  So 
oppressive  iu  fact  -was  the  silcoce  that  it 
was  with  a  feeling  of  relief  we  noticed  a  breaking 
away  at  the  main  entrance,  and  watched  the  crowd 
grovel  on  the  ground  in  all  conceivable  shapes. 
Suortly  there  entered  in  perfect  silence  a  cori6;;e 
drawing  a  dog  sled  in  wbich  was  seated  the  high 
priest  of  the  tribe,  and  a  more  viUaitiotis  looking 
object  I  never  beheld.  He  was  stripped  to  tbe 
waist  and  was  smeared  with  oil  and  coloring  mat- 
ter In  stripes  which  gave  him  the  appearance  of  a 
Chinese  ju.ss ;  on  his  head  was  a  tiara  of  bear's 
claws  Murmounted  by  an  enormous  polar  bear's 
head.  Ou  his  shoulders  were  placed  erect  ou  end 
two  laigtt  walrus  tusks,  fancifully  decorated 
With  strips  of  red  flannel  which  had  been  ob- 
tained from  the  clothing  of  a  drowned  sailor 
washed  ashore.  Tbo  lower  part  ot  the  bod.y 
was  covered  with  otter  skins.  over 
which  were  spread  a  number  of  young  seals  all 
alive  and  harking;  iu  tho  right  hand  be  held  a 
suoai,  which  ho  waved  aloft  in  a  theatrical  manner, 
woile  with  bis  left  be  motioned  to  tbe  briue  and 
groom  to  approach  bim.  Tbe  whole  concourse 
arose,  and  with  shouts  of  gladness  capered  around 
the  priest's  coariot.  'This  he  submitted  to  for  a 
apace  of  10  minutes,  theu.  imperiously  waving  his 
spear,  commanded  silence,  Tbe  groom  was  now 
directed  to  prostrate  himself  upon  the  earth  upon 
his  back,  and  the  bride  directed  to  plaoe  ber  right 
toot  Upon  his  throat,  which  she  did  evidently 
with  reluctance.  While  in  this  position  the 
priest  Ins'.ructtid  the  croom  that  such  was  to 
be  %is  fate,  trodden  under  foot  by  men,  shonld 
be  ever  prove  untrue  to  hia  plighted  troth.  He 
wa."!  then  permitted  to  rise,  and  directed  to  ap- 
proach tbe  old  chief,  who  placed  a  soear  at  his 
breast,  telling  bim  it  would  be  his  doom  shonld  he 
prove  untrue.  He  was  next  directed  to  his  father, 
who,  producine  a  piece  of  fishing  line^  Informed 
him  that  be  would  choke  to  death  his  ofbprlng 
should  he  over  prove  nnfaithfal.  Then,  to  cap  the 
oiimax.  he  was  directed  lo  faoe  the  entire  tribe, 
wuo,  brandishing  their  spears,  yelled  at  tbe  top  of 
their  voices  vengeance  on  bim  in  the  event  of  nn- 
^i^kft^^Jx^>m^.      At  (bla  jonotnra   the  groam.  appa- 


rentiy  orercome  with  eaolion,  dropped  on  the 
ground,  and,  bowing  his  head  to  the  eartii.  cried 
"I  will  be  true,"  until  raised  to  bis  feet  by  tbe 
bnde. 

It  now  remained  to  catechise  the  bride  and  ad- 
minister the  admonitinns  aooording  to  tneir  faith, 
which  were  in  tbe  following  manner :  A  nnmber  of 
womeh  eame  forward,  and,  brandiabinK  knives  of 
ivor>.  admonished  ber  with  all  sorts  oi  horrible 
threats,  to  wblob  she  listened  In  silence.  Then, 
turning  to  the  pnest,  she  spoke  her  obligation,  end- 
ing by  oalliDg  her  future  hosband  to  bier,  and  em> 
bracing  bim — as  is  tbe  custom- iaatoad  of  kissing. 
By  this  time  we  were  glad  to  get  under  oover,  for 
it  was  bitter  cold,  and  the  foregoing  ceremony  bad 
ooenpied  fully  an  hour.  Be-euiering  the  obiet'a 
house  we  fonnd  it  transformed  into  a  banquet-hall, 
tbe  floor  and  all  available  space  aroana  being  cov- 
ered with  steaming  abells,  containing  such  a  mesa 
as  would  puzzle  a  Chinese  cA^  de  etu- 
rine;  so  oloael.y  ware  tbe  dishes  placed 
upon  tbe  ground  that  It  beoame  necessary  to  nick 
one's  steps  to  the  point  allotted,  and  taking  np  tbe 
nearest  dish,  squat  down  in  its  place.  Wswere 
given  the  plaoe  of  honor,  i.  «.,  behind  tbe  chief  and 
the  happy  couple.  At  a  signal  from  the  priest 
everyone  began  an  assault  upon  bis  or  her  dish 
with  a  gusto  that  betokened  good  digestion  and 
better  appetite.  The  bill  of  fare  was  blubber  and 
boiled  oil,  roasted  blubber  and  cold  oil,  raw  fish  and 
hot  oil,  blubber  and  fish.  In  short  it  was  oil,  blub- 
ber, aud  fish,  with  fish,  blubber,  and  oil  for  a 
cbaoee.  We  were  beartily  siotc,  and  were  com- 
pelled to  witness  this  feeomg  prooess  much  against 
our  wilh  Onr  portions  we  gladly  passed  to  those 
around  us,  who  as  gladly  accepted  aud  ate  them.  I 
watched  the  bride  of  the  pearly  teeth  stuft  herself 
with  this  food  aud  bite  and  crunch  the  raw  fish  as 
though  it  were  the  gteatest  delicacy. 

The  feast  over,  we  were  to  nave  the  wedding 
ceremony,  so  we  returned. Ito  tbe  circle,  where 
We  found  a  transformation  had  occurred.  In  the 
centre  of  the  plot  was  built  a  hut  of  snow,  covered 
with  skins  and  furnished  aa  tbe  ordinary  home  of 
the  islander,  in  wliich  we  were  informed  tbe  happy 
couple  were  to  pass  tbe  honeymoon — compassed  by 
the  ring  of  snow — emblematical  alikr  of  the  purity 
of  life  within  and  that  to  come.  The  hut  was 
ampl.y  provisioned  for  tbe  time — and  none  may 
enter  here  after  the  marriage  prayer  takea  place. 

Tbe  men  Of  the  tribe  were  arranged  in  a 
row  .around  tbe  circle— facing  outward.  The 
groom  la  in  the  row,-  all  other  parties 
to  the  ceremony  in  the  centre.  The 
priest  now  commands  silence,  and  directs  the  bride 
elect  to  pick  trom  tbe  number  the  man  whom  she 
wiii  wed.  With  the  artleasnees  of  woman  sbo 
tripped  around  the  circle  as  though  sne  did  not 
know  who  was  who — stopping  ever  and  anon  to  ad- 
just the  "  nlng,"  and  "peek"  over  some  man's 
shoulder  with  all  the  ooyness  of  children  playing, 
until  finally  she  tapped  the  right  one  on  the  shoul- 
der and  conducted  him  to  the  centre.  The  men 
then  withdrew,  and  the  groom  went  through  tbe 
same  performance.  Women  are  substituted 
for  the  men,  and  the  bride  elect  is  among 
them.  All  now  withdraw  but  tbe  bride 
and  groom,  tbeir  parent?  and  tne  priest. 
We,  l>etng  visitors,  were  allowed  to  remain.  The 
bnde  and  groom  were  then  put  in  a  kneeling  pos- 
ture, facing  tbe  sun,  which  was  low  in  the  horizon, 
and  which  threw  a  flood  of  blood-red  linht  upon 
them,  forming  an  impressive  plotpre.  They  joined 
bards  and  repeated  a  prayer  after  the  priest,  who 
then  pronounced  them  married.  It  was  then  that 
we  saw  the  piiekt  in  his  glory.  He  leaped  irom  the 
cart,  clad  in  nothing  but  a  clout  of  fur,  and 
ever.y  conceivable  spot  on  his  muscular  body  deco- 
rated with  some  ornament,  held  in  its  place  by 
flsh  bones  which  must  have  -  been  Inserted 
under  tbe  skin  and  ont  again  to  hold  them 
In  D(ac«.  With  unearthly  and  snrlll  yells 
he  gesticulated  toward  the  son,  the  wtille 
dancing  around  in  such  a  manner  as  to  cause  one  to 
believe  be  had  no  joints  in  his  body — in  fact  assum- 
ing shapes  at  tunes  which  would  be  thought  impos- 
sible in  the  usual  human  frame.  This  we  were  told 
is  a  prayer  to  tbe  sun  ever  to  watch  over  and  guard 
the  young  oonpls  aud  for  all  blessinss  such  as  are 
commonly  supplicated  for  on  such  occasions.  We 
then  ofi'ered  our  prusents  to  the  bride  and  groom, 
the  pai-ents  and  the  spriest.  Thev  were  received 
Nvith  many  expressions  of  gratitude,  and  we  with- 
drew from  the  sacred  circle,  solemnly  impressed 
with  the  conviction  tbai  thoueh  most  of  this  service 
is  heathenish  and  has  a  touch  ot.  madness  in  it,  yet 
there  is  a  great  method  in  such  madness,  for  it 
knows  not  of  divorce  courts. 


THE  ENGLISH  60- TON  GUN. 


ITS  PENETRATIVE  POWER  TESTED— IKTER- 
ESTIKQ  EXPBIUMENTS  AY  8HOKBCRT- 
NE88— A  1,700-POUND  SHOT  FIRED  INTO 
A  TARGET  FOBTY-8EVEX  INCHES  IN 
THICKNESS. 

From  the  London  Telegraph,  Feb.  3. 
Never  since  the  invention  of  gunpowder  by 
Koger  Bacon,  and  its  application  to  warlike  pur- 
poses by  Schwartz,  has  scientific  artillery  in  Fog- 
land  achieved  snoh  transcendant  results  as  those 
witnessed  by  tbe  large  and  distineuisbed  company 
who  were  present  this  week  at  Shoeburyness  to  see 
tbe  capacity  of  theSO-tou  gun  tested.  In  view  of  the 
experiments  made  on  that  occasion,  and  ot  tbe  stu- 
pendous dimensions  and  powers  of  the  "  Woolwich 
Infants"  of  the  fu'cure  ivnich  they  foreshadow,  tbe 
classic  stories  of  assault  witn  eatapulta  and  basilie- 
ta,  tbe  ponderous  weapons  employed  iu  Homerio 

battles,  and  the  thunderbolts  of  Jove  burled 
against  the  Titaus  appear  ohildieh  amusement. 
Those  who  would  realize  the  scene  then  presented 
must  imagine  themselves  face  to  face  with  a  pon- 
derous structure  10  feet  by  16,  standing  with  its 
back  to  the  sea,  at  the  foot  of  the  bank  which  leads 
up  to  tho  top  of  the  soa-wall.  This  target  has  a 
total  tbickoesa  from  back  to  front  of  47  inches,  and 
consists  of  tour  armor-plates  of  Cne  flnsst  quality, 
each  eight  inches  thick,  the  entire  thickness  of  the 
iron  portion  ot  the  structure  amounting  to  32 
inches.  Interstices  of  five  inches  each  between  tbo 
plates  are  filled  iu  with  tuait,  making  15  inches  of 
timber.  Every  plate  is  fastened  to  the 
one  behind  il  by  a  set  of  3-ioch 
armor-bolts  with  a  spborical  nut  at  each 
end.  The  target  is  supported  in  tbe  rear 
by  a  double  set  of  stmts  aud  props  of  fir  14  inches 
square,  to  which  the  hindermost  plate  is  riveted  by 
a  set  of  long  S-luch  bolts.  Tne  entire  erection 
stands  on  a  strong  concrete  foundation,  and  is 
further  strengthened  by  piles  and  struts  on  either 
flank.  Tbe  airiiregate  weight  of  tbe  four  armor- 
plates  is  9*2  tons,  and  the  collective  weight  of  the 
planking  oetween  the  plates  is  somewhat  less  than 
lour  and  a  halt  tons.  This  huge  fabric  cost  £6,000. 
It  18  also  expected  to  serye  for  half  a  dozen  rounds, 
each  round  being  reukoned  to  cost  £1,000.  lint 
sueb  an  expenditure  Is  insignificant  compared  with 
t hat  recen tly  tKirne  by  the  Italian  G-overnment  in 
the  trial  of  their  100-ton  sun,  and  even  if  the  amount 
required  for  the  purpose  were  double,  it  woidd  be 
wisely  spent. 

The  gun,  when  fired,  stood  at  tbe  termination  of 
a  railway  gradient,  withia  a  range  of  120  yards  of 
the  target,  and  was  laid  on  tbe  mark  by  means  of  a 
target  siuht.  The  loading  was  efi'ected  by  hand, 
and  the  charge  consisted  of  370  pounds  of  neoble 
powder,  in  ths  form  of  1-5  inch  cubes.  Tbe  projec- 
tile employed  in  the  first  round  was  a  Pailiser  shell, 
fitted  with  a  copper  gas  check,  wei£hted  with  1,700 
pounds  of  sand,  and  plugged.  Tbe  shot,  when  fired, 
struck  the  plate  above  one  of  the  lower  bolts,  the 
impact  ocournnz  at  a  point  lower  than  was  antici- 
pated, in  consequence  of  tbe  gun  having 
reared  less  than  allowance  was  made  for  under 
tbe  vibration  attending  the  discharge.  As  tbe  shot 
entered  tbe  front  plate  it  forced  the  head  of  the 
bolt  outwards,  and  tn  a  compressed  form  the  pro- 
jectile was  flung  back  40  yards  toward  the  gun,  a 
fragment  of  it  at  the  same  time  flying  obliquely 
from  the  target  to  a  distance  of  300  yards.  Only  a 
few  portions  were  scattered  in  the  air.  An  aper- 
ture waa  made  where  tbe  shot  entered  tbe  front 
plate  which  measured  17^  inches  in  one  direction 
aud  I6I4  inches  in  another.  Inside  tbe  great  cir- 
cular perforation  made  in  tbe  armor-plate,  was 
lodged  the  shattered  base  of  the  shell.  The 
length  ot  tbo  projectile  was  42  inches,  and 
this  would  eive  a  penetration  of  47  inches 
—the  total  thickness  of  the  target— in  case  tbe 
shot  had  not  been  flattened  and  shortened  by  the 
resistance  of  the  target.  The  rear  plate  was 
bulged  ontward  to  tbe  extent  of  seven  inches  in 
tbe  line  of  penetration.  That  result  appears  to 
harmonize  very  accurately  wish  tbe  calculations  of 
those  who  designed  the  target,  the  resistance  of 
which  was  inteuded  to  serve  as  a  fair  test  of  the 
force  of  tbe  gun  in  its  present  form.  But  when  it 
is  chambered  the  whole  series  of  plates  will  proba- 
bly be  penetrated  by  the  shell.  The  severe  strain 
upon  tbe  rear  plate  occasioned  one  crack  in  it  three 
feet  long,  terminating  in  a  bolthold,  and  another 
•rack  running  in  a  different  direction  two  and  a  half 
feet  in  length,  with  various  radiations.  The  14-lnch 
timber  support  at  the  case  of  tbe  plate  was  depressed 
seven  inches  at  (he  extreme  point  of  tbe  bulge,  and 
three  of  the  iron  bolts  passed  from  the  front  of  tbe 
plate  through  the  lower  timbers,  and  were  then 
uiiven  backward  by  about  three  lucbes.  A  strong 
pile  of  14  Inches  siiuare  was  fractured,  and  one  of 
the  horizontal  timbers  considerably  damaged. 
When  the  projectile  succeeds  in  getting  completely 
through  tbe  target — as  will  doubtless  happen  ac 
the  next  experiment — it  will  have  performed  the 
Stupendous  feat  of  removing  1,800  pounds  of  iron 
and  84  pounds  of  teak,  or  a  total  weight  exceeding 
that  of  tbe  f  hot  itselt  by  ISl  pounds.  The  Boulan- 
ger  instrument  was  apphod  for  taking  the  velocity 
of  tbe  projectile,  which,  as  it  reached  the  target, 
was  1,496  >feet  per  second,  equivalent  to  an 
energy  of  26,400  foot  tons,  or  527  foot 
tons  per  inch  of  the  shot's  olrcamference.  Con- 
tiguous to  the  scene  preparations  wore  made 
for  melting  trutapercha,  with  which  to  take  a  cast 
of  the  interior  of  the  gun  aVter  each  round,  iu  order 
tu  ascertain  whether  tbe  bore  had  undergone  any 
perceptible  change  under  tbe  pressure  exerted  in 
firing.  The  disoover.v,  previously,  of  a  crack  in  the 
steel  lining  had  rendered  this  expedient  necessary. 
An  enlargement  of  the  fissure  was  deemed  possiole, 
but  it  is  satisfactory  to  learn  on  high  authority  that 
no  dajiger  is  apprehended  from  this  source,  and  that 
no  ebange  was  exhibited  in  the  appearance  of  tbe 
crack. 

Another  interesting  circumstance  should  be  no- 
ticed in  conneoiisn  with  the  trial  we  have  described. 
The  reeoU  from  tbe  shook  of  discharge  Impelled  tbe 
gun  45  feet  9  inches  up  tbe  railway  eradient,  but  it 
descended  again  10  feet;  and  from  the  neintat 
wkich  It  stopped  it  was  hauled  with  ropes  to  its 
original  positioa.  A  subsequent  experiment  waa 
made  on  the  same  day,  but  Mrlth  results  vnimpor- 
Isnt  as  compared  with  those  previously  attained. 
The  same  description  of  shot  was  used,  and  the  sas ' 
check  was  like  ths  one  already  referred  to.  But 
on  this  latter  ocoasiou  the  round  was  fired  at  an 
unbacked  plate  of  8  inches  thick,  and  the  shell 
went  tbrongh,  stiatteriug  the  plate  and  itself  com- 
ing TO  grief  lu  the  passage.  It  Is  obvisns,  tbere. 
fore,  that  neither  an  84noh  plate  nor  one  four  times 
that  lluokness  will  avail  against  this  nloneer  mon- 
ster of  dbstmctiva  forc» 


LETTERS  TO   THE  EDITOR 

VARIOUS  SUBJECTS  DISCUSSED, 

RAILROADS    AND   COAL. 
TotJuBdUorofth*  New-  TorX  Timet: 

It  would  be  useless  for  those  ol  oa  who  havC 
invested  some  of  oar  small  savmas  in  railroads  ta 
expect  sympftthy  in  tronbla.  but  the  attacks  upooi 
our  property  by  some  editors  mij^t  be  spared. 
AQt^safiTering  trom  tbe  errors  or  dishonesty  ol 
manag:ers,  from  the  asaaolts  of  crangera,  the  deple- 
tions by  freight  lines,  and  the  desperate  rivalry  oC> 
competitors,  we  find  aor  corporations  denonnoed-aa-' 
being  oppreaiive  and  rapaciooa,  even  while  tbey 
ransport  people  and  goods  at  eoat.  Svery  day  lo 
the  year  we  have  seen  In  some  of  the  newspapei^ 
articles  intended  to  depress  or  destroy  the  value  of 
certain  lines  of  road.  The  best  symptom  of  Im- 
provement has  been  declared  to  be  fiotitions.  At 
the  beginning  of  the  season  tbe  ooal  roads  bad  on 
hand  a  full  supply  of  coal,  and  were  placed  at  dis< 
advantage.  A  hue  and  cry  was  raised  to  aggravat4 
tbe  trouble  and  in  the  Interest  of  the  Wall  street 
bears  to  deprive  the  roads  of  the  profits  om  theiz 
business.  Nobody  aenies  that  some  loas,  and  per* 
baps  diaaster.  would  naturally  bave  come.  B.ut  on» 
of  tbe  Toada  t»eooming  quite  crippled  by  tbe  loss  of  ^ 
tbe  season's  business,  the  bear  editor,  having  pro-: 
doced  tbe  result  be  predicted,  flourishes  his  tonut^' 
hawk  and  cries  exit  one  railroad,  now  for  the  nect^- 
It  will  suit  tbe  wreckers  -to  involve  etliee 
interests  than  railroads  if  tbey  succeed  further^ 
liTow,  it  may  be  true  that  some  of  the; 
companies  bave  made  larger  outlays  than  were  ^a- 
dicions,  and  if  so  stockholders  must .  faiUto  receivs 
returns  at  present.  But,  if  farmine  lauds  of. 
gold  mines  are  valuable,  so  are  ooal  mines,  and  tbe* 
owners  are  entitled  to  a  royalty.  So  also  tbe  com' 
paoy  which  digs,  transports,  aud  sells  tbe  coal  is 
entitled  to  a  fair  compensation.  It  is  not  .for 
the  interest  of  the  public  that  ai^  prodnct 
should  sell  at  cost  or  less  than  cost.  Nor  is  it 
sorprising  that  trade  languishas  wbile  so  large  a 
class  of  people  are  deprived  of  income,  because  rail- 
roads do  business  for  nothing.  We  leave  inflated 
stocks  ont  of  tbe  question,  and  only  refer  to  a  faiif 
return  for  ths  business  actually  done.  Stockbold-' 
ers  represent  a  class  who  are  enterprising,  and  who 
have  purchased  (reely  of  the  comforts  of  hfe.  Tha 
capital  invested  in  roads  represents  labor.  Busi- 
ness  is  essentially  an  exchange  of  labor,  and  it  is 
only  when  capital  autl  labor  receive  fair  retuma 
that  business  prosp-'rs.  To  let  live  is  to  live,  be- 
cause tbe  money  comes  back.  Wbile  stockholders, 
miners,  and  employes  can  scarcely  keep  body  and 
soul  toeether  they  ure  unable  to  make  purchases. 
Stockholders  may  justly  demand  that  coal  eball 
•nly  be  produced  and  transported  at  paying  sates, 
and  that  gonds  shall  be  carried  at  paying  rates.  IF 
by  this  course  tbey  get  small  dividends  or  nonei 
the  result  is  better  ttian  whan  a  larger  bnamess^^ig 
done  at  no  profit. 


^fr^ 


LOOI8  KOSSUTH. 
To  the  BdHer  of  the  New-  Tork  Timet: 

Your  gifted  Washington  correspondenfv 
Grace  Greenwood,  in  her  "Oooasional  Not»s," 
dated  at  Washington  tbe  13th  inst,  and  publishel' 
in  Tujs  Tdies  on  Saturday,  (I7tb,)  does  liouls  E:os< 
suth  great  injustice.  The  lady  says:  "  He  cama 
to  us  for  '  aid  and  comfort,'  but  was  more  than, 
princely  mendicant.  In  him  Magyar  nationality 
took  to  the  great  street  coruera  of  the  world  and 
stretched  out  her  hands  to  the  nations  hurryins 
by."  These  assertions  are  not  in  accordance  with 
history.  In  evidence  of  this  I  beg  leave  to  refer 
yon  to  the  pages  of  your  own  great  jonrual  of  thai 
date.  Kossuth  came  here  as  the  invited  guest  of 
the  American  Bspablic  ;  was  promised  much,  but 
received  little  or  nothing.  We  sent  a  national  ves- 
sel to  bring  him  over,  and  upon  his  arrival  here  he  was 
given  to  understand  that  he  would  get  "material 
aid  "  from  tbe  people  at  large.  Major  Hagedorn, 
of  the  military  station  in  New  -York  Harbor  at  tho 
time,  welcomed  Kossuth  in  the  name  of  the  mllfiary 
power  of  the  United  States,  and  pledged  the  ser- 
vice which  he  represented  to  the  cause  which  .'Cos- 
sutb  had  at  heart.  And  in  like  m:mner  I>r. 
Doaue.  at  quarantine,  promised  the  civil  aict  ul 
the  nation  to  the  distinguished  Hungarltm.  All  t.'aia 
had  taken  place  before  h-ossutb  arrived  in  Ne  W- 
York  City  a"t  alL  Upon  his  entry  the  Empire  Cii.T 
gave  him  a  warm-hearted  welcome,  and  the' 
ple'Jges  and  promises  given  down  the  bay  were  re- 
peated over  and  over  again.  The  First  Division 
New- York  State  Militia  turned  out  in  lull  to  do 
honor  to  K.ossutb  and  the  cause  of  liberty.  I 
don't  remember  that  the  Milit'ia  tendeifed  thetr 
services,  but  know  well  that  the  First  Division 
presented  Xossuth  with  a  splendid  sword  at  tha 
Ciand  reception  wbich  they  gave  him  at  Castla 
Garden.  Senator  Cass,  in  his  place  in  the  Unii<?<l 
Siates  Senate,  moved  to  suspend  "  relatioi.s*'  with 
tne  Austrian  Empire  out  of  resp<»ct  to  tho  cause 
wbich    KoBsath    represented.      Taklne    these     aad 

manv  other  evidences  of  kindred  nattire  into  con- 
sideration, is  it  any  wonder  that  Kossuth  steould 
have  expected  "material  aid"  trom  the  greav;  Re- 
public of  the  "West  without  his  appeariu;:  an  a 
mendicant  in  any  form  i 

I  regret  to  diflfer  in  tbo  least  with  a  lady--a:a4 
such  a  lady  a.s  Grace  Greenwood,  whose  pen  is  .»s 
free,  chaste,  grand,  truth  fal,  tuneful,  and  eloqueut 
as  the  tongue  of  Currau.  And  my  excuse  is  ths 
Very  gitsat  respect  which  1  have  for  the  bravery, 
eloquence,  aud  patiiutism  of  Lr)uis  Kossutii. 

EUGENE  O'StlEA, 

No.  291 MOSMOUTH  Stuekt.  J KKSKV  CiTV,  Mondaj 
Feb.  19,  1677. 


TIIE  SUPREME  COURT  IX  WALL  STREET 

Totlu  Editor  of  the  NeiD-  York  Timet : 

The  facts  narrated  iu  your  report  yasterdaj 
constitute  evidence  at  once  of  the  extreme- caution 
which  a  Jndge  should  always  use  before  aigninf 
any  paper  connected  with  a  "motion,"  aud  ot  tlM 
pernicious  and  (to  others)  costly  consequences  liable 
to  result  from  failure  to  U33  such  caution. 

Of  course,  tho  Judge's  "  vacation"  ot  the  *•  order" 
referred  to,  because  the  orler  was  "  inadvertently 
granted,"  is  all  the  explanation  we  can  expect  from 
him  ;    but,  nevertheless,  between  the  iAsue   of  th« 

order  and  ibat  of  tbo  vacation  a  great  deal  of  Jo3a 

was  inflicted  on  -those  who  ought  never  to  expect 
that  a  mistake  of  the  Supreme  Court  should  depno- 
ciate  tbeir  property. 

The  ofiicers  of  the  Delawai^  and   Huason  Canal' 
Company  owe  it  to  the  stockholders  to    make  a 
thorongb  public  investigation  of  this  whole  affair, 
aud  also  to  tell  why  1  per  cent,  per  24  hours  is  paidL, 
on  the  btooc  Exchange  for  the  use  of  the  stock. 

It  80  tiappens  that  the  order  was  issued  at  a  tlma 
and  under  circumstances  which  proved  of  great 
value  to  a  certain  party  ot  Califoruians  who,  in  con* 
nection  with  a  party  belsngmg  here,  have  lately 
been  operatini;  not  so  much  as  "bears  "  as  in  the 
capacity  ot  wreckers  of  certain  incorporated  proper- 
ties, among  which  is  that  of  the  Delaware  and  Hnd- 
sou  Canal  Company.  They  did  a  "  full  day's  bosi. 
ness  "  every  day  for  the  past  week  in  anticipation 
of  this  order,  and  "  got  more  than  tbey  expected  " 
in  the  way  of  profit,  as  one  of  the  party  expressed 
i>,  and  "  all  on  account  of  the  Supreme  Court,"  as 
another  of  them  said  on  Saturday. 

I  deplore  the  action  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  tbis" 
instance,  not  only  on  principle,  but  because  its 
action  has-caused  me  considerable  h>s8,  aud  I  assure 
you  I  am  one  of  a  large  numL>er-of  stooKholders 
Who  are  likewise  losers. 

Since  the  days  of  Blactt  Fridry  the  Supreme 
Court '  element  Pas  been  usually  teft  out  of  Wall 
street  business.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  press,  as 
a  representative  of  public  opinion,  will  do  its  beaf 
to  prevent  its  reintroduction.    STOCKJaOLDEJS.v 

New- York,  Monday,  Feb.  19,  1877.  "^  ^~" 


A    REMEDY  AGAINST  STRIKES. 
To  the  Editor  of  the  Neuh  Tort  Tiiaet : 

We  seem  to  have  a  great  deal  of  trouble  fr  om 
time  to  time  about  strikes  among  tne  laboring 
classes  ana  mechanics.  A  permanent  remedy  from 
all  this  trouble  would  be  for  tne  employers  to  have 
a  form  of  contract  made  out  for  the  men  to  sign,  if 
enly  for  a  month  at  a  time,  part  of  themen's  time 
expiring  each  week.  Tbey  would  then  hasre  to  renew 
tbe  contract  when  paid.  So  that  if  a  strike  took 
plaoe  only  one-fonrtn  of  the  foroe  could  crtrlke  at  a 
time,  which  would  Kive  the  employers  time  to  look 
about  for  new  men  to  take  the  strikers'  place.  If 
the  others  struck,  tbey  could  be  subject  m  flue  an4 
imprisonment.  MEBCHAtTT. 


THE  BONDS  OF  ARKANSAS.  ' 
In  a  special  message,  on  tbe  subject  of  tha 
State  finances,  to  the  Legislature  of  Arkansas^  Gov. 
Miller  has  this  to  say  of  the  position  of  the  bond- 
holders who  would  rattaer  loss  a  part  of  their  Just 
debt  than  see  the  State  repudiate  any  portion  of  uha 
claims  against  her  :  "From  tbe  action  of  smch 
holders  of  onr  tmdisputed  debt  as  have  manifested, 
their  views  at  all,  we  must  conclude  that  their 
preference  for  an  adjustment  upon  some  acoeptable' 
terms,  of  the  entire  amonnt  of  debt  'outstanding, 
arises  from  au  apprehension  that  the  total  rejectiuu 
of  any  part  will  render  worthless  iu  the  market 
any  new  pledges  issued  to  themselves ,-  aa^^bat 
tbey  would,  iu  tbeir  own  interest,  prefer  to  fund 
their  claims  at  a  reduced  rate  ratner  than  to  re- 
ceive ttie  full  lace  of  theli  present  aecuri- 
ties  in  another  form  and  still  to  find 
themselves  unable  to  realize.  I  know 
that  holders  do,  in  point  of  fact,  apprehend  the  oc- 
currence of  such  a  state  of  things  should  we  refuse 
an  offer  of  feasible  compromise.  Ther  fear  the  urg- 
ing of  the  argument  that  tho  indebtedness  whico 
one  Legislature  recrards  as  valid  may  be  precisely 
that  which  another  will  refuse  to  reoognixA,  and 
vice  versa;  that  if  distinctions  having  their  gitiimd 
in  part,  at  least  m  political  feeling,  however  Just, 
shall  onoe  prevail  thev  may  prevail  again  in  eome 
changed  state  of  public  affairs;  aud  that  even  an 
attempted  settlement  by  constltutlonil  enactment 
in  a  State  wbich  within  the  past  18  years  has  exist- 
ed under  tour  difierent  forms  of  constituiiou  olToiHla 
no  security  ngainst  change.  I  do  not  undertake  to 
express  any  opinion  upon  the  jostuMs  of  such  ap' 
prehenalons;  they  areciieda-s  ^.je  actual  axnraaaianr 
or  ooinioB  of  man  of  bostness  -• 


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Fkiday,  Feb.  23— P.  M. 
'  The  stock  specalation  to-day  was  weak 
and  feveriah,  and  the  feeling  of  depression 
which  has  for  a  oonaideraole  time  character- 
ized the  dealings  was,  if  possible,  more  pro- 
nounced than  heretofore.  The  decline  which 
took  place  was  in  some  measure  attributable 
to  the  unfaTorable  rumors  m  circulatioa  aflfect- 
ing  the  leading  speculative  shares.  Prominent 
amons  these  were  reports  that  the  will  of  Com- 
modore Vanderbilt  •would  be  contested  by 
some  ot  the  dissatisfied  heirs ;  that  a  renewal 
of  the  railroad  war  was  imminent,  and  that  pa- 
pers were  in  course  of  preparation  lookins;  to 
an  application  to  the  courts  for  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  Receiver  for  another  of  the  coal  com- 
paniea.  In  the  present  temper  of  Wall-street 
stories  of  an  unfavorable  tendency  meet  with 
ready  credence,  and  this  is  a  very  significant 
feature  of  the  speculative  situation,  indicating, 
aa  it  does,  the  gloomy  views  entertained  as  to 
the  future  of  values.  The  lack  of  frankness 
exhibited  on  the  part  of  the  manazors  of  larce 
corporations,  in  their  treatment  of  their  share- 
holders, is  one  of  the  principal  causes  for  the 
feeling  of  uncertainty  which  exists  amon  g  the 
latter,  and  which  renders  them  the  ready  vic- 
tims of  stock  gamblers.  There  is  but  one  way 
to  allay  this  distrust,  and  that  ia  by  afiording 
the  shareholders  themselves  a  full  and  ftlge  op- 
portunity of  determining,  by  personal  investi- 
gation, the  status  and  prospects  ot  their 
property. 

The  entire  transactions  amounted  to  213, 872 
shares,  which  embraced  57,000  Liike  Shore,  43,- 
053  Delaware,  Lackawanna  and  Hudson,  33.203 
Western  Union,  18.750  Michigan  Central,  13,847 
Delaware  and  Hudson  Caaal,  10, 000  St.  Paul, 
7,506  New-York  Central,  6,550  Pacific  Mail, 
6,550  Rook  Island,  5.700  North-western,  3,530 
Atlantio  and  Paoifio  Teleirraph,  .3,400  New-Jer- 
sey Central,    and  3,125  Erie. 

Lake  Shore  was  heavily  pressed  for  sale,  and 
fell  ofT  from  51  Mi  to  48^,  with  final  transac- 
tions at  the  lowest  point.  Rumors  of  legal  pro- 
ceedings against  this  company  for  an  alleged 
violation  of  its  charter  wore  afloat.  Michigan 
Central  was  weak,  in  sympathy  with  Lake 
Shore,  and  declined  from  44  %  to  41,  and 
closed  at  41^.  Western  Union  opened  at  65 
and  advanced  to  66,  with  subsequent  reaction 
to  65,  which  was  the  closing  figure.  Delaware 
and  Hudson  Canal  made  the  greatest  decline  of 
the  day,  ialling  o£f  from  50  at  the  opening  to 
46^,  and  closing  at  a  merely  fractional  recov- 
ery. Delaware,  Lackawanna  aad  Western 
dropped  ofi  from  63^  to  61  Mi,  with  final  sales 
at  the  lowest  point.  Now-Jersey  Central 
fluctuated  between  ll"!^  and  10,  and  closed 
at  10^.  Morris  and  Essex  was  steady  on 
small  transactions.  Among  the  Qranscr  shares 
North-western  was  strong  in  the  ear  ly  deal- 
ings, but  subsequently  lost  the  improvement. 
The  St.  Paul  shares  were  comparatively  firm 
at  a  fractional  decline.  Pacific  Mail  was  ad- 
versely affected  by  news  from  Washington 
that  the  subsidy  scheme  wa?  certain  of  defeat, 
and  the  price  fell  off  to  25'4,  with  a  recovery  «f 
"4  ^  cent,  m  the  late  dealings.  New- York 
Central,  on  the  rumors  already  alluded  to,  was 
freely  sold,  and  declined  from  97^  to  95  \t.  and 
closed  at  96.  Rook  Island  declined  from  100 
to  99%..  Harlem  advanced  ^i  ^  cent. 

The  money  market  continues  to  work  smoothly 
with  3'Q>3V^  %^  cent  as  the  prevailing  rates  for 
Call  Loans.  The  National  Bank  Notes  received 
at  Washington  to-day  for  redemption  amount- 
ed to  $400,000.  The  toUowing  were  the  rates  of 
Kxchange  on  New- York,  at  the  under-mentioned 
cities:  Savannah,  buvlng,  Vi,  selling,  Mi  ; 
Charleston  scares ;  buying  \^  premium,  soiling 
V4  premium ;  Cincinnati,  steady,  buying  par, 
selling  1-10 ;  St  Louis.  50  premium :  New- 
Orleans,  commercial  3-16,  banfc  Vi  ;  Cbioae  o, 
50  diaooant. 

The  foreign  advices  reported  an  advance  in 
the  price  of  British  Consols  at  London,  the 
closing  quotations  being  %%'8>d6^k  lor  both 
mone;  and  the  account,  against  95^  ®957&  yes- 
terday. American  aecurities  were  steady. 
United  States  18653  (old)  closed  at  106,  18678  at 
lQ9',i'&109%,  10-40s  at  108%,  and  new  5s  at 
107%.  New- York  Central  was  quoted  at  95 
and  Erie  at  8.  Bar  Silver  sold  at  56d.  V  ounce. 
The  Bank  of  England  lost  £70,000  on  balance 
to-day.    French  Rentes  closed  at  106f.  10c. 

The  Sterling  Exchange  market  was  weak  in 
tone,  the  demand  tor  to-morrow's  mail  having 
been  light  The  nominal  rates  were  unchanged 
at  $4  83Mi  for  bankers'  CO-day  bills,  and  at 
|4  85  for  demand,  bat  actual  business  was 
about  $4  8^  ^14  82^  and  $4  84. 

The  speculation  in  Gold  was  more  animated  ■ 
than  of  late,  and  the  price  advanced  on  the 
strength  of  advices  from  Washington,  indicat- 
ing that  there  existed  little  or  no  probability 
of  the  passage  of  the  Sherman  Funding  bill, 
coupled  with  rumors  that  the  extremists 
among  the  Democrats  in  the  House  were  de- 
termined by  filibustering  to  prevent  a  peaceful 

solution  of  the  Presidential  question  through 
the  Electoral  Commission.  The  opening  sales 
were  at  1044^,  whence  there  was  an  advance  to 
105^4,  with  closing  transactions  at  105.  On 
Gold  Loans  the  rates  ranged  from  3V4  to  1  ^ 
cent,  for  carrying,  and  "flat"  and  2®3  ^ 
cent  V  annum,  and  1-64  ^  day  for  use. 

Goverment  Bonds  were  somewhat  wesrker  in 
the  early  dealings,  when  the  principal ,  changes 
were  a  decline  o{\  9  cent,  in  I8683  and  ^4  ^ 
cent  in  ourrenoy  6s.  but  in  the  afternoon  the 
market  assumed  a  firmer  tone  in  sympathy 
with  Gold;  18578  rose  from  11 1^4 to  112 V&  for 
coupons.  Six»s  of  1881,  registered,  sold  at 
111%  ©112.  The  transactions  ware  moderately 
large.      In   Hailroad    Mortgages    the   deallnes 

were  well  distributed.  Chicago  and  North- 
western ConaoUdated  Gold  Coupons  rose  to  91, 
and  afterward  reacted  to  90  V4.  Long  Dock 
Bonds  advanced  over  I  ¥  oent^  eelling  up  to 
lOS".*.  There  was  an  improvement  ot  I  ^P' 
cent,  in  Louisville  and  Nashville  oonsohdated 
which  sold  at  92,  and  closed  at  91  "A.  The  New- 
Jersey  Central  issues  were  about'  steady, 
Lehigh  and  Wilkesbarre  consolidated  sold  at 
31%  against  30Vik  on  Wednesday.  Hannibal 
and  St.  Joseph  convertible  fell  off  to  83,  »nd 
Morris  and  Essex  oonsolida<;«d  Firsts  to  92,  a 
decline  of  1V«  iP'  cent,  in  the  former  and  1  ¥ 
cent,  in  the  latter.    The  other  vaoatioiu  ware  . 


less  important  4tate  Bonds,  outside  of  Ten- 
nessees  and  North  Carolmas,  were  neglected. 
The  most  important  transactions  were  in  the 
last  named,  which  sold  at  22®21Mt  ior  old, 
January  and  July,  and  at21Mt  for  old,  Anril 
and  October  Issue.  Tennessee  old  sold  at 
42% '342%. 

The  imports  of  Drv  Goods  at  the  portof  New- 
Tork  for  the  week  ending  this  date  were 
12,484,333,  and  the  amount  marketed  $2,511,- 
607.  The  total  imports  of  Dry  Goods  at  the 
Dort  since  Jan.  1  were  $16,400,931,  and  the  total 
amount  marketed  $16,493,279. 

Unitbd  States  Tbeasurt,     ) 

NBW-ToaK,  Feb.  23.  1877.    5 

Goldreooiota S393.968  iS 

Gold  payments 169.313  60 

Gold  balan 00 7 1.694.05C  99 

Cnweuov  receipts 1,884.910  88 

Currency  paymonte. 1,767.835  44 

Currency  balance 44.907.891  07 

Custoias 236,000  00 

CUJSINQ  QUOTATIONS— FEB.  23. 


OOMMBBOIAL  AFFAIB8. 


Nkw-Yokk.  FritUr.  Feh.  28.  1877. 
The  receipts  of  the  prmoipai  kiuds  ot  ProddOd  siuoe 
onrlaithare  been  aa  tollovm: 


Wedni-sdar. 

FrMar. 

American  gold 

.1047b 

105  ^ 

United  States  53.   1681.   uonp 

.10938 

109  Sg 

United  Stiilea  D-JOi.  1837,  oauo 

.lU'^a 

11 M 

Bills  on  London |4  83 

$4  82la®J4  f-23i 

New- York  Central 

.  97% 

90 

Kook  Island 

.100 

9939 

Paciflo  Mail 

.  a&'s  ■ 

a5»9 

Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul 

.  18 

n^B 

Milwaukee  and  Sc.  Paul  Pref 

.   4738 

4679 

Lake  Shore 

.   51I4 

4838 

CUioaeoand  North- wpjitera 

.    33  »3 

33 

ChicBffo  ana  North- western  Pret. . . 

.   51!lt 

5113 

Western  Union 

.  6538 

6.i  ^ 

Union  Paoihc 

.   t5 

C419 

Delaware  Lack,  and  VVeatern 

.  6438 

6II.J 

New-^Tersev  Centra! 

.    11 

IOBq 

Delaware  and  Uudson  Can^l 

.   5OI2 

47 18 

Morris  »ad  Esaox 

.  eoig 

80 

Panama 

.ia.5 

liJT. 

Erie 

.     7% 

731 

Obioand  MUslasippt 

.      51-2 

r.3d 

Harlem 

.137 

1371a 

Hannibal  and  St.  .1  oseon 

.  IOIq 

9^ 

Hannibal  and  St.  Joaeon  Pret 

.  22^ 

22 13 

Mjchigan  Central 

.  441.2 

4ll2 

Illinois  Central 

.  52ifl 

o2 

The  extreme  range  of  prices  in  Stouks  to-day 
and  the  number  of  shares  sold  ara  a,i  follows : 

No.  of 
Highest.  Lowest. 


97  •58 
.137«2 
.  8»8 
.  511-2 
.  6I3 
.  3434 
.  53 


100 

18 


New.  Tork  Central 

Harlem 

Erie 

Lake  Shore 

"Wabash 

North-western 

Kortb-westeru  Preferred. 

Koclc  I.sland 

Mil.  &St.  Paul 

Mil.  &  St.  Paul  Pret 

DeL.  Lack.  &  Wosteru 

New-Jer.sev  Central 

Delaware  &  Hurt.  Canal 

MoiTis  <fe  Essex 

Michicau  Central 

Union  Piiciflc 

Hannibal  &  St.  .Toaeph 

Hnnnibal  &  St.  .Toseph  Pt. . 

Ohio  &  Uisiisiaipui 

Piioaraa 

Western  Union 

A.  &  P.  T.  legraph  . . . . 

I'iiciflc  Mall 

Quicksilver  Preiorred 

Total  sales 

The  following  table  sliowj  thd  half- hourly 
fluctuations  ia  the  Goll  inarkHt  to-day: 

10:00  A.  M 104^|t:03P.  M IO.") 

10:30  A.  M 10478'l::wP.  M IdSis 

11:U0A.   M 1(15     1 2:00  P.  M '. llC.lfl 

11:30  A.  M 105      -2:30  P.  M lOSlg 

12:00  U 105      3:03P    M lO."* 

12:30  1'.  M 1047^' 

The  folio  win:;  were  the  olosin,;  4|uotatlons  ot 
Government  Bonds : 

Bid.  istieiL 

United  States  carrenoy6i Vii^  V^i'H 

United  States  8i.  18-il.   rouUtsrftd 111^  .-112 

United  State*  6a.  18dl.  coiiuoo.s ,.112'4:  ITS'2 

United  StatBB  S-20S.  lc>G5.   rei^iatered..  lOtJ  itj  ^Ocji4 

United  States  5-2Jd.  18G3.  ouudooii lobi^  lOSk; 

ITuited  States  5-20d.  Id6.\  new.  ruir 109  ](i!)i4 

United  Status  5-20a.  1865.  new,  coao.-.lii9  10914 

United  States  5-20s.  ldG7.   rouiiterod..l  12  II2I4 

United  States  5-2Us,  18t!7.  coupons. 112  I12i8 

TT.iited  Stat.).i5-20^.  isGd,  rei:isteroa..ll47t,  ii5«.j 

United  States  5-2U'i  186^.  coupun* 1147^  llOiu 

United  States  10-40S   reffisterod 100^  110 

United  States  10-40.1.  coooons 113 Ha  1I4 

United  States  5i,  ISSl.  roiisterna lOflf-s  10j7^ 

United  Sta  10x5.9.   18:il.  couooaa lOO'-s  lOa-li 

Un  i  ted  States  4  Sl^  ISSl.  rncist.^re'l...  lu6id  10614 

The  Sub-Treasurer  disbursad  m  Goiil  Coin 
$32,000  for  interest,  ?4S,00a  for  caTlo'J  bon.l.s, 
and $5,100  Sdver  Coin  in  exchange  for  fractional 
currency. 

Tne  followinj  wore  th)  Gill  clovriuu  by  t'la 
National  Bank  of  th.^  Staia  ot  Xcw-Yorlc  to- 
day: 

tiold  cleared 550.871,000 

Gold  balances l.s'Jl.SG'J 

Currency  balances 2,04J,03G 

The  tbUowiai;  is    tiio    Cioariu4-h^)a4o    st-ttd- 

ment  to-day: 

Currency  exchanges {87.817  716 

Currency  balances 3.79G  128 

Gold  exchanges 1 1,924  2.'>7 

Gold  balances l,(.S4,u79 

The  following  were  the  bids  for  the  Vknous 
State  securities: 


Ashes,  DiCB. 

Bees-wax.  pka 

Bullion,  bats 

B.  B.  Peaa.  baxB 

heaoB,  bbls 

Coituu,  baieM. 

Cotton-seed,  bair-t.. 
Cotton-afO'i  oil,  bbls 

Copper,  bbls 

I'rioj  Fruit,  pus.... 

Begs,  bbls 

Flour.  bOls 

Corn.  t>u8liels. 
Oats.   bualieiB 

Rye.  bushf>l8 

Mult,  bushels 

narley.  bushels 

I'eas,  bushels 

Gra&s-seKd,  Onus 

Corn-meal.    bbls.... 

Cnra-meai.  bugs 

B'Irwt  Flour,  pks... 

CorO-oienl.  bbla 

Hemp,  bales 

lluDB.  buies 

Uide.*.  So 

hides,  biiles 

l.fe.atQer.  siiieB. 
Lead,  plxs 


H.  &St  J.,  due  W..  106 
.V.  V.  6s  G.  K..  '87..  12') 
N.  Y.  6s,  G.  C,  'ci7..12) 
N.Y.  6'.  G.  Loau.'ci3.l20 
X.  V.  61,  G.  Ln.  '91.121 
X.  Y.  6 J,  G.  Ln,  '92  12i 
X.  Y.  6s.  G.  Lo.  '93.123  . 
iS.C.6.s,N.C'.U.  J.&J.  07 
N'.C.68.X.C.Il.A.&0.  67 
.\.(J.6*,do.c.oIi;j.i.J.  45 
.S.O.es.do.cott  A.<tO.  4"; 
.S.C.64.  Fd'g  Act. '68.  10 
N.  C.  new  bds.J.ibJ.  11 12 

X.C.  S.  T.  class  I M^2 

N.  <;.  S.  T.  clasi  2.. . .     2  U| 
N.  C.  .S.  T.  clasiS...    21a 

Ohidds.  'SO 112 

Kbitdo  islana  ba 110 


Alabama  3i,  83 34 

Aiabatua  .''m. '86 :i4 

Alabama  8:;. 'eO 34 

Alabama  8s.  '8'^ 34 

Alabama  8j.  '92 17 

AUtbama  8:».  '93 17 

Art  6i,  Funded 25 

Ark.7s.L.K.&F.S.is..  7 
Ark.78.  Mem.  iL.K.  7 
A.7S.L.R..P.B.&N.O.  7 
ArB.78.A1.0.&.K.Hiy.  7 
Arlc.  7s,  Ark.  Cen.ii.     7 

Couneciiout  Gs 111^ 

Georcia  6« 93 

Georgia 7i.  u.  b lOai^ 

Georgia  7a,  indorse'd.  103 
Ga.  7«.  Gold  bonds.  .106 

Illinois  COQD.  0:1.  '79.. 101 

Illinois  War  i^oan..li)l 

KeniuoKy  6° 102 

Louisiana  6s 37 

Louisiana  63.  n.  b 37 

La6.<.  newFl.  Dbt.  37 
La.  79, Penitentiary.  37 
Ls.  6j,  Levee  bonds.  37 
La.  ds.  Levee  bonds.  37 
La.  7s.  CoiisolidJted.  6II4 
Mo.  64  dueia  77... .101 
Mo.  6s.  due  In  '7rt....l01i4 
Fund.   OS. doe  04-5..  106 
Lone  03.. '33 to  "90 in.  103^ 
Asv.or  Uui..  due  '92.IO513 
U.  &St,Jo..  die  '8C.106 

And  the  tollowinjj  for  radway  mort!ia2;e3  : 
Alb.  &SU8.  2d  bds..  02     iDub.&.Sloox  (Mst..l05 
L.H.  <fc  Mo.  1-st.  Etd..  W5      M.  S.>.  7  V  c.  2d....l03l<j 
St  L..  J.  ifeChic.  I8t.l05      Clev.  &.  Tol.  S.  F...I0714 
C..ll.&Q.84P'ct  Ist.llSlQ  Clbv.  <fe  Tol.  newb^.10714 
C.B.L&P.  l^t  7.S....10714  Cl«v..P.  &  A..ol«l  b«,lU4i2 
C.R.l.&P.8F.i.G«.'9.V101     iCle»,P.  &  A..new  b8.107io 
C.  R.  ot  N.  J.  l3tn..l05      Baf.  &  E.  new  b'd8..107i.j 
C.K.ofN.  J.lHCon.  C4      liut.  &.  Stale  Line.  73.104 
V.  K. of  JT.  J.ConT. . .  55is|Kal.  &  W.  I'lg.  1st..    86 
L.  (St  W.  B.Con.  G'd.  31     lD.,M.A:T.l3t  78,1906  105 

Am.  Dk.  &  Imp.  bds.  40      L.  S.  Div.  odd I07I8 

M.&S.  P.  l8t,8a.P.  D.114      L.  S.  Cons.  C.   l.'it...l(K>'a 
M.&;S.P.2d.73-10Pl).  95ifi'L.  S.  Cons.   K.  1st..  .lOOlfl 


S.C.  6s 

S.  C.  (is.  J.  «fcj... 

S.  C.-*.    '88 

S.  C.  Non.  F.  bs.. 

I'eun.  bs,  n.  b. 

IVnn.  6s..  n.  b.,  n. 

ViruiniaGi.  old 

V"iririnlaOs.n.bds.'66    30 
Virginia  os.n.brts. '07.  30 
Vi.Ci.   Con.  Bonis.  7rfl2 
Vit.  63.  ex  mat.  coup.  6G78 

Va.(iH.  Con.   2.1s 37la 

Va.  68,  Deferred  bds, 
Ola.  01  C.  3.03 J.  1921. 


...35 
...  35 

...  35 

...     21s 

...   42^8 
8.   -l^JOu 

30 


'^ 


M.&SP.l8l7«,lK,RD.  94 
M.&S.P.  lat  LaC.D.  97^ 
M.&.S.P.l8tI.<fcM.D.  86 
M.  &St.P.lstL&D.  82 
M.&.SLP.l8r.H.&,D.  82 
M.&.St.l'.  l9t.G.&.M.  96 
M.  &  St.  P.  Con.S.F.  8314 

M.  <tSt.  P.  2d 9u 

Chic.&N.  W.  S.  F..10714 
C.&N.W.  Int.  bds.. 104 
C.  &  S.W.  Con.  b08. 10314 
C.  &N.W.  Ext.  bda.lOO 

C.  AN.  W.lst 104 

C.&N.  W.  C.  G.bJ.H.  9i) 
Galena  &  Chic  Ext. 105 

Ptnin.lstCon- 106 

Chicaeo  Sc  Mil.  lat..  106 
C.,C..C.&Ll8t73.S.F108ii! 

Del..  L.  it  \V.  2d 108 

Del.,  L.  &  W.  7a,  C..101 
Mor.  &Ej8ex  2d....  104 
Mor.  &E.  Conat'n..  80 
Mor.  &E.  1st  C.  G...  92 
Erie  Ist  Extended. .110 

Erie  ad  7*    79 104^ 

Ene3d.  73.   '83 1061^ 

Erie  5ch  7w.  '88 IOOI4 

B.,N.y.  &E.  1st.  '77.  HI 
B..N.Y.  &.  E.  L.  bd8. 


Manetta  &  Clo.  Ist.loS 
Micb.C.l-*t8i.'82.SF.112 
N.y.C.&  Hnd.lst  C. 11513 
Hud.K.78.-.id,S.F.'tio.ll2 

.N.  MiSHonn  1st 9978 

Ohio  &M.  Coil.  S.  B.  89 
Ohio  Sc.  .Miss.  Coos..  88^4 
Ohio  <fe M.  2d.  Cous. .  50 
Ceu.  Pac.  Gold  bd»..10G 

West  Paciflo  bs loy  13 

Union  Pac.  lat  ba..  .10373 
tin  ion  Pao.  L.  G.  73.IO214 

Union  fao.  S.  F 9678 

Pac.  K.  ot  Mo.  Isc.  0558 

P.K.  of  Mo.  2d 87 

P.,  Ft.  \V.  &C.  I«t..ll9 
P..  Ft.W.&Chlc.  2d.lllia 
P.,  Ft.\V.&Chic.  Sd.lOO 
Clev.  &P.  C.  S.  F...110 
Ulev.  &  P.  4lh  S.  F..105 
Col..Ohlc.&Iud.  Isl.   sola 
Alton  &T.II.  I3t...l06ifl 
Tol.&Wab.ExCono.   89I3 
Tol.&\V.l8t..St.L.D..  8OI4 
X.  cfc  W.  Coos.  Conv.  48ia 
Quincv&.Tol.lat.'9J.  80 12 
W.  D.  baa..  190).  Clo 4 
W.  U.  bda.,  19J0,   K.104?i 


91 
Audthefoilowinjfor  Uity  Ban!:  shares; 


America 130  iHanoyer 9a 

Americaolfixi;h.inKe.l03  Market HO 

Bank.  &  Brok.  Asso.  80  |Mbchauic8' 133 

Central  National 102  [  Merchants' 119 

Commerce 114      Merchants' Ex 92 

Continental 7J  New- York 117 

Cora  Exchange 125  Park 114 

J'jrst  National 201  iPeoplea 130 

Fourth  National 100  Pbenix 97 

Fulton l-W  IShoe  &.  Leather 122 

FlfthAvenao 216  St.    Nicholas 100 

Gallatin  National...  103  Tradeameu's 130 

German- American . .  69ial  Union 130 

"^ PH ILADHlfcPaXA  SlOClt  PaiCKS FEB.  23. 


Bi<l. 

Cltv68,  New 119 

United  Oompatiies  ot  NewJ^eraev 136 

Pennsylvania  llailroad 42% 

Philadelnbia  and  Readme  Railroad...  ll^s 

Lebieb  Vallev  Railroad 43 

Catawissa  Railroad  Preferred 30 

Pbiladelohia  and  Erie  Hailrond 1078 

Schoyikill  Naviiration  Preferred 7 

Northern  Central  Railroad. 20 

Letiisb  Navieation 2,^^ 

Oil  Creek  and  AUeghony  Railroad S^ 

HeatonvJIle  Kftilway IBM 

Central  Transitortatlon ". 36 


Asked. 
11218 
136I3 
43 13 
11=^ 

33 
11 

8 
21 
80 13 

7 

16^ 
-    38 


PSOVIBENCE  PRINT  CLOTH  MARKET. 
Peovidksce.      Feb,      23.— The     priotine     cl.iths 
maritet  continues  inactive  •"<!  prices  nominal  at  4''oo  ■ 
aSob  Sue  ataudard  ajid  extra  QX*64^ 


48|Hosa.  bales 76 

1  Oil.  bbia 200 

260  Snlrlts  Tnrp.,  bbla..  43 

3(1  Tar,  bbia IH 

26l5lK<»lo,  bbla 1,3.36 

6,787 1  Oil-cake,  pxe 771 

-411  Pork,  oka 604 

10(1  Beer,  pka 221 

32  Out-meats,  iitcs 7,147 

301  Greaae,  nka .tea 

4.784'Iiard.  pks 1,284 

lli.aJI  Lard,  keys 163 

40.011  .>tear1ne,  pka 26 

27,168  Butter,  pks 3.981 

878  Ohpeae,  pka 1,082 

..10,550  Tolldw.  uk-a 126 

..   2,01)0  Lard-oil. bbls 197 

d.'20()  Oressed   Hol^B.•^o...  7.S4 

375  Pea-nuts,  bajfs 8u6 

3,260  Rue,  pka 1.048 

167  Sneor.  (N.  V.,)  hhds.       f>36 

85  Btiucn.  bxa 700 

2:^5  Skins,  bales 91 

18  .'*umuo.  biiva 140 

235|Tea,   haU-olieat 4 

lO'J  Tobacco,  nbds 216 

958iTobacco.  bxs.  ttcv..      8id 

13,0641  Whiskv.  bbla l,i!o9 

1,107  (Vool.  bales 17 

Molab8r8,(.N.u.)bbls.   4.730 

ASH  I5.S— Buyers  nurobaso  onl.T  amall  lots  to  meot 
current  requirements.  Pots  quoted  steady  at  $4  75  S> 
$5.  anl   PeiirU  at  $6  73S*7  ^  100  lb. 

BlvB.'^-WAX— lellow   continuss     scarce   and   quiet ; 

quoted  Bt  from  32c.'5!:^4'ac  ;  the  latter  for  very  oUolue. 

UOOTS  AMO  SHOKS— A  fuiny  active    basioess    has 

bei>n  reported  In  this  line,  Vitlues  ruling  esstsntlally  as 

l.iat  qunted  m  moat  inatancus. 

BSIuKS — The  iiioreiaents  iiav<>  been  on  a  more 
liberal  scale  un  the  basu  ol  the  recently  moditlt^d 
viicea. 

O'ANULRS— Have  been  quite  sp.irincl.v  purchased  In 
no:irl\'  all  iDtitinCHS,  witu  Adamantine  quoted  at 
lli9C.@.15c.:  Piiraffliie.  19c.®20.'.  :  Snerm.  nlain,  28c.; 
Sperm,  patent,  38c.;  Stearic.  iTc.SaSc.  ^  ft. 

C'O.aL— -"I'he  general  movewt-nt  is  v«ry  slow  and  un- 
aatlafaclArjr,  thoutth  buyers  have  the  advantaite  aa  to 

vniuea liiverpooi  Hous!^  i'anuelquoied  at  $12'3>$15  ; 

Liverpool  Uaa  Car.nel.  *9®$11;  Newcastle  Gas,  $62> 
S5  5if;  Scotch  Oas,  $5a'!f7;  Provinci.-jl  QrtS,  S4  50® 
ifS:  Ameiicait  Gas,  $5  SO'cvpo;  Cumbnrland  and  Uk-ar- 
flcld,  .{5a$5  50;    and  Anchraclte,  $3  2D9B4  26  tot 

CBIRieS. 

CoKPRB— Has  been  In  liijlit  request,  out  quoted 
ptcttdy,  with  Klo  inviiices  tt  1  7i4C.'a>2()34'!.;  Java,  22c. 
®24o. ;  Maracaiuo,  ls'-jc.®2(lc.;  Ligua.vra.  19<^® 
19'uc.;  Bavanllla.  181520.®  19 »ai;.:  Costa  Rion,  lOc.® 
21c.;  San  Domijzo  at  leUc^ltc.,  gold Sales  re- 
potted of  3,9  7u  bags,  bv  the  J.  U.  Toad,  on  private 
terms. 

COOPKU.AOE  STOCK— Lftss  demand  has  been  noted 
for  most  kinds;  voIups.  liovTever,  onoted   generally 

steady Hosisiiead    Stave;)    quoted    at    $8ll3iJ>160; 

Pipe  do..  $100®*230;  Barrel  <lo.,  $60@.*120;  »U(tar 
Sbuoks,  wUb  hea>l8,  $1  0OS'$2  50:  Molasses  do.. 
$1  90'«)$2 ;  Box  ybooks.  70c.a>75c.;  Empty  Uo(ia- 
heB<li,  $-.2  50;  Hoops.  .-526 a)$.iiJ. 

CoRDaGK— Has  bi-cn  In  veiy  slack  req.iest,  yet 
qnuteu  essentially  as   belore. 

Ct.'TTON — ilas  been  ilepressed  and  quoted  off  In 
price  fall  5-lCc.  ^  lb.  for  early  delivery,  on  a  very 

ilsbt       movement Ordlniirv    C  quoted      to-dn.v      at 

10  13-16c.®IO  15-16C.;  Low  MicliUliie.  12c.®r2i8C.; 
Middling.  12^!C*l'J''Ht Sales  were  officially  report- 
ed,  for  piomiit   dcliveiy.of  352    bules,    (of  wbicb  82 

b;ilcs  were  on  Wedncsdu.v  evejalnB,)  all  to  spinner.^ 

And,  tor  iorward  deiivotv.  ibo  dealings  have  been  ex- 
traordinarily he.ivy,  but.  under  iv  strong  pr.!Psure  to 
place  options,  prices  declined  mrtteiijliy,  cIosiiib  Ir- 

recular Siilea   1  avo   lieen  reporteu  since  our  last  ot 

loy,700  imiea.  ot  winch  20.400  b.ilea  were  on 
Wednesaey  ercninii.  niiO  89.:)00  bales  to-dav.  with 
2.MU0 '  bahes  on  the  rails,  on  tbe  basis  of  .Middling, 
wiin  februsrv  options  elosinz  ut  12i4C.®12  5-16c,; 
March,  1-'  O-lfic:  April.  120-16c.;  May,  12V.; 
June.  12V.®i2  'i'.l-S'Jo.;  July,  rJ  31-32c.<J)i3c.;  Au- 
t'ust.  13  i-32c.:  Sept e;n her.  12  27-.S2c.®12  29-32c; 
October.  12'-2i-.tf.l2  l7-32c.;  November.  12  9-3-'e,.@ 
12  ll-32r.:  beeember.  l'.:  9-Vdi:'aJr2  ll-32o.  ^  Tb.. 
abowing  ii  derline  of  7-32c.@5-16e.  *>'1I3..  closing  weak, 

Tbo  re<'eipt5  at   tins  p<wt   t  -day  were  0,787   baie.^, 

nnd  at  tlie  sbippiiiz  ports  IH.O'JO  bJiles.  »«;iiinst  19.145 
biiles  same  iluy  last  week.  an. I  for  the  whole  week, 
85.769  bulcs.   ugaiiisc  12<l,238  balen   same   Mm  '    last 

neck Tbe  reocipts  ut  the  slilpplng  port.-i  eiuce  Sojti. 

1,  1870,  have  been  :i,.100,9ul  bales.  OR.iinst  :^,402.3'.)i) 
balea  for  tbe  corrc'^poniliug  tiim-  In  the  pri'codliig  (Cot- 
ton year CouHoltdated  exp.irt.i  (live  Jays)  tor  <irc:it 

Britain,  trjm  all  toe  snlpplos  ports.  3.S.00J  btlos;  to 
the  Conllnent.  20.222  bales Slock  la  New-l'ork  to- 
day. 277,897  bales  ;  consolidated  stock  at  the  ports, 
870,272  bules. 

Closing  I'riaa  r,/  Cotton  in  Xeio-  York. 

Upl'da.         Ala.  N.  O.        Texas. 

Ordinary lo  13-16  10l;!-IO  10  15-16  10  1516 

;.triet<>'rtliauiv..ll  31«  II  3-10  11  5-1. i  11  5-16 
Good  Ordinary-. .11  9-16  11  91ij  11  11-16  U  niO 
Strict  Good Ord..  11  13-10  11  13-10  11  15-16  11  15-16 


Low  Mld.-liiii;; 12 

Strict  Low  Mld...l-.:'4 

MiddliniT l-'-2 

Good  Middllns V2\ 

Slriet  Good  Mi(L..13 

.MmdllDa  l''uii- 1:)% 

Koir llHi 


l'J>8 

12 's 

12-'h 

li:3« 

12=8 

12  ■■a 

12  7« 

1^-8 

13's 

IX- 's 

Vi^ 

13  ".J 

14  >4 

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11-8 

12 
121.1 
12  Si 
U^4 
13 

14 'b 

Stained. 

GoodOrdliiarv 10  7-16  Oofl 

Strict  Uuud  iJi.l....  11  1-1.;  rjlliliiiiuK. 

imUQS,  DYES.  A»0  DYKWOOUS— The  luovemeut, 
Biuco  our  last,  bns  been  r.ither  more  UL'llve  lu  the  l.'od- 
iuK  kiuiia  ot  UruKS  iiuJ  UyiM.  witli  values,  however, 
f|Uoted    irretfuliir.  Cliilc  AcU,  Ulu-  Vitrioi,  Oil  Vurioi, 

uudDlvi-di«i  ru'Hil  blglier Kujiiiali    C'boinic;ils  linvu 

been  bmblv^enlt  In  ut  »l|put  former  quotati  ma Ks- 

sentiitl  I  Ills  b:ive  been  in  luoiterate  demiiid,  uiid  quotea 

s.imowhat  ileprisa- d  as    to    volues Kyewoods    liave 

b(5<-ii  otferod  wiili  1.  »8  inquiry,  an  I  quoted  c  laipar.i- 
livolv  atroiii;  In  price,  tli.iugh  without  notable  aetiv- 
ity  ...San  noniiiiiro  Losivood  (juoied  ai  .$20(2.*23, 
currency;  Jaui.iica.  *Jlfc;r2j.  koM  :  llouuurus 
00.  at  $-4  rv  H!--y,  eurreoCT :  Meiieaii  Kustic. 
.-"•.;oa$22.  ({Old;  Jamaica  do.,  ,+  17  5'.'ti»i-lS.  irold;  Bar 
Wood,  $2ti&$'.'l.  gold;  Lima  Woorl,  iijOa#55.  eur- 
rencv;   <  aiowood.  vl7iJ.  R.i.d.  li>  ton. 

KfHTILlZKltS— il»vi-  becu  lu  liur  request  ou  the  ba- 
sis 01  previous  i|Uiitatious. 

KlRl,-L'K\t'KKlt>— Have  been  ,  inictive  ;  quoted 
wholly  uoiolanl.  on  llie  Ousis  of  $1  Vodii2  .j|>  Ixix. 

FISH — A  luoderaielv  aetivn  duiimod  liaa  Oeeii  uoled 
for   the   IcadiuK  kin  la,  whic'u    li.ive    been    ucnerally 

quotedllrm We  qiloKr:    dry  I'od,  .+'5  l5i£$(i  ■|>' cwt.: 

Dry  Cod,  iu drums. *j  ijUafU  75.  .M  iclcerel  ijuoCeil  ut 
*16'a.$2J  tor  .So.  1:  fi0tt*l3  for  No.  2,  and  #6  50 
-ii^ll  for  .No.  ;i.  %>  hhl.:  I  letleil  Hprrluc,  *3  50® 
Sid  23;  bTnokcd  llerrluK  nl  ltie.®18e.  for  Sc  ilc.l, 
»ud  13c. a'l4e.  for  No.  1.  V  hox;  UatcU  llirrimf, 
$1  15/7'.rl  17»ui>  koii. 

KLOL'R  A.NBJ^Mh.iL.— In  tl»ape  of  State  a:  d  West- 
ern Kiour  trt^Wifcl.i  f-iinite  of  Jiie  d;iv'd  tradu  was  the 
Irec)  husineiis  111  Citv  Mill  .Sxirjis,  for  shipmi-nt  to  the 
West  liiiiles  on  the  Imnis  oftfbe  revised  quotations 
frtvcu  lu  our  last.  Most  other  gra.les  wore  iu  eomp  na- 
tively slaek  demand,  uud,  oe  a  ijHe,  weaker  In  price, 
the  dcaliiiK  in  Instances  showinij  ,i  rciluciiou  of  10e.a> 
15i-.  ^>l)bl.  on  iii'To  .Iber.il  off-riiias.  iiiflu.  nt'ed  in 
part   by  the  (le,>resslo.i    aud  irregularity    iu    ^prillg 

Wheat Saies  liavo   oeen  reporicu   biuco  our  lusi  ot 

13.6  10  hois.  ot  all  LTuilOB,  liieiur.ini;  unsound  Klour 
of  all  oliwtses  at-SaafO  50.  (ebi'lly  ut  *5  75a.t!6 
lor  uiiHouud  E.Mra,  :£4  */0  fur  uusouud  Superdne,  and 
$j  2'i®$3  2.)  f>r  unbound  No.  2.)  Sour  Flour  at 
:ii4  2ottfl!  75:  pior  to  sliictly  elioioe  No.  2  at  £4  35'a) 
$5,  ehielly  at*lo5a'*o  inr  t.iir  to  I'holee  ;  ordiuarr 
to  eUoicii  SuperUne  Western.  i"5  OOciSo.  ma'olv  ut 
S5  7ovti&90:  poor  lo  uooJ  hxtra  State.  SH  ifSd) 
$1)20:      «ood    to      cboiep     do.       ot      a-ti  20aS6  4i»; 

1  ity  Mills  Kxtr.i.  ebippintj  crudes,  tor  Meat  Indies,  on 
tbb  oHsis  ot  wO  lowil  10  lor  Bood  to  very  choice, 
(with  tbe  iiialu  deallu>.'s  witbiu  the  rauite  of  $0  8ja> 
i7  10;)  do.  for  South  .imenca.  at  *8®*8  50  for 
very  itooi  to  taiicy ;  do.  for  ibo  Eu;;lish  mar- 
kets, (ol  tho  Krade  ot  siandani  Kxira  State.) 
quoted  :it  rfO  oskcJ :  lolenor  to  (COoU  shlpplutt 
l-.xtra  Wostprn,  i"o  y.>®$ii  20;  ;:ood  to  ciioico  <i..., 
iSO   203  iO  40;  aud  Trade  and   l-'jiiiily   Kxtrua  within 

the  previous  rauRe Included  in  the  sales  hiive  been 

7.-160  obis,  shipping  Extras,  of  which  6.8d0  bols. 
weri!  City  Mi.U:  1.37o  Obla.  llluueaota  clear  and 
straigbt  Kxtras.;  780  bbla.  do.  Patent  do.;  400  Dids. 
Winter  Wheat  Eitroa,  (for  ahipoient,  at  $7a'$7  75;) 
450    bbls.    SuperUnu.    3.'iO     bbls.    Ho.     2.    and    050 

bols.  Uusound  l.'lour  at    the    quiitcd  rates auutbeiii 

Honr  about  steady,  and  sale.,  of  l,a  ji)  bbla.,  chi.-fly 
Kxtma,  at  $7  b^idfH  50,  01  which  75ii  boK  lor  export 

tosuntb  .Vmerlca.  reported  at  $7  73®i8  25 Of  Kve 

Floor.  t>6')  bbls.  sold,  chiefly  ou  the  basis  ol  if4  80^ 
$3.  for  very  pood  to  strictly  clioieu  siiuordue 
State;  market  more  active,  out  otiierwlse  uucuans;ed 

Corn-meal  quoteu  aooui.  as  In  our  last,  with  sales 

reported  01  l.oSt)  ibis.,  cnicfly  Yellow  Western,  at 
t'2  75'a)i>3,  ot  wjiich  5u0  bUis.,  Prize  Medal,  free  on 
boiird,  at   *3   fur  slilpmoiit  to  tbe  Provluces Aud  of 

it'orn-Moal,  in  lians,  2.700  bags,  mostly  coarse  stock,  ot 

fl  lO'd'Sl  12  for  Liiy,  $1  05u'$l  Od  for  W^esteni,  and 
5a.  lot    (500    baas)    Baltimore Ot  Corn  Plour,  la() 

bos.  sold  lor  shipment   at    SJ  5J Buckwheat  Flour 

lu  foir  request  at  Urm  pricea. 

FKL'If — rht> demind  is  gcnetally  light,  tbouah  buy- 
ers have  tbe  advantasra  08  to  values .Sales  Include 

600  bxs.  Layer  Itrtlsins  at  $1  U5®$1  70:  8u0  bxs. 
loose  ut  $2  16;  400  bxs.  Viilouoia  at  8c.®8i4C.;  200 
bbls.  Cutiunts  at  6^i-.i»0'-j>-.;  300  easts  Sardines, 
quarter  bxa,.  nt  13i40.®13'itc;.40  oks.  new  Turkey 
Piuueaut   o'qc.®6''8u.,   aud  40  uks.   old  du.  at  5 140. ® 

UKAIN — Thedeallnita  In  Sirring  Wheat  to-day  were 
aealn  comparatively  liebt,  and,  a^  reiiorled,  mostly 
lor  local  milling  uecouat,  ut  it  further  ruductioa  of 
about  Ic.  ^  bushid.  Littla  call  Irom  the  exp.jrt  in- 
terest, bids   from    which    Bourco    ruled  low.     Winter 

Wbeac  Uull,  but  taeld  \>itb  confidence Sales  were  re- 

portbtl,  to-oav.  ot  34. Duo  bushels,  luciudln;;  prime  No. 

2  ciilcai{0  SurinB  lu  store,  16.000  bushels,  to  local 
millers,  at  ^1  40.  (with  $1  41  aaked  xenerally ; )  No. 
2  Milwnukee  do.,  lu  store,  a  simiil  lot  (500  bushels) 
to  complete  cirj(0,  ut  $1  48,  (with  $1  47 
csked  und  $1  45  reported  hid  for  full 
loads  ot  sti-lctlv  prime,  lu  store,  aud  $1  48®$1  60 
fordo.,  afloat:)  No.  3  .Milwaukee  do.,  lu  store,  8,u00 
bushels,  lor  mlllln<;.  at  SI  35.  aud  Uni;r.ided  Spring  at 
$1  30®$1  86,   (ot  which  8  OOO  buBUel*^  Chicago.   In 

store,  for  export,  at  $l  36.) Now  Corn  has   been 

qdotoduo  affalu  i:c.  a  bushel,  on  comparative l.v  mod- 
erale  offerings  ami  un  active  inquiry  in  ^ood  p»it  fjr 
export,  out  closing  tamel.y.    Old  Corn  In  aome  request 

auu     quoted     Hrui Sales     have     been      reoortod 

biu'co  our  last  01  83.0U0  bushels,  lncludin<; 
New-York  Nn.  3  at  oS'^ci/tiOc.  maiuiy  at  6O0..  but 
closlufi  at  S'J'cO;  I?ow-fori  Steamer  allxed  at  GOc; 
new  crop  Mixed  Western,  ungraded,  at  58c.®60c; 
Veilow  Southern  at  58c.'a'li'2c.,  Ironi  doclc,  track,  and 
uflout :  nearly  all  at  6Uc.  ufloat.  (at  wbich  S.700  busO- 
els  wore  placed)  White  do.,  nt  BSe.^tiOc.  from  dock 
and  track,  and  62i2C.®i)5c.  afloat;  unip-aded  a.ilUnit 
vessel  .Mixed  vvestero,  old  crop,  (nomiual.)  at  58c.® 
6I0.,  in  store  and  afloat;  damaged  Corn,  11, '200  bnah- 
els  ou  private  terms;  Na  '^  Chicago  afloat  aod  iu 
store,  quoted  at  59c.;  and  afloat  at  61'.;  a  boat- 
load WRa  sold   for  hoao   usoat  61c Uyo  hsa  been 

more  active,  mainly  for  export,  at  steady  prices: 
car  lots  of  Jersey  State  and  I'eunsylvaula  repotted  sold 
at  8oc.'a>86o..  uui  of  Western  at  81c.&'84o; 
also  a  boat-load  of  'No.  2  Western  afloat  at 
84c..  and  another,  in  atoie.  at  82 '".;c.,  tor  export;  and, 
rumored,  a  boat  l;>ad  Ot  piime  PenusylvanJu  aud  State, 

afloat,  for  prompt.uelivery,  at  90c Barley,  Barley 

Malt,  Peos,  and  Buckwheat  quiet,  butanotPO  nominally 
oajbcfore ;  some  demand  noted  lor>U««d  ftarley  tor  ex- 
port; B  car-load  01  choice  six  rcyred  St^tie  Malt  aold  ut 

$1   06 Oats  have    favored   sellers  slighttv,  as    to 

price.       on      a      more      uitrent        Irtquiry       from 

looaljobbers Sales  repoi ted  of    58.600   bushrls.  iu- 

CludluK    White    Westoru,  at  44c.®50o(for  ioferior   to 

about  choice:  Mixed  Western  at  4iJo.®40c.,  as  to 
quality,  of  which  common,  iu  store,  19.5UO  bushela 
at  43c.®44c..  mostly  at  43c.;  White  St^te.  ordioary  to 
very  cOolce,  within  tho  ronito  of  61'<o.'a>6ui2C.  fiom 
truck  and  aUo.it,  of  Which  7,600  bushels  oiioice,  in 
atore,  at  66c.;  Mixed  State  at  51c."®&6^c-  lor  Infenor 
to  very  choice,  hrom  track  and  alloat;  Ncw-lfork  Ex- 
tra, 750  bushels  ut  5.>>aO.;  New-lfork  No.  2,  2,250 
bUdUela.  at  47c.;  New-York  No.  3,  1,500  busbels, 
at  44c.;  New-l^ork  Rijecied,  2.250  buahflls.  at  43u.... 
Feed  quoted  heavy  a.id    uusettloj,  ou  a  restiioled  lo- 

aulry  ;   40  to  60  tb.  reported   cold,  mainly  at  $23  ;  100 
).  at  fZi'ai'Jo;   aud   ungraded   stock  ut  $'.iU®$2'.i  ^ 

ton Seeds  generally  dull:    about  piime  to  choice 

Btate  Clover  quoted  ut  15H»o.<i'l6c.;  ver.y  good  to 
cbolce  Westoru  at   15c.®lB»..>c.    Other  SeeOs  nominal 

uslostquuted Bole  Uayliusbeeu  leas  souKbt  nfter 

at  easier  and  dtoopine  rates,  with  shipping  qualities 
quoted  at  hem  6.-0.  a/7Uc.,  and  retuiliatf  qualities  at 
70c®$l,  tbe  extreme  figure  for  very  choice.  ^  100  lb., 
fllAvac  l>0CL.'£h&c.j  Suit  Hay.  45c.®o6o btcaw  baa. 


been  in  rather  alaok  dmnitod.  tnelndhw  Bye  Straw 
iritbtp  the   naf  ot  600.0700^    Oai;  806. 9600.  |p 

ODN.>(r  Bags  and  BAQOINO— B«y«  been  Mnetally 

daU,  and  more  or  leaa  nominal  aa  to  T»ln« ^oomeatlc 

BagKinebma  b«en  qootea  steady  at  12Ve.912>ac 

ITative  BantoB  nominal  at  about  9>ao. 

HARDWABB— Uaa   been  quite  active  and  generally 
qnotod  rtsry  firm. 
H  GM  P— Has  been  attracting  little  attention.     Prices 

have     not     varied    much. Manila     Uomp    quoted 

at  8c.®8Uc.:  Siaal  at  S>«o.6i90.,  Kold,  ^ 
lb.:  clean  Buaslan.  92009$206,  Rold,  ^  ten ;  dreaaed 
American,  $1809^236;  aadresaed,  do..  $130,  'onr- 
reuovj  Italian,  $2769$880.  ffold.  ff  ton:  Jnte,  40.V* 
6><ic.'.  correnuy ;  JnteBntta.S!Uc.®3TB0.;Weatern  Flax. 
9c.®15c.,  currency,    fair  to  prime  North  Blver  Fiax. 

13o.®16a:fair  to  prime  Causdada.  l4o.®17o.4?' tb 

Bales  reported  of  60  balea  Jnte  ut  434C.  oorrency.  60 
da.vs'  credit. 

HIDES — Have  been  modetatelv  sought  after  at  droop- 

inffiatea. Salea  include  6,939   Bnenoa  Ayrea,  900 

Buenoa  Avrea  Seoonda.  2.500  Tei.is  Kipa,  1,796  Dry 
Texas.  SOO  Drv-salted  Texas,  on  private  terma  ;  1,000 
California  at  20c,  and  500  Dry  Texas  at  18o. 

LATHS.LlUK.ANULDMBKBr-A  moderately  active  call 
haa  been  reported  for  the  leading  kinds  of  Iiumber,  at 
about  previous  quotations,  toe  lea<line  holders  of  stock 
showing  more  ciufidence  aa  to  tbe  future  ot  values,  in 

this  connection Uaatein  Spruce  quoted  at  $12  60® 

$15  50 ;  Yellow  Pino  oaoted  h?re  at  $18®$26:  White 
Pine  at  il3  50®.t19;  Hard  Woods  nominaLy  as  before. 

Eastern  Laths  have  been  lalrlv  active  auu  quoted  at 

$1  75a>$l  8719^1,000 Lime.  Cement,  and  Plas- 
ter Paris  have  oeen  ia  rather  better  demand  at  essen- 
tially unaltered  rates. 

LKATHEB— The  movements  In  this  line  bavo  been  to 
a  fair  aggregate,  though  at  Irregplac  and.  In  aeveral 
lustaoces,  reduced  rates,  especially  for  the  poorer 
qualities,  which  have  been  offered  with  more  urgency. 

'ihe  export  call  for  Sole  is  yet  rather  moderate. The 

week's  receipts  of  Sole  have  been  49,000  sides  and 
2.222  balea  do;  exports,  18,500  sides,  including 
16,600  sides  to  Kngland,  and  2,000  sides  to  the  Conti- 
nent  Wu    ouotu  Sole    thus:     Hemlock   Tannage — 

uight.  23i.j|C.®-.i4a  lor  Buenos  Ayres:  22o.®23c.  for 
Oalirornia.  and  22c.®22'..^c.  for  common  Hide  product; 
medium.  24e.®26u.  ftor  BUfinos  Avrea;  24c.®25c.  for 
Callfomin,  and  2.i^c.®24c  for  common  Hide; 
heavy,  26c.®2tic.  tor  Buenos  Avrea  24c.S2&c.  for 
California,  ana  23'a(^.®24c  for  common  Hide  ;  good 
damoged  stock,  21c.®a3c.;  poor  do.,  17o.®20c  ^  lb. 
l^rop  Slaughter  thus  :  Light  Backs,  36c.®30c.:  Mid- 
dle Backs.  36c.@37c.;  Light  Crop,  33o.®35c  ;    Middle 

Ortp.    34c.®36c.;     Heavy   Crop,    34c.®35c Teiaa 

thus:  Liu'ht,  3i!c.®33c.:  Middle  ana  Over  Crop,  33c.® 
:^4o.;  Bellies,  16c.®17c.;  Kougn  Hemlock,  25o.®2'7o.; 
Eouah  oak.  26c®30c.  #■  lb. 

MKTALs— Ingot  Coppar  has  been  dull  and  he.^vy. 
Sales  reported  of  100,000  lb.  at  lOHzc.,  closing  at  19c 
®19i4C.  4?' lb.;  Manufactured  Copper  In  slack  demand 
and  unchanged  lu  price  —  Iron  nns  been  more  freely 
dealt  in,  with  prices,  however,  quotea  as  favoring  buy- 
era Salos  have  been  reported  of  5,000  tons  'Phomas, 

in  lots,  on  private  terms;  600  tons  American 
Forge,  part  at  S17  75;  150  tons  Wrought 
Scrap,        extra       quality.       at       $27;       300       tons 

,>cotcli    Pig     on     private     terms Steel    Rails     in 

demand;      Quoted    at    $49'a'$51,   at    tide- water 

Rugulus  Antimony  b.is  been  inactive;  quoted  at  123^0. 

l^f  Pi.;  lead.  260  t<ins.  domestic,  sold  at  $6  iM^d) 

$6  40,  currency.  Soalter  und  Zinc  dull  at  former 
rates Tin  has  oeou  in  slack  request,  but  quoted  es- 
sentially   uiichanged Sales    reported  of  50U  bxs. 

C'oko  Tin.  at  $'>  87'^.  cold  ;  500  slabs  Straits,  on  pri- 
vate terms,  quoted  at  17c.  gold,  asked. 

M  U  LASS  k.8— Very  llttleinquiry  has  l.een  reported  in 
tbia  line,  for  anv  description,  or  purpose.    Prices  have 

not   varied   mueh New-Orleans    has    been'  ligbtlr 

dealt  iu  witciu  the  rang.^  ot  47c  ®58c.,  for  aoout  good 
to  fancy.    Sales,  260  bbls.,  In  lots. 

NAILS— Have  been  attracting  more  attontlon  chlofl.v 
In  a  Jobbing  way.  on  tbe  basis  of  $3  tor  common  Fence 
and  isbeatnlnc  and  $4  50®£5  25  for  Clinch.  ■^  kce. 

NAVAL  STORES— Kesiu  has  been  In  rather  better 

demand  since  ourlast,  at  steadier  prices Wo  quote 

st  $2  lor  S'rninod;  S2  05®$2  10  tor  good  8traln''d; 
$2  15®$2  35' for  No.  2;  $2  62i<j®$3  12ia  for  No.  1; 
S3  507i$7  for  Pale  to  extra  Pale  and  Window  Glass, 

t*"  280    lb Tor   has  been  Inactivu  within   the  range 

of  from  *2&'$2  37-0.^ bbl..  aud  In  provisiou  pKs.  at 
$2  75....iity  Pitch  ai  $2  37'-ia)$2  50^  bbl.... Spirits 
of  Turpentine  has  been  very  quiet,  with  inercnantaole, 
for  prompt  delivery,  quoted  at  the  close  at  41c.  f* 
gallon. 

OILS — Tho  ceneral  movement  baa  been  on  a  re- 
stricted scale,  but  values  i:bvo  not  varied  miteri.illy 

In  any  prominent  Instaneo At  Now-iledfoid  600  bbls. 

Crude  Sp^rm  s  >ld  ou  privatb  terms. 

PKTKOLhUM — Has   been    depre.ise.i    and    unsettled 

tlirouqhout Crude    has    boen  lightly  ilealt  In,  and 

quoted  at  lO'^c.  in  bulk,  and  I2\r..  lu  shipping  order. 

Reflned  liasbeen  offered  more   freely  and  quoted 

down  to  1534C.®16c.,  closing  at   15^tc.  on  areatricted 

movmeut itellned.  in  cases,  qiieted  down  10  210. 

city  Naphtha  quol)*d  12c At  Pbiladolpbia  nnd  Balti- 
more, U'fined  Petroleum,  for  early  delivery,  quoted 
down  :.t  15-Hjc.®1534C. 

PitoVlBlO.NS— Weatem  Mpsa  Pork  here  haa  been  in 

more    demand  for  ojrly  dells-ery.    at  firmer  rates 

Sales  reported  of  300  bbls.Iuiiinspected  at  $15  75® 
$16  87*2;  350  bbls.  inspected  and  uninspected  at 
:Si6;  60  bbls.  Inspocted  nt  $1C;  lUO  bbls.  of  u  favor- 
ite brand  at  $16  2j Other  kluds  dull:   Kxtra  Prime 

aud  Weatcru   Prime  nominal And   lor  forward  de. 

liver.v  here,  Western  Ucss  lias  oeen  nniet;  quoted 
for  February,  nt  tho  close,   iioiuinal :  March,  $15  75  : 

April,  $16  05®$16  10;    and  May.  $16  20 Dressed 

Hogs  in  moder.ito  deman),  with  Weetern  quoted  at 
i)34C.®6'(C.:    City  at  7'4C.®7»20.;    and  light   Pigs   at 

7"'He Cut-moats  have  been  inactive  here  at  former 

rates bales  Include   small  lots  of  Pickled  liellitrs,   in 

bulk,  at  S'^ic.ti'Jc.,  und  sundry  amail  lots  ol 
other      City      bulk      within      our      range. ...Also 

40       bbio.        rigs'        Tongues       at      $15  25 And 

lor  riiieuijo  delivery,  dry  suited  Shoulders,  at  S^jc 

Uaeon  in  rather  slack  qemaud  at  somewhat  irregular 
prices.  Sales  here,  60  bxs.  Long  Clear,  on  private 
terms,  omdeil  at  S^Ba^.^OBC  And  for  Chicago  de- 
liverv.    l.OOu.OiiO  lbs.  :>liori.  itib,  in  balk,   April  option. 

lit    «^c Weaicru     Steam    Lard    has    been     more 

Bought  alter  for  early  delivery,  partly  for  shipment, 
at  siroger  prices Of  Western  Steam,  for  early  deliv- 
ery here,  sa.es  have  l)eeu  reoorted  of  1.160  tcs.  prime 
at  $10  iiO,  (of  which  500  tes.  fur  shipment.)  closlnu  at 

$10    511,    and   110  tCB.  off  grade  at  $9a'0  75 .And 

lor  forward  do'lvpry  liore.  Western   Steam  has  been 

very  uctive.  and  purchased  atlii;iher  rates Western 

Ste;im.  lor    February.    Quoted  at  the  eloso   nominal; 

Match,  *1050  Old:  April, *106'J;  May.$10  70 Sa!e9 

wero  reported  of  Wesleru  Steam  to  the  extent  of 
1.500  tcs.,  Maroh.  at  *lo  50;  tj,758  tea.,  April,  at 
$10  55i:t*10  67»-2,  aud  0.500  tcs.,  May,  at 
SlO        70@.i;10    SO  i.everai        Apnl        contracts 

exchanged  for  Mav  atmtrket  mtcs •,  Ity  Steam  and 

Kettle  in  more  demaud,  quoted  at  thr;  close  at  $10  25. 
Sales  ISO  tcs-:  aud  No.  1  quoted  at  $10;    at  which  rate 

a  aiuall  lot  sold Refined  Lurd  nmre   active,    quoted 

tor    the   Coutiaent,  it»r   early    delivery,  at  $10  V5® 

*l'i  87  m.  and  lor  tne  West  Inilies  at  a^y  12®$9  25 

Sulei",  OoiJ  tcs.  f.r  the  West   Indies,  part  :it  $9  2.i.  aud 

loo  tcs.  choice   fordo,   at  $10 Butter  aud  Cheese 

moderately  s>.u;tht  alter  within  the  previous  range 

l-resh  Kg««  down  to  i4'ac.®16c Tallow   has  been  iu 

lair  oemaud    nt    unehriuged   prices Sales,   equal  to 

05.000  lb.    prime   (•ountry    und    I'ity.  at   7''8"-<^So 

bti-arioe  dull;  choice  citv,  iu  hhds..  quoted  nominal; 
prime  locUoiceWesterB.intcs.,  $10  60^i'$10  6212. 

fjALT—Thff  demaud  has  b-en  on  a  restricted  sca'e 
mid  with  supplies  ofl'ored  freely  pnoes  have  boon 
quoted  weak  througliout.  with  Liverpool  Grouud 
quoted  at  75o.@80c;  Liverpool  Fine  at  $1  lOai'J  50, 
irom  siore;  'Turk's  Inland,  iu  bulk,  2&c.;  St.  Martin's, 
v;5c.®3uc. 

SALTi'iiTRK— Has  been  in  slack  demand  at  6i2C.®t 
7c.  Kold. 

SOAl'— Has  been  In  fair  request.  In  the  Jobbing  line, 
with  Castile  quoted  at  S^caS^iC  gold:  Colgate's 
Family,  8c.,  curreu<-y:  and  Sterling  and  other  brunds 
at  propoit  onatc  hgurca,  less  usual  discount. 

SPICliS— Tbe  general  movement  has  Ix^en  re- 
ported less  satisfactory  even  In  tho  jobbing  line, 
with  M>.c:-  at  S0c.®9uc.;  >o.  1  Nutmegs,  85c.®y5c.: 
Cassia,  21'<3C®^3o.;  Cloves,  360.0/390.;  Hast  India 
Peppel,  i3^c.a'l4c.;  White  Pepper,  23c.:  Hmento, 
12i'.>c.®13i4c.:  Gliigor.  6a4C.®8i4C..  gold,  ^  lb. 

.STAttCIl— H!«s  b.eu  In  very  moderate  request,  with 
Potato  quoted  at  5'-jC.®5340.,  and  Coru  at  H^^c.'a) 
4c.  ^  m. 

SUjUC— H,is  been  lightly  dealt  In  as  a  rule,  with 
iflcily  q;  oted  at  from  $L>..®$117  50  for  inferior  to  very 
choice,  afloat  aud  trooi  store,  and  Virginia  at  from  $ba 
®$70  ^  ton. 

.>L'GAR8— Raw  have  been  in  moderate  demand,  with 
liilr  to  good  rcliaiiig  Cuba  quoted  steady  at  U'4C.S'9'^c. 

Salos,    150  hhds.  i.'emtritugal  at  lOHjC:  08    hhus. 

t'uua  Muacovado  at  9i«c.:  300  blids.  New-Orieaos  at 
8V" tiefln  d  sugara  nave  been  lu  rathur  more  re- 
quest at  form  I  r  price-'. 

TiiAS — Uave  been  quiet  within  the  previons  range  ; 
salts,  l.OoO  halt-clicuts  tircen,  and  SOO  huif-ehests 
Japan  on  private  tonus. 

TOBAt''.  0— A  iiilr  luuulry  haa  been  reoorted  lor  moat 
kinds,  at  essentially  unaltered  fl.:ures,  with  sales  of 
;.;50  hhJs.  lientuck.y  Leaf  at  5c.®15c.:«350  c.ses  sun- 
diies  at  5c.a':i.  c;  150  c.ises  1»75,  New-Bnglaud,  at 
15e.  0*350.:  300  cases  1876,  Ponnsvlvania,  at  7c® 
22SiC.:  U4  cases  1873,  1874,  and  1875,  Wiaconsin,  at 
4c  aUc,  aud  5u0  bales  ilavuua  at  80c.®$l  10  ^  Uj. 

WUlSKi— Advanced  to  $1   12:   sales,  100  bbls. 

WOOL — The  de.iliugs  have  been  more  liberal  la 
amount  and  indicative  ot  brmneae  as  to  prices  on  the 
more  deairable  qu.illtija  ot  doiuostic  product,  which 
continue  In  comparatively  moderate  supply.  Foreign 
product  without  important  movement   and  somewhat 

nominal  tki    to    values Sales    have    beeu    reported 

dariug  the  week  of  141. 5o0  tb.  Domeatlc  Flcoco  at  43c. 
®47^je.;  6,000  to- Unwaalied  Fleece  at  260.;  4, 00 U  IB. 
State  Fleece  at  40c.:  21  bags  .Scoured  Fall  California 
at  oOc  ;  100  bags  Domestic  Puiled  on  private  terms; 
13,1100  tb,  do.  at  2Uc.®37i2C.i  2.000  tb.  Combing  Ohio 

on  private  ttrms  :  24  oaga  aud  80,000  tb.  lombinK 
Pulled  at  40c.®50c.;  43.000  lb.  Oregim.  part  at  ci4c.; 
9o,5U0  lb.  Texas  at  17o.a35o.;  ii7  bales  bprlng  Cali- 
fornia nt  24c®26c.;  190  bales  and  58.000  lb.  Fall  do. 
at  15c.®lSc.,  aud  16  bales  Cape  on  ptivatr  terms. 

FKiilGlTiS—iloro  activity  was  reported  in  the  way 
of  Uralu  eugugementa,  ou  berth.  The  movementa  lu 
other  lines  were  on  a  very  moderate  scale,  aa  a  rul". 
Rates  throughout  the  berth  trelgnt  market  were  liir- 
ther  dcpressvd.  lu  the  instance  ot  Grain  touching  the 
lowest  fljiures  yet  accepted.  The  offoiinga  of  other 
general  cargo  were  limited,  as  well  for  British  as  for 
Continental  ports,  and  ship  ownera  and  agenta 
complained  very  polntedi.y  of  the  extraor- 
dinary duUnoaa.  The  chartering  basliiess 
W.1S  tame  tu-la.y,  but  rates  In  this  couuectlou  were 
without  further  material  cbangu.  The  inquiry  for 
t  inuage  for  Petroleum  was  moderate,  for  Grain  ;  Lum- 
ber, "fimber,  Tobacco,  Naval  Stores,  aud  other  general 
cargo,  limited.  West  India  aod  South  American  trade 
luierests  were  reported  generally  duU;  and 
the  coastwise  tiade,  aa  weU  for  Lnmber 
nnd     Cu3l,     as     for    X'om,     be,     wlihuut     aulmo- 

tlou For    Liverpool    tho    eugagementa    reported 

bIhcu  our  last,  have  been,  by  ateam,  4,200  pks.  Cheese  ^ 
aud  Butter,  iu  lots,  at  35s.;  small    lots    of    Bacon  and 
Lard  at  27b,  6d.®30s.:  60  tons  Leather  at  408.;   5,250 
hubi.  Apples  at  3s.®3a.  Od.;    13d   tou3   Measuremeot 

Uoods  at  178.  tid.'<i)aOs-.  (with  room  for  Refined  Sugar  , 
reported  as  lu  somu  request,  quoted  at  20s.  bid,  and  up 
to  25s.  asked;  )  25  tons.Taliow,  reported  at  25s.  4^ 
ton;  125  tons  Dye-wood,  reported  ou  private  terms ; 
(with  room  for  Flour,  quoted  nominally,  at  2b.  bid'^ 
bbL),...For  Londou.  by  steam.  400  bbls.  Flour,  part  at 
2b.  ;  300  bbls.  Pork  at  3a.  6d.  .^P' bbL:  IK.OOO  bushels 
Grain,  including  8,000  ousheU  at  i^ti.;  and  8.000 
bushels  at  4^d.  f  riO  lb.,  (iha  latter  the  ttaal  quota- 
tio:j; )  and  aoout  1,800   Pks.  Provlsl-ms,  part  reported 

at  308.  to  35s.  .^  ton For  Glasgow,  bv  steam,  48.000 

buaheh  Grain,  of  which  32,00(1  bushels  at4d.  4^60 
tb ,  and  16,o00  bnshela,  reported  (us  of  throngn 
freight)  on  private  terms.:  26  hhds.  Tallow,  ou 
private  terms;  1,500  pks.  Provisions,  part  reported 
at  308-  4^  tpn:  100  tcs.  Beef  at  58.  4P' tierce :  and  (of  re- 
cent shipment)  4,800  Slaves  on  pnvate  terms. ...For 
Bristol,  by  sail,  100  tons  OU-oake  ou  private  terms  ;  60 
tons  Oak  Timber  at  30b.:  60  tons  Tallow  at  268.  ^ 
ton;  aod,  by  ateam.  1,500  pka.  Butter  aud  Cheese  at 
408.  ^  ton ;  also  un  Austrian  baric  506  tona,  with 
Grain  and  oilcake,  (4U0  tons  of  tbe  lattur,)  tzom  Phila- 
delphia, at  6s.  -^  quarter,  and  223.  Od.  ^  ton.  res- 
pectively ...For  Uoli,  uy  steam,  16,0u0  bnshela 
Wheat,     at   6'sd.    4^    bushel;    400   tona   Meaeai«- 

meat  Goods  at  20s.;  and  500  bxs.  Bacon 
at  27s.  6d.®S0i.  4|>  ton:  also  a  British 
steamship.  1,948  tons  groea  regiater,  placed  on 
tbe  berth,  hence,  for  general  cargo  ...For  Cork  and 
orders,  a  Britisu  bark.  698  tons,  with  abont  3,800 
quarters  Grain,  from  Baltimore,  reported  at  6:1.  3.i.i 
three  b.^rka,  with  Grain,  (4,800.  3,500,  and  3,000 
quartei-s,  respectively,)  from  Baltimore,  (reported  aa 
chartered  there.)  at  5a.®6a.  Id.  ^  gnartor,  (with 
touuago  for  Grain  quoted  here  nominally  i»t 
4i.  9d.  ^P'  quarter  for  veaaels  '  of  average 
carrying  capacity;)  also,  a  Britlah  ba^k.  670  tona, 
with  about  3,500  bbls,  Beflned  Petroloam.  from  PbUa- 

delpblo,  at  48.   6d.   f  bbl Tonnage  for  the  Wheat 

trade,  Sao  Franclaco  loading,  waa  reported  aa  lu  tafr 
requeat;  quoted  ut  from  43s.  6d.®47a.  tid.  to  the 
I'mted  Kingdom,  and  488.  6d.®52s.  6d.  totbeCoutl- 
For  Antwerp,  bar  steam.  40.000  bushala  Grain 


(mainly,  if  not  wholly  Bye.)  on  private  temu,  onoteA 
at  6d;  aaked  V  Mah^l;  bdA  smftll  Iota 
of  Ken^ocJcv  Tobaooo  at  45s-  ..For  Bremen, 
by.  BteMu  16,000  (mabela  Grain,  reported  on 
private  tfifma:  alao.  a  German  ship,  1,087  tons,  hence, 
With  abont  7,000  bbla  Baflnaa  Patrolenm,  at  3b.  Sd. 
^  bt>l....For  Hambnrtr,  a  German  Dark,  670  tona, 
henoai,  with  abont  26,000  bnaheli  Barley  at  6a.  Od.  ^ 
480  m.,  and  n^eneral  oatso  (to  fill  np)  at  pro- 
portionate    ratea Por     the     German     Baltic,    a 

Norwegian  bark,  420  tona,  with  abont  2.800 
bbl»      Beflned     Petroleum,      from      Baltimore.      at 

4a.  9d.  9' bbl Por  Oporto,   an  American  brig,  with 

abont  20,000  bnabela  Grain,  from  Fhiladelohia,  re- 
ported at  15a.  j^  4>nahel For  Genoa,  Leghorn,  or 

Naplea.an  Amerfoan  bark,  634  t.ons.  wltb   Sentticky 

Tobacco,  from  Hew-Orleana,  at  47s.  6d For  Java, 

(two porta,)  aBrltiah  bark,  681  tons,  hence, with  abont 

18,000  caaea  Petrolettm  at  350.  f'  caae For  tbe 

Gabon  Bngar  trade,  vessels  were  leaa  soneht  after, 
onotM  at  $5  609$5  75  (Tom  the  aouth  side,  and  $4  75 
"3^  36  from    the  north  aide   of    Cuba,    for  porta 

north  ofHatterae For  St  John,  M.  B.,  tonna?e  for 

general  cargo  was  In  some  reouest  on  tbe  basis  of  26c. 

V'  bbl For  the  West  Indies,  vessels  for  Iiumber  wore 

inquired  for  to  a  limited  extent,  to  load  at  Southern 
porta,  ^t  about  previous  figures,  and  for  tbe  Ice  trade, 
to  load  at  Boaton,  quoted  at  about  78.  flo.  4?  ton,  for 
porta  in  Cuba  and  Jamaica.  Marketa  otherwise  dull; 
ratea  about  aa  last  onoted. 


TSE  LIFE  STOCK  UABKKIS. 


Nbw-Tork,  Friday,  Feb.  23.  1877. 
Trade  In  horned  Catt;e  email  hut  Ann.  Mo  change 
in  rates  since  our  last  dally  report.  At  Siitloth- 
street  yards  prices  were  8»4C.®12c  ^P"  115;  Weiahta 
6i<i  to  gia  o\vt.  At  HarslmuB  i-'ove  prices  ranged  from 
9c®l)»9C^?'ffi.i  weights  6 "4  to  H^  cwt.  From  65 
to  58  to.  haa  been  allowed  net.  Thti  quality  of  the 
herds  as  above  quoted  was  from  common  to  choice,  in 
general,  fair.  Milch  Cows  very  alow  of  aale,  quality 
not  good  enough  to  meet  the  demand,  extreme  range 
of  prloeB$40®$70#' head,  Calves  included,  general 
saleo  at  $50  to  $65  a^  bead.  No  smooth  qnaUtv 
Veals  to  band  Calves,  coarse,  but  fat,  meal-fed.  7o. 
®10c.  ^  to.  Trade  in  Sheep  small  and  slow,  prices 
$6  6o®$7  ^  cwt.  Lamb?  sold  at  7c  ^  fls.  Live 
Hoga  held  on  sale.  City  dressed  opened  weak,  quota- 
tions not  given  at  noou. 

BALE8. 

At  Sixtuth-ttreet  Taris.—F.  C.  Eastman  aold  for  aell 
29  cars  of  borued  Cattle,  sales  as  lollows:  119  gen- 
erally common  Illinois  Steers  at  H^'tc'Sd^^e.  IP"  ffi., 
weight  6h>  cwt.;  62  Illinois  Steers,  frqm  common  to 
fair,  from  9^a.'d>W^c.  ^  to. ,  weight  7  "o  cwt :  50  Illi- 
nois Steers,  from  common  to  fair,  from  O'ao.SlO'.AC.  4P' 
to.,  weight  7 •'4  cwt.;  66  Ililnoia  Steers,  from  common  to 
good,  from  9i<2C®llc.  ^  to.,  weight  Tu  cwt.;  62  good 
llUnoia  Steers  at  III4C.  ^  to.,  weight  8  cwt., 
scant;  46  llUnoia  Steers  at  lli^c.^lio.  -i^  to. 
weight  8i<)  cwt.  Slegel  t  Myer  sold  for  selves  4ii 
lllinoia  Steers,  terma  not  obtained.  G.  W.  Vail  held  on 
Bale  for  self  3J  Illinois  Steeri=.  0ler.v  t  Cary  held  on 
sale  for  M.  Kirchway.  31  lUinois  .steers.  Hume  & 
Klllott  Bold  40  btate  Sheeo,  wel.:ht  3.740  ft.  at  ei^c.  ^ 
to.;  75  State  Sheep,  weigtit  6.870  IB.,  at  6^a.  ^  to. 
B.  Knowltoii  Bold  1  Calf,  weight,  96  to.,  .^t  7c.  4<*'  ft  • 
3  Calves,  weight  334  B..  at  80.  .^16.;  H  Calves' 
weight  1,528  ft.,  at  8»2C  ^Hi.-.  6  Calved,  weight  788 
to.,  at  9c  ^  ft.;  2  Calvps.  weight  332  ft  ,  at  loc  ^  to. 

.At  Forty-eighth-ttrtet  Sheep  .Market. — Uavia  t  Hailen- 
beck  sold  152  Strite  Sheep,  welgat  I  5, -.260  lb.,  at  6c.  & 
to.;  10  Calvea,  weight  1,176  ft.,  at  8a  ^  to.  J.  Kir  by 
aold  99  Indiana  Sheep,  weight  9,040  to,,  at  $5  81Si  ^ 
ft. 

At  Hareimitj  Cove  Yards. — Coney  &  McPheraon  sold 
for  D.  McPherson  54  common  Illinois  SteeisatOc.® 
9340.^  ft.,  vrith  $1  off  4?"  head  ou  9  head,  sold  at  9»2C. 
3^  ft.,  weights  8ia  to  8  cwt;  26  fair  Illinois  Steers  at 
lOo.  ^  lb.,  weight  713  cwt.;  45  fair  IlUnois  Steers  at 
10 140.®  10 34c  ^  ft-,  weights  713  toS'aowt;  tor  J. 
Holmes  26  fair  Ohio  Steers  at  0V-®10c.  & 
ft.,  with  $1  off  %>  head  on  12  head  aold 
at  top  rate,  welghta  7^4  cwl.,  scant,  to  8 
cwt:  14  fair  .Ohio  Steera  at  iflJac,  with  $i 
off  #■  head  on  8  head  at  ll^e.  ^ft.,  weights  7 13  to  814 
cwt.  B.  tc  U.  Westheimer  sold  for  N.  Reid  14  fair  Ohio 
Steers  at  934c  ^  ft.,  weight  7  cwt.;  14  lalr  Ohio  Steers 
nt  lOkc. 'IP'ft.,  weight  8  cwt.;  ou  comralaaion  62  taxx 
IlUuota  Steers  at  934c.  ^  to.,  weight  6^4  cwt,  scanc 
8.  O.  Dounell  sold  forVVaixel  &  AUerton  24  common 
Missouri  Steers  at  914C.,  with  $i  off  ^  head  on  10 
head  at  91QC.  ^  ft.,  weight  6I4  cwt.  M.  Goldschmidt 
sold  forH.  S.  Kosentbal  22  generall.y  fair  Illinois  Steers 
at  912C.  with  50c.  on  ^  head  on  6  head  at  O^^c,  with 
$1  on  f  head  on  11  head  at  10c.  ^ft.,  weight  684. 
cwt.:  6'7  fair  Illinois  Steera  at  10i,ic.®10i.2C..^  ft.,  with 
$1  on  3^  head  on  13  bead  sold  at  top  rate,  weights 
7  to  7^4  cwU;  15  good  IlUnols  Steers  at  lie.  ^ 
to.,  weight  7*2  cwt.;  Kase  t  Pldcock  sold  185  Ohio 
Sheep,  weight  95  ft.,  at  534c  ^  ft,:  6  calveB,  weight 
224  to.  ^  head,  at  9I2C.  #■  ft.  E.  .Scwtoii  sold  108  Illi- 
nois Sheep,  weight  93  to.  ^  head,  at  $5  65  ■!>'  cwt.;  143 
IHlno'B  Sheep,  weight  117  ft.  ^head,  at  634c  ^  to.;  U7 
Illinois  Sheep,  weight  125  to.  ■^'head.  at  7c.  ^  to.:  21 
Illinoid  Lambs,  -weight  82  ft.  ^head,  at  7c  ^  to. 

RECEIPTS. 

Fresh  orrlvals  at  the  Bixtleni-atreet  yards  tor  yes- 
terday and  to-day — 548  head  of  horned  Cai.le :  7 
Cows;  218  Calves;  2.630  Sheep  and  Lambs. 

Fresh  arrivals  at  Forty-eiehtb-street  Sheep  Tarda 
for  yesterday  and  to-day— 4,286  Sheep  aud  Lamos  ; 
13  Calves  ;  3  Cows. 

Fresh  arrivals  at  tho  Fortieth-street  Hog  Tarda  for 
yesterday  and  to-day — 1,902  Hogs. 

Fresh  arrivals  at  Haraimus  Cove  Tarda  for  yes- 
terday and  to-day— 1,170  head  of  horned  Cattle- 
3  834  Sheep  and  Lambs  ;   2,330  Hogs. 

BUFFALO,  Feb.  23.— r)!»ttle— Reoeipts  to-d.iy,  1,241 
head;  0,845  ueaa  for  tbe  same  time  last  week;  7.115 

head  for  the  same  week  last  year;  decrease  tor  the 
week  thus  tac,  14  cars:  no  sales  to-day  ;  38  cars  of 
fresh  receipts  held  for  ahlpmeot  to-morrow;  14  cara 
additional  conaigned  through  reported  to  arrive; 
yards  bare  of  s.ile  stock.  Sheep  and  Lambs— Re- 
ceipts to-dav.  1,200  bead;  total  for  the  week  thus 
far  15,800 head;  14.900  head  for  the  same  time  lact 
week;  market  qoiet;  demand  and  offerings  light; 
transactions  reported  to-oa.y.  6  cars  good  to  extra 
ShPeo  ot  $4  70®$0;  1  car  culls  ot  $3  50;  4  cars  In 
yards  held  abovH  buyers'  views  ;  prices  onotanle  nt 
weak  yesterday's  quotations!-  Hogs- Receipts  to- 
day 23(1  bead;  18,400  head  for  the  same  time 
last  week;  market  at  a  staodsllll ;  8  cars  in  the 
yards  unsold;  held  Torkers.  tair  to  good,  at  $5  50a) 
$5  75;  Heavy  at  $6  12VS'$6  25.  Cows — Uemdud 
good  for  good  early  Springers  and  new  milkers;  gen- 
eral advance  on  last  week's  quotations  ;  quotable  good 
lo  extra  at  $35d.$50  ;  common  to  good  at  $;J8®$35. 
Calves— Not  ov<r  30  head  on  sale  during  she  week; 
not  sufficient  to  establish  quot-atioos.  Dresaed  Hogs— 
Tr.insactions  for  tho  week  light;  market  9tea(lllv''de- 
clinine  from  last  salea  reported;  City  at:g7  40®$7  60- 
Weatern  at  $7  12Ja®$7  25. 

Chicago.  Feb.  23.— Cattle— Receipts.  2.200  bead; 

shipments,  3.9u0  head  :  active,  ste.ody,  and  firm': 
fjeiierally  :i  Bhade  higher;  aiocfcora  and  feeders,  $3  65 
®$4  16:  fair  to  good  native  shipping  S'eers,  $4  35® 
$4  75;  choice  smooth  shipping,  $4  S5®.-f5  10.  Hoga 
—Receipts,  8,000  heail:  shipments,  4,000  head"; 
opeuod  strong  an.l  10c.®i5c.  higher;  closed  dull  and 
easier:  f.ilr  to  choice  heav.v,  $5  6Q cu$5  85:  extra 
Bmootb  shipping.  $6®$8  20;  light,  $5  35®S5  GO. 
Sheep  dull;  the  only  s'Ue  made  was  at  $4;  receipts 
1,220  bead- 

Albany.  Feb.  23— Cattle— Receipts,  6,307  head 
aeai  List  6,393  head  list  Week.  The  market  shows  no 
change ;  only  a  few  iliich  Cows  received,  mostly 
through  consignments.  The  supply  of  Veal  Calves 
waa  amnll  t.^-diiy.  at  ec.@8c.  ^  tt.  Beoeipts  of  Sheep 
and  Lamoa,  76  car-loada,  against  65  oora  laat  -week; 
no  change  In  prices;   market  heavy. 


TEE  STATE  OF  TRADE. 


CmcAGO,  Feb.  33. — Fiour  quiet  and  nnchanged. 
Wheat  inactive  and  lower,  closing  firmer;  Ko.  2 
Chicago  Spring.  $1  26I4.  cash:  $1  26ia,  March;  $1  23'4 
®$1  23%,  April:  $1  32ia.  .Uay:  No.  3  do.,  $1  13® 
$1  16;  relected.  95c.®97c.  Corn  firmer  bnt  not 
quotably  higher;  41c..  cash;  4II4C..  March:  42c., 
April:  45i4c,May;  rejected,  36».4C  Oats  unsettled 
buigenerally  higher,  closing  strong  at  33 %e.,  cash; 
SSSgo-.  March:  34i8C..  April:  rejected.  24c.  Rye 
dull  and  lower  at  65c  Barlev  heavy  at  48c. 
cash;  46c.,  AoriL  Pork  ateadv  and  higher. 
$14  50'ff'*U  65,  cash;  $14  87'o®$14  90.  April: 
$15  12>i!@$15  15,  May.  Lard  strong  and  higher:  $9  95 

®$10,  cash;  $10,  March;  $10  12'a3$l  15.  April : 
$10  27^3$  10  30,  Mav.  Bulk  Moats  active,  firm,  and 
higher:  Shoulders,  5>20.;  .Short Eil)8,8=^c,®8i2C.;  Short 
Clear  Sidea,  8SflC®834C  Dressed  Hoaa  active,  firm, 
and  higher ;  sales  at  $6  12ia®t6  50:  chiefly  at  $6  25 
'2c$B  50.  Wbisky  steady  aud  uncbangen.  tiecelpcs — 
Flour,    11,000     bbls.;     Wlieat,    21,000    bushels;  Com, 

106.000  bushels;  Oata,  70,000  bushpla;  Rye, 
3.300  btisbels;  Barley.  31,000  bughela.  fihip- 
mouts— Flour,  IS, 000  bbls,;  Wheat,  15,000  bushels; 
Com,  92,000 bushels;  Oats.  24.000  bushels;  Barley, 
13.000  bushelB.  At  too  afternoon  call  of  the  board, 
Wheat  firmer,  $1  26^8.  March;  $1  28'%,  April.  Coru 
i^e.  higher.  Oats  uncuanged.  Pork  lower  and  heavy  : 
SU  40®«14  50,  -March;  $14  75,  April.  Lard  dull  and 
lower;  $9  83®$9  87ia,  March  ;  $10®$10  05.  AprlL 

PHiLADBLPnu,  Feb.   23.— Clover-seed   quiet   and 
week  at   16)ac®i6o.    Timothy  $2  0o®i2  10.    Flax- 
seed,  $1  6;1.     Plour    firm;    Bales,    2.000   bbls.   Kxtra, 
¥5  75;     Mlnnesato    Family,    $7    1212^*7  75;     Penn- 
sylvania oud   Ohio  do.,  $7  12'a®$7  75  :  High    Grade 
and  Patent.  $8®$10  25;  Rye  Flour,   $4  50.    Wheat, 
choice  firm  ;  Western  Bed,  $1  40;  Pennsylvania  do., 
$1  56a)$l  58,    Amber,   *1  61:  White,    $1  60®$1  6l.- 
Rye,  on  the  track,  75c.    Corn  quiet,  and  weak  :  Yellow 
66o.®56Hic:    White.  56»8C;  Ball,  66>?c®5634C,  free 
onboard.   Oats  firmly  held,  W  bite,  40c.  ®42c.i  Mixed, 
85c.®37c.    Petroleum  lower,  owing  to  a  break  in  the 
cnmbioation;   Refined    offered    at    17o.,-  Crude,   1414C. 
Whisky- Western.  $1  08.      Receipts   tor   two   daya :  ■ 
Flour.  2,690  bbla.:  Wheat,  3,200  bushels :  Coiii,  49,OOOr 
bushels;  Oata,  2,100    bushels;  Barley,  9,000  bushels. 
Shipments  none.    Butter   in   fair  demand;  Ilew-Tork' 
and  Bradford  County  Bxtr»8,  28c®30c.|  do.  do.  Firsts,  • 
22e.®25c;     Western     Extras,    24c.®25o;    do.    Pirta  ' 
20o.®22c.;    Holla,   Western     Bxtroa.    20a® 22c.:  do. 
Firsts,   16c.®18c      Clieeae   firmly   held :     New- York 
fancy,    15'ao.®lBc;  do.   prime.    12ioc.®13i.jC;  West- 
em  floe,  14  Hsc®  15^''.;  do.  primo,  12iac.®ldc     Bggs 
— Uemiind  light;  Penoa.ylvania,  New-Jersey,  and  Dela- 
ware, fresh.   16c.i  Western  da,   14o.®15c:  Southern 
da,  12c<z)13c 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  23 — Flour  firm  and  unchanged  j 
a  good  demand  for    auper&ne  and   medium   ertroa! 
Wheat  opened  active,  but  clobed  dull;    Mo.  2  Red  Poll 
9X  47®41  47»a.   cash;    SI  47.    Maroh;     Na    3     do' 
$1  42,    cash;    $1  42ia,    iloreh.    Corn  active;   Na    2 
mixed.   381*0. ©SSi^c,     caeh;     38V.®39c.,    Maroh  • 
40^-.  April;  42''80.@43c.,   May.    Oata  Inactive  and 
lower:   No.  2.  36c.,  cash:   offored  at  36 I2C .  February. 
Bye    firmer     at     6734c®68e.,    cash     and    February. 
Barley    dull     and     drooplug;   hltle    doing.    Whisky 
quiet      at      $i   06.        Pork     active     and     flimj 
about        6.000        barrels        changed        hands,     part 
In    settlement,  at    $15  60     cash:    $15     2o®$15  06. , 
March;  $15  40'<»$15  90,  April;  $18,  May.  Lard,10>f,ci 
asked,  $9  90  bid.    Bulk-meats— Shouldeia  63ic.  aaked,  * 
cash  J  aalea  at  5  "40.  ©3340.    .March;  Clear    Rib  Sidea 
8i«o.  bid,  cash:   8^40.    bid.    March;    Clear  Sidoa,    8%o.  ^ 
old.      Baoon    firmer,   at  B'^WQ^aO-,   9ie3.®9i4C,    aud 
9=^a®9><jc.  for  Shouldera.  Clear  Rib.  and  Clear  Sldea. " 
Live  Hoga  active  and  flrhi:   hght.  $5®$5  30;    Bacon, 
$  j  20®6  40 ;  Butchers,  *5  40S$5    65.     Cattle   quiet, 
unchanged,  rather  easier  for  low   grades.      Receipts— 
7,000  Dbla.  Flour;    40,000  bushels  Wheat;  125.000 
buaheia  Corn;   40,000    buaheia  Oata;   1,000  bushels' 
Rye ;  1.00a  buaheia  Barley;   0,000  bead    Uo£S;  2,400 
head  Cattle 

New-Oblbans,  Feb.  S3.— Floor  quiet  bnt  ateady  ; 
Superflne,  $6 ;  Double  Extra,  $6  50®$6  75 ;  feble 
da,  $7®$8;  hteh  grades,  $8  25®$rf  75.  Corn  steaay. 
with  good  demand;  at  63a®54c  Oats  qnlet  at  47c. 'td 
50c    Corn-meal  aoaroe  and  firm  at  $2  8i>.     Hay  duil : 

ordinary.  S16.  Pork  dulL  weak  and  lower;  held  at 
$16  75.  Lard  aalet  and  waak;  tierce,  lOs^cSlli^c.; 
keg,  ll«ac®ll*4C  Bulk  Meata  irregular  1  Shoulders, 
looae,  6c.;  packed;  Giecj  Clear  Ribs,  8%o.:  Clear 
Sides,  9a  Bacon  dull  and  nominal.  Sugar-cured  Hams 
steady,  -witU  fair  demand  at  l-2o.®12^c  Whisky 
quiet,  but  steady,  at  $1  03®$1  09,  as  in  proot 
Coffee  dull  and  nominal.  Sugar  in  fair  demand  and 
firm;  Inferior,  6c®634C.;  common  to  good.  7c® 734c; 
fair  to  fully  fair.  8o.®8i4C.;  prime  to  choice,  8^.® 
834C.;  Centrifugal,  8>ac®9a;  Yellow  clarified,  loc® 
lOViC.  Molaaaea  quiet,  bat  steady ;  common,  SOc.^ 
82iac:  Centrifugal,  26c®;^5o.;  fair,  35o.®37e,;  prime 
to  choice,  40c®50a  Bloe  quiet  but  ateady  at  4iac. 
®6a  Bran  acarce  and  Arm  at  90a  Exchange — New- 
York  Bight,  ^premium;  Sterling,  $5  10  tor  the  bank; 
Qola.  106i«^105>» 

BAL'TolDitB,  Feb.  23.^Flonr  firm  and  nnohanged. 
Wheat  qnlet  and  ateady ;  Na  2  Weatem  Winter  Bed 
at  £1  61:  Na  2  Chicago  Spring,  $1  42.;  Peuoayivania 
Bed,  $1  68®$1  60;  Maryland  da,  good  to  prime 
tiX  56®$1  a  J ;  do.  White.  SI  55®ftl  &i.    Coco.  Boiull^ 


era,  active  and  easier;  Weatern  atMadr;  gontheio 
White,  60c®55i2C;  do.  Yellow.  53c.-».Wo.;  Weat»irt 
Mixed,  spot.  67c;  Man>h.  6634c.;  April. .  57-Vi,c.® 
67"^;  steamer,  53a  Oat»  steady  ;  Southern,  prime 
40c®41c.;  Western  White.  40c 'd/41o.  Eve  quiet  and 
easier  at  70o.®73c  Clover-eeed  in  fair  demand- 
good  to  choice,  $15®S16.  Ha.y  dull  and  heavy;  ilary. 
land  and  Pennsv'vanla,  prime.  $15'®$17.  Provlmoua 
dull  anu  heavy.  Pork.  $17.  Bulk-meats  loose'  nomlti.-U-  ' 
Backed  Bhouldera,  6»4C®7a  ;  Clear  Rib  sines,  9c® 
9J*a  Bacoh— ^bonidara,  7»4C.®7'<j0- ;  Cleat  Hlb  aides. 
10c  Hams.  14c-ai5o.  Lard— Eefined.  11>4C.®11<«5. 
Butter  dull  ond  hoary :  extra  fiho  Western  tubs.  2;<c. 
®26C(  daroUa.  18c.®20c  PetrolenmWnil  and  nomj, 
nal.  Coffee  quiet;  Kio  cargoeB,  17>40  ®20loe;  Job. 
blng,  17iaa®22c.  Whisky  firmer;  held  at  $1  la 
Receipts— Flour.  4,500  Dbls-;  Wheat,  6,700  bushels- 
Corn,  198,600  bnshela:  Oato,  3,000  btuhels,  Rye, 
900  linahela.  .Shlpmeutft— Wheat,  4,000  busliela- 
Corn,  818.000  buaheia.  ' 

CiNCiNXATl.  Feb.  32— Fltmr  •t«adv.  with  a  fair 
demand.  Wheat  dull;  Prime  Red,  $1  50®$l  53 
Corn  In  fair  dem-tnd  at  40a®44a  Oats  quiet  at 
88c.®42c.  Rye  dull  ana  drooping.  7Sc®79c  Barley 
quiet.  Fall,  60c«80c.  Pork  in  good  aemand  ai 
$16  76  bid;  $16  asked.  Lard  stronger ;  St«am,  DSic 
"iJlOa,  spot,  olosiog  with  the  latter  price  asked  •'  sales 
at  97ea  February;  $10  15.  April;  Kettle.  $10  50* 
$11.  Bulk-meara  stronger:  Shoulders  held  at  6c- 
Short  Rib  Middles  aold  at  9^c.;  Short  Clear  .Middlia 
"held  at  834c  Bacoo  quiet  at  7c,  9i4C®9380.,  and  gi^ia 
©OSflC.  lor  Shouldere.  Clear  Rib.  aod  Clear  Sid. a. 
Whisky  in  fair  demand  and  firm  at  $1  06.  Butti-r 
quiet  onl  unchanged.  Live  Hoirs  quiet:  comroon. 
$4  90®$5  20J  fair  to  good,  light,  $5  2n®.?5  .^0- 
packing,  $5  60®$5  85;  heavy  butchera',  .-rS  9  la 
$6  20;     receipts— 1,741  head;  shipments.  900  bead. 

Buffalo.  Feb.  23.— Marketa  crenerafly  qniat  to. 
day.  Wheat  easier.  Corn  in  fair  demand.  Rye  in 
light  inquiry.  Other  articles  unchanged.  Rsllroal 
Freights  unchange'L  The  foUnwmg  sales  were  re. 
ported  :  900  bbls.  Plour  at  nachaneed  prices.  WTie.vt  ~ 
—1.000  bushels  No  2  Chl.-ago  Spruisr  at  $1  40 :  1,50C 
buaheia  Wliite  Winter  v.i,  *1  57®$l  58.  Com— IJ 
cars  new,  on  track,  at  51'i2C®52c.  Rye— 3.500  ouih 
els  Western  on  private  terms,  quotabie  at  83c.  wSJc. 
Receipts— Flour,  4.3o0  bbls.;  Wheat,  6.800  Push -is; 
Coru.  19,600  busbels;  Oats.  7.700  bushels ;  Rye, 
4,400  buaheia;  Barley.  200  bushels.  Shioments— 
Fiour,  3.610  bbls.;  Wheat.  6,800  bnah^-ls:  Corn, 
20,400  bnshela  ;  Oats,  7,700  bushels;  Rye.  J, 400  bush- 
els; Barley,  2.000  busbels. 

Philadelphia.  Feb.  23.— Wool  firm :  nnchan2;-d. 
Ohio,  Pennsylvania,  and  West  Virginia— XX  and 
above,  45c®50o.:  X.  45c.®46c.;  medium.  43c.®45c; 
coarse,  88.--»40c.  New-Vork.  Michigan,  Indiana,  and 
Western— Pine. 33c ®42c.;  medium, 4 1  i9C.®44c.:  coarse, 
36o.®38c;  combing,  warned.  52o.®56c  do.,  un- 
washed, 35c.®d9c.  Canada — Combing.  52c-®J:')C.;  fine, 
unwashed,  26c.®30c:  coarse  and  meilium.  unwashed, 
^c.®37c;  tni)  washed,  42".®4.tc.  Colorado— 
Waabed,  20c®28c.:  unwashed,  I6c.®  Joe:  extr-j  .ind 
merino,  pulied.  36c  ®4-.'c:  No.  1  and  super,  puiled. 
S0c.®36c.  TexoB— Fine  ond  medium.  20c.  wiH>- ; 
coaise,  lt!c.®20c  Callforuta— Fine  aiiia  medium,  25a 
®33c.:  coarse,  18o.®22c 

Milwaukee,  Feb.  23— Flour  dull,  nominal.  Wheal 
opened  unaettled:  closed  steady ;  No.  1  Milwaukee, 
SI  42;  No.  2  do.,  fresh,  $1  3.II2:  March.  $1  33; 
Apnl,  $13418:  No.  3  do..  $1  23.  Corn  demoralized 
lower;  No.  2  nominally  42c.  Oa-s  dull,  ste.-.dy;  Na  2. 
32c.  Rye  demoralized;  lower;  No.  1.  b9c.  Barlej 
dull  and  lower;  No.  2  Spriog,  64c  Provisions  inactive- 
nomlnally  Brmer.  Mess  Pork.  $14  76.  Lord,  Hic. 
Dressed  Hogs  aulet  at  $5  60®$6.  Keceipta— 3  Q.'-O 
bh'8.  Flour,  11,0.10  bnshela  Wheat.  Shipmenis— o.OOv) 
bbla.  Flour.  7,000  bushels  Wheat. 

BouisviLLE,  FpI).  23.— Flonr  steady  ;  Extra,  $5® 
$5  50;  Family.  $7  75ai.eS  5t) ;  A  No.  1,  $6  lo'wi'  2;-. 
fancy,  $7  75®$S  50.  Wheat  in  fiiir  dem:ind ;  Ren, 
$1  33®$l  36;  Amh'-r  and  White.  $1  40®$1  45. 
Com  steady  and  unchanged.  Rye  in  good  demand  at* 
75c.®80c.  Oats  firmer,  but  not  quocaoiy  lii.'btr. 
Pork  firm  at  $16  50.  Bulk-zneats  qu;et:  ihoulder.s. 
6120.;  Clear  KibSi  lea,  Si-jc.;  clear  sides.  S'gc-  Bacon 
firm  and  unchanged.  Su^ar-cured  Hams  quist,  but 
steady  at  14c  Lard  quiet:  Tierc,  IIV-;  K-jg<i. 
12=8C-  Whisky  in  fair  aem:ind  and  higher  al  $1  U6. 
Bagging  steady  ata.Jc. 

Toledo.  Feb.  23.— Flour  steady.  Wheat  firm ; 
Amufer  Michigan,  $1  60;  April,  $1  54;  M  ly,  $1  56; 
No.  2  do.,  $1  86'2  ;  No.  2  Red  Winter.  $1  49:  March, 
$1  60;  No.  3  Red,  $1  34  oil.  $1  35  asiied.  Corn 
steady;  high  Mixed,  44c.;  Mav,  471*0.:  No.  2  sjot. 
4334c.;  March,  44c.;  May.  47o.;  White.  44r.;  Ri^ve'  ted, 
43I4C  Oata  dull;  Kcjected.  32i2C  Receipts— 400 
bbls.  Flour,  13,000  b-asheis  Whe-it,  13,000  bushels 
Corn.  5,000  bushels  Oata.  Shipments— 1.000  bbls. 
Flour,  4,000  oushels  Wheat,  Ot.oOU  bushels  Corn; 
5,000  bushels  Oats. 

OSWBUO.  Feb.  23.— Flour  steady;  salps.  1,230 
bbls.,  at  $7  75®$8  25  for  No.l  Sprrag;  $.S®$3  25  for 
Amber  Winter;  $8  25aj;8  7j  for  .V  hlto  Winter: 
Ss  50a$9  lor  Double  Extra.  Wheat  quiet;  No.  1  Mil- 
waukee^ Club,  $1  60;  No.  2  da.  $1  53;  No.  2  Red 
Wabash.  $1  00:  No.  I  White  Miobizm.  $168;  extrj 
do.,  $1  74.  Com— Western  .Mixed,  58c,  delivered  to 
cars.  Barlev  quiet;  .No.l  Canada  held  at  $1:  No.  2 
do.  90c.;  sales  of  Stato  at  74c.  Corn-m -al- Bolted, 
$27:  unbolted,  $26.  Millfeed— Shorts,  $20.  Kiijp. 
stuffs,  $22;  Middlings,  $24ai$25.  Flour  snlpmeats. 
1,300  bbls. 

Detroit,  Feb.  23.— Flour  quiet  and  steady. 
Wheat  very  qnlet;  Kxtra  White  Bllchlgan.  $1  57i.i; 
Jllldng.  a-l  55*2  ;  >o.  1  White  Michigan,  $1  o.i.so.t; 
$154,  March;  Milling.  $1  48 '4.  Coru  lower;  hiah 
Mixed,  46'<2C,on  track;  No.  1  Mixed,  46e.  asked  on 
track.  Oats  dull  aad  lower;  No.  1  Mixed.  4'ji2a 
asked;  White,  4:i»ac..  traoli.  Eeceipis-Flour,  1,550 
bdls.;  Wheat  9.689  busbe.ls  :  Coru.  8,048  biahela  ; 
Oats.  640  bushels.  Shipments— Klour,  1,135  bbls.; 
Wheat.  1,652  bushels  ;  Corn,  7.842  bushels;  Oata,  733 
bushels. 

BOBTON,  Feb.  23.— Flour  dull.  Corn  firm,  with  a 
pood  export  demand;  Mtx.:d  and  Yellow,  600.^113.;. 
Oats  fliTii  ..-Itli  a  fair  aemaad  ;  No.  1  and  Extra  White, 
55c.Si57c;  -N'a  2  White  and  No.  1  M:xea.  50c  a>52a 
Shorts  duU  at  .$20 3:821;  Fine  F*ed,  S2iai>22:  Jlil- 
dlmgs,  $23®$-34.  Receipts— 10.821  bbls.  tloar;  132.- 
000  bushels  Corn;  7.000  bushels  Wheat:  12,600 
busbels  Oats;  21,008  bushels  Shorts;  2,000  biunela  ~ 
Barley. 


THE  COTTON  MARKETS. 


New-Orleans.  Feb.  23.-  Cotton  easier;  lliddlinr, 
11340.;  Low  aliildling.  11 14c;  Good  Ordinary,  lO^a; 
net  receipts,  12.2U7  bales;  groas.  12,473  hales  ex- 
ports, to  the  Channel.  2d  bales:  coastwise,  17  oaies; 
sales,  200  bales:  stock.  3i 2,487  bales.  Weekly- No! 
receipts,  89,683  b.iles:  erosj.  42.021  oales  ;  exports. 
to  Great  Bractd;i,  18.9.52  bales  ;  to  France.  6.681;  baK.s; 
to  the  Continent  7.919  hales;  to  the  Channel.  5,925 
balea ;  ci;aatwise,  6,9^  balea  :  salen,  17.000  oaliia 

GrALVESTOX,  Feb.  23.— Cotton  quiet;  Mid 
dliiig,  I'Jc;  Low  Middling.  llHjC;  Go.xt  Ordinary;' 
111:.;  net  rccclpis,  636  baiea:  gross.  646  balea;  ex- 
ports, to  Great  Britain,  84  bales  :-  coastwise,  44  lialos; 
sales,  378  laes;  stock.  7J,277  oiles.  Weekly— \pt 
receipts.  6,862  bales;  eros.s,  6.89o  bales;  exports,  to 
Great  Brltal.i,  7,171  bales;  coastwise,  4,264  bales; 
sales,  1.617  bales. 

Savannah,  Feb.  23.— fjottin  dull;  Middlinj, 
I2I4C;  Low  Middling.  II34C.:  Gootl  Or.linary. 
liisc;  net  receipts.  918  baies;  exp,.rt3.  coastwise. 
1,086  bales;  sales.  550  bales;  stocK,  49,578  baU  s. 
Weekly— Set  receipts.  4.573  balea  ;  gross,  4, 700 baies  ; 
exports,  to  France.  1,521  biles  .  to  tne  Channel.  2,910 
bales;  coaafwise,  1,513  bales  ;  sales,  2.050  bales. 

Charleston,    Feb.  23.— Cotton    dull;    Middlins 

la^^c. ©12'-.;C. ;  Low  Middling,  12c.®12i80.:  t.ood  Or 
di.iary,  II34C;  net  leceiots,  905  bales:  sales,  lo€ 
bales;  stock,  44,731  bales.  Weekly— .Net  receipta 
5.516  bales;  exports,  to  Great  Britain,  3,851  bales; 
to  the  Channel.  1,937  boles;  coastwise.  1,944  bales; 
sales,  2,600  bales. 

Mobile,  Feb.  23. — Cotton  irreeular  and  unset 
tied;  Middling,  11  %i;  Low  Middling,  11  "go.;  Good 
Ordinary,  IO34C.:  net  receipts.  1.544  Dales:  expoits, 
coastwlsft.  ■.i9-2  bales:  sales.  1, 500  bales;  stock.  <39.13< 
bales.  Weekly— Net  receipts,  5,910  bales;  exporla 
coastwise,  2,608  bales;  sales,  4.100  bales. 

FOREIGN  MARKETS. 


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London.  Feb.  23—1-2:30  P.  M.  -Corisola,  96  1-lxstot 

both  money  onl  the  account.     New-Tork  Central,  93 

2  P.  M.— Palis  advices  quote  5  ^  cent.  Rentes  at 
lOet  12Jsc  for  the  account. 

3:30  P.  M.— Consols.  96  3-16  for  both  money  and  the 
account.  Tbe  amount  of  bullion  withdrawn  f^-om  the 
Bank  of  England  o;i  balance  to-day  Is  £70,000. 

4  P.  M.— arte  Railway  Shares  8.  Paris  advicea  quote 
5  ^  cent.  Rentes  at  1061.  10c.  for  the  account. 

PABis,  Feb.  23.— Exchange  on  London  25t  1212C.  fbi 
short  sight. 

LiVKRPOoi,,  Feb.  23.— Pork  duU;  Eastern  at  79a.- 
WcBtern  at  663.  Bacon  dull  ;  Cumbsriund  Cut  at 
878.;  Short  Rib  at  40a.6d.;  Locii  Clear  at  39a. 6d.;  Shor. 
Clear  at  40s.6d.  Hams— Long  Cut  duU  at  4(38.  Shonl. 
deradullat  31a.  Beef  dull;  India  Mesa  at  89a.:  Kxtra 
Meaa  at  103s.;  Prime  Mess  at  79s.  Laril— Prime  West- 
ern firmer  at  BOa.  Tallow— Pi  ime  City  dull  and  uomi 
nalat4l8.  Turpentine— Spirits  dull  at  293.  6d.  Re 
Bin  dull;  Common  at  5s.  6d.:  Flue  at  10s.  6d.  CbeesE 
— American  choice  firmer  at  73s.  Lard-oil.  uone  in  the 
market.    Flour— Extra  state  steady  at  25s.  OJ.    Wheat  '■     " 

— J»o.  1  Spring   dull    at   lOa   6d.;    No.  2  do.  dull  ai  / 

lOa.  4d.;  Winter  Southern,  none  in  the  market ;  Win-  I 

ler  Western  dull  at  10s.  8d.    Corn — Mixed   Soft  steadi  I 

at  258.  6d.  for  old,  and  258.  for  new.  I 

12:30  P.   M.— Cotton— Thj  m.irket  ia  dull  and   nn-'  \ 

changed;  Middling  Uplands.  6  9-16d.;  Middling  Or- 
leaua.  634d.:  aa'ea.  8,uO()  bales,  including  1.000  bales 
for  speculation    aud    export;   Uplands,    Low   Middiluc  i 

clause,    Febrviary   delivery,  Q'^^i.;  Uplands,  Low  Mid-  j ' 

dling  clause,  snipped  January  and  Febmary.  sail, 
8     9-16d.;       Uplands.       Low       Middling       clanao,  ,' 

ahipped       March       and       April,      sail,      6    2.o-32d.  4 

Weekly    Cotton    Markets— Saks   of  tho  week,   42,000  i 

hales;  exporters  took  5,000  balea;  speculators  took  { 

2,000  balea;    total  stock,   849,000    bales;  Amerioau,  / 

555.000;     total   receipta,    52,0O0    balea;     American,  i/i 

38,000  balea;  actual  export,  4.000  bales;  am.>uat  oC  '/ 

cotton  afloat,  477,000  baies  ;  American,  395.000  balesj  ' 

forwarded  from  the  ahlp's  aide   direct   to  apinnera,  I 

10,000   bales;   American  salea  of  the  week,    -26.000  i 

bales.    Breadstuffs — The  receipta  of  Wheat  foxthw  past  i! 

three  davs  were  '21,000  quarters,  all  American. 

2    P.    M.— Cotton— Upuuda.    Low   Middling   clanae,  / 

Maroh  and  April  delivery,  6  17-32d.    BreadatufEs— fhe  ' 

nmrket  U  du.l.  except  for  Corn,  which  is  firmer:   (Jom,  '  1  / 

24.S.   9d.®ii53.  3d.  ^  quarter  for  now  .Ulxed  WesterrL  fj 

and  25&.  6d.®25s.  9ii.  for  old  Mixed  Western.    Wheat  ''. 

10&  8d.®108.  lod.  ^  cental  for    average  CaHfornia  .  1'"^' 

White;   10s.  10d.®ll3.  3d.  for   Califorma  Club,  and  i      ' 

98.  lld.®llis.  9d.  for   Bed  Western  6pnng.     Proriiiiona        "*        '/     ' 
— Lard,  5oa.  6d.  ^  cwt.  for  American.  '  // 

2:30  P.  M.— Cotton— Uplaada,  Low  Middling  clause, 
shipped  Pebruary  and   March,  sail,  6SjjL;  DplanJa. 

Low     Middlina    clause,    July    and    Ausnut    delivery 

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8:30  P.  M,— Cotton— Uplands,  Low  Mlddltmt  clause 

April  and  May  delivery.  0  19-o2d.;  Uolanda.  Low  Midl^  1 

dUng  clause,  June  and  July  delivery.  6\d.  (' 

;^:30P.  M.— Cotton- The  saies  to-day  Incloded  6  90O  ' 

bales  American-  ' —    ^ 

4:S0  P.  M.— Cotton— UplenlB.  Low  Middlin2  ctaoM  / 

Marc B  and  April  delivery,   Siad.j    Uolanda,  LowfiS  -  li. 

dllug clause.   May  and  June  delivery.  8  21- --{BdtiTli  >    ^  *i 

ifS^^i^?^  Middling  cUnse,  June  aid  jll/&e"y  )i 

6  P.  M -Trade   Beport--The  Tnarket  foryarnaaod  *" 

fabrics  at  Manchester  is  dull,  but  not  quotably  lower, 
Cotton-Futures  steady;  Uplands,  low  Siddling 
clause,  June  and  July  delivery,  0340. 

6:30  P.  M.— Produce— Spirits  of  Turpeatiae  ,20a.  ^ 

inl^^''°i o'ir.?^?or|-^2,^- M.-Prodnce-B-flned  Petro- 


CALIFORNIA  MINING  STOCKS. 
San  PaAHCisco.  Feb.  23.— The  foUowine  ar* 
the  closing  official  prioas  of  mining  atooka  to-day; 

Justice 28^ 


Alpha. 

Belcher 

Best  and  Belcher 

Bullion. 

Consol.  Virginia 

California 

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Confidence. 

Caledonia. 

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Sierra  Nevada 

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UNTTKB  STATES  MTAIU 

■ine  nekiners  of  cbisivaataca  tti»  b*a*  Roat««f». 
jommendafi  by   U^ut  il»nt]r,  0. 3.  If.,  soloit  •oatti>f  .^ 
en*  Banks  on  tb^paafageCa  Queanatqvriiaa-tbay&av  j 


j;£4NNlO ....RATDHBAT.  Feb.  ?4.  2  P.  M. 

^Lt'iC..............SATtJRDAY,  March  10.  at  3  P.   M. 

GBaMAHIO : 8ATDBDAY.  March  17.  6:30  A.  M. 

ADWATIC 5ATURPAt.  March  31,  at6;30  A.  J*. 

>*om  Winte  siat  l»ooir.  Pier  No.  52  Sortb  auer. 

TD*i»e  steaqjersare  aaUorm  in  siaa  aai  iin3aro»»»9<l  "i 
mappoiutnjents.  Ttie  Balo-m.  stateroorui.  •motina  ^i 
.  Koa  Batb  roonw  are  amMsblos.  ^rbets  ttia  aoise  aim  V 
notion  arf  teait  fei^  affopHnu  a  dosraeof  oooxCDct  i 
Utberto  anattaiijabla  at  »ea. 

ttatea— Saloon'  $80  aad  SlOO.x^tl:  reimn  ticket* 
enf^^orable  tarnu-,   »k89ra29,  Hi. 

f  oJrtnaoectton  of  plapa  an>) attiar  tnlbrmatlqn  appi  r  a 
•ftbaCompanT'soalcoi  N(\37  Scoi'i^ay.  Wew-T'fk. 
,  g.  J.   noari^.   Agant. 

CUNAROLiNEB.  &N.A.  R.M.S.P.CO. 

NOTlCK. 

With  tap  view  of  oUntmshinsthn  oaaooes  oIooHIsiob  : 
the  steanqers  ot  this  Mae  take  a  a(>eoifled  coarse  foe  .ill  f 
■eaaon;  of  the  year. 

On  ttje  oittvardD-iaasza  fi-am  Qnsenstown  ta  low-  f 
lorkor  Boston,  crosstnKOii^ridiaa ofSOat  4ilatitaf9.  i' 
ernothlns;  to  tlx»  north  of  4 1  * 

On  the  homeward na39>*se,ot(mtti?  T^^9  mandlanif  5 
Clfttivi.or  nothlnstdtha  ni>rth  or  i'3. 

MIOSI    N»W-TORK  FOR  T-lTSapOOt.  AVn  QITH »y3T0W3. 

BATAVTA....WK1^.  .Feb.  28i  ALOKBIA.WKU..  March  14 
ABYSSINiA.WKl).,  March7lPAETHIA..WBU.  Mar.  21 

StexipeTS  marked  '  oo  nomarrv  scsirasa  paaseneers. 

CablB  passa?*,  ?80,  SlOO.and  Sl30,  (toU,  ancorilu? 
to  acoomTnodatlon.    Ketam '•lofcets  oi  farorahta  terras. 

Steer>tEreciclcet9  toan  I  from  kH  oart*  if  Buropeat 
▼err  lowritBj.  Preielit  and  oasaaseoffloe,  Sqt  4  BowU 
tta  gieen.  OH  A  3.  a.  FRaNCKLYW.  Agent. 

laVBICPOOL    AND    GRBAT    WRSTBRS 

MTELin  i;».MPANY.    (LIMlTSai 

tlVEttPOOIi,    (VlaQue^lt>stl>^v^^,> 

CARBl:l^G  THE  DJTITKD  SfATKS  ilMU. 

TUB-JUAT. 

bearing  Pier  No.  46  North  River  as  follows: 

IDAHO Feb.  27,  at  3  P.  M. 

IIOSTANA March  6.  at  10  A.  M. 

WISCONSIN Marohl3,  at3  P.    M. 

WYOMING ^ March  20,  at  9  A.  M. : 

DAKOTA March  27.  at  3  P.  &L 

XgVADA Aprils,  at   9  A.  M. 

RATES  OK    PAS8KNQKR3    RBDDCBa 
Steerage.  $26;  latermadiate.  $10;  cabia,  i>5  to  $30,  'I 
^eordlng  toatate-roam.    OSaoea,  No.  29  Broadway,    -t. 
^  WII.MAJtlS  <fc  GIH»N.  ^ 

aTUAM  aiAll.  L.INK. 

BWrfONTBLI  SKRVIOS  tf.)  J^AHUi.  HiVn,^ 
CQtUMblA.  and  t^Pl^IV^ALL,  and  t-n  FASAMtaal| 
BQDTBPAUlFlO  POSTS  (TlaAsBiniTiH.* '  Kir»l-3l>s»  f, 
hiU-powered  Iron  soreNT  stiamsri,  froJi  Piijr  *  Kft  31  ' 
Sorth  Kiver;  ■        ~  "^ 

tor  PAtTI.  COLOMBIA.  fSTB.Vin.'^    OK  P  iSAUA.^  »n<! 
SOUTH  PACIHIU  POIlTd^vU  A8pin<T^ll.) 

AiPS g, Feb  28 

ETNA. March  16 

totKlNGSTOS  (Jiun.)  auJ  HAYTL 

ATLAS March  14 

tinperlor  Hr3t-ol  n5  Tiii^irjr  +f!oo3iiiil'»tli  i. 
PIM.  KOBWOOU  &  Ca,  isonti. 
Na  50  Wall  lu. 


STATE   LINE. 

<IKW.YOE&    iO   GLASUOW,     LIVKBPoOL.     DUBLLR, 

BEI.PAST,  AND  LONDoNDBKBY. 

These  Hrst-class  'all-powerad  at'^a^era    vrril   ^aii  fross 

Pier  Sa42N'ortii  .-tlvar.  foot  of  ilaml  it. 

BTATBOj'  INDIANA Tlmi8<lav.  March  S 

BTATb  OF  VlRGIjaA TbnrBdaT. March  15 

ETATh  OK  PKNNSYLVANIA Thursdnv.  M.irch  Si^l 

BTATK  op  GEORGIA Tliursdav.  Marcli  29 

First  cabin,  SPO,  «05.  andS!7(i.  accordlnp  to  accora- 
modations:  return  tickets, $110.  $125.  Secnnil  cabin, 
•45:  retarn  tickets.  S80l  Steerage  at  lowest  rates. 
Applyco 

AUSTIN  BAhnWIN  &  C(»..  AsentM, 

No. 72  Broadway.  New- lorn. 

STKBRAQK  ticiiets  at  No.  45  Braidw.»y.  aadattba 
company's  pier,  foat  if  Canali;..   Nortn  Riyet. 


GREAT  SOUTHERN 

VREIGflT  ANI>  t'A.SMBNUBR  LilNB. 

8AJLI.NG  FROM  PIKR  .VO,  29    SOUTH  RIV8R. 

WKUNKSDAYS  and  .SATURDAYS  at  .S  P.     M.. 

FOR  C'IIAKLii:sT()N,  M,  C,  l<LORII>A,  TUB 

.SOIITf).  AND   «OCTH.WE!<T. 

err*   Olr  ATLANTA sATXJKDii Feb.  24 

QBO-  W.   CLTDK WbDiNBSUAY Feb.  28 

8UPKRIOR  PASSKNGKR  AC'OMMODATlO.W.i. 

Insurance  to  l94Cia»Dioa  n;-i»Iti:  oa-  o^roant. 

Gowls  forw.irded  *tne  if  cnra  nissioo.  Passenxer  lioit- 

teapd  bills  i>nadinz^s3a-^'l  in  i  ii';nsl  ac  tba  otlcojf 

JAIMli:.>  \V.  aUINTABf*  it  CO.,   Agents, 

Na  177  WestiC.  comer  Watrao. 

OrW.P.   riiYDK  ti;0..  No    UBnwIiQsar^an. 

OrBKSTliEy   0.     HASSLL,   GeneriT    Asenl 

Isre^tHoutnera  lfrei«lit  L>iae.  3J  7    Broa.d-wnTm 


OBW-VORK  BAVaN A.  A  .N  D  tf  BXrCAJl  B  Vl  li  i.  -i.  £il  S  i, 

Steamers  leave  .■'■lir  Mii.  i  i jcCj  -ii/  >r  tr,  .{  y.     jl 
KOU.   tlAVA.NA   UlRBUr. 

CITY  OF  NEW-YoUJi. vvediiesday,  Feb.  28 

CITY  OK  .MEXICO Saturday.  March  10 

CITl  OK  VERACRUZ Wediiesnay.  Marrh  14 

i*OK    VKRA    VaVX    A.VI>     NEW-l»HI^KAN-». 

Vja    fi.»vjQ4,    Pro^roa*    Oaio.->sjuUr     Taroio.       and 
lampica 

trri  OK  aitXlCO Saturdav,  March  lO 

titeamers  iriiudird  J<ew-i>ri3ani  if»a.  ::3  ana  March 
16  lor  Vf-rai-Tuzniiii -m  rha.i  uoyb.>.>r6*. 

Foriroijnc  or  p'na'tiB  to  Jir  m 

F.AliBXA.NDRBiciJ.fiSai,  ^Laal  :JJ3rnlsr»r. 


IVOKTH    HERMAN  M-OVW. 

STBAM-SHIP     LINE    BETWEKN    NEW-YORK.   BODTB- 
AMPTON  .  AND  BREMEN. 

Company's  Pier,   itjoc  ot  Jdis..    douoieu. 
HBHMANN...sat..  tea.  ^4  (  AM  K-<I(A...fJat.,  March  10 

NECKaB fiat..    March  3  |  WE8KR Sat..  March  17 

fUTE.S  OP  PAS8AOB  FttOH    NKWTORK  TO  30019' 

AMFTO^(,    BAVKB.   OB  BBKMBK: 
first  caoin .'....$lOO:;'>i'l 

Second  cabin.. BOeold 

Kteerage . . .....      aOcurronrr 

Ketiim  tickets  ;«  reduced rn->j.  "pVet>aid  ateerasta 
Krtlticates,  $32  currency.  Por  I'r  n  !at  or  passaze  ap- 
plytu  OELKIOUSSt  ;o..  «o.  2  Bowlin?  Green. 


IMMA.N  I.INB.     01AIL.MTKA.tlltiO. 

KOKonEEXlsTOW"  A5P  UVKRPOOU 
Ciri  Ol-  RICHMOND.  Saturday.  3farch  3.  at  8  A.M. 
UTV   OK  BRUSSELS. .Satiirdar.  Marcb  17,  6:a0  A.  V.' 
iiiy  Cl'BKKt.l>. Saturdav.  March  ii4,     t.t  1  P.   M. 

^.„ From  ner  45 -North  dl rat.  , 

CABIN,  ShO  and  SioO.Uoll ..  ftdcaro  'I'ltstj  onfv  ' 

♦orabla   lerina.      srESRAQJi    "SH.    Oorrono/      Oraftj 
,,t;  lawest.'DJ. 

Saloons,    JCrvcn-rao'a],      timokin^,    and    Batb-roouia. 
Kmldaliipa.  JOBN  0.  DALB,  Agent, 

N08.  1 5  and  o3  Broadway,  N.  2. 


ANCHOR  L.INB   L.  M.  .IIAII..  STEAI>iKU.<<. 

SEW- YORK  &S0  GLASGOW 

ABChorla..Feh.  24.  2 P.  M.  I  Ethiopia. March  10,  aP.  M. 
Cahlbrnia.  March  3.  8  A.  M.  i  Victoria. March  17,  7  A,  M. 

TO  GLASGOW,  LIVERPOOL,  OR  DKREY. 
Cabins  $t>9  to$iJU,  acoordm?  to  accommodatioas;      lo- 
tprmediat^,  $35;    Steerace  $2&. 
NEW-YORK  AND  LONBoN. 
Utoma.  Feb.  24.  2  P.  M.     I  Kl.v8if....Marob  10,  3  P.  M. 
Cabtns,  $55   to  $7l>      Steeraire,  *28.     Cabin  excor- 
sioo    tickets  at   redaceJ    rates.     Drafts  issued  for  any 
amount  at  current  rate  j.     (JomoauT's  Ficr  Nos.  'M  and 
VI,  North  Slyer.  N.  If.         HENUER^JOS  BRdTHBRS, 
AKents.  Mo.  7  Bowline  Green. 


OML.Y  DIRECT  1<INB  TO  PRAiNCiS. 

fBKGKNERALTaASSATLANTIO  OOBPA.fY'S  VIAII,  j 

BTKAMBRSBKTVVEKNSBvV-YORKANUttAVgjJ,         ^ 

C»il)nsat  PLyuoUTH(C(.  O.)  t'i>r  clxa  laiiJiaj  >>^ 

PaasenKera. 

^Ulsallfrom  Pier  So.  42  North  RWer,  fbosn   Morton 

It.  every  alternate  Satorday,  begianing  with: 

CaJ^AUA,  Franeeuj Saturday,  Fel>.  24,  at  2  P.  M,, 

For  panlcuiars  aadress 

LODlJ  UE  BEBlA.'f,  Aeent,  Vo.  66  Broadwai: 


^ATlUNALi  JLINE— Piers  44  and  SI  Noitb  Blyec 

L^  FOR  LONDON.  1 

EISEBCB SA'IUUDAT.  Feb.  24.  at  1  P.  ILi 

FOB  QUEKN8TOWN  AND  LIVERPOOL.  ' 

rbeQaeeii.Mar.3,  7iaA.U.  i  Spain.  March  10,  1  P.  It. 

Cabin  and  steerage  passage,  and  drafts  trom  £1  up. 
irard,  Issued  at  rexy  low  rates.  Company's  offices  No. 
69  BiuadwajL  F.  W.  J.  UUBtiT,  Manager. 


FOR  SAVANNAH,  GA., 

TBK  KLOaiUA  PORTS,   '  ' 

AKO  THE  HOUra  AND  SOUTH-WEST.  ,. 

VtBAT  SOUTHERN  FREIGHT  AND  P AS8BNGBB  LIHB.  I 
CBiSTBAL   RAILROAD  OB  QBOBQIA,  AJlO  ' 

ATLASTIU  AND  GULF  BAILBOAU 

WEDNRSDAl  AND  8ATUBDAT. 

BAB  JACINIU,  cape  Hauko^  BATUBDAT.XFeb. 
U,  Pter  43  Nona  Bireri  S  P.  M,  OBU  KoaaB,  Agt., 
409  Broadway. 

H.  LIVlAGSTOa,  Cap*.  MAI.I.01IT.  WBDNESDAl.  Feb. 
28,  Pier  tto.  43  Nortn  River.  3  PM.  GSO.  YONQB, 
AKeht,  No.  iOV  BroMlway.  ^ 

I  SAM-  HALVADOtl.  Capt.  NiOEsasoir.  BATURDAT. 
Marcb  3,  Pier  ii  Nortb  Bly«r,  3  P.  M.  (XO.  YONGB, 
Agt.,  409  Broadway. 

GENERAL  BABNBb,  Capt.  OhxMXAS.  WRDNBSDAT. 
Marcb  7.  Pier  IB  Baat  RlTer,  a  f    .SU    MURRAY,  FER. 

Bis  fa  cu,  Agts.,  o:«  (South  sc 

Insurance  ONB-HALP  PER  OBITT.'  Snpsrlor  aooom< ,. 
jDoUationa  for  passengers.  Through  rates  and  bills  of  'j 
ladlnfc  In  oonnectioa  with  Central  R.  R.  of  Georgia,  ;' 
Atlantic  and  GiUf  BaUroad,  and  Florida  steamer*  ; 
City  Point  and  Dictator:  also,  with  tbo  steamer  J. 
B.  SCUYLBR.  which  has  been  placed  on  the  Inside. 
Vonte  from  Saraanab  to  Florida,  aud  offers  uosarpassed  i 
Xsoommodations.  J 

C.  U.  OWENS,  ;j      GKOEQE  TONGB, 

Agent  A.  it  G.  R.  B.      -  Ageat  C  B.  B.  of  Ga., 

Na  315  Broadwar.  No.  409  Broadway. 


nHilLiifMHTMISIT 

STEAM-SHIP  LINES. 

FOB  CALIPORNIA,  JAPAN,  CHINA,  AUSTBALtA,  HBW. 
8BALAND.  BBITI8H  COLUMBU.  6rBQON,  koT  V 

Balllug  irom  Piar  foot  Canal  St..  NortH  Hirer. 
For  SAjN  FKANCiaCO,  via  ISTHMUS  OF  PANAMA. 

etflam-#mp  CRESCENT  CITk ibaraday,  Mfrohl 

Monecting  ler  Csatzal  Amezloa  ana  South  Paclflo 

^From  SAN  FBLANCISCO  to  JAPAN  and  CHINA. 

We«n-flbip  CITY  OF  TOKIO Thursday,  March  1 

Ftom  ban  Fianclsco  to  Bandwicb  Islaoda,  Aoacraliai, 

and  New-Zealand. 

2team-sMp  CITT  OP  STDNBy Wedoesdajr.  Feb.  28 

For  Crelgbc  or  passage  apply  to 

WM.  P.  (JLITDR  JiCO.,  or  a.  J,  BOLIiAT,  SaperintendeDt, 
^  Aa  t)  Bowling  Green.  Pier  foot  Caual  su.  M  orth  Riyer, 

ifE  W-  YORKA-JSTD  UA  VAN  A 

DIRECT  MAIL   LINE. 


fei 


These  first-class  steamahloa  sail  regularly 
at  3  P.  M.,  txom.  Pier  No.  IS  North  Riyer  as 
I  fbUows: 

pTTiiK  SATORDAT,  Feb.  24 

OOLDMBUS WEDNfcSDAY,  March  7 

Accommodations  unsurpassed  For  freight  or  pas- 
saio  aDDly  to  WM.  P.  Ci-YDB  t  CO.,  Na  6  BowTmg 
Green.    MoKELLKB.  LULLKO  It  CO..  Agents  in  Havana 

Packet    <  .'omoaay's  „  Li  im, 
OUBG    sn4  UAMBUB<^ 

SDRVIA  "'"".".I.March  liHEROER March  16 

i!ailtoNU;;.....MMck8lWIBJiAND. 


Hftr"p?^iy&/^5^*^BBOURG 


.March  'ii 


Bateaor passage t J  Plf "W'»«'^„i"'fc .il'i?^*^^ 
eambnribaad  »ll  polntsU  .«*«i»*^^"i^U*^'*JL^^L^ 

^DllHAROTJiOa,  <•*   BIOBAttD  k  BOAS^ 


sHiPPma 


AflffiftlCAN  eSTBAM'SHlP  LINK 

Between  Phllad'a  fe  Llyeroool.  oalllaz  at  Qaeeastown. 

Thtirsdays  fromPbliad'a,  Wednesdays  from  LiTarpoou 

Bteamers  to  sail  f^om  Philadelphia  as  follow^: 

Jndlana Feb.  16  I  "Loro  ciive. March  8 
IMnois Fob.  22    PennsylTania March  1» 

pbip March  1 1  Indiana March  23 

. .    Price  or  passage  in  cnrrency.  .  .„ 

CaUn,  $76  to  $100.  Interpolate,  $40.    Steerage,  $33. 
•   PBTBB  WRIGHT  t  SONS,  Gen.    Agents.  Philad'a. 
;.  Na  52  Broadway,  New-York. 

;   JPHi;  MoDO  jALD  No.  S  Batte/y  place.  New-York. 


IJtBD  MTAJt  SfTEAM-SUIF  WNB.  ^  ^ 

AppotnteA  !to  carry  the  Belgian  and    United   StaiM  , 
malls.    The  following  steamers  are  appointed  to  s^i  d 
TO  ANTWERP: 
From  PuUadelpbia.        '         From  New-York. 

VADEBLAND... Feh.  16'KEBILWORTB......Feb.  3 

AEDBBLaND March  10l8WlTZi:BLAIiD....Feh.  27 

itatesot  passage  in  currency- 
First  Cabin;  $90:    Second  Cabin,  $6U:    Steerage.  $28. 
PkTSB  WBIOHT  &  SONS,  General  Agents,  Phflad'a. 
•  No;  62  Broadway,  New-York. 

JOHN  Mcdonald.  No.  8  Battery  olace,  New-YOrk 


Merchants'  Steam-ship  Line  to  Brazil. 

for  PERNAMBUCO  AAD  bahia. 
Steam-slilp  CASSINI  wlU  sail  about  M  ABCH  1.    Bates 
of  passage  and  trelght  have  been  tlxea  on  a  1  Ow  basis. 
For  torther  information  apitly  to  the  agent, 

B.  B.  BORLA.VD.  No.  70  Wall  St.,  New-York. 


EAILROADa. 


^  PENNSYLVANIA   RAILROAD.  ; 

J  GREAT  TRUNK.  L.1NE 

AND  UeilTKD  STATEj  MAIL  ROUTE. 
Trains  leave  New-YorK.vi*  Desbrosaea   aal      Cort- 
landt  Streets  Kerries,  as  follows: 

Jixpress  for   Uarrlsbnrg,   Pittsburg,    the    West    and 
South,  with  Pullman  PiiUce  Cirs  attached,  8:30  A. 
M..  6aua  8:3liP.  M.,  daily. 
For  Willlamsport,  Lock  llaven,   Corrv,    and     Erie,  at 
8:30  P.  M.,  connecting  at  Corry  for  Tltusville,  Petio- 
leum  Centre,  and  the  Oil  Regions.    For    VVitlianu- 
port  and  Look  Haven.  8:30  A.  M- 
For   Baltimiire,    Washington,    and  the   South,     "Lim- 
ited  Washington   Bxpresaf'   of  Pallmjin  Parlor  Cars 
aail.y,  except  Sunday,  9:30  A.   M.:    arrive   Wasliiiic- 
ton4:10  P.  I^L    Be>nilar  at8:40  A.  M.,  1,  6,    and9 
P  M.     Sunday,  6  ami  9  P.  ti. 
Express  (or  PhUailelpbia,  7:  30, 8;.30,  8:40.    (9:30    Llm- 
,   ned,>  10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4,  6,  6,  7,  8:30,  9  P.  M,,   and  12 
''  iiieht.    Sunday,  8:30  A.  M.,  5,  6.7.  8:30,  aud  9  P.  M. 

Emigrant  ami  second-class,  7  P.  M. 
Accommodation  for  Trenton.  7  .K,    M.,  2  and  4:10  P.   M. 
For  triins  to  Newark.  Blizibetli.  Rahway,  Princeton. 
iTenton.  Perth  Amboy,  Flemmgton.  Belvider>,  and 
other  points,  see  local  aobeduies  ac  all  Tlckdt  Of- 
fices. 
Trains  arrive;    Prom   Pittsbtirg.  6:20  and  10:30  A.  M., 
and  10:20  P.  M.  daily:      10:10  A.  M.   and    6:50  P.  M. 
!  daily,   eiceot  Monday.     Prom  Washington  and  Bal- 
timore, 6:30,  9:50  A.  M..  4:10.  5:10.  and  10:20  P.  &I. 
Sunday  6:30,   9:50  A.  M.     Prom  Philadelphia,  5:05, 
6:20,  6:30,  9:50,  10:10.  11:50  A.  M.  2:10,  4:10,  5:110, 
>  6:50   8:40,  10:10,  and  10:30   P.    M.    Sundav  6:05. 
i  6:20,  6,30,  9:50,  11:50.  A.  M.,  6:50,  10:10,  and  10/20 
■'1  P.  M.  / 

Ticket  Offices,  Kos.  526  and  944  Broadway.  Na  1 
Astor  House,  and  foot  of  Desbrosses  and  C6rt»nr1t 
streets;  Ni>.  4  Court  strept,  BrookU-u:  Nos.  114/116, 
and  lis  Hudson  street.  Uobukeu:  Depot.  Jeraev/City 
Kmlgraot  Ticket  Office,  No.  8  Battery  place.  / 

FBANK  THOMSON.  ^-.^D.  M.  BOYD,  Jr./ 

General  Manager.  General  Passenger  Agenl. 


TO    FHII.<AI>£J^1PI1IA 

via 

,  PENNSYLVANIA   RACLEOAD. 

THE  OLD-ESTABLISHED  ROUTE  AND    SHORT    LINB 

between 

MEW-YORK.    AND    PHIUADEL.PH1A. 

14  Throngh  Trains  each  way  dally:     3 Depots  In  Philo- 
delnhia.  3  tti  I'ew-York, 

A   Tracks,    the  most    Improved    Eoulpment,   and    the 
Fastest  Time  consisteut  with  aosolule  safety. 

Express  Trains  leave  New- York.   Tla  Desbrosses  and 

Cortlandt  .^treet8  Ferries,  as  loUows: 
7:30.  a-30,  8:10,  (9:30  Limited,)  10:30  A.  M..  1.  4,  5,  6. 

7,  8:30.  9  P.  M.,  and  12  Midnight.    Sunday.   8:30  A. 

M.,  5,  6,  7,  8:.30.  and  9  P.  M. 
Eetuming.  trains  leave  Philadelphia  3:20,  3:30.7,  7:30. 

8:30,  and  11    A.  M.,  (Limited    Express,    1:35   P.    M.,) 
I  1:40,4,0:30,7.  and  7:35  P.  M.,  and  12  Midnight. 

On  Sunday,  3:20.  3:30,  7,  8:30  A.  M,.  4,  7,  7: 35  P.  M., 

and  12  Midnight. 

Ticket  Offices,  Nos.  526  and  944  Broadway,  Na  1 
Astor  House,  and  loot  of  Desbrosses  and  Cortlandt 
fits.,  Na  4  Court  St.,  Brooklyn;  Nos.  114,  116.  and  118 
Hudson  St,  Hoboken;  Depot.  Jersey  City.  Emigraui 
Ticket  Offloe,  No.  8  Battery  place. 
FRANK  TttOM.SO.V.  D.  M.  BOYD.  Jr., 

General  Manager.  General  Passenger  Agent. 


■\rR*'^-V>R»*      tlKNTRAl.     ANI»     UUUiilllN 

XlBrVER  RAILROAD.— (ommencin'r  Den-    liO,     ltf7l>, 
through  trains  will  leave  Gran<l  Central  Depot; 

7:15  ■^.  M.,  Western  and  Northeru  hlxoress*  wiC'j 
drawing-room  cars  to  ('auamlaigua. 

fc:30  A.  M..  sp<-clal  Chicago  ami  St.  Louis  Exprsss. 
with  drawing-roum  cars  to  Rochester  anl  BuXalo. 
Also,  through  oar  to  St.  Louis. 

11:00  A  M.,  Nortb-rn  rind  Western  ExarasJ. 

3:30 P.  M..  spttcial  Alb'inv,  Troy  aui  Western  Ex- 
press arrives  at  BulTaio  7;  10  A.  tf. 

5:00  P.  \L,  Express,  with  sl8.<pla^  cr»rs,  for  Water- 
town  and  Cananduizu^k  Alsofjr  MoQtrjAi  yit  Pl^ittA- 
burg. 

8:30P  M..  Pacido  Express,  'laily.  with  sleeping uari. 
tor  Rochester.  .Siagara  Falls,  Buffalo,  t'levelaiid.  In- 
dianapolis, and  Louisville.  Also  for  Chicago,  via  both 
!•.  :%  and  M.  C  Baitroads.  anu  to  Montreal  ria  St.  Al- 
bans.        • 

11:00  P.  M..  Exnreaa.  with  sleeping  car?,  for  Albanv 
and  Troy.     Way  trains  as  per  loc-w   Time  Tabloa. 

Tickets  tor  sain  at  Nos.  252,  261,  and  413  Broadway, 
and  St  Westcotc  Express  Company's  offices.  Nos.  7 
Paik  place.  785  and  94:^  BroadwaV  New-York,  and 
333  Washington  St..    Brooitlyn. 

C  H.  MKEKB It.  General  Passenger  AgenU 


ERIE  RAILWAY. 

Winter  .Arrangement  ot  mrougb  trains.  From  (Cham- 
bers Street  Depor.    (Kor  U3d  st.  see  note  below.) 

9:00  A.  M.,  dailr,  except  Sundavs.  Ciochinatl  and 
Chicago  Day  Exoress-   Drawing- r>om  coaches  to  Buflala 

10:45  A.  M.,  daily,  except  Snnaars,  Express  Mail  fbr 
Ba£bin  and  the  West,    .sleeping  coacli  to  Buffila 

7:D0  P.  M.,  daily,  Pacific  Kxpress  to  the  West.  Sleep- 
ing coaches  through  to  Buffalo.  Niagara  Falls.  Clncin- 
Dati,  and  Chicago  without  change.  Hotel  diolus- 
coacbes  to  Chicago. 

7:00  P.  M.,  except  Sundays,  Western  Emigrant  train. 

Above  trains  leave  Twenty-thirJ  Street  Ferry  at 
8i45  and  10:15  A.  .M..  aud  6:45  P.    M. 

For  local  trains  see  time-tables  and  cards  In  hotels 
and  depots. 

J.VO.  N.  ABBOTT.  General  Passenger  Agent 


NEW-YORK.     NEW-HAYB.N.     AND     UART- 
EOKU    RAIJLiROAD. 

After  Deo.  10,  1876.  trains  leave  Grand  Central  Do- 
pot  (42dei.)  for  New-Caanaa  Railroad  at  ti:03  A.  M.. 
J.  4:40  P.  M.:  Uaubujy  and  Nor  walk  Railroad  at  H:05 
A.  M.,  1,  and  4:40  P.  JI.;  Nau-atuck  R;illroad  at  8:05  A. 
M.,  and  3  P.  M.;  Uousatouiu  Railroad  at  8:05  A  M., 
aod  3  P.  M.;  New-Haven  aua'Northampron  Railroad  ut 
8:03  A.  M..  and  3 P.  M.;  tor  Newport  at  8:05  A.  M.  and 
IP.  M.;  Boston  and  Ainany  Railroad  at  8:05  and 
11  A.  M,  3  and  Op.  M,  (9  P.M.  on  Sunday  :1  Boston, 
(via  Chore  Line,)  at  1  and  lOP.  M.,  (10  P.  M.  on  Sun- 
days.) Boston  and  N^w-i'ork  Air  Line.  8  A.  M.,  1  aud 
11:35  P.M. 

Way  trains  as  per  local  time-tables. 


I.EHIGH  VAL.1.EV  RAILROAD. 

ABBAN6EMKNT  PaS.IHNGER  TRAI.VS,         JAN.  1, 

1877. 
liOaye  depots  foot  ot  Cortlandt  and  Debrosses  sts..  at 

6:30  P.  M.— Night  Express,  daily,  fur  Eastou,  Bethle- 
hem, Allentown,  Mauch  Chink,  Wllksbarre.  Pittston. 
Ba:fre,  Elmira,  Iihaca.  Auburn,  Rochester,  Buttilo, 
Niagara  Fails,  and  the  West.  PuUman'a  sleapiaj 
coaches  attached. 

General  Eastern  office  corner  Church  and  Cortlandt 
Bta.,  CHARLES  B.  GUMMING.-).    Agent. 

ROBERT  H.  8AYRB,  Superinteodeiit  and  Engineer. 


WICKFOKD  RAI LKOAU  ROUTE  TO  New- 
port. R.  I. — PasBBnjjers  tor  this  line  take  8:05  A. 
M.  and  1  P.  M.  express  trains  from  Grand  Central 
Depot,  am  ring  at  4:18  and  8  P.  M.  at  Newport 

TUKOUOati  WABRliN.  Superintendent 

>  STEAMBOATS. 

■STONINGTON  LINE 

ifOR      BOHTO.N     A.ND    ALL    POL>IT.>4      EAST. 
RBUUCEU    PARE. 

J  Elegant  steamers  leave  Pier  Na  33  North  Rivsr, 
a  foot  of  Jay  St..  Ht  4:30  P.  .M. 

Tlckptsforsaleat  til  bnaciptl  r.ioket  o  Boas.  Rtata- 
rooms  secured  at  nffioesor  Westcutt'ixprass  Oompia.y 
and  at  No.  363  Broadway. 

PROVIOBNCK    LINB. 

Freight  only,  steamers  leave  Pier  So.  27  .^nrth 
River,  foot  ofPark  place,  at4  P.  KL  Freights  via  either 
line  taken  at  lowest  rates. 

D.S.  BABCOCK.  Pres.       L.  W.  Ptt-rix?.  G.    P.  A  cent 


FALL    RIVER   LINE 

FOR 

BOSTON  AND  ^  THE    EAST. 

FARES  REUUCEII. 

leave  New- York  dally,  (Sunday  eioopted.)  from  Piar 
Ho.  28  North  Biver,  loot  of  .tfurray  St..  4i30  P.  M. 

BORDEN  U.  LOVKLL,  Agents. 
'  GEO.  L.  CONNOB,  Oeuer.il  Passenger  Accent. 


FOR     NBW-HAVBN,    HARTFORD,    dfcc- 
Fare  $1 1  steamers  leave  Peck  slip  for  NeV-Uayen 
at  3  and  11  P.  M.,  connecting  with  road. 


IiiORBBTDGEPORTAi^'D  ALL  POINTS    ON 
.  Housatomc  and    .Naagatunk   ftailroal.— ('af*     *l. 
Ateamers  leave  naiharliie  silo  II.  11:30  A.  W. 


INSTt{UCTiqN.___ 

Collegiate    Institute, 

No.  40  Washington  sqdark.  nkw-yurkcitk. 

QKO.  W.  CLARK R,  Pb.  D.,  Principal. 
Prepares  pupils  of  all  ages  for  business  or  college. 


MBS.  PARKS'  BOARDING  AND  DAY 
school  for  voun(j  ladies,  NewBranswick,  N.  J., 
opens  Its  next  bcsaion  Feb.  5.  Clrcalars  sent  if  desired. 
Terms  moderate. 


ril^AVKRACIi.N.T.,  COLLEGB  ANOHUU. 

VjEIV  IKsT.— English,  French,  German,  Classios,  Mu- 
sic, Art.  Term  begins  March  9.     ALONZO  FLACK,  Pres. 


••«&552» 


B.»- 


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Aj^atV 


TEACHEKS. 


AMERICAN  AND  FOREIGN  TKACHEKS» 
AGBiNOY  supplies  professors,  tutors,  governesses, 
aud  teachers  in  every  department  of  instruction  i 
gives  lafurmatlon  to  parents  of  good  schools :  rents 
aud  sells  school  properties.  For  circulars  apply  to 
MlssM.  J.  YoOiNG.  No.  23  Union  square. 

N.B,— Miss  Yoaug  has  severed  her  connection  with 
the  "American  School  Institute"  in  consequence  of 
the  bankruptcy  of  J.  W.  Schermerhorn  fe  Co. 


TUB  NATIONAL  SOttOOL.  BURBAU  18  A 
reliable  ageaov  tor  supplying  sobools  and  famUler 
with  teaobers,  and  teachers  wlch  posltioni.  Increas- 
ing demand  for  good  teachers.  Apply  ,earlT  for  Au- 
tumn Taeanoiea.  Send  stamp  for  applioatlon  form, 
T.  C0TB8W0ETB  PINCRNEY.  Domestic  Building, 
comer  I4th  st  and  Broadwiy,  New-Yorfc 


CONTBRSATION  AL      LESSONS     IN  „THB 
Frescb  langnage  by  a  lady  (diplomee)  trom  France. 
6u  e«nt«  per  boor,    Appij  t«'  Qr  address  Mme,  FADIii 


RELIGIOUS    NOTICES. 


ASSOCIATION  HALL. 

23d.Bt..  comer  4  th  a  v. 
Serrloes  commencing  Sunday.  Feb.  25. 
BIBLE  CLASS,  conducted  by  DR.  THOAISON,  5  o'clock; 
YOUNG  MEN'S  MEETING,  parlors,  6:30. 

MBBTINGd  on  THUBSUAT  and  SATOBDAT  evenlnsts 
At  8  o'clock  especially  for  young  men,  in  the  parlors. 
Dally  meetings  for  prayer  and  religious  conference 
fkt  4  o'clock.  In  the  parlors,  to  which  eyerybody  la  cor- 
dially Jnvlted.  


ANT^ON  ftlBaiOBIAL  CBDRCH. 

48tb-at,  west  of  6th-aT., 
Bev.  R.  HEBBR  NEWTO.V,  Rector. 
Prayers  and  sermon  at  10:30  A.  M. 
Prayers  at  4:30  P.  M. 
Even  Song  at  7:45  P.  M.            _.    ..     j 
A  special  service  of  song,   with  -sermon.    The  third 
sermon  ou  '•  Religion  in   Erery-day    Life"  in  the  even- 
ing.   All  seats  Iree  at  opening  hour.  ^^ 


AT  CHICKERINC}  ilAL.L.  aTH-AY.  COR- 
ner  Isth-st.,  Bev.  Samuel  ColcorJ  preaches  Sunday, 
at  10:46  A  M.,  on  "  Uraoe,"  and  at  3:30  P.  M., 
••  Light,"  eontinn'  d.  Klngin.r,  morning  and  afternoon, 
by  (Tharles  L.  Quno  and  the  large  cuoir.  seats  free. 
JiveryboUy  cordially  welcome. 


AT  WASHINGTON  «OUAUE  MKTHODIST 
Rpiacop^l  Church,  Rev.  WiUiam  Lloyd  will  preach, 
by  request.  Morning—"  The  Sound  on  the  Mulberry 
Trees."  Evenins— "  Give  Us  ol  Your  01'."  Young  peo- 
ple's meeting  at  6:30  P.  M.  Strangers  oordlaily  in- 
vited. 


ALLS0ULS»  CHIIRCU,  4TH-AV.,  CORNER  OF 
20tb.st.— Bev.  Dr.  Bellows  will  preach  morning 
anu  evening.  Subject  at  11  A.  M.— "  The  Simplicity  «>f 
True  Belistion."  Evening,  7:4  J,  on  "  The  Conaecrarlon 
of  Life."  iieats  tree  lu  the  evening.  Suuday-schoul 
9:45  A.  M. 


ivnJ 


ACAOEaiY  OKiVtSK  ,  BROOKLYN.-REV. 
Fred.  Bell,  the  Singing  Preacher,  will  preach  and 
slog  to-morrow  at  10:45  A.  M.  ana  7:45  P.  M.  Morning 
But^ect — "Secrets."  Evening  8ub)ect — "Good  News 
for  Sinners,  even  Broadway  Gamblers." 


AT  WA8Hl>NGTOi\  sQDAKE  METHOmST 
Episcopal  Church,  morning.  Rev.  J.  Bayies,  D.  D.,  of 
luilnnapolis,  Ind.  Evening,  Rev.  Wiiiiam  Lloyd.  Sub- 
ject—'  Give  Us  of  Youc  Oil."  Y'oung  people's  meeting 
at  6:30  P.  M.     strangers  welcome. 


AMERICAN  TEHIPERANCK  UNION, S(IB.>iCB 
Hail,  No.  141  8th-3t,.  near  Broadway.— Sunday, 
Feb.  25,  at  3  o'clock    sharp,    good  speaking,    sluicing, 
recitations,  &o.     All  are  weicomo. 
J.  B.  CoNKLiN,  Soo'y.  J.   B.  GIBBS,  President. 


BRICK  CUliRCH,  CORNER  OK  5iU-AV. 
and  37th-st— The  Pastor,  Rev.  Llewelyn  D.  Bevan, 
will  preach  on  Sunday,  Feb.  25,  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  4 
P.  M. 


CiHUUCH  OF  ST.JOH.-V  Taii  E^ANGiai.ST, 
>/(  Wain  Wright  memorial.)  corner  West  ilth-st  and 
Waverlev-place,  Rev.  John  W.  Kramer,  Rector.— Ser- 
vices 10:30  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.  lu  the  ttvei.lng,  ser- 
mon in  tlie  course  on  "Present  Day  Sins  Agaiaat  our 
Neighbor."  Suttject- "  The  Greed  of  Trade,  of  Labor, 
an  A  of  Capital ;  Whit  is  Usury  1 ' 


CHIIRCU  OF  THE  BELOVED  DISCIPLE, 
Madisun-av.  and  89ih-st.,  Rev.  Francis  ti.  Stubbs.- 
Service  and  sermon  on  Sundav  at  10:30  A.  M.  auil  7:30 
P.  M.  Daily  service  at  9  A.  M.  and  5  P.  M.,  except 
on  Fridays  during  the  season  of  Lent,  when  it  will  be 
at  8  P.  M.  Rev.  Q.  F.  Seymour,  D.  D.,  will  preach  ou 
Sunday  evening. 


CUURCll  OF  THE  UEAVE.NLY  iii:.ST. 

5th-av.  above  43th-st.. 

BEV.  DR.  HOWLAND,    REOTOB. 

Services.  11  A.  M.:  4  P.  M. 

REV.  MR.  COURT.SEY 

WILL  PREACH  WEDNESDAY.  3  P.  M. 


CBRIMT  CHURCU.aTU-AV.  AND  35TH-ST.- 
Rev.  Dr.  McVickar,  Rector;  Hidy  Comniunianat  8 
A.  M.;  morning  prayer  anil  sermon  at  10:30  A.  M.: 
cDildreu's  service,  with  catechising,  at  \y.'Ml  P.  M. 
Evening  service  at  7:30  P.  -M..  and  sermon  by 
Right  Kev.  Bishop  Qjintfird,  of  Tennessee. 


CALVARY  BAPTI.ST  CHURCH.  -•.(n-sT..  BK- 
tween  6thand  6tbav8.,Rev.  B.  S.  MaoArthiir.  Pnstor. 
— Preaching  .lunday  morning  and  evening.  Baptism  nd- 
miniatered  ut  evening  service.  iJuuday-sclioo!,  i;:30; 
prayer  meetings  Monda.v,  Wednes'lay,  and  Prid.iy 
eveuiuss.    Strangers  cordUlly  invited. 


CHURCH  OK  THE  COVENANT,  (PKK.shT- 
terlan.)  comer  Park-av.  and  35th-st. — Rev.  Marvin 
K.  Vincent.  D.  D.,  Pastor,  will  preach  Sundav  morning: 
services  at  11  o'clock.  At  4  P.  M.,  W'.rsiiip  and  bible 
service,  conducted  dv  the  I'asior.    .'^unday-scbonl  ut 

9:30  A.  M.     Lecture  Wpdiiesdiiy.  at  8  P.  MT 


CHURCH  OF  'I'HE  ATONK.HENT.  .lADIoON- 
av.  and  28tn-st,  Rev.  0.  C.  Tiffiny,  Rector.— Sun- 
day-school at  9:30  A.  H.  Divine  services  at  11  .K.  M. 
and  4  P.  M.  Preaching  service  at  8  1'.  U.,  at  which  all 
scats  are  free  andstranaerseo'iiially  luritid. 


/IBNTRAL     PRESiiVTKUlA.N      CilURCtl. 

V^56lh-8t.,  near  Broa<lway.  Rev.  .1.  D.  Wilacn,  Pas- 
tor.— Service.'  at  10:30  A.  .M.  ;  evening  services  In 
the  new  chapel  on  57>h-»t.  at  7:30  P.  ii. :  alio  sab- 
bath-acbool,  '2:30  P.  M. 


CHURCH  OF  THE  INC.%RiNAT10  S.  3.iTH- 
81.  and  Madlson-av..  Rev.  Ariliur  Bronks,  Reetoi. — 
.Service  at  1U:.S0  A.  »L  :ind  ;^::>0  I'.  .W.  Right  Rev.  C. 
T.  (juliitard.  \>.  D  ,  Bishon  <it  Tennesoeo.  will  preach  lu 
the  morning;   the  Rector  in  the  uf  eriioon. 


ClE.>TttAL     .11.   E.  CUURCll,    7T11-AV.,    Ni;\R 
>'14tb-8t.— Preaching  by  the  Pa.'>tor.,  Rev.   (;.  .s.  Har- 
rower.  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:30  1'.  .M      All  are  welcome. 


1:;<IRS'rRKKOK.>I^I»El'ISCOI'ALCIIi;RCII 
.  temporarily  worsnippini;  at  Madison  nv.  and  47th 
St.,  peimaueot  localion  (c. lurch  now  buiidirg. )  Madt^ 
son  av.  and  S.Tth-st..  Rev.  Willii'u  'P.  Sabine,  I'ast  t  — 
Divine  servloes  10:30  momln;.  7:15  evening;  chil- 
dren's chnrch.  3:30  P.  M.  Special  services  luesdav 
and  Thursd.ty.  4  P.  M. 


FIKTII-AVKNUE  UAI'TIST  CHURCH, 
West  46ih-st — l>r.  Armitage.  Pfctor.  will  preach 
morning,  1(j::<0;  8Ubiect—"The  Pharisees."  (Mrttlna 
series  of  sermons  on  the  Men  of  th"  (ircat  Week.) 
Evening.  7:30—"  The  Woman  at  the  Well."  Sunday. 
school,  9  A.  ti\. 


FIH.ST  B.aPTIST  CHURCH,  CORNER  OF 
Thirty-nluth-st  and  Park-av.— i'reaolilng  by  the 
Pastor,  Kev.  T.  D.  Anderiion.  D.  D.,  at  1 1  A.  M., 
and  by  Rev.  Jos.  F.  Elder.  D.  D..  at  ~-.M)  ev<»ninj.  Bai>. 
tism  at  evening  service.    Ccrtial  invitation. 


FIVB  POINTS*  HOU.nE  OK  I.NDU8TRY.  NO. 
155  Wortb-sr. .  William  F.  Baruara.  Su;>rrinteniient. 
— Service  ot  song  by  the  chlldieu  on  Sunday  at  3:30 
o'clock.  Public  invited,  bccoud-band  clothing  aud 
shoes  urgently  soliciled. 


FREE  EPISCOPAL.  CHUUCU  itV  THE 
Reconciliation,  No.  'J42  Hist  3  let  b(..  near  2d  av.— 
Servlcss  aud  sermon  by  Rev.  K.  8.  Widdemer  every 
Sunday  at  10:3il  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.  Sunday-school 
at  9  A.  M.     A  cordial  welcome  to  .iU. 


I7IRWT  FRKMJYTCRIAN  (  IIUiU'H,  Mil 
'av.  and  11th  sts.— Rev.  Wm.  M.  Paxi  .n.  D.  1).,  Pas- 
tor, will  preach  at  10:30  .A.  U.  and  4  i*.  M.  Slruu:;i.-rs 
cordlall.y  invited. 


FOJJKTKKNTU  STREET  i'KliSB VTKKI AN 
Church,  corner  <.f  2d-av.,    Rev  F.  H.    Marling,  Pas- 
tor.—-Servlci-s  at  11  A.  .M.  and  7:;iO  P.  M. 


GRAt^R  BAPTIST  CHURCH,  WKT  53D-ST., 
Dear7tli-av.,  Riv.  J.  Spencer  Keniiard,  Pastor  —Ser- 
vices: Morning.  10:3U;  evening.  7:30.  Hundav-'<chool. 
2:30:  also  services  Monday,  Wednesday,  aud  Friday 
evenings. 


GOD  HAS  spoken:— BI.SHOP  SNOW.  THE 
interpreter  of  prophecy,  will  pronch  in  the  Medi- 
cal College,  corner  4th-  v.  and  2:-lrt-8t,  on  fluodav  at 
3  P.  M.  Subject — ■'  The  Coming  Doom  of  all  iho  King- 
doms of  the  E.irth."     Csme  and  hear. 


HARLEM  UNIVERSALIST  CHURCH,  ON 
127tli-8t..  between  Lexington  and  4th  avs.- Rev. 
J.  M.  Getehell,  Pastor.  Morning  nt  11.  Sub|ect — 
"Quench  not  Hie  Spirit."  Ev,  nine,  7:30— "I  he 
Religious  Influence  of  Po«try."  Prurer-mretiug  Tues- 
Oav  eveuin*;,   at  8  o'clock. 


LVftlAN   C.  HOWK,  TRANCE  Sl'EAiwER,  Lec- 
tures lor  the  Society  of  .>'pi ritualists.   -N'o.  55  West 

33d-«:,  at  lti:30  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.  Subjoet— Even- 
ing, •'Temperance.'  At  close  of  morning  lecture  Mrs. 
.Maud  Lora  will  describe  and  give  nnnies  of  spirits  she 
will  see  present  Seats  tree.  Children's  Lyceum,  7:30 
P.M. 


MADI.SO.N-AVENUE  BAPTtsT  CHURCH 
will  hold  religtoui  service  In  the  chapel  of  t.^r 
house  ot  worship.  Corner  of  Madison- :i v.  and  3lst-w., 
on  Sunda.v  morning  next,  at  11  o'clock.  Preaching  by 
Rev.  A.  «;  Patton.  D.  D.  The  runliu  are  cordially  In- 
vited to  attend. 


MADISON  AVENUE  REKORMED  CHURCH, 
corner  57th-.t  — Rev.  Dr.  .Jihn  De  Wi<t.  of  .New- 
Bru'^BWicfc,  »iil  preach  .'•nn<lay  at  1 1  A.  M.,  and  R.  y. 
WlUlsm  Lloy<l.  Pastor  elect,  at  3:3o  P.  M.  SnIiJ  ct— 
"  Watchman,  What  of  the  Night."  Strangers  coidially 
welcomed. 


NEW. YORK  I'RE'^BVTEKIAN    CHUUCU, 

West  llth-&t..  between  Uth  and  7th  avs. 

Rw.  W.    W.   PAGE,  Pastor. 

Preacbiog  on  Sabbath  nt  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M. 

Sab  bath -school   at  'l:  16  P.  M. 

Strangeri  are  welcome. 


NBW.VORK  SUNDAY-SCHOOL  ASSOCIA. 
TION.— Primary,    this  dny.    2:45  P.  JL.    X.  M.  C.  A. 

building.  Mrs.  I'larlc,  teacher;  Superintendents.  Tues 
day,  4  P.   M.,    Fulton-sr.  chapel;   Normal,    Thursday, 
4:15  P.  M.,  Dr.  Crosby's  church  chapel,  Mr.  Ralph  Wells 
conductor. 


IVrORTH   PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH,  OOR- 

X^  ner  of  9th-av.  and  3l8t-8t. ;  preaching  by  the  Pas- 
tor, Rev.  8.  B.  Rosslter. — .Uoming  service  at  10:30  .i. 
M.  ;  subject—"  Sewing  and  Renplngi"  evening  seryioi* 
at  7:30  P.  M.  :  the  flfih  of  a  series  o(  sermons  lo  yi.uDg 
people;  subject — "  Just  with  God." 


NEW-YORK  I'OKT  WOCIETY.-PRKACHIXG 
at  Mariner's  Church,  coi-ner  of  Catherine  and  Mad- 
ison sta.,  ac  10:45  A.  M.  und  7:30  P.  M..  by  thn  Pasror. 
Rev.  B.  D.  Murpoy.  Services  at  ^o.  27b  Water-si.,  at 
3  P.M. 


PRESBVTERIAN   CHUUCU  OF   SEA  ANO 
Land,     Bev.    E.    Hopper,    D.    U.,     "     ' 
services,  10:30  A.  »L  and  7:30  P.  M. 


9:30  A.  M.  aud  2  P.  M. 
0:45.     Seats  free. 


D.    U.,     Pastor —.-Bbbiith 

Saboath-school, 

Young  people's  prayci-meetlug. 


PRESBYTERIAN  IttB.UORIAL  CHURCH. 
Madisun-av.  corner  63d-st.— Rev.  C.  S.  RobtnB'>u. 
D.  D.,  Pastor.  Services  to-morrow  at  1 1  A.  M.  and  7:30 
P.  M.     Sabbath-school  0:3o  A.  M.  and  i2:30  P.  M. 


>ILGRI[U      BAPTIST     CHURCH,      00D-.ST.. 
near  8th-ay.— Rev.  J.  Staniford  Hdme.  D.  D.,  will 

i.     Sunday- 
welcomed. 


preach  Suaday,    25th.  morning  and  evening.     Sunday- 
scliool  and  bible  classes  at  l-:30.     Strangers  v 


RBV.     GAUDJNER    SPRING    PLUlMLKV, 
Pastor,  pieachos  at  the 
ifawia  DUTCH  church. 

Fulton  st— entrances  No.  103  Fulton  and  No.  68  Ann 
Sts.— Sunday  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M,  In  this 
chnrohthe  Fulton  street  daily  noon  prayer-meeting  is 
held. 

BV.  CHARLES   B.  HARill.'i,    P.isroB  01' 
Allen-Street  Methodist  iJplscopil  Cnurch,  between 

Delaucey  and  Kiviiiston  sts.,  will  preach  in  the  morn- 
lag  and  evening.  Evening  subject — '•  The  lourt  and 
the  Trial"  Seats  tzte.  Jewish  prayer-meeting  on' 
Monday  eyeuing. 


REV.  P.  FRANKL.IN  JONES,  OF  CATSKILL, 
will  preach  in  the  Trinity  Baptist  ChOT-ch,  in  55th- 
St ,  between  Lexington  ana  3d  avs. .  on  Sund  ly  morning 
hnd  evening.  Subject  fbr  morning—"  Triumph  of 
Faith."  Su^ect  for  evening—"  'i'ne  Boy  In  the  Hands 
of  Jesus." 


REV.  JOHN  COTTON  SIMITH,  D.  D..  WILL 
deiiyer  (D.  V.)  the  second  lecture  in  •  coarse  on  the 
"  Sermon  on  the  Mount,"  In  the  COurcb  of  the  Ascon-  ' 
slon,  comer  eth-av.  and  lOtb-st..  on  Sunday,  Feb.  25, 
at  4  P.  M.  subject — "Christ's  view  of  Murder,  Divorce, 
and  Oaths." 


BV.    DR.  B.  CLAF,  OF  HAUFAX.'N.  H., 

wUl  preach  morning  and  evening  in  the  CeiUral 
Bapilu  Chorcb,  West  AOd-sC   Baptum  in  the  •Ttulax. 


RELIGIOUS    NOTICES.  SS^^^SISS^AND^LODGmG. 

¥HE  Uf>TO^N  aVgWa  00   THE  TlMBS. 


1>EV.    HTEPHBN    H?  TYNO.    JR.,    WILL 

•"'preach  In  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  Madlson- 
»T.  aud  42d-st.  on  Snnday  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:30 
p.  M.  Morning  prayer,  without  sermon,  at  9:30  A.  M. 
Dr.  Tyng,  Jr.,  will  speak  on  Monday,  Wednesdays,  and 
Fridaysat  7:46P.  M.;  on  Tnesdavs,  Wednesdays,  and 
Thursdays  at  3:30  P.  M. 

Prof.  R.  Warren  Clark  will  lecture  on  the  Holy 
Land,  Japan,  fee,  ou  Tuesday  evenings  at  8  o'clock. 
Tickets  at  the  door. 


REV.  F.  BROWN,  PASTOR,  WILL  PBEACH 
In  Second-street  Methodist  Episcopal  Churob.  at 
10:30  A.  M.,  on  "The  Fupltlve  Prophet,"  and  at  7  P. 
M..  on  "  The  Better  Hope."  Preparatory  piayer-mfeet- 
ingatep,  M-  " — 


REV.  DR.  RVLANOK.— ST.  MARK'.^,  2D-AV. 
aiidlotb-st.  Services  at  11  A.  M.  aud  7:46  P.M. 
Subject  lor  morning  discourse,  "  Sin."  Evening,  "  The 
Cull  oSthe  Gospel.' 


-«!— rr 


8T,  IGNATlCi.V  CHURCH.  40TH-8T.,  BK- 
tweon  5th  and  Gth  avs..  Rev.  Dr.  F.  C.  Ewer,  Rec- 
tor, officiating.— Communion,  7  A.  M.;  morning  prayer, 
fli  litauy,  10:30;  choral  celebration,  11 ;  cboiBl  even- 
ing prayer,  7:30,  with  sermou  on  "  Wisdom  and  Dn- 
derstanding."  the  (.econ'd  in  the  course  on  "  The  Seven 
Gifts  of  the  Holy  Gnoat."  Pews  and  sittings  roa.v  be 
bad  free,  for  the  Winter,  upou  application  to  the  sex- 
ton. 


s: 


T.  TlI»lOXHi>.''  CHURCH,  56TH  AND  57TU 
sts.,  between  8th  and  9th  avs.,  (midway.) 
Dr.  Gier,  Rector.— ^eivlces,  Sundays,  10:30,  2:30. 
(children,)  7:3U;  .Mondavii.  Tuesdays.  Thursdays,  Sat- 
ntdavs- Morning,  7,  evening,  5  ;  Wediiesd-ays  and  Fn- 
davs — 10:30  and  8.  Wednesday  evening,  Rector. 
Friday  evening.  Dr.  Gallaudet 


OABBATH  EVEMJNU  SEKVICE.-A  SPECIAL 
k3servlceon  Saboath  evening:^  at  7:30  o'clock,  at  tho 
Hadi&oii  iiquare  Presl)yterlau  iJhurcb.  earner  of  Madi-' 
Son-av.  ana  24th-st.  The  Pastor.  Dr.  Tucker,  will 
preach.  8tran,<>:ers  are  cordially  Invited,  and  those 
not  atteudlng  other  cliurcbcs. 


SEVK.STH-A VENUE  UNITED  PRESBYTERIAN 
Cnurch,  between  TweLth  and  Thirteenth  sts.— Rev. 
H.  W.  Kidd,  Pastor,  will  preach  Sab  oath,  at  10:30  A.  M. 
and  3  P.  M.  Prayer-m.^eting  every  Wednesday  evening. 
Strangers  are  cordially  luvitud;  bring  your  Iriends 
with  you. 


SEVUNTH-ST.  M.  K.  CHURCH.   BlilWEEN 
2d  and  8d  avs.- The   Pastor.    Rev.    .T.  S.  Willla,    will 
Preach   Sunday    morning    at  10:30.     Bishop  Jesse   T. 
eck  will  preach  in  the   evening   at   7:30.    seats   are 
free.    Public  cordi:illy  invited. 


ST.  PAUL'S  i>lETmH>lST  EPISCOPAL 
Church,  4tb-av.  aud  2'Jd-8t.,  Rev.  Dr.  Chapman, 
Pastor.— Preaching  on  Sundav  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:30 
P.  M.  luteiestiug  serviues  Weduesoav  and  Friday 
evenings.    All  welcome. 


S[T.  UEORHE'.*.  CUURCU.  Sl'UYVESANT 
Isauare. — Morning  prayer,  11  o'clock.  Sermou  by 
Rev.  Dr.  Tyng.  Rector.  Evening  prayer,  3:30  o'clock. 
Sermon  by  Bev.  Dr.  Tvng.  Rector.  Third  service, 
all  seats  free.    Sermon  by  Rev.  Dr.  Wiiliam-t.  at  8  P.  M. 


ST.  STEPHEN'S    CHURCH. 

67  to  59  West  46tb  street. 

The  Rev.  A.  B.  HART,  Rector. 

Services  on  Sunday  at  10;  10  A.  M  ,  and  4  P.  JL 


ST.  ANDREWS  P.  B.  CHURCH,  HARLEM.— 
.Morning  gcrvico  at  10:30;  evening  at  7:30.  Rev. 
K  W.  Brathwaite,  of  btamfuru,  Couii.,  will  preach 
morning  and  evening.; 


tlT.    LUKU's   iW.     E.    CHURCH,    41ST-ST. 

iOnear  6cb-ay.,  Rev.  iV.  P.  Abbot,  P.istor.- Preacniug 
at  10:'3O  A.  M.  and  7:45  P.  M.  Voung  people's  prayar 
mooting  at  ti:4o  P.  M.     All  are  Invited. 


CIT.    JOHN'S    M.    E.    CHURCH,     SaU-ST., 

jonear  Broadway. — Preaching  by  tho  Pastor.  Rev. 
James  M.  King,  i.i  10:30  A.  H.  and  7:3  J  P.  M.  All  are 
welcome. 


rpHB     SEUiUON     DELIVEKEO     BY     REV. 

JLT.  M.  Peieis.  D.  D..  on  "Froe  Churches,"  at  tho 
(  iiurch  of  the  Atonement,  In  the  course  on  ''  Wor- 
ship." will  be  rep-.-ated  by  request,  at  tlie  Cnurch  of 
the  Annanciitioii.  14th-st.,  but  ween  6tii  and  7tb  avs., 
on  .Sunday  evening,  Feb.  25,  at  7:30  o'clock.  After  the 
service  there  will  be  a  meeting  of  tbe  Free  ("hurch 
Guild,  ^whicb  all  the  members  arc  requested  to 
attend. 


VJi^UEUNACLE  BAl'TJrtl'  CHUKCH, 

/XT  2d-av.,  between  loth  and  llth  sts-. 

(      )        Rev.   K.  B.  HUM.,  of  Locipurt,  N.  Y., 
\      /  will  preach 


mariung  and  evening: 
All  cordi.illv  invited. 


TUIRT\.FOUICTii..'>TREET  REFOR9IEU 
Church.  w.-sL  of  Sth  av.— Preaching  Sundav,  at 
lli;30A.  U.  and  7:.';0  !'■  M..  by  Kev.  C  :rlos  -Martyn. 
In  the  I  veniog,  a  s-rvirt*  f  song,  followed  by  sermon. 
Subject— ••  Th';  Soul's  Gibraltar." 


WEST  1'WENTV-rilIUD  STREET  PRE&BY- 
lerian  I  hurch,    Rev.vKrsMiio  N.  White,  D.  D.,  Pas, 
tor.- Serviees  at  11  A.  ll.  and  7;  JJ)  P.  M. 


^BANKIUJ^r    NO]yOES^__ 

IN  UA.Mtlti;PTCV.-IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT 
of  the  United  Stat- a  f>r  the  Southern  District 
01  .\ew-Vork.— lu  th"  m.itier  ol  HENRV  TRISDOUi'ER. 
bankrupt.— iSotico  is  liermy  given  that  a  pi'titlun  tiaj 
been  tiled  in  said  court  by  Henry  Tilsdorler.  iu  suid 
(.istrii't.  duly  dceannl  11  Bankrupt  nm'.er  ilie  act  of 
Congress  01  .durch  '^,  1.SS7,  lor  a  dlauhargo  and  cei- 
tihcate  thereof  irum  all  his  debts,  and  other  claims 
pruvublo  under  suid  act,  and  that  tho  liftli  ('a.y  oi 
.Marcii,  1877.  at  i  leveii  o'cluck.  A.  M.,  at  the  office  of 
Henry  Wilder  Allen.  Ue;:ister  in  Bankrup:cy,  No.  15:2 
Eroudway,  in  ti>c  (  li.v  of  .New-York,  is  utsigued  tor  the 
he.irii.gut  the  sadie,  when  aud  wheie  all  creditors  who 
bare  proved  their  dcbCij,  and  otb^r  persons  iu  interest  ^ 
may  alieud,  and  showcjiisc.  it  any  tliey  hiive,  why  tho  ~ 
I»r,iyir  of  the  >aid  iietltion  should  not  be  grauteil. 
—Dated  i\ew-Uirk.  oti  the  thiid  d,:y  of  Kebru.iry.  1877. 
f  10-lii.w3w-5-  01  U.   V.   l>ETl->,  Clerk. 


I.N  THK  DISi'itlCT  COUKT  OP  I'HE  LMTEO 
States  for  tho  .-oulherii  Disirictof  New-Voi  k.— In  the 

matter  oi     HA.NnUi     U.     i  O.S OVBH.      hinkrupt.— 

In  J  ankruptcv. — Homfhem  District  of  New- .'org.  si-.; 
1  he  said  bankrupt  having  applied  to  the  court  for  a  dis- 
clurgc  from  iwp  debts,  by  order  of  the  court  notice  la 
her -by  given  to  all  creiiitors  who  have  proved  thJlr 
debts,  and  other  oerS'iUj  iu  intureit,  to  appeirod  the 

seveiiieeuth  d.*y  or  M.iich..\.  D.  1MS7,  at  eleven  o'clock 
ia  the  loredoou.  at  Cuambers.of  the  bsmI  distnci  court, 
before  Is.' ac  Duvtuu,  one  of  tht^  RegiMtcrs  of  the  said 
Court  in  liaiikniidcy.  at  lis  difflco,  .No.  3'_'2  llroadway, 
In  th'  City  of  New- York,  r  .uiii  number  (J,  and  show 
cause  why  the  piavcr  of  tlie  said  oetlclon  of  the  bank- 
rupt should  nut  be  grauted,  nnu  why  u  discharge 
kIiouUI  not  be  granted  to  the  said  bankrupt- Uated 
Ni-w-York.  301  h  January,  1877. 
f2■l-law3w.^a•  GEO.  F.  BETTS,  Clerk. 


1NTHE  piSrivK T  COURT  OK  TIIKU.NiTED 
Slates  lor  the  Boutiiera  District  of  New  York. — In 
tin- matter oi'J  nl.N  K.  i-.\l4i.;ilILD,Biinkrupt.—In  bank- 
ruptcy. f>oulliorn  Di.trict  01  New-York,  ss  :  Iho 
8uid  Dankruijt  having  applied  to  iho  Court  lor  a  dis- 
cbarge trom  tiii  nebtj;  riy  order  of  the  Court,  notice 
isliereh.v  itivi-n  to  oil  creiliiors  who  have  proved  their 
denis,  HUd  other  pnrs  <nd  in  Interest,  to  appear  on  tne 
htth  day  01  March,  A.  D.  1877,  at  twelve  o'clock  noon, 
at  i-'hunibers,  ot  the  said  Dislrict  Court,  before  John 
Fitch,  one  of  Mio  hegisters  of  the  said  Court  m  Bank- 
ruptcy, at  his  olllcc,  .NO.  345  Broauw  ly,  in  toe  City  of 
.Vew-Yorh,  and  show  cause  why  the  praver  of  the  said 
pe.itiou  01  the  bjukrupt  should  not  bo  granted,  and 
why  a  dl8cliari;e  suould  not  be  granted  to  the  said 
bankrupt.— Dated  New-York.  Sth  February,  1877. 
fli.-lnw3wo*  Gr.OI.GE  F.   lil.Trs,  Clerk. 


iN  'i'i;h  Disruicr  couitr  of  the  cvitku 
.itatcsfor  the  ontheni  District  or  New-Vork. — In  the 
matter  of  SOLiO.MON  RaPi'.  b.iukrupt— In  bankruptcy. 
—  this  is  to  give  notice  that  u  petition  has  been  tiled 
in  saiil  court  b.-  Solomon  Rapp,  of  .>ew-Vork  Cit.v.  in 
said  district,  duly  deulaieU  bankrupt  under  the  Re- 
vised Statutts  if  tho  United  St  a.  IS,  title  "Bankruptcy," 
bs  amended,  lor  a  dtscliargti  to  him  and  a  certiiicate 
thereul  fruiu  utl  Iws    debta  and  clalma  provaole  unJer 

said  Hevibed  Statutes,  and  thnt  the  13th  day  of  March 
cextaroau  o'clock  V.  M..  nt  tho  dfilcc  of  J.imed  F. 

DwiRht.  Ksq..  iiecister  in  Bankruptcy  of  said  court,  at 
No.  7  Beekman  strei-t.  .New-York  Cit.v,  is  assigned  for 
the  lieanug  of  tho  same,  wbeii  and  where  creditors 
and  otiicrs  may  attend  and  show  ciiujc,  if  any  thev 
have,  why  the  piayer  of  tho  said  p.:ii;iou  should  not 
bo  granted.  GEO.  F.  BET  IS. 

fl7-law-3wS*  Clerk  of  the  District  t  ourt. 


UMTEO  STATES  DI.««TRICT  COURT, 
Southern  Instrict  of  .Vew-ioru. — In  the^  matter  or 
ELlJJ^ll  H.  l'ALL3dADGE.  composing  and  as  the  firm 
ol"  lalimadtfo  !t  ^o.,  Oaukru,>t,  No.  5,581.— To  ail 
towhrmlt  may  concern.- I'.ike  Notice — That  puisu- 
uut  to  an  order  of  this  court  granted,  on  the  peliilun 
of  d.  Odell,  Assl^juee,  for  Icavo  to  compromise  'a  cer- 
tain claim  uf  one  huudr.^d  and  slxt/  dollars  iind 
interest,  due  from  vviiis  it.  Tii.vlor  to  this  estate  nt  the 
sum  ot  tbut.v-thrt-e  dollara,  a  meeting  of  the  creditors 
of  suid  estatis  will  ho  held  beftire  nn-  as  the  lle^ister  In 
charge  ut  the  said  matter  at  my  ofQce,  at  No.  129  Ful- 
ton-street, in  the  I  ity  of  New-York,  on  the  Sth  day  of 
March.  1877,  at  >!  o'cloclr  in  tbe  atternoon,  when  uu'i 
where  nil  oerbons  intiiested  in  said  matter  may  at- 
tiud,  and  show  cause,  If  any  they  have,  why  tiia-aald 
cuinpromljo  ahouiauot  be  accepted. — 'dated  New- Turk, 
Feb.  23,  ib77.  KUGAR  KETCflU.M,  Register. 


IN  THE  .ilATTEK  OK  TUB  ASSKi.V  HIl£NT 
by  TRISTA.M  D.  V.VNUERVEER  to  CH.lBLES  1-.. 
PEliL,  for  tho  bent  fit  of  Lreuitors.  Iu  uursu'inco  ol  an 
order  ot  Hon.  H.  W.  Robinson,  one  of  the  Judges  of  the 
Court  of  Commou  Pleas  for  the  tity  and  County 
of  New-York,  made  ou  the  7th  day  of  February. 
1877.  nolico  is  hcrsby  gii'en  to  all  persons  aud 
creditors  having  claims  against  Tiistam  D.  Vander- 
vecr,  to  present  tlie  same  with  vouchers  duiy  verUied, 
to  the  ^ubscri  er,  Chailes  I'..  Pell,  A8Si<.ruee,  at  bla 
plsce  of  tiausactiug  business.  No.  21  Tompkins  street. 
In  the  City  of  New- lor...  on  or  before  the  2. >th  day  of 
May,  1877.— Dated  New-lorK,  Fenruary  7,  1877. 
fl'7-law4wS'  CHA.1.  E.  PELL,  Assignee. 


UNITED  S'iATi;s  DISTRICT  COURT, 
Southern  Distiict  of  New-York.— In  Bankruptcy. — 
Southern  Disttict  of  New-York,  ss:  At  the  Cit.y  of 
New.Y'ork.  the  2 1  <t  day  of  Februnry.  1877.— Tho  uudor- 
sigrui'd  heruuy  gives  noticu  ot  his  appointment  as  As- 
signee of  llERMA-N  BLAhKOPT,  of  the  City  of  New,. 
York,  In  the  County  and  8t;ite  of  New-York,  within 
said  liietnct.  who  bus  been  adjudged  a  baukrupt  unon 
his  uwu^titiuu  by  the  iJialrici  Court  ut  said  uistnct 
JOHN  H.  PL  ATT,  Aeslguee. 
f24-law3w8a  40  Wall-street,  New- York. 


NO  1 

f7,5 


ELECTIONS^ 

CLETEI/A.ND.  COtCMBlJS,    CINCINNATI  AND 
_il(DIANAPi.L!S   UaILWAV   COMPAJfT. 

Ci,KVKi.AND,  O..  Feb   16.  187' 

TBE  ANNUAL  mKETlNti  OF  THE  8TO0K- 
holdcrs  ol  tiiis  company  tor  the  election  ot  bireo- 
tord,  and  tor  tne  transaction  ot  other  buslueas.  will  be 
lielii  at  the  oAlce  of  the  comnauy  lu  Cleveland,  ou 
WKONESDAY,  March  7,  1877. 

The  tran8ter-bo.ikj  Will  lie  closed  from  the  erening 
of  20th  lust,  until  March  8. 

GEO.  H.   RUSSELL.   .SecietaTy. 


Stctvksakt  Fiaa  Insubancb  Compant, 

No.  1*22  bowsRYaad  No.  20U  Usoadwai, 

Kkw-Voek,  Feb.  21,  1S77.  , 

THEANKUAL  ELECTION  FOR  1'WJi,N'r*- 
llve  Diroctors  and  three  Inspectors  ot  the  next  an- 
nual eleclioa  will  be  hold  at  the  ofBoo  of  the  company, 
No.  122  Bowery,  on  TUUllSDAY.  March  8,  1877. 
Poll  opened  at  12  M.,  an'i  closed  at  1  o'clook  P.  M. 

GEORttK  B.  RUOADS.  Secretary. 


Hablbm  Bake,  nkw-Vork.  Feb.  17.  1877. 

THE  ANNUAL  iMEliTlNG  OF  THE  STOCK- 
holders  of  this  hank  for  the  election  ol  Directors  and 
inspectors  of  election  for  the  ensuing  year,  will  be 
held  at  their  banking-rooms  ou  TUESDAY,  March  6, 
1877.  Polls  open  from  1  to  3  P.  M.  Transfer- books 
will  be  closed  on  the  i^Oth  inst 

C.  H.  ROBERTS.  Casnler. 


LOST  AND  FOUND. 


The  up-fowu  office  of  THX  TIMBS  Islopated  at 
No.  1  ,»37  BToadwa.T.  bet.  Slat  and  33il  'wf» 

Opien  daily,  Stmdays  included,  itom  4  A.  U.  to  9  P.  11. 
Subscriptions  received,  and  copies  of  THE  TIRES  for 

sale. 

ADVKRTISBMRNTS  RK<3BlVBD   UNTIL  9  P.  H. 


NO.  134  EAST  74TH.8'r.,  NBAR  CENTRAL 
PARK.— Msdlson-av.  cars  ;  strictly  private  fomily: 
three  adults;  will  take  two  gentlemen  or  married 
couple  to  renuce  expenses;  everything  first  olaas; 
quiet,  comfortable  house;  references 


FURNISHED  ROOMS  TO  LBT,  WITH  OR 
without  board  ;  dellghtlul  location;  private  jbrown- 
Stone  bouse ;  all  couvenleinces.  No.  348  Enst  124th- 
st.,  Harlem,  couvenieni  to  boat  or  cars;  terms  to  suit: 
reterenoe. 


NO.  «7  38TH  ST.,  BETWEEN  5TH  AND 
CTH  AVS. — To  let ;  upoorlloor;  handsome  parlor, 
bed-room,  and  bath-room  communicating;  private  ta- 
ble oaly;  also  hall  room. 


T^O.  m  I KVING-P LACK-TWO  DOORS  FROM 
J.^  Oianiorcv  Park,  with  board,  large  rooms  on  third 
floor,  with  southern  exposure;  also,  hall  rooms  with 
fires;  references. 


FIFTH- A  v.,  351-PROST  ROOMS,  BEAOTIFUL- 
I.y   furnished ;      excellent   fible ;     very    moderate 
terms;  single  rooms  to  gentlemen. 


NO.  33  WEST  33D  ST.— SECOND  FLOOR  FRONT 
sunny  suite;    superiec  board  low  for  balance  of 
season. 


NO.    118  WEST    49TH    ST.-TO    LBT,  WITH 
board,  .1  double  or  single  room,  suitable  for  gentle- 
men ;  terms  moderate ;  references. 

O.  'J9  WE-ST  a6TH   ST..   NEAR  BROAD- 
WAY.— Sunny  front  rooms,  with  superior  table,  for 
families  and  gentlemen  ;  prices  moderate. 


NO  SO  EAST  88D  ST.. 

With  board,  parlor  and  bed-room,  first  floor;  single 
rooms:  table  hoard. 


NO.  4  EA.ST  S9TB  ST.,  BKTWLBE.-V  5TH  AND 
Madison  avs.->uesirable  rooin;     first-class   board; 
also  table  boarders. 


PLEASANT    ROOM.S,   WITH     BOARO,    THIRD 
floor;  but  few  boarders:  references.    Ho.  IIB  West 
45th  st 


NO.  73    EAST  61ST  8T.  -  A    SECOND-STORY 
largo  room  to  let,  with   first-class    board.       Ser- 
vants have  been  with  us  for  years. 


N 


O.     6     EAST     46TH-ST.— SECOND    FLOOR; 

well-furnished;  first-class  board ;  references. 


N 


O.  IOC  .MADISON  AV.-TWO  SINGLE  ROOMS 
to  let  with  board. 


!:UKiii^'^!jyiJi225J5:.__ 

NO.    51  1-«J    VVEST    aaO     ST.-TO    let,    AN 
office  to  physician  or  dentist;  also  furnished  rooms, 
without  board,  to  gentlemen. 


jnOTELS^ 

THB  ROYAL  VICT(»RIA  HOTEL. 

NASSAU,  BAIIAUA  ISLANUd. 
For  full  Information  apply  to 

JAMtfS  LIDfiBRWOOD  It  00., 

No.  753  Broadwiv.  .Vew-Yirk. 

B  W-E  N  »L  AND  HOTEL.— LODGINGS,  ?>0 
cents;    weekly,   $2  to  $3:    200  light  rooms   for 
gentlemen  only.    Comer  of  Bowery  and  Bayard  sts. 


FINANCIAL. 


VE  KM  I  LYE 

&ca 


BANKERS, 


10  and  18  Nassau  st.,  NcwYorlc 

DEALEBS  IN  ALL  ISSUES  OF  GOVEENMENT 

SECURIlIE.s. 

NEW-YORK  CITY 

AND  BROOKLYN   BONDS. 

BUY  AND  SELL  ON  COMMISSION 

STOCKS,  BONDS,  AND  GOLD. 

ADVANCE'^  MADE  OnTpPBOVED  BECCRITIES. 

JAb.  a.  TROWBHIDGK.  DONALD  MACKAY. 

LATHAM  A.  FISH. 


SIX  PER  1;ENT.  BROOKLYN  CITV  BONDS. 

DePAKTMK.VT  OFFiyANCB.  CnNTROtiLBR'S  OFFIOB.    ) 
CiTT  Hall,  BRooKi.T>r.  Feb.  16,  1877.        5 
Thenndersii-'iied  will  receive  sealed  proposals  at  this 
ofllcH  until  Thuraitav.  March  1,  at  i2  o'clock  noun,  (ac 
which  lime  tliiy  will    be  openel)  for    tho    purchase  of 
tho  whole  or  any  part  of  the  foUowmg  loans: 
$600,000 

Six  per  cent,  Brooklyn  City  bonds  for  the  completion 
01  the  New-York  and  Brookivn  Bridge. 

$300,000  MATURING  IN  1909,  and 

$2il0,('00    MATURI-S'G  IH    1910. 

COUPON  OR     REGISTERED. 

$250,000 

Fix  per  cent   A8SBS3ME.VT    FONU   BONOS,  W.  t  S., 

maturing  three  years  from  date  of  purchase — Re^ls- 

tereo. 

Proposals  must  state  tho  pnce  offered,  (with  ecoraed 
interest  from  Jan.  1  on  Brooklyn  City  bonds.)  anddo- 
scrlutioa  of  bonds  desired. 

WILLIAM  BURRELL.  Controller. 

HANNIBAL  ANU   ST.  JOsBPU  RAILROAD 
CO.nPANY. 

Sealed  proposals  addressed  to  WM.  H.  SWIFT,  Esq., 
at  Messrs.  Ward,  CnrapbeU  it  Co.'s,   No.  66  Wall  st. 

New-York,  or  to  tbe  nudersigned  Trustees,  care  of 
Charles  Merrlam,  Agent,  No.  26  Sears  building,  Bos- 
ton, Will  be  received  until  FRIDAY.   March  3, 1877.  at 

noon,  for  the  sale  of  $50,000  of  the  land  bonds  of 
said  company  10  the  undersigned  Trusteos,  In  accord- 
ance wnth  the  proriainos  of  the  indenture  of  mort- 
gage, dated  April  1,  1863.  The  bids  will  he  opened  in 
Bunion  on  Saturday,  March  3.  1877.  and  tho  accepted 
bids  declared.  WM.    H.  SWIFT,         1 

SIDNEY  BARTLKTT,  >Trustees. 

NATll'L.  THAYER,     i 
BosTo:r.  Feb.  19.   1877. 


Choice  and  Safe  Investments. 

7,  8,  AND  10  PER  CENT. 
CITY  AND  COUNTY  MUNICIPAL   BO.VDS. 

FIB.ST  MORTGAGE  RAILROAD  BONDS. 
CITY  RAILROAD  STOCKS  AND  BO.V  D.S. 

INSURANCE  AND  BANK  STOCKS. 
GAS-LIGHT  STOCK.S  AND  BONDv 

STRICTLY  FIRST-CLASS  SKCDBITIB3. 
PAYING  10  TO  15  PER  CENT. 

INTEREST  ALWAYS  PROMPTLY  PAID. 
For  sale  at  desirable  prices  by 

Albert  H.  Nicolay  &  Co.« 

NO.  43  PINE  ST.,  NBW-YORK. 

X.  B INVESTMENT  SBOURITIES  OUR  8PBCIALTT 

20  YEARS. 

THE  BANK  OF  MONTREAL 

18  PRERAR'.<D  TO  ISSUE 

CIRCULAR  NOTES 

AND 

LETTERS  OF  CREDIT 

TO  TRAVELERS, 
available  in  aU  parts  ot  the  world. 

CHARLES  F.  8MITHBR8,  )  .„„„,, 
WALTER  WATSO.V,  J  Agents    _ 

NOS.  59  AND  61  WALL  ST. 

3 
10 

MUNICIPAL  BONDS,  DUE  1906.    A  LIMITED 
AMOUNT  FOR  SALE  BY 

KUHN^LOEB  &  CO.,  NO.  SI  NASSAU  ST. 


THE  AMERICAN  MINING 
AND  STOCK  EXCHANGE, 

will  remove  to  their  new  Board  Room, 

No.  CO.  BROADWAY.  AND  NO.  23  NEW  8TBEET. 

on  or  about  tbe  1st  of  March. 

GEORGE  TUTHILL,  President 
H.  J.  HcBBARD.  Secretary, 


J.  H.  HAAR.      J,  HENGSTLKit.      B.  M.  RAVEN, 
Member  Gold  Bxcliango  .Member  Stock  BxchangOb 


HAAR  &  CO., 


BANKERS  AND  BROKERS, 
No.  43  WALL  ST. 

DEALERS  IN  SPECIE  ANO  UNIl'EO  ST.\TBS  SB- 
CDRITIE.S.  BUY  AND  SELL  STOCK.:J,  B0.1D3,  ANo 
GOLD  FOR  CASa  OR  O.V  MARGIN.  SPECIAL  AT- 
TUNIION  PAID  TO  OliDERS  FOR  INVESTMiiNTA 

ORDERS  EXECUTED  AT  THK  PUILADRLPUIA  AND 
BOSTON   STOCK  EXCHANGED. 


D.  M.  Sbavan,  Auctioneer. 

STOCKS   AT   AUCTION.-TRUSTEE'S    8ALE.- 
On   SATURDAY,  Feb.  27,   at   12:30  o'clook,    at   Ex- 
chnuge  Sales-room,  No.  Ill  Broadway. 

5()8h9,  Fuiiou  Bank.  115  shs.  Broadway  Ins.  Co. 

194  shs.  United  States  Ins.  |20  shs.  Merchants'  Ins.  ('0. 
Co.  1 10  shs.  Commercial  Ins.  Co. 

14  abs.  City  Ins.  Co.  1 30  shs.  Columbia  Ins.  Co. 

10 shs.  Parkins.  Co.  I 

Cata.ogues  at  No.  14  Pine  st 


fliOK    AAA    TO      LOAN      IN     SU.MS      OF 

f3pOO,UUl/$10,000,  or  !rlB,00O,  or  $6,000  on 
Citvproperiy  at  7 per ceti^.  interesr.  Apply  to  JOIIJV 
D.  WRIGHT,  No.  Ill  Broadway,  City  Insurance 
Compiin.v. 


AC.  BURNHAW,  NO.  33  PINE  ST..  NEW-YORK. 
•— Investment  eecuritiea  paying  eight  to  ten  per 

cent,  for  sale.     Weatera  naortgiis>'s  a  specialty  tor  bIx- 
teen  years.     Kefereuoes    ia     New- York,     Bo6tou.    Uart- 

ford,  and  Philaaeiphia.    Send  for  lists. 


T.  ROBINSON  WARREN  ds  CO. 

WM.  O.  HOFFMAN,  Auctioneer, 

No.  108  Broadwa.y,  comer  of  Pine  st 

STOCKS,  BONOS,  AND  BiiAL  ESTA  £. 


BROWN    BROTH  BR-S  &-  CO- 

NO.  69  Wall  .si'., 

INKUB  COMMKRcIAL  and  TRAVBLKBS   CREDITS 

AVAILABLE  in  a'lP.iHT.-*  ol   the  VVORLU 


TO  LOAN  or*  KilND  AND  MORTGAGE— ON 
City  and  Brooklyn  improved   property,      Address 
Box  No.  6,434  Post  Office. 


^AVIKGS^BA^^S^ 

EW>YORK  SAVINGS  BANK.,  COaNBR 
_  .  8th-av.  Mid  14th-st.— Intatest  oummencing  trom 
tbaflrstof  eaohmoathi  Msets,  4lS.&8d,76l  49;  aiir- 
pins.  $481,007  8&  B.  H.  WihU  Sffiiv^ 

_  01  w.jiwunwMLjun.gaentMr' 


Nl 


^j^gSEMENTS. 

AGAoIchV  DC  MUSIC 


ABBOTT  TO-DAI. 


QBAND  ITALIAN  OPEBA  MATIBSB 

TO-DAY    AT  2  O'CtiOCK. 
DSCIOSD  S0UCBS8  OF  Miss  EMMA 


In  Donlsetti's  obarmlng  opera 
\     LA  FIGLIA  DEL  BEGGIMENTO.      } 

with   Mme.  Dk  gebelk.   briqnoli,    febbanti, 

MABRTZBK. 
GRAND  CHORUS  ANU  ORCHB.<ITBA. 
Seats  now  for  salii  nt  Academy,  at  Sobirmer'a,   Ves. 
701  and*  111  Broadway,  and  at  Sohaberth's,  No.  33 
Cnjbn  square. 


BROOKLYN  ACADE.^I  Y  OF  MUSIC— ABBOTT 
ABBOTT  GRAND  CONCERT  T 

onMONDAY  EVENING.  Feb.  26,  at  8. 
Seats  at  Academ.y  and  No.  Ill  Broadway,  New-Tork. 


IVEVI^-YORK.  CONSERVATORY  OF  IHCttlC. 

6  BAST  I4TH-8T.,  2  doors  East  6th-ay.  (Incorporated.) 
ThU  BENDW>IED  MUSIC  SCHOOL  open  Day  fcBvening. 


bDdth's  tubatre.       great  Local  plat. 

"FIFTH  AVENUE." 
(JEQSGE    &IGNOLD  as  tbe  Hera 

Pictnfes  the  SINKING  OF  AN  OCEAN  8TBAKBB.   '\ 

ACT  U. 
Flctoxes  SCBNBS  IN  WALL  STREET. 

ACT  III. 
Pictures  the  LAUNOHI.NG  OF  THE  MONITOR. 

ACT  IV. 
Pictures  Fifth  avenue  by  night,  and  tbe  tfUBDBB  OF 
MB.  80HUYLBR.  the  banker.    A  thrilling  scene. 

ACT  V. 
Pictures  tbe  return  of  tbe  gallant  SEVENTH  BBQI- 
MENT  and  their  conflict  with  tbe 

RIO'I'ERS    OP    1863. 
»,*  MATINEE  ou  SATURDAY  at  1:30. 


BAGLE  THEATRE.    MATINEE  TO-DAY  AT  1:80. 

LA  JOLIB  PERFDMEDSE. 

Mile.  DUPOBC,  (ttrst  time  here.)  as  ROSE  MICHON. 

AdmiBsion,  50  cents;  reserved  seat*,  50  cents  extra. 


BAQLB  THEATRE.  AIMEEIN  TUB  NEW  OPERA, 

MONDAY,  FEB.  23,  and  until  further  notice. 

First  production  of  Offenbach's  new  opera, 

LA  BOUCjANGERB  A  DES  ECUS, 

recognized  as  Offenbach's  greatest   snccess,  expressly 

written  for  Mile.  AlMEB  and  performed  by  her  lior  lUO 

consecutive  nights- 

LA  BOULANGERR  A  DE«  ECUS 
will  be  produced  with  entirely  new  costumes,  Ate.,  and 
a  most  complete  cast,  including 
Mile.  AIMEE (lu  her  original  rftle)  cf. MARGOT. 


DALE'S  FIFTH  AVENUB  THEATRE. 

Proprietor  and  Maniger Mr.  AUGUSTIN  DALT 

A  LAUGH  FOR    EVERYBODY. 

LEMONS. 

EVERYNlGHT  AND  MATINEE    TO-DAY. 
One  dollar  tor  balcony  reserved  at  matinees. 


UEIiLER'S  WDNDER   THEATRE. 
EVERY  EVENING  AT  S. 

The  Third  Programme. 

Everything  new  and 

more  wonderlul  than  ever. 

BOBBRT  HELLER.  MISS  HBLLBS. 

Matinees  Wednesday  and  Saturday  at  2. 

Children  half  price  to  Matinees. 

PUNCH  AND    JUDi   TO-UaY. 


GIL-HORE'S    GARDEN. 

OPEN  EVERT  EVENING  IN  THB  WEEK. 
TDBSQ'^T,    THURSDAY.    SATURDAY. 

THIS  (SATDBDAY)  EVENING,  FEB.  24, 

iAn  Immense  eutertalnment. 

TBOTTINQ.  EUNNlNG,  ANU   ATdLETIC  SPORTS. 

60  OSNTS.  ADMISSION,  60  CENTS. 


NEVV  BROADWAY  THEATRE. 

BRO.ADWAY  AND  30TH-ST. 

OUR     BOYS. 

iiATINKE  THIS  DAY  AT  2  O'CLOCK. 

Admission -.SO  cents 

Orchestra One  dollar 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MINSTRELS. 

Great  SUCCESS  of  the  new  piece,     lOPERA-HOUSE, 

ODR  HASH  HODSK.  i\ .,  Broadway 

And  the  hash  can  be  inspected  by  :t  I    '..        and  i 

THE  GENERAL  PUBLIC.  j         29th   st 

Matinee  SATURDAY  at  2.  |  Seats  Secured. 


EXTRA. 


ACADEMY  OF  MUSIC. 

WaGNER  OPERA  FESTIVAL 

Fully  ana  glowingly  described  in  to-morrow's 

NOAH'S  bUND.iY  TIMES. 


HE    CELEBRATED    CEpJ^ENNlAL  "BUT. 

TER  HEAD."  DREAMING  lOLANTHE,  and  other 
studies,  on  exhibition  at  No.  858  Broadway,  near  14th 
St.    Admission,  25  cents. 

^ FmE^ARTS; 

ART  NOTICE. 

Free  exhibition  day  and  evening 
AT  MINER'S  ART  GALLERIES,  NO.  845  BROAOWAT. 
The  ptivatecoliection  of  a  well-known  art  connolsaeur 
of  this  City,  embracing  choice  and  valuable  works  ot 
leading  artists  of  America  and  Europe. 
Also, 
THE  FAULKNER  QALLSBT 
ot 
WATER-COLORS. 
Forming  one  of  th>  finest  assemblages  of  Art  Works  in 
this  branch  ever  offered  at  public  competition  in  this 
CJit.v. 

To  be  sold  at  auction,  MONDAY.  TFESDAT,.V  and 
WEDNBSDAX  evemngs,  Feb.  26,  27,  and  38. 

HENRY  D.  MINER,  Auetloneei. 


AJTCTION^SALES^ 

By  John  H.  Draper  &  Co.,  Auctioneers. 

THE    DELAWARE,    LACKAWANNA   AND 
Western  Kailroaa  Company  will  sell 

lOO,<IOO  TONS  8CKANTON  COAL,     ' 

at  public  auction,  ou    WEDNESDAY,  Fei).   28,  at  12 
o'clock  noon,  at  No.  26  Exchange  place. 

SAMUEL  SLOAN,  President 


LEGALNOTICES^ 

SUPREME  COURT,  CITY  AND  COUNTY  OP 
f^New- York.— MATILDA  MYERS  against  ELIZABETH 
3.  HALL,  and  T.-10MA8  J.  HALL,  her  husband,  (sued 
i,y  that  name,  bis  real  b:ime  beiug  unknown,)  Charles 
Seeiialu,  Peter  Seebald,  WUham  Preuss,  Charles  A. 
Meyer,  Thomas  Brder,  William  W.  Webb,  Frank 
Schmitt.  Heury  Hatilem,  Adam  New,  Frank  Goldman, 
bimou  WeiiCr.  George  Allapach.  Loo  is  Berge,  The  sixth 
National  Bankof  tue  City  of  New-York,  The  Williams- 
burgh  City  Fire  Insurance  Company.  WlliiumMcShane, 
John  Mcshane,  '.ieury  UcShano,  Thomas  Browne.  E. 
Stanley  Had,  August  Blumqvist,  Domiuick  Durand. 
Isaac  C.  T.vson,  Jacob  Caro,  laaiah  Stoutenbnrc,  Henry 
Siefflns,  Juires  Davies.  John  Davies,  N.  Hill  Fowier, 
"The  Pirst  Naional  Bank  ot  Brooklyn,    Siimuel   M.  Pet- 

tengill,  and  I  eauder  stone.-  To  tho  defendants  aboTo 
named :  Tuu  are  hereby  summoned  aud  required  10 

answer  the  complaint  in  this  action,  which  will  be 
duly  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  City  and 
County  of  New-York,  at  tho  Count.y  Court-house,  in 
tho  City  of  New-Vork,  and  to  serve  a  copy  of  your 
an>:wer  to  the  said  complaint  on  the  subscrioer,  at  bis 
ofiace.  Number  261  Broadway.  New-York  City,  within 
twenty  days  after  the  service  of  this  summons  on 
yon,  exclusive  of  tne  dny  of  such  service;  aud  if  you 
lail  to  answer  the  stid  complaint  within  the  time 
aforesaid,  the  plaintiff  iu  tbU  action  will  apply  to  the 
court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the  complaint— Dated 
i,.  y.,  February  1,  1877. 

Joseph  C.  LEVI,  PlalntifPs  Attorney, 
261  Broadway.  (Room  26.)  New- York. 
'   The  complaint  in  tbe  above  entitled  ac  ion  was  duly 
filed  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the    City  and  County 
of  New-Vork,  at  the  County  Court-house,   in  the  City 
ot  New- York,  ou  the  third  day  of  February,  1377. 

JOSEPH  C.  LEVI,  Plaintiff's  Attorney. 
fl7-lawGwS* 


KIHCHER,  EUGSNIE   K.,    KT  ALS. 

NEW-VORK  SUPREME  COURT— COUNTY 
of  New-Yotk.-CABOLINE  B.  B1K»,  plaintiff, 
against  EUGENIE  K.  KlBCHERand  Charles  Kircbet. 
her  husband,  August  Loeber  and  Mary  Loeber. 
his  'nil'ti.  (whose  Chilatlau  name  is  unknown  to 
plaintiff  and  who  is  therefore  sued  as  Mary  Loeber, ) 
George  H.  Fletcher,  Frederick  .schnefor,  and  -Maxi- 
milisn  Sohafer.  defendante. — Summons  for  leliai. — 
(lorn,  not  Ser.) — To  tho  defendanis  above  named  and 
each  of  them :  You  are  hereby  summoned  and  required 
to  answer  the  oomplaint  In  this  action,  wbich  will  be 
filed  iu  the  office  01  the  Clerk  of  tbe  (Jity  aud  County 
of  .Vew-York,  at  tho  Court-hoase  in  New-York  City, 
and  to  serve  a  copy  of  your  answer  to  the  said  com- 
plaint on  the  subscriber  at  his  ofllce.  No.  30  Park 
place,  in  the  said  City  of  New-York,  within  twenty 
days  after  the  service  of  this  summons  on  .you,  exclu- 
Blve  of  the  day  of  such  service  ;  aud  if  vou  ta.\\  to  an- 
swer tbe  Slid  complaint  within  the  time  aforesaid,  the 
plaintiff  in  tills  action  will  apply  to  the  court  lor  tbe 
relief  demanded   m  tbe  complaint.— Dated  New- York, 


January  27.  1877. 


T.  ASTLEY  ATKINS, 


Plaintiff's  Attoi;:ney, 
No.  80  Park  place,  Jiew-York  City. 


The  compaiot  In  this  action  was  filed  in  the  office  of 
♦lie  Clerk  of  tho  City  and  County  of  New-iorfc  at  iha 
Court-bouse  in  said  City  on  the  16th  dav  of  February, 
1877.  T.  ASTL15Y  ATKINS, 

"   fl7-law6wS*  Plaintiff's  Attorney. 


"IVrKW-YORK  SUPREME  COURT— CITY  AND 
\\  County  of  New-Yori,.— JOHN  a.  POST,  plaintiff, 
against  ROBERT  C.  HUlCUIi^GS  aud  .MARY  I.  HUTCU- 
INGS,  hiB  wife,  de.endania. — Summons. — For  relief^ 
(Com.  not  served.) — To  the  defendants  above  naiu»d 
and  each  of  tbem  :  Vou  arc  Dereb.y  summoned  and 
required  to  avs wer  the  complaint  iu  this  actiou,  which 
will  be  filed  in  ihe  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  t'ltv  and 
County  of  New-iork,  at  tbe  Court-house,  in  the  cit.v 
of  ^ew■lork,  andtoservea  copy  01  your  answer  10 
the  said  complaint  oii.xhe  subscribers,  ut  their  ofiloe. 
Number  62  Wall  street,  in  said  City,  within  twenty 
days  after  the  servioe  of  this  summous  ou  you,  wxclu- 

sive  ol  the  day  ot  such  service ;  anu  If  you  I'iiil  to  answer 
the  said  complsi»l  wlihiu  the  time  afurejiaid,  the 

plaintiff  in  this  action  will  apuly  to  thr-  court  for  the 
reUcf  demanded  lu   the   complaint. — Ualed  Se^r-YoTH., 

February  3,  1877. 

EVARTS,  80UTH.MATD  &  CHOATE. 
Plaintiff's  Attorneys. 
The  somplaint  in  tbe  above-entitled  actlun  was  duly 
filed  in  tue  office  of  the  Clerk  ot  tho  city  aud  Couuty 
of  New-York,  in  the  i'oiirt-hoase,  in  aaia  City,  on  the 
fifth  day  of  February,  187'/. 

EVABTb.  SOUTHMAYD  &  CHOATE, 
fl7-law6wB  Plaintiff's  Attomeya. 


PROPOSALS^ 

rilOPOsALS  FOR  RIP  RAP  GRANITB. 

Enginebs  Ofticb,  United  States  Akmt,  > 
Nkwpobt,  R.  I..  Feb.  22,  1877.  J 
Sealed  proposals  will  be  received  at  this  office  until 
lOo'oiockA.  M.,  on  the  Svsd  day  ot  March,  18'77,  tor 
Bin  Rap  Granite  for  Breakwater  at  Block  Island.  B.  I. 
upeclfioatioua  in  ragard  to  the  work  and  blank  nurms 
fbr  propoaals  and  goaxanty,  upon  whieb  all  Uds  most 
^  "aad^.  irBl  M  sent  oa  appuoation  to  this  offlpe.        i 


9W 


AOTTSEMENTS. 

WALLACE'S. 

Proprietor  and  Manager. ...Mr.  LB8T8B  WALXiAGI 

,^  eRHUIKB  SUCCESS  OF  LBQimCATI  OORKD^ 

THE  PBODnCTIOJr 

of 

WILD  OATS 

AV  ABTISTIO  THUrXPH 

rOB  BVBBtBODY  OONOBBdSD 

IN  rraiBBPBESBNTATIOX 

Tbip  Qnat  CemedT  will  be  presented 

BV^BY  EVENING  THUS  WEBf 
also 
SATUBDAT  MATINBB. 

with  its 

EXCEPTIONAL  OAST, 

Inolndliig 

Mr.  LESTKB  WALLACK .M.     .a~.^^Mfrmm 

Mr.  JOHN  GrLBERf.  Mr.  HABET  9*CKSn,  Mt.  & 
AESOIT.  Mr.  C.  A.  STEVENSON.  Mr.  J.  W.  SHAVVOIT. 
Mr.  E.  M.  HOLLABD,  Mr.  J.  W.  LBOBABO,  Mr.  a  B. 
EDWIN,  Miss  POSE  WOOD,  Miss  EFFIE  GEBMOB,  si4 
Mrs.  JOBN  8BFT0N. 

The  next  of  the 
SBRIE8  OF  COMEDY  BEPBESBNTATIOirS  - 
irill  be  Goldsmith's  famous  standard  wocl^ 

SHE  STOOPS  1  O  CONQUEB. 
which  will  be  presented  on 

MONDAY  KVEVING.  Feb.  28, 
With  tbe  same  completeness  that  has  diaraoteriMd  an 
former  productions  at  this  theatre.    The  oaat  %iU 
Include 
Mr.  LESTER  WALLACK aa...CHABLBS  MABLOWB 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  PAINTERS  IN 

Mu  Colors. 

TENTH  ANNUAL  EXHIBITION 

WILL  SOON  CLOSE. 

NATIONAL  ACADE-U Y  OF  DESIGN. 
Corner  of  4tb  av.  and  iS3d  at.  - 

Open  dally  (Sundays  excepted)  from  9  A.  H  notU  I 

P.  U.,  and  from  7  until  10. 


STEINWAV  HALL.  ESSIPOFF  MATUIB» 

THIS  SATURDAY,  Feb.  24.  at  2  P.  M. 

ESSIPOPF 

GRAND  GALA  B$^POFF  MATINBB. 

GRAND  GALA -ESSIPOFF  MATINRB. 

GRAND  (JALA  ESSIPOFF  MATINBB. 

On  wbich  occasion  Mme.  Essipoff  will  plar 

SAINT  SAENS'  grand  CONCERTO  No.  'i,  (2Plase«.) 

LISZT'S  Recitative  and  Romance,  "  O  da  meln  boldar 

abendstem."    (Tannhanser. ) 
CHOPIN'S  SCHERZO.    (G  sharp  minor.)  ' 

SCHUMANN'S   Warum.       WEBEB    Momento    Oaporl 
cioso,  &c 
Admission,  ONE    DOLLAB.      Becnrea   aeata,  91  60, 
at  Stein  way's,  Schubi^rth's,  and  Na  111  Broadway. 


PARK  THEATRE.  OUR  BOARDING  flOUSB. 

Broadway  and  22d  st 
BB5BT  A.  ABBBY Leasee  and  ManaoeB' 

FOURTH  WEEK 

Ot  Leonard  Grover's  brilliant  comedy. 

ODR  BOARDING  HOUSB, 

OOB  BOARDING  H0U8K 

OUR  BOARDING  HOUSE. 

OUR  BOARDING  HOUSE. 

BVBNINO  AT  8.    SATOBDAT  MATINBB  AT  % 

Reserved  seats,  60  cents,  $1,  and  $1  50.    Admlsilo^ 

00  cents  and  $1.    Free  list  absolutely  suspended. 

LADIE6'  RECEPTION  THIS  AFTEBNOON. 

L.^ DIES'  RECEPTION  THIS  AFTERNOON. 

LADIEb'  RECEPTION  THIB  AFTFBSOOB. 


CHICKERING  HA  LL.      Sth-av.,  comer  IStlMt 

John  B.  Gough, 

MONDAY  EVENING,   FEB.  26. 

Subject— "NOW  AND  THEN." 

(ALTEBBD  and    specially  adapted  to  CENTBHNXAS 

TIMES.) 

Admission.  60c.;  reserved  seats  without  extra  Oharg«b 

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^R.  TEDEN  AS  A  WITNESS. 

THE  S  UIT  OF  BOODYAGA  INST  OGDEN. 

aiS  EXAMINATION  CONCKBNING  HIS  KEXA- 
T10N8  WITH  BOODY  IN  RAILROAD  MAT- 
TKR8 — HIS  RKPilBS  TO  MANT  QUES- 
TIONS VERY  UNSATISFACTORY— ilS 
DEMEANOR  ON  THE  WITNESS-STAND— HE 
CONSIDERS  THE  8BTTLBMENT  WITH 
BOODY  FINAI- 

Samael  J.  Tilden  appeared  aa  a  witness  in 
fee  Superior  Court,  Soecial  Term,  yesierday,  in  the 
trial  of  tlie  suit  of  Henry  H.  Boody  aeainat  Wil- 
liam B.  Ogden  and  othera.  He  did  not  seem  at  all 
at  hi3  ease  m  the  position  he  occupied,  and  his  tes- 
timony was  of  a  rattier  unsatisfactory  character. 
It  is  a  favorite  expression  among  lawyers,  accord- 
Jne  to  Biokens.  that  there  are  two  kinds  of  bad  wit- 
nesaes.  One  of  these  w  tne  anwillins  witness,  and 
the  other  the  too  willing  witness.  Mr.  Tilden  in 
his  examaoatioD  yesterday  appeared  in  both 
characters.  He  was  not  well  posted  about  matters 
concernihg  which  information  was  sought,  and  wta 
a  little  too  eager  to  give  information  wblcb  none  of 
the  counsel  nor  the  court  desired  to  hear.  Another 
point  about  the  witness  was  his  suspiciousness.  He 
seemed  to  think  that  the  testimony  he  mieht  give 
atterauoe  to  would  bo  used  >n  the  income  tax  or 
railroad  litigatioDB  against  him.  -  On  one  occasion 
he  even  went  so  far  .  aa  to  say  he  did  not 
see  the  '  raleyancy  of  certain  questions  pio- 
pounded  to  him,  unless  they  were  pnt  for  the 
purpose  of  using  his  answers  iu  salts  against  him. 
Bis  manner  of  testitjing,  too,  was  somewhat  dis- 
agreeable. He  snufflad  all  through  his  testimony, 
■poke  his  words  Indistinctly,  and  could  be  heard  at 
a  distance  of  a  few  feet  only  with  great  difficulty. 
He  had  a  peculiar  habit,  too,  of  tubbing  up 
his  hair  with  the  palms  of  his  bands 
and  of  slapping  "^  hi*  hands  upon  one  knee 
or  the  other  or  nnon  the  Judge's  desft.  In 
creneral,  when  not  checked,  he  was  very  earroloun, 
^and  -wandered  off  into  irrelevant  discussions,  ap- 
parently with  the  hope  of-  "setting  himself 
Btraislit"  before  the  comnianity  in  regard  to  the 
transactions  in  suit,  liability  for  which  he  escaped 
by  his  saccuBstal  plea  of  the  statute  of  limitation. 
He  even  tried  to  edge  in  some  apology  or  reason  for 
pleading  the  stacute,  which  beimost  have  kaoirn 
was  not  proper  testimony.  He  kept  ap- 
pealing ^  to  the  court  from  time  to 
time  to  escape  answering  questions  pnt 
to  bim,  and  on  one  occasion  at  least  was  rather 
di  respectful  to  Judge  Sedgwick,  who  bore  pa- 
tiently with  tne  witnest*'  garrulity,  dialncllnation 
to  give  proper  answers,  and  ill  temner.  Mr,  Til- 
len  bad  been  called  as  a  witness  on  behalf  of  the 
defendants,  and  so  he  was  first  qaestionea  by  W. 
W.  Niles,  their  coansek:  In  answer  to  in- 
terrogatories, the  witness  denied  that  he 
had  ever  made  any  agreement  with  Mr. 
Boody,  or  that  he  e^er  acthorized  or  snecested  to 
Boody  to  sell  the  Chicago  and  North- western  steck 
in  advance ;  the  witness  also  denied  having  had 
anything  to  do  with  Boody  in  the  final  settlemeat 
of  Aacubt,  1S64,  whereby  the  witness  came  out 
$26,000  ahead  ;  be  denied  there  ever  was  a  pretense 
tiiat  the  settlement  in  question  was  not  a  finai  set- 
tlement ;  be  said  he  had  never  seen  Mr.  Boody  an 
the  subject.  The  witness  was  then  asked  if  there 
was  any  Intimation  to  him  that  the  sottlemeot  was 
merely  temporary  ?  Mr.  Tilden,  bef  jre  answer- 
ins,  desired  the  constmction  of  the  conrt  as  to  how 
far  he  should  testify.  He  said  he  knew  nothing  of 
the  case  and  bad  only  read  a  small  portion  of  the 
testimony  in  the  newspaoors.  After  being  duly  in- 
itrnoted  by  the  court,  the  witno»8  went  on  to  say 
ihat  Mr.  James  Young  had  called  on  him  with  a 
little  memorandum  on  a  small  bit  ot  paper  and  tad 
said  he  wanted  to  settle  the  transaction,  which  was 
for  the  sale  of  the  2,000  shares  of  the  Chicago  and 
Galena  Union  stock.  Tbe  witness  said  be  had  sent 
bis  check  for  500  shares  at  90;  the  check  was  proba- 
bly drawn  to  Boody's  orler  ;  the  price  was  about 
tbe  TOirfcet  price  ot  the  stock  at  tbe  time,  nut  it  tell 
Btterward  nearly  one  half.  [The  .^00  shares,  it  may 
be  msntioneo,  valued  at  845.000.  were  given  to  Til- 
den as  his  share  ot  the  supposed  profit.-i,  Tilden 
giving  back  a  check  for  $19,000,  thus  leavina  to  his 
credit  tbe  526.000.  most  of  which,  the  olaintiff 
claims,  was  an  overdraft.] 

The  cvoss-examluation  was  conducted  by  Mr. 
Dexter  A.  Hawkins,  and  was  in  great  measure  de- 
voted to  showing  the  intimate  relations  which  ex- 
isted betwPKn  Mr.  Boody  and  Mr.  Tilden  between 
1859  and  1864.  and  to  bringing  into  notice  the  nnmer- 
nus  railroad  "  c^jnsoUdations"  in  which  the  ex-re- 
former was  engaged  ;  thus  the  witnass  said  be  was 
consulted  as  counsel  in  the  reorganization  of  the 
Cbicaco  and  Nortn-westem  Railroad  Company  in 
1859;  he  was  employed  as  connsel  in  the 
creation  of  the  new  corporation,  bnt  was 
not  its  staudinir  counsel";  he  acted  for  the  bond- 
holders of  the  old  road  ;  he  acted  only  in  certain 
special  cases ;  he  was  also  counsel  for  the  Trusf  ees 
cfthe  fir«t  anu  second  morteaee  bonds  of  the  Cbi- 
ra  o.  St.  Paul  and  JFonrt  da  Lac  Railroad  Company, 
and  conducted  the  proceedings  under  which  the 
road  was  sold,  lie  was  not  paid  by  tbe  new  corpor- 
ati'in. 

Hera  the  witness  suddenly  becam*  very 
talkative,  and  -went  on  in  his  snuffling 
way  to  describe  a  great  many  luatiers 
having  no  possible  pertinency  to  the  case.  His 
souDsel,  Mr.  Niles.  also  began  to  talk,  and  there 
was  soon  a  lively  "  spat  "  between  him,  the  wit- 
ness, and  Mr.  Hawkins.  Then  the  witness  began 
to  exDlain  his  position,  bnt  Mr.  Hawkins  interrupt- 
ed him  by  sayine,  "  The  difficulty  is  not  with  you, 
Mr.  Tilden,  but  with  yotxr  counsel."  '•  He's  not  rav 
connsel,"  said  Mr.  Tilden,  emiihaiically.  "  Well," 
retorted  Mr.  Hawkins,  "be  has  acted  as  your 
counsel  in  this  case."  Mr.  Tilden  suddenly 
recollected  himself  and  became  silent  for  a  while 
After  this,  the  witness.  In  response  to  further  ques- 
tions, said  he  had  been  Trustee  under  the  flr»t 
ia^rigage  of  the  Chicago  and  North-western  Rail- 
road Company ;  he  did  not  recollect,  bnt  thought  it 
very  Ukely  that  his  ofSce  was  at  No.  12  Wall  street 
at  the  time  of  the  creation  of  the  Consolidated 
Cbicaco  and  North-westeth  Kailroad  Company  ; 
the  offices,  verv  likely,  were  on  tbe  same  floor — rbe 
second  floor— of  the  bnildlng;  Mr.  Boody's  office 
Was  at  the  same  number. 

i  ''Was  not  Mr.  Boody  a  Director  of  tbe  ralA-oad 
eompany  at  the  time  ?"  queried  Mr.  Hawkins.  A. — 
There  are  better  means  of  finding  that  out ;  I  don't 
>fecollect.     • 

Q  — Was  ho  not  a  Director  when  his  office  was  at 
the  number  ?     A. — Very  likely. 

The  old  corporation,  the  witness  went  on  to  say, 
was  dissolved  in  1859,  and  the  new  corporation  was 
formed  the  samd  year ;  he  did  not  remember 
whether  he  did  much  boainess  for  tbe  new  corpora- 
tion ;  he  did  not  d»  much  business  for  it.  Mr.  Nlies, 
Who  had  been  on  his  ff etfor  8om«  time,  objecting  to 
ihe  line  of  examination,  and  who  had  worried  the 
counsel  for  the  ptaintifl^was  here  reproved  by  the 
court  in  a  mild  buV-^m  manner,  and  sac  down. 
Mr.  Tilden  began  to  waixjer  off  the  lino  of  his  ex- 
»mioation,  and  indulged  in  argument,  and  he  too 
had  to  be  checked  by  the  court.  The  witness  then 
-went  on  to  say  b*-  had  probably  been  consulted  by 
iir.  Ogden,  »nd~in  subsequent  years  by  tbe  Execu- 
tive Committee  of  tne  Chicago  and  North- 
western Company,  of  which  Ogden  was  a  member. 
"Witness  seemed  to  be  rather  anxious  to  show  his 
payments,  and  said  hs  would  bring  tbe  books  and 
Bbow  what  be  got  paid.  Mr.  Hawkins  said  he  did 
not  care  about  going  into  private  matters.  During 
1359,  the  witness  resaming,  said  he  was  largely  em- 
ployed bv  Osden  personally.  The  road  was 
Bold  in  itay  or  June,  1859.  When  questioned 
as  to  his  services  as  counsel,  tne  witness  said, 
"My  opinion  is  tiiat  after  the  new  corpora- 
atioa  was  organized  It  had  very  little  occasion  for 
counsel  for  a  considerable  period."  Ogden,  hs  said, 
would  come  and  talk  to  him  at  different  times  with- 
out regard  to  the  relation  of  cotinsel  and  client.  The 
witness  was  one  of  the  purcbasing  comnuttee  of  tne 
JFond  du  Lao  Road,  bnt  did  not  recollect  meeting 
Boody  m  regard  lo  the  exchange  of  bonds  In  the  re- 
cro'aniz.ition.  Witness  had  the  impression  thatBoody 
■was  a  Director  of  the  road,  ile  met  the  latter  be- 
f  jie  and  after  Boody  became  a  Director  ot  the  Chi- 
cago and  North-western.  The  witness  recollected 
Bomethlng  of  the  purchase  of  the  Milwaukee  snd 
Horicon  Kailtoad.  It  was  not  consolidated  with  tne 
Ciicago  and  North- western.  The  witne8•^  was 
aiked  whether  he  had  bought  some  bonds  oi^  the 
rn.<ui  from  Boody.  Mr.  Tilden  said  he  iiubmi;tfd  to 
the  court  this  nad  nothing  to  do  with  the  sub- 
ject. Judge  Sedgwick,  however,  overruled  the  ob- 
jection ot  the  witness.  The  latter  thou  said  he 
Lever  was  in  a  pool  iu  regard  to  that  stock  nor  in 
regard  to  any  other.  He  recollected  nothing  about 
the  road,  except  that  be  had  had  some  bonds  and 
bad  sold  them.  He  did  not  recollect  meeting  Boody 
in  regard  to  the  Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad  Com- 
pany. He  did  not  recollect  thst  Boody  was  inter- 
ested in  it.  Ogden  bad  a  tew  bonds  of  the  company, 
but  took  no  part  iu  the  transaction.  The  witness 
was  one  of  the  Purchasing  Committee  in  its  consoli- 
Uaiion.  In  the  reorganization  of  the  Pittsburg,  Fort 
Wayne  and  Chicago  Railroad  the  witness  was  Trus- 
tee for  tne  bondholders  and  was  a  member  ot  the 
Purchasing  Committe*.  'Witneas  did  not  know 
whether  Boody  was  interested  and  did  not  recol- 
lect meeting  him  in  it.  The  witness  said  he 
-was  quite  sure  Boody  took  no  public  part 
In  the  reorganization,  and  ho  thou  went 
on  at  great  length  to  explain  how  the  exchange  of 
the  bonus  of  the  old  corporation  for  the  reorganized 
one  was  not  done  through  him  personally.  Witness 
Ithen  oaid  be  was  a  Director  for  a  short  time  in  the 
Chicago  and  Alton  anu  In  the  Pittsburg  and  Fort 
Wayne  Roads,  In  the  foreclosure  and  sale  of  the 
TeiT-e  Haute  and.  Alton  Railroad,  tbe  witness  was 
counsel  for  the  Trjistees,  and  was  a  member  ot  the 
Purchasing  Committee, 

This  seemed  to  be  a  ticklish  point  with  the  wit- 
less who  remoiistrated  in  regard  to  the  questions 
pat  to  him.  He  told  th»  conrt  be  saw  no  object  in 
them  except  to  affect  other  litigations.  He  was 
told  ha  had  nothing  to  fear  on  that  score.  The 
Witness  then  said  that  Booiv  took  a  prominent  part 
In  the  Chicago  and  North-western  consolidation. 
~  The  witness  was  not  ktrell  posted  on  his  relations 
/With  Boody  in  1669^  and  did  not  reeollect,  while 
id  in  tbe  Ghioaco  and  Alton  matter,  of  going 


shares  of  preferred  and  1,000  of  the  common  stock 
of  the  Chicago  and  Alton  placed  in  his 
name.  The  witness  was  rather  nettled  by  being 
asked  whether  he  dirt  not  have  an  "operation" 
in  the  Rockford  and  Kenosha  Railroad  Company  in 
the  latter  part  of  1863.  In  response  to  the  question 
he  said  at  first  the  word  "  operatiim '.'  was  ratner 
equivocal,  and  he  de.slred  to  state  that  ho  was  -'not 
foadofpoola.  I  never  knew  one."  he  remarked, 
''in  which  someone  was  not  cheated,  and  as  I  don't 
propose  to  cheat,  myself,  I  prefer  not  to  be 
one  of  the  cheated."  He  said  he  had 
purchasd  some  of  the  company's  bonds,  but 
could  not  tell  the  date  ot  the  purchase.  The  wit- 
ness then  turned  to  the  court,  and  said  that  all 
these  que.stions  had  no  direct  nnnnection  -with  the 
subject — an  opinion  m  which  Jadge  Sedgwick  did 
not  ooiucide.  02deD,  coatinued  tne  witness,  had 
thonght  it  expedient  to  acquire  the  Kenosha  road, 
and  to  combine  it  with  the  North-western  ;  Ogden 
had  interested  himself  to  get  purchasers 
for  the  bonds ;  tne  witness  was  not 
a  partner  to  the  transacbon ;  the  foreclosure 
of  the  road  was  earned  throagh  after  tbe  purchase 
ot  the  bonds.  Tbe  witness  thonght  he  bad  attend- 
ed the  sale  of  the  road  at  Rockford,  bnt  did 
not  remember  the  nature  of  the  transaction. 
After  the  sale,  the  road  was  united  with 
tbe  Chicago  and  North-western.  Tbe  witness 
undoubtedly  did  something  about  the  foreclosure, 
but  did  not  remember  whether  us  counsel  he  ar- 
ranged the  plan  at  consolidation ;  ho  conld  find 
ontwbaC8ervices.be  bad  rendered  by  looking  at 
hia  books  and  seeing  v^hDther  he  was  paid  for  tuciu. 
The  vritness  understood  Osideu  was  the  manager; 
witness  was  a  very  basy  man  at  this  ti?ne;  he  was 
Trustee  of  the  56,000,000  cousoliUated  mortgage  is- 
sued by  the  Chicago  and  North-western  Company 
in  1865,  but  did  nor  know  how  many  were  sold 
through  ;Boody  ;  witneas,  took  50  bonds,  though 
he  did  not  want  them  ;  he  hat*,  no  reason  to  suppose 
that  Boody  was  the  agent  for  the  sale  of  any  of  tbe 
bonds;  there  was  another  class  of  bonds  known  as 
Eq-uument  bonds,  for  the  sale  ot  which 
Boody        may         have        been  the  agent. 

There  was  only  a  small  quantity  of 
them,  amounting  only  to  several  hundreds  of  thou- 
sands of  dollars.  The  witness'  recollection  was 
then  called  in  succession  to  his  connection  with 
the  construction  of  the  Phntnsular  Railroad  of 
Michigan,  and  to  tbe  Iron  Cliffj  Mine.  The  wit- 
ness did  not  recollect  borrowing  in  March, 
1864,  $80,000  from  Boody  without  security  and 
repaying  tbe  money  five  weeks  later  with  on  t 
any  interest  being  asked  or  paid  for  it.i  use.  Tbe 
operation  at  Brady's  Bend,  heretofore  chronicled  in 
The  Timbs,  was  then  eTplained  according  to  the 
witness  view,  and  >tben  the  witness  was  ex- 
amined again  in  regard  to  his  oonnoc- 
tiou  with  the  Chicago  and  Galena 
Union  operation.  The  witness  said  that 
Ogden's  purpose  in  giving  him  2  000  of  tbe  bonds 
was  to  limit  hi'»  own  risk.  Tbe  witness  recollected 
the  panic  of  18G4  taking  place  while  the  oper^ition 
In  Gileua  CTnion  was  going  on.  Mr.  Tilden 
tried  hard  to  show  that  Secretary  Chase 
"  made  the  panic,"  but  to  bis  apparent 
disgust  this  attempt  at  elabnraiiog  on  an 
irrelevant  matter  was  ruled  out.  The  witness  then 
said  he  had  never  aavauced  a  dollor  for  toe  2,000 
shares,  but  had  an  agreement  to  assume  his  loss  on 
the  shares.  The  witness  said  he  had  drawn  the 
cunsohdation  agreement,  bnt  he  did  not  recollect 
whether  payment  for  the  work  oamo  from 
Boody.  The  witness  went  on :  "  Negotia- 
tions simmered  to  a  close  when  I  was 
not  present,  and  the  result  wa#  comraniiieated  to 
me;  I  don't  remember  the  particulars:  tbis  was  not 
one-tenth  of  my  business.  The  witness  was  here 
shut  off  by  the  remark  from  the  court  that  they  did 
not  care  to  know  nis  private  bnsiuess. 

Later  on  in  the  oxaaiinstion  the  witness,  when 
questioned  aa  to  tbe  liability  be  uad  assumed,  said; 
"i'or  me  to  share  the  losses  of  a  pool  is  not  only 
utterly  untrue.  But  utterly  and  absolutely  foreign 
TO  my  entire  coaracter  and  babits  ;  not  only  to  mv 
habits  of  mind  and  modes  of  thinking,  but  utterly 
impossible  and  totally  untrue."    The  witness  then 

went  on  at  a  great  rate  to  give  what  every  one  sup- 
posed to  bo  testimony,  but  which  he  wound  un  bv 
remarking,  "  What  I  hiivo  stated  was  the  ueces- 
sitry  effect  of  tbe  relation  between  Mr.  Oaden  and 
m.vselt.     I  am   somothiag  ot  a  lawyer  myself — " 

Mr.  Niles  objected,  and  the  witness  was  told  to 
stop,  Judge  Sedgwick  roraarkiug  that  the  witness 
should  confine  himaelt  strictly  to  answering  the 
questions  put.     All  that  was  desired  were  the  tacts. 

Mr.  Tilden  said  he  mast  tully  answer. 

Jndge  Stdgwick  said:  You  have  made  them, 
several  times  repeated. 

Mr.  Tilden,  (sn.iopishly) — Tt  seems  to  be  neces- 
sary in  this  court,"  where  such  questions  are  al- 
lowed. 

Judge  Sedgwick  reonked  the  witness,  and  sug- 
gested to  him  that  he  himself  knew  that  remarks 
which  were  not  answers  to  questions  were  im- 
proper. 

Tbe  witness  was  obliged  to  submit,  and  went  on 
to  say  that  Ogden  bad  no  control  of  the'2,000  shares 
referred  to,  and  to  veuture^n  the  opinion  that  he 
[witnes.s]  iu  receiving  tbe  J26,003  received  about 
ipl.000  less  than  he  should  bavo  duue. 

Mr.  Tilden  left  tbe  witness  stand  about  3  P.  M., 
apparently  to  tbe  great  relief  of  the  court  and 
counsel  on  both  .•^ides. 


SALE  OF  OIL-PAlNTiyGS. 


THE  PRIVATE  \  COLLECTION  OF  MR.  HENRY 
N.  SMITH  AT  AUCTION— FAIR  PRICES 
REALIZED. 

The  collection  of  oil-paintings  of  Mr.  Henry  N. 
Smith  was  sold  at  auction  last  evening  by  Mr.  Rob- 
ert Somerville  at  Association  Hall.  The  attendance 
at  tbe  sale  was  largo,  and  some  of  the  paintings 
brought  much  higher  prices  than  was  expected. 
Following  is  a  list  of  the  paintings  sold,  with  the 
names  nf  the  artists  and  prices  realized : 

ABTIST.  PAINTIXO.  PRIC3. 

L.  Roljbe Goats  in  .-itabJo $c>UO 

J.  GouDiL I  Christmas  Tinio ];^5 

J.  Coomaus Lydia 130 

Frof.  J.  a.  Mpjer 

Tdu  Btemeu...Dpparture SCO 

J.  G.  Brown Whv  don't  he  come  ! i;40 

J.J.N.Uamschroe- 

der Tne  Jumping  Jack ,350 

Prof.  Thuman...In  tlie  Vieid "JUO 

E.     Verboeckho- 

ven Sheep  and  Poultry 775 

P.  h.  Jleyerneim  llaby  Awake 7ou 

Prof.  C.'finbuer.The  Inteiceoted  Letter 48J 

L  de  Leoa  y  ts- 

cusnra The  Portrait 350 

J.  O.  Brown The  Belle 220 

p?  Sf.  Lenoir Tne  balutation. 230 

E.  Flchel The  Correspondence 240 

E.  Bracassar The  Comaat. 1H> 

B.  Verlicjokhov- 

eu Cattle  in  Pasture 570 

B.      B.     Zimiuer- 

mann The  Wine  Tasters, 9i(» 

E.  Fornari The  Proposal 210 

E.  Lombiuet Near    Boiwival OHy 

lime.  A.  Duval. -A  Visit  to  Griiidraa ,380 

A.  O' Kelly The  Hard   njiruain 2a0 

£.  Uammann Artcmoou,  Venice lyj 

E.  A  Schmidt... The  bpurtsraan 5l0 

F.  Comte-ialix-.Tha  Bird's  J<est 8511 

F.  Comte-Callx.. The  Stilts ^''O 

J.  F.  HernuK .Maie  and  Colt 3'iU 

B.C.  Koekkoek. Landscape  ueAr  the  Rbiae 1,40(1 

B.C.  Koekkoek.  Landscape  near  Clenes I,tj90 

Prof    K.    tlllde- 

brandt Bnrmah  Paeoda.  near  Rangoon.      4'20 

F.  Bafllaen Lmte  V-'allcn-itadt,  SwIiZ.Tland.    2,5iJO 


_    BoutiDonne. ..TOl- .^kateri 

E.  Boutibonne. ..A  uifacult  Shot 

F.  Ziero Venice ..- 

T.  K.  Dnverger-.The  Trnant  Bo.y 

G.  Innocenti Muaicu,!  Hiit>TDainment 

C.  Baugniet Tbe  fiecklac.- 

H.  II.  Moore Moorish  P.tstime 

A.  Steiuhuil Atteudinn  the  Ser^^ce 

A.  Moreaa 1  ii  thi-  (^OQutrj . 

J.  G.  Vlbert I'ho  Bouquet 

L.  Bossl Going  to  r'romcnade 

E.  Sinkel .Mmlonnaand  t  liild 

A.  Leerel Tho  Seri-n;«ie 

A.  L(<erel Th-.;  Chest 

J.  hplridon .Skelchiuc 

A,    Uisbert The  Music   Lessou 

A.  Serrure. Gallicnng  Spring  Flowers 

E.  Cnstan The  Cnickeus 

II.  Merle  I'oetical  Inspiration 

E.     Verboeckho- 

Ten Scotch  Illghlana  Hheep 

A.    iilerstadt..    .Yoseralte  Valley 

A.  Toulmottche.In  tbn  Library 

fiosa  BonhBUr....st.  Uubertus,  (crayon) 

J.  Bretou Brittany  VVoniuu  with  BlstalT. . 

A.  Hebert The  Biitiauds 

J.  B.  C.  Corot... A  Landscape 6v!5 

K.Biazdelu  l't-na..A  Land8i;ai)e 725 

N.Diaz  lie  la  Pena.Venu8  and    Cupid 3,0^5 

T.  Kousseao. French  Village l,aoo 

J.  L.  Uer6n)e fne  Guitar  Player l,iiUO 

ProtE.lttenbacb.Tlie  Uoiy  F;imHy 800 

J.  Carovei The  Listener 4i,'0 

O.  F.  Daublgny... A  Landscape 6ii0 

G.Brion Autumn hOO 

J.  Kooie Flowers  and  Objects  of  Art 3,150 

B.  Saintin The  Flowora 500 

V.   Sagve The  .Squirie! 520 

J.  L»wlor Artemisia  (statuei 3u5 

Five  Albums   of  Fhutugranlis   trum  celebrated 

paintings  prepared  by  Guupil  i.  Co.,  each 225 

Total $53^'745 


J, 3  10 

1.750 

blO 

540 

1,1)00 

1,500 

300 

390 

BoO 

l.OOJ 

390 
.sao 

411) 
.SOD 
470 
lioi.i 
4St) 
•2:)0 
3,600 

2,750 
»D0 
1.950 
l.OliS 
1,950 
750 


WASHlNQiON'S  D1NN3R. 
A  corrospundent  of   the  Bodton    Transcript 
relates  the  following  :   "Tweniy  to  twenty-flvo  years 
ago  It  was  our  pleasure  to  visit  at  times,  an  old  home- 
stead In   Rhode  Island,    where   lived  in  the  house- 
bold  an  old  lady,  since  passed  away  at  the  ripe  age 
of  nearly  100  years.     She  took  great    pleasure   in 
relating  events  in  the  early  hiitory  ot  this  country. 
Eer  father  kept  for    many  years  a  country  tavern 
iu        Rhode       Island.       At       one      time     word 
came      to    them      that     Gen.      Washington    and 
his    officers    would    arrive  there    on    a  given  day 
and  dine  with  tbem.    They  began  immeoiately  to 
make  preparations  to  receive  their  distinguished 
visitors,  and  all  were  deterolined  that  the  dinner 
sbonld  be  the  very  best  which   could  be  provided. 
Game  and  delicacies  in  great  variety  were  obtained 
without   regard    to    trouble  or  expense.     The  day 
arrived,  and    VVasbmgton  and   bis  ofQcers  reacbed 
the  tayern  at  tbe  expected  time.     At  the  appointed 
hour  for  dinner  the  distinguished  guests  were   in- 
vited Into   tbe  dining-room,  where   their    eyes  tell 
npoo   tables   loaded  down  and   presenting,    as  tbe 
family  all  confidently  felt,  a  most  appetizing  ap- 
pearance.   Washington  and  his  officers  were  seated, 
members     of     the     family     M'ete    in     attendance 
to      wait      upon      theui       in      tbe      most       polite 
and  attentive  manner.    But  great  was  tueir  disap- 
pointment when  VV«sbington  turned  bis  head  and 
spoke    to    her   mother,    and     askjed    the     question, 
'  Have  you  plenty  of  milk  iu  tho  hotise  > '     Upon 
receiving  an  affirmative  answer,he  tbe  said,  '  If  you 
can,  I  wish  yuu  would  gire  uie  a  bowl   of  hasty- 
pudaiug  and  milk.'    The   basty-pnddiag  and   milk 
were  furnished,  and  of  these  he   made  bis  entire 
dinner.    Alter  dinner  was  over,  one  of   tbe  family 
in  their  uisappoiucment  said  to  Washington,  '  Your 
work  is  so  bard,   we   should    suppose  yon    would 
need  something  more  hearty  than  hasty-pudding 
and  milk  for  your  dinner.'     Immediately  placing 
bis  hand  upon  Ms  bead  bo  tepllsd,  '  Here  u  m.v 


LOCAL  MISCELLANY. 


CONFESSION  OF  A  MWRDEREB. 

FRAJJK  M'CONNOCniR  ADMITS"  THAT  HB 
KILLED  MAGGIE  BAUER  AND  PLEADS 
MDRDER  IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE — HE 
IS  SENTENCED  TO  PRISON  AT  BARD 
LABOR  FOR  LIFE. 

The  trial  of  Frank  MoConuoohie  for  the 
murder  of  Magsie  Bauer  came  to  am  unexpected 
termination  yesterday  morning  by  tbe  solemn  con- 
fession of  the  prisoner,  to  a  responsible  person, 
whose  name  is  withheld,  that  he  oommttted  the 
murder.  Immediately  after  the  opening  of  the 
court  Jndge  Busteed  stated  tbat,  upon  tbe  most 
careful  and  searobing  investigation,  followed  by 
tbe  most  anxious  reasoning  of  which  be 
was  capable,  he  had  arrived  at  the  conclu- 
sion tbat  it  was  his  duty  to  follow  an  entirely  dif- 
fereut  course  in  bis  conduct  of  the  case.  Tbe 
crime  which  had  beou  cummit'ei  on  Aug.  14  had 
shocked  the  entire  community,  and  tUo  rociiul  of 
the  circumstances  enveloping  tbe  terrible  deed  ar- 
rested reanon  in  the  exercise  of  its  powers.  The 
case  rested  upon  purely  circumstantial  evidence, 
and  tho  legal  annals  wore  filled  with  instances  of 
oonviotions  which  had  been  obtained  purely  through 
circumstantial  evidonoe,  in  which  individuals  had 
been  convicted  ot  crimes  of  tbe  most  shocking  char- 
acter and  had  expiated  their  crime,  but  had  snbso- 
qnently  been  proved  innocent  throngb  theconfession 
of  tbe  culprit.  The  counsel  bad  started  with  tho 
attempt  to  exclude  the  proof  of  tbe  alleged  oonfes- 
sions.  One  witness  had  testified  that  McConnochie 
had  8tat«d  that  be  bad  not  intended  to  kill  tne 
child,  and  it  the  court  .icceoted  , tbat  statement  as 
evidence  there  conld  be  no  convibtioii,  excepting  In 
tbe  second  degree.  On  bebalf  of  McConntNshie,  there- 
fore, he  proDo<ied  to  withdraw  his  plea  of  "  not  guil- 
ly,"  and  substitute  for  it  a  plea  of  "guilty  of  mur- 
der In  tbe  second  degree." 

Distnct  Attorney  Downingsatdthatif.it  coull 
have  been  proved  tbat  tbe  prisoner  at  tbe  bar  had 
committed  the  murder  while  iu  the  full  possoaslon. 
of  his  faculties  and  powers,  it  would  undoubtedly 
have  been  a  clear  case  of  murder  in  tbe  first  degree, 
but  be  could  not  see  tbat  any  good  would  result 
from  tbe  couviction  of  tbe  prisoner  of  murder  in 
the  first  degree,  wbile  the  community  wa.sin  doubt 
as  to  his  sanity.  From  tho  testimony  of  the  learned 
physicians,  wiio  had  examined  him,  it  was  evidcDt 
that  tho  mind  of  tbe  prisoner  wa>  weak,  and  he 
therefore  concurred  iu  the  plea  of  the  prisoner  of 
murder  in  tbe  second  degree. 

Judge  Prait  said  tbat  the  act  of  the  counsel  fully 
met  with  tbe  approval  of  tho  court,  as  being  not 
only  a  just  but  a  wise  disposilion  of  tbe  case,  and  It 
demonstrated  tbe  wisdom  of  tbe  law.  The  unlor- 
tuoale  prisoner  at  ttiu  bar  had  been  zealously  and 
ably  defended  by  connsel  without  reward  or  hope  of 
reward,  and  haii  been  prosecuted  with  a  zeal  highly 
proper  on  the  part  of  toe  guardlau  of  tbo  people. 
From  tbe  testim'.'ny  which  had  been  adduced,  he 
tnougbt  th.'it  there  onisbt  woll  be  a  doubt  in  tOe 
minds  of  some  of  the  jury  as  to  whether  the  prisoner 
was  capable  ot  committing  |one  ot  the  ofi'onses 
at  laast  with  which  he  had  been  charged, 
and  wbile  bo  was  satisfied  tbat  tbo 
course  of  tne  officers  of  tuo  law  iu  Oringiug  tho  man 
t9  trial  bad  been  conducted  with  proper  zeal,  yet 
means  had  been  adopted  in  some  instances  which 
thejaw  could  not  tolerate,  and  a  largo  portion  of 
tho  tostioiouy  conld  iiot,  tberefi»re.  go  before  the 
Jury.  Under  these  circuuisiances,  the  court  conoid- 
ered  it  highly  proper  lo  accept  the  plea  of  tjuilty  of 

murder  in  tbe  secood  degree. 

Judge  Armalroug  next  pronounced  sentence  on 
the  prisoner,  which  was  that  ho  be  imprisoned  for 
lite  in  the  I'eniteiittary  tx  Sing  Sing,  at  hard  labor. 

The  prisoner  regarded  the  proceedings  up  to  tins 
point  with  a  vacant  stiXe,  bnt  after  sentence  hud 
been  pronounced,  tlio  solemn  faces  worn  by  those 
bi'obod  him,  and  tbe  aiidiblt^  sobbing  of  Mrs.  Bauer, 
aroused  him  to  a  sense  of  the  gravity  ot  his  posi- 
tion, and  he  burst  into  a  yioleut  fit  of  weeping. 
The  confes-^ion  made  by  tbe  prisoner  was  as  foiluwa: 

"I  grsb'oed  Maggie  Baner  ds  she  whs  passing  tho 
corii-lield;  I  then  pusbud  and  draiig<  d  lier  to  the  mid- 
dle of  the  Uelil,  aud  lo  keep  hoc  .rr»m  screutnins,  I 
clasped  my  hauiU  around  lier  throat ;  when  1  got  tier 
to  ihe  spot  wuere  she  wss  fouii.i  I  tied  her  belt  around 

borthro.il;  1  did  tois  to  keep  her  quiet,  and  did  lut 
menu  lo  Ui.l  her;  when  1  fuuiul  wui.t  1  had  douo  I  be- 
came ftiubteued,  aud  ran  uway,  leaving  her  iu  a  dying 
condition." 

Iu  rotponso  to  tbo  usual  questions  propounded  by 
the  Clerk,  the  prisoner  said  no  was  2i5  years  old; 
was  Ixirn  in  Brooklyn  ;  had  no  trade  i  was  unmar- 
ried, aud  could  not  load  or  write. 

DESCRIBING  IHE  I II  OWN  INFAMY. 

BOYD  «t  CO.  ON  TIIIAL  ON  A  CUAUGK  OP 
DEFRAUDING  THE  GOVKRX.MENT— TE3- 
TI.MONY  OF  JACOB  P.EHM  AND  WILLIAM 
e.   GOLSKN. 

The  case  of  the  Govemmen!/  against  F.  O. 
Bovd  &.  Co.  was  resumed  yesterday  before  Juige 
Blaichiord  in  the  United  States  District  Court. 
Jacob  Rehm,  the  ox-Treasurer  of  the  Chicago 
Whisky  Ring,  was  the  first  witness.  He  give  his 
testimony  in  a  tree,  otf-hand  manner,  and  disclosed 
much  of  the  remarkably  crooked  conduct  of  thosa 
gentlemen  who  deal  in  and  manufacture  illicit 
whisky  and  other  spirits.  'Tbo  Chicago 
Ring,  he  said,  consisted  of  all  tbo  Western 
<listillers  and  rectifiers,  many  EiMtern 
dealers,  and  ^pearly  all  tbe  Revenue 
ofBcers  and  Deputy  Collectors.  As  Treasurer  of  the 
Ring,  ha  testified  that  he  used  to  gel  a  pool  of  money 
from  the  association,  (incloding  iluslng,  who  swore 
last  Wednesday  that  bo  knew  uotbiug  ot  the 
crooked  transactions.)  and  paid  this  money  nnt  to 
Revenue  officers  and  Collectors  in  monthly  pay- 
ments of  from  ioOO  to  #1,500.  Mr.  Rehm.  of  course, 
had  a  great  deal  of  induence  wiiii  thu  ttiess  officers 
of  the  Government,  aud  whenever  a  distiller  wanted 
an  obtcctionable  Inspector  or  ganger  removed 
or  transferred  he  (Rohm)  used  to  go 
to  the  Collector  and  procure  tho  desired 
change.  The  first  of  tne  Collectors  who  woro  such 
pliant  tools  ol  the  Ring  was  Ii-wb^  who  died  in  tho 
Fill  of  1S74.  and  then  Wadswortb,  who  held  tbe  po- 
sition down  to  tbd  time  of  the  grand  bro.*k  up  iu 
May  of  last^ear. 

VYilliam  S.  Golsen  was  the  sscond  and  last  wit- 
ness called  for  tbe  Goverumunt  during  the  day. 
TbU  man  was  a  dealer  and  rectifier  of  spirits  in 
L;Qicago.  He  was  indicted  with  Boyd  Sc  Co.  for  con- 
spiracy to  detraud  the  Government,  but,  having 
expressed  a  willingness  to  turn  State's  evidence, 
and  make  a  clean  oteost  of  all  he  knew,  the  District 
Att<jruey  entered  a  nolle  prosequi  in  bis 
case  yesterday  morning,  aud  at  once  put 
bim  on  the  siand.  During  his  examina- 
tion a  number  of  knotty  poinis  of  law  were 
raised  by  connsel,  so  that  a  great  deal  of  the 
time  'Was  spent  In  arguing,  and  but  lit- 
tle was  elicited  from  tho  witness,  who 
will  be  hoard  again  next  Monday.  At  one  time 
Gen.  Bumeti,  of  connsel  lor  tne  defendants,  address- 
ed tne  conrt  some  10  ui  15  minates  on  an  objuction 
raised,  aud  when  be  bad  dune  Judge  Blatcbford 
quietly  remarked  "  that  hu  had  listened  to  suioa 
very  entertaining  general  remarks,  but  was 
at  a  loss  to  see  tbat  any  point  had  been 
raised  for  hlra  to  decide."  This  put  the  laugh  on 
tUe  General,  wto  evidently  failed  to  appreciate  the 
matter  aa  heartily  as  did  those  about  him.  Gol- 
sen's  testimony  was  to  the  effect  tbat  be 
had  shipped  a  large  quantity  of  spirits  to 
Boyd  &  Co..  some  ot  which  wns  ''straight,"  but 
more  "crooked."  The  packages  of  tho  former 
was  marked '•  B,"  while  the  latter  article  bore  tbo 
letter  "C."  For  disposing  of  the  "  crooked"  article 
the  witness  had  paid  Bovd  &  Co.  an  extra  commis- 
sion of  lis  a  barrel.     When  tbe  spirits  were  received 

at  tbo  warebomo  of  Mr.  Golsen  he  used  to  empty  It 
nil — crooked  and  straight — into  a  large  cistern,  so 
tbat  when  tbe  stuff  was  sold  it  was  mixed  up  and  of 
course  all  wentoff  as  straight  and  was  shipped  under 
his  own  marks  as  the  msDufactarer.  Some  of  the  bar- 
rels sent  to  Boyd  &Co.  were  marked  ••  P.  C."  and 
tbe  question  as  to  tno  meaning  of  these  letters  having 
been  asked.  Judge  Blatcniun  remarked  tbat  It  was 
doubtless  ''particularly  crooked"  or  possibly 
"  puro  cologne."  Mr.  Golsen  nnblusbingly  ac- 
knowledged that  he  used  to  take  tbe  stamps  ofi 
the  packages  received  ut  bis  warehouse  from  dig. 
tillories  and  reCarn  them  to  tbe  distillers  for  use 
again,  some  of  them  being  used  as  many  as  five 
times,  although  as  a  rule  tnev  were  used  but 
twice. 
The  case  will  be  resumed  next  Monday  morning. 


-'•a.fiSAjuwuk^ 


THE  PEAKS  ALL  WILL  CASE.  " 
The  contest  over  the  will  of  tho  late  Walter 
Pearsall,  who  was  a  Fulton  Market  flih-de&ler,  and 
who  died  about  two  years  ago,  was  concluded  yes- 
terday before  Surrogate  Calvin,  On  tbe  death  of 
the  testator  ha  left  half  of  hia  property  (tbe  estate 
was  valued  at  |I0O, 000)  to  bis   wiie,  with  whomlie 

bad  lived  verv  unhappily  for  several  years.  On  tbe 
will  being  offered  for  priibate,  Miss  £liza  Jane 
Pearsall,  an  alleged  daughter  by  a  former.mar- 
riage,  presented  another  "last  will  and  testa- 
ment," which  provided  tbat  all  the  property 
of  the  deceased,  both  real  and  pergonal, 
sbould  be  left  to  ber,  and  that  she  should 
be  tho  sole  Executrix.  This  document  was  drawn 
by  one  William  Sorff,  w  hu  was  subsequently  in- 
dicted for  perjury  in  tbe  case,  and  forleited  his 
bail.  His  tesiimony  was  all  stricken  our,  and  some 
half  d(jzen  adjournments  were  ootalned  byconusel 
for  the  contestant  on  tbe  ground  that  important 
evidence  would  be  introdnced  in  the  place  of  that 
80  thrown  out.  This  was  never  done,  however. 
Yesterday  tbe  counsel  on  both  sides  summed  up 
and  Buomitte.1  tbe  case  to  the  Surrogate,  who  re- 
served bis  decision. 

♦ 

FKISON  MAHAQEMBNT. 
Tbe  Superintendent  of  State  Prisons,  Liouis 
D.  Pillsbury,  stated  yesterday  that  the  appointment 
or  removal  of  all  tbe  subordinates  under  the  Wardea 
of  Sing  Sing  Prison  wonl0  be  subject  to  tbe  discre- 
tion of  the  latter  official,  and  Iu  case  the  Warden 
ueemod  such  changes  necessary  to  the  improvement 
of  the  management  of  the  prison,  he  was  folly  au- 
thorized to  make  them.  Mr.  A.  J.  Btglin,  the 
principal  keeper,  was  reappointed  to  tbat  posltioo. 
Mr.    Bigliu  has  introduced  tbe   "  silent  system,' 


even  atmests  or  otherwise.  Tbe  convicts  az;e  also 
•0  separated  tha(  two  of  them  will  at  no  time  be  to- 
gether>  No  other  changes  were  made  by  Warden 
ClarJEe  yesterday.  After  a  brief  sojourn  at  Sine 
Sing  Prison,  Snperiniondent  Pillsoury  Intends  to 
visit  Auburn  Pnson,  aud  it  is  nimored  tbat  Robeit 
H.  Anderson,  tho  reoently-nlected  State  Prison  In- 
spector, will  be  appointed  Warien  of  tbat  institn* 
tlon.  

TEE    INS UR^NCE  '  COMPLICA  TIONS. 

FURTHER  EXAMINATION    INTO   THE   AFFAIRS 
OF  THE  CONTINENTAL  LIFE — TESTIMONY 
OF    A    FOR,MKR    DIRECTOR    AS    TO  THE 
MISMANAGEMENT     OF     THE      CONCERN — 
MRS.  hone's  RAILROAD  BOND.?. 
The  hearing  in  the  matter  of  the  Continental 
Life  Insurance  Company   before   the  Referee,    Mr. 
William  Allan  Butler,    was  rtsumed  yesterday  at 
No.  20  Nassau-Street,    and  brought  out  some   very 
strong  testimony  as. to  how  the  affairs  of  that    con- 
cern were  managed,  or  rather  mismanaged,    by  its 
former  officers. 

Tbe  first  witness  called  was  Mr.  James  B.  Col- 
gale,  formerly  a  member  o(  the  Board  of  Directors. 
He  was  examined  at  length  by  Mr.  Raphael  J, 
Moses,  of  counsel,  regarding  the  annuities  that  were 
paid  to  some  of  the  officers,  and  testified  that  be 
-beard  of  •  proposition  to  pay  them  5  per  cent,  in  ad- 
Uition  to  their  salarie.s,  but  bo  stronglydisapproved 
of  such  a  course  ;  witness  had  never  understand- 
ingly  voted  for  such  a  proposition  ;  be  bad  resigned 
his  position  as  a  Director  fur  several  reasons, 
among  them  the  annnlty  plan.  Cannsel  called  tho 
witness'  atteuliou  to  a  meeting  ot  tbe  Finance 
Committee  held  in  January,  1872,  at  which  he  intro- 
duced a  resolution  favoring  the  withdrawal  from 
tho\  Loanei's'  Bank  of  the  money  then  on 
deposit  there,  and  witness  s-iid  be  remembered  the 
circumstance;  be  told  tbem  they  had  no  right 
to  keep  tbe  funds  of  tho  company  there,  to  which 
they  replied  that  the  bank  paid  them  3  per  cent.; 
witness  said  he  would  give  them  5  per  cent,  and 
good  collateral  security  ;  after  Mr.  Frost  became 
President  of  tho  company,  witness  wont  to  him  aud 
begged  him  to  have  nothing  to  dqwith  the  Loaners' 
Bank,  as  the  company  would  loseSiy  if.  Mr.  Frost, 
in  reply,  stated  that  the  reason  (5ey  kept  the  money 
there  was  that  tbe  bank  paid  tbem  (5,000  rent  lor 
the  premises  occupied  by  it,  and  some  of  tbe  Direc- 
tors in  tho  Continental  were  also  Directors  in  the 
bank.  Mr.  Colgate  was  then  asked  if  he  romera- 
bei'od  having  sent  a  letter  to  the  Board  of  Directors 
which  was  read  at  their  meeting  en  O^t.  4.  1872,  in 
which  be  tendered  bis  resignation,  ami  requested 
that  bi3  name  be  dropped  from  the  circulars,  &c., 
issued  by  the  company  ;  be  replied  that  he  did,  and 
added  that  it  had  been  his  desire  for  some  time  pre- 
vious to  resign,  because  he  thought  his  advice  aud 
counsel  were  not  needed  ;  he  had  been  a  member  of 
the  Financa  Committee,  and  was  dropped 
from  that;  suDsuqueutly  ho  was  a 
member  of  tbe  Auditing  Committee,  and 
was  dropped  from  that;  again  hj  bad  been  de- 
ceived by  the  President,  whom  ho  had  spoken  to 
concerning  tne  fnnds  of  tho  institution ;  that 
officer    bad    stated     to  liini    tbat    a  large  amount  of 

money  was  depoultod  with  the  Market  B.ink ;  the 
same  day  witness  dijicovered  that  this  money  was 
deposited  in  the  Market  Savings  Bank,  a  baukrupt 
institntioD,  he  culled  on  Mr,  Frost,  and  told  him 
that  be  would  submit  to  that  kind  of  management 
no  longer;  he  afterward  learned  that  the  Empire 
Mutual  Life  Ins'irauce  Company  bad  been  reinsured 
in  the  Continental  without  anv  consultation  with 
tbe  Directors.  "  Putting  all  these  tbiogs  together," 
said  the  wituees,  "  I  thought  It  was  about  time  for 
mo  to  quit."  Tbe  annual  statements  of  the  com 
pany.  Mr.  Coltat*  s.iid,  were  read  to  tbe  DirectorB, 
but  he  never  suspocted  anytbiog  wrong  about  them 
until  on  one  occasion,  shortly  before  the  death  of 
Mr.  Justus  Lawrence,  th.it  gentleman,  while  reacl- 
-ing  one  of  these  •t.iteinents  to  the  bosid,  called  off 
nmong  the  assets  the  Kem  of  "teal  estate,  €700,- 
000."  The  witness  asked  what  real  estate  was 
held  by  tho  company,  and  lllr.  Lawrence  replied 
tbuir  own  building  ;  this,  witness  know,  bad  only 
cost  6500,000,  and  ho  therefore  concluded"  tnat  tho 
statement  was  suspicious;  ho  knew  nothing  about 
tbe  purchase  of   the  caidtal    slock    by  three  of  the 

Directors,  as  testitied  to  by  Mr.  Wyniioop  ;  nor  aid 
he  ever  have  tbo  slightest  su.-ii>t('iou  that  h:s  stock 
was  purcnased  wiiu  money  loaned  by  tiie  company 
for  that  purpose. 

The  next  witne.ss  was  Mr.  Marvin  E.  I'ar- 
rotl,  tho  loriuir  Claim  Agent  ot  the 
Company,  who  siilimitted  a  list  of  the  pending 
claims  against  the  r.'iinpanv.  A  con  tract  made  aud 
signed  on  April  U.  1^7^  between  the  ciimpany  and 
tho  witness,  wa»  then  produced  and  showii  to  him, 
accoiding  ti>  tbo  terms  of  whlo."!,  be  was  to  receivo 
anannii^s.ulary of  {4.5J0,  and  5  pn-  cent,  addi- 
tional  vn  all  the  moiioy  which  he  could  succeed  in 
8a%ing  to  tne  coiupaiiv;  witness  could  not  remem- 
ber Umaiuount  ot  money  he  had  received  nmler 
tbe  5  per  cent,  dauso  in  the  contract, 
but  thonglit  it  amounted  to  about  Si. 300  a  year 
during  ls7-l  anil  187j;  this  money  he  received  fur 
his  own  use,  aud  lib  portion  of  It  was  divided  with 
anybody.  ^^ 

Mr.  E.  P.  Facker,  tbe  Actuajy^^ho  nindo  the 
official  e.xaminatiou  ot  the  HftUips-tTf  tbe  New-Jersey 
?dutual,  was  next  cttlled  to  tiie  stand,  and  tesiified 
that  he  made  a  li.st  of  thi«  bonds  aud  mortgages 
among  the  a.taets  ol  that  institotion  which  were  pro- 
seated  to  him  bv  Jeremiah  II.  Stedwell.  the  Pre..)!. 
acut;  this  list  was  filed  iii  the  otiico  of 
tho  Socretary  of  IStatc.  The  object  ot  this 
inquiry,  Mr.  Moses  staled,  was  to  show  from  tbe 
llrti,  ui  Wliioh  he  bad  procured  a  copy,  that  tbo 
securities  transferred  by  tho  Cootiiieiital  to  the 
New-Jersey  wore  .ixn  i£  tlicm.  llio  Itirthor  hcui- 
iug  was  then  adjourned. 

Apart  from  the  regmar  reference,  tho  matter  of 
the  petition  <f  Mr--'.  Elizabeth  Hone,  which  had  also 
been  referred  toMr.  Butler,  was  then  taken  up.  The 
lestimouy  showed  tnat  the  petitioner  wav 
tbe  holuer  of  five  fl,COu  bonds  of  tho 
St.  LouiH,  Alton  and  Terre  Haute 
Railroad  Company.  These  sliu  placed  in  the  cus- 
tody of  a  man  named  Latorge  for  safe  keeping,  and 
on  applying  to  bim  lor  tbem  was  informed  tbat  two 
of  them  were  iu  tbe  safe  of  a  down-town  oroker. 
She  put  no  faith  in  this  story,  aud  siioseqnent  in- 
quiries ai.  J  he  office  of  the  company  disclosed  the 
lact  that  tbov  were  in  the  possession  of  the  c:on- 
Unental  Lite  Insurance  Compuuv,  and  she  now 
seeks  their  recovery.  It  upp^.irs  that  tbo  bonds 
wenjB  held  bj-  the  Loauer.s'  bank,  where  tbe  Con- 
tinental had  un  depusit  {43.000,  and  at  tbe  time  of 
tho  failure  of  tho  f  ji  nier  those  bonds  were  trana- 
lerrel  to  tho  latter  aj  securiiy  for  a  part  of  tbat 
amoimt. 

Mr.  Henry  D.  Walker,  the  Treasurer  ot  tbo  Na- 
tional Cipilol  Lite  Insurance  Coiupauy,  stated  yes- 
terday lo  a  reporter  of  The  Tuikb,  that  the  state- 
ment published  on  Thursday,  to  the  effect  that 
criminal  proceedings  had  been  instituted  against 
Benjamin  Noyes,  the  I'reaident  of  that  couipacy, 
was  untruo.  It  appears  that  the  per«on  indictod 
was  Daniel  J.  Koyes,  who  acted  as  cuoaael  lor  the 
Now-Jcraey  Mutual  Comnauv. 


\,aa(l  nnir-flo  nniiTlnt  M  r'>'>rftd  t«.  ifiMk  ta  nfnif'^i  '  "nnanfMsry 


A  TOUrHFUL  WASDERER  FROU  INDIANA. 
Yesterday  afternoon  a  policeman  found  a 
lad,  about  13  years  of  age,  who  gave  his  name  as 
Valentine  Greer,  wandering  along  Second-avenue. 
On  being  questioned  he  said  be  came  to  tbo  Citj' 
trom  Indiana  in  search  of  his  mother,  Mra  Charles 
Acker,  residing  at  No.  330  E.i8t  Eigbty-tirst-street. 
Tbe  officer  brought  the  laJ  to  tbe  Central  Ollice, 
where  he  was  oired  for  by  Mrs.  Wobb,  the  Matron. 

He  aaid  that  in  1874,  bis  mother,  at  tbat  time  a 
Widow  and  very  poor,  placed  bim  in  the  Juvenile 
Asylum,  whence  ho  was  eubsoquontly  sent  West, 
amd^ound  a  home  with  Simeon  Dowall,  a  farmer, 
living  at  Hope.stan,  IlL  He  was  kindly  treated,  but 
was  required,  to  work  very  hard  for  a  boy  of  his 
tender  years.  Dowoll  removed  to  Jasper  Connty, 
lad.,  taking  Yaleniina  with  bim.  Dowell  then 
commenced  to  treat  the  boy  so  harshly  tbat  he  de- 
termined to  run  away.  In  September  last  be  made 
his  way  to  Franceaville,  seorotod  hliu-.elf  in  a 
ficlght  car  and  rodo  to  LcfAyette.  He  was  entirely 
pennili'ss.  but  he  farad  weli  on  his  travels  until  he 
reucbcd  Alleghany,  whore,  at  his  own  request,  he 
apeu'..  one  month  in  the  poor-bouse.  Afcer  being 
discharged  he  continued  his  travels,  stealing  ridej 
on  railroad  trains  and  sleeping  in  Police  stations, 
and  stopping  at  Altoona,  Hatrisburg,  and  Philu- 
dclpbL-u  At  Philadelphia  Mayor  Stukley  supplied 
bun  with  a  pass,  aud  be  arrived  iu  this  Ciiy  on 
Thursday  afteruuoD.  The  Polios  aro  in  seaich  of 
his  mother. 

TEE  PROPOSED  CARNIVAL. 

Tho  follo'wing  notice  was  presented  to  the 
Police  Board  yesterday  by  Col.  William  St.  Martin, 
th»"  Fori  Grand  Marshal"  of  the  proposed  carnival : 

Nkw-Yokk,  Feb.  23,  1877. 
To  i^e  Board  of  Polic- : 

Tbe  undersigned  hereby  gives  notice  that  the  indus- 
trial prucesslou  and  carnivil  pageant,  consisting  of 
a'jout  8iio  wagons  and  oo  '  floats."  with  the  object 
and  purpose  of  grund  carnival,  intend,  on  rho  4th  uu.v 
of  April  next,  to  form  a  procession  on  Bro;idway,  at  1 
o'clock  P.  M..  aud  move  through  broudway  to  Four- 
ttenth-street,  Pifth-arenBc.  Porty-seveutu-street  to 
Windsor  Hotel,  and  return  at  7  1'.  M.,  via  i-tfth-aveoue 
to  Fonrteeath-street,  around  Uuiou-square.  Fourta- 
avenue.  Twenty-fourth -.iireet,  Jludisuu-avenue,  and 
Gilmorn't  Garden,  and  -iisujiss.  No  masks  will  oe  worn- 
A  Police  escort  will  be  required. 

WILLIAM  ST.  MARTIN, 
Earl  Grand  Marshal,  Metropolitan  Hotel. 

Tbe  communication  was  considered  at  a  meet- 
ing of  tbe  board,tauu  the  following  resolutiou  .was 
adopted  : 

Bexnlved.  That  the  notice  that- the  Indnsri-ial  proces- 
slou  caruival  pageant  proposed  on  tne  4th  o."  April  ee 
referred  to  tue  f*aperiDtcudcni  to  allow  lUe  prucessiuu 
to  proceed  on  Us  marcn,  occQpving  only  tbe  oue-b»lf 
oi  a^^T^treet  or  avenue  text  to  tne  curbstone  ou  the 
right  of  the  line  of  mavement.  and  to  so  move  and  halt 
as  Kbt  to  obstruct  any  railroad  traoks  or  violate  any 
law  of  the  State  or  ordinance  of  the  City.  TbeSuper- 
intendect  will  make  the  arraagements  and  take 
proper  means 


CITIMD  SUBURBAN  NEWS. 


NEW-YORK. 

Miofaael  Eelber  attempted  to  commit  suioida 
yesterday,  by  cutting  bis  throat  with  a  razor,  while 
temporanly  insane,  and  iuflloted  a  serious  wound. 

Louis  Jaoobson,  aged  15,  of  No.  221  East 
Fifty-seventh-street,  shot  himself  through  the  left 
band,  wbile  playing  a  pistol  at  his  reaidenoe,  yester- 
day. 

Michael  Kerwin  fell  down  a  flight  of  stairs 
at  his  residence.  No.  120  Broome-atreet.  while  intox- 
icated yesterday,  and  wts  fatally  injured.  He  was 
taken  to  Belleyue  Hospital. 

Collector  Arthur,  who  has  boen  very  ill  ■with 
rheumatism,  visited  the  Custom-house  yesterday 
afternoon  for  the  first  tlmo  in  several  weeks.  He  is 
still  very  far  from  complete  recovery. 

Tlie  steamers  of  the  Fall  River  Line  for  Bos- 
ton and  the  East,  will  leave  Pier  No.  28  N'orth  Riv- 
er, foot  of  Murray-street,  ou  and  after  Feb.  26,  at  5 
P.  M.,  instead  of  4:30  P.  M.  as  heretofore. 

Capt.    Brackett's  force  seized    1,100  ciggra 

and  300  pack.Tges  of  cigarettes,  on  the  City  of  New- 
York,  yesterday.  Inspectors  Hogan  and  McCort 
also  seized  21  boies  ot  cigars  ou  tbe  same  vessel. 

The  next  lecture  in  the  Cooper  Union  Free 
Course  lot  the  People  will  be  delivered  this  evening 
in  tho  great  hall,  at  8  o'clock,  by  Prof.  A.  B-  Crosby, 
on  "The  Human  Hand,"  with  stereopticon  views. 

Tlio  parents  of  John  Brown,  a  eeaiuan  on 
board  the  United  States  steamer  Resolute,  who  was 
drowned  oft  Cardifi'in  March,  1876.  have  sent  to  the 
Circuit  Conrt  here,  trom  G-ermauy,  for  the  back  pay 
due  him,  amounting  to  (00. 

.  The  Commissioners  of  the  Sinking  Fund  met 
yesterday  and  approved  tbe  appraised  valuation  of 
City  propery,  the  leases  of  which  are  to  be  sold  at 
auction  in  the  new  Court-house  to-dayby  Controller 
Kelly  lor  a  term  of  two  years  from  the  first  of  May 
next. 

Mr.  Masson,  prompter  at  the  Bowery  Thea- 
tre, denies  being  tbe  husband  of  Mrs.  Mary  Moore 
Masson,  who  was  arrigned  at  the  Washlngton-piace 
Police  Court.  Thursday,  at  the  suit  of  Miss  Essie 
Brown,  an  tustress,  for  forcibly  efl'eotlng  an  entrance 
into  complainant's  room. 

The  brig  Mary  E.  Pennell,  which  arrived  yes- 
terday, brought  the  crew  of  the  schooner  Mary  E. 
Downer,  of  Boston.  Tbe  latter  vessel  collided 
with  tho  brig  Mariposa  on  Feb.  19,  in  latitude  36°, 
longitnde  74°  30',  and  was  so  mnch  damaged  tbat 
she  had  subsequently  to  be  abandoned. 

Theodore  Curtis,  one  of  the  convicts  who  es- 

caoed  on  Thursday  morning  from  tbe  nnmber  of 
prisoners  transferred  on  Wednesday  ovening  from 
Sing  Sing  Prison  to  Auburn,  was  recaptured  yester- 
day afternoon.  Curtis,  who  is  a  notorious  thiol', 
will  be  immodiately  returned  to  Sing  Siug  Prisoa. 

Chriatiiin  Michael  and  JJ.  Kickeal,  workmen 
engaged  in  constructing  an  ice-house  in  liingler's 
brewery,  Ninetv-second-streer,  near  Third-avenue, 
fell  from  a  scaffold  yesterday  afternoon,  receiving 
serious  injuries.  They  were  removed  to  tbe  Ger- 
man llospital,  at  Seventy-eighth-street  and  Fourth- 
avenue. 

The  Local  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  have 
under  consideratiou  a  proposition  to  expunge  from 

their  by-laws  everything  reb'ting  to  the  question  of 
rates.  Tbe  Board  are  in  favor  of  tbe  change,  but  by 
their  rules  the  matter  must  lie  over  a  month,  until 
their  next  meetiug,  when  it  will  probably  be 
adopted. 

Michael  Slianaban,  who  shot  John  Kane,  at 
No.  541  Washiniitun-street;'  on  Thursday  morning, 
was  arraigned  before  Justice  O'terbonrg  yesterday 
an:l  committed  for  esaniiuatiuu  in  default  of  $2,000 
bail.  Tbo  compiaint  against  him  was  made  by 
Kane's  little  d.inghter  who  witnessed  the  shooting. 
(J'Grady  and  Cassidy  wno  were  with  Shsnahon  at 
the  time,  were  fined  $10  each  for  mtoxicaiion. 

The  men  aud  women  who  were  arrested  by 
thoPiilloe  on  Ttiursday  night  during  the  raid  on 
tho  Oriental  and  Boulevard  concert-aaloons,  on 
Broadway,  were  arriaignfed  before  Justice  Otter- 
buurg  yesterday.  EiW^ird  Uarlow,  proorielor  of 
the  Onental,  and  Solomon  Perizei,  of  tbe  Boule- 
vard, rt'ore  held  in  €I,0!W  bail  eacu  for  trial,  and 
tbo  inmates  of  the  establishment  were  fined  $10 
each. 

Major  Ely  has  sent  back  to  the  Common 
Council,  without  bis  signature,  the'  resolation  of 
Alderman  Brvan  Keilly,  requesting  the  Logi.slature 
to  pass  <i  l:»w  authorizing  the  Board  of  Aoportion- 
lutut  to  appropriaio  ;J1,000,000  to  repair  such  streets 
us  aro  now  in  a  diiapioated  condition.  As  the 
Mayor  bad  neither  approved  nor  disapproved  of 
tho  resolution,  it  becomes  oporative  under  tho 
charter,  aud  certified  couies  of  it  will  bo  trans- 
muted to  the  Legislat'are. 

Capt.  .Murray  receivctl  bv  express  yesterdav, 
from  I'oughkcepsie,  a  gold  watch  and  chain  valued 
at  1300.  'I'bev  were  originally  the  property  of  a 
boarding-house  keeper  of  the  name  of  Churchill, 
and  were  sti lien  f ruin  him  by  James  O'Dounell,  iif 
Ko.  88  Clierry-.-.ti'eet,  who  bold  tbem  to  Jack  itob- 
eristor$5'J.  Tbo  latter  was  recently  convicted  as 
one  of  the  Astoria  masked  burglars,  and  previous 
to  bis  arrest  ho  gave  the  watcti  lo  his  brother 
Charlee,  who  resides  at  No.  138  P:ne--«treet,  Pough- 
keepsie.  On  the  Silst  iiist.  Capt.  Murray  and  l3e- 
leojive  Carr  arretted  O'Donoell.  who  was  commit- 
ted for  trial  by  Justice  Dutfy  in  default  of  Jl.OOO 
bail.  A  subtoeaji  was  issued  for  Charles  Koberts 
to  attend  the  e.xnmination,  which  he  failed  to  do, 
nut  sent  tho  property  Instead. 

Two  ollicors  of  tbe  Thirty-first  Precinct  found 
tbe  body  of  an  unknown  man  yesterday  morning 
lying  on  the  sea  wall  near  the  track  of  the  Hudson 
Kirer  Uailroad,  at  One  Hundred  and  Eighth-Street. 
From  tbo  tiruised  cundiiion  of  the  body  It  WRS  evi- 
dent that  the  man  hiirt  been  struck  and  killed  by  a 
piHsing  locomotive.  He  was  about  40  years  of  age, 
5  feet  6  inches  in  height,  had  bald  bead,  rod  side 
whiskers,  and  was  attired  in  a  dark  sack  coat  and 
vest,  dark  striped  pantaloons,  curdigaii  jaeket,  soft 
lelD  Imt,  Avhite  ovorshirt,  and  red  fiinuei  uuder- 
shirt.  Two  pawn  tickets  for  a  coat,  vest,  and  pan- 
taloons pledged  by  ''Wolf,"  some  keys,  and  two 
bottles,  one  c  :ntaining  whisky,  were  found  in  bis 
pockets.  The  body  was  removed  to  the  Ninoiy- 
niutb-street  Hospital. 

A  life-sized  eagle,  superbly  carved  from  wood 
and  heavily  gilded,  has  juit  been  pnt  up  over  the 
main  door  of  tbo  new  Post  Olfice  building,  where  it 
attracts  a  great  deal  of  attention.  This  mulo  bird 
has  un  iuterestiDg  history  attached  to  ir.  It  was 
carved  tiy  order  of  Postmaster  J.  L.  Graham  in  1845, 
and  when  completod  the  Secretary  of  tbe  Treasury 
refused  to  audit  tho  bill  of  $5u0  proseuied  by  the 
artist.  A  long  correspocdeuco  ensued  between 
Mr.  Graham,  the  Pustm.istor  General,  and  tbe  Sec- 
retary of  tho  Treasury.  Finally  the  mstter  came 
beloro  Congress,  snd  a  special  appropriation  was 
made  for  the  payment  of  the  bill.  The  bird  stood 
guard  in  tho  main  room  of  tho  old  Post  OfBco  tor 
years,  aud  now,  with  a  ne%v  plumage  of  gold,  it 
spreads  its  massive  piniuDS  at  a  height  of  i25  feet 
above  the  heads  of  the  employes  in  tbe  new  build- 
ing.   

BROOKLYN. 

The  Aldermanio  Committee  on  Assessments 

will  report  at  the  next  meeting  of  tbe  board  in 
fnvor  of  confirming  the  $45,000  assessment  for  the 
repairing  of  i'onrth-strect. 

Key.  Emory  J.  Haynes,  a  well-known  Meth- 
odist minister,  is  about  to  join  tbe  Baptist  denomina- 
tion. Tbo  reverend  gentleman  will,  it  is  said,  be 
called  to  the  pastorate  of  tbo  Wasbiugton-avenuu 
Baptist  Church. 

Ycstei'day  United  States  Marshal  Harlow  re- 
ceived from  Washington  a  pardon  for  John  Ma- 
honey,  who  ■was  sentenced  to  serve  13  months  in 
the  Penitentary  and  pay  a  tine  ot  tlOO  lor  keeping 
an  illicit  whisky  distillery.  Mahoney  is  dying  of 
consumption. 

John  lloUiday  was  arrested  yesterday  oa  a 

charge  of  manufactaring  illicit  whisky  at  the  cor- 
ner of  Korth  Eleventh  and  Sixth  streets.  Tho  rev- 
enue iifficors  found  machinery  and  material  for  the 
manutacture  of  whisky,  v.iluea  at  {5,000,  on  Hoili- 
day's  premises. 

The  writ  of  habeaS  corpus  obtained  by  Doug- 
lass Walker's  counsel  wasnotjirgued  yesierday,  be- 
cause of  the  absence  of  Judge  Gilbert.  Many 
friends  of  Walker  and  of  Clark,  whom  he  horse 
whipped,  were  iu  the  conrt  to  hear  the  argument 
'The  case  will  come  up  to-day. 

At  a  special  meeting  ot  the  Board  ol  Health" 
yesterday,    h^ld  to   consider  the  subject  of   house 

drainage,  a  number  of  experts  discussed  the  ques" 
tion.  No  delinite  action  was  takeo,  bnt  ibe  counsel 
of  tho  board  will  prepare  a  bill,  which  is  to  be  sent 
to  the  Leaislaiure,  providing  for  a  more  healthful 
system  of  house  draicbge. 

In  the  suit  of  Kiagslev  Keoney  against 
the  city  to  recover  ?n8,000  for  extra  work  done  on 
tbe  Hempstead  Reservoir,  Samuel  McElroy,  a  civil 
ennineer,  testified  tbat  tbe  auditiouai  excavation 
made  by  the  plaintiflfa  was  unnecessary.  At  the 
conclusion  of  yesterday's  session,  the  Referees 
adjourned  the  further  hearing  of  the  case  uutu  the 
8th  of  March. 

Conference  committees  Irom  the  Youngl 
Men's  Cbiistian  Aesociation  and  tho  Sunday-schoo 
Union  are  taking  steps  toward  a  consolidation  of 
both  societies.  The  Young  Men's  Cbrisiian  Asso- 
ciation has  suffered  like  other  societies,  religions 
and  secular,  by  tbe  depression  of  business,  and  tbo 
Sourtav-f-'liool  Union,  which  is  one  ot  the  most 
flouriahinc  Institutions  iq  the  country,  lacks  a  regu- 
lar head-quarters,  which  it  will  ontain  at  tbe  ball  of 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association, in  Gallatin- 
place,  if  the  consolidation  is  efi'ecied. 


s  to  prevent  any  vioiattQaof  law  <^  *or 

Qtwtiacttoa  «f .tha  alacawus  '  < 


NEW-JERSEY. 
In  the  Hudson  County  Court  of  Quarter  Ses 
sions  yesterday,  Mary  Bronnan,  who  hid   bean  con- 
victed of  entering  and  larceny,    was  sentenced  to  '  Kunzier,  ^"ho"w ore  entering  the  place, 


foneral  serTloea  at  tbe  honse.  Thb  remains,  whioh 
were  followed  to  tbe  grava  by  a  large  crowd  of 
mourners,  were  iawrretl  In  Mount  Pleasant  Ceme- 
tery. 

While  a  party  of  Germans  were  shooting 
pigeons  iu  Meeks'  woods,  inQuttenberg,  Thursday, 
a  little  boy  named  Willie  was  aocidentally  shot  in 
tbe  face,  recelTlue  senons  bat  not  oeoesswily  fatal 

injuries. 

Mrs.  Baker,  who  fell  from  the  window  of  her 
residence,  JSo.  S55  Bailroad-avenne,  Jersey  City, 
while  washing  tbe  window  yesterday  morning, 
died  from  ner  injuriea  yesterday^  Coroner  Gannon 
took  charge  of  tbe  remains. 

Henry  J.  Southmayd,  who  has  for  many 
years  been  prominently  identified  with  tbe  railroad 
Interests  of  the  State,  died  from  paralysis  last  even- 
ing at  nis  residence,  on  the  corner  of  Grand  aud 
Warren  streets,  Jersey  City.  Deceased  was  about 
65  years  old. 

James  A.  Kiggs,  residing  at  No.  232  Orange- 
street,  Newark,  has  been  arrested  on  a  charge  of 
bigamy.  It  Is  alleged  that  on  Jan.  14,  1676,  he  was 
married  to  Kate  A.  Gerow,  aged  19,  aud  went  to 
live  with  her  at  Belleville.  At  the  same  time  he 
was  paying  atteniion  to  Elizabeth  A.  Heywood,  re- 
siding at  No.  £4  Jefferson-streets  Newark,  and  he 
was  married  to  Uor  on  tbe  12th  inat.  His  freq^uent 
absence  from  home  while  he  was  visiting  Kato,  he 
explained  to  his  wife  in  Belleville,  by  stating  that 
be  was  in  business  m  Brooklyn,  which  required  bim 
to  be  out  late.  When  arrested  the  prisoner  ad- 
mitted his  guilt  and  was  committed  to  the  County 
Jail  to  awaic  trial. 

The  friends  and  supporters  of  Eev.  Phoebe 

A.  Hanaford,  to  tbe  number  of  about  60,  have  held 
a  meeting  and  decided  to  organizs  a  new  church,  to 
be  known  as  the  Second  Universalist  Church  of 
Jersey  City.  Mrs.  Hanaford,  as  is  well  known,  is 
Pastor  or  tbe  First  Universalist  Church,  anu  has 
been  so  for  uearly  three  years.  Her  term  expires 
on  the  1st  of  April  next,  aud  a  movement  has  been 
set  ou  foot  to  replace  ber.  The  movement  caused  a 
dissension  in  tne  church,  which  resulted  in  the 
above  meeting.  It  is  expected  that  the  new  con- 
gregatior,  with  Mrs.  Hanaford  as  Pastor,  will,  for 
the  present,  occupy  tne  large  hall  at  the  corner  ot 
Communipawaad  Crescent  avenues. 


HOW  JOHN  LEE  WAS  SWINDLED. 
John  Lee  arrived  in  Jersey  City  yesterday, 
having  come  through  from  St.  Louis  on  the  Erie 
Railway.  On  his  arrival  he  reported  to  the  Police 
that  he  had  been  swindled  out  of  |350.  He  said  he 
became  acquainted  with  a  gentleman  on  the  train 
who  represented  himself  as  a  merchant  on  his  way 
to  New- York  to  nay  the  duty  on  some  goods  that  he 
had  imported.  The  merchant  had  a  81,000  United 
Sates  bond  which  he  proposed  to  dispose  of  on  bis 
arrival.  He  could  have  changed  it  Into  money 
before  he  started  ou  his  journey,  bat  he  con.iidered 
the  bond  much  safer.  As  tbe  banks  would  not 
open  for  bu.siness  Oetore  10  o'clock,  and  as  it  was 
absolutely  necessary  that  be  should  have  his  busi- 
ness at  the  Custom-house  transacted  by  9  o'clock, 
perhaps  Mr.  Lee  cuuid  accommodate  him  with  the 
amount  oi  money  he  wanted  and  take  tbe  bond  as 
security.  Mr.  L»e  was  willing  to  accommodate 
him,  hue  had  only  $350  in  cash.  The  merchant 
thought  tbat  wonid  be  enough,  and  to  remove  any 
doubt  tbat  might  exist  iu  Mr.  Lee's  mind  as  to  his 
responsibilit'v'.  be  would  call  tbe  baggage-master  of 
the  train,  who  knew  him.  In  respon.se  to  tho 
call  a  confederate  camu  up  and  blandly  assured 
Mr.  Lee  that  the  merchant  was  precisely  what  he 
represented  himself  to  'be.  Mr.  Lee  handed  over 
the  £J50  and  took  tbe  boud.  At  Paierson  tbe  mer- 
chant excused  himself  for  a  moment  while  he  went 
back  to  the  drawing-room  car  to  see  his  wife.  He 
lailed'-to  return,  and  at  Jersey  City,  when  Mr.  Lse 
lQtervi8w«d  tbe  baggage-master,  he  realized  tbat  he 

had  bseS  swindled,  as  he  found  that  functionary  to 
be  a  very  ditlerent  indi-vidual  from  the  one  he  bad 
seeu  before. 


STOLEN  JEWELRY  RECOVERED. 
On  the  10th  of  Jime  last,  while  Mr.  Eugene 
J.  Cnendet,  a  resident  of  St.  Louis,  was  on  board  an 
ocean  steamer  at  one  of  the  Korth  River  piers 
about  to  sail  for  Europe,  a  eachel  containing  jew- 
elry valued  at  $2,000  was  stolen  from  bis  state-room. 
No  trace  of  the  missing  property  was  ob- 
tained until  yesterday,  wheu  Edward  J. 
Isaacs,  a  son  of  Mr.  Joseph  E.  Isaacs, 
of  No.  160  West  Fourteenth-street,  a  well- 
known  diamond  broker,  called  on  Mr.  George  C. 
Taylor,  a  ieweler  at  No.  5  Bond  street,  and  offered 
for  sale  a  pair  of  cameo  sleeve-bntcons.  set  with 
eight  diamonds  and  valued  at  {403,  which  Mr.  Tay- 
lor, who  was  in  comnany  with  Cuendet  at  the  time 
of  the  robbery,  recognized  as  a  portion  of  tbe  prop- 
erty so  stolen.  Mr.  Taylor  called  in  Officers  Holly 
and  Frazer,  of  the  Broadway  bquad,  and  caused 
tho  .irrest  of  yonug  Isaacs.  On 'being  arraigned 
before  Justice  Oiterbourg,  (he  prljoner  said  the 
jewelry  had  been  intrusted  to  him  ny  his  father  to 
dispose  of.  Mr.  Isaacs,  Sr.,  also  appeared  in  court 
and  stated  tbat  be  had  purchased  tho  sleeve-but- 
tons tiom  Mr.  Allen,  a  woll-knowu  ieweler.  The 
bearing  was  adjonrnuu  until  tbe  afternoon  session 
of  the  court,  wuen  Mr.  Allen  appeared  and  corrob- 
orated Mr.  Isaacs'  testimony.  Tbe  Magistrate  de- 
cided to  discbarge  the  prisoner,  and  tbe  property 
was  ordered  to  be  sent  to, tbe  Property  Clerk  to 
await  tbe  arrival  of  the  owner,  Mr.  Cnsndet,  when 
the  matter  will  again  be  presented  to  Justice  Otter- 
bourg  lot'  his  decision. 


THE  NEVER-DEFEATED  SWINDLER. 
A  swindler  has  been  victimizing  several 
young  men  in  Jersey  City  by  the  old  game  of  ad- 
vertising for  agents  and  clerks,  and  requiring  se- 
curity from  the  applicants.  He  is  a  respectable 
looking  man,  of  middle  age,  and  gave  his  name  as 
Charles  Travis.  He  first  advertised  for  an  agent  to 
go  to  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  establish  an  agency  for 
tbe  sale  of  a  patent  fire-lighter.  With  those  who 
answered  tho  advertisement  he  made  an  arrange- 
ment to  givo  them  $12  a  week,  besides  the  profit 
they  could  make  from  the  sale  of  the  patent  fire- 
lighter, and  required  $33  security  for  the  stock  of 
Ure-ligbters  he  proposed  to  seod  thorn.  One  young 
man  who  deposited  $30  and  went  to  Hartford  bas 
returned,  having  failed  to  receivo  the  promised 
stock  Travis  next  advertised  for  a  book-keeper 
who  would  be  abio  to  give  $75  security.  One 
young  man  who  applied  for  tbe  situation  and  gave 
the  required  security  has  since  informed  the 
Police  tnat  when  be  went  to  tbe  oflSce  next  morn- 
ing, according  to  arrangement,  ho  could  not  find 
Travis,  but  was  informed  that  no  such  person  bad 
an  office  in  the  building.  Tbe  Police  are  looking 
for  Travis,  but  have  very  little  hope  of  finding  him. 

A  SALOON  KEEPER'S  SLANDER  SUIT. 
A  slander  suit  was  tried  before  Judge  Larre- 
more  anu  a  jury,  in  Part  II.  of  the  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas,  yesterday.  Carl  Wernick  being  plaintiff 
and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Obi weiler  defendant.  The  latter, 
it  appears,  is  a  -widow,  and,  as  claimed  by  the  plain- 
tiff; said  concerning  mm.  in  the  pi-eaence  of  witnesses, 
on  August  10,  1876;  "You  scuundrel!  you  have 
murdered  my  husband.  You  hoggish  dog!"  Wer- 
nick claimed  bis  character  had  been  injured  to 
the  extent  of  $3,000.  The  defendant,  iu  re- 
sponse, averred  tbat  her  husband  had,  uptll  short- 
ly befuro  his  deaih,  baen  a  frugal,  temperate 
miD,  but  tbat  ne»r  the  time  of  his  aecease  had  spent 
much  time  m  tbe  saloon  of  the  plaintiff,  who  is  a 
liquor  dealer.  Mi.  Ohlweiler  had  gone  on  a  pro- 
longed spree,  lasting  two  weeKs,  and  spent  nis  time 
and  a  great  deal  of  his  money  in  Wernick's  saloon. 
After  Mf.  Oblweiler's  death  'Womick  called  on  the 
widow  and  presented  a  bill  fur  drinks  which  the 
widow  refused  to  pay.  She  indulged  at  the  time  iu 
tho  alleged  slanderous  words.  The  jury  gave  a 
verdict  for  tho  detendaut.  Lvman  Riudskopf  ap- 
peared for  the  plaintiff,  aud  Gootge  W.  McAdam 
for  the  dofend&nr. 


DID  SHE  COMMIT  SUICIDE  1 
On  Thursday  evening  Delia  U.  Bowers,  tbe 
Wife  of  a  carpenter  occapyipg  apartments  in  the 
tenement-house  No.  151  Ninth-avenue,  fell  from  tbe 
roof  of  that  buildmg  to  tbe  sidewalk,  and  died 
within  an  hour  after.    Some  persons  believe  tbat 

Mrs.  Bowers  accidentally  fell  from  the  roof  while 
banging  clothes  on  a  line,  but  others  assert  that 
she  jumped  off  with  the  intention  of  committing 
suicide  because  a  siUy  female  neighbor  of  hers  had 
sent  her  on  toe  14th  inst.  a  scurrilous  valentine  en- 
titled 'in  Love  with  Every  Preacher."  Alfred 
Rannigan,  the  proprietor  of  a  paint  shop  in 
the  basement  of  tbe  house,  who  found  the 
woman  in  the  area,  is  quite  poiiitive 
that  while  being  removed  to  her  rooms 
she  muttered  some  words  to  the  effect  ths t  a  certain 
woman  living  in  the  next  honae  [the  person  ens- 
vected  of  sending  tbe  valentine]  was  resnonsible 
for  tbe  rash  act  which  slie  |  M.rs.  BowersJ  nad  com- 
mitted. Mrs.  Bowers  was  a  regular  attendant  at 
tbe  Sixteenth-street  Baptist  Churub,  among  tne 
members  ot  which  she  was  recognized  as  a  pure- 
minded.  Christian  woman.  The  (;oronerwill  to-day 
investigate  tbe  circumstancos  of  her  death. 

EATT  RBIDEL'S  FUNERAL. 
The  funeral  of  Katy  Reidel  was  to  have  taken 
place  yesterday,  but  was  postponed  until  to-day.  as 
sufiicieut  money  bad  not  been  subscribed  to  defray 
the  expense  of  burial  In  the  German  Woodland 
Cemetery,  near  Silver  Lake,  Staten  Island.  The 
funeral  will  certainly  take  place  to-day,  as  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Reidel  desire'  to  attend  iti,  aud  they  must  re- 
turn home  this  evening. 


State  Prison  for  two  years. 

The  ttmeral  of  the  late  Alexander  Clark 
took  place  yesterday  afternoon  from  his  residence, 
ou  Washingtqu'^treet,  Newark.    Eev.  C.  E.  Hart, 


jtf.  tbe^^i&UV.J&e&CUed  Chnrah^flondiyt^di  tbajj^analat  thwUM^S J^_yrSXM  ■^.  MlUlmdgJrtaat, 


STABBED  BY  AN  UNKNOWN  MAN. 
During  a  fracas  at  an  early  hour  yesterday 
morning  in  the  Bowery,  near  Hester-street,  Adolpb 
Kunzler,  of  No.  197  Rivington -street,  was  stabbed 
in  the  left  side  by  an  unknown  person  and  seriously 
injured.  It  appears  that  Kunzler  was  in  tlie  com- 
pany of  a  woman  dnring  tbe  night,  and  at  S  o'clock 
yesterday  morning  he  took  ber  into  a  cof- 
tee  and  cake  saloon  on  the  Bowery  In 
the  neighborhood  of  Hester-street  The  couple 
hiid  some  refreshments  there,  and  when  they  came 
out  tney  met  another  man  and  woman,  strangers  to 
~  ■     —--      •  Kunzler 


accidentally  jostled  against  the  woman,  aad  a  fracas 
ensued,  curing  wbion  Kunzler  was  stabbed.  He 
did  not  disoover  ihai  ho  had  been  stabbed  until  he 
had  walked  nearly  a  block  away,  and  when  he  re- 
turned  to  'be  saloon  the  parties  had  disappeared. 


Police  Station,  wbei*  h«w»«  atiendAd  1>t  a  PiOa* 
surgeon,  and  aobseqaently  removed  to  tbe  CVasi- 
bers-street  BospitaL  He  oonld  not  t^re  the  FoUee 
any  clue  to  the  person  who  stabbed  him, 

THB  PETTIBONE  DBFALOATJOIT. 
Tbe  case  of  Geerge  B.  Pettil>one,  the  ikgtstk^ 
ef  the  Howe  Sewing-machine  Compauy,  charged 
'with  being  In  default  to  that  establisbment  to  • 
large  amonnt,  still  continues  to  excite  considerable 
atteotton  in  sew'ng-macliine  olreles.  The  latest 
phase  of  the  case  is  the  statement  that  Pettibonc 
some  time  since  transferred  to  Le'vi  S.  Stookwelt, 
Secretary  of  the  eompany  and  brother  of  Aldea 
B.  Stockwell,  his  property  at  New-Bochelle,  Wesu 
Chester  Connty,  and  which,  it  Is  asserted  by  the  of< 
flcials  of  the  corporation,  will  prove  sufficient  to  re- 
imburse  the  full  amonnt  of  the  defalcation.  Owing 
■'^fo  tbe  reticence  of  the  officers,  the  amount  and  na- 
ture of  Pettibone's  liabilities  are  still  unknown  aL 
thongh  it  is  currently  rumored  that  the  trouble  'has 
been  caused  by  bis  misappropiiation  of  fonds 
placed  in  bis  hands  for  diabursemeot  aa  agent  of 
the  company  for  this  State.  A  Times  reporter  who 
called  at  tbe  office.  No.  28  TJnion-sqaare,  yesterilay, 
was  told  tbat  a  civil  suit  bad  been  commenced 
against  Pettibone  for  tbe  recovery  of  tbe  stun  al- 
leged to  have  been  misappropriated  by  him.  Tbe 
total  amount  of  the  defalcation  is  stated  as  being 
less  than  $20,000.  Ooe  of  the  officers  aaya  that  tbo- 
transfer  of  tne  ex-agent's  estate  wns  arranged  near, 
ly  a  year  ago  for  the  purpose  of  gn^nteeins  th* 
compauy  against  probable  loss. 


ARRIVALS  AT  THE  HOTSjLS. 
Gen.  R.  B.  Ayres,  United  States ,^Lrmy,  is  ^ 
the  As  tor  House. 

Prof.  J.  H.  Thayer,  of  Andover,  Mass.,  is  at; 

the  Everett  House. 

Prof.  Benjaman  Peirce,  of  Harvard  Unirer* 
sity,  is  at  tbe  Brevoort  Hoiue.  % 

State  Treasurer  John  A.  Pa£e,  of  Vermont,  ig 
at  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel. 

Naval  Constructors  R  W.  Steele  and  F.  L, 
Femald.  United  States  Navy,  are  at  tbe  Union 
Square  Hotel. 

Chief  Justice  Sanford  E.  Church,  of  the  New-  i, 
York  Court  of  Appeals ;  Jay  Cooke,  of  Pbiladelobia, 
anu  Jarvis  Lord,  of  Rochester,  are  at  the  St.  Jamea 
Hotel. 

Judge  Charles  Andrews,   of  the  New-York 
Court  of  Appeals:    Blisba  Atkins,  Vice  President' 
of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company,   and  CnrtU  K>, 
Guild,  ot  Boston,  are  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  HoteL 


"MoRFAU  Lefevbe,"  the  oldest  and  most  Frenoli 
of  Cbakpaonrs.  VicToaE.  Hauoeb,  110  Beade-st,N.r< 

— Advertitement. 


MINIATURE  ALHANAO—iaiS  DAY. 
Sunrises 6:41 1  Sunsets 5:46 1  Uoon  sets...4:i5 

6:33 


MARINE  INTELLIQEirOE. 


NBW-TORK FEIDAX,  PER  23. 


ARRIVED. 


Steam-ship  Calitbraia,  (Br.)  Ovenstone.  Glasgoil^ 
Feb.  IU.  via  Moviiie  Slat,  with  mdse.  and  passengsrs 
to  Henderson  Bros. 

Steam-ship  Aliriers,  HnTrthornp.  ITe-ii^-JnrleanB  Feb. 
15,  with  md'se.  and  passengers  to  Bngart  &  Morgan. 

Steam-ship  Agne.-*,  fiurdick,  Pbiladelpbia,  with  mdssu 
to  Bogart  and  Morgan. 

Steam-ship  Harrisburg,  Worth,  Philadelphia,  with 
coal  to  fteading  Railroad  Co. 

Steam-ship  Maas,  (Dutch,)  CfaevaUei;  Flosblnji 
Feb.  6,  With  mdse.  and  19  passengers  to  Funch.  iidya 
&Co. 

Steam-Bhlp  Snevia.  (Qer.,)  Franzen,  Hambnrs;  Fetk 
8,  with  mdse.  and  116  p  iLSengers  to  Kunhardt  <c  Co. 

Ship  Biitish  Queen,  (of  Windsor,)  Brooks,  Bremen, 
60  ds.  in  ballast  to  order. 

Ship  .v.nry  L.  Stone,  (of  Boston.)  Phinney,  •Ma.nili^^ 
160  ds.  -with  mdse.  to  baiter  &.  Livermore. 

Ship  Mary  L.  Stone,  of  Good  Hope,  L»eo.  24. 

Bark  ^v.1lpn,  (Norw.,)  Scbroense,  Calais  60  ds.,  la 
ballast,  to  Kunch,  Edye  &  Co.. 

Bark  Hildganrd.  (Norw..)  Pedersen,  Liverpool  66  ds.. 
In  ballast  to  Punch.  Edye  k  Co. 

Bark  Mariev,(Norw.)  Olseu,  St.  Thomas  15  ds.,  In 
ballast  to  Kunch,  Edye  &  Co. 

Bari;  Freia.  ( .\orw  ,)  Jansen,  Havre  62  ds.,  in  bailask 
to'Funch,  Edye  &.  Co. 

Bark  Adelina  S.,  (ItaL,)  Aims,  Bordeaux  72  ds.,  in 
ballast  to  A  P.  Agnstl. 

Bark  Urace.  (of  Annapolis.)  Wade,  Antwerp  60  ds..  In 
ballast  to  J.  W.  Parket  U.  Co. 

Bark  Argo,  (Norw.,)  Graw,  Rotterdam  10  da.,  'Witlt 
empt\  barrels  to  order. 

Bark  Alma,  (ital.,)  Orsollni,  Havana  24  ds..  'With 
sugar  to  De  Costoo  &  Doroner — vessel  to  Punch,  Bdya 
i  to. 

Bark  Cbemoea,  (N'orw.,)  Hasve,  Limerick  62  ds.,io 
Tobias  t  Co. 

Bark  Concnrrent,  (Norw.,)  Caspersen,  Bordeaux  72 
ds.,  in  ballai^t  to  Fnnch,  Edye  t  Co. 

Bark  B.  W.  Griffiths.  Drummond,  Matansas  16  ds.. 
with  Suharto  Havemeyer  U.  ivlder— vessel  to  J.  E.  Ward 
t  Co. 

BarE  Toes,  Sawyer,  Galveston,  Jan.  25,  with  mdse.  to 
•Tupper  St  Beattie. 

Brig  John  Mason,  Porter,  St  M.artlns  26  d8.,wlth  salt 
va  Masou  &.  Watts. 

BrigM.  E.  M.arriner,  (ot  Portland,)  Titoomh,  Bagua 

20  da.,  with  sugar  to  Benauld,  Francois  &  Cc-^-vessa 
to  J.  H.  Winchester  t  Co.. 

Brig  Martha  A.  Beixy,  lof  Portland, )  Berry,  lklalag( 
Oct.  8,  via  St.  TDomas,  Feo.  3.  with  fmlt  to  UUlet  it 
Houghton. 

Brig  W.  Phipps,  Brandtbery,  of  and  from  Aux  Cayes 

21  ds.,  -with  loaw^ood  and  coffee  t3  Kunhardt  It.  Co. 
Brig  J.  H.  Gillespie,  (of  Parrsboro,)  Crane.  Progrepa 

29  ds.,  with  hemp  to  order-  vessel  to  f.  I.  flevins  M 
Sons. 

Brig  Ellen  Maria.  Hoxle.  Cedar  Keys  18  ds.,'wlth  lum- 
ber to  Kpplnger,  Kiusell  2:.  co. — vessel  to  F.  U.  SmUb 
&  Co. 

Brig  Joseph  Clark.  Stahl,  Pascagoula  16  ds.,  'with 
Inmber  to  New-Haven  Saw  Mill  Co. — vessel  to  Parsons 
U  Loud. 

Brig  Hyperion,  (of  Portland,)  Clark.  Matanzas  19  da., 
wiih  sugar  to  Havemeyer  t  tlder— vessel  to  Brettv 
Son  k.  Co. 

Brig  Asttea,  (Get.)  Sandersfeldt,  Rio  Janeiro,  vlt 
Hamnton  Roads  64  ds.,  -with-coffoe  to  Johnston,  Perry 
&  Co.— vessel  to  C.  ToOias  U  Co. 

Brig  John  L.  Bowen,  (of  Boston.)  Hall,  Pemambncn 
84  ds..  with  sugar  to  K.  B.  Borland- 
Brig  Mary  K.  Punnell,  (of  Boston.)  Eaton,  Caibariev 
17  ds..  -with  sugar  to  order — vessel  to  Brett,  Boa  t  Cf 
.  Schr.  Olive,  Warren,  Somerset. 

Scbr.  MiiryH.  Miffen.  Tenis,  Warren. 

Fobr.  Klias  Ross.  Le-wis,  Pro-vidence. 

Schr.  Wesley  Abbott,  JlUlilien,  P'rovidenoe. 

Schr.  Kureka,  Mayo,  Providence,  tor  PhlUdelohlSi. 

Schr.  Samuel  H.  Bharp,  Webb,  Providenoe  lor  PertH 
Am  boy. 

Schr.  Emma  B.  Bhaw,  Springer,  Providenoe.  for  Pertlx 
Am  boy. 

Scbr.  Thomas  W.  Havens,  Backett,  Provldeace,  for 
Baltimore. 

Schr.  George  B.  Markel,  Shopshlre,  Providence,  for 
Port  Johnson. 

Schr.  Xebec.  Shopshlre,  Providence,  for  Port  Johnsoiu 

Schr.  J.  G.  fell,  bhcpshire,  Providenoe,  for  Port  John- 
son. 

Schr.  E.  J.  Heraty,  Daley,  Providence,  for  Port  John. 
son. 

ocbr.  Varti  Sharp,  Ne'wmsn,  Newport,  'with  portlou 
of  cargo  of  lumber  from  British  schr.  Martha  A 

Anchored  at  Hart  Island  : 

Scbr.  Lizzie  B.,  McXichols.  from  Calais. 

Scbr.  Daylight,  from  Portland. 

Schr.  Sadie  VV .  Blake,  from  Lelghton. 

SAILRO.— >teamer  City  of  Dallas,  for  Femaudinak 

WIKD— Sunset,  moderate,  K.  N.  K.;  cloudy. 


BY  CABLE. 


Lospox,  Feb.  23.— Sid.  16th  inst.,  Egremont:  20tl 
inst..  Aiiglla,  Amifal.  Capt.  Uaesloop;  John  Johnson; 
22d  Inst.,  Sacramento,  Happy  Home,  Maggie  L.  Car- 
vill,  Krragon,  Parentl,  Waffaele,  (probably  RalTael,!  Q. 
Linck,  John  Head,  St.  Olsf,  Capt.  Hassel;  Ilos,  DuX; 
Uermod;  23d  inst.,  Hagdala.  Csiot.  Lowrie;  CooEna» 
sie.  La  Belle.  Halden,  W.  H.  Coraar,  the  latter  trom  San 
Francisco,  St.  Louis,  (s' earner. ) 

Arr.  19th  tnst.,  Dnivprse:  •.i2d  inst.Tasrus,  (steamer,] 
Werra,  Nereus.  Uevete  Dubrovaoki,  Josie  Mildred; 
23d  inst.,  Kvaageline,  the  Litter  from  Buil  Elver.  V»>^ 
ing;  Capt.  Kasmueen ;  Giorgia  Washington. 

Sid.  l-eb.  'Z'i,  Uotneward-bound,  tor  Sandy  Hook. 

Arr.  Keo.  23,  Abd-el-Kader.  Capt.  Howard. 

QOBENSTOWK.  Feb.  ',53. — The  .American  Line  steamel 
City  of  Limerick,  Capt.  Fulton,  from  Philadelphia,  Fen.. 
JO,  arr.  her*  to-eav  on  ber  -way  to  LlverpooL 

QuEKNSTowif,  Feb.  23.— The  Wiiliams  i  Guion  Line 
steamer  Dakota,  Capt.  Price,  from  New-York  Feb.  14. 
lor  Liverpool,  arr.  here  at  4  o'clock  this  morning.  Tha 
Dakota  brings  the  rsmains  of  Jonn  CMahODy. 

QcBESsTow.v,  Feb.  23.— Tho  White  Star  Line  steamer 
Celtic  sailed  from  this  port  at  noon  to-day  for  New- 
York. 

Losnox,  Feb.  23.— The  National  Line  steamer  Can- 
ada, Capt.  Snmner,tram  New-York  Feb.  10.  for  London, 
arr.  off  the  Liz-*rd  at  6  o'clock  yesterday  mornine. 

Southampton,  Feo.  s:-}. — The  North  Germaa  Llovda' 
Steamer  Kheio,  Capt.  Fr»nke,  from  ^ew-Tork  Feb.  la^ 
lor  Bremen,  arr.  here  t(  -da.y. 


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PEIOE  FIVE  OBXTS, 
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TIE  PRESIDENTIAL  COraT. 


JOINT  SESSION  OF  THE  TWO  HOUSES. 
PRELIMINAKY  PR06EEDINGS  IN  THK  HOUSK 
OF  KEPRESENTATIVES — FILLIBUSTEBINa 
EFFORTS  BY  THE  DEMOCRATd — A  RE- 
PUBLICAN'S POINT  OF  ORDER  SUSTAINED 
BY  SPEAKER  RANDALL— NO  DELAYS  TO 
BE  PERMITTED— THE  VOTE  OP  OREGON 
COUNTED  FOB  HAYES  -^  RECESS  TILL 
MONDAY. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  yew-Tort  Timet. 
Washington,  Feb.  24. — The  vote  of 
Oreaon  was  counted  in  joint  meeting  of  the  two 
houses  to-day.  This  progress,  tbougb  not  great, 
was  better  than  could  reasonably  bo  expected, 
considering  the  caucus  action  of  yesterday 
afternoon,  and  the  exhibition  of  Democratic 
spirit  last  night.  The  Senate  and  House  reas- 
Bombled  at  10  o'clock  this  morning,  and  the 
Senate  immediately  sent  to  the  Ilouse  a  message 
announcing  their  readiness  to  proceed 
with  the  count.  In  the  House  Mr.  McMahon, 
ot  Ohio,  offered  the  caucus  resolution  setting 
the  hour  of  1  o'clock  for  the  joint  meeting. 
Some  points  of  order  were  made,  and  finally 
Mr.  Kandall  admitted  a  substitute  for  Mc- 
Mahon's  resolution,  which  Mr.  Wilson,  of  Iowa, 
offered,  declaring  that  the  House  was  ready  to 
meet  the  Senate  forthwith.  The  yeas  and  nays 
were  called  on  this  substitute,  and  it  was 
adopted  by  a  vote  of  145  to  87.  This  was 
an  unexpected  defeat  to  the  fihbusterine 
faction,  and  the  announcement  of  the  vote  was 
followed  by  great  excitement  la  the  House  and 
an  amusing  display  ot  activity  on  fho  part  of 
David  Dudley  Field  and  his  runners.  Messrs. 
Springer  and  Vance  were  conspicuously  active 
running  about  the  House  to  get  votes  changed, 
or  to  secure  pledges  of  votes  for  the  next  roll- 
call.  Mr.  Vance's  activity  is  stimulated  by  his 
desire  to  secure  the  office  of  Public  Prin- 
ter, which  it  la  understood  has  been 
promised  to  him  substantially  by 
the  Tilden  managers.  He  bas  earned 
this  office  by  the  defeat  which  he  suffered  as  a 
candidate  for  re-election  on  account  of  a  pay- 
ment made  bv  him,  as  Chairman  of  the  Com- 
^  mittee  on  Printing,  to  a  country  miller  m  Ohio, 
ostensibly  as  an  expert  in  printing,  but  really 
to  aid  him  to  come  to  Washington  on  a  pleas- 
ure trip.  >Ir.  Vance  as  Public  Printer  bas 
thus  indicated  his  capacity  to  fill  the  office 
with  millers,  and,  doubtless,  grocers,  and 
organ-grinders,  without  much  regard  to 
how  the  printing  would  be  accom- 
plished. The  activity  of  the  filibustering 
party  was  not  truitful,  for  on  the  next  roll- 
call,  being  on  a  motion  to  lay  on  tho  table, 
a  motion  to  reconsider  the  vote  on  Mr.  Wil- 
son's resolution,  the  yeas  were  175,  and  tho 
nays  74.  This  ended  the  attempt  to  delay  the 
joint  meeting,  and  a  few  minutes  before  12 
the  Senate  came  into  the  House.  Tho  decision 
of  tho  Commission  was  read  and  tho  objec- 
tions presented,  and  the  two  houses  separated 
again  about  12:10. 

After  the  Senate  retired  from  the  hall  of  the 
House,  tho  first  real  test  vote  upon  the  policy 
of  delay  was  taken,  the  motion  being  a  recess 
until  10  o'clock  Monday  morning.  Mr.  Clymcr 
offered  this  resolution,  and  undertook  to  say 
that  it  was  proposed  in  entire  good  faith,  and 
without  any  purpose  to  filibuster ;  but 
there  were  several  objections  to  debate, 
and  he  ,wa3_,  not  permitted  to  go  on. 
Mr.  Hancock,  of  Texas,  made  the  point  of  order 
which  was  made  by  Mr.  Hale  on  the  first  occa- 
sion of  the  attempt  to  take  a  recess,  to  the  effect 
that  the  law  required  the  House  to  proceed  at 
once  to  decide  the  objections  without  taking  a 
recess.  This  point  of  order  was  again  over- 
ruled by  Mr.  Kandall,  and  tho  vote  recurred 
directly  upon  Mr.  Clymer's  motion.  In  speak- 
ing on  the  point  of  order,  Mr.  Hancock  took 
pains  to  say  that  he  was  disappointed  at 
the  defeat,  but  hoped  he  had  manhood  enougk 
to  continue  to  do  his  duty  as  a  member  of  the 
House.  Mr.  Clymer  replied  to  this  that  the  ques- 
tion was  not  one  of  manhood,  but  of  order,  and 
afterward  attempted  to  make  some  remarks, 
which  were  not  heard  in  the  gallery,  owing  to 
confusion  on  the  floor.  The  vote  was 
taken  by  yeas  and  nays,  and  the  proposal  for 
a  recess  was  lost  by  a  vote  of  112  yeas  to  158 
nays.  3Ir.  Lane,  of  Oregon,  immedi- 
ately attempted  the  Sfthemo  of  filibustering  by 
repeated  roll-calls,  and  offered  a  motion  to  take 
a  recess  until  9:30  on  Monday  morning.  Jlr. 
Hale  made  the  point  of  order  that  this  was  a 
dilatory  motion,  and  not  in  order  to  be  offered 
in  the  House  under  the  provisions  of  the  .Elec- 
toral law.  To  the  surprise  of  the  floor  and  the 
galleries.  Mr.  Randall  immediately  sustained 
the  point  of  order,  saying  that  it  was  not  in 
order   ■when    tho    Conatitutiou    of    tbo    United 

States  and  the  law  enacted  under  it  required 
Congress  to  do  a  certain  thing  that  any  ob- 
struction be  offered   to   the  performance  of  the 

act,  and  that  Mr.  Lane's  motion  was  of  the 

class  of  dilatory  motions,  and  was  not  in  order. 

The  ruling  was  rather  arbitrary,  in  the  light 
of  Mr.  Randall's  prcvioua  rulings  in  the  same 
direction,  for  Mr.  Lane's  motion  was  no  more 
designed  for  delay  than  was  the  motion  of  Mr. 
Clymer,  which  was  admitted  to  be  in  order. 
But  the  distinction  made  by  Mr.  Bandall  that 
the  House  having  by  ;  a  decided  vote 
refused  to  take  the  recess  which,  ac- 
cording to  his  ruling,  was  in  order, 
it  was  very  clearly  indicated  that  their  puriwwre 
to  go  on  with  the  count  and  the  calling  of  the 
roll  for  the  sake  of  delay  was  a  species  of  fili- 
bustering which  the  country  would  not  tol- 
erate. ITie  decision  was  loudly  and  properly  ap- 
plauded on  the  Kepublican  side  of  the  house,  for 
it  was  exactly  in  accordance  with  law  and 
right,  if  not  altogether  consistent  with  the  ac- 
tion of  Mr.  Randall  a  few  days  since, 
when  he  kept  tho  Secretary  of  tho 
Senate  waiting  nearly  an  hour  with  a 
message  to  the  House,  refusing  to  recog- 
nize him  to  deliver  it.  This  ruling 
of  Mr.  Randall,  if  persisted  In,  defeats  ab- 
Bolutcly  the  power  of  the  revolutionary  ele- 
ment to  prevent  the  conclusion  of  the  count 
before  next  Saturday.  They  can  cause  con- 
siderable delay  and  trouble,  and  take  np  mnoh 
time  that  ought  to  be  devoted  to  legis- 
tatioD,  but  if  a  majority  adhere  to  the 
refusal'  to  take  unnecessary  recesses,  and  Mr. 
Bandhll  refuse  to  permit  motions  intended  to 
waste  the  time  of  the  House  in  roll  calls,  there 
can  be  no  method  of  delay  which  cannot  be 
overcome  by  dlligenoe  in  attending  to  the 
oounting  of  the  vote. 

The  defeat  of  McMahon's  resolution  was  fol- 
lowed by  the  two  hoars'  discussion  on  the  res- 
olution sustaining  the  decision  of  the  Commis- 
sion. The  debate  was  for  the  most  part  dull 
and  spiritless,  except  that  it  was  enlivened 
by  two  or  tnree  interesting  incidents.  The 
fact  IS  that  the  general  subject  of 
the  Presidential  contest  has  grown  stale,  and 
the  ten-minute  manuscript  speeches  which 
were  prepared  by  nearly  all  the  members  have 
been  tised  np  in  the  previous  debates,  and  no- 
body   of  mnoh   importance    cares    to    speak. 

of     his 


few  in  the  House,  his  speech  to-day  being  the 
first  of  mpoh  importance  since  his  famous 
attack  on  Ben  Butler  in  the  last  Congress  He 
was  full  of  Southern  fire,  and  above  all  things 
repudiated  the  idea  that  there  was  any  possi- 
bility ot  a  coalition  between  any  faction  of  tho 
Southern  Democrats  and  the  Republican  Ad- 
ministration of  President  Hayes.  The  Demo- 
cratic Party  was  only  divided  on  the  question 
of  the  hour,  and  would  be  a  unit  on  all  ques- 
tions of  pnblio  policy  alter  the  Presidential 
contest  had  been  decidtid.  He  stood  manfully 
by  the  bUl,  and  submitted  to  defeat. 

Mr,  Hewitt  made  his  t'romised  attack  on 
Commissioner  Hoar,  charging  him  with  bad 
faith,  though  in  rather  mild  t^xTns,  which  in- 
dicated that  Hewitt  was  not  quite  certain  of 
the  ground  on  which  he  stood.  Ho  was  cut 
off  at  the  end  of  tho  10  minutes  with  what  ho 
deemed  the  most  important  part  of 
his  manuscript  unread.  If  his  chargo 
against  Mr.  Hoar  had  any  poiat, 
it  was  simply  that  in  his  spcoeh  in  the  House, 
on  the  Electoral  bill,  Mr.  Hoar  had  used  tho 
word"  proof  "  in  a  way  which  Mr.Howitt  seemed 
to  think  required  him  to  vote  that  evidence 
was  to  be  considered  by  the  Commission.  Mr. 
Hoar  replied  in  a  sharp  speech,  first  reading 
from  a  former  speech  of  Mr.  Bayard, 
in       -v?hich       he         declared         in  the 

most  absolute  terms  agamst  Congress 
having  any  power  to  investigate  an  election  for 
President,  and  claimed  that  bad  laith  could  no 
more  be  imputed  to  himself  than  to  Mr.  Bay- 
ard, who  had  changed  his  opinion  honestly,  no 
doubt.  Mr.  Hoar  stated  that  on  this  ques- 
tion of  the  admieaibility  of  evidence  him- 
self and  Mr.  Hewitt  had  disputed  two 
or  three  days  m  the  committee,  taking 
opposite  sides,  and  it  was  absolutely 
understood  that  the  question  was  to  be  sub- 
mitted unconditionally  to  the  Commission. 
Mr.  Hoar's  application  to  Hewitt  of  Webster's 
characterization  of  Ingersoll  many  years  ago, 
that  there  was  a  screw  loose  in  his  mind,  and 
not  only  one,  but  that  the  whole  machinery 
was  out  of  order  and  crazy,  was  loudly  cheered 
by  the  House.  Mr.  Hewitt  has  become  a  kind 
of  lunatic  on  the  subject  of  the  Presidency,  and 
is  incapable  ot  forming  any  judgment  or 
stating  truthfully  ^ny  fact. 

When  the  Senate  returned  to  its  own  Cham- 
ber after  the  diViwion  on  Oregon,  Mr.  Sargent 
ottered  a  resolution  to  the  effect  that  tho  de- 
cision of  the  Commission  be  sustained.  Mr. 
Kelly  opposed  this  with  much  more  vehemence 
than  discretion.  He  was  followed  shortly  after 
by  his  colleague,  Senator  Mitchell,  who,  m  a 
very  clear  and  forcible  argument,  proved, 
among  other  things,  that  Kelly  was 
not  quite  so  well  informed  regarding  the 
statute  law  of  Oregon  as  he  should  be.  Sena- 
tor Morrimon,  who  'spoke  next,  made  a  long 
speech,  which  was  principally  devoted  to  a 
consideration  of  tho  Florida  case.  It  was  a 
very  fine  effort  in  its  way,  but  came 
a  little  too  lato  in  the  day  to 
be  effective.  Mr.  Morton,  in  his  usual  matter- 
of-fact  style,  clearly  stated  tho  question  before 
the  Senate,  and  then  argued  that  not  only 
right  and  justice,  but  every  technicality  of  tho 
law,  demanded  that  tho  verdict  of  the  Electoral 
tribunal  should  be  approved  and  sustained. 
He  contended  further,  that  the  duty  of  tho 
Governor  of  Oregon,  under  th«  laws 
of  that  State,  was  purely  a  ministerial 
one.  He  was  required  to  issue  certificates  of 
election  to  those  persons  who  had  received  the 
highest  number  of  votes.  He  was  not  a  re- 
turning officer,  and  had  no  right  to  decide 
what  persons  had  been  chosen,  or  to  determine 
who  was  eligible  or  ineligible. 

Mr.  Conkhng  took  the  floor  after  Senator 
Morton,  and  as  he  has  not  taken  any  part  in 
the  recent  debate  on  the  contested  States,  and 
is  not  on  the  record  regarding  them,  his  address 
was  listened  to  with  marked  attention.  He  said 
that  according  to  his  understanding,  the  Joint 
Commission  had  sent?wo  papers  to  the  houses 
which  required  attention.  One  of  them  was 
tho  decision  in  the  Oregon  ease,  and  the  other 
the  reasons  upon  which  that  decision  was  based. 
To  avoid  all  misapprehension  which  might 
occur  touching  his  position  in  the  matter, 
he  desired  to  say  distinctly  that  he  believed 
tho  vote  of  Oregon  had  been  given  to 
the  Republican  candidates,  and  he  would  vote 
to  sustain  the  decision.  He  did  not  under- 
stand, however,  that  by  such  action  he  would 
bo  voting  for  or  advocating  the  reasons  assigned 
for  the  verdict.  He  said,  in  conclusion,  that  he 
was  very  anxous  for  the  count  to  go  on,  and 
desiring  to  throw  no  obstacle  in  the  way  of  its 
rapid  progress,  ho  would  refrain  from  further 
remarks. 

Mr.  Saulsbury,  who  was  the  next  speaker,  had 
a  great  deal  to  say  about  Louisiana,  and  stated 
■with    considerable   ■warmth    that    he    did    not 

believe  there  had  been  any  intimidation  or 
violence  m  that  State.  He  was  unable  to  show, 
however,  why   the  vote   of  Oregon    should   bo 

given  to  the  distinguished  corrospondent  of 

Gobble  &-  Company.  The  next  gentleman  to 
address  the  Senate  was  Senator  Bogy,  who  said 
in  a  blood-curdling  tone,  and  with  an  air 
of  high  tragedy,  that  he  wanted  to  enter  his 
solemn  protest  against  the  oounting  ot  the  vote 
of  Oregon  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler.  He  warned 
the  galleries  that  there  were  dark  days  coming, 
requested  them  to  remember  Augustus  of 
Rome,  and  then  sat  do'wn,  evidently  well 
pleased  with  his  little  effort. 

Mr.  Whyte,  who  was  the  next  protestmg 
Democrat,  said  he  had  been  deceived  by  the 
men  who  had  framed  the  bill  preparing  for  the 
establishment  of  the  Commission.  He  thought 
that  a  court,  constituted  as  the  Electoral  tri- 
bunal was,  would  give  a  fair  and  im 
partial  decision,  but  he  was  disappointed. 
Senator  Kcman,  who  spoke  soon  after, 
referred  to  a  casual  remark  which 
Mr.  Mitchell  had  made  regarding 
ex-Gov.  Tilden,  and  said  he  thought  it  was 
very  wrong  for  any  one  to  say  a  word  against 
that  gentleman.  Then  little  Mr.  Eaton,  of 
Connecticut,  took  the  floor,  and  oreated  quite  a 
stir  by  anBOunoins  that  at  some  luture  date 

be  would  discuss  the  Oregon  case  at  length. 
Unfortunately  for  thoao  who  are  obliged  to 
attend  the  meetmgs  of  the  Senate,  there  is 
good  reason  to  believe  that  he  was  not 
joking.  Hifl  Bpeech  to-day  very  forcibly  re- 
minded some  of  those  present  of  '  the  address 
he  made  in  1861,  when  he  swore  that  the  sol- 
diers of  Massacbnsetts  should  never  march 
throagb  Connecticut  to  the  South,  except  over 
tho  dead  bodies  of  all  faithful  Democrats.  He 
declaT«(l;  to-day,  among  other  things  of  the 
same  sort,  that  it  ho  had  the  power 
of  the  lower  house  of  Congress  he  would,  as 
God  was  his  judge,  piVvent  the  count  from 
going  on.  It  will  be  remembered  that  Mr. 
Eaton  was  the  only  Demooratio  Senator  who 
voted  against  the  Electoral  Count  bill. 
When  he  concluded  his  oration  this  af- 
ternoon, Pullitzer,  the  German  adven- 
turer who  tried  to  ruin  his  benefactor, 
Carl  Sohurz,  rushed  up  to  his  aea't,  and,  shaking 
his  hand  with  a  great  display  of  satisfaction, 
warmly  congratulated  him.  Shortly  after- 
word, while  Senator  Jones,  of  Florida,  waa 


John    Yotmg     Brown     made     one 

lfl»»atowtaajuj«a«b«»wA»«  wMflh-Jw  ja*to>JUB«akiag, »  apeeok-  agftiUMtt.tba. jM«Aliiti«>ii  ,V»iU.«anftng, .beoaaaft^onte  *hfl«^  w«ra.*h«^w4Aj. 


litzer  sat  at  his  elbow,  with  a  number 
of  books  of  reference,  and  frequently 
prompted  him.  No  one  seems  to  know 
upon  what  authority  this  person  makes  him- 
self 80  important  in  a  chamber  which  is  sup- 
posed to  be  reserved  for  Senators  and  a  few 
high  officials.  It  is  suggested,  however,  that 
Senator  Jones  has  retained  him  as  his  Private 
Secretary. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  Jones-Pullitzer  ad- 
dross  a  vote  was  taken  on  a  substitute  for  Senator 
Sargent's  resolution,and  it  was  lo8t,yeas  24,  nays 
40.  Then  the  original  resolution,  sustaining 
tho  action  of  the  Commission,  was  adopted  by 
a  vote  ot  40  to  24.  After  the  two  houses  had 
voted  on  the  objections  to  sustaining  the  de- 
cision of  tho  Commission  in  the  Grogon  case, 
there  waa  a  second  joint  mooting,  and  tho  vote 
of  Oregon  was  counted  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler. 

'>he  next  State  ou  the  list  was  Pennsylva- 
nia. When  the  returns  were  opened  tha  de- 
mand was  made  by  Mr.  Tucker,  of  Virginia,  and 
Mr.  Springer,  that  thoy  should  bo  road  in  full. 
Meantime  Mr.  Cochrane  went  about  the  House 
getting  signatures  to  a  bogus  objection  to  votes 
of  certain  Electors  in  that  State ;  and  having 
obtained  a  sufficient  number,  the  document  was 
presented,  and  the  two  bouses  were  competlca 
to  separate.  ~ 

Immediately  after  the  departure  of  the  Sen- 
ate,Mr.  Vance,  of  Ohio,  offereda  resolution  for  a 
recess  till  Monday  morning  at  10  o'clock.  The 
roll-call  was  watched  with  great  interest,  and 
the  vote  on  both  sides  was  nearly  the  same, 
till,  finally,  when  tho  reading  of  the  names 
of  those  voting  began,  tho  resolution  was 
beaten  by  five  or  six  votes.  After  the  reading. 
seversU  more  votes  were  given,  and  five  or  six 
Democrats  changed  from  nay  to  yea,  and  the 
motion  was  at  last  carried  by  133  yeas  to 
121  nays.  This  was  a  small  vote,  but  it 
was  late,  and  many  members  n<5gleotful 
of  public  duties  had  gone  home  to  dinner. 
Only  a  few  Democrats  voted  against  a  recess, 
and  the  excuse  that  some  of  them  offer  is  that 
they  felt  they  had  forced  the  David  Dudley- 
Springer  fUibusterers  as  far  as  was  prudent 
for  one  day.  The  objections  to  tho  Pennsyl- 
vania  count  will  bo  the  first  thing  to  be  taken 
up  on  Monday  morning. 

After  returning  to  its  own  chamber,  tlitj 
Senate  at  once  took  up  the  cousidoratl^iTS^F 
the  Pennsylvania  objections.  It  was  sup- 
ported by  Mr.  Wallace,  while  Senators  Cam- 
eron ond  Morton  in  pointed  address  showed 
bow  utterly  idlo  and  ridiculous  it  was.  In 
addition  to  this,  Mr.  Morton  drew  attention  to 
tho  fact  that  m  Virginia  there  was  a  Demo- 
cratic Elector  named  Hardin,  who  was  also 
a  Centennial  Commissioner,  and  ho  argued 
that  if  tho  vote  of  Morrjll  waa  illegal  his 
f Hardin's]  was  no  better.  After  some  i«rthor 
discussion  of  no  importance  the  objection  was 
overruled  by  an  almost  unanimou.s  vote,  and 
then  the  Senate,  having  been  informed  of  tho 
action  of  the  House,  took  a  recess  imtil  Monday 
morning.  ; 

AN  IMPORTANT  VOIE  ANALYZED. 
MR.  CLYMKR'8  MOTION  TO  TAKK  A  RECESS 
— now  AND  BY  WHOM  IT  WAS  DEFKAT- 
ED — ONE-THIRD  OF  THOSE  WHO  VOTED 
FOR  DELAY  RKJKCTKD  BY  THEIK  CON- 
STITUENTS AT  THK  LAST  ELECTION. 
avtcial  Ditpateh  to  the  Xew-  York  Timet. 
Washington,  Feb.  24— The  following  is 
an  analysis  of  the  vote  on  Mr.  Clvmer's  mo- 
tion for  a  recess  until  Monday,  which  was 
taken  prior  to  the  aaacnibling  of  the  joint 
convention  to  receive  the  decision  of  tho  Com- 
mission in  tho  case  of  Oregon.  The  vote  stood 
for  tho  recess.  112  ;  against  rcoess,  158.  Of  tho 
votes  against  recess,  49  were  Democrats,  and 
of  these  17  were  Southern  men.  Five  Now- York 
Democrats  voted  for  recess,  namely :  John  II. 
Bagley,  Bliss,  Cox,  Piold,  ond  OJell.  Mea<lo 
dodged,  and  Schumaker  was  absent.  The 
New-York  DcmQcrats  who  voted  against  re- 
cess were  Boebe,  Hewitt,  Lord,  Metcalf, 
Walker,  Ward,  Whitehouso,  Willis,  and 
Wood.  Tho  vote  for  recess  was  dis- 
tributed as  follows:  Alabama,  3;  Ar- 
kansas, 3 ;  California,  2 ;  Connecticut,  2 ; 
Florida,!;  Georgia,  4;  Illinois,  6;  Indiana,  5; 
Iowa,  1;  Kentucky,  5;  Louisiana.  2;  Mary- 
land, 5;  Massachusetts,  2 ;  Mi.ssissippi,  4;  Mis- 
souri, 8;  New-Jersey,  2 ;  New- York,  5;  North 
Carolina,  6;  Ohio,  10;  Oregon,!;  Pennsylva- 
nia, 13;  Tennessee,  9;  Virginia,  G;  West 
Virginia,  2;  Wisconsin,  3;  total,  112 
Of  tho  10  representatives  from  Tennessee,  one 
only  is  a  liepublican,  and  the  nine  Democrats 
voted  solid  for  recess,  this  being  the  only  State 
having  more  than  one  Democratic  liepresenj:^- 
tive  where  the  delegation  was  solid.  Of  the 
six  Democrats  from  Texas  only  one  voted  for 
recess.  Tho  Democracy  of  Pennsylvania  and 
Ohio  came  near  being  solid  ;  of  the  18  from 
Penn8ylvania,13  voted  yea,  one  was  ab8ent,and 
Randall  did  not  assert  his  constitutional  right 
to  vote,  as  he  did  when  tho  Electoral  bill  was 
passed  by  the  House.  Seven  of  tho  13  who 
voted  yea  were  defeated  for  ro-olection.  Of 
the  13  Ohio  Democrats.  10  voted  yen,  and  of 
these,  eight  will  not  be  on  the  i-plls  of  tho  next 
Congress,  and  one  of  them.  Banning,  may  bo 
rubbed  off.  Of  tho  entire  number  of  those 
voting  for  reoess,38,  or  one-third,  were  dofeated 
at  tho  polls  last  year,  and  of  the  38  thua  de- 
feated 26  aro  from  Northern  and  We/torn 
States.  / 

ANOTHER  DEMOCRATIC  CAxfcVS. 

A  PART  OF  THE  MEMBERS  IN  CONSULTATION 
— DAVID  DUDLKY  FIELD'S  FOLLOWERS 
— PREARRANGED  PLANS  AGREED  UPON 
—GENERAL  DISCUSSION  INDULGED  IN. 

Special  Ditpatcli  to   tlu  ffeto-  York   Timei, 

Washington,  Feb.  24.— The  Democrats, 

or  a  part  ot  them,  held  another  caucus  to-night. 
There  were,  so  far  as  can  be  learned,  no  more 
than  70  or  80  members  present,  and  they  were, 
with  perhaps  a  half-dozen  exceptions, 
the  men  who  are  operating  under  the 
command  of  David  Dudley  Field  to  defeat  tho 
count  of  the  Eleetoral   vote.    David    Dudley 

has  secretly  got  the  approval  of  his  Com- 
mittee on  the  Privileges  and  Powers  of  the 
House  for  tho  two  bids  which  he  explained  in 
caucus  last  night.  One  is  to  provide  for  a 
President  ad  interim,  and  the  other  for 
a  new  election  next  Fall.  These  bills 
he  presented  to  the  oauous  again 
to-night,  and  he  was  authorized 
to  present  them  in  the  House.  He  will  try  to 
ant-agonize  them  to  the  continuation  ot  the 
count  on  Monday  ;  but  Mr.  Vance  made  a  mo- 
tion to-day  to  insiruot  Field's  committee  to 
find  out  what  the  House  can  do  under  the  cir- 
cumstances, and  Mr.  Randall  ruled  it  out  of 
order.  Mr.  Field's  bills  cannot  be  introduced 
except  during  a  legislative  session  of  the 
House,  and  that  cannot  be  held  till 
after  the  Commission  takes  up  the  caso  of 
Sonth  Carolina.  The  oauous  was  a  fixed  up 
affair,  and  the  probability  sf  the  Houso  follow- 
ing any  action  agreed  upon  to-night  may  be 
judged  by  the  way  in  which  the  caucus  acfjon  of 
last  night,  which  waa  much  bettar  attended, 
was  broken  away  from  in  the  first 
TOte.    There     was     no     oppoaitiou     in    fbe 


went  to  do  the  thing  that  was  done.  Many 
Democrats  were  about  the  hotels  during  the 
evening,  who  said  they  remained  away  from  the 
caucus  purposely.  The  proapect  to-night  is 
that  tho  count  will  be  finished  in  accordance 
with  law,  but  not  till  near  the  end  of  next 
week. 


LATEST  NEWS   BY   CABLE. 


DupatchMi  tk'.  Asmciated  Preaa. 

After  the  Hcusft  had  to-ilay  taken  a  recess  antil 
Monday,  a  Demnciatio  caucas  waa  announced  fur 
to-night  at  7:3U  o'clock.  At  that  bonr  about  75  mem- 
l)*rs  were  (rresent.  Some  o£  Mtose  who  favored  dila- 
tory proceedings  in  the  Electoral  conat  wore  absent, 
as  I  hey/i^er»  dissatisfied  with  the  action  of  the  ma- 
jority "wf  their  party  to-day  In  voting  to 
continue  the  count,  while  thoss  who  were 
in  favor  of  continuing  the  connt  did  not 
care  to  meet  with  those  of  opposite  viewa  The 
object  of  the  caneus,  howftver,  bad  no  reference  to 
the  proceedings  of  tha  rioaso  recardins  the  count, 
but  -vfith  regard  to  the  law  of  1793,  which  pro- 
vides that,  In  case  of  removal,  deatn,  ro.signation,  or 
Inability  ot  both  the  President  and  Vice  President 
of  tho  United  States,  the  President  of  the  Senate, 
or,  it  there  ia  none,  tlien  the  Sn^Akerof  the  House  of 
Ropresentatives  for  the  time  being,  shall  aotusPres- 
ideut  until  the  disability  is  removed  or  a  Prosideut 
elected.  It  was  contended  in  the  caucus  that, 
slSonld  there  be  no  declaration  beforu  the  4th  of 
March  of  tho  election  of  a  President  based  on  jthe 
Electoral  returns,  there  ^Vould  bo  no  such  vacancy 
as  con  (em  plated  by  the  law,  and  therefore  provi- 
sion shonld  be  made  tur   suoh  a  contingency. 

Representative  Field  stated  that  he  had  pre- 
pared a  bill  (o  meet  the  contiogenoy,  which  be  ex- 
plained. After  some  discussion,  the  oancus 
adopted  a  resolntlon  instrncllng  the  Com- 
mitt^  on  the  Poweri",  Privileges',  and  Duties 
of  t^  House  to  report  on  Monday,  or  at  the 
earliest  practicable  moment,  Mr.  Field's  bill,  pro- 
viding that  in  case  there  be  no  election  of  Presi- 
dent and  Vice  President  nnder  tho  count  of  the 
Electoral  vote,  the  President  of  the  Seuate  shall 
asuaine  the  faDOtiooc  of  Presidont,  ami  a  new  elec- 
tion is  to  be  held  at  a  timo  to  be  fixed  by 
the  committieu.  Tbo  resolntlon  further  instructs 
the  committee  to  report  Sir.  Fields'  bil),  providiiis 
for  quo  warranto  proonediiigs  before  the  United 
Statoj  Supreme  Court  with  reforenco  to  the  flual 
settlement  of  the  Presidential  qaestioii,  the  Elec- 
toral bill  containing  no  deQuito  provision  reganllug 
the  subject. 

There  was  also  some  general  discuasion  relative 
to  tho  disposal  of  ooints  of  order  ttiat  may  arise 
duiinc  the  further  count  of  the  Electoral  vote,  but 
no  resolntinns  on  this  point  were  adopted,  and  tho 
caucus,  ut  !):15  P.  M.,  adjnnmed. 


WASUIKGION  NOTES. 


1S77. 

$781,000 

A.-J40.i)0il 

IVili.llOO 

1,104  (tliO 

$r<.2.->  1.000 

*4l0.000 

to-day  were 


Wasihngton,  Feb.  iJ4.— The  House  Commit- 
tee on  Approoriations  this  raorniui;  unanimously 
agreed  to  recommeud  non-concurrence  in  the  Sen- 
ate amendment  (o  the  Postal  Appropriation  bill, 
which  proposes  Krantiu^^ubHidies  tur  the  China 
mail  service  and  tor  tbo  line  from  New-Orloana  to 
BrazlL  Messrs.  Holman,  Blonot,  .ind  Kuster,  who 
were  substiqnently  anointed  aa  the  Honse  mera- 
bors  of  the  Conference  Committee  on  this  bill,  aro 
all  understood  to  be  opposed  to  the  provision  for 
snbsidieB,  which  arr.  therefore,  not  likely  to  be 
finally  retained  m  the  bill. 

The  President  Is  giving  his  attention  to-day  to 
private  baslnesa  only,  and  has  given  andicnoo  to 
no  visitors. 

The  receipts  of  national  bank  notes  for  the  week 
endinc  Feb.  24.  .is  compared  with  tho  correspond- 
ing week  of  last  year,  were  as  follows : 

1870. 

New- York $1.'.,;  64.000 

iiostou 1  ,is;i,ooo 

Pliilaafl|.hl.» (j4,oiMi 

MI=cellaneoaa 1.03U.i)t>a 

Totnl .'f3,^4j<  000 

The  receipts  fqg|^<<i  <i»T  were. . .'wF. 

The  receipt*  from  internal    revcime 
55t'7,712.  and  from  Cnstoras  |35i^385. 

fiationul  bank  circulation  outstaudinz  this  date 
1317.935,727,  of  which  tl,4d^,0'iO  is  in  national  gold 
not«9. 

Tho  President  to-day  sent  the  tollowing  nomina- 
tions of  Postmasters  to  tho  Senate  :  William  11. 
Craifc.  at  Albany,  JT.  Y.;  AVilliain  Unijan.  Hudson, 
N.  T.;  W.  D.  Cooke,  .Southtn;;ton,  Conn.;  Cliarl'  » 
U.  Loop,  ISolvlder--,  111.;  Mrs.  Priscilla  Wilson, 
llraidwuod.  III.;  William  W.  Proonian,  Menasha, 
Wis.;  Alonzo  Shaw,  Tipton,  Iowa;  N.  C.  Boles, 
Untcninson,  Kau.;  W.  n.  Konnon,  Columbus,  Miss. 
.  Hon.  Daniel  .1.  ilorrill,  ot  JamestowD,  Penn.,  teti- 
titled  before  the  CommlMee  on  the  Powers,  Privi- 
leges, and  Unties  of  the  House  to-dav  that  be  was 
appointed  Uiiit>-d  States  Centennial  CoramissioDer, 
by  the  President,  nnder  tho  Act  of  March  3.  1871, 
and  still  held  that  office,  wbioh  waa  one  of  honor  and 
trust,  bat  nu  profit.  Ho  said  ho  did  not  attend  tho 
meeting  of  tho  Electoral  College,  Docaiiso  ho  had 
been  informed  of  his  Ineligibility,  and  Mr.  Henry  A. 
Bogiis  was  appointed  by  the  college  to  fill  the  va- 
cancy. Before  tbo  same  committee  to-day  the  ex- 
amination of  William  K.  Spearlnu,  of  New-Orleans, 
was  continued,  and  he  tostitled  in  relation  to  tho 
meetings  of  himself,  (rifford,  and  Llttletiild,  corrobo- 
rating the  l.ittor's  testimony  civen  yesterday  in  every 
essential  particular.  He  also  testified  with  refer- 
ence to  his,  Littfefleld'a,  and  Murphy's  trip  to 
Sprincfleld,  111.,  and  their  interview  there  with 
Gov.  Palmer,  all  of  which  has  alroad.v  been  made 
public,  lib  stated  that  he  bad  no  promise  of 
monc.v  or  any  other  reward  for  his  trouble  and 
services,  and  acted  solely  from  a  desire  tor  and 
with  a  view  to  securing  a  good  government  for  bia 
Stbte.  Hon.  E.  J.  Ellis,  member  of  Congress  from 
Louisiana,  toatified  that  Duncan  F.  Kenncr's  stand- 
ing as  A  gentleman  of  character  and  social  positton 
was  ot  the  vor.v  hiehest,  and  whose  reputulion  for 
integrity  and  truth  was  beyond  all  cavil ;  ho  did  not 
believe  that  Mr.  Ecnner  would  offer  a  bribe  to  any 
one ;  as  to  J.  Madison  Wells  his  ronntation  was 
very  bad,  and  wiiueas  wonld  not  oclievo  him  under 
oatn  in  any  matter  in  which  liis  [WellsJ  pecuniary 
interest  or  his  party  interest  shonld  come  into  play. 

The  committee  then  ud.jouTnod  until  Monday. 

While  sitting  m  the  olo.tK-room  of  the  Seuate, 
smoking,  to-day.  Senator  Hamlm  was  tf^'"'"  wlili 
wbac  appeared  to  boa  fainting  fit,  and  had  it  not 
been  for  Senator  McMillan,  who  sat  by  him,  would 
have  fallen  into  the  fire.  He  soon  recovered,  but 
his  friends  thought  it  best  that  bo  be  taken  home. 
Atter  amvius  there  he  soon  recovered,  and  tliis 
evening  is  in  his  usual  good  health. 

About  11  o'clock  this  morning  a  mmor  gained 
circulation  that  an  attempt  would  be  madu  when 
the  Senate  passed  In  procession  through  the 
rotunda,  on  its  way  to  tbo  Houso,  to 
seize  the  two  mahogany  boxes  contain- 
ing Electoral  returns,  earned  by  Capt.  Bas- 
sett,  AsBistan^^Door keeper  of  the  Senate,  in 
order  to  pruveR*  any  farther  count.  But  littlo 
credence  waa  attached  to  the  report;  but  Caot. 
Blackford,  Chief  of  the  Capitol  Police,  placed  an 
additional  number  of  policemen  in  the  rotunda 
during  tne  pafleaee,  both  ways,  of  the  Senatorial 
procession.  No  attempt  was  made,  however,  and 
probably  none  was  intended. 

The  tollowing  were  the  balanees  in  the  Treasury 
at  the  close  of  hnsiness  to-day  :  Carrenc.r,  t0,055,- 
792 ;  special  deposit  of  legal  tenders  for  redempiion 
of  ceriiflciUesor  deposit,  »38,590,000;  eoin,  f90,150,. 
603,  iucliioine  coin  certifloat^e,  ^2,738,4011;  ont- 
stitudln^  legal  tenders,  $3G4,984,dlO. 

Secretary  Morrill  contiunes  to  improve,  and  is 
able  to  sit  up  for  a  short  time.  The  President 
called  this  morning  and  had  an  hour's  cunlerence 
with  him. 

To-day  Judge  Cartter,  on  the  petition  of  Charles 
L.  Steever  and  others,  by  Mr.  Fullprton,  directed  a 
rule  to  issue  on  the  Secretary  ot  tho  Na.vy,  return- 
able on  Saturday  next,  to  show  cause  why  a  manda- 
mus should  not  be  issued  to  coinpel  him  to  pay 
them  certain  prize  money.  They  state  that 
imder  l^e^t.  William  B.  Cashing,  on  the  27th 
of  October,  1864,  they  captured  the  rebel  ram 
Albermarlo;  M>at,  undsr  the  decree  of  the  court  of 
Aueu^t  21,  1865,  and  Feb.  11.  1873.  the  petitioners 
were  entitled  to  a  sharo  in  the  prize  money  ($273.- 
135  09,)  their  share  beioe  $34,886  4U,  and  statd  that 
the  amoont  wiu  not  fairly  proportioned,  and  the 
sum  of  (23,9^  bas  been  paid  ;  that  this  wrong  waa 
brought  to  the  notice  ot  the  Secretary  soon  after  Us 
discovery,  May  5,  1873. 


RAILROAD  AOOIDENT  ly  KBSTUOKT. 
Louisville,  Feb.  24.— At  Betird's  Station  on 

the  Luuiaville  and  Cmoinoati  Short  Line  Railruad, 
early  this  morning,  a  pitssenger  train  bound  sonth 
was  thrown  from  the  track  by  a  misplaced  switch. 
The  engineer  saw  the  dancer  In  time  to  avoid  a 
aerioos  disaster.  Two  passeaeers  wore  slightly  in- 
jured. W.  H.  Moore,  of  Memphis,  bad  Ins  shonlder 
partly  dislocated,  and  a  Mr.  Cochran,  of  Kew- 
OrleanB,  had  two  ribs  broken.     I)o  interruption  to 


THE  EASTERN  CAMPAIGN. 


AN 


and  the  Servian 
to-day.  Prince 
letter       to     tho 

Turkish        condi- 


AGKEEMENT  BETWRlCN  TURKKY  AND 
.  SKRVIA — THK  ASSEMBLING  OF  PERSIAN 
1ROOP3  KXPLAINKD — RUSSIA'S  ATTI- 
TUDE TOWARD  ENGLAND — THE  CZAU'S 
ARMY  IN  FINE   CONDITION. 

Constantinople,  Feb.  24. — An  agree- 
ment between  the  Porte 
Envoys  was  concluded 
Milan  will  address  a 
Sultan  accepting  the 
lions,  except  those  claiming  equality  for 
the  Jews  in  Servia  and  the  right  of  the  I'orto 
to  be  diplotaatically  represented  at  Belgrade. 
The  Sultan  will  grant  Prince  Milan  a  new  fir- 
man  determining  tho  future  relations  of  Servia 
and  Turkey.  ' 

The  Persian  Minister  has  communicated  to 
the  Sultan  a  dispatch  from  the  .Shah  explain- 
ing that  the  assemblages  of  troops  on  tho 
Turkish  frontier  are  solely  meant  to  prevent 
the  depredations  of  a  nomadic  tribe.  These 
assemblages  have  been  ordered  to  cease. 

Brdssels.  Feb.  24. — Le  Nord  to-day  pub- 
lishes a  letter  from  St.  Petersburg  declaring 
that  England  will  obtain  no  concession  from 
Rusoia  short  of  an  agreement  for  the  coercion 
of  Turkey.  In  case  the  Porte  persists  in  its 
refusal  to  execute  reforms,  England's  present 
attitude  might  even  precipitate  Russia's  deci- 
bion  to  abandon  a  position  which  is  neither 
peace  nor  war,  yet  imposes  upon  Russia  all 
war's  sacrifi-CPs. 

London,  Fob.  24. — A  spotiial  dispatch  from 
Berlin  says:  "It  is  stated  m  woli-iu formed 
circles  that  tho  Czar  will  certainly  await  the 
Dowers' replies  to  Prince  GortachakolTs  circular 
before  attacking  Turkey."  A  Prussian  otlicer 
just  arrived  from  Kischeneff  gives  a  highly 
favorable  account  of  the  Russian  Army,  but  it 
is  positively  asserted  that  Russia  in  no  case 
will  commence  hostilities  before  March  31. 


COMMERCIAL  AND  FINANCIAL. 


London,  Fob.  24. — Tho  depression  in  tho 
Minuing-lune  markets  contiuurs,  and  quoiationii 
have  further  given  way.  Plantation  Ceylon  and 
East  India  .new  crop  coflje  aro  about  4  shilliuss 
to  5  shillings  per  cwt.  lower  than  last  Friday's 
prices,  owing  to  arrivals  and  fall  supplies  expected. 
I'alo  de^icriptions  have  not  variod  much  in  price. 
Sugar,  alter  receding  1  sbillinir  per  cwt.  in  mauy 
cases,  closed  steadier.  The  (ilasEow  market  closes 
Quiet.with  prices  barely  supported,  but  tiie  week'y 
tr.insaclions  shuw  an  advance  of  1  shilling 
to  1  sbilliug  0  pence  per  cwt.,  the  principal  gain 
being  on  medium  descriptions.  A  few  cargoes  of 
new  liuroiah  rico  sold,  to  arrive,  at  about  last 
week'.H  prices.  There  have  been  exceptionally 
heavy  public  sales  of  tea,  prices  in  some  cases  fa- 
vorina  buyers.  Eower  grades  of  rod-loaf  Congou 
were  most  depressed.  Too  private-contract  market 
was  dull  as  usnal.  The  only  teaturn  in  spices  has 
been  some  inquiry  lor  black  and  white  popper,  to 
arrive. 

Business  on  the  Stock  Exchange  during  the  week 
baa  been  very  dull.  Consols  aro  ^4  better  on  tho 
week.  A  ninjorily  of  foreign  securities  have  de- 
clined. Itnssiaus,  however,  aro  in  demand  in  con- 
sequencu  of  repurchases  by  speculators  for  a  fall 
who  were  alarmed  by  the  j)acitio  tone  of  the  Ger- 
man Emperor's  apeecli.  Cauadiau  railways  are 
dull  and  lower.  Auierieau  Governmenls  aro  steady. 
but  somo  railway.-^,  iuciudin;^  Erie,  are  flat  at  a  re- 
duction. Telegraphs  have  generally  declined. 
Anclo-Americaa  iire  3  and  Direct  United  States  I3 
lu  'Ai  worse  iu  eonsetjueucu  ot  the  auuouuoemout  ot 
the  sliilliu^  tariff. 


MISCELLANEOUS      FOREIGN    NOTES. 


Viknna,  Feb.  24. — A  conference  of  the 
constitutional  p.irty  of  tho  Reiehsrath  to-day 
resolved  that  the  Government  plan  for  the 
lorniation  of  the  bunk'^  Board  of  l>ircctors  is 
not  ina-liiiis^ible,  iievortholess  the  party  re- 
serves ireodoiii  of  actum  upon  tho  compromise 
proinicsal;*.  e.'>pocially  reiiarding  the  appoint- 
ment ot  Vice  Governors  of  tho  bank  us  an  opcu 
question. 

UiLUAo,  Feb.  24. — Tempestuous  weather  has 
been  prevalent  here  during  the  last  few  d.ty  p. 
and  still  continues.  <Juo  English  and  two 
Frcncli  ships  are  roportod  to  00  lost  at  San- 
tona  witli  all  hand..!. 

LoNUuN,  Feb.  'M. — Seven  of  tho  seamen  bo- 
lou^ing  to  the  bark  IVti  Dubrovncki,  which 
was  wrockfcl  on  St.  Kilda  Island,  are  supposed 
to  have  perished. 

SLAVERY  IN  CUBA. 


Havana,  Fob.  24. — The  Voz  dc  Cuba,  referring 
to  President Oraut's  Mesbageand  liU  statement  that 
Cuba  is  the  only  land  in  which  slavery  now  exists, 
Hiiys :  "  While  slavery  na  a  larger  scale  exists  in 
Brazil,  tho  Sp.inish  law  of  gradual  abolition  will  re- 
sult in  endinc  slavery  in  Cuba  earlier  than  in  Bra- 
zil. If  foreign  Governments  insist  that  slavery 
be  abolislied  in  Brnzll  while  it  exists  in 
Cuba,  then  let  tho  Spanish  law  bo  exchau;;od  tor 
the  Brazilian  one.  thus  doing  away  with  fauitliud- 
ing  and  the  pretexts  of  other  nations,  compelling 

them'     to      blamo      Brazil      when     bl.tming    Caba, 

Whether  under  Spamsh  or  BmzUian  law,  wo 
shall  have  to  pass  throush  a  transformn- 
tion  of  the  gravest  importance.  Nobody  ic- 
uores  this,  vet  uoOodv  takes  tne  provisory 
steps.       We  cannot  understand  this  indlffereuce,  ou 

the  solution  of  which  ihefaluroof  the  islaud  larue- 

ly  de|iend.-<.  There  is  no  other  country  where  iudi- 
■virtual  efforts  are  so  stronji,  and  where  collective 
efforts  are  unknown.  Lot  tne  initiaiivo  for  a  col- 
lective effort  como  from  some  prominent  planter, 
acting  iu  the  pioliiuinaries  in  concert  with  others 
and  tho  authorities,  and  adopt  In  time  the  proper 
means  lookiuK  toward  the  transformation  of  labor. 
Nothing  outside  of  war,  of  equal  of  importance  to 
the  future  ut  the  island  witu  thia  label  question 
exists."  

DEATH  OF  A  BICIDE  AT  THE  ALTAR. 
Special  Disvaich  to  the  New-  York  Timsa. 
Raleigh,  Feb.  24. — On  Thursday  night 
last,  in  tho  town  of  Thomas'ville,  Davidson 
County,  while  William  Thomas  and  a  Miss 
Forney  were  betore  tho  altar  for  the  purpose 
of  being  married,  more  than  half  of  the  cere- 
mony having  been  performed,  the  bride 
dropped  aeaii  before  the  ceremony  was  con- 
cluded, a  victim  of  heart  disease. 

at 

yO  FEia^'ED  JSlSUEH  ENXkliTAiyED. 
Special  I}itpatc^  to  the  Keio-YorK  IHmes. 
Raliegh,  Feb.  24. — In  tho  suit  of  Blake 
against  Askew,  involving  the  oonsiitntionality  of 
the  special  tax  bonds,  which  bas  been  before  the 
Supreme  Court  of  this  State  for  nearly  two  years, 
the  court  tiled  an  opinion  yesterday,  dismissing  the 
action  upon  the  gronnd  that  it  was  a  teignea 
issue,  which  is  forbidden  by  the  Consiiiutiou;  that 
it  was  not  bona  fide  between  the  pactte»,  and  was 
gotten  up  expressly  to  procure  tho  opinion  ot  tho 
court,  lu  dismissing  the  case  Justice  Roade  syys: 
"  The  action  is  not  fit  to  be  entertained." 


OOUNIERFEITERS  ARRESTED. 
Special  Dispatch  to  the  New-  YorK  Times. 
Raleigh.  Feb.  24. — On  Monday  last  12  men 
were  arrested  at  Sand  Hill,  Richmond  Connty, 
while  engaged  in  counterfeiting  "nickels"  and 
silver  coin.  A  nnmber  of  dies  and  a  quantity  of'ihe 
counterfeit  pieces  were  captured.  Several  of  the 
gang  escaped.  Those  arrested  wote  taken  before 
the  United  States  Commissioner  for  commitment. 

ILLNESS  OF  A  FHlLADELtEIA  OFFICIAL. 

Sveciai  Dispatch  to  the  Nc  10- Yoric  Timit. 

Philadelphia,    Feb.     24. — Capt.     Terranoe 

McCiuker,    formerly  the  Chief   Engineer    of   the, 

Philadelphia  Fire  Department,  ana  at  present  Chief 

of  the  Insurance  Patrol,  is  dangeronsly  ill.  The 
physicians  have  uiven  up  all  hope^i  ut  his  recovery. 
He  is  well  kno-wn  in  New- York. 


A  HORSE-THIEF  LTNOHED. 
Alexandria,  La.,  Feb.  24. — Last  night  a  man 
named  Cage,  hailing  from  Wilkinson  County,  Miss,, 
was  taken  from  jail  by  unknown  parties  and  banged. 
Se  had  stolen  Madox  Watta'  horse  the  mgki  before,^ 


and  was  pnrsned  by' Watts  and  captured,  and  when 
returnina  to  town,  turned  and  discharged  a  revolver 
twice  at  Watts,  wounding  him  severely  in  the  right 
breast,  and  esctped,  but  was  recaptured  and  lodeed 
in  jail.  Watts,  who  is  seriously,  iboutrh  not  dan- 
gerously wonnded,  was  doing  well  this  toronoon. 


THE  PRESIDENT  ELECT. 


AT  HIS  HOMi:  IN  FREMONT— A  GRAND  FAHE- 
WELL  RECEPTION   TO  BE   GIVEN   HIM   IN 
COLUMBUS — ANXIOU.S    INQUIRIES    MADE 
IN    WASHINGTON  ABOUT   HIS   COMING. 
Special  Ditpatch  to  the  New-  York  nine?. 

Columbus,  Feb.  24.— Gov.  Hayes  went  to 
bis  home  at  Fremont  to-day,  accompanied  by 
his  family,  and  will  remain  until  some  time 
next  week.  Preparations  are  being  made  by 
the  citizens  here,  regardless  of  party,  to  give 
him  a  farewell  reception  prior  to  his  departure 
for  Washington.  It  is  expected  that  his  resig- 
nation .18  Governor  will  be  presented  to  the 
Legislature  soon  after  his  return  from  Fremont. 
Lieut.  Gov.  Young  will  thereupon  immediately 
be  installed  as  his  sucocssor. 

Was,"".ington,  Feb.  24. — Senator  Sherman 
has  returned  from  Ohio,  and  was  in  his  place 
in  the  Senate  to-day.  He  was  anxiously  ques- 
tioned by  many  Republicans  and  a  few  Demo- 
crats, who  desired  to  know  if  he  had  seen  tho 
President  elect,  and  it  be  was  soon  coming  to 
Washington.  Ho  was  unable,  however,  to  re- 
ply to  these  inquiries. 

THE  SOUTH  AND  PRESIDENT  BAYE6. 
Spi'ctal  Dispatch  to  the  New-  York  Timet. 

Raleigh,  Feb.  24.— The  News  of  this  oity, 
the  accredited  organ  ot  Gov.  Vance  and  the 
Democratic  Party,  speaking  of  the  decision  of 
tho  Electoral  Commission  in  the  Oregon  case 
as  making:  Hayes  the  next  President,  says: 
"Tho  South  will  not  suli'er  under  Hayes' Ad- 
ministration. There  is  every  assurance  that 
he  will  bo  both  liberal  and  just  to  our  seetion." 


A  PHILADELPHIA  THEATRE  BURNED 


fox's    THEATRE      DKSTIiOYED — THE     PLACD: 
CAPABLi;    OF   iSKATING  3,000   PERSONS. 

Special  Disoatch  to  th".  New-  York  Times. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  25.— Fox's  New 
American  Theatre,  at  Tenth  anil  Chestnut 
streets,  was  totally  destroyed  by  fire  atl  o'clock 
this  morning.  The  place  had  been  closed  at 
11:45  last  night,  and  no  one  was  in  the 
building  except  the  watchman,  Charles  Charl- 
ton, who  was  overcome  by  tho  smoke,  and 
dragged  out  of  the  rear  portion.  The  fire  com- 
menced in  tho  property-room,  and  in  three- 
quarter  of  an  houi"  the  place  was  entirely  de- 
Htroved.  The  players  lost  all  their  wardrobes, 
and  the  loss  will  be  about  $150, 000, 
which  is  covered  by  insurance. 

The  Mercantile  Library  building,  and  Caru- 
croas  and  Dlxey'a  Theatre,  in  the  rear,  were 
damaged       by       water.         A        stiff  wind 

was  blowing,  and  for  a  while  it 
was  feared  more  ot  the  large  buildings  in  the 
neighborhood  would  be  burned.  The  flro  is 
still  burning,  but  is  under  control. 

Dispatch  to  the  Associated  Press. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  25.— At  12:50  this 
morning  fire  broke  out  on  tho  stage  of 
Fox's  new  American  Theatre,  and  at  this 
hour,  1  A.  M.,  the  whole  place  is  in 
flames.  Myriads  of  burning  embers  are  flying 
in  every  direction,  and  the  neighborhood  is 
lighted  up  tor  squares.  The  fire  spread  with 
remarkable  rapidit.y,  and  is  communicating  with 
Roger's  wagon  warehouse.  Tho  Mercantile 
Library  IJuildingis'in  danger,  as  is  als»  the  New- 
York  Mutual's  new  building  at  the  corner  of 

Tenth  and  Chestnut  streets.  A  general  alarm 
has  been  swindod.  Fortunately,  all  hands  had 
lelt  tlie  theatre  before  the  fire  broke  out.  Tho 
building  was  a,  handsome  one,  and  was  erected 
u'xiut  1870. 

L.'iTEK.— At  2  A.  M.  tho  fire  is  still  burning  at 
the  Fox  Thoatie,  but,  owing  to  the  coniusion,  no 
estimate  of  tlio  loss  can  be  made.  The  theatre 
Will?  oponcjl  on  the  evening  of  Dec.  17,  1870.  It 
occupied  a  lot  100  by  177  feet,  with  an  entrance 
from  Chestnut-street  through  an  arcade  14  feet 
■wide  and  had  a  seating  capacity  for  3,000  per- 
sons. 


CORTINA  CAPTURED. 


the  BORDER  RAIDER  IN  PRISON  AT  MATA- 
MOROS— GREAT  EXCITEMENT  THERE— 
KXPKCFATION  THAT  HE  WILL  BE  SPEED- 
ILY  SHOT. 

Brownsville,  Texas,  Feb.  24.— Gen.  John 
N.  Cortina  waa  arrested  m  Malamoros  this  after- 
noon at  5  o'clock,  and  placed  in  the  military  prison. 
It  is  believed  that  he  wilt  be  court-marshaled 
and  shot  for  not  obeying  the  order  of 
President  Diaz  to  present  himself  at  the 
City  of  Mexico  to  answer  for  his  [conduct  on  the 
frontier  for  the  past  10  months.  Gen.  Corales,  Gov- 
ernor of  the  Slate.  is  outside  of  Mata- 
moros'  with  1,500  men,  and  will  aid  G^n. 
Blanco  in  suppressins  any  attempt  on  the 
part  of  tho  friouda  of  Cortina  to  rescue 
him.  There  is  great  excitement  in  Matamoros,  and 
the  partisans  of  Cortina  are  flying  to  tho  Texas  side 
of  tho  Rio  Grande.  Tho  authorities  express  them- 
selves ihorouchl.y  prenaretl  to   maintain    or.ler   and 

execuie  iho  law  iu  case  of  any  altempi  at  violence. 


LEGISLATION  FOR  THE  CITY 


Mil.  KX»D  IS  AOAINSr  PAYING  TAXES. 

New-Okleans,  Feb.  24.— la  the  Nicholls  Le- 
cisiature  to-day  Mr.  K.idd,  of  Jackson  Parish, 
offr-rnd  the  following  : 

Declaration  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  State  of 
Louisiana. 

We,  the  Representatives  of  the  people  of  Louisi- 
ana, duly  elected  by  and  direct  from 
the  people,  fully  aware  from  positive  knowl- 
edge of  the  feebng  and  determination 
that  impel  and  control  them,  do  aeclaro  that 
under  no  circumstances  will  the  people  of  this  State 
pay  tribute  to  any  other  State  Government  than 
that  at  whoso  head  stands  the  man  of  their  choice, 
their  endeared  and  truly  elected  Governor,  Francis 
T.  Nicholls  :  and  do  further  declare  the  utter  im- 
puseibllitv  of  gathering  taxes  by  any  other  autfior- 
iiy,  and  that  any  attemot  to  gather  them  b.y  other 
authority  than  the  Kichnlls  Government  will  not 
only  prove  abortive,  but  lead  to  lamentable  civil 
Strife,  if  not  to  bloodshed  and  actual  war. 


ST.  LOUIS  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY. 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  24.— The  Grand  Jury  to-day 

returned  to  the  Criminal  Court  indictments  against 
Henry  W.  Haugh.  President,  and  John  I..  Pierce, 
Secretary,  of  the  Life  Association  of  America,  char- 
cins  them  with  perjury  in  signing  a  statement,  which 
they  knew  to  be  fatso,  of  the  tinaocial  condition  of 
the  association  ou  Dec.  1,  1875.  The  Directors  of 
this  association  sent  communications  to  the  Grand 
Jury  .yostorilay  askini:  tliein  to  callTFor  the  prodnc- 
tiou  ot  the  books  and  papers  of  tli>)  us  looi.ition, 
and  to  take  the  testimony  ot  its  officers  respecting 
the  statement  npon  which  the  indictments  were 
founded  ;  but  the  fury  gave  no  heed  to  ihe  request, 
and  returned  indictment's  against  two  of  its  siiiners. 
Roth  gentlemen  entered  into  bonds  of  .$1,500  to  ap- 
pear to  answer  td'  the  otiarge. 

RETIREMENT  OF  DISABLED  OFFICERS. 

Chicago,  Feb.  24. — A  Board  of  OflBcers  to 
retire  dis.ibled  officers  of  the  Army  has  been  ap- 
pointed by  orders  from  Washincton  to  convene  in 
Chicaao  on  Monday  next.  The  following  officers 
are  detailed  as  members  of  the  board  :  Cols.  Sack- 
ett.  Eilburu,  and  Drum,  ana  Lieut.  Col.  Sheridan 
as  Recorder. 

THE  " MOLLT  MAOUIRES  "  CONVICTED. 

PoTTSViLLE,  Feb.  24. — Hester,  Tully,  and 
McHugh,  the  Molly  Maguire  prisoners  on  trial 
atBloomsharg  for  the  murder  ot  Alexander  Rea, 
near  Ceurialla.  were  this  afternoon  found  guilty  of 
mnrder  iu  the  first  deereo. 

■■^ 
AN  INSANE  MOTHER  KILLS  HER  CHILDREN 

Island  Pond,  Vt.,  Feb.  24.— Mrs.  Hiram 
Yormz  killed  her  two  children,  a  boy  and  girl,  at 
Newark:  to-day,  horribly  mangling  them  with  tCn 
axe.  Her  husband  had  lett  ber,  and  she  ia  sapDQsed 
txt  have  bscuma  inaana  ovachflr  troablea* 


THE  LINE  OF  POLICY  PROPOSED. 
KKOKQANIZATION    AND     PURIFICATION — RBn,. 
DUCTION     OP     SALARIES     AND     Or      THi5 
NUMBER     OF     OFFICES — SALARIES     AND 
FEES — THE   COURTS— MERGING   DEPAJtT* 
MENTS— THE      POLICE      AND      FIRE      DE- 
PARTMENTS— STREET   CLEANING. 
From  Our  Oicn  Correspondent. 
Albany,  Saturday,  Feb.  24,  1877. 

The  mo3t  cursory  examination  oC  th* 
mass  of  Citv  bills  which  has  been  poured  into 
the  Legislature  makes  one  fact  clear  above  all 
others,  viz.,  that  no  more  are  needed.  The 
naatter  is  becoming  a  little  confusing,  With- 
all  this  mass  of  crude  legislation  in  ferment,  it  ia 
hard  to  keep  clearly  in  mind  the  measures  of 
purification  and  reorganization  which  are  really 
necessary  in  the  City  Government.  Thero, 
is  danger  that  these  will  be  covered  up  and  lost 
sight  of  in  tho  confusion  of  schemes.  In  view 
of  this  cireumstauce,  the  present  time  seema- a  ' 
good  one  to  briefly  review  the  line  of  policy 
which  the  Republican  majority  appear  to  have 
marked  our,  and  to  indicate  the  means  by 
which  It  is  to  be  carried  into  efiect,  with  the 
reasons  therefor.  For  convenience,  this  may 
be  arranged  under  the  following  heads  : 

I. — Single  headed  commissions  for  all  de> 
partments  except  the  Police. 

11.— Reduction  of  salaries  of  officers  and  em» 
ployes. 

III. — Reduction  of  the  number  of  employee, 
especially  court  attendants. 

IV. — Tho  oflices  of  Register  of  Deeds,  County 
Clerk,  and  Coroners  to  ba  made  salaried 
offices. 

V. — Tho  Marine  Court  to  be  abolished. 

VI. — The  Dock  Department  to  be  merged  ij» 
the  Department  of  Public  Works ;  that  o£ 
Buildings  to  be  merged  in  the  Fire  Depart- 
ment! 

VII. — The  street  cleaniug  to  be  given  to  tho 
Board  of  Health,  or  to  a  separate  department 
created  for  the  purpose. 

VIII. — Street  cleaning  to  be  done  by  con« 
tract,  the  contracts  to  be  for  small  districts. 

IX. — The  policemen  and  firemen  to  be  graded 
in  three  classes,  with  salaries  to  correspond. 

X. — A  Police  pension  fund  to  be  created,  fof 
the  retirement  of  old  policemen  on  half  pay. 

XI, — A  question  for   further  consideration  ii 
the  merging  oPtho    Excisii  in    the  Polica  JDi*- 
partmont. 

I.  Single  headed  commisinons  for  all  depart- 
ments except  the  PoKce  Department. — Section 
26,  of  article  III.,  of  the  City  charter  provides 
that  there  shall  be  in  tho  City  Government  the 
following  departments  :  Finance,  Law,  Police, 
Publio  Works,  Charities  and  Correction,  Fire, 
Health,  Docks,  Parks,  Taxes  and  Assessments^ 
Buildings — II  m  all.  Ab  these  departments 
are  now  constituted,  those  of  Finance,  Law, 
Public  Works,  and  Buildings  have  eaeh  ome 
head ;  that  of  Health,  two ;  Charities  antj 
Correction,  Taxes  and  Assessments,  Firo,#an(i 
Docks  have  each  three  Commissioners ;  •  the 
Police  and  Park  Dcparcments  have  four  each. 
So  long  as  tho  Bureau  of  Elections  is  in  the 
Ponce  Department  publio  opinion  seems  to  re- 
quire that  the  board  shall  consist  ot  an  equal 
number  of  men  of  both  political  parties ;  it  is 
therefore  proposed  to  reduce  tho  coonmission 
from  four  to  two — one  Republican  and  one 
Democrat.  This  would  save  $12,000,  the  salary 
of  the  Commissioners  to  go  out  beina 
$0,000  each.  It  may  perhaps  be  considered; 
reasonable  that  tho  salary  of  the  two  retained 
should  be  made  equal.  Tho  President  of  tha 
board  now  receives  $8,009.  It  is  the  opinion  of 
one  of  tho  best  Police  Commissioners  tl.e  City 
ever  had  that  a  board  of  two  is  the  best  bonrd 
to  have.  In  the  four  depiirtmonts  having 
three  Commissioners  each,  the  salaries  are  ai 
follows:  Charities  and  Correction,  President, 
$ti,500;  two  Commissioners,  $5,000  each;  Fire, 
I'reaideut,  ?7,500  ;  two  Commiesiouera,  $5,000 
each ;  Taxes  and  Assessments,  President, 
$6,500  ;  two  Commissioners,  $5,000 each;  Docks, 
President,  $6,500 ;  two  Commissioners,  53,000 
each.  The  total  saving  by  lopping  off  the  extra 
Commissioners  in  these  departments  -would  be 
§36,000  per  year.  The  President  of  the  Park 
Department  is  paid  ^,500  ;  the  other  Commis- 
sioners retjeive  no  salai^y.  The  two  Commis- 
sioners of  Health  are  paid,  respectively,  $6,500 
and  $5,000  per  year.  The  reasons  urged  for 
adopting  the  policy  of  single  headed  depart- 
ments are  economy  and  greater  efficiency. 
Mayor  Ely  is  warmly  in  favor  of  the  plan. 

II.  Reduction  of  salaries  of  officers  and  em- 
playes. — ^Tbe  bill  lor  this  purpo.se  now  on  the 
Assembly  flies,  as  reported  from  the  Committee 
on  Cities,  will  scale  down  salaries  from  10  to' 
20  per  cent.  The  reduction  will  be  little  loss  to> 
a  very  large  number  ot  City  employes,  siace 
they  do  not  receive  more  than  from  one-half  to 
two-thirds  of  the  salary  placed  opposite  their 
names  on  the  pay-rolls.  Where  the  other  por- 
tion goes  it  is  needless  to  inquire  now. 

ill.  Reduction  of  the  number  of  employes, ,^9^ 
pecially  court  atletidants. — This  is  not  an  easy 
matter  tor  the  Legislature  To  deal  w^ith  di- 
rectly, except  as  to  the  courts,  where  the  evil 
to  be  remedied  is  flagrant  and  glaring.  The 
City  Record  of  Jan.  31  contains  a  earelully  clas- 
sified  list  of  all  persons  drawing  pay  from  tho 

gity,  from  the  Mayor  aown.  It  is  a  mosD  in- 
teresting document,  which  has  been  circulated 
among  tho  members  to  some  extont,  and  is  de- 
serving of  all  possible  attention.  The  tollowing 
list  of  court  *'  attendants"  is  taken  from  it.  Le 
it  remembered  that  •'  attendant"  does  not  mean 
clerk,  but  simply  a  per.son  who  '•attends" 
court,  hands  up  papers,  keeps  order,  and  sita 
about : 

Court  of  General  Sessions — 36  attendants,  at 
a  salary  of  $1,200  each  ;  total,  $43,200.  Many 
of  these  attendants  are  little  more  than  zha 
personal  servants  of  the  three  Judges  who  pre-, 
side  over  the  court,  viz..  Recorder  HacketA, 
Judge  Sutherland,  and  Judge  Gildersleew. 
These  gentlemen  receive  salaries  liberal  almost 
to  extravagance,  and,  if  it  is  not  actually  dis- 
honest, it  is  certainly  something  very  like 
meanness,  to  make  the  City  pay  for  services 
they  aro  well  ^ble  to  pay  for  themselves. 
There  is  no  reatToii  in  the  world  why  six,  or  at 
most  eight,y«ittendant8  could  not  do  all  the 
work  lor  the  supposed  performance  of  which 
36  have  betin  appointed,  and  no  one  know^s  thia 
better  than  the  gentlemen  who  made  the  ap- 
pointments. True,  they  have  the  technical 
right  under  the  law  to  do  this  ;  that  is  to  say, 
when  the  Ring  was  in  its  power  laws  were 
passed  enormously  swelling  the  number  of 
court  attendants,  and  these  have  not  been  re- 
pealed ;  but  the  Judges  are  not  compelled  to 
make  all  these  unnecessary  aopointments. 
Do  tliey  consider  it  consistent  with  their 
sense  of  honor  as  gentlemen,  and  as  reposi- 
tories of  a  high  public  trust,  to  make  thoir 
court  such  an  example  of  gross  extravagance 
as  this  official  list  shows  it  to  bo?  It  is  nut  lor 
them  to  plead  their  technical  rigbt'to  make  the 
City  pay  thousands  and  thousands  a  year  lot 
which  it  gets  no  return.  It  is  a  matter  whicb 
directly  c«»neerns  their  honor  as  gentlemen. 
Better  thmgs  might  have  been  expected  ol 
them  than  such  a  record  of  tadeiensible  extrav- 
agance ;  and  since  the  just  expectations  of 
those  who  desire  to  respeet  thom  have  been 
disappointed,  it  is  time  lor  the  Legislature  to 
step  in  and  sipply  the  remedy.  Six  attendautc 
are  all  that  are  necessary  or  should  be  allowed 
to  this  court. 

Supreme  Court — 24  attendants,  at  $1.2G0 each ; 
total,  $28,800.  The  number  of  attendants  in 
this  court  is  not  so  large  as  in  the  Court  of 
GUjnerat  Sessions,  where  exxravagance  reaches 
its  olimax,  but  still  there  are  too  many.  Eight 
attendants  is  an  ample  number  to  do  all  tbo 
wtirk  which  has  to  bo  done.  The  court  should 
be  limited  to  this  number. 

Court  of  Common  Pleas — In  this  court  the 
" attendants "  appear  on  the  p.ty-roU  as  "offi- 
cers," of  whom  there  are  2Ci,at  $1,200  each — total, 
$24,000  There  are  also  14  "assistantolerks," 
which  is  more  ttaU  the  roll  ot  any  other  court 
shows.  Thirteen  ot  these  are  paid  $2,500  each 
the  lourteenth  receives  $1,200;  total  for  all' 
$33,700.    YAsht  ahsiatant  Qhaxka  AncLair.  jtW*^* 


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mts  seem  sufficient  for  this  coart.  Good  rea- 
Bons  should  be  shown  for  its  having  more. 

Superior  Court— This  court  makes  a  better 
exhibit  than  any  of  the  others,  the  Judges  hav- 
ing voluntarily  reduced  the  staflF.  It  is  presided 
over  by  six  Judees,  and  there  are  eleven  assist- 
ant clerks,  and  fourteen  attendants.  Nine  of 
the  clerks  receive  ^,500  per  year,  the  tenth  re- 
ceives $1,500,  aud  the  eleventh  $1,200.  The  at- 
tendants receive  the  usual  $1,200  each— total 
for  all,  §42,100.  Further  reductions  should  be 
made,  unless  it  can  be  satisfaotorilv  shown 
that  tlie  business  of  the  court  requires  the 
present  force. 

The  District  Courts — These  courts  are  little 
nests  of  corruption  and  extravagance,  which 
badly  need  punHcation.  The  Justices  eet 
$6,000  per  year  ;  two  assistant  clerks  13,000 
each  (!)  ;  a  stenographer,  $2,000  ;  two  attend- 
ants, $1,200  each ;  an  interpreter,  $1,200 ;  janitor, 
$1,500 — total  cost  of  one  court  lor  the  year, 
$19,100.    One  half  of  this  cost  should  be  cut  off. 

The  exhi  bit  made  above  shows  a  fact  which 
has  been  repeattjdly  urged  upon  the  attention 
of  the  public  and  the  Le^siature,  i.  e.,  that  an 
evil  of  greater  magnitude  in  the  City  Govern- 
ment than  the  disproportionately  high  rate 
of  salaries,  is  the  enormous  multiplication  of 
offices.  Take  for  instance,  the  Court  of  General 
Sessions.  There  are  three  Judges,  one  of  whom 
receives  $15,000  per  year,  the  others  $12,000. 
It  these  salaries  were  reduced  to  812,000  and 
110,000  respectively,  the  saving  would  be  §7,000 
per  year ;  but  if  the  number  of  court  attendants 
were  cut  down  simply  to  what  are  necessary, 
which  is  six.  the  saving  would  be  $36,000  per 
year. 

IV.  The  offices  of  Register  of  Deeds,  County 
Cierk,  and  Voroners  to  he  made  salaried  offices. 
— Bills  lor  this  purpose  have  been  introuuoed 
in  the  Senate  by  Mr.  Woodin,  and  two  of  them 
have  passed  that  body.  The  other  is  on  the 
general  order  calendar. 

V.  'Thi.  Marine  Court  to  be  abolished. — This 
court  is  an  expensive  nmsance,  which  should 
be  abated  with  as  little  delay  as  possihle.  A 
bill  is  now  on  its  passage  through  the  Legisla- 
ture to  do  this.  There  are  six  Judges  presid- 
iug  over  the  court,  and  each  receiving  $10,000  a 
Tear — 5^60,000  in  ali.  The  court  has  been  ena- 
bled to  live  to  this  day,  mainly  because  there 
was  one  just  man  in  it.  Judge  McAdam  is  ex-  | 
cepted  by  every  one  who  is  acquainted  with  ' 
the  workings  of  the  court  from  the  general 
condemnation  heaped  upon  his  associates.  He 
isau  upright  Judge,  a  just  man,  aud  possessed 
ot   indeiatigablo    industry.     The  usual   crowd 

ot  clerks,  deputy  clerks,  and  attendants  is  to 
bo  iouud  on  the  pay-roll  ot  the  Marine  Court, 
'  whose  principal  work  seems  to  be  to  eat  up  the 
lees  paid  into  it.  Very  little  ever  gets  into  the 
City  Treasury  Irom  their  hands.  The  bill  above 
reterred  to  -euustituies  a  City  Court  for  the 
Marine,  presiued  over  by  four  Judges;  it  limits 
tue  number  of  clerks  and  attendauis,  requires 
a  riaid  accounting  ot  fees,  and  proviaes  lor 
speedy  dispatch  of  business — sonieching  w^hioh 

I  he  existing  judicial  institution  has  never  beea 
guiliy  ot,  except  where  Judge  McAdam  had 
cUar^e. 

VI.  The  Dock  Departmetit  to  be  merged  in  the 
Department  uf  Public  Works;  that  of  Buildings 
in  the  ±ire  Department. — These  changes  have 
beeu  otieu  urged,  aud  bUls  lor  the  purpose 
were  introduced  at  the  opening  of  the  session. 
Ihe  several  couforcnces  and  hearings  which 
have  been  had  of  late  by  the  Couiuiittees  on 
Cities  seem  to  have  established  the  fact  that 
the  changes  should  be  made  on  grounds  of 
ecououiy  aud  ehiciency,  and  it  is  probable  that 
they  will  lie  made.  Much  of  the  work  done  by 
employes  in  the  Btuiding  Department  could 
very  well  be  pertormed  by  the  hrt-men ;  and 
the  Dock  Commission  seems  to  be  regarded  as 
^u  unnecessary  expense.  The  duties  pertain- 
ing to  It  proiierly  belong  to  the  l^ibiic  Works 
DeparcmeuD  ;  and.  Mr.  Allan  Campbell,  though 
not  specjally  anxious  to  have  an  extra  bureau 
idded  to  his  othue,  wrts  decided  in  his  opinion 
that  the  work  couid  be  done  there. 

Vil.  atreat  cleaning  to  be  done  by  the  Board 
of  Health,  or  by  a  sepai'ate  department  created 
for  the  fjurjaose. — Foiioo  Coinmuiaiouer  Erhardt 
ickuowlea;;es  that  the  board  is  heartily  sick  ot 
tue-  street  cieaumg  business,  aud  would  be 
jlud  to  have  it  taken  from  them.  It  is  not  in 
iuy  sense  a  Police  duty,  and  certainly  does  not 
properly  belong  in  the  Ponce  Department, 
ihc  general  opiuion  seems  to  be  that  the 
Health  Department  is  tbe  proper  authority  to 
bave  Charlie  of  the  matter,  because  it  is  reallv 
i  sanitary  busmess,  over  which  the  Health  au- 
thoriiies  must,  and  do,  have  a  largo  degree  of 
:outrol.  In  the  opinion  of  some,  however,  i: 
Would  be  better  to  create  a  separate  depart- 
aieiit  ot  street  cleaning. 

\T11.  iitreel  cleaning  to  be  done  by  contract, 
'Jit  contruct.-i  to  be  for  small  districts. —  i  he  fadure 
Dt  laecuairact  system.  lu  the  past  was  owing  to 
the  size  ot  the  contracts.  The  cleaning  ot  the 
whole  City  was  contracted  for  in  oue  contract, 
[o  ran  lor  live  years,  because  no  inau  would 
;ake  it  for  less,  wneu  he  had  to  put  a  sum  of 
aaif  a  miiliou  lu  the  necessary  plant.  The 
oiiiding  was  a  tarco;  there  were  only  one  or 
iwo  men  who  could  take  the  contract  if  it  were 
iwarded  to  them.  The  lucky  capitalist  did  just 
is  he  pleased,  tor  he  nad  no  competitors.  It  is 
aow  propo.<ed  to  contract  lor  tue  cleaning  et 
tuiall  districts,  so  that  men  of  comparatively 
united  means  may  have  a  chance  to  bid,  aud 
Inereuy  compelilioii  may  be  stimulated.  Mr. 
Lowdiii's  hill,  in  which  this  system  is  provided 
(or,  require,  that  the  distnots  "  shall  not  exceed 
t  police  preomct  m  area."  This  will  have  to  be 
i^tercu,  as  no  two  police  precincts  are  the  same 
lize  ;  Some  are  very  small,  and  oue  or  two 
lie  very  largo.  The  contract  districts  will  re- 
juirc  to  be  arranged  so  as  to  include  a  dumping- 
lock  in  each,  wuereby  the  carts  of  one  cou- 
;raotor  may  not  have  to  cross  tue  district  ot 
iuocher.  otherwise  there  would  probably  be 
iiany  uumpmg-grounds  inconveniently  impro- 
rised. 

IX.  Tlie  Policemen  and  Firemen  to  be  graded 
In.  three  grades,  with  salaries  to  correspotid. — On 
Was  (xuestiou  there  is  practically  but  oue  opm- 
«u.  i:iveiy  oue  acknowledges  that  the  grading 
lystem  is  the  iust  and  proper  oue  for  both  de- 

,.  pttrxmeiits.  l<io  one  has  been  heard  to  oppose 
it.  iho  only  questioa  is  whether  the  system 
ihould  be  ap'plied  to  men  already  m  service,  or 
July  lo  those  who  are  recruited  after  the  pas- 
lage  ot  the  act.  The  majbrity  of  members 
icem  to  be  in  tavor  of  making  the  act  prospeot- 
;ve  iu  its  operation.  What  the  salaries  will 
le  is  matter  tor  consideration.  At  present,  the 
;alk  is  ot  $t>50.  §1,000,  and  $1,200. 

X.  A  J^olice  pension  fund  to  be  created  for  the 
•ctirement  of  oid  policemen  on  half  pay. — This 
s  a  measure  which  seems  demanued  by  every 
jousiiieration  of  justice  and  humanity.  It 
should  accompany  the  adoption  ot  the  grading 
jysiem.  A  policeman  is  appointed  tor  life,  or 
auriug  good  behavior.  It  is  well  that  he 
ihouia  be  able  to  look  forward  to  having  a  sure 
provision  for  his  old  age.  Mr-.  Hawley,  tor 
aearly  a  quarter  of  a  ceutury  the  Chief  Clerk 
31  the  department,  stated  at  the  ioint  meeting 
>f  the  Committees  on  Cities  that  there  were 
500  fol icemen  now  on  the  i'orce  who  bad 
iBi'ved  from  15  to  20  years  on  it.  tiome  of  them 
Wore  iiiowiug  too  old  to  pertorm  their  duties ; 
but  ^vltllout  any  means  lor  retiring  them  they 
must  be  kept  on  the  rolls  or  turned 
out  in  their  declining  years  to  die  iu 
penury    and     want.     A     bill    is    now     before 

[he  LeL'isiaiuro  tor  the  creation  of  a  rearing 
iuad.  It  provides  that  every  policeman  who 
»haXl  for  10  couimuous  years  pay  $2  per  month 
to    the   fund   may  be   reared  at  the   end   of  10 

j^ears  on  a  pension  equal  to  20  per  cent,  ot  hia 

salary  at  the  time  of  such  retirement,  and  that 
tiiti  Police  BoaiU  mav,  by  unanimous  vote,  re- 
tire any  man  on  hall  pay  who  has  served  for 
15  or  20  years  continimusly.  The  fund  is  to 
consist  oi  the  payments  from  the  men,  10  per 
scot,  oi  ail  Excise  moneys,  all  voluntary  con- 
tnbitlioua  to  the  tuud,  and  thft  lutcresD  Irom 

Luv3sLmeuts  of  thefund  moneys.  The  pensions 
ire  lo  be  tixed  aud   irrevocable.     This  seems   a 

good  bill,  but  Stringent  previsions  should  be 
luoerted  iu  it  to  guard  agaiust  any  such  diver- 
iujiis  of  the  fund  moneys  asreceucly  happened 
ftuli  the  life  insurance  fund. 

XI.  Merging  the  Excise  in  the  Police.— Th\& 
has  been  talked  of,  and  it  would  appear  that 
ojore  thau  half  the  work  of  the  Excise  Depart- 
tucut  is  now  pertormed  by  the  Police.  The 
duties  of  inspection,  &o.,  are  directly  in  the 
hue  of  Police  duty,  it  is  regarded  as  almost 
beyond  question  "that  the  Police  Department 
Bouid  do  all  the  work  of  toe  Excise  CommiS' 
siou  at  very  much  less  expense  tuan  is  now  re- 
jQircd,  aud  probably  do  it  better.  The  ques- 
uou  of  making  the  change,  however,  is  still  an 
apcu  one,  aud  will  require  more  consideration 
beiore  a  decision  is  arrived  at. 

The  above  is  merely  a  sketch  of  the  line  of 
policy  which  seems  to  have  been  settled  upon 
at  Albany,  but  it  will  give  au  idea  of  the  re-, 
forms  which  are  necessary  in  the  City  Admin- 
istration. The  one  thing  required  now  is  their 
vigorous  prosecution  by  the  Kepublioan  m^or- 
ity.  the  responsibility  and  the  duty  rests  wich^ 
\Iiom.  _^__ 

IKE  SVICIDM  OF  MRU.  B0WBB8. 
Coroner  Croker  yesterday  investigated  the. 
Base  of  Alra.  Delia  0.  Bowers,  who  was  killed  by 
(ailing  f'rom  the  roof  of  No.  X5l  Ninxh-avonue.  on 
Ihursdv  evening  h«ti  and  the  evidenco  adduced 
ihowed  that  the  woman  committed  suioide.  Daniel 
H.  Bowers,  hec  husband,  teitifled  that  during  the 
two  weeks  immBdlately  preoeding  her  death  Mrs. 
Bowers  labored  under  extreme  mental  excitement, 
caused  by  the  circulation  of  baseless  ramora  tffeot- 
inK  her  moral  character.  Mary  B.  Lotz  teaiifltid 
ttvat  througboat  Thursday  Uv:  Bowers  was  Tery 
excltea,  frequently  expressing  a  wish  for  death. 
Mrs.  C harlot leNoonan  informed  the  Coroner  that 
■to  saw  J4i*>^wer»  suspend  her  body  from  the 
oopn»B  on *>»'«»iif-a»»d  »"<>"■ '^*'**^*^*^"<"'*  to.t*^® 


FORTY-FOURTH   CONGRESS, 


SECOND  SES8IOy......Feb.  24. 


SUMMARY  OF  THE  DAY'S  PROCEBDINQS. 

The  Senate  having  notified  the  House  of  .it« 
readiness  to  meet  in  joint  seasion  and  ooutinae  the 
count  of  the  BlectorsI  vote,  the  Honse,  after  acme 
delay,  acquiesced,  and  »  joint  session  was  at  once 
held.  Tbe  decision  of  the  tribunal  in  toe  case  of  the 
Oregon  vote  was  read,  when  objeotioas  ^ere  made 
to  the  counting  of  tbe  vote  of  Mr.  Watts  for  Messrs. 
Hayes  and  "Wheeler,  whereupon  the  Senate  with- 
drew. The  qnestioa  was  then  debated  at  cooBiderable 
length  by  both  bodies.  In  tbe  House  Mr.  Hewitt 
took  oooaaion  to  arraizn  Mr.  *  Hoar  for 
wbat  the  speaker  termed  bad  faith,  in 
deciding  in  the  Commission  contrary  to 
his  expressed  views  at  tbe  tims  the  Electoral 
bill  was  framed.  Mr.  Hoar  defended  bimsidf,  and 
described  Mr.  Hewitt — quoting  from  Daniel  Web- 
ster— as  a  man  riocety,  shaky,  crazy,  and  oat  of 
joint.  The  House  finallT,  by  a  vote  of  151  yeas  to 
107  nays,  declared  that  "Watts  was  not  entitled  to 
cast  a  vote.  Some  time  was  also  occu- 
pied in  the  Senate  in  discussing  the  eli- 
Kibllity  of  Mr.  Watta.  Tba  debate  was 
participated  In  by  Senators  Kelly,  Merrimon.  Mor- 
ton, Conkllng,  and  others.  Finally,  a  resolution  pre- 
sented by  Mr.  Sargent,  that  the  decision  of  tbe 
Commission  stand  as  tbe  Judgment  of  the  Senate, 
was  adopted.  Tbe  Joint  meeting  was  then 
resumed,  and  the  vote  of  Oregon  was  duly  recorded. 
When  the  vote  of  Pennsylvania  was  reached  ob- 
jections were  offered  to  the  oouat  because  Daniel  J. 
Morrill,  wbo  was  chosen  Elector,  was  a  Centennial 
Commissioner.  Again  the  Senate  withdrew,  and 
returning  to  its  own  tshamber  sustained  the  vote. 
The  Honse  took  a  recess,  without  debate,  pending 
a  decision  of  the  Pennsylvania  case. 

Bat  Uetle  lesnalatlve  basiness  was  transacted  in 
either  house.  In  the  Senate,  tbe  credentials  of 
Mr.  Ferry,  re-elected  Senator  from  Michijian,  were 
presented.  A.n  announcement  was  made  that  the 
House  had  disagreed  to  the  Senate  smendments  to 
the  Appropriation  bill.  In  the  Honse,  the  Army 
Appropriation  bill  was  reported.  Tbe  Senate  amend- 
ments to  certain  other  approoriation  bills  were  non- 
concurred  m.  The  Senate  bill  lookins  to  tbe  pub- 
lication of   a  new  edition  of   tbe    Kevised   Statutes 

was  passed. 

♦ 

THE  SENATE  READY  FOR  "WORK. 

The  Senate  resumed  its  session  at  10  o'clock, 

and  the  President  pro  tern,  presented  the  lollow^ing 
communication  from  the  President  of  tbe  Electoral 
Commission : 

Wabhjnqtojt.  Feb.  23.  1877. 

Sir:  1  am  directed  I>y  the  Klectnral  Coramiemou  to 
inlorm  the  8euare  it  hns  considered  and  decided  upou 
the  matters  submitted  tu  it  under  the  act  ot  Congreaa, 
coneemlnjs  the  same  toncbini;  "he  tlectoral  votes  ;roni 
tbe  State  ot  Oregon,  aud  herewith,  by  direction  of  sail 
Commission,  1  transmit  to  vuu  the  said  deiision  in 
wntins:,  signed  by  tbe  members  aeretiuj;  theielu,  to 
be  read  at  the  meeting  of  the  two  homes  acc:o:dini  to 
said  aot.  All  the  eertilicatpft  tinu  vapers  sent  lt>  the 
Commission  by  ihe  Preaiuent  of  the  Senate  are  heic- 
with  returned. 

NATHAN  CLIFFORn,  President  of  the  Commission. 

To  Hun.  1  nomas  W.  Ferry,  President  of  the  Senate. 

Mr.  Logan,  of  Illinois,  muvea  that  tbe  Secretary 
notify  the  House  of  Representatives  that  the 
Senate  was  now  ready  to  meoc  the  House  for  the 
purpose  of  receiving  thp  decision  of  the  Commission 
and  resuming  the  count.    Agreed  to. 

At  11:15  a  mesaaee  was  received  from  the  Houde 
of  Representatives,  announcing  that  that  body  was 
ready  to  meet  the  Senate  to  resume  the  count  of  the 
vote  for  President  and  Vice  Prcsideot,  and  the  Sen- 
a!e  immediately  left  its  cbamlier  fur  the  ball  uf  the 
House. 

THE   HOCSE   NOT   Ct:iTE  BEADY. 

At  10:10  a  meaaase  was  received  trom  tue  Senate 
Informing  the  House  toat  it  was  now  ready  to  meet 
tbe  House  iu   joint  convention. 

The  Speaker  laid  before  tbe  Honse  a  commnnlci- 
tion  from  Justice  Katban  Cl'.fibvd,  informing  the 
House  that  the  Electoral  Commission  had  consid- 
ered and  decided  the  qnestiun  submitted  to  it  in  re- 
gard to  tbe  votes  ot  tbe  Slate  of  Orecon,  and  had 
tiansmitted  its  decision  to  the  Pre^idunt  of  the 
Senate. 

Mr.  McilAHON,  of  Ohio,  offered  a  resolution 
direcani;  tbe  Clerk  of  the  H>>use  to  notify  thu 
Senate  that  tbe  Hiiuse  would  be  ready  at  1  o'clock 
to-day  to  receive  that  body  tor  the  puipo.se  of  cot- 
tinning  the  Electoral  couu'. 

Mr.  WiLfiOX,  of  luwa,  ruiaei  the  point  of  ordt>r 
that  notnin^r  was  in  order  bnt  a  reaoluliun  to 
notify  the  Senate  that  the  Hou.te  was  now  ready  lo 
receive  tliat  body.  Ho  therefore  offered  that  reso- 
lution. He  wished  to  call  attention  to  the  fact  that 
tbe  very  moment  the  Commi3.<ioa  reniTted  that  it 
bad  coiiie  to  a  deci»ion  tha  bad  of  the  Uourte  waa  a$ 
much  at  the  disnua  d  ot  tbe  Senate  as  uf  tbe  House. 

Th"  act  arranged  for  the  first,  moecin^i  in  the  hall 
of  the  House,  out  it  was  no  neater  violation  of  the 
spirit  ot  the  act  ^£^at  the  Sonato  should  ask  the 
House  to  meet  it  in  ftr&^N^^nate  ch:imuer  than  tliat 
the  iious-^  abonld  shut  Itsahjrs  aud  prevent  the 
Senate  from  coming  lo  its  hall. 

109  bPBAKEB  ruled  tnat  Mr.  McMahon's  resoln- 
tion  WH<i  iu  urder,  but  that  Mr.  Wil.sun's  reaolution 
could  be  uffttred  dS  a  i^uhstitute.  It  wiu  so  oU'-red, 
and  was  agreed  ii>— .ve;is,  14i;  nay-t.  87.  The  ques- 
tion was  th>-n  on  the  rosola..ii>ii  as  amended. 

Mr.  Vamce,  of  Ohio,  endeavoied  to  maife  a  mo- 
tion for  a  recess  until  10  o'ciock  on  Mouday,  but 
was  nut  recognized. 

The  resolntion  as  amended  was  acreed  to — veaa, 
137;  nays,  b9.  Tlie  tollowlus  members  voted  in  the 
negative : 

Messrs.  Abbott,  Aimworth,  Ashe,  Atfeins,  John  H. 
Batcley.  BaDuiae.  Blaukuaru,  liooae.  Bradloid,  BriKhC, 
Burcbard  I  f  >>  iM:oiiSiu,  ^..a.jell,  Laid  well  oi' Alai>ama, 
CaldwoL  of  Tennessee,  Ca.r.  Cate,  Caulfled.  Clark  of 
Indiana.  Clyaier,  Cocliraue,  i  olliiia.  Cook,  Cowan, 
Cox.  C0IIK.TS0U,  Davis,  Deljolt,  Diaiell.  Kcherc. 
Field.  Fln.ey,  Fumiy,  Fr.inkllo,  Fuller.  Uuuse, 
Glover,  UumUton  oi  Inuiiua,  Uama  of  Geor- 
gia, Harris  of  V'lrKluia,  Ilartzeil,  Booker, 
Hopkins,  ilonse.  Humphreys,  Hnnton,  ilur^,  Jeuks, 
Kuott,  Landers  o(  Indiana,  Lane,  Levy,_  Lyude, 
iluckey,  .»iaish.  Metcalie,  Mouey,  .Morrison.  Mntchler. 
Philips  of  .Utsiouri,  John  RhiU.v.  Rice.  Kiddie,  Boubins 
of  Korth    Carolina,    Ko.jerts,     Koas      of     M  ew    Jersey, 

6c.iles,  !ihe;ikley.  slemuna,  Aoiithaid.  Springer,  btau- 
ton,  otenger.  Stone, Swaun,  Terry,  Thonipsou,  lucker, 
Vauce  of  Ubio,  Vance  of  North  Carolina.  Wud.ieil, 
Walker  of  Virjriuia.  Walliuit,  Walsh,  Whltlhorne, 
Wigginion,  Wike.  J.  H.  WiUiums  of  Ai<iDama, 
Yeates,  and  Tonug— 89. 

Mr.  McMahon.  of  Ohio,  moved  to  reconsider  tbe 
vote,  and  Mr.  Uaijs,  01  Maine,  moved  to  lay  that 
motion  on  tbe  table.  Tbe  latter  motion  was  agreed 
to — Yeas  175  ;  nays  74. 

The  Speaker  then  directed  tbe  Clork  to  noti^  the 
Senate  ot  the  action  of  tbe  House. 


THE  JOINT  MEETING. 
At  11:55  o'clock  tbe  presence  of  tbe  Senate  was 
anuuuuceii,  and  the  members  of  tbe  House,  as 
usual,  rose  and  remained  eiandlug  while  the  Sena- 
tors came  down  the  main  aisle  of  tbe  ball  and  took 
the  places  assigned  tbem  ou  tbe  eastern  (Demo- 
cratic) Bide.  Xue  presiding  » fBcer  oi  the  Senate, 
having  taken  tbe  Speaker's  chair,  called  tbe  ioint 
ineeciug  to  order,  aud  all  having  taken  their  seats 
said  :  "  Tbe  joint  meeting  of  Congress  tor  cuumiug 
tbe  Electoral  votes  reaumes  its  sesalun.  The  two 
liouaea  havinu  sei>arated  pending  bubmiasion  to  the 
Commission  ot  ohjeo:iona  to  tbe  cerilficates  from 
the  State  or  Orejiuu  have  reassembled  to  receive  and 
coincide  (or  oiherwiae)  with  the  decision  of  that 
tribunal.  It  is  by  a  majurit.y  of  tbe  Commission  in 
writing,  and  is  sixnea  by  tho  members  agreeing 
thereto.  It  will  be  now  read  by  tho  Sesreiary  ot 
the  Senate."    The  duciaiun  was  read  as  follows : 

hl.KCTO(tAI.  <    OSHISSION.        } 

Wa8B1.noto».  Feb.  ■^■.,  ia77.  > 
To  the  Presldenl  of  the  Senau  uf  the  United  Slates,  pre- 
mdmu  in  ihe  vieeting  "/'he  two  Houiea  of  Cungrei*  : 
Dnder  tneaci.  ot  CouMieea,  eotitli;d  "  Au  act  to  pro- 
vide for  and  legnlate  the  count. na  of  votes  1  t  Prebl- 
dent  aud  Vice  Presiileut,  <*ud  the  decision  of  questions 
arising   tliereon.  foi-  tbe   term  eommi  uciug  idarch  i, 

A.  1'.  1877.  approved  .Ian.  2U,  A.  i».  1»77."  tho  Elec- 
toral Commissiuu  in  said  act  baring  recuivnd  certain 
Certificates  and  p.ipers  purporting  to  tw  certlhcaies 
aud  vipers  acconipauviQif  tue  same  of  tbe  Llectorul 
vote  irom  the  ^tat^-  of  Oregon,  aud  tlie 
objections  thereto,  snbmltted  Ui  It  unaer  said  act,  now 
reports  that  it  has  duly  coniiideTed  t  le  same  paroiiaut 
tu  said  net,  aud  has  by  a  m  ijority  of  votes  decided, 
and  does  hereby  decide,  that  tue  votes  of  VV.  B.  Udell. 
J.  C.  Cariwright,  and  J.  VV.  Watts,  named  in  the  certill- 
oates    ot  aaid   persons  and    in  the  papers  uceompany- 

mg  the  same,  whicu  votes  are  ceniheu  by  said  per- 
Boua,  aa  iippeara  by  tbe  certiheatea  submitted  to  the 

CoiumlBSioo  as  aforesaid,  aud  marked  No.  i,  N.  C,  by 
said  Comioiaslou  audilierewith  relUi-nod.  are  the  votes 
providel  tor  by  tue  Couatitutlon  ut  the  United  citacua, 
aud  that  tho  same  are  lawfully  to  he  counted  as  there- 
in certified,  namely,  three  votes  lor  Ruther- 
ford B.  Haves,  ut  the  Stnto  of  Ohio,  for 
President,  aud  ttiree  vntes  for  Wilham  A.  VVneeler, 
of  tbe  State  of  ;ie\v-York  for  Vice  I'lesidont.  The 
Commission  baa,  by  a  majority  of  votes,  also  decided 
and  does  hereby  decide  aun  luporc  that  tho  three  oer- 
aoua  first  above  n.med  were  duly  appoiuted  Kleetora' 
lu  and  by  the  State  of  Oreston.  The  brief  ground  of 
this  deoia'ion  ia  that  it  appears  upou  such  evidouce  as 
by  the  Constitution  and  the  law  named  in  said  act  of 
Congress  is  competent  aud  pertinent  to  tho  considera- 
tion of  the  BUKject  that  the  beforc-meutiouen  B lectors 
appear  to  h<.ve  hoea  lawfully  appointed  such  Electors 
ot  President  aud  Vice  President  of  tbe  Uuited 
States  for  tt>e  term  beKinnlu^  March  4,  A.  l)., 
1877,  of  the  State  of  Oregon,  aud  that  they  voted  aa 
such  at  the  time  aadiu  tbe  mauuer  provided  for  by  tho 
Constitution  of  the  United  States  and  tho  laws,  and 
they  are  lurther  of  opiuion  tliat  bv  tlie  laws  of  the 
State  of  Orecou  the  duty  of  canvassing  the  returns  or 
all  the  votes  given  at  aa  eleetion  ot  President  and  Vlee 
President  was  imposed  upon  the  Secretary  of  Slate  aud 
upon  no  oue  else ;  that  the  Seoraiary  of  State  oid  oan- 
vai  8  these  returns  la  the  case  before  us,  and  thereby 
ascertained  that  J.  Cartwright,  W.  H.  Odell,  aud  J.  w. 
Wattahad  amujoiity  of  all  the  votes  given  for  Elec- 
tors, and  had  the  highest  number  ol  votes  lor  that  of- 
fice, aud  by  the  express  language  of  the  statute  those 
persona  are  deemed  elected  j  that  in  obedience  to  bis 
duty  tbe  IJecretary  of  State  made  a  cauvaaa  and  tabu- 
lated statement  of  the  votes  abowinz  thia  rean't, 
which,  aocortUng  to  law,  be  placed  on  We  in  taia  office 
ou  the  tth  day  of  December,  A-  I).  I87«i— all  this  ap- 
pears by  an  official  certificate  tmder  the  seal  of  the 
State,  and  signed  by  him,  and  delivered  by  him  to  the 
Electors,  and  lorwardefi  by  them  to  the  President  ot 
the  Senate  with  their  votes;  that  the  retaaal 
or  fitUare  of  tbe  Governor  of  Oregon  to ,  ilcn 
tbo  certificate  of  the  election  of  tbe  per- 
Bou  so  elected  do«a  not  bave  the  efiect  of 
defeating  tbeu-  appointment  as  such  Elector*  s  that 
the  Mt  of  tbe  Governor  of  Oregon  in  giving  to  B.    ' 


He  latter  was  Inelidble,-  wa«  without  authority  of 
law,  and  la  thereftore  voids  that,  aicbough  the  evi- 
dence ahowed  that  Watts  wsa  a  Postmaster  at  the 
time  of  his  election,  tbatfaot  is  rendered  immaterial 
by  his  reslenatfon.  both  aa  Poetmastex  and  Elector, 
and  his  •abseouent  anpointmeni  to  fill  tba  vacancy  so 
madfi  bv|he  Slectoral  College. 

Tne  Commission  has  also,  decided,  and  doea  hereby 
oecide,  by  a  majority  of  votes  and  reports,  that  as  a 
coceoqaence  of  the  foregoins,  and  upon  the  groonda 
before  stated,  the  paper  purporting  to  be  a  certlSoato 
of  the  Electoral  vote  of  said  State  of  Oregon,  signed  by 
E  A..  Cronin,  J.  N.  T.  Miller,  and  John  Parker,  marked 
No.  2,  M.  C.  by  tho  Commiaslon,  and  herewith  returned 
is  not  the  c  otibcate  ct  tho  votes  provided  for  by  the 
Constitution  of  the  United  States,  and  that  tbey  ought 
not  to  lie  counted  as  snob. 

Hone  at  Washington.  D.  C,  the  day  and  year  first 
above  written. 

SAHUBt.  F.  MILLER, 
W.  STEONG, 
GEORGE  F,  KDMUNDS, 
^  O.  P.  MORTON. 

FBEDEEICK  T.   FRELINQHUTSEN, 
JA.MBS  A.    QARFIBLD, 
GEOEGK  F.  HOAR, 
iPSEPH  P.  BRADLEY. 

Tho  Pbesid^  Officer  asked  whether  tberA 
were  objections  to  the  decision. 

Senator  Kklly,  of  Oregon,  objected  to  the  de- 
clsino  on  tbe  following  grounds: 

J-'trAt— That  Watts  was  noi  elected  a  Presidential 
Elector  for  the  £tate  of  Oregon. 

(S«nonc{— That  he  was  not  appointed  a  Presiden- 
tial Elector. 

Ihird — That  he  was  dlsqaalifled  to  receive  any 
appointment  as  Presidential  Elector,  or  to  sit  as 
such,  in  that  be  held  an  ofllce  of  trast  and  profit 
under  the  United  States. 

Fourth — That  Cronin  was  elected  a  Presidential 
candidate  for  tho  State  of  Oregon,  and  in  accordance 
with  law  cast  a  legal  vote  as  such  Elector  tor  Tilden 
and  Hendricks,  and  that  snch  vote  should  be 
conn  ted. 

The  objection  is  signed  by  Senators  Kelly, 
Whyte,  of  Marvlnnd;  Ooooer,  ot  Tennessee;  Mc- 
Donald, of  Indiana ;  Norwood,  of  Georgia,  and 
Hereford,  of  West  Virginia  :  and  by  Eepresenta- 
tives  Lane,  of  Oregon  ;  Poppleton,  of  T)hio  ;  Jenks, 
of  Pennsylvania;  Vance,  of  Ohio;  Throckmorton, 
of  Texas  ;  Wike,  of  Illinois,  and  Wiggintou  and 
Lnftrell,  of  California. 

The  Presiding  Officer  asked  whether  there  were 
any  further  objeotions  to  the  decision,  aud,  there 
-%eing  none,  he  announced  that  the  Senate  would 
withdraw  to  its  chamber  In  order  that  the  houses 
separately  might  couMiler  and  determine  the  ob- 
jection. 

♦ 

THE  SENATE'S  ACTION. 

Upon  returning,  at  12:10,  the  President  pro 
tem.  said  tbe  Senate  having  returned  from  the  Joint 
ineeting  of  the  House  of  Representatives  on  account 
of  an  objection  to  tbe  decision  of  the  Commission 
In  regard  to  the  vote  of  Oregon,  that  objection 
would  now  be  ra^td. 

The  secretary  then  read  the  objection  presented 

In  tbe  Joint  ineeting. 

Mr.  SABoa^T,  of  California,  submitted  the  follow- 
ing: 

Rteolvfd  That  the  decision  of  the  Commission  noon 

the  Electoral  Vote  of  thu  state  of  UregDU  siaod  as  the 
Judgment  ot  the  .Senate,  the  oiJeclBn  made  thereto  to 
tbe  Contrary  notwithstanding:     T^ 

Mr.  Kellt,  ot  Oregon,   said  it  appeared  that  the 

decision  of  the  Commission  recites  tbe  fact,  that  un 
the  7th  day  of  November  last   John  W.  Watts   was 

a  Postmaster  id  OregiiQ,  but  it  said^  notwithstand- 
ing that  fact,  he  was  eligible  as  a  Presidential 
Elector,  providine  he  did  nut  bold  tbe  office  at  the 
time  he  cast  his  vote  as  a  member  .of  the  Electoral 
College  on  tUo  6th  of  December.  In  his  [Mr.  Kel- 
l.v'aj  judgment,  that  was  a  plain  violation  of  the 
Coiistitotion  of  the  United  States.  He  referred  to 
tho  California  and  Rhode  Island  oaaesTheretofore  al- 
luded to,  and  ar^ned  that  a  person  holding  a  Fed- 
eral  ofiiob  was  not  eligible  to  be  voted  fi>r  as  a 

Presidential  Elector.  •  , 

Mr.  Meurisio.v,  of  North  Carolina,  eald  ha  coiUd 
nut  give  tlio  saucnou  of  his  judtiinent  tu  the  deci-- 

sions  of  the  Electoral  Comiuiasioo.  He  reterred, 
to  tho  Fluiida  and  Euuisiana  oase^  and  said  a' 
solemn  inquiry  should  bave  beeu  made  ia  regard 
to  tbe.se  States,  and  if  it  turned  ont  that  the  jier- 
Bona  claiming  to  bu  Electors  were  not,  their  votes 
were  null  and  void. 

Mr.  Aktho.ny.  ui  Rhode  Isl.ind,  referred  to  tho 
Rhode  Island  case  alluded  to  by  Mr.  Kelly,  and  hald 
the  Supreme  Court  in  thia  State  decided  as  to  the 
ineligibility  of  an  Elector  who  held  a  Federal  office,  ^ 
but  11  did  not  decide  that  the  person  receiving  the' 
next  highest  nuiubor  of  voles  was  elected  in  bis 
place. 

SLXATOn  MORTON'S  AKOUMENT. 

Mr.  MoKTON  said  :  I  believe  It  was  not  argned  by 
anybody  upon  tbe  Commission  that  Cronin  was 
electeii,  that  Tilden  had  a  vote  in  Orecon  ;  but  the 
minority  (if  the  Comtnisaiou  took  the  gronnd  that 
there  were  but  two  Electors  chosen  in  Oregon,  and 
that  Uuyos  had  bnt  two  votes  in  that  State.  Watta 
was  rustmaaier  at  Lal'ayeue  on  the  7th  day  of 
Kovember.  It  was  argued,  therefore,  that  he  was 
not  elected,  that  the  election  was  a  failnre  ao  far  as 
be  was  concerned,  and  that  bnt  two  were  elected 
on  the  13th  of  November.  Watts  re- 
Bli^nod  on  tho  14tb.  His  resignation  was 
accepted,  and  un  thu  same  day  the 
office  was  transferred  to  another,  and  to  another 
building.  When  the  Electors  met  un  tbe  6tn  of 
Deceinoer.  Watta  handed  to  his  resignation  as  au 
Elector,  aud  was  afterward  abusen  tu  fill  the  vacan- 
cy, and  c  ist  fai.s  vote;  although  Watts  was  not  a 
Postmaster  or  an  olBce-holdcr  on  the  6tn  of  Decem- 
ber. When  the  Electors  voted  it  was  argued  tnat 
there  was  no  such  vacancy  in  the  College  of 
Elector^  as  that  collogo  b;id  a  right  to  fill,  and, 
therefore,  that  the  election  of  the  collego  was  a 
nnllity.  On  the  other  hand.  Watts,  Odell,  and 
Cartwright  received  maj  irines  ot  the  peoplu's 
votes,  rauginif  over  oue  tbuusaud  aoove  their 
highest  computitors.  The  Secretary  of  btate 
canvassed  the  vote  on  the.  4th  of  December,  aud 
made  hm  certificate  of  the  result  showing  the  el-'C- 
tton  of  O  iell,  Cartwright,  and  Watt-*,  which  was 
filed  in  the  ollice  of  the  Secretary  of  State.  Tuo 
Secretaiy  of  State  was  tho  canvassing  or  returning 
cfficer  tot  tbe  State  of  Oregon.  Tbe  Gcjvernoi's 
duty  ia  simpiv  ministerial,  and  it  Is  made  bis  per- 
emptory doty  to  issue  a  certificate  to  tbe  persons 
having  the  bigheut  number  cf  votes.'  Tho  law 
maitea  the  declaration  an  to  whu  is  elected.  The 
law  declares  that  the  person  having  tbe  highest 
number  of  votes  is  elected,  and  it  requires  no  declar- 
atiun  on  tbe  part  of  any  nlhcer  uf  that  result. 
Toe  duty  of  the  Governor  is  imperative  to  sign  tbe 
list  which  IS  made  out  by  the  Secretary  of  State, 
who,  as  in  the  case  of  memLicrs  ot  Cuugresi<,  l.s  made 
tho  cauvasHiiig  and  returning  officer.  The  Uoveraor 
is  no  part  of  the  Ketnming  Itoard,  has  nothing  to  do 
with  the  canvassing  of  tbo  votes,  hut  is  ab- 
solutely required^  to  sign  tbe  list  maoo 
out  l)y  the  Secretary  of  State.    It  was  contended  by 


\1,(MM»  jy«m_)wi .-  «b«a  -Watts,  on 


ized  tbe  College  of  Electors,  or  a  majorltr,  to  fill  a 
vaeancy  arising  from  any  (»nsn,  death,  refusal  to  act, 
I'vluie  to  attend,  falliue  to  elect,  from  any  cause  that 
can  be  imagined.  It  was  tbe  purpose  to  give  the 
College  of  Electors  the  right  to  fill  any  vacancy,  no 
thai  tbe  State  of  Oregon  should  be  folly  represented 
in  the  Electoral  College.  The  Cullego  or  E>eclors 
exercised  this  nut^uestloned  right.  Watt«,  on 
the  6th  of  DucemDer,  was  not  a  Federal 
officenoider.  He  waa  aa  completely  quali- 
fied as  any  citizen  in  Oregun.  Wo  uold, 
thcrefuro,  that  it  "was  wholly  immaterial  whether 
ho  was  a  Postmaster  on  the  7th  of  (November  or 
not,  bccaose  if  he  was  not  a  Federal  officeholder  un 
the  6th  uf  December,  if  be  was  then  qualifled,  that 
hrouk:bthim  withinthe  meaning  of  the  Constitution. 
To  remove  any  donbls  he  himself  resigned  tbe  office 
ot  Elector,  so  as  to  make  a  vacancy  in  the  Electoral 
College  Certain,  and  tnea  the  College  of  Electois, 
nnder  the  onqneationable  authority  of  tbe  law, 
elected  talm  lo  fill  ibe  vacanov  so  sa  to  make  the 
Electoral  College  complete  and  lawtul  nnder  all  cir- 
cumstances, and  In  any  view  ot  the  case. 

MR.   COKKLING'S    views. 

ilr.  COSKU.NG,  of  New-York,  said:.  Mr.  Presi- 
dent, Oreg.'u  meant  to  appoint  the  Republican 
Presidential  Eleotors.  The  people  of  Oregon,  by  a 
plain  and  uudenled  majority,  honestly  and  Inten- 
tionally voted  fur  the  Kepuhlicaa  Electors.  Two 
ceriifioates  having  been  received  from  Oregon,  tbe 
queatiun  of  the  count  of  her  votes  has  been  examined 
by  the  Electoral  Commlsaiou.  A  msuoriiy  uf  the 
CummiasloDers  bave  sunt  as  two  ihini;s,  Urst,  a  de> 
cision  that  the  vote  ought  to  be  counted  as  the  peo- 
ple uf  the  State  really  aud  boneally  meant  it  to  ba 
counted,  aud  as  they  declared  at  the  ballot  t>ox  it 
should  bo  conuted;  second,  a  statement  ot  reasons 
b.y  which  tbe  decision  was  reached  by  the  Com- 
missioners. On  the  first  matter  thus  repurted, 
namely,  the  decision  that  Oregon's  vote  ahoola  be 
counted  as  desicned  and  direuied  by  the  people  of 

Oregon,  tbe  Senate  is  called  on  to  express  Its  Judg- 
ment. The  form  of  this  expressiua  la  pro- 
posed in  tho  pending  lesointion.  That  rea- 
olntioa  does  not,  us  I  understand  U,  gam- 
mon any  Senator  to  expresa  his  opmion  of 
the  reasons  asalgoed  for  the  decision  auomitted  to 
us.  I,  thercto'e,  say  nothing  about  the  argument 
or  reasons  which  appear  in  the  paper  read  in  the 
joint  meeting  tt-day.  Every  Senatur  ia  entitled  (o 
hia  own  argument  and  bis  own  mode  uf  arriving 
at  his  own  uplQion.  I  believe  Oregon's  votes 
should  speak  as  those  who  had  the  riKot  and 
power  to  utter  tbe  voice  of  that  State  meant  they 
Bbould  speak.     My  vote  here  will  express  this  Jadg- 

lueut.  All  beyond  this  I  cisclaim.  In  tbe  brUf_ 
moment  allotted  to  this  discussion  an  artfumeut' 
won/d  not  be  possible.  I  shall,  therefore,  attempt 
no  statement  or  my  reasons.  Indeed,  could  an  argu- 
ment be  made  in  the  10  minntea  given  to  each  Senator 
I  would  not  attempt  to  make  oue.  I  will  do  nothing 
to  deter  for  a  moment  the  couclasion  of  the  i^resi- 
deutial  count.  Ot  tue  contrary,  I  will  in  every 
lawfnl  way.baBten  the  proceedings  to  the  end  that 
at  tbe  earttoai  bi>ar  tbe  vote  of  tbe  last  State  may 
be  counted  and  tbe  result  declared  nnder  tbe  law, 
qoietly,  certainly,  and  conclusively.  .  I  therefore 
surteudor  in  the  interest  uf  exped'ltioa '  the  remain* 
Uer  of  my  time. 

VIEWS  07  OTHBB  SBNATOBS. 

Mr.  SADtSBUBT,  of  Delaware,  read  an  artrtmeni. 

in  resard  to  the  decislun  of  tbe  Commlssioij,  and 
said  he  oonld  not  allow  this  deciaton  to  paas  v/iibr 
ont  entering  his  protest  He  would  say  uotbiiig  olE 
the  personnel  dt  this  Commiaaiou,  bnt  the  American  i 
people  would  not  be  satisfied,  and  tbey  ongbl  not  to( 
be  satisfied  with  their  decision.  It  del'eaied  tor  the 
first  time  our  Electoral  s.ysiem  and  brousht  re- 
proach upon  republican  insiitations.  '^ 

Mr.  Boot,  of  Missouri,  said  thia  question  was  too 
grave,  too  important  for  him  to  let  ic  paas  without 
entering  his  solemn  protest  against  the  decision  of 
the  Commissien.  The  State  of  Florida,  In  viola- 
tion  of  all  law.  had  been  roboed  of  the  votes  by 
which  she  elected  the  Tilden  Electors,  and  in  Louis- 
iana tbe  Rstumiug  Board  robbed  the  people 
of  10.000  majority  which  they  had  given  for  Mr. 
Tilden,  and  gave  the  majority  to  the  other  candi- 
dal*. !n^ow,  in  the  State  of  Oregon  there  was  an 
Elector  who  beld  a  Federal  office,  and  yet  he  was 
declared  to  be  eligible.  He  entsred  hia  protest 
against  the  ooooIosionB  of  the  Commissioi^.  A  per. 
son  waa  to  ne  inaugurated  President  ot  the  United 
States  acatnst  whom  there  was  a  popular  mojoriiy 
of  300,00a  It  wm  tbe  beKinning  of  a  new  era,  tbe 
,1)021  nnlns  of  a  dark  period. 
•   mr.  MoMiLLAK,  of  Minnesota,  ;Bpote:.  briefly  in 


me 


^r. 

;! 


the  appointment  of  Watts  bv  t|>e  other  twoEI^otofs 
after  he  badTeaiffned  tbe  offioe  of  'Poatinttter,  wm 
lenl  under  tbf>  law  it  tbe  State. 

Mr.  Sabobnt.  of  CaUfomia,  Mid  ii  atraek  his 
mmd  aa  a  potable  dronmstanoe  that  not  a  aieml>er 
of  tbe  Senate  had  arisen  to  defend  tbe  sebeme 
whereby  Ctonin  was  made  an  Xleotor  and  ornnised 
bis  Electoral  College ;  therefore-.  Congress  was 
broght  down  to  tbe  simple  question  aa  to 
whether  Watta  was  eligible  at  tbe  time 
he  acted  t^tfi  tbe  Electoral  College. 
Mr.  Cronin  had  departed  ftom  tbe  scene,  and  with 
bim  Mr,  Patrick,  and  be  was  glad  that  there  was 
virtne  enough  to  reject  snch  bold  sobemea  as  this 
for  imposing  on  the  will  of  the  people.    It  was  a 

f;reat  hsrdsbip  to  deprive  a  State  of  representation 
n  the  Electoral  College,  and  it  ought  never  to  be 
done  when  it  could  be  avoided.  The  State  ot  Ore- 
gon was  entitled  to  the  same  riehts  aa  California, 
New-Tork,  Ohio,  or  any  other  State,  and  all  the 
principles  of  equality  were  on  ber  side.  It  was  for 
Congress  to  say  if  they  should  prevail. 

Mr.  Wbyte,  of  Misaonri.  said  :  When  I  oast  moat 
reluctantly  my  vote  tor  the  Electoral  Commiasion 
bill.  I  did  it  with  the  declaration  in  this  body  that 
I  deemed  it  a  Democratic  surrender  ;  bat  in  re- 
sponse to  the  appeal  ftom  tbe  country  for  an 
honest  count,  and  in  the  belief  that  men  could  he 
be  found  who  preferred  that  there  shoald  be  neither 
atnilifioation  nor  dishonor  connected  in  any  way  witb 
thu  Presidential  office,  and  that  the  "true  and  law- 
fal  vote  "  of  every  State  sbonld  be  ascertained,  I 
abandoned  my  own  views  and  sapported  that  ipeas- 
ore.  The  people  believed  that  thia  Uigh 
Commission  was  appointed  for  the  express  purpose 
of  eoine  into  the  inquiry,  and  asceitainine  wbat 
were  tbe  real  and  lawful  votes  of  every  State  in 
this  Union.  They  were  beaten  in  a  game  of  confer- 
ence. Tbey  trusted  implloitiy  (hat  from  this  high 
Commiasion  there  would  come  "the  trntb,  the 
whole  tmth,  and  nothing  but  tbe  trntb."  The  peo- 
ple did  not  understand  tbe  fine  language  of  legal 
construction.  They  did .  not  know  that 
two  little  words  were  to  defeat  all  that  they 
had  hoped  for,  and  after  the  motmtsln  bad 
been  in  labor  it  would  bring  forth  a  mouse. 
Florida  torn  from  Mr.  Tilden  by  the  plainest  per- 
xersion  of  the  law,  Oregon  captured  in  defiance  of 
tha  clear  inhibition  of  the  Constitution,  end  Lonisi- 
,Biia  wrnng  from  its  people,  who,  by  a  majority  of 
10,000  votes,  repudiated  the  Republican  candidates. 
By  8U«h  instmmentalltles  as  ibese  Rutherford  B. 
Hayes  is  to  bo  inducted  into  tbe  Presidential  office; 
but  in  tho  eyes  of  tbe  people  tbe  commiasion  to  that 
exalted  atation  is  stained  and  blackened  with  the 
most  glarmg  fraada  that  ever  disgraced  a  civilized 
country. 

Mr.  Kbkkak,  of  New-Tork,  referred  to  the  Elec- 
toral Commission,  and  said  :  In  November  Presi- 
dent Grant  said  In  a  public  document  that  there 
ronst  be  an  honest  and  fair  count  of  the 
vote  for  President  and  Vice  President,  and. 
if  nny  man  should  take  tbe  office  with  a 
questioned  title  be  would  be  unworthy  of  the  high 
trust.  He  agreed  with  tbe  President  in  that  ex- 
'presslon.  Tbe  people  received  the  law  organizing 
tbe  Electoral  Commiasion  with  favor,  bnt 
tbe  deciaion  of  that  Commiasion  had  not 
relieved  the  country.  Tbe  President  so 
soon  to  be  inaugurated  mast  rest  the 
iitle  of  bis  office  upon  the  votes 
as  cast  by  J.  Madison  Wells  and  his  associates  in 
Louisiana.  He  oelieved  in  standing  by  the  Coniti. 
tution  and  tha  laws.      The  people  of  the  country 

could  take  care  of  the  cotiutry.  and  in  the  elections 
tu  come  tbey  would  place  tbe  resnit  beyond  the 
power  of  any  Keturuiug  Board  iu  this  Unioa    That 

was  hia  hope. 

Mr.  Eaton,  of  Connecticut,  said  :  While  I  airree 
in  port  with  what  has  been  said  by  my  distin- 
guished iriend  from  ^ew-York,  [Mr.  £emaD,J  I  do 
nui  agree  at  all  that  he  has  said.  He  trusts  to  the 
people  to  tbe  ball*t-box.  Sir,  tbe  people  trust  to  us 
here  first.  Here  1 1  is  fur  na  to  do  our  duty;  letaaaoit. 
I  should  not  have  risen  upon  this  occasion,  except 
that  my  fnend — my  cherished  fHsnd — from  Ken- 
tucky, now  oat  ot  hi*  seat  by  illness,  jMr.  Stev«n- 
Boo.J  8»id  the  other  day  that  he  thanked  God  that 
there  was  such  uDsnimitv  in  the  vote  ot  Democracy 

of  the  Senate  upou  tbe  bill  creatine  tbo  Eleotoral 
Cunrmi  'sion.  I  regret  that  luy  friends  around  me, 
many  ut  tbem  like  my  friend  from  Georgia  [Mr. 
dordou]  and  others,  lolt  as  I  felt  on  that  occasion. 
I  know  they  did  not  see  fit  tu  vote  with  me.  but  I 
thank  God  that  Ho  endowed  me  with  tho 
Strength  necessary  to  stand  by  my  constltu' 
tional  convictions.  Sir,  the  manifest  will  of 
the  peoDle  of  the  United  States  has  been  defeated 
by  the  aotiou  of  tbo  unwarrantable,  unconstitu- 
tional Commission.  I  say  unwarrantable  by  tbe 
Con.stltution.  Sir.  there  was  »  duty  devolving 
upon  the  Senate  aud  tbe  Honse  of  Kepresen- 
tatives,  and  that  duty  Congress  abandoned. 
Mr.  Eaton  then  argned  that  what  the  people  did 
demand  was  that  Cooeress  should  discnarge  tne 
dntythe  Cooetitntiun  imposed  upon  it.  If  he  had 
in  bis  hand  tbe  power  of  the  House  ot  Representa- 
tives, ho  woold  sav  to  this  unconstitutional 
Commission,  "Thus  far  shalt  thou  go, 
and  no  further."  Had  he  the  power  of 
that  House  he  would  stop  tho  acting  of  this  Return- 
lug  Board  to-day.  He  then  referred  to  the  alleged 
frauds  in  Louixiana  and  Florida,  and  said  the  Com- 
mission refused  to  go  bebiud  the  oeriificaie 
of  the  Gnvernor  of  one  Stato  and  went  right  benind 
it  in  another.  They  saw  fit  not  to  go  behind  the 
certificate  uf  the  Governer  in  the  last  case  |  Louisi- 
anaj  because  it  w:is  neceasary  to  elect  their  man 
not  to  do  so.  The  Commiasion  did  not  see  fit  tu  go 
behind  the  acUun  ot  a  rotten  Returning  Board  in 
Louisiana,  rotten  to  tbe  heart,  becaase  ttiey  knew 
It  they  Oid  Samuel  J.  Tilden  must  be  declarea 
elected,  as  he  was  elected.  President  of  tne  United 
States.  Uft  simply  arose  to  vindicate  tbe  vole 
which  ho  gave  against  the  Electoral  bill  a  few 
weeka  ago,  and  if  It  was  to  be  taken  over  again  be 
dia  nut  believe  be  would  atund  aiune  of  tbe  Demo- 
cratic side  of  the  Chamber  In  opposing  tbe  bill. 
[Laughter.] 

Mr.  WiTUKBS,  of  Virginia,  commented  on  the  de- 
cision of  the  Commission  in  the  Florida  case  and 
said  a  rulini?  directly  opposite  was  made  in  the 
Louisiana  caae.  When  Oregon  was  reached,  tbe 
broad  Real  of  the  State,  which  bad  so  much  sanctity 
in  Louisiana,  had  no  force  whatever.  The  efl'eot  of 
this  deciaion  upon  the  people  would  be  most  un- 
happy. It  had  already  sptead  alarm  throughout 
the  ooontry. 

Ml.  Jokes,  of  Florida,  said  that  the  ■ameprincl* 
pie  which  demanded  tbat  tbe  voice  of  tbe  people 
ot  Oregou  t>nould   be   beard  demanded  that  the  i>eo- 

Ele  of  Florida  should  be  heard.    But  the  people  of 
IS  Slate  were  nut   heard,    and  a  majority  of  the 
voters  ot  that  State  had  been  disfranchised. 

A  SCBSTITUTE  FOB  THE  BESOLUIION  8UDMITTED. 

Mr.  CocKRELL.  of  Missonri,  submitted  the  follow- 
ing as  a  substitute  for  the  resolution  of  Mr.  Sargent: 

Reiolved,  That  Inasmuch  as  J.  W.  Watts  was  on 
Nov.  7,  IH76.  a  Depiitr  United  States  Postmasiev.  aud 
bfld  an  office  ot  trust  and  proBt  under  tbe  Uuited 
Utatcs,  be  was  inoligihle  by  the  terms  of  the  Conatitu- 


f^^r^l^J^S^^^f^J'irj^}^'^^^^-:^^^^^ 


-and  W.  H.  OdeU  and  J.  C.  Cartwright  were 
only  Electoia  duly  appointed  by  the  Stte  of  Oregoa, 
and  their  votea  only  should  bo  counted,  aud  the  Ueel- 
Biou  uf  the  Electoral  Commission  should  stand  as  tue 
Judgment  of  the  denate  only  so  tar  as  their  decision 
sustained  the  votes  cast  by  said  Odell  and  Cartvrrlghu 

Retected— yeas  24,  uays  40,  a  strict  partv  vote>. 

THE  SEKATE    AGBEEB    TO    SUSTAIN    THE  COMMIft- 
SlOJf. 

The  question  then  being  on  the  resolation  of  Mr. 
Sargent,  It  was  agreed  to— yeas  40,  nays  24,  a 
strict  party  vote. 

FURTHER  FB0CGEDIK08. 

Mr.  Sargent  then  snbmitted  a  resolution  in- 
■tructing  the  Secretary  to  notify  the  Honse  of  Rep- 
resentatives ot  the  decision  of  the  Senate  and  altw 
that  the  Senate  was  ready  to  meet  the  House  and 
resume  the  count.     Agreed  to.  T? 

Mr.  McDonald,  of  Indiana,  aaked  tmanitiCqgK 
consent  to  take  up  the  resolution  of  theHoui^~of 
Representatives  in  regard  to  the  life  and  character 
of  the  late  Spesker  KerjL  He  said  the  mailer  bad 
been  delayed  until  nowwin  account  of  hia  absence 
from  the  city,  having  been  a  member  of  ttiet  Liou. 
iaiana  Investigating  Committee. 

Mr.  Edmunds,  of^ermont,  said  be  regretted  very 
much  to  do  so,  hot  he  mnslobteot  to  anything  being 
considered  while  cho  count  was  iu  progrcus.  it  was 
clearly  attainat  the  law.  He  was  sorry  tu  interpoae 
an  objection,  aa  he  knew  tbe  deceased  personally 
and  entertained  tbe  highest  respect  for  bim. 

At  3:50  P.  M.  a  message  waa-  received  trom  the 
Hooau  of  Repreaentatives  aoao'nncing  the  action  of 
that  body  on  the  Oregon  case,  and  notltying  tbe 
Senate  tbat  it  was  ready  t<$'pb}ceed  with  the  count. 

The  Senate  then  left  its  chamber. 


FILIBUSTERING  IN  THE  HOUSE. 

After  the    Senators    had  withdrawn,  tho 

Speaker  aunonnced  the  commencement  (at  12:10) 
of  a  new  legialative  day,  wbion  was  ttaereupou 
opened  by  tbe  Cbaplaiu  with  prayer.  The  Journal 
Ot  yesterday  having  been  read,  end  a  few  enrolled 
bills  having  been  presented  and  signed  by  theSpealc- 
er,  Mr.  Cltmbb,  of  Pennsylvania,  offered  a  resolu- 
tion, that  tor  the  more  careful  eonsidemtion  of  the 
objeotions  to  tbe  report  of  the  Electoral  Commis- 
sion in  the  Oregon  case,  the  House  shall  now  take  a 
recess  uDlU  10  o'clock  on  Monday  momins.  He 
desired  to  state  why  he  offered  the  resolution,  but 
was  met  bv  objections  on  the  Bepabiloan  side,  and 
by  the  Speaker's  ruling  that  the  qnestion  was  not 
debatable. 

Mr.  Clymbb— Do  tbe  gentlemen  on  the  other  side 
refuse  to  hear  a  statement  as  to  the  objeot  of  tbe , 
recess  ! 

Mr.  TOWNSEND,  of  New-Xork — I  objeot  to  debate.  • 

Mr.  Hahcock,  of  Texas,  made  and  argued  the 
point  of  order  that,  nnder  the  Constitution  and  un- 
der the  Electoral  law,  .a  recess  was  not  now  in  order. 
In  conclusion,  he  sauV  I  feel  as  keenly  as  any  oiher 
the  mortification  of  defeat  and  disappointment,  but 
I  hiipe  that  no  one  will  so  far  lose  his  manhood  as 
to  fail  lu  the  performance  of  bis  duty.  There  is  no 
authority  in  either  house  lo  procrastinate,  to  delay, 
to  resort  to  any  legislative  or  parliamentary  ex- 
pedients to  postpone  (he  action  enjoined  upon  as  by 
the  Constitution. 

Mr.  Clymkb— TUs  is  a  question  of  order,  not  of 
manhood,  and  it  seems  ti>  be  a  work  uf  saperero- 
'  gallon  to  raise  this  question  of  order  after  it  has 
been  already  decldeu  four  times.  I  wish  further  to 
say  that  in  maktus  tbe  motion  I  have  done  it — 

Mr.  TowNSEND,  of  New- York— I  object  to  debate. 

Several  uther  Republicans — Lat  him  go  on. 
'  Mr.  TOWNSEND — Very  well. 

Mr.  Cltmbu  (continuing,) — As  my  motive  has  been 
imougned,  I  have  a  right  to  say  that  so  tar  as  I  am 
coucecubd,  and  I  believe  so  far  as  the  large  majority 
of  those  with  whom  I  act  are  concerned,  the  motion 
la  made  in  good  faith,  Ttds  Oregon  qnestion  does 
involve Issuea  of  the  highest  importance  to  ali  tbe 
people,  and  it  those  who  wish  to  presaM^  their 
reasons  for  opposing  the  finding  of  the  Ctimmissloi^ 
should  ask  for  delaj ,  should  ask  for  t.me,  shonl)} 
aak  for  the  quiet  of  the  Sabbatn  to  come  over  them 
and  their  outraged  feeimgs — [Derisive  laughter  on 
the  Rspublioan  side.]— Tbey  ought  to  have  it. 
Therefore  I  bave  made  the  motion  in  good  faith. 

Mr.  Bbown,  of  JEentuoky — la  it  in  order  to  reply 
to  the  gentleman  trom  Pennsylvania  I    - 

The  bPEAKSS-^Not  unless  it  be  on  tbe  point  of 

order.    Each   alder  having    been   beacd,  the    Chair 

thinks  it  his  ua^  to  confine  tbe  disoossioo  to  tbe 

qaeation  of  order.    Tbe  Chair  decided  on  tbe  10(b 

•---V"" --^ir--— z-,— ,-r- — ..r^  -wv^r.— 4-ow    »    MT    McuiLLAH.  01  joinnesoHh :  spose  •  oneny  in    /Pf  February  tbe  same  qneetlon  tn  the  Jlorlda esse, 

Cronhx  ^oertlfloat- of  Ms  Section,  thongbbjj^lvejy^MX^  „^  ^^^^  ^^  from  Ws  4e«Uli».  «»5, 


appeal  was  laid  on  the  table  by  a  vole  of  ISd  to  76. 
Tbe  Ohair  has  since  that  decision  cQosalted  vsrions' 
persona  whose  names,  if  I  were  at  iibertv  to  state' 
them,  would  be  recognized  as  those  ot  men  of  great 
parliamentary  praotioe  and  knowledge,  and  hardly 
one  of  tbem  dissented  from  tbe  option  and  ruling' 
of  the  Chair. 

In  Conclusion,  the  Speaker  overruled  the  point  of 
order  and  decided  tbat  the  motiou  was  in  order.. 
The  qaestioh  was  then  taken  and  the  resolution 
was  reiected— Yeas  112,  nays  158. 

AMOTHBB  DII^AXORT  MOTION. 

Mr.  Lane,  of  Oregon,  tnen  moved  lor  a  recess  till 
9:30  o'olook  on  Monday. 

Mr.  Hale,  of  Maine,  made  the  point  of  order  that  ; 
this  motion  waa^a  diiatdry  one,  and,  therefore,  in 
contravention  of  khe  Constitution  and  law. 

The  SP.EAKEB— The  Chair  is  nnable  to  recognize 
the  motion  in  any  other  light  than  a  dilatory  mo- 
tion. 

Mr.  Lane— It  was  not  so  intended. 

The  Speakbb — The  Chair  is  nnable  to  classify  it 
in  any  other  way.  The  Chair  rules  that  where  the 
Constitution  of  the  United  States  directs  anything 
to  be  done,  and  where  a  law  under  the  Constitunon 
of  the  United  States  and  in  obedience  thereto  di- 
rects Rnvthing  to  be  done  by  either  house.  It  is  not 
In  order  by  any  motion  to  obstruct  or  impede  the 
execution  of  that  constitutional  law.  [Applause  on 
the  floor  and  in  the  galleries.] 

Mr.  Lane— I  desire  to  say,  in  justice  to  myself, 
that  it  was  not  in  that  spirit  that  I  made  a  motion 
to  take  a  recess.  [Calls  to  order.]  It  is  a  mat- 
ter of  peraooal  privilege,  and  I  have  a  ngbt  to  ex- 
plain. 

The  SptAKBB— The  Chair  would  state  to  the  gen- 
tleman from  Oi-eeon — 

Mr.  Lane — I  trust  the  Chair  will  not  Interrupt 
me.  [Laughter.  |  The  Chair  has  stated  tbat  I  made 
the  motion  in  that  spirit. 

Tbe  Speakbb — Tbe  (^halr  baa  not  attempted  to 
claasifv  the  gentleman's  mottves,  or  to  indicate 
what  they  were.  That  belongs  to  a  higher  power. 
[Laughter.] 

Mr.  Lane— To  that  higher  power  I  am  willing  to 
submit. 

A  Meiibeb — You  cannot  go  back  of  the  returns. 
[Langutet'.J 

The  attention  of  tbe  Speaker  was  directed  to  the 
breaches  of  decorum  on  the  floor  and  in  tbe  gal- 
leries. The  Sfeakeb  announced  that  if  The  dis- 
turbance was  renewed  he  would  direct  the  gal- 
leries to  be  cleared. 

SfjNSET  COX  SAT  TTPON. 

Mr.  Cox,  of  New- York,  honed  that  the  rules  would 
be  enforced  on  tbe  floor  and  have  it  cleared  first. 

The  Speakee  suggested  that  he  was  nnable  to 
perceive  bow  bneiness  could  be  proceeded  with  if 
the  floor  were  cleared.     [Laughter.] 

Mr.  Hale,  of  Maine,  then  presented  tbe  follow- 
ing order : 

Ordered,  That  the  count  of  the  Electoral  vote  of  the 
State  of  Oregon  ahnll  proceed  in  conformity  with  the 
decision  of  the  Electoral  CommlBston. 

Mr.  Lane,  of  Oregon,  offered  tho  following  as  a 
■nbstitute : 

Ordered,  That  the  vote  purporting  to  be  an  Electoral 
vote  for  President  and  Vice  fresldent,  and  which  was 

elven  bv  one  James  W.  Wattn.  claimins  to  De  an 
Elector  from  the  Slate  of  Oreiton.  be  not  counted. 

Mr.  Laweence.  of  Ohio,  opened  tbe  discussion. 
He  reviewed  the  law  in  tbe  case  of  Oregon,  in  or- 
der to  show  that  Watta  was  really  enticled  to  cast 
his  vote  for  President  and  Vice  Preaident,  and 
therefore  he  upheld  the  decision  of  tbe  Commis- 
sion. It  had  been  decided  in  the  Commission  by  a 
unanimous  vote,  that  Cronin,  tboaeh  be  had  re- 
ceived the  Qovemor's  certificate,  was  utterly  with- 
oat  title  or  authority  in  the  premises. 

Mr.  Clyuer,  of  Pennsylvania,  next  addressed  the 
Bouse. 

Mr.  Buechabd,  of  Illinois,  argued  from  the 
statutes  of  Otegon  and  from  the  decisions  of  the 
Oregon  conrts  ih<it  tbe  decision  should  be  sustained. 

Mr.  Bbown,  of  Kehtucky,  made  a  very  bitter 
speeeh  arraigning  the  Commissioners,  insinu- 
atiug  briberv  and  corraption  un  their  pert, 
but  declaiioK  that  tho  South  would  accept 
the  situation.  As  to  tbe  intimations  that 
Southern  men  would  find  places  in  President  Hayes' 
(Cabinet,  he  declared  that  if  any  Southern  tnen 
Joined  in  with  the  Kepnblican  Party  to  sustain  it  in 
Its  past  and  present  policy  tbey  would  have  no  fol- 
lowing or  ioflaence  at  home,  and  would  be 
piriahs  in  tha  land  of  their  birth.  There 
would  he  no  divisions  in  the  Democracy. 
But  still  he  a'^kod  the  Kepnblicaus  to 
halt,  as  forbearance  had  its  limits.  To  tbe  Demo- 
crats he  counseled  patience,  courage,  prndence, 
and  moderation,  as  it  was  better  to  "bear  tiie  ills 
we  know  than  fly  to  others  that  we  know  not  of" 
To  reject  the  action  of  the  CommlRSiua  would  be 
to  produce  anarchy,  confualon,  nod  chao.s. 

Mr.  Sampson,  xjf  Iowa,  said  that  trum  tbe  com- 
moncemeni  of  this  Cougress  gentlemen  on  tue  other 
side  of  the  House  bad  beeu  crying  fraud,  bribery, 
and  corruption,  and  yet  in  the  Oregon  case  was 
found  for  the  first  time  positive  evidence  of  bribery. 
The  first  bribe  nad  been  taken  by  a  Democrat  and 
the  first  money  had  been  paid  by  a  Democrat. 
Crooiu  had  declared  that  be  would  not  cast  his  vote, 
and  a  Mr.  Patrick,  bad  been  breathed  upou  iroui 
Gramercy  Park.  Mr.  Patrick  had  breathed  upon 
Mr.  Crouin,  and  Mr.  Cronin  had  cast  hid  vote  aud 
received  $3,000  for  so  diing. 

Mr.  Caldwell,  of  Tenne.wpe,  said  that  when, 
shortly  alter  tue  day  of  election,  truopa  had  been 
ordered  to  the  Southern  States,  he  knew  Itiac  a 
determination  bad  been  arrived  at  tu  thwart  tbe 
Jndement  of  the  people.  He  had  voted  lor  the 
Electoral  bill  in  the  iutereals  of  peace.  It  wau 
manifest  that  the  spirit  of  party  hud  entered  Into 
the  Commission  and  louily  debauobed  its  delibera- 
tions. 

THE   ARGDMENT  CONTINUED. 

Mr.  WooDWOUTil.  otOhio,  snppoited  the  decision. 

and  declared  that  in  his  jud;;meut  the  Commission 
could  have  returned  uo  otner  fi:iding  than  the  one 
which  It  did  return,  without  violence  to  the  Consti- 
tution  and  the  laws  of  Oreeon,  and  without  an  as- 
sault on  republicanism  and  ou  the  righis  of  the 
people  of  tbat  State  and  ot  tbe  whole  Uuion.  Uo 
wucdd  volunteer  no  defense  of  the  Commiasiou  from 
such  puerile  and  pusillanlmuus  attacks  as  had 
been  heard  to-day.  It  occupied  a  position 
so  exalted  that  even  the  swit'teal  arrows 
from  tbe  qnivei-s,  aud  little  men  who  assailed  it 
could  not  injure  it.  its  members  would  walk  among 
their  calumniators  liae  giants  among  pigmies.  The 
Democrats  had  got  cangbt  in  the  Eiectural  bill  by 
the  act  of  Goo,  who  disposes  of  all  human  events, 
and  particularly  by  tbo  act  of  the  Illinois  Lcxisla- 
tnre,  which  disposed  of  Jndge  Davis.  It  reminded 
bim  of  tbat  apt  but  not  elegant  verse  which  says : 
"He  dieged  a  pit, 

lie  diirged  It  deep, 

lie  digged  It  for  ills  brother, 

But,  to  puiilaU  his  sin 

lie  did  nil  in 

The  pit  he  digged  for  t'other." 
fLsnghter.l 

He  hoped  and  believed  tbat  the  incoming  Admin- 
istration would  be  BO  considerate  of  the  rights  of 
the  South  that  tbe  dignified  a(|[]uiescence  of  the 
members  from  tbat  section  would  turn  to  gratifi- 
cation, springlne  from  tbe  consciousness  that  tbe 
best  had  been  done  lor  the  interests  of  ttut  sectiun 
and  of  the  whole  country. 

Mr.  Stevenson,  of  Illinois,  gave  a  history  of  the 
Electoral  bill,  how  he  had  looked  upon  it  as  a  har- 
binger of  peace,  and  bow  a  sigh  of  relief  had  arisen 
from  a  thankful  people  on  tho  passage  of  that  bill. 

Tbey  had  trusted  in  the  Commission,  and  iC  bad 
fulfilled  that  trust  by  cloaing  Ita  eyes  lo  the  light  of 
truth. 

Mr.  Neal,  of  Ohio,  thought  that  unless  the  Demo- 
cratio  Pariv  proposed  to  eacndce  ita  selt-respect, 
and  share  with  tbe  Kepnblican  Parly  their  disgrace 
and  dishonor.  It  shoald  adhere  strictly  to  the  spirit 
and  the  letter  of  the  law  under  which  tbe  House 
was  acting.  To  do  oiherwiae  woold  bo  to  transfer 
from  the  Kepublioan  Party  a  part  ot  the  oppro- 
brium which  it  merited.  Anarchy  would  prevail 
whenever  an  attempt  to  delay  the  Presidential 
count  imiil  after  the  4th  ^f  March  ebouid 
sncceed.  The  popular  idea  that  tbe  Presi- 
dent of  the  Senate  wsuld  be  President  of 
the  United  States  until  anuthbr  election  could 
be  held  was  entirely  erroneous.  It  would  be 
suicidal  for  the  Democratic  Parr.y,  one  of  whose 
fundamental  priociplus  was  obedience  to  law,  to  at- 
tempt to  resist  tbe  cariylngr  ont  of  tbe  result  of  the 
Electoral  bill.  In  oouciusion,  he  said :  The  eyes 
of  the  nation  are  upon  us.  If  we  can 
nso  above  the  level  of  tbe  common 
partisan  pelitician,  and  establish  some  claim  to 
etatesmanahip  by  aubordiuating  passion  to  reason, 
and  adopting  that  course  wbicb  aioae  can  save  this 
Qoverniuent,  all  will  yet  be  well;  but  yet  if  we 
cannot  do  this,  if,  driven  to  madness  by  a  bitter 
aeuae  of  ontraseoua  and  iniquitous  wrong  perpe- 
trated 00  US,  we  prove  unequal  to  the  situation  in 
wbicn  we  are  placed,  then  farewell,  a  long  fare, 
well  to  civU  liberty  and  free  government  in  this 
country. 

CHAKGE  AND  COUXTEK  CHAEGE. 

Mr.  LeMoynr,  of  Illinois,  argned  against  the  de- 
cision uf  the  Cummissiun  and  stigmatised  the  greed 
ot  office,  for  which  many  were  wiiUug  not  only  .tp 
cheat  but  to  fight,  as  one  of  the  great  dangers  6T 

the  country. 

Mr.  PEtLLirs,  of  Slansas,  sustained  the  decision 
Ot  the  Commission,  and  represented  tbat  the  Ke- 
publican  Partv  flushed  with  victory  and  holding 
'viotoi'y  In  ita  bauds  had  grandly  and  magnaui- 
mouslv    accepted   from    the    Domooratio  Part.v    the 

Electoral  bill,  which  the  Democrats  now  sought  to 
annul  and  evade. 

Mr.  Hbwitt,  of  New-Tork,  said  the  decision  ren- 
dered this  day  was  the  completion  of  the  fraudulent 
scheme  for  cbantmg  in  a  President  who  was  not 
elected,  and  for  counting  ont  a  President  whu  was 
elected  by  the  votes  of  tho  people  of  the  country. 
The  consummation  of  that  sobeoie  was  a  foiogoue 
conclusion  from  tbe  hour  when  the  decision  lu  ihe 
Florida  case  was  rendered.  It  is  not  to  be  disguised 
that  there  is  in  this  country  a  deep-seated  feeling  of 
Injury,  a  deep  xeuse  of  wrontc.  Ic  comes  up  from 
the  heart  of  the  people,  trom  every  class  uf  the  peo- 
ple, from  the  professional  man,  tbe  lawyer,  the 
doctor,  the  clergyman,  tbe  farmer,  the  meclianic, 
The  people  feel  that  they  have  lost  the  fruits  of 
victory,  but  that  is  not  wiiat  stirs  their  iudignation. 
They  feel  t'lat  they  were  willing  to  confi.le  their 
case  to  a  Jaat  trionnal,  that  tbey  did  confiUe  their 
case  to  a  tribunal, and  thatthe  jadgmcint  is  not  a  just 
one,  aud  that  they  and  ibe  members  of  this  House 
who  voted  (or  that  Tribunal  and  the  mem* 
,ber8  of  the  committee  who  Iramod  the  bill 
have  been  deceived,  and  they  ask  me  where 
the  responsibility  lies.  They  ask  whether  this  is 
well  founded,  aud  I  am  compelled  to  say  that  it  ia. 
It  18  my  pnrpoae,  in  tho  few  minulea  thkl  I  have,  to 
try  to  &x  the  responsibility.  In  the  record  which 
gives  the  decision  of  the  Loaisiaua  case  appears  this 
entry ; 

"  Mr.  CommisBioner  Hoar  submitted  the  folio wmg 
order : 

<•  •  Ordered,  tliat  the  evidenoe  be  not  received.'  " 

This  order  was  affirmed 'by  a  vole  of  8  to  7, 
and  among  the  eigbt  appesr  tbe  namea  of  Ed- 
munds, Frelinghuysen,  Garfield,  Howe,  and 
2£erton,  together  witb  the  three  Jadges, 
Bradley,  Miller  and  Strong.  As  to  tbe 
three  Jndges,  I  propose  to  say  only 
this.  They  took  no  part  In  tbe  formation  of  this 
measure,  Tbey  made  no  request  to  sit  on  this  tti. 
buoal.  Tbey  were  put  there,  so  far  as  we  know, 
..  wltboai  theu.-^va  oouesL.and.  orobablv.  aoainst. 


their  will.  Their  action,  therefore,  is  to  be  juaeed 
not  by  OS,  bnt  by  a  high  tribunal,  to  which 
tbey  must  render  their  account  at  tbe  last. 
Iu  regard  to  other  members  of  thia  tribnnal,  tbey ' 
are  to  be  Judged  by  the  record  which  they  made  in' 
tbe  committee  and  ou  the  discussion  which  took- 
place  in  tbla  House  and  in  tbe  Senate.  Of  Senator' 
Edmunds  I  desire  to  bear  witness  tbat  at  no  time, 
to  my  kuowledgei,  did  he  express  an  opinion  as  to 
the  power  of  tbe  Commiasion  to  go 
behind  the  returns.  N"ow,  in  regard  to  Mr.  Hoar, 
in  his  speech  In  the  Honse  on  the  25th  of  ifannary 
he  used  tbe  following  language:  "Some  gentlemen 
bave  spoken  of  this  as  a  oompromlae  bilL  There  is 
not  a  drop  of  compromise  in  It.  How  can  that  man 
be  said  to  compromise  who,  having  a  just  and 
righteous  claim,  asserts  it,  maintains  it,  eoforoea 
It  by  argument  aud  proof,  yielding  no  Jut  or 
tittle  of  it,  before  a  tribunal  so  constituted 
as  to  render  Us  decision  in  accordance  witb  Justice 
and  righteousness  so  far  as  the  lot  of  hnmanity  will 
admit  i"  What  does  the  word  "  proof  "  mean  J 
There  can  be  no  proof  wtthont  the  right  to  take  it, 
and  uuleaa  it  he  recaived.  When,  therefore,  that 
Commissiooer  brought  in  an  order  before  the 
tribunal  tbat  evidence  be  not  received,  I  hold  th^tt 
ic  was  in  direct  contradiction  to  the  declaration 
'  made  by  him  on  tliis  fioor.  I  nnderstand  that  at  tbe 
close  ot  the  deliberations  It  was  generally  conceded 
that  the  injunction  of  secrecy  was  removed,  but  as 
some  question  has  been  r^aed  about  that-,  I  shall 
adhere  strictly  to  the  rule. 

Mr.  HoAK— There  is  no  question  on  my  part. 

Mr.  Hewitt — The  gentleman  relieves  me,  there- 
fore, from  any  embarrassment  which  I  mlsht  be 
under  as  to  what  passed  before  tha  Commission. 

Severa^members— Lot  us  have  it 

Mr.  Hewitt,  continuing — Iu  the  original  draft  of 
the  bill  snbmitted  to  the  committee  by  the  gentle- 
man from  Iowa  [Mr.  McCrary]  this  provision  was 
contained:  "In  addition  to  the  papers  aud  proofs 
which  may  have  been  referred  to  said  tribunal  aa 
aforesaid,  it  shall  have  power,  if  it  deems  it  neces- 
sary, to  send  for  persona  and  papers,  and  to  compel 
tne  attendance  of  witnes.ses.  AIbo  to  cause. tcati- 
mony  to  be  taken  before  one  or  more  Commisaioners 
to  be  appointed  by  it  for  that  purpoie." 

That  hill  proposed  to  submit  the  decision  of  tbe 
question  to  tne  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States. 
That  being  objected  to,  a  second  draft  was  snb- 
mitted of  a  bill  for. a  tribnnal  composed  of  five 
Judges.  In  the  amondod  draft  of  the  btU  I  beard 
not  only  dissent  to  the  proposition  that  the  Irlhuual 
so  constituted  shouid  be  empowered  to  tate  testi- 
mony, batlheard  fromeverymemberof  thecommif- 
tee  tuatii,  bad,  and  would  have  such  power  nnder  this 
bill.  There  was  no  protest  against  it.  Now,  then, 
if  Congress  had  the  power  to  confer  on  a  tribuupl 
bo  constituted  tbe  iigbt  to  send  for  persons  and 
papers,  and  to  take  testimon.v.  how  did  it  lose  that 
power  when  it  added  five  members  of  tbe  House 
and  five  members  of  tbe  Senate  to  such  a  tribanal  ^ 
I  think  that  we  have  been  deceived  as  to  the  posi- 
tion of  certain  gentlemen  whu  aat  at  that  tribunal. 
1  think  tbat  these  declarations  in  this  House  are  at 
variance  witb  tbe  decision  in  the  tribuDal. 

A  SATIBPACTOEY  ANSWER. 

Mr.  EOAB,  of  Massachnsetts,  said :  I  pronose  to 
address  myself  directly  to  tbe  charge  made  by  tbe 
tentleman  from  Now-York,  I  Mr.  Hewitt.]  I  spent 
three  days  in  that  gentleman's  presence,  putting 
into  a  bill  the  declaration  that  this  question  of 
iioing  behind  these  returns  shoald  be  submitted 
to  tbe  tribnnal  as  a  qaeaiion  about  which  he  and  X 
differed .     We  did   provoke  the  derision  almost  of 

tbe  members  of  tbe  committee  by  the  technical  and 
laborious  language  used,  aud  the  vezy  iaat-^act  of 
tbe  Committee  of  Conference  ^as  this :  Oae  of 
its  members  said,  "lamatraid  tbat  you  will  leave 
it  open  to  somebody  to  claim  that  this  bill  requires 
us  to  go  luto  that  question  instead  of  submiiung 
that  question  to  the  tribnnal."  Every  member  of 
tbe  Committee  assured  that  gentleman  that  it  wa^ 
nut  80,  that  they  perfectly  understood  that  it  bad 
not  decided  it  j  an  I,  when  ihey  gut  through,  the 
gentleman  from  New-York,  "who  was  sitting 
within  lour  feet  ot  me,  ruae  and  said :  "  Now, 
there    is    a     question     on     which    we    are  ail 

agreed.  We  agree  that  ooeside  is  to  contend  one  way 
and  the  other  sioe  is  lo  contend  the  other  way,  and 
that  the  Commission  is  to  decide  on  that  question. 
It  any  gentleman  here  can  sugi^est  clearer  lan- 
enatce  than  we  Lave  tiot  iu  thia  bill,  let  him  rise 
and  make  the  suggestion."  NobuJy  did  it.  Thia 
bill  went  to  another  place,  and  there  the  honorable 
Senatur  from  Ohio, '|  Mr.  Thurman,]  a  uistiogaisbed, 
bouored,  aud  honorable  man,  rose  in  his  place  to 
persuade  a  Kepublicau  Senate  to  accept  the  bill. 
They  difiered  with  their  Kepublicau  associates  iu 
this  bouse,  and  he  said  to  tbem:  "Here  are  certain 
questions  concerning  which  we  cannot  agree,  "  aud 
ha  went  on  to  enumerate  them.  The  fourth 
is  that  it  is  competent  to  go  behind 
the  curtiQcato  of  tbe  Governor,  and  the  directly 
opposite  opinion  that  it  is  not  competent  to  go  be- 
hind tbe  certificate  of  the  Governor.  The  firth  is  that 
it  18  competent  to  go  behind  tht}  decision  of  the  Can- 
Yassing  B  lard,  anu  the  opposite  opinion  that  it  is 
cot  competent  to  do  so.  Then  comes  another  ques- 
tiou  :  Supposing  the  Eeturning  Board  not  to  have 
gone  beyond  its  lurisoiction.  whether  it  has  acted 
fraudulently  ?  Some  sa.y  its  deciaion  may  be  impeached 
for  the  fraud,  (uecause  fraud  vitiatsa  evtrything.) 
and  others  suy  that  no  such  luq^uiry  is  admusioie 
at  all.  We  take  the  only  course  open  to  aa;  we 
provide  a  tribunal,  this  bill  leaves  every  question 
to  that  tribanal,  it  decides  nut  one  of  them,  ii  does 
nut  inleud  tu  decide  oue  of  them — no,  not  oue.  Now 
I  turn  to  my  remarKs  in  this  House.  Tnat  bill  beiug 
passed  by  a  Kepablicau  Scuate,  on  tue  assurance  of 
the  man  who  framed  the  section,  I  said  to  my  associ- 
ates iu  this  house  there  la  not  a  drop .  of 
cumpromise  init;  you  are  to  go  before  tbat  tribanal 
to  asHert,  maintain,  and  deieud  your  claim  that 
they  cannot  go  behind  the  decision  of  the  Can- 
vaseing  Board.  '  Am  I  co  bu  charged  with  bad  faith 
iu  the  lace  of  tbe  House  aud  of  the  country  by  a 
geu'tlemau  who  shut  hia  eyes  to  those  facts  and  un- 
dertook lo  lead  bis  party,  acting,  aa  ne  says,  under  a 
ihtr.'reut  understanding.  Mr.  Speaker,  a  distiii- 
gaianed  Senator  trom'  Madsachusetts  beiDS 
charged  with  dishonor  lu  the  performance 
uf  a  public  duty,  said:  "  We  have  a. 
maxim  lu  New-lingiand  wbPU  certain  men 
make  pxhibitiuna  uf  tbemaelvea  that  in  tha:  mau's 
miud  there  is  a  screw  loose  somewhere.  In  this 
man's  mind  all  tho  screws  are  lonse.  [Load  laush- 
ter.l  1  am  quoting  Mr.  Webster  about  Mr.  Inger- 
Boll.  "UiM  Whole  machinery,"  aaid  Mr.  U'ebater,  'is 
ricketly,  ahaky,  crazy,  and  out  of  joint,"  and  1  have 
sometimes  thought  that  I  have  s&en  instances  of 
gentlemen  whom  great  responaiuilities  bave 
bruuicht  into  a  like  couditiou  of  mind.  iLoud 
laaghter.[ 

Mr.  Luue's  snbstitute  for  ^r.  Hale's  resolatloa 
was  then  agreed  to  by  a  vote  of  151  yeas  to  107  uays. 

The  Senate  was  notified  of  the  action  of  tne 
Hoasp,  and  ttuit  the  House  was  now  reaUy  for  its  re- 
ception. 

THE  JOIXT  MEETING  RESUMED. 

At  4  o'clock  the  Senators  re-entered  the  hall 
ana  thu  Joint  Meeting  was  resumed.  Tae  actiun 
ot  each  house  un  thu  objection  to  the  decision  iu 
the  case  of  Oregon  having  been  read,  the  presiding 
officer  annonnceu  that  thr>  two  houses  not  concur- 
ring otberwiae,  the  decision  ot  the  Commission 
would  stand  unreversed,  and  thatthe  couu  ting  uf 
the  vote  would  now  proceed.  In  conformity  there- 
with he  directed  tne  teliers  to  auuuuuce  tue  vote. 
ot  Oregon. 

Senator  IsGALLS  thereupon  read  the  vote  of  Ore- 
gou as  three  voles  for  Hayes  aud  Wneeler. 

ANOTHER  OBJECTION. 

The  certificate  from  the  State  of  Pennsylvania, . 
giving  as  vote.?  for  Hayes  aud  Wheeler,  havinsr 
been  read,  and  tbe  Presiding  OSicer  having  asked 
whether  theie  whs  any  objection  to  the  vote,  Mr. 
Stengee,  of  Pennsylvania,  rose  and  preaeuted  ihe 

following  : 

The  undrraigned  Henators  and  Bepresentatlves  ob- 
ject to  the  couuting  of  tbe  vote  of  Heary  A.  fiogea  as 
ao  Elector  for  the  State  ut  Pennsylvania  on  the  grounds 
following,  namely :  l  hat  a  crtalu  iianiel  J.  lUorrili 
was  a  candidate  for  tue  poet  of  Klectur  for  the  btnte 
of  Pennaylvania  at  the  electi.in  lor  i^leutors 
ot  Preaident  and  Vice  President  ou  tbe  7  th 
day  oj:  November,  187iJ,  aud  was  declared  b.y 
tho  Governor  ot  tue  bfeile  of  Penuaylvania  to  have 
been  duly  elected  at  Biiid  election,  and  the  uii(lersii;ued 
aver  that  the  said  Daniel  J.  Atorrill  was  not  duly 
elected  an  Llectur  for  the  Stale  ot  Penns.ylvauia, 
because,  tor  a  luni;  period  before  and  on  the  suid  7th 
day  of  November,  Id? (j,  and  lor  a  loug  period  subae- 
qu'ent  theieto,  the  said  Morrill  beld  au  office  ot  truat 
a„>(l  proUl  under  lue  United  (-tates,  that  is  to  say,  tbe 
offic!-  ot  Cuuimismouer,  uudei-  the  aec  of  Con^ireas 
opjjroved  Marca  S,  1S<T,  entitled  "  An  act  to 
provide  tor  coleoratlna  the  One  Hunurcilth 
Anmveraary  of  Amencau  Independence  uy  hoiu- 
tue  an  interuatiooai  esniaittun  ot  arts,  manu- 
t'actures,  and  products  ut'  the  soil  and  mines  iu  tlie 
tiiy  of  Philadelphia  aud  Btate  ot  Penusyirama,  iu  the 
year  ld76,"  to  which  he  was  ftj'pointed  b.v  tho  Presi- 
dent ol  the  United  states  un.ler  liie  vrovisloas  of  said 
act,  wherefore  ihe  aadersigoud  aver  that  tbe  SHid 
Morrill  could  not  be  constitutionally  appniated 
an  ElectDr  for  the  State  ot  fennsyiv  aiia 
on  the  aald  7th  day.  of  Sovember,  181 0, 
tiuder  the  Conslltutlon  ot  the  United  btatea,  and  ttie 
undersigned  further  state  that  ou  the  Hth  day  of  De- 
cember, 1S76,  the  said  .Moriill  liid  rot  ttteadthe  meet- 
ing of  the  Eleotoiaof  the  ."late  of  PeTUisvivauiu,  and 
tUnt  he  was  not,  iiccoiditig  to  the  laws  of  Pt-niisyivauiH 
and  ondCL'  the  Ooustitutluu  of  the  United  states,  duly 
eif^cted  an  Elector  of  said  citiite,  and  could  not  he  cou- 
stituilonaily  and  legally  declared  dulv  eU'.cted  us  such 
klector,  and  had  no  legal  rlcht  to  attend 
tXe  saia  meetiuf!  of  the  Electors,  and  the 
uudersigued  lurther  state  thit  the  CoUe,teof  blectors 
had  power,  uncer  ihf  law  of  Penuaylvania,  to  fill  va- 

cancie»  iu  tbe  olfice  of  Elector  under  and  by  virtue  if 
iho  law  of  l^euu3.vlvanla,  wlileh  is  lu  tbe  worUa  fol- 
lowing, and  by  none  other  whatsoever,  namely:  "it 
any  such  Elector  shall  die,  or  irom  any  cause 
fail  to  attend  at  the  seat  of  tiovemmeut  at  the  time 
appointed  by  law,  the  Electors  pcci,ciiL  sliull  proc«.ed 
to  choose  vft-a  voce  a  person  to  nil  the  vacanc.v  ouca- 
atoned  thereby,  and  iram^diately  aiier  such  choio 
the  name  of  the  person  ao  choacu  sha:l  be 
trausmittod  by  tbe  preoidiug  ofilc-r  uf  tuu  col- 
lege to  the  Governor,  wUuae  daiy  it  shall 
be  fortwith  to  cauao  notice  to  be  niven  in  writing  to 
aucb  person  of  hi3  election,  iiud  tho  pertou  so  elected, 
and  uut  the  pei'soii  iu  wkoae  placo  bo  shall  be  chi'Sen, 
shall  be  au  Elector,  aud  aiiull,  •wiiti  too  orlier 
Electors,  perform  the  duties  onjolnod  ou  tiiera 
as  aforesaili"  aud  tho  __o.><(itoM  fur- 
ther state  tb'it,  under  said  law, 
the          Kleuiors          present         Lad         no         »nth<,rit..\- 

tc  appoint  the  «ald  iionry  J.  Boggs  to  ii"  ^■^'^  vacancy 
of  tbe  said  Dauiul  J.  ilorrlu,  or  on  any  other  griiunda 
whaiover,  an!  that  aaid  buppoaed  appointment  of  aaid 
Henry  Jt.  Boaga  was  wtfcliy  without  authority  of 
Jaw.  and  was  and  ia  uuU  aud  void.  kVuerc- 
fore.  tne  undersigned  av<-r  that  the  aaid  Henry 
J.  B'.gga  waa  not  duly  appointed  bv  the 
State  ot  renuayivania  iu  the  manner  that  its 
Logialatnre  directed,  and  that  he  was  not  entitled  to 
Cast  his  vote  as  bleotor  for  aaio  .State.  %ud  that  his  vote 
as  such  should  not  he,  oeoaipie  ic  cannot  De  couslilu- 
tioually  connied;  and  the  uudersigued  hereto  annex 
the  evidence  to  sautaiu  tbe  above  uLt|«ctioiis,  which 
has  been  taken  beiore  iiie  Committee  ot  tho  Uouse  of 
Kepresentatives  on  the  Puwers,  Privliegea.  and  Uutiea 

of  the  Uouse.  

Signed  by  William  A.  Wallace,  M.  W.  Ransom.  William 
Pincknev  Whyte,  United  States  Senators;  W.  H.  steu- 
ger,  Pennsylvania  j  J.  B.  Tucker,  Vurfuia ;  Coarles  B. 
Eoberta.  Maryland;  jncob'iuruey,  Pennaylvania;  W.  F. 
blemons,  AriiauBas;  F.  D.  CoUms,  PeucBylvania;  Wil- 
liam Mntchler,  Pennsylvania;  Alexander  G.  Cochrane, 
I'enua.ylvania;  Jobu  U  Vance,  OhlOi  O.  A.  Jenka,  Penn- 
aylvania. , 

Attached  to  tlie  ottJeotlooe  are  a  copy  of  the 
President's  oommittion  to  Mr.  Kornit  certified 
.hx  the  Seotetairr  of  Suta.  ud  (M  (fitlB^tijr-  tafcaa^J 


"With  reference  to  thta  oaae  bafore  the  roiihnlHee  g^ 
tbe  Powers,  Privileges,  and  Dnttes  of  the  Hoom. 

When  the  reading  waa  finished,  (there  being  M 
ftinher  oblection  to  the  vote  of  PennsylTuila,)  tha 
Senate  retired. 

* 

DEBATING  PENNSYLVANIA'S  VOTE. 

Upon  the  Senate  returnins  at  4:40  P.  M.,  the 
President  pro  tempore  aaid  the  -  Senate  having 
withdrawn  from  the  Joint  meeting  -upon  an  objeo- 
tion  to  the  vote  cf  Henry  A.  Bogga,  one  ot  the  Eleo- 
tors flrom  Penfisylvanla,  appointed  io  fill  thevi^ 
oancy  caused  by  the  non-attendance  of  Daniel  J. 
Morrill,  that  obleotion  vrould  now  be  received. 

After  it  bad  been  read,  together  with  the  te>tL 
mony  taken  by  the  Honse  Committee^  Mr.  Cahb. 
EON,  ol  Pennsylvania,  snbmitted  a  resolution  that 
the  vote  of  Henry  A.  Boggs  be  counted  with  the 
votea  of  the  other  Electors  of  Pennsylvania,  not* 
withstanding  objections  made  thereto. 

Mr.  Wallace,  of  Pennsylvania,  said  Mr.  Mtnrill 
was  a  Centennial  Commissioner  appointed  by  the 
President  He  was  not  eligible  as  an  Blector  if  tha 
provision  of  the  Federal  Conatitation^  oe  worth  aoy> 
thing.  The  State  in  obooaing^  bim  failed 
to  elect,  beoaase  be  was  ineligible.  The 
statute  of  tbe  State  givea  no  right 
to  fill  a  vacancy  oanse^  by  a  failnre  to  elect,and  tbe 
act  of  the  College  in  filling  Mr.  Morrill's  place  waa 
without  authority.  The  rule  that  the  ineligioility 
is  to  be  determined  as  of  tbe  time  he  gives  his  vote 
Burely  cannot  be  the  true  ruler  for  if  so,  a 
Senator  mav  be  placed  at  tbe  bead  of  an  Electoral 
ticket,  use  hia  patronage  as  snob  to  carry  his  ticket 
through,  and,  wnen  it  is  elected,  decline  to  act  as 
£leotor,  and  nave  his  plaoe  filled  by  the  remaining 
Electors,  and  thus  evade  the  positive  prohibition 
as  well  as  the  spirit  of  the  Constitution.  '  The  pur- 
pose and  end  of  the  Federal  Constiiution  oan  only 
be  atlained  bv  strictly  obeying  ita  prohibition. 

Jlr.  Caveeon,  of  Pennsylvania,  argued  that  Mr. 
Morrill  did  not  bold  ah  uffice  of  trust  or  profit  nndez 
the  United  States,  and  therefore  he  was  not  in- 
eligible. 

Mr.  LoQAN  argned  that  the  Centennial  Oommi*. 
sion  waa  an  incorporated  company,  and  a  man  ap. 
pointed  a  member  of  that  commission  was  not  an 
officer  of  the  United  States,  as  contemplated  by  the 
Constitution. 

The  debate  was  continued  at  length  by  Messrs. 
Morton,  Conkllng.  McDon.ald,  SargenH  Max^. 
Cockrell.  and  others,  and  was  confined  to  legal 
questions  pertaining  to  the  appointment  of  Electors. 

pennylvania's  vote  to  be  cocktbd. 
The  resolution  of  Mr.  Camebon  was  then  agree! 
to  without  a  diviston.  and  tbe  Secretary-was  directed 
to  notify  the  House  of  Representatives. 

Tbe  Senate  then,  at  6  o'clock,  took  a  recesa  until 
10  o'clock  Monday. 

• 

A  EECESS  TAKEN  BY  THE  HOUSE. 
Ae  soon  as  order  was  restored  after  the  Sen- 
ate had  withdrawn,  Mr.  WAdLt^o,  ot  Ohio,  asked 
leave  to  ofiTer  a  resolution  instructing  the  Comnut< 
tee  on  Privileges  to  inquire  Into  and  report,  with, 
out  unnecessary  delay,  what  are  the  powers  and  du- 
ties of  tbe  House  In  view  of  the  ratings  and  deoisiona 
of  the  Electoral  Commission  under  the  law  creating 
snch  Commission,  w^hich  law  authorized  an  Inquiry 
into  tbe  facts  of  the  Presidential  election  in  Lonisu 
ana  and  Plorida,  bat  which  instruction  had  been 
partiaanly  disregarded  and  decided  by '^  said  Cum* 
mission.  — 

hlT.  ElASSON,  of  Iowa,  objected.  ^ 

Mr.  Vaxce.  of  Ohm,  moved  that  the  'House  ■  ta'ke 
a  recess  until  10  o'clock  Monday.  Agreed  to— • 
Yeas  133.  nays  121.  ,     . 

Jost  before  the  vote  was  annonnceJ  there  was  h 
majority  against  the  recess,  hue  cnongh  Demoorits, 
who  had  voted  "  no  "  cbangea  their  ..yotea  to  oany 
the  recess. 


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LEGISLATIVE  PROCEEDINQS. 

In  the  Senate,  Mr.  Bogt,  of  Missouri,  aroaa 
to  a  personal  explanation,  and  said  a  few  days  ago 
he  presented  wbat  he  believed  to  be  resolutions  of 
the  Missouri  Legislature  in  favor  of  the  passage  of 
the  Texas  Pacific  Railroad  bill.  He  supposed  those 
resolunona  had  passed  both  houses,  aa  they  were 
inclosed  to  bim  by  a  member  of  the  Legislature; 
but  he  had  noticed  by  tbe  newspapers  since  that 
tbey  had  not  passed  both  branches  of  the  Legisla- 
ture, having  boon  rejacted  in  the  Senate.  He  made 
this  explanation  in  justice  to  himself  and  the  Legis- 
tore. 

Mr.  CHRiBTiANCr,  of  Michigan,  presented  the  cre- 
dentials of  Hon.  Thomas  W.  Ferry,  elected  to  tbe 
United  Sfatea  Senate  from  Michigan  for  the  term  of 
BIX  yeats  from  March  4,  1877.    Read  and  placed  on 

file. 

At  11  o'clock  Mr.  Adams,  Clerk,  of  the  Honse  of 
Eepi'bbsntatives,  appiiared  at  the  bar  of  the  Senate 
ana  announced  tuat  the  House  hnd  disagreed  to  the 
amend  men  ta  of  tbe  Senate  to  the  Legialative,  Naval, 
Post  Office,  and  Deficiency  Aopropriation  hills,  and 
asked  fiir  cummittees  of  conference  on  those  bills. 

In  the  House,  Mr.  Atkins,  of  Xennessee,  trom 
the  Appropriaiion  Commictee,  reported  the  Army 
AoDroonaiiun  bill.  It  reduces  (be  number  of  oaval. 
ry  regiments  to  eigbt,  artillery  t-o  fuur,  and  of  in- 
fantry to  16,  and  contains  a  proviao  prohibiting  any 
of  tho  money  appropriated  by  the  bill  from  being 
applied  tor  tbe  pay,  transportation,  or  aabsistence 
of  troops  to  lie  employed  iu  support  of  the  claims 
of  either  ifieholia  or  Packard  as  Grovemor  of  Louie- 
iaua,  or  in  support  of  the  rival  Legislatures  in  sail 
Stale,  aud  probibita  the  employment  of  any  portion 
of  tbe  Army  in  support  of  the  claims  of  any  State 
Government  or  any  officer  of  said  State  until  duly 
recognized  by  Congresa.    Ordered  to  be  printed. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  H013IA.N,  of  Indiana,  tbe  Senate 
amendments  to  tbe  Post  Office  Appropriation  bill 
were  nua-ooncarred  in,  and  a  conference  committee 
ordered.  The  same  action  was  taKen  in  regard  to 
the  D.  ficiency,  the  2«aval,  and  tbe  Legislative  Ap< 
prupriaiion  hill. 

Tbe  Speakee  appointed  as  a  Conference  Commit 
t«e  on  the  Pust  Office  Appropriation  bill,  Messrs. 
Holman,  Blonnt,  and  Foster. 

Mr.  DuuHAil,  of  Kentucky,  Chairman  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  ihe  Revision  of  the  Laws,  reported  back 
the  Senate  bill  authorizing  tbo  appointment  of  a 
commission  to  prepare  for  publication  a  new  editioa 
of  the  Kevised  Statutes.    Passed.  -; 


OIL  FIELVS  VISTVBBED. 

The  Allegheny  (Penn.)    Mail  of  Thuraday 

says :  "  The  section  of  country  known  as  tha 
Uunkard  oil  regious,  which  sume  years  ago  pro- 
duced a  considerable  quantity  of.  oil,  all  of  whitih 
found  market  In  Pittsburg,  has  always  been  con- 
sidered of  strange  formation.  The  creek  wliich 
empties  into  the  Monongabela  flows  through  a  very 
hilly  region,  where  at  places  huge  rocks  seem  to 
have  been  thrown  ap  by  internal  action.  One 
night    last      week,      about    8    o'clock,     a     heavy 

report  occarred  in  the  neighborhood  of 
the  celebrated  Wiley  oil  well,  which 
was  heard  for  some  miles  away.  Investicration 
of  the  cause  showed  that  the  solid,  smooth  rook  of 
the  creek  bottom  was  apbeaved  to  the  extent  of 
23  feet  around,  and  piled  from  three  to  four  feet 
bisth.  The  same  night  tbat  this  upheaval  took 
place  an  old  oil  well  on  the  first  run  above  the 
Maoel  bridge,  near  the  South  farm,  commeaoed  U 
flow  on  ita  own  accord.  The  Lone  Star  well,  lowel 
down  of  tbe  same  run,  haa  been  flowing  for  som< 
time  at  the  rate  of  a  half  a  barrel  dailr.  It  is  salt] 
that  a  short  time  ago  oil  was  discovered  on  Dank- 
ard,  aud  Robert  Mapel,  one  ot  tbe  pioneers  at  th« 
region,  stated  tbat  he  bad  beard  the  same  kind  ol 
a  report,  which  was  caused  by  the  force  of  the  gai 
upheavine  the  rooks  in  the>creek  Jast  Jjelow.'tha 
Mapel  bridge." 


THE  BENNEII-MA.T  DUEL. 
Tbe  second  number  ot  1/ondon,  ■  a  oonserra- 
tion  weekly  printed  in  the  English  capital,  refer- 
ring to  the  Bennett-May  daeU  says :  "About  ■ 
year  ago  Mr.  Bennett  became  engaged  to  Misa 
May,  a  joang  lady  of  great  beauty,  and  belongi&g 
to  an- old  Washington  family.  Here  we  are  com- 
pelled to -mention  an  nnfurtiniate  failing  of  Mr. 
Bennett,  which  is  known  to  every  one  in  America, 

and  which  gave  rise  to  the  eams  belli  in  this  matter 
— an  inability  to  maintain  any  lengtbenied  period  of 
devotiou   to   loose  sources  whereat   the  wild  asses 

Quenoh  their  thirst  InMayot  lastyeartheheirof  an 

Euiilish  dukedom  was  married  to  an  American  lady 
before  a  brilliant  a.s8emblage  in  G-raoe  Charch,  tha 
St.  George's,  Hanover-square,  of  New-Xork.  and  iC 
was  thought  that  the  wedding  would  be  .coincident 
■with  and  be  rivaled  in  maitnificence  by  that  lof 
Mr.  Bennett  antj  Uia  fiancee.  Without  going  fnrthea 
into  the  unhappy  deiail.'t,  which  have  been  served 
up  in  every  conceivable  shane  by  the  Ainerican  pa- 
pers, we  may  briefly  aay  that  the  peculiarity  just 
referred  to  caused  nnmerons  postponemente  of  ttie 
ceremony,  and  at  length  compelled  the  young  lady'a 
brother,  on  some  special  provocation,  to.iufltctapon 
Jier  suitor  a  aevere  nublic  chaatiaement." 


'      ARRESTED  ON  A  CUAIiOE  OF  ARSON. 

Several  days  ago  Superintemdent  Walling  r». 
oeived  information  from  M.  C.  Hiokey,  Ctiief  of 
Police  ot  Chicago,  that  a  man  named  Charles  An* 
deraon  was  want«d^ia  that  ci  ty  On  a  charge  of  ar- 
son, and  that  the  fugitive  was  supposed  to  be'in 
this  City.  Detecuves  I>ann  and  Yon Geriohten  were 
Instructed  to  make  search  for  bim,  and  yesterday 
they  found  him  on  board  the  steamer  Hudaoo. 
which  was  about  to  sail  from  Pier  No.  9  North 
River  for  New-Orleans.  He  was  arrested,  and  is 
now  looked  up  at  the  Central  Office  to  await  the  ai- 
rivai  ol  an  uffloot  from  Chicago  with  a  roqoisitio; 
from  the  Govcriur  1^  IlliuoM  for  his  reiditioo. 


A  SICK  WOMAN  ROBBED. 
A  "Now-ilampshire  paper  says  that  ^  an  •  in- 
valid w.oinau,  who  has'been  attended  by  a  single 
servantilat  Great  Eall8,haa  for  some  time  been  a  vio- 
tim  of  systematic  robbery  by  tbe  servant  and  threi 
others.  The  robbery  went  ou  night  after  night,  un- 
til  almost  all  tbe  viUuables  had  been  carried  oC 
She  discovered  it  at  last  and  attempted  to  give  the 
alarm,  bat  the  villains  confined  ber  for  rwo  days, 
until  the  Police  accidentally  surprised  and.arresW 
them  as  they  were  uklng  up  the  carpets. 

A'Or  IS  ELIGIBLE.  - 
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■tarted  in  Washington  thatthe  Demoorats  mlsaed  a 
point  in  not.duobrerlng  an  ineUgibIe-;Zlleotor  I4 

Maine,  waa-Tnoorreok  L  Wartan  Merrill,  -ol 
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CURRENT  LITERATURE. 


A  BOSABT  OF  SONNET& 


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I. 
nature.  '  "-^ 

.•4k9  *  fond  motber,  when  the  day  is  o'er. 

Loads  Dy  the  hand  her  little  child  to  hefl, 
Half  wlllinK,  half  reluctant  to  be  led. 
_  And  leave  ius  broken  Dlaythlnss  on  the  floor, 
*""  easing  at  them  tbroneh  th«  open  door, 
Nor  wholly  reaasarea  and  couoforted 
By  promises  of  others  in  their  stead. 
Which.   tly>ti£b  more  splondid,  may  not  pleaaft 
bim  ftiore; 
^  Nature  deals  witu  at,  and  takes  away 

Oar  playthinas  one  by  one,  and  bf  the  hand 
Leads  ns  to  rest  so  sently,  that  we  ro 
%C»roe  knawtng  if  we  wish  to  go  or  stay. 
Being  too  fall  of  sleen  to  aaderstand 
How  far  the  unknown  transcends  the  what  we 
know. 


Jn  the  Churek-i/ard  at  Tarrytown. 

tEere  lies  the  sentle  b  amorist,  who  died 

In  the  bright  Indian  Snmmer  of  bis  fame  ! 
A  simple  stone,  with  bat  a  date  and  name, 
Marks  his  secladea  reatine  place  oeside' 

The  river  that  he  loved  and  elorifled. 

Here  in  the  Anmmn  of  hia  days  he  came, 
Bnt  the  dry  leaves  ot  lite  were  all  aflame 
With  tints  that  briehtened  and  were  multiplied. 

How  sweat  a  life  was  his  ;  bow  Bwe<>t  a  death; 
Living  to  wine  with  mirth  the  weary  hours, 
Or  with  romantic  tales  the  heart  to  cheer; 

Pylng,  to  leave  a  memory  like  the  breath 

Ot  Summers  fall  of  sansbine  and  of  showers, 
A  grief  and  gladness  in  the  atmosphere. 


Eliot'e  Oak, 

Thoa  ancient  calt!  whose  myriad  leaves  are  loud 
With  sounds  of  unintelligible  soeech. 
Sounaa  as  of  surges  on  a  shingly  beach. 
Or  maltitadinous  murmura  of  a  crowd  ; 

^ith  some  mysterious  gift  of  tongues  eudowed, 
Tdou  apeaJceat  a  different  aialect  to  each; 
To  me  a  language  that  no  man  can  teacb, 
Of  a  lost  race,  long  vanished  like  a  cldud. 

for  underneatb  thy  shade,  io  days  remote, 
Seated  like  Abraham  at  eventide 
Beneath  the  oaks  of  Mamre.  the  nnknown 

Apostle  of  the  Indians,  Eliot,  wrote 

His  Bible  in  a  language  that  hath  died 
And  is  forgotten,  save  by  thee  alone. 

IV. 

The  Descent  of  the  Muses. 
Kine  Bisters,  beautiful  in  foi-m  and  face. 

Came  from  their  convent  un  the  shining  heights 
Of  Pierus,  the  monntaiu  of  delighta. 
To  dwell  among  tho  people  at  its  base. 
Then  seemed  the  world  to  change.    All  time  and 
space, 
Splendor  ot  cloudless  davs  and  starry  nights. 
And  men    and  manners,    aud  all  sounds   and 

sights, 
Had  a  new  meaning,  a  diviner  grace. 
Proud  were  these  sisters,  but  were  not  too  proud 
To  teach  in  schools  of  little  country  towns 
Science  snd  song,  and  all  tbe  arcs  that  please; 
go  that  wane  hoasewives  span,  and  farmers  plowed, 
Their    comely    daughters,    clad    in    homespun 

gowns. 
Learned  the  «weet  songs  ot  the  Pierides. 


Yenice. 

White  swan  of  cities,  slambering  in  thy  nest 
So  wonderfully  boilc  among  tbe  reeds 
Of  the  lagoon,  that  fences  thee  and  feeds. 
As  sayeth  thy  old  biittonan  and  thy  gueat  t 

Whitewater  lily,  cradled,  and  caressed 

By  ocean  streams,  and  frum  tbe  silt  and  weeds 
Lifting  thy  golden  pistils  with  their  saeds, 
Thy  sun-illuminecl  spires,  thy  crown  and  crest ! 

Whire  phantom  city,  wbose  untrodden  streets 

Are  rivers,  and  whose  pavements  are  the  shift- 

ing 
Shadows  of  palaces  and  strips  of  sky; 

I  wait  tu  see  thee  vanish  like  tbe  fl:3eta 

Seen  in  mirage,  or  towers  of  clcnd  aplifting 
In  air  their  unsubstantial  masonry. 

HENKY  W.  LONGFELLOW. 

■^Atlantic  Monthly. 


XME  MYSIEBY  AT  NUMBER    SEVEN. 


"Let  us  go  and  give  her  a  tarn,"  cried 
the  Squire. 

Tod  laughed.     "  What,  all  of  us  ?"  said  he. 

"To be  sure.  All  of  us.  Why  not  ?  We'll 
etart  t»-inorrow." 

"  Oh  dear !"  exclaimed  Mrs-Todhetley,  dismay 
in  her  mild  tone.     "  Children  and  all  1" 

''Children  and  all :  and  take  Hannah  to  see  to 
them,"  said  the  Squire.  *'  Yoa  don't  ooumt,  Joe  : 
you  will  be  off  elsewhere." 

••  We  o»uld  never  be  ready,"  said  tbe  Mater, 
looking  ike  imaee  of  perplexity.  "  To-morrow's 
Friday.  Besides,  there  would  be  no  time  to 
write  to  Mary." 

"  Write  to  her .'"  cried  the  Squire,  turning  sharp- 
ly on  his  heel  aa  he  paced  the  room  in  his  nan- 
keen morning  eoat.  "  And  who  do  you  8upp»ae 
is  going  to  write  to  her  ?  Why,  it  would  cause 
her  to  make  all  sorts  of  preparation ;  put  her 
to  no  end  of  trouble.  A  pretty  conjurer  you'd 
make!  We  will  take  her  by  surprise;  thafa 
what  we  will  do," 

"Bat,  if,  when  we  got  there,  we  should  find 
tier  rooms  are  let,  Sir  ?"  said  I,  the  d«ubt  strik- 
ing me. 

"  Then  we'll  go  into  others,  Johnny.  A  spell 
at  tbe  sea-side  will  be  a  ebacge  for  us." 

This  conversation,  and  tbe  Squire's  Dlanain^- 
out,  arose  through  a  letter  we  had  just  received 
from  Mary  Blair — poor  Blair's  widow,  if  you 
have  not  forgotten  him,  wh»  went  to  his  end 
through  that  gazette  of  Jerry's.  After  a  few 
upa  and  downs,  trying  aj.  this  thing  for  a  liv- 
ing, trying  at  that,  Mr3»~Blair  had  now  settled 
in  a  house  at  the  seaside  aud  opened  a  day- 
Bohool.  She  hoped  to  get  on  in  it  in  time,  she 
•wrote,  especially  it  she  could  bo  so  fortumate 
as  to  let  her  drawing-room  to  visitors.  The 
Squire,  always  impulsive  and  good-hsarted,  at 
once  cried  out  that  we  would  go  aud  take  it. 

" It  willlie doing  her  a  good  turn,  you  see," 
he  ran  on,  *'  and  when  we  leave  I  daresay  she'll 
find  other  people  to  go  in.  Let's  see" — picking 
up  the  letter  to  refer  to  the  address:  "  No.  6 
fieabord  Terrac«,  Montpellier-by-Sea.  Where- 
abouts is  Montpellier-by-Sea  V 

"Never  beard  of  it  in  my  life,"'  cried  Tod. 
"  Don't  bslieve  there  is  such  a  places?' 

'•Be  quiet,  Joe.  I  fancy  it  lies  somewhere 
(owara  Saltwater." 

Tod  flung  kack  his  head.  "  Saltwater  !  A 
Aice  common  place  that  is  1" 

"  Hold  your  tongue,  Sir.  Johnny,  fetch  me 
the  railway  guide." 

Upon  looking  at  tbe  guide,  it  was  found  there, 
*•  Mont»ellier-by-Sea,"  the  last  station  before 
getting  to  Saltwater.  As  to  Saltwater,  it  might 
he  conunon,  as  Tod  said,  for  it  was  crowded 
by  all  sorts  of  people,  but  it  was  lively  and 
healthy. 

.-  Not  on  the  next  day,  Friday,  for  it  was  im- 
possible to  get  ready  ia  such  a  heap  ef  a  hurry, 
but  on  tbe  following  Tuesday  we  started.  Tod 
bad  left  on  the  Saturday  for  Gloucestershire. 
His  own  mother's  relatives  lived  there,  and 
they  were  always  inviting  him. 

"Montpellier-by-Sea?"  oned  the  railway 
olerkm  a  doubting  tone  aa  w^^iere  getting  the 
tickets.     "Let's  see?  Where  ft  that  ?  " 

Of  course  that  set  the  Squire  exploding; 
what  right  had  clerks  to  pretend  to  issue 
tickets  unless  they  knew  their  business  ?  The 
derk  in  question  coolly  ran  his  finger  down 
the  railway  list  he  had  turned  to,  and  then 
gave  us  the  tickets, 
g^  "It  is   a   station  not   much   frequented,  you 

■ee,"  he  civilly  observed.    "Travelers  mostly 

go  on  to  Saltwater." 

But  for  the  train  being  due,  and  our  having 
to  make  a  rush  for  the  platform,  the  Squire 
would  have  waited  to  give  the  young  man  a 
piece  of  his  mind.  "Saltwater,  indeed!"  said 
he,  "I  wonder  the  fellow  does  not  issue  his 
•diet  as  to  where  people  shall  go  and  where 
they  sha'n't." 

We  arrived  in  due  time  at  our  destination. 
It  was  written  up  as  large  as  life  on  a  white 
board,  "  Montpellier-by-Sea."  A  small  road- 
tide  atation,  open  to  the  country  around ;  no 
signs  of  sea  or  of  houses  to  be  seen ;  a  broad, 
rural  district,  apparently  given  over  entirely 
to  agriculture.  On  went  the  whi-stling  train, 
living  the  group  of  us  standing  by  our  li^g- 
^  page  on  the  platlorm.  The  Squire  was  starmg 
about  him  doubtfully.     ". 

••  Can  you  tell  me  where  Seabord  Terrace  is  ?' 

"  Seabord  Terrace?"  repeated  the  Station- 
master,  "  No,  Sir,  I  don't  know  iU  There's 
BO  terrace  of  that  name  hereaboat«.    For  that 


matter,  there  are  no  terraces  at  all;  no  bouses, 
in  fact."  ' 

The  Squire's  face  was  a  picture.  He  saw 
that  (save  a  solitary  farm  homestead  or  two) 
the  oonntrr  was  bare  cf  dwelling  places. 

"  This  18  Montpellier-by-Sea  !  "  he  questioned 
at  last. 

"  Sure  enough  it  is,  Sir.  Munpler  it's  called 
down  here." 

"  Then  Seabord  Terrace  must  be  somewhere 
in  it— somewhere  about.  What  a  strange 
thing!" 

"Perhaps  the  gentlefolks  want  to  go  to  Salt- 
water?" spoke  up  one  of  the  two  porters  em- 
ployed at  the  little  station.  "  There's  lots  of 
terraces  there.  Here,  Jim  I" — calling  to  his 
fellow — "come  here  a  minute.  -He'll  know, 
Sir ;  he  comes  from  Saltwater." 

Jim  approached,  and  settled  the  doubt  at 
once.  He  knew  Seabord  Terrace  very  well  in- 
deed. It  was  at  Saltwater ;  just  out  at  the 
eastern  end  of  it. 

Yes,  it  was  at  Saltwater.  And  there  were 
we,  more  than  two  miles  off  it,  on  a  broiling 
hot  day  when  walking  was  impracticable,  with 
all  our  trunks  about  us,  and  no  fly  to  be  had, 
or  other  means  of  getting  on.  The  Squire  went 
into  one  ot  his  passions,  and  demai^ded  why 
people  living  at  Saltwater  should  give  their 
address  aa  Montpellier-by-Sea. 

He  had  hardly  patience  to  listen  to  the  Sta- 
tion-master's explanation,  who  acknowledged 
that  we  were  n»t  the  first  traveling  party  that 
had  been  deluded  in  like  manner.  Munpler 
(as  he  and  the  rest  of  the  natives  persisted  in 
calling  it)  was  an  extensive,  straggling,  rural 
parish,  filled  with  farm  lands ;  an  arm  of  it  ex- 
tended as  far  as  Saljwater,  and  the  new  build- 
ings at  that  end  of  Saltwater  had  reehriatened 
themselves  Montpeluer-by-Sea,  deeming  it  more 
aristocratic  than  the  common  old  name.  Had 
the  Squire  been  able  to  transport  the  new 
buildings,  builders  and  all,  he  had  surely  done 
iton  the  spot. 

Well,  we  got  on  to  Saltwater  in  the  evening 
by  another  tram,  and  to  No.  6  Seabord  Ter- 
race.   Mary  Blair'  wda  just  delighted. 

"  If  I  had  but  known  you  were  coming,  if 
you  had  but  written  to  me,  I  would  have  ex- 
plained that  it  was  Saltwater  Station  you  must 
get  out  at,  not  Moutpellier,"  she  cned  in  depre- 
cation. 

"But,  my  dear,  why  on  earth  do  you  give  in 
to  a  deceit  ?  "  stormed  the  Squire.  "Why  call 
your  place  Montpellier  when  it's  Saltwater  ?" 

"  I  do  what  other  people  do,"  she  sighed  ; 
"  I  was  told  it  was  Montpellier  when  I  came 
here.  Qenerally  speaking,  I  have  explained 
when  writing  to  friends  that  it  is  reaily  Salt- 
■water,  in  spite  of  its  tine  name ;  I  suppose  I 
forgot  it  when  writing  to  you — I  had  so  much 
to  say.  The  people  really  to  blame  are  those 
who  named  it  su." 

"  And  that's  true,  and  they  ought  to  be  shown 
up,"  said  the  Squire. 

Seabord  Terrace  consistetf'of  seven  houses, 
built  ia  front  ot  the  sea,  a  little  beyond  the 
town.  Tho  parlors  had  bay  windows  ;  the 
drawing  rooms  had  balconies  and  verandas. 
The  two  end  houses.  Nos.  1  and  7,  were  double 
houses,  large  and  handsome,  each  of  them  be- 
ing inhabited  by  a  private  family  ;  the  middle 
houses  were  smaller,  most  of  them  being  let 
out  in  lod.5ing3  in  the  season.  Mary  Blair  be- 
gan talking  that  first  evening  as  we  sat  to- 
gether about  the  family  who  lived  in  the  house 
next  door  to  her.  No.  7.  Their  name  was  Pea- 
nem,  she  said,  and  they  had  been  so  very, 
very  kind  to  her  since  she  took  her  hou  se  in 
March.  Mr.  Poahern  had  interested  himself 
for  her  and  got  her  several  pupils  ;  he  was 
much  respected  at  Saltwater.  "  Ah,  he  is  a 
good  miro."  she  added ,  "  but " 

"rU'«all  and  thank  him,"  interrupted  the 
Squire.  "I  am  proud  to  shake  bands  with  such 
a  man  aa  that." 

"You  cannot,"  she  said;  "he  and  bis  wife 
are  gone  abroad.  A  great  misfortune  has  lately 
befallen  them.'^. 

"  A-great  misfortune  t  what  was  it  t" 

I  noticed  a  kind  of  cloud  pass  over  Mary 
Blair's  lace,  a  hesitation  in  hor  manner  before 
she  replied.  Mrs.  Todhetley  was  sitting  by  her 
on  the  sola :  the  .Squire  was  in  tho  arm-chair 
opposite  them,  and  I  at  the  table,  as  I  had  eat 
at  our  tea-dinner. 

"  Mr.  Peahorn  was  in  business  once ;  a 
wholesale  druggist,  I  believe ;  but  he  made  a 
good  fortune,  and  retired  some  yeara  ago,"  be- 
gan Mary.  •'  Mrs.  Peahern  has  poor  health 
and  is  a  little  lame.  She  was  very  kind  to 
me  also ;  very  good  and  kind  indeed.'  They' 
had  one  son;  no  other  children;  I  think  he  was 
studying  tor  tho  Bar ;  I  am  not  sure ;  but  he 
lived  in  London  and  came  down  here  occasion- 
ally. My  young  maid-servant.  Susan,  got  ac- 
quainted witn  their  servants,  and  she  gathered 
irom  their  gossip  that  he,  Edmund  Peabern,  a 
very  handsome  young  man,  was  in  some  way  a 
trouble  to  his  parents.  He  was  down  at  Easter, 
and  stayed  three  week.** ;  aud  in  May  he  came 
down  again.  What  happened  I  don't  know  ;  I 
believe  there  was  some  scene  with  his  father 
the  day  he  arrived ;  anyway.  Mr.  Peahern  was 
heard  talking  angrily  to  him :  aud  that  night 
he — he  died." 

She  bad  dropped  her  voice  to  a  low  whisper. 
The  .Squire  spoke. 

"  Died !    Was  it  a  natural  death  ? 

"No.  A  jury  decided  that  he  was  insane; 
and  he  was  buned  here  m  the  churchyard. 
Such  a  heap  of  claims  and  debts  came  to  light, 
It  was  said.  Mr.  Peahern  left  his  lawyer  to  pay 
them  all,  and  went  abroad  with  his  poor  wile 
for  change  of  scene.  It  has  been  a  great  grief 
I  feel  so  sorry  tor  them." 

"  Then,  is  the  house  abut  up  V 

'•No.  Two  servants  are  left  in  it:  the  two 
house-maids.  The  cook,  who  had  lived  with 
them  five-and-twenty  years,  and  was  dreadfully 
affected  at  the  calamity,  went  with  her  mis- 
tress. Nice,  good-natured  young  women  are 
these  two  that  are  left,  running  in  most  days  to 
ask  if  they  can  do  anything  for  me." 

"It  is  good  to  have  such  neighbors,"  said  the 
Squire.  "And  I  hope  you'd  yet  on.  my  dear. 
Jtiow  came  you  at  this  place  at  all  ?" 

"  It  was  through  Mr.  Lockett"  she  an- 
swered— the  clergyman  who  had  been  so 
much  with  her  husband  before  he  died,  and 
who  had  kept  up  a  correspondence  with  her. 
Mr.  Lockett's  brother  was  in  practice  as 
a  doctor  at  Saltwater,  and  they  thought  she 
might  perhaps  do  well  if  she  came  to  it.  So 
Mary's  friends  had  screwed  a  point  or  two  to 
put  ht>i  into  the  house,  and  gave  her  besides  a 
ten-pound  note  to  start  with. 

"  I  tell  you  what  it  is,  young  Joe ;  if  you  run 
and  rero  yourself  into  th»t  scarlet  beat  you 
eha'n'D  come  here  with  me  again." 

••  But  1  like  to  race  with  the  donkeys,"  re- 
plied young  Joe.  "  1  can  run  a'most  as  fast  as 
they,  Johnny.    I  like  to  see  the  donkeys." 

"Wouldn't  it  be  better  to  ride  a  donkey, 
lad?" 

He  shook  his  head.  "  I  have  never  had  a 
ride  but  once,"  he  answered.  "  I've  no  sixpences 
for  it.  That  ouoe  Matilda  treated  me.  She 
brings  me  on  the  sands." 

"  Who  is  Matilda?" 

"  Matilda  at  No.  7 :  Mr.  Peabern's." 

"  Well,  it  you  are  a  good  boy,  young  Joe,  and 
stay  by  me,  you  shall  have  a  riUe  aa  soon  as  the 
donkeys  como  back." 

They  were  fine  sands.  I  sat  down  on  a  bench 
witn  a  book ;  little  Joe  strained  bia  eyea  to 
look  after  the  donkeys  in  the  distance,  canter- 
ing ott' with  some  young  abavera  like  himaelt  on 
their  backs,  their  nuraemaids  walking  quickly 
after  them.  Poor  little  Joe  I — he  had  tue  gen- 
tlest, meekest  face  m  the  world,  with  his 
thoughtful  look  and  nice  eyes — waited  and 
watched  in  silent  patience.  The  aands  were 
crowded  with  people  this  afternoon;  organs 
were  playing,  aancing  dolls  exhibitiag ;  and 
vessels  with  their  white  sails  iipread  glided 
smoothly  up  and  down  on  the  sparkling  sea. 

"  And  wUl  you  really  pay  the  sixpence  ?" 
asked  the  little  fellow  presently.  "  They  won't 
let  me  get  on  for  less." 

"Beallv  and  tmlv,  Joe.  I'll  take  you  for  a 
row  in  a  boat  some  calm  day,  if  mamma  will 
allow  yon  to.£0."  ,^    ^     ,,  -  ,..      ^^ 

Joe  looked  grave.  "I  don't  mucfi  lise  the 
water,  please,"  said  he,  timidly.  "  Alfred  Dale 
went  on  it  in  a  boat  a«id  fell  in,  and  was  nearly 
drowned.     He  comes  to  mamma's  school," 

"  Then  we'll  let  the  boats  alone,  Joe.  There's 
Punch!  He  is  going  to  set  himself  up  yonder. 
Wouldn't  you  like  to  run  and  see  bim?" 

"But  I  might  miss  the  donker/s,"  answered 
Joe. 

He  stood  by  me  quietly,  gazing  in  the  direc- 
tion taken  by  the  donkeys:  evidently  they 
made  his  primary  attraction.  The-  other  child, 
Mai-y,  who  was  a  baby  when  her  father  died, 
(poor  Baked  Pie,  as  we  boys  used  to  call  him  at 
i'roat's,)  was  m  Wales  with  Mrs.  Blair's  people. 
Thej  bad  taisen  the  child  for  a  few  fdouths, 


untirtbey  saw  whether  she  should  get  along  at 
^ait^ter. 

But  we  thought  she  would  get  along.  Her 
school  was  a  morning  school  for  little  boys  ot 
good  parentage,  all  of  whom  paid  liberal  terms; 
and'sne  would  be  able  to  let  her  best  rooms  ior 
at  least  six  months  in  the  year. 

" There's  Matilda!    Oh,  there's  Matilda !" 

It  was  quite  a  loua  shout  for  little  Joe. 
Looking  up,  I  saw  him  rush  to  a  rather  good- 
looking  young  woman,  neatly  dressed  in  a 
black-and-white  print  gown  and  a  shawl  of  the 
same,  with  black  riobons  crossed  on  her  straw 
bonnet.  Servants  did  not  dress  fine  enough  to 
set  the  Thames  on  fire  in  those  days.  Joe 
pulled  her  triumphantly  up  to  me.  She  was 
one  of  the  housemaids  at  No.  7. 

"It's  Matilda,"  he  said;  and  the  young 
woman  courtsieo.  "And  I  am  going  to  have  a 
donkey-ride,  Maldda;  Mr.  Johnny  Ludlow's 
going  to  give  the  sixpence  for  me !" 

"  I  kn«w  you  by  sight.  Sir,"  observed  Matilda 
to  me.  "  I  have  ^seen  you  go  in  and  out  of 
No.  6." 

She  had  a  pEdeoUveoomolexion,  with  magnifi- 
cent, melancholy  dark  eyes.  Many  persons 
would  have  called  her  handsome.  I  took  & 
sort  of  liking  for  the  girl — if  only  for  her  kind- 
ness to  poor  little  fatherless  Joe.  In  manner 
she  was  particularly  quiet,  subdued,  and  pa- 
tient. 

"  You  had  a  sad  miafortune  at  your  house  not 
long  ago,"  I  observed  to  her,  at  a  loss  for  some- 
thing to  say. 

"Ob,  Sir,  don't  talk  of  it,  please!"  the  an- 
swered, with  a  sob  of  the  breath.  "  I  seem  to 
have  tbe  shivers  at  times  ever  since.  It  was  me 
that  found  him." 

Up  cantered  the  donkeys,  and  presently 
awav  went  Joe  on  the  back  of  one,  Matilda  at- 
tending him.  The  ride  was  just  over  and  Joe 
beginning  to  enlarge  on  its  delights  to  me, 
when  another  young  woman,  dressed  precisely 
similar  to  Matilda,  even  to  the  zigzag  white 
running  pattern  on  the  print  gown,  and  the 
black  cotton  gloves,  was  seen  making  her  way 
toward  us.  She  was  nice  looking  also  in  a  dif- 
ferent way;  fair,  with  iDlue  eyes,  and  a  laugh- 
ing, arch  face. 

"  Why,  there's  Jane  Cross !"  exclaimed  Ma- 
tilda. "  What  in  the  world  have  you  come  out 
for,  Jane  ?    Have  you  lett  tbe  house  safe  ?" 

"  As  if  I  should  leave  it  unsafe  1"  lightly  re- 
torted the  one  they  had  called  .Tane  Cross. 
"  The  back  door's  looked,  ami  here'a  tho  key  of 
the  front" — ahowing  a  huge  key.  "  Why 
shouldn't  I  go  out  if  vou  do  ? — come,  Matilda  ! 
The  houae  is  none  so  lively  a  one  now,  to  stop 
in  all  alono." 

"  And  that's  true  enough,"  was  Matilda's 
quiet  answer.  "Little  master  Joe's  here; 
he's  been  having  a  donkey  ride." 

The  two  servants,  tellow-housemaids.stroUed 
ofl'  toward  the  aea,  taking  Joe  with  them. 
At  tho  edge  of-  tho  boacu  they  enoountei-ed 
Haunah,  who  had  just  como  on  with  our  two 
children,  Hugh  aud  Lena.  The  maids  sat 
down  for  a  gossip,  while  the  children  took  off 
their  shoes  aud  stockings  to  dabble  in  the 
gently  rising  tide. 

And  that  was  my  introductory  acquaintance- 
ship with  the  servant-maids  at  No.  /.  Unfor- 
tunately it  did  not  end  theiro. 

Twilight  was  coming  on.    We  had  been  out 
and  about  all  day,   had  dined   as  usual   at  1 
o'clock,  (uotto  give  luiuecessary    trouble.)  and 
had  just  liuishcd  tea  m  Mrs.  BUiir's    parlor.    It 
was  where  we  generally  took  tea,   aud  supper 
also.    The  Squire  liked  to  sit  in   tho  open  bay 
window     and   watch    tho    passers-by    as   lonK,_ 
as  ever  a  glimmer   of    daylight     lutsted,    and\_ 
he  could  not  see  them  so  well  in  the  tlrawiug"^ 
room  above.     I  was  at  the  other  corner  of  tbe 
bay  window.     The  Mater  and  Mary  Blair  wore, 
on  their  favorite  seat,  tho  sola,  at  the  oud  of 
the  room,   both   knittiug.    In  the  room  at  the 
back.  Mary  held  her  morning  school. 

I  sat  lacing  toward  tho  cm!  lioiiso,  No.  7. 
Aud  I  must  hero  say  that  duriug  tho  last  two 
or  three  weeks  I  had  met  tliu  huuscmaids 
several  times  on  tho  saudb,  und  ao  had  bucomo 
quite  at  homo  with  each  ot  them.  "Both  ap- 
peared to  be  thoroughly  woll-coaducted,  esti- 
mable young  woini'u  ;  but,  uf  tho  two,  1  Ukcd 
June  Gross  best,  sue  was  always  so  iively  aud 
pleasant  mannered.  One  day,  who  l^olrt  me  why 
No.  7  generally  called  her  I'y  her  two  names — 
which  I  had  chought  rather  odd.  It  a|ipuar«d 
that  when  she  entered  her  place  two  years 
belore,  the  other  housemaid  wa^  named  Jane,  so 
they  took  to  call  ber  b^'  her  full  name,  Jane 
Cross,  that  housemaid  had  left  in  about  a 
twclvemonih,  and  Matilda  had  entered  in  her 
place.  The  servants  were  regarded  as  equals 
in  tbe  house,  nut  one  above  tho  other,  as  u  tho 
case  in  many  places.  These  details  will  proti- 
ably  be  thougift  unuocessary  and  UDcalleii  lor, 
but  you  will  soon  see  wuy  I  meutiou  them.  This 
was  Monday.  On  the  morrow  we  should  have 
been  three  weeks  at  Saltwater,  aud  the  ftquiro 
did  not  yet  talk  of  leaving.  He  was  enjoying 
the  free-anii-t;asv  life,  and  was  aa  fond  as  a 
child  of  picking  up  shells  ou  the  saucla  and 
looking  at  Punch  aud  tbe  dauciug  dolls. 

Well,  wc  sat  this  evening  in  tho  bay  window 
as  usual,  1  lacing  No.  7.  Thus  sitting,  1  »aw 
Matilda  cross  the  strip  of  garden  witn  a  jug  in 
ber  baud,  and  come  out  of  the  gate  to  fetch  tUu 
beor  for  supper. 

'•  There  goes  Jane  Cross,"  cried  the  Stjuire, 
as  she  passed  the  window.  "Isit  not.  Johnny  ?" 

"  No,  Sir,  it's  Matilda."  But  the  mistake 
was  a  very  natural  one,  for  the  girls  were 
about  the  same  height  and  size,  aud  were 
usually  dressed  alike,  the  same  mourning  hav- 
ing been  supplied  to  uoth  ot  them. 

i'en  minutes,  or  so,  had  elapsed  when  Ma- 
tilda came  back ;  she  liked  a  gossip  with  the 
landlady  of  the  Swan.  She  had  her  pint  jug 
lull  of  ueer  and  shut  the  iron  gate  of  No.  7 
after  her.  Putting  my  head  aa  far  out  ac  the 
window  as  it  wouid  go,  to  watch  her  in-doors, 
for  no  earthly  reason  but  that  I  had  nothing 
else  to  do,  I  saw  her  try  tho  iront  door,  and 
then  knock  at  it.  This  knock  she  repcatea 
three  times  over  at  intervals,  each  knock  being 
louder  tnan  the  la.st. 

•*  Are  you  shut  out.  Matilda  J"    I  called  out. 

"  Yes,  Sir,  it  seems  like  it."  she  called  back 
again  without  turning  her  head,  "  June  Cross 
must  bo  gone  to  s.eop." 

Had  sue  been  a  footman  with  a  carriage  full 
of  ladies  in  court  train,  behind  him,  she  could 
not  have  given  a  louder  or  longer  knock 
than  she  gave  now.  There  was  no  bell  to  the 
front  door  at  No.  7.  But  tbe  knOck  remained 
unanswered,  and  tlue  door  unopened. 

"Matilda  at  No.  7  is  locKed  out,"  I  aaid, 
laughing,  bringing  in  my  head  and  speaking  to 
the  parlor  geneiaily.  "She  has  been  to  fetch 
tho  supper  betr  aucf  can't  get  in  again." 

"The  supper  beer,"  repeated  Mrs.  Blair. 
"  They  generally  go  out  at  tbe  back  gate  to 
toich  that,  Johnuy." 

"  Anyhow,  she  took  the  front  way  to-night. 
I  saw  her  come  out." 

Another  tremendous  knock.  The  Squire  put 
his  good  old  noae  round  the  window-post ;  two 
bovA  and  a  lady,  passing  by,  halted  a  minute 
to  look  on.  It  was  getting  exciting,  aud  I  ran 
out.  She  was  still  at  tue  door,  which  stood  in 
tbe  middle  of  the  house,  between  tho  sitting 
rooms  on  each  side. 

"So  you  have  got  the  key  of  the  street, 
Matilda!  " 

"  I  can't  make  it  out,"  she  said,  "  what  Jane 
Cross  can  be  about,  or  why  the  door  shoidd  be 
closed  at  all.    I  lett  it  on  tbe  latch." 

"Somebody  has  slipped  in   to   make   love   to 

her.    Your  Incua,  the  milkman,  perhaps." 

Evidently  Matilda  did  not  like  the  allusion 
to  the  milkman;  catohmg  a  glimpse  of  bbr  face 
b.v  tbe  street  ga^-lamp,  I  SikW  it  bad  turned 
white.  The  milkman  was  supposed  to  be  pay- 
ing court  at  No.  7,  but  to  which  of  the  two 
maids  gossip  did  not  decide.  Mrs.  Blair's  Susan, 
who  knew  them  well,  said  it  was  Matilda. 

"  Why  don't  you  try  th?  back  way  V  I  asked, 
aftef  more  waiting. 

"  Because  I  know  tbe  outer  door  is  lock<*d. 
Sir.  Jane  Crosa  looked  it  just  now,  and  that's 
why  I  came  out  this  front  way.     I  can  try  it." 

She  went  round  to  the  road  that  ran  by  the 
side  of  tbe  house,  and  tried  the  door  m  the  gar- 
den wall.  It  was  lastened,  as  she  bad  said. 
Seizing  the  bell-handle,  she  gave  a  loud  peal. 
Another,  and  another. 

"  1  say,  it  seems  odd,  thought"  I  cried,  begin- 
ning to  find  it  so.  "  Do  yoa  think  she  uan  have 
gone  out?" 

"  I'm  sure  I  don't  kuow,  Sir.  But — no ;  it's 
not  likely.  Master  Johnny.  I  left  her  laying  tho 
cloth  for  our    supper."  ,■ 

"  Was  she  m  the  houso  alone  ?"  -       • , 

"  We  are  always  alone.  Sir ;  we  don't 
have  visitors.  Anyway,  none  have  been  with 
us  this  evening." 

I  looked  at  tbe  upper  windows  of  the  house. 

No  light  was  to  be  seenin  any  of  them,  no  sign 
of  Jane  Crosa,  The  lower  windows  were  bid- 
den from  view  by  the  wall — which  was  high. 

"  1  think  ahe  must  have  dropped  asleep,  Ma- 
tilda. Supooae  you  come  in  through  Mra. 
Blair's  and  get  over  the  wall  ?" 

1  ran  round  to  tell  the  news  to  oar  people. 
Matilda foUuwed  me  slowly;  1  thought,  reluc- 
tantly. Even  m  the  dim  twilight,  as  she  stood 
at  our  gate  in  hesitation,  I  could  see  bow  white 
her  face  wAs. 

"  What  ar«  you  afraid  of  V  I  asked  her,  go- 
ing out  again  to  where  ahe  stood. 

'*  I  hardly  know.  Master  Johnny.  Jane 
Cross  used  to  havo  fits.  Perhaps  she  has  been 
,  frightened  into   one." 

•■  What  should  frighten  her  ?" 

The  girl  lacked  round  in  a  scared  manner 
before  replying.  Just  then  I  found  my  jacket- 
sleeve  wet..  Her  trembling  hands  had  sbakea 
some  drops  of  the  aie  upau  It. 

"If  she — should  have  seen  Mr.  Edmund t" 
the  girl  brought  out  in  a  horrifled  whisper. 

"iSeen  Mr.  Edouutdl    Mr.  EdimaBd  who? — . 


Why! 


don't 


I  stared  at 


Mr.    Edmund   Peahern  1 
Burelv  mean  his  ghost?" 

Her  face  was  growing  whiter, 
hor  in  surprise. 

"  We  have  always  been  afraid  .  of  seeing 
something,  *he  and  me,  since  last  May;  we 
haven't  liked  the  house  at  night-time.  It  has 
often  been  quite  a  souffle  wbloh  of  us  should 
fetch  the  beer,  so  as  not  to  be  tbe  one  left  alone. 
Many  a  time  I  have  stood  right  out  at  the 
back  door  while  Jane  Cross  has  gone  lor  it." 

I  began  to  think  ber  an  idiot.  If  Jane  Cross 
was  another,  why  nerbaprshe  had  scared  her- 
self into  a  fit.  All  the  more  reason  that  some- 
body should  see  after  her. 

"  Come  along,  Matilda,  don't  be  foolish ;  we'll 
get  over  the  wall." 

It  was  a  calm,  still  Summer  evening,  nearly 
dark  now.  All  tbe  lot  of  us  went  out  to  the 
back  garden,  I  whispenug  to  them  what  the 
girl  had  said  to  me. 

"  Poor  thing  I"  said  Mrs.  Todhetley,  who  bad 
a  kind  of  fellow-feeliag  for  ghosts.  "It  has 
been  very  lonely  for  the  young  women  ;  and  if 
Jane  Cross  is  subject  to  fits,  she  may  be  l.ying 
in  one." 

The  wall  between  the  gardens  was  nothing 
like  as  high  as  the  outer  one.  Susan  brought 
out  a  chair,  and  Matilda  could  have  got  over 
easily.  But  wbeu  she  reached  the  top  she 
stuck  there. 

"  I  can't  go  on  by  myself;  I  dare  not,"  she 
said,  tttrning  her  soared  face  toward  us.  "If 
Mr.  Edmund  is  there — " 

"  Don't  thee  be  a  goosa,  girl !"  interrupted 
the  Squire,  in  doubt  whether  to  laugh  or  scold. 
'•  Here,  I'll  go  with  you.  Get  on  down.  Hold 
the  chair  tight  for  me,  Johnny." 

W&hoisted  Fim  over  without  damage.  1 
leaped  aft^him,  and  Susarr.  grinning  with  de- 
light, came  after  mo.  SUcSsupposed  that  Jane 
Cross  bad  slipped  out  somewhere  during 
Matilda's  abseoce. 

The  deor  faced  the  garden,  and  the  Squire 
and  Susan  were  tho  first  to  enter.  I'here 
seemed  to  be  no  light  anywhere,  and  the 
Squire  went  gingerly,  picking  his  way.  I 
turned  round  to  look  for  Matilda,  who  had 
hung  back,  and  found  her  with  her  hand  on 
the  trellis-work  of  the  porch,  and  the  beer 
shaking  over. 

"  I  sa.v,  look  here,  Matilda ;  you  must  be  a 
regular  goose,  as  the  Squire  says,  to  put  your- 
self into  this  fright  belore  you  know  whether 
there's  any  cause  for  it.  Susan  says  she  has 
onl.y  stepped  out  somewhere.' 

Sbeputupher  baud  aud  touched  my  arm, 
panting  like  mad.  Her  lipa  were  the  color  of 
chalk. 

Onl.y  last  night  that  ever  was,  Mr.  Johnny, 

we  were  going  up  the  staircase  to  bed,  wo 
he^d  a  sound  in  the  room  as  \xo  passed  it.  It 
was  just  like  a  groan.  Ask  Jane  Cross,  else. 
Sir." 

"What  room?"  "^ 

"Mr.  E.lmund's:  where  he  did  it.  She  has 
heard  him  to-night,  or  seen  him,  or  something, 
and  has  got  a  fit," 

The  kitchen  was  on  the  right  of  the  passage. 
Susan,  knowing  tho  ways  ot  tbe  houae,  soon~ 
lighted  a  candle.  Oh  a'-ohiall  round  table  was 
spread  a  white  cleth,  some  bread  and  cheese, 
and  two  tumblers.  A  knife  or  two  had  seem- 
ingly been  fiuug  on  it  at  random. 

"Jane  Cross!  Jane  Cross!"  shouted  the 
Squire,  going  forward  toward  the  front  ball, 
Susitu  follawing  with  tho  caudle,  it  was  a  good- 
sized  ball;  I  could  see  that ;  with  a  handsome 
well-staircuse  at  the  end  ot  it. 

"Halloa!  What's  this <  Johnny!  Susan! — 
all  of  you  como  here.  Here's  Homebody  lying 
hero.  It  must  be  the  poor  girl.  Goodness 
bless  mv  heart!  Johnny,  help  me  to  rame  her." 

Still  and  white  she  was  l.ying,  underneath 
tho  opening  of  the  staircase.  Upon  lifting  hor 
head,  it  fell  back  m  a  curious  mauuer.  We 
both  backed  a  little.  Susan  held  tho  candlu 
nearer.  As  its  light  fell  on  tho  upturned  lace, 
tbe  girl  shiiekud. 

"ahe  has  got  a  fit,"  cried  Matilda. 

'•Qod  help  her!"  whispered  the  Squire.  '*  I 
fear  this  is  something  worse  than  a  fit.  Wo 
must  have  a  doctor." 

Susuu  thrust  the  candle.<)tick  into  my  hand, 
an|d  ran  oat  at  thu  back  door,  saying  she'd 
lotch  Mr.  Ljckott.  Back  she  came  in  a  mo- 
ment— tile  garden  gato  was  locked,  and  the  key 
uvii  in  it. 

"  I'here's  the  Iront  door,  girl,"  stuttered  tbe 
Squire  in  a  passion,  au;;ry  wita  her  for  return- 
ing, though  it  was  uo  fault  of  hers.  Ho  was 
like-«nc  oil  his  head,  and  his  nose  and  cheeks 
hadj^ruod  blue. 

But  there  could  be  no  more  egress  by  the 
iront  door  than  the  back.  It  was  locked,  and 
the  key  gone.  Who  had  done  these  things  ? 
what  strauge  mystery  was  here  ?  Locking 
the  poor  girl  iu  the  house  to  kill  her ! 

Matilda,  wb3  had  lighted  another  candle, 
found  the  key  of  tbe  back  gate  lying  ou  the 
kitchen  drcstiur.  Susan  caught  it  up,  and  flew 
awav.  It  waa  a  most  uncomfortable  moment  ; 
there  lav  Juue  Cross,  palu  aud  motioniesa,  and 
it  seemed  that  we  were  helplcsa  to  aid  her. 

"  Ask  that  stupid  thing  to  bring  a  pillow  or 
a  cushion,  Johnny.  Ghosts,  indeed  1  The  idiots 
women  aro  I" 

•'  What  else  has  done  it  ?  What  else  was 
there  to  hurt  hor  V  remonstritted  Matilda, 
bringing  up  the  second  candle.  "  She'd  not  go 
into  a  fit  tor  nothing,  Sir." 

Aud  now  that  mure  light  was  present,  we 
began  to  see  other  features  ot  the  scene. 
Nearly  close  to  Jane  Cross  lay  a  work-basket, 
overturned  ;  a  fiat  open  basket,  a  foot  aud  a 
bait  square.  Reels  of  cotton,  scissors,  tapes, 
small  oundles  ot  work  tied  up,  and  such  like 
things  lay  scattered  around. 

The  Squire  looked  at  these,  and  then  at  the 
opening  above.  "Can  she  have  fallen  down 
the  well '{"  he  asked,  in  a  low  tone.  Aud 
Matilda,  catching  tho  words,  gave  a  great 
cry  of  dismay,  and  burst  into  tears. 

"  A  pillow,  girl.     A  pillow  or  a  cushion." 

She  went  into  one  of  tbe  sitting-rooms  and 
brought  out  a  thick  sola-cushion.  The  Squire, 
going  down  on  his  knees,  for  he  was  not  good 
at  stooping,  told  mo  to  slip  it  undec  while  he 
raised  the  head. 

A  sound  of  stalking  feet,  a  sudden  flash  of 
light  from  a  ouli's-eye,  and  a  policeman  came 
upon  the  sceue.  The  man  was  quietly  passing 
on  bis  be^l^^wfaen  met  by  Susan.  In  her  excite- 
ment shc^told  hiu)  what  had  happened  and 
sent  him*  m.  We  knew  the  man,  whose 
beat  lay  at  this  end  of  Saltwater ; 
a  civil  man,  named  Knapp.  He 
knelt  down  where  tho  Squire  had  just  been 
kneeling,  touching  Jane  Cross  here  and  there. 

"She's  dead.  Sir,"  he  said.  "Tner^can  be  no 
mistake  about  that." 

"  She  must  have  fallen  down  the  well  of  the 
ata'roa'se,  1  tear,"  observed  the  Squire. 

"Well — yes;  perhaps  so,"  aeseuted  the  man 
in  a  doubdul  toue.     "  But  what  of  this  ? " 

He  4on£  thfa  great  light  on  the  front  ot  poor 
Jane  Cross'  dross.  A  small  portion  of  the 
go wn-hody,  where  it  fastcuea  in  front,  had  been 
torn  away,  as  well  as  one  of  tbe  sleeve  wrist- 
bauds, 

"It's  no  fall,"  said  the  man.  "It  is  foul 
play — as  I  think." 

"Goodness  bless  me!"  gasped  the  Squire. 
"Some  villains  must  have  got  in.  This  comes 
of  that  other  one's  having  left  the  front  door 
on  tbe  latch."  liut  I  am  not  sure  that  any  of 
us,  includmg  himself,  believed  she  could  be 
really  dead. 

Susan  returned  with  speed,  and  waa  fol- 
lowed by  Mr.    Lockett.     Ho  was  a  young  man, 

thirty  perhaps,  pale  aad  quiet,  aud  much  like 
what  1  remembered  ot  his  orother.  Poor  Jane 
Cross  was  certainly  dead,'  he  said :  had  been 
dead,  bo  thought,  an  hour. 

But  this  could  scarcely  have  been— as  we 
know.  It  was  not,  at  tbe  very  utmost,  above 
twenty-five  minutes  since  .Matilda  went  out  to 
letch  the  beer,  loaviui  her  alive  and  welL  Mr. 
Lockett  looked  again,  but  thought  he  waa  not 
mistaken.  When  a  .young  doctor  takes  up  a 
crochet,  he  likes  to  bold  to  it. 

A  nameless  sensation  of  awe  fell  upon  us  all. 
Dead  !  In  that  sudden  manner !  The  Squire 
^rubbed  up  his  head  like  a  helpless  lunatic; 
Susan's  eyes  were  round  with  horror  ;  iMatilda 
had  thrown  ber  aprou  over  her  face  to  hide  its 
grief  and  tears. 

Leaving  ber  for  the  present  where  she  was, 
we  turned  to  go  up -stairs.  I  stooped  to  pick  up 
tbe  overturned  basket,  but  the  Policeman 
sharply  told  me  to  let  all  things  stay  ae  they 
were  until  he  had  time  to  look  into  them. 
tB'Ihe  firat  thing  the  man  did  on  reaching  the 
landing  above  was  to  open  the  room-doors  one 
by  ope,  ana  throw  his  bull's-eye  lishc  into 
them.  They  were  all  right  ;  unoccupied, 
straight,  and  tidy.  On  tbe  landing  of  the 
upper  floor  lay  one  or  two  articles  which 
seemed  to  indicate  that  some  kind  of  struggle 

had  taken  plaoe  there.  A  thimble  here,  a 
bodkin  there,  alsa  tbe  bit  that  had  been  torn 
out  of  tbe  girl's  gown  in  front  and  the  wrist- 
band from  the  sleeve.  The  balustrades  were 
ji£ty  handsome  but  very  low ;  on  this  upper 
djmding,  dangerously  low.  These  bed-rooms 
were  all  in  order;  the  one  in  which  the  two 
servants  slept  alone  showing  signs  of  occupa- 
tion. 

Down  stairs    went   Knapp   agai>,  carrying 

with  him  the  tora-ont  pieoes  to  compare  Uiem 

with  the  gown.     It  was  the  print  gown  I  bad 

■often    seen    Jane    Cross  wear — a   black  gown 

with  whits  zigzag  hues  running  dowu  it.     Ma- 

xtilda  was  wearing  the  fellow  to  it  now.    Tho 

I  pieces  fitted  in  exactly. 

'I       "  The  struj5gie  must  have    taken   plaoe  up 

stairs,  not  here,"  observ'ed  the  Doctor. 

Matilda,  questioned  and  cross-questioned  by 
the  policeman,  gave  as  succinct  an  acooimt  ot 
the  evening  as  her  distressed  state  allowed. 
We  stood  round  the  kitchen  while  she  told  it. 

Neither  she  nor  Jane  Cross  bad  gone  out  at 
all  that   day,     *'""'! ay    was    xntbAr  «   buay. 


day  with  them,  for  they  generall.v  did  a  bit  of 
washing.  After  tea,  which  they  t.  ok  between 
four  and  five  o'clock,  \hey  went  up  to  their 
bedroom,  it  being  livelier  there  than  in  the 
kitchen,  thn  window  looking  down  the  sido  ; 
road.  Matilda  sat  down  to  write  a  letter  to 
ber  brother,  who  lived  at  a  distance; 
Jane  Cross  sat  at  the  window  doing  a  job 
of  sewing.  They  sat  thbre  all  the  evening, 
writing,  working,  and  sometimes  talking.  At 
dusk,  Jane  remarked  that  it  was  getting  Blind- 
man's  holiday,  and  that  she  should  go  on  down 
stairs  and  put  the  supper.  Upon  that,  MatUda 
finished  her  letter  qmokly,  folded  and  directed 
it,  and  followed  her  down.  Jane  had  not  yet 
laid  tbe  oloth,  bat  was  then  taking  it  out  ot  the 
drawer.  "  You  go  and  fetch  the  beer,  Matil- 
da," she  said,  and  Matilda  was  glad  to  do  so. 
"  You  can't  go  that  way ;  I  have  locked  the 
gate,"  Jane  called  out,  seeing  Matilda  turning 
toward  tbe  back  ;  accordingly,  she  went  out  at 
tbe  front  door,  leaving  it  on  the  latch.  Such 
was  her  account,  and  I  have  given  it  almost 
verbatim. 

"On  the  latch,"  repeated  the  policeman, 
taking  up  the  words.  "  Does  that  mean  that 
you  left  it  open  ?" 

"  I  drew  it  quite  to,  so  that  it  looked  as  if  it 
were  abut ;  it  Was  a  heavy  door,  and  would 
keep  BO,"  was  Matilda's  answer.  "  I  did  it,  not 
to  givo  Jane  the  trouble  to  open  it  to  me. 
When  I  got  back  I  found  it  abut  and  oould  not 
get  in." 

The  poboeman  mused.  "  You  say  it  was  Jane 
Cross  who  looked   tbe  back  door  in  the  wall  1" 

•'  Yes,"  said  Matilda.  "  She  had  locked  it 
before  I  got  down  stairs.  We  liked  to  lock 
that  door  early,  because  it  could  be  opened 
from  the  outside — while  the  fronc  door  could 
not  be." 

"  And  she  had  not  put  these  things  on  the 
tabfe  when  you  went  out  for  the  beer  V' — point- 
ing to  the  dishes. 

"No;  she  was  only  then  putting  the  cloth. 
Aa  1  turned  round  from  taking  the  beer-jug 
from  its  hook,  the  fling  she  gave  the  cloth 
caused  th»  air  of  it  to  whiffle  in  my  face  like  a 
wind.  She  had  not  begun  to  reach  out  the 
dishes." 

"  How  long  were  you  cway  ?" 

"  I  don't  know  exactly,"  she  answered,  with 
a  moan.  "  Katber  longer  than  usual,  because 
I  took  my  letter  to  the  post  before  going  to  the 
Swan." 

"  It  waa  about  ten  minutes,"  I  interposed. 
"I  was  at  tbe  window  next  door,  and  saw  Ma- 
tilda go  out  and  come  back." 

"  Ten  minutes  I"  repeated  the  policeman. 
"  Quite  long  enough  for  some  ruffian  to  come 
in  aud  fling  her  over  tbe  stairs." 

"  But  who  would  do  it  ?"  asked  Matilda, 
looking  up  at  him  with  her  poor  pale  face. 

"  Ah,  that's  the  question  ;  that's  what  we 
must  find  out,"  said  Knapp.  "  Was  tbe 
kitchen  just  as  it  was  when  you  left  it  ?" 

"  Yes — except  that  she  had  put  tbe  bread 
and  cheese  ou  the  table.  And  the  glasses  and 
knives,"  added  the  girl,  looking  round  at  the 
said  table,  which  remained  as  we  had  found  it, 
"  but  not  the  plates." 

"Well  how,  to  go  to  something  els* :  Did 
she  bring  her  work-baeket  down  stairs  with  ber 
Irom  the  bedroom  when  she  remarked  to  you 
that  she  would  go  and  put  the  supper  on  ?" 

"  No,  she  did  not." 

"  You  are  sure  of  that  1" 

"  Yes.  She  left  the  basket  ou  the  chair  in 
front  of  her  where  it  had  been  standing.  She 
just  got  up  and  shook  the  threads  from  off  her 
gown,  and  went  on  down.  When  I  left  the 
room  tbe  basket  was  there  ;  I  saw  it.  And  I 
think,"  added  the  girl,  with  a  great  sob,  "1 
think  that  while  putting  the  supper  she  must 
have  gone  up  stairs  again  to  fetch  tbe  basket, 
and  must  have  fallen  against  tbe  banisters  with 
fright,  and  overbalanced  herself." 

"Fright  at  what?"  asked  Knapp. 

Matilda  shivered.  Susan  whispered  to  him 
that  they  were  afraid-  at  night  of  seeing  the 
ghost  ot  Mr.  Eitmund  Peahern. 

The  man  glanced  keenl.y  at  Matilda  for  a 
minute.     "  Did  you  ever  seo  it  ?"  he  asked. 

"  No,"  she  shuddered ;  "  but  there  are  strange 
noises,  and  we  think  it  is  in  the  house." 

"  Well,"  said  Knapp,  coughing  to  hide  a 
comical  smile,  "ghosts  don't  tear  pieces  out  ot 
gowns— that  ever  I  heard  of.  I  should  say  it 
was  Bometbmg  worse  than  a  ghost  that  has 
been  here  to-night.  Had  this  poor  girl  any 
sweetheart?" 

"No,-'  said  Matilda. 

"Have you  one?" 

"No." 

"Except  Owen  the  milkman," 

A  scarlet  atroak  flashed  into  Matilda's  cheeks. 
I  knew  Owen;  he  was  Mrs.  Blair'a  milkman 
also. 

"  I  think  Owen  must  be  your  sweetheart  or 
hers,"  went  on  Knapp.  "I've  seen  him.  often 
enough,  talking  and  laughing  with  you  both 
when  onugin^  the  afternoon's  milk  round. 
Ten  minutes  at  a  stretch  ho  has  scaid  in  this 
garden,  when  he  need  not  have  been  as  many 
moments." 

"  There  has  been  no  harm ;  and  it's  nothing 
to  anybody,"  said  .Matilda. 

The  key  of  the  front  door  was  searched  tor, 
high  and  low ;  but  it  could  not  be  found. 
Whoever  locked  the  door,  must  have  made  ofi° 
with  the  key.  But  for  that,  and  for  the  evi- 
dences of  the  scuffle  above  and  the  pieces  torn 
out  of  the  gown,  we  should  have  thought  Matil- 
da's opinion  waa  correct — that  Jane  Crosa  had 
gone  up-stairs  for  her  basket,  and  through  aome 
wretched  accident  had  pitched  over  the  balus- 
trades. Matilda  could  not  relinquish  the  no- 
tion. 

"It  was  only  a  week  ago  that  ever  was — a 
week  ago  this  very  day — that  Jane  Cross 
nearly  tell  over  thera.  We  were  both  running 
up-Blairs,  trying  iir  sport  which  should  get 
first  mto  our  bedroom ;  and,  in  jostling  one 
another  on  the  lauding,  she  all  but  over- 
balanced herself.  I  caught  bold  of  her  to  save 
hor.  It's  true — if  it  were  the  last  word  I  had 
to  speak." 

Matilda  broke  down,  with  a  dreadful  fit  of 
sobbing.  Altogether  she  struck  me  as  being 
about  aa  excitable  a  young  woman  as  one 
could  meet  in  a  Summer  day's  journey. 

Nothing  more  could  be  made  out  of  it  this 
evening.  Jane  Cross-had  met  her  death,  and 
some  evil  or  other  must  have  led  to  it.  The 
Police  took  possession  of  the  house  lor  the 
iiigbt,  and  Matilda,  out  of  compassion,  was 
brought  to  ours.  To  describe  the  Mater's  shock 
and  Mary  Blair's  when  they  heard  the  news 
would  be  be.yond  me. 

All  sorts  of  conjectures  arose  in  tbe  neigh- 
borhood. The  moat  popular  belief  was  that 
some  persou  mu&t  have. perceived  the  front 
door  open,  and,  whether  with  a  good  or  an  ill 
intention,  entered  the  bouse ;  that  be  must  have 
stolen  up  stairs,  met  Jane  Cross  on  the  top 
landing,  and  flung  her  down  in  a  scuffle.  That 
he  must  then  have  let  himself  out  at  the  front 
door,  and  locked  it  after  him. 

Against  this  theory  there  were  obstacles. 
From  tbe  time  of  Matilda's  leaving  the  house 
till  her  return,  certainly  not  more  than  ten 
minutes  had  elapsed,  perhaps  not  quite  as 
much,  and  this  was  a  very  short  space  of  time 
for  what  had  been  done  in  it.  Moreover,  the 
chances  were  that  I,  sitting  av  the  next  win- 
dow, should  iiave  seen  anyone  going  in  or  out, 
though  it  was  not  of  coarse  certain.  I  had  got 
up  once  to  ring  the  bell,  and  staid  a  minute 
or  two  away  from  the  wiudow  talking  with 
Mary  Blair  and  the  Mater. 

Some  people  thought  the  assassin  (is  it  too 
muob  to  call  him  so  ?)  had  been  admitted  by 
Jane  Cross  herself;  or  he  might  have  been  lu 
hiding  iu  tho  garden  before  she  locked  the 
door.  In  short,  the  various  opinions  would  fill 
a  volume. 

But  suspicion  fell  chiefiy  upon  one  person — 
and  that  was  Thomas  Owen,  the  inilkman. 
Though,  perhaps,  "  suspicion"  is  too  strong  a 
word  to  give  to  it — I  ought  rather  to  say 
"  doubt."  These  Owens  were  origmally  from 
Wales,  very  respectable  people.  The  milk 
busine<>8  was  their  own ;  and,  since  their 
father's  deatb,  which  happened  only  a  few 
months  before,  tbe  son  had  carried  it  on  in  con- 
junction with  bis  mother.  He  was  a  young 
man  of  three  or  four-and  twenty,  with  a  fresh 
color  and  open  countenance,  rather  superior  in 
his  manners  and  education.  The  carrying  out 
of  tbe  milk  himself  was  a  temporary  arrange- 
ment, tbe  boy  employed  for  it  being  ilL 
That  bf)  had  often  lingered  at  No.  7, 
laughing  with  the  two  young  women, 
was  well  known;  he  had  also  been 
seen       ut       a'coost       them       in       tho        street. 

Only  the  previous  day  be  and  .Matilda  had 
staid  talking  in  the  church-yard  alter  morn- 
ing service  wuen  ever.ybody  else  had  left  it ; 
and  he  bad  walked  up  nearly  as  far  as  Seabord 
Terrace  with  Jade  Cross  in  the  evening.  A 
notion  existed  that  he  had  entered  the  house 
un  the  Monday  evening,  for  who  else  was  it 
likely  to  have  been,  cried  everybody ;  which 
was,  of  course,  logic.  At  last  a  rumor  arose 
— arose  on  the  Tuesday — that  Owen  had  been 
seen  to  leave  tho  house  at  dusk  on  the  fatal 
eveamg  ;  that  tbis  could  be  proved.  If  so,  it 
looked  rather  black.  I  was  startled,  for  I  had 
liked  the  man. 

The  next  day,  Wednesday,  the  key  was 
found.  A  gardener  who  did  up  the  gardens  of 
the  other  end  house.  No.  1,  every  Wednesday, 
was  raking  the  ground  underneath  some  dwarf 
pines  that  grew  close  against  the  front  rail- 
ings, and  raked  out  a  big  door-key.  About 
firttien  people  came  rushing  off  with  it  to  No.  7. 

It  was  tue  missing  ke.y.  It  fitted  the  door  at 
once,  looked  and  unlocked  it.  Wnen  tho  vil- 
lain hid  made  his  way  from  the  house  after 
doing  the  mischief  he  must  have  flung  the  key 
over  amidst  the  pines,  thinking,  no  doubt,  it 
would  be  hidden  there. 

The  Coroner  and  jury  assembled,  but  they 
.  oould  not  make  more  of  th«  matter  than  we 


had  made.  Jane  Cross  bad  died  of  the  fall 
down  the  well  staircase,  which  had  broken  her 
neck;  and  it  was  uretty  evident  she  had  been 
flung  down.  Beyond  the  one  chief  and  fatal 
iujurr,  she  was  not  harmed  in  an.y- way ;  not 
by  po  much  as  a  scratch.  Matilda,  whose  sur- 
name turned  out  to  be  Valentine,  having  got 
over  the  flrat  shock,  gave  ber  testimony  witlt 
subdued  composure.  She  was  affected  at  parts 
ot  it,  and  said  she  would  have  saved  Jane 
Cross'  life  with  her  own ;  and  no  one  oould 
doubt  that  she  spoke  the  truth.  She  persisted 
in  asserting  her  opinion  that  there  had  been  no 
souffle,  in  spite  of  appearances,  but  that  tho 
girl  had  been  teurrifled  in  some  way,  and  had 
accidentall.v  fallen  ovpr.  _^ 

When  Matilda  was  done  "with,  Thomas  Owen 
took  ber  place.  He  was  all  in  black,  having 
dressed  himself  to  come  to  tbe  inquest  ancLg 
wearing  mourning  for  his  father ;  and  I  must 
aa.y,  looking  at  him  now,  you'd  never  suppose 
he  carried  out  milk-pails. 

Yes,  he  bad  known  tbe  poor  young  woman 
in  question,  g  he  readily  said  in  answer  to 
questions  ;  had  been  fond  of  chaffing  with  the 
two  girls  a  bit,  nothing  more.  Meant  nothing 
by  it,  nothing  serious.  Kespected  both  of  them ; 
regarded  them  as  perfectly  well-conducted 
young  women.  Was  either  of  them  his  sweet- 
heart ?  Certainly  not.  Had  not  courted  either 
of  them.  Never  thought  of  either  of  them  as 
bis  future  wife  ;  should  not  consider  a  servant 
eligible  for  that  position — at  least,  his  mother 
would  not.  Of  the  two,  be  had  liked  Jane 
Cross  the  best  Did  not  know  anything  what- 
ever of  tbe  circumstances  attending  the  deatb  ; 
thought  it  a  most  deplorable  calamity,  and 
was  never  more  shocked  in  his  life  than  when 
he  beard  of  it. 

"  Is  there  any  truth  In  the  report  that  you 
were  at  tbe  house  on  Monday  evening  V  asked 

the  Coroner. 
"  There  is  no  truth  in  it." 

"  I  see  him  come  out  o'  No.  7 ;  I  see  him 
come  out  o'  tbe  side  door  in  the  garden  wall," 
burst  forth  a  boy's  earnest  voice  from  the  back 
of  tbe  room. 

"  You  saw  me  not  come  out  of  it,"  quietly  re- 
plied Thomas  Owen,  tummg  round  to  see  who 
It  was  that  had  spoken.  "'Oh,  it  is  you,  is  it, 
Boh  Jackson  !  Yes,  you  came  running  round 
the  corner  just  as  I  turned  from  the  door." 

"  You  were  there  then?"  cried  the  Coroner. 

"No,  Sir.  At  the  door,  yes;  that's  true 
enough;  but  I  was  not  inside  it.  What  hap- 
pened was  this  :  on  Monday  I  bad  some  busi- 
ness at  a  farm-bouse  near  Mimpler,  and  set  out 
to  walk  over  there  early  in  the  evening.  In 
passing  dowM  the  side  road  by  No.  7,  I  saw  tbe 
two  maids  at  the  top  window.  One  of  them — I 
think  it  was  Jane  Cross — called  out  to  ask  me 
in  a  joking  kind  of  way  whether  I  was  about  to 
pay  them  a  visit;  I  answered,  not  then,  but  I 
would  as  I  came  beck  if  they  liked.  Accord- 
ingly, in  returning,  I  rang  the  bell.  It  was 
not  answered,  and  I  rang  again  with  a  like  re- 
sult. Upon  that,  I  went  straight  home  to  my 
milk  books  and  did  not  stir  out  again,  as  my 
mother  can  prove.  That  is  the  truth.  Sir,  on 
my  oath ;  and  all  the  truth." 

"  What  time  was  this  ?  " 

"  I  am  not  quite  sure.     It  was  getting  dusk." 

"  Did  you  see  anything  of  tbe  young  women 
this  second  time  ? " 

••  Not  anything." 

"  Or  hear  anything  ? — Any  noise  ? " 

"  None  whatever.  I  supposed  that  the.y  would 
not  come  to  the  door  to  me  because  it  was  late ; 
1  thought  nothing  else.  I  declare,  Sir,  that  this 
is  all  I  kuow  of  the  matter." 

Theire  was  a  pause  when  ho  concluded. 
Knapp,  the  policeman,  and  another  one  stand- 
ing by  bis  side,  peered  at  Owen  from  under 
their  e.yebrows,  as  if  they  did  not  put  implicit 
faith  in  his  words,  and  the  Coi'oner  recalled 
Matilda  Valentine.  f. 

She  readily  confirmed  the  sttftement  of  his 
having  passed  along  tho  side  road,  and  Jane 
Cross'  joking  question  to  him.  But  she  denied 
having  heard  him  ring  on  his  return,  and  said 
tho  door-bell  had  not  rung  at  all  that  night, 
which  would  seem  to  prove  that  Owen  must 
have  rung  during  the  time  she  had  gone  out  for 
tbe  beer.  ' 

So  you  perceive  the  inquest  brought  forth  ao 
more  available  light,  and  had  to  conless  itfielf 
baffled. 

"  A  fine  termination  this  is  to  our  pleasure." 
cried  the  Squire,  gloomily.  "I  don't  like  mys- 
teries, Johnny,  aud  ot  all  the  mysteries  I  have 
come  across  in  my  life,  the  greatest  mystery  is 
this  at  No.  7." 

But  mysteries,  like  murder,  will  "  out "  in 
time ;  and  the  reader  shall  hear  the  conclusion 
ot  this  one  next  week. — Johnny  Inidlow,  in  The 
Argosy.  _  

GiLBEKT  Stuart  and  Benjamin  West.— 
Stuart,  in  a  moment  of  desperation,  summoned 
his  courage  and  called  on  West,  without  intro- 
duction. Mr.  Wharton,  of  Philadelphia  (who 
was  in  London  at  that  time,)  happened  to  be 
at  Mr.  West's  when  Stuart  called.  He  has 
often  spoKe  of  this  fact  with  great  satisfastion 
among  his  friends,  and  relates  the  circum- 
stances aa  follows;  He  was  dining  with  sev- 
eral Amfericans  at  Mr.  West's,  when  a  servant 
told  Mr.  West  that  some  one  wished  to  see  him. 
He  made  answer,  "I  am  engaged;"  but,  after  a 
pause,  he  added,  "  Who  is  he  ? "  Tbe  servant 
said,  "I  do  not  know.  Sir;  but  he  says  he  is 
from  America,"  whereupon  Mr.  Wharton  said, 
"  I  will  go  and  see  who  it  is."  He  went  out,  and 
saw  a  handsome  youth  in  a  fashionable  green 
coat.  He  ta.ked  with  him  some  time,  and  find- 
ing that  he  was  the  nephew  of  Joseph 
Anthony,  of  Philadelphia,  who  happened  to 
be  a  friend  of  Mr.  Wharton's,  he  an- 
swered for  him  at  once,  and  returning  to 
Mr.  West,  told  him  that  he  was  satisfied  he 
was  of  respectable  connections,  and  Mr.  West 
came  out  and  received  him  most  cordially. 
Stuai^  told  him  of  his  long  desiro  to  see  him, 
and  of  his  great  wish  to  improve  himself  in  tbe 
arts — to  ail  of  which  West  listened  with  kind- 
ness and  attention.  He  then  requested  Stuart 
to  bring  to  him  something  that  he  had  painted, 
which  Stuart  did;  m  a  few  days  from  that  time 
he  commenced  bis  studies  with  West,  and  final- 
ly became  domesticated  in  his  family  in  the 
Summer  of  1777.  Stuart  was  thea  22  years 
of  age.  My  father  used  to  relate  tbe  cir- 
cumstance ot  his  going  with  some  choice  colors 
to  Sir  Joshua,  as  a  present  from  Mr.  West. 
Ueyuolds  took  him  into  his  painting-room  to 
show  bim  his  picture  of  Mrs.  Siddons,  as  the 
Tragic  Muse.  Sir  Joshua,  seeing  him  so  de- 
lighted, invited  him  to  come  and  see  it  when  it 
was  finished,  which  my  father  was  onl.y  too 
happy  to  do.  Going  into  Reynold's  room,  he 
found  him  full  of  anxiety,  and  busily  giving  the 
finishing  touches,  his  hair  (or  his  wig)  very 
much  disheveled,  his  stockings  rather  loose, 
and  his  general  appearance  disordered. 
The  instant  my  father  looked  at 
the  picture,  he  caught  his  breath  with 
a  feeling  of  disappointment.  Sir  Joshua 
nerceived  this,  and  aaked  him  if  be  did  not  think 
he  bad  improved  it  ?  Stuart  answered,  "  it 
oould  rot  have  been  improved,"  aud  asked, 
"  Why  did  nat  you  take  another  canvas  ?"  Sir 
Jeshua  replied,  "  That's  true."  My  father  im- 
mediately reahzed  what  a  very  great  liberty  he 
had  taken,  and  was  exceedingly  abashed  ;  but 
tue  good   Sir  Joshua   bore   tne   criticism  very 

amiably,  possibly  thinking  that  the  opinion  of 
so  young  a  man  was  not  any  great  matter. 
Stuart  was  at  this  time  a  pale-looking  man. 
about  22  yeara  old ;  of  a  sad  expression  and 
with  dark  brown  hair,  which  curled  slightly 
about  his  neck.  It  was  often  said  that  he 
looked  like  Charles  I.  When  Mr.  West  waa 
painting  for  Gearge  III.  a  picture  of  Charles 
arrayed  in  the  robes  of  the  Order  of  the  Garter, 
to  be  niaced  in  Windsor  Castle,  he  sent  lor 
Stuart  to  put  the  robes  on  bim  as  a  modeL  He 
was  so  struck  with  the  resemblance  that  he 
called  bia  students  and  other  persons  to  see 
this  "  extraordinary  likeness." — Scribner'a 
Monthly. 

CCLTIVAnON  OF  COCHINEAL  IN  TbNE- 
RIFFE. — We  passed  many  women  carrying  on 
their  heads  boxes  containing  the  cochineal 
bug,  which  they  had  bought  in  Santa  Cruz  and 
were  taking  to  the  north  side  to  put  on  the 
plant ;  as  is  generally  known,  the  cochineal  de- 
posits its  young  on  the  leaf  of  the  cactus.  The 
mothers  are  laid  in  thin  cambric  baga  or  on 
rags,  which  are  then  wrapped  around  the  plant 
and  left  on  until  tbe  bug  is  deposited  on  the 
leaf.  After  reaching  maturity  the  bugs  are 
scraped  off  and  dried  in  an  oven  or  in  tbe  air. 
Much  of  the  island  is  covered  with  oaotus,  and 
two  crops  of  coehineal  are  gathered  in  many 
places;  but  tho  beauty  of  the  landsoape  is 
marred  by  the  tmsightly  fields  of  cactus  bound 
with  white  rags.  The  coohiueal,  originally  in- 
troduced from  Mexico  by  an"  enterprising  priest 
who  was  stoned  to  death  by  the  peasants  for  in- 
juring, as  they  supposed,  a  plant  whose  pricltl.y 
pear  anpplies  them  with  a  staple  food,  became 
a  source  of  large  profit  at  a  time  when  the  dis- 
ease of  the  vines  cut  off  the  wine  crop.  Bnt 
the  discovery  of  aniline  colors  has  greatly  re- 
duced the  price  ot  coobineel,  although  they  can 
never  altogether  supersede  tbe  little  insect 
from  which  are  obtained  the  most||sxquisite 
red  dyes  known  in  modern  times.  yThe  defi- 
ciency that  might  result  in  the  oohunerce  of 
the  islands  is  at  present  partially  made  up  by 
an  increasing  production  of  onions  and  pota- 
toes, which  are  largely  exported  to  the  West 
Indies.    TUa  eluD&te  ailowB  three  crops  of  oov 


tatoes  annnally.  The  cultivation  of  the  Ttne  w 
also  in  a  measure  reviving,  and  perbaps  3.000 
pipes  of  varions  sorts  were  made  at  the  last 
vintage ;  the  annual  yield  was  formerly  over 
30,000  pipes.  The  best  canary  is,  hk«  the^wines 
of  warm  olimates,  strong ;  it  has  a  rich  golden 
hue  and  a  fine  fruity  flavor,  although  inferiofi, 
to.old  port,  or  madeira. — Auntie  MotUhUi, 

Paul  Louis  Courier— A  Frknc^Pabipb. 
I.ETBBB. — He  was  widelyread  and  warmly  ad- 
mired in  his  day  ;  what  his  chance  is  of  being 
long  read  and  remembered  in  aftertimes  is  a 
question  not  easy  to  decide  :  or  rather,  it 
raises  two  questions  of  unequal  facility  of  de- 
cision. Remembered  among  his  oountrvmen 
be  doubtless  may  be — with,  at  any  rate,  that 
sort  of  ro.yal  memory  whioh  keeps  tenacious 
hold  of  a  name.  Style  has  its  honor  in  Fiance, 
and  future  generations  may  flnd  Conner  still 
enrolled  among  the  French  classics,  and  bis 
works  enioyicg  the  usual  classical  privileges 
of  a  place  in  every  library,  and  halt  an  inch 
of  dust  on  the  upper  edges  of  their  leaves.  But 
whether  he  will  be  read  by  many  is  a  very  dif- 
ferent qupstion.  Pare  political  polemios,  upon  . 
special  and  since-decided  issues,  can  scarcely 
hope  to  live  by  grace  of  style  or  brilliancy 
alone.  How  much  of  the  immortality  of 
Junius'  Letters  is  due  to  the  piquant  mystery 
of  their  authorship !  May  it  not  be  almost 
said  that  a  purely  political  writer  may  belong  to 
the  order  of  Burke  to  establish  a  permanent 
claim  on  the  attention  of  posterity  t  £urke, 
even  when  dealing  with  passing  politics,  wiU. 
always  have  readers ;  but  that  is  not  because, 
of  the  splendor  of  his  eloquence,  but  because  o{ 
the  wealth  and  suggestiveness  of  his  political 
thought.  In  Courier  there  is  no  political 
thought.  We  might  look  in  vain  for  a  single 
trace  of  reflection  upon  the  great  issues  of  his 
time.  There  is  no  attempt  to  examine  the  de- 
fenses, or  even  to  analyze  the  vices,  of  the 
aristocracy  ho  hated — no  attempt  ta reason  ou(i 
the  principles,  still  less  to  forecast  the  dan- 
gers, of  the  democracy  he  prized.  He  postu- 
lates a  few  simple  propositions — that  the  rule 
of  tbe  priest  is  bad,  that  speech  and  writing 
should  be  free,  that  the  petty  tyranny  of 
municipal  offloials  should  be  curbed — and  he 
covers  those  who  offend  these  doctrines  in 
practice  with  tbe  happiest  aud  most  finished 
ridicule.  But  the  principles  against  which 
Courier's  postulates  were  the  protest  are  now 
dead  or  dying,  or  banished.  And  while  tbe 
causes  for  which  Courier  fought  have  thus  lost 
urgency,  tbe  method  by  which  he  fought  them 
has  also  passed  away.  Pamphleteering  is  a 
dead  art.  A  utilitarian  ago  has  replaced  it  b.y 
a  new  method,  which,  from  the  conditions  of 
its  working,  cannot  aspire  to  literary  per 
fection,  and  doea  not  need  it.  The  jour- 
nalists have  entered  into  the  inheri- 
tance of  the  pamphleteers,  and  have  parti- 
tioned each  single  patrimony  among  et, 
score  of  successors.^  The  work  of  political 
criticism,  which  was  done  at  leisure  and  per- 
fectly by  a  single  writer,  is  now  done  hurriedly 
and  imperfectl.y,  in  an  artistic  sense,  by  twenty. 
But  it  is  done  efi'ectually  ;  and  a  utilitarian  ago 
will  look  no  further.  In  the  quality  ot  wit 
alone.  Courier  stands  unsurpassed  even  in  hia 
ovm  nation  of  wits.  The  wit  of  Caridide  is  not 
more  pregnant  in  meaning,  nor  that  of  the 
Provincial  Letters  more  perfect  in  form.  And 
if  Courier  cannot  niat«h  Voltaire  in  broad 
burlesque — if  he  oould  not  wield,  or  at  least  has 
never  wielded,  the  jester's  bauble,  which 
buffeted  tbe  hapless  Maupertuis  into  frenzy,  he, 
has  .yet  a  strong  grave  humor  of  his  own  whicU 
glows  Steadily  as  a  gold  setting  to  the  jeweU 
of  his  wit.  No  man  has  excelled  hita  in  irony  ; 
no  man,  not  even  Voltaire,  has  surpassed  fUiii 
in  innuendo.  And  when  we  add  to  these  that 
severe  grace  of  form  which  Courier  drew  from 
his  lifelong  study  of  the  Greeks,  that  austere 
simplicity  of  diction  by  which  he  has  so  in- 
fitiuctively  shown  tho  true  aflinity  between  the 
homeliest  and  tho  highest  forms  of  human 
apeecb,  and  that  presiding  instinct  of  fitaees 
and  feeling  for  proportion  which  coula  assign 
their  proper  place  and  value  to  wit,  Srgument, 
and  rhetoric,  iu  works  which  abound  in  all  of 
these — we  cannot  doubt  that  to  the  select  lew, 
for  whom  perfect  literary  art  is  admirable  for 
its  own  sake,  tbe  writings  of  -Paul  Louis 
Courier  will  always  give  that  highest  pleasure, 
intense  as  tbe  most  transitory,  yet  lasting  as 
the  soberest,  ot  hiiman  joys,  which  is  ia  the 
gift  of  perfect  art,  and  ot  that  alone. — Fortr 
nightly  Heview. 

The  Ameek  of  Kashgar.— The  Ameer  is 
represented,  when  at  his  capital,  as  in  the 
habit  of  going  about  incognito,  b,fter  the  man- 
ner of  Haroon-al-Kashed,  and  he  has  several 
times  beentaken  up  as  a  vagabonal  by  his  own 
Police.  On  such  occasions  he  tests  the  probity 
of  his  captors  by  offering  a  bribe  for  his  release. 
Those  who  accept  it  are  seized  and  brought 
before  him  on  the  following  day,  and  the'Ught- 
est  punishment  they  are  made  to  undergo  is  a 
severe  whipping,  while  those  who  have  with- 
stood the  temptation  are  promoted.  The 
Ameer,  in  conformity  with  Oriental  usage,  sits 
daily  at  tbe  gate  of  his  capital  receiving  peti- 
tions, hearmg  complaints,  and  adminiaterin^r 
justice.  The  first  object  that  meets  tbe  eye  of 
a  traveler  on  entering  the  City  Of  Kashgar  is 
the  gallows,  and  that  instrument  of  punishment 
has  not  been  in  such  activity  in  Central  Asia 
lor  eentunes.  In  no  part  of  the  world  ia  lite 
more  safe  or  property  more  secure.  All  serious 
crimes  are  punished  vrith  death,  and  even  petty 
theft  with  loss  of  bands;  and  woe  betide  the 
dishonest  shopkeeper ;  tor  any  tradesman  con- 
victed of  using  false  weights  has  the  scales  tied 
round  his  neck,  his  shoulders  bared,  and  he  is 
conducted  through  the  streets  of  the  city  by 
the  Police,  who  Mereilesslv  scourge  him  with 
leather  thongs.  It  is  greatl.y  to  the  credit  of 
this  Asiatic  ruler  that  he  has  suppressed  the 
slave  trade  throughout  the  whole  of  his  domiur 
ions. — iVeto  Quarterly  Magazine. 


A  Dgg  Stort. — One  of  these  robberies-* 
they  were  both  rounds  of  beef — was  followed 
by  such  consequences  to  Di  that  I  am  tempted 
to  add  them  to  Di's  story.  I  was  sitting  in  my 
library,  reading  the  Fathers  of  the  Churchy 
when  I  heard  a  hue  and  cry^and  soon  after  our 
cook  came  in  with  a  rueful  face,  and  "Please, 
Sir,  Di  has  stolen  the  beef  for  to-morrow's  din- 
ner"— to-morrow  being  Sunday,  and  the  weight 
of  the  beef  fifteen  pounds.  Now  the  mansion 
at  Forest  Edge  is  not  so  poor  in  resources  that 
the  loss  even  of  that  quantity  of  beef  would 
have  been  coupled  with  absolute  atarvation. 
Proud  pf  this  feeling,  and^wishing,^  must  own, 
to  screen  Di,  I  said,  "Get  something  else,''  and 
dismissed  tbe  cook,  who  had  a  reckoning  on 
Monday  morning  with  her  mistress.  But  it  is 
not  of  that,  but  of  Di  that  I  am  writing.  Not 
caring  to  go  on  with  the  fathers  of  the  Church, 

and  curious  to  see  what  Di  would  do  with  tho 

beet,  I  went  out  to  look  for  her,  and  found  her 
stretched  out  in  the  sun  as  sleek  and  round  as 
a  New-Caledonian  chief  who  has  eaten  his  thira 
wife.  There  was  no  sign  of  the  beef  except  m 
Di's  person,  and  it  turned  out  afterward  that 
having  eaten  half  of  it  there  and  then,  she  had 
buried  the  rest,  which  she  was  seen  to  dig  up 
and  devour  some  days  after.  Of  course 
I  should  not  enter  into  these  details  unless  I 
hsbd  something  else  to  tell.  Di's  general  health 
is  of  tbe  rudest  kind,  but  a  few  days  after  she 
had  eaten  the  laat  of  that  beet  she  was  seen  to 
be  ailing.  She  could  scarcely  drag  one  leg  after 
the  other,  and  had  hardly  tbe  heart  to  wag  her 
tail.  As  there  were  reapers  about  tbe  place,  a 
race  of  men  who  tie  their  food  up  in  cloths  and 
leave  them  under  trees,  I  made  up  my  mind 
that  Di  had  been  at  her  old  tricks,  had  stolen 
the  men's  dinners  and  beeu  kicked  for  it,  as  is 
the  fashion  of  laborers  to  their  wives  and  dogs. 
This  belief  was  strengthened  by  a  lump  on  Di's 
right  side,  from  which  we  thought  that  one  of 
her  ribs  was  broken.  So  she  limped  and 
crawled  about  for  some  da^-s,  till  one  morning 
that  very  cook  from  whose  larder  the  beef  had 
been  stolen,  and  who  for  all  that  was  very  fond, 
of  Di,  when  patting  and  strokiug  hor  pricked 
her  finger.  "  Why.  what's  this  sticking  out  of 
Di's  side?"  she  said  to  Penny wiuk.  So 
Pennywlnk  felt  Di's  side,  and  then 
they  saw  that  out  of  It  stood  tbe 
point  of  an  iron  skewer.  The  said  Pennywink 
is  a  man  more  ot  action  than  of  words.  He 
seized  the  point  of  tbe  skewer,  and  by  main 
lorce  pulled  it  out  of  Di's  side;  a  bit  of  sur- 
gery which  must  have  been  no  easy  job,  as  tbe 
skewer  was  eight  inches  long  and  had  one  end 
twisted  round  in  a  circle ;  just  one  ot  tboee  hor- 
rible inventions  of  the  enemy  in  short  which 
butchers  put  into  rounds  of  beet  for  the  ex- 
press purpose  of  tormenting  fathers  of  families 
who  have  to  carve  for  their  children,  an  act 
which  we  sometimes  think  will  hinder  a  meroi-^ 
ful  Providence  from  allowing  any  butcher  to- 
enter  the  gates  of  Paradise.  And  so  the  seor«c 
of  Di's  illness  was  out.  She  had  holted  that 
iron  skewer  when  she  devoured  the  beef,  and 
it  having  somehow  got  crosswise  int-oher  chest . 
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iK^-.?«SI^u*°*J'''?*f®«'*  «^»*  Bate  while 
JL^  iSfi'^®  Iw.  but  It  BpeakB  worlaa  for  the 
ewe  with  wBTch  animala  throw  off  lesions 
wnich  tew  mea  coBld  undergo  without  death, 
that  m  the  aft«rnoOn  of  the  day  on  which  the 
ttewer  wao  dragged  out  Dt  waa  IVisklng  about 
m  her  usoaHiealth  and  chtwine  rabbits  in  the 
WUdest  way  oyer  the  woods  and  heath.  The 
wound  healed  up  at  once,  and  all  that  remains 
of  it  now  isaTerv  slight  scar  on  Di'a  side 
which  you  Lave  to  hunt  for  before  you  can  find 
it.—Macmillan'a  Magazine, 

Ok  DKcoRATiONB.--Thete  needs  to-day  to 
be  a  protest  made  by  sotne  one  agalmst  the  me- 
chanical ckaraof  er  of  our  decoration,  tor,  with 
aa  unexampled  demand  for  decoration  in  our 
fnrsiture.  our  fumishias,  our  j»welry,  our  porce. 
Iain,  there  has  come'  an  unexampled  Bunply, 
and  the  manufacturers,  of  course,  bring  all  the 
labor-savlne;  appliances  they  can  contrive  to 
supply  this  demand.  Immense  furniture  mills 
are  set  up,  and  to  such  perfection  has  machin. 
ery  attained,  that  the  logs  go  in  at  cue  door, 
and  come  out  at  another  fashlonod  in  that 
remarkable  style  known  here  as  "  Eastlake," 
and  which  has  become  so  much  the  fashion  that 
grace  and  elegance  are  im  dangef  of  being 
fa5oo  before  long.  Then  "rugs"  being  all  the 
rage,  and  the  beautiful  aues  being,  as  they 
always  must  be,  expensive,  the  manufacturers 
are  turning  out  olieap  rugs  by  the  acre,  wkioh 

are  no  whic  better — n»j,  are  muoh  worse — than 
the  carpets  o£  thirty  or  forty  years  ago.  So 
with  pottery  and  porcelain — our  china  shops  are 
tilled  with  things  whoae  only  recommendation 
to  our  novelty-loving  people  is  their  novelty 
and  their  loudness.  And  all  these  things— the 
furniture,  the  rugs,  the  potterv — arc  so  cheap, 
that  everybody  seta  them,  and  of  the  smaller, 
decorative  things  gets  a*  many  that  our  hamea 

are  overran  with  things,  encunbered  with  use- 
less ugliness,  and  made  to  look  more  like  ma- 
seuma  or  wararooms  than  like  homes  of  thinking 
people  and  people  of  taste.  I  dare  say,  how- 
ever, that  all  this  superabundance — snnerabun- 
dance  in  the  supply  and  superabundanee  in 
the  buying — is  necessary,  and  that  not 
only  good  to  trade  and  to  manufacture,  but 
good  to  art  and  taste,  will  come  out  ot  it.  The 
way  of  it  will  be  something  like  this  :  Exolu- 
sivenesa  being  natural  to  human  beings  (it 
comes  simply  and  excusably  enough  trom  our 
dislike  of  monotony  and  of  repetition),  peopl* 
will  demand  mora  that  they  do  now  things  that 
show  some  individuality  in  design,  that  are  not 
made  "in  quantities  to  suit  purobaaers," — that 
are  not  even  to  b«  had  in  pairs.  Then  we  shall 
find  the  makers  of  lumiture  producing  single 

Eieces  of  single  sets,  into  which  the  workman 
as  put  some  special  design  which  he  does  not 
copy  in  the  naxt  piece,  even  if  he  keep  the  gen- 
vwal  form.  Design,  and  fioisb,  and  serviceable- 
ness,  will  be  most  considered,  and  cheap  display 
— the  bane  of  almost  all  ear  fashionable  furni- 
ture nowadays — will  be  avoided.  When  a  few 
rich  people,  who  have  an  educated  taste  besides, 
will  encourage  the  production  of  furniture  that 
is  worth  admiring  and  keeping  tor  itsown  sake, 
not  merely  because  it  lain  the  fashion,  we  shall 
668  the  turn  of  the  tide.  At  present,  there  is 
hardly  anything  a<'  all  of  this  done  even  by  the 
richest  people,  (I  mean,  little  that  I  hear  of  ;) 
and  as  for  the  general  ran  of  ua,  we  don't  so 
niach  as  chink  of  doing  it.  People  naturally 
and  reasonably  count  the  cost,  and  when  ihey 
find  that  it  not  only  costs  a  good  deal  of  money 
but  a  good  deal  of  time  and  study  to  get  a  piece 
of  furniture  well  designed  they  juat  won't  try  to 
do  it,  and  fare  as  well  as  they  can  without. — 
iferibner'a  Monthly. 

The  House  of  Lords.— Seated  in  the 

centre  of  the  table  juat  before  the  Woolsack,  is 
Lord  Bedesdale,  Chairman  of  committees,  con- 
BpicuouB  with  the  invariable  Bwaliow-tail  coat 
and  ■  white  tie,  looking  neither  older  nor 
younger  than  ho  did  a  quarter  of  a  century 
ago.  He  is  busily  engaged  in  writing  letters  or 
in  looking  over  official  documents.  On  his  left, 
in  the  place  which  the  late  Lord  Lyttelton  in^ 
variably  occupied,  is  Lord  Stanley  of  Afflf&fTey 
—in  appearance  marvelously  like  what  Henry 
Stanley  was,  a  couple  of  decades  ago,  before 
the  traveler  had  developed  into  the  politician, 
and  was  in  the  habit  of  starting  off  at  an  hour's 
notice  for  the  wilda  of  Tartary,  with  no  lug- 
gage worth  mentioning  but  a  pipe  and  some 
Turkish  tobacco,  prepared  to  dine  with  much 
satisfaction  off  dates  and  rice,  and  cold  water. 
A  good  speaker  Lord  Stanley  is  not,  and  never 
was.  He  generally  reads  his  speeches,  and  gen- 
erally, too,  in  tones  which  it  is  extremely  dif- 
ficult to  understand.  But  their  substance 
ia  always  admirable,  and  if  the  topio 
be  distinctly  related  with  the  East— 
with  Turkey,  or  India,  or  Chma  and 
Japan,  Lord  Stanley's  authority  la  weighty. 
Exactitude,  knowledge,  humor,  and  clever- 
ness— these  are  qualities  which  he  never  fails 
to  display,  but  too 'often  at  a  time  and  in  a 
manner  which  causes  his  audience  to  ignore 
them,  and  really  robs  them  of  their  effect.  Of 
the  front  Opposition  benob  the  first  occupant 
who  claims  attention-  ia  Lord  Shaftesbury,  a 
speaker — and  so  far  aa  possible  wa  now  confine 
our  remarks  to  oratorical  qualities — whoso  sen- 
tences, indeed,  are  always  well  constrncted, 
but  whose  argument  ia  sometlmea  ao  loose  and 
inoonsequent  as  scarcely  to  deserve  the  name 
of  argument  at  all,  and  whoae  enunciation  ia 
frequently  so  careless  that  bo  can  only  be 

heard  by  thos»  who  are  sitting  immediately 
next  to  him.  At  times,  however.  Lord  Sbaltea- 
bury  shows  himselt  au  orator  full  of  fire,  elo- 
quence, and  conviction.  Next  to  Lord  Shaftes- 
bury ia  generally  found  Lord  Coleridge,  whose 
rhetoric,  "  honeyed  with  the  oil  ot  peraua- 
sion,"  what  need  to   describe  ?    Beyond   sit 

Lord  Cardwell,  with  pensive  air  and  folded 
arms,  seldom  a  sneaker,  always  a  oloao 
and  critical  liatener ;  Lord  Granville, 
the    Oppositioa    leader,     radiant    and    poU 

tabed  to  behold,  with  an  air  of 
genial  langour  about  him  affected  rather  than 
real,  and  a  strength  of  satire  which  may  well 
astonish  those  who  are  accuatomed  to  regard 
him  rather  aa  a  protesaor  of  deportmoBt  than  a 
Statesman  ;  eminently  uncertain  aa  a  speaker, 
Boiretimes  giving  the  House  nothing  hut  ynSSk 
doses  of  political  platitudes ;  at  others  earnest, 
dignified,  abounding  in  aagaoity  and  wisdom. 
Uis  near  neighbor  on  the  same  bench.  Lord 
Kimberley.  la  a  statesman  who  is  in  his  true 
element  in  Parliament — a  keen  politician,  a 
fluent,  perhaps  too  fluent,  speaker,  and  abound- 
ing in  cleverness  and  knowledge.  The  Duke  of 
Argyll  will  probably  he  a  better  orator  and 
a  more  influential  personage  ten  years  hence 
than  he  is  now.  His  rbetorio  has  required  and 
is  now  gradually  gaining  a  certain  aellowneas, 
-which  ia  an  immense  Improvement.  Earl  Grey, 
who  sits  near  the  Duke  of  Argyll,  his  head  m- 
olined  sligtitly  forward  so  aa  not  to  lose  a  word 
which  is  said — and  whatever  the  subject  of  dis- 
cussion nis  attention  is  invariably  the  same  and 
never  flags — frequently  regards  it  as  a  duty 
to  play  the  part  of  fidvocalus  dtaboli  to 
tiny  measure  which  may  be  before  the  House. 
But  aggressive  tbough  his  criticism  may  be, 
it  IS  always  to  the  point,  and  he  inherits  many 
of  the  attributes  which  were  oonspicnous  In  hia 
iather,  the  Premier  of  that  Adminiatration 
whiob  paaaed  the  first  Keform  bill.  His  voice 
is  still  clear  and  strong,  bis  common  aenae 
immediately  aopplies  the  solvent  before  which 
mere  plausibility  dlsappeara — a  common  sense 
that  comea  not  only  oi  experience  but  of  vigor, 
and  ia  full  ot  a  force  which  la  tempered  and  not 
dimmiahed  by  age.  On  the  bench  immediately 
behind  that  on  which  the  Opposition  leaders 
are  seated,  the  most  oonspleuous  personage  is 
the  Duke  of  Somerset,  perhaps  on  the  whole 
the  most  pungent,  witty,  and  Incisive  speaker 
of  whom  the  House  of  Lords  ean  boast.  His 
style,  indeed,  ia  rather  that  which  we  might  ex- 
pect, but  which  at  present  we  ahonld  look  for  In 
vain,  in  the  House^ot  Commons.  No  one  is 
more  quick  to  detect  imposition,  or  to  strip  it 
of  Its  veneer  of  fine  phrases  and  fair  promises, 
than  this  free-thinking,  hard-hitting  peer.  Un- 
fortunately hia  Parliamentary  utterances  can- 
not be  heard  from  the  strangers'  gallery,  and 
the  reporters  follow  him  with  difficulty.  Still 
they  do  follow  him  ;  and  his  apeecbea  will  bear 
the  test  ot  careful  study  even  in  their  summa- 
rized form.  The  representative  onaraoter  of 
tne  House  of  Lords  has  been  already  dwelt 
upon  in  the  oonrfle  of  this  article.  There  is  cer- 
tainly KO  member  ot  the  House  of  Commons 
■who  so  thoroughly  represents  the  educated, 
popular,  destructive,  critical  spirit  of  the  age 
as  his  Grace  of  Somerset.  Lord  Campbell  and 
Stratheden  ia  the  last  peer  on  the  Litieral  side 
on  whom  it  ia  neoeaaary  to  aay  a  few  words. 

If  Loid  Campbell  did  himself  Jastice,  he 
would  long  ago  have  made  a  far  greater 
laark    in    Parllamentapy  life    than    he    seems 

likely  to  do.  On  foreign  politics,  and  esptoial-^ 
ly  on  the  politics  of  Bonthoastern  Europe,  he  is 
more  thoroughly  and  aooorately  informed  than 
almost  any  of  the  Oppoaition  peera,  unless  it  be  • 
Ixird  Napier.  Lord  Campbell  is,  moreover, 
maater  ot  a  literary  style  whose  only  defect  is 
kKSoasionai  obscurity  generated  by  a  straining 
tfter  epigrammatic  point,  and  an  overwrooght 

reSn^eat  of  expraeaioo.  But  Lord  Campbell, 
BOtw'itiMtaadlBg  the  copiousness  and  exactneaa 
«f  his  "Wowledge,  Tdi   unrivaled  mattery  ol 


treaties  and  protocols,  is  an  ineffective  speaker. 
Ha  is  listened  to  ia  spite  ot  liimself^  because 
whatbesavB  is  known  to  be  worth  hearing. 
Happily,  Lord  Campbell  is  in  the  habit  of 
printing  his  more  important  Epieobes,  and  tbe 
world  IS  thus  supplied  witn  what  are  really 
valuable  manuals  of  political  teaching. 
With  drbating  power  the  Conacrvatlv©  benches 
in'  the  House  of  Lords  are,  as  has  been  said, 
mnoh  more  plentifully  famished  than  the  Wbig 
or  Liberal  side.  The  Duke  of  Richmond  and 
Gordon,  who  will  now  resign  hia  leadership 
only  to  the  newly-elevated  Prftne  Miniater,  has 
always  done  hia  work  discreetly.  He  haa,  m 
fact,  done  all  that  was  wanted  of  him.  Ho  has 
never  failed  to  make  a  'Ministerial  statement, 
however  complicated  the  aulaect,  in  a  clear  and 
business-like  manner.  He  has  been  uniformly 
cotu-teous  to  his  opponents,  and  is  thoroughly 
trusted  by  his  colleagues.  Political  influence, 
beyond  what  must  attach  to  the  possessor  of  a 
'•  couple  of  dukedoms,  he  has  had,  and  aspires  to 
have,  none.  The  great  defect  in  Lord  Der- 
by, as  a  speaker,  is  the  prominence  of 
Lancashire  m  his  accent.  It  is  here 
alone  that  he  reminds  one  of  his  father,  in 
whom  the  same  peculiarity  waa  apparent, 
especially  In  moments  of  political  passion  aua 
excitement.  He  never  hesitates,  and  has  no 
varied  mflootionsof  tone,  and  consequently 
never  soars  to  tbe  height  of  the  orator.  He 
appeals  to  the  reason  and  judgment  of  his 
hearers,  whether  in  Parliament  or  out  of  it. 
Lord  Carnarvon's  voice  is  weak,  as  his  figure 
is  slight,  but  he  employs  it  to  the  utmost  ad- 
vantage, and  without  any  semblance  of  painful 
effort    Not  a  word  thsR  be  says  is  ever  lost, 

and  in  the  spirit  and  vigor  with  which  his  sen- 
tences are  delivered,  -as  well  aa  the  admirable 
form  into  which  they  are  thrown,  one  forgets 
the  physical  disadvantages  of  the  Colonial 
Secretary.  A  true  statesman  Lord  Carnarvon 
has  shown  himself  ;  had  nature  been  more  lav- 
ish in  her  vocal  gifts,  he  would  been  a  great 
orator.  As  it  is.  he  has  a  perfect  idea 
of  what  oratory  should  be,  and  does  his 
best  to  reproduce  its  effects.  Between 
the  speaking  of  Lord  Cai^arvon  and  Lord 
Salisbury  there  are  certain  points  of  roaem- 
blance.  In  both  there  ia  the  aame  tinge  of 
academic  culture ;  the  same  use  of  telling  and 
incisive  phrases  ;  the  sane  studied  advoidanco 
of  the  conventional  and  tbe  commonplace. 
Lord  Salisbury's  voice  is  extremely  powerlul, 
and  the  merest  stranger  would  not  have  h^u-d 
'■iO  words  from  him  before  he  perceived  that 
they  were  the  utterance  of  a  correspondingly 
powerful  mind.  Tbe  Indian  Secretary  posaessea 
in  a  greater  degree  than  any  of  hia  colleagues,  ur, 
indeed,  than  any  of  his  opponents,  except  Lord 
Selbome,  the  power  ot  replying  to  a  whole 
aeries  of  speeches  on  their  general  merits,  leav- 
ing not  a  point  in  any  one  of  them  uuuoticed, 
and  on  domg  thia  without  naving  previously 
taken  a  single  note  or  jotted  down 
a  single  laot  as  an  aide  mimoire. 
He  is,  in  brief,  a  master  of  Par- 
liamentary debate,  as  he  is  a  master  also  of 
sarcasm  and  irony.  These  qualities  be  dis- 
jilays  less  frequently  than  formerly,  but  he  haa 
not  lost  the  use  of  them.  Possibly  they  are 
reserved  for  the  period  when  he  may  again  De 
in  opposition.  At  present  he  cultivates  aome- 
thing  approaching  even  to  geniality,  though 
the  addiction  to  stinging  phrasea  and  crnabing 
retorts  is  manifestly. suppressed  with  uiffloulty. 
— I'raser's  M  agasine. 


Charles  Kingsley  on  "  MtrscuLAK 
CHBiSTiAiaTT."— About  this  time,  Kingsley 
evinced  a  curious  irritability  on  the  last-named 
matter.  .  Let  him  speak  for  himself  in  a  re- 
markable letter  written  in  February  of  this 
year  to  one  then  unknown  to  him,  who  after- 
ward became  his  friend  ;  and  who  had  co»- 
tributed  some  papers  to  the  magazine,  one  of 
which  touched  tbe  sore  subject.  Thia  letter 
aets  forth  the  fulleat  statement  known  to  mo 
of  his  views  upon  it : 

EvERSLEY,  Feb.  15,  '60. 

Dear  Sib:  Were  you  not  so  charming  a 
writer;  and  one  whom  ilorig  to  know  and  to 
ttiank  in  per!50iijJ__*ihotrErnoc  trouble  you  or 
myselfjjy-wrttuig  this.  But.  In  au  essay  of 
rs  which  seems  to  mo  one  ot  your  very 
best ;  and  in  every  word  of  which  1  agree,  1 
find  (p.  250-251)  talk  which  pains  me  bitterly, 
aoont  muscular  Christianity.  A'ow — lam  called 
by  noodles  and  sneerers the  head  of  that  sobool. 
NVhen  muscular  Christianity  ia  apokon  of 
either  Tom  Hughes  or  I  rise  to  most  folks' 
mmds.  Tom  may  take  care  ot  himself ;  tor 
me,  I  aay  this.  1  conslcier  the  term  as  silly  and 
offeueive.  Whenever  any  man  makes  uso  of  it 
to  mo  1  Ignore  the  whole  matter,  and  it  1  bo 
troubled  give  him  to  understaud^hat  ho  id 
rude.  And  for  this  reasoa.  It  is^l  a  dream, 
B8  far  aa  I  am  concerned,  about  muscular 
Christianity.  Tbe  beet  lolk  I  know  or  ever 
shall  know,  have  been  poor  crlpi>le8,  noodles, 
ugly  women,  and  that  sort  ot  "  off'-scourlng  of 
humanity" — whom  the  Lord  loved,  because 
tbere  ia  no  torin  nor  comeliness  in  them,  tu 
make  men  love  them.  Then,  because  1  teil 
ttie  handsome  women  and  the  strong  men, 
"  Why  are  you  not  as  good  as  these  poor 
wretcnes  1     'Yaxx    can  and    ought  to  ho  a  great 

deal     better;"    an   insolent reviewer,    or 

somebody,  gives  me  the  nioknamcd  muscular 
Christianity,  and  seta  up  tbe  theory  that  my 
ideal  ia  a  man  who  fears  God,  and  can  walk  a 
1,000  ipiles  in  a  1,000  hours.  I  have  my  ideul 
— 1  have   many  ideals — which  1  shall  keep  to 

niyselt  ;  but  1  coufess  I  have  never  been 
mure  moved  than  by  such  talk  to  show  tbe 
young  prin,  whoever  he  was,  my  muscular  un- 
Cbriatianii.y,  unless  my  ngbt  band  bad  forifot- 
ten  lea  cunning,  and  tiie  lessons  of  bam  bo  the 
Black  Fighter.  But  boy's  uouscuse  on  sxicb 
subjects  1  can  pass  over.  It  is  when  a  man 
like  you  ro-echooa  their  iuipertinenoe  (you  your- 
self being  not  Impertinent,  and  thereture  speak- 
ing in  good  faith— which  is  all  the  more  puiolul 

to  me)  that  I  must  apeak  to  you  and  ask.  Do 
you  tbink  that  I.  who  am  not  ooly  a  student  ol 

human  nature,  but  have  been  a  hurd-working 
parish  priest  lor  18  .years,  and  love  my  pariah 
work  better  than  anything  else  ia  the  world — 
do  you  think  that  I  am  such  a  one-sided  asa  as 
to  preach  what  you  soem  to  understand  by 
muscular  Christianity'?  'Ihere  is  not  a  word 
in  your  condemnation  of  it,  to  which  1  have 
not  said  "amen"  a  dozen  years  since  ;  audi 
beg  that  if  that  passage  is  to  stand  in  your  es- 
says, you  will  except  from  the  category,  mc, 
the  very  man  whom  noodles  call  the  uposcle  oi 
the  doctrine.  I  do  entreat  you  to  reconsider 
that  passage.  It  ia  unjuat,  not  to  me,  but  to 
others.  You  aay  you  tind  many  hooka  which 
talk,  &c.;  I  wish  you  would  name  them  to  me. 
A  list  of  them  would  be  most  pleasant  to  me  ; 
for  ill  and  weak  as  1  am,  and  foroldden  to 
write,  I  would  bestir  myself  to  give  any  fellowa 
who  talk  as  you  say  (though  I  have  never  met 
with  any)  such  a  dreasing  m  Fraaer  aa  would 
show  them  that  my  tongue  waa  still  sharp 
enough:  Do,  I  beg  you,  tell  me  explicitly 
what  and  whom  you  mean — or  say  yourself 
— as  you  can  do  most  excellently,  in  your  next 
edition  ;  and  meanwhile,  take  the  hint  which  1 
gave  a  young  fellow  (though  you  are  not 
yuung  nor  a  "  fellow,"  but  a  wise  and  good 
man)  who  said  m  a  well-meaning  review  of  me, 
that  I  had  never  had  an  ache  or  a  Borrow  in 
my  life  ;  and  I  told  him— aa  I  tell  you — that 
for  the  first  20  years  ot  my  life  1  never  knew 
what  health  meant — that  my  life  had  been  one 
ot  deep  and  strange  sorrows  ;  and  that  only  by 
drinking  the  cup  of  misery  and  sickaesa  to  the 
dregs  had  I  learnt  to  value  health  and  happi- 
ness, and  to  entreat  those  who  had  health  and 
happiness,  to  use  them  aright ;  for  all  these 
things  God  would  bring  them  mto  judgsaent. 
I  write  to  you  openly,  as  to  a  brother,  tor  1  long 
to  know  you,  more  than  any  man  whom  I  find 
writing  now  ;  and  for  that  very  reason  1  can- 
not abide  your  seeming  to  lend  youraelt  to  any 
of  the  valgar  misconceptions  of  what  i  am  aim- 
ing at.  I  have  my  aim  :  but  what  thac  is  I  teli^ 
no  man  yet.  Yoiua  ever  faithiuily, 
— Jraser'a  Magazine.  C.  KtNGSLBT. 


one  may  RB  well  spend  his  money  for  an  East- 
em  carpet  outright  as  buy  one  of  these  English 
carpets.  There  would  be  the  certainty  of  get- 
ting a  design  that  had  no  taint  of  South  Ken- 
sington in  It  and  that  woold  be  sure  not  to  be 
the  aame  through  any  square  foot  of  its  space. 
For  one  thing  Bastern  art  is  valuable  to  us  ;  it 
rebukes  at  every  turn  our  scientific  love  of  pre- 
cision and  symmetry,  shows  us  the  charm  of 
irregularity,  and  teaches  us  how  to  make  two 
eidea  of  a  thing  alike  while  keening  them 
quite  different.  Whether  we  shall  ever  get 
tnia  Into  our  blood  I  don't  know.  It  is  an 
eaaential  principle  of  all  the  heat  decorative 
art ;  and  necoaaarily  so,  because  all  such  design 
is  as  far  removed  as  possible  from  mechanical 
assiatanoo.  and  haa  no  other  rule  or  me^uro 
than  the  eye  acting  through  the  hand.  No  two 
Ionic  capitala  of  Greek  workmanship,  even  in 
the  aame  temple,  are  alike  in  anything,-  ex*ept 
general  size  and  character.  No  more  are  any 
two  Doric  caps  alike,  nor  any  two  moldings  of 
any  style,  nor  any  two  aacoessive  feet  of  any 
Greek  ornumont.  The  notion  instilled  into  our 
minds  that  the  Greek  architecture  is  all  mo- 
nptony  and  repetition  is  of  English'or  German 
origin. — Scribner's  Monlhly. 

H^MONY. 


••  Amone  tbe  rest  a  Bmall  unstghtly  root, 
Butof  Ulviae  effect,  he  cuileil  mo  out; 
The  leuf  was  darKisb,  ftDd  had  prlCK.les  on  it, 
But  in  another  conntrv,  af>  he  said, 
Bore  a  bngiit  izolden  flutrtAr,  but  nut  in  this  soil; 
He  caUed  It  HsBmony."— Uiltos. 

A  little  dust  the  Sammer  breezs 

Had  silted  up  within  a  cleft,  ^ 

A  slanted  raindrop  from  the  trees, 

A  tiny  seed  by  ohance  aira  left,-  , 
It  was  enough,  the  seedling  grew, 
And  from  the  barren  rook-heart  drew 
Her  dimpled  leaf  and  tender  t)ad, - 
And  dews  that  did  the  bare  rocU  stad ; 
And  crowned  at  length  her  simple  Uead 
With  utter  sweetaens.  breathed  afar, 
(And  bai-ning  like  a  dusky  stir, — 

Sweetness  upon  ao  little  led, 
Ah  me  !  ab  me  ! 
And  yet  hearts  go  uuooinforted.  /' 

For  be<^rts,  dear  love,  anoh  aeedltngs  are, 

That  need  ao  lUtle,  ah,  ao  less 
Than  little  on  thlsi  earth,  tu  bear 

Tbe  8un-aw6ot  blosaom,  happlupss  ; 
And  sing. — those  dying  h!'art«  that  come 
To  go, — their  swan-iong  flying  home. 
A  touch,  a  tender  tone,  no  more,  \ 

A  faee  that  liugera  by  the  door  \ 

To  turn  and  smite,  a  fond  word  aaid, 
A  ki^a, — these  things  make  neaven  ;  and  yet 
We  do  neglect,  retuse,  forget, 
To  give  that  little,  ore 'tis  fled, 

Ah  me  !  an  nie  1 
And  sad  h»arls  go  uuoomfurted. 

I  aaked  of  thee  hat  little,  nav, 

Not  for  the  >;olaen  fruit  thy  bough 
Ripens  fur  rhee  and  tbiue  who  day 

By  day  beneath  thy  sbaduw  grow; 
OulF  lor  what,  trim  that  fall  store. 
Had  made  me  rich,  nur  lelt  thee  poor, 
A  drift  of  blosauDi,  needed  nut 
i'or  fruit,  yet  blessing  some  dim  apot. 

A  touch,  a  tender  word  soon  said, 
Fond  tunes  that  seem  our  dead  again 
Cuine  oack  after  long  yeara  ot  pain, 

Luuely,  for  tdcso  my  *lck  heart  bled— 
Ab  mfi  I  ah  me  I 
Sad  hearts  that  S"  uncomforted. 
— Macmillan's  Magazirn.    JiLLICE  HOFKINS. 


Obiental  Cabpkts  and  Greek  Arcbi-. 
TECTUBB. — A  few  years  ago  the  carpets  were 
almost  all  highly  reprehensible.  To  sa.'g^hat 
thoy  were  barbarous  would  be  to  pay  th^  a 
compliment,  for  no  barbarous  people  ever  made 
such  crudities  of  line  and  color  as  the  old 
"  BruBsela"  and  "  ingrain"  carpeta  showed  us; 
though  tho  "ingrain"  designs  were  often  better 
than  those  of  the  more  expensive  kinds.  Tliis 
was  because  fewer  triaks  were  played  With 
warp  and  woof  in  the>«heap  carpet,  and  the 
designs  were  more  evidently  structuraL  The. 
objection  to  all  the  carpets  ot  tbe  former  time, 
cheap  and  dear  alike,  waa,  that  the  patterns 
were  too  define*;  whether  "set"  or  "  flowing-''^ 
they  could  not  be  made  to  blend  with  what  was 
placed  upon  them,  but  pushed  themselves  so 
impertiasBtly  to  the  fore  that  the  carpet  became 

the  chief  thing  in  tbe  room,  instead  of  being,  as 
it  should  he,  only  a  background  for  the  rest. 
Of  late  years,  tbere  haa  been  a  great  improve- 
ment in  the  designs  of  all  carpets,  from  the 
most  expensive  Wilton  to  the  cheapest  ingrain. 
In  the  noher  sorts,  dark,  soft  tonea  with  pat- 
terns— if  patterns  thev  can  be  called — of  spots 
and  stains,  that  now  appear,  now  hide,  but  are 
never  in  the  way,  are  t-o  be  bought  In  many  of 
the  abops-  Borne  of  the  best  English  carpots 
are  as  thick  aid  soft  as  the  best  of  Persian  make, 

and  thedeeisna,  'when  they  are  *ot  too  daring,  or 
when  tbe  makers  are  content  with  copying 
the  qaieter  Eastern  patterns,  are  a  great  im- 


THE  FfJOZKN  SicA  Discovered  by  the 

Arctic  Expedition. — On  reaching  the  northern 
outlet  of  Robeson  Chaunel,  instead  of  finding 
tho  navigable  sea  and  continuous  land  trend- 
ing poleward  that  they  ha*  been  led  to  expect, 
the  explorers  found  the  land  trending  east  and 
west,  and  that  the  aea  was  covered  with  bro- 
ken-up  ice  of  immense  tbickneaa  and  great 
age.  The  phenomena  connected  with  this  re- 
markable frozen  eca,  so  unlike  anything  hith- 
erto seen  by  Arctic  voyagers,  escept  by 
McCluro  off  Banks  Island,  are  of  the  utmost 
importance  as  regards  tbe  general  hydrography 
of  tho  globe.  The  explorers  had  reached  tho 
most  desolate  solitudes  hitherto-  diaoovered. 
Marine  life  almost  entirely  ceases.  There  la  no 
wha'e'afood,  no  cetaceans,  no  seals,  no  bcars.and 
no  birds  take  their  flight  across  the  Sea  of  An- 
cient lee.  Its  huge  floes  aro  from  80  to 
100  feet  in  thiokneas,  and  the  piocea 
broken  off  and  forced  upon  the  shore  have  all 
the  characteristics  of  icrtber,iR,  fragments  of 
these  miuhty  frozen  glaciers.  Tkey,  therefore, 
very  appropriately  received  the  name  of  floe- 
bergs.  Physical  geography,  like  every  other 
science,  needs  special  names  for  new  phe- 
nomena ;  and  differing  as  it  does  from  all  other 
kaown  seas  in  tho  extraordinary  cliaructer  of 
its  huge  floes,  the  Sea  of  Ancient  Ice,  bordering 
the  most  northern  known  land  in  tho  world, 
needed  a  special  name  to  distinguish  it  trom 
other  ico-bcaring  seas.  It  received  tho  appro- 
priate and  convenient  designatinn  of  the  Palajo- 
cryatlc  Sea,  a  term  whiob  will  in  future  serve 
to  distinguish  the  ocean  which  ia  laden  with 
fioea  of  enorMuus  thickness  and  great  ago,  ex- 
tending for  1,200  miloa  from  tho  coast  of  North 
America  to  tho  north  shorea  of  Greenland. 
In  his  paper  read  before  the  Geographical  So- 
ciety,   on   tbe    ISth  of  December,  Sir  George 

Narea  briefly  described  the  position  of  tbe  Pa- 
IffiOcrystic  Sea  ia  the  hydrographlc  economy  of 
the  globe.  Ue  pointed  out  that  a  considerable 
body  of  warm  water  flowed  from  the  Atluntlu 
toward  Spiizbcrgen,  and  a  smaller  one  from 
the  Facitio,  through  Bybring  Strait  into  the 
North  Polar  Baaln  ;  and  that  eo  large  a  volume 
could  not  be  contlaually  flowing  into  an  in - 
clo8e<l  snaoe  without  running  out  elsewhere. 
Accordingly,  iu  all  oiker  cbauncls  lead- 
ing from  the  PaltEocrystic  Sea  au 
ioy  cold  surface  curreat  is  running  to  the  south- 
ward. ITie  two  principal  cold  currents  flow 
down  the  east  coast  of  Greenland  and  tbe  west 
aide  uf  Baflin's  Hay  at  au  average  rate  of  about 
four  miluB  a  day,  aa  abowu  from  the  drift  of  the 
liansa.  This  rate,  however,  is  only  obtained  in 
the  East  Greenland  cvu-reut  south  of  about  75' 
north,  whero  a  stronger  current,  eoming  from 
the  north-east,  unites  with  the  Greenland  cur- 
rent. Sir  George  Wares  describes  the  Polar 
Hasin  as  a  luckcd-up  bay  continuing  out  of  tbe 
Harrowed  North  Atlantic  Channel,  with  a  waf  n 
Stream  of  water  constantly  pouring  into  It  be- 
tween Norway  and  ^itzbergen,  and  cold  cur- 
rents always  running  out  between  Upltzbergen 
and  Greenland,  and  througb  narrow  atraits  be- 
tween Greenland  and  America.  Thus  is  heat  and 
cold  distributed  over  a  great  part  of  the  globe, 
and  the  temperature  of  tbe  sea  on  the  border 
of  tho  cold  current,  only  2,200  milea  from  tbo 
equator,  la  the  same  aa  that  in'  the  warm  oar- 
rent,  midway  between  Norway  and  Spltzbor- 
gen,  at  nearly  double  the  distaace  from  tbe 
equator.  Before  tbe  Palffiocrysiic  Sea  was  dis- 
covered by  the  Arctic  Expedition  the  heaviest 
known  ice  was  that  which  drifts  down  the  east 
coast  of  Greenland  and  around  Cape  Farewell, 
and  that  seen  by  Collinaon,  MoClure,  and 
IVleeham,  pressing  upon  the  shores  of  Banka 
and  Prince  farxlok  lalands.  At  the  north 
point  of  Prince  Patrick  laland  it  iq  lost,  for 
Kiohards  and  Osborn  found  light  ice  along  the 
north  ehorea  of  the  Parry  Islands.  Osborn, 
therefore,  concluded  with  certaimty  that  this 
light  ice  betokened  a  narrow  channel,  and  that 
some  protecting  land  existed  to  tho  northward. 
Tho  discoveries  of  the  Arctic  Expedition  ex- 
tended for  300  miles  along  the  shores  of  the 
PalsBocrvatic  Sea,  leaviug  400  nllea  unknown 
from  Aldrioh'B  furtheat  to  Ireland's  Eve  off  the 
north  point  of  Prince  Patrick's  Island,  and  509 
from  Beaumont's  furtheat  to  Cape  Blauurck.  Sir 
George  Nares  and  hia  offioera  were  on  thia  bea 
of  Ancient  Ice  for  eleven  months.  They  ex- 
aminedit  and  all  the  phenomena  eonnected  with 
it,  explored  its  shore  for  300  miles,  and  pen- 
etrated into  its  labyrinths  of  floes  and  hua- 
mook  ridgea,  until  ten  of  tbem  attained  the 
highest  latitude  ever  reached  by  human  be- 
ings. By  reasoning  on  evidence,  which  will 
hereafter  be  nore  fully  Bet  forth.  Sir 
George  Nares  cume  to  the  conclusion  that  a 
verN'  uroad  sea  extends  north  of  Cape  Colombia, 
at  least  aa  far  aa  the  Pole,  that  the  land  trends 
Boutb-west  toward  Prince  Patrick  laland,  and 
that  the  coast  of  Greenland  does  not  cxtond 
much  further  north  tkaii  Cape  Britannia.  The 
probable  trexd  of  tbe  coasts  is  iudioated  by 
aimilarity  of  tides  between  two  knows  points, 
prevaillMg  winds,  and  the  nature  of  tho  luova- 
menta  of  the  ico.  It  ia  certain  that  thero  ia  a 
large  sea,  and  that  the  aea  ia  covered  with  ice 
during  the  Winter.  In  the  Sumaer,  from 
vanoua  cauaes,  thia  ice  bocomea  aubjeot  to  mo- 
tion by  the  wlnda  and  currents,  and  gradually 
breaks  up  iote  fields  and  floes  which  are  ever  de- 
creaaiug  in  size  aa  the  aeaaon  advancaa.  Soon 
after  tbe  first  week  in  July  tho  whole  pack  of 
ice  begins  to  drive  backward  and  forward,  ac- 
cording to  the  wind  or  current,  its  main  courso 
being  toward  the  channel  -of  outlet,  where  It 
escapes   im    amail   quandtlea  out  of  tbe    Polar 

Basin.  Qaining  more  room  as  tbe  seasou  ad- 
vanoos.  the  pack  itself  gradijjilly  breaks-up, 
w^hen  any  space  left  vacant  ia  immediately  oc- 
cupied by  the  frozen  masses,  each  hold  anl 
fleo  struggling  and  forcing  its  way  to  gei  a 
clearer  apace.  Toward  the  eud^^of  September 
tbe  increaaiDg  frost  begins  to  cement  toge titer 
the  contending  masses,  and  -fcy  November  the 
whole  sea  ia  quiet  again,  the  lue  only  oaacking 
oocasionaliy  with  the  tidal  currenta.  The  new 
formation  of  ice  durinjf  seven  months  in  the 

year  more  than  equala  the  decay  during  the 
other  five.    Thus  tbe  paok  oovering  the  Palaso- 

orystio  Sea  is  a  oolleotion  of  separate  pieoes  of 


the  SummtT,  each  piece  grinding  against 
its  neighl»or  as  the  whole  jostles  its  way 
along,  slowly  pressing  forward  toward  the 
outlet  botweea  Spitsbergen  and  Greenland. 
Whatever  quantity  of  land  may  hereafter  be 
dlacovared.  Sir  George  Nares  eonaiders  that 
fhe  area  of  the  Pal^hocrystio  Sea  will  be  found 
to  cover  at  leaft  one  and  a  half  million  square 
■lies.  The  prinoipal  outlet  betweoa  Green- 
land and  Spitzbergen  is  not  more  than  300 
miles  wide;  and  by  the  largest  eatimate  less 
than  half  a  milUoB  otvsqnare  milea  of  ice  can 
escape  in  tbe  year.  Thua  two  thirds  of  the 
total  quantity  would  he  left  behind.  But  in 
reality  very  muoh  less  escapes,  as  is  proved 
by  the  great  thiokness  of  the  floes,  which 
must  bo  at  least  a  hundred  years  old.  The 
discovery  of  the  extent  and  nature  of  this 
Sea  of  Ancient  Ice,  and  the  careful  observa- 
tions of  ita  caovementa,  of  its.  tidea,  wlnda, 
and  ouiTonts,  and  of  all  the  phenomena  con- 
nected with  it,  is  one  of  the  important  results 
of  the  Arctic  Expedition,  These  diseoveries 
have  thrown  a  flood  of  light  on  the  physical 
geography  of  the  Polar  area. — Geographical 
Magazine. 

S4lNta  Cruz.- Santa  Cruz  de  Tenerifte  is 
regularly  laid  out  on  a  gradual  slope,  flanked 
by  sterile,  volcanic  precipices  an^Uavinea,  not 
30  near,  however,  as  to  justify  Hnmboldt'a 
statement  that  it  lies  under  a  perpendicular 
wall  of  rook,  unlesa  his  words  are  accepted  in 
a  figurative  sense.  Lest  the  people  should  for- 
get the  name  of  their  city,  a  massive  marble 

cross  stands  at  the  head  of  the  Plaza  de  Consti- 
tucion,  near  the  jetty.  The  houses  are  often  of 
only  one  story,  and  rarely  more*  than  two, 
though  a  partial   third  story    ia  not   uncommon 

in  the  form  of  a  towsr  surmounted  by  a  ter- 
race. The  roofs  are  flat  and  offer  a  pleasant 
promenade    in    the    cool    of  the  evening.     The 

-^fweTIingrare  generally  in  the  form  of  a  hollow 
square,  in  Eastern  style  ;  one  would  not  sus- 
pect this  from  their  appearance  on  the  street. 
From  the  outer  door,  which  is  always  open 
until  late  at  night,  one  passes  through 
a  passage,  corresponding  iu  length  with  tho 
width  of  tho  rooms,  to  the  inner  door,  which 
gives  into  the  'palio  or  court,  open  to  tbe  sky, 
and  frequently  planted  with  bananas,  orange- 
trees,  roses,  and  jessamines.  Around  tho  paiio 
on  the  ground  floor  are  store-rooms  and  of- 
fices ;  the  family  ooospy  the  next  floor,  the 
rooms  opening  upon  verandas  overlooking  the 

court.  A  cluater  of  small  bolls  is  attached  to 
the  inner  door.  When  a  visitor  arrives  he 
pushes  it  open ;  tho  bell  sounds  the  alarm,  and 
a  shrill  voiee  answers  above,  *'  Qui  e'  f"  (Who 
ia  it  ?)  Should  thero  be  no  beils,  tbo  visitor 
clapa  hia  hands.  As  iu  Las  Palmos,  tbere 
are  a  number  of  tho  lower  class  who 
live  in  caves  in  the  outskirts  of  tho  town, 
'iho  Guauches  or  abongiaes  were  troglo- 
dytes. At  Gran  Canaria  remaina  of  atone 
dwellings  still  oxi3^,  "but  tho  Guauches  of  Ten- 
erifi'e  seem  to  have  been  uniformly  troglodytes, 
and  tho  custom  of  turning  tho  uumoroaij  air 
venta  or  oaves  of  thia  volcanic  soil  into  dwell- 
ings has  not  yet  been  quite  abandoned.  Somu 
ol  them  have  been  improved  by  lace  walls  and 
other  "modern  improvements,"  but  their  essen- 
tial character  as  cave  dwellings  ia  unchanged. 
Tbo  wiudowa  of  all  tbo  houses  in  Tenoriftb  de- 
aei  ve  especial  mentiou.  A  muasive  frame  like 
u  box  fits  into  tbe  opbrtui-c,  but  imliko  an  ordi- 
nary casenout,  projects  some  inches  from  tbe 
wall.  The  blinus  are  heavily  paneled  with 
equaro  bevels,  and  iu  tho  lower  naif  of  each  ia 
a  smaller  bimd  swinging  out  Irotu  below.  1  his 
13  called  the  posti^illo,  and  plays  a  moat  im- 
uortaut  piu-t  in  the  uneventful  Uvea  of  the  m- 
habiiunta,  especially  the  female  portion  of 
the  comniiinlty.  Is  any  unwonted  sound  heard 
in  the  stre.'t,  up  go  tbo  posti^illua.  Early 
in  tho  li.i.v,  Wi.iucu  with  frowzy  tresses, 
and  cbildii-ij  just  out  of  bed,  scaroely 
awake  and  eutirelv  uiivVits'ued.  lean  languidly 
on  llie  sill  and  guze  aLtiie  passer-by  behind  the 
posugnlo.  Lai«r  in  the  day  tho  dark -eyed 
senoniy,  her  toilet  eoiujiloted,  shoots  daii;:erou8 
gutneea  from  heliiiid  ibis  coavenieut  anibush, 
aud  perhaps  drou.s  ic  auddeniy  just  as  ouo  bc- 
jfius  to  reul-.zc  tliu  cbarms  it  oovly  reveals.  In 
the  evening  tbb-  lover  converses  with  her, 
standing  under  tho  bail-raised  Oiind  of  tho 
magic  pcatigiUo,  while  she,  seated  on  the  win- 
dow-seat, leana  her  round  arm  on  tne  sill,  and 
listens  to  tho  pa«sionat«  words  liu  utters  in  low 
tones,  and  uerliaiis  with  her  fan  coquets  with 
another  admirer  aerosi  the  street,  1  bo  Phiza 
de  Priucipo  lu  tho  coutro  of  tho  towu  in  vory 
pretty,  iueiosing  a  lountain,  and  euibowered 
with  plane  and  popper  trees.  It  is  the  great  re- 
sort on  fine  eveuiiif's,  and  few  others  ever  oa- 
cur.  A  bund  oi  mueio  playa  very  tolerably, 
altboi^h  the  romantic  guitar  tinkling  in  tbe 
aide  streets  IS  more  in  consonance  with  tbe  hour 
aad  the  cliue.  One  is  surprised  to  sec  ao  many 
handsome  ladies  in  so  small  u  place.  They  in- 
variably3»y«ar  that  most  gracelul  of  all  head- 
cuvoriiigs,  tbe  uiantillo,  either  black  or 
white,  and  of  laee  or  silk.  Tho  ladies  of  Ten- 
ar^lTe,  ha\'ing  found  a  grooeful  costume  for  tho 
head,  are  sensible  enough  to  know  when  thoy 
are  well  off,  and  do  not  change  it.  Net  until 
8:30  o'clock  does  tbo  bund  begin  to  play;  it 
ooutiuuob  uutil  11  o'clock,  wlicn  tho  "  sereuos" 
take  up  the  cry  in  turn.  Tbid  la  tbo  huuiarous 
sobriquet  applied  to  the  night  watchmen  or 
police,  who  every  liall  hour  sing  out,  often  very 
uuaioally,  "  Ave  Maria  purissima!"  then  they 
give     tho    hour,     aud    end  with    "aeron*"',  (all 

Htircne  ;)  hence  the  epithet ;  for  bo  aluiorfl  In- 
variable is  the  weatbur,  it  very  rarely  occurs 
that  it  18  necessary  lor  tho  watchmen  to  alter 
tbo  cry,  and  sometimes  when  it  la  actually 
stormlug  they  still,  Irom habit,  shout "  Sercnol  '• 
— Atlantic  Jionthli/. 


ptttiMthadk^  -wKt  Jil»-'moino^i_for..thot«3rt-0^jLproveinent  >av-?he  oIda«  noiuanf*<iM»xe8.    Bat(.ljc^,     moving  .  amonur,     each     otha»     dndnaL 


to  other  allied  species  of  the  genua  SUphium, 
which  do  not  exhibit  the  phenomenon  of 
polarity,  and  in  whose  leavea  the  atomatea 
were  found  to  be  from  two  to  three  timoa  as 
numerous  on  the  under  as  on  the  upper  surface. 
If,  therefore,  the  object  to  be  gained  is  an  equal 
sensitiveness  to  light,  it  is  obvious  that  the 
two  surfaces  will  reoeive  an  equal  mean  amount 
of  light  (luring  the  twenty-four  hours,  if  they 
faee  the  east  and  the  west,  rather  than  if  they, 
face  the  north  and  the  south,  or  the  earth  and 
the  sky.  An  attempt  haa  also  been  made  to 
explain  the  phenomenon  of  polarity  by 
currents  of  eleotncity  induced  by  the  peculiar 
chemical  composition  of  the  aubatances 
accreted  by  the  atom  and  the  leaves,  but  not 
with  much  Bucoesa.  In  a  recent  oommimica- 
tion  to  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  at 
Philadelphia,  Mr.  Meehan  says  that  those  who 
ufiirm  that  the  leavea  are  directed  to  the  north, 
and  those  who  say  that  there  is  no  such  ten- 
dency, are  both  right.  He  watched  a  plant  in 
hia  own  garden,  and  observed  the  imrniataka- 
ble  northern  teadenoy  in  the  leaves  when  they 
first  came  up,  and  until  they  were  large  and 
heavy,  when  winds  and  rain  bore  them  in  dif 
lerent  directions,  and  they  evidently  had  not 
tbe  power  of  regaining  the  points  lost.  It 
wonid  appear,  therefore,  to  depend  on  the  sea- 
son when  the  observation  is  made  whether  the 
leaves  are  seen  to  bear  northward  or  not.  The 
same  observer  recorda  aiao  the  following  facta 
with  regard  to  the  flowers  of  tbe  compass  plant. 
The  expauBion  of  the  ray-florets  in  August  was 
obaervea  to  begin  at  daybreak,  4  A.  M.;  forty 
minutea  afterward  the  florets  of  the  disc  began 
to  open,  and  tlie  whole  of  the  corollas  were 

expanded  m  about  three-quarters  of  an  hour, 
alter  which  there  waa  no  further  growth  in  tho 
corollas.  The.  stamens  and  pistils  were  grad- 
uall.y  protruded  beyond  the  corolla,  and  tho 
lengthening  of  tho  stamena  ceaaed  at  6  A.  M. 
After  6:20  no  further  groWth  was  noticad  in  the 
flowers.  Later  on  they  were  visited  by  insects, 
cauaing  tbe  detachment  of  the  fioreta  of  the 
disc,  and  the  scattering  of  the  pollen  on  to  the 
ray-florets,  which  were  thus  fertilized.  Tbere 
appear,  in  labt,  to  he  three  phases  of  growth, 
with  a  alight  reat  between  each,  the  pistil  tak- 
ing the  most  time,  then  the  stamena,  and  the 
corolla  the  least ;  but.  the  whole  growth  of  the 
dii.y  ia  included  within  two  hours.  Tho  geo- 
graphical range  of  the  plant  is  stated  to  be 
from  Texas  on  tbo  eonth  to  lowff on  tbe  north, 
and  from  Southern  Michigan  on  the  east  to  300 
or  400  milp«  west  of  Missouri  and  Arkansas. 
Its  chiet  habitat  is  rich  prairie  land. — Nature. 


The  Compass  Plan  r.— It  has  long  been 

known  that  there  grows  on  the  prairie-lands  of 
tho  aouth-weatom  part  of  the  United  States  of 
America,  especially  Texas  aud  Oregon,  a  plant 
which  haa  the  |>eculiar  property  ot  turning  Ita. 
leavea  toward  tho  north,  aud  which,  hence, 
serves  as  a  mainiet  to  tho  traveler  when  no 
othei  means  ia  available  of  aacertainiag  tho 
points  of  the  compiiss.  It  is-  probable,  how- 
ever. froA  Longfellow's  doscriptiou  of  it  as  a 
"  delicate  plant"  on  a  "  fragile  stalk  "  that  ho 
never  saw  it  growing.  The  compass  plant  is  a 
member  of  the  onormoua  natural  order  of 
Compoaitse,  known  to  botanists  aa  Silphium 
iaci7iiatum.  It  is  described  as  a  stout  perennial 
plant  from  three  .to  six  feet  in  height,  with 
ovate,  deeplv-plnnatifid  leaves  and  large  yellow 
heads  of  unisexual  flowers,  the  ray-fioreta 
strap-shaped  and  female,  tho  disa-fiorets  tabu- 
lar and  Halo.  It  is  also  known  aa  the  pilot- 
weed,  polar-plant,  resln-wead,  and  turpentine- 
weed,  tbe  two  last  namoa  being  derived  from 
the  abundant  resin  exuded  by  tbe  atom,  and 
is  occasionally  to  be  seen  in  English  gardens. 
The  "  polarity  "  of  the  leavea  of  this  singular 
plant  haa  been  familiar  to  buntors  and  other 
-xlenizena  of  the  prairio,  who,  "  when  lost  on 
the  prairies  in  dark  nights,  easily  get  their 
bearinga  by  feeling  the  direction  of  tbe  leaves." 
But  the  first ,  occaaion  on  which  it  waa 
brought  under  tbe  notice  of  scientific 
men  appears.^  to  have  been  in  communi- 
catlona.  addresaed  to  the  National  Inatitute 
at  Waebiugton  in  August,  1842,  and  Januaf7, 
1843,  by  Gen.  Alvoi^d.  The-^aoouracy  pif  'tits 
statement  having  been  questioned,  the  Qsfi]«i(al 
presented  another  communication  at  th(<^eoond 
meeting  of  the  American  Association  ^r  the 
Advonceruent  of  Science,  held  at  CatttbFldge, 
Mass.,  in  Auguat,  1849,  in  which  he  confirms 
hia  own  observations  by  those  of  other  oliicers, 
all  ai^reeing  in  the  conclusion  that  tbe  radical 
leaves  of  the  plant  roullr  present  their  edges 
north  and  south,  while  their  faces  are  turned 
feast  and  west,  the  leavea  ou  the  develoi»ed 
stems  of  the  flowering  plant,  however,  taking 
rather  an  intermsdiate  position  between  tbeir 
normal  or  symmetrioul  arrangement  and  their 
peculiar  meridional  position.  For  tbe  follo\y- 
ing  particulars  reapecting  the  phenomena  ex- 
hibited by  tho  oompiMS  plant  we  are  iudebted 
mainly  to  a  paper  by  Mr.  W,  F.  Whitnot.  read 
before  the  Harvard  Natural  lliatory  society 
and  printed  in  tho  American  Naturalist  for 
March,  1871,  and  to  some  subsequent  notea  by 
Prof.  Aaa  Gray  and  Mr.  Thomas  Meehan.  The 
cause  of  tbo  oi^inary  position  of  tbe  loaves  of 
moat  plants,  one  enrfaoe  being  d.rected  toward 
tbe  sky  and  the  other  toward  the  earth,  ia 
generally  believed  to  be  a  differenoe  in  the 
Bensitiveneas  to  light  of  the  two  surfaces,  the 
epidermal  tiaaue  of  the  upper  being 
generally      denser      and     less      pervious      tu 

light  than  tbat  of ^  the  under  surface. 
It  IB  possible  also  tbat  something  may 
be  due  to  tbe  fact  tbat  tbe  under  aurlaoe  of  tliie 

leaf  18  almost  always  more  copiously  furnished 
with  stomatas  or  "  breathing-pores,"  as  they 
are  often  inaccurately  termed,  iniBUte  orifloea, 
which ~Berve  to  promote  a  diffusion  of  gases 
between  tbe  external  air  and  the  intertellular 
cavities  within  the  f^iasue,  aud  especially  an 
abundant  exbalalien  of  aqueous  vapor.  A 
micrusooptoal  examination  ot  tbe  leaves  of  tbe 
compass  plant  showa  tbat  the  atructure  of  the 
epidermal  tieaue  of  the  two  aurtacea  is  simUar, 
and  also  that  tbe  number  of  stpmat€i  in  each 
oorreaDonda.  alfordingm  this  reaoeot  a  contrasts 


British  and  Foreign  Ships  of  War. — 
Beginning  then  at  the  bottom  of  the  Hat,  Aus- 
tria haa  but  four  veasela  in  the  firat  rank  built 
and  one  building.  Of  the  four  completed,  two 
have  6^4  inches  of  armor,  and  the  other  two, 
8V4  and  9V4  inches  respectively.  Those  vessels 
are  armed  with  12-ton  guns.  She  has  also 
eight  ironclads  of  an  inferior  class,  four  of 
which  arc  wooden  vessels,  now  rapidly  de- 
teriorating. Russia  has  but  one  sea-going  ves- 
sel of  the  first  claaa,  the  unmasted  Peter  the 
Great,  already  alluded  to,  and  two  circular 
veaaela  built  for  the  Black  Soa,  which  arosuita 
ble  only  for  coaat  defenae,  and  are  not  likely  to 
tempt  other  powers  to  an  imitation.  She  has  4 
turret  ships,  protected  by  SMs  to  6  inches  of 
armor-plates,  and  carr.ying  guns  oi  27  tons. 
These  vessels  are  built  on  the  principle  of  the 
unfortunate  Captain,  with  a  low  freeboard,  and 
cannot,  therefore,  be  considered  as  sea-going 
vessels.  She  baa  further  10  monitors,  also 
suitable  only  for  ooaat  defenses,  and  three  float- 
ing batteries,  with  4V^  inches  of  iron;  she  is 
building  three  iron-clada  of  the  second  claas, 
suitable  for  cruising  purposes.  Mr.  Reed's  laat 
account  of  her  is  that  her  pretentions  in  the 
direction  ot  a  navy  aro  moderate  enough  ;  that 
80  far  from  having  evinced  any  ambition 
of  late,  Russia  has  allowed  herself  to  fall  far 
behind  tho  position  aho  ought  to  occupy  even  in 
the  Baltic,  where  nearly  all  tho  above  veasels  are 
Ptationed.  Ital.v  haa  no  vessel  of  the  first  claas 
completed.  Two  very  powerful  unmasted  ves- 
sels of  tho  Devastation  typo,  with  22  inches  of 
armor-plating  and  guns  of  100  tons,  are  build- 
ing, .and  2  more  aro  just  commenced.  She  has 
also  10  iron-clads  of  the  second  cl.iss  of  varying 
qualities,  none  of  them,  however,  vosaola  of 
much  Vfdue.  Turkey,  out  ot  the  millions  which 
have  been  lent  to  ner  bv  confiding  bond- 
holders, has  at  least  provided  herself  with  a 
powerful  fleet,  of  which  6  vossela  come  within 
the  defi«ition  of  the  firat  olasiJ ;  2  of  these  are 
protpctod  by  12  inches  of  armor,  and  carry  18- 
ton  guns,  2  by  9  inches,  aud  tho  remaining  2  by 
7  incliea  of  jilating.  She  b.ia  also  4  iron-clada 
of  the  second  class  with  SMj  inniies  of  armor, 
and  6  armor-cliid  corvettes.  Germany,  late  in 
tho  field,  has  made  up  for  it  by  considerable 
exertions  duriag  the  last  tew  .years.  Tlie  lateat 
programme  which  has  been  put  forward  by 
her  GovPiTiment  proposed  a  fleet  of  23  iron- 
clada.  ot  which  8  were  to  he  veasels 
of  the  first  class,  for  the  North  Sea, 
6  of  tho  second  class  aa  corvettes  for 
tho  North  Sea,  and  7  monitors  for  coast  defense. 
In  presenting  this  programme  in  ISTS,  Prince 
Bismarck  said  :  "  Our  fleet  is  not  intended  to 
attack  tho  groat  Guropean  States,  but  it  should 
carry  our  arms  wherever  wo  have  to  protect 
interests  less  considerable,  and  where  it  would 
be  impossible  to  send  our  troops,  w^hioh  are  the 
real  force  of  the  country."  Toward  thia  pro- 
gra«ino  she  has  alrea<ly  provided  5  of  tbe  first- 
class  vessels  of  the  K:iisor  t.vpo,  about  equal  to 
our  Horoulps,  with  from  8  to  lO  inches  of  armor, 
and  carrying  18-ton  guns,  and  4  of  tho  second 
class,  while  she  is  building  1  of  the  first  claas 

and  2  of  the  second,  lu  1874  tbe  Minister  of 
Marine  announced  that   tho   progreee   made   in 

torpedoes  would  relievo  them  of  tbe  neaessity 
for  building  monitors  for  coast  dolense.  There 
remain  Franco  and  England  only  of  European 
powers  for  consideration.  Tne  former,  up  to 
tbe  date'  of  its  war  with  Germany,  made 
great  exertions  to  maintain  ita  fleet,  and  even 
to  rival  that  of  England;  tho  disastrous  results 
of  that  war,  however,  compelled  great  econo- 
mies, and  attention  waa  directed  wholly  to  the 
reorganization  and  increase  ot  tho  army,  to  tho 
almost  complete  neglect  of  tho  materiel  of  the 
navy.  For  throe  or  four  years  little  or  nothing 
was  spent  on  new  ships,  and  it  waa  melancholy 
to  road  the  complainta  mado  by  the  Minister  of 
Marine  in  1874  to  the  French  Assembly  of  tbe 
state  of  bis  ahipa.  "  Unless,"  he  said,  "  you 
are  prepared  to  go  bo.yond  the  iiresent  votes, 
your  materiel  and  fleet  will  inevitably  perish 
away.  It  is  indispensably  necessary  to  recon- 
struct the  fleet."  The  reason  lor  thia  atateuent, 
no  doubt,  waa  the  fact  that,  with  two  or  three 
exceptions,  the  French  iron-clad  fleet  waa  con- 
structed of  wood,  and  our  own  experience 
shows  tbat  wooden  vessels  will  not  stand  the 
wear  and  tear  of  the  enormous  enginea  which 
are  now  neoessary  to  propel  them  at  a  great 
speed,  and  that  rapid  decay  ia  caused  by 
casing  their  aides  with  armor-plates.  Tho 
Aasembly  rejected,  however,  the  appeal  of 
the  Minister.  In  1875,  owing,  perhaps,  to  the 
increased  activity  in  English  doakyarda,  a  vote 
of  30,000,000  franca  was  added  to  the  French 
Navy  ostimatea,  with  the  object  of  carrying 
out  the  programme  of  1872,  which  aims  at  16 
iron-clada  of  tbe  first  claaa,  12  cf  the  second, 
and  20  coast  defense  vessels.  The  present  state 
of  thi»  French  Navy  ia  this  :  it  haa  6-  sea-going 
irou'4<»ds  of  tbe  first  class,  3  of  whiob,  of  tbe 
Ocean  type,  are  about  equal  to  our  abioa  of  the 
Iron  Ouko  type,  and  3  others  ol  the  Colbert 
type  are  rather  more  powerf id.  She  haa  also  4 
vessels  of  thia  class  on  the  stocka,  one  of  which 
IS  'of  the  Colbert  type ;  another,  the  Redout- 
abie,  will  have  I2iucbe8  of  plating  ;  and  2,  the 
Foudroyant  and  the  D^vaafatlon,  will  have  15 
iuchea  of  armor,  and  will  be  armed  with  40-ton 
guns.  France  haa  no  uumasted  sea-going  ves- 
Boia  of  our  Devastation  type,  but  she  haa  6 
coaat  defense  vesaelB  of  the  firat  claaa  com- 
pleted, anC  6  othera  building.  These  veasels  may 
be  reckoned  as  somewhat  more  powerful  than 
the  Cyclops  class.  Ot  vessels  of  the  second  class 
it  ia  diliicult  to  say  what  Franco  now  baa,  in  the 
absence  of  certain  inlormatlon  aa  to  the  con- 
dition of  her  wooden  vessels.  With  two  ex- 
ceptions, the  Couronne  and  the  Heroine,  all 
the  sea-going  veaaela  of  tbe  second  olasa — ^23 
in  number,  and  with  6  inches  or  less  of  armor- 
plating— are  built  of  wood  ;  anii  it  may  there- 
loro  be  safely  assumed,  that  either  tbeae  vos- 
sela are  already  in  the  condition  in  which  our 
own  wooden  armor-clad  vessels  of  the  same 
date  have  proved  to  be,  or  are  every  .year  more 
certainly  arriving  at  that  point.  In  thia  view 
these  vcssela  can  count  for  very  bttle.  Com- 
pared, then,  with  the  above,"  England  has,  of 
masted  iron-clada  of  the  fliat  claaa.  10  built  and 
3  building.  The  10  completed  consist  of 
5  veaseiB  ot  the  Iron  Duke  type — tho  Her- 
culea.  Sultan,  Monarch.  Alexandra,  and  Shan- 
non ;  while'  the  3  building,  aud  not>  far 
Iron  completion,  are  the  T6m6raire  and  ii 
veasela  of  the  Stiannon  type,  but  aomewhat 
larger,  vessela    on    which  the    armor-plating  ia 

eoimned  to  a  belt  of  12  inches  at  the  water- 
line,  and  is  abandoned  as  a  protection  to  the 
guns.  In  tbe  olaaa  of  unmaated  sea- 
going veaaela  England  is  comparatively  very 
strong.  It  has  4  completed :  the  Devastation, 
the  Thunderer,  and  Dreadnought,  veasels  ot 
the  aame  type,  but  each  somewhat^ore  power- 
tul  than  its  predecessor,  and  the  Rupert,"a  ves- 
sel intended  for  ramming  purpoaea  ;  while  it 
baa  3  building :  the  Inflexible,  with  .ii  inches 
of  iron  and  81-ton  guns,  aud  tbe  Ajax  and. 
ol  the  samn  tyna..  thou»r£  somev 


what  smaller.  The  Inflexible  will,  it  is  stated, 
have  maats,  but  in  other  reapects  it  is  more 
properly  included  in  thia  cIsbb.  Of  vessels  in- 
tended for  coast  defense,  England  has  6  of  the 
firat  olass.  4  of  the  Cyolopa  class,  the  GlattoD, 
and  the  Hotspur.  Of  ircn-clads  of  the  second 
class  England  may  be  said  to  bench.  Of- 26 
sea-going  iron-clada  built  before  1865,  9  only 
were  oohstruoted  of  wood ;  these,  with  one  ex- 
ception, are  now  useless.  The  remaining  17, 
however.  Including  such  vessels  as  the  Bellero- 
phon.  Black  Prince,  Warrior,  the  3  veaaela  of 
the  Minotaur  type,  the  Penelope,  Defence,  &o., 
though  no  longer  to  be  counted  in  tiie  firat 
rank,  are  very  valuable  vessels,  and,  having 
been  oonstruoted  of  iron,  are  as  sound  in  hull 
as  when  first  launched. — Macmillan's  Magazine. 


Charles  Kingsley's  Home  and  Parish. 
— He  now  settled  at  Eversley  with  his  wife 
and  life  flowed  on  peacefully,  notwithstanding 
the  anxieties  of  a  aoraLy-neglected  pariah,  and 
the  expenses  of  an  old  bouse  which  had  not 
been  repaired  for  more  than  a  hundred  years. 
The  house  itself  was  damp  and  unwholesome, 
surrounded  with  ponds  which  overflowed  with 
every  heavy  rain,  and  flooded  not  only  the  gar- 
den and  stables,  but  all  the  rooms  on  the 
ground  floor,  keeping  up  master  and  servants 
sometimes  all  night,  baling  out  the  water  in 
buckets  for  hours  together,  and  drainage  works 
had  to  be  done  before  it  was  habitable.  Prom 
these  causes,  and  from  the  charities  falling  al- 
most entirely  on  the  incumbent,  the  living  al- 
though a  good  one,  waa  for  yeara  unremunera- 
tivo :  but  the  young  Rector,  happy  in  his  home 
and  hiB  work,  met  all  difficuHies  bravely;  and 
gradually  in  the  course  of  years  the    land  was 

drained ;  the  ponds  which  ran  through  the 
garden  and  stood  above  the  level  ot  the  dwell- 
ing-rooms were  filled  up,  and  though  the  house 
was  never  healtii.y  it  w.ia  habitable.  It  ia  a 
disappointing  account  of  the  picturesque  house 
which  so  many  know.  It  muat  be  confeaaed 
that  a  modem  dwelling,  well-built  and  roofed- 
in,  thoroughly  drained  and  ventilated,  with 
lofty  ceilings  and  largo  windows,  is,  after  all, 
a  preferable  habitation  to  many  a  charming 
modiajval  mansion,  delightful  to  an  aesthetic 
eye.  Nor  ia  cost  to  be  forgotten.  I  have 
heard  Kingsley  say  that  it  cost  him 
£80  a  year  to  keep  his  rectory  in  repair.  There 
waa  a  turn-over  in  all  parochial  arrangementa. 
Of  cottrae  there  were  some  who  opvoaod  the 
new  Rector's  innovations.  The  communion  had 
been  celebrated  three  times  a  year,  and  the 
Church  Wardena  ref uaed  to  provide  formonthly 
celebrationa.  Kingaley  had  himaelf  for  many 
years  to  bear  the  cost,  and  doubtless  the 
wrath  of  aome  who  had  known  the  church  for 
30  years  and  never  wished  these  new-fangled 
decencies.  But  he  made  his  way.  He  was  a 
devoted  Parish  Priest,  visiting  perpetually  as 
well  as  preaching  regularly.  He  "thought  it 
best,  amid  tbat  generation  of  poachers,  never 
to  touch  a  gun,  but  ho  sometimoB  had  a  gallop 
in  the  bunting  field.  "I  defy  any  mortal,"  said 
be  the  writer,  "  to  point  out  any  part  of  Biy 
duty  that  is  neglected;  and,  that  being  so, 
I  take  my  leereation  In  m.y  own 
way.  His  preaching  ft-om  the  first  ar- 
rested attention.  The  extraordinary  experi- 
ence of  being  able  to  listen  with  interest  to  a 
sermon  was  not  the  least  startling  of  the  inno- 
vations which  aroused  the  pariahionera  of 
Eversley.  The  respectable  BLshop  Sumner,- 
cbaracteristically,  found  fault  with  the  ser- 
mons aa  "  too  colloquial.""  I  have  known  many 
respectable  dignataries  to  whom,  for  obvious 
reasons,  a  sermon  to  which  human  beings, 
could  liatcn  waa  an  unpardonable  offense. — 
JfYaser's  Magazine. 

Story  of  a  Picture  Frame,— Apropos  of 

Delacroix,  and  his  "Dante  and  Virgil,"  (or 
rather  "La Barque du  Dante,")  mentioned  last 
month,  M.  Charles  Blanc,  in  his  book  just  pub- 
lished. Lea  'Artistes  de  mon  Temps,  tells  a  story 
about  the  framing  ot  that  first  great  painting  of 
the  master.  He  had  completed,  in  his  sister's  gar- 
ret, this  immense  painting,  which  was  destined, 
as  he  dreamed,  to  bring  him  so  much  glory. 
Tho  picture  was  finished,  but  how  was  it  to 
make  its  appearance  before  the  judges  7  He 
bad  no  money  wherewith  to  buy  a  frame  of 
such  domensions;  to  order  one  waa  to  contract 
a  debt — tho  very  idea  of  which  filled  him  with 
horror.  In  tho  same  house  was  a  carpenter 
who  aeemed  to  be  interested  in  him.  This 
good  man  made  a  present  to  his  .young  friend 
of  four  long  laths  of  unpainted  wood.  On  these 
laths  the  delighted  artist  fastened  a  covering 
of  .isinglasa,  which  he  "sanded"  over  with 
aome  aort  of  yellow  powder;  and,  thua 
framed,  the  picture  was  sent  to  the 
judges.  The  da.y  of  the  opening  was  awaited 
with  feveriah  anxiety.  Delacroix  rushed  to  the 
Louvre,  and  hurried,  breathless,  through  tho 
entire  gallery,  aearobing  vainly  for  tbat  ex- 
traordinary frame.  At  last  he  sat  down  upon 
a  bench,  his  heart  full  ot  despair.  It  waa  a 
miserable  quarter  of  an,  hour.  Then  who 
should  approach  but  one  of  the  guardians  of 
the  Louvre,  who  knew  the  painter.  "  I  hope 
you  are  satisfied  now,"  said  tbe  man,  smiling. 
"  Satisfied,  and  with  what }  With  being  re- 
fused 1"  "  Then  .you  have  not  seen  your  picture 
in  the  Salon  Carr^  in  a  magnificent  frame 
which  the  administration  has  made  for  it,  at 

the  request  of  Baron  Gros — your  own  frame 
having  fallen  all  to  pieces."  *'  La  Barque  du 
Dante,"  writes  Charles  Blanc,  '*  had  in  tact  a 
place  of  honor,  Delacroix  could  not  believe 
his  own  eyes.     And  he  owed  this   distlHCtlon  to 

a  man  who  had  his  entire  admiration— to  the 
painter  of  "Jaffa"  and  of  "Aboukir" — to 
him  who  waa  regarded  by  G^ricault  aa  the, 
greatest  master  of  the  French  school  1  Never 
did  the  soul  of  on  artist  receive  such  a  shock!"/ 

— Scribner'a  Monthly. 


KNIGHTS  OF  TEE  QABTER. 
From  the  Pall  MaU  OazetU. 
Prince- William  of  Prussia  baa  received  tbe 
hisbest  honor  whicb  it  is  in  the  power  of  the  Queen 
to  confer  on  a  foreign  Prince — ao  honor,  too,  which. 
18  sometimes  coveted  in  vain  by  reigning  aovarelgns.  1 
Guizot  mentions  how  glad  Louia  Philippe  waa  to 
receive  the  Garter,  which  he  only  did  upou  Wi 
visit  to  England  in  1844,  when  ho  had  already  been 
14  years  upon  the  throne  of  j  aly.  He  Is  said  to 
have  expressed  the  f<iellng  that  now  at  length  he 
cunld  no  longer  be  called  a  mere  Kling  of  tbe  Ytar-^ 
rioades,  but  was  formally  received  into  the  brother- 
hood ofmonaroba  upon  equal  terms.  Napoleon  IIL 
was  equally  pleased  when  In  1855 — less  than  foor. 
yeara  aftef  the  coup  d'6tat — he  was  invested  -with 
the  bine  ribbon  by  bar  M^eaty  in  peraon.  On  the 
other  hand,  we  find  Lord  Palmerston  (in  Lord  Dal- 
ling's  Life)  writing  to  his  brother,  Sir  William  Tem- 
ple, anC  telling  him  that  "Bernadotte  has  been  fly-- 
ing  a  kite  {or  the  Garter,"  adding  tbat  his  Swedish 
Majeaty  was  not  to  get  it.  At  tbe  present  moment 
a  deoldod  ir^^orlty  of  the  Kings  are  entitled  to  wear 
thia  highljr  p.4ofld  deooratioo.  but  the  Elmga  of 
Spain  and  Bwednn  are  aa  yet  left  out  In  the  cold. 
The  n£i^«  forelcb  Prlnoea,  not  aotually  roigolDg' 
aoyoreignit,  who  are  Knighla  of  the  Garter,  are  tbe 
Crown  Prince  of  Germany  and  his  son.  Prince 
Louia,  of  Uenae,  and  Prince  Christian,  of  Sleawick- 
Holstein.  Three  out  of  these  are'>>helr8  to  erowns. 
The  Duke  of  Cumberland  has  worh  a  crown,  and  ia, 
moreover,  a  lineal  descendant  of  George  II.,  and  by' 
a  statute  paasea  on  the  17th  of  January,  1805,  the  . 
order  ia  to  consist  of  the  Sovereign  and  S5  Kntghta 
Companions,  together  with  anch  lineal  desoendanta 
of  King  George  II.  aa  may  be  elected,  always  ex- 
cepting tht  Prince  of  Wales,  who  la  a  oonatltnent 
part  of  the  original  institution.  Special  statutes 
are  passed  for  the  admission  of  foreign  sovereigns 
or  Princes  aa  extra  Knlghta. 


THE  PENNSYLVANIA  COAL  TRADE. 
The  atatiatios  of  the  coal  aupply  for  the  week 
are   thua  given  by  the  Pottaville  (Penn  )  Miners'  ^ 
Journal:    "The  quantity  of   coal   aent   from   the 
Schaylkill  region  for  the  weefc  ending  Feb.  17,  waa 
53,648  tona;  against  4.000  tona  for  the  aame  week  of- 
last  year— iDcreaao  49,648  tons.    For   the  year   675,- 
231  tons,  againat  471,490  tona  for  the  corresponding 
period   of  last   year— Increase  203,741   toiia.      The 
quantity  aent  from  all  the  regiona  for  the  week  was" 
anthracite,  256,788  tona;   bituminona,  70,031   tons — 
totitl,  326,819  tona)  againat  57,064  tons  anthracite  and, 
46,622   t(>U4    bltunjiuons — tutal,  103,686   tons    for  tbe 
same  week  of  last  year  j  increase  ^d  anthracite,  199,- 
724  tone;  increase  of  bicumlnotis,  23.439  tons.    Total, 
iuoreaae,  323,133   tons.     The  quaotity-aent  from  all 
tha  regiona   for  the  year  was  :  Anthracite,  2  302,293  < 
tons;  bitunilnoua,  339,651  tons;  total,  2,661,944  tons; 
against   2,068,491    tons  anthracite,  ana  339.299  tona, 
bitaminouis ;  total,  2.407,790  tou«  for  the  correapona-, 
ing  perioU  ot  lant  year.     Increase  cf  anthracite,  233, •, 
8C2tons.    Increase  of  hltumiaoub,  20,352  tons.    To-! 
tal  increase,  254,154  tona." 


A    MEMARKABLB  MAN.  ^ 

The  Frederick  (Md.)  Union  contains  the  fol- 
lowing :  "Not  many  persona  are  aware  of  tbe  fact 
that  there  ia  now  residing  m  thia  city  a  man  76 
yeora  of  age,  in  destitate  olroumatanMs,  of  fine 
ednoatiOD  and  personal  aopearsooe,  -irbo,  when  a 
child,  ireqaentlv  aat  upon  tbe  lap  of  the  groat 
Napoleon.  Hia  wife  gave  oirth  to  a  child  last  week. 
He  haa  seen  proanents  and  adTerslty,  and  perhaps 
never  stood  eo  much  in  need  as  ac  the  present  time. , 

Hi»  history  is  an  interestlDg  and  eventful  one." 


A  QXTEER  FJSJS. 

The  Portsmouth  (N,  H.)  Timea  says:  "A  sea. 
monster,  15  feet  long  and  weighing  3,000  potmda, 
was  recently  caoght  off  the  Isles  af  Shoals  by  a  vea-  \ 
Bel  fishing  for  haddock  and  cod.    It  was  caught  in, 

the  trawls  and  hauled  on  board,  where  he  thrashed 
about  at  each  a  rate  as  ta  destroy  (50  worth  of  prop- 
ertv  Id  tbe  veBsel.  The  monster  baa  thro*  rows  of 
teeth,  a  huge  uoutb,  and  nobodv  kaovs  wha*  to 


AFFAIfiS  IN  FRANCE. 


CRIMINAL   AND    POLITICAL    NOTES. 

THE  TERRIBI^E  VATB  OB  A  LITIXK  QIHL-^ 
SHE  IS  POUXD  AT  THB  BOTTOM  OF  A 
DBEP  WELL — HKB  DEATH  SOON  FOIXOWB 
— TELECSAPHIC  KEWS  IN  FBANCE— THS 
DOWNFALL  OF  A  RADICAL  POLTnciAK-* 
SUSPENSION  OF  A  NEWSPAPEB. 
From  Our  Oton  Correspondent. 

Pahis,  Friday,  Feb,  9. 1877. 
•  Last  year  we  had  a  series  of  most  horrible 
child  murdera,  tbe  victims  beins  young  girls 
who  tempted  the  luat  of  villama;  but  the  publio 
Bcntiment  of  the  day  was  manifested  ao  Btrongly 
that  the  most  daring  of  oriaunals  must  have 
thought  twice  of  the  oonseqnencoa  of  hia  aets 
before  daring  to  brave  an  outraged  community. 
In  one  case — that  of  little  Jeanne  Daveluy— 
the  motive  of  the  crime  waa  different,  and 
the  assasaln  the  -  child's  own  father.  He 
took  her  out  to  ~  the  Bois  de  Yinoennes 
and  murdered  her  in  cold  blood,  committing 
suicide  when  be  found  that  be  could  not  es- 
cape from  Justice.  It  is  now  tolerabfy  certain 
that  the  crime  of  Bagneux  ia  analagous  to 
this.  The  victim  was  a  beautiful  little  girl  of 
five  or  six,  neatly  clad,  and  she  looked  like 
a  dell  as  she  lay  upon  the  marble  slab  of  the 
Morgue,  holding  her  little  white  muff  in  one 
hand.  She  had  oltmg  to  it  throughout  that 
terrible  night  when  she  lay  at  the  bottom  of  a 
dry  well,  with  her  legs  broken,  anon  'the  body 
of  a  dog  in  an  advanced  atate  of  putrefaction. 
The  Btenoh  was  horrible.  The  little ,  girrs 
moans  were  growing  feeble  the  next  day. -when 
thev  finally  attracted  attention,  ■  and '  they 
ceased  when  a  voice  from  above  showed  that 
help  was  near.  With  the  patienoe  of  a  martyr 
she  awaited  the  arrival  of  the  ropes,  and  put 
her  little  arm  affectionately  about  the  neek  of 
the  man  who  went  dewn  for  ket  On 
reaching  the  surface  she  ^  gave  him  one 
angelio  smile  and  .  faintetL  UnfoAunately, 
she  never  fully  recovered  her  senses 
up  to  the  hour  of  her  death  at  the  hospital. 
When  death  came  to  relieve  her  of  her  suffer- 
ings she  was  dressed  as  when  found  and  taken 
to  the  dead-bouae,  and  there  her  open  eyes  and 
slightly  parted  lips,  showing  her  pearly  teeth, 
made  her  look  as  natural  aa  when'  alive.  The 
Police  were  sure  of  having  her  identified  in  a 
few  hours,  and  were  not  mistaken.  An  old 
man  came  in  to  see  the  body,  of  which  mention 
was  made  in  all  the  mvrning  joumala,  and 
gave  a  cry  the  moment  he  saw  theb^girL  This 
man  was  the  grandfather,  Minard.  He  atated 
that  his  daughter  had  married  a  man  named 
Moyaux,  but  that  the  two  had  been  separated 
for  some  time,  and  the  -  courts  had  given  the 
child  into  the  custody  of  the  father,  v  On  in- 
quiry it  was  found  that  Moyaux  had  sent  tha 
girl  to  a  nurae  at  Bagneux,  and  inquiriea  were 
made  of  this  woman.  She  stated  that  the 
father  was  living  maritally  with  another 
woman,  and  had  taken  hia  child  away  trom 
her,  but  she  would  not  believe  that  he  was 
guilty  of  thia  horrible  crime.  She  had  re- 
garded him  as  one  of  the  best  of  fathers.  Ha 
came  often  to  see  bis  little  girl,  and  spent 
hours  playing  with  ner,  giving  every  demon- 
stration of  the  most  mtense  affection.  "  If  he 
did  it,"  said  the  nurae,  "it  ia  because  he  has 
since  gone  crazy." 

But  one  thing  was  certain — pretty  littl© 
Jeanne  Movaux  had  been  taken  out  into  the 
old  field  and  thrown  down  the. dry  well  30  feet 
deep,  for,  although  the  house- bad  been  razed, 
when  the  zone  of  fire  was  cleared  away  the 
stone  curbing  of  the  well  remained,  and  it 
was  too  high  to  admit  of  the  idea  of  an  acci- 
dental fall.  It  is  sad  to  think  that  we  can  en- 
tertain no  doubts  that  a  monstrous  crime  was 
committed  by  some  one.  The  mother,  a  comely 
and  modest  looking  woman  of  nine  and  twenty 
years,  waa  then  aent  for,  and  she  fainted  in  tho 
Morgue  on  reeognizing  her  ahild.  Tbe  Police 
aro  now  searching  for  Moyaux  and  his  mis- 
tress, but  neither  has  been  arrested  at  the 
hour  I  write,  though  eacape  is  out  of  the  ques- 
tion. News  has  just  come  in  that  a  man  an- 
swering to  the  description  of  Moyaux  threw 
himaelf  npon  the  railway  track  laet  night  when 
the  expresa  train  was  passing,  and  it  may  be 
that  the  Police  now  have  the  mangled  remains 
of  this  inhuman  assaBsin.  All  Paris  is  deeply 
moved  by  this  tragic  event,  and  the  crime  is 
one  well  oalculat-ea  Lto  movo  the  human  beart 
and  touch  the  more  sensitive  chords  of  ouif 
human  nature. 

Thia  morning   the   Journal   Ojffieiel  gives   a 

brief  note  denying  the  charges  made  against 
the  Administration  with  reference  to  the  Otto- 
man diapatckes,  and  tbe  'wording  of  it  showa  a 
certain  amount  of  ill-humor.  It  affirms  that 
no  private  dispatches  were  withheld  on  tho 
5th,  and  hence  if  none  arrived  it  was  not  the 
fault   of  the   Grovemment.    and    asaoredly.'  it 

adds,  the  journals  could  not  expect  the  lillnis- 
ter  of  the  Interior  to  send  out  tha  pnvate  news 
that  he  received  from  the  diplomatic  agenta  oC 
the  GovemBsent.     Evidently;  but  the  journals 

have  a  right  to-  expest  a  clearer  explanation 

from  some  one.  Aa  I  understand  it,  the  Minia- 
ter of  the  Interior  waa  not  directly  called  m 
question.  M,  Edmond  About  asked  the  Ad" 
ministration  of  the  Telegraphs,  why  a  dis- 
patch sent  to  him  from  Conatantmople  on  the 
morning  of  the  5th  of  February  only  arrived 
late  In  the  evening  ot  the  6th,  when  the  dis- 
patches of  the  English  correspondents,  put  in 
an  hour  later,  reached  London  on  the  afternoon 
of  the  5th,  or  the  same  day.  It  was  stated 
in  an  unolfioial  way  by  one  of  the  telegraph 
officials  that  the  delay  was  caused  at  Kome  ; 
but  if  thia  is  the  caee,  the  Roman  bureau  ought 
to  be  hauled  over  the  coals.  M.  About  asked 
the  Telegraph  Administration  to  account  for 
thia  delay,  and  he  geta  a  reply  from  tbe 
Minister  of  the  Interior  which  shows  that  the 
former,  for  reasons  of  their  own,  shelter  them- 
selves behind  the  latter.  Thia  reminda  me  of 
the  battle  that  I  fought  out  two  years  ago  over 
a  question  of  30  cents.  After  spending  a  great 
deal  of  money  to  recover  the  small  sum  ol 
which  I  had  keen  unjustly  defrauded,  I  was 
mformed  that  the  question  wouldl  be  referred 
to  the  Ministry  of  the  Interior,  and  Just  one 
month  later  I  received  a  lette»  from 
it,  under  the  Government  seal,  authorizing  jn% 
to  recover  my  30  sous.  Tho  fact  is  that  thtc 
telegraphic  lines  here  are  under  Government 
coBtrol,  and  it  assumes  the  right  of  retarding 
even  private  dispatches  when  there  is  a  mocivo 
for  concealing  a  certain  piece  of  newa.  But 
when  auch,  incidents  as  thia  do  occttr,  and  cer- 
tain men  naving  relations  with  the  Government 
happen  to  speculate  upon  the  news  before  it  is 
generally  known,  the  inference  is  certain. 
When  y^e  find  that  such  men  sold  Ottomans  on 
the  6th,  we  naturally  conclude  that  they  must 
have  had  some  knowledge  of  Midhars  >fall. 
All  this  is  very  unfarttmate,  and  one  cannot 
but  wonder  when  he  hears  that  telegrams 
which  went  frsm  Conatantmople  to  London  in 
three  hours  required  24  hours  to  reach  the 
nearer  City  ef  Paria. 

Another  of  our  leading  Radical  politicians 
has  suddenly  come  to  grief,  having  had  an  ad- 
venture like  tnat  ot  a  Municipal  Cotmcilor  oi 
Paris.  One  of  the  reddest  of  the  Reds  ia  Dr. 
Durand,  of  Lyons,  the  candidate  of  the  famous 
club  of  the  Kue  Grol6e.  He  was  •  a  man  who 
favored  tbe  moat  extreme  meastireB.  It  waa  he 
who  demandiod  that  every  prieat  in  the  country 
should  be  stripped  of  his  soutane,  put  m  uni- 
form, and  made  to  do  duty  as  a  soldier.  Upon 
all  the  queationa  of  the  day  he  has'  been  an  ex- 
tremiat.  But  a  nrieat  one  day  made  the 
discovery  that  Durand  was  not  eligible 
to  a  seat  in  tbe  French  Assemblyt  because  he 
'bad  not  complied  with  the  requirementa  of  tbe 
flaw,  that  is,  satisfied  the  Uecruiting  law  dt 
drawing  lots  f6r  the  service.  On  examining 
cloaer  into  this  matter  it  waa  found  that  Du- 
rand was  not  even  a  £renchman.  Hie  father 
had  moved  from  Savoy  into  the  Department  of 
Aim  before  tbe  annexation.  In  order  to  be- 
come a  French  citizen  hia  son  had  to  declare 
his  intention,  and  iirer  au  aort  tor  the  Army. 
No  evidence  can  b^  found  that  Durand  has 
done  either.  His  exouae  la  that  the  act  of  an- 
nexation made  him  a  citizen,  and  that  at  tbe 
time  he  was  to  draw  lots  for  the  Army  he  was 
the  only  som  of  a  widow,  and  hence  exempt  by 
right.     But  the  law  is  formal  upon  this   point, 

and  Dsrand  has  been  thrown  out. 

The  Droits  d*  VJE[om.me  means  to  die  gayly, 
and  baa  organized  a  banquet  tor  ita  laet  day. 
The  hrst  court  sentensed  it  to  six  months'  sus- 
pension ;  the  higher  court  confirmed  the  judg- 
ment, and  tbe  caee  oomea  before  the  Court  of 
Appeals  to-morrow.  There  is  no  doubt,  there- 
lore,  tbat  the  last  number  of  this  journal  will 
appear  to-morro'w  Kioming.  It  oontinuea  ita 
attacks  upon  M.  Jules  Simon  in  the  most  fero- 
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MASQUERADES  AND  MISERY 

C-1£??IF4X, .  CRIMINAL,  AND  POUT- 

ICAL  NOTEa-FBOM  FRANCE. 
•UT  FBW  MASKERS  ON  THE  8TBEBTS  OP  PARIS 
— THK     THIRD     GRAND     BAXL    AT      THE 
OFBBA.-BOUSB— HOW  THE  POLICE  INTER- 
FERED WITH  RECKLESS    DANCERS — THE 
t  APPLICATION    OF    SCIENCE    IN    THE    DE- 

TECTION-OE 'MURDER — 18  SULPHATE  OP. 
COPPER  poisonous! 

I*«m  Our  Oum  Corregvondtnt. 

Paris,  Monday,  Feb.  12,  1877. 
We  are  again  in  the  midst  of  the  oarnivai 
leaaon,  which  does  not  open  in  a  very  brilliaBt 
manner,  and  does  not  promise  much  for  the 
jfotore.  Yesterday -was  Shrove  Sunday,  the  day 
jthe  maskers  generally  appear  upon  the  streets, 
and  when  the  sounds  of  the  hunters'  lioms  are 
first  heard,  but  throughout  the  day  I  psfw 
liarely  half  a  dozen  of  costumes,  and  none  at  the 
jlittle  boys  and  girls  "who  have  attracted  so 
much  attention  ,n  previous  years.  The  only 
thins;  which  excited  public  curiosity  was  the 
large  carriage  of  the  Valentino,  with  the  an- 
nounoementa  of  the  evening  ball,  upon  which 
was  perched  a  few  aoroDats  and  clowns.  In 
the  evening  masks  were  so  rare  that  a  solitary 
polichinelle  seated  before  one  otf  the  caf^s  at- 
tracted so  great  a  crowd  that  it  had.  to  be  dis- 
persed by  the  Police.  Saturday  nij>ht  M.  Ha- 
lanzier  gave  his^third  mask  ball  at  the  Opera, 
and  it  was  the  gayest  of  all,  the  most  brilliaut 
of  all,  and  the  most  productive.  It  is  esti- 
mated that  the  profits  on  the  three  balls  will  be 
about  150,000  francs.  The  outlay  was  not  less 
than  250,000.  On  Saturday  there  was  a  better 
class  of  people  in  the  boxes,  and  under  the 
dominoes  „  I  recognized  several  well-known 
American  ladies,  who  went>  of  course,  to  see 
what  these  famous  balls  were  MRe.  At  times 
the  lobby  was  very  animated,  and  it  was  densely 
crowded  throughout  the  night.  The  orchestra 
was  under  the  direction  ot  Johan  •  Strauss  dur- 
ing the  early  part  of  the  ••  evening,  but  Mfetra 
came  in  toward  morning  to  lead  the  quadrilles, 

and  by  his  straina  drew  numbers  ot  gen- 
darmes upon  the  floor.  ■  Th«  law  steps  in  at  a 
certain  point,  and  every  dancer  who  goes  be- 
f  end  the  limits  of  decency  is  marched  off  to 
the  station.  It  is  about  4  o'clock  in  the  mom- 
ing  that  this  part  of  thg  performance  comes  in, 
Bu  hour  when  it  is  presumed  that  the  femmes 
du  monde  have  left  the  bouse  to  the  femmes  du 
demir^monde.  ,  As  I  left  I  saw  .  a  well-known 
Baron  going  upon  .  the  ~  floor,  ^  and  bis  face 
recalled  other  days,  for  he  was  once  a  pupil 
of  Chicard,  and  one '  of  the  most  famous 
of  the  can-can  dancers  of  that  great  man's 
epoch.  Many  a  nobleman  has  been  taken  off  by 
the  Police  for  his  dancinc;  in  the  last  quadrille. 
The  Due  de  Grammont-Caderousse  managed  to 
get  himself  arrested  every  time,  and  his  coach 
and  outriders  in  livery  went  to  •  the  station  in 
the  morning  to  get  him.  •  The  men .  thus  ar- 
rested get  out  at  10  o'clock, » when  the  Commis- 
saire  de  Police  comes  in. .  Some  years  ago  one 
of  these  Justices  had  two  <  maskers  brought 
before  him  m  their  ball  costumes,  and  the  first 
gave  the  name  of  Franconi.  The  Judge,  the 
clerks,  the  gendarmes  and  all  present  had  ad- 
mired the  agility  of  Franconi  in  the  circus,  and 
he  was  treated  with  great  respect.  "  It  is  not 
proper  for  a  gentleman  of  your '  standing  to 
dance  in  that  way,  Mr.  Franconi,"  saia  the  Jus- 
tice, kindly,  i  "  I  let  you  off,  bat  hope  that  you , 
will  not  need  any  further  expostulations."  And 
who  are  you  1"  he  said,  brusquely,  to  Franconi's 
companion,  dressed  as  a  clown.  "  The  Due  of 
Srunswiok — ^reigning  Prince,"  was  the  reply. 
I "  Fine  him  $5,  Sir.  Clerk,"  was  the  response  of 
the  Judge.  The  Duke'a  carriage  and  servants 
were  waiting  outside,  and  he  and  Franconi 
drove  off  together. 

The   recent  murder  f  of  the  little   girl,  who 
was    thrown  into  the  >  dry  well  at   Bagneux, 

has     drawn  -^  public     attention     from     the 

affair  of  the  -  *' woman  cut  in  ■  pieces,"  -  and 
very  little  attention  is  now  .paid  to  Biiloir.  Ho 
has  grown  old  and  feeble  in  prison,  and  seems 

to  he  losing  bis  reason.     He  still  insists  that  the 

.murder  was  committed  in  a  moment  of  passion, 
when  he  was  irritated  by  Marie  le  Manach  until 
Ihe  lost  hia  head,  i  and  .  that  there  was  no  pre- 
meditation. If  he  >  oau  >  succeed  -  in  •  convinc  ing 
jhis  Judges  that  such. was  the  case,  be  may  save 
jhia  head,  but  will  be  sent  to  ^e  hulks  lor  lite. 
The  murderer  of  the  little  girl  has  not  yet  been 
arrested,  but  •  a  letter  has  been  received,  pur- 
^porting  to  be  from  the  father,  in  which  he  con- 
jfesses  the  deed,  and  says  that  it  was  done  to 
put  the  poor  little  creature  out  of  her  misery. 
iThe  old  well  was .-  about  100  feet  deep,  and  he 
,  supposed  there  was  water  •  at  the  bottom  of  it. 
He  was  horrified  at  the  screams  of  the  chUd, 
and,  after  listening  to  them  in  agony,  he  fled  in 
terror  from  the  spot. .  On  comparing  the  hand- 
writing with  some  letters  of  Moyaux,  the  ex- 
perts pronounced  it  the  same,  but  one  cannot 
place  much  >  confidence "  in  '  this  sort  of  tes- 
timony. 

This  reminds  me  of ;  a  curious  case  developed 
to-day.  For  the  past  year  two  young  and  emi- 
nent chemists  belonging  to  the  French  Academy 
ot  Sciences  have  been  experimenting  with  the 
■ulphate  of  copper. ,  Their  attention  was  drawn 
to  it  by  the  •  case ;  ot  Moreau,  the  druggist  of 
Saint  Denis,  of  which  I  wrote  a  year  ago. 
Some  of  my  readers  mayremember  that  he  was 
accused  by  popular  rumor  of  murdering  his 
wife,  and  finally  justice  took  hold  of  the  matter. 
The  remains  were  exammed  by  a  chemist,  who 
declared  that  he  had  found  a  quantity  of  sul- 
phate of  copper  in  the  bowels  sufficient  to 
cause  death.  At  Moreau's  house  the  pharma- 
copoeia was  found  marked  at  this  substance. 
This  was  taken  to  be  confirmatory  evidence,  and 
Moreau  was  condemned.  When  reaching  the 
gmllotine  he  tamed,  and  once  more  declared, 
in  the  most  impressive  manuer,  that  he  was  an 
innocent  man.  This  case  started  the  two  young 
ohemista  at  work,  and  they  made  their  report 
to  the  Academy  on  Saturday.  One  declares 
that  sulphate  of  copper  in  equal  quantities 
to  ihat  found  '  in  the  remains  ot  Mmc. 
Moreau  la  a  natural  ingredient  of  the  human 
body  ;  the  other  boldly  affirms  that  no  person 
wa«  ever  yet  poisoned  by  the  substance.  He 
tegan  by  experimenting  on  dogs  and  then  on 
himself,  taking  two  or  three  drachms.  He  was 
nauseated,  and  generally  vomited,  but  not  poi- 
soned, according  to  the  general  acceptation  of 
the  term.  His  experiments  have  so  convinced 
him  that  be  boldly  deolarea  that  no  one  was 
ever  poisoned  to  death  by  sulphate  of  copper, 
and  denies  in  toto  the  conclusions  reached  by 
the  chemist  who  made  the  analysis  in  the  case 
ol  Moreau.  Is  it  possible  that  we  have  to  add 
•thia  to  the  already  long  list  of  judicial  errors  1 

In  poliiicB  there  is  little  that  is  startling,  but 
a  general  nneaaineaa  that  is  felt  in  all  quarters. 
Sveiy  one  feels  that  something  is  about  to  hap- 
pen ;  that  things  cannot  last  long  as  they  are  ; 
that  M.  Jules  Simon  will  soon  fall  before  the 
attacks  of  those  who  ought  to  be  his  friends.  In 
fact,  the  Naqnets  and  Challemel-Laooura  are 
once  more  coming  to  the  surtace,  and  they  di- 
arect  their  batteriea  not  against  the  enemies  of 
the  Bepubho,  but  against  those  who  have  done 
the  most  for  it,  and  who  are  now  in  power. 
The  position  of  the  present  Ministry  has  been 
■adly  undermined  by  these  persons,  and  if  they 
go  on  they  are  bound  to  bring  it  down.  'What 
Is  to  lollow  t  The  Marshal  President  caimot 
go  any  further  toward  the  Left  than  M.  Jules 
Simon,  and  society  gossip  reports  him  as  turn- 
ing toward  the  Orleans  Princes  for  relief.  If 
ihe  were  to  favor  the  Bonapartiats  or  Legiti- 
mists, the  Left  Centre  would  be  against  him, 


the  Left  Centre  "vras  In  very  bad  humor.  "  Yoti 
crush  na — you  are  crushing  us  more  and  more," 
ita  leaders  said  to  the  Left,  "and  you  make  it 
impossible  for  us  to  sustain  the  Bepublio  by 
bringing  forward  men  for  whom  we  cannot 
vote.  You .  combat  the  moderate  men  bke  M. 
Dufaure  and  M.  Jules  Simoa,  who 
are  our  friends,  and  with  whom  we 
can  work.  If  you  continue  this  policy 
there  -  is  but  one  result :  You  will  force  us 
over  to  the  Orleanists."  The  moderate  Re- 
publicans know  very  well  that  the  Eeds  woidd 
produce  nothing  but  anarchy,  and  yet  nothing 
but  extreme  measures  now  stand  a  chance. 
This  is  extremely  unibrtunate  lor  the  real  Re- 
publicans, the  few  who  have  worked  so  bard 
and  so  honestly,  only  to  find  their  labor 
futile.  Their  work  is  being  riuned  by  their 
own  allies.  They  have  overcome  their  enemies; 
they  are  now  attacked  by  their  Iriends.  There 
was  a  report  the  other  day  that  the  Comte  de 
Chambord  was  in  France,  intriguing  for 
the  throne,  but  this  seems  hardly  probable. 
And  it  makes  very  little  difference  one  way  or 
the  other,  for  the  number  of  his  followers  is 
extremely  limited.  If  the  people  are  consulted 
the  Bonapartiats  will  win  ;  if  the  choice  has  to 
be  made  by  PfU'liament  the  Orleanists  stand 
the  best  chance.  There  is  always  some  fire 
where  there  is  so  much  smoke,  and  I  feel  cer- 
tain that  there  is  something  in  the  wind  ;  but 
what  turn  events  will  take  is  more  than  any 
one  can  now  say. 

ECCENTRIC    ANIMALS. 


HOW  CATS   AND   CHICKKNS,  AND  QUAILS  AND 
CANARIES    FELLOWSaiPED — THE    SMART 
FOX   THAT    whipped    THE  DOQ  AND  ATE 
IHE  GOOSE. 
From  the  DansviUe  (N.  T.)  Advertiser. 

We  picked  uu  a  few  local  stones  about 
birdies  and  beaaties  the  other  day  which  we  here 
and  now  put  loto  history. 

Here  is  a  atory  which  onr  veracious  Deacon  £S.  S. 
Palmes  relates  to  us,  and  which  we  are  tnerefore 
bound  to  believe:  About  two  years  ago  one  of  hia 
trusted  bens  batched  a  brood  of  cbickeDe,  and  tbey 
were  domiciled  la  a  coop  in  the  garden.  Close  by. 
in  an  asparagus  bed,  rested  a  fine  old  cat,  the  pet 
of  the  boasehold,  with  some  new  kittens.  One  of 
the  Kittens  looked  upon  tlie  ctitoltens  and  luved 
them— loved  them  so  well  that  it  abandoned 
mother  and  brothers  and  sisters,  and  went 
to  the  old  hen  and  asked  to  be 
admitted  loto  her  family  circle  and 
become  a  member  thereof.  Biddy  clucKed  assent 
and  tbencet'orward  hen.  chickens,  and  kitten  min- 
gled togetber  in  matnal  sympathy  and  sweet  ac- 
cord. It  astonished  the  Deacon,  yet  did  hia  heart 
good,  to  see  chickens  and  kitten  rubbing  agaiuat 
each  other,  and  lying  close  tut;etbor,  and  his  taror- 
iie  ben  broodiue  them  all  with  Her  wiugH,  and  the 
entire  lamily  acting  all  day  as  if  kilty,  in  spite  of 
her  four  claws  and  oer  tur,  bad  been  hatched  from 
an  ccg.  Tbe  cufioaa  afhliatiou  hsm  been  kept  up 
until  this  day.  Tne  kitty  of  two  years  ago  is  now 
a  grave  old  cat,  but  from  kltteubood  to  the  present 
it  has  lived  and  rousted  with  tbecbickens  und  bens. 

Tbere  are  several  witnoasiea  to  tbo  truth  ot  an- 
other story.  'Xbu  afiiliation  in  this  case  was  be- 
tween a  cat  at  tbe  UyUnd  UouHe  barn  and  lour 
small  pi^a.  It  commenced  lasc  Summer  and  con- 
tinued fur  some  week.s  on  the  grounds  and  atieet 
adioining  tbe  ilylaua  Uounie.  Tbe  cat  saw  the  pigs, 
went  up  to  them,  made  triends  witb  thitm,  anil  be- 
came their  constant  compauioQ  until  they  were  abac 
up  in  yens.  When  tbey  ate,  tbo  oat  was  always 
preaeut,  and  they  tallowed  it  abuat,  rauniug  when 
it  ran  and  walking  when  it  waliced,  and  each  uigut 
the  cat  and  pit:a  aiept  together  in  the  siraw. 

Just  after  the  last  heavy  fall  of  snuw,  a  man  In 
West  Sparta,  while  in  hia  bam-rard  feeding  cattle, 
heard  a  noise  among  his  geese,  cioae  by.  Ho  turned 
aronnd  ard  saw  a  tox  take  one  of  them  bv  the  neck, 
sling  it  over  bis  back,  and  aL-irt  acrosa  tbe  tielda 
flritn  it  toward  tbe  Hartman  gully,  a  quarter  of  a 
mile  away.  Tbe  man  chased  with  a  pitchfork,  but 
the  8UOW  was  so  deep  that  the  tox  gained 
ou  him.  S^  he  called  his  shepherd  dog, 
and  showed  him  tbe  gome.  Tbe  dug 
quickly  cau;;bt  up  with  the  lox,  but  tbe 
lox  dropped  bia  goose,  turned  around,  whivipcd  the 
dug.  and  then  took  up  the  gouae  and  tiuic<.-d  uu 
again.  The  dog  wa«  iudaccd  to  taoktu  the  tux. 
three  or  four  times,  and  each  time  Ihu  result  was 
the  same  aa  we  bave  described — ihe  gooa^  was 
dropped,  the  dog  wbiuped,  and  then  a  forward 
movement  with  the  guoae.  Tbe  foxfluaUy  cot  a«fe- 
ly  into  the  nnHv  with  his  goose,  and  probably  never 
had  a  better  opinion  ot  himself  than  be  had  while 
be  was  satlslyiug  bis  hunger  on  tuu  choice  niea'. 
that  Le  had  secured  with  so  much  liak  and  coaraiie. 

About  live  weeks  a^o  a  quiiil  fl'jw  ioto  one  ot  our 
village  yards  aiid  waa  uickbd  ui>  t>y  a  kiudly  band 
and  given  to  TDumas  U'Aleara,  who  put  it  in  a  laige 
cage  in  his  store,  la  t.*ie  same  room  were  two 
cauary  birds  in  another  cage.  The  canaries  vonid 
sin;;  and  tbe  quail  would  whistle  in  reBpunse,  and 
so  much  reciprocity  of  feeling  was  nianltested  that 
after  a  time  Air.  U'Meara  trdnsterred  tbo  canaries 
to  tbe  rage  of  the  quail.  The  quail  received  the 
auugacera  with  evideut  delj^nt,  and  wbeu  uigUC 
came,  seeing  them  piaue  themaeives  ')ii  a  OProu  lu 
tbe  top  of  tbe  cage,  it  hopped  to  another  percD  jusi 

below  and  slept  there.  This  it  baa  donoe.-ich  night 
since,  altbon;;h  before,  in  accordauce  with  quail 
customs  tbe  world  over,  Its  rooai  was  the  bottom  ot 
the  cag».  ^^^^ 

,  XHE   CAMBElDGt-OXEORD  RACE. 


THE  CREW  OF  THE  FOUMER  DEFINITELY 
SET  1  LED — SIX  OF  LAST  YEAR'S  CRE\V 
IN   THE   BOAT. 

From  the  London  Times,  Feb.  14. 
''  The  Cambridge  crew  tor  the  coming  race  was 
formally  and  definitely  settled  yesterday,  and,  ex- 
ceptini!  accidents,  no  farther  alteration  in  ita  con- 
stitution will  be  made  between  the  present  time 
and  the  dav  of  tbe  race.  On  Satardav  Mr.  James 
B.  Close,  who  is  lopkod  upon  at  Cambridge  as  one 
of  the  beat  iudges  of  rowing  the  university  poa- 
•esaes,  came  up  for  the  special  parposo  of  aasiatiug 
the  President  in  hia  final  selection  of  the  crew.  On 
that  day  Mr.  Close  had  the  eitht  out  twice.  In  the 
morning  he  took  tbe  men  toDiltonnnd  back,  and 
in  the  afternoon,  alter  sonuj  preliminary  practice 
in  the  tub  pair,  Mr.  Cloa^took  tbe  crew  tor  the 
long  journey  to  Claybithe,  and  it  is .  probably 
many  years  since  aooh  a  hard  day's  work  waa 
performed  aa  that  on  Saturday.  The  result  of  Mr. 
Close's  visit  has  been  to  dispense  entirely  with  iba 
services  ot  Mr.  Uolmes,  of  Clare,  who  may,  peibaps, 
be  more  fortunate  another  year,  while  the  8ek;c:ion 
of  Messrs.  Hoskyns  and  Keun  waa  finally  aeitled. 
TbPSfl  two  gentlemen  ate  now  permanently  located 
at  bow  and  i<o.  3  lespeotively.  Yesterday,  Mr.  W. 
B.  Close,  last  year's  I'resldent.  arrived  and  look  bU 
aeaCat  No.  4  in  the  boat,  which  now  contains  no 
fewer  than  six  of  last  year's  crew.  Upon  this 
occasion  the.  crew  left  the  boat-house  short- 
ly alter  V"  o'clock,  under  the  supervision 
ot    two    old    "blues."  roembera  of   Jesus    Colle2e 

namely,  Messrs.  Ithodea  and  Hoskyns,  the  latter 

being  a  brother  of  the  gentleman  now  occupying 
the  t>ow  Beat.  The  weather,  however,  yeaterday 
being  somewhat  stormy  and  the  water  rouiih,  the 
crew  only  went  to  Baicsbite.  Mr.  Close  aiao  being 
rather  new  to  hia  work,  no  very  long  pieces  were  at- 
tempted. Having  reached  liaiiabite,  with  stoppages 
at  Eaa-cornor,  "Cbarons,"  and  "Gra».<y,"  tbe  men 
had  a  rest  on  tbe  bank,  and  on  tha  return  voyage 
they  rowed  a  slow  atruke  to  tbe  railway  bridge, 
whence  they  completed  the  Journey  home  -wltb 
two '•■more  delaya,  and  ariived  at  the  boat- 
bouse-  at  5  o'clock.  The  rowing  waa  In 
every  sense  of  the  word  aatislactorj.  A  con- 
siderable amount  of  life  waa  diaplayed,  the  only 
faulla  noticeable  being  a  tendency  to  teacher  under 
water  and  a  slowness  in  the  recovery.  The  stroke 
set  by  Mr.  Shaf  to  i.i  exceptionably  good ;  occasion- 
ally he  hurries  forward  before  getting  hia  arms 
straight,  but  lu  other  respects  his  rowing,  individ- 
ually speaking,  could  acaroely  be  better.  In  antici- 
pation of  tiaitiing  beginning  to-morrow,  the  crew 
weighed  yesterday.  The  weights  are  given  below, 
and  tbe  crew  as  thus  oonatituted  wilt  undoubtedly 
be  the  one  to  which  the  fortunea  of  Cambridge  on 
the  <24th  of  March  next  will  be  intnuted  : 

Stones.  Ponnda. 

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11 

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1.  B.  G.  Hoskyns,  Jesus 11 

2.  T.  W.  Lewla.   (Jaiua 11 

3.  J.  C.  Feon,  Firat  Trinity 11 

4.  \V.  B.  Close,  Firat  Triulty 11 

6.  li.  Pike.  L'ttiua la 

ti.  0.  Unrdon,  Jesod .13 

7.  T.  K.  Hockin.  Jesua 13 

C.  U.  Sbafio,  Jesua,  (atruke) 12 

Q.  L.  Davis,  Clare,  (coxswain) ,. 7 


HORSM  MARINES  JSOT  MARINERS. 
The  St.  Louis  Republican  has  the  following 
report  of  a  suit  decided  m  the  United  States  Dis- 
trict Court  in  admiralty  in  that  city  on  Wednes- 
day :  "  In  June,  1876,  Buckley  &  Gaylord,  as  man- 
agers of  Mable's  Circus,  cftartered  the  steamer 
Ijaorie  L.  Davis  for  six  weeks  to  transport  the  cir- 
cus, menagerie,  and  company  on  a  tour  np  the 
Ohio  and  Mississippi  Kivers,  the  managers  to  pay 
tbe  expenses  of  the  r  boat  aba  the  wages  of  the 
hands.  The  enterprise  was  not  very  sacceaafal, 
and  about  tbe  5th  of  July  the  outfit  was  landed  in 
St.  Louis,  when  it  was  seized  under  attachment  for 
dobi,  leaving  she  company  principally  unpaid.  To 
save  expense  certain  of  the  company  bad  helped 
fire  up,  load,  and  unload,  iftc,  and  not  getting  pay, 
btongnc  a  suit  against  the  boat  for  tneir  wages,  uu- 
der  the  Admii-aitv  laws,  suing  as  mariners.  Vo- 
luminous depoaidons  were  iutfoduoed  in  tbe  case. 
Which  was  orgoed  in  the  United  States  District 
Court  Tuesday.  J  ndge  Treat  rendered  hik  decision 
yeaterday  to  "tne  effect  that  circus  men  were  not 
mariuera  within  tbe  meaning  of  the  law,  and  Judg- 
ment was  rendered  tor  defendant." 


•but  that ,  faction  is  republican  first  and   then 

jOrleaniit.  .  If  a  reunUic  Is  not  possible  it  de-  I  '^^^-^^    j,  ^^^  ^as  any,  .ail  away  in  smoke  than 


A  BIT  OF  NEWS. 
The  Pittsburg  (Penn.)  United  Prtshyterian  of 

the  22  J  inat.  saye :   "A  great  smoker  la  never  inter- 
esting in   conversation.    He   would  rather  let  his 


faaad*  •  eoaitittttion«l,XBOSACOfajr'.  ^  La^t  VflekXMM  um  Breabla  t»<gmMun<8»t>  (htn  ta  »  ttuut" 


WHERE  THEMimON  EAT. 

NEW-YORK'S  CHE*AF  RESTaUBANTS. 

WBKN  AKB  HOW  THEY  WERE  STARTSD^ 
DANIEL  SWEENY  THEIR  ORIGINATOR— 
— ^A  QUMPSE  AT  OLD  NKW-YORK — ^KCO- 
KOMICAL  CELEBRITIES  OF  THE  PAST—" 
FAMOUS -DISHES — HOW  FORTUNES  HAVE 
SEEN  MADS  —  THE  QUAKER  DAIRIES 
AND   THEIR  FEATURES. 

'"  Prior  to  1836  old  Now- York  had  none  of  the 
ohean  eatiog-hoiueg  which  have  in  later  days  be- 
come so  -  prominent  a  feature  of  metropolitan  ex- 
istence. Until  then  a  sort  of  conservatism  flavored 
the  habits  of  every-day  life,  and  men  thought  mnch 
more  of  domestic  calm  and  comfort  than  most  of 
tbelr  Buocesaqrs  find  leisure  for  in  these  anxious 
and  care-coiroding  times.  Except  upon  speoisl 
occasions  of  political  significance,  commercial  im- 
portance, or  peculiar  festivity,  men  who  bad  homes 
expected  to  dine  at  them.  Even  the  stranger  and 
sojourner  within  onr  metaphorical  gates  might, 
well  deem  himself  no  better  than  an  outcast  and  a 
roysterer  in  tbe  land,  It  he  did  not  at  tbe  regalar 
hours  for  meals  hie  him  to  tbe  tavern  or  hotel  that 
was  his  selected  abiding  place.  Tbat  was  practi- 
cable then,  for  the  City  had  not  spread  to  anything 
like  its  present  proportions.  Between  aoap 
and  descert  one  would  have  had  time  to 
traverse  either  its  length  or  its  breadtn,  and  even 
for  tbe  noon-tide  meal  one  might  go  home 
and  return  to  busineaa  again  without  even  ttaink- 
iug  of  lifting  up  bis  voice  la  ululations  over  a  lack 
of  rapid  transit.  The  City  scarce  extended  above 
Canal-street.  Even  on  Broadway  buildings  wei-e 
no  longer  close  together  any  higher  np  than  Prince- 
street.  The  Croion  Aqueduct  was  not  yet  dreamed 
of,  and  the  principal  supply  of  water  down  town 
was  drawn  from  tbe  pump  and  reservoir  some-' 
where  in  the  vicinity  of  where  Centre  and  Beade 
streets  now  cross.  A  considerable  bnsinesa.  was 
also  done  In  retailing,  at  two  cents  per  pail,  "  pure 
spring, water,"  obtained  from  tbe  iprlne  at  the'cor- 
ner  of  Christopher  and  Greenwlcn  streets.  Daniel 
Sweeny,  now  a  wealthy  hotel  proprietor,  recalls 
with  pleasure  tbe  toot  that  in^is  first  year  in 
America,  before  be  was  19  years  old,  he  made  |90U 
selling  spring  water. 

For  sacta  special  ocrasioni  of  business  or  pleasure 
aa  bave  been  tainted  at,  there  were  restaurant*,  of 
course — comparatively  high-priced  nlacea — except  a 
few,  favored  of  rich,  exclusive  old  merchants,  which 
were  auperlatively  so.  In  tfaem  things  were 
cooked  "to  order."  The  natronage  was  limited  and 
largely  confined  to  regmar  customers  who  generally 
thought  more  of  the  fluids  than  the  solids  when 
they  dined  away  from  home.  Old  New-Yorkers 
will  remember  as  some  of  tbe  leading  eatabllsh- 
meots  at  that  time  Sandy  Welch's,  under  tbe 
Museum,  wherethe  Herald  ofllcenow  is ,-  Sanboru-'s 
"Cornucopia,  "  in  Park-row;  Old  -Tom's,  oh 
Tbames-stre^  the  "Tontine,"  at  the 
comer  of  ^ater  and  Wall  streets ;  George 
W.  Brown's,  ou  Water-street,  between  Pine  and 
Wall  streets ;  Pcarsalls,  ondfer  tbe  Fulton  Market, 
and  Clark  Si  Brown's,  on  Maiden-lane.  Something 
later  it  was  that  John  Florence  opeued,  in  the  base- 
ment |at  tbe  corner  of  Park-place  and  Broadway,  a 
restaurant  so  much  more  magnificent  than  any  of 
its  predecessors  that  the  town  enjoyed  quite  an  ex- 
citement over  it,  and  used  to  stare  woaderingly  at 
Its  appointments,  which  were  then  deemed  positive- 
ly princely,  although  such  as  would  now  teem  qoita 
ordinary  in  a  flrat-'olass  establiabmenc. 

The  ice-cream  aalooiis  used  to  do  lome  business 
in  feeding  women  at  tbat  time,  and  from  the  re- 
membrances of  those  who  lived  then  it  woiUd  seem 
tbat  tbe  fair  sex  knew  then  Just  about  as  little  of 
what  was  good  or  what  tbey  shonld  eat  as  tbey  do 
now.  Pies,  cakes,  and  retrigerants  were  what  they 
wanted,  not  the  substaottal  food  vended  at  the 
places  whicn  have  been  mentioned,  and  so,  proba- 
bly, tbe  ice-cream  saloons  sbould,  in  strict  propriety, 
be  Jeft  out  of  tbe  account. 

Another  class  of  public  refectories  existed — the 
cofibe  and  cake  sbope — which  at  tbat  early  day  din- 
penaed.  for  little  money,  to  printers  and  other  im- 
pecuuioua  bnt  virtuonsly  nungry  folks,  tbo  myste- 
rious cofiee,  tbe  dyspepsia-laden  cake,  the  oleagmons 
pork,  and  tbo  nutritious  but  treacherous  bean,  even 
as  they  do  now.  One  such  place  was  Patteraon'a, 
at  tbe  corner  of  Ann  and  Nassau  streets,' 
where  a  good  deal  of  Dan  Sweeny's  sitpt. 
ply  of  pare  spring  water  waa  oonaumcd. 
Sweeny  tras  a  smart  Irish  lad,  on  the  lookout  for 
a  fortune,  and  waa  tbe  firat  to  perceive  tbe  public 
want  of  a  restaurant  of  medium  clai>s,  where 
prices  should  upproiimato  to  those  at  Patterson's, 
bat  the  varietv  of  food,  and  ita  quality,  sbould  be 
greater  and  better  than  there.  That  was  the  kind 
of  a  place  he  opened  in  1836,  ai  No.  11  Ann-street, 
one  door  from  Theatre-alley.  Hia  shop  was  very 
small  and  fumiahed  in  tbe  plainest  manner,  but  it 
did  a  mahing  basineis  from  its  atart.  Instead  of 
tbe  30  or  4U  cents  then  generally  charged  for  a 
plate  of  roast  bee^  or  boiled  mottoo,  or  anytbing 
else,  in  tbe  established  restaurants,  be  offered  bis 
meats,  pie.-),  and  pnddtnga  at  6  cents  per  plate — 
tea  and  coffee  at  3  cents  per  cup.  It  was  a  new 
revelation.  Some  obiected  tbat  his  plates  were 
small,  but  experiment  soon  demonstrated  that 
five .  ot  his  6-cenc  dishes  were  more  fili- 
ng than  one  30-cent  disb.  The  balancM 
was  in  his  favor.  During  the  dinner 
hours  one  could  only  edge  into  bia  little  restaurant 
with  difiiculty.  James  Gordon  B.'nnott,  Horace 
Greeley,  Lawyor  Mulocb,  Mosoa  Y.  Beach,  Mordecai 
M.  Noah,  and  Lewis  Gaylord  Clark  were  among  bis 
renular  patrona.  Hia  manifest  auCcess  speedily 
encouraged  rivals,  the  first  of  whom  was  Jobn 
Johnston,  who  opened  a  place  on  the  upper  side  of 
Fulton-street,  between  Naasao-street  and  Broad- 
way. It  waa  a  larger  shop,  but  not  i^other  respects 
any  better  than  the  pioneer  concern,  and  did  not 
take  away  any  of  Sweeny's  regular  customers. 
The  number  of  eaters  consulting  economy  seemed, 
however,  to  steadily  iooreaae  with  tbe  facilities  for 
their  accommadatlou,  and  noi  only  did  both  Sweeny' 
and  Johnston  do  well,  "  making  money  hand  over 
fist,"  bnt  equal  success  attended  the  ventures  of 
John  Sweeny,  brother  of  Daniel,  who  opened  a 
cheap  eating-bonse  on  Falton-atreet,  opposite  John- 
ston's, (where  Corrler's  now  is,)  and  a  man  named 
Rogers,  ivho  started  another  on  Fulton-street,  op- 
posite the  Fulton  Market,  (still  going  on  under 
Sweet's  management.) 

In  1843  the  lew  proprletora  of  theae  cheap  dining 
saloons  combined  together  and  put  np  their  prices 
to  10  cei^ts  per  plate  for  meats,  pies,  and  puddings, 
and  5  cents  per  cup  for  tea  and  coffee.  Two  years 
later  Danjiel  Sween.y  moved  hia  concern  to  the  cor- 
ner of  Duane  ana  Cbatbam  streets,  wbeie  his  bote 
now  stands,  and  about  tbe  same  time  tbe  Crook 
famdy  entered  upon  this  line  of  boainesa.  Samuel 
Crook  first  started  a  cheap  eating  saloon  under  the 
Fulton  Market.  He  bad  no  waiters.  Standing  bo- 
hiou  a  table  on  which  waa  spread  bis  stock  of  pro- 
visions, be  would  slice  off  the  portion  called  for,  re- 
ceive his  6  cootA,  and  band  over  the  plate  to  his  cas- 
tomer,  who  was  expected  to  carry  it  for  himaelf  to 
another  table,  and  there  peaceablv  devour  hia  6 
cents' worth.  Tbat  devourinit  process  was  not  al- 
ways attended  with  what  might  be  expected  under 
tbe  bead  of  perfect  comfort.  At  high  tide  occa- 
aionally  tne  water  would  oe  ankle  deep,  and  diner* 
would  have  to  wade  to  Crook's  serving-table  and 
back  to  their  seats,  where  they  would  perob  with 
their  feet  braced  np  on  the  mugs  of  their  stools. 
This  place,  it  will  be  observed,  was  at  the  time 
cheaper  than  those  of  the  Sweenys,  Johnston,  or 
Rogers,  and  oould  afford  to  be  ou  tbe'style  of  Spar- 
tan simplicity  in  which  it  was  conducted. 

Sam  and  Harvev  Crook,  nephews  of  Samnel 
Crook,  next  opened  ou  W  aabingtou-street  a  larger 
and  better  place  than  any  of  tbe  cheap  eating- 
houses  previously  in  existence.  Their  sncoeas  la 
sutficlentlv  attested  by  their  preaent  condition. 
Sam  is  proprietor  of  tbe  large  Crook's  Hotel  on 
Chatham-street,  and  Harvey  owns  the  extensive 
and  popular  re.itaurant  and  saloon  in  The  Tufss 
Buildlni;.  In  1846  Kafus  Crook,  (another  nephew,) 
in  company  witb  Foster  A.  Petitt,  establisbed  a 
cheap  restaurant  in  the  Journal  of  Commerce  Build- 
ing, corner  of  Water  and  Wail  streets,  and  made  it 
famous  by  tbe  size  and  excellence  of  their  apple 
dumplings — there  are  men  now  who.  looking  back 
upon  those  dumplings  through  memory's  mellow 
haze,  are  ready  to  affirm  that  "  tbey  wore  aa  big  as 
a  man's  head— nearly."  Rnfns  Crook  died  worth 
IIUO.OOO.  Petitt,  also  rich,  still  keeps  a  reitaurant 
on  Water-street.  ^ 

Imitations  ot  these  restaurants  of  course  sprang 
up  in  various  placea  all  over  town,  but  were  gener- 
ally known  as  "cockroiu^  dans;"  bnt  even  they 
did  a  good  bnaineaa.  Aa  the  number  of  eatabliah- 
ments  of  the  better  class  increased,  these  lower  con- 
cerns generally  dropped  into  the  coffee  and  cake 
order.  One  exception  to  the  riUe  of  decline,  bow- 
ever,  waa  tbe  eating-bouae  atarted  in  Wastungton- 
streeC,  near  tbe  Washington  Market,  by  Smith  & 
McNeil,  Tbey  at  first  occupied  only  one  little  shoo, 
but  gradually  tbey  extended  it  by  addidons  as  the. 
demands  of  ibeir  business  increased,  nntil  now  tbey 
have  the  largest  cheap  dining  rooms  In  the  City,  and 
feed  regularly  between  5,000  and  6.000  persons 
daily.  It  was  about  m48  tbat  Gould,  who  now  runs 
a  place  opposite  the  old  Post  Office,  on  Nassau- 
street,  opened  the  Belmont  Hotel  on  Falton-atreet. 
It  waa  confined  to  No.  133  when  first  opened,  but' 
adjoining  houses  were  quickly  added,  until  It  at- , 
tamed  its  preaent  large  proportioot.    In  good  times, 


this  restannnt  tued  'to  feed  0,000  or  6,000  personi 
every  day,  bat  the  character  of  ita  buslneas  sur- 
rouodings  baa  changed.  Tbe  occupants  of  the 
offices  now  thronging  that  locality  are  not  inch 
good  and  onmeroas  ouatomers  aa  the  clerks  and 
storekeepers  osed  to  be,  and  an  iniuriona  effect  has 
been  exerted  by  the  establitbment  of  private  lonob 
rooms  hi  aeveral  ot  tbe  a^Ji^^nt  large  bank  and 
Insurance  bnildinin  for  the  aooommodation  of  the 
-employes  and  occupants  in  them.  Owing  to  these 
various  causes  tbe  patronage  of  tbe  Belmont  is  now 
only  about  3, 000  pec  diem.  Thti  house  was  somewhat 
mn  down  in  1857,  until  J.  P.  Biohards  took  bold 
of  it  and  by  his  good  management  rein- 
■Uted  it  in  popular  favor.  In  1858  be  made 
it  tamons  by  bis  "strawberry  shortcake," 
of  wtaloh  be  'was  the  original  mKUufaoturer 
for  restaurants.  Be  used  to  make  300  or  400  large 
cakea,  worth  from  60  cents  to  f  1  each,  every  day, 
and  originated  the  effective  advertisement  of 
BtringlDg  the  emptied  berry  baskets  in  long  lines 
over  tbe  front  of  the  building  and  to  the  top  of  tbe 
flag-staff  on  the  roof.  Ac  one  time  be  bad  45,000 
baskets  Itaus  dangling  In  the  wind,  and  when,  twice 
a  day,  a  man  would  climb  tbe  flag-staff' to  string  np 
more.  Fulton-street  would  be  crowded  with  people 
witnessing  tbe  feat.  After  the  baskets  were  out 
up  tbe  crowd  woold  rnsh  in  for  shortcake.  Bich- 
ards  was  a  bustling,  energetic,  and  impnisive 
man,  and  some  of  his  acqnaintances  used  to  take 
advantage  of  his  dianoaition  to  play  practical 
lokes  on  him.  Bv  1871  Richards  nad  made 
1200,000  In  the  Belmont  reitaurant  Tben  he 
sold  oat  there,  started  tba  St.  George^now  tbe 
Continental — comer  Twentieth-street  and  Broad- 
way, and  after  many  vicissitudes  is  ngain  back  at 
the  Belmont.  Quite  a  nomber  of  now  prominent 
restaurateurs — in  the  pooular  line — were  among 
bis  employes  at  tbe  Belmont  between  1857  and  1871. 
of  whom  may  be  noted  Overton,  now  in  Pa<'k-row  ; 
J.  W.  Merritt,  in  Ninth-street ;  Whitney  Merritt, 
at  Eighth-street  and  Sixth-avenue;  Charles  Mer- 
ritt, on  Broadway,  near  Twelfth-street;  Theodore 
Reynolds,  on  tbe  Bowery,  near  Houston-street ; 
Smith  &.  Green,  in  Cortland  t-street,^  and  Barney 
Fowler,  who  aft«rward  kept  the  place  in  Broadway, 
near  Goaston-street,  since  run  by  Coe,  bnt  now  in 
Ited  Bank,  N.  J.  Each  one  ot  theae  rose  from  a  < 
subordinate  position  to  be  Superintendent  under 
Mr.  Richards,  and  then  amaased  sufficient  means  to 
atart  for  himself.  Two  of  those  named,  Overton 
and  J.  W.  Mprritt  were  started  in  basiness  by  Mr. 
Richards.  Now  the  old  man  has  gravitated  back  to 
be  nimply  Superintendent,  in  tbe  employ  of  Mr.  M. 
V.  Cable. 

Tbere  bave  been  few  of  tbe  cheap  eating-houses 
tbat  acquired  special  notoriet.v  by  any  particular 
dieb,  none  that  did  ao  to  tbe  extent  of  the  Belmont 
on  ita  strawberry  shortcake,  but  it  is  remembered 
still  tbat  Crook  &  Petit'a  apple  dumplings, 
Sweeney's  bread  puddings,  and  tbe  buckwheat 
cakes  made  at  the  "Parker  House,"  09 Dey-atreet, 
were  worthy  of  tbe  admiration  of  all  trne  gour- 
mands. Those  buckwheat  cakes  were  peculiarly 
fine,  so  large  and  light,  and  sweet  and  thoroughly 
baked  were  they,  and,  though  the  restaurant  was 
hut  a  Binidl  place — in  the  basement  of  an  old-faab- 
ioned  mansion— where  tbey  were  sold,  the  oroprie- 
tor  amaased  an  Independent  fortune,  mainly  upon 
them. 

There  are  now  about  500  cheap  eating-houses  in 
Now-'York,  and  the  capital  invested  in  their  con- 
duct 1b  estimated  by  competent  autboritlea  in  the 
buaineaa  at  not  less  than  (1,000,000.  Smith  &,  Mc- 
Neil's is  the  largest  place ;  next  come  the  "  Bel- 
mont" and  "Continental,"  doing  aboat  an  equal 
amount  of  btiatnes!,  and  after  them  a  acore,  or  poa- 
sibly  more,  each  of  which  feeda  1,000  to  1,500  per- 
sons per  diem.  Tbe  remainder  are  comparatively 
small  concerns.  To  tell  any  one  tbat  10  or  IS  por- 
tions of  meat — say  roast  bee^  lor  inatanco,  each 
portion  sidling  for  IS  or  10  cents— are  cat  from  a 
single  pound  in  these  estaollsbmouts,  would  bo 
very  likely  to  convey  an  exaggerated  idea  ot 
tbe  profits  of  tbe  business ;  yet  such  is  ac- 
tually the  fact,  and  some  cunning  carvers  will  even 
cut  a  ponnd  of  clear  meat  into  aa  high  as  20 
lO-cent  plates.  But  it  must  be  taken  into  account 
that  tbe  restaurateur  has  to  furnish  with  the  meat, 
and  without  extia  charge,  bread,  butter,  vegeta- 
bles, aaucea,  and  other  aeaaoning ;  baa  to  pay  lor 
services  of  waiters,  cooka,  scullions,  and  cashiers  ; 
has  to  bear  tbe  wetfr  and  tear  of  material,  the 
heavy  item  of  breakages,  tbe  cost  of  fuel  and  gas, 
the  >%nt.  and  interest  ou  origiual  investment.  So 
rapidly  do  these  incidentals  mount  up  that,  it  is 
averred  by  men  in  tbe  business,  the  actual  profit 
on  a  10-cent  plate — averaging  meats,  flab,  &c., 
togetber — is  not  more  than  from  a  cent  to  a  cent  and 
a  half.  The  secrets  of  snocess  in  tbe  cheap  dining- 
room  business  are.  first,  strict  economy,  and  second, 
making  a  trade  sofiiciently  large  to  give  a  respecta- 
ble aggregate  of  the  small  profits.  A  restaurant  of 
this  kind  to  feed  about  3,000  persons  will 
use  oaily  200  pounds  of  beef,  20  pounds 
of  perk,  75  pouuda  of  vual,  ISO  to 
200  pounds  of  mutton,  50  pounds  of 
poultry  and  about  50  pounds  of  fish.  Ofiditbis,  if 
tbe  eatabllsbment  la  properly  conducted,  not  more 
than  five  pounds  will  be  left  over  at  the  cloae  of  tbe 
day.  Waste  is  avoided  as  carefully  as  possible, 
but  tbe  means  by  which  tbat  is  effected,  eapeciallv 
in  some  of  tbe  smaller  saloons,  may  well  be  left  to 
tbe  imagination.  There  are  mysiPries  connected 
with  sucn  simple  words  as  "hash"  and  "stew" 
and  "pie"  which  none  but  tbe  loulisbly  raah  will 
seek  to  penetrate.  In  eoueral,  howeverj  it  may  be 
affirmed  tbat  in  no  respect  except  tbe  diminutivo- 
neas  of  tne  portions  turnisbed  is  there  much  choice 
between  ttaeae  cheap  houaea  and  more  pre- 
tentious and  high-priced  places.  The  better 
class  of  tbem  boy  excellent  meats  and 
take  care  to  cook  so  aa  to  suit  their  patrons.  A 
abarp  lookout  .must  be  kept  on  tbe  calendar  by  the 
popular  restaurateur.  Where  on  orditiDry  days  he 
Will  prondo  no  more  than  30  salloDs  of  ulain  chow- 
der, and  aay  SO  pounda  of  fiah,  bis  proviaiou  for  a 
Friday  or  a  "  fisb  day"  in  l«at,  will  run  np  to  60  or 
70  gallons  of  obowder  and  double  bisuauul  supply 
of  fish— a  fact  that  affords  plca.siui;  attestation  to 
the  extent  of  pii>cy  in  tbe  community. 

Waiters  gel  t7  ner  week,  and  are  held  responsible 
for  all  bieaiugcii — which  they  can  be  convicted  of— 
bnt,  as  a  rule,  out  of  the  (60  tr  |70  per  month  of 
breakages  in  a  large  reaiatiraut,  not  mure  than  6U  or 
70  ooDta  oan  be  charged  to  the  waiters..    "  The  oat  " 

and  "  eomebody  else"  aie  tbe  customary  culpnts. 
Twelve  hours  constitute  a  day's  work. 

Four  or  five  year*  ago  auolhor  variety  of  cheap 
rfstauraut  bloomed  into  a  fair  abara  ot  popular 
favor,  under  tbe  seductive  title  of  "Quaker 
Dairies."  Their  distinctive  feature  is  tbe  ri^tid  ex- 
cludion  from  their  supply  of  refreahmenta  of  the 
wicked  lager  and  the  demoralising  new  ale  common 
to  other  popular  eaiing-houses,  and  tbe  substitution 
therefor  tut  a  peculiarilv  colicky  sort  of  cidrr, 
cernloan  milk,  and  weWk  tea.  The  bill  of  fare 
makes  also  a  prominent  spread  of  such  seductive 
viands  as  "wheatea  grits.'  and  "mush  and  milk," 
and  "oat-meal  graol,"  thick  and  slab.  A  large  part 
of  tbe  popular  appreciation  of  theae  concerna  ia  at- 
tnbutable  to  tbeir  uniform  employment  of  as  good- 
looxing  glrla  as  they  can  find  to  serve  as  waitredsea 
and  oaabiera,  and  it  ia  without  doubt  a  faappy  ilMia- 
tratlon  of  tbe  beautiful  law  of  natural  compeitaa- 
tiona,  tbat  the  patrons  thaa  attracted  shall  be  nur- 
tured upon  materials  declared  best  for  brain 
building.         - - 

A  SCHOOL  Bor^JiEWARDED. 

The  Philadelphia  Ledger  ot  Tuesday  contains 
the  foUowmg  account  of  a  well-merited  acknowl. 
odgmentof  heroic  action  on  the  part  of  a  school 
boy  in  that  city  : 

"At  tbe  old  Noimal  School,  located  on  Sergeant 
street,  between  Ninth  and  Tenth,  Harry  P.  Van 
Akeu,  aged  14,  was  yeaterday  afternoon  presented 
with  a  handsome  American  hunting-case  gold 
watch  valued  at  $150,  a  copy  of  Ihe  loung  Trail 
Hunter,  a  fruit-knife,  and  a  gold  pencil  and  pen- 
holder combined,  as  tokens  of  his  bravery  and 
coolness  at  tbe  fire  which  broke  out  m  the  building 
during  sohool  hours  on  tbe  6th  inat.  Dr.  M.  P. 
Hutchinson,  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education, 
said  that  be  himself  bad,  through  some  misunder- 
standing, been  awarded  by  the  presa  of  the  city  all 
the  credit  attached  to  tbe  orderly  manner  in 
which  the  scholars  bad  been  dismissed  from  tbe 
school  on  that  occasion.  Tbe  facts  are.  Master  Van 
Aken,  a  scholar  under  Miss  MuKalth,  in  tbe  third 
•tory  ot  the  building,  bad  been  sent  below  on  an 
errand,  and  while  there  discovered  the  fire  a  few 
moments  after  tbe  speaker  had  done  so,  and  while 
the  latter  was  ordering  tbe  dismissal  of  Miss  Ctes- 
Bon'a  Bobool  on  the  firat  floor.  After  the  diaoovery. 
Van  Aken,  in  a  cool  and  collected  manner,  told 
Misa  Creason  of  the  fire,  and  then  ran  to  Miss  Mc- 
Rallh's  department,  where  he  told  her  quiotlv  tbat 
the  building  waa  ou  fire,  and  that  she  had  better 
diamiaa  her  aobolara  immediately.  'This  was  tbe 
firat  iutimation  sbe  had  of  tbe  impending  danger, 
and  she  acted  upon  tbe  youth's  sUggeation,  and  in 
a  mioate  the  scholars  wore  outside  tbo  DallUing. 
At  the  conclusion  of  Dr.  Hutchiason^  explana- 
tion, Van  Aken  was  called  before  tbe  au- 
dience, and  tbe  watch  was  presented  to  him 
by  F.  C.  Garrignea,  President  of  the  Board 
of  Directors'  of  tbo  Tenth  School  Section. 
In  taking  the  watch  Van  Aken  said  :  'I  thank  you 
and  the  Directors  for  this  most  tieautifai  gift  I 
expected  no  reward,  except  bappinesa,  for  having 
given  warning  in  time  to  aave  tbe  lioys.'  The  pencil 
was  the  gift  of  Van  Aken's  sohoolmateB ;  tbe  book 
^aS~pEe8ented  by  Miss  Ella  Browne,  his  teacher  ; 
and  theiknife  by  Miss  McRaitb.  The  watch  is  in- 
scrilied  as  follows  i  '  Presented  to  Harry  P.  Van  Aken,* 
by  the  Board  of  Directora  of  the  Tenth  tJehool- SeS- 
tion,  Philadelphia,  for  hia  courage  and  noble  con- 
duet  duringatire  in  tbe  old  Normal  School  building, 
Feb.  6, 1877.'  Master  Robert  L.  Esrley,  who  cirried 
a  lame  boy  down  stairs  at,  tbe  time  of  the  fire,  and 
then  returned  lor  the  cripple's  crutch,  was  next  the 
recipient  of  reward  for  praiseworthy  conduct.  He 
was  presented  by  Miss  Mary  Taylor,  his  teacher, 
with  a  napkin  ring  and  a  volume  entitled  Fast 
Friends." 


UW  REPORTS. 


A  LARGE  ESTIMATE. 
A  reooht  letter  from  Dallas,  Texas,  to  the  St. 
Lonis  Republican  says :  "  Last  year ,  the  Iroa 
Moantain  and  tbe  Texas  and  Paoifie  Had  ways 
brought  ipto  this  Stats  312.000  people.  I  have  no 
statiatics  as  to  tbe  number  broaght  by  other  ^oads, 
by  water,  and  overland  In  wagons,  but  tbe  heat  in- 
formed reaideota  and  land  men  witb  whom  1  have 
conversed  estimate  the  number  arriving  in  the 
State  for  actual  settlement  at  400,000,  and  I  think 
the  fieures  are  not  exaggerated.  Tbere  ia  ao  laige 
a  scope  ot  country  open  to  aettiement  by  those  who 
desire  cheap  homes  that  the  great  increase  in  popu- 
lation ia  scarcely  perceptible.  'Within  the  past  six 
months,  however,  tbe  stream  seems  to  have  settled 
into  a  channel,  and  that  leads  toward  Northern  and 
Western  Texas." 


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WELL  NAMED. 
.f  The  Lancaster  (Penu.)  txamintr  of  Saturday 
•ays:  "Mr.  Jobn  J,  High,  residing  in  West  Earl 
Township,  this  county,  deserves  to  be  classed  with 
giants.  He  is  a  young  man,  18  years  of  age,  height 
t  f««t  3I9  inches,  and  weighs  230  poonda.  Sbouid 
tbere  be  any  one  in  the  ooanty  to  compare  with 
_  him,  oonsidering  age,  fro  shonia  b«  J7lea«wl  to  bear 


COURT  NOTES. 

Chief  Justice  Churoh,  of  the  Court  of  Appeals, 
occupied  a  seat  on  the  bench  beside  Chief  JasticO 
Davis  in- Supreme  Court  Chambers  yesterday. 

Judge  Sedgwick,  in  Superior  Court,  Special 
Term,  yesterday,  granted  an  iiuunotlon  restraining 
Hart  Jackson  from  giving  renreaentatiocs  of  the 
play  of  "  Onr  Boys  "  at  the  Broadway  Theatre  or 
elsewhere.  The  inJTinction  was  granted  in  a  suit 
brought  by  Augnatin  Daly,  who  is  the  author  of 
the  play  in  question. 

Harry  SmithrSged  14,  anatiye  of  St  John, 
N.  B..  was  arraigned  before  Justice  Otterboorg  at 
the  Washington  Place  Police  Court  yesterday, 
charged  with  having  attempted  to  steal  a  silk  band- 
kerchief  from  tbe  pocket  of  Miss  Annie  Eaakell,  of 
No.  1,247  Second  avenue,  while  sbe  was  passing 
along  Broadway,  on  the  22d  inat.  Tbe  lad  was  com- 
mitted for  tbat  Ln  default  of  fl.OOO  ball. 

The  parents  of  Frank  Heller,  a  cripnle  8 
years  of  age,  are  endeavoring  to  regain  poaaesaion 
of  the  boy,  who  was  found  begging  m  the  streets 
recently  and  was  taken  charge  ot  by  the  Society 
for  tbe  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children.  He  was 
sent  to  Randall's  Island.  Hia  parents  took  out  a 
writ  of  habeas  corpus  whicb  was  retomable  before 
Chief  Justice  Davia,  in  the  Supreme  Court  Cham- 
bers yesterdav,  when  argument  was  bad.*  The 
Chief  Justice  reserved  his  decision. 

Anna  Heller,  who  is  16  years  of  age.  recently 
bVougbt  suit  In  the  Superior  Court  agaiuat  J.  Chris- 
toph  Pitschke.  Sbe  says  tbat  she  was  struck  by 
a  atone  whicb  Pitachke  threw  at  some  boya,  but 
which  glanced  off  and  strnck  her  in  the  forehead. 
In  an  afiidavit  presented  to  Judee  Sedgwick  yester- 
day, sbe  asya  that  Pitachke  has  offered  to  com- 
promise tbe  case  for  1300,  and  tbat  she  is  willing  to 
accept  the  amount  in  settlement.  Judge  Sedgwick, 
however,  dismissed  an  appUcatloo  for  leave  to 
settle. 

The  suit  of  the  'Westem  Union  Telegraph 
Company  against  George  Harrington,  Thomaa  A. 
Sdiaon,  tbe  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Telegraph  Com- 
pany, Jay  Gould,  and  others,  waa  before  Jud^o 
Sedgwick,  in  Superior  Court,  Special  Term,  yester- 
day, on  a  motion  for  the  continuance  of  a  temporary 
injunction  against  tbe  defendantn,  but  argameni  on 
the  motion  was  adjourned  for  10  days.  The  plain- 
tifi'a  claim  to  be  the  owners  of  certain  patents  in 
regard  to  duplex  and  quadmplex  telesrapLy,  and 
are  endeavoring  to  reatiain  the  defendanta  from 
smug  on  acconnt  of  these  patents. 

WASHINGTON'S  OHBATQRANDNIECE. 
On  application  of  Mrs.  Ella  B.  Washington,  a 
great-grand-niece  of  George  Washingtob,  Justice 
Cykman  granted  an  order  of  arreat-  on  a  ault 
brought  bv  Mrs.  Washington  against  Walter  S. 
Church.    Church  was  arrested  by  the  Sberiflf  of 

Albanv  County,  and  hia  return  with  Mrs.  Wash- 
ington's affidavit  was  filed  in  tbe  County  Clerk's 
Office,  Brooklyn,  yesterday.  The  a^davit,  which  is 
aa  follows,  con  tains  an  interesting  narration  ol  the 
facta  : 

SinPHEMK  COUBT,  KISG8  CODKTT.—  Ella  B.  Wosh- 

ington against  Walters.  Church.— City  and  County 
ot  New-York,  as.  Ella  B.  Washington  being  duly 
sworn,  saya  tbat  she  is  the  plaintiff  herein,  and  re- 
sides at  No.204  Columbia  Heights.Brooklvn  ;  tbat she 
is  tbe  great-grand-niece  ol  Gen.  George  Washington, 
first  President  of  tbe  United  States,  and  also  of  liis 
wile,  Martha  Washington  ;  that  abe  is  tbe  widow 
of  Lswts  W.  Waabmgton,  who  was  great-grand- 
nephew  ot  said  George  Washington  ;  that  by  vir- 
tue of  said  relation,  abe  became  tbe  owner  of  many 
relics  of  said  George  and  Martha  Washington  ;  that 
iu  consequence  of  losses  sustained  during  the  Inte 
civil  war,  deponent  waa  compelled,-  in  the  iutereat 
of  Per  family,  to  offer  some  of  said  relics  for  aalc; 
tbat  before  the  date  nereinafter  mentioned,  depo- 
nent sold  several  of  said  relics  to  the  State  of  New- 
Tork  for  the  aum  of  (S0,000,  and  authorized 
Walter  S.  Church,  the  defendant,  aa 
her  ageut,  to  collect  and  receive  the 
said  $20,000  for  and  oiAher  behalf;  tbat  defendant 
agreed  to  collect  and  veceive  said  120,000,  and  to 
remit  and  to  pay  over  tbe  same  to  deponent  on  re- 
quest; that  thereafter,  and  on  or  ai}out  the  18th 
uay  of  April,  1873,  defendant,  as  deponeul'a  agent, 
aud  for  and  ou  her  behalf,  collected  and  received 
the  sHid  S2U,0U0;  that  ot  aaid  (20,000  defendant  baa 
paid  deponent  only  tl0,606,  leaving  a  balance  of 
(9,394,  whicb,  witb  interest,  amounts  to  |13,09S  90, 
now  due  from  defendant  to  deponent,  tor  and  on  ac- 
count of  the  ooUeotion  and  receipt  of  said  $20,000  by 
defendant ;  toat  deponent  baa  often  and  urgently 
requested  deteudant  to  pay  tne  money  due  her  on 
aaid  afxounry  but  he  has  refused  and  atiU  ret'usoa 
to  pay  bia  aaid  money,  and  baa  converted  the  same 
to  bia  own  use ;  tbat  for  tbe  cause  of  action  above 
stated  deponent  baa  commenced  an  action  in  this 
court  auainat  defendant,  the  aaid  Walter  S.  Church. 

JiLLA  B.  WASHINGTON. 
Sworn  to  before  me  this  13tb  day  01  February,  1877. 

"WlLUAM  B.  PaEKI£B, 
Notary  Public,  New-YorJi  County. 

♦ 

8VIT  ON  A  POLICY  OF  INSURANCE. 
Judge  Benedict  yesterday  rendered  decision 
in  the  United  States  Circuit  Court,  Brooklyn,  in  tbe 
suit  of  Kate  J.  JBayliss  acainst  the  Travelers'  In- 
surance Company,  ot  Hartford,  which  action  waa 
brought  to  recover  on  a  policy  for  f  10,000  issued 
by  the  defendant  on  the  life  of  Wilham 
■£.      Bayliaa,      tbe      hnaband      of       the      plaintiff. 

In  hlB  opinion  Judge  Benedict  recites  the 
fact  that  the  ^agreement  of  the  defendant 
was  to  pav  to  tbo  plaintiff  the  amount  of  the  policy 
"within  90  day  a  after  sufficient  proof  that  the  in- 
sured, WilU.im  £.  Bayliss,  at  any  time  within  tbe 
continuance  of  tbe  pidicy  ahall  have  sustained 
bodily  injuriea  effected  through  external  violent 
and  accidental  means,  witblu  the  intent  and  mean- 
ing of  thia  contract  and  tbe  oonditlona  hereunto 
annexed,  and  such  iD.luriea  alone  shall  bave  occa- 
sioned death  within  90  daya  lroni~fBe~trHppening 
thereof;  provided  tbat  tbe  insurance  shall  not  ex- 
tend to  anv  death  or  disablhtv  which  may  have 
been  caused  wholly  or  in  part  by  any  surgical  ope- 
ration or  medical  or  mechanical  treatment  for  dis- 
ease." Tbu  cause  was  tried  before  tbe  court  and  a 
jury,  when  a  verdict  waa  found  for  tbe  plaintlfi^ 
subject,  however,  to  the  opinion  of  the  court.  The 
iuHured  died  on  Nov.  SO,  1872,  having  about  a  week 
previous  been  suffering  from  lufiaenza,  and  subse- 
quently from  cholera  morbus,  accompanied  by  con- 
viilaiona.  He  waa  being  treated  by  a  phyaician,  aud 
requested  that  an  opiate  be  given  him  to  cause 
aleep,  whereupon  he  was  directed  to  take  opium, 
which  he  did.  The  defense  contended  that  tbia  was 
not  administered  by  tbe  band  of  a  physician,  and 
tbat  the  death  did  not  come  within  the  scope  of  the 
policy.  Judge  Beoediet,  howaver,  decides  that  it 
was  taken  by  direction  of  a  pbyaiolan,  and  directs 
that  Judgment  bo  entered  iu  favor  of  the  plaiutilL 


THE  CASE  OF  JOE  OOBTIRN. 
■\Vhen  Judge  Sutherland  was  requested  on 
Friday  to  comedown  to  hia  chambers  tor  the.  pur- 
pose of  neaiing  a  renewal  of  the  application  to  ad- 
mit Coburn  to  bail  he  was  unable  through  illness 
to  comply,  but  promised  to  attend  yeaterday, 
and  was  in  tbe  office  of  tbo  Clerk  of 
the  Court  ot  General  Sessions  at  11  o'clock. 
Bis  Honor  explained  that  he  bad  only 
come  to  his  chambers  to  keep  his  promise,  not  tc 
take  any  action  in  tbe  case  of  Coburn.  He  con- 
tended that  he  had  no  power  to  hear  tbe  application 
in  Chambers,  tbe  matter  having  been  remitted  back 
by  Judge  Brady  to  him,  not  aa  a  Judue,  but  as 
Judge  ot  the  Court  of  General  Sesaiona.  The  court 
was  not  then  in  seasion,  and  he  could,  therefore,  take 
no  action  in  the  matter  <before  tbe  aaaembliug  of 
court  on  Monday.  The  only  one  of  Coborn's  coun- 
sel in  attendance  was  Mr.  Edgar  M.  Chipman,  who 
on  hearing  Judge  Sutherland's  deciaion,  communi- 
cated it  to  the  prisoner  at  tbe  Tombs.  An  extra 
panel  of  75  jurors  w^ill  oe  drawn  m  the  Conrt  ol 
General  Sessions  to-morrow,  and  summoned  to  at- 
tend on  Tueada.y  to  serve  ou  the  Coburn 
case.  The  prisoner  will  be  tried  on 
one  of  the  two  indictmenta  for  felonious  assault 
found  against  him.  Tbe  maximum  penalty  on  a 
conviction  in  either  case  Is  10  years  in  State  Prison. 
It  is  understood  that  Cobum's  friends  bave  dis- 
pensed with  the  aervioea  of  some  of  tbu  legal  lumi- 
naries who  figured  In  tbe  proceedings  on  Wednes- 
day, and  have  mtiusted ,  the  defense  to  Meusrs, 
Charles  W.  Brooke  and  Edgar  M.  Chipman. 


:.li^UMi:. 


■-^-(-..Vi 


:^yi^ 


A  RECEIVER'S  BALD  SHOWINQ. 
Danfortb  B.  Olney  was  appointed,  some  time 
since,  as  the  Kecoiver  ot  the  Escelaior  Goa  Machine 
Company,  in  a  suit  broaght  against  the  latter  by 
one  R.  J.  Tollea.  Mr.  Olney .  petitioned  Chief  Jus- 
tice Davis,  in  Supreme  Court,  Chambers,  yesterdav 
to  be  released  from  all  liability  as  Receiver.  From 
Mr.  Olney 's  statement, ..  it  appears  that  he  realized 
only  1943  86  by  a  sale  of  the  company's  assets.  Tbe 
attorney  and  counsel  fees,  tbe  fees  cf  the  Re- 
ceiver, and  the  plaintiff's  coats  amount  to  tbe  whole 
sum  realized  from  the  asaeta.  Chief  J  natice  Davia, 
in  deciding  the  matter,  says  :  "  Tbe  motion  is  de- 
nied, and  Albert  Stickney,  Esq.,  is  appointed  as  a 
Referee  to  state  and  Settle  wbai  tbe  acconnta  of  the 
Receiver  are,  and  eapecially  to  inquire  and  repi^rt 
wby  It  is  tbat  all  the  funds  collected  by  tbe  Ee 
oeiver  have  tieen  exbauated  by  attorney  and  counsel 
fees,  and  by  what  authority  the  Receiver  lias  paid 
cat  such  funds  and  has  suffered  such  expenses  to 
be  incurred." 

THE  CASE  OFF.  O.  BOYD  <a  CO. 
In  the  report  of  the  proceedings  against  F.  0' 
Soyd  Sl  Co.,  before  Judge  Blatohtord,  of  the  United 
States  Circuit  Court,  on  Ij'riday  last,  io  was  stated 
in  Tbb  Tiues  that  William  S.  Golsen,  a  Chicago 
restifierj  one  of  tbe  witneaaea  for  the  prosecntion, 
said  that  be  had  shipped  -  from  Chicago  a  large 
quantity  of  whisky  to  F.  O.  Boyd  &.  -  Co.,  some  of 
which  was  "straight,"  but  more/  "crooked," 
and  that  tbe  packages  of  tbe  former  were  marked 
"B,"  while  the  latter  bore  the  letter  "  C."  For  dis- 
posing of  the  "  crooked"  article  he  had  paid  Boyd 
&  Co.  an  extra  commission  of  93  per  barrel.  Upon 
reference  to  the  srenog'rapher's  report  of  the  pto- 
ceediogs  the  exact  language  used  by  Mr.  Golsen 
with  regard  to  this  matter  was  tbat  to  the  be^t  of 
his  Knowledge  he  had  sent  to  Boyd  &  Co.  barrels  en 
which  the  atainps  had  not  been  used  the  second 
time,  bnt  he  did  not  recollect  whether  he  sent  any 
of  tbem  or  not,  it  was  so  long.  In  reply  to  a  qnes- 
.tton  as  to  whether  be  did  not.ltnow.'vrhetaei;  a«  bad 

■  ('■-'■■•■•■- 


•ent  any  of  tba  goods  to  Boyd  &.  Co.,  on  which  the 
stamps  bad  been  used  the  second  time,  Mr.  Golse  a 
•aid  he  did  not  know.  With  regard  to  tbe  |2  extra 
oommission  the  witnass  said  that  he  had  made  that 
offer  to  Coh  fiUl,  apd  that  he  (Col.  Hill)  had  said 
that  he  would  let  him  know  aboat  it  by  letter,  bnt 
that  he  had  never  received  any  letter  team  him  ac- 
-Oepting  the  proposition. 


28  A  STABLE  A  NUISANOBf 
The  counsel  in  the  case  of  Mrs.  Sylranns 
'  Sead  against  Maturin  Livingston  summed  up  be- 
fore Judge  Sedgwick,  In  the  Superior  Court,  Spe- 
cial Term,  yesterday.  The  suit,  which  has  been 
reported  at  length  heretofore  in  Thr  IHieb,  was 
brought  for  an  injunction  to  restrain  tbe  defendant 
from  aaing,  as  a  stable,  a  building  he  erected  on 
Fifty-third-street,  near  Fifih-a venue,  and  adioin- 
ing a  fine  dwelling-house  owned  by  tbe  plaintiff. 
Waldo  Hatobina,  who  appeared  for  tbe  defendant, 
inaisEed  tbat  a  livery  stable  is  not  in  itself  a 
nuisance,  thongh  it  may  by  bad  management  be- 
come one.  An  injuncr.ion  shonld  not  be  granted, 
be  contended,  until  the  stable  became  a  nuisance. 
Be  also  said  that  tbe  plaintiff  had  waived  what- 
ever right  she  might  have  had  by  allowing  the  de- 
fendant to  build  the  structure  and  not  steopine  in 
any  sooner.  Wheeler  H.  Peckham,  who  appeared 
for  the  plaintiff',  urced  that  what  conatitnted  a 
nuisance  depended  very  much  on  locality.  In  the 
present  case  he  said  The  presence  of  a  livery  stable 
in  suoh  a  neighborhood  would  be  a  nuisance  to  the 
residents  of  the  adjoining  property,  and  would  fur- 
thermore depreciate  the  valne  of  real  estate  in  ihe 
viclDity,  Judge  Sedgwick  took  the  papers,  reserv- 
ing hia  decision. 


E1N6S  COUNTY  SURltOGATE'S  COURT.     . 

The  following  is  a  record  of  the  business 

transacted  in  tbe  Kings  County  Surrogate's  Court 

during  the  past  week,  before  Hon.  W..L.  Living- 

aton.    Surrogate:     Wills   Proved — Sarah    Xij  on,  f  of 

the  town  of  Flatbosh;  Edward  J.  Blank,  of  the 
town  of  New-Lots ;  Jaoob  Schaefer,  Charles  Kelaey, 
Julia  A.  Kidder,  Caroline  A.  Crandall,  Adam 
Stroehleln,  Christiana  Trurapore,  and  Katharina 
E.  Kummlch,  all  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn.  Letters 
of  Administration  were  granted  in  the  estates  of 
the  folio  wing-named  deceased  persons,  viz.:  Lizzie 
Meorua,  of  tbe  town  of  New-Uireobt;  Cairie 
A.  Brown,  of  Natchitoches,  La.;  Ralph  L. 
Rawaou,  Uri  Nathan.  Aaron  L.  Mier,  Robert  W. 
Thomas,  Susan  F.  Hitchcock.  Clarisae  E.  Hitch- 
cock, aud  Angua  McCui lough,  all  ot  tbe  City  of 
Brooklyn.  Lettera  ot  Gaardlanabip  of  tbe  person 
and  estate  of  Leila  H.  Chapman  were  granted  to 
Deila  T.  Chapmau,  her  mother;  ot  Margaret  A. 
McDonald  aud  Honora  McDonald  to  the  Brooklyn 
Trust  Company;  of  William  H.  Hitchcock  to 
Andrew  D.  Hoadiey,  all  of  the  County  ot  Sings, 


THE  MURDER  OF  AB.  FUNQ.     * 
At   the  Tombs   Police   Court  yeaterday,  be- 
fore Justice  Duffy,  the  oaae  of  Ah  Fan,   who,  on 
complaint  of  Ah  Lay,  of  No.  23  Bowery,  was 

obareed  witb  the  murder  of  Ab  Fang,  the  China- 
man who  was  recently  mtudered  lu  Forsyth-street, 
waa  called.  Ah  Lay  deposed  that  he  saw  the  pris- 
oner come  out  of  tbe  premises  No.  17  Forsyih- 
atreet  about  3:30  o'clock  tbe  morning  of  the  mur- 
der, and  that  "  furthermore  deponent  believes  that 
aaid  Ah  Fun  has  feionionaly  killed  said  Ah  Fung 
with  an  axe."  As  the  testimony  taken  before  tbe 
Coroner's  Jury  deacribed  another  Chinaman, 
Ah  i£a,  aa  the  murderer,  Justice  Duffy  decided  to 
aend  Ah  Fan  before  the  Coroner,  aa  the  proper 
person  to  investigp.te  the  caao.  Tbe  Coroner  oe- 
clined  taking  any  action  further  than  sending  tbe 
prisoner  to  the  District  Attorney's  office,  from  which 
place  be  waa  aent  back  to  tbe  Tomba  to  await  tbe 
action  of  a  committing  Magistrate.  The  court  di- 
rected to  bave  tbe  prisoner  discharged. 


DECISIONS. 

ETJFgXME  COUBT— CSAUBEB9. 
By  Judge  Davit. 

Folles  vs.  Excelsior  Has  Machine  Company. — Order 
denied,  and  it  is  ordered  that  it  be  referred  to  Aibrrt 
Htickuey,  Esq.,  to  st.*te  aod  settle  tlie  amouuta  ot  the 
Ueceirer.  and  thath$»  apccially  inquire  aud  report  why 
it  1  a  tbat  all  the  lands  collected  liy  the  Receiver  have 
been  exhauati  d  bv  atiorneys  and  counsel  tees,  and  by 
what  BUthoiiry  the  Receiver  baa  paid  out  such  lands 
and  baa  suffered  auch  expenses  to  be  incurred.  Let 
the  order  be  arawo  and  pi-eaeuted  to  me  for  resettle- 
ment. 

Order*  Oranted. — Foley  vs.  Ratbbone;  GlUilan  vs. 
Mlttnaoht,  (2io.  2.) 

Meyer  vs  Levi/.— Hotion  granted  without  coils. 

COMMON  PLKA8 — SPECIAL  TBBM. 

Bu  Judge  Bottnton. 

Wtener  vs.  Jforanae. —Eeference  ordered. 

The  People,  itc,  vs.  Leipzig. — Motion  denied.  See 
opinion. 

The  Peovle,  de.,  vs.  Wyman. — See  opinion. 

Grimm  vs.  Mochrina. — Order  aettled. 

Hyutaetal.  va.   McVermott  et  al Commisalon  &oiu 

Loadun  received. 

MABDTE  COUBT— CHAMBEE8. 

Bi/  Judge  McAdam. 

Opinions. — Bnmberg  vs.  Stern  ;   Heppe  vs.  Krause. 

Solomun  vs.  Perry. — Wbeiea  demurr>'r  iuterpuises  in 

an  action  lor  relief  is  overinled  and  no  answer  is  put 

in.  the  material  facta  stated  in  the  complaint  aie  for 

tbe  purpuscs   of    the  action  to  be  taken  as  true  (55,  R. 

y..  0C7.)    The  peudency  of  ihe  motion  to   resettle  tbe 

order  does  not  cbange  this  result.    Judgment  lor  the 

plaintiff  $1,700,  with  cost& 

Decisions  filed  with  Paper*.— ^Loeb  vs.  Levy ;  Abern  vs. 
MorgHu;  Kmmeiia  va  heruLZ. 

Motimis  Granted.— Pfegfimayer  vb.  Welch ;  Atterson 

va.  Kathbun,  • 

Dtfaults  Acted. — Straus  va.  Blrdsall ;  Phelan  vs.  Car- 
roll;   Uurunm  Tt.  FlauaKan.  ^ 

Pope  vs.  Hi<c/kcocfc.— Judgment  for  defendant  onde^ 
murrer.  v^ 

Nelkenv:  Hart. — Complaint  dismlsspd. 

lietd  vs.  Price. — Retcrred  to  F.  J.  KJtch.  Esq. 

Vr^iggerman  vs.  Voomes. — Dismissed  witb  $10  costs. 

Murray  vs.  Liuheii. — CommlBsion  ordered. 

(jtierson  vs.  £iathbop.e. — p.  T.  Kobertaon,  Baq.,  ap- 
poiiueU  Keceiver.  ». 

Orders  Granted. — Murphy  va.  Pohl;  Lowall  vs. 
Spruu^;;  Urbacb  va.  Dusiro';  Blumcuthal  vs.  Uoorack: 
Pierry  vs.  Roust- 11 :  Savage  va.  The  Dry  Dock.  Kast 
bioadwa.v  and  Belt  Eailruad  Company;  fatroiis' 
faint  ("ompany  vs.  Irving;  Heath  va.  Knap;  Foster 
va.  Levy;  t'-mith  vs.  Uo'oiuaon;  Weigert  va.  Mendel- 
sohn, Mci  ouKbey  va.  Deyer;  i'lyna  va.  Fitzpatrick; 
Gins  VB.  Kenny. 

Marconi  vs.  /^outiotC— Jwdgment  for  pUintiff. 

'lyler  vs.  Capt.  (riU'ey.— Judgment  iudoraed  upon 
warrant.  ^^^^^ 

THE  PUBLIC  LIBRARY  OF  BOSTON. 
The  Boston  Transcript  of  Monday  evening 
saya:  "The  Superiutcndedt  of  the  Public  Library 
has  prepared  by  direction  ot  the  Trustees  a  very  in- 
teresting statement,  comparing  tbe  extent  and  coat 
of  maintenance  of  tbia  institution  at  three  intervaia 
of  live  yeara,  viz.:  1867,  lji72,  and  1877.  The  un- 
paralleled growth  of  the  Uutarv,  founded  only  in 
1852,  render*  these  aratistacs  exceedingly  valuable, 
'iho  library  has  increased  from  a  eiugle  delivery 
iu  1867  of  136,080  volumes,  to  tbe  present  system, 
embracing  the  central  library,  six  branches  and  two 
delivenea,  the  whole  compriaing  312,000  volumes, 
increasing  at  an  annual  rate  of  20,0(10  volumes.  In 
the  same  time  the  annual  circulatiou  has  increased 
from  208,963  to  1,200,000  volumes  ;  the  number  of 
retcistered  readera  takiuj^  booica  tor  home  aae,  from 
12,057  to  130,000,  while  during  tbe  same  period  tbe 
relative  expense  of  carrying  on  the  institution  has 
largely  dimiuiahed,  so  tbat,  while  the  circulation  is 
nearly  aix  times  aa  great  now  aa  in  1867,  the  ex- 
penao  is  only  two-fitths  aa  much  as  (hen.  For  ex- 
ample, the  average  cost  of  the  delivery  of  a  book  in 
1867  was  25  cents,  while  to-day  it  is  but  10^  cents." 

BLUNDER  IN  A  YERDIOT. 
The  Cinoinnati  Commercial  of  the  16th  inst. 
saya :  "  For  several  days  tbere  was  in  progress 
before  Judge  Swing  and  a  jury,  in  tbe  United  States 
Court,  the  damage  suit  of  Jamss  D. .  Carroll  and 
others  against  Jamea  j.  Poole  and  others.  Stut  waa 
brought  to  recover  for  a  failure  to  eonstract  a  steam 
propeller  according  to  specifications.  Tbe  sum 
of  $2,400  damages  was  claimed.  The  Jury,  generally 
supposed  to  be  an  inteiligant  one,  waa  given  tbe  c:ise 
on  Thursday  afternoon,  and  yeaterday  morning  a 
verdict  was  "brought  Into  court.  Its  reading  gave 
the  defendants  damages  to  the  amount  of  $240. 
There  was  evidently  a  mix  somewhere,  anil  on  in- 
quiry it  waa  aacertained  that  it  waa  the  intention 
01  tbe  jury  to  give  tbe  pluioriffa  the  foil  sum  of 
damages  claimed,  less  1240.  Efforts  were  made  by 
the  plaintiff's  coiinael  to  rectify  the  verdict,  bnt  tbe 
jury's  report  had  been  received,  the  jury  diabanded, 
ana  the  court  decided  tbat  the  only  way  out  of  tbe 
woods  was  to  move  for  a  new  trial." 


-^ 


BECOMING  AMERICANIZED. 
The  Sacramento  (CaL)  Union  says: -"The 
Chinese  have  peculiar  customs  relative  to  tbe  pay- 
ment of  debts,  it  being  in  order  for  every  debtor  to 
settle  up  if  pusalble  before  the  Kew-Year  holidays, 
and  in  the  event  of  his  being  unable  to  do  so  the 
creditor  considers  the  account  cancdlgd.  Tnis  ar- 
rangement has  cot  worked  very  well  in  California 
lately,  many  of  tbe  Celestials  having  become  ao  tar 
civilized  as  t«  swindle  their  creditors  by  pleading 
impecunioslty  until  after  the  Kew-7ear  feetlvitles 
were  over.  'To  checkmate  this  the  creditors  also  ore 
evidently  taking  a  point  or  two  from  tbe  'Melican 
men,'  as  some  of  tbe  Chinese  merchants,  ignoring 
their  national  customs,  bave  retained  an  attorney  to 
bring  suits  against  all  debtors  delinquent  tbVee 
days  after  the  New  Year.  Heretofore  when  a  cred- 
itor got  disgusted  with  a  debtor  he  went  for  him 
with  a  knife  or  pistol." 

THE  JAPANESE  POST  OFFICE. 
The  "Fifth  Report  of  the  Postmaster  General 
of  Japan,  for  the  fiacal  year  ended  June  30,  1876," 
printed  in  Fugllsh  am^  signed  by  H.  Mayesima, 
shows  that  the  Japanese  Postal  Department  has 
3,691  offices,  carries  25.000,000  letters  and  5,000.000 
ni'Wapapers  annually,  ana  baa  310  money-order 
offloira,  and  89  Boat  Office  savings  bauks,  whicu  pay 
interest.  These  banks  bad  beeu  in  operation  only 
a  few  months  when  the  report  was  closed,  and  the 
average  sum  for  each  of  4,000  depositora  was  about 
%'.  Postal  stamps,  postal-cards,  cheap  postage,  and 
tree  delivery,  are  all  part  of  the  syatem.  Tbe 
money  ts  eoaated  in  "yen,"  ojc  dollars,  and  "sen," 
or  cents.  ^^^^^ 

A  REGISTERING  BALLOT-BOX. 
A  resident  of  Sharon,  Conn.,  is  said  to  have 
invented  a  "oallot-box"  which  registers  every  bal- 
lot cast,  so  that  one  can  look  at  any  moment  and 
tell  how  many  votes  have  been  deposited.  If  mors 
than  cue  has  been  oast  at  any  one  time  tbe  counting 
will  show  It,  aa  after  the  baUoting  is  ended  the 
registry  is  looked,  and  mast  remain  so  no  til  ibe 
count  is  over.  It  is  repcesentea  as  beuut.aimpleh 
bnt  lJiKeaiun% 


HEGKO  WORSHIP  AMD  MUSIC 

TEB  NOTES  OF  A  FOOT  TRAVELER 

THE  INFLUKlfCES  OV  A  BLACK  PARSON'S  SER- 
MON—-TBB  BEMABKABLC  MDSIC  OF  A 
COIORED  -  CONGBEOA'nON-— EXPBK8SIO> 
OF  THE  RELIGIOUS  SBNTIMBNT  OF  THS 

RACR. 

From  CM  OeeiuloneU  Corresvotnient. 
MoNTQOMERr,  Ala.,  Monday,  Feb.  19. 
'  The  negro  of  the  South  is  one  of  the  mos^ 
interesting  studies  that  can  be  founiL  His  im- 
pidsiveness  ia  unrestrained  by  judgment  or 
self-consciousn^B,  and  his  instincts  are  un- 
changed by  refinement.  As  a  consequence  hfl 
is  the  best  embodiment  of  many  qualiiies  in 
human  nature.  In  him  we  can  study  tie  fun- 
damental in  man,  at  least  as  regards  ignorance, 
goodnature,  affection,  and  indolence.  Of  all 
his  unrestrained  expressions,  hia  worship  is 
the  most  remarkable.  A  dogma  is  to  him  a 
blessing  without  a  conscious  defect.  He  b»« 
lieves  it  more  than  any  other  being  can,  loves 
jt  more,  ana  expresses  his  feeling*  with  abso- 
lute freedom.  He  is  as  much  at  homo  in  the 
sanctuary  as  iu  the  street  ;  he  responds  as 
quickly  to  a  prayer  aa  to  a  baiyo ;  and  he 
thrills  in  his  full  veins  as  strongly  m.  a  religious 
fervor  as  in  a  passionate  excitement.  His 
content  and  genuineness  in  worship  may  well 
be  a  lesson  to  the  skeptic  world. 

I  visited  a  Baptist  t^urch  here  recently.  At 
I  ascended  the  steps  iu  the  dark  and  stood  at 
the  door  with  several  negroes  the  prayer  was 
■being said.  The  minister  intoned  his  eentencca 
with  a  positively  musical  sound.  His  voics 
fell  from  C  to  A  at  the  cadences,  aud  recom- 
menced a  phrase  on  C  with  a  full,  strong  sound. 
Meanwhile  his  rather  long  pauses  were  filled 
by  responses  from  the  congregation.  These  re- 
plies were  impromptu  individual  expressions, 
but  they  were  ail  in  one  sound,  A.  This  con- 
tinuing of  tbe  minister's  key  eave  a  unity  of 
impression  that  added  much  to  tbe  solem- 
nity. The  prayer  was  Ions  and  fervent, 
and  the  responses  were  lully  sustained 
to  the  end.  'The  most  of  the  congregation, 
numbering  about  700,  were  women.     They  wore 

all  kinds  of  coverings  for  tbe  head— kerchiefs, 
white  sun-bonnets,  dilapidated  straw  flats,  and 
the  latest  styles  of  city  bats,  trimmed  with. 
ciJlniaoD,  green,  black,  or  yellow.  The  men, 
sitting  generally  on  the  right  side  of  the  church, 
presented  rows  ot  round  heads  of  short,  crisp 
curls  and  facial  angles  of  all  degrees. 

Alter  the  prayer,  the  leader  of  the  singing 
started  a  negro  hymn.  He  sang  a  line  to  a 
simple  diatonic  succession  of  soimds  ending  ou 
Q ;  the  congregation  replied  with  a  chorus,  in 
which  several  words  on  a  single  sound  would 
Le  followed  by  a  descending  porl-dc-voix,  or 
slide,  passing  quickly  from  the  short  upper  note 
to  the  long  sound  forming  the  cadence,  and 
prolonged  beyond  its  due  length  by  the  congre- 
gation. The  leader  started  his  next  line  before 
the  end  of  thia  long  souud ;  and  as  the  h\"mn 
progressed  tbe  power  and  ener^iy  of  his  de- 
livery, and  the  fervor  of  the  chorus  increased. 
The  singing  was  very  just,  though  uuaccom- 
panied.~^  As  it  grew  in  earnestness  it  become 
wonderfully  expressive.  Now  a  startling  dis- 
tinctness of  articulation  sent  out  a  prominent 
word  with  great  eloquence ;  then  a  sound  prom- 
inent in  the  melody  tilled  the  air  with  the riehuesa 
and  the  power  of  mrturally  sweet  voices.  The 
melody  of  tbe  chorus  was  not  rythmical  ;  but 
its  vagueness  only  added  to  its  own  cti'ect,  and 
gave  frequent  oaportuuities  lor  the  most  inter- 
esting and  affecting  feature  of  the  singing. 
Now  and  then  a  woman  would  execute  an  ap- 
po4j;iatura,  or  other  graceiul  oruament  to  a 
long  syllab'e  ;  but  her  execution  would  be  a 
revelaiion  to  artists.  That  untutored  musi- 
cian ipade  the  grace  a  strength  in  expres- 
sion that  at  times  was  irresistibly  touching. 
Now  It  was  the  inmost  inflection  of  a  sufferinc 
heart,  aud  again  it  seemed  the  jubi- 
laut  cry  of  one  transported  with 
the  ecstasy  of  heavenly  hope  and  joy. 
Here  and  there  a  bass  or  a  contralto  sang  m 
harmony  with  the  melody  thus  viyidly  elo- 
quent, and  in  low,  sironjj  tones  sustained  the 
general  earnestness.  Some  hold  a  pedal  while 
reciting  the  words  with  articulations  varying 
with  their  iuward  movements  aud  conditions. 
The  total  was  not  always  without  discord,  but 
it  made  oae  palpitate  by  it's  heat  of  passionate 
emotion.  The  minister  then  atood  up  in  too 
pulpit.  He  was  a  large  black  mau,  -with  loug 
black  beard  and  hair.  His  breadth  of  shoulders 
justified  the  full,  rich  voice  in  which  he  read  the 

text  from  tho  fourteenth  chapter  of  John. 
The  congregation  was  now  for  lUe  first  tinse 
perlectly  silent.  His  prouuuciation  was  quite 
good,  aud  certainly  nualiected.  He  commeueed 
hia  sermou  in-  mellow,  pleasaut  tones,  tbat 
made  his  commonplaees  and  iteratiorm  even 
acceptable.  But  alter  a  few  minutes  his  voice 
commenced  to  rise,  and  eoen  reached  concert 
pitch.  Every  phraats  was  delivered  in  a  scream 
that  begap  on  tx  aud  ended  with  the  last  word 
ou  E.  Tbo  monotony  was  exasperating,  and ' 
the  matter  dull  to  a  sleepy  degree.  But  tbe 
congregation  soon  begau  to  respond  to 
the  minister's  declamation.  When  he 
■would  draw  -an  illustration  sufiicientiy 
objective  from  their  puisonal  experience 
some  would  say,  "  Truth,  truth,"  or  "  Yes,  oh 
Lord  ;".  others  would  assent  by  a  "when, 
when,"  common  in  the  negro's  conversation, and 
by  mteijections  of  iamihar  dialogue  or  other 
muttered  sounds.  This  jieueral  hum  (irew  Irom 
time  to  time  till  it  btcauie  almost  coutiuuous, 
a  positively  mu&ical  sound,  ii  an  oc.ave  oelow 
tbe  minister's  voice.  Here  aud  there  a  woman 
hummed  above  this  pedal  some  of  the  turus 
and  graces  that  had  been  so  effective  in  the 
chorus.  When  the  sermon  stirred  them  strong- 
ly the  humuiing  broae  out  into  words  of  ex- 
clamatiou,  still  On  the  same  sound.  Ou  the 
lett  ot  the  pulpit  a  woman,  more  moved 
than  the  rest,  sang  a  hymn  iu  a  soft,  clear 
voice.  Ono  on  the  right  side  also  sang.  ISue 
was  a  contralto  ol  exquisite  ear  and  voice,  and 
remarkable  susceptiDiiity  of  nature.  Her  low, 
rick  notes  ran  thi'ougb  simple  changes  of  har- 
mony, changing  tbe  key  Irom  C  to  ¥,  or  to  D 
minor  by  an  occasional  B  flat  and  Csnarp.  The 
effect  ot  this  was  extraordinary;  the  hymn  at 
limes  became  weird,  talae,  or  as  severe  as  a 
Gregorian  chant  by  these  changes  of  teue; 
the  pedal  humiaing  seemed  now  sullen  growls, 
now  responsive  murmurs,  aud  tba  Biinister's 
words,  piercing  and  sbriil,  became  by  these 
wild  intiections  the  keeu<ist  cries  of  anguish,  of 
supplisatiou,  and  of  auger. 

'The  congtegaiisn  became  more  and  mora  es 
cited.  At  times  their  shouts  and  moans 
drowned  tbe  speaking  aud  the  singing.  A 
young  woasan  in  the  centre  of  the  church  rose 
up  suddenly  in  ber  pew.  Hsr  bare  head  was 
thrown  back  to  a  painful  degree.  Sktj  kept 
jumping  about  for  a  minute  or  nut^,  and 
screaming,  "  Oh,  yes  1  oh,  yes !  oh,  yeaj_"  Tnosa 
about  her  kept  her  from  falling -^jc^^e  door 
or  on  the  bauks  ot  the  seats,  auH  hnally 
seated  her  again.  Tbe  next  minute,  when  the 
minister  spoke  of  Jesus,  she  sprang  up  in 
another  paroxysm  of  excitement,  and  screeched 
a  dozen  times,  "  Where  is  He  ?  where  is  He  {" 
Several  others  were  strangely  affected  before 
the  close  of  the  sermon. 

They  then  quieted  under  the  influence  of  the 
closing  hymn,  but  were  restless  aud  noisy  as 
children.  The  minister  frequently  brought 
them  to  order  by  reprimands  and  by  promises 
ol  dismission.  The  congregation,  as  a  whole, 
dispersed  iu  an  orderly,  quiet  way,  exchanging 
trieudlv  greetings,  cracking  jokes,  making, 
appointments,  and  gossiping  in  a  manner 
entirely  natural  and  umeserved.  But  1  passed 
on  the  walks  sgvcral  who  were  almost  sobbing, 
and  many  who  were  silent  in  their  meditationa< 
_  C.  H.  r. 

TBANS-ATLANIIO  MAILS. 
The  following  steamers  bave  been  designated 
to  convey  malls  from,  this  port  to  Xlorope  daring 
March : 


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10 

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13 
14 
15 
15 
17 
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17 
20 
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6:00  A.'il. 

5:00  A  kl. 
li:3UAM. 

7:00  AM. 

b:UUA  M. 

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11:30  A.  M. 
11: 00  A.  M. 
li:OUAM. 
11:30  A  U. 
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11:00  AM. 
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11:30  A.  U. 

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10:00  AM. 
11:30  A  U. 
12:00  Ah. 
li:OOA.  M. 
11:30  A  M. 

4:00  A.M. 

4: 110  A.  .M. 


Name  of 
Steamer. 


suevia... 

Ma  as.. ....... 

Cot  RicWd.. 
Lalifornia.... 

Seeker...... 

Montana 

Abyisiiis 

bt.  haureat. 
hesBlng..,.. 

Celtic 

Klhiotlila. 

America 

Wiauouain. .. 

Algeria-. 

Herder 

P.  Calaud 

Oennaiiic  ... 

Vioiuria 

Weaer 

Wyoming  ... 

Part  hia 

France 

Pnuia 

Kenitworth 
C.  of  Berlin  . 

Bolivia 

Mosel.. .. 

Dakota 

China , 

Wiebind 

Adriatic 

Alamia 

Ud«r, 


Destination. 


Plymouth... 

Kotterdam.. 

yufeiii'town. 

Ulasgow 

SouioaiDpt'u 
Queeuatown. 
^neenatuwu. 

UavTP 

flymouih. .. 
Queenstowu. 

liiasKow 

Southampt'u 
Quceuatowu. 
gaeeustowu. 
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Ula8Zo-«T . 

Soutuampt'n 
Queenaiown. 
<ji;eeu8lo'wa. 

U»rre 

Plymouth... 

Antwerp 

Queeofitowu 

Ulaagow 

t-ontbampt'n 
Qaeenato  tyn. 
Queenstown. 
flymouth  . 
Qucenatowu. 


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White  Star. 

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TRIPLE     SHEET. 


NEW-YORK,  SUNDAY,   FEB.  25,  1877 

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NOTIOE. 
1   we  cannot  notice  anonymons  coram anloattona. '  In 
_^IIca8e8  we  require  the  writer's  uamu  and  address,   not 
Jf  jpnblication,  but  as  a  gnarautea  of  good  faith. 

We^-annot,  under  any  circumstances,  return  re|  ectod 
(!ommunlcatlons,  nor  can  wo  undertake  to  preaorva 
IBanoscripts. 


^his  morning  The  Dailt  Tucbs  eonaists  of 
Tw KLTB  Pasbs.  .  Svery  ne*»s-dealer  is  bound  t« 
deliver  the  paper  in  its  complete  form,  and  any 
failure  to  do  s»  should  be  reported  at  the  jmbliea- 
iion  0jlce.  ^ 

Speaker/  Kajtdali.  yesterday  '  behaved 
less  like  a-  heated  and  unscrnpulous  par- 
tisan, and-more  like  the  presiding  officer  of 
a  legislative  assembly,  than  he  has  hereto- 
fore done.  He  conceded  at  least  that  while 
holding  that  a  motion  to  postpone  the 
Herforinanco  of  ,  a  legal  duty  was 
perfectly  =  regular,  motions  to  interrupt 
it  at  any  or  every  stage  of  its  progress, 
■were  out  of  order.  The  distinction  is  rather 
a.  fine  one,  but  in  this  case  a  perception  of 
talf  the  tiTith  is  better  than,  disregardiiig  ic 
altogether.  Thanks  to  this  ruling  and  to  a 
Return  to  reason  by  a  latge  section  of  the 
Democrats,  the  vote  of  Oregon  was  finally 
disposed,  of,  and  the  vote  of  Pennsylvania 
'was  tafcenup.  ^  Objection  was  offorod  to  one 
Elector  on  the  preposterous  ground  that  he 
■was  »  Centennial  Commissioner,  and  the 
twoh-ouses  separated.  The  Democrats  in 
the  ^Senate  were  ashamed  to  sustain  this 
Billy  objection,  anU  it  was  voted  down  in 
tl^  t  chamber  almost  unanimously.  In  the 
Hjrmse  a  motion  for  a  recess  till  Monday 
pvevailod  by  a  very  slender  majority,  and 
tue  sending  of  the  South  Carolina  returns 
fco  the  Commission  was  thus  delayed  till 
>Monday. 


That  the  count  will  proceed  without  de- 
lay on.Monday  there  seems  to  be  no  reason 
to  doubt,  and  the  Commission  will  hardly 
allow  much  time  to  be  wasted  over  tbe 
Democratic  return 'from  South  Carolina, 
"Which  is  conceded  to  be  a  perfectly  untena- 
ble one.  After  that^Tthe  only  objection 
likelv  to  be  maq|«  will  be  to  the 
"Wote  of  Wisconsin,  though  the  promoters 
cf  factious  delay  can  waste  time  first  over 
fa  frivolous  objection  to  an  Elector  in  Rhode 
Island,  and  following  South  Carolina,  over 
■an  equally  absurd  one  to  a  Vermont  Elec- 
tor. It  will  be  seen  that  even  though  fili- 
bustering has  lost  its  power  for  mischief, 
,  delay .  can  be  gained  without  outraging 
the  -verbal .  requirements  of  the  Elec- 
toral ;^law.  The  business  community, 
which  has  everything  to  loso  from 
the  success  of  the  revolutionary 
tricksters  at  VVashmgton,  should  promptly 
recognize  this  danger,  and  make  such  a  pro- 
bsst  againstplunging  the  country  once.more 
^nto  a  wrangle  over  the  Presidency  as  will 
?liot  be  liable  to  be  misunderstood. 


Perhaps    the  surest    evidence  that  the 

Democratic  Party  does  not  seriously  inleud 
to  defeat  the  completion  of  the  Electoral 
count  before  the  4th  of  March  is  to  be  found  in 
the  fact  that  the  World  has  become  one  of  the 
Jfiioet  violent  advocates  of  the  policy  of  bro- 
ken faith  and  irritating  delay.  As  a  party 
organ  the  World  has  been  specially  distiu- 
touished  for  flopping  over  at  the  wrong 
time. » I^has  been  loudest  in  its  commenda- 
tions i  of  Democratic  trickery  and  fraud  at 
iihe  moment  that  less  unscrupulous  parti- 
sans-were preparing  to  de^rt  the  failing 
cause.  The  journal  whic^wenC  over  to 
Tw^ED  before  his  fall,  and  sustained  him 
till  he -was  in  sight  of  the  Penitentiary, 
finfjrely  challenges  public  derision  when 
it  rants  in  this  Cambyscs  vein,  "  Why 
Bliould  there  be  this  tremendous  haste  in 
*  closing  Up '  a  count  which,  when  it  is 
closed  up  by  the  law  and  the  forms,  will 
yet  remain  forever  open  in  equity  and  iu 
fact,  exhaling  its  pestiferous  vapors  to  poi- 
son V  the  %  atmosphere  of  American  poli- 
tics, y  and  ^  corroding  by  its  exhala- 
tions |  the  j  lustre  of  our  national  char- 
acter! in  J  the  eyes  of  all  mankind  f" 
And  it  has  sufficiently  characterized  its  own 
courses  when  it  talks  about  "the  nauseous 
hypocrisy  of.  people  who,  after  twisting  the 
sanctities  of  law  to  serve  flat  public  dis- 
honesty,' are  now  trembling  with  terror" 
and  impotent  rage  because  their  plot  has 
tauiscarried. 


of  the  debt,  of  protecting  property- 
owners  against  spoliation  by  assess- 
ments for  unnecessary  public  improve- 
ments, &c.,  which  are  partially  provided  for 
in  Assembly  bill  168,  but  which  need  ex- 
pansion and  clearer  definition.  Some 
amendments  made  to  this  bill  on  the 
recommendation  of  the  Corporation  Coun- 
sel have  rather  a  suspicious  look,  and  should 
be  carefully  examined. 


.  _,..In  another  column  will  be  found  a  clear 

»nd  CMicise  summary  of  the  leading  points 

of  reform  legislation  which  a  majority  of 

Wth  houses  seem  prepared   to   concede    to 

this  City.    The  chief  difficulty   in  the   way 

of  a  practical  embodiment  of  these  ideas  is 

to  be  found  in  the  multiplicity  of  bills  intro- 

]daced,  in  many  cases   for  the  purpose  of 

throwing  the  entire  subject  into  confusion 

itnd  thus  staving  off  the  day  of  reckoning 

till  another  session.     There   are  some  bills 

Wtroduced   with     perfectly    good    intent 

jrhich   should   at    once  be  withdrawn    by 

those  responsible  for  them.     Among  these 

is  Mr.  Cowdin's  bill  for  a  Muni- 
cipal Council  of  citizens  and  office- 
t holders  to  report  the  necessary  reduc- 
itions    in    the      City    salary    list.      It    is 

perfectly  clear  that  no  efficient  help  can 

be  expected  &om  the  office-holding  class  in 

Qi&  direction  of  economy,  and  all  sugges- 
,^OD8  emanating  &one^that  source  ought  to 
'be   received  with  proper  caution.     There 

»re  a  number  of  desirable  reforms  in  the  di- 

xeotion  o£.i}laeiiuu:e8$rlctioaa  on  the  ^Erowth^Lrectlv  annreciate  the  motiye^  of  .those  whn 

/ 


The  Sun  and  World  publish  an  identical 
report  of  Mr.  Tildkn's  examination  in  tbe 
suit  of  BooDY  against  Ogden  and  others. 
The  report  may,  therefore,  be  accepted  as 
one  of  the  latest  productions  of  the  Bureau 
of  Nincompoops,  and  was  doubtless  intended 
to  place  the  defeated  candidate  in  the 
most  favoraj^le  light  before  the  people.  A 
somewhat  amusing  emphasis  is  given  to  the 
assertions  that  Mr.  Tilden  appeared  in 
"  perfect  health"  and  that  his  examination 
"tired  him  very  little."  This  will  bo  a 
gratifying  announcement  to  the  people  who 
have  renominated  Tildex  for  1880,  and  is 
a  conclusive  proof  that  the  true  elixir  ot 
life  is  to  be  found  in  a  long  and  desperate 
gamble  for  the  Presidency.  Mr.  Tilden's 
senile  garrulity  is  described  by  the  fol- 
lowing elegant  periphrasis  :  "  His  replies 
to  the  plaintiff's  counsel  were  often  more 
full  and  exhaustive  than  was  desirable  to 
his  interrogator,"  and  his  convenient  lapses 
of  memory  are  passed  over  in  silence.  If 
the  Democratic  organs  are  satisfied  with  the 
bearing  of  their  candidate  on  the  witness 
stand,  nobody  has  any  right  to  complain, 
but  any  one  who  reads  a  full  report  of  the 
proceedings  will  find  iu  them  a  fresh  reason 
for  thankfulness  that  the  country  has  been 
spared  the  humiliation  of  seeing  this  shuf- 
fling trickster  in  the  chair  of  the  President 
of  the  United  States. 


A  HOPEFUL  OUTLOOK. 
In  the  present  position  of  affairs  nothing 
is  certain  until  it  is  accomplished.  The 
time  remaining  is  short,  and  the  most  care- 
ful calculations  may  be  upset  by  an  acci- 
dent. Still,  we  cannot  but  accept  yester- 
day's proceedings  at  Washington  as  the 
promise  of  a  regular  and  quiet  settlement 
of  the  Presidential  question.  Tbe  danger 
apprehended  has  not  occurred.  Tlio 
Oregon— decision,  which  seemed  likely  to 
be  made  the  occasion  of  delay  on  the 
part, osfc" the  House,  has  been  disposed  of ; 
and  the  successivo  divisions  upon  dilatory 
motions,  more  or  less  disguised,  justify  the 
hope  that  the  work  of  the  Electoral  Com- 
mission will  be  allowed  to  proceed  uninter- 
ruptedly to  the  end.  The  crisis  which  on 
Friday  night  seemed  imminent  is  to-day 
averted,  and  the  legitimate  result  of 
the  count  assured.  It  would  bo  un- 
just not  to  credit  the  Speaker  of 
the  House  with  some  share  in  the  pro- 
duction of  this  gratifying  change.  The 
seventy  with  which  we  have  criticised  his 
general  course,  and  the  connection  wo  have 
alleged  as  between  himself  and  the  extre- 
mists, strengthen  the  obligation  to  admit  the 
equity  and  firmness  of  his  rulings  during 
the  brief  but  excited  struggle  which  pre- 
ceded the  close  of  the  Oregon  case.  Whether 
or  not  he  would  havo  been  able  to 
change  the  current  of  events,  bad  ho 
chosen  a  dilFeront  course,  is  an  immaterial 
consideration.  The  fact  to  bo  remembered 
is,  that  at  a  critical  inomont  the  Speaker, 
who  has  boou  supposed  to  be  identified  with 
the  policy  of  factious  resistance  to  the  de- 
cisions of  the  Commission,  exerted  his  in- 
fluence on  the  side  of  ordor  and  law.  For 
the  result  which  his  judgments  fatilitated 
wo  are  indebted  mainly  to  a  minority  of 
the  Democratic  Represeatativos  acting 
in  concert  with  the  solid  body  of 
Republicans.  Without  this  help,  the  latter 
would  have  struggled  iu  vain.  Rendered 
steadfastly  against  motions  which  would 
have  had  tho  effect  of  cau.Ming  delay,  it 
determined  the  action  of  the  House  and 
frustrated  tho  known  purposes  of  tho  more 
violent  Democrats.  There  is  further  eu- 
conragemeiit  in  tho  superior  character  and 
intellect  of  the  men  who,  iu  a  great  eiucr- 
geucy,  thus   severed    thenisclvca    from    tho 

majority  of  their  party,  and,  without  siir- 
rendeniig  tkeir  preferences  or  convictions, 
insisted  upon  the  acceptance  in  good  faith 
of  tho  verdict  of  tho  Conunissiou. 

The  event  has  a  eignificaiico  much  wider 
than  the  issue  immediately  involved.  A 
grateful  recognition  of  service  would  be  de- 
served if  the  service  itself  decided  nothing 
more  than  tho  question  whether,  on  tho  .'itli  of 
March,  Gov.  Hayes  shall  bo  installed  in  tho 
Presidency,  or  whether  the  failure  of  a 
regular  election  shall  bo  followed  by 
renewed  and  disastrous  strife.  But 
much  more  than  this  has  been  gained. 
Tho  division  in  tho  Democratic  ranks 
between  conservatives  and  revolutionists, 
foreshadowed  in  the  sayings  and  dofii^s  of 
the  various  caucuses,  is  an  acconipHshed 
fact.  And  it  is  ren«lered  more  remarkable 
by  tho  sectional  aspect  of  the  division 
which  the  votes  reveal.  Wo  .are  not  re- 
quired to  put  a  forced  construction  upon 
signs  or  motives.  What  is  apparent  on  the 
Burlace  197 that  the  moderate  element  in  tho 
Democratic  Party  has  asserted  itself 
against  the  revolutionists,  and  that 
this  element  derives  most  of  its 
distinctive  importance  from  its  con- 
nection with  the  Southern  States.  If 
the  country  is  not  now  menaced  with  the 
perils  of  a  fresh  contest  for  tho  Presidency, 
the  circumstance  is  attributable  to  the 
honorable  interpretation  of  an  implied 
pledge  and  the  patriotic  superiority  to  the 
base  arts  of  partisanship  which  have  dis- 
tinguished many  of  the  Southern  Democrats. 
They  have  risen  above  the  level  of  their 
party,  and  have  laid  the  foundation  of  an 
alliance  which  should  outlive  the  imme- 
diate occasion  for  it. 

The  Hayes  administration,  if  it  fulfill  the 
expectations  of  its  disinterested  friends, 
will  mark  the  beginning  of  a  now  era  in 
o«r  politics.  It  will  encounter  difficiUties 
where,  under  other  circumstances,  it  might 
havo  looked  tor  support.  Attempts  will 
undoubtedly  be  made  to  thrust  it  into  the 
well-worn  party  ruts,  and  to  fasten  upon  it 
tho  old  party  burdens.  Men  who  did  noth- 
ing to  assist  Gov.  Hayks  iu  the  canvass, 
but  on  tho  contrary  did  all  they  could  un- 
seen to  defeat  hiija,  will  set  up  claims  to 
his  confidence  and  to  his  consideration  in 
the  dispensation  of  patronage.  They  will 
ask  him  to  identify  himself  with  the  worst 
features  of  the  policy  they  have  in  every 
instance  sustained.  The  character  of  the 
President  elect,  his  known  sympathies  and 
purposes,  are  a  guarantee  that  he  will   cor- 


thus  approach  him,  and  will  pnrsa^  the 
path  indicated  by  his  own  instincts  and 
judgment,  regardless  of  their  entreaties 
and  their  threats.  They  will  not  dare  to 
oppose  him  openly,  but  their  constrained 
support  will  be  a  sorry  reliance  in  the  hour 
of  need.  Gov.  Hayes'  duty  in  regard  to  these 
matters  would  be  the  same  whatever  might 
be  the  effect  upon  the  working  of  his  office. 
He  will  be  sustained  in  its  disclxarge,  how- 
ever, by  the  known  approval  of  independent 
politicians,  and  of  thoughtful,  high-toned 
men  who  cannot  bo  classed  among  politi- 
cians, who  helped  him  cordially  during  the 
canvass,  _  and  now  look  trustfully  toward 
his  direction  of  tho  Government-  The 
coldness  of  insincere  adherents  will  be 
more  than  compensated  for  by  the  warmth 
of  honest,  unselfish  friends.  The  result  to 
be  hoped  for  is  such  an  accession  of  inde- 
pendent strength  as  shall  turn  the  evenly- 
balanced  scale  in  the  House  iu  his  favor, 
and  shall  so  establish  harmony  between  his 
administration  and  both  branches  of  Con- 
gress. . 

We  should  overstep  the  troth  if  we  re- 
ferred to  yesterday's  triumph  of  modera- 
tion and  law  as  an  assurance  that  the  re- 


and  a  nuisance  to  many  of  the  districts 
near  New- York,  completely  spoiling  quiet, 
pretty  rural  scenes,  and  burdening  the  tax- 
payers with  heavy  taxes.  The  deep-lot 
plan,  very  convenient  indeed  in  a 
plaiB,  has  been  tried  sqfflciontly.  We 
'need  now  some  more  picturesque  effects. 
The  land  comprised  in  the  Twenty-third 
and  Twenty-rourth  Wards  is  peculiarly 
adapted  fof  a  new  treatinant.  A  suburban 
quarter  for  New- York  is  precisely  what  it 
"wants  to  make  its  attractions  more  like 
those  of  the  European  capitals.  The  ex- 
pense of  the  new  plans  would  not  probably 
be  much  greater  than  under  the  rectangu- 
lar system,  and  New- York  would  retain 
something  which  would  hare  in  itself  all 
the  attraction  and  beauty  ot  a  park.  We 
confess,  however,  with  the  mistaken  greed 
of  the  property-holders  on  the  one  side, 
and.  such  judges  of  art  as  the  Park  Com- 
missioners and  the  Aldermen  on  the  other, 
we  have  not  much  hope  for  its  adoption. 


quisito   support  will  be  forthcomiug."-~^Pfte^  Jor  its  exqui.ute  tracery  work  and  fiarving. 


party  conditions  ot  the  nest  House  will, 


IS  a  monument  of  the   pious  munificence 


unreasonable  to  suppose  that  a  result  which 
has  been  reached  under  adverse  cir- 
cumstances will  bo  attainable  when 
the  Democratic  mastery  depends  upon 
only  eight  votes.  The  moderates  will 
then  hold  the  balance  of  power.  And, 
apart  from  its  immediate  consequences, 
the  action  we  now  chronicle  challenges  at- 
tention as  evidence  of  the  operation  ot  influ- 
ences among  a  certain  class  of  the  South- 
ern members  which  may  affect  materially 
the  policy  and  fortunes  of  tho  incoming 
Administration. 


THE  FDTVBJi  SUBURBS  OF  NEW-YORK 
Tho  subject  which  we  recently  discussed 
in  these  columns,  of  tho  "  deep  lot "  iu 
tho  laying  out  of  New-York,  has  been  pre- 
sented in  a  new  aspect  by  thf|  well-known 
landscape  architect  of  tho  Central  Park, 
Mr.  Olmsteu,  in  a  recent  report  to  the 
Board  of  Public  Parks.  It  is  fortunate  for 
the  City  that  iu  nearly  all  its  inaportant  de- 

partmcuti,  aro  quiot  meu,  either  of  genius 

for  their  work  or  of  a  life-long  experience, 
who  do  the  real  labor  of  the  community, 
while  the  politicians  over  them  reap 
the  honor  and  the  larger  present 
reward.  But  their  work  and  name 
endure,  while  the  demagogues  Anr 
forgotten.    Mr.  Olmsted  reports  oflicially 

to  hus  presiding   ofiicer,   Martin,    the    la»-d 

speculator,  who  can  probably  uo  more  ap- 
preciat(Ahe  laws  of  art  than  he  could  tho.se 
of  phijjblogy.  To  New-York,  tho  views  of 
the  :^tist  aro  alono  of  any  importance, 
while  those  which  in.iy  be  entertained  by 
such  men  as  Tappen  to  guide  the  Board  of 
Parks  in.ay  bo  dropped  out  of  view. 

Mr.  Olm.stkd  notires  what  wb  have  al- 
ready called  .ittention  to,  the  burden  upon 
small  property-holders  of  tliLs  arbitrary 
division  of  land  into  lots  of  twenty-five  by 
one  hundred  fe?t.  As  an  artist,  tot»,  ho 
feels  its  unfortnn.ito  effect  in  tho  long, 
n.irrow  rooms  of  our  houses,  and  in  tht!  few 
sites  permitted  by  it  in  the  City  for  truly 
grand  and  memorial  buildings.  No  such 
sites  c.iu  possibly  bo  obtained  iu  New- York 

"a.s   Korae   gives    St.    Peter's,    Paris   tbp 

Madeleine,  or  London  .St.  Paul's."  P^ach. 
gr.and  structure  can,  by  tho  division  of  land 
into  blocks,  only  havo  sixty-six  yards  in 
extent  tvom  north  to  south.  Also,  there 
is  great  difficulty  in  lighting  .ind  venti- 
lating a  inn.seum,  library,  eschan;;i',  or 
hotel,  unless  tiom  opposite  streets — if  it  be 
not  on  a  corner — or  unless  a  whole  block  be 
occupied.  Worst  of  all,  this  block  aiTange- 
ment  compels  every  house  to  deposit  and 
deliver  itsg.arbago  and  ashes  in  front.  If,  on 
the  other  hand,  tho  blocks  were  cut  with 
little  lanes,  as  iu  Bftston,  tho  streets  would 
be  delivered  ofhy.lt  their  present  nuisanccH, 
and  tho  air  of  oach.dwelling-houso  of  some 
of  the  gaues  which  now  poison  its  atmos- 
l)hcrc. 

Tho  especial  obj('cf,hov,evor,  of  the  archi- 
tect of  the  Central  Park,  iu  his  discussion 

of  this  subject,  is  to  recommend  a  now 
mode  of  divi«ling  land  in  tho  part  of  the 
City  which  has  yet  to  bo  laid  out.  This 
district  is  described  as  the  larger  part 
of  tho  great  promontory  reaching  from 
(South  Yonkers.aud  terminating  throe  raijes 
to  tho  soutliward  in  tho  abrupt  headland 
of  Spiiyten  Duyvil.  Its  ridge-lino  is  gener- 
ally about  200  feet  in  elevation,  and  at  its 
highest  point,  it  is  282  feet  above  tide- water. 
It  is  a  rugged,  wooded,  romantic  region, 
peculiarly  unflttiug  it  for  tho  stiff  parallelo- 
gram treatment,  and  adajiting  it  for  a  more 
nicturc8(iuo  and  natural  laying-out.  in 
view  of  its  steep  declivities  and  romantic 
views,  and  the  exces.sive  difliculty  of 
cutting  it  up  into  regular  blocks  of  200 
feet,  Mr.  Olmsted  makes  the  ingenious 
suggestion  that  it  be  prepared  for  what  is 
so  much  needed  near  New-York,  and  what 
is  such  a  favorito  thing  near  Lon- 
don and  Paris — a  "  suburban  quarter." 
His  assumption  i.s,  that  always  in  a  large 
city  a  con.sidorablo  number  of  persons  are 
to  bo  found  to  whom  it  is  a  necessity  to  live 
iu  semi-rural  conditions,  but  who  must  bo 
near  their  places  of  business.  "  Rapid  ttan- 
sit"  woidd  transfer  tho  dwcUors  yj'tiua 
district  to  Wall  strcst  in  just  about  tho 
time  the  railroads  do  irom  a  similar  quar- 
ter in  Hampstead  or  Highgato  to  tho 
"  City,''  in  London.  Like  those  quarters, 
ho  would  lay  out  tho  Westchester  district 
in  "terraces,"  with  crescent-shaped  or 
winding  roads,  with  irregular  lots,  preserv- 
ing old  trees,  picturesque  rocks,  and  nat- 
ural beauties,  leaving  S|)ace3  for  pretty 
villas  and  their  yardons,  and  hero  and 
there  a  green  quadrangle  for  a  college,  or  a 
terrace  with  wide  outlook  over  the  Hudson, 
or  its  parallel  valley  for  a  suburban 
boarding-house  or  hotel.  Hp  says 
justly  that  no  more  beautiful  or  attractive 
region  exists  in  America  near  a  large  city 
for  suburban  villas.  In  his  judgment, 
such  a  locality,  so  well  adapted  for  t/alking 
and  driving,  would  attract  many  wealthy 
people  as  residents,  and  soon,  by  its  supe- 
rior advantages,  sufficiently  raise  tbe  value 
of  the  land  to  compensate  for  the  apparent 
loss  of  bioney  in  abandoning  the  deep-lot 
and  block  divisions. 

Tho  whole  proposal  seems  to  us  to  bo  the 
beginning  of  better  things  in  the  artistic 
methods  of  laying  out  our  suburbs.  Tho 
.".Knnli^TrardL  iilan.?'  haa.   becoma  a,  .biirdon. 


PHAMOM  FORTUNES. 

On  the  borders  of  Suffolk  and  Essex,  two 
miles  from  the  old  English  market  town  of 
Lavenham,  whose  parish  church,  renowned 


however,  be  more  favorable  than  those  pf  tho  Dk  Veees,  stood  at  the  close  of  the 
which  now  exist,  and  it  is,  therefore,  uot-f^asfc  century  a  sumptuous  and  stately  man- 
sion callied  Acton  Place,  razed  to  the  ground 
more  than  forty  years  ago.  j  It  was  not  at 
that  time  an  old  houso  by  any  means,  hav- 
ing only  been  erected  about  1720  by  Robert 
Jknnens,  who  had  purchased  the  estate. 
This  gentleman  was  a  member  of  one 
of  tho  fiost  families  who  grew  wealthy 
in  tho  Birmingham  trade. '  His'  father, 
Humphrey,  acquired  an  enormous  for- 
tune in  that  town  by  button  making 
and  other  metal  work,  and  took  up  his 
abode  at  Erdington  Hall  in  the  neigh- 
borhood. He  left  several  sons,  who  appear 
to  ha]ire  had  souls  obove  buttons,  and  set  up 
as  gontlenieu,  although  wo  believe  that  tho 
descendants  of  his  brother  mako  buttons  at 
Birmingham  to  this  hour.  Charles  Jen- 
Nr.NS— HuMPauEY's  eldest  sou  who  at- 
tained manhood — married  into  tho  old  Nor- 
man family  of  Buhdictt — the  same  of  which 
the  Baroness  BuRDHTi-Coorra  is  so  worthy 
a  scion — and  seated  himself  at  Gopsall  in 
Leicestershire. 

RoUEKT,  brother  ofCnARLES,8cerasto  have 
resided  in  London,  and  to  have  been  much 
in  tho  Army ;  ho  was  aide  de  camp  to  William 
III.,  and  subsequently  much  occupied  in 
real  estate  transactions.  Although  it  does 
not  appear  that  ho  was  related  to  Sarau, 
^inchess  of  Marlborough,  whoso  maiden 
name  was  the  same  as  his,  there  ^as  a 
close  intimacy  between  them,  and  Mr. 
Robert  Jensens  was  largely  intrusted 
with  the  managomeat  of  tho  vast  and 
scattered  properties,  and  the  investment 
of  tflo  enormous  ho.irds  which  JoiiN 
CnuKCHiLL  and  his  grasping  wife  were 
daily  accumulating.  With  both  Jennems 
and  his  wife — tho  descpndaut  of  an  eminent 
Florentine  family  settled  in  England — the 
Dnchcss  was  in  constant  correspondence, 
and  most  of  her  letters  contain  an  allnsion 
to  their  only  child,  Willi  a.m.  This  William 
Jen.n'ens  was  go(Liou — some  scandal  mon- 
gers even  hinted  that  ho  was  son — of  King 
William  III.,  page  to  Gkoro!:  I.,  and  lived 
thirty-eight  years  into  the  reign  of 
Geoi'.ok  III.  Ho  inherited  from  his  lather, 
whom  ho  survived  sevoiity-throo  years,  a 
largo  fortune,  and  probably  derived  more 
from  hi.s^lMicle,  since  it  is  diSicult  other- 
wise to  account  for  his  fortune  being  at  bis 
death  so  colossal,  inasmuch  as  Robkijt  Je.\- 
NEXs'  letters  to  tho  Duchess  do  not  indi- 
cate that  ho  was  more  than  atUuent,  and 
W1LLI.VM,  though  living  far  below  his  in- 
come, was  not  a  miser,  but  lived  at  Acton 
Place  in  handsome  style,  not<5d  for  his  lux- 
urious table,  and  had  a  house  in  Grosvcnor- 
squaro,  tho  boat  place  of  residence  in  Lon- 
don. But  at  hi.^  death  it  was  fiiund  that  he 
had,  besides  largo  real  estate,  accumulated 
upward  of  two  millions  storliug,  a  sum  al- 
most unknown  up  to  that  date.  When  he 
died,  in  1798,  the  dividends  on  mo.st  of  his 
stocks  and  tho  interest  on  his  mortgages 
had  not  been  claimed  for  years.  In  his  iiou 
ch<st  were  bank-notes  of  178"^,  to  tho 
.iniount  of  £10,00<),  and  several  thousand 
new  guineas.    Ho  bad  never  emplfiyed   a 

regular  steward. 

A  will  was  found  in  his  pocket,  but  un- 
signed. His  servant  explained  that  Mr.  Jen- 
ne.n's  went  to  ex<ocute  it  at  his  lawyer's,  but 
finding  that  he  wai  without  his  sjiectacles 
delerred  doing  so.  On  what  little  points  do 
our  fortunes  sometimes  turn.  This  omission 
cost  several  people  hundreds  of  tliousauds 
sterling.  In  tho  absence  of  a  will  the  realty 
jiassed  to  tho  heir-at-law.  This  was  tho 
descendant  of  his  father's  eldest  brother, 
Charles,  of  Gopsall,  whose  daughter  and 
heiress  married  WiLU am  Hanmer.  By  him 
she  had  a  daughter,  Hkstkr,  wife  of 
AssuBTON  CuRZO.v.  They  had  ason,  Pknn. 
Ho  married  Lady  Sopuia,  heiress  of  Earl 
Howe,  and  that  earldom  becoming  oxtiuct, 
was  revived  in  tho  person  of  her  son.  Thus 
tfce  present  Earl  Howe  owns  at  this  day 
the  real  estate  of  William  Jennens.  Now 
for  his  personalty  Iu  default,  of  a 
will  duly  executed,  administration  with 
tho  will  annexed  was  on  Gth  July, 
1798,  granted  to  William  Lygon,  Esq., 
and  Right  Hon.  Maky  Viscountess 
Andover,  the  cousins  german  once  removed, 
and  nearest  of  kin  of  tho  said  deceased. 
They  wcro  tho  grandchildren  of  his  aunts, 
and  a  step  nearer  to  him  than  the  inheritors 
of  tho  real  estate,  but  not  so  near  in  direct 
male  descent.  The  connection  of  his  father 
and  mother  with  tho  Maulborouqiis  was 
brought  to  light  by  this  devolution  of  tho 
personalty,  inasmuch  as  there  was  found 
a'fueng  the  papers  at  Madresfield^the  seat 
of  Lord  Bcauchamp,  head  of  the  Lygou 
family — a  series  of  letters  between  the  Jex- 
NENHEsandthe  Marlborowgus,  which  Lord 
Beauchamp  published  last  year ;  probably 
at  the  instance  of  his  accomplished  father- 
in-law,  tbq  late  Earl  'Stanhope,. tho  his- 
torian. But  it  is  notable  that  neither  tho 
Cmi'zou  nor  the  Beauchamp  pedigree  in  the 
Peerage  refers  to  the  source  of  so  much  of 
their  property. 

Here,  then,  is  the  history  of  the  man 
whose  wealth  is  supposed  to  be  awaiting 
heirs.  Frou^  somainexplicable  circumstance 
the  idea  got  abroad  that  it  remained  unap- 
propriated, and  it  must  be  presumed  that 
certain  canning  persons  connected  with  the 
law  have  found  it  profitable  to  encourage 
this  fond  delusion.  A  quarter  of  a  century 
ago  the  Gentleman^a  Magazine  printed  a  state- 
ment to  the  effect  that : 

'J. ''.The  loiUZ-titizated  case   o£tba   Janninaa   aat*t« 


has  been  settled  by  tbe  Court  of  Chancery.  The 
property  Ues  prinoipally  In  the  County  of  Suffolk, 
and  at  one  period  was  estftnated  ot  £7,000,000,  bnt 
only  one-half  of  that  amoant  has  been  divided  by 
the  late  deouion.  Two  claimants  reside  in  Chelms- 
ford. One,  a  joomeyman  painter,  has  received 
£500,000." 

But  next  month  follows  an  explanation  to 
the  effect  that : 

"  Our  correspondent,  itappears,  derlvod  his  infer- 
madon  indirectly  fYvm  tbe  painter  himself,  who, 
mnch  advanced  in  veara,  liavtne  been  called  to  town 
to  attach  his  sienatora  to  some  docament  connected 
with  the  proceedings  in  his  behalf,  fancied  that  he 
had  by  bis  antoxraph  secnred  tbe  property  !" 

The  editor  proceeds  to  state  that  ho  had 
received  a  communication  from  the  Jennens 
Family  Association,  from  which  ho  is  led  to 
believe  that  all  the  chancery  "^doubts"  as 
to  the  rightful  owners  are  not  yet  dispelled, 
and  that  all  the  claimants  may  still  indulge 
the  idea  that  have  yet  a  chance  of  the  prize. 
That  claimants,  here  at  all  events,  continue 
to  do  so,  is  evident  from  a  recent  paragraph 
in  tho  New-Havon  Palladium,  of  Fob.  3, 
whore  we  read  that : 

"  Tho  American  heirs  of  theJenninjrs  estate  in 
England  held  a  meetioe  at  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  on  tho 
3l8t  ol  January,  200  beiuz  present.  Competent 
agents  will  be  employed  to  thoroughly  prepare  the 
case.  The  estate  is  valued  at  $S0.0u0,000,  of  which 
#60,000.000  Is  in  personalty.  The  English  courts 
havo  rejected  the  claim  of  the  English  branch  of  the 
family." 

Wo  have  no  doubt  of  it,  nor  have  we  any 
that  they  will  do  precisely  the  same  by  that 
of  the  American  branch.  That  some- 
body, however,  has  made,  and  hopes 
tx)  make,  a  snug  thing  out  of 
this  delusion  wo  also  feel  assured.  This 
sort  of  game  goes  on  all  the  time,  and  it  is 
but  a  few  years  since  two'  rogues  who  had 
served  in  a  lawyer's  office,  and  while  there 
contrived  to  obtain  points  in  the  family 
history  of  various  persons,  received  for  a 
length  of  time  large  sums  of  money  on  the 
assurance  that  they  were  agents  of  the 
Lord  Chancellor,  who  had  directed  them 
to  inquire  into  the  claims  certain  persons 
had  to  estates  which  he  desired  to  appor- 
tion among  the  heirs.  If  persons  here  who 
imagine  themselves  to  be  interested  in  Eng- 
lish estates,  had  a  grain  of  sense  in  their 
heads,  they  would  subscribe  an  adequate 
sum,  and  then  apply  to  the  British  Consul 
General  4o  nominate  some  respectable  Eng- 
lishman, conversant  with  family  history, 
and  matters  akin  thereto,  to  institute  in- 
quiries, a  course  which  would  speedily 
elicit  the  truth. 


ROMANCES  BEADY  MADE. 
Those  familiar  with  tho  life  of  Walter 
Scorr  will  remember  that  while  in  Rome, 
a  short  time  before  his  death,  he  met  the 
Duko  and  Duchess  of  Corchiano  at  a  dinner 
given  Lira  by  tho  eminent  banker,  ToR- 
LONiA.  Tho  conversation  naturally  turning 
upon  poetry  and  romance,  the  Duke  said 
that  he  had  in  his  possession  a  vast  number 
.ofrecorils  of  the  adventures,  misfortunes, 
and  crimes  of  the  great  Italian  families  for 
centuries,  and  that  the  author  could  use 
them  for  future  works  of  fiction,  if  ho  would 
disguise  the  names  so  as  not  to  compromise 
tho  descendants  of  the  illustrious  dead. 
How  tho  offer  must  havo  iuflamcd  the  imag- 
ination of  tho  poot !  What  maguificeut  ma- 
terial was  there  for  multitudinous  romances  I 
With  what  eagerness  he  would  havo  .ac- 
cepted tho  ju'oposal  twenty  or  ten  years  be- 
fore I  liut  then,  unhappily,  ho  was  broken 
down  with  the  severity  of  his  labors,  and 
died  a  fow  months  later,  at  Abbottsford,  a 
martyr  to  his  iufloxiblo  and  heroic  resolu- 
tion to  pay  the  la^t  farthing  of  bis  enormous 

debt. 

What  has  become  of  those  extraordinary 
papers  f  There  is  no  doubt  that  the  Duke 
had  them,  and  was  entirely  earnest  in  his 
ofiVr.  They  must  still  be  in  existence ;  it 
is  less  than  forty-five  years  since  Scott 
was  in  Rome.  No  writer  so  far  as  known 
has  had  access  to  that  priceless  treasure  of 
topics.  There  havo  beou  endless  Italian 
romances  within  that  timo  founded  on  tact. 
Beyle  made  a  special  study  of  Italian  life  ; 
so  did  BvRON,  though  he  never  spent  over 
.a  fori  night  in  the  Eteru.al  City.  Brown- 
ing has  ransacked  tho  libr.".rios  and  monas- 
teries of  Venice,  Verona,  Padua,  and  Flor- 
ence for  themes  for  his  muse  ;  but  none  of 
them  appears  to  have  soon  or  heard  of  tho 
Duke's  collection.  As  yet  it  is,  in  all  like- 
lihood, virgin  and  untouched  iu  a  literary 

sense,  and  it  is  wonderful  that  it  should  be 
so  iu  this  day  of  excessive  novel  writing' 
and  ceaseless  search  after  substance  for 
book-making.  How  can  it  havo  escaped  ? 
Where  is  the  host  of  scribes  who,  it  might 
be  n.aturally  supposed,  would  still  bo  toil- 
ing at  this  cxhaustless  mine  f 

It  is  impossible  not  to  feel  an  interost  iu 
tho  records  ;  not  to  desiro  to  read  them  ;  not 
to  wish  to  got  acquainted  with  tho  new  mys- 
teries of  human  nature  which  they  must  un- 
fold. They  must  be  strange  as  any  fiction, 
stranger  probably,  and  far  more  alluring, 
because  thoy  are  real ;  because  they  throb 
with  actual  life,  and  enjoy  and  suffer  with 
genuine  passion.  We  all  know  something 
of  what  tho  Middle  Ages  in  Italy  wero,  and 
to  these  most  of  the  Duke's  papers  refer.  A 
more  pictorially  inconsistent,  romantic,  li- 
centious, 1  and  wicked  period  history  does 
not  include.  Imagine  tho  adventures,  in- 
trigues, plots,  gallantries,  poisonings,  stab- 
bings  Corchiano't  narratives  would  divulge  I 
To  think  of  thorn  is  to  outline  comedies  and 
tragedies  without  end.  Tho  mind  becomes 
an  airy  stage  ou  which  learned  and  treach- 
erous prelates,  profligate  poets,  murderous 
scholars,  scheming  artists,  lovely  women, 
hired  bravos,  conspiring  monks,  reckless 
soldiers,  libidinous  Popes  group  themselves, 
and  move,  and  act,  and  melt  away  to  return 
in  kaleidoscopic  picturcsqueness,  often  dan- 
gerous, sometimes  deadly,  but  always  fas- 
cinating. The  scene  continually  shifts  from 
palace  to  jirison  ;  from  the  crowded  piazza 
to  tho  secluded  castle  ;  from  the  artificial, 
statue-bordered  garden  to  the  solitude  of 
the  Appenines ;  from  the  confessional  to 
tbe  banquet-hall ;  Scorn,  the  artist's  studio 
to  the  shadow  in  which  the  assaasiu  creeps ; 
from  the  tapestried  chamber,  warm  and 
sweet  with  lovers'  kissing  breath,  to  the  dark 
river  wherein  the  stile ttoed  body  has  just 
been  thrown. 

Out  of  tho  Corchiano  manuscripts  rise 
the  ghosts  of  tho  Malatostas,  stained  with 
unholy  love  and  pitiable  from  remorseless 
consequence  ;  of  the  Borgias,  gifted,  beau- 
tiful, perfidious,  and  implacable ;  of  tbe 
Gonzagas,  powerfAl  in  war,  but  more  to  be 
dreaded  in  peace  ;  of  the  Orsinis,  poisoning 
and  poisoned  in  turn  ;  of  the  Cencis,  brand- 
ed with  nameless  crimes  ;  of  tho  Colonnas, 
destroying  whatever  stood  in  the  way  of 
thmr  ambition  ;  of  the  Bentivoglios,  sover- 
eigns to-dav.  and  forlorn  exiles  to-morrow  i 


of  the  Medicis,  patrons  of  art  and  adepts  in 
murder ;  of  the  Tisoohtis,  learned,  omel, 
and  destmotive ;  of  the  loose,  Inxnrions, 
anscrapaloas  Tazzis ;  of  the  Sforzas,  ming- 
ling virisaes  and  vices,  as  they  mingled 
water  and  wine.  AU  the  beauty  and  de- 
formity, all  the  sin  and  saintliaess,  all  the 
culture  and  superstition,  all  the  generosity 
and  bigotry,  aU  the  heroism  and  tyranny  of 
those  contradictory  centuries  seem  con- 
densed in  the  pregnant  records,  and  waiting 
for  eloquent  illustration. 

Genius  would  not  be  needed  to  turn  snch 
fertile  material  into  stirring  story.  Tho 
most  ordinary  talent  would  suffice;  the 
poetry,  the  romance,  the  passion  are  all 
there ;  the  tales  would  tell  themselves,  if 
they  could  see  tho  light.  In  those  papers 
are  the  fine  comedy  of  fact  and  the  stern 
tragedy  of  truth;  it  is  philosophy,  as  Dio- 
NYSius,  of  Halicarnassus,  understood  it ;  for 
it  is  history  teaching  by  example.  Where 
are  the  enterprising  novelists  of  tho  New 
and  Old  Worlds  that  they  should  thus  long 
have  neglected  the  splendid  opportunities 
Rome  afibrds  ?  All  the  movement,  startling 
incident,  and  varied  complication  of  Calde- 
ron's  and  Lopk  de  Vega's  dramas ;  all  the 
invention  of  CiNTHioand  Boccaccio  ;  all  the 
characters  of  Balzac;  all  the  effective  situa- 
tions of  Hugo,  are  as  nothing  'compared 
with  what  the  Corchiano  records  can  fur- 
nish. There  the  imagination  need  not  exert 
itself;  plots  will  not  be  required ;  dramatic 
personages  will  be  superfluous.  Everything 
is  ready  at  hand  on  the  bank§  of  tho  yellow 
Tiber;  a  little  arrangement  and  manipula- 
tion, and  presto !  the  work  is  done.  Novels, 
romances,  plays,  poems,  without  number 
may  be  had  for  trifling  investigation,  and 
such  as  no  carping  critic  can  justly  pro- 
nounce extravagant,  unnatural,  artificial, 
since  they  have  been  lived  before  they  shall 
have  been  written. 

£There  can  no  longer  be  any  excuse  for 
dramatists  at  home  and  abroad  stealing 
wholesale  fi'om  French  authors,  and  calling 
it  adaptation.  Even  the  strangeness  and 
the  horrors  of  the  causes  ciUbrea  are  tame 
and  tiresome  in  contrast  with  the  fiery  emo- 
tions, subtle  plans,  and  desperate  measures 
that  the  mediasval  Italians  have  shared, 
formed,  and  taken.  Their  whole  wayward, 
incongruous,  thrilling  life  is  set  down  in  the 
invaluable  collection,  and  the  ambitious 
writers  who  go  first  will  have  the  largest 
choice.  There  should  be  literary  pilgrim- 
ages to  Rome  from  every  quarter  of  the 
civilized  globe,  to  gather  the  glorious  har- 
vest which  shall  make  every  man  of  ink  his 
own  poet,  and  every  playwright — marvel- 
ous to  relate — ^the  author  of  his  own  plays. 


GOSSIP  ABOUT  GREAT  PERSONAGES. 
European  newspapers  are  full  of  dreadful 
stories  relating  to  the  causes  ot  the  failure 
of  tho  conference  at  Constantinople.  Plain 
matter-of-fact  people,  who  are  dependent 
upon  their  knowledge  of  events  as  derived 
from  daily  dispatches,  have  imbibed  views 
concerning  the  crisis  in  the  East  which  have 
been  very  different  from  the  real  facts  of 
tho  case,  if  one  may  trust  the 
European  gossips.  The  Governments 
represented  at  the  conference  were  im- 
perial, monarchical,  aristocratic.  To  those 
of  our  fellow-citizens  who  have  habitually 
regarded  dukes,  lords,  and  earls  as  a  little 
lower  than  the  angels,  any  gossip  concerping 
these  exalted  personages  would  simply  seem 
incredible.  There  is  no  unpleasant  rumor 
concomiug  an  American   citizen — however 

eminent  he  may  be— that  is  impossible  of  be- 
lief. But  an  English  lord  of  high  degree, 
for  example,  is  naturally  supposed  to  be  so 
far  removed  above  the  ordinary  passions  of 
humanity  that  what  he  does  and  says, 
and  what  is  said  and  done  by  those  who 
appertain  to  him,  has  a  certain  Olympian 
weight  and  dignity  which  is  unattainable 
in  any  rc-phblican  form  of  government  or 
society.  Thi^'boing  true,  it  is  a  great  shock 
to  our  reverence  for  aristocratic  institutions 
to  learn  that  tho  wits  of  the  London  and 
Paris  press  pursued  with  ridicule  the  Right 
Hon.  RoBHRT  Arthur  Talbot  Gascoigne- 
Cecil,  Marquis  of  Salisbury,  Secretary 
of  State  for  India,  when  he  went  to  Con- 
8ta»tinople  as  Minister  Plenipotentiary,  to 
represent  Great  Britain  in  the  conference 
there  assembled. 

Salisbury,  Marquis  and  Secretary,  as 
aforesaid,  traveled  in  great  state  and  with  a 
suito  which  was  largo  enough  to  set  up  a 
small  European  kingdom  with  a  Cabinet 
and  nobility.  The  stories  told  of  his 
"style,"  as  an  American  would  say,  are 
edifying.  But,  as  if  a  nobleman  whoso 
ancestry  dates  back  to  the  Norman  con- 
quest could  not  mako  dignified  progress 
toward  Constantinople  without  moving  tho 
mirth  of  the  baser  newspaper  world,  he 
was  ridiculed  from  the  §rst  as  an 
anachronism  and  an  amateur  diploma- 
tist. What  is  worse.  Lady  Salisbury, 
who,  unhappily,  accompanied  her  lord 
on  Xbis  delicato  mission,  was  described  as 
being  a  strong-minded  marplot,  a  man- 
aging woman  who  despised  Mahommo- 
dans  and  regarded  the  Turks  as  a  sort  of 
semi-savage  pagans.  In  our  own  country, 
where  the  women  are  regarded  with  a  cer- 
tain quaint  old-fashioned  chivalry,  and 
where  the  domestio  relations  of  a  public 
man  are  seldom  invaded  by  even  the  most 
brutal  of  newspapers,  such  stories  as  those 
told  of  tho  blue-blooded  Right  Hon. 
Arthuh  Talbot,  &o..  Marquis  of  Salisbury, 
and  his  noble  wife  seom  simply  shocking. 
When  a  famous  lady's  relations  to  Gen. 
jACKSOii  broke  up  his  Cabinet  and  caused 
much  scandal,  high-bred  and  high-born 
critics  in  other  countries  thanked  God  that 
such  things  were  impossible  in  an  aristo- 
cratic government.  And  when  a  Russian 
Minister's  wife  and  an  American  Cabinet 
officer's  wife  got  together  by  the  ears  in 
Washington,  and  the  gossips  of  that  city 
gabbled  about  dissensions  iu  the  Cabinet 
sown  by  one  or  both  of  these  dames,  it  was 
only  natural  that  people  who  believed  that 
a  republic  was  only  another  name  for  vulgar 
disorder  looked  upon  the  scandal  as  a  sign 
of  our  political  weakness. 

But  here  is  a  noble  lady  who  is  credited 
by  English  and  Continental  newspapers 
with  having  been  the  cause  of  the  diplo- 
matic failure  at  Constantinople.  What  is 
worse,  she  is  said  to  have  accomplished  this 
result  by  the  sheer  force  of  indiscretion.  It 
is  not  necessary  that  this  should  bo  true. 
The  mere  fact  that  it  ia  reported  at  all 
ought  to  shock  the  fine  sensibilities  of  those 
of  our  fellow-citiaens  who  believe  that 
only  a  titled  aristocracy  can  rest  serenely 
in  the  empyrean  which  is  above  criti- 
cism or  scandaL  Lady  Salisbury  is  said 
to  be  a  womao .  of  positive  oharaote^.    Bhe 


has  an  inquiring  mind  i^nd  a  laadable  de<t 
sire  to  know  the  Tvorld.  When  she  went  tt . 
Constantinople  with  her  noble  spouse,  she 
readily/lbund  her  way  into  the  harems  ol 
some  of  the  dignitaries  of  the  Sublime  Porte. 
She  had  never  before  seen  a  woman 
who  owned  only  a  minute  fraction  of 
a  hnsbandf  though  she  might  have 
gazed  upon  this  marital  phenomenon  by 
visiting  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  With  a 
virtuous  Eaglish woman's  scorn,  she  ex- 
pressed her  opinion  of  such  a  state 
of  society.  She  told  the  ladies  ot  the  ha- 
rem just  what  she  thought  of  such  a 
system  as  that  which  held  them  in  gilded 
bondage.  Furthermore,  being  admitted  to 
the  private  family  of  Midhat  Pasha,  who, 
poor  man,  has  but  two  wives,  she  chatter! 
with  Mrs.  Midhat  No.  1,  but,  turning  her 
back  on  No.  2,  she  said  that  she  "  did  not 
choose  to  associate  with  concubines."  That 
the  roof  of  Midhat's  palace  did  not  fall  in 
and  crush  this  daring  critic  of  Mohamrao- 
dan  customs  was  owing,  no  doubt,  to  the 
fact  that  Turkish  roofs  have  lately  been  com- 
pelled to  hear  a  groat  deal  of  outspoken 
opinion  concerning  affairs. 

It  is  not  necessary  to  receive  this  tale  as 
true,  nor  is  it  needful  that  wa- believe  tho 
additional  statement  that  such  performances 
as  those  related  of  Lady  Salisbury  shocked 
and  disgusted  tho  Turkish  magnates,  de- 
stroyed the  influence  of  the  noble  Marquis, 
alienated  Turkey  from  England,  and  finally 
broke  up  tho  conference.  It  is  possible, 
even  probable,  that  all  this  is  idle  gossip- 
It  is  likely,  too,  that  the  tales  concerning 
Salisbury's  alleged  "crankiness"  and  in- 
flated self-importance  are  equally  un- 
true. The  point  which  must  attract  the 
attention  of  any  free-born  Americau  who 
would  go  out  of  his  way  to  kick  a  Duke, 
is  that  public  gossip  concerning  the  pri- 
vate life  and  manners  of  statesmen  and 
their  wives  is  not  necessarily  a  republican 
institution.  It  is  very  true  that  in  tlie  heat 
of  a  political  contest  American  newspapers 
and  stump  speakers  do  use  personalities 
which  are  disgraceful.  By  common  consent^ 
if  not  jn  common  decency,  merfs  family 
relations  are  let  alone,  and  public 
opimon  reserves  its  bitterest  -scorn  foi 
him  who  "  would  lay  his  hand  upon 
a  woman,"  even  in ,  the  fierce  heat 
of  a  contest  for  Justice-  of  the 
Peace,  Congressman,  or  fence-viewer. 
But  after  this  kind  of  tattle,  those 
of  our  fellow-citizens  who,  disgusted  with 
the  low  personalities  and  license  of  the 
politics  of  a  Republic,  have  looked  across 
the  ocean  to  envy  the  high-bred  calm  of 
English  political  life,  must  bo  disheartened. 
That  tbe  -Marchioness  of  Salisbury  should 
bo  the  subject  of  ill-natured  newspaper  ridi- 
cule because  the  noble  Marquis  belongs  to 
the  Grovernment  party,  is  bad  enough.  But 
when  we  hear  that  a  noble  earl,  who  is  also 
Premier,  is  suspected  of  encouraging  these 
attacks,  we  may  well  despair  of  monarchical 
institutions. 


TEE  FINE  ARTS. 


sale  OF  OIL-PAINTINGS  AND  WATER-COtORa 
The  artrrooms  of  Henry  D.  Miner,  auctioneer, 
at  No.  845  Broadway,  near  Thirteenth-street,  will  be 
open  for  a  sale  ol  water-colors  and  oil-paintlnes  on 
tbe  evenings  of  Monday,  Tuesday,  and  Wednesday 
next.  Dog-lanciers  will  iind  in  No.  7  a  very  attrac- 
tive little  picture  of  a  terrier,  by  De  Vos,  of  Paris, 
The  doc  is  examining  a  rat  caagbt  in  a  sprinc:  trap. 
Prof.  Boehm,  of  Munich,  has  a  copy  of  the  eel* 
braied  portrait  of  tne  old  Flemish  master  who  holdi 
bis  wife  on  his  knee  and  raises  with  his  right  band 
a  glass  of  Wine.  Vaini,  the  young  Italian  paintei 
who  committed  suicide  at  a  picnic  not  far  from  ihia 
City,  Is  repreoenled  by  a  Spring  scene  called  "  Tbe 
Proposal."  An  old  boau  is  bending  over  tbe  hand 
of  a  damsel  dressed  m  a  somewhat  peasant-like  at 
tire.  Julian  Scott  has  several  small  oils,  represent- 
ing United  States  soldiers  with  their  muskets  io 
various  posiiious  aoaording  to  the  manual  of  arms. 
E.  Jj.  Henry,  also  of  Kew-York,  has  a  "£e- 
turn  from  the  Drive,"  which  has  his  usual  charac- 
teristics of  careful  work  in  brilliant  colors  not  tuo 
harmoniously  blended.  F.  A.  Bcidgman.  of  Paris, 
is  fully  OS  bold  inl^fo.  21,  "Hurrah!  Hurrah!  " 
but  his  colors  are  better  managed.  The  brighl 
green  of  tbe  seaweed,  tho  brown  ot  the  old  anuhor, 
on  which  a  tattered  flsberboy  stands  ;  the  bright 
surf  and  water  fading  up  through  the  cliflEs  to  a 
dark,  cloudy  sky,  are  all  fresh  and  suggestive. 
George  Inness,  of  New-York,  is  a  painter  of  whom 
one  can  be  pretty  sure,  though  one  should  bay  a 
picture  blindfold.  No.  58,  "  bun  set  near  New- 
Yor£, "  has  the  linest  of  qualities.  It  is  a  picture 
to.  have  in  one's  room  and  never  to  tire  of. 
There  is  another  example  of  Inness  under  No.  2d, 
"  The  Mill  in  tho  Woods."  Thomas  Moron  appears 
in  two  small  pictures,  which  are  termed  '■  Gems  " 
by  tbe  oompiler  of  the  catalogue.  One  might  inf  jr 
the  same  from  tho  extraordinary  care  with  which 
they  are  inclosed  iu  little  cameras  with  glass  cov< 
era.  They  are  good  and  fresh  little  pictures,  but 
show  no  evidence  of  requiring  such  caretnl  treat- 
ment. Samuel  Colman,  of  New-York,  has  a  very 
pleasant  landscape  under  No.  49,  ••  Summer  Day  at 
Salt  Lake,"  with  clouds  gathered  about  the  ' 
tops  of  distant  mountains,  and  the  foi-e< 
ground  brown.  He  has  another  sketch 
of  some  merit  under  No.  62.  Alexander 
Wust,  who  used  to  paint  enormous  canvases  with 
mountain  views,  is  remembered  here  very  favor- 
ablv  under  No.  71,  "  On  the  Coast  of  Norway." 
This  is  a  better  specimen  than  we  nave  ever  seen 
from  his  much  regrottod  peacll.  No.  48,  "0;it/oi 
Luck,  '  has  some  tine  qualities  also.'  A  trout  Hslier 
man  nas  rambled  down  just  such  a  glen  as  one  sees 
debouching  into  the  Hudson  in  tbe  region  of  th« 
Highlands.  Coolness  and  seclusion  are  happily 
rendered.  There  are  several  pictures  by  David 
Johnson,  and  one  or  more  of  A.  T.  Bricher's  hard, 
unfeeling  marines.  In  No.  95,  "Scone  in  the  North 
Woods,"  wo  havo  a  spscimeD  of  Homer  D.  M^rtin'a 

work.  Tho  subject,  from  frequent  treatment,  may 
be  said  to  be  almost  commonDlaCH,  yet  Mr.  Martin 
has  given  it  individuality  and  srhat  is  very  like  a 
poetical  qualitv.  He  does  not  seem  to  be  afraid  ot 
colors,  probably  because  be  feels  that  ho  can  liandle 
tbem.  This  picture  would  make  u  good  penoant  to 
Greoree  Inness'  "  Sunset  Near  New- York." 

To  return  to  the  foreigners.  There  will  be  found 
under  Nos.  12  and  13  two  little  pictures  by  Boucher, 
of  Paris,  which  are  romarkabfo  lor  their  tonus,  to 
tho  exclusion  of  whatever  story  they  may  have 
been  intended  to  convey.  We  should  judge  that 
these  possessed  the  lasting  quality  as  far  as  regards 
tho  affections  of  their  owner.  There  is  also  a  verj 
small  Ziem  that  is  well  worth  consideration.  It  ii 
a  Uttle  marine,  a  sunset,  a  ship  under  sail,  &.c.  F. 
Uohboch,  of  Munich,  shows  conscientious  work 
and  no  mean  detiree  of  skill  in  a  qaietl^  ' 
humorous  picture  of  a  German  huntsman, 
who  mocks  at  poor  Benard,  lying  dead. 
T.  Chatgneau,  of  Paris,  has  a  plciure  In  No.  55— 
"Sheep" — which  will  afford  a  most  aereoable  re- 
lief to  those  who  are  worn  out  with  the  washed, 
combed,  curled,  and  presumably  perfumed  sheep  ot 
VcrboeekhoTen,  some  of  the  greatest  mousiers 
that  modern  painting  Jtias  to  shew,  and,  bke  mon- 
sters generally,  bringing  a  monstrous  pnce,  Tbeso 
sheep  are  real,  healthy,  every-dav  sheep,  not  tbe 
Imposaibiiities  of  a  child's  fairy-tale.  A  couple  oL 
examples  of  Hildebrandt,  of  Berlin,  are  hero  for 
those  who  like  his  work,  and  two  more  by  Cari 
Ho^  of  Dilsseldorf;  one  is  tbe  well-known  card- 
playing  scene  where  one  yonog  man  is  making  eyes 
at  a  demure  maid,  while  bet  ntlshbor,  a  hypouriti. 
eal  youth  ot  powdered  loeks,  squeezes  her  band  un- 
der cover  of  the  table.  There  is  also  a  grand  array 
of  water-colors,  (tiring  sketches  from  many  lands, 
Incluslyo  of  tbe  United  States,  and  painted  by  Mr. 
John  Faulkner,  ot  tho  Koyal  Hibernian  Academy. 
Under  No.  207  there  is  a  spirited  and  flue  little 
water-color,  to  which  is  attached  the  name  of  John 
Couftable,  Bt  A.,  London. 


FVSERAL    OF  REA.R  ADMIRAL  ALDElf. 

PoETLASD,  Me.,  Feb.  24.— The. funeral  of  the 
late  Itear  Admiral  Aldon  took  placa  this  morning, 
Bishop  Neely  performed  tbe  services  of  tho  Spisoo- 
pal  Church  iu  the  Council  Chamber,  where  tbe  re. 
mains  have  laid  in  state,  and  from  thence  a  larsn 
procession,  comprising  city  officials.  Army,  and 
Navy  oflBcera,  and  a  mihtary  esCorte  of  250  men,  aa 
companied  the  body  to  the  old  cemetery,  wh^-^* 
was  laid  near  tba  srave  of  Comm9^9te  Ptobl^'. 


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4  PHILADELPHIA  COURT'S  DECISION 

^    INTERESTING    DECISION    IS     PHILADEL- 
PHIA— RINGING      THE       BKLLS       OP      ST. 

Mark's  episcopal  church  stopped  by 

THE  courts — THE   WAVES    OF   SOUND- 
LAW  AND  SCIENCE   COMPOUNDED.  * 
From  Our  Own  Corresnonaent. 
PHrLJLDEi:j>HiA,  Saturday,  Feb.  24,  1877. 

A  curious  case  was  decided  in  Common 
Pleas  Court,  No.  2,  in  this  city,  to-day,  by 
Judg-e  Hare,  who  allowed  an  inj.anotion  to  pro- 
venf  the  ringing  of  the  chimes  in  the  tower  of 
St.  Mark's  P.  E.  Church.  The  particulars 
of  this  case  were  published  in  The  Times  more 
^^••b  ■«»  month  since,  when  the  petition  was 
flwt  presented  to  the  court.  St.  Mark's  is 
the  High  Chjirch  here,  and  its  attendants  are 
amone:  our  wealthiest  citizens.  It  is  situated 
on  Locust-street,  near  Seventeenth,  in  an  aris- 
tocratic quarter,  and  the  surroundings  are  in 
keeping  with  the  church  and  the  worshipers. 
Some  time  since  a  fund  was  made  for  a  ohime, 
and,  so  as  to  be  in  exact  imitation  of  the  chimes 
abroad,  and  of  the  Established  Church  of  Eng- 
land, the  bells  were  iaaported  from  that  coun- 
try. When  they  had  arrived,  tbny  were  set 
up  in  the  bteeple,  and  an  unskillful  hand 
called  the  faithful  to  service  by  their  ringing. 
It  was  not  musical,  hue  loud  and  harsh,  ana 
soon  proved  a  decided  nuisance  to  the  resi- 
dents of  the  neighborhood.  The  ringing  of 
the  chimes  at  the  hours  set  for  ordinary  ser- 
vice did  not  BO  much  annoy  the  denizens  of 
that  locality  as  did  the  fact  that  in  the  early 
morning,  about  5  o'clock,  a  monotonous  clang- 
ing announced  that  early  morning  service 
would  begm.  This  was  the  straw  which 
broke  the  camel's  back,  and  in  their  despera- 
tion the  Residents  appealed  to  the  vestry 
of  St.  MarKs,  who  gave  the  petitioners  to  un- 
derstand that  the  bells  belonced  to  them,  and 
they  would  do  what  thej  pleased  with  them. 
This  roused  the  ire  of  the  neighbors,  and  they 
earned  the  matter  into  court,  employing  the 
best  counsel  that  could  be  procured. 

Pnysicians  were  called  by  the  plaintiffs  to 
show  the  deleterious  effects  upon  the  residents 
of  the  ringing  of  the  bells,  but  more  especially 
their  effect  upon  invalids.  Even  had  the 
Bounds  been  received  through  blue  glass,  which 
is  another  Philadelphia  idiosyncrasy,  it  was 
not  believed  they  would  be  less  hurtful.  Alter 
long  and  weighty  arguments  the  Judges  took 
the  matter  into  consideratioa,  and  to-day  the 
decision  was  announced,  which  prevents  the 
future  ringing  of  the  chimes,  ac  least 
Under  the  present  disagreeable  method. 
The  opinion  of  the  court,  after  stating  the 
salient  points  of  the  contention,  says  that  the 
question  to  be  determined  was  one  more  of 
lact  than  law,  namely,  whether  upon  the  evi- 
dence submitted  the  ringing  of  the  chimes  was 
proved  to  be  a  cause  of  pain,  discoiutort,  and 
ill-health  to  the  denizens  of  the  locality. 
From  the  evidence  the  court  was  convinced 
that  the  complainants  had  established  their 
case,  that  the  chimiugs  of  the  bells  were  disa- 
greeable and  mtolerable. 

The  full  text  of  the  opinion  is  deoidodly  in- 
teresting, and  contains  the  following,  after 
stating  the  causes  which  ianpelled  the  com- 
plainants to  bring  the  suit : 

The  cbizDing  of  bells  date  from  a  remote  period 
In  the  Cbrlstian  Church  ;  they  have  been  received 
with  general  lavor  aud  acceptance,  and  it  wonld  be 
difficult  to  find  any  great  poet,  from  Danie  dovoi 
to  oar  own  times,  whose  verse  does  noc  bear  wit- 
Dess  to  this  truth.  The  sonndsi  so  mach  oomplalued 
of  are  not  a  mere  accidental  accompamment,  but  have 
from  association  Decome  an  mteeral  part  of  the 
celebration  of  the  Snnday.'whicb  brings  an  opportu- 
nity tor  rest  to  all ;  and  the  conrt  should  be  aiow  to 
believe  that  a  custom  hallowed  by  the  observance 
and  sanctioned  by  the  assent  of  saccessive  gsDcra- 
tiona  of  worshipers  can  be  inlnrious,  aud  that,  in 
fact,  in  the  present  case,  as  will  bo  apparent  on  ex- 
amining the  testimony,  if  some  persona  inveigh 
Rgaiust  the  bells  which  give  occasion  for  this  suit, 

otber  aod  not  less  namerona  voices  are  raised  iu 
tbelr  behalf.  The  court  is,  cousequenlly,  asked  to  in- 
fer that,  if  thesutferings  f  or  wh:cu  the  bill  seeks  relief 
are  not  imaginary,  they  are  the  mevit.ible  offspring 
or  accompaniment  of  nervous  dlseaae,  althoujjb 
a  morbid  or  excited  fancy  attri  butes  them  to  the 

?eal9  isiuing  from  the  tower  of  deiendani's  church, 
t  results  from  what  has  been  said,  that  the  case 
may  conveniently  be  considered  under  two  beads : 
First,  ia  the  iniury  complained  of  real,  and  do  the 
complainants  suffer  from  the  cause  alleged  1 
second,  if  the  answer  to  this  inquiry  is  in  lavor 
of  the  bill,  are  the  defendants  entitled  to  continno 
the  ringing,  notwithstanding  the  siitfenug  which 
it  may  produce  !  The  laws  of  sound  are  uniform,- 
bat  their  operation  ia  controlled  oy  causes  tnal  can- 
not always  be  readily  ascertained.  A  recent  paper 
by  Mr.  Tyndall  gives  some  remarkable  instances  of 
this  nhenomenon,  and  I  believe  that  the  most  ex- 
pert men  of  science  would  hesitate  to  do- 
Clare  beforehand  in  what  spot  -  echo  would 
best  or  ottenest  reflect  the  volca  One  circumstance 
Is  apparent  iu  this  case,  even  to  an  lusscientilio  eye, 
,  that  the  houses  in  Locnst-street,  rising  as  they  do, 
I  nearly  to  tne  level  ot  the  belfry,  are  exposed  to  the 
full  force  of  the  waves  of  sotmd  which  pour  forth 
from  its  windows,  and  which  pass  over  the  bumbtor 
roofs  in  Erety-street,  altbougb,  only  accoraing  to 
the  affidavits  ot  Thomas  and  Mary  Dantry,  >o  break 
resonantly  on  the  dwelling  which  they  occupy 
further  on  in  Chancellor-street.  The  truth  is  tba't 
a  casual  op  uhmstructed  observer  can  no  more 
predict  or  account  for  the  seemingly  wayward 
punrso  of  the  vibrations  which  constitate  sound, 
than  he  can  tell  where  the  undertow  renders  It 
dangerous  to  venture  into  the  snrt,  or  than  the 
mariuer  can  anticipate  which  of  the  coming  seas 
will  rise  above  tho  rest  and  breaic  on  board  his 
resseL 

The  conclusio*  to  which  we  are  brought  by  a  re- 
view of  the  testimony  is  that  from  the  level  at 
which  the  bells  of  St.  Mark's  are  hung,  and  from 
their  proximity  to  the  surrounding  builiJings— and 
It  may  be  from  other  ciruumbtances  wLich  are  not 
accurately  known  or  determined — thoy  cauuot  be 
chimed  or  nmg  without  causing  an  annoyance  to 
the  dwellers  in  the  neighborncod,  which,  in  the  case 
of  some  of  them  who  stand  most  in  need  of  care, 
amounts  to  a  senona  injnry,  and  shunld  conse- 
quently be  abated  by  an  injunction.  ^Vbetbor  the 
prohibition  shall  be  absolnio  wdl  depend  on  cir- 
cumstances. It  18  no  part  of  our  design  to  impose 
any  restraint  on  the  defendants  that  is  not  essential 
to  protect  the  complainants,  and  if  a  aiode  of  chini- 
Ing  can  bo  devised  that  will  not  be  atttnded  with 
Injurious  consequences,  we  shall  bo  glad  to  sanction 
It  by  a  decree.  We,  moreover,  earnestly  desire  nut 
to  hinder  snob  moderate  tollmg  or  ringing  on  San- 
day,  before  morning  and  evening  service,  as  may  bo 
satisfactory  to  both  parties,  and  trust  that  coanbol 
will  come  to  some  arrangement  by  which  this  will 
be  accomplished. 

Erety  and  Chancellor  ptreets,  spoken  of,  are 
Email  thoroughfares  in  the  rear  ot  the  churc'u, 
and  the  dwellings  are  of  tho  conventional  Phil- 
adelphia two-story  style.  It  ia  probable  that 
the  matter  will  be  amicably  arranged,  aad  the 
chimes  allowed  to  ring  by  the  coming  Sabbath. 

OBITUARY.  S.. 

♦ 

GEN.  ANDREW  W.  DENISOSt 
Gen.  Andrew  W.  Denison,  Postmaster  in  Bal- 
timore for  nearly  eight  years,  was  found  dead  in  his 
bed  yesterday  morning.  It  is  supposed  that  he 
died  from  apoplexy,  as  he  retired  at  11  o'clock  tho 
night  before  in  his  nsaally  excellont  health.  The 
deceased  w^as  a  gallant  and  brave  officer  during  the 
late  war,  having  entered  tho  Union  service  in  Au- 
gust, 1862,  as  Coleaol  of  the  Eighth  Maryland  Vol- 
unteer  Infantry,  which  be  had  raised  and  served 
till  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  engaged  in  a  nnin- 
b«r  of  battles,  having  lost  an  arm  at  the  battloof  Lau- 
rel Hill,  Spottsylvania  County,  Va.,  where  he  waa  in 
command  of  the  Maryland  brigade  attached  to  tho 
Second  Division  (Gen.  Eobinson)  of  the  Fifth  Army 
Corps,  under  Gen.  Warren.  He  was  aeaio  woandeil 
In  the  battle  of  White  Oak  Ridgo,  near  Petersburg, 
March  31,  18C3.  For  gallantry  in  the  hrst-nameil 
battle  ho  was  breveted  Brigadier  General,  and  in 
the  battle  of  White  Oak  Bidge,  Major  General.  The 
deceased  was  in  bis  46tb  year. 

TB-Vi  LAXB  HENBY  80VTHMAYD. 
The  late  Henry  Southmayd,  who  died  Friday 
iX  his  home,  corner  of  Grand  and  Warren  streets, 
Jersey  City,  was  a  well-known  railroad  official.  He 
was  bom  in  Middletown,  Conn.,  in  tho  year  1815, 
and  neaily  fifty  years  ago  removed  with  his  parents 
to  Jersey  City  and  started  out  aa  a  clerk  in  a  whole- 
tsale  grocery  store.  He  afterward  toand  a  place  in 
the  oflaoes  of  the  N6w-Jer»ey  Railroad 
and  Transportation  Company,  his  father 
being  at  that  time  the  General  Saperin- 
lendent  of  the  road,  Mr.  Southmayd  succeeded 
JTobn  Worthington,  as  Secretary  of  the  company, 
lad  for  ovor  30  years  discharged  tho  duties  of  that 
position  with  great  satisfaction  to  the  stockholders. 
In  1873,  when  the  New-Jersey  Transportation 
Company  wis  leased  to  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad 
Company,  iU-health  compelled  him  to  resign.  He 
was  soon  afterward  stricken  with  paralysis, 
aad  had  frequent  attacks  since.  His  disease 
'bcffled  all  the  skill  of  his  physicians,  and  Friday 
eveuiog  he  breathed  his  last.  Hia  symptoms  were 
so  peculiar  that  his  family  at  first  entertained  the 
Idea  of  holding  a  post-mortem  examination  of  the 
body,  but  it  was  afterward  abandoned,  A  funeral 
B^rvice  will  be  held  at  his  late  residence  to-morrow 
evening,  and  Tuesday  morning  the  remains  will  be 

to  Green- Wood  Cemetery  for  interment. 


IBS  DEAD  OVBAN  GENERAL.  "-  ' 
The  remains  of  M&jor  Gen.  Agiulera,  ex- 
President  of  the  insurieotlonary  Government  of 
Caba,  will  be  placed  in  the  Governor's  Boom  in  the 
City  Hall  at  10  o'clock  this  morning,  at  which  time 
%>!■  irl«adA  and  afttt.naintftB'Wf  will  ba  sivajt  an  on-. 


porttmttv  to  see  them.  The  hall  has  been 
appropriately  draped  in  mourning,  and  the 
national,  State,  Municipal,  and  Cuban  flag*  will  be 
displayed  at  balf-mast  in  honor  of  the  occasion. 
To-morrow  at  9  o'clock  the  body  will  be  removed  to 
the  RomauJCatholic  Church  of  St.  Francl?  d«Xavier, 
where  the  funeral  ceremonies  will  be  performed. 


CENTRAL  AND  SOUTH  AMERIQA. 


%HE  LAST  REVOLUTION  BEISG  SUPPRESSED, 
PEACK  KEIGNS  UNTIL  FURTHER  ORDERS 
— THE  DABIEN  SURVEYING  EXPEDITION 
— DEATH  OF  MR  W.  A.  BROOKS. 

Panama,  Feb.  16.— The  following  is  a  copy  of 
atolegram  transcribed  to  the  State  Government  by 
the  Mimicioal  Chief  of  Buenaventui-a: 

Telkgbaph  Office,  Calx.  .Tan.  27,  1877. 
To  the  Munieipal  Ohief  of  Butnavcniura : 

I  received  the  following  telegram  la^t  night : 

Caktago,  Jan.  26. 
Citizen Pre*ident  of  the  State,  Oali: 

It  is  9  o'clock  A.  M..  and  I  have  Just  received  the 
following  official  telegram : 

San  Juan,  25th. 
Seflor  Eliseo  Pay  an: 

I  have  lust  learned  from  official  sonrees  thit  at 
Sabanetas,  near  Soata,  State  ot  Santander,  tlio 
Guascaand  iialderama  guerillas  combined  were  de- 
lated by  Gen.-  Wilche.s.  The  losses  were  400 
killed,  300  wounded,  and  300  prisoners.  Tho 
States  of  Santander,  Eovaca,  and  Cnudi- 
namarcaare  thus  left  free,  and  5,000  men  disengaged 
to  invade  Antioqiiia.     Pleaaea  advise. 

DR.  CONTO  JUAN  MARTINEZ. 

Which  intelligence  I  forward  you  in  compliance 
with  Senor  Martinez'  reqaest,  thit  it  may  be  pub- 
lished throughout  the  State.      ELISEO  PA  TAN. 

The  foregoing  is  authentic,      li.  ZAVADSKY. 

Gen.  Guardis  had  returned  to  Costa  Rica  from 
Guatemala  and  Salvador,  entirely  nnsnocessful  in 
his  efforts  to  get  up  a  war  witn  Nicaragua. 
<i  All  the  Central  American  States  ard  at  peace. 
The  coffee  crop  is  now  coming  forward  in  large 
quantities. 

The  rumor  of  the  death  of  Mr.  W.  A.  Brooks,  of 
the  Darien  Surveying  Expedition,  has  been  con- 
firmed. The  sad  event  occurred  at  the  Indian 
Village  of  Paya,  upon  the  head- waters  of  tho  Tuyra 
River,  Jan.  26. 

There  has  been  no  definite  information  received 
to  date  from  the  expedition.  If  there  had  been  anv 
great  success  it  is  probable  it  would  have  been 
made  known. 

The  Isthmus  is  quiet  and  the  weather  is  splendid. 
The  men-of-war  Pensacola,  Omaha,  and  Albatross 
are  in  port. 

The  Panama  Government  has  succeeded  in  raising 
a  forced  loan. 


THE   NEW-HAMPSHIRE   ELECTION. 


CHEERING      REPORTS      FROM       REPUBUCAX 
SOURCES — ACTIVITY  OF  THE  DEMOCRATS 
IN   THE   CONGRESSIONAL  DISTRICTS. 
The   Concord,    N.  H.,   correspondent   of  tho 
Boston  Journal  writes,  under  date  of  Fob.  23  :  "The 
Executive  Board  of  tho  Reonblican  State  Committee 
are  in  session  in  Concord  this  evening.    They  bring 
cheering  reports  for  the  Republicans   from  all   im- 
portant sections  of  the   State,    and   say  that  with 
proper  excrtioos  Mr.  Prescott  can   be   elected  Gov- 
ernor by   5,000  majority,    and   every  Congressional 
district  bo  carried  for   tne  same   oarty."     But   this 
correspondent  in  the  same  letter  goes  on  to  say: 

'•  We  have  reliable  inlV<rmation  from  numerous 
sources  all  lending  to  show  that  tho  Democrats  are 
not  indifterent  or  inactive  in  tho  present  campaign. 
Tbeir  line  of  policy  is  not  in  all  ri-8i>ect8  the  same 
as  last  year,  and  It  is  highly  important  that  the  lie- 
puDlicans  get  as  tully  iDlormcd  as  pussiblo  as  to  tliu 
tactics  of  tho  enemy.  At  tho  last  State  election  tho 
Democrats  had  some  hope  of  electing  a  Governor, 
but  tlus  year  thev  have  none.  They  are  convinced 
that  Marcy,  with  his  bad  ^var  record  and  fossil 
ideas  generally,  will  lose  votes  among  some  of 
the    young   Democrats,    and    thoy   are  not  going 

to  waste  ammunition  iu  his  behnlf.  But  in 
the  Congressional  elections  tbo  Democrats  are 
resolved  to  put  out  their  whole  strength,  almost 
regardless  ot  the  remainder  of  tho  State  ticket. 
Tbov  are  using  money  freely  iu  tbo  First  and 
Third  Congressional  Distrier^,  aud  are  onilo.ivni-- 
ing  to  trade  Govemcr  for  Congress  votes  iu  the 
Second  District.  Marcy  and  Frank  Jones  have 
joined  bands  in  tho  hopo  of  re-electing  the  latter 
to  Congreas.  Murcy  gives  $10,000  for  campaign 
purposes,  but  with  the  understanding  tiiat  at 
leasione-half  of  iishall  bo  expemled  in  tho  Fir.st 
District.  It  mav  seem  strange  that  Marcy  should 
be  willing  to  put  out  money  when  ho  has  no 
prospects  for  an  eleolion,  but  he  is  sensitive  concern- 
ing the  criticisms  that  the  yoang  Domocruts 
have  made  concerning  hia  nopnlarity,  and  bo  wants 
to  secure  as  fiatteriug  a  vote  u^^  possib'e.  There  is 
also  another  cause  tor  Murcy's  turuJMbing  tho 
sinews  of  war,  which  is,  that  last  year  ho  received 
niatenal  aid  Iu  tbe  campaign  frotu  Joue.'^,  with  the 
understanding  that  he  should  rectpiocato  in  this 
canvass.  Jones  is  arranging  to  put  out  large  snma 
of  mouey  in  the  close  towns  of  his  district,  and  lU* 
thousb  very  wealthy  biraselr,  ho  will  have  ad- 
ditional aid  Irom  the  Democratic  lobliy  at  Waahing- 
ton.  In  the  Third  District,  which  includes  tho 
entire  western  and  uortliern  portions  of  tbo  Stale, 
the  Democrats  are  using  money  and  every  other 
infiucuce  thuv  can  command.  Tho  closeness  oi  tho 
dutrict  causes  tho  enemy  to  be  unusually  cirnost 
and  active. 

In  tho  Second  District,  which  includos  the  conn- 
tius  cf  MeiTimack  anil  liilUborough,  and  beuco  tbo 
cities  of  Concord,  Maucheater,  and  Na-^ha.'i.  tlio 
Democrats  are  endeavoring  to  trade  ulf  Gubernato- 
rial lor  Congrossioual  votes,  and  uso  the  cunning  ar- 
gument that  it  will  swell  I'restoti's  support  and  not 
hazard  tho  election  of  the  Republican  uomiuees  lor 
Congress.  Republicans  should  be  on  their  guard 
against  any  such  bargaining,  for  although  our  lua- 
Jority  in  lliiK  district  was  1. 4)0  at  the  recent  Presi- 
dential election,  yet  for  many  years  tho  Congres- 
sional contests  have  been  generally  closi-.  Suilo- 
wav,  of  Frnnklin,  tho  Douincratio  candidate,  al- 
though personally  a  gool  citizen,  is  adroit  and  nil- 
sciupiilons  in  bis  political  manccuvre*,  and  needs 
watching  all  the  time.  He  is  ncu,  and  It  lieehoi)»es 
can  put  125.000  into  tho  cauio^iigu,  ami  have  addi- 
tional funds  from  his  cona«otious  in  this  S'ato  aud 
In  Masuachusotts." 


THE   WEATHER. 


INDICATIONS. 

W^VSHDfGTOX,  Fob.  25—1  A.  ^I.—For  the  Mid- 
dle Statci  risir^  barometer,  cooler  north  and  west 
winds,  and  cloudy  weather. 

For  the  East  Atlantic  utatesfaling,  possibly  fol- 
lowed by  rising,  barvmctt-r,  cooler  niirth-west  winds, 
light  rain  or  snow,  followed  by    cloudy   and    clearing 

weather. 

IS     THIS     CITY. 

The  following  record  shows  tho  changes  in 
the  temperature  for  the  i).ast  21  hours,  in  com- 
parison with  tbo  correspondmg  dat.i  of  last  year, 
asindicatedby  tho  thormomoter  at  Iluduut's  phar- 
macy : 

1 87 «.  1877.1  L?76.  1877. 

3  A.  M 10="       a.'/i  .'Ji.'JOP.  M •23"       ao^ 

6  A.  M 10^        3.".^,    61'.  M 22°        ai.o 

9  A.  M 13=        afi*",    Uf.  11 18"        .(5^ 

12  M 19^        :Ui0.121'.  .M ..IU"        Sjo 

Average  tempevaturo  yesterday 35  '2'^ 

Average  teruperaturo  for  corresponding  date  lust 

year ICV 

1870.      lt>77. 
Weekly  average 29°  35° 


REPORTED  LOUS  OF  TUE  BARK  FRANKLIiV. 
Private  information  received    in    tbia    City 

yesterday  reports  that  a  name  board,  painted  whlto 
and  marked,  in  blue  cut  letters,  ■•Franklin,"  wxt 
washed  ashore  at  Terachelling,  an  island  in  the 
North  Sea,  on  the  2J.  Inst.,  together  with  calks  of 
c^dar,  oak,  and  other  planks,  barrels  0?  lard,  sacks 
of  flour,  apples,  bacon,  &c.,  all  probably  being  from 
somo  vessel  wrecked  in  the  vicinity  ot  tho  island. 
The  wrecked  si  off  is  believed  to  be  from  tho  bark 
Franklin,  (German,)  Caot.  Petersen,  from  this 
City,  Jan.  3,  for  Hamburg,  and  spoken  off  Dun- 
genese  Jan.    29.       All    on    board    aro    belicvod  to  be 

lost.  Her  cargo  consisted  of  7,984  bags  of  rye, 
2,000  boxes  ot  starch,  200  boxes  ot  bacon,  200  tierces 
of  lard.  18  eases  of  spokes  and  hub.s.  i7,ti4C  toet  of 
lumber,  244  logs,  80  logs  walnut.  l.OUU  packages  of 
fiour,  137  barrels  of  apples,  and  575  barrels  of  syrup. 


SUPPRESSEp  BY  THE  POLICE.  >. 
Capt.  Byrnes,  of  the  Fift^nth  Pi^ecinct,  ac- 
companied by  Detoctivea  Slcvin  and  Dolan  and  a 
platoon  of  his  command,  made  a  raid  last  night  on 
the  "  free  and  easy"  kept  by  the  notorious  Paddy 
Durfv,  at  No.  175  Greene-street,  and  arrested  tne 
proprietor  and  some  fifty  men  and  women  who 
were  found  carousing  in  tho  olaoc.  The  "  free  and 
easy"  was  formerly  kept  by  Phil.  Brady,  and  bas 
been  tho  resort  of  disorderly  characters  of  both 
sexes,  and  a  rendezvous  for  the  most  desperate 
thieves  in  the  City.  Tho  place  was  raided  on  four 
or  five  months  ago,  and  Biady,  who  was  then 
the  proprietor,  was  tried  in  the  Court 
of 'Special  Sessions  for  keeping  a  disorderly  house. 
He  was  convicted  and  fined  ?50.  The  place  then 
passed  into  the  hands  of  Paddy  Duffy,  who  was  dis- 
charged from  Sing  Sing  Prison  about  six 
months  ago,  having  served  there  nearly 
nine  years  for         stabbing  Patrolman 

Dyckman,  of  the  Eighth  Precinct,  while  the  officer 
was  endeavoring  to  arrest  him  lor  disorderly  con- 
duct. Among  the  prisoners  arrested  in  the  place 
last  night  was  Phil  Brady,  the  formerpropriotor. 
The  prisoners  will  be  arraigned  at  the  Washington 
Place  Police  Court  this  morning.  Capt.  Byrnes  also 
made  a  descent  last  night  on  the  faro  bank  No,  856 
Broadway,  of  which  John  Pentiand  is  tne  rdputed 
proprietor.  Pentiand,  and  Patrick  Donovan,  one  of 
the  players,  were  the  only  nersons  arrested.  The 
Police  seized  one  of  the  most  expensive  seta  of 
gaming  implements  that  has  ever  been  captured. 

THE  ARKANSAS  STATE  DEBT. 
LiTTLB  KocK,  Feb.  24. — The  lower  house  of 
the    Ueneral    AseemDly  has    adopted    resolalions 
IooUbk  to  a  (jomi^^QQiise  of  tne  State  de)>^' 


PARLIAMENT  AND   THE  CONDITION 
OF  POLITICS. 

THE  DIFFICULTY  OP  KEEPING  DEPUITES  IN 
ROME — HOW  TBE  MINISTER  OF  THE  IN- 
TERIOR WAS  REWARDED  BY  THE  KING — 
TITLES  THROWN  ABOUT  PROMISCUOUSLY 
— THE  WHIRL  OP  THE  CARNIVAL.  '^^ 

X^-om  Our  Own  Oorreepondent. 

Rome,  Wednesday.  Feb.  7,  1877. 

Parliament  is  falling  back  into  its  old 
hahit  of  drag  and  dawdle,  and  its  laziness  is 
criticised  nearly  as  much  by  the  organs  of  the 
majority  actually  ruling,  as  by  the  newspapers 
of  the  narty  of  tho  Opposition.  Only  about 
half  the  members  are  in  their  seats,  and  with 
all  the  scolding  it  is  hard  to  get  more  than  half 
tho  Deputies  to  oome  to  Bome.  Unless  a  ques- 
tion is  under  discussion  which  puts  more  than 
usual  strain  upon  tho  Government,  tho  benches 
of  the  House  are  not  at  all  well  filled.  Some 
signs  of  varying  opinion  have  been  shown  by 
those  who  are  depended  upon  to  support  the 
Ministry,  but  not  vet  anything  like  what  rany 
be  taken  as  a  tendency  to  split.  Fretful 
critics  and  faotionists,  who  wish  to  see 
everything  go  upon  the  gallop,  are  not 
satisfied,  because  certain  measures  of  radical 
change  or  so-called  reform  are  not  at  onco 
voted.  But  by  tho  more  prudent  leaders,  fcs- 
tina  lenlc  is  believed  to  be  tho  safest  maxim, 
and  by  it  their  action  is  still  guided.  Signer  Nico- 
tora,  the  Minister  of  the  Interior,  has  been 
pricked,  stung,  and  shot  at,  and  subjected  to 
partisan  annoyances,  which  have  severely 
tried  his  temper ;  but  he  has  kept  his  head 
above  water,  or  carried  it  high  in  the  air,  aud 
has  maintained  himself  resolutely  m  his  official 
place.  His  title  of  Baron  has  been  called  in 
question,  a  ground  of  attack  all  tho  more 
strange  since  titles  are  given  and  received,  or 
flung  about  in  such  a  very  loose 
manner,  as  to  take  away  from  them 
most        of        their         value.  But         tho 

King  has  come  to  the  relief  of  his  Minister,  and 
with  sovereign  will  and  mere  motion  has  con- 
feTed  upon  Nicoteru  the  title  of  Duke  of  Sapri. 
Such  a  thick  coat  of  salvo  is  suited  to  allay  the 
smart  of  any  wounds  lately  made,  although  it 
has  net  stopped  tho  lau;jh  and  talk  of  the  pub- 
lic and  of  the  press,  or  of  tho  less  triondly  por- 
tion of  tho  organs  of  passion,  opinion,  and 
caprice. 

It  has  always  been  well  known  that  titles  In 
Italy  are  as  plenty  as  blackberries,  but  within  a- 
few  years  tho  King  has  been  active  in  paying  oft" 
small  debts  due  to  friends  by  multiplying  titles 
nnd  making  now  "  nobles."  Bits  of  ribbou 
have  fallen  in  showers  from  the  windows  of  tho 
Quirinal  Palace,  as  they  did  before  from  thoso 
of  the  Pitt:,  to  be  hung  about  tho  necks  ot  thoso 
ever  alter  to  bo  known  as  counts,  cavaliers, 
and  commcndutori.  Such  titles  as  duke,  mar- 
quis, or  count,  whether  bought  with  money,  or 
received  in  pay  for  services  rendered  to  tbo 
crown,  have  a  certain  value  in  social  circles 
and  m  tho  matrimonial  market.  Not  a  low 
Indies,  wUothcr  natives  of  the  country  or  Eng- 
lish, American,  or  other  foreigners,  hhve  an  am- 
bition to  be  addressed  by  their  friends  and  ser- 
vants with  the  euphouioua  ornament  of  a  noble 
prcfi.^  to  their  names,  and  not  a,  fow  have  nl- 
readv  had  their  aspirations  gnitilied.  Others 
nro  on  tho  look-out ;  but  there  aro  few  content 
to  take  in  pay  for  their  charms,  whether  of  for- 
tune or  person,  anv  sninllor  coin  than  biirnn, 
marquis,  or  count.  I  havo  n  itouiau 
friend,  of  the  best  family  cimucc- 
tion«.  nnd  with  perwonal  qnalitios  not 
iu  tiiy  way  to  be  found  fault  with,  either  on 
the  score  of  manners,  morals,  aco(mii)li»hniontH, 
or  physical  graces,  who  is  all  forlorn  bocau.><o 
he  IS  withimt  a  title,  and  frankly  declares  tli:it 
hi"!  hopes  of  winning  an.  American  lady  toward 
whom  his  si^lis  aro  breathed  are  vain,  -be- 
cau.so  he  is  not  aiji.-)  to  oUVr,  with  all  llie  re.^t, 
this  crowning  chiirrn.  1  know  also  a  lady  who 
is  disappointed  bocaiiso  sluj  is  not  yet  in  pos- 
session of  nil  .■■ho  bargained  lory— ;i.s  the  Km.g 
lias  only  inadei  Jier  Imshnnd  Seu:itiir :  ami, 
flexible  as  tho  Italian  luugiia^o  i.s,  that  e.v- 
tremoly  proper  noun  cannot  b^-  .tny  ingenuity 
l)o  twistetl  into  tbo  feminine.  Tlio  Pope, 
when  he  was  in  tho  cxcreise  of  tiis  pmigritivcs 
as  a  royal  functionary,  was  one  of  the  ino.-it 
obliging  of  sovereigns  in  the  honorable  rowurd.s 
of  this  sort  which  lio  bcsloweil  upon  his  frieiuLs. 
Wo  biivo  many  prooln  of  tiiis  geuero.sity  among 
those  still  living  aud  wnllcing  :il)out  ui  Uonip. 
If  tho  "noble"  only  h;is  added  to  bis-^ther 
virtues  that  of  wealth,  ono  tloes  not  seo  but 
tUat  tho  bran  now  title  sits  as  gracelully  upon 
liiiii,  so  far  as  respect  m  society  is  concerned, 
a.s  tho  titles  ot  others  which  mity  liave  eonio 
down  by  succession  through  u  thousand  years. 
To  liiiisb  with  tho  subject,  it  may  be  nicntioiicd 
that  tho  King  li.'is  lately  luaiio  Gen.  Alediei,  at 
preseut  Ins  first  Aide  do  C;mii»,  AlnrquLs  ot 
Vaseeilo,  and  Gen.  Ciiildiiii,  It.iliun  'liiiiHter  to 
France,  has  beeu  duDlied  Uiiko  ot  GacUi, 
while  Signor  Visciuiti-Vcnosta,  iMiiiister  of 
Foreign  Alfairs,  has  becDinc  Marquis  ol 
Liiurion.  This  is  the  kind  of  bait  i brown 
to  big  fish,  but  hundreds  ot  the  smaller  Irv  aro 
caugnt  with  what  c-iii  bu  helil  on  ,'i  pin-hook. 

lieturuiiig  to  Parliament  nnd  the  condition  of 
parties,  tbo  opmiou  is  oxpres.sod  that  belore 
long  there  niiust  be  a  rciidjusttuent  to  sueceed 
the  dibsoiviug  proecss  now  begun.  A  majority 
so  large  mu.st  u<'t  bo  allowed  to  undervalue  oV 
.tbuso  its  privileges.  C'ousidurablo  iatituUoor' 
action  IS  left  to  the  party,  or  at  least  not  a  tewT" 
iiidividunl  members  isre  disposed  to  indulge 
such  liberty  n.-i  we  saw  a  litilo  while  ago  in  the 
vote  upon  tho  clerical  questiou.  .Severe  ili.s- 
cijilino  in  80  iiirge  :i  body  is  not  easy.  To  big- 
uor  ."seiia.  uu  e.\i)erienc(il  and  iible  party  leuiler 
and  tiicticiun,  is  attributed  tue  imipujo  ot  h.'iu'- 
iiig  olf  some  of  tho  f()re.-.i  of  tho  luajoiity  by 
measures  of  acconimoilutiou.  lie  i.s  in  Invor  of 
indepcudenco  of  opinion  and  iic'.iou  of  iu'H- 
viduiiis  ol  all  parties  upon  queatiou-t  of  minor 
concein,  and  Bubmissiou  to  disciplino  only  iu 
what  touches  the  supremo  interests  of  tho  na- 
tion. 

We  aro  iu  tho  whirl  of  carnival,  find  until 
another  week  is  past  the  dizzy  dance  will  not 
end.  The  uewspupera  ot  the  class  devoted  to 
more  serious  disem-isioiis  criiici.se  tho  habit  of 
giving  so  much  time  to  holiduys  aud  amuse- 
ments, and  cite  tho  examples  of  tho  couutnes 
of  ibo  uortheru  races  to  prove  that  more  work 
and  less  play  contriljuto  to '"provident  habits 
and  national  prosperity.  The  simple  tmth  is, 
that  the  people  of  these  countries  have  too 
many  holidays  and  those  ot"  northern  n.atious 
not  enough.  If  wo  iucluue  Sundays — which 
here  are  in  aoice  sort  days  of  recreation — aiul 
the  festas  of  tho  priuuip.il  Saints,  with  tlio 
week  or  two  of  carnival,  wo  find  that  tho 
Italians,  ■witii  ucajfly   ail  the   otbers  of  tliu 

Catholie  or  Latiu  stock,  have  80  d^ivs,  or 
mort!  than  a  tilth  of  all  tho  diiy.-i  in  tho  year 
lor  relaxation  trom  toil.  Tho  American  works 
twice  as  hard  aud  uecomulishes  a  much  larger 
result  than  thu  Italiiiu  ;  but  it  itj  at  tlio  cost  of 
an  excessive  wear  and  te;ir  of  muscle.  How 
often  wo  see  hero  our  cuunrrymen  wandering 
about  seeking  rest  which  they  could  uot  liud, 
or  their  trieuds  would  not  allow  them  to  in- 
dulge or  enjoy,  at  homo.  Some  of  thcm,^iot 
yet  past  40,  wear  lacos  with  all  tho  oil  ot  glad- 
ness and  troshness  ot  youth  none  ;  the  skin  sal- 
low, parched,  and  wrinkled,  juStifyin-r  the  re- 
mark somttimes  hoard  hero^that  Amaricaus 
are  going  back  to  or  assuming  the  aboriginal 
Indian  type. 

As  lor  carnival,  every  year  it  ia  losing  its 
animation.  To  keip  it  up  involves  considera- 
ble outlay,  and  individuals  and  socicti'  organ- 
izations do  not  feci  disposed,  or  able  to  boar 
the  burden  of  cost,  now' that  the  municipality 
contributes  so  much  less  than  it  voted  for  pub- 
lic diversion  in  former  years.  Those  who  havo 
anything  to  spend  aro  more  disposed  to  lay  it 
out  on  the  masked  bulla  ot  the  theatres,  than 
in  tho  Bacchanalian  riots  of  the  Corao.  A  poor 
market  is  made  this  scasou  tor  the  windows 
and  balconies  of  this  street,  to  which  the  wild 
hilarity  is  principally  condusd.  '  The  scarcity 
of  foreign  visitors,  who  were  formerly  in  the 
habit  of  throwing  away  a  great  deal  ot  money 
upon  carnival  toggery,  makes  all  the  diflcreueo 
in  tho  world,  to  a  number  of  branches  of  small 
commerce  dependent  upon  this  festival.  A 
change  is  needed,  and  il  iu  makmg  a  reform,  a 
relinement  could  be  givan  to  tbo  carnival  ot 
Home,  such  as  this  diverlisement  onco  had  at 
Florence,  it  may  not  wholly  die  out,  but  may 
be  turned  to  better  account  --, 


In  Newark.  N.  J.,  in  1870,  aad  Mb  relatlvwa  are  sup- 
posed to  reside  there  noW.  In  order  to  have  the  re- 
maina  identified  the  letter  contains  the  followine 
description  of  the  deceased :  He  is  28  years  old,  5 
feet  10  inches  in  beight,  liebt  complexion.  On  his 
riiiht  arm,  in  Indian  ink.  are  tha  words,  "  In  memo- 
ry of  my  mother." 

INSURANCE  MEN  WANTED. 


BENJAMIN  NOTES  ASD  J.  H.  8TEDWELL 
NOT  TO  BE  FOUND — A  MOVEMENT  TO 
QuSh  the  CRIMINAL  PROCEEDINGS 
AGAINST  TBEM. 

Notwlthatanding  the  fact  that  a  meeting  -was 
arrantjed  to  have  taken  place  in  the  early  part  of  last 
week  between  Bern j  itnin  Noyes,  the  President  of  the 
National  Capital  Life  Insurance  Company,  of  Wash- 
iogton,  D.  C,  and  ex-Gov.  Parker,  the  Eocciver  of 
the  New-Jersey  Mutual.  looKiuir  to  tho  transfer 
of  the  aB8et.s  of  the  latter  corporation,  no  further  ne- 
gotiations have,  so  far  as  can  be  learned,  taken 
place.  Inqaines  are  every  day  made  regardinc  the 
whereabouts  of  Noyes  and  Jeremiah  H.  Stedwell, 
the  President  of  the  New- Jersey  Mutual,  but  no 
one  seems  to  know  anything  about  them.  In  the 
suit  instituted  against  the  New-Jersey  Mutual  by 
Receiver  Grace,  of  the  Continental,  counsel 
have  not  been  able  as  yet  to  effect 
a  service  of  tho  papers  on  Stedwell, 
and  the  writ  of  nc  exeat  issned  by  Judfio  Pratt,  in 
Brooklyn,  against  Benlatnin  Noyes  to  prevent  his 
leaving  tbia  Scata  also  remains  unsatisfied.  It  has 
been  denied  that  Noyes  is  endearonnK  to  elude  the 
ofBcors,  but  it  is  a  somewhat  curious  fact  that, 
upon  le.irnisc  he  was  wanted  he,  conceived  a 
sudden  dewro  to  leave  this  City,  and  has 
not  been  scon  hero  since,  except,  perhaps, 
by  trugted  friends.  Mr.  Henry  D.  Walker,  tho 
Treasurer  of  tho  National  Capitol,  yesterday  stated 
that  ho  did  not  know  where  Mr.  Noyes  was,  but 
supposed  that  he  might  bo  found  iu  Trenton.  Sted- 
well, who  Is  also  wanted  in  New-Jersey,  on  a  war- 
rant charging  him  with  conspiracy  to  defraud  the 
policy-holders  of  the-  New-Jorscv  Mutual, 
IS  said  to  be  in  Philndelpbia,  but 
it  is  confidently  Ijelieved  that  he  is  within  a  few 
miles  of  this  City.  Daniel  J.  Noyes,  who  was  asso- 
ciated with  the  company  as  iis  legal  ndviser,  is 
aUo  made  a  party  in  the  criminal  proceedings 
that  havo  been  instituted  hv  fieuretaiy  of  Slate 
Henry  C.  Kolsev,  and  tho  warrant  alleged  to  have 
been  issneJ  tor  his  arrest  has  not  yet  been  executed. 
.Mr.  J.  11.  Brinokerhofl.  the  Secretary  of  ihe  New- 
Jersey  Mutual,  wa«,  on  Fridnv  night,  arrested  by 
Chief  of  Police  Mills,  of  New.irk,  on.  a  warrant 
chargiae  him  with  perjury,  in  bavinc 
sworu  falsely  to  ihr  last  annual  statement  of 
the  company  made  on  Dee.  31,1875,  lie  was  taken 
into  custody  at  his  residence.  No.  269  llij:h 
street,  Newark,  but  found  security  for  his 
appearance  in  court  yesterday,  when  he  gave 
bull  in  io.OOU  to  auswor  envb  charges  as  the  Grand 
Jur\^  may  deem  fit  to  find  ai:ainst  him.  Uis 
sureties  were  Col.  Williatu  Allen  and  Mr.  C.  C. 
Lathrop.  Air.  l>rinckerhotrallei;es  that  ho  8i;;ned 
the  report  retcnod  to  while  on  a  bed  of  sickness, 
>¥hen  ne  had  no  oppurtnnity  to  examine  its  corrool- 
nesH,  and  only  after  it  had  leeeived  tho  8i|;uaturo  of 
the  PrpBtrient. 

It  is  uiider-iCnod  thut  an  elTort  is  belnc  made  to 
qnaali  tho  proccediuus  ng.Viust  Stedwell  and  Noyes 
before  the  GraucJ  Jury  ineels  in  April,  or  befun*  tho 
Attorney  Ueueral  can  file  an  liiforinaliou  against 
tbcm:  but  if  sncb  is  tbe  Laao  Secretary 
of  Citato  K''lsey  has  not  been  apprised  of 
It,  and  it  U  nut  likely  that  the  movement  will  bo 
succcs.sful.  So  far  us  could  be  learned  last  uii:bt, 
onlv  preliminary  steps  have  been  taken  in  tlic 
matter,  and  it  is  not  Known  on  what  i^rouud  the 
parlies  Intend  to  base  their  application. 


REV.  MR.   WIS n' ALL'S   CHARACTER. 


THE    CHAKGCS    AUAIN6T  THE    MASTKR    OP   ST. 
JdH.N's   GUILD    TO    BE   INVEST IG.ATED. 
A    meeting  was    held  lust   evening    at    tho 
rooms  of  St.  John's  Guild,  puisnaut  to  the  following 

notice : 

New  YoKK,  Feb.  23.  1877. 
Dkab  l^ni:  In  view  of  me   libt. una  ar.icies  in  to- 
day's  i.seuc  of  the  New-York  ll'or/J,  which  tend  to 
jooDardize  die  work  of  St.  John's   Guild,  and  Injure 

t.'ie  r<-put,ili.iii  of  Us  ^Ksler,  1  havo  been  lequi-otL-d 
by  Mr.  Wiswall,  witU  tho  iipproval  of  Mr.  Wiley, 
ibe  Warden,  to  cull  a  nieMiii;;  for  ooiiterenco  of 
the  inembers  of  the  Board  id'  'fruslee.ss  ot  thu  Float- 
iiiir  llo^l)1t^!.  the  B  lard  of  Truatuoa  of  tbo  Itolief 
Fuiid,  and  Ibe  Hoard  of  Trusieis  of  tho  Expuniio 
and  liuildini;  Fund,  at  tbe  rooms  of  St.  John's 
Guild.  N(i.  i-^  Kist  Kuurtecuth  street,  on  Saturday 
oveuiuu,  i'cb.  iH,  at  8  o'llocl;. 

-    PilANK  J.  DUPIGNAC, 
Secretary  ot  the  Board  ot  'I'rusloes  ot  tho  Iteliot 

Fund. 

Iw.'SOiutlons  M'crc  unanimously  adopted  that  lion. 
Cliarles  P.  Dalj",   Mesari.    W.    li.    Guion,    H.    K. 

Tburlicr.  E.  A.  Qjlutatd,  nnd  il.  P.  IJakor  be 
selected  as  lieferco--,  to  hear  and  report  to  tho 
ISor.rd  of  Trusties  tlio  evideuco  which  shall  bo  taken 
for  aud  aiiaiiist  the  niauaseiiiontuf  St.  Jobu's  U-uild, 

or  aj^aiust  its  ^Lis'er ;  that  such  elimination 
bo  held  at  tho  rooms  of  St.  John's  Guild,  No.  4'i 
E.ist  FouriecMfh-Bireot,  at  such  times  as  a  majority 
of  the  Keferoes  shall  direct,  an:l  that  such  meot- 
in;:s  shall  be  o]ien  to  tho  public;  that  tbo  State 
lioard  of  Charities  bo  niiuostod  to  atteii.1  nnd 
make  such  Innuiries  as  may  bo  dcomcd  pertinent  tj 
tbi'i  OTLRmination  ;  that  any  persons  able  to  sub- 
stantiate charces  ag.-vinst  tiio  niana::enient  of  tho 
Guild,  or  airaiiist  its  .Master,  bo  rccpi-'sted  to  ap- 
pear and  prefer  char»;e8,  represonloa  by  c  >un9ol,  if 
Ihpy  so  ik-.Mri^  ;  that  Mrs.  \Vi.-irtull  bo  perinittod  to 
nnyear  as  a  witne.sn,  or  produce  any  wilnesse.t  she 
niav  desire,  and  that  all  proper  moans  shall  be  pro- 
vidfd  her  lor  sucli  jiurpose  ;  and  that  tbo  dally  pa- 
pir<  shall  be  nolifii-d  wlien  such  ixaniinaiioiis 
hlull  bo  belli.  Aiidressfs  dcjuneiatory  of  tho 
World's  article  wcr^'  made  by  Cul.  F.  A. 
(joiikiins,  15.  r.  Baker,  and  otbers.  Tho 
follow  iiiii  Tnisti-es  weio  present  at  tho 
inei«uii:i  :  William  II.  Wilry,  Towsciid  Cox,  David 
PuiliipM.  M.  II., .John  1).  Townscuil,  F.  J.  Dupiirnae, 
IJ.  i".  Baker,  J.  Al.  Ueipia,  Albert  A.  Levi,  William 
L.  i'uuiuriiy.  Iloiuer  Lit,  ('barles  Spear,  A.  K. 
iJoloiu,  Louis  V.  Sone,  F.  .\.  Coukliiii;,  William  11. 
Harrison,  Jolin  1'.  Faure.  11.  M.  Weed,  t^.  JC.  Lan- 
siui:,  11.  Sbaler,  AV'illiuin  H.  Guion,  Jr.,  D.  S.  Watts. 

A  pnorESTAOAiysr  int:  pilotage  fees. 

The  shipping  merchants  and  |)roker3  ot  this 
-»Gitj-  liavo  forwarded  to  Albany  a  petitiou  for  the 
passauc  of  Aiisemblv  Bill  No.  62.  wliieh  colls  for  a 
reduction  of  one-tliird  of  ,f  ho  present  pilotaj;^  rales. 
It  is  ehiim^d  that  dunnj;  tho  period  of  high  prices 
durini:  tho  war,  the  merchants  consented  to  an  ad- 
vanco  of  50  per  cent.,  aod  that  no  reduction  has 
siuco  taken  place.  It  Is  also  asserted  that  pilots 
niaKo  more  money  on  le.^s  capital  than  anj"  otber 
class  of  men.  E.icli  bn.i*  costs  on  an  average  when 
fully  erpiippod  about  87,500,  aud  its  earniniis  amount 
to  about  {'22,000  per  junr.  Tho  oxponscj  average 
about  iS.UUO,  leaving  a  orDfit  ot  817,000  jier  year 
t)  eseh  ~  boat.  Ono-lourth  ot  tbis  amount, 
or  1^4. 251),  lines  to  tbe  owners,  leuvinu 
*12,750  to  bo  divided  ainoiic  tho  six  pilots  who  be- 
hm;i  to  I  ho  bout,  or  over  5~,0U0  oploco,  which  is  said 
to  ifo  gruatl.y  oot  of  proportion  to  the  work  pur- 
formed.'  Besides,  many  ot  tho  pilots  are  "bwiicrs  of 
shares  ill  tbo  boars  and  in  several  of  them.  An- 
oilier  point  is  that  in  many  casos  the  services  ot  a 
pilot  are  not  needed,  nnd  that  il  is  unjust  to  force 
vessels  lo  hire  them  under  those  ciicumstances.  It 
is  nr{{ed  that  a  less  number  of  bo.iis  and  men  be 
employed,  luid  that  the  boats  havo  a  fixed  station 
between  Fire  Inland  and  B.-vrnegat.  a  i;istanco  of 
about  45  luilee,  a«  as  to  do    away    with  tbe  frequuut 

impoaiiion  of  oil  sti'ore  piloia:,'e. 


MUSICAL  AND  DRAMATIC. 


END  OP  A  NEW-J£SRS£T  WANDERER. 
Mayor  Ely  received  a  communication  yester- 
day from  the  Mayor  of  Hastings,  Neb.,  stating  that 
one  Charles  Lookbart  recently  died  m  that  town, 
having  walked  400  miles  on  foot  from  the  Black 
Hills,  where  he  bad  gone  on  tbe  expedition  fouH 
vcars  ago.    He  died  of  apoplexy.    Lockbart  lived 


pvai2i  Masked  jjall. 
The  festival  of  Purim  falls  this  year  on  Tues- 
day next,  and  tbo  occasion  will  bo  celebrated  bv  a 
grand  fancy  masked  ball  at  DKlmonico's,  on  Thurs- 
day evenlnj:,  March  1.  under  tho  auspices  of .  tho 
Pi;rim  Association.  The  gontlemon'composing  the 
assuciaCion  havo  taken    pains    to    marke  tbo  afiafs 

select  and  enjoyable  as  all  tboir  previons  cnterta\n- 
ments,  and  tbe  great  maiority  of  our  leadinj 
brew  cilizeos  b.avo  signilted  their  intention  ol 
prcsonr.  Ladies  only  will  dross  In  fancy  costnmej 
gcntiomen  appearing  iu  ordinary  evening  costui 
The  arrangements  aro  now  complete,  aud  Jud^ 
from  the  cbaraeter  of  former  Purim  entertainments^ 
tho  «ff  iir  cannot  tail  to  bo  enjovablo.  The  number 
of  tickets  is  iiecessarllv  limited  lo  tbe  accommoda- 
tion of  the  rooiOK.  A  aubscriber'a  ticket  entitles 
the  purchaser  to  supper  aud  all  other  extras. 

POISON  IN  A  MURDERER'^ STOMACH. 
Tho   chemical  analysis   of   the    stomach    ol 
Thomas  Ryan,  the   Newark    murderer,  whose    aud- 

don  death  a  low  hours  before  the  time  set  for  his 
execution  has  provoked  so  much  common  I,  was 
completed  yesterday  by  Prot.  Cornwall,  of  Prince- 
ton Cdy^go.  Several  tests  revealed  tho  presence  of 
arsenic,  and  itis'.ilso  discernible  by  the  use  of  tho 
microscope.  It  is  staitod  that  traces  of  enough  of 
tbe  poison  to  kill  six  men  ol  bis  build  and  constitu- 
tion was  founrJ.  It  is  hoped  that  the  investigations 
of  Coroner  Osborne  will  show  iu  what  manner  and 
by  whom  the  poison  was  administered — whether  07 
himself  or  his  friends,  and  whether  it  was  prepared 
in  bis  victuals  or  not.  Tbe  full  resnlt  of  the  anal- 
ysis will  be  announced  at  tho  iuqnust,  which  lb  to 
be  resumod  in  Newark  to-morrow  afternoon. 


GRAND  AMATEUR  ATHLETIC  MEETING. 

A  grand  amateur  atbletio  mcetiu^  will  come 
ofif  on  Thursday  evening,  March  1,  at  the  Metro- 
politan Riding  Academy,  Third-avonue,  Sixty-third 
and  Sixiy-fourth  streets.  There  are  150  entries, 
representing  all  the  prominedt  clubs  in  tbe  country. 
There  are  16  entries  for  the  one-mile  walk,  20  for 
the  three-mile  walk,  9  for  the  running  high  jnmp, 
11  for  tho  running  broad  Jnmp,  10  for  putting  toe 
shot,  22  for  the  75- yard  rnu,  27  tor  the  Quarter-mile 
run,  11  for  the  half-mile  ran,  33  for  the  one-mile  mij, 
and  5  for  the  P.}0-yard  hurUlu  ran<» 


GENERAL  MENTION. 

Mr.  George  'Wood  haa  oecome  the  lessee  of 
tbeLycenm  Theatre., 

"  Our  Boarding- House  "  continues  to  attract 
overflowing  audiences  to  the  Park  Tneatre. 

Mr.  Heller  announcea  the  nightly  repetition 
of  hia  third  progratnme  nntd  further  notice. 

Nightly  performances  of  "  Fifth-Avenue  " 
occur  throughout  tbis  week  at  Booth's  Theatre. 

It  is  now  understood  that  the  Kiralfy 
Brothers  will  produce  "  A  Trip  to  the  Moon  "  at 
Booth's  Theatre. 

"The  Danicheffs" -will  to-morrow  enter 
upon  tbe  fourth  week  of  the  run  of  the  drama  at 
tbe  Union-squaie  Theatre.  :^ 

The  dory  Centennial,  the  smallest  boat  that 
ever  crossed  the  Atlantic,  is  now  on  exhibition  at 
the  New-York  Aquannm. 

"Our  Hash  House"  is  referred  to  as  part  of 
tbis  week's  idgbtly  programme  at  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Minstrels'  Opera-house. 

"  The  Two  Orphans"  is  still  the  current  at- 
traction at  the  Grand  Opera-honse.  A  concert  by 
the  Louisiana  Jubilee  Singers  occurs  there  to-night. 

*'  Inshavogue  ;  or  Times  in  '98,"  is  to  be 
acted,  with  Mr.  John  T.  Hinds  in  the  principal 
r6le,  at  tbe  New  Broadway  Theatre  throughout  the 
week. 

•'  Around  the  'World  in  Eighty  Days"  will  be 
represented  at  Niblo's,  throughout  this  week.  The 
spectacle  bas  of  late  undergone  tho  improving 
process  known  in  theatrical  parlance  as  reconstruc- 
tion. 

An  opera  boufTe  now  to  local  audiences,  and 

entitled  "  La  Bonlang^ro  a  des  Ecus,"  ^111  be  mado 
known  at  the  Eagle  Theatre  to-morrow  evening. 
Mile.  Alm6e  will,  of  course,  personate  the  principal 
character. 

Gilm  ore's  Garden  will  be  open  to  the  public 
on  Tuesday,  Thursday,  snd  Saturday  evenings. 
Tuesday  afternoon  a  special  entertainment  of  races 
and  out-door  sports  will  be  given  there  for  the  ben- 
efit of  Mr.  John  Christian. 

The  last  representations  of  "Lemons"  are 
announced  at  the  Pifth-Avenue  Theatre.  A  new 
"comic  sensation"  will  follow.  On  Saturday  week 
Mr.  Coghlan  is  to  havo  a  benefit  performance, 
when  he  will  appear  In  "Jlamlet." 

M.  Durand,  who  has  long  been  connected 
with  local  theatrical  enterprises,  has  secured  Dar- 
ling's Opera-house,  in  Twenty-third-street,  for  a 
twelvemonit,  commencing  iu  October  next,  with 
the  intention  of  giving  there  three  representations 
of  Trench  plavs  weekly  during  the  Fall  and  Winter. 

"  Sho  Stoops  to  Conquer  "  will  he  revived  to- 
morrow evening  at  Wallack's  Theatre,  with  a  dis- 
tribution of  rAlea  which  will  brine  before  tho  pub- 
lic Mr.  Lester  Wallack,  Mr.  Gilbert,  Mr.  Beckett, 
Mr.  Stevenson.  Miss  Dyas,  Miss  Roso  Wood,  and 
Mme.  Ponisl. 

Miss  Emma  Abbott  will  repeat  her  per- 
formance of  Maria  in  •'  La  Figba  del  Iteggimento," 
at  the  Academy  of  Music,  on  Friday  evening  and 
Saturday  afternoon  next.  Yesterday's  matin6o 
representation  of  the  opera  was  enjoyed,  in  spite  of 
the  rain,  by  an  exceedingly  numerous  audience. 

Mr.  Kichard  Delia  Rosa  Cokcr,  one  of  the 
coming  baritones,  who  bas  been  recently  on  a  visit  to 
his  parents  in  Brooklyn,  has  returned  to  Paris,  where 
ho  intends  finishing  his  histrionic  studies  under  the 
great  K62nier,  of  the  Thidtre  Fran9ais.  Mr.  Coker 
will  proceel  to  Italy  in  the  Autumn,  and  there 
make  his  d6but.  of  which  very  high  expectations 
are  formed  bv  his  friends  and  tutors. 

Miss  Emma  Cranch  hoe  been  added  to  the 

long  list  of  artists — headed,  of  course,  by  Mme. 
Pappeuhcim.  a  prima  donna  from  whom,  with 
proper  surroundings,  great  things  can  bo  expected 
— who  aro  to  take  part  in  the  Wagner  Festival. 
Now  scenery  is  now  being  painted  for  "  Die 
Walkiire,"  and  new  costumes  will  be  admired,  we 
learn,  iu  all  tbe  operas   intended  for  representation. 

Mr.  Olc  Bull  and  Mmc.  E.s6ipoff  will  unite  iu 

two  concerts  to  occur  at  Steinway  Hall  on  Wednes- 
day evening  and  on  Saturday  afternoon  of  this 
week.  In  yesterday's  concert,  Mme.  Edsipoff  played 

Saint-Sacn.s'  grand  concerto,  opus  2'2,  in  G  minyr. 
With  accompaniment  of  a  second  piano,  Jir.  Dulcken 

being  the  accompanist.  The  concerto,  which  is  di- 
>tded  Into  'brec  mDvemonla,  is  a  remarkably  elaboi- 
ate  nnd  scholarly  work,  the  scherzo  being  particu- 
larly tuneful  and  elfcciivo. 

"  Les  Dragons  de  Villnrs,"  a  three-act  opera 
comiixuo  of  a  rather  serious  cast,  was  reprcscuted 
by  l^llle.  Aimue,  M.  Riioult,  and  the  opera  boutfc 
troupe  of  which  these  artists  are  tbe  principal 
member.s,  at  the  Academy  of  Mnaic,  last  evening. 
The  performance  was  given  for  the  benefit  of  tho 
Societu  Frac^alpe  de  Bienfaisance.  "  Les  Dragons 
de  Villa' s"  was  snug  at  tho  F'ifth- Avenue  Theatre  by 
Mile.  Irma  and  M.  Au.jac  some  years  ago.  Tho  score 
contains  several  pretty  aits  and  chornses,  and  an 
exceedingly  dramatic  finale  occurring  at  the  close 
of  tho  second  act.  Mile.  Aim6o,  as  Rose  Friquel, 
rendered  tbe  numbers  allotted  to  her  with  a  pathetic 
charm  qiillo  equal  in  its  potency  to  that  of  her  mer- 
rier <  Sorts  i'l  opera  bonflTe,  and  tbo  audience,  which 
iocluued  tbe  Itussiaii  Giaud  Dukes,  broki.<  out  in 
applause  nfier  each  of  her  anas.  Al.  liaonlc,  sa 
Sylvain,  interpreted  his  muslo  with  soetiment  and 
tautv,  and,  in  other  resuects,  the  representation 
passsed  ofi'  pretty  smoothly. 


FOREIGN   GOSSIP. 

Mr.  John  Parry's  benefit  realized  about 
£1,3'10. 

Mile.  Albani  has  appeared  in  "Linda"  at  the 
Paris  Italiens. 

Miss  Geuevieve  Ward  is  about  to  act  Lady 
Macbeth  in  French  in  Paris. 

Alfred  Do  Vigny's  "  Chatterton"  -has  been 
reyivcd  at  tbe  Tb6iitre  Frant;ais. 

M.  Lecocq"s  now  opera  called  "La  Marjo- 
laine"  haS  been  exceodingly  successful  at  the  Bo - 
uaissance  Theatre. 

Mr.  Gilbert's  '■  On  Bail,"  just  now  produced 
at  Ibo  Criterion  Theatre,  in  London,  proves  to  be 
another  adaptation  of  "  Lo  Kovoillon." 

A  "  Cossack  drama,"  in  verse,  called  "  L'Hot- 
man,"  and  written  by  M.  Paul  Doroui^de,  bas  boon 
successfully  prodnced'^t  the  Paris  Odeon   Theatre. 

Tho  ill  health  ot  M.  Sardou  prevents  him 
from  completing  his  drama  of  "  Les  Exiles,"  two 
acts  of  which  have  boon  received  at  the  Porto 
Saint-Murtiu. 

Tho  repetitions  of  Gounod's  "Cing  Mars" 
at  the  Pans  Opera  Comiqne  are  being  urged  forward 

rapidly,  and  tho  first  perlormance  is  expected  ta 
take  place  abont  the  end  of  tne  month. 

M.  Emilc  Perrm,  who  for  six  weeks  was  pre- 
vented by  a  serious  indisposition  from  .attending  to 
his  functions  at  the  Tb62,  re  Frau^ais,  is  now  quite 
restored  to  health,  and  was  present  at  tho  final  re- 
henisals  uf  "Chattercun." 

Among  the  most  attentive  of  tho  auditors  at 
the   performance  of '•  King  Richard  III."    at    tho 

London  Lyceum  Theatre,  on  tbe  first,  night,  was 
tbu  Baroness  Burdett-Coutts.  She  owns  a  box  in 
tbo  tbeatro,  aud  is  a  frequent  attendant  at  the 
Shakespearean  plays  there. 

A  SECURE  AND  ELEGANT  TREASURE-KEEP 
From  the  San  Francisco  Chronicle. 
The  latest  notable  addition  to  tho  interior  fit- 
tings of  the  Baldwin  Hotel,  which  aro  on  a  scale  of 
maguiQconce  surpassing  any  other  pnbUo  house  in 
the  United  States,  is  an  oflSco  "safe  from  the  manufac- 
tory of  UerriUfj  &.  Co.,  New- York.  It  is  the  per- 
fection of  strength  to  resist  the  encroachments  of 
fire,  and  embodies  tho  most  effective  systems  of  in- 
genious doTices  to  baffle  the  invasion  of  unlawful 
hands.  This  model  stronghold  is  of  a  new  class  ot 
safes  lately  latrodnced  by  Herring  &  Co.,  styled  the 
Now  Patent  Champion,  and  combines  in  its  con- 
struction several  important  improvements.  It 
stands  about  ten  feet  high,  and  is  surmounted  with 
anediment  ornamented  with  a  fine  p&iatingof  the 
hotel.  The  panels  are  elegantly  painted  with 
characters  representing  the  "Seasons,''  and  the  ex- 
terior is  otherwise  ornate  witn  rich  gildings.  Tho 
pondeiouB  dooDle  doors,  secured  bv  one  of  the 
latest  improved  combiaation  locks,  open  upon  two 
innerjdoors  correspondingly  heavy  and  Invincible  in 
their°f^tenings,  except  to  the  person  iu  possession 
of  the  "open  sesame  " — tbe  mystic  numbers — to 
whom  tho  ponderous  Jaws  divide  as  if  controlled 
by  a  magic  spelL  The  interior  is  then  exposed  in 
part,  two- thirds  of  the  spaco  being  fitted  up  with 
■helves  and  racks  for  books.  The  lower  portion  of 
the  safe  is  divided  into  two  burglar-proof  treasure 
boxes,  each  secured  by  a  combination  lock. 


To  the  Oentleinen  of  NewaYork. 

We  respectfully  annonnoe  having  this  day  KKnttcan 
tne  once  of  our  widely  popular  Silk  Hats  to  $8,  and 
oui' Dbrbv  Hats  to  *5.  With  this  announcement  we 
note  a  recent  reduction  in  cost  of  laDor  ae  enabUng  us 
in  a  meaanve  to  meet  tho  exigencies  of  the  times,  and 
assure  yon  that,  in  emulation  of  the  character  and 
reputatloo  of  our  fabric  -  in  tho  past,  we  shall  produce 
the  Amnjif  Hat  of  tbe  future. 

F.  H.  AftIlI>ON>.S  SON, 

New- York.  Feb.  10.  Na  3a0  6tli  ftv. 

—Advertisement. 


Fifty  oer  Cent.  Paved 

by  using  Hiogins'  Qbbvan  Laukdkt  Soap.— AdvertiU' 


From  the  Trov  Times,  March  18,  187L 

Pernvian   Symp  Is  n   standard  remedy  for 

building  up  ana  renewing;  broken-down  or 
nervous  constitutions.  For  dyspepsia.  deoil- 
It.v,  liver  complaint-,  kidney  and  bladder  dis- 
eases, or  part  of  the  many  irregularities  of 
the  variou  organs  of  the  human  frame,  it  ia  a  sover- 
eign remedy.  It  is  a  tonic  without  alcohol.  Tbis  med- 
Iciae  is  too  well  known  already  to  require  any  com- 
moudatlon  from  ns.  It  is  only  necessary  for  us  to  s^y 
to  those  who  have  never  given  it  a  triol  that  it. will 
accomplish  aU  that  is  clamied  for  it.  Now  is  tbe  time 
to  tone  up  tho  system  before  the  hot  months  of  Sam- 
mer  fairly  set  in.    Sold  by  all  druggists. 

Isaac  Smith's    fe^nperior    Umbrellas. 

GINGHAM,  any  olze $1  00 

bUAN'ACO,  patented 2  50 

SILK,  parngoii  frame 3  50 

EINE  SILK  CAlHKEI.LiAS  iu   great   variety. 

UMBUBLLAS    nnd    PARASOLS    to  ordi^r  and   repaired. 

No.  405  BEOADWAY,  near  CANAL  ST. 

Ko.  1,20J  BEOADWiY,  corner  29TH  ST.,  N.  I. 

Kstablished  1802. 


Skin  and  Scalp  Diseases.— Dr.  B.  C.  Perry. 

No.  49  Boiid-st.,  New-Yoik,  cures  falling.  lobS  of.  and 
premature  gray  hair  ;  rednesa  of  the  uose,  untimely 
wrinkles,  moist  and  scaly  dandruff,  moles,  pimples, 
black  beads,  moth  patches,  freckles,  and  all  eruptive 
and  other  skin  diseases. 


BKEDE— McKEAN.— On  TUursday.  Feb.  22.  at  the 
residence  of  tue  bride's  paruuts,  by  Rev.  L»r.  MoVicker, 
WiLLiAU  U.  Ubbdb  to  Alios  IL  McKban,  all  of  New- 
York.    No  cards.  

IDXJEllD. 

BONNRR.— In  Brooklyn,  Fen.  23,  1877,  Mrs.  Robb 
Ann  Bonner,  wlte  of  William  Bonner. 

Relatives  and  Irienrts  nro  invited  to  attend  her  fu- 
neral ^roml  No.  263  Kast  Warreu-st.  Monday,  tbo  2Cth, 
at  11  o'clocK  A.  M. 

CRKIIORK.— At  Montrose.  N.  J.,  Feb.  24.  suddenly, 
of  pneumonia,  Kusan  Cbkhoke,  In  tha  80tb  year  01  her 
age. 

rier  relatives  and  fiienda  and  those  of  the  family  of 
the  late  Reuben  Vose  are  Invited  to  attend  the  fuoeral 
services  from  her  late  residence  on  Mondo.v,  Feb.  26, 
on  arrivitl  of  9:10  train  from  Barclay  aud  Christopner 
BIS.,  New- York. 

KLY.— On  Saturday  morning,  tho  24th  Inst,  Davio  J. 
Ely,  In  the  Clst  year  of  his  age. 

The  funeral  will  take  nlaco  at  St.  George's  Church 
on  Tuesday,  tbe  '27^  insL.  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.  The 
friends  of  the  family  aro  iuvited  to  attend  without  fur- 
ther uotice. 

HALSKV.— On  Saturday  evemng.  Feb.  24,  1877, 
after  a  long  and  paiuful  illness,  Sauab  t>TBWAaT,  wUe 
ot  Robert  Ilaiiey. 

Notice  of  funeral  hereafter. 

UAYWOOP.— At[St.  Augustine.  Fla.,  on  Saturday, 
Feb.  17,  Adhlink,  widow  of  Uavid  Haywood,  of  New- 
Vork. 

Funeral  services  will  be  heldm  New- York,  of  which 
notice  will  be  given  hereatter. 

MARTIN.— siuddeuly,  on  Friday,  Feb.  23.  of  mem- 
braneous croup,  J.  Teowbridqe.  elder  son  of  W.  R.  H. 
and  L.  B.  T.  Martin,  aged  'J  years  3  months  and  10 
days. 

Funeral  services  from  the  residence  of  his  grand- 
parents. No.  39  West  25th-st.,  on  Monday,  Fob.  '^itJ,  at 

■^  P.  M.  -^ 

MiLLIKEN.— On  Friday  morning  the  23dinBt.,  Annir, 
th(^  beloved  wUe  of  bamuel  Milhten,  in  the  oOth  year 
of  her  age. 

The  iriends  are  respectfully  invited  to  attend  hor 
fuueral,  on  oabbatb.  tue  2uth"  last.,  from  her  late  resi- 
dence. No.  481  9tli-av.,at  1  o'clock. 

NORIK.— In  Brooklyn,  K.  li.,  on  Thursday,  Feb.  22, 
1877,  Miss  Ublena  ti.  Nokib,  aged  18  years  and  13 
days. 

(^*New-LoDdon  (Conn.)  paners  please  copy. 

.-iOCTilACK.— On  Friday,  fell.  23.  FatDEniCK  Butler, 
only  son  of  FroderlcK  and  Florence  Louise  Southack, 
aged  2  years  and  8  mouths. 

Relatives  ana  frlenJs  of  the  family  are  respectfully 
invited  to  attend  tue  funeral  on  Aionaav  at  id: 30  A. 
M.  from  the  rebldcuco  ot  his  parents.  No.  i!9  West 
36th -St. 

StiLTHMAYD.— At  Jersey  City,  on  Friday.  Fob.  23, 
HenkvJ.  Southmayd,  aged  02  ve.irs,  and  for  mau> 
years  rreaHurer  of  me  New-Jersey  Railroad  and  Traus- 

portatiou  Uoujpany. 

Funeral  services  will  bo  held  from  his  late  residence, 
No.  1'2(J  Uraud-sl.,  corner  ot  VVarren-st,  Jersey  City, 
on  Monday.  Feb.  20.  at  3:30  P.  M.  Interment  at 
Green-Wood  Cemetery  Tuesd:iv  morning. 

TUKNi-.ll.  — Uu  Sat'urilay,  Feu.  24.  of  pneumonia. 
LocisA  WiLLODUHBY.  wiiJow  Of  the  late  Dr.  William 
Turacr.  aud  Causutcr  of  the  late  Samuel  G.  Ogden. 

Eelatives  aud  friends  are  invited  to  aiteud  tbe  tuner- 
al  services  from  the  New-Jerusaiem  Cliurcb,  3otb-st., 
between  Park  and  Lexington  avs.,  ou  Monday,  Fea. 
26.  at  2:30  P.  M. 

WORK.— un  Thursday  mommjr,  22d  Inst.,  Ellen 
Wood,  wiie  of  Frank  Work. 

Fuueral  services  will  beheld  at  (;hrlst  Churcb,  5th 
av.  untl  35ta  St.,  on  Sunday  afteruoou,  \iotti  inst.,  at  L 

O'clock. 


SPECIAL  KOTIGES. 


^FFICKS    TO    L.KT, 

IN   THE 

•l^i.'.liiS  BUILDING. 

'  ".'PA-Y    TO 

UCORGB  JONES,     ~ 
TIMBS  OFFICE. 


/Til«i. 


Ihc  i>lessrs.  tiKAVlTT.  Auctioueers. 

HOUSEHOLD  ART  I 

Now  on  exhibition  at  Clinton  Hall  until  time  of  sale, 
WEDNESDAi'  and  THURSDAY  AFTERNOO.NS  at  2 
o'clock. 

BRIC-.\-BR4C,  ANTIQUK  FURNITURE,  BRONZES, 
ic,  the  collection  if  a  well-known  couuoisseur  in  this 
City,  couiiiri»ing  Choice  Gems  in  Sevres.  Diesdeti  ;ind 
Orieutnl  Poneluiiis.  Old  Lacquer,  Clois80nn6,  Enamels, 
Sateuiua  Ware,  Carvings,  bronzes,  ite.  Alsii.  from  tho 
Italian  lieuartmeut,  i^enteiiuiai  hxbibitioii.  clioice 
specimens  uf  bronzs  Work,  Faveuce,  oud  Terra  Cotta, 
he. ,  &.C.    A  very  choice  n.ud  beautiful  collection. 

L.\DIE.S'  ART  ASSOCIATION  I 

On  exhibition  MONDAY  -MORNING  and  until  time 
of  sale,  THURSDAY,  FRIDAY,  and  SATURDAY  next.  ^ 

T'ae  First  Annual  Sale  of  original  Oil  and  Water-Color 
Paiuriugsand  llouseliold  Decorations  by  Womcu  Artists 
and  Artisans.    A  very  interesting  collection. 

"The  object  shall  be  the  promotion  of  the  interests 
of  Wouieii  Artists." 


I'O.ST   OKFICK    NOTICE. 

The  forcisn  mails  for  tbe  week  ending  Saturday, 
March  3,  1877,  will  clMse  at  this  i  fBce  ou  Tuesday  at 
12  o'clock  .*!.  fi>r  Europe  by  ttteauj-ship  Idsho,  via 
Qaeenstown:  on  Weduesdav,  at  II  .1.  Al.,  for  Kurope 
by  steaui-ship  liatavia,  viaQueenstowu:  on  Tbursdav, 
at  11:^0  A.  SI.  for  Europe,  iiy  steain-BhIp  Suevla.  viii 
Plymouth,  Cherbourg,  and  Hamburg  ;  on  :>atui-day,  at 
r>  A.  M..  lur  nuroue  oy  bteam-sbip  City  ol  Richmond,  via 
Q:ioenBtown.  (eorrespoudeuee  lor  Germany,  Scotland, 
unci  north  ollrelaud,  tu  be  forwarded  by  tbis  aloamer, 
iiiuai  bo  specially  udilreased,)  aud  Ht  5  A.  H.  tor  bcot- 
liiud  find  uorlli  ot  Ireland  by  steani-ship  California,  via 
Moville  una  Glasirow.  and  at  11:30  A.  .»1.  for  Europe 
by  steaai-slilp  Neckar,  via  Southauyitoii  and  ISremou. 
Tne  steam  snips  Idaho.  liatavia,  aud  City  of  Richmond 
do  not  take  mails  tor  Deiimaik.  Sweden,  aud  Nor- 
wiiy.  Tho  mails  for  tho  West  Indies,  via  Uuvana, 
leavo  New-Yoia  Feb.  '28.  Tbe  mails  for  Brazil,  Stc, 
leave  Now-Yorli  March  1.  The  mails  lor  Porto  Rico 
leavo  New-York  March  5.  The  mails  for  China  aud 
Jap,in  leavo  San  Francisco  March  IG.  Mails  for  Aus- 
tralia, iic,  leavo  Sau  FraucLsco  March  28.      • 

T.  L.  JAMES. 

Nnw-VoKK,  Feb.  24.  1877: 


PIPER-HEIDSIECK 

AND 

n.    PIPER    &    CO.'S    Sec 

CHAMl'AGNK. 

Sold  by  all  grocers  and  wino  merchants  througholit 

the  United  States  and  Canada. 


White  Wbeat  Glntea, 

A  Nitrogenous  Food,  of  pRGXi'digestion,  cores  dyepepsta. 
Circulars  free.  Hhaltu  Food  CoMrAiix,  No,  137  8lh-st» 
—Advartitemew*- 


THKt     H.WK     NO     KQUALi, 

Are  air  tight  and  indeBtractlble,  iiveserving  tho  body 
for  years,  au:l  piocectin^  it  Irom  vermia,  reptiles,  or 
body-snatehi.ig.  Their  use  prevents  the  spresld  of  con 
tagious  diseases  at  fuuerals  or  elsewhere. 

Meuillic  huiial    Cases   and   lastcets    ure  made  in  all 
Eizes,  from  tUe  cheapest  to  tho  most  uspeusive. 
Sold  bv  all  Urst-eiaas  uudertaliers  and  sextons. 
HAi'MOND   Ma.>UF.ACTUR1NG   COMi^ANY, 
NO.   34S  PEARL  ST..   NiiW-YOKK. 


Ii< 


STCAKl"    \VlL,l«l.ri,     ATTOltNKir    A.\l» 

♦Counselor  at  Law,  Notary  Public.  No.  182  Broad- 
way. Room  No.  4,  Now-  lorli. 

H.  a. — Special attentiou  paid  to   settling     "estates, 
convcvanciug,  aud  City  hqu  county  coUeouLoa. 


PATKNT.'*tTltADK:ttARlt.s,  Jlec., 

Secured  in  tbo  UaiUed  States    and    lovcigu  countries  by 
AlkTUUll  V.  BRIKSl'.-N'S   PATENT  AGENCi', 
No.  Ii5b  Broadway,  New- York. 
Best  refarencos.    Seodror  oook  of  Inbtrnction. 


tSri^HE  Wist:  FOK  CUKK   <>.N    L^^HlltJltiti 

J.UKPKND." — J.  WoOU'.S  cymuasiniu,  No.  (i     liaat 

28th-8t.;  Open  day  aud  evening;    uoxing,  fenclog.  run- 
ning track,  rowing  and  health-iitt  macUiues.  oalhs,  &c. 


Jtlredneed   prices ;  specimens   at  etudio.    No.   27 
East  18ih-at.  corner  Broadway;  studios  to  rent 

LUCILLE  CLINTON. 


How  TO  CUUB  rAKAL.Y&l!-i,  STIFF  JOINTS, 
SWELLING;;,  AND  ALL  LAMliNESS.    By  Qko.  U. 
Taylok,  M.  D.    25  cents. 

WOOD  St  CO.,  No.  17  East  58th  at. 


DltiUA!3E!«  OK  TUB  NKttVOUS  SYrtl'E.n 

A  SPECLALTY. 

HENBY  A.  DANIELS,  M.   TOT,    No.   144  Lexington   av., 

near  'iOtb  at.    Hours  8  to  3. 


TVTKW^ASTIfKANTHJBni,   "CHttl-ST   OUR 

jy  P.IBSOVER,"  in  B  flat,  by  H.  P.  Dankfl,  75o.;  Easter 
Anthem,  by  C.  A.  Havens,  40c.;  Easter  Carol,  *•  Christ 
tbe  Lord,"  Draper,  lOe.;  also  tho  popular  and  standard 
taster  Anthems  by  Lloyd.  Tbo'^as,  Chanplo.  Wilson, 
Andrews,  tc,  tic     DITsON  &  Co..  Ho.  711  Broadway. 


OBSERVATIONS  O.N  1>EAFNE."<»  ASH  VA 
TARKH.— Issued  by   the  New-Vor<  Throat  aud  Ear 
luatltute,  Ko.  Ill  Kast  2dth-at.    Mailed  for  io  cents. 


<*rf1IME8  RECIPBS.W— SECOND  EDITION:    112 

A  prtees;  fine  paper.  700  recipes  for  practical 
housekeepers,  from  Household  column.  New-YORK 
TIMES— 50  cents.     AMKKICAN  NEWS  COMPA.NY 


'^i^THiiSltiEno&iAZ'cavBZa,      ^ 

48th-8t..  west  of  6th-ttv., 
Eev.  R.  HEBER  NEWTO.V,  Rector. 
Prayers  and  sermon  at  10:30  A.  M. 
Prayers  at  4:30  P.  M. 
Even  Song  at  7:45  P.  M. 
A  special  service  of  8007,    with    sermon.     The  third' 
sermon  011  '•  Religion  in    Every-day    Life"  In  the  even- 
ing.   AH  Boats  free  at  opening  hour. 


AT  C>llCKEKliN(^  HA1.L.  5TH-Ay.  C«>K- 
ner  ISth-st.,  Rev.  Samuel  Colcord  preaches  Sunday, 
at  10:45  A.  M.,  on  '•  Grace,"  •  and  at  S:30  P-  M  , 
'•  LiEht,"  continn-d.  Singing,  morning  and  afternoon, 
bv  Charles  L.  Gnno  and  the  large  choir.  Seats  free. 
Everybody  cordially  welcome. 


A bt.  SOULS'  CHUK<;H,  4TH-AV.,  gUSNER  OF 
20tb-8L— Rev.  Dr.  Bellows  will  nre«cB*moming 
ana  evening.  Subject  at  11  A.  M.— "  The  Sflbnliclty  of 
True  Religion-"  Evening.  7:46.  on  "  The  Co««cr»floa 
of  Life."  seats  free  in  the  evening.  Sunday-school 
9:45  A.  M. 


N(JLO.A.yiBKICAN     PKBE    VUVUVH  Of^ 

St.  George,  the  Martyr. — Rev.  J.  W.  Kramer. 
Minister  In  charge;  West  llth-st,,  corner  Wavorhy 
placB;  services  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.:  Brilish  in- 
vited; envelopes  for  offertory :  apnly  10  Sexton. 


AT  FRKB  TABKKNAC£il£  r«I-  K.  CHUICCH, 
34th-3t..  "between  7tb  and  8th  ave..  Rev.  J  Johns. 
Pastor.  Morning  sublect :  "  llie  Som's  Banqueting 
Bonm."  Evening  aabject:  "The  Disobedient-  Self- 
whipped." 


AT  THE  hPlRJTUAIi  CO.\FKIlE>CE.  HaR- 
vard  Rooms,  Reservoir  Park.  Mrs.  LjUIEM.  KKRSS 
will  give  tests  of  spiritual  presence  Sunday  at  2:30 
P.M.    Speakiug  con:inue<1  at  7:30  o'clock. 


BI.EECKBU,     STREET      L'.NlVKR.«*AL,lsr 
Church,  corner  of  Oowning-st. — The  Pastor.  Rev.  E. 
C.  Sweetser,  will  preach   this    (funday)    morniiiir  at^ 
10:45  o'clock.     Rev.  J.  M.  Pullman  will  preach  Ui  the', 
evening  at  7:30  o'clock.    Strangers  are  cordially  in- 
vited to  attenrj. 


BI.SHOP  POTTER  VVIL.L,  AD.tllM.sTKK 
cnniinnntlon  in  St.  Ambrose  Cbnrch,  corner  ol 
Thompson  and  Prince  sts..  to  a  class  of  Italians  durin.'; 
heir  Divine  service  (in  tbe  Italian  language,)  at  4:30 
P.  M.    All  friends  are  invited  to  attend. 


CHURCH  OF  ST.  JOH.N  ThK  EVANi}KL1S1j 
(Wain Wright  memorial.)  corner  West  llth-st.  and 
Wavorley-place.  Rev.  John  W.  Kramer,  Rector. — Ser- 
vices 10:3U' A.  M.  and  7:30  P.  M.  In  the  evei  iui;,  Sr-r 
mon  in  the  conrse  on  •'Present  Day  6i:!S  Against  oni 
Neighbor."  Subject—'"  The  Greed  of  Trade,  of  Laboc 
and  of  Capitnl ;  Wh.-it  is  Csnry  !" 


CHURCH  OF  THE  MESSIAH,  CORSKR 
34tb-st  and  Park-av.— The  Pastor.  Rev.  Wm.  IC 
Alger,  will  preach  mominc  at  11 ;  subject  :  ••  Thf  Ma- 
ture and  Mission  oJ  Mmsic."  Kveniug  at  7:43,  subject: 
"  The  Failuie  ol  Orthodoxy  and  tho  Conquering  Power 
ot  Liberal  Christianity."  Seats  free.  The  public  in- 
vited. 


CHURCil  OF  THE  llEAVE.NLiV   KnST, 

5tb-av.  above  45th-st.. 

REV.  Da  hOWLAND,   RKCTOE. 

Services.  11  A.  M.:    4  P.  M. 

REV.  MR.  COURT.NEY 

WTLL  PREACH  WEDNESDAY.  8  P.  M. 

H  RIST  CH  URCH,  ."JTH-AV.  AN  U  35TH-ST.— 
Rev.  Dr.    McVickar,    Rector;     Holy  Commuulaiiat  S 

A.  M.;  morning  prayer   and    st'rmon    at    10:30  A.  M.: 

children's   service,    with    catechieing.    at    3:30   P.  M. 

Eveiimg     service     nt      7:30    P.    M..      and   sermon  by 

Ri,i;ht  Hcv.  Bishop Qjintird,  of  Tennessee. 

Al.VARF  BAPTIST  CHURCH.  •23i.--<T.,  15K- 
tween  5th and  6th  avs.. Rev.  R.  S.  M;ii;Artliur.  Pastor. 
— Preaching  Sunday  mor,!iiig  and  evening.  Baptism  ad- 
ministered at  evening  service.  Sunday-school,  2:30: 
prfayer  meetings  Mondav,  Wednesilay,  and  Iriday 
eveniiurs.    Stsraneers  cordially  invited. 

C CHURCH    Of    THE  DISCIPLES.  Maij1>o.V 
yav.,   comer  45th-9t.,   Rev.    George  H.   He-.i worth.— 
Morning — ••Things    to    be    Remembered."      Kveninst— . 
■•Decision   of    Character."    a  serraon    to    young    m;-n.  ' 
Monday  evening,  the  sixth, lecture  by  .Mr.  itepworth  ou 
'•The  Holy  Land;''  illustiuted  with  the  stereopticoa. 

C1AL.VARY  CHURCH,  4TU  AV.  AND  'Jl.-^T  ST..' 
/"Rev.  E.  A.  Washliurn,  D.  D..  Rector. — Lent  Services 
on  Sunday  at  10:30  A.  M.  iiud  3:30  P.  M.  Wednesilav 
and  FiiMay  morning,  prayer  at  11  o'clock.  Eveuini; 
prayer,  5  o'clock  evory  day,  with  lecture  on  Wcduea- 
day  and  Friday. 

HURCH  OF  TUE  RESURRECTION.  .-^.-Til- 
8t.,  Dotween  Loxni'.;tori    and    3d    avs..  Uev.  John  VV. 
Trimble,  Rector. — Services   fcunday  at  n;:43  A.  M.  aad 
7:30  p.  M.    Sunday-school  at  •i:3u  P.  M.    All  are  cor- 
dially invited  to  attend. 

C1HURCH  OF  THE  DIVINE  PATERMTV, 
y5tb-av.,  comer  of  45th-8'^.,  Fourth  Uoiversjilijc 
Society. — Rev.  Dr.  E.  H.  Ihariin  will  preach  ihis  morn- 
ing at  11  o'clock,  :'nd  evening  at  8.  vesoers  and  an 
extemporaneous  atldresa  by  tu^  Pastor.  Dr.  Ghapin. 

HCJRCH    OF    THE    Ni';\V    JERUsALiEi>l.' 

{"  Swedenborgian,")  East  ,3,')tb-st.,  between  4th. 
(Parle)  and  Lexinjiroii  ave., Rev.  Chauncev Giles.  P.-istor. 
Bervlces  at  11  .\.  M.  aud  8  P.  M. 

riHLRCil     OF    THE     HOLY      SAVIOUR, 

VVEast  2oth-Bt.,  near  Madison-av..  Rev.  Dr.  Carter, 
Rector.— Sertice  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:30  P-  M. 

Dlr^tll'LElS  OF    CHRIST, 

28th-3t.,  near  Broadway.      ' 

Kov-  O.  A.  BARTHOLO."klEW,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 

Will    preach 

SUND.AY  MORNING  an^l    EVENING. 

Public  Bible  Class  on  Tuesday  evening, 

Tou  are  covdially  invited. 

IK.ST  UAPTIrST  CHURCH,  COil.M:U  or 
Thirtv-i-jiith-st.  and  Park-av. — Preaching  by  tli^a 
I'aalor,  Kev*  T.  D.  Anderson.  D.  D..  .it  il  k.  M.. 
and  by  Rev.  Jos.  F.'Elder,  D.  D. .  at  7:30  ovoninii.  Bap- 
tism at  evening  service.    Cordial  invitaf ion. 

IVKl'OIISTS  HOCsE  Of  l.NDUSTRY.   NO. 

155  Worth-st..  William  V.  Da:naril.  Superiutemieut. 
—.•Service  Of  song  by  the  children  on  .Sunday  at  3:30 
o'clock.  Public  invited.  Second-hand  clothing  aud 
shoes  urgently  solicited- 

/^1>SFE1j  HALL.  NO.  -20  4TH-AV._T.HK  BRKAK- 
VTing  ol  Bread  at  1U:30  A.  M.  Prencbing  at  S  P.  M. 
—•' Vhe  Sovereign  Grace  of  God."  Tnesiiavut  .*<  P.  il.. 
Bible  Reading — John,  x.  Thursday  at  8  P.  5i..  Typical 
Teaching  in    Genesis — The  Creation — 5iith  Day. 

OD     HA^S'    SPOKEM— BISHOP    SNOW,    Till? 

interpreter  of  prophecy.  wl:l  preach  iu  l!io  Medi- 
cal College,  corner  4th-  v.  and  2Hd-st.,  on  Sunday  at 
3  P.  M.  Subject — "  The  Coming  Doom  of  all  the  King- 
<2onis  of  the  Earth."    Come  aud  bear. 

A1CLE»I    UMVER.SAL.1ST   CHUItCH.  o.\ 

1 27 th-st..  between  Lexington  and  4th  avs.— Rev. 
J.  M.  Getchell,  Pastor.  Moruing  at  11.  Subject  — 
•■Quench  not  the  Spirit."  Evening,  7:30 — •'lliu 
Religious  Influence  of  Poetry."  Prayer-mL-etiug  Tues- 
day eveuing,  at  8  o'clock. 

LVjriAN  C.  HO\VE,  TRANCE  SPEAKER,  LEC- 
tures  lor  tbe  Society  o(  .-Spiritualists.  No.  ">;'>  West 
33d-8t,  at  1(1:30  A.  M.  .ind  7:30  P.  M.  Subject— Even- 
ing.  •'  Temperance. '  At  close  of  moi-niua  lecture  -Mrs. 
Maud  Lord  will  describe  aiid  give  names  of  s;>irifa  siio 
will  see  present.  Seats  free.  Childieu's  Lyceum, '1:311 
P.  M. 

ASOMC     TE.Wl'LE,  23l'-.sr.    AND   OfH-iV.- 
O.  a.  Frothiughain,  P.istor  of  the  Iiidonond  nt  Lin- 

er-J f  Church,  will  preach  on   Sunday  morning,   at  x(l:4; 

o'eloi-.k.  subjeci— •'  The  Whole  Duty  of  Man."      Service 

for  til.-?  youog  at  3:30  P.  M. 


F 


PrLtJRIM  .RAPrisT  <:HI  KCH,  33D-.ST., 
near  Sih-av. — Rev.  J.  .staniior.i  H<ilme.  D,  D.,  will 
pi-eacli  Suu-iay.  2.'>th.  iiioruin:r  aud  evening.  ,Sutid.iv. 
school  and  Jibie  classes  at  2:30.    .Strangers  weleoiupii. 


KliV.  STEIJHEN  K.  TVN«.  JR.,  WILl.. 
prcachia  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  Madisuu- 
av.  and  42d-8t..  ou  Sunday  at  10:30  A.  M.  acd  7:"30 
P.  M".  Morning  prayer,  without  s-jrmon,  at  9:30  A.  M. 
Dr.  Tynz.  Jr..  will  speak  ou  JlonJav,  Wednesdays,  and 
Fridays  <it  7:45  P.  M.;  on  Tuesdays.  Wednesdays,  and 
Tbursda  j«  at  3:30  P-  M. 

Prof.  E.  Warren  Clark  will  lecture  on  the  Holy 
Land.  Jajiau,  ic..  on  Tuesday  evenings  at  8  o'clock, 
Tictets  at  the-  door. 


TiEV.  JOSl^PH  F.  ELDER,  D.  D.,  PAsTOIC- 
JXThe  Madison-avenue  Baptist  Church,  lately  wor- 
■shiping  corn?r  of  Slst-st,  and  M:iQiaou-av., -will  liohl 
their  'usual  sabbath  morning  servieo  in  tbe  chapel  of 
tho  hirst  Baptist  Church,  Park-av.  aud  39tli-st,  nt  11 
o'clock.      Sunday-school  iu  the   same  place  at  3  P.  M. 


All  are  invited 


REV.  P.  KltANKI.,lN  JONE.S.  OK  CATSKII.L. 
will  preach  in  the  Trinity  Baptist  Church,  iu  55lh- 
st.,  between  Lexington  and  3d  avs..  on  Suudiy  morniiisi 
hud  evening.  Suoject  for  tuomlng — ••  Triumph  of 
Faith."  SuLject  for  evening^-^^  Tae  Boy  ia  tho  Hands 
of  Jesus." 


REV.  JOH.N  COTTON  SMITH,  «.  D..  U  ILL 
deliver  (D.  V.)  the  second  lecjurelu  a  course  on  ibt 
••  Sermon  on  the  .Mount,"  in  the  Churcb  ol  the  .Isceu- 
sion,  corner  5th-av.  and  lOth-.st.,  on  Sunday,  Feb.  25, 
nt4P.  M.  SuLject—"  Christ's  viewof  Murder,  Divorce, 
and  Oaths."  ^^^ 


TJEV.  THOiVIA-^  S.  HASTINGS,  D.  ».,  PAS- 
Xi/tor,  will  preacii  in  the  West  Preshyteriau  Churcb, 
4-.;d-8t. ,  between  5tli  nud  6th  avs. .  ou  Suudav,  25tU 
inst.  servleos  at  10:30  A.  M.  and  7:30  P-  il.  Adult  ai- 
hle  Class  3  P.  >1. 


RKV.  DR.  RVE.4.NCK.— SI.  &1ARK'.>.  'iD-AV. 
and  lOth-st.  Services  at  11  A.  M.  aud  7:15  P.  M. 
Sttijecc  lor  morninj;  discourse,  "  Bin."  Evening,  "  Tha 
Call  of  the  GospeL" 


*.      SOCLETy  FOR  ETHICAL  CULTURE. 

STANDARD  HALL, 

comer  Broadway  and  42d-st. 

PrOtJ'ELIX  ABLER  will  lecture  this  Sunday  aornisg 

at    11   o'clock  on  the  "Life  and   Services  of  Benedict 

Spiaoza,)''    in  commemoration  of  the  two  hundreatb 

Anniverf  '•ry  of  his  death.  -'"' 


ST.  IG.N'ATlUf*'  CHURCH.  40TU-S'r.,  BK- 
tweoii  5.'-h  and  6th  avs..  Rev.  Dr.  F.  i;.  Ewer,  Hec- 
tor, ofliciatia "?.— Communion.  7  A.  ."d.;  morning  prayer, 
9;  htauy.  l(i:>?0;  choral  celebration,  1 1 ;  choial  eveui 
Inff  prftv'T,  7:a0.  -with  eeruiou  on  •'  Wisdom  aud  Va 
derstanding."  the  hecoud  in  the  contse  on  "'  The  Sevei 
Gifts  Of  the  Holy  Ghost."  Pews  and  sittings  may  b« 
had  free,  fur  the  Winter,  upou  appucatiou  to  tbe  Bex< 
ton.   - 


ST.  L.UKE'S  i>l.  is.  CHURCH,  41Sr-sT., 
Ni'lAE  6TH-AV.— freaching  by  the  Pastor,  Rev.  W. 
P.  Abbott,  at  lij:30  A.  M.,  7:30  P.  M.  At  close  of  Saa- 
dny  night  sermon  there  will  be  a  prayer- meeting,  cua- 
due  ted  by  Samuel  Ualstead,  iSsq.,  leader  of  Praying 
Band.    All  are  in\-ited. 


Sr.   STEPHKN'o     CHURCH. 

57  to  59  West  46th  street. 

The  Rev.  A.  B.  HART,  Rector. 

Services  on  Sunda'y  at  10:  .10  A.  M.,  and  4  P.  SL 


CT.  ANDREW.S  F.  K.  CUUKCU,  HARLEM 

jOMorning  service  at  10:30:  eveninz  at  7:30.  Eev. 
1-.  W.  Bruthwaite,  of  Stamford,  Conn.,  will  preach 
jnoming  and  evening. 


T.  I.UKM's  iW.  E.  CUURCW,  4JLST-WT, 
._inear  eth-av.,  Rev.  V.  P.  Abhoit,  Pastor.^^rca^juing 
at  10:30  .^.  M.  and  7:45  P.  M.  Young  people's  prayel 
meeting  at  6:45  P.  .M.     aU  are  invited. 


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hoilaud  at  10:30  A.M..  ou  "  StreugttiLliy  Growtu." 
aud  at  7:30  P.  M..  ou  "  Christianity  vs.  HQiometaai»>« 
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MUSCULAR    CHHISTIAMTT. 

B]&16dKIiia  I2f  THE  CHVBCA  DOOBsi 

bkoi-mukg  o»  st.  jamks',  «ear  london 

— the  dimaxd  of  teut  bishop  on  thk 

gh'ubgh-wabsbms   pisrsoabdbd— thb 

l>OOH8  BBOKtElT  IN  AKD  SBRYICES  HEI.D 
BY  THB  NBW  RECTOR. 

From  Uu  Zondon  il«v>$,  Feb.  13. 

Tbe  Chnroh  of  St  James,  Hatoham,  was  xe- 

^>«ned  yesterday  f«r  pabho  worship.  On  Friday 
tbe  keys  were,  it  was  stated,  flemanded  ot  tbe  Yicar, 
Bet.  A.  Xootb,  and  of  each  of  the  charoh-wardens, 
bat  not  delivered  up.  On  Saturday  afternoon,  about 
4:45  o'clock,  Mr.  A.  J.  Day,  the  Secretary  of  tbe 
Bishop  of  the  Diocese,  went  to  the  nortb  door  in 
company  with  a  locksmith,  and  in  the  presence  ot' 
Inspector  Belle  and  a  few  policemen,  aodn^  under 
bla  orden,  the  imith  sncceeded  in  getting  into 
tna  chnroh.  not  by  the  ordinary  process  of  pioking 
the  lock,  which,  it  was  found,  would  nuc  yield  to 
■aoh  effort*,  bat  Uj  nsinK  snob  an  amoont  of  vto- 
leuce  as  was  necessary  to  effect  an  entrance.  Mr. 
Plimpton,  one  of  tne  church-wardens,  who  resides 
dose  to  the  oburcb,  havinit  come  upon  tbe  scene 
dunag  tbe  prooess  of  opeains,  demanded  to  be 
informed  on  what  authority  such  a  step  was  taken ; 
but  ne  was  met  by  a  declaration  from  Inspoctor 
iKelfe  that  he  was  there  by  orders  and  would  not 
allow  any  interference.  Immediately  alter  the 
ehorch  was  opeuect  Rev.  Benjaioin  Dale,  who  had 
boon  licensed  by  the  Bishuo  as  temporary  Curaie, 
entered  and  took  poasesslun,  there  beiug  only 
a  very  few  persons  besides  tbe  Bishop's 
beoretary  as  witnesses.  It  was  then  discovered 
that  usorly  oU  the  distinctive  decorations  ia 
■nd  outslae  the  chancel  had  been  previously 
temoTod.  The  gate  of  the  chancel  had,  like  the 
door  ot  tbe  church,  to  be  loroed.  .the  altar  bad,  of 
coarse,  a  very  bare  appearance  comparuU  with  that 
which  It    had    presented   when   last    seen   by   ihe 

Ualchaoi  public.    The  six  tall  oaadles,  the  floral 

decorations,  &o.,  had  disappeared,  and  to  also  had 
the  little  flgures  of  anaels,  which  bad  formed  such 
a  oonspicuoua  artistio  feature.  The  lofty  rood 
■crseo-'a  handsome  ualc  paueled  structure  tiavin£ 
aUegorical  paintintss  in  tntat — remained,  eurmuunt- 
ed  «ith  a  larite  wooden  cross,  und,  airetolilng  all 
across  tbe  middle  of  the  aisle  near  the 
little  pulpit,  there  was  siill  a  solid  beam 
Itearlng  a  large  calvary.  There  were  no 
longer  any  baiiuera  to  be  seen ;  bat  on  tbo 
pillar  behind  the  pulpit  there  was  left  a  tasteful 
ornamental  cross.  lu  the  baptistry — a  handsome 
circular  place,  having  a  dome  above— the  oont^s- 
aional  occupied  its  old  position,  tbote  beiug  a  scat 
In  the  midtlle  for  the  clergyman  and  a  wire  opening 
on  each  side  for  peuiceuts.  The  entrance  to  the 
uri;an,  about  three-quarters  of  a  yard  wlue,  had  beeu 
blocked  up  with  several  lengths  of  strong  planking 
vith  small  opeuiags  becwefeo,  the  front  barrier 
being  streugtheneU  by  two  planks  lB«lde  crossinit 
each  other  and  extenalng  from  top  to  bottom.  Great 
care  had  evidently  been  taken  to  pi  event  tbe  organ 
from  btsiiiK  approached  without  considerable  dith- 
colty.     .A.    small    PoUoe    force    tiavlog    maintained 

guard  at  the  north  door  daring  the  night,  a  little 
before  10  o'clock  yesterday  morning  about  a  dozen 
p«rson«  assembled  tnere.  Ail  oomers  were  at  once 
Informed  by  the  Police  that  there  was  to  be  a  ser- 
vice that  moming.  The  number  assembled  grada- 
ally  increased  np  to  10:15,  when  the  bell  began 
ringixiir,  and  ths  north  door  was  opened  ;  tUe  oihur 
main  door  near  the  vicarage  on  the  west  remaining 

dosed  throughont  tbe  morning.  £ev.  B.  Dale  ar- 
rived about  10,  along  with  the  Bishop's  Secretary, 
and  at  10:30  moruiog  prayers  commenced. 

At  first  there  were  only  about  100  persona  present, 
bai  by  gradual  aoueealons  the  number  swelled  tiU 
the  church  ^vas  nearly  hlled.  Full  mominK  service 
waa  performed  by  Mr.  Sale  and  Eev.  Dr.  Basil 
Craig,  tne  former  heiug  the  late  Curate  of  Much 
Hadham,  having  previoualy  been  Curate  of  the  large 
palish  ot  St.  Bototph,  Colchester,  for  four  years  and 
a  half,  while  the  latter  ia  Curate  of  St.  Jobn's, 
Chatnam.  The  two  clergymen  first  placed 
themaeivea   just    Inside    the    chancel,    one    in 

eaca  corner,  and  facing  oaca  other, 
lir.  Dale,  now  the  licensed  Curat*  of  tbe 
church,  wearing  only  a  sniplloe  and  stole,  and  Dr. 
Crait;  havuiK  in  addition  to  these  the  crimson  hood 
of  a  Doctor  of  Divinity.  ITour  laymen  1q  ordinary 
attire  sat  in  the  stalls.  Prayers  'were  read  by  JMr. 
Dale,  the  lessons  by  Dr.  Craig.  During  the  earllfr 
part  of  the  service  two  or  three  young  men  who 
came  in,  on  arrivmg  opposite  tbe  altar  bowed  in 
a  marked  manner,  one  of  .  them  baviug 
crossed  himself  as  he  entered  the  church. 
Duruii!  the  readlut;  of  the  communion  ser- 
vice Air.  Dale  otood  at  tbe  corner  on  tbe  north 
side  looking  southward,  sud  Dr.  Craig  stood  a; 
the  opposite  corner  facing  the  north — a  relative  do> 
Eitiou  which  with  very  sllgbt  exceptions  was  main- 
tained throughout  that  part  of  the  service.  Mr. 
Dale  read  tbe  Commandments  with  bis  face  toward 
the  people.  J  ust  before  tbe  aeimou,  having  ad. 
vanced  in  front  of  the  chancel,  he  reau  tbe  usual 
declaration  of  asseat  made  by  a  stipendiary  Curate, 
and  ending  with  a  request  for  the  oeroflcate  of  tbe 
church- wardens  to  the  fact  of  his  having 
done  so.  As  he  concluded,  a  voice  trom 
the  middle  of  the  church  said,  "Thank  God." 
The  sermon,  which  occupied  about  20  minutes,  cuu- 
taiued  no  special  reference  to  the  matter  so  long  in 
dispute  between  Mr.  Xooth  and  pa't  ot  his  pdriah- 
louers;  on  the  contrary,  there  was  apparently  a 
studied  avoidance  of  it,  the  preacher  confLning  him- 
self to  a  simple  exposition  of  his  text,  and  con- 
cluding by  calling  upon  the  parishioners  to  use 
the  impendiuE  season  of  l>unt  for  renewed 
dedication  of  themselves  to  Ood,  and  efiorts 
to  lead  a  lite  of  Christian  holiness.  At  the 
end  of  the  sermon  the  preacaer  returned  to  the 
ctiancei.  It  was  noticed  that  during  the  reading  of 
the  cieed  the  two  clergymen  turned  toward  the 
east,  but  few  persons  in  tbe  congregation  did  so, 
and  there  was  but  little  bowuiif  at  the  name  of 
Jesus,  The  congregation  generally  Joined  heartily 
in  the  re.tponses.  Xaere  was  no  offertory,  and  Mr. 
Dale,  havmg  read  the  prayer  lor  tua  Church  mill- 
taut  after  uio  sermon,  dismissed  the  congregation 
with  the  benediction.  The  wnuie  service,  there  be- 
ing no  celebration,  lasted  about  an  hour  and  a  half. 
Immediately  alter  ths  two  clergymen  retired  from 
tbe  onanccl  to  the  vestry  there  was  a  quiet,  steady 
tush  on  the  part  of  many  of  the  cougrugatiou 
toward  the  chancel,  and  the  eate  having  been  left 
open  a  considerai  number  passed  througb,  and  in  an 
orderly  manner  examined  what  remained,  devoting 
special  attention  to  tbe  now  simple  altar,  covered 
In  front  with  sreen  cloth,  lu  tbe  meantime  the  two 
cbnrch-wardena,  Mr.  Croou  and  Mr.  I'ltmptoa,  had 
gono  into  the  vestry  to  speak  to  Mr.  Dale.  Iluviug 
introduced  themselves  to  him,  they  asked 
to  be  allowed  to  see  his  license,  whion 
they  read,  following  this  up  b>  an  intima- 
tion that  as  they  were  too  far  oft  in  the  church 
to  hear  the  whole  of  it  read,  tney  would  rather 
not  attach  their  signatures.  This  task  was  after- 
ward performediby  two  parishioners,  that  being,  it 
tras  said,  sulScIeat  for  the  purpose  legally.  The 
ctiurch-wardeus  naving  explained  to  Mr.  buperiu- 
tendeut  Geruou  that  the  ohaucel  had  beeu  "  dese- 
crated "  by  the  persons  who  were  in  it,  he  ordered 
tbem  to  retire,  and  tbe  order  was  iustauily 
obe>ed.  Mr.  Croom  hayiag  made  a  similar  com- 
piaiut  in  the  vesiry,  two  or  three  persons  there 
warmly  repelled  tne  -  imputation  of  "  desecra- 
tion," one  gentleman  observing  that  the  chancel 
bad  indeed  been  "  desecrated  "  by  incense  and 
other  things  of  ttiat  kind,  but  that  ail  such  non- 
sense was  now  done  away  witu.  Oacside  the  church 
a  gentleman  urged  tne  friends  of  the  Protestant 
League  to  brmg  with  them  as  many  friends  as  tney 
oould  to  tho  afternoon  service,  and  tbia  elicited  a 
counter-entreatv  to  go  to  the  meeung  at  the  Can- 
non-street Hotel  nextfridav.  There  was  afterward 
some  slight  uproar  and  pushing  about  So  yards  from 
the  chui'ch,  arising  apparently  out  of  a  dispute  be- 
tween two  uppunents,  Dut  U  was  quickly  subdued 
by  the  Police.  

LlBEKTSr   OF  THE   EUaLlSH   FBESS. 


I,  Z.IBEL  SOIT  or  UNUSUAL  INTBKBST-^SIN- 
aULAB  DBCISION  BBNDJUISD  fir  TUB 
COURT   OF   APPUAL. 

Irom  the  London  Telegraph,  Feb.  7. 
A  case  of  more  thaa  usual  iutarest  was  de- 

cided  on  Saturday  by  the  Court  of  Appeal,  sitting 
at  Westminster.  The  Lord  Chief  Justice  and 
Lsrds  Justioes  Mellish,  Baggallay,  and  Bramwell 
were  upon  the  bencb,  and  the  decision  was  tbat  of 
tba  full  court,  each  of  the  learned  Judges  giving 
In  detail  the  particular  reasons  by  which  he  had 
beeu  gtiided  to  bis  conoiaslon.  The  original  ac- 
tion was  brought    by  Dr.   Puroell,  Medical  Otficer 

to  the  Board  of  Guardlaos  of  AJtrincbam,  in  the 
County  of  Chester,  against  Mr.  Sowler,  proprie- 
tor of  a  Manohescer  newspaper.  It  seems  that 
St  a  meeting  of  the  Altiiucham  Board  certain 
it  the  gentlemen  present  had  made,  whether 
rishily  or  wrouKiy,  some  verr  mtroag  lenarKs 
upon  Dr.  Pacceli's  conduct,  imputing  to  him  neglect 
uf  hta  dotibs,  malaamiuistxation,  uruelty,  iahumao- 

iiy,  and  various  other  giievuus  offeuses.  Dr.  Par- 
cel! was  precluuod  by  law  from  brmicine  any  action 
eitber  against  the  Board  of^Guardiabs  jointly  or 
agamstr  the  mdividiut  momwn  of  id  who  had  so 

callad  hl«  cbaructer  in  tjueatioa.  They  were  his 
employers,  aod  consequently  bad  a  rigbt  to  speak 
Ot  his  conduct  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  as 
they  might  think  Hi.  Onfortuoately,  however,  a 
reporter  of  the  olaucbester  Courier  was  present  at 
ths  meeting,  and  tbe  paper  witb  wblcb  be  was  con- 
becied  published  a  foil  report  of  tbe  prooeed- 
lQgt«,  ia  which  tbe  obooxioiu  charges  appeared 

is  detail  and  at  fuU  length.  Dr.  Fuioall,  actiUK 
wider  the  advice  of  bis  solicitor,  bruoabt  an  aotioa 
against  that  newspaper  on  the  ground  that  it  had 
published  a  libel  upon  hiia.  Solicitors,  tpeoial 
pleaders,  couusei,  aud  other  eminent  ISEal  lumi- 
naries were  employed,  aod  the  cause  was  duly  put 
Oowu  to  be  heard  and  determined  upon  circuit. 
When,  however,  the  case  was  called  on  a  com  pro- 
Bitse  was  screed  to,  and  a  verdict  for  40  stiiilings  was 
taxen  by  eonsent,  subject  to  the  point  of  law,  sub- 
•equentiy  raided,  wbether  the  report  was  priv- 
ileged, or  whether  the  proceedings  before  the  Board 
of  Guardians  were  uf  saffioient  public  interest 
lo  Justify  a  fall  aud  complete  account  of  them. 
This  subtle  legal  question  came  on  In  due  course 
belore  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas.  Mr.  Justice 
Wett,  Mr.  Justice  Aronibald,  and  Mr.  Jnsuoe 
Jjlndiay  beard  the  arguments  of  counsel  on  both 
■Ides,  aod  ultimately  decided  in  favor  of  the  pialn- 
lifC  on  the  ground  that  tbe  pruceadlugs  of  the  Board 
uf  Gnardiaas  are  ia  no  way  matter  of  public  interest 
and  concern,  aud  that  conssquently  a  newspaper  is 
liot  Justllied  in  publishing  a  i-eport  of  them,  from 
this  ludgaieut  the  defendant,  the  proprietor  of 
the  Manchester  Courier,  appealed,  and  the  Court  of 
▲pp«al  has  d«oid«id  against  him,  afflrmiug  the 
roliag  of  the  inferior  courts  althouga  apou 
tUfl^ant  grounds  from,  those  on  wliiefa  tbe  Orlgiaai 
dMiaian  was  given.  Tbe  Court  of  Ciniuaan  Pleas, 
•a  wa  hare  aud,  ftfo*  t(^^  offl^dnHon  (bu  trbat 


was  Btated  at  a  Fiard  tif  3astaufi«  is  not  taatter  of 
pablie  interest,  and  that  oonsaqoentlr  ■  newspaper 
is  nos  lostifiea  in  paoltshing  a  full  rebort  of  it. 
Tbe  Conrt  of  Apnea),  wlfh  ihJat  loT»  of  subtM  dbM 
tlnetlon  whioh  is  the  chief  charaateriatio  bf  law. 
vers,  has  ruled  that  what  takes  plaoe  kt  a  Board  of 
Guardians  is  matter  of  public  interest,  but  that  a 
newspaper  is  not  oh  tbat  account  privileged  to  pub* 
lish  a  full  report  of  it.  Tbe  consequence  is  tbat 
the  ongipsl  verdict  for  40  shillings  stands  good, 
and  tbat  the  plaintiff.  Dr.  Puroell,  Will  recorer  his 
damages  and  the  costs. 


BEAR  ADMIRAL  JOSEFH  SMITH. 


INTBRESTINa    KBHINISCKNCES    BY    AN  LIPB- 
I.ONQ  FKIEXD — HOYT  HIS  TWO  ONLY  SONS 
PEK18HKD  IN  THE  CAUSE  OP  TflE  UNION. 
From  the  Plymouth  (Mags.)  Old  Colony  MtrnoHal. 
PlytDouili  Coauty  baa  produced  few  men  of 
whom  she  may  be  more  proud  than  the  late  Bear 
Admiral  Joseph  Sn>:th.     Ue  was   bora  in  Hanover, 
March  30,  1700.     His  father  was    Albert  Saiith,  an 
extensive  sbipbnil^ei',  and  at  one  time  High  Sheriff 
of  the  county,  and  his   mother's  same  before  mar- 
riage  was   Anne  Lsuthal   EsUh.     Ue  was  thus  de- 
scended upon  both  sides  from  families  long  resident 
ill,  and  Identified  with,   tbe  Old  Colony.    Among 
bis    ancestors   were   Rev.  Thomas  Smith,   of  Pom- 
broke,  Kev.  Katbuulel  Boils,   of  Soitiiate,   and  Bev. 
William  Witbereil,  of  iScltnste. 

The  writer  has  not  bad  time  and  opportunity  for 
tnquirlng  mucb  into  bis  earlier  life,  but  enough  to 
kuow  that  he  was  then  the  same  wise,  earaesc,  gen- 
erous, high-souled  man  that  aoqiiaintunce  with  bim 
lu  later  years  has  so  clearly  revealed.  Kindness  of 
the  heart  was  always  a  couspiouons  trait  in  his 
oharaottfr.  £<irly  in  life  te  parted  with  bis  estate 
received  from  his  father,  in  Ilanover,  aud  made  hia 
residence  elsewhere.  This  was  about  the  year  ldl4, 
while  he  was  a  young  luau.  But  bo  never  foreot 
his  native  towp  or  any  of  his  early  frieuds.  He 
may  have  lived  in  Maine  awhile,  where  he  married 
Harriet  Bryant^  of  tbat  State. 

Quito  early  in  life  he  entered  the  naval  service  of 
the  United  States.  At  the  batile  of  I.ake  Cham- 
plain,  Sept.  It.  Idl4,  he  was  wouuded,  and  be  did 
gallant  gervioe  at  the  capture  of    tbe    Algerit>e 

cruisers  in  1813.  Witta  tbese  exceptioDH  be  bad  no 
opportunity  to  win  fame  at  the  "  cannon's  mouth." 
But  be  has  done  his  country  great  and  iqvaluable 
service.  Admiral  Smith,  then  Commodore,  was 
C^hlef  of  the  Bureau  of  Ducks  and  Yards  more  than 
30  vears,  that  period  etubra'clug  the  years  of  our 
late  civil  war,  so  that  the  great  Navy  then 
*created  grew  up  under  his  direction  and  supervi- 
sion. Xbu  opeuiue  of  the  war  louad  him,  an  old 
man  of  71.  at  (be  nead  of  that  Impurtaut  bureau, 
and  better  fitted  to  be  there  than  any  other  mau  iu 
the  Navy,  It  was  one  of  the  fortunate  things  ot 
those  perilous  times  that  this  pare  patriot  of  our 
Old  Colony  stock,  with  his  clear  aud  comotebenslve 
mind  and  immense  capacity  far  work,  was  th'ire  to 
carry  that  great  burden.  He  liuilt  and  saved  the 
Ifavy,  and  perhaun  ths  nation  ;  as  but  for  hia  per- 
sonal eftorts  witn  President  Lincoln  the  Moouor 
would  not  have  been  accepted  bv  the  Governmeat 
when  it  was,  and  would  not  have  been  at  Hampton 
Boads  to  save  the  fleet  thero,  aud  the  Mernmao 
might  have  reduced  Jfort  Monroe  and  shelled  Wash- 

Ington- 

A  commission   was    appointed   by  President  Lin- 

cola  to  examine  as  to  tbe  plan  and  valaa  of  the 
Monitor,  and  report  to  hiut.  The  report  was  ad- 
verse, but  Smith  alone  ot  tbo  cominissioii  was  la 
favor  of  it,  and  to  bis  persistent  appeals  for  its  ac- 
ceptaace,  Mc  Liccola  said  :  "If  you  think  so  much 
of  it.  Smith,  you  may  go  on  and  have  it  built." 
Lincoln  relied  mnch  uoon  Admiral  Smttb,  and 
called  him  ''  the  old  wheel-horse  of  the  Navy  " — 
not  exactly  a  nautical  figure  of  speech,  bat  one 
easily  understood. 

His  louK.  active,  aud  emlnentlv  useful  life  came 
to  a  peaselul  dose,  but  h«  b.vi  passed  through 
periods  of  the  very  heaviest  sfflictiuns.    Hia  dearly 

loved  wife  was  fciilod  m  a  terriblB  railroan  acci- 
dent  l)etween    Washington   and    New-York.       His 

son,  Capt.  Joseph  Smith,  an  officer  of  such  brih 
liaot  promise  that  had  he  lived  he  was  sore  to 
have  Teaoh.<d  the  highest  rank,  was  in  command 
of  tbe  ill-fated  Congress  as  she  lay  in   James  Kiver, 

nearest  of  all  utir  fleet  to  where  tbe  Merrlmac  was 
being  plated  with  iron  for  its  deadly  work.  Tbls 
intrepid  officer  fult  tbe  eravity  of  tbe  aitualion, 
and  visiting  Wasbinetoa  urged  his  father  to 
hasten  along  the  Monittu:.  The  words  uf  his  fare- 
well to  ^is  father  that  day  bad  iu  them  a  sad  pre- 
sentiment of  bid  swiftly  approacbiug  late.  Tbe 
anxious  fatber  did  all  he  could  to  hasten  the 
departure  of  tbe  new  iron-clad.  It  was  Sunday 
morning,  April  10,  ld€2,  that  day  when,  as  tbe  dread 
iutelllgenco  of  ttie  hrst  day's  deadly  devastations 
of  the  Merrlmac  was  spread  by  telegraph,  the 
heart  of  the  loyal  North  stood  still  with  tear.  That 
Sunday  forenoon  Secretary  Welles  drove  round  to 
tbe  cbUTch,  where  be  knew  the  pious  Commodore 
was  always  to  be  louud  upon  the  Saubatb,  aod 
called  hun  out.  Ue  said  to  him  :  "  You  kuow  the 
unprotected  state  of  the  fleet  at  Fort  Monroe,  and 
that  the  Merrlmac  is  expected  out."  Tbe  reply  was, 
"Tea"  "Well,"  continued  tbe  Secretary,  "tbe 
Memmac  came  out  yesterday ;  we  have  no  particu- 
lars yet.  all  we  know  is  that  the  Cumberland  has 
beeu  sunk  and  tbe  Congress  struck  ner  Hsk." 
"Then  Joe  Is  dead,"  aald  the  father,  »8  be  torued 
and  carried  bis  great  sorrow  with  nim  back  into  tbe 
house  of  God.  He  needed  "no  particulars."  He 
^new  the  higb  beroio  soul  of  bis  noble  sou  so  well 
tbat  when  told  that  his  ship  had  struck  her  flag,  ho 
knew  that  sou  was  dead.  And  so  it  proved.  The 
next  iatellisence  was  that  tbe  tlrst  broadside  of  the 
Merrinisc  had  killed  tbe  brave  commander  of  tbe 
Congress.  The  Monitor,  built  because  Admiral 
Smith  believed  iu  it.  arrived  that  niiiht  in  time  to 
save  the  remainder  of  tbe  fleet,  too  late  to  save  the 
life  of  his  heroic  sou. 

Great  and  brave  father  and  son,  each  worthy  of 
the  other.  

He  h;ul  one  other  son — Cspt.^lbert  Smith,  wbo 
was  in  command  ot  one  of  ttiu  vossuls  ot  F<trragut's 
fleet,  and  went  through  a  specla  ly  hard  and  peril- 
ous service  iu  tbe  passage  up  the  river  to  tbe  cap- 
ture of  the  City  of  Nuw-OrleauA  Toe  bardsbips 
encountered  there  broke  d^\n/«is  health  so  that 
be  was  obliged  to  leave  active  service  tor  bureau 
duty,  and  died  before  the  dose  of  the  war.  Tnus 
be  icave  all  he  had  to  his  cuuntrv.  Bjtb  of  bis 
sons  died  cbildlesa,  and  tbe  Admiral  leaves  be- 
hind him  no  descendeuts,  except  an  elderly  un- 
married daughter.  Two  sisters  aUo  survive.  His 
home  the  last  30  years  bus  been  in  Waablngton. 
In  bis  later  years  we  may  well  believe  tuat  he  felt 
he  had  nothing  to  luok  forward  to,  except  bis  home 
and  crown  in  heaven,  and  of  that  bis  spotless  and 
devoted  religious  life  must  have  eiven  him  full 
assurance.  Th^c  bis  ttaouKbts  were  much  wiib  tbe 
past  also  is  probsble.  Bvery  Summer  ho  came 
North  to  visit  his  sisters  in  Hanover,  and  always 
when  there  revisited  the  home  of  his  boyhood  with 
almost  a  boy's  delight.  All  his  life  lung  he  took  a 
d^up  interest  in  hi«  native  State  and  in  Massachu- 
setts men,  and  great  numbers  of  them  have  felt  his 
helping  band.  Xbuso  ytha  mourn  biai  are  ail  over 
the  land.  We  shall  see  liis  genial,  kindly  face,  and 
listen  to  bis  cheery,  f'riendiv  voice  no  more.  A  grest 
and  good  man,  be  has  gone  to  receive  the  rich  re- 
ward awaiting  the  ilgnteous. 


COVBT BALL  IN  BELGIUM. 


THEIR  MAJKSnES  THE  KING  AND  QUEEN  AT 
HOME — KIND  WORDS  FuH  A.MEltlCANS — 
M46N1K1CENT  TOILETS— TUE  QUBKN'S 
DfUESS — HOW  SUPPER  WAS  SERVED. 

From  tlie  Belgium  Newt.  Feb.  3. 
Tbe  first  court  ball  of  the  seaaou  took  plaoe 

on  Wednesday  eveninc,  aud  was  luusi  biiliiautly 
atteuded.  There  was  an  unnsuitl  number  of  pre- 
seulatiuns.  aud  a  little  after  8  o'clock  the  loug  line 
ot  those  about  to  be  presented  tu  their  Majesties 
extended  from  one  end  ui  the  hrst  drawiug-ruom  to 
the  other.  Tney  then  proceeded  to  tbe  preseaia- 
tion  room-  The  American  pi esentattuns  comprised 
Mr.  Dunbar  S.  Merrill,  son  ot  his  Excellency  Mr. 
Ayres  P.  Merrill ;  Mrs.  and  Mist  Gibson,  Col.,  Mrs., 
and  Idles  Norma  Christmas,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Henry  Pazult,  Mrs.  and  the  Misses  Hennlogs,  (2,) 
Mrs.  and  xhe  Misses  Packard,  (2.)  There  was  an 
unusual  number  of  fair  "dduutantes"  among  ttie 
Belgians.  It  was  not  long  before  tuelr  Msjesties 
entered,  the  doors  trom  the  private  apartments 
being  thrown  open,  and  tbe  Mistress  of  tbe  Kobes 
presented  each  lady  to  tbem,  reading  tbeir  names 
trom  a  list  she  held  in  her  hand.  The  English  aud 
Americans  were  presented  hrst,  aod  tneir  Majesties 
had  a  kind  courteous  word  for  each,  and  in  their 
own  tongue,  sud  to  everybody  an  appropriate  and 
pleasant  remark.  The  Eniilish  aud  Americsu 
gentlemen  were  then  preseniel  by  their  respective 
Ministers,  Mr.  Savils  Lumlev  and  Mr.  Ayres  P. 
Merrill,  alter  whloh  their  Mi^esties  entered  the 
ball-room,  followed  by  tbe  Cumt«  and  Comtesse  de 
i'landrea,  tbe  ladies  and  gentleman  ot  tbeir  house- 
hold, and  the  Corps  Diplomatique.  ■  Tbev  then  took 
their  seats  at  tbe  top  of  the  room,  and  although  tuo 
space  was  somewhat  circumscribed,  owing  tu  tbe 
great  numbers  present,  dancing  was  commenced 
aud  continued  with  much  vigor,  the  perfect  musio 
aud  floor  doubtless  proviog  a  great  attraction. 
Among  the  general  eonipauy  we  noticed,  besides 

those  already  presented,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Allix,  Mrs. 
Aubert,  Miss  Mei-rill  and  Miss  Mimi  Menilt  Col., 
Mrs.,  fina  Miss  Ulnndeil,  Mrs.  Caruaew,  Mr. 
Drnry,  Mr.  Preelinp,  Mr.  Isaacs,  Mr.  Kirkpatnok, 
Mrs.  and  M^ss  Sweetman,  Mr.  siwoeiiaao  Powell, 
Capt.  and  Mrs.  Wildes,  &o.  Tbe  loilets  were 
masDlficeut,  and  ad  usual  at  these  balls,  there  was 

a  splendid  show  of  lace  and  Jewels.  Uer  Mi^esty 
the  Queen,  who  was  looking  remaricabi;  well,  wore 
» beautiful  dress  of  two  shades  of  violet  silk, 
trimmed  with  very  flue  Brussels  puiut,  and  her 
magnificent  diamonds.  Tbe  Comtesse  de  Plaudre 
was  dressed  in  wbiie  satin  and  laca,  also  with 
splendid  diamonds.  Space  forbids  our  euumerating 
mauy  beautiful  dretsea.  but  we  noticed  uiie 
remarkable  dress  ot  a  fair  country  woiiiau — whits 
velvet,  trimmed  witb    Neapolitan    violets,  and    she 

carried  a  lovely  bouquet  of  real  violets.  White 
predominated,  and  is  always  most  becoming  to 
fresh  young  faces.  This  last  word  reminds  us  of 
some  young  faces  there,  whose  owners  bad  uutor. 
tuuateiy  tiieu  to  eotianoe  the  charms  of  nature  by 
those  ot  art  This  rarely  succeeds  as  an  luiprove. 
menr,  even  when  very  well  doue,  and  wuen  de- 
parted youth  Kives  perhaps  some  taint  excuse  fur 
adventiDotia  aid,  but  it  is  sad  indeed  to  see  young 
faces  so  disflKursd,  wuich,  if  left  to  themselves, 
would  have  been  very  good  looking. 

Soon  after  il  o'clock  the  royal  procession  again 
formed,  and  led  the  way  to  the  supper  room,  aud 
we  thiak  tbe  rule  that  is  observed  here  is  a  very 
good  one.  Ladies  and  the  Corps  Diplomatique  are 
only  admitted  wliile  the  royal  party  are  in  the  sup- 
per-room, consequently  the  crush  is  never  great, 
and  the  attendance  is  80  peiteci  that  everybody 
gets  .supper  comfortably,  aud  a  maKuidcent  re- 
past it  is.  The  King  passes  about  recommending 
this  and  that  delicacy  to  his  guests,  and  we  may 
certainly  aver  tbat  you  may  travel  tnrough  loaoy 
conntxies  aud  to  many  courts  before  you  wilt  And  a 
more  spleudld  uutertainmeot  than  a  Brussels  conrt 
ball.  Carriages  were  oruered  at  13:30,  and  within 
an  hour  from  tbat  time  all  the  gay  tbroutc  had  dis- 
persed. More  man  4.000  invitation  cords  have  been 
usttid  fox  Ut«  Dalia  of  tbm  Ub  aud  iau>  al  J(«uuiiBex>« 


( 


PREACHING  TO.  ACTORS. 


ANEKQLlSn  BISHOP  ON  TBE  STAGE. 

AN  ADDRESS  TO  THK  AOTOBS  AND  ACTBKSSES 
OF  MANCHBSTBB  BY  THB  BISHOP  OF 
THAT  CITY. 
At  Maaobester  on  Friday,  Feb.  3,  the  Bishop 
of  Manehflster,  in  oonneetlon  with  tbe  Church 
Mission,  delivered  an  address  in  the  Theatre  Boyal 
to  the  oompaniea  belonging  ta  that  and  to  the 
Queen's  Theatre.  The  stalls  were  reserved  for  the 
chorus  and  the  leadins  actors  and  astresses,  while 
the  pit  was  well  filled  by  the  other  members  of  tbe 
several  companies.  In  the  " circles"  were  a  con- 
slderable  number  of  ladies  and  gentlemen  who  had 
received  invitations  from  the  managemeut^  be 
present.  After  a  hymn  had  been  sane  and  a  prayer 
oSered  up,  bis  Lordship  proceeded  to  address  the 
audience,  who  listened  to  him  with  marked 
attention.  In  the  course  of  his  remarks 
be  observed  that  those  who  knew  their, 
Bible— and  all,  he  hoped,  knew  it  more 
less— would  remember  in  the  days  of   old  tbat  in 

great  Asiatic  city,  .a  seat  of  vloe  and  Iniory,  a  dia' 
ngulsbed  preacber  of  tbe  Gospel  once,  on  a  mem 
oraole  occasion,  was  advised  by  a  message  from  hi 
^  frienils  tbat  be  should  nut  venture  into  a  theatre. 
He  [the  Bishop]  fancied  be  must  be  the  hrst  Bishop 
of  the  Church  of  Kiigland,  if  be  was  not  the  first 
Bishop  of  Obrlst,  who  bad  ever  addressed  a  congre- 
gation iu  a  theatre.  It  was  not  tbat  Paul  was  afraid 
of  testifyiag  to  the  Gospol  of  the  grace  of  God 
anywhere  or  everywhere ;  it  was  not  tbat  he  bad 
any  cowardly  or  selfish  fears  for  his  own 
personal  satety  or  his  own  life  ^^e  was  ready 
to  enter  when  the  occasion  demanded,  to  spend 
and  be  spent  in  tbe  service  of  bis  Master.  But  in 
the  theatre  of  that  day  there  was  an  excited  aud  an 
annry  crowd  not  In  the  humor  tu  listen  to  reason. 
Their  ears  would  bave  been  deaf  to  the  gentle 
pleadings  of  tbe  Spirit  of  God,  and  he  wisely 
yielded  to  (he  couusei  of  hia  frieadn,  and  did  not 
enter  within  those  theatre  walls.  He  [the  Bishop  | 
saw  before  him  those  who  wore  wiiUui;  to  listen,  or 
else  hs  supposed  they  would  not  be  present,  and 
theretore  be  had  adventured  himself  into  the 
theatre,  hoping  that  by  the  help  of  God  be  might 
be  enabled  to  say  something  to  them  whicb  would  'S 
profit  them  on  what  he  fdit,  aud,  he  supposed,  on 
wbat  thev  felt,  was  the  delicate  and  difiicuU  aod,  he 
need  not  add,  somewhat  perilous  wurk  that  they 
were  engaged  In  doing.  The  Fatbers  of  the  early 
Church  were  very  severe  lu  Uieir  Julgmeut  upon 
stage  players.  The  old  Fathers  of  an  ascmlc  turu  of 
mind,  like  Tertulliau  aod  Cyprian,  denounced 
Stage  plays  and  stage  players  in  all  forms  of  ttie 
most  vebemeut  language,  and  the  early  c.iouu4  of 
tbe  church  refused  baptism  and  even  holy  com- 
munion to  autors  until  they  bad  reuoauced  their 
trade.  Ue  admitted  there  was  a  diiTureuce  now. 
The  theatre  in  the  early  days  of  tbe  Church  was 
utterly  corrupt  and  degraded.  Any  one  who  hod 
read  tbe  pictnre  of  maquers  to  be  found  lo  the 
pages  of  Juvenal,  aud  in  later  writers— in  the  works 
of  Gibbon — as  to  wbat  a  Boman  theatte  was  in 
those  davs.  could  easily  understand  huw  mon  uf 
earnest  and  somewhat  over-stern  minds  womd  feel 
that  those  who  could  lend  themselves  to  such  de* 
grading  exhibitluus  as  were  to  be  witnessed  iu  the 
Koman  tbeatres  and  ampbilbeatres  could  bave 
no  claim,  no  part  or  lot,  in  the  blessed  worl^  which 
Christ  did  lor  tbe  world.  lie  would  be  quite  con- 
tent if  the  Wholesome  and  sound  moral  innuence  of 
Obristianttv,  'wbtcta   made   us    fcnow   aod    loel  that 

purity  and  modesty  In  word  aud  deed  and  gesture 
and  ouuduct— he  would  be  quite  salisfled  if  those 
thiuxs  could  be  found  always  to  be  the  rullue  prin  - 
doles  of  tbe  Theatre  Boyal,  Manobester,  and  of 
every  theatre,  whether  royal  or  not,  lu  tbe  land.  A 
heathen  teacher  aod  philosopher,  Aristotle.  tao;;ht 
bIm  tbat  trasedy  was  a  great  inatxumeot  for  puri- 
fyiug  the  passions.  He  thought  no  one  would  say 
who  bad  seen  any  well.graoud  actor  playtog  a 
oart — a  leadiui;  pari — iu  any  ot  Ssiakespoaio's 
great  traxodies — "L*ii."  or  " Hamlet,"  or  •■Othel- 
lo,"— that  there  was  any  doubt  tbat  incl- 
di'Uts  lo  the  drama  here  aad  there  verged  on  diffi- 
cult in  delicate  points  ;  and  the  language  of  the  age 
wus  somewhat  coarse  and  gross.  Yet  be  tbouebt  no 
one  ever  left  a  theatre  where  bo  had  seen  "  Ham- 
let "  or  "  Othello  '"'  well  performed  without  in  some 
sense  or  other  tetiling  bis  whole  nature  elevated  and 
strengthened,  aud  even,  if  not  spirltu^ilized,  at  any 
rate  the  waters  had  beeu  whuiesumu  that  be  had 
drunk  at.  The  one  thing  they  had  to  lo.jk  to  wus 
that  tbo  pares  they  playud  were  bonast,  pure,  aud 
worthv.  He  did  cot  think  that  the  player  ought  to 
be  ashamed  or  afraid  to  refuse  to  take  purt  iu  any 
drama  which  to  any  extent  would  cuiaproiuisu  bis 
proper  diguity  as  a  man  or  bur  proper  modesty  as  a 
woman.  It  that  resolution  were  ia  meu'a  hearts,  and 
women's  hearts  too,  the  siuite  would  be  purifled. 
There  were  those  wbo  tbaught  it  would  be  better 
for  society  if  theatres  vers  swept  away.  Tbat  was 
once  tried  in  England  in  the  days  of  tbs  Commou- 
wealth,  when  wbat  were  called  Puritan  principle* 
wore  in  tbe  ascendency.  Theatres  were  closed,  and 
no  one  was  allowed  to  see  a  play  performed  ;  but 
there  came  a  tarrible  reaction  ;  there  came  the 
period  of  the  Kestoratiou ;  there  came  the  plays 
which  were  now  never  seen — which  no  actor 
would  study— no  manasor  would  put  upon  bis 
boards;  plays  of  Cougreve,  Farqubar,  and  Wyober- 
luy  ;  aud  a  woman  wrote  a  play  which  even  men  to- 
day would  blush  to  read  or  see.  Well,  be  was  glad 
tl«t  be  bad  had  an  opportunity  in  lite  tu  make 
to  a  Slight  extouC  tbe  acqoAintaaae  uf  one 
or  two  actors.  Uu  remembereo  lo  1838,  when  he 
was  employed  on  a  Government  eommittoe,  ue  went 
to  Sberbome,  in  Dorset,  and  there  be  found  living 
lu  his  own  house,  and  occupied  with  all  good  things, 
teaching  the  iguurant,  aud  going  night  by  night  to 
the  ragged  school,  the  grest  irageuun  of  the  last 
generation,  Macreudy.  Again,  in  ldC5.  wbeu  be 
was  traveling  lu  Canada,  ho  met  on  a  steamer  troiug 
down  the  St.  Lawreuce  Mr.  aud  Mrs.  Coarlos  Kuau. 
He  spent  two  or  three  days  in  tboir  company,  aud 
he  never  enjoyed  any  persons'  society  more.  Last 
year  hs  hau  the  pleasure  of  meeting  Mrs.  Theuaore 
Martin,  (Miss  Helen  Pauclt,)  at  Lord  E^erton's,  at 
Tstton,  and  a  moro  accomplished  lady  ne  thought 
they  could  not  find.  He  theretore  said  tnat  tbe 
stage  need  not  necosiarily  be  dugradlug  to  any  one, 
and  that  It  might  be  animated  and  pervaded  by  higb 
and  worthy  motives. 

At  tne  close  of  tbe  address  a  hymn  was  sane,  and 
the  service  brought  to  u  close  with  the  Deuediutioa. 
The  Bishop  thob  proceeded  to  the  Prince's  Tueatro, 
end  addressed  a  wry  uumsrous  assemuiy  of  pro- 
fessional and  other  employes  of  thit  estauliahment. 
Speaaing  upon  the  reionns  whicu  be  shuiUd  liae  tu 
see  carried  out,  tbe  llisbup  said  he  did  not  thluk  any 
one  would  say  tbe  theatre  was  a  wroue  place  if  the 
skirts  of  tbe  uallet-daiicers  were  a  Uttio  longer.  Uu 
old  not  think  any  persoa  would  say  so  it  no  womau 
was  called  upon  to  pose  herself  iu  a  ballet  or  pautu- 
mime  in  any  way  0(>posed  to  her  maidenly  sense  of 
woman's  purity  or  woman's  nuousty.  Mon  who 
came  to  theatres — very  often  old  meu,  who  sat  in 
the  pit  with  tbeir  opera-glasses  gaziue  upou 
poor  girls,  .whoj^  if  they  had  any  of  the 
f'i:eling  'lOf  women  left  lu  tbem,  must 
shrink  at  toe  thought  that  they  were 
exposed  to  Such  criticism — gozidg  upon  them  with 
gloating  and  wanton  eyes — these  were  tbe  laeu  ho 
deoouutseii ;  tbese  were  the  men  who  brought  duvvu 
tbe  theatres  and  depraved  the  public  taste.  Tuey 
stiould  be  ashamed  to  ask  any  young  womau  to 
compromise  her  maiden  purity  that  men  might  look 
on  and  see,  and  those  were  tue  things  that  they  had 
a  right  to  claim  abodld  bo  put  down,  so  that  the 
stage  might  uecume  a  place  where  boncst  Christian 
meu  and  modest  women  could  come  and  takt>  their 
part,  Without  having  to  tbiuk  that  they  had 
done  anythlntr  which  deuraued  tnem  either 
in  the  slKht  ot  their  fellow-men  or  tellow-wumen, 
or  even  in  tbe  sight  of  God.  Ue  lelt  strongly 
upou  tbe  matter.  At  the  Theatre  Boyal,  Mr.  Sid- 
ney, the  manager,  had  thaoked  him  for  tiaving 
spoken  there  ;  be  hoped  he  bad  spoaen  kindly  to 
those  wbo  had  gathered  there.  Mr.  Sidney  said  : 
"  We  players  are  a  volatile  race."  Perhaps  that  was 
so,  for  their  profession  might  make  them  so,  aud 
perhaps  it  made  them  a  little  unreal.  Mr.  Sidney 
encouraged  him  to  tbiok  tbat  he  had  not  spoken  in 
vain  when  he  said  that  hs  ftbe  Bisbopl  would  find 
no  persons  whom  be  had  addressed  who  would  take 
bis  words  more  to  heart  than  those^fonuected 
with  the  theatrical  profession.  Vulatihty  was  not 
a  sin,  but  there  was  a  time  to  be  serious,  and 
be  asked  them  to  remumoer,  whatever  pans  they 
played  In  tbe  dramas  that  were  euacted,  that  they 
bad  to  play  a  part  in  tbe  great  drama  uf  life,  ana 
tbat  tbe  KiuK  of  KiugH,  whom  they  served,  was 
watching  every  piay  aud  every  bad  thuuKOt  or 
light  word  Which  escaped  their  lips,  and  he  hoped 
they  would  do  nothinir,  aud  would  not  be  called 
upon  to  do  anythiue,  tbat  would  corrupt  or  imperil 
the  souls  of  their  teliow. women  or  lellow-men. 

The  hymn  "Bock  uf  Ages  "  was  suug  at  ths 
coudusiiiu  of  the  Bishop's  address,  aud,  his  lord- 
ship havint;  pronounced  toe  benediction,  the  audi- 
ence dispersed.  At  Doth  houses  very  mauy  of  thuse 
present  appeared  (o  be  deeply  affested. 

SV^DAT-SOHOOL  OSILDRLN ENDAHQERED 
The  Rochester  Democrat  of  Monday  morniug 

says:  *'JU6t  before  tbe uloslug^xerdsea  of  tbe  JTiisL 
Methodist  Episcopal  Sunday-school  yesterday  after- 
noon, a  fire  broke  out  in  the  basement  of  tbe  build- 
iUK  In  which  thev  were  assembled.  A  smell  of 
smoke  was  noticed  some  time  before  the  fire  was 
discovered,  ao  that  all  were  prepared  tu  leave  the 
church  quietly  and  to  order.  A  quiet  alarm  was 
Kiveii,  as  tbe  dames    had    not    gained    suthcieutly  lu 

headway  to  necessitate  tbe  sounding  of  a  general 
alarm.  It  was  some  time  before  the  flames  could  be 
extlnanisbed,  as  the  Joists  imbeddeu  in  the  stone 
wall  had  taken  fire,  tnus  cuuveying  the  flames  to 
a  lucality  lo  which  they  were  bard  tu  reach.  The 
fire  originated  in  a  hut-air  pipe  counectad  with  the 

turnaoe.  Had  it  nut  been  diseuvered  uutll  a  few 
minutes  later,  a  panic  nilKbt  bave  been  created. 
Which  would  have  resulted  in  loss  of  lile." 

OITY  KEAL  ESTATE. 

To  8HIP  BUiLDUKH,  ike. 

Valuable  dock  property  at  Urueupoint  idO  lots)  he- 
twe4:n  Ureeu  aud  Hurou  sta.  West  et.,  aud  Kasc  Uivcr. 
Lease  for  five  years  trom  May  1,1877.  Apply  to  U. 
W.  (SAUK  it  CO..  iNO.  07  WaUat,  or  W.  H.  LYO.'}  k. 
CO.,  Ka  4b3  Broadway. 


CITY  REAL  ESTATE. 

Theup-town  office  of  THB  TIMBS  is  looatod  at 
No.  Wi&7  Broadway,  bat.  31at  and  39d  ats. 

Open  dail.y,  Sundays  inolnded,  from  4  A  M.  to  9  P.  U. 

Subscrijgtlons  received,  and  copies  of  TKR  TLUBS  for 

sale. 

ADVHBTI8BMBNT8  RECRIVRD  UHTIh  9  P.  M, 


FOR  8A1jB— LUV7.  TUB  VOLLOWLNul  DBSIOABlB 
bouses : 

Na  15  West  16th-st, 
No.  28  West  19th-st, 
Ho.  46  Bast  21st.st. 
No.  f>2  West  V5th-*t.. 
No.  9  West  2Sth-«t., 
Mo.  3a  Kast  'JSth-sL, 
No.  5  West  86tb-st., 
No.  32  Kast  3i)th-st, 
No.  109  West  44th-st., 
J         No.  50  West  45111-81.. 
No.  10Webi48tti-8t., 
No.  5-i  We«t  4Hth-8t., 
Nos.  14  and  44  Kast  49th-8t., 
No.  50  West  52n-st.. 
No.  21  li^aat  oOth-it.. 
No.  23  Kast  o6tli-st. 
--tJ  No.  4(»  Knat  5dtn-8t., 

Nos.  94  Hnd  UH  Park-sv., 

Nos.  178  aud  '2G9  Manison-av. 
For  permits  and  lurther  partifulars  apply  to  E.  H. 
LDDLOW  4.  CO.,  No.  3  Plne-st.  ■» 


FOR    MAhE— BKOADWiY    PttuPaKTV.  CO-N'SI.ST- 
lug  of  extruordinaiy  choice  plots,  with  improve- 
ments thcreou: 

.4VJi1-st..  n-e.  corner,  eub^tanilally  Improved,  105x100. 
a9ch-8t.,  n.  w.  coru'T,  Improved,  lUoxlOU. 
3pth-8t,  n.  c.  roniT.  improved.  98il40. 
30th-8t..  n.  w.  eorin-r,  substaiitlnilv  improved,  47x92. 
Here  Is  a,  rare  opportuuity  affjracd  to  capitalists  awl 
others  to  secure  such  oerniaueut  invostmcnta  iu  this 
raojt  dpsirable  property  at  tho  present  time.  For 
terms  and  particulars  a;>plv  droct  to  tiio  owner, 

JOSlAH  JE.X.   No.  ],2:<.")  Bio.vlwav. 


IJOJt  SAtili— CUliAP,  TO  CLOSIi  AN  KSTATli,  ONK 
;or  the  beat  corners  on  Thbrd-av.,  btrge  bouse  and 
extrs'Sised  lot,  with  building  t<om  for  two  more 
hou>ea.  Address  Admiaistratur,  Box  No.  117  Tinnft 
Office. 


IMIUSALU  OK  TO  KKNT— IshKOA.NTLy  .iND 
mily  luruisheJ,a  fiisc-class  full-sised  house  un  West 
odch-st.,  close  to  uth-av.  For  oeruiils,  Itu.,  apply  to 
UoMKIt  MOUO.*N,  Na  2  Piae-st. 


NO.  X7  VVKSsT  39TH-S'r.— FOa  SALli  RiiASON- 
abiv;  'JlxooxlOU:  modern  tui |>ro vemeu ts  ;  Im- 
mediate possessloo.  F.  O.  aud  C.  ii.  BUO«v.:4,~No.  k>\i 
bruEtdway. 


A     Jirliti<T-C1.^8s»   FI)LiL.-.SlZU  llt>U!siJ:,    ON 

ll.3iadisou-av.,  Muiray   Uili,  «4ii,jOU.    ^,  Q.  aodU,  ei. 


RBAI.  KSTAI'K lUli  ATlKi-iTIOJf  OF  lUiJ 
puulie  IB  luvit'-d  lo  tboso  10  clceant  anl  elaborate 
four-story  bruwii-slone  houses  Just  completed  on  uurih 
slde<if5tjth-st.,  butwei-n  utb  aud  Oih  itvs-:  their  arcbi- 
tectur.il  dfsiirns  for  comfort,  couveateace,  and  per- 
feciiou  cannot  lie  surpHBsO'l;  ftreoted  by  the  owner, 
THO.>i.i.S  Mo.'dANUS,  whose  eatablialiel  reputation  us 
a  flrst-'.'liiss  builder  for  over  'IS  yearj  in  tiiis  City  is 
well-kuown  to  the  public;  sizes.  20,  'Jl,  22  leot  bv 
6S,  lot  10U.r>  feet  denp;   opou  tlutly  ;    offered  tor  sale  at 

prli'So  in  ficcordaiK'e  witb  tbe  ttmi-s;  locatloo  ceuiral 
and  heart  of  tbe  Cltv;  only  lIKI  le'-t  of  the  Park,  aud 
near  the  Uraud  PIuzh  entrance  ou  5th  iiv. 

IMFTH-.lf.,  AiJOVIi:  4'4D-ST,-.V  aiAONIFl- 
cen*.  extra  size  tour-stury.  higu-stO'tp,  browu-stuue 
resiileiiee,  inr|{e  extension,  replete  with  uU  tbe  latest 
Improvements,  wlil  l>e  KOld,  wUh  or  witbnut  the  dt- 
tuciied  private  stable  !u  Ihc  adjacent  street,  at  u  very 
moderate  price;  the  eleg:iit  luruituro  cau  hIso  Oe 
bought  very  reasonable.  Apply  to  laAAC  UONlU,  Na 
111  Broadway,  Koum.'i  O  and  il. 

L.\Ui;£  .MJ.UUESt  Olf  HOU-HliJS  UliMlNol- 
ing  to  est.ites  aud  iustlcutiena  for  sale   or  rent  at 
low  rates.      KiNH.>1an  !•'.  P.\(iB.  N.i.  42    Kast  2:<d  st. 

N^W     iAtiT!^     OF     L,AHUK   AND     to.VlAJ.L 
houses   at   8pecl:il;y  reduced  otleen.    V.    K.   Sl'li- 
VliNSON,  Ja.,  4  Hiuo-at.  and  3J  Kast  17lh-«t. 

DWELLINGS  TO  LET. 

Tt»  l,ET.  — ELEQA.ST  COU.'lTRY  REijIDE.VCE  IN 
New-JeiBcy,  30  minutes  from  City  Hnil,  New-Yorlc, 
at  Bldgeh -Id  P:)rlc,  tbrrte  minutes  from  depot  grounds, 
20  acres,  beaiitl'ully  laid  out,  'wUh  iruii  and  other 
trees  and  spl>  udtd  lnwos:  b  use  frescoed  from  top  to 
bottom;  hnisbeu  in  hard  wooil:  cuutnins  batu-room, 
gU8,  and  all  oiher  imurovemuuts  of  a  City  i.i>uae;  stu- 

UIp,  hot-h-jUde.  ii.c.:  aiAO  ottiur  eleicatit  places  ua  Cen- 
tral   Rauroad  of    Ncw-Jemey,    bit   unnutea   frum    New- 

Yurk;  house  and  grouuds  In  splendid  o.der;  finest  lo- 
cation in  New-Jersey;  to  rout  clieap  Appiy  to  J.  A. 
WOOUri,  Otllce  of  the  North  Ameiican  Lifn-hisurajicu 
Company.  N.is.  17  and  19  Warren  St.,  NewVork.  l>e 
tween  11  and  2  o'clock. 


DBY  GOODS. 

CLOAKS. 


"  WE  INVITE  an  IHSi*EOTIOM 
Of  our 
LABQB  and  BLBQANT  SELBOTIONJ^ 

BPBUrO  WBAPS  aod  VaMTLBS, 
In  all  the 
NEWEST  and  MOST  FAhHIO.VABLK 

SHAPBB  and  UaT£BIAI.S,. 
At 
VBHY  JIODBBATB  PRICES. 


A.  T. 


&  CO.. 


BROADWAY,  4TH  AV,,  9TH  AND  lOTS  ST8. 


KBEP  HBL.LiS  tbe   Best   and   Cheapest  Bhlrts  iu 
the  woild;   also  Collars,  elegant   styles,  best  qual. 
Uy,:i:l  6U  per  doz.;  six  for  75c.     No.  671  broadway. 


R.H.IVIACY&CO. 

SPECIALTIES. 

DRESS-MAKING. 

BLACK  DUU:iS  SILKS.     BOYS'  CLOTHINa 

>.- 
UNLIKB  any  other  eatahttshment  in  the  country.   - 
FOREIGN  DRr  GOODS,  F.tiJCY  GOODi,  auANOVBL- 
TIKS  by  every  EUROPBAS  8TEAM3R. 

ORDERS  BY  MAIL  RBCBIVB  3PB0IAL  CABS. 
CATALOGUES    FBBa  <■ 

14TH  ST.  AND  6TH  AVENUE,  N.  Y. 

AUCTJON^ALES.         ~ 

By  Joux  II.  Drapbk  b  Co.,  Auctioneers. 

THE     Ubl.AWAUK.     L.ACKAWANNA    AND 
Vv'estern  Railroad  Company  will  soil 

1 00,000  TONS  SOKANTON  COAL, 
at  public  auutlou.  ou    WeDNbHDAY,    Feh    28,   at  12 
o'clock  noon,  at  No.  26  Excb,iu;ro  place. 

iiAMt/'EL  SLOAN,  President 

— — — — "^       '  — ^ 

WAT^HES._J^BWELKY^_j&a 

T\rKW    AND    SECOND     HAND     GOLD    AND 

X^  :silver  (Vatcbet,  Gold  Chains,  l>iamon<l  Hlogi,  Pins, 
or  Studs  and  other  Jewelry  cud  be  bought  at  No.  IBl? 
Chatbam-square,  at  very  low  prioea  The  full  value 
paid  tor  brokeu  Jewelrv,  old  silver  plate,  and  melted 
Ruld  at  A.  BABNAKI)  U  SON,  Jewelers  and  Befluers^ 
No,  188  Obatham-sqaare.  # 


IVrONEY  0.\  DIA.KONDS.  FUtt.S  &C.-D1A- 

lyJLmonds,  watches,  Jswelry.  sUve.rware,  camel's  hair 
Bbuwls,  seal  eacques.  siiks.  clucks.  &c.,  bouKbt  and 
sold  back  at  a  Very  small  advance.  UKOBQK  C.  AL* 
LBN,  jeweler,  No.  l,19il  Broadwa.y,  nesr  20th-Bt. 


r\M%  KliNT-I.V  CLaVHRaCK,  N.  Y.,  NKAR  CLAV- 
J- eracK  Oollece  aud  Hudsua  iilver  Institute,  three 
df>'ellliig:-houBe8,ut  #6  a  niuntb:  one  larice  duuiile  two- 
Story  bouse,  wiib  three  seres  garden,  at  $14  50  a 
mouth;  a  tiit-shou  nuil  psrahlisbel  business  and  dwell- 
ing uuar;  fur  both,  $lv  a  moutli,  aud  rout  taken  in 
work.     Address  K.  O.  .>  lUDLii,  V. 


TO  LKT.-B(-KliA.N  r  UROvVS-sro.Ve,  AN.)  IJUiCli 
houses  on  Modlsun  av.  aud  side  Htreuts  near  the 
P:>rk:  three  aud  four  Btorte^.  cabi:iet  linish.  with 
mirrors,  Ota  ;  rent  from  :f tiUO  to  $1,5U0.  Apply  tu  J. 
A.  WOODS,  offlec  .North  Am  ni-a  Life  Iiisurauco  Com- 
pai:y.  Noa  17  unJ   19  Uaireust.,  l>ew-lfor«,  between 

11  :ind  12  o'clock. 


I:;^OK  RENT- AT  mVlNGTO.N  ll.S  ilCDiSO.V, 
.  N.  Y.— Furnished  house,  with  eitennlvp  gruu^ids, 
all  in  Kood  order:  (jleasuntly  and  couveulciitly  located. 
Fur  particulars  iuqiUre  uf  J.  ('.  WILLIAMS,  .\i;ent  New- 
Vork  Central  niid  .iUdvou  Bivor  Railroad  Comiiauy,  at 
IrvluBion  Stall  m 


BRUEN  tlOCSc- Ar  PKUTU  AMU  >V,  IU  Lli.l.SE 
un  Ctvornble  terms,  cue  bO'Ci  U  in  t;ooii  order  aud 
couvenieat  for  seaOatblni;  and  boitiu^r;  rue  station  of 
tbu  Lon^  llrauch  Usilway  is  ueai  the  house.  For  tur- 
tber  Ihtoriuatiun  apply  tu 

llOitACK  8.   Er,V.  No.  22  Pine  st 


"LjlOlt  HW.K,  itU.  To  RENT— lllK  UK.>lL»i.iNcK 
JTuf  th.' late  Jud|{e  Jub.ill.  U'hite.  South  liruaoxvay. 
Sar.ito^a  Sprlu^cs,  iS.  Y.;  buuae,  stable,  aud  ui'uuuds  in 
excellent  couditiun;  tcrius  rcuHi>u:ible;  principals  ouly 
ueeu  apply.  Mrs.  JOli.'<  11.  WHlTh, 

turuio2;i  Soilnus,  N.  Y. 


raiO  r.ET— A.N  KLhUAST  BilOVVA-Sio.NK  NLAfl 
XCIispiu's  t'burch,  at  .-tiioi)  |>er  moutb;  new  furnl- 
tuie  aud  stylish  onrpets  j.ist  lal  I  for  $'.',5011.  coat 
$.4,100;  bi-autitul  liume  wiiiiuut  rurther  truubic;  im- 
m>-dlnte  DoBsvBsiun.  Adanas  tV.KUtlli.N,  Box  Nu.  '.^lO^ 
ll.MliS  rP-ro»V.>  OFFICr..  .NO.  1,'257  BROADWAY. 


rilO  LET.— TilKi;ii-STORV  BRICK  UOUSD,  NO.  2jy 
J.  West  17t)i-st.,    contaiuiuK  22   rooms;    rauees ;    hot^ 
and  cold  water;  s(a;i  'Uarv  tubs  ;  Wiitei-closcts  and  ens 
ou  every  fl.joi  ;  reiit;  $I,uOO.     Apply  to  W.  li.  KOOMB, 
No.  2H0  Weal  2lHt-st- 


Al'ART.HENT.x.- .iA.vD.'sOMc.  APAHr.Ji:>rs  uF 
elKht  roomj.  on  first,  s-coud,  uoil  third  O'lors.  .^Iso, 
U:st  Boor  lujih-stoou  house;  eiLCel.eut  Jauitur  aud 
w;fe;  luddcra  eoiiveni.  uccs.  Apjily  to  J.  it.  HAY,  >o. 
0'J7  Gth-ov.,  or  .No.  t>2  Broa.lwav. 


^  (;uiUFi..Er£:  Kisr."*  on 

UOL'hES  TO    RKNT. 
_'"  FOaXISUtU  ASD  I'.SFCR.SISUED. 

^  NOW     READY. 

^  E.  H.   LUOLUVV  A  Co.,  No.   3  Plne-?t. 


JL  Central  Park,  a  llrst-class  ruur-Btury  brown-sUjiio 
huuse.  with  rapid  transit  t'rjni  8utu-bt.  Also,  uar  or 
U  .1  ui  .No.  Ci  Cilntoa-ulaeo.  elgai  ro.juis,  oppusicu  tbe 
Urcvun^  Uuusu.     Address  ilW.NhlK.  tioi  No.  1.174. 


A  IN  «Mill.l<Af*aiONt:*»'eeiJNTitY  nUL8E 
iu  Amherst,  U:is->.,  tureut;  furnlah  d  cumpletc,  ex- 
cept ILuen  and  sliver;  lur  iiuuiuier  moutlis;  hus  10 
rooms;    rent,  $7J    ii     mnnth.     .Api)lv  to    WlLLt.AJl  VN'. 

Goodrich,  no.  50  >v«ii-st.,  New-Yort 


raiO  L.ET— liOL'.><E  NO.  232  hAsf  li TH  tff.,  liK- 
JL  tween  2d  and  3d  avs.,  coutnluiu);  all  the  modern 
liuprovemeuts.  wid  be  let  ow  to  uood  parlies.  Fur 
particulars,  jlc,  apuly  tu  M.  BCUhVERRIA  ^  CO.,  ^u.' 
20   Beitverst. 


CIOLINTUY  SICAT  TO  LKT  Al"  SCARdi.Hio, 
^Hudson  Rivor  Railroad,  on  river;  12  acres;  house 
fully  lurulalied.  good  unrdou  auJ  K'>rde:ier.  Reut 
$000  Jrum  tiie  ist  ot  -May  to  Nov.  i.  Apply  lo  Gea.  A. 
o.  WEBB,  No.  15  Lexinnion  iiv. 


DON'T  TAKE  A  VluXV  WHEN  V»lU  tUN 
have  a  three-story  biowu-slouo  house  tor  $oU  a 
mouth:  bard  pan.  Cull  at  No.  411  ProspcCL-place,  near 
haot  42d-st. 


PARTIALLY  FCRMSllEU  HOLSK,  21  RoOUS. 
Uiie  ouibuildlugs,  20  acres  land.  spleudiJIy  lo- 
'caled;  Greenvyich,  >.onu.;  owner  will  bourd  if  desired. 
A.  DAlLBV,  Na  Utid  Gin-av. 


TO     RENT,      UNFLR.MMHED-TaE    UAXD- 
Bume  f iur-story  high-sioup  oi'own->tune  bouse.  No. 
3i;  I:.a9t  3Uth-8t.;  size  ^Us70;    rent  reduced. 

li.  11.  LUuLUW  ii.  Co..   No.  :{  Pine-st. 


4      VERY       llE.-9lRAitLE     TUUEE-.-sTORY 

rXX.hii{h-stoop  house  ou  ISth-Bt,  near  (iLh-av.,  to  rout 
III  :i>l,&UU  per  auDUm.  B.  U.  LUDLOvy  Si.  CO.,  No.  3 
Plue-.^L 


A  CHOICE  E.\.TRA  Wliii^  Fi>tJiC.»TUiiY 
ulsh-stoop  uuLiso  Oil  3'.id-8t.,  near  5tii-iiv.,  with 
siue-hghts,  lo  re.ii,  uuFurni^hod,  to  u  private  lamuy 
only.    E.  ll.  LUi'hOVy  i  i.O.,  No.  3  Plne-:.t. 


AN  EXmJl>lTEL.Y  AND  HJLi,V  I'UR- 
aisbed  four-stury  browu-s louti  dweliiujf  above  Mur- 
ray UlUi  reut  luw  to  small  family.  V.  K.  &TEVB.>- 
&0S,  Jr.,  4  Pln<-st.,  and  i'i  bast  17th-at. 


AVKHY     UK-TiiKAUl.E     KNOi.l.'^ll     UA»E~ 
MEnT  house  on  oth.av.,near   34ih-8t.,  to  rent,  u^- 
lurmshed  or  furnished, 

K,  H.  LC'bOW  il  CO..  3  Pine-8t. 


TO  LET  <1K  I.EASE-A  CDUNTK*  RKSIDENCB 
ut  Greenwieh,  Couu.,  uear  railroad  depot,  consist- 
lug  of  onencru  cultivaled  land,  house,  and  barn.  In- 
qiiire,  for  particulars,  at  No.  114  blast  ,)8tli-st. 


^i>IA1..1j  I'WO  AND  ONE.ilAt.F  STOP.Y  blili  K 
JOhuuses  to  let  cheao;  hue  locatiuu;  8th-av,,  be- 
tween 1 26th  and  I2t>thsts.  Inquire  of  A.  LEVI',  Mo. 
uu  West  52d-s(.. 


C FORMER  FLAT.-ALL  LllidT  liOUilS;  PBK- 
^TcCt  uriier,:  miriors,  curulc  s,  Ua.  others,  tur- 
uuhed  and  unfurnished,  iu  central  luu.itioas  :<t  reduced 
reals.  YATl'.a.  .n'o.  8,58  titb-av. 


C1<»UNTilY     HOUSE,     UAUr^,    TWO-.^URJi; 
/tsardeu,  ^c,  to  let,  iu  NewRochelle.  N.  1. ;  reut  low. 
A.  Dl lilts.  No.  323  Wost  14th-st. 


f%M*   LET.— BRICK   UOO'Sti,   NO.  2i9    W^al    ITXii.- 

1.  St.    Rent,  $700.    Apply  to  J.DiiXUAM  b  CO.,  .No. 
2b6Wct)t  23il.it. 


JUST  OUT— NEW  1.1.-.T    OF  UOUi.B    TO  LET  I.< 
ml  parts  ot  the  City.    ISAAC  UO.'iia,  No.  Ill  Broad 
wa.v.  hoom.i  Q  aud  11,  biiBemeiit. 


througbuut;   lu  cood  couditioa.     Apply  ou  premisaa. 


AGENTLE.UAN      will      tNDERi.ET-Ar 
mouerace  reut,  tboroutihly  turnUued  apartment   ui 
Ibc  Albany.    AUures.t  r..,  Uox  No   '-,223  Po->t  Ol&ce, 


fllO  LET-FOUK-STaRY  BRoW-N-iTU^-E  HoUsE, 
JL  furnished,  low  to  a  respuuslble  puxtv.  Address 
the  OWKEtt,  Uu.  03  West  utiLh-st. 


rOMILKT— IN  BUOVYN-iToNKHOUdli,  FlVELIOaT 
X rooms,  in  splendid  order;  mar^  bail;  dumu 
waiter  &oin  oellHr.     .Apply  at  Hi.  2U'2  West  36th-st. 


NKW,  UOitlPLKTE  Ll.'HToOl^FliRMstHED 
and  unfurnished  houses  at  4  Fine  ur  33  Bait  17th 
sts.  °  V.  K.  L,TEVBNSO.\.  Ja. 


MORUIH  R.  UAER  dtc  CO.,    NO.    7r£  \VE»T 
34tnst„  pubhshes  printed  list  of  huitses  aud  flats, 
in  ail  locations,  evei.y  iUontUy. 


BEAUTll<tt..L)    ■  KURMc^UED         i»J»IALL 
houie  ou  4dth-st.,   uear  5tb-av..  to  be  rented.    Ad- 
aies»Po8t  OfQoe  liox  No.  ^882. 


ra^o  L^T.— rK»ra  .vi'.,  ^llAB  oTU  av.;  kxtha 
JL  wide  hodse  ;  furnished  or  uuf urulshed ;  reut  low 
to  Kood  tenaut.    WLN  aNS  it,  DAVIES,  128  Broodwav. 


NEW-URIUHTON.       .••TATEN       l!!tL.AND.— 
Uouses  to  let,  lUruisbed   uud    unrurulshei.      Apoly 
to  W.  F.  CUirraND.T;..,  No.  Id  Kiouauge-plac;. 


HOUSES&^EOOMgJW^A^ED 

AT'l'liN'iltiN.— OW..ER8     DiCaiRlsO     BBSfONil- 
ble  teuauts  wiU  Bud   it  advaniOiioous  to   send  full 
pari  iculara  M  AtOlUtuj   a.  BABU   k  CO. ,  J)«.  7'^  West 


WATCHES  AND    JEWELKT    EEPAIBEl)  BY 
Ursi-cluss    workmen.      GBORGB    C.    ALLEN,    ho. 

1,190  Broadway,  near  2Uih-st. 

brook^^^re^^^estate! 

ARElsIDbNCE  ON  CL.IN'i<ON.AV..  BKOOH.. 
hlN,  with  stable,  uccupylng  10  Iocs  uf  ground. 
'1  lie  bouse  is  handsomely  furnished  throughout,  oun- 
talDB  nine  bedrooms,  par.'ors,  reuepiioo-toom,  hbrnry, 
din-ug-roum,  butler's  oautry,  and  billiard -room ;  own- 
er's f  .loUv  traveling  abroau;  will  be  let  low,  eitber  lux- 
nlshed  ur  uufurnished,  to  a  desirable  tenant.  Address 
TUB  OWNER,  Drawer  Wo.  6  I'Jl  New-Kork  Post  Office. 

TO  EXCIIANUE  —  A  HANDSOMELY  BDILT 
t:.ree-Btury  fhiladelphia  biiok  bouse,  tree  and 
cicur,  in  Broo'>:l.vu.  near  Dr.  Ouylor's  church,  tor  a 
house  in  Netv-Yortf  In  good  location  ;  would  assume  a 

■  luali  mortgage.     Auciress  HOUSE.  Box  No.  311  TIMES 
UP- 1  OWN  OFFICE,   -NO.    1,267   BKOAUrtAY. 


^CO£NTRYJUfiAL^^ 

A  country'  place,  CO-HPRLriL^iU  22 
acres:  house  cot  tagc ;  all  usual  out-hutldings ;  ice- 
bouse  filled  ;  orchard,  vineyard,  horse,  carriage,  cows, 
towls,  6ii;.:  one  of  the  most  cuarming  spots  on  the 
Navesiuk  Blvur,  iu  full  view  ot  the  ocean,  with  facili- 
ties for  batliint;,  boating,  Ate.;  there  are  five  or  six  sites 
for  residences  ;  would  be  wlUmg  to  exchange  la  part 
tor  City  pronerty.  Address  X.,  Box  Bo.  2,074  Mew- 
York  Post  Ofllee. 


FINEST  COUNTRY  SEAT  ON  THK  HUD- 
oiiiN,  aoout  lUO  acres;  large  mansion ;  porter's, 
gardener's,  and  laruier'a  cotta;:e8,  anu^l  necessary 
uui-buiidiugs ;  a  bargain ;  improved  property  taken  iu 
]iiirt  pavmenL  J.  NELSON  LUCKbT,  Young  Alen's 
Chnstl:ui  Association  Bulldines,  corner  4ih  av.  and 
23d  St. 


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-l^OLNTRY  HOU8BS.  L.ARD«. 
Hiidvii.agH  Hits  tor  ;ale:  agieat  variety.  Aisa 
iiiriiislieil  and  uufurnished  nouses  ru  let  fbr  season  oc 
\eitf,  bv  WALi'KB  K.  .■^AliTH.  tormer'y  Blaokwe^k 
Sn.ilJi.Or  iiiue.  eoriier  uruain  and    •"'ooests. 


FAR.n  FOR  SSALE.— ICO  ACRES  IN  ONEIDA 
County,  i>rice  $1,20U,  on  easy  terms;  there  Is  a 
house  aud  two  barns;  thu  soil  is  good  and  the  water 
never  fails.     Apply  toM.  A.  LEWIS,  Utica,  N.  Y. 


IJ'OR  JSALE— A  F\RM  OS  LONG  ISLAND  IN  GOOD 

Ml  order:    commodious  huuse  aod  l.trice  outbulldiues ; 
terms  easy.    Address  C.  C.  ROBiNSON,  Eiizioetb. 


AoBiAX  H.  MuLLBa,  Auctiouesr. 
EXKCU'iURii'  !4ALE. 

VALUABLE    lUPUOVBD    AND    UNlilPU07ED    PBOP- 

ERTY. 

ESTATE  OF  JOHN  li.  POWKB,  Deceased. 

Adrian  H.  Mulier  &  bou  will  sell  ai  auction  on  TDES- 
D.W,  Feb.  27,  at  12  o'clock,  at  the  Exchaujie  sales- 
room. No.  1 1 1  Broadway,  by  order  of  the  undersigned 
txccutjrs  of  John  11.  Power,  deceased: 

FiFTU  AVKNUB— The  fii-st-cla^s  lour-story  browu- 
stone-fronc  huuse  aud  lei-.sn  of  lut,  Ko.  6.^'2  5thav., 
west  side,  Oeiweeu  oOih  and  01st  sts.  The  house  is  tid 
leet  la  depth,  vtitb  an  extension  of  35  teet,  with  party 
wails,  auu  coutuius  every  modem  improvement.  Tbo 
lut,  leased  f.--oiu  Columbia  College,  is  2)3.8x131  feet. 
The  lease  is  for  21  yea.'s  trim  May  i,  I8t36,  at  annual 
gruuiid  rem  uf  $050.  taxes  and  assessments,  and  con* 
talus  cuveu  iiits  lor  renewals. 

Fouuxn  Avssus— Ihe  four-story  brick  .stores,  with 
lease  of  lots,  situate  on  the  easterly  sine  of  4ib  av., 
comm.;i:ciiig  ou  ttje  north-east  coruer  of  11th  St.,  Nos. 
9.{,  t)5,  U7,  \)^,  and  lol  4th  av.  The  leases  are  from 
tlie  Sluyvesantoscate. 

tTo..a  AND  Peaul  Stbeets — The  brick  stores  and  lots 
No  2U  .".tune  aou  No.  01  Pearl  St.,  lunaing  through 
from  Pearl  to  atone  st. 

Canai.  a>d  Mutt  .'^tbbets— Tbe  bricR  and  frame 
buildiugs  and  lots  Nos.  178  aud  180  Canal  st,  corner  uf 
j^lott  8t-  ., . 

'llIIKb      AVKNCK,      KlXTT-SIXTU      AND     SlITT-SBVESTH 

Stukuts- :.i>!ht  lots,  couiprlbiiig  the  entire  easterly 
fiout  un  3d  uv.,  becweeu  tiOtb  and  07th  sts.,  and  14 
lots  ou  UUih  St.  and  14  lots  on  67th  st,  commencing 
lOki  leet  east  ut  the  3d  av.;  street  lots  each  2dxlOo 
Ket.  except  th.^  X,-\  o  easterly  Iocs  on  each  street,  whicb 
am  30x1  (lO  feet  each 

TuuMFBON  ^TBEET— The  buUdlngs  atxd  lots  Nos.  67 
and  5U  f  tiompsuD  si.,  west  side,  nesr  Broome  st,  each 
lotat>out  32.6xlu0  feet. 

FoHTy-sBCuND  stbbbt — Ouc  lot,  Boutb  Side,  300  feet 
weutufTtli  av.,  25x98.9. 

SIXTY-KIOUTU    A.VD     SiXTT-yiNTH     STRBBTS— SlZ    lOtS, 

nortii  Bide  uf  u8tu  St.,  conuueuutng  325  teet  west  of 
bih  av..  aud  I'uur  lots,  south  slue  oi  09th  su,  communc- 
mg  ;-(7o  feel  west  of  8tli  av. 

KiVKR:iiDK  AVKSCK- sixteen  lots  on  tbe  eaeterl.y  aide 
of  Riverside  nir.,  commencing oa  tbe  corner  of  lltith 
St.  and  op^ioslte  Rivers  de  Parle. 

Twelfth  Avescb— Three  plots  of  water  lots  on  12th 
av.,  beiweeu  lloih  and  ilBthsts.,  opposite  Biverslde 
Park. 

biauTT-ptrra  Strbst — Four  lots,  south  side,  between 
tbe  lltu  and  Riverside  avs. 

TwBLrru  Avb.\db  akd  91th  Strbbt- One  water  lot, 
norih-easl  corner  ol  12th  av.  and  94th  st. 

.spoxTB.-?  Doxvii.  Casaa  juto  22'2d  Stsbbt — ^About  19 
lots. 

HUGH  CASSIOY,  Kxeeutor, 
UBKiUKTrA  a  POWER,  Executrix, 

of  John  U.  Power,  deceased. 

Book-maps  at  the  oflSce  ut  the  Auctioneer,  Na  7  Pine 
Bt,  and  ot  the  Executors,  Mo.  11  Piue  st. 


JS'rOKi^;S,  c>L(J.,  'JO   bEX. 


OFFICES  TO  L£T 

IN  THE 

TIMES  BUILDING. 
IPPLF  TO 

GROROB  JONBiS, 
TIMES  OFFICE. 


ri^O       tiBT      OR     KOR     SAI.E— ON    NBWToWN 

3.  Cieek.  uear  Peun.y  Bridge.  '20  lots,  with  buUthead, 
tot;ether  with  new  bulldiug.  suitable  for  the  manufac- 
ture of  Dctruleum  or  chemicals.    Apuly  to  A.  C.  KINOB- 

LANLI  II  I50NS,   L>o.  o5  Bruud-st- 


ri^O  DRE!SM..HAKERH,  MILLINERS,  dcc- 

JL  To  reut,  the  elegant  ndl  sized  house,  Mo.  11  Bast 
17tb-SL.,  near  Ualou-s<iaare. 

K.  a.  LUDLOW  il  CO.,  3  Plne-st. 


AFACTOttVTO  LET-FIVE    STORIE.S,  47   BY 
100,  27th-st.,  near  8th  av.    Applv  at  No.  257  West 

34th-st. 


IjllUUTH-AV.    STORE,    WEST    8IDE,   BE- 
Jtweeii  :i3d  and  34th  sts.    Apply  to 
J.  RO.U.1I.NE  BROWN.  No.  l.'ZSO  Broadway. 


LARUE    UA»K»1KNT     TO    LET     CUEAF— 
joutb-west  corner  of  8tb-av.  and  47tb-8t    Inquire 
of  D.  KKiilPNii;R,  i>o.  3<.0  West  47lh-st. 


LET— rUb;    STORK     AMU    BASBUBNT,    NO.  2 

New  Chambers  St.,  now  ocuupted  as   a   restaurant. 

Apply  to  W.  L.  CON  KLIN,  No.  I3  4thav. 


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STEA.tl  i'OWERANU  criRs»T  ifLiOOR  ANU 
cellar.  60x80  feet,  ."(os.  138  aal  190  West   Honstou 
su    luiiuire  iu  tuu  curoec 


REAL  ESTATE  TO  BXCHANtrE.— WANTED. 
a  smaU  coimtry  place,  tnree  or  four  acres,  (West 
v.^uuster  couuiv  preferred,)  witb  a  good  huuse  uniu- 
cumoeied,  worth  fr.im  $3,000  to  $4,000,  lor  whioh  a 
well  assorted  st«6ic  at  readv  made  clothiug  will  be 
ffiven.  Address,  glvtu;{  pariicolaxs,  HANSON,  Station 
U,  fjew-iork. 


WANTED-FINB  HOUSE,  UBDtUM  SIZB,  BB!- 
tween  4,5th  and  6:^d  sts.,  at  present  oost  of  buUd 
iug  and  lair  price  for  lot.  Address  MO  Jilii,  witn  pdce 
aod  Wcation.  Uml  i«0vXBJL7  foot  )U£ig^  , 


DEY  GOODS. 


Jies  McCreerf  &  Co.! 

Broad-vray  [omA  llth-Bt. 

WUI  open  on  MONDiT,  Feb.  26,  for 

inspeetion,  three  cases  of  tbe  latest 

IMPOBTED   WOVEIiTXES  -^ 


IN 


CLOAKS  AND  DOLMANS, 


FBOM  THB  mOST  OBIjEBRATI 

OP 


Heavy  Honey  Comb  Towels,  8c 
ABTISTSt  .  All  Linen  Qlsss  Towels,  12>3C, 


PARIS  AND  BERLI 

SometbiDg  entirely  new  and  desirab! 
both  in  9IATERULS  and  8T¥LE  of 
garments,  will  be  exhibited*  Also 
two  cases 

FINE  FRENCH  FLOWERS 

for  MILLINERT  PURPOSES  and  for 
DRESS  OARMENTS.  An  inspection 
is  respectfnily  solicited. 

James  McCreery  &Co., 

Broad'way  and  lltlt-st. 


HEALTH.  ECONOffir.-KBEP-S 

iRht  Shirts,  extra  loug,  six  for  $6 ;  $1  each ;  best 
Quality.  KEEP'S  SfllBTS,  No.  B71  Broadway. 


p  031  FORT, 


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No.  54  WEST  1 4TH-ST.,  near  6th-av.,  HeW'torlc. 

only  depot.    Tbe  largest  stock-of 

HUMAN-HAIR  GOODS 
retailed  at  wholesale  prices. 

THB  01ABIB  ANTOnVBTTB  SWITCH.  (^ 

(Trade  Mark.) 

Remarkable,  wonderful  success  of  our  new  MARIE 
ANTOINETTE  SWITCH,  comblnln.K  elegance 
with  durability,  and  forms  (Coiffure  tor  front  and  back. 
A  more  elegaut  aud  useful  oruament  could  not  be 
Imadned,  and  will  be  readily  appreciated  after  exum- 
liiation.  A  switch  at  $10  equal  to  one  at  $20  of  the 
Old  style. 

The  NEW  INVISIBLE  FRONT,  for  yoiine  and 
old  ladles,  improviug  the  looks  of  every  one;  $2  per 
inoii  on  bsir  lace;  SI  per  inch  un  imitation  lace. 

L(JRL!i4,  warranted  naturally  curly,  in  large  va* 
riety,  from  $1  upward. 

GBAV  SAIR  A  SPBCIALTT, 

lower  than  any  other  house  iu  tiie  ooantr}'. 
HAia  TAKUN  IN  BXCUaNGU. 
COMBINCIH  made  up  in  tbe  most  approved  man- 
ner, warranted  to  ^ve  satisiaction.    A  full  assortment 
Of  the  obolcest 

BUACTIFVINQ  CO^MBTICS, 

warranted  to  be   absolat«l.v  harmless,  ou  band. 
CKBillK    BLiANCHK, 

ibe  great  magic  beautifler  lor  tbe  complexion,  a  spe- 

ciaity,  $1  per  box.    Also,  an  elegant  assortment  of 

perlumery,  amonfc  tbem  new  and  delicious  extracts. 

Do  more  Qray  Hair.     Ii.  CjHAWS  odorless 

FKRHIAN    KHBNNA 

(Trade  Martc.) 

will  change  Gray  Hair  INSTANTANEOCSLY  to 
its  natural  color  wltbont  the  use  of  Iiead,  Lac  tjulpbur, 
or  Nitrate  of  SUver,  or  any  other  poisonous  iuKredi- 
ents,  to  a  beautiful  brown  or  black.  Becommeuded  by 
the  most  prominent  physicians  and  chemists.  Testi- 
moDials  at  tbe  store.  $1  and  $1  50  per  box.  Applied 
at  tlie  store  if  desired,  free  of  charee. 


KKEH'S  SUUttTS,  571  BdOAUWAY,   very  best 
quality;   verv  lowest  prices.       iJeod   your    address 
aud  eet  samples  tree. 


HAMBURG 

EMBROIDERIES. 

IMMENSE  TARIBTV. 

NEWEST  DBSIONS. 

LOWB.>iT  PRICES. 

MILLER  &   GRANT, 

NO.  879  BRCIADWAY. 

KBUP'h  CU8T0.W  !SH1RT«  llADB  TO  MEAS- 
CRK.— Very  best,  six  for  $9:  no  obllxationto  keep 
any,  unless  perfectly  latlsfaciory.    No.  671  Broadway 

miAANKBY. 

PLAJTINCi  MACHINE8, 

All  sinds  and  slses,  from  $25  to  $200. 

J.  H.  BROWN, 
No.  301  Bast  22d-8t.,  corner  ot  2d-av..  New-York. 

LAITINU    ROOMi$,  NO.  114  EAST  14TH- 
st,  (irote    Bulld:ng,    opposite  Irving-place.- One 
cent  per  yard  to  foiu  inches  deep. 

C.   G.  STEVENS  &.  CO. 


_____1NSTRUOTIOK 

Collegiate    Institute, 

Na  au  V/A&tlLHtiCOS    6Q0ARK,  SHW-Y<j3.S..GiVi, 

QUO.  W.  UliABEA,  Ph.  D.,  Prinoipil./ 
Prepares  pupils  of  all  aces  for  btiHness  oif  coUeae. 


BUMINE.XJiS   WKITINU,     BUUK-KBEPl.NU, 
AKITHAlETIC&c— DOLBiiAB,  No.  1,193 Broadway, 
grepares  gentlemen,  ladies,  and  boys  praoticali.y  for 
ustness.      Keduced  terms.    Writing,  $o;   privately, 
$10;  Uook-keeoing,  $10. 


Mn^o-i 


-.  V.  V,  lUULLEU  K.E!*PEt;TFtJL.I.Y  AN- 

I'Xnounccs  that  be  is  about  forming  classes  for  the 
study  of  HAKJlONV  and  COMPOSITION.  Circulars 
containing  nsrticulars  cau  be  obtained  at  the  principal 
music  stores.    Applications  leoeived  at  Stsinway  Hull. 


DEANCOLLEUU   AND    CUNSUUV  A  i'OUV 
OF.\lUSI(J  for  youuii  ladies, 


*'.iO0  per  year;  harp  extra. 
A.  M..  President. 


tiingUamCon.    N.  Y.; 
Rev.    R.   A.     PATEKSON, 


MRsi.  PAR-tLn*    IIUARUI.NG      A.\U 
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OAV 

.school  for  youna;  ladies,  New-Urunswiolc  N.  J., 
opeuB  its  next  se^sioo  l<'eb,  5.  Circulars  sent  if  desired. 
Terms  moiterate. 


CAL,AVt£KACii.,  N.  Y.,  CUL.L.e:ClB  AND  UUD. 
JRIV.  INaT.— EajjHsh,  French,  German,  Classics,  Mu- 
sic, Art.  Term  beeius  .Uarcb  9.    ALONZO  FLACK.  Pres. 


I^IRENCU,      L<ATIN,      (iRKKii.-i'KOF.    J. 
'  PAKHaIN,  No.  81  West  12tn-3t.,  second  floor. 


POKT  CUUSTEit   liNSTlTU'I'E- Port  Ctiester, 
N.  Y.;  Umlted  to  25  boya    O.  Winthrop  Starr,  A.  M. 


TEAGHEEa^ 

AMERICAN  AND  FOREIGN  TEACHERS' 
AQE.NOr  supplies  professors,  tutors,  governesses, 
aud  teachers  in  every  department  of  instruction; 
gives  iuformation  to  parents  of  good  scbools ;  rents 
and  sells  school  properties.  For  circulars  apply  to 
MliB  M.  J.  YOUiVO,  No.  23  Caion  equarei. 

N.B. — Miss  Youns  bas  severed  her  connection  with 
the  "American  o&ool  Institute"  in  consequence  of 
the  bankruptcy  of  J.  W.  bchermerhorn  It.  Oo. 


THB  NATIONAL.  (iiCHOOIi  BUREAU  ISA, 
reliable  agency  tor  supplying  schools  and  families  ' 
With  tcRObers,  and  teachers  wiih  positions,  incress- , 
ing  demand  for  good  teachers.  Apply  early  tor  Au- ' 
lumn  vacancies.  Send  stamp  for  application  form,  j 
T.  COTfiSWORTH  PINCKNKY.  Oomestio  BuUding, 
corner  14th   st.  and  Broadw>>y,  New- York. 


MRH.  MITCHELL.  CDIPLOMEE)  SOPPLIKS 
scbools  and  families  with  reUaule  gontlemen,  lady 
teachers,  governesses,  or  tutors;  gives  information  of 
good  schools;  families  guiuK  to  Europe  and  country 
will  hud  competeuc  teaouers  to  accompany  them.  Mrs. 
MlTUHliLLi  can  refer  to  tbe  besi  families  and  schools 
In  New- York.  Teachers' Bureau,  No.  07  West  35th su 
Hours,  12  till  4. 


COiNVEUSATlONAt.  L.E.SSON8  IN  THE 
Kreueh  language  by  a  lady  (dlplom^e)  from  Prance. 
6u  cents  per  houc  Apply  to  or  address  Mme,  PAUL, 
Mo.  149  (ith  av. 


FUENCH  TEACHING}  BY  DK.I 
author  of  "Causerles  aveo  mes    hlfeves,"   tc. 


.SAUVBt'U, 

feves,"   tc.  For 
circulars,  apply  by  letter  at  Mo.  51  West  35th  st. 


THE  COPaRTNERSHII*  HERETOFORE 
existing  under  aud  by  tbe  firm  name  of  L,H  BOU- 
TlLLiIKE  «i  iiBII>E.  bas  been  this  day  dissolved  by 
mutual  oousent.  Mr.  THi'MAS  LBBuUTILLIEB,  Jk.„ 
Will  sign  in  liiiuidation. 

THOMAS  LB  BOUTILLIEB.   Ja. 
CUaBLES  li.  BaiUB. 

NBW-Yoaa.  Feb.  14,  1877. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  tbe  undersigned  have 
tbls  day  formed  a  copartnership  under  the  hnn  name 

of  lit  faoUTILIiLKB   k   OOiH-ANY,  for  thu    traiiaa<:tioa - 
of  a  general    importing   business  in    olocics,    bronzes,, 
fancy  goods,  Uo.       TU0Ma6  m  BODTILLIEB,  Ja. 
CUAitLES  LB  BOUTILLlhB. 
Ksw-TOBK,  Feb.  24,  1677. 


DISSOLUTION. 

Kaw-ToKK.  Feb.  24  1877. 
Tbe  copartnership  heretofore  exlstiim  under  the  flrm 
nameof  .UULPcmU,  UALE  fc  COTThB   is  this  day  dia* 
solved  oy  mutiul  oouseut.  _  ,,        ,-  . 

L.  J.  MuUord  and  d.  W.  Hale  are  atone  a|llM>riaed  to 
sign  the  firm  nume  in  Uquldatlon.  ~  ' 

(tllgaed,)  II.  J.  UVfiFUBD, 

HETH  W.  UALB, 

L.  corrLB. 


COPARTNERl»HII'.— THK  UNDBB18IQHBD  WILL 
continue  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  rich  Jewelry 
at  No.  ii  Uond'^t,  Tiuoet  tbe  firm  nuns  ot  HAhB  k 
MULFOKD.  BETa  W.  HALE, 

liBWlioax.  Feb;  24.  1877.  L.  J.  MULFOBD. 


AliliEN  DOOWORTU*.^   DANCING    liCHUOh 
ObMOVKD  TO  NO.  o81  6TU  aVENUS.    Sprlngterm 
now  commencing.    For  pactioulars  send  for  eirouiar. 
private  lessons  every  day. 


DE    (iAU-MWa 

PBIVATK    DA^CINO  ACADEMY. 

Ho.  7  VYaat  sad-st.,  two  auora  ftoiB^W*^ 


DBY  QOOD8. 

KiiVZE  Y'S. 

BARGAINS  IN  SPRING  OOOUS. 

Opening  new  shapes  la  Hau  aod  Frames. 
Opening  neW  styles  iu  Trimmings. 

KtSZEX 
Hamburg Bmbroldftttes,  So..6c.,6o.,8o.,10c.yd. 
WO.OQO  yards  Uamburg  Bmbioidertes, 
Two  Inches  wide,  oloauig  at  lOo.  yard. 


Embroidered  Canvas  Tidies,  10c.,  up. 
Nottingham  Lace  lldies,  7o..  lOc  up. 

20,00Opiecea  Linen  Tape  TrlmninzB, 
Bvery  width,  •h>tlng  at  lie.  piece. 


EUZBI, 


KINZEZ 


ElNZEi; 


Embroidered  Curtain  UusUns.  15c.  yard. 
Linen  Damasks  and  Napkins,  low. 

20,000  yards  Skirt  Rufflincs,  worth 

From  l6o.  to  $1  yard,  closing  3c  to  25c,  yd. 

Ladies'  sll  Linen  Handkerchiefs.  Go.,  8a,  lOc 
VLadies'  sll  LlneuTlemstitched,  lOc.,  up. 
Colored  Borders,  all  linen  do.,  8c.,  10c.,  ia>ac 
Gents'  all  linen,  Hemmed,  12^0.  up. 

One-Button  Kla  Gloves.  25c.  pair. 
Two-BnttoD  Kid  Gloves,  every  shade. 
Color  and  sise,  wortb  Si,  ut  50c.  naif. 
Three-Button  Kid  Gloves,  76c  pair. 
Qeats*  Gloves,  all  kinds;  pnces  low. 


JZ«? 


CIHZBl, 


Kimsr 


KIKZIT 


SOc  pair. 


New  Steel  Purses  and  Bags.  SOc. 
Pearl  Ear-drops,  Oo.,  ILc,  15c.  pair. 
English  Garnet  Ksr-drops,  I9c.  pair  up. 
Turquois  liar-drops,  12e.,  ISc,  2oc.,  50c 
Brazidau  uheli  Necklaces,  75c 

Bargains  In  Underwear  Department 
Fine  l^rawers  and  Chemises.  390.  np. 
Fine  Tucked  SIcirts.  5l)o.  up. 
Hip  Gore  Corsets,  29c.  eaob. 
£moroideted  Hip  Gore  Corsets,  89c.  aach. 

Good  Sewing  Cotton,  6c.  dozen. 
Genuine  Clark's.  200  yards.  2o.  spool. 
Be:-t  Machine  silk,  8c  sjmioI. 
Swan  Bill  Hooks  and  Eyes,  la  cart. 
Quod  Pins,  full  papers.  2c  paper. 
Gold-eyed  Needles,  3c.  paper. 
Kngllsb  Hair  Pins.  Ic  papet 
Lot  Of  fine  Garter  Elastic,  5a  yard.         "* 
Rubber  jSkirt  Protectors,  9c  piece. 
Alpaca  Skirt  iiraide,  4c.  pieca.' 
Best  Shoe  Polish,  lie  bottle. 
Fearlehlit  Buttons,  5a  dozen. 


EIKZEl 


[KIKZEl 


EIKZSl 


KINZlf 


Bargxius  Iti  Lace  Department. 

Eeal  Guipure  Laces,  ISi^c.  '20c,  25o.  yard. 

Real  Guipure,  three  inetee  wide,  3da 

Beal  Guipure,  tour  Inches  wide,  oOc. 

Keal  Guipure,  five  inches  wide,  $1. 

Beal  Yak  Laces,  10c.  ISc,  20c.,  26c.  31a  yard. 

Smyrna  Laces,  6o..  8c,  10c,  12^00.,  up.  ^_ 

BARGAINS  IN  HOSIeH 

Gents'  full  re-mlar  English.  20c.  pair. 
Gents'  Silk  Bmbroidered  Balbrlgeaus,  81c 
Gents'  Striped  Half  Hose,  12i8a,  liOc,  up. 
QenU' Plain  Colored  Half  Hose,  20c..  up. 

Misses*  Hosiery,  Plain  Colors,  15c..  20c  pair. 
Misses'  Fancy  Striped  Hose,  lOc,  15a,  20(3. 
Misses'  Pull  tteguLir  Made  Striped,  2dc 
Misses'  English  Fancy  Uose.  25o.  pair. 

Ladles'  Silk  Embroidered  Bslbrlggnns.  25o. 
Ladies'  Kilk  Embroidered  ia  Colors,  29o. 
Ladies'  Fine  Lisle-thread  Hose,  25c. 
Ladies'  iiegnlar  Made  Lace  Hose,  2ac 

Ladies'  very  Rich  Silk  Fmbroldered,  83a  pair. 
Ladies',  PUin  Colors,  Silk  Embroidered,  31a  piltk 
Auction  Lots  of  hosiery  in  Ladies', 
Misses',  and  Gents',  from  10c.  pair  up. 

«      „.™      ....OT.  WILUAM  KINZEli 

Noa  767  and  769  Broadway. 

comer  9tb-st, 

a  palri 

.X.—  — .   ,^=...,0,  .jry  fina 

6  1or«l  50.  wlthf'cvbox.  KKKH'S  SHIRTS,  571  6' way. 


KIKZ8V 


EINZfli 


KEEP>««  English  SocleB— $3  a  dot;  25a 
Keep's  Linen  Handkerchiefs  for  gents,  veryflna 


R.  H.  MACK  &  CO., 

14TH-ST.  AND  6TH.AV. 

TOADIES'  UNDERWEAR 

AlfD 

INFANTS'  OUTFITS 
BELOW 

IHINDFACTIIRERS'  PRICES, 

ON  THE  SECOND  FLOOE  OF  ODK  ESTABLISHMBJ/T. 
WB  HAVE  DliVOTKD  AN  KNTIRE  building  on  6TH- 
AV.  to  THE  manufacture  of  these  goods  to  iilKST  the 
GROWING  Wan  fa  of  our  trade,  and  our  facilitiei 
warrant  usinGL'ARANTKEING  OUR  CUSTOMKas  the 
BKSr  GOODS    in  tills  line  at  the   LOWEST  PEICiiS  to 

behadlu  the  City— with  the  MOST   COMPLBTEau* 
CAREFULLY  SaLBCTSD  STOCK  to  CHOOsK  from. 

WE     MANDFACTORE     OUR     ENTIRE    STOCK    Ol 
THESE  GOODS. 


KEEP'S  PATENT  partly  made  DKES8  SHIBTSi 
the  very  best:     six  tor   $6;    can   be    finished  »a 
easUy  as  hemming  a  hanokerchiet   No.  671  Broadway. 


GRANO  OPeNIN<i,  MARCH  0. 

Mme.  DKMORBSrs  reliable  patterns  of  all  the  latest 
and  nest  .Sprins  and  Summer  Styles.  Wnat  to  wear, 
with  full  iuformatiou,  15  cents,  Portfolio  of  Fathion* 
with  laree  illustrations,  15  cents.  ^uarJjrl*  Joumai 
o/Fathiont,  5  cents.;  yearly,  10  cents,  post  free.  N» 
17  East  14tb-Bt.,  New-fork,  or  any  of  tbe  ageacies. 

.'  '      '  'a 

ART. 

Special  Announcementr 

BARKER  &  C0.,N0S.47&49  LIBE^SL 

THE  ONLY  ART  GALLERY  WITH 

TOP    LIGHT, 

Where  Paintings  are  shown  to  better  advantag 
any  place  below  12th-st.  Now  0.1  exbiliitiou  tb^ 
EBRATKD  PaINTISG  by  NECHUTNV,  favorite  ] 
KADLBACH,  the  UUS-ITES  before  NAU.«BOtta 
Grand  Historical  Picture  was  exbibited/^at  tne 
WORLD'S  FAIR  IN  VIENNA  in  1873  aud  is  how  offered 
at  auction,  to;:ether  witb  a  most  hletfantCoUecciun  of 
American  and  European  Oil  Faiatlu£s.  Our  home  :<rt- 
ists  are  I'epreseuted  by  their  recent  and  most  admira- 
ble works,  whiio  our  foreign  contributions  are  hnsur- 
piMsed,  We  havo  NO  Spurious  Pictures  witb  bor- 
rowed SALON  numbers  attached,  and  NONE  of  tbe 
wooden  lay  figure  MANUFACTURED  stock.  Our  Cata- 
loifus  presents  an  extraordinary  array  of  eminent 
mtmes,  and  every  palntiut;  mav  be  relied  ou  bolnx  tba 
work  of  him  wbo  signed  It.  The  above  will  be  sold  on 
Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  Feb.  27  and  28,  commendnf 
at  I'J  o'clock.  G.  L  banks,  Auctioneer. 


ART  NOTICE. 

Free  exhibition  day  and  evening 
AT  MINEIfS  A(IT  GALLERIES,  NO.  845  BBOAOWAT, 
The  private  collection  ot  a  well-known  art  connolsseui 
of  this  City,  embraomg  caolce  and  valuable  wouts  at 
leading  artUts  of  America  and  Borops 
Also, 
THE  FAULKNER  GALLBBT 
ol 
WATEB-OOLOBS, 
Forming  one  of  tha  fluest  assemblages  of  Art  yTorks  in 
this  branch  ever  offeredL  at  pubuc  competition  In  this 
City. 

To  be  sold  at  auction,  MONDAY.  TUE8DAT.'tan4 
WBDNBSDax  evemuBB,  Feb.  26,  27,  and  2a 

HKNBV  D.  MINER,  AuetloneoT. 
'    ■  Ji» 


GBOOEBIES,    &0. 

N.  K.  FAIRBANKS  arCoii»S,  ^ 

GHICAGO  LARD    ALWAYS   BBLIABLB. 
AU-GENDINB   goods    bear  our   Trade « Iiark,va  wUf 
Hungarian  Boar's  Bead,  thus : 
ASK 


OBOCEB' 
FOE 
i)AiaBANH.>S   LiARD. 

Beware  Of  INFERIOR  LARD  packed  in   Tin   Pallf 

similar  to  ours.     Get  ths  QENniMK 
Monufaoinrers'  Depot  Mo,  36  Whitehali-st.,  Kew-Totl^ 
For  aale  by  C.  F.  MATTAQE,  lio.  276  QrMnwiOh-tt, 
New-Tork,  aod  tha  trade  generally. 


i:>ARTN.EB.      WANTED— IN     A     GOOD      WBLb 

-'-  established  and  profitable  bttainess,  centrally  lo- 
cated In  the  City  of  Rochester,  oomprislng  stoves,  tin, 
and  sheet-iron  ware,  hoase-rumishing  (roods,  and  (en. 
eral  jobbing  work;  a  capital  of  S8.00U  required.  Ad- 
dress B.,  Box  Mo.  145  2^imc<  Oface,  or  EOWaBO  JOHBS, 
Boohester,  So.  16  Sontb  St.  Paul  st. 


IWMH  TO  RETIRE,  AND  WILL  SSLL 
my  business,  16  years  estAbllshed,  £or^  $2,000,  II 
beina  less  than  half  its  value  ,-  bosiness  payiuK  $4.1MMI 
net  each  year  for  tlie  last  10  .veara  Oome  and  seeM 
any  day  between  the  hours  of  11  A.  K.  and  3  F.  U.,  «l 
address  M.  HILL,  No.  138  6th-av.,  City. 


<i&1  ^1   AAA      I'U       930,000      CAPITAU 

<3PX  Vs  V  Wspeeial  or  active,  required  in  a  well 
ebtaolished  and  profitable  wholesale  business.  Ao- 
dress  W.  F.  D.,  Box  No.  172  2'iiiue  Office. 


PROPOaAL.S  FOR  RIP  RAP  GRANITE. 

KxeuTKBR  Ofvici,  CNitan  erAxa*  Ak«i.  ) 
Nkwpobt.  fi.  1.,  Feb.  2;i,  1877.  J 
Sealed  proposals  will  be  received  at  this  offloe  outU 
10  o'clock  A.  il.,  on  the  22d  day  ot  March,  1877,  foa 
Rio  Rap  Granite  for  Breakwater  at  Bhwjk  Islani  E.  L 
Specittoationa  in  regard  to  the  work  and  blank  foriM 
for  proposals  and  guirantr,  upon  wbiob  all  Uds  aMM 
be  inAde.  irlll  be  sent  on  appttcatian  to  this  offlee.  , , 

*^  •  ^^  -e.  I^.  WAft£k».  Mate  rf  Baglaawfc 


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'.MNTEN  SUPPLY  I^  THE  MARKETS. 

General  daUnesa  prevails  in  ibe  meat  depart- 
ments of  the  markets.  Lent  diminiabiDK  the  de- 
mand. Pricea,  however,  are  no  lower,  the  annnly 
beina  Hchter.  Mr.  Cornall,  Clerk  of  Washington 
Market,  stated  yesterday  that  at  this  season,  In  his 
experience  of  40  years  as  a  butcher,  mea's  were  In- 
■rariably  hicber  in  a  wholesale  way  than 
at  any  other  period."  His  explanation 
ot  the  oanse  was,  not  that  /eople  ate  more  meat, 
bnt  that  a  leaser  quantity  was  sent  to  the  City. 
Those  who  eat  meat  in  Lent  may  be  interested  to 
know  that  Spring  Lamb  is  in  market.  It  la  very 
dear,  an  animal  weiehing  abont  2i2  pounds  costing 
?15  to  116.  None  but  the  most  fashion- 
able restaurants  and  the  very  wealthy 
hfff  the  expensive  Icxuiy.  The  business  of 
the  venders  of  poultry  is  as  dnil  as  is 
^•.«7ot  the  bntchers.  Turlieya  and  chickens  of 
the  best  (loality  cantbe  bouj^bt  at  "Washington 
Marktw  tor  IS  cer/»3  per  poan  J,  ducks  at  18  cents  to 
SO  cents,  a^  eeese  at  12  ^ents  to  14  cents.  Fl«h  is 
in  good  demand,  the  seaaon  bringmg  it  into  favor. 
There  is  a  large  variety  offered  by  the  flabmongera, 
Bhai^  striped  baas,  and  lake  fi&h  of  different  de- 
BcriptioDs  being  regarded  as  the  choicest  morsels, 
and  cod.  Tiaddock,  and  halibut  as  staples.  The 
greater  part  of  tbe  sha^  received,  as  w«U  as  tbe 
halibut,  is  fresh  from  the  waters  cf  Georgia. 
Prices  for  all  kinds  of  iish.  CK^ept  shad,  striped 
baas,  and  salmon,  are  reasonable.  Cod  and  had- 
dock 8  tU  at  8  cents  per  pound,  halibut  lit  15  cents, 
pickerel  at  18  cents,  white-fish  at  IG  cents  to  18 
cents,  perch  at  10  centa,  Kewfonndland  herrine 
ftt  7  cents  to  6  cents,  smelts  at  6  cents 
to  12  cents,  black  lake  baas  at  15  cents 
to  18  cents,  flounders  at  8  cents,  eels  at  15  cents  to 
18  cents,  ciscos  (a  species  of  white  flsb)  at  10  cents, 
red  snappers,  from  if'loriaa,  of.  15  cents  to  18  cents, 
and  carp  from  the  lakes  of  "'(V'eatern  New- York  at 
15  cents.  Shad  sell  all  the  wny  from 
50  tents  to  11,  according  to  size  and 
quality,  aud  small  shad  roes  (weighing  abnnt  a 
quarter  of  a  pound)  at  10  oenu.  Striped  bass  sella 
at  20  cents  to  25  cents  per  pound,  and  Kennebeo 
salmon  at  30  cents.  Butter  and  eggs  are  lower. lEx- 
cellent  qualities  of  butter  sold  last  evening  in 
Washington  Market  at  32  cents  per  pound,  and 
fresh  laid  eggs  .  tY^m  Now-Jersey  and  near 
points  could  have  been  bought  by  shrewd  buyers  at 
18  oenis  per  dozen,  although  hucksters  in  the  mar- 
kets were  asking  25  cents  for  14  and  16.  Betail 
pricea  for  anples  and  oranbenies  are  unobanged, 
and  grapes  and  oranges  are  higher.  Vegetables  of 
all  kinus  are  pretty  low  priced.  Ifew  Barmuda  po- 
tatoes are  more  plentiful  and  cheaper.  They  can  be 
bought  for  $6  'o  §7  per  barrel,  and  were  peddled  in 
tbem'rketa  last  night  at  40  cents  per  half  peck. 
Szcellpnc  lottncp,  raised  in  Boston  hot  bouses  sold 
M  a  oi>Dts  to  10  cenrs  per  hi«acl,  and   throe  bunches 

f  ROod  celery  at  25  cents. 


RECEIPTS  FOK    THE  TABLE. 

Clam  Soup,  L— Thirty  hard  clams ;  put  them  in  a 
pot  witQ  two  quarts  of  water  ;  boil  two  hours  ;  then 
sake  oat  tbe  clams,  oliop  them  (ioe,  and  return  tbem 
'.o  the  pot  with  one  dozen  pepper  corns  and  a  small 
»hred  of  mace,  and  boil  an  hour :  rub  a  niece  of 
butter,  the  size  of  a  millet's  egg.  with  two  table- 
apoontuls  fli>ar;  boil  a  nlnt  of  milk  and  dissolve 
the  buttered  flour  in  it,  and  stir  till  smooth  ;  have 
this  ready,  and  when  the  clams  have  been  boiled 
the  last  hour  strain  the  aonp  into  tbe  tuToen  aud 
stir  in  the  thickened  milk,  but  do  not  boll- it  after 
the  milk  is  put  in  ;  then  serve  hot.  This  makes  a 
delicious  clam  soup. — Xobhistown,  Pkxn. 

Clam  Soui",  II. — Strain  the  liauor  from  theolams  ; 
add  to  ii  pint  of  joice  or  a  little  less  one  quart  of 
water  or  millc,  a  dessert  spoonful  of  black  pepper, 
ami  a  teaspounful  of  sweet  iBarji>ram  ;  rub  flour  and 
batierto  a  cream  andadd  to  the  liquid  when  boiling ; 
■wash  tbe  eiams  free  from  grit  .iiiJ  put  in  the  pot, 
boiling  them  slowly  one  hour,  or  chop  them  tine  be- 
fore adding;  skim  tbe  clams  onr  before  sending  to 
table;  put  toast  bread  cut  in  small  squares  in  the 
tureen  and  pour  the  soap  boiling  over  them.— 
AUST  Addie. 

Baked  Clams. — Take  SO  large  soft  clams  ;  wash 
thoruugh:y ;  slice,  very  thin,  indeed,  four  good 
sized  boiled  cold  nocatoea,  and  mince  verv  flue  one 
large  wliite  boiled  onion;    butter  a    baking-diah; 

fdace  in  a  laver  of  olams,  then  potatoes,  with  a 
ittle  oiiioc,  a  snrinkle  of  black  and  cayenne  pen- 
j»er  mixed,  and  a  verv  little  powdered  mace,  a  little 
bntter,  unci  some  rolled  cream  or  soda  crackers  ; 
must  be  very  fine ;  repeat  until  you  have  used  up 
the  clams  ;  pour  over  it  equal  parts  i.f  milk  and 
■water,  sufficient  to  two-thirds  fill  the  dish  ;  put  a 
good  pa*te  over  the  ton,  and  bake  thrpf-quariera  of 
an  hour  if  your  oven  la  hot — AUNT  Addik. 

BBonjXG  iSteak. — To  broil  a  beefateak,  have 
your  rods  very  hoi  and  rub  them  with  a  niece  of  fat 
cut  from  tlie  steak;  ace  that  tbe  fire  is  bright  and 
clear,  and  11^  drafts  of  the  range  or  stove  open ; 
then  put  on  the  steak,  or  mutton  chops;  turn  cun- 
stmily.  80  often  that  tbe  outside  of  the  meat  will  be 
zouked  quickly  aun  tbe  juices  kept  in  the  meat,  and 
aocrlas  to  the  oatsida.  Have  your  diab  hot,  with 
butter  on  it,  and  salt  and  pepper  rubbed  together 
witti  tbe  butter;  turn  the  steak  in  thia  and  send  to 
table  as  quickly  as  possible. — AUST  Audie. 

Meat  Balls. — Chop  very  tine  cold  meat  of  any 
kind,  and  soak  the  same  quantity  of  bread  crumbs  ; 
mix  them  together  with  an  onion  chopped  very 
fine;  if  the  flivor  of  onion  is  iiiied,  season  with 
salt  and  pepper,  a  little  nutmeg  and  allspice;  mold 
togetner  with  one  eg?  ;  form  into  balls,  and  fry  in 
boiliiig  fat.— AujiT  ADDIE. 

Becf  Hash.— Use  stale  bread  aoaked  m  milk  or 
water;  ai-asou  with  butter,  pepper,  and  aalt,  and  a 
little  oni .>n  cbopoed  flue;  make  into  cakes,  and  fry 
a  light  browD.-jEmN. 

Potato  Cakes. — Boil  some  white  potatoes,  math 
them  very  hoe,,  adding  salt,  butter,  and  milk  as  if 
used  as  a  vegetable ;  then  mold  in  tbem  aiifficicnl 
Bitted  flour  to  make  them  into  a  soft  dout;h;  roll 
tbem  out  on  the  paste-board  about  an  inch  thick; 
cut  in  small  square  rakes  ;  fry  on  a  griddle  greased 
With  eqnal  parts  of  lard  anu  butter;  cook  slowly, 
turning  but  onoe.  Nice  for  breakfast,  or  an  ordi- 
nary luDch. — Aunt  Addie. 

To  Cook  OrsTEE  Plant.— Scrape  and  wash  it; 
boil  in  Water,  with  a  little  salt  added;  when  soft 
cut  it  in  nieces  and  fry  in  butter,  or  eiae  serve  hot 
wiibonc  trying,  but  with  drawn  butter;  you  can 
aiao  mash  tbem  and  form  into  cakes  and  brown  in 
butter  ;  it  will  turn  black  if  left  exposed  to  the  air 
alter  scraping  or  when  it  gets  cold. — Aunt  Addib. 

H■Ew-E^•GLA^^)  Baked  Beams. — Take  an  earthen 
bean  put,  small  at  tbe  tup,  holding  about 
two  quarta.  Take  a  quart  of  small  beans, 
(which  are  tbe  best  for  baking.)  and  after 
picking  clean,  soak  in  cold  water  over  night  :  turn 
off  the  water  the  next  morning;  place  on  the  top  of 
tne'beana  one  pound  of  clear  la',  a.dt  pork  ;  cut  in- 
to eqOiirea  on  tiie  top  only;  sprinlile  a  little  salt 
over  all ;  fill  up  with  cold  water,  place  m  the  oven 
at  7  A.  M.,  and  bake  until  6  I*.  M.  The  New-Eng- 
land  people  always  bake  their  beans  all  day,  look 
at  them  once  or  twice  during  the  day,  and  if  dry, 
idd  a  little  hot  water.— Au^T  Habbiett. 

Lemon'Pie. — The  juice  and  grated  rind  of  three 
iemoua,  tnieo  eg^a  well  beaien,  three  tabiespooufnis 
of  sugar  to  each  lemon  ;  one  crust. — Lillie. 

TiSKGAK  PiK.— Oae  cunlul  sugar,  one-half  cupful 
vinegar,  boil  together  a  tew  minutes,  cool,  and  add 
one  tablespoonful  flour,  one  tablespoonfnlcondenaed 
egg,  one  rolled  milk  cracker,  one  teapsonful  butter. 
Bake  in  two  crusts.— Aunt  Addie. 

Dandy  Pudding. — One  quart  of  milk,  the  yolks  of 
four  eggs,  three  tablespoontuls  of  corn-starch,  a 
little  sugar;  scald  the  milk,  and  when  very  hot 
stir  into  it  the  corn-starch  and  eggs,  Stirling  it 
briskly  until  it  thickens ;  when  done,  pour  into  a 
pudding  dish  ;  when  quite  cold,  pour  over  it  a  itoat- 
iDg  made  of  tbe  whites  of  the  eggs,  allowing  a  table- 
spoonful  of  sugar  to  eajh  eeg  ;  flavor  with  lemon 
juice  ;  brown  sliirhtly  in  the  oven. — Lillib. 

Ceullebs.— One  cupful  sugar,  one  tablespoonful 
butter,  two  eggs,  one  cupful  milk,  one  quart  floui-, 
two  teaspoofula  aea-fo^m,  a  little  grated  nul^meg. — 

LlLIOB. 

Sea  Foam.— This  can  be  used  In  making  all  kinds 
of  cake,  gciddle-cakea,  dumplings,  light  pastry,  &c. 

French  Loaf-Cake. — Two  cnpfuls  wnite  sutrar, 
one  scant  cupful  butter,  one  cnptul  sweet  milk, 
three  neaplna  oupfuls  flour,  three  eggs,  two  tea- 
spooniuls  cream  tartar,  one  teaspoonfiU  soda.  Put 
sugar,  butter, .  sods,  cream  tartar,  egss,  (cot  pre- 
viously beaten,)  all  together  ;  beat  to  a  froih  ;  aad 
tbe  milk,  beating  well;  flavor  with  lemon  extract ; 
add  the  flour  gradually;  pour  into  a  cake-tin,  lined 
with  batteiea  paper;  sprinkle  a  little  powaered 
sugar  OB  top  before  baking.— liVA. 

Sponge  C  ake.— Six  eggs,  two  cnpfuls  sugar,  two 
onpiuis  flour,  one  teaspooufnl  icream  tartar  in  the 
flour,  a  half  teaspooufnl  soda  dissolved  in  a  little 
warm  water  and  aaded  tbe  last  thiog;  beat  the 
yolks  and  the  sugar  together  ;  add  the  whites,  well 
beaten,   then   tiie  fl-jur,  and  lastly '  the '  soda. — OiL- 

MAKTON. 

iSAMMA's  Fbuit  Cakb.— One  pound  of  sugar, 
three-quarters  pound  ol  butter,  three  ponnds  of 
ourrams.  three  pounds  sf  raisins,  one-half  pound  of 
citron,  nine  eggs,  one  pjuud  of  flour,  one  gill  of 
brandy,  one-bait  oupru!  luolaaaes  j  spice  to  suit 
taste. — Lillie. 

Laut  Cake. — Oaehalf  capful  Dutter,  one  and 
>ne-half  ouptuls  sugar,  two-thirds  of  a  cnatul  milk, 
two  cnpfuls  flour,  thr'^e  eggs,  one  teaspoonful 
cream  tartar,  one-half  leatpoonful  soda  ■  flavor  to 
8alt>— Vbbitab. 

STALK  Bbead  Cakes.— Soak  a  pint  of  stale  pieces 
of  bteaii  in  warm  milk  euoogh  to  cover  them  ;  when 
thev  are  quite  soft  add  a  teaspoonful  salt,  one  quart 
of  flonr,  two  teaspoDnluls  baKlng  powder,  and  two 
tablespooofttla  condensed  eggs,  dissolved  In  a  little 
warm  milk  ;  add  milk  anfflctent  to  form  a  batter  to 
fry  on  a  griddle. — Adnt  Apdis. 

Lady  Fihgbbs,  I.— In  one  nonnd  powdered  sugar 
bralui  11  egiia,  anu  beat  tOKetner  until  so  light  thai 
lu  hair-line  will  form  in  tbe  froth ;  'then  ada  one 
pound  of  silted  flour,  BUrnDg  in  very  lightly ; 
butter  some  sheets  of  paper,  pour  the  cake  through 
a  pipe  made  for  the  porposp  or  a  paper  funnel,  on', 
the  paper,  in  cakes  three  inches  long  and  very 
,  narrow ;  sift  powdered  aagu  over  the  top  ;  bak* 
In  rather  a  quick  oven,  and  do  not  take  tbem  frooa 
the  paper  uutil  cold.^AUNX  Addib. 

Last  Fingbbs,  il— Two  eggs  beaten  very  light: 
mtt  Gtiofui  wlui«  aoiur  added :  a  halt  tAaanonnfol 


ereain  tartar,  the  aame  of  soda,  and  flour  enough 
to  make  a  stiff  dough.  Put,  the  cream  tartar  with  the 
flour,  and  dissolve  the  soda  with  a  little  warm  water. 
Roll  out,  sprinkle  with  sugar,  and  cut  in  pieces  the 
size  of  middle  flngers.  Place  on  buttered  paoer  in 
tins,  not  lettlue  tbem  touch  each  other,  and  do  not 
let  tbem  bake  veiy  brown. — Gilmanton. 

Gbnuisb  GIN6EB  Skaps.— An  old  housekeeper 
suggests  that  all'So-called  "ginzer  snaps''  in  wbich 
soda  or  anythlnJB  ot  that  nature  is  found  are  simply 
"cookies,'-'  which,  like  all  such  preparations,  soon 
dry  and  become  stale.  The  following  receipt  will 
make  cnsp,  rich  snaps,  which  can  be  kept  in  an  air- 
tight cake  box  for  a  lona  time :  One  pound  of 
shortening,  (equal  parts  of  butter  and  lard,)  one 
pint  ot  molasses,  one  half  pint  of  brown  sugar,  one 
tablespoonful  ginger,  one  teaspoonful  cloves  or  cin- 
namon, flour;  well  mixed  until  it  b.  comes  a  pliant 
dough.  To  be  rolled  thin  and  baked  in  a  quick 
oven. 

Blankets.— Into  one  quart  of  milk  put  a  lump  of 
butter  tbe  size  of  an  egg;  let  the  milk  get  warm 
enough  to  melt  the  bntter  ;  stir  in  flour  sufiicient  to 
form  quite  a  stift'  batter,  and  a  dessert  spoonful  of 
salt ;  one-third  cake  compressed  yeast  dissolved  in 
a  little  warm  water  ;  cover  tiifhtly  ;  let  stand  in  a 
warm  place  over  night;  Iry  on  griddle. — Aunt 
Addie. 

SDGGE8TI0R8  ABOtTT  Bbead.— The  quicker  bread 
rises  the  whiter  it  will  be,  aud  it,  is  far  nicer  to 
mold  it  on  a  large  towel  or  an  old  table-cloth  folded, 
with  a  little  flour  sifted  over  it,  than  on  a  molding- 
board. — Aunt  Addle, 

Fbbnoh  Cbeam.— One  quart  of  boiled  milk ;  mix 
one  ouptnl  sugar  with  the  yolks  of  four  eggs  ;  stir 
into  tbe  milk  with  one  tableapoonsful  corn  starch  ; 
flavor  to  taste;  beat  tbe  whites  to  a  stiff  frotn  with 
pulverized  sugar,  and  brown  slightly  in  the  oven.— 

LlLUB. 

Tomato  Sot. — Two  large  cans  of  tomatoes,  one 
pound  dark  brown  sugar,  one-half  pint  vinegar,  and 
one-half  ounce  of  whole  clovps  ;  bull  slowly  until 
reduced  yery  rich  and  thick.  Ins  very  nice  with 
meats,  poultry,  or  game. — Aunt  Addib. 


USEFUL  FAMILY  EIJUTS. 

SULPHUE  MIXTUBB     FOR    THE     BLOOD. — Five    tea- 

spoontula  powdered  sulphur  to  one  of  cream  tartar ; 
mix  vhth  molasses  ;  take  one  teaspoonful  three  sac- 
CBssive  moruinga,  then  omit  three,  and  so  on  until 
it  has    been  taken  nine  times. — Aunt  Lottie. 

To  Eestoee  the  Haib  afteb  iLLSESS.— Equal 
parts  of  best  brandy  and  strong  black  tea.  sbaEen 
well  togetber  and  rubbed  well  into  the  roots  of  the 
hair  once  daily,  will  usually  restore  the  hair  after 
long  ilineas.  Be  careful  not  to  scratch  or  initate 
the  acalp  with  lough  combing  and  brushing.  The 
mixture  should  be  made  at  least  once  in  three  days, 
eveu  in  cool  weather. 

One  way  to  use  Bobax.— Pulverized  borax,  if 
properly  applied,  will  clear  any  hous^  of  Croton 
bugs.  Four  years  ago  we  were  over-rua  with  them. 
I  bought  four  pounds  of  borax  and  made^  line  of 
it  around  every  room,  on  the  carpet,  olo«e  up 
to  the  '  wood-work,  also  on  the  backs  ot 
ttie  mantels,  aud  around  every  shelf  of  every 
closet.  1  threw  handfuls  o(  it  around  all  the  wash- 
basins and  water-pipes ;  I  used  iijcaely  around  the 
boiler  and  sink  aud  waah-tubs.  th  the  kitchen  ;  I 
sifted  it  over  the  tops  of  doors  and  between  mat- 
tresses, and  in  bureau  orawers.  I  instructed  the 
servants  to  disturb  it  as  little  as  possible.  Wben 
tbe  next  week's  sweeping  aud  scrubbing  was 
done,  I  applied  it  again.  A  third  time  I  repeated 
tbe  doae,  ana  at  the  end  of  a  mouth  iiorc  a  (Jroton 

bue  was  to  be  foaud  in  tlie  house.  We  alao  had 
large  black  roaonea,  wbich,  lu  warm  weather, 
came     up     from      the     cellar,     and     wsnt     ail 

over  the  bouse.  It  also  destroyed  tbem.  Every 
Spring  aud  Fall  I  use  a  pound  ot  borax,  geiterally 
around  the  tLitcben.  Foryeirswe  havo  enjoyed  a 
blessed  Immunity  from  these  dttgusling  peats,— 
S.  U.S. 

Rkmedz  fob  a  Canary's  Asthma. — Dip  a  small 
feather  iu  pure  sweet  oil  aud  pas*  up  tbe  nose;  if 
once  does  not  effect  a  cure,  try  again,  being  cat-eful 
and  not  get  any  oil  around  too  eyes  ;  at  tbe  same 
time  give  the  bira  red  pepper  tea,  well  sweetened, 
and  a  little  milk  in  it. — A  Lotek  of  15ikd3. 

To  Clean  Walnlt  Staius.— Milk,  sour  or  sweet, 
wen  lubtied  iuto  blaok-walnut  stairs  with  an  old 
soft  flannel  will  make  them  look  perfectly  new. 

Deiving  Off  Cboton  Bugs.- If  thai  distracted 
housekeeoer  will  betrm  at  tUo  top  of  her  housd 
with  a  powder  bellows  and  a  largo  quantity 
of  freshly  powdered  boras,  and  puff  it  thor- 
ougtily  into  every  crack  and  crevico.  whetder 
or  not  there  are  Croton  bugs  in  tbem,  to  the  very 
bottom  of  her  house,  special  attention  beini:  paid  to 
old  furniture,  cloi^ets,  and  wherever  Croton  water  is 
introduced,  sbo  will  bu  freed  fi-ora  these  torments. 
Tbe  oper»tiuu  may  require  a  rcputiiion,  but  tbe  cud 
is  success. 

Black  Roach  Trap.- Fill  an  earthen  or  tin  wa<?Ii 
basiu  inree  parts  lull  of  water  sweetene.l  wiib  mo- 
lasses, wetting  the  edge  with  the  same ;  wrap  a 
cloth  around  it  In  such  a  way  that  the  roaches  can 
easily  crawl  ud;  au  ironing  bLiukot  ausuera  the 
pnruose  well;  set  ii  on  tbe  kitehan  fl  lor  on  retiring, 
and  the  result  will  be  satisfactory.  This  may  woiK 
for  water  bugs  as  well. — Kuix. 

To  Rid  a  House  ok  Kats.-  Wet  a  few  poimds  of 
unsiacked  lime  wi:h  strotg  lye  made  troni  potash; 
let  it  be  quite  .-loft;  spread  it  around  ihu  bolei  so 
that  the  rats  cannot  avoid  treading  in  it;  let  it  re- 
main a  week  or  so,  and  if  it  ueis  dry  scrape  it  off 
and  moisten  again.  Tbe  mixture  burns  their  feet 
and  they  will  not  i)«  likely  to  make  a  second  visit. 
Uo  not  let  it  come  in  contact  with  oil-cioth  or 
paint. — Erin. 

Paper  Dolls — Select  a  colored  chromo  picture  of 
a  young  lady  with  low  necked  dress — hair  tasto- 
luliy  arranged—cut  away  all  ijelow  the  lioe  where 
the  ueckjoins  tbe  dress,  and  gum  tbu  pieiuie  into 
a  sheet  of  thick,  white  Bristol    buartl.       tSaetuh    tbu 

figure  of  the  dull  oo  the  board  making  her  appear  in 
a  plain,  white  dress,  and  have  the  arms  in  such  a 
position  that  tboy  can  afterwaru  be  bioui;llt  betoro 
tne  dreoses  wbeu  tbey  are  made.  Ask  some  artist 
friend  to  color  the  arm.s  to  match  the  neck,  or  by 
mixing  Vermillion,  jreiluw  ochre,  auii  wbiio  to  the 
tint  in  water  colors  ;  anyone  may  try  it.  The  doll 
Should  be  from  six  to  ten  inches  tall.  Wbeu 
drawn  and  colored,  cut  tbe  tteure  out.  F.ir  tiio 
drosses,  lay  tho  doll  on  a  sheet  of  toolsciip  letter 
paper;  with  a  sharp  lead  peucil  take  the  shape  ot 
the  waist  aud  shoulders;  then,  either  ^'UMed  by 
some  fashion  plate  or  your  own  tasto,  make  the  out- 
line of  a  trained  evening  dross,  making  a  gr.^ceiol 
sweep  uyfho  skirt;  cut  this  our.  If  it  doesn't  suit 
you  ii^^gain,  and  when  a  nice  lit  and  proper  sweep 
Krvtlye  draperj-  are  oUtained,  take  the  dieas  as  a 
focjraation  for  a  8Ucce.s-«ion  ot  fillings  irom  silk  or 
sainn,  sewed  on  to  imitate  a  bundaome  dress.  This 
indone  by  cultini:  a  Ions  strip  of  wblio  or  light  ailk 
(preparing  it  as  for  the  fl.)uuce  of  a  wax  or  china 
doll)  and  plaiting  around  tlio  botti'm  ot  the  sku  i. 
This  forms  an  underskirt,  jover  which  a  tall  over- 
skirt  may  be  draped  and  a  dainty  waist  addwd  to 
comnlete  the  costume.  Oaly  tbe  imnt  will  be  sUowo, 
so  tbe  atitcbes  may  be  pbntitul  on  the  back.  Gold 
oc  crystal  beads  may  boused  as  oruament. — Lady 
Artist. 


INFOHMATIOIf  WANTED.  ^ 

How  to  bone  a  turkey.  i 

IIow  to  clarify  conaomne  aonp,  aa  we  usoally  see 
it  iu  French  restaurants. 

A  detailed  receipt  for  making  dressine  for  terra- 
pins, like  that  made  in  Philadelphia  by  the  best 
public  catcrera. 

Tbe  full  particulars  for  making  primo  steamed 
apple  dumplings. 

How  to  make  butter  cakes  that  are  baked  on  the 
griddle,  such  as'are  sold  in  coffo  and  cake  saloons. 

How  to  make  the  old  fashioned  short-cake,  so  that 
when  you  pull  it  apart  you  can  take  your  finget- 
and  thumb  aud  lift  it  off  in  tbia  wafer-UKu  flakes  } 
k3uch  a  cake  as  was  baked  before  soda  was  brought 
into  use.    , 

How  "H.  H.  n."  uses  the  baking-powder,  and 
why  the  com  starch  is  added. 

A  reoeipe  for  chocolate  custard. 

How  to  make  chocolate  com-atarch. 

How  to  make  milk  aour  enough  for  cooking  pnr- 
nosea  in  the  Winter. 

How  to  get  moths  out  of  carpets. 

How  to  prevent  a  cow  losing  hermilk. 

How  to  cure  sore  and  enlarging  joints  of  the  feet. 

Hew  to  make  the  water  in  sheet-iron  tanks  clear, 
so  that  it  will  not  make  clothes  yellow. 

What  will  brighten  a  zinc  batn-tub  ? 

What  is  used  to  set  the  different  colors  of  aniline, 
and  what  is  the  process. 

How  to  curl  a  switch  of  natural  hair  that  will  re- 
main curled  a  long  lime  and  not  be  injured. 

A  receipt  not  containing  sugar  of  lead  for  restor- 
ing the  color  to  hair  becoming  gray. 

The  best  tiling  to  harden  tallow  for  candles. 

An  inexperienced  housekeeper,  obliged  to 
"  break  up"  aud  store  her  ftirniture  Until  Fall,  de- 
sires advice  as  to  tbe  best  way  of  packini;  books, 
pictures,  ensrravings,  aud  photographs,  cbioa,  and 
glass ;  also  to  secure  her  furniture  and  carpets 
against  moth.  

SOW  A  BLIND  WOMASmREADS  A  NEEDLE 
The    Baltimore     Sun   of    Saiarday    saya : 

"  Amone  the  largo  number  of  patients  who  aousal 
treatment  at  Br.  Ctiiiolm'a  free  eye  and  ear  dis- 
pensary yesterday  were  two  sisters,  one  84  and  the 
othar  80  years  of  age,  who  lived  together  for  mutual 
supDorr.  They  were  both  aotiva  in  limb,  and  bad 
walked  over  a  mile  to  visit  the  dispensary.  The 
elder  sister  of  84  lost  an  eye  from  accident  manv 
years  since.  The  younger  ot  80  lost  both  eyes  from 
inflammation  40  years  ago,  so  that  for  halt  her  long 
life  she  has  been  totally  bUnd.  One  eye.  and  tnat  a 
crippled  one,  did  the  family  work,  except  the  sew- 
ing, which  was  done  by  the  blind  t>i«ter  for  both 
parties.  She  retained  such  delicacy  of  touch  even 
in  bar  old  age  that  she  could  thread  an  ordinary- 
sized  needle  with  ease,  and  even  a  fine  one  after  a 
few  efforts.  Her  method  of  threading  reversed  that 
commonly  adopted.  Having  cut  off  aqaarely  the 
end  <A  the  thread  she  held  it  fixed  between  her 
flingera  and  brought  the  eye  of  tho  needle  up  to  it, 
and  often  at  the  first  ti-ial  would  pass  the  end  of  the 
thread  throogh  the  eye." 

I'HE  CHAMPION  ORIOKETBB. 
A  public  meeting  ■was  held  at  Berkeley  .•  Cas- 
tle, England,  recently.  Lord  Fitshardinge  presiding, 
to  organize  a  national  tastimonial  to  Mr.  W.  G. 
Grace,  the  champion  oncketsr.  During  the  pro- 
ceedioga  Dr.  Grace  said  his  brother's  Intention  waa 
to  retire  from  cricketing  and  follow  his  profession 
as  a  surgeon  after  this  season.  The  Sake  of  Beau- 
fort snggested  tbe  testimonial  should  take  the  form 
of  a  piece  of  plate  and  a  heavy  parse.  An  infiaen- 
tial  committee  was  appointed,  with  Lord  FltEhar- 
dmge  as  treasorer.  and  upward  of  £120  was  sab- 
sorit>ed  in  the  room.  The  enbaoripiion  list  will  be 
kepc  onea  till  S«Dt«m1}e» 


MILITARY  GOSSIP. 

— * —  --^    • 

At  ati  election  helti  in  tbe  Separate  Troop 
Cavalry,  Fifth  Brigade,  Brooklyn,  last  Thursday 
evening.  Orderly  Sergt.  J.  H.  Thnu  was  elected 
Second  Lieutenant. 

The  Ninth  Brigade,  Albany,  Gen.  Woodhall 
commanding,  paraded  on  Washington's  Birthday. 
The  Twenty-fifth  Regiment  turned  out  300;  the 
Tenth  Regiment^  ^^9^  men,  and  Battery  A,  Artillery, 
38  officers  ant  men. 

Sergt.  Lewis  Cnrtig,  No,  300  East  Seventy- 
sixtb-street',  challenges  any  membet  of  the  National 
Guard,  "barring"  Burrongbs.  of  Company  I, 
Twelfth  Regiment,  to  an  esbibition  drill  at  the 
State  Araenal  on  Tuesday,  March  30. 

Capt.  Frederick  A.  Baldwin,  of  Company  B, 
Thirteenth  Reginlent,  has  received  three  months' 
leave  of  absence,  and  it  is  said  he  contemplates 
tendering  his  reslenation  upon  the  expiration  of 
hia  furlough.  Capt.  Baldwin  baa  been  connected 
with  the  National  Guard  nearly  thirty  yeara. 

The  Non-commissioned  Offlcera'  Association 
of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment,  Brooklyn,  had  a  ball 
at  Gallatin  Hall,  in  that  city,  on  tbe  evening  of 
Washington'*  Birthday.  A  laree  attendance  of  the 
members  and  friends  of  the  regiment  made  the 
event  one  of  the  most  ancce'sful  ol  the  season. 

Tho  Separate  Troop  Cavalry,  Major  Karl 
Klein,  commandlnir,  drilled  in  mounted  movements 
at  its  armory  last  Wednesday  evening.  Thirty- 
eight  members  were  present,  and  tbe  drill  was 
chiefly  confined  to  the  movements  ot  mounting  and 
disnidunting,  and  other  simple  movements.  A 
platoon  of  old  members  drilled  for  an  hour,  after 
which  the  late.-tt  recruits  were  put  through  similar 
evolutions.  Another  mounted  drill  will  be  bad  next 
Wednesday  evening. 

At  tbe  regular  monthly  meeting  of  Company 
G,  Seventh  Regiment,  First  Lieut.  E.  Graham 
Hsight  was  presented  by  his  company  with  an  ele- 
gant sword,  suitably  inscribed,  and  a  corapleto  set 
of  officer's  equipments.  Lieut.  Haisht  was  practi- 
cally elected  to  his  present  position  trom  the  ranks, 
having  enlia^d  as  a  private  on  Deo.  18,  1876,  be 
was  promoted  Sereeant,  and  on  ,Tan.  12,  First 
Lieutenant,  all  within  a  mou'lii.  Corp.  Charles  E. 
Snerilly  was  chosen  Sergeant,  and  Uenry  B.  Lock- 
woort  was  promoted  Corporal.  ~    . 

Col.  Charles  S.  Spencer,  oomnilinding  the 
Fifth  Regiment,  has  reocired  a  handsome  pair  of 
plated  revolvers  fro:n  tho  State  Military  Associa- 
tion. The  fleld  mnsieians  of  this  regimen^  held 
their  nineteenth  annual  exhibition  last  Moi^y 
eveoini;  at  the  regimental  armory.  A  iarge  audi- 
ence was  present,  the  mnsieians  performed  their 
part  to  the  satisfaction  of  everybody,  aud  a  late 
supper  was  duly  appreciated  by  members  and  in- 
vited guests.  Second  Lieut.  Heinrich  Rugen,  of 
Company  A,  has  been  promoted  First  Lieutenant, 
vice  Kedonbnrg  resigned.  An  election  has  been 
ordered  to  fill  the  vacancy  caneect  by  the  proniotinn 

of  Lieat.  Rugen,  to  bo  hold  to-moirow  evening  in 
the  armory. 

Adjt.  Gen.  Franklin  Townsend  has  asked  for 
an  approptiatlon  ot    $300,000  for  tlie  maintenance  of 

the  National  Guard  of  this  .Stite  tor  tho  curroot 

year.  iNow,  aa  every  military  man  knows,  thia  is 
not  an  exorbitant   sum  to  ask    for  defrayinff  the  ne- 

ceasary  expenses  of  the  department.     For  sererai 

years  past  tbe  General  Head-aaarters  of  tbe  State 
National  Guard  has  been  in  a  chronic  condition  ot 
poverty.  Not  even  a  regiment  could  be  ordered 
into  camp,  let  alone  a  brlirade  or  division.  Osrer- 
coats  have  cot  been  provided,  and  the  vaiious  mili- 
tary rifle  ranges  throughout  the  State  have  been 
inly  half  ciimpleted  for  want  of  money.  That  the 
tevoral  departments  have  b-en  economically,  not  to 
say  niggardly,  cnniliictod,  there  la  no  doubt,  and  the 
request  cf  the  Adjutant  General  should  be  granted 
by  tbe  Legislaruie  to  enable  him  to  maintain  for  tho 
Militia  of  this  State  ^standing  equal  to  the  "citizen 
soldiery"  ot'other  Stales. 

Tho  Eighth  lieyiment.  Col.  George  D.  Scott 
commanding,  is  under  orders  to  assemble  in  fatiguo 
nnifonn,  for  drill  and  insirnction  by  wines,  aa  fol- 
lows: Right  wing,  cnnipinies  E,*A,  D,  C,  and  I, 
on  Monday.  Marcli  10;  Left  wIuk,  cnmpauir-a  U,  G, 
F,  and  B.  on  Tuesday,  March  27. ■  Koll  will  be 
caHed  at  7:45  o'clock  1".  M.  Otncers  of  companies 
when  using  the  squad  drill  room  are  directed  to  in- 
struct their  coinniaudg  in  accirdance  with  tho  rules 
laid  down  in  TTinrjnte'i  Alamial  of  hijie  Practice, 
as  follows  :  Art. 'J.  ■  TliforMtic.il  instrnuli'n:  "  4rt. 
3.  ".Sighting  drill  ;''  Art.  4.  '•  I'lisition  drill  ;"  Art. 
5.  "  Aiming  drill."  £,ich  instruction  will  conclnde 
with  tarcet  practice,  in  u Inch  the  imiieators  pro- 
vided will  bo  used.  Cipt.  Kdward  Barker.  I'eui- 
mental  inspector  of  l{:fl.i  I'ractice,([wlllMUpeivise 
the  diill  and  will  make  ri^ports  of  the  progrcfis  ai- 
t:dned  to  tlif  Colonel.  Tho  regular  monthly  mu-t- 
ing  of  the  boajd  of  officers  ol'  this  command  will 
take  place  on  Monday  evening,  ikiarch  li,  at  8 
o'clock. 

The  Twenty-third  R-'gimont,  Brooklyn,  Col. 
R.  C.  Ward  commanding,  is  nnd'^r  orders  to  as- 
semble for  drill  by  wings,  in  tatiguo  uniform,  at  its 
armory,  as  follow.s  :  Kii:nt  Wiojt,  Comp;inies  A,  1), 
E,  and  F,  Thursday  evfuinz.^  March  1,  l'>,  and  20  ; 
April  12  and  2C.  L-ft  Win;:,  Comoauioi  U.  C,  G, 
and  K,  on  Tuesday  evenlnus.  il.arcii  C  and  2i) ;  April 
3  and  17,  and  May  1.  Tlio  r»u'imeiital  baud  will 
give  another  of  ita  popular  concerts  at  tho  armory, 
Cleruiout,  noar  Myrtle  avenue,  riext  Saturday  pve- 
iiiiii;.  Commissions  havo"  bc"U  Issut'.i  to  Fir>it 
Lieut.  Flank  E.  Weatlako  and  Second  Licit'. 
Tiioinaa  B.  Adaiiu.  Warrants  ha\e  be^-u  granted 
to  tho  lollowiuE  non-C!>muii.-49i')ned  offluers  :  Soriil. 
.Toba  G.  K'op,  Jr.,  Corps.  Asa  C.  Browudl  and 
Aiitfust  J.  Uwenger,  C  >inu:iny  K;  (;orp8,  William 
S.  Uunta  and  H.irry  O.  ./one.'*,  C  >>iiiiany  C  ;  Fii.->t 
Serii.  (■harlfs  ti.  Mef-lrllaii,  S-ru'i- lilward  C.  Hil- 
sfy,  anil  Vin\).  Dwiuht  C.  I'liiiiey,  Company  D; 
Corp.  W.  E.  (jnttiag.  Coinjiany  F;  Sergt.  .lobn  J. 
Barudoliar,  Jr.,  and  Ct>rp.  Churlca  G.  U.  Story, 
Company  15. 

Ma.jor  Gen.  Alexander  Shalcr,  commanding 
the  First  Division,  has  appointed  Corp.  K.  Har- 
rison Santord,  of  the  Seventh  Itogimeu^  m  tno 
position  of  Inspector  of  llifli  i'r.ictica  on  his  SlalT. 
vice  Lieut.  Col.  W.  B.  FarwiiU,  reslgiicl.  At  First 
Division  Hoad-qiiarlora  the  return  of  election  has 
been  receive!  of  Sucond^ieiit.  Charles  F.  HoSoan 
and  First  Lieut.  E.  (ir:iham  llnight,  Seventh  Ku;ii- 
ment.  Tenders  of  resignation  have  been  received 
from  Caot.  .1.  Allen  aud  First  Lieut.  John  Morris, 
Sixty-ninth  U(<'.ii^i()ut.  Tne  roHi;:na'.lons  have  beim 
accepted  of  Liuut.  (;nl.  W.  B.  l-'arwcil,  Division 
Inspector  of  Kill*  Practici> ;  Capt.  .1.  .S.  Hart  and 
First  L^eut.  3.  J.  Lovy,  EiL'bth  Uairiment;  Quarter- 
Mi*Hter  K  W.  Bjoth,  .fr.,  Ninth  lt'j::iinont ;  C:«pt. 
FC  Imlay  and  Second  Lett.  James  Shaud,  Sev- 
eutv-first  Kagimaut.  Commissions  havo  lieen  for- 
warded to  ^Kirtermuater  E  tgar  S.  Waite,  Capt. 
George  W.  JTCiaan.s,  and  Second  Lieut.  M.  J.  Bin- 
man.  Ninth  lleuiment.  The  parade  returns  for  the 
uniform  InnAruf  tbe  SiKt\ -ninth  Kegimeut  show  tbe 
number  entitled  to  cronit  to  bo  30d  men. 

The  left  wing  ot  tho  Soveut^ -first  Rogiineut. 
Companies  G,  C.  £,  I,  and  F,  Col.  IticUard  Vose 
commanding,  will  par.ide  in  fatigue  uniform,  with 
wbite  belts,  at  the  State  Arsenal,  for  diill  and  In- 
struction, next  Wedncsdiiy  evening  at  8  o'clock. 
Major  E.  A.  McAlpin  will  assume  command  on  that 
occasion.  Col.  Yose  will  order  a  full  dress  pacttde 
of  his  command  at  the  State  Arsenal  on  Monda]^, 
March  12,  for  the  pnriiose  ot  presenting  to  tho  suc- 
cessful members  the  badges  won  by  them 
at  Creedmoor  last  .Sommtr.  There  is  no 
truth  in  a  rumor,  recently  publlsbeil, 
to  the  effect  that  this  regiment  hail 
iidopted  a  "uew  ni<iforro."  Application  has  been 
male  for  brevet  commissions  of  Mii.j.ir,  tor  Capt. 
Aoram  Webber,  of  Company  G,  and  Capt.  Amos  L. 
See,  of  Company  H,  in  thia  command,  both  oflicoi-s 
having  held  their  poaitions  for  a  coutlnuoua  period 
of  10  years.  The  drum  corps  of  this  command,  un- 
der the  direction  of  Drum  Major  Nathaniel  Jenks, 
will  perform  a  tattoo  at  a  reception  to  bu  given  in 
aid  of  the  Fifth  Univeraalist  Society,  at  tbe  Lex- 
ington Avenue  Onora-house,  Fifty-eigUtb-atreot, 
next  Wednesday  eveuins. 

The  left  wing  of  the  Twonty-aecond  Regi- 
ment drilled  at  tbe  Armory  In  West  Fourteenth- 
street  last  Friday  evening,  under  command  cf  Col. 
Jusiah  Porter.  Line  was  formed  with  five  com- 
panies of  12  files.  After  an  exercise  in 
the  manual,  the  command  was  instructed 
in  loading  and .  firing  drill  by  files, 
companies,  and  battalions.  After  these  movements 
the  following  were  executeu:  Formiug  double  col- 
umn of  fours  ;  right  and  left  front  into  line;  from 
line  iniru  column  of  companies,  at  a  halt  and  while 
marching.  The  drill  was  cousideied  as  the  best  of 
tbe  season.  At  the  oloso  of  tbe  drill  Capt.  Loumis 
insi^ructed  the  men  in  rifle  practice.  At  an  electioa 
held  in  Company  K  last  Fndav  evening,  the  follow- 
ing officers  were  elected :  First  Lieui.  Thomas 
M.  Daly,  Captain;  Second  Lieut.  Charles 
D.  Sabin,  First  Lieutenant;  and  '  SerKt. 
Leonard  G.  Van  Vechteo,  Second  Lieutenant.  'This 
vacancy  caused  by  the  promotion  of  Sergt.  Van 
Yechten  will  be  filled  at  au  election  next  Thursday 
evening.  An  election  will  be  held  to  fill  the  va- 
cancy caused  by  tbe  resieuation   of   Capt.   Charles 

D.  Topping  next  Wednesday  night  Tbe  candi- 
dates ate  First  Lieut.  Uenueberger,  of  Company  (r, 
and  ijecond  Lieut.  Charles  T.  Smith,  of  Company  B. 
Major  John  H  Horsfall  passed  the  Bo.ird  of  Ex- 
amination of  the  First  Brigade  last  Wednesuay 
evening  by  answering  84  per  cent,  of  the 
qoMStions  propounded.  The  following  non-commia- 
Bioned  officers  have  been  granted  warrants  :  Cor- 
poral James  P.   Eenwortby,  Company  A  ;  Corporal 

E.  L.  Ciapp,  Company  E  ;  Sergts.  Victor  F.  Maid- 
hof  and  William  B.  Smith,  Company  £ ;  Corporsd 
Henry  M.  Howell,  Company  F. 

At  a  meeting  vf  the  staff  ofSoers  of  the  First" 
Brigade,  on  Saturday  svenicg,  the  17th  Inst.,  Lieut. 
CoL  John  T.  Denny,  Assistant  Adjutant  Gleneral  of 
that  command,  received  aa  a  testimonial  a  hand- 
some badge.  The  trophy  is  an  enlarged  copy  of  tbe 
representative  stafi  insignia.  It  represents  tbe 
Cross  ol  the  Legion  of  Honor,  encircled  by  a  Roman 
laurel  wreath,  and  a  garter.  Upon  the  five  arms  of 
the  cross  are  the  letters    "  N.  G.  S.  iN.  T.,"  reapeo- 

tirely.  and  tbe  legtnit  "fuat  Brlgada,"  adoma  the 


garter.  The  badge  depends  from  a  '  broad  ribbon, 
which  also  bears  the  -devices  representing  tbe  vari- 
ous gra:^'cs  of  rank  held  by  the  recipient,  togetber 
with  the  titles  of  the  respective  offlcea  which  Col. 
Denny  has  filled.  Upon  the  reverse  aide  was  tho 
inscription  " Presented  to  Brevet  Col.  John  T. 
Denny,  by  his  associates  of  the  Staff  of  the  First 
Brigade,  in"  testimony  of  their  appreciation 
of  his  ions  and  faithful  service  Fob.  17.  1877." 
A  breret  commission  ot  Colonel  had  Just  been 
granted  to  Liout.  Col.  Denuy.  under  the  date  of 
Feb.  15,  1877.  Col.  Denny  was  first  appointed  upon 
_the  First  Brigade  btulf  on  Jan.  4, 1867,  asP.iymaster, 
but  four  raonlb*  later  that  office  was  abulished  bv 
the  Lf'gislatura,  aufl  he  was  then  appointed  Ord- 
nance Officer,  in  tho  annie  brigade,  on  May 
3.  18C7  ;  on  Nov.  7,  1870,  he  wsis  promoted 
Engineer,  and  on  the  retirement  of  Col.  Auttiony, 
on'Jiily  31.  1874.  he  was  appointe'd  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral and  Chief  of  Stafi" — i  position  w.iich  he  baa 
since  occupied  with  (tlunity  and  ability.  "Col. 
Denny  now  contemplates  tbe  tender  of  his  resig- 
nation, owiag  to  the  increase  of  bis  priwate  busi- 
ness, aud  it  is  probable  th.it  Major  Robert  Lenox 
Belknap,  the  present  Inspector  of  tbe  Bri.:ado, 
will  be  appointed  as  hi.'*  sncscessor. 

IfcThe  Porty-sevsnth  Regiment,  Brooklyn,  Col. 
D.  E.  Austen  commanding,  held  a  rehearsal  of  the 
drill  In  street  firing  movements,  at  its  armory,  last 
Friday  evening.  The  regular  drill  in  these  move- 
ments will  take  place  next  Friday  evenlnn.  The 
Gatiing  Battery  of  Artillery,  Capt.  John  A.  Ed- 
wards comiiaudibg,  will  drill  iu  coojunciiun  with 
the  infantry  ou  that  occasion,  and  tho  event  will  be 
an-  intereMtiuiB  one  to  military  men  generally. 
Mayor  Sehroeder  and  a  number  of  division 
and  brigade  officers  from  both  the  Firsts  and 
Second  Divisions,  have  been  invited  to  be 
present.  The  drill  will  bo  given  in  honor  of  Major 
Gen.  E.  L.  Molineux,  to  whom  Cid.  Aus- 
ten's test-book  oil  street  firing  drill  has 
been  dedicated.  /JQn  drill  will  practically 
demonstrate  the  utility  of  tbe  manual  as  far  as  the 
limited  Bocommodations  aflbrded.  t>y  the  armorv 
will  permit.  Some  cf  tbe  Brooklyn  tax-ptiyers  in 
the  WestjDivisiim,  who  have  exhibited  considera- 
ble enthusiasm  at  the  action  of  the  Supervisor  at 
large  iu  vetoing  tho  bill  providing  for  tbe  cxnendl- 
tiire  of  t30,000,  for  the  purpose  of  giving 
this  reijimcnt  a  new  armory,  have  "npua- 
reully  overlooKed  tne  lact  that  the  sum  of  (60,000 
lias  been  appropriated  lor  the  eulargeiuent  of  the 
Portland  Avenue  Arsenal,  which  wits  a  better 
bnilding  than  the  present  armory  of  this  command 
before  the  alterations  were  commenced.  Tbe  Board 
Ot  Supervisors  ot  Brooklyn  is  now  considering  the 
project  of  disposing  ot  the  armory  at  present  oc- 
cupied by  Company  I  of  this  command  at  Gruen- 
poiut,  Lung  Islandl  As  such  a  movement  would 
email  the  disbandmoni  of  the  company,  this  action 
\on  the  part  of  the  Brooklyn  officials  lacks  wisdom, 
to  say  the  least.  Becidcs,  a  movement  toward  tho 
organization  of  nnolber  company  iu  tbat  locality 
fur  this  command  has  gained  considerable  ground, 
m  which  rvont  both  companies  would  occupy  the 
same  quarters,  with  no  additional  expense  to  the 
county. 

The  right  wing  of  tho  Twelfth  Regira^nt  had 
a  drill  at  the  State  Arsenal  last  Alouday  evening, 
under  the  direction  of  Lient.  Col.  Crnger.  The 
battalion  was  equalised  in  four  companies  of  13  flics 
front.     A  feature  of  tho  drill    was  llie  rotiromenl  ot 

the  Captains  of  tho  several  cnmDauios  to  tho  line 

of  file  closers,  ieavinjj  junior  Lieutenants  in  com- 
mand,     Tbe    first   part    of    tbe    drill    included  tbe 

moTemeotiof maruhioj  in  a  culaoin  of  fours,  on 

right  into  line,  to  and  on  tbe  right  close  column  of 
uivielons.  These  luevements  were  all  well  exe- 
cuted, but  when  tho  comiiiauJaot  commenced  the 
mOTcineuta  of  ployinc  and  deploying  trom  IJ^e  into 
column  and  trooi  column  into  lino,  tho  Lieutenants 
were  generally  "at  soa."  In  many  cases  neither 
officer  appeared  to  know  who  should  command  the 
divisions,  and  confusion  resulted.  This  state 
of  affjirs  was  particularly  noticoablo  in 
tormatiou  and  deployment  of  the  double 
column.  Tho  manual  showed  a  decided  improve- 
ment ovei  previous  drills.  Oa  tho  following  even - 
ing  the  left  wing  was  drilled  lu  similar  movements 
by  iliijor  Wiison.  Tlio  same  rule  of  pUcing  tho 
oompauies  under  c  >iiimab(i  ut  Lientenauts  was 
observed,  aud  a  siin:lar  lack  of  confl  lence  aud 
knowleeic-j  ot  th<i  diiltes  ol  a  coiuiiiandaot 
were  developed.  The  stcji  ob3<"rvcd  iu  the  "col- 
umns ot  fours"  was  too  slow,  and  tho  tormaliun 
m  Biucle  rauk.^  was  "  raguodj'  The  manual  was 
not  a-«  well  executed  aa  on  tbe  prtvlous  cvenine, 
and  ceriaiulv.thu  members  ought  to  pay  more  at- 
tention to  these  detail-i.  Tho  aetion  of  tliis  com- 
mand in  allowine  Lieutenants  to  commuud  their 
compaiiifS  oconsionally,  will  bo  productive  of 
good  results  in  luturo  cxtiibilioii  parades.  Ad- 
jutant William  ii.  Miitpliy  has  received  a 
brevet  commission  for  long  and  faith- 
Jul  nervicp.  Capt.  ilnrpbv  enlisted  in  tbo  Twoifth 
R  ■gliucnt  aa  a  private,  in  Oimpaiiy  A,  on  April  Ii), 
ltGl!,aiid  accompanied  tbe  regiuiem,  to  tbe  war.  In 
Juue,  liU'ri,  ho  Was  ^iipointod  First  SiTgeant  of  his 
company,  while  tlio  rcgimt-ut  wa.s  stationed  at 
Fort  Mcllenrv,  Maryland.  After  the  regliuout  re- 
turned to  this  Ci.'y,  lie  resigned  bis  position  and 
Wiis  unaniniiiusly  lU-ctud  .Serire.Tnt  if'  Ills  coni- 
])any.  During  tlie  riots  of  ICC),  lit  wih  detailed 
Scraeant  .'dajor  of  tne  regiiuent  by  Gen.  Ward, 
tnen  Cnloiicl  of  this  cunitn.itid,  rj^iMViiig  a  lull  war- 
rant on  Oct.  3,  la73.  llo  ret:iiuen  tiiat  posn ion  un- 
til M'ly  211,  18(17.  wbcb  be  wiis  appoiiiiud  AdJuUiut 
by  Col.  Want,  aud  has  filled  that  otbiHi  ever '.•■ince. 
During  the  fir-tt  seven  yeats  of  lii.s  term  of  s.'rvice 
he  was  only  twice  absent  from  p.arado  or  dnil,  and 
one  of  thene  occasions  w;is  warranted  by  a  severe 
illness.  For  the  past  two  years  he  luis  invariably 
been  promptiv  a;,  liis  post.  Caitt.  Mnrphy  has  re- 
peatedlv  ileoliiiod  promotion  In  the.  line  of  his  recl- 
lurnt.  and  h:iM  lelust  d  tbe  |iiolf  r  of  tlobl  iidiuers' 
positions  in  this  and  other  regluieuts  in  the  divi- 
sion, pretorring  to  retain  his  place  as  Adjutant. 

AMATEVUS  IsISUl.Mr  FOR  A  PRIZE. 
The  Boston  Post  of  tlie  viSl  iu,-,t.  says  :  "  The 
grand  amateur  voohI  contest,  which,  was  announced 
some  weeks  ag  >,  took  place  last  oycniug  at  Munio 
Hull,  and  attracted  quite  an  audience  lu  witness  tbe 
first  espcriiiiont  iu  conipi^tillye  cuueerta  in  this  city. 
The  original  plan  embraced  tour  classes  of  contest- 
ants: Lady  Hbloists,  soprano^  and  contraltos;  gon- 
tleia<'n  soloist.'^,  tenors  undba.'isos;  duots  aud  trios, 
nialeor  niitod  voices,  aud  quartut  or  i,raall  chorus 
Hinging.  Owing  to  the  niiiiienius  eiisrlos  tho  last  two 
were  omitted,  aud  the  contest  was  ii.irrowed  down 
to  the  soloists,  who  utiiiiberod  1!C  in  all  classes. 
The  class  ot  uiuolc  dUM;:  wac*  i.s  diversified  as  the 
siimiTS.  It  ran  all  the  w.i.y  (rum  the  fi'iaiiiig  meadow 
ilitties  of  the  music  stoi-os  to  It.ilian  arins  of  clabo- 
rato  character,  and  ibo  coiopclitDrs  rHiiged  trom  the 
tremb.ing  tialladlst  who  gayt*  iiio  atidieuco  almost  a 
prolile  view  t.j  the  couUdcut  aud  ready  warblers  who 
uttun'ked  till)  notes  with  a  buMncsa  tb;it  was  la- 
leiidcd  to  i-arry  the  liHleners  by  storfu  and  force 
iipproval  fri'iu  thj  jumecs.  .Some  of  tliu  singers 
werii  good  cnou;;h  ;o  bo  ciij  ly.ible ;  others  were 
badtenuu::li  to  be  ridicnloiis.  Tbe  practice  ot  couo- 
trj'  schools  proved  Insiitfirierti  for  tho  demands 
ot  Music  liall,  and  ^ume  who  bad  doubtless 
paddled  very  comturtablv  lu  a  music. :l  mili- 
pood  were  unable  to  keep  tiuii  balance  on 
tho  crest  of  a  wave,  lu  several  instances  It  was 
apparent  tbat  the  ace  >iupauist  and  vocalist  could 
not  proceed  together,  and,  it  being  tbe  latter's  ia- 
uiugs,  be  or  she  was  allowed,  to  flat  without  tbe 
paib  ol  contrast.  The  basso  who  sang  •  'I'he  Bridge' 
came  near  fiuuin^  it  an  Asbtabul^  structure,  aud 
breaking  down  beloio  he  got  over.  Tlio  aiuiieuce, 
bowevei,  was  gootl  uatiirud,  though  Bometimos  con- 
fusing iu  its  nem.nstrativo  euioyment  of  delects  as 
well  a.s  excellence-',  aud  very  tew  left  befiiro  the 
!  last  note  was  warbled.  It  would  have  made  the  oc- 
casion more  enjoyable  from  a  musical  point  of  view 
bad  a  higher  stand.''.r(l  boon  adhered  loin  receiv- 
ing applications.  Oa  the  other  baud,  sumo  would 
have  lost  a  valuable  lessou  bad  tbey  not  been 
allowed  to  sec  how  saiail  ineir  parlor  and  school- 
room melodies  seemed  in  ceitaiu  coiijiinctious. 
Tub  judges  were  Mr.  B.  D.  -VUen,  of  Worcester, 
and  Messrs.  V.  II.  Jenks,  and  J.  H.  Stickney. 
Their  decisions;  which  tatished  tho  audience  even 
II  lit  tailt;d  to  do  as  miicli  for  some  ot  the  con- 
tesfants,  'were  as  follows :  In  the  first  class,  soprano, 
Miss  Katie  M.  Siudlej,  j.rizo,  souii,  '  L.'t  me  dream 
A.:;aiiy;.'  honorable  mention,  ilrs.  E.  M.  Hartley, 
aud  Mrs.  Winifred  S.  Ames,  lu  the  second  or 
tenor  class,  the  piize  was  given  to  Mr.  M.  J.  Hall, 
aud  diplomaa  to  Mr.  W.  H.  Bullard,  and  F.'  A.  Pio- 
gree.  In  the  contriiito  cla8:4.  Miss  Jennie  L.  Gor- 
ham  received  tho  prize,  and  Miss  Edith  Davis  and 
Miaa  M.  K.  Sbacklord  honorable  mentiou.  Dr. 
Hallick  was  the  chosen  basi^.o.  aud  Mer-sr.i.  W.  H. 
Hand  and  F.  E.  Smith  were  honorably  noticed.  The 
Waveiiey  Q'lartet  give  a  couple  of  pleatiug  at-lec- 
tioua  iu  good  style,  und  Mr.  J.  H.  O'Connor  cang 
'  Mr.  Brown's  Serenade,'  one  ot  Mr.  Baruaboo's 
pieces,  with  good  musical  aud  dramatic  liiu'ct." 
^ 

HE  NEVER  SKAIED  A6AT.\. 
The  Oi;den8burg  Journal  has  tbia  reminis- 
cence: "It  wasinldl6.  The  old  man,  thou  young, 
had  seen  the  boys  sk.ito.  It  appeared  so  easy  that 
he  determined  to  make  a  Sunday  trip  to  Ogdeus- 
burff,  over  the  glite  ice,  on  skates.    The  wind  was 

ulowini:  a  stiff  breeze  op  the  river.  He  walked  to 
the  lower  end  of  the  town,  put  oa  his  skates  and 
started.  At  the  end  ol  an  hour's  bard  work  he 
Stopped  to  take  an  observation  and  tumid  tbat  be 
had  gone  to  leeward  just  one  mlio,  that  is  tho  wind 
had  blown  him  up  the  river  above  tbe  town.  He 
concluded  tbat  tne_  attempt  to  get  to  Ojdeosburg 
iu  that  way  was  a  failure,  aud  be  took  ofl'his  skacua 
utterly  disgusted  aud  never  put  tbeia  on  again,  A 
few  years  later  be  was  hopefully  converted  to  the 
laith  of  John  Wesley,  and- still  lives  a  i  illat  iu  the 
church,  and  he  is  nut  so  old  tbat  he  cannot  smile, 
audi biv.  at  bis  want  of  success  with  that  Sunday's 
skate." ^ 

WAOES  IN  OEOROIA. 
The  Columbia  (S.  C.)  Z7"nio»-flero/d  prints  the 
following:  "  A  writer  aaserts  that  within  one  year 
1,700  colored  laborers  and  many  whites  have  left 
Terrefand  Lee  Counties,  Ga.,  for  the  South-west. 
Texas  agents  have  taken  many,  offering  |20  per 
month  waees,  with  quarters,  land,  and  rations. 
Tbe  waees  offered  iu  Gooritij  are  simply  starvation 
or  stealing  wages.  It  is  impossible  that  men  should 
lire  on  tbem.  Six  and  eight  dollars  per  month  for 
a  man  for  field  labor  is  lower  in  pruporuon  than  the 
wages  of  tbe  same  grade  in  Cbina.  Tue  writer  sug- 
gebts  that  when  Gov.  Smith  sends  to  Europe  lor 
laliorers,  he  send  the  scale  of  prices  with  some 
apecimena  of  the  ordinary  freadmen's  rations — oora 
bread,  hog  meat,  molasses — aud  a  pnotograph  of  the 

aoaiten'tbe  bauds  live  !&" 


£1]^AMCIAL  AFFAIRS, 


BALBS    AT  THE  ^TOCK   ttXCBA  VQB— FEB.    24, 

SAr.PB  HRFORK  THB  CALL— ID  A.  M. 
$10,000  N.tar.Cs  old,  ^00  Mich.  Ten 


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GOVTtUNMKNT  STOCKS — 10:15   AND  11:1)    \.   M. 


$4,000  U.  8,    63.  81, 

R. 112% 

10.000  U.  S.   5-20  C, 

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KIKST  BOAKD— 10:30  A.   M 
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$10,000  U.  8.  6-20  C. 

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10.000      do 12.122% 


3,000  1).  t.3.or)8.o.c.  7134 

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100 


do.. 

do 

do 

do.... 
do.... 

do 

do. 


61% 

01% 

.810.  01% 
, 01% 

61% 

6134 

61% 


24%  lOJ  II.  &.K!.Jo.Pf 20 

t;oAnt'— 1  i:  m. 

200  Del.  &  Hiid...b.c.  48%|loOC.  it  K.  J B.C.  99% 

100  do 48%  100  1).,  L.  t  W b.c.  01 

200  At.  &  racTul.b.c.   18 -.j  000  do 

1400  West.  Lu.a.c.83.  63%|500  do 

600  do 63%ilO0O  do 

06.1O  do 63%  800 

5  Adams  lix 103      800 

500  Pac.  Aiail b.c.  25%  600 

900  do 25%llOO 

•200  N.  Y.  C  t  H...I..C,  94%  2  to 

300»lich.  I b.o.  41 

100  d,-, s;H.  41 


...c. 


200  <lo 41% 

lOOL.  ,S.  &,.\1.M).c.b3.  48 
300  <lo 48% 


6I34 

61% 

62 

61% 

U2 

61% 

6I34 

61% 


OOO  do 48% 

200  00 48% 

100  111.   Cen 6I34 

50  do 52 

11,0  C.  of  >.J b.c.  10% 

&ALK.S  latOM  -J  TO    3  P.    M. 
$50,000  U.  8.  5s.    '81, 494  N.  V.  Ceii.  t  H....  94% 


do... 
do..., 

do 

do 

1400  Cht.,  Mil.  tSl.P. 

PI li.c.  47% 

200  do 1-.  47% 

700  do 47% 

400  do 47 

100  H.  &St.  J..b.c.b3.   JO 

100  do 9% 

10.yor  &E8. 801.2 

7  N.  li'.,N.H.4tll.b.c.l52% 


C 109  Vj 

2,000  VV.  U.  K.  1900.104% 

9,000  l-.6t  N.  con 92 

8,000  N.J. C.lst.con.  65 

1,0000.  &M.  '..•d 49% 

2.000  L.  St  W.  B.con.  32% 

0,000  Krii;  3il 106% 

l,l;00D.,L.tW.-.M..108 
10  Am.  fcxcli.  iianK.109 
200  Uel.  t  llud 48% 


do. 
flo.. 
do.. 


do. 
do. 


48% 
....  48% 
....  48% 
.b3.  48 
....  48 
....  4-1% 
....  48 
....  66% 
....  63% 

63% 

do 63% 

do ..s3.  63% 

.10 b3.  0384 

do 03=8 

do 86.  03% 

do 63% 

do 83,  63% 

do 63%- 

do 63% 

do 83.  63% 

25 

'25% 

do 25'b 

do 03.  25% 

do 25 

do 860.  25 

do sS.  25 

do 830.  25 

100  Mich,  ten 41% 

60  do 41 

100  do 41% 

100  do 41% 

800  do 41 

200  Alb.  t  S eOO.  70 


700 
400 
100 
100 
400 
100 
300 

6OO0.  Pac... 
200  West.  On.. 
5jO 
200 

700 

700 

500 

100 

2100 

600 

900  ■ 

2500 

100  C,  C.  0.  4i  1 

'^00  Pac.  M.ill 

300 

400 

6t.'0 

100 

2000 

100 


lO 
300 
1500 
100 
looo 
100 
100 

301  > 

15-J 

400 

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2o0  Krie  llaiiway... 

400  QO 

loo  liaae  .--hort- 


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do s3,  94% 

do 94  Uj 

no s4.  94% 

ao 9i% 

do »4% 

do O44 

do 94% 

do 94<8 

do y. U414 

.  94 
.  9334 

-  7% 

-  7% 

-  48% 

48% 

48% 

48 

63.  47% 

00 47% 

do 48 

do 47% 

do u.r.o.  48% 

d" 47% 

do b3.  47% 

iOO  North- west.  Pf .  ..51% 

100  uo .-iiag 

100  Bock  Island i)i)a. 

loo  00 y96B 

100  St.  Paul 18 

•<iO0  do 17% 

000  St.  Paul  Pf 47% 

-.400  do 

1000  Del,  L.  t  W., 

600  do 

700  do 

1000  do 

300  do 

100  H.t  Sr.  Jo. 10% 

100  U.  to  St.  J.Pt 20% 

100  di. a.)% 

IOO  do 20% 

SON.  T„K.H.  tU..163 


100 
5oO 
;)00 
300 
30U 

400 
600 
100 

LlOO 

400 


47% 
....  61% 
....  61% 
....  6I34 

61% 

61».2 


Satdudat,  Feb.  24— P.  M. 
Tbe   bank   statement   Bho(vs  a  loss   of 

$1,094,900  m  legal  tenders,  and  $2,690,700  in 
specie,  which  results  in  a  loss  ot  $2,918,700  in 
surplus  reserve,  and  tha  banks  now  hold 
$16,660,400  iu  excess  of  legal  requirements. 

Tbe  following  is  tbe  statement  of  the  New- 
York  City  banks  this  week,  compared  with  the 
last : 

Differences. 
Feb.  17.  Feb.  24.        Decrease. 

liOans $259,054,400     1353,751.700      »02.700 

Specie 32,065,600       29.374,900    2,090.700 

Legal  tenders....    45.808,200       44,713.300    1,094.91)0 

Deposits &32,G58.800      3v!9,311,800    3,347,600 

Circulation 15.554. 7U0         15,336,300  18,400 

The  Stoek  Boeoulation  to-day  waa  irreeular. 


with  wide  and  fi«qaent  fluotaations"  in  prices. 
New^ork  Central,  Western  Union,  and  Lake 
Shore  were  conspionoiisly  weak.  The  Coal 
shares  exhibited  strength  in  the  early  deal- 
ings, and  advanced,  but  subsequently  lost  the 
greater  part  of  the  improvement. 

The  entire  transactions  amonnteid  to  192;- 
347  Blares,  which  embraced  63,710  Western 
Union,  34,450  Lake  Shore,  5X5,110  Delaware, 
Lackawanna  and  Western,  15,^233  New-Tork 
Central,  14,200  St.  Paul,  12,250  Michigan  Central, 
9,759  Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal,  6,400  Pacific 
Mail,  2.670  Rook  Island.  1,400  North-western, 
1,275  Atlantic  aiwl  Pacific  Telegraph.  Hannibal 
and  S^oseph,  1,200,  and  Erie,  1.200. 

New-York  Central  was  pressed  for  sale  on 
the  reiterated  rumors  that  the  will  of  the  late 
Commodore  Vanderbilt  was  to  be  contested, 
and  thO'  threatened  renewal  of  the  railroad 
war,  and  declined  from  95%  to  93%,  with  clos- 
ing sales  at  the  lowest  point.  Lake  Shore, 
after  advancing  from  48'i4  to  49,  became 
weak  and  fell  off  to  iTVt,  subsequently  recov- 
ering to  48^1,  and  closing  at  47%.  Western 
Union  declined  trom  65  to  63\6,  and  closed  at  - 
tbe  lowest  figure.  Michigan  Central  fluctuated 
between  41=)^  and  40\^,  and  closed  at  41.  The^ 
Granger  stooks  were  firm  on  slicbt  fluctuations, 
AmouK  the  Coal  shares,  Delaware,  Laokawana 
and  Western  rose  from  60%  to  62%,  bat  after- 
ward fell  off,  and  final  sales  were  effected  at 
61%.  Delaware  and  I^uison  advanced  from 
46%  to  48^2,  and  closed  at  a  reaction  of  Mi  ¥* 
cent.  New-Jersev  Central  recorded  a  decline 
of  %  ^  cent.,  and  Morris  and  Essex  an  ad- 
vance of  "li  ^  cent  on  the  day's  transactions. 
PaSjlflo  Mail  fell  off  Me  ^  cent, 

ThiB 'Money  narket  was  eaaj,  <fh»f(fMXIff^feal' 
inse  being  at  3  4^  cent,  on  call  leans.  Subse- 
quently, under  free  offerings,  the  rate  declined . 
to  2Ms  ^  cent.  Clositig  business  wab  effected 
at  2'/fe@3  %*■  cent.  Tlie  bank  notes  received  at 
Washington  to-day  for  redemption  amounted 
to  $419,003,  making  a  total  for  the  week  of 
$3,800,000.  The  following  were  the  rates  of 
exchange  on  New- York  at  the  undermentioned 
cities:  Savannah,  buyine,  ^6;  selling,  V4  ; 
Charleston, scarce;  bujring,  \6  premium;  sell- 
ing, ^  premium;  Cincinnati  easier;  buying, 
i.i  discount;  selling,  ^premium;  New-Orleans 
commercial,  3-16 ;  bank,  V*  ;  St.  Louis,  ^  pre- 
mium ;  Cbioago,  V*  discount. 

The  foreign  advices  reported  a  decline  of  % 
^  cent  in  British  Consols  at  London,  the  clos- 
ing quotations  tor  both  money  and  the  aooount 
being  96  1-16,  against  96  3-16  yesterday.  Amer- 
ican securities  were  quiet  and  steady.  Old 
18659  closed  at  106,  1867s  at  109^®109%, 
10-408  at  108%,  and  New  5s  at  107%.  Erie  com- 
mon recorded  a  decline  of  %  ^  cent.,  closing 
at  7%.  New- York  Cenfral  was  quoted  at  95 ^fe. 
The  Bankot  England  gained£30,000  on  balance 
to-day.  French  Rentes  advanced  from  106£ 
10c.  to  106f.  20o. 

The  Sterling  Exchange  market  was  quiet,  the 
only  feature  having  been  the  light  deniand. 
Business  was  on  the  basis  of  $4  82^  ®$4  82%  for 
bankers  60-day  bills,  and  at  $4  84  for  demand. 

Tbe  speculation  in  Gold  waa  tame,  with  104  % 
and  105  V6  the  extreme  prices,  and  105  the  open- 
ing and  closing  quotation.  The  carrying  ratea 
for  Gold  loons  ranged  from  1  to  3  ^  cent.,  and 
the  borrowing  rates  from  "  flat  "  to    2    ^  cent. 

Government  bonds  were  fairly  active,  with  a 
decline  of  M'SiMi  ^  cent,  in  some  issues,  and  a 
corrosponding  improvement' in  others.  1867b, 
coupon,  sold  at  111%,  against  112^  at  the  close 
yesterday.  Currency       6s       fell       off       to 

122%,  and  18658  (Old!  to  108^4. 
New  18653  rose  to  109.  New  53  to 
to  1095fe,  New  4Mi  per  cents,  to  6V*,  and  regis- 
tered 10-408  to  109%.  Railroad  mortgages 
were  quiet,  and  as  a  rule  the  fluctuations  were 
slight.  Hannibal  and  St  Joseph  Convertible 
8s  were  a  marked  exception,  selling  at  80, 
against  83s83Mj  yesterday.  New-Jersey  Cen- 
tral consolidated  Firsts  aud  Lehigh  and 
Wiikesbarro  consolidated  were  ^  f  cent, 
higher,  the  former  selling  at  65  and  the  latter 
at  32 V4.  Erie  Third  fell  off  to  106,  and  later  rose 
to  106^2.  Otiio  and  Mississippi  Second  advanced 
from  49  to  49V4.  Lbuieville  and  Nashville  con- 
solidated were  Ms  ^  cent,  higher,  selliDir 
at '92.  Morris  and  Essex  consolidated  Firsts 
advanced  from  92  to  93.  Albany  and  Susque- 
hanna Second  declined  1  ¥  cent.,  selling  down 
ti»  91.  New- York  Central  coupon  Firsts  touehed 
llSVs.  State  bonds  were  dull.  District  of 
Columbia  3.65a  declined  to  71  Mj. 

UXITSD  STATR3  TEKABUBT,   { 

Kkw-Yguk.  Feb.  24.  1877.    J 

Gold  receipts 1403,159  60 

Goldpayments 97.308  64 

(.iuld  balance 71,9D9,9U7  95 

C iirreuo V  receipts -.      616,169  39 

Currency  payments 543.148  91 

Currency  ba lance 44,981, 911  55 

Customs 388,000  00 

CLOSING   QUOTAJIONS — FEB.  24. 

Friday.     Saturday. 

American  gold 105  105 

United  States  5s.   1881,  cunp lOgSa  I09»a 

United  Stales  5-30J.  18d-,   coup 112  Uia^ 

Kills  on    Landou..t4  82i2®£4  82%    H  82li2®|4  82»4 

New-YorU  Central 9G  93% 

Kock  Island 9D38  9308 

Pacilic  Mail iiftifl  'Jo 

Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul IT'S  l^'^a 

Milwaukee  and  St.   Paul  pref 46''(5  4T^ 

Lake  Bliore 4838  4T^s 

Cbicacoantl  North- western :w  33 

Cbicago  and  North-western  pret 51iu  Sl^g 

Western   Union 65  Caig 

Unioi:  Pacmc -*---  *'^'3  6*'3 

Delaware,  Lack,  and  Western.......  61i-j  61^ 

New-.Tersev  Centra! lOSg  1014, 

Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal 47i8  48 

Morris  aod  Esses 80  6OI3 

Panama 125  la5 

Erie 7%  768 

Otiio  aad  Mississippi 583  514 

Il^rlem m^  137 

hannibai  aodsc.  tlosooQ 94s,  1014 

llaonibaiand  .St.  Joseob  pret S212  iQia 

Micbii;an  Central 41i2  41 

lUinoia  Central 52  52 

Tbe  extreme  range  of  prices  in  stooks  and 
tbeuumour  of  shares  sold  are  a)  follows  : 

No.  of 

Hlebest.  Lowest.  b)iare;(. 

New-rnrkCentral 95^8  93%  15,333 

Harlem 137  137  200 

Kne 71%  71a  1.200 

l,ake   Shore 49  47I4  34,450 

Norlb-wesTern 33  3-.«%  300 

Niirtli-w^steru  Preferred 5158  50%  1,100 

Kiick  Iflland 99%  99  2,670 

Sill.  &  St,  Paul ,...18  17!%  900 

Mil.  &  St.  Paul  Pret ;...   47I2  4678  13.300 

Del..  Lack.  &  Western 6p!38  60  7g  20.110 

New-Jersev  Central ll^e  I0J4  500 

Delaware  &.  Had.  Canal 48 19  46%  9,7  i9 

Morris  <fe  Essex eoig  8OJ3  440 

Michican  Central 41%  40io  12,250 

Illinois  Central 52  -Jlig  850 

Consolidation  Coai 32i2  32ifl  100 

C,  C,  C.  and  1 25  31  400 

Hannibal  &  St.  Joseph 10  9  1,003 

Hannibal  &  St.  Joseph  Pf...  2058  20  200 

Western  Union 65  63i6  63,710 

A.  &  P.  Telegraph 20  18^  1.275 

PaciflcMail 2533  23  6.400 

Total  sales .192,347 

The  following  table  shows  tho  half- hourly 
fluctuations  in  the  Gold  market  to-day: 

10:00  A.  M 105     I1:00P.  M 105 

10:30  A.  M 10513' 1:30  P.  M 105 

11:U0  A.   M 10513  2:00  P.  M 105 

11:.30  A.  M 105i8l2:30  p.  M 105 

12:00  M 1047,|3:03P    M 105 

12:30  P.  M 105 

The  following  were  the  Closing   quotations   of 

Government  Boud^ : 

Bid.        Allied. 

United  States  currencv  6*. 122*9        122*^ 

United  States  6i,  188L   registered IllOs        Ill's 

United  States  63.  1881.  coaoons 112i8        I1314 

United  State*  5-2O3,  1963.   rejnatered-.lOSie        108ia 

United  States  5-2US,  1863.  coupoua ViS^        IO8I3 

United  States  5-20a  1865.  new,  teg 108%        109 

United  States  5-20a,  1865.  new,  oonp...l0858  lOS's 
United  States  5-208.  18o7,  rein8tered..lll08        lH'^s 

United  States  5-20S.  1867,  coupons. 111^^        111% 

United  States 5-20S.  1868,  reiii8terod..ll4'^8       115 

United  States  5-20a  186!i  coupons 11478         115 

United  States  10-40g,  registered. 109^8        109'''b 

United  States  10-4US,  conpons 11313        114 

Ooited  Stales  5a,  ISdl,  resutered 10938       lOJH^ 

United  StatBH  5s.  1831.  coudods 10938         1091^ 

Th%  Sub-Treasurer  disbursed  m  Gold  Coin 
$19,000  for  interest,  $39,000  for  called  bonds, 
and$6,000  Silver  Com  in  ezphange  for  fractional 
currency. 

Tne  following  were  the  Gold,  olearlngs  by  tha 
National  Bank  of  the  State  ot   New- York  to- 

doj: 

G-old  cleared 142,871,000 

Crold  balances...., 1,638,517 

Cuijt^ooy  balance* ,.. L73a,314 


g^. 


Thefiyllowiag  ui  Jba|Clssriit2-boiiM   ttat*' 
ment  to-day: 

Cnrrenev  exobanaM 175^386.791 

Cnrrettov  balsnoea 3.011606 

Gold  exohaaset 7,006.40 

Qoldbalaneaa 1.433,735 

The  foUowing  ia  tbe  weekly  Clearinf-konse 
statement: 

Ourrenoy  exebaagea 1886,740,948 

Correaoy  baiaooes 10,096,463 

Gkild  exohaneea 40,908.600 

Gold  baUnoes.... 3.574,330 

TnefoUowing  were  the  bids  for  tbe 'Tsnooji 
State  seoorities: 
▲xabamaSs,  83.. 34 


AUbama  Ss. '86 34 

ConneoUout  6s Ill  \ 

Georma^s.^ 83 

Georc:ia7s.  n.  bs lOB 

Oeorsia  7s,  indorsed.  103 
Ga.  78.  Gsld  bonds..  105% 
Illinois OOUD.  6s,  '79..10S 
Illinois  War  iioan..l02 

EenlnoxyOs 109 

Louisiana  68 38 

Louisiana 6s.  n.  bs...  38 
La.  68.  new  I'L  Okt.  38 
La.  7*.  Penitentiary.  38 
La.  68.  Levee  bonds.  38 
La.  8h.  Levee  bonds.  38 
La.8s,  L.B8.  of '75..  38 
La.  78.  Cunaolidated.  61 13 

Michigan  78,  '90 113  »s 

Uo.  6a.  due  in  TT lOO^e 

Mo.  68,  due  in  '78.... 401  is 
N.  Y.  Reff.  B.L.....101>fl 
N.  Y.  Coup.  B.  L...101ifl 
N.  X.  6s,  O.K.,  '87.. 120 
N.  Y.  68.  G.  C,  '87.. 120 
N.T.6».  G.  LoaD,'83.190 
N.  Y.  6s.  G.L'n,  '91.121 
N.  Y.  63,  G.  L'n,  '92.123 
N.  Y.  6a.  G.  L'n,    "       " 


i!r.o.68,B'.c.it.  7.AJ.  es 
N.0.6e.1f.0.B.A.&a  65 
NX;.68,do.o.ofl7.&J.  47 
X.0.6s.d0.e.oirA.&O.  47 
lf.C.68,  Fd'a  Act  '66.  18 
N.C.68,  rd'gAct.'68.  16 
N.  C.  new  bds.J.&J.  ll»l 
N.aDewbds.A.&0.  U>s 

K.C.  S.  T.  olaBSl 2>« 

Ohio  68,  '86 US 

Rhode  lalana  Vs. liO 

S.  C.6s 35 

S.  C.6s.  J.  *J 35 

S.  0.6a.  A.&0.....  35 
S.  C.  6s.  Pe  Act.  '6IL  35 
8.  o.  L.  c..*89.  J.A.f:  45 
S.  C.  L.  C..'89,A.&0.  45 

3.C.7a.    '88 35 

S.  C.  Non,  F.  bs 3»4 

Xena.  es.  old IS^s 

Xenn.  68,  n.  b...^...  4Si? 
Tenn.  6a..  n.  b.,  n.  s.  42^ 

Virginia  6*.  old 30 

Yir(mila6s.n.t>ds.'6e   31 
Virginia  08.n.bd8. '67.  31 
Va.6^.  Con.  Bonds.  78I4 
Va.  6a,  ex  mat.  coup.  66''8 
Dls.  of  C.  3.65s.  1921.    71^ 


93.193 
And  tbe  toUowine  for  railway  mortgages: 


Alb.  4b  Sua.  2d  bds..  90 
B..  C.K.&M.l8t7s.B.  39>3 
Chic  &  Alton  l8t...llO 
Chic.  &Alt.  Ineome.lOS 
L.  &  Mo..  1st  fTuar'J.  86 
C..B.&Q,84?ct.  l8t.ll3 
C.  B.  &  q.  Con.  78.  109% 
C.E.  of  N.  J.  I8tn..l05 
C.ll.ofN.  J.latCon.  64I2 
L.  &W.  B.Con.  G'd.  31ij8 
Am.  D'k  &Imp.  b..  40 
M.&S.P.2d.73-10PD.  QS^a 
M.&S.P.  Ist,  LaC.D.  97 
M.  Si  St.  P.lst  I.&D.  82 
M.&St.P.l8t.H.&D.  82 
U.&.8t.P.  l8t.C.&M.  96 
M.  &  St.  P.  Con.S.F.  83 

M.  &St.P.  2d 90 

C.&N.W.  Int.  I>d8..104 
C.  &  S.W.  Con.  bds.  104 
C.&N.W.Ext.  bd«.100 

C.  &N.  "W.lst 104 

Cblcaso  &.  Mil.  1st..  106 
Winona  &  St.  P.lst.  80 
O.,C..C.&Ll8t78.S.F108»a 

Del..  L.  &  W.  3d 107ifl 

Del.,  L.  <fc  "W.  78,  C-.lOl 
Mor.  &  Essex  Ist... 113% 
Mor.  &  Essex  9d....l00 
Mor.  Sc.  Essex  78  '71.  94 
Mor.  &  E.  l8t  C.  G...  82>e 

Erie  1st  Extended. .Ill 

Erie  3d.  78.  '83 106 

Erie  5th  78,  '88 lOOis 

K,N.r.  &:E.  lat.   "77.  91 

B.,N.Y.  &  E.  L.  bds.  90 
M.  So.  7^P'c..  Sd.... 10388 
Clev.  &  Tol.  new  bs.  107 
Clev..P.  &A..old  b8.104 
Clei.P.  &  A..new  b8.107i5 
Buf.  &E.  newb'd8..107 


Baf.  estate  Line.  7al04 
Kal.  &.  W.  Pie.  Ist..  86 
D.,M.&T.l8t  78,1906  105 

L.  a  X>iv.  bds. 107 

L.  S.  Cons,  C.  1st. ..107 
L.  S.  Cons.  R.  I8t...l07 
L.  S.  Cons.  C.  81I....  95 
Mlcb.C.Con.7s.  1902.103 
N.  Y.  Cen.  6a'83....103i« 
N.  Y.  Cen.  68,'87....103»a 
N.Y.C.&  Hnd.lst  C..115 
Hnd.B.7a2d.8.P. '85.119  ■ 

M.  Missouri  1st 99"^^ 

Ohio  &  M.  Con.  S.  1.  87 
Oen,  Pac  Gold  bd8..106»fl 

West.  Pacific  bs. 100 19 

Union  Pac.  Ist  b8...1037g 
Union  Pac.  L.  G.  78.102 

Union  Pac  S.  P 9ef» 

Pac  B.  ot  Mo.  lat...  9519 

P.R.  ofMo.  2a 87 

P.,  Ft  W.  &  C.  Ist.. 1191* 
P..  Ft.W.&  Chic.  2d.ll2 
P.,  ruW.&  Chic  3d.l04 
Clev.  &P.  C.  S.F...110 
Col..Cbic&Ind.  l8t.  30 
Alton  &  X.  H.  Ist.. .106^ 
A&T.H.2dPref..  85 
B.  *.  S.  111.  181,  8a...  88 
T..P.  &  W.lst,  E.D.  86 
T.P.&'W^.  iBt.W.  D...8513 
T.,  P.  &  W.  3d...:..  31  lu 
To!.(fe  Wab.  l8t,Ei.l02 
Tol.&VTab.ExConD.  89^ 
Tol. <t W.lst. St.L.D..  80 
r.  &  W.  Equip.  Bds  15 
T.&  W.Cong.  Uonv.  4elf 

Gt.  West.  lat.  '83 lOSlj 

Gt.  West.  3d.  '93 70 

Qnincv&Tol.lst' 90.  80 
W.  U.  bds.,  1900,  H.104% 


And  the  following  for  City  Bank  shares: 


America ,.130 

AmerlcanExcbanee.  109 
Bank.  &  Brok.  Asso.  60 

Central  :National 102 14 

Commerce 113^ 

Continental 70 

Cora  Ezcbange 125 

First  National 200 

Fulton 150 

Gallatin  National ...  105 


Manhattan 134 

Market 110 

Mecbanics' 133 

Merchants' 113 

New-York 117ij 

Park 115 

Pnenix 98 

SL   Nicbolas lOP 

Tradesmen's.... 13(> 

Union 130 


PHILADELPHIA  STOCK  PBICBS — FEB.  24. 

Bid.       Askedi 

Citv68.  New *...._. 111%       112 

United  Comoanles  ot  New-jerso.v 136  137 

PeuDsylvania  Railroad 42ie        42H 

Beading  Railroad llSg  ll's 

Lehieb  Valley  Railroad 43I4  43?i 

Catawisaa  Railroad  Preferred. 30  33 

Philadelphia  and.Erie  Railroad 10%        11 

Schuylkill  Navieation  Preferred 7  8 

Northern  Central  Sailroad. 20ia  81 

Lebieb  Navigation WSg         19^' 

Oil  Creek  and  Allegheny  Railroad....    6%  7 

HestouTllle  Rallwav WJa         17 

Central  Transportation 35  36 

The  following  is  the  Custom-house  return  of 
tbe  exports  of  specie  from  the  port  of  New* 
York  for  the  week  ending  to-day  : 
Feb.  19— Brlp  Eichc  Pnerto  Cabello— 

United  States  Gold  Coin $50,000  00 

Feb.  22 — Steamer      Pommerania.     Lon- 
don— Silver  Bars    and  MezU  , 

can  Dollars 165,000  00 

Feb.  24— Steamer  Britannic,  Liverpool— 

Mexican  Silver  Coin 12  869  4' 

Sliver  Bars 74,000  0(1 

Total «201,869  4j 

The  imparts  of  specie  were  i22  942  G^ld  coin, 

CALIFORNIA  MININ&  STOCKS. 

Sax  Francisco,  Feb.  24— The  following  are 

the  closing  official  prices  of  mining  stocks  to-day: 

Justice 13V 

Kentiick 7^ 

Leopard 6>9 

Mexican 18 

Northern  Belle 27'a 

Overman. 89 

Opbir .,   26 

Uaymondand  Bi.y 0 

dilverHiU 5J3 


Alpha. 20HJ 

Belcher 9'4 

Beat  and  Belcher....  34 


Bullion. 

C'onsol.  Vlrainls.. 
California.. 
Chollar.... 
ConHdeii  ce. 


178* 
..   49 
..  46I3 
..   05 


Caledonia. 9*4 


Crown  Point. . . . 

Excheouer- 

Gould  ana  Curry 

Bale  and  Norcross... 

Imperial...^ 

Julia  CODBOUdated... 


10 

51a 


Savajce  . 

8eg.  Belcher 

Bierra  Mevadii 

Union  CoQsolidated.. 

Yellow  Jacket 

Bureka  ConsoUdatad. 


7 
60 
7I9 

19  >a 


BANKmO  Am  FINMCIAL 


^'  THE  TEMPORARY  ROOMS  OF  THB 
New- York  Open  Board  of  Stock  Brokers,  No.  2.' 
New-street,  will  be  open  for  business  on  Monday, 
Feb.  26,  at  9:30  A.  M. 

B.  M.  NEVERS,  Preeldent. 

E.  F.  GooDWur,  Secretary. 


FOBEIGN  MARKETS. 


London,  Feb.  24—12:30  P.  M.— American  Se. 
curitles  quiet  and  steady  :  Krie  Rakway  Shares.  7  V 

IP.  M.— c^onaols,  06 >«  lor  both  money  and  thuao« 
connt.    New- York  Central,  95  hi. 

3  P.  M.— Consols,  90  1-16  Ibr  both  money  and  tbe 
ac  count. 

3:46  P.  M.— The  amount  of  bnlllon  gone  Into  the  Banlf 
of  Kiiglaod  on  balance  to-day  Is  £30,000. 

4:30  P.  &[.— Paris  advices  quote  5  ^  cent.  Bsntes  at 
lOOf.  6c.  for  the  account. 

LivsKPOoi.,  Feb.  24.— Pork  dull;.  Eastern  at  79s.; 
Weateru  at  60s.  Bacon  dull  ;  CumberlaDd  Cut  at 
37s.;  Short  Rib  at  40a 6d.;  Long  Clear  at  39a6d.;  Short 
Clear  at  4U8.6d.  Hamg— Long  Cut  dullat4iOa.  Shoul- 
dt-rs  dull  at  31s.  Beef  dull;  ladtaaiesB  at  89a;  Kxtra 
Mesa  at  103a;  Prime  Uess  at  798.  Lard— Prime  West- 
ern dull  at  sOa.  6d.  Tallow — Prime  City  dull  and  nomi. 
nalat  418.  Turpentine— Spirits  dull  at  28s.  6d.  Re- 
sia  duU;  Common  at  6b.  6d.;  Flue  at  lOs.  (id.-  Cheese 
— American  clioice  firmer  at  74s.  Lard-oil,  none  in  tha 
market.  Vlour— Bxtra  State  steady  at  2Ss.  6d.  Whuat 
—No.  1  SprinR  duU  at  10a  8d.;  No.  2  da  dull  ac 
10s.  id.;  Winter  Sonthem,  none  in  tbe  market ;  Win- 
ter Western  steady  at  10a.  8d.  Corn — Mixed  Soft  dull 
at  258.  6d.  for  old,  and  25s.  for  new. 

12  M. — Cotton — The  recelpte  of  Cotton  to-Oay  were 
11,300  bales  ;  no  American.  Paturos  opened  l-.16d. 
cheaner J  Uplands.  Low  MiddBnjt  olsote,  Februarr  and 
Marcli  delivery,  6  7-16d.:  DpUnds,  Low  Middlinc 
clause,  March  and  April  delivery,  6  7-16d.;  also  sales 
ot  tbu  eame  at  6  ld-32d.;  Opiands,  Low  AUddlins 
clause,  April  aud  May  delivery,  H'ad.:  also  sales  of  tho 
same  at  6  17-32d.;  Uplands,  Low  Mlddilm;  clause,' 
May  and  Jane  delivery,  0^1;  Uplands.  Low  Mlddlioxi 
clause,  June  and  July  delirery,  6  ll-16d  ;  Uplands,' 
Low  Uiddlins  oluuse,  July  and  Anmst  delivery.  634a.:; 
Uolands,  Low  HtddliBg  claose,  shipped  March  and' 
April,  Ball,  eV- 

12:30  P.  M.— Cotton— The  market  is  flat  and  ir. 
regular;  Middling  Uplands,  0>ad.;  MiddlUK  Orleans, 
0  ll-lOd.:  sales.  4,JU(>  bales,  including  500  bales 
for  speculation  and  export;  Uplands,  Low  Middli.ig 
clause,  February  and  March  delivery,  6  13-3:id.;  Dp- 
lands,  Low  MidUllua  clauss,  shipped  January  aod 
February,  sail  6  17-32d.;  Uplands,.  Low  Middllug 
clause,  shlDped  February  lUid  March,  aail,  6  19-32d.    : 

1  P.  M. — Cotton— Uplands.  Low  MlddlioK  clanaa, 
April  and  May  delivery,  6  9-16d. 

1:80  f.  M-—Provi8iou8— Cheese,  74a  ^  ewt  for  the: 
best  erades  of  American;  Bacon.  40b.  6d.  ^  owt.  tor 
8bort  Clear  Middles. 

2:30  P.  M.— Cotton— Futurea  firm;  Uplands,  Low, 
MidddnK  clause,  Mar  and  June  dellTery,  6  21-32d.;i 
Uplands,  Low  Middling  claose,  June  and  July  deliyery.l 
6  •.i3-32d. 

a  P.  Ai.— Cotton— The  sales  of  Cotton  to-day  Inclnded' 
2,300  baies'anierlcan. 

3.30  p.  M.— Produce— Refined  Petroleum,  14d.915d.  ^ 
callon.  Spinta  of  Petroieom,  lUd.  4i>'  gaUon.  Spirits 
ot  Tnrpentlue,  S&a.'^aSa.  Od.  ^cwt. 

8:45  f.  M.—Proyisions— Sugar,  30b.®308.  6d.  ^  owU' 

for  No.  12  Dutch  standard  on  the  spot,  and  80a®30a. 
tJd.  afloat. 

ANTWKKr,  .feb.  24. — Petroleum,  84  lat  for  fine  Pall 
American. 

A  NERVOVa  SHOPKEMPEB. 
The  Springfield  (Maas.)  Bepnlfliean  of  Wed-> 
nesday  Bays :  "  Tho  report  ttiat  several  noted 
cracksmen  have  been  seen  In  this  Ticinity,  within 
the  past  few  days,  has  frightened  lots  of  timid 
peopla  as  well  aa  some  oonservatlve  oorporattoDa, 
and  any  noise,  or  the  appearance  of  a  stranger  as 
niKht,  excites  a  host  of  ■nspicions.  Tba  meml>eral 
of  a  well-known  firm,  wbo  had  ooUeeted  a  larval 
amoont  ot  noney,  Monday,  to*  late  lor  deposit^ 
were  sitUof;  in  their  office,  late  la  the  evaning  dlsM 
ouBslne  tbe  chanoea  of  robbery,  wneh  a  poiala^ 
policeman  shook  the  back  door  to  see  if  it  WM' 
fastened.  Visions  of  robber*  were  at  once  npper.1 
mast  in  the  mlods  of  the  firm,  and  one  of  them  de. 
cided  to  keep  watcb.  At  longtb,  tiring  of  tbia,  hd 
left  the  gas  burning  in  tbe  store,  and  went  home. 
On  retiriag  he  could  not  elesp,  and  so  posted  back 
down  to  the  store,  opened  the  sate,  took  oat  tbe 
n)oney,  and  carried  it  home  with  him.  Then,  after 
exercising  such  special  vigilanoe,  Monoav  night, 
thia  same  oatitiMi*  man  want  home  laat  algbt  leav. 
ing  his  atpra  «peR,  9^  al  til*  vm^  9t  «v»r,|  , 
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NE,W  PUBLICAnONS. 


TEE^EARL  OF  SHBLBUBNE. 

^IFE  OF  Wn<I.TAM,  BABL  OF  SHELBUENE.  AFTBS- 
K  WAKD  FIRST  MABQDI8  OF  LAN>D0WNB.  With 
>  .    Extrai^tB  from  hia  PitDera  and  Correspondenoe.    By 

XoTd  Bdmcmd  Fitzxaubice.      3  vols.     London  and 

Kew-Totrk:  UagmiuiAN  &  Ca 

Hi  The  life- of  the  Earl  of  Shelbnrne,  whioh- 
fiiQTd  Ednumd  Fitzmaorioe  has  at  last  com-, 
[plated,  is  tbe  most  timely  and  valuable  of  re 
W>eiit  contcibatiODs  to  the  history  of  the  Amer  i 
Uaa  BevolutioQ.  Lord  Shelbumo  was  so  prom- 
jinent  an  actor  in  the  ocourrenoes  of  the  tim  e^ 
the  was  so  faithful  a  friend  to  the  struKgl  ing 
iColonies,  and  exercised  so  strong:  an  infl«enoe 
'ih\  shaping  the  final  issues  of  the  contest,  that 
Jthe  record  of  his  career  may  be  regarded  as  ab- 
Uohitely  essential  to  a  full  understanding  of 
'this  momentoua  period  in  our  history.  In  a  no- 
ticenOf  the  first  of  these  volumes  at  the  time  of 
its  ap.pearance  some  months  ago  it  was  stated 
that  Ift'r.- Bancroft  had  had  the  privileKe  of  ac- 
cess tAth'b  papers  upon  whioh  Lord  JFitzmau- 
rice  has  based  these  memoirs.  While  the  con- 
;|;ent8  of  tlie  volumes  are,  therefore,  not  entire- 
ly fresh  to-American  readers,  every  student  of 
our  hiatory^Tvill  be  quite  as  grateful  for  the  op- 
portunity or  investigating  for  himself  the  ca- 
reer of  this  illustrious  statesman,  and  of  search- 
ing into  the  secrets  of  the  politi  oal  movements 
2n  which  he  bOre  bo  prominent  a  part. 

The  first  volume  of  these  memoirs  took  us 
t  ack  to  the  earliest  years  of  its  subject,  which 
W^ero  spent  in  the  remotest  parts  of  the  south 
afjreland,  under  the  government  of  an  old 
grandfather,  "who  reigned,  or  rather  tyran- 
sizet  i,  over  his  own  family  and  the  neighborinp 
couni'ry."  Until  he  was  14  years  of  a^e  his  ed- 
ucation was  absolutely  neglected,  and  at  the 
Age  of  16,  as  he  himself  tells  us,  in  an  antobio- 
graphvxjftl  fragment,  iSI  had  nobody  to  teach  me 
and  everything  to  learn,  of  which  1  was  fully 
■  aware ;  but  I  had,  what  I  was  not  at  all  aware 
of,  everything  to  unlearn."  Sent  to  Oxford,  he 
jnade  some  progress  under  the  direction  of  a 
tutor  whom  he  describes  as  "  a  narrow-minded 

man,"  and  upon  this,  hia  first  introduction  to 

the  world,  he  had  the  good  fortune  to 
meet  Lord  Gran*ille,  Lord  Chesterfield,  and 
irv'^her  persons  of  distinction,  from  whom,  be- 
£av  186  they  were  •  friends  of  his  father,  he  re- 
ceiA'ed  more  attention  than  might  otherwise 
Iia^ns  been  given  him.  In  1757,  when  he  was 
lost  20  years  of  age,  he  was  an  oflEicer  in  Wolfe's 
jegiiucnt,  and  was  rewarded  with  the  rank  of 
Col%D\el  and  that  of  Aid  de  Camp  to  the  King, 
Georg-e  II.,  for  gallantry  at  Minden  and  at 
^osteTKempen.  Thus  brought  into  intimate 
connec  tion  with  the  Court,  he  was  bold  enough 
to  seize  the  opportunity,  and  in  spite  of  the 
boslilit.y  of  the  Duke  of  Richmond,  and  others 
who  were  indignant  at  his  rapid  promotion,  by 
H  single  stroke  made  hia  political  fortune.  He 
hecame  the  medium  for  the  negotiations  be- 
tween Fox  tand  L»rd  Bute  which  resulted  in 
the  overthrorw  of  Pitt.  Succeeding  to  the  peer- 
Bge  on  the  ^death  of  his  father,  Shelburne 
iwas  shortly  \  after  invitea  by  Bute,  who 
iiad  become  ''^Pilme  Minister,  to  join  hia 
administration.  He  declined  to  connect 
^ia  fortunes  'with  these  of  a  leader 
S^-hom  he  really  '  distrusted,  although  he  con- 
liiiued  to  hold  the  most  intimate  relations  with 
hiiQ.  By  the  political  intrigue  known  as  "  the 
pio  us  fraud "  Lord  Shelburne  brought  Fox  to 
Jhe  support  of  Bute,  and  throusfti  his  agency 
the  consent  of  the  House  of  Commons  was  ob- 
tained to  the  peace  ot  1763.  But  Shelbume's 
•part  m  this  transaction  secured  him  tbe  lasting 
enmity  of  Fox,  who  charged  him  with  duplicity 
in  having  secured  his  services  by  misstating 
the  terms  which  he  had  made  for  himself. 
Lord  Edinond's  statement  of  the  affair  bears 
the   impress   of   trankness,  and    does   much  to 

modify  tbe  harsh  judgment  which  has  generally 

l^een  accepfted  from  contemporary  authorities. 
B  ute's  next  movement  was  to  throw  upon 
otihera  the  responsibilities  of  ofi&oe  while  he 
tiBi  d  on  to  the  aetual  control.  In  the  reorgani- 
^ationof  the  Government  Shelburne  claimed 
the  Secretaryship  of  State,  but  he  was  com- 
pellcvi  to  be  satisfied  with  the  Presidency  of 
the  R'iard  of  Trade,  where  he  proved  so  rest- 
less an  d  intractable  that  he  was  with  difficulty 
retaine  d. 

■■  Still  another  intrigue  in  which  he  was  a 
prominv'Mi't  mover  resulted  in  the  absolute  re- 
tirement ■i)f  Bute.  Shelburne  at  the  same  time 
■withdrew  and  sided  with  Pitt  in  opposition  to 
the  Govermaent  on  the  question  of  Wilkes'  ex- 
pulsion from  tlie  House  of  Commons.  For  this 
»ot  of  poLiti<%>l  independence  ho  was  punished 
lay  the  revocation  of  his  staS  appointthent,  and 
upon  his  appeatance  at  court  theKing  absolute- 
ly Ignored  him.  Such  emphatic  disapproval  ot 
his  course  was  very  naturally  followed  by  Shel- 
■tume'a  temporary  retirement  from  public  life. 
Taking  up  his  residence  at  Bowood,  he  devoted 
himself  to  the  improvement  of  his  estate,  to  the 
enjoyment  of  tbe  society  of  the  distinguished 
men  of  letters  whom  he  gathered  around  him, 
and  to  the  collection  of  the  manuscripts  whioh 
are  now  in  the  possession  of  tbe  Britsh  Mu- 
seum, and  which  have  proved  so  invaluable, 
-tt'the  students  of  American  history.  In  1765 
Lord  Shelburne  married  the  daughter  of 
XiGTird  Granville,  and  her  naive  and 
piqvisDt  sketches  of  the  society  of  whioh 
Bhe  wnd  her  distinfuished  husband  were  the 
centri3,  as  they  were  set  down  in  her  diary, 
light  up  most  gratefully  the  earlier  part 
of  the  severer  records  of  the  political  plotting 
and  counter-plotting  to  whioh  these  volumes 
ore  in  the  main  devoted.  She  died  m  1771,  but 
tbiere  is  oo  indication  that  Lord  Shelburne 
mourned  greatly  over  her  loss,  unless  his  start- 
ing off  on  a  foreign  tour  in  company  with 
Barrd    be  taken  as   an  indication  of    his  grief. 

Meanwhile  political  events  ot  the  greatest  im- 
portance were  in  progress,  and  they  were  tak- 
ing such  a  shape  that  Lord  Shelburne's  retire- 
mt  nt  itself  contributed  to  his  political  advance- 
ment.    Through  Barr6,  hia  recognized  political 
mouthpiece,  he  earnestly  opposed  the   Stamp 
Act,  thus  exhibiting  a  degree  of  political  fore- 
Bight  not  possessed  by  statesmen  who  were  his 
geniors  m  age  and  hia  superiors  in  rank.    In 
the  course  of  time  his  fidelity  to  the  ^fortunes 
of    Pitt    met   with   the    reward   which    had 
Eo  long  been  the  object  of  his  ambition,  the 
Secretaryship  of  State,  to  which  he  was  ap- 
pointed under  Chatham.       Bat  the   physical 
Slid  mental  disability  which  overtook  this  dis- 
titiguished  statesman  caused  dissensions  in  the 
'Cav'iinet.    The  policy  of  coercion  against  the 
Col4>nies  was  continued,    and   Shelburne,  who 
i*ras  the  sole  representative  of  Chatham  in  the 
Cfove.'Timent,  was  finally  compelled  to  retire, 
foUowAed  bv  charges  of   aU  sorts  of  duplicity, 
»nd  he.ld  up  to  ridicule  in  the  famous  carica- 
ilnres  of  Gilray.    After  various  changes  in  the 
iCounoil  and  an  unsuooessful  attempt  by  the 
Duke  of  Grafton  to  form  a  Cabinet,  Chatham 
^eappearediin  public  life,  and  Shelburne  came 
^o  his  support  with  all  his  power  and  ability. 
JBut  tbe  obstinacy  of  George  III.  in  rejecting  the 
conciliatory  policy  advised  by  Chatham  precipi- 
i'-ated  the  Declaration  of  Independence  by  the 
t'^Dited  Provinces,  and  the  war  of  the  lievolu- 
fcitn  followed.     After  the  downfall   of  Lord 
ffo.rth's  Grovemment,*the  Marquis  of  Rocking- 
ham became  Prime  liinister,  with  Shelburne  as 
'one  of  his  chief  colleagues.    Prom  that  time 
Bhelhume  aaanmed  an  inoresiaixigly  prominent 
positioJi  until,  on  the  resignation  ol  Fox,  he  ac- 
cepted the  post  of  First  Lord  of  the  Treasury, 
^d  thenceforward  the  negotiations  for  peace 
Iwrith  the  Colonies  progressed  steadily  to  a  oon- 
Dlusion.    Thepr»nunent  part  which  Lord  Shel- 
bume  sustomed  in  these  tranaaotians   is  de- 
perib^d  in  detail  in  these  volumes— andthe  fuU- 
est  juBtioe  is  done  to  the  dietingaiahed  ability 


gotiation  of  treaties  whioh  recognized  the  inde- 
pendence of  the  Colonies  without  making  hu- 
miliating concessions  to  the  Continental  pow- 
ers. Shelbume's  publio  life  after  the  accom- 
plishment of  this  result  belongs  to  the  political 
history  of  Great  Britain,  and  need  not  be  traced 
here.  The  offer  of  a  step  in  the  i>eerag6,  by 
whioh  he  became  Marquis  of  Lansdowne,  did  not 
remove  him  entirely  from  active  participation 
in  politics,  although  the  dosing  years  of  hia 
life  were  spent  in  the  enjoyment  of  that  retire- 
ment at  Bowood  whioh  bad  before  proved  a 
most  effective  solace  against  the  malevolent 
■misrepresentation  and  slander  which  be  seemed 
to  possess  a  fatal  faculty  for  provoking,  and 
much  of  which  is  for  tbe  first  time  fiiUy  dis- 
pelled by  Lord  Edmond's  candid  exposition  of 
the  motives  which  governed  his  distinguished 
ancestor  in  the  important  transactions  with 
whioh  he  was  so  prominentl,y  oonneoted. 

This  rapid  sketch  of  Lord  Shelburne's  career 
indioatea  imperfectly  the  great  value  of  these 
memoirs  as  a  contribution  to  the  political  his- 
tory of  this  country  and  of  Great  Britain. 
Scattered  through  the  pages  of  these  three 
volumes  there  is  much  lighter  material  whioh 
the  superficial  reader  will  glance  over  with  in- 
terest. After  the  death  of  his  first  wife,  Lord 
Shelburne,  in  1778,  became  engaged  to  Miss 
Molesworth,  but  that  lady  "  surprised  the 
world "  by  breaking  off  the  match.  ''  She 
dined  at  his  hoase,"  wrote  Miss  Elliott  to  her 
brother  at  Berlin,  "  and  sat  at  tbe  head  of  the 
table,  and  was  seen  to  cry  all  dinner  time. 
Her  aunt,  when  she  came  home,  asked  her 
what  was  the  matter.  She  made  no  answer, 
but  ran  up  stairs  to  her  own  room,  and 
sent  La\ly  Susan  a  letter  to  tell  her 
she  had  found  an  antipathy  to  Lord 
Shelburne  and  begged  she  would  break 
oft'  the  detested  match,  whioh  was  accordingly 
done  by  showing  his  Lordship  the  letter.  He 
was  %ngry,  as  you  will  believe,  to  lose  £40,000 
and  so  pretty  a  wife,  but  put  a  good  face  upon 
it,  and  said  it  was  proper  the  ladies  should 
settle  those  matters."  In  the  following  year 
Lord  Shelburne  consoled  himself  by  marrying 
Lady  Louisa  Fitzpatriok,  thus  becoming  broth- 
er-in-law to  Richard  Fitzpatriok,  the  wit,  and 

a  oonnectioQ  of  Charles  Fox,  whose  brother 
Stephen,  Lord  Holland,  had  married  Lady 
Mary,  sister  of  Lady  Louisa  Fitzpatriok.  Tbe 
second  Lady  Shelburne  did  not  follow  the  ex- 
ample of  her  predecessor  in  keeping  a  diary, 
but  Jeremy  Beutham,  in  his  letters  from 
Bowood  to  his  father,  partly  supplies  this  defi- 
ciency. He  sneaks  of  her  as  the  "  loveliest  of 
matrons,"  and  her  sister,  Miss  Caroline  Ver- 
non, as  the  loveliest  of  virgins.  "  Both  of 
them,"  he  says,  "have  more  than  I  could  wish 
of  reserve,  but  it  is  a  reserve  of  modesty 
rather  than  of  pnde.  As  Providence  hath  or- 
dered it,  they  both  play  on  the  harpischord 
and  at  chess.  I  am  fiattered  with  the  hopes 
of  engaging  with  them  before  long  either 
in  war  or  harmony."  Later  he  writes: 
"  I  have  Just  been  playing  billiards  with 
Lady  Shelburne.  Miss  Vernon  looked  on,  but 
would  not  play,  saying  she  had  never  played 
0efores__L.almo8t  despair  of  getting  them  to  do 
tbe/^rpsichord.  The  chess  and  the  billiards 
were  her  own  proposal ;  the  harpsichord  I 
muat  beg  and  pray  for."  In  1789,  Lady  Lans- 
downe  died,  leaving  one  son,  the  Lord  Henry 
Ktty.  In  a  letter  to  Lord  Comwallis  an- 
nouncing the  sad  event.  Lord  Lansdowne  says : 
"Though  I  was  taugbt  to  expect  it  lone  before 
it  happened,  I  cannot  help  being  excessively 
stunned  by  it.  I  am  fighting  against  tbe  effects 
of  it,  as  well  as  I  can,  by  riding  and  quiet, 
with  a  mixture  of  society  whioh  Miss  Vernon 
and  Miss  Fox,  who  are  so  good  as  to  continue 
the  same  habits  as  when  Lady  Lansdowne 
was  living,  are  so  good  as  to  afford  me." 

In  our  notice  of  tbe  first  volume  of  these 
memoirs  mention  was  made  of  Lord  Shel- 
burne's attaching  Dr.  Priestley,  the  discoverer 
of  oxygen,  to  hia  establishment  by  appoint- 
ing him  Librarian  at  Bowood.  In  his  memoirs 
Dr.  Priestley  tells  us  that  he  continued  seven 
years  in  this  relation,  spending  the  Summer 
with  his  family  at  Calne  and  a  great  part  of  the 
Winter  in  his  Lordship's  house  in  London. 
"Myoflace,"he  says,  "was  nominally  that  of 
Librarian,  but  I  had  little  employment  as  such 
besides  arranging  his  books,  taking  a  catalogue 
of  them,  and  of  bis  manuscripts,  whioh  were 
numerous,  and  making  an  index  to  his  collec- 
tion of  private  papers.  In  fact,  I  was  with 
him  as  his  friend."  During  his  residence  with 
his  distinguished  patron.  Dr.  Priestley  received 
£250  per  annum,  and  upon  hia  retirement  an  an- 
nuity ot  £150,  which,  he  assures  us,  was  punct  u- 
ally  paid.  During  all  the  time  that  be  wa  a  at 
Bowood  his  literary  activity  never  ceased. 
Oratory,  criticism,  metaphysics,  moral  philos- 
ophy, and  theology  successively  eneaged  his 
pen.  At  the  same  time  he  prosecuted  tbe  scien- 
tific researches  which  gave  him  fame.  It  was 
while  at  Calne  that  he  made  the  discovery  of 
oxygen,  although  he  himself  never  recognized 
the  full  importance  of  his  own  discovery  in  its 
bearins  on  the  phenomenon  of  combustion. 
"  Lord  Shelburne,"  he  writes,  "  encouraged  me 
in  my  philosophical  inquiries,  and  allowed  me 
£40  per  annum  for  expenses  of  that  kind,  and 
was  pleased  to  see  me  make  experiments  to 
entertain  his  guests,  and  especially  foreigners. 
The  greater  part  of  the  time  that  I  spent  with 
him  I  paseed  with  much  satisfaction,  his  lord- 
ship always  behaving  to  me  with  uniform 
politeness  and  his  guests  with  respect." 

Dr.  Richard  Price,  the  theologian  and  oontro- 
veraialist-,  also  became  a  regular  habitu6  of  Shel- 
burne House  and  of  Bowood  after  the  death  of 
Lady  Shelburne  in  177L  He  was  then  48 
years  of  age.  It  was  not  until  his  fame  as  an 
author  was  established  that  he  attained  any  rep- 
utation as  a  preacher,  nature  having  denied 
him  most  of  the  physical  qualities  necessary  to 
success  in  the  pulpit.  From  tbeol«gioal  con- 
troversy he  branched  off  gradually  into  those 
inquiries  on  which  his  reputation  depends — 
financial  topics,  embracing  various  aspects  of 
life  insurance,  tbe  publio  debt,  &c.  Horellet, 
the  famous  French  political  economist,  was 
also  a  frequent  visitor  at  Bowood,  where  "  in 
the  oompanv  of  Franklin  and  Garnok  and 
Barr6  and  Priestley,  he  seems  to  have  foua4 
almost  an  equivalent  of  the  briUiant  society  he 
had  left  on    the   other    side   of  the    Channel. 

Shelbome  often  confessed  that  bis  oonnection 

•with  Morellet  was  the  turnine  point  of  hia  own 
career.  In  his  own  words,  "  Morrellet  liberal- 
ized his  ideas." 

Malesherbes,  the  distinguished  jurist,  was 
another  of  those  whom  Shelburne  visited  in 
Paris.  Writing  ol  him  he  says  :  "I  have  seen 
what  I  had  previously  considered  oould  not  possi- 
bly exist,  a  man  absolutely  free  from  fear  and 
hope  alike,  yet  full  of  life  and  wamith.  Noth- 
ing m  the  world  can  disturb  his  repose;  he  lacks 
nothing  himself,  and  interests  himselt  actively 
in  everything  good.  I  have  never  been  so  pro- 
.foundly  struck  by  any  one  in  the  course  ot  my 
travels,  and  I  feel  sure  that  if  I  ever  accomplish 
anything  great  in  what  remains  of  my  life  I 
shall  do  so  encouraged  by  my  recollections  of 
M.  De  Malesherbes." 

Mirabeau  and  BomUly  were  also  among  the 
visitors  at  Bowood.  This  story,  which  Bonully 
tells  of  Mirabeau,  indicates  how  untrustworthy 
"histonoal"  facts  may  sometimes  be  :  "  Mira- 
beau was  fond,"  he  says,  "  of  bitter  oontjover- 
sies  in  conversation  with  celebrated  men.  He 
wrote  me  a  letter  while  I  was  on  circuit  in  1785, 
in  which  he  gave  me  a  very  detailed  account  ol 
a  dispute  which  he  supposed  himself  to  have 
had  with  Gibbon,  tbe  historian,  at  Lord  Lans- 
downe's  table,  in  whioh  he  expressed  himself 
with  so  much  violence  that  he  seems  m  some 
degree  to  admit  that  he  was  to  blame.    The 


that  he  never  had  any  such  dispute  with  Gib- 
bon, and  that  at  the  time  when  he  supposed  it 
to  have  taken  place  Gibbon  was  actually  re- 
siding at  Lausanne. 

The  celebrated  Dutch  physician,  lugenhousz, 
was  another  well  known  figure  in  Bowood  so- 
ciety. Apart  from  his  writings  and  discover- 
ies, Ineenhousz  deserves  to  be  remembered  as 
one  of  the  first  scientific  men  of  the  day,  who 
devoted  his  attention  to  the  overthrow  of  tbe 
popular  delusions  on  the  subject  ot  health.  He 
IS  said  to  have  anticipated  the  saying  attributed 
to  an  eminent  modem  statesman  that  "  dirt  is 
matter  In  a  wrong  place."  A  chapter  in  one  of 
his  works  is  devoted  to  combating  the  popular 
delusion  which  once  held  sway  among  school- 
masters that  it  was  healthful  to  inhale  the 
air  which  had  passed  through  the  lungs  of 
pupils  or  others  in  a  crowded  room,  and  that 
the  windows  should  be  closed  to  facilitate  the 
operation.  Shelburne  used  to  say  that  he  al- 
ways believed  jBentham  to  be  the  most  good- 
natured  man  in  the  world  till  he  made  the  ac- 
quaintance of  lugenhousz.  The  social  charms 
of  the  learned  physician,  however,  were  not; 
however,  shared  by  his  wife,  who  seems  to  have 
been  a  modem  Xantippe.  The  fact  that  they 
usually  lived  apart  gave  the  opportunity  for 
perpetrating  a  hoax  upon  the  long  suffering 
Doctor,  for  whose  benefit  one  of  the  guests 
at  Bowood  forged  a  letter  announcing 
that  Madame  would  shortly  arrive  at  the 
house.  The  Doctor  at  once  took  steps  toward 
leaving  it  himself,  and  was  only  prevented 
from  actually  departing  by  a  frank  confession 
on  the  part  of  the  author  of  the  letter.  lu- 
genhousz was  also  famous  as  an  operator  of 
inoculation  agaiust  small-pox,  and  by  some  he 
was  believed  to  have  had  a  right  prior  to  that 
of  Jenner  to  be  called  the  discoverer  of  vac- 
cination. Indeed,  the  story  ran  that  he  was 
the  real  discoverer,  w^,  entirely  careless  of 
fame  or  unaware  of  the  importance  of  his  own 
achievement,  he  communicated  it  to  Jenner 
without  reserving  any  right.  Tbe  two  Doctors, 
according  to  popular  report,  went  to  a  farm- 
bouse  near  Calne  and  persuaded  a  farm 
servant  to  allow  herself  to  be  vaocinated.*'yh6 
woman    used     to     relate     how      her      friends 

expected  her  to  have  swollen  suddeDly 
or  to  have  fallen  down  dead  as  a  pun- 
ishment for  allowing  this  strange  foreigner  to 
experiment  on  her.  None  of  these  fatal  con- 
sequences ensued  ;  the  farm  servants  lived  to 
an  advanced  old  age  ;  the  experiment  succeed- 
ed and  the  eflSciency  of  vaccination  was  estab- 
lished. To  this  rather  apocryphal  story  Lord 
Edmund  adds  the  siguineant  comment  Credat 
JiidfBus  appella.  Other  distinguished  charac- 
ters of  the  last  century  appear  in  the  pages  of 
these  notable  volumes ;  but  the  interest  in 
those  who  have  so  lone  since  passed  away,  as 
well  as  in  the  historical  eveuts  which  are  here 
recorded,  is  noj5..eo  remote  that  these  memoirs 
are  not  likely  to  p-^ss  beyond  the  keeping  of 
students  or  the  shelves  of  libraries. 


O'MAHONY  MD  FEMANISM. 


L}.iftfi  iMk  d^flpJaafld  aa  ft  dinlfimattot  bv  tha  ga  ■ 


AUTHORTZED  RRPORT  OP  THK  THIR'l  CHURCH 
CO.NQk.KSS  is  THE  U.NITF.D  ST.\TE.s,  held  in  Bos- 
ton Nov.  14,  15,  IC,  i»na  17,  1876.  ^ew•york:  T. 
Whittakbr,     8vo,  pp.  aOS. 

.Reports  of  religious  and  secfilar  doings 
are  proverbially  hard  reading.  The  sparkle  of 
thought  and  the  persouaiity  of  tho  man  are  not 
always  present  to  the  reader.  But  those  con- 
gress reports  are  different  in  their  character 
from  the  lumber-room  class  of  literature,  and 
were  prepared  m  the  berpnning  quite  as  much 
for  the  reader  as  for  the  hearer.  The 
two  reports  which  have  preceded  this  marked 
a  new  venture  in  tho  Episcopal  Church,  the  at- 
tempt to  bring  the  Church  and  laity  of  a  nat- 
urally conservative  relicious  body  into  closer 
and  better  contact  with  tho  thouijht  and  life  of 
to-day.  and  the  seconu  report  has  been  said  not 
to   suffer  by    comparison   with    those    iinnually 

published  by  tbe  English  Church  Congress  ; 
but  the  present  report  of  the  Boston  Congress 
is  better  than  tho  two  preceding;,  bocauao 
the  subjects  discussed  in  the  congress  wore 
more  vital  ami  wide-reaching.  In  faot, 
here  is  to  be  found  discussions  of  so- 
cial questions  by  some  of  the  most 
thoughtful  and  competent  clergy  and  laity  in 
this  Church.  The  essjjys  upon  "'The  Preven- 
tion and  Cure  of  Drunkenness,"  with  tho  sub- 
sequent s^ieeches,  strikes  us  as  meeting  the  dif- 
ficult points  of  this  social  problem  better  th. -in 
much  of  the  ardent  spuecb-makiag  on  intem- 
perance, and  the  same  may  be  said  m;  regard  to 
tbose  upon  the  "MoraU  ot  Politics."  If  they 
do  not  clear  up  present  diffiruities  in  the  na- 
tion's life,  they  point  out  in  what  spirit  we  are' 
to  meet  them,  and,  what  is  better,  they  show 
a  squarcne.os  and  fairness  in  stating  what  men 
honestly  think  on  political  questions  which  is 
as  refreshinE  as  it  is  rare.  The  subject  which 
is  treated  with  the  most  thoroughness  in  this 
report  is  "The  Relation  of  the  Episcopal 
Church  to  Freedom  of  Religious  Thought." 

Dr.  Washburn's  essay  on  this  topic  is  one 
of  those  free  outbursts  of  manly  thinking 
which  set  the  reader's  mind  all  aglow  with 
quiokened  thought,  and  tho  speech  of  a  Boston 
lawyer,  Mr.  John  C.  Ropes,  on  the  layman's 
position  and  freedom  ia  tho  Episcopal  Church. 
is  an  Instanae  ot  outspokenness,  and  of 
truth-speaking,  too,  which  is  too  seldom 
known.  Indeed,  all  throush  this  report,  you 
are  surprised  at  the  freedom  with  whieh 
important  subiects  are  handled,  without  run- 
ning into  that  wildness  of  statement  whioh 
cheapens  thought.  It  ia  not  common  to  find 
religious  publioations  in  which  what  does  not 
make  for  tbe  dominant  creed  is  tolerated,  but 
in  this  report  men  write  or  say  what  they 
think,  and  the  short-hand  reporter  has  -given 
every  word  uttered.  The  result  is  a  volume 
which    goes    much    beyond    tbe     Episcopal 

Church,  and  sbows  what  many  of  our 
best  minds  are  thinking  upon  leading 
religious     ,  and       social       matters.  Other 

subjects  discussed  are  "The  Place  of  Art  in 
Christianity."  "The  Relation  of  our  Present 
Knowledge  of  Non-Christian  Nations,  their 
M«rals  and  Religions,  to  Foreign  Missions," 
"  Secular  and  Religious  Education,"  "'  Tho 
Adaptation  of  Episcopal  Services  to  the  wants 
of  the  People,"  and  "  The  Connection  of  R«sd- 
vals  with  Christian   Nurture."     The  latter  sub- 

jeot  seems  to  be  less  adequately  treated  than 
the  others,  but  as  a  whole  the  volume  is  one  of 
the    most    sugg«stlve  and  interesting,    in    the 

range  of  thoughttul  discussion,  with  which  we 

have  met  for  some  time.  It  shows,  at  any  rate, 
that  considerable  active  thinking  went  into 
this  Boston  Cengress,  and  that,  while  its  mem- 
bers did  not  change  the  doctrines  or  polity  of 
their  Church,  they  contributed  very  much  by 
these  statements  ot  personal  convictions 
toward  a  better  and  truer  way  of  looking  at 
secular  and  religious  matters. 

YTAGES  Iti  THE  OOVNTRY. 
The  Springfield  (Mass.)  Republican  of  tbe  21st 
inst.  says :  "  Farmers  In  tbe  vicinity  ot  Springfield, 
who  hired  first  class  help  last  Sammer  for  fl8  per 
moBth  for  seven  or  eight  months,  are  expecting  to 
hire,  tbe  coming  season,  for  $15  or  $16  per  month. 
The  farmAre  in  two  or  three  l»rG;o  dairy  towns  on 
tbe  bills,  who  always  have  the  name  of  paying  more 
than  any  others  in  tbe  State,  will  nrobabty  give  an 
advance  on  the  attove  figures ;  but  even  here  tke 
decline  in  tbe  priee  of  milk  and  cheese  during  the 
past  year  wilt  neoessitate  some  redaction.  Tbe 
prices  for  good  female  help  in  tbe  country  will 
probably  be  about  fS  per  week,  or  tbe  same  as  last 
year.  The  managers  of  the  Union  Relief  Associa- 
tion are  planning  to  go  quite  extensively  into  the 
boainess  of  furnishing  both  male  and  female  help 
for  farmers  and  others  living  in  the  eountry.^' 

KILLED  BY  A  BUNGLING  DENTIST. 
A  teleeram  from  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  19th  inst., 
to  tbe  St.  Louis  Globe- Democrat  says :  "  On  Satur- 
day last  a  fanner  named  J'tbnson,  re<iiding  near 
Troy,  Kan.,  visited  a  doctor  in  that  town  for  the 
purpose  of  bavins  a  tooth  extracted.  The  opera- 
tion was  petfoiytned,  out  Johnson's  .Jaw  was  broken 
in  the  attempt. "  Ee  started  for  home,  anticipating 
no  aerioas  results,  but  during  the  niKtat  hia  Jaw  and 


neck  sweUed  so  much  that  yeaterdav  v^TX>\t> 
Toaosk  a.TixMrduiarjr  ciroomataaoeb  howeveri  ia  JL  choked  to  deattk" 


HONORED  IN  DEATH,  BUT  NEGLECT- 
ED IN  LIFE. 

THB     "skirmishing"   RABBLE   TRADING  OS 
THE     GOOD   NAME    OF^AX   HONEST  MAN 

THK    RECORD    OF   (filSH   PATRIOTISM 

CARDINAL  CULLEN  DNWITTINGLY  PLAYS 
I XIV  1'HE  HANDS  OF  THE  CHATHAM- 
STREET  O&NO. 
By  the  death  of  John  O'Mahony  the  once 
noisy  and  not  to  be  despised  Fenian  Brotherhood 
lost  tbe  one  man  whose  unsullied  name  and  repute 
aa  a  scholar  and  a  gentleman  gave  an  air  of  respec- 
tability to  the  organization.  It  Is  true  that  at  tbe 
time  of  hie  death  the  organization  In  this  City 
had  dwindled  down  to  abont  200  roemberi,  ana  that 
the-''8o-ea]led  "  Conncil  "  consisted  of  O'Donovan 
Rossarand  a  few  needy  followers,  who,  on  the  death 
of  John  O'Mahony,  elected  him  to  the  di8tinj;ai8hed 
office  of  "  Head  Centre  "  of  a  body  which  has  not 
an  atom  of  influence  outside  tbe  bar  rooms  in 
the  violnity  of  Chatham-square.  As  a  contribu- 
tion to  a  history  of  tbe  latest  rise  and  final  col- 
lapse of  the  "liberation  movement,"  the  develop- 
ment of  a  new  and  highly  profitable  scheme  known 
as  "  the  akicmishin);  "  plot,  together  with  some  ac 
count  of  that  scandalous  dodce  to  raise 
money,  The  Times  devotes  a  lltUe .  space. 
■When  John  O'Mahony  organized  Jhe  Fe- 
nian Brotherhood  in  thu  country  in  1858, 
there  existed  a  very  strong  feeling  among  what 
may  be  termed  Irish  patriots  that  the  time  was 
come  to  '•strike  a  blow."  Many  were  dissatisfied 
that  the  opportunity  wasr  lost  ^hen  England  went 
to  war  with  Russia,  and  the  negotiations  whiob 
took  place  between  Mitchell,  O'Mahony  and  Dohe- 
ny,  on  behalf  ot  their  "patriot"  countrymen,  and 
the  Russian  Ambassador  at  Washington,  gave 
promise  at  one  time  of  great  results;  bat  the  sud. 
don  termination  of  the  Crimean  War  put  an  end  to 
the  negotiatiom.  This  led  O'Mahony  to  make 
great  efibrta  to  organize,  in  this  country,  what  was 
afterward  known  as  the  Fenian  Brotherhood.  That 
he  succeeded  io  partially  accompll^'hinK  his  aim 
must  be  ooncnded;  that  he  lamentably  failed  as 
a  leader  of  men,  to  say  nothine  of  hia  childlike  in- 
capacity  to  read  character  and  to   Judge  under-bred 

plotters  with  whom  he  was  surrounded,  the  fiasco 

of  "  The  Moffic  Bouse"  and  the  miserable  life  he 
led  for  10  years,  ending  in  death  accelerated  by 
poverty,  amply  testify.  Certainly,  at  one  time  tho 
Fenian  movement  looked  formidable,  and  when 
"  Tbe  Motfat  House"  was  in  fall  blast  and  tbe  ora- 
tors of  the  party,  like  Moloch  in  tho  Pandemonium 
Parliament,  bellowed  for  immcdiato  war,  when 
money  poured  into  the  coflers  of  "the  general 
fnnd,"  timorous  people  in  England  began  to  quake 
and  hopeful,  sangnlne  people  la  Ireland  to  expect 
speedy  deliverance.  It  would  be  useless  to  point  to 
tbe  Indicrous  results  of  all  this  expenlitnre  of 
money  and  .talk.  Tbe  movement  collapsed 
us  much  by  reason  ot  the  action  of 
the  low-minded,  susolcloas,  and  selfish 
men  who  were  admitted  into  the  councils  of  "  the 
leaders,"  as  from  the  inberent  weakness  of  the 
cause.  An  Irish  paper,  published  in  this  City,  the 
I fith  Citizen,  may  be  accented  as  a  fair  witness  on 
this  point,  and  from  an  article  on  tbe  death  of  John 
O'Mahony  the  tullowing  ma}-  be  quotod  : 

''  Snapped  in  twain,  and  we  were  further  than 
ever  from  liberty.  No  one  man — ou  he  John 
O'Mahonv  or  William  K.  Iloberts,  B.  Doran  Eillian 
or  P.  J.  Meeban — is  responsible  for  that  snappintr. 
That  tell  enemy  of  our  race,  dinoord,  crept  In  with 
Itc  myriad  fauss  and  wound  tbeui  aronnd  our  lead- 
ers, imbniug  tbem  with  its  poison,  and  setting 
them  at  each  otber'a  throats.  Here,  above  the  hal- 
lowed grave  sf  Jobn  O'Manonj-,  the  truth  must  be 
told,  and,  altbougb  wo  blush  to  write  It,  this  is  the 
very  truth.  Good  and  true  men  clung  to  eiich  por- 
tion ot  the  ladder  bv  which  we  were  climbing  to 
freedom,  but  each  portion  frll  tar  short  of  the  mark, 
and  in  the  madness  of  despair  mistakea  werr  made 
and  crimes  cnmmitted,  which  wo  all,  thank  God, 
have  now  comtuun  seuao  euuu;;h  to  sbo,  admit,  and 
deplore  " 

Id  1S66  O'Mahony  retired  from  the  Ilead  Centre- 
sblp,  and  be  was  succeeded  by  tbe  redoubted  James 
Stephens,  who  now  lives  and  plots  silU  in  Paris. 
Whatever  may  ba  said  of  John  O'Mahony  now, 
there  is  no  dts^uiiinc;  tbe  fact  that  at  tbe  timo 
of  his  rutiremeut  he  was  assailed  wirb  bmtal  vio- 
lence, ami  by  tbn  very  men  who  did  bim  so 
much  "  honor"  during  the  period  hh  body  "lay  in 

state."  Tttat  John  O'Mahonv  left  the  movement  a 
poor  man  tho  e.ircumstaaces  iiuUer  whioh  he  lived 
dnnng  the  closiii!;  years  of  his  hie,  and  the  abso- 
lute miiiery  ot  Ji<8  death-bed,  amply  testify. 
Tba  ..  same  cannot  be  sai<l  of  some  of 
his  compatriots.  When  lho_  I'tiniaa  Brotherhood 
broke  up,  it  dragged  on  a  miserable  existence,  and 
at  tbe  present  time  does  not  number  much  more 
than  200  members  in  ibis  Citv.  All  the  respectable 
elemuuts  of  the  original  organization  have  been 
eliminated,  and  there  remains  nothing  but  the 
pig-tag  and  bob-tail  of  tho  body.  About  two 
voars  ago  the  now  "Head  Ccnire,"  Jeremiah 
J)oaDvau,  oommonlv  known  as  "O'Donovan  Rossa," 
Hiortod  what  he  called  "  Tho  Skirmishing  Fnnd." 
People  were  asked  to  send  in  their  aubscnptions 
furparposea  which  wore  very  vaguely  put.  What 
form  the  "skirmishing,"  was  to  take  no  one  seemed 
to  know,  and  it  Is  now  only  too  clear  that  the 
whole  fccbeme  will  speedily  end  in  the  mone^-  sub- 
scribed by  the  poor  dupes  buing  skirmished  away, 
but  not  in  Ireland.  Many  thousands  of  dollars  have 
been  subsuribod,  and  although  there  have,  from 
time  to  lime,  aiipeared  ardent  appeals  to  thu  "  lead- 
ers '  of  toe  movement  to  strike  a  blow  at  tho 
foundations  of  British  Monarchy,  no  blow 
bas  been  struck.  Nothing  has  been  done, 
if  the  sending  to  England  and  Ireland 
a  ready -tongued  orator  to  speak  against 
the  Home  Rule  movement  be  excepted,  and 
no  accounts  have  ever  been  given  of  the 
disposition  of  the  funds.  The  result  is 
tbe  utmost  dissatisfaction  prevails  among  the 
better  class  of  Irishmen  in  this  country.  They 
have  one  by  one  withdrawn  from  tbe  organization, 
and  reiusu  to  consort  with  the  persons  now  so 
closely  identified  witu  the  Chatham-street  "  Fenian 
Brutherhood," -and  the  scandalous  "skirmishing 
lund."  A  wtiole  host  of  names  could  bo  given 
of  gentlemen  who  have  acted  thus,  and 
the  names  of  gentlemen  of  exceptionally  simple, 
gullable  natures,  on  whnui  tbe  breath  of  suspicion 
bas  never  rested,  ana  who  siiil  coojort  with  the 
••patriot"  adventurers,  oouiu  be  counted  on  onie 
hand. 

Tho  death  of  O'Mahony  reduces  the  number  of 
the  prominent  men  whose  names  are  ideniifled  with 
the  '48  movement  in  Ireland.  Few  of  them  how  re- 
main. Sir  Charles  GavaQ  Duffv  has  risen  to  a  dis- 
tinguished position  in  Australia  and  has  accepted 
knighihQod  from  thu  Queen  of  England.  Pat- 
rick James  Smith  ^  member  of  Parliament 
for  West  Meatb.  lliebard  O'Gorman  made  "  pa- 
triotism" pay  handsomely  in  this  country,  John 
Savage  is  Clerk  ot  the  Marino  Court,  ana  Jamse 
Stephens,  aa  has  been  already  stated,  still  plots 
treason  in  I'aris.  It  must  be  stated  to 
the  credit  of  O'Gorman  and  Savage  that 
but  for  them  O'Mahony  migbD  have  died  of 
actual  starvaiioD.  The  "sliirmisbing  men"  bad 
pleuty  of  funds  to  inuke  a  spliuter  and  a  thorough. 
]y  "patriotic  "  palaver  over  tho  dead  body  of  "  ibe 
great  hero,"  but  til ey  had  not  a  cent  to  give  bim 
while  alive.  It  has  been  said  that  0  Mauony  was 
too  proud  to  accept  charity  from  any  body  of  men, 
and  thifi  is  probably  true,  but  there  are  many  ways 
Ot  considerate  relief  which  might  snggest'  them- 
selves to  a  thoughtful,  sympathetic  man.  bucb  a 
phenomenon  did  not  form  one  of  the  "skirmishing 
gang." 

The  action  of  Cardinal  Culleu  m  refusing  to  allow 
tbe  body  of  O'Mahony  to  ho  m  Stste  in  Dublin 
Cathedr.il  is  stue  to  be  hailed  with  pleasure  by  the 
Fenians  in  Ireland,  and  the  large  aeotiun  of  very 
advanced  Nationalists,  who  despise  tbe  Home 
Rulers.  Between  the  '  two  great  parties  a  bit- 
ter feud  has  been  waged  for  years. 
Kr.  P.  I.  Smyth,  Member  of  Parliament  for 
Westmeatb,  who  is  recoguizod  as  a  typical  repre- 
sentative of  the  Nationalists  In  Parliament,  has  de- 
nounced Mr.  Butt,  M.  P..  the  "  head  centre  "  of 
the  Home  Bnleri,  as  a  charlatan,  a  political  quack, 
and  something  worse.  Butt  has  retaliated  by  de- 
nouncing Smyth,  Ills  old  personal  Iriend,  as  an  Im- 
practicaulo  dreamer,  and  their  respective  followers 
have  waged  unrelenting  war.  Cardinal  Cullen 
has  coquetted  with  the  Home  Kule  faction, 
and  now  that  it  has  grown  in  strength,  and  become 
an  importaut  factor  in  the  party  combats  in  Parlia- 
ment, bis  Eminence,  it  is  imderstoud,  ia  scheming 
to  nse  it  as  a  means  for  carrying  out  hia  educational 
and  ecclesiastical  scnemes  in  the  House  of  Com- 
mons. By  thus  denouncing  John  O'Mahony  and 
the  cause  tor  which  he  longnt,  he  only  conflrma  tbe 
enmity  of  a  faction  which  already  hate  him  heart- 
ily, while  ho  secures  tbe  allegiance  of  tbe  Home 
Rulers..  His  action  wiH  cause  redoubled  efforts  to 
be  made  in  turning -the  public  fnueral  to  political 
account.  This  notoriety  js  Just  wbao  the  feeble  and 
expinng  Fenian  faction  mosc  earnestly  desire.  Its 
representatives  Will  pose  in  the  character  of  perse- 
cuted patnots,  and  a  ficticious  importance  will  be 
given  to  their,  "  mission." 

A  NEir  BAILROAD  WAH  TBREATENED. 
The  Chicago  Tribune  of  the  22d  instant  says: 
"Information  was  receiv  ed  here  yesterday  con- 
firming tbe  ramoTS  which  have  prevailed  during 
the  last  two  weeks  that  the  roads  leading  East 
from  St  Louis  are  cutting  tbe  rates  to  tbe  Eastern 
seaboard  to  snob  an  extent  that  the  Chicago  roads 
have  no  posstlile  chance  of  competing  with  them, 
and  Eastern  shipments  via  Chicago  have  almost 
entirely  ceased.  Grain  is  taken  from  East  St. 
Louis  to  Baltimore  at  32  cents  per  100  pounds. 
From  St.  Louis  to  New- York  the  rate  is  now  30 
cents.  Com  from  St.  Louis  to  Toledo,  a  distance  of 
468  miles,  is  taken  al  10  cents.  From  Chicago  to 
Baltimore  the  rate  on  grain  is  SO^a cents;  from 
Chicago  to  New-7ork,  35  cents:  and  from  Chicago 
to  Toledo,  15  cents.  Under  such  cireom- 
atances    it    can    easily    be    seen      that     Chicago 


ledo  and  Wabuh  and  other  orou  lines  alsa 
take  fireighta  at  largely-rednoed  rates.  It  has  here- 
tofore been  stated  that  a  similar  ntate  of  afiairs  ex- 
ists on  West-bound  business.  The  Baltimore  and 
Ohio  and  St.  LoniB  roada  aregiviog  such  rates  to 
Baatem  abippers  on  California  business  as  to  make 
the  Iowa  pool  line*  of  thla  olty  squirm.  So  for  no 
attempt  has  been  made  by  tbe  roads  leading  Eaat 
ttam  Chicago  to  cbeok  this  state  of  afibira  and  to 
prevent  Chicago  busineM  from  being  diverted  into 
other  channels.  The  PennsvlvaBla  and  Baltimore 
and  Otiio  Railroads  like  this  state  of  afiGsirs  exceed- 
ingly well,  and  •will  do  nothing  to  have  it  stopped. 
Tney  have  excellent  connections  from  St.  Louis 
ana  otner  South-western  points,  and  it  matters 
but  little  to  them  whether  the.v  get  tbe 
business  that  way  or  -via  Chicago.  But  mnch  sur- 
prise IB  expressed  In  railway  oirolei  that  Vander- 
bilt  allows  Scott  and  Garrett  to  outwit  him  in  such 
a  way  and  direct  the  btisiness  to  points  from  which 
he  has  no  earthly  show  of  getting  anythin]:.  The 
indications,  however,  are  that  vanderbilt  Is 
beginning  to  realise  the  sitnfltion.  Tho  Lake  Shore 
and  Michigan  Southern's  action  in  regard  to  the 
foreign  through  rates  was  undoabtedly  instigated 
by  bim.  Thateeling  in  railway  circles  Is  very  war- 
like, and  the  probabilities  are  that,  if  no  satisfactory 
oomprolnlse  ia  effected  at  the  managers'  meeting, 
whiob  will  be  held  In  New- York  on  the  27th,  the 
war  of  last  year  will  be  renewed  with  increased 
•vigor,  and  rates  will  go  down  again  to  tho  low 
flaures  of  last  Summer." 

EDUCATION  IN  EGIPT. 


tirely  overcome;  and  in  the  interest  of  tbe  people, 
already  taxed  to  the  extent  of  their  ability  to  pay, 
It  is  claimed  that  che  traveler  bimself  should  be 
made  to' take  a  larger  share  of  them.  The  griev- 
ance is  more  serionsly  felt,  because  it  baa  been 
brought  home  to  several  towoa  whose  roads  are  in 
exceptionally  good  condition,  and  whose  offloera 
have  exhausted  all  reasonable  precautions  to  »9oare 
the  safety  of  public  travel." 

CRUELTY  TO  A  NURSE. 


PRIMARY  ARAB  SCHOOLS— A  PEEP  INTO  A 
CAIRO  SCHOOL — WHAT  IS  TAUGHT  THK 
PUPILS— THE  GENERAL  SYSTEM  OF  EDU- 
CATION. 

From  the  Saturday  Etview. 

There  are  at  present  140,977  pupils  under  in- 
struction. Ot  these  111,803  are  in  primary  Arab 
schools,  15,335  in  those  attached  to  mosques,  1;3S5 
are  educated  by  Goremment,  8,961  by  missions  and 
religious  communities,  aad  3,960  in  the  municipal 
schools.  There  are  only  two  female  schools  returned, 
those  started  by  the  Kh6dive;  but  in  the  Copt  and 
mission  schools  little  girls  may  be  foimd,  though 
very  few  Indeed — a  mere  drop  in  tbe  ocean  of  ignor- 
ance. It  will  easily  be  seen  that  the  primary  Arab 
schools  educate  more  than  two-thirds  of 
the  children,  and  that  they  consequently  are  of 
the  first  interest  to  any  one  anxious  for  the  improve- 
ment of  the  national  culture.  Unfortunately,  they 
seem  to  exist  only  In  order  to  impart  a  parrot-like 
acquaintance  with  the  text  of  the  Koran.  For  this 
purpose  only  have  they  been  endowed  by  pious 
people.  Any  one  fresh  from  seeing  an  intant 
school  In  England  would  feel  a  sense  of  ntter  be- 
wilderment In  entering  one  in  Cairo.  Everything 
is  topsy-turvy.  'The  children  read  and  write  from 
left  to  right,  and  even  begin  to  learn  their  sole  les- 
son-book, the  Koran,  backward,  because  the  latter 
chapters  are  easier  and  more  important.  The  con- 
sequence is  that,  after  a  few  visits  to  Arab  schools, 
one  cannot  helo  a  feeling  of  surprise  when  a  child 
sneezes,  or  shows  that  he  is  changing  his  teeth  at 
the  same  aire  as  a  little  European. 

One  primary  school  in  Cairo  is  well  worth  having 
a  peep  into.  'You  open  a  door  in  the  street,  and 
find  a  room  abont  10  teet  square.  It  is  below  tbe 
level  of  tbe  road,  and  lofty  for  its  size.  A  grated 
window,  high  up,  gives  a  dim  lizht;  but  a  flood  of 
sunshine  comes  in  at  the  open  door,  and  strikes 
full  on  the  bright  crimson  robe  of  the  fakeeh  as  he 
sua  on  his  cushion  in  the  corner.  At  one  end 
stands  the  only  piece  of  furniture  in  the  room.  It 
looks  like  a  large  harmonium  done  up  in  brown 
hoUand  ;  but  turns  out  to  bo  a  box  containing  the 
bones  of  a  saint.  In  iront  of  this  curious  piece 
of  acbool  furniture  squat  four-and-twenty 
little  black  and  brown  hoys.  One  or 
two  are  disguised  as  girls,  to  protect  tbem 
from  the  evil  eye.  All  have  dirty  faces,  and 
several  are  suffering  from  ophthalmia.  They  sit  in 
two  rows,  facing  each  other,  and  simultaneously 
rock  their  bodies  ylolontly  backward  and  forward 
aa  they  recite  the  alphabet,  or  that  verse  of  the 
Koran  which  forms  their  day's  task.  The  children 
shout  at  tbe  top  of  their  little  cracked  voices  in  a 
nasal  tone  far  from  musical.  The  uuiso  they  con- 
trive to  make  is  astounding,  considering  how  small 
they  are.  If  they  cease  their  rocking  and  shriek- 
ing, even  lor  a  moment,  the  master  brings  down  his 
long  palm  cane  upon  their  shaven  skulls,  and  they 
recommence  with  renewed  energy,  and  an  even 
more  violent  see-saw.  The  sentence  repeatoi)  does 
not  convey  tbe  slightest  meaning  to  tbcir  minds, 
nor  is  finy  attempt  made  to  explain  it.  Two  or 
three  older  children  arc  sitting  besldo  tho /atcc/i, 
getting  lessons  io  the  formation  of  the  Arabic  cliar- 
acters.  Their  cupy-book  is  a  piece  of  bright  tin, 
and  they  use  a  reed  pen  called  a  kalam. 
Tbe  ink-bottle  is  a  box  containing  a  tipongc 
saturated  with  some  brown  fluid.  A  long 
niw  of  tiny  slippers,  of  every  form  and 
color,  lie  neatly  arranged  at  the  door  ;  for  the  place 
wliero  the  bones  of  a  saint  are  enshrined  is  holy 
ground,  and  no  one  may  soil  the  clean  matting  of 
tbe  floor  with  outside  defilement.  No  register  is 
kept  of  the  pupils,  or  of  their  days  of  attendance._ 
Indeed,  altbuugh  the  fakeeh  can  repeat  the  whole  of 
the  Koran  oft"  book,  it  is  highly  probable  ho  would 
find  (tome  difBcuUy  in  counting  up  to  the  number  of 
bis  acbolari*.     His  acqulrcraents  begin  and  end  witb 

A  textual  knowledj{e  ot  the  sacred  book,  and  un- 
tonuoately  tbe  wishes  of  bis  pupils'  parents 
with  regard  to  the  education  of  their 
children  are  bounded  by  the  same  narrow 
limits.  The  schoolmasters  are  miserably  paid, 
mostly  in  kind,  for  piastres  are  scarce,  but  they  ex- 
orcise con!<iderable  inflneiice,  and  no  marriage  or 
family  16te  in  complete  without  their  preaenoe.  In 
better  class  Arab  schools  a  little  arithmetic  is  some- 
times taugbt,  but  not  always.  Boys  who  wish  to 
puraae  that  branch  of  their  education  generally 
leatu  from  the  public  gab&ni,  a  man  whose  nusinoss 
it  is  to  weigh  merchandise.  A  child  -whose  father 
keeps  a  shop  is  taught  by  assisting  in  it.  Geogra- 
pby  is  also  neglected,  which  is  fortunate,  as  noth- 
ing can  be  more  ludicrous  than  the  lessons  when 
they  are  attempted.  Tbe  teaching  is,  of  course, 
entirely  based  upon  the  Koran,  which  up- 
holds Mr.  Hampden's  views  witb  regard  to 
tho  shape  of  the  earth.  The  children  learn 
that  It  takes  500  years  of  traveling  to  get  round  the 
mighty  plain,  while  pertiaps  a  few  yards  trom  ibo 
school  door  hangs  one  of  Mr.  Cooks  placards,  ofl'er- 
Ing  to  do  the  whole  business  in  90  days.  It  must  be 
a  little  bard  to  explain  all  about  the  seven  earths 
and  the  seven  heavens,  and  the  seven  climates  and 
the  seven  seas  of  light.  Tht;  one  important  laoi 
which  the  children  retain  is  that  Mecca  is  the  cen- 
tre of  thu  earth.  At  present  each  boy  comes  to  the 
master  with  bis  lesson,  says  it,  and  returns  to  his 
■eat.  He  is  succeeded  by  another,  and  so  on  during 
the  whole  day.  This  would  be  ImDOSsibl"  if  more 
than  reading  and  writing  were  taught.  Of 
tho  mosqno  aobools  the  ancient  £1  Azbar 
is  still  tbe  most  importaut.  It  provides 
instruction,  such  as  it  is,  for  more  than 
11,000  pupils.  A  considerable  naniber  are  housed 
and  fed  within  its  hospitable  walls.  Tho  scholars 
are  of  all  ages,  and  come  from  the'  most  remote 
provtnpes  as  well  as  the  larger  towns.  They  may 
Btav  as  long  as  theylike  and  go  there  when  they 
please.  If  they  are  rloh  they  make  presents  to  the 
professors,  who  are  paid  entirely  by  voluntary  do- 
nations; if  they  are  very  poor,  they  receive  help 
from  their  Alma  Mater  in  the  shape  of  food.  The 
baktheesh  of  500  sheep  sent  one  day  by  the  Viceroy 
on  tbe  •ccasiun  of  a  family  rejoicing  was  therefore 
not  unacceptable.  The  school  is,  In  faot,  a  great 
tree  national  university  for  the  leaching  of  tho  the- 
ology of  the  Koran.  'There  are  few  rules,-  there 
is  no  compulsory'  courss  of  study ;  there  is  no 
roll-call  or  Classification  of  students.  Curious- 
ly enough,  coffee  and  tobacco  are  forbidden 
within  the  walls ;  but,  no  doubt,  tbe  students  rich 
enungh  to  have  rooms  outside  make  up  for  the  de- 
privation by  an  extra  allowance  at  home.  Some 
of  the  Coptic  schools  are  well  worthy  of  a  visit. 
The  principal  one  In  Cairo  is  exceedingly  well  at- 
tonded.  Iho  boya  look  as  if  their  intelligence  was 
cultivated,  and  many  of  them  read  and  speak 
either  French  or  English  with  ease  and  a  good  ac- 
cent. They  seem  to  have  a  great  interest  in  eaoh 
other,  and  to  feel  a  genuine  pride  in  seeing  their  com- 
panions show  off  tbeir  small  accomplishments  to 
Strangers.  Tbe  Copts  take  some  pains  to  teach 
their  girU,  and  have  two  fairly  well  managed 
schools  at  Cairo.  The  children  are  taught  reading, 
writing,  arithmetic,  singing,  and  needlework. 

WANTED  MORE  JABIETT. 
Connecticut  papers  are  telling  a  story  of  a 
Stratiord  old  lady  wbo  bad  never  been  on  tbe  oars 
before,  and  who  recently  rode  by  rail  to  New-Havon, 
On  her  return  being  asked  what  she  thought  of  it 
she  exclaimed  :  "  Why,  'taint  nothm'  al  all  I  It's 
the  most  monotonous  thing  imaginable!  Whv,  I 
believe,  coming  back  they  went  through  the  identi- 
cal places  thoy  did  tfhen  they  went  down  1" 

A    QTXHER  IMEFT. 

The  Albany  Journal  of  Wednesday  evening 

has  the  following  account  of  a  curious  charge  made 
agamst  one  James  Spooner  before  Justice  Clute, 
of  that  city,  on  Tuesday:  "Although  classified 
under  the  head  of  petit  larceny,  it  is  certainly 
worthy  of  special  mention.  Spooner  resides  on 
Clinton  avenue  above  Quail  street,  aad  is  either  em- 
ployed at  or  frequents  tho  West  Albany  cattle 
yards.  It  la  charged  by  Prosper  L.  Eastman,  a 
well-known  dealer,  that  Spooner  has  been  guilty 
of  stealing  tbe  hair  from  the  tails  of  several  bead 
of  cattle  belonging  to  the  comolainant,  and  dis- 
posing of  it  by  the  pound.  According  to  the 
charge,  it  appears  he  cut  what  is  sometimes 
termed  the  brush  from  tbe  tails  of  fifty  cattle 
and  upward,  and  dispesed  of  the  same.  In  the 
cutting,  however,  there  was  uo  mutilation  of  tbe 
tail  itaelf,  only  the  clipping  of  the  bunch  of  hair 
at  its  terminus.  Spooner  was  held  by  Justice  Clute 
to  an  swer. ' ' ^ 

HIGMWAT  DAMAGES  IN  MASSACHUSETTS. 
The  Boston  Advertiter  of  the  21st  inst.  says : 
"  Many  of  tbe  towns  of  Massachusetts,  through 
their  Selectmen  and  other  officers,  have  united  in  a 
petition  to  tbe  Legislature  for  the  repeal  or  modifi- 
cation of  the  laws  making  towns  liable  for  damages 
on.account  of  defects  m  their  highways.  Under  this 
liability  it  is  claimed  that  the  towns,  however  careful 
of  tbeir  roads,  are  always  exposed  to  vexations  aad 
unjtist  suits,  maJcing  expensive  litigation  necessary 
in  any  event,  and  often,  through  tbe  inexperience 
or  the  bias  of  juries,  leading  to  excessive  and  bur- 
densome damages.  One  ot  the  great  trials  of  tawn 
officers,  and  especially  of  tbose  who  endeavor  to  do 
tbeir  official  work  with  tbe  same  fidelity  and  judg- 
ment whioh  they  give  to  their  private  affairS;  is  to 
be  made  defendants  m  suits  at  law  for  injuries 
whiob  it  was  not  ia  the  power  of  human  foresight 
to  guard  against,  and  to  take  the  risk  of  adverse 
verdicts  which  they  know  are  oppressive  and  unlust. 
Tbere  are  certain  risks  in  ordinary  travel  which  no 


HORRIBLE  TREATMENT  OF  A  YOUNG  'WOMAN 
BY  A  GENTLEMAN  FARMER  AND  HIS 
WIFE— PINCHED,  POUNDED,  AND  OTHBR- 
■WISK  SHAMEFULLY  ABUSED. 

From,  the  Lonaon  Telegraph,  Feb.  8. 
Yesterday,  at  the  Slough  Petty  Sessions,  be- 
fore Mr.  Tompson,  in  tbe  chair.  Major  Gaaicell,  Mr. 
"Watson,  and  Rev.  H.  H.  Way,  Robertson  Fran- 
cis Morris,  aged  27,  described  as  a  gentle- 
man tarmer,  residing  at  Iver  Heath,  Backs, 
and  Janet,  his  wife,  aged  abont  30,  were 
charged  with  unlawfully  wounding  Caroline  Car- 
ter, a  nurse  reeently  in  their  employment 
The  complainant,  who  was  said  to  be  suffer- 
ing from  the  alleged  ill-treatment  she  h^  re- 
ceived, was  conveyed  in  a  flv  trona  the  Slough 
Union  to  the  Police  Court,  which  was  crowded,  the 
extraordinary  natureof  the  case  having  created  con- 
siderable excitement  in  the  district.  Mr.  C.  F.  Gill 
defended  the  prisoners,  who,  on  taking  their  place, 
in  tbe  dock  with  their  oblld,  were  hissed  by  the 
spectators.  Mrs.  Morris  was  very  fashionably 
attired  in  a  black  velvet  cloak,  hat  and  feathers. 

Caroline  Carter,  seated  in  a  cbair,  and  supnorted 
by  pillows,  gave  her  evidence  while  almost  in  a 
fainting  condition.  She  said  she  entered  the 
prisoner's  service  at  the  end  of  May ;  Mr. 
Morris  lived  at  Iver  Heath,  whither  she 
went  from  Princess  Louise's  Home  at 
Wanstead,  Esses ;  Mrs.  Morris  comenced  pinch- 
ing her  on  the  second  day  after  she  went 
tbere,  and  had  since  persecuted  her  ;  a^ont  a 
month  ago  she  broke  a  poker  over  her  back;  she 
used  to  hit  her  with  the  poker,  which  used  to  bend, 
and  then  it  broke  ;  sho  hit  her  five  or  six  times  up 
in  the  nursery ;  sometimes  the  baby  used  to  cry  at 
night,  and  Mrs.  Moms  said  it  was  her  fault ;  the 
female  prisoner  also  hit  her  because  the  baby  left 
bis  stool,  and  had  since  struck  her  with  the  ookei^ 
the  husband  was  not  present  when  Mrs.  Morris 
struck  her,  but  as  she  cried  and  screamed  he 
came  up  to  see  what— waa  the  matter ;  the 
poker  was  six  inches  longer  before  it  was 
broken  on  her  back;  she  threatened  wit- 
ness that  it  the  child  cried  at  night  sue 
would  give  her  [witness]  a  thrashing  in  the  morn- 
ing ;  witness  did  not  complain  to  the  husband;  Mr. 
Morris  had  not  ill-used  her  before  that ;  Mrs.  Mor- 
ris had  pinched  and  beaten  her  dally;  she  had 
teen  horsewhipped  by  Mr.  Morris  after  he  came 
home  from  church ;  in  the  morning  she  played 
with  the  child  up  stairs  to  make  it  bappy,  but  it 
began  to  cr^  and   the   bov    Walter  Thrift  came  up 

about  ll;3e ;  Thrllt  acted  as  cook,  and  she  gave 
Iiim  eomiJ  Christmas  cards  for  his  sister ;  then  she 
told  thertnotber  of  this— that  she  had  given  Thrift 
some  (^rds;  when  they  came  home  she  was 
in  the  garden  with  the  ehild,  but  went  up  stairs 
to  the  nursery  to  take  his  things  off;  Mr.  Morris 
in  the  afternoon  came  up  with  a  horsewhip  into  the 
nursery,  Mrs.  Morris  having  gone  out  with  the 
childinto  the  garden  that  it  should  not  hear  her; 
Mrs.  Morris  saw  the  horsewhip  in  her  master's 
band  ;  he  told  complainant  to  lie  across  the  table, 
but  sne  refused  to  do  it ;  he  then  took  hold  of  her 
aim,  got  her  across  a  chair,  and  hit  her  witb  the 
borsewhip  over  tbe  back,  hot  she  could  not  say  how 
many  tiroes  ;  she  tried  to  got  away,  but  Mr.  Morris 
had  shut  tho  door,  and  he  palled  up  her  clothes  and 
hit  her  across  the  legs  with  the  whip;  that  was 
while  she  was  standing  behind  the  door ;  the  table 
was  split  up  the  middle  when  he  wanted 
her  to  lie  across  it;  it  was  a 
little  table,  and  when  he  .  tried  to  bend  her 
down  across  it  was  split  in  the  middle  ;  the  woman 


with 


CHURCHES  m  MINIS:^gS 

HOME  AND  FOREIGN  EVENTS, 

Eev.  Dr.  J.  L.  M.  Curry,  a  prominent  Bap- 
tist divine  of  Richmond,  Va.,  has  applied  to 
have  his  polltioal  disabilities  removed. 

The  Pope  has  recently  addressed  letten 
to  the  Bepnblios  of  Paraguay  and  Chili  ex- 
preasing  hie  gratificatioa  at  tbeir  oonstanoy  to 
the  Church- 

The  Southern  Convocation  of  the  Epis- 
copal Diocese  of  Iowa  has  adopted  unani- 
mously, resolutions  favoring  the  division  of  the 
diocese  into  three  bishoprics. 

The  Emperor  of  Gtermany  has  written  a 
very  devout  letter  to  Old  Catholic  Bishop 
Bheinkens,  who  had  sent  htm  congratulation! 
on  the  completion  of  hie  seventieth  year. 

Bishop  Marvin,  of  the  Southern  Methodlafc 
Church,  who  is  making  a  tour  of  the  world, 
met  with  a  warm  fraternal  greeting  from  thi 
Northern  Methodist  missionaries  in  Japan. 

The  Old  Catholics  of  Grermany,  Austria, 
and  Switzerland  publish  10  denominational 
newspapers,  the  chief  of  which  is  the  Deuttcha> 
Merhur,  of  Munich,  edited  by  Prof.  J.  A.  Mes» 
mer. 

The  Reformed  Episcopal  now  has  more 
than  halt  as  many  churches  in  Chicago  ^  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  It  has  10  con- 
gregations, four  of  which  have '  been  recently 
organized. 

Rev.  Dr.  Broadus,  of  South  Carolina,  the 

most  prominent  Baptist  clergyman  of  the 
South,  has  delivered  a  series  of  five  lectures  om 
"  Preaching"  at  the  Baptist  Theologitai  Semi- 
nary at  Rochester. 

At ,  the  meeting  of  the  Methodist  Book 
Committee,  in  this  City  last  week,  Kev.  J.  C. 
Hartzell  was  elected  editor  of  the  South-west- 
ern Advocate  at  New-Orleans,  m  place  •t  ex- 
Senator  Revels,  resigned. 

The  Central  Baptist  deplores  the  'weak 
standing  ot  the  Baptist  denomination  in 
St.  Louis,  where  it  has  only  1,600  white  mem- 
bers. It  credits  New- York  City  with  13,865 
Baptists ;  Philadelphia  with  15,000. 

It  is  not  lawful  for  a  Scotchman  to  nee 
bad  words  even  about  the  Pope.  A  Sootob 
Presbyterian  Magistrate  recently  fined  an 
Irish  Orangeman  $10  for  saying :  "  To  -^— 
with  the  old  man,"  meaning  Pius  IX. 

The  Lutherans  have  several  very  flourish- 
ing churches  in  this  City.  St.  Matthew's  re- 
ports 1,620  communicants,  and  St.  Luke's  2,257. 

The  whole  number  ot  Lutheran  members  on 

the  Island  is  estimated  to  be  5,000  or  6,000. 

Up  to  Feb.  15  the  Episcopalians  had 
raised  $20,000.  of  the  $75,000  necessary  to  liqui 
date  the  debt  of  their  Missionary  Boards.  Tht 
Methodists,  who  had  a  missionary  debt  ot  ovei' 
$200,000,  are  making  large  eoUections  to  meet  it 

There  is  a  conflict  in  the  Tyrol  between 
the  Roman  Catholic  Archbishop  of  Salzburg 
and  his  suffragan,  the  Bishop  of  Brixen. 
Tlie  former  authorizes  the  participation  of 
ecclesiastics  in  school  uommittees  and  the  lat- 
ter forbids  it. 

Protestants  are  so  scarce  in  Flanders  that 
the  establishment  of  a  Protestant  community 
in  a  small  manulacturing  town  is  heralded  as  a 
very  important  event.  The  priests  threw  the 
usual  obstructions  in  the  way  of  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Protestant  Church. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Baptist  Home  Mis- 
sion Society    informs   his    denomination    that 


«sp«^«Uy    M    the    Xa  1  rdwonable  exoeuditore  oa  the  bickwaya  oaaeni 


was  not  in  the  room  at  all  wh[le  he  was  strildngher  ■f'^,000  is  required  before   the    Ist  of  Apnl  to 
'"'"'  ""    -J  — u,i„  ■.„     ,-      make  the  receipts  of  the  year  equal  the  expen- 
ditures.    The  Society  employs  175  missionaries 
and  supports  seven  schools  for  freedmen. 

The  Lutheran  Augustana  Swedish.  Synod 
has  an  Eastern  Conference,  embracing  all  the 
States  east  of  Ohio.  This  conference  includes 
22  organized  congregations,  and  40  or  50  preach- 
ing places.  One  of  the  congregations  is.  to  ba 
found  in  this  City  and  another  in  Brooklyn. 

The  China  Inland  Mission  is  an  unde- 
nominational organization  formed  in  1865.  It 
embraces  members  of  all  denominations  in 
JEngland,  and  its  object  is  to  carry  the  Gospel 
into  every  province  m  China.  It  has  fifty-eight 
missionaries  and  seventy-iivo  native  helpers. 

The  Baptists  are  calling  for  $100,000  for 
their  Theological  Seminary  at  Chicago.  The 
seminary  i.s  threatened  with  the  foreclosure  of 
a  mortgage,  and  the  amount  named  is  necessary 
to  help  it  out  of  its  difficulty.  The  Sunday- 
schools  of  the  North-west  are  appealed  to  give 
their  collections  for  one  month  toward  this 
object. 

It  is  not  strange  that  after  the  interven- 
tion of  the  Queen  for  the  release  of  Eev.  Mr. 
Tooth,  who  has  been  in  prison  for  violating  the 
Public  Worship  aot,  that  a  motion  should  be 
brought  for  the  repeal  of  the  act.  The  impris- 
onment of  Mr.  Tooth  and  the  interference  ot 
his  SBvercign  in  his  behalf  have  been  turned  to 
good  account  by  the  Ritualistic  Party. 

Rev.  Dr.  Wellans,  the  leader  of  the  Chris- 
tian Church,  South,  died  recently  at  Suffolk, 
Va.  This  Church  is  composed  of  only  about 
25  ministers.  It  is  a  secession  from  an  organi- 
zation formed  early  in  the  century  by  O'Kelly, 
a  Methodist,  in  Virginia.  The  Christians  (pro- 
nounced Christ-iane)  are  binarians,  believmg 
in  tbe  Father  and  Son,  but  not  in  the  Holy; 
Ghost. 

The  discussion  among  the  Southern  Pres- 
byterians concerning  the  adoption  of  the  new 
book  of  Church  Order  waxes  warm.  The 
new  book  was  approved  by  a  large  majority  of 
the  Presbyteries  in  1873,  and  the  sanction  of 
the  General  Assembly  is  only  needed  for  its 
adoption  by  the  Church.  The  minority  is  urg- 
ing very  strenuously  that  the  General  Assem- 
bly withhold  its  approval. 

The    North    India   Methodist   Episcopal 

Conlarence  was  held  in  Moradabad,  Jan.  3-9. 
'Bishop  Andrews  presided.  Four  natives  were 
ordamed  elders  and  two  deacons.  The  statis- 
tics report  757  probationers,  1,281  full  mem- 
bers, 51  local  preachers,  207  intant  and  168 
adult  baptisms,  22  churches  valued  at  $43,500, 
133  Sunday-schools,  6,509  scholars,  and  200  day" 
schools,  with  8,000  scholars. 
-  The  Church  of  Sweden,  (Lutheran,)  is  de- 
scribed as  being  "tutensely  anti-Papal."  In 
the  Apostle's  creed  the  words  Holy 
Catholic  Church  are  changed  into 
"Cnristian  Church."  Among  the  partiee 
in  the  church  are  the  Pnril»ns  who 
have  "high  notions  about  the  S93"aments."  and 
are  revivalists.  Another  party,  called  ths 
Lasare,  is  composed  of  Pietists.  -     ^ 

A  distinguished  Japanese,  who  was  a  con- 
vert of  the  Canadian  Methodist.  Mission  at 
'Tokio,  died  recently,  and  his  father  depired  t» 
give  him  a  Christian  burial.  To  ^ade  the 
law,  which  prescribes  that  burials  must  be 
conducted  according  to  tlie  rites  of  either 
Shmtooism  or  Buddhisfc,  the  body  was  ore^ 
naated.  The  tuneral  services  w^ere  held  accord- 
ing to  the  Methodist  ritual  in  a  Buddhist  ten^ 
pie,  from  which  everythmg  suggesting  Bud- 
dhist worship  bad  been  removed  as  far  as 
possible. 

At   the   nest   session  of  the  Wisconsin 

Dioscesan  Episcopal  Convention,  a.^notion  will 
be  made  to  instruct  tho  delegates  to  the  Gene- 
ral Convention,  to  propose  to  that  body  that 
the  name  of  the  church  be  changed  to  "The 
American  Branch  of  the  Church  Catholic." 
Tho  Church  Journal  condemns  tbe  proposed 
name  as  being  too  long,  and  says  further  that 
although  the  present  name  "is  probably  not  a 
favorite  among  us,"  there  "area  number  of 
considerations  against  changing  it." 

A  new  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  large 
enough  to  seat  1,500  persons  has  been  dedicated 
in  Calcutta  at  a  cost  of  about  5?4O,O0O.  Ot  this 
amount  all  has  been  raised  except  .^bouc  $6,000, 
and  of  the  contributions  all  but  §750  were  col- 
lected in  Calcutta.  This  cliurch'  was  iirst  or- 
ganized by  the  evangelist,  ^^'iJliam  Taylor,  in 
1873,  with  a  membership  of  14  persons-  The 
first  buildmg  was  a  bamboo  tabernacle,  a  briok 
chapel  was  built  in  1874  large  enough  to  ac- 
commodate 600.  then  a  theatre  was  rented,  and 
finally  the  present  edifice  was  erected.  The 
pewsare  free. 

Dr.  Schafi"  writes  to  the  Observsr  from 
Rome,  that  the  plan  to  have  the  next  World's 
Conference  of  tho  Evangelical  Alliance  meet  in 
that  city,  has  been  abandoned  on  account  oi 
the  unanimous  opposition  of  the  American 
branch.  The  Americans  desired  to  have  the 
conference  held  in  England,  but  this  was  not 
approved  by  the  Britiah  branch  because  it  was 
feared  that  no  such  enthusiasm  would  be 
shown  in  England  as  was  manifested  in  New< 
York.  Dr.  Schaff  thinks  the  chances  are  that 
Berne,  Switzerland,  will  bo  selected,  and  that 
tbe  conference  will  meet  next  August  or  Sep 
tember. 


the  jvbip ;  complainant  cned  while  he  was 
thrashing  Wer;  he  hit  her  onec  or  twice  on  the 
legs  while  her  clothea  were  up ;  the  whip  was  a 
horsewhio  belonging  to  the  boy  Thrift  and  Mr. 
Morris  hit  her  with  tbe  stick  and  handle  ot  the 
cartwhip  with  which  the  boy  used  to  drive  tho  cart- 
horse ;  Mrs.  Morris  then  came  up  and  locked  her  in, 
so  that  complainant  could  not  get  out;  she  did  not 
net  her  dinner  till  8  o'clock  at  night,  when  Mrs.Morris 
brought  it;  sho  had  a  piece  of  cold  meat  and 
two  or  three  potatoes  ;  she  had  some  dry  bread  in 
the  morninff,  and  nothing  to  drink,  tmless  she  had 
some  water;  she  was  never  allowed  downstairs  in 
the  kitchen,  and  when  they  went  out  the  boy  used 
to  fasten  the  door,  so  that  she  could  not  get  in  ; 
Mrs.  Morris  had  also  hit  her  once  %vith  the  whip 
while  Betting  some  coal  up ;  she  had  not  wnch 
strength,  and  Mrs.  Morris  said  she  was  waiting  for 
some  one,  and  hit  her  with  the  whip  ;  Mr.  Morris 
used  to  kick  her,  and  had  done  so  more  than 
once  ,jsince  the  horsewhipping;  but  witness 
could  not  remember  how  many  times;  he 
had  kicked  her  on  the  side;  Mrs.  Morris 
used  to  run  a  dinner-fork  into  her,  and 
make  her  arm  blue  ;  her  arms  were  all  over  scars  ; 
one  mornine  her  arm  was  all  over  blood,  which  ran 
down  her  sleeve;  that  was  done  with  the  scissors, 
because  the  child  had  been  crying  ;  Mrs.  Morris 
ran  the  scissors  into  her  more  than  a  dozen  times 
one  mornine ;  that  was  the  worst  time,  and  took 
place  after  Christmas  ;  last  Sunday  she  ran  away; 
the  reason  witness'  hair  was  so  short  wks  because 
Mrs.  Morris  had  pulled  her  hair  out  with  both 
hands ;  after  she  had  ill-used  her  in  the  day  wit- 
ness was  so  upset  that  sho  did  not  know  what  she 
was  doing ;  she  had  to  keep  toe  tire  alieht  In  the 
nursery  all  niaht,  and  the  female  prisoner  used  to 
come  in  to  see  that  She  did  bo  ;  if  she  was  not  up. 
Mrs.  Morris  used  to  pull  her  out  of  bed  by  the  bair 
of  her  bead  ;  once  or  twice  she  did  that.  [At  this 
point  stimulants  had  to  be  administered  to  the  com- 
plainant b.y  a  medical  man  who  was  in  attendance.] 
Mrs.  Morris  used  to  push  her  in  the^back  with  a 
stict ;  did  it  more  than  once  ;  It  was  a  Btiok  used 
to  rake  tho  fire,  so  that  the  noise  of  the  poker 
should  not  wake  the  child ;  one  morning  Mrs.  Mor- 
ris touched  her  with  a  dinner-knife,  and  said  she 
would  ran  her  through  with  it,  and  would  ram  the 
poker  down  her  throat  it  she  screamed  so;  she  was 
then  bittins  her  on  the  back  with  tbe  poker  be- 
cause the  child  cried  in  the  night ;  witaess  showed 
the  bruises  made  b.y  Mrs.  Morris  when  she 
punched  her  to  the  old  housekeeper;  sometimes 
there  would  be  a  piece  pinched  out,  she  used  to 
pinch  her  so  hard;  little  pieces  of  skin  used 
to  come  from  the  arms ;  the  old  housekeeper 
was  there  two  month"?  atter  she  went  there  in 
May  ;  Mary  Munch,  the  housekeeper,  had  been  in 
the  prisoners'  service  before;  witness  used  to  show 
her  the  punches  and  bruises  ;  she  hud  a  father,  but 
did  not  know  where  he  was ;  she  had  eight  sisters 
and  brothers,  but  did  not  know  where 
they  lived ;  she  had  no  mother ;  she  used 
to  write  to  Miss  Thompson,  the  lady  who 
got  her  into  the  orphanage,  once  a  quarter ;  they 
were  expected  to  do  tha|i,  but  that  was  at  school ; 
she  had  not  written  since  she  had  been  with  the 
prisoners;  witness  went  to  Mrs.  Piggott  about 
July,  and  asked  her  to  write  a  letter  to  sne  Matron; 
she  showed  her  the  bruises  on  her  arms,  and  Mrs. 
Pijrgott  did  write;  complainant  out  the  letter  in 
her  drawer  till  sho  could  get  a  penny  to  bay  a  post- 
age stamp ;  Mrs.  Morris  wont  i<)  her  drawer, 
turned  tho  tbioBS  out  and  found  tho  letter ;  the 
prisoner  read  it  and  put  it  back,  so  comoiainaat 
tore  it  up. 

I  The  complainant  here  fainted,  and  the  case  had 
to  be  stoppud  for  a  time.  J 

Mr.  Talbot,  Secretary  of  tbe  Princess  Louise 
Home,  informed  tbe  Beach  that  he  could  give  the 
entire  history  of  tho  poor  Kirl,  and,  if  It  pleased 
God  that  she  should  recover,  she  would  be  taken 
back  to  tho  home.  He  hoped  the  magistrStes  would 
adjourn  the  case  in  order  that  their  solicitor  might 
be  instructed  in  this  matter.  He  had  a  letter  from 
the  mistress  a  fortnight  ago,  sayiugshe  was  in  good 
health.  The  complainant  having  been  removed 
from  the  court  to  recover,  tho  Chairman  announced 
that  the  Benctt  bad  decided  to  adjourn  the  examina- 
tion until  next  week.  The  prisoners  were  then  re- 
moved to  the  cells  at  the  back  of  the  court,  and  as 
they  lett  the  room  were  again  hissed.  Mr.  Gill,  on 
behalf  ot  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morris,  asked  that  tbey 
might  be  allowed  to  find  bail,  an  applioatioa  which 
the  Bench  promised  to  consider. 

SCANDINAVIANS  GOING  TO    CALIFORNIA. 

The  San  Francisco  Alta  of  the  14th  inst.  says : 

"  According  to  reliable  Information,  a  large  emigra- 
tion from  Denmark,  Norway,  and  Sweden,  is  turn- 
ing toward  this  coast.  Hitherto  tho  overflow  of 
this  sturdy,  induatrions,  and  hardworking  people 
has  sought  an  outlet  in  tbe  northern  part  of  the 

Mississippi  Basin,  where  large  and  flourishing  col- 
onies of  Scandinavians  are  located,  but  some  hard 
years  in  that  portion  of  our  country  have  diverted 
tbeir  attention  to'the  Grolaen  State,  where  better  in- 
ducements are  offered.  I^om  snob  places  whera 
these  people  already  are  located  in  California,  we 
have  the  most  favorable  report  of  their  InduBtnous 
and  frugal  babits,  and  we  welcome  their  bretliren  to 
our  State,  and  hope  that  they  will  here  find  all  tbe 
inducements  to  remain  aild  help  work  up  our  re- 
sources. As  far  as  we  have  ascertained,  tbe  emi- 
grants intend  to  form  colonies  In'the  southern  part 
of  the  State." ^ 

THE  COST  OF  LOSlffO  A  FRIEND'S  HONEY. 
The  Rochester  Express  of  Wednesday  says  : 
"In  the  County  Court  Tuesday,  the  suit  of  Henry 
H.  Go£E  against  Charles  Keeler  was  tried,  Mr.  Goff 
is  a  resident  oi  Spencerport,  and  he  and  Keeler 
were  formerly  intimate  friends.  Goflt  therefore, 
some  time  ago,  gave  Keeler  a  check  for  f  230,  which 
he  asked  him  to  cash  for  him  while  on  a  visit  to  this 
city,  and  Keeler  did  so,  but  on  the  way  home  lost 
tbe  money,  he  claims;  he  could  not  tell  how. 
Keeler  declined  to  make  good  the  $250  to  Goff,  on 
tbe  ground  that  he  was  not  a  common  carrier,  and 
because  he  cashed  the  check  merely  .is  an  ac- 
commodation to  Mr.  Goff.  After  hearing  all  the 
evidence,  the  jury  returned  a  verdict  in  favor  of  Mr. 
GoS  to  the  amount  ot  ^263  62,  bein?  tho  principal 
sum  and  interest." 

DIPHTHERIA. 

The  Boston  Traveller  of  Monday  says  : 
"  Diphtheria  is  prevailing  to  an  alarming  extent  in 
Aubumdale.  The  family  of  Cant.  John  M.  Gris- 
wold  has  been  sadly  afflicted  the  oast  few  days.  Gn 
Friday,  Joseph  K.,  thi*  oldest  boy,  aged  9  years, 
died,  and  was  buried  on  Sunday,  and  soon  after 
ibeir  roinrn  trom  the  funeral,  the  next  boy,  Charles, 
aged  5  years,  died,  and  a  little  girl  la  now  very  low 
with  tne  same.  Mrs.  Griswold  is  also  quite  aicK, 
and  is  not  able  to  be  about.  Mr.  Griswold  is  a 
brother  of  Mr-  Charles  Griswold,  of  the  Fifth  Ave- 
nue Hotel,  New-rork,  for  whom  the  above  boy  was 
named.  Mr.  Griswold  has  the  sympathy  of  the  en- 
"Sre  vdUee  is  this  md  t>ereavem«aa-*'' 


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PUBLIO  LIBRARY  FOR  WATEBTOWN.  ^ 
Mr.  Edwin  L.  Paddock,  of  Watertown,  ha*  " 
annoonced  hia  mtention  to  present  that  town  with 
a  library,  and  will  erect  a  building  for  Its  use.  Hs 
baa  already  purchased  an  eligible  lot  for  the  pus 
pose,  and  tho  work  upon  the  building  will  ^o  be 
gun  early  in  the  coming  Spring.  Mr.  Paddook,  the 
Watertown  Timef;  says,  has  had  the  project  in  hit 
mind  for  some  years,  and  has  had  all  the  plane  aad 
speoificatiolis  prepared  for  the  struoturs.  Tne 
grounds  aarroundmg  it  are  to  bo  nicely  laid  oat  aad  • 
cultivated.  The  building  will  be  about  90  leet  long. 
While  Mr.  Paddock  was  in  Eurojfc  recently  be 
availeo  himself  of  the  many  opportunities  offend, 
in  obtaining  mnc»>  ^ainat^'e  Inforsaatioa  relative  to 
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SHJPPOTa, 

■n«  «m.oK.  WpMHTrirBTABTllSb. 

WOa.  QDBBMHTOWS    AUD    UVBaPOOU      GAEariMa 

_.     _^  TJSITBD  8T*T«S  MAIU 

Tii«  ateraiera  of  tibiaUQ«  tatca  tHa  Ii»u«  ftirata^rv  ». 
Minmend«cl  by  Weat  Maury,  U.S.  NT,,  golna  eoafcliif  '' 
nie  BaoMoattiepastaKeta  Quaensto^a  att  tho  y^ae  £« 
stnuifl.  ^' 

BRITANNIO RATtJHBAY.  Feb.  24.  2  P.  BJ.^ 

51.^^^*9«v SATURDAr.  Marchl0.at2  p.  M.*^ 

fSS^.^^ SATCRDAT.  March  17.  6:30  A.  M.. 

♦^lATIC SATTTEDAT.  UftTota  31,  at6:30  A.  M.' 

Prom  Wiute  xtar  Doofc  Pier  No.  53  SortU  Elrer. 

Tl^es*  steaoenare  tmUhnnln  al»e  and  irasuroaMa-l '; 
P  Jipc^^<^i>^  t'tie  >alo'>ii.  atateroocaa.  smoldac.^K 
wta~DatD  rooms  are  amidahipa.  wbLOra  the  aolsa  ana  5 
toOTion  air  least  felt.  aflbtinnK  a  degree  of  oomtorftf 
Utnertojinactabiable  <ita«a. 

Batea— 9aloon  CSO  »iid  $lOO,t>M*-  toiurn  ticket* - 
•nfoTorable  terai^  ateerazs)  '?'^i 

rot  niapaottoQ  of  plana  and  otber  mft>rmatloa  appir 
VtueCoaipaDy'Boalces,  No,37  Broauway,  Sevr-York. 
_^ a.  J.  aoari3.  Agent. 

CUNARDLINEB.  &N.A.R.M.S.P.CO. 

^  NOTIOK, 

with  tbf  view  of  dlmliiishlngtho  oaancea  of  coU<3ioa  . 
tbe  (teamers  of  tbis  line  take  a  speoiSeiJ  course  foe  til 
■easons  of  the  year. 

On  the  outward passaice  frora  Qneenstovat9  1eT« 
xork  or  Boston,  oroaslnii  marldlan  or  5(1  at  4:^  latita  la. 
ernotbing  to  thi«  north  of  45. 

On thenomewardpassaKe.oros^Qi;  tlia  mendlaajf 
C(''at4'i,or  nothmetothe  north  of  4'3. 

ntOM  NBw-YonK  »oa  uvaapooL  Avo  QfTBasaroT^  . 
BATAVlA....WEl>,  .Feb.  38l  ALGHRIA.WKO..  March  14 
ABTSSINlA.WKO..  March  7IPARTHIA..WEU.  Mar.  21 

Steamers  matkeo  •  ao  notcarr*  stesrajre  passensers. 

Cabin  pasaaws  S80,  $100,  and  Si.'ia,  <?'Vl4,_  swjcordiu? 
to  aceoctunodatloD.    Retam  tickets  on  fa  vomSw  torma. 

Bteeraee  tickets  to ao'l  from  ill  part^  of  Bnropeat 
Very  lowrates.  Freight  and  OMiaze  office,  ^fa  4  Bowl- 
IBBm-eetL  OHAa  O.    FRaNOKLYN,  Asenu 

UVBKPOOL    AND    GRBAT    WRSTBRN 

MVBAti  COiMPA.NY.     (LlMlTSttJ 

tTlVEBPOOIi.  (VlaQueKuatowTi.) 

C4BBXI^C^THB  ONITKD  srATlfirilAlU 

TDEi^DAY. 

ZieftTlng  Pier  Sa  46  North  Elrer  aa  toUowa: 

iDAHO Feb.  27,  at  3  P.  M. 

UOMTANA.... ..March  6,  at  10  A.  M. 

WISCONSIN MarohlS,  at3  P.    M. 

WTOMINQ March  20,  at  9  A.  M. 

DAKOTA March  27,  at  3  P.  BL 

UBVADA : April&at   9  A.   M. 

EaTES  ok   PAS3KNOBB8    BBDDCBa 
Steerage,  $26;  iatermedlate,  $40;  oUbia.  $33  to  $30, 
aoeordlng  tostate-room.    Offices,  So.  29  Broadway. 
\VH^L.tAfltf«  dc  ttUIOW. 

aTUAM  31  AIL  LINK. 

fiI.MOIIITaL)Z  8B.RV(CB  TO  JAsHrUl,  ttATn,;, 
COLOMBIA,  anAvSPlNWAUO,  anl  to  PA!TAH«  aal  t 
SOUTH  PACIFIC  PORT.^  (TUlsBlasrilUJ  Wraj-3l«».  j,, 
tnll-pcwered  troa  aora^r  aCiAmsrs.' fros  Pta/'*  Na  5l  \ 
Kortta  Rivet; 

ivx HAITI.  COtOMBl*.  tSTBMDS-  Olf  PAN4MA.    »uC 
BOnTH  PAOIFIO  Pi»RTS(rt*  Aapinvrall.J 

ALPS „ ..Feb.  28 

ETNA. ^ March  16 

KotKISUSTU.N  (Jam.)  and  HAYTL 

ATIiAe> March  14 

Superior  itit-ol  us  OrHsiiTac  itcooai'aolttia  i. 

PIM.  KORWOOD  i.  Ca.  isenti. 
Ng  SOVVaUit. 

STATE  LINE. 

ilBW-70BR    TO    QLAiSOOW,     HVKKPnOU     DnBLUI. 

BELFAST,  AND  LONDuNDERRZ, 

These Urst-class  rail- powered  steamera  will  sati  from 

Pier  8a  42  North  Rlrer.  foot  of  CanaUt. 

PTATteOi'  INDIANA Thursdav.  March  8 

pTATb  OF  VIRGINIA TbnrBdav. March  15 

STATfe.  Ol'PRNNSYLVANlA Thiirsdav,  March  22 

STATK  OPGEOKfcriA Thnrsdav.  March  29 

First  cabin,  SfO,  SC^,  and  flo,  according  to  accom- 
modations; rPturo  Hcket8,$110.  $125.  Second  cabin. 
$45:  return  tickets,  $8a  Steerage  a*  lowest  rates. 
Applvto 

AUSTIN  BALDWIN  Sf  CO.,  Asents, 

No. 72  Broadway,  New- YorK-     ^ 
RTKaRAGK  ticnets  at    No.  45  Broadway,  and  at  the 
*mDany'5  pier,  fojtof  i;anal)S..  Nortn  Rirsr. 

GREAT  SOUTHERN 

KKKHiHT  ANl>  PAM>iliNUBR  L.INB. 

SAILI.VQ  PROM  PI8R  NO.  29    NORTH  RrVBR. 

WKDNRSDAYBanaSATORDAYS  at  ;i  P.    iL, 

FOR  CHAULBSTON,  ».  I!.,  FL.OR1UA.  TDE 

SJOi'Tfl.  ANO   MOUTH. VVB."*T. 

GBO.  W.    CL.TDE WKUNEBUaY Feb.  28 

CHARbESTOiN SATURUAI March  8 

BUPKRIOR  PASSRNGBR  ACCOMMODATIONS. 
In»araneeto<H4Cla^tioa  os-^.l^lt  >r  on*  p^r  oant. 
Goods  forwardeil  flrso  tt  comnaisalon.  Paasenstar  tlOK-,' 
ctraod  bills  of  ladlnzisaurtd  an  I  signed  at  th^  oiflco  j(  ' 
JA.'UB.'<$  W.  QDINTARD  db  CO.,   Asents,     ' 
_  Nal77  Weatit.,  oorner  Warrao. 

OrW.P.   PLYTIK  ati;0.,  Na    UBowlinsrarean- 
OrBKSTLEY   0.     HASSLL,   General     Asenl 
Oreatwontaern  greiglii  t.ine.  317  Broadway. 

AMCHUR  L.INB  U.  H.  31AIL.  SSTKAiMJiUN. 

SBW-YORK  AND  GLASGOW 
4DChorlft,.Fetx  24,  2 P.  M.  I  fithtopia.March  10,  2P.  M. 
Cahfoinia.  March  :^, «  A.  M.  I  Victoria.  March  17.  7  A.  M. 

TO  GLASGOW.  LIVKEPOOL,  ORDKRR>:. 

Cabins  i05  to  $rfO,  apcorrtm^  to  acoomtno^latiooS;  *  Id- 

termediatf ,  $35;    Steeragft  $28. 

NKW-YORK  AND  LONDON. 

Dtoma.  Feb.  24.  2  P.  M.      I  Kl.¥*la...Mar«h  10,  2  P.  M. 

Caoina,   $55    to  $7i)       Steerajre,  $281     Cabin   excnr> 

tjon    tielteta  at   ri^dueed    rates.     Drafts  issued  for  any 

amount  at  current  r.ita~i.      Uomoanv'a  Pitr  ^'o8.  20  and 

'<!.  North  Rivtsr.  N.  i.         HKNDKRSON  BRdTHERS, 

Aiieuts,  No.  7  Bowtlns  Green. 

"I"  I<iORTH    UBRMAN  l.l.OVU. 

VTEAM-SHIP    LINB    BKTWEKN    NEW-YORIC  8O0TB- 

aMPTO.N.  and  BREMBfl. 

Company's  Pier-    foot  of  Jdis..    aohaioo. 

HBBMANN,,.t>3t..  ket>.  i;4|  AMKi;iOA...Pat.,  March  10 

KIitKAR,:S:Sat..  March  .3  |  WESRR....8at.,  March  17 

RATES  OT.<l- ASS  AG  K  FtlOU    NKWYORK  TO  SO0ra« 

AMPTOS,    BAVftB,    OR  BRfUIgK  ^ 

Firet  caoin. $1002Oi4 

fcetOBU  cabin BO^old 

fct*en4ge 30curren«» 

Ketum  tickets  irt  redacMdrnii*.  PreUaUl  stoerai^a 
t-ertiUcates,  $32  currency.  Por  fni  lat  or  pasaaace  ap. 
pl.vto 01iLKfOH8St'.)0..  *o.  2  3owlingiOreen. 

IN  i>i  AN  OlxN  B.     m  A I  L.  STJt;A;>l  HUS. 

^^     FOKOnEKNST0W«  aNP  LIVRHPOOL. 
ClTi  OJ-  RICHMOSU.  Satnrday.  March  3,  at  8  A,  M. 
cm  OK  BR0SsEL8..8atur(laT.  March  17.  6:30  A.  M. 
till  ttl'EEKLl.N. Saturday.  March  24.     «,«  1  P.  M.     . 
..«,„  ^.j.>  ^^^  "9«^  *5  North  Rirer. 
i/ABlN,$»u  and  $100,a.iliL^  Rstarii  WiiM6s  ontv  > 
forable  terms.     aVKaSAGa  *2<   Oarranoy      Oraftt  i 
at  lowest:^^>i.  vt 
Saloons,    Stjt^vroonn,       Smoklnjt    and     Batti-i-ooiov'. 
emidaulps.                                   JORiTO.  PALB,  Agent,        ' 
foa.  16  and  33  Broad  way.  N.  I. 

ONJLV  UIRBCT  L.INB  TO  FKA^CIS.  ^ 

TBE  GENERAL  TRANSATLANTIC  CJOnPA.STS    AAlIr^. 
BTKAMEKSBliTWKKNNBvV-VORK  AND  aAVTRi.       i 
Calllugat  PLYMOUTH  (3.  B.)  tor  tUsiandiai  jiJ 
_„  ,  PasaenKera. 

WUlaatlfirom  Pier  No.  4ki  North  Rirer,  footir    Morton 
at.,  every  alternate  Satnrda.y,  beginning  wittu  , 

CSV  ADA,  Frangeni Satnrday,  Feb.  24,  at  2  P.  Ml 

Vor  particnlars  aoUreaa 

LOUIS  DE  BBBIaN.  Agent,  No.  56  Broadway.    • 

NATIONAL.  UNE— Piers  44  and  61  North  BlTet' 
FOR  London. 

GBEBOE SATUtJDAY.  Feb.  24,  at  1  P.  M. 

FOR  QDEENal'OWN  AND  LIVERPOOL. 
The  Qneeu-Mar  3,  7>aA.M.  |  Spain,  March  10,  1  P.  H.   * 
Cabin  ana  steerage  passage,  and  drafts  from  £1  up- 
ward, isanea  at  very  low  rates.    Company's  offlcea  No. 
t>i)  Broadway.  K.  W.  J.  UOEST,  Manager. 

FOR  SAVANNAH,  GA.,   . 

TAB  FLORIDA  PORTS,  '      -i. 

AND  THE  BOUTU   AND  SOUTH-WEST. 

eBEAT  SOUTH  KEN  FREIGHT  AND  PASSK5GEE  LINB. 

CENTRAL    RAILROAD  OP   GEORGIA,  AND 

ATLANTIC  AND  GULP  RAILROAD. 

WEDNK8DA1  AND  SATDBDAY. 

BAN  JACINio,  cant.  Haeabd,  SATURDAY.  Feb. 
24,  Pier  43  Nortn  River,  S  P.  M.  GKo.  YONGB,  Aet. 
409  Broauwav.  *^ 

U.  LIVij«GSTOA,  Capt.  MAidMBT.  WBDNBSDAli.  Feb. 
28,  Pier  «o.  43  North  Eiver.  3  P  iL  GEO.  YONQB, 
Acent,  Na  409  Bro^idwa.y. 

6AN  SALVADOtt,  Capt  NlOEXasoir,  SATURDAT. 
March  3.  Pier  43  North  Elver,  3  P.  At.  iXO.  YONGB. 
Agt-,  409  Broadway. 

GENERAL  BARiNBs,  Capt.  CHBBBKAy.  WEDNESDAY, 
March  7,  Pier  IB  East  River,  3  f  iu  MOBBAY,  FEB- 
Sl;i  b.  Co.,  Agts^   6;s  Sonth  at. 

Inaurance  ONE-HALF  PEE  CENT.  Superior  aooom. 
modationa  for  passengers.  Thruuzh  rates  and  bills  of 
lading  in  oonnMOtion  with  Oautral  8.  R.  of  Georgia, 
Atlantic  and  UuU  Railroad,  and  Florida  steamers 
City  Point  and  Ldctator  also,  with  the  steamer  J. 
B.  SCUYLEB,  which  has  been  placed  on  the  inside 
ronte  from  Savannah  to  Florida,  and  offers  unsnrpassea 
aecommodatioDB. 

C.  D.  OVV^ENS.  GEOEQB  YONGE, 
Agent  A.  It  0.  R.  a.           Agent  a  B.  B.  of  Oa,,      ' 
lia  315  Broadway.  No.  409  Broadway. 

FnillMDFMMmiSIT 

STEAM-SHIP  LINES. 


FOE  CALIFORNIA,  JAPAN,  CHINA,  AUSTRALIA,  NEW- 
ZEALAND,  BRITISH  COLUilBLA.  OREGON,  to. 
Ctalllug  trom  Pier  foot  Canal  at..  North  River. 
For  SAN  PKA.KOISCO,  via  ISTHMOS  Olf  PANAMA. 

Steam-afaip  CRESCBNT  CITY Ihursday,  MprCb  1 

oonneoClng  lor  Central   Amerioa  and  South  Paclflo 

From  SANWlANCISCOtoJAPAN  and  CHINA. 

BtCttm-ehip  cm   OV  TOKlO Thursday,  March  1 

nom  (iaa  FranclMo  to  Bandwtch  Islaodg,  AustraUa, 

-j_        ^.    o™™^  JSP*  ITew-Zealand. 

Steamship  Crrr  OF  SYDNBY Wedneaday.  Febb  28 

^^^ol''^'^^l%^T^AT,  Superintendent 
Ho.  8  Bowling  Qrean.  Pier  foot  Oanai  at,  North  Eiyer. 


t^«:'f-^0&KHAVAaA,ASpnBXlCAaii.i.lL:i.  i.  LIHA. 
ateamera  leave  Pier  an.  3  Nortb  tlr-^r  *«  A  <*.    ^ 

^J  W  MB#Y0ER Wedneaday.  Pebi  28 

cm' OF  MraCO... Saturday,  iAaroh  10 

CITSeXM'  YBRa  OBDZ Wedneauav.  March  14 

tOH-VtSRA  Vita  A    AND    NBW-»KL.BAN!< 

T       lo^^*"**   ^'"*''**  flanOwwliy,  Tuxpau.     and 
VITX  OF  aiKXICO SatonUv,  March  10 

tteomers  wUtisava  Maw-<irtean3  fen.  aSatia  March 

"  tor  V«x«o'ruza>>uaii  tneabovetorcs. 


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P.AliKXANB»B^ SONS.  .Not.  -SI  aai  ii  Bro»lir]T< 


NEW-YOBKAWDHAVAIfA 

DIRECT  AlAIL   UNB. 

Tb«se  first-clasa  steamshloa  sail  regularly 
kat  S  P.  M.,firom  Pier  No.  13  North  £veraa 
,,     ^^IbllOWB 

COLDHBUB.. WEDNESDAY,  Haroh  7 

CLTUbT- 8ATBBDAY.  March  17 

AacomiBodatioiis  uaanrpasaed.  ,  Vtit  freight  or  paa- 
■Msii^br  to  WM.  P.  CLYDB  t  00.,  So.  B  Bowling 
^«ii.  'jCoKBLLEB.  LOLING  fc  (XK  Agenta  in  Havana 


MMJ/lBliitU  Amerioan  Paoset  uomiMny'a„liia«, 
tofFSYMOOTaOHKBBODBtt.  and  HAMBORO.  'I 
▼IA.:..*....-M»rch  liHBBDBK March  15 


HjjUCUNU March  sIwiBiiASD— ..^^..March  22 

Kate*  of  PMwac*  «•   PlynaooM*.    P'S^^Ip  J'^''*^"*! 


THB   CP-TOWN   OFFIOB  OV  THK  ttSlBti. 

Tbe  Tip«town  offloe  of  THE  TIMES  li  loiiated  a« 

No.  1,957  Broadway,  bet.  Slat  and  3dd  ats. 

Open  daily,  Sundays  inoutded.  firom  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.   SLi, 

BobscrlptLms  received,  and  copies  of  THB  TIMES  fbr4 

Bal& 

ADVEETI8EMBNT8  EECBIVBD  uATIL  9  P.  M. 


CHAAIBKR-mAlO.— BY  A  EBSPECTABLE  GIRL 
as  chamber-maid  and  seamstTesB  io  a  privAte  fern- 
lly ;  beet  Ctty  reference.  Can  be  ieen  lor  two  daye  at 
No.  309  5th  av..  present  employer's. 


COOK-CHAMBBR-inAID  AND  WaITEBSS.— 
By  two  Bisters  together;  both  girls  good  laun- 
dressea:  will  do  the  work  of  email  family  if  reaulred; 
are  competent  and  obliglnB ;  CU.y  or  ooontry :  best  of 
City  references.  Address  8.  D..  Box  No.  288  TIMES 
DP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


COOK,  VTAiSHBB.  ANO  IRONER.— BY  A 
Protestant  American  woman,  or  will  do  (teneral 
house- work;  City  reference.  Call  at  No.  237  Weat 
S5th  at.  first  floor. 


COOK.— BY  A  PaOTESTANT  GIRL  :  GOOD  COOK 
and  excellent  baker;  will  do  coarse  washing  and 
ironing  :  good  reference.  Call  at  No.  43  Perry-st.,  near 
Warerly-place. 


COOK.— BY    A    RESPBCTAliLB     GIRL    AS    PLalN 
cook;  will  assist  with  the  wasbins;  and  Ironing; 
good  City  reference.    Call  at  224  West  ISth-at.-place. 


COOK.— BY    A    PROTESTANT  WOMAN  AS  FIRST- 
classcook:  beat  reference.     Address  N.  8., *ox  Na 
274TIV1ES  DP-TOWN  oPFIOB,  1.257  BROADWAY. 


DRESSi-.tlARER.- BY  A  FIEST-CLASS  DRE83- 
maker  the  work  of  a  few  more  first-clasa 
families;  none  to  surpass  in  fitting  or  trimming; 
dresses  made  over  eqoai  to  new ;  or  would  taketbarge 
of  a  first-class  work-room;  the  best  of  City  references; 
prices  to  snit  the  times.    Call  at  No.  v:34  6th-av. 


DR£S!<-inAKER.— Bl  A  THOROUGH  FliJST- 
daas  dress-maker :  will  go  out  by  the  day ;  ele- 
gant designs  for  suits  and  evening  dresses  for  ladies 
and  children ;  fitting  perfect.  Address  by  note  Bnt- 
tan.  No.  100  West  24th  St.,  near  6th  av. 


GOVBBNE8S  OR  I.AUY»S  OOiMPANIO.N.- 
— By  a  .voting  French  widow  lady  of  education,  re- 
finement, and  unexceptionable  references;  ia  used  to 
traveling  and  good  society ;  salary  not  so  much  an 
object  as  an  sgreeabln  position;  Address  M.  S.  M.  S., 
Box  No.  110  Timet  Offloe, 


HOUSBKEEPBK.- BY  A  YOUNG  WIDOW  OF 
highest  culttue,  being  a  perfect  housekeeper,  io 
any  pualtlun  not  menial;  would  instruct  .younsr  obll- 
dren  to  aew;  country  preferred ;  wanes  uo  objf  ct  ; 
references.  Address  L.  ii.,  Box  No.  322  TIMES  DP- 
TOWN  OFi-ICK,  NO.  1.267  BROADWAY. 


HOUsiEKEEPER.— BY  A  NEAT,  CHEKRKUL,  IN- 
telllgent,  companionable  woman  in  hotel  or  family: 
Would  act  as  companion  to  au  invalid  oragdress-mafcer 
inafiimily;  hijjhest  reference ;  City  or  country.  Ad- 
dress for  one  week  Ladies'  DcoosHor.v,  876  Broadway. 


HOUSBKBEPER.-BY  A  WIDOW  LADY  AS 
hotisekeeper  in  a  gentlemHn's  family;  willing  to 
do  anything  not  menial.  Address  A  B..  Box  No.  288 
TIMBS  DP-TX)WN  OFFICBi  NO.  1,257  BROADWATi. 


MATRON BY  A  LADY.  WITH  THOROUUHLlf 
practioal  knowledge  of  housekeeping,  as  matron; 
has  had  experience  in  schools ;  best  City  refereucea. 
Address,  for  one  week,  i  OMPETBNT.  Box  No.  328 
TIMES  DP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1.2o7  BROADWAY. 


NURSE.— .BY  A  PROTK6TANT  WOHAS  AS  IN- 
rant"B  nurse ;  thoroughly  understands  bringing  it 
up  by  tbe  bottle  ;  excellent  City  reference  given  ;  no 
objection  to  tbe  country.  Can  be  seen  for  two  days 
at  No.  70  West  19xh-8t..  between  5th  and  6tU  ava. 


NURSE,  dec— A  LADV  wisass  To  obtain  a 
place  tor  a  young  gtri.  either  to  assist  in  the  care  of 
young  children  or  to  do  light  ehamb'-r.work;  can  be 
highly  recommended;  wages  very  moderate.  Call  on 
Monday  at  So.  15  West  SOtb-st.,  between  2  and  4. 


T^rURSK.— BY  A  GOOD  fAlTHXUL  WOMAN  AS 
X*  child's  nurse;  excellent  reference*  from  preseut 
employera,  No.  208  West  33tb-st..  where  she  can  be 
seeu  on  Monday. 


NURISB.— ACCOUCHKDR   AND    MONTHLY  NDRSB 
is  oiseugaged.      Mrs.  Harper,  No.  141  East  Sth-st., 
Room  No.  I'i. 


N 


URSE.— BV  A    FRB.NCH    GIRL  sPKAKINO  PORE 
tarlslan  French.    Cail  at  No.  63  Oth-av.,  third  belL 


SEA-WSTRESSSI.— FAMILY  BKWINO  BY  A  NE.\T 
sewer  by  the  day  or  week;  can  operate  and  assist 
with  drespes:  terms  moderate.  Addices  Advertiser, 
Ho.  241  West  22d-8t.,  top  floor. 


SEAMSTRESS  A-\DI»Kii.>»S-!ttAKEK.— WILL 
go  out  by  the  oar,  or  work  at  borne.     Call  or  a.laress 
Mrs.  E.  a.  No.  21tj  Bast  3ljth-at,  In  tho  store. 


SEAMSTRESS.— SEWING      BY     THE     DAK       OR 
travel  with  a  family,  by  a  French    middle-aged  por- 
Bon.    Apply  at  7  Patchln-plaoe,  West  10tb-»t, 


WASHING.— BY  A  COLORED  LAU-SDHKSS:  FAM- 
lly  or  gentlemen's  washiog  done  in  flrst-cia^a 
style;  contracts  fur  wasbirig  made  with  schuois,  fam- 
ilies, and  hotels.  Address  A.  Harris,  Washington 
Laundry,  Na  205  Sth  ay.,  first  floor. 


WASHING. -BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  COLOHliD 
laundress  a  few  gentlemen's  or  tiuniliea'  washing 
at  her  home;  76  ceuta  per  duzen,  or  go  out  by  the  day. 
Call  at  No.  150  •>  est  27tb-si. 


WASHINfci.— BY  AN  EXfKailiNCRD  LAUNDRESS 
at  all  kinds  of  laundry  woric  and  plain  washine : 
75  cents  per  dozen  ;  large  auuu.y  .ynrd.  Address  Mrs. 
Coooer,  ^o.  440  West  ddth  st,.  back  basement. 


\irASIlING.— BY  ^  RESPECTABuiv  CuLORHD 
~T  woman;  day's  ^orS'Bnd  cleamng;  good  refer- 
ence-    Call  at  No.  214^. vj est  :iUth-st.  A.  Antiiony. 


WASHING.— BY    A   Rh^PKCTABLK    WoM.VN  TO 
do  waahim;  at  home,  or  go  out  by  tbe  day.    Call 
at  No.  244  West  35th-8*.,  back  baasment. 


WAITRESS.- BY  A  SCOTCH  GIRL  AS  WAITRESS 
and  cDamber-maid  ;    can  furnish  good  references. 
Call  at  No.  5  Chrystie-street. 


WAITRESS BY  A  PROTESTANT  YOUNG   GIRL 
as  first-clRss  waitress;  best  City  retcreuce.    Call 
at  No.  477  5tti-av. 


CLERKS  ANO  HALES.HBN. 

BOOK-KEEPER.  CORRESPOND^NTr&cT 
— is  coniDeteut;  an  excellent  penman,  and  can  give 
first-ciaas  reference.  Address  F.,  BoxNa  12U  Tunes 
Cfilce. 


BDTIiBR.- BY  AN  EXPERIli^CBD  ENGLISHMAN  ; 
age  35;  aa  first  man:  nnVxceptionabie  refer- 
ence. Address  Butler,  (for  one  w^k.)  Box  No.  2b3 
TIMBS  OP-ToWN  OFFK-'E.  NO.  1.257sBitOAi>WAT. 


COOK.— «Y  A  COLORED  MAV  AS  CdOttr— FfttsTT 
class  reference;  understands  American,  Frenctv 
and  Spanish  diabes;  botel  or  ijoardlng-houae  pre- 
ferred; City  or  country  ;  can  be  engaged  for  tbe  Sum- 
mer.   Call  or  adaress  for  one  week  149  West  62d-8t. 


COACH.TIAN  AND  GHOO.n.— BY  A  PROTES T- 
ant  young  mnn  ;  wili  make  himself  generally  use- 
ftU;  willing  and  obliging;  no  objection  to  City  or 
country:  tnoronghly  understands  the  care  of  horaes 
and  harness:  can  come  highly  recommended.  Call  or 
address  W.  M.  C,  No.  51  liast  33d  st. 


COACHAIAN  AND  GROOAl.-BY  A  80BK8.  Ifl- 
dustriona.  single  Scotchman ;  experienced  City 
driver;  no  objection  to  tbe  country;  understands  gar- 
dening ;  can  milk;  willine  to  be  generally  usetai; 
two  years'  City  reference  from  laat  employer.  Address 
James  Stark,  No.  125  Allen-st. 


COACHiHAN.- BY  AN  ENGLISH.MaN,  MARRIKD, 
with  no  Incnmbeance ;  baa  eight  years'  bem  City 
reterences,  with  two  years'  from  last  employer.  Call 
on  or  adflresa  M.  H  J.,  at  Brewster  (c  Co. 's  carnage 
factory,  47th-8t.  and  Broadway. 


COACHMAN  AND  GARDKNKR.— dY  A  SI.V- 
gloman:  good  driver  a-jd  groom,  and  excellent 
gardener;  beat  reference.  Address  P.  H..  Box^>o.  20U 
rune*  Ofdce. 


COAUfliMAN.-BY  A  OBNTLKMAN  FOR  HIS 
coachman;  country  preferred,  whom  he  ean  highly 
recommend;  strictly  temnerate;  perfectly  truat- 
worthy.     Address  O.  K.  No.  113  Kaat  22d-st, 


COACH.WAN.— BY  A  GBR.MAN  PROTESTANT  MAN 
and  wifb;  man  as  ooacbmdu  and  gardener,  wife  as 
cook,  washer,  and  ironer;  no  objection  to  City  or  conn- 
try;   go<>d  reference.     Call  at  Nu.  255  West  30th-st. 


FAKMER,  dec— A8  FARM  MANAGER  BY  THE 
Bub8cr)t>er.  who  thoronzhly  understands  the  busi- 
ness. For  further  particulars  address  o.  vy.  BUR- 
LB80N,  Wateivllle,  Oneida  County,  N.  Y. 


FARiW  BR  WISHES  A  STOCKED  FAHM  TO 
work  on  shares  ;  best  reference.  Address,  for  one 
week.  H.  W..  Box.  No.  207  TIMES  DP-TOWN  OFFICB, 
SO.  1.237  BROADWAY. 


GARDENER.— SWISS;  MARIllEDr  POSSES^ilNG 
a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business ;  commer- 
cial or  privaie:  first-class  grower  of  stove  and  green- 
house plants,  the  forcing  of  grapes,  peaches,  itc.,  and 
vegetable  garoenicg;  also  the  laying  out  of  new 
places  or  improving  and  maoaginK  an  old  one;  can 
come  wellTeoommeuded  by  present  and  former  em- 
ployers.   Address  J.  Conrad,  Gravesend,  Long  Island. 

GARD BN BR.— BY  A  GERMAN;  HAS  30  YKAR8' 
experience  at  greenhouses,  graperies,  landscap- 
ing, fruit,  floweta,  and  vegetables;  tboae  who  have 
eituation  for  atborougly  competent,  sober  aud.  indus- 
trious man,  with  beat  referencea,  address  C.  G.,  Box 
No.  316  XIMBS  op-tow N  OFFICB,  NO.  1.267  BHOAD- 
WAY. 


GAKDBNEO.— BY  A  GHKMAN,  WITH  WIFE 
only,  aa  firatrclasaN- gardener;  undeistands  thor- 
oughly, hot-bouse  plants,  graperies,  flowers,  and  ver- 
getable  gardening ;  retera  to  bis  present  employer,  P. 
T.  Barnam,  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  where  he  ma.y  be  ad- 
dressed, Henry  Dllmito,  or  at  Blebecht  it  Wadley, 
florists,  37th  st.  ana  6th  av.,  New-York. 


eARDENBK  AND  FARMER.-BY  A  SCOTCH 
married  man;  Isatboruugh  prnctlcal  man ;  would 
take  a  flrst-olass  gardener's  situation ;  has  taken 
several  prizes  at  horticultural  exblbitluas;  City  refer- 
ence.   Address  Competent,  Box  No.  204  Timet  Office. 


GAKDENER.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  FRENCH  QAR- 
dener;  single;  competent,  in  all  branches;  twenty 
years  experience  In  this  country;  goud  refsreaces.  Ad- 
dress A.  U.,  Gardener,  No,  136  ble«uker-st. 


GABDBNBH.— BY  A  SINGLE  .MAN  AS  GAEDBK- 
er,  tec;  thoroughly  onnerstauds  all  its  branehes, 
and  can  be  highly  reconuneuded.  Address,  for  two 
weeks,  J.  M.,  Gardener,  Treraont,  New  York  Cit.y. 


GARDENER.— BY  A  MARRIED  ENGLISHMAN; 
ten  years'  recommendation  fTompreaent  employer. 
Address  O.  L.,  Scaradaie  Post  Office.  Westoheister 
County. 


GARDENER. —  BY  A  GARDENER.  (SCOTCH,! 
married,  who  onderstauds  his  business  thorongb- 
Iv ;  references  unexceptionable.  Address  C,  at  James 
Fleming'a.  Na  67  Nassau  st. 


GROOM.- BY  A  YOUNG  MAN  AS  GROOM  OR 
second  man  ;  understands  his  onsiness,  and  will  oe 
well  recommended  ;  aatisfaetory  reference.  Call  or 
addressfortwodara,  J.  A.,  No.  20  West  lath-st 


LA  *V.— A  GOOD  SHORTHAND  WRITKS,  CONVEY- 
aaeer,  copyist,  and  general  clerk  of  many  years' 
experience  deaireB  employment  at  reasoaable  remu- 
neration. Address  C.  R ,  No.  271  Waahingtoa-st.,  Jer- 
sey City.  


THB  ADVERTlaSEtt,  A  TOUNO  ItlAN,  WITH 
Al  reflerenoes,  about  to  sail  for  Europe,  would  like 
to  transact  some  InisineaB  for  reliable  parties.    ,  . 

A.  WILLIAMS,  No.  13  Bank-sc 


USEFUL  MAN.-BY  A  GKSUAN  TO  TBJID  FUR- 
■•«»•,  balid  flM«.  and  to  moke  himself  caneraUy 
vntuu  2Ms0«iXi«.^bw  J(«i  884)  naM*  OOm* 


USEBUIi  MAM.— BY  A  RE8PBCTABLB  YODNO 
man :  can  wait  on  table,  care  of  silver,  attend  all 
kinds  of  tUrnaoea,  lio.;  care  aud  drive  horses  ;  willing' 
to  do  anything  for  very  low  wageaj  flrst-olaaa  refer- 
ences, AddreM  J.  W.  Aiken.  Boat  No.  262  TIMES  DP- 
TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,267  BROADWAY. 


■VITANTED— BY  A  YOUNG  MAN,  A  POSITION  OP 
T  T  trust;  has  hod  charge  of  the  retail  books  lu  one 
Of  the  Itu-gest  houses  In  the  Ctty  for  several  years 
paat;  unexceptionable  references  ttom  present  em- 
ployers as  10  chsracter,  ability,  ta  Address  A.B.  U, 
Box  No.  142  Timet  Office. 


WAITER.- BY  A  RESPECTABLE  COLORED  MAN 
In  a  first-class  private  family  as  waiter ;  Is  also 
capable  ot  filling  the.  positloa  ot  a  first-class  head 
waiter;  oest  of  City  references.  Call  or  addreas,  for 
two  dava,  C.  R.,  168  West  ISth-at.,  second  floor,  front. 


WAITER BY  A  YOUNG  COLORED  MA;«  AS 
flrst-olass  waiter  in  a  good  German  laroily:  best 
City  rererenoe.  Call  or  address  George  Mitchell,  No. 
21  Cornelia  at. 


WAITER.— iiY  A  YODNG  COLOilED  M.\N  IN 
private  family  or  boarding-bouse;  is  a  flrst-olass 
waiter  In  every  respect ;  willing  and  dutiful;  best  City 
reference.    Call  at  No.  150  West  27th-8t.-  "*" 


WAITER.- BY  A  YOUNG  MAN  AS  FIRST  OB 
second  waiter  In  a  private  family  ;  best  City  reier- 
enoe.  Address  T.C,  Box  No.  827  TIMES  UP-TO*Mi 
OFFICE,  NO.   1,267  BROADWAY. 


WAITER.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  YdDNG  8I.SOLE 
colored  mao  ;  is  thoroughly  otmipetent;  can  fur^ 
nish  good  reference  tor  honesty  and  moral  habits. 
Call  or  address  S.,  Na  163  Wast  24th  st. 


ARTIFICIAI.    FLOWER    BRANCH  ERS.- 
BDWARD  RIDLEY  &  SONS,   Gland  and  Allen  sts., 
want  15  first-class  hands.  Apply  at  once  on  third  flooi. 


WANTED— A    FRENCH    BOY    AS    WAITER  IN    A 
private  family.    Apply  between  9   aud   11  A.    M. 
Monday,  at  No.  atJl  We8t2:id-8t 


^^tFINANOlAJL 

MW-HCin 
6S  &  7S, 

COUPON    AND    REGISTERED, 

FOR  SALE  BY 

VERMILYE  &  CO., 

le  -A.3srr>  is  i<t.a.ss-a.xt-st. 


SIX  ^EK  CENT.  BROOKLYN  CIT%  BONDS. 

Dbpabthiint  ofFisancb,  CoNTaoDLBa's  orpica.   ) 
City  Hall,  Bkookltw.  Peb.  16,  1877.       5 
The  undcTslgued  will  ri-celve  sealed  proposals  at  this 
office  nniil  Thurs.ia.v.  March  1.  at  12  o'clock  no  )n.  (at 
which  time  they  will    t>e  opened )  for    the    purchase  of 
the  whole  or  any  part  of  the  following  loans: 

$600,000 
S«  per  cent,  Brooklyn  City  bonds  for  the  completion 
of  tue  New-Vork  and  Brooklyn  Bridga 

$300,000  MATURING  I."J   1UJ9,   and 

$2i)0,(i0U    MATURING  IS     19l0. 

COUPON  OK     KEGISTEEBD. 

$250,001) 

Hr  percent.   ASSRSSMKNT    FU.Vd   BoNDS,  W.  &  S., 

matunug  three  years  from  data  of  parch*s3 — Cto^ls- 

tereo. 

Proposals  must  state  the  price  offered,  (with  accrued 
Interest  from  JaiL  1  on  Brooklyn  Cuv  bonds.)  ani  de- 
scription of  bonis  desired. 

WILLIAM  BURRRLL.  Controlbr. 


Choice  and  Safe  Investments. 

7,  8,    AND  10  PEE  CENT. 

crry  and  county  mdnicipal  bo.nds. 

FIRST^lORTG.AUK  RAILROAD  BONDS. 
CITY  RAILROAD  STXiTKS  AND  BONDS. 

INSURANCE  ANO  BANK  STOCKS. 
GAS-LIGHT  9T0f'KS  AND   3'>NDs. 

STRICTLY  PIRsr-CLASS  SECURITIES. 
PAYING  10  TO  13  PKK  CE.VT. 

INTEREST  ALWAYS  PROMPTLY  PAID. 
For  sale  at  desirable  prices  by 

Albert  H.  Nicolay  &  Co., 

NO.  43  PINH:  ST..  NKW-YORK. 
N.  B.— INVESTMENT  SECCdITIB  <  OUa  SPECIALTY 
26  YEARS. 


6  PER  CENT.  &  7  PEll  CENT. 

STOCKS 

OF  TUE 

CITY    OF    NEW-YORK, 

MATDBING  JULY,  1977.  TO  190.%. 
FOR  SALE  BY 

GEORGE  K.  SISTARE, 

NO.  24  NA8SAU-.^T. 


BUFFALO  CITY  PARK  ]8, 

Due  in  J  01  3. 

FOR  SALB  BY 

DANIEL  A.  MORAN, 

NO.  40   WALL-ST. 


mtTiiapiicEin' 

MUNICIPAL  BONDS.  DUE  J 006.    A  LIMITED 


AMOUNT  FOR    SALB  3Y 


RVHN,LOEB&CO.,  NO.  31  NASSAU  ST. 


CONVERSION  OK  FOREIGN  BONDS  AND 

STOCKS  INTO  BRITISH  PONDS. 
Before  inveailng  your  savings  or  converting  jour 
stocks  address 
MESSRS.  F.  MALLBTT,  PBLFAIRIN-OS^CO., 

Ho.  11  South  wark  Exchange, 

Loudon.  8.  K. 

LETTERS  OF  CREDIT  AND    CURRENT     ACCOUNTS 

ON    BEMITTaNCK.S    on    LONDON.    BRDSSELS,  AND 

PARIS,  AND  ALSO  DEPOSITS    MADE  ON    MiiKCHAN- 

DlSE. 

This  honae  receives  conaignmenta  of  funds  on  estab- 
lished conditiooa.  and  delivers  in  exchange  bank  drafts 
01  stated  maturity. 


HOTCUKISS    &   bURNUAM, 

(Members  New-York  Stock  Exchange,) 
COMMISSION  STOCK  BROKERS. 
No.  36  Broad-st.,  New- York. 
Stocks,  Bonds,  and  Gold  bought  and  sold  on  margin 
or  for  cash.    Branch    offices  in  5th-avenue  and  Wind- 
sor Hotels,  connected  by  our  private   telegraph  lines. 
Accounts  soliotte  L 


A  C.  BURNHAM,  NO.  33  PINE  ST.  NEW-YORK. 
jOls- Investment  eecnrities  oayinz  eight  to  ten  per 
cent,  for  sale.  Western  mortgages  a  specialty  tor  six- 
teen years-  ilefereoces  In  New-York,  Boston,  Hart- 
ford, and  Phlladelpbia.    Send  for  lists. 


T.  ROBIN40N  WARKEN  dfe  Cu. 

WM.  O.  HOFFMAN,  Auction-er, 

Na  106  Broadway,  comer  of  Pine  st 

STOCKS,  BONUS,  AND  RKAL  E.STA  wB. 


BUOWN   BROTHERS  dt  CO.. 

•  NO.  69  Wall  si"., 

XWDB  COMMJSRdlALand  VRaVELKKJ   CREDrTj 
AVAILABLE  In    a'lPAKT.'l   ot    Ih^  WOELIU 


■VJITANTED— $1,000  FIBST    MORTGAGE    ON     IM- 
11  proved  proper^.Twentv-tbird  Ward,  near  Darlem 
Bridge;   lawyer's  fees   and   disbursements   paid  ouly. 
Address  OWNER,  Box  No.  117  Time*  Office. 


AT  REASONABLE  RATK.S— MO.NEY  ON  LIFE 
and  endowment  insurance  policies  aud  mortgages  ; 
same  l>ouAht :  insurance  of  all  kinds  effected  with  best 
companies.    J.  J,  UABRICU  &.  lO.,  No.   110  Broadway. 


KOUNTZE  BROTHER.'«,  BANKERS,  NO.  12 
Wall  St..  issue  letters  of  credit  on  tbo  Union  Bank 
01  London,  available  lu  all  parts  of  the  world. 


EI^OTIONS^ 

ClBTBI.A>D.  COLDXBDg,    ClNCI-fMATI  JlSD  ) 
I11DIAIIAP01.1S  ItAiLWAY  Compact.      > 
Ci.8VEi.A9D,  O..  Feb   15.  ia77,  J 

TBE  ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE  STO.  K. 
holders  01  this  company  for  the  election  of  Direc- 
tors, and  lor  tae  trausaction  ut  other  busiu8.«a.  will  be 
held  at  tbe  oifice  of  the  company  iu  Cleveland,  on 
WEDNESDAY,  March  7.  1877. 

The  transter-books  Will   06  closed  from  the  evening 
of  20th  inaU,  until  March  8. 

GEO.   H.   RUSSELL.   Secretary. 


i77.  S 


STTJtVBSAirr  PiBB  iNSPKAnCB  COMPANT, 

Ko.  12Z  bowBSYaad  No.  200  Bboaowai. 
Nbw-Iork,  Feb.  21,  187 

THBAN-NUAL  ELECTKI.N  FOR  TWfiNTV. 
flvB  Directors  and  three  luspectora  ot  tho  nest  an- 
nual election  will  be  held  at  tbo  office  of  the  company. 
Mo.  122  Bowpry,  on  THDitSDAV.  Mnrch  8.  1877. 
Poll  opened  at  12  M.,  and  closed  at  1  o'clock  P.  M. 

GEORUK  B.  RHOADS,  Secretary. 


DIVIDENDS. 


S77.) 


New-Yore  and  Colohado  Compaxt, 
Pakk  Baxk  Bnil.3l.V0, 
Nbw-Yobk,  Feb.  10. 18^ 

DIVIDEND  NO.  1.— A  DIVIDE.^D  OF  oNE  PER 
cent,  hns  been  declare<l  on  the  capital  stock  of 
this  company,  payable  at  this  officn,  on  and  after 
March  1, 187 '.  to  tbe  stockholders  of  record  at  the 
closing  of  the  transfer-lraoka,  which  will  close  on  the 
20th  day  of  Febrnar.y  Instant,  and  reopen  March  2, 
1877.  H.  GROENEMEIER,  Secretary. 


^AYINGS^BA^S^ 

\rBW-¥ORK     SAVINGS     BANK.     CORNER 
JL^  8th-av.  and    14th-8t. — luterest   commencing  irom 
the  first  of  each  month ;   assets,   93.586.76142;    sur- 
plus, $481,697  9a  R.  U.  BDLL,  President. 
C.  W.  BRurcEBRaoTF,  Seoretary. 


PEESONAL. 


INFOKJMATION    WANTED- OF    OHABLES  W. 
NEWTON,  wbo  has  been  missing  since  Deo.  26,  1876. 

WboeTer  can  give  any  Information  coDcerolng  blm  or 
his  wheieahonts  will  confer  a  great  Caver  and  be  r*. 
warded  by  ealUnp  on  bla  teotbvr,  OAliBB  M.  DBWTOJf , 
AataKPlaos Hotel.  8dar.  KaAJ»^»u 


The  np-town  office  of  THX  TIMBS  is  located  at 
No.  1,^57  Broadway,  bet.  Slat  and  33d  sM. 

Open  daily,  Sundays  Incmded,  from  4  A  M.  to  9  P.  M. 

SubicrlpUona  reoelred,  and  Isopies  of  THE  TIMES  for 

sale. 

AnVBRTISEMENTS  RKCBIVEP    UNTn<  9  P.   M. 

O  LET-m  A  8.VALL  RESPKCT.ABIjE    PRlVATH 
Gorman   family,    weil-furnished     rooms,    with  or 
without  board,  to  gentleman  and  wife  or  single  gentle- 
men: references  exchanged.     Inquire  at  No.  114  Bast 
S8tb-8t. ■_ 

AN  ENTIRE  SECONJ>  FLOOR  WITH  OB 
witliont  private  table;  desirable  location;  mag- 
nificent house;  home  oomrorts  enjoyed  without  care. 
Address  MADISON  AVENUR,  Box  No.  300  TIMBS 
DP-TOWS  OFPICg,  NO.    1.257  BROADWAY. 

NO.  134  EAST  r4Ta.S T.,  NEAR  CENTRAL 
PARK.— Madison-av.  cars;  strictly  i>rlvate  firaily: 
threa  aaults ;  will  take  two  gentleman  or  married 
couple  to  reduce  expenses;  everythl.ig  first  class; 
quiet,  comfortable  house;   references. 

CRNISHED    ROOMS    TO    LET,  WITH    OR 

without  board  ;  deliehtful  location;  private  ;hrown- 

scone  house  ;  all  conveniences.     Ko.  348    E<»(lt  124th- 

Bt.,  Harlem,  convenient  to  boat  or  cars;  terms  to  suit; 

reterencs. 

O.  67   38TH   ST.,    BETWEEN    »TH   AND 

6TH  AV8.— To  let. ;  npnerfloor;  handsome  parlor, 
bed-room,  and  bath-room  communicating;  private  ta- 
ble only;  also  hiili  room. 

TVrO.    8a    IRVING-PLACK— TWO  DOORS  FROM 
^,JJ^  Qiamercy  Park,  with  board,  iRrse  nmms   on  third 
floor,  with  southern  exposure ;  also,  hall  rooms  with 
fires;  referense^ 

NO.  74  WEST  35TH-ST.-LARGE  R003I, 
p.arlor  fioor,  saitabie  for  gentleman  an  1  wlfb  ;  also, 
frontroom.foU'th  floor;  excellent  board;  terms  mod- 
erate,; refereucea. 

IFTH-AV.,  NO.  4S.  BETWEEN  ELEVENTH 
nnd  Twellth  sts^,  spacious  suite  of  well  furnished 

aprtrtmenta  on  parlor  floor,  with  or  without  private 

table. 


NO.  104  WEST  44D-ST.— HANDsoMBLY-FDR- 
ni^hed  rooms  to  let.  with  first-class  board;  terms 
moderate;  reference. 


NO.  Ja2  MADISON  AV.,  DE.SllJABLR  SUITE  OP 
rooms,  also  siogle  room,  with  board ;  referencea  ex- 
changed.  . 


WKST    530    ST.,     N<».    2:J7 — GOOD     liOOMS, 
with  or  without  board  ;  good  location;  convenient 
to  c:»rg. 


■\rO.  106 MADISON  AV.— THIRD  STORY,  LARGB 
l.^room  with  bod-mom  communinatine;  possession 
Ist  pf  March.  '  Also  siiiel'*  room  with  board. 


NO.     5430      EAST       3.5TH-8T.— NEATLY-PUR- 
uiifhed  ri'oms,  with  or  without  board,   or  for  liitht 
housekeeping  i  good  neighborhood;  terms  moderate. 

UNNV    SECOND  FLtlOR,  FRONT    SUITE, 

annertor  board  ;  low  forj  balance  of  season.    No.  33 
West  33d-sU 


NO.    354    WEST    J43D.ST.-A    FINE    LARGE 
eeoond-story    front     alcove    room,  with  first-class 
bosrd  in  nnvate  family.    References. 


IVJO.  33  WEST  31ST-ST.— A  SUITE  OK  ROOMS, 
il  »uit.<0le  for  a  family  or  gentlemen,  to  let,  with  pri- 
vate table,  or  witboiil  board. 


F IFTH-AV.,  351— FRONT  ROOMS,  BBAUTIKUL- 
l.v    tUniislied ;      excellent    tible;      very    moderate 
ternis;  single  rooms  to  gentlemen. 


NO.    118  WE.ST    49TU    ST.-To    LET,  WITH 
board, «  double  or  si  iifle  mom.  suitable  for  gentle- 
men;  terms  moderate;   refereoees. 


NO. '2»  WEST  28TH   ST..   NEAR  BROAD. 
»V AY.— Sunny  front  rooms,  wUh  snperior  table,  for 
familieaand  gentlemen  ;  prices  moderate. 


tut 'JO  E.AST  a'2l»  ST.. 

Witli  board,  parlor  and  bed-room,  first  floor;  single 
rooms:  taole  lioard. 


NO.  4  EAST  29TI1  ST.,  HKTWIiK.^  5TU  AND 
Madison  avo.— desirable  room;     first-class  boaro; 
also  table  boarders. 


PMi4SANT     ROIl.tl.S,     Willi       LO.iRi)       lUIUD 
floor;  but  few  board^'rs;  references.     Ko.  11(5  West 
45lb  8^. 


N 


0.33  WESTti7TH-ST ONE  FROST,  SUNNY 

haJ  room  :ind  romn  on  fourth  floor,  with  board. 


R 


00.>1S,     WITH    EXC^ilLLbNr    TABLE,    AT 
23  .\>Bt-3-2<1-Bt. 


N 


O.     5      EAST       IBTH-ST.— SECOND     FLOOR; 
we!l-fumi3lied;^flr8t-clQB8  ijoard ;    rofereiices. 


T  LARGE^COMFilR'TABI.E  FRONT  ROOM. 
xV4t'<«^be  seeoQil  floor  :  ftirni'hui;  two  rooms  on  the 
thiii^oor  1  to  geutiemen,  wlili-iu'.  board.  No.  23»4th- 
av.rtfear  IPih-st 


TVTO.  131  WEST  40Tii-"«T.-*flfc'KMNnED; 
i^  !:(?cond  floor  I  roil  t  room;  a.l  improveineiits  ;  terms 
moderate.  "•^** 


RAILIiOgDa. 

PENNSYLVANfA   tklLROAlf. 

GUKAT  TULNK   l.l>>H 

A.NT'  UNlTKOSTATKi  .MAli:  rt'iJT3. 
Trnina   leave   .New-Voru,  ri^   Dei^jrjisei    .»a  I      Cort- 

Inndt  .Mreeia  I'erries,  v^  f  ..lo.yi 

iiipresa  for  llarri.^ouri;,  I'ltts'iur.;.  the  Weat  and 
South,  with  I'uliiaiii  I'll'ico  >J  irs  attiJlij-l,  8:  id  A. 
W..  o  iihn  «:Sl»  P.  .\1.,  .I'lily. 

For  Wiiilamsp'jit,  Lork  llayon,  CirrN'.  and  Trie,  at 
is::<l)  t".  .>!.,  i;(iQn  ■ctio^  at  Ci>rr.v  for  Ti  tu^vii'e,  Petio- 
Itum  C  'Utri-,  an<l  llie  Oil  R««ious.  For  Willijius- 
port  lind  Lock  llaven.  S:30  A.  .M. 
'For -IJaluni 're.  rt':n,hinctoii,  and  liie  South,  '  Llm- 
ited  Wasliiiiatou  Ex;^resj'  of  I'uiliiiH'i  ParlorSnirs 
dally. e.tcept  Sundar.  ".i:-!i' V-  M.  arrive  Wasbiu.:- 
ton+:IO  I-.  H.  Re^iii-ir  st -t  10  A.  M.,  1.0.  «nd;» 
P   JL    Snnilftv,  tffcmi  '.i  P.  .M. 

liprcssforPl.TiailKliii.  ?•  :',i»,S:M,  S:10.  (0:30  Lim- 
ited,) 1((:H0A.  .\U1.  I,  o  0,  7,  S;30,  ;>  I'.  M.,  and  IvJ 
iiiffht.  hnnilay,  m.U)  A.  >!..  '»,  il,  7.  8:30.  aud  W  P.  M. 
Ftnigrant  ;ini  ^oc*iid-ilat).*.  7  i'.  .^L 

Accoiii:n'i.l;iti.iii  for  Troul  m.  7  \.    .U..  3  and  4:10  P.   M. 

For^!ins  to  .New.irk.  Hlizi'>et'i.  Ka'iWiiy.  PriiiO'ton. 
Trenton.  P<-rth  .Am')oy.  Pl-mingto.i.  lJt<lylder>,  a:i  I 
'other  points,  see  loo  ii  :icue<Iulcs  at  all  ricki>i  Of- 
fice 

Traiiia  srilre;  Prom  Pit-tsWir;:.  C;20  nnd  10:30  A.  M., 
and  10:2i;  P.M.  d-i.iy  10:1  )  A.  M.  ;»nd  0:50  P.  .iL 
dally,    i-xceot   Monday.     Prom  U'.ishington  and  Dal- 

^Upqre.  ti:  !0,  0:M  A.  il..  4: 10.  .Vli).  and  10:21  1'.  "-l 
+it»*fy  tl:M!^   !»:50  A.  M.    Protu   PliUalelphi:*,  'r.)5, 

.  t;:-U  i!:.10.  11:50.  10:10.  11:,-.0A.  .M.,  2:10,4:10,5:10, 
ti:.'>0  H:4l),  10:10,  and  10:'>0  P.  M.  Sunday  5:0,'). 
0:20,6.30,  U:j;).  11:5D.  .\  il.,  ■i:..0.  10:10.  and  10::iJ 
1'.  M. 

Ticket  Offleos.  N09.  520  and  911  rroadwav,  Nal 
Astor  House,  and  loot  of  fiesiirosses  and  Cortlau'lt 
street.';      N.i.  l  Court  st  ret.  Broofelvu:      N<ib.   Hi,  110, 

and  1  IS  Hutfeon  stroi-t,  lloixikcu;    Depot.  Joraev  City 
•Kmigr-int Ticket  ')iUce,  .No.  S  Battery  plac-v 
FRANK  THOMSON'.  D.  jl.  BOYD.  Jb., 

tJoner.il  .\Inn.i2er.  Oenpr:il  Pnssenger  Agent. 


TO    PHI  LA DELPHI  A 

PENNSYLVANIA   EAILROAD. 

THE  OLD-ESTABLISHED  ROUTE  AND    SHORT    LINE 

between 

NEW-VORK    AND    PHILADELPHIA. 

14  Through  Trains  pach  way  daily:     8  Depots  in  Phila- 
delphia, 2  iii  A'ew-Vork. 

4   Tracks,   tho  most    Improvd    Eqiiipmeni.  and    the 
Fastest  Time  consistent  with  absolute  solety. 

Express  Trains  leave  New- York,   via  Desbrosses  ahd 

Cortlandt  -streets  Ferries,  as  follows: 
7:80.  8:30,  8:10,  (9:30  Limited.)  10:30  A.  M..  1.4,  6,  6, 

7.  8:30.  9  P.  M.,  and  12  Midnight.    Sunday.   8:30  A. 

M.,  5.  6,  7,  S:M.  and  9  P.  M. 
Returning,  trains  leaye  Phiivlelphia  3:20,  >3;30.7,  7:30, 

8:30,  and  11   A.  M.,  (Limited    Kxpreas,    1:35   P.    M.,) 

1S40.  4.  5:30,  7.  and  7:35   P.    >L,   and    12  Midnight. 

On  SDnday,  3:20,  3:30,  7.  8:30  A.  M..  4,  7,  7: 35  P.  M., 

and  12  Midnight. 

Ticket  OfHcet,  Nos.  536  and  944  Broadway,  Na  1 
Astor  Honae,  Hod  loot  of  Desorosses  and  Corllandt 
sts..  So.  4  Court  sU,  Brooklyn;  Nos.  114,  116.  and  118 
Hudson  St.,  Hobolien:  Dfpot.  Jersey  City.  Emigranl 
Ticket  Offl -e.  No.  8  Battery  place. 
FRANK  TliOM.soN.  1).  M.  BOYD,  Jr., 

General  .ManaRer.     .        General  Posseiiger  Agent. 


NEW-VOKK     CENTRAL     AND     HUDSON 
RIVER   RAILROAD— Commeiic'inf  Dei'.    '-iO,     1876, 
through  trams  will  loave  Graml  CencraLpepot: 

7:16  A.  .M.,  Western  and  Northern  -EtPresSf  with 
jirawing-ronra  car.i  to  Canan  laijTua.  ~  '^ 

^;30  A.  .M..  special  Chicago  and  •'<(•.  Louis  Express, 
witti  ilrawinc-room  cars  to  Rochester  aud  BuITaIo. 
Ais's  throiieh*'ir  to  Su  Loui.s. 

11:00  A  M.,  Northern  and  Western  Kxorass. 

SiMOP.  M..  special  Albany,  froy  auj  Western  Er- 
Pressiirrlyesat  Buirilo7:  U)  A.  Sf.^ 

6:00  P.  .«.,  Kxpress.  with  sln^pluT  c-»rs,  for  Wntar- 
town  anUCanandaUuo.  Alsofor  .M:>:itro.»l  vii  Plitta- 
bur^ 

8:30P  M..  Pacific  Kxpreas,  ilally.  with  sleeping  carl. 
lor  Rochester.-  Niagara  Falls.  Bntfalo.  Cleveland.  In- 
dianatioiis,  and  Louisville.  Also  for  Chicajta  via  both 
I<-  A.  an^  ai.  Ci  Railroads,  anu  to  Montreal  via  St.  Al- 
bans. 

11:00P.  M..  Ripresa.  with  eleeplnsr  cars,  foe  Albanr 
and  '[tWv.     Way  iiaina  as  per  local   Time  Tivbles. 

Tickets  tor  sale  at  Nos.  252,  '261, and  413  Broadway, 
and  Ht  Westcott  Express  Compan.v's  offlcea.  Nos.  7 
Paik  place,  785  and  94^  Broadway  New-York,  and 
333  Washington  at.    Brootlyn. 

CS.  B.   .MKEKBR.  General  Paasenger  AgenU 


ERIE  RAILWAY. 

Winter  Arrangeuiect  of  ibrougU  trains.  From  Cham- 
IXTS  Street  Depot.     (For  23J  at.  s;e  note  below. > 

9:00  A.  M.,  d.iilv,  except  Sundavs,  Cincinnati  and 
ChicogoDay  Hi;)reH'».  Drawing-room  coiches  toBiiflala 

10:45  A.  M..  daily,  except  Sundays,  Exiircss  Mail  for 
BnlTaio  and  the  West,     sleepiui?  coach  to  Bnfiftla 

7:00  P.  M.,  dally.  Pacific  Kxpreas  to  the  West,  .''leop- 
Ing  coaches  through  to  Bufiialo.  Niagara  Falls,  Cincin- 
nati, aud  Uhica:{0  without  cbang*\.  Hotel  dinluji^ 
coaches  to  Chicago. 

7tOO  P.  M.,  except  Sundays,  VV"e,stem  Emigrant  train. 

ADovo  trains  leaye  Twcnty-tlilrJ  Street  Ferry  at 
8:4.^  and  llhlS  A.  M.,  and  0:45  I'.   M. 

For  local  tnins  see  time-tubies  and  cards  in  hotels 
end  depots. 

JNO.  N.  ABBOTT.  General   Patwonger  A-ient. 


NEW-VOUli.    NKW-nAVK.V.    AND    HART- 
FORD   RAILROAD. 

»5Sfter   Dec.  10,  1376,  trains    leave  GraUd  (Central  Do- 
pot  (42d  at.)  for  New-Caanan  Railroad  at    8:05    A.    tU.. 

1.  4:40  P.  M.f  Daubiiiy  and.Norwalk  Railroad  at  8:35 
A.  M.,  I,  aud  4>40  P.  M.;  Nrfuiatuck  Railrond  at  8:05  A. 
M..  and  3  P-  M.;'  aoosiitoniu  Hitibro^d  at  8:05  A  M.. 
and  3  P.  M.;  Kew-Haven  aud  Nortliiimpton  Railroad  ut 
8:06  A.  M..  and  3P.3M.I  for  Newport  at  8:05  A  M.  and 
IP.  M.;  B<jBton  and  Aii»any  Railroad  at  8:05  nnd 
11  A.  M.,  8  and  9  P.  M.,  (9  P.  M.  on  Sunday  :)  Boston, 
(via  Shore  Line,l  at  1  and  loP^  M.,  (10  P.  M.  on  Sun- 
days. I  Boston  imd  New-Vork  Air  Line.  8  A.  il.,  1  and 
11;30  P.  JL 
Way  trains  as  per  local  time-tables. 


liEHIGH  VALIiEV  RAILROAD. 

AEIlA!<0£MEftT         PASSl^NGER  TRAINS.         JAN.  1. 

1877. 
Leave  depots  foot  ot  Oirtlandt  and  Debrosse.)  sts..  at 

6:30  P.  M.— Night  Express.  dailj\  fur  Kaston,  Bethle- 
hem, AJlentown,  MaucU  chnntt,  Wllksbarre,  Pittston, 
f)a:fte,  Elmlra,  Ithaoa,  Auburn,  Roobester,  Butlalo, 
Niagara  Falls,  and  the  Weak  Pullman's  sleeping 
coaches  attached. 

General  Eastern  office  corner  Church  and  Cortlandt 
■ta,  CHARLES  H.  OUMMINaS.  Agent. 

HUBERT  U.  SAiiRE.  Superintendent  and  Bngin^r. 


WICKFORD  RAI  I.RUAD  BOUTB  TO  NEW. 
PORT.  B.  I.— Paasenj^era  tor  this  Hue  take  8tUS  A. 
U.  and  1  P.  M.  expresa  trams  from  Grand  Central 
I>ap«t,  amTiUB  at  4:18  and  8  P.  M.  at  Kei 


THMXUMSM  WAJfcBBA.  0' 


Kewport, 


THE  WAGNER 
OPERA  FESTIVAL. 

Mr.  J.  0.  FRYER  hns  tbe  ht<«wto  amionnoe  that  li5" 
has  made  arraugementa  with  the  following  artists  for 
a  eeasou  of 

WAGNER  OPBRA. 

Madame  EUGRSIK  PAPPeNHEIK, 
tbe  world-renowned  dramatic  prima  donna,  who  suo- 
cessfullv  BBsuroed  t^e  rdles  of  the   different  operas  Of 
the  Wagner  repertoire  in  Germany,  under  the  personal 
direction  of  the  composer. 

MadamePADLIKBCAfflSSA,      1 

her  rentr^n  on  the  otieratio  stage. 

Madame  LISTN BR, 

Madame  CLARA  PERL, 

Miss  BMMA  ORANOH.  (her  first  appearance,) 

MmcB.    GRlMMINORR,     UaEKWAQEN.     WKINHOtD, 

KOMaNUS.  P1KANE8EB,  JULIE  HOFF»IA.'«, 

Mr.  A.  BISCUOFP,  Mr.  CH.  FRITSCH. 

Mr.  FELIX  PliEUSSBR,  Mr.  A.  BLDM, 

Mr.  T.  J.  SULLIVAN',  Mr.  WILLIAM  FORMES, 

Messrs.  STBINBACH  and  LSNOIR. 

Chorus  Master Mr.  H.  GRKINKR 

Musical  Ceuductor .Mr.  ADOLPH  NBUEKDORVP 

This  seasoD  will  be  entirely  devoted  to  tbe  best 
works  of  the  "  Beethoven  "  of  tbe  oresent  day, 

RICHARD  WAGNER, 
the  man  who  has  won   tbe  first  place   among  living 
com"osera.    The  manager  is  very  happy  to  announce 
tbe  first  production  in  America  ot  the  best  opera  of  the 
wonderful  triio^ry,  which  created  such  a  eeosation  at 
Bayreuth,  iu  Bavaria,  list  Summer, 
DIE  WALKURE. 
The  other  works, 

LOHENGRIN. 

FLYING  DUTCHMAN, 

TANNHAD.SBR, 

will  be  recognized  as  not  only  popular  in  the  hicbest 

doaree,  but  also  representative  of  tho  varied  styles  of 

tiie  immortal  comooaer. 

In  order  to  iuaure  as  p»r'eot  a  representation  of 
Richard  Wagner's  composition  as  possible,  the  services 
of  .Mr.  A.  HEUENDOEFF,  muaioal  director  aud  con- 
ductor, hare  been  secured,  with 

A  SPECIALLY  SELECTED  ORCHESTRA  OP 
70  IJ»«TrtCMKNTALI8TS. 
AN   EFFICIENT  CHORUS  OP  60. 
*.-THB  COSTUMES  WILL  BE  ENTIRELY  NEW. 
",*The  scenery  will  be  adequate ;  that  lor 
DIE  WALKDRB 
ia  now  being  made,  and   will  be  painted  by  tbe  best 
ecenic  arrists. 

*,*Due  notice  will  be  given  of  the  commencement  of 
the  sale  of  seats  for  the  season  ot  the  "  Grand  Wagner 
Festival." 


EXTRA. 


ACADE.MY  oF  music. 

Wagner  opera  festival 

Fully  ana  glowingly  described  in  to-morrow's 
NOAH'S  SDNDAY  TIMES. 


ACADEMV  OF  MUSIC.  B^ 

WAGNER  OPERA  FESTIVAL 

Fully  and  glowingly  described  in  to-day's 

NOAH'S  ^TJNDAY  TIMES. 


ACAUBMY  OF  MUBiC.  —       EXTRA 

WAGNER  OPERA  FESTIVAL 

Fully  and  glowingly  described  in  to-day's 

NOAH'S  SUNDAY  TIMB-S. 


ACADEMY  OF  MUSIC. 

Overwhelmiag  hotuesi 


A3B0TT. 
Immense  success 


T  OF  MISS  i^MA  ABBOTT 

IN  GRAND  ITALIAN  OPERA. 
SPECIAL  ANNOUNOKxMBNTI 
Last  night   and  last  matinee  of 
LA    FIQCIA    DEL    BEGQI-MKNTO. 
On  FRIDAY  and  SATURDAV,  March  2  and  3. 
In  consequence  of  the  unprecedented   demand  for 
seats  for  Mias  E-UMA  ABBOTT'S  d6but  last  Friday  and 
Satard:i.y  matiii6o,  and  the  fact  that  hnnareda   ot    per- 
sons  were   unable   to    obtain    even  admission,    the 
management  t:ike«  great  pleasure  la  nnnouuciue  tho 

LAST  ARBOl'T  OPERA  NIGHT 

and  THE  LAST   ABBOTT  MATINEE 

00  FRIDAY  uudSATUUi'AY,  March  2  and  8. 

when  will  be  repeated  Donizetti's  iharming  opera, 

LA  FIGLIA    DEL  REGGIMEnTO, 
in  which   Mies   ABBOTT  as    MAHI.A    has    achelved    a 
triumphant  success;   with  the  powerful  oast, 

BKIGNOLI,  KlsHRANTI,  Mme.  DK  GEBELE,  ko. 

MAX  MABKTZHK.  GRAND  CHORUS  and  ORCHESTRA. 

Sale  of  seats  on  Monday  at  Academy,  Sohlrmer'a,  No. 

701  Broadway,  No.  Ill  Broadway,  also   Ko.    23    Union 

square,  


PARK  THEATRE.  B'WAV  AND  2iV  ST. 

HENRY  E.  ABBEY Lessee  and  Manager 

FIFTH  WKEK. 
STILL  THB    PRKV.MLlNii    POPULAR    ATTRACTION, 

Mr.  Leonard  Grovefs  American  comedy 

OUR  BOARDINO-MOU'^E. 
One  vast  langb  tills  the  air.  —HeraUi. 

OUR  BOARDING-HOUSE. 
It  is  very  well  acted,— £t;«iiiH?  Jfott. 

OLR  BOARDING-HOUSE. 
Ia  beautilully  placed  on  th-  stage.— Sundoy  Mercury. 

OUrt  BOAKDlNU-HOUaE. 

Free  from  taint  of  vulgarity.— JSJW-e»». 

UUR  BOARDING-HOUSE. 
Will  certainly  be  a  popular  Institution. — Telegrcan. 

OUR  BOARDINGH'USE. 
The  laughter  comas  irresistibly.— iVeic*. 

OUR  llOARDINO-HOD.-iE. 
.Always  crowded  with  f.ishluiiable  guests. — Mail. 

OUR  BOARDING  HOUSK. 
Latest  arrivals  publlshett  in  the  Oraphxc 

EVENING  at  8;  SATURDAY  MATINEE  at  2. 

Kc'v'd  seats, 50e..  $1  and  $1  50.  Admiasion,  50e.  aud  $1. 

FREK  LIST  ABSOLUTiiLY  SU8PKNDKD. 


NIBLO'S   GARDEN. 

KIRALFY  BROTHERS Lesseps  and   Managers 

GRAND    RECONHTRUCriON 
OK    TilE     GREAT    SPKCTACLR 

T'AROUNo'THfiWOKJLD     \ 


IN  80  DAYS. 


J 


FOUR  OF  TUE   GREATE.-rr   LIVING  DANCERS, 
lllle.  PALADINO. 

Premier  Danseuse  Assolnta.  >< 
Mil?.  MARA3CHINA, 

Premier  Danseuiie.  ''■ 
Signer  ERNKPTO  MASSAGE  10, 
the  renowned  Premier  and  Maestro  do  Ballet. 
Mile.    DE  ROSA, 
the  great  star  Danseuse    Assolnta, 
and  a  new  and  reaio«lelad  corps  de  ballet. 
Se.its  secured 'n  ndva  nee 


GRAND  AMATEUR  ATHLETIC  MEETING, 

To  be  held  at  the 

METROPOLITAN   RIDING  ACADEMY, 

3d-av.,  63d  and  64th  sts., 

THURSDAY  EVESINQ,  March  1, 

Commencing  at  7  o'clock  sharp. 

One  hundred  and   fifty  entries,   repreaentlng  ail    tbe 

prominent  clubs  of  the  Dntted  States  and  tbe  speed  of 
tho  country. 
Admirsion.  50  cmts;  reserrert  seats,  75  cents. 


NEW    BROADWAY  THEATRE, 

BROADWAY  AND  .30TH-ST. 
MONDAY,  FEB.  26,  1877, 
First  appearance  in  this  Clt.y  of 

Mr.  JOHN  T.  HINDS, 
the  Celebrated  Irish  Comedian  from  Theatre  Royal, 
Dublin,  every  evenius,  and  Wednesday  and  Saturday 
matmee  at  2,  in  INSUA VOGUE,  or  TIMES  IN  '98,  Bup- 
portea  by  a  strong  compan.y  (ifnetropolitan  artists. 

Admission,  60c.:  Reserved  Sedl«^'7oc.;  Gallery,  25c.; 
Orchestro,  jl. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MINSTRELS. 

OUR  HA8H-HOD8K. 
GREETED  WITH  SHOUTS  OP  LAUGHTER  NIGHTLY. 


THE  CELEBRATED  CENTENNIAL  "BDT- 
TER  IIE.AD."  DREAMING  lOLANTHE,  and  other 
studies,  on  exhibition  at  No.  S68  Broadway,  near  14tb 
St.    Admission,  25  cents.  t 


OOUNTRY^BOAKa 

AN  ENGLISH  FAMILY  RESIDING  IN  RA- 
V£NSWOOD  would  accommodate  twogentlemen  or 
married  couples  ;  private  sitting-room  if^deslred;  or, 
would  reut  two  handsome  rooms,  uoi'urnisbed,  with 
board;  large  grounds;  fruit  in  abundance,  boating, 
&«:.:  noother  boarders;  references  exchanged.  Addreas 
B.,Box  So.  3,947    Post  Office,  New-Yorlc 


JHOTELS^ 

THE  ROYAL  VICTORIA  HOTEL, 

NASSAU,  BAHAVIA  ISLANDS. 
For  full  information  npoly  to 

JAMliS  UDOBRWOOD  &  CO., 

No.  733  Broidwiv.  .Vew-York. 


GRAND  BOULEVARD  HOTEL,  BltOADWAY 
59th-8t.  and  Central  Park,  will  be  opened  March  1. 
as  a  flrst^cl.188  family  boteL  Prices  moderate.  Ele- 
gant restaurant. 


STONINGTON  LINE 

ifOR     liOSTON     AND    ALL    FOINl'S     E.%S'I*t 
REDUCED    FXRB. 

Elegant  steamers  leave  Fter  Na  33  Nortli  Rivsc, 
foot  of  Jay  St..  at  4:30  P.  .«. 

Tickets  for  sale  at  ill  brinolpi»l  tloket  o  tliaj.  St'tti- 
rooms  sBuureil  at  olllueso.''  Wustcutt  'i xprais  I'd-npAuy 
Riidat  .Vo  .^63  Broadway. 

FKOVIDBNCK    LINE. 

Frelclit  only,  steamers  ieavA  Pier  So.  27  .torth 
RWer,  foot  oCPark  pt:«)e,  at4  P.  M.  Frei«htA  via  either 
line  takeu  at   lowest  ratus. 

D.S.  BABCOCK.  Pros.       Ik  W.  Pn,s(»v  G.    P.  Agent 


TC^OR      NBW-UAVBN,    HARTFORD,     dfcc— 

F  Fare  $1 ;  steiimerB  leavo   Peck   slip  for  New-Haven 
8t  8  and  IIP.  .M.,  conuecling  with  rood. 


LiVmBRIDGKHORTA.VD  ALL  P(HNT.<<    OM 

l?Bnuaatomc   and    .'«augatune    R-tilroai— Parj,      %V. 
ateamers  leave  nnUiart<ie>  olio  kb   11:30  A.   VL 


MISOBLLANBOTiS. 


Portraits, 


MADTSOS-SQOARB.     N.    Y. 

HIcbest  Awards  tn 
I'arla,  Vienna,  New^Vork. 

Judges  report  from  PtllLADELPHIA  :  "  P.ir  geueral 
artb<i  to  excellence  In  ALL  STYLES  of  portrait  photo^ 
grapby,  plain,  crayon,  oil  and  pastel,  and  for  A  NEW 
PROCESS  ot  making  DURABLE  transfer  CRAYONS." 


THB  SOCIETY  (»K  THE  NE  W-VttRK  HOS- 
PITAL, having  completed  a  conservatory  for  the 
benefit  and  pleasure  ot  its  patients,  sollolts  suitable 
plants  from  such  benevolent  persons  as  may  be  will- 
ing to  coDtribute  them,  either  Cy  gift  or  loan.  Address, 
with  description  of  plants,  M.  H.,  Post  Office  Box  No. 
2,322.  New-York. 


EPI'S'  COCOA.— QRATKPOL  AND  00MF0RTIN3; 
eaeli  packet  Is  Ub>>lle'i,  JAMliS  KPPS  &  CO..  Ham!>- 
opsthic  Chemists.  Na  48  Thread  aeadle  st.  and  Nu.  179 
PIcoadllly.  LoQioa,  EhglanJ.  New-York  Depjt.  SMITH 
A  VaNDBRBEKK.  Park  aUce. 


0FFI0B9  TO  LET 

IK  THB 
«9UCBS  BUUJUKOt 


tutroduMd  In  Sahalf  of  the  ohortty  at  the  reaneiit  of*. 
infuitftSS^^*,?!®****  In  «ho  benaflcial  tostlttitiomi; 
DBBSfl  PROMENADE  CONCERT,  with  tha  best  effeota 
JK5„l*iS'£.J?'»!?*»a'  aenaationa  introduced  by  the 
TWEKITf-THIRD  REGIMENT  FULL  BAKD.  under  thB 
peraoniri  direction  of  CONTERNQ.  Cornet  solos  by  the 
brUiiant  artlat,  SaLCBDO.  FETE  OF  THB  BEAD 
MOKDB,  With  Kosembie  of  the  High  Life  Sl^taof 
Lpnilon  and  Pans  Rinks.  The  apecial  divertlsementa 
2.™.  .?,^''*'''°*  ■'^H  consist  of  a  reprssentation  of 
TITANIA  on  rol  lers;  also  a  fepetltton  of  the  SYLPH,  4* 
Bucoessftil  novelty  presented  on  a  previoua  P6t«  Night; 
alBO  QOaDRILLB  BUR  LB«  PATINS.  a  superbly  graoe- 
ful  performanoo  of  ttie  mnaaures  on  skates,  to  be  soo- 
oeeded  by  military  evomtions  on  rollers  by  mem  berk 
of  tbe  Twenty-third  Bejfiment,  with  side  arms  only: 
also,  a  second  contest  for  the  Challenge  Cup,  a  superb 
sliver  vase  by  Tiffany,  won  by  Priva'te  McKee  for  Com- 
pany D,  on  Thursday  Feb.  8.  Some  gentlemen,  pro- 
DOlent  iu  the  art  of  roller-skating,  have  been  iavited  to 
be  present  o^  the  occasion,  and  have  kindly  consented 
for  the  beneac  to  give  an  exhibition  of  the  Intricate 
movements  possible  in  tbe  form  of  skating.  The  mu-' 
sioal  features  are  uoticeable  tor  a  careful  teleotloa' 
tfom  tbe  welt  oboseu  repertoire  ot  Slgaor  Contemo, , 
the  popular  maestro.  Mr.  Salcedo.  a  brilliant  artist  in 
comet  plarlug,  remarkable  for  expression  in  the  an- 
dante movements,  will  produce  two  favorite  pieoea 
during  the  evening:  ''Le  Premiere  Amour"  and  « 
"  Grand  Fantasie." 

MUSICAL   PROGRAMME. 
L.  CONTERNO ,-. Conductor 

1.  (>nmd  March.  "  Prospect  Park,"  Conterno.  2: 
Walts,  " Spharen Klange."  Strauss.  3.  Galop,  "Skating 
Rink,"  Herrmann.  4.  overture,  "  Night  Camp  in  Gra- 
nada," Kreutzer.  6.  Morch,  "Prince  Alexis,"  Cbntemo. 
6.  Waltz.  "Dream  on  the  Ocean,"  Gung'l.  7.  Cavatlua, 
"  AtUla,"  Verdi,  a  Galop,  ••  Uoer  Feld  and  Wiese." 
Strauss.  9.  Solo  tor  cornet  a  piston,  '-Grand  Fantasie," 
Salcedo,  (Mr.  Salcedo.)  10.  Waltz,  "Lbs  Anrouleur," 
Lanner.  11.  Galop,  "bohlen,"  Kubner.  12.  Solo  for 
cornet  a  piston,  Polka,  "  Le  Premier  Amoar,"  Arbau, 
(Mr.  Salceda )  13.  March,  "  Oa  A,  Twenty-third  Regi- 
ment," Contemo.  14.  Aria.  "  II  Trovatore,"  Verdi,  lo. 
Waltz,  "Hydropaten."  unng'l.  16.  March,  •' Ca  B, 
Twenty-third  Regiment,"  Conterno. 

Admission,  6uc.    (Oumplimeutary  tickets  excluded.) 

Carriages  at  11  o'clock. 


STBINWA'V  HALL.  OLE  BELL. 

OLE  BDLL. 
OLE  BULL. 
OLE  BDLL.  -^> 

OLE  BULL.  "*^ 

ANNODNCBMBNT  EXTRAORDINARY. 
It  Is  respectfully  announced  that  the  world's  greatest 
violin  virtuoso  and  admirable  composer, 

r  OLU  BULL, 

Will  make  his  first  appearance  in  five  years  on 

WBDJSESDAY  EVENING,  Feb.  28,  at  8. 
The  managers  teel  proud  in  announcing  for  this  occa' 
slon  the  engagement  of 

THE  GREATEST  LIVING  PIANISTB, 

ANNETTE   BSNIPOPP, 

ANNETTE    ESSIPOFP, 

ANNETTE  ESSIPOFP, 

ANNETTE  BSSIPOPP, 

And  other  eminent  artists,  to  be  announced  hereafter. 

OLE  BDLL  wiU  play  nis  GRAND   CONCERTO  Allegro 

Maestoso.  Adoelo  "entimentale,  Rondo  Pastorale ;  aisO; 

bis  great  SICILIANA  6  TARANTELLA 

MME.  ESSIPOFF  WILL  PliAJ 

Chopin's  Ballade,  op.  23. 

Mendelssohn's  Five  Songs  Without  Words. 

Liszt's  Btude  de  Concert,  D  fiat. 
,  UuuiuBtein'a  Danee  Tscherkesse  "  Lesgutka,"   (from 
the  opera  "The  Demon.") 

Notwithstanding  tbe  enormous  expense  entailed  by 
tbis  grand  combination. tbe  prices  of  admiasion  will  bet 

ADMISSION,   ONE   tiOLLAB: 
secured  Beats,  $1  60.    At  Steinway's,  Schuberth'a,  and 
Na  114  Broadway. 

DALY>S  FIFTH  AVENUE  THEATRE. 

LAST 
NIGHTS 

LEMONS. 

LAST   "  LEMONS  ".IIATINEE    SATURDAY 
NEXT. 

In  preparation  for  JHareli  12,  A  NEW  COMIC  SENS.A- 
S.\TION  ot  Lucal  and  Contemporaneous  Interest. 

SATURDAY  NIGHT,  MARCH  10,  FIRST  BENEFIT  In 
America  of  Mr.  CHARLES  F.  COGHLAN,  when  he  wUl 
api>earaa  HAMLET. 


BOOTH'S  TilEATRE.  FOURTH  WEEK. 

Of  the  great  local  play 

••FIFTH  AVENUE." 

GEORGE    RIGNOLD  as  the  Hera 

ACTL 
Pictures  the  SINKING  OF   AN  OCEAN    STEAMER. 

ACT  IL 
Pictures  SCENES  IN  WALL  STREET. 

ACT  IU. 
Pictures  the  LADXCHI.NG  OF  THE  MONITOR. 

ACT  IV. 
Pictures  Piflh  avenue  by  nljht,  and  the  MURDER  OF 
.ME.  SCHDYLEli,  tho  bauker.    A  thrilling  scene. 

ACT  V. 

Pictures  the   return    of  the   gallant  SEVENTH   REGI- 
MENT and  their  coufllct  with  tbe 

RIOTERS    OF    1883. 
»,*  MATINKE  EVERY  SATDRDAS  ut  1:30. 


THE  GREAT   NEW-VORK  AQUARIUM. 

BROADWAY  AND    35TH  ST. 
OPEN  DAILY  from  9  A.  M.  till   10  P.  M. 

LIVING  MONSTERS,  WONDERS,    AND    FISHES, 

Tho  Greatest  Wonders  of  the  Age. 
Capt.  JOHNSBN  aud  his  celebrated 
DORl    CENTESKIAL. 
Tbe  smallest  boat  that  ever  crossed  the  Atlantic,  ex-' 
plainin,i  tbe  Dortr  lo^j-Uook,  a  narrative  of  daring  ad- 
venture. 

Prof.  STARR'S  Electro-microscope,    magnifylnz    liv- 
ing marine  ol^ects  to   10,000  times  tneir  natural  size. 

Ten  enormous  man-eating  Alligators. 

Wonderful  Bladder-nose  SeaL 

Egyptian  River  Horse  :  Lake  White  Fish. 

AFTERNOON  AND  EVENING  CONCERTS. 
Admission  to  all,  60  cents;   children  half  price. 


Piomletor. , JU.  BOBSniASrBHOOl 

^Tsuictr..... .......JCr.  A.  If.  PAUcdl 

BaglJU  MS.  Ir  Om  ftt  10:4a,'* 


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IN  8PLBNDOB  OF  BCBITBRTV^  COS- 

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BVBR  BQOALKD  THIS. 


Every  repreaentatloo  of  thli  play 
has  been  witnessed  by  a  crowded  and 
brilliant  audience,  who  testified  by 
raptfirous  applause  and  eager  interest 
their  thorough  appreciation  of  what 
is  admitted  by  all  to  be 

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In  the  flltutratlou  of  thU 

tiRBAT  PLAY 
the   following    favorite  -  artists   are 
eneaged:    Mesars.  C.  R.  Thome,  Jr., 
James  O'Neill,  W.  E.  Floyd,  J.  H.  stod^ 
dart,  John  Parseile.  H.  W.  Montgom-  WBBK 

ery.  H.  F.  Daly.   W.  H.    Wilder,  John 

Mathews,  Lyaander  Thompson,  H. 
Ramsey,  and  Misses  Fanny  Morant, 
Sara  Jewett.  Linda  Diets.  Ida  Ver- 
non, Lillian  Oleves,  Mro.  Farren,  Mrs. 
Pott,  and  Mrs.  Seymour. 


Of  tbe  east  tbe  Evening  Matt  says: 
"There  is  not  another  theatre  in 
this  City  or  on  this  Ontinent  which 
has  a  company  which  vould  enable  it 
to  fill  even  the  infei:or  parts  with 
such  a  snperior  grade  of  real  artists. 
There  ia  no  more  weakness  In  the 
minor  r61es  than  in  tbe  higher.  Tliere 
is  an  evenness  of  distribution  of  the 
characters  which  secures  perfection 
in  each  detail  as  well  as  in  the  whole. 
•  "  *  The  scenery  is  magnificent, 
the  appointments  are  eiegant,  the  ,WEEK 
acting    ia  exq.ui8ite,   yes— PEEPECi  " 

TION."  , 


SEATS  BECDRED    TWO    WEEKS  IN 

ADVANCE. 


SATURDAV,  MARCH  3» 
FIFTH  MATIMEB 

OF  THE 
DANICHEPFS. 


WALLAC&'S. 

Proprietor  andaianager Mr.  LBSTBB  WALLACSt 

ANOTHEB  VARIED  AKD  ATlEACtlVB  PBOGBAMMf ' 


ATE 


GRAND    OPERA    HOU^E. 

POOLE  b  DONNELLY Lessees  and  Managers 

House  packed  lo  tbe  iloors  nif;hlly. 
DNTIL  FURTHER  NOTICE. 
UNTIL  FURTHER  XOTICB.  :, 
The  greatest  success  known  to  ^Srar^ork, 

THE  TWO  ORPUAK.N. 
THB  TWO  ORPHANS. 
THE  TWO  ORPHAN-*. 

Every  scene,  costume,  and  sppoiatment  entirely  ne^f 
aud  beautiful.    A  cast  of  cbaruuters  from  the 

UNION-SQUARE  THtATRE  COMPANY. 
Seats  secured   two  weeks   in  advance.     Box  office 
ooeu  oailv  concinuousl.v  from  8  A.  ;M.  to  10  P.  M, 
"       MAtlNEES  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY. 
THIS  (SUNDAY)  EVENING 
GRAND        SACKED        CONCERT 
By  the  LOUISIANA  JUBILEb  SINGERS. 
LUUUIANA  JDBILEE  IJINQERS. 
ADMISSION,  i6  CENTS.  RESERVED  SEATS,  25  CENTS. 


GILMORE'S  GARDEN. 

OPEN  THREE   EVENINGS  IN  THE  WBBK. 

TUESDAY,  THDBSDAY,  SATURDAY. 

TDB8DAT   AFTERNOON    AT   2   O'CLOCK. 

A  great  entertainment  for  the 
BENEFIT    OP     MR.    JOHN    CHRISTIAN. 
THREE  TROTTING  RACES, 

BDNNING  RACES. 
LADIES'  FLAT  RACE, 

PACING  RACE, 
AND  OTHER  ATTRACTIONS. 
BO  cents ADMISSION.... i 50c6ntaL 


HELLER'S  WONDER   THEATRE. 
EVERY  EVENING  AT  8. 

Tbe  Third  Progromme. 

Everything  new  aud 

mofe  wOndenul  than  ever. 

ROBERT  HELLER.  MtSS  HELLER. 

MatinAea  Wednesday  and   Saturday  at  2. 
Children  half  price  to  Matin^s. 


GRAND  SACRED  CONCBRT.-CAuVARY  BAP- 
tist  Church,  '23d-8t..  between  5tb  and  6th  ava., 
TdURSDAY  EVliNING,  .March  1,  complimentary  to  .Mrs. 
CHARLOTTE  FLINT  CLARK,  Soprano,  assisteJ by  Mrs. 
Anna  Bulkley  Hills,  Contralto;  Dr.  Arthur  Hills,  Tenor; 
Mr.  Adolphe  Sohst.  Bass;  Miss  Nettie  Corwin,  Organ- 
ist; Mr.  George  W.  Colby.  Musical  Director.  Ticketa 
at  No.  23  Union-sqtiare. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MINSTRELS. 

ODR  HASH-HODSE. 
DELTGHTPDL  SCREECHES.    QLORIODS  YELLS. 


BOXING,     FENCING,      AND      SHOOTING 
ACADEMi'.    NO.    619  OVH-AV.— Boxing   taught  In 
'ii4ieBsons;  send  for  circulars.        Col.  MONSTERY. 


A  GREAT  OFFER!  !t.e*re«H^;dS"el 

dispose  of  I  UO  PIANOS  <&  ORGAN.S,  new  and 
second-hand,  (if  flrat-clasa  makers,  Inclodlng 
VVATERS',atlowerprice.4  tar  cask  or  Install- 
tnenb*  or  to  let  until  paid  for  than  ever  before 
ottered.  WATERS'  GRAND  SQUARE  and 
UPRIGHT  PIANOS  <&  ORGANSare  the  BEST 
MADE.  AGENTS  WANTED.  lUnstrated  Cat- 
alogues Mailed.  A  liberal  discount  to  Xeaciura, 
.Ministers,  Ckwcitei.  etc  Sheet  music  at  haB  price. 
UOKACB  WATERS  ■&  Sl>NS,  Mannfctrs.  and 
Dealers,  40  East  i4th  St.,  Union  square,  N.  Y. 


f^  UrTARS.-a  F.  MARTIN  &  CO.'S  CELEBRATED 
VJTGUITARS.  Depot  at  U  A  ZUliBlSCH  &  SONS',  Na 
4&Maldeu-lane. 


A  PRIVATE  FAiWILV.  NO.  50  EAST  »TH- 
at.,  must  sacrlfica  a  sui>erior  pianoforte,  cost  $800 
loiit  Ootober,  for  t$175. 


STOfiAOa 

MORRELL'S 


FIRST  CLASS 


"With  Safe  Deposit  Vaults 
And  Fire  and  Burgiar-Proof  SafeS) 


(Built  oxpresely  tor  the  pug 
Nos.  10!«  to  IsMi  East  32 


s^) 

d-at., 

KHW-TORK- 


Sxtendtog  to  4th-ay. . 

STOSAGE  FOB  FUSNITUBE 

OF  ALL  KINDS, 

Pianos,   Mirrors,     Ornaments,    Trunks,    and 

Bafffface  ;  also.  Private  Carrfases,  Sec 

ABSOLUTE    SECURITY 

FOR  VALUABLES  OF  ALL  KINDS. 
Persons  leaving  the  Citv  will  find    every  fseilltr  re- 
quired for  their  acoommodatioa  at  this  egtablisbmant 
SAFINS,  of  all  Sizes,  Ttl  RENT  by  the   Month  or 
Tear. 
Office     for    Safi»  Deposit    Department.    Ko,   47A 
4th-aT. 

otBce  for  Warehooae  Department,  No.  1 06  East 
33d-st. 

AttriCLBS    WILIi    BB    RRCBIVBD    FROM    OR     FOR- 

WABDBD  TO  AMY  PART  OF  BDB0P8  OB 

AMBBXCA. 

G^  Iiodles  Mid  Oaatlecaea  ore  tovitsd  to  taUMSt  tha 

vcsMtoM  batittrs  s&AstfUw  ^issfWltaMi 


NEW  RASTER  MUSIC. 

"  Tbe  Magdalene "  Kaster  hymn,  by  George  W, 
Worren.  60  Cents ;  Easter  hymn.  Wheat,  76  cents; 
"  Alleluia,"  grand  processional  hymn,  Uenr.y  Wilson, 
20  cents  ;  Carole,  '■  King  out  Sweet  Easter  Bella,'* 
"  Then  and  Bow,"  Warren,  each  6  cents  ;  "  The  Font 
Js  Decked  with  Flowers,"  Pond,  Jr.;  "  Christ  the  Lord 
has  risen,"  Warren,  each  6  cents.  All  the  best  Easter 
anthems,  hymns,  carols,  tts.,  by  Danks,  Lloyd.  WU» 
■        ■  -    others.,,  WILLIAM    A.  POND  » 


ilams.  Chappie,   and  „ \t- 

CO.,  No.  Bil  Broadway,  broncnat  No. 
New-York. 


Dnion-Bquore, 


A  COLORED  ENGLISH  POET. 

Age  21,  from  N.  N.  P.,  who  composes,  wntea,  and  re- 
cites, wid  give  a  Concert  at  the  Shiloh  Presbyteriaa 
Church,  No.  140  6th-av..  between  10th  and  11th  sts., 
on  THURSDAY  EVBMN(3,  Maxch  1,  1877.  at  8  o'clock. 
He  will  present  bi3  wonderful  poems  to  tbe  publio, 
which  will  iucreaee  wisdom  to  the  ordinary  minds 
and  enthusiasm  among  students.  The  congregatioa 
will  be  entertained  with  music  and  reciting.  Rev.  H. 
B.  Garnett,  D.  D..  will  preside.  Admission,  50  cents; 
reserved  aeata,  75  cents. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  MINSTRELS. 

^ri  Oreat  SDCCB8S  of  the  new  plece,^  |OPERA-HODS& 
.  ODR  HASH  HOD8B.  j  |      Broadway 

And  the  hash  can  be  analyzed,    .    I        .    and 
for  there  is  not  a  'air  iu  it.  >       29tb  st. 

Motin6e  SATDRDAY  ai  2.  |  Ssats  Seemed. 


ARKY     HILii'S.  —  DON'T      FORGET       THAT? 
OAWYEB'S  ORIGINAL  ALABAMA  JDBILEB  SINO- 

KK3  appear  at  this  Theatre,  THIS  (Sunday)  KVkNINO, 
In  a  grand  SaCRKD  CONCKBT,  from  8  to  13  o'clock. 

Admission,  'Ao  cents. 


LITERARY  ENTERTAlNiWENT  BY  PROF. 
PHILIP  LAWEBNOE  aud  150  of  his  pupila,  at  MA- 
SONIC HALL.  23d.8t.  and  Oth-av..  on  TOES  DAY  BVE.f- 
INU.  Tickets  50  cents.  Prot  Lawrence,  No.  164  Wesa 
25th-st.,  iQBtructs  ladies  and  gentlemen  for  tbe  stage  (i 
appearances  goarauteetL  1 


LECTURES. 

ROBERTMCOllYERr 

OF  CHICAGO,  ', 

will  deUver  hia  celebrated  }eotnr^ 

*'  CLEAR  GMIT," 

AT   tyreiN WAX  HALL. 

MONDAY  BYBNlNGrpeh.  26, 

In  aicfbf  tbe  Hospital  Cure  of  Cbronio  Diseasea 

AdmisslOB.  60  oenta. ,  Bessrvsd  seats  st  Poad's,  K^ 

S9  Dnlon-square.  '  < 


I0E-qBEA3L 

HORTON'S    1CB-CRBAB1< 

Made  from  PURE  ORANGB  OODNTY  CRBAX, 
elated  for  its  parity.  riohaesB,  aad  certainty  of 
dehvered  in  good  ordo; 

Charlotte  Rane  aad  JMlTi   dellolMB 
cheap. 

Noe.  805  4tb  av.,  1,264  Broadwar,  and  75  ChsCham  s* 


rf^ 


FU»8ELl/8  ICB  Oa£AM.-^B6T  Of  THB  OlTTi 
26  oentsper  ooart  to  ehoohM  sad  ac««  yaUssi 
Obwrtotte  Buma  in  Doxas,*  1»OKXr  bMMl  fks«h  twissfl 


Aojt.    <la,JgJBlw«tMMi»e» 


MBi 


LBGITIMATB  COMEDY 
tor  the  week  ending  Moiob  3. 

MONDAY,  TDESDAY,  AND  SATURDAY  EtENINGS, 
will  be  performed  the  - 

THIRD  OF  THE  SERIES  OF  COMEDY  EEPRESEirTAit 
TIONS.  " 

consisting  of  Goldsmith's  famous  standard  work,  t^ 
fiye  acts,  entitled 

SHE  STOOPS  TO  CONQUER, 

with 

APPEOPRIATE  SCENIC  EMBELLISHMENT 

and  the  following 

ADMIRABLE  DISTRIBUTION  OP  CHARACTERS  t 

CHARLES  MARLOW Mr.  LB8TBE  WALLACS 

MB.  UARDCASTLE Mr.  JOHN  G1LBBB1 

TONY  LDjIPKIN.  with  song,  the  "  Jolly  Wagoner" 

Mr.  HARRYBECKETT 

GEOBGE  HASTINGS Mr.  O.  A.  ETSVENSOiT 

SIR  CHARLES  .MARLOW Mr.  1.  W.  SHANNON 

DIGGORY ....Mr.  B.  M.  HOLLAND 

STINGO Mr.  W.  J.  LKONARB 

JEREMY Mr.  C,  K  EDWIK 

KATE  HARDCASTLE Miss  ADA  DYAS 

CONSTANCE  NEVILLE Miss  ROSEWOOD, 

MRS.  HARDCASTLE Mme.  PONISl 

DOLLY Miss  ETHEL  THORNTOJf 

WEDNESDAY  AND  FRIDAY  EVENINGS, 

WILD  OATS. 

THDRSDAY    EVENING    A-VD    SATURDAY    MATTNEBt 

A  MORNING  CALL  and  MARRIED  LIFE.  . 

IMPORTANT  NOVELTIES 

are  in  nctive  preparation  for  immediate  produstioait 

the  first  ot  which  wlli  be  duty  auaounced.  ' 

EAGLE  THEATRE.  AlMEE  IN  THE  NKWOPERA^ 

Wednesday  evening,  Feb.   26,  Thursday  evening,  Feb^ 

27.  Wednesday   evening   Feb.     28,  Tuesday  eventnor 

March  1.  also  at  Satnrday  matinee,  March  3,  at  1:30.  • 

Only  perfonnaucea  of  Offenbacli's  recent  auccesi. 

LA  BODLANGEBEADE8ECD8. 

Played  by  MLLE.  AlMEE  tor  100  nights  in  Paris,  anS 

in  which  shesinga  the  beautiful  Spanish  song;        j 

LA  PALOM A        La  BOULANGBRE  A  DES  ECDS 

Will  be  performed  for  four  nights  and  one  rnatl  n6e  onlv.^ 

with    ENIIRELY   NEW    COSTUMES    AND     A    GREAT 
CAST,  with   MLLE.  AIMER  iu  her  orlgluaU  r61e  ol 

MARGOT. 

Friday  erenlng  (by  request)  only  perfonnanoe  of    ' 

LA  GRANDE  DDCHESSa 

AIMZB  in  her  great  rOle,  LA  GRANDE  DDCHES8B. 

saturda.y  afternoon  at  1:30,  only  matinee  ot 

■"-^  LaBODLANQERE  ADE8BCDS. 

Matinee  admission,  60  cts,  reserved  seats,  60  eta  extra^ 

Saturda.y  evenins,  March  3.  last  time  of  Glrofi^Glrofla, 

CHICKERING  HALL,  p  6th-av.,  comer  18ch-«t^ 

JohnB-  Gough, 

MONDAY  EVENING,   FEB.  26. 
Subject-" NOW  AND  THEN.»> 

(ALTERED  and  specially  adapted  to  CENTENNIAL 
TIMES.) 

Admission.  60c.;  reserved  seats  without  extra  Charge 
at  Pond's,  Na  SO.Dnion  square. 

Brooklyn  Academy  TDESDAY  EVENING,  Feb.   26. 

THE  FUTURE  LIFE. 

Rev.  CHADNCEY  GILBS  wIH  delly'er.'fct  8  o'clock, 

THIS  EVENING, 

in  tbe  Swedenborsion  House  of  Worship^ 

.  on  East  Both-st.,  between  Park  i^nd  Lexington  ava,, 

the  first  of  a  series  of  lectures  on  the  ezlatence  of 

A  ^OBSTANTIAIj  SPIRITCAL  WORLD. 

The  PnbUe  are  CordiaUy  Invited. 

.   ALL  SEATS  FREE. 


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LOCAL  MISCELLANY. 


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TF^  BIF^L  STOCK  BOAJRDS. 

KEW    DEPARTUBB    BY    TH2     STOCK    EX- 
CUAN6B — A  DEPARTMENT  FOR   DEAXINQ 

IN    GOLD,     GOVERNMENT    BONDS,     AND 

MISCEIXANEOU8  SECURITIES. 
The  Governing  Committee  of  the  Stock  Ex- 
change held  a  meeting  yeeterdav  afternoon  that  did 
not  concludo  antll  dark.  The  sabjeota  under  dia- 
cnasioQ  were  of  great  importance,  and  the  action 
taken  was  the  result  of  seveial  weets'  deliberation 
ty  sub-committeea  aud  by  the  Governing  Commit- 
tee themselves.  When  It  was  learned  that  the  new 
Open  Board  w^e  negotiating  for  the  rooma  of  the 
&old  Board,  whose  lease  expires  May  1,  the 
Governing  Committee  at  once  leased  the  building 
over  their  beads  for  throe  years,  from  May  1,  at  tho 
exorbitant  rato  of  ii20,000  per  annnm.  The  new 
Board  then  secured  the  premises  No.  16  and  18 
Broad-street,  and  the  old  exchange  had  an  elephant 
on  their  bands.  A  sab-committee  was  appointed  to 
devise  some  method  of  making  use  of  the  Gold 
bailding,  and  tli^ey  had  numerous  conferences  with 
members  of  nSt  Board  K'ho  had  not  affiliated  with 
the  secedets,  aa  a  result  of  which  they  prepared  the 
folluwiog  report,  and  at  the  meeting  last  evonlng 
It  was  formally  adopted: 

"  The  committee  appointed  to  utilize  the  prop- 
erty recently  leased  by  the  Stock  Exchange,  would 
retiort  priigress,  and  recommend  that  in  tlie  room 
now  occupied  by  the  Gold  Board  there  shall  be  es- 
tiiibiistiod  a  department  of  the  Stock  Exchange  tor 
deulinc  in  eoli^  GovernmeDti  bonUs,  exchange  and 
mi-scollaueous  securities,  and  that  such  solvent 
members  of  the  present  Gold  Board  as 
ibjU  pass  a  joint  committee  composed  of 
lour  members  of  the  Gold  Board  ana 
throe  members  of  the  Stock  Exchnnge, 
be  admitted  to  tbia  department  for  three  years  from 
the  l3t  of  May  next,  at  an  anneal  charge  of  |50 
eauh,  pujablo  iu  advance,  on  condition  that  the  per- 
Eoas  80  admitted  shall  agree  to  conform  to  the  laws 
of  the  Stock  Exchange  in  regard  to  Joining  other 
ortfaui^aiions,  and  such  other  reealutions  as  may  be 
n<rcessary  for  the  proper  government  of  this  de- 
partment. It  is  nnderstoou  and  an^eed  that  no  ad- 
ditional admissions  abali  bemade  to  this  room  other 
than  members  of  the  Slock  Exchange  and  the  pres- 
ent members  of  the  Q'^ld  Board,  as  hereinbefore 
provioed,  and  tbat  the  snbseqaent  insolyency  .of 
anv  persons  so  admitted  from  toe  Gold  Board  sbtdl 
c<»nae  a  fotfoituro  of  these  privileges.  A  maioriiy 
of  tlie  committee  are  also  in  favor  of  an  amendment 
to  the  Coiisiitntiou  providing  that  such  members  o( 
this  new  department  as  shall  purchase  member- 
bhipa  iu  the  Stock  Exchange  dnrine  this  period  of 
three  years  shall  have  the  usual  initiation  fee  re- 
uiiitea.     AU  of  which  13  respectfully  submitted." 

On  motion  it  was  also  resolved  to  amend  the  Con- 
iti'.uiiun  so  that  after  May  1  members  of  the  Stock 
Exchange  will  not  be  allowed  to  attend  any  Crold 
Board  excepting  the  new  department  created  in  the 
Btock  Exchange.  The  second  business  in  order  was 
the  question  of  commissions,  rendered  vital  by  the 
low  rates  estabhshed  by  the  now  Open  Board. 
Four  nropositions  were  offered  and  were  partly 
diacnssed  at  a  previous  meeting  of  the  committee. 
The  one  that  found  most  favor  was  that  of  Mr. 
Dickermao,  and  this  was  finally  adopted,  as  follows: 

"Commission  shall  be  charged  nnder  all  circnm- 
itances,  both  upon  the  purchase  and  sale  of  stocks, 
bonds,  aud  other  seciurities,  excepting;  gold  and 
Ljuvemmeoc  toads,  either  for  members  of  the  ex- 
ciiaugo  ui-  for  other  partitss,  ana  the  rates  shall  be 
upon  the  par  value  thereof.  a«  follows:  One-quarter 
Dt  1  per  cent,  when  the  transaction  is  muue  for  a 
rt'^iular  investor,  one-eighth  ct  1  per  cent,  when  tho 
trauaaction  is  made  for  any  party  not  a  member  of 
this  exchange;  except  to  canker.',  brokers,  or 
active  dealers,  to  whom  the  minimum  rate  shall  be 
□ue-sixteeath  of  1  per  cent.  Xo  business  stiall  be 
Cone  at  less  than  this  latter  rai«  for  any  persons  or 
drms  not'  members  of  this  exchange,  nor  for  any 
buDking  or  other  institution.  The  miinmnm  rate 
to  members  of  tho  exchange  shall  be  one-thirty- 
aecond  of  1  per  cent.,  except  where  one  member 
merely  buys  or  sells  for  another,  (and  does  not  re. 
•jtive  or  deliver  tho  stock,)  in  wnich  cjse  the  rate 
jhall  not  be  less  Chan  oue-dttietb  of  1  per  cent." 

This  acta  as  a  substitute  tor  Article  XVIIL  of 
the  constitution,  cscapt  that  the  clause  relating  to 
jho  enforcement  of  penalties  for  violation  of  tho 
Comtoissiua  iuw  we  retainec.  ^But  to  provide 
igaiost  accidents,  an  addiiional  , amendment  was 
suosequeutly  tacked  on  that:  '' The'tSovemiag 
ijomuiitvee  may  la  its  discretion  Buspend  tho  eu- 
lorcemeiii  of  the  penalties  named  in  tue  foregoing 
8CCU0U."    The  committee  then  adjooraed. 


THE  OPEN   BOARD   OF   STOCK-BROKKRS. 

The  New-York  Open  Board  of  Stock-brokers 
hela  another  meeting  in  Dclmonioo's,  New-street, 
yesterday  afternoon.  Mr.  John  F.  Underbill,  for 
the  Executive  Committee,  reported  that  the  build- 
ing of  the  old  Open  Board,  Nos.  16  and  13  Broad- 
Etrect,  had  been  secured  as  a  permanent  operating 
room,  aad  that  a  temporary  room  had  been  leased 
on  tho  first  door  of  No.  21  New-street,  from  March 
1  until  May  1,  at  a  monthly  rental  Of  11,000, 
with  the  privilege  of '' remaining  after  the  lat- 
ter date,  if  necessary.'  until  the  Completion  of 
the  refitting  of  the  permanent  structure,  at  the  ao- 
nual  rental  to  be  paid  by  the  present  lessee — $3,200 
per  annum.  ■  The  committee  had  not  decided  when 
to  commence  business,  but  everything  was  ready 
for  Monday  next,  though  the  memoera  would  be 
obliged  to  nut  up  with  some  temporary  Inconve- 
niences if  they  decided  to  begin  so  qtiicfcly. 
Poi-  himself  he  was  opposed  to  any  delay.  They 
Were  ail  heart  Jind  eoui  in  iho  movement  and 
ihuv  had  the  support  ot  the  men  who  give  the  bua- 
-jness  10  the  New-York  Stock  Exchange — business 
vbich  Lnd  been   driven  away   by  the  pernicious 

aciion  of  that  exchaniic  darine  the  paat  fonr  years. 
He  therefore  moved  that  the  business  of  the  new 
exohan^jo  commence  on  to-morrow  morulne  at  9:30 
o'clock.*  ftireat  applause.]  Tho  motion  was  pnt 
and  carried  unanimously  amid  K^eat  eutbasiasm. 
Mr.  Uuderhiil  llum  went  on  to  say  that  telesraph 
Instruments  would  be  in  working  order  in  the  new 
exchanao  ia  time  ..lor  business,  so  that  prices  of 
blocks  and  ail  information  woald  be  iu- 
Btantlv  famished  to  the  members  and  to 
all  those  wuo  have  inatrnments  at  preeent 
in  their  offices.  {Cries  ot  "Good!  Good!"  and 
loud  applause.]  Furthermore,  the  Executive  Com- 
miti^ee  had  decided  tnat  until  further  notice  trane- 
aciions  in  tne  new  exchange  shall  be  conflued  to 
tsecurities  dealt  in  by  tho  New- York  Stock  Ex- 
chauge,  with  the  addition  01  Philadelphia  and 
Heading  Ilailroad  Company,  and  Pennsylvania  Cen- 
iral  Kiilroad  Company  stocks,  both  ot  which  com- 
panies will  shortly  eetablish  transt'ef  oflices  in  this 
Cuy.  (Applause. I  It  was  announced  tbat  up  to 
uute  lal  members  uad  signed  the  constitution,  and 
that  »  large  number  of  others  have  until  March  i 
10  do  do.  Mecibera'  aud  customers'  tickets  will  be 
rofdy  at  No.  21  New-street  on  Monday  morning, 
'i'he  mteting  then  adjourned. 

,  ANOTHER  NKW  CAJBLE  PROJECTED. 
It  was  rumored  on  the  street  yesterday  that 
jao  Direct  Cable  Comoany  bad  decided  not  to  re- 
dace  tbeir  rates  below  30  cents,  gold,  a  word.  Mr. 
O.yphaut,  Saperlniendent  of  the  company,  aaid  to  a 
Times  reporter  that  there  is  not  a  word  of  truth  in 
this  report.  He  had  received  no  news  of  a  reduc- 
tion to  25  cents,  but  was  expecting  it.  He  thought, 
however,  that  this  low  rate  wonld  not  last  very 
long,  as  it- would  be  ruinous.  He  then  volunteered 
the  following  intormation  :  A  new  cable  company, 
nnder  the  title  of  the  Union  Cable  Company,  has 
been  form'ed  in  Canad.i,  with  a  view  to  uniting  a 
jioiut  on  the  Nova  Scotian  coast  with  a  point  on  the 
coast  of  Ireland,  and.  as  an  auxiliary  to  the  scheme, 
to  lay  a  cable  Irom  Quebec  down  the  Gulf  of  St. 
Lawieuce,  thus  enabling  ships  to  commnnicato, 
luerebv  probably  preventing  great  loss  of  life.  It 
is  exoected  that  the  Canadian  Government  will 
Juvor'thia  scheme,  and,  should  it  succeed,  efibrts 
wUl  be  made  to  unile''the  Direct  Cable  Company 
with  the  new  company.  Mr.  Fortin,  a  sort  of  Cana- 
di.an  Plimsoll,  is  the  projector. 

In  regard  to  the  scheme  for  laying  a  cable  be- 
tween B.atimore  and  Belgium,  now  before  Congress, 
Mr.  Olyphant  pronounced  it  worthless  and  imprac- 
licaole  rur  the  following  reasons :  Jt  will  require 
D  OuO  miles  of  cable,  and  no  existing  ship  is  capable 
of  carrying  that  quantity.  If  It  bo  decided  to  lay  it 
in  two  seciiona,  uio  Azores  are  the  only  point  avail- 
B.i<le  lor  stopping  place,  and  the  Portnisuese  Gov- 
ernment vrtll  not  grant  the  necessary  privilege  on 
the  conditions  laid  down  by  Mr.  Fish,  viz.,  that  it 
shall  open  lis  shores  free  to  Americana.  The  char- 
tor  Umita  the  rates  to  one  shilling  per  word,  and 
Ibis  cannot  be  matle  to  pay.  The  water  throueb 
.  which  it  will  have  to  pass  is  twice  as  deep 
aa  that  above  the  present  cables,  and  the  cost 
ul  laying  will  consequently  be  ver^  much  more  ex- 
pensive; but  at  the  same  rate  as  the  present  cables 
JOB!,  tbe  expenditure  required  will  be  not  under 
P13,OCO,000.  It  could  not  oe  operated.  The  amount 
01  electricity  required  to  foroo  a  word  5,000  miles 
wonld  melt  the  wires.  Finally,  the  charter  pre- 
vents the  company  from  amalgamating  with  any 
other  company,  and  it  wonld  thus  suffer  nnder  all 
the  uisadvantagea  of  a  single  wire,  which  is  liable 
to  break  at  any  moment,  which  is  the  present  con- 
dition of  tlie  Direct  Cable  Company.  Mr.  Olvphant 
regretted  to  be  obhged  to  come  to  these  conclusions, 
as'The  more  cables  there  were  the  better  it  would 
bo  for  his.  company,  and  the  better  for  tne  public, 
un  account  of  the  competition. 

FA  YIN  a  FOR  THE  SlAl  UE  OF  LIBERIT. 
The  Committee  on  Bartholdi'a  Statue  oikLib- 

Brty  Enlightening  the  "World,  of  which  Mir^iiliam 
;fcl.  Evarts  is  chairman,  have  been  awaiting  the  ao- 
fcion  of  Congress  in  regard  to  granting  i  site.  Ooe 
<|ioase  having  already  paaeed  the  bill,  ana~fhe  prob- 
Bbllity  of  ita  early  i>asBsgo  in  the  other  being  good, 
>{he  committee  will  give  to  th6  public  during  the 
tfoming  week  the  plan  which  they  have  decided 
noon  to  raise  fund*  lor  btuldine  the  pedestal  and  for 
»6oeivine  and  inaugurating  the  statue.  The  amount 
needed  has  been  calculated  at  «150,00O,  and  the  sub- 
Bcrlptlon  ifl  to  be  made  a  national  affair.  AU  oiti- 
T  of  the  United  States  are  to  be  invited  to  oon- 


been  formed  in  Boston  and  other  large  cities  to  re- 
ceive money  toward  tho  fund,  and  tbe  preparations 
for  the  final  inauguration  of  the  statue  are  to  be 
pushed  forward  as  rapidly  as  poiSuble. 

THE  CONTINENTAL  LIFE'S  TROUBLES 

THE  DE  WITT  BBFERENCE  RESUMBO — THE 
C0»IPANY'3  OUTSTANDING  BISKS— MB. 
WILLIAM  R.  GRACE,  THE  RECKIVEB, 
MAKES  A  DETAILED  STATEMENT    OF   THE 

A8SKTS— A  LARGE    NUMBER    OP    NOTES 

AND   DRAFTS   AMONG   THEM. 

The  hearing  in  the  matter  of  tbe  Attorney 
General  against  tba  ContiDontal  Life  Insurance 
Company,  m  which  Mr.  Abram  V.  De  Witt  was  ap- 
pointed Referee  to  take  proefe,  was  resumed  yes- 
terday at  the  office  of  Mr.  John  L.  Hill.  No.  iO 
l^assau-streot.  The  original  purpose  of  this  refer- 
ence was  to  show  that  the  former  Receiver  of  the 
company,  Mr.  John  J.  Aodersoo,  was  appointed  by 
collnsion  and  fraud,  ana  also  to  prove  the  insolven- 
cy of  the  company,  it  having  been  generally  under- 
stood that  an  effort  would  be  made  to  resuscitate 
it.  Tbe  presentation  to  the  court,  however,  of  Mr. 
Anderson's  report  showing  tho  insolvent  condition 
of  the  Continental,  and  his  subsequent  reaignation, 
made  it  unnecessary  to  take  further  proof  touching 
his  appointment,   and  Attorney  General  Fairchild 

now  seeks  to  contest  tho    validity  of  the    action    in 

whij^  both  Mr.  Anderson  and  his  succeseor,  Mr 
William  E.  Grace.  Vfere  aopointed.  This 
will  obly  necessitate  the  hearing  of  testimony 
rolailng  to  the  company's  condition,  and 
another  meeting  will  doubtless  conclude  the  refer- 
enoe.  As  soon  as  the  report  of  Referee  De  Witt  is 
made  to  the  court  the  Attorney  General  will  move 
for  the  dissolution  of  the  corporation  and  tbe  ap- 
pointment of  a  new  Receiver,  and  that  the  proceed- 
ings in  the  suit  ot  John  0.  Hoy  tbe  declared  null 
and  void.  As  has  been  heretofore  publisbou  in 
The  Times,  this  motion  will  be  based  on  the  ground 
that  a  stockholder  has  no  right  to  move  for  the  dis- 
solution of  a  company  except  through  the  Attorney 
General. 

The  first  witness  called  yesterday  was  Mr.  Seth 
C.  Chandler,  Jr.,  the  Actuary  of  the  company,  who 
was  examined  by  Attorney  General  Fairchild,  and 
testified  tbat  be  made  an  estimate  to  show  tbe 
amount  of  the  outstanding  risks  of  the  company 
jmd  the  reserre  necessary  to  reinsure  themi  there 
were  at  the  time  of  the  company's  iailure  19.7o4 
policies  in  force  insuring  £38.894,213;  the  amount 
of  the  reserve  on  these  riskrt,  computed  according 
to  tho  American  Experience  Table  of  Mortality, 
with  4I3  per  cent,  interest  was  15,365,614;  besTiles 
the  above  there  wore  matured  endowments  amount- 
ing to  (50,350;  there  were  also  $1,'20J,0!?7  of  loans 
against  those  policies,  whicii  would  reduce  tbe  lia- 
bilities to  that  extent ;  witness  further  tc8tifi<>d 
regarding  the  death  claims  airainst  tho  company, 
amounting  in  thn  aggeg.ite  to  {435,060  78. 

Mr.  William  B.  Grace,  tho  iteoeiver,  was  then 
called  and  qnestioned  by  Mr.  Fairchild  regarding 
the  assets  01  tbe  cumpanv.  Ue  test  1  tied  that  he  re- 
ceived from  Mr.  Anderson  aoout  ilCt,500  in  cash, 
or  its  equivalent ;  bonds  aad  morcgages  the  face 
value  01  which  was  about  fl, 031, 000;  the  building 
occupied  by  the  compiuiy,  estimated  by 
Mr.  Anderson  to  bo  worth  ?400,O0O, 
aud  other  assets,  thj  actual  valuu  ol 
which  could  not  at  present  be  determined,  as  .'ol- 
laws :  Ten  water  bonds  of  tbe  City  of  Youker.<, 
tlO,OUO;  45  shares  ot  the  Cont  uental  Lite  Insur- 
ance Companv'a  stock  ;  three  bonds  and  a  truaC 
deed  of  W.  E.  Pickett,  of  Chicago,  the  face  value 
of  which  was  not  given;  3C  shares  Atlantic  certili- 
catos  ;  a  note  signed  liy  W.  R.  Blake  for  (10,645, 
with  45  shares  of  Continental  stock  as  aeciriiv  tor 
the  same;  another  note  given  by  the  same  person — 
same  amount  and  same  security  ;  a  note  giveu  by 
J.  H.  Risaenburgh  for  §11.500,  wlta  15  snares  of 
Continental  sroclc;  IU  uUnres  iu  tbe  name 
of  G.  \Y.  Smith  ;  £5  m  the  name  of  R.  C.  Frost ;  225 
in  the  name  of  Luther  W.  Frost,  witli  biank  trans- 
fers attached  ;  170  sh.ires  in  the  name  of  G.  Hilton 
Sctlbner;  a  note  hi.v<'n  by  William  C.  Wliumy  for 
i'33,500,  which  amount  was  secured  by  335  sh.ircs  of 
the  Metropolitan  Sream-ship  Company's  stock ; 
another  note  for  12,500,  dated  March  7,  ls;73,  aiso 
given  by  Mr.  Whitney,  .*ith  iO  shares  of  Coutineri- 
tal  stocit  as  secuitty.  Mr.  Graca  then  reiid  frum  the 
inventory  of  assets  the  following  list  of 
secnritics  which  wore  giveu  bv  tho  Loauers' 
Bank  to  tho  company,  to  secure  its  de- 
posit ol  843,000.  Tiifso  were  as  f  lUowa  : 
Fitteen  hunared  snares  ot  the  Continental  Ruilway 
and  Trust  Company's  stock;  two  second  mortgage 
bonds  of  the  St.  Louis,  Alton  and  Terie  ilaute  Kail- 
road  Company;  2110  shares  of  the  block  01  the  Grand 
Central  Biiuk  ot  New-York,  325  each  transtorred  in 
blauK;  8u  snares  of  atock  ot  tlio  Citizens' Gas-light 
Company  of  Long  Island,  $30  each ;  400  shares  ot 
the  stock  of  the  Citizens'  Steam  Rail>7ay  Compan.V. 
of  Indianapolis,  lod.,  f  100  each ;  11  7  per  cent. 
coupon  bonds  of  the  Adrioudack  Company, 
and  two  due  bills  of  Thomas  C.  Duraut 
tor  (2,562  each.  The  other  a8.-<eta  compiised 
four  and  ooe-nalf  shares  Louisville  Chemical 
Works'  stock  ;  a  mortgage  on  tbe  poisonal  property 
of  Bernard  Mesaer,  valuo  not  given,  and  other 
papers  relatiug  to  tbe  same,  ana  a  first  mortgage 
uoud  of  the  Fredericksburg  and  Gordon  Railroad 
Company,  face  value  fl,000.  Besides  these  there 
were  papers  relating  to  mortgages,  aud  about  SOU 
shares  of  the  stock  of  the  Empire  Alntual  Lite  Ic- 
snrauce  Company,  (reinsured  in  the  Continental,) 
the  face  valuo  ot  wnich  is  about  tSO.UOO.  Among 
the  bills  reoeivaole  there  were  |l,S4J  in  checks  and 
notes,  and  dralts  amounting  iu  tbe  aggregate  to  near- 
l.y  145,000  ;  among  these  were  nine  dratts  drawu  by 
iiUtherAV.  Frost  on  the  New-Jersey  Mutual  Life  In- 
surance Company,  amounting  to  jiy.SOl  44;  ih>Te 
were  also  a  number  of  proie.^iod  caeciis  aud  notes, 
which  were  ot  no  value  whatever. 

The  Attorney  General  asked  the  Receiver  if  ho 
could  give  an  approximate  estimate  ot  the  total 
value  of  tho  assets,  and  be  replied  that  hu  coula 
not. 

Mr.  L.  V.  Styles,  the  Cashier  of  tho  company, 
was  then  placed  on  the  stand,  and  testified  (bat  tti<> 

note  given  by  Mr.  William  C.  Whiiuey  f6t.S-2,501, 
datel  March  7,  1873,  .was  p«id  on  Dec.  31  11  tbat 
year,  and  was  credited  to  him  on  the  books  of  tho 
company ,-  tne  other  note  was  also  partly  paid. 
When  Mr.  Stj-les  had  concluded,  the  hearing  was 
adjourned  until  March  5. 

A  THIEF  MaKLH  liESTlTVTION. 

FIVE  SILB;^  CLOAKS  RETCKNED — TIRED  OF 
LEADING  THE  LIFE  OF  A  THIIiF— A 
SINGULAR    LKTTEK.  '■ 

Early  lastevcmiig  a  messenger  handed  to 

Capt.  Copeland,  at  tho  Central  Othcc,  a  dispatch 
addressed  to  Detectives  Ferris  and  Von  Gerichteu. 
The  dispatch  was  handed  to  pfttective  Ferris,  who, 
on  opening  the  envelope,  fo^d  it  to  contain  a  note 
saving  ;  '•  Call  at  the  diatnet  telegrajih  office,  I^o. 
6S5  Broadway,  and  you  will  hnd  a  present  waiting." 
The  note  bore  no  signature.  Deteciires  Ferris  and 
"Von  Oerichten  at  once  proceeded  to  the  olieo 
named,  and  were  there  iafoimed  by  the  operator  in 
charge  that  a  young  man  bad  lett  a  parcel  for  them 
at  the  office.  The  parcel  was  found  to  contain  live 
elegant  silk  cloaks  and  a  letter  addressed  to  the 
detectives,  which  read  as  follows  : 

Skw-yohk,  Feb.  24,  1877. 
Detre-ivet  Ferris  and  Von  OencUC-n  : 

I  send  .vou  these  cloaks  so  that  you  can  mako  a  clean 
joD  Oi  It.  When  you  meet  me  give  me  a  part  ot  the  .*oOO 
reward.  "  ChiiB"  aud  me  wore  the  only  men  in  the 
Job;  that  was  the  first  dcy-gooils  "  crio"  I  ever 
■'  cracked,"  aud  it  will  do  the  last.  1  have  been  over  30 
years  a  thief,    aud  1  am  a  jioor  man  to-day.    Sergt. 

James  Kealy.  Detectives  King  and  Lyons,  could  tellyou 
now  1  speul;  live  years  in  prison,  for  what  another 
man  done,  I  am  06  years  of  age.  1  sj>enc  fourteen 
mouthis  aud  six  .rears  in  prison,  so  I  think  it  is  time  to 
liegiu  aniither  busiucss,  so  1  bid  good  by  to  all  your 
comrHdes,  auil  lUo  lad.v  in  i<mth-street.  fell  your 
.>uyerinieuileBt  1  am  going  to  live  '■  on  the  souare," 
lie  jirrestcd  me  twenty-live  years  aito  for  '•  stage-buz- 
zing." WlhLlAM  11.  CLISCH.^Ea 

The  cloaks  were  recognized  as  a  noition  of  the 
property  stolen  on  the  4  th  inst.  from  the'store  of 
Hahn,  Bcniamin  &.  Co.,  No.  315  Broadway,  on  which 
occasion  over  £3,000  worth  ol  goods  were  carried  off. 
The  rest  ol  the  property  baa  already  ^een  recovered 
by  the  detectives.  "Chris"  referred  to  in  the  above 
letter  is  the  man  James  Wilson,  otherwise  known 
as  •'Dutch  Chris."  who  was  arrested  by  Ferris 
and  Von  Gerichten,  and  who  is  now  iu  tbe 
Tombs  awaiiiug  trial  for  tho  burglary.  The 
"lady  in  Ninth-street"  referred  to  'is  too 
househeeper  of  the  ti-uoment- house  No.  416  East 
Ninth-Street,  where  tbe  goods  were  tound  in  a  room 
hired  by  tbe  burglars  for  the  purpoie  of  secreting 
the  plunder.  The  detectives  do  not  know  who  thu 
man  signing  himself  "Clinchnor"  is,  but  an  inves- 
tigation is  on  foot  to  establisn  bis  identity. 


THE  KELSEY  OUTRAOE. 
William  H.  Wickham,  District  Attorney  of 
Suffolk  County,  accompanied  by  ex-Congressman 
Reeves,  called  upon  Gov.  Robinson  on  Monday  last, 
and  had  a  consultation  in  regard  to  ofterlng  a  re- 
ward and  pledge  of  immunity  to  whoever  shall  come 
forward  with  testimony  to  convict  the  parties  con- 
cerned In  the  Kelsey  ontraga  Gov.  Robinson  said  he 
bad  no  authority  to  offer  any  reward,unle88  the  money 
should  be  first  appropriated  by  the  Legislature,  and 
he  agreed  with  Mr.  Wickham,  that  it  would  he 
against  public  policy  to  make  a  general  offer  of  im- 
manity.  In  regard  to  the  reward  of  ?3, 000  offered 
by  Gov.  Dix.  it  there  was  no  limitation  ot  time  spe- 
cified, the  offer  was  still  in  existence,  and  the  money 
would  have  to  be  paid  in  case  a  claim  to  it  should  be 
established.  In  addition  to  the  above  reward,  there 
was  also  one  of  11,000  offered  by  the  Suffolk  Board 
Of  Supervisors,  which  Is  also  still  valid. 

. ♦ 

A  YALUASLE  LIBRARY  AT  lUOTION. 
On  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  Feb.  28  and 
March  1,  at  4  P.  M.,  Messrs.  Bangs  &  Co.  will  sell 
at  public  auction,  at  their  sales  rooms.  No.  6S6 
Bitrndway,  a  large  and  choice  collection  of  Ameri> 
can  and  English  books.  Tbe  catalogue  contains 
710  different  works,  some  of  them  consisting  of 
many  vmumes.  In  the  list  there  is  a 
great  variety  of  tbe  best  editions,  for 
the  most  part  superbly  botmd,  among  which 
are  tbe  histories  of  Bancroft,  Preaoott,  Motley, 
Niebnbr,  Strickland,  and  Robertson,  valuable 
dictionaries  and  cyclopedias,  illuminated  Psalter, 


ElKovira  Taaso  with  Morghen's  plates,  Mezeray'a 
France,  Newgate  Calendar.  Benueville'a  Bastile, 
Bcaros  Amenoan  pamphlets,  aud  some  works  on 
theology.  -- 

TWO  CHILDREN  FATALLY  BtJRNED. 

A  PANIC    IN    A    TENEMENT-HOtlSK — ^A  FIRE 
CADSED  BY  A  MOTHER'S  CARBLBSSN'ES.q. 

Yesterday  morniDe;  Mrs.  Brown,  a  colored 

woman,  residing  on  tbe  top  floor  of  t|ie  three-story 
brick     tenement-bouse,    No.    137     Wooator-street, 

lizbted  a  wood  fire  in  tbe  stove  in  her  apartments, 

and  after  clearing  up  the  room,  swept  a  quantity  of 
waste  paper  and  rags  snder  the  stove.  She  then 
went  out  to  a  neigbb(ii^|[^grooery  store  to  purchase 
.provisions  for  her  breakfast,  leaving  her  two  chil- 
dren, Hattie,  aged  3  years,  and  Joseph,  aged  15 
months,  lying  on  the  bed,  whict^  was  in  close  prox- 
imity to  the  stove.  Tho  woman  had  been  gone  but 
a  few  moments  when  tbe  neighbors  became  alarmed 
by  screams  which  came  from  the  room,  and  rush- 
ing up  Btiiirp,  saw  smoke  issuing  from  tbe  apart- 
ments. The  cry  of  "fire  "  brought  to  the  scene  sev- 
eral policemen  from  tho  Eighth  Precinct  .^tatloib. 
house  near  by,  and  tbe  offlcera,  rushing  tbiough 
the  blinding  smoke,  discovered  that  the  paper  and 
rubbish  under  the  stove  had  ignited,  and  the 
flames  had  communicated  to  the  bod  on  which  the 
children  wore  lying.  The  mattress  and  bed-clothes 
were  all  in  a  blaze,  and  tbe  poor  children  literally 
surrounded  by  tbe  flames,  were  uttoriogHbe  most 
heartrending  ones.  Patrolmen  Miller  and  John- 
son took  the  children  in  Iheir  arms,  and.  envelop- 
ing them  in  their  overcoats,  extinguished  their 
burning  night-clothes,  aud  carried  them  to  the 
Prince-street  Police  Station.  Mrs.  Brown,  who  bad 
returned      to      hor      homo      only     -to     Hod        the 

Slace  on  flre,  followed  the  ofiicers  to  the  statton- 
ouse,  weeuiug  plteously.  Police  Surguoa  Cook 
was  summoned  to  attend  tbe  Hnfferingchildreii,  and 
found  tbat  they  bad  neen  tata^y  buined.  Their 
clothing  was  consumed  to  SKhes.  nod  their  bodies 
presented  a  most  horrible  appearanot.',  tne  flesh  in 
many  places  being  reduced  to  cinders.  Thoucfoi- 
tnnate  litrlo  oue<)  were  sent  to  the  Chambers-sireet 
Hospital  and  tenaerly  cared  for. 

Meanwhile  the  Police  and  iiiemen  had  thrown  tbe 
burning  mattress  ano  blankets  out  of  tho  wiudow 
and  extinguished  the  flre  in  the  room,  but  thu 
flames  h^u  crept  betweeu  the  lath  and  plaster  walls 
and  were  soon  burstlnir  out  through  tbe  roof. 
Owing  to  an  accident  to  Engine  No.  13,  which 
was  the  flrst  steamer  to  arrive,  a  aelay  oc- 
curred, during  which  tbe  fljmes  gained  rapid  head- 
way. While  being  drawu  close  up  to  a  hydrant 
the  wheels  of  the  heavy  steamer  slid  down  a  snow- 
bank ana  tho  apparatus  brought  up  aecatts  tbe 
railroad  track  in  such  a  position  joat  no 
connection  ^ith  the  h.vdrant  could  be  nfade,  and 
It  was  therefore  practically  useless  for  the  time. 
In  a  few  minutes  Eugine  No.  2  arrived  anira  stream 
of  wat«r  brought  to  '  bear  oa  tbe  burning  bailding 
quickly  extinguished  the  flames.  The  flre  caused 
a  panic  among.the  numerous  occupants  ot  tbe  liomie, 
and  the  Police  bad  considerable  diiflcuity  In  allay- 
ing the  excitement. 

Tbe  loss  of  Mrs.  Brown  on  furniture,  &c.,  will 
not  exceed  $50.  The  loss  to  the  other  leuants  Is 
estimated  at  {200,  and  tne  building,  which  is  owned 
by  Mrs.  Wallers,  ot  Uiiton  Uill,  i«.  J.,  was  damaged 
to  the  amount  01  $300. 

CONDITION  OF  C 11  Y  HOSPITALS. 
ANNUAL     REPORT     OF     TUK     VISITING     COM- 
MITTEE— THE        BKFOKMS       IKSTITUTED 
WITHIN    THE  PAST    FIVE    YKARS, 

Tho  Fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  Visiting 
Committee  for  Bellevue  and  other  Hospitals  has 
inst  been  published  and  presented  to  the  State 
Chanties  Aid  Association.  The  objects  of  the  com- 
mittee are  twofold  :  First,  to  visit  tbe  hospitals, 
with  a  view  to  the  mental,  moral,  luid  physical  im- 
provement of  the  inmates  ;  secondly,  to  bring  about 
such  reforms  in  tho  hospitals  aa'  ma.v  bu  praclica- 
D'.e.  The  tirat  ot  these  oblucta  cannot  ho 
formulated  in  a  report,  bat  it  is  believed  tbat  the 
hnmanizing  effect  upon  the  inmates  "  is  of  no  vmall 
value  in  keeping  aiivc  that  sense  of  common  inttr- 
oats  and  matual  brotherhood,  which  is  au  antntote 
to  tho  nolMon  of  pauperism."  As  to  the  second  00- 
iect,  the  committee  say  tbat,  "although  certain 
abnaes  have  ceased,  and  the  hospitals  are  in  many 
respects  greatly  improved,  still  tue  system  troth 
which  the  abases  spring  remains  tho  same."  The 
committee  iudioatu  that  the  evil  cflects  of  tho 
"  systt  m"  is  due  to  political  iiifluouce  in  making 
hospital  apptitniments.  They  say  :  '"  If  the  Com- 
miMioners  ihomsolves  were  appointed  irrespective 
of  political  opinions,  .ind  removed  only  for  ctuse, 
they  would  be  free  to  establish  that  svstcmofad- 
miiiislralion  which  their  experience  should  prove 
to  bo  for  the  beat  interests  ot  the  people  under 
their  charge.  They  would  then  be  able  to 
train  a  body  of  subordinates,  chosen  with 
reference  to  their  illness,  who,  knowing 
tbat  they  were  ap^loted  daring  good 
behavior,  wonld  be  ambiiious  to  do  their'-^best ;  and 
thus  iu  u  few  j-eara  wo  should  have  oKr  public 
charities  administered  wlaely  aud  Justly."  It  is  re- 
commended that  a  lying-iL<  hospital  00  a  »mait  scale 
be  established  within  the  City  limits,  the  raaleroity 
wards  111  the  Charit>  Uosoital  being  at  times  greatly 
overcrowded.  The  estimate  of  the  expense  for  the 
support  bt  a  lyitig-in  hospital  ot  10  beds  is  placed  at 
t4.5J0,  and  it  is  thought  that  a  auitaole  bfiilding 
tor  tho  purooae  could  bo  rented  for  i^l,250. 
Iu  couclusion,  llm  report  says:  "When  the  visitors 
recall  the  dlWrflor,  protaiiity,  drunkenness,  im- 
morality  whlcfe  met  tnem  on  oveiy  side  Hvo  ve.irs 
ago;  when  they  remember  the  veimiu  and  flith,  tho 
niilifl'erence  to  snflenng,  and  the  ai'sence  of  Chris- 
tian influences  iu  the  hospitals,  they  acknowledge 
with  heartielt  gratiticatlou  thai  these  abusei  exl.^t 
no  more;  vicious  people  no  longer  parade  thair 
vices;  intemperance  isrepiessed;  order  and  clean- 
liness, though  not  yet  attained,  are  regarded  as  de- 
sirable, and  a  spirit  of  emuluiion  amoug  tho  differ- 
ent institutions  has  been  aroused,  which  i«  a 
healthy  indioution  for  the  future.  The  following 
ladies  compo.'to  the  Executive  Committee:  Mis. 
Joseph  Hooson,  Mt.s.  Lvdig  M.  iloyt,  Ml»«  Ros.ilio 
Butler,  Mrs.  -Viex.indpr  Hamilton,  Mrs.  E  L.  Yoii- 

niaoM,  Mrs.  Marlborough  Churchl.l,  Mrs.  William 
F.iriar  Smith,  Mrs.  Henry  Y.  Lcavltt,  Mrs.  Josepn 
Knapp,  Miss  Wisner. 

THE  INTERNATIuyAL  RIFLE  MATCH. 

PKKPAUINO    FOB     THE     CONTEST    FOR    TUE 

CENTENNIAL    TROPHY    NEXT    FALL THE 

FOREIGN  RIFLE  TEA.MS  TO  BE  INFORMED 
THAT  THE  MATCH  WILL  TAKE  PLACE  IN 
6EPTKMBKR. 

A  moetin<{  of  tho  Executiv*  Committee  of  tho 

National  Riflo  Association  was  held  yester- 
day aftorooon,  Judge  N.  P.  Stanton  m  the  chair. 
A  sub-committee,  consisting  of  Major  Gen.- 
John  B.  Woodward,  Judge  H.  A.  Gildersleeve, 
and  Col.  G.  "W.  Wingato,  was  appointed  to 
draft  conditions  for  an  intor-Stato  riflo 
match  for  the  coming  year.  This  match  will 
not  conflict  with  tbe  military  inter-State  match,  the 
conditions  of  which  will  be  the  same  as  last  year. 
The  following  tesolution  was  offered,  and,  if  H 
should  meet  with  the  approval  of  the  American 
team,  will  be  adopted  i»t  a  subseqacnt  meeting : 

itt«'>l«f(i.  That  the  Secretary  b.-,  directed  to  notify 
th«  foreiga  tcoma  participating  Iu  tne  recent  inieiua- 
lion  il  long-range,  rifle  match  for  the  championship  of 
tlie  wor.d,  and  aiso  the  Scorch.  Australian,  autt  Cana- 
dian Kiii3  .Associations  ai:d  the  National  RIAa 
Association  of  tireat  Britain,  that  thu  next 
match  for  the  i.entenuial  trophy  will  take 
placn  at  Creedmoor  in  September  next;  open 
to  the  riflemen  ot  all  countriea  on  the  same  con- 
ditions OS  those  governing  the  former  match  :  pro- 
vided that  notice  be  received  by  the  National  Riue  As- 
sociation on  or  before  .May  1,  1877,  from  any  foriign 
ride  association,  or  tbe  riflemen  of  any  country,  tbat 
ft  team  will  bo  sent  to  r.-prcseut  them  on  the  ?amo 
terms  as  the  former  match  ;  tnat,  m  esse  no  such  no- 
tice 1)0  received  bv  that  date,  such  match  shall  be 
postpoued  to  the  same  date  and  place  in  1378,  the 
trophy,  in  the  maantime,  to  remain  In  poa^esslon  of  tbe 
American  team  as  at  present ;  that  in  cane  such  notices 
bo  received  tho  riflemeu  of  the  United  States  shall  be 
invited  to  participate  in  a  aeries  of  onipetitious  for  the 
purpose  ot^selectini;  a  team  and  roborves  to  represent 
Am.:iica  iu  such  a  match. 

A  letter  was  received  bv  Mr.  Schermerhorn,  Sso^ 
retary  of  the  National  Rifle  Association,  yesterday, 
from  Ma]or  A.  B.  Leech,  Captatn  of  tho  Irish  Rifle 
Team,  in  which  ho  says  that  tho  council  of  the  Irish 
Rifle  Association  has  passed  a  resolution  to  the  effect 
that  as  the  Centennial  trophy  had  been  shot  under 
Bpecifit^d  rules,  that  body  could  "see  no  reason  lor 
making  any  alteration  in  them,  but  would  snggest 
ihat  in  future  the  range  selected  should  bo  a  neu- 
tral one."  Major  Leech  further  said  that  as  rifle 
shooting  at  this  season  of  the  year  was  "  iu  abey- 
ance,"-he  could  not  say  whether  It  would  be  possi- 
ble "to  raise  a  team  to  shoot  lor  the  trophy  tbia  sea- 
son or  not. 

CEAEOES  AGAINST  JUDGE  FANOEER. 
A  Broad-street  lawyer  named  Thomas  M. 
Tyng  has  preferred  three  charges  to  the  Governor 
of  malfeasance  lu  ofhca  against  Judge  Enoch  L. 
Fancher,  of  the  Court  of  Arbitration  of  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce.  They  are :  Causing  the  Clerk  to 
enter  iu  his  minutes  cases  that  have  never  come  be- 
fore the  court,  in  order  to  magnify  its  usefulness ; 
causing  the  Clerk  to  make  false  returns  to  the 
State  Treasurer,  and  to  present  false  sworn  state- 
ments of  these  returns,  aud  causing  to  be  entered 
upon  tbe  record  of  the  court  in  i>n  action  pending 
in  the  Superior  Court  between  Tyng  ana  Luther  R. 
Marsh  aud  others,  a  decision  totally  different  from 
that  actually  made  by  himself  as  Referee.  On  be- 
half of  ifudge  Fancher  tUeiseirallogatlons  are  pro- 
noouced  wholly  unfounded,  and  Mr.  Tyng's  action 
is  ascribed  to  revenge  at  having  been  defeated  in  a 
case  in  which  be  was  one  of  the  parties  before  the 
Court  of  Arbitration. 


.talning,  consisting  of  recitations  by  Mesars.  W.  P. 
Ormsby,  F.  Hopkinson.  CbarlMMKobertB,  Jr..  and 
S.  S.  Suobam.  Cornet  bv  Mr.  liCA>biiokle,  violin 
by  Mr.  M.  Carrl.  piano  by  Meflfcrs.  C.  Weihert,  and 
F.  Tnlly,  singing  by  Mr  H.  Millard.  '  After  a  sap- 
per the  company  adJ^lirned, 

THE  FUNERAL  OF  KATY  BEIDEL, 
INTEBMENT    OF    THE    BKMAINS    IN    WOOD- 
XAWN  CEMETEtlYi  STATEN  ISLAND— TUE 


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TEE  FALETTB  CLUB  REUNION. 
The  Palette  Club  gave  its  fourth  Informal 
reunion  last  evening  at  the  Club  house  No.  7  East 
Twenty-second-street,  on  tho  occasion  of  the  open- 
ing of  tba  new  rooms,  consisting  of  a  suite  of 
spacious,  elegantly  famished  reading  and  dining 
rooms,  and  the  largest  bowling  alley  in  the  City. 'In 
the  large  art  hall  on*  of  the  flaeat  collections  of 
American  pietures   was  exhibited.     The    literary 


QKIEFHSTRICKEN 

GBlVK.         I 
The  last  ao^^f  tho   trai»edy  in  which  Katv 
Reidel  waa  the  central  figure  was  performed  yester- 
day, when  her  remains  were  coasigood  to  a  grave 

in  the  German  Wooaland  Cemetery,  at  Silver 
Lake,  Staton  Island.  The  arrangements  for 
the  fimeral  were  somewhat  defotitive,  and 
hence         tbe         interment         did        not  take 

place  until  very  lato  in  the  afternoon. 
The  parents  of  tbe  dead  girl  arrived  on  tho  Island 
early  m  the  morning,  and  were  forced  to  wait  for 
hours  in  tho  cemetery  for  the  arnval  of  her  body 
^hore.  Tho  undertaker  expected  tliom  to  come  to 
the  Poor-house  to  see  tho  body,  and  delayed  the 
funeral,  and  then,  believing  that  Mr.  and  Mrs, 
Rcidel  had  returned  home,  he  determined  to  inter 
tne  body  without  instructions  from  them.  The 
hoarse     was  '  ioUowad      from      tho     Poor-house 

to      the      cemetery       by      a      carriage      and       two 

light  wagons.  The  cortege  reached  its  des- 
tination about  5  o'clock,  where  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Reidel,  two  Germans,  who  had  taken  an  interest  in 
the  case,  and  the  keeper  of  tho  cemetery,  with  his 
wife  and  daughter,  niet  it.  Tho  urief  of  Mrs. 
Reidel  found  expression  in  solis,  and  muttered 
imprecations  against  Wcldspiel,  whom  she  ptr.sisted 
in  calling  the  murderer  of  her  child.  Tho  father  of 
tno  dead  girl  said  nothing,  but  his  whole  frame 
shook  as  ho  strove  to    suppress  his  agony.    The 

coflln  was  taken  from  the  hearse  by  the  renorlers, 
WHO  also  acted  as  pali-oearers,  and  bore  it 
to  the ''  grave.  The  burial-place  was  in 
a  bleak  spot  nrar  to  tbe  paliug  which  mclo.ses  tho 
cemetery.  Tho  walk  from  tbe  beaise  to  tho  grave 
was  mournful,  indeed.  Following  the  reporters 
carrying  the  coflBu  were  Mr.  aud  Mrs.  Reidel  ; 
Keeper  McCormack,  of  the  Poor-house  ;  Mr.  Deoip- 
sej",  the  undertaker,  the  keeper  of  the  cemetery, 
with  his  wife  and  daughter,  aud  the  two  Germans 
beioro  mentioned.  At  tho  grave  tho  colhu  waa 
opeued,  ana  the  parents  of  the  dead  girl  were  al- 
lowed to  look  upon  tbe  lace  of  tbiiir  child  for  tho 
last  lime.  As  soon  aa  the  Ud  was  oU',  ana  the  coun- 
tenance of  the  corpse  was  expose;!,  ^Mrs.  Relucl's 
griet  passed  all  Uouuds.  She  looked  npon  bur  dead 
cuild,  aud  wrung  hor  hands,  tier  body  was  con- 
vulsed, and  then  she  gave  vent  to  mcobereut  ex- 
pressions auil  invocaiioiis  of  divine  veugeoiicu 
against  WelspicL  "  Oli  Katy,  my  child  !"  she  cried. 
"  You  have  had  all  01  gold  and  silver  uow.  This  is 
the  last  !  WelJ.spii'l  !  Weldapiol  1  Ho  diu  offer  yoiv 
tine  presents  !  Oh,  God  !  co  not  for;tot  liiiu  1  \)o 
my  poor  Raty,  you  were  so  pretty  four 
years  ago;  now  you  are  goue  from  me ;  you 
Imvo  lelt  your  |,ocir  mother.  Oood-Oyo,  my 
Katy,  good-bve."  ,  She  pasr-ionately  kissed  the 
lorohcad  ot  the  dead  gitl.  aud  waa  ttirn  drawn 
awa^■  from  the.  cofll)i.  Whou  it  was  lowered  into 
the  gravp  she  raif  forward  as  it  to  throw  herself 
into  the  ph.  She  wfas  euugut  an  1  held  back.  After 
a  uiomeut  she  atooped  duwu,  and  taking  up  a  hand- 
tul  of  uiold,  tlirow  it  upon  the  top  ot  the  coflin 
and  muttered  a  prayir.  This  was  tiiu  only  beue- 
dictiou  given  to  the  dead.  As  the  earth 
was  being  placed  upon  the  cotfln-top,  she 
again  cried,  "Oj,  'NV'oidspiei,  you  will  have 
to  Come  to  this,  too.  \ou  must  die  like  my  Kity. 
What  uood  are  y.iur  preicnt.s  njw  f  All  the  goia 
and  silver  in  tbt^  world  Is  good  lor  nuTuiug  to  you 
now,  my  poor  cUilti!  Katy,  Katy,  mv  dailiug, 
good-bye."  She  Wi;a  then  led  to  ilie  house  of  tnt; 
keiperof  the  ce.iietery,  wnero  tho  good  lailo  Ger- 
uiau  woman  atruvo  to  conifoi  t  he:,  telling  her  she 
would  ke:-D  the  grave  01  Kuiy  green  aud  blossom- 
ing with  dowors.  

A  STORM  Of  WISD  AND  RAIX. 

KFFKCr  OF  THE  GALE  IN  THIS  CI fY— CELLARS 
AN1>  docks  bVC-VIKKGED  AND  A  llOAl- 
Hob.SE  LIFTED  FROM  ITS  I'OSITION— 
NO    SKltlOUS    I>.\.M.\Ott    PU-il.VINKD. 

Yesterday's  storm  was  a  very  .sevcro  one.  It 
commenced  to  rain  at  12:20  A.  A!.,  tiiniiiig  to  snow 
at  tf:  15  A.  M.,  and  ngaia  to  rain  at  10:45.  With  tho 
exception  of  .<4:vera!  short  iutcrvala  tbe  rain  aud 
auow  oontinovd  all  day.  During  the  night. lud  eiirly 
morning  it  was  accompanied  by  a  furious  gale  ot 
wind  from  the  nortli-east,  with  a  vclpclfy  at  this 
point  of  betweeu  30  and  40  miles  per  'hour.  It 
attained  its  highest  degree  of  apood  at  f:4j  A.  M., 
when  it  blew  at  tho  r.i'.o  ot  ii  miles  per  hour.  Thu 
barometer  ranged  as  follows:  Midnight,  23.0  75; 
morning,  20.0  M  ■  noon,  23.0  46  ;  1:30  P.  M.,  iO.O  43; 
4:47  P.  M.,  29.0  47;  afterward  siatiouary.  The 
amount  of  rain-fail  up  to  4  1".  M.  yesterday,  when 
the  lasi,  measurement  was  taken,  was  .77  ol  au  inch. 
The  extent  ot  storm  was  unu-*ually  large.  Threat- 
ening weather  was  rcportoil  throughout 
tho  State,  also  in  Michigan,  Massachusetts,  U.'iio, 
Minnesota.  Ipdi.in:i,  Illinois,  Cimnecticiit,  Maine, 
Penusylvania.  Tennessee,  AVisronsin,  Kansas, 
Kontucky,  Iowa,  Floruiu,  Virgiiu;i.  Maryland.  Ala- 
bama, Cherokee  Nation.  District  of  Coliimuia, 
Canada,  and  Nova  Scolla.  It  was  allowing  in  the 
morning  In  Ballimore,  Chicago,  Indiaoapolis.  Mil- 
waukee, and  XcwLoudon,  .lud  r.iining  in  Philadel- 
phia and  Pittblmr^i.  During  tho  day  tlie  snow 
.ceased  at  Baltiniuro  and  I'hii.idelpliia  and  turned  to 
^ifln  in  JTew-L'jndon.  It  commenced  snowing  in 
Cincinnati,  Boatou,  Portland,  Erie,  and  BuUalo. 
But  nowhure  was  there  anything  like  tbo  gale  that 

prevailed       in       this        City,       and       ospocially      to 

tho  8  )uth-ea«t  of  it.  Tlio  wires  having  all  bean 
blown  down  along  the  coiar,  no  inlnlllgence  was 
rcceivod  here  up  to  a  late  hour  in  regard  to  tho  pos- 
sible damage  to  shipping,  except  that  tho  Amoriquo 
was  carried  by  the  heavy  sea  on  top  of  tbo  bench, 
and  that  hor  present  position  Is,  doubllo.ss,  much 
wofao  than  prcyioualy.    At  tho  Coast  'VVrooking 

Company's  oflices,  however,  it  was  said  that  she  has 
suffered  no  damage  and  cob  readily  be  got  off. 

Tho  damage  along  tho  wh.irveei,  so  far  as  known, 
was  slight.  Some  cellars  on  the  North  lyiver  side 
were  submerged,  but  no  serious  loss  occurred.  Early 
yesterday  morning  tho  chimney  of  iho  three-story 
brick  tenement-bouse.  No.  849  Ninth-avenue,  was 
blown  down.  Tho  falling  bricEs  orushca  through 
the  roof,  and  tho  d6'oris  tell  wi;h  great  torco  on  the 
bed  in  which  Mrs.  Mary  Howard  was  sleeping.  She 
received  a  fraciure  of  thu  left  leg  bolow 
the  Mtnc»,  aud  of  tne  left  hand.  Shu 
was  oared  for  ot  Ninety-ninth  Street  Hoppimi. 
A  large  8i;;n  waa  blown  down  at  No.  4.S0  Broadway, 
breaking  a  number  of  windows  lu  thelroniof  the 
bulldiug.  A  large  tiee  was  blown  dowu  in  Madison- 
aquaro  at  3  A.  M. 

The  galo  was  very  strong  at  Harlem  and  Mor- 
risania,  and  on  tho  iiast  River  near  the  entrance 
to  the  Sound.  About  9  o'clock  tho  water,  which 
wa»  very  rough,  readied  to  within  about  two  foot 
of  the  road-bed. of  tho  railroad  bridge  at  Fourth- 
avenue,  and  the  apray  sprinkled-  tho  cars  us 
they  passed  over,  but  no  damage  was  done 
to  the  bridge.  Just  above  :ho  undge  are  tbe 
boat-houses  of  tho  New-TurK  aud  tho  Columbia 
Clubs,  and  between  it  aud  the  Harlem  Bridge,  at 
Tbird-avenuo,  are  those  ot  the  Gramercv.  Atalauta, 
Stock  Exchange,  Nassau,  Athletic,  ITnion,  Harlem, 
Danntlesii,  Nautilus,  and  Herald  Clubs.  Tbo 
Grameroy  Club  house,  which  is  a  liaudaomo  struc- 
ture, surmounted  by  a- fanciful  dome,  wua  lifted  by 
the  tide  above  tbe  piles  wliiob  surrounded 
it,  and  became  impalea  on  a  portion 
of  them  as  the  tido  subsided.  As  it  is  not  likely 
that  tbe  tide  will  soon  ri.-«e  sufllciently  to  float  tlio 
house,  its  extrication  from  its  novel  olevation  will 
be  uifllcult.  The  woathur-bourds  of  some  ot  thoother 
club-bouses  were  badly  otraiued  and  damagoi",  tho 
bridges  connecting  thorn  with  the  shore  submerged, 
and,  in  a  lew  instances,  the  floats  from  whicli  the 
boats  are  onteroa  Avere  carried  to  tho  tons  of  the 
spiles,  to  winch  they  were  tied,  and  left  hign  and 
dry  there  when  the  tide  receded.  The  tide  rose  to 
the  flooring  of  tho  MoiTisauia  steam-boat  dock,  aud 
Suiuo  of  tho  other  docks  on  that  side  of  tho  liver, 
and  on  the  Harlem  side,  were  submerged.  A  few 
Dasemenis  ou  tbe  East  Rivor  side  of  Harlem,  and 
several  abantioa  in  sunken  lefts  near  tbo  shore  in 
that  vicinity  woro  flooded,  .and  tho  sea-walls  around 
Ward's  and  Randall's  Islands  were  lor  some  time 
under  water,  but  in  no  iustunco,  so  far  as  could  be 
ascertained,  waa  aoy  serious  damjige  sustained. 

The  aamage  caused  by  the  wiud  storm  iu  Brook- 
lyn was  conUned  to  ihe  breakage  of  some  30  panes 
of  Plate  glass  in  storu  windows,  and  the  blowing 
down  of  some  signs  and  fences. 


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Clir  AND  SUBURBAN  NEWS, 


THE  STORM  IN  NEW-JERSKY^. 
The  gale  swept  over  the  eastern  section  ot 
New-Jersey.  Two  soliooners,  which  bad  been  an 
ofaored  in  Newark  Bay,  were  driven  ashore  on  tho 
Island  of  Black  Tom,  just  off  the  Commtmipaw 
shore,  and  it  was  feared  that  they  would  go  to 
pieces.  A  two-story  frame  dwelling-house,  io 
Greenville,  occupied  by  Dennis  McDermott,  was 
blown  over.  Just  after  tho  family  had  left  it  from 
fear  of  such  a  catastrophe.  Several  window  panes 
were  blown  in  on  Kewark-avenue,  Jersey  City,  and 
a  gust  of  wind  broke  the  uoors  of  the  Jersey  City 
Opera-house,  on  Montgomery-street.  In  all  parts  of 
Jersey  City  and  Newark  signs  wore  blown  down 
and  troes  atripped  of  tbeir  uranchea.  The  rain  and 
sleet  which  toUowed  havo,  as  ubual,  swamped  the 
Uobokeu  Meadows. 


POSITION  OF  THE  STEAMER  AMERIQUE. 

The  steamer  AmCrique,  which  has  been  ashore 
some  time  at  Seabrigbt,  N.  J.,  is  in  a  less  tavorabte 
posliion  than  she  waa  before  tbe  storm.  She  has 
moved  about  300  yards  south,  and  70  feet  higher  up 
on  the  beach.  Tho  rudder  post  and  rudder  have 
been  broken  off.  The  wreckers  aud  most  of  tbe 
crew  have  been  obUged  to  go  ashore,  ao  ti^ey  <ura 


NEW-YORK. 

The  Folioe  made  1,332  arrests  daring  last 
week. 

The  Grand  Duke  Alexia  sent  $100  to  the  re- 
lief fund  of  St.  John's  Guild  yesterday, 
•^he  sale  of  postage  stumps  at  the  New-York 
omco  for  the  five  days   ending  yesterday  amounted 
to  $50,908  30. 

John  B.  Gough  will  deliver  a  lectpre  at 
Chickering  Hall,  to-morrow  evening,  -entitled 
"  Now  and  Then." 

Rev.  S.  I.  Prime  will  Iffituro  upon  "  The 
Wits  of  tbe  Puloic  "  this    evening  iu   the  Central 

Presbyterian  Church,  Fifty-sixth-street,  near  Broad, 
way. 

Forty-eight  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
ninety-six  letters  were  sent  to  Europe  from  the 
New-York  PosIj  Office  by  tho  various  steam-ships 
yesterday. 

Coroner  Flanagan  was  notified  yesterday  of 

the  sudden  death  of  Oweu  Martin,  a  native  of  Ire-' 
land,  aged  103  years,  at  his  resideuce.  No.  530  East 
Twelfth-street. 

Tho  inmau  stoam-ship  City  of  Richmond, 
Capt.  Robert  Leitch  commanding,  which  sailed 
from  Liverpool  on  tbe  14ih  instant,  arrived  at  this 

port  at  S:3U  A.  ia.  yesterday. 

Kecortler  llackett  has  recovered  from  his  re- 
cent attack  of  illness,  and  will  bo  able  to  resume 
tho  hearing  of  the  Sutton  perjury  case  in  Part  1.  of 
tbe  Court  of  General  Bessious  to-morrow. 

There  were  reported  at  the  Bureau  of  Vital 
Statistics  anriag  last  week  447  deaths,  491  births, 
aud  140  marriages,  showiug  an  lucreaso  of  37  deaths 
and  12  marriages,  and  a  decrease  of  66  births,  as 
compared  with  tho  orecoding  week. 

Richard  Van  Krosip,  alias  Schmidt,  the  young 
German  who  was  committed  at  the  Essex  Market 
Court  several  days  ago.  on  a  charge  of  seduction 
tiroicrreil  against' him  by  Charlotte  Koch,  of  Fort 
Loe,  was  married  to  tho  complainant  yesterday  by 
J  usiice  Murray. 

Tbo  Polica  were  notified  yesterday  that  A.  L. 
McNab,  a  Scotch  lawyer,  has  been  missing  since 
Saturday  last.  He  was  last  seen  in  tho  liquor  storo 
of  P.  Cliff,  No.  402  Fourth -avenue,  which  tie  left  on 
Saiiirday  night  to  go  home.  A  general  alarm  waa 
sent  out  in  relation  to  this  man. 

Tho  Governor's  room  in  the  City  Hall  was 
draped  in  mourning  yesterday  for  the  purpose  ot 
receiving  the  remains  of  tho  late  Mt^jor  Geu. 
Aguilora,  the  Vice  President  ot  the  Cuban  Itopublic. 
Tne  body  will  be  takeu  there  this  morning,  aud 
will  lie  lu  state  until  to-morrow. 

The  following  tranaters  woro  made  by  tho 
Police  Board  yesterday  :  Capt.  Lowery,  from  the 
Contial  OBice  to  the  Thirty-!lfth  Precinct ;  Sorgt. 
AVilliams,  from  the  Thirfv-tiuh  Preciuct  to  the 
command  of  the  Second  District  Police  Conrt 
•Squad,  and  Sergt.  Abearn,  from  tho  Second  District 
Police  Court  tsq aad   to   tuo  Twenty-ninth  Precinct. 

A  number  of  gontlcmeu  of  diflerent  clubs 

Iiave  deposited  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Remson  Apple- 
by, proprietor  of  the  Central  Parg  Garden,  n  purse 
ot  J200,  for  u  one  horn's  glove  contest  between 
William  Miller  and  Sieve  Taylor.  These  ath- 
letes are  invited  to  call  at  the  Central  Park  Garden, 
Seventli-.ivenuo  and  FifivuinHi-street,  within 
three  days,  to  draw  up  articles  and  arrange  the  nu- 
ccssary  preliiuiaarius. 


BliUUKLYN. 
Tho  Police  made  i'^l  arrests  during  the  past 

week. 

At  a  mecling  of  tho  Kings  County  Bar,  held 

yestirday  in  tho  General  Term  room  of  tho  Su- 
premo Court,  resolutions  of  respect  to  tho  memory 
of  ibelaie  Cyrus  1*.  Smith  and  tho  late  Charles 
Lowt-rv  were  adoptuil. 

A  miscreant  who  has  thus  far  escaped  the 
Police  placed  a  torpedo   on  one  of  tbe  car  tracks  in 

Fulton  street  on  Friday  night.  When  the  torpedo 
exploded  it  blew  the  car  off  the  track,  but,  lortu- 
nalely,  no  one  was  injured. 

Mary  Johnson  aud  Kato  West,  arrested  in 
the  act  of  shop-lilting  in  a  Fulton-street  store  by 
Doti'ctivos  Frost  aud  Corwiti,  pleaded  guilty  to 
petty  larceny  in  JuAlco  Walsh's  Court  yesterday 
morning.     They  were  remanded  for  sentence. 

It  is  rumored  that  Alderman  Burnett,  Re- 
publican, will  be  elected  President  of  the  Common 
Couucil  on  Monday  by  a  Republican  and  Democratic 
vole.  Tho  names  of  Aldermen  Gnswold  and  Aruott, 
also  li''publicau8,  are  meuiiuued  iu  cuunection  witu 
the  oliice. 

At  a  meeting  of  tho  Board  o^  City  Works 
yesterday  the  following  scale  of  wages  for  calkers 
and  laborers  was  adopted :  Calkers,  ?2  50  per  day, 
against  81  last  year  ;  flrsi-class  labon-ri*,  jl  75, 
against  t2  50  laat  year;  sccoud-class  laborers,  ii  50, 
agaibdl  92.  i|,   • 

In  tbe  suit  of  Kate  L.  Bayliss  against  the 
Travolcis'  Life  Insurauce  Company,  to  recover 
?10,000,  tho  amount  of  llfo-polic'y  held  by  tho  lato 
William  E.  Bavliss,  Judge  B-modict  yesterday  ren- 
derel  a  dccitiiu  lor  tbe  tlefeuAu  14,  ou  the  ground 
that  Baylis.'i'  ueatu  had  been  occasioned  by  medical 
treatment. 

In  a  ^eWfsion  on  Friday  afternoon  between*  a 
^^i:oD   tlriven   by   Charles  Herschatt,  of  2i8  South 

Fifth-street,  and  car  No.  217  of  the  Fiith-avenue 
Line,  Mrs.  McGinuis,  of  No.  44  McComb-slreet,  waa 
struck  by  the  shaft  of  the  vehicle  and  pamtiilly  but 
not  S!-riously  injured,  llerschuft  was  arrested,  but 
us  it  was  ahowu  that  the  Collision  was  accidental  ho 
was  ili»charged. 

Douglas  Walker,    the   amateur   actor,    who 

horsBwnippud  Thomas  F.  Clark,  another  amateur 
actor,  Was  peanitted  to  leave  the  Penitentiary  yee- 
ti-rduy  on  giving  f  1,000  bail.  Walker's  conusol 
obtained  a  writ  of  coitioran  and  a  stay  ot  proceed- 
ings from  Judge  Gilbert.  The  writ  is  returuablo  a 
week  from  to-nioirow,  when  tho  Court  of  Sessions 
uiocts.  Walker's  conviction  and  sentence  will  then 
bo  reviewed.  

LONG  ISLAND. 

Capt.  John  Uawkins,  or  Moriches,  was  found 
dead  on  the  floor  of  his  house  on  Wednesday.  He 
was  a  single  man,  aged  08,  and  lived  alono.  A  Cor- 
oner's Jury  decided  that  tue  death  was  natural. 

A  few  days  ago,  as  Moses  Phillips  was  llUmg 
an   ice-house   on    the    beach    at    Southampton,  he 

'found  several  small  Eagli^^h  and  American  silver 
coins  in  tbe  beach  sand.  Xhe  earlioat  date  is  1700. 
An  exaggerated  account  of  tho  discovery  was  soon 
in  circuUiiou,  but  the  aggregiilo  amount  found  is 
only  il  50.  How  tho  cuius  came  there  is  not 
Aiiown. 

During  recess  yesterday  morning  at  the 
Acadomv-street  School,  Astoria,  a  lad  13  years  of 
ago  Btulo  a  torpedo  from  the  works  at  Hell  Gate, 
and  aticr  the  children  had  reassembled  at  the 
school-house  it  dropped  from  his  pocket  and  ex- 
ploded, one  of  the  fragments  maugling  the  hand 
OI  another  boy  to  sueh  an  extent  as  to  require  tho 
amouiation  ot  two  of  his  fingers. 

Robert*  Weeks,  a   carriage-painter,    living 

at  Smithcown,  left  his  house  oue  uay  last  wgek  for 
the  purpose,  as  he  said,  of  proem  in  g  some  oil,  hor 
rowiug  some  money  to  buy  it  with.  Instead  ot 
going  t'l  the  store,  however,  be  walked  to  Brent- 
woou,  and  from  there  seut  a  dispatch  to  his  wile's 
relatives,  telling  them  •' to  como  mxp  immediately." 
Since  that  time  uoihiug  has  boon  heard  Irom  him 
at  home,  aud  ic  is  supposed  that  he  has  waudoroU 
ofl  itk  a  fit  of  insanity. 

George  Oswald  made  a  murderous  attack 
upon  Francis  Donnelly,  with  a  chisel,  in  a  clgor- 
etnre  on  Ferry -street.  Long  Island  City,  on  Wednes- 
day last.  The  parties  ocoupy  houses  next  door  to 
each  other,  on  Ferry-Street,  and  it  appears  that 
tlioy  bad  some  ditficulty  some  time  ago  in  relation 
to  raising  the  two  houses  to  the  new  grade  estab- 
lished by  the  Improvement  Commission.  At  tbat 
time  Oswald  threatened  to  "got  hquaro"  with  Don- 
nelly. On  Wcdaeauay  the  latier  was  in  the  store, 
talking  with  the  proprietor,  when  Oswald  eutored 
with  the  chiacl  in  his  hand  and  struck  Donnelly 
with  it  on  tbe  face,  near  the  left  eye.  He  then  eu- 
deavored  to  stab  Donnelly  with  the  instrument,  but 
the  latter  succeeded  in  eluding  him  and  escaping 
into  his  owu  house,  and  Oswald  was  soon  afterwaru 
arrested  by  Olhoer  Meagher,  charged  with  assault 
with  Intent  to  kill.  Yesterday  tbe  prisoner  waa 
arraigned  before  Recorder  Parseils,  at  Astoria,  and 
held  to  await  the  action  of  the  Grand  Jury. 

NEW-JEBSEY. 

George  Hopper,  12  years  of  age,  fell  beneath 
the  wheels  of  a  steam  street  car  in  Paterson,  yes- 
terday, and  had  one  qf  his  feet  cut  olL 

The  jury  m  the  case  of  T.  J.  McDonald, 
charged  with  malfeasance  In  office  while  a  member 
of  the  Jersey  City  Board  of  Education,  returned  a 
verdict  of  acquittal  yesterday,  after  22  hours'  ab- 
sence. 

Eov.  Dr.  Bice,  Rector  of  Graco  Episcopal 
Cnurob,  Jersev  City,  returned  ycterday  in  tbe 
steamer  Batavia  Irom  his  visit  to  Egypt  and  the 
Holy  Land.  He  waa  absent  from  his  cbarge  for 
seveu  mouths,  Ho  will  ofliciate  iu  nis  owu  pulpit 
to-day. 

James  S.  Blanchard,  one  of  the  main  wit- 
nesses against  Ryan  aud  Osohwald,  the  Newark 
murderers,  waa  yesterday  sentenced  to  13  months 
imprisonment  iu  the  Penitentiary  for  naving  been 
concerned  in  the  burglary  of  bomers'  bat  factory  iu 
Milburn,  last  Summer. 

Early  yesterday  morning  the  Newark  Board 
of  Education  requested  the  Common  Council  to  ap- 
propriate ?220,150  for  the  support  of  the 
echools  of  tne  city  for  tbe  present  year.  The 
couucU  reduced  tlio  appropriation,  holduig  that  the 
teaahers'  salaries,  aa  fixed  bv  the  Board  of  Education, 
were  too  bigtu  At  a  meeting  of  tbe  Board  of  Educa- 
tion held  Friday  evening  resolutions  were  adopted 
declaring  that  the  Council,  has   no  right  to  reduce 

^the    aan''""''^'*"""  _'^"'*  "^  nnii»mir»»n  r.f    »^..  ~„Y   j^Q^ 


pointed  to  take  such  st^s  io  the  premises  aa  were 
advisable,       _^ 

KILLED  BY  HJS  WIFE. 
-  Mrs.  Mary  Noonan,  au  Ooonpant  of  apart- 
ments in  No.  342  East  Twenty-sixth-atreet,  yesteri 
day  informed  tbe  Pohoe  of  the  Eighteenth  Precinct 
that  a  Junkman  named  James  Campbell,  who  re< ' 
sided  on  tbe  top  floor  of  the  same  hotue,  died  from 
tbo  effect  of  injuries  inflicted  by  his  wife  and  an- 
other woman  named  TAzzlo  Soanlon.  The  caae  waa 
investigated,  and  the  foUowng  facts  were  ascer- 
tained :  Campbell  and  his  wife  frequently  drank  to 
excess,  and  mvarlabl.v  quarreled  while  under  the 
influence  of  liquor.  On  the  evening  of  Jan.  31  they 
were  visited  by  a  woman  named  Lizzie^  Soanlon, 
who  remained  in  their  apartments  until 
a  lato  hour,  and  joined  them  in  a  dt>- 
oauch  which  terminated  In  a  bloody  fracas. 
The  trouble  originated  in  Campbell  taking 
some  improper  liberties  with  the  woman  Scanlon, 
who  resantod  his  conduct  by  striking  him  on  tho 
head  with  a  sftgar-bowl,  inflicting  a  large  scalp 
wound.  Tho  woman  waa  arrested,  and  after  nnder- 
going  trial  at  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions,  on  the 
charge  of  assault  and  battery,  was  sentenced  to  the 
Penitentiary  for  a  term  of  six  months.  A  few  days 
ago  Campbell,  who  had  In  the  meantim<j  apparently 
recovered  from  the  effects  of  the  a88au.%  had  an  al- 
tercation with  his  wile,  during  which  she,  it  is  al- 
leged, struck  him  a  violent  blow  on  thft  head  with 
a  fryiug-pan,  reopening  the  wound  inflicted  by  tbo 
Woman  Scanlon,  and  rendering  him  unconscious. 
He  was  unable  to  go  to  his   work  tbat  day,  and  un 

Ofhursrtay  last  became  delirious  from  th«  effects  of 
his  injiuios,  remaining  in  tbat  condition  until  his 
death  yesterday  morning.  The  wife  was  arrested 
soon  after  the  case  was  reported,  and  Is  now  m  tho 
cuK'-odv  of  the  Police  of  the  Eighieenth  Pcoomct, 
awaiting  the  action  of  tbe  Coroner. 

A   CONVICT  SEEKING  HIS  DISCHARGE. 

An  application  was  made  yesterday  before 
Judge  Dykman,  of  the  Supreme  Court,  sitting  at 
White  Plaing,  by  counsel,  for  the  discharge  ot 
Thomas  McKenney,  alias  William  Riley,  a  convict 
at  present  conflnod  in  Sing  Sing  Prison.  McKen- 
ney was  arrested  in  this  City  for  burglary,  and 
sentenced  in  January.  1873,  to  two  tears  and  six 
months  in  State  Prison.  He  escaped  from  Sing 
Sing  on  Sept.  28,  1873,  and  waa  recaptured 
on  May  2,  1876.  The  counsel  in  making 
tbe  application  used  tbe  samo  arguments  as  those 
set  forth  by  counsel  in  the  case  of  Sophia  Lyons, 
who  was  recently  discharged  b.y  Judge  Dykman. 
He  claimed  that  under  the  statute  McKenney  was 
entitled  to  his  discharge,  inasmuch  as  the  time 
for  which  he  had  been  aentenced  had  long  since 
expired.  As.sistant  District  Attorney  Verplanck 
called  the  attention  of  the  court  to  the  case  of  Hag- 
gerty  against  the  people,  in  which  a  similar  appli- 
cation was  made  on  tne  same  grounds,  and  the  de- 
cision, which  was  favorable  to  the  prisoner,  was 
afterward  overruled  by  the  Court  of  Appeals. 
Judiie  Dykman  then  remarked  that  ho  had  not  been 
reminded  of  that  case  before,  or  that  he  surely 
would  not  have  granted  tbe  auplication  in  Sophia 
Lyons'  case.    He  decided  to  deny  the  application. 


ARRIVALS  AT  THE  HOTELS. 

George  W.  Milicr,  of  Albany,  is  at  the  Hotel 

Brunswick. 

Rev.  Edward  Kenney,  of  Havana,  Cuba,  is  at 
the  Grand  Hotel. 

Gen.  George  J.  Magec,  of  Schuyler  County, 
N.  Y.,  is  at  tho  St.  James  Hotel. 

Senator  William  H.  Robertson,  of  Westchester 

County,  and  Rev.  J.  Addison  Henry,  of  Philadel- 
phia, are  at  the  Windsor  Hotel. 

Hon.  J.  A.  Bentley,  United  States  Commis- 
sioner of  Pensions,  aud  Gen.  Samuel  F.  Cary  aud 
Hon.  Lewia  B.  Gauckei,  ot  Ohio,  are  at  the  Fifth 
Avenue  Hotel. 

Count  and  Countess  Desfours,  of  Prance; 

Rev.  Robert  Collyer,  of  Chicago,  and  State  Senator 
Butler  B.  Strang!  of  Pennsylvania,  are  at  thu  St. 
Nicholas  Hotel.  

Olliffe's    "Tastelhss"    Codlivse   OrL.    Phos- 

pii.VTE  OF  hiHB,  ANi>  V\  iLD  Chbuky. — The  advantagK  of 
tnis  compound  over  tbe  plain  oil  is  that  tbe  nauseating 
taste  of  the  oil  is  entirely  removed.  The  otfenaive 
taste  of  the  oil  has  long  acted  asa  pormaneui;  objs^etioa 
to  its  U3e,  but  iu  this  lorm  the  trouble  is  entirely  ob- 
viateil.  It  is  regularly  piescrihea  by  I  he  medical  pro- 
feasion.  Sold  by  druggists,  llepot,  Su.  ti  Buwtiy.— Ad- 
vertisement. 

♦ 

Ladies  if  you  want  a  nice  Litnch  at  very  mod- 
crat.1  coat,  everything  the  beat,  new,  and  elegant,  go 
to  the  GoLDBjr  Wins  huKFisT,  No.  19  Union-square. — 
Advi:rtuiement. 


CoGiJACS  bottled  at  Jonzac  Distilleries ;  also  in 
wood.  Victor  K.  Madobr,  Sole  Importer,  llOBeade-st. 
— ^dverttaement.  .  ._- 

PASSENGERS  SAILED. 
In  steam-ship  Britannic,  for  lAveroool. — E.  T.  Bell, 
Frank  LorJ.  CoL  G.  K.  Gour.iud,  F.  Powers.  Mrs.  Fox. 
Miss  A.  R.  Kox,  Major  and  Mrs.  S.  Coutinho.  Master  F. 
C'outinho,  Miss  Coutinho,  .Mrs.  Sargent,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
C.  A.  Nichols,  Mrs.  (_;iiiherine  Liev.y,  Gilbert  Muugor.  ft. 
H.  Agnew,  J.  W.  Smith,  John  C.  Kmnev.  Henry  O.  Aa- 
piuwttll,  T.  L.  Burnet'.,  Kmllie  (iilsey,  J.  Jientley,  Mon- 
cHeir  VNilson,  iliaa  Wilsoii,  Miss  Juha  Gnffln,  Lieut. 
Stewart.  R.  N..  Mrs.  Stewart,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  McHugh, 
-Mr.  and  Mrs.  Usher,  Edgar  E.   Stearni,  Gen.   aud  Airs. 

E.  B.  Grubo,  Mrs.  P.  Wiikius,  Gaut.  JonulngB,  J.  B. 
Chumldin,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ii.  Gomez,  Miss  Gomez,  C'has. 
lieud^.-!!,  8.  Jones,  Win.  Chrystall.  J.  G.  CooUe,  jidward 
Towgood,  W.  H.  Hartoii,  Mcbolas  Brandt,  F.  Stan- 
eliffe,  John  1).  VauBuren,  Robert  B.  Ski ! i nor,  John  Gled- 
hiil,  U.  K.  Gonug,  Wm.  Barton,  J.  Marshall,  G,  W.  For- 
sy;h,  John  Waite,  Luis  Figari,  Sister  Bertha,  Mrs.  Jos. 
Uamod;',le,  Mr.  andMro.  Henry  A.  Lane,  K.  W.  Ghltten- 
Ocu,  A,  Jaff,  J.  H.  GoUendiT,  Jr.,  B.  F.  Bowditch.  J.  M. 
Iia.vne8,  Mr.  ana  Mrs.  U.  F.  -Uiila,  Mr.  Morgan,  Miss  Os- 
.honie,  Mrs.  Allen,  1).  M.  Usbome,    VV,  L.  McKenna.  Dr. 

F.  Bucuo, '1  houiaa  Stewart,  J.  W.  Scholefield,  Mrs.  J. 
A.  Pouglass.  Ur.  uud  Mra.  J.  J.  Crane,  Ur.  Molson,  E. 
Ui-inpsier,  G.  W-  Kobcrtaoa,  li,  ibtovel,  T.  Girouard,  H. 
Farnam,  Mrs.  Famani,  G.  li.  Farnaoi,  John  Paton,  Mrs. 
li..  T.  Hateh,  .\.  AL  Hatch,  Air.  und  Mrs.  M.  Wunscb,  K. 
S.  t  utier,  Geiirge  FrantB,  J.  8.  Kiunan.  Sam  K,  Backup, 
Hiiriy  T.  Wiiia.  Airs.  WiUs.  J.  J.  Toffev,  T.  C.  Fry,  C. 
Klmore,  J.  6>tanton,  F.  W.  Elmore,  J.  iC  Ferguson,  Mr. 
Hryce.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rhineiander,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  11. 
IJLeae. 

In  iteam-eMp  City  of  Atlanta,  for   CAarkston.— Mrs 

I.  S.  Isciich  und  cliildren,  Mrs,  0.  W.  Utiott,  Airs. 
Fletcher,  Mrs.  H.  W.  Seudder,  Miss  Fairchild,  0.  A. 
hairehiid.  Airs.  J.  P.  Putnam,  Miss  L.  Putnam,  Miss  A. 
Tappau,  Mrs.  ."Sniffen,  Wesley  smith,  « ife,  ana  daugh- 
ter, W.  M.  Purdy,  Miss  E.  M.  Purdy,  J.  .1.  Renwick,  H. 
S.  Baruieler,  A.  II.  Allen,  Miss  Bavutou,  Miss  Lettie 
Hraynt.)U,  N.  A.  Baynton,  Mr.  Todil,  T.  H.  Woodeton. 
Mrs.  A.  G.  Morant,  i.  DiestneU.  W.  T.  Littell, 
K.  Q.  Littell,  W.  AudeU  and  wUe,  Eutuer- 
ford  Stuyvesaut,  wife,  and  maid.  Miss  0.  Walker, 
U.  Cunningham,  A.  H.  Stevens,  K.  H.  Uarley.  W.  V. 
Smith  aod  wife,  C.  L.  Pomero.y.  W.  L.  Jamleson,  Miss 
M.  O'Brien,  t.  W.  Perrv.  James  E.  Downey,  C.  Delgers, 
M.  li.  Biigham,  Miss  Getly,  K.  VV.  Hawkins,  K.  H.  i  arr, 
C.  David,  F.  S.  t'ampboll,  W.  VV.  Curtis,  Miss  Curtis, 
Miss  Macy,  S.  Ames,  i-l.  B.  Smith,  A.  VV.  Soheuck,  iu  M. 
Ravnor,  L.  M.  Meuker,  J.  B.  Comstock.  Miss  Comstock, 
Miss  lugraham.  Miss  Mairters,  Miss  Toouer,  A  'looker, 
Ailss  L.  Tappa'j. 

In  steavi-ship  Canada,  for  Havre. — Charles  Benauld, 
Mr.  Amy,  Mr.  Priuceteau,  .\.  ttu  I'osquier,  J.  Southgate, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  A.  Anderson,  M.  Chavez.  >1.  Pelletier, 
T.  L.  Stryjenslti,  Mr.  Corbeau,  Mr.  Giaudmes,  T.  Le- 
peinteur.  Mrs.  K.  Lallement,  Mrs.  Marie  Demange,  K. 
t>raun,  Charles  Braun.  Jules  d'Arros,  I'Abbe  Chevalier, 
Wr.  Navarre,  Adolphe  I'avio,  J.  P.  Jaubert.  Alias  Au- 
giisto  Sohlke,  Mias  Rini  Tabasso,  Misa  L.  Stickcl,  Miss 
1'.  Mai'tluutt,  Miss  Bertehizi,  Miss  A.  Itodcoiuo,  Miss  C. 
Biauci,  .Miss  M.  Perln,  Miss  .\.  Peria,  Ml.-s  A.  bolUceeui, 
Miss  L.  Belliceeni,  Misa  Duruakl,  .Vilss  L.  Ronei,  Mias 
."^uuongeli,  Aliss  J.  Mouche,  Mra.  Berz»ti,  Misa  Berzeli. 
Miss  J.  Durnaki,  Mr.  Irnigoro,  Mrs.  and  Miss  Maugatt, 

G.  Parozzi. 

In  steam-stiip  San  Jacinto,  for  Savannah, — George 
Bliller.  O.  ■h.  scars,  Josepn  C.  Dunn,  John  C.  Ward, 
Thornton  "M.  Motley.  James  Motley,  Mrs.  Jlonry  Ar- 
thur, nurse,  .and  eulld.  Airs,  Henry  A.  Dahring  and 
child,  .Mrs.  VV.  H.  Goodyear,  neuiy  A.  Duhrlag,  Mlaa 
iM.  K.  Gerard,  .Miss  AL  L.  Gerard,  J.  P.  Hiii  and  wl,e. 
Miss  Laura  Gri  eue,  VV,  h.  oreeiie  and  wife,  Mr.  J.  VV. 
Quincy  aud  wife,  nurse,  and  two  cliildreu,  J.  U.  Goils- 
berger,  J.  H.  Banker,  Clara  Adama,  Mrs.  K.  B.  Oieeu- 
wood,  0.  W.  V\  illard,  tieorge  O'ijrieu,  A.  Vau  Uageu 
aud  wife,  Catharine  Clark,  U.  G.  Tompkins,  S.  V. 
VV  ashbum,  \V.  H.  Coxon  and  ■wife,  Diana  Walker  and 
chil.t.  Artnur  Greeuwuod. 

In  atcam-ehip  Ancfwria,  for  Glasgow. — Miss  Martha 
Lennox,  VV.  O.  Htckok,  Jr.,  Col.  George  Elliott,  George 
F.  Uavideon,  A.  K,  Ritchie,  Patiiok  Martin,  Miss  .inuie 
Jl.-ixtiu.  Aloiauider  Kennedy,  Johu  Jooustone,  Wm. 
Whitehouse,  VV^m.  liUehei).  Henry  Greenwood,  Miss 
NeiiBOQ.  Miss  McAllister,  Miss  Jennie  Pogne,  Hugh 
Cumming  and  family,  VVm.  \Vlilte  Liudf.imlly,  Tbomas 

II.  Turner,  Wm.  Love,  Wm.  Maxwell,  Geu.  Wamuolk 
ana  tamil,y,  James  Andei'sou,  David  i^llnt. 

In  steam-thtp  Greece,  for  London.-~Co\.   Fuller,  Rev 

Dv.  S.  S.  Orris,  Allss  Charlotte  A.  Aloney.  Miss  Eliza 
Money.  Miss  A.  Deiame,  Air.  -Mutton,  VV.'Jorilnu,  P.  «.'. 
Wilboft  and  daughter,  Mr.  and  Mrs,  A.  41.  Rosenthal, 
Mrs.  Thompson,  Miss  Thompson,  Mrs.  Marsh,  Miss 
Marsh. 

In  steamship  Hermann,  for  Brtmeji. — Paul  Spnnser. 
0.  Thies,  Jr.,  J.  de  Lemos,  WUhelm  Rothc,  Margarethe 
Schilier,  Miss  Lena  Aufi'ucr,  tieiurich  Best,  Wilhcim 
Gruhe,  August  Litger,  Ludwig  Bloub,  Louis  Adler,  VV. 
Federgruu. 

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PASSENGERS  ARRIVED. 

In  sttam-ship  Neckar,  from  Bremn. — Mrs.  Cathinka 
Fntach,  L.  F.  Dommuneh,  Mrs.  L.  . .  Dosmerich,  cnii- 
dren,  aud  servant.  Otto  AnUreae.  Mr.  Diggelmaun.  E. 
Fleilmanu,  .Vlrs.  E.  Fleitmann,  Charles  F.  Lasseu,  Airs. 
Anua  tisssen,  child.  And  si-.rvapt,  C.  Koitle,  A.  Petscii, 
Miss  Clolhllde  DlelfonOach,  Emil  Pastor,  H.  Tuysseu, 
F.  Cone,  Miss  Diiia  Meyer,  Premier  Lieut.  George 
Snhmldt,  Miss  Huida  Graud.  Miss  Rieke  Kriiek,  A. 
Stalling,  Pam  Porzolius,  Dr.  W.  Schorse,  Mra.  Dr.  Hen- 
rietto  ischorse  and  children.  Miss  Lisetto  Scbaphorst, 
W.  GeisBier,  L.  Rullmau,  S.  Spiegel,  Paul  tast,  Henry 
KUnker,  Hooert  Balbach,  F.  Benson,  Philip  Helneken. 
H.  Wigget,  Miss  Minna  Meyer,  Miss  Ricka  KalZ,  Miss 
Al  aria  Weudorff,  Leo  Krlcaou,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Albers  and 
chiM,  Gustav  Stieglitz. 

Jii  iteam-ship  Batavia,  from  Liverpool — Rov.  J.  S. 
Adams,  Francis  flradley,  D.  Ohlcauo,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H. 
Day,  Count  liesfours,  Couatess  Desioura,  L.  M.  Hiukel- 
Boiel,  Alias  DiuUelspiel.  A.  Pardon,  W.  C.  tjarduei,  A. 
Goldsmith,  Master  M.  Goidsmith,  J.  Hartley.  W.N. 
Hurtou.  Pryor  Jay,  John  Lowe,  viiss  Major,  VV.  vV.  Mat- 
thews, Samuel  Moss,  Dr.  Peterson,  A.  F.  Randolph, 
Arthur ileid.  Rev.  S.  M.  kice,  Douglas  Bobinsou,  Jr., 
Georgo  Sumner.  E.  Sutton,  C.  Valensl.  K.  Vigil,  Mrs. 
Waru.  Mr.  and  Airs.  WhltaKer  and  child.  Master  W.  U. 
VVUsoD,  James  Petorkin. 

In  steamship  City  of  Bichmsnd,  from  LivervooU — Gen. 
John  Adair.  Mrs.  Barnes  aa<i  chUd,  Jobn  P  Blgelow.  R. 
Clerc,  J.  G.  Harve.y.  W.  G.  Udll,  vVillUm  Heath,  Edward 
Hibbard,  Mrs.  Howard,  George  Irvine,  Mrs.  Irvine  and 
two  ehildreu,  J.  R.  Kilner.  J.  C.  Kilner,  K.  J.  Lnrrabee 
and  servam,  Uev.  Jame«  Lartiu,  ;ilr«.  IjUcm.  C.  L.  Mur- 
phy, James  AlcKee,  Mrs.  I'vno,  Mlas  Miuuie  Pyue,  Wil- 
liam Pyne,  Miss  Roots  and  sister.  Dr.  R.  W.  Sauuflors, 
Alias  lingle,  Airs.  Townlcy,  lUrs.  Tlmpaon  and  child, 
Samuel  Vaustone,  Isaac  Walker,  Bov.  J.  Lawrence.  J. 
H.  Davies. 

In  tteam-sMs  Aeapu'co,  from  AapinwaU.—yiiB,  Holmes 
and  aaughter.  John  Harper,  wife,  and  child,  Mason  J. 
Coooer,  A.  D.  Cratt.  VV.  VV.  Baker.  Airs.  Dubois  and 
three  cbildren.  Edward  Oulick,    C.  M  Jacobin,  E.  llln- 

__tnxn.ji.  IL  luowrle,  tUa.  Claik,.ltrs..O«iiBlahaaI,        ^j. 


tUNlATVRE  ALUAtTAO—TUrS  DAY. 

Snnriaea 6:40  I  Snnaet8....5!47l  Mooo  Mta.-{^9A 

aiea  watkx— this  daz. 
Sandy  Hook...6:33  J  GoT.Ial»od..6:22 1  fleli  date.  ..7:if 

; '  MABUm ,  INTELLIQENQB, 


ITEW-TOBS., SATUBDAC.  FEU  24. 


CLEARED. 


— _ -  ^*T>ool. 

E.  J.  Cortis;  Auohoria,  (Br.,)  Mnnro,  Glasgow,  via  Mo- 
villo,  Henderson  Bi 08.;  Ctopla.  (Br..)  Groat. <  London, 
&c.,  Henderson  Bros.:  Bnason,  Qager,  Ncvr-Orleana 
Ciarfc  «s.  Seamau;  <  anada.  (Pr.,)  Frangeul,  Havre  and 
Plyinoutli,  Loms  de  Beoiau  ;  Begnlnt.or,  Doano.  VVli. 
mmgton,  ff.  C,  Wm.  P.  Clyde  4  Co.;  Ban  Jacinto.  Haa- 
ard.  Savannah,  W.  R,  Garrison  Sl  Co.:  Hermann.  (Get, I 
Kelchm^nn,  Bremen,  via  i>oatbamptoD,  Oelrichs  Sl  Co!- 
E.  C.  Knight.  Chichester,  Georgetown,  D.  C,  J.  L* 
Booine,  Jr.:  Agnes,  Burdick,  Phlladelohla;  Clyde,  Ken' 
nedy,  Havana.  Wni.  P.  Clyde  t  Co.;  Algiers,  Hawthorn, 
New-Orleans,  Eogart  &.  Morgan;  City  ot  Atlanta! 
Woodbuli,  Charleston,  j.  W,  (jumtard;  Old  Dominion, 
Walker,  Richmoud.  kc.  Old  DomlnlOQ  Steam-ahip  Coj 
Gen.  Whitney.  Hallett,  Boston,  H.  F.  Dlmook. 

Barfes  (;ura<3oa,  (Br.,)  Lockhart,  Williamsiadt,  Cnra. 
coa,  Joseph  Foulke's  tjons;  .Marv  K.  CampbeU,  (Br.  I 
Gray,  Kordeaux.  .1.  W.  Elwell  &  Co. 

Brigs  The  Charley,  (Br.,)  Maboney,  Ponce,  P.  BL, 
P.  L  Nevius  &.  Son;  Glance,  (Br.,)  BenusU,  tlantoa,  yiji 
Richmoud,  George  F.  Bulley. 


ARRIVED. 


steam-ship  Uontana,   (Br.,)  Beddoe,   Ltventool  Feb, 

14.  and  Quoen'ttown  I5th,  with  muse,  and  passeogera 
to  Williams  k.  Guion. 
Steam-ship    Cortis,    Freeman.  Hahfax   3   ds.,   with 

nsdse.  and  passeiigera  to  ClarK  &  Meaxnan. 

Steam-ship  Neckar,  (Gor.,)  WlUlgerod,  Bremen  Feb. 
10  and  Southampton  13,  with  mdse.  and  passengers 
to  Oelrlcha  &  Co. 

Bteam-ship  City  of  Richmond.  (Br.,}  Brooks,  Liver- 
pool Feb.  14,  via  Queenstowu  16th,  with  mdae.  and 
passengers  to  John  G.  Uaie. 

Steam-ship  Albemarle,  Gibbs.  Lewes,  with  mdse.  and 
passencera  to  Old  Dominion  Steam-ahip  Co. 

Steam-ship  Herman  Llvliigston.  Mallory,  Savan- 
nah Feb.  'M.  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Georgg 
Yonge. 

Steiim-slilp  Acapuloo.  Clapp,  Asplnwall  Feb.  16, 
with  mdae.  and  passengers  to  Pacino  Alail  Steam-ship 

CO.  I 

steam-ship  Arragon,  (Br..)  Symons,'  Bristol  Feb.  7,' 
with  mdse.  and  paasengers  to  W.  D.  Morgan. 

Steam-ship  Cnesaoeake,  Magnm,  Portland,  wltti 
mdae.  aud  passeiwers  to  J.  P.  Ames. 

Bark  Uilaegaard,  (Sorw.,)  Petersen,  Liverpool  6V 
ds.,  in  ballast  to  F^nch,  Edye  &.  Co. 

Bark  Iiillian,  (of  Harrington,)  Pressy.  Cadla  42  da.. 
In  ballast  to  Brett,  Bon  &  Co. 

Brig  Anita  Owen,  (of  Portland,)  Pettlogill,  Hatanaaa 
16  ds  ,  with  sugar  to  Rionda,  Beoiamln  U.  Co.— vessel 
to  M.  Hunter  t  Co. 

Brig  Nazarene,  Shaw,  (of  and  10  as,  from  HalUax.) 
With  produce  to  order — vessel  to  J.  F.  V^Hiituev  k.  Ca 

Brig  A.  J.  Fettingill,  (of  Portland.)  Hall,  Matanaas  17 
ds..  with  sngar  and  molasses  to  order — vessel  to  MUiee 
ii,  Houghton. 

.Schr.  Ridgewood,  Johnson.  Georgetown.  S.  C,  10  da., 
with  naval  stores  to  K.  D.  HurlDut  t  t:o. 

Schr.  G.  W.  Andrews,  Grover,  Savannah  7  da.,  with 
liimber  to  Russell  &.  Co. 

Schr.  John  C.  Hurst,  Cook,  Providence,  for  Port  John- 
son. 

Schr.  Mary  J.  Fisher,  Camp,  Providence,  for  Port 
Johnson. 

Echr.  Kmma  L.  0.  Winsor,  Atwood,  Providence,  fo< 
Fort  Johnson. 

Schr.  VVm.  H.  Bowen,  Jackson,  Providence,  for  Port 
Johnson. 

bchr.  Nightingale,  Yotrng,  Providence,  for  Port  John* 
sou. 

Schr.  Thomas  P.  Cooper,  Hogan.  Providence,  lor  Port 
Johnson. 

Schr.  George  Avery,  Eogers,  Providence,  for  Balti< 
more. 

.Schr.  John  Cadwallader,  Phtmiey.  Kew-Bodfotd,  foe 
Philadelphia. 

Schr.  Gov.  Burton,  Phlnney,  New-Bedford,  &r  Phlla>' 
delpbia. 

Schr.  DayUght.  Reed.  Portland. 

8cUr.  Twiiiglit.  Robinson,  Boston. 

Schr.  Ins,  Long,  Harwich,  with  fish  to  Ooane  % 
Gott. 

Schr.  Ida  B.  Siisbee.  Mott.  New-Bedford. 

Schr.  Hastings,  Chase,  New-Orleans. 

Schr.  L.  A.  Uoae,  Rose,  New-Badford. 

fichr.  Sarah  L.  Thompson,  Hull.  Providence. 
Schi-.  Alida,  Cousins,  Providence.  ., 

Schr.  Ring  pove,  awaln.  Providence. 
Schr.  Pocaseett,  Rackett,  Providence.  : 

Schr.  SalUe  VV.  Blake,  Briggs.  Oighton.        "  Vlk 
fichr.  Jose  Gomez,  Andrews,  New-London.       \ 
Schr.  Zoe,  Sears,  New-London. 
Schr.  Geo.  VV.  Ra.ymond,  Lord,  Kew-London. 
Scbr.  J.  B.  Cunnlnghum,  Barker,  Bew-Londoil. 
VVIW)— Sunset,  fresh,  -V.  E.  cloudy. 


SAILED. 
Steam-ships  Hermann,  for  Bremen;  Canada,  foci 
Havre;  State  of  Nevada  and  Anchoria.  for  Glasgow;  I 
Britannic,  for  Liverpool;  Greece  and  Utopia,  for  Lon-j 
dou ;  Clyde,  lor  Havana:  Hudson  and  Algiers,  tori 
New-Orleans:  City  of  Austin,  for  Galveston:  San  Ja- 
ci  rito,  lor  Savannah :  City  of  Athinta,  for  Charleston;  1 
Regulator,  for  Wilmington,  N.  C:  Old  Dominion,  for 
Richmond  ;  E.  C  Knight,  tor  Georgetown.  D.  C;  Fan- 
ita  and  Agnes,  tor  Philadelplila.  Also,  via  Liong  Islaml/ 
Soimd,  steam-ship  Gen.  Whitney,  for  Boston, 


BELOW. 


Bark  Sagadahoc.  Powers,   Havana,   with   sugar  tt. 
James  E.  Ward  it  Co. 


,  SPOKEN. 

By  brig  Anita  Owen,  Feb.  22,  lat.  39,  Ion.  T2,  bris, 
Waiter  Smith,  hence  for  Montevideo. 


BY  OABLE. 


London,  Feb.  24.— Sid.  18th  inst.  <3hln  Tang,  foi 
Boston;  22dinBt.,8andusk>-,  Kleclr.t,  the  latter  for 
Pensacola;  Annie  Burr;  23d inst.,  Miletus,  Von  der 
Heydt,  Iris.  Capt.  Molander;  24th  inst.,  UerberC 
Beach,  Lizzie  Burrill,  H.  C.  Winship,  the  latter  for  Ma- 
tanzas;  Snow  Quilt.  Harmomi,  Capt.  Gogstadt, ;  Ado- 
Iia  Carlton,  the  latter  for  Matanzas.. 

Arr.  17th  last..  Julio  Cezar;  19th  lust.,  Guchen,  the 
latter  nt  fenutander;  24th  Inat.,  Sarah,  Capt,  Frarier; 
Anna  Camp,  Francisco  G.  Gordon,  James  Bolt,  Cru- 
sader, Capt.  Durkee. 

QuEENSTowN.  Feb.  24. — The  Williams  St  Guion  Lme 
steam-ship  Wyoming.  Capt.  Jones,  sld.  hence  for  New- 
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fBB  SUCCESSION    TO  ?  TRB    PRESI- 
DENCY. 

'■•  MXEtSE^B  TJNCONSTITUnoifAL  PKOPOSITIOK— 
THK  CONSTITUTIONAIi  PKOVI8ION  IN 
THE  CASE — THE  MODE  STILL  OPEN  IN 
THK  EVENT  OF  FAILnBE  OF  THE  COUNT 
—MR.  CONKLING  AND  THE  FIELD  BILL. 
Special  Diavatdi  to  tha  AVts-  York  Itput. 

Washington,  Feb.  25.— The  bill  pro- 
t>o«ed  by  David  Dudley  Field,  providing  for 
flUing  the  Presidential  office  after  the  4th 
of  March,  in  case  no  election  is  de- 
clared under  the  Electoral  bill,  is 
olearly  unconstitutional.  The  provision  of 
the  Constitution  'wbiob  applies  to  the  subject 
Is  as  follows  :  "  And  Congress  may,  bv  law, 
provide  for  the  case  of  removal,  deatb,  resigna- 
tion, or  inability,  both  of  the  President  and 
Vice  President,  deolarift°:  what  ofQoer  shall 
then  act  as  President."  This  provision  has 
DO  reference  to  a  vacancy  ooourrine:  in  the 
office  ot  President  by  a  failure  to  elect. 
Unfortunately,  the  clause  is  without  the 
words,  "  or  otherwise,"  found  m  the  Oregon 
■tatnte,  and,  therefore,  the  only  vacancies  that 
Congress  can  provide  for  are  those  enumerated. 
Judge  Hoaaley  claimed  in  the  Oregon  case 
that  the  words  "  or  otherwise  "  gave  no  power 
to  fill  a  vacancy  caused  bv  a  failure  to  elect, 
because  pertain  spocifio  cifases  of  vacanoj  were 
a^med,  and  only  those  ooourrmg  in  like  manner 
were  intended.  Without  those  two  words,  "  or 
otherwise,"  it  is  quite  clear  there  is  no  power 
In  Congress  to  do  what   Field    proposes.     If  12 

o'clock  of  Sunday  next  arrives  without   the 

announcement  of  an  election,  there  .  will  ^- be 
no  President  of  the  United  States,  un- 
less the  contingency  •  is  provided  for,  as 
«u£gested  a  day  or  two  since,  '  by  the 
resignation  of  President  Grant.  The  disoatoh 
referring  to  that  proposition  was  incorrect,  so 
far  as  it  stated  that  Vice  President  Ferrv 
"would  hold  over  beyond  the  limit  of  President 
Grant's  term  if  he  assumed  the  duties  of  the 
office  by  reason  of  President  Grant's  re8igna^' 
Hon.  Mr.  Ferry's  present  term  of  office  as  Sen- 
ator expires  at  noon  of  March  4,  and  he 
cannot  continue  as  President  of  'the  Benate 
beyond  that  tune  without  a  new  election  to 
the  office.  But  this  difficulty  is  easily  arranged 
by  re-electing,  in  place  of  Mr,  Perry,  a  Presi-' 
dent  of  the  Senate,  one  of  -those  Senators 
whose  term  does  not  expire  with  this \  Con- 
gress. Mr.  Morton,  for  instance,  if  chosen 
President  of  the  Senate .  next  Sunday  mern- 
1ns;,  would  continue  in  that  offioe  without 
a  new  election  until  the  end  of  his  Senatorial 
term,  and  if  he  should  take  the  duties  of  the 
Presidential     offioe     bv  '  reason    of     President 

Grant's  resignation  he  "would  hold  over  until 

after  the  new  election. 

David  Dudley  Field,  in  his  new  bill,  proposes 
that  the  President  of  the  Senate  shall  act  as 
President,  which  is  a  wide  departure  from  his 
previous  proposals,  and  it  is  the  common  report 
that  the  Democratic  obstructionists  have  the 
insane  notion  that  they  can  elect  Mr.  Conk- 
liDg  to  succeed  Mr.  Ferry.    It  is  not  suggested 

by  any  one  that  Mr.  Coi^JiUne  himself  is  cog- 
nizant of  such  a  scheme.  It  is  quite  clear  that 
the  Keunblicaus  hold  the  key  of  power  in  anv 
event.  Successful  filibustering  would  give  to 
•the  Democrats  for  President  either 
Mr.  Hayea,  who  would  be  declared 
elected  by  finishing  the  count '  in  the 
Senate,  on  Mr.  Morton,  probably, who  would  oc- 
cupy the  office  as  President  of  the  Senate,  or 
President  Grant  perhaps,  who,  if  anxious  to 
grasp  power,    as  the   Democrats   have  always 

pretended,  has  an  easy  opportunity  to  continue 
himself  in  the  office  if  they  should  force  a 
vacancy,  for'which  the  'Constitutiou^ provides 
no  remedy. 


PRESIDENT  HAYES'  CABINET. 
iENATOR  SHERMAN  OFFERED  THE  POSITION 
OP  8ECRETAKVO»  THE    TRKA8CBT — NO 
OTHER     APPOINTMENTS  '    TET      DECIDED 
UPON— <}OV.  HAYES  EXPECTED  IN  WASH- 
INGTON ON.THURSDAT. 
bpedtU'  DUwttehto  tha  Saa-Tork'Tlmti. 
Washington,/  Feb.     25. — The  ~  strictest 
secrecy  has  been « observed  *  In    regard    to  'the 
purposes  and  the  results  of  Senator  Sherman's 
visit  to  Ohio,  but  one  important  fact  has   been 
learned  in  a  manner  which  warrants  its  being . 
stated     positively,      and ''  It    is     that     Gov. 
Hayes      offered      Mr.      Sherman     the     posi- 
tion  of    Secretary   of  the   Treasury  rin    the 
new  Cabmet.    '£here  was,  of  course,  a  consul- 
tation between  the  Governor  and  the  Senator, 
concerning  the  other  Cabinet  appointments  anu 
the  policy  of  the  Administration,    but  of  this  It 
oan  only  be  said  that  no  other  appointment  to 
the   Cabinet  baa   been  fully  decided  by  Gov. 
Hayes.    Senator  Sherman  has  not  accepted  or 
ledined,  but  holds  the  subject  under  oonsider- 
ktion.     Gov.  Hayes  is  expected  to  arrive  'here 
DB  Thursday  next,  and  will  be  the  guest  of 
B^ator   Sherman  until,    with   hi.<i  family,  he 
es  possession  «f  the  White  House. 


I 


Ditoateh  lO'the  AuocMted  Prtu. 
■Washingtoh,  Peb.  25. — Many  Soatbem  Bepnb- 
licans  are  urging  the  appointmeDt  of  Senator ;  Al- 
corn as  a  member  of  the  Cabinet  oi  President 
Hayee,  sboald  tbat  gentleman  succeed  to  the  Presi- 
dency, on  the  ground  tliat  snch  an  appointment 
would  be  entirely  satlafactory  to.tbe,3«uth,  aod 
that  it  would  aid  in  enabling '  the '  Bepabticans  to. 
regain  control*  of  Mississippi  and^  other  Southern 
States. 

NO y  More  of  tilden. 

VIEWS  of  Ai»EMOCRATIC  PAPER  IN  WASH- 
INGTON—.<  SABBATH  day's  SENSATION 
FOR  TBB  DEMOCRACY — AN  IGNOMINIOUS 
SXPEBIBNCE  RECORDED. 

apeeial  DUpatehto  tht  yew- York  Times. 
Washington,  Feb.  25. — The  Sunday 
Herald,  one  of  the  oldest  and  .  best  of  the  Sun- 
day papers  in  <.  Washington,  which  has  .  sup- 
ported Tilden  since  his  nomination  at  St. 
Louis  until  the  present  time  with  abilitr  and 
earnestness,  has  caused  a  sensation  in  Dem- 
ocratic circles  to-day  'by  an  editorial  headed, 
"  No  More  of -Tilden  in  Ours."  The  article 
elaims  that; Mr.  Tilden  was  elected  and 
haa  been  '  fraudulently  deprived  of 
the  _.oMi!e,  but  it  proposes  x  to 
gtind  bylibe .  result  of  >  the  Electoral  bill. 

f erring  to  a  suggestion  that:   Tild<^n  will .  be  tVe 

Democratic  candidate  in  1880,  it  says :    "  Soft 
from  assenting  to  the  claim  that  Mr.  Tilden  is 
entitled  to  another   nomination  at  the  hands  of 

hifl  party,  we  charge  tbat  to  his  nomination,  and 

to  the  party  management  which  it  involved,  or 
'-which  was  submitted  to  at  his  dictation,  is 
chiefly  due  oar  present  disaster."  The  article 
'goes  on  to  charge  tbat  Tilden's  nomination  was 
attained  by  disreputable  means  and  the  use  of 
money,  which  was  paid  to  well-known  Wash- 
ington lobbyists,  who  were  sent  months  before 
the  holding  of  the  Convention  to  work  up  his 

Interest  in  the  State   capitals.     It   says  :      "A 

political  intriguer  of  the  old  regime  ecoupied 
rooms  during  the  last  session  at  a  fashionable 
hotel  here,  and  headed  the  Tilden  elique  at  the 
ftationalioapitaL"  Itidenonn^B  the  idea  in- 
■vQlVed  in  the  jtzoaJsM  of -the  Tilden  .crowd  to. 


defray  the  expenses  of  the  campaign,  a  pledge 
which  it  charges  was  broken,  and  it 
claims  that  more  money  would  have 
been  raised  by  private  subscnptions  for  a  poor 
but  popular  candidate.  Some  space  is  devoted 
to  the,  management  of  the  New- York  people 
since  the  eleetipn,  and  the  article  concludes  in 
the  following  words :  "  And  after  such  an 
ignominious  and  disastrous  experience  as  this, 
we  ard^  asked  to  train  under  Tilden  in  1880." 


NO  MORE  FILIBUSTEBINQ. 

s 
THE  SCHRMB8  OP  THE  REVOLUTIONISTS  AT- 

TBHDES  WITH  TROUBLE SPEAKER  RAN- 
DALL OPPOSED  TO  FILIBUSTERING — A 
CHANCE  TO  HAVE  THE  COUNT  CON- 
CLUDED ON  TUESDAY  AFTERNOON — 
FUTURE  RECESSES  TO  BB  OPPOSED. 
Special  Ditpateh  to  thi  -Veto  Yorie  Ti'ntt. 

Washington,  Feb.  25.— Pursuit  of  infor- 
mation concerning  the  filibusters  and  their 
schemes  haa  this  evening  been  attended  with  a 
good  deal  of  trouble  from  the  fact  that  the 
lunatic  element^  has  been  suppressed  to  snob  an 
extent  tbat  their  crazy  and  wicked  conspiracy 
is  broken  up.  and  they  have  made  no  progress 
since  yesterday.  Whether  they  will  fore- 
go all  further  attempts  to  delay,  or 
whether,  for  the  sake  of  connistency. 
they  will  continue  such  resistance  as  is  possi- 
ble, nobody  can  tell ;  but  that  they  cannot  ao- 
compllsh  their  purpose  of  defeating  the  count 
is  said  to  be  by  them  conceded.  As  long  as 
they  hAd  the  Speaker  with  them  they  had  hope, 
but  since  he  has  deserted  them  they  see  that 
they  must  be  defeated.  Without  any  intention 
to  examine  into  Mr.  Randall's  motives  for 
changing  his  course,  the  fact,  which  is  un- 
doubted, is  tbat  he  found  he  was  playing  into 
the  hands  ot  his  personal  and  political  enemies 
in  the  Houser^who  were  making  use  of  his  ac- 
tions daring  the  past  few  days  to  secure  his 
defeat  as  Speaker  during  the  next  Congress. 
Eandall  has  now  set  himself  right  and  saved 
his  re-election  if  a  Democrat  is  to  be  chosen 
Speaker.  He  is  so  committed  against  filibus- 
tering that  he  may  be  depended  upon  to  do 
what  devolves  upon  him  as  Speaker  to  put  a 
stop  to  it. 

While  it  seems  almost  certain  that  the  revo- 
lutionists have  been  beaten  and  acknowledge 
their  defeat,  there  still  remains  some  anxiety, 
which  will  not  be  entirely  allayed  until  the 
vote  of  Wisconsin  has  been  counted 
for  Hayes  and  Wheeler  and  their  elec- 
tion •  18  officially  declared.  The  general 
expectation  of  everybody  here  will  be  disap- 
pointed it  the  States  of  Pennsylvania  and 
Bhode  Island  are  not  counted  early  to-morrow 
and  the  certificates  from  South  Carolina  sent 
to  the  Commission  during  the  afternoon.  The 
action  of  the  Commission  will  doubless  be  very 
quickly  determined,  as  the  only  objection 
which  can  be  made  by  the  Democrats  to  count- 
ing the  vote  ot  the  Hayes  Electors  is  nothing 
more  than  a  siUy  technicality  which,  if  sus- 
tained, would  render  an  election  in  South  Car- 
olina henceforth  and  forever  impossible.  There 

is  no  occasion  whatever  ior  areument  in  the 
case,  and  while  the  rules  of  'ho  Commission 
would  allow  eight  hours  to  be  wasted,  a 
change  will  probably  bo  made  so  as  to 
confine  speeches  to  the  limit. of  an  hour  or  two 
•n  each  side,  Hud  there  is  no  reason  why  the 
report  of  the  Commission  should  not  be  made 
to  the  House  on  Tuesday,  When  tbat  report 
ia  made,  it  oan  be  objected  to  and  debated  two 
hours,  but  there  is  no  other  reasonable  cause 
for  delay,  and  the  count  should  be  completed 
Tuesday  or  Wednesday.  If  the  filibustering 
element  carry  out  their  threats  of  separating 
the  houses  on  every  Republican  State,  there 
will  remain  only  Rhode  Island  '  and 
Wisconsin,  atter  South  Carolina  is  disposod  of, 
to  which  they  oan  make  objeotions.  At  the 
latest,  therefore,  the  count  should  be  conclud- 
ed, and  the  result  declared  on  Thursday  after- 
noon. It  is  possible — chough  the  suggestion  is 
doubtless  too  sanguine — that  the  efforts  at  de- 
lay will  be  discontinued  when  the  fact  of  de- 
feat to  their  purpose  is  made  certain,  and  in 
that  case  we  may  have  the  eonolusion  of  the 
Electoral  count  on  Tuesday  afternoon. 

When  the  Electoral  vote  lias  beencounted 
down  to  South  Carolina,  and  the  certificates 
from  that  State  have  been  ■  sent  to  the  Com- 
mission, another  •  legislative  session  of  the 
House  will  be  held.  Toe  last  six  days  of  the 
session  leaving  been  reached,  propositions  to 
suspend  the  rules,  which  mast  be  voted  upon 
without  debate,  wUl  be  at  any  time  in  order. 
It  is  probable  that  there  will  be  offered  in  the 
House  a  resolution  that  hereafter  when  the 
two  houses  are  separated  to  consider  objec- 
tions made  to  the  vote  of  any  State,  m  joint 
convention,  the  House  shall  proceed  to  act 
upon  such  objections  in  accordance  with  the 
law  and  without  taking  any  recesses  whatever 
until  the  questions  have  been  decided  and  the 
result  oi  the  election  has  been  announced.  It 
will  require  a  two-thirds  vote  to  pass  this  reso- 
lution, but  it  IS  believed,  from  the  develop-: 
ments  of  yesterday  and  to-day,  that  the  propo- 
sition will  succeed. 

It  is  announced  that  as  soon  as  the^  opportu- 
nity is  presented,  Mr.  Springer  will  introduce  a 
resolution  in  the  bouse  recognizing  the  Nicholls 
government  in  Louisiana,  and  the  Hampton 
Government  in  South  Carolina.  His  idea  is 
that  the  Republicans  will  vote  against  this  reso- 
lution, and  in  conjequence  the  Democrats  who 
have  heretofore  been  opposed  to  filioustering 
will  immediately  join  the  ranks  of  David  Dud- 
ley Field  &  Co.  The  pretense  is  altogether  too 
shallow,  and  the  attempt  is  too  late  for  it  to 
succeed.  It  is  also  understood  that  Field  '  will 
introduce  his  bill  for  a  new  election  as  soon  as 
the  House  meets  aiter  the  South  Carolina  case 
is  sent  to  the  Commission,  ^nd-  -  he  expects 
to  take  up  the  session  ol  Tuesday  with  discuss- 
lag  and  acting  upon  it.  He  supposes  the  bill 
will  pass  and  seems  to  have  an  expectation 
that  some  Democratic  votes  will  be  gained  to 
the  •  fibbust«ring  crowd  by '  reason  of  such 
action.  It  will  be  observed '  from  these  facts 
how  active  and  persisten*:  is  the  attempt  to 
defeat  an  election.  It  is  stated,  however, 
on  what  seems  to  be  good  authority  to-night, 
that  20  Democrats  who  heretofore  voted  with 
the  Field  party  will  to-morrow  vote  against 
further  delay.  _ 

MR.  BOAR'S  RETORT  UfON  HEWITT. 

QUOTING  DANIEL  WEBSTER  AT  HIM — ALL  THE 

SCR^S  LOOSE— DEPLORABLE  KPFECTS 

or  GREAT  RR8FON6IB1LITIK8. 

SveelalDuvatehto  t^i  ifew-Tori  TU?j. 
Washington,  Feb.  25. — Mr.  Hoar,  in  the 
House  yesterday,  in  replying  to  Mr.  Hewitt's 
unfounded  charge  that  he  had  de«eiTed  the 
Democrats  by  talking  one  way  in  the  Joint 
committee  and  acting  anothw  way  on  the 
Commission,  after  fully  disproving  the 
allegation,  closed  his  speech  with  the 
following  happy  hit,  which  brought  Hewitt  into 

ridicule  on  both  sides  of  the  house  by  reason  of 
ita  complete  characterization :  "  Mr.  Speaker, 
a  distinguished  Senator  from  Ha^sachusetts 
b^ng  obarged,  as  I  have  been,  with  dishonor 

in  the  performance  of  a  pnblio  duty, 
■aid:  —  'We  — hAv»  -  a     nuocugi  -  la  ~  Kew- , 


England,  when  certain  men  make  exhibi- 
tions of  themselves,  that  in  the  mmd 
of  such  a  man  there  is  a  screw  loose  some- 
where. In  this  man's  mind  all  screws  are 
loose."  [Laughter  and  applause.]  "I  am  quot- 
ing Mr.  Webster  about  Mr.  Ingersoll,  you 
understand.  'The  whole  machinery,'  said  Mr. 
Webster,  Ms  rickety,  shaky,  crazy,  out  of 
Joint ;'  and  I  have  sometimes  thought  I  have 
seen  instances  of  gentlemen  whom  great  re- 
sponsibilities have  brought  into  like  condition 
of  mind."    [Laughter.] 

DEFALCATION  OF  A   POSTMASTER. 
GEN.  M'ARTHUK,  of  CHICAGO,  A  DEFAULTER 
TO       THE      GOVERNMENT — A       SPECIAL 
AGENT    PLACED     IN     CHARGE     OF    THE 
OFriCE. 

Special  DltpnieK  tnthe  Yeio- York  Timti. 
Washington,  FcD.  25. — The  Postmaster 
at  Chicago,  Gen.  John  McArthur,  has  been 
found  to  be  a  defaulter  to  the  Government  in 
some  amount  which  is  not  known,  or  at  least  is 
not  stated.  A  special  agent  has  been  placed 
in  charge  of  the  office,  with  directions  to  turn 
it  over  to  tho  bondsman  of  Gen.  Mc- 
Arthur to  administer  until  a  new  Postmaster 
is  appointed.  It  is  understood  that  Gen.  Mc- 
Arthur was  engaged  in  extensive  private  busi- 
ness which  was  uoaucoessful,  and  he  probably 
diverted  public  funds  in  an  attempt  to  save 
his  business  from  ruin.  He  has  gone  into  vol- 
untary bnukruptojfc  and  made  the  Government 
a  preferred  creditor,  and  it  is  reported  from 
Chicago  that  there  will  probably  be  no  loss  to 
the  United  States. 


GEN.    M'aRTHUR     files     A    VOLUNTARY     PE- 
TITION IN  BAXKKUPTCY. 
Soeetal  IHtoat^  to  the  tTew-  York  T\met. 

Chicago,  Feb.'  25.— Postmaster  John  Mc- 
Arthur, of  this  city,  is  reported  to  be  a  de- 
faulter to  the  Oovernment  to  the  amount  of 
$38,000.  On  Saturday  he  filed  a  voluntary  pe- 
tition in  bankruptcy,  making  tho  United  States 
the  preferred  creditor,  and  immediately  after- 
ward forwarded  his  resignation  to  Washington, 
asking  that  some  person  be  placed  in  charge  of 
the  office.  On  Friday  be  called  a  meeting  of 
his  bondsmen,  notified  them  cf  his  deficiency, 
and  asked  tbat  they  help  him  out  of  his  diffi- 
culty. This  they  refused  to  do  until  the 
matter  bad  been  brought  officially  into 
court.  Special  Agent  Stewart,  of  the  Pust 
Office  Department,  has  been  here  some 
days  investigatlug  the  affairs  of  tho  office,  and 
will  have  charge  until  Gen.  McArthur's  suc- 
cessor is  Appointed.  McArthur  says  he  has 
used  the  money  lor  the  purpose  of  carrying  on 
his  private  business — that  of  an  iron  foundry. 
He  has  filled  the  Chicago  offioe  about  five 
years.  

VIEWS  OF  PRESIDENT  CcRANT. 

NO  INTENTION  TO  RESIGN — LOUISIANA  AND 
SOUTH  CAROLINA  LKF  r  TO  HIS  8UC- 
CK8SOR— CHANGE  OF  VIEWS  AS  TO  EM- 
PLOYING TROOPS  IN  THE  STATES — THE 
PRESIDENTIAL  QUESTION— HIS  ADMINIS- 
TRATION SATISFACTORY. 

DUtxttch  to  Vie  Auoeiated  Prttt. 

Washington,  Feb.  25.— President  Grant, 
to-day,  remarked  to  tho  agent  of  the  Associated 
Press,  in  the  course  of  conversation,  tbat  but 
little  remained  for  him  to  do  previous  to  the 
expiration  ot  his  term  on  Saturday  next,  when 
he  and  his  family  would  leave  the  Executive 
mansion  and  temporarily  reside  with  Secretary 
Fish.  They  will  visit  their  home  in  the  West 
in  April.  The  time  for  their  contemplated  de- 
parture for  the  West  Indies  and  Europe  is  un- 
certain. Tho  President,  when  the  agent  en- 
tered his  office,  was  assorting  and  binding  sSch 
papers  as  he  intended  to  retain,  while 
fragments  of  others  were  profusely  scattered 
on  the  floor.  Two  ancient  looking  Indian 
medals — one  of  copper  and  the  other  of  silver — 
seemed  to  be  valued  by  him  very  highly.  The 
sUver  one  bore  the  bust  of  Washington  in 
slight  relief,  and  on  the  ep polite  side  was  a 
representation  ot  clasped  hands.  This  medal 
had  descended  from  tho  days  of  Washington  to 
the  chief  who  two  years  ago  presented  it  to 
the  President  as  a  mark  of  profound  resjieot, 
and  in  gratitude  for  his  peace  policy.  The 
President  in  return  presented  tho  chief  with  a 
Sliver  medal  bearing  bis  own  likeness. '  The 
President  remarked  tbat  he  had  been  some 
days  in  examining  his  priv^ate  papers,  but  was 
happy  to  say  he  had  just  completed  this  work 
and  now  anxiously  awaited  the  close  of  his  ad- 
ministration. He  desired  to  have  at  least  one 
year's  rest  or  recreation. 

In  response  to  a  question  as  to  what  he 
would  do  shoirid  no  declaration  be  made  ot  a 
President,  he  replied  that  it  rested  entirely 
with  Congress,  but  he  thought  that  such  a 
declaration  would  be  reached,  as  those  who 
yesterday  sought  unnecessarily  to  postpone  the 
count  met  with  a  very  decisive  rebuke  in  the 
House.  It  would  be  quite  proper,  however,  for 
Congress  to  pass  a  law  amendatory  of  the  act 
of  1792,  designating  what  person  (the  presid- 
ing officer  of  the  Senate,  for  instance,)  shall 
act  as  President  until  a  '  new  election  be 
ordered,  in  case  there  should.  owing 
to  factious  opposition,  be  no  declaration 
of  President  and  Vice  President  based 
on  the  Electoral  count.  The  agent  said :  "It 
has  been  asserted,  Mr:  President,  that  an  ar- 
rangement was  in  progress  by  which,  m  the 
possible  contingency  above  named,  you  would 
resign  your  offioe,  thus  permitting  the  presid- 
ing officer  of  the  Senate  to  ffil  the  vacancy  thtis 
occasioned."  The  President  replied,  with  a 
smile  :  "  So  1  hear,  but  the  onljy  knowledge  I 
have  of  such  an  arrangement  is  from  the  news- 
papers." 

The  Agent— Something  has  been  said  about 
your  ordering  more  troops  to  Washington. 

The  President — Suoh  is  not  my  present  int«n- 
tion ;  but  if  "Ibey  were  needed  I  should  order 
them  here.  I  think,  however,  that  everything 
will  be  peaceful,  as  there  are  no  indications  of 
disturbances  in  connection  with  the  Electoral'' 
count  or  the  declaration  that  may  be  made.  ? 

The  Agent — It  has  been  published  that  you 
have  distinctly  said  you  would  not  formally 
recognize  one  of  the  two  Governments  in  Lou- 
isiana and  South  Carolina  t 

The  President — It  is  true,  as  I  think  it  would 
be  improper  for  me  to  fix  a  Soutberu  policy  for 
my  successor  and  thus  embarrass  him.  If  I 
were  to  recognize  the  Republican  Governors 
they  would  have  to  be  sustained  by  military 
force,  ana  I  think  the  entire  people  are  tired  of 
the  military  being  employed  to  sustain  a  State 
Government.  It  a  Republican  State  Govern- 
ment cannot  sustain  itself,  then  it  will  have  to 
give  way.  If  a  remedy  is  required,  let  Con- 
gress, and  not  the  President,  provide  it. 

The  Agent— Much  unfriendly  comment  has 
been  made  on  the  executive  order  prohibiting 
a  military  demonstration  in  Charleston,  S.  O., 
on  Washington's  Birthday.  If  you  have  no  ob- 
jection, it  would  be  interesting  to  learn  the 
reason  for  your  action  in  the  premises. 

The  President — My  proclamation  heretofore 
issued  commanding  all  illegal  or  nnauthorJEed 
armed  associations  to  disband,  is  still  in  force- 
The  men  who  were  going  to  parade  were 
nothing  but  armed  political  bands.  They  have 
never  respected  the  proclamation,  and  only 
seemingly      disbanded.        I    must      say    that 

while  I  believe  the  Democratic  leaders 
would  have  done  all  that  w&s 
possible  to  prevent  an  outbreak,  yet  on  an  oc- 
casion of  that  kind  men  sometimes  indulge  too 
much  in  strong  drink,  and  while  under  its  in- 
fluence might  BO  express  themselves  against 
their  political  opponents  as  possibly   to  pro- 

Toke  retaliation  and  thus  indte  a  riot,  with 


seriooa  if  not  fatal-  oonaeaaenMa.  and  whiohXtoral  act,  and  calling  for  a  new  electiiuh 


disturbance  might  extend  to  other  looalities. 
Therefore,  entirely  apart  irom  the  propriety  of 
observing  the  day,  it  was  thought  better  that 
the  military  demonstration  should  Do  orevented 
for  the  reason  stated  rather  than  run  the  risk 
of  a  riot. 

The  Agent — I  have  seen  it  stated  that  Gov. 
Hayes  will  arrive  here  on  Thursday  for  con- 
sultation with  his  friends-  1  presume,  there- 
iorp,  that  vou  have  some  information  on  tho 
subject- 

The  President — I  have  no  idea  that  he  wiU 
start  for  Washington  nntil  the  result  of  the 
Electoral  connt  is  'declared. 

The  Agent — Mr.  Pi*esident,  are  you  well  ac- 
quainted vrtth  Gov.  Hayes  f 

The  President — I  cannot  say  very  intimately, 
but  I  had  trequent  occasion  to  see  him  when 
he  was  a  member  of  Congress,  and  bo  called 
just  as  others  did. 

The  Agent — You  have  hoi  a  number  of  grave 
public  questions  l)eforo  vou  during  yourterms 
of  service,  some  of  which,  of  a  diplomatio 
character,  have  been  peaceiully  settled.  I 
hope  nothing  has  occurred  to  occasion  your  re- 
gret concerning  them. 

The  President— I  am  satisfied  that  thev  will 
bear  examination,  and  there  is  but  little,  if 
anything,  of  which  I  complain  considering  tbat 
beloie  I  was  elected  to  the  Presideimy  I  never 
Lad  a  political  training  or  a  desire  to  occupy  a 
political  position. 

The  conversation  then  turned  on  the  meas- 
ures of^the  Administration,  both  foreign  and 
domestic,  and  it  seemed  to  be  a  pleasing  reflec- 
tion to  the  President  that  now,  on  the  eve  of 
his  retirement  irom  office,  the  United  States 
are  at  peace  wiW  all  tho  world  ;  the  treaty  of 
Washington,  by  which  the  so-culled  Alabama 
claims  were  satisfied,  and  the  sfittlemcnt  of  all 
disputes  with  Soain  culminating  in  an  extra- 
dition treaty,  being  the  two  must  prominent 
features  of  diplomacy.  Tlio  President,  how- 
ever, thoueht  that  tlio  financial  policy  ot 
the  Administration  was  equally  success- 
ful. He  expressed  some  regret  that 
there  would  not  be  time  for  Congress 
to  act  on  bis  recent  rocoinmemlation,  which 
would  facilitate  the  reauuiptioa  of  specie  oay- 
meuts  and  bring  gold  and  curreucy  on  a  par, 

and  the  balance  of  trade  beinsi  so  much  in  our 
tavtir,  gold  would  accumulate  in  the  hands  of 
tho  people  aa  money  instead  of  being  a  mar- 
ketable.commodity. 

There  ha  vine  been  rumors  that  the  President 
intended  lo  send  a  valedictory  message  to  Cou- 
grosM,  ic  can  be  stated  on  the  authority  of  the 
President  himselt  that  he  bus  no  such  inten- 
tion.* 

GENERAL  APPIWPUIATION  BILLS. 

THEIR  PRESENT  CONDITION— FOUR  BILLS  IN 
THE  HANDS  OF  A  COMMITTEE  OF  CO.V- 
FERBNCE — PUOPOSKD  liSUUCTION  OF 
THK   ARMY. 

Washington,  Feb.  25.— Tho  follo\ving  is  the 

condition  of  the  eeoeral  appropriation  bills:  The 
Invalid  i'eaniOQ  bill  has  become  a  law.  The  Con- 
sular and -Diplomatio  bill  haa  passed  both  Uoasos, 
and  awaits  the  Pruaidnat'a  signature.  Tbe  Navy, 
the  Deficiency,  the  Legislative,  the  Indian,  thu 
Fortifications,  the  Poat  Office,  and  tbe  Military 
Academy,bil)s,  are  in  eobf.^rence,  and,  therefore.  Id 
a  way  of  early  passage.  Tbe  Saudrv  Civil  Ezpenacs 
hill  is  pending  in  tbe  Ilooae  for  conauluitiou. 
The  Slver  and  Harbor  Bill  baa  been 
reported  to  the  House  and  recomnaitteu,  and  the 
Army  Appropriation  bill  was  reported  yesterdiiy. 
Tbe  lattiT  bill  provides  that  no  moaoy  shall  bo  ap- 
propriated for  recruiting  the  Army  beyond  the 
number  ot  17  UOO  enliaied  moo,  and  limits  ttie  pay 
of  tha  General  of  the  Army  to  tlt.OCO ;  of  tbe 
Lieutenant  General  -to  (9.000,  and  of  a  Major  Gen- 
eral to  $7,000  per  annntu.  None  of  tho  money  ap- 
propriated by  tbe  act  ia  to  ba  paid  to  any  rail- 
road coiupauf  fur  tbe  .  traoaportatlon  of  anv 
property  or  tr^opa  of  the  Uaiccd  States  over 
tbat  poriioa  of  anyrsilroad  which  was  conatracttd 
by  the  aid  of  aland  grant  on  Lho  condition  that 
snch  ruilroad  (boald  be  a  public  bighnby  for  the 
^•e  of  the  United  States  Government.  Xlie  namber 
of  Cavalry  regicnents  Is  reduced  to  eight,  Artillery 
rezimeDta  to  four,  and  Infantry  reeimeots  to  16. 
Cavalrr  compauiea  may  bo  recruited  to  100,  and  a 
safficient  force  of  Cavalry  f>h3ll  be  employed  in  the 
tiefense  of  the  Mexican  and  Indian  frontier  of  Tesas. 
Conei'.Iering  the  present  condition  of  the  £lect<>ral 
connt  j^nd"  tho  preasnre  of  other  basioaaa,  it  do9« 
not  seem  probable  In  tbe  vieir  of  a  nutubur  of  mem- 
bers tbat  tbia  bill  can  paas  the  Houae,  bot  others 
•re  of  opiaion  that  tbe  Qouae  may,  by  narrowiog 
tbe  limit  of  debate,  pai<a  it  in  time  to  be  con- 
sidered Dy  tho  Senate,  provided  '  the  Ele<:- 
toial  count  shall  bo  concluded  early  this 
week.  It  is  not  believed,  however,  that 
the  Senate  will  pass  It  in  its  present  shape.  All 
the  other  appropr^^ation  billa,  owing  to  their  state  of 
forwardnoas,  can  bo  passed  with  .  comparatively 
little  delay,  but  as  tnn  short  remainder  of  the  ses- 
sion will  be  so  larsely  occupied  by  prooeedings 
connected  with  tbe  Electoral  law, .  there  ia  a  very 
general  belief  that  some  of  the  appropriation  bills 
cannot  poasibly  obttin  final  action,  and  that  there 
will  therefore  be  a  called  session  of  Congress, 


THE    LOUISIANA     GOVERNMENT. 
COLLECTION  OF  THE  TAXES— VIEWS  OF  GOV. 
PACKARD — WARRANTS  ISSUED  BY  PACK- 
ARD ADVANCING. 

Washington,  Feb.  25. — The  Republican  Gov- 
ernor (Packard)  of  Louisiana  tolegrapJis  United 
States  Marshal  Pitkin,  who  is  now  here,  as  follows : 

"NiohoU's  dispatch  to  Burke  relative  to  tax  col- 
lections in  Locdsiana  merits  no  conHdeoce.  Kioh- 
oU's  tax  collectors  oan  neither  collect  toxea  nor  get 
local  recognition  as  «ach  collectors.  Tbe  assess- 
ment-rolls for  tbe  collectable  taxes  this  year  are  all 
in  the  hands  of  the  holding  over  Tax  Collectors  ap- 
pointed by  Eollogg,  nnd  nil  tbeae  offioisia  recognize 
tbe  Government  of  which  Packard  is  the  legRlIv 
constituted  head.  Nicholl'a  men  cannot  obtain 
possession  of  a  single  tax-roll  In  the  State.  The 
NichoU's  organ,  New-Orleans  Democrat,  of  the  22d 
iust.,  oomplalna  tbat  Packard  warrants  are  so  rap- 
idly advaoclng  in  rates." 

NOXES^FROM    THE  CAPITAL. 


Washington.  Feb.  25.— The  fortv-fourth 
aouiveraary  of  the  Congressional  Temperance  So- 
ciety was  held  this  evening  at  the  Metropolitan 
Methoalst  Episcopal  Church.  >  Senator  Ferry  marto 
the  opening  remarks,  and  Sov.  Dr.  Chickerinc  read 
a  statement  of  tbe  condition  of  the  society.  Ad- 
dresses were  delivered  by  J.  N.  Stearns  and  Kev. 
Dr.  Palton,  of  New-Haven,  Conn.,  the  latter  of  whom 
is  DOW  in  his  79th  year.  There  was  a  large  attend- 
ance. 

The  Conrt  of  Claims  will  assemble  to-morrow, 
with  a  full  bench,  Judge  Peck  having  returned  to 
this  city  from  Chicago,  after  an  absence  of  four 
yeara  on  account  of  ill-beallb.  Daring  Judge  Peck's 
abienoe  many  of  tbe  oases  before  the  Court  of  Claims 
have  failed  of  a  decision,  owing  to  an  equal  division 
of  the  remaining  four  Judges. 

The  near  approach  of  tbe  new  Presidential  term 
has  already  attracted  a  large  number  of  visitors 
from  all  parta  of  tho  country  to  the  capiial,  and  ac- 
cording to  present  indications  there  will  be  as  many 
strangers  here  as  on  anv  previous  4th  of  Marcb. 

Bepreseutative  Lord,  of  New-York,  who  was 
detained  by  sickness  and ;  death  in  bis  family,  haa 
retamed  to  'Washington.  He  is  opposed  to  any 
dilatory  action  in  regard  to  the  Electoral  connt. 

The  Electoral  Commission  were  in  seasion  yester- 
day At  noon,  but,  there  being  no  business  before  it, 
took  a  recess  until  3  olplock,  at  which  time  a  further 
recess  was  taken  until  4  o'clock,  which  was  aeain 
extended  nutii  5  P.  M.,  when  the  Cogimission  ad- 
journed until  Monday  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.     .tvUx 

Secretary  Morrill  la  now  able  to  ait  up  and  see 
his  friends,  and  will  probably,  be  able  to  attend  to 
bis  official  duties  as  usual  in  a  tew  days. 
.  Lewis  Payne,  of  Hudson,  Colambia  Connty,  has 
been  nominated  for  United  States  Marshal  for  the 
SoathesD  District  of  New- York. 

George  yt,  Julian,  of  Indiana,  has  arrived  here, 
and  will  argue  tbe  Demooratio  side  of  the  South 

Carolina  case  before  tbe  Electoral  Commiasion. 
'The    Union  (newspaper)   of  this  city,  of  which 
Hon.  Montgomery  Blair  i»  editor,  will  pnbbsh  a 
doable-leaded  editorial  to-morrow  moi-oing  favorias 
opposition  to  further  proceedings  under  tbe  Eleo- 


THE  PRESIDEI^T  ELECT, 


MOVEMENTS    OF   THE   NEXT   CHIEF 
MAGISTRATE. 

GOV.  HAYES'  PREPARATIONS  TO  SET  OXTT  FOR 
"WASHINGTON — RESIGNATION  OF  THE 
GOVERNORSHIP  PROBABLE  ON  TUESDAY 
— TUK  ROUTE  AND  HIS  TRAVELING 
COMPANIONS. 

iSpeeiai  DUvatch  to  the  yew-York  Timet, 

Columbus,  Feb.  25. — Gov.  Hayes  left  Co- 
Innbus  vestordny  ior  his  borne  in  Fremont,  to 
look  after  some  private  business  requiring  his 
attention  before  his  denarturc  for  Washington. 
He  will  return  to-morrow  evening,  and  will 
probably  resign  hia  oiUce  as  Governor  of 
Ohio  on  Tuesday,  and  leave  here  for  Wash- 
ington on  Thursday.  He  will  be  ao- 
eor?  -nnled  by  a  delegation  representing  a 
majo.lty  of  the  Legislature,  now  in  session 
here,  togutbcr  with  many  prominent  Bepubli- 
oana  from  Cinciooaii,  Cleveland,  and  other 
parts  of  the  State.  It  is  not  yet  decided  what 
route  they  will  take,  but  it  will  'probably  be 
either  by  tbe  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad,  or 
by  what  is  km"-  .  oa  tho  Pan-handle  route,  via 
Pittsburg  and  Hnmsburg.  The  citizens  of  Co- 
lumbus, with  whom  Uov.IIayos  is  no  loss  popular 
OS  a  neighbor  than  as  Chief  Magistrate,  are 
making  preparations  for  a  iarowell  reception 
at  tho  Governor's  mansion,  on  Wednesday 
evening.  A  delegation  numbering  about  30 
members  of  the  Indiana  L-;gislature  arrived 
hira  yesterday  on  a  tour  ot  inspection  of  tho 
public  institutions  of  Ohio,  locatod  here.  They 
were  much  disappointed  at  not  seeing  the 
President  elect,  who  had  left  for  Fremont 
before  their  arrival,  and  they  returned 
home  last  night.  There  are  very  few  strangers 
in  Columbus  outside  of  members  of  the  Legis- 
lature. There  is  plenty  of  gossip  about  the 
probable  makeup  of  President  Hayes' 
Cabinet,  and  the  Cincinnati  and  Colum- 
bus papers  publish  a  new  list  every 
dav,  but  it  is  pure  speculation,  and  entirely 
without  any  shadow  of  authority  from  Gov. 
Hayes.  Equally  without  authority  are  all 
predictions  as  to  what  his  policy  will  be  toward 
the  South,  or  on  any  other  nubllo  question. 


A   "WARM    IMPROMPTU   RECEPTION   AND    SER- 
ENADE    AT      FREMONT,     OHIO— SPEECH 

BY      THE      PRESIDENT-ELECT CURIOUS 

THRKAIS        OF       ASSASSINATION  —  GOV. 
HAYKS  WHOLLY  U.n DISTURBED  BY  THEM. 
Special  Dispatch  to  the  Is'ew- York  Timei. 

Fremont,  Feb.  25. — Gov.  Hayes  arrived 
bore  last  evening,  unexpectedly,  on  the  5 
o'clock  train,  via  Fostoria.  An  impromptu 
reception  was  given  him  at  the  residence  of 
Gen.  R.  P.  Bucklaud.  Manyofthe  citizens  turned 
out  to  meet  the  President-elect,  and  from  / 
o'clock  imiil  10  a  stream  ot  people  Huwed  to 
and  from  tho  house,  The  Lii;lit  Guard  Baud 
serenaded  him  about  9  o'clock,  and  the  Gov- 
ernor made  tho  following  happy  little  speech 
to  them  and  the  other  triends  assembled.  Gen. 
Bucklaud  stepped  iorward  and  introduced 
the  Governor  witli  a  few  friends :      '•  I  bave  the 

pleasure  of  introducing  our  Preaident-ialeot,  as 
wo  believ6.iJi    Tbe  Governor  then  said : 

Fbiends  A.SD  Neighuoiu:  The  maooer  In  which 
I  am  miroduoed  makes  it  rather  easy  for  me  tu 
auoak  without  much  embarrasument,  out  we  bad 
better  stick  to  old  titles  until  we  are  sure  of.  somu- 
tbiug  new.  In  these  times  ot  uncertainty  ,  we 
are  often  disappointed ;  tbe  good  news  of '  to- 
day is  ofien  dispelled  by  tbe  evil  ,.  new* 
of  to-morrow.  Durfng  the  few  months  since 
the  7rh  of  November,  I  hnve  schooled  mvself 
80  as  to  not  be  very  much  down  nor  very  much  up, 
bat  to  try  and  keep  as  near  the  oven  line  aa  possi- 
ble. This  kindly  meeting  this  evening  I  do  not 
take  so  much  aa  bononug  me  oa  a  congratala- 
tion  upon  tno  manner  in  which  ibis  strange 
and  peculiar  question  is  -  now  oeing  '  settled. 
No .  other  country  in  the  world  could  have 
endured  such  a  strugiile  without  suffering .  lasting 
calamities.  In  the  event  of  my'  remainintt,  among 
yon  for  the  next  two  or  thruo  year^,  I<  will. attend 
the  next  annual  pioneeis'  meeting,  and  bring. a 
Landle  of  letters  and  notes  of  a  -kind'  wbich  I  am 
constantly  receiving,  containing  curionsl^  drawn 
Hkotcties  ot  knives,  daggers,  and  revolvers.  Bnt  I 
nave  not  lost  mnch  sleep  from  any  of  thtm  yet.  One 
of  the  moat  amusing  was  received)  this  week.  It 
was  a  knife  abont  two  faet  long,  with  one  edge 
backed  like  a  saw,  probably  for  sawing  the  bones, 
and  the  other  side  for  catting  the  flesh.  Tbis  waa 
wrapped  in  several  tbicknesses  of  paper,  and  inside 
was  a  note,  as  follows:  ''This  ia  the  knife  with 
which  the  editor  of  the  Capital  was  to 
asaaaslnato  yon  as  yon  want  froto  the  'White  Honse 
to  the  Capitol.  It  was  taken  trom  his  pants  log 
while  he  was  asleep."  Well,  friends,  I  think  I  have 
talked  long  enough.  As  1  am  in  the  business  of 
shaking  hands,  I  would  say  tbat  I  am  anjoyinz  ex- 
cellent physical  health,  and,  if  any  of  yon  wish  to 
£hake  hands,  I  will  be  glad  to  do  so,  but  I  will  step 
into  the  hall  out  of  tbe  cold  to  ahake  the  hand. 

The  GovernoB  then  stepped  into  the  hall,  and 
the  baud  came  forward  and  extended  their  con- 
gratulations, and  shook  hands  witb  him.  Other 
friends  and  citizens  kept  coming  until  near  10 
o'clock.  The  afifair  was  a  token  •  of  •  hearty 
good-will  toward  the  Governor,  ond  evinced 
the  high  esteem  in  which  he  is  held  by  alL 

SHOOTINO  GAMBLERS. 
Cincinnati.  Feb.  25. — A  shooting  affray  oc- 
curred to-night  between  Dick  Holland  and/Tom 
Hartshorn,  two  gamblers,  over  tbe  settlement  of 
money  matters.  Holland,  whilo  intoxi  catud,  placed 
a  pistol  to  Hartshorn's  head,  but  it  missed  flee,  and 
the  latter  promptly  drew  a  revolver  and  placed  Ic  at 
Holland's  head  with  a  like  result.  A  second  effort 
was  more  snocessfid,  and  Holland  was  shot .  in  the 
breast.  His  wound  is  '' not '  considered  fatal. 
Hanshom  is  under  arrest. 


MINERS' STRIKE  A  NV  RIOT  IN  NOVA  SCOTIA 

Halifax,  Feb.  25.— A  number  of  men  em- 
ployed by  the  Steel  Company  of  Canada,  at  Loudon- 
derry,  struck  last  week  onaccoant  of  some  proaosed 
ohaogo  in  wagvs,  were  'paid  ofiT  and  tbeir  places 
filled  with  Cornish  miners.  Tbe  strikers  attacked 
the  latter  last  night.  A  ffian  named  MnoDougall 
was  shot  and  killed  and  several  others  badly  in- 
jured. ^ 

THE  TEXAS  MURDER. 
CiNcnra^Ti,  Feb.  25. — The  police  have  suc- 
ceeded in  finding  a  trunk  ot  clothing  bolonglug  to 
Bessie  Moore,  lor  whose  murder,  in  Texas  Abe 
Rorbscnild  was  arrested.  The  trnnk  was  in  the 
baggage-room  at  one  of  tbe  railroad  depots,  where 
it  had  been  sent  by  Rothschild. 


AFFAIRS  IN  THE  WEST  INDIES. 
Kingston,  Feb.  7. — Sir  William  Grey  leaves 
the  Island  of  Jamaica  on  tbo  13th  of  March  lor 
England.  The  Atlas. 'Stisaai'Ship  Company  have 
8ecpred  the  contract  foi'  seven  ye-ars  more  lor  a 
monthly  ateam-abip  service  between  Jamaica  and 
New- York.  The  contract  has  been  given  mnch 
.igalnst  popular  I'eelintr.  which  ran  in  favor  of  the 
Pacific  Mail ;  bnt  the  latter  did  not 
tender,  as  the  Governor  „wonld  not  con- 
cede the  flxtng  of  tbe  dates  of  sailing 
to  the  company.  A  severe  storm  has  been  blowing 
for  some  days  on  the  north  '  side  of  the  ialand,  bnt 
18  little  felt  on  tbe  sontb  side.  It  was  not  consid- 
ered safe  for  vessels  to  leave  Dry  Harbor  and  other 
ports  on  the  north  side.  Things  remain  compara- 
tively quiet  in  Hayti  at  present,  bat  tbereis  a  rev- 
olutionary spirit  under  the  surface  which  may 
break  out  at  apy mament.  President  Canal's  life  is 
not  safe,  and  Gen.  Salomon  is  in  Jamaica  watching 
bi*  opportonltj.  Some  IS^Iasarguits  arriyed  at 


Jamaica  tbe  other  day  in  an  open  boat  from  Cuba. 
They  landed  on  the  north  side  of  thn  island,  andf 
proceeded  at  once  to  Kingston,  where  they  held  a' 
meeting  and  gave  some  account  of  tbe  warfare  in 
Cuba.  

THE  DELAYED  ATTACK  ON  TURKEY. 


THE  EASTKRN  COMPLICATIONS  —  RUSSIAN 
TROOPS  NOT  YKT  READY  TO  CROSS  THE 
PRUTH  —  ARRIVAL  OP  MONTKNKGRIN 
DELEGATES  IN  CONSTANTINOPLE — THE 
FORTIFICATIONS    ON   THG    DANI^K. 

London,  Feb.  26.— A  dispatch  from  Athena 
report*  that  tbe  Cretans  refuse  to  elect 
Deputies  to  the  Ottoman  Parliament. 
The  Governor  of  the  Vilayet  of  the 
Danube  has  sent  a  telegraphic  Uispatab  to  the 
Turkish  Ambassador  at  London,  assert- 
ing tbat  the  recent  affray  witb  the  Bou- 
manian  troops  was  caused  by  an 
attack  made  by  tho  latter  on 
some  Turkish  laborers  who  were  cutting  wood 
on  an  Island  belonging  to  the  Turks,  and  de- 
claring tnat  tbe  Vilayet  in  the  exercise  of  its 
rights  will  take  the  necessary  steps  in  the  mat- 
ter. 

A  dispatch  from  St.  Petersburg  says: 
The  rumors  tbat  tbe  fiussian  Army  has 
been  ordered  to  cross  tbe  Prutb  on 
the  28th  inst.  are  officially  denied.  The 
general  situation  remains  unchanged.  Further 
measures  on  the  part  of  Kussia  will '  depend 
upon  the  replies  to  Gortsohakoff'a  circular, 
and  upon  the  development  of  affairs  in  Con- 
stantinople. 

A  dispatch  from  Constantinople  says  Col. 
Valentine  Baker  has  been  intrusted  with 
the        organization        of         a        gendarmerie. 

A     Vienna     dispatch     states     tbat     when 

the  Russians  enter  Roumania  Prince  Charles 
intends  to  withdraw  from  Bucharest,  issue  a 
final  appeal  for  protection  to  the. powers,  and. 
then  remtun  a  spectator  of  events. 

The  Rtuisian  Telegraphic  Agency  announces 
that  the  Montenegrin  delegates  have  arrived  in 
Constantinople,  and  the  armistice  has  been,  pro- 
longed by  mutual  accord. 

A  special  dispatch  from  Guirgevo  ■  reportp 
the  condition  of  the  fortifications  at 
Eustchuk.  The  ramparts  have  been 
repaired  and  partly  armed  -with'  heavy 
breechloaders.  Of  five  outworks  one  is  armed 
with  48  Krupps.  The  others  have  .^one  of 
these  guns.  The  -garrison  numbers  10,000. 
No  steps  have  been  taken  to  proyisiofl '  the 
fortress.  '\ 

A  Belgrade  correspondent  says  several ,  Gov- 
ernment officials  and  others,  charged  with 
political  machiuatious  against  tbe  Government, 
have  been  arrested. 

Tho  Paris  correspondent  of  a  morning  paper 
sends  the  following  :  "  I  learn,  on  trustworthy 
authority  from  St.  Peterscurg,  under  date 
of  Saturday  morning,  that  a  cabinet 
council  was  about  to  he  held.  The  opinion  pre- 
vailed in  well-informed  circles  that  the  result 
of  tbe  deliberations  might  be  tbe  resigna- 
tion of  Gortschakoff',  and  the  appointment 
of  AdltTSberg  as  his  successor.  It  is  believed 
also  that  another  result  of  the  proceedings 
might  possibly  be  an  order  to  demobilize  the 
Southern  Army  on  the  ground  that  in  view  of 
the  concert  of  the  powers  no  special  reason 
exists  for  isolated  Russian  action." 

A  special  Belgrade  dispatch  says  all :  day 
Saturday  and  Sunday  wagon  trains  have 
been  transporting  large  quantities  of 
small  and  large  ammunition  from  the 
fortress  of  Belgrade  to  the  quay 
to  be  taken  down  the  Danube.  This  move- 
ment contrasts  with  tbe  peaceful  news  from 
Constantinople.  Certain  Servians  are  exceeding- 
ly alraid  the  peace  movement  now  in  progress 
will  deprive  them  of  any  advantages 
which  might  result  from  a  successful 
campaign  of  tbe  Bussians ;  at  tbe 
same  time  they  •  are  afraid  '  to  refuse 
to  make  peace  while  uncertain  of  the  support 
of  Russia.  The  situation  is  liable  te  produce 
unexpected  results  any  moment. 

Ihe  Vienna  correspondent  of  a .  morning 
paper  says  the  idea  which  seemed 
current  in  St.  Petersburg  some  little 
time  ago  that  Russia  might  withdraw 
her       armies       in      considertion     of     some 

moral  satisfaction,  snch  as  recognition  by  Eu- 
rope of  her  sacrifices  •n  behalf  ot  the  Christians, 
seems  to  bave  made  little  way,  and  another  idea 
seems  to  have  taken  its  place — namely,  that 
-SIX  months  or  a  year  should  be  given  Turkey 
to  carry  out  her  reforms,  and  if  they  are  not 
effected  within  that'^period  the  powers  should 
agree  to  applv  measures  of  coercion.  If  the 
powers  agree  to  this  and  address  an  ultimatum  to 
Turkey  in  this  sense  Russia  might  disarm  and 
wait  lue  courspi  of  events  with  tbe  other  pow- 
ers. It  cannot  be  said  whether  even  confidential 
communications  have  been  made  to  tbe  powers 
in  tbis  respect,  but  this  seemtt  to  be  at  present 
considered  at  St.  Petersburg  as  the  only  way  to 
enable  Russia  to  disarm  and  wait. 

"The  Times,  in  a  leader  reviewing  the  above 
sketch  of  the  Russian  attitsde,  says  it  may  be 
these  declarations  are  threats  designed  to  com- 
pel the  powersto  do  something.  It  seems  certain 
the  powers  following  England's  lead  will  de- 
cline to  do  anything.  The  solitary  effect  of  the 
publication  of  these  Ueclarations  is  to  commit 
Russia  more  deeply  than  ever  to  the  adoption 
of  a  policy  of  coercion. 


THR  NEW  CAPITOL 


FUNERAL  OF  JOHN  O'MAHONT. 


THE   RKMAINS'.TAKKN     FROM   CORK   TO    DUB- 
LIN— THE    PROCESSION. 

Cork,  Fob.  25.— The  remains  of  John 
O'Mahony  werb'  taken  from  the  rooms  of  the 
Democratic  ClUb  to^ay  and  escorted  to  the 
Dublin  railway  station.  The  weather  was  fine, 
and  tbe  popular  demonstration  was  a 
great  success.  The  city  was  crowded 
with  strangers.  Hundreds  came  in  from  the 
country  districts,  and  a  large  delegation  was 
present  from  Mitcbelstown,  the  birthplace  of 
the  deceased.  Thousands  thronged  the 
streets  through  which  the  funeral  cortege 
pasaed.  The  procession  was  a  mile  long.  The 
hearse  was  drawn  by  six  horses,  Tbe  coffin 
was  covered  with  the  flag  of  the  Sixty-ninth 
New-TorK  Regiment,  and  the  American  and 
Irish  colors.  Immediately  after  the  hearse 
walked  the  relatives  of  the  deceased  and  the 
delegation  from  the  United  States.  They  were 
followed  by  the  Democratic  Club  of  Cork  and 
the  trade  organizations  with  their  banners 
draped.  All  in  the  procession  wore  mourning 
with  green  favors.  Several  bands  accompanied 
the  societies.  *  

MISCELLANEOUS  FOREIGN  NOTES. 


Marseilles,  Feb.  \  25. — Tbe  Mayor  an- 
nounces that  several  dockyards  will  shortly 
be  opened  for  the  relief  of  the  unemployed  in 
this  city, 

London,  Feb.  26.— A  Calcutta  special  says  the 

official  report  for  the  week  ending  Feb.  22 
BtatO:^  that  rain  haa  fallen  in  Madras  i  n  the  dis- 
tricts of  Kistn  a,  Mellore,  KTirnooi,  Counbatore, 
and  Tinnevelly  and  the  number  of  people  em- 
ployed on  the  relief  works-^has  decreased  in 
every  district  except  South  Arcot.  In  Bom- 
bay the  situation  shows  no  cbanze. 

A  dispatch  from  Rome  says  all  the  preliminary 
arrangements  regulating  the  prooeedings 
of  future  conclaves  have  been  settled 
and  on  Friday  were  submitted  to  the  Pope. 
They  do  not  alFect  the  main  principle  of  the 
conclave,  but  merely  modify  the  ceremonies 
performed  previous  to  the  meeting  of  the  Car- 
dinals. 

The  Madrid  Politiea  announces'  that  the 
Spanish  Ministry  ot  Foreign  Atfairs  is  engaged 
upon  the  draft  of  a  treaty  of  coaameroo  with 
>he. United  Stately    / 


SOME  ARCHITECTURAL-  CONSIDER Ar 
TIONS. 

WHERE  ARCBttTECTURE  BEGINS — ^THE  WALI^ 
DOORS,  AND  ROOF — GREEK,  ROMAN, 
AND    GOTHIC    SYSTEMS  —  PROGRESS    OF 

<  ARCHITECTURE — WORKTOP  THE  FREE- 
MASONS— BLENDING   OF    STYLES. 

From  Our  Own  CorretootKlent. 

Albant,  Monday,  Feb.  26,  187f. 
^The  disonssion  of  the  arcbitectoral  fea^ 
tttres  of  tbe  new  State  Capitol  building  is  en- 
gaging so  large  a  share  of  the  attention  of  the 
Legislature  and  ot  the  pubiio  that  a  few  words 
on  the  prinoiples  involved  in. the  matter  may 
be  in  place  at  this  time.  The  present  question 
is,  whether  the  construction  of  the  building 
shall  begin  anew  on  the  original  and  aban- 
doned plans  ;  or,  whether  it  shall  ocmtinue  on 
the  plans  as  modified  by  the '  Advisorj 
Board  ot  Architects,  which  board  ia 
composed  of  three  gentlemen,  viz.,  Mr.  Eid- 
litz,  the  architect  of  the  Jewish  synagogue  and 
the  Dry  Dock  Savings  Bank  in  New-York  ;  Mr. 
Richardson,  the  architect  of  that  magnifioent 
Episcopal  church  in  Boston,  to  a  description 
of  which  several  columns  were  recently  devoted 
in '  The  Times  ;  and  Mr.  Olmsted,  the  archie 
tect  of  the  Central  Park,  and  so  long  known  in 
connection  with  the  administration  of  tbat 
beautiful  City  pleasure  ground. 

Many  gentlemen,  and  perhaps- th«  majority  ot 
those  who  in  a  few  weeks  inay 'be  called  upon 
to  decide  the  issue  by  their  *  votes,  frankly 
confess  themselves  too  little  acquain  ted  with 
architecture  to  torm  an  intelligent  Judgmeiit  on 
tho   question.  -They  desire   to  do   right  by  the 

State;  they  are  earnest  only  to. have  the  best; 
buiiding  ;  they  are  doubtful!  only  of  tbeir 
own  ability  to  aeoido  lor  the  best  in- 
terests of  the  state.  To  decide  between  tht 
comparative  merits  of  Greek,  Roman,  Ckithic, 
Romanesque,  Rcnuaissancc,  or  any  other  style 
ot  architecture  talked  ot  in  connection  with  tbe 
new  State  building,  would  indeed  be  a  formi- 
dable task ;  but  this  is  not  tbe  present  ques- 
tion. To  assist,  however,  at  arriving  at  an  in- 
telligent decision  on  what  has  to  be  decided, 
it  may  be  of  some  benefit  to  inquire,  first, 
what  is  a  Greek  style  of  architeoture,  what  a 
Roman,  and  what  a  Gothic,  for  these  three 
are  the  primary  types  of  all  our  architecture. 
The  adaptability  of  each  to  the  ends  sought 
may  be  considered  after  we  bave  found  out 
the  thing  itself. 

In  this  inquiry  we  bave  to  remember  tbat  tbo 
people  of  Greece  built  first,  the  Romans  built 
after  them,  and  the  northern  or  Gothic  nations 
built  last.  The  progressive^  development  of 
architeoture  was  in  like  orden 

Where,  first.  Uoes  accbitecture,  as  apart  from 
mere  construction,  bagin  t  Here  is  a  wall,  oi 
it  mav  be  four  walls,  inclosing  a  square.  They 
may  be  high  or  low,  of  stone  or  brick,  or  oi 
dried  mud.  'Whatover  the  material  or  tha 
height,  they  are  still  walls — of  form  common  to 
all  natious,  ages,  or  races — ^flat  surfaces-noth- 
ing more.  As  they  stand  we  cannot  tell,  from 
their  form  or  style  only,  what  race  or 
people  built  them,  f  any  more  than  vrS 
could  tell  trom  tbe  f  drawing  of  a  circle 
what  man  drew  it.  though  we  might  in- 
stantly detect  the  hand  of  the  artist  if  he 
filled  up  his  circle  with  a  portrait  or  a  land- 
scape. We  have,  then,  the  blank  walls  for  the 
Greek,  the  Romany  and  the  U-othio  architect  t» 
begin  work  upou.  \  The  problem  presented  is 
how  to  contrive  the  necesdary  apertures  in,  and 
to  roof  over,  these  walls,  so  as  to  make  of  theui 
a  habitable  dwelling,  convenient  and  orna- 
mental. From  the  point  where  this  work  be- 
gins we  are  enabled  to  detect  the  band  of  ttio 
arehitect. 

It  is  by  the  manner  in  which  the  architects 
of  each  natiou  havo  roofed  over  the  open 
soace  between  walls  or  pillars  that  we  are 
able  to  say  of  tbis,  it  is  in  the  Greek  form  or 
style;  ot  that,  it  is  in  the  Roman ;  of  the  other, 
it  is  in  tbe  G-otiiic. 

'ihe  Greek  architect  did  bis  roofing  in  the 
simplest  and  least  developed  of  all  styles. 
Uo  placed  two  stones  uprigut,  and  laid  another 
horizontally  across  them.  His  doorways,  his 
windows,  the  space  between  the  pillars,  are  all 
roofed  in  tbis  style  :  n .  The  fiat  lintel  is 
the  only  covering  of  an  aperture  found  iu 
any  building  the  Greek  people  ever  erected. 
They  knew  of  no  otner  way  of  doing  it ;  or,  ac 
least,  it  they  did,  they  never  used  any  other. 
There  is  a  reasonably  good  example  of  thia' 
style  n»ar  the  new  Capitol  in, tbis  city.  At 
the  corner  of  tbe  park  standi  the  budding^ 
in  which  a  number  of  State  oliioera  bavo  . 
their  business  offices.  The  architect  of  this 
has  copied  the  Greek  forms.  Kxamine  this  build- 
lug.  There  is  no  sign  ot  a. curved  arob  over 
any  door  or  window  ;  each  and  every  one  is 
square-headed.  The  pillars  that  rise  in  the 
Iront  of  the  building  support  no  curved  arch. 
Fiat  blocks  of  stone  cover  the  spaces  between 
them,  though  upou  these  a  triangular  structure 
called  a  "pediment"  is  supported.  The  main 
entrances  are  square-headed,  made  as  wide  aa 
tbe  builder  could  find  a  single  stone  which 
would  reach  across  and  support  the  weight  it 
has  to  carry.  And  it  will  be  noticed  that  tha 
architect  is  absolutely  limited  in  tho  width  ot 
bis  door  by  this  necessity.  He  must  make  it  so 
narrow  that  one  stone  will  do  the  whole  w«rk. 
In  this  building,  then,  we  have  the  skeleton  of 
a  Greek  structure.  A  skeleton  it  is,  and  nothmg 
more,  for  the  artistic  mind  of  the  Greek  arctiitecc 
could  never  have  endured  6o  bald  a  thing  as  this. 
He  would  have  filled  the  gaping  front  of  tho 
pediment  with  noble  statuary  ;  that  blank 
course  ot  stone  between  the  top  of  the  pilasters 
and  the  cornice  with  bold  bas-reliets  iu  bronze 
or  marble.  He  would  have  made  every  part  of 
the  building  in  suoh  exquisite  symmetry  \nth. 
every  other  part  that  tbe  measure  oi  one  being 
taken  would  give  the  mea»urn  of  every  other  ; 
it  would,  under  his  hand,  have  grown  into  a 
structure  which,  seen  from  a  distance,  would 
strike  t'ne  beholder  with  its  subliiue  simplicity 
of  outline,  and,  on  closer  inspection,  claim  ius 
admirauon  by  the  symmetry  of  its  parts  and  its 
magnificent  statuary.  Such  was  a  pertecc 
Greek  structure  ;  but  take  away  tbe  statuary, 
detace  the  ornaments,  lot>k  at  the  skeleton  of 
the  building,  and  you  see  that  two  upright 
stones,  with  anotiier  one  laid  horizontally 
across  them,  is  the  Greek  system  of  architeu* 
ture. 

One  thing  more  remains  to  be  mentioned — 
the  rool.  Do  uoc  look  at  the  buildmg  referred 
to  for  au  example  of  the  Greek  root^  Tbo  archi- 
tect has  covered  that  with  a  dome.  That  is 
not  Greek.  No  Greek  architect  ever  built  one. 
He  laid  heavy  beams  irom  wall  to  wall,  and 
upon  these  raised  a  framework  of  ratters,  in 
triangular  or  pediment  form,  and  upon  this 
laid  the  tiles,  or  whatever  he  used  for  the  outer 
covering.  It  will  be  seen,  therefore,  chat  tha 
priueiple  of  constructiou  is  the  same  througu- 
out — one  flat  piece  ot   wood  or  stone  restinij 

horizontally  ou  its  supports.  Considered  m  ita 
constructive  aspect,  the  horizontal  lintei  is  the 
weakest  of  all  systems  ot  rooting  ;  in  its  ai-tia- 
tic  aspect  it  is  the  poorest,  since  it  is  one  which^ 
of  all  others,  most  limita  the  arohitect  by  me- 
chanical  necessities,  bach  as  it  was,  the  tran- 
scendent genius  of  the  Greeks  carried  it  to  the 
liigbest  perfection.  More  they  could  not  do, 
because  nothing  more  was  possible.  Yet  it  to- 
day we  had  no  other  teachers  of  architecUira 
than  tbe  Greeks,  if  all  the  teaohiuga  of  other  * 
peoples  were  erased  from  the  records  of  time, 
we  could  nut  have  built  two  suoh  comparjr 
tively  simple  struotures  as  'rrinity-  Churou  or 
the  High  Bridge  across  the  Harlem,  for  wa 
should  know  01  no  method'  of  cooecructing  a 

curved  arch. 

We  owe  to  the  Romans  the  great  develop- 
ment  In  architeoture  which  the  curved  arch 
represents.  Until  Layard's  discoveries  in 
Klneveh  were  made,  it  was  supposed  that  tbe  " 
Romans  wore  the  discoverers  of  the  principlea 
ot  the  arch  ;  but  it  seems  that  smalli  arched 
drains  w^ere  found  in  the  Assyrian  ruing,  and 
it  is  worth  noting  that  the  oldest  exankple  oi 
the  use  of  the  curved  aroh  bj  the  Romans  ia 
in  tho  construction  of  the  immense  sewei 
known  as  the  Cloaca  Maxima — the  most  an- 
cient work  of  ancient  Rome.  But  whether 
the  discoverers  or  not,  the  Romany  were  ttia'- 
first  to  put  the  aroh  to  .noble  uses,  making  it 
the  most  important  element  in  the  construction 
of  tbeir  grandest  edifices ;  aBd  to  tbia  it  is  well 
to  direct  special  attention,  because  the  naw 
Capitol  building  is,  if  it  is  anything  at  all, 
Roman  in  its  forms.    It  is  KenaiBsan(ie~BomaQ 

or  Roman  Renaissance,  wnichever  you  will. 
(Pari;ntheticaliy  it  may  be  remarked  tbat  Re- 
naissance, liberally  transiated,  is  revived,  oc 
born  anew.)  To  see  the  true  architeotura 
ot  the  Roman  people,  we  atust  look  tof 
jA  '  not  in     their    later    prodootinu,    vh^n  - 


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oomo  the  laahien  anotiK  them,  but  in  thosp 
coloBsal  -warks  of  the  aqueduot,  the  am- 
phrtbeatre.  and  the  bath;  the  grand  arches 
and  vaulted  raofs  covering  spaces  that 
no  Greek  architect  could  have  roofed 
"Without  long  lines  of  pillars  for  supports; 
the  heaping  together, ot  vast  n. asses  which 
have  withstood  the  assaults  of  time  century  after 
teutxirv.  in  these  we  see  everywhere  tbe«reat 
round  arph — the  solid  semicircle  of  stone. 
There  is  little  Uiuit  to  the  architect's  imaKiua- 
tioQ  with  this  torm  at  hia  command.  He  is  no 
longer  confined  to  making  his  entranee  only  a« 
wide  as  he  can  get  one  stone  to  cover  it.  fie 
can,  if  he  will,  throw  bis  arch  in  one  magnifl- 
cent  sweep  over  an  almost  unlimited  space. 
He  can  pile  them  up  tier  above  tier,  as  in  the 
amphitheatre;  make  them  follow  eaCh 
other  in  stately  procession  mile  alter  mile, 
as  In  the  Ciaudian  aqueduot;  throw  it  up 
in  one  splendid  gateway  to  endure  as  the  re- 
coru  ot  military  triumph ;  or  root  in  half  a  eity, 
as  in  the  baths  of  Caracalia.  All  these  things 
the  Romans  did,  but  they  were  not  yet  fully 
acquainted  with  the  perfect  form,  or  all  the 
uses  ot  tbe  curved  aruh.  The  Soman  arch  is 
the   semicirole,   none    other,    and    theretore  it 

may  be  said  that  the  character  of  Koman 
architecture,  and'  all  derived  from  it,  de- 
pends  upon  rootlag  spaces  with  round  arches. 

Look  at  the  new  Capitol  building.  When 
you  huve  torn  away  the  pillars  supporting  tbe 
coru:ce  over  the  wLadowa,  rubbed  oiF  the 
pilasters  projecting  Irom  tbe  wall,  smoothed 
away  the  rustic  work  on  the  lower  story,  you 
have  as  the  result  a  wall  with  endlesa  repeti- 
tiun  ot  apertures  haviuEj  this  form  :  f^.  Ap- 
ply the  same  rule  to  the  New-YQj^J:*oiit-office 
bu'ldiug  up  to  the  root^  and  ;ou  l^Ve  the  same 
result.  Imiit  this  form  of  arch  is  not,  as  beturo 
Biated.  the  pertect  form.  There  is  another 
arch  which  the  liomans  did  not  buii«l,  out  in 
which  perfect  strength  and  highest  beauty 
are  united. 

1  have  referred  to  the  dome  in  the  psendo 
Greek  building  in  this  citv.  That  is  a  Roman 
form  ot  structure.  The  Roman  architects  were 
the  first  to  use  it.  Their  roofs  are 
in  the  pedietent  torm,  or  vaulted,  and 
sometimes  rising  into  a  lotcy  dome,  which, 
wuere  it  rose,  marked  the  most  impurcant  part 
ot  the  building  it  crowned.  For  observe,  a 
dome  was  nut  placed  meauinglessly  oa  a  build- 
iuii,  and  merely  tor  tbe  sate  ol  being  seen  from 
a  long  distance.  It  was  lifted  over  the  great 
hail,  at  tiie  intersection  ot  tke  ahief  parts  of 
the  building,  over  the  rotuuda,  or  other  princi- 
pal cUamuer;  and  thereby  the  grandest  feature 
of  the  exterior  of  tbe  edihoe  was  made  to  cor- 
respund  with  aud  to  inaicate  the  nobiesc  part 
of  the  interior.  U  any  one  will  take  ihe 
trouble  to  look  at  the  wooden  model  ot  the 
.  new  Capitol  building,  as  it  was  to  be  on  tha 
oj  igiual  plans,  and  then  go  into  the  building 
itself,  he  will  search  in  vain  for  any  reason 

■wliy  the  tower  should  be  placed  as  it  is  to  be. 
,  It  might,  lor  any  meaning  its  place  has,  be  set 
up  at  either  of  the  lour  corners  of  the 
building,  or  out  on  the  terrace.  Observe 
also,  that  the  tower,  as  shown  in  this 
model,  13  not  a  dome  such  as  the  Roman 
architects  built,  but  is  a  succession  of  Greei£ 
temples,  piled  oue  on  the  otber,  pyramid-like, 
and  utterly  devoid  ot  meaning,  f^ortuuately,: 
it  IS  not  too  late  to  give  ua  a  dome  wtiicb  shall 
have-beauty,  but  it  will  have  to  stand  where 
the  touudatiODs  have  been  laid. 

A  w^^  as  to  the  blending  of  styles  in  one 
buildidg.  You  caunot  build  into  a  structure 
luudeied  on  the  Greek  forms  any  curved  aroU 
Without  destroying  its  Grecian  character  to 
just  that  extent.  A  curved  arcu  in  a  building 
copied  trom  the  Grecian  would  be  an  anaoLiro- 
nisim.  It  would  make  the  style  a  bad  composite, 
and  this  ior  the  reason  that  all  Grecian  archi- 
tecture is  based  upon  the  horizontal  lintel.  It 
does  not,  however,  follow  irom  this  that  you 
cannot  introduce .  Greek  torms  into  Roman 
architecture.  This  architecture  was  a  develop - 
meut  or  advance  upon  the  Greek;  and  tne  pro- 
cess of  deveiopmeurt  is  the  addition  to  some- 
thitg  already  existing,  and  theretore  includes 
in  itsel:  all  tbat  existing  thing.  The  Roman 
architects  could  properly  use  in  their  buiidinj;s 
the  loruis  tbo  GreeiiS  had  used  ;  but  if  tbe 
architect  ot  to-day  were  to  introduce  into  a 
buiiOiug  modeled  on  the  Roman  torms  a  series 
ot  pointed  arches,  he  would  project  into  it  an 
Lucongruiiy,  lor  tbis.form  of  area  was  uuknowa 
to  eitber  Greek  or  Roman.  Tbe  pointed  arch 
and  the  gaO.e  /\  are  the  distintiuishmg  charac- 
teristics of  auotaer  style  of  arcuitecture,  nijre 
developed  tban  any  which  preceded  it — an 
arcmiecture  wbich  includes  m  iiseil  all  known 
styles,  wiiich  13  modeled  atier  nature  herself, 
and  which  has  given  to  the  Ckristiau  world 
those  glorious  uuurohes  and  cathedrals  which 
Bccm  lo  have  been  lilted  bv  inspiration  to 
Btriice  with  awe  aud  delight  the  heart,  ol  the 
Chiisciau  wuishiper.  iSuuh  an  arcuitecture  is 
the  Gutuic. 

It  would  be  foreign  to  th*  purposes  sf  this 
letter  to  speak  at  any  length  ot  Gothic  archi- 
tecture, siomethiug,  however,  may  be  said  ot 
the  trausitioual  styiea  -wuioti  led  up  from 
lioman  to  the  |«ure  torma  of  Gothic,  because 
this  will  have  immediate  application  to  the  sub- 
ject ot  the  new  Capitol  bunding,  as  will  appear 
bereaiter.  The  finest  examples  ot  Gothic  ai oh- 
itccture  on  the  Continent  of  Europe  are,  as 
everybody  knuws,  the  work  of  tue  cJociety  ot 
Freemasyns.  This  society,  instituted  iu  what 
are  called  the  " Dark  Ages,"  had  its  origin  in 
the  renjcious  spirit  of  tne  times',  whicu  ex- 
pressed Itself  in  church  building,  as  in  another 
sge  It  uid  in  the  Criuadea.  ihe  society  was 
B^uartered  by  the  fope;  it  had  its 
biaaters  and  its  -  Grand  Masters,  and 
its  various  divisions  traveled  from 
Diace  to  place,  and  "encamped,"  or 
'•lodged"  where  an  ecclesiastical  edifice  was 
''CO  be  erected,  the  Grand  Liodges  evidently 
"being  ibe  Dcrmanent  and  central  ones.  The 
society  bad  us  trade  secrets,  as  all  trade  guilds 
had  m  those  times,  and  in  its  hands  (iutuio 
tircaitecture  reached  its  highest  stage  of  de- 
veiopmeiit.  'Ibe  Retormation  gave  a  complete 
cheuii  to  church  building,  and  consequently 
disorganized  tbe  soeieiy,  whicl  has,  however, 
survived  to  this  time,  but  with  its  original  pur- 
pose aud  objects  quite  lost  sight  of.  Many  uf 
its  secrets  weie  lost  with  the  disorganization 
»t  tue  society,  and  it  has  been  asserted  in  many 
Btauiiard  works  on  arcmtecturethat  someot  the 
urch-work  the  Freemasons  did  cannot  be  re- 
peated now;  but  Mr.  EidUtz  informs  me  that 
tuis,  e>o  lar  as  it  relates  to  tbe  present  day,  is 
an  error,  liefore,  however,  this  great  society 
cume  into  existence  and  carried  architecture 
to'so  higo  a  uegree  of  development,  the  build- 
ers of  laa  day  uad  worked  on  the  forms  tur- 
iiished  tnem  by  the  works  ot  the  Roman  arohi- 
Vbcis.  Tue  stvles  which  bave  come  down  to 
us  Irom  this  transitional  period  are  variously 
kntiwu  as  Romanesque,  Saxon,  aud  Norman. 
'I  hey  retain  the  lorms  oi  the  past,  and  uisplay 
the  gerais  of  principles  wtiicU  were  developed 
lu  a  later  age.  The  Roman  semicircular 
arch  is  a  leading  feature  in  all.  In  Romanesque 
L'Uiioiugs  in  tUe  soutn  ot  ii^urope,  wuere  tbe 
cliinaie  is  mdd,  the  roof  of  church  aud  tower  is 
luW-pitched.  Coming  north,  into  iSwitzerland, 
aud  lurcher  north  still,  the  roof  runs  up  into 
the  BQurp  gable,  and  the  tower  sboots  up  into 
tue  spire,  ihis  is  the  oest  lorm  to  afford  pro- 
teccioa  from  the  hail  and  snow  storms  commou 
lu  the  iiyrm ;  and  it  need  scarcely  ue  pointed 
out  tbat  tu  ouch  a  climate  as  ours  it  is  tne  very 
best  lorm  of  roof  which  the  ingenuity  of  mau 
cuuid  dense. 

'iue  furejioing  statements  may  be  conveni- 
ently summarized  as  follows: 

1.  A  style  ol  arcuitecture  depends  upon  the 
maauer  lu  which  the  roofing  ol  open  spaces  is 
Uoue. 

•2.  That  Greek  arcbiteotttre,  and  all  derived 
from  ii.,  depends  up*n  rooung  spaces  with  a 
horizontal  iiuiei;  or,  as  it  is  sometimes  called; 
the  post-auu-iiutel  system. 

'd.  mat  Romau  architecture,  and  all  derived 
Eru  u  it,  uwpeuds  u^ion  the  use  of  the  round  arch 
'XL  roohng. 

4.  ih  it  Gothic  architecture  is  the  system  ot 
roiuu;;  WLtu  tbo  pomCed  arob  aud  the  eable. 

0.  Auatthe  iiomauesque  forms,  being  a  con- 
aecnng  iiuk  between  Roman  and^Gotbio  archi- 
tcciui'c,  may  be  so  designed  as  to  Uarmoaiza 
Witu  f.uuei  ot  these  styles. 

Ot  the  ideas  expressed  in  the  different  forms 

of  architecture,  and  of  tbe  methods  ot  oi'na- 
_  mentation,  as  applicable  to  tke  new  Capitol 
'  buiiuing,  somcluiug  may  ke  said  at  another 

(ime. 

POST  OFFIOE  0HANQE8. 

"WASHiNGTOif,  Feb.  25. — The  following  were 
the  Pod  I  UQice  changes  datmg  the  week  ending 
Feb.  2i  1877 : 

New-England. — Postmastera  A ppointed — Stlllman 
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^.  Ai>.eiuiiin,  Hampioo,  Rnckisgham  Couoty,  N. 
U.;  i>'rBdcrieic  Laudoa,  Bristol,  Adouun  Ouuuty, 
V  .;  VVUiii»uj  W.  Wiley,  liandgruve,  Beniiiu^itou 
Countv,  Vi.;  ElUic  iielaen,  J!;,iao  Wtaateley,  Frank- 
lin Couuty,  Mast).;  Chaileb  Griswold,  Gailtord, 
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UarnliviUe,  Pruvideuc*  Coaoty,  &.  I. 

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County  J  JoQu  J.  Welcome,  Postmaster.  PosC- 
masLeia  Appointed — A  O.  Utown,  Aoscerlits,  Co- 
lamuia  Quauty;  Hairy  x>.  JSpaldiDg,  MidUlaport. 
Ifia^iara  Cunuir;  JBUaS  Kibbs,  Stratford,  fultoo 
County. 

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menc,  iiuutin;;don  County,  J.  B.  Moreland  Post- 
maaiet*'.  Pu«cma»tera  Appointed — Samaal  W".  Pear- 
tou,  Bukstuwn,  Somerset  Couuty;  Jamaa  8.  Grimes, 
Falmoutb,  Lancaster  Countyj  Sisanuel  Kankle, 
.  Monroevilla.  Allegheny  Ck>imt7 1  'Xboma*  "W.  Mor- 
ri«,  VrllUam  Peno,  Mootgomety  County i  Hile* 
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JM^arc—PoataiMtor   App^ted  -^  X/ewis  E. 


m    FOOT  IN   THE  SCHJTfl. 


THE  COTTON  MILLS  OF  ALABAMA^ 

SUPBRlOMlTY  OF  THB  MANtTFAOTtrMNQ 
FACILITIES  OF  THB  S0I7TH  OVER  TB06B 
OF  THB  NORTH — THB  BOMB  OF  CHEAP 
LABOE— WATER  POWER  VBR8U8  STEAM 
^I^  —THE  AliABAMA  COTTON  MlXXa  AND 
THBIR  CAPACITY. 

From  Our  SpeeUl  Corrtntmdtnt. 
MoKTGOMERT,  Wednesday,  Feb.  14,  1877. 
It  is  a  pfiradox  that  Soathera  countries 
are  the  best  for  nahufacturiag  industries. 
The  absurdity  of  the  statement  seens  the 
greater  fronik  the  fact  tliat  in  oar  land,  and  in 
all  others,  tho  factories  of  nearly  every  kind 
are  m  the  North.  The  North  makes ;  the  South 
buys.  This  is  the  relation  of  New-England  to 
the  United  States,  of  England  to  her  coloaies, 
and  of  the  north  of  Europe  to  tbe  south  of 
Europe,  exoeoting  a  few  special  iudostries  that 
are  limited  to  their  own  localities  by  the 
natU-  ot  the  materials  and  the  monopoly  of 
special  skill.  But  these  are  merely  relations ; 
and  relations  ohange  quickly  and  completely 
in  this  age.  The  South  may  become  the  work- 
shop of  the  world. 

Every  year  increases  competition  and 
diminishes  the  margin  of  profits  iu  industries. 
The  result  is  that  every  manufacture  is  con- 
stantly pushed  to  the- place  offering  the  great- 
est natural  advantages.  And  as  the  means  of 
transportation  improve  and  competition  grows, 
the  difficulties  of  distance  from  market,  and 
even  from  raw  materials,  are  more  and  more 
iznored  to  get  cheap  labor  aud  cheap  power. 
The  inventions  of  the  age  and  education  are 
obliterating  even  the  tundamental   diffe^nces 

of  people,  by  carrying  Northern  energy  into 
Southern  indolence.  Capital  creates  oharaoter 
and  skill.  So  the  remotest  coruer  of  the  earth 
shall  yield  its  best :  aud  tbe  dollar,  with  the 
hammer,  shall  break  the  deepest  silence,  even 
the  dolce  far  nitrite  of  tbe  orange  grove. 

Other  things  being  equal,  the  best  region  for 
an  industry  is  that  oue  where  human  life  can 
be  healthtullv  maintained  at  the  least  expense. 
It  scarcely  needs  an  argument  to  prove  the 
superiority  of  tbe  South  in  this  respect.  The 
absence  of  severe  Winters  lessens  man's  neces- 
sities and  increases  his  facilities  for  euoplying 
those  necessities.  In  regard  to  shelter,  a  house 
of  the  cheapest  kind  protects  him  where  it 
scarcely  fraezes.  Shanties  here  aro  sufficient 
for  life,  if  not  comfor;,  that  in  the  North  would 
be  absolutely  uninhabitable.  JTuel  is  burned 
here  to  cook  food,  not  to  thaw  frozen  fingers. 
A  Northern  household— especially  one  member 
of  it — Has  some  idea  how  great  an  economy 
Robinson  CrusolfSractioed  before  Friday  made 
a  tire  ;  but  a  fuller  apprcfciation  is  'gained 
where  tbe  savmg  can  be  added  up 
at  the  end  of  10  years  and  invested  at  good  in 
terest.  In  regard  to  cloihos,  and  qnotinsr  the 
same  authority,  the  economy  of  Friday  belore 
Kobmson  Crusoe  made  him  a  suit  is  an  admira- 
ble suggestion  of  thrift.  What  migat  he  not 
have  made  without  injuring  his  wardrobe. 
Here  a  workma:i  can  live  in  a  cotton  suit  three- 
fourths  of  the  year;  or  the  whole  year  with  a 
triding  addition  in  Winter.  Food  in  great  va- 
riety can  be  got  here  from  a  reasonable  garden 
with  little  work  irom  the  Ist  of  April  till 
January,  and  the  staple  articles,  corn  aad 
and  meat,  can  be  grown  as  cheaply  and  abun- 
dantly as  anywhere,  in  regard  to  health,  the 
country  varies  as  much  as  any  other,  Irom 
mianmatic  hol^  W  pine  hills  luruisbiug  tbo 
purest  water  and  baying  tbe  must  dcligottui 
as  well  as  wholesome  cliMute.  From  these, 
and  many  other  considerations,  it  seems  evi- 
dent that  the  Southern  States  are  na.urally 
the  home  of  cueap  labor. 

Cheap  power  for  machinery  is  abundant. 
From  Virginia  to  Alabama  tbo '  country  is  well 
watered  with  rivers  flowmg  from  the  Allogha- 
nies  and  the  Blue  Ridue  to  the  Atlantic.  Al- 
though some  of  these  streams  run  through  a 
country  too  level  to  give  much  fall,  the  most  of 
them  have  fine  sites  on  their  head-waters,  aud 
many  of  them,  even  m  the  centre  of  Alabama, 
Georgia,  and  the  Carohnas,*otl'er  unexception- 
able facilities  lor  water-power.  Besides  water, 
there  is  an  abundant  supply  of  good  coaL  The 
Klines  of  West  Virginia  and  Alabama  alone 
would  run  all  the  factories  tbat  will  be  needed 
for  a  century,  iron  and  otber  oiinerals  are 
equally  plenty  and  accessible  in  the  sane  re- 
gions. With  cheap  labor,  cheap  power,  and 
cheap  materials  ot  many  kiniis,  tbe  ijuath  has 
over  tbo  North  natural  advauiages  that  can 
scarcely  be  counterbalanced. 

One  of  the  most  irritating  qualities  of  degen- 
eracy 13  its  ignorance  of  iiseii.  Ihe  State  oi 
Alao^ma  has  no  othuial  or  private  stuteMent 
of  Its  cotton,  coal,  or  iron  industiy.  'Ihe  Sec- 
retary of  State  said,  in  reply  to  my  demand, 
•*  We  are  very  lax  aoout  that ;  1  don't  know  how 
you  will  find  out  unless  you  go  to  each  esiao- 
liabment."  None  ol  those  most  prominent  iu  tho 
cotton  trade  know  how  many  mills  there  are 
m  the  State,  or  even  tiuess  at  the  number  of 
spindles,  or  the  total  of  their  production.  The 
laotor.es  are  estimated  irom  7  to  15.  if,  how- 
ever, no  one  tells  vou  what  is  done,  all  tell  you 
eloquently,  even  more  tban  oan  be  done  in  this 
industry.  Yet,  in  truth,  tne  advantage'i  claimed 
over  the  North  aro  positive,  and  worthy  of 
close  examination.  The  mildnesa  of  the  climatu 
is  tarorable.  Water-power  here  is  more  eo^i- 
nom.oal  and  reliable  by  avoiding  the  damages 
OI  trenzing.  Interruptions  ot  w<<rk  arc  tewcr, 
and  repairs  are  more  easily  made.  Pipes  and 
other  water-works  seldom  need  attention.  No 
luel  is  needed  to  heat  the  tactory.  and  very 
little  IS  used  in  the  drving-ruom. 

Although  tbe  economy  aud  reliability  of 
water-power  here  give  it  more  advantages 
over  steam  tbau  oan  be  expected  lu  tbe 
North,  yet  one  is  bv  no  means  com- 
pelled to  accept  It  in  place  of  steam.  Ala- 
bama has  great  wealth  in  coal  and  great  ta- 
cilities  tor  suupljing  it  at  low  rates,  ihe  veins 
are  on  the  surtace  and  accessiole  to  even  tue 
pick-axe  and  the  tarm  wagon,  and  raiiroaus 
are  carrying  it  to  all  points  in  the  South.  Tbe 
climate  also  reducej  the  cost  of  living  to  a 
minimum,  and  secures,  as  lar  as  it  is  possible 
to  secure  a  cnaogiug  element,  the  cueapest 
labor,  in  this  regara  the  general  stagnation 
in  the  Suuch  is  serviceable.  The  operatives 
are,  pe/lbrce,  docile  and  Steady.  They  are  the 
best  ot  the  poor  wbites;  not  tbe  worthless 
class  tbat  competed  with  the  slaves  in  deirra- 
daiion,  but  tbe  sous  and  daughters  of  those 
who  strutigled  lor  a  living.  In  some  cases  the 
children  ot  farmer  planters  of  wealth  are  em- 
pioy«Hi  in  the  laotories.  Those  (has  I  have 
seeu^Iook  healthy  and  intelligent:  They  are 
considered  quite  as  competent  as  more  ex- 
pensive labor  iu  the  North.  They  run  here  tne 
sell-actiag  mule,  a  macaine  requiring  goou 
hands.  Strikes  are  unknown,  aud  probably  will 
not  occur  for  many  years  to  coaie — not  as  lout; 
as  the  people  are  as  uuambitioua  aud  easy-going 
as  they  seem  at  present.  The  laotories  run  12  in- 
stead uf  10  hours  per  day.  Another  custom  in- 
creases the  manotacturer's  proiits  ;  the  hands 
buy  thair  supplies  ot  all  kmds  from  the  tac- 
tory's  store  at  the  regular  market  prices,  aud 
thus  return  to  the  manufacturers  a  large  part 
of  their  wages. 

Besides  tbe  climate,  the  location  secures 
many  advantages  in  purckasiug  the  raw 
material.  Ihe  greatest  pruHt  is  made 
iu  buying  cotton  in  the  seed.  Tbe 
taotory  gins  it  at  less  expense  than  tbe  planter 
can  with  norse-power,  Tbe  seeds  obtained  are 
wurtb  a  protituble  price  tor  making  oiL  Tbe 
pressed  seeds  atcaiu  are  sold  as  cattle  food, 
going  even  as  far  as  i^uglaud,  or  the  whole 
seeds  are  yatuable  as  manure.  About  1,500 
pounds  ot  cot  ton  in  tho  seed  make  a  bale  of 
cotton.  (500  pounds,)  and  40  bushels  oi  seeds, 
wurth  iZ  cenis  per  bushel  at  the  oil  mills.  Cot- 
ton in  the  seed,  sold  in  bulk,  without  baliu,;, 
having  no  wrapper's  ol  any  kind,  saves  tho  pur- 
chaser about  2^  pounds  ot  sacking  and  hoops 
per  bale.  Tnis  is  a  considerable  item  tor  a 
large  establishment.  Ginned  cotton  uuoaled  is 
the  next  beat  torm  ot  tbe  raw  material. 
It  is  delivered  at  the  taotory  lu  sbeeta.  or  other 

temporary  covers,  or  elso  loosely  baled  in  two 

pieces  ef  sacking,  and  two  or  three  hoops, 
xuis  eaves  tbe  buyer  about  eight  pounds  per 
bale.  Even  baled  cotton  iu  the  market  here  is 
Gonsiderauly  cheaper  than  in   New- York.    The 

saving  on  trausporiation,  storage,  insurance, 
as  well  as  the  saving  of  sampliug,  damage,  and 

decrease  of  weight,  amount  to  about  i^lO  per 
bale.  This  economy  should  be  added  to  the 
advantages  of  buying  seed-cotton  and  unbaied 
cotton,  wheu  comparing  the  market  here  and 
in  New- York.  Ot  oourse,  a  home  market  Ke- 
quently  oders  peculiar  advantaKes  in  regard  to 
price,  terms,  aud  ohoice  that  are  not  always 
met  in  the  larger  centres  of  trade. 

The  absence  of  all  oMeial  records  makes  It 
impossible  to  give  a  valuable  estimate  of  oot- 
ton  spinning  in  Alabama.  The  only  source  of 
information  is  the  books  of  individuals  or  cor- 
porations. Tbese,  for  obvious  reasons,  are  not 
often  either  aoo«ssible  or  reliable  authorities; 
but,  in  default  ot  any  data  suflioient  for  a  gen- 
eraiizadon,  tbey  may  serve  for  an  indioataon. 
The  following  items  trom  the  books  of  an  av- 
erage factory  may  be  taken  as  they  are  given 
for  an  individual  example  of  the  elements  ef 
the  business  in  this  region. 

The  sixa  of  tbe  mill  it  100  looms ;  it  makes 
nAs  mtuDiii.  About  93,000  yards  of  Osaaborxii  (80. 


litlels  i6  tlil»  Inbli,)  and  58,000  yardk  of  shirtingi 
<44cPiokil  to  the  inch.)  Tbe  waste  is  from  12 
to  15  per  oent>  Tbe  cMt  of  labor  and  findings 
pdr-;^ar<tifl  About, OlSw  The  tdtat  cost  ot  Osna- 
Dotjis  D^jvrd,  sMhe  present  prioe  of  cotton 
is  s  iraotioti  over  8  o^nts.  The  average  of 
wages  to  all  hands  is  about  |19  per  month, 
distribnted  as  follows : 
_  Per  month. 

Lanpers |I8  00 

Spinners   (No.  8  varn)  iwo  &«ineo  iiid  fotir 

•ides 10  00 

Warper* is  00 

Spoolers 8  00  to  10  OO 

Doffars 6  00to  8  00 

BrawiDK  frame  bands.... lo  00 

£o(;list>  slubber  And  speeder 14  00 

Lowell  slubbor  and  speeder ...16  OO 

Card  stripo^rs,  on  30-moh cards... 10  00 

Lowell  ralli^oy  hands. 8  00 

Drawers-lh. 8  00 

Fireman is  00 

Superintendent 125  00 

Osnabarica,  per  cut  of  43  yards 15 

Shirtings,  per  cut  ot  53  yards 18 

Grluders,  perday 1  25 

Boiler  ouverer,  per  day i  35 

Overrisers,  per  day a  50 

Slasher,  per  day 1  50 

A  word  here  about  the  cost  of  building  a  fac- 
tory. There  are  plenty  ot  sites  unoccupied  and 
for  sale  at  nominal  prices.  Brick  costs  $4  per 
1,000  ;  lumber  trom  |l0  to  $12  at  the  mill  ;  pig- 
iron,  coke,  |17|^o  $20;' Charcoal,  |18  to  $22  ; 
nails,  13  45  per  Seg;  mechanics,  $2  50  to  83  50 
per  day  ;  common  laborers,  $13  to  $15  per 
month. 

The  lagest  cotton  factory  in  Alabama  is  that 
of  tha  'laliassee  Manufacturing  Company,  at 
'lallassee,  Elmore  County.  The  Tallapoosa 
River  tumishes  the  power  in  a  fall  of  49  feet  in 
200  yards.  The  volume  of  water  estimated  at 
the  lowest  ran,  is  computed  to  be  80,000  cubie 
feet  per  minute,  or  7,000  horse  power.  An  ex- 
perienced man  thinks  this  would  run  300.000 
spinuios.  The  bed  of  tho  nver,  ot  solid  rock, 
otters  great  tacilities  for  tbe  cheap  construction 
of  good  .darns,  aud  the  banks  afford  good  sites 
lor  buildings.  The  location  is  healthy, 
being  oa  sand  hills,  covered  with  pine, 
and  watered  with  good  springs  and 
streams.  Its  only  disadvantage  is  its  distance 
of  SIX  miles  over  a  sandy  road  from  the  VVest 
Point  and  Montgomery  llailroad.  But  this  de- 
tect oau  be  remedied,  as  tbe  grades  are  easy 
tor  bmlding  a  branch  to  the  factory.  The 
village  ot  frame  bouses  contains  ample  accom- 
modations lor  tbe  hands,  a  store,  and  hotel. 
Wood  and  supplies  are  very  cheap.  Water  is 
distriDuted  to  the  town  and  to  every  floor  of 
tue  faotory  from  a  reservoir  ot  good  capacity. 
The  company  manutaotures  nearly  everything 
needed  by  its  business  and  operatives.  It  -has 
a  foundry,  a  complete  wood-working  estab- 
lishment, grist  mill,  aud  saw  mill. 

The  number  of  operatives  is  450.  With  the  ex- 
ception of  a  few  overseers,  they  are  white 
natives  ot  the  stirrounding  hills.  They  will  not 
work  with  blacks,  so  mogroes  are  employed 
only  in  tbe  picking-house.  Tbo  wages  are 
about  the  lowest  in  the  United  States.  Four- 
8-.de  spinner*  get  trom  $8  to  $12,  two-side  spin- 
ners $4  per  muiuh.  The  average  is  about  |20 
per  month  tor  tbe  establishment. 

The  situation  is  remarkably  advantageous  in 
regard  to  tbe  raw  material.  Cotton  costs  the 
lowest  market  price,  delivered  at  the  faotory, 
ranging  irom  9  to  12V%  cents.  It  comes  un- 
baied, in  sheets,  bags,  and  other  ^  tem- 
porary _^covers.  This  makes  a  very  .  c^n- 
sideraljle  saving  to  the  company,  iiy" 
avoiding  the  weight  ef  hoops  and  sucking 
that  must  be  bou<j;bt  in  the  public  market. 
Furthermore  the  cotton  grown  about  Tallassee 
is  cultivated  by  whites,  and  is  cleaner  than  any 
other  sold  ;  the  staple  is  not  quite  so  long,  hut 
it  makes  up  into  good  common  grade.  VVith 
tbe  KOiid  crop  of  last  year  tbe  loss  ot  material 
by  manufacture  was  o»lv  9-100;  the  loss  for 
the  month  of  January  was  12-100.  The  home 
production  nearly  supplies  the_m^8.  The  com- 
pany buys  cottou  in  the  seed  and  gins  it. 
These  advantages  of  cheap  labor  and  materials 
enable  tho  Tallassee  Mills  to  manufacture 
yarns  ranging  from  3  to  20  at  a  cost  of  3*4  contSc 


tkeir  yarns,  in  warp  aud  in  bunches,  are  sold 
in  Philadelphia.  Tbe  total  production  is  2:i0,000 
pounds  ot  all  kinds  of  goods  per  month.  The 
mills  are  run  at  top  speed,  and  are  equaled  in 
productiveness  by  very  tow  in  the  United  States. 
Tne  works  ruu  Is.UOd  spindles  in  two  buildings. 
The  smaller  and  older  oue,  built  in  1840,  is 
pretty  well  ron  dowu,  bat  it  iiiakes  7O0  pouuds 
o(  rupe  per  day,  and  contains  34  looms,  mak- 
iug  gooil  Osuaburgs.  The  main  mill  is 
250  foot  long  by  60  teet  wide, 
with  an  offset  3J  by  70,  and  tlve  stories  bign. 
It  was  built  in  1857,  ot  gray  stone,  in  tbo  most 
substantial  manner.  The  drst  floor  is  devotud 
to  carding,  tue  eecomd  to  weaving,  the  third 
aud  lourtu  to  spinuing,  the  tiltu  to  warping 
mills  aud  spoolers.  Tbo  machinery  con- 
sists of  28  40-inch  curds  ot  English  make,  60  3t>- 
inch  cards  from  Wliitme's  works  in  Massachu- 
setts, 204  W'uiting  looms,  9  warping  inills,  1 
slasher,  and  spoolers.  Ine  posver,  trom  700  to 
SdJ  horses,  leobiained  Irum  two  Laffell  turbine 
wheels — one  56  inches  and  the  other  66  inches, 
with  a  tall  ot  18  teeU 

Notwiihstaudiug  the  exceptional  advantages 
of  this  tactory,  mismanagemeut  has  placed  it 
in  tbe  hands  ot  Receivers  prior  to  a  sale.  The 
company  owns  several  thousand  acres  of  land 
uoout  the  falls  and  tne  monopoly  uf  the  water- 
power. 

The  financial  condition  of  the  Alabama  fac- 
tories is  unprosperou).  All  that  1  nave  investi- 
gated are  involved,  and  those  that  run  are 
scarcely  paymg  expenses.  But  this  state  of 
thmes  18  not  nocessarily  against  the  industry. 
The  general  depression  ot  cotton  busmess  in 
all  departments  quits  justittes  the  failures  here, 
licsides  this  excuse,  tuis  part  of  the  South,  as 
tue  centre  of  the  greatest  exhaustion  by  the 
emancipation  01  the  slaves,  is  uutortuoately 
justthed  in  its  particular  deprossion.  'Ibe  mils 
LU  Georgia,  surruundcd  by  a  moce  heathy  state 
of  local  hnances  aud  governedTl^lrafter  nidi- 
vidual  management,  are  paying  good^dividcnUs 
aud  extecd^K  their  capacities.  This  encour- 
ajres  the  Alabamiaus  and  makes  them  ooahdent 
that  their  power,  location,  material,  labor,  and 
market  will  certainly  get  aud  give  their  due. 

C.  11.  F. 

ALLEGED  INRUMAyiTY  AT  SEA. 
The  San  Francisco  Coil  of  Feb.  17  prints  the 
foUowiog  almost  Incredible  story  :  "  A  horrible 
Story  of  craelty  cumes  from  tue  sea,  and  la  ttits  In- 
stance the  chief  victim  was  tbe  second  mate,  he 
who  usually  drubs  the  crew  In  tbe  foreoaatle  and  is 
made  tbe  soapegost  of  brutal  Captains.  It  was  an 
American  ship,  the  C.  O.  Whitmore,  owned  at  Bath, 
Me.,  and  she  sailed  from  Cardiff,  In  Wale*,  for  Hong 
Kong  on  the  27t:b  of  May  last.  The  Captain  was 
named  Peabooy,  and  tbe  flist  mate  John  Henry 
Suow.  Some  disgraceful  cruelties  were  practiced 
before  leaving  port,  -leading  to  a  mutiny  among  tbe 
men,  and  the  nsoal  mainteoaucB  of  authority  among 
the  British  aothoritiea.  Shortly  after  sailing, 
Jame^  EUwood,  the  second  officer,  displayed  qaati- 
ties  of  bainanily  foreign  to  his  •■periuri,  and  the 
better  traits  ot  bis  nature  lod  to  an  open  breach 
between  him  aud  Capt.  Peabody,  subjecting  bim 
to  indlKoities,  aud  evuntnally  to  ontraee  so  gross 
tbat  ii  ended  in  hi.i  death.  He  refused  to  be  brutal 
toward  the  sailors,  aud  was  disrated  aod  sent  luto 
tbe  torecaatlo,  a  Swede  named  Ciiarles  Sraflurd 
being  cummissioDed  to  his  plac*.  Tne  Captaiu  sad 
first  eflSottr  belabored  blm  with  a  belavtug  pin  for 
refuiiug  tu  be  aousive,  aod  uff  Cape  Horu  he  was 
tied  up  I'ur  hoars  logethur  aevsrai  times.  On  an- 
other occasion  he  was  inhumanly  strapped  10  the 
keel  of  a  buat  aod  expuked  to  very  aovere  wear  ber 
off  Cape  Horn  ;  aud  when  unstrapped  be  was  ironed 
and  oonfl.ied  in  tbe  luzarette,  among  tbe  old  sails, 
the  stores  and  the  rats.  £llwood  was  a  shoikinK 
sight  on  beiug  brought  on  deck.  He  waa  covered 
With  AUh  ;  his  long  beard  was  matted  with  blood, 
.which  had  floirad  from  five  holes  in  tbe  top  of  bis 
bead  ;  bis  lell  cheeic  Uoue  was  Iraotured  ;  bis  left 
eye  blind)  bis  right  eye  blackened;  bis  wrists 
were  covered  with  soros ;  tbe  lower  pare  of  his 
back  was  perforated  wi:h  an  ugly  wonaci,  and  his 
body  iras  covered  witb  bruises.  Although  a  man  of 
live  feet  seveo,  he  was  then  squetizud  into  a  box  four 
teet  *two  inubes  lung,  that  ultima  ely  proved  his 
coffin  ;  for,  thus  cramped  up,  he  w«ks  oonflaed  throe 
days  aod  nigbts  and  died.  The  burial  took  place 
at  sea,  aud,  bat  fir  the  reports  ot  the  sailors 
on  ruachiug  Hong  Xong,  notbiug  would  bave  been 
known  of  tbe  man's  lerrible  Buffering  from  the  lies 
Of  the  log.  At  Hong  Kong  Peabody,  Snow,  and- 
Staffjrd  were  arrested,  but  on  a  question  01  extradi- 
tioa  they  were  discharged,  after  a  week's  imprison- 
meni:.     The  C.  O.  Wbltmore  is   now   fa   routo   tor 

New-York,  but  neltber  Peabody  nor  bii  offlcors  are 
on  board.  JBight  of  the  witnesses  h4ve  been  for- 
warded to  ibis  port,  and  are  ia  coDflnement  at 
Aicatraz  awaiting  an  examination  wheaerer  an  op- 
portunity offers.  The  facts  ot  tbe  case  are  in  the 
possession  of  the  United  States  District  Attorney,, 
and  should  Peabody.  Snow,  and  Sraffjrd  erer  come 
within   the  Junsdiotiou  of  the  T7nited  States  they 

are  liable  to  pruseoutlon  for  murder  »t  sea." 


LfiUEaS  TO  iflE'EDiTDB, 


ItB.  GLOVER'S  CdMMtlTTEE. 

THi  CHAIBHAn  6t  THS  BZtMiJT  COMBhTTKB 
ON  HEAL  KSTATB  POOL^  hO.,  SXPLAIMS 
AND   DEPENDS   Hid   COt^RSE. 

nthfSSUor  of  Uf  Iftw-  rorit Tlmu: 

Permit  me  to  oorfeet  ihaWasbingion  dis- 
patch in  yonr  issue  of  to-day  oonoernlag  the  Beat 
Estate  Pool  Committee  and  myself.  Considering  tne 
floe  thftt  tiie  Hoase  directed  the  oommtttse  as  far 
as  pnKsticsbl6  to  ISTestigate  nearly  all  oflaotml  hais- 
coddnct  that  might  be  brought  to  tbsit  notice,  and 
ooniideriDg  the  great  amount  of  sheh  abniss  that 
have  been  brongbt  to  its  notioe,  the  nnmbet  of 
subpoenas  Issued  has  been  sinall,  and  the  expense 
of  its  entire  setion  is  very  small  Indeed.  Its  action 
has  never  aimed  at  mere  partisan  or  sensational 
effect,  but  at  discovering  the  troth,  thepttnishment 
of  wrong  doera,  and  the  oorrS^tion  of  wrongs. 
"  The  discarded  telegraphic  dispatches  "  were  not 
purchased  by  me  bat  by  the  House,  and  the 
purchase  was  made  not  In  the  hope  of  making 
"  startUng  diiooverieir"  bat  in  pursuit  of  the  proof 
of  information  in  my  possession.  Whether  start- 
ling dlsooveries  bave  been  made  the  vnh\iji/^lll  in 
due  time  be  informed.  But  the  nneaatness  in 
vanoua  quarters  which  the  parohase  of  this  ma- 
terial has  prodaced  shows  there  was  strong 
reason  for  their  examination,  which  riew  is  oon- 
firmed  by  the  testimony  given  before  the  committee 
yesterday  to  facts  indicating  an  attempt  at  burglary 
npon  them.  I  have  yet  to  learn  that  tbe  Chairman 
of  a  committee,  after  an  inquiry  has  began,  it  under 
obligation  to  wait  about  summoning  a  witness  t\ll 
bis  oollesgaes  have  been  consulted.  The  statement 
tbat  witnesses  have  been  examined  by  me  wiihont 
the  knowledge  of  my  co.leagues,  andwithoutan 
opportunity  for  cross-examination,  is  untrue.  Tbe 
pressure  of  tbe  Presidential  qnestion  has  materially 
delayed  the  oomolef  ion  of  tbe  oommlttee's  business, 
and  hence  mepibers  of  tbe  committee  have  been  de- 
puted to  take  the  testimony  of  witnesses  un- 
willing to  watt  till  the  fnll  committee 
oonld  assemble,  which  proceeding  is  in  aooordanoo 
with  long  establlabed  praodoe.  In  no  instan  oe  has 
a  witness  -boo*  discharged  without  notioe  and  op- 
portunity for  crosB-examinatioo,  to  absent  mem- 
bers. Witnesses  are  now  in  attendance  awaiting 
crosa-examlnation.  IS0  meeting  of  the  coamlttee 
has  been  held  without  notifying  atleast  a  majority 
of  tbe  members.  My  effort  basalways  t>«en  to  have 
the  meetings  of  the  coramittee  fall,  and  to  have 
both  political  parties  rebreaeoted  at  every. meeting. 
No  testimony  has  been  taken  withoat  the  consent 
of  a  majority  of  tbe  committee.  To  avoid  tbe  pub- 
lication of  scandal,  woioh  thevinstigator  of  tbe  dis- 
patch arouses  me  of  raking  no.  and  to  secure 
tho  publication  of  the  tratb  alone,  have 
been  the  ob|ect  of  taking  testimony  at  times  with 
closed  doors.  Had  1  desired  to  "rake  no  scandal," 
tbe  numerous  amount  ol  complaints  against  officials, 
whl^  has  been  laid  before  me,  and  wbich  I  have 
never  given  to  the  pnblio  becadse  I  have  not  been 
satisfied  witb  their  truib,  has  afl'orded  ample  mate- 
rial. In  this  connection  it  18  proper  to  say^tbatl 
havPi  witbm  a  few-days,  twice  ■■puressedtb^ames 
of  parties  about  whom  untavurable  tesiimohy  was 
given,  because  no  good  wonld  haye  resulted  from 
draniug  them  oat,  to  say  nothiag  of  tbe  pain  tbat 
mubt  nave  been  canaud  to  innocent  persons.  I  have 
also  caused  testimony  to  be  struck  out  where  its>, 
8tatement3  appeared  ti>  be  frivolous  aod  ua  founded! 
Tbo  statement  iu  the  dispatch  that  I  "exaraiaeoTa 
few  days  ago,  a  di^cbarged  Treasury  clerk,  who  tes- 
tified to  all  manner  ot  tbingsHn  connection  witn  the 
redemption  and  cancellation  ot  currency  ;  this 
same  witreis  was  examined  last  Sammer  by  Otover, 
but  has  donbtless  stqdied  np  his  part  more  mlly 
since  then,"  is  wholly  uiitrue.  No  aischarged 
'1  reasury  olurk  has  been  before  tbe  committee  at 
any  time,  and  the  occnronce  nartated  in  tbe  above 
extract  never  took  place.-    Wbile  It  is  true  that  tes 


f  keir  sheetings  are  sold  chiefly  in   New- York  ;..  ^Jlmony    bas    been   given  that,    If  correct,   wonld 


TBE  SEOSETa  OF  THB   OONFESSIONAL. 

The  Court  of  Cassation  at  Brussels  baa  given 

an  important  d<|M1aa  relatire  to  tbe  privileges  of 
priests  in  what  is  called  "  professional  secrecy." 
The  Aobd  Wautelet  had  received  from  a  member 
of  his  congregation  the  confidential  declaration  that 
that  be  was  aboat  to  fight  a  duel.  The  priest  gave 
information  to  the  Police,  who  took  the  proper  steps 
to  prevent  the  meeting;  bat  the  AbhO,  on  being 
called  to  give  evidence  before  the  examinlngjMcis- 
trate,  declined  to  do  so  on  tbe  ground  of  hissEered 
lunotioDS.  He  was  fined  90  franea,  and,  be  having 
appealed  against  that  jadgment,  t^o  court  has  now 
confirmed  that  sentence,  ruling  that  all  oitlsens  are 
bonnd  to  eaUghten  Jostioe,  and  that  the  priest  can- 
not claim  the  benefit  of  aruole  458  of  tbe  Penal  Code 
of  1S69L  naleaa  he  has  received  the  oommuuioatioa 
In  confession;  ontside  ot  Ui»t  limit  he  cannot  olaiia 
^"  asofOaaional  •OOMO*-'^ 


be  Injuriuns  to  Uen.  Garfield,  it  has  been 
t»ken  in  secret  session  for  tbe  express 
purpose  of  preventing  the  publication  of 
unfounded  scandal,  and  of  giving  Gen.  Garfield, 
sbould  It  appear  necessary,  an  opportunity  to  be 
beard  before  pablioatiuu  is  decided  upon.  Yet  of 
this  can;iun  tbe  same  writer  who  charges  me  of 
"  scandui-mungering"  eomplains.  The  statement 
that  Malhew  Kichardson  is  a  discharged  Treasury 
clerk  is  an  error.  Mr.  Kiobardson  prodaced  lo  the 
committee  the  Aettcg  Secretary's  acceptance  of  his 
reaiguation.  But  were  he  a  disobarited  clerk,  this 
wonld  not  materially  affect  tbe  valoo  of  bis  tetti. 
mony,  as  from  ^lersons  connected  with  tbe  Treai- 
sury  Department  very  little  information  of  its  great 
corrupuon  and  misinauagement  can  be  obtained. 
HiscoRcagaea  still  iu  the  Treasury  Deoartmeut  who 
were  on  tho  Counting  Committee  with  bim,  testified 
•troiigiy  to  his  efficiency,  latelligenQ|e^aDd  entire 
trasiwortbluess.  The  sender  of  (be  jiispatoh  sees 
fit  to  characiertzfl  tbe  Octs  given  by  Mr.  Kicoard- 
son  (wbo  deaervds  mncli  credit  for  his  ourse  in 
the  matter)  an  "  irapossible  irregularities,''  but  bow 
he,  whe  whs  not  present  or  partaking  in  these  ast- 
terSr  comes  to  know  so  maoh  more  about  them  tbau 
Mr.  Kichardson,  the  Chairman  of  tne  committee  hav- 
log  tbem  in  charge,  I  am  not  advised.  When  tbe  re- 
port of  my  oommitlee  is  presented,  wnlon  in  a  fovr 
davs  It,  will  be.  the  action  uf  this  committee  will 
need  no  vindication.  J.  M.  GLOVER, 

Chairutan  of  tbe  ISeleot  Committee  on  Real  Estate 
Pool,  Jay  Cooke  it  Co.'a  indebtedness,  and  Offi- 
cial Misconduct.  =. 


Be  adbepted  as  good;  In  the  number  jtut  laitled  I 
was  pozEled  with  in  article  by  Mr.  i^erkihs,  ot  tb« 
JBoston  Pablio  Library,  parporting  to  give  a  list  of 
the  "  Best  Hondred  Novels."  Among  the  lot — and 
the  seleetion  is,  In  my  humble  estimation,  a  very 
defectlvft  one — I  Was  astonished  to  find  The  Pit- 
ffrim't  Frogrui  I  This  Is  followed  by  Swift's  Tal» 
of  a  Tub  I  It  is  true,  the  learned  writer  confesses 
that  be  has  never  read  the  latter  work  ;  bence  bis 
igoorance  of  its  true  character.  Oat  of  14  of  Scott's 
novell,  ire  iholtided  three  of  the  least  attractive. 
EX-JOTTRNALIST. 

I  THE  VACANT  JUSTICESHIP. 

THB  PBOPBIETY  OF  HAVING  DIFFE8ENT  SEC- 
TIONS BBPBBSBNTED  ON  THB  SUPREME 
BE»CB— SAMUEL  F.  PHILLIPS,  OP  NORTH 
CAROLINA,  A  PIT  BUCCB8SOB  TO  JUSTICE 
DAVId. 

Totlit  Editor  of  the  Ifew-Torlk  Ttmei  : 

I  have  seen  in  several  journals  some  discus- 
sion as  to  wbo  should  be  the  snccessor  of  Mr.  Jos- 
tioe Davis  upon  the  bench  of  the  Sapreme  Court. 
Tbe  reasons  which  have  been  given  in  favor  of  the 
claims  and  merits  ot  different  Indivldaals  have,  In 
tbe  main,  been  of  tbe  ordisary  character  of  politL 
oal  advertising.  Some  good  suggestions  have  been 
made,  however.  One  of  the  best  is  that  of  a  lead- 
ing New-England  Journal,  to  the  effect  tbat  there  is 
no  man  living  in  the  nation  of  such  snpereminenoe 
of  mind,  cnltnrn,  or  charaeter  as  to  be  singled  out 
among  his  40,000,000  of  fellow-citizens  by  tbe  dager 
of  public  approval  as  pre-eminently  fitted  for  the 
place.  There  are  hundreds,  perhaps  thousands,  of 
men  in  the  coimtry  wbo  would  fill  the  place  with 
honor  and  faithfulness,  and  to  tbe  entire  satisfao- 
tion  of  the  country.  A  Mobile  paper  bas  an  able 
article  on  tbe  clal«E'..4,whlch  tbe  South  has, 
that  tbe  vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  one  ot  her 
citizens.  There  is  mnoh  force  in  this  suggestion. 
Of  course,  there  is  nothing  compelling  ati  eq^ual  dis- 
tnbation  of  the  Judges  among  all  the  States  or 
sections  of  the  Union,  and  it  is  well  tbat  there  is 
not;  but  there  is  a  sort  of  impression  in  tho  minds 
of  all  that  it  is  only  fair  that  location  should  bs 
considered,  and,  as  between  persons  of  equal  merit, 
be  decisive  in  favor  of  one  or  the  other.  The  pres  • 
ent  local  distribution  of  tbe  Justices  is  peonhar. 
Tbe  extreme  North-asst  has  Cliffard;  the  Middle 
States  have  Hunt,  BraAsy,  and  Strong;  the  Chief 
Justice  and  Justice  Swayne  are  from  Ohio;  tbe 
Korth-west  baa  Miller  from  Iowa,  and  the  Pacific 
slope  has  Field  of  California. 

It  bas  been  contended  tbat  a  sort  of  represeota- 
tion  of  different  sections  npon  the  court  is  eminent  • 
ly  desirable,  in  order  tbat  tbe  customs,  habits  of 
thoaght,  and  all  thosulncal  peculiarities  which  enter 
Into  and  give  an  nnconsciua^  flavor  to  the  law 
of  every  people,  may  be  fully  apprehend- 
ed and  appreciatfjd  by  the  tribunal  wbich 
has  nltimfitely  to  pass  npon  tbe  rights  of 
tbe  citizens.  Whether  this  be  a  valid  plea 
ornot,  it  is  undeniable  that  it  bas  often  controlled 
in  a  great  measure  the  appointment  ot  Judges,  and 
that  tbe  speoial  knowledge  derivable  only  trsm  con- 
ttnneo  familiar  lutercourso  with  the  psoole  of  a 
'section  bas  often  been  of  loflaite  service  to  the 
court.  Mi>  Justice  Field's  knowledge  of  Spanish 
titles,  and  Justice  Davis'  familiarity  with  Govern- 
ment lands,  are  instances  of  this.  The  same  is  said 
to  have  been  eminently  true  of  the  nautical  expsri- 
ence  und  knowledge  of  a  late  member  of  tho  court. 
The  South  is  by  far  more  anomalous,  when  com- 
pared with  the  rest  of  tbe  nation,  tban  any  of  the 
regions  from  which  tbe  present  Judges  come.  It  is 
idiosyncrasic  In  custom,  law,  and  habit  of  thought 
to  a  degree  wbich  even  California  cannot  rival.  It 
was  not  without  reason  that  the  South,  before  the 
war,  cl&imed  a  distinct  and  peculiar  civilization. 
Instead  of  this  dissimilarity  having  been  remnred 
or  reduced  by  the  results  of  the  war,  it  has,  if  pos- 
sible, been  enhanced  by  tha  f<tet  of  emancipation, 
and  the  swiftly  following  enfranchisement  ot  the 
recently  subject  race. 

There  is  every  possible  reason,  then,  for  saying 
that  the  place  soon  to   be   vacated  by  Judge  Davis 
should  bo  tilled  by  a  Southern  mau,  if  there   can   be 
found  one  possessing  the  neceisary  quiiificatioDs, 
and  whose  fitness  for  the   position   would,  npon   a 
careful  scrutiny  of  his  life,    bo   recognized  and  ad- 
mitted by  all.     To  do  this  ha  must  combine  t  he  fol- 
lowiug  prerequisites :  First,   he  must  be  a  man   of 
middle  age,   uf  eraioence  in   bis   profession,  and    of 
undoubted  purity  of  character  ;   second,  his  life  pre- 
vious to  and  daring  tbe  rebellion  must  bave  been 
snch  as  to  inspire  the  whole  conntry   with  conft- 
dcBce  tu  his   unswerving  fi  lelity    to    the   Union; 
third,  his  course  subS'  quent  to  tbe  war   must  bave 


,  CITY    BALARIES. 

To  the  Editor  of  tht  New-  Tort  Ttmei  ; 

Tou  have  justly  called  attention  to  the  sala- 
ries paid  to  csrtain  officials  of^the  ^ty  Government, 
and  recommended  that  they  be-Snt-down  to  the 
real  valae  of  tbe  services  rendered.  This  Is  all  very 
well  so  far  as  it  goes,  bnt  it  does  not  tonoh  the  root 
of  tbe  disease.  I  am  a  City  official,  and  I  Know 
whereof  I  speak.  There  is  usually  one  or  two 
employes  In  eaob  office  who  hold  their  positions,  not 
because  tbey  have  an  Alderman  or  watd  politloUn 
at  their  back,  bot  because  tbey  are  capable  and 
the  work  of  the  office  oonld  not  go  on  without  them. 
They  do  their  own  work  aad  that  of  every  one  else  i  n 
tbofilce.  These  men  are  capable  men.  and  could  get 
pofiaaaent  positions  elsewhere  if  turned  out.  The 
position  t^ey  bold  (and  ibis  is  the  real  cause  of  the 
evil)  ia  •^.very  nncertaln  one.  They  ore  liable  not 
only  on  a  change  of  politics  bnt  on  the  appointment 
of  every  new  Commissioner  to  be  turned  out.  Oan 
you  expect  such  men  to  work  in  such 
a  place  for  the  same  salary  that  tbey  would 
in  one  that  secured  to  them  "  during 
life  or  good  behavior."  If  yon  reduce  their  salaries 
to  a  level  with  what  tbey  oan  obtain  In  permanent 
poilpons,  they  will  all  gradually  drop  oni,  and 
leave  none  in  office  except  tho  appointees  of  the  pol- 
iticians. The  latter  ^nd  ot'  our  City  Government 
will  tnen  be  worse  tban  tbe  first 
JU.VOU  really  w^ant  ut  reduce  the  expenses  of  tbe 
OKy  inthe  matter  of  salaries,  you  will  advocate  the 
appointment  of  all  clerks.  Sec,  by  pnblio  oxamina- 
tion,  open  to  all  competitors  wbo  oan  produce  evi- 
dence of  their  ciuaensbip  and  good  character, 
and  conducted  in  some  manner  to  insure 
fair  dealing,  and  then  to  make  tbe 
positions  for  life  during  good  behavior,  or  so  lang  as 
the  branch  of  the  service  they  are  in  is  continued. 
You  will  (hen  gel  good  men  willing  to  work  for  a 
reasonable  salary,  and  yon  won't  need  to  employ 
one  quarter  the  number  which  now  encumber  tbe 
pay-rolls  of  the  City. 

A  CITY  OFFICEHOLDER. 
New-York,  Saturday,  Fob.  24,  13T7. 


MR.    CHOMBL'S  BOAT. 
To  the  Editor  of  tht  JVew-  Fork  Tlmei: 

Without  finding  fault  with  the  witty  article 
In  your  editionof  to-day,  under  the  head  "  Anxlllary 
Fat  Men,"  and  purporting  to  give  a  description  of 
my  boat,  I  will  feel  it  an  act  of  Justice  if  you  allow 
me  to  state  tbat  tbe  writer  has  not  seen  the  work- 
ing model,  for  be  would  then  bave  seen  that  none  of 
bts  pioposilions  were  ever  entertained  by  me. 
The  maobinery  wbiob  be  describes  would  never 
propel  a  boat,  Tbe  speed  wbich  ho  supposes 
will  never  be  attained  ;  neither  will  the  dead  July 
ealm.  reduce  it  to  a  complete  a'andstill.  Tbe  prop- 
osition to  utilize  tbe  uuexpended  energy  of  fat  men 
woald  also  bave  appeared  to  him  ridiuaions  if  he 
hud  seen  the  plan  by  which  the  necessary  exeroHe 
ot  cattle  la  made  to  impart  motion  when  in  a  oalm.  I 
muotsabmit  to  allkmds  of  criticism,  scientific,  prac- 
tical, skeptioai,  intefasted,  or  witty,  but  Justice  re- 
quires thai  it  should  be  fair.        J.  A.  CHOMEL. 

SArUKBAT,  Feo.  24,  187T. 


A    PUBLIC    MEBTINO  DEMANDED. 

To  the  Editor  Qf  the  If ew-Tork  Timui 

Tour  article  of  to-day  (Feb.  24)  snggesting 
the  '■  IntarpasiUon  of  the  popular  will"  for  tho  pur- 
pose of  securing  tho  completion  of  the  Prealdential 
count  before  tbe  4th  of  March.  Is  emlnsntly  perti- 
nent  ^TEToumost  trsthtally  aay  t 

"  The  baiinesa  elasoes  of  the  largs  oitlei  prayed 
for  tbe  enactment  of  the  bill  oroadng  tho  Commla- 
don  ;  now  let  tbem  tell  Congress  chat  tbe  d»oi»lon 
of  the  CommissioQ  snail  be  respected.  There  is  no 
time  to  be  lost.  Witbin  a  week  the  election  must  be 
perfected  or  tbe  Country  will  be  on  the  verge  of 
political  chaos.  An  expression  of  public  opinion  is 
needed  to  bring  tbe  conspirators  to  their  senses,  and 
to  be  df  any  avail  it  must  be  Immediate  and  om- 
phadc." 

Now  let  there  be  in  thisj^tty  •  great  meeting  of 
the  people,  irrespeetive.of  party,  who  shall  tell' 
tbeir  servants  in  Congross  that  they  are  in  no  tem- 
per t«£tand.«py^fartber  delay  on  this  snbjeot. 

'         *  G.  \^.  C. 

New-Yobk,  Saturday,  Feb.  84, 1877. 


FicmoN  bxtra6sdinart. 

T0thtSMtortifth»l^^w.TorkTtiu»!  ^ 

Any  sdviee  given  In  the  Ameriocm  LQtrmrjf- 
Jburttoi,  with  zeferonoe  to  the  formallen  of  a  small 
vabiio  oc  aidMiottettoa  oiroutatluK  Uuaar^ooadit  •;toJLjiavo  two  atm* 


been  in  harmony  wiin  the  principles  reiultmg 
from  tbe  struggle,  in  ordei  that  (he  country  may 
leel  tbat  tbe  fruits  uf  victoty  may  nut  bu  endan- 
gered by  the  action  of  the  tribunal  of  which  he 
shall  be  apart. 

Such  a  man  in  every  respect  Is  Samuel  F.  Phil- 
lips, of  North  Caroliua,  the  present  Solicitor  Geu- 
eral  of  the  Unitsd  States.  An  eame<>t,  (luiet,  con- 
■•ieutious  lawyer,  who  was  easily  first  ot'  toe  pro- 
fession in  bis  ovrn  State,  who  had  Just  declined  an 
appointment  as  Jndgo  of  its  highest  court,  he  was 
burpriaed  beyond  measare  when  be  received  a  tele- 
gram from  the  President  asking  if  be  would  accept 
tne  position  made  vacant  by  thoresiguaiion  of  Mr. 
Btistow.  Though  a  well-known  Keoublicau — oue 
of  tbe  tew  prominent  mea  tliT  the  South  who  becarao 
Bucb  Irom  earnest  and  sincere  couvicliou,  withunt 
tbe  hope  or  desire  of  office  or  reward— bis  muntisly 
was-such  tbat  he  had  never  aspired  toahyof  the 
oosiciuns  which  his  merits  and  prominence  entitled 
him  to  claim.  It  is  said  that  his  extraordiuary 
legal  attainments  bad  attracted  tbe  atteutiou  ot 
Mr.  Brlstow,  who  recommeudea  him  as  his  succex- 
eor.  Tbe  writer  knows  it  to  hare  been  without  tne 
knowledge  or  solicitation  of  Mr.  Pbillip*. 

Before  and  during  the  war  Mr.  Phillips  was  one  of 
tbe  leaiers  of  tbe  Union  men  of  bis  State.  Uuiike 
most  vthers  of  that  class,  bis  convictions  wore  too 
strung  to  yield  even  when  the  Confederacy  became 
an  accomplished  fact  and  its  success  seemed  prob- 
able, Ue  retired  from  public  lite  and  only  came 
forth  from  bis  seclusion  after  tbe  close  of  tbe  war 
to  declare  bis  earnest  adhesion  to  the  principle'4  un- 
derlying tne  recunstrKction  acs.  While  always  a 
man  of  decided  convictions,  be  bas  never  been  waat 
might  be  termed  a  partisan.  Of  strictly'temperaio 
life  and  studiously  devoted  to  his  profession,  he  is 
oue  whom  the  Bar  of  tbe  conntry  would  always 
honor  anl  respect.  As  a  leader,  he  has  been  in  bis 
own  State  more  nearly  the  connterpart  of  Chief 
Justice  WaitQ-m  Ohio  than  any  other  public  man — 
known  and  respected  as  a  leading  Kepublicao,  ret 
not  regarded  as  an  active  politician.  In  his  present 
position  he  has  won  golden  opluions  trom  ail  who 
have  bad  anv  bnsineas  relatione  with  him  by  steadv, 
honest,  mauly  work,  never  alighting  what  be  has 
been  culled  upon  to  do,  nor  becoming  careless  in 
following  tbe  routine  of  his  office. 

Ii  is  evident  from  the  kindly  ealoglnms  which 
tbe  court  have  tiequently  parsed  upon  bim  tbat 
there  is  no  one  tbey  would  more  gladly  welcome  to 
a  seat  with  tbemselves,  and  when  Mr.  Ilayes  shall 
become  tbo  Caief  Executive  be  can  iu  no  way  do 
nimseif  greater  houur  tbau  by  nominating  tu  the 
vaoant  Justiceship  this  thoroughly  liberal  son  of 
the  tioatn,  the  leamud,  laborious,  and  capable  Soli- 
citor General.  That  the  South  has  a  right  to  piefer- 
ence  when  she  oan  pat  forth  a  man  of  such  merit 
as  Mr.  Phillips  no  fair-minded  Republican  can  deuy. 
It  is  uufortuuately  true  tbat  the  Repuulioan  P,irty 
of  the  South  bas  few  men  who  aould  be  nroper 
candidates  for  snch  preferment.  Pernaps  tbe 
whole  South  eonld  not  furnish  another  mau  com* 
biniug  the  ueoussary  requisites.  If  the  R.pnblioau 
Party  desires  to  leave  no  reasonable  axouse  for  a 
■•  solid  South  "  hareafter,  it  will  do  well  to  consider 
the  claim  of  these  Stages  to  a  representation  on  tbe 
Supreme  Bench,  and  of  such  muu  as  Mr.  PiuUips  to 
reiiresent  that  seoiion.  11.  K.  G. 

Kalkigb,  Monday,  Feb.  19.  1877. 


PRUSSIAN  ARMT  OFFICERS. 

The  Prussian  Army  list  for  the  present  year 
shows  that  tbe  nobility  and  bourgeoisie  of  the 
cotmtry  are  represented  in  almost  fM}mal  proportions 
among  the  officers,  without  distinction  ot  rank,  but 
not  among  the  general  and  field  officers,  for  out  of 
1,634  of  the  latter  there  are  only  553.  not  noble.  AU 
the  53  G-enerals,  all  but  one  of  tbe  ti9  Lieutenant 
Generals,  and  all  but  30  of  tbe  152  Generals  of 
brigade,  are  noble.  All  the  commanders  uf  army 
corps  and  Generals  of  tUvision  belong  to  tbe  no 
bility,  wbile  of  the  95  Major  Generals  in  command 
or'  brigades  13  ate  commoners.  Among  tne 
S36  Colonels,  Lieutenant  Colonsls,  and  Majors  in 
command  of  regiments,  there  are  45  commoners; 
and  amoDg  the  LOSS  Lieutenant  Colonels  aud  Ma- 
jors  not    in   onmmand    of  i^'.;imeui8    there   are  466 

commoners.  In  the  cavalry,  which  is  the  branch  of 
the  uervice  most  favored  by  tbe  aristocracy,  the 
disproporcion  Is  much  more  marked,  tor  ot  tbe  330 
general  and  field  officera  only  48  are  not  noble, 
wbile  In  tbe  artillery  there  are  177  fleld-officers  be- 
longing to  the  boargeoisie  out  of  a  total  ol  237.  As 
a  rule,  tbe  commoner  element  previdla  in  toe  artil- 
lery and  engineers.    Tne  army  list  also  shows  that 

the  guard,  both  cavalry  and  infantry,  is  a  very  "  ex- 
clusive "  corps;  for  oat  of  100  field- offioers  only, 
oue  liieuteoftnt  Colonel  and  four  Majors  belong  to 
the  bourgeoisie. 


SOW  0OV.  jxaTeh  sated  his  aru. 
The  SprmgfleW  (Ohio)  Bepnblic  of  the  22d 
init.  says  :  '*  Gov.  Hayes  was  woimded  in  the  arm 
at  South  Mountain.  The  snrgeooa  said  it  must 
oome  off  and  proceeded  to  make  all  necessary  prep- 
arations for  amputation.  The-General  was  at  Mid- 
dletown,  Md.,  at  the  residence  oJTa  gentleman 
well-known  here,  and  this  gentleman  bogged  him 
to  allow  hia  family  physician— Dr.  Bare,  of  Middle- 
tpwn — also  well-known  bere^to  take  charge  of  him. 
Be  coiiseoted,  and  although  the  Army  surgeons 
'were  displeased,  tbe  Doctor  assumed  the  oara  of  the 
General  and  managed  the  case  so  skilUnlly  tbat 
amputatioa  was  rendered  nnoeeossary.  '  This  ac- 
ooonts  for  the  fr»^ih*»ctlie  next  PcMlde&t  will 


TfiE  PARIS  EXHIBITION. 


FESFASINa  FOB  THE  JNTEBNATIOl^ 

AL  DISPLAY  OF  187& 
THB      NEW     PALACE     OP     INDUSTRY     NOW 
BtTILDINO   ON  THE    SEINE — ^2,000  I.ABOB- 

BR8  AT  WORK— BBAUTIPTINCI  THE  PAIS" 
EST  CITT  OF  THE  EABns — GENEBAL 
DISPOSITION  OP  THE  NEW  BUILDING — 
THE  TOTAL  COST— A  LARGE  SUM  SET 
APABT  FOR  PBIZB6. 

From  tke  London  Niws. 

"  It  is  all  to  beguile  the  proletary,"  observed 
a  philosopher  on  tha  top  of  a  Passy  omnibus,  as  he 
looked  compassionately  through  the  smoke  of  a 
short  pipe  at  the  new  Palace  of  Industry,  now 
building  on  the  banks  of  the  Seine.  "  Those  de- 
ceivers at  Ver.'iallles  call  the  high  Jinks  we  are 
to  have  next  year  another  'labor  assizes,'  because 
we  are  always  ready  to  pay  for  floe  words  1  but  it 
would  be  truer  to  describe  tbem  as  the  latest  sophis- 
tries in  nse  to  cozen  the  working  man  out  of  his 
political  prmciples."  "When  the  speaker  had  de- 
liberately ofif;.'red  these  sentiments  for  the  general 
admiration  of  his  traveling  companions  he  sighed 
in  the  cozy,  self-comforting  way  of  a  man  with  a  ro- 
bust appetite,  wbo  is  fond  of  good  eating,  and  bas 
enough  of  it ;  then  h©  indulgently  filled  himself 
another  plpetnl  of  Government  tobacco,  and  evi. 
dently  considered  that  fie  bad  legitimately  earned  a 
reputation  for  wisdom. 

"  What  is  a  proletary  ?"  Inquired  a  stolid  person 
in  a  smokiog-oap  and  carpet  slippers,  who  had  not 
had  time  to  dress  himself  that  day,  owing  to  a 
Hudd-n  pressure  of  bnsinesR  in  the  export  doll  trade, 
and  who  had  bnrried  off  from  his  shop  in  the 
Passage  des  Panoramas  to  scold  some  of  his 
suburban  work-people  into  punotnality.  The 
philosopher  smiled  darkly.  He  wa«  a  kind, 
thoughtlnl-looking  man,  with  an  extremely  dirty 
face  ard  a  confused  intellect,  bat  he  bad  all  a 
Frenchman's  love  of  Latin  and  analysis.  "A  prole- 
tary," ho  said,  reading  slyly  from  a  leading  article 
In  tbe  Tribune,  the  newest  of  the  discontented 
papers,  "the  proletary  is  a  citizen  who  by 
reason  of  his  oppressed  condition  is  considered  by 
the  fise  as  no  better  than  a  machine  for  paying 
taxes  and  begetting  children,  wbo,  in  their  tur.i,' 
will  pay  taxes  after  him.  I  am  a  proletary,"  added 
the  philosopher  with  the  air  of  an  orator  who  has 
said  something  tremendonsly  impressive  and  ex- 
pects anplaase.  A  murmur  of  appr  obation  indeed 
rewarded  this  outburst  ot  eloquence,  for  people  are. 
generally  readv  to  praise  language  whic'a  tbey  do 
nut  understand,  and  therefore  I  was  not  at  all  sur- 
prised when  the  philosopher  abruptly  put  a  tag  to 
bis  discourse,  and  exclaimed  "  Tenez!  those  are 
proletaries." 

Possibly  he  spoke  truly.  Two  thonsand  laborers, 
busy  as  anrs,  weie  employed  in  giving  shape  and 
beauty  to  tbe  latest  marvel  of  architecture.  It  was 
toward  noon  of  a  mild  February  day,  when  every- 
thing could  be  seen  without  fatigue  to  the  eyes  in 
the  still  gray  atmosphere.  Here  a  dozen  stout  fel- 
lows were  sloucbing  off  to  breakfa^at  together  ou 
trfjtieil  beef  and  onion  soup,  eaco  carrying  his  own 
bread  uuder  hie  arm.  There,  amid  a  quantity  ot 
rough  beams  and  planks,  were  a  sturdy  family 
of  carpenters — a  father  and  two  stout  sons. 
Xhe  mother,  a  grown-up  daughrer.  aud 
cliin  aboat 
they  had 


golltical  opinions  or  not  It  may.  bo  difBonlt  to  ami' 
at  most  things  are  possible  hon  below  1  uQ 
Pmnrh  people  in  modem  times,  oopeetaUy  ^U 
commercially  minded,  do  not  otton  toko  a  hasywiAJ 


of  their  own  Interests. 


I 


THB  IBEASUBE8  OF  HTCBNJE. 

♦ 

NE'W.t  DI8COVEBIE8     MADE     BT     THB     Sl» 

TINGUISHED  AMEBIOAK  CXTIZKN. 

From  tha  Itortdon  Timet. 

Dr.  Schliemann,  writing  under  date  AtbenB 

Feb.  1.    reports  to   us   some  new   disooverlea   at 

Mycenae.     He  saysi  **  My  engineet,-Lleut  Vaailioa 

Drosinos,  of  Nauplis^  having  returned  on  Sunday,^ 

theSIst  of  January  to  Mycena,  hi  company  of* 

painter  who  bad  to  make  for  me  a  painting   of  tho 

five  aepulchres,  he  |  Drosinos]  in  verifying  tho  plans 

he  bad  made  for  me,  thought  be  reoognisedd  ii» 

mediately  outside  the  sonthem  part  of  the  donblo 

Earallel  row  of  large  slanting  slabs,  another  tomtt, 
ordered  to  the  north  by  the  cyclopean  wall  whiob 
supports  Ihe  said  double  row,  to  the  west  by  th« 
large  cyclopean  house  so  often  mentioned  In  my 
letters  to  the  Timet,  and  to  the  east  by  the  natural 
rocK,  wbich  is  here  only  three  feet  high  and  verti- 
cally ouL  I  had  exoaysted  this  place  to  a  depth  of 
26  feet  without  notioeing  that  there  was  a  tomb, 
because  its  north  side  is  cut  nardly  one  foot  daep 
into  tbe  rock,  and  on  tbe  soath  and  west  sides  It  is 
not  rock-eat  at  all.  But  snce  my  departure  from 
Myceoas  the  heavy  rains  had  brought  to  ligbt  ths 
euge  01  tbe  roci-cut  north  side,  and  my  engineer, 
baviug  noticed  this,  at  once  suspected  Tnat  another 
sepulchre  was  hidden  there. 

The  first  blow  of  th^  pickaxe  brotight  to  light  the 
botto^  of  the  tomb,  for  tbe  Depth  of  rubbish  left  in 
it  did  Dote>:ceed  eight  inches.  With  tbe  second 
blow  a  ifolden  vessel  camo  to  light,  and  in  less  than 
hall  an  hour  the  following  objects  were  gattanted  t 
Firit,  four  large  golden  goblets  with  two-bandies— 
the  one  being  seven  and  two-tenth  inches,  tho 
other  six  aod  four-tenth  inches  in  height ;  each  of 
the  pigut  bandies  is  ornamented  with  a  dog's  bead; 
Ibe  toar  goblets  probably  weigh  about  four  pounds ; 
second,  a  small  golden  vessel  only  two  inches  high: 
third,  a  gulden  sesUng-nng  of  tne  same  form  and 
size  as  tbose  I  have  discovered  in  the  fourth  sepul- 
chre J  the  seal  represents  in  magnificent  intaglio  tha 
following  objects  :  Xo  the  left  trom  the  spectator  ia 
a  palm  tree,  nuder  wbich  is  sitting  a  splendidly 
cressou  woman,  stretcbmg  oat  her  left  hand,  and 
holding  her  rigbt  on  the  knees.  Biforo  her 
stands  another  woman,  who  extends  botb 
bauds  toward  her.  Bobind  the  standing  woman 
stand  two  mnch  taller  women  in  magnificent  ^ 
dresses,  of  whom  tbe  one  ofiera  three  poppies  t« 
tbe  seated  woman  ;  the  other,  tail  woman  bold< 
similar  poppios  m  hf-r  hand.  Beyond  the  two  tall 
women  stands  another  womsn,  and  a  sixth  woman 
stands  behind  the  palm  tree,  and  extends  both  bauds 
toward  the  sitting  woman.  J  ast  above  tbe  seatetJ 
woman  and  tbe  tall  woman  wbo  offers  her  the  pop- 
pies is  kome  curious  emblem,  resemuiing  the  double 
shield  of  the  warriors  on  one  of  the  gold  rings  of 
tbe  fourth  tomo.  To  tbe  right  of  the  palm  tree  ap- 
pe.<rs  Ihe  sea,  from  which  rises  the  sun  in  fidl 
splendor,  the  rays  being  repreaeDted  with  mfiniio 
art.  IN'ear  the  sunrises  the  crescent  of  tbe  moon. ' 
On  seoine  this  marvelous  ring  we  involuntarily  ex- 
ciaiioed,  "This  ring  must  hare  been  seen  by  our 
friend  HomT  before  be  described  all  the  wonders 
which  Hepbasstoi  wrought  on  Achillea'  sbield, 
winch  the  £ai'l  of  Derby  beautUully  translated  by— 
"  Thereon  were  ^ured  earth,  and  sky,  and  sea. 
The  ever-circliug  sua.  and  full-orbed  moun, 
Aud  all  the  slans  tuatcrutru  tUe  vault  of  hesTeoj 
hleiaos  and  Hyads,  andUrion's  ralsht. 
And  Arui  s,  ca.iod  the  Waiu  wbo  wheels  on  high 
His  circjlug  course,  and  on  Oriou  waits: 
Sole  star  tbat  uerer  bathes  in  the  ocean  wwe." 
4.  Another  golden  ring  ol  the  eame  shape,  biB 
smaller;  it  bas  appareaily  been  much  useti.  and  01 
the  six  objects  which  are  engraved  on  tbe  seal, 
only  three  cow-heads  can  be  distinctly  seen ;  the 
three  objects    cannot    be    distingmsbed. 


-■  ,  other    three  objects    cannot    be    distingmsbed.     5. 

5  years    old,  had  joined    tbem,  and  \  ■pi\o  golden  riugs  without  seals.    6.  A  similar  one 
picnic  on   the  works,  with  a  fire  of     of  silver.    7.  A  small  irolden  wire,  on  which  sits  a 


sticks  to  make  tneir  cofi^ee  in  the  midst  of  them  ; 
^hile  a  solitary  misanthrope  in  a  wheelbarrow,  a 
little  further  i>f£  morosely  ate  a  chunk  of  bread  and 
a  saveloy  upon  his  thumb.  It  was  evident:,  not- 
withstanding the  temporary  lull  in  knocking  and 
hammering  brought  about  by  breakfast  time,  the 
works  were  progressing  so  satisfiictorily  that  no 
delay  need  be  anticipated  in  their  completion.  For 
instance,  all  tbe  glass  of  tbe  central  pare  of  the  pal- 
ace in  the  Champ  de  Mars  will  ba  delivered  readv 
for  fixing  as  early  as  the  Ist  of  nest  May,  and  AI. 
Langloi?.,  the  contractor,  is  boand  under  a  penalty 
of  2,000  irancs  daily  to  keep  time.  In_ short,  no  hitch 
of  aii.T  consequence,  no  strikes  among  workman,  no 
backwardness  or  cantankeruusnesd  on  the  part  of 
a:iyoody  concerned,  ba^  iurerferod  with  the  steady 
course  ot  this  grand  international  business  ftota 
its  commencement  un  to  the  present  moment.  Not 
only  will  the  Paris  Exhibition  of  1878  be  a  baautiful 
ana  commodious  building,  surrounded  by  fouutaius 
and  garduQS  of  a  loveliness  jet  unknown  to  the 
most  experienced  sigbt-seers;  but  tbe  Exhibition 
will  bo  only  one  of  tne  new  things  now  iu  prepara- 
tion to  attract  and  fascinate  all  the  gadabout 
world,  wnether  grave  or  gay.  In  1867 
folks  went  tu  see  a  new  and  more  splendid  Pari:^ 
than  WiiS  ever  imagiued  20  years  before — 
called  forth  out  of  narrow  streets  and  fetid  alleys 
int  I  space  and  light ;  the  people  wbo  go  thither  m 
1878  will  behold  the  fairest  cit.v^  ot  the  earth, 
finished  an^dressed  as  thougb  for  a  bridaL  The 
stately  plan  of  the  new  Hotel  de  Ville,  now  rismg 
last  on  the  noble  site  of  tbat  destroved  by  the 
Commune,  will  complete  tbe  maguificaut  liue  of 
public  ouili.ing8  on  the  right  bank  of  the  &eine, 
which  begins  with  tbe  Tuileriea,  to  terminate  witn 
the.  grand  display  of  architectnre  which  includes 
tbe  new  Courts  of  Justice,  the  Prefecture  of  Police, 
and  the  ancient  towers  of  Notre  Dame.  Tbe 
spacious  Hospital  ot  tbe  Hotel  Dieu  will 
be  flui.^bed  in  1873 ;  and  the  Louvre 
will  stand  proudly  out  trom  her  ruins. 
The  Avenue  de  I'Opera  will  be  opened;  and  so 
will  the  new  Boulevard  St.  Germain,  called  after 
tbo  name  ot  a  forgotten  abbot,  yet  destined  to  be 
one  of  the  busiest  thoroughfares  ot  a  city  now 
hardly  sufficiently  imprt-ssed  with  respect  for  beue- 
.  flced  clergymen  highly  connected.  Tramways  from 
every  point  of  the  compass  wUl  be  forever  on  tbe 
move;  and  there  is  coufiuent  talk  of  an  under- 
ground railway.  whicU  w;ll  relieve  the  streets  of 
superabundant  iruific,  to  tbe  joy  ot  all  short-sigbied 
or  feeble  persons  at  crossingH.  Paris  is  also  lo  be 
BO  Illuminated  by  central  electric  lights  set  up  in 
exalted  positions,' that  the  uiirbt  will  bo  as  cleur  as 
th«  day,  and  much  merrier  with   all  kiuds  of  music. 

The  general  dispo^iitiun  of  tbe  new  building  will 
more  or  lets  resemble  tbat  of  1867.  the  principal 
difference  consisting  in  altering  the  elliptic  form  of 
it.  The  galleries  will  tbu.t  present  a  more  stnkiag 
aspect :  aud  tbe  decorations  of  each  division,  which 
will  be  eitber  square  or  oblong,  will  be  more  easy  to 
exhibitors.  Tuo  galleries  ou  tbe  right,  torraing  the 
foreign  section  of  tbe  bailding,  will  be  divided  by 
spaoei  of  different  breadtu  accord'cg  to  tbe  import- 
ance of  each  nation.  In  walking  from  chePuutd'l6ua 
to  the  Military  School  a  visitor  will  thus  beeuaoled 
to  see  the  proauctions  of  all  the  peoples  uf  the 
world,  ajid  may  compare  tho  relative  value  and 
perlecliSn  of  the  same  goods  in  difi'jrent  countries. 
To  compare  a  French  ariicle,  however,  with  a  for- 
eign article  of  tbe  same  sort  the  visitors  will  have 
to  cross  the  fine  art  galleries  or  return  to  the 'grand 
vestibule.  In  short,  tbe  arrangements  will  be  as 
sensible  and  practical  as  iu  lb67,  but  tbe  whole 
affair  will  be  much  grander.  For  instance,  the  space 
allotted  to  the  fine  arts  alone  will  be  four  times' 
larger  than  that  gianted  to  thera  ten  years  ago. 

What  wiU  please  all  the  stoat  visitors  in  warm 
weather,  and  many  lean  ones,  will  be  the  breadtu 
and  Convenience  of  the  passages,  which  will  be 
large  enough  to  allow  people  to  walk  about  at  their 
own  pace  wltbont  being  bumped  or  nrged  forward 
by  impatient  knees  or  elbows  from  behind.  Tbe 
only  drawback  to  these  advantages  is  tha  disrauce 
ot  ground  which  will  bave  to  be  covered  m  goiog 
from  the  French  part  of  tbe  £xhibuion  to  anv  !or- 
eign  country's  display  of  contemporary  wonder,". 
Those  who  marcb  blyinely  to  music,  however,  will 
have  an  opportunity  of  takiug  cneerful  exercise  to 
tbe  sound  of  their  own  national  aiis,  for  in  tbo 
centre  ot  tho  Palace  on  tbe  Xrocadero  there  will  btj 
a  vast  semi-circular  music  bull,  in  wbiuii  hnudreds 
of  mnslciaus  and  choristers  may  pcrtorm  ihu  must 
Bluuendous  oomp'ositioos  oi  tbe  most  illustrious 
masters  of  harmony  of  all  countries. 

The  total  cost  of  the  Paiis  Exhibition  in  1878  is 
estimated  at  35,313.000  iraucs,  or  say  £1.412,600  in 
Euiilish  money,  or  thereabout.  This  tuui,  whicu 
ba*  been  voted  by  the  Fieucli  Legislature,  will  be 
fninished  by  the  Slate  wiiboui  roiereace  to  the 
quesiiuu  of  profit  or  loss  which  his  uow  and  theu 
biveu  an  undignified  aud  s,)eculatiye  aspect  to 
similar  undertakiugx.  The  recein.s.  however,  are 
valued  as  likely  to  ruacii  19,2j5,J00  Iraucs,  or 
Say  nearly  £800,001).  lo  tuua  appears  that 
there  will  be  a  b.>lauce  against  the  Government  ot 
about  16,000,000  francs,  or  £t>4J,000,  whou  all  ac- 
counts are  closed  ;  hut  ou  examiuiag  these  figures 
with  a  cool  JudgmentSBf  the  results  likely  to  be 
brought  about  by  tbem,  this  lods  wiil  be  found  only 
apparent  and  not  real,  for  the  indirect  receipts  of 
the  Treasury  from  various  brauches  of  revenue, 
such  us  tbe  Post  and  Telegraph  offices,  the  Ca.'itoui- 
house,  Sea.,  will  be  enorinously  increased,  ilore- 
over,  as  tbe  exhibition  wiil  remaiu  open  from  the 
1-tof  May  to  the  31st  ol  Ootuber  a  very  consider- 
able amount  01  foreign  gold  must  necessarily  tind 
Its  way  luto  France  aud  remaiu  there. 

While  touching  upon  the  pi'oay  question  of 
money,  it  may  be  as  well  to  muniiou  tbat  tbo 
offices  of  the  Commissary  General  for  the  Foreign 
Section  of  tbe  Exhibition  aro  situated  at  No.  lul 
Kue  ile  Grenelle,  St.  Geruain.  The  name  of  tbe 
Commissary  Geueral  is  M.  Xrantz,  and  all  reason- 
able comuiunlo^t'lons  are  sure  of  atteutiou  troia 
bim.  Foreign  exhibitors  are,  iberel'ore.  particu- 
larly warned  against   those  featherheaileil   busy- 

bodies  wbo  abound  in  Paris,  and  who  are  alvra.vs 
offorlug  to  do  for  cash  payments  tbat  nbicn  can 
be  done  maoh  better  witliout  their  interlcrchce. 
The  suuiema  administration  of  the  affairs  ot  tbe 

exhibition  are  under  tbe  responsible  chariie  of  the 
Minister  of  Agriculture  aud  Comm::rce,  whuse  oe- 
cision  would  probably  be  tioal  iu  iiuy  case  of  ap- 
peal from  the  authority  of  the  Commissary  Gen- 
eral. Neither  French  nor  loreign  exhibitors 
will  pay  any  rent  for  tho    space  awarded    to  them. 

The  flooriog'  will  also  be  supplied  to  tbem  gratis, 
and  in  sound,  solid-  condition,  save  in  the  gallery 
given  over  to  macbiner.y.  All  ornameutatloo, 
whether  exterior  or  interior,  will  have  to  be  dune  at 
private  expense,  and  with  the  conseat  of  the  Com- 
missary GeneraL  No  copies  of  works  of  art  will  be 
admitted  ;  all  pictures  aod  cirawmgs  must  be 
framed,  and  plaster  casts  of  sculpture  wUl  be  re- 
fused. Tor  tbe  rest,  all  the  products  of  agriculture 
and  bnman  industry  will  be  admitted,  save  such  as 
are  explosive  or  auiudged  dangerous  to  lite  or 
health.  Fifteen  hundred  thousand  francs,  or 
^^60,000  sterling,  have  been  set  aport. 
tor  the  prizes  to  be  awarded  bv  an  international 
7ury.  A        cosmopolitan        Police,        recruited 

from  the  picked  ofllcere  of  all  countries,  and  aided 
by  the  best  men  uf  the  Parla  Constabulary,  will 
waten  over  the  safety  and  good  order  of  a  crowd 
which  will  uonbtless  be  larger  than  any  ever  before 
colleoied-,tq(eUier  in  one  spot.  Whether  all  this 
uio  lil(()l3rte  besoUo  the  PivloHwr  oat  ol- 


golden  lion.  8.  Seven  objects  of  round  gold 
wire  of  .spiral  form.  9.  Four  objects  of  aaad« 
rangular  gold  wire  of  spiral  form.  10. 
Fourteen  round  golden  heads  of  a  neck* 
lace.  Later  researches  have  proved  that  the 
sepulchre,  too,  contained  bones  and  ashes.  The 
Mycetasin  antiquities  can  leave  no  doubt  in  tho 
mmdot  any  one  that  the  Kigbt  Hon.  "W.  £.  GLid- 
sione  was  perfectly  right  iu  mamtainiag  that  Homoi 
was  an  Aobaian." 


A  FRENCH  FOSIMAN'S  FETIIIOJf. 


THE  CBXES  FOB  JUSTICE  OF  AX  tJNPOBTXJ* 
NATK  MAX — AK  EXTRAdBDINARY  CASK. 
The  Paris  correspondent  of  the  Edinburgh 
Scotsman  writes  as  follows:  "  The  right  of  petition 
wbich  is  enjoyed  here  Is  ttimed  to  good  acooant, 
and  carious  are  the  demands  addressed  to  the 
Chamber  of  Deputies.  Bat  perhaps  no  stranger 
petition  was  ever  laid  before  tbe  lioase  than  that 
presented  by  a  postman  of  Marseilles,  called  Maa- 
bert.  This  unfortunate  man  cries  for  Justlos  under 
the  foUowmg  circumstances  :  A  few  months  ago  a 
letter  containing  150  francs  and  a  pawn-ticket  wai 
missing.  Maubert  was  suspected,  and  was  ar- 
rested, together  witb  his  wife,  who  was  charged 
with  complicity.  The  luckless  pair  were  cast 
into  pii-fuu,  and  the  Police  seized  on  their  mousy, 
j'.'wels,  &c.,  wurth  about  £50.  The  tnqatiy  was 
long,  but  at  last  it  was  established  that  xhe  lettei 
which  bad  disappeared  wonld  not  bave  passed 
through  the  hands  of  ^aubert.  He  and  his  wife 
were  released,  after  having  beeu  76  days  in 
piisou.  So  two  months  aud  a  half  were  employed 
in  finding  out  a  fact  wbich  might  haye  been 
known  iu  it)  minutes.  When  Maubert  returned 
borne  be  found  tbat  his  landlord  had  sold  him 
up,  his  rent  not  having  been  paitl.  He  and  his 
lamily  were  therefore  in  the  street.  He  returned 
to  tbe  Post  OMce,  bnt  only  to  be  told  that 
according  to  the  regulations  of  the  service  no 
man  once  suspected  could  be  received  back  into 
tbe  Administration,  no  matter  how  palpable  his  in- 
noceuce.  Keduced  to  tbe  deepest  misery,  MauOert 
aud  bis  wile,  followed  by  tneir  two  ohlldreu,  went 
to  the  Begiiiter'a  Otfice  to  claim  the  mouey  and 
Jewels  which  had  been  seized  by  the  Police— the 
eounomy  of  13  y^ars.  ila  w^ts  told  to  call  tiack  t  u« 
did  call  back  several  limes,  and  was  at  last  In- 
formed that  a  roobery  had  been  committed  in  tbe 
Kegister's  Office,  that  his  money  and  goods  had 
been  stolen,  and  that  the  State  was  not  responsi- 
ble for  tbe  losi.  Here  was  poor  Maubert, 
falsely  accused  of  robbery,  roboed  mmseif. 
He  resolved  to  appeal  tu  the  tiibtmals,  and 
be  demanded  to  plead  in  forma  pj,aperia, 
in  virtue  of  tbe  law  ot  1851.  This  was  refused  to 
him.  H»  determiued  to  prosecute  on  bis  own  ao 
count,  but  he  conld  find  no  bum  bailiff  to  serve  a  writ 
without  tbe  permission  of  tne  President  of  tbe  tri- 
bunal. He  required  a  lawyer,  but  ooaid  find  none 
to  act  against  tbe  Administration  and  run  counter 
to  tbeJudges.  Tbe  ministerial  ofiicers  threw  all 
kinds' of  obstaclci  in  tbe  way  ot  the  teuaciona 
,^Raber(,  and  oue  of  them,  to  whom  fie  had  applied, 
^aid  that  there  was  nothing  due  to  him,  that  ha 
ought  to  be  satisfied  with  having  bis  liberty,  and 
told  him  to  leave  the  room.  Maubert  at  last,  in  a  fit 
cf  despair,  petitioned  the  Chamber  ui  Deputies ; 
his  case  has  been  reported  npon  by  a  committee 
which  declares  that  tbere  is.every  reason  to  sap- 
pose  that  the  mm  has  spoken  the  truth.  The  mat- 
ter baa  been  rererrea  by  the  Chamuer  to  the  Minis- 
ter of  Justice,  Who  will  no  doubt  cause  a  strict  in- 
vesrigaiioo  to  be  made  into  this  really  heart-reading 
affair.  Maubert,  before  being  arrested,  enjoyed  a 
most  excellent  reputation,  and  bad  he  been  a  dis- 
honest man  be  would  certainly  haye  taken  advan- 
tage of  an  incident  which  occurred  durmg  the  war, 
when  he  found  himself  in  possession  uf  SiJO  regis- 
tered letters  wbicn  had  got  asuray.  He  loigbi  have 
Kept  tbese  without  any  danger -of  discovery." 

CHIEF  JUSTIOtS  IN  IRELAND. 
I  From  the  Pall  Mall  Oazetle. 

j  Mr.  May  is  the  niueteenth  Chief  Jastioe  ol 

Ireland  who  bas  been  apuointed  since  tbe  revolution 
jbf  1668.  His  predecessors  in  office  were — SirSiou- 
/ard  Eeyuell,  1G9U ;  Sir  Kchard  Pyne,  1695;  Alai 
/Brodrick,  afterward  Viscount  Midleton,  1709;  Sii 
Richard  Cox,  1711;  William  Wbitshed,  1714  ;  Joha 
Kjgerson,  1727  ;  Thomas  Marlay,  1711 ;  St.  G^rgo 
Cauldeld.  1751;  Warden  Flood,  father  of  Henry 
I'iood,  1760  ;  J  ihn  G  jro,  afterward  Eirl  of  Aunaly, 
1764  ;  Jubu  Scott,  afterward  Barl  of  Clonmal,  1734 ; 
At!  bur  Wolfe,  afterward  Lnd  Kilwardeu,  1793 
— killed  in  Emmett's  lusjirectiou,  July  23, 
ld03  ;  William  Dowues,  af'«rward  I/ird  Uuwn^; 
Cnarles  Keudal  Bushe,  1822;  Euward  Penne- 
father,  l!:4l;  Priuois  iJiackburue6,  1846; 
Thomas  Lairoy,  1352;  James  Whiteside,  1B66. 
Ir  may  be  worth  notiug  that  tue  average  term  of 
office  bas  been  unuer  10  years.  England  daring  a 
coiTosponding  period  has  had  but  14  Chief  Jus- 
tices, wbo  have  each  been  about  t«velve  years  and  a 
half  at  thp  beaa  ol  the  comiuo..  law.  The  longest 
term  ot  iffiee  of  any  ot  the  Iri^h  Chief  Justices  was 
that  of  Lord  Anualv,  which  la'ted  20  vears  ;  wnilo 
Lord  Msnsliuia  ruled  over  one  side  ot  Westmuister 
Hall  fjr  33  ye-rs.  Since  the  appointment  of  l.,ord 
Clonmt.'li  the  Post  of  Chief  Justice  in  Ireland  seems 
to  havH  becjme  regularly  vested  in  the  Tory  Pany. 
Scotr  ana  sVulfo  were  uimed  Dy  Pitt's  Viceroys, 
and  D-iwoes  by  Addiugtou's.  In  1822.  when  Mr, 
liusUe  was  named  Chief  Justice,  Ljrd  Liverpool 
was  Premier,  and  Marquis  WeLlealey  Lord  Lieu- 
teuaut.  air.  ±'t;nnefaiiier  and  Mr.  Slackburne 
were  appointed  by  the  Government  of  Sir  Jiobert 
Peel;  Mr.  Lefroy  by  that  of  Lord  Derby  In  1852, 
aud  Mr.  Wiiitesido  by  that  of  Lurd    Derby  m  1S6J. 

MORE  SHAMEFJTL  DEMOCBATIQ  XAOUOS. 
The  Indianapolis  Journal  of  Saturday  says  > 
'•A.  contest  is  pending  in  Boone  County  Ciroait 
Court  for  the  possession  of  tho  SheriSalty,  which  ia 
baseH  upon  tbe  theft  of  the  tally-sbeeta  in  Clinto* 
Township,   where  Beyuolds,  (be  Kepubllcan  candi 

date,(bad  a  large  majority,  but  withoat  which  Titos, 
the  Democratic  candidate,  bad  a  majority  in  tbe  ooun. 
tv.  This  trfck,  SO  sbametUl  and  disgraceful,  has  bees 
BuppUmenteu  by  anotoer  in  tbe  interest  of  the 
righctully  deieated  cundidate  as  bad  in  a. I  its  fea- 
tures. Through  tbe  infioenoa  of  his  predecessor,  it 
is  aala.  Gov.  vV^iiliams  bas  been  induoed  to  giv« 
Titus  a  commission  lor  tbe  office,  rnnniag  tor  two 
years  from  the  16th  of  Pobrnaiy,  1877.  The  term  ol 
the  late  Sheriff  expirea  on  tbe  1st  of  last  NovemtMl; 
and  if  entitled  to  tbe  office  at  ad,  the  term  ot  Xitus 
should  be  made  to  begin  then.  Here  is  an  excel* 
lent  opportoiuty  for  Gov.  Williams  to  explain  bis 
reasons  for  atTtempting  to  foist  a  detsaced  candidato 

upon  an  unwilling  people.  It  may  be  remarked 
that  tbe  plan  fai^d,  fortunately,  as  aid  a  simitM 
on»  In  Oreeen,  tne  Board  of  Commiasionera  refgor 
iat  to  approve  the  bond  of  the  officer  thus  appoiiito4 
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MAEAFFY'S  QBEECE, 

•AMBLES'  ASD    BTtTDtES    IK    QEBHCK.  ^3y   J.    P. 
KAKum.     Xeir-loikt  Maoxiilas  &  Co. 

'My.  M9}ia%,  the  author  of  thei'-virell- 
kno-wn  hook  upon  the  aocial  life  of  the  ancient 
Qieeka,  has  recently  made  a  Tiait  to  Greece, 
and  has  pahliahed  a  very  able  and  entertain- 
ing aooonnt  of  hia  jonrney.  The  book  lights  up 
every  part  of  the  subject  upon  which  it 
touches.  Thorouehly  prepared  hy  an  exten- 
sive acquaintance -witn  Greek  literature  and 
history  to  get  the  full  henefit  of  a  sojourn  in 
Greece,  Mr.  Mahaffy  has  seen  the  country  with 
an  ei^oyment  a»i  an  eager  curiosity  of  which 
only  a  good  scholar  would  be  capable.  The 
objects  of  the  jeurney  were  various.  The 
author  wished,  of  course,  to  see  the  antiquities 
ot  the  country,  biit  he  was  also  interested  in 
politics,  trade,  eaucatiou,  and  all  such 
matters  as  would  affect  the  character  of  the 
modern  inhabitants  of  Greece.  He  had  stud- 
ied long  the  leal  character  of  the  ancient 
Greeks,  and  ke  was  anxious  to  see  if  modem 
Crreeoe  showed  a  souial  speotaole  resembling 
that  which  he  conoaiyes  to  have  existed  in  au- 
•lent  Greece.  Mr.  Mahafly  is  no  extravagant 
admirer  of  the  old  Greeks.  In  his  book  on  So- 
tial  Life  in  Oreeee  he  has  expressed  the  opin- 
ion that  the  pictures  usually  drawn  of  the  an- 
cient Greeks  are  idealized,  and  that  the  real 
yeople  were  of  a  different  and  lower  character. 
"What  is  very  remarkable,"  lie  writes,  "and 
^orth  quoting  in  confirmation  ot  my  judgment, 
is  this — that  intelligent  people  at  Athens,  who 
had  read  my  opinions  formerly  hazarded 
.opon  the  sabjeot,  were  so  struck  with 
the  close  resemblance  of  my  piature  of  the 
Did  Greeks  to  the  present  inhabitants 
that  they  concluded  1  must  have  visited  the 
Country  before  writing  these  opinions,  and  that 
il  was  in  taot  drawing  the  olasaioal  people  &oiu 
the  life  of  the  moderns."  Mr.  Mahaffy  be- 
lieves that  the  race,  like  the  language,  is  very 
much  what  it  was  2,000  years  ago.  M.  About's 
€hrhee  Oontempwaine  expresses  a  similar 
opinion.  About  found  Eaany  modem  traits 
irhleh  eoinpide  mth  the  testimony  of  Greek 
literatui^  He  notiqed  that  the  Greek  men  are 
DOW,  as  formerly,  handsomer  tkan  ttie  women, 
and  that  they  are  much  more  particular  about 
their  dregs  and  appearance.  For  instance,  it 
u  the  men  in  Greeoe  who  wear  the  stays  ;  the 
women  are  innocent  of  them.  Mr.  Mahaffy 
makes  the  same  remark.  He  says  :  "  You  may 
■ee  any  day  at  Athens  a  dandy  so  pinched  in 
the  waist  as  to  remind  » one  of  the  Watps  of 
Aristophanes." 

Mr.  Mahaffy's  general  estimate  of  the  modem 
iGreeks  is  extremely  favorable — much  more  so, 
jindeed,  than  he  expected  it  would  ba  while 
inpon  his  travels.  The  record  of  his  impressions 
khowa  that  his  temper  was  often  tried  by  the 
jfealousy  of  the  people,  the  want  of  a  good  civil 
•dministratien,  and  the  carelessness  ot  the 
country  concerning  their  antiquities.  He  says 
that  he  has  purposely  retained  these  impatient 
expressions  in  order  that  his  generally  hopeful 
view  of  tne  eoontry  may  he  made  stronger 
thereby. 

He  thinks  that  the  -  Greeks  are  very  clever — 
that  they  show  the  ability  to  win  the  highest 
aueeeas  in  almost  any  path.  That  they  do  not 
•ncoeed  m  agriculture  is  due  to  the  very  quick- 
iness  which  makes  them  so  keen  at  tiade  and 
politics.  Tney  say  with  the  sou  of  Siraoh : 
"  How  can  he  hare  wisdom  whose  talk  is  of 
hullocks."  Notwithstanding  their  natural  tastes 
f»r  polities,  Mr.  Mahaffy  holda  the  Greeks  aren  jt 
£t  for  constitutional  government.  He  draws 
a  parallel  between  Greece  and  his  own  country, 
Ireland.  Inhij  view,  Ireland  is  no  more  fit 
for  a  constitutional  government  than  Greeoe. 
He  finds  also  a  striking  analogy  between  Irish 
and  Greek  jealousy  of  foreign  Interference. 
Ireland,  not  yet  recovered  from  the  unjust 
laws  and  restraints  under  which  6be 
has  BO  long  suffered,  finds  herself  far  be- 
hind-hand in  comparison  with  Scotland  and 
With  England.  She  has  not  the  capital  with 
trhichto  develop  the  natural  riches  buried  in 
her  soil,  bat  the  people  have  a  sort  ot  vague 
pride  in  these  riches ;  there  is  a  sentiment  that 
OiVT  would  have  been  already  utilized  had  it 
not  been  for  toreisn  oppression  :  so  that  when 
the  English  come  over  and  invest  their  capi- 
tal is.  Irish  agricaltore   or  mines,  or   fisUeries, 

|thejealoaay  of  the  natives  gets  the  better  of 
itheir-reason.  They  destroy  machinery,  write 
jthreateniug  letters,  and  use  other  violence  to 
jBoaxe  away  the  wealth  of  whioh>  they  are 
! always  regretting  the  want. 

;    But  the  Greeks  have  a  better  excuse  for  their 

'jealousy  of  foreign  interfarenoe  than  the  Irish, 
The  greatest  wealtti  of  the  country,  and  that 
'  which  gives  it  most  value  in  the  eres  of 
^Europe,  is  its  rich  store  of  antiquities.  It  is 
only  natural  that  they  should  be  jealous  of  for- 
eigners carrying  away  their  treasures  and 
adomins  with  them  the  miMeums  of  their  cap- 
ital*. It  is  true  that  most  ol  these  remains  are 
.Tet  undiscovered  and  unrestored ;  and 
strangers  are,  of  course,  willing  to 
expend  their  own  money  in  explor- 
ing sites,  provided  the  objects  gained 
may  be  their  own.  But  are  the  Greeks  to  be 
greatly  blamed  ior  preferring  tewait  for  the 
day  when  they  will  be  able  -to  recover  these 
remains  for  themselves  1  The  agrisultoral  cap- 
italist, moreover,  must  enrich  the  country 
which  ba  improves,  while  the  archaeoiogical 
capitalist  does  quite  the  contrary ;  unless 
honnd  under  very  strict  conditions  he  wili 
only  rob  it.  But  Greek  jealousy  is  unfortunately 
not  oonffned  to  a  dislike  of  foreign  interference 
with  their  antiquities.  The  attempts  of  foreign 
eapitalists  to  work  the  mines  of  Launum  have 
been  fraatrated  by  leKislatlve  restrictions 
whioh  this  jealous  spirit  baa  dictated.  A  great 
company  to  work  the  mines  was  started 
aome  years  ago  by  French  and  Italian 
speculators.  But  the  Greeks  no  sooner 
discovered  that  the  company  were  making 
a  profit  than  they  caused  unjust  legisla- 
tion against  them,  and  to  avoid  being 
plwidsred  the  foreign  company  seld  the 
iproperty  to  a  native  company.  This 
jealousy  Mr.  Mahaffy  found  to  be  a  very 
promineot  trait  of  the  Greek  character.  Every- 
whne  he  me*  the  greatest  personal  kiadness 
from  iadivldaals,  but  the  general  feeling  ot 
Greek  soeiety  toward  foreigners  is  jealous  and 
luMtile. 

The  traveler  gives  some  amusing  piQtnresef 
eonstitntional  government  in  Greece/  He  was 
0t  Ihebes  Just  at  the  time  the  gene^l  elections 
"^Were  pen^g.  M.  Boulgaris  had  just  been 
dismissed.  The  King  had  decided  to  try  the 
constitutional  expeiiment,  and  had  called  to 
office  M.  Trikeupes,  a  pronounced  radioaL 
Mr.  Mahaffy's  special  friend  and  patron  at 
Thebes  was  the  radical  candidate,  and  at  the 
tiiBe  of  hia  arrival  was  eanvassing  his 
*  eonstltuenoy.  "  Every  low  tellow  in- 
tbe  towm,"  he  writes,  "  seemed  to  think  it  his 
4vt7  te  oome  up  into  his  drawing-room,  in 
^Uefa  we  were  resting,  and  sit  down  to  en- 
Morage  him  and  advise  him.  No  hint  that  he 
nra«  engi^KeA  in  entertaining  strangers  had  the 
vmallest  effect,  and  so  scarlio  and  dirt  were 
laflioted  open  aa  till  the  welcome  anaouace- 
meat  of  dinner,  te  which,  for  a  wonder,  his 
eematitoants  did  not  fbllew  him."  The  candi- 
date told  Mr.  Mahaffy  that,  though  all  the 
Aoontrr  was  strongly  in  favor  of  Mr.  Trikoupes, 
1m  oould  hardly  oonnt  with  safety  upon  a 
mi^rity,  since  he  had  determined  not  to  seek 
(0  emitrol  the  election  by  means  of  soldiers. 
9En  this  most  oonetitational  oeontry,  formed 
jBptm  the  model  ot  England,  ap  to  1875,  the 
mMJmm  MaaO,  juwimI  tiM  jaoUa  And  liiistla<t , 


any  one  who  came  to  vote  against  the 
Government  candidal  Mr.  Trikoupes  re^hsed 
to  take  this  precaatioa,  and  so  lost  his  election. 
But  at  the  time  of  Mr.  Mahaf^s  visit  the 
Badioal  Party  were  very  cenfldent  They 
were  not  only  to  be  returned  in  triumph 
throughout  the  whole  country,  but  their  first 
steps  would  be  to  proseoate  M.  Boulgaris  for 
his  violation  of  the  Constitution,  and  to  con- 
demn him  to  hard  labor,  with  confiscation  of 
property.  Mr.  Mahaffy  found  some  amusement 
in  pleading  the  cause  of  the  hated  statesman, 
especially  with  the  ladies,  who  were  fiercer 
than  the  men,  ready,  as  he  remarks,  like  thnir 
goddess  of  old,  to  eat  the  raw  flesh  of  their 
enemies.  Mr.  Mahaffy  asked  them  if  it  would 
not  be  in  very  bad  taste  for  Mr.  Disraeli  to 
prosecute  Mr.  Gladstone  for  violating  the  Con- 
stitution in  his  Irish  Church  act,  and  have  him 
condemned  to  hard  labor.  They  replied  that 
the  cases  were  quite  different.  No  Englishman 
could  ever  attain  or  even  understand  the  rascal- 
ity of  the  late  Minister.  Thinking  this  might 
be,  perhaps,  true,  the  traveler  changed  his  point 
of  attack,  and  asked  whether  they  were  net 
afraid  if  they  persecuted  M.  Boulgaris  in  this 
violent  way  that  be  might  betake  himself  to 
the  mountain  passes  and  g*  to  robbing  English- 
raeuj- and  thus  bring  the  Goye«ameat  into  dis- 
cr^t.  They  said  no ;  he  was  too  rich.  But  if 
they  oonfiaoated  his  property,  would  he  not  be 
poor  1  True,  they  replied  ;  but  he  would  still 
be  unable  to  do  that ;  he  was  too  old.  It 
seemed  never  to  occur  to  them  that  he  might 
be  too  respectable.  This  dreadful  culprit  was 
returned  to  power  some  six  months  later. 

The  Greeks,  like  ourseVed,  have  a  bad  civil 
service.  They  practice  the  principle  ot  rota- 
tion in  office  to  even  a  greater  degree  than  we. 
A  man  is  no  sooner  in  an  office  than  there  is  a 
general  outcry  that  he  should  get  out  of  it. 
Among  us  politicians  are  turned  out  by  peliti- 
cians ;  the  office-holders  are  overcome  by  the 
office-seekers,  and  the  public  has  been  indifferent 
about  the  matter.  But  in  Greece  public  senti- 
ment seams  to  favor  frequent  changes  ;  a  feel- 
ing such  as  existed  among  our  people  40  years 
ago  exists  now  in  Greeoe,  that  every  dog 
snould  have  his  day.  Many  of  the  Greek  poli- 
ticians are  paupers,  who  "will  not  dig.  and  to 
beg  they  are  ashamed ;"  so  they  sit  abeut  the 
Athenian  caf6s  on  the  look-out  for  one  of  the 
10,000  places  which  have  been  devised  in 
order  to  give  patronage  to  the  Ministry. 
But  as  there  are  30,000  exnectants, 
it  follows  that  the  20,000  disappointed  oandi- 
datas  are  always  at  work  seeking  to  drive  from 
office  the  10,000  successful  ones.  Hence  a  crisis 
every  three  months.  Hence  it  is  that  a  Greek 
Envoy  can  hardly  reach  his  post  before  he  is 
recalled.  It  is  on  this  account  that  thrifty  and 
industrious  Greeks  go  to  Smyrna,  to  Alexan- 
dria, and  Manchester,  and  engage  in  the  com- 
merce of  these  places  rather  than  waste  their 
engeriea  on  the  petty  squabbles  and  in  pursuit 
of  the  precarious  rewards  of  Greek  pslitics. 

Mr.  Mahaffy  has  some  interesting  things  to 
say  upon  the  subject  of  brigandage.  In  de- 
scribing his  visit  to  Marathon,  he  says :  "  Pres- 
ently we  came  upon  a  thickly-wooded  cover, 
whieh  was  pointed  out  to  us  as  the  spot  where 
our  unfortunate  conntrymen  were  capturedjfl 
1870  and  carried  up  the  slopes  of  Pentilicus,  to 
be  sacnffced  to  the  blundering  of  the  English 
Minister  or  the  Greek  Ministry — I  could  not 
decide  which — and,  more  certainly,  to  their  own 
chivalry;  for,  while  all  the  captured  Greeks 
escaped  durinji  the  pursuit,  our  Enzlish  gentla- 
men  would  not  break  their  parole."  These 
men,  Mr.  Mahaffy  says,  are  now 
held  by  the  better  Greeks  to  be  mar- 
tyrs for  the  good  ot  Greece ;  for  it 
was  this  outrage  which  *^r3t  forced  the 
Government  into  a  vigorgiiis  'effort  to  secure  the 
safety  ef  the  country.  The  whole  band  was 
caueht  and  executed,  till  Takos,  their  chief, 
was  hanged  two  or  three  years  afterward  at 
Athens.  Mr.  Mahaffy  found  the  country  en- 
tirely safe  He  was,  Indeed,  provided  with  a 
missive  trom  the  Gresk  Prime  Minister,  the  ob- 
ject of  which  was  to  incite  the  Police,  te  take 
special  care  of  him.  This  missive  he  gave  to 
the  chief  Police  officer  of  each  town — a  geatle- 
tleman  in  a  scarlet  cap  and  white  petticoats, 
and  carrying  a  great  dog- whip  as  his  sign  of 
ofBoe.  Strange  to  say,  the  dog-whip  is  a  cus- 
tom which  dates  &*mthe  days  of  Aristophanes. 
The  Prime  Minister  warned  Mr.  Mahaffy  that, 
though  things  w^ere  now  safe,  there  was  no  per- 
manent security.  The  existence  of  danger 
from  brigands  depends  upon  the  state 
of  thmgs  beyond  the  Turkish  border.  Any 
revolution  in  the  neighborhood,  such  as  that  in 
Herzegovina,  was   sure,    he    said,  to  send   into 

Greece  a  number  of  Turkish  outlaws  and  fugi- 
tives, who  would  support  themselves  by  levy- 
ing a  tax  on  the  peasants  and  upon  travel- 
ers. The  Peloponnesus,  the  Greeks  allege, 
has  always  been  safe,  and  will  al- 
ways be,  because  it  is  difficult  for 
brigands  to  escape  thence  into  Turkey. 
The  traveler,  therefore,  laay  evea.  now  go  in 
perfect  security  to  Sparta,  Argos,  or  Corinth, 
but  ba  cannot  be  certain  of  safety  on  a  visit  to 
Thermopylae,  Delphi,  and  Marathon.  The  Pro- 
fessors in  the  University  at  Athens  Mr.  Ma- 
haffy foimd  mare  sanguine.  They  considered 
Greece  a  very  safe  and  quiet  country.  One  of 
them  gave  a  reason  for  the  opinion 
which  seemed  by  no  means  reassuring ; 
this  was  that  for  full  two  years 
no  bandit  had  been  seen  or  heard  of  throughout 
the  country.  On  one  point,  however,  all  were 
agreed,  that  the  presence  of  bandits  would  be 
at  once  known  at  Athens.  Mr.  Mahaffy  says, 
by  the  way,  that  it  is  idle  to  imagine  that  fire- 
arms are  a  protection  against  Greek  bandits. 
The  first  notice  given  to  the  traveler  is  a  sum- 
mois  to  surrender  from  sm  ambush  from  which 
20  or  30  muskets  "  cover "  him.  Unless  the 
party  be  too  numerous  to  be  surprised,  arms 
are  only  another  temptation  to  the  brigands. 

The  narrow  boumdariea  which  the  European 
politicians  have  ^ven  to  Greece  nave  £;reatly 
increased'  the  difficulty  of  dealing  with 
brigands.  By  refusing  to  include  Thessaly  and 
Epirus  within  the  Greek  dominions,  the  Turk- 
ish frontier  has  been  left  so  close  at  hand  that 
a  criminal  may  very  easily  escape  over  the 
border,  ^hile  bands  of  brigands  may  hve  in 
Turkey  and  carry  on  their  business  in  the 
neiifkborhood  of  Athens.  The  Greeks  say  that 
they  have  always  been  able  to  keep  down 
brigandage  in  the  Morea,  and  that  the  exist- 
eniqe  of  it  in  Nertbern  Greece  was  due  to  the 
failure  of  the  Turkish  autberities  to 
ietate  with  fhem.  Since  1870,  when 
the  Turks  placed  a  vigorous  Governor  over 
Thessaly,  there  have  been  no  brigands  even 
in  the  north.  But  as  the  present  happy  state 
of  things  depends  upon  the  accident  of  a  good 
appomtment  by  the  Porte,  Mr.  Mahaffy 
tUmks  it  evident  that  there  should  be  a  change 
in  the  boundaries  of  Greece.  Thessaly  and 
Epirus  should  be  added  to  th$  country.  The 
main  population  wiU  readily  join  the  Greeks, 
and  the  few  Turks  la  those  nrovinoes  will  oon- 
tinue  to  practice  their  own  faith  in  greater  lib- 
erty than  before.  This  is  evident  from  the 
fact  that  10,000  Turks  are  now  Uving  in  Eubcsa, 
entirely  free  and  contented  under  the  Qreek 
Government.  • 

That  Greeoe  should  be  really  prosoerous  she 
needs,  more  than  anything  else,  population. 
Conoeming  the  curious  old  problem  of  the 
sudden  depopulation  of  Greece  Mr.  Mahaffy 
has  much  to  say.  This  be^ran  just  atter  the 
loss  of  61reek  hberties,  and  is  in  no  way  due  to 
the  misrule  of  Turk  or  modem  Greek.  The 
fact  has  never  been  explained,  though  there  is 
no  doubt  that  It  is  a  fact.  "  The  whole  of 
Greece,"  says  one  traveler,  "  could  not  piit  in 
Jfaa  SmU,  —  "*ttiir.r7lfl^aiirr-.'Mf  *""^  4t£J^^LUolaJ^^ 


wmm 

single  9ity."  Another  aajR:  **  Of  all  tl>e 
famous  oitiee  pf  BcDotia,  hut  two— Tbee- 
W»  and  T»aagrflr-Do^  remain.''  Ifp  dojibt, 
every  enterprising  young  fellow  went  o^  to 
Asia  ae  a  soldier  or  merchant;  and  this  taate 
for  emigrating  has  remained  strong  in  the 
race  till  the  present  day.  But  besides  this, 
the  race  itself  became,  at  a  eertaia  period,  less 
prolifio.  Mr.  Mahaffy  found  that  this  sterility 
has  lasted  to  the  present  time.  "  In  the  many 
hospitable  houses,"  he  says,  "in  which  I  was 
entertained  through  the  eonntry,  I  sought  in 
vain  for  ohUdren.  The  young  married  ladies 
had  their  mothers  te  keep  them  company,  and 
this  was  a  common  habit.  The  daughter  dees 
not  willingly  separate  from  her  nietoar,  but 
whether  bv  carious  oomcidence  or  not,  the  ab- 
sence of  children  in  these  seven  or  eight  homse^* 
was  very  remarkable." 

We  have  given  our  attention  mainly  to  what 
the  author  has  had  to  say  of  the  social  and  po- 
litical aspects  of  Greeoe  ;  but  the  book  is  large- 
ly occupied  with  the  arts  of  old  Greece.  There 
is  a  great  deal  of  intelligent  discussion  ot  an- 
tiquities, of  which  the  work  eontains,  likewise, 
some  interesting  illustrations.  But  even  in 
writmg  on  these  themes,  the  author's  eye  is 
constantly  running  back  and  forth  between  the 
Old  and  the  New  World.  He  jpves  Mr.  Glad- 
stone a  thrust  over  the  shoulders  of  Pericles. 
In  speaking  ot  the  nature  of  the  assistanee 
which  Pericles  gave  to  Phidias,  he  remarks : 

"Sat  I  do  not  fancy  that  Greek  ■tst<>aMea  In 
those  days  studied  everythinz  elae  in  the  world  be- 
sides !itat>  craft,  aud  were  known  aa  antiQuarians 
an<l  lioeuists.  and  coDnolsieurs  of  china  and  palnt- 
Idcs,  .iitd  tbeolosians  aud  novelists — in  fact,  every 
tbiug  under  the  son.  This  manysldedoes-i.  as  tbev 
nuw  call  It,  which  the  Greeks  called  poluvraQmo- 
sune,  and  thou^bt  to  be  ineddleaomeDeHS,  waa  nut 
likely  to  lot'ect  Pericles.  He  was  very  lutlmate 
wub  Phidias,  and  is  said  to  hare  constantly  watched 
hia  work— hardly,  I  fancy,  as  an  adviser;  but  rather 
as  an  humble  and  entbosiaatio  admirer  of  an  ^rt 
which  did  realize  its  ideal,  while  he  himself  was 
striving  in  rain  with  rebel  fitroea  to  attain  bis  obr 
Jectla  politicii." 

Mr.  Mahaffy  is  very  discursive;  we  think 
too  much  so.  He  has  thought  it  well  to  write 
a  "  book  of  digressions"  in  order  to  describe, 
his  impressions  as  the  events  of  the  jonrney 
suggested  them.    The  result  has  been  that  he 

repeats  himaelt  somewhat  too  often.  Bat  his 
book  IS  most  interesting  and  instructive,  and 
the  author  evidently  a  man  of  strong  sense  aud 
high  cultivatiou. 

A  HISTORY  OP  SAVINGS    BANKS    IS   THE    OKITBD 

BTATlsB.  fVom  their  inceotioa  la  11^16  duwn  to 
1874,  with  dlsciusions  of  thflr  tbeury.  practical 
workioea,  and  inoldtinta,  present  soadltion,  and 
prospe'ctlre  deyelopment.  Bv  KxKBsoir  W.  Kaist, 
late  bepnty  Supenutandenl  of  the  bkoklnx  Depari- 
jnent  ot  the  Stnte  of  New-lf oik.  ToL  L  Hew-l^oik  : 
ALBKar  Bhooks.    1876. 

The  very  full  title  of  the  above  work  con- 
veys a  fair  idea  of  its  general  aharaoter.  The 
author,  Mr.  Keyes,  was  for  a  number  of  years 
connected  with  the  Banking  Department  of  this 
State,  and  while  so  engaged  made  the  princi- 
ples and  history  of  saving  banks  the  subject  of 
very  careful  and  intelligent  study.  So  far  as 
we  are  aware,  his  reports  on  the  various  points 
connected  with  the  management  of  these  insti- 
tutions are  among  the  fullest,  clearest,  and 
moat  authoritative  discussions  of  this  subject 
matter.  He  waslargely  instrumental  in  reduc- 
ing the  conduct  of  savings  banks  in  New-York 
to  a  simple  and  comprehensive  system,  and  in 
establishing  in  the  laws  of  the  State  the  safe- 
guards which  now  exist  for  the  interests  of 
depositors. 

The  worK,  of  which  we  have  the  first  volume, 
is  very  faithfully  prepared,  and  ought  to  be 
ddigcntly  studied  by  all  who  are  engaged,  in 
any  responsible  connection,  with  the  affairs  ot  a 
savings  bank.  As  a  aarratiyo  of  the  growth  of 
savings  banks  in  this  couutry,,'fhnd  a  statement 
of  the  marvelous  aceumulations  of  which  they 
have  had  charKC,  the  work  is  Interesting,  and 
this  unquestionably  is  the  feature  of  it  which ' 
has  given  the  author  the  most  labor  and  pains. 
But,  in  our  view,  the  most  interesting,  aa  well 
as  the  most  valuable  portion  of  the  work,  is  its 
discujjioa  ot  the  nature  of  savings  banks  ;  of 
the  purposes  which  should  be  kept  in  view 
in  their  management,  of  the  limits  within 
which  their  deposits,  their  investments,  and 
their  uividends  should  be  kept,  of  the  means 
by  which  responsibility,  accuracy,  and  fidelity 
are  to  be  ohtained  from  their  officers,  and  of 
the  extent  to  which  the  law  aan  resulate'them. 
These  various  noints  are  traced  in  the  legisla- 
tion of  different  States  ama  in  the  history  of 
their  banks,  and  he  must  be  a  very  dull  or  a 
very  indifferent  bank  officer  who  does  not  gain 
from  even  a' cursory  attentioa  to  them  a  dearer 

idea  ot  bis  duties  aud  bis  opportuaities. 

Kor  will  the  book  be  without  value  to  the 
general  reader,  and  it  should  be  found  in 
every  considerable  library.  The  work  of  a 
Trustee  or   officer  ot   a    eayines  bank  is  a  very 

delicate,  and,  sometimes,  a  very  difficult  one. 

So  far  aa  the  Trustees  are  concerned,  ^gen- 
erally is  and  ought  always  to  be,  unpaid,  so 
that  the  only  requital  for  service  rendered  is 
in  the  consciousness  of  having  done  an  im- 
portant task  well,  and  in  the  respect  and  confi- 
dence of  the  public.  But  the  latter  is  not 
always  given  where  it  is  deserved,  because  tbe 
public  understand  but  indifferently  how  it  has 
been  earned,  and  Mr.  Keyes'  work  is  calculated 
ta  help  to  an  intelligent  understandiug  of  this 
point.  If  it  had  no  other  effect  than  to  aid  the 
great  number  who  use  savings  banks  in  appre- 
ciating rieht  m^nazcment  and  in  detecting 
and  avoiding  wrong  management,  it  wotdd  bej 

valuable.  ^ 

♦ 

ILLUSTRATED  ART  CATALOGUES. 
The  American  Society  of  Painters  in  Water 
Colors  has  stolen  a  march  on  the  Academy  by  intro- 
dncins,  in  tneir  catalo<;ae  of  tbe  exhlbicioa  now  on 
view,  an  Improvement  that  baa  been  mooted  for  the 
catalogue  of  the  coming  exhibitioa  of  oil  paintings. 
This  1«  no  less  an  improvement  thai|  the  introdus- 
tion  of  small  etohinsa  ot  many  of 'ebo-piotares  iato 
the  trody  of  tbe  oatologne,  after  the  manner  which 
bas  obtained  in  Paria,  and,  latterly.  In  IiOndon. 
The  English  authorities,  as  we  take  it,  do  not  allow 
or  sanction  this  proceeding;  bat  Mr.  Blackburn, 
the  enterprisiue  pabllsber  of  tbe  illustrated  cata- 
lognes  of  1973  and  1 876,  bas  been  compelled  to  do  his 
work  by  viaitiae  the  Royal  Academy,  and  oarryini; 
away  in  his  mind  the  piotares  he  Intended  coprinK. 
Of  conrs^,  thera  will  be  no  fear  of  sach  restrictions 
here.  Uo  tbe  contrary,  the  likelier  retidt  will  be 
that  artists  will  etch  for  their  own  satisfac- 
tion the  general  oatUnes  or  the  more  im- 
portant Darts'^  of  their  works  accepted  for 
tbe  exhibition,  and  themsalves  supply  ths  cata- 
losne  wltb  ths  pictares.  Of  coarse,  a  book  filled 
with  etobings  by  the  artists  tbemsalves  will  be 
greatly  enhanced  in  value.  Tbe  present  catalogue 
can  only  be  called  a  first  attempt,  but  it  ia,  never- 
theless, a  saccess,  some  of  the  pictarea  beins  aa 
good,  we  venture  to  say,  as  those  of  Mr.  Blaclt- 
burn's  oataloi^e  of  the  liOndon  Academy.  There 
is  no  reason  why  that  of  the  coming  exhlbi  tion 
in  oils  should  not  be  a  really  handsome  piece 
of  art  in  itself.  Especially  if  it  can  be  got  ready 
for  the  opening  day  will  such  a  novelty  be  sura  of 
a  deserved  success.  The  process  by  whiob  the 
pen-and-ink  sketch  of  each  picture  is  rodnollaated 
IS  called  pboto-eDgraving.  An  electroplate  of  the 
-ketch  i&  the  result,  and  tbe  work  of.tbt>  engraver 
is  ■anerseded,  tbas  aecurini;  an  easy  and  cheap 
means  of  adding  to  the  text  of  the  oaialogues  a  mn- 
Ding  commentary  in  tbe  shape  of  the  plotnraa  them, 
eelres.  The  water-color  exoibition,  whioh  has  in- 
ttodnced  this  method,  will  be  oneo  till  tbe  4th  of 
March  in  the  roams  ol  the  Academy  of  Detieo,  on 
Fourth  avenue. 


IS  THIS  OOSSISIENl-    WITH  THE  TRUTH t 

The     Cincinnati      Commercial   of    Saturday 
prints  tbe  foUowinK  commanioatlon: 

Covujr.TON,  Ky.,  Tab.  513,  1877. 
To  tft«  Editor  of  th«  Ootnmereial: 

la  year  paper  of  to-day  a  citrrespondect  inquires 
aa  to  tbe  orii^n  of  the  line,  "Consistenoy  's  a  jewel." 
It  originally  appeared  in  Mariaich's  collection  of 
Eoelisb    and    Scotch    ballada.      In    the    ballad    of 
"Jolly  Babyn  Kungbbesd"  are  tte  following  lines  : 
"  Tnsh  1  tosh!  my  lasaiel  ■vch  thonght  reaisne; 
Cumpailsous  are  crnell, 
fine  picrnres  attit  in  irames  aa  flaa, 

^CoDsiateney  a  a  Jewel. 
F'>r  thee  aud  me  ooarao  clotbes  are  best; 
Bade  loiks  m  homelye  raiment  d res i. 
Wife  Joan  and  goodmaa  &»>>•»_" 
ZaaaaxaaatfiMiUJiy-  ^     .        ^UA.I^ 


FOREIGN   MISCELLANY. 

EJPCBjLPITON   with  BNOtiANM. 

THE  QTTKStlOir  XmDXB  PIEGUSSION  IX  THE 
BBITISH  PABLUMBNT— AN  XXPLANA- 
TION  BT  THS  BECBXTART  OV  STATE 
FOB  VOBBION  AFVAIRS. 
In  the  House  of  Lerds,  Tuesday,  Feb:  13, 
Barl  Granville  said :  "liy  Lards  i  I  rise  to  put  a 
question  to  the  npble  Barl  the  Seoratary  of  State 
for  foreign  AiG^lrs,  with  refarenoe  to  tha  Extradl- 
tiop  treaty  with  tbe  TTnited  States.  Tour  lardsbipa 
will  remembjBr  that  last  yaar  her  Majesty's  Govern. 
ment  refiued  yt  surrender  on  extradition  processes 
two  men,  named  Winslow  and  Brett,  unless  the 
Go;^ernjnent  of  the  TTnitad  Sutas  gave  a  distinct 
pledge  that  ttie  peison  whose  extraditioa  was 
demanded  ahoold  sot  be  tried  pn  any  other 
oharee  than  that  in  respaci;  of  wbloh  tne 
extradition  was  granted.  Xbli  was  In  oonsa- 
qaance  ot  a  ateiemeDtthat  a  man  named  Lawrence, 
who  bad  bean  already  anrrendeved,  was  to  be  tried 
on  a  second  charge.  Since  tben  one  man  has  been 
snrrenderad;  at  least,  it  haf  been  so  stated,  aud  X 
bslieve  the  statement  to  be  true.  I  should,  there- 
tore,  like  to  know  what  were  tbe  conditions  under 
which  that  surrender  was  made,  or  whether  any 
conditions  were  requlied.  If  a  satisfactory  ar> 
ranKement  baa  bean  entered  iato.  I  rejoice  afnoerely 
i(t  the  conclusion  oi'the  affair,  and  I  think  both  Gov- 
ernments deaerve  great  credit  for  havins,  bya  little 
common  sanse^  extricated  the  two  countries  from 
wnat  would  h#ye  been  a  public  scandal."  [Hear, 
hear.]  ' 

Tne  Earl  of  Derby  in  reply  said :  My  lords :  The 
noble  earl  has  pnt  tome  a  question  wbioh,  althongh 
tbe  papers  o  nine  subject  are  ready  for  preiientation, 
and  bare,  indeed,  jnai  been  laid  on  the  table,  it  may 
still  l>e  convenient  to  your  lordships  1  abould  an- 
swer i  it  may  also  be  desirable  tnat  I  should  explain 
in  a  few  words  the  position  in  which  tbls  buainess 
actually  stands.  Your  lordships  wili  remember  how 
the  matt^  stood  last  year,  i'be  extradition  of  a 
man  named  Lawrence  was  demanded  by  the 
Amenosn  Government  on  a  charge  made  against 
him.  His  extradition  was  grant«d  on  that  charge, 
and  be  was  pnt  on  bis  triid  in  the  ITnited  States. 
While  he  was  atwut  to  be  put  on  his  truU.  a  repre- 
sentation was  made  to  us  that  steps  wsre  being  taken 
by  tbe  Umted  States  Government  to  pot  him  on 
trial  for  anotner  oSeose  m  tbe  event  of  tailare  to  oh- 
taip  a  conviction  on  tbe  obarse  in  respect  of  which 
tbe  extradiiipu  had  been  granted.  x(ow,  as  the 
man  had  not  'been  surrendered  on  that  second 
obarge,  that  raised  tbe  question  as  to  the  oonstrac- 
tioB  to  be  placed  on  tbe  treaty.  We  objected  to 
the  proceeding  said  to  be  contemplated  by  the 
Uuited  States  Government,  and  that  Government 
tild  not  at  the  time  deuy  tbe  intention  to 
put  Lawrence  on  bis  trial  in  respect  of  the 
second  charce;  but  thoy  urged  views  in  re- 
fereoce  to  the  construottoo  of  tbe  treaty  whicn  led 
to  tho  coriespondenoe  between  tbe  two  Govern- 
ments, wbioh  your  lordships  will  reeolleoi,  and 
whieh  led  to  a  discussion  In  this  house.  The  result 
was  that  we  and  tbu  Government  of  tbe  Uniied 
States  held  opposite  views  as  to  the  construction  of 
the  treaty  inasmuch  as  they  claimed  a  right  which 
we  held  they  were  qot  entiled  to  claim,  and  we  felt; 
bound  to  lelnse  to  grant  any  further  extraditions 
till  the  question  should  be  settled,  and  so 
matters  remained  for  some  time.  MeanwhUe, 
the  man  Lawrence  waa  tried  *Tor  the  offence 
on  wbich  his  extradition  had  been  granted. 
I  am  not  aware  what  became  of  him  ;  but  at  all 
events  there  was  no  second  trial.  However,  m  the 
mouth  of  AnKUSi  last  we  received  throngh  the 
Amencaa  Minister  a  communication  from  the 
United  States' Government  wOiob,  if  it  had  been 
made  before,  would  hare  saved  a  great  deal  of 
trouble.  From  this  oummnnicatioo  it  appeared 
that,  nolwithstandins  tbe  representations  which 
had  been  made  on  tbe  eabjeet,  yet,  aa  far  a«  the 
United  States  Government  were  concerned,  no 
steps  had  been  laKon,  or  had  been  intended  to 
be  taken,  with  tbe  view  of  putting  Lawrence 
on  his  trial  for  the  second  offense.  In  other  words, 
the  Government  of  tbe  United  States  claimed 
a  riKht  under  the  treaty  which  we  did  not  admit  tne 
iitxiatence  of,  bat  tney  stated  and  we  did  not  doubt 
tbe  accuracy  of  tbe  statement,  that  they  had  not 
exercised,  or  attempted  to  exercise,  the  right  they 
so  claimed.  That  materially  altered  tha  position  of 
afi«ira.  We  continued  to  maintain,  auu  we  main- 
tain now,  that  thu  construction  which  we  pnt  on  tua 
treaty  waa  tne  oorreoi  one,  but  from  the  intorma- 
tlon  we  obtained  in  Auioisc,  and  which,  I  repeat,  it 
IS  a  pity  we  had  not  obtained  at  an 
earlier  date,  It  appeared  that  tbe  question 
raised  by  the  Umted  States  Government 
was  pnrelv  theoretical — that  is,  they  havins 
raised  a  point  wbioh  had  not  ailaen  in  practice,  we 
choagbt  that  tbe  question  mitchi  well  remain  in 
abej-auce  till  it  did  arise  In  actual  practice.  [Hear, 
hear.]  We  wereof  tbe  opinion  thai,  in  tbeciroum- 
siances  really  exlstine,  tbere  was  no  further  occa- 
aiun  for  suspeudrng  tbe  operation  of  the  treaty, 
aud  it  remains  now  as  it  was  before.  Had  steps 
been  taken  under  it  by  tbe  Uoiiud  States  Govern- 
ment inconsistent  with  tbe  view  beid  by  ns,  then 
we  should  have  continued  to  feel  that  tbe  treaty 
conid  only  be  renewed  under  the  conditions  sng- 
coated  bv  ns  ;  but,  as  matters  stood,  wo  felt  that 
tboee  conditions  were  no  loagei  required.  [Hear, 
hear.j  The  arraof^meut  between  tne  two  CKiveru- 
ments  oontinuo  a«  before  that  question  was  raised, 
pwudinit  tbe  negotwtiuns  for  a  new  treaty,  wbioh 
neKoiiatloDS  are  now  in  profiresa.  That  is  tbe 
whole  case."     (Hear,  hear. | 

AMERICANS  AND  THE  NORTH  POLE. 

CAPT.  HOWGATE's  PLAN    BBKOBU  CONGRESS 

— ^WHAT  IS   THOUGHT   0»   IT    ABBOAI>. 

From  tht  London  Telegraph. 
Americans  seem  determined  to  continue  their 
friendly  rivalry  i|  ith  us  in  the  nentrai  field  of  Arctic 
exploration.  iCoused  by  tbe  strictures  passed  on 
their  Arctic  explorers  by  Sic  Oeorge  Nares, 
Hon.  Jnstice  Daly,  President  of  the  Great  Trans- 
allantlo  GeoKraphical  Society,  while  paylnn  the 
members   of  our  recent  Arctic  BxpediUon    many 

hanasome  oomjillmenta  in  his  inangural  addreas, 

glvos  their  Commander  adiiniifled  rebuke  on  account 
or  bis  ongeuerouB  references  to  the  researobes  of  nis 
predecessors,  Kane  and  Hayes.  By  way  of  testine 
the  work  done  by  the  crews  of  the  Alert  and  the 
Discovery,  it  appears  that  tbe  orKauization  of  an 
Almerioaa    expedition    is   now   being    oroposed    to 

cauy  on  the  grand  story  of  Polar  adventure 
tbruuch  Smith's  Sunnd.  Already  a  bill  has  been 
broasbt  into  Congress  for  tnat  parpoae,  aud  men 
like  Capt.  Uoweate,  I,tfi.  Hayes,  and  Prof.  L.oomia, 
tbe  eminent  meteorologiii,  and  omers,  are  advo- 
oatinK  m  tbe  States  renewed  activity  in  the  cause 
ol  Arcilo  discovery.  It  is  cratifylnfc  to  note  that,  lu 
the  diseusslon  now  koIuk  on  In  tbe  American 
papers  with  reierenoe  to  tois  sabjeci,  it  Is 
admitted  that  Sir  GheorKe  Mares  has  at  lea# 
demonstrated  tba  auoeiloritv  of  the  Smitb's 
Sound  route  over  every  olber.  It  appears  to 
be  thought  that,  as  he  succeeded  by  foUowioK  this 
channel  in  sailine  a  ship  nearer  the  soex  of  the 
eartbtban  any  previoas  navieator — nearer  by  tar 
than  tbe  mosk  suocesstul  explorers  were  able  to  i;et 
by  otber  passaKcs— the  snperioritv  of  the  Smith's 
Sunnd  route,  lone  vindicated  by  Mr.  C.  K.  Murk- 
bam,  bas  been  strikinely  verified.  The  Anierioans 
evidently  consider  that  tbe  chief  success  ot  the 
fiuKheh  expedition  Ues  in  showme  ihat  by  attacking 
tne  Arctic  mystery  via  Smitb's  Sound,  tbe  closest 
base  of  operations  yec  discovered  la  made 
available.  Bv  following  thu  up,  by 
taking  a  firmer  grasp  of  the  clue 
where  it  fell  from  the  hands  of  the  British  expedi- 
tion, it  is  thoiiffbt  that  tbe  coveted  glory  ot  plaating 
the  Stars  and  Stripes  at  the  pole  will  be  aculeved. 
Of  course  all  such  anticipations  are,  we  now  know, 
over  saneuiue.  The  Americans,  however,  leason 
shrewdly  and  well  in  ari^niog  taat  tne  channel  by 
which  Sir  George  Mares  succeeded  in  sailing  nearer 
to  the  pole  than  any  of  bis  predooessurs  must 
necessarily  ba  the  one  that  will  be  most  cer- 
tain to  lead  them  with  tne  greatest  ease  to 
the  most  valnabie  di^coveriss.  Whether  It  will 
lead  them  to  the  pQle  is  of  course  another 
question.  It  ooKbt,  nowevur,  to  enable  them  to 
achieve  what  Is  neatly  as  grand  a  feat,  that  Is,  to 
determine  bow  the-nytierious  ouotineot  of  Green- 
land ends — a  discovery  which  our  exulorers  were  on 
tbe  veri^e  of  maRinK  when  tbey  srave  up  tbe  glor- 
ious quest.  We  have  little  doubt  tbat  the  officers 
of  the  British  expedition  will  be  among  tbe  first  to 
bid  tne  American  £xpeaition  "Grod  speed,"  when 
it  sails  away  into  tba  icy  Morth  lor  tbe  purpose  of 
settiuK  at  rest  ull  the  acrid  skepticism  with  wbich 
Sir  GeoTjce  Mares'  theory  of  a  uermanently  unnavi- 
gable  Paueucrystlo  Sea  has  been  opposed. 


A  DIPLOMAT  IN  PLAIN  DRESS. 
The  reporter  of  a  London  paper,  describing 
the  scene  mside  the  House  of  Lords  at  the  opemng 
ef  Parliament,  writes:  "All  this  time  a  kaleldg- 
Boopio  efieot  is  visible  through  the  open  door  of  tbe 
Prince's  chamber,  the  light  lu  which,  stronger  than 
(hat  strngKling  through  our  own  storied  windows, 
plays  upon  aver-sbif  ting  colors  and  figures.  Gentle- 
men at  Armi  with  towering  plumes,  officers  of 
Household  Cavalry,  now  and  then  a  loreixn  diplo- 
matist, ablase  with  orders.  Peers  in  their  robes,  and 
officials  of  every  imaeinabie  description  flit  about, 
framed  by  the  doorway,  till  the  eye,  weary  of  the 
glitter  and  confusion,  turns  away  to  rest  on  tue 
more  placid  scene  nearer  at  hand.  At  this  moioent 
occurs  the  first  '  sensation'  of  the  day.  The  mass&i  of 
gav  attire  on  the  Peers'  benches,  bef  jre  so  still, 
not  to  say  listless,  break  iato  life  and  movement, 
like  a  field  of  poppies  blown  upon  by  a  sodden 
wind,  while  a  very  decided  titter  runs  round  the 
chamber .  Looking  for  tbe  cause,  we  see  it  in  tbe 
appearance  of  the  Chinese  Ambassadois,  who, 
wesnos  their  Slate  robes,  with  the  vermihon  but- 
ton tbat  mark  their  exalted  rank,  move  toward  tbe 
seats  reserved  for  the  diplomatic  body.  The  celes- 
tial Btiaogers  c»n  hardly  be  uoconscioos  of  the 
effect  the  y  make,  but,  with  perfect  self-possession, 
not  a  muscle  of  their  faces  moving,  tbey  take  their 
places,  apd  begin  calmly  to  Idspect  the  aoene. 
Simultateously  with  tbe  Embassy  from  the  Flowery 
Land  appears  the  Daputy  Lord  Great  Cliamherlain, 
Lord  Av'eland,  wearing  tbe  Windsor  unlfonn, 
which  is  hereafter  to  he  seen  fiittmg  about  the 
place  In  Istulable  anxiety  to  make  tbuiRs  pleasant 
all  round.  Lord  Aveland  has  a  hard  time  of  it,  for 
there  is  scanty  room  and  such  an  abundance  of  an- 
pUcants  tbat  many  an  envioas  eye  is  directed  to  the 
Ambassadors'  benches,  wharo  ijor  a  long  while 
tbece  seems  spaoe  to  spare.  Bat.  eve«  this  sacred 
preserve  gradually  fills.  The  Buaaian  Minister 
closely  follows  tho«'  of  China,  and  is  himself  as 
closely  followed  by  the  represAntstives  «f  Holland 
and  Germany.  But  who  May  he  be  that,  wearing 
plain  evemnK  dreaa  wfthootstar  or  rlboon.  oroaaestbe 
space  in  fi-ont  o(  the  tbrona,  and  praaamea  to  aaat 
himsslf  among  the  bedizened  diplomats  I  The 
JLjmatfiMa  ia^aetity.eaawereA  ha  tkaaa 


a^4<^atwbei|tlieg«eatAmerioaa  Bepvbhc  sands 
a  mriUan  to  irepraaant  her  he  most'doh  the  ardlnary 
attire  of  a  gentieoaa.  Last  y«ar  Gen.  Bcheiiok'^ 
uniform  simp^  tnongl^  it  waa,  blpndad  hanopiii< 
oaaly  with  tbat  of  nts  mora  magnificent  ooUaagaes. 
Bat  tha  plain  Waok  of  Vr.  jfterrapont  naa  aa  in- 
oongmons  aa  wall  as  diatlnotlre  eSbpt,  upon  which, 
however,  it  is  likely  that  tbe  eban'ce  American  pre- 
sent looks  with  perfect  oomplaoency,  if  not  wltn 
pride.  Mow  oome  tha  Ministers  bf'^me  South 
American  Sutea  and  Persia,  and  afUr  them  the 
first  batch  of  Fears  in  theirnoealnly  robea,  headed 
by  Lords  Stratheden  and  Bversleigh." 

EMANCIPATION  DAY  IN  THE  BOUTS, 

THE  WAT  IT  WAg  CBLBBSATED  IN  GHABI.8S- 
TON — THE  LADIES  OCT  IV  POBCe'— THE 
HIUTABT  PARADE — A  COLORBD  GOD- 
DESS OF  LIBERTY— A  COLONBL'S  FEARS. 
The  special  oorre^ondant  of  the  Iieadon 
Timte  writes  of  the  Emancipation  Day  celebration 
aa  follows :  "  The  colored  ladies  turned  out  in  great 
force  and  tbe  highest  spirits  to  do  henor  to  tbe  dav, 
many  of  them  wearing  gay,  gorgeaus  plnmage, 
winch  makes  a  white  woman  look  so  rmonlous  and 
vulgar,  but  In  which  tha  colored  lady,  either  be- 
cause It  salts  her  oomplexla^  or  beoitase  she  ba|  an 
instinot  for  arranging  it,  looks  as  much  at  home  as 
a  tropical  bird.  I  am,  of  aourse,  not  speaking  of 
the  female  arlstocraay  of  the  colored  race,  but  of 
the  'lower,  middles.'  The  former  would  as  soon 
wear  anything  gaudy,  merely  because  It  suited 
them,  as  a  leader  of  ton  in  England  would 
think  of  wearing  for  the  same  unfashion- 
able reason  last  year's  styles.  I  am  told 
tbat  some  of  the  negro  'upper  ten,'  the  colored 
crime  de  la  crime,  wilt  not  condescend  to  turn  out 
at  all  to  celebrate  'Emancipation  Day,'  oaring, 
perbaps,  as  little  to  be  reminded  of  the  past  de- 
graded condition  of  their  race  as  a  retired  trades- 
man cares  to  be  reminded  of  the  shop.  I  do  not 
myself  know  enough  of  Charleston  to  say  who 
were  not  there,  but  most  certainly  so  many  were 
tbere  that  it  seemed  to  me  as  if  the  whole  colored 
population  had  turned  out.  It  had  a  very  strange 
effect  to  find  tbat  tha  white  population,  on  the 
other  band,  had  somehow  mysteriously  disap- 
peared. Tbe  innocent  Mortheroer,  if  Just  arrived, 
might  easily  have  imagined  that  at  last  tbe  dotrn- 
trodden  negro  had  turned,  like  the  worm,  had  ex- 
terminated, or,  with  more  congenial  gentleness, 
had  merely  banished  all  his  white  opnressors,  to 
the  latest  baby,  and  that  the  viotoriiios  army  which 
had  aobieved  this  great  deliverance  was  now  march- 
ing in  triumpbal  procession  through  rescued  and 
grateful  crowds. 

For,  as  I  need  scarcely  say,  on  this  occasion,  as 
on  pretty  nearly  all  occasions  in  commercial,  peace, 
loving  America,  the  principal  feature  or  tbe  day's 
celebration  was  a  military  parade.  Whatever  the 
white  man  does  the  black  man,  whose  imitative  in- 
stinct la  one  of  bis  stronicest  propensities,  does  too. 
So  we  bad,  on  Monday,  a  paraoe^so  mncb  in  the  re- 
gulation style  tbat  I  may  safely  leave  it  to  the 
reader's  Imagination,  merely  reminding  him  that, 
in  picturing  to  himself  the  usual  accessoiies  or 
'  properties,  the  plumes,  the  gorgeaus  uniforms, 
tbe  moimted  Generals  and  Colonels,  gracefully 
raising  their  cocked  bats,  the  galloping  aides  and 
orderliea  on  oarvettmg,  caracoling  cnarcers,  he 
must  for  white  read  black.  It  will  doubtless  be 
very  hard  for  Europeans  to  believe  this  fact  in  tbe 
teeth  of  life-long  associations,  but  neyertbeleas  it  ia 
a  fact  that  even  that  tlme-iionured.  Inevitable  ad- 
junct of  all  military  parades,  tbe  'bnliiant^'lcaff,' 
was  black.  Why,  afrer  all,  prejudice  and  trauitions 
apart,  may  not  a  sta£^  like  a  well-polished  boot,  be 
both  black  and  brilliant  I  Tbe  very  Goddess 
of  Liberty,  whom  all  the  world  over  I  had  hith- 
erto known  as  a  blonde,  usually  over-rouged, 
was  a  charming  little  brnnette.  One  must  not  de- 
scribe a  goddess  too  litenUly,  while  her  attendant 
nymphs,  mere  mortals  of  whom  tbe  whole  truth 
may  t>e  told,  were  soma  of  them  black  as  coal.  Sue 
looked  so  well  in  her  n>d  cap,  scarf,  and  rosettes, 
that  a  colared  Goddess  of  Liberty  would,  I  believe, 
soon  become  the  rage  in  Europe,  il  Exeter  Hall 
would  only  have  tbe  courage  to  introduce  her.  As 
for  the  parade  itself,  to  a  white  man,  seeing  it  tor 

-•^n  first  time,  and.  all  hia  life  accuatumed  only  to 
Initte  parades,  it  was,  of  oourse,  a  very  quaint 
spectacle  to  see  tbe  bowing  Generals  and  ourvet'ini 
and  caracoling  aides,  and  '  brilliant  staff  all  in 
black,  aud  it  now  and  then  cost  me  an  effart  to 
look  as  serious  as  the  importance  of  tbe  occasion 
aud  common  politencs  demanded.  But  this  was 
merely  the  resnlt  of  habit,  and  after  a  twelvemontn 
of  bUck  parades  1  should  probably  be  struck  by  the 
absurdity  of  a  white  one.  Indeed,  lam  iooiined  to 
think  tbat,  taken  singly,  the  'sable  warriors, '  like 
their  wives,  look,  on  the  whole,  less  absurd  in  gor- 
geous costumes  than  white  generals  and  aides; 
only  that  tbe  oiviliEcd  eyo  bas  grown  reconciled  to 
tbe  absurdity  of  tbe  last,  I  had  a  chat  with  one 
colored  Colonel,  who,  from  the  msgniduanse  of  his 
uniform,  and  bis  being  called  on  to  read  Prepideai 
Ltoouln's  emancipation  order,  waa,  I  suppose,  a  per- 
sonage ot  disilnoiiou;  and  be  struck  me  as  being 
not  only  very  pleasant-mannered  aud   gentlemaa- 

^like,  bnt  aa  also  very  intelligent  and  bright.  Ho 
seemed  at  first  somewhat  uneasy  at  my  presence. 
I  Was  tbe  only  white  man  on  the  platform,  aud  be 
naturally  assumed  that  I  was  a  member  of  tbe 
Democratic  press,  and  his  natural  foe,  but,  on  my 
iufiirming  bim  that  I  was  neither  a  Democrat  nor 
a  Kepublicau,  but  an  Englishman,  he  appeared  re- 
lieved, and  ounflded  to  me  the  one  drop  of  bitter- 
ness lu  thu  day's  Joyous  cup.  He  bad  seen  a  Deiu- 
oaratic  artist  sketching  bim,  and  feared  he  was  go- 
ing to  be  caricatured.  He  thought  it  hard  tbat  no 
Kepubllcau  artist  ouuld  be  there  to  do  justice  to  the 
oaraUe,  wbicn  be  rightly  sonsidered  a  suuceas.  It 
was  certainly  a  snfliciently  clever  imitation  ot  white 
parades,  aud  if  soaieof  the  marching  was  bad,  some 
ol  it,  on  the  otber  band,  was'very  good.  Mjthine, 
too,  couH  have  been  better  than  the  behavior  of 
tbe  crowd,  and  though  they  kept  the  whole  of  the 
day  a  holiday,  and  naturally  celebrated  it  in  white 
faithlun,  Oy  a  good  deal  of  whiskv  drinking,  1  am' 
told  the  metriDi>;ut  was  so  far  kept  within 
bounds  that  tbe  Police  had  not  to  make  one  arrest. 
I  trust  the  colored  Colonel's  feam  ot  being  cari- 
catured were  groundless.  It  certainly  would  be 
cruelly  unfair  to  caricaturi  him  in  the  hour,  too,  of 
bis  triumph,  for  be  looked  as  well  lu  his  uniform 
as  thu  late  Duke  of  Wellington  himaelf  could  have 
looked,  and  was  to  my  thinking,  a  handsomer  man 
than  hiB  Grace.  1  heard  afterward  that,  like  nea.ly 
all  tbe  other  Colonels  and  Greueials,  he  had  been  a 
slave,  but,  even  before  the  war,  bad  shown  so 
much  quickness  aud  ablUtyas  to  be  given  a  post 
of  some  importauoe  on,  i  believe,  the  railway. 
In  saying  that  there  was  no  white  man  in  tbe  pro- 
cession   1  am  speaktog  from  the  South  Oarulinian 

point  of  view.  There  were  a  fe<v  nien  whom  I  my 
self  ahould  have  unbeaitatinidy  pronounced  to  be 
pure  whites,  but  an  old  Cnarlaatouian,  who  was 
with  me  part  ot  tho  time,  asaured  me,  from  his  own 
personal  knowledge,  that  tbey  rauked  with  tbe 
colured  population.  Out  of  tbe  Southern  States, 
U  not,  indeed,  out  of  their  own  neighburfaood,  they 
might  easily  pass  for  white  men.  Due  here  one  drop 
ot  black  blood  is  more  carefully  traced  and 
registered  than  the  old  blue  blood  of  Spain." 

BOTALTF  IN  UIUM  DRESSES. 
At  the  recent  opening  ol  Parliament  in  Lou- 
den the  Queen  wore  a  black  velvet  dress,  with  a 
long  train  trimmed  with  miniver  and  crape,  and  a 
long  white  tnlle  veil,  surmounted  by  tbe  crown  in 
diamonds.  Her  Malesty  also  woro  a  necklace  and 
earrings  of  large  diamoodi,  tbe  Kob-'-Mour  as  a 
brooch,  the  Kiband  and  Star  of  the  Order  of  tba 
Garter,  and  thH^Victoria  and  Albert  Order.  Prin- 
cess Louise  wore  a  garnet  velvet  dress,  trimmed 
with  creim  saiin  and  steel.  Tbe  Jewelry  worn  by 
ber  royal  Highness  consisted  of  diainonds  and 
pearls.  Princetis  Beatrice  wore  a  dress  of  Armure 
cardinal  and  fawu-oolored  pi>ult  de  sole,  trimmed 
with  Brussels  lace  tud  emj)ruidery  of  fawn -colured 
chenille,  with  red  and  brouzo  foliage.      Head-dress 

— Diamond    star,    leather   and   veil.      Ornaments 

Meoklaoe,  earrings,  and  brooch  of  diamonds.  Or- 
ders—Tue  Kibbon  and  Star  of  St.  Kntherine  of  Rus- 
sia, the  Oruer  of  St.  Isabelle  of  Portugal,  tbe  Vic- 
toria and  Albert,  aud  tbe  Coburg  and  Gotha  family 
Orders. 


THE  PENALTY  OP  KISSINQ  A  WIDOW. 

The  London  of  Feb.  10,  (a  conservative  news- 
paper, the  first  number  ot  whiob  appeared  Feb.  3,) 
bas  a  department  entitled  "tbe  Wbisperine  Gal- 
lery," made  upof  iteps  of  rumor  and  of  facts  of  more 
or  less  interest,  and  of  which  tbe  toUowlng  is  a 
specimen:  ''A  Glasgow  widsw  has  brought  an  ac- 
tion against  n  man  for  kissing  her  ;  tbe  damages 
are  laid  at  £500.  Your  widow  is  u^iually  a  reiiiing 
creature,  but  it  is  not  often  that  she  sets  so  hLh  a 
price  on  her  favors.  In  the  present  instance  tne 
exorbitancy  is  probably  a  mark  of  inconsolable 
affliction;  a  sign  tbat  tbe  lady  bas  retired  from  the 
business  of  matrimony;  a  sort  of  'man-traps  and 
spnug-guna'  annonucement,  warning  all  possible 
trespassers  from  this  lair  garden  of  viduity.  It 
will  probably  BUGOeed  as  it  deserves.  Tour  Scot  is 
susceptible,  out  be  is  also  thrifty.  That  it  is  not 
for  everyone  to  go  to  Corinth  is  especially  true 
north  of  tbe  Tweed  ;  and  it  things  are  always  thus, 
it  is  no  wonder." 

• 

AN  INHUMAN  HOUSE  AGENT. 

The  Pall  Mall  Gazette  says  :  "  A  cabinet- 
maker named  Horner  died  one  day  last  week  In  a 
street  near  Victoria  Park,  and  an  inquest  on  his 
body  was  held  on  Saturday.  The  deceased,  accord- 
ing to  the  avidence  of  his  wife,  had  been  out  of 
Work  for  16  weeks  owing  to  illness,  and  was  au 
ont-paiient  of  the  Victoria  Park  HoapitaL  He 
had  aeven  children,  two  of  whom  only  brought  in 
a  trifle  a  week.  Tbe  rest  of  the  family  got  a  little 
by  making  luoifex  matches.  A  fortnight  ago 
the  landlady  of  tbe  house  they  occupied 
left  it,  and  on  Tuesday  last  tbe  house  agent  came 
aud  took  thedoorsofiandtbe  windows  out,  although 
the  deceased  waa  dying.  On  theprevloas  Satntoay 
he  "  tied  over  "  the  top  of  the  chimney,  so  as  to  pre- 
vent them  from  having  a  fire,  aud  naUed  up  tbe 
back  door  to  prevent  them  from  getting  any  water. 
H«  saw  the  deceased,  who  was  tben  dying,  bnt  said 
he  did  not  believe  he  was  ill,  but  was  of  opinion 
that  he  was  «niy  ahammiag.  On  WedneRday  there 
was  no  mistake  as  to  the  deceased's  condition ;  for 
when  tbe  Parish  Doctor  came  he  fouad  bim  dead, 
which  was  not  surprising,  as  be  had  been  without  a 
fire  since  Saturday,  and  bad  beau  in  tbe  room  with  the^ 
windows  out  trom  11  o'clock  on  Tuesday  uctU  he 
died  the  following  dsry,  Wednesday.  The  agent, 
who  waa  called  as  a  witness,  admitted  that  on 
Tuesday  morning  he  saw  thedeceased  lying  on  soma 
sacking,  but  did  not  believe  bim  to  be  111.  He  was 
nor,  as  he  explained,  a  'medical  man,'  and  therefore 
could  not  see  if  tba  deceased  was  ill ;  but  had  he 
known  he  was  about  to  ale  he  ahonld  have  let  tha 
windows  remain.  Tbe  medical  'evidence  showed 
tbat  death  waa  caused  by  disease  of  the  lungs,  and 
tba  lory  returned  a  verutot  accordingly,  expressing 
an  opinion  that  the  conduct  of  tbe  agent  waa  inh^ 
is  «aiaa  aaastjanala  WiU  juobabix  acaMM* 


MINANOIAL  AFFAIUa. 


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100  00 S3.  48 

400  do AtS 

100  do 4ai4 

300  do 48 

50Un.  Pac 66^ 

800  West.  On 68«s 

5J0  do 6313 

'JOO  do 63«i. 

700  do s3.  63«8 

700  00 ..b3.  638* 

6U0  do 63«8 

100  do 86.  eaia 

2100   «;    do 63>2 

600  do s3.  63<% 

900  do 63% 

2500         do 63i» 

200  do s3.  63ie 

100  a,  C.  C.  it  1 25 

too  Pau  Mall •2514 

300  do 2518 

4^0  do ba  !i5is 

600  do 25 

100  do B6i).  25 

'.iOOO  do s3.  '26 

100  «lo 830.  25 

100  Mklh.  Cen 41 14 

60  do 41 

100  do 4114 

100  do 4118 

800  do 41 

200  41b.  a  S s6U.  70    , 


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100 

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400 

900 

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400  do 

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100  do. 

500  do. 

500  do. 

300  do S3.  4759 

300  ao 47's 

400  do....i 48 

600  do 47'i 

100  do u.r.a  48^ 

ilOO         do 47'e 

400  do b3.  477, 

100  North- west.  PC...  Sl^a 

100  00 eiOg 

lUU  Book  Ishuid 99^ 

100  u« 99<S 

100  St  Paul 18 

.00  do 17<^ 

6U0  8t  Paul  Pf. 4714 

^00  do 4718 

1000 Del.,  L.  tW.....  61^8 

500  do 61!% 

700  do 6I84 

1500  do 6l<>8 

300  do ei»a 

]OOH.kSt.  Jo 101* 

100  H.  te  St.  J.Pf. 20ifl 

100  do 21)69 

100  do 20>2 

60  N.  T.,  N.H.  bU..163 


LQans 

Specie 

Legal  tenders. 
Deposits...... 

Ciroulauon... 


1.374900 
44  713.300 
229,311.200 
15,536,300 


49.013,100 
234,337,4'JO 
17,1)22,000 


Monday,  A.  M.,  Feb.  26. 
The  statement  of  the  Associa^d  Banks 
for  the  week  ending  Saturday  la^  shows  a 
decrease  in  all  the  items.  The  deposits  are 
down  $3,347,600  ;  Specie,  $2,690,700  ;  Legal 
Tenders,  $1,094,900;  Loans,  $302,700,  and  cir- 
culation, $18,409.  The  movement  for  the  week 
results  in  a  loss  of  $2,918,709  in  surplus  reserve, 
which  reduces  the  exoess  of  reserve  held  by 
the  banks  above  legal  requirements  to  $16,- 
660,400. 

The  following  shows  the  condition  of  the 
banks  on  Saturday  last,  as  oamparod  with  the 
previous  statement  aud  with  the  statement  for 

the  corresponding  week  last  year  : 

Feb.  17.         Feb.  24.  Feb.  26,  1876. 
.1259  054.400  (;i5e, 751.700  C268,480,000 
,.    32,065,600      29.374900      80,7o6,'^00 
..     45.808,a00 
..  832.65».80O 
..     15,554,700 

And  the  following  the  relations  between  the 
total  reserve  and  total  liabilities  of  the  banks  : 

Specie 132  065,600  $29,374,930  Deo.  12.693.700 

Legal  tenders..  45,808,200    44,713,300  Dec  1,094900 

Total  reserve.. .$77,873,800  |'i4,U88,2J0  Dec.  $3,785,600 
Eea've  required 

agt.d3posit8..  68,164,700    57,327,600 
Excess  of  res've 

above  legal  re- 

quiremeucs...  19.709.100    16,760,400  Dec.  $2,948,700 

The  money  market  was  easy  in  its  course, 
the  supply  seeking  employment  having  been 
largely  in  exoess  of  the  demand.  The  extreme 
rates  for  call  loaus  were  2  and  5  ^  cent.,  but 
the  bulk  of  business  was  done  at  3@3Mi  ^  cent. 
The  great  shrinkage  in  values  on  the  Stock 
Exchange  of  late  of  course  renders  the  amount 
of  Money  required  to  carry  Stocks  much  lighter 
than  usual,  and  this  has  a  tendency  to  ease  the 
market.  In  the  discount  market  the  trans- 
actions were  moderate,  business  havmg  been 
curtailed  by  the  limited  supply  of  paper  offer- 
ing. Sales  of  "gilt-edged"  ware  made  at  3^ 
^  cent.,  and  prime  names  sold  at  4®5  V  cent. 

The  foreign  advices  reported  a  firm  market 
at  London  for  British  Consols  and  American 
securities.  The  weekly  report  of  the  Bank  ef 
England  showed  a  gam  of  £320,000  in  Bullion. 
The  discount  rate  remains  unchanged  at  2  i^ 
cent. 

The  Sterling  Exchange  market  was  heavy 
and  lower,  owing  to  the  small  demand,  and  the 
appearance  of  a  cousiderable  amount  of  bills 
held  some  time  in  the  expectation  of  an  ad- 
vance in  rates  in  the  market,  \^  bioh  were  offered 
at  a  concession  from  the  ruling  quotations.  At 
the  close  sales  were  made  at  $4  82'><!^|4  82^ 
for  bankers'  60-day  bills,  and  at  $4  84  for  de- 
mand, the  nominal  rates  having  been  reduced 
from  $4  84Mt  and  $4  86  to  $4  83  Me  and  $4  85. 

The  Gold  speculation  was  oharacterized  by 
weakness,  and  the  price  tell  off  from  105%  to 
104^ — the  lowest  point  yet  reaeked.  Later, 
there  was  a  recovery  to  105V4,  owing  to  advices 
from  Washington  that  tbere  was  little   chance 

of  the  Sherman  Funding  bill  being    passed. 

Closing  sales  were  at  105.  On  Gold  loans  the 
rates  ranged  from  1  to  3Vk  ^^  cent,  for  carrying 
and  flat 

Government  Bonds  were  weak,  and  prices 
declined  ^  to  IV4  ^  cent.,  with  scarcely  any 
recovery  at  tbe  close.  Aside  from  the  decline 
in  Gold,  the  morket  was  unfavorably  affected 
by  sales,  some  of  which  were  for  the  short  aa- 
oount,  by  tbe  German  bankers.  Tbe  market 
at  times  was  active,  the  decline  having  brought 
out  round  amounts  of  bonds.  In  Railroad 
Mortgages  there  were  frequent  fluctuations, 
especially  in  the  ooal  road  issues.  Albany  and 
Susquehanna  Seconds  declined  4  ^  cent,  and 
Lehigh  and  Wilkesbarre  consolidated  over  3 
^  cent.,  the  latter  touching  30 '/i  and  finally 
recovering  to  32Vi.  Morris  and  Essex  consoli- 
dated Firsts  advanced  2  V  cent.,  selling  up  to 
93.  There  was  a  decline  ot  5  ip  cent,  in  Han- 
nibal and  St.  Joseph  convertibles  and  IMt  ^ 
cent,  in  New- York  Central  Coupon  Firsts. 
The  Pacific  bonds  were  steady,  and  Chicago 
and  North-western  and  Milwaukee  and  St. 
Paul,  in  the  main,  firm.  State  bonds  were  a 
fraction  lowor  for  Missouris  and  Tennessees. 
A  rather  bettor  demand  was  noted  for  North 
Carolinas,  with  a  slight  improvement  in  prices. 

On  the  Stock  Exchange  throughout  the  en- 
tire week  the  most  marked  depression  pre- 
vailed, shareholders  as  well  as  speculators  be- 
ing apparently  imbued  with  the  very  gloomiest 
anticipations  in  regard  to  the  future  of  values. 
Tbe  decline  in  prices  was  not   confiued  to  any 

particular  class  of  Stocks,  bat  was  participated 

in  by  tbe  entire  active  Kst.  The  in- 
fluences contributing  to  the  depression  were 
reports  concerning  a  probable  renewal 
of  the  railroad  war,  rumors  tbat  the  will  of  the 
late  Commodore  Yanderbilt  was  to  be  con- 
tested, and  the  new  and  important  develop- 
ments in  the  telegraphio  warfare.  The  nnfa- 
vorable  effect  created  upon  the  public  mind  by 
the  reports  presented  by  the  Delaware  and 
Hudson  Company  and  the  Delaware,  Lacka- 
wanna and  Western  Companr,  coupled  with 
rumors  ot  legal  proceedings  against  tbeiormer, 
also  helped  not  a  little  to  intensity  the  feeling 
ot  "despondency  existing  in  financial  circles. 
The  decline  for  the  week  ranged  from  1  to  llVji 
^  cent.,  Western  Union,  New- York  Central, 
Lake  Shore,  Michigan  Central,  and  the  Coal 
shares  being  conspicuous  in  the  downward 
movement. 

COUBSB   OP  MABKBT — TBE  WEEK. 


Highest. 

American  gold loS'^a 

United  States  Ss. '81. coup.. IIOI4 
United  States  5-20a,'67,U.112'78 

New-Tork  Central 98J4 

Rocfe  island lOOi* 

Pacific  M^l >. 26i8 

Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul..  18^ 
Milwaukee  &  StJ^aiU  Pf.  48 

LakeShore 51'''8 

Chicago  Sc  North-weat..  33^ 
Chicago  &  North-west.Pt  S3. 

Western  Union 6913 

UuionPaclflc 65 

Toledo  &  Wabash 6I3 

Del.,  Lack.  &  Western...  67 

New  Jersey  Central I9I4 

D.  <fcH.  Canal 57^ 

Morris  ti.  Essex 82S8 

Panama ..126 

Erie 8»fl 

Ohio  &  Misaissippi 5^8 

C,  C.  &.Ind.  Central 2^ 

Harlem 137 

Hannibal  &  St  Jo. 11 

Hannibal  &  St  Jo.,  Pre£.  S4 

Micblgao  Centnl Wa 

Dlinoia  Central 53^ 

VJIiaaoazl  gaalfla.—^^>^  » 


Closing 
Saturday, 
Lowest  Peb.26,  '76. 


104% 

109  <4 

IIII3 

93% 

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25 
17% 

4638 
47 14 
32 

48% 
6318 
64ifl 
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80^8 
124 
7»3 

135 
9 

20 

401a 


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us% 

12158 
116% 
11058 

site 

4358 

7978 
6318 
43  \4 
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7dl4 

5I4 

ii9ie 

107 14 

121 14 

105 

133 
181s 
2218 

140ls 
19% 
30 
60% 

VK)% 


Lowest 

Bid.    asked. 

93% 

931a 

93% 

137 

136»fl 

137  ifl 

7  la 

7I9 

78r 

4734 

47% 

477fl 

6I9 

7 

3%% 

33 

33 14 

50% 

5138 

511a 

99 

99 13 

990a 

99^8 

looia 

17% 

171a 

n'8 

46'8 

4718 

4714 

8614 

83%' 

60^8 

6158 

«r% 

10i« 

1018 

103^ 

48% 

47% 

48 

80^8 

8OI4 

81 

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51=8 

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212 

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9 

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20 

20  3i 

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518 

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123 

126 

6318 

6318 

631>1 

lei^j 

17% 

18ig 

25 

25 

2519 

., 

12  »9 

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2012 

21 

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102  i-j 

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83  >« 

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53 

59 

.. 

49 

51 

{tAKpf  ov  rBiOES  jam  OLoaraa  quotatioxs 

FEB.  21. 

■ — Cl0fIac-> 
Highest.    * 

New-Tork  Central OS's 

Harlem 137 

Erie 7^ 

Lake  Shore 49 

Wabasb 

North-western 33 

North-western  Pref...  51  Sg 

Bocklstaad 9914 

Fort  Wavne 

Milwauke^>&  St  Paul.  13 
MU.  &  St  Paul  Pref..  47I9 

Pittahure 

Del..Lack.&  Western..  6238 
New-Jersey  Central..  11 19 
Del.  &  Hudson  Canal.  43^ 

Moms&Essex. ....  8OI2 

Hiohiean  Central.. „.  41% 

Illinois  Central $2 

Union  Pacific 

C,  C.  &  Ind  Central..  -. 

Han.  &  Sr.  Joseph 10 

Han.  &  St  Josenh  Pf  30^ 

Ohio  &  Misoisslopi 

Panama .. 

Western  Unlbn 65 

At  &  Pac.  Tel 90 

Pacific  Mail »H 

Quicksilver ....^  .. 

(jaicksllver  Pref ,.. 

Adams  Express..... ..'.. 

Wells,  Pareo  &  Ci 

Am.  Mer.  Union  Ex...  .. 

United   States  Ex 

The  following  are  the  returns  of  the  foreign 
oommeroe  of  the  port  of  New- York  and  the 
operations  of  the  United  States  Sub-Treasury 
here  for  the  week  ending  Saturday  last  and 
since  the  beginning  of  the  year,  compared  with 
the  return  for  the  corresponding  periods  of  last 
year: 
Imports  of  Dry  Cfoods  and  General  Merchandise. 

Week  ending  last  Saturday J5  :}.■)■< .254 

Corresponding  week  last  j-ear .').07.-'.873 

Since  Jan.  1  this  .year 46  446  431 

Corresponding  penod  last  year. 53,572,445 

Gold,  Feb.  17.  1!»77 105 

Grold,  Feo.  19,  1876 ^  113% 

Exports  of  Domestic  Produce. 

Week  ending  last  Tuesday 14  670161 

Corresponding  week  last  year 4  66l.<'03 

Since  Jan.  1  tnis  year ". 45  519  4a3 

Correaponding  period  last  year 37,591,232 

Exports  of  Gold  and  Silver. 

Week  ending  last  Saturday S201.86J 

Corresponding  week  last  year 1.069  849 

Since  Jan.  1  this  year 2,192  710 

Corresponding  period  last  year ,  7,019,834. 

Receipts  for  Customs. 

Week  endiug  Feb.  24.   1877 tl.861»9S7 

Week  ending  Feb.    26.1876 2,.i.<>7.6€l 

From  Jan.  1  to  Feb.  24  liJTZ 15.264  379 

From  Jan.  1  to  Feb.  SG,  1876 17.036.355 

Gold  Interest  Paid  out  by  the  Sub-Treasury. 

Week  ending  Feb.  241877 ^227.081 

Week  ending  Fe'o.  26.   1376 478103 

From  Jan.  1  to  Feb.  24  1877 11,837  615 

Fix>m  Jan.  1  to  Feb.  36.  1876 10.320,sS3 

The  Commercial  and  Mnanciai  Chronicle,  in 
its  issue  of  Saturday  last,  publishes  the  follow- 
ing table  of  railroad  earnings: 

,-  -Latest  eaniiogs  reported.——^ 
■  lS77or  1876  ot 
1876.  1875. 
Atcb..  T.  &  S.  F6.  .Month  of  Jan....  |K6,651  tll7.4i7 
B.,  C.  R.  &  North.  21  week  ot  Feb.  1.1.0J4  20,.J49 
Cairo&St.  Louis.. l3t  week  of  Feb.  5,800  4561 
Canada  Sontb'rn.. 2d  week  of  Feb..  41.813  41794 
Central  Pacific. ..Month  ol  JaD....l,l£."),O0a  994339 
Chicago  &  Alton.  .2d  week  of  Feb..  8:i.077  87,600 
0.,  B.  &  Qnincv... Month  of  Dec.  826.120  823.468 
C  M.&St.  Panl..2d  weekof  Feb..  97.000  124.533 
Chic.&Norihwe8t.Montb  of  Dec...  9li9.64^  933,333 
Chic,  B.  L  &  Pac. Month  of  Ji<n..  500  G38  4&9.038 
Gin.,  Laf.&Chic.lst  weekof  Fel).  .'j,512  10.137 
CI.,  Mt.  V  &  Del....2d  week  of  Fab.        6.263  7  225 

Deny.  & RGrde..lst  week  of  Feb.        9  4)8         7.348 

H-in.  &St.Jo Month  01  Dec...    tS8el2     151. 7a9 

Hou8t&rex.C.. .Month  or  Dec...    375.341      401.593 

Illinois  Central Month  of  J  ao :j74.8Jd      42S,IC3 

Do.  la.  lps'dlinP8..Month  ot  J.Tn..  91.661  127.411 
Indian.,  BI.&  W..l8t  week  of  Feb.  21.252  4u.GP7 
lot.  &  Gt.  North-.lst  week  of  Feb.  34.ti36  29  JG1 
Kansas  Paci  tic . . .  Mon  tb  of  Dec . . .     21  (J.  927 '     289,  ci25 

Loui8v.,C.<tLex.. Month  of  D-c.       yG,350  

Louisv.  Sc  N38nv...lnly  1  to  D'c.  31.2, 755. 00 J  2,564  2  1 


Mo..Kan8.  &Tex..2'l  weekof  Feb.  54 000 

Mobilj  &Oiiio....Mouthof  Due.  300.0.J0 

Nashv.,  C.  &.SuL.Month  of  Jan..  15ii.466 

Phili.  &  Erie Montnof  Dec.  29S  2u2 

Pad.  &  MemDhis.-KontU  uf  Jhd..  15.110 

Borne.  WaT.&02d.M.on[h  ol  D';c.  8l3  G59 

St.L.A.&r.H.(o0.2a  weekof  Feb.  10,676 

StL.,  1.  Mr.  &So..2d  week  of  Feb.  lll.lUO 

St.L..K.C.&^or...lstweekotFeb.  48.539 

St.L.&.Siiuth-ea«t.lst  week  of  Feb.  22  7'i8 

Sr.  P.&.S.Ciry,<fcc.Mo  ith  of  Doc  64  477 

Tol.,P.& Warsaw. 2d  week  of  Feb.  15.9  9 

ToL  \V"ab.&  West..  Month  of  Dec.  377.221 

XJuionPacific Mootb  of  Dec.  952.852 


60.348 

291,014 

173.385 

270.441 

21  ..^3 

92,628 

11,555 

9S913 

53  8<7 

19  SiO 

107, 56i 

21.9-3 

399.254 

9J3.1J1 


SALE  OF  LEAS  EH  Of  CITY  PBOPERTT. 

Controller  Kelly  sold  at  auction  on  Satur<Iayt 
at  tbe  Sfew  Couri-house,  the  leases  of  the  lollowing 
described  City  property,  to  wit: 

Amoanis 
at  last 
Location  of  Property,  sale. 

No.  1,146  Broadway $5,5  )0 

No.  18  Renwicfc-street o50 

No.  liiS  West  Broadway 5..0 

^o.  202  West  Thirt.r-first-strert..      6J5 
No.    594    Grand-street   (old    lea^e 

21  years) 200 

No.  442  West    hirty-tblrii-street.      250 

No.  128  East  Fittietb-airetl  4J5 

So.  352  West  Thiriy-flith-street..       603 

No.  81  Cbatham-stieet 1.4.i0 

No.  83  Chatham-street 1.30U 

Fort  Oanstvoorl  Property. 

Lot  No.  61 >       

L  irs  Nos.  62  to  70 >$1,080 

Lets  KoB.  71  and  72 )      .:.. 

SamUton'Sauare  Map. 
Third    avenue— 661J1    and   67th  1 

sta    Lot    1 I, 

Lots  3,  4,  5,  6,  7 j  $1,500 

LoL  8 ) 

Third-avmue — Sixtv  seventh  and  Sixty-eighih  ttreets. 

Lot  1 )  Soi  1  ssed         $290 

Lot  2 >   before.  -jOO 

LotaS.  4,  5,  6.  7  J  each  140 

Soutk  tidt  dixtu-eiohtJi-ttreet— Third  to  Lexingtoa  avs. 


Lot  10 }  Not  leased 

Lot  11 5   bpfor»- 

fulton  Market  Property. 

CpllarJTo.  1 $4,800 

Cellars  Nos.  2  to  4 4  0)0 

Cellar  No.  5 1,500 

Cellar  No.  6 1  .t5-J 

Cellars  KOi.  7.  8,  9 S,70iJ 

Cellars  Noa.  10,11 6oO 

Cellar  .NOS,    12 100 

Cellar  No    13 269 

Cellars  Nos.  14,15 2,900 

Cellars  Sob.  16  to  18 1,150 

Cellars  Nos.  19  to  21 3,500 

Centre  Market  Property. 

Cellar  No.  1 $300 

Cellar  No.  2 550 

Cellar  No.  3 100 

Cellar  No.  4..; li'O 

Cellar  No.  5 40 

Cellars  ^os.  6  and  7 9'J 

Cellar  No.  8 35 

Cellar  No.  9 50 

Cellars  Nos.  10  and  11 50 

Esttx  Market  Properlv. 

Two  small  cellars $40 

Two  small  cellers .  1.)  • 

CeUar  No.  2 200 

Cellar  Na  8 200 

Cellar  Kos.  4  and  6 170 

Cellar  No.  6 100 

Cellar  So.  7... 50 

Cellar  Noa.  8  and  9 23  J 

Cellar  iTo.  10 100 

J^anklin  Market  Fropertv 

CeUar  No.  1 $700 

Ce  lars  Nos.  2  and  8 825 

Cellar  No.  4 225 

Cellar  No.  6 20 

Cellar  No.  o 40 

Part  of  main    floor  froutmg   on 

South-street. .... 

Centre  pare  of  main  floor. 

balance  of  mam  floor. ... - 

Secon.lfl^or. 610        ^ 

Gouvemenr  Market  Buildtns  and 

cellar .... 

Room  over  Jefferson  Harket.V 850 

Did  Catharine  Fish  jUarket 1,600 


$48 

.40 


$6,610 

7.100 

2.2.-,0 

2.b50 

6.000 

1,0  5 

4r>0 

450 

1.500 

'900 

5,900 

$;3i5 

1,375 

175 

7<i 

65 

10» 

70 

«5 

100 

$115 

60 
610 

270 
155 
280 
4u3 
205 
SOU 

$510 

4' 15 

110 

So 

4U 

1,205 

4.-.U 
653 
301 

400 

<;55 

1.205 


THE  LAST  OF  THE  OtCORQE  S.  WRIGHT. 
The  San  Francisco  AUa  of  the  17th  instant 
ays:  "Doubtless  many  of  oar  oitlaens  remember 
tbe  fact  of  the  disappearance  of  the  propeller 
Oeorge  S.  Wright,  on  her  voyage  down  tbe  oosst 
from  Alaska,  three  or  four  years  ago,  vs  was  sap. 
posed,  by  wreck  or  explosion.  Fffirts  were  made 
to  ascertain  something  about  ber  fate  and  those  ou 
board.  Expeditmns  were  xent  out  and  the  chan. 
nels  and  shores  examined,  but  all  in  vain; 
not  a  vestige  of  tbe  ship  nor  of  ner 
unfartnnata  crew  and  ^  passengers  could 
be  obtained.  The  Indians  of  tbe  coast  koew 
nothing  of  her.  or  pretended  not  to  know.  Bnt  now. 
tbe  ^story  comes  that  an  Indian  t>elonginz  to  sums 
tribe  to  tbe  north  had  reached  Victoria.  Bntisb  Co- 
lumbia,  and  reports  that  15  white  men  and  an  ludi an 
had  reached  shore  from  tbe  losw  propeller,  and  wera 
allNbrutally  murdered  by  the  Indians,  and  tUeir 
bodies  thrown  into  the  sea.  Xhis  report  of  tne 
strange  Indian  Is  said  to  be  received  wiib  diatrn^iS  . 
\iy  tbe  people  of  Victoria,  but  why  is  not  said.  Tha 
report,  however,  does  not  ditfer  very  much 
from  what  might  have  beeti  aoiicipnted  by  tbo:«s  * 
who  nnderstano  the  character  of  those  natives 
along  the  coast.  It  is  not  hkelv  that  their  nat^i res 
and  characters  have  materially  changed  from  those 
of  their  ancestors.  There  are  some  of  na  whore.* 
collect  reading  a  bouk  publisbed  many  yearii  ago, 
which  gave  an  account  of  their  attacking  and  gain- 
ing possession  of  one  or  more  vessels  anchored  la 
the  harbors  af  the  northern  coast,  and  patting  mvsS 
of  the  crews  to  death  without  mercy.  This  may 
have  been  the  fate  of  the  crew  of  the  WriKht,  as  told 
by  the  Indian." 

JUDGE  MOSES,  OF  SOUTH  OAROLUTA, 
The  Cincinnati  Enquirer  has  a  telegram  frmk 
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Jnstice  Moses,  of  the  Supreme  Court,  was  strickea 
to-night  at  10:30  o'clock  with  paralysis.  He  Hes 
now  in  a  critical  condition.  Thero  is  great  «xoite< 
ment  amone  those  who  are  informed  of  hts  condi< 
tlon,  as  be  was  supposed  to  be  one  of  the  mam  propa 
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NEW-YORK,  ^NDaV,  FEB.  26,  1877. 


AMVSEMEMS  THIS  EYEyiNO. 


WiAl&CK'S  THKATBB.— Shb  Stoops  tj  Cosronaa— Kr. 
Lester  Wallack.  Mr.  John  Gilbert,  Hiaa  Ads  Dyas, 
MiM  Boae  Wood. 

PHION  SQUARE  THT?ATKE._Thb  OAtncsKirps— Mr.  C. 
B.  Tttoroe,  Mr.  W.  R.  Floyd.  Miss  Katherm^  Bogus. 


BOOTH'S      THBATER— Fifth     Atbnub— Mr.       George 
BJKnold,  Miss  Maud  Q  ranger. 


PARK  THEATRE — Otm  Boaebino  HonsE— Mr.  Stuart 

Robson.  Mr.  W.  H.  Crane,  Mrs.  A.  if.  Baker.    • 


FIFTH  AVENUE  THEATRE.— Lbmons;     or,  Wrdlock 
FOR  SETEjr— Mr.  C.  P.  Coghlaa,   Miss   F.   Davenport 

BELLEH'3    WOJTDKR    THKATaE.-PRBSTiDiOiTATtoiT, 
Mnsic,  A3n>  HcntOR— Ittt  Robert  Heller,  Aflss  Heller. 


KIBLO'd    GARDES.— Aroonk    thb    Wobxd  m  Eighty 
Days  (Spectacular)— Kiralfy  Biothera. 


EAGLE  THt!ATBE.  -La  Eodlangbsb  a  dks  Ecus  (Opera^ 
Bonffe)— MUe.  Mune  Alai6e. 


£AN  FRANCISCO  MlNSTRKIiS._MijraT««MT;      FxRCV* 
and  Nkoko  Com icautibs. 


NEW  BROADWAY  THEATRE.— IjriHAToani—Mr.Jobn 
T.  Hiuda. 


GRAND  OPERA-HOUSE.— Tub  Two  OaPHAira. 


SATIONAL    academy    op    DKSIGN.— BxHlBrnox    OF 
W  ATBK  C01.0BS.    Day  and  eTeoiag. 


KEW.TORK  AQUARIUM Rarb  ajto  CuRiooa  Fish  and 

Mamiiaija,  Statuary.  &C. — Day  and  evenlai^ 

CHICkERIXG  hall.— Lectcrb   by  Mr.  John  B.  Googh 
—••Now  andTlien.'' 

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Stuoibs. 


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-   NOTWH. 
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/ncasea  we  reqiure  the  Writer's  name  and  address,   not 
■JcipnbHcation,  but  as  a  giiaraaDea  o)  good  faita. 
He^iftnnot.  under  any  circumstances,  retarare)  eeted 

Mmmnnicationa,  nor  can  we  uudertalca  to   preserve 
•kaunacriDts. 


Our  Washington  dispatches  indicate  a 
*trong  prospect  that  the  count  will  go  on 
rapidly  from  the  moment  of  its  renewal 
to-dav.  The  Democratic  extremists,  who 
have  heretofore  enjoyed  the  aid  of  Mr. 
Eandall,  are  dumfounded  by  that  Ejentle- 
Bfan's  desertion,  which  is  said  to  have 
been  canised  by  *"the  discovery  that 
his  personal  and  political  enemies 
were  using  him  to  the  ruin  of  his  own 
plans.  Mr".  David  Dudley  Field,  whose 
natural  thrift  causes  him  to  abhor  the  loss 

of  all  the  foss  and  furv  he  has  expended 
OD.  his  revolutionary  programme  heretofore, 
still  clings  to  the  idea  that  a  new  election  t 
18  a  possible  contingency,  but  he  finds  com- 
paratively little  support.  He  can  certainly 
save  himself  any  trouble  about  providing  for 
the  temporary  occupancy  of  the  White  House, 
If  a  new  election  should  be  necessary.  The 
Kepublicans  are  quite  able  to  manage  that 
ijateresting  bit  of  business  without  his  aid, 
Ifehould  they  betforced  to  do  so.  Meanwhile, 
South  Carolina  will  probahly  go  to  the 
Commission  this  afternoon,  and  the  neces- 
Bity  for  argning^^bTthrow  out  that  State,  in 
which  their  own  cc^mmittee  admits  the  elec- 
tion of  the  Republican  ticket,  will  be  the 

climax  of  Democratic  tribulatiou. 


'Two  weeks   from    next    Tuesday,    March 

T3,  New-Hampshire  elects  a  Governor,  vari- 
bns  State  officers,  and  three  Congressmen. 
At  last  accounts  the    voters   of  the   Granite 

Btate  were  more  concerned  to  know  who  is 

to  be  President  than  who  is  to  be  Governor. 

The  campaign  has  so  far  been  conducted 
with  little  spirit  on  either  side.  The  Re- 
publicans, however,  are  thought  to  have  a 
more  thorough  organization  than  the  Dem- 
ocrats. Moreover,  they  rely  on  the  moral 
force  and  weight  of  a  decision  in  favor  of  the 
Kepublican  candidate  for  President  more 
than  on  anything  else."  It  is  not  strange, 
possibly,  that  both  parties  should  look 
"away  from  local  issues  to  the  grand  result 
in  the  nation.  This  year,  so  far  as  we  can 
see,  there  are  no  local  questions  at  stake  in 
New-Hampshire. .  Each  party  hopes  for  the 
triumph  ;  of  its  candidate.  The  Republi- 
cans, it  is  clear,  were  ready  to  give  up 
"whenever  they  found  that  Tilden  was  to 
be  counted  in.  Now  that  that  alarm  is  over, 
it  is  confidently  expected  that  PRESOOTr 
will  carry  the  State  by  a  handsome  ma- 
jority, and  that  two  of  the  three  Congress- 
men, at  least,  will  be  Republican. 


There  can  be  no  qnestion  whatever  as 
•bo  the  maxdiness  and  dignity  of  bearing 
which  has  characterized  Mr.  Hayes  all 
through  this  peculiar  and  trying  campaign. 
He  has  said  nothing  that  was  unbefitting 
his  high  position ;  he  has  never  yet  been 
compromised  by  any  relative  or  agent  whose 
proceedings  made  it  necessary  for  him 
to  disavow  motives  and  intentions 
imputed  to  '  him.  The  littlo  speech 
which  the  President-elect  has  just, 
made  -  at  Fremont,  Ohio,  is  thoroughly 
in  keeping  with  all  that  he  has  heretofore 
said  and  done.  It  reminds  us  of  the  modest 
deference  of  Lincoln,  who  never  made  much 
of  his  calling,  his  office,  or  his  surroundings, 
though  he  was  always  equal  to  every  occa- 
sion thrust  upon  him,  for  Mr.  Hayes,  in  his 
deprecatory  manner  of  considering  the  pos- 
BibUities  before  him,  stands  in  sharp  con- 
trast to  a  man  -who  may  be  said  to  have 
Bought  office  with   "  uncommon  anxiety." 


One  of  the  evidences  of  the  imminence  of 
a  conflict  in  the  East  is  an  official  state- 
Hi  snt  from  St.  Petersburg  contradicting  the 
report  that  the  RoBsian  forces  would  cross 
the  Pruth  on  the  28th  of  February.  It  is 
-now-  asserted,  that  no  decisive  steps  will 
be  taken  nntU  answers  have  been  received 
to  the  GortBchakoff  circular  asking  the 
great  powers  to  define  their  avtituda  on  the 
Eastern  quesiion.  In  other  .words,  then,  the 
28th  is  too  early  a  date  to  &s.  for  the  open- 
ing of  active  lR>stilities.  The  diplomatic 
(Kurraaoondeace  xefened  to  viUTeaoira  Ai;  1 


least  a  couple  of  weeks.  By  the  end  of 
that  time,  unless  new  complications  arise, 
Russia  and  Turkey  will  be  face  to  face  with 
war.  - 

It  is  early  for  a  Democratic  organ  to  bolt 
a  proposed  party  nomination  in  1880.  But 
a  Tilden  paper  in  Washington,  comment- 
ing on  the  proposition  to  nominate  Mr. 
Tilden  for  Democratic  ledider  in  the  next 
Presidential  campaign,  takes  occasion  to 
deny  that  that  eminent  statesman' has 
either  fitness  or  claims  for  the  position.  In- 
cidentally, this  journal  discloses  the  fact  that 
the  claimant  agreed  to  pay  the  expenses  of 
the  Democratic  campaign,  in  case  he 
was  nominated.  This  is  a  humiliating  con- 
fession to  make  in  behalf  of  any  candidate. 

It  also   shows,  hovp-ever,  that  the  Democrats 

are  ready  to  admit  that  the  bargain  was 
net  a  good  one  for  the  party.  Mr.  Tilden 
brought  that  famous  "  barrel  of  money " 
into  the  fight,  but  he  brought  nothing  else, 
though  the  Springfield  Republican  'does  in- 
sist that  he  "lifted  his  party"  to  a  higher 
plane  than  it  has  heretofore  occupied. 


The  conviction  of  three  more  of  the  in- 
famous "  Molly  Maguires,"  in  the  Pennsyl- 
vania coal  regions  ought  to  go  far  toward 
assuring  assassins  and  incendiaries  that 
justice  will  finally  overtake  them.  These 
men  were  convicted  of  murder  in  the  first 
degree.  The  evidence  shewed  that  they 
encompassed  the  death  of  Rka  after  weeks 
of  preparation  and  premeditation.  If  ever 
a  homicide  was  deliberate .  and  organized, 
it  was  his.  The  murderers,  it  seems  cer- 
tain, were  selected  by  lot,  and  their  hap- 
less victim  was  marked  for  death  long  be- 
fore he  met  his  doom.  The  "Molly  Ma- 
guires" are  organized  slayers.  Their  asso- 
ciation is  nothing  less  than  a  murderous 
conspiracy.  It  remains  to  be  proved  whether 
the  laws  of  the  State,  fearlessly  and  rigor- 
ously executed,  can  effectually  put  an  end 
to  this  sypt^  9f  American  "Thugism." 


WHAT  CAN  BE  DONE  IN  TEE  SOUTH. 

A  good  deal  has  been  said  lately  of  what 
the  next  Administration  can  and  will  do 
for  the  South.  We  believe  that  none  of 
our  readers  will  doubt  our  desire  that 
everything  shall  be  done  for  that  section 
which  can  be  done,  and  it  is  because  of 
that  desire  that  we  shall  try  to  guard 
against  vague  and  unreasonable  expecta- 
tions. There  is  much  which  a  new  Repub- 
lican Administration  can  undertake  for  the 
improvement  of  the  South,  which  it  would 
be  a  gross  wrong  to  neglect  and  a  great 
misfortune  to  fail  in,  and  it  is  wellthat  the 
public  should  make  its  demands  strong  and 
insist  on  the  utmost  eff»rt  to  comply  with 
them.  But  nothing  will  be  gained  by  re- 
quiring impossibilities,  or  by  overlooking 
the  limitations  whicEf  exist. 

What  the  South  needs  to  enable  it  to  be 
as  prosperous,  orderly,  and   contented  as    it 

ought  to  be,  may  be  roughly  divided  into 
what  the  Federal  Government  can  do  for 
it,  what  the  Federal  Government  can  do 
with  Southern  aid,  and  what  the  South 
must  do  for  itself.  What  the  Federal  Gov- 
ernment can  do  unaided  is  not  likely  to  be 
controlling  in  the  immediate  future  ;  but  it  is 
none  the  less  important,  and  is  an  imperative 
duty.  It  consists  almost  solely  in  filling 
the  Federal  offices  in  the  South  wisely,  with 
men  of  suitable  character,  ability,  and  stand- 
ing. This  is  something  which  under  any  cir- 
cumstances, without  any  qualification, 
must  be  done.  It  will  be  found  a  work  both 
delicate  and  difficult,  and  it  will  take  time; 
but  it  is  absolutely  essential.  Under  our 
present  system,  or  under  any  which  we  can 
hope  to  have  for  the  next  four  years,  the 
Federal  appointees  will  be  essen- 
tially the  most  prominent  politi- 
cal    representatives    of   the    Republican 

Pairty  throughout  the  South.  They  ought, 
therefore,  to  be  men  in  sympathy  with  the 
general  ideas  of  the  Republican  Party,  the 
essence  of  which  is  the  maintenance  of  the 
civil  and  political  rights  of  all  citizens  in 
good  faith.     It    would    be    simple    fi>lly    to 

waive  or  seem  to  waive  that  qnalification 

for  connection  vrith  the  Federal  service  in 
any  prominent  position,  because  it  would 
only  lead  to  complete  misapprehension  of 
the  spirit  of  the  great  majority  of  the 
people  of  the  North  who  constitute 
the  Republican  Party.  That  condition 
being  fulfilled,  the  Federal  appointees 
ought  to  be  men  identified,  by  solid  and 
permanent  interests,  and  as  far  as  possible 
by  birth  and  social  and  other  ties,  with  the 
portion  of  the  country  in  which  they  are 
to  exercise  their  functions.  They  should 
be  men  of  unquestioned  probity  and  ca- 
pacity, and  known  to  be  such.  They  should 
not  be  office-seekers,  and  they  should  not 
be  dependent,  if  it  can  be  avoided,  on  their 
appointment  for  a  livelihood.  They  should 
be  held  to  a  rigid  accountability  for  the 
faithful  conduct  of  their  offices,  and  ttiey 
should  be  required  in  all  things  to  deal  in  a 
manner  open  and  above-board,  and  scrupu- 
lously fair  with  all  who  have  to  do 
with  them.  The  law  should  be  their  only 
guide,  and  anything  like  jobbery  or  polit- 
ical favoritism  should  cause  their  prompt 
removal.  All  these  conditions  should  be 
observed  wholly  independent  of  what  the 
sentiment  or  conduct  of  the  South  may  be. 
It  is  a  duty  owed  not  to  that  section  only, 
but  to  the  country,  and  nothing  can  excuse 
its  neglect. 

It  is  obvious,  however,  that  a  great  deal 
more  can  be  done  m  this  and  iu  all  other 
directions  if  a  considerable  and  influential 
number  of  Southern  men  shall  be  found 
ready  to  co-operate  with  the  Administra- 
tion. It  does  not  need  that  this  co-opera- 
tion shall  involve  adhesion  to  the  Republi- 
can Party  iu  all  its  policy  or  iu  local  organ- 
ization. It  implies  a  resolution  to  give 
the  party,  as  far  as  it  has  to  do  with 
the  South,  a  fair  trial,  to  treat  its 
representatives  with  candor,  to  acknowl- 
edge their  right  conduct  if  it  be 
right,  and  to  avoid  all  occasion  for  the  ex- 
ertion of  unusual  powers  by  the  Federal 
Grovemment.  If  the  Federal  Administra- 
tion, on  its  part,  is  to  refrain,  as  it  should, 
from  all  unnecessary  interference  with 
State  affairs,  the  task  will  be  easier  and  the 
resnlt  better  if  all  occasion  tor  interference 
of  any  kind  is  avoided.  No  administration 
can  ignore  the  laws  upon  tlie  stat- 
ute-book;  the  country  would  not 
sustain  it  if  it  did;  and  the 
laws  which  make  it  the  duty  of  the  United 
States  to  secure  the  full  and  peaceful  exer- 
cise of  the  right  of  suffrage  in  Federal  elec- 
tions are  very  definite  as  well  as  very  just. 
They  can  only  be  made  a  dead  letter  if  that 
riiiht  is  frankJjT   respected.  Aiut  that  de« 


pends  on  the  leaders  of  Southern  opinion 
quite  as  much  as  it  can  upon  the  new  Presr 
ident.  If  they  show  a  sincere  disposition  to 
aid  the  Administration  in  avoiding  all  oc- 
cnrrenoes  of  a  disturbing  and  irritating  na- 
ture, the  result  will  be  comparatively  cer- 
tain and  easy  of  attainment. 

As  to  what  the  South  cam  do  for  itself  in 
opening  up  a  brighter  future,  it  is  not 
necessary  to  speak  now.  We  have  hereto- 
fore expressed  our  views  on  this  point  with 

sufficient  clearness.     It   is   our   expectation 

that  the  next  four  years  will  see  a  great 

change  for  the  better  in  Sou<*iern  prospects. 
We  have  strong  hopes  that  the  Federal  Ad- 
ministration will  be  so  conducted  as  to  win 
the  confidence  of  the  progressive  element  in 
the  South,  and    that    this    element   wUi 

be       found      sufficiently         powerful         to 

bring  about  gradually  but  surely  a 
new  order  of  things.  We  do  not  an- 
ticipate any  sudden  change,  and  do-not 
ignore  the  absolute  necessity  of  time  in  the 
solution  of  the  problem.  But  if,  as  is  likely, 
all  immediate  occasion  for  violent  passion 
can  be  avoided,  and  opportunity  can  be 
given  for  the  operation  of  the  conservative 
and  quieting  forces  of  social  and  commercial 
intercourse,  and  for  the  play  of  enlightened 
self-interest,  we  see  no  reason  why  progress 
should  not  be  certain  and  steady. 


by  fiinding  them  into  bonds  without  the 
aid  of  gold  at  alL 

The  provision  for,  the  inoreaae  of  the 
minor  silver  circalatiou  to  $80,000,000  is 
scarcely  consistent  with  the  objects  of  the 
bill,  and  is,  moreover,  snperflaous.  Silver 
has  already  become  a  drug  iu  the  vaults  of 
the  Treasury,  and  there  is  no  occasion  to 
further  increase  the  stock  of  that  already 
superabundant  commodity.  This  provision 
is  a  concession  to  the  Silver  Ring  which  might 
well  have  been  omiCTe'd.  Aside  from  this, 
the  bill  is  judiciously  framed.  One  of  these 
days  we  hope  there  may  be  a  Congress  wise 
enough  to  enact  it  into  a  law,  and  so  to 
prepare  the  way  for  ridding  the  country  of 
the  train  of  evils  that  have  followed  the 
departure  from  the  true  standard  of  value. 


THE  FUNDING  BILL. 
The  bill  drafted  at  the  Treasury  Depart- 
ment to  carry  into  effect  the  recommenda- 
tions of  the  President  for  aidihg  the  re- 
sumption of  specie  payments  seems  well 
suite^^  effect  its  object.  We  call  atten- 
tion to  it  hSre,  not  that  we  are  so  sanguine 
as  to  hope  for  any  favorable  action  upon  it 
at  the  present  session,  but  because  we  think 
that  the  topic  ought  to  be  kept  prominently 
before  the  public^and  the  desirability  of  re- 
tiring the  surplus  currency  before  actual 
resumption  takes  place  made  manifest 
to  all.  Tho  bill  provides  for  the 
issue  ofv  $150,000,000  in  thirty-year 
four  per  cent,  bonds  in  exchange  tor  green- 
backs at  par,  not  more  than  $10,000,000  of 
which  may  be  issued  during  any  one  month. 
The  greenbacks  thus  funded  are  to  be  can- 
celed and  permanently  retired.  It  is  to  be 
noted  that  the  bonds  are  to  be  exchanged 
dollar  for  dollar  for  greenbacks,  although 
they  would  doubtless  command  a  slight 
premium  if  sold  to  the  highest  bidder.  The 
bill  accords  with  Mr.  Chittenden's  in  this 
particular.  The  object;  doubtless,  is  to  avoid 
even  the  appearance  of  the  Government's 
profiting  by  the  depreciation  of  its  own 
notes,  as  it  might  seonr-  to  do  if 
they  were  received  at  less  than  par 
in  exchange  for  the  bondi.  Undoubt- 
edly, the  prestige  which  the  Government 
would  thus  gain  would  more  than  compen- 
sate for  the  slight  loss  which  it  might  sus- 
tain by  refusing  to  "  shave"  its  own  notes. 
As  compared  with  tho  altetnaxive  plan  of 
selling  the  bonds  for  gold  and  using  the  Rold 

to  redeem  the  greenbacks,  there  would  be 
no  loss  by  funding  the  greenbacks  at  par. 
The  bonds  would  probably  not  command 
more  than  par  in  gold,  and  as  the  gold 
would  be  paid  out  dollar  for  dollar  iu  ox- 
change  for  greenbacks,  tho  cost  of  resump- 
tion undfcr  the  act  as  it  stands  would  be  pre-' 
cisely  the  same  in  this  respect  as  under  the 

proposed  bill. 

By  auothor  provision  of  the  bill  tho 
Treasurer  is  required  to  retain  one-half  of 
the  coin  interest  accruing  from  the  date  of 
tho  passage  of  th3  act  to  Jan.  1,  1S79,  ou 
tho  bonds  deposited  with  him  to  secure  the 
circulation  of  national  banks.  Ou  the 
latter  date  the  reserved  interest  is  to  be 
transferred  to  the  five  per  cent,  redemption 
fund  provided  for  by  the  act  of  June  20, 
1874,  which  tUereafter  is  to  be  maintained 

in  coin,  and  the  notes  of  the  banks  are  to  be 

redeemed  iu  coin.  Tho  interest  thns  accru- 
ing will  amount  to  something  more  than^ 
five  per  cent,  of  the  bank  circulation/so 
that  by  this  simple  plan  the  redertiption 
fund  will  1)0  transmuted  into  coin  without 
cost  or  annoyance  to  the  banks  by  which 

it  is  maintained.     The   maintenance  of   th^ 

redemption  fund  in  coin  or  its  equivalent 

after  resumption  day  will  not  be  a  difficult 
task,  since  the  greenbacks  themselves  will 
be  the  equivalent  of  coin  in^-payments  to 
the  Government.  If  a  ,bank  shall  send 
greenbacks  instead  of  colli  to  make  gdodTls 
redemption  deposit,  tho  Treasurer  must  ac- 
cept them,  for  the  bank  will  bo  entitled  to 
receive  gold  for  then,  and  therefore,  as~bQr 
twcen  him  and  tho  bank,  they  will  l^e  to  all 
intents  and  purposes  coin. 

And  this  brings  us  face  to  face  with  a  fact 
which  must  not  be  overlooked  or  belittled, 
if  specie  payments  are  to  Tba  successfully 
established  at  the  appointed  time.  The  bur- 
den of  resumption  must  be  borne  by  tho 
Government  unaided.  True,  to  make  re- 
sumption complete  the  banks  must  resume 
at  the  ^me  time  that  the  Government^re- 
sumes,  but  they  will  have  tho  ev^er-ready 
resource  of  demanding  gold  _from  the 
Treasury  in  exchange  for  greenbacks  when- 
ever their  notes  are  presented  for  payment. 
The  Government  will  have  no  such  resource. 
It  will  be,  in  eftect,  the  ultimate  redeemer 
of  the  whole  circulation.  The  bank  note 
rests  on  tho  greenback  as  the  promise  of  the 
Government  to  pay  coin.  The  wliole  bur- 
den of  resumption,  therefore,  must  ulti- 
mately fall  on  tho  shoulders  of  the  Govern- 
laent.  It  isj  then,  doubly  important  t^at 
the  fullest  preparation  should  be  made  for 
specie  payments — preparation  so  ample  that 
no  untoward  accident  or  financial  derange- 
ment cau  thwart  tho  attempt  to  resume. 
Plainly,  the  best  preparation  which  can  bo 
made,  the  surest  means  to  make  failure  im- 
possible, is  to  get  the  greenbacks  out  of  the 
road.  Once  withdrawn  and  destroyed,  they 
can  never  return  to  plague  us.  To  accumu- 
late coin  to  redeem  them  is  a  difficult,aud 
deUcato  process,  which  would  be  almost  sure 
to  cause  derangement  of  the  exchanges  and 
financial  disturbance.  First,  an  immense 
stock  of  coin  must  b3  withdrawn  from  the 
commerce  of  the  world  and  stored  away  idle 
in  the  vaults  of  the  Treasury,  awaiting  the 
day  of  resumption  ;  then,  on  the  ap- 
pointed day  the  floodgates  are  to 
be  opened  and  tho  reservoir  of  coin 
poured  forth;  and,  finally,  in  order  to  bring 
the  circulation  within  proper  limits,  the 
surplus  coin  must  be  senc  abroad  again. 
The  setting  ft«e  of  so  large  a  volume  of 
gold  will  have  all  the  effects  for  the  time 
being  of  an  inflation  of  the  currency,  and 
the  exportation  of  the  surplus  will  be  ac- 
companied by  its  necessary  concomitant — 
the  extravagant  importation  of  foreign  com- 
modities. The  bill  \5iisely  provides  for 
avoiding  all  of  these  evils  by  disposing  of 
the  Buxolaa  creeubaclcs  .nnor  to  rasamntiau . , 


THE  GREAT  ENGLISH  DEBATE. 
TheJjiberals  have  begun  their  assault  on 
the     Government     party    in     the     English 

House  of  Lords,  and  the  recent  debate 
shows  how  it  was  met.  The  Tory  leaders. 
Lord  Derby,  the  Earl  of  Beaconsfleld,  and 
the  Marquis  of  Salisbury,  are  obliged  to  ad- 
mi^  that  the  conference  has  been  substan- 
tially a  failure,  and  that  Turkey  and  Russia 
are,  desuite  the  exertions  of  the  powers,  ou 
the  verge  of  war.  But  they  can  very  fairly 
put  the  practical  question  to  their  oppo- 
nents: ''What  line  of  policy  do  you  recom- 
mend f '  If  the  Liberals  urge  the  enconr- 
agement^of  internal  reforms  in  Turkey,  the 
Marquis  of  Salisbury  can  justly  reply  that 
this  was  precisely  what  he  pressed  upon  the 
I'urkish  Government  at  the  conference,  and 
that  they  had  already  paved  the  way  for 
thorough  reform  by  conferring  a  remarkably 
liberal  Constitution  on  the  whole  Empire. 
If,  on  the  other  hand,  they  urge  "  coercion," 
this  means  blockading  Constantinople  or 
bombarding  the  Turkish  forts  on  the  Bos- 
phorus — a  step  for  which  the  British  pub- 
lic is  by  no  means  ready. 

The  British  deputy  to  the  conference  ad- 
mits, indeed,  that  the  opposition  of  the 
Porte  to  the  settlement  urged  by  the 
powers  was  "  mysterious,"  and  thinks  that 
the  confidence  of.  the  Turks  arose  in  some 
degree  from  the  irresponsible  reports  they 
received  of  the  disorganized  condition  of 
the  Russian  forces  on  the  Pruth.  Natural- 
ly, h*  does  not  admit — what  the  Liberal 
leaders  will  yet  press  home  against  the 
movement— that  the  Turkish  obstinacy  fi- 
nally was  only  the  natural  close  and  effect  of 
the  previous  British  policy  toward  the  Porte. 
By  ^ijrions  methods,  the  Earl  of  Beacons- 
field  had  unquestionably  given  the  Otto- 
man Government  the  impression  that  the 
old  relations  between   Great    Britain   and 

Turkey  still  eiisted  as  regards  Russia.  Tlie 
almost  criminal  negligence  of  Sir  Henky 
Elliott  in  regard  to  the  Bulgarian  atro- 
cities, his  own  and  Disraeli's  apparent 
sympathies  with  the  Porte,  the  public 
speeches  of  the  latter,  the  presence  of  the 
British  fleet  in  Besika  Bay  at  a  peculiar 
crisis,  and  tho  successful  opposition  of 
the  Enelish  Cabinet  to  the  Andrassy  note 
and  the  Berlin  memorandum,  might  well 
cause  the  Sultan  and  tho  whole  governing 
class  in  Turkey  to  believe  that  the  public 
and  private  sympathies  of  England  were 
now,  as  they  were  in  1856,  on  the  side  of 
the  Ottomans  against  the  Rnssiaus.  They 
could  not  bo  expected  to  understand  the 
change  in  epioion,  wronght  in  England  by 
the  Turkish  barbarities  in  Bulgaria,  nor  the 
gradual  conviction  which  has  been  created 
in  Great  Britain  that  the  rule  of  Turkey  in 
Europe  is  only  a  curse  to  its  subjects,  and 
ought,  in  some  way,  to  be  removed  or  con- 
trolled. 

The  Sultan,  the  Viziers,  and  the  Pashas 
naturally  thought  tho  England  of  to-day 
was  the  same  as  in  1854.  Disraeli's  policy 
or  utterances  did  not  undeceive  them.  It 
was  assumed  that  iu  the  final  struEcgle  Eng- 
land would  aid  the  Porte  to  hold  Constan- 
tinople against  her  old  rival  in  Asia,  Rus- 
sia.     Then,    too,    the    opinion,    heralded 

by  CoBDEN,  that  Russia  was  by  no 
means  so  dangerous  i,o  India  as  was  once 
supposed,  and  that  the  City  of  the  Golden 
Horn  was  not  at  all  so  important  to  British 

interests  as  formerly,  wivs  not  known    or 

published   abroad    amons  the  Mussulmans. 

The  Tory  Oovernmcut,  in  its  position  to 
tho_Porte,  did  not  represent  the  views  of  tho 
modern  British  public.  But  this  defect  or 
failure  of  influence  on  the  part  of  the  Tories, 
is  scarcely  enough  to  give  tho  Liberals  a  lever 
for  overthrowing  the  Administration.  The 
Government  can  point  to  the  mission  of 
Lord  Salisbury  as  an  indication  ot  their 
honest  efforts  to  restrain  the  Turks  from 
war,  and  to  tho  new  Constitution  and  the 
retirement  of  Midhat  Pasiia,  as  an  evi- 
dence that  their  eftorts  have  had  some 
fruit.  They  can  deny,  and  undoubtedly 
will  deny,  any  intention  to  support  the 
Porte  in  its  cojning  struggle  with  the  Czar. 
Whatever  purposes  the  Tory  Administration 
may  have  had  in  the  past,  in  regard  to  an 
alliance  with  Turkey,  are  quite  given  up 
now.  on  account  of  the  great  change  in  Eng- 
lish opinion,  and  if  war  is  to  break  out  in 
a  few  weeks  between  Russia  and  Turkey, 
the  opposition  could  not  urge  any  other 
policy  than  the  Tory  leaders  have 
adopted — that  of  rigid  neutrality.  Still, 
there  can  be  no  question  that  the  Earl  of 
Beaconsfleld  and  his  associates  have  quite 
separated  themselves  from  the  dominant 
British  opinion,  and  that  their  position  is, 
compared  with  that  a  year  since,  weak  and 
insecure. 


this  freight,  were  very  quickly  taught  to 
look  upon  it  as  a  form  of  business  in  which 
no  honorable  man  could  engage.  No  doubt 
the  want  of  definite  consolar  and  diplo- 
matic relations  with  foreign  countries  may 
have  prevented  the  Chinese  Govern- 
ment from  cominic  to  a .  clear  under- 
standing of  the  abuses  to  which  these 
coolies  were  subjected,  for  it  is  only  •within 
four  years  that  any  effort  has  been  made  to 
investigate  into  the  matter.  In  1873,  how- 
ever, an  Imperial  Commission  was  ax>- 
pOinted,  consisting  of  three  persons,  a  prom- 
inent Chinese  official,  an  Englishman,  and  a 
Frenchman.  This  commission  was  in- 
structed to  examine  into  the  state  of  the 
coolie  trade,  both  in  China  and  Cuba ;  to 
take  testimony  on  the  reported  instances  of 
cruelty  and  brutality,  and  to  make  such 
recommendation  as  to  the  regulation  or 
suppression  of  the  trade  as  might  be  deemed 
necessary.  The  report  made  by  these  Com- 
missoners  Jias  recently  been  publislied, 
and  presents  such  a  terrible  array  of  facta 
that  it  is  not  strange  that  the  first  steps 
toward  their  correction  should  be  the  com- 
plete abolition  of  the  trade. 

The  Commissioners  found  that  it  was  no 
easy  matter  to  obtain  the  evidence  they  de- 
sired, although  instances  of  gross  abuse 
were  matters  of  common  notoriety.  The 
coolies  were  under  the  charge  of  masters 
who  were  not  backward  in  giving  physical 
proof  of  thefr  resentment,  and  the  fear  of 
punishment  or  death  prevented  many  from 
making  statements.  But,  in  spite  of  this, 
about  a  thousand  depositions  were  taken, 
and  some  eighty  distinct  petitions  were*  re- 
ceived, supported  by  nearlv  two  thousand 
signatures.  In  almost  every  instance  it 
was  shown,  according  to  the  official  report, 
that  the  coolies  "  were  brought  by  fraud 
or  violence  to  be  sold,  and  whether  of  age 
or  minors,  either  received  no  con- 
tracts or  were  entrapped  into  ac- 
cepting them,  or  constrained  by  force 
to  sign  them,"  Hlustrated  circulars 
were  sent  out  on  which  the  characer  of  the 
work  they  were  expected  to  perform  was 
depicted.  One  of  these  represented  several 
negroes  toiling  m  the  fields,  while  under 
the  shade  of  a  tree,  and  very  much  at  his 
ease,  sat  a  Chinaman,  who  was  acting  as 
overseer.  This  might  be  defended  as  on  a 
par  with  tho  prospectus  of  a  Western  rail- 
road ;  but  the  results  in  the  former  case 
were  more  disastrous  than  tho  mere  loss  of 
money.  Once  inside  the  baracoon,  the 
doom  of  the  coolie  was  sealed.  The  slight- 
est attempt  at  escape  or  show  of  unwilling- 
ness to  sign  the  contract  was  visited  by 
punishment  so  severe  that  it  often  ended  in 
death.  What  the  8u£Perfeigs  were  that  these 
poor  men  were  called  on  to  endure  in 
making  the  trip  to  Cuba,  may  be  Judged 
from  the  statement  that,  in  a  sea  voyage  of 
about  three  months'  duration,  the  aver- 
age rate  of  mortality  was  as  one  to  nine. 
Indeed,  the  report  reads  like  a  description 
of  the  horrors  of  the  Middle  Passage  iu  the 
days  of  the  slave  trade. 

The  arrival  in  Cuba  was  by  no  mean3_a5_^ » 
abatement  of  misery.  Here  the  coolies  were/ 
exposed  and  sold,  separately  or  in  gangs, 
like  so  many  cattle.  The  life  on  the  plan- 
tation was  rigorous  in  the  extreme ;  during 
the  sngar  season  the  hours  ot  labor  lasted 
from  4  A.  M.  until  midnight,  and  this,  too, 
without  a  single  day's  intermission,  and 
any  attempt  to  rest  was  punished  by  merci- 
less flogging.  Under  these  circumstances, 
that  instinctive  clinging  to  life  that  is  com- 
mon to  all  created  animals  was  greatly 
loosened,  and  suicides  were  of  frequent  oc- 
currence. Afavorite  way  of  ending  life  seems 
to  have  been  to  jump  into  the  sugar  caldron. 
But  even  after  death  tho  poor  Chinaman, 
whose  reverence  for  a  lifeless  body  amounts 
almost  to  worship,  could  not  feel^safft.  His 
most  sacred  principles  were  shocked  by  wit- 
nessing, time  after  time,  the  exhumation  of 
the  bones  of  his  dead  countrymen  from  the 
shallow  graves  in  which  they  were  buried, 

and  their  mixture  with  those  qf  horses  and 

oxeh  for  the  purpose  of  reQuing  sugar. 
Thus,  neither  in  life  or  death  did  there  ap- 
pear to  be  any  hope,  and  one  can  well  be- 
lieve the  statistical  record  which  shows  that 
during  the  past  twenty  years  fifty  per  cent. 

of  all  the  coolies  landed  in  Cuba  died  on  the 
island.  Whatever  effect  i^  may  have  on  the 
price  of  sugar,  every  one,  we  think,  will 
commend  the  action  of  the  Chinese  Govern- 
ment m  suppressing  this  barbarous  traffic, 
but  we  also  hope  that  it  is  its  intention  to 
do  something  to  relieve  the  miseries  of  the 
tbirty  thousand  or  more  coolies  who  are 
still  laboring  and  suffering  under  cruel  task- 
masters in  tho^ver  Faithful  Isle. 


SUPPRESSION  OF  THE  COOLIE  TRADE. 
Late  advices  received  from    Hong    Kong 

state  that  the  Chinese  Government  has  at 

last  decided   upoU    a   line   of    action    that 

should  have  been  adopted   long  ago,  and 

will  allow  no  more  coolies  to  be  shipped  from 

China  to  Cuba.     The  importance  of  this  in- 

i  unction  cau  be  better  understodd  when  it 

is  said  that,  for  the  past  twenty-five  years 

there  have  beeovannual  shipments  of  some 

eight  or  nine  thousand  of  these  laborers 

frbm  OKlnou,  Amoy,  and  other  seaports  of 

Southern  China,  and  that  the  demand  has 
,  been  of  late  rather  on  the  increase.    Now,, 

however,  this  traffic  is  to  be  summarily  sup- 
pressed, and  for  reasons  which  have  only  to 

be  simply  stated  to  make  their  force  appar- 
ent to  every  mind.  > 
For  years  .past  there  bas  been  a  more  or 

less  undefined  belief  that  the  coolie  trade, 

as  carried   on   between    China  and   Peru, 

Cuba  and  various  South  American  States, 

was  little  better  than  a  slave  trade  in  dis- 
guise.   There  was  in  China  a  semblance  of 

legality  given  to  it,  from  the  fact  that  it 

was  ostensibly  under  the  immediate  direc- 
*tion  of  the    Gtovernment;     bat     American 

and  English  merchants,  whose  vessels  were 

nhartexed  |os  the  saxnoBe  of  trojuiQartixuc  |,.  It  is  understood ,that.inat  in  nzonortion  aa,. . 


SERIAL    STATUES. 

There  is  a  proverb  which  asserts  with 
the  customary  dogmatism  of  its  kind  that 
half  a  loaf  is  better  than  no  bread.  Of 
course,  it  is  not  true,  but,  perhaps  for  that 
very  reason,  it  is  generally  accepted  as  a 
household  axiom.  In  point  of  fact,  every 
man  who  has  any  experience  of  American 
eating-houses  is  well  aware  that  in  many 
cases  half  a  loaf  is  worse  than  a  total  ab- 
sence of  the  same  quality  of  bread.  Many 
an  unhappy  traveler  who  has  eaten  half,  or 
even  a  quarter,  of  a  loaf  when  stopping  ten 
minutes  for  breakfast  has  perished  miser- 
ably ;  whereas,  had  he  abstained  from  the 
deadly  bread,  he  might  have  lived  to  be 
comfortably  smashed  in  the  '  next  railway 
collision. 

The  patriotic  projectors  of  the  scheme  of 
erecting  a  colossal  statue  ou  Bedloe's 
Island  are  evidently  familiar  with  the  bread 
proverb,  and  believe  that  the  principle  un- 
derlying it  is  applicable  to  public  statues. 
Since  New-York  has  delayed  to  furnish 
money  enough  for  the  completion  of  the 
entire  statue,  it  has  been  decided  that  a 
piece  of  a  statue  is  better  than  no  statue 
whatever.  Accordingly  one  of  the  arms  of 
the  Bartholdi  statue,  with  its  accompany- 
ing hand,  has  been  placed  on  a  pedestal  in 
Madison-square,  where  .  it  has  excited  the 
warm  admfration  of  the  infants  who  infest 
the  place.  Thus,  those  persons  who  have 
already  contributed  money  to  the  enterprise 
have  the  pleasure  of  knowing  that  their 
money  has  not  been  wasted.  They  have  not 
been  able  to  procure  a  whole  statue,  but 
they  have  ornamented  the  City  •with  a  nice 
large  piece  of  the  intended  statue's  arm. 
This  is  clearly  better  than  no  statue  at  all, 
and  it  will  be  readily  admitted  that  the 
gigantic  arm  and  hand  which  ornament  the 
upper  part  of  Madison-square  are  at  least 
as  beantifol  as  the  gilt  Seward  which  sits  at 
the  southern  gate  in  the  apparent  act  of 
coUeoting  statistics  of  tbe  number  of  nurses 
and  children  who  pass  its  pedestaL 


money  is  AiTBi8lied«  other  pieces  of  the 
statue  of  liberty  will  be  erected  in  the 
parks  and  squares  of  this  City.  It  is  pro- 
posed to  erect  the  two  legs  of  the  statue  at 
one  of  the  entrances  of  the  Central  Park. 
Persons  who  pass  between  the  shadows  of 
those  two  Titanic  legs  will  undoubtedly  be 
filled  with  all  sorts  of  lofty  emotions,  bat  it 

most  be  confessed  that  a  pair  of  detached 
legs,  having  no  connection  with  either  a 
body  or  a  skirt,  'will  fail  to  satisfy  those 
who  insist  that  art  should  faithfully  copy 
nature.  It  -would  probably  be  better  to 
place  the  legd  upside  down  in  the  middle  of 

th^  Central  Park  lake.  By  a  little  stretch 
of  the  imagination;  the  spectator  could 
then  fancy  that  Liberty  had  drowned  her- 
self after  learning  that  Cronin's  vote  was 
not  to  be  counted.  The  position  of  the  legs 
above  the  water  would  be  entfrely  in  keep- 
ing with  the  hypothesiis  that  the  head  of 
Liberty  was  firmly  buried  in  the  mud  at 
the  bottom  of  the  lake,  and  while  the  de- 
mands of  art  would  thns  be  satisfieo,  the 
partially  submerged  legs  would  preach  a 
powerful  sermon  to  the  juvenile  mind  upon 
the  evils  of  drowning  in  a  shallow  and 
muddy  pond. 

Since  one  arm  of  the  statue  is  already  in 
Madison-square,  the  other  ^m  ought  to  be 
placed  iu  Union-square.  The  head  would, 
of  course,  be  allotted  to  the  City  Hall  Park, 
where  the  boot-blacking  youth  of  our  City 
cotdd  climb  among  its  brazen  locks,  -and 
survey  the  imposing  spectacle  of  a  review 
of  a  regiment  of  Militia  from  the  statue's 
eyes.  Where  to  place  the  body,  or  rather 
the  trunk,  of  Liberty^  would  be  a  question 
requiring  careful  consideration.  Having 
neither  arms,  legs,  nor  head,  it  would  not 
be  easily  recognized  by  rural  visitors.  Those 
who  know  that  Mr.  ConkCiNo  has  a  torso— 
a  fact  which  an  enthusiastic  Washington 
correspondent  has  laid  before  the  country — 
might  mistake  the  fragment  of  a  respecta- 
ble bronze  female  for  the  Senator  himself, 
while  others  would  imagine  it  to  be  some 
new-fashioned  steam-boiler.  Perhaps  the 
best  plan  would  be  to  let  -it  out  to 
political  committees  to  be  used  as  a  gigan- 
tic gong  to  summon  voters  to^go  to  regis- 
ter themselves.  Andy  Garvey's  famous 
bell,  which  formerly  performed  this  service 
in  behalf  of  the  Democracy,  has  vanished, 
but  the  toreo  ot  Liberty,  mounted  on  a  large 
wagon  and  hammered  by  large  Democrats 
■with  heavy  sledge  hammers,  would  prove 
even  more  noisy  than  the  bell,  and  would, 
at  the  same  time,  beautifully  remind  the 
faithful  that  if  they  cared  for  liberty  they 
must  register  under  as  many  different  names 
and  from  as  many  different  residences  as  their 

imaginations  could  suggest.  Of  course, 
after  the  whole  statue  had  thns  been  issued 
serially,  so  to  speak,  it  could  be  bound  to- 
gether and  republished  in  complete  statue 
form  at  Bedloe's  Island.  Meanwhile,  the 
public  could  enjoy  it  in  sections,  and  the 
subscribers  could  have  ocular  demonstra- 
tion that  their  money  had  not  been  thrown 
away.  The  advantages  of  this  plan  are  so 
manifest  that  it  is  strange  that  they  were 
not  long  ago  perceived,  and  that  all  our 
public  statues  were  not  thus  erected  serial- 
ly and  by  piecemeal. 

It  is  not  yet  too  late,  however,  to  im- 
prove many  of  our  most  conspicuous  statues 
by  distributing  them  as  the  Bartholdi 
statute  is  to  be  distributed.  There  is  the 
equestrian  Washington  in  Union-square. 
How  much  good  could  be  done  by  simply 
dividing  that  remarkable  statue  into  a 
.dozen  or  more  different  pieces — the  smaller 
the  better — and  placing  them  in  obscure  lo- 
calities in  Mackerelville  and  tho  Sixth 
Ward!  The  bronze  Lincoln  might,  in  the 
same  way,  be  divided  into  such  small  doses 
that  the  merest  child  could  gaze  upon  one 
or  two  of  them  without  feeling  any  emo- 
tions of  horror  or  alarm.    <Mr.   Seward's 

gilt  trousers,  when  seen  all  at  once,  have  a 

painful  effect  upon   all    but  the  stronge^ 

minds;  but  were  those  trousers  to  be  di- 
vided among  half  a  dozen  localities,  their 
power  for  evil  would  be  gone. '  In  fact, 
we  have  hardly  a  public  statue  which 
would  not  be  improved  by  being  distrib- 
uted.   Let  us  have  an  end  of  the  unfair 

discrimination    which  permits   a   statue  to 

be  monopolized  by  one  part  of  the  City. 
Let  Union-square  share  its  Lincoln  and 
W^hington  with  every  other  square,  and 
let  Madison-square  divide  its  Seward  with 
suburban  tcwns.  In  these  cases  half  a 
statue  is  infinitely  better  than  a  whole 
one,  and,  like  homeopathic  medicine,  its 
value  ivsaies  inversely  as  the  quantity  of  it 
which  is  exhibited  at  one  and  the  same 
time. 


SCHOOLS  FOR  COLORED  CITIZENS. 


The  Importance  of  securing  education  to 
the  negroes  has  been  made  more  manifest 
than  ever  before  in  the  midst  of  the  con- 
fusion that  has  prevailed  in  political  affairs 
8ince<  the  November  elections.  The  ques- 
tion of  what  is  being  done  to  render  them 
intelligent  and  capable  has  become  a  press- 
ing one.  The  answer  to  it  is  that  much  is 
being  done.  The  public  schools, 
such  as  they  are,  are  established  and 
opened  to  them,  in  namo  at  least, 
by  the  law.  The  schools  have  suf- 
fered much  in  the  political  crash,  and  are 
obstructed  by  the  interference  of  the  roughs 
Who  seem  to  control  Southern  politics,  and 
would  be  likely  to  go  down,  so  far  as  the 
negro  is  concerned,  but  for  his  irrepressible 
determination  to  learn.  They  are,  more- 
over, supplemented  by  certain  helps  which 
the  Confederate  cross-road  rulers  cannot  . 
control,  the  influence  of  which  will  go  far  ' 
toward  diffusing  knowledge  ''  where  it  will 
do  the  most  good."  These  helps  are  given 
by  the  Church  miagionary  schools,  which 
nearly  every  leading  denomination  has  es- 
tablished on  a  systematic  plan  throughout 
the  Southern  States. 

The  colored  men  are  doing  a  great  deal, 
according  to  their  means,  to  help  them- 
selves in  this  matter.  They  show  much 
liberality  in  their  contributions  and  en- 
ergy in  their  efforts  to  build  up  good 
schools  for  themselves.  They  sustain 
four  large  Church  organizations  and 
several  smaller  ones,  through  which 
their  efforts  are  mainly  directed. 
The  African  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  with  about  200,000  members,  last 
year  contributed  over  $42,000  for  purposes 
connected  with  education,  literature,  and 
missions.  It  has  undertaken  thirteen 
schools,  ol  which  five  are  already  in 
successxid  operation.  Tha  principal  one 
is  Wilberforce  University,  near  Xenia, 
Ohio.  It  is  designed  for  a  college  of 
high  rank ;  it  has  ten  •  Professors  and 
teachers,  and  property  worth  $65,251  48, 
and  reports  600  students  in  the  last  four 
years.  The  schools  at  Atlanta,  Ga.;  Galves- 
ton, Texas;  Washington  C^fity,  Texas, 
and  Cokes  bury,  S.  C,  make  Mffiima  of  seven 
teachers  and  about  380 y^cholars.  Other 
schools  are  projected  at  Louisville,  Ky.; 
Baton  Rouge,  La.;  Gre^sboro,  La.;  Hagers- 
town,  Md.;  in  Flon^  Arkansas,  and  Ten- 
nessee, and  a  misgifDn  is  to  be  established  in 

^%e  Afnjji<r  Methodist   Episcopal   Zion 
Chnich.  jHwds  of  aJumt   tha  aaaoA  nnjoxbeza 


as  the  African,  is  building  up  iastitutioot 
for  higher  education  at  Payetfeville,  N.  C, 
and  West  Middletown,  Penn.  The  Colored 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  a  Southern 
otganization,  with  not  quite  it  hundred 
thousand  members,  and  only  six  years  old 
is  building  up  a  school  for  the  education  oi 

ministers  at  Louisville,  Ky,,  which  it  de- 
signs making  its  central  university."  It 
has  also  in  hand  the  establishment  of  a 
school  for  the  education  of  young  women. 
It  is  helped  and  encouraged  by  the 
white  Methodists.  North  and  Sonth. 
The  Consolidated  American  Baptist  Mis- 
sionary Convention  is  a  large  organization 
of  colored    Baptists.     Its    people    use    th« 

schools  which  the  Northern  white  Baptists 
have  opened  in  the  South,  and  are  trjing  to 

establish   institntions   of    their   own.     The 

Conventions  of  Georgia  and  Alabama  have 
determined  to  combine  to  erect  a  school  at 
Atlanta,  (Jeorgia,  in  which  they  expect  to 
be  helped  by  the  American  Baptist  Home 
Missionary  Society,  and  the  Alabama  Con- 
vention has  resolved  to  establish  a  theologi- 
cal class  at  Marion,  in  connection  with  Lin- 
coln University,  and  to  hold  Ministers'  Iu 
stitutes  in  different  parts  of  the  State. 

The  leading  part  in  the  work  done  by  t&e 
white  Churches  for  the  education  of  the 
colored  people  has  been  taken  by  those  of 
the  North.  The  Southern  Churches  observe 
the  work  approvingly,  -without  apparent 
jealousy,  help  in  it  some,  do  some  like  work 
in  their  own  way,  and  plead  poverty  as 
their  excuse  for  not  doing  more.  Some,  as 
the  Baptists,  confessed  early  that  they 
could  not  accomplish  much  in  this  matter, 
and  invited  their  Northern  brethren  to  ga 
down  and  x>erform  what  was  a  manitest 
duty.  Others  were  later  in  reconciling 
themselves  to  the  situation. 

The  American  Missionary  Association 
(Congregational)   expended   during  its  last 

year  $198,985  35  in  its  Southern  work,  and 
added  665  members  to  its  56  churches.  It 
sustains  fourteen  high  schools  and  colleges, 
some  of  which  have  gained  a  wide  reputa- 
tion, and  six  common  schools  ;  employs  147 
teachers;  has  6,175  pupils  under  instruction, 
and  claims  that  seventy  thousand  pupils 
were  taught  during  the  last  year  by  teach- 
ers who  had  been  instructed  in  its  higher 
institutions. 

The  Freedmen's  Aid  Society  otf  the  Meth^ 
odist  Episcopal  Church  has  in  nine  years 
spent  $582,006  90  for  purposes  connected 
with  colored  education.  It  sustains  thir- 
teen high,  normal,  and  Biblical  schools,  ,80 
placed  as  to  have  one  in  nearly  every  South- 
ern State,  and  owns  more  than  two  hundred 
thousand  dollars'  worth  of  school  property 
in  the  South.  It  raised  and  expended  in  its 
last  year  $58,204  75,  supported  sixty  teach- 
ers, and  taught  over  three  thousand  pupils, 
a  majority  of  whom  will  preach  or  teach. 
It  estimates  that  last  year  forty  thousand 
children  were  taught  by  persons  who  ha*' 
been  instructed  in  its  schools. 

The  American  Baptist  Home  Miss^onaI^ 
Society  supports  seven  high-schools  and 
colleges  in  the  South,  in  which  926  students 
were  taught  in  1876.  It  also  gives 
aid  to  the  Southern  Baptists  and 
the  (colored)  Consohdated  Missionary 
Convention,  the  value  of  which  was 
handsomely  acknowledged  by  their  dele- 
gates as  tho  last  annual  meeting  of  the  so- 
ciety. The  Southern  Baptist  (white)  Con- 
vention in  1875  recommended  the  holding 
of  Ministers'  Institutes,  under  the  direction 
of  its  Home  Mission  Board,  for  the  instruc- 
tion of  colored  ministers  and  the  more  in- 
telligent colored  brethren  in  doctrine,  and 
advised  that  missionaries  be  appointed  to 
the  colored  people  whenever  the  means 
were  afforded,  and  that  their  Suuday- 
schools  be  helped.  These  recommendations 
were  repeated  in  1876. 

The  Northern  Presbyterian  Church  spends 
about  sixty  thousand  dollars  a  year  on  its 
missions  to  the  freedmen.  It  sustains  five 
high  schools  in  North  and  South  Carolina, 
in  which  are  903  students  ;  39  day  schools, 

with  65  teachers  and  3,776  scholars,  and 
107  Sunday-scbools,  with  7,009  scholars.  In 
the  Southern  Presbyterian  Church  special 

attention  is  given  in  many  Presbyteries  to 
evangelistic  work  among  the  colored  peo- 
ple. The  (Jeneral  Assembly  has  decided  to 
establish  an  institution  for  the  education  of 
colored  ministers  at  Tuscaloosa,  Ala.  The 
Reformed  (Dutch)  Church  in  America  is 
doing  its  work  for  the  colored  people  in  co- 
operation with  this  body,  and  has  made  an 
appropriation  in  aid  of  its  school  at  Tusca- 
loosa. 

The  United  Presbyterian  Church  has 
opened  a  normal  and  mission  training- 
school  at  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  the  institution 
beginning  with  a  fund  ot  $12,389.  The 
Associate  Reformed  Synod  of  the  South, 
a    small  but   acti-ve   body,   is  co-operating 

with  it. 

The  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  spent 
last  year  $14,266  38  on  its  missions  to  the 
colored  people.    It  has  normal  and  high 

schools  at  Raleigh,  N.  C,  Petersburg,  Va... 
and  Charleston,  S.  C,  which  together  have 
furnished  119  teachers  to  the  general  field 

and   several    smaller    schools,    which    have 
also  furnished  their  quota  of  teachers. 
The  Disciples  ot  Christ,  (or  Campbell- 

ites,)  have  missions  among  the  colored  peo- 
ple in  Kentucky,  Alabama,  Mississippi,,  and 
Texas.  A  Bible  school  has  been  in  opera- 
tion three  years  at  Louisville,  Ky.  Some 
ten  or  twelve  young  men  -who  Jiave  toen 
instructed  iu  it  have  since  done  good  ser- 
-vice  as  missionaries  and  teachers.  Anothei 
school  is  projected  in  Mississippi,  and  a 
charter  has  been  obtained  tor  it.  Local 
Bible  schools  for  colored  ministers  are  con- 
templated to  be  built  up  in  as  many  South- 
ern  States  as  possible. 

The  Unitarians  have  been  helping  thk 
African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  with 
books  and  money.  Bishop  Payne,  of  the 
African  Church,  acknowledged  at  the  last 
National  Conference  of  Unitarian  Churches 
that  Wilberforce  University  had  in  eight 
years  received  $4,600  from  two  of  their  so- 
cieties. 

The  Roman  Catholics  have  begun  -to 
carry  out  a  plan  of  general  missiffn  work 
among  the  colored  people,  but  there  is  no 
defimte  report  of  the  extent  to  which  their  - 
operations  have  been  prosecuted-  Prof. 
Day,  of  Howard  University,  estimates  that  "■ 
they  have  two  hundred  thousand  colored 
children  in  their  schools,  or  under  their 
influence.  The  estimate  seems  a  very  wild 
one. 

The  schools  are  desigped  mainly  for  theo- 
logical training.     But    such  training  pre--  ' 
sujiposes    competent  literary  qualification,    . 
and   the   schools  are  forced  to  confer  this 
upon  their  pupils.    Nearly  all  the   schools    - 
give    prominence     to    normal    instruction.    ^ 
Their  pupils  expect  to  become  teachers  aa    - 
well  as  preachers,   and,  in   the  aggregate, 
represent  a  strong  force,  which  is  or  wUl  be   r 
engaged  in  diffusing  instruction  among  col- 
ored people  in  all  quarters  of  the  South. 
The  fact  of  the  capacity  of  the  negroes  lor   • 
scholarship   Is  no  longer  in  dispute.     They  * 
have  proved  themselves  interested  in  study,    • 
quick  to  learn,  and  able  to  make. a  good  use 
of  their  cull(.ure.      The  colored  teachers  are  , 
full  of  energy,  they  make  the  elevation  of  '^ 
their  race  a  matter  of  personal  pride,  and 
go  out  prepared  to  do  all  they  can  to  pro-   • 
mote   it.    If  their  work  is  not  stopped  by 
the  White  Leaguers,  they  will  effect  a  great 
improvement  in  the  intellectual  and  moral 
condition  of  the  next  generation  of  their 
people. 


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To  the  Editor  of  the  New- Tor k  Ttme$ : 

Iu  your  article  of  to-dav,  referring  to  a  re- 
port by  Mr.  J.  J.  B.  Croes  and  myselCatL^AaJ«yini( 
out  of  tbe  Biverdale  Dlstnct  of  tbe  new  wards, 
yon  honor  tm  bo  much  at  the  expense  of  our  official 
superiors  and  othera  that  I  must  ask  the  flavor  o( 
being  allowed  to  say  that  our  plan  baa  met  with  all 
reasonable  consideration.  The  Park  Commisaiooers 
before  taking  aoUon  ap«n  it  have  yery  properly 
given  tbe  property-owners  chiefly  interested  an  op- 
pottonlty  of  examining  it  and  expressing  theil 
views.  It  has  Deen  for  seven  week*  under  diaoos- 
sion,  alwtfa in  a  good  spliit,  and  the  detnte  has  de« 
veleped  snggestious  of  value  which  we  have  be«a 
tilad  to  adopt.  _^ 

Aa  to  tbe  bead  of  our  depmrtment,  be  i^  the  flrat 
to  urge   the   essential ''proposicioa  which  hu  ob- 
tained vonr  favor,  and  reyualns  its  warm  adrooate. 
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4X.ABOB  AtmiEKCB  PBE8KXT  IN  STANDARD 

BALL — SPINOSA'S  LIPK  AND    CHARACTKB 

STTLOaxZED — HIS  EXCOMMUNICATION  AT 

THE        AMSTSBOAM       SYNAGOGUE— HtS 

TBACHINQ3       AND        PHXLOSOPHT — THE 

HIGH  ESTKEK    IN  WHICH    HE    IS    NOW 

HEIJ>. 

Standard   Hall    was    well  filled    yesterday 

^ornlDg  with  a  fashionably  dressed  audience,  com- 

JxXed  almoat  exolnsitely  of   Hebrews,  to    listen  to 

|ProJ^    Felix  Adler's   panegyrlo     on     Splnosa,    It 

jbeing  the  two  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  latter'a 

Beatb.    In  front  of  the  platform  baas:    an    old    en- 

paTtDE  of  the  philosopher  framed   in  smilaz  and 

white  pinks,  and  bearune  the  inscription  : 

BENEDICT  DE  BPIK08A. 

Cnl  Tiatura  Dena  Yernm,  cul  cog^nitua  ordo, 
Hoc  Splnosa  statu  conapiciendnB  erat. 
ExpreBaere  viri  faciem,  sea  plnfrua  mentem 
Zeaxidls  artlfioea  non  valuere  manna. 
Ilia  viget  aeriptia,  nbi  sublimla  tractat. 
Bono  qaicttnqne  cnoia  noscere  scripta  leere. 
A  4oable  wicker   basket  stood  above,  filled  witu 
lent  lilies,  carnation  pinks,  roses,  wheat  sprays,  and 
ptber  exotics.    On   eitbec  side  was  drooping  ivy. 
Festoons  of  everitreens  draped  the  outer  edges.    A 
potted  lily  oocnpied  the  right  of  the  platform  and  a 
dwarf  rabber-tree  tbe  left. 

Daring  a  volnntary  from  the  choir,  which  was  an 
Invocation  to  Memory,  tbe  Professor  mounted  the 
platform.      He  is  a^mall,   llght-oomplexioned  man, 


With  short  hair,  aod  a  small,  loll  beard.  He  wore 
evenine  costume  of  black,  witb  nnpolisbed  boots. 
[H«  spoke  slowly  ana  very  distinctly,  wlthoat  notes, 
and  at  times  was  very  eloquent.  After  the  singing 
be  stepped  forward  and  said  tbat  as  tbe  years 
roll  by  the  great  men  whom  tbe  past  has  wronged 
are  receiving  their  recompense.  Two  centuries 
aeo.  Spinosa  was  hounded  down,  and  to-day  be  once 
more  walks  the  earth,  and  men  open  wide  their 
hearts  to  deceive  his  memory  and  his 
name.  "If  thou  can'at  tarn  thine  eyes, 
dilated  with  infinity,"  continued  the  speaker, 
reverently  lifting  his  eyes,  "Ob,  miabty  shade, 
noon  this  mundane  sphere,  thoa  wilt  beKoid  men 
nearer  the  troth,  the  obloquy  dispelled  from  thy 
Came,  and  a  new  generation  arisen  who  are  thy 
|work,"  Then  resuming  :  On  the  day  that  Colnm- 
ihns  set  sail  for  America  the  Jews  left  Spain  for  ex- 
ile. Many  who  could  not  reconcile  themselves  to 
jparting  from  their  home  and  country  became  de- 
▼out  Catholics  outwardly,  while  in  their  hearts  they 
Xemained  faithful  to  the  religion  of  their  ancestors. 
Some  of  them  were  raised  to  high  dignities  in 
{the  Church,  were  made  monks  and  prelates ; 
|lrat  soon  their  fidelity  was  suspected,  and  the 
Inquisition  beean  to  hunt  them  down.  Some 
perished  miserablyat  the  stake,  and  others  spent 
years  in  loathsome  dungeons.  Those  who  had  mean<i 
made  their  escape  and  funnd  security  in  distant 
lands.  A  great  number  of  these  fugitives  received 
uylum  in  the  free  States  of  Holland.  They  en- 
ylched  the  country  by  their  thrift,  frugality,  and 
tnterprise.  About  xhe  opening  of  the  seventeenth 
Bentary  a  congiderable  colony  had  collected  in 
Amsterdam,  '  and  there  in  1632  the  son  of  Spanish 
Tews,  Benedict  de  Spinosa,  was  bom.  In  his  early 
yoath  he  was  edaeated  in  the  new  school  that  che 
Jews  bad  erected.  He  learned  the  mysteries  of 
Hebrew  law  and  the  doctrines  of  the  Old  Testa- 
iment.  The  subtle  discussions  of  the  Talmnd  save 
edge  to  bis  mind.  Lastly  be  stadied  philosophy 
tnnder  Mimonides  and  Obenezera,  the  first 
of  whom  sought  to  harmonize  tbe  teachings  of 
Aristotle  with  the  Bible,  and  signally  failed,  and  the 
jotber  was  a  confii-med  ^kentic,  wnose  notes  on  tbe 
'Bible  have  anticipated  modem  criticism,  though  be 
^id  not  dare  to  present  his  meaning  In  a  shape  fur 
ithe  understandhag  of  tbe  valgar.'  In  all  these 
studies  young  Spinosa  showed  astonisbiog  pro- 
ficiency, and  so  delighted  his  teaebers  that  they 
destined  him  ior--the  Jewish  ministry.  Subseauent- 
ly  be  sought  oat  Dr.  Vandenenda,  a  teacher  of 
liberal  learning,,  and  under  his  tutorship  beeame  a 
|(ood  classical  Latin  scholar  and  acquired  a  knowl- 
fcdge  of  geometry,  physics,  and  the  art  of  sketching. 
Xben  ho  took  up  the  works  of  Descartes,  whnso 
metaphysical ptzilosophy  exerted  adeemed  inliaenco 
to  his  future.  Tlescartes  wes  then  the  leador  of  a. 
new  school.  AVeary  with  the  discussions  of 
Buholaatios,  he  took  as  his  motto  De  omnibus  du- 
bitandumett,  (it  is  necessary  to  doubt  all  thincb.) 
thongh  be,  too,  did  not  venture  to  push  his  con- 
victioDS  to  the  utmost.  Jordan  Bruno  also  deter-, 
mined  tbe  bias  of  Spinosa's  mind.  Bruno  it  was 
Who  first  nroclaimed  the  teachings  of  Copernicus. 
He  locnlcated  a  species  of  Pantheism.  He  was 
burned  In  160CL  ijy  these  mUuences  Spinoaa'a 
mind  was  widened.  Prom  the  broad  plane 
.on  which  he  stood  be  looked  with 
iderlsion  upon  the  rites  and  practices  of  externa! 
|r«lieion.  He  absented  biniself  from  public  wor- 
{abip,  he  neeleoted  tbe  synagogae,  and  there  were 
jeven  dark  ruoiiOTs  tha^h.e  bad  been  seen  to  partake 
;of  forbidden  food.-  At  fltst  the  rabbis  treated  his 
lease  with  ereat  leaieucy,  and  it  is  even  said  that  he 
iwas  offered  1,000  florins  a  year  if  he  would  remain 
tt'aithful.  He  hesitated  at  the  suspicion  of  ingrati- 
Itude  in  deserrting  a  reliKion  which  had  done  so 
imuch  for  hlm^  and  he  well  knew  that  be  would  be 
cut  off  from  fi^ends  tand  kinsmen  and  wealth  and 
honorable  position.  But  he  tells  us  in  tbe  intrud  ac- 
tion to  a  work  that  was  long  lost,  and  has  been 
only  recently  reclaimed,  that,  contemplating  all  that 
was  offered  him  on  one  hand  and  a  serene  life  on 
tbo  other,  the-sbams  and  enls  were  nothint;  to  him 
Bompared  with  the  great  good.  He  felt  as^ne  eicic 
unto  death  having  one  sufhcient  balm  tow^Jd  which 
be  must  strive.  A  great  commotion  was  raised 
againot  him  in  Amaterdam.  One  evening  au  sssas- 
lin  was  put  upon  his  tracK — a  fanatlo  Jew.  The 
stroke  of  the  stiJ«tto  was  skillfully  parried,  and 
Spinosa  suffered  only  a  rent  in  his  cloak.  But  the 
oitv  was  no  longer  safe  for  him.  He  fled,  and  was 
obliged  to  change  his  residence  frequently,  un- 
til  at  last  he  found  a  resting  place  at 
The  Hague,  where  <  he  remained  until  his  death. 
In  the  meantime  the  leniency  of  the  rabbis  bad 
jchanged  to  anger  and  rizer.  It  had  been  the  pride 
of  .Judaism  from  tbe  most  ancient  times  that  tlie 
widebt  tolerance  was  eranted  in  matters  of  religion. 
Tbey  believed  that  ■.  the  practice  of  religion  was 
more  essential  than  its  theory.  But  pernecation 
besets  persecution.  These  Jews,  tresb  from  the 
horrors  of  tbe  Inq^iisition,- themselves  bad  imbibed 
Irom  it  cruelty. 

THE  EXCOMMUNICATIOX- OF  SPINOSA. 

On  tbe  2Tth  of-.  July,  1656, ,  in  the  synagogue  of 
Amsterdam,  while  the  sacred  -  ark  was  kept  open, 
an  edict  of  exoommunication  was  -  solemnly  pro- 
Donnced  against  Spinosa,  and  MIortari,  one  of  bis 
former,  masters,  read  the  decree.  Prof.  Adler  here 
read  a  translation  of  the  original  docu- 
ment. It  is  in  substance:  "By  '  decree 
of  the  angels  and  saints,  and  by .'  consent 
of  the  ■  holy  God,  Benedict  de  i  Spinosa  i^--hereByH'  here 
onrsed  and-  excommiHiioSt®dL,JfeyJ»e-'he  banned 
with  the  ban  with  whiob  Joshua  banned  Jericho. 
TAa,y  be  be  cursed  as  Elijah  cursed  the  Jews.  May 
he  be  accursed  by  day,  and  may  be  be  accursed  by 
nisht.  May  be  be  accursed  when  he  lies  doWn, 
and  may  he  be  accursed  when  he  rises  up.  May  he 
be  accursed  on  his  going  forth,  and  may  he  be  ac- 
cursed on  bis  comine  in.  May  tbe  Lord  GodTefuse 
to  pardon  him.  May  His  wrath  and  anger  be  kin- 
dled asrainst  him,  and  on  him  rest  all  tbe  curses  of 
the  book  and  the  law.  May  tbe  Lord  wipe  out 
bis  name,  and  separate  him  from  his  kindred. 
May  all  the  onrsos  under  the  firmaiDent  lieht 
upon  his  writings.  ITo  one  of  the  faithful  shall 
commnnicate  withi  him  by  wordt  of  mouth  or  Sy 
letter;  nor  shall  any  one  show  him  favor;  nor  shall 
any  one  rest  under  tbe  same  roof  with  bim;  nor 
approach  bis  person  within  four  yards,  nor  read 
any  writing  written  by  him."  When  this  was  read 
to  Spinosa,  he  replied:  'VThey—oompel  me  to  do 
BothlDK  that  I  was  not  rescnveU  of  my  own  accord 
to  fulflll."  He  retired  into  his  silent  chamber  and 
lived  in  a  world  of  hishown.  There  by  20  years'  toil 
he  built  up  the  mighty  edifice  uf  his 
•ystem,  whose  simplicity,  utiity,  and  crandeur 
are  the  wonder  of  men.  It  is  man's 
qnestiobing  spirit  seeking  to  penetrate  into 
the  heart  of  nature,  and  to  grasp  tbe  origin  of 
thlnss.  Tbe  riddle  remains  nnsolved  despite  many 
attemnts  ;  but  who  will  solve  It !  Spinosa  was  the 
great  philosopher  of  Pantheism.  He  taught  that 
there  is  a  unity  in  nature,  and  that  unaer  her  tnon* 
•and-lonned  cbauees  there  Is  somewhat  unohanse- 
able.  In  all  her  myriad  hues  and  forms  there  is  an 
nndefinable  substance,  which  is  the  uncreated,  un- 
divided, absolute,  infinite  God.  TbouKbt  and  ex- 
tension are  lu  attributes.  It  is  one  lu  all,  and  all 
In  one.    God  is  not  matter,  and  cannot  be  mined, 

Se  is  that  deenei  unity  in  which  mind  and  matter 
s  one.  God  is  nature.  God  is  in  the  tree,  the 
Stone,  the  stars,  in  man.  He  does  not  love 
or      labor     for       any     specific     purpose,      but 

Srodaoes  from  the  necessities  of  His  be- 
)g  endless  variety  with  ceaseless  activity.  His 
end  is  to  cause  all  things,  and  all  are  as  in  nature, 
they  partake  of  Him.  Man  also  is  of  God.  The  ea 
senoe  of  man  is  mind.  He  is  a  logical  being.  God 
alone  has  truth,  and  so  far  as  man  sees  things  clear- 
ly and  truthfully  be  is  of  God.  Loeic  is  the  basis 
<xr  ethics.  Spinosa  ignores  sentiment.  He  teaches 
that  hatelleot  alone  is  nsefnl  to  follow  the  universal 
laws.  Virtue  is  the  pursuit  of  knowledge.  There 
are  three  kinds  Of  virtue — blurred  perception,  the 
jight  of  reason,  and  the  perception  of  tbe  Intellect. 
The  last  is  the  best.  Virtue  being  whatever 
heightens  enjoymeot,  the  giatifleatton  of  the  appe. 
tites  is  good.  The  wise  man  delights  in  good  food 
and  comforts,  bat  the  true  being  is  only  in  the  m- 
telieou  That  whiob  is  moral  helps,  and 
that  which  ia  immoral  binders,  thought. 
Man  is  also  a  social  bemg.  The  indi- 
vidoal  mind  ia  exalted  by  congregated  minds.  He 
•bould  hate  evil  at  all  times,  for  evil  is  a  weakness 
vt  tbo  powars  of  reason.  He  should  reward  hatred 
With  lotia.  Loye  is  a  sense  of  kinship  in  tbe  oom- 
moa  seatab  tor  reason's  goal,  which  Is  wisdom.  All 
paw  shoitld  act  aa  tiivaEh  thas'  wera  nn  s—sad  at. 


one  bodj-  and  one  mind.  This,  Spinosa  says,  is 
Ideal  life.  He  looks  upon  friendship  as  the  dearest 
of  earth's  posaessions,  and  he  esteem.'*  wedlock  as 
the  holy  anion  of  two  souls  in  the  common  search 
for  trnih.  Man  should  be  serene.  He  should  fftir, 
because  it  is  the  child  of  passion,  and  hope,  be- 
cause It  is  the  child  of  desire.  He  should 
avoid  humbleness,  haughtiness,  remorse,  and 
pity.  He  should  court  stillness  and  be  collect- 
ed for  reason's  sake.  When  we  come  to  know 
the  passions  that  bind  us  to  passing  phenomena 
our  nature  is  enabled  to  conquer  our  outward  na- 
ture, and  we  become  masters,  free.  Thus  the  emo- 
tional natnre  is  extinguished  and  the  man  is  freed 
from  the  restraints  of  the  passions.  He  dwells  in 
tbe  intellect  and  grows  luto  converse  with  God. 
Against  the  blows  of  misfortune  reason  steels  us. 
When  we  know  that  all  things  are  by  necessity  we 
will  find  tranquillity  in  yielding  to  the  inevitable. 
When  tbe  bodv  passes  away  the  mind  does  not 
wholly  nerisb, "but  something  remains  that  is  infi- 
nite. Whether  the  mind  be  immortal  or  not,  it  is 
best  to  live  by  reason,  for  a  man  would  be  toolish 
to  eat  only  deadly  poison,  because  at  times  be  can- 
not get  healtby  food.  Bsligiun  and  piety. consist  in 
living  so  as  to  cootorm  to  the  necessities  arising  in 
tbe  outward  world,  and  that  is  intellectual  love  of  ' 
God. 

SPINOSA  A  TYPE  OP  THE  INFINITE. 

Such,  said  Prof.  Adler,  is  a  brief  summary  of 
Spinosa's  system.  Thus  is  seen  this  giant  wrestling 
with  nature  for  her  secret,  a«>a  the  riddle  remains 
nnred.  He  errs,  also,  in  turning  aside  from  the 
world's  Imanifold  emotions.  Emotions  are  not  in 
themselves  evil ;  nay,  they  are  tbe  seminal  princi- 
ple of  all  virtues.  Spinosa's  system  towers  on  lofty 
pillars  of  rock,  but  it  is  devoid  of  color.  It  is  im- 
pressive m  its  simple  grandenr,  but  whatever  mo- 
mentary, glow  it  has  passes  away  qnickly  like  the 
the  reflection  of  the  settiLg  sun  on  the  evening  sky. 
His  name  marks  a  lofty  peak  lu  numan  history.  He 
was  a  true  man.  No  man  more  fully  lived  up  to 
bis  teachings.  He  was  an  adept  in  natural  scieDcefi, 
understood  the  icicrosoope  and  was  a  cood  optician. 
Miller  has  incorporated  his  book  on  Ethics  into  bis 
FhiloBophy  of  Man,  and  Monison,  the  English  ptii- 
lusopbet,  at  a  liter  date,  paid  bim  an  eqaally  bich 
comolimunt.  His  religion,  boirevcr,  was  opposed 
to  every  sort  of  saperslitlon.  He  wrote  against  the 
false  olaims  of  the  Bible.  Miracles,  he  said,  are 
past  belief.  Ue  thought  the  beauty  of  Cosmos 
much  more  admirable.  He  demanded  that  the  prin- 
ciples of  natural  KCiences  bo  applied  to  the  Bible — 
each  scientist  to  be  separated  irom  the  rest,  and  the 
BuiTonadinsr  circumstances  of  tbe  investiaators  to 
be  considered.  He  wanted,  in  fact,  a  natural  his- 
tory of  the  Bible  to  bo  written.  Ha  asserted  that 
the  priests  falsified  the  Bible,  and  he  denied  that 
Moses  wrote  tbe  Pentateuob,  which  he  claimed 
was  written  many  centuries  later.  He  pointed 
out  tbe  many  discrepancies  with  which  the 
Scriptures  abound,  and  he  lucluded  in  it 
a  magnificent  plea  tor  liberty  of  conscience  and 
speech,  iteiigiou  and  piety,  he  said,  tbe  State  must 
demand,  but  nothing  hereafter  abould  be  known  Ov 
that  name  but  the  practice  of  equity  and  bealthlul 
love.  The  theologians  were  fieioo,  and  CbrUtiau 
curses  were  added  to  Jewtsb  anathemas.  Dis  book 
was  confiscated.  Pew  men  have  so  sulTerod  ;  few 
so  tnumuhed.  Por  days  bo  did  nut  leave  his 
student's  room.  Those  that  knew  him  well  revered 
bim.  His  houl  was  pure ;  his,  character  crystal. 
He  was  fruiral,  living  on  a  few  pence  a  day  ;  yet  he 
was  not  averse  to  others  takins  comfort.  Hia  seu^e 
of  honor  was  scrupulously  nice.  Again  and  again 
be  rejected  pensions.  He  made  his  liviOif 
by  grinding  lenses.  In  intercourse  with  the 
family  of  bis  landlord,  a  painter,  he  found 
the  relief  he  needed.  When  an  Electoral 
Palatin.ite  ofi'ered  nim  the  Pre  fuisorship  of  Meta- 
physics at  Hiedelbiirg  he  decliuud  it,  because  there 
was  a  c«nditioii  attached  that  he  shuoid  so  teach 
philosophy  ns  not  tointertero  with  the  established 
religion.  He  answered  that  ho  could  only  teach  the 
truth  as  he  saw  it.  Yet  ho  was  tearless,  and  when 
his  life  was  asain  threatened  he  calmed  his  friends 
br  bis  confldenco.  He  bad  now  reached  his  lorty- 
fourth  year.  For  2U  years  he  bad  been  fi^htinir  a 
treacherous  disease.  This  gi.^ut  in  intellect  was  a 
pallid  consumptive.  Yet  no  complaint  ever  croisod 
his  lip3.  Ia  tue  early  part  ol  1677,  io  Febiuary, 
while  the  family  ot  the  painter  was  at  church,  only 
a  single  fnend  being  present,  tbe  end  came.  Ue 
passed  away  as  calmlv  as  he  had  lived 
in  tbe  Blillnsss  of  a  Sunday  afternoon.  He 
hue  left  a  name  in  history  thut  ^^lU  not  pas.3 
away.  The  Christians  aaa  the  Jew.*  have  o;ist  nim 
out,  out  he  has  won  a  nobler  title  than  theirs — he 
belongs  to  all  mankind.  f.Vpplaaae.J  He  t^as  the 
helper  of  munklud.  He  tungut  men  to  cilni  their 
passions.  It  IS  a  sacred  huur  when  ko  rend  bis 
Ethics  and  feel  the  calm  of  his  soul  come  over  our 
own.  We  enter  into  them  as  into  a  dark,  ancient 
temple;  but  there  is  no  idol  there^-onlv  the  spiiit 
of  trutu  that  nanctifirs  hiu  unU  us.  A  groat  man, 
he  was  a  type  of  the  Infinite.  So,  more  and  mure, 
as  the  liiiht  incrcHSija  among  men,  he  will  bo 
esteemed,  and  as  th(>>  centuncs  elapse  posterity  will 
name  him  Beucdiclus,  iSenadictu^^. 

Another  vjluntary  by  the  ohoir  followed.  Prof. 
Adler,  possibly  by  way  of  benediction,  then  an- 
nounced that  the  sul'lect  for  nu.\i  Sunday  woula  bo 
"  The  Office  of  PntsL*,"  and  the  congregation  dis- 
persed.   


A  SWINDLER  Ji\  BALTIMORE. 


attb:.mpt  to  che-vt  a  jkweler  out  of  $600 
WORTH   OF  DIAMONDS  AND   A    WATCH— 
DETKCTKD  IN    THE    0PI;K.\T10N. 
Special,  DUpalch  tu  thr  Neji-  Yort    nmei. 

Baltimore,  Feb.  25.— An  attempt  was  made 

here  on  Saturday  by  u  Philadelphia  co:itlQeucc  man 
to  swindle  I.  Janowitz,  of  No.  137  West  Balti- 
more-street, out  of  two  diamond  rings  and 
a  handsome  gold  watch,  lu  all  valued  at  ICO.  He 
went  to  the  Jewelry  store  in.  the  morning  and 
examined  the  jewelry,  but,  BeJm-o  Icaviag^ 
telling  the  clerk  that  he  wonid  call  lator, 
which  he  did,  chootnug  tbe  articles  mentioned. 
A  clerk  was  ^unt  with  the  stranger  to  th.^ 
Carrollton  Hotel,  in  company  with  a  detec- 
tive. The  swindler,  evidently  approhend- 
iag  trouble,  attempted  to  elude  tbo  de- 
tective and  clerk  after  arriving  at  the  hotel. 
He  was  at  once  arrested,  and  while  being  taken  to 
tbe  station  bouse  tbo  oificor  noticed  him  throw  some 
scraps  of  paper  in  the  street.  Upon  pick- 
ing them  up  and  placing  them  together  they 
represented  two  cheeks  un  New-Yotk  banks, 
one  tor  |40  and  the  other  for  1300.  A  blank  check 
W..S  also  found  in  bis  pocket  on  ihe  VVo^t  Side  liaiik 
of  New-York.  His  name  is  Gonrge  B.  Wuods.  and 
Irom  information  received  here,  he  is  thought  to  be 
a  notorious  Philadelphia  confidence  man.  He  is 
now  in  custody. 


lOLESIAS  NOT  TO  COME  TO  NEW-TORK. 
Special  Dispatch  lo  the  Xew-  Yor:t  Tim'i. 

Chicago,  Feb.  25.— The  Iglesias  party  from 
Mexico  arrived  here  today  from  tbe  Wesi,  and 
will  proceed  east  to-morrow  morning,  stopping 
first  at  Niagara  Eolls.  I*°rom  thence  tbey  go 
to  New-York.  The  party  consists  of  six,  the  elder 
Igleiiias  being  still  in  San  Erancisco,  where  he  will 
remain  a  week  more  and  meet  this  pariy  in  New- 
Orleans  about  tbe  1st  of  Marcb. 


THE  ARREST  or  GEN.  CORTINA. 
Matamoros,  Feb.  "25 — Via  Brownsville, 
Tex.,  Eeb.  2.5. — Gen.  Canales,  Governorof  thisState, 
entered  this  city  today  with  about  1,000  men.  It 
now  appears  that  Gen.  Cortina  was  arrested  yes- 
terday by  Gon.  Blanco,  by  the  express  order  of 
Gen.  Canales,  ostensibly  because  Cortina  bad  not 
obeyed  orders  from  tbe  General  Government  to  go 
to  the  City  of  Mexico.  Gen.  Canales  on  his  way 
took  from  Cortma's  ranch  about  300 
beeves  and  several  hnndred  horses.  It  is  the 
general  impression  that  tbe  entire  prop- 
erty of  Cortina  will  be  confiscated. 
There  has  been  a  long-standing  rivalry  between 
Canales  and  Curcina  as  to  the  control  of  this  State, 
and  it  is  believed  Canales  will  strip  Cortina  of  bis 
wealth  and  remove  all  bis  frieu'is  from  official 
positions  on  this  frontier,  thereby  disposing  ot  what 
has  heretofore  been  a  poweriul  impediment  to  his 
entire  political  control  of  the  .state  of  Tamaulipas. 

INDIAN  OVTEAOES  IN  THE  BLACK  HILLS. 

Dbadwood,  Feb.  25. — Last  evening,  near 
Crook  City,  Indians  attacked  and  captareJ  Dick 
Dunn's  and  Homick  &  Evans'  cattle  trains,  and 
killed  two  men  named  McGonigle  and  Kiley,  and 
severely  wounded  another  named  Jones.  The  three 
men  were  connected  with  tbe  trains. 

Lieut.  Cummings,  with  soldiers  and  citizans,  is 
in  hot  pursuit  of  the  Indians  who  , captured  Bough- 
ton's  cattle  on  IFalse  Bottom. 


MARINE  DISASTERS. 

Ket  West,  Feb.  25, — Tbe  American  schooner 
Joseph  F.  Baker,  of  Sag  Harbor,  Davis,  master, 
£rom  Cientnegos  for ^ew- York,  laden  with  sugar, 
struck  on  the  Cols^^o  Beef  on  the  lOch  Inst.,  but 
got  off  #^thoat  assistance  and  arrived  here  leaking. 

Provxdenck.  Eeb.  23. — The  schooner  Caroline 
Cornelia,  from  Somerset  for  New- York,  went  ashore 
yesterday  near  Beaver  Tail,  and  has  gone  to  pieces. 

HUDSON  BIVEB  NAYIOAXION. 
POUQHKBEPSIB,  Feb.  25. — The  steamers  of 
tbe  Poughkeepsie  Transportation  Company  will 
commence  running  on  Thursday.  Reports  from 
the  north  stats  that  all  the  ice  in  the  nver  between 
here  and  Albany  is  hourly  expected  to  move.  All 
tbe  ferries  on  the  Hadson  will  be  open  this  week. 

THE  ST.  LOUIS  S'AILROAD  BRIDGE. 
St.  Louis,  Feb.  25. — The  repairs  to  tbe  rail- 
wa.y  floor  of  the  eastern   approach  of   the   bridge 
have  so  far  progressed  that  freight  and  passenger 
trains  will  cross  to-morrow  as  usual.  , 


A   UNIQUE  NOTE. 

The  Sandasky  (Ohio)  Begister  says  that  the 
fbllowing  note  of  hand  war  given  by  oae  San- 
duskian  to  another  the  other  day : 

"  Due or  hearer  thirty  dollars  (t30)  to  be  taken 

in  a  tombstone  to  apply  9a  a  hoise  to  ha  ^t  op 
Moaetima  next  SommeCt"  -  /  '        ~ 


RECENT  DEATHS. 


TBELATEGEN.  ANDREWW.  DBNISON. 

PARTICULARS  OF  THE  SUDDEN  DRATH  OF 
THIS  ESTEEMED  lUBLIC  OFFICER — HIS 
MILITARY  SERVICES — ^PREPARATIONS  FOR 
THE  FUNERAL. 

Special  DispateJt  to  the  New-Tor Ic  Timei. 

Baliimore,  Feb.  25.— Gen.  Andrew  W. 
Denison,  Postmaster  of  Baltimore,  died  sud- 
deDl.y  yesterday  morning,  of  apoplexy,  at  the 
residence  of  his  brother-in-law.  Charles  P. 
Montague,  Esq..  No.  249  North  Charles-street 
On  Friday  Gen.  Deniaon  was  in  good  health 
and  the  best  of  spirits.  He  was  at  the  Post 
Office  during  the  day,  and  in  course  of  a 
conversation  witn  his  assistant  remarked  that 
he  "never  telt  bettonn  his  life."  After  spend- 
ing some  time  at  the  office  he  went  to  his  home 
at  Mr.  Montague's,  where  he  partook  ot  a 
hearty  dinner  and  conversed  with  his  sister, 
Mrs.  Montague,  until  10:30  P,  M,,  when  he  re- 
tired. At  1  o'clock  on  Saturday  morning  his 
colored  servant  heard  a  movement  in  his  room, 
and  upon  going  thither  found  his  mas- 
ter standing  iu  the  centre  of  the  room. 
In  answer  to  the  inquiry  of  the  servant  he 
said  that  nothing  was  the  matter  at  all,  and  he 
[the  servant]  need  feel  no  alarm.  The  ser- 
vant retired,  and  at  7:30,  as  is  his  custom,  went 
to  the  General's  room  to  assist  bim  to  dress. 
He  carefully  pulled  down  the  bed-clothes  and 
proceeded  to  put  on  tbe  sleeper's  stockings, 
but  perceiving  that  the  feet  appeared 
limp,  he  called  out,  "  Mars  Denisnu ; 
Oh,  Mara  Denison  ;  is  you  Bleep?"  He  re- 
ceived no  auswer,  and  Lecomiog  alarmed,  ran 
to  Mr.  Montague's  room,  and  told  him  th.it  his 
brother  in-law  had  fainted.  Mr.  Montaeuo 
hastened  to  tbe  General's  bedside  to  find  him 
unconscious.  Dr.  Christopher  Johnson  was 
summoned  immediatelv,  and  upon  his  arrival 
pronounced  the  General  dead,  and  assigne^ 
apoplexy  as  the  cause.  Death  had  probably  odi 
curred  about  6  o'clock. 

Geii.  Denison  was  the  son  of  Marcus  Den- 
ison, Esq.,  who,  years  ago,  wa.^  a  prominent 
merchant  of  this  city.  lie  was  born 
in  1831,  and  consequently  was  46 
years  old.  At  the  begiuuiug  of  the  war  he  left 
his  father's  business,  and  joined  tho  Union  Ar 
my  with  a  regiment  ot  voiuniecrs,whioli  was 
raised  in  this  city,  as  its  colonel.  This  regi- 
ment—the Eighth — took  tho  field  Sept.  18. 
lS6a,  and  went  gallantly  through  the  followiug 
battles :  Maryland  Heights,  Funkstown.  Wil- 
dorncss.  Laurel  Hill,  Spottaylvauia,  Harris' 
Farm.  North  Anna.  Shadv  Grove.  Bethe.oda 
Church,  Cold  Harbor,  Peler.sburg,  Weldou 
Railroad,  Poplar  Grove  Church.  Chapel  Hou.so, 
Poeble's  Farm,  Hatcher's  Run,  Hirktord's, 
Doluev's  Mill,  VVhit*^  Oak  Road,  Five  Forks, 
and  Appomattax  Oourt-bouse.  In  tho  Fall  of 
1863  Col.  Denison  took  command  of  the  Mary- 
land Brigade  instead  of  flen.  J.  R.  Kenloy. 
still  holdinc  the  rank  of  CNilonel.  On  tlie  8th 
of  May.  186-1,  wliile  leading  his  forces  at 
the  battle  of  the  VViUlcrues.-*,  he  was  struck 
in  the  right  arm  by  a  bail,  wbicii  necessitated 
the  amputation  of  the  limb.  For  gai^ni  con- 
duct upon  this  ocuaaion  he  was  brevered  Briga- 
dier General,  iho  commission  dating  from 
Aug.  19,  1864.  Soon  alter  recoveriug  Irom  the 
etlects  of  the  amputation  ho  wjis  woumled  in 
tbo  leit  leg  at  the  battle  of  White  Oak  Road,  on 
Miirch  31.  1865.  Shortly  utter  this  event  ho  was 
again  wouuded,  when  be  was  made  -Mapir 
General  of  volunteers,  by  brevet,  lor  gallant 
conJuct  iu  tlic  White  Oak  Ruad  battle. 

At  tho  close  of  the  war  (roii.  Denison  re- 
turned to  Haltiniore,  and  took  <in  activo  part 
iu  niuuicipui  politics.  Ho  was  twice  a  caudi- 
uate  for  .Mayer,  but  was  dofcateJ.  His  suc- 
cessful opponent,  Hon.  J«im  Lee  Cliapmau, 
however,  subscq'.euily  nnpouucJ-Jiiiii  one  ol 
the  Judges  of  the  Appeal  K^^^^arV^  T5u  tho 
I'Jth  of  April,  1869,  ho  was  a];poitited  Po.si  mas- 
ter 01  tbe  city  by  PiVHidcnt  'Irarit.  smd 
ill  1873  wa.s  reaDpointod.  The  «leco:i8<'d 
took  a  keen  interest  iu  all  tho 
organization.^  that  wi-ro  formed  serving 
to  perpetuate  friendly  feeling  Toward  soliliers 
who  served  in  bis  biiwado  and  at  tin-  time  ot 
his  dtalli  was  First  Oep.irtiinut  Coiumaiider  ol" 
the  Ciruiul  Army  of  the  Republic  ol  .Muryl.iud. 
He  w;i8  a  lucmlier  of  \\  il.'^oii  I'o.it,  JN'o.  1, 
and  was  also  i'resideat  of  tho  Oid  City 
Guard  auu  Marvlaud  Lino  A.ssociatiou.s. 
When  tho  aunouuceineut  ot  hin  death 
was  made  at  iliu  Post  Oftire,  vcstcrday 
moiniiig,  the  othcors  in  tbo  lioparrnicnt  wcro 
Bhockcii  beyoiiil  measure,  ami  received  the 
painful  tidiugs  with  expressions  of  deep 
sorrow.  When  his  death  was  liulleliiieil  at 
the  various  newspaper  ulliccs,  uriel  was  ei- 
pressod  iu  tho  laces  of  tiiu  lu.iiiy  tliuu-iuuds 
who  read  the  aniiouueeineut,  inv.speclivt'  «iL%5s' 
politusal  proelivitiec.  There  was  not  a  luuu  in 
the  City  ut  lialtiinure  luuro  l^uvially  beloved 
than  tho  deceased  geutleilfcii.  "  In  tbo  va- 
'Vious  positions  of  trust  and  Ininor  wliieh 
he  has  held,  his  i:aiuo  h:,«  always 
beeu  clear  of  tho  sliglitcyt  .stain,  and  the 
laithtui  manner  iu  wliicii  ho  dlsehar^eil 
hid  duties  lia.s  given  seuerul  sati-sfactioii.  aud 
drawn  loi'tli  coiiiplimeutary  c  jiiimeiit  Iruiii  the 
wiiolc  eouiiuuuit3".  The  rooms  of  tho  various 
organizations  ol  which  ho  was  a  uicmber,  also 
ttjc  Post  iJtlice.  arc  to-day  lirapcd  in  mouru- 
iug.  Gen.  Denison  was  uumariiecl.  lie 
leaves  two  brothers  aud  two  sisters — 
Lieut.  David  A.  Denison,  United  States 
Army,  now  in  Italy,  aud  Johu  M.  Deniesoii, 
Treasurer  ol  tho  Post  OlHce,  aud  .Mrs.  Charlus 
P.  Montague,  of  this  city,  and  'Slt<.  Kussell, 
of  Trov,  ^.  Y.  He  also  leaves  au  e.-itute  valued 
at  jStXI.OOO.  The  lliuerai  will  take  jilaco  to- 
morrow afteinoiin,  .Monuay.  troni  the  lesideucc 
of  Mrs.  Montague.  The  pallbearers  cru  Gens. 
John  R.  Keuly,  Charles '='E.  Pudps,  Felix 
Agnies,  Adam  E.  King,  Cols.  IC.  11.  Web- 
ster, E.  F.  M.  Faehtv,  Edward  Wil- 
kins,  and  J.  S.  Johauuas.  Tho  Filth 
aud  Sixth  Regiment.'*,  Maryland  National 
Guard,  with  the  employes  ot  the  Po.st  Ollice, 
and  the  bodies  of  the  several  sujjieties,  will  a^ 
teud  the  funeral.  Mr.  Joun  P.  As^ew  has  usA 
BUiued  the  duties  ol  Postmaster,  which  poai-^ 
tion  he  will  till  until  another  appoiutmout  is 
made.  ^ 


GEN.  BARON  VON  STEINWEHR, 
Gen.  A.  Von  Steinwehr,  of  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  died  suddenly  nt  tho  Tilt"  House, 
Bufi'alo,  yesterday  atternoon.  Ho  was  on  his 
way  to  tills  City,  whore  his  son  resides. 
Adolpb  Wilhelm  August  Friedrich  Uaron  Von, 
Sleiuwehr  was  born  at  Blankenburfir,  in  tbe  Hnchy 
of  Brunswick,  Sept.  22,  1822.  He  was  educated  at 
the  Military  Academy  of  the  City  of  Brunswick,  and 
entered  the  Army  of  the  Duchy  as  Lieutenant 
in  1841.  In  1817  bo  resigned  and  came  to  the 
United  States  lor  the  unrpos'e  of  (ift'ijnng  his 
services  -^to  the  Government  iu  tho  Mex- 
ican wr,  but,  falling  to  obtain  a  commission 
in  the  Regular  Army,  he  returned  to  Germany,  after 
marrying  a  lady  of  Mobile.  In  1854  he  returned  to 
this  country  and  purchased  a  larm  near  WaX- 
Iingford,  Conn.  At  tho  couimencenieut  of  ib^ 
civil  war  ho  raised  a  regiment,  tbo  Tweniy-ninlh 
New-Toik  Voluntoeis,  which  he  CQmmajdB^at  tb^ 
first  battle  of  Bull  Eun,  terming  part  oi  the  re' 
serve  under  Col.  Mdes.  Oa  Oct.  12,  18G1, 
he  was  commissioned  a  Bricadior  General  and  ap- 
pointed to  tho  command  of  iho  Second  Bnirade 
ot  Blenker's  Division,  which  in  ilay,  1862,  was 
attached  to  the  Mi'untain  Department,  under  Gen. 
Fremont.  When  Sigel  assumed  command  of  tbe 
coros,  after  too  orcauization  of  Pope's  campaign, 
Gon.  Steiuwehr  was  promoted  to  the  head  of  ihe 
Secoud  DivisioD,  aud  particiuaied  in  the  campaign 
on  the  Kaoic^an  and  Rappauaunock.  He  was  one 
of  the  otlicers  especially  mentiuned  by  Gon.  Loe  in 
the  note  to  Gon.  Halloek  threatening  retaliation  for 
certain  orders  issued  by  Gen.  Po:»e  and  certain  acts 
committed  by  some  of  his  subordinates.  At  the 
battle  of  CbaiiceltoraviUo  be  commanded  a  division 
in  Gen.  Howard's  JJieventh  Corps.  G-eo.  Von  Stein- 
wehr served  with  distiuclion  till  the  close  of  the 
war.  _. 

■ '^ * 

OBITUARY  NOTES. 

Dr.  John  L.  Temple,  the  pioneer  of  homeo- 
pathy in  St.  Louis,  and  fouuder  of  the  Homeo- 
pathic Medical  College  of  Missouri,  died  there  on 
Saturday  afternoon,  aeed  70  years. 

Dr.  Milo  W.  Hill,  bom  in  Pompey,  Onondaga 
Connty,  and  a  resident  of  Bnff.ilo,  N.  Y.,  amce 
1836,  died  yesterday  aiternooii,  aged  73  years. 

~^^^^  '* 

RAILROAD  AID  IN  MISSOURI. 
A  bill  designed  to  facilitate  tbe  building  of 
railroads  in  Missouri  has  been  introduced  iu  tbe 
State  Legislature,  and  is  thus  summariz.id  by  the 
St.  Louis  Republican:  "It  authorizes  railroad 
comoanies  to  receive  subscriptions  to'  be  paid  in 
either  'money,  property,  material  or  work,'  and 
to  issue  in  exchange  theretore  '  transportation 
stock,'  redeemable  In  passenger  fares  or  freii;ht 
carriage.  Tbe  certificates  of  stock  are  to  be  issabd 
iu  sums  of  not  less  than  one  share  each,  and  are  to 
be  a  first  lien  on  tbe  road  and  its  property,  into 
whose  bauds  soever  tbey  may  come,  except  as  to 
morteages  lecorded  in  the  counties  ihrough  wnich 
tho  road  runs  before  the  makiae  of  »noh 
subscriptions.  Ko  mortgage  of  the  road 
is  to  have  preference  over  tianiportatiou 
mumV    subafiribad      boforo     tue    recoid     of     tue 


mortgage...  The  transportation  stock  certificates 
may  -be  issued  to  persons  severally  or  iointly,  and 
are  redeemable  In  the  foUowine  manner  :  The  cer- 
tiflcates,  drawing  6  per  cent,  iuterest,  ana  transter- 
able  by  Indorsement,  shall  entitle  the  holder  thereof 
to  their  face  Vitlue  with  interest  iu  service  either  in 
fare*  or  freisht  charges  at-che  usual  jates,  provided 
that  tbe  road  mar  require  one-half  the  freight  bills 
or  fares  to  be  paid  in  cash,  crediting  the  remainder 
on  the  oer-ificate  till  the  amount  due  and  nnpald 
shall  be  loss  than  one-eighth,  after  which  no  more 
cash  may  be  exacted.  The  certificates  entitle  the 
holder  to  all  tbe  riebts  and  privileges  of  ..  stock- 
holder, but  shall  not  subject  him  lo  acy  ttabiilty  for 
tbe  debts  or  obligations  of  tbe  company." 


NEJV-JEESEY   FJXANCEiS. 


THE  EXPE^tflTURKS  BY  THE  STATE  IN  A 
YKAB^RECEIPTS  AND  SOURCES  OF 
REVENUE  —  THE  AGRICUL.TU  RAL  COL- 
LEOIC    AND    SCUQOL    FUNDS. 

JTrom  Our  Own  CorresvondenL 
Tbenton,  Sunday,  Fob.  25,  1877. 
The  annual  report  of  Hon.  George 
Wright,  tho  State  Treasurer,  was  placed 
the  desks  of  members  la^c  week.  Though  ju^ 
submitted,  it  brings  the  receipts  and  disburse- 
ments down  to  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year,  Oct. 
31,  187G.  The  State  Treasurer  reports  that  be- 
cause of  the  existence  of  several  railroad  corpo- 
rations in  the  State  from  which  no  tax  bad 
he«jx  received  for  the  year  1875,  tho  revenue  is 
somewhat  smaller  than  it  otherwise  would  have 
been.  The  consolidated  statements  show  the 
total  receipts  and   disbursements    for  the  year 

to  be  as  follows: 

Disbursements. 

$1,597,351  9;j 

238047  92 

1.557,078  57 

Colietro 

C  9G0  00 

'J,  144  62 


Receipts. 
$1,588,118  04 
238,34!j  70 
1  375,516  26 

C960  00 
3,550  00 


308. 7G1  05 


State  land... 

"War  fund 

School  luiid.. 
Agricultural 

lutid 

State  Li  Diary  fund 

Balfiuce  in  bank  Nov, 

1,1675 

Total $3, 403,186"  04        13.521,282  05 

The  balance  of  $llS,0?li-01  is  "to  the  credit  of 
tho  following-named  funds : 

State  fund .\....  $80,593  85 

War  fund \...      2.691  54 

School  fund }..,     -27.481;  23 

State  Liurarv  fund 7,282  78 

Banknote  redemption  lund 2161 

Total fir8,076  01 

The  securities  of  tho  State  held  for  the  "State 
fund"  are  2.837  shares  of  the  Joint  Companies' 
stock,  §288,700  ;  bonds  ot  the  Joint  Comoanies, 
124,00(1;  bonds  of  tbe  Jersey  City  and  Bergen 
R.iilroad  Company,  $10,000;  Centennial  stock, 
$100,000;  bonds  of  the  several  counties  of  tbe 
State  for  surplus  revenue  ot  United  States, 
loaned,  ^701.670  44 ;  making  a  total  of  $1,187,- 
370  44,  The  receijitB  ot  the  State  lund  lor  the 
year  were  as  follows: 
Tax  irom  United  Com  panics.... ^-..^li. 

Tax  on  railroads 

In'crest   and   dividends  on   stccks  and 

bonds 

Pateraon  Savint:s  Iiisiltution 

Tax  from  Central  Stock-yard  Company.. 

Teinporarj-  and  sprcial  loans 

State  Prison  roceipts 

From  .'^ocietary  ot  State 

Appropriation  Irom  State  lax 

O . Ler  so urces 

Total. 


{298.123  95 
206,979  39 


31;Q10  00 

3.^0  CO 

100  00 

.      260,000  00 

34. '206  65 

^o-56  84 

.      6C4,.0«0  18 

. 4,406_02 

.$1.58S.ri¥'04 

The  disbursements  from  the  receipts  show  a 
total  of  ^1.. 597, 35-1  93,  being  an  excess  of  ex- 
penditure of  Ji).2.'}tj  89.  Among  the  more 
important  disoursiincuts  are  the  follow- 
ing, on  the  iollowiiig-naiiied  accouuts  :  State 
AaylUni  tor  tholusiiiiK.  at  Morristown,  $500,000; 
tctiiporary  loau,  $200,000 ;  printing,  iJlJO,- 
OSO  a7  ;  salaries  of  Judiciary,  $72.yb8  ;  Legis- 
lature, .'t7U,5ol  32  ;  Sj»to  -Militia,  iG6.947  19  ; 
salaries  ot  state  Prison  oUicials,  $^15,490  71  ; 
Rclo:ui  School,  ^2,5u0  ;  Lunatic  Asylum,  $10,- 
7(il  53  ;  transportation  of  prisoners  and  costs, 
J3j,3J2  38  ;  pciision.s,  $31,918  81  ;  Stato-houso 
expe'.:s08.  ?'.i7,()9j  07  ;  8upj)ort  of  deaf  aud 
diiuil).  1^25,370  01  ;  Stiiu-  Prison  repairs, 
$2;i.i31  til  ;  State  Prison  maintuuanoe, 
S2J,31l      32;  Ceuteiiuial        stock,         $20,- 

000 ;  public  schools,  ifl7,000 ;  Centennial 
(.■ouiinisMioii,  $l(J,o(lu ;  Normal  School, 
Sl.'j,OOU  ;  support  of  blind,  $13,723  53  ;  salaries 
of  luiiariu  asvluin  niHccrs,  5^11,0^9  57  ;  Ri)>ariau 
Comi4H«sion,^ll,()ii|);  rL-tuud-.d  ta.itew,flO,4J5  01; 
Stiito'Pi  i.sou  iinpr»vo!iicnts,  ;j'<,SJ9  87  ;  support 
of  teib  c-uiintled,  $.S,014  ;  Gcologic.il  Survcj-, 
|ti,93GS7  ;  State  Industrial  School,  i:t),000  ;  Waah- 
ingtoii  llead-tiuarteiH.  il,250. 

'I'lio  ludebtoiliicas  on  war  account  has.  de- 
creased ?100,bOJ,  tlio  iLiKuunl  ol  bonds  re- 
ueouffin  by  the  Commissumtiy  ot  the  Siukiuj; 
Fiiud.\  The  liiilaiicc  ol  w:ir  bunds  outstanding 
aUiouuPa  to  $J,;W6.;iOO,  ot  which  another  $100,000 
due  (»u  Jan.  1  last. 

The  8t'\iii  iiics  ot  tlio  school  fund  amount  to 
?1,JM,3:13  Ml,  ot  which  •>S.S4.!S.!3  50  is  in  bonds 
eocuied  Im  mortgugc.  i;100,OUO  in  oonds  of  the 
?»cvs-Jer.soyVli:iilroad  ami  'lrau.-<portation  Coui- 
puny,  *h2,0yu  in  bonds  of  .-\.-.:i  i-ncker  anil  tho 
NcwJersey  Vv'c-it  Lino  Railru.-ul  Com- 
jiany,  j^3;>.500  iu  ntock  of  tho  Ncw-Jrr.-^ey 
Uailroud  aud  Transportation  Company,  $17,000 
lu  bonds  of  the  Delaware  and  Raritau 
Canal,  and  Cuiiidcn  and  Am  boy  Railro:ul  Coiu- 
piiny,  yJO.i.'UO  in  huite  bonds,  and  the  rest  in 
local  boud.s.  Tlic  receipts  for  tbe  year  were 
derived  from  the  State  sclioul  tax.  amounting 
to  !jl, 203.1 15  80;  interest  oil  bonds  und  mort- 
gages, iJ.'j5,401  17  ;  .'  rout  irom  .Morns 
Caual  aud  Panktiig  (.  ouipauy,  $25,000 ; 
rent  on  -  basis  of  land  under  water, 
if2:i,979  58,  and  smaller  sums  from  other 
sources.  Tho  Treasurer  also  iioldh  rentals  of 
lands  uudcF  water  auiouutiii^j  to  $6,095,  and  7 
per  cent',  due  sciui-auiifially,  ou  leases  of  lauds 
undcrTval*!;  givou  by  tbo  Riparian  CViuiiuis- 
sioner.-',  amounting  to  J371,717  91.  There  is 
due  trom  the  State  fund  to  tho  school  lund  a 
balance  of  approprintion  of  the  yo.ir  1873 
ariiouutiiig  to  $43,01)0,  aud  tho  anuual  appropri 
ations  ot  $65,000  lor 'the.  years  1874,1875,  aud 
1870,  luukiiig  a  total  ol  Sj38,000. 

i  ho  Agricultural  College  lund,  $116,000,  is 
invested  in  tho  bonds  of  the  State,  aud  the  iu- 
torcsr,  amouiiiing  to  $G,9()0,  is  appropriated  to 
the  support  oi  Rutgers  Scientitic  School. 


^'jh 


/ 


in  AT  LOVISIA.SA  ARTICLE. 
^  The  Columbus  (Ohio)  Slate  Journal  of  Satur- 
av  says  :  '"  In  the  present  emergency  in  the  iSleo- 
ioral  donnt  Dfcmocralic  Jjycuaity  Uas  befen  bent 
toward  placing  a  construction  uafavorable  to  tho 
Kopiiblican  interest  on  "^in  articio  on  Louisiana 
ufTaiis  appAriug  in  the  oditoriii  columns  of  the 
btate  Journal  of  last  Thursday  morning,  claiming 
that  it  B}ipeared  in  tho  'organ  of  Gov.  Ilavcs,' 
edited  by  his  friend  Gon.  Comly,  and  that  tbe 
articio  was  ibspired  by  G.iv.  Kayos  himself.  On 
pilnciple  the  StaU  Journal  advocated  the  election 
ol  Gov.  llayts,  aud  believes  in  his  election  ;  but  to 
troriaead^  it  U  scarcely  necessary  to  reiterate  the 
statement  that  this  paper  is  not  tbe  origan  ot  Gov. 
Hayes,  or  any  other  man;  and  tu  the  people  who 
know  Gi'V.  Hayes  it  will  readily  occur  that  ho  is  a 
map  not  likely  to  make  use  of  a  per- 
sonal oriian.  His  letter  of  acceptance  has 
been  accepted  as  the  in-dcx  of  what  he 
will  do  upi  u  reaching  tho  Presidential  chair,  and 
the  State  Journal  has  had  no  riomre  and  no  opoortu- 
nitv  to  aupursude  that  adniiralile  document  as  tbe 
mouthpiece  of  tbe  Kepublicaii  candidate.  We  say 
this  much  in  the  absence  of  Gen,  Cuuly,  who,  dui- 
ing  nearly  the  whole  of  this  week  has  been  con- 
tiued  to  hla  honso  by  serioua'  illnetis,  and  who,  so 
tar  ffMiii  being  able  to  pertorm  any  editorial  duty 
whatever,  has  boon  strifcily  torbidden  by  his  physi- 
cians to  receive  visitors  or  to  road  the  uew.spapers 
or  manuscripts.  In  view  of  the  industrious  proc- 
lamation in  >Va8hinijtoa  yesterday  of  the  story 
above  alluded  to,  it  is  proper  to  state  that  tjuv. 
Hayes  did  not,  rtirnctly  or  reiuotely^  inspire  the  ar- 
ticle lu  question.  He  certainly  knew  nothing  of 
tcs  exisluuce  ur  cf  any  mtontiou  lo  write  suoli  an 
article  uatil  alter  Its  apoearauce  in  priut;  and  wo. 
learn  that  be  did  not  read  the  article  or  know  of  its 
publication  until  bis  atteuticu  was  called  to  it  by  a 
teleeram  Xroui  W'asUmglon  yesterday." 


THE  DIFFERENCE  IN  FATHERS. 
A  local  coiTespondent  of  the  Boston  Tran- 
script  wiltes:  "Oue  Sunday,  in  the  alwehco  of  the 
teacher,  I  took  charge  of  a  class  of  boys  of  from  4  to 
6  years  of  ajre.  'Speaking  tho  truth  '  was  the  baVs 
of  our  conversation  together.  lasted  the  boys  it 
either  of  them  could  tell  tbe  storv  of  George  Wasb- 
ioEton  and  bis  little  hatchet.  One  of  tbe  boys 
promptly  begau  to  tell  tbe  story,  and  was  listened 
to  most  attentively  by  tho  dozen  or  more  of  the 
olavs.  OmfUittle  fellow,  who  bad  given  the  most 
careful  attention,  turning  his  head  n  little  one  side, 
his  bright  eyes  snappine,  and  with  a  most  deter- 
mined expression  upon  his  face,  exclaimed,    'Well, 

Mr.  B ,  I  don't  care,  my  father  had  au  oleander 

Uush  and  £  cut  it  down.     He  asked  me  if  I  did  it.    I 
told  him  I  did — and  he  licked  me.'  " 


GOV.  HATES'  VIEWS. 
The  Philadelphia  Ledger  prints  the  subjoined 
extract  Irom  a  private  letter  written  b.y  Gov.  Hayes 
on  the  20th  of  June  last:  "Ton  know  lam  so  de- 
cidedly hard  money  that  while  I  don't  have  the 
highest  opinion  of  tho  resumptionact  [that  of  /an. 
14. 1S75, 1  as  a  practical  measure,  it  would,  in  my 
opinion,  be  a  step  backward  to  repeal  it,  unless  tbe 
repeal  was  coupled  with  tbe  adoption  of  a  better 
measure  lookinz  to  a  rrinrn  to  coin."  •  *  * 
"As  to  the  civil  service,  1  incline  to  adopt  your 
view;  certainly  I  believe  In  tlie  principle.  Bat  all 
this  la  under  aovissnient,  and  in  due  tirao  I  will  try 
to  act  wisely.'  Platforms  aud  lettori  of  caudldatea 
are  not  like  cbaraoter  ajid  rocoril." 


LOSSES  BY  FIBE. 


THE  BVRNINa0Fj,F0X'8  THEATRE. 

THE  FIBE  IN  PHILADELPHIA  YK8TKBDAY 
MORNINO— TOTAL  LOSS  OP  NKARLT  A 
QUAKTBR  OP  A  MILLION  DOLLARS  — 
SEVERAL^  PERSONS  BURIED  BENEATH 
FALLING  WALLS  AND  TIMBERS — VALUA- 
BLE BOOKS  GREATLY  DAMAGED  BY 
WATER. 

From  Our  Own  Oorrett>on<Unt. 
Philadelphia,  Sunday,  Feb.  25, 19T7. 
The  largest  and  most  destructive  fire  which 
bas^isited  this  city  for  some  time  was  that  which 
destroyed  Pox's  New  American  Theatre  this  morn- 
iniC.  The  total  loss  by  tbe  bnrnine  of  this  and 
Other  buildings  will  amonnt  to  about  $250,000.  As 
announced  in  the  telegraphic  dispatches  to  The 
Times,  the  Ure  was  discovered  about  12:20  o'clock  in 
tbe  Tictoity  of  the  property  room.  This  apartment  is 
said  to  bo  flre-proof,  and  what  caused  it  is  not 
known.  Fortunately  tbe  audience,  which  was  a 
^  large  one,  bad  left  about  an  hour  before,  and  all  tbe 
attaches  had  retired,  except  the  night  watchman, 
Charles  F.  Charlton.  He  states  that  be 
discovered  tbe  fire,-  but  the  veteran  circus 
man,  San  Gardner,,  contradicts  this,  and  says 
that  be  saw  the  fire  breaking  out  of  tbe  windows 
In  the  rear  of  the  8tac;e,  and  that  he  made  an  ef- 
fort to  get  info  tbe  theatre.  Charlton  came  to  tbe 
door  and  asked  him  what  was  the  matter,  and  imme- 
diately a  volume  of  smoke  rushed  out  enveloping 
both  men*.  Cluirlton  returned  and  endeavored  to 
save  something,  bnt  tbe  flames  seized  upon  tbo 
scenery,  and  he  was  overpowered.  How  he  reached 
tho  street  he  knows  not,  but  it  is  believed  he 
orawled  to  tbe  door,  when  some  ot  the  spectators 
pulled  him  out.  In  a  few  minutes  the  entire 
building  was  in  flames.  A  stiff  south- 
west wind  carried  the  lighted  cinders  to 
tho  roofs  of  the  buildings  toward  Tenth-street, 
w^here  they  struck  the  hieb  walls  of  the  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  building  at  the  corner  ot  Tenth  and 
Chestnut  streets,  and  in  a  perfect  shower  fell  npnn 
the  roof  of  the  carriage  manufactory  of  W.  D. 
Kodifers  &  t^o.  This  four-story  structure  was 
soon  burned.  A  number  of  ilretnen  were  en- 
gaged in  saving  carnages  on  the  first  floor,  when, 
wlthoat  a  Eecond's  warning,  the  roof  aud  upper 
floors  gave  away,  and  tell  to  the  cellar,  carrying 
everything  with' i-.  Fire  Marshal  James  Thomp- 
son, George  Bonaff.>n,  Secretary  of  the  Insurance 
Patrol,  and  George  Frederick  Newman,  a  member  of 
tbe  .  Patrol,  were  buried  in  tbe  ruins. 
Thompson  and  Bonaffou  were  rescued,  the 
former  being  severely  cut  in  tbe  head,  aiid, 
it  is  feared  bis  skull  is  fractured.  Bonafi'on  was  in- 
jured on  tbe  head  and  suacained  severe  internal  iii- 
juries.  Newmau  whs  buned  completely  aud  re- 
mained under  tbe  smoldering  mass  lor  eight  hours, 
being  rescued  about  noon  to-day  in  an  unconscious 
condition.  He  was  removed  to  the  Pennsylvania 
Hospital,  where  an  exnminaiion  did  not  reveal  auy 
Be^ere  internal  injuries,  althougti  bo  was  badly 
burood.  It  Is  not  kuown  wbetb^  any  others  are 
under  the  ruins.  _  ^^  „^ 

About  4  o'clock  tbe  rear'wSn  of  the  tffbatre  fall, 
burymg  three  firemen,  who  were  afterward  res- 
cued. The  Mercantile  Library,  tho  latgost  in  the 
'city,  in  the  rear  was  also  daraagcd  bv  tire  and 
water.  Tbe  elements  made  inmads  on  the  most 
valuable  collections  in  tho  building,  and  among  the 
books  destroyed  is  a  copy  of  Audubon's 
Birds  of  America,  worth  about  tOOO,  and 
many  tare  aud  curious  voluraee.  Xhe 
bouKs  in  the  political  economy,  scifntiflc  aud  medi- 
cal, and  law  departments,  to  the  number  ot  about 
C.OOO,  are  so  badly  injured  bv  water  that  they  will 
have  to  be  rebound.  The  loss  to  the  library  is  sup- 
posed to  be  about  $50,000.  which  is  fully  covered  oy. 
lusnrance, 

F'lx's  Theatre  is  a  complete  wreck.  It  was  built 
in  1370,  aud  was  insured  for  580,000.  There  is  a 
heavy  mortgage  upon  it,  held  bv  the  Pbiludelpbia 
Saving  Fund  Society,  aud  ^  the  place  has  beeu  loi 
sale  lor  a  year  without  a-  purchaser.  "  The  Waifs 
ot  New-York"  was  the  attraction  last  week, 
(vhilo  the  Zanfretia  Troupe  were  to  have  opened 
to-morrow  night.  The  actors  and  actrexses  lost  all 
their  wardrobes,  tue  only  things  SHVod^being 
three  trunks  belonging  to  Zaufretto.  He  \mk  four 
others,  tho  coutenls  of  which  he  says  wore 
valued  at  about  |4,000.  The  members  of  the 
theatrical  coiupauy  wuo  lost  their  stock<«  were  W. 
H.  Danvors,  Ted  Hillier,  Mr.>«.  Addie  Johnson. 
Miss  Leo  Gordon,  William  Fitzpatrick,  Fulton 
Mvers,  Paul  Beyer,  Johu  Forbes,  T.  E.  Jackson, 
Miss  Cora  Lee,  and  Miss  Alice  Stuldon.  John 
Bi'itncr  and  Lewis  Miller,  tho  leaders  *of  the  or- 
ccesTra.  lost  all  their  music  and  musical  instru- 
ments, among  which  was  a  violin  said  to  be  valuud 
at  {£U0.     The  cause  ot  tbe  tiro  is  not  known. 

Mr.  Fox  is  at  bis  rcaideoce  in  this  City,  confined 
to  his  bed.  This  i«  the  second  time  he  has  met  witn 
BUeh  an  verse.  When  bo  had  the  Atneiican  Thea- 
tie,  on  Waluut-street,  near  Eighth,  i  was  destroyed 
by  flie.  on  the  night  ol  June  10,  18li7,  while  ibe 
"lilack  Croolt"  was  being  performed.  At  that  time 
13  persons  were  killed  by  a  falling  wall.  Tho  thea- 
tre just  <le»tro.ved    was  opened  ou  the  night  of   lioc. 

17,  ISTO,  and  waa  ou  the  site  formerly  occupied  by 
the  Acadvioy  of  Fine  Arts.  This  is  tho  twentieth 
amusement  hall  which  has  been  destroyed  by  tire 
in  this  cltv.  W.  D.  Rodgers  &.  Co.  are  insured  Itir 
Ili.'j,IWO.  The  senior  partner  of  this  firm  is  also  ill 
at  hi*  residence,  and  is  not  expected  to  recover. 


FIRES  ELSEWHERE.       "^ 
At  about  11  o'clock,  on  Saturday  night,  flames 

were  diacoveietl  in  the  eastern  coiner  of  (tie  secuud 
and  fourth  stories  ot  Crane  &  Co.'s  saddlery  hard- 
w.ire  lactory,  on  Mulberry,  near  Mechanic-street. 
Newark.  Au  alarm  was  at  ones  sounaeii,  hut  the 
fl,imes  spread  With  such  rapidity  ibat  heloie  they 
could  be  extinguished  ine  building  had  been  almost 
wholly  gutted.  The  firm  lose  ou  thtir  stock  about 
|2j, out) ;  insured  iu  tho  Citizens  aud  Humboldt,  of 
iSewark,  tbo  Franklin,  ot  Philadelphia,  tiio  Hart- 
ford, tbe  Orient,  the  li'ijal,  of  L^judon.  and  other 
companies.  Tbe  damage  lo  the  buUdiug  was  lu  tho 
neighborhood  ot  fC.OOO.  The  cause  of  the  fiio  is  not 
known,  but  incendiaiism  is  suspected. 

At  8:30  o'clock  yesterday  morning  a  fire 
broki*  out  on  tbe  second  tioiir  ol  the  trto-story build- 
liu  No.  353  Adaih-i-sireei,  Brooklyn,  from  au  over- 
heated stove.  Tbe  building  is  owned  by  James 
Howell,  who  occupied  the  first  floor  as  an  "iron-rail- 
ing factory.  His  loss  amounts  to  about  tl  000,  fully 
Insured.  The  second  finor  was  occupied  ov  John  S. 
Lcesp,  luauuficlurer  of  Lidien'  suits,  whose  loss  on 
machinery  and  stock  aiuounts  to  (18,000,  which  is 
more  than  covered  by  insurance  lu  the  following 
companies  :  Commercial.  82,6J0  j  Westchester, 
12, COO;  SU  Nicholas,  ?3.030 ;  Now- York  Produce 
$2,500;  Guaranty.  t2,5C0,  AdriaUc,  12,500,  and  Koyal 
Canada,  |l,85ll. 

Pierce  &.  Tyler's  block  at  Athol,  Mass.,  was 
burned  on  Saturday  afternoon.  Loss  on  building, 
tC.300;  insuraucp,  f 5,000.  Joseph  Pierce's  loss  on 
faiuitnre  and  stocii,  $5,000;  uninsured  ;  Tyler  & 
ijhumway,  mercbanca;  lose  $1,300;   insurance,  |1,000. 

A  fire  which  broke  out  on  the  first  floor  of 
No.  lie  M.aiden  lane,  last  evening,  damaged  the 
stock  and  tixtures  of  the  New-Tork  Cily  Oil  Com- 
pany to  the  extent  of  SWO.  The  building  was 
Slightly  damaged. 


BUSINESS  TROUBLE!!.  BETWEEN  MAN  AND 
WIFE. 
The  San  Francisco  Bulletin  of  tho  17th  inst. 
says:  "A  complaint  filed  to-day  in  the  Twelfth 
District  Court  by  Barbara  Smith  against  Ezra 
Smith  avers  that  when  plaintiff  married  the  de- 
fendant on  the  3d  cf  January,  1S72,  he  was  in- 
solvent, and  she  bad  about  96,030  in  cash.  Shortly 
alter  tbe  marriage  she  gave  her  husband  (2,000  to 
go  into  tbe  sheep  business  in  Mendocino  County. 
He  purchased  400  sheep  at  |4  a  head,  and  subse- 
quently the  plaintiff  and  defendant,  as  business 
partner*,  made  a  contract  with  I).  H.  Lowry  to  take 
care  of  tbQ  flock  tor  half  tue  increase  and 
wo(d.  This  contrast  was  co'.itinne.d  in  force 
until  June  10,  11875,  when  the  defendant  re- 
ceived the  half  increa.se  bslongiug  to  the  copartner- 
ship, the  original  400  sheep  having  increased  to 
1,453  bead.  Plaiutiff  avers  that  her  husband  never 
contributed  a  cent  to  her  supp^t  since  the:r  mar- 
nage,  nor  has  he  given  her  apy  portion  of  the 
profits  accruing  from  tbe  sheep  speculation.  He 
]%>gleols  tu  write  to  her  and  is  disinclined  to  com- 
municate witb  her.  It  being  necessary  for  her  to 
supply  her  wants  from  her  own  earnings,  she 
obtained  a  decree  as  sole  trader  from  the  Connty 
Court.  She  claims  that  outside  of  their  copartner- 
ship'business  the  aefendantowes  her  |8J8  75  money 
advanced  by  her  to  pay  his  debl!>.  In  view  of  these 
fdcts  plaintifi  demands  Judgment  tor  a  dissolution 
>'f  business  copartnership,  lor  an  accounting,  and 
for  au  iiijunctiou  restrainiug  the  defendant  from 
disposiug  ol  the  assets  ot  thecoDartuershlp." 

PROHIBITION  IN  GEORGIA. 

The  Augusta  (6a.)  Chronicle  of  the  23d  inst 

savs :  '■  Pronibi  ion  is  rapidly  becoming  an  issue  in 
Georgia,  and  we  fear  that  in  a  few  years  the  ques- 
tion will  produce  as  much  mischief  in  this  State  as 
it  has  in  the  North  and  West.  The  La^isUl^ure,  at 
Its  sessions  in  1875  and  1876,  passed  a  number  of 
acts  known  as  'local  optiuu'  laws— laws  allowing 
the  voters  of  towns  and  villages  to  determine 
whether  liquor  sbonld  be  retailed  or  not.  The 
Legislature  now  in  session  has  gone  a  step  further. 
It  has  passed  severiil  acts  absolutely  prohtoitiugtbe 
sale  of  liquor  iu  certain  localities.  It  is  highly 
probable  mat  the  execution  of  ihese  laws  will  be 
resisted,  and  that  the  courts  of  (he  State  will  be 
called  noon  to  determine  wbeiher  tbe  General  As- 
sembly bad  the  authority  lo  enact  such  legislation. 
In  many  counties  prohibitioa  ia  an  issue  upon  which ' 
local  politics  depend." 


TORKlSa   RUFFIAAISM  IN  BULGARIA. 

The  London  Time^  correspondent  at  Con- 
stantinople forwarded  recently  a  story  illustrating 
the  present  administration  of  Bcdgaria.  On  Christ- 
mas Day  a  Turkish  g^djtrme,  enraged  with  the 
Christian  Mayor  of  the  villaee  of  BrankortsI,  after 
a  severe  beating,  saddled  and  bridled  bim,  and 
compelled  the  poor  wretch  to  carry  him  up  and 
down  the  street,  finally  driving  him  to  the  village 
inn,  where  be  threw  the  reins  to  tbe  hostler,  order- 
ing him  to  walk  bit  horse  up  and  down.  Tbe  land- 
lord remonstrated,  whereupon  the  ruffian  knocked 
him  down  and  ordered  bis  vlotlm  to  be  fed  with 
bay,  which  was  actually  done,  the  Mayor  pretend- 
uut  to  swallow  it.  antl  t>ein£  finally  tethered  un 


outside  the  door.  He  was  at  last  released,  on  the 
intereesslon  of  an  Albanian,  tmt  there  is  oo  re- 
dress, all  Turks  consideriog  tbe  outraze  an  exoelieot 
Inke,     That  ia  the  kind  of  treatment  wbicb  eoes  on 

in  TDaoy  viilases,  yet  tbe  Ministry  qoesiioa  th« 
Christians'  right  of  insurreotion. 

TRE  HOOSAC  TUHNEL. 


THE  TOLL-GATE  PLAN  FOR  ITS  USB  NOT  SAT- 
ISFACTORY— NEJjT  SCHEMES  FOB  UTILIZ- 
ING IT. 

From  the  LoweU  (Mats.)  Courier,  Feb.  24. 
The  schemes  for  utilizing  the  State's  property 
in  the  Hoosa^  Tunnel  and  Troy  and  Greenfield  Kail- 
road  have  now  taken  shape,  and  are  nnder  consid- 
eration. Up  to  this  timjB  tho  management  of  the 
line  has  been  experimental  and  temporary.  Tbe 
people  were  so  opposed  to  selling  out  or  giving 
away  the. tunnel  that  the  Legislature  was  forced  to 
invent  some  nlan  of  keeping  possession  of  it  and 
trying  to  have  it  used.  This  resulted  in  the  toll- 
l^ate  plan,  which  has  now  been  in  operation  two 

years,  and  which  is  claimed  bylts  advocates  as  bar- 
ing Justified  its  adoption.  We  believe,  ho^-ever,  that 
it  is  generally  conceded  that  tbe  plan  as  it  now: 
stands  13  not  fitted  for  permanent  nse.  Tbe  returns 
from  tolls  have  been  something,  but  only  a 
tithe  of  tbe  amount  which  would  be  necessary  to 
pay  interest  on  the  investment  and  the  annual  ex- 
penses of  man.tgemunt..  Tbe  simple  fact  is  that  so 
long  as  the  commonwealth  attempts  to  run  a  rail- 
road, so  long  the  people  will  have  to  pay  for  the 
amusement;  and  there  is  no  hope  that  the  Tunnel 
and  Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad  can.  be  made  to 
more  than  keep  themselves  in  running  condition  for 
tho  next  ten  years,  wifhout  paying  a  dollar  toward 
tbe  interest  ot  their  cost. 

There  are  two  main  schemes  offered.  Tbe  first  is 
Mr.  Edward  Crane's  magnificent  Chicago  Railway 
Trust  Company  plan,  which  is  to  be  allowed  to  buy 
up  all  ths  lines  ot  railroad  and  all  tbe  terminal  facil- 
ities it  wants,  with  tho  treai^urv  of  the  oommon- 
wOAlth  behind  it,  and  a  capital  of  $35,000,000  to  work 
TTicb.  It  is  a  scheme  of  magnificent  possibilities, 
but  among  tbe'n  is  tbe  nossibility  that  the  State 
would  get  its  foot  deeper  in  tbe  mire  than  it  is  now. 
Mr.  Crane  has  some  good  names  on  his  petitions, 
but  so  far  he  has,  as  usual,  bad  to  fignt  his  battle 
before  tbe  committee  mainlv  alone,  aud  bis  sup- 
porters are  not  very  enthusiastic  or  active. 

Tho  other  achemo  is  fathered  by  Geo,  W.  L.  Burt, 
late  Postmaster  ot  Boston,  who  is  joined  by  such 
men-a»  Estes  Howe,  Oliver  Ames,  Flisha  Atkins, 
Gov.  Claflinr  Johu  B.  Alley,  and  others.  These geo- 
tloraen  have  gone  to  New- York  State  aud  organ- 
ized a  Corporation  eniitled  the  Boston,  Hoosac  Tun- 
nel ana  Western  Railway  Company,  lor  the  pur- 
pose of  operating  a  road  from  the  eastern  boundary 
of  New-York,  opposite  the  tunnel,  to  Lake  Ontario, 
and  tbey  ask  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts  for 
the  right  to  use  the  T'unnel  and  the  Troy  and 
Greetfield  Koad,  and  for  sncu  legislation  as  will  en- 
ablctbeia  to  build,  buy,,  oc  lease  lines  eauterly  te 
tide  w.'iter  at  Boston.  It  is  a  toll-gate  nlan,  leaving 
ibo  general  mau.igement  of  the  Stale  nroperty  in 
the  b.<inds  Of  the  State,  with  power  to  allow  other 
lines  to  iii>e  it.  But  the  iietitioners  agree  to  make 
all  necessary  rapairs  and  additions  to"  the  Tunnel 
and  Troy  and  Greenfield  road  without  asking  aid 
from  the  State,  but  only  on  condition  that  all  other 
roads  using  the  same  shall  pay  their  i-hare  ot  tbo 
expense.  They  paiticularly  ask  for  legislation  to 
enable  them  to  secure  the  co-operation  of  the  Fitch- 
burg  and  Vermont  and  Massachusetts  roads,  and 
that  a  majority  of  the  Directors  ot  the  new  cuTUora- 
tiou  shall  be  required  to  be  citizeus  of  Massachu- 
setts, and  that  tbe  Lieutenant  Governor  and  Presi- 
dent of  tho  Boston  Board  of  Trade  shall  be  Direc- 
tors ex  ojjlciis.  

THE    WEATSEB. 


SYNOPSIS  AND   INDICATIONS. 

Washington,  Feb.  27—1  A.  M.— The  area  of 
lowest  pressure  has  moved  slowly  north-eastward, 
and  is  now  near  Cape  Breton  ;  north-west  winds 
and  cooler  cloudy  weather  prevail  over  the  lower 
lakes,  portioDs  of  tbe  Middle  and  Eastern  Stfates, 
and  Ohio  valley  j  clear  weather  is  elsewhere  gener- 
ally reported,  and  in  tbe  South  Atlantic  States 
slightly  higher  temperature,  but  ^n  the  Lake  Re- 
gion lower  temperature  than  on  Saturday;  north- 
east winds  with  partly  cloudy  weather  continue  in 
the  South-west,  with  rising  barometer.  "_"' 

The  rivers  remained  stationary  or  fell  on 
suuday. 

IXDICATIONS. 

For  Monday,  in  the  South  Atlantic  States,  south- 
west to  north-west  winds,  lower,  followed  by 
higher,  temneratnres,  rising  barometer,  and  clear 
weather. 

For  the  Gulf  States,  rising  barometer,  north  and 
east  winds,  stationary  or  lower  temperature,  and 
partly-Aldudy  weather. 

For'Teauessee  and  the  Ohio  Valley  and  the  lake 
region,  rising  barometer,  norih-west  veering  to 
north-east  winds,  colder,  partly  cloudy  weather, 
and  occasional  snow. 

For  the  Upper  Mississippi  and  Lower  Missouri 

Valleys,  rising  barometer,  north-east  to  soutb-east 
Winds,  aud  cooler,  clear,  followed  by  cloudy 
weather. 

For  the  Middle  and  Eastern  Slates,  rieing  barometer 
colder  fresh  and  brisk  north  west  ^cinds  ana  partly 
cloudy  weather,  clearing  away  in  the  southern  por- 
tions, but  with  occasional  snow  at  the  northern  statMns. 

Xue  rivers  will  remain  stationary  or  fall  slowly. 
I.\    THIS     CITY. 

The  following  record  shows  the  changes  in 
the  temperature  for  the  past  24  hours,  lu  com- 
parison with  tbe  corresponding  date  of  last  year, 
as  indicated  by  tbo  thermumecer  at  Huduut's  phar- 
macy : 


18711.  1877.1 

3  A.  M 15^        35'^  1   3:30  P.  M. 

6  A.  M W        Sj-",    6P.  M 

9  A.  M 2lH        at)''.    UP.il 

12  M ; •-•7='        4i°il2P.  il 

Average  temperature  yestcroay 

dvcra.iie  temperature  lbt°  eurrespondinc  date  last 

year 26  ^e" 


1876.  1877. 
..3o<-  42° 
..33°  38° 
...29''  m° 
..26"  35° 
3738° 


"A  TRIP  TO  THE  MOON." 

To  the  Editor  of  th:  New-Tork  Ttmes: 

In  your  issue  of  to-day  an  article  regarding 
the  forthcoming  production  of  "A  Trip  to  the 
Moon "  under  our  management  conveys  the  er- 
roneous  impression  that  we  have  yielded  to  Messrs. 
Jarrett  <fe  Palmer's  pretended  ownership  of  its  copy- 
right, and  that  an  amicable  arrangement  of  our  dif- 
terences  has  been  effected.  We  respectfully  notify 
the  public  that  all  announcements  to  this  effect  are 
premature,  ana  that  "A  Trip  to  the  Moon"  will 
be  presented  at  Niblo's  Garden,  as  ^Iready  an- 
nounced. KIRALFY  BROTHERS, 

Managers  Niblo's  Garden. 

New-Yoek,  Sunday,  Feb.  23,  1877. 


THE  TENNESSEE  DEBT. 
Gov.  Porter,  of  Tennessee,  on  tho  22d  inst. 
sent  a  special  message  to  the  Legislature  of  that 
State,  communicating  tbo  proposition  for  a  read- 
justment ot  the  debt  of  tbe  several  Southern 
States,  proposed  at  the  meeting  of  holders  of  their 
Donds  recently  held  in  this  City.  In  this  connection 
Gov.  Porter  says :  "  Tho  invitation  to  Tennessee 
to  co-operate  m  the  movement  has  beeu  ofiiciallv 
communicated  to  this  office,  and  I  am  assured  that 
the  gentlemen  named  in  the  fourth  resolution  as  ar- 
biters have  no  pecuniary  interest  in  tbe  securities 
of  the  Stales  referred  to ;  they  are  business  men  of 
established  reputations.  I  am  convinced  of  their 
integrity  and  of  their  purpose  to  act  justly  with 
the  questions  that  may  be  submitted  to 
them.  The  commonwealth  of  Virginia  has 
alr.ady  accepted  their  mediatorial  offices, 
and  I  earnestly  recommend  immediate  ac- 
tion on  the  part  of  Tennessee,  by  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  legislative  committee  of  three  or  five, 
cuarged  with  the  duty  of  appointing  a  time  and 
place  lor  an  interview  with  the  arbiters  named  in 
the  fourth  resolution,  and  to  lay  before  them  tbe 
statistics  in  reference  to  tbe  public  debt,  the  re- 
sources of  the  Suite,  the  values  upon  which  tho 
debt  was  contracted,  our  present  taxable  values, 
with  a  statement  of  the  condition  of  the  people  «f 
the  iState,  Such  a  oonferance  will,  in  iuy  opinion, 
result  in  an  adjustment  of  the  State  debt  upon  a 
basis  acceptable  to  the  great  body  ottbe  people,  aed 
will  relieve  them  from  any  stigma  or  stain  what- 
ever. Tho  General  Assembly  will,  m  nowise,  be 
hound  by  tbe  roct>mmendation  of  tho  arbiters,  but 
will  be  free  to  acceoi  or  reject  it.  If  this  pohcy  is 
adopted,  I  respectfully  recommend  that  all  ones- 
tions  touching  this  Kubjecl)  be  posrpoued  to  await 
the  action  of  tbe  arbiters,  and  if  time  becomes 
essential  I  will  nut  hesitate  to  convene  the  General 
Assembly  in  extraordinary  seision.  This  is  a  ques- 
tion  of  more  gravity  and  ot  greater  importance 
to  tbb  people  of  Tennessee  than  snv  that  has  been 
submitted  to  their  ropresentatives  since  the  toun. 
dation  of  tbe  State  Government,  and  I  earneaily 
advise  its  immediate  coustdciation." 


THE  ILLNESS  OF  JUDGE  MOSES. 
The  Columbia  (S.  C.)  Union-Herald  of  the 
23d  Inst.,  says:  "Chief  Justice  Moses  has  been 
quite  feeble  since  his  illness  of  a  month  ago,  and 
has  overtaxed  bis  strength  in  order  to  hear  tbe  im- 
portant questions  now  before  the  the  Supreme 
Court.  After  retiring  last  night  bis  servant, 
Bobert,  was  alarmed  by  a  spasmodic  twitching.  The 
Judge  complained  that  he  could  not  lift  his  left 
band  aud  anked  if  his  voice  was  not  changed.  Tbe 
servant  ran  for  Dr.  Taylor,  irho  pronounced  the 
left  side  paralyzeit  The  Judge  passeo  a  very  rest- 
less night  and  frequently  referred  to  the  court  and 
bis  duties  there.  Little  hope  can  beentertainea  that 
he  will  resume  bis  seat  on  the  bench  for  along  time. 
In  common  with  all  tbe  people  in  the  State  we  look 
upon  this  as  a  serious  mtsfortone,  and  hope  that 
more  favorable  news  may  be  given  to-morrow." 


FINEST  OLIVE  OR  SALAD  OIL 
Ever  imported.  Selected  especially  for,  im- 
ported and  bottled  by,  Caswell,  Hazard  &Co.,  drug- 
gists, Feeth  Avekub  HotbL  B0ILD1NQ  and  Sixth 
avenue,  corner  of  Thirty-ninth  street;  also  JNo.  133 
Thomai  street,  Newport,  li-L  Oar  only  places  of 
business  are  as  above.  —Excltana^ 


Whxh  yotir  liv«T  ia  ont  of  order,  use  Dr.  ^ 
jATHE'ii  Sanativs  Piuj},  and  yoo  will  bring  bsok 
this  organ  to  a  healtby  condition,    and  get  xld  at 
many  diitressing  symptoms.— Adv«rtis«m«nt. 

Why  the  fickle  rodoess  should  makA  some 
men  so  rich,  and  leave  others  so  poor,  ia  a  problem 
which  never  yet  reached  a  satisfactory  tohititm.  A 
aueation  of  far  greater  moment  was  forever  aettleC 
when  the  public  were  put  in  poaseaaiim  of  B.  'T.  Ba»* 
BirVs  ToiLBT  SoiT.— Advertisement. 


As  A  Bkixabue  Rekbdt 

tor  coughs  and  colds  nse  PoStek's  Balsam. 
Price  25.  5t>,  and  75  ooatt.—AdPerti*emein. 


Wllbor's  Compound  of  Pur*  Cod  I, Ivor  OVL 

AHD  LIMK,— The  advantaee  ot  this  compound  over 
tho  plain  Oil  is  that  the  nauseating  taste  of  tbe  Oil  ia 
entirely  removed,  and  the  whole  reidered  eiitir«lr 
palatable.  Tbe  offensive  taste  of  tbe  Oil  haslouR  acted 
as  a  prominent  oijection  to  its  use;  but  In  this  form 
the  trouble  is  entirely  obviated.  A  host  of  certlfloatea 
might  be  given  here  to  testify  to  the  excellence  and. 
success   of    WILBOE'S     COD    MVER    OIL   AND    LIMK. 

But  the  fact  that  it  is  prescribed  by  themedical  faculty- 
Is  sufficient.  Sold  by  A  B.  WILBOB,  Chemist,  Boston, 
ana  by  aU  druggists. 

Wben  Kefractory, 

The  Juvenile  stomach  maybe  disciplined  witb  MILK 
OV  MAG5ts6lA,  which  alwavB  conquers  indigestion. 


WILLS— WILKIN  StiSr.— On  Saturday,  the  24th  inst,  ' 
at  the  residence  of  the  bride's  unele,  James  P.  Hecur. 
bv  Rev.   J,   F.    Klder,   D.  D.,    Mr.   Uarrt  T.    Wiixa,  of 
Boston,  to  Uiss  A  LonisK  Wilkixson,  of  this  City. 


BAEKEH.— At  Passaic,  N.  J,,  on  Sunday  mominii; 
Feb.  2S,  Fbbris  a.  Barker,  in  tbe  5ist  ye.ir  of  his 
age. 

Oelatires  and  frienas  are  Invited  without  further  no- 
tice to  attend,  the  service  st  the  Passaic  Baptist 
Church,  Tuesday,  Feb.  27.  at  3  P.  M.  Trains  leav^ 
fodt  of  Chamber.s-st  at  1:43  P.  M.:  returning  ftom 
Passaic  at  6:03  and  5:52  P.  M.  Interment  at  Green- 
Wood  on  Weduesday  mornms. 

BjyNNKR.— In  Brooklyn,  Feb.  23.  1877,  Mrs.  Kobe 
Ann  Bonsee,  wife  of  William  Bonnet.  . 

KelaVives   and   friends  nre  invited  to  attend  her  ftu 
neral  trom  No.  265  £ast  Warren-st.    Monday,  the  26tta,  . 
at  11  o'clocK  A.  M. 

BOGHST.— Mahia  H.  Boqert.  wife  of  Peter  A  Bo- 
gert,  aged  C7  years. 

Funeral  services  at  her  late  reeldence.  No.  Ill  East 
27th  St..  this  evening,  Monday,  Feb.  26,  .it  8  o'clock. 

CUAWKORD.— At  the  residence  of  his  daughter,  nti. 
J.  A.  Kenuedv.  on  tjuoaaj-,  Feb.  25,  1877,  Mathkw 
Crawford,  aged  90. 

Notice  i)t  funeral  hereafter. 

CRKHOBK.— At  Montrose,  N.J,,  Feb.  24,  suddenly, 
of  pneumonia,  fecsiiN  (Jrkuubb,  in  th^s  SOth  year  ot  her 
»se.      , 

Uer  relatives  and  fnends  and  those  of  the  fflmlly  of 
the  late  Reuben  Vose  are  invited  to  attend  the  funeral 
services  from  her  late  residence  on,«Uouday.  Feb.  26, 
on  arrival  of  9:1U  train  from  Barclay  and  Christopner 
Bts.,  New-Vorjil 

KLY. — Oa  Saturday  morning,  tbe  24tb  inst,  David  J. 
Elt.  in  the  61st  year  ot  bis  aee. 

The  funeral  will  t.ike  place  at  St  George's  Church 
on  Tuesday,  the  27th  inst;.  at  10  o'clocK  A.  U.  Th« 
friends  of  the  family  are  iuvited  to  attend  without  fur 
ther  notice. 

HaLSKY.— On  Saturday  evening.  Feb.  24.  1877, 
after  a  lone  aud  painful  lllaess,  Sarah  istewast,  wife 
ot  Roliert  Uaiicy. 

notice  of  funeral  hereafter. 

HALLUCK— At  Yorklown,  We8tob»»st«r  County,  S. 
T.,  .Seventh  ilav,  24th  inst.,  Esthkr  S,,  Wife  of  Aaron 
Uallock,  in  the  both  year  of  her  age. 

Relatives  and  triends  are  invited  to  attend  bpp  fu* 
neral  on  Third  day.  27th  Inst,  at  12  o'clock  M.,  at  Am- 
atvalk  Meeting-house.  CarriaiceB  will  meet  the  S:3(>  A. 
M.  train  Barlem  Railroad  at  Katonah  on  Third  day, 
27xh  inst 

HULL. — Suddenly,  Feb.  24,  Waltib  Washbttrit,  son 
of  Joseph  D.  and  Kaie  E.  Bull,  aged  t>  months  and 
17  daya 

Funeral  services  at  bis  parents'  residence.  No,  109 
yVest  34th  St. ,  oiondav  at  11  A.  il.  Friends  invited. . 
Buiial  in  Vonoeciicut. 

IR^AHD. — On  Sunday,  Feb.  25,  of  pneumonia,  Johv 
Ireland,  in  bis  57th  vear. 

Friends  aud  relatives  or  the  family  ere  invited  to  at- 
tend his  funeral  trom  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church, 
Jeisey  City,  oa  Wednesdav  at  '^  P.  M. 

MARTIN.— Suddenly,  on  Friday,  Fob.  23.  of  mem- 
bruneous  croup,  J.  Tbowbridgr,  elfler  sou  of  W.  K  B. 
and  L.  B.  T.  Martin,  axed  2  years  3  months  and  IU 
days. 

Funeral  services  from  the  residence  of  his  grand* 
paren:s,  So.  39  West  25th-8t..  ou  Monday.  Fen.  26,  at 
2  P.  ». 

AilLisS.— On  Sunday,  25tb  inst,  Johx  Miles,  in  tha 
66  th  year  of  his  ago. 

Funeral  services  from  his  late  residence.  No.  130 
East56ih  st,  on  Tuesdav,  27th  inst.,  at  10  o'clock  A- 
M.     No  flowers. 

NOltRIS.— In  Brootjyn.  Sunday,  Feb.  25,  HLiz.^BExa 
A.  NoRRis.  wife  of  Thomas  A.  ^orrl8,  aged  08  years. 

The  fnuQus  of  the'tamlly  are  reapectlullv  invited  to 
attend  the  funeral  services  at  her  late  residence.  No. 
395  WaBliington-av.,  corner  of  Greene-av..  on  Wed.' 
nesdar,  Fob.  28.  at-2  P.  M.  Intermant  on  Tbursoay. 
Friends  will  ple.ise  omit  flowers. 

PARUEK. — On  suouay  morning,  the  25th  inst,  Hak- 
SIS  Pabdek. 

Notice  of  the  funeral  hereafter. 

POaVES.— On  Friday,  Feb.  23,  Makt  LotnsB,  wife  o^ 
William  K.  Purves. 

Relatives  an  i  fnends  are  invited  to  attend  the  funeral 
services  at  her  late  residence.  No.  1^73  vyaxren-st., 
Brooklyn,  ou  Monday,  Feb.  26,  at  10  o'cloo''-  A  M. 

BOUTUJIAYP.— At  Jersey  City,  on  Friday,  Feb.  23< 
Hesrt  j.  SonxHStAYD,  nged  62  vears,  and  for  manj 
yeai-s  Treasurer  of  the  New-Jersey  Ballroad  and  Tranat 
portation  Company. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  from  his  late  residence, 
Ko.  126  Graod-«t,  corner  ol  Warren-st,  Jersey  City, 
on  Monday.  FeU.  26.  at  3:30  P.  M..  lavermeat  a{ 
Green-Wood  Cemetery  Tuesdav  morning. 

SOUTH ACfL-On  Friday,  Feb.  23,  Fkbperick  Butleb, 
only  son  of  Fredericic  and  Florence  Louisa- Soutback. 
aeed  2  years  and  8  mouths. 

Funeral  private. 

STRONG.— In  this  City,  Sunday  morning.  Feb.  25, 
Caroline  AMELIA  Stroxq,  youngest  child  of  Selah  B. 
and  J  alia  D.  Strong,  aged  S  mouths  and  'zS  days. 

TttOWBRIDGli.— At  Astoria,  on  Saturday.  Feb.  24, 
1877,  Anxie  R,.  beloved  wife  of  Henr.y  G,  Trowbridge, 
and  youngest  daughter  of  the  late  William  and  Mary 
Uowland,  aged  41  .vears. 

Relatives  and  tnenas  are  reapecttuUy  Invited  ta 
attend  the  funeral  from  the  residence  of  her  sisterf 
Mrs.  Wm.  Newwm,  Ist-av.,  near  Graud-st,  on  Tuesday, 
the  27th  inst.  at  2  P.  M.    Interment  at  Cs'press  Uills. 

^"lioae  islana  pan^rs  please  copy. 

IL'KNtR. — On  Saturday,  Feb.  24,  of  pneumonia 
LonisA  WiLLOCOBBr,  widow  of  tho  late  Dr.  Wililaa 
Turner,  and  cauehter  of  the  late  Samuel  G.  Ogdeiu 

Relatives  aud  friends  are'lnvitea  to  attend  the  .'unen 
al  services  fiom  tho  New-Jerusalem  Church,  3oth-8t., 
between  Park  and  Lexington  avs.,  on  Monday,  Feb 
26.  at  2:30  P.  M. 

UPDIKE.— On  Sunday  momloe,  Feb.  25,  at  the  res! 
deuce  of  ber  aunt,  Mrs.  Sidney  G.  Hartrhome,  No.  2i 
West  6lBi-:.t..  of  scarlet  lever,  Caroline  Mabbait^ 
daughter  of  Charles  M.  and  the  late  Sarah  H.  Updik^ 
of  cnlcago.  aged  8  years  and  4  montbg. 

The  remains  will  be  taken  to  Chicago  for  intcimeufi 

VALKNTINK.— On  Thursday,  Feb.  22,  M*hy  Jaite, 
dnuchter  of  the  late  Abraham  G.  Valentine. 

Keiativea  and  trienda  are  Inviled  to  attend  the 
funeral  services,  at  St  George's  Church,  Stuyvesanc 
square,  on    Monday  morning,  Feb.  26,  at  1C:3U  o'clock. 

yijRK-— Suddenly,  on  Thursday,  Feb. -22,  1877,  Johx 
loBK,  aged  55  years. 

Relatives  and  fnends  of  the  family,  also  tbe  Lilv  aud 
Oavel  bodges.  F.  aud  A.  .>!.,  and  tbe  .Morrisauia  Lcj.lge, 
l.-«>rO.  F.  are  respectfuUv  invited  to  attend  tbe  ni. 
neral  service  from  the  Reformed  ChunA,  corner  ol 
146th-3t-and  3d-av.,  oil  Monday.  Feb.  2ti,  a^  1  o'clocr 
P.M. 


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SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


-OFFICES   to    LBX 

IN   THE 
riMES  BUILDINGr         "    ^ 
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U£ORG£  JONES, 

TIMB8  OFFICJ    . 


POST  OFFICE    NOTICE. 

The  foreien  mails  for  the  week  endiug  Saturdsy, 
March  3,  1877,  will  close  at  this  >  fBce  ou  Tuesday  at 
12  o'clock  al.  fur  Kurope  by  tsteam-sblp  Idaho,  vi» 
Quceiistou'U;  ou  Wednesdav,  at  11  .4.  m.,  for  Kui-ope 
by  steaoi-ship  batavia,  via  Qaeenstown :  ou  Tbur;jdav, 
at  ll:.^0  A,  M.,  for  Europe,  uy  stt-am-shlp  Suevia.  via 
Plymouth.  Cherbourg,  and  Hamburg:  ou  Saturday,  at 
6  A.  id...  lor  hurooe  uy  steam-sbipCity  of  Richmond,  vub 
Queenslown.  (correspondence  tor  Germany,  Scotland, 
and  north  of  Ireland,  to  be  forwarded  by  this  sieamer. 
must  be  specially  addressed,)  and  uC  5  A  M.  for  Scot- 
land and  north  ot  Ireland  by  steam-ship  Califuruta,  via 
iSlovilleand  Glkssow,  and  at  11:30  A.  Ai.  foi  Buropa 
by  steam-ship  Neckar,  via  Southauiptou  and  Bremen. 
The  steam-snips  IdHbo.  batavia,  aud  City  of  Richmond 
do  not  take  mails  lur  Deumark.  Sweden,  ana  Nor- 
Wrty.  The  mails  for  the  West  Indies,  via  Havana, 
leave  New-Yoik  Feb.  28.  The  mails  for  Brazil,  ic 
lecve  New-Yorn  March  1.  Tbe  mails  lor  Porto  Kioo 
leave  New-York  March  5.  The  QU^s  for  China  aut 
Jap<in  leave  Saii  Francisco  Marcn^tS.  Mails  for  Aus- 
tralia, &c.,  leave  San  Francisco  MareU  28. 

T.  L.  JAM.E8. 

Kew-Tohk,  Feb.  24.  1877. 


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WILL  SELL  AT  AOCTION  OS 
MONDAY,  Feb.  26.  at  4  P.  M.,  a  oohection  of  Theoloel 
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way, auom  No.  4,  New-iork. 

N.  B. — special  attention  paid  to   settling     "estate^ 
convevancing,  aud  Citv  and  county  oallec.,ioa. 


UIHKASBS  OF  THE  NEKVOt7!»  8Y8T£ai 

A  SPECIALTY. 

HENRY  A  DANIELS,  M.   D.,   No.  144  Lexington   ar., 

near  29tb  st.    Hours  8  to  3. 


AN  EliEGANT  HAND-YtADE  DttBSSINQ. 
t;A9G  and  bedstead,  cost  »°3i>u ;  will  sell  for  abool 
half,  owing  to  the  owner  going  to  Burooe.  Prol  V. 
TOBE,  No.  95  6th-av..  In  grocery. 


HEMORRHOIDS  OR  PIL.ES  PKRUAlfENTLI 
eradicated  wituout  the  knife,  ligature,  or  oaustia 
No  chursre  whatever  uutil  cured.  Seud  for  circular  coc 
Ulng  references.      Dr.  HOYT.  21  West  24th  st..  N.  Y. 

_^^NEW^TOLICATIONS. 

N^^W^EASTEUAN'TUEM,  "CHKJST   OCK 
PAS30VKR,"  In  B  flat,  by  U.  P.  Dnnka,  7 Jc;  Kaatei 
Anthem,  by  C.  A,  UaveuB.^9c:;    Easter  Carol,  *'  Clirist  ■  i 
the  Loi-d,"  Draper,  lOc:  also  the  popular  and  standard,  ' 
kaster  Anthems  by  Lloyd.  Thomas,  c'bapple.  Wilsoa '  - 
Andrews,  tc,  to.     Dir.sON  t  Co..  No.  711  Broadwajjrr 

OBiiERV ATIONS  ON  DBAFNB!«!>«  AND  Cih,\ 
TARRH.— Issued  by  the  New-forA  Throat  acd  kaj 
luatiiate.  Mo.  Hi  liaat  2<ith-at.    SLailed  fur  iV  ceoWt    ' 


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COmiBItOlAL  AFFAIB8. 


.TV-        .-^     N«w-ToKK.  Batnrdav.  FeT).  24.  1877. 
•TMieMlina  oitbe  principal  kiaits  ot  Prodaoa  «luo« 
enxutsthkTe  1>e«n  a«  A>Un\r«: 


135 

6 

8,692 

10,083 

4,4uu 


Asbe».pk«. 

3«iH-'Vaz.  pkB 

pwnB,t>t>u 

v9tton,  Dales.... 

Opjipw.  bbU 

copper,  oakes 

.  Prted  Fruit,  pit»..;. 

'CSi.bbU. 

■I'loiir.  Itbis 

[WliMt,  boabeis ,.-,uv, 

5«rn.  buBheli. 41.100 

p«8.  buaheis 14,290 

Malt,  buaheu 8.093 

Sarley.  bushels 8,000 

rea»,  buah«l8 l.dOO 

jgrMg-ieed,  bajis....  1,389 

!Flaz>seed,  Da?» 

Corn-meal,    bbls 

fOat-meai,  bbla 
emp,  bales 
opa.  balea 
Ide«,  So ., 
Ides,  bales 

tieacoer.  siaes 


28  Lead,  pigs. 

'  402 
5,953 

74 


..  738 

ilolasaesTCN.Oohls.  S6 

.Soirits  Turp..  bbls..  623 

Tat,  bblB 745 

K»ain.  bbls 5,089 


Oll-oake,  pica 1,114 


Fork.  T)k» 452 

Beef,  pks , 10 

ohit-ineata.  pks 2,586 

Grease,  pkS.. 167 

Lard,  pks 461 

Butter,  pks 2,067 

Cheese,  pks 72 

Tallow.  PKS 5  180 

Uressed  Hoics.  iSu...  ;  684 

Pea-nuts,  bass 100 

iOjRice,  pks 263 

SlOiStarcn.hxs. 35 

200  !l-kui8.  bales 58 


34 

"  124 

2.704 

678 

9.749 


12 

.  V^h 

Vih 

12J4 

12"8 

12=8 

IviSi 

li:^ 

IS^a 

11:34 

12^8 

1278 

13 

.13is 

i-iht 

1338 

,•  1314 

IS^a 

14H 

14H 

14 "« 

Stained. 

Tea,  haU-obests 

tobocoo,  nhds 6 

Tobacco,  bfs.  at  Ci>..   '  119 

9rbi8ky.  bbls '    182 

(Vool.  Dales 3,101 

?   COFFEE— Fairly   activa   and    steady;    sales   6.000 

bajis  Bio,  by  the  Astrea,  5,000  bags  do.  by  the  Genluos, 

»ud   938  bags  Laguayxa  by  the  Hornet,   on  pnyate 

terms. 

f    COTT05— Has  been  rerv  quiet  for  early  delivery  at 

BssentiaUy  unaltered  dgrures Urdinarvquoted  to-day 

at  10  lS-ieo.®10  15-16C.;  Low  Jlidrtling.  i2c.®12i«c.; 
Sllddlmg.  12^oail2Bgc Sales  were  officially  report- 
ed,  for  prouiDt   deliToi-y.  ot    361  bales.  \0t  wbicli  199 

bales    were   ou  last   eyenlng,)     all   to     spinuers 

lAcd,  for  iorvrard  delivery,  the  dealin$!S  have  been 
less     active      at     xeduued     rates,     closinic     a     week 

of       eirraoidinary       animation     in      this  ;  line 

Gales  £av8  been  repoi'Sea  since  our  '  last  ot 
59,800  bales.  .  ot  winch  14.6U0  bales  were  on 
last  ereninir,  and  45.000  bales  to-dav.  with 
S.\00  bales  on  the  calls,  ou  the  basis  of  MtddliuK, 
yjtn  Februarv  outions  closins  at  12  3-16o.®12  7-;-i2c,: 
iHareh,  12  7-32c.ai2i4C.:  Aorll.  I213C.;  May.  1211-16e.; 
,Juoe.  12  la-lUc-aia  'iT-S^a:  July,  12  15-i6c.;  An- 
Kuat,  12  31-32c.@13c.;  tsootemuer.  12  23-32o.® 
■12  25-32e.:  October.  127-16c.®i2'ac;  November,  Vi^c. 
■©12  b-16e.;  December,  123*u.®12  5-16c.  ^  ffi..  show- 
ing a  decline  of  l-32c.'33-32u.  4^  ib.,  clOiUDi!  steady. 
Ihe   receipts  at   tUls    port  to-day  were    5,953  bales, 

Snd  at  the  sliippiu):  ports  11.829  bales,  agaiasc  11,312 
ales  same  day  iasc  week.     The  week's  exports  henoa 

have  been  o,2'2i  balea,  ull  to  Liverpool The  expoi-ts 

bom  all  the   vu'is    since   Sept.    1,    1876,   have   oeen 

^.139.365  bales,   of  which  1,443,313  bales  were  sent 

to   tha  British  porta  and  696.058  bales  to  the  Conti- 

taenc 

,  Oloting  Pricts  (if  Cotton  in  Jfeto-Yort. 

Upi'Us.       Ala.         N.  o.       Texas. 

Ordinary 1013-18  1013-18  10  15-16  lo  15-18 

Btnct  ordinary..  11  3-l«  H  3-16  11  5-16  11  5-16; 
Good  Ordinary...!  1  9-16  11  9-16  1111-18  11  11-16 
BtTiot  Good  Ord.. 11 13-16  11 13-16  11  13-16  11  15-16, 
low  Middling. ...12 

BtTictLow  iUid...l2^ 

llllddling 12  "a 

uood  Uiilullii£. ...  12^4 
Strict  Good  Mid...l3 

Middling  Fair IS''^ 

Pair „.14>« 

6ood  Ordinary 10  7-16 1  Low  Mlddlmg. 113b 

BtrictGovfd  Ord....li  l-lt>  |  Uiddllug...... 11 'a 

PIAE-CBACKSBS— Have  been  quoted  up  to  $2  15'9 
(3  25,  curiency,  on  a  battel'' Inquiry. 
1  FLOOB  A14D  MEAL— Trade  in  btate  and  Western 
Floor  was  unimportant  to-<lay,  though  in  most  in- 
stances prices  snowed  weakness,  nnaer  somewhat 
freer  offeiiuga.  Jixport  purchases  were  li);Ut,  and 
joainly  all  of  Ultv    M.ilia  i:.xtraa   tor   the  West  Indies. 

*rh«  boisterous  weather  checked  operations Sales 

bare  been  reportea  aiuus  our  lam  01  6.5o0  buis.  of  all 
Brades,  tnciuamK  nusound  Flour  ot  all  classes  at  $3 
ViSti  50;  Sour  Flour  at  ^  26'S$6  50;  poor  to  strictly 
choice  No.  2  at  $4  252)$o,  chiefly  atS4  65vyS5  rur  tair 
Jto  choice ;  ordinary  to  cboice  Superline  Western, 
So  60^S6,  maiQlv  at  £5  85'a>S6;  poor  to  eood  Kxtra 
State,  $5  9o@£b  20:  good  to  cnoice  do.  at  3>6  202? 
S6  40;  City  Mllla  i^xtra.  shipping  grades,  tor  West  tu- 
diea,  on  the  oasis  of  $6  tib'iuil  1(J  tur  good  to  very 

Cboice.  (with  the  mala  deaiiuica  'Within  tbe  rauKe  of 
j$u  6o3$6:S0,or  a  sbaUeiolt  .Testerday's  ttmrres ; )  do.  for 

Booth  America,  at  $7  8i>''asBS  35  for  very  eood  to  fancy; 
)do.foi  the  Engiiuh  markets,  (oi  Che  grade  at  staadud 
Ifxtra  state.)  quoted  ut  $6  asked ;  inferior  totgood  shlp- 
blns  Extra  Western, $5  yoal^ti  20;  frood  to  ciioice  an., 
S6  20®$6  40;  andl'rade  and  FamJiy  Extras  wthin 
the prerious  range. ...Incladedln  the  salea  have  been 
S,450  bbls.  shipping  Extras,  of  wbich  1,»00  buls. 
were  City  Miils;  950  bbls.  Minnesota  clear  and 
«tralght  £xtras;  500  bbls.  uo.  Patent  do.;  400  bbls. 
rW'lnier  Wheat  Extras,  (fur  Bhipmenc,  at  $7  503>$8 ; ) 
•400    bbla.    Superfine,    and    275     bois.    So.     2,     un- 

iaoand   Flonr    at    the  quoted  rates Southern  Fluur 

jdnll   at   former    rates;    sales   of  800   bbls.,    chiefly 

(Extras,    at   $7  5Uii$8  50 Of  Rye  Floor.  240  bbls. 

■old,  chiefly  on  the  basis  of  $4  7d'<£$5,    for   good  to 

•trictly    choice  superflne  State Corn-meal  inactive 

»t  previous  prices,  with  sales  reported  of  450  >bl8., 
Inclnding  Yslluw  Western,  at  $2  7o'3$3,  and  Brandy- 

"Wine  at   $3  50 Aud  of  Corn-meal,   in    bags,  1,350 

bags,  mostly  coarse  stock,  at  $1  05'S$1  10  tor  City. 
$1  05  for  WescerD,  aad  95c.  tor  Baltimore.. „l}ncK- 
(irheat  Floor  in  moderate  request  at  tmohanged  prices. 
•  OBAIN — Wbeatwas  extremely  dull,  but  nominally 
•anchanged  as  to  price.  Little  demand  ftom  any  source. 
fSates  were  cunfinea  to  7.0U0  bushels  ungraded  bprins. 
In  store,  tor  milline,  at  $1  30.. „Com  was  also  quiet; 
n^w  leU  off  Ic  JP"  bushel ;  old  steady.  Export  call 
light,  partly  for  Jmo.  2  Chicago. ...Sales  have  been  re- 
portea Bluca  our  last  of  3o,UOO  bushels,  inclnding  New- 
Xork  Mo.  3  at  o8^c.'a59c,  closuig  heavy  at  aS^aic.; 
IJew-York  Steamer  Aliieu  at  69c.'<f59'ac.,  closing  flat 
at  69c.;  New-York  Steamer  Yellow,  i.bOO  bushels,  at 
59 I2C.;  new-crop  Mixed  Western,  ungraded,  at  57o.a 
5dc.;  Yellow  SoutherugoScaiBOc.,  from  dock  aud  afloat; 
White  do.,  2,000  bushels,  afloat,  at  62c.,  tor  export; 
tingraded  Jlixed  vvestero,  old  crop,  (nominal,)  at  5do. 
'it'tilc,  in  store  and  afloat ;  Ko.  2  Chicago,  in  store, 
quoted  at  59c.;  and  afloat  at  61c.;  a  boat-load  was 
•old,  afloat,  tor  export,  at  6lc.  And  for  forward  de- 
livery, at  ftilladelphia,  further  sales  reported  *f 
aOU.uuO  ta   125,000  bushels   Mixed  Western,  mostly 

^rltblu    the  lange  of  56'^c.'<£57c .Bye  has  bren  in 

fair  demand,  mainly  for  txport,  at  firm  prices; 
car  lots  01  Jeisey  btate  and  Penns.vlvaaia  reiMJited  sold 
St  8dc.'^S6c..  and  of  Western  at  8Jc.®84c ;  aiso  a 
boat-load  of  Jersey,btate,and  Pennsylvaala,  iogethar,for 
prompt  delivery,  at  9iJc  lor  shipment Uf  Barley,  8,- 

000  bushels  lair  two-rowed  State  sold  on  private  terms, 

quoted  at  65c.  bid,  aud  up  to  67^'.  asked liarley- 

juait.  Peas,  aud  BuuKwhcat  quoted  as  in  our  last.... 
ciais  nave  been  iu  moder.ite  •temand,  at  rather  firmer 

rates  lor  prime  lots,  wbich  were  offered  sparingly 

bales  report^  uf  31,UU0  buaUeli,  inclnding  white 
Western,  at  44c.@jOc.  for  inferior  to  about  choice, 
ot  which  6,500  bushels,  in  store,  averaging  about 
,ii6  th.,  at  48c.;  Aiixed  Western  at  41c-2<4yc.,  as  to 
quality,  of  which  about  4,600  bushels  poor,  in  sioie. 
(tt  41  ^4C.;  White  State,  fair  ordlaar.y  to  choice,  withlii 
"tne  range  of  oS'oc.'S'od^.;  fancy  do.  at  67>«|C-; 
Jdixed  State  ut  500.^35-^0.  for  very  inferior 
to  very  choice,  from  tracic  and  :  bfluat;  Seir- 
I'ork  ^0.  1  Vxhiie,  760  bushels  at  05o.i  >'ew- 
tlork  No.  2  White,  aboac  6,000  bughels,  at    48c.; 

;2isw-Yark''    Extra,      2,250      bushels,      at      56c . 

A    moderate    Inquiry  has    been  noted  for  Seed,  wbich 

^as  been  quoted  about  steady We  quote  40  to  50 

lb.  at  $22U'$23;  60  to  8u  tb.,  at  $22®iS24,  the  latter 
kate  for  very  choice;  loO  fis.  at  $233>$2d ;  Bye  Feed  at 
.S24®$25  :  Sharps  at  $24'a>$26,  the  latter  for  choice, 
ji  car-load  of  Bye  Feed  was  sold  fur  $25  ^  ton.... 
Seeds  very  auiet ;  about  prime  to  choice  state  Clover 
quoted  at  15^c.<z)16c.;  very  good  to  choice  Western  at 
loo.  VIS 'sc;  sales   unimportant,    Otner  Seeds  dull  at 

about  prevtoua  pricss Uay  and  Straw  as  last  quoted. 

I'be  week'r  export  clearances  lieuce  for  Hurupean 
ports  included  3,973  bbls.  Flour,  115,339  bushels 
Wheat,  326,560  bushels  Corn,  4,400  bushels  Bye, 
'92,9dl,bushels  Barley,  17,563  bushel*  Pea^. 

HIDES — Have  oeen  qulie  moderately  sought  after  at 

Irregular  prices The   week's    receipts   have    been 

7-A816  Hides  and  68  bales Sales,  27,560  Hides  and 

88  tiales  do.,  tbe  sales  including,  accoidms  to  Messrs. 
rickard  It  Andresen,  2,740  Dry  ilnenos  Ayres,  22^3  to 
24  ID.,  part  at  21c.,  gold.  4  months,  tuual  selection; 
C,290  Dry  Buenos  Ayres  Secouds,  21  to  '^'S  VS.,  privata 
lenns  ;  1,500  I>ry  Kio  Gr.*Qde.  (to  arrive,)  ai  m.,  at 
UOc,  gold,  4  muotbs,  usual  selection;  1,100  Dry  Cad- 
foinla.  ^3^  £b.,  at  20c.,  gold,  30  days,  usual  selectioa ; 
1.175  Dry  Matamoros,  23  to  24  &..  at  17o.,  gold,  60 
days,  selected;  500  fry  La  Paz,  2d  Us.,  private  terms  , 
B,145  Dry  Texas  and  Western,  22  to  25  U}.,  part  at 
18c..  currency,  60  days,  aelected;  4,145  I'ry  Texas 
and  Klexicau  Kips,  10  to  11  fls.;  OOO'Sry -salted  Texas, 
37  lb.;  1.565  ^Vet-salted  Texas  and  Western,  45  t*  60 
a.;  1,595  Wet-saltea  Mexican,  40  to  45  lb.;  755 
Wet-salted  Bio  Qrande,  68  lb.;  450  City  Siauehter,  70 

2&.;  and  38  bales  Calcutta  Builalo  on  private  terms 

etoek  in  firac  baoda  to-day,  132. ^uu  Hides,  asainat 
88,700  Hides  aud  713  bales  do.  same  time  last  year. 

1  HUPS— Have  been  more  freely  dealt  in,  but 
quoted    lower    and  irregular  in    price New-Torg 

trtate.  crop  of  1876,  quoted  at  lOcStlTc  lor  good  to 
dtolce,    w^itb   very  cbulce  to  fancy   lota  held    blgner  | 

tsaatern,  new,  locSloc;  new  Western  at  8o.'dl2c.; 
YaulingB,  6c&10c.;  Caliiornia  of  1876  at  15c.® 
SOe.1  Oroitou,  230.^250.;  Ulds,  all  growths.  4c.®6c  ^ 

BS. ..Tbe    lecelpts    for    the  week   were    2,b34  bales, 

and  Since  Sept.  1. 1876.  as  made  up  by  Mr.  Emmett 
VV  elis,  59,08t)  bales,  agsdnit  63.879  bales  same  period 
tn  1875;  export  clearances  this  week.  1,537  ta.es, 
and  since  Sept.  1,  29,001  bales,  aKalnat  SU.043  bales 
aame  period  ot  lS75-tS. 

UOLaSSES— Kew-Orleaoi  bas  been  moderately 
•ought  alter  within  the  ranse  or  47a'958c  for  about 
gooa  CO  fancy.     Otber  kiaua  dull. 

KaYAL  SiORES— Uesin  has  been  inactive  and  weak; 
footed  on  tlie  redaced  basii  ot  $1  2a'3!$,i  05  fur  com- 
mon to  lEood  Strained,  HP"  ^80   tb Tar  anl  Pitch  aa 

last  qnoL«d. ...»pirlcs  of  Turpentine  la  leas  request. 
With  merchantable,  lor  prompt  delivery,  at  the  oloae 

doirn  to  40c.  f  gallon,   bales,  100  bbla. 

■  OIIj-GaKK — Bus  been  less  sought  after,  with  West- 
ern, la  bags,  quoted  at  $3'fS$;i^  50,  currency ;  City 
nominal. ...Ex^riB  for  the  week,  13,674  pks. 

PEfitOLclUM— Crude  has  bee«  lu  rather  mors  de- 
mand, and  quoted  at  lO^c  in  bulk,  and  12^40.  in  ship- 
ping order.  Salea  reported  of  3,00O  bols  ,  In  sbipulug 
order,  at  12'40....BetLned  lias  been  quiet;  quoted  at 

16>4C...JItehued.     In    cases,   quoted  at    21c City 

Hapntha  quoted  at  12e At  Philadelphia  and  Balti- 
more, Beflned  Petrolemm,  fOi  early  delivery,  quoted  at 
15>ae. 

PKOYISIONS— Under  tbe  very  nnfayorable  adrices 
from  Chicago.  Hess  Pork   and  Western  Steam  Lard 

were    much    depressed  tu-day Western  Mesa  Pork 

bere  has  been  lesj  sought  atter  for  eurly  delivery,  at 
lower  rates. ...gales  reported  of  150  bbls.  uulnspeoted 
at  $16  75.  and  100  bbls.  of  a  favorite  brand  at  $16.... 
Other  kinds  very  duU;  Extra  Prime  and  Western 
Prime  nominal. ...Aud  for  forward  delivery  here 
Western  Mess  has  been  moderately  active;  quoted 
for  February,  at  the  close,  nominal  t  March,  nominal; 
April,  $15  40,  and  May.  $15  65.     Sales  zeported  of 

3 ,00U  b.'  is.  April  at  S15  40  ;  1.200  bbls.  May,  at  $16  55 
^*$1S  63. ...Dressed  Hoga  lu  ratbex  more  demand, 
With  Westeru  qiloted  ut  Q^c'&Tc.,  the  latter  for 
ehoioe;  Ciiy  at  J^c'S)!  'to.,  and  llgbt  Pigs  at  T^^liC.... 
Out-meats  have  been  moderately  ssngbt  alter  at  rather 

•aaiar  rates Sales  include  10,UOO  m.  Piolcled  Bellie^ 

In  bulk,  16  to  10  IS.,  at  l^'^a.'ipa^^a.,  and  suudry  small 

Jots  of  Otber  City  bulK  vubln  uuiprevioaa  raage.... 
.▲lao  100  bxs.   Bib  bellies,   part  heavy  averages,  at 

He And.   tbe  Western  delivery,  100   bxa.  Dry-Baited 

p;  Bhonlrisrs     at     5^o Bacon    in    light    demand    at 

fiXMffH*!  figures,  tjoies  here,  25  bxs.  Long  Clear 
;:'••  8'ac....And,  for  Chicago  delivery.  Short 
4?SII>,     in     bulk,     quoted    for     March     at     80.     and 

'  "  liprll     at      $8    15 Western      Steam       Lard       lias 

•n  pressed  for  sale,  and  quoted  lower  for  oarly  de- 
rery  on  a  restricted  movement.    Chicago  advices  re- 

^,'■1  IsBided  as  extremely  uuCavorable Of  Western  Steam. 

''.  iror  early  delivery  heie,   sales  have  been  reported  of 
.810  tea.   prime  at   $10   12^®$10  XT%   closing  at 

'>#10  16 And  fur  lorwanl  delivery  here,  Western 

'.'.^^tmsa  baa  been  fairly  active,  but  at  much  reduced 
iatea.  ...Western  steam  :or  ITebruary.'  quoted  at  the 
«hiM   Domiaal;    March,   $10    lO-^ilO    12 Hi;    April, 

[^^■ll>  271a;     May,   SlO  40 Sffbt  were    reported   of 

iVeBtem  Steam  to  the  extent  01  2,000  tea.,   March,  at 
10®*10    15  ;  3,750   tea.,    April,    at   410  a7iaa> 

SO  !  and  5,000  tcs..  May.  at  $10  40'S$10  65 

'  Steam  and  Kettle  in  light  demand,  quoted  at  the 

:  t    Mni»»  at  SlO.    Sales  63   tcs Na  1  quoted  nominal. 

73^  V>.-&eflned  Lard  Inactive  f  quoted  for   the  Contfaent, 
^*ar  early  delivery,  at  $10  &iyS$10  62 'a,   and  tortus 

Indies   at   $9 Sales,  150  tcs.   fur  the   West 

cbolce,    at  $10 Sutter,  Cheese,  and   Bggs 

i^qniat  within   tbe   previous   range Beef  and 

tffiuua  Inactive  at  former  figures TaUow  haa 

lliataiininore  demand  at  steady  prices.. ..Sales,  equal 
to  185,000  lit.  prme  country  and.  City,  at  TtgcVio. 
.....£lte«lu«  very  quiet;  oboloe  City,  in  bUds.,  quoted 


Dopieatte  Sice  haa  been  lightly  de  alt  In  at  apmewbat 
weaker  prices. ...We  quote  fbir  to  at<ictlv  «t|blo«'Oairo- 
Ihia,  In  fob  lota.  ac$5  26«$6  75;  Loutain^  viti  60 
'OSa.lZhVf  100B>....Eaat  India  Rlee  has  been  dttll 
aince  our  last,  with  Rangoon  quoted  at  $3  35,  gold,  in 

bond;  Patna  at  $7,  ouirenoy,  tree,  and  in  bond  at  $4, 

gold,  <*•  100  ft Tbe  week's  exports  to  Europe  have 

been  1,869  pks.  Pork,  2.347  tcs.  Beef.  6,183  bxs. 
Bacon,  2,27?  pks.  Lard,  29.728  bxs.  Cbeew,  3,306  pks. 
Butter ;  also,  963  pks.  Tallow. 

SKINS — Deer  has  been  lu  rather  more  demand  since 

our  last,  bpt  quoted  weak  aa  to  price The  week's 

receipts  have  been  40  bales;  sales.  14,000  tt. 
Para   and   6,000   m.   Central   ^merlcap   on  private 

terms Goat  has   been   moderately    active  at  firm 

rates;  receipts,  833  bales:  sales,  900  bales  Mexi- 
can   and   150   bales    Curacoa   on  private  terms 

We  qnote  Oeer  thus:  Vera  Ctua,  30c.;  Guatemala. 
32'ao.®3oc;  Para.  33c;  Sisal.  30c;  Puerto  Cabi-llo. 
27c.:  Honduras,  32>!ic.;  Central  America,  28c.3i30c. 
^P"  lb..  ..And  Goat  thus:  Tampico.  47»ac.®60c;  aiata- 
amoras,  47'3C'<£50c.;  Vera  Cruz,  45o.'Si50c,  g^ld; 
Buenos  Ayres,  50o.'a)52><ic;  Pajta,  49c.^i>5lc.:  Cura- 
coa, selected,  55c. •SoT'^c.;  Cape.  36o,j  Madras,  566,® 
blhiC.;   Patna.40c®4a'ac  ' 

SUOAFt^i— KawcDutiuued  m  moderate  demand,  witb 
fair  to  good  refining  Cuba  quoted  steady  at  H^o.'ad^. 

Sales,  750  b^gs  Centrifugal  at  10 >30.;    11,000  bags 

BrazU,  partat9-^c.,  and  2o0  bbds.  New-Orieans  ou 
private  terms.... ueflntd  Sugars  have  been  quiet  at 
previous  pt}ce«. 

WHlsKI— Sold  ta  tbe  exteat  of  75  bbls.  at  $1  12, 
and  50  bbls.  at  $1 11 ;  closing  dull  at  $1  11,  showing 
a  decline. 

-  FBEIQHTS — Trade  was  very  qulot  to-day,  in  nearly 
all  coanectiuus,  with  rates  quoted,  in  most  instances, 
weak  aud  irregular.  Tonnage  was  reported  as  in  bet- 
ter suppl.y,  tbroo^h  the  receut  arrivals.  Bids  from  the 
Petroleum     and  Urala  interests    for   snitable  vessels 

were  leas    satisfactory    to   ship-owners For  LivcT- 

pool  tbe  engagements  reported  since  our  last  have 
been,  by  steam,  34.0..IO  bUiUdls  Grain  at  4'9d.  ^  60 
&.;  550  pks.  Proviaioas,  iu  lots,  at  27s.  6d.'<£30s.  ^ 
ton;  and  (of  recent  shipments,)  200  bags  CoSee,  1,600 
pikS.:  Utdes.  1,150  casus  cimued  Goods.  1.200  bbis. 
Oysters.  420  bags  Uat-mcal.  and  2.400  staves  at  mar- 
ket rates.  And  by  s«oam  from  Phiiadeipbia,  30,000 
bushels  Cam,  raporte^l  at  6d.  ^  bushel,  aud  650  tons 
Ptovisiona  at  27s.  ed.-aiaOs.  ^  ton.  Also,  a  British 
brig,  529  tnns,  with  resawad  Lumber,  from  Ponsucoia, 

reported  at  130s For  Loudon,  by  sail,  200  tons  Slate 

on  private  terms;  quoted  iiomiualiy  iM  253. '327s.  6d. 
^  ton;  150  to  200  standard  ot  Deals  ou  private  terms, 
and  350  bbls.  Bekiu,  also  on  private  teems;  quoted 
nominally  at  Is.  9d  Sfi'  2S0  tb.  Also,  two  iirituii  oarks, 
464  and  292  tons,  placed  on  the  berth  hence  for  gen- 
eral    car^o For '^  Bristol,    a     Gurmau    bark,    314 

tons,  ^  bunco,     witb     about     2,ouo     bbls.     defined 

Petroleum    at    43.    6(1.    ^    bbi For     tbe     Dotted 

Kingdom  an  American  ship,  1.260  tons,  aud  a  britisb 
bars,  783  tons,  with  resawed  Lumber,  from  Peniacola. 
reported  at  13>>s,;  ^nd  a  Bntlsu  bark,   2SS  tons,  with 

Lumber  from  Doboy.    at    110s For   Uuli,  oy   steam, 

5U0  bxs.  Uacon  at  27s.  61I.   ■^  ton For  core  and  ot- 

ders,  a  Russiau  ship,  with  auout  6,000  quatterx  Grain, 
from  Philadelphia,  at  5s.;  ^nd  two  barks,  witb  Grain, 
(3,750  and  3,00a  quatrtersixespectlvelv,)  from  Balti- 
more, (chartered  there,)  at  os.  and  os.  IHid.  f>' 
quarter;     and,  rumuied,  a  bark,    hence,   with  about 

3,000  bbla.    Crude  Petroleum,   on  private   terms 

For  Havre,  the  Frencb  stctmar  takes  out  SOU  balas 
Cotton,  450  bags  Coffee,  2.000  pks  Beet,  Bacon,  aud 
Lard,  2,800  pks.  Hides,  and  simdry  lots  of  other  geu- 
eral  cargo,  lately  engaged  at  current  quotatiaus.... 
For  Antwerp,  by  steaiu,    25 u  pics.    I'rovisloaa,  lu   lots, 

within  tbe  ran;;e  of  I26s.'&>35s.  4^  ton Fur   Bremen, 

the  regular  steamer  takes  out  5uo  bales  Cotton, 
20,000   bushels  Grain,  300  pks.   Tobacco,  4U0  bbls. 

Uesin,  750  pks.  Provislous.  aud  suudry  lots  of  other 
general  cargo,  engaged  at  market  UKurea,  in^hidiu;; 
the  Graiu  at  126  reichiuarka;  Cotton  aud  Bealn  at 
3  do.,  aud  Tobacco  ou  the  basis  of  40  <lo.  for  hogsheads. 

Ifor  Hamburg,  by  steam,  small  lots  of  Measurement 

Qooas    at   noditOi}   relchmarks For   Mataiiaas.    an 

American  schooner,  284  tons,  with  Empty  Casus,  trom 
Piilladelphia,  reported  at  3uc,  and  anutper,  331   tous, 

with  Bailroad  Ties,  from  St.   Mary's  Biver,  at   30c 

For  the  north  side  of  cuoa  and  bacK  to  Pbliadelpbia, 
an  American  brig,  360  tons,  reported  ou  the  basis  of 
$3  ^5  for  Molasses,  aud  au  American  schooner.  305 

tons,      on      tbe  ,    basis     ot      1^  25      for     SuRar 

For  Cienfuegos '  aud  back  to  Philadelphia,  an 
American    schojner,    323     tons,    reported     ou     the 

basis  of  $5  Svt£:$o  75   lor    .Sujsr For   St.    l»ierre,  a 

British  schooner,  193  tons,  hence,  wiiU  general  cargo. 

reported  ou  the  basis  of  60c.  ^   bbi For    Macbias, 

Me.,  a  schooner,  with  Lumber,  fiom  bruuswick,  re- 
ported   at    :^  50 For    ItoclflaiiJ.    Me.,    a  aehoouer, 

witb  Coal,  from  Souib  Amboy.  reported  at  $1  oO  4** 
tou... .For  (Chester,  Peon.,  a  kichoouer,    with  Lumber, 

from    BruaswicK,    at   $5  62*2 For  PhilaUeipbia,   a 

schooner,  with  Lumber,  trom  Jacluonviiie,  at  $6  50. 

Fur  hastei'U  ports,  tonnage  was  in  demaml   for  the 

Coal  trade,  loading  here,  at  $1  25<^$1  50  ^  tou;  ana 
tor  tbe  Corn  trade,  loading  ut  poiuts  ua  Oeiaware  iiay, 
at  from  tic.'i^Oc  ^  busheL 


TEE  STATE  OF  TRADE, 


Chicago,  Feb.  24.— Fluur  dull  aud  unotaanged. 
Wheat  active,  but  a  shade  lower;  ^o.  2  Chicago 
Spring.  SI  20,  cash;  $1  26*4.  March;  $1  28.  April  ; 
Si.  32H.  May;  xSo.  3  do.,  *1  13ai$l  16;  r^eoted, 
95c.^96c  Com  stea'ir,  with  a  fair  demand;  41c, 
cash;  4134C.,  April;  43c  ,  May;  rcjdcted.  36H)C.  Oats 
In  Kood  demana  aud  a  shade  bii^Uer;  33*20.,  Cash; 
333ac.,  March:  34^c.,  April.  Bye  steady  and  uu- 
cnauged.  Barley  easier  at  4dc  Pork  lu  lair  demand, 
but  lower  and  heavy;  ;t>i4  25.  cash;  $14  47*301 
$14  50,  April;  $14  75.  Mar.  Lard  dull.  weak,  aud 
lower;  $9  70,  casu;  $9  803$9  sai-j.  April;  a>9.  05, 
May.  Bulk-meats  ensier.  Dressed  Ilo^s  dull  aud 
lowar;  cboice,  $6  25;  mixed.  $oW4iB  25.  Wbiakyiu 
good  demand,  tending  upward  at  $1  u5*2®$l  06.  Ke- 
ceipcs — Flour,  4,8 JO  uois.;  Wneat.  9.O0O  bushels; 
Coru,  131.OO0  busbels;  Cats,  26,OO0  bushels;  Bye, 
3,300  busuels;  Barley,  8,000  bushels.  Shipmeuts 
—Flour,  5,500  bbls.;  Wheat,  4,400  bushels;  Coru, 
55,000  busne>s;  \JaIM,  10.000  bushels;  Barley,  4,200 
bushels. 

Buffalo,  Feb.  S4.— Markets  quiet.  Core  in 
ligut  request.  \Vhe.it  almost  ueglected.  Oats 
ucjiiected;  ofCeringsoi  poor  quality.  Flour  firm  and 
steady.  Barley — itavr  tiade  demand:  prices  weak. 
Ualt — Good  trade  inquiry.  Seeds  lower;  selling 
■lowly.  Pork  inactive,  buyers  otforlng  lower 
prices.    '      Dressed         Uogs  .       unchanged,  utber 

articles  quiet;  nnchaused.  lv>iilroad  Freights 
unchanged.  sales  teported:  Flour— 750  bois., 
Corn.— 6  cars  new,  ou  track,  at  51*30. 
'^52a,  quality  considered;  12  cars  do.  on  prlval'^ 
terms.  Wheat— 3  cars  White  Michig.!n  at  $1  60;  2 
carsdo.  at  :i>l  65:  1  car  North-western  Soring  at  SI  48. 
Barley — 1  car  fonr-rovred  State  at  7tic,  and  aurimi  tbe 
week,  20,000  ousheis  Canada  on  pnvate  terms,  quota- 
ble at  700.'3>75c..  ca->h.  Ueceipts- Flour.  3.800  obit.; 
Wheat,  16,8JO  bushels;  Coru,  23,600  bushels;  Oats. 
14.710  busheis;  Bar>ey,  5,20o  bushels;  Bye.  80O 
bushels.  ^shipments — Flour.  6.1^<i  bobi.;  Whea:, 
16,800  btishels)  com,  2.;.600  bushels;  cats,  14,700 
bushels ;  Barley.  5,M0  bushels;    Bye,  SUO  bushels. 

Balximorb.  Fet>.  S4. — Flour  quiet,  steady,  ami  un- 
changed. Wheat  quiet,  easy,  aud  uucbsuged.  Coru — 
iiuuttaera  dull  anu  lower ;  Western  dull,  weak,  and 
lower:  souibsru  Wnue,  51c'3>55c  ;  do.  Yellow .  54c.'^ 
5ba:  Western  Mixed,  spot,  5OI4C  :  Murcb,  56isc.  : 
April,  5tl^4C. ;  May,  57c.  :  steamer,  53c.  Uats  quie; 
and  easier;  Southern,  prime,  40c. ai41c.  1  Western 
White,  o8c.'S4Uc  Bye  quiet  and  uomlually  at  'Hla.'ci 
73c  Clovet-saed  in  fair  demand;  good  to  prime. 
SIS'SSIO.  Uay  u:icban.ied.  Piovisioua  a  snado 
hrmer,  but  not  quotabiy  liiisher.  Butler  dull  and  an- 
changed. Potroleam  dull  »na  nominal.  Cotfee  quiet, 
steady,  and  nacbaugad.  Wbialvy  bel.l  at  «>1  lU'a'd' 
$1  li  ;  no  sales.  Beceipts— Fiour.  5,900  bbls. ;  Wheat, 
Vj,500  bushels;  Corn,  lO2,0u0  busheu:  Oats,  1,600 
bushels ;  Bye,  700  bushels.  Shipmeuta— Corn,  33,000 
bushels. 

Philadklfhia,  Feb.  21. — Petroleum  exoited  and 
lower;  Beflued,  15*30.;  Crude,  13 *2C'ail4c  Piovtaiona 
quiet:  Mess  Pork,  $16  5LJa)«i6  75;  Beef  Hams.  22c.  (2 
23c;  Smoneuilo.,  llcailJc;  Pickled  do.,  luo 'SiiO'ac. 
Lard,  lo*4C.®iO*ac.  Clover-seed  less  active  at  15  ><ic 
®i6c.  Timothy,  $2  053i*2  10.  Flour  held  Arm; 
sales,  1,000  bbls.  Minnesota  Famuy,  $7S)$7  75; 
Pennsylvania  do.,  $7  12'3a'$7  60;  Ohio  do.,  $7  biid) 
$8;  High  Grades,  $8®JS10  25;  Rye  Flour,  S4  25® 
;)>4  37*3.  Wheat  scarce;  Pennsylvania  tied,  $1  65; 
Amber,  $1  58^$1  <j^).  Bye  unchanged.  Corn  dull ; 
Yellow,  65ijc.'a'o0*3c.;  vVTiite.  o6c.'t2)d6>8C.;  sail, 
66°4C,  free  ou  board.  Oats  more  active ;  Wmte,  40c 
'<2»4^o.:  Mixed,  37c.a>3So.  Wbisky— Western,  $1  lO. 
Beceipts— Fiour,  3,440  bbls.;  Wheat,  2,200  bushels; 
Com,  45,200  busbuls;  Rye,  600  tmsbels;  Oats,  2,loO 
bushels;  Barley,  l,50ii  bualipls.  Shipmeuts — Coru, 
76,111  bushels;    Flour,  666  bDls.;  Oats.  x,505  bushels. 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  24. — Flour  aleady,  nncbiuiged. 
Wneat  firmer  lor  low  grades ;  No.  2  Red  Fall.  $1  46*49 
SI  46*3  bid;  iSo.  3  do.,  $1  43*4.  Coru  steady,  un- 
changed. Uats  (lull;  lower  tu  sell;  S4*ac.  bid.  Bye 
dull;  lower  tu  sen;  66c  biu.  Wuisi.y  quiet  at  $1  06. 
Purkactire  at  $15  bid,  cash  and   Feuruary;  sales  at 

S15'^S15  10,  March  ;  $li>  10'&4>t5  25,  April;  $15  15 
'a>Si.i>  40,  May.  Lard  in.ictiT<9  at  jlO  7o.  Bulk-meats 
easier;  ntt>e  doing;  Clear  Uib  Sides,  8*40.,  ApriL  Ba- 
cou  quiet ;  uuchuuged.  Live  dogst  tinner  ou  account  uf 
light  leceipts.  but  prices  uachanged.  CatLle  quiet,  un- 
cbansed ;  receipts  very  li^bt;  uitle  dolns;  tUere  la 
a  ptuspect  of  a  ^ood  demand  uext  week  at  steady 
pnces  tot  all  good  Cattle.  Ueceipts— 3,300  obis. 
Flour,  13,000  bushels  Wheat,  7o.00o  busbeia  Corn, 
21,000  bushels  Uats,  43a  head Hoics,  236  head  Cattle. 

CracufKATl,  Feb.  24.~i!lonr  quiet;  unobauged. 
Wheat  lu  fair  demand ;  Bed,  $1  4u®$i  55.  Coru  lu 
fair  demand  at  41c'a>44o.  uats  in  good  demand  at 
37c.'@4'.^c     Bye  quiet  at  7Sc3SUc.     Baney  Urmer  bat 

uuctaauged.  Por^  In  lair  demand  at  $15  50.  L.ii'd 
dull  ana  uomlual;  Steam,  934c.;  Kettle,  lO*9C&ilu. 
Bulk-meats  dull  at  S^^ci^tlc,  ti^c'dH^a.,  andB^eC'^e 
834c.  for  Sbouldera.  Clear  Kio,  anu  Clear  aides,  tiacoa 
quiet  at  7c.,  9*4C,  and  9*ac.  lor  Shoulders,  Clear  Bib, 

and  Clear  Sides.    Wliisgy  in  good  demand  ai  $1  UO. 

Butter  quiet,  uncbanjicd.  Live  Hogs  flrmer  ;  oommon, 
$4  tiOa/^o  2U;  I'iiii'  to  gooA.  llgUt,  $,>  2a'3£5  iO: 
pacltmg,  $5  60'34io  85  ;    butcUersS  So  90'2P$6  10  ;    re- 

ceiptt--446  bead;  slupmeati,  uoue. 

'X'OLBDO.  Feb.  24. — J?lour  steady.  Wheat  firm  ; 
No.  X  White  Micbieau,  $1  54;  Amber  Mlcnigan, 
March,  $1  52;  April,  $1  55;  May,  $1  68;  Mo.  2  do., 
$1  36*i» ;  Ka  2  Bed  Winter,  March,  $1  31;  Apnl, 
$164;  So.  a  Bed,  $1  35*3;  B^ucted  Laice  Shore 
Bed,  SI  27.  Corn  weak  ;  nigb  Mixed,  44*4U.;  .No.  2, 
SLOt,  44c;  March,  44*4C.;  ao.  2  While,  li-ac;  Be- 
jeoied,  43I4C.  Oats  dull;  No.  2,  35c.;  White.  4lc; 
Beiected,  32*2C  Clovei-seod,  $»  90.  Beceipts— 300 
buls.  Flour,  0,000  bushels  Wheat,  58,000  bushels 
Corn,  6,000  bushels  Oats.  bblpmeuta — 200  bbis. 
Flour,  b,000  bushels  Wheat,  45,o0o  bosbela  Coru ; 
700  busbels  Oats. 

Dktboit.  Feb.  84. — Flonr  dnll  and  unchanged. 
Wheat  very  quiet ;  Bxtra  White  Michisan.  SI  58  bid; 
Miultig,  $1  5t}^4  bid;  ^o.  1  While  Micbigan,  $1  0434; 
Mililnit.  $1  50 :  So,  2  White  Michigan,  $1  4i*u;  No.  2 
Amber  do..  SI  46  asked.  Corn  quiet  aud  easy;  hUb 
Mixed,  4GJ3C  bid;  ^'".  1  Mixed.  46c..  ou  traoK;  Oats 
dull  and  steady;  White,  42*ac.,  on  track.  Mixed,  4uc. 
bid,  ou  truck.     Beceipts— Flour,  1,731  bbls.;   Wheat, 

23,155  busbels;  Coru.  24,411  busbels  ;  Oats.  1,911 
busbels.  Stiipinents — flour,  1,675  bois.;  Wbeai,  6,719 
bushels;  Com,  14,860  btuhels;  Oata,  2,766  bosbeia. 

MlLWAUKBB,  Feb.  24.— Flour  quidtj  neglectad. 

Wbeati  unsettled;  closed  weak;  So.  1  Milwaukee. 
SI  42;     IJO.    2  do..    Iresta,    SI  3S*4 ;     Mareta,    SI  S2's; 

April,  $1  33^;  bo.  3  do,  $1  23.  Corn  dull;  No.  2, 
42c.:  new,  38o.    Oats  doll ;   neglected :  No.  'i,  32u. 

Byeweaic;  1*0.  1,  68c.  Barley.  So.  2  SprUiK,  63c.j 
Ko.  3  do.,  33c  ProTialons  dull ;  nominal.  Mess 
Pork,  $14  50.    Lard,    9^ic.    Dressed  Hogs  aleady   at 

$5  SCd^e.   Keoeiptt-8,oe0  bbls.  Floor,  36,000  bash- 

els  WUeat.  Shipaeuis— 14,000  bbls.  Flour.  10.000 
bushels  Wbeat. 

LouisviLLB,  Feb.  24.— Flour  qtiiet  and  uDohaoK^d. 
Wbeat  steady  and  uuchanged.  Com  steady  ;  Wblts, 
43c.;  Mixed,  41e.  Bye  in  fair  demand  and  firm  at  7ac 
®SUc.  Oats  steady  and  tlrm;  White,  43c;  Mixed.  41c 
Pork  quiet  at  S16  50$16  75.  Bulk-meats  steady  and  uu- 
cbaugeU.  Lacou  quiet  iHit  firm;  bhouidcrs.  7^0.; 
Clear  Bibs,  9*30.;  Clear  Sidaa,  934c  Suftai-cured  Hams, 
ISisCSllc  Lard  in  tair  demaud;  Tiecoe,  II04C.;  Kegs. 
12*2C    Wbisky  Steady  at  $1  06.  BaggmK  4uiav  at  l3c. 

Oswego,  Feb.  24.— Flour  nnobauged;  salea,  1,100 
bbla.  Wheat  ateady;  No.  1  Milwaukee  Club,  $1  60; 
No.  2  do.,  $1  53;  No.  i  Bed  WaQasU.  $1  ^0\  No.  X 
Wblte  Micbunn.  $163.  Com  steady;  sales  6,oU0 
busbels  Mixed  Western  at  68c,  on  ca.r8.  Barler  quiet ; 
No.  I  Canada  held  at  $1;  Kb.  2  do.,  90c  Coru-meal 
nnchauited.  Mill  feed  unchanged.  BaUruad  Frelgnts 
— Flour,  to  Boston,  46c:  to  New- York,  36c;  to  Albany, 
25c.    B>iiroad  Shipments— Flour,  l,2oO  obis. 

Chioaoo,  Feb.  34. — Cattle — Receipts,  1,570  baad; 

sbipmeuts,   8.200  head  ;    Cairiy  active,  ateady,  ^nd 

,  nacbangeu.    Uoga — Beceipts.  7.000  bead:    ata'ipmenta, 

tt',4t)«#  taeadt  in  good   demand   and  »  alwae   easier; 

CbUk  $4  603>$6;  Inlerior  to  (cood  ligbt,  «B  4U9$a  vM; 


SWO**^*^"^^ 


nam 

8^<«p  ^idil  bn^  ptMdyi    !•• 


he4d. 

INDLUIOPOUB,  Feb.  M.— Hoar  qnlat ;  nnohanccd. 
Wbeat  dull;  nncbaoged-  Com  dnll  and  irea)c  at 
30>ac.  bid.  on  track;  40o.,  Mai«b;  41>ge..  ivrit; 
4Z'Qa-.  May.  Provialous  dnll,  unsettled.  Bulk-meats 
—Clear  Rib  Sides,  8*40. ;  Clear  Sides.  8>3C. ;  Shoulders, 
5340.95  Vi.,  Witb  small  offerings.  Live  Hogs  quiet  at 
85® $5  25;  receipts,  600  bead;    shipmenu   240  bead. 

Fkovidenok,  Feb,  84. — Tbe  pdntlng  clotbs  mar- 
ket eoptlnned  rioil  all  of  the  past  week,  witb  sales 
reported  of  only  10,000  pieces:  prices  deoltned  i^,S 
\^o,  on  tbe  week,  cloflnic  nomin^iy  at  4'^80-'^5a  for 
standard  and  extra  64x64  cloths. 

Kbw-Oblsanb,  Feb.  34.— Bran  aearoe  and  firm ; 
held  at  $1.  Otber  articles  uncbanzed.  Excbange— 
New-York  sight,  ^premium;  Sterling,  $5  09>afortbe 
bank.    Gold,  106  i49 106*2. 

WiunsoxoN,  N-  C,  Feb.  24. — Spirits  Turpentine 
quiet,  at  37c  Strai.ied  Basin  quiet,  at  $1  62*3. 
Crude  Turpentine  steady;  Hard,  $1  76;  Yellow  Dip 
and  Virgin,  $2  76.    Tar  quiet. 


THE  COTTON  MARKETS. 


Nkw-Ohlbans,  Feb.  24.- Cotton (steadT;  Middling, 
ll^c:  Low  Middllns,  ll>4C;  Good  Ordinary,  10?4C4 
net    receipts,   3,801  bales;   gross,    2,827   bales:    tx- 

fqrtp.  to  Qr^at  Brltnln,  9.110  bales;  to  tbe  Continent, 
,834  bales;  sales,  4,600  bales;  stock.  304,370 bales. 

Charlebton,  Feb.  34. — Cotton  dull;  Middling. 
la^cBia^c;  Low  Middling,  UV-^liJeKPood  Or- 
dinary, llHic;  n<*t  receipts,  727  uales;  eskorts,  to 
Great  Britain,  C»,487  bafes :  coastwise,  417  bales; 
sales,  700  bales;  stuck.  38,604  bales. 

Savannah,  Foo.  34.— Cotton  irregular;  Middling, 
12c;  Low  Ml.ldling.  1113c:  Good  Ordinary.  lOVs.; 
net  receipts,  309  bales;  exports,  to  the  Continent, 
960  bales;   sales,  575  balea;  stock,  48,927  bales. 

GALVgSTON.  Feb.  34.— Cotton  heavy;  Middling, 
lli^c;  Low  Middlin^f.  11  ^40.;  Good  Ordinary, 
IO34C;  net  recelpls.  1;42S  bales;  exports,  coastwise, 
696 bales;  sales,  720  bales:    atook,  74, 107  bales. ^^^ 

BAY  AN  A.  WEEKLY  MAJRKMJ. 
Havana,  Feb.  24  —Sugar— the  m»i;ket  ruled  very 
active,  closing  with  an  upw.inl  tendency  ;  the  receipts 
are  aooumulating  wltn  better '  selections;  Clayed 
Sugar,  Kos.  10  to  12.  at  1034®!  1*3  reals  .l^arroba;  dc, 
Nos.  15  to  20,  at  12ya>13*3  reals;  Molasso*^  Sugar, 
Nos.  7  to  10,  at  8*3a'9  leals;  Muscovado  Sugars,  in- 
fennr  to  fair,  8*-.2®9*4  reals;  do.,  fair  to  good.  834<2>9Vi 
reals;  Centrifugal  Sugars,  Nos.  11  to  13,  iu  bx^.,  Ili4'9 
llSgre'ils;  in  hhds.,  11*3<'12  reals:  stock  in  warehouse 
at  Havana  and  Uataiizaa,  82,00v)  bxs.  and  28,500 
bbds.;  receipts  of  the  week,  29,000  bxs.  and  12,000 
hbds.;  exports  during  the  weelc,  1U.500  bxs.  aud 
5,»J0O  bbds.,  incloiling  6.500  bx9.  and  4,000  lihds.  to 
tue  United  StatH!!.  Molasses,  50  di.-grees  polarizsilon, 
6  reals  ■V  keg.  Bacon,  $37  50^$38  50  ^  cwt. 
Butter,  S68®$?8  ^  quintal  for  Suourior  Amer- 
ican. Flour,  $33®$37  #"  bbi.  for  Ameiieam, 
Jerked  Beef,  $5i^arroba.  Hams,  $389$5U  jp  quin- 
tal f.ir  Amoriom  Sngat-ourad.    Lari,  ii  kegs,  $37  75 

■aids  #' qui utal;  in  tins.,  S44®£4&.  Potatoes,  $10  dOc» 
$11  3^  bbi.  Honey,  5*4  realsHP  gallou.  Onions. 
$l5Si$16  'jp  bbL  for  American.  Co.il-otl.  in  tins,  11*3 
reals  ^  gallon,  hlmpty  Hogslieada.,  $3  50®$3  76, 
(told.  Lumber— White  Pine.  $34  ^  M.;  Yellow  Pine. 
$289$29  V  M.gold.  Sbooks  in  abundant  supnly; 
box.  18  reals;  Bogar.  bbds.,  17'9l8  reals;  Molssses, 
hbds,   21^22  reals.      Wnlte   Mavy    Beiios,    29930 

reals  ^  arroba.  Chewing  Tobacco.  U2®64  V" 
quintal.       Corn,  10910^4         reals        ^        arroba. 

Hoops,  Long  snaved,  $55  ^  M.  Freights 
less  active,  with  lates  drooping^  loading  at 
Havana  for  tbe  Umted  States.  9'  box  of  Sugar.  75c.;  ^ 
hhd.  of  UUTar.  $3  259S4:  ^  nhd.  of  Molasses.  S2  25 
'^$2  50;  loading  on  the  north  coast  (outside  ports! 
for  tbe  United  .States,  'iP'hbiL  of  Uoltsses.  $2  509 
$2  75;  to  Falmouth  and  orders,  358.®378.  6a.  To- 
bacco Steady.  Spanish  Gold,  221'4.  Exchan.;e  firm; 
ou  tbe  United  States,  60  days,  currency,  3a)2^  dis- 
count; short  sight,  do.,  2S>1*3  discount;  60  days, 
eold,  2Vd>2'a  premium;  short  sight,  du.,  393*4  pre- 
minuL  ^^ 

COURT  OALBNDABS—THris  DAT. 

BUFBSJIB  COUBT— cnAMBgaa. 
Stilt  by  SarrcU.  J. 
Mos. 

94— Tire  Mayor,  to.,  vs. 


Noa. 

ISO- Lord.  Jr  ,  vs.  Funt 
142*3— Matter  of  Orain. 
145— Matter  of  Wakefield 

E.  Closet  Co. 
150— Johnson    vs.   Empire 
State  T.  fcc,  M.  Co. 
185 — Uuruliy  vs.  Moses. 
15^Adams    vs.     Cappar- 

,  dschU 
30— Ntles  vs.  Shaw. 
49— Bell  vs.  Tbd  Mayor, 

See. 
52 — Pinckneyrs.Keimpdv 
60— Bryan  vs.  Paull  Belt 

Co. 
65 — Reioach  vs.Smithera. 
68— Mills  vs.  Bodewald. 
71— Bryan  vs.   Paoli  Belt 

Co. 
72r-<^'faappeUvs.  Hubbell. 
80— Kelly. kc,  vs.  Davids. 
81— Line  vs.  Uuusmauu. 
83— Slelifbt  vs.  Cody. 
84— Donobue  vs.  Cody. 
85— Metropolitan   B'i£  vs. 

McLean. 
86— Doll  vs.  Inness. 
87 — Same  vs.  Same. 
92— The   Mayor,   fee,   vs. 

Tenth  Nat.  Bauk. 
93 — Board  of  Supervisors 
VB.Trade-.men'sB'k. 
CaU  commencing  at  No.  ^01. 

BUFBKUg  COUBT— 8PBCIAL  TIBM. 
Uela  bu  Van  rorit,  J. 


Trades  men't  Bank. 
96— Matter  ofWhlttelsey. 
99— Mabar  rs.The  Ma; 

be. 

100-Hainillvs.The' 

Ua. 
101 — Downey       vs.        Tne 

Mayor,  ko. 
102— Ford  vs.  Tbe  Mayor. 

tc. 
115— Matter  of  Cockroft. 
116— First  Nat.B'k.of  Coop- 

erstown  vs.  Beals. 
119— Swett  Vs.  Adams. 
125— Stewart  vs.  Harris. 
127— Uinkelsolel  va  Levy. 
135— Bryan  ts.  Paoii  Belt 

Ca. 
141— Clegg       vs.      Slastio 

Truss  Cu 
141 — Roiuey  vs.  Cruge&»- 
157— .Miller" vs.  SonlotTT^ 
158— Matter  of  Lorulard  8. 

a  Co. 
16t— Brough  vs. Van  Wart. 
:65— Rico  vs.  Clark. 
177— Krkeubrach    vs.     Br- 

keiibrach. 
182— People.   Jtc.  vs.  23d 

St.  aud  oiberK.  B.C0. 
187— Brown  vs.  Brown. 


Nos.        Demnrrem. 
17— Hatght  vs.  O'Dannell 

etal. 
21 — Labucalt  vs.  Deiatonr 

et  at. 
22— Grant  vs.  Anderson. 
24 — Ktiert  vs.  Montcomery 
et  al 
Law  and  Fact. 
128— Grltsler  et  at  vs.  Pow- 
ers. 
133 — Bnsteed  vs.  Bntteed. 
141— Stenbracber  vs.  Bey- 
er et  au 
143— Ly  ues  vs.  Brander,  J  r. , 

etaL 
148— H<ttch  vs.   Atlsntio  k 

Pacitic  Tel  Cc 
114 — Kinney  vs.  Coben. 
1 1 5— Kinney  vs.  Beach  et  al 
67— ilerrlot  vs.  Herrlot. 
ue-Bard  vs.  U.  8.  Lite  Ins. 

Co.  of  N.  Y. 
63 — Tavlor  vs.  iioche. 
74— Andrews   et    aL    vs. 

Kyan. 
37— Alden  vs.  Diossy. 
29— Green  va.  MiltMmk  et 
al. 
834— Whiting  vs.    Gearty 

etal. 
110— Aulfarth  vs.  Schmae- 
deke  et  aL 

BUPSKMS   OOUBT— CIRCUIT— FAST  (. 
HtUL  by  iVnoAiM,  J. 
Noa.  Noa 

2699— Bovd  vs.  Jackson.      2721— Ttaeleman, 

777— MoHarg    vs.   Btrat- Bmanuel 

tun. 
2011— Bod  man  vs.  King 
2691— oniet  ab    vs.    Con 

ner,  Sberilf. 
3637- Pioard      vs.     Bem- 
helmer. 
1— Latourette      versus 
Clark. 
1613— Brown  vs.   Decker, 

Impl'd. 

2364— The  Kxcelslor    Pet. 
Co.      VS.     Fowler, 
ImpVd. 
902*3— Uenlln  vs  Powers. 

4207— Or  -y  et  aL  ex'rs,  va. 
Jobes. 

2803— Lafllu  It  Rand  Pow- 
der Co.  vs.  Gal- 
laudet. 

2849— Frane  vs.  The  Del. 

Lack.  It  w.  a  a.  Co, 

2871— Archer  vs.  O'Brien, 

Shrrift 
2909— Breen    vs.     Hnlock 

etal. 
2943— Kinney  rs.  Basch  et 


Nos. 

151— Ten  Kyck  vs.  Cory. 
SS-'-Burrows  et  al  vs.  At- 
lantic Nat.  Bank. 
82 — Snare  vs.  Uardwiuko. 
67— Waterburyvs.  Fenton 

etal. 
62— Brumscheidt    et   aL 
vs.  BIssiugor  et  al 
88— Semple     et     aL     vs. 
Smythe  et  al.    ■ 
138 — Nosservs.  BerKeetaL 
05— Veiller  vs.   Kings  Co. 
Manufacturing    Co. 
290— Tbe  Mayor,tc,vs.O'n 
Ferry  Ca  of  E'jrty^ 
65— Am.  Femalfe*€h]ardlaSB 
S()c  vs.  The  Mayor, 
ice. 
46 — For<l  vs.  Conner  et  aL 
129— Barnett  vs.  Zacbariaa 
28— Beamish  vs.  Bushcou 
etal. 
150 — Josepbtbal  et   aL  vs. 

Steffen  etsL 

103— Locke  vs.  Locke  et  aL 

30— Buckley  et  al.  vs.  Tbe 

Mayor,  ko. 
205— Helas  vs.  Slevin  et  aL 
149— Buel,  lie.,  TS.  Pains  et 

aL 


Jr.,   vs. 


al. 

2995— Sprlniter  eS  aL  va 
Herman. 

3007— Hughes  vs.  Rubens 

3009 — Same  va  Same- 

1667— Goldsmith  vs.  Daly 
etal. 

1683— Collins  vs.  The  May- 
or, &c,  of  New-Yoi-k. 

1S41 — Fitzpatrick  vs.  Tbe 
Mayor,  to.,  of  N.  X 

1436— Purcell  vs.  The  May- 
or, tc.  of  N.  r. 

1437 — Hayes  vs.  I'lie  May 
or,  be ,  of  N.  Y. 


2913— Aden  et  al.  vs.  Ache- 

son  et  al. 
3679— Kogatzskl    vs.    Be- 

gatzskL 
3091— W I  lour  vs.  Tayloc 
3735— Obrljs  vs.  Brodle  et 

al. ,  adm'rs. 
3103— Freuch  et  aL,  Reo'r, 

vt.  Uearty  et  aL 
3127 — Caesar  vs.  Kmeer. 
2979— Butler.      Kec'r     vs. 

Seymour  et  aU 
3163— Butler.    Eetfr,     vs. 

Phyte  et  aL 
3155 — Butler.     Beo'r,     vs. 

Freudenfeis  et  al. 
8157— Butler,     Rec'r,    vs. 

Dreyfuoset  aL 
274.<{— Ulm«n  vs.  Daniels. 
1963— Krwln,    Adm'x.,    vs. 

The    Neversink 

Steamboat  Co. 
4391.— Beminstou,  Jr..    vs. 

Westmau. 
2761— Wilbur  vs.  Loft 
2763— Miner  vs.  Loft. 

28.1.9— Tne    People's   Bank 
of  S.  y.  vs.  Bogart 
et  aL 
2835-Clark,Jr.,  vs.  Ball 
3135 — Mack  vs.   Meagher. 
3169— Bvrd  vs.  Rodman. 
3173 — Snuth  vs.  Overmann 
3176— Smith  vs.  Kayue  et 


a  I. 
3177— Faweatr" 

Caffrey. 
3179— Duncan   et 

Sbaw. 
3030— Crossman   vs. 
land  et  aL 


1.     Me- 
al.  Vik 


Kow- 


CDMXOir  n.iA»— axnsAL  "tskn. 
A^Joused  lutil  ithe  first  Monday  ot  Marob. 

OOIQIOS  FLBAS— TBIAL  TSBM— 'A^T  I. 

Sad  by  Ton  £lMs«ii.  /. 


Nos. 

959^Hevdeoker  vs.  Cam  p. 
1166— setlgman    vs.  >i.   tt 

N.  Ala.  B.  B.  Co. 
1200— Penn.    Hoc   Bo.    ts. 

Webster. 
1342-B'wav  SUble  Ca  vs. 

Conner. 
1223— Mcliityre    tS.    Car- 
rblL 
865— Flynn  ts.  Davton. 
352— Giles  vs.  Weczlar. 
945— Dean  vs.  Brown. 
284 — Mott  vs.  Cousumers' 

Ice  Co. 
899— Andrews  ts.  Farley 
ot  at. 
1103— Palmer    vs.    Clark, 

Marshal. 

1209— Mnlcahv  ▼s.N.T.Fl'g 

Diy  Dock  Co. 

362— McGnire  vs.  N.T.C.  It 

n.  B.  B.  a.  Co. 


Nos. 
906— Amsdell  et    al.    vs. 

Garde,  MartbaL 

.*J66— Banks  vs.  Oftrter. 

715 — Bnssell  va  Helms. 

1121— Bisemao  va  Mayer. 

1105— Conned  vs.  MitcbelL 

274— Kearney  vs.  Blake- 

lev- 
874— Bnckl^  va  Western 
K.  B.  Cc 
1191— Sylvester  ts.  Bern- 
stein, 
1108— I'avis  vs.  Dry  Sock, 
E.  B.  fc  B.  B.  R.  Co. 
885-^Bliger    vs.    McDon- 

Otigb. 
463— Stemberger  vs.  Mc- 

Qovern. 
965— Briggs,  Jr..  vs. West- 
chester Fire  Ins.  Co. 


COKUON    PLBAB — TBIAL   fEBlI  — PAST  XL 

Beld  bj/ Larretnfire.J. 


Kos. 

1169 — Fitch  va  Bergen. 

660— Hhehy  va  Yard,  .Ir. 

1454 — ^TowIevaThe  Mayor. 

789- Bisner  vs.  Morgan. 

786— Donnelly     va     Tbe 

Mayor. 

1126— McGowan    va    Mc- 

Gowan. 
a090— Haubert   va    Lerch. 
786 — Schroeder   va    Leu- 
buscher. 
1093— Raidoy  vs.  Sliaw. 
1136 — Lew  va  Potsdam. 
,  497 — Brown  vaPattcrson. 
897—  Waalden  vs.  Schaat^ 
1O66— Cohn.   Assignee,  v& 
Conner. 
907 — Sohermerhoin      vs. 
Devlin. 


Nos. 

604— Thaut  T.  Life  Ina 
Co.  rs.  Crozler. 

314— Devlin  vs.Gallasher. 
1097— Uhlman  vs.  Hay  man. 
1215 — Shifferdecker  versua 

fiOttWttlO. 

385— Buckingham  vaN.Y. 
r.  t  «.  R.  B,.fi.  Ca 
1050— Lawrence  et  aL  vs. 
Tbe  Mayor,  kc. 

735— Meacham  va  Camp- 
b<'ll. 

738— Brower  vs.  Camp- 
bell. 

737— Lootnls  vs.  Camp- 
le IL 

736— Hunt  va   Campbell 

496— KlnkelvaThe  Mayor 


COMUON  PLEAS— TBIAL  TERM— PAST  Ut 
Beldbi/J.  f.  Dalu.J. 
Noa  Nos. 

1170- Nessel   versus    The 
Msyor,  kc. 
493— Brower V8.  Dayton. 
l()79_}<pencer  vs.  CHri^-n. 
730— Koe  et  al.  vs.Brnphy. 
887— Walsh  vaN.  Y.  Fl'tg 

-    Drv  Dock  Cc 
843— Second  Nat.   Bk.   of 
Paterson  vs.  Porter 
et  al. 
1190— S.aman   et   aL    vs. 

Nooiian. 
710— flhipman    vs.  Plels- 

tjokei'. 
1256 — Isaacs  vs.  Baer. 
114l>-Wyuen    va    Schap- 

pert. 
1114— Gononde  va  Flood. 
641 — SchlaRvs.  Scblag. 
929 — Cook  Ta  Clar;c. 
1115— ViiudeWieleva  Cal- 

Ishao. 
1023— Levene  vs.  Brosh. 
937 — Kuppenbeim  va 

Pforzbeimer. 
1053— Kollett  vs.  Spencer. 


1221— Brink  vs.  Fay. 
1184 — Ackerman    va    Mo- 

Artbur. 
1182— Hodges  vs.  Muspratt 

etal. 
827— Hildick  va  Boyd. 
1060— Turjcffort    vs.    Van 

Ingcn  et  aL 
1258— I'utel  et  al  vs.  The 

Com.  Gen.Trani. 
1183 — Dunohue,  Adm'r.  va. 

Boorum. 
42— Lnu^hran  vs.  Kelly, 

Khciff. 
1246— Funk  vs.   Lord,   Jr., 

etaL 
1180— La    Bue   vs.    Ocean 

Steam  Nav.  Co. 
277— Putoulskl  vs.    Lew.  • 
1145 — Collins  vs.  The  May- 
or, kc. 
1252— Dowlev  VS.   Merritt. 
1253^Come8  at  al.  versos 

Aia»iers. 
11B3— Gamble  vs.   Conner, 

SbenO: 


1054— Kollett    va      Liech  1247— Dunn  vs.  Mpsrolp. 
AuComatlcMach.Co. ;  1250 — ftosen  vs.    McboUa 
631— Kuseva   The  .N.   Y.',1166— Martin  v  a. Gallagber 
k  N.  U.  K.  B.  Co.        I 

COSMOS  FLEAS — EQIHTT  TXBU. 

t  AcUonmed  for  the  term. 

MABINB  COUBT— TBIAL  TERM— PART C. 
'  Stli  bv  Shea,  O.  J.;  McAdam  and  Ooepp,  JJ. 


Noa    Appeals  from  Orders. 

1 — Baldwin  va.  Vance. 

2 — Landesmau    va    Uoff- 
'  man.  1 

3— Wnldroa     ot    al,   vs. 

kl.afer,  impl'd. 
j  4 — Haymaii  et  aL  vs.  BUas 
etaL 
'6— Bigelow  va  Solomon. 
6— BhikeetBl.  vs.  Pattl- 

BOU 

7— Wise  va  Schwab. 
8— Fucbs  va  .')Cbmldt. 
Appeals   trom  Ju4icraenta. 
1 — MoEteers  ra.  Little. 
2— White  vs.  Mt-yer. 
3— Ross  VS.  Byrnes. 


Noa 

65'28— Ctirrv  VI.  Farlev. 

6746— .shine  vs.  Ber.(an. 

58S5— Mills  va  Blout. 

2987— Dutch  vs.  Oorsev. 

56j7— Maiidelick  va  SaU' 
ders. 

5852— Herts  va  Sohachtel. 

74O2 — Hnmberger  versus 
Brooks. 

7435«-Clemeiit  va.   Moian. 

7436^--<nine  va  Same. 

586o-;-Waoderlich  va  Ernst 

41ul— Savace  va  D.  D.,  E. 
B.  aud  B.  B   Co. 

6902— Brown  va  Farlev. 

5748— Colt  va  Sievens.  im- 
pleaded, be 

6908— Cammau  va  Doll  et 
al.  V 

6682— Koelier  va  Yotmg  et 


Noa 

4— The  Ninth  Nat.  B'k  of 
the  City  of  N.  Y.  va 
Bner  et  al 

5— Fucbs  vs.  Schmidt. 

0— Dix  vs.  Totalis. 
7— Button  et  aL  va  Solo- 
mon. 
8— Ratbbuu  vs.  Citizens' 
Kt'boat  Co.  of  Trov. 
b — BlaUe  et  at  va    Palti- 
son. 
10— BamfS  vs.  Woodrnff. 
11 — Uartmau  va  Koiter. 
12 — EUrlinrdt  va  Rockland 

><ickel  Mining  Co. 
13— Roibeimel  va  Conner 
14— Abreos  va  Conner. 

MABDiB  OetJBT- TBIAL  TKBM— PABX  L 

Adjourned  tor  the  term. 

HABIKK  COURT— TRIAL   TBBU— FABTIL 
Held  bu  OoeOD.  J. 
Nos. 
9232— UraVe     vs.   Bndden- 

sick. 
5904— rierk  vs.  Knig'it. 
5752.— Reeves  vs.    Noodle. 
X>917— Poetscb  v,..  Blseiow. 
5966 — Shfelia'i  va  Baler. 
0918— .McGuire   et   aL    va 

Van'ierbilL 
5946— HiionusicinTS.  Bren- 

nan. 
6877— Liiinpert  va    Ualloy 

el  hL 
5926— Mech.inics'  Nat.  B'k. 

vs.  Sbaw  et  aL 
8743— Hyilt  vs.  King. 
55T6— BecHendorf  vaPuck 

et  »L 
6950 — McCallum  et  al.    vs. 

iirfouao.  imp.,  kc. 
4295 — Wanner  vs.  Melsner. 
2562— Datrr  vs.  Payne. 
4043 — Locceuateln    versus 


9173— Brooklyn    Bank  va 

Menard  et  aL 
6820— Pangbum  et  aL   va 

Cohen. 
6664 — Tumbull  va.  Beed. 
5245 — Uetz  vs.  Aaron  et  aL 
6188— Neville     va    Bosen- 

thaL 
4672— Keid  vs.  8' one  et  aL 
6856 — Kt'ousgaard  vs.  Kut- 

rufifet  al. 
8937— Fadden  va  Bnohran. 
6430— .Mc.Aulay  vs.  LhVt. 
4562— Pforzheimer   versus 

Tucker. 
6716— Phillips  vs.  Lewis  et 


Klias. 

4973— Tall  man  va  Beera 
5815— Knsra.yer      veisus 

Goldstein. 
5853— r.sbiT  V.I.  Clark; 
4932 — Uouugan  ec    aL    va 

.Sti-iuwev  et  aL 
3353— Ljick     et  aL   verstu 

st<.-fle. 
7561— Manufs.'  k  Builders' 

Bank     va     Comet 

etnl. 
9109 — Gould,  Beceiver,  va 

Bebluall. 
5928— SticKel  et  aL  verans 

Light. 
5023 — Wheeler  vaDumont 
7646— Smith  vs.  Dreber. 


6629 — Leary  et  al.  versus 

Kramer. 
8916— McGlnnIs  et   al.  va 
O'Sbea. 
HABINB  COUBT— tUAL  TgBU— PART  OL 

H'.UH>V  .  •A- 

Noa'  I  Noa 

B122 — Hopklna  va  Wemple5.t52— Murray  vs.  Luthey. 
etaL  0.-..J0     ..-■._-. —   L,..!..- 


3583— Linker!  va  SuiMa 
6090— Kyer     va     Ster.ln 

et  aL 
6096 — Cordts  vaHorstman. 
8578— M«rola.;i  vs.  Papod- 

pouiar  etaL 


6819 — Gedney  vs.  (Conner. 
7220-UevIln  va  C.ildwe'L 
7009— Metiiuger  vs.  »N  elde. 
7 124 — Lotii  vs.  Krackauen 
2046— Gallagher  vs.  UeL  k 
Lack.  R.  R.  Ca 
COUBT  OF  OEXRRAL  BESSIONS- PABT  L 
Meld  by  HackeU,  Utcorder. 
James     Button,      paijnry,  iMiobael    Cunningham, 
[continued.]  |    pcMt  larceny.  > 

COUBT  OF  GENERAL  BESSIONa— PAST  Q. 
^«^       Htld  by  Sutherland,  J. 


Franz  Muller,  felonious  as- 
sault and  battery. 

Michael  Polarino,  felonious 
assault  an  I  battery. 

George  Brown  and  John 
Wilnon.  burglary. 

Charles  Soaffordtfood,  bur- 
glary. 

HXW-TOBK  OTEB  AND  TERMINEB. 
Beld  by  Brady, -J. 
Bobert Gatrity,  homicide,  [eontinued] 


Leonard  Nleboff  and  David 

bhiff,  burslary 
Martin     Beicbert,     grand 

larceny. 
William     O'Brien,     grand 

larceny. 
Frauk  Smith,  petit  larceny. 


THE  REAJj  ESTATE  MARKET. 


2769-Voa  vs.  Third  Ave-  3185-Cro8STi.»ol(Umith. 

nue  VL  Si.  Co.  ] 

BUFKEMX  COUAi.' — dBCUIT — TABT:!. 

Htii  fry  Lotorpce,  /. 

Noa 

3582 — ^BlnK  et  al 


va  The 
Mayor,  kc 

1036— 8chali  et  aL  versus 
Collier. 

2110 — D«  Lavalette  versua 
Weudt.  Bx*!,  kc, 

1660— Failenb?e  vs.  Silver- 
stone.  Impleaded. 

2786— Vial  vs.  Thd  Mayor, 
kc.  of  New- York. 

3444— Xituaner  vs.  Coimer, 
Sheriff; 

1820— Schmid  et  aL  versus 
lUig. 

1644 — Hamilton  va  Euo. 
600— Bailey  vs.  Dodge.  . 

1664— Tunison  vs.  Camp. 

139d— Thj  U.S.  SpriUK  Bed 
Co.  va  Conner,  Sh'ffi 
280— Lyucb,   Sbertfl;  vs. 
Butler. 

18S0 — Woodruft  ra  Impe- 
rial F.  Ina  Co.  ot 
London. 


At  the  £xcbanse  on  Saturday,  Feb.  24,  by 
order  of  the  Supreme  Court,  in  foreclosure,  Am- 
brose Monell,  Esq.,   Itereree.   Louis   Mesier  sold  a 

tbree-story  and  basement  biiok  bouse,  witb  loase  of 

lot,  20  by  65.8,  on  East  b6tb->t.,  north  side,  593  feet 
east  of  Ist-av.,  for  #4,000,  to  Peter  Goelet,  plaintiff 
in  the  legal  action,  leased  Nov.  1,  1870,  term  19  years 

and  6.month»,  grooud  rent  (240  per  annum.    The 

same  auctioneer,  under  a  foreolosnre  decree,  by  order 
of  tbe  Court  of  Common  Fleas,  3.  H.  Olio,  JSsq.,  Ref- 
eree, diipsied  of  a  iive-story  brick  tenement-house, 

witb  tot    25    by   100.  on    lltbrav.,  ^Apath-west  corner 

of  46ch-8t.,  for  913,800,  to  H.  J.  Meyer. 

Peter  F.  Meyer,  at  Caroanter's  Hotel,  at  Morris- 
ania,  by  order  of  the  Supreme  Court   In  .foreclosure, 

Meyer  Buisel,  £sq„  Beteree^  sold  a  three-story 
frame  house,  with  a  plot  of  land,  100  by  373.8  by 
100  by  S66.8,  on  OoUeee-av.,  aoath-eaat  corner  Corsa- 
ar.,  Fordham,  for  I^.OOQ,  to  Hannah  C.  Htllar,  plain- 
W^  in  tbe  legal  action. 

Tbe  followiog  announced   auction  sales  were  ad- 
journed :  Sale  by  Louis  Mester  of  a  plot  of  land  on 
Third-BV..  south-west  corner  Iftaety-seventfa-si..    to 
March  T-     sale   by   B.  P.  Paircbild   of   sU  lots  on 
1926— OgdeiTet  aL  vs.Con-  {«West  £igb^fif|t^~st.,  east  of  JSintb-av.,  to  March 


Noa 

1862— Blliott  vs.  The  Alle- 

mnnlaFlre  Ina.  Co. 
1862— Mathes  vs.  Sanborn 

et  al. 

1740— BerKe  xa.JitiKWr 
lOe2— Cnstance  va  Burr. 
1704— Klliott  vaTbe  West- 
chester Fire  I.  Co. 
1694— Gaily  va  Keys  et  aL 
1824 — Soiifleld  va  Conner, 
SheriiL 


ner.  Sherlffl 
1610 — Olmstead.   Bx*!,  Ta 

Naat)  et  al. 
826>a— Wliittaker  VB.Fe^ 

tretob. 
1742 — The  Oraoer    Cotton 

Gin  M  f'g  Co.  Ts.  N. 

T.  Cotton  M'f  g  Co. 
1888b— Atkinson    verstu 

Mortimer. 


Noa 


BUFBSIIX  COURT— CIBOUrr— FART  10. 
Htld  bu  Van  Brunt.  J. 

Nos. 


2720— Hook,  Biacator.bc, 

va  The  Mayor,  kc 
849 — Baportas      va      Tlie 
Mayor,  kc 

1879-Muiphy  vs.The  Msy- 
or. kc. 

S026-' Fuller  et  aL  Ta  Hunt 
etal. 

3089— MoKntght,  SxeonVr, 
va  DeTliD  et  aL 

1177— Booert  vs.  HiiL 

1549>a— Uioksy     vs.    Tha 
Mayor,  kc. 
SOS's— Jcnes  vs.  Tha  May- 
or, ko. 


669— Lynch  T8.  Eletnan. 

1494 — Crow  vs.  Knapp 
1801 — Sofleld  va  Compton. 
1809— Moody     et    aL    va 

PelL 

1921 — Sullivan  TB.Jobnaon 

300U— Heath  "iX  aL   va  Ma- 
boney. 

1818— Mutual  Llta  Ins,  Co, 
Ta  Howland  et.  aL 

1097 — Norton  va   Buckey, 
tt  aL,  Atlm'ra 

2169— Abr»hams    ts.    By- 
man. 
3151a— Novelty  I'n  Works 
va.  Marata  et  aL 


BUFIBIOB  OOUBT— OnlRAL  TJtBM. 
Adjourned  aina  dia 

aUPBBIOB  COUBT — 8FBCIAL  TXBM. 

BeUL  by  Sedgwiek,  J. 
C«ie  on— Ka  54— Boody  vs.  TUdaa  et  aL      Ko  otber 
ease  wili  be  called  this  farm. 

BUPEBIOB  OOUBT — TBIAL   TBBK — FAST  L, 
Adjourned  fox  tha  term. 

BUPEBIOB  COUBT— TBIAL  TSBK— PAST  II. 
Adioumed  for  tbe  term. 

aUFBBIOB  OOUBT— TSL4L  TMHW— iPAjCT  OS. 
A<UaaaaaAXiiK  tba  Mxa% 


3 ;  and  aale  by  A.  H.  Muller  Sc  Sou  of  a  honae, 
with  lot,  on  Amity-st,  west  of  Laureua-st.,  tine  di». 
The  total  value  of  City  real  estate  sold  at  tbe  £x- 
chantte  for  the  week  endinz  Saturday,  Feb.  24,  was 
9204,285,  as  a|^klnst  •383,359,  tbe  fig  urea  fox  tbe  week 
preticoa. 

THIS  week's  saxes. 

For   the    preaent  week    at    the   Exchange,  nnlesa 

otberwiae  noted,  the  following  puuUc  tales  are  an- 
nounced t 

To-da]/,  (Monday^  Feb.  S6. 
By  £.  A.  Lawrence  &  t)o.,  Supreme  Court  fore- 
olosaruaale,  U.K8tt«ll,  Eiq.,  Beferee.of  tbobuildini;, 

wltn  plot  uf  land  43.9  oy  4t).  Kos.  87  and  99  Wall-st., 
aoutb-west  corner  «f  Water  at.  Also,  aimilar  sale,') 
B.  S.  McCafferty,  Esq.,  Referee,  ot  a  house,  with 
lot  1S.6  by  88.9,  on  West  S7ib-at,  north  side,  201.7 

feet  west  of  9tb-av.  Also,  similar  sale,  S.  J).  Q-ale,' 
£sq.,  Beferee,  of  a  plot  of  laud,  35  by  3U0,  ou  Man- 
hatian-Bt.,  north-east  corner  of  JBloomingdale-road. 

By  K.  y.  Uarnettt  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
aale,  £.  a.  Sohafer,  Kaq.,  Kcferea,  of  tha  bnildiuK, 
with  lot  21.3  by  57.6,  J[:4o.  3  Peek  alipi.  east  aide,  be- 
tween Pearl  and  Water  su.  Also,  Superior  Court 
foreolosftrersale,  S.  1.  Preemait,  £jq.,  Reteree,  of 
three  houses,  with  lots,  eaab  13.7  by  10S.S,  on  East 
85tb-st.,  south  tide,  67.4  teet  west  of  Lexiugton-av. 
Also,  Supreme  Court  fureolosuro  sale,  Pbilu  T.  Kug- 
glas,  £sq..  Ketei^e,  of  a  piot  Of  land,  S6.5  by  39  by 
68.4,  on  10(b-av..  east  side.  125  teat  north  ot  166tu-sC. 
Also,  a  plot  uf  land,  25  by  100  by  33  by  81.2,  oa 
lOib-av.,  east  sine,  SO  foet  north  of  lOOtb-st.  Also,  » 
Plot  of  land,  53.5  by  88  by  70.6,  on  West  107ib-st., 
aoutb  side,  46.7  feet  east  of  lOch-av.  Also,  oue  lot, 
25  by  7U.6  by  33  by  107.3,  on  West  107  ib  at.,  sonib 
side^  adjolBiog  above.. 

By  William  Kennetlv,  Suprajg^Conrt  foreolobore 
sale,  £■  1>.  Galf-,  Ksq.,  Ueferee,  of  a  bouse,  witb  lot 
89. 1  by  75,  oa  Sd-av..  waat  aida^  ^.1  feet  south  of 
43d-sU  _j. 

Mjr  J^atas  riJMioM^  B«BSC«ia«  VmAimuia^wcmXk 

'  .--•,..,.  .       ■.-.:-./ 

.v^l  •;-KV.-,^f.-;.^-K»»r&<i»' i'"-''    -.    ■■'  '■'■:- 


aale,  F.  V.  Lo«w,  Bsq..  Befat•^  of  a  booN.  'with  lot 
SMiby  100.5,  joa  Saat  asd-at..  tmrtb  aide,  400  faei  east 

of3d.av. 

Bv  Blaokwell,  Bikar  St,  WilUns,  Supreme  Court 
foreclosure  aala,  Olin  J.  Cl^osei,  Xso..  Beifsraa.  of 
one  lot.  35  by  94,  on  lst-«v..  eaat  aide,  (Ki.3  teet  north 
of  78tb-8t.;  also  similar  sale,  saide  Beferee,  of  two 
lots,  each  25  by  103.3,  on  East  76(h-at.,  north  aide,  Sn5 
feet  east  of  Sd-av. 

By  Scat*  &  Myers,  Sapreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  J.  MoNamee,  Bsq.,  Riiferae^  of  tbeJbree-Btory 
and  basement  brick  bouse,  with  lot  18.9  by  100.10, 
1^0. 127  Saat  115tb-at,  north  aid*,  S43.9  foot  east  of 
4th-av. 

By  B.  P.  -Fairchlld,  Snnrame  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  S.  P.  Stearns,  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  a  plot  of  land 
71.3  by  267.6,  on  lltb-av.,  north-east  boundary  line 
of  Sheppard  Enapp's  property,  plot  known  as  No. 
8  on  a  map  of  the  "  Institution  of  the  Deaf  and 
Hum t>"  property.  Also  a  plot  oCsland  100  bv  867, 
on  lltb-av.,  adjoining  above,  known  aa  lot  No.  7.  on 
same  map.  Also  a  plot  of  land,  180  by  232,  on  Kiag's 
Bridge  road,  north-west  boundary  line  of  Sheppard*: 
Knapo's  property,  lot  Itpown  as  No.  24.  Also,  »■ 
plot  of  laud  100  by  200  by  100.7  by  133,  on  King's 
Bndee  rogd,  west  aide,  Bdjoiuiug  above,  lot  Itnowa" 
aa  No.  23. 

luu^y,  Feb.  27. 

'  By  A.  H.  Muller  St  Son,  £xe<-.utors*  ^le  of  tb«^ 
estate  uf  John  H.  Powers,  deceaaed,  comprising  the 
following  extensive  list  of  property,  priDclpally  un- 
imnroved:  One  four-story  and  baSement  brown- 
stuae-front  boase,  with  lease  of  lot  28.8  by  13L  No.l 
632  5tb-av.,  west  side.  Si  feet  north  uf  Spth-st.,' 
leased  May  1,  1865,  tormTai  years,  with  three  re-;. 
s«wals;  ground  rent  $650  per  annum. 
Onit'  four-story  brick  bouse,  one  .  three-story 
brick  bouse,  and  ^  ihree-stery  frame  houRe,  with 
plot  of  land,  472  bv  75,1,  Noa  180  and  178  Canal-st., 
Boath-weat  ooruer  of  Mott-st.;  two  two-story  brick 
bouses,  witb  plot  of  land,  64.10  by  100,  Nos.  57  and 
59  Thompson-st.,  west  aide,  north  of  Broome-Bt.i  one 
plot  of  laud  41.5  by  20  by  44  bv  37.8  on  Elm-st., 
north-west  ourner  of  Catierine-lane ;  one  lot.  25  by 
08.9,  on  West  421-8t.,  aoutb  side,  300  feet  west  of  7th- 
av.;  oue  two-story  brick  bouse,  with  eight  lots,  eaeb 
25  by  100,  ou  3d-av.,  east  sldeg  whole  block,  fi^nt, 
between  06th  and  67tn  aU.;  fotirteen 
lots,  each  85  by  100  on  East  66tb-st.. 
north  side,  100  teet  east  of  3d-BV.;  14  lots,  each  25 
by  100.5,  on  East  67th-8t.,  south  side,  100  feet  east  of 
3d-a£..;  oue  plot  of  land,  150  by  127.10  by  62.10  by 
lil^Sy  200.10.  on  West  CS^b-si.,  north  side,  extenp- 
ih^  through  to  69th-st.  325  foot  west  of  Bth-av.;  16 
loie,  together  in  nize  306.2  by  57  by  393.6  by  169.6,  on 
Kiver*ido-av.,  commencing  uorth-eaat  corner  116t,h- 
st.i  oue  plot  of  land,  135,4  Oy  126.9  by  135.4  by  189.7, 
on  13lh-av.,  west  side,,  extending  to  Hudsou 
Kiver,  sontb-west  corner  116tb-8t.;  olot  of  laud, 
2U1.10  by  124.6,  on  18tb-av..  west  side,  be- 
twien  lieth  and  ll7th  sts.;  plot  of  land. 
124.2  by  11)3.9  by  129.7  by  — ,  on  12tb-av„  north- 
west comer  ll7th-atj  four  lotH.  e»cb  25  by  102.9, 
OD  West  e5tli-8t.,  aoutb  side,  175  feel  west  of  11th- 
av,;  one  lot  25.2  by  100,  on  18cb-av.,  north-east  cor- 
ner 94th-8t.;  plot  >of  ground,  —  by  297  by  275  by 
— .  ou  West  222d-st.,  north  aide,  330  feet  west  of 
Fuolio-drive,  Brooklyn  property:  3;i  lots  bounded 
by  Halleok,  Culumdia,  Sigourney,  and  Otsego  sts. 

By  William  Kanuellv,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  J.  Grant  Sinclair,  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  a  house, 
wHb  lot  34.6  by  61.  on  Crouveueur-at..  aontn-west 
corufr  Jkiaoison-st.;  also,  Supreme  Court  partition 
sale,  F.  K.  Smytb,  Esq.,  Itefei-eo,  of  a  bouse,  witb 
lot  20.1  by  50,  on  Lexiugton-av.,  nortb-eaat  corner 
24th-8t.  „       ^   ^ 

By  K.  V.  Harnett,  Supreme  Court  toreolosure 
sale,  W.  P  l>lxon,  Esq.,  Keferee,  of  a  boose,  with 
lot  25  by  100,  on  Kivington-st.,  aoutb-west  corner 
of  Columbia-st.  Also,  •  bouse,  with  lot  35  by  lUO, 
on  Columbia-st.,  west  side,  100  feet  south  of 
BiTington-st.  Also,  similar  sale,  C.  TT.  Em- 
bury, Eiq.,  Beferee,  of  one  lot,  25.5  by  lUO, 
on  llth-av.,  north-west  corner  68th-st.  Also  similar 
aale,  H.  W.  Kennedy,  of  a  plot  ot  land  100  bv  435  by 
—  by  436,  OB  lOthav.,  west  side,  extending  to  Har- 
lem Kivar.  known  as  plot  No.  18  on  map  of  123  acres. 

of  tbo  X:iaac  Dvckman  estate,  Jj'ort  George.  Also,  a 
plot  of  land  52.6  by  436  by  —  by  452,  on  10tb-»v., 
west  side,  adijoiuing  above,  known  as  lot  No.  19  ou 
same  map. 

iJy  Slevio  &.  McEIroy,  Sapreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  E.  V.  B.  Kenuedv,  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  a  house, 
With  lot  aw  bv  75  oy' 19.11  oy  75,  on  nh-AVi^  eaat 

aide,  80.4  foet  sootu  of  37th-at. 

By  Hugh  N.  Cimp,  Superior  Court  foreclosure 
aale.  W  S.  Yard,  £«q.,  Beteref,  of  una  lot,  25  by  100 
UD  21-av.,  south-east  corner  93irSt. 

By  bcutt  &  Myers,  Supreme  Court  foreolosure 
Bale.  W.  A.  Boyd,  £sq.,  Betoree,  of  one  lot,  20  by 
102.2,  ou  West  71st-su,  nui'th  aide,  410  feet  west  uf 
9cn-av. 

By  John  T.  Boyd,  Supreme  Court  foreolosure 
salr,  Lymau  W.  Bates,  Esq.,  Beferee,  ofa  plot  of  land, 
33.6  by  9U,  on  East  ll8iU-ai.,  uurtu  side,  389  feet  east 
u(  4ili-av. 

By    U.  M.   Seaman,    Suoreme    Court  foreclosure 
sate,  William  Sinclair,  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  a  plot  of 
land,   21U.1U   by  502.5,  ou  3J-av.,  west  side,   whole 
front,  between  134  ih  and  125th  sts. 
>i'e(in<»daj/.  Etb.  28. 

By  Lonis  Mesier,  Sunteme  Court  foreclosure  sale, 
JoUn  J.  Xhumasseu,  Eq.,  Ueteres,  ofa  house,  with 
lot  24  by  90,  ou  Madisuu-st..  sonta  aide,  172.6  laec 
west  uf  Chutuu-st.  Abto  aimilar  sale,  same  Bef. 
eree,  ot  a  uuune.  with  lot  25  by  98.9,  on  Baat  40tb-st., 
sunth  side,  125  feet  west  ot  Isi-av. 

By  A.  J.  Bleeeker  Sc.  Sun,  fureolbsore  sale,  by 
order  if  tbe  Court  uf  Common  Pleai*,  F.  \f.  Luew, . 
£^a.,  Beferee,  ut  a  bouse,  witu  lot  21  bv  100,  No. 
164  Lewiv-sU,  east  side,  between  3d  and  4th  sts. 
A. so,  similar  sale,  same  Roieree,  of  one  lot,  25  by 
1U2.2,  ou  East  7Sih-st.,  north  side,  169  feet  west  of 
— ,  Also,  siupreme  Court  foreclosure  sale, 
Joseph  A.  Welcn,  Esq.,  Beleree,  of  two  lots,  each 
25  by  100,  OO  163d-st,  north  side,  100  feet  west 
of  lielmouico-place.  Also,  two  plots,  each  37.6'by 
IbO,  ou  Xeasdale-plaae,  aoutb  aide  100  feet  we.st  ot 
Delmonlco-place.  Als ',  Blmilar,  sale,  same  Beferee 
of  properly  at  Yankers. 

By  a.  U-  Ludlow  &  Co.,  Supreme  Court  fore- 
closure sale,  Fi'eling  U.  Smith,  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  a 
bouse,  with  lot,  2a.i0  oy  66.,  No.  28  Ollver-st., 
east  side,  42.10  leet  north  of  Madison-st. 

By  K.  V.  Harnett,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  Jodn  Pyne,  Esq.,  Beteree,  ot  the  house,  with 
lut,  16.8  by  luO.5,  No.  514  West  43dst.,  south 
slue,  '.ilti  8  leet  west  ot  lOtb-av. 

Br  LL  W.  Coates,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale.  B  B.  Uutiiim,  Eaq.,  Buleree,  of  one  lot,  S3  by 
lUO  by  35  by  lOd,  on  Ogden-sU,  south-east  comer  of 
Orchard-st.,  Morrisauia. 

Ttiursday,  March  1. 

By  Lespinasse  &  Friedman,  public  auction  sale  of 
the  tbree-story  and  basement  brown-scone-front 
bouse,  with  lot,  2i)  by  62,  No.  739  Lexingtun-av.,  east 
side,  205  feet  sjuth  uf  59Ui-st.;  also,  similar  bouse, 
with  lot,  30  by  102.2,  No.  439  West  7l8t-8t.,  north 
Hide,  490  luet  west  oi  9i,n-av.;  also,  one  lot,  28.9  by 
l-.iS  by  46.1  by  126,  on  lOtu-av.,  south-east  corner 
ld5tii-s;.;  also,  ouo  lot.  25  by  70.4  by  25.2  by  73.9,  on 
165th-st..  south  side,  300  feet  east  of  lOih-av.;  two 
k)i«,  together  in  nize  50  by  88  by  50.6  by  80.8,  on 
165iu-su,  nurib  side,  100  feet  east  ot  lOtuav.;  also, 
SIX  lots,  each  25  by  199.10,  on  159tb-at.,  north  side, 
exteudmg  ihrougu  to  160(b-st.,  175  feet  east  of  Bou- 
levard. 

By  William  Kennelly,  Supreme  Court  fore^laanre 
sale,  J.  M.  Levy,  E«q.,  Beferee.  of  tha  bouse,  -v^th 
lot,  24  bv  78,  No.  304  Bast  Broadwav,  south  side,  72 
feet  east  of  Soammel-si, 

By  B.  Y.  Harnett,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  John  S.  Berry,  E^iq.,  Befbree,  of  tbe  bouse, 
with  lot.  25  oy  109  by  115  oy  114.9,  No.  42  Prince-st., 
south  qide,  between  Mott  aud  Mulberry  sts.;  also 
ibe  house,  with  lot,  25  oy  114.9  by  25  by  125.6,  No.  44 
Pnuce-st..  soutb  aide,  adjoiiune  above;  aiso,  similar 
tale,  Samuel  Marsb,  Esq.,  Keteree,  of  three  lata., 
each  25  oy  102.2,  ou  East  74ih-Bt.,  south-west  corner 
01  4tu-Ay. 

By  Louis  Mesier,  Supreme  Court '  foreclosure 
sale,  Jobn  Lindlev.  Esq.,  fieiuree,  of  one  lot,  23 
by  lUO  5  ou  East  63d-8(.,  south  side,  180  feet  east 
of  adrav.;  aiso  similar  sale,  Charles  H.  Phelps, 
'Kaq.,  iteferee,  of  12  lota,  each  25  by  lUO.ll  on  East 
97iu-st.,  Bouru-west  corner  3a-av. 

By  H.  W.  Coates,  bupreme  Conrt  foreclosure 
sale.  B.  E.  McCafforty,  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  a  plot  of 
laud  l'.t3  oy  93  by  t2o  oy  13u  on    If'rankllu-av.,    uortb 

side,   100  feet  east  of  Fultuu-st.,  Mumsania. 

By  E.  A.  Lawrence  St  Co..  Supreme  Cuart  fore- 
closure sale,  E.  B.  Suhater,  of  two  lots,  each  25  by 
^  block  ou  West  150i,n-st.,  aontn  aide,  425  teet  east 
01  lUlh-av. 

By  Peter  F.  MBy«r,  public  auction  sale,  amanaion. 
house  and  out  buildings,  witbatranc  15  acres  of  land, 
at  Isiip,  South  Side,  L,ong  Island,  late  residence  of 
lieorgo  \V.  Beors,  deceased. 

Hy  .     i  as  Carpemer'a  Hotel,  Morrisaaia,  at 

12  o'clock,  Sapreme  Court  fareolosure  sale,  S.  L>. 
Ulfford,  Esq.,   Beleree,  of  two  lots,  each  85  by  100, 

on  KotreatsiV.,  soath-vrest  corner  Boso-st., .  Mor- 

rieania. 

Friday,  liarehi. 

By  Lonii  Mesier,  Saureme  Coort  foredosare  sale, 

Juno  Lnwis,  E^q.,  Keteree,  of  a  house,  with  lot, 
SJ    by   lUO,    ou   Cuarltoo-su,  south   aiuei,    366.6    teet 

aust  ot  Yarick-sij  also,  similar '  sale,  same 
Beferee,  of  a  bouse,  witb  lot,  25  by  100,  on  Spring- 
au,  ;90utb  side,  known  as  lut  2fo.  24  on  a  mai>  of 
Chdrub  Farm  ,■  auo,  similar  aale,  same  Beteree,  of 
a  plot  uf  laud,  486  by  256.7  by  613  by  130.10  by  333.3, 
on  King's  Bi'idgu-i'oad,  north  side,  adjuimug  tbe 
lauds  01  Isaac  Dyckman. 

By  Scott  &  Myers,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
eaU',  P.  J.  Joachimaen,  Eeq,.  Beferee,  of  a  four- 
story  aud  basement  browu-stona-bouse,  with  lot 
19  by  100.5,  ou  East  63th-streat,  north  aide,  187  feet 
weat  ol  4tu-aveuue. 

By  B.  y.  Harnett,  Supreme  Court  foreoloaare 
sale,  George  P.  Sinitn,  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  one  lot, 
30  by  102.3  by  40  by  30  by  8-3.2,  on  Eaat  79tb-at., 
uurui-wosi  corner  Lextugtou-av. 

(Saturday,  March  3. 

By  E.  H.  liudlow  &■  Co.,  Surrogate  Court  sale, 
James  11.  Clark,  Eiiq.,    Exeuntoi-,   of  the   four-story 

bnok  bouse,-  with  lease  uf  lot,  16.d  by  90  8  by  16,8  by 
89,  No.  57  Jobn-sL,  north  aide,  627  leec  east  of 

X>atcb-su  Leased  May  1,  1873,  cerm  ^1  years  ; 
ground  rent,  $1,200  per  annum  aud  taxes. 

jd.vE.  A.  Lawienoe  &.  Co.,  Sapreme  Court  fore- 
closure aale.  J.  P.  Liidwith,  E.iq.,  Beferee,  of  » 
house,  wichjot,  1Q.6  by  93.9,  on  Went  30th-at.,  soatn 
eiue,  2S2.6  teet  east  of  9tb-av. 

By  Soott  Sc.  Myers,  Supreme  Coort  foreolosnre 

aale,  Charles  E.  Lydeoker,  Esq.,  Beferee,  of  a  four- 
story  and  oasement  brown-sione-lront  house,  with 
lot,  21.7  by  100.5,  on  West  S7ib-BU,  north  aide,  68 
feet  west  of  Oth-av. 

By  B.  P.  Fairchlld,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  Bobert  SeweH,  Esq.,  Beferee,  uf  six  lots,  each 
25  by  loO,  on  West  85th-st.,  noith  aide,  900  feet  eaat 
uf  9tn-av. 


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^Hdtty,  JM.  88. 


DWBIOMrGS  TO  WSL 


EZ0SAN6E  SALSS~iiATUBJ>A.Z,   iBB.  84. 

NKW-YOBX. 

By  itoui*  Mener. 

1  tbree-stery  and  basement  bi-iek  boiue,  with  , 

lease  ot  lot.  uast  obth-st.,  a.  a.,   583  ft  e.  of 

ist-uv,  lot  20  oy  65.8  ;  leased  iNov.  1,  1870. 

term  19  years  and  6  mouths,  uanaal  ground 

rontof  «240.... ,..   $4,000 

1  iive-Btor.y  bri,jlc  tonement-houcie,  wita  lot,  on 
Xlth-av.,  s.  w.  corusr  of  46ch  at.,  let  25x100.   13,800 
By  feter  F.  ISeitr. 
1  tbEse-story  Crame   house,   with  plot  of  land. 


60tb-at.  a.  •..  1»8  *t  w.  ofW-aT.,  40*100.8;     ^ 

l#9^^alfST,^U^lWl1l5J2Sf^i6bf"'*^ 
23d  Wtea:  QtitnV.  SooinfOia  tttd  wt&  to 
8. c.w«ii..,;i— - ,:.-—" .-;..— —li-. «,  nom. 

Ist-av.. «.  •.,  76  It. «.  of  116th:«t.,  25x91;  W.  J,  ,„  . 
Sinclair.  KafiezM.  to  Owntbtoa  D«aoT»»....„.  1 1,1W 
Irvlna-Dlaoe,  a.  •-  «OT«er  IBth-at,  97^06.8;  ^ 

ead-st-.n-a,  160ft.  e.  of  10th-»v.,  »5xlO0.8; 

Martba  Buck  and  husband  to  Qaorgo  Leu«ch- 

ner ...;............. lo,80D 

79tb-»t..  n.  a,   146  ft  e.  of  2d-av.,  40xl»2Ji5 

also,  78th-Bt,  n:  a..  206  ft.  e.  of  ad-av: .  20x 

102.2 ;  also,  79tb-st,  a  s.,  846  ft.w.  of  Ist-av., 

20x102.35  K  Kllpatrlok  and  wite  to  l.  O.  _„  ^^ 

Brlgliam. .- 73,000 

C»tharine-st.  s.  ••.  comer  Cbatbam-st.,  34.6? 

60;  J.  9.  Bmah  and  w^f*  to  W.  S.  Sejibour .-     3,981. 
12th-av..  S.W.  comer  lSiitb.st..  15.3x$L}0i 

Bachel  Sayre  to  Henry  i>-  Uayre 4.000 

120tb-st.,a'8.,  S4a9ft.e.of  Avenue  A,  l8.9x 

10u:il;  L.  Kiokel  and  husband  to  F.  8chnita     6,000 
41-st,   D.   s..  275  ft  e.  of  8tb-av..  26x98.9; 

Jacob  Deboben  and  wife  to  V.  fluf...., 7,000 

114tb-st..   north   side,   338.9  ft.  w.  DfS3d-»T., 

18.9x100.11  i  Ihmiel  Laughlin  and  wife  to  J. 

McCloskey , 7,600 

114tb-st,  n.  s.,  33a9  ft.  w.  of  8d-av.,^18.9x 

lOail;    James     McCloskey     and  wifa   to 

Bridget  LaugbUn 7,600 

120tb-st,  s.   B..  98.2>3  ft  w.   of  2d-av..  SOx 

100.10 ;  a.  J.  V.  Aloltelay  imd  taiuband  to  J. 

June , ., som. 

86th-at,  s.  8..  30O  ft.  e.   of  3d^av.,   23x102.2; 

John  McCooiand  wife  to  Thomas  J.  Crombie:     4,600 
Avenue  B,  e.  s.,  3U0  11.  s.  of  CllS-st.,  200x150; 

also  Avenue  O,  e.    s.,  400  ft.  s.  of  Cltff-st., 

50x169.6.23d  Ward  ;   Charles  J.  Mehrbas  to 

'   BUseStgel nom. 

Hesterat ,  s.  e.  comer  of  Centre,  47-4  'az57. 6 ;         ^ 

H.  C.  Von  Post  to  B.  A.  Le  Boy...... 40,740 

69tb-at.,  n.  8.,  155  ft   w.   af  Madison-ar.,  30x 

100  :  T.  E.  Boot  toH.  B.  tngersoU nom. 

131st-st,  8.  s.,   219.1   ft   w.  Of   Madison   av.. 

ia2x99.11;  Margaret  Bay  and  husband  to 

W.  Maokeilar 14,000 

West-st.  lot  Ka  26,  50x100,  James  L.  Welia 

toW.  D.  Corcoran 876 

lOth-av..  n.  e.  corner  05th-8t.,  650x201.5 ;  W. 
.  P.  Dixon,  Referee,  to  Mutual  Life  Insurance 

Company '. 79,000 

88th-st..  I.  e.,  100  ft.  w.  of  llth-av..  lOO.Sx  -> 

126;  O.  6. 8edgwiok.  ICeferee.  to  J.  T.  Billon.  .10,600 
.liadison-st,  ti.  s.,  96  tt.  e.  of  Scammel-st.,  21x 

96:      J.    Frankenbelmer,   Ueferee,     to     U. 

Mahler 10,600 

Madison-st,  n-  s.,  96  ft.  e.  of  Scammei-aL,  24x 

96:  R.  K.  Farrell to  M.  Mahler 5,000 

21at-Bt,  B.  s.,  69  ft  e.  of  Ist-av.,  27x69  ;    also, 

Ist-av.,  e.  B.,  46  ft  s.  of  21s^st,  23x6i$.8i 

A.  CzakL  Beferee,  to  B.  Earle •  6,000 

Sonuvler-st.  s.  a.,   130  ft^w.  of  Cortiand-av., 

60x100,   23d  Ward;    C.  C.  BIselow.  Beferee, 

to  J.  bruggemann 1,060 


JA»IE8  O.  ED  WARDS, 

BEAL      BSTATB       BFtOKBR       Ain> 

AtiE.NT  OF  B8TATE8. 

HO.    107    WBBT    23D-ST., 

Corner  6th-av. 

HOUSES    FOB    aALh:    AND    TO    BENT, 
FOB^ISdED  AMD  DMFURNISHED, 

in  City  aud  country. 

JAME^'^W^  EOW  AHDS, 

No.  lOTWest  23d-st. 


FOtt    SJALB— BROAD WiY    PROPkBTV,  CON8I3T- 
ing  of  extraordinary  choice  plots,  with  improve- 
me|ftB  thereon: 

42d-Bt.,  n.  e.  corner,  substantially  improved,  106x100.^ 
49th-st,  IL  w.  comer.  Improved,  125x100. 
38tn-st.,  n.  e.  corner,  improved.  98x140. 
SOth-st.,  n.  w.  corner,  substantially  improved,  47x92. 
Here  is  a  rare  opportunity  affjrded  to  capitalists  and' 
others  to  secure  such  permanent  investments  in  this 
most  desirable  property  ac  tbe  present  tune.  For 
terms  and  partiouiais  applv  direct  to  tne  owner, 

JOsilAU  J£X,  No.  1,235  Broadway. 


Cl^nSB  TOB-IFTH  AV. 
—For  sale  at 


ON  mURKAV  HILL, 
reasooaoie  figure,  an  extra-sized 
bouse,  flnisbed  to  tbe  very  best  manner,  uf  most  sub- 
stantial bnild.  and  complete  in  all  its  arrangements, 
being  one  of  the  floKst  houses  now  o£Fered  tor  sale. 
If  nut  sold,  wlU  be  rented  or  leased  unfurnished,  witb 
flxtmes.  Permits  from  F.  G.  &.  C.  8.  BBOWfi,  Mo,  90 
Broadway. 


WANTED.— OWNERS  AND  BOD8EHOLDKB8  HAV- 
ing  nouses  lor  sale  or  to  rent  are  solicited  to  enter 
the  same  upon  our  books.  Orders  and  descriptions  by 
mail  will  be  promptly  attended  to. 

JAMES  R.  EDWARDS, 
Beal  Estate  Broker,  (tc. 
Ho.  107  West  23d-st.  corner  Oth.av. 


TU  SHIP  BUILDERS,  drc. 

Valuable  dock  property  at  Qreenpoint  (50  lots)  be- 
tween Ureen  and  Huron  sts,,  West  et,  and  East  Blvsr. 
Lease  tor  live  vears  trom  May  1,  1877.  Apply  to  U. 
W.  bAQ  a  U  CO.,  No.  67  Wall  st,  or  W.  B.  LTON  &. 
CO.,  No.  483  Broadwav. 


F  UK  SAL.K.— A  FIRST-CLASS  FULLSlZiiD  HOUSB 
on  Uadison-av.,  between  32d  and  33d  sta.;  $25,- 
000  can  remain  on  bend  and  mortgase  at  6  per  cent. 
For  permits,  itc.,  apply  to  B.Oliii.it  MOEaAIT,  So.  2 
Plue-st. 


FOR  bAjLB— A  FIBST-CLAS8  FULL-SIZED  HOD6B 
on  39tb-st.,  oetweaj  Madison  and  Park  ava;  price, 
!i>4'.',500l.    For  parmits,  &c,  apply  to 

UOMKR  MORQAN.  No.  2  Flne-st 


FUR  SALE  UK  TO  LET— SMALL,  HAXDSOUB- 
anJ  convenient  new  brown-stone  houses,  llith  st, 
4th  aud    Lexinzton   avs.     Apply  on  premises,  or  to 
>.,  No.  :"  ■- 


Messrs.  BLOOOGOOD  &.  CO., 


19  Nassau  st 


Ij>UKs>ALtC  UR  TU  RBNT- ELEGANTLY  AND 
.  tuliy  lumlshed^  a  first-class  full-sued  house  on  West 
&8th-st.,  close  to  oth-av.  For  permits,  ko.,  apply  to 
HUMKR  MORGAN,  No.  2  Pine-st 


ALiAUI^E  MUiHBEtC   OF  UUUSEai   BBLONGK, 
ing  to  estates  and  Institations  for  sale  or  rent  at' 
low  races.     KINGMAN  F.  PAUB,  No.  42   East  23d  st    - 


rpU  KX  UANUE  — A  HANDSOMELY  BUILT 
JL  tbree-siu.  i-biladelphia  brick  house,  tree  and 
Clear,  lu  broo.dyu,  near  Or.  Cuyler's  cburch.  tor  a 
house  in  Now- York  in  good  location j  would  asstime  a 
small  mortgage.  Address  UO(JSE,'Box  No.  311  TIMES 
UP-IOWN  OFFICE,  NO.    1,267  BROAl^nAY. 


IJtOa.  ISALK.-OH  THE  HILli.  VERY  CBEAP  OK 
?  easy  terms  ;  the  beautiful  double  brick  house,  with 
exteuuion;  three  lots  of  cound:  No.  195  Clermont,  cor- 
ner Wiilougfaay-av.    Inquire  on  tue  premises. 


I^UR  SALE— TBIBTBBil  SMALL  KAHM8,  TWO 
7  and  one-bai!  to  tea  acres  each,  in  Ridgewood,  K.  J.; 
all  within  one  mile  of  station.  Erie  Railroad ;  worth 
ffom  $1,000  to  $5,000  each;  will  be  sold  at  bargains, 
one-quarter  cash ;  balance  on  mortgage,  five  years,  at 
4  per  ceut  interest  Address  G.  P.  B. ,  Post  Ofdoe  Box 
No.  672.  New-YorK  City. 


ORAmUB.   N.    J. -(COUNTRY     HODSBS.     LAITDN. 
andviLage  xits  for   sale:  a  Kteat    variety.     Also, 
ttiniislied  and  unfurnished   uottsea  fo  let  for    eeason  ot ' 
jear,   by  WAtTKK  R,  .-iMtTH.    tormery    BlackweJlt) 
Snatli.  Uvauxe,  euruer  of  Uain  and    •''one  ssa. 


REAL^STATEJ^TA^^TIOK 

Adbian  B.  Mullbb,  Auctioneer. 
lOCECUTUUSI'  SALE. 

VALUABLE    IMPROVED    AND     DSIMPROVED- PBOP-, 

KRTY. 

ESTATE  OF  JOHN  H.  POWKB,  Deceased. 

Adriau  U.  Muller  &  f>on  will  sell  at  auction  on  TBES- 
DAY,  Feb,  27,  at  12  o'clock,  at  the  Exchange  sales- 
room. No.  Ill  Broadway,  by  order  of  the  tmdersigned 
Executors  of  Jobn  ti.  Power,  deceased: 

Fifth  Avbnuk— Tbe  first-class  four-story  brown- 
stoue-front  bouse  aud  lease  of  lot,  l^o.  6^2  6tb  av, , 
west  side,  between  50lb  and  &lst  sts.  The  bouse  is  05 
leet  in  depth,  with  an  extension  of  35  feet,  with  party 
walls,  and  ooutaitis  every  modem  improvement.  The 
lot,  leased  from  Columbia  College,  is  2S.8xl31feet 
Tbe  lease  is  for  21  years  txoia  May  1,  1865,  at  annual 
ground  rent  of  $650,  laxes  and  assessments,  and  con- 
tains covenants  tur  renewals. 

FooKTH  AvKNUK— Tho  fouT-story  briok  stores,  witb 
lease  of  lots,  sltuato  on  tbe  easterly  side   of  4ui    av., 

commencing  ou  tbe  north-east  comer  of  11th  st.,'Nos. 
93,  95,  97,  99,  and  101  4tb  av.  Tbe  leases  are  firom 
the  Stuyvesuut  estate. 

Stokb  and  Pbaki.  Stkkbts— The  briok  stores  and  lots 
No.  26  iStone  anu  No.  61  Pearl  st,  running  through 
from  Pearl  to  btoue  st 

Cksxh  ADO  Mott  Strxbts — Tbe  briok  and  frame 
bnildiuKS  and  lota  2<os.  178  and  180  Caual  st,  comer  of 
Mott  st 

>  THIHD  AVinUB,  SiXTT-BIXTH  AND  SlXTT-SBVBHTH 
Stkbbts— Kigbt  lots,  comorisiug  the  entire  easterly 
ftout  un  3d  av.,  between  66tb  and  67tb  sis.,  and  14 
lots  on  tiOth  St.  and  14  lots  on  67th  st,   commencing 

100  leet  east  Of  the  3d  av.;  street  lots  each  25xlUo 

feet,  except  the  two  easterly  lota  on  each  street  which 
are  30xloO  feet  eacb 
Thompson  tSTaaBT— The  Dnlldinss  and  lots  Nos.  67 

and  59  Thompson  st,  west  side,  near  Broome  st,  each 
lotabout  32.5x100  feet. 

FoKTT-sBCuND  STSBBT — Ono  lot,  Bouth  Side,  300  '  feet 
west  of  7th  av.,  ^5x98.9. 

SIITT-81GHTH   AND    iSlXTT-mNTH    STBEETS-SiX   lOtS, 

north  side  Of  b8th  st,  commeuomg  326  feet  west  of 
8tb  av..  and  four  lots,  souLb  slue  of  ttOth  St.,  commenc- 
,lug  375  feet  west  of  8tn  av. 

JliVBaaiDK  A VBiroi— Sixteen  lots  on  tbe  easterly  side 
of  Kiverslde  av.,  commencing  ou  tbe  corner  of  llbtb 
Bt  and  opposite  H1vers.de  Park. 

Twelfth  AvajruB —Tbree  plots  of  water  lots  on  12th 
av.,  between  115ih  and  lluth  sts..  opposite  Blverslde 
Park. 
hiQHTT-riFTH  StbasT— Pour  lots,  south  side,  between 

the  lltn  itud  Riverside  avs. 

Twblpth  AVENiTB  Alto  94Ta  Btsbbt — One  water  lot 
north-east  corner  of  i2th  av.  and  94th  st, 

&FIIXIBN  BUXVIL  CKBBK  AND  222d  SiBKBr-About  19 
lots. 

BDGH  CASSIOY,  Executor. 
HEKBIETXA  &  POv\'ER,  Executrix, 
of  John  B.  Power,  deceased. 
Book-maps  at  the  office  ot  tbu  Auctloueer,  No.  7  Pine. 
St..  and  ot  tbe  Executors.  No.  11  Pine  st 


L£MPlNAei!i£  dk:  FKIBDAIAN  WILL  SKLL 
at  auction  on  >  huraoay,  March  1,  at  12  o'clock 

M:,at  tbe  Exchauxe  Sales-room.  No.  Ill  Broadway,  de- 
•ir,tble  lots  situate  on    lOtb-av.,    lagtb,    lOUth,   and 

165tb  Sts.  Also  the  two  brown-stone  houees.  No.  739 
Lexiugton-ar.  and  No.  439  West  71st-it  For  partio* 
ulars  apply  to  the  anotionaers.  No.  3  Pine-st 


DWELLINGS  TO  LET. 

OCNTitt^r~5KAT"'TO~EKT'"AT     BOABBOBO^ 
Hudson  Biver  Railroad,  on  river;  12acr«a;  t-^onse 

fully  lumisiied;    good  garden  and  gardener.    )t«a(. 

$900  from  tbe  Ist  of  May  to  Not.  1.    Apply  to  Oaik  A. 

b.  WEBB,  No.  16  Lexington  av.  


LOiNO    BBAMOil,     inuN.nOiJTU    BliACU, 
and  SeabriKht  oottaf e*  to  rent  for  tbe  Snmanar. 
Full  partloulats  and  oaialognes  may  be  had  from 

F.  e.  *  0;  B.  BBOWH, 

So.  90  Broadway. 


mo  LET— A  FODB-STQBY  bouse  on  18T«  gT., 
X  first  door  eaat  of  Broadway :  wUl  be  let  to  a  raspoa- 
aible  tenant  at  a  moderate  rent 

Apply  to  H.  B.  CAUHANH. 

•  No.  25  l-lne  at 


ACHARMXNCJ    HODSB    TO    RENT    TERT 
re»sonable.   45th-8t.   near   Lextogton   av.,  thr««- 
atory,  nigh  atsop,  beautiful  ordai.    Appl.y  at  once. 
'OGBEN  A  CLARK.  Broadway,  corner  of  Itth-at. 


ir»DV,   0V  UUUUV17V  A^VM*  .^..vj     **.»i..     .^ow-AWtS., 


tieea  and  splendid  lawns;   t^' 
^bottom;  AmsibMi  In  hard  Wi 


with  rraif '  apd  othdk 
frescoed  from  top  t» 
contalna  batb-room. 


faa,  aad  aU  othef  ImanTMWfntB  ()f  a  City  boiwe;  at»> 
ue,  hbt-ItmUe.  1(04  MO  otber  elegant  places  on  Ced- 
^  9$Uip^ot  Hvn-Jmm,  50  S^*^  *"P  *"*' 
York;  nsoaa  and  gnmuaa  m  Bpleodid  order ;  fineat  lo- 
iatitoln  ffeW-Jeraagi  to  ilsat  bbeap.  Apply  to  J.  A. 
WOODS.  QfAoe  of  Jb*  Bortli  American  Life  Inautanoa 
Edmlmr:  Mm.  iTand  19  WiSnm  at.  New-York.  b«. 
twa^n  11  and  2  c'elock- -^^ 

TQBBNT-IN  CLATBEACK.Jf.  Y.,  NKAB  GLAV- 
eraoH' College  and  Budaon  River  Institute,  th'rea 
dwelllng-houaea.at  $6  a  mouth;  one-large  double  two- 
atory  honae,  with   three  acres  g^tlen.  at  Si4  50  a 

Sontb;  a  Un-abop  and  eatabbahed  biulneaa  and  dweU- 
g  near;    for  both,  $r2araobtb,  ai:d  rent  taken  in 
work.    Address  K  G.  STPDLHY. 

O  tiBT.— ELEGANT  BBOWN..STO.VK  ANil  BKICC 

houses  on  MadUon  av.   and  side   streets   near  th« 

Psrk;  three  aqd  four  gtorioi    cabinet  finish,   with 

mirrors,  Jto. ;  rent  from  96U0  to  $4,500.    Apply  to  j, 

A.  WOODS,  ol&ee  North  America  Life   Insnranoe  Com- 

f»py,  Nos.  17  snd  19  W^rreu  st,  iiew-Yprk,  between 
1  and  12  o^olock.  

O  LET— AT  A  Low  RUNT,  OViiRLOOKING  TBB 

Central  Park,  a  drst-class  four-story    brown-stone 

honse,  with  rapid  transit  from  SSth-st-    Also,  carlor 

flat  of  No,  64  Cui)ton-pl»ce.  eigni  rooms,  opposite  the 

Brevocrt  Botise.    Address  OWNER,  Box  No.  1,174. 

ri^O  LET— UOBSE  NO.  232  EAST  IITH  ST.,  BE- 
Xtweeii2dand  3d  avs.,  cohtaihing  ad  the  modern 
improvements,  will  be  let  low  to  good  parties.  For 
particulars,  Ac.,  apply  to  M.  BCBEVSRBIA  A  CQ.,  So. 

BO  Beayerst 


TtTEW-BRlKHTONi 

X^  Houses  to  let,  riirnished  and  untumished. 


&TATBN 


to  W.  F.  UHirTliSDii.V, 


li^UANO.- 

ihed.      Apply 

Ko.  48  Ex4han<;e-plaoe. 


srOKhJS,  &0.,    JO  LEX. 


OFFICES  TO  LB-P 

IN  THR 
TIMES  BUILPIMO. 
AFl^LT  TO 

GBOR6B  JONBS. 
^     TIMES  OFKICBr 


ELEGANT  (SUITE  OK  OPFIC£S,  NUS.  69 
and  61  Wall  St.,  to  rout,  tormerl.v  occupied  by 
Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Companv;  elevator,  fine  light, 
and  steam  heat ;  snitable  for  banldng  or  iusuranca; 
will  be  divided  to  suit.    Apply  to 

F.  G.  t  C.  S.  BROWN.  No.  aO"BTOadway. 

tiTOBIEb,  47    BT 
Apply  at  Ho.  257  West 


A  FACTORY  TO  LET— FIVE 
100,  27th-Bt,  near  8th  av. 


EIC1HTH>AV.     STORK,     VVBST    SIDB,    BB- 
tiveen  SUd  and  34tb  sts.    Apply -to 
J.  ROMAINE  BROWN,  No.  I. '.iSO  Broadway. 

O    LKT— iHK    STORK     AND    BASEMENT,    NO.  3 

New  Chambers  St,  now  occupied  as  a   restaurant 
Apply  to  W.  L.  CO.NKLIS,  No.  l.j  4th  av. 

U  MANUFAC'i'URERS.— SPLENDID   FLOORS.' 
with  steam-powe^   fee.     Nos.  154  and  156'  West 
19th  st 

STEAM  fUWERANU  FlR-sT  FLOUR  AND 
cellar,  50x80  feet,  Nos.  188  anl  190  West   Botuton 
Bt    Inquire  in  tbe  corner. 

.j 

REAI..  ESTATE  TO  EXCHANUE.— WANTED. 
a  small  country  place,  three  or  four  acres,  (West 
Chester  County  preferred,)  with  a  good  house  unin- 
cumbered, worth  from  £3,000  to  $4,000,  tor  which  » 
well  assorted  stock  ot  readv  made  clothing  wUl  be 
given.  Address,  giving  partlcalars,  HANSON,  Station 
D,  New-Iotk. 


rpO  LET  OR  LBAME— A  CoU.nTKX   BBaUOBNCB 
X  at  Oraenwioh,  Oonu.,  near  xailroad  depot,  oaiuiat- 


DEX  GOODS. 


HOTELS, 

STM-BOATS,illCHURCEES 


BUPPXilED  WITH 


CARPETS, 

Upholstery  Goods^ 

AND    LINENS, 

AT 

flDUISIU  Fim 

Our  facilities  for  executiug  this  oZom  of 
work  are '  unstirpatsed,  and  thf  most  Experir 
enced  Workmen  have  been  Spe<Hall]/  Employed 
for  ihii  Iranch  of  Imtiness, 

Aiolil,^Mai&Co. 

Broadway  and  19th-si 

R.H.IVIACY&CO. 

SPECIALTIES. 

DRESS-MAKIIVG. 

'   BLACK  DBBliS  SILKS.     BOrS'  CLOTHINa 

f  UNLIKE  any  otber  estaDlishment  in  tbe  oonntry. 

FOREIGN  DSr  OOODS,  FANCY  OOODS,  and  HOVBb 
TIES  by  every  EDBOFEAif  STBAUBB. 
;^    OEtBEBS  BY  MAIL  BBCBIVB  SPBCIAIi  CABB. 
^^  CATALOGIIES   FEBK  --- 

14TH  ST.  AND  6TH  AVENUE,  N.  1. 


__BUSDJESSJJ1±A;^^ 

PAPER.  HAN&IN6S  AlAM  CF ACTOK  Y  . 

For  Sale  or  to  Lease— Large  and  eligible,  containing 
64.000  square  leet  of  floor  space;  with  ample  yard 
room,  situated  oii  Simmons  st,  Boston,  together  with 

all  the  MACHINEay  .^KvV  PRINTS  COT  THIS  YKAR, 
TOOLS,    OTENolLS.    ANO  FIXTORBS  f.r    tbe  manfao- 

tuie  of  paper  hangings,  colors,  aud  tbe  repairing  of 
machinerv,  Ac.,  with  Stesm  tinglne.  Shafting,  Belting, 
and  Steam  and  Gas  Fixtures,  all  complete.-  Tbe  ma* 
oblnery  is  in  tne  very  best  condition,  and  ot    the  most 

approved  and  labor-saviug  kind,  nnd  a'  present  in  full 
operation.  It  will  be  sold  or  leased  iu  whole  or  io 
part,  ou  highly  favorable  terms.  The  buildings  are  so 
arranged  tuat  they  oaa  be  occupied  entire  or    divided. 

For  further  narciculffif  address  No.  147  Frankdnat,- 
Boston,  Mass. 


-pAJKXNER      WANTED— I.V     A     GOOD       WSLI.- 

-'-   established  and  profitable  buaineBi,  centrally  lo* 

cated  in  the  City  of  Rochester,  comprising  stoves,  tin, 
and  sbeet-lron  w^are,  hoose-iamisbiaa  Koods,  and    (ear 

eral  )obbing  work;  a  capital  of  S.4,000  reqntred.  Ad- 
dress E.,  Box  No.  145  Timet  Office,  or  EDWARD  JONES, 
Rochester,  No.  16  Soutb  St  Paul  st. 


FOR    SALK-DRUQ    STORE  (ASSIGKBE'S  SALSl 
will  be  disposed  of  at  a  bantnin;    low  rent:   fine  lo- 
cstion;  easy  lerm*.     GKORGE  S.  GLtNlilB,  S  Cedar-at. 


^aOggES  AffP  CAll.BLaLGES. 

The  nn-town  office  of  THB  TIMES  la  located  at 
No.  1,'^57  Broadway,  bet.  3lM  and  3M  at*. 

Open  daily.  Sundays  included,  from  4  A  H  to  9.  P.  M. 

SntAcriptlona  received,  and  oopias  of  TOB  TUABS  tot 

sale. 

ADVERTISEMENTS  REOBIVED  UITm  9  P.  M, 


-poR  .»Ai:.E 


CllBAP-— A      SlXiVKB-MOCNTBD 

ooun6  barnesa ;     also  doable  oot>oh  haraeaa,  at   Ma. 

100, West  Slst-st 

£^£2HS: 

A  LLEN  POO WORTU>.<<t  DAMCIHQ  86BOOI. 
■^^aaWOVRP^ro  wa  osi  sth  avbnob.  Bpr&>g«wa> 
aow,«ommencinf^  For  ptrtienlan  wnd  fi>f  oiroutK 
PxlyaM  leaaoiu  evary  day. 


DB  eARino>s 

PBITATB  DAROINO  ACADXHT, 
No.  7  West  Sad-st,  two  doora  from  6tb  av. 


AUOTiO]^  SALES, 

Bj  Jobs  U.  DaAi>>a  a  Cow,  Auotloneer*. 

mHS    OKLAWARK,    LACKAWANMA  ANA 

JL  Weatern  RaUroaa  Company  will  seB 

^^'        i^^MkOOOTONS  SdRANTON  COAl. 

at  public  auciism,  on   WBDBEHDAT,  FeU  SIB,  at  U 

o'clock  Boon,  at  Bo.  26  Kxchange  placau 

BAHUBL  StOAN,  Prosidaat. 
9aSSa9=S=aS599S=l!!^S=aS9KSS-99BBB^9BBS» 


PERSONAL, 


on  CoUege-av.,  s.  e  ourner  on.or8»-»v.,  Ford-  ^^  ^„     Ing  of  one  acre  enlUvated  laud, .  Iwaae.  wd  bua.    U-  I  waMlad  by  oailoa  OB  tala  kntibai.  CaUIB  It.  M, 


INFORlHATlOxN    WANTED— OF    OBABJiBSJT. 
MtiWl'OM,  who  haa  tteeo  missing  smoe  Dec.  'M,  IWn 
^^  boevar  OMB  kItb  any  Information  aoneenaag  him  ot 
bia  wAwaaboiiU  Witt  uobSnt  a  gaeat  Cavar  aB|_Mjti 
IB  Ua  kntibai.  CAUIB  It.  aaWMuE 
Mar.  aaAtthafr 


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§ti¥fim 


fOB   QDBBMMQWji    A Jlp!uyBRPOOU 

5?"'^"$?*  OT    Lieirt.  *aiiry,  0.  %  X.  craln*  spa 
•"# -*•«»"  on  the  paaiago  Ci>   <)aseostowa:(u  th.i> 


fAtAtiitii 


?5S^I^*^ .^BATtuapAt.  March  17.  fliSOA.  IC 

jKWn  vvmte  .'<t»r  r>ootc.  Pier  5<o.  53  :iorth  Hirer.  . , ,, 
j''P'*?°*r™*°**-   ^^^    saloon.  9t-*tarooin»,     emolnai 

>"jL  "  *"  raoma  ar«  amiashlnj.  whers  tde  Bolw  ann 

BMWn  a»  leMt  felt,  affonJlrt*  •  desfeei  of  ootnftln 
Mberto  anactala»1>l0  nt  ««t.    . 
S4tes.-^nlo<>il  sjso  <«ml  flOP.Mlir      refclirn    MdMta 

•DnToraole  terms;  •B«9r»»«i  S3i. 

Kor  tnajwftlon  of^ltins  aart  attxef  mftrmattffU  ippl* 
*ttheC«>aipltti:fso(Bc4a.  Noi  37  Sroa-iway.  !«ew-J;«£ 


i^aali. 


CUNARDUNEB.&N,A.R.M.S.P.CO. 

With  th«  Tiew  of  (tbnliushlQxtlio  eaiaoes  ofoolHsioa 
Ineat^ioen  ot  tliia  Hoe  Ukke »  apeoiaed  oonrsa  foe tu 
MMOOB  of  th«  year. 

On  the  ontwtirdotsngra  ftm'tn  CJfiaaniitoirn  !i»  1b#. 
rorlcnr  Boston,  cniamaenaaTidtaaorSJ  at  4:ilatltali 
CToothlngtotih*  northoft  J.        ,  •.     ;         .     ' 

On  the  homeward  pass*!je.  oroisliitt  z\a    mertdlan  Jf 

C»  Rtia.or  npthintrtobda  riiirthof  43. 
BATAVlA..„Wteb.  .Feb.  28l  ALGBRIA.WKD..  Mtttoh  14 

A8T8.81NiA.WKI)..  March7l  PARTHIA..WEU.  Mw,.21 

StOMmers  niarfeed  '  df>  hot'iarrv  ace9ri\?e  pfMaeafera. 

C»Wn.n»M»i^,  SSO.SlOO.auJ  *i33,  siiU,  aneoraiiiS 
to  ao<somtbottMion.    KetUrnMofcetsori  fa roraMe  terras. 

St«er*st8tioket»  toan  I  from  *"  nartsif  Burop«iiiJ 
retv  ld*Cite«.  Rreltcltt  and  oa«fc»?o  offtoe.  No.  4  BowW 
mtgteeti. HHAS.  Q.    PRANnKLTN.  Agehl._ 

liFfikPUriL    AND    KRRAT    WRStBRii 

MTGA il  C'O.M PANir.     (LlMlTSai 

liIVERPOOtfc    (VlaQrie«nJ9tf>WTi,» 

ClkRBII^G  THK  UXltkl)  srATKS  HAtb, 

TCE.SUAY. 

Z/^a-rlng  Pier  No.  40  North  RlTor  as  follow*: 

IDAHO Feh.97,  atSP.  M. 

UONTANA March  6.  at  10  ^  M. 

(WISCONSIN March  13,  at  3  P.    M. 

WYOMING Hatch  20.  at  9A.  M. 

DAKOTA March  27,  at  3  P.  M. 

NBTADA r.AprilS.  at    9  A.    B. 

BATB8  OK   PASSBNGKE3    RBDOCKa 
Bteeraee,  $26:  iDtermediats.  $iO:  oabla.  $iJ5  to  $30, 
aewrdtng  tostate-robin.    OfiSoes,  Ho.  29  Breadwaj. 

ATLJiA  ill  AIL.  LilVk. 

BIJtONTaLX      SKRVlCS      I'l)    jAAitOt,      HiTD. 
COLOMBIA,  ilnd  tSPINVVALti,  and   to  PA.'TA»\  anl 
SOUTHPAUIKIC  PORT.S  (Tia  AiolitwaiL)     Kirst-olai* 
tall-powered  Irod  sorQ\t  «(3*<n3r3,   (ran  Piar     Mo.  31 
Kortb  RjT»t! 

Jci-fiATTl,C0T.05rBU.  r.STHSim    OK  PJXAUA.     Iwe 
bOUTH  PAolFJO  P(lltT3(Tti  ispiaiTill.J 

AlPS Feb.  28 

ETNA March  15 

FotKJSUSTOS  (Jam.)  and  HAITL 

ATLAS March  14 

Snpurtor  i1r4t-ol  V4S  3A3inj3r   ino9tnii3l-ttt'>'b 
PIM.  PORWOOO  &  Ca,  Asentv 
Ng  5B  WalliL 

^^    STATE  LINE., 

BELPAsr,  ASI)  liOND'»NDE(tRt. 

Theie  Hrst-cl^sa  laU-powered  stsamera    will  lait  ttom 

Pier  So.  42yortb  ftivar.  toat  of  Canal  iS. 

STATKOr  INDIANA -Thnmilav.  Marcli  8 

BTiTt  OF  VIRGINIA Tlmrsdav. March  16 

STATb  Ol^  PKNNSILVANIA ThiirsdHT.  March  22 

8TATH  OP  GEOHOtA TliTiTsdair.  March  29 

First  cabin,  S^'^|,  $0.0,  and  $70,  nccordin?  to  accom- 
AOdations:  rf'ttiro  tickets, $110.  $l25k  Becond  cabin 
M5:  retdrn  liclceta.  $80.  fitferaee  a*  lowest  rates. 
Applvci. 

AUi^TIlV  BALDWIN  &  CO..  Agents, 

Ro.72  Broadway.  New- York. 

8TKBRAGK  tlcBets  at  No.  43  Biroadwar.  and  Kt  tho 
/omoanT's  oler,  fojt  >f  iJan^U;..    Noi-ta  tilrsr. 

GREAT  SOUTHERN 

*'RBIGHT  ANI»  PAMSENUER  LINK. 

BAILI.NO  FROM  PIKR  SO    29    (JOtiTH  RlVStt, 
^    _WKL»NR8DAT8aTid.SAT0RltAT3  a^  .1  P.    M.. 
fort  C HAUL EHTON,  M.t;..  FLIIKIUA.  fllB 
_.  SOUTH.  A>b   MOUTH-WEST. 

GEO.  W.    Cl.Tl)E WEDNESDAY. ...Feb.  28 

CHABlKSTON.... 8ATURDA1 March  3 

BUPKRIOR  PA8SKNGBR  AOfiOilMODATloSX 

InBurance  to  lg<rini6ioa  >a  vn  »it  1-  oa*  o^rositi. 

Goo<ts  forwtrded  frt^a  ->f  ciimiiisslnii.  Paasen'jar  lioii- 

Iteand bills  nMadihzissdi'l^a lit ?ne'l  atthj  oflcoit 

JAMES  W.  QUINTARO  *  CO.,   Asents, 

NpfiV?  West  it.,  corner  Watre* 

OrW.  P.   ClHFefiil.'O..  No    dSosTlinsjUreen. 

OrBHSTLEY   a    UA3BLL,   General     A<ent 

flreatHoutaerii  PreUtai  Line.  31  y   Broadway. 

fXOKTH    (JEHAlA>    LI.OYU. 

^TKAM-SHIP     USE    BETWEKS    .SEW-YORS.    SOOTft. 
AUPTO.N.AND  BREMgN.  i 

Company's  Pier.    »0ot  of  Jiii..    tiii))ak8i>. 

NECK.iR Sat.,   March  S  |  WESEBL Sat.,  idarch  17 

lMKrtICA....'*Kt..  March  l'i|  MO.-liL Hac,  March  24 

BATB.S  OK  PASSAUlt  PKOH    SKW-fORK  TO  SOOTS' 

AMPTOH,     HAVR8.    OB  BRKMB.S: 

First  caoin SIOOmIS 

EecoDd  cabin 6U'old 

fctfcerBge ^^ '""'    SOcurrentr 

Keturn  ticknta  \i  recJucmlf  k^.^^,  PT'et>*i>l  steerasca 
certidcates,  S32  cnrrencr.  Por  r'r  n  jiit  »r  paasaSH  ap- 
plTto  OiiLRfCaaSt  ;a..  «o.  2  Jovrltnj  Ureen. 


ANCHOR  L,I>E  V.  M.  .MAIL  STKADIKRi^. 

NEW- YORK  AND  GLASGOW 

ftiMornlab March  a.  8  A.  itf.  l  Victoria.  March  17,  7  A.  M. 

Blhiopia- March  10.  aP.  M.  1  FoliTia..Maru)i  24.  1  P.  iU. 

TO  GLA8GOW.  LIVKRPOOL,  OR  DRRBY. 

CabluB  $1)5  to  $sJO,  according  to  acoommodattons; 

Intermediate.  $35:    Bteerage  $2dk 

NEW-YORK  AND  LONDON. 

JlTsla... March  10.  ^^  P.  Jl.  i  Italia...  \Uroh  24.  1  P.  M. 

Cabins,  $55   to  if7u      Steeraee,  $2a.    I'abln  excnr- 

■Ion    tickets  at   rwluoeJ    rates.     Drafts  lasaed  for  any 

imonnt  at  current  r^tej.      Comoanv'*  Pirr  Noa.  20  and 

Vi.  Nortb  KlTer,  ».  t.  HE.S'UERSOH  ITRuTUERS, 

Aeeuts.  No.  7  Bowline  Green. 

INDIAN  l.l.NE.    ItlAIL!4rKA1IEK.«. 

^ FOR  (jrErLN'STOW*   JlNP   LfyKHPOOu. 

>m  Oi-  RICUMOSD.  SatnnlBy,  J«arch  3.  at  8  iM. 
CITJ  OF  BRUH.'-EL8..8aturclBT.  MArch  17.  6:30  A.  it 
CIT^  0*  BERL1>. Saturday.  March  24.    i.1  1  P.  M. 
<..o..,  -..,.  Fron>«6r4.5  Morthiir-^r. 
CABIN, S«i»    and  SIOO.  (lilt,  Ratani  iMif^ti    Ontw 
rorable  terms.      srEBRAOB,    *3't,    Oarronof      OrArtt 
At  lo<resl;.-^:Ji. 
Saloons,    SI'^CvrooTH,      "(moltiaz,    and    BaCh-rooia^  5 
"ttUdsulija-  JOHN  G.  DALE,  Agent,  '^ 
Kos.  16  and  oSBroiiiIwar.  N.  t. 


m^ATIONAL  U.XE— Piers  44  BBd  61  North  Rlree, 
^  FOR  London. 

ABNMARK , 8ATCRDAT,  Morch  10,  P.  M. 

FOR  WUEEN8TOWN  AND  LIVERPOOL. 
The  Oneeo-Mar  3,  7'2A.U.  |  Spain,  March  10.  1  P.  M. 

Cabin  and  steerage  passase,  and  drafts  from  Jtl  np. 
^ard,  issued  at  rery  low  rates.  Companv's  ofQcea  No. 
j9  Broadway F.  W.  J.  H  b  R^t.  Manager. 

ONLY  UIRBCT  LI?«B  TO  PRAiNCK. 

TBKGENEBALTRA.NSATLA.'flTIC  COjIPA.'JY'"*  ttAlL 
BTKAMEH»BKT«VeKN.'«B.V.YORKANuaAV^ftil. 
CalliDsatPLVMOUTfl(U.  C.Mor  cha lanJlai jif 
PassenKers. 
Will  sail  from  Pier  Ko.  4VJ  North  Rirer,  foot  st  Morton 
lU.  every  alternate  Wedoesttay,  beginning  with : 
•ST.  LAUREN  1 .  l,acnesnez.We_i)esaav,  aicb.  7, 11  A.  M. 
For  pariicolarB  aodress 

LOUI3  bK  BBBIA.V,  Agent.  No.  65  Broadwa.y. 

FOR  SAVANNAH,  QA., 

Ttili  FLOaiUA  PORTS,  ' 

AiiD  THB  aoura  and  soutu-wbst. 

SBBAT  SOUTHKEN  FREIGHT  AND  PASHHNGEB  hlSlL 

CBNTRAL    RAILROAD  OF   GEORGIA,  AND 

ATLANTIU  AND  GULF  EAlLKOAUl 

WEDNRSDATi  AND  SATURDAY. 

B.  IjlVlflGSTOft,  Oapu  .VlAtj,oai,  WEDNK3DA1,  Feb. 
M.  Pier  no.  43  North  River.  3  P  M.  GEO.  YOHaB. 
Axant.  No.  40U  Broadway. 

bAM  KALiVADOR,  Capt.  NlCKBBSOV,  8ATDRDAT. 
March  S,  Pier  43  North  River,  S  P.  M.  GSiO.  YONGK. 
Agt.  489  Broadway. 

GENI^KALBaRiiEb,  Capt.  Chxuxajt.  WBDNBSDAT, 
March  7,  i:'ier  Iti  East  Kiror,  5  f  dU  MORRAY.  FEB- 
Bll  k.  CO..  AKts>    6'i  South  at. 

BAN  JACINio,  tape  Hazard.  SATDBDAT.  March 
10,  Pier  43  »ortn  Biyer,  3  P.  M,  QKU.  XONOB,  Agt. 
40U  Broadway. 

iBsnrance  OHB-HALP  PER  CENT.  Superior  acoom- 
nodationa  for  paaseoKen.  Thioueth  rates  and  bill*  o( 
ladioK  in  ounneotion  with  Oeutral  R.  R.  of  Georgia, 
Atiantio  and  UoU  Railroad,  and  Florida  steamerj 
City  Point  and  i^ictator  also,  with  the  steamer  J. 
B.  SCUYLiER.  which  has  been  placed  oa  the  inside 
route  f^om  Savannah  to  Florida,  aud  offers  unsorpassed 
teconunodatloDS. 

C.  U  OWENS,  GEOBQE  YONGB, 

Agent  A.  4  O.  R.  ft  Agent  0.  B.  R.  of  Qa., 

Nu  315  Broadway.  No.  4o9  Broadway. 


PMniMfUMmiSIT 

Jjw    STBAM-SSre  LINE 8. 

FOB  CALlPOBiriA,  MP  AN,  CHINA,  AUSTRAMA,  RBW-^ 
ZEALAND,  BEUTI8H  COLUMBIA,  OBBQON,  fto. 
Baihug  trom  Fior  itoot  Canal  at..  North  aiveE, 
For  8AN  FKAX018CO.  rb*  ISTHMUS  Oif  PANAMA. 

Bteam-ship  0BB8CENT  ClTx ihorsdar,  Mfroh  1 

connecting  lor  Central  AmerloA  ua  South  PMlfte 
porta. 

From  SAN  FEANOrSCOtoJATAN  and  CHINA. 

pteam-staip  ciTic  Qv  TOKio Thnrsday,  March  I 

nom  ban  Pranclsoo  to  Sandwicu  Iii»adi,  AaatralUk 

».._        »..    ^.^   ^"^  New-Ze»land. 

Btgam-ahlp  CITY  OF  SIDNEY Wcdneada.y,  Feb.  88 

Ft»r  treighi  or  passage  apply  to 
WM.P.  CLYDEtCO.,orH.J.  BULLAT,  Superintendent, 

^a  tf  Bowling  Green.  Pier  foot  Oanal  st..  North  River. 

BBW-YORK.  HAVaflA.  ANDVIEXIOAJMaH,*  H.  LlSii, 

Steaiaers  leave  Pwjr  »*  i  .Vorcb  tlfir  it  .1  •■».    >L 
^„^  ifOR  tlAVANA  blitKck 

CmrOF  HEW-YOKX Wednesday.PeK  28 

CITY  OF  MEXICO.,. ::...5aturdayr  Match  10 

CITY  Qt  ITBRa  CBbz. I.IIWfSnewm.  MaJoh  14 

Tia  Bavana,    Progrs«9>  OaotPaaotif    Tatpan,     «tf 

LlTl  OF  aiaXlCO Saturday.  March  10 

iKeamera  wUtieave  Mew-tirieans  ifetk  K3  ana  March 

XO  tor  Vera  Crua  ana  til  the  above  .fares. 
Forfraight  or  passax e  ^tpaiy  gi 
y.ABBfANDRBJt30Na.  Sioi.  i\.  aad  6S  8fa*twar. 

NE  W'  YORK  AND  B.A  VAN  A 

DIRECT  mAili    LINR. 

■^..-^     These  flrst-clasa  steamsblDS  sail  regiUarly 
C\\at.3  P.  M..m)m.  Pier  Not  13  North  Ehveras 


_JfoUow»: 

COtDJlfiP» 

COilUg........ 


Accohimodatioaa  unanrpaased..  For  inight  or  i 
aacB  BDPlT  to  WM.  P.  CLYOB  It  CO.,  Ha  6  Bowl 
StSiU^cKBLLBB,  LDLUiO  fc  CO..  Agenrt  in  Havi 


...WEDNESDAY,  March  7 
..SATGBDAI,  March  17 
For  itoight  or  was- 
'■"  "  "  Bewlmg 
Havana 


L^rPLYMOOrarOiiBBBODBO.  and  UAMBOBa 

iVlA  .....MMOh  liHKEDBB.. March  15 

toNlA  ...... Maich  aiWIEJiAND liMOh  20 

MH»aof  pasaa^:*  Piyoaoasli.   Ciiwaaa,  Oharboorji. 


GREAT  TRUNK  LINE 

AND  DBITBD  ePTATBS  MAIL  ROOTB, 

.  Ttalfltf  leave  New-YorK,yia  Desbrosssa   aa^      Oort. 

Ipmdt  Streets  Ferries,  as  foOoyat  * 

Bzpresa  for  Uarrisbonr,  Pittibiin,  the  West  and 
Soiith,'ifiaPiUlm«afiaad6  Cars  attached,  ftSO  A. 

,  M.^  aua  8:30  P.  M.,  datlT, 

Fot  WiUIainsporti  Lock  Haven,  Corrv,  and  Brie,  at 
8:30  P.  M.,  conneccinK  at  Uorrr  for  Tltasnlle,  Petio. 
lehm  Centre,  and  the  Oil  fteclona.    For    WlUiams- 

>  pors  and  Look  Uaven.  8:30  A.  M. 

For  Baltimore,  Waaiiington,  and  the  South,  "Lim- 
ited WashiDKtoa  Vzpresif  .of  Pnllinw  Parlor  Can 

oailT.  except  Sanda.y,  9:30  A.    M.;    arrive    Waahiiu!. 

<<m4-10  P.  tt.    RcKnlar  at8:40  A.    M.,  1.  6,     ahd9 
.  p.  M.    Sunday,  6  and  9  P.  M,        ^  _  ,^^-- 

EipressforPhDadelphla,?:  30,8:SO,  8:40.  (9:30  thfr 

itea,)  10:36  A.  M.,  1,  4.  5.  6,  7.  8:31),  9  P.  BL,  and  12 

VifCWfr     »Mp^aj,  8:3U  A.  M.,  6,  8. 7.   8:»0,  and  9  P.  M. 

BmigraTit  aind  ■eoohd-claas,  7  P.  M. 

AocommoMtloh Ibr  Trenton.  7  A.  M.,  2  and  4:10 P.  K 

Por  trains  to  Newartc  BUubeth,  Hahwa.y,  Pclaooton, 

I'rabtoh,  Perth  Amboy.  Fleminjtfcon.  Belvidera,  and 

ostier  poblta.-  see  IuchI  sohednles   »c  all  TtoKst  of- 

ftoes. 

Trauii  tortvfe:  Prom  PltUbttrjc.  6520  rtnd  10:30  A.  BL, 

cmd  10^30  P.  M-^iiy:     10:111  A.  M  and   6i50P.  sL 

daily,   ej;oept  MoifBiMf-    Prom  Waabioston  and  Balr 

tirnore,  6:30,  9:50  A.  «..  4ilO,  6:10.    and   10:20  P.  M. 

RUnday  6:30.   9:50  A.  M.    Prom  Philadelphia,  5:05, 

6:20.  6:30.  9:50, 10:10.  11:50  A.  M.  2:10.^:10,  5:tO. 
&S0  8:40,  lOiio,  aud  10:20  P.  M.  Sundav  5:05. 
&20.  6.30;  9:50.  11:50.  A.  M.,  C:30.  l0:10,  and  10:20 
P.  M. 

Ticket  OMces,   Sbs.  628  and   ^ijL   Brosdwav,  Na  1 
AtftOr  Honae,  and   fbot  of    DeSl>roaaea   bbiI    Cbrtlanrit 

Streets;     No.  4  Court  street.  Bitjoltlva     Nos.  114,  118, 
nd  118  Hndgon  street,  Moboken:    Depot.  Jersey  City 
Emlnant  Ticket  Office,  No.  8  Battery  place. 
FBaSiK  TH0M30N.  D.  M.  BOYD.  J»., 
General  Manager.             General  Paasenger  Agent. 


TO    PHILAO£l,PHIA 

ila 

PENNSYLVANIA   BAILEOAD. 

THB  GLD-BSTABLISHEl)  ROUTB  AND   SHORT   IIKB 
'  between 

NBW-YORH.    AND    I'HILADELPHIA. 

14  Throngh  Trains  pacta  war  daily:    3  Depota  In  Pblla- 

delphia,  2  in  Kew-Tork. 

4   TraeVs,    the  moat    Improved    EquliimenU   aud    the 
Fastest  Time  consiateut  with  absolnia  safety. 

Bxpress  Trains  leave  New- York,   via  Deabrossea   and 

_  Cortlandt  ntreeta  Ferries,  as  follows: 

7:30.  8:30,  8:40,  (9:30  Umited.)  IthSO  A.  M..  1.4,  6,  8. 
7,  8:30.  9  P.  M.,  and  12  Midnight.    Sunday.  e':30  A, 

,  M.,  6,  6,  7,  &30.  and  9  P.  M. 

Betummg.  trams  leave  Phi ivleiphia  3:30,  8:30,7,  7:30, 
8:30,  and  11  A.  M.  (Limited  Kxpress,  1:3.5  P.  .M.l 
1:40,  4.  5:30,  7.  and  7:35  P.  M.,  aad  12  Midnight 
On  Sunday,  3:20.  3:30.  7,  8:30  A.  M.  4,  7.  7:  33  P.  M., 
and  12Midaigbt. 
Ticket  Offices,  Nos.  528  and   044   Broadway,    Na    1 

Astor  House,  and  toot  o<  Desbrosses   and  Cortlandt 

its.,  No.  4  Conrt  sL,  Brooklyn:    Nos.  114,  116.  and  113 

Hudson  St..  Hoboken;   Depot.  Jersey  City.     Emigranl 

Ticliet  Office,  No.  8  Battery  place. 

FRANK  Thomson.  d.  m.  botd.  Jr., 

General  Manager.  General  Paasenger  Acent. 


N»C\V-YORH     CB.NTRAL     ANI»     HUD40N 
RIVER  RAILROAD Commencins^^  Dec  'iO,    1878, 

through  trains  will  leave  Grand  Central  Depot 

7:15  A.  M..  Western  and  Northern  KxDrusa,  wltb 
drawinK-room  cars  to  CananOaiKua. 

8:30  A.  M..  special  Chicago  and  St.  Liuls  Express, 
with  drawing-ruiim  oars  to  Rochester  and  BalfAla. 
Also,  throuab  oar  ro  Sc  Lonia. 

11:00  A  M..  North-rn  and  Western  KxoresJ. 

3:30 P.  M..  ippcial  Albany.  Ttoy  dTaJ  Western  Bx- 
PTPSS  arri VHg  at  BnflfJlo  7: 10  A.  M. 

6:0()  P.  M.,  Kxpress.  with  slenpla;  oars,  fbr  Water- 
town  andCanandal^ia^     Alsot'ur    Moatrs.kl  via   Platts- 

t!:30P  M..  Pacific  Bxpresi  dally,  with  sloepm^cat). 
tor  Rochester.  Niagara  Falls.  Buffalo.  Cleveland,  th- 
diauapolis,  and  Louisville.  Also  fbr  Ctilcago.  via  both 
T.-  S.  and  M.  C  Bailroaos,  ana  to  Montreal  via  St.  Al- 
bans. 

11:00  P.  M.,  Express,  with  sleeplns  ears,  for  Albany 
and  Troy.     Way  trains  as  per  locaP'Tlme  Tables. 

Tickets  tor  sale  at  Nos.  252,  -.iSl,  and  413  Broadwa.v, 
and  Ht  Wtstcoct  Express  Cotupanv'a  offices.  Nos.  7 
Park  place.  785  and  94i  Broadway  New-Xork,  and 
833  Washington  St..   Brookiyo. 

-^  C  B.  MEEKER.  General  Passenzer  Agent. 


ERIE  RAILWAY. 

Winter  Arraueement  ol  tUroui;h  trains.  From  Cham- 
bers Street  l>epot.    (For  U3d  St.  see  uot«  lielow.) 

9:O0a.  M.,  dully,  except  Sundays,  Cincinnati  aud 
Chicago  Da vExoress.  Urawiog-mom  coaches  to  Bnflalo. 

10:45  A.  M..  diilty,  except  Bundsvs,  Bxpn'ss  Mail  for 
BnffaKvaod  the  West.    8leeping  ooaoh  to  Buff  tia 

7:00  P.  M..  daily.  Pacific  Kxpress  to  the  West.  .Sleep- 
ing coaches  through  to  BufiJalo,  Niasara  Falls,  Cincin- 
nati, and  Cbica.so  without  change.  Hotel  dinlnj- 
coachea  to  Chicago. 

7:00  P.  M.,  except  Sundays,  Western  Bmigrant  train. 

Above  trains  leave  Twenty-third  Street  Ferry  at 
8:45  and  10: 15  k.  M..  and  6:43  P.  M. 

For  local  trains  see  time-tables  and  cords  In  hotels 
and  depots. 

J.\0.  N.  ABBOTT.  General  Passenger  Agent 


NEW-YORK,    NBW>HAVBN.    AND    HART. 
KORI>     RAILROAD. 

After  Dec  10.  1876.  trains   leave  Grand  Central  De- 

?ot  (42d  St)  for  New-Oaanan  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M., 
.  4:40  P.  M.;  Uanbui  v  and  .Norvralk  Railroa.1  at  8:05 
A.  M.,  1,  and  4:40  P.  M.;  Nauzatnck  Rallruad  at  8.05  A. 
M.,  and  3  P.  M.;  Housatonlc  Railroad  nt  8:05  A.  M., 
and  3  P.  M.;  JSevr-Eaven  and  Northampton  Railroad  ut 
8:05  A.  M..  and  3 P.  M.;  for  Newport  at  8:05  A.    M.    and 

I  P.    M.;   Boatou    and    Aiiiany   Railroad     at  8:05    and 

II  A.  M.,  3  and  9  P.  M.,(9P.  M.  ou  .sanlay:)  Boston, 
(vi.-*  Shore  Llae.i  at  1  and  loP.  M.,  (10  P.  M.  on  Sua- 
daya.  i  Boatun  and  New-York  Air  Line.  8  A.  M.,  1  aud 
ll::ioP.  M. 

Way  trains  aa  per  local  timtvtables. 


LEHIGH  VALLEY   RAILROAD. 

ABBANGEMENT  PAS6b.NliBR  TRA1N3.  JAN.  L 

1877. 
Leave  depots  foot  ot  CortUadt  and  Debrosses  sts..  at 

6:30  P.  4L— 'Nlijht  Express,  dailr,  fir  Kastoo,  Bsthle- 
hem,  AUentown,  Mauuh  chunlt,  Wiiksb.irrew  Pittston, 
Sa.tre,  Elmira,  lihaoa,  .Auburn,  Rochester.  BaSjia, 
NiiMrara  Falla.  and  the  WeaU  Pulltnau's  sleepiui 
coaches  attached. 

General  Eastern  office  cnruer  Church  aud  Cortlandt 
sts.,  CHARLES  a.  CUMMI.fQS.    Agent. 

ROBERT  H.  SAYRB,  Superinteodeut  aud  Engineer. 


WICKFORD  RAI  LROAU  ROUTE  TO  NEW- 
PORT,  B.  I.— Passengers  tor  this  Une  take  9:o6  A. 
M.  and  1  P.  .>1.  express"  trains  from  Grand  Central 
Depot,  am  vine  at  4:18  and  d  P.  M.  at  Newport 

THEOUORh  WARREN,  Supcrtutendent 


STEAMBOATS. 

STONINGTON  LINE 

irUR     U08T0><     AND    ALL    POINTM     EA&T. 
REDUCED    FARE. 

Elegant  ateamera  leave  Pier  No.  33  North  Rtvsr. 
ft>otor  Javst.  at    5 P.  .M. 

Tickets  for  sale  at  til  oriaolpii  ticket  onoss.  ^tats- 
roomssecureilat  offlcesaf  Weatcutt.f&prdas  Oompauf 
aud  at  No.  363  Broadway. 

PROYIOSNCK    LINE. 

Prelcht  only,  steamers  leav*  Pier  No.  27  .'ortb 
Blver,  foot  or  Park  place,  at  4:30  P.  M.  Freights  ria 
either  dne  taken  at  lowest  rat^t^. 

D.  a.  BABCOi.'K.  Pres.        Li.  vV.  .'ii,h!t».  G.    P.   Agenu 


FALL    RIVER   LINE 

FOR 

BOSTON  AND    THB    EAST. 

FARE8  REUUCEU. 

Leave  New-York  daily.  (Sundav  excepted.)  from  Pise 
Bo.  28  North  Blver.  toot  of  Murray  at,  5  P.  M. 

BORDEN  fe  L07ELL,  Agents. 
GEO.  L.  CONNOR.  Geuer.il  Passenger  A:;eot 


FOR     NEW-HAYEN,    HARTFORD,     &:e — 
Fare  $1 ;  steamers  leave  Peck  slip  for  Neir-Havea 
at  3  and  11  P.  M.,  connecting  with  roa<L 

OORBR^DGEPORTA.VU  ALL  POINTH    ON 

FHousatomc  and    .vau^atasc    Railroad.— Fare^     SL. 
steamers  leave  Catharine  slio .41.   1  l.-3i)  .L  \L 


ELECTIONS. 


'\ 


CLaVBf.ASD.  COLIIMBUS,    ClHCINJIATT  AND 
INSIANAPULIS    RAILWAT   COMPANT, 

clkvbland,  O..  Feb  16,  1877, 

THE  ANNUAL  lUKUTliMci  OK  THK  STOcK- 
holders  oi  this  company  for  the  election  of  Direc- 
tors, and  lor  the  transaction  <lt  other  bustueas.  will  be 
held  a(  the  office  of  the  company  in  Cleveland,  on 
WEDNESDAY.  March  7,  1877. 

The  tranater-bouk 4  will    be    closed  from  the  evening 
of  20th  lust,  until  March  a 

GEO.  H.  RD8SRLL.  Hecietarj. 

Stvtvxsaxt  Fixa  Ihsubavos  Coxpaitt, 
Ka  122  BoWBRTaad  No.  200  Bboadwat. 

Nbw-Iork,  Feb.  21,  1877.  ^ 

THE  ANNUAL.  ELECTION  FOR  TWfcNTV- 
five  Dlreotora  aud  three  Inapeotora  ol  the  next  an- 
nual election  will  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  company. 
No.  122  Bowery,  on  THURSDAY.  March  8,  1877. 
Poll  opened  at  12  M.,  and  closed  at  1  o'clock  P.  M. 

GKOROKB.  KHOA 08,  Secretary. 


DIVIDENDS. 


177.  J 


Naw-YoKK  ASD  Colorado  Coxfaxt, 
Park  tiA.VK  Buildiks, 
Nbw-York,  Feb.  10.  1877. 

DITIDBND  NO.  1.— A  UiriDB.iD  OF  UNB  PER 
cent,  has  been  declared  on  the  capital  stoCk  of 
tbta  company,  payabiQ  at  this  office,  on  and  after 
March  1, 1877.  to  the  stockholders  of  record  at  the 
oloaing  of  the  transfer-bookg,  which  will  close  on  the 
20th  day  of  February'  instant,  and  reopen  March  •£, 
1877.  H.  aauKNEUEYlsa,  Secretary, 

SAVINGS  BANKS. 

-KTEW-YORK  HAVINGsi  BANK..  COBNBR 
JL^  8th-av.  and  14th-at — Interest  oummenoing  irom 
the  Brat  of  enoh  month ;  assets,  $3,586,76142:  sur- 
plua,  $481,697  9a  R.  H.  BULL,  President 

C.  W.  BBuroKKBBoyr,  Secretary. 

PRQPQSALjS.  _ 

"DOMINioN''oF"cANAUAr 

CIXY  OF  MONTBKAL. 

STBEET    RAILWAY 
PRIVILEGES. 

8BALBD  TENDBB8,  indorsed  "TBNDER  FOR 
STRBBT  BAIL  way  PRlVlLEGiiS,''  and  addressed  to 
the  undersigned,  will  be  received  at  the  City  ulerk's 
Office.  (HtyHalL  until  _    _ 

'PBIDAY,  THK  MT  DAY  OP  JUNE  NEXT, 
for  the  privilege  of  Ij^ying  rails  and  running  oars  in 
oettaln  streets  or  sections  of  streets  in  this  city, 
under  certain  couditlonn  and  stipulations,  as  detailed 
in  the  priutad  speciflcatlons  adopted  by  the  (?ity  Coun- 
cil, a  oop.y  of  wtuuh  ma.r  be  obtained  on  application  to 
the  nnderslgncd,  by  any  person  who  may  desire  to 
tender.  (By  order.)  0HA8.GLA0KMEYEB,  City  Clerk. 
Cttt  Cmbk's  Oftics,  Citt  Ham.,  Montmbai.,  Feb.   1, 

1S77. 


PKOPdisALS  FOB  Rl^  &AP  GRANITE. 

BKOnrxBB  Offiob,  Dannn  Statbs  Armt.  > 
Nbwport.  R.  I..  Feb.  22,  1877.  5 
Sealed  piopoaala  will  be  received  at  this  office  nutU 
lOo^olookA.  M.,  on  the  a2d  day  of  March,  1877,  Ibr 
BiD  Bap  Gtaalte  fbr  A«ak water  at  Block  Island.  B.  I. 
8peeificatii»s  la  recard  to  the  work  und  blank  forma 
fbr  proposala  and  guaranty,  upon  whieb  #11  bids  must 


SITUATIONS  WANTED. 


Th«  up-towB  effloe  of  THB  TIM RS  la  lioeated  at 

No.  l,9Sf  Bnadway,  bet.  31at  and  33d  ati. 

Open  daily,  Sundays  tnoluded.  firom  4  A.  M  to-0  P.    M. 

Aubscsrtptlons  received,  and  ooptee  of  THB  TfMBS  fbr 

sale.  ^ 

ADVEETrSEMBNTS  BECBIVED  UNTITi  9  P.  M. 


pOI^PANlpN.^BY  A  FBK.NCH  LADY.  WITH 
VJsnperior  reeommend^tlens,  aa  assistant  for  invalid 
lady,  or  Intknt  trotn  tta hlrth.  or  bonsekeeper.  Addreaa 
French,  Box  No.  298  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO. 
V257  BRO.*DW.AY. 

r°lfiAitluBU..rlAlD.  dfcc.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE 
V./Elri  as  chamber-maid  and  do  fine  washing  ana 
ironing,  or    do  general    bouse-wurk;  is    a  good   plain 

cook;  best  City  leferenoe;  fhut  yeOrsm  last  place. 
Call  at  No,  3b5  eth-av.j  ring  third  bell. 


C1HA.11BER-tIAlll.— BY  A  YOUNG  'ilKh  TO  DO 
./  cbamber-wink  aad  sewing,  or  watting;  tbree 
years'  relerenre.  Can  be  seen  for  three  di^  at  her 
present  emoluyer's.  No.  104  West  llth-sfc 


CHA.UBER-.tlAlD.— BY    A     RELIABLE     TOUNG 
woman  in  a  private  family ;   is  an  exnelleht  fine 

washer.     Call  for   two  days  at    No.    82  West  49ch-st, 
present  emplo.yer's. 

CHA.>iBKR«niAin.~BV  AN  EXPBRIENCBD 
woman  as  ohamber-mai'd  and  seamstress,  and  could 
wait  on  a  ladv ;  first  cla«4  reference  Irom  last  place. 
Call  at  No.  308  East  32d-st 


C1HAMB£K<,flAlD.-BT  A.  BKSPKCTABLE 
yyounsr  girl:  can  do  sewing :  can  operate  on  Di  mfS- 
tio  machine:  lie^t  City  reference.  Call  for  two  days 
at  No.  763  Oth-av.;   ring  third  bell. 


riHAiVIBBR-LHAID     AND     WAITRESS,    OR 

Vylanndreaa. — By  an  American  elrl ;  eood  City  refer- 
ence. Address  E.  B.,  tJox  No.  295  TIMBS  UP-TOWN 
OFFICE,  NO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 


COOK,      Jkc— BY      A      COMPETENT      .SWEDI.sH 
woman    as    cook    or   housekeeper   In   a   flrst-ci.aaa 
family:    no  ot)JtioLl'>n  to  take  charge    of  the   honaebold 

of  a  widowoil  geutlemcii;  C'li  furnish  references  as  to 

cepiblllty  and  general  diapositlon  of  person.     Call  or 
addresafor  two  daya  Mrs.  Brown,  No.  26  0H*ei^-st. 


C100K.— BY  AN  KNULHH  WOMAN  IN  A  PRIVATE 
/'family  as  cook  ;  understands  all  kinds  of  cooking; 
beat  of  Clrv  reterences  from  last  place.  Address  C.  K.. 
Box  No,  262  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,257 
BROADWAY. 

OOK-WAITER.-BV    A    FRENCH  WoUaN  A3 
first-class   coos  and   her  hnsband  as  waiter  mns, 

together,    in  a    private   famliv;   best   City  refbrenee. 

Address  Ella*,    Box   Na    324  TIMES   UP-ToWN    OF- 

HCE,  NO.  1.267  BROADWAY. 


ClOOK.— BY  A  RKSPECTAULB  WO.MAS  AS  FIK3T- 
yclass  cook  ;  an  excellent  baker;  Clt.y  or  countr.y  : 
Will  Assist  In  washlag;  best  of  i  ity  releronoe.  Call  st 
No.  434  West  45th-Bt.  between  Och  aud  lUth  avs.,  une 
flight  up,  back  room,  for  two  days. 


COOK.— BY  A  YOUNG  SCOTCH  GIRL  AS  GOOD 
plain  conk;  will  assist  with  washing  and  ironing; 
City  or  country;  City  reteroucr.  Call  at  No.  150 
West  28th-si..,  in  store. 


ClOOK.— BY  A  RKSPKCTABLK  WOM^N  AS  GO.JO 
yplain  cook,  washer,  and  Ironer:  no  objeotlod  to  tee 
country;  good  City  refcrenoo,  CaU  at  No.  225  Katit 
Sothst r 

CtOUK.— BY  A  TOUNU  WOMAN  ;  GOOO  VOUK  ANO 
//baker,  and  exeel  ent  washer  and  Ironer;  willing 
aad  obliglug;  best  City  lefcreuce.  Call  at  No.  344 
Bast  34th-st 


COOK.  WAiSHEK,  AM»  IRONBK.— HY  A 
Protestant  Aaerioan  woman,  or  will  Uo  general 
house-wore ;  •  ity  relereuce.  Call  at  No.  237  West 
3oth  St..  first  floor. 


ClOOK.— BY  A    RliSPKirr.^BLE   YOUvO  WOMAN    AS 
'flrst-class  cook:  excellent  washer  !in<l   Ironer;  has 
good  references,    (-'all  ft'  No.  3U7  Kast  44th-st. 


DRESS-.tlAKEU.— BY  A  URST-CLASS  DUKSS- 
mal<er  the  work  I'f  a  few  more  first-elass 
families;  nnue  to  Hurpi^ss  in  fitting  or  trimming; 
dreaaes  made  ever  >  quai  to  uew ;  or  would  talte  charge 
of  a  flrat-ciass  work-room:  the  t>e»t  of  (^  ity  ref,jreucc3; 
prices  to  suit  the  times.    Call  at  So.  .34  6th-av. 


DRE«S-.»IAKE«.-Bi  A  IHOROIGII  KlItST- 
closs  drcss-malver;  will  g>  out  oy  the  dav  ;  ele- 
gant designs  for  suits  and  evening  dresses  for  ladies 
and  children;  Htiiug  pctfrct.  Address  o.v  note  bt,ifa 
tau,  No.  100  West  2  =  th  st.  near  6th  av.  ^^ 


HOt^iEKEBFEK.  —  BY  A  YOUNG  CoLOItKll 
woman  as  working  houbekeoper  iu  a  widower'a 
taniiiy;  best  City  relerencc.  Call  at  No.  119  West 
26th-st 


HOL'SU-WORK.-UY  A  R;.,sPt,(:TAB..E  Woy- 
an  to  do  bou-e-Wutk  inasmiU  family ;  is  a  good 
washer  and  ironer;  good  reference.  Call  at  No.  304 
>:aet  33d-8t    . 


HOIibE-WOKK.— liY    AN     AMl-;iU'.A«     iOU.NG 
tvom:in  to  uo   general  heuse-Vfork  .    Iity  ir  coun- 
try ;    good  Clt.y    reference,     i  all    nt  244  We^t  ;j(,'tli-st. 


HOl'SB-VVOKK.— UV  A   (  OLORBl)  GIRL.  To  DO 
light  house-woric  ail d  make  herself  uaefal.    Can 
or  address  fir  two  days  at  No.  218  East  48tUHt. 


LAUY'S  I»IA10.— To  O.VK  OR  TWO  LAUlbS  BY 
.in  experieacsd  persou,  (Germ:'«u  Pr  /testaiit ;)  iiditt 
Ci;y  referenee.  Aadrssa  Miss  W'ilson.  .No.  4e>  Flrsi- 
Bv.,  corner  .}d-at 


W^AU'EK.— BY     A    R'..SPE.    l"AKi.K     «OLNO    C  OL- 

Vy  o'ed    m.iM,   in  a  pnvats    family  i   City  reierence; 

^jaiiderdiaudn  a:l  kinds  ol  a  liads;  ou.l;rlu)4  and'-wiliiog  to 

^rt-.inv tiling.  Address  fur  two  d:»ys,  L,  W.,  Box  No.  3i/7 

TIMES  UI-IO'.V.N  i.FilU:..    -NO.  l._'.)7  BI.OAUWAt. 


LAlJM)RE!S,-(.-BV    A    itK.M'EClAbLh    UIRL    A3 
laundress  or  to  do  fine  w.isbtiig  and  unsisl  with  \x^ 
aUftira 'Work  ;   icootl    City  retcrcucoa.     Call  ut    No,    l.loO**' 
2d  av.,  near  Guta  st 


LALNOKE.'sS.— BV    A    RE.^PiiClA^iLh:   OlttL    A3 
flr.t-cluss  laundresii;   betit  t  ity  reference.     Call  lur 
two  daysHt  .Vo.  .^32  .Vest  a  Ist-st..  .top-tl<}ar. 


LAlJNDHE:4s>.— UY  a  FlKSi'-CL.^.^3  LAcNDRE-.S, 
lUd  assist   in  oliainbei-wurk;    best  city  reference. 
Can  at  No.  '6o  hast  3i>tb-st.  • 


IV;  UKSK.-liV  A  PKOTiiSfA-ST  WOMA.','  AS  A.N 
Xi  expeneiioed  lutianrs  nurse)  understands  lhoroUi;h- 
ly  brlugiug  It  up  l>y  tho  Ijoh.c;  exc. iic-nl  city  reier- 
enceuiveu;  nu  utyeotiou  to  toe  couniry.  Can  be  sn-u 
for  two  days  at  Nu.  70  West  illlh  st,  butweeu  olii  uud 
6th  avs. 


NtUSE.-BY  A  RKSPKCTABLK  YOU.>G  WOMA.N 
as  baby  nurse;  uudersiauda  the  care  of  children 
aud  th?  iuana;;!>meac  of  a  uab.y  tram  birth  i  is  ::  good 
seamstress;  liaa  no  ol^ectiou  to  aasist  with  c.iamber- 
wurk.    Call  or  adures.4  A.  M..  No.  2u*J  E,iBt  6  !u-3t 


NLK*iiR*-.>IA10.— UY  AN  .-..SGULxU  WtSjIa.S, 
speaking  Freucb,  aa  iiuraer.y-m.iid,  or  to  travel 
with  a  tamil.v;  i  iiy  relereuce.  Audre^ss  Parisian. 
Box  No,  .-04  TiMhs  UP-IOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  l,Jo7 
BROADWAY. 


NUUMU  ANO  SEA.IISTKE.-^S.— BY  A  RE- 
apectable  young  girl  In  a  smail  tamlly  ;  noo^  City 
reference  irum  last  plaee.  CaU  at  No.  770  3d-a v.;  ring 
fourth  OeU. 


NLRSK.— BY  A  FRB.SCU  PROT.iSTANr  rt  OllAN, 
as  child's  nurs3  aud  to  sew;  has  good  refereuces. 
Aduress  P.  D.  8..  i>oi  No.  308  TIjIEs  UP-TOWN  OF- 
FICE, SO.  I.'ji67  BROAUVTAY. 


NUR8B.— BY  AN  AMERICA.S  GIRL  IS  A  PUl- 
vate  family  to  take  care  ot  growing  children  and 
make  herself  useful ;  age  16.  call  ut  ito^:iti  West 
29th-at .i»i>g^ 


NUK8E.-«-ACCOUCHbUSEAND    MO.'.l'HLY  NURSB 
la  aiseugaged.      Mrs.  Uarper,  No.  141  baat  8th-at, 
Room  ^o.  12. 


T\T  !;&•»«•— BY  A  YoUftU  GIRL:  CAN  TaKK  CARE 
J3I  of  a  baby:  good  City  refereace.  CaL  at  No.  213 
East  2&th-si.,  iu  the  store. 


NUR.'^B.— BY    A    RE.sPEciTABLE    GERMAN     GIRL 
for  child's  nurse  In  an  American  lamiiy.    Call  at  No. 
1,016  IsNttV. 


NL'RHE.— BY  A  RESP;i;cTAUi/E  WoMAM;   WuULD 
take    charge   ot  a   bab.y    at  her  leaiueoce;   It  will 
haye  motberiy  care.    Cai I  for  two  days  at  ti95  2d-uv. 


"\TURMi.-By  AN  AMERICAS  UIRL  AS  NURSE;  Id 
i3l  willing  au.i  obliging  ;  beat  City  reference.  A,.dresa 
M.  J.  P.,  No.  425  West  4iBt-at 

1SAI*ISTRE!*.«».— ..Y  AVERY  RELIABLE  PERSON 

as    seamstreaa ;    finishes    aud    trims,   and    does  uli 

kinds  of  lamil.v  sewing  ;  is  a  good  operator  ;  good  City 

reiereuoti ;     wiliiog   aud   obligiag.    Call  at    No.    223 

West  35tb-st 

OBAltlSsTUESS.— BY  A  COMPElENT  iSEA  <1- 
fOstress.  by  the  day  or  week;  expert  in  all  kiuds 
f,*mUy  sewing  and  dress-making;  exceUeut  operator. 
CaU  at  No.  239  West  2tith-st,  tuird  bell. 

EAMstTRBSK.— oY  A  YOUNG  AMERICAN  GIRL, 
MS  seamsiress  aud  chamber-m'^ii,  or  as  waitress: 

hrst-ciasB  reference;  City  or  country.    Call  at  No,  237 

East  24th-sr. 

BAJlSTKfaSS      AND      HA1R-URE.M.->EK.— 

rework  by  the  day,  or  would  take  w.rk  home; 

also  m<tkes  hair  switches.     Call  at  No.  230  3d-av. 

AITltKS.M.— BY  A  PROTESTANT  YOUNG  WOM- 
,  ,  an  as  brst-class  waitress  In  a  private  family;  good 
Clt.y  .reference,  call  or  address  M.  A.  C,  bo.  (ju4 
W«8t4lBC-at. 

VATAIXRESS.— BY     A     YOUNG     WOMAN;      WILL 
f*  assist  with  chamber- work ;    City  lefcrence.    Call 
at  No,  126  Weat  &Otu-st..  near  6tb-av.,  third  floor. 

AlTRKSBi.— BY    A     FIBST-CLA.SS     WAITttKSS; 

best  City  reference.    Call  at  No.  30  West  1  oth-st 
Ai*HING.— A  FKw  RPSPK:ciABi,ri- Families- 

,  T  fine  wuabiog;  dxeasesand  chlldreo'sulothea neatly 

done;  shirts hneir  polished;  Freuoli  fluting  abd  puff- 
ing in  superior  st.yre;  most  respectable  City  rdei- 
euce  lor  liunesty  aud  ability.  Call  or  addrof  s  Laun- 
dress. No.  146  Basii  8Bth-at..  near  liexinjton-ay. , 
Boom  No.  16, 


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AHWINli.— BY  A  FIRSr-CLASS  LAUNDRESS 
.  ,  to  do  laUlea',  gantlemen'a.  and  families'  washing  at 
her  own  home:  no  objection  to  g:>  out  to  wuik  by  the 
day ;  best  City  relereuce.  Call  at  No.  S4U  6th-aT,, 
rear  house. 

WASHING.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  SWEDISH 
woman;  family  washiug  ftom  50  to  75  cents  a 
doien;  fluiing,  puffing,  uud  poiisbio;;  done  in  thetincat 
style;  good  drying  place.  Call  at  No.  238  East  30th-st,, 
rear  house. 

AaiUING.— BY  A  COLORED  LAUNDRE8.S;  FAM- 
ily   or  gentlemen's   wasuing    doue    in    first-clasa 
style;   contracts  fur  washing  made  with  schuos,  fam- 
ilies,  und  .  hotels.      Address   A.    Harris,    Washiugioa 
Laundry,  No.  206  8th  ay.,  first  floor. 


\KrASHirNt)i.  — BY      A      FIRSr-ULA&S      COLORKD 
y  T  laundress  a  few  gentlemeu's  or  tamilies'  washiug 
at  her  home;  75  ceuia  per  duisu,  or  go  out  by  the  day. 
Call  at  No.  150  .\  est  27tb-st. 

ASHING.— BY  AN  EXPERIENCED  LADNDRE^ 
at  all  kinds  of  laundr.y  wuru.  aud  plain  washing ; 

75  cents  per  dozen  :  large  simuy  .yard.    Address  Mrs. 

Cooper,  ^o.  440  West  25th  st,  back  basement 

W""       A8B1NG.-BY    A    FIBSl'-CLASS    LAUNDRESS; 
gent's  and  families'  washing  at  her  own  heme; 
best  refereace.    Cull  at  No.  315  East  37th-st. 

A&tUING BY   A  RESPECTABLE    GIBL,    WHO 

is  an  excellent  waslier  and  Iro.ier,  to  go  out  in 
private  families.    Call  at  No.  212  West  60tb-st 

AMfllNG.— BY     A    RBSPECTABiiii    COLORED 
woman;  day's  work  hud  cleaning;    good  refer- 
ence-   Call  at  No.  210  tVeat  30th-st,  A.  Anthony. 


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COOK.— BY  A  YOUNG  FRENCHMAN  AS  COOK  IN 
private  honse ;  wages  mod <  rats  ;  referencea.  Ad- 
dress Nt  AIvAre.  Bex  No.  819  TIMES  UP-IOWN  OF- 
FICB.  MO.  1,35^  BBOADWAY.  

OACHOIAN.— BY  A    SIBOLU.MANi    BB8T    ClTY 

teterances ;  no  ooteoUpna  to  th*  ooootry.    Cftu  bo 

aMaagjUa  las*  •maiurn'a,  M*.  81  WMt  8it»«fc 


8IT«ATI0M  WAi^TED,     tBOAEDl.:^G  ANTJ  WtfOWQ, 


.ItALlS,- 

C''  OAeH.«AN"ANII  GAaOM.-THtiROUOHLT 
understands  his  business:  lyilling  «nd  obliging] 
no  obj?ot1ou  to  countr.y;  understanda  the  oire  ono- 
treatment  of  gentlemen's  road  horses;  liljihlv  recom- 
mended,' Hvtng  six  years  hi  one  place.  Address  A.  S., 
Box  No.  253  TIMES  CP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1.267 
BROADWAY. 


COACH !tIAN,-BY  A  QiNTLKMAN  POR  HIS 
eOEcbmau,  in  City  or  coantry;  first  olsas;  single 
liian ;  sale,  ex;ierieuce'l  driver:  thoroughlv  under- 
Stands  esre  of  horses,  ba-ness,  and  carriages;  under- 
stands car(lenlat(;  can  milk:  willing  to  make  himself 
generally  useful;  wages  moderate.    Addisss  UowaiO, 

Bu.  532  Pearl  at.,  for  two  days. 


COACHiTIANTtND  GROON.— BT  A  RESPECT- 
able  Bian,  married;  fexperidnced,  capable,  and 
trustworthr;  generallv  usetul;  knews  the  City  ;  will 
be  found  a  (rood  min  in  every  respect ;  has  gSod  ref- 
erence irom  late  employer,  who  can  be  seen.  Address, 
for  three  Uiiys,  X.  X,.  Box  No.  32S  TIMBS  DP-TOWN 
OPFICK,  NO.  1.257  BROADWAY. 


riOACU-WAN.— I    HAVE    SOLD     MT     hSTABLlSH- 

vymeor,  and  am  anxious  to  procure  a  good  place  for 
my  coacbmnu.  who  baa  served  me  /aithiuily  for  jrf»rs, 
with  the  strictest  honesty,  sobriety,  and  fidelity ; 
understands  bis  bnaluesS  thoroughly  and  perfoma  it 
skilliuDy;  handy,  industrious,  good  man;  strictly  tem- 
perate.   Addieas  XX.  No,  713  Tth-av. 


C^OACH.MAN.-UY  AMAKRIED  MA.S  ;  NO  FAMILY; 
^understands   uate   a-nd  management  of  horses,  car- 
riages, and  harnefli ;    liijjaly  recommeudcd  by  his  last 

employer, .with  whom  be  naa  lived  seven  years.  Call 
or  address  for  two  days  J.  R.,  No.  38  West  3Uth-st,  two 
doors  east  of  Bri>adwuy. 


I  lOACHMAN.— iJY  A  l  O.MPtiTENl'  SINGLE  MAN; 
V^tlioroughly  aiiderotands  bis  buslneaa;  excellent 
gropm ;     careful  Clt.y    driver ;   williug    and   obliging  ; 

ttiiempl.Tealu  consequeiioo  of  his  employer  selling 
out;  first-ciass  City  reference.  CaU  or  address  W.D., 
No.  4  East  31st-at ,  private  stable. 


C0ACH;»IAN  AND  GAUI>KNEK.-BY  A  SOBER. 
Irnsiworthy,  si  gle  raau;  thoroughly  nnoerstaiids 
prnuer  caie  and  mfiiiaeeuient  of  horses,  haruess,  car* 
riagea,  also' Bardeuia«^4.i  its  various  branches;  good 
milker;  williux  and  obliging;  beat  teatlmoniaia.  Ad- 
dress T,  B.,  iJox  Na  -'04  Times  Office. 


lOAC'HMAN.— BY  A  il.^i.L.i  M.^N;  IS  A  FlBsT- 
.y'class  groooi  and  careiUl  City  driver;  can  mUk  and 
be  generally  usefnl;  is  a  tniatwortby  man;  has  good 
referenues.  Audross,  for  oue  week,  Y.  M.,  No.  485 
Hicks-st ,  Brooklyn. 


C^OACH.VIA.N  ANO  «iROO.>l.— BY    A    RKSPECT- 
..lable  Prote,it»ntccotchinan;  single;  thoroughly un- 
dersturdthisDusines-:  tftrelhl  City  driver;   uo  oljeo- 

tiou  lu  tbu  country;   first-ulaaa   reterence.     Call  or  ad- 
dress, for  two  days,  CoaohmaU,No.  140  West  31st-st 


ClOACH.)IAN,^Uf  A  VOU-NG  COLORKD  MAN; 
/tour  .veaiV  reference  from  last  employer;  sooer, 
honest,  and  ebligtug;  understaiida  the  uare  of  horses 
In  all  branches,  and  is  a.  steady  driver.  Call  or  address 
No^214  E.ist  'J'^d-st,  tup  floor,  tront 


COACHAIAN  ANO  GRO'.I.M.- BY  A  YOUNG 
man,  married,  without  lacuutbraoee  ;  thoroughly 
uuderst  luds  his  business  In  all  Its  branehes ;  first- 
elais  Clt.y  rsfereneeai  no  o'Jecilon  to  tlie  country. 
Call  oraililr"ss  M.  B.,  7  West  44tn-at.  private  stable. • 


/^lOACHiJlAN  AND  GAKOKNKR,— dY  A  f>lS. 
V^gieman:  good  .Iriver  uud  gr»om.  and  excellent 
gardene:  ;  beat  reference.  Address  P.  M..  Box  ^lO.  '200 
Xim«3  OtRre.  ' 


/^OACU.tlAN.— SY  A  OftNTLiiMAN  FOR  HIS 
v^couclimau;  raarned:  no  tamlly;  whom  he  can 
higlily  rui^iiumead :  aliic  ly  com  lerats:  perfectly 
trubtworthv.    Address  0,  K.,  No.  113  Kast22d-st 


COACHMAN  ANO  GUO«l.»l.— GOOD,  CaRKFUL 
driver  ;    good  referen,.->}  from   last  empioyer.     Call 
oraddrete  j/jMhn.  .No.  112  Wist  50tb-st 


GlAROK.\KK.-6Y  A  U':RM.V.^,  WITH  WIKE 
Touly,  as  Urst-class  gardener;  nndeistauds  thor- 
ouj-hly,  bot-bou^<e  plants,  sraperiea,  flowrrs,  aud  veg- 
getabl- girdeniu7:  reters  to  bis  present  employer,  P. 
T.  Uaroum,  Bridgep  Tt,  Couu.,  where  be  ma.y  be  ad- 
dressed. Ileiir.v  U.lm«u,  or  at  Meiieiht  &  Wadley, 
florists.  37th  st  aua  otii  av.,  New-Y.irb. 


GAttOtNKJt.-UV  A  SINGLB  PRACMt'AL  MAN 
as  good  flu  Ist  and  vegetable  gardener;  under- 
stauds  the  general  manu^iement  of  a  genitemuu'a 
place; -has  tirst-cluss  refereuco  Irom  last  empiuycr. 
Address  I-'..  No.  114  Cedar  st. 


/^  1  AKUtlsKK.— ISY  A  i'UtSl-UL.k.,.s  FRENCH  GaR- 
vTdeuer ;  siiiele;  coinpeteu'  in  all  branches;  twenty 
years  experience  i;i  this  country ;  gjod  ri.-fereuces.  Aa- 
dress  A.  S.,  Gar)einjfc.No.  1,;6  iileeoUer-bt 


ClAKUIi.NEU.— l;Y  A  SINGLE  .MAN  AS  GARLBN- 
ITcr,  Acc.;  tboruugblv  uu  I'-rstauds  all  its  branches, 
auii  cau  be  bi>^h.y  rucummeuded.  Address,  for  two 
weeks,  J.  .M.,  G.irJencr.  Trt- mont.  New  York  Clt.y. 


f  1  AltDENtK.— BY  A.N     ACIIVE  .MARRIEO     aiAN  ; 

VJT  Uo  children ;  «lfe  would  do  house-worg;  low 
vliiKfs  ;  uoud  refereuco.  Address  M.  U.,  Box  No,  212 
Titnit  oflBoe. 


YV'**"^*^'-"*  *  COMPKTE.ST  WIUTK  WAlTiCR 
It  In  a  private  I*mlly;  exceliout  reference  tor  l.on- 
estv,  sobiieiy.  and  capabiiitT.  A-l.tress  duriug  this 
week  J,  G.  I..,  Box  .S...  2'Jl  1IME8  UP-IOWN  OhFlcE. 
NO.  1,257  BRO.iO'V.vY. 


VVAITl-.R.— BY  A  FiRil-i.LA.1i5  W.ITER.  l.N  A 
yy  irivatB  tamely;  Oity  or  country;  thuniugbly  un- 
deratunda  hi,  buaiueas  and  not  alraid  ot  Mork;  best 
city  leieruiicen.  Cil  or  addrosd  ho.  24  Weat  12t.h-st,. 
botn-een  5th  uiid  i>il>  avs. 


■\\/ Aii'E.t.— "Y  AUu  Pi.CI'AULl;  vOLOitKDMA.^ 
VT  lu  a  urntclaaa  privat-i  tamlly  aa  waiier;  la  alto 
c^pa.ileo;  lliUu,:  the  o^j^tMoa  o'  a  flrsi/-c-ISBS  head 
waiter;  oesi  of  city  ref  :roat;e.*.  Cuil  ur  address,  for 
twoilays.  I.  it,  l.«»  .V'St  IjCi-st.,  second   fl:ior,  1-out, 


\\rAia'bK.—    i     A     YiiU.NG     COLO  tau     MAN     IN 
yy  privatu   lumiivor  boardiug-house;    is  a  firsi-clnss 
waiter  iu  every  r-spect  ^  <4i:iiue  and  uuiifai;    Dent  CUr 
relereuce.    cail  ut  S<>.  loo  rt'est  27lh-»t 


WAlTliK.— BY  .^  Ko8fhCT-VBLL  MAN  AS  W  AlT- 
er  in  a  piiviite  family ;  speaks  French  and  Eng- 
ll-b;  *ery  b,;al  (ity  r^eroneea.  Aiidrraa  E.  1).,  Box 
No.  328TI.Mlv>  Ui'-iv»\v7>i  Ol-l-UE,  l,2.i7  BROADWAY. 


YV'AlTKli.— BY     A      iDLNG     KNOLlSiiM.^N     IN     A 
sly  pnvute  lauii,.y  .18  waiter ;    is  wliLiit:  aul  ooUglUK; 
best  01   City  relereuce.     Aadresi  F.  11.,   Box   .No.    260 
Tl.Uli.S  IjP-lOv.N  OIl'KK,  .SO.  i,257   BRu.aDWAY. 


\ArAlTEK.— UYA  FIRS1-IL.V88  KRK.ScH  WAIT  KR 
Ty  lu  private  t.imliy  ;  uudersiaods  well  his  buai- 
ness :  bebt  Ciry  reiereuce.  Caii  or  address  August, 
Na  154  Kast4'Jd-st 


WAITEK.— UY  A  Kl!tsT-i  Lass  YOU.sG  SI.IuLK 
colored  miu  ;  ia  tburougUly  comuelitut;  cau  tur- 
niih  good  relereuce  lur  liuueity  uud  moral  habits, 
call  or  addiess  .->.,  iho.  1o3  VVest24th-4t 


WAli'Kti.— Bi      A     nW.%D«— A#!i^A    PI  R.sT-k;LABB 
wuiter  iu  a  pnyata   fauiily:    has  iieat  City  refer- 
euee.    Address  W.  U,,  .\:or4l>0  4tb-a*,,  for  three  days. 


TV ■**'''*•'*•""*"'  *  YOUNG  FRIi.NCU.MAN  Aj.  FldST- 
yy  cii,ss  waiter  iu  a  private   tamlly  ;   bent  City   refer- 
ences.  CaU  or  addresn  ut  Suiter's.  No.  >j86  Bioudway. 


CliUUKn  AAO  &iALE!9,UE.>. 

BOOK^HilKKPER,  drc.-BY  A  YOUNG  MAN; 
goudpenmuu;  undcret.udi  buok-keeuiug;  willing 
10' do  auy  kiud  of  wriiing.  Address  W.  J.  v.,  B,ixNo. 
317  TlSlESLP-TOVVN  OtFICE,  NO.  1,257  SROADWaY. 


KELP^WAN]^^ 

WANTEO— A       PRACTICAL      OARUBNBR.     GOOD 

11    larmur.  mth    working  yyife,  without  ohildien,  to 

cultivate  a  farm  as  their  owu;   well  slocked,  with 

everytliiug  furnished  ;    appiicenls  by   mail  writ*  na- 

tiouailty,  qnalitlcatioas,  age,  retereucea    wages,     _ 

ALl-iXAhDhR,  No.  159  Bowery. 


ANTKD— A  KROTESIANT    WOMAN  AS  AN  Ai- 
tendantoo  an  eloeri.v   lady;    reterenoea  required. 

Apoiy  at  So.  413  Madison-av..  curuer  48th-st,  irom  9 

to4i  A.  M- 


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FINE^^RTS. 

ART  NOTICE.       "■ 

Sale  THIS  (Monday)  EVENING, 
AT  MINER'S  ART  GALLERIES.  NO.  845  BROADWAY. 
The  piivate  collection  ot  a  woU-kuoyrlS  art  connoisseur 
of  this  City,  embracing  cho.ce  onl  valuable  wocks  ot 
leading  artists  of  America  iind'Ettrope.  .., 
.■     Also.         •      ' 
THE  FAULKNER  GALLERY    --^ 
ot 
WATER-COLORS. 
Forming  one  of  th. finest  assemblages  of  Art  Works  iu 
this  brauch  ever  offered  ac  public  competition  iu  this 
Cit.y. 

To  bo  sold  at  auotlon.THlS  MONDAY,  TUESDAY,  and 
WED.NESDA3C  evemngs,  Feb.  26,  37,  aud  3*- 

HKNBY  D.  MINER.  Anetlmeer. 


AltT.— A  UAI..AXY  OF  (itUiMai. 

TUB  AMERICAN  COLLECTION  OF 
PAINTINGS,  -^ 
cefnprlslni;  the  latest  examol'is  of  everv  American  ar- 
tist of  not«,  coiitiibnted  in  every  instanne  by  the  artist 
represi-ntsd;  lu  its  entirety  without  doubt  the  mioloest 
ooiiecti'ju  of  the  works  ol  Amcricaa  artists  ever  offered 
at  public  Hale, 

The  collection  will  be  sold  at  auotioa 
AT  THE  KURfZ  GALLERY, 

No.  0  La.st  23d-.st ,  Madismi-sqaare. 

THURSDAY  AND  FRIDAY.  MARCH  1  AND  2, 

At  8  o'clock  .P.  M. 

The  Gallery  will  be  open  ou*-Sjondnv.  26th  lust,  and 

the  paintings  wiU  remain ou  ]^i|fi  EXHIBITION  from 

9  o'clock  A.  M.  to  10  o'clock  P.  U.  until  time  of  s.tle. 

Daniel  a.  JIATHEWS,  auctioneer. 


ART. 


Special  Announcement. 

BARKER  &  C0.,N0S.47&49  LIBERTY  ST. 

,>iTJWi*-TO-MOKROW.  (TUKSDaK,)  and  WEDNESDAY, 
the  28th.  the  entire  vulnablo  cuUection  of  eltigunt 
paintings,  now  on  exhibitiuu,  commencing  at  12  o'clock. 


ROBERT  COLLYER, 

OP  CHICAGO,  ' 

wlU  deUver  his  celebrated  lecture, 

"  CLEAR  GRIT," 

/  AT    srtl-VWAY  HALL, 

MOND.AY  EVENING,  Feb.  26, 
In  aid  of  the  Hospital  Cure  of  Chronic  Diseaaes. 
Admlsaiou,  50  cents.    Reserved  seats  at  Pond's,  No. 
39  Union-square. 


^E-OKEAM^ 

FUS8BLIj*S  IOB  GREA M  .—BEST  IK  THB  CITY; 
25  oentaper  quart  to  obuehes  and  arge  aades; 
ObarlotM  Busae,  in  boxaa,.  toMcrr  hanui  msb  iirlM  • 
«•&    JMvJUiBUiialtaaiM 


TlM«i»4«wn  oAoa  of  TBK  TIII1I3  is  located  at 
No.  iiasr  fir^adway,  btft.  :<i«it  afld  3d<f  dta.' 
Opai.da(lj(  Smadsiys  included,  Arom  4  A.  M.  to  d  P.  0. 
8nlBQKtpd«as  noetred;  amd  eopteaof  THB  TIMBS  for 

sale. 
AbrBBTISEJreBTS  RKCBlVBO  UNTTL  9  P.  M.  ' 


TO  LET-IN  A  8.VIALL  RESPBCTABLE  PRlVATB 
German  family,  weil-fttrnlshed  rooms,  with  trtt 
'Without  board,  to  gentleman  and  wife  or  single  gentle- 
men: reftrencei  Fxchanged.     laqhira  at  ^  111  BMit 

S8th-at 


AN— BNTIRB    SECOND    FL<M«%      WITH    0% 
without  private  table ;   deslrnbK^  location ;  mag- 
nificeot house;    bom6  comforts  ei^rred  withont  otkre. 

Address  MAniSON  aVENDK.  Bo*'  N4.  800  TIHB8 
DP-TOWN  OFFICB^NO.    1.207  BtUJADWAT. 

1\rO.  8i  IRVING.PIiACBM'WO  1)00R8  FBOM 
x\  Gramercv  Park,  with  board,  large  rooms  on  third 
Boor,  vrith  southern  exposure^  also,  hall  rooms  with 
fires:    references. 


NO.  74  WEST  35  rH-ST.-LAHOB  ROOM, 
parlor  floor,  suitable  for  gentleman  ana  yrifs ;  also, 
front  room,  f  lurth  floor;  excellent  board;  terms  mod- 
erate ;  referenees. 


rIFTH-AV.,  NO.  45.  BETWBEN  EL8VBSTH 
and  Twelfth  sta,  spacious  suite  of  well  furnished 
apartments  ou  parlor  floor,  yrlth   or  without  private 

table. 


No.  104    W^BST  4:4D-."flT.— HANDSOMBLT-FDR- 
nl»hed  rooms  tn  let,  with  first-class  board ;  terms 
moderate;  reterence. 


No.  ]!;<3  MADISON  AV.,  DE.HlRABLB  8DITB  OF 
rooms,  alao  single  room,  with  board ;  refereucea  ex- 
changed. 


WBSirr   830    ST.,    NO.   5>:|7.-GOOD    BOOMS, 
with  or  yyithout  board ;  good  loeatton ;  convenient 
to  cars. 


NO.     »30      BANT      35TH-9T.-NEATLY-FUR- 
nlobed  rooma,  with  or  without  board,   or   fer   lislit 
bou!iekeeplng  ;  good  neighborhood:   terms  moderate. 


SUNNY    SBGONO  FLOOR,  FRONT    SUITE. 
sunerlor  board ;  low  for ,  balance  of  seasoiu-No.  33 
West  33d-st. 


NO.    354    WE!<T    «3D-ST.-A    FINE    LARGE 
('econd-stury  fVont    alcove  room,  with  first-class 
boRrd  in  nnvnte  family.    Reterenoea 


NO.  33  WEST   31ST-ST.— A  SUITE  OF  ROOMS, 
suit  ule  for  a  family  er  gentlemen,  to  let,  with  pri- 
vate table,  or  without  board. 


NO.  4  BAST  20TH  ST.,  BETVVBBIV  STJI  AND 
.Madison  avs,— desirable  room;    first-class  boaru; 
also  table  boarders. 


PL8ASANT     ROO.MS,    WITH      BOARD.    THIRD 
floor;  but  few  boarders:  references.    No.  116  West 
45th  st 


N 


1>.    0    WEST    4a O-.ST.— DESIRABLE    BOOMS, 
with  board:   refereuces  exchanged. 


N 


O.  33  WEST'/yTH-9T OSB  FRONT,  SDNNT 

hall  room  and  mom  on  fourth  floor,  with  board. 


R 


OO.HS,    WITH    EXCELLENT    TABLE,    AT 

.■^o.  23  West  32d-8t. 


N 


O.     5      EAST      4aTH-ST.— SECOND    FLOOR; 
well-fumi^hed;   first-class  board;  references. 


A'^~1mRGb"co11F0RTABLE  FRONT  ROOM, 
on  the  second  floor ;  furni.<hed  ;  two  rooms  on  the 
third  floor  ;  to  geutlcmec.  without  board.  No.  2384th- 
av,.  near  19tb-at 


NO.     131      WEST     49TH-ST.-FURNISHED; 
f'econd  floor  front  room;   a.l  improvements ;  terms 
moderate. 


HOTEU% 

THE  ROYAL  VICTORIA  HOTEL, 

NASSAU,  B  AHA  VIA  (SL  AN  D3. 
For  full  Information  apply  to 

JAMES  ciiiaBawonD  &  co.. 

No.753  Bro.tdwiv.  ."^ew-York. 


JONANOLAL^ 

Si!W-M  CITY 
6S  &  7S, 

COUPON    AND    REGISTERED, 


FOR  SALE  BY 


VERMILYE  &  CO., 


le  .A.3>TX>   18  3Sr-A.SS-A."Cr-ST- 


_.  TO  THE  HOLDERS  OP  ^ 

Alabama  State  8  per  cent.  Gold 
Bonds  of  1870, 

ISSUED  TO  THE  ALABAMA  AND  CHATTANOOGA  R.  B. 
New-Ycrk.  Feb.  1.  1877. 

Having  b'en  appointed  b.y  the  English  Cummittee  of 
Bondholders  agents  tor  the  United  States  to  receive 
the  deposit  of  Bonds  accompanied  by  a  contribution 
ofTcnDoilnrs  Gold  for  each  bind,  we  reapectfUUy  re- 
quest bobiers  to  dep»°it  yrith  us  at  our  ofttte..  No.  51 
William  st,  their  Bonds  and  the  stated  c»U«slbuUeu, 
for  whinh  prnner  receiots  yylll  h^  issued. 

Printed  lormi  for  deposit  of  Bonds  and  copies  of  the 
resoiutinn  under  wliiuh  the  said  c'ommlitee  act  will  be 
furnished  ou  appiicatlou  at  our  otBce. 

PLOCK  &  CO. 


SIX  PER  <:ENT.  BROOKLYN  CITY  BONDS. 

DEPAKTXBiyT  opFisahcb,  Costroijlbr's  Officb.   J 
CiTT  Hall,  Brookitk,  Feb.  16,  1877.       5 
The  undersigned  wUl  roc^lvejiealed  proposals  at  this 
office  until  'rhurs  ia.v.  Marob  1,  at  12  o'clock  noon,  (at 
which  lime  they  will    be  opene.l)  for    the    purchase  of 
the  whole  or  iMiy  part  of  the  following  loans: 

$500,000 
Six  per  cent.  Brooklyn  City  bonds  for  the  completion 
of  the  New- York  anil  Brookl.rn  Bridge. 

$300,000  MATURING  IN  l!j09,  and 
S2iiO,<iOO  MATURING  IN    1910. 
COUPON  01!     REGISTERED. 
$250,000 
.""ii  percent    AS8E9SME«fT    FONu    BONOS,  W.  &  R., 
maluriug  three  years  from  date  of  purchase — Regis- 
tered. 

Proposals  must  state  the  pnoe  offered,  (with  acorued 
interest  from  Jan.  1  on  Brooklyn  City  bonds,)  anddo- 
Bcrlption  of  bonds  desired. 

WILLIAM  BUBRELL.  ControUer. 


CHASE  k  ATKINS, 

BANKERS  AND  BROKERS^ 

NO.  18  BROAO  STREET.  NEW- YORK. 

INTEREST  ALLOWED  ON  DEPOSTT  ACCODNTS 
SUBJECT  TO  DRAFT 'AT  SIGHT. 

GOLD.  GOVERNMENT.^  STATS.  MUNICJIPAL.  AND 
RAILROAD  SBCURITIBS  BOUGHT  AND  SOLD  ON 
COMMISSION  FOR  CASH  OR  UPON  MARGIN. 


OCEAN   NATIONAL  BANK. 
ASSETS  AT  AUCTION, 

MARCH  27,  1877. 
For  catalogue  apply  to  ADRIAN  H.  MCLLBR  &  CO., 
No.  7  Pine  st,  or  to  the  Receiver,  No.  21  Nassau  St. 

THEODORE  M.  DiriS,   Receiver. 


BUFFALO  CITY  PARK  ]S, 

Dne  In  191  5. 

FOR  SALE  BY 

DANIEL  A.  MORAN, 

NO.  40  WALL-ST. 


niDNICIPAL  BONDS,  DC£  J»06.    A  LIMITED 

AMOUNT  FOB    SALE  BY 

KUHN,LOEB  &  CO.,  NO.  31  NASSAU  ST. 


CONVEUISION  OF  FOREIGN    BONDS    AND 

STOCKS  INTO  BRITISH  FUNDS, 
Before  Investing  your  savinga  or  co^iverting  your 
stocks  address 
MESSRS.  F.  niALLETT,  PELEAI RN  dc  CO., 

Bo.  11  South wark  Exchange, 

.  Loudon,  S.  E. 

LETTEB3  OF  CREDIT  AND    CURRENT    ACCOUNTS 

ON   aKMITTANOKS    ON    LONDON.    BRUSSELS.  AND 

PARIS,  AND  ALSO  DEPOSITS    MADB  ON    Mi:.KCHaN- 

D18E, 

This  house  receives  consignments  of  funds  on  estab- 
Ushed  conditions,  aud  delivers  in  exchange  bank  drafts 
of  stated  maturity. 


ROBERT  W^INTHROP   <Se  CO., 


BANKERS  AND  BROKERS. 


HAVE    REMOVED  TO 


NO.  62  WALL-ST.,  CITY  BANK  BUILDING. 


AC.  8DRNHAM,  NO.  33  PINE  ST..  NEW-YORK, 
a— Investment  securities  naying  eight  to  ten  per 
cent  lor  sale.  'Western  mortgages  a  speolalCT  for  six- 
teen yours.  References  iu  New-York,  Boston.  Hart- 
ford, and  Philaaelphla,    Bend  for  lists. 


T.  ROBINSON  WARREN  4s  OO. 

WM  O.  HOFFMAN,  Auctioneer, 

No.  106  Broadway,  comer  of  Piuost 

STOCKS,  BONDS,  ANO  EEAL  EsTA.B. 


BROWN  DROTHERH  «:.CU.. 

SO.  09  WaLLi  ST., 

XVAUiABU  U  «lTAitTi  vf  to*  W" 


rm 


AMUSEMENTS. 

dTBINWAir  HALL.  OLB  BOLij. 

OLE  BHIlLu 
OLS  BITLL, 

OLE  bull: 

OL'i  BULL. 

AimoifNCBMBST  SXTSAOBTJtNABT. 
It  is  respeotfnily  announced  that  thO  ifOrlA'S  gzMtert 
tloUn  Tlrtaoso  and  admirable  composer, 

».„  OLK   BULL, 

Will  make  his  first  appearance  in  five  years  oa 
WBDNBSDAt  EVBNINO,  Feb.  28.  at  %. 
The  managers  feel  proud  in  auuouncing  for  this  aoea- 
■ion  the  engagement  of 

T&E  GREATEST  LIVING  PIANISTB, 
ANNKTIB  BSSTPOFP, 
ANNETTE   BsSIPOFP. 
ANNETTE    E8S1POFF. 
ANNETTE    ESSIPOFF, 

And  Other  eminent  artists,  to  be  annonnoed  hn«sft«r. 
OLE  BULL  will  play  bis  GRAND  CONCB&TO  Allegro 
Maestoso.  Adagio  ^entimentale,  Rondo  Paateiale;  aUM>, 
his  great  SICILIAN' A  B  TARANTELLA. 

MUE.  ESSIPOFWqgDPljiT 
Chopin's  Ballade,  op,  28.         _, 
Mendelssohn's  Pive  Songs  WItBinxt  Woxda. 
Liszt's  Etude  de  Concert,  D  flat. 

Bnbinstelo  8  Danse  TacherkessB  "IiWKinks,*  (fhim 
the  opera  "TheDfmon.") 

Notwithstan  'log  the  anarmous  expense  entailed   by 
this  grand  combination,  the  prioea  of  admission  yyiU  bet 

ADMISSION.  ONE  DOLLAR; 
secured  seats,  $1  50.    AtBteluway's,  Schuberth's,  and 
No.  114  Broadway. 


T 


^ttm 


AMUSEMENTS, 


ACADE.lIir  OF  JtlUSiC. 

Overwhelming  hoasesi 


ABBOTT. 
Imtnenae  suoeess 


IN  GRAND  ITALIAN  OPERA. 

8PRCIAL  ANNOUNCEMBNTl 

Iiast  night    and  lust  matinee  of 

LA    FIQLIA    DBL    BBGQIMENTO, 

On  FRIDAY  and  SATURDAY,  March  2  and  a 

In  consequence  of  the   unur^cedented  demand  fbr 

seats  for  Miss  BIVtMA  ABBOTT'S  d6bnt  last  Friday  and 

Saturday  matinee,  and  the  fact  that  hundreds  of  per- 
sons were  uunbie   to    obtaiu    even  admission,    the 
management  takes  great  Pleasure  in  announcing  the 
LAST  ARBOrf  OPERA   NIGHT 
and  THE  LAST    ABBOTT  MaTINEK 

onFRIDAT  andSATUR'iAY.  March  2 and  3, 

when  will  be  repeated  Donleetti's  cbarmlnr  opera, 

LA  FIGLLA    DEL  REGGIMEnTO, 

in  which  Mias  ABBOTT  as    MARIA    has    acheived   a 

trlumphaut  success;  with  the  powerful  cast, 

BRIGNOLI,  FERRANTI,  Mme.  DE  GEBELE,  fro. 
MAX  iiARETZKK,  GRAND  CHORUS  and  OttCHESTBA. 
Saleof  seats  on  Mondav  at  Aeademy,  Scbirmer'a,  N*. 
701  Broadway,  No.  Ill  Broadway,  also   No.    23   Uaion 
Square, 


VAKH.  TUE^^t'RE.    .  B'WAY  AND  a,JD  ST. 

HENRY  E.  ABBey Lessee  and  Manager 

FIFTH  WEEK. 

STILL  THE    PREVAlLlN'i    POPULAR    ATTRAOTION, 

Mr.  Leonard  Grorer's  Americau  comedy 

OUR  BOARD1NG-HOU«E. 

One  vast  laugh  fills  tbs'air.  -Herald. 

OUR  BOARDING-HOUSE. 
It  is  very  well  aetei.— Evening  Fast. 

OUR  BOARDlNG-HuUSE. 
Is  beahtiftUly  placed  on  th°  stage,— iffttndatr  Mereury. 

OUR  DOARUING-HOOSK. 
Free  ilrom  taint  of  vnlsarity.— Bxprtss. 

OUR  BOaRDING-HOUSK. 
Will  certainly  be  a  popular  institution. — TeUyram, 

OUR  BOARDING-HuUSE. 
The  laughter  cornea  irresiBtioiy. — N'etoi. 

OUR  KOARDING-HOO.SE. 
Always  crowded  with  r<ishionable  guesta— JfaO. 

OUR  BOARDlNGHOtfSK. 
Latest  arrivals  pnblKftiled  in  the  OrapTna. 

EVENING  at  8;  SATURDAY  MATINEE  at  2. 

Be'v'd  seats.SOc  $1  and  $1  50.  Admission,  50c  and  $1. 

FREE  LIST  ABSOLUTELY  SUSPENDED. 


AiYlERlCANSOCIETV  OF  PAINTERS  AN 

W&TIl  COIOIS. 

TENTH  ANNUAL  EXHIBITION 

LAST    WEEKs 

NATIONAL  ACADE3IY   OF  DESIGN, 

Corner  of  4tb-aT.  and  23d-st. 

Open  dally  (.Sundays  excepted)    from  9  A.  M.  until  6 
P.  M.,  and  from  7  until  10. 


UILMORE'S  UARDEN. 

OPEN  THREE   tVEMNGS  IN  THB  WEEK. 


TUESDAY, 


THURSDAY, 


SATURDAY. 


TUESDAY   aPTERKOON    AT   2    O'CLOCK. — .-- 

A  great  entertainment  for  the 
BENEFIT    Oi'     MR.    JOHN    CHRISTIAN. 
THREE  TROTTING  BACKS.  ~ 

RUNNING  BACBS, 
LADIES'  FLAT  BACB, 

PACING  BACE. 
AND  OTflP.R  ATTBACnONS. 
60  cents .^DMlSslO.V 60  cents. 


THE  GREAT   NEW.VORK  AQUARILDI. 

BROADWAY  AND    35'rH  RT. 

OPEN  DAILY  from  9  A.  M.  tlU    10  P.  M. 

LIVING  M0N81ERS,  WONDERS,    AND    FI8HB3. 

The  Greatest  Wonders  of  the  Age. 
Capt  JOHNSuN  und  his  celebrated   DORY  CENTEN- 
NIAL, the  smallest  boat  that  ever  crossed  the  Atlantic, 
explaining  the  Dory  log-book,  a  narrative  of  daiiug 
adventure.     Prof.  STARR'S   Electro-mioroscope,  mag- 
Diljlni:    living    marine  objects  to    lO.UOO  times  tnelx 
natural  Size.    Ten  enormious  mau-eaiing  Alligators. 
Wouderful  bladder-nose  ;seaL 
Egyptian  River  Horse  ;  Lake  White  Fish. 
AFrERNOON  AND  r.VENISG  CONCERTS. 
Admiijsiou  to  all,  5ii  cents;    children  half  price. 


EAGLKTBEATKE.  AI.MEE  I.V  TilB  NKWOPKRA, 

Moaday  evening,  Feb.  '.6,       Tu°8da.T  eTeniUii  Feb.  27. 

Wednesday  evening,  Feb.  28,   Thursday  ev'g,  March  1. 

Also  at  Saturda.y  matinee,  March  3,  at  1:30, 

Only  performances  of  Offenbacii'a  recent  success. 

LA  BOULA.NGEKE  A  DKS  KcX'S. 

Played  by  MLLE,  AIMEE  tor  100  nights  in  Paris,  and 

In  which  she  sings  tbe  beautitul  Spanish  song,  LA  PA- 

LriMA.     E.SIT.HELY    NEW  COSTUSIhS  AND   A   GREAT 

CAST,  wlthMLLli.  AI41EE  as  JIARGOT. 

Friday  evening  (by  request)  only  performance  of 

La  GiANDE  UUCHESSE. 

Saturday  evening,  March  3.  last  time  of  Glrofle-Girofla. 


NEW     BROADWAY  THEATRE, 

BROADWAY  AND  30T11-.ST. 
MONDAY,  FEB.  26,  1877, 
First  appearance  in  this  clt.y  of 

Mr.  JOHN  T.  HIKD8, 
the  Celebrated  Irish  Coraeoiau  from  Theatre  Boyal, 
Dublin,  every  evenio?,  and  W ednesday  and  Saturday 
matinee  at  2.  in  INsHAVOGUE,  or  TI.MES  IN  '98.  sup- 
portca  by  a  strong  oompan.y  nf  metropolitan  artiata. 

Admissiou,  50c.:  Reserved  Seats,  75o.;  Gallery,  25c.; 
Orchestra,  $1. 


rsiUE    CELUBKATED    CENTENNIAL  "BCT- 

XtERHEAD."  DRBASllNO  lOL.ANPHE,  and  other 
Studies,  on  exhibition  at  No.  868  Broad w.>y,  near  14tb 
St.    Aumlssion,  25  cents. 


_jBA^KEUPT_NOTIOES;__ 

IN  BANKRUPTCY.— IN  THE  DISTRL  T  COURT 
ot  tbe  United  States  for  tbe  Southern  District  of 
New-York.- In  the  matter  of  ABRAHAM  8TKIN  and 
ISRAbL  8TK1N.  bankrupts. — Notice  is  hereby  given 
that  a  petition  has  been  filed  iu  said  court  by  Abra- 
ham Stein  and  Isr.iei  Stein,  of  New-York  City,  in  said 
district  dul.y  declared  uankrupts  under  the  act  of 
Congress  of  March  2,  1867,  lor  a  discbarge  and  cer- 
tificate thereof  from  all  their  debts,  and  other  claims 
provable  under  said  act.and  that  the  2 1st  day  of  March. 
1877.  nt  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  at  the  otBoe  of  Henry 
Wilder  AUen,  Esq.,  Ueginer  in  Bankruptcy,  No.  152 
Broadway,  in  the  City  of  New- York,  is  assigned  lor 
the  hearing  of  tbe  same,  when  and  where  all  creditors 
who  have  proved  tneir  debt£.  and  other  persons  lu 
Interest  may  attend,  and  show  cause,  if  any  they 
have,  why  tbe  prayer  ot  the  said  petition  sbouid 
not  be  granted.  —Dated  New- York,  oo  the  24lh  da.y  of 
February,  1877.  GEO.  F.  BETTS,  Clerk. 

f26-lawSwu* 


IN  BANKRUPTCY.— LN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT 
of  tne  Uuited  Mates  tor  the  8outberu  District  of 
New- York.— In  the  mutter  ot  JULES  CRUCY  and  AD- 
RIAN CRUCY.  bankrupta — Notice  is  hereby  given 
that  a  netitiou  has  been  filed  in  said  court 
by  Adrian  Crucy,  in  snid  district,  dulv  declared  a 
bankrupt  under  theaot  or  Congress,  of  March  2,  1867, 
for  a  discharge  aud  certificate  thereof  from  nil  his 
debts  and  other  claims  provable  under  ssud  act.  and 
that  tbe  ninth  dav  of  ularch,  1877.  at  12  o'clock  M.. 
at  tbe  office  of  Mr.  John  Fitch,  Register  in  bank- 
ruptcy. No.  346  Bro;idwa.y,  lu  the  City  of  New-York, 
is  assigned  for  tbe  heatinj;  oithe  same,  whea aad  where 
all  creditors  who  have  proved  their  debts  and  other 
persons  iu  interest  may  attend,  and  show  cause.  It  any 
they  have,  why  tlie  piayer  of  the  said  petition 
should  uot  be  granted.— Dtited  New -York,  on  the  6lh 
day  of  February,  1S77.  GEO.  P.  BhTTS,  Clerk. 

fi2-law3wM'» 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
States  for  the  Southem  District  of  New-York. — In 
tne  matter  of  ALB KR'l'S.  ODELL  and  EDGAR  ODELL, 
banlirupts. — In  Bankruptcy. —  ibis  Is  to  give  notice 
that  a  peiitiou  has  oeen  filed  in  said  court  by  Albert  S. 
Odell  and  Edgar' Odell,  uf  New  York  City,  iu  said  dis- 
trict, duly  declared  bankrupts  under  the  Revised 
Statutes  of  the  United  States,  Tltie  "  Banlcruptcv  "  aa 

amended,  for  a  discharge  to  each  of  them  and  a  certifi- 
cate thereof  from  ail  their  and  each  of  their  debts  <iDd 
other  claims  provable  under  said  Revised  statutes,  and 
tnat  the  ISth  day  of  March  next,  at  2  o'clocK  f.  M.,  at 

the  oflice  of  James  F.  Dwiiht,  Esq..  Register  in  Bank- 
ruptcy ot  said  Court,  at  No.  7  Beckman  street.  New- 
York  Cit.y,  is  assigned  for  the  hearing  of  tbe  same, 
when  aud  where  creditors  may  attend  to  show  cause, 
it  uny  they  have,  wh.y  the  prayer  of  said  petition 
should  not  be  granted.  GEO.  F.  BEITS, 

fl9iaw3w4i*  Clerk  of  the  District  Court 


IN  THE  OlSTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
States torihe  District  ot  New- Jersey. —In  the  mat- 
ter of  WILLIAM  H.  ALLEN,  bankrupt— The  said 
bankrupt  having  applie'i  to  the  courtjor  a  discharge 
from  bis  aebts,  by  order  of  the  couuimtice  is  hereby 
given  to  all  creditors  who  have  proved  their  debts, 
and  other  persons  in  Interest,  to  appear  before  tbe 
said  court,  nt  the  Htate-house.  la  the  Ott.y  of  Trenton, 
lu  said  district,  on  tbe  thirteenth  (13th)  day  of  Miu-ch, 
A.  D.  1877,  at  10  u'clbck  .^.  M.,  .ind  show  cause,  if  auy 
the.y  have,  why  adlschurge  should  not  be  granted  to 
thosald  bankrupt  W.  8.  BELVILLb,  Clerk. 

fl9-law3w.il 


IN  THEDISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
States^or  the  District  ol  New-Jersey.— Iu  the  matter 
of  JOHNF.  KILGOU  ••,  bankrupt— Tne' eaid  bankrupt 
haviug  applied  to  (he  court  lor  a  oiscbnrgo  from  his 
debts,  by  order  ot  the  couit  notice  is  hereo.v  given  to 
all  creditors  who  nave  proved  tbeir  ileots,  aud  other 
persons  in  interest,  to  appeal' before  the  said  court,  ut 
tbe  Staie-house,  in  the  City  ot  Trenton,  in  said  dis- 
tiict,  on  the  thirteenth  (13th)  day  of  "March.  A.  D. 
1877,  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.,  aud  show  cause,  if  any  thfy 
have,  why  a  discharge  should  uotk  be  granted  to  the 
said  bankrupt  W.  S.  BELVILLE.  Clerk. 

ti9-law3wM 


ri^BE   COPARTNERSHIP     HERETOFORE 

JL  exlstmg  under  and  by  the  flrm  name  of  LB  BOU- 
'TlLLliiR  £  BRIDE,  has  been  this  day  diesolved  by 
mutual  consent  Mr.  THOMAS  LEBOOTILL IBB,  Ja., 
tyiil  sign  in  Uquidatlon. 

THOMAS  LB  BODTILLIER.  Jb. 
CHABLEH  £.  BtUDS. 

Hbw-Yobk.  Feb.  14,  1877. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  tbe  nn4ere\gncd  bara 
this  day  formed  a  copnrtuership  unuer  the  firm  name 
ofLEBODTXULiBB  «  CO.dPAN¥,  fiir  tbe  transaction 
of  a  general  Importing  business  In  tlooks,  bronze*, 
fi^cy  goods,  ta        ^Ay^B^BOH^jBB    Ja. 


WALLACH'S. 

Proprietor  aad  Manager Mr.LBSTBB  WAUAC3K 

IBOTHSB  VABIBD  AMD  AWRACTIVB  PBO«his«eSD 

LBOmSATB  OOMBDT 
tor  the  week  ending  Match  8, . 

KOHDAT,  TUESDAY,  AND  SATUROaT  BVlMUWIt 

WiU  be  perfoinned  the 

tHIBD  OP  THB  SB&IBB  OF  COMIO)!  UPBS8BXTA 

"noNS. 
oonalatlDg  af  Ooldsmlth's  famous  ataadatd  -wtHik,  ta 
five  aota,  entitled  ^ 

SUB  STOOPS  TO  OORQDBB, 

with  ^  

AFPKOPBIATB  SCBNIO  BMBBLUSHHSST 

and  tbe  followiag  

ADMIRABLE  DISTRIBUTION  OF  OH&BAOTBKSl_ 
CHARLES  MARLOW Mr.  LBS'l'BB  WALLAOf 

MR.  UARDCA8TL8 Mr.  JOHN  OUtBBKI 

TONY  LUjiPKIN.  with  sons,  the   "  Jolly  Wagoner;; ^ 

Mr.  HaBBYBECKBTT 
OKORGB  HASTINGS Mr.  C  A.  8TBVBH80S 

BIR  CHARLES  MARLOW „Mr  J.  W.  SHABIIOIf 

DIQGORY Mr.  B.  AC.  HOLLAJTO 

STINGO Mr.  W.  J.  LBONABO 

JERKMT , _ Mr.  C.  E.  EDWIlf 

KATE  HAEDCA9TLB Miss  ADA  DIA8 

CONSTANOH  NEVILLE Mius  ROSE  WOOD 

MRS.  HABDCASTLE Mme.  PONI8I 

DOLLY Jflss  KTHEL  THOEBTOa 

WEDNESDAY  ABD  pfibAY  KVENIKQ3. 

WILD  OAT5.  

THITRSDAT    rrBNINQ    AND    SATUEBAT    HA'nHBl, 

A  MOBNINQ  CALL  and  MARRIED  LIFE. 

IMPORTANT  NOVELTIES 

are  ta  aettve  preparation  fbr  immediate  prodoetlOB. 

the  flrst  ot  which  vrtli  be  duly  announced. 

HALT'S  FIFTH  AVENUE  TH&AT&JL 


LAST 
NIGHTS 


LEMONS. 

LAST    •<  LESIONS  "in  AT  tP(BB    SATUHDAT 
NEXT. 

In  preparation  Ibr  Mareli  12,  A  KBW.  COUIC  8EV8A* 
SATION  of  Local  and  Contemporaneous  Interest. 

SATURDAY  NIGHT,  MARCH  10.  FIRST  BEKBPIT  la 
America  of  Mr.  CHARLES  F.  COOHLAN,  when  h«  iriU 
appear  as  HAMLET. 

BOOTH'S  THEATRE.  POCBTM  WBEl^ 

Of  the  great  local  play  i 

"  FIFTH  AVENUE." 

GEORGE    RIGNOLD  as  tha  How. 

ACT  L 
Pictures  the  SINKING  OF   AN  OCBAN   BTBAXSK. 

ACT  IL 
Pictmres  8CBNES  IS  WALL  STREET. 

ACT  IIL 
Pictures  the  LAUNCH! .NG  OF  THB  MONITOB. 

ACT  IV. 
Pictnres  Fifth  arenne  by  nl^ht,  and  the  HTTBOn  01 
MB.  SCHUYLEB.  the  banker.    A  thrlUing  aearn*. 

ACT  V. 
Pictures  the  return   of  tbe  gallant  SEVBHTH  XBQ» 
MKNX  and  their  conflict  yrlth  the 

RIOTERS    OF    1863. 

-.*  MATINEE  EVaiiY  SATURDAY  at  liBO. 

NIBLO'S  GAROEN. 

KIBALPY  BBOTHEBS Lessees  and  3Iaaac«a 

GRAND  REt;0NSTBDv;T10Jl 
of  the  great  spectacle 

ABOUND  THE  WOELB 
IN  80  DAY8. 

Four  of  the  greatest  living  dancers,      

MUe.    PALADINO,    Mile.    MaAASOHIBI, 
MUe,  DE  BOSA. 
Signer  ERNESTO  MASEAGITIO. 
with  anew  aud  efficient  corps  de  ballet 

MlssJBNMK  HLGHEi^  has  been  speciallT  engsMft 
to  play  NEMEA,  iu  which  she  will  sing  some  other 
poDu;ar  soogs. 

CHICKERING  HALL.       5th-av.,  comer  18th-«t 

John  B.  Gough, 

MONDAY  EVENING,    FEB.  26.     _ 

Subject-" NOW  AND  THEN.» 

(ALTEEBD  and    specially  adapted  to  CENTENNIAT 

TIMES,) 

Admission.  50c.;  reserved  seats  'Without  extra  oharg% 

at  Pond's,  So.  39  Umon  square. 

Brooklyn  Academy  TUESDAY  EVEHTN0,  Feb.  28. 

EAGLE  THEATRE.  GALA  NIGHT— TO-NIGHTT 
Tbe  mansgement  respectfully  announce  that  HI& 
I.MPKRIAL  HIGHNESS,  tho  GRAND  DUKE  ALEXIS, 
who,  together  with  his  suite,  has  attended  ALL  of 
MUe.  AlMEiJ'S  PERFOU.HANCES  LAST  WEEK,  yrill 
again  visit  the^EAGLB  THEATRE  TO-NIGHT  in  honof 
of  the  FIRST  PERFORMANCB  here  of  OFFENBAOU'I 
LaTEsT  BUC0KS.'<. 

LA  BOULANGERE  A  DES  ECUS, 
(THE  RI,:H  BAKERESS.) 
when  Mile.  AIMBE  will  bav-o  tbe  inmor  of  appoariaf* 
for  the  first  time  in  New-Yorii  in  her  original  oharao. 
ter  of  MARGOT,  as  psrtormed  by  her  In  Paris  ^or  lOlJ 
nlchta^ ^ • 

UNION  SQtrAS,B^U£ATSB, 

Proprietor. „ Mr.  SnBBIDAN  SHOO^ 

Manager.j^«„ci^ ..;Mt.  a.  M.  PALMB4 

UNEQUIVOCAL  8UCCKS3 
OP 

THE  DASICHEFPS. 

The  most  efliectlve  af  the  mau.v  good  plays  ptoduceA- 

at  ih^  Union  .*»auare  Theatre — EBening  Poet 

HOUSE  CROWDED  AT  EVERY  RKP.tKaJBNTATIOR. 

BATUBDAY  AT  1:,S0,  FIFTH  AlA^EB  OF 

THE  UANICUEFFS. 


-,'J.',V  . 

m 


NEW   EASTKRniUSK 

"  The  Magdalene "  Ksstei  h.ymu,  by  George  W, 
Warren,  60  cents;  Easter  hvmn.  Wheat,  70  centsi 
"  Alleluia,"  grand  processional  h.ymu,  Henr.v  Wilsoi^ 
20  cents  ;  Carols.  '"  t.ing  one  Sweet  Easter  Belis," 
"Tbeu  and  Now,"  Warren,  each  5  cents  ;  "  The  Voat 
is  Decked  with  Flowers,"  Poad,  Jr.;  "  Christ  the  Lord 
has  riaen,"  Warren,  each  6  cents.  All  the  beet  Easter 
anthems,  hymns,  carols,  to,,  oy  Danks,  Lloyd.  Wil- 
liams, Chappie,  and  others.  WILLIA.U  A.  POND  « 
CO.,  No.  547  Broadway,  branch  at  No.  39  Unlon-8q(iara» 

New-York. 

HELLUR'S   WONDER    THEATRE. 
EVERY  EVENING  AT  8. 

The  Third  l-rogramme. 

Kverylhing  uew  aud 

more  woudei'luX  tuau  ever. 

BOBBBT  HELLER.  MISS  HELLER 

Matin6es  Wednesday  and   Saturda.v  at  3. 
Cliiidreu  half  pilca  to  Matinees.^ 


BROOKLYN  ACADE.HY  OF  :^I0S1C. 

WEDNESDAY  TSVENING,  FEB.  2a 

MISS   EMMA  ABBOTT 

IN  GRAND  ITALIAN  OPKEA, 

ASSISTED  BY  BRIGNOLI.  FERRANTI,  Ita 

Seats  at  Academy  and  No.  Ill  Bioadway. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  MINSTRELS. 

Great  SUCCESS  of  the  new  piece,      IOPEBA-HOUSB' 
OUR  HASH  HOUSE.  (      Broadyray 

And  the  hash  cau  be  Ajil.yzed,   '    I  and 

for  there  is  not  a  'alr^iu  it       '    (        29th  at 
Matinee  SATURDAY  at  2.  |  Svats  Secured^ 


GRAND  OPERA-HOUSE. 

Peeln  It  Donnelly Lessees  and  ManagerSt 

HOUSE  CBOWDHD.  UNTIL  FUBTHEB  MOTIC^I 

THE    TWO    ORPHANS. 

MATINEES  WEDNESDAY  AND  SATURDAY,  AT  2. 


mSTRUCTION. 

Collegiate    Institute, 

No.  to  WASHINGTON    SQUARE.  NKW-YoBK  Cirt. 

GEO.  W.  CLARKB,  Ph.  D.,  PrIncipaL 

Prepares  pitptls  of  all  ages  for  business  or  boUegs. 

RKW  SEMINARY    AND   FiiMALB    CjLLEGI^ 
Carmel,  N.  Y.— For  both  sexes.     Bates  reasonable^ 
A  school  for  earnest  work.    Spnnz  session  Feb.  10. 
GEO.  C.  SMITH.  A  .«. 


RS.  PARK!?'    HOAROING    ^NO      DAY* 

school  for  young  ladi?s,    New-Brunswick.   N.    J., 
opens  Its  next  sessiou  Feb.  5.     Circulars  seutif  desired^  ■ 
'Tcruia  moaerate. 


CLAViiRACKiN.Y.,  COLLEGE  ANO  HUD. 
RIV.  IN -ST.— English,  French,  German,  Classics,  Mu. 
sic.  Art.  Term  begins  March  9.     ALONZOFLaCK.  Prea 


PORT  CHESTER  INSTITUTE— Port  Chester: 
N.  Y.;  limited  to  '25  boys.    O.  Wlnthrop  Btarr,  A.  M. 

'I  * 

TEACHERS. 

A  IVIBRIOAN  ANO    FOREIGN    TEACHERS* 

l\  tnrevi'.Y  supplies  professors,  tutors,  goveruesBes, 
and  teachers  in  every  department  of  lustruction; 
gtves  loformatlou  to  parents  of  good  schools:  rents 
and  sella  school  properties.  Fur  circulars  apply  Xa 
Alisa  M.  J.  YU0>O,  No.  23  Union  square. 

N.B. — Miss  Young  has  severed  her  conneotlou  with 
the  "American  jscliool  Institute"  in  cousequauoe  of 

the  bankruptcy  of  J.  W.  Schermerhora  &  Co. 


THB  NATIONAL  SCHOOL  UURBAU  IS  A 
reliable  agency  tor  supplvius  schools  aud  families 
with  teachers,  and  teachers  with  positiona  Increas. 
ing  demand  for  good  teachers.  Apply  early  lor  Aii. 
tumn  vacancies.  Send  stamp  for  apphoatfon  form, 
T.  COTES  WORTH  PIXCKNKY.  Domestic  Building, 
corner  I4th   st  aud  Broadway.  New- York. 


jynSCELLANEOUS. 

TO    CONtiSlGNURS    OF    AlEAT. 

Mr.T.  B.  BLACK  begs  to  Inform  consignors  of  meat 
to  the  iinglish  market  that  all  consignments  forwarded /; 
to  him  will  receive  promot  attention,  and  no  pains  will' 
oe  spured  to  seoure  the  best  prices. 

T.  B.  BLACK,  Commisslou  Salesman, 
Vo.  102  Central  Meat  Market,  London. 
BSTABLISHEU  1850. 


THE  SOCIETY  OF  THB  NBW-YOKK  HOS* 
PITAL,  having  completed  a  conservatory  for  th«, 
beueflt  aud  pleasure  of  its  patieuts,  solicits  suitabia 
plants  from  such  benevolent  perions  as  may  be  yrLl.^ 
ing  to  contribute  them,  either  by  gift  or  loon.  Address/ 
with  description  of  plants,  M.  H.,  Post  Office  Box  Hoi 
2.822.  New-York. 


EPrS'COC:OA.— GRATKFULAND  COUPOSriNG:  ; 
eaeh  pacKet  is  libelled,  JAMKS  EPP3  it  C<»..  HomiH 
opathlcChomista  No.  48  Thread  needle  st  and  Nu.  174, 
Piccaoiliv.  Loalon,  England.    New-York  Depot,  SMITiS; 
&  VaNDBUBKEK.  Park  Dl*<!e. 

I     i 


JlUSIOAli^ 

A  GREAT  OFFER!  l.h^H'fflillSjg 

tilaposc  of  too  I^IANUS  db  OK.GANa»,  new  aal 
■ecoBd'band.  of  flrst-clasa  makers,  indaaiig 
WATERiSNatlowerprleea  for  cash  or  ImtiSi 
meat*  or  to  let  natil  paid  fer  tluui  OTer  before 
offered.  WATERS'  GRAND  SQUARE  vaA 
yi'lflGHT  PIANOS  dc  ORGANS  are  the  BEST 
MADE.  AGENTS  WANTED.  Itttutrated  Oat* 
alocoes  Mailod.  A  Uberal  dlseaaht  (o  Ztauikenu 
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THE  PDLPIT. 


±ILMAGE  AS  AN  INSUBAUCE  AGENT. 

be  urges  aix  mew  to  insure  their  lives 

— ^phabaoh's  dkbam.amd  its  results 

— THE  NEEDS  AND  TEliIVTATlONS   OF   JN- 
'  SURAITCE  MEN. 

Rer.  T.  D©  Witt  Talmaze  preached  a  Bermon 
^eaterday  moniiss  at  the  Brooklyn  Tabernacle  to 
"losarance  Poonle,"  takine  bi«  text  from  Genesis, 
forty.flrst  chapter,  thirty-foartii<»nd'-thirty-flfth) 
Teraeft:  "Let  Pharaoh  do  this,  and  let  him  appoint 
officers  OTer  the  land  and  take  up  the  fifth  pirt  of 
tiie  land  of  Enxgt  In  ths' seven  plenteoaa  years.:: 
And  let  t>iem  gather  all  ■  the  food  of  those  eood 


intention  to  the  PresidinK  !Elder  of  the 
Diatriot,  irbo  bad  in  tarn  oommnnioat«d  it  to  the 
flffioial  board,  and  his  reaienation  had  been  kindly 
iseoerved  both  bv  the  board  and  the  ohnreh,  between 
vrham  and  himself  there  exlnted  nothlne  but  good 
'vrill  and  tenderness.  His  lineaKS  was  of  the  Meth- 
(idut  Church,  be  was  coDTerted  in  its  aanctnary, 
iindheiiad  labored  bard  ia  irsfold.  He  had  diffi- 
unity  to  repress  his  feelings  and  iind  speech 
iMteqnato  to  cunyey  to  the  conerejratlon  the  great 
love  be  bore  them,  and  be  boned  to  show  them  heie- 
after  that  he  was  their  brother  Btill.  Might  God 
bless  them  all,  and  might  they  all  in  another  world. 
In  the  clear  light  of  eternal  lifo,  be  reunited  to  siuK 
praises  before  the  Great  Jehovah's  throne.  Aa  Mr. 
Sa.vnas  closed  tears  conrsed  down  Itis  cheeks,  and 
many  in  the  congreeation  appeared  overcome  with 
emotien. 

Mr.  Haynes.  on  bpioeasked  whether  he  had  re- 
ceived a  call  from  the  Waabinetun  Avenue  Baptist 
Charoh,  said  he  bad  not  m  yet  received  a  formal 
call,  and  did  not  know  positively  whether  he  shoald. 
He    woold    preach    there,    however,    mornini;    Mid 


—  1  -a."    woiuu    Dreacn    mere,    nowevor,    mornine    uia 

rears  that  come,  and  lay  np  com  under  the  hand  of  |  evening  on  Sunday,  March  11.     Mr.  Havoea  wili  be 


Pharaoh,  and  let  them x, keep  food  In  the  cities." 
These,  said  Mr.  'Talmacre,  were  the  wordsof  Joseph, 
the  Prealdent  at  the  first  i life  insurance  company 
ihat  the  world  eretf  saw.  (Pbaraoh  bad  a  dream 
that  nearly  distracted  ,  him.  s  He  dreamed  that  he 
Stood  on  the^bah]u  offtheiliTile  and.saw  seven; 
far,  sleek  ,  C0W3 -'•  come  '4  ap  oat  <  of  the 
nver.  and  they  t  began  ^  at  '-  once  to  •  browse 
In  the  thick  gran.  .  There  was, nothing  startling 
about  that,  but  imaedUtelj  after  them  came  seven 
gaunt,  lean  cows,  that  ate  their  fat  predecessors. 
Pharaoh  sent  for  Joeepb,  and  he  interpreted  the 
dreaui,  telling  him  that  there  would  :be  seven 
years  of  plenty,  totlowed  .  by  seven  years  of 
(amine,  and  it  having  been  decided  to  gather  in 
the  food  of  the  pleuteons  years,  Joseph  was  made 
President  of  the  undertaking.  In  every  city,  the 
preacher  said,  there  were  branch  hoaies  of  this 
ereat  Ezyptian  Life  Insurance  Company.  It  had  in 
It  all  the  aavantages  of  the  "  life  policy  "  plan,  the 
"endowmeot  plan,"  the  •"tontine  plan,"  and  all 
the  other  good  plans.  It  had  been  stated  that  an 
English  clergyman  bad  started  the  first  life  insu- 
rance company,  but  this  was  not  so— thsinatitalion 
was  aa  old  aa  the  Esryptian  corn -bills. 

There  was  at  the  present  time  a  great  outcry 
igainst  li.'e  insarance  companies,  which  was  occa- 
iicoed  by  the  failure  of  a  few,  and  it  was  time  for 
fhe  pulpit  to  speak  out  on  the  subject.  ■  There  was 
.  ,ja{;reat  agitation.-  On  every  side  was  heard  talk  of 
insolvent  trust  corporations,  the  appointment  of 
Keceivers  to  wind  thom  np,  and  tbe  action  of  Grand 
Juries  indicting  dishonest  officials.  It  was,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  speaker,  an  effort  to  create  a  panlo 
among  the  Insurance  companies,  and  would  result 
in  disaster  to  all.  "Now,"  said  Mr.  Talmaze, 
"against  this  lifo  insarance  panic,  in  thenaireof 
God  and  society,  I  protest."  The  institution 
18  a  guod  one,  and  not  only  in  this 
but  in  all  classes  of  business  there 
are  failures  ;  98  out  of  every  100  business  men  fail, 
and  should  tbev,  merely  because  of  the  failure  of 
three  or  four  badly  managed  companies,  endeavor 
todesrroy  totally  one  of  the  finest  institutions  in  the 
world  ?  Mr.  Talmage  then  volunteered  a  statement 
> a  to  the  amount  of  death  losses  which  had  been 
paid  by  life  insurance  companies,  and  said  tbey 
now  stood  ready  to  pny  over  to  the  bereft 
12,000,000.000  more  if  called  upon  to  do  so.  The 
man  wlio  wmld  create  a  panic  because  one  or  two 
of  these  comuanies  failed,  was  as  Dad  as  one  who 
wonld  burn  down  a  thousand  ^cres  ot  wheit  or  blow 
np  a  ship  tor  the  purpose  of  Hestroying  the  bar- 
tiaolea  on  ihe  bottom.  He  then  called  the  attention 
r>f  hia  hearers  to  the  words  of  Paul  in  his  i'irat 
Epistle  TO  Timothy,  fifth  chapter,  eighth  verse,  "Bat 
If  any  provide  not  for  his  own,  and  specially  for 
th'Si  of  his  own  house,  he  hath  denied  the  faith, 
aiKi  is  worse  than  an  infidel."  A  man  who  diJ  not 
provide  for  the  support  of  hia  family  after  his 
ileath,  he  continued,  was,  as  Paul  had  said, 
worse  even  than'kn  infidel.  A  man  shoald  provide 
itT  his  famil.y,  and  should  hold  a  life  policy  in  some 
g 'od  company  that  wonld,  after  bis  death,  give 
support  to  them.  He  shoald  not  deceive  them 
with  deods  on  Western  lands  that  would 
yield  nothing  but  chills  and  fever,  nor  leave  them 
notes  that  had  been  outlawed  nor  mortgages  that 
"were  useless.  If  ho  w.is  able  to  pay  the  uremium 
on  a  policy,  it  was  a  mean  thinz  fiii  him  to  go  op  to 
heaven  while  they  went  into  tho  poor-house.  Some 
would  say,  "  O^i,  1  have  more  faith  than  yon  ;  I  be- 
lieve God  will  provide  for  my  famllr."  Mr. 
Talioase  then  extended  an  invitation  to  his 
keaiers  to  go  with  him  to  Blackwell'a 
lair.ud  or  to  any  of  the  poor-honaes  in 
the  land,  and  said  lie  wonld  show  them  how  these 
peo[ile  were  provided  for.  Tes,  God  would  provide 
Jor  ihem  ihroueh  public  charity,  but  for  his  [the 
Bpeaker'sl  part,  he  would  rather  »ee  his  family  pro- 
vided tor  in  a  private  home.  Tnere  was  many  a 
man  who  died  wealthy.  aoQ  yet  who  was  Insolvent  be- 
tore  he  was  buried,  because  of  liticalions  in  regard 
to  his  tortuQc.  The  auctioneer's  hammer 
Would  knock  the  life  out  of  an  estate 
quicker  than  aavthing  else  •  the  preacher 
knew  or.  Life  insurance  wonld  prevent  all  this, 
and  his  f.imily  would  be  cared  for.  They  would, 
perhaps,  gay  they  were  poor  men,  and  could  not 
afiord  tu  pay  premiums.  That  excuse  might  be  a 
Kooa  ooe  in  aome  ioataDces,  but  iii  nine  cases  out  of 
ten  tboy  smoked  in  cigars  and  drank  down  in  wme 
and  other  luxuries  more  than  enongb  to  pay  the 
premiuai  ou  a  good  policy  of  insuranut}. 

Mr.  Xalmaee  said  he  could  see  all  around  him  men 
w  bo  urged  that  they  were  some  day  going  to  attend  to 
thia  (Jbriatiau  duty,  but  did  they  know  how  long 
Ihey  were  going  to  live?  To-morrow  might  be  too 
late,  and  Their  families  woiild  then  be  left  uncared 
for.  Mr.  Talmago  spoke  at  some  length  concerning 
tlie  trust  reposed  in  men  engaged  In  life  insuranee 
baaiueas  aud  the  temptations  to  which  they  were 
uuntioualiy  exposed,  aod  urged  them  to  ask  God's 
help  wheoi  they  wore  tempted.  But  if  they  belonged 
to  mat  class  of  men  who.  without  money,  start  waat 
they  call  a  life  insarance  oompaa.v  with  a  pretended 
capital  ul  $200,000  or  $300,000,  then  book  themselves 
tor  all  the  lucrative  poaitiouii  aad  .take  all  the  prs- 
minm  for  themselves,  thev[had  better  get  out  of 
the  business  and  diazurce  toe  housss  and  lands  of 
the  widuw.s  and  orphans  which  they  had  swallowed. 
Be  then  told  the  fire  insurance  men  that  they  were 
ordained  of  God  to  stand/between  the  people  and 
the  most  fearful  of  the  elements,  and  that  tbeir 
actions  conti everted  the  assertion  that  corporations 
have  no  souls. 

A    PASIOKS  FAREWELL. 
|tKV.     EMORY    3.\  HAYNE8,     OF    BROOKLTN, 
ANNOCNCES  .  HIS  '    CONVERSION  ■  FROM 
METHODISM   TO   THE   BAPTIST  FAITH. 

The  tact  that  Rev.  Emory  J.  Hayaea,  Pastor 
of  the  Seventh  Avenue  Methodist  £pi80op<iI 
r  ghurcb,  in  Brooklyn,  has  resolved  to  enter  the  Bap- 
tist denomination  nas  exxited  considerable  interest, 
and  the  announcement  that  he  would  yesterday 
preach  for  the  last  time  in  the  Seventh  Avenue 
Chnrch  caused  a  very  fall  attendance,  especially  at 
the  moruins  service,  when  he  made  a  formal  state- 
ment In  reference  to  the  cause  of  bis  departure 
from  the  Methodist  ;  Church.  In  the  openine 
prayer  he  invoked  '  a  blessing  on  all  sects 
of  the  Protestant  church,  and  expressed  a  fervent 
hope  that  tbey  might  so  work  for  the  same  end  as 
to  be  one  in  Uhnst  Jesus.  He  also  prayed  earnestly 
for  all  writers  for  the  preas,  and  for  a  peaceful  and  . 
happy  result-of  the  Presidential  question.  In  read- 
ing notices  he  said,  there  would  be  the  usual  meet- 
ings during  the  week,  except  that  of  the  Pastor's 
class ;  and  he  announced  that  -  Kev.  .  Prof. 
William  North  Eice,  of  Middletown,  Conn., 
would  preach  next  Sunday  morning  and  evening, 
and  that  other  ministers  would  otficiate  until  the 
conference,  which  meets  in  April,  appointed  a  reg- 
ular pastor.  His  sermon,  which  was  brier,  was  on 
the  subject  of  "Spiritual  Food."  He  said  that  for 
the  development  of  a  thoroughly  Christian  life  it 
was  necessary  to  bear  the  cross  not  only  with 
lortitode,  but  with  grace.  Conversion  was  only  the 
initiatory  step  in  a  Christian's  tsareer,  and  was  fre. 
qnently  attended  with  such  joyful  experiences  as  to 
lead  the  convert  to  believe  that  he  was  about  enter- 
ing on  a  millenlal  period,  in  which  there  would  ne 
no  sorrow ;  but  be  soon  became  undecided  and 
found  that  the  spiritual  food  was  not  all  manna,  and 
that  If  he  would  wear  tne  crown  he  must,  like 
Jesus,  bear  the  cross.  .  ^         , 

After  dwelling  a  short  time  on  these  points,  and 
giving  some  familiar  illustrations  of  the  trials  and 
triumphs  of  a  truly  Christian  life,  Mr.  Haynes  broke 
off  aomewhat  abruotly  ;  and,  apparently,  with  deep 
feeling,  aaid  that  the  congregation  were  all,  doubt- 
less, expecting  him  to  say  something  in  relation  to 
the  question  of  hia  separation  from  them.  So  great 
tad  Deen  his  struggle  in  trying  to  arrive  at  a  jast 
conclusion,  that  he  had  little  power  left  to  utter  the 
words  he  desired  to  speak.  He  was  under  great  re- 
straint in  one  point  of  view.  He  stood,  oy  cour- 
tesy, in  a  Methodist  pulpit,  and  it  would  be  discour- 
teoos  lor  him,  under  such  circumstances,  to  en- 
deavor to  impress  upon  his  hearers  the  cogency  of 
aome  of  bis  reasons  for  abandoning  the  Methodist 
denomination.  It  was  enonuh  for  him  to  say 
that  he  Dad  reached  the  position  he  now  oc- 
cupied after  a  prayerful  struggle.  The 
aabject  of  the  periodical  chance  of  the  pastoral 
relaiioa  was  a  flS^ed  policy  of  the  Methodist  Chnrch. 
It  had  become  with  him  a  matter  ot  conscience  to 
be  a  laborer  in  one  church  longer  than  the  three 
Tears  allowed  by  the  Methodist  Uouominatioii.  He 
was  satisfied  for  bimself,  as  the  result  of  experience, 
that  hb  could  thns  become  more  useful  and  work 
•with  a  more  contented  mind.  "When  he  bad  come 
to  this  conclusion,  there  were  only  two  ways 
for  him  to  act;  one  was  to  endeavor  to  convert  bis' 
congregation  to  his  way  of  thinking,  and  thus  be- 
come a  disttirber ;  and  the  other  was  the  one  he 
thought  was  the  better  plan,  to  say  honestly  what 
lie  thoueht,  and  go  to  those  who  were  of  the  same 
opinion  as  himself.  He  had  for  aome  time  thought 
over  the  question  of  whether  it  was  best  to  admin- 
ister the  aacrament  of  baptism  to  those  so  young  aa 
not  to  be  .Kusceptible  of  its  intent  or  purpose.  Ho 
did  not  mean  in  saying  thia  to  pass  judgment 
on  any  such.  When  he  had  come  to  the  conclusion 
that  lie  could  not  continue  his  connection  with  the 
Methodist  Church,  it  became  a  question  aa  to  the 
time  of  tne  severanee  of  that  connection.  He  had 
.aitber  to  remain  np  to  the  end  of  the  year  and  then 
<Jeclare  that  be  bad  changed,  or  eiae  ask 
•»ow    to   be  released,   and    he  thought  the  latter 


>»>fl.J>ft1i>CT.J<«»»-.aJEb.i»«dji./winronnifiirMrt.^tfc.U4nni1i 


baptized  by  immersion  before  accepting  any  call  to 
act  as  Pastor  of  a  Baptist  Church,  ani  the  cere- 
'snony  will  probably  take  place  next  Sunday. 

IHE  FUTuliK  WORLD. 

rrSfJtXISTENCE  AND  NATURE — THE  SWEDEN- 
.■"BORQIAN     FAITH    FCRTHER    EXPLAINED 
:      -^""  REV.    CHAUNCEY   GILES. 

ir  Eev.  Chaancey  Giles  preached  last  evening 
at  the  Chnrch  of  the  New  Jerusalem,  Thirty-fifth- 
■r^reet,  between  Park  ana  Lexington  avenues,  upon 
"  J^he  Existence  and  Nature  of  the  Future  World." 
The  chiuoh  was  crowded  to  its  utmost  capacity, 
and  the  reverend  gentleman's  remarks  were  listened 
to  tbroughouc  with  marked  attention. 

The  greatest  obstacle,  be  said,  to  the  diseiisaion 
of  this  question  was  the  fact  that  the  majority  of 
men  bad  already  made  up  their  minds  on  the  sub- 
ject, and  the  very  claim  of  the  new  church  to  an  in- 
sight into  ibe  mysteries  of  the  fucure  operated 
against  the  impartial  examination  of  that  claim. 
And  yec  it  was  a  subject  of  most  momentous  im- 
portance. If  any  man  in  this  City  were  to  convince 
thoughtful  people  that  he  had  di.^covered  something 
of  importance  in  regard  to  the  future  life,  and 
were  to  -,  advertise  that  he  would  relate 
it  publicly,  not  50  Hippodtomes  would  hold 
the  throngs  which  wonld  rush  to  hear  bim.  He. 
the  speaker,  not  only  believed  lu  a  future  world, 
but  In  a  future  world  with  a  substantiality — a 
geography  so  to  speak.  It  was  hia  purpose  to  show 
that  everything  in  the  material  world,  everything 
in  the  Bible,  demanded  a  sub.itantial  spiritual 
world,  which  would  be  to  the  spiritual  man  what 
the  earth  was  to  its  present  inhabitants.  If  man 
survived  dissolution  he  must  exlat  somewhere.  He 
could  not  live  in  a  material  world,  becaase  that  was 
foreign  to  his  natnre.  If  he  exists  anywhere 
it  must  bo  in  a  world  of  the  same  natnre  and  sub 
stance  as  himself.  There  was  no  escapine  this  con- 
cltuaion.  Why  was  it  absurd  to  suppose  that  the 
same  power  which  created  the  universe  out  of 
nothing  could  create'  a  spiritual  substance  as  much 
more  refined  than  air  as  air  was  more  refined  than 
granite!  The  difterence  between  wind  and  water 
was  not  much  greater  than  that  existing bet'treen 
granite  and  the  atmosphere,  or  between  light 
and  water.  Did  any  one  nnderstand  how  God 
created  the  universe  with  all  its  countle.ss  adapta- 
bility of  form  and  beauty?  It  was  jast  ns  natural 
and  proper  for  a  blind  man  to  deny  the  existence  of 
light  as  it  was  for  men  to  insist  that  there  was  no 
future  life  because  tbey  were  anable  to  penetrate 
into  its  existence  by  material  facuUiCi.  Ig- 
norance was  never  a  good  ground  to  rea- 
son from.  It  was  no  refatntion  to  say  that 
an  '.  object  did  ■  not  exist  bpcause  it  was 
not  app.trpnt  to  the  material  senses. 
One  of  the  first  principles  of  physical  philosophy 
was  the  inertia  of  matter — that  it  could  not  move 
or  act  of  itself  it  not  firat  acted  upon.  It,  was  a 
mistake  to  suppose  thit  all  the  materials  which 
went  to  make  up  the  universe  were  Bclf-acti.Tg,  and 
that  they  only  needed  to  exist  to  produce  certain 
forms  .and  results.  The  ea^euce  of  power 
was  below  the  surface.  It  was  an  in- 
definable substance,  which  was  not  mate- 
rial, and  which  had  so  far  eluded  search. 
A  kindred  reason  for  belonging  t-o  a  apiritual  world 
was  the  exquisite  desit:a  overvwhere  manifest  in 
natnre.  Fisn  were  created  for  the  water,  the  ani- 
mala  for  the  land,  the  birds  tor  the  air — onallbanda 
thia  perf^ict  p.nd  refinea  adaptation  oi  means  to  ends 
— all  testified  that  nothinehad  been  created  without 
some  aefluite  purpose.  TUe  soui  ot  man  with  its 
inner. consoionaneas  ot  future  existeuce,  its  lofty 
aspirations,  and  Its  yoamiuga  afier  the  lutiuite, 
was  It.  possible  to  supuuae  that  it  had  been 
called  into  existence  tor  nothiugt  The  animals 
who  have  no  souls  are  contented  wuh  a  purely  ani- 
mal career;  they  cm  comprehend  nothing  more, 
an-i  their  sphere  of  action  la  limited  strictly  to  tbtir 
natural  lives.  But  man  is  nevrr  contented,  never 
satisfied.  No  maiter  how  urcat  hia  power  or 
wealth,  something  more  is  necessary — aomelhiog  of 
a  higher  and  nobler  type,  and  which  an 
earthly  existence  can  never  supply.  It 
uould  not  be  that  the  Almii^bty,  who 
had  calleo  into  being  every  dsairu  anu  f.iculiy 
for  some  destined  end,  bad  intended  all  this  for 
nothing.  Then  as  to  the  proof  furnished  by  tho 
Bible  Itself.  It  tells  us  repeatedly  of  men  who 
have  bad  tbeir  spiritual  natures  opened  to  a  compre- 
hension ot  what  was  K«iu<r  ou  in  the  spintual 
world.  Ezakiel.  Daniel,  and  other  jiiopnets 
possessed  this  power,  and  the  Book  of  Kevelailoos 
was  an  eviden>:e  that  it  had  alao  been  afforded 
to  John.  Certain  modem  Christiana  sought  to 
explain  a<vay  the  force  nud  meaning 
of  tho  lasi-numed  book  by  saying  that  it 
was  only  heurative  and  was  not  intended 
to  be  taken  literally.  This  same  class  tried  to  get 
around  the  aifiiculiv  in  reifard  to  spirits  by  admit- 
ting that  they  had  no  auoaiance  or  lurm.  but  only 
existed  in  essence.  Whnt  sort  of  an  existence  was 
that  }.  What  would  people  think  of  an  astronomer 
who  announced  that  lie  baa  discovered  a  new 
planet,  but  that  it  had  neither  form  nor  aubsutncel 
That  which  had  absolutely  no  form  and  no  sub- 
stance was  nothing.  The  whole  Bible  showed  con- 
clusively the  oxisteuoe  of  a  spiritual  world, with  bom 
form  and  substance  .  The  reason  th.-it  it  often  ap- 
peared distorted  and  incomprehensible  was  tbe  fact 
that  it  had  only  oeen  seen  in  glimpses.  If  there 
was  not  a  spintual  world  of  tho  kind  described  in 
Eovelation,  with  golden  pavements,  the  tree  for  the 
healing  of  nationv,  the  raver  of  lite,  and  the  other 
living  feAtnres  described  so  circumstantially  and 
positively  by  the  Apostle,  then  the  Biole  was  the 
most  meaningless  book  in  the  world.  It  there  waa 
not  a  future  exiatence  then  it  was  the  most  siupeu- 
dons  fraud  in  human  tustory,  aji4  the  good  and  great 
men  who  had  wrought  in  tl|eWknrch  had  but  lent 
themselves  to  the  promulgation  ol  a  lie.  If  there 
was  no  fuinre  state,  theu  vol  only  Christianity  and 
tbe  B.Dle,  but  tne  £oran,  the  Yeda,  and  every  other 
religious  amboriiy  and  system  had  for  ases  been 
trying  to  terrify  men  with  false  threats  and  en- 
courage bim  with  false  hopes.  This  would  be  a 
miracle  greater  than  auyihinc  recorded  in  the  Scrip- 
tures, and  only  when  it  was  found  that  darkness 
led  to  licht  and  death  besat  lite  would  he  [the 
speaker]  accept  it. 

Kev.  itlx.  Gi.es  will  deliver  a  discourse  next  Sun- 
day eveting  upon  the  social  organizailjo  anu  life  of 
the  future  world. 

.  THE  FLOATING  CHURCH. 

CONFIRMATION  AND    ORDINATIO.N    SERVICES 

IN  THE  CHURCH  OF  OUR  SAVIOUR. 

Tbe  combined  confirm.^tion.aiia  ordination 
services  at  the  Free  Episcopal  Church  of  Our 
Saviour,  yesterday,  attracted  a  large  audience  to  the 
neat  little  fioating  church  at  the  foot  of  Pike-street, 
EastKiver.  This  mission,  which  is  maintained  for 
the  benefit  of  seamen,  can  truly  be  said  to  be  one  of 
tbe  moat  useful  and  deserving  in  this  religiously 
neglected  quarter  of  tbe  City.  That  its  benefits 
are  thoroughly  appreciated  by  those  for  whom 
it  is  designed  was  demonstrated  yesterday  by  the 
congregation  assembled  within  its  walls,  three- 
fonrtbs  of  whom  were  seamen  of  all  grades  and 
classes,  whose  close  attention  to  and  hearty  par- 
ticipation in  the  service  was  one  of  the  most  pleas- 
ant leatnres  of  the  occasion.  Mq^ing  prayer  was 
said  at  9  o'clock  by  the  minister  of  the  pariah,  Rev. 
K.  J.  Walker,  and  at  10:30  Biahop  Potter  preached 
a  sermon  apoo  the  duties  and  reapousibilitlos  of  the 
priesthood.  The  Litany  was  read  by  Kov.  Dr. 
George  F.  Seymour.  alter  which  the 
service  .  for  the  oruiuation  of  priests  and 
deacons  was  conducted  by  tbe  Bishop. 
Two  new  clergymen  were  ordained — Matthew  A. 
Bailey,  M.  D.,  to  the  office  of  Deacon,  and  Rev. 
.Isaac  McGaire  to  that  ot  priest.  Two  other  clergy- 
men, also  participated  in  the  serviced— Rev.  Dr. 
Oliver,  of  the  Genernl  Theological  Seminary,  and 
Kev.  Mr.  Wells,  of  West  Point.  'The  most  Im- 
pressive ceremony  of  tbe  moining  was  the  con- 
firmation service,  in  which  a  class  ot  24,  two 
thirds  of  whom  were  seamen  of  all  ranks, 
from  mate  dowu  to  cabin-boy,  were  confirmed 
by  the  Bishop.  AH  the  members  of  the  class,  par- 
ticularly the  sailors,  manrtested  a  deep  and  heart- 
felt interest  in  the  vows  which  they  took  upon 
them,  and  appesired  fully  impressed  with  the  so- 
lemnity aod  importance  of  the  act  iu  which  thov 
were  engaged.  After  the  ceremony  of  the  laying  on 
of  hands  had  been  concluded,  the  venerable  Bishop 
addreased  a  f  ew  words  of  counsel  cotbeuewcouveits, 
admonishing  them  of  the  ditficuities  of  the  faith  they 
had  chosen  to  follow,  and  at  the  same  time  bidding 
them  Grod  speed  upon  their  journey.  The  Holy 
Communion  was  adminisiereU  tu  about  100  persons. 

The  Church  of  oar  Savior  has  long  been-qaietl.v 
and  without  ostentation  doing  a  noble  work  in  tbe 
reclamation  of  the  poor  and  neglected  classes,  and 
nooly  merits  the  confidtnce  ana  support  of  all  who 
desire  to  aid  in  elevating  and  improving  both 
the  transient  and  permanent  population  of 
the  East  River  water-front.  Services  are  held 
at  the  church  every  Sunday  moruing  at  10:30 
o'clock,  and  at  3  In  the  atternoon.  A  Wednes- 
day evenine  temperance  meeting  ana  a  Fiiday 
eveninn  leetnre  ace  held  weekly  at  the  resi- 
dence of  tbe  minister,  Rev.  R.  J.  Walker,  No.  34 
Pike-street  A  free  reading  room  is  open  every 
afternoon  ttovoi  4  o'clock  till  10  in  the  basement  of 
the  same  building.  Biblea,  testaments,  books,  and 
papers  in  different  languages  are  also  given  ,to 
seamen  and   boatmen  at  tbe  elea*  o'  *^bB  •f^t^fn^oMi 


LOCAL;  MISCELLANY. 


i-  THE  HOME  FOB  AQBD  HEBEEWB.  ? 

ANNUAL  PORnC    RECEPTION    OP    THE  LADY 

./,'-  MANAGERS — THE     HOME     AS  IT  IS   NOW, 

•<■  CONDUCTED— A  LARGE  NUMBER  OF  VI8- 
I 
ITOBS. 

-*  The  annual  Parim  reception  of  the  lady  man- 
agers of  the  Home  for  Aged  and  Infirm  Hebrews 
was  held  yesterdav  at  the  Home,  Eiithty-seventh- 
street  and  Avenue  A.  and  notwithstanding  the  un- 
iaviting  character  of  the  weather,  was  attended  by 
a  large  number  of  leading  Hebrew   citizens.     The 

retreat  obosen  for  the  resting  place  of  indigent 
Hebrews  is  one  of  the  most  delightful  in  the  City, 
and  possesses  unusual  sanitary  advantages.  The 
botiae  was  originally  one  of  the  country  residences 
of  the  Astor  family,  and  is  situated  on  an  eminence 
from  which  delightful  views  of  the  East  River,  the 
Sound,  and  a  number  of  charmiOK  spots  on  Long 
Island  can  be  obtained.  The  dwelling  has  been  ex- 
tended and  altered  to  salt  its  present  purpose, 
and  18  provided  with  all  the  comforts  of 
a  first-class  residence.  It  is  snrrounded  by  shrub- 
bery and  gardens  beautifully  laid  out,  and  sup- 
plied with  all  the  accessories  necessary  for  the  old 
people's  amusement  outdoors.  Tbe  Home  at  present 
accommodates  over  70  aged  men  and  women.  Tbey 
are  all  domiciled  in  airy,  well-fnrnished  rooms,  and 
clothed  better  than  many  '^etdons  wit^  thousands 
of  dollars  at  tbeir  comm  ind.  The  daily*!bill  of  fare 
is  excellent,  and  through  the  liberality  of  tbe 
generous  patrons  of  tbe  icstitutioa  the  iomales  are 
supplied  with  everything  tbey  wish — nutritious 
wines,  good  nourisbmant,  and  abundant  reading 
matter.  A  remarkable  and  praiseworthy  feature 
in  the  management  of  the  Home  is  the  entire 
absence  of  anything  which  looks  like  tbe 
cold.  _  conventional,  charitable  asylum.  The 
place  oertamly  looks .-  and  feels  like  a 
genuine  home,  and  the  old  folks  are  perfect 
specimens  of  contentment  and  happiness.  The  suc- 
cess of  the  institution  is  undoubtedly  due  to  tbe 
indefatigable  labors  of  Mrs.  P.  J.  Joachimsen.  Pres- 
ident., and  the  estimable  ladies  by  whom  she  has 
been  aasisted.  Five  years  ago.  when  Mrs.  Joachim- 
sen assumed  the  Preaiilencv.  the  Home  was  t3l)0  in 
debt;  now  tbe  list  of  patrons  numbers  over  1,500,  the 
rent  of  tbe  present  beautiful  Home — ^$3,6;>0  per  year 
— Is-yaid  two  years  in  advance,  and  u  balance  of 
t2,300  remains  in  bank.  The  Uomo  is  supplied  with 
a  synagogue,  which  has  been  tastefully  fitted  up 
and  supplied  with  the  sacred  rolls  of  "'"Jf'Ti  °lBl 
all  other  uecessaries,  at  tbe  [rivate~expehse  of  Mrs. 
Joachimsen. 

Tne  reception,  which  commenced  .yesterday  at  11 
A.  M.  and  closed  at  6  P,  M..  will  be  continued  to- 
day and  attjuura  to  Snuday  next,  on  which 
day  it  will  close.  The  viaitora  were  received 
by  Mrs.  Joachimsen,  aided  by  Mrs.  S.  Her- 
man, Mrs.  J.  Schollu,  Mrs.  S.  vVeicU.  Mra.  S. 
Heitcr,  Mr«.  J.  D.  Jacobuwaky,  Mrs.  Ijinatz  Stein, 
Mra.  M.  U'hitehoatl,  and  Mrs.  Joaepb  Stiuer,  and 
^Ir.  Moms  Goodhart  did  valuable  service  in  show- 
ing the  company, through  the  Home,  with  the  in- 
iiiutes  of  wbicu  it  was  very  evident  hu  ^as  a  great 
f^voilte.  Among  tboae  who  called  jMRXjzarua 
Mergeuthau,  Joseph  Sllner,  KhV.  IJr.  and 
Mrs.  Lyuus,  Rev.  Dr.  and  Mra.  Eiahoru, 
Rev.  Dr.  and  Idrs.  Isaacs,  Rev.  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Jacobs,  Rev.  Dr.  and  .Mrs.  Gotlheil,  Ruv. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Hu(-ta6a.  Rev.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  S. 
Adler,  Rev.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Kubin,  Mrs.  A.  Llth- 
auei,  Hou.  JoaepQ  aod  Mra.  Kuun,  ex-Judge  Joach- 
iiiiaen.  Sulomou  Weil.  Mia.  Dora  Adler,  Mr.  aud 
i^ra.  R.  Wyuiau,  Mr.  aud  Alra.  L  Ruseutvald,  Mr. 
aud  Mrs.  Josepn  Loth,  Mr.  and  Mra.  Adolph  Hel- 
ler, Mr.  aud  ^Iih.  I'hilip  Fiankeuheimor,  Mr.  and 
Mia.  X.  Gottdclialk,  Mr.  uud  Mrs.  A.  Barnet',  Mr. 
and  Mra.  Max  Herzug,  Mr.  aod  Mm;  L.  S.  Levy, 
Mr.  and  Mra.  Nathan  Lltlauer,  Mr.  and  Mra.  M.  H. 
Muses,  Mr.  aud  Mra.  H.  V.  Rothschild.  Mr.  and 
Mis.  i'hilip  Stioer,  Mr.  aod  Mrs.  Simon  Bernheim- 
er,  Mr.  and  .Mrs.  Ohuriea  Scbieaviuger,  Mr.  and 
Mra.  Josiau  Salomon,  Mra.  M..  Aopmun,  Mrs.  Mor- 
ns Goodhart,  Mrs.  H.  Koehler.  Mrs.  J.  Kerbs,  Mrs. 
M.  Marks,  Mra.  H.  Beiimau,  Mra.  A.  Suhoile.  Mr. 
aud  .Mrs.  Isaac  Wainch.  Mrs.  U.  Uerrman,  Mis. 
L.  Siiefel,  Mrs.  Sophia  Brunner.  Mra.  Marx 
Rutbscliim,  Mrs.  S.  Klingeosteiu,  Mrs.  L.  Laven- 
burg,  Mra.  £.  J.  King,  Mr«.  Lawrence  Myers,  Mrs. 
T.  U..  Keesing,  Mra.  S.  J.  ilelQ,  Mra.  A.  Jakouy, 
Mr.i.  Beruhard  Muyer,  Mrs.  Joseph  Strou^e,  Mrs. 
Julius  Hart,  Mrs.  S.  Bruau,  aud  a  number  of  other*. 
Several  handsome  presents  aul  donations  wore  lo- 
ceived  Ouriug  tue  day,  aud  a  number  ot  visitors  testi- 
fidU  to  their  interest  lu  thi  aueoeaaot  tbe  iuatitutiou 
bv  bavini;  their  names  recorded  torooutributious  lu 
••  the  Sliver  Book  ol  Lite."  A  pleasing  incident  of  ~ 
the  day  was  the  preseu ration  to  Mr.  Isaac  Sherman 
ot  a  handsomely  iranied  and  eiigro.^sed  set  of  re^^o- 
lutiona.  expressive  of  the  thanks  of  tne  lady  Direct- 
resses to  that  gentleman  lor  hia  valuable  survices  , 
during  the  23  critical  yeais  in  tho  bistury  ot  tneA 
Hume,  during  which  he  bad  acted  an 'ireasurer. 
The  presentaiion  addrcsa  was  efieciively  m.ido  by 
Mrs.  President  Joachimsen.  aud  respouaed  to  iu 
appropriate  terms  by  tue  recipient.  The  ladies  of 
the  committee  iu  aKendauco  expect  a  largo  aiteud- 
auce  to-uay  should  the  weather  ue  favorable. 

ATT  ESPIED  Wlfh-M-VRDER. 
Some  time  ago.  Mrs.  Agnes  Nager,  the  pro- 
prietress t/f  a  lager-beer  saloon  at  No.  19  Bleecker- 
street,  separated  from  her  husband,  Albert  Nazler, 
In  consequence  of  a  tendency  on  his  pirt  to  treat 
her  in  a  brutal  manner.  Alter  hia  wile  declined  to 
live  with  bioki;  Nagler,  who  had  been  en- 
tirely dependent'  on  her  for  support,  obtained 
a  situation  as  bar-tender,  and,  notwith- 
standing tne  remonstrances  of  Mrs.  Nagler,  tre- 
quently  visited  her  saloon,  from  which  be  seldom 
ueparted  without  maltreating  her.  Fur  these  as- 
saults she  almost  invariably  caused  his  arrest,  but 
the  fear  of  a  brief  term  of  iiupriaonmtxiKald  nut  de- 
ter him  from  aubji;ctin)(  htr  to  a  periodical  beating. 
Yesterdav  aiteruoon  ^^^nlered  the  saloon  with  a 
more  blood-tbiraty  purpose,  for  he  immediately 
drew  a  large  pocket  kuiie  and  attacked  the  womau, 
Btabbing  her  four  times  on  the  left  arm.  Sevoral 
times  be  aimed  deadly  blows  at  bur  throat^jfhlob, 
turtunalely  lor  her.  was  iirotected  by  a  thicl^pbolen 
shawl.  Tue  fact  that  this  garment  was  pierced  by 
the  knile  iu  several  placea  bears  testimony  to  it^' 
Nagler's  murderous  Intentions.  The  screams  of  tluv.  ^m 
womau  attracted  toe  attention  of  Officer  Deviue,  of 
the^filfteen.h  Precinct,  who  captured  Nagler  as  he 
was  lu  tbe  act  of  escaping  from  the  saloon.  Thn 
prisoner,  who  has  been  teuding  bar  at  No.  153 
BiecoKer-atrcot,  will  be  arraigned  at  the  Washiug- 
luu  Place  Polioe  Court  this  moruing. 


ooal  office  of  Thomas  Stokes.  No.  373  Tentb-aveaoA 
darmg  Satorday  night,  Smicb  waa  arraigned  be- 
fore Jnatiee  Otterbourg  at  tbe  WaahingtoD-pIaoe 
PtriloeCoart  yesterday,  and  was  held  fur  tnalla 
default  of  $1,000  bail. 


THE  DEAD  CUBAN-  GENERAL.  *.:  4 

THE  REMAINS  :-  OF  MAJOR  '  GEN.  '  AGUILERA 
V  '  LYING  IN  STATE  IN  THE  CITY  HALL. 
^  The  remains  ot'MaJor  Gten.  Franoisco  Yioente 
Aguilera  were  placed  in  a  handsome  ailver-mounted 
casket  on  Saturday  afternoon,  and  early  yesterday 
morning  were  placed  in  the  Governor's  Room  In  the 
City  Hall,  which  had  been  appropriately  draped  in 
monming  for  the  oocaaion.^  Tbe  Caban  and  .Ameri- 
can flags  were  displayed  at  balf-mast  on  tbe  flag- 
Staff  on  the  cupola,  with  tbe  Slato  and  Municipal 
fiagjL  on  each  side.  The  cstsket  was  placed  on  a 
small  catafalque  In  the  centre  of  tbe  room,  with  the 
banner  of  the  Society  La  Independencla  de  Cuba, 
of  this  City,  at  its  head,  and  the  flair  of  Cuba  Libre 
tastetully  draped  about  the  lower  extremity.  This 
is  the  first  Cabail  flag  ever  made,  and  was  carried 
by  the  Kentucky  reEiment  in  too  expedition  to 
Cuba,  under  tbe  command  of  Col.   O'Hara,  at  the 

time  of  the  movement  organized  by  Gen.  Narciso 
Lopez.  Tne  flag  displayed  over  the  City 
Hall  is  that  of  tue  '  Cuban  asencv  of 
this  City,  and  was  tnrnisht^for  the  occaslim. 
by    Messrs.  ^  Aldama    and     Eohoverria,     ioreign 


TBE  TOilB  OF  WASHINOTOy. 
The  Managers  of  the  '*  Mount  Vernon  Aid 
Soc-.ety  of  New-York,"  in  conjunction  with  the 
parent  associatiun,  the  "Ladies'  Mount  Vernon 
Association  of  the  Union."  desirous  of  rescamg 
tbe  tomb  of  Washintcton  from  all  appearance  of 
neglect  and  decay,  have  resumed  operations  in  this 
Clt.y,  and  are  endeavoring  to  create  an  endowment 
fund.  In  order  to  facilitate  this  praiseworthy  object 
thev  propone  to  eive  an  amateur  entertainmeut  at 
tbe  Academj  of  Music  on  April  10.  The  "Mistletoe 
Bough"  18  iu  preparation,  and  wili  be  presented 
ou  the  date  mentioned.  Boxes  may  be  obtained 
from  Mrs.  Marshall  O.  Roberts,  No.  107  Fifth-av- 
euue,  and  tickets  can  be  had  from  any  of  the  man- 
agers, among  whom  may  be  men  tinned, Mrs.  How- 
ard Townseuil.  Albany,  Vice  Regent  of  New- If ork 
for  the  Ladiea'  Mount  Vernon  Associatiun  of  She 
Union,  Mrs.  Chester  A_  Arthui,  Mrs.  C.  Alpbonso, 
Mrs.  John  Bige;ow,  Air.-*.  S.  L.  M.  Barlow,  Mrs. 
JobuR.  Brady,  Mrs.  J.  Alfred  Davenport.  Mrs.  R. 
Ogden  Doremua,  Mrs.  Joseph  H,  Drextil,  Mrs. 
(Juarles  A.  Dana,  Mrs.  Dorman  B.  Eaton,  Mrs.  T. 
A.  Emoiet,  Mrs.  C.  Godirey  Gunthor,  Mrs.  James 
W.  Gerard.  Mrs.  W.  0.  Uegem*n,  Mrs.  S.  C.  Har- 
riot, Mrs.  John  Taylor  .Johaaton,  Mrs.  Gouveneur 
Morris,  Jr.,  Mrs.  J.  Piarpont  Murgao,  Mra.  Henry 
L.  Nicholaa,  Mrs.  Benjamiu  K.  Phelpa,  Mrs.  I'a'Tau 
Stevens,  Mrs.  Ruben  Seweli,  and  Mis.  Prof.  Char- 
her. 

♦ 

THE  TURN  YE  REIN,  EXHIBITION. 
The  annual  athletic  and  musioal  entertain- 
ment ■  of  tbo  New-York  •  Turnverein  -^s  given 
last  night  in  the  large  i  hall  of  thSfr  build- 
ing in  Fourth-street.  A  large  number  of 
ladies  and  gentlemen  witnessed  the  performances, 
which  were  excellent  throughout.  Tne  exhibition 
was  opened  with  a  calisthenio  exercise  by  members 
from  the  different  classes.  This  was  followed  by 
exercises  on  the  parallel  bars.  The  excellent  man; 
ner  in  which  all  tne  geutlemen  acquitted  them- 
selves in  this  performance  was  muou  applauded. 
A  bout  with  broadawurds  between  Messis.  J.  Som- 
mig  andF.  Schmidt,  club  swinging  by  Mr.  J.  Horn, 
and  pyramids  by  all  the  members,  closed 
the  first  series  of  the  exercises.  After 
an  intermission  of  10  minutes,  the  members 
showed  their  proficiency  on  the  horizuutal  bar,  aud 
Prof.  L.  fnederiok  and  Mr.  F.  Steiui)^'bU^4^ve  an 
exhibition  of  sparrlne.  Then  followed  another 
pyramidal  display,  ana  the  exhibition  was  closed 
with  vaulting  with  the  horse  and  leaping.  Cno- 
inses  were  sung  during  the  evening  uy  the  mem- 
ber*, aud  alter  the  exercises  were  over  the  ball  was 
cleared  and  dancing  was  begun  and  kept  up  until  a 
late  hour. 

♦ 
A  BUBQLAB  SHOT. 

Thomas  MoWilliams,  ttie  proprietor  of  a  feed 
store  at  No.  83  Ninth-avenue,  the  second  floor  of 
which  he  occupies  as  a  dwelling,  was  awakened  at  3 
o'clock  yesterday  murning  by  strange  noises^in  (he 
store.  Hastily  desoendins  by  a  private  stairway  he 
was  confronted  by  two  young  men,  who  had  entered 
by  forcing  open  tbe  rear  door.    Mo  Williams   called 


Purvis  and  Hadden,  of  tbe  Sixteenth  Precinct,  who 
pursued  the  burglars  aa  they  endeavored  to  escape 
through  the  doorway  by  which  thev  had  gained  ac- 
cess to  the  store.  Officer  Purvis  fired  hu  revolver 
at  them,  tbe  builet  enterinic  tbe  rignt  leg  of  one  ot 
the  men.  The  two  then  surrendered,  and  were 
taken  to  the  station,  where  the  wounded  man  waa 
registered  as  Thomas  Clark,  aged  21,  of  No.  360  West 
Thlrtv-foartb-screet.  and  his  companion  as  Josepa 
Smith,  aged  18,  of  No.  232  West  Twenty-eignth- 
street.  Clark,  alter  being  attended  by  Police  Sur- 
geon Wade,  was  taken  to  Bellevne  Hospital,  and 
Smitb  was  lockod  up.    The  Polioe  aaoertslnett  yea- 


*(rent^i^__of  '  tho  insurrectionary  Government. 
ThroUg^h  an  oval  elaaa  plate  set  in  the  lid  of  the 
casket,  the  face  and  upper  portion  of  tho  body  of 
tbe  deceased  could  be  seen,  and  durinc  the  day  a 
lasg«  nnmber  of  Gen.  Asullera's  oeraonal  friends, 
afid  many  of  tbe  Cubau  refugees  residing 
in  this  City,  died  through  tue  room  to 
look  upon  his  features  for  the  last  time. 
A  guard  of  honor  consistinct  of  Messrs.  J.  J.  Gn- 
vanies,  J.  M.  Macias,  J.  J.  Polo,  Leandro  Rodri- 
gnes,  Francisco  Valdes  Mendozx  Serapio  Aimilera, 
Nestor  Ponce  de  Loon,  Plutarco  Gonzales,  Cay- 
etano  Rlbaa.  Domineo  Ferror, .  J.  Lamadrid, 
Eusebio  Perez,  Icnacio  Varona,  Ramon  Boss. 
£duar<lo  Codma,  (Ulisto  Sanchez,  Juan  Billido 
de  Luna,  Juan  Ferrer,  Mi;;uol  Montejo,  M.  A. 
Aeuilera,  M.  F.  M;irtinez,  NarciuJU>pei!,  Antonio 
de  Serra.  Rafael  Lanza,  HilarloiSheros,  J.  Mola, 
and  G.  Acostn,  watched  tho  remains  through  thu 
day  and  night.  This  mornioc,  at  9  o'cluck,  they 
will  be  remnved  to  tho  Romau  Catholic  Cliurch  of 
St.  Francis  Xavior.  Sixteenth-street,  between  Fifth 
and  Sixth  avenues,  where  thu  innerai  ceremonies 
will  be  performod.  The  body  will  then  be  borue 
from  tlie  church  to  the  Marble  Cemetery,  iu  Sec- 
ond-Btreet,  near  First-avenue,  on  the  sbouldeis  of  a 
deputatiou  of  colored  Cubans,  who  requested  to  be 
allowed  to  perform  tins  service  as  a  manifestation 
of  respect  to  the  memory  of  one  who  waa  the  first 
to  liberate  bis  slaves  in  the  icland  of  Cuba.  The 
Cuban  Societies  La  Independeucia  de  Cuba,  La 
Frateriudad.  Lt  Eatrella  do  Cuba,  Laboraut»s,  La 
Union,  and  Loa  Veinli'  y  Cinco,  will  assemble  at  tho 
City  Hall,  and  march  in  procession  to  the  church 
with  tne  reaaiua. 

A  VICTIM  OF  STARVATION. 

THE  DEAD  BODY  OP  A  WOMAN  FOUND  IN 
AN  EAST  SIDE  TE.NE.MENT— UER  HUS- 
BAND IN  A  BEASTLY  STATE  OF  INTOXI- 
CATION—FIVE  LITTLE  CHILDREN  LEKT 
HOMKLK.SS  AND  MOlHKKT.ESe. 
As  Officer  Le^tman,  of  tho  Eighteenth  Pre- 
cinct, waa  pairolliuc  his  pc^t  on  First-avenue  on 
Saturday  evsning  hojeaw  Martin  McCormi:k  throw 
a  stone  through  the  plate-glaas  window  of  Biylan's 
liquor  store,  on  Firat-avouno  near  Twenty-fourth 
street  He  arrested  him,  and  found  that  he  was 
just  commeneins  to  experience  tho  horrors  ot  an 
attack  of  the  delirium  irsraeus.  While  conveying 
bim  to  the  station-Uunse  in  East  Twent.v-second- 
street  a  little  girl,  aged  13  years,  tbe  dausbter  of 
tbe  prisoner,  ran  ilp  to  the  ulllcer  and  begged  him 
not  to  l?t  her  father  come  back,  sayinz  that  he  had 
been  drunk  tM  ^juany  ,  days,  ani  was  crazy 
from  liquor.  anU..nun'  that  her  mother  was 
lying  dead  at  tbo  ,  bunse  it  -  waa  -  not 
right  to  have  him  in  tbe  house.  The  officer 
accompanied  the  giri  ti  the  house,  where,  tyins  on 
the  bare  fiour,  he  found  the  dead  body  of  the  poor 
motber  and  wife,  while  around  her,  convuisivei.v 
subbing,  btood  five  lilUe  children.^  tho  ulueat  of 
wnom  was  the  girl  bcforu  alludod  to.  The  brutal 
ttttUer  gazeo  down  upou  tbe  dead  face  uf 
nls  wile  witbuut  any  ani>arout  emotion.  Uu 
was  too  drunk  to  real:z'!  what  had  oc- 
curred. Tho  littlo  girl  then  m funned  *  the 
otbcor,  auu  her  story  was  ourrobuiated  bv  the 
neighbors,  that  ber  mother  bad  dlrd  on  Thursday 
uit{bt.  or  luort?  probably  a.iuiu  time  during  Ifriilay 
murniutr,  and  that  uu  arraugeuionla  had  been  male 
lu  bury  net'.  Tbe  officer  haateuud  to  thu  alatiou- 
buuse  aod  reported  itic  case,  and^he  keeper  ot  the 
Morgue  was  uotified  to  remove  ibO  body  for  burial. 
Tho  family  waa  in  au  eztreui^!^  deaiiiute  con- 
ditiou,  and  tbu  prouabiliiy  ia  that  Mrs.  McCor- 
mick's  death  waa  caused  by  want  of  food.  Tbe 
husband  waa  arraiKnud  yesterday  before  Judge 
Smitb,  in  the  Fiity-aovrntli-atrcet  Police  Court,  aud 
was  sent  to  prison  lor  10  days. 


A  OBILD  BESCUJSD  FKOil  A  BBUTAL  MAS- 
TER. 

As  Mr.  E.  Jjlellows  Jenkins,  of  tho  Society 
for  the  Provisnifibn  of  Cruelty  to  Children,  was 
passlug  np  Broadway  at  11  o'clock  on  S.iturday 
night,  ho  observed  an  oruan-griuder,  nainad  Louis 
Peiano.  roughly  shaking  a  little  eirl  whom  ho 
claimed  .was  his  daughtcr^Mtry.  The  little  giil 
had  been  collecting  pennyra  ail  day.  and  having  be- 
come exhausted  had  Uileu  asleep.  Mr.  Jenkins 
recognized  tne  fellow^  a  m«n  who  had  been  ar- 
rested at  hia  lustauGj  daring  last  October.  At  that 
time  it  waa  learued  that  I'ljauo  uad  uu  family  in 
this  coautry.  Mr.  Jenkins  luUowed  the  man  fur 
awhile  and  finally  arrested  him.  Tbe  prisoner  was 
arraigned  before  Justice  Ovterboui'tc.  a(  the  Wash- 
ington-place Policrt  Court  yesterday  morning, 
whore  he  was  belt!  for  trial  in  detault  of  (JJO  bail. 
Little  Mary  was  returned  to  tho  custody  of  the 
Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children. 
The  poor  eirl  said  she  was  13  years  old.  but  bur 
bard  lifo  had  so  stinted  her  crowth  as  to  give  her 

e  appearance  ot  being  considerable  younger. 


SPARBINO  AND  rSSOINO  EXHIBITION. 

The  annual  athletic  entertainment  given  by 
CoL  Moastery  took  place  ou  Saturday  night  at  the 
School  of  Arms.  No.  619  Sixtb-^enuo.  The  entertain- 
ment was  opened  with  a  sparring  exhibition  by  one 
Col.  Monstety's  pupils  and  a  friend,  in  which  some 
straight  and  harcl  bitting  was  displayed.  An  as- 
m^lt  with  foils  folI(>wod'between  Prof.  Doturok,  of 
Wood's  Museum,  and  Capt.  Nicolas,  of  Paris,  in 
which  the  honors  were  equally  divided.  A  boxing 
match  between  G.  McCarthy  and  an  amateur 
resulctd  in  an  easy  victory  for  the  former. 
Then  came  a  small-sword  assault  between  Prof. 
Friederich.  of  the  New-York  Turnverein,  and  Col. 
^onstery.  which  was  tho  feature  of  the  evening. 
Col.  Moustery's  little  sous,  Olo  and  Cousuolo,  a.:ed 
8  and  9  years- respectively,  then  had  a  set-to  with 
gloves,  and  their  straiuht  hiitmg  and  plucky 
rallies  excited  much  applause.  About  with  gloves 
between  Prof.  William  Miller  and  Prof.  Fried- 
ericb.  and  n  sabre  contest  buiwoen  Col.  Monstery 
and  Prof.  Frlederich  closed  tbe  entertainment. 


IHE  TOMBS  POLICE  COURT  ON  SUNDAY. 
Justice  Duffy  presided  at  tho  Tonjbs  Police 
Court  yesterday.  Forty  prisoners  were  arraigned 
on  various  complaints,  principally  for  being  drunk 
and  disorderly.  Patrick  Djvine,  of  No.  144  Mul- 
berry-street, while  going  to  bis  homo  Saturday 
evening  was  violently  assaulted  by  Patrick  Tiehe, 
who  was  hell  to  answer  in  $300  bail.  James 
L.  Cleary,  residing  at,  No.  36  Mott-street,  was  ar- 
raigned on  a  cbarce  of  attempting  to  shoot  with  a 
pistol  Denis  McBride,  who  resides  at  No.  37 
Oak-street.  Detective  Carr,  of  the  Fourth  Pre- 
cinct, arrested  tho  prisoner.  He  waa  remanded  tor 
trial  to  the  Court  of  General  S^8»ious,  aud  held  lu 
SI, 000  bail.  Oaciir  Selaud  entered  the  reaidciico  of 
Hauuah  Berks,  at  No.  17  Rector-street,  and  vio- 
lently assaulted  her  by  striking  her  witii  his 
clinched  fist  in  the  face.  He  was  held  to  answer  in 
teOO  ball.  Patrick  McCulleu  was  held  to  answer  for 
having  assaulted  Matthew  Brady,  who^e  face  waa 
swollen  and  disfleured  frOm  tne  ettecta  of  the  btMr 
lug  be  bad  received. 


A  BOa  THIEF  ABBBSTED. 
On  Friday  last  tbe  little  daughter  of  Mr. 
Thomas  Durant  w.as  walkiug  in  Madison- square, 
leading  a  skye  terrier  by  a  chain.  Two  men, 
watching  their  opportunity,  snat-ched  up  the  poodle 
and  ran  away  with  it.  Mr.  Darant  inserted  un  ad- 
vertisement in  the  mornine  papers,  on  Saturday, 
ofi'ering  a  reward  of  |50  for  the  restoration  of  tbe 
dog.  Uu  Saturday  evening  Officer  Schmidburger 
arrested  William  Edwards  in  Seventh-avenue, 
while  the  latter  was  carryins  a  skye  terrier 
in  his  arms  which  resembled  in  description  tbe 
one  lost  by  Mr. .  Dorant.  Edwards  was 
taken  to  the  Twenty-uinth  Preoinet  Station- 
bouae.  Mr.  Durant  was  sent  for,  and  there  ^aa  a 
muinal  recognition  bctwesn  dog  and  master.  The 
prisoner  waa  arraigned  at  the  Washlngtou  Place 
Police  Court  yesterday,  but  as  Mr.  Duraut  was  nre- 
vented  from  attending,  tho  prisoner  was  remanded 
to  the  ataiiou-house  antll  this  morning. 


cm  AND  sijbukbm:news.. 


A  DBFAVLTEB  HELD  FOB  TBIAL. 

Charles  Anderson,  who  was  arrested  by  De- 
loudly  for  assistance,  and  was  answered   by  Officers  ^tectives  Danu  and  Von  Garichteu  on    ooard    the 


steamer  Hudson,  on  Satcrdav.  upon  a  charge  mads 
by  tbe  Saperintendent  of  Police  of  Cbica<o,  that  the 
aconsed  had  embezzled  the  sum  of  S^O  from  a  fii-m 
by  whom  be  was  employed  as  a  book-keeper,  was 
arraigned  before  Justice  Otterbourg,  at  tbe  Wasb- 
inztun-place  Police  Court,  yesterday,  bat  as  the  offi- 
cer bearing  a  requisition  from  ths  Guyernor  of  11- 
llLois  bad  not  arrived,  the  pri.soner  was  remanded 
to  the  Central  Office.  The  culprit  was  discovered 
to  be  In  New- York  throneh  a  person  in    Chicago 


NEW-TOBK. 
'fj  Ber.  Robert  Collyer,  of  Chioasc  will  delivea? 
a  lecture  at  Chlokenng  Hall  thia  evenlBg  on  "  Clear 
Grit." 

^ '  An  adjoarned  meetinc;  of  the  Board  of  >'  Ed- 
noation  will  b«  held  at  the  ball.  Grand  and  Elm 
streets,  this  afternoon,  at  4  o'clock. 

The  eleventh  annual  Commencement  of  the 

New- York  College  of  Dentistry  iwill  take  place  to- 
B)oiTow.evehing  at  Chickerlne  Hall. 
A  grand  charitable  entertainment,  for  the 

benefit  of  the  poor  of  the  Twenty-first  Ward,  will 

be  given  at  GUmoie's  Garden' on'  Wednesday  even- 
log,  March  28. 

Mr.  Delanoey  Kane's  Pelhamooaob  will  make 
tbe  first  trip  of  the  Spring  season  at  10  A.  M.  May 

1,  startine  from  the  Hotel  Brunswick.  The  time 
and  fare  will  be  the  same  as  last  year.    - 

A  grand  sacred  concert,  ooinplimentary  to 
Mrs.  Charlotte  Flint  Clark,  wiir^be  givenlit  the 
Calvary  Baptist  Church.  Twenty-tbird-street,  be- 
tween Fiftb-and  Sixth  avenues,  ou  Thorsdav  even- 
ing, Match  1. 

K  The    condition  of   Mr.    Edward    Lamb,    the 
comedian,  who  was  so  terribly  burned  while  per- 
forming in  tbe  Olympic  Theatre  several  weeks  ago, . 
has  continually  improved  since  the  accident,  and  be} 
la  now  out  of  daneor . 

To-morrow  and  Wednesday,  at  noon,  there 

will  be  a  sale  of  paintings  bv  G.  L  Banks,  auction- 
eer, at  the  rooms  ot  Baker  Sc  Co.,  Nos.  47  aud  49 
Liberty-street,  Tho  catalogue  includes  ISO  pictures, 
Some  of  them  by  well-kuowa  artists. 

Dr.  J.  B.  Thomas  will  deliver  his  eeoond  lec- 
ture on  "Science aud  the  Bible  "  before  the  Baptist 
Ministers'  Conferance  at  12  o'clock  to-day  in  the 
Marinor'a  Temple,  Henry  aud  Ol'ver  streets.  Sub- 
ject— "Aucient  Hints  of  Moderu  Di8Coverie9,.fe!     ^ 

Mount  Sinai  Hospital,  according  to  tb^  tcwr 
nual  report  of  the  Directors,  is  iu  a  very '  flonnsh- 
ine  condition.  The  late  fair  yielded  $115,229  08. 
Toe  total  receipts  during  the  year  from  ail  aourcea 
were  <163,(j09  84;  dlsbursemeuts.  $52,323  06;  cash 
on  hand,  $33,090  8S. 

Hattie  aud  Josepti  Brown,  the  two  children 

who  v?cre  burned  daring  tbe  fire  at  No.  137  Woos- 
ter-etreet,  on  Saturday  mornine,  died  at  the  Park 
Hospital  yesterday  moruine.  Coroner  Croker  waa 
notified  to  invoeiigate  the  circumstances  attending 
toeir  death. 

Dr.  Allan  McLean  Hamilton  will  deliver  this 
evening  the  first  of  a  popular  course  of  scientific 
lectures,  illustrated  by  siereopticon  views,  at  the 
Firat  Ward  Reading  Room,  No.  135  Greenwich 
street.  Tho  firat  aubieci  treated  will  be  "  The 
Nerj^us  Syaiem,  ita  Structure  and  Functions." 

Mr.  U.  \V.  De  Stoeckel,  ^o  architect  of  the 
pedestal  ot  the  statue  of  Libei^r  to  be  erected  ou 
Bcdloe's  Island,  will  return  to  France  on  March  7 
III  complete  his  plans.  The  Governaient  of  the 
Ciiiteu  Suites  will  luruish  bim  with  a  topuerauhic 
map  of  the  island  and  all  iba  necessary  drawings. 

Mr.  J.  Marion  Pollock's  amateur  athletic 
meeting  will  take  place  in  the  Americau  Institute 
Building,  Tuird-aveune  and  Si.xty-third-atreet,  on 
Tbuisduy  eveuiuc.  Match  1.-  About  100  entries 
have  bceu  maUe,  iucludin,;  members  ot  many  uf  the 
weil-unown  aihietic,  boat,  base-ball,  ana  dramatic 
cluba  of  thia  aud  other  citiea. 

A  grand  lauey  ball,  under  the  auspices  of 

tho  Purim  Association,  will  be  given  atDelmonioo's 
ou  Thursday  evening,  March  1.  The  committee 
having  the  affair  iu  charge  lutend  that  tbo  celebra- 
tion this  year  ahall  in  nowise  lt>li  behind  any  of 
lUeir  previuua  eatertainmeuti.  Too  uumbor  of 
tickets,  however,  ara  necessarily  limited  to  the 
capacity  uf  thu  rooms. 

Louis  Cohon,  of  No.  14  Essex-street,  was  ar- 
rested yesterday  atternoon  ou  suspicion  of  incendi- 
arism. A  fire  was  discoverod  shortly  after  13 
o'clock  in  Cuhuu'a  rooms,  but  it  waa  extingiiishud 
alter  dauiagiut;  the  place  to  the  extent  of  $5J.  It 
was  insured  for  J5U0,  aud  there  are  crouuds  lor  the 
snppuaition  that  Cuuen  started  the  fire  tor  the  pur- 
po«u  of  obtaining  that  amount. 

■  A  woman  about  3j  years  of  age,  and  appar- 
ently lusano,  attempted  to  drown  horsolf  yesterday 
afternoon  at  the  foot  of  Dolaucey-atreet,  East  River, 
and  Kd*  rescued  b.y  Edward  O'Donnell,  of  No.  66 
Mangin-atreeU  Officer  Stfibert  took  her  to  the 
Thirieeutn  I'recinci,  whore  Di.  Diabrow  attended 
her  uuu  prunouucod  her  iuaaue.  She  retiiaod  to 
utter  a  word  lu  auswer  to  tbe  questions  put  to  hoi', 
aud  was  removed  to  Bullevue  liuapital. 

Mr.  John  W.  Kelsey,  a  brother  of  Miss  Lizzie 
Kelaoy,  tho  actress,  who  w.os  robbed  of  her  ward- 
robe a  tew  days  ago,  appeared  in  the  Washington- 
place  Police  (Jouri  yesierday.  and  preferred  a  charge 
against  Goorjje.  Hiios  "fJucky, "  McCiond,  who 
kot-pa  a  •■dive"  at  No.  9  l<'irsl-alroet,  of  complicity 
iu  the  robbery.  Some  ul  tiie  duthipg  belonging  to 
Miss  Xulsty  was  luuod  in  McClouJ's  place.  Thu 
priaoner  wus  allowed  to  go  uu  parole  until  next 
vVcdueaday. 

John  Pontland,  whoso  gambling  house,  No. 
856  Broadway,  was  raidod  ou  Saturday  evening,  was 
arraiKued  before  Justice  Otterbourg,  at  the  Washing- 
tuu-piaco  Police  Cuurt,  aud  held  to  bail  in  the  aum 
of  {1,000,  upou  the  affidavit  of  Officer  Duffy,  of  the 
Fifieench  Precinct,  luat  the  priiuuer  kept  a  eam- 
blias  bouao  uu  tho  premises.  Toe  officer  testified 
that  he  did  not  "  see  any  playing  going  on."  A  full 
"lay  out'' ot  Implements  used  in  tho  game  called 
"laro"  waa  produced  in  .court. 

The  schooner  recently  reported  as  having 
been  forced  ashore  at  Mattituck  proved  to  be  the 
Cygnns,  of  Macbias,  ilc,  for  Nevy- York,  with  a  cargo 
ol  lath  in  tho  hu.d  and  a  dock-luaa  of  sprucu  tim- 
ber consigued  to  ^hipaou  Si  Clapp.  She  went  ou  at 
high  water,  bileed,  auil  filled.  Cape  E.  A.  Scott,  of 
New-LuuduD,  couu'acted  to  get  her  to  -  the  marine 
railway  olBurith  &  lorry,  at  Greenport,  forreoairs, 
and  sent  thu  old  wrecking  schooner  Thoaipson  with 
a  bloop  to  lighter  tho  oarico. .  He  had  gut  aouut 
10.000  feet  of  the  deck-load  on  board  the  Thompsoa 
When  it  began  to  blow  hard  from  tbe  northward, 
and  both  tue  Thompson  and  the  sloop  dragged  their 
anchors  and  went  on  tbe  beach.  Tbe  former  will 
doubtless  "  leave  her  bones"  there, .  but  tne  latter 
will  pro  oably  bo  got  off. 


money,  will  be  commeneed  in  the  Hadaon  C«wity 
BesaloDS,  before  Jnds«  HoJBDan.  <m  Wednesday. 
Cardmai  HoCloskey  haa  been  aabpouiaed  to  tMtuy 
•gainst  her.    ^ ^ 

FOOD  Aim  DBINK  OF  TFOBKINGMEN'^ 


TWO  POEMS  OB"  IMPBOVXDENCa — ^THE  WABTB^ 
>;■  OF  ■  FOOD  IN  I  COOKING — THb'^  TEMPTA-* 
;  .  TION '» OF^  DRINK— PUBJJC  '  HOUSES  |fOR? 
vv       social'  USB. 

^  From  (ht  London  Spectator. 

'.  The  two  main  fomiB  of  improvidence  to  hai 
found  among  working  men  are  extravagance  in  food 
and  extravagance  In  arink.  The  farmer  is  in  a  great 
degree  involuntary.    It  has  its  origin  in  the  difficul- '_. 

ty  wkiofi  the  worklni;  man  often  has .  in  using  his; 
money  to  advantage  in  the  first. Instance,;  and  in* 
using  his  purchases  to  advantage  after  ward."  t..;.  The  ;' 

Northern  workmen. have,  in  a  great  measure,  mas- 
tered the  firstof  these  difficulties,  by  tbe  creation  ' 
of  co-operative  stores.  'But  the  London  workman^ 
is    strangely  '  ill     off    in  .;.  this  ^  respect  ,•  He' 
still  •'  buys  ■  bis  :  food  i  at  ■;  shops ''  which  '■.  giver 
bim     no     guaranty  :  as  ;  to  ;  the  .  quality  i  of  ,  ttie> 
goods  supplied,  and  which  are  driven  by  the  fierce) 
competition  which  exists  among  London  retail  deal-, 
era  to  leave  no  exuedient   untried  that  may  help  to' 
make  tbeir  profits  larger.    The  working  man   has'; 
none  of  the  reasons  for  disliking  co-operative  stores' 
which  are  felt  by  the  class  which  does  make  use  of 
them.     He  has  not  been  accustomed  to  any  of  the 
mnltiform   inventions  'lor   saving   the   ciistomers' 
trouble  with  which  those  who  buy  at  the  Civil  Ser- 
vice  or  the  Army  and  Navy   Stores  were  once  faml-'- 
liar.     He  haa  been  in  the   habit,  for  the  most  part,- 
of  paying  ready  mopey,  his  tradesmen  have  not 
called  for  orders,  aud  his  wife  haa  always  ■  carried 
home     her     own      purchases.  ,,  To    the '.  working 
man,  '  then,      a     co-operative     store  ■■  is      almost 
clear      gam.        and      it      is      a    '  remarkable 
instance  of  want  of  organizing  power  that  an  expe- 
riment which  has  answered  so  well  in  Lancashire 
should  have  been  left  almost  untried  among  tbe 
same  class  in  London.    Food,  however,  has  usually 
to  be  cooked  after  it  is  bought,  and  the  waste  in 
this  respect  is  even  greater  than  the  waste  in  huy- 
ing.     Nothing^  more  wanted  among  tlie  working 
classes  than  sSBie  individnal  knowledge  of  cookery, 
aod  still  more,  perhaps,  some  means  of  cooking  on  a 
large  acale.    In  every  large  town  there  are  man.y 
thousands  of  persons  eating  almost  the  same  food  at 
almost  the  same  hours,  and  each  cooking  bistractioa 
of  the  whole  in  the  costliest  and  most  Incenvenlent 
way  possible.    It  ought  not  to  be  beyond  the  power 
of  organization  to  devise  means  ot  supplying  these 
nearly  uniform  wants  iu  some  less  wasteful  fashion 
than  that  in  which  they  are  supplied  at  present. 
Mr.  Mundella  says,  very  truly,  that  all  schemes  bv 
which  the  employer  becomes  the  purveyor  for  his 
men   have '  the  germ  of  the   truck  system  in  them, 
and  fail  at  last  from  the  inability  of  the  employer 
ttrresist  tbe  temptation  to  |make  (be  supply  of  food 
a  soiu'ce  of  profit  to  himaelt.     But  this  is  no  reason 
against  the  provision  by  emplo.yersot  certain  facili- 
ties   for    co-operation    in  tbe  preparation    of  food 
which  might  go  aome  way  to  prevent  the  enormous 
waste  which  now  goes  on  in  this  particular. 

When  we  come  to  the  other  great  field  for  im- 
providence, drink,  we  are  met  by  mnch  more  seri-v 
ous  difficulties.  It  is  not  only  that  the  strength  of 
tne  teiuptatioa  is  ver.y  much  greater  in  tho  one  case 
than  in  tbe  other,  waste  in  lood  indeed  bemg  rather 
8u  intellectual  than  a  moral  defect,  but  there  are 
so  many  other  things  to  be  mended  before  the  diffi- 
culty can  be  approached  to  much  purpose.  So  long 
us  the  public-Uouae  remains  the  only  place  in  which 
the  working  man  can  got  society,  and  almost  the 
only  plice  in  which  he  can  get  amusement,  the 
pnblio-hjase  will  natarally  bo  fall.  Man  cannot 
loug  endure  solitude,  and  it  takes  a  good  deal  of 
training  to  make  him  long  able  to  endure  dnllneaa. 
Ye(  close  tbe  public-house,  and  the  working  man 
has  no  protection  a^iainat  either  one  or  the  other. 
AVo  hope  our  readers  will  not  bs  shocked  when  we 
say  that  moat  of  what  is  said  about  home  and  the 
family  circle  is,  as  applied  to  working  men,  sheet 
nouaense. 


BROOKLYN. 
Eov.   Dr.   Charles   E.  BobinsOn, ,.  of  ^  Troy, 
preached  in  Plymouth  Church '  yesterday j  morning 
and  evening. 

Contributions  were  received  yesterday  in  all 
the  Catholic  churches  of  Brooklyn  to  the  fund  to  be 
prUbnted  to  tne  Pope  on  tne  thirtieth  anmversarylii^ 
May  next,  of  hia  acoesaiou  to  the  Papal  throne. 

In  a  street-fight  last  evening  ■  on  Varet- 
street.  near  Busbwick-aveuue^  Bartholomew  Riley, 
a  ropo-maker,  22  years  old,  of  No.  107  Cooke-street, 
was  stabbed  over  tho  left  eye  and  severely  ij^ured 
by  some  unknown  person. 

Rev.  Charles  Hall  Everest  preached  a  fare- 
well sermon  yesterday  in  the  Church  of  the  Puri- 
tans, corner  of  Lafayette  and  Marcy  avenues.  He 
has  accepted  a  call  irom  Chioauo,  and  the  church 
property 'ia  to  be  given  up  to  satisfy  the  claims  of. 
creditors. 

The  regular  meeting  of  the  Long  Island  His- 
torical Society  will  be  held  on  Tuesday  evening, 
Feb.  27,  in  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  (Jliu- 
ion  anu  FnUoo  streets,  when  a  lecture  will  bo  given 
by  Prof.  George  F.  Barker  on  "  Xiie  History  of  Ce- 
lestial Chemistry,"  with  illustrations. 

Edward  J.  Derin,  aged  13,  son  of  '  James 
Delia,  a  ship-carpenter  residing  at  No.  29  Tenth- 
street,  (E.  D.,)  was  arrested  yesterday,  charged 
with  aieauug  a  coat,  sacque,  .  and  skirt,  of 
the  value  of  925,  from  his  pareuts.  •  The  property 
was  found  iu  Feel's  pawn  shop,  Ho.  66  Grand- 
street.  " 

LONG  ISLAND. 
Preparations  are  now  being  made  for  saving 
a  portion  of  the  cargo  of  the  wrecked  ship  Circas- 
sian, at  Bridgenampton  B<)ach.  Nitro-glycerine  and 
other  exploaivea  will  be  used  in  removing  tbe  iron 
which  covers  the  cargo  now  remaining.  It  will  be 
an  expensive  uudertaking,  but  Mr.  Disoal,  tbe  pur- 
uhaacr.  expects  large  pruhta. 

There  is  a  spioo  of  romance  connected  with 
tho  attempt  of  A.  E.  Penny,  of  Pom  Qaogne,  to 
commit  suicide.  On  Tnesda.y  night  he  shot  himself 
through  the  breast  with  a  pistol,  inflicting  a  danger- 
ous aud  perbapa  fatal  wound,  though  at  last  ad- 
vices he  was  alive.  During  tho  atternoon  or  even- 
ing prerioua  he  had  a  luisuuder'&tandiag  with  a  girl 
named  Jackson,  16  years  old,  to  whom  he  was  en- 
gaged to  be  married,  and  they  made  a  mainal  return 
of  gifts  and  love-tokens,  aud  when  be  went  home 
he  became  so  agitaied  in  mind  as  to  resolve  upon 
suicide.  On  hearing  what  he  had  done.  Miss  Jack- 
son relented,  called  upon  him,  and  renewed  her 
promise  to  marry  him  in  case  he  gats  welL 

NEW-JERSEY. 

The  February  term  of  the  New-Jersey  Su- 
preme Court  will  open  at  Trenton  to-morrow. 

The  new  Red  Star  Line  of  steam-ships  will 
hereafter, be  aoored  at  tbe  Cardiff  wharf,  Jersey 
Clt.y,  whence  they  will  sail  for  porta  in  Belgium. 

The  body  of  a  fully  aeveloped  child  was 
found  yesierday  in  an  alley  on  High-street.  New- 
ark. D»ath  bad  evidently  resulted  from  strangula- 
tion. 

James  Gnffin,  who  was  arrested  some  time 
ago  in  Newark  as  a  disorderly  person,  and  who  died 
pn  Friday  in  St.  Michael's  Hospital,  Newark,  was 
buried  yesterday  in  the  Cemetery  of  the  Holy 
Sepulchre.    He  was  a  noted  bank  robber. 

Richard  Van  Liew  and  Joseph  Doharty  were 
arrested  in  Newark  on  Saturday  for  chicken- steal- 
ing. When  their  bouse  was  searched  a  wagon-load 
of  rope  and  tent  canva.'},  which  had  been  stolen  from 
the  State  Fair  grounds  at  Waverlv,  was  found. 

The  trial  of  Mrs.  Mary  Hanson,  the  confidence 


with  whom  he  oorreapvuded,  and  who  received  a  ._  „»,„  ^,44„i.„j  »Ti.  ™..„i  .  ...^  t± 

letter  lh)m  theptlaon^witS  lUo  »ddre«»  ■  Jfo.  127     woman,  who  ylotimlsed  tho  Farnier  and  Garretson 


GEN.  BROWN ^ANDGOY.  HATES.  .'■ 
The  ludiauapolis  J^rna/  of  Saturday  says : 
"  The  Colamhus  correspondent  of  the  ■  Cincinnati 
£n^trer,  a  day  or  two  ago,  referring  to  the  visit  of 
Gen.  Tom  Browne  to  Columbus  and  his'  interview 
with  Gov.  Hayes,  draws  largely  upon  '  bis  imagina- 
tion, and  says  Gen.  Browne  went  as  the  head  of  tke 
anti-Morton  movement  and  in  tbe  interest  of  the  ap- 
pointment of  Gen.  Benjamin  '  Harrison  to  a  place  in 
the  Cabinet.  Tbe  whole  story  was  so  improbable 
and  silly  that  we  did  not  notice  it  at  the  time,  j  Gen. 
Browne  having  been  spoken  to  on  the  subject,  bow- 
ever,  puts  a  qaietas  un  the  matter  in  his  own  terse 
st.yie,  which  will  bo  recognized  as  his  own.  He 
says  :  'In  my  recent  interview  with  Gov.  Hayes  at 
Columbus  I  did  not  urge  the  appointment  of  Gen. 
Harrison  or  any  other  man  for  a  place  in  the  Cabinet 
or  lor  any  other  position  whatever.  Noappuintmenrs 
to  any  place  or  office  were  asked,  nor  was  any  such 
subject  referred  to.  -  The  composition  of  tbe  Cabi- 
net was  not  discussed  nor  even  mentioned.  I  never 
thought  of  such  a  tiling,  and  would  not  have  been 
guilt.y  of  such  an  impertinence.  It  ia  generally  be- 
lieved that  Gov.  Ha.yes  is  capable  of  organizing  a 
Cabinet,  and  a  reasonably  decent  one  at  that,  with- 
out my  asaiatancd.  Certain  it  is  tnat  I  shall  not 
veuiuro  to  give  him  my  views  on  this  interesting 
subject  until  he  request*  them.  Up  to  this  writ- 
ing he  has  not  asked  them,  and  I  really  suspect  he 
never  will.  Again,  I  am  not  tbe  recognized  head  or 
tatl  or  any  intervening  part  of  au  anti-Morton 
movement  in  Indiana,  and  never  was,  nor  am  I  like- 
ly to  be.  My  personal  and  political  relations  with 
Seaator  Mortou  are  altogether  friendly  so  far  as  1 
know,'  "  

THE  "LUKEWARM"  BEMOOBATS,  . 
A  telegram  trom  Washington,  23d  inst.,  to 
the  Na^shviile  (Tenn.)  American,  referring  favorably, 
to  the  course  of  the  Democratic  obstructionists, 
says  :  "  Tbe  .  feeUng  of  non-acquiescence  in  tbe 
decision  of  tbe  tribunal  is  growing  with  each  pass- 
ing hour.  .'  The  debate  to-night  in  the  caucus  was 
to  the  effect  that  the  Democrats  -  opposed  to  the 
fraudulent  counting  m  ot  Hayes  should '  stand 
shoulder  to  shoulder.  They  now  propose  to  resist 
tbe  flual  declaration  of  his  election  and  force  the 
Democrats  disoosed  to  be  lukewarm  to  accept  one 
of  two  alternatives— first,  stand  by  the  part.y  to  de- 
feat the  decision  of  the  infamoiu  tribunal;  second, 
to  force  such  as  will  not  to  seek  shelter  in  the  Re- 
publican ranks." 

.V  A  DISORDERLY  HOUSE  BBOKENUP. 
''  "  Paddy"  Duffy  was  arraigned  at  the  .Wash- 
ington-place ■  Police  .  Court, :  betore  t  Justice  '  Otter- 
bourg, yesterday,  charged  with  keening  a  disorder- 
ly house  ati,No.  175  Greene-street.  The  place  was 
—raided  by  Capt.  Byrnes  and  a  squad  of  Police  from 
the  Fitteenih  Precinct  at  11:20  o  clock  on  Saturday 
night,  as  reported  in  yesterday's  TIMES,  and  42  peo- 
ple of  both  sexea  were  arrested,  Inolnding  a  band  of 
six  negro  musicians.  Duffy  was  held  for  trial  in 
tbe  sum  of  ¥1.000  bail.  Six  women  and  11  men 
were  fined  #10  eaoh;  eight  were  fined  |5  each  ;  four 
escaped  by  payiaz  fines  of  from  $1  to  $3,  and  the 
rest  were  diSL-barged. 


METEOROLOGICAL  REPORT. 
'  The  following  is  an  abstract  of  the  report  of 
the  Central  Park  Meteorological  Observatory  for 
tho  week  ending  at  1  P.  M..  Feb.  24  i  Barometer — 
Mean,  29.634  inches;  maximum,  at  SLA.  M.Feb.  20, 
29.820  inches  ;  minimam,  at  5  A.  M.  Feb.  24,  29.350 
inches ;  range,  .470  inch.  Thermometer — Mean, 
3.63°;  maximum,  at  4  P.  M.  Feb.  22,  58<^ ;  minimum, 
at  4  A.  M.  Feb.  20,  21°  j  range,  37°.  Remarks— 
Feb.  19,  snow  from  8:30  A.  M.  to  11:30  A.  M.,  amount 
of  water,  .02  inch;  Feb.  24,  rain  aud  snow  Irom  0:30 
A.  M.  to  1  P.  M.,  amouut  of  water,  .55  inch  ;  total 
amount  of  water  fur  week,  .57  ioob.  Diaiance  trav- 
elled by  tbe  wind  during  tbe  week,  1,752  miles. 


HAND- BALL  AIVD  RACKETS. 
Mr.  Hugh  Judge,  the  veterim  hand-ball  play, 
er,  now  lying  dangerously  ill,  will  have  a  benefit 
tendered  bim  at  McQaade's  Court,  No.  404  Madi- 
son-street, on  Wednesday,  March  23,  when  matches 
of  hand-ball  and  rackets  will  be  played.  -  The  fol- 
lowing players,  besides  several  others  iirom  Phila- 
delphia, have  kindly  volunteered  their  services: 
Barney  McQuade,  Philip  Casey,  James  Dunne, 
James  Casey,  John  Grady,  William  Courtney,  Riob- 
ard  Townsend.  and  James  Mack,  of  Brooklyn  ;  Ar- 
thur McQoade,  John  Leuihan.  William  Ryan.  John 
Manix.  Robert  M.  Dure.  Daniel  McCarthy,  M.  Lan- 
dy,  and  John  Sheridan,  of  New- York. 


A  NEW  WAY  TO  COLLECT  OLD  DBBTS.  ■ 
A  German  named  Christian  Otto,- residing  at^ 
Ninety-second-street  and  First-avenue,  while  in- 
toxicated yesterday  :  morning,  entered  the  apart- 
ments of  John  Roge,  at  No.  158  East  Eighty-foarth- 
strcel.  and '  demanded  the  paj'ment  ot  a  sum  of 
money  wbicb  Roge  owed  bim.  His  demand  meet- 
ing with  a  reftisal,  be  drew  a  knife,  with  which  he 
stabbed  bis  debtor  three  times  ou  the  left  shoulder, 
inflicting,  however,  only  slight  wounds.  Otto  was 
subsequently  arrested  by  Detective  Hnghes,  of  tho. 
Xweuiy-third  Precinct. 

ABRIYALS  AT  THE  HOTELS. 

Assemblyman  E.  B.  Qere,  of  Owego,  N.  T., 
IS  at  the  St.  Denis  Hotel. 

Ex-Congressm^  Burt  Van  Horn,  ot  Leok- 
port,  N.  Y.,  is  at  the  Grand  Central  Hotel. 

J.  H.  Devereux„Eeceiver  of  the  Atlantic  and- 
Great  Western  Railway  Company,  is  at  the  St. 
Nicholas  Hotel. 

John  Newell.  General  Manager  of  the  Lake 
Shore  and  M.ichigan  Southern  Railway,  is  at  tlie> 
Clarendon  Hotel. 

Ul.y88e8  S.  Grant,  Jr.,  John  ."  T.  Raymond, 
Col.  Daniel  MoOlnre,  ITDited  States 'Army,  and  ex- 
Congrestman  F.  E.  Wooiibndge,  of  Vermont,  are 
at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Hotel 


BUAZIL  COFFEE  MARKET. 
Rio  Janxibo.  Feb.  84.— Coffee  quiet ;  prices  main- 
tained ;  good  Firsts,  e.700®S.85p  reis  4?*  10  kilos.    Kx- 
.chaage  ou  Lonaon,  '24U. 

Sabtob,  Feb.  94.— Ct^ear^aoenor'Saiitoa  6600® 


CBiLTKA.u  LAGABOeac  pure.  deha»teCl.ainite 
«(•.,  pts.,  «nd  easks.  Vioros  B.  Hauskk.  110  Maadot 

*  ^^^ 

j;  JPA8SBNOEBS  AJK&TTBD. 

".  A  »team.$Mp  Montana,  firom  iAwrpooL— .ndhaA 
O' Boyle,  Beni.  B,  Wheatleyand  wifia,  Wm.  D.  taaldiag. 
Wn>.  Hastliuts,  Mr.  and  Urs.  John  "niarston.  Charl<ui 
Ifiobbs.  Miss  Canie  Creaaey.  Mr.  wmI  Hta.  Joseph  Ue. 
t'Oee,  Mr,  and  Mrs.  Alex.  Cbalmers.  ECtohard  Paul,  RmiU 
'Charpentier.  He  and  Mrs-  Tbomas  Kvans,  Percv  Bare. 
^George  Martin.  Aaron  Levy.  J.  J.    O'Donnell,  Kininn  * 

MINIATVBE  ALMANAO—THIs'toAY. 
!^mixl8eB:7..'l6:30  I  Svbsets 5:4Sl  Moon  set*...6:0S 

BtOB  WATBS — THIS   I>AT. 

^BaiidyHook...6:34j  OoT.Island..7:23 1  Uell  Gate. ...Self 

^  MARimsilNTELLIOElirO^ 

NEW-TORK. SDNOArJpEB.  25. 

"^  ARBIYED.^ 

Steam-ship  Benefactor,  t  Jones,  'wiimlngton,  IT.  OU 
Feb.  22,  with  mdse.  and  passengers  to  Wm.  P.  Cl«ds 
&  Co. 

Steam-ship  Oeorse  W.  Clyde.  Ingraham.  Charles- 
ton  Feb.  22.  with  mdse.  and  passengers  toJam^s  Yf, 
Qnintard  &  Co. 

steam-ship  Wyanoke,  Conch.  Richmond  and  Norfolk, 
with  mdse.  and  passemcezs  to  Old  Domixuon  Bteam-sblp 
Co. 

Steam-ship  Centipede.  Miller,  i  Philadelohta,  with 
coal  to  Readinsi  Railroad  Co. 

Steam-ship  GlancuB,  Bearae.  Boston,  with  mdse.  and 
X>a8seui;er8  to  ."VletruDOlitan  Steam-sbiD  Co. 

Bteam-sbip  State  of  Texas,  Mckerson,  Oalveaton 
Feb.  17  and  Key  ^V'est  2l8t.  with  mdse.  and  pa8sea< 
gers   to  Charles  H.  MaUory  <l  Co. 

Ship  Sophie.  (Gee.)  Christopher.  Liverpool  Jan.  9, 
in  ballast  to  order.  Anchored  at  Sandy  Hook  for  or- 
ders. 

Bark  David  A.  Preston,  (of  Boston,)  ^Hall,  <  Palermo 
Sov.  ao,  with  tTuit,  &.C..  to  voigley  &  Co. 

BarkGinle,  (ItaL,)  Oorlntio,  Trapani'4{>  da.,  -with 
sulphur  to  order. 

Barh  Lucia,  (of  London.)  Crowley,  Hone  Kong  bet. 
21,  with  mdse.  to  Peabod.y,  Willis  &  Col — vessel  to  D. 
B.  Smith  &  Ca 

Srhr.  Ellas  Eoss,  Lewis,  Providence,  •  for  Port  John- 
son. 

Schr.  Breeze.  Updike.  Providence,  for  Port  Johnson. 

Schr.  Callsta,  Dewltt,  Providence,  for  Port  Johnson. 

Schr.  Westmoreland,  AUen,  Fall  Elver,  for  Phlladeli 
phia. 

Schr.  West  Wlad,  Boamer. .  Fall  Blveo-.  for  PhfUdel* 
phla. 

Schr.  Eiisa  and  Sebecca.-Strophofi^^ Fall  Elver,  tor 
Port  Johnson. 

Scbr.  Lizzie  B.  Mclfichols,  Fanning,  Calais,  wltblatk 
to  oroer. 

.Schr.  A'elsou  Harrev,  Coffla.  New-Bedford. 
':  WIND— Sunset,  moderate,  N.  W.;  cloudy. 


SAILED. 


Ship  British  Queen,  for ;   bark  OelM.  for  I>aatal% 

briz  The  Cbailey,  for  Mayaguez.  Also,  via  Long  Island 
Bound,  steam-ship  Gen.  Whitney,  for  Boston:  sohrs. , 
Wm.  E.  Barry.  Opera,  and  Little  Annie,  for  St  John.) 
N.  B..  Mett  Haven,  for  Calais ;  Carrie  W.,  for  Portland; 
OeorKo  A.  Pierce,  for  tjalem;  Jennie  N.  Haddell,  fio^ 
Providence;  Lizzie  O.  Barker,  fur  Boston. 


BY  TELEGRAPH. 
H/tf.irA.x.  Feb.  25. — The   steam-shipSSardiBlaB,  tta9 
Liverpool,  arr.  here  at  11:30  A  M. 


ST  CABLE. 

LoNBOs.  Feb.  25.— Sid.  23d  inst.  Flora,  (Pr.;)  34tl 
inst.,  Lawrence  Brown,  for  Tybeu;  Mlotaux;  Tommaa- 
slno,  S.  Greeory.  for  Sandy  Hook. 

Arr.  2.5tb  inst,  .Mabel,  W.  A.  Campbell.  Skierholt, 
Assyrian.  Wm.  McGdvery,  Samaria,  Mistletoe,  £.  A 
Baizley,  Snow  Quilt. 

QcEBNSTowK,  Fell.  25. — The  steam-ship  Indiana, 
fr>im  Pniladelpbia.  for  Liverpool,  passed  Qasenstown 
at  8  o'clock  thia  evenine. 

QoEENSTOwx.  Feb.  26. — The  Inman  Line  eteam-shlp 
City  of  (Lester,  Cant.  Tibblts.  from  New- York  FeO.  11, 
arr.  off  (jaeeuitown  at  1  o'clock  this  (Alonaay)  mom-i 
injj.      . 

Fi.TMoirTH,  Feb.  25. — Tbe  Hamburg-American  Line 
steam-ship  Geilert,  Capt.  Barends,  from  ^ew-Xork  Febu 
15.  tor  Hamburg,  arr.  here  to-day. 

Liverpool,  Feb.  23. — Tbe  steam-ship  AuBtralian. 
Capt.  feters,  from  GalTestoa,  has  arr.  here. 

-i' 


Tbe  importance'  of  the  healthbieBs  of  ihe  servona 
System  cannot  be  overestimated  -  its  power  over  llfs 
and  death  and  the  direct  bearlns;  wnich  it  "fias  on 
human  hai>piaesB  seems  to  be  recofnlzeU ;  if^s  capabiU- 
tiea.  its  qualities,  and  its  powers:  the  importance  of 
ics  healthful  preservation,  iis  moderate  uses,  the  dan- 
ger ol  overtaxing  it.  whethpr  through  thought,  smdy, 
or  intense  application  in  mental  lnvestlgatioi>  aud  re- 
search; whether  by  the  absorbing  attention  necessary 
to  tbe  conduct  ot  compUcared  and  momentous  busi- 
ness interests,  or  by  the  excessive  indulsenue  of  the 
appetites  and  propensities  of  the  system.  All  these 
are  proper  subjects  for  consideration,  as  also  the 
knowledge  of  whnt  is  moderation,  what  ia  excess,  and 
when  these  exist  the  absolute  necessity  Of  promptly 
seeking  advice  from  an  exoerc  who,  for  a  long  seriea 
of  years,  has  devoted  his  whole  time  and  atten- 
tioti  to  tho  study,  iavestisratlon,  and  treatment  of  alt 
thu  maladies  of  this  Imoortant  department,  to  acca- 
rately  aeterm  ne  the  diseased  conditions,  theit  nature, 
cunsbs,  and  orieln,  whether  srisiaa  from  the  w^ant  of 
exercise,  its  irregularity  ir  excess,  and  who,  trom  his 
experience  and  practice,  has  learned  to  oiscorer  at 
once  the  derangement  and  as  promptly  apply  the  rem- 
edy, thus  avoiding  the  poiufuily  slow  feeling  after  tho 
truth,  so  common  to  the  Inexperienced,  and  bo  annoy- 
ing to  the  patient,  who,  very  naturally,  wants  to  know 
without  delay  whkt  is  th*i  matter,  the  extent  of  tbe 
deraneement,  ths  probabilities  of  recuperation,  and 
the  time  required. 

A  btrDdnc  example  of  the  value  of  experience  ami 
prncti<:al  Observation,  as  well  as  tbe  usefiilaess  of  the 
prompt  application  of  suitable  remedies,  is  found  in  the 
important*  statement,  coming,  not  trom  one,  bat  a 
dozen  nnblic  institutions,  not  only  at  home,  hut  abroad, 
that  a  ve^y  large  proportion  of  those  who  suffer  from 
mental  disturbance  aud  absolute  insanity  psrmanentl.v 
recover,  who  are  placed  under  treatmeni  within  a  year 
after  the  first  symptoms  have  manLested  themselves. 

if  the  intellectual  department  of  the  bralu  haa  be- 
come exhausted  by  intense  mental  application,  depriv- 
ing it  of  the  power  of  connected  thouglit,  it  can  only 
recovsr  its  strength  by  being  properly  fed  and  nour- 
ished by  the  use  of  certala  avetematlc  methods.  It  is 
preciseiv  so  in  every  other  department,  whether  of 
appetite,  propensit.v,  or  passion,  eaoh  requiring  »  dif. 
fercnt  remedy  for  its  recuDoratlon  anddinereiit  means 
for  brinipng  them  up  from  their  overworked  and  ex- 
hausted couditions.  The  importance  of  thij;  branch  of 
medical  practice  can  scarcely  be  ovenwed,  for  it 
reaches  even  to  the  peroetuation  of  family  names,  the 
securing  of  heredit.iry  titles,  and  the  retention  of 
estates  In  tbe  same  famll.v. 

From  a  long  aod  large  experience  in  this  direction, 
I  have  been  able  to  command  by  my  success  the  thank- 
ful appreciation  of  some  of  tbe  first  families  of  the 
City  aud  n»tioa ;  and  I  cercaioiy  can  ceaimunic&te 
much  to  cultivated  minds  ia  connection  wlr.h  mv  prac- 
tical experience  in  what  pertains  to  tbe  over-exerclae 
of  every  deptirtment  of  the  "nervous  system,  and  the^ 
means  of  recoveriuK  their  powers,  whether  Of  brain, 
appetite,  propensity,  or  passion. 


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KEW-YOEK,  TUESDAY,  FEBEUARY  27,  18^7. 


PEIOB  FOUR  OEiraSw 


THE  PRESIDEi^TIAL  COUNT. 


FILIBUSTERING  DELAYS  CHECKED. 

PBNNSTLVANIA  AND  RHODS  ISLAND  COUKTKD 
FOB  HAYES  AND   WBEELEK — TEMPESTU- 
OUS SCENES  IK    THE    HOUSE — BEWITT'S 
SECOND    ATTACK    ON    HOAR  AND   DISAS- 
TROUS       REPULSE — SOUTH         CAROLINA 
REACHED— THE    PAPERS     SENT    BEFORE 
THE    ELECTORAL   TRIBUNAL. 
Special  Ditpateh  to  tht  JfTexo-  ITork  Tlmin. 
Washington,  Feb.  26. — ^At  10  o'clock  this 
.  fbomiiig  the  Honse  was  called  to  order,  the 
floor  beinK  thronged  with  lobbyists  and  others, 
hut  very  few   members  were   in  their  seats. 
The  galleries  were  again  crowded  to  overflow- 
ing,   and    many    ladies   were   etandin;:   in  the 

halls  and  passage-ways  unable  to  obtain  seats. 
Immediately  apon  the  call  for  order  Mr.  Burch- 
ard  took  tfae  floor  to  offer  a  resolution  on  the 
Pennsylvania  case.  He  was  interrupted  by 
Hiester  Clymer,  one  of  the  moat  persistent  flli- 
husters,  who  stated  that  there  was  obvioasly 
no  quorum  present,  and  moved  a 
,«all  of  the  House.  This  eave  rise  to 
a  ra^bhng  and  unimportant  discussion, 
-which  consumed  considerable  valuable  time. 
Then  Clymer'a  motion  was  carried  and  the 
roll  was  callod.  Mr.  Frost  moved  to  disvense 
with  lurther  proceedings  under  the  call,  where- 
upon the  obstructionists,  umdaunted  by  their 
former  defeats,  took  the  floor  in  the  persons  ot 
Messrs.  O'Brien  and  Walling,  and  demanded  a 
division  on  the  question.  They  were  again  de- 
feated by  tbe  overwhelming  majcrity  of  151 
to  21,  and  then  the  business  of  the  day  was  al- 
lowed to  proceed.  Tbe  first  move  made  by  the 
Republicans  was  not  a  wise  one.  and  during  the 
day  they  made  a  nmmber  of  blunders  which 
placed  them  for  the  time  completely  in  the  con- 
trol of  those  who  desired  to  dela.v  the  counting 
of  the  vote.  It  was  clearly  the  policy  of 
those  who  desired  the  canvass  to  go  on 
to  refram  from  debate  and  let  tbe  revolution- 
ists exhaust  themselves,  which  they  would  soon 
have  done  if  let  alone.  Instead  of  doing  this, 
however,  the  Republicans  were  quite  as  talka- 
tive as  were  the  rebellions  Democrats,  and  oc- 
cupied at  least  ha.f  tbe  time  which  was 
wasted  in  useless  debate.  Within  tbe  past 
week  ihev  have  thrown  away  at  least 
24  hours  in  this  ^  w'ay,  and  if 
the  count  should  by  any  chance  fail  tor  the 
want  of  one  more  day  of  time,  they  will  be 
largely  to  blame.  Mr.  Kelley  was  the  first  on 
his  feet  after  the  division.  He  o£fered  a  reso- 
lution to  the  effect  that  the  vote  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania Elector,  Boggs,  be  counted,  despite  tbe 
objection  which  was  made  on  Saturday.  Of 
course  this  was  at  once  followed  by  a  resolution 
from  the  Democratic  side  which  provided  that 
£oggs'  vote  be  not  counted.     Upon  this,  Mr. 

Stenger,  representina:  the  moat  violent  fibbus- 

tering  element,  caused  considerable  delay  by 
demanding  that  the  objection  be  read.  Mr. 
Kelley  opposed  this  on  the  irround  that  only  two 
hours  were  allowed  tor  debate,  and  that  the 
reading  would  consume  alarge  part  of  this  time. 
The  Speaker  overruled  this  objection,  and 
stated  that   tbe   time   consumed  in  the  reading 

would  not  come  out  of  the  two  hours  allowed 
f*r  debate.  The  objection  was  then 
read,  and  at  its  conclusion,  Walling, 
another  violeat  revolutionist,  Jumped 
to  his  feet  and  demanded  the  reading  of  tbe 
testimony^  Mr.  Wilson .  objected,  but  the 
Speaker  ^^ecided  against  them  by  declaring 
that  the  House/could  determine  whether  or 
not  it  would  hear  the  testimony.  A  vote  by 
yeas  and  nays  '  was  taken  after  a  long  wran- 
gle, and  the  filibusters  won  by  a  yote 
of  133  to  116.  Amoag  those  Voting 
in  the  negative  were  the  following  13  Demo- 
crats :    Messrs.   Gcodin,  Hancock,  Haymond, 

Morgan,  Phelps,  Seagan,    Stevenson,    Tarboz, 

Throckmorton,  Ward,  Whitehouee,  Williams, 
of  Delaware,  and  Wilshire. 

The  reading  of  the  testimony  oonsomed  the 
dme  until  12:10,  and  then  the  regular  two 
hours  debate  commenced.  It  was  conducted 
for  tfae  most  part  by  a  number  of  obscure  gen- 
tlemen, who  have  written  or  have  had  written 
for  them  long  and  dreary  speeches  which  they 
read  in  10-minnte  Installments,  whenever  an 
opportunity  offers.'  The  only  interesting  part 
of  the  .  discussion  was  the  .  second 
violent  attack  ;  which  poor  Mr.  Hewitt 
thought  proper  i  to  make  npon  Mr.  Com- 
missioner Hoar  '  in~  particular,  and  the 
Electoral  tribunal  generally.  The  speech, 
.  which  bad  evidently  been  carefully  prepared, 
was  a  truly  remarkable  effort,  and  gave  addi- 
tional force  to  Mr.  Hoar's  opmion  that  its  au- 
thor IS  not  quite  in  his  right  mind. 
During  its  delivery  Mr.  Hoar  was 
not  in  the  chamber,  being  in  consultation  with 
the  other  members  of  the  Commission.  He 
returned  soon  afterword,  however,  and .  ob- 
tained tbe  floor.  Then,  in  a  few  well-chosen 
words,  he  completely  demolished  the  charge 
of  his  V  adversary,  and  concluded  by 
holding  him  up  to  the  ridicule 
of  the  House  in  a  way  which  will 
long  be  remembered  in  Washington.  During 
this  part  of  the  debate  Senator  Blaine  was  an 
interested  spectator.  In  closing  his  speech, 
Mr.  Hewitt  made  a  very  sensible  ap- 
peal to  his  feUow-Demoorats  to  abide  by  the 
decision  of  the  Commission,  and  then  spoiled 
the  good  effect  of  the  advice  by  talking 
about  the  great  fight  they  should  make  for 
their  liberty  four  years  hence,  and  saying  he 
was  ready  to  lead  or  to  follow,  when  the  time 
came.  After  a  number  of  declamatory  efforts, 
by  Mr.  Beebe,  of  New- York,  and  others,  the 
two  hours'  deDate  •  was  ended.  A  resolu- 
tion was  passed  by  a  party  vote 
to  sustain  the  objection  to  the  Pennsylvania 
Elector,  and,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Kelley,  the 
Senate  was  notified  that  the  House  was  ready 
to  receive  it. 

'  A.fter  a  delay  of  several  minutes,  caused 
by  getting  the  Senators  together,  the 
upper  house  appeared,  and  the  Joint 
session  commenced.  After  counting  the  vote 
ot  Pennsylvana  for  Hayes,  Bhode  Island  was 
called,  and  after  the  certificates  had  been  read 
olviection  was  made  to  counting  the  vote 
of  one  of  the  Electors  chosen  to  fill  the 
vaoanoj  caused  by  tbe  appointment  of  Mr.  Cor- 
liss a  Centenial  Commissioner.  This  objection 
required  tfae    two  houses  to  again    separate. 

As  soon  as  tbe  Senate  had  withdrawn,  Mr. 

Foppleton,  of  Onio,  moved  to  take  a  recess  un- 
til 10  o'clock  to-morrow  morning,  and  on 
this  the  yeas  and  nays  were  ordered.   The 

roll  call  was  watShed  ■  with  great  '  in- 
terest upon  both  sides,  as  a  report 
had  been  circulated  during  the  morning  that 
the  obstmotJoniflts  who  had  labored  very  in- 
dustriously, yesterday,  to  obtain  recruits,  had 
succeeded  in  inducing  a  considerable  number 
to  join  them.  The  votes  earlier  in  the  dajt,  on 
permitting  the  readmg  of  testimony,  con- 
tributed to  make  the  opponenta  of  delay  feel 

somewhat  unteaay.  As  the  roll  call  progressed 
however,  it  was  apparent  from  the  numbed 
deserting  the  obstruotioniflts  that  they  would 
be  defeated  by  a  more  decided  vote  than  ^.Ou 
iatnidgy.    ThA  remit .  of -tlie  rOU  c>n*w«a,^i 


for  a  recess  and'  178  against  It.  In  order  to 
clinch  tho  vote,  Pemanao  Wood  moved  to  re- 
consider the  vote,  and  moved  to  lay  that  mo- 
tion upon  tho  table.  The  obstructionists  took 
advantage  of  this  to  waste  another  half  hour 
in  oalhng  the  roll  on  Wood's  motion,  which 
having  been  done,  their  power  to  delay  the  two 
hours' discussion  on  tbe  Rhode  Island  objec- 
tions was  exhausted. 

The  debate  was  opened  by  Mr.  Jenks,  of  Penn- 
sylvania, who  argued  in  support  of  theobjeo- 
tioDS  for  a  few  mmutes,  and  then  launched  into 
the  questions  involved  in  the  Louisiana  con- 
troversy. Mr.  Ballou,  of  Rhode  Island,  argued 
against  the  objections,  showing  that 
special  pains  had  been  taken  by 
the  Legislature  of  Rhode  Island  to  have  the 
Electoral  vote  of  the  State  free  from  any  irreg- 
ularity whatever.  It  was  apparent  that  there 
was  no  disposition  to  discnsa  the  obieotions, 
and  when  Mr.  O'Brien,  of  Maryland,  arose  he 
was  met  with  cries  ot  •'  vote  "  from  both  sides 
of  the  house.  O'Brien,  however,  who  is  one  of 
the  most  determined  of  the  filibusters,  persist- 
ed in  occupying  his  10  minutes,  and  was  fol- 
lowed by  Mr.  Burohard.  of  Illinois,  who  could 
not  be  induced  by  bis  Republican  associates  to 
forego  speaking.  Mr.  Carr,  of  Indiana,  who 
opposed  the  passage  of  the  Electoral  bill,  but 
who  has  regularly  voted  against  all  dilatory 
motions,  made  some  good  points  on 
the  Democrats  by  quoting  &om  the 
speeches  made  by  some  of  them  in  Urging 
the  passage  of  the  Electoral  bill,  and  then 
quoting,  by  way  of  contrast,  from  the  speeches 
of  the  same  Democratic  orators  In  denouncing 
the  findings  of  tho  Commission.  Carr's  speech 
irritated  his  Democratic  colleagues  in  proportion 
as  it  amused  the  Republicans,  and  when  his  10 
minutes  had  expired  the  Democrats  objected 
to  allowing  him  the  tew  additional  minutes  nec- 
essary to  finish  his  speech. 

The  vote  was  then  taken,  and  the  resolution 
declaring  that  the  Electoral  vote  objected  to 
should  be  counted,  notwithstanding  the  objec- 
tions, was  passed  without  a  dl  vision.  Mr.  M»- 
Crary,  of  Iowa,  then  offered  a  resolution  notily- 
ing  the  Senate  of  the  action  of  the  House  m  tbe 
Rhode  Island  case,  and  inviting  that  body  to 
again  meet  the  House  in  Joint  Convention. 
Proctor  Knott  offered  a  substitute  for  this  in- 
viting the  Senate  to  meet  tbe  House 
at  10  o'clock  to-morrow  morning.  Mr. 
McCrary  called  the  attention  of  the 
Speaker  to  the  Electoral  act,  which 
provides  that  when  the  two  houses  shall  have 
disposed  of  an  objection  raised  to  counting  a 
vote,  they  shall  immediately  reassemble  in 
joint  convention  and  resume  counting  the 
Electoral  vote.  This  point  was  sustained  by 
the  Speaker,  and  the  Senate  was  then  given 
notice  of  the  action  of  tbe  House. 
When  the  two  houses  separated  on 
the  Rhode  Island  ease,  and  the  Senate  re- 
turned   to  its   own  chamber,    a    resolution 

was  offered  to  the  effect  that  the  entire 
vote  of  the  State  be  counted  for  the  Re- 
publican candidates,  notwithstanding  tbe 
objection.  To  this  Mr.  Burnside  made 
a  short  siteeoh,  as  did  also  Mr.  Bayard,  and 
then  without  further  debate  a  vote  was  taken. 
The  first  Demooratio  Senator  called  was  Mr. 
Bailey,  ot  Tennessee,  a  new  member,  who  is 
not  yet  quite  up  to  the  duties  of  his  position. 
He  voted  "  No"  on  the  resolution,  and  seemed  to 
be  very  much  surprised  to  find  that  every  one  of 
his  Democratic  associates  voted  with  the  Re- 
publicans against  him.  Just  as  the  roll-call 
was  being  completed  he  changed  his  vote  to 
the  afi&rmative,  and  the  resolution  was  adopted 
unanimously.  It  was  noticeable  that  Senator 
Gordon,  who  signel  the  Rhode  Island  objec- 
tion. Stultified  himself  by  voting  for  the  resolu- 
tion. .  Mr.  Kelly,  the  only  other  Senator  who 
put  his  name  to  the  objection,  dodged  tho  vote 
by  going  into  one  of  the  cloak-rooms  soon  after 
tbe  call  commenced. 

At  6  o'clock  the  Senate  re-appearcd  in  the 
hall  of  the  House,  and  the  business  of  the  Joint 
Convention  was  resumed.  South  Caro- 
lina was  the  next  State  called.  When 
the  Hayes  certificate  had  been  read 
the  Presiding  Officer  asked  for 
objections,^  forgetting  that  duplicate  certifi- 
cates had  been  received.  The  second  certifi- 
cate was  read,  and  the  usual  objections  were 
presented.  All  the  papers  were  then 
referred  to  the  Commission,  and,  after 
separating,  both  houses  took  a  re- 
cess tmtil  10  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 
Under  the  Electoral  bill  it  is  impossible  for 
either  house  to  transact  any  business  not  con- 
nected with  the  count,  while  the  vote  of  any 
State  is  being  considered.  Because  of  this  law, 
the  Senate  was  obliged  to-day  to  re- 
main idle  for  nearly  five  hours,  the 
only  business  transacted  being  the  election  ot 
Senator  Keman  to  fill  the  place  on  the  Com- 
mission made  vacant  by  the  sickness  of  Sena- 
tor Thurman.  The  vote  was  unanimous.  The 
scene  in  the  Senate  Chamber  during  this 
session  of  forced  idleness  was  a  remarkable 
one.  The  galleries  were  crowded  to 
excess  by  persons  who  were  unable 
to  get  into  the  House,  and  were 
glad  to  find  a  seat  anywhere.  On 
the  floor,  many  of  the  Senators  consulted  in 
groups,  while  others  read  newspapers,  wrote 
letters,  or  quietly  smoked  in  the 
cloak-rooms.  President  Ferry  •coupled  his 
chair  as  usual  The  pages  were  all  in  their 
places,  and  the  clerks  at  their  desks,  but  none 
of  them  moved  or  spoke,  and  at  times  it  could 
easily  be  imagined  that  the  whole  Senate  had 
suddely  been  petrified. 


MEETING  OF  THE  COMMISSION. 

PBEPARINO  FOR  THE  SOUTH  CAROLINA  CASE 
— ^THE  NAMES  OF  DEMOCBATIC  COUNSEL 
NOT  YET  KNOWN— MESSRS.  SHELLABAR- 
GEB  AND  MATHEWS  TO  APPEAR  FOR  THE 
BKPUBLICAN6— A  CONTINUOUS  SITTING 
UKELY. 

Special  Dltjiatehto  Oie  yew-Tort  Xinn, 
Washington,  Feb.  26.— The  pectoral 
Commission  assembled  immediately  after  re- 
ceiving the  papers  in  the  case  of  South  Caro- 
lina. Messrs.  Hard,  of  Ohio,  and  Cochrane, 
of  Pennsylvania,  appeared  on  the  part  of  the 
Democratic  objectors.  They  stated  that  they 
would  announce  to-morrow  the  names  of  coun- 
sel who  will  appear  for  their  side.  Senator 
Christiancy,  on  the  part  of  the  Republican 
objectors,  announced  that  Messrs.  Shellabarger 
and  Mathews  will  appear  as  counsel  for  the 
Republicans.  Argument  will  commence  at  10 
o'clock  to-morrow.  On  the  Republican  side  no 
more  time  than  is  absolutely  necessary  will  be 
occupied  in  argument,  and  there  is 
a     proposition,      which    is    likely     to   be 

acted  upon,  that  the  Republican  objectors  shall 
waive  argumenti  and  permit  counsel  to  go  on 
with  whatever  argument  may  bo  necessary. 
Tbe  rules  of   tbe   Commission,   as    originally 

adopted,  permit  eight  hours  of  argument  on 

the  South  Carolina  case.  It  will  be  impossible, 
if  the  whole  of  this  time  is  consumed,  to 
bring  the  report  back  to  the  House  belore 
Wednesday  afternoon,  if  indeed  before  Thurs- 
day.    In   the  South   Carolina   case   there  is 


is  suggested  that  the  Commission  may  change 
its  rules  and  limit  the  speeches  to  one  hour  or 
two  hours  on  each  side.  Republican  counsel 
will  not  care  to  make  any  arguments  fur- 
ther than  is  necessary  to  meet  the  points 
that  may  be  advanced  on  the  Democratic  side, 
and  as  there  is  no  desire  on  the  part  of  tbe 
Democrats  to  argue  the  case  at  all  before  the 
Commission,  except  to  secure  as  much  delay 
as  possible,  there  seems  to  be  no  reason  why 
the  objections  should  not  be  speedily  disposed 
ot.  It  18,  however,  possible  that  a  m^onty 
of  the  Commission  may  be  unwilling  to 
shorten  the  time  heretofore  intended  for  argu- 
ment in  these  oases,  and  it  so,  tbe  South  Caro- 
lina case  can  only  be  hastened  by  a  continuous 
sitting.  The  hope  is  generally  entertained  that 
the  case  may  be  decided  and  the  report  made 
to  the  two  houses  to-morrow. 


WILL  THE  COUNT  BE    COMPLETED? 

indications   from    yesterday's  work — 

what  remains  to  bk  done — a  dekp^ 

scheme  still  feared — AN  ATTEMPT  TO 
ABSORB  THE  WHOLE  TIME  LEFT  IN  READ- 
ING COMMITTEB  TESTIMONY— Wl^  IT 
SUCCEED  t 

Special Ditpateh  to  the  yew-Torn  limes, 

Washington,  Feb.  26. — All  the  progress 
was  made  with  the  Electoral  count  to-day  that 
was  expected.  South  Carolina  being  sent  to  the 
Commission,  which  will  meet  to-morrow  morn- 
mg  to  consider  the  retnms.  And  yet 
there  are  many  Republicans  who  are 
hopeless  of  an  election  being  de- 
clared this  week.  Politicians,  like  stock 
gamblers,  are  divided  into  two  classes— the 
"bulls"  and  the  "bears."  These  are  found  on 
every  hand — the  hopeful  and  the  hopeless.  On 
tbe  Republican  side  the  despondent  element 
is  considerably  reduced,  and  tbe  reduction 
has  made  it  somewhat  more  conspiouous. 
There  are  several  Republican  membees^^M^ 
Congress  who  express  the  opinion  that  the 
count  will  certainly  be  defeated,  but  the  class 
of  hopeful  ones  is  considerably  increased  by 
the  -developments  of  to-day.  There  really 
seems  to  be  no  room  to  doubt  that  the  count 
will  be  finished  and  the  result  declared  not 
later  than  Thursday  or  Friday.  The  action  of 
the  Commission  to-morrow  with  respect 
to  the  proposition  to  shorten  the  ar- 
gument on  the  South  Carolina  case 
will  determine  whether  one  day  more 
or  less  will  be  ooenpied  in  the  business.  There 
now  remain  to  be  formally  counted  the  votes 
of  South  Carolina,  Tennessee,  Texas.  Vermont, 
Virginia,  West  Virginia,  and  Wisconsin.  Of 
these  States  three  give  thoir  votes  to  Mr. 
Hayes.  To  votes  in  those  three  States  alone 
will  objections  be  made.  Unless  the  vote 
of  to-day  on  the  motion  for  a  recess  pend- 
ing the  discussion  ot  the  Rhode  Island 
case  should  be  reversed  in  tbe  most  remarkable 

manner,  no  recesses  will  be  taken  after  the  re- 
port is  made  on  South  Carolina  until  the  vote 
of  Wisconsin  is  counted,  unless  tbe  houses 
should  become  wearied  late  at  night  and  take 
a  recess,  when  it  is  evident  there  will  still  be 
plenty  of  time  to  conclude  all  the  busi- 
ness of  the  joint  meeting.  The  fili- 
busters would  evidently  fight  every  inch  ot 
the  way,  even  if  they  were  reduced  to  half 
their  present  number,  and  they  will  take  up 
all  the  time  possible  in  objections  to  South 
Carolina,  Vermont,  and  Wisconsin. 

It  has  been  rumored  for  two  or  three  days 
that  when  tbe  decision  of  the  Cpmmission  in 
tbe  case  of  South  Carolina  is  read  in  tbe  two 
houses,  the  objections  which  will  be  presented 
will  contain  in  the  body  of  them  tbe  report  and 
the  testimony  taken  by  the  House  commit- 
tee in  South  Carolina.  The  entire  manuscript, 
covenng  15,000  pages,  has  been  with- 
drawn from  the  puoiio  printing,  office, 
and  there  is  no  doubt  that  tbe  attempt  will  be 

made  to  force  its  reading  as  a  part  of  tho  ob- 
jections, or  by  a  vote  of  the  House,  when  the 
objections  come  to  be  considered,  a^  w  as  done 
in  the  case  of  Pennsylvania  to-day.  The 
time  required  to  road  this  mass  oi  test  imony, 

if  relays  of  clerks  were  kept  at  it  night  and 
day,  is  variously  estimated  at  from  two  days 
to  two  weeks.  Nobody  can  tell  exactly 
bow  long  it  would  take,  but  It  is 
clear  that  a  vote  in  favor  of  read- 
ing it  would  be  a  vote  to  defeat 
the  announcement  of  the  eleotioa.  If  it  is  pre- 
sented as  a  part  of  the  objections  to  the  Com- 
mission's decision,  it  will  doubtless  be  ruled 
out  of  order  by  ilr.  Perry,  the  Presiding  Officer, 
for  the  law  requires  the  objections  to  be  con- 
cisely stated,  without  argument.  Speaker 
Randall  would  submit  the  question  of 
reading  it  to  the  House,  if  offered  as  tbe  Penn- 
sylvania testimony  was  offered  to-day,  and  no 
one  who  believes  the  70  Democrats  voting 
with  tho  Republicans  to-day  really  intend  to 
have  the  count  concluded,  can  imagine 
that  the  motion  to  read  will  be  car- 
ried. The  great  probability  is  that  such 
an  outra'geous  proposition  would  cause  a  fur- 
ther desertion  from  the  faction  of  Field  and 
Clymer. 

The  Vermont  and  Wisconsin  objections  will 
bo  disposed  of  in  the  same  manner  as  the  two 
objections  to-day,  and  the  count  of  all  the 
remaining  Democratic  States  wiUnot  require 
a  half  hour.  The  filibusters  are  tortitying 
themselves  by  the  letters  and  dispatches  they 
receive  from  outraged  constituents,  who  have 
reported  to  the  average  number  of  perhaps 
half  a  dozen  to  each  of  tbe  obstruc- 
tors. Those  who  do  not  feel  outraged  are  not 
active  in  sending  dispatches,  though  numerous 
admonitions  of  popular  indignation  with  the 
attempt  to  force  the  country  into  chaotic  con- 
fusion,  are  beginning  to  come  to  hand.  Among 
the  outraged  persons  is  the  notorious  Tildenite' ' 
John  Bigelow,  of  New- York,  from  whom  it  is 
asserted  three  or  four  letters  have  come  to 
Washington,  beseeching  Democrats  to  save  the 
country,  by  preventing  it  Irom  haying  any 
President. 


PLACING  THEMSELVES  ON  RECORD. 

THE  TEAS  AND  NAYS  ON  A  MOTION   TO    TAKE 
A  RECESS — A  DIRECT  LOSS  TO  THE  FIL- 
IBUSTERS— AN  ANALYSIS   OF  THE  VOTE. 
BpecMl  Ditpateh  to  the  Nevt'  Tork  Times. 

Washington,  Feb.  26.— The  report  of  last 
night  that  tbe  fillibusters  would  lose  20  votes 
on  tbe  next  direct  attempt  at  inteational  delay 

of  tbe  count  waa  verified  by  the  roll  call  to- 
day, on  Poppleton'a  motion  tor  a  recess  until 
to-morrow,  made  when  the  two  bouses  were 
separated  on  the  objections  to  tbe  vote  of 
Rhode  Island.  On  Saturday  the  vote  for  a  re- 
cess was  112;  to-day  it  was  83.    Tbe  difference 

between  the  votes  is  29.  Of  the  113  ayes  on  Sat- 
urday 22  voted  no  to-day,  9  were  absent  or 
dodged,  and  there  were  2  recruits  from 
those      who      did      not    vote     on      Saturday. 

On  that  day  49  Democrats  voted  against  a  re- 
cess, and  to-day  the  number  was  increased  to 
about  70.  Among  those  who  voted  for  a  re- 
cess on  Saturday  and  changed  to  the  other  side 
to-day  were  Blount,   of  Georgia ;  Brndcoer,  of 

Missouri;  dause,  of  4i^kaDsa8;  Gnnter,  of 
Arkansas ;'«Hanton.), of  Virginia;  Lamar,  of 
Mississippi  $  Landers,  of .'  Conneetioilt ;  Rea.  of 


nothi^jjf^B]VTT''<^''TBfTiL'**_t""'~"^  i^^iit  i  yiMCTui;  Sqiglet^a.  of  Miagjwippi;  Tooker^oCJUfJioDoagalk 


Virginia;  Wilson,  of  West  Virginia jmd  Teates, 
of  North  Carolina — all  of  whom,  being  more 
than  half  the  revolutionary  loss,  are  re-eleoted 
members  of  the  next  Congress,  an^  have  some- 
thing to  lose  by  pursuing  '»  course 
which  nine-tenths  of  their  constitu- 
'tnts  would  disapprove.  All  but  one 
ot  them  —  Laaders,  of  Connecticut- 
are  from  the  South.  Of  the  nine  who  voted 
for  a  recess  Saturday  but  did  not  vote  on  either 
side  to-day,  six  are  re-elect  members.  Those 
who  are  not  re-elected,  but  changed  from  voting 
aye  to  votmg  no  since  Saturday,  are  Burchard, 
of  Wisconsin;  Chapin,  of  Massacbusotts ; 
Faulkner,  of  West  Virginia;  Hamilton,  of 
New-Jersey;  Holman,'\)f  Indiana;  Landers,  of 
Indiana;  Odell,  of  N(eW-York;  John  Reilly,  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  AVa^ren,  of  Massachusetts. 
Inqaiiy  would  proOably  show  that  all  of  these 
men  have  either  some  hope  of  future  political 
preferment,  or  have  reputations  of  being  hon- 
orable men  which  it  is  w6rth  while  for  them 
to  ocmtiniie  to  maintain  at  home.  Of  the 
83  who  insisted  on  delay,  about  oue-third  are 
of  tbe  class  that  stole  into  Congress  in  Kepub- 
lioah  districts  from  the  Northern.  States  two 
years  ago,  and  having  been  defeated  for  re- 
election, they  fade  from  public  sight  ferever 
unless  a  Demoocatio  administration  should  get 
into  power  and  give  them  office  bv  appoint- 
ment which  they  cannot  get  by  election. 
These  are,  for  the  most  part,  tbe  men  who  are 
leading  tbe  forelpm  hope  of  the  ousted  bum- 
mers and  the  crazy,  rickety-minded  Bourbons. 
The  two  recruits  to  the  filibustering  vote  to- 
day were  Douglas,  of  Virginia,  and  Meade,  oi 
New -York. 


THE  PBESIDESCY  OF  THE   SENATE. 

A  RESOLUTION     TO     PROCEED     TO    ELECT  A 

PRESIDKNT     ''pro    TEMPORE"    OFVERED 

BY      MR.       SARGENT — NO      CAUCU3      YKT 

HELD  BY  THE    REPUBLICAN    SfcNATOUS. 

Special  DUvalch  to  the  \ew-  York  Timet. 

Washington,  Feb.  26.— Just  at  tho  close 
of  to-day's  session  of  the  Senate.  Mr.  .Sargent 
offered  a  resolution  that  the  Senate  proceed  to 
the  election  of  a  President  pro  tempore.  This 
resolution  was  entirely_  unexpected,  and  was 
laid  upon  the  table,  from  which  it 
can  be  called  up  at  any  time  by  a 
majority  of  the  Senate.  It  is  not  understood 
that  any  immediate  action  is  contemplated, 
but  the  resolution  is  precautionary,  and  made 
with  reference  to  the  possibility  of  the  defeat 
of  the  Electoral  count.  There  has  been  no 
caucus  ot  Republican  Senators  to  consider  the 
election  of  a  successor  to  Mr.  Ferry,  and  in  case 
the  election  of  Mr.  Ilayos  should  bo  announced 
on  Thnrsday  very  probably  no  action  will  be 
taken  on  the  resolution. 


A  SUGGESTION. 

PROPOSITION  THAT    THE  STATE  LEGISLATURl? 
CUOOSE   ELECXOnS    TO    ACT    IN   NOVEM- 
BER. 
Haktford,  Feb.  26.— The  Evening  Post  of  to- 
day maKea  tbe  following  suggestion:     "A  failure 
to  declare   the  revnlt   of  tbe  Proaidential    el.)ction 
will    be    at    tbe  risk  of    senoas    dUaator    to    tbo 
business   Interests   «f  tbe   country.     Furtanately 
there  la  a  way  by  which  tb%  annoj'anoe  of  such  a 
proloDsatloD  of  tho    controversy  may  be    In    great 

part  averted,  at  least  in  |)ew-End»od  and  ^'ew. 
York.  Most  of  the  Legislatures  of  theae 
seven  States  are  now  in  session,  and 
looking  to  the  interests  of  ibis  sec- 
tion they  ahoold  at  once  proceed  to  cbouse  Elec- 
tors to  act  in  November.  Id  this  way  this  eutlre 
aectioD  will  be  withdrawn  from  the  excitemeot  of  a 
new  campaign,  and  tbe  rcaalt  ol  tbe  new  election 
would  be  so  nearly  set  lied  in  advance  that  tbe  affair 
need  not  occnny  much  of  the  time  or  the  thoagbts 
of  tbe  rest  of  the  coontry. 


THE  P0STMA3TERSHIP  OF  CHICAGO. 


OEX.  M'ARTHUR'S  LIADILiriES  AND  ASSETS — 

THE    AMOUNT   OF    HIS    INDEBTEDNESS  TO 

~n     THE     GOVERNMENT— HON.      FRANK     W. 

PALMER  APPOINTED   TO   THE  OFFICE. 

Upecial  IHipatch  to  the  Neio-  Tork  Timni. 

Chicago,  Feb.  26.— Fjirrher  investigation 

Qfthe  affairs  of  Postmaster  McArthur  show 
him  to  be  indebted  to  the  Government  in  a 
larger  sum  than  was  at  first  reported.  In  ad- 
dition to  the  $38,000  which  he  admits  having 
borrowed,  to  use  his  own  term,  from  tbe  Post 
Office  fund  here,  it  appears  that  there  were 
former  complications  which  had  not  been  set- 
tled up.  At  tbe  time  of  the  failure  of  t  le  Cook 
County  National  Bank,  in  1875,  Gen.  McArthur 
had  on  deposit  there  $40,000.  The  Treasury 
Department  retained  Jrom  the  margin  of  the 
bonds  deposited  to  secure  the  bank's  circulation 
enough  to  reduce  the  amouut  to  $20,000,  which 
amount  still  stands  against  him.  He  was  in- 
formed but  a  short  time  ago  that  he  would  be 
deemed  a  defaulter  to  this  amount  alter  March 
4  were  it  not^ettled  up  before  that  time.  The 
schedule  in  bankruptcy  filed  Saturday  foots  up 
$56,272  due  th6  Government  as  preferred 
creditor.^  Tbe  eeoured  claims  embrace  a  long 
list  of  notes  duo  banks  and  business  men  of  this 
city  and  elsewhere.  Among  thom  arc  claims 
of  Theodore  Clement,  Boston,  for  $21,800,  and 
of  the  Lexington  and  Big  Sandy  Railroad  Com-' 
pany  for  $2,467.  The  unsecured  claims  are  those 
of  Himrod  Furnace  Company,  Youngstown, 
Ohio.  $1,983:  Rend  &  Co.,  |C60j  Lexingtouiind 
Big  Sandy  Railroad,  $2,300;  Union  Iron  Com- 
pany, $600;  Hardy  &  Belles,  $175;  Matthew 
Addy  &.  Co.,  $2,700;  Rhodes  &  Bradley,  $5,000; 
Norton  Iron  Works,  $5,000;  Charleston  Fur- 
nace, $3,000;  Tiemey  IltftT  Works,  $3,800. 
McArthur'n  total  liabilities  are  $125,000,  with 
about  $80,000  assets. 

Hon.  Frank  W.  Palmer,  to-day  appointed  to 
the  Postmastership,  was  for  some  time  editor 
of  the  Inter-Ocean.  He  was  formerly  a  member 
of  Congress  from  Iowa. 

Dupaleh  to  the  Ateocialet^  t'resi. 
Gen.  MoArthar  had  a  higl\.  baainess  and  social 
standioe  in  tbe  oommanity,  and  has  hitherto  been 
considered  one  of  tbe  stanohest  and  most  reliable  of 
Chicago's  citisens.  He  became  involved  in  the  nn- 
saocea»ful 'operations  of  bia  large  iion  foundr.T  ou 
t)ie  Dortb  side,  and  took  raonoy  from  '  tbe 
General  Po«t  Office  DeDartmeot  tu  tide  mat- 
ters over  UD111  a  loan  could  bu  nego- 
tiat«d  from  Sootcli  oapitalista.  Uu  expected  alno 
to  be  enabled  lo  dispuse  favorably  of  some  portiim 
of  bis  foundry  I  but  in  all  bis  aohomes  lor  replac- 
ing tbe  monejr  Le  was  unsucoessfal,  and  oouse- 
qnentlv  filed  his  petition  lo  bankruptcy  late  Satur- 
day afternoon.  Of  the  debts,  $.'56,000  are  to  the 
United  Statea  Government,  and  t2.500  to  tbe  UIlDois 
ijoldlera'  Home,  of  wbloh  he  is  Treaaorer.  The 
seoared  debts  are  143,000. VTbe  assets  consist  chief- 
ly of  the  iron  fouoidfy  property.  It  u  believed  that 
the  Government  will  lose  nothing,  being  am^ly 
aeoured  by  ibe  bond. 


AFFAIRS  IN  MEXICO. 
Havana,  Feb.  26. — News  from  the  City  of 
Mexico  under  date  of  Feb.  18.  saya :  Gen.  Diaz  baa 
been  elected  President,  and  Igoacio  YuUarte,  Chief 
Jnstice.  The  trip  of  Gen.  Dias  to  tbe  Iforthern 
States  has  been  deferred,  bis  presence  being  neces- 
Barj  at  the  capital.    He  intends  issuiag  a  manifesto 

calling  on  Liberaln  of  all  shades  to  support  talm.  A 
nan  who  requested  an  interview  witn  tbe  Arch- 
bisbop  of  the  City  of  Mexico,  while  conversing  with 
bna;  drew  a  dagger  aad  attempted  to  aseasalnate 
him.  Tbe  Archbisbop  defended  himaelt,  and  es- 
caped unhurt.  Tbe  xervants  arreatea  and  banded 
tbe  criminal  over  to  the  police.  The  Minister  of  the 
-Treaaar.v  ^j^fusstablished  a  aohool  in  biM  office  for 
tbe  T>urpos?*<>l  teaohing  the  employes  book-keeping. 
Actiag  President  MendcB  will  probably  receive  the 
appulntmeat  ot  Guvornor  of  Pneblo. 

ISS  LONDONDBRRY   UIDflna    TBOITBLES. 

.  Halifax.  Feb.  26.— All  is  quiet  at  the  Lon- 

.donderry  minea.    Troopa  arrived  tbere^at  lii  o'clock 

laat  night.   A&  i&onestis  behig  beta' on  theJDody 


-i^. 


LATEST  NEWS  BY  CABLE, 

THE  EASTERN  QUESIION. 

ACTION  IN  THE   BRI TISH  HOUSE  OF  LORDSr- 
AN  ADDRESS  TO  THE  QUEEN  MOVBD  AND 
KEJECTEP — CONFERENCE   WITH    SAFVET 
PASHA  BY    TllE   SERVIAN    DELEpATRS — 
RUSSU'S  PKACE  DKCLARITIONS. 
London,    Feb.    26. — In     the    House     of 
(lOrds  to-night  Lord  Stratheden  moved  an  ad- 
dress to   the  Queen,  pra.ying  that  her  Maiesty 
would    adoDt  measures  to  prevent  hostilities 
in     the     East,    secure     adherence     to     the 
treaties  of '1856,  and  promote  tbe  welfare  of 
races  subject  to  Turkey.      Lord  Stratheden 
urged   that   the   Government   should,    by    the' 
acceptance  of  his  motion,  declare  they  would 
adhere    to    the     treaties    so     iar   as     Parlia- 
ment would  permit  them.    By  thoir  thus  taking 
up   a   more   decided  attitude  than   hitherto, 
little    doubc    would     remain    that    tho    peace 
of     Europe     and     Asia    would     bo    secured. 
Earl    Grey    made    a   strong    anti-Russian 
speech.       He      deprecated      interference     be- 
tween the  Turks  and  their  subjects. 

The  Earl  of  Derby  then  spoke.  His  main 
point  was  in  retutation  ot  Lord  Stratheden's 
arguraeut  that  England's  treaty  obliga- 
tions were  unchan£red  whatever  might 
be  the  result  of  the  conference.  Ue 
said  this  argument,  carried  to  its 
logical  conclusion,  involved  the  consequence 
that  if  the  powers  once  bound  themselves  by 
treaty  to  protect  a  State  they  nmst  still  con- 
tinue bound  even  if  the  State  wilfully  acted 
against  their  advice.  Lord  Stratheden's  mo- 
tion was  rejected  without  a  division. 

A  disDatcb  from  Constantinople  says  the 
Servian  delegates  bad  a  conference  with  Satvet 
Pasha  to-ilay  on  certain  details  which 
aro  not  yet  settled.  They  will  have 
anotlior  conference  to-morrow.  The  protocol 
lor  the  coucluMiuu  of  peace  on  the  basis  ol  tbe 
Status  quo  ante  bellutn  vfUl  probably  be  sij^ed 
then  or  on  Wednesday,  and  Prince  Milau  will 
telegraph  hi.s  agreement  thereto. 

A  special  dispatch  irom  the  same  city  states 
that  the  Military  Police  force  which  Col. Valen- 
tine Baker  has  been  authorizod  to  organize, 
will  number  00,003,  and  foreie;u  oflBcers  will  be 
emploved. 

London,  Feb.  27. — Tho  Berlin  correspon- 
dent of  a  mornmg  paper  says  :  "  The  Kussiau 
Govcniiuout  is  giving  moat  pacitio  ae- 
surances         which         it  would        apiiear 

are  credited  everywhere  except  lu 
Vienna,  Ivussia.  frankly  intimates  that  she 
has  no  whish  to  make  war,  and  would  be  happy 
to  desist  irom  hostilities  were  eoiue  re- 
gard paid  to  her  feelings  and  to  the 
poRitiou  in  which  she  is  placed.  There 
is  at  this  moment  every  chance  of  iivoidin<»  a. 
conflict  if  Turkey  can  ho  induced  to  appoint 
some  Cliristiau  Governors  and  make  a  boua  tide 
attempt  at  adnnuistrative  relorra.  As  eaoU 
power  wishes  1  to  be  the  last  to  answer  the 
KusRi.in  circular  no  written  answers  will 
probably  be  given  for  some "  time.  This 
universal  silence,  and  the  Emperors'  speech  at 
the  opening  of  the  lleichstag  seem  to  have 
produced  a  sobering  eliect  at  8t.  Petersburg. 
Advices  received  in  Berlin  yesterday  even- 
ing from  Vienna  say,  .according  to 
Vienna  sumi-ufiicial  and  iudupendeut  or- 
gans, peace  negotiations  in  Constantinople 
havtf'been  suspemlert  and  the  Russians  are  pre- 
paring to  croHH  the  Pruth.    The  first  assertion 

18  wholly  unf'ouudod  and  the  seoond  is  at  vari- 
ance with  all  Itussia's  recent  assurances. 


THE    FENIAN    LEADER'S    FUNERAL. 
ARRIVAL      OF      THB       REMAINS       OF       JOn:\ 
O'MAHONEY     AT     DUBLIN— THE      TRANS- 
FER  '  FROM       CORK  —  Gr'e.\T       CROWDS 
AWAITING  THE  FUNBRAL  CORTEGE. 
Dublin,    Fub.    26. — The    remains    of     John 
O'Maboney  arrived  here  this  evening.    The  Funeral 
Ommittee   received   the   corpse   at   tbe    railway 
tonninuSi    Tbo   cofHn   was  placed  on  a  hearse,  and 
escorted  tbroueh  the  principK.1  streets  by  a  torch- 
light procession,  in  which  8,000  persons  took  part. 

On  tbe  railway  between  Cork  and  Dublin  people 
flocKed  to  tbe  stialions  to  witness  the  passage  ot  the 
train  bearing  the  remaina,  and  there  were  large  as- 
semblages at  Charleville  and  Limerick  Junction. 
About  500  persons  awaited  tbe  arrival  of  tbe  train 
at  K.ines-liTidga  Tbe  prooesslon,  however,  was 
deferred  until  dark.  An  Immense  and  disorderly 
crowd  blocked  the  road  to  the  terminua.  The  pro- 
cessioD,  with  several  bands  of  music  playing  dirgos, 
began  to  move  about  6  o'clock,  and  marched  aloog 
the  quavs.  One  account  Siiys  tbeie 
were  SuO.OOO  sneciators.  The  remains  were 
taken  to  tbe  Mechanics'  Insiicute,  in  the  theatre 
ul  wbicb  they  will  Ue  in  stale  until  Sunday.  Tne 
mob  tried  to  lorce  thoir  way  into  tbe  theatre  with 
tlte  corpse.  Tbi-v  were  ao  disorderly  that  half  an 
hour  was  oconpied  in  convoking  the  ouliia  a 
few  yards  from  the  hearse  to  the  en- 
trance, and  those  who  bore  it  la 
were  obliged  to  lift  it  over  tbe  heads  of  the  people. 
In  spite  ot  tbe  effins  of  the  committee,  thousands 
forced  their  way  into  the  building  alter  the  remuios 
had  been  deposited  in  the  theatre,  t^hortlv  after  9 
o'clock  tbe  crowd  began  to  disperse,  hut  the  desire 
to  enter  the  hnllding  was  such  that  it  was  not 
jndgud  safe  to  ooen  the  doors  to  permit  tbose  inside 
inside  to  ko  home  until  1!  P.  M. 


MISCELLANEOUS  FOREIGN^  NOTES. 
THE  OLD  BAILEY  IN  DANGER — RESULT  OF 
THE  ELECTION  AT  AVIGNON,  FRANCE — ' 
THE  PAPACY. 

London,  Feb.  26. — The  roof  of  the  old 
Bailey  Seasions  Honse  was  burned  to-day.  Tbe 
damage^Vas  slight.  A  report  that  the  Old  Bitiley 
was  sfire  Created  conaidorablo  excitement  in  tbe 
city. 

Paius,  Fob.  2G. — A  second  ballot  took  place  at 
Avignon  yesterdav  to  fill  tho  vacancy  in  the  Cham- 
ber of.  Deputies  caused  by  the  unseating  ;  of 
Comte  '■  da  .  Demaine,  (Monarchist,)  Mayor  '.  of 
Avieno,'  on  tbe  ground  of  official  coercion.  Yes- 
terdav'a  ballot  resulted  m  the  election  of  M.  St. 
Martin,  (Radical.)  who  received  9,701  voces  against 
9,099  for  Comte  Dn  Demaine. 

London,  F«h,  27.— A  special  diepatcb  from  Rome 
says  It  is  stated  that  tbe  Cardinals  submitted  to  the 
Pope  on  Friday  favorable  replies  to  some  questions 
which  he  proposed  to  them  with  tbo  objeot  of  giving 
the  ecclesiastical  policy  ot  the  Holy  See  a  more 
efficacious  aud  ener;;ettu  direction  toward  a  natoril 
solution  ot  the  various  questions  of  tbe  day.  The 
exact  nature  of  the  new  policy  will  be  proclaimed  on 
tbe  occasion  of  the  Pope's  Episcopal-  Jubil«e.  Some 
German  Bishops  recently  asked  wbetber  they  were 
at  liberty'  to  perforin  aces  in  execution  of  laws  other 
than  those  ugainst  tbe  Church  it  invited'  to  do  so  by 
the  civil  aotboritioo.  The  renly  from  the  Vatican 
was  that  they  might  as  subjects  of  the  Emoeror  do 
so  iu  all  matters  not  contrary  to  I'slifiiun  aud  the 
rights  of  theChurch. 

THE  BRITISH  CORN  TRADE. 
London,  Feb.  £6. — Tbe  Mark  Lane  Express, 
in  its  weekly  review  of  the  British^Tsorn  trade, 
says:  "Tbe  weathar  has  been  stormy  and  nnset- 
tied,  with  only  .  a  sligbtl.v  diminished  rain-fall. ' 
Field'work,  therefore,  has  progressed  slowly  on  the 
heavy  lands.  Farming  operations  on  the  light 
lands,  however,  bave  been  fairly  rapid.  Antamn- 
Bown  crops  continue  anfflciently  healthy)  but  their 

latare;proaperlty  depends  upon  wbetber  'Wlntephaa 

spent  itactf.  Should  tbe  March  weather  oe  fiosty 
tee  conseqnonces  may  be  disastrous.  Fa'-mers 
continue  to '  thresh  wheat  slowly,  there  having 
been  httle  incentive,  as  the  damp  weather  bas 
affected  tho  condition  of  tfae  bulk  of  the  offerings, 
and  tbe  advance  of  1  shilling  per  quarter,  which 
has  taKen  place,  has  applied  only  to  dry  s^^gples. 
Despite  tbfi-aomewhat  increased  imports  of  foreifm 
wheat,  tbe  Rrmnesa  has  cnotiniied,  and  tbe  reac- 
tiun  was  very  mnrKod  last  Mnoaay,  when  a  healtby 

and  fairly  brisk  demand  be/an  for" all  varieties,  at 

an  advance  of  1  abilling  per  quarter.  Tbe  im- 
provement ia  not  due  to  policies,  the  weather,  cr  tl.e 
Continental  demand,  bat  is  tb^  legitimate  effect  of 

small  imports,  the  diminution  of  atook.o, 
and  ~  the  prospective  abortuess  of  sup- 
plies ftom  ci\  sources  except  CaliforDia. 
Some  earliar  shipments  frum  San-I>ancra6o  and 
Oregon  hove  aiade  thair  appearance  in  London,  and. 
ily  round  buyers  at  about  53  shilliDgB  to  55  sbll- 


likely  to  become  receivers  of"  a  large  qnanttty  of 
this  class  of  wheat  as  tbe  season  advances,  it  is 
probable  that  the  shortness  of  stocks  and  the  defi- 
cient barvests  of  1876  in  most  pans  of  the  world 
will  bring  continental  buyers,  and  by  diverting  a 
considerable  portion  of  the  qukntlt.y  afloat 
to  other  destinathms,  prevent  oar  market  being 
glutted  with  this  nijetnl  variety  of  wheat.  Oar 
trade  seems  to  he  baaed  on  sound  foondationa,  aud 
tbe  present  moderate  level  of  values  appears  likely 
'  to  oontinoe,  being  neither  unduly  depressed  bv  tbe 
prospect  of  increased  annpUes  from  California  nor 
temporarily  enhanced  by  political  anzlet.y.  There 
has  been  a  slight  imurovement  in  feedine  corn. 
The  firmness  of  bolders  bas  caused  an  advance  of 
6d.  per  quarter  on  oats,  while  maize,  especially  old 
corn,  is  higher.  Barley  remains  without  quotable 
altoratloD,  but  tr.tde  U  rather  Plotter.  Malting  and 
grinding  qualities  have  matntsined  previous  prices. 
Business  iu  floating  cargoes  has  ruled  ilrm,  with 
slight  enhancement  of  values. 

EXCITEMENT  IN  NOVA  SCOTIA. 


THE  GREAT  SEAL' OP  STATE — ILLEGAL  USE 
OF  In  OLD  SEAL — ALL  MARRIAGES  SINCE 
1869  DECLARED  VOID. 

Toronto,  Feb.  26. — A  special  dispatch,  from 
Halifax  says  tbe  qnostion  of  precedence  having 
arisen  between  certain  Queen's  counsel,  an  affidavit 
was  read  in  the  Sapreme  Coart  Saturday,  sotting 
fortb  that  the  seal  attached  to  the  Commission  of 
Queen's  counsel  appointed  by  the  local  Government 
was  not  the  great  seal  of  the  province, 
but  tbe  old  seal  winch  bad  been  ordered 
to  De  relumed  by  the  Imperial  Government 
in  1869.  Tbe  Premier  of  the  local  Government  ad- 
mitted the  Government  bad  been  using  the  old 
seal.  Tho  ctfurt.expiessed  astonishment  at  such 
contempt  for  her  Majesty's  authorized  and  ex- 
pressed opinion,  and  said  that  all  acts  requiring 
tho  great  seal  done  since  1869  were  totally  void. 
This  state  of  affairs  leaves  Nova  Sootla  to-day  with- 
out a  Parliament  and  without  a  Government,  with 
all  grants  of  marriage  licenses,  and  consequently 
marriages,  and  all  commissions  since  1869,  totally 
void.  Tue  greatest  excitement  prevails  in  conse- 
quence. The  Cliiof  Justice,  alter  intimating  that  it 
would  require  Imperial  lesislatioii  to  rectify  tho 
matter,  aujuurned  tbe  coart  for  10  days  for  a  tut 
inquiry.  

BOBBERY  IN  BOSTON. 


A  BOX  CONTAINING  $40,000  IN  SECURITIES 
STOLEN  BY  ONE  TUIUF  WHILT:  ANOTHER 
ENGAGED  THE  ATTEXIION  OF  THE  VIC- 

Boston,  Feb.  26.— Joseph  Bngham,  a  wealthy 
gentleman  of  this  city,  was  robbed  to-day  of  $40,000 
in  notes,  stocks,  and  bonds,  at  his  residence,  Ko 
1,038  Washington-street.  Two  men  called  and  in- 
quired for  him,  and  while  one  engaged  him  in  con- 
vorsatlon  in  the  parlor  the  other  slipped  no  stairs 
into  his  room  and  succeeded  io  possesstng  himself 
of  a  small  trunk  in  which  tho  securities  were,  and 
ei-capedtrom  tho  house.  Mr.  Briehara  had  but  Just 
r«turnod  from  the  vaults  of  the  Security  Deposit' 
Company  with  the  trunk,  and  it  is  supposed  that 
lie  was  seen  and  followed  b.y  the  roobers.  It  ia 
thought  that  the  thieves  will  be  unable  to  realize 
ou  thuir  plunder,  as  steps  were  at  once  taken  to 
stop  the  payment  of  tbe  securities.  On  returning 
to  his  room  Mr.  Brigham  at  once  missed  bis  prop- 
erty, hut  both  men  had  disappi-ared. 

Tho  securities  stolen  from  Mr.  Brigbam,  with 
the  exception  of  a  mortgage  iiot«  for  (G.OOO,  wero 
found  at  9  o'clock  this  evening  lying  near  the  gate 
i>f  ths  rear  t-utr.ince  to  his  rewidence,  where  the 
puekage  bad  btien  thrown  some  time  during  tbe  even- 
ing. ^^^^ 

LO^SE:i  BT  FIRE. 


Sunday  morning  the  deaf  and  dumb  institu- 

tloD,  Bome  milH&  from  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  was 
Onstmyed  by  fire,,  woioh  oaucht  probaoly  from  tho 
gJls.  Before  water  could  be  Kupplied  by'  the  hose 
about  the  builuing,  the  fire  had  gained -tlSutrol  of 
the  upper  portion  and  compelled  the  occupants, 

teacner.-!,  ofilceri,  and  uuiortuuatos  to  leave  the 
building.  There  was  no  loss  of  life,  and  all  of  tho 
153  pupils  escaped  wlthont  serious  injary,  and  with 
most  ot'  iheir  effects.  Some  of  the  employes  lost 
everything.  Some  of  the  biiildines  belonging  to  tbe 
institution  remain,  and  will  accommodate  about 
half  the  children.  The  total  loss  is  estimated  at 
tl00;OO0 ;  no  insurance. 

Shortly  after  6  o'clock  yesterday  morning  a 
hre  origiua'ed  in  some  unascortaineu  manner  on 
the  fourth  floor  of  tho  building  Nos.  455  and  457 
isroadway,  but  was  promptly  extinsniabed.  Ira 
Beard,  dealer  in  millinery  goods  on  the  first  floor, 
sustaiend  a  loss  ot  §500  by  water ;  fully  insured.  -The 
stock  ot  P.  L.  Trenson  &  Co.,  importers  of  cloth,  on 
tbe  bocoiid  flour,  was  damaged  to  the  extent  ot  i2,00U, 
and  J.  Miiidhof,  importer  of  fringes  and  trimmings, 
who  occupied  the  third,  fourth,  and  fifth  floors, 
loses  tS,lj(H)  ou  stock  and  tixtures.  Tbe  building 
whith  18  owned  by  W.  T.  Lloyd  &  Co.,  was  dam- 
aged to  tbe  extent  of  15,000. 

A  fire  at  Ripley,  Btitler  Count.y,  Ohio,  early 
Suuday  morning  di^atroyed  B.  F.  Sayora'  buildins 
aud  contents  aud  damaged  the  adjoining  bnlldiug. 
tm:7«r8' loss  is  $3,500.  and  the  insurance  #1,500.  J. 
•tr.  Lindley  occupied  the  first  Qi-or.  Ili.<>  loss  is 
$5,400 ;  Insurance,  $3,600.  The  upper  stories  wore 
occupied  as  a  hall  and  lodge-rooms  by  the  OJd 
Vellows,  whose  loss  is  $1,SOO  ;  insu ranee,  i^OO.  The 
loss  to  the  adjoining  building  is  $1,200  ;  insurance, 
$8U0. 

A  fire  occurred  at  1  o'clock  yesterday  morn- 
ing on  the  first  floor  of  Mo.  38  Baxter-street,  occu- 
pied b.v  Harris  Steinberg  as  a  clothing  store. 
Damage  to  stock,  $400.  Solomon  Harris,  a  shoe 
dealer  iu  the  basement  of  the  building,  sustained  a 
loss  of  8100,  and  tbe  building  was  damaged  to  tbe 
amount  ot  ijlOO. 

Tbe  Merchants'  Hotel  at  Rondout,  N.  T.,  a 
fine  new  building  lu  the  upper  partol  the  city,  was 
dcsuoyed  b.y  fire  Sunday.  The  buiidiog  was  un- 
occupied since  last  Fall,  the  proprietor  having 
failec!.  No  o.iase  is  known  for  the  origin  of  the 
fire.  The  loss  Is  probably  ?30, 000;  inearance  $14,- 
000. 

A  fire  in  the  ink  factory  of  John  G.  Light- 
bouv,  No,  540  West  Thirt.v-tbird-sireel,  yesterday 
altemoou,  caused  $300  damage. 

A  fire  at  Mexia,  Texas,  Sund.ay  night,  de- 
stroyed five  business  houses.    The  loi-a  is  $30,000. 


ItiTERFERINO  WITH  RAILROAD  TRAFFIC. 
PoDGiiKEEFSiE,  Feb.  26. — A  gang  of  30  or  40 
men  tore  up  the  switches  on  the  west  side  cf  the 
Dutchess  and  Columbia  Railroad  track  at  Dutchess 
Junction  yesterday,  putting  a  stop  to  the  transfer 
of  coal  across  tbe  rWer  at  that  point.  This  is  part 
of  an  attempt  to  force  the  western  terminus  of  tbe 
road  to  Deuning's  Point. 

COLLISION     BBTWEEN     WHITES     AJtD 

BLACKS. 
New-Orleanp,  "Feb.  26.— A  •  dispatch  from 
New-Iberia  to  Gov,  Packard,  from  O.  De  La  Has- 
•Saye.  Jr., says :  "  A  colliaion  took  place  between  the 
whites  and  blacks  yesterday  at  Jeanerettcboth  par- 
ties under  arms.  A  few  soldiers  to  keep  the  peace 
might  prevent  a  great  deal  ,of  bloodshed.  Great 
exuitument  prevails.  .^^ 

THE  LANDIS  CHILDREN. 
Tkbnton,  Feb.  26. — Judge  Reed,  of  the  Su- 
preme Court,  decided  this  morning  that  Charles  P. 
Landia  is  discharged    from  the  custody  of  nis  chil- 
dren, and  that  they  must  be  given  into  the  coatody 

of  Clara  M.  Landls,  his  wife,  and  there  to  remain 
until  they  attain  the  aec  of  7  ye^rs.  The  parties 
and  children  were  in  court  during  the  reading  of 
the  opinion. 


peit.  fipartar   «>■«■   .Mn . ,  ii,nd    ^|]|i^y>^r  ■^^.^yyj  j.ight,' 


A  SECOND  TRIAL  FOR  MURDER. 
Concord,  Feb.  26y-lhe  second  trial  of  Joseph 
Lapace,  for  tho  murder  of  Josie  jl.  Lancrmaid,  at 
Pembroke,  Oct.  4,  1875,  began  to-day.  At  the 
former  trial  Lapage  waa  fonnd  guilty  and  sentenced 
to  be  hanged.  A  new  trial  on  exceptions  waa 
granted, 

SHOT  DEAD  BY  AN  OFFICER. 
Louisville,  Feb.  26. — ^At  Lebanon,  Ky.,  last 
night  a  Deputy  Marshal  and  posse,  who  were  look- 
ing for  parties  siiapecteil  of  robbing  houses,  came 
noon  John  Lynch  and  demanded  his  surrender.  He 
refased  to  give  himself  up,  and  fired  upon  the 
posse,  but  hit  no  one.  The  shot  was  returned  with 
fatal  effect,  Lynch  being  killed  almost  instantly. 

STATE  BOUNTY  DEBT. 
AxBANT,  Feb.  26.— Controller  Oloott  an- 
nounces chat  be  will  anticipate  in  fall,  oommenC 
ing  tomorrow,  27th  inst.,  the  ,  pa3nneDt  of 
$2,000,000  of  the  county  debt  stock.  This  debt  has 
b:  en  redaond  $S.000,000  siuoe  Jan.  1,  and  ttiece  la 
now  Oatstaadiug  $4,557,001). 


TBE  CUBAN aUOAR  CROP. 

Havana,  Feb.  26.— It  has   been  rainiuij  con- 

tinuonsly  three :  days,  which  U  annsaal  tor  this 
season,  t.  Tbe  ootmtry  roads  are  impassable,  and  the 
haaUng  of  cane  to  tbe  mills  is  temporarily  pre- 
ve««<i.  This  will  consequently  dacraaae  tbe  sugar 
yield,  and  arrivaU at. Qorka  will  bo  vmaUlitra  iqrt- 


THE  PRESIDENT  ELECT. 

A  CONTINUOUS  OVATION  FROM  FSE< 
MONT  TO  COLUMBUS. 

GOV.  HAYES'  RETORN  TO  COLtTMBCS— 'HIS 
RAILWAT^RIP — THOUSANDS  OF  PEOPLB 
CONGREGATED  TO  DO  HIM  HONOR— 
KOT  YKT  DEFINITELY  I  DECIDED  WHEW 
HB  WILL  LEAVE  »  FOR  f  WASHIitGTON — 
HIS  PERSONAL  INTEREST  IN  THB  RBSDLT. 
dpeeial  Ditvatehto  the  New-Tork  Timet. 
Columbus,  Feb.  26. — Gov.  Hayes  returned 
from  Fremont,  Ohio,  this  evening,  arriving  in 
the  city  at  10  o'clock.  The  trip  trom  Fremont 
here,  a  distance,  of  130  miles,  was  a  continu- 
ous ovation.  At  every  station  on 
the  route  where  tho  cars  stopped, 
the  people  had  gathered  in  large  numbers  to 
greet  the  President  elect,  and  to  bid  farewell 
to  the  retiring  Gtovemor  whom  they  had 
thrice  honored  with  the  chief  magistracy  o\ 
Ohio,  The  ovation  was  repeated  at  Clyd-i, 
Tiffin,Porre8t,Canton,Bellefontaine,andSprir<g. 
field,,  and  at  dach  place  Gov.  Hayes  respondjol 
briefly  to  the  cordial  greetingsof  his  friends  :*n<i" 
neighhors,  expressing  his  gratitude  for  then 
kindly  wishes  in  bis  behalf.  The  longest  stop 
was  made  at  Springfield,  where  tbe  Govemoi 
made  qtdte  a  little  speech,  which  was  received 
with  great  favor.  Tbe  Governor  waa 
accompanied  ou  the  trip  from  Fremont 
by  Mrs.  Hayes  and  two  children,  and  on  their  ' 
arrival  in  Columbus  tbe  party  were  met  by  a 
tew  friends,  and  conveyed  to  the  j  Etsecutivo 
Mansion  in  Broad-street,  opposite -tlie  State- 
bouse.  It  is  not  definitely  decided  wiien  Gov. 
Hayes  will  take  his  departure  for  Washing' 
ton,  but  he  will  probably  leave  hero 
on  Thursday  noon,  and  go  b.v  the 
way  of  Pittsburg  and  Harrisburg.  He  will  not 
resign  bis  office  of  Governor  of  Ohio  until  he 
is  declareu  President,  as  be  does  not  wish  to  da 
anything  that  would  look  like  autielDatiug  the 
final  decision  of  tbe  Electoral  Com- 
mission. During  the  whole  period  since 
his  election  last  November  he  has  been  quietly 
attending  to  his  duties  as  Governor  of  Ohio, 
and  has  apparently  shown  less  personal.inter- 
est  than  any  man  in  tbe  country  in  tbe.Tcsnlt 
of  the  manifold  and  persistent  attempt&^of  his 
political  enemies  to  cheat  him  out  of  his 
election ;  but  he  is  not  ignorant  of 
the  merits  of  the  case,  or  where 'the  real  truth 
and  justice  of  the  Presidential  contest  lie,  and 
when  legally  declared  the  Chief  Magistrate  of 
the  nation  he  will  enter  upon  the  duties  of  the 
office  with  the  same  conscientious  desire  to 
discbarge  them  faithfully  that  has  1  character 
ized  him  in  all  the  positions  he  has  heretofor« 
held. 

Arrangements  are  being  mode  bytho'citizena. 
of  Columbus,  without  regard  to  party,  to  give 
a  brilliant  farewell  reception  to  Gov.'Ha|^ 
and  his  wife  in  the  State-house  next  ^eduee^ 
day  evening. 

EXPBESSIOXS  FROM   THE.CO,VNTRT.. 
EAtlNKST  APPEALS   TO     CONGRESS  /  TO  ,  COIT 
PLKTK  THE  COUNT   BY  LEGISLATIVE  AND 
COMMERCFAL  BODIES — GEN.  ^HAMPTONT 

VIEWS. 

Special  ZHtvateJi  to  the  Ifew-  Yorlet'nmeu 

Boston,  Feb.  26. — An  order  oensaring  tho 
Electoral  Commission  was  rejected  in  the  Hooai 
to-d.iy  by  a  vote  of  159  to  41 1 ;  seven  Democrau 
voting  with  the  majority. 

PiTTSBUEG,  Feb.  26. — At  a  meeting  of 'the  Cbam< 
ber  of  Commerce  to-day  tho  following  resolationi 
were  passed :  ■ 

Whereas.  This  Chamber,  represonting  tha/cam. 
mercial  aud  industrial  Industries  of  this  city,  did.on 
the  22d  of  January,  without  regard  to  party  and  in 
good  faith,  pass  a  series  of  resolutions  indorsing 
tbe  Electoral  Commission  for  tbe  peaoefnl  settle- 
ment of  the  Presidential  qnestlon;   and 

Whereas,  Any  delay  or  action  which  ter,d8  to  pro- 
tract the  speedv  adjustment  of  this  moKt  exciting 
question,  or  impose  on  the  country  another  Presi- 
oential  election,  would,  in  our  judgment,  be  dis- 
astrous in  its  effect  upon  tbe  industries  ^of  the  conn- 
try,  distorbing  trade,  and  unsettling  <  commercial 
values;   therefore 

Resolved,  That  our  members  of  Congress  be  and 
nereby  are  most  respectfully  but  urgently  reqnest* 
ed  to  use  their  utmost  endeavors  .  to,  secure  and 
hasten  a  speed.y  termination  of  tbis  disturbing 
issae. 

Springfield,  Feb.  26.— In  the  EJonse,  this  mom* 
inir,  Mr.  Merritt  introdnoeda  resolntion^enoancins 
the  Electoral  tribunal  as  guilty  of  fraud  and  deserv- 
ing of  universal  condomnation.  A  motion  to  make 
tbe  resolution  the  special  order^  for  next  Friday 
was  tabled.  Mr.  Asa  Matthews  ;ienbmitted  a  anb. 
stitnte  declaring  that  the  Democracy  were  bound  ta 
abide  b.v  the  action  of  the  tribnnal. .  A£ter  Inrtbep 
achate,  tfae  whole  subiect,  molodlng  Mr.  Mattbewa*. 
substitute,  waa  tabled  by  a  strict  party' vote. 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  26. — A  petition  addressed  to  the 
Democratic  members  of  the, lower  house -of  Con- 
gress* earnestly  praying  tbts'  theyoffer  no  factions 
opposition  to  the  Electoral  count,  but,  on  the  jcon. 
trary,  press  It  to  proceed  as  rapidly  as  possible,  waa 
numerously  signed  on  'Changeto-day  byimen  of  all 
parties. 

Charlkstok,  Feb.  US.— Tbe., ITeiBt. and  ■  Courier 
pnbliabes  special  despatches  *from>Its  reporter  at 
Columbia,  who  had  an  interview  withi  Gen.  Hamp  " 
ton  last  night  as  to  <  his  views  .  concerning  the 
proper  oourso  of  the  Democrats  '  in .-  C»ngres8. 
Geu.  Hampton  said:  "I  think." it |'not  advls. 
able  to  throw  obstacles  in  \  the  i  wav  of  the  decuion 
of  tbe.  Commission.  We  submitted  our/case  to  that 
Trlbnhal,  and  if  we  havi  been  deceived  or  betrayed 
we  can  better  afford  to  ,SBffer.  defeat,- which  brings 
no  dishonor  to  our  party,  than^  inoar  tbe  imputa- 
tion of  acting  in  bad  '  f»ltb.>^ '  Other  'legitimate 
■means  of  redress -are  stilLopep^to'us  without  resort" 
ing  to  parliamentary 'tactics,  ^yhichaniylinperil  tho 
peace  of  the  ootmtry,  and  wbUl*surely.ol»oef  us  in  a 
false  position.  The  interests  of  tbe  whola/oonntry 
demand  a  peaceful  eettlementcot  the  pendmg  qaea 
lion."  ^ 

A  SPEECH-BT  GOr:  HATES. 
AN  HOUR  PASSED  I^   SPRINGFIELD j BY  THB 
PRESIDENT-ELECt — A'  BRIEF,     ADDRESS 
TO     HIS    FELLOW-CITIZENS— «AK.:ENTH0- 
8IASTIC   RECEPTION. 

CnJCiNNATi,  Fob.  26. — A  '^  special  to  the 
Gazette,  from  Springfield,  Ohio, '  says .  Gov.  Hayes, 
while  en  route  from  Fremont  to '- Colambns, 
passed  an  hour  in  Sprkigfleld  to-day. 
Ho  was  escorted  to  one  of  the 
botels,  ana  being  iotrodnoed  to  the  people  'made  a 
brief  speech.  He  expressed «  congratnlations  that 
in  a  week's  time  this  business^  which  has  oocaoied 
the  attention  of )  tho  ^connttxjcfor^  eight  montha 
would  be; over.  '  Helhoped -^tha^eople  >woul4 
acQuiesoe  *  quietly,  whoever  ■'  vi^ght  ba 
the  person  i  declared  j  elected.  V-^^.~' believed) 
tbe  oonutry  desired "~  peace  and  setArity^ 
and  thongnt  this  idea  ebould  be  .the  expression  oC 
the  people  to  their  representatives  afWashingtoiu 

Healizlng  his  lack  of  flpftciaffituess  for.  tbe  datiei 

which  he  might  be  called  to  perform,  be  placed  bia 
,  trust  in  A.lmighty  Grod,  who  rules  tho  -  destinies  ot 
nations. 

These  remaiks  were  received  with  tremeDdous! 
applauae,  and  the  crowd  did  not  dtapar— ^nntil  ^tha '. 
departure  of  the  train.  tttti^^SUSi^  ^NhK 

MEETlUa  IN  yfA8BIN6T0N. 
WASHZNOTOy,    Feb.    26. — A    pahlio    meetine 
was  held  to-night  to  take  measures  for  the  proper 
observance  ot  tha  inaoguration  of  tbe  next  Presi- 
dent of  tbe  United  States.     The   meetins    being  di. 

vided  between  having  a  bail  and  a  snitabie  recep- 
tion,  the  sotijeot  was  left  to  an  Execntire  Commit 
tee  lor  a  determination  of  the  queation. 

ACCIDENTAL  SHOOTING  IN  VERMONT. 
Vbsg£Kkbs,    fob.    26. — James   Baker,    aged 
la  years,  was  to-day  accidentally  shot  by  William 

Gannya,  aged  17.  A.  ball  from  a  small  revolvsr  en- 
tered his  stomach  and  ooald .  not  be  i^aqdi  -  Zbare 


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LOCAL  MISCELLANY. 

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THE  INS  USANCE  COMPLICATIONS, 

SCOW  THB  PROPBKTT  OF  LUTHKB  W.  FBOST 
WAS  TRANSFBRREI* — ^THB  BBINSITRANCTi 
OF  THE  CONXmaiiTAI.  IN  THK  NBW-JEK- 
8EY  MUTUAL. 

Nathins  is  yat  known  of  tbe  -wbeteabonts  of 
Lather  W.  Frost,  the  former  President  of  tbe  Con- 
tinental Life  InsorAnce  ComDU>y,  who  la  said  to 
haTe  left  Y^nkera  about  three  weeks  aeo.  and 
tgunst  whom  suit  has  been  institnted  by  Mr.  Wil- 
liam R.  Grace,  the  Eeoeiver,  for  the  recovery  of 
{622,204  65.  It  baa  been  asaerted  that  Mr.  Froat, 
prier  to  big  departure  for  nnknown  parts,  alupoaed 
Df  all  bis  property  with  a  view  of  avoidins 
tbe  payment  of  any  Judgment  that  miebt 
he  recovered  aeainst  him.  and  althoagh 
tbls  is  denied,  tbe  faot  that  several  pieoes  of  prop- 
erty in  Yonkers  were  conveved  to  other  persons 
than  his  wile  darlns;  the  month  of  January  looks 
aomewhat  suspicioaa.  Per  this  reason  these  per- 
sons, among  whom  were  Maria  L.  Tyler,  Mr.  Frost's 
motber-in-Uw,  and  Mr.  Minnot  Mitchell,  his  real 
estate  broker,  were  made  parties  to  tbe  anit,  and 
the  Beceiver  seefcs  to  have  the  assisnmeota  Bet 
aalde.  Mr.  Mitchell  yesterday  stated  to  a  reporter 
of  The  TuiES  that  the  property  on  Babcock-place, 
conveyed  to  him  by  Mr.  Frost,  consisted  of  lonr 
lots,  and  a  house  which  bad  perhaps  cost  (4,000 
to  erect.  Ho  l>ad  lived  there  since  December, 
1S75,  and  the  conveyance  was  the  result 
of  an  azreemenc  between  himself  and  Mr.  Frost, 
which  was  entered  iota  at  the  time  the  property 
was  purchased  from  Dr.  Seward,  who  was  its  former 
owner.  The  transfer  of  the  property  on  Biverdale- 
avenne,  Mr.  Mitchell  said,  was  also  a  bona  flile 
transaction,  and  he  expressed  his  willingnesH  to  oro- 
dace  the  checks  that  were  given  to  Mr.  Frost  in 
payment  tiierefor.  Tbe  premises  that  were  con- 
reyea  to  Mrs.  Maria  L.  Tyler,  on  North  Broadway, 
T'iukers,  were,  he  stated,  purchased  by  Mr. 
Froat  for  |14,000,  and  ho  [Mx.  MitchellJ 
knew  that  Airs.  Tyler  had  paid  for 
them,  the  amoant  bein^,  be  tbonght,  abont 
tl3.000.  This  waa  more  than  the  property  was 
really  worth  at  the  present  time,  and  he  did  not 
think  ilMt  amunnt  conld  be  realized  by  its  sale, 
biach  difficulty  was  experienced,  be  added,  in  ef- 
fecnns  a  rental  of  tbe  property  so  that  a  percentage 
could  be  realized  on  the  amount  paid  for  it.  Tbe 
ouly  other  real  estate  that  Mr.  Frost  is  Known  to 
have  assigned  is  on  Palisade-ayenue,  where  he  re- 
sided, and  this  has  been  conveyed  to  his  wife,  Juliet 
T).  X.  Frost,  who  is  also  a  oarry  to  the  suit.  Mr. 
Mitchell  is  evidently  a  Arm  believer  in  tbe  honesty 
of  Mr.  Frost,  for  he  hazarded  the  opinion  thatmucli 
difficnlty  would  be  experienced  in  recovering  a 
JnUgment  against  that  gentleman. 

Mr.  William  Fullertun  yesterday  transferred  to 
Mr.  L.  L.  Coudert,  oi  counsel  for  the  Eecaiver,  over 
tlOO.OOO  worth  of  bonds  and  mortgages  wtiich  he 
had  recovered  from  the  Kew-Jnrsey  Mutual  Lite 
lusaraoce  Company.  Shortly  after  the  appoint- 
meitt  of  John  J.  Anderson  ns  Keceirer  of  the  Conti- 
nental, be  discovered  from  the  books  that  about 
$315,000  in  securities  had  been  transferred  to  tbe 
ifew-Jersey  Mutual  in  consideration  of  the  rein- 
Burance  of  certdin  policies.  Some  of  these  policies 
•were  reinsured  and  others  were  canceled,  the 
^ew-Jersey  company  taking  up  tbe  risks  them- 
■elves  on  new  policies  ot  their  own  lasne.  When 
Mr.  Anderson  concluded  to  brine  suit  for  the  re- 
covery of  these  securities,  a  question  was  raised 
ts  to  the  amount  for  which  the-Jfew-Jergey  Mutual 
conld  be  held  liable,  and  throagh  DanlelJ.  Noyes, 
who  was  acunz  as  bis  counsel,  it  was  learned  that 
the  uSiceis  were  williue  to  return  a  large  amonnt 
of  them.  Mr.  Fullerton  was  then  consulted,  and 
It  was  agreed  that  snit  should  be  brought  for  a 
merely  nominal  amount,  and  in  this  way  toe  com- 
promise  was  efiected,  and  $123,000  in  mortgages 
wera  secnred,  and  these  as  above  stated  were  hand 
ed  over  to  Keceiver  Grace  yesterday,  under  the  or- 
der made  by  Judae  Pratt  on  Wednesday JLaat. 

The  heariuz  in  the  matter  of  tbe  ContineiTtal-^be- 
fore  Keterea  William  Allen  Butler  will  be  resainiBd 
lo-dai",  wlien  it  is  understood  an  effoct^^sull_be  gis^de 


to  bring  ic  to  a  termination. 


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THE  CASK  OP    THE    NBW-JE^KY    MUTUAL. 

For   some   days   past    no    negotiations  have 

taken  place  between  ex-Gov.  ParJ^r,   the  Beceiver 

of  the  Kew-Jersev  Mutual  Life  Initirance  Company, 

and  its  officers,  orBsnJamin  Noyes,  tne  President  of 

the  national  Capital  GompaDr,  who  is  supposed  to 

be  still  in  po8se.ssion  of  the  assets  transferred  to 
bim  by  Jeremiah  H.  Sledwell,  and  although  Ifoyes 
bos  written  a  letter  statiug.  that  he  woa  ready 
and  willing  to  tarn  over  the  Becnrities,  it  is 
Ee:ieraily  believed  that  some  Uitle  difficolty 
Vrill  be  eipetienoed  in  recovering  all  of  them. 
Neither  Steiweli  nor  Daniel  J.  Noyes,  for  whom- 
warrants  have  been  issued,  have  yet  been  arrested, 
KoU  nothini;  is  known  of  their  wtiereabonts,  tbouiib 
they  are  believed  to  be  in  Boston  or  Philadelphia. 
In  an  interview  last  evening,  ex-Goy.  Parker 
itated  that  be  knew  nothing  of  their  whereabouts, 
but  intimated  that  be  was  in  communication  with 
them  throuKb  an  indirect  channel.  Me  expects  to 
be  in  receipt  of  definite  information  in  a  lew  days 
as  to  when  the  assets  of  the  New-Jersey  Mutual, 
»iuoug  wbicn  there  is  said  to  be  $150,000  in  United 
Slates  bonds,  will  be  placed  in  his  possession. 


IKSDRAXCK   NOTES. 

In  the  report  of  the  decision  of  Judge  Bene- 
dict iu  the  stiit  of  £atejl.  Baylies  against  the  Trav- 
elers Life  Insurance  Company,  of  Hartford,  pub- 
lished in  Thu  TniES  of  Sunday,  it  was  stated  that  a 
verdict  was  rendered  for  the  plaintiff.  This  was 
efrooeon.s,  judgment  having  been  ordered  for  the 
Company. 

The  newly  appointed  Superintendent  of  the  In- 
■nrance  Department  of  this  State,  Mr.  J.  F. 
Bmyttie,  came  to  this  City  ypsterdav,  and  In  com- 
pany with  Mr.  John  A  McCall  visited  the  ottioe  of 
J  ht^iauiralile  Company,  Which  Is  at  present  under 
exammacion. 

Mr.  Charlos  E.  Appleby,  the  Receiver  of  tbe  Me- 
tropolitan Fue  Insurance  Company,  of  this  City, 
which  went  into  liauidatlon  some  time  ago,  will  file 
his  report  at  an  early  day.  Mr._  Appleby  states  that 
as  yet  he  has  discovered  nothiog  to  cause  him  to 
Change  his  opinion  regarding  the  condition  of  the 
company  and  believes  that  the  stockholders  will  re- 
cfcivo  from  60  to  75  cents  on  tbe  dollar.  Tne  risks 
ot  the  company  have  been  leinsuied  in  the  Conti- 
nental. 

ANNVAL  SAZL  Off  THE  USHOLVNO  OLTTB. 
A  lueixy  party  assembled  at  Irving  Hall  last 
eTetiini;,  the  occasion  being  the  annual  ball  of 
the  "Erholnng"  Club,  a.  German  social 
assoriation  organized  for  the  purposes 
of  entertamment  and  amusement;  The  ball 
waa  in  honor  of  King  Carnival.  and 
was  a  thorough  burlesque  on  ciyilizatlon.  The 
maskers  lepresemed  every  apeoies  of  hnmanitv, 
and — it  mttrbl  be  said — inhumanity.  A  King  was  gos- 
sinins  witb  a  menial  negro;  a  Queen  had  tor  her 
escort  a  clownish  lout;  Prince  Bismarck  bad  to 
submit  to  tbo  insulc  of  a  cut  across  bis 
b.ick  from  a  harlequin's  wand,  while  a 
liitle  danseuae  capered  around  tiio  icy  ex- 
terior of  a  pious  monk.  Hamlet  danced 
wlch  JS'an  the  Good  tor  Notliingt  King  Lear  was 
crazy  enouiih  to  make  iovo  to  a  handsome  flower 
girl,  and  (Jeneral  Boam  flirted  with  Lady  Macbeth. 
5'he  FloorCiimmittee  consisted  of  Messrs.  Ferdinand 
KaliP,  Chairman  ;  Leon  Ullman,  A.  N.  Berenther, 
E.  D.  Nayef,  Jospph  Lowenstpin,  H.  Hirscbbere, 
1i.  Laugstatrer,  Julius  Woolt,  D.  Hellman,  and  J. 
Cohn.  The  Kecopiion  Committee  was  manaeed  by 
■^r.  A.  Liicha,  and  the  supper  arrangements  ot  Gen. 
Funk  were  ah  that  could  be  desireiL 


maskehs  at  tbe  brookltit  academy. 
A  brilliaat  spectacle  was  presented  at  the 
Brooklyn  Academy  of  Music  last  night,  tbe  occa- 
lion  bc'ing  the  eleventh  annual  masked  ball  of  tbe 
Brooklyn  Saengerbnud.  The  ball  is  one  of  the 
principal  social  ovonts  of  the  season  in  tbe  City  of 
L'hurchea,  and  is  to  Brooklyn  what  tbo 
Liederkrana        ia        to       New- York.  At       10 

f'-^y-   ,  o'clock       the       ball       was       opened       witb       a 

!J^';t, '  (iranil  march,  par  icipated   in    by   about  300  merry 

'' ■   '  uiaskeis,      personatiuii    every     type   of     character 

Jcouwn  to  ancient  ant  modern  tiroes.  The  cos- 
tumes were  of  the  richest.  Alter  the  march 
tbe  dancme  commenced,  and  tbe  fun  grew  fast  and 
furious.  Presh  arrivals  of  straniiely  accoutred 
men  and  women  came  poorins  in,  until  not  only  the 
daniinir-ball  out  the  loobies  were  crowded  with  the 
lollv  re'velors.  The  arrangements  under  the  snper- 
v.sion  of  Messrs.  Charles  Auerbach,  Georee  Kinkel, 
Henry  Waebner,  George  Dedncb,  Henry  Hammer, 
Henry  Hirdch,  Louis  Vogel  and  J.  H.  Wander 
wire  admirable.  The  dancing  was  kept  np  until  an 
■eary  bnur  thi?  morning.  The  ball  was  equal  If  not 
lup.rior,  both  asaspleudid  spectacle  and  an  occasion 
Dt  genuine  amusement,  to  any  of  those  which  pre- 
ceded ic. 


grains  of  araenio  had  been  foand ;  It  la  pxobabia 
that  twice  that  quantity  waa  taken  ;  in  his  opiuioB 
Svan  died  from  arsenical  poisoning.  Col.  Johnson, 
Warden  of  the  Jail,  testified  that  be  bad  given 
orders  to  have  all  paroels  examined,  but  hia  ordera 
were  not  obeyed.  Thia  ended  the  teatimony,  and 
the  inquest  waa  adjoumea  natil  to-day,  When  tbe 
case  will  be  given  to  the  lury. 


TSE  BOARD  OF,  EDUCATION. 
BBPORT  OF  THE  COMMITTKK  ON  REDUCTION 
OF     SAI/ARIBS — ^A    NEW    GRADE    RECOM- 
MENDED YrmCH  WOULD  EFFECT  A  LABGB 
SAVING. 
The  Board  of  Edaoation  held  a  speoiitl  session 
yesterday  afleraoon,  to  consider  and  receive  the  re- 
port of  the  Committee  on  Salaries  and  EoonoTniea, 

noon  the  subject  ot  providing  means  to  cover  the 
anm  of  $80,752,  the  amoancof  the  reduction  from  tbe 
aum  of  ¥2.780,753,  asked  for  by  tbe  board,  and  the 
appropriation  of  $2,700,000  made  by  the  Board  of 
Estimate  and  Apportionment  for  tbe  current  year. 
The  report  stated  that  the  committee  had  been 
compelled  to  accept  tbe  inevitable  fact  that  the  sal- 
aries of  teachers  must  be  rearranged  aooording  to  a 
more  equitable  plan  than  that  now  in  praotice,  in 
snsb  a  manner  as  to  cover  the  deficit  still  unpro- 
vided for.  If  the  plan  submitted  should  be  ap- 
proved. It  would  make  a  reduction  of  $42,541  67. 

Tbe  reduction  of  the  salaries  was  at  the  rate  ot 
two-twelfths  from  tbe  gross  amonnt  paid  in  each 
department,  whjoh  it  is  not  considered  will  seri- 
ously lower  the  indlvidnal  salaries  of  the  majority 
of  teachers,  bnt  in  many  cases  their  salaries  will  be 
increased.  The  saving  effacted  by  this  plan,  $42,- 
541  67,  added  to  the  sum  of  $37,238,  tbe  amount 
reached  by  tbe  aggresrate  reduction  of  the  salaries 
of  the  janitors  in  tne  public  schools,  or  10  per  cent, 
of  the  salary  of  each  emplo.ve ;  the  reduction  of  the 
salary  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Board  of  Education 
from  $iO00  to  $2,500 ;  and  the  abolition  ot  the  posi- 
tions of  aoecial  teachers  of  .science  and  philosophy 
m  the  schools  of  the  Fifteenth  Ward,  after  Haroh 
1,  next,  reaches  the  aum  of  $79,829  67. 

The  salaries  were  graded  as  follows  :  Male  de- 
partment, eight  grades,  commencing  at  $1,100  and 
terminating  at  $600;  female  department,  eight 
grades,  from  fD.iO  to  $600  ;  primary  ifcpartm'int, 
aix  grades,  from  $700  to  $500.  Considerable  debate 
followed  the  motion  to  aflopt  the  report.  Mt.  Weat 
said  that  according  to  this  renort,  the  Pnncipais 
and  Vice  Principals  wno  reoeivad  the  highest 
salaries  were  not  reduced,  while  the  reduction  fell 
upon  the  assistant  teachers  and  jan- 
itors. On  mo'ion,  the  board  went  into 
Committeee  of  the  Whole,  and  reported  pro^- 
res^  on  tbe  report.  Afer  tbe  board 
had  reconvened.  President  Wood  left  the  chair 
and  sDoke  in  favor  of  having  the  schednles  of  sala- 
ries printed,  so  that  each  member  mizht  atnJy 
tbem  at  his  leisure.  He  said  in  one  instince  be  bad 
discovered  that  a  ooor  girl'a  salary  wna  reliiced  at 
"one  fell  swoop"  Irom  $780  to  $600,  and  other 
equally  uniust  examples  were  cited. 

Mr.  Walicer,  Chairman  of  the  committee,  spoke 
at  considerable  length  in  favoi  af  the  report  as 
submitted.  He  was  not  in  favor  of  going  to  the 
expense  of  printinz  the  schedules  when  any  one 
could  find  out  the  information  from  the  Mannal. 
He  was  in  favor  of  removing  the  privileffe  of  flxine 
tbe  salaries  from  tbe  Trustees  to  the  board,  as  pro- 
vided by  the  report,  and  ho  baa  ascertained  from 
the  Trustees  themselves  that  they  were  in  favor  of 
the  pronoaed  mode. 

Mr.  Kelly  did  not  think  tha^  any  gentleman  was 
in  favor  of  paying  $1,000  salary  to  an  engineer 
when  one  could  bo  readily  obtained  for  $1,000. 

Mr.  Wheeler  connidored  tbe  rsduotion  of  the  sala- 
ries of  janitors  and  others,  whose  employment  was 
purely  mechanical,  a  good  movement,  bat  he 
thonsht  that  the  payment  of  each  particular  teacher 
in  each  particular  sctinol  should  be  left  to  the  Trus- 
tees of  th.-it  scbool.  Uniformity  was  a  good  thine, 
but  it  conld  not  be  secured  among  the  leaobe.'s,  and 
he  hardly  thonght  it  wise  to  attempt  to  secure  nni- 
f  irmirv  in  the  grade  of  saltries.  He  was  in  favor 
of  reducinz  tbe  salaries  of  the  immediate  employes 
of  the  Board. 

Commissioner  Beardslee  said  that  tbe  aalartea  of 
their  officers  were  rt^Uuced  abont  two  years  ago.  it 
was  originally  intended  to  pay  $2,500  f>r  an  en- 
gineer, but  in  same  way  the  present  incumbent  was 
aopointed  at  bis  present  salary. 

A  v>>te  was  ta&:ea  on  the  qaeation  of  printing  tbe 
schedules,  and  lost  by  a  vote  of  11  to  8- 

Commissioner  Wheeler  oflrtred  a  reaolatlon  pro. 
viding  tbal  the  evening  schools,  excepting  tbe  High 
School,  9bould  be  closed  daring  the  months  of  Oc- 
tober, November,  and  December,  thns  saving  the 
sum  of  $60,000  The  matter  was  referred  to  tbo 
Committee  on  Evening  Schools.  The  rpport  of  the 
Committee  on  Cjalaries  and  Economies  waa,  on  mo- 
tion, referred  to  the  Committee  on  By-laws,  with 
instructions  to  report  next  Wednesday.  An  ad- 
journment was  then  taken. 


MODERN    FAINTJiSGS   AT  AUCTION. 

OPENING  OF  THE  ART  SALE  AT  MINER'S 
GALLERY — FAIR  PRICES  OBTAINED. 
Mr.  Henry  D.  Miner  commenced  the  sale  of 
a  collection  of  modem  oil  paintings,  the  property  of 
a  connoisseur  of  this  City,  at  his  art  gallery.  No.  845 
Broadway,  laat  evening.  Some  of  the  works  were 
excellent,  while  others  were  ot  mediocre  merit.  The 
Faulkner  collection  of  water-colora  waa  alao  on 
exbibition  in  the  same  room,  and  will  be  sold  on 
this  and  to-moirow  evenings.  Following  Is  a  list  of 
the  paintings  sold,  with  the  names  of  the  arcuts 
and  the  prices  obtained : 

Artist  Suliject. 

Landscape 


PHce. 
Sldil  00 

2115  00 
77  50 

HO  ()» 
46  On 
44  00 


51  00 
170  00 

61  00 
31  00 
30  00 

62  M) 
290  00 
290  Oil 

90  00 


55  00 
ISO  00 

45  00 

57  50 
600  00 
105  00 
110  00 
110  00 

75  00 
100  00 


Forth  man- .„Swm: 

KaulKn"r Sceoflu  Scotlniid.. 

Uavid  Johnson. ..lames  River  Virc'nia 

E.  L.   Henry Hetum  from  the  Drive 

HnseUliie ...The  Brothers,  A'ahanC 

Boucher ..Fortune 

Boucher Corapaoton 44  OO 

Boplim Ucmbraudt  and  Ills  Wlt'e 65  00 

Ililliatd Earlr  MorniQi:  in  tbe  Uoun- 

taius .. 

Brldgman Humh!  Hurrah 

Hilliard Scene  in  .Ne  A-Kngiand 

Hubbard Bilei.t  Nook 

Vaini The  Proposal 

Batteer In  the  Gardens 

Klomheck ..Lanrt<capp  :   Summer. 

Klom'ieck t'orapanion  ;  Winter... 

Guterbock Tbe  Bi-er  Uiiaker . 

George  Inness.. The  .Mill  in  th     Woods 145  00 

G.  H.  Hall B^spo"rrie8 55  oO 

G.  H.  Hall btr.iwberrles 

Marrena ....Crossing  ttie   Scream .... 

Poilpot... Flower  ^a^  in  toe  Madeleine 

Benard Ploiriug 

Carl  Uofif Tout  a  Cceur 

Veron Scene  near  t'(miou.=e 

Veion Bcenn  near  Oambral , 

Barker Ouj  Stitch  in  Time 

D.  Jahnaon View  at  Tamworth,  N.  H.... 

Bala Italian  Fruit  Girl 

Faulkner In  the  Dargle.... 67  50 

Panlicner Companion 67  50 

Nicholson. Coming  Storra,  EustlishCoiiat.     4vi.j  OO 

Ziem .Marine,  sunset 145  00 

Patrols Tbe  Young  Student 90  00 

Kevntgcns Tbe  Discovery 7d  00 

Alex.  \Vu8t OutforLuct 290  00 

Colraan Suicmer  at  Halt  Lake 105  00 

Nicholson. ...... Misty     Morning,      Coaat     of 

France 410  00 

Bisse Gietclien  and  Dwarfs 120  00 

Ho2U<'t View  of  .Amsterdam 255  00 

Fautoni.... Contemplation 100  00 

Hohboch Caught  at  Last. 105  00 

Chal,:neaa bheeo,  a  Pastoral  Scene 75  00 

Vidal The  Bird's  Nest 175  00 

Pectus TheoidSonT.  70  00 

Inness Sunset  in  New-York 150  00 

.-outtiu Ihet  up  of  Tea 28  00 

HililPbrandt Winter— oUDS»t 750  Of) 

Kraus Children  Quarreling. 4:0  00 

I)e  Bvlamlt Landscape 57  50 

.The  .Vlornlne  Call 500  00 

.Castle  on  thtt  Rhino 225  Oi 

.The  Gleaner 60  i.O 

.The  Coanoiasenr 110  00 

.Scene  near  J* cwport 40  00 

.Ilosenilale.  Ulster  Cpunty....       70  00 

...The  Wvomintt  Valley... 700  00 

.On  the  Coaa:  of  Norway 180  00 

Brlcher On  theBeachat  LongUranch.       37  50 

JuluiHon View  in  Vermont  .:... 45  00 

Qudin Misty   .Morning 4')  00 

hiliiaid. L-'oalsUud  Sound '26  00 

lift  Croix Fruit 7  00 

1j»  v)roii companion 7  00 

DoVos A  Dog 21  00 

Julian  Scott Who  i  omesTbereJ 22  OO 

Julian  Scott A  hentinel 22  00 

U.  Dow Cook 27  oO 

G.Dow Spinning 27  50 

WlllMmsoQ summer,      CatskiU       Menu- 

tains 10  00 

Williamson. Coast   Scene 10  OU 

La  Croix, Fiower  Piece - 20  01) 

Moran t)n  the   .Meadows 14  00 

Moran Am'ng  the  Pines 14  00 

Williamson Trout  t'Uiiius 9  00 

Williamson Gieuln  the  Wood-i U  0.)^ 

Hilliard Lioiia  Island  Sound 26  00 

De  Bra.yer On  the  Boaphorus 20  00 

De  Brayer. .Companion..... 20  00 


CariHoff 

Hoiuet 

Craig 

Btory 

I  roosev  .... 

Johnson 

Faulkner... 
Wust 


FORTY-FOURTH   CONGRESS, 


SECOND  SESSION. FOi.  26 


Total $9,j74  60 


THE  NEWARK  POISONINO  0A8B. 
Coroner  Osborne,  of  Newark,  yesterday  fin- 
ished the  testimony  in  tbe  inquest  over  the  remains 
Df  Thomas  fl.yan,  one  of  the  Brock  murderers,  who 
died  in  his  cell  on  the  day  of  the  execution.  Depu- 
ty Sheriff  Freeman  teatifled  that  be  had  charge  of 
Kyan  ail  the  day  previous  and  on  the  morning  of 
the  execution ;  up  to  3  o'clock  nothing  particu- 
lar occurred,  except  that  Eyan  was  taken 
sick,  and  one  time  said,  "  Mr.  Freeman,  I 
am  poisoned,  and  am  going  to  die;  "  witneaa 
eaid  ttiatho  \5f«8  wrong,  and  he  answered,  "Oh,  I 
su,  •"  he  drank  aeveral  glasses  of  beer,  and  com- 
jjlai'ned  that  his  stomach  -burned  him  terribly. 
Tevelin  and  Boel.  the  watchmen  at  the  jail,  testi- 
fied that  they  saw  nothing  pass  into  Ryan  s  cell. 
Slwaid  Mnibn,  a  reporter,  testified  that  he  had 
free  access  to  the  jail,  and  waa  never  searched;  he 
iiiad  seen  apples,  oranges,  water,  and  all  kinds  or 
Srticles  handed  into  the  cells  of  the  men  without 
■being  examined ;  Mrs.  Oschwald  had  informed  him 
Itbat  a  man  bad  visited  her  and  offered  to  produce 
'the  real  murderer  for  $1,000.  William  Carson,  a 
soecial  watchman,  testified  toat  Bvan's  uncle  vislt- 
«rt  the  cell  Wednesday,  and  two  hours  later  Ryan 
«aid  that  he  bad  been  poisoned)  everytbinz  banded 
to  witness  was  given  to  the  prisoners  wlthoiit 
.  being  examined  j  be  never  saw  anytbiuK  examineo. 
Capt  Rieche,  keeper  of  the  Jail,  testified  that  be 
examined  none  of  the  bundles,  beoauaa  he  knew  of 
DO  tew  that  ocmioeUed  htm  to  d*  so.  Ooontv  Ptavai- 
oiaa  Ward  testified  that  ha  kail  had  the  atomaoh  of     -.    _^  .     .„.  ,,„h«». 


PA  BE  NTS  DESEltTIAQ    TEKIR  CHILD. 

Tne  insane  woman  who  attempted  to  drown 
herself  at  the  foot  of  Delancey -street  on  Sunday  af- 
ternoon, and  who  Is  now  at  Bellevue  Hospital,  was 
recognized  yesterday  as  Mrs.  Fanny  Brown, 
the  wife  of  Adam  Brown,  a  'longshoremau 
employed  at  Pier  Ko.  45,  North  River. 
Mrs.  Brown,  who  is  reported  to  be  an  babitnal 
drunkard,  lodged,  with  her  husband  and  child,  in  a 
furnished  room  at  the  boarding-houae  of  Mrs.  Hard- 
ing, So.  271  Spring-street.  In  consequenco 
of  the  dissipated  habits  of  Mrs.  Brown, 
tbe  family  had  become  obnoxious  to  '  tbe 
landlady,  and  in  compliance  with  a  request 
from  her  were  to  have  left  tbe  bouse  at  tne  end  of 
the  present  month.  On  Saturday  morning,  the 
husband  left  the  boarding-house  apparently  with 
the  intention  ot  going  to  his  work,  and  about  an 
hour  after  his  departure,  Mrs.  Brown  went  out. 
The  couple  were  not  seen  again  by  Mrs,  Harding  on 
Saturday  or  during  the  following  day,  but  the  land- 
lady, presiuning  that  they  were  in  their 
room,  paid  little  attention  to  tbe  fact 
of  their  non-appearance.  Later  in  the 
day,  abe  became  snspieioua  that  all  was  not 
right,  and  accordingly  visited  the  room  rented  by 
the  Browns,  where  she  foond  their  infant  lying  on 
the  floor  in  an  exhausted  coD<}ttion.  and  entirely 
nnde.  Sbe  carried  the  child  down  atairs,  fed  it,  and 
subsequently,  finding  ttiat  its  pamnts  had  not  re- 
turaML '^"^'"'"^'^  ^'  ^°  ^^^  '^"'^^  °^  '^^  PoUoe  of 
-tbe'^uihtb  Prednot,  who  placed  It  In  charge  of 
Krs.  Webb,  the  Matron  at  Police  Head-quarters.  It 
IS  believed  that  Browp  baa  either  ran  away  from 
bia  wife,  or  that  he  waa  oommlttad  to  priaon  on  a 


StJMMAKY  OF  THE  DATS  PB0«SEDINQS, 
In  the  Senate  thejesignation  of  Mr.  Thur- 
man  ftom  the  Electoral  Commission  was  presented, 
and  Mr.  Kern  an  waa  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy  unan- 
imously. The  Senate  then  went  Into  joint  ses- 
sion with  tbe  House  to  continue  the  count  of  the 
Electoral  votes,  and.  after  counting  Pennsylvania, 
withdrew  to  consider  the  objection  to  a  Bhoda 
Island  Elector.  After  .  bnef  debate  the  Senate 
voted  to  count  tbe  vote,  nnanlmoosly.  of  the 
Elector  with  the  others.      The    Senate    again  went 

into  loint  session  with  the  House,  and  Rhode  Island 
was  counted.  Tbe  votes  were  counted  for  Haves 
and  Wheeler.  Objections  were  made  to  the  South 
Carolina  vote,  and  the  bontes  separated  add  the 
papers  were  sent  to  tbe  Electoral  Commission. 
Legislati-^  bnsinets  was  resumed,  tbe  appropria- 
tion bills  taking  most  attentian.  A  resolution  to 
proceed  to  tbe  election  of  a  President  of  tbe  Senate 
pro  tern,  was  Introduced,  and  will  come  np  in  » 
few  days. 

Tbe  House  drvoteU  some  time  to  dlaoaaaing  tbe 
question  of  reading  the  testimony  taken  by  the 
Elections  Committee  relating  to  the  appointment  of 
Mr.  Begge,  an  Elector  from  Pennsylvania,  in  place 
of  Mr.  MorrelL  It  was  decided  to  read  the  testi- 
mony, and  then  debate  ensued  on  tbe  counting  of 
the  votes  of  Pennsylvania,  during  which  tbtre  waa 
much  excitement  in  the  House.  The  House  finally 
voted  not  to  cotmt  the  votes  for  Haves  and  Wheel- 
er in  tbe  joint  session,  bnt  both  bonsea  not  havifig 
concurred  in  the  ob)eotion,  the  votea  (29)  wore 
counted  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler.  Oblootion  was 
next  made  to  counting  tbe  vote  of  Rhode  Island 
owing  to  tbe  alleged  ineligibility  of  Mr.  Slater,  an 
Elector,  and  the  houses  separated.  A  motion  to 
take  a  recess  waa  negatived,  and  after  aome  diacna- 
sion  tbe  vote  of  the  Elector  waa  counted.  A  mo- 
tion to  take  a  recess  till  10  A.  M.  to- 
morrow waa  ofifered,  and  a  point  of,  order 
made  against  it  which  tbe  Speaker^nstalned.  A 
motion  to  meet  the  Senate  was  carried,  and  in  tbe 
Joint  sesaion  Rhode  Island  was  oouot«d  for  Hayes. 
Tbe  next  State  was  South  Carolina,  from  which 
two  certifloatea  of  Electors  were  opened.  Objeo- 
tiona  were  made  from  both  sides,  and  the  paoera 
were  sent  to  tbe  Commission,  when  tbe  House  took 
a  recess  till  to-morrow  morning. 


SENATE. 
THB  ELK.CTORAL   COUNT. 

The  Seuate  assembled  at  ID  o'clock,  but  no 
legislative  business  was  transacted.  As  the  objec- 
tion in  tbo  case  of  Mr.  Morrell,  tbe  Pennsylvania 
Elector,  waa  disposed  of  on  Saturday,  the  Senate 
awaited  the  action  of  the  House  of  Representativea 
on  that  matter. 

At  1:30  o'clock  the  President  pro  tem.  laid  before 
the  Senate  a  letter  from  Judtte  Cliflbrd,  President 
of  the  Electoral  Commission,  announcing  the  resig- 
nation of  jSon.  Allen  G.  Thnrman,  member  of  the 
Commissicn,  on  account  of  physical  Inability  to 
discbarge  the  duties  of  the  position,  and  inclusiag 
a  copy  of  a  resolution  adopted  br  the  Comnuaaion 
this  mnrninc.  to  inform  tbe  Senate  of  tii^'faot,Hn 
order  that  the  vacancy  might  be  tilled. 

Mr.  McDonald,  of  Indiana,  submitted  a  resolu- 
tion, appoinriug  Hon.  Francis  Kernao.  a  Senator 
from  the  Sate  of  New-York,  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mi:<sion  in  place  of  Mr.  Thnrman,  and  it  wai  uuani- 
moaslv  agreed  to. 

At  3: 10  P.  M.  Mr.  Adams,  Clerk  of  the  House  of 
Representativea,  appeared  in  tbe  Senate  and  noti- 
fied that  bodv  of  tbo  aution  of  the  House  ia  the 
Pennsylvania  case,  and  also  that  the  House  was 
now  ready  to  meet  the  Seiute  for  the  purpoae  of 
resaminK  the  count.  'Ibe  Senate  then  proaeeded  to 
the  ball  of  the  House. 

THE  BUODE  ISLAND  OBJECTIONS. 

TTpon  retarnine  at  3:30  o'clocE.  tbe  Pbksidknt  pro 
tem.    annoauoed    tbat   tbe   Senate   retired  irom  the 

loiut  mt-etiog  upon  an  objsctiou  made  to  tbe  certifi- 
cate of  Rhode  Island. 

The  Secretary  then  reai  the  obi^tlon  to  the  vote 
of  Wi:liam  S.  Slater,  appointed  Elector  by  the  Le- 
gislature in  Mace  of  Gi^urge  H.  Corliss. 

Mr.  BCBNSIDE,  of  Rhode  Island,  submitted  a  roso- 
Intion  tbat  the  vote  of  W.  S.  Slater  be  counted  with 
tbe  other  votes  of  the  Electors  ot  Rhode  Island,  uot- 
withstandinK  tbe  objections  made  thereto. 

Mr.  Batabd,  of  Utlaware,  spoke  at  some  lenctb 
on  tbe  resolution,  couclnding  with  an  admission 
tbat  the  oonrae  taken  by  tbat  State  in  calling  ber 
Legislature,  and  in  tbe  aupointment  of  a  man  to  fill 
tbe  office  of  Elector,  waa  n-snlar  and  in  accordance 
witb  law,  10  accordance  witb  tbe  Consiitniion,  aod 
was  but  a  confirmation  and  fortification  of  the  view 
which  be  believed  was  held  previous  to  this  session 
of  Congrojs. 

The  resolution  of  Mr.  Bumside  was  unanimously 
agreed  to — yeas  57,  nays  none. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Antuonv,  of  Rhode  Island,  the 
Secretary  was  directed  to  notify  the  Hoaae  ot 
Representatives  of  the  action  of  the  Senate.  ■  ^ 

BOtTTH  OABOLINA  BEACHED. 

At  5:55  o'clock  tbe  Clerk  of  the  Houae  again  ap- 
peared and  notified  the  Senate  of  tbe  action  of  the 
House  in  the  Rhode  Island  case,  and  also  that  the 
House  was  now  ready  to  receive  the  Sen- 
ate and  resume  the  eonnt.  The  Senate  th^n  left  Its 
chamber,  and,  upon  returning  at  6:30,  thePBESlt>E>'T 
pro  tem.  announced  that  the  .Senate  having  retirtd 
from  the  joint  meeting  of  tbe  two  houses  upon  an 
otijection  aabmilted  to  tbe  certificate  from  South 
Carolina,  and  the  papera  having  been  submitted  to 
the  Electoral  Commission,  the  Senate  would  now 
resume  its  legislative  buaineas. 

I.BOISLATITE  BUSINESS. 

Messrs.  Wiodom,  Allison,  and  Davis  were  ap- 
pointed members  ot  the  Conference  Committee  on 
tbe  Legislative,  Judicial,  and  Executive  Appropria- 
tion bill ;  Messrs.  Sargent,  Windom,  and  Witheis 
on  tbe  Deflcienov  Approoriation  bill ;  and  Meaars. 
Sareent,  Cragin,  and  Wallace  on  the  Naval  Appro- 
priation bill. 

THB  LATE  BPBAKEB  KSSB. 
Mr.  McDonald,  of  Indiana,   gave  notice  that  at 
10:30  o'clock  to-morrow  morning  be  would  eall  np 
tbe  resolutlona  of  the    Uonse    in   respect   to  tbe 
memory  of  tbe  late  Speakei'  Kerr. 

PRESIDENT  PBO  TEUPOBE. 

Mr.  BABOB5T,  ofCahfomia,  aabmittedareaolntion 
that  the  Senate  do  now  proceed  to  tbe  election  of  a 
President  pro  tempore.  Laid  on  the  table,  and  he 
gave  notice  tbat  he  would  call  it  up  for  conaldera- 
tlon  at  an  early  da.v. 

Mr.  Allison,  of  Iowa,  aubmitted  tbe  report  of  the 
Conference  Committee  on  tbe  Indian  Appropriation 
bill,  and  it  was  agreed  to. 

Tbe  Chair  laid  before  the  Senate  the  Pacific 
Railroad  Sinking  Fund  bill,  in  order  tbat  it  should 
be  the  unfinished  business  to-morrow. 

Tbe  Senate  then  went  into  execotive  session,  and 
when  the  doors  were  reopened  took  a  recess  until 
10  o'clock  to-morrow. 


HOUSE  OF  HEPBESBNTATIVES^ 
THE    ELECTORAL  VOTE     OF    PENNSYLVAOTA 

The  House  met  at  10  o'clock,  but  it  was  nearly 
12  before  any  business  was  proceeded  with,  the  in- 
terval betna  consnmed  in  a  call  of  the  House  and 
iu  voting  by  yeas  and  nays  on  the  question  whetter 
the  testimony  taken  before  tbe  Committee  on  the 
Privileees  of  the  House  in  the  case  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Elector.  Boggs — appointed  instead  of  Daniel 
J.  Morrell,  Centennial  Commiaaioner — should  be 
lead.  Tbe  House  decided  by  a  vote  of  133  to  110 
that  it  shnnld  be  read,  and  it  was  accordingly  read. 

Mr.  BlFLLET,  of  Pennsylvania,  ofifered  a  reaolutlon 
that  the  vote  of  Buges  should  be  counted,  and  Mr. 
Stenger,  of  Pennsylvania,  offered  a  aubatitnte  that 
it  should  not  be. 

Mr.  Eellby.  of  Pennsylvania,  said  that  the  objec- 
tion waa  baited  on  priueioles  ao  often  ovei>ruleci  on 
the  law,  that  his  aids  ot  the  Houae  coold  submit  the 
question  without  discnselon.  l    ~-^- 

M.T.  Stenoeb,  of  Pennsylvania,  took  the  ground 
that  under  the  (Joustiiutiun  and  under  r.holair»^ 
Pennsylvania,  H«nry  JC  Bogga  was  not  entitled  to 
cast  bis  vote  as  Elector  from  tue  State  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

At  12:10  the  Speaker  finterrupted  thenroceedings 
and  announced  the  beginning  of  a  new  letrislative 
day,  which  was  thereupon  opened  by  the  Cbaplain 
with  praver. 

The  journal  of  Saturday  having  then  been  read, 
the  discussion  was  resumed. 

Mr.  CHiTrENDEif,  ot  New- York,  said  be  desired 
to  say  a  tew  words  for  the  country,  which  he  con- 
sidered as  better  and  more  than  any  political  party. 
For  more  than  a  year  the  two  great  parties  had 
been  engaged  in  a  band  to  hand  struggle  for  su- 
premacy to  the  neglect  of  great  and  important  pub- 
lic questions.  Ho  thought  It  high  time  to  atop  and 
inquire  into  tbe  cost  of  ancQ  partisanabip,  and  par- 
ticularly the  coat  of  continuing  it  for  another  .year. 
He  know  tbat  gentlemen  on  the  Democratic 
8i>ie  bad  pledged  themselves  to  accept  tn^ 
decision  of  the  Elestoral  Commiaalon.  Why,  then, 
thia  delayl  If  ihla  queation  were  submitted  to 
twelve,  twelve  hundred,  or  twelve  hundred  thou- 
sand men  of  common  sense  their  verdict  would  be 
tbat  there  was  nothing,  absolately  nothing,  In  It. 
Woy  tnen,  on  the  verge  of  such  a  prudigiona  oriais, 
wan  another  monientl  He  would  not  defend  the 
Louisiana  Returning  Board,  bnt  he  believed  that 
the  Electoral  Commission  could  have  made  00  other 
decision  than  it  bad  made,  and  he  also  thought  that, 
as  between  Louisiana  and  Oregon,  ''houora  were 
easy." 

Mr.  SOALRB.  of  North  Carolina,  cntioised  the  ac- 
tion ot  tbe  President  in  the  aelection  as  tbe  Vi  sit- 
ing Committee  to  New-Orleans  saah   men   as  Mr. 
Hale,  of  Maine,  the  son-in-law  of  tbe  Cbairman  of 
the  Republican  National  Committee  ;  Mr.  Qarfield, 
of  Ohio,  and  Senator  Sherman,  of  Ohio,  the  poUtioal 
and   personal   friends  of  Mr.  Sayea,  and  Stanley 
Mathews,  the  brother-in-law  of  Mr.  Hayes.    This 
he  oharaoterieed  as  a  miserable  snbtertu);»  and  a 
base  pretext  for  imposing  on  tbe  American  people. 
6ncb  men  as  these  had  undertaken  to  whitewaso  J  . 
Madison    Wells    and    the    Louisiana    Returning 
Board.    In  regard  10  that  be  quoted  tbe  verse  : 
"  The  BlTcr  Rhine,  as  ia  well  known, 
Dotb  waah  tbe  City  of  Oolosne: 
But  tell  me  what,  ye  powera  divlae, 
BbaU  theaeefiuib  wash  tbe  Kiver  £hlne  I" 

Mr.  Tdokh,  of  Tirginia,  refemag  to  Mr.  Cbitaa 


obteetlon  was  to  be  called  trivial.  It  was  a  qnes< 
tion  of  tbe  gravest  lini>art«nee.  Whenever  a  vote 
was  given  for  an  ineligible  person,  tbat  vote  was 
nasatory.    He  referreato  Aome  aatborttlea  on  tbat 

grintand  then  read  tbe  President'!  commission  of 
anieiJ.  Mcrrell  aa  Centennial  Oommieaioner.  To  be 
sure  Morrill  bad  not  voted  aa  PreMdential  Bleotor, 
bnt  by  the  statntes  of  Pennaylvanu  the  Governor 
waa  authorized  to  declare  by  proclamation  the 
namea  of^he  Electora  duly,  lawtUlly,  and  constitn- 
tionaUvyAected.  Mr.  Morrell  conld  not  have  been 
electeqi  jmd  therefore  the  Oovemor'a  proclamation 
that  he  Mad  been  waa  untrue,  and  tbere  waa  no  va- 
canojc^bich  the  other  Zlectore  conld  fill. 

10.  Jokes,  of  Kentneky,  spoke  of  tbe  approach- 
ing oleae  of  the  atupandooa  faroa,  and  declared  tbat 
the  Electoral  Commiaalon  had  yielded  to  tbe  be- 
heats  of  a  party,  and  bad  become  the  aoem  and  by- 
word of  all  boneSnmen.  Tbe  maiority  of  its  mem- 
bera  bad  violated  their  oaths,  and  there  was  no  law 
to  compel  Boqtuesoenoe  In  their  decialon.  The 
House  would  be  perteotly  Jiutified  in  retorting  to 
every  legal  and  oonatltnUonal  means  to  annul  the 
decialon  of  thia  odious  Gommiasion. 

Mr.  Hewitt,  of  New-York,  again  returned  to  tbe 
charge  which  he  had  made  on  Saturday  against  the 
good  faith  of  Mr.  Hoar,  of  Massachusetts,  for  act- 
lae  and  voting  in  tbe  Electoral  Commission  at 
variance  with  his  speech  in  the  House,  and  said 
that  tbat  gentleman,  in  his  attempt  to  answer  the 
charge  on  Saturday,  had  seized  the  mantle  of  Weo- 
st'er,  and  tried  (reversing  the  usual  process)  to 
eke  out  tbe  fox's  skin  with  tbe  lion's  hide.  But 
even  tbe  mantle  of  Webster  was  not  broad 
enough  to  cover  defection,  misrepresentation,  and 
f^and.  He  cited  the  various  propoaitlons  and  votes 
fa  tbe  Commission,  showing  tbat  Mr.  Hoar  had 
uniformly  voted  against  the  admission  of  evidence 
to  abow  fraud  on  the  part  of  tbe  Louisiana  Return- 
ing Board,  and  he  asked  whether  tbat  fqaotlng  Mr. 
Hoar's  words)  was  ''justice  and  Tighteousoess." 
He  [Mr.  HoarJ  had  voted  in  tbe  Louisiana  case  that 
the  Commiaalon  bad  no  judicial  power,  and  m 
the  case  of  Oregon  he  voted  that  the  Commlasion 
had  power  to  take  evidence  as  to  whether  the  seal 
of  tbe  State  was  or  was  not  the  authentic  seal,  and 
as  to  wbeeher  Watta  held  a  commission  from  the 
United  States  ;  but  where  tbere  waa  an  alleiration 
of  fraud,  there  he  had  voted  tbat  there  waa  no 
power  to  prevent  fraud.  Tbat  gentleman  had  been 
on  all  occasions  the  great  champion  of  justice  and 
riehteousoesa.  His  maeoifloent  peroration  in  the 
Belknap  impeachment  caae  would  long  be  read  by 
the  American  youtli,  and  yet  tbat  same  gentle- 
man had  voted  not  'to  receive  evidence  of  fraud. 
In  conolusioo,  he  said,  I  aak  my  Democraiiu 
friends— deceived,  defi'anded,  cheated,  ss  they  have 
been— whether  we  should  meet  bad  faith  with 
bad  faith  )  I  answer  that  never  ought  the  record  of 
the  Democratic  Party  be  sullied  by  a  single  act  tbat 
Will  make  any  man  blnsb.  I  wont  on  tbat  conmit- 
tee  agalnat  my  will.  I  knew  that  whatever 
I  did  00  that  committee  would  be  aubject 
to  misoonstraction  I  bnt  when  I  ^  took 
niy  place  tuere  I  ceased  to  be  a 
partisan.  I  tried  to  become  a  patriot.  I  tried  to 
perfect  a  measure  of  jnstice,  conciliation,  and  peace 
tor  tbe  snlfering  people  of  this  country.  We  per- 
fected It.  We  Drought  it  bore.  It  has  been  ap- 
pioved  b.y  Congress  and  by  the  country,  and  now 
aball  we  stop  in  this  career  voward  tbe  solution  of 
tbe  greateat  problem  ever  presented  to  a 
free  people  because  we  have  been  met 
with  fraud  and  iniuatice  on  the  other  aide  t 
I  say  no  I  Let  ua  glye  to  tbe  people  of  the  country 
and  of  tbe  woilu  an  example  that,  having  been 
cheated,  we  can  still  trast  in  tbe  providencts  and 
juatioe  of  God  and  in  tbe  diapoaltion  and  determina- 
tion of  tbe  people  to  4o  iustice  in  the  end.  f  Ap- 
filanse  and  commotion.]  We  have  still  a  tree  bal- 
ot-box  and  a  free  press,  and  we  are  still  a  froe 
people,  aod  no  justification  for  revolution,  no  jnstl- 
ficatiun  for  civil  war  can  ever  arise  among  a  free 
people  until  they  are  deprived  o(^the  remedy  of  tbe 
ballot-box.  ^^'' 

Mr.  O'BniEX,  of  Maryland— How  long  will  you 
be  free  if  Air.  Hayes  goes  iu  t 

Mr.  Hbwitt  (not  noticing  tbe  Interruption) — Tn 
tbat  remedy  1  orupose  to  resort,  and  if  that  remedy 
be  found  in  vain,  although  I  am  tbe  humblest  of 
Democrata,  and  the  most  leeble  of  citiiens,  I  will 
be  ready  tu  take,  my  arms  and  lead,  if  necessary,  or 
rather  serve,  in  the  crusade  acaiuat  injustice,  op- 
prussion,  and  tyranny. 

While  Mr.  Hewitt  waa  speaking -he  was  sur- 
rounded by  a  circle  of  members  ot  both  political 
parties,  and  Ifn  evidences  01  increasing  excitement 
and  commotion  were  manifest  in  tbe  circle  and 
ail  over  the  ball,  and  in  the  callenes. 
Aa  he  finished  Mr.  Catk,  of  Wisconsin, 
made  bis  way  throuich  tbe  circle  and  addressing 
M^  Hewitt  in  an  excited  manner  said  >  "You  have 
pronounced  the  action  of  tbe  Commission  10  be  in- 
famous, a  KToss  t>eu-ayal  of  the  conhdeiice  repoaed 
in  it:  a  perversion  of  right  and  justice.  Do  you 
now  declare  it  to  be  the  duty  of  Democrats  to 
assist  in  the  speedy  consummation  of  what  .you 
pToaoance  ao  outrage  t  " 

Mr.  Hewitt— I  say  that  I  will  yield  to  it  Ikeoanse 
I  see  no  other  course  left  bnt  anarchy.  i 

Mr.  Cate — ^I  deny  it,  and  1  aaaeri  tbat  It  la  tbe 
duty  ot  Democrata  to  oppoae  it  by  every  means,  in 
their  ptiwer.  It  would  be  cowardice  to  do  otb' 
wise.    JXireat  exoltament  and  confusion.] 

Mr.  'VKATea,  of  North  Carolina,  forced  bia  way 
tbrougiJ  tbe  oirele,  aod  with  flushed  lace  and  ex- 
cited manner  exclaimed,  addressing  himself  to  Mr. 
Cate,  aiid  tbe  Democrata  who  were  oppoaing  ao- 
quiesceso<^  "  Those  who  deoonooe  na  now  aa 
cowardi»/^hen  the  pinch  came  15  years  ago,  turned 
against  us. 

The  excitement  bad  grown  so  Intense  at  this 
time,  revivioi:  recollcotiuna  of  tbe  soenea  in  tbe 
Honse  immediately  before  the  rebellion,  that  tbe 
Speaker  telt  called  upon  to  interpoae  and  insist 
upon  a  restoration  of  order.  When  he  bad  succeeded, 
Mr.  TOWNSBNP,  of  New- York,  took  tbe  floor  and 
compared  the  action  of  the  Democrata  to  tbe  la- 
miluir  bargain  oetwuen  the  white  man  and  the  In- 
dian, tbe  white  man  aaving,  "  I  will  take  tbe  tur- 
key, and  .you  will  take  the  owl;  or  you  will  take 
tbe  owl  and  1  will  take  tbo  turkey.''  ILaugbter.] 
So  If  tbe  Commisaion  would  decide  in  favor  of  Til- 
Oon,  tbe  Democrats  would  stand  faithfully  by  It, 
but  if  It  decided  io  favor  of  Haves,  then  they  wonli 
howl  and  resist  Was  that  the  way  tbat  honorable 
men  discharged  public  duties  f  He  retered  to  the 
saying  of  Judee  Grover,  of  tbe  New- York  Court  of 
Appeals,  iu  reterenoe  to  the  ontcrr  made  against 
'the  decision  of  tbe  court  in  the  Tweed  case,  tbat  in 
Alleghany  Comity,  (where  tbe  Judge  lived.)  when  a 
man  was  beaten  in  a  lawauit,  it  waa  understood 
that  tbere  were  but  two  things  bo  could  do, 
one  was  to  appeal,  ana  the  other  was  to  go  down  to 
tbo  tavern  and  swear  at  the  oourt^~~..[Laugbter.J 
Tbe  gentlemen  from  Kentucky  and  New-York 
IMeaars.  Jonea  and  Hewitt]  bad  exercised  to-day 
the  latter  privilege.  Tbey  had  sworn  at  the  court, 
not  in  tbo  tavern,  bnt  in  (he  House  of  Representa- 
tives. He  believed  that  that  waa  not  the  feeling  of 
the  people.  They  had  faith  in  tbe  tribuual. 
Whether  tbe  tribunal  had  decided  right  or  wrong, 
be  called  on  tbe  other  aide  of  tbe  ilouse  lu  the 
name  of  country,  of  patriotism,  of  honor,  of  manhood 
to  do  what  the  Repnblioana  would  have  been  re- 
quipu  to  do  in  ease  tbe  decision  had  been  againat 
tneiuf. 

Mr.  Davis,  of  North  Carolina,  thought  tbat  sad 
times  bad  fallen  upon  the  country  when  gentlemen 
could  declare  openly  that  any  thing  incorporated  in 
tbo  Cunstltatiou  by  the  fathers  of  tbe  Rupublio  was 
trivial.  Reterring  to  tbe  Electoral  Commission,  he 
^itMha^  tbe  qnealion  could  never  be   answered  to 


nesldlng  officer  asked  whether  tbere  was  objeetlon 
10  tbe  vote  of  Rhode  Island  being  ooontedl 

Mr.  O'Bbixv,  of  Maryland,  on  behalf  of  himself 
and  other  Representativea  and  Senators,  presented 
objections  to  tbe  vote  of  William  S.  Stater,  setting 
forth  tbat  Slater  waa  not  duly  appointed  Eleator; 
that  George  B:  Co^ll8^  aooordinz  to  the  decision  of 
the  Electoral  Commissioti  in  the  Watts  case,  was 
duly  appointed  Elector,  and  the  substitution  for 
him  was  illegal :  that  if,  in  any  event,  ic  was  com- 
petent  to  complete  the  Electoral  College,  it  conld 
only  have  been  done  nnder  the  law  as  announced 
by  tbe  Electoral  Commiaaion. 

The  Senate  then  w^hdrew.  As  soon  as  order 
was 

the^ 

morning.      Rejected— yeas  83.  nays  173.    The  fol 
owing  Is  tbe  amnnative  vote: 


Atkins,  J.  B.  BairleT,  Banning.  Black. 
Biadford,  Caldwell  of  Ala- 


Meaars.  Asbe, 
born.  BUaa,  Bri^tat,   Boone, 

bama,  Caldwell  of  Tennessee,  Caulfield,  Cate, 
Clarke  of  Kentucky,  Ulark  of  Missouri, 
Clvmer,  ('olllns,  Oook,  Cochrane,  Cowan,  C'nx, 
Culberson,  Oavla,  Dlbrell.  DeBolt.  Donirlaas,  Field, 
Flniey,  Forney,  Franklin,  Fuller,  Glover,  Harris 
of  Oeor^a,  tlamlUon  of  Indiana,  Hatcher,  Benkle, 
Hooker,  Uonse,  Humphreys,  Unrd,  Jenks,  Jones  of 
Kentnoky,  Knott,  Lane.  Levy.  r.iuttrell,  Lynde.  Vlalata, 
McMabon,  Jleade,  Money,  Morrison,  Mntohler,  0,'Brien, 
fhlltps  of  Missouri,  Poppleton,  Kiee,  Riddle,  Kobbtns  of 
North  Carolina,    Roberts.  Boss  of  New-Jersey,    Bayler, 


EXTBAVAOANT  VIRTUE. 

A  StJIT  TO  SET  ASIDE  TRANSFERS  OF  PROP-' 
BBTY  AND  TO  CANCEL  NOTES— A  FOBMEB 
BOOK  publisher's  ALLEGED    EXCESSES. 

A  rather  curious  suit  which  brings  to  light 
some  details  InJegard  to  thCSVadnot  of  the  late 
William  A.  Virtue,  formerly  a  well-known  publish- 
"sSTMr  Po7l^7,'of'ohk;;moTed  "thrtfer  of  this  City,  was  brought  before  Judge  Barrett, 
HonaetAkea  reoeas  till  10  o'cltMst  to-morrow  in  Supreme  Court,  Chambers,  yesterday.  The  ac- 
tion is  brought  by  Daniel  Lord  and  Franklin  Lord, 
as  Administrators  nnder  tbe  will  of  tbe  late  Mr. 
Virtue,  againat  AuKoatua  Funk,  Helen  S.  Beilew, 
August  Funk,  Maria  Funk,  George  Gaffe,  and 
Michel  Cafie.  From  the  complaint  it  appears  that 
Mr.  Virtue  died  Aug.  15,  1875.  He  left  a  will  dated 
Sept.  17, 1874,  which  was  duly  admitted  to  probate 
in  England,  where  the  greater  portion  of  the  testa- 
tor's proparty  waa.  By  this  wUl  Mr.  Virtue's 
brothers  were  made  bis  Executors.  Tbe  will  was 
also  admitted  to  probate  in  this  City, 
tbe  plaintifta  being  the  Administrators.  The 
plaintiffs  bring  the  present  action  to  restrain  the 
delendants  from  negotiating  certain  notes  made  by 
the  late  Mr.  Virtue,  and  to  set  aside  certain  con- 
veyances of  property  made  by  him  shortly  before 
bis  death,  on  tbe  ground  tbat  undue  advanta?e  was 
taken  of  nim,  and  tbat  be  reonved  no  considera- 
tion for  the  notes  or  the  property.  They  say  th^t_ 
about  a  year  before  bis  death  Mr.  Virtue  fellTnto 
dissolute  habits,  iodnlging  in  the  intemperate  nse 
of  liquors  and  in  other  immoralities.  By  reason  of 
tbese  habits,  thev  claim,  he  was  not  only  tempo- 
rarily incapacitated  from  managing  hia  own  affairs, 
but  was  in  a  condition  tn  be  made  the  prey  of  those 
havine  designson  him.  Herotnmedto  this  City  from 
a  visit  to  Eneland  in  October,  1B74,  and  went  to  reside 
at  a  kind  ot  b'larding-house,  known  as  Irving  Hall, 
which  was  situated  at  the  comer  of  Irving-place 
and  Fifteenth-street.  August  Funk  had  a  leas«  of 
the  premises.  The  establishment,  in  1S74,  when 
Virtue  came  there,  had,  however,  become  unprofit- 
able. Augustua  Funk,  the  son  of  August  Funk, 
was  "  hail  fellow  "  with  Virtue,  joined  tbe  latter, 
as  is  claimed,  in  acts  of  dissipation,  and  sought  to 
obtain  the  mastery  over  him.  He  did  acquire  an 
ascendancy  over  Mr.  Virtue,  and  induced  bim  to 
Tnrohase  from  August  Funk  the  lease  ot  the  Irving 
Hall  premises  for  {6.125,  that  being  an  exorbitant 
price.  Virtue  gave  six  promissory  notes  in  pay- 
ment of  tbe  amounts  In  May  and  Jane,  1375,  re- 
.  spectivcly,  Augustus  Funk  received  twq  other 
promissory  notes  from  Mr.  Virtue.  --Tneae  lat- 
ter notes  Augustus  Funk  assigned  to  Georee 
Cnffe.  who  in  turn  assigned  tbem  to  his 
brother,  Michael  Cafife.  The  plaintiff's  claim  the 
notes  were  obtained  from  Virtoe  tbrouffh  fraud, 
and  that  the  assignments  were  merely  colorable 
transters  without  oonsideration.    Suits   have  been 


Bbeakley,  Smltk  of  Georula,  Hoathard,  Sparks," Springer, 
Btanton,  Ktenger,  Stone,  Terry,  Thompson,  Turney, 
Vance  of  Ohio,  Vance  of  North  Carolina.  Wnddell, 
Walling,  Walker  of  Virginia,  Walsh.  Whltthorne, 
Wigeinton.  Wyke,  and  J.  H.  WUllams   of  Alabama— 83. 

Mr.  Wood,  of  New-York,  moved  to  reconsider 
the  vote  by  which  the  House  had  refused  to' take  a 
reoess  and  to  lay  that  motion  on  the  table,  statina 
that  he  made  the  motion  for  the  purpose  of  pre- 
venting any  delay  in  counting  the   Electoral  votes. 

Mr.  O'Beien,  ot  Maryland,  and  Mr.  Walling,  of 
Ohio,  called  for  the  yeas  and  nays,  which  were 
ordered,  and  resulted — yoas  192,  nays  67. 

Mr.  O'Bbibn,  of  Maryland,  offered  a  resolution 
denlaring,that  tbe  vote  of  William  S.  Slater  should 
not  be  oountad. 

Mr.  Eames.  ot  Rhode  Island,  offered  as  a  snbsti- 
tute  a  resolution  doolarini;  that  tbe  vote  of  said 
Slater  should  be  counted. 

Mr.  JBNKfl,  of  Pennsylvanln,  opened  the  debate, 
and  attacked  the  Electoral  Commission,  and 
charged  Mr.  Hoar  with  inooosisteooy. 

Mr.  Eameb,  of  Rhode  Island,  argued  in  favor  of 
the  right  of  Mr.  Siater  to  cast  bis  vote,  whether 
Mr.Corlisa  was  a  Centennial  Commissioner  or  not  at 
the  time  of  his  electioo. 

Mr.  O^BIEM,  of  Maryland,  spoke  azaiust  count- 
ing the  vote. 

Mr.  Ballou,  of  Rhode  Island,  argned  ajrainat  tbe 
objeotiuu,  and  in  favor  of  the  right  of  Slater  to  cast 
bis  Elecr.oral  vote. 

Mr.  Stanton,  of  Pennaylvania,  called  attention 
to  tbe  fact  that  the  Democratic  leaders,  who  on  the 
floor  of  tbe  House  advocated  a  compliance  in  the 
decision  of  the  Commission,  were  the  men  who  in 
Republican  journals  were  spoken  of  as  prob- 
abl'e    to    ooonpy    the    Cabinet  and  other  positions 


satisfaction  of  the  people  why  it  wua  tbat  the 
Commission  had  admitted  evidence  in  tbe  case  ot 
Ureeon  and  had  refbsed  it  in  the  case  of  Louisiana. 

Mr.  Bkebe.  of  tt^ew-Tork,  felt  called  noon  to 
raise  his  voice  in  selemn  protest  against  the  iniqni- 
tous  fraud  which  ^f  as  being  attempted  to  be  perpe- 
trated upon  tbe  people  ot^the  Republic.  The  Com- 
mission bad  been  raised  to  strip  the  mantle  of  fraud 
irom  the  votes  of  Louisiana.  It  had  been  derelict 
in  its  auties,  and  history  would  mention  it  in  terms 
of  b>ttor  denunuiation.  He  would,  in  humiliation,' 
aubiiitMotb^ecision,  merely  taking  an  appeal  to 
the  wlliorxfie  people. 

Mr.  Caui.fieu>,  of  Illinois,  sent  to  the  Clerk's 
desk  and  bad  read  resolutions  of  the  Chicago  Demo- 
cratic Club,  asking  that  a  new  election    be  ordered. 

Mr.  PorPLETON,  ot  Ohio,  sent  up  and  bad  read 
amid  much  laughter,  the  speech  delivered  at  Fre- 
mont on  Saturday,  b.y  Gov.  Havee. 

Mr.  BucKNKK,  of  Missouri,  said  tbat  he  had  voted 
for  tbe  Electoral  bill  confiding  in  the  impartiality 
of  the  five  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  But 
instead  of  deciding  qneatioua  as  Judges,  tbey  bad 
decided  as  partiaans  and  as  a  packed  Jury. 

Mr,  Hoar,  01  Massachusetts,  who  was  not  in  tbe 
hall  when  Mr.  Hewitt  made  hia  speech,  but  who 
had  bad  the  notes  of  it  read  by  tbe  olfioial  reporter, 
replied  to  it  aa  a  postbumoaa  apeeoh,  prepared 
during  the  Sabbath.  He  asserted  tbat  Mr.  Hewitt 
had  had  the  lullest  means  of  knowledge,  by  three 
-days'  oumpanionabip  wiih  bim  on  tbe  Electoral 
Committee,  tbat  the  right;  to  go  into  the  ascertain- 
ment of  the  facts  aa  to  who  had  been  lawfully  elec- 
ted was  utterly  denied.  If  tbat  gentleman  were  a 
sane  man,  with  ordinary  intelligence,  it  was  utterly 
iDcredibla  tbat  be  abould  have  underatood  the  mat- 
ter aa  be  now  professed  to  understand  it.  This 
leader  of  a  great  party,  intrusted  with  its  in- 
terests and  its  leadership,  what  did  he  now  say  ? 
Tbat  iu  opposition  to  every  public  utteifance  and 
assurance  tbat  came  from  the  Republican  side,  he 
had  gone  into  the  matter  because  he  bad  got  the 
asaurance  of  some  sconndrel  that  it  would  come  out 
all  ngbt.  He  [Hoar,]  wanted  no  othWt  evidenceof  Slened— Ja 
the  uttor  delusion  and  folly  that  prompwd  Chrlstianov, 
tbe  charge  against  him  than  tbat  the  gentle-^  s5*!°'  'd 
man  [Hewitt,]  had  himself  famished.  Prophecy  P^alney,  Kepi 
was  not  one  ul  the  exact  sciencea,  bat  be  [Hoar,  J 
would  venture  tbo  propheoy  tbat  there  would  not 
be  an  event  in  the  history  of  the  ouimtry  which 
would  be  in  tbe  tuture  more  gratifying 
to  tbeikmerioan  people  than  tbe  constitutional  as- 
sertion of  the  limit  between  State  and  national 
authority  which  tbat  Electoral  Commission 
bad  made.  If  the  Democratic  Party,  tinder  tbe  ex- 
citement of  to-day,  inflamed  witb  tne  easer  passion 
for  power,  disapproved  and  condemned  it,  he  would 
"  aopeai  from  Philip  drunk  to  Poiiip  sober."  He 
would  appeal  trom  the  party  maddened,  excited, 
drunk  iu  tbe  present,  to  its  future  and  to  ita  paat. 
[Applause  on  the  Republican  side.] 

Mr.  Sfbinobr,  of  Illinois,  closed  the  debate  with 
an  argnmeuii  aaatuat  tha  deeislon  of  tbe  Commis- 
sion. 

The  vote  was  then  taken  on  Mr.  Stenger's  snbati- , 
tnte  for  iAt.  Kelley'a  resolution,  and  It  was  adopted ' 
— yeas  135.  nays  119. 

So  tbe  Honse  decided  that  the  vote  of  Mr.  Boggs 
should  not  bo  counted,  because  be  was  not  ap- 
pomted  in  conformity  with  the  Conaiitntiou  and 
laws  of  Pennsylvania. 

THB  JOINT  SB8SIOM. 

The  Senate  was  notified  of  tbe  vote  and  of  the 
readiness  of  the  Honse  to  meet  the  Senate  in  joint 
meeting,  and  at  3:15  the  Senators  entered  tbe  hall 
and  took  their  seats  as  tunal 

Tbe  Presiding  Officer  called  tbe  meeting  to  order, 
and  the  action  of  A|ch  house  having  been  read,  he 
announced — the  t«^  notues  not  having  concurred 
otherwise — the  *^lHe  of  Penosylvania  would  be 
counted. 

Senator  Alubox,  one  of  the  tellers,  tbereupoa  aa- 
nouneed  tbat  tbe  State  of  Penosylvania  had  given 
89  v»(M  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler. 

BBOIIB  XSI.AKD. 


Presidential  chair  without  tbe  aid  of  DeSiocrais, 
and  he  would  not  ait  there  by  tbeir  aid  if  tbey  lis- 
tened to  tbe  voice  of  the  people  whom  tnev  repre- 
senied.  He  predicted  that  those  Democrats  who 
united  with  tbe  Ri^publicans  in  cimtinuing  the 
count   would  regret  tbeir  action  within  six  months. 

The  discussion  being  closed,  the  Hou'«e  proceeded 
to  vote  on  the  substitute  offered  by  Mr.  Eames  tbat 
the  vote  of  the  State  bo  counted,  and  it  was  adopted 
without  a  diviaion. 

Mr.  Wilson,  of  Iowa,  then,  at  5:40  P.  M.,  offered 
a  resolu'ion  tu  notify  the  Senate,   p 

Mr.  Knott,  of  Kentucky,  offered  as  a  substitute 
thkt  tbe  Senate  be  notiflod  tbat  tbe  Hoase  will 
meet  the  Senate  at~10  o'clock  to-raorrow  uiornina. 

A  point  of  order  beinz  raised  against  Mr.  Knott's 
motion  tbe  Speaker  sustained  the  point  of  order  aod 
the  decision  was  applauded. 

Mr.  Wilson's  resolution  was  then  adopted. 

the  joint  SESSION   BEBtTMED. 

The  Senators  accordingly,  at  6  P.  M.,  re-entered 
the  Chamber,  and  the  vote  of  Rhode  Island  w^as, 
attor  the  obaervanoe  of  tbe  unual  formality,  an- 
nounced as  4  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler. 

THE  BOtrrn  Carolina  certificate. 

The  next  certificate  opened  was  that  from  South 
Carolina,  authenticated  by  Gov.  Chamberlain,  show- 
ing 7  votes  for  Hayes  and  Wheeler.  It  was  fol- 
lowed by  another  oertifloate  showing  7  votes  for 
Tilden  and  Hendricks,  with  a  statement  by  the 
Elector*  explaining  the  absence  of  tbe  Governor'a 
aathenti  cation. 

The  objectiou  to  the  R-ipnblican  certificate  was 
prdsented  by  Representative  Cochbanb,  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  the  objection  to  tb''  D  'mocratio  onn 
was  presented  by  Senator  PATfEBsON,  of  South 
Carolina.     They  areas  follows  : 

DEMOCBATIC     OBJECTION. 

l!Yn(— That  no  legal  election  was  held  In  South  Caro- 
lina for  Prebidenilal  tieotors,  the  Geueial  Assemuly 
of  that  State  not  bavlng  proTliled  aa  required  b.v  Aiti- 
cle  K.  section  3,  of  the  ConstituMon  thereof  lor  the 
reglatriitlon  of  people  entitled  to  vote,  without  which 
re^tBtratlon  no  valid  or  legal  election  ooultl  be  held. 
^^^^econdr-Thiit  tb«re  waa  noli  existind  iu  tbe  State  of 
Si>u>b  Carolina  on  the  1st  of  J  inuar>-,  1876.  nor  at 
any  Omo  thereafter  up  to  and  iiiclniiing  the  liHh  of 
Uecembpr,  1876.  a  repuohcsn  form  of  covernment 
such  ns  is  Ruaranteed  by  the  Constitution  to  every 
etate  in  tbe  Uiiiou. 

TAird— That  tlio  Federal  Government,  prior  to  and 
durlns  tbe  election  on  Nov.  7,  1876.  without  authoiity 
oi  law,  btationed  in  various  p  rts  of  said  .-^tate,  al  or 
ne-.r  tbe  iiollinu-places,  Jerar-hments  of  the  Unitei 
States  Armv.by  whose  presence  the  lull  exercise  of  ttie 
rijtut  of  suffrage  was  prevented,  and  oy  rtasou  whereof 
no  lejal  or  free  election  was  or  could  oe  had. 

fourtft— That  at  the  several  polling  places  iu  said 
fltaip  there  were  stationed  t  nlted  .states  Deputy  Mar- 
shals, appointed  nnaer  tbo  proviaions  of  section  2,0'.il 
and  'IMTl,  United  -taies  Revised  Statutes,  which  pro- 
visions were  uuconstituttonal  ana  void ;  that  said 
Deputy  Marshals  exceeding  over  l.ljOUin  nuiuber,  by 
tbeir  iinlawlul  and  arbitrary  .-vction  iu  obedience  to 
tbe  improper  and  llleitnl  inairnctions  received  by 
them  from  the  l>epartment  of  Justice,  ao  interfered 
wiih  the  full  and  tree  exercise  of  the  nsht  of  suffrace 
of  the  duly  qualified  voters  of  said  ^tate  that  a  fiir 
election  conld  nSt  be  and  was  not  held  m  said  State  on 
Nov.  7.  1876. 

>'!/"• — That.tbere  was  not  fi>a]n_lbe-l«t4>f  Jannarr, 
1876,  up  to  ana  lucludinK  the  10th  ot  December,  1876, 
t.t  an.y  lime  a  8tate  Government  in  the  State  of  Soulli 
Carolina  except  a  pretended  Government  set  np  iu 
violbtion  of  law  and  the  C'onHtitulioii  of  tbe  United 
.states  by  Federal  authority,  and  siutained  by  Federal 
troops. 

Joiin  W.  Johnston  and  W.  H.  Barnnm,  Renators.  Al- 
exander G.  Cochrane,  M.  I.  'Southard,  F.  Wood,  J.  A. 
McMabon,  W.  8.  Stenger,  William  Mutcbler,  Ueorge  C. 
Cabell,  James  bbeakler,  Levi  .Ualsh,  William  Walsh, 
W.  .M.  Robbms,  W.  A.  J.  Spnrlcs,  K.  i.  Poppkton,  A.  T. 
Walling,  T.  8.  At,be,  A.  M.  Scales,  C.  B.  UoDerta.  F.  D. 
Collina,  Jnmes  Turney,  A.  V,  uicc,  B.  J.  Franklin, 
Obnrles  P.  Thompson.  John  P.  Phillips.  W.  S.  Holmau, 
G.  A.  Jenks,  Joha'M.  Bright,  N.  .s.  Cox,  John  B. 
Clarke,  Jr..  O.  C.  Walker,  K.  A.  DeBolt,  John  R.  Eden, 
J.  K.  Tucker.  J.  B.  Clarice,  Thomas  L.  Jones,  and  J. 
Proctor  Knott,  Representatives. 

THE  EEPOBLICAN  OBJECTIONS. 

The  objections  to  the  Democratic  certifloatea  are 
as  follows: 

j^'irat— Because  neither  of  the  persons  named  in  the 
certiUcate  tvai)  duty  appointed  an  Klector  for  the  .State 
ot>outh  Carolina. 

Second — Becauae  the  liat^  of  votes  have  not  attached 
to  tbem  a  certificate  of  the  Governor  of  8outh  Caro- 
lina, aa  requ'.red  to  be  made  and  annexed  by  sections 
Kos.  130  and]  1 38  01  the  United  Htates  Revised  titatutt^s. 

Third  -The  said  papers  have  not  annexed  10  them  a 
list  of  names  ot  tbe  above-nnmed  individuals  aa  Kleo- 
tors  to  which  the  aeal  of  tbe  State  of  Souin  Carolina 
was  affixed  by  tbe  Secretary  of  tstate,  and  which  are 
signed  by  tbe  Governor  and  Secretary  as  required  by 
tbe  general  laws  of  South  Carolina. 

rourta — Because  C.  C.  bowen,  John  WInsmith,  Thomss 
B.  Johnston,  Timothy  Hurley.  William  B.  Nash.  W.lsoo. 
Cook,  and  William  V.  Myers  were  (Inly  appointed 
Electors  for  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  and  us  such 
Electors,  at  the  time  and  place  ore^cribad  by  law,  cast 
their  votea  lor  Rutherford  B.  Hayes  for  Pro^ident  and 
William  A,  Wbeelt-rfor  Vice  President  of  the  United 
Stales,  nnd  tbe  lists  of  votes  signed,  certified,  and 
tr.insmitted  by  such  Klectors  to  tbe  Presiilf  ut  ■  f  the 
Senate  are  the  onl.v  true  nnd  lawlnl  lists  of  votes  for 
President  and  Vice  President  ot  the  Unitoil  States. 

/ViA— Because  the  said  Boweu,  WInsmith,  Johnston, 
Hurley,  Mash.  Cook,  and  Jlyers  received  tbe  bis^best 
number  of  all  the  votes  cast  by  the  qualified  voters 
ot  South  Carolina  at  tbe  eleclion  oeld  on  Nov. 
7,  1876.  and  the  proper  officers  ot  the  state 
duly  canvassed  said  votea,  and  made  and  cer- 
tified, according  to  law  and  under  the  great  seal 
of  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  and  delivered 
to  said  perbons  Mats  of  the  Klectors  ot  President  and 
Vice  President  of  the  United  States  elected  by  the 
q,ualifled  voters  of  sai<i  State,  and  showing  that  said 
persons,  having  the  bichest  number  of  votes,  were 
eli^cted,  which  oertiflcattt-- Is  dated  Dec.  6,  1876,  and 
which  has  been  read  boiore  the  two  houses  of  Coneress, 
by  reatou  of  which  anid  Bowen,  WInsmith,  Johnston. 
Hurley,  Nash,  Cook,  and  Myers  were  tbe  luwtul  Elec- 
tor:! for  the  State  of  South  Carolina. 

SiXtK — Tbat  tue.  lists  of  tiie  votea  cast  by  tbe  said 
Bowen,  WInsmith,  Johnston.  Hurley,  Nash,  Cook,  and 
Hyers,  have  annexed  to  tbem  a  certificate  of  riie  Gov- 
ernor of  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  required  to  be 
made  by  sections  136  and  138  of  the  United  States  Re- 
vised et*tatP8. 

UroenOi — I'bat  said  lists  have  annexed  to  tbem  a  list 
of  the  names  of  ssid  WInsmith,  Bowea,  Jobooton,  dur- 
le.v.  Nash,  Cook,  and  Myers,  as  Electors,  and  to  which 
tlic  eeai  of  tbe  btate  of  Soaih  ('arolina  waa  affixed  by 
the  Secretary  of  State,  and  signed  b.v  the  Governor 
and  Secretary,  asreqtdred  by  the  general  laws  of  south 
Carolina. 

Siened — John  J.  Patterson,   Angns   Cameron,   J.  P. 
Senators;   William   Lawxeoce,   C.  Q.  Lao- 
Banxs,  Robert  Smalls,  S.  L.  Hoge,   J.  U. 
Represeutallves. 

The  objections  having  been  read,  tbe  presiding 
officer  announced  that  they  would  be  submitted  to 
the  Electoral  Commission  for  ita  judemenr  and  de- 
cision, and  that  the  Senate  would  now  retire  to  Us 
chamber. 

The  House  then,  at  6:30  P.  M.,  took  a  recess 
until  10  o'clock  to-morrow-morning. 

The  loUowing  Democrats  voted  with  the  Repub- 
licans against  reading  the  testimony  lu  the  Pennsyl- 
vania case : 

Mesara  Goodm,  Kansas;  Hancock,  Texas;  Hay- 
mnnd,  Indiana;  Morgan,  Missouri;  Phelps,  Con- 
necticut; Potter,  Michigan:  Reasan,  Texas ;  Ste  - 
venson,  Illinois;  Tarboi,  Massachusetts;  Throck- 
morton, Texas:  Ward,  Uew-Tork;  Whitehouse; 
New-Tork;  WlUlams,  Delaware,  and  Wilsbire, 
Arkansas. 


LAW  KEPORTS. 


nnder  Goy.  Hajes.      Hayes  could  not  sit   in   tho.  Jorought  on  all  of  the  notes  against  the  representa- 
■  ■        •  ■    ■       •        ..      .  —  ^  fives  of  the  late  Mr.  Virtue. 

About  'be  time  that  Mr.  "Virtue  returned  to  this 
country  from  his  trip  to  England,  Augustus  Funk 
was  rather  intimate,  as  claimed,  yntb  Helen  S.  Bel- 
lew,  a  woman  who  had  been  an  actress.  She  aod 
Au<{ustus  Funk,  tbe  plaintiffs  say,  participated  in 
Virtue's  amusements,  and  lived  to  a  tjrsat  extent 
on  his  means.  It  is  claimed  that  they  persuaded 
Virtue  to  assieu  to  Miss  Beilew  the  lease  of  the 
Irving  Hall  property  for  «4,000.  This,  she 
says  sbe  paid,  biit  the  plaintiffs  say 
she  did  not.  In  June,  1875,  Virtue  assigned  to  Miss 
Beilew  the  valuable  lease  of  tbe  iiremises  at  No. 
12  Dey-street.  This  was,  the  nlaintiffs  say,  also  the 
result  of  fraud  and  undue  influeuce  practiced  on 
Mr.  Virtue.  A  few  days  before  the  latter's  death 
be  conveyed  to  Miss  Beilew  a  bonso  and  lot  in 
lirooklyn^  the  consideraiion  being  stated  at 
^,000.  She  does  not  pretend  to  have  paid  more 
ibau  $2,000  for  the  same.  She  conveyed  the  Brook- 
lyn property  to  Maria  Funk,  tbe  wife  of  August 
Funk  anti  mother  of  Auguatua  Funk.  The  plain- 
tiffs say  that  Miss  Beilew  claimed  to  bo  an  actress, 
though  she  bad  not  followed  the  calling  for  years, 
and  bad  Lo  apparent  means  of  earning  a  livelihood. 
They  say  thatia  10  months  Virtue  was  stripped  of 
nearly  all  ot  bla  available  posaessions  iu  this  coun- 
try, and  ran  $10,000  in  debt,  without  being  under 
any  apparent  or  actual  necessity  for  borrowing 
money  for  any  ieiritimate  purpose.  All  his 
property  seeras  10  have  found  its  w^av  into  the  pos- 
session of  Ausustus  Funk  and  Miss  Beilew,  to 
whom  also  alt  his  indebtedness  was  incurred.  Mr. 
Torstou.  a  former  partner  of  the  deceased  in  the 
firm  of  Virtue  &■  Torston,  made  afl5'Javit  to  Mr. 
Virtue's  coming  down  to  the  store  in  a  carriage  witb 

Miss  Beilew.  Oq  such  occasions  Mr.  Virtae  was 
intoxicated  and  came  to  draw  money.  .  The  defend- 
ants deuy  the  chames  of  fraud,  nndueinflaence.  &c., 
and  AUiTiflt  Funic  claims  that,  he  sought  to  rentiain 

Mr.  Virtue  irom  indulging  to  excess  in  imoxicaiing 
liquors.  In  this,  too,  he  is  borne  ootby  sevi-ral  aifi- 
davita.  Miss  Beilew  also  maKes  affidavit  denyiuj; 
tbe  charges  against  her.  Soe  claims  she  paid 
for  the  lease  uf  the  Irviuj  Hall  inemises 
and  tbat  she  received  the  Brooklyn  property  in  re- 
turn for  Dioney  loaned  by  her  to  Mr.  Virtue.  The 
lease  ot  the  Dev-street  property  she  savs  was  con- 
veyed to  ber  for  the  use  of  Augustus  Funk,  whom 
Mr.  Virtue  considered  his  best  friend.  She  says 
she  always  retnsed  to  see  Mr.  Virtue  when  be 
was  under  the  influence  of  liquor.  Some  affiiiavits 
were  also  presented  tiom  physicians,  who  gave  it 
as  tbeir  opinion  tbat  Mr.  Virtue  was  not  Inoapaci- 
tated  from  acting  knowiualy.  Arcument  will  be 
held  to-day  on  tbe  propriety  of  contiauiog  a  tem- 
porary iujuuction  restraining  tbe  defendants  from 
prosecuting  their  actious  againat  tbe  estate  of  the 
lace  Mr.  Virtue. 


dea'a  remark,  that  thia  waa  a  trivial  obJeeUon.  asked         The  e«rttflcate  ttom  Bhode  Isiaad  waa  then  read,      had  eeen.    Th 
,il  tta  tama  ted  iiul««d  ooma  «teA,«  (ki»stiiintWiaUJfc<'*^j|£Pff-^''^  ^  ^**,,        -VhttUik.  XlMti^tM*  ewadsM*-. 


THE  GRAND  DUKES  SiaHTSEEma. 
The  Grand  Dukes  Alexis  and  Constantine, 
Mid  the  form  er's  private  secretary,  nnder  escort  of 
Gen.  Aspinwali.  made  a  tour  of  tbe  down-town 
places  of  bnslnesB  yesterday.  They  first  visited 
tbe  Gold  and  Stock  Exobanees,  through  which 
tbey  were  escorted  by  the  Secretaries,  who  ex- 
plained the  mode  ^^oing  business  in  the  respect- 
ive Exehan£e^^..,JEhe  members  refrained  from  bull- 
doalng  tbem,  but  cheered  them  to  the  echo.  Thence 
tbey  proceeded  to  the  Cnstom-hooge,  where  they 
were  received  by  Deputy  Collector  Lydeoker,  who 
showed  tbem  over  the  rotunoa,  the  aeisure-room. 
and  tbe  various  btireans  connected  witb  the  estab- 
lishment. They  then  Irent  to  tbe  eub-Treaaory, 
where  they  were  Uken  into  the  great  vault  and 
116,000.000  in  cold  expoeed  to  their  mat.  They  ex- 
presaad  tbems«lvea]hlghly  delighted  with  what  tbey 


SHE  WANTS  $115,030  FROM  THE  CITY. 
The  suit  of  Isabella  Saportas  against  the 
Mayor,  &c.,  was  brought  to  trial  before  Judge  Van 
Brunt  and  a  jury  in  Part  III.  of  the  Supreme 
Court  yesterday.  The  plaintiff,  it  seems,  is  the 
owner  of  320  acres  of  land  l.ying  along  the  north 
shore  of  Lake  Mabopac.  She  bought  the  property 
about  13  years  ago  and  baa  since  improved  it  by  erect- 
ing a  fine  residence,  &o.,  on  it.  In  1870  tbe  Croton 
aqueduct  engineer  cut  an  outlet  for  the  supplying 
of  water  to  this  City.  Thia  lowered  tbe  deptn  of 
water  in  the  lake,  and  resulted  in  leaving  bare  a 
large  margin  of  the  shore  of  tbe  lake.  The  portion 
of  tbe  shore  thus  exposed  was  covered  with  vegeta- 
ble and  other  matter.  The  plaintiff  claims  this  de- 
stroyed the  frontage  of  her  property  on  the  lake, 
and  reduced  the  value  of  the  land  by  ?70,000.  Her 
children  were  also  affected  by  malarial  fever  m  con- 
sequence of  the  exposure  01  the  lake  bottom 
to  the  action  of  the  sun.  Sbe  asks  |11S,U00 
damjgea.  A  large  amount  of  testimon.y  will  be  put 
in  in  regard  to  the  damage  and  depreciation  of 

firoperty.  The  snit  is  a  test  one.  and  Iu  case  the  City 
s  held  liable  in  this  caae  tbeamount  of  the  judgments 
aeainst  it  will  be  very  large.  The  Mahopac  Land 
Company  has  a  stiit  against  the  City  for  the  same 
canse  of  action,  iu  which  alone  8600,000  are  claimed. 
The  trial  ot  the  Saportas  suit  will  eo  on  to-day.  C. 
A.  H.  Bartlett  appears  for  the  plainuff  and  F.  L. 
Stetson  and  K.  H.  Lacombe  for  the  City. 

FRAUDULENT PRAOIIGES  OF  BANKRUPTS. 
Register  FitBh  in  a  report  disallowing  a  law- 
yer's claim  for  $250  in  tbe  bankruptcy  case  of 
INicholas  &  Coon,  dealerain  flowers  and  feathers, 
condemns  in  very  severe  terms  tbe  fraudulent 
practices  of  bankrupts.  He  says  these  bankrupts 
made  an  assignment  under  tbe  State  Law  to  Henry 

5.  Foote,  a  lawyer,  who  retained  another  lawyer,  C. 
W.  Town,  as  counsel,  paid  bim  a  fee  of  $259,  charged 
taoo  for  his  own  services,  and  turned  over  $2,149  61 
realized  from  tbe  assets  toE.  F.  Enowlton,  Assicnee 
iu  Bankrnptcy.  Tbe  assignment  was  made  to 
prevent  the  collection  of  a  debt  sued  on  by  Tnttle 

6.  Co.  The  said  pretended  assignment  was  useless, 
unnecessary,  illegal,  and  void,  all  of  which  must 
have  been  linowu  to  Foote  and  Town,  would  cause 
expense  to  tbe  creditors,  and  would  not 
in  any  manner  aid  tbe  bankrupts  in  obtaining  their 
discharge  in  flual  proceedings  la  involuarary  bank- 
ruptcy. It  has  been  the  prevailing  custom  in  this 
City  for  oven  reputable  lawj'ers  to  a-dvise  their 
clients  who  may  be  in  failing  circnmsbaaces  to 
make  an  assi<:ument  under  the  now  suspended  in- 
solvent laws,  and  have  aome  clerk  ot  tbe  insolvent, 
ot  the  lawyer,  or  some  other  serviceable  person 
named  as  Assignee,  who  geueraliy  disposes  ot  tbe 
effects  to  friends  of  tbe  parties  for  a  trifling  sum. 
Tbe  lawyer  charues  an  enormous  fee,  and,  aa  a  gen- 
eral rule,  between  the  insolvent,  the  lawyer,  and 
the  Assignee,  the  estate  is  used  up  and  the  credit- 
ors got  littio  or  notbine.  The«o  frauaulent  State 
assignments  should  receive  the  stern  rebuke  of  the 
couTts,  and  the  Assignee  should  not  be  aK 
lowed  to  nse  up  the  estate  between  the 
lawyer,  the  insolvent,  and  himself  in,  di- 
i.'efit..violation  of  tbe  Bankrupt  act.  In  this  case 
the  proofs  shew  Mr.  Town  acted  as  attorney  for  the 
bankrupts  betore  tbe  assignment,  prepared  the 
asstanment,  became  attoineyifor  tbe  Assignee,  who 
is  also  a  lawyer,  and  then  became  attorney  for  the 
petitioning  creditors.  Cases  were  cited  where  lar^e 
sums  were  allowed  to  counsel  for  Assignees  under 
the  Slate  assignment.  Tlil'^  practice  has  become  a 
great  and  crying  evil,  injurious  to  commercial  In- 
terests and  damaeing  to  trade,  and  it  is  time  tbat 
the  national  courts  should  disallow  the  enormous 
expenses  made  under  State  assignments,  as  it  is 
contrary  to  public  policy  and  public  justice  to  allow 
lawyers  to  give  illegal  udvice,  charge  enormous 
fees,  and  collect  them  of  innocent  crediiora. 


Liberty-street,  was  reeuined  before  Beoorder  ff^Y 
ett  yesterday  in  Part  I.  of  the  Court  of  Ooioral 
Sessions.  Assistant  District  Attorney  Herring  ex- 
amined a  number  of  witnesses  in  oortoboratlon  of 
prevlons  testimony,  and  closed  the  case  for  the 
prosecution.  Mr.  John  B.  Fellows  opened  the  ease 
for  the  defense  in  a  long  address,  in  which  he  com- 
mented on  the  law  relating  to  perinry,  branded  the 
testimony  of  the  wltneaaes  who  swore  tbat  tbay  bad 
been  directed  by  Sutton  to  damage  aome  of  the 
property  as  falae,  and  nromised  to  prove  that  (be 
defense  of  tbe  aocused  was  absolute  and  over* 
whelming.  At  the  conchision  of  ^r.  Jellowt'  a/ 
dress,  the  court  adjourned  until  to-d«y. 

SEVEN  TEARS  FOB  MANSLaVUBTEB, 

EGBERT  GABRITY  CONVICTED  OF  MAH- 
SLAnGHTBB  IN  THE  SECOSD  DEOBSI 
AND  SENTENCED  TO  SEVEN  TEARS  XH 
THE  STATE   PRISON. 

The  trial  of  Robert  Garrity,  indicted  for  the 

murder  of  John  Smith  in  July  last,  was  continued 
before  Judge  Brady  and  a  jury  in  the  Court  of  Oyec 
and  Terminer  yesterday.  Tbe  accused  is  a  rathel 
handsome  bov  of  j6.  He  is  charged  with  havlnf- 
struek  Mr.  Smitb  on  the  head  with  a  cart  rung  on 
tbe  evening  of  Jaly  4.  Garrity  claimed  that  he  waa 
under  the  inflnence  of  ba  nor  at  the  time  and  had 
been  assailed  by  a  crowd  for  hitting  one  of  two 
women  whom  he  had  accosted  on  tbe  street* 
A.fter  tbe  counsel  had  summed  up  yesterday.  Jndgei 
^rady  began  his  charge  to  the  Jury  by  observing 
"  Tbe  case  which  you  are  called  upon  to  deoide  is 
one,  of  course,  of  very  great  importance.  It  is  not: 
only  important  to  the  prisoner,  but  it  is  important^ 
to  the  people.  The  administration  ol^^nminal  lus-: 
tice  is  always  important  to  tbe  masses  of  the  people,' 
whose  riehts,  to  a  certain  extent,  are  violated  wbeU; 
crime  is  committed.  It  is  the  duty  of  every  citiaeni 
Ota  country  to  obey  its  laws,  and  when  he  violates, 
tbo"  laws  he  must  do  injustice  to  some  person  ;  hft 
maal  do  injustice  not  only  to  the  person  who  is  im- 
mediately affected  in  bis  relations  to  life,  but  also 
to  the  body  politic,  because  he  violates  the  law.  and' 
in  violating  it  establishes  a  precedent  or  example 
which  has  oemicious  consequences.  Therefore  it  is 
an  important  case,  as  I  say,  not  only  to  the  prisoner, 
because  ic  involves  his  life  or  liberty,  perhaps,  as 
you  sbatl  determine,  and  important  to  the  people  ot 
the  State,  who  have  a  right  to  see  that  tbe  lawa 
which  tbey  enact  shall  be  rigidly  observed  by  tba 
people  who  dwell  within  its  borders."  Judge  Brady 
then  narrated  in  outline  the  story  ot  the  crime, 
which  has  been  hitherto  published  iu  The  TntBS, 
and  added:  "Gentlemen  of  the  jury,  passion  is  not 
a  defense  to  the  crime  of  murder,  ~  because  passion 
should  be  restrained.  That  is  an  obliKation  Imposed 
upon  us,  not  only  by  the  laws  of  God,  but  by  tha 
laws  of  man,  and  if  passion  were  an  excuse  foe 
crime,  all  that  a  man  wonld  have  to  do  would  be  to 
eel  himself  into  that  condition,  or  feign  it, 
in  order  to  do  what  be  contemplated  la 
moments  of  deliberation.  And,  although  m  some 
aspects  of  tbe  law  of  this  State  in  reference  U 
bomicidea.it  is  entitled  to  a  place  in  your  consttl 
eration.  vet,  standing  by  itself,  IsoLited  and  alone, 
it  turnisbes  no  excusu  for  the  perpetration  of  crime. 
*  *  *  Intoxication,  when  it  exists  to  the  extent 
which  is  conntenanced  b.y  the  liw,  is  a  matter  also 
for  your  consideration,  and  when  it  exists  to  such 
an  extent  tbat  a  man  is  iuoapable  of  lorming  a  m» 
tive.  then  it  necessarily  must  receive  consideration 
at  tbe  bauds  of  a  jury,  because  you  cannot  convict 
a  man  of  murder  unless  you  can  show  a  design  01 
inieution,  and  if  tbere  be  no  mental  power  to  form 
a  design  or  intention,  of  course  the  crime  is  inoom- 
pleie— necessarily  so."  Continnlne,  Judge  Brady 
told  the  jury,  ihey  should  be  careful  to  see  to  if 
'*  that  the  condition  of  the  prisoner  was  sueh, 
arisine;  from  liquor,  tbat.  be  was  incapable  of  for<a> 
mg  a  motive,  incapable  of  conceiving  a  design,  in- 
capable ot  toriuing  an  intention,  and  unless  that 
oharacter  of  intoxication  existed  when  the  blow 
was  given  it  was  no  defense  in  this  case."  In  a 
case  of  homicide,  the  court  remarked,  if  there  ia 
Buflaclent  time  for  tbe  mind  to  act  aeliberately  upon 
a  contemplated  deed,  and  the  deed  is  done.  It  la 
murder  in  the  first  degree.  If,  before  tbe  blow  waa 
struck,  there  was  a  deliberate  determiuation  on  the 
part  of  the  prisoner  to  kill  witb  the  cart  rung,  that 
would  be  morder  in  the  first  degree.  If  he  formed 
the  intention  at  the  moment  of  strikins:  the  blow, 
it  would  be  murder  in  the  second  degree. 

The  jury  brought  In  a  verdict  of  manslaughter  in 
the  second  degree.  Assistant  District  Attorney 
Russell  then  moved  for  sentence.  The  prisoner  al 
the  bar  was  told  to  rise,  and  when  asked  what  hs 
had  to  say  why  judgment  should  not  be  pronounced 
against  him,  answered.  "Nothini;."  Judge  Brady 
then  told  mm  be  bad  been  tried    lairly    bv   a  jury, 

and  had  been  very  "successful"  in  getting  the  vep 
diet  that  be  dl(L    He  had  received  all  tbe  mercy  he 

was  entitled  to.  Judge  Brad>  then  spoke  of  tbs 
evils  following  intemperance,  and  said  it  waa  n» 
ccssary  to  set  an  example  in  this  case,  in  which  a 
life  had  been  taken  wantonly  and  without  proyoca> 
tion.  He  said  he  would  sentence  the  prisoner  to 
the  severest  punishment  for  the  offense— seven 
years' imprisonment  in  the  State  Prison.  By  good 
behavior  tne  pnsucei  could  have  28  months  of  thu 
remitted. 

COUBI  NOTES. 


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A  PARTNERSHIP  SUIT. 
The  suit  of  John  Olendorf  againt  Edward  W. 
Wilson  was  concluded  before  Judge  Robinson  in 
the  Special  Term  of  the  Conrt  of  Common  Fleas 
yesterday.  The  defendant,  by  consent,  vnthdrew 
bis  answer  and  allowed  the  plaintiff  to  take  judg- 
ment in  his  favor.  This  action  on  the  defendant's 
part,  however,  it  la  etipulated,  is  not  to  oe  con- 
strued as  an  admission  by  Wi  Ison  of  the  truth  of 
the  statements  in  tbe  complaint.  The  suit  is  one 
in  which  tbe  plaintiff  sought  a  dissolution  of  a  part- 
nership between  bim  and  the  defendant.  Tbe  firm 
was  engaged  In  tbe  business  of  (wioring,  reooloring, 
and  refiriug  teas,  and  tbe  plaintiff  oiaimed  he  bail 
been  Induced  to  enter  into  the  partnership  oy  false 
representations  on  the  part  of  tbe  defendant.  He 
claimed  tbat  the  lattor  deceived  bim  as  to  a  secret 
process  for  treating  musty  teas,  and  also  aa  to  the 
profirs  of  the  business.  By  tbe  judgment,  as  en- 
tered m  the  case,  the  plaintiff  Is  appointed  as  £e- 
ceiver  of  the  partnership  assets. 


THE  SUirON  PERJURY  TRIAL. 

The  trial  of  James  Sutton,  President  of  the 

AUUau  Pubhshlog  Compaav,  cliarged  with  peijoiy 

in  swearing  falsriy  to  tbe  Mnoont  of  hia  losses  by 

€f»UUt/t  ottai  ai  ,  tha  anauwua^  M>iam-Un».  Md; 


y^i 


The  sentence  ot  James  Bice,  convioted  in  tha 
Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  of  manslaughter  in  the 
third  degree,  was  adjourned  over  until  to-day. 

The  proposed  examination,  in  supplementary 
proceedings,  of  the  Police  Commissioners  in  the  suit 
of  ex-Serseant  Augustus  Miller  has  been  adjootned 
until  to-day. 

The  ■will  of  Commodore  Vanderbilt  eomes  up 
before^Snrrogate  Calvin  at  10  o'clock  this  mornlng> 
the  six  weeks  allowed  for  tbe  citation  of  witnessea 
who  were  in  Europe  having  expired.  j 

James  Jllolntyre,  aged  19,  of  No.  217  West  j 
Forty-ninth-etieet,  was  committed  for  trial  in  de<' 
fault  of  $1,000  bail  by  Justice  Flammer  vesterday.  i 
charged  with  having  stolen  two  handkerchiefs  from 
the  pocket  of  Mrs.  Frances  H.  Parker,  as  she  was 
^valkiug  along  Eighth-avenue, 

Thomas  P.  Nash,  of  No.  342  East  Tvrelfth- 
street,  the  waiter  who  broke  into   the- Lotos   Club 

on  tbe  night  of  the  17th  inst.,  and  attempted  t4 
carry  oft  a  quantity  of  silver  plate,  was  brought 
before  Judge  Sutherland  yesterday  and  sentence/ 
to  one  year  ia  the  Penitentiary. 

Letitia  Mitchell  has  brought  a  suit  in  the  Su- 
preme Conrt  for  an  absolute  divorce  from  ber  hus- 
band, John  Mitchell,  whom  she  charges  with  adnl< 
terv.  The  parties  were  married  at  Bath,  England^ 
21  years  ago.  and  have  three  children.  An  order  ot 
publication  of  tbe  summons  in  the  case  was  mad« 
by  Judge  Barrett,  in  Supreme  Court,  Chambers, 
yesterday. 

In  Part  XL  of  the  Court  of  General  Sessions 
yesterday,  two  notorious  young  thieves,  named 
Leonard  Wyfeoff  and  David  Skift,  who  were  detected 
in  the  act  of  committing  a  burglary  on  the  premisei 
of  B.  F.  Lieber,  No.  244  West  Forty -fourth-street, 
on  tbe  14th  inst.,  pleaded  gniltv.  Judge  Sutherland 
sentenced  them  to  two  years  and  six  months  in  the 
Slate  Prison. 

In  the  trial  of  the  case  of' Henry  H.  Boody 
against  William  B.  Ogden  and  others,  before  Jodgi 
Sedgwick,  in  the  Superior  Conrt,  Special  Term  yes- 
terday, the  plaintiff  was  called  as  a  witness  in  ra> 
buttal,  and  made  a  few  statements  In  opposition  ni 
the  testimony  brought  out  by  the  defense.  Mr. 
Niles,  defendants'  counsel,  then  began  bis  summing 
up,  and  had  not  concluded  when  the  court  was  ad- 
journed. 

Judge  Brady,  in  the  Court  of  Oyer  and  Ter 
miner,  failed  to  render  a  decision  yesterday  in  the 
matter  of  William  Connors,  who  is  charged  with 
having  been  an  accessory  after  the  fact  in  tbe 
Northampton  (Mass.)  Bank  robbisrv.  Tiie  Court 
held  tbat  unless  the  affidavits  on  which  the  requi- 
sition had  been  granted  were  submittfcd,  there  was 
no  option  except  to  discharge  th*  aocused.  The 
case  was  adjourned  to  Thursday  in  order  to  give  the 
prosecution  nn  opportunity  of  obtaining  the  requi- 
site affidavits. 

On  the  the  17th  inst.,  a  youth  named  Charles 
Scattergood,  aged  19,  who  has  been  in  prison  some 
four  or  live  times,  attempted  to  break  open  a 
window  in  the  basement  of  the  residence  of  Alfred 
Scbnmaker,  No.  107  East  ^itty-seveuth-street,  with 
tbe  intentiou  of  stealing  a  canary  and  cege.  He 
was  detected  and  handed  over  to  a  Police  officer, 
and,  in  Part  IL  of  the  Conrt  of  General  Sessions, 
yesterday,  a  jury  found  him  guilty  of  attempted 
burglary.  Judge  Sutherland  sentenced  bim  to  one 
year  in  the  Penitentiary. 

In  June  last  John  Rehis,  No.  139  East  Forty- 
firs  t-a  treat,  gave  a  gold  ring  be  got  from  his  wif< 
on  his  wedding-day  to  bis  friend,  Amos  Wood.  ■ 
jeweler,  to  have  it  rounded  off  on  the  edges  and 
chased.  Wood,  who  resides  at  Eigbty-sixtb-streel 
and  Second-avenue,  subsequently  met  with  !-» 
ver8<>s  in  business,  and  when  his  child  died  a  few 
months  ngo  he  was  compelled  to  pledge  the  ring  to 
get  money  to  pay  the  funeral  expenses  with.  A 
warrant  was  issued  for  his  arrest  at  the  Fifty- 
seventh-street  Court  for  obtaining  tbe  ring,  as 
alleged,  by  false  representations,  but  having  re- 
turned the  ring  betore  being  arrested,  he  was  dis* 
charged. 

The  base  of  Francis  Munson  against  the 
City  was  argned  yesterday.  The  action  is  one  ia 
equity  to  restrain  the  Controller  from  using  books 
01  registers  ia  which  to  filo  and  preserve  thu  bonds 
and  coupons  issued  bv  the  City.  It  appears  that  Con- 
troller Green  during  bis  administration  bad  aome 
200  immense  books  made,  in  which  were  to  be  pre- 
served after  payment  all  the  bonus  issued  by  tbe 
City,  numbering  some  30,000  or  4U,000  m  number, 
.and  also  all  the  coupons  annexed  to  the  bonds,  num- 
bering 1.800,000.  Mr.  Munson,  tbe  oomp<ainant, 
patented  tbe  'olan  used  hy  the  Controller  long  b» 
ford  Mr.  Green  came'  into  ofi9oe,  but  Mr.  Green  re- 
fused  to  recognize  the  patent,  saying,  "  You  may  aa 
well  patent  an  old  pair  of  shoes,  or  tbe  English 
language."  Siut  was  tbereupon  begun  against  the 
City,  and  the  matter  was  argued  very  elaborately  by 
Boyal  S.  Crsne.  for  the  complainant,  and  b.v  T.  B. 
Betts,  for  the  City.    Judge  Johnson  reserved  hit 

decision.  _^____ 

DAM.AQES  FOR  PKOPERTY  BOLD. 
The  case  of  De  Wint  Hoolc  against  th« 
Mayor,  &o.,  waa  tiled  before  Judge  Van  Brunt  aod 
a  jury,  in  Part  IIL  of  the  Supreme  Court,  ye•te^ 
day.  The  action  was  brought  to  recover  tbe  value  ; 
of  building  materials  wldeh  stood  M  portiou  of 
lota  of  land  taken  by  the  City  in  the  extension  aaC 
widening  of  Chnroii-atTeet.     under  Mie  aet  Mttktw^ 

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*W  i^  WgalrlDE  the  owners  of  the  bnildinga  to  re- 
jnOTe  them.  Thia  tie  ownera  refnsed  to  do,  knd 
tne  City  »old  the  buildings  aa  they  •tood  to  the  ftleh- 
««rt  btdoer.  The  platntlTs  store  brought  tl,500. 
The  liability  of  the  City  for  this  pnichase  price  not 
**jwi>?  dispnted,  an  offer  was  m&de  eome  time  ago  of 
into  91,500,  inolading  interest  from  the  date  of  sale. 
This  the  olaintiff  declined,  thinkinethat  by  proving 
Ta!Ti»  ha  comd  recover  more.  Judge  Van  Brant, 
iowever,  directed  a  indgment  in  his  favor  for  the 
11.500  only,  and  with  costs  np  to  the  time  of  the 
offer.  The  subatqnent  costs  are  to  be  paid  by  him, 
John  E.  Parsons  and  J.  Hooker  Haramersly  ap- 
peared for  the  plaintiff;  and  Charles  P,  Miller  tor 
the  City. 

AJtBESTED    ON   A.    VMARQE  OF  FORQEBY. 

Thomas  ^.  Jarvls,  aged  24,  employed  as  a 
elerk  in  the  World  ofBoe,  was  arraigned  on  the 
charge  of  forgery  yesterday  at  the  Washington 
Place  Police  Court.  The  afBdavit  against  him  set 
forth  that  on  Sept.  23,  iaat,  Jarvia,  while  in  the 
employ  of  a  blind  man  named  Henry  M.  Addey,  of 
Ko.  135  East  Thirty-flfth-street,  obtained  J18  27 
from  Messrs.  Bangs  Sc  Co.,  anctiooeers,  No. 
856  Broadway,  under  the  following  clrcamstaoces  : 
Itr.  Addey,  having  some  Talaable  books  which  he 
desired  to  dispose  o^  placed  them  in  the  aaction 
rooms  of  Bangs  Sc  Co.  On  Sept.  23,  Jarvis,  It  is 
alleged,  sent  a  note  purporting  tu  have  been  signed 
by  Mr.  Addey  to  the  auctioneers,  requesting  ihem 
to  send  him  the  amount  for  which  tne  books  had 
been  sold,  a  reaaesc  with  which  they  complied  by 
■ending  the  amount  specified  in  the  complaint,  and 
It  is  charged  that  Jarvls  pocketed  the  money.  So.m 
alter  thia  transaction  the  acctised  left  Addey'a  em- 
ploy, and  the  officer  who  was  assigned  to  look  out 
for  "him  traced  the  accused  to  the  yVorld  office.  He 
bleaded  not  guilty,  but  was  committed  in  default  of 
feoOObaiJ.  . 

UNIT3BD  STATES  SUPREME  COVRT. 

WABHEgGTON,  Feb.  26.— The  following  busi- 
feess  was  transacted  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
ITaited  States  to-day : 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Assist.mt  Attorney  General 
Smith,  Wilbur  F.  Lunt»  Esq.,  of  Biddeford,  Me., 
wa«  admitted  to  practice  aa  an  attorney  and  coun- 
■elor  of  this  conrt. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  George  G.  Wright,  S.  J.  R.  Mc- 
Millan, Esq.,  of  6t.  Paul,  MiDu.;  Angus  Cameron, 
Esq.,  of  La  Crosse,  Wis.;  and  H.  M.  Teller,  E>q.,  oi 
Central  Citv.  Col.,  were  admitted  to  practice  as  at- 
torneys and  counselors  of  this  court. 

AcUoumed  until  Thursday,  March  1,  at  13  o'clock. 


DECISIOlfS. 


8UPBEMK  COURT— CHAMBEB3. 

B]/  Judge  Lawrenci. 

MeManus  vs.  Reilly. — TUe  formur  judgment  wonld  ap- 
pear to  oe  comlosive  against  the  uefease  aou^bt  to  be 
kaaintaiued  in  this  actiua.  .^s  theileieudant.  honever, 
does  not  appear  to  have  been  represented  by  counsel 
who  was  ihi.roughly  acquainted  with  tho  facts  at  thf 
lime  the  motion  waa  denied  and  the  inquest  taUeu,  I 
Will  give  him  an  opportunity  to  be  heard  on  couditiou 
thar  the  judgment  stand  as  secarity  that  he  pay  $1U 
costs  of  motion,  and  proceed  lo  irial  on  Friday,  .viarch 
2.  1877,  maKlne  no  application  for  a  further  po&tpune- 
■lent  on  any  ground. 

Sail  vs.  Stewart.— The  rffldavlt  presented  should 
show  In  some  tnaaner,  not  only  that  the  pluintiif  nas 
made  diligeut  eiforcs  to  servo  the  de:eudaat,  i>ut  also 
from  whom  the  information  aa  to  the  det'endant's 
being  in  Biirope  is  derived.  As  the  nffidavit  st.inas, 
the  allegation  is  that  the  plaintift'  is  iulormed  and  be- 
Ueves.  &c.  These  defects  must  be  supplied  before  the 
order  cam  be  granted. 

The  People,  dtc,  vs.  The  Napa  Quickailver  Mining 
Company.— la  this  case  I  desire  to  hear  counsel  If 
there  are  no  assets,  and  if  all  the  former  assets  have 
iMen  distrlonted  by  the  Assienee  iu  bankruplcv,  I  do 
not  see  the  necessity  lor  appoiutiog  a  Receiver  to  receive 
tUe  assets  and  distribute  them  among  the  stock- 
holders. 

In  the  Matter  of  IrudZotc— Motion  to  confirm  the  re- 
port ot  the  (Jomiuisaiouecs  is  granted. 

in  the  Matter  of  Dur/ee,  <tc— Memorandum  for  conu- 
•el. 

Orders  as  Settled.— Iu  the  Matter  of  the  American  H.P. 
Maphine  Company;  In  ihu  Matter  oi  tiuardlon  Sav- 
teuoank. 

Beard  vs.  DelcVteM.— Memorandum  and  motion  for  an 
allowance. 

By  Judge  Davu. 

Englemann  vs.  Engtemann, — There  should  be  a  refe- 
euce  in  this  case  tu  ascertain  and  report  the  amount 
Unpaid.  The  court  will  not  order  judgment  on  the  ex- 
parte  af&davit  oT  the  plaintitl 

In  the  Matter  of  Melten Hearing  adjourned  to  Friaay 

next:  prisoner  remanded. 

Jiedelsheimer  vs.  £edtlshetner. — ^Decree  of  divorce 
granted  to  plaintiS 

Hoffman  vs.  Burte. — I  think  the  order  staying  the 
proceeamgs  waa  improperly  granted.  It  was  for- 
Didiien  by  rule  81, and  section  H'AS  of  the  Code.if  it  au- 
thorizes the  Judge  to  fix  the  amount  of  security  to  be 
given  in  order  to  stay  proceedings,  does  not  nuthurizo 
iha  Judge  to  stay  proceedinjis  till  snch  security  he 
glvan.  If  a  stay  of  111  davs  may  be  given  ioc  the  pur- 
pose of  enabling  a  party  to  had  sureii?s,  one  for  as 
many  weeks  or  months  may  be  given.  The  stay  seems 
to  have  been  unauthorized  and  must  be  vacated.  Mo- 
tion granted  with  $10  cu^ts. 

-'  By  Judge  Donohvt. 

Gran(e<2.— Lawrence  vs.  Tallmadge. 
By  Judge  Barrett. 

Smith  vs.  Adams. — I  desire  to  see  connsel. 

SCPBKMa  COURT — CIKCUIT— PAKT  II. 

By  Judge  Lawrence, 
See  Memorandums. — Hare,   &c.,   vs.   Baldwin  et    aL; 
Devlin  vs.  Brown,  jcc. 

SUPHKME  COURT— CIRCUIT— TABT  m. 

By  Judge  Van  Brunt. 

Bailey,  <tc,  vs.   Spofford  et  al. — Motion  denied.    The 

fcsues  made  by  the  amended  pleanings  are  the  only 

irtues  now  in  the  ca^e.  and  must  control  the  pl*ce  uf 

.  the  caose  upon  the  calend^ir. 

SUPREME  COURT— SPECIAL  TERM. 
By  Judge  Sedgwick. 
Reference  Ordered. — Caiy  vs.  Stevens  et  al.)  Oodilot  vs. 
fiazard. 

Ur.dertalnngs  Approved.— Daly  TS.  Jackson ;  Trasit  vs. 
fiimonds. 

Case  Ordered  on  J";^.- Pursell  vs.  The  N.  T.  Life  Insu- 
rance atid  Trust  Co. 

Commtisions  Ordered.— Torry  vs.   The  Qrant  Locomo- 
tive Works  ;  Hodman  vs.  BHrrett. 
.filark  vs.  h'tanaoan. — Order  denying  motion. 
Carv  vs.  Steveru  et  a2.— Order  authorizing  Receiver  to 
■ell,  &c. 

Boysrs  vs.  Hagan  et  al.;  Bapv  vs.  Stevpenheimer  et  aL— 
Ordered  od  calendar  for  second  Monday  of  March. 

McKennavt,  Orosby. — >os.  1,  3,  and  4.    Order  giving 
defendants  leave  to  serve  supplemental  answer. 
By  Judge  Freedinan. 
Neill  vs.   The  American  Popular  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany.— It  is  hereby  ordered   that   the  case  and  excep- 
tions herein  bo  filed  and  annexed  to  the  judgment  roIL 
iMddington   vs.    Bell. — boon    presentation   of   an   en- 
grossed or  printed  copy  of  the  case  as  settled,  the  order 
to  ^e  will  06  granted. 

COMMON  FI.BAS — BPECIAI.  TBBU. 

By  Chiff  Justice  Daly. 
Wagntr  vi.  Jones,  JarvU,  Jr.,  de.,  v$  Olm$Uai,—Cti»e 

Mttled. 

By  Judge  Van  Soesen. 

^avlor  M  Philip.— Caae  settled. 

MABETB  COimX — CUAKREBS. 
By  Judge  McAdam. 

Op<n/<m«Ffte(l.— Zelinkava  Kruskopt;  Amy  vs.  Stein; 
fisher  vs.  Morau ;  Clark  vs.  Jones. 

Oin*  vs.  Kneny.-JviAgjnfnt  for  defendant  on  the 
jDerlts,  with  costa  and  5  per  cent-  ailo'wancf-. 

Sams  vs.  Tilley. — The  issues  upon  this  motion  will  be 
/eferred  A.  C.  Anderson.  E.'-q.,  to  take  proofot'  the  facts 
jUBd  to  resort  same,  with  bis  opinion.    (See  papers. ) 

RiffiaTut  vs.  £udo2ph«. —Edward Jacobs,  Ksq., appointed 
Beceiver. 

WaUman  vs.  .Ttn!;— Default  opened  on  terms. 

lAppe  vs.  McCollum. — Attachment  ord.  red  against 
witness  unless  he  appears  on  the  28th  last,  and  sub- 
xolts  to  an  examination. 

Motions  Granfed.— dveriU  vs.  Talor;  Weston  vs. 
ShooK;  Hyman  vs.  Dutch;  Cahill  vs.  Qppenbeim; 
Armitagevs.  O'Shanghnessy  ;  Gross  vs.  Cnlbertson. 

Ba%l  Exonerated  on  Terms.— Fiiana  ys.  Davis  (  Hol- 
lander vs.  Uavis;   Spnugain  vs.  Davis. 

Jaeger  vs  Bucker.—OTier  settled. 

Carol  vs.  Jfoe  —Complaint  uismissed. 

Saenger  vs.  Stttgas. — Prisoner  discharged. 

Vnthatu  vs.  Porter. — Amendment,  allowed. 

OhriatopJUTSon    vi    Wiuon. — Receiver    authorized    to 

«eli 

Bilton  vs.  Scarfes.— Judgment  for  plaintiff  on  answer 
•a  fiivoloua. 

Bv  Judge  Sinnoft. 

McDonald  vs.  CavoTuiutr/i.- Default  opened  on  terms. 

Casts  Settled  and  Filed.— Yoa  Briessen  ya.  Wulflng  ; 
S«oit  vs.  Drennan;  .Winons  vs.  Claik. 

Appointed  Aoritur.— Ualsey  ys.  Baker,  Lawrence  A. 


COVRT  CALEN DARS—TSrS  DAT. 

SUPERIOR  COURT — 8PBCIAL  TERM. 
Held  by  Sedgwick.  J. 
Case  on— Mo.   64— Boody  vs.  TUden  let  al.    Mo  other 
ease  will  be  called  this  term. 

Superior  Court,  General  Term ;  Superior  Court,  Trial 
TeroL,  Parts  I..  IL,  and  III.,  and  Common  Pleaa,iQeneral 
and  Equity  Terms,  adjourned  for  the  term. 
8UPRS3IS   COURT — CHAMBERS. 

Stli  by  Barrett.  J. 
Soa. 


jJfoS. 

109— Black  Hirer  Iron  and 
M.  Co.   Vi.  Thomp- 
son. 
185— Murphy  vs.  Moses. 
.  15— Adams    vs.    Cappar- 
dachL 

52— 'Pinckneyva.  Kennedy 

60— Bryan  vs.  PaoU  Belt 
to. 

86— Eeinach  TS.Rmlthers. 

68— Mills  vs.  Kodewold. 

71 — Bryau  vs.    Paoli  Belt 
Ca,  (two  motions.) 

81— Linz  vs.  Hausmann. 

83— Sleight  vs.  Cady. 

84 — Oonobue  vs.  Cady. 

8d— Doll  vs.  Inness. 

87— Aame  vs.  Same. 

92— The  Mayor,  &c.,  tb. 

Tenth  Nat.  Bank. 
9S— Board  of  Supervisors 

Ts.  Tradobmen' sB '  k. 
M— The  Mayor,  kc.,  vs. 

Tradesmen's  Bank. 
M— Matter  of  WUttelaey. 

MUoomnMOoingat  Ho.  20L 

•OFBSMB  COnBT— 8FKCIAL  IXBM. 
Hsia  by  Van  Vartt,  J. 


99— MaharTS.Tho  Mayor, 

tc. 
100— HamiU  TS.Tb«  Mayor, 

&c 
101— Dowoey      vs.       Tne 

Mayor,  be. 
102— Ford  vs.  The  Mayor, 

&c. 
115- Matter  of  Cockroft. 
116— First  Nat.B'k.of  Coop- 
,  erstown  vs.  Beals. 

113 — Sweet  vs.  Adams.  • 
iv*— Stewart  vs.  Harris. 
127— Dlnkeupiel  ra.  Levy. 
185— Bryan  va.  PaoU  Belt 

Co. 
141— Clegg      vs.     Elastic 

Truss  Co. 
146— Eooney  vs.  Eruget. 
157 — Miller  vs.  Senior. 
164— Broogh  vs.Van  Wart. 
177— Krkenbraoh  ys.    Br» 

kenbraoh. 
187— Brown  vs.  Brown. 


U'. 


Mm.       Demurrers. 

68— Taylor  vs.  Hoche. 
<18»— Busteed  t*.  Busteed. 
34X— Stenbreobex  va.  Bey- 
er etai. 
lis— Hatch  vs.  Atlantlo  Ji 

Pacific  TeL  Co. 
114 — Kinney  vs.  Cohen. 
115— Xlnneyva-Basohet  al 
67— beirlot  va.  Herrlot. 
ili-^Ltd  TB.  0.  S.  Lifaliu. 

Co.  of  H.  T. 
7i— Andrews  et   aL  tb. 

Ryan. 
87— Alden  vs.  Dioaay. 
39— Oreen  ra.  ifPt^'"*'  et 
aL 
084— Whiting  -n.    G«arty 

et  al. 
110— Auffarth  TIL  Bc^bum- 

dekeet  aL 
iSU-ttu  Kyok  rt.  Cory. 
W— tefsowB  0k  tin.  At- 
laotlo  Mat,  Bank. 


Nos. 

67— Waterburj<Ti.  FenUm 

etaL 
63 — Bmmseheidt     et   aL 
vs.  Bissinger  et  aL 
86— Semple    et     al.     vb. 

Smythe  et  al. 

9S — Veiller  vs.    Kings   Co. 

Manufacturing    Co. 

380— The  Mayor, kc,Ts.U'n 

Ferry  Co.  of  B'alyn. 

65— Am.  Female  Qnardian 

Hoc  vs.  The  Mayor, 

&c. 

46 — Ford  vs.  Conner  et  aL 

129 — Bamett  vs.  Zaobariaa 

150-^osepbtbal  et  aL  vs. 

Steffen  et  nL 

103— Locke  vs.  Locke  et  aL 

80— Buckley  et  ai.  vs.  The 

Mayor,  bo. 

206— Helas  et  aL  tb.  Slerin. 

U9-Buel,  to,  Tt,  fauM  tt 


■QPBIIB  CODBT— UIROUIT— FABI L 
JSsltf  bv  Dcitolm*,  J, 

»o  ,.,.,  Soa. 

2011— ItodmanvB.  King. 

2501-tiiU  et  aL   vs.   Con- 
ner. 
1— Latourette     Tersus 
Clark. 

1518— Brown  ts.   Decker. 

2364—1116  Excelsior   Pet. 

Co.  vs.  Fowler,  ko. 

902^8— Henlin  vs  Powej-s. 

4207— Gr;iyet  aL  vs.  Jobes. 

2803— Laflin  &  Band  Pow- 
der Ca  vs.  Gal- 
laudet. 

2849— Frane  vs.  The  Del. 
Lack,  t  W.  R.  R.  Co. 

2«71— Archer  vs.  O'Brien. 

2909— Breeu  vs.  Mulock 
et  al. 

2943— Kinney  va  Basch  et 


nl. 


Her- 


2995— Springer    vs. 
man. 

3007— Hughes  vs.   Rubens. 

3009 — Same  vs.  Same. 

1657— Goldsmith  vs.  Daly 
etal. 

1583— Collins  vs.  The  May- 
or, &.O. 

1341— Fitzpatrick  vs.  The 
Mayor,  Jic 

1436— Purcell  vs.  The  May- 
or, ioc. 

1437— Hayes  vs.  The  May- 
or, Jtc 

2769— Vos  vs.  Third  Ave- 
nue R.  R.  Co. 

2721 — Theleman,  vs.Eman- 
uel. 

2913— Aden  et  al.  vs.  Ache- 
son  et  al. 

3679— uogatzski  vs.  Bo- 
gatzskt. 

3785- Ubrig  vs.  Brodie  et 
al. 


31U3— Erencli  et  al.,  ho., 
ys.  Gearty  et  al. 

3127— Caesar  vs.  Kmger. 

2979— Butler.  Jta,  va,  Sey- 
mour, Ice. 

3153— Butler,  kc,  yerauB 
Phyfe  et  aL 

3155— Butler,  to.,  ys.Freu- 
deofels  et  al. 

3167— Butler,  kc,  TB.Drey- 
fooset  sL 

2743— CIman  vs.  Daniels. 

1963— Erwin.  t&,  vs.  Mev- 
ersink  Steamboat 
Co. 

4391— Bemington,  Jr.,  vs. 
Westt'FDian. 

2819— People's  Bank  tb. 
Bogart  et  aL 

2825— Clark,  Jr.,  vs.  Ball 

3135— Mack  vs.  Meagher. 

3169— Bvrdvs.  Rodmaa. 

3173 — Hmith  vs.  Overmann 

3l75 — Smith  vs.  Ka.yne  et 
ul. 

3177- FRWCelt  tb.  Mc- 
Caffrey. 

3030 — Crusaman  vs.  Bow- 
laud  .  t  al. 

2755— Norton  vs.American 
Binz  Co. 

3109— .Mo  Keen  vs.  DonneiL 

3187 — Fowler.  Jr.,  versus 
'Cooper. 

3195- Adier  vs.  Ninth  Nat. 
B'k  of  N.  Y. 

3197— Have  vs.  Little. 

3201— Thompson  vs.  Pran- 
karJ. 

3203— D«-gcner  et  aL  vs. 
Pacific  Bank. 

3205— Lester  vs.  VVolfit 

3211— v\hitfleld  va.  ArenB- 
berg. 


BOPRKME  COURT- CIKCUrr— PART    U. 

Held  by  Lawrence,  J. 
Noa. 


Nos. 

10.S6— Schell  vs.  Collier. 

211U — \>rt  Lavaletce  versns 

Weiidt. 
1550— Foilenbee  ys.  Sllyer- 

stone. 
2786— Vial  vs.  The  Mavor. 

tc, 
3444— Lituauer  vs.  Conner. 
Ib'iiO— Schmid  et  al.  versus 

lli.g. 
1 644 — M  c  LaneUamil  ton  vs. 

Kno. 
1 66-t — Tuuison  va.  Camp. 
1398— U.    S.      Spring    Bed 

<  o.  vs.  Conner,  kc. 
1830— VToodrutt  vs.  Liver- 

P'liil  y.  Ins.  Co. 
1862— Elliott  vs.  .Ailem<«nia 

Fire  Ins.  Co. 
1852 — Mathes  vs.  .sanborn. 
1740— Bcrge  vs.  McNlff. 
1062 — Custance  vs.  Burr. 


I7a4— Elliott     vs.     West- 
chester Fire  I.  Cii. 
1G94— Gaily  vs.  Keys  et  aL 
19i:4— fjcodeld  vs.  Conner, 

kc. 
1926 — ugden    vs.    Conner, 
.  kc. 

826>3— vVhittaker  vs.Pet- 

treicQ. 
1742— Grauer    Cotton  Gin 

MTg     Co.     vs.    ^. 

Y.  Cottoa  MTg  Co. 
3254— Canning     vs.     The 

Mnvor.  kc. 
1826— Baliard  vs.  Schack- 

eitord. 
1824 la— Smith  vs.  Wright 
3486— Whiteman   vs.   The 

Mayor,  kc 
1844— Durkin  vs.  Allerton 

et  al. 
2552— Lewis  vs.  Chicago  k 

C.  Tea  Co. 

BUPRBMB   COURT— CIRCUIT— PART  m. 
ifcid  by  Van  Brunt.  J. 
Nos.  I  Nos. 

1879— Murphy  y3.The  May-  llfJl— Sullivan  vs.Johnson 
or.  kc. 


FUSANGIAIj  AFFAncSr^. 


"->  **00  V.  T.  a  fc  H......  83 


1549"a— Hickey     vs.    The 
Mayor,  kc. 
803  V- Jones  vs.  The  May- 
or, kc. 
569 — Lj'nch  vs.    Kiernan. 
1494 — Crow  vs.  Knapp 
1801— Soflildys.  Compton. 
18U9— Moody    et    aL    vs. 
PeU, 


1913— Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co. 
vs.  Uowlaud  et  aL 

1097— Norton    vs.     Buchy, 
et  aL,  kc. 

2169— Abrahams    tb.    Hy- 
man. 
SlS^Ha — Novelty  I'n  Works 
vs.  Marsb  et  al. 

1438— Hovt  et  aL  yB.Mohol- 
son. 


Nos. 


COUMON  PI.EAS— TRIAL  TBRU — ^FABT  L 

S»ld  by  Van  Hoesen,  J. 
Nos. 


362— McGulrevs.  N.T.C.  k 

H.  K.  K.  K.  Co. 
966— Amsdell    vs.  Garde, 

ko. 
,<?o5 — banks  vs.  Carter. 
715 — Russell  va  Helms. 
1121 — iilisemaD  vs.  Maver. 
Ilii5— CoDueil  vs.  MitohelL 
274— Kearney  vs-Blakely. 
874— Buckley  vs.  Western 
K.  K.  Col 
1108— l^avis  vs.  Dry  Dock, 
K.  B.  k  B.  R.  R.  Co. 
885— Dilger    vs.    MoDon- 

0U;rh. 
465 — Sterniierger  vs.  Mo- 
Govern. 
965— Bnpiis,  Jr..  vs. West- 
cheater  Fire  Idb.Co. 
1182— Hodges     vs.     Mus- 
pratt.  tOM 

COMMON    PLBA8— TBIAL   rKRM— PART  H. 
Seld  by  Larremore,  J. 
Nos. 
Gu4— Tho  tf.  T.  Life  Ins. 

Co.  vs.  Crorier. 

314— Ui-vlui  vs.  Gal  lasher. 

1097— Uhlman  vs-Hayinan. 

I215^~liifterdecker  versus 

Gotlw.ild. 

3B5— Baciiugiiam  ya.N.Y. 

I  .  k  tt.  tt.  R.  K.  Ca 

1050- Lawrence  et  aL  vs. 

The  Uavor.  kc. 
735 — Muachum  vs.  Camp- 

btlL 
738— Brower  vs.    Camp- 
bell. 
737— Lodiulg    vs.    Camp- 
be  I L 
7:56- Hunt  vs.   C.impbelL 
lilt;- Kinkel  vs.  The  May- 
or, kc. 


959 — HevdeclcervaCamp. 
12o6— Peun.    Hor.    tio.    vs. 

Webster. 
1342— B'wbv  Stable  Co.  vs. 

Conner.     • 
1223— Mcluiyre    vs.    Car- 
loU. 
865— Fi.vnn  vs.  Dayton. 
352 — Giles  vs.  Wetzlar. 
y45 — Dean  vs.  Brown. 
284 — .Hott  vs.  Consumers' 
Ice  Co. 
1070— U.  S.  Reflector    Co. 
V9.  Kuston. 
899 — .inurews  va.  Farley 

PI  al. 
688 — Scnenck  vs.  Barker, 
1103— Palmer    vs.     <"lark 

kc. 
1209— Mulcahv  y8.N.T.Fl'g 
U.y  Dock  Co. 


KOS. 

1160— Pitch  VB.  Bergen. 

56(>— Sheiiy  vs.  Yard.  Ir. 

1454 — Towlevs-The  Mayor. 

7rf9— Kisuer  v.*.  -Murgau. 

785— Douuellv     vs.     The 

Mavor,  kc. 

1126— McGuwan    vs.    Mc- 

Cowan. 
1090— llaubert  vs.   Lerch. 
786— Sihroeder   va    Leu- 

bustiier. 
1 093— Raiuey  vs.  81mw. 
1136 — Lew  vs.  Potsdrim. 
497 — Brown  vs.Pattersiiu 
Syt-  W.^alden  vt  Sehaai. 
1066 — Cohu.    kc,  va   Cot 
iier, 
907 — tfchermerhoin      v» 
Devlin. 


COMMOS  PLEA*— TliL».L  TBB..I— PART  Ul. 

BtldbyJ.  F.  Daly.  J. 

843— Second   Nat.   Bk.    of 
Pati-rson  va  Porter 
etnl. 
1190— Seaman   et  aL     vs. 
^'oouan. 


Nos. 

4;i3 — Browervs.  Day  r  on. 
1U79— .-^pi-ucer va  CBrlin. 

730 — lioe  et  aL  v-<.Briiphy. 

837— Walsh  vs.  N.  Y.  Fi'tg 
Dry  Dock  Co. 

MABC<'E  COD  UT— TRIAL  TBBU— PART  L 
Ad)Liurned  for  the  term. 

MARISE  CUURT  — rdlAL   TERM- PABTCL 

Held  by  Ootoo.  J. 

N'ns. 

.T7i5 — "^hnne  vs.  Brr^an. 

5SSo— Mills  vs.  Blout. 

■jys7 — ^uich  vs.  iiorsev. 

26j7 — il:inuelick  vs.  San- 
ders. 

5S32— Ueriz  VS.  Schachtel. 

7402— Hfimuerger  versus 
Brooks. 

7435 — Clemoijt  v.-i.   Moran. 

o-j6ii— Wauderiich  vs.tirnst 

0902 — hrowu  vs.  Faiiev. 

5908 — Camuiau  vs.  Doll  et 
al 

5682— Koeller  vs.  Young  et 
al. 

9173— Tho  Brooklyn  Bank 
vs.  Meaard  et  aL 

6820— Pangburn  et  ai  vs. 

Coht-n. 
5564 — Turnbull  vs.  Reed. 
6'J4o — Metz  vs.  Aaron  ec  aL 
5188— Neville     vs.    Kusen- 

thaL 
4G72— Brid  vs.  S'one  et  aL 
5850 — K  o:;sgaard  vs.  Kut- 

mff  et  al. 
8937— Fadden  vs.  Buchran. 
5430— Mc.^ulay  vs.  Li-vy. 
4562 — Pforzhcimer    versus 

Tucker. 
5716— Phillips  vs.  Lewis  et 


5904— tirrk  vs.  Knight. 
57.'>2 — Rei-ves    vs.     >iO"d1e. 
6917 — Pectscb  vs.  Bigeiow. 
5!l.)0— sbreliau  vs.  Buier. 
0918— .McGuire   et   aL    vs. 

Van  lerbilt. 
594G — Riioeiisieinvs.  Bren- 

iian. 
6877 — Lanipert  vs.   Malloy 

el  aL 
5926— Mechanics'  Nat  B'k. 

vs.  Shaw  et  al. 
8743— Hyiiti  vs.  King. 
5575 — Beckendorf  vs.  Puck 

et  iiL 

4295— w  agner  vs.  Welsner. 

.5u2 — l>!it«-rv8.  Pa.vne. 
4043 — Lowt-nsteln    versus 

KUas. 
5815— Eiisraeyer      versus 

Gol-.isiein. 
5853— Kshcr  va.  Clark  . 
4932— Oouagan  ec   aL    va> 

Stciawev  et  al 
7551— Maiiufs.'  &  Builders' 

Hank     vs.      Corust 

et  nl. 
5928— BticKel  et  aL  Tersus 

liffhr. 
5023 — Who.-U-r  vs. Damon  t 
7645 — Smith  vs.  Uraher. 
66j9— Leary  et  aL  vs.  Kia- 

mer. 


6629 — Le.iry  et   al.  versos 

Kramer. 
3916— McGiDOis  et   aL  vs. 

U'shea. 

MABIKE  COURT — TBIAL  TEBU     FAST  IU. 

Etld  by  ainnott.  J. 

Nos.  Nos. 

5819— Gedney  vs.  Coimer.  (iOOG — Cordts  vs.Horstman. 
7124 — Lotii  vs.  Krakaiier.  5694 — Orassmuck  et  aL  vs. 
',^946— Gallagher  vs.  OeL  k  Dmsmore,  kc. 

Lack.  R.  B.  Co. 

COURT  OF  GENERAL  SESSIONS- PART  L 
Held  by  Hackett,  J. 
James  Sutton,  peijorv,  fcoatlnueo.] 

COURT  OF  GEXEBAL  BESSIO.S'S- FART  Q. 
Heltl  bu  Sutherland,  J. 

Joseph  Cobarn,   feloalouslliary  Ann  Kelly,  laroeny. 
assault  and  battery.         | 

COURT  OF  OTER  AND  TERMINSB. 
Held  by  Brady,  J. 

Oonnetti    Rossi,    Baphsel' Warren   W.    Herriak,   for- 
Serephino,  manslaughter.  1     gery. 

EXTSTAORDJIfART  SCEXE  IN  A  OHVROh. 
Recently,  at  the  Whitehayen  Polioe  Court, 
Bey.  Edward  S.  Goodbart,  of  Harrington,  £bg., 
summoned  Mr.  Abrsbam  Kendall,  a  brewer  and 
churchwarden  of  Harrington,  for  assaulting  him  in 
church,  on  Snndav  evening,  the  28th  ult.  Mr. 
Ooodhart  stated  that  he  bad  a  living  in  Owasby, 
Lincolnshire,  but  being  in  ill-health  he  had  permis- 
sion frdm  the  Bishop  to  stay  at  Harrington  and  of- 
ficiate there.  He  had  been  in  India,  and  had  suf- 
fered from  jungle  fever,  and  wa«  yery  nerroufl. 
On  tbe  night  in  question  he  waa  very  unwell,  and 
being  short-sighted  could  not  read  tbe  lesaona 
well.  After  service,  when  he  went  into  the  vestr.y, 
Mr.  £endall  said  be  was  beastly  drunk,  and 
called  him  a  scoundrel,  telling  him  to    "get  out  of 

this,     you     scoundrel."    Mr.    Kendall   then 

seized  hold  of  him  by  ibe  coat  and  sbovad  bim  out 
of  tbe  church,  making  him  fall  on  the  pavementand 
iBJuring  hij  wnst.  He  denied  that  he  was  umnk— 
ail  tbe  drink  he  bad  that  day  was  about  six-penny 
worth  of  whisky  mixed  with  eggs.  Mr.  Kendall 
also  charged  Mr.  Goodbart  with  assaulting  him. 
He  said  Wmt  as  soon  as  be  heara  the  clergyman  be- 
gin to  read  tbe  lessoos  he  knew  that  something  waa 
wrong.  Several  persona  left  the  church  during  the 
service,  and  from  tbe  manner  in  which  the  clergy- 
man caught  hold  of  the  rail  in  ascending 
the   pulpit   he    was   Bure   he   wa«   draok.     Be 

could  make  nolhing  of  tbe  clergyman's  sermon  or 
text.     AH  be  understood  waa  chat  he   said   he   bad 

beeo  in  a  land  wnere  honey  dropped  from  rooka 
and  milk  flowed  from  cows,  llaugbterj  and  he  (Mr. 
Kendall)  thought  tho  clergyman  had  got  a  good  |lot 
of  it  that  dav.  ILianghter.  |  He  tolU  Mr.  Good  - 
heart  he  was  a  disgrace  to  the  oburoh.  Tbe  olergy  • 
man  accused  him  of  being  drunk,  aad  Mr.  KendiJl 
replied :  "  Well,  the  most  drunken  man  must  gu 
out  first."  Both  caught  hold  of  each  otbar  by  the 
ooatoMlara,  and  the  clergyman  fell  out  of  the  door. 
3S««wtt»standing  that  Dr.  IMck  said  the  elergymon 
waa  •cAatiBg  from  nervousness,  Mr.  KendaU  awore 
pOBMiTely  that  he  was  drunk.  He  had  bean  drink- 
UfC 'M'OE  Whisky.  He  called  Mr.  Goodheart  a 
fia«naerai  drunkard,  aa  ha  saw  him  stagger 
agatBac  the  oburoh  door.  Witnesses  expressed  the 
optetontaM  Mr.  Gooobeart  waa  tipsy,  but  the 
M  aglatrates  fined  Hr.  KendaU  115  for  assault.  Ihe 
oourt  waa  crowded. 

A  BOY  FATAJjLT  SHOT  IN  VERMONT. 
YKsaKxrVfa,  Feb.  36. — James    Baker,  a    boy 
13  years  old,  irm  thok   aaA   fauily  wouaded  this 
ghflottog  irMtooi* 


IALB8   AT  T8B  STOCK  KXCRAJUQ^r-VZB.  26. 

QOTSRIWRHT  BTOOKS— 10:13  AND  1V.30  A.  M. 

•10,000  u.  s.  es.  81.    $10,0000.  s.  e-20  b., 

B. 12.111«^ 


68 lU^B 

11.000  U.  8.  6b.  "81, 

C 109>? 

6.000   do b.e.l09% 

10,000   da..b.cB3.109^ 

4,000   do b.c.109% 

10.000  0.  8.  6b,  '81.,  ,_^, 

K. 109>« 

6.000  D.  B.  6s,  C.b.0.122<>B 


6,000   do b.o.lll'a 

10.000  D.  S.  6-20  C, 

'86  ».-...  12. 108*4 

4.500   da cl08«b 

8,000  U.  H.  5-20  C 

'67 12;ill«B 

10,000  U.  8.  6-20  C, 

'68. 1U\ 

1,000   do 12.114BB 

BALES  BKFOBB  THE  CALL— 10  A.  U. 

flOODeL  k  Hud 47     400  St.  Paul  Pt 47»s 

200 
300 
SOU 
100 

loo 

300 
200 
200 
*200 
100 
luo 

lOO 

200 

200 

1000  West.  Un. 

500 

800 

1000 

6;iO 

300 

400 

tiOO 

300 

400 

800 

1200 

200 

100 

300 

300 

900 

600 

auo 

100 
700 
1700 

voo 

300 
400 

2200  Pac  M:iil 

100      do o. 

25      do 

100     do 

100  Erie  Rail 83. 

600  Mtuii.  (eu. 4U34 

600     do 4o7g 

400     do 41 

100     do c.  40'g 

800     do 4o7g  ; 

300     do 41 

900     do 41!^ 

300     do 41'2  : 

200  Ceo.  of  N.  J..s3.  10>-j 

45     do 10«« 

REJiT  ROARO— 10:30  A. 
$10,000  Tenn.  6s,oId.  43   600  Erie  Ball b.0. 


io,OUO  Q.  K.  &  I.  1st,     900  Micb. 

L  g b.c.  85      800 

3,000  N.  J.  C.  Ist,n.l06  300 
2,000  ».  J.  C.  con  v..  65  100 
1.000  N.  W.  C.  C.  O.  90«s  500 
2,000C.  kN.W.con..I04  100 
2,000  Al.  k  8.  2d.b.c  90     ttOIT 

lu,000  U.  k  St.  J.  8s,  ML 

couv. 80Vi  SCOTf, 

6,000  M.  ii.  St.  P.  2d.  91*8  100 
1,000  L.aiBt  con.  R.  108  400 
6,0OOMich.  C.  7B....104     200 

3,000  N.  Y.  C.  Ist.C.llS'a  200 

3,0U0  Ohio  k  Miss.      2O0 

c.  B.  f 89   100 

6,000  St.  L.kLM.  1st.  98^4  1200 

1,000   do 98»a  liiO 

1,00  iC.  k'lol.  8.  f..l08  140 
6,000  4,tJ«rL  g...l02^«  JOO 
2,00«3^&l'ac.  B.  I..  !  6  400 
10,000'«P5Pac.  1st.. .10334  ^00 
4,000  D.  k  H.  R.  '9 1 .  94  200 
2.0OU  D.  k  H.  O.  '04.  88>4  400 
3.0OO  D.  k  H,  R.  '84.  92  100 
',^,000  L.k.N.CoD.'98  02  500 
1.000  Can.  80.  1st,     300 

with  iot-cer.  49   500 
3,000  Tol.  &  W.  1st.      70 

X  coupon....  90 >4  500 

4,000  Long  Uk 108      200 

4.000  Ccn.Pac.  gold.l06>4  40 
1,500  Miir.k  Us.  Isl..  114      100 


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41»8 

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418b 


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200 
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do »2V 

do »2H 

do sSa  91 

do 92^ 

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do 921* 

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do b60.  91 

do 921* 


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Monday.  Feb.  26— P.  M. 

Biuliiess  on  the  Stock  Exchange  to-day 
was  aotiye,  tbe  entire  tnuuaotions  amountins 
to  191.735  abarea,  which  embraced  56,620  West* 
era  UniOTi,  41,100  Lake  Shore,  22,600  Delaware, 
Lackawanna  and  Western,  20.800  New-YoKk 
Central.  13,400  Michigan  Central,  8,400  St. 
Paul,  7,070  Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal,  6,125 
Pacific  Mail,  3,100  North-western.  2,850  Book 
Island,  2,500  Hannibal  and  St.  Jgaeph.  andLdrO 
Erie. 

A  prominent  feature  in  the  speculation  was 
tbe  continued  weakness  exhibi^d  by  New- 
York  Central,  which  was  Ireeiy  pcessed  for 
sale,  and  declined  from  93Vft  to  9lV6,  with 
olosing  traB^oBboa  ac  92Vft.  Tbe  thtieatened 
legal  proceedings  to  contest  tbe  will  ot  tbe 
late  Commodore  -Vanderbilt  were  again  used 


to-day  against  tbu  atook.  „  Tbe  depression  waa — tonohed  haying  been  83,  91,  and   94   respeot- 


10  B'k  ol  Com. II4I4 

20  Uaauver  Bank...  92 

6  Met.  Brink 134 

20HaiketBauk 110 

'.^5  Bk.  ot  N.  Y 11713 

lOU  yulcUsil'r  Pf.b.c.  21 
250  Uei.  k  HuU...b.c.  47 


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do 9134 

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500  do Ol^s 

1500  «lo S3.  913* 

500  Panama b.c.  126 

10  111.  cen b.c.  61% 

400  L.  S.kM.S....l;.c.  48>8 


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48     1100  do.. 

47'*  700  do.. 

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47'4l2O0  do 

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47»-j    60  C,  C.  C.  k  I..b.c. 

..s3.  47V1O0  do 

100  At.  k  Pac Tel.  be    18     IVIOOCkN.  VV b.c. 

60  do opg.    18%!200C.  kN.W.Fl...b.c. 

100  do 1«»4  200  da sOa  6II9 

13U.  a  Ki 48    llrOC.  of  N.J b.c  10^ 

30  111- b.c.  48       100  C.  k  H.  L..b.c.s3.  OOifl 

2oOWest.Ln. b.c  OHTgioo  Wab.  l»ur.   Coui. 


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100  a.  kBt.J Uc   10>4 

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100  H.  k  Hu  J.  Pt.Uc  20% 
luUOhlokM o.u.     6H1 


Rc'c's.Uc.b3.      6>4 

400  do 6>4 

-'OOa.  M.  kSt.P.b.c  17% 

6uO  do 83.   17>a 

luo  do b:^.  17% 

400  do 17'ij 

lUO  C.  M.    k    St.    P. 

Pf. b.c.c  47% 

do 47% 

do 47>4 


800 

400 

■MU  D. 

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,L.  A  W....bjv  6II4 
do ^"  61  i.. 


Ue,  te  prevent  tlie  Eleetoral  ComxalBsion  irom 
completm^  its  aatiea  in  proper  ■eases,  » 
sharp  advance  took  place  and  the  pnoe 
rose  to  105%.  Later,  whe^^*  -^as  re- 
ported that  the  more  conrarvative  ot 
tbe  Democratic  members  were  disinclined 
to  cooperate  in  the  revolutionary  schemes  of 
.the  extremists,  tbe  pnoe  reacted  and  closed  at 
105.  The  announcement  that  Secretary  Morrill 
would  probably  issae  a  call  for  $10,000,000  old 
18658  either  this  afternoon  or  to-morrow  also 
contributed  to  tbe  weakness  of  tbe  market  in 
tbe  late  dealings.  The  rates  for  Qold  Loans 
ranged  from  1  to  3  ^P"  cent,  for  carrying. 

Government  bonds  were  weak  and  declined 
%  <»'  cent,  for  registered  68  of  1881,  %  for  old 
18658,  and  ^  9  ^4  ¥*  cent,  for  the  other  Issues. 
Tbe  market  was  afifeoted  by  the  announoemetit 
that  a  call  ior  $10,000,000  would  be  made,  and 

by  continued  sales  on  the  part  of  holders  who 
tntead  to  purchase  tbe  new  4\i  V 
cent,  bonds.  Sailroad  bonds  were  irregu- 
lar, some  important  chances  taking  place. 
There  was  a  decline  of  3^  ^  cent,  in  Delaware 
and  Hudson  registered  of  1894.  3  ^  cent,  in  do. 
et  1884,  and  1  V  cent,  in  do.  of  1891,  the  prices 


do 61% 

do 61*4 

do 61% 

do 61»Q 

do 61% 

10.Mor  kBa 803^ 

100  do b.c.  8034 

20  Alb.  k  3 b.c  70 

luo  CbL  «t  Alt. 85>4 


BALF.S  IlEFOBH  TBB    CikLL— 13:30  P.  U. 
SIC.OOOD.  8.10-40  0.109%  700  Lake  Shore. ..s3.  48% 


15,000  U.  a.  i'-2  Ri-.-lOti"* 
1,000  tiaL  kC.    Ibt.l0o 

1.000       do. Wbh 

10,000  D.  kll.  R.,'94.  83 
Vi.OOO  O.  ic  H.  K.,'S4.  91 
10.000  .1.  J.  C.  Is    n.  10534 
6,000  M.  kK.  78,'71.100 
6,000  M.k.S.P.8s.  1  St.  1 14% 
1,000  C„  K.  l.kP.7i.l07 

lOObeLkHud 47% 

100  do 47 

100  do 46% 

100  'lo 4634 

1 00  Quicksilver. 14 

7iit.  v>eei.   Un. 0:«='4 

•JOO  do b3.  U:<% 

l-.iO  do b;l  6.-1% 

OdO  do 63% 

700 Pac  Mall 2i''ti 

400  do 83.  24^4 

000  do 24i'4 

100  Mich.  (  en 41% 

1000  do 41 

100  N.  Y.  Ceu.  «t  U.. ..  'J:  's 
IKO  do 9134 

500  do b3.  91% 

Vi30  do 91^4 

400  do 91% 

6i  0  do 91H 

100  do s3.  91% 

100  do 9l>4 

200  do 91% 

IdO  Krle    Rail elj.      7% 

33  P  mama 125 

loo  North-WfS.ern...  .'i3U 

500  do 3a'. 

100  North-west.  Pf...  61  % 
iOOO  do 6IB4 


2000  do 48 

100  do 3-  43 

v!300  do 47T9 

5oO  do 83,  4734 

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■J500  d<.....-:'Ti83^R% 

■2800  do 47»'j 

1600  do 47% 

38C.,C„C.  k  I '<!6 

35  New-Jersey 136 

1"0  do i:h5>4 

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GOVKRNMKNT  STOCKS— S  P.  U. 


$1,600  U.  8.   5-20  C. 

'  '66 108% 

10.000  C.  8.   6-20  C. 

'65  M 10884 


3,000  U.    8.   68,  '81, 

C 109% 

50,000 U.  8.  6b,  Cur,. 122^1 


BBCO.<rb   BOARD— 1  P.    M. 


Boialsghr  a 


$1,000  Mo.  6b,  lon^..l05% 
1.000  Tenn.  68,  old..  ^2'''i 

41,000      do 42% 

1,000  Ten.  es,iievir..  42% 
2,it00TeDn.  Tis,  n.  s..  42Hi 

10,000  0.  68. '86.b.c.H2'o 
1,000  L.  k  W.  B.con.  32»4 
1.000  M.  kSt.  P.lBt. 

La  C.  Dlv....  97^2 
6,000  Pac  of  M.  2d..  87 
1 ,000  Lima  Dock 107  J-z 

133  Del.  kU b,c  47 

400  do 46^8 

40  do 47 

160  do s3.  47 

•26  Adams  Ki 102'2 

60WeHs-Far«o 83  "4 

loOAmer.  Ex.b.cs3.  57i2 

6  do 5734 

10  do 67% 

100  QnlckslU  PI..b.c  21 

600W»st.Un b.c.  63% 

do 83.  eS^u 


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300 

100 

1000 

1700 

900 

400 


do ....sS.  63^4 

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600  Pac  Mall b.c.  24^4 

300     do s3.  24% 

100     ao 2434 

100  N.  T.  Ok  H...b.c  91% 


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do 91% 

do 9134 

9l=g 


300H.  kStJ b.c.  10>9 


I'n)  Erie  Bail;.. 0.0.83.    7% 

10  do 7 

loo  do 7% 

100  do 7>4 

SOKrioPf. b.c  18>4 

100  do 18 

16Barlem. 137 

200  do b.cI37«4 

100  do 137% 

too  Mich.  Cen b.0.  41 

300  do 4II4 

600  do 41% 

900  do 41% 

100  L.  8.kM.  S...D.C  47% 

1400  do 47% 

700  do 4734 

200  do b3.  47% 

100  ni.  Cen b.c  61% 

70  do 61»Q 

lOOC.  kP.G'd b.c  89 

'00  do S3.  89 

600  Chi.   k  ».  W.  Pf. 

b.c b3.  51% 

do 6.'>%,  IOO  New  Jersey  ..b.e.  185% 

j„  „o      ft*!:,.    C(in  .1      •-    V»      I       ..    -  _.,     f\r.* 


SOOC  k  K.  I.;b.C83.  99% 

50  do 90% 

loo  <io •....  99% 

100  Chl^  Mil.  k  St.  P. 

,„„       Pf- b.cB3.  46% 

100  do 4«S4 

200  do 46% 

100  do 47 

HOOP.,  L.  kW...b.c  61 

200  do 61I« 

500=  do 830.  60% 

1600  do 61% 

400  do 61% 

200  Ohio  k  )lis8..b.o.     6% 

50ChLk  Alt 96% 

ISOMorkEs 80»a 

210  nc b,o.  80% 

BALKS  FBOM   2:30  TO  S  P,    H. 

Cen 41% 

do 411a 

do 4ie^ 

do 4i*4 

do 4178 

do 4a 


$12,000  D.  8.5-200., 

'65  N 1083« 

5,000  N.  Car.  F.  A., 

'66 16 

6,000  N.  W.  C.  0.  G.  9934 
tl2,00U  N.  J.C. iBt-OOD.  05 

4,000  Un.  Pac.  L  g..l02% 

SOOPAOIfic  Mail 24^4 

300  West  On 64% 


100  IkUob. 

800 
100 


200 

400 

1200 

600 

euo 

600 

800 
600 

400 

1100 

1300 

2500 

1000 

500 

400 

700 


04»2 

do 64% 

do 6414 

do 64% 

do ..sS.  64 

do b3.  04% 


do 64% 

do 64% 

do 64"^ 

do 64V 

do ba  64^ 

do 643.i 

do bS.  64', 

do 64't 

do bS.  65 

do 64% 

82  Del.  k  Und. 4714 

100  do 860.  46% 

100  do 48% 

800  do 48 

VOO  Brie  Rail  way. bS.     7%^ 

.SOO  do 7% 

200  do 1^ 

686  K.  X.  C  k  H W 


JiJiwa—.' 


800  do 42»8 

LJOO  do ^-ji* 

12  Pittsburg 89% 

100  Hortb-w.  Pt 51V 

100  do bS.  62 

TOOLakeSLore. 48 

2000 

4UU 
100 
600 
.00 
iOO 
l-'OO 


do 48% 

do 83.  48 

do 48% 

do bS.  48% 

do 48% 

do 83.  48»a 

do 48% 

lOOSt.  Paul 17^4 

3006t.  Paul.Pt. 47 

1^00  do 47>« 

100  do 47% 

lOOO.  ofN.  J 10% 

100  Book  l8laDd..s30.  99 

105  do tie»4 

100  do b3.100 

200  do 99% 

500  Ohio  kM. U».     6% 

iOO  Han.  k  St.  J 10% 

U>0  do 10'% 

100  do 11% 

luo  00 11% 

B^iMdogiB.  JiB(.Jo.Pt„.M  JUtk. 


also  aaaisted  by  a  yarn  started  by  tbe  bears,  to 
the  effect  that  tbe  Directors  of  the  company 
were  considering  the'  advisability  of  lowering 
the  present  rate  of  dividend.  It  is,  of  course, 
efntirely  unnecessary  to  say  that  this  story 
utterly  lacked  confirmation,  even  the  slightest, 
from  any  respectable  source,  but,  nevertheless, 
its  eirculation  served  the  temporary  purposes 
of  Its  authors. 

Tbe  most  active  stock  was  Western  Union, 
which,  on  the  announcement  of  a  further  re- 
duction in  rates  by  the  Atla'njij^^^^d  Pacific 
Telegraph  Company,  opened  ^ak/'hetl^ng  at 
62^,  but  subaeqaently  developed  strength,  and 
with  occasional  fluctuations  advanced  to  65,  at 
which  closing  sales  were  effected.  Lake  Shore, 
after  advancing  from  47%  to  48^^,  declined  to 
47%,  with  a  subsequent  advance  to  48%.  Michi- 
gan Central  declined  to  40%.  but  later,  m  sym- l,Gold  payments 
patby  with  Lake  Shore,  was  strong  and  rose  to         "  ance. 

43>4.  Among  the  coal  shares  tbe  widest  fluc- 
tuations were  in  Delaware  and  Budson  Canal 
and  Delaware,  Lackawanna  and  Western.  The 
former  opened  at  47,  a  decline  ot  1  ^  cent, 
from  Saturday's  oloaing  quotation,  ana  fell  off 
to  46Mi,  Bubsequeotly  recovered  and  advanced 
to  48.  Delaware,  Lackawanna  and  Western 
was  weak  in  the  early  dealings,  and  sold  at 
60%,  against  61%  at  the  close  on  Saturday,  but 
later  recovered  and  closed  firm.  St.  Paul  oom- 
Don  declined  from  17^  to  164^,  and  the  pre- 
feiKlt"  from  47%  to  46^,  with  posing  quota- 
tions'at  1714  and  47V4.  The" North-western 
shares  were  firm  and  higher,  especially  for  the 
preferred,  which  rose^from  51%  to  52.  Hanni- 
bal and  St.  Joseph  common  rose  from  10  Mk  to 
11  Ms,  aud  tbe  preferred  from  20%  to  2m.  Tbe 
fluctuations  in  the  other  stocks  were  not  im- 
portant. 

llie  new  Board  of  Open  Brokers,  pursuan* 
to  previous  announcement,  coramencea  busi- 
ness to-day  at  their  temporary  head-quarters, 
No.  21  New-street  The  inaugural  ceremonies 
were  verv  simple,  being  confined  to  a  brief  an- 
nouncement by  the  Cbairman^k  Mr.  Nerers,  that 
.the  board  was  now  open  tor  thk  transaction  of 
business.  About  150  members  who  were  pres- 
ent immediately  entered  on  the  work  of  buy- 
mg  and  sellinfi:>  Western  Union  was  sold  down 
to  62%.  New- York  Central  was  qubted^  at  93Mi, 
Lake  Sho^at  47%,  and  St.  Paul  preferred  at 
47^.  Tnffllttendance  of  outsiders  was  quite 
numerous,  and  during  tho  day  tbe  new  Ex- 
change was  the  resort  ot  large  numbers  of 
curiosity  seekers.  Tlie  fact  that  the  new 
board  opens  an  hour  earlier  and  closes  an  hour 
later  than  the  old  board  has  already  provoked 
some  discussion  as  to  the  enlargement  of  tbe 
time  for  business  by  the  latter. 

At  a  meeting  held  in  tbe  afternoon  at  the 
Gold  Uoom  tbe  future  of  that  institutien  was 
the  subject  of  an  animated  and  at  times  some- 
what noisy  disciusion.  Mr.  John  Denny  made 
a  long  statement  of  the  various  negotia- 
tions looking  to  an  amalgamation  of  the  Stock 
and  Gold  ExohanKes.  Mr.  George  Bonn  made 
a  motion  to  disorganize  tbe  gold  room  alter 
the  1st  of  May  next,  and  transact  all  the  busi- 
ness of  both  departments  at  tbe  Stock  Ex- 
change. Tbe  meeting  finally  adjourned,  with- 
out taking  any  action.  .^ 

Tbe  announcement  was  mule  to-day  of  a 
further  reduction  m  ratas  by  the  Atlantic  and 
Pacific  Telegraph  Company,  to  take  effect  on 
and  after  the  Ist  of  March  next.  The  nnitorm 
rate  of  S5  cents  which  is  now  charged  between 
all  stations  of  this  company  throughout  New- 
England  will  be  extended  to  cover  all  stations 
in  New- York,  New-Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  Mary- 
land, and  Delaware,  and  interchangeably  be- 
tween all  such  stations  in  New-England,  except 
such  as  are  more  than  300  miles  distant  from 
each  other,  in  which  cases  the  rate  will  be  35 
cents.  ^^ 

The  Chicago,  Bock  Island  and  Pacific  Bail- 
road  have  decided  to  avail  themselves  of  their 
reserved  right  to  call  iu  for  redemption  their 

outatanding  7  V  cent,  mortgage  bonds,  which 
mature  Sept.  1,  1896,  and  to  issue  instead  a  6 
V  cent,  mortgagcbon^  payable  40  years  after 
July  1,  1877.     The  new   coupon  bonda  will   be 

issued  in  sums  of  |1,000  each  and  the  registered 

in  $5,000.  The  company  has  reserved  the  right 
to  issue  $2,500,000  in  bonds  of  this  series  in 
addition  to  the  $10,000,000  abovfl|K>ecifled  in 
case  it  should  be  deemed  neces8ar;pTO'do  so  for 
the  purpose  of  constructing  permanent  im- 
provements, branches  and  extensions,  and  the 
property  thus  acquired  should  be  included  in 
this  mortgage  -,  but  in  no  event  shall  the  prin- 
cipal of  the  bonded  indebtedness  exceed  $12,  • 
500,000. 

There  was  an  easy  feeling  in  tho  money 
market,  and  tbe  rates  for  call  loans  ranged 
Irom  3^  to  3^  ¥  cent,  with  closing  transac- 
tions at  3  ^  oenl.  Financial  institutions  and 
capitalists  continue  to  exiterience  much  diffi- 
culty in  placing  their  money  except  at  very 
low  rates,  consequently  the  advent  of  a  revival 
in  business,  which  Wuld  give  profitable  em- 
ployment to  capital,  is  naturally  looked  for- 
ward f  with  considerable  anxiety.  Pnme 
mercantile  paper  was  quoted  at  SVkto  5  ¥  cent. 
The  National  bank-notes  received  at  Wash- 
ington for  redemption  amounted  to  $1,000,000. 
The  foUowiiig  were  tbe  rates  of  exchange  on 
New-York  at  tbe  undermentioned  cities  to- 
day :  Savannah,  buying  H,  selling  %  ;  Charles- 
ton, scarce,  ^  'S  Vi  premium  ;  Cincinnati, 
stronger,  buying  par,  selling  1-10;  New-Or- 
leans Commercial  3-16,  Bank  \k  ;  St  Louis,  Vft 
premium  ;  and  Chicago,  par  to  ^  disdount. 

The  foreign  advices  reported  an  advanee  of 
^  V  cent  in  British  Consols  at  London,  tbe 
final  quotations  for  both  money  and  the  ao- 
count  beiuK  96  3-16.  United  States  bonda  were 
steady,  and  some  of  tbe  issues  a  shade  higher. 
New  5s  closed  at  107%.  10-40s  at  108%  '3)  108  Mi, 
186Ss(oId}at   106,  and   1867b  at    109%«109%. 

Erie  and  New-Yolrk  Central  were  both  weaker, 

the  former  &llingoff£rom  7%,  on  Saturday, 
to  7  Vi  -37%,  and  the  latter  from  95Vk  to  92  Bar 
Silver  was  unchanged  in  quotation,  seUinifat 
56d.  W  ounce.  French  Bentes  -  advanced  from 
106£5o.  tolOfiCSS^C. 

Tbe  Sterling  Exchange  market  was  duU,  and 
presented  no  feature  of  interest  Prime  bank- 
era' bUls  sold  at  |4  83Vft'St4  82%  for  60  days, 
and  at  $4  84  for  demand,  with  tbe  nominal 
rates  nnobaoged  at  $4  83Mi'9$4  85. 
.  The  Gold  ^teot^tion  was  dtill  in  tbe  foro- 
noon,  and  transatitions  were  effected  at  104%, 
a  decline  of  %  ^  cent  from^turday's  olosinK 
quotation.  Sabseqoently,  on  advioea  firom 
Washington  that  the  Democrats  in  tbe  House 
JiadJl9t9i:uiB«d.tofittbaai$iLiB_ai«U<«.if  voaai- 


irely.  Union  Pacific  Sinking  Funds  declined 
1  V  cent,  to  96,  Albany  and  Susquehanna 
Seoonds  1  ¥  cent,  to  90,  Chicago  and  Boek 
Island  78  %  ^  cent,  to  107,  and  Long  Dock 
Bonds  %  ¥  cent,  to  107Mi.  New-Jersey  Cen- 
tral Firsts,  new,  and  Lake  Shore  coupon  regis- 
tered Firsts  advanced  1  ¥  cent,  selling  at  106 
and  108.  Hannibal  aud  St^  Joseph  con- 
vertible advanced  V4  V  cent,  to  80 V4. 
Sales  of  Galena  and  Chicago  Firsts 
were  made  at  105  ^  105  V^.  State  bonds  were 
dull,  except  for  Tonnessees,  which  were  steady. 
Old  advanced  to  43,  and  reacted  to  42%.  New 
sold  at  42%,  and  new  series  at  42V6.  Missouri 
Long  6a  sold  at  105%,  and  Ohio  68  of  1886  at 
112V6. 

TTinTED  Statbs  Tebabubt,  J 
New-Yoek.  Feb.  26.  1877.    J 

Gold  receipts 1890,745  84 

...      868738  96 
72  021  914  84 

Cnrrencv  receipta '789ie87  09 

Currency  payments. 571.409  55 

Currency  balance , 45,200,389  09 

Cnatoms ., 787,000 

Cancellud  Gold  oertiflcates  sent  to  Wash- 

Ington'r....' 760,000 

CLOSma~TXD<QarA.TION8 — FEB.  26. 

'^'^  Saturday.    Monday. 

American  goldm^ 105  105 

United  States  6a.  nsSl,  coup 10912  10938 

United  Stales  5-aOA  1887.   couo 111%  111% 

BilU  on  London.  .14  82ifl®$4  82^    |4  Si^'&H  82% 

New- York  Central 93%  92i2 

Kock  Island 99!%  QS^is 

Pacitlo  Mail 25  24% 

MilwaukeeandSU  Paul IT^  i"!^ 

Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  pref 47ie  4714 

Lake  Shore 47%  4858 

Cbicazoand  North-weatern 33  33i8 

Cbioaeo  ana  North- trestern  pret 51  ^s  52 

Western  Union 65^^    .,,,  65 

Union  Paeinc 64*5  6412 

Delaware.  Lack,  and  Western.......  61%  61% 

New-Jersey  Central IOI4  lOOs 

Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal 48  4B 

Morris  and  Essex SOifl  SQifl 

Panama 125  15J5 

Erie 758  7% 

Ohio  and  Mississippi !>^  5^ 

Harlem 137  137i2 

hannibai  andSt.  doseon 10^  ll^s 

Hanuibal  and  St.  Joseou  pret 20>fl  Sl^ 

Michigan  Central 41  42HI 

minoiB  Central 62    ^  tl^ 

Tbe  extreme  range  of  prices  in  etoeks    and 
thenumDer  of  .shares  sold  are  as  follows : 

No.  of 

Rifrliest.  Lowest,     bhares. 

20,800 

41X1 

1,820 

150 

41,100 

500 

300 

2,800 

2,850 

2,300 

6,100 

3U0 

22.600 

445 

7,070 

4-15 

13,400 

170 

9U0 

150 

2U0 

2,200 

300 

700 

5UU 

56,6311 

200 

6.125 

100 

200 

110 


New- Scrk  Centra) 93i8 

Harlem 137  >3 

Krie " 7^3 

Krie,  Preferred 18 

Late   Shore 48S8 

Wabasn 61* 

North-western 331^ 

North-western  Preferred....  52 

Kock  Island 100 

Mil.  &.St.  Paul 17O8 

Mil.  &  Si.  Paul  Pret 4738 

PittsburB 69 

Del..  Lack.  &.  Western. 62 

New-Jcrsev  Central 10% 

Delaware  &  Hud.  CanaL 48^ 


Morris  &  Essex 81 

Mlchieau  Central 42>4 

Iiiluuis  Central ,...  Sl^s 

Union  PaclBc 64^ 

Chicaeo  &  Alton   95'^ 

C.  C.  C.  Sc  I.  C 'i63a 

Hannibal  &  St.  Joseph 11^ 

HuiDibal  &  St  Joseph  Pf...  81  ig 

Onio  &  Mississippi 5^ 

Panama 125 

Western  Union 65 

A.  ii  P.  Telegraph iSH 

I'aciflo  Mail 25I9 

Quicksilver..^ 14 

(Juicksilyer  Preferred 21 

American  Mer.  Union  Ex.. .  57ifl 

Total  sales........ 

The  following  table  shows   the   half- hourly 
fluotuatious  iu  the  Gold  market  to-day: 


9116 
137 14 
T4 
18 
i^738 
6I4 
33I8 
51  la 
9913 
i6Sa 
461a 
89 

60% 

101a 
46 14 
8018 
40% 
51tS8 
641^ 
95  V4 
2633 
10 

SO  38 
538 
125 
02% 
18 

Si488 
13^ 

21 

57I3 

.191.735 


10:00  A.  M. 
10:30  A.  M. 
11:00  A.  M. 
11:30  A.  M. 

12:00  M. 

12:30  P.  M.. 


in4''8il:00P.  M IO5I4 

104'8:»:3UP.  M IO5I4 

, 104'ei2:00  P.  M, IO5I8 

104''8  ■2:30P.  M 10518 

10478|3:0OP    M. 105 

IO5I9' 


The  following  were  the  olosinx  quotatloas  of 

Qoveinment  Bonds : 

Bid. 

United  States  onnrenoy  68 12233 

United  States  6i.  18SI.  registarad. IllBg 

Uuiicd  States  (is.  1881.  couDoas 113 

UoitedSUtefe  5-203.  1965,   re(nstered..loei6 
United  Sutea  5-208.  1865.  coupons lUSie 


JJuited  Slates  .V208,  1865.  new.  re« lOSOa 

United  States  5-20a.  1865.  new,  coup... 10863 
United  States  5-208.  1867,  reinstered..lllia 

United  States  5-303,  1867,  coupons. lllia 

Uuited  States 5-20s.  1868,  registered.. Il4i>8 


.114»8 
.109  la 
.11333 

.109 I4 
.10914 
.10578 


A  sited. 
1225i9 

Ill's 

112 14 

10838 

10838 

10878 

lOS's 

111% 

111% 

115 

11478 

110 

11358 

IO0I5 

10910 

10618 


Qnitnd  States  ■5-30s.  1368.  coapons. 

Dmted  States  10-403,  redisterod , 

United  States  10■4U^  conoons 

United  Srates  53, 18^1.  retnstered 

United  Scares  5s.  1331.  couoods. 

United  Suies   4is8,  1891,  reeistered 

Tbe  Sub-Treasurer  disbursed  in  GoW  Coin, 
$39,000    far  interest    $45,000  for  called    bonds, 

and  15,200  Silver  Com  in  ezobaage  for  frac- 
tional ourrenc.y. 

Tae  following  were  tbe  Qold  clearings  by  tho 
National  Bank  of  the  State  ot  New- York  to- 
day: 

Gold  cleared f22.440,000 

Gold  balances 1,914,635 

Cnrrencv  balances..,. 2.015,567 

The  folio  wine  13    the    Ciearing-hoose    atata- 

ment  to-day: 

Currency  exohancas t85,500,7l6 

Cnrrency  balanoea 3,224,784 

Oolo  excbanees 10,303,449 

GoldbalanooB 1,402,77a 

The  following  were  the  bids  for  the  various 
State  securities: 


Alabama  5»,  83 34 

Alabama  58. '86 34 

Alabama  e«. '86 34 

Alabama  8s.  '88 34 

Alabama  89.  '92 17 

Alabama  8s.  '93 17 

Ark.  6s,  Funded 30 

Ark.7s.L.R.&.F.8.i8..  5 
Ark.7a,  Mem.  &  L.R.  5 
A.7s,L.K.,P.B.i.N.O.  5 
ArK.78.M.0.iK.Rfr.  8 
Ark.  7b,  Ark.  Cen.B.    5 

Conneoiiout  6s ^.111% 

Georgia  6s 93 

Georgia  7s,  n.  bs 106 

Georeia  7s,  indorsed.lOS 
Ga.  78,  Gold  bonds.  .106 
Illinois  ooop.  6s,  '79..101ia 
Illinois  War  Loan..l01ia 

KentDOKy  09 102 

Louisiana  69 38 

Louisiana  6s,  n.  bs...  38 
La.  6s.  newFL  Dbt.  38 
La.  7s,  Penitentiary.  38 
Lo.  7s,  Uonsolldated.  60 
Michigan  68.    78-79.101 

Mlohieanes,  '83 IO414 

Michigan  7^  '90 IIS 

Mo.  68.  due  in  '77....100'8 


Mo.  6b,  due  in  '78....IOII4 
i'und.  08.  due  94-5 . .  I05 1« 
Lone  OS., '82 to  •90in.  105 tig 
A8V.orUni..dae '92.105 
H.  &.  St. Jo.,  dae  '86.105I3 
H.  &  St.  J.,  due  ■87..10Si« 

».  y.  Eeg.B.  L m^ 

And  the  tollowing  for  radway  mortgages: 


N.  T.  Coup.  B.  L...10Iifl 
N.  Y.  69,  G.  R..  '87. .120 
N.  Y.  6»,  G. L'n,  '9I.I2i 
N.  T.  6s,  G.  L'n,  '92.121 
N.  Y.  6s,  G.  L'n.  '93.121 
N.C.6s,N.C.K.  J.&J.  65 
N.C.6S.N.C.R.A.&0.  65 
N.C.68.do,o.ottJ.&.r.  47 
N.C.6s,do.c.ott  A.&O.  47 
N.C.Os,  FA'e  Act  '66.  IG 
N.C.61.  Fd'g  ACt.'68.  16 
N.  C.  new  bds.J.&J.  12 
N.C.  new  bds.A.&0.  12 

N.C.S.T.  class  1 2»2 

N.C.  S.  T.claa9  2....    2I4 
N.  C.  S.  T.  olass3...     2 

ObioBa,  "86 112 

Rhode  Island  6b 110 

S.  C.  6e. 36 

3.  C.  68.  J.  St.  J 35 

S.  C.  68,  A.&0 35 

8.  C.fls,  F'B  Act '66.  35 
S.  C.  L.  C.,'89.  J.&J.  45 
S.  C.  L.  C..'89.A.4:0.  45 

S.  C.  7a.    '88 35 

S.  C.  Non.  F.  bs Z^ 

Tenn.  6a.  old 4278 

Tenn.  68,  n.  b 4258 

Tenn.  63.,  n.  b.,  n,  s.  <2!S8 


Virginia  6s.  old 30 

Vireima6s.n.bd8.'66    30 
Virginia  08.  n.bdB. '67.  30 
V«.6s.   Con.  Bonds.  78lfi 
Ta.  6a,  ex  mat.  coup.  66% 
Va.68.  Con.   Sd  » 31^ 

Ya  6b,  Deferred  bds,    7 


Alb.  &  Sua.  Sd  bds..  88 
U.  &Obh>  68,  iBt....  22 
Chic.  &  Alton  I8t...ll2i8 
Chio.  &Alt.  Income. 105 
L.  &  Mo..  1st  euar'd.  82 
G..B.&.Q,8#'ot  I8t.ll3i4 
C.  B.  &.  Q.  Con.  7a.  110 

C.K.L&.P.  1st  7s 106  Jfl 

C.  R.  of  N.  J.  I8tu..l06 
O.K.of  N.  J.lstCon.  64ifl 
L.  &.W.  B.Con.  O'd.  33 
Am.  B'k  &  Imp.  b..  41 
M.&S.P.lst,88,P.0.114 
M.&S.P.2d.73-10PD.  95ifl 
M.&8.P.  latv  LaC.D.  9T 
M.  &  St.  P.lst  L&O.  82^ 
M.&SJ».l8tL&M.D.  86 
M.  &  St.  P.lst.  H.&D.  82 
M.&..StJ^.  l8t.C.&:M.  96 
M.  &  St.  P.  Con.S.F.  83 


M.  &St.P.  jM- 


.Cbio.  AS.  W.  8. F..107)« 


M.  So.  7  *•  c.  fid 1031a 

M.S.&N.LS.F.7  ^p-ctlog 
Clev.  &  Tol.  new  bs.I07iii 

Cley.,P.  &A..olrt  b8.105 
Cle^.P.  <t  A..newljs.l07ia 
Buf.  A  £.  new  b'd8..107ia 
Baf.  &  State  Line,  78.105 
Kal.  &  W.  Pig.  Ist. .  86 
D.M.&T..lst  78.1906.105 

L  8.  Div.  bds 107 

L.  S.  Cons.  C.  Iat...l07 
L.  S.  Cons.  R.  Ist.. .108 
Marietta  &.  Cin.  let. 105 
Mich.C.Con.7s.  1902.103ifl 
Mioh.C.l8t8s.'83.8F.112ia 

N.  Y.  Cen.6s.'83 104 

N.  Y.  Cen.  68,'87....103% 
N.  Y.  Cen.  6s,  R.E.103 
N.  Y.  Cen.  6s.  Sub.. 103 
N.Y.C.&  Hud.lBt  C..115 


C.&K."W.Int.  bds.. 104 
C.  &N.W.  Con.  bd8.104 
C.  &  N.W.  Exrt.  bds.  100 
O.  &  N.  W.  0.  G.  bds.  90*8 

PiBin.lBtCoD 100 

Cblcaeo  Si  Mil.  1st. 
Winona  &,  St.  P.  Ist 
WiDona  &  St.  P.  2d 
f!.,C..C.&I.l8t7«.S.F 
Del..  L.  &  W.  2d... 
DeL,  L.  &  W.  7s,  C 
Mor.  &  Essex  Ist. 
Mor.  & 

Mor.  &  E^onst'n. 
Mor.  &^ssex  73  '71.  97 ig 
Mor.  &tE  IstC.  G...  92 
Erie  1st  Extended.. Ill 

Ene  2d  7e.    79 105 

Erie  3d.  78.  '83 106 

Erie  4th  7s.  '80 l02Jfi 

Erie5th78,  '88 lOOia 

LonpDook  Bonds. .IO7I2 
B.,N.T.  &E.l8t.  77.  90 
H.&  aj.Land  G'nts.xlO 
H.&St.J.  88.  Con....  60 
Ind.  Bloom.  &Wn.lst  20 


N.  UisBOnnlst 99% 

Ohio  &  Miss.  C008..  88 
Cen.  P.,  San  J.  B'ob.  OOig 
Cen.  P.Cal.&  O.lsi..  83 

West.  Paciflo  bs 100i« 

Union  Pac  Isi  bs. .  .103% 
Uuion  Pac.  L.  G.  7a.I02i4 

Union  P.ic  S.  F 95 

Pac.  R.  ot  Mo.  1st,..  951a 
P.,  Ft.  W.  &.C.  1st..  110 V4 
P..  Ft.W.fc  Chic.  2d.llli3 
P.,  Ft.  W.&  Chic.  3d.l04ia 
Clev.  &P.  4lh&F..l03 
Col..Chic.<StInd.  1st.  30 
Sr.  L.  ec  Iron  M.lst. .  93 
Alton  &  T.  H.  1st.. .10618 
B.  .feS.  111.  Ut,  8s...  88I4 

T..  P.  &W.E.D 65 

T.P.&.W.  W.  D 85 

To!,&  "Wab.  Ist,  E)t.l02  i 
Tol.&W.l«t.St.L.D..  80 

Tol.  &  Wab.  2(1 70 

T.&W.  Cons.  Couv.  48 
Gr,  West.  1st.  '88. ...102% 
W.  XJ.  bds..  1903.   C.104 
W.  U.  bds..  1900.    R.104B8 


And  the  following  for  City  Bank  shares: 

America 130     iHanoTer 92 

AmericaDSxcbanEe.109       Man  Uattan .133 

Bank.  &  Brok.  A880.  80    iMarket 110 

Central  jD^ational 102 1«|  Mechanics' 135 

Commerce 114     .Merchants' IISI3 

ContineStaU^,^...^^ — ]TSvk. 113 

Corn  Exchange~rrrr7T25     Pherhx 98 

First  National 200     St.  Nicholas 100 

Fourth  National 100 13  Union 130 

Fulton 150     I 

PHILADKLPHXA  STOCK  PBICES— FEB.  26. 

BicL         Asked. 

CityOs,  New lllia       111% 

United  Railroads  ot  New-Jersey... .^.136 

Penosylyania  RailroacL .° 42 

Beading  Railroad =-rrrr. llin 


Leblgl"  Valley  Railroad 4314 

Catawissa  Railroad  Preferred 30 

Pbiladelohia  and  Erie  Railroad 10% 

Schuylkill  Nayisration  Preferred 8 

Northern  Cuntral  Railroad. 20 

Lefiieh  Navieatlon : 19i8 

Oil  CreeK  and  Allegheny  Railroad 638 

Hestonville  Hallway 1638 

Central  Ti-ansportation 36 


1361a 
4218 
1158 
44 
32 
11 
9 

20 13 
I914 
7 

17 1^ 
361s 


TBE  LIFE  STUCK  MARKETS. 


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Had.R.7BbiM.&F.'8abUSis.  , 


Kbw-York,  Monday,  Feb.  26, 1377. 
Trade  la  homed  Cattle  opened  slow  on  tnis  fore- 
nooo,  and  when  the  markets  closed  there  was  no  iin- 
proyement.  The  herds  to  hand  rauijeo  t'vom  coarse  to 
choicij,  in  Keneral  talr ;  all  to  h:!nii  were  not  disDosed 
of  at  noou.  At  Sixtieth-street  Va.ds  prices  were 
9>4C.'a)l.i*4C.  *■  lb.  welgOte  6I4  to9i<2<wt.  At  harsl- 
inus  Cove  Yards  prices  r«uge>l  :rom  8^.«o.@12!Uc.  ■^ 
M).,  Wti'iRbts  b^  to  12  cwt.  Pr'-m  55  to  69  lb.  has 
been  allowed  net.  Milch  Cows  held  cin  sale.  VeaU 
not  quctcd  ;  coarse  quality  Oalyes  scarce,  and  solJ  In 
stuaU  lots  at  7c.®9'-.'C.  ^  TB.  Tra^le  111  hheep  very 
dull,  and  off  Vc.  ^  tb.,  scant,  on  last  Frioav's  sales. 
Hhp.tiy  sold  at  b'sc'SiSc.  ^  lb..  Lamos  .it  O^sco/O^c. 
^  lb.,  mixed  flocks  at  <3a8c.®7u.  f  tb.  Live  Hogs  held 
on  Bale.  City  Dressed  not  a  toted  at  nooo. 
BALES. 

At  SixtietK-street  Tards—V.  C.  Eastman  soldi'or  self 
47  cars  of  boroed  Cattle,  sales  aa  follows  :  120  com- 
mon Illinois  Steers  at  9 "20.  ^  tb..  weight  6'4  cwt.;  68 
fair  Illinois  Steers  at  934c.  #■  lb.,  weight  7 14  cwt,;  80 
fair  Illinois  Steers  at  10)^0.  ^  tt.,  wj-iffht  7i2CWt;  73 
fairliliiioia  .Steers  at  IOI4C.  ^i*  fls..  weight  8  cwt.:  90 
fair  Illinois  Steers  at  lOSjc.  ^  ffl.,  weiftht  8*8  cwt.;  188 
good  Illinois  Steers  at  lO^^cailc.  ■^ffi.,  weight  8  cwt.; 
•28  good  Illinois  (Steers  at  III4C.  #"  IB.,  wcigbt  8i<j  cwt.; 
40  good  Illinois  Steers  at  ll»2e.ffii2c.  ^  tb..  weight  8^4 
cwt.;  32  good  Illinois  Steers  at  lli2C.'S)12c.,  weight 
8^4  cwt.  T.  Wneeler  sold  T.  C.  Eastman,  36  Illi- 
nois Steers,  from  fair  to  cood,  lO'uc.^lliaC.  f" 
IB,,  weight  710  cwt.  tilery  k.  Carey  sold 
for  T.  Hasbnry,  45  IJinois  Steers,  from 
fair  to  good,  from  10^40. -2)120.  ^  B.,  weieht  7>a  cwt. 
F.  Samuels  sold  lor  N.  Morris  68  common  Iliiniis 
Steers  at  914P.  ^  lb.,  witn  $1  on  ^  head,  weight  6 Hi 
cwt.;  39  common  Illinois  Steers  at  9^c.  ^  lb.,  weight 
6^  cwt..  strong:  31  fair  Illinois  Steer*  at  934c.  <4^  tb., 
with  50c.  oS'P'  head,  weight  6^4  cwt.;  51  fair  Illinois 
steers  at  10c.  ^  IB.,  wl'h  $1  off  #■  head,  weight  684 
cwi.  Seigel  &.  Myer  sold  for  selyes  16  fair  lllinuis 
tjteers  at  S%ic.  *"  lb.,  weight  684  cwt.:  128 
fair  Illinois  Steers  at  10c.  *>■  flJ..  weight  7  cwt.; 
•25  fair  Illinois  Steers  at  lOs^c.  ^  tt.,  weieht  8^4 
cwt.;  29  pood  Illinois  Steers  at  11»2C  4?' lb,  weight, 
8^4  cwt.;  iield  on  sale  80  Illinois  Steers.  K.  Vogei  sold 
lorN.  Morris  33  common  Illinois  Steers  at  G^ac.  ^P"  ft, 
weight,  6I4  cwt.;  34  fair  Illinois  Steers  at  9^40.  #'  tt, 
weieht,  6 %  cwt.;  17  fair  Illinois  Steers  at  Ioc  ^  tb. 
wlth$l  off #•  bead,  weight,  6^4  cw».;  25  fair  Iliiuciis 
Steersat  i0i<o.  ^ft,  weiKhC.  7  cwt.:  62  fair  llUnoiB 
Steers  at  lOi^c.  !»•  tt.  with  50c.  on  #'head  on  17  head, 
weight,  71a  cwt.  T.  Gillis  sold  for  self  and  Brown 
113  good  Illinois  Steers  with  a  choice  top 
llc®12i4C.  ^  tt.,  weight  9  to  913  cwt.  M.  C.  GilUce 
sold  for  self  17  common  Illinois  .steers  at  912C  ^f^tt., 
weigh  L  6  Hj  cwt.;  18  fair  Illinois  Steers  at  10  Vc.  ^  ID., 
weight  6^4  cwt;  15  good  Illinois  Steers  at  III4C.  ^  tt., 
weight  8  cwt,  held  on  sale  64  Illinois  Steers.  S.  F. 
Burchard  sold  for  Baker  &  Thompson  57  fair  Illinois 
Steers  ut  IOI4C.  *■  tt.,  with  50o.  on  ^ 
bead  on  26  head,  weight  7I4  to  8  cwt.  strone; 
26  pond  Illinois  Steers  at  llc.@lli-2C.  ^ffi.,  wtight 
7-»2  cwt.j  held  on  sale  38  liliuuis  ateers.  Coon  & 
Thompsou  sold  for  Raukin  &.  Co.,  '14  fair  UUnois  Steers 
at  lOc  ^  tt.,  with  a  fraction  off  ^  tt.  on  33  head,  and 
$1  ^^ head  on  32  head,  weight  7  cwt.,  to7i4CWt.;  32 
fiiir  Illinois  Steers  at  10^40.  ^  tb.,  weight  7^  cwt;  15 
f.ilr  Illinois  .-^teers  at  lo3^c.  ^  tt.,  weight  734  cwt.;  14 
good  iliiDois  Steers  at  lie.  ^  tt.,  wirh  a  fraction  on  ^ 
tt.,  weight  8  cwt.  strong.  Hume  &.  KlUott  sold 
l'J6  Micbigau  Sheep.  weight  15.220  tt., 
at  bHa.  *"  to.;         366         Ohio         Sheep, 

weight,  32,H90  tt,,  at  6^40.  ^e^  IB.;  129  Ohio  theep, 
weight  13,520  tt.,  at  0*80.  ¥  tt.;  184  Ohio  ."-beep, 
wel«ht,  lt).410  n5.,at6780.  4?"  tt.:  190  Ohio  Sheep, 
weight  17,340  to.,  at  eisc.  ^  tt.;  175  l<tate  Sheep, 
weight  10.310  m.,  at  6c.  ■#>■  ft.:  98  State  Sheep,  weieht 
8.820  tt.,  .t  eiflC.  ^tt.;  26  State  Lambs,  weii;ht  1,910 
to.,  at  0*eC.  ^p-  to.;  4  Calves,  weight,  490  to.,  at  7e.  ^ 
tb.;  6  Calves,  weight  940  tt..  at  9p.  *>■  tt.;  7  Calves, 
wel;;ht  1.050  tt.,  at  9>ac  ^  B.  Sold  lor  week  endin* 
Feb.  24,  1877.  4,609  Sheep  and  Lambs  at  $5  94  ayer- 
age  ^  head:  64  lalves  ot  S12  91  average  |>  head. 

At Fortveighth-ttreet  S'l-'p  Yards— J.  ILlrliy  sold  85 
Indiana  Sheep,  weight  7,760  to.  at  .■So  6J#'c>*t;  90 
Indiana  ^^ho-p,  weiKht  8,050  Vi.,  at  534c.  #■  tt.;  195 
Ohio  Sheep,  weieht  16.3vi0  tt.,  at  $5  1\J  3^  evil.;  159 
state  Sheep,   wel.'ht    17.US(l  to.,    at   #6  4:134  ^  cwD.; 

lUO      State      Kheep,     weight       18.430     tt.,       at      $6 

65  ^cwt.  Davis  k  llalieubeck  sold  18  illcbliran 
Steers,  weight  6.300  tt.,  at  b^a.  ^  tt., 
•.i89  ilichisan  Sheep,  weight  i9,77u  to.,  at  5^20.  ^  to.; 
04  .Michigan  Sheep,  weight  8, :;10  to.,  at  5=80.  #■  to. 
101  Michigan  sheep,  weight  'J, 310  10..  at  6r.  ^  to.;  84 
Micliiuan  Sheep,  weight  6,960  tt.,  at  6 '4C.  ^  tt;  142 
Michigan  Sheeo,  Weight  10,430  to.,  at  O^c.  •#>'  tt.j  12 
Canada  Sheep,  weight  1.540  tb.,  at  6^2C.  ^  tt. 
15  State  Sheep,  wel^'ht  1,270  B.  at  5120. 
^  to.;  174  btate  Sneep,  weight  16,730  tt. 
at  be.  ^  To.:  160  State  Sheep,  weight 
10,120  to.,  at  6I4C.  ^  to.:  98  mixed  .siate  Sheep, 
and  Lambs,  weight  6.900  to,  at  O'^c.  #  to.;  151  State 
sheep  and  Lambs,  mixed,  weight  12,i<50  to.,  at  6^c.  i^ 
tt.;  31  State  Lambs,  weight  2,180  tt.,  nt  6%c.  ^p^  to.: 
46  S^ate  Lambs,  weiiht  3,250  tt.,  at  e^go.  <^  tt-:  4 
Calves,  weieht  560  to.,  at  Sc.  ^  ft.;  16  Calves,  weijjht 
l.',20i>  tt  ,  at  Oc.  ^  tt.  Sold  lor  week  ending  Feb.  24. 
1877,4,610  Shetp  and  Lambs,  at  $5  73  average^ 
head ;  29  Calvss  at  $1 2  30  average  ^  head. 

At  Fortieth  street  Hog  Yards— (ieorse  Held  held  on 
sale  o'a  c:ir  loads  of  Oiiio  Uogs. 

At  Barsxmus  (Jove  Yards — Couey  Si  McPherson  sold, 
fur  Dadisman  k.  Offurt,  32  common  Kentucltr  Steers 
at  914C  *>■  to.,  weight  OU  cwt.:  tot  S.  Morris.  116 
Illinois  Steers,  from  Mir  to  good,  from  lOcSiiliao.  V 
to.,  welgnt  7^4  cwt,;  for  S.  Brown,  3  Kentucky  Steers, 
from  coarse  to  good,  from  lO-^jcSlli^c. 
®12c  i^  tt.,  weight  9^  to  12  cwt.;  8  choice 
K. mucky  tteers  ai  12^40.  4?' to.,  weight  *J,105  to.  ^ 
hean,  to'  dress  59  tt..  net:  for  Hawthorne  ic  Co  52 
lair  Keutucky  Steers  at  934ca>10i4C.  -Ftt.,  weight  7 
cwt ;  for  J.  Bruner  34  Ohio  Steers,  liom  tkir  to  good, 
from  934C.®11&  ^  tt..  Weight  7^4  cwt.  M.  Lauterbauk 
Bold  IDT  VVaixel  &  AlleitOQ  17  common  111! nuia  Steers 
aX  8'4C.  ^  Bi-,  weight  bh>  cwt:  69  common  Illinois 
Steers  at  9  Sjc.  ^  tt..  with  50c.  on  f  head  on  34  head, 
weights  6I4  to  tHi  cwt.;  11  fair  IihnoJs  Steers  a.  0340. 
i'  to.,  weiTht  6*0 ewt,  strong;  13  lair  Illinois  Steeisat 
10  ^c.  ^  ft.,  with  $1  ofl  ■i>  head,  weight  7  cwt     S.   W. 

Sherman  sold  for  VVaixel  k  AUerioa  47  common  Illi- 
nois steers  at9i4C.,  with  $1  on !> head,  to  9i<2&^ 
to.,  weights  6  10  OH  cwt  I).  Waixei  sold  for  Walxel  & 
ilerlon  23  common  Illinois  Steers  at  9'2C.@9=>4C  ^ 
tt.,  weights  6I4  cwt,  scant,  to  6 Hj  cwt;  12  tair  Illi- 
nois Steers  at  10 I4C.  withSl  on  ^^  hoaJ,  to  lo^ac.  ^ 
to.,  weights  684  to  7i2CWt  S.  U.  Oonoell  Bold  tor 
Waiiel  ii.  Allerton  35  fair  Illinois  Steers 
at  .OstiO.  ^  to.,  wiih  SI  on  ^  head  on  15  head,  weights 
6^4  cwt.  to  7i4CWt.,  scant;  lu  coarse  iUiaois  Steers  at 
10'4C.  ^  tt.,  weight  Ih  cwt  W.  h.U  ualey  sold  for  N. 
Morris  34  common  Illinois  Steers  at  9*ac.  ^  tt.,  with 
5i)c.  on  4!>'  head  on  18  head,  weights  UI4  cwt.  to  61^ 
cwt.;  09  fair  Ulluois  Steers  at  9'-»4C.  H^    to.,    weight   6^4 

cwt,  scant ;  for  .N.  Klopfer,  18  Toxau  Steers  at 
g^Uc.  4^  ft.,  weigh  Vd^  owt.;  84  commou  Mis- 
..ouri  steers  at  O'rjc.  ^  &.,  with  $1  oft"  #- head, 
weight  6'*4ewt.:  for  H.  S.  Rosenthal,  34  common  Illi- 
nois Steers  at  OI4C.  ^  tt. ,  weight  0^4  cwt;  US  common 
lUiQols  Steers  at  9~jc.^tt.,  with  $5  off  on  19  head, 
and  $5  on  00  19  head,  weights  6i4to  684  cwt;  135 
fair  Illinois  atee  8  at  9'40.  <P'  to.,  with  60c.  off  on  34 
head,  and  $2<i  off  on  69  bead,  weights  6>4  to  6I4  cwt 
Martin  Fuller  k  Co.  sold  for  Tavlor  k  uo.  16 
common  Ohio  Steers  at  9iac.  ^  tt.,  with  50c. 
off  ^  head,  weight  7  cwt.  strong.  Toffey  k  Sons 
sold  for  K.  Morris  11  common  Illinois  Steers  at  9140. 
4^  tt.  weight  Bio  cwt:  54  common  Illinois  Steers  at 
Oksc.  ^  tt.,  with  50c.  on  ^  head  on  30  head,  weights 
6I4  to  O'scwt.;  34  fair  Illinois  Steers  at  aStc.  #■  tt., 
with  oOc.  off  ^  bead,  weight  6^  cwt.;  17  tair  Illinois 
Steers  at  luc.  ^  tt..  weight  684  cwt.;  30  fair  Illinois 
t-teers  at  lOioc.  ^  tt..  with  $1  off  ^  head,  weight  7^ 
cwt.,  scant.  L.  Hegenstein  xold  lor  se  f  a'ld  .tievers 
18  lair  Illinois  Sieers  at  9^40.  ^  tt.,  weight  eiacwt.; 
50  lair  Illinois  Steers  at  lOc.  #' tt.,  weiaht  O'^i  cwt: 
32  fair  Illinois  .vteers  at  10 140.  ^^J'  tt.,wlth$l  on  ^ 
head,  weight  7*4  cwt,  scant;  31  tair  Illinois  Steers  at 
10>2C.  4^tt,,  weight  7V  cwt;  65  fair  Illinois  Steers  at 
10840.  *>■  to.,  with  $1  off  i?'  head,  weights  7  Co  7^4  cwt. 
M.  Ooldscbmidt  (>olil  on  commission  28  cars 
ot  homed  Cattle.  Sales  as  follows:  For  L. 
hothschtld,  19  common  Missouri  Steers  at 
9140.  ^  tt.,  weight  534  cwt;  32  lair  ftlissnnri  Steers  at 
I0I4C.  ^P' to.,  with  $1  off  ^  head,  weight  7i4cwt.:  4 
Missouri  Balls,  live  weight  1,61'J  tt.  'f  bead,  at  $4  65 
^  cwt:  for  H.  S.  Kosenthal  16  coarse  Illinois 
Steeisat  9^40^  tt.,  weiffht  7^4  cwt;  35  fair  Illinois 
Steers  at  10c.  ^tt.,  with  $1  off  ■ip'head  on  27  nead, 
weight  634  cwt;  for  U.  Klonter  15  Uissoun 
Oxen  at  9I4C:  "P  tt..  weight  7^4  cwt.;  14 
common  Mlssoun  Steers  at  9iac.  ¥'  tt  ,  weight  6  cwt:* 
54  lair  Missouri  Steers  at  10c.  ^  tt., 'with  $1  off  ■#»• 
head  on  34  head,  welgnt  6>a  cwt.;  80  lalr  lllinuis 
Steersat  1 0  "40.  jP^tt.,  WithSl  on  ^  head  on  16  head, 
weights  6^4  to  7  cwt.  Judd  k  Buckiiiebam  sold  17t> 
.mixed  state  sheep  aud  Lambs,  weight  .96  tt.  ^  head, 
ai  7c.  ^  to.  Knse  &.  PldcocK  sold  175  Kentucky  Sheep, 
weight  8-2  tt.  ^head,  at$o  40 ^p' cwt;  63  Illinois  shueo. 
weiglit  8'2  tt  ^  head,  at  5  V-  f'  tt-:  i  39  Illinois  Sheep, 
weight  Si  to.  #  head,  at  o'a*'  to.;  396  Inulana  bheen, 
welunt  so  IB.  4?'head.  at  6  He.  ^  to.;  Bold  lor  week  enil- 
-         —    ..^    ^         . "      -t$o97, 

ylvania 
l3Fenn- 

nyivaiiia  tslieep,  weighta  1O8  to  109  lb.  4^  head,  at 
6I4C  4P'  to.:  75  Pennsylvania  Sheep,  weight  128  to.  ^ 
bead.at  e'4C.  ^tt.;  191  State  Sheep,  weight  83  tt.  <^ 
head,  at  6I2C.  ^  tt.:  168  State  Sheep,  weight  109  tt, 
»  neao,  at  is6  56  4^  cwt;  322  Kentnuky  sbeep, 
weiguts  84  to  88  B.  ^  head,  at  6I4C  V  to.;  220  Keu- 
tucay  Sheep,  weight  133  tt.  ^  head,  at  8c.  ^  tt. 

EKCEIPTS. 

Orosa  rariyals  at  Sljctietta-street  Tcrdajfor  week  end- 
ing Feb.  26,  1877  i  .5,483  bead  of  horned  Cattle,  36 
Cows,  519  Veals  and  Calves,  5,427  Sheep  and  Lambs. 

Gross  arrivals  at  Furty-eignili-street  Sheep  Yards 
for  wsek  ending  Feb.  26,  1877 :  6.990  Hhaep  and 
Lambs.  17  Cows,  51  Sheep  and  Lamus. 

Oriiss  arrivals  at  Portif  th-street  Hog  Tarda  for  week 
ending  Feb.  24,  1877  :  10,915  Hoes.  Fresh  arrlvaU  at 
same  yards  lor  yesterdoy  and  to-day:  4.417  Hogs. 

Grosa  arrivals  at  Uutsimaa  Cove,  for  week  ending 
Feb.  24,  1877  :  6.147  bead  of  homed  Cattle,  11,616 
Sheep  and  Lambs. .  9,840  Hogs.  Freab  arrivals  at 
same  yards  for  yesterday  and  to-day  :  1,923  head  of 
borned  Cattle,     5.163  Sheep  and  Lamos.    4,026  Uogs. 

Philadklphia.  Feb.  S6.— Cattle  eciiye  and  flinv 
ei  i  salea.  2.700  heodi  extra,  diaCSdVu  fair  tomooi 


da,  5^40. '36c;  common,  4>gc. '36a  Sheep  unchanged: 
aaleB,8,000  head  at  4i20.'d6'2C.  UogsdolL  Boles, 8,5o4 
head  at  $8  76'9$9  50. 

Bl-FFALO,  Peb.  26.— Cattle — Receipts  to-day,  1,377 
head;  total  ibr  the  week  thus  for,  4,573  neaa ;  for  the 
same  time  lost  week.  4,108  head  ;  Increas-  jn  receipts, 
27  I'ars  fur  the  week  thns  t.ir ;  consigneii  thrcuah, 
2.771  head.  .Market  qul^t;  atteii'laiicp  of  purchasers 
of  all  classes  light;  transactions  muinl.y  to  local  and 
yard  dealers;  offerings  mainly  fair  to  common  quality; 

f trices  of  all  grades  a  shade  to  ^e.  cS 
ast  •week's  quotations,  with  a  downward  ten- 
dency;  40  cars  disposed  of;  quotable  to  good 
choice  shipping,  ayeraglng  1.200  to  1.385  tt.  at  $5  10 
'@$5  50 ;  fklr  to  good  butchera'  and  sblnpiuj,  at  $4  50 
'^$6;  stockersand  feeders  at  $3  10d>$4'25.  Sheep 
and  Lambs— Receipts  to-day,  4,000  head;  total  foi 
the  week  thus  f.ir,  10,644  head;  for  the 
same  time  la^t  week,  10,300  head:  market 
dull  and  slow;  only  15  cars  disposed  of, 
miinly  to  Eastern  buyers ;  prices  full  I4C.  off  last 
week's  average  quotations  ;  offering  pood;  pens  full 
of  unsold  stock  ;  quotable  fair  to  godd  Shesp  at  *4  60 
®*5  25  ;  choice  At  $6S$6  25  ;  extra,  averaging  121  to 
132  tt.,  at  $6  50'3)$6  61^  Hojs— Receipts  to-day, 
8,000 bead;  toUl  for  the  week  euiling  thus  far,  5,800 
head;  for  the  samo  time  last  week.  0,650  head; 
marker  dnll  and  unsettled ;  demand  light,  mainly  to 
supply  City  and  local  dealers  ;  saies  4  cars  me<iiam  to 
choice  heavy  atSj  90S$6  25;  1  car  choice  Yorkers, 
averaging  1)^5  tt-^t  $5  70 ;  15  cars  in  yards  unsold. 

East  Liberty.  Penn.,  Feb.  26 — Cattle— Receipts 
since  Friday,  2,975  head,  or  132  cars  of  thiough  and 
43  cars  of  yard  stock,  maKiuz  a  total  fit  the  week 
ending  to-day  of  4.386  head,  aealusi  250  cars  of 
through  and  106  cars  of  .vara  srock  or  I5.i'.i2  bead  last 
week  ;  there  has  been  no  business  done  of  any  account 
since  Thursdaj  last,  not  sufficient  to  estal^su  prices  ; 
the  Kupnlv  has  been  light  so  far,  ana  lik^V  to  be  so 
for  the  balance  of  tbe  week.  Hogs — Recel  .ts,  5.030 
bead,  making  a  toial  for  the  weeit  of  9.yoO  head. 
agaiu3t  16,335 head  last  week;  Yorkers,  $5  50'a^: 
Hhlladelphias.  $6  40a)$6  60;  Shcei*— Keceipts,  7.100 
head,  making  a  tottl  tor  the  week  ol  1*2,500  head, 
against  17,100  head  last  week;  selling  atmatij  50. 

Chioago.  Peb.  26.— Cattle— Reoeipis,  4.400  head; 
shipments.  2,200  head  ;  market  fair,  active,  and  ^ 
shade  better  tor  butchers:  other  grades  auiet  b^t 
steady;  good  10  extra  sblppiug,  #4  i)2^a>.T.3  (;."); 
light  Stockers  and  good  Feeders.  S2  80®$4  55;  fur 
to  good  Cows,  $3  25'a)S4;  common  to  good  shipping, 
$3  9y®$4  85.  Hogs— tteciipts,  7,00c»  head;  >ijii>- 
meuta,  2,4u0  head;  market,  dull,  vrcak,  and  It-n. 
lower;  light  to  he  ivy  shippins  and  picking,  .$•">  4  H 
$5  66:  good  to  choice  Shi. ipiug,  $5  (Jc^JS  05;  I'hila- 
delphias,  $6.  Sheep— Receipts,  1.600  head;  market 
quiet  but  firm;  inierior  Ui  medium.  $;J  7-'>S'?4  ;^5j 
fair  togoou,  $4  50'Si$5;  choice  to  extra,  $5  50®  $6- 


TH£  STATE  UF  TRADE. 


Chicago,  Feb.  26.— Fiour  dull;  ten^linir  dowiv 
ward;  Minnesota  l':iteiit,  SS'S'SO  75;  spring  Extras, 
ail)  r>t)'®.57  5u.  >Vheat  unsettled,  hut  generally  lower; 
^o.  2  Chicago  Pprini;. $1  -zbht.  cash  i>r  March;  $1  'ilH 
'3)$12738,  Aoril;  $1  3II4,  .May:  Ho.  3  do.,  $1  14ia 
'wiit  16:  rejected.  05c.  Com  in  fiir  demand,  but 
lower;  40I2C.,  cash  or  March;  4II4"!-.  April:  45c. 
May;  rejected.  35a4e.®36o.  Oats  easier:  33=8C-.  cash 
or  March:  34c.,  Apiil;  36iiic.,  May:  reject'-d,  25c. 
Uye  heavy  at  63c.  8arieyduli  ana  nominal  ut  48c  3 
48340.  Pork  unsettled  and  lower:  $14  loa'$i4  l-Jia. 
cash  or  March :  $14  30a'$14  3-Jia.  Apni;  S14  57>a, 
Mav.  Lard  dull,  weak,  and  lower;  $9  r>5,  cash  01 
March;  $9  70.  April:  $9  8212,  Mav.  Bulk-meats 
duil  and  I4G.  lower;  Shoulders,  5I4C.;  Short  Kibs, 
7340.;  Short  Clear  Sides,  Sc.  Dressed  Ho  ;8  quiet  at 
$6S»>$6  40.  Whisky  (airiy  active  and  a  shade  highej 
at  $1  06.  Receipts— Fiour.  7,500  ohls,;  Wheat,  20.« 
000  bushels;  Corn,  125.000  bushels;  Oats,  •27.O00 
Imsbels:  Rye,  7,000  bushels;  Barley.  12,000  bushels. 
Shipments— Flour,  1,000  bbls.;  Wheat  5,000  bushels; 
Corn,  57,000  bushels;  <Jat8,  14,000  bushels;  Eye, 
400  bushels;  Barley,  7,000  bushels.  At  the  afternoon 
call  ot  the  board — Wheat  lower;  $1  24^  March; 
$1  26'2'S;$1  26=8,  Anril.  Corn  lower;  4()»sc,  March; 
44<%c.,  £lay.  Oats  unchaoged.  Fork  higher:  $14  1214 
'&>£14  20,  March;  $14  37ia'3S14  40,  April.  Lord 
firm ,-  $9  75,  ApriL 

New-Orleaks,  Feb.  26.— Flour  dull  and  unsettled^ 
Bdperflne  quoted  at  $5  2o®$5  50 ;  doubie  extra.  $6® 
¥6  25;  treole  do.,  $6  6U®$7  76  >  high  grades.  $83 
$8  50.  Com  quiet  but  8tef>  v  at  5:-tc.'ai54c.  Oats  in 
fiair  uemand  and  firm  ;  Gale'ia,  oOcSSlc  Corn-meal 
dull  at  $2  75.  Hay  dull;  prime  to  choice,  $14'®$18. 
Pork  dull,  weak,  and  lower  at  ^16  25.  Lard  qmct; 
tierce,  10iac.'S)ll'4C.:  keg,  lie.  S12c.  Buito 
meats  duU  ;  downward  tendene.y ;  Shoulders^ 
loosB,  6e.;  packeo,  Oige.:  Clear  Ribs,  8=8C.;  tJleai 
Sides,  9c  Bacon  dull;  Snoulders,  712C.;  Cle.^r  Kibs. 
9 lac;  Clear  Sides,  934c  Whisky  quiet,  but  firm  at 
$1  O'i'aiH  09,  asm  proof  c  offce  quiet^  our  steady; 
Eio  cargoes,  ordinary  to  prime,  17^c.  cviOiaC.,  gold. 
Sugar  In  fair  demand  and  firm;  interior,  00.(26340.: 
common  toirood,  7  c.  ©734c.;  fair  tofiilly  tair,  8C.S8I4C.1 
prime  to  choice,  S^gc.  giS34C.;  CentritUgal,  S^c/iigc.i 
Kellow  Claiifled,  10c.al0^4C.  Mola^^ses  in  active  de: 
mand;  common.  30c.®32i2C.:  Centritugal,  2."ic.'<z'35o.; 
tair,  35c.®37c.:  prima  to  choice,  4L<c.'a'00a  Eice  qulel 
but  steady  at  4it!e-'<Z'6c.  Bran  ccarce  and  firm  at  $1. 
Exchange  — Hew-1'ork  sight,  I4  premium!  sterlinsti 
$5  10  fur  the  bank.    Gold.  105i4®ltJ5  Hi, 

St.  Louia  Feb.  26. — Flour  quiet,  unchanffed. 
WheatduU;  No.  2  EedFall.  $1  44fe$l  4413  bid,  casn; 
$1  4913.  April;  No.  3,do.,  $1  39ia'2'$l  40,  cash;  $1  40. 
March;  $1  44®$1  44 1^,  ApriL  Corn  unsettled  and 
I'wer;  Mixed,  SI ^a.'a)iT^a.  bid,  c.-ish ;  sales  al 
38c.,  March;  40c,@4'Ji30..  April;  42c,®42i«c.,  May. 
Oats  dull;  No.  2,  34c.'2i34i4C  cash  ;  33I4C.  bid.  M.nrch. 
Rye  quiet,  66I2C. ■2167140.  bid,  accoruiug  to  location. 
Barley  m  lair  demand;   little  doing.     WhlSKy  quiet  at 

§106.  Pork  dull  nt  $14  75,  March;  $l.'i,  April j 
15  10.  Mn.y.  Bulk-meats — Buyers  and  sellers  aoart : 
no  transactions  in  round  lots.  Bacon  dull  at  6i4C.'a 
638C„  9c.&9i8C,  and8'4C®938c.,  for  Shoulders,  Cleal 
Rib,  and  Clear  Sides.  Lard  dull  at  $9  55  bid.  Hoes-< 
Li;.'ht,  $4  90@$5  75:  Packing,  $3  Iocs*.")  3tJ;  Butch- 
ers' to  Philadelphias,  $5  30S$5  65.  Catte  strung; 
unchanged.  Eeceipts- 5,000  ohls.  Flour,  24.000  bush- 
els Wheat,  lOO.OOu  bushels  Corn,  19,000  bushels  Uats, 
2,000  bushels  Rye,  1,000  bn&helB  Bailey,  1,4U0  head 
Hogs,  1,000  head  Cattle. 

Buffalo.  Feb.  26.— Markets  quiet ;  price* 
generally  unchanged.  Sales  reported  of  500  bbls. 
Flonr  ;  16  cars  new  Com  on  track,  .at  olc.  a'51'<jc-, 
and  02c.:  old  No.  2  qtmtaole  at  55c.;  one  car  Western 
Oats  at37c.i  one  car,  tour-rowed  State  Barley  at  70c.j 
350  bags  Timothy-seed  at  $2®.'»2  lU;  2,000  bushels 
Canada  Peas  at  $1®^!  10;  150  bushels  medium  and 
marrow  Beans  at  ^i'Si&Z  40.  Purk  aud  Lard  quieti 
utiehanged.  Other  articles  unchanged.  Eaiii-ooa 
Freights  unchanged.  Receipts— Flour.  5.300  buiK.; 
Wheat.  13,6 JO  bushels;  Corn,  23.600  bushels:  Uats. 
14  700  buibels;  Buriey,  4,40U  bushels ;  Rye,  3,2>.iU 
bushels,  sbipmeots— Flour,  4.240  bbls.;  Wheat . 
13,600  onsbels;  Com,  2.\000  bushels;  Uats,  14.700 
bushels  :  Barley.  4,000  bushels  ;  ttye  3,200  bushels. 
Grain  In  Store  and  .Afloat — Wheat,  190,023  bushels;  Corn, 
235,.J7  b9u»hels;  Oats,  17,064  bushels,  Barley,  315.603 
bushels;  Bvo,  8,156  bnaheiB;  FeoB.  600  bushel*; 
Ualt.  56,007  busuels. 

ClKcnfSATL  Feb.  26. — Flour  steady,  with  a  fair 
demand  ;  Family,  $6  85'Si$7.  Wneat  inactive;  Bed, 
$1  45(Z>$1  55.  Com  dull  at  40c.®43c.  Oats  in  good 
demand  at  37c.'2)43c.  Rye  dull,  uuchKuued.  Ba,rle.y 
In  lair  demand  for  Fall  at  6uc®ijuc.  Pork 
dull  and  lower  at  $15  60.  Lard  dull  and 
lower:  Steam,  $9  eOSSy  6219:  Kettle,  lO'-iC 
'S>llc.  Bulk-meats  in  fair  demand;  ,- boulders, 
5'2C.®534a;  bhort  Rib  Middles,  8c.  spot:  8'-20.,  buvel 
April;  8°bc  buyer.  May:  Short  Clear  Middles,  Sigv. 
Bacon  duU,  drooping,  at  634c '®7c.,  9iac..  aud  Oi^c..  fot 
Shoulders,  Clear  Rib,  and  Clear  Sides.  Whisk v  active 
and  firm  at  $1  06.  Butter  lirmer;  Western  Reserve, 
iilc.®l!3c.;  Central  Ohio,  17e.'d>19c;  packing  grades, 
14c.'315c.  Live  Hogs  iu  fair  demand  ;  co.i.mon,  $53 
$5  25:  fdlr  tu  good  light  $5  35»$5  70;  packing^ 
$6  763$6 ;  buiciier  grades,  $6  053$6  25  {  receipta, 
1,432  Lead;  Bhipments,  505 head. 

T01.EDO.  Feb.  26. — Flour  steady.  WTieat  easierr 
No.  1  White  Michigan,  $1  55 'a;  No.  2  do.,  $14519; 
Amber  Micbigau,  spot,  $1  51'4,-  March,  $1  51i<3i 
April,  $1  5415;  May.  $1  57ia;  No.  2  Red  Winter, 
$1  49 13;  March,  $1  50;  April.  $1  53.  Corn 
quiet ;  high  iliied.  44c.;  May,  47o.;  No.  2, 
Siiot,  43i!»c..  April,  45c;  May,  4634C1  Ao.  2  White. 
44i<jc;  Rejected,  43c.  Oau  dull;  White  held  at 
40c;  Mlcliig»tu  38c,  Clover-seed.  KB  90.  Receipta— i&5 
bills.     Flour,    I, WW    bushels    Wheat,    8U,U00    bushels 

Corn,  bhipments— 100  bbls.  Flour,  8,000  Duahela 
Wneat,  17.U00   Duahela  Corn;    8U0  bu^bela  Oata. 

MiLWAUKEH.  Feb.  26. — Flour  quiet  and  weak. 
Wheat  steady;  closed  Weak;  No.  1  Milwaukee,  SI  43; 
No.  2 do.,  fresh,  *1  32;  March, $1  3084;  Ap.-ll,  $1  32^8: 
No.  3  do.,  $1  2134.  Corn  dull  and  nominal;  No.  2, 
40c.;  new,  38c.  Oats  dull;  Ko.  2,  Jiliac  Ryq 
steady;  Ko.  1,  680.  Barle.T  dull  and  nominal:  .No. 
2  Bprine,  62c.  Provisions  quioi  and  nominal;  Mess 
Pork,  $14  50.    Prime  Lard.  9340.    Dressed  Hogssleady 

at  $5  75'2)f5  90.  Keceipts— 5,ii00  bbls.  Flour,  lO.OuO 
bushels  Wueat.  Shipments- 14,000  bbls.  Flour,  125,000 
bushels  Wheat. 

OswEOO.  Feb.  26.— Flour  uncbaneed;  sales,  1.2M 
bbls.  Wheat  steady;  No.  1  Milwaukee  Club,  $1  60; 
Ko.  2  do.,  $1  53;  Na  2  Kod  Waoash.  $1  6^}:  Ko.  1 
White  Michignn.  $1  68;  hxtra  do.,  $1  74;  sales  oi 
White  State  at  $1  66.  Corn  dull;  saies  of  Wettem 
Mixed  at  58c  Barley  quiet;  No.  1  Canaia  held  at  $1; 
No.  2  do ,  90c.;  sales  10,00  >  b.isbcls  on  private  termi. 
Cora-meal — Bolted,  *'J7 ;  Unl^olte-l.  $26.  iiul  f.'ed— 
Shorts,  $2i<:     cihipslutTs,    $^2;    MiduUugs,    :^;:4a'$^!>. 

Klour  Shipments,  l,4;.iO  ubls. 

Dktkoit.  Feb.  26.— Flonr  etearty,  very  quiet, 
at$7a'$7  00.  Wheat  quiet  and  BCead.v;  %xtra  Whits 
Michigan,  $1  CS'q;  Mil.iog,  $1  60H>:  No.  1  Wbiia 
Michigan,  $1  o4y;  Milling.  $1  50.  Cora  easier; 
high  Mixed,  46c ;  Sn.  1  Aiized.  45':2C;  Kansas.  48c, 
on  track.  Oats,  nothing  doing ;  White,  ntiniloally4:,^c; 
Mixed,  40c  Receipts — Flour,  1.15b  hols.;  Wheat  lo.< 
857  bushels;  Corn.  7,868  bushels;  0*t3.  5,751 
bushels,  .shipments— Flour,  469  bbls.:  Wheat,  810 
bushels  :  Com,  7,4S3  bushels;   Oats,  2,  Jl9  bushels. 

LouiBViLLE.  Feb.  26.— Flour  in  lair  demand:  ox. 
tr.i,  $5a.$5  50;  Famijy,  $8  76'S)$8  60;  A  No.  1,  $6  75 
'aiSn  25;  Fancy,  $7  76'3$S  '61^^.  WUoat  steaiiy; 
White.  $1  43&$1  45;  Amber,  $1  40'2'*1  43;  Kod, 
$1  S7®$1  40.  Corn  nnd  Ostsquletano  unchanged.  Rye 
in  fair  demand  at  75c. ©Sue.  P..rk  firmer  at  $1650. 
Bulk-meats  quiet;  shoulders.  6iso.;  i^lcar  Ribs, 8'2C) 
Clear  ^ides.  834c  Bacon  steady  ;  obouiders  7c.:  Cleas 
Ribs,  914C.:  Clear  Mues,  8120,  Lard  quiet  and  uu- 
changed.    Whiskey  firmer  at  $1  06. 

Albany.  Fob.  i6. — Wheat  aud  Rye  quiot.  Corn 
dull  and  rather  easier  to  bdy.  Barley  dull  at  nn- 
chanved  prices;  sales  of  2  cars  No  '.;  two-rowed  State 
at  6t>0..  aud  lo  cars  No.  2  six-rowed  do.,  to  arnve,  at 
75c    Malt  quiet    Oats  dull. 

"Wilmington,  N.  C,  Fob.  26— Spirits  Turpentine 
quiet  St  36 loo.  Resiu  steady ;  Strained.  $1  65.  Crude 
'lurpentine  steady;  Hard,  $1  75;  Yellow  Dip  and 
Virgin,  $2  75.    'I'ar  quiet  at  $1  OO. 

Providence,  Feb.  26.— Print  Cloths  are  flat ;  Df 
transactions;   nominally  47gc.  tor  best  64x64  Clothe 

IHE  COTTON  MARKETS. 


Kew-Oelkans,  Feb.  26.— Cotton— F.tir  demanflj 
Middling  liSiC;  Low  Middling,  11  i*c;  Good  Ordinary, 
1034c.;  net  receipts,  8,925  bales:  gross,  9,8o4  ualea: 
exports,  to  Great  l!ritiilii,  1,825  iwles;  to  France. 
l.»89  balea;  to  the  Continent,  2,049  boles;  aulas, 
5,1UU  balea;  stock,  808,4 11  bales. 

Chablkston.  Feb.  26. — Cotton  quieter;  Middling, 
12'4C;   Low    Sliddling,   1 1340.®Il''eC.:   Good    Ordt    ary, 

III4U,,''  net  leceipts,  804  bales:  exports,  to  Great 
Biitalo,  1,983  bale.s:  to  the  Continent  1,938  ba,«4i 
coastwlae,  440  bales;  aolea.  500  boles;  stock.  87.030 
bales. 

Galvkbton,  Feb.  26.— Cotton  irregular;  Mlidlinp, 
1134c;  Low  Middling,  III4C;  Good  Ordinary, 
lO^^c:  net  recelpis.  96'a  bales:  gross,  945  bales  ;  ex- 
ports, to  Great  Britain.  757  bales;  coastwise,  67bala8| 
sales,  159  uaies;    stock,  74,2^0  oalea. 

Savannah,  Feb.   S6.— Cotton   dull   and  nominal; 

Middling,  l^c;  Low  Middling,  ll^sc;  Good  OrdlDory,' 
lO'igC;  net  receipts.  1.108  bOies;  gross,  1.117  baiea; 
exports,  coastwise,  1,328  bOlesi  Bales,  700  baloBt 
stock,  48,715  baU:8. 

Mobile.  Feb.  86.— Cotton  IrToguIar;  Middline 
lliiic;  LowMlddltng.  llisc;  Goad  Ordinary,  lOScl 
IO34C;  net  receipts,  1.67i)  bales;  exports,  coaatwise, 
171  bales ;  stock,  71,432  boles. 

AuousTA.  Feb.  26. — Cotton  dnll  and  lower  t« 
sell;  Middling,  ll'%c®ll»4C;  Low  Middling.  11  Ccffl 
lli^:  good  ordinary,  lOiflO.;  receipts,  ',^70  bales; 
sales,  184  boles. 

KOBFOIS,  Feb.  26,— Cotton  dull;  Middlloe,  ll<%o. 

®1134C-:  uet  receipU  ,  829  holM  i  •ZDwriL  eoaatwlM^ 

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AMVS£M£JVTS  THIS  EYSSINO. 

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u'esterday's  proceedings!^  the  House  were 
marked  by  a  more  than  u^ally  violent  eb- 
ullition of  rage,  disappoiimnent,  and  bad 
lanj^uage.  The  amiable  Jonks,  of  Kentucky, 
said  that  the  majority  of  the  Commission 
had  violated  their  oaths,  and  bad  become 
"the  scorn  and  by- word  of  honest  men;" 
the  far-sighted  Hewitt,  after  counseling 
submission  now,  hinted  dimly  at  the  future 
possibility  of  being  compelled  to  take  up 
arms  in  ''the  crusade  ajjainst  injustice,  op- 
pression, and  .  tyranny,"  while  the 
belligerent  Cate,         of       Wisconsin, 

worked  liimself  into  a  fine  freuzy  over 
HEWirr'g  postponement  ot  the  revolution, 
and  Wanted  to  have  the  work  of  the  "  in- 
famous "  Commission  at  once  annulled,  and 
denounced  the  "cowardice"  of  those  who 
were  ready  to  submit  to  the  decision. 
Whereupon  one  of  those  Southern  Democrats 
w%ose  inconveniently  long  memories  are 
frequently-  found  embarrassing  by  their 
Northern  Allies,  extinguished  Gate  and  the 
wind-bag  patriots  with  the  remark  that 
"  those  who  denounce  us  now  as  cowards, 
when  the  pinch  came  fifteen  years 
ago,  trtrned  against  us."  During  all 
ithis  raEit  and  recrimination,  the  House  was 
rapidly  assuming  the  appearance  of  a  bear- 
gardeix,  and  men's  minds,  if  not  their  mo- 
tives., were  carried  back  to  the  scenes  which 
ushered  in  secession  and  civil  war.  And 
yeti  the  persons  who  behaved  like  a  parcel  of 
lunatics  on  the  floor  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives yesterday  are  simply  disappointed 
llitigants  before  a  court  which  themselves 
I  have  constituted,  and  by  whose  decision 
^they  were  solemnly  pledged  to  abide. 


Hates  will  be  apt  to  prefer  for 
his  associates  men  whom  the  appoint- 
ments mast  seek,  ratber  than  those  who 
intrigue  for  the  appointments.    It  should  he 

a  conclusive  argument  against  any  man's 
fitness  to  take  one  of  the  foremost  places 
under  the  new  Administration  that  he  is 

capable  of  either  makinf;  personal  solicita- 
tions for  such  a  trust  or  of  allowing  his 

friends  to  importune  for  bim.  It  is  in  the  last 
degree  impertinent  lor  any  politician  or  set  of 
politicians  to  urge  his  or  their  "right"  to  be 
selected  for  high  position  on  the  ground  that 
they  assisted  to  make  Gen.  Hayks  Presi- 
dent.    It  was  the  people  who  did  that  work, 

and  it  is  to  the  people  alone  that  the  next 
President  will  hold  himself  responsible  for 
the  selection  of  his  advisers. 


If  the  late  Speaker  Kerb  could  have  ex- 
pressed any  wish  concerning  the  eulogies 
which  might  be  pronounced  over  his  grave, 
he  certainly  would  have  protested  against 
important  public  business  being  retarded 
by  them.  The  Senate  baa  not  yet  taken 
any  oiflcial  action  on  the  death  ot 
the  Speaker,  .  and  Sanator  McDon- 
ald, of  Indiana,  now  gives  notice 
that  he  will  call  up  tbe  House 
resolutions  on  the  subject,  to  which,  of 
course,  he  proposes  to  speak  at  length.  Time 
is  very  precious-afr  this  stage  of  the  session, 
as  several  impdrtaat  appropriation  bills  are 
awaiting  action.  If  the  Senate  had  paid 
due  honor  to  the  memory  of  the  dead  Speak- 
er, it  would  have  loag  since  eulogized  his 
worth,  and  not  have  waited  untU  this  late 
day  to  wedge  such  a  ceremony  into  the  rush 
of  the  last  moments  of  the  session. 


The  compulsory  reduction  in  the  salaries 
of  school-teachers  effected  through  the  ac- 
tion of  the  BoOTd  of  Apportionment,  shows 
how  easily  that  body  could  have  enforced 
economy  in  the  salary  list  of  every  dc- 
uartmeut  of  the  City  Government,  bad 
it  been  so  disposed.  The  grossly  ex- 
travagant salaries  of  court  attendants, 
clerks,  and  messengers  are  iu  many 
cases  nrotected  by  resolutions  of  the  Ring 
Board  of  Supervisors,  but  no  attempt  was 
made  to  touch  those  which  could  have  been 
reached,  simply  because  the  courts  are  filled 
with  political  bummers  who  do  the  flirty 
work  of  Tammany  Hall  at  election  time,  in 
return  for  being  billeted  on  the  public 
for  the  rest  of  the  year.  The  school 
teachers  are  not  serviceable  politi- 
cal workers,  and  such  influence 
as  they  exert  is  not  favoralile  to  the  con- 
tinued existence  of  the  ignorance  and  crime 
which  form  the  corner-stone  of  the  edifice 
of  Tammany  supremacy.  It  is  highly 
characteristic  of  our  City  Administration 
that  it  should  with  one  hand  increase  the 
grossly  exorbitant  salaries  of  men  like 
"Tom"   Dunlap.     "Billy"    Boyd,    and 

"  Ed."  Galk,  while  cutting  do%vn  with  the 
other  the  pay  of  our  hard-worked  and  un- 
derpaid school-teachers. 


Of  course,  the,  questions  aft'ecting  the  eh- 
gibility  of  one  of  the  Electors  in  Pennsyl- 
vania were  lost  sight  of  in  the  scrimmage, 
and  the  opportunity  given  to  discuss  these, 
as  well  as  the  equally  ridiculous  objection 
to  a  Rhode  Island  Elector,  was  used  to  venti- 
late stale  diatribes  about  the  Louisiana 
decision,  the  -  ruling  in  regard  to  Ore- 
gon, ,  and  the  action  of  the  Commis- 
sion generally.  The  majority  in  the 
Hooae  sustained  the  objection  to  the  vote  of 
Pennsylv^ia  ;  the  Democrats  in  the  Senate, 
wi'^h  rather  more  regard  to  their  reputation, 
reVnsed  to  stultify  themselves  on  that  point. 
The  vote  of  Rhode  Island,  after  some 
'pettifogging  arguments  in  the  House, 
was  accepted  by  both  houses.  Then, 
after  ,-  much  useless  expenditure  of 
time  t'  and  ?  energy,  the  South  Carolina 
returns  were  reached,    and   the   Electoral 

Commission  received  the  last  installment  of 
its  work.  There  is  no  reason  why  that 
work  should  not  be  ^nished  to-day,  and  still 
less  why  the  labors  of  the  Joint  Con- 
tention, even  if  frivolous  objections  are 
made  to  Vermont  and  Wisconsin,  should 
not  terminate  to-morrow.  The  fact 
that  the  ranks  of  the  filibustering  crowd 
are  thinning  out  and  that  20  who  voted 
for  a  recess  on  Saturday  voted  against  it 
to-day,  encourages  the  hope  that  the  re-  c 
suit  of  the  election,  which  was  aiunounced 
on  conclusive  evidence  by  The  Times  of  the 
9th  of  November,  should  be  formally  ac- 
cepted '  hji  Congress  on  the  2dth  of  Feb- 
ruary. 


At-f«very    lull  in  the   noise  of  Electoral 

eqaahbling  the  hum  of  expectant  office^ 

seekers  makes  itself  beard.  There  are  at 
least  seven  hondred  men  who  think  they 
have  •*  claims  "  for  the  seven  Cabinet  posi- 
'tions  to  be  filled  by  President  Hayes,  whUo 
the  name  of  applicants  for  less  ele- 
vated positions  la  legion.  The  latter  have 
not  succeeded  in  (grasping  the  fact 
that  the  immediate  vacancies  will  be  very 
few,  und  that  the  inevitable  reorganization 
ef  the  civil  sravice  on  a  basis  of  efficiency 
mad.  non-partisanship  will  be  as  slow  as  it 
-wiU  be  difficult.    The  aspirants  for  Cabi- 


ACCEPTANCE  OR  ANARCHY  t 
We  cannot  often  concur  in  any  version  of 
a  case  which  Mr.  HEWirr  puts  forward,  but 
for  once  he  comes  very  near  the  truth. 
There  is  a  certain  degree  of  exaggeration 
in  the  alternative  as  he  states  it.  The  re- 
fusal of  the  Democratic  representatives  to 
abide  by  the  decision  of  the  Electoral  Com- 
mission might  not  be  followed  by  the  an- 
archy he  predicts,  because  the  good  sense  of 
the  country  might  even  then  interpose  its 
influence  in  support  of  the  solution  of  the 
difficulty     which     the     liepublicau    Senate 

would  present.  There  can,  however,  bo  no 
doubt  as  to  the  tendency  of  the  tactics 
which  Mr.  Hewitt,  under  a  sudden  acces- 
sion ot  moderation,  loudly  condemns.  The 
whole  drift  of  the  opposition  is 
toward  anarchy.  No  regard  for  con- 
sequences is  apparent  in  the  attacks  upon 
the  integrity  of  the  Commission,  calculated 
as  they  are  to  impair  the  moral  eilicacy  of 
its  judgment  and  the  future  usefulness  of 
its  judicial  members  ;  and  the  recklessness 
is  yet  more  conspicuous  iu  the  contemptuous 
disregard  of  the  difficulties  T\;hich  must  fol- 
low if  the  labors  of  the  Commission  end  in 
failure.  So  far,  Mr.  Hewitt's  estimate  of 
the  conduct  of  his  more  boisterous  brethren 
is  correct.  They  are,  as  he  declares  them  to 
be,  anarchists,  and  the  country  will  not  for- 
get that  every  one  of  them  is  a  Democrat, 
and  that  the  revolutionary  course  they  are 
pursuing  is  only  an  application  of  the 
methods  of  helping  Mr.  Tildes  which  Mr. 
Hewitt  has  encouraged  ever  since  the  do- 
feat  last  November. 

Logically,  too,  the  anarchists  have  an  ad- 
vantage over  Mr.  Hewitt.  Their  most 
violent  utterances  in  regard  to  the  conduct 
of  the  Commission  he  indorses.  Like  Mr. 
Bayakd  and  other  of  the  more  moderate 
Democratic  leaders,  he  assails  the  motives 
and  actions  of  the  majority  of  the  Commis- 
sion in  terms  that  are  as  gross  as  they  are- 
unjust.  They  are  held  up  to  public  odium 
and  hatred  as  betrayers  of  a  great  trust, 
whose  verdict  must,  indeed,  be  ac- 
cepted as  the  lesser  of  two  evils, 
but  whose  proceeding,  will  be  forever 
infamous.  It  must  be  admitted,  then, 
that  the  violent  men  who  yesterday  sur- 
rounded Mr.  Hewitt  in  the  House,  and 
showed  by  their  temper  and  their  words 
how  narrow  is  the  line  which  separates 
them  from  rebellion,  have  somewhat  the 
better  of  him  as  regards  the  consistency  of 
their  argument.  Ho  asserts  that  the  eight 
members  of  the  Commission  are  jiorjurers, 
and  that  their  decisions  are  not  entitled  to 
respect.  Nevertheless,  he  proposes  to  adhere 
to  them.  What  more  natural  than  that  the 
embryo  rebels  whom  he  has  schooled  up  to 
their  present  position  should  turn  round 
upon  him  and  ask,  "Would  you  havens 
accept  the  result  ot  perjury  t  Sliall  we  be 
parties  to  the  enforcement  of  a  decision 
which  you  say  is  infamous  and  ought  not  to 
be  respected!"  Mr.  Hewitt's  answer— "If 
you  don't,  we  shall  have  anarchy" — true  in 
the  main  as  it  undoubtedly  is,  only  half 
meets  the  queries  addressed  to  him.  To  in- 
culcate moderation  effectively,  and  to  sus- 
tain the  authority  of  law  as  against  the  ex- 

rtremists  who  would  substitute  for  law  their 
own  fierce  partisanship,  he  must  bridle  his 
tongue  when  the  character  and  work  of  the 
Commission  are  under  consideration.  And 
as  it  is  with  him,  so  it  is  with  Mr.  Bayard 
and  Democratic  Senators  and  Representa- 
tives who  hold  that  the  decision  of  the  Com- 
mission must  be  sustained.  Their  exhorta- 
tions would  be  infinitely  more  effective  if 
strengthened  by  their  own  good  example. 

Leaving  these  considerations   out  of   ac- 
count, the  dangers  incident   to    the    pro- 


jB0t  .jMMitiooa  saam   to   fo^ast   that   Geo  I  £ramme  of  those  who  would  nrevent  a  le 


gal  declaration  of  the  result  of  the  election 
are  too  manifest  to  be  mistaken.  It  is 
clear,  in  the  first  place,  that  if  the  labors  of 
the  Commission  be  frustrated,  all  the  irrita- 
tion it  was  intended  to  subdue  will  recur 
with  Increased  intensity  ;  all  the  difficul- 
ties and  perils  it  was  intended  to  obviate 

will   reappear  in  an  aggravated  form.     TMe 

second  phase  ot  the  controversy  will  be  worse 

than  the  first,  because  the  contest,  which 
originally  involved  honest  differences  of 
opinion,  will  be  between  the  upholders  and 
the  enemies  of  law.  The  same  desperation 
of  purpose  which  prompts  the  advocates  of 

delay  to  obtrude  their    policy  whenever  an 

opportunity  occurs,  will  impel  them  to  re- 
sist any  settlement  not  in  accordance  with 
their  wishes.  Their  quarrel  with  the  Com- 
mission, divested  of  surplusage,  is  on  the 
ground  that  it  gives  the  Presidency  to  the 
Republican  candidate.  They  are  resolved 
that  their  party  shall  have  the  prize.  These 
feelings  will  animate  them  as  fully  as  now 
in  the  event  of  other  measures  being  made 
necessary  by  the  failure  to  finish  the  count. 
If,  as  some  suggest,  the  Senate  and  its  pre- 
siding officer  at  the  last  moment  take  up 
the  unfinished  work,  go  through  the  re- 
maining returns,  and  declare  Mr.  Hayes 
elected,  the  country  would  unquestionably 
be  content.  The  emergency  would  more 
than  justify  any  technical  irregularity. 
And  as  the  proceeding,  if  it  take  place  at 
all,  will  barely  end  before  the  present  House 
passes  out  of  existence,  there  can  be  no 
trouble  direct  from  that  source.  Then 
comes  the  beginning  of  the  anarchy  which 
Mr.  Hewitt  foresees.  The  revolutionary 
element  will  bo  let  loose  and  the  Govern- 
ment will  again  be  required  to  maintain  its 
supremacy  by  force.  The  certainty  as  to 
the  result  of  any  such  conflict  does  not  ex- 
cuse the  madness  or  mit  igate  the  guilt  of 
those  who  would  provoke  it. 

Take  another  hypothesis  which  is  much 
talked  of,  and  the  prospect  is  not  better. 
Assume  that  Mr.  Ferry,  or  some  sterling 
Republican  who  may  be  chosen  in  his  place, 
steps  from  the  chair  of  the  Senate  to  the 
White  Hoase,  and  that  next  November 
another  election  for  President  shall  be  held, 
who  can  estimate  'the  risks  and  difficulties 
incident  to  such  a  struggle  ?  Our.  belief  is 
that  if  Democratic  factiousness  render 
another  election  necessary,  the  Demo- 
cratic Party  will  be  crushed  by  the 
weight  of  the  nation's  indignation.  Pond- 
ing the  election,  the  excitement  will  be 
intense.  Wo  shall  have  eight  months 
or  more  during  which  an  industrial 
and  business  revival  will  be  impossible ;  all 
that  remains  of  confidence  will  bo  de- 
stroyed; the  country  will  be  torn  with  par- 
tisan strife — with  results  which  no  thought- 
ful man  can  contemplate  without  appre- 
hension. Besides,  there  can  be  io  guaran- 
tee of  Democratic  acquiescence  even  thou. 

A  party  ■which  proposes  to  bring  the  ma- 
chfhery  of  Government  to  a  stand-still  by 
way  of  avenging  defeat  at  the  polls  cannot 
be  relied  upon  to  accept  quietly  another 
verdict,  if  it  also  be  .adverse. 


LIFE  lA'SDHAXCE  EXPENSES. 
The    Senate     Insurance      Committee,    to 

whom  the  task  of  preparing  a  comprehen- 
sive bill  in  reference  to  life  insurance  has 
been  intrusted,  can  scarcely  overlook  the 
moral  of  the  returns  supplied  in  response  to 
Mr.  Bixby's  resolution.  The  absence  of 
certain  returns  is  not  less  suggestive  than 
the  returns  that  have  boon  rendered.  It  is 
plain  that  companies  which  deservedly 
stand  high  in  publig  estimation  are  unwill- 
ing to  supply  more  minute  informa- 
tion respecting  their  expenses  than  is  ex- 
acted from  them  by  the  law.  A  resolution 
of  the  Legislature  has  no  more  binding 
force  than  an  ordinarily  formal  request,  and 
the  Insurance  Department  has  not  been  ac- 
customed to  add  to  such  a  resolution  the 
specific  inquiries  which  are  required  to 
bring  out  the  facts  desired.  The  natural 
results  we  have,  first,  in  the  inattention  ex- 
hibited by  certain  iostitutions  to  the 
resolution  oven  in  the  vague  form 
conceived  by  Mr.  Bixby,  and,  sec- 
ond, in  the  keeping  back  by  other 
companies  of  the  dstails  which  are  essen- 
tial to  a  correct  understanding  of  their  mis- 
cellaneous expenditures.  Nothing  loss  than 
an  imperative  requirement  of  law  will  pro- 
vide against  the  former  of  these  contingen- 
cies. The  other  calls  for  much  more  dis- 
crimination in  judging  of  the  relative  im- 
portance of  facts  than  is  .apparent  in  the 
terms  of  Mr.  Bixby's  resolution  or  in  the 
routine  labors  of  the  department.  A  state- 
ment of  the  salaries  is  well  enough  as  far  as 
it  goes,  but  it  covers  only  a  small  part  of 
jhat  lavish  cost  of  management  which  is 
one  of  the  scandals  of  tho  life  insurance 
business. 

As  it  is  desirable  in  a  discussion  of  this 
nature  to  consider  facts  as  indications  of 
the  working  of  a  system,  rather  than  as 
evidences  of  individual  mismanagement,  we 
shall  abstain  from  mentioning  the  compa- 
nies whose  returns  seem  to  challenge  mo- 
mentary attention.  As,  moreover,  we  are 
still  without  the  fuller  exhibits  of  the  com- 
panies' business  in  1876,  we  must,  for  tho 
purposes  of  illustration,  measure  the  re- 
ported payments  for  salaries  in  that  year  by 
the  reported  business  of  the  previous  year. 
There  is  probably  no  injustice  in  this  use 
of  the  records,  since  the  general  results  last 
year  are  known  to  hav6  been  worse  than 
those  of  the  year  which  preceded  it.  Ac- 
cepting, then,  the  epitome  of  the  returns 
'  now  published,  we  have  in  the  case  of  ouo 
of  tho  smaller  companies  an  aggregate  of 
salaries  amounting  to  $116,423.  Iu  1875  the 
same  salaries  are  set  down  ^t  $60,9D4.  How 
shall  this  doubling,  almost,  ef  salaries  in  a 
period  of  extreme  depression  be  accounted 
for  f  Is  the  explanation  to  be  found  in  the 
phrase,  "and  other  compensation,"  which 
appears  in  tho  published  statement  for 
1875  ?  Some  explanation  of  this  sort  there 
must  be,  or  a  scale  of  payment  which  gives 
to  the  Vice  President  more  than  double  the 
salary  of  the  President,  and  which  also 
rates  the  Secretary  and  Actuary  at  fifty  per 

cent,  in  excess  of  the  pay  drawn  by  the 
President,  ia  unintelligible.  It  there  are 
percentages  or  fees  m  addition  to  the 
salaiV,  the  fact  should  he  set  forth,  for  it  is 

one  of  the  most  demoralizing   in  tho  whole 

system. 

The  mystification  produced  by  the  returns 
as  now  furnished  is  not  lessened  by  the 
statement  of  another  company.  The  ex- 
penses ol  "  running  the  company"  last  year 
are  set  down  at  $181,693.  What  is  meant 
by  the  expression  f  The  office  salaries  can- 
not form  this  amount,  for  in  1875  they 
.  aegregated  only   237.311.     Un  the  othei^ 


hand,  three  salaries  alone  now  absorb  |28,- 
500.  But  ''running  the  company"  obvi- 
ously 'implies  the  vrorkine  of  its  complete 
maohinery^agencies,  medical  fees,  salaries 

and  all.  Now,  in  1875,  these  formed  a  total, 
in    round    figures,    of    $210,000,   to    which, 

perhaps,  ought  to  bo  added  another  roand« 

hundred   thousand  to  complete    the  record 

of  misceUaneons  expenses.    It   the  total 

miscellaneous  expenses  really  have  been 
cut  down  from  $309,445  to  $181,693, 
the  statement  as  presented  does  injustice  to 
the  company.  If,  again,  the  latter  figures 
are  retained  as  the  cost  of  working  the 

comj^any,  when,  in  truth,  variotw  important 

items  are  excluded,  the  statement  ia  unjust 
to  the  public.  • 

Another  of  the  published  returns  opens 
the  whole  subject  of  irregular  forms  of 
compensation,  which  the  inquiry  directed 
by  the  Senate  failed  to  touch.  The  object 
of  the  inquiry  was  to  bring  into  the  light 
the  various  expenditures  which  make  up 
the  cost  of  conducting  the  business.  Its 
inadequa9y,  already  partially  proved,  la  ren- 
dered more  conspicuous  by  the  particulars 
furnished  by  *he  company  under  notice. 
Fees  and  donations  are  reported  in 
connection  with  salaries;  the  President, 
Vice  President,  Secretary,  and  Actuary 
receiving  oofdiderable  amounts  in  addition 
to  what  ^ppear  to  bo  adequate  salaries. 
The  practice  is  common^  we  know,  but 
it  is  indefensible  in  any  circumstances, 
and  it  opens  the  door  to  flagrant 
abuses.  The  money  disbursed  as  "fees 
and  donations"  belongs  to  the  policy- 
holders. It  cannot  belong  to  the  stock- 
holders, for  we  find  that  in  1875  the 
holders  of  the  capital  stock,  which 
is  returned  at  $100,000,  actually  re- 
ceived $55,000  in  dividends.  Fifty-five  per 
cent,  for  money  which  to  the  policy-holders 
or  the  public  is  of  no  use  whatever !  Dur- 
ing the  same  year  we  find  that,  exclusive 
of  minor  items,  the  payments  to  offi- 
cers, medical  examiners,  and  agents 
amounted  to  nearly  $220,000,  of  which  al- 
most $140,000  was  paid  to  agents  alone. 
Are  we  to  infer  that  the  $83,040,  which  are 
now  given  as  "  the  total  amount  paid  out  to 
officers  and  agents,"  represent  only  part  of 
tho  gross  expenditure,  and  need  for  their 
elucidation  particulars  which  are  not  sup- 
plied t 

The  subject  is  not  easily  exhausted.  It 
has  so  many  ramifications  that  the  Senate 
committee  will  have  scope  for  their  inge- 
nuity in  any  provision  they  make  for  elicit- 
ing from  the  companies  tho  details  which, 
in  a  wholes^s^  state  of  things,  they  would 
voluntarily  exhibit.  Taking  the  returns 
now  obtained  precisely  as  they  stand,  their 
worthlcssness  is  manifest,  so  far  as  good 
management  is  concerned..    Tbe  bona  fide 

salaries  of  responsible  officials  are  a  com- 
paratively small  matter.  The  percentages 
or  gifts,  in  addition  to  salaries,  are 
morally  bad  and  need  thorough  exposure. 
The  sums  paid  to  agents  are  so  generally 
stated  that  it  is  impossible  to  ascertain  the 
cost  at  which  new  business  is  acquired  and 
the  old  business  is  carried  on — a  difierenoe 
which  ought  to  be  visible  on  the  surface, 
but  one  which  the  companies-  conveniently 
ignore.  Then  there  are  the  miscellaneoaa 
disbursements,  all  entering  into  the  ques- 
tion of  management,  but  so  indefinitely 
stated  that  no  positive  judgment  Can  be 
formed  as  to  their  economy  or  extravagance. 
For  these  and  similar  particulars  the  com- 
mittee must  make  stringent  provision  if 
their  bdl  is  to  have  any  value  as  an  aid  to 
life  insurance  reform. 


WHO  DID  lit 

The  Democrats  are  trying  to  find  out 
which  of  them  is  responsible  for  their  de- 
feat. They  were  defeated  last  November. 
Only  just  now  have  they  waked  up  to  the 
fact  that  they  are  really  dead.  There  was 
once  a  story  about  an  aged  political  Judge, 
who  not  only  lived  longer  than  he  had  any 
right  to  live,  but  who  persisted  in  holding 
office  and  giving  decisions  long  after  his 
reputation  was  as  dead  as  a  door-nail.  It  was 
said  of  him  that  ho  had  died  but  had  not 
tumbled  down.  The  Democratic  party  died 
last  November,  but  it  has  persisted  in  walk- 
ing about  and  making  a  noise  ever  since. 
It  refused  to  go  into  its  grave  and  be  de- 
cently buried.  It  impertinently  persisted 
in  keeping  above  ground,  revisiting  the 
glimpses  of  the  moon,  like  an  unmannerly  and 
wholly  unreasonable  spook.  At  last,  how- 
ever, the  unwholesome  carcase  has  begun 
to  drop  to  pieces,  and  the  members  are 
quarreling  about  the  responsibility  for  the 
catastrophe. 

Such  a  lively  .  corpse  .  was  never  seen 
before.  Let  us  admit  that  without  a  word 
of  dispute.  When  the  returns  came  in,  the 
party  insisted  that  these  meant  nothing. 
They  swore  thaL-  their  candidate  was 
elected,  wiCfPSI  without  returns.  They  re- 
fused to  be  dead.  There  were  figures,  facte, 
and  opinions  gainst  them,  to  be  sure.  But 
they  would  not  admit  that  these  were  con- 
clusive. They  circulated  figures  from  the 
Bureau  of  Nincompoops,  though  they 
know  these  to  be  fraudulent.  They  spoke 
of  Mr.  TiLDEN  as  "the  President-elect," 
and  when  all  these  failed  them,  they  flew 
to  last  year's  World  Almanac,  and  imbibed 
consolation  from  a  theory  of  averages,  which 
elected  their  candidate  in  defiance  of  facts. 
Let  us  give  all  credit  to  the  coon  which  did 
not  come  down,  although  it  was  as  dead  as 
tho  prehistoric  man.  The  tail  of  the  crea- 
ture still  clung  to  the  tree,  and  refused  to 
give  up  tbe  ghost,-  though  every  other  sup- 
port had  been  taken  away,  and  every  other 
member  had  been  struck  dead  by  the  re- 
morseless hand  of  fate. 

Mr.  David  Dudley  Field  still  fights  on 
like  the  head  of  the  snapping-turtle,  which 
snaps  viciously  long  after  it  has  been 
kicked  away  from  tht  dismembered  body. 
We  may  not  admire  the  discretion,  but  such 
a  calm  ignorance  of  death  is  worthy  ot 
attention.  The  bulk  of  the  party,  however, 
like  Edgar  A.  Pob's  mesmerized  corpse, 
suddenly  and  positively  advertises  its 
being  moribund.  It  is  edifying  to  see 
that  the  instinct  of  '  the  small  mischief- 
makers  is  to  turn  npou  and  rend  each  other. 
There  were  two  kinds  of  Democrats   in  the 

late  disastrous  campaign— Democrats  and 

Tilden  Democrats.  Perhaps  we  should  say 
that  there  were  two  parties  opposed  to  the 
Republicans,  Democrats,  and  Tilden  men. 
The  first  of  these  represented  an  organiza- 
tion. The  second'  were  the  personal  follow- 
ing of  a  nominee.  It  is  impossible  not  to 
see  that  a  man  like  Watterson,  for  exam- 
ple, light  headed  and  incoherent  though  he 
is,  adhered  to  the  old-fashioned  notion  of 
0  nrincloles.  not  men."    Ba  and  othara  like. 


Mm  believed  that  the  St.  Lonis  candidate 
was  merely  the  incarnation  of  the  Demo* 
cratic  Party.  They  maintained  that  de- 
lusion with  loyal  steadfastness.  But 
there  was  another  faction,  more  ac- 
tive,      and       therefore       more      miscbiev- 

0Q8.      To    this   hand   of  believers   the 

party  was  for  the  time  the  personal 
property,  the  "  usufruct,"  of  the  candidate. 
The  National  Committee  was  managed  by 
this  latter  faction.  ^  No  dog  might  bark  in 
the  party,  from  Maine  to  the  Gulf,  without 

permission  of  the  committee.  Pelton,  the 
nephew  of  his  uncle,  was  the  soul  of  that 
cemiral  organization.  Continually  at  logger- 
heads though  he  was  with  Hewitt,  he  ran 
the  campaign,  and  when  it  was  over  and 
the  Liberty -street  Bureau  was  closed,  he 
had  tho  wires  put  in  through  his  uncle's 
parlor-window,  and  essayed  to  conduct  the 
resurrectionary  proceedings  from  No.  15 
Gramercy  Park. 

Naturally  enough,  Hewitt  did  not  like 
this.  His  was  the  attitude  of  the  rider  in 
the  celebrated  two-horse  act.  He  desired 
to  be  a  Democrat  and  a  Tildenite.  This 
was  difficult.  He  continually  quarreled 
with  Pelton,  who  represented  •  the  man, 
Tilden  ;  and  he  dissatisfied  the  old  party 
managers,  who  felt  their  party  interests 
were  at  stake.  Consequently,  his  feeble 
intellect  gave  way.  According  to  Watter- 
80N,  who  is  an  ideal  Democrat,  Hbwitt, 
the  nominal  official  head  of  the  party,  ap- 
peared in  Congress  "  befuddled  with  self- 
mystification  and  vanity."  Moreover,  ac- 
cording to  the  same  authority,  he  was 
"  flighty  and  incapable."  Nevertheless,  it 
should  not  be  forgotten  that  be  was 
the  Chairman  of  the  National  Democratic 
Committee,  and  that  he  was  put  into  that 
position  by  desire  of  Mr.  Tildkn.  It  is  pos- 
sible that  the  indignant  Kentucky  Demo- 
crat considers  all  this  when  ha  refers  to 
Hewitt  as  "a  bobolink,  scudding,  cloud- 
like, between  the  White  House  and  the  of- 
fice of  the  Associated  Press."  Pelton  has 
done  the  misckief,  and  poor  Hewitt  is 
"  catching  it  "from  the  outraged  and  indig- 
nant Democracy. 

The  Democratic  newspapers  are  prepared 
to  go  further  than  this.  One  of  the  Wash- 
ington organs,  in  a  moment  of  remorse,  tells 
naughty  stories  about  Tilden's  conduct  of 
the  campaign.  It  says  that  a  political  in- 
triguer of  the  old  regime  (Gwix  f )  headed 
the  Tilden  clique  at  Washington  a  year 
ago;  that  the  primaries  were  "cooked"  in 
the  States;  and  that  St.  Louis,  being  se- 
lected as  the  place  for  holding  the  con- 
vention, was  "  salted "  by  an  over- 
powering lobby.  And  the  campaign  by 
which  the  nomination  was  secured  for 
Tilden  whs  "  a  lavish  expenditure  of 
money  and  a  low  intrigue."  Furthermore, 
it  is  admitted  that  Tilden  and  his  friends 
promised  to  spend  millions  of  money  to 
elect  him,  but  (and  hence  these  tears)  ho 
only  half  fulfilled  his  promise  of  unlimited 
expenditure.  Of  course,  all  this  is  a  tardy 
protest  against  Tildenism.  And  when  the 
newspaper  organ  denonnces  Pelton's  Or- 
egon intrigue  as  "  the  acme  of  political 
rascality,"  We  may  well  understand  that 
the  organ  grinder  believes  that  "  the  jig  is 
up,"  and  that  the  time  to  tell  the  truth  has 
come.  _^ 

It  is  not  necessary  to  refer  to  the  squab- 
ble going  on  inside  the  Democratic 
party  in  Congress.  We  need  not  point 
to  the  Democratic  candidate  for  Vice 
President  protesting  that  the  decision  of 
tho  Electoral  Commission  be  peacefully  ac- 
cepted, while  the  bitter  old  man  in  Gramer- 
cy Park  pulls  his  blanket  over  his  head 
and  makes  no  sign.  There  *are  enough 
evidences  of  internal  commotion  without 
calling  atttention  to  the  confusion  in 
Democratic  counsels  which  splits  the 
party  so  violently  that  even  the 
caucus,  that  time-honored  Democratic 
instrument  of  discipline,  is  despised 
and  flouted.  For  tho  time  being, 
the  loaders  have  quit  throwing  bard  names 
at  Republicans.  They  have  ceased  attrib- 
uting their  defeat  to  fraud.  They  realize 
how  dead  they  are,  and  they  are  charging 
their  taking  oft  to  each  other.  Like  the 
fallen  spirits  in  the  pit,  they  reproach  one 
-another.  At  last,  every  man  is  telbng  the 
truth.  There  are  those  who  call  Hewitt  a 
bobolink,  incapable  and  flighty,  and  others 
who  consider  Pelton  a  shallow  intriguer, 
and  even  others  who  stigmatize  Tilden  as 
merely  "  a  rich,  supple,  and  adroit  New- 
York  lawyer."  In  these  we  see  some  of  the 
causes  of  defeat.  But,  after  all,  the  De- 
mocracy was  defeated— because  it  was  the 
Democracy. 


A  NEW  PASSPORT  TO  HEAVEN. 

On  Sunday  last  Rev.  Mr.  Talmage  pre- 
sented the  life  msurance  cause  to  his 
hearers  with  his  usual  bold  >  and  reckless 
agility.  Clergymen  of  the  staid,  old-fash- 
ioned type  are  accustomed  to  waste  their 
time  and  energies  in  periodical  praise  of 
such  unremunerative  enterprises  as  mis- 
sionary and  Bible  societies,  although  it  is 
notorious  that  such  societies  allow  no  com- 
mission whatever  to  volunteer  clerical 
agents.  Of  course,  a  shrewd  and  efiterpris- 
ing  preacher  like  Mr.  Talmage  could  not 
be  expected  to  adhere  to  old-fashioned 
clerical  customs.  Instead  of  preaching  in 
behalf  of  the  missionary  *  society,  he 
preaches  in  favor  of  life  insurance  compa- 
nies, which  notoriously  pay  large  commis- 
sions to  agents  of  only  moderate  impudence. 
What  value  they  set  upon  Mr.  Talmagr's 
services  can  only  be  conjectured,  but  if 
they  do  net  pay  him  at  least  fifty  per  cent, 
of  all  the  premiums  which  he  can  secure 
among  his  congregation,  they  will  show  a 
gross  inability  to  estimate  tbe  impudence 
of  the  agent  who  touts  for  them  in  the 
pulpit. 

Lithe  and  agile  as  are  the  legs  of  Mr. 
Talmagb,  his  warmest  admirer  must  con- 
cede that  they  are  not  successful  in  draw- 
ing comparisons.  While  in  many  respects 
they  are  the  peers  of  the  best  circus  and 
baUet  legs,  they  cannot  trace  an  analogy 
correctly.  This,  however,  is  not  strange ; 
we  must  not  require  perfection  of  anything 
human.    When  Mr.  Talmage  throws  one 

leg  over  the  pulpit  we   readily  concede   its 

brilliancy  and  grace,  and  when  he  waves 
both  legs  in  the  air,  we  are  melted  by  their 
irresistible  pathos.  A  pair  of  legs  charac- 
terized by  brilliancy,  wit,  pathos,  and 
eloquence  should  not  be  aspersed  because 
they  axe  laoktsg  in  tome  one  other 
quality.  Were  Talmage  absolutely  per- 
fect in  all  respects,  he  would  be  a  cherub 
with  legs— a  variety  of  cherub  totally  im- 
known  to  theologians  or  painters. 


President  of  the  first  life  insnranoe.  com- 
pany the  itoxid  ever  aaw,"  he  &iled  to  per-'' 
oeive  the  tme  nature  of  Joseph's  com 
operation.      It  is,  perhaps,    requiring    too 

much  ^  ask  that  every  Brooklyn  minister 

should    thoroaghly      appreciate      Joseph's 

character,  hot  there  is  really  no  excuse  for 
misunderstanding  his  course  in  buying  com 
when  the  market  was  overstocked.  That 
able  Hebrew  was  the  first  financier  on 
record  who  ever  made    a    "comer."      He 

bought  enormoos  quantities  of  com,  which 

he  held  "for  a  rise,"  and  when  the  years  of 
famine  arrived  he  was  the  only  man  in 
Egypt  who  had  com  to  sell.  This  operation 
presents  itself  to  Mr.  Talmage's  legs  as 
precisely  analogous  to  the  ordinary  busi- 
ness of  a  life  insurance  company.  But  let 
US  be  patient.  Perhaps  Mr.  Talmage  did 
not  charge  Joseph  with  being  connected 
with  life  insurance  companies  out  ot  personal 
malice.  He  may  simply  have  desired  to 
propitiate  a  Brooklyn  audience  by  attacking 
the  virtuous  patriarch,  and  may  have  ex- 
cused himself  by  reflecting  that  Joseph  is 
dead  to  such  an  immense  extent  that  he 
cannot  be  injured  now  by  any  libelous 
charge. 

Mr.  Talmage  is  so  earnest  in  the  mat- 
ter that  he  .thinks  no  man  has  a  nght 
to  go  to  heaven  who  does  not  hold 
a  jMjlIcy  of  life  insurance.  To  the 
scriptural  command  to  the  sinner  to  re- 
pent and  be  baptized  Mr.  Talmage  adds, 
and  insure  your  life  in  some  good  company. 
This  is  a  rather  startling  addition  to  the 
Christian  faith,  but  it  is  not  much  more 
'startling  than  Mr.  Talmage's  assertion 
that  very  bad  and  mean  men  go  to  heaven. 
He  claims  that  it  is  "a  mean  thing"  for  a 
man  who  has  neglected  insuring  his  life, 
and  is  thus  "  worse  than  an  infidel,"  to 
"  go  up  to  heaven  while  his  family  goes  to 
the  poor-TiouSe."  There  is  no  doubt  that 
when  Mr.  Talmage  roaches  heaven,  he  will 
promptly  expose  the  meanness  of  the  men 
who  have  sneaked  in  without  exhibiting 
certified  copies  of  life  insurance  policies. 
Meanwhile,  it  will  be  news  to  most  theo- 
logians to  learn  that  mean  men  are  ever 
admitted  to  heaven.  This  doctrine  Is,  of 
course,  full  of  comfort  to  Mr.  Talmage,  but 
it  is  certainly  contrary  to  tbe  orthodox 
creed.  K  heaven  is  to  be  fiill  ot  mean  men 
and  Mr.  Tauulage'S*  legs,  how  can  a  con- 
scientious clergyman  picture  it  as  a  place  of 
perfect  bliss  t 

As  lias  been  said,  there  is  no  doubt  that 
the  life  insurance  companies  ought  to  t>e 
grateful  to  Mr.  Talmage.  What  other  life 
insurance  agent  has  ever  announced  from 
the  pulpit  that  the  man  who  does  not  insure 
his  life,  and  thereby  provide  for  the  sup- 
port of  his  wife's  second  husband,  is  worse 
than  an  iofldel  T  What  other  preacher  has 
ever  asserted  that  a  man  who  will  go  to 
heaven  without  leaving  an  insurance  policy 
behind  him  is  a  mean  fellow?  Mr.  Tal- 
mage's commissions  should  be  paid 
promptly,  if  these  companies  have  a  spark 
of  gratitude  about  them  ;  and  the  holders  of 
Pacific  Mail  stock  should  at  once  omploy 
Mr.  Talmage  to  preach  a  sermon  to  steam- 
ship owners,  and  to  incidentally  show  that 
no  man  can  hope  for  salvation  who  is  not 
willing  to  purchase  at  least  ten  shares  of 
that  stock  at  its  nominal  par  value. 


LETTERS  TO  TOE  EDITOR, 


the  new  Capitol  again. 

To  tU  EdUor  ofthi  New-  York  Times  : 

The  State  Legislature  ia  soon  to  decide 
whether  tbe  Albany  Capitol  shall  be  finisbed  in  Ibe 
BenalBsanoe  style  in  which  It  was  commenced,  or 
whether  the  two  stories  yet  to  be  added  sbaH  be  in 
the  Romanesque  style.  Your  Albany  correspondent 
of  the  it6th  says  that  the  majority  of  tbe  members  of 
the  Leeislatare  want  to  do  jnstloe  In  the  matter, 
and  then  proceeds  to  give  a  sketch  of  the  different 
ntvles,  aammins  no  as  follows  : 

5.  That  the  Bomanesqae  forma,  beins  a  connect- 
ing-Unk  between  Boman  and  Gothic  arohiteotare, 
may  be  so  designed  aa  to  harmonize  with  either 
of  these  styles. 

Tbe  only  point  of  resemblance  between  Somanesqne 
and  Roman  is  that  both  employ  the  round  aroh. 
The  Gothic  la  the  ofispring  of  the  Bomanesqae,  the 
Renaissance  of  tbe  Roman.  The  Bomanesqae  suc- 
ceeded the  Roman,  and  there  ^e  Romaneaqae 
buUdines  in  which  Roman  ornament  can  be  found, 
like  San  Mlniato  at  Florence.  The  new  desffrn  for 
the  Capitol,  however,  is  in  tbe  later  Romaneaqae, 
where  it  la  beini;  merged  into  the  Gottilo.  There  is 
no  difflonlty  in  finding  buUdings  where  styles  have 
been  mixed,  bat  their  condemnation  as  moauments 
of  bad  taste  Is  almost  the  only  point  on  which  all 
art  critics  have  agreed.  Your  correspondent  says 
that  If  all  tbe  ornament  on  the  two  oompleted 
stories  of  the  Capitol  should  be  mbbed  oat  there 
would  remain  a  eood  f^'oand-work  for  the  new 
style.  The  if  forms  an  important  part  of  ihla  state- 
ment, for  it  is  not  proposed,  neither  is  it  possible, 
to  efface  the  solid  gramte  ornament  in  tbe  Renais- 
sance style. 

The  new  design  is  to  be  surmounted  witli  a  dome. 
The  interior  of  a  dome  is  one  of  the  most  beautifal 
of  arcbiteotnral  forms.  Its  swelling  lines  give  an 
idea  of  grandeur  and  strength  combined  with 
grace  and  lightness,  which  can  be  obtained  in  no 
other  way.  The  proposed  dome  at  Albany  is  a 
hnge  and  expensive  case  for  four  stone  staircases, 
which  lead  only  to  the  cupola.  These  four  stair- 
cases sprins  from  a  gallery  sround  tbe  base  of  the 
dome,  and  meet  together  in  tbe  centre  at  a  point 
about  two-thirds  its  height.  Here  they  form  a 
platform,  from  which  rises  a  spiral  staircase  ex- 
tending up  into  tbe  uapola.  Instead  of  looKiDg  up- 
ward into  a  vast  open  space,  as  at  St.  Peter's,  St. 
Paul's,  or  at  Washington,  the  spectator  at  Albany 
will  see  above  him  nothing  but  a  oonrnsed  and 
diisy-looking  msss  of  staircases. 

It  may  reasonably  be  asked  wa.v  do  the  new  archi- 
tects desire  to  substitute  one  style  ot  arcbitectare 
for  another  >  Why  oanout  they  make  any  improve- 
ment they  may  deem  wise  in  tbe  arrangemeot  of 
the  building,  bat  loUow  out  the  style  in  which  the 
building  was '  commeuoed  )  Tbe  answer  to  this  is 
thatjnat  now  a  sort  of  Gothic  fever  is  prevalent 
among  some  American  architects.  They  can  see  no 
taste  in  what  Michael  Angelo,  Raphael,  or  Chris- 
topher W^ren  deemed  beaudfnl.  They  cannot  ad- 
mire Karemberg,  unless  tbey  think  Paris  hideous. 
Onoe  a  similar  fever  prevallod  in  Italy.  Then  it 
took  the  form  of  a  dislike  to  Ctoihio  orohiteciure. 
A  celebrated  arobitect  put  Renaiasanoe  doors  and 
windows  on  tbe  glorioos  Gothic  cathedral  at  Milan, 
bat  he  did  not  do  either  himself  or  his  citv 
much  credit,  neither  will  adding  Romanesque  to 
Renaissance  at  Albany  do  much  credit  to  any  con- 
CL-rned  in  the  change.  Those  who  think  that  the 
difference  betwean  any  two  styles  is  so  slight  that 
tbey  can  be  mixad  without  violating  the  rules  of 
art,  Will  be  likely  to  think  differently  when  it  is  too 
Ute.  R.  T.  AUCHMUTY. 


GEN.  AGUILBRA  LYING  IN  8TATB. 
To  the  SdUor  of  the  New-York  Tlmee: 

1  very  strongly  sympathize  with  the  pro- 
traated  struggle  in  Cnba  for  tbe  indepenaenoe  of 
the  people,  and  whether  tbe  final  retmlt  will  be  the 
establiebment  of  a  petty  ropnblio,  the  oonstlta- 
tional  independence  of  the  Island  under  tbe 
monarchical  suzerainty  of  tbe  King  of -Spam, 
or  the  snaexatlon  of  the  ialand  to  tbe 
TTnited  States,  it  matters  little  ao  long  aa 
the   revolutionlsta    tnooeed    in    driving  from    tbe 

island  the  hordes  of  official  swindlers  who  rob  and 

oppress  tbe  people.  X  do  not  tbink  it  is  wise  poU- 
cy,  however,  fpr  the  City  authontiea  to  identify 
the  Maniolpal  OoVerDment  of  this  great  oommanity 
with  tbe  revolationary  movement.  Tbe  gailonc 
Crenoral  whose  body  lies  in  semi-state  ia  the 
Coonoll  Cbambers  was  deserving  of  all  sympathy, 
aod  any  spontaoeous  act  of  pablio  respect  wbicn 
the  cltiaens  might  offer  coald  not  bat  be  regarded 
with  favor.  -  To  hoist  alongside  the  national  flag 
the  flog  uf  Ibe  Revolutionist  party  was  a  rrataltona 
insult  to  Spain  a  country  with  which  oar 
Government  has  jost  concluded  an  international 
treaty  of  great  importance,  and  whose  prouooncad 
ftlenOly  condnot  on  a  reaent  memorable  ooeasion 
surely  deaerrOd  some  eonsideraii(».  Whet  oooa- 
sion  wonld  Ameiibs  have  had  to  apmplain  bad.  in 
event   of    his   death   in    Lonoon 


to  lio  in  ateto  in  St  Tval'm  Cathadnl.  aad  hoMe4 
on  tho  dome  of  tbat  great  edtfloe  tho  Gonfedcmrte 
flag  eloBgside  tbe  VnioD  Jaok  t  The  imperttoeat 
action  01  our  Citv  aalhoritles  is  oaloalated  to  do 
miaohlef.  while  it  cannot  aerve  the  noble  eaoao  for 
which  tbe  patriots  are  fighting  in  Caba. 

BX-JOURNALISX 


BURIAL  OF  a  EN.  DBNISON. 


THE  REMAINS    OF     1-HE    LaTE    POSTMASTC^ 
OF     BALTIMOBK     INTERRED     IK     OBEEM- 

MOUNT  CEMETERY. 

Special  tUtjMUeh  to  the  Ntv-TOrIt  Timet. 

Baltimore,  Feb.  26.— The  remains  <A 
Gen-  Andrew  W.  Denison,  wlio  died  in  this 
city  on  Saturday  morning  last,  were  to-day  in- 
terred in  Greenmount  Cemetery.  In  respect  to 
hia  memory,  his  associates  in  arms,  and  tbe 
citizens  of  Baltimore  generally^  have  united  in 
testifying  to  the  high  appreciation  of  his  cbarao> 
ter  by  participating  in  tbe  arrangements  and  the 
obsequies.  During  yesterday  hundreds  called 
at  his  late  residence  and  viewed  the  remains  of 
him  who,  by  his  kindly  treatment  to  humanity, 
had  endeared  himself  to  tboosands.  The  pro- 
cession left  the  house  at  3:30  o'clock  P.  M.  in 
the  tollowing  order :  Sixth  Regiment  M.  N. 
G.,  Col.  Peters ;  Battery  of  artillery  trom  Fort 
McHenrv,  under  command  of  Major  Ramsey  ; 
Fifth  Regiment,  M.  N.  G-.,  CoL  Loney  ;  Balti- 
more City  Guard  Association,  D.  E.  Wood- 
bum  President ;  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
comprising  aelegationss  from  Wilson  Post  No. 
1,  Dusbane  Post  No.  3,  and  Lincoln  Post  No.  7. 
Gen.  E.  B.  Tyler  commanding;  disabled 
soldiers  in  carriages  ;  hearse  with  the  remains, 
lollowed  by  a  riderless  horse,  with  military 
tranpings,  and  led  by  a  groom.  The  hearse 
was  escorted  on  either  side  by  the  follow!  ag 
named  gentlemen,  who  acted  as  guard  of  honor 
and  pall-bearers :  Gen's.  John  R.  Kenlev, 
Charles  E.  Phelps,  Felix  Agnus,  Adam  E. 
King:  Cols.  E.  H.  Webster,  E.  F.  M. 
Fadhtz,  Edward  Wilkius,  and  J.  O. 
Johannes;  Major  H.  L  Taggart,  Capt  W. 
E.  Andrews,  Capt.  Louis  A.  Carl,  Major  L  A. 
Cassard,  Capt.  J.  T,  Armacost,  Sergt.  Charles' 
Snyder,  Lieut.  John  N.  Richardson,  and  Mr.< 
John  Dietrich.  Then  followed  the  relatives 
and  friends  ot  tbe  deceased  in  carriages,  imme- 
diately in  the  rear  of  which  were  the  emeloves 
of  the  Post  Office  and  citizens.  As  the  cortege 
passed  through  the  city  the  bands  played 
luneral  dirges.  For  miles  along  the  route 
thousands  of  persons  filled  the  sidewalks 
aad  windows  of  tbe  buildings  adjacent. 
The  city  bells  toiled  mournfully,  and  flags 
were  trimmed  with  crape  and  displayed  at 
half  mast  in  all  points  of  tbe  city.  At  dusk 
the  procession  arrived  at  Greenmount,  and 
the  body  was  soon  lowered  to  its  last  resting 
place. 

HEALTH   OFFICER    OF    BALTIMORE. 


DR.  JAMES  A.  STEWAKl  APPOINTED  TO  THB 
OFFICE  —  THE  REWARD  FOR  HAVING 
PROTECTED  THE  CUT  AGAINST  TKLLOW 
PBVER. 

Special  Dupaleh  to  the  New-  York  Timet. 

Baltimore,  Feb.  26. — Dr.  James  A-  Ste\»k 
art  was  to-day  appointed  Health  Commis- 
sioner of  this  city.  He  is  the  personage  who 
scattered  denials  far  and  wide  contradicting 
the  report  that  the  yellow  fever  prevailed 
to  an  alarming  extent  last  September  in 
the  eastern  part  of  tbe  city.  It  was  then,  and 
is  now,  asserted  bv  pbyaicians  ef  the  best  re- 
pute that  tbe  disease  which  Dr.  Stewart  de- 
signated as  type-malaria  was  a  malignant 
form  of  yellow  lever,  as  asserted  by  tho  New- 
York  press.  The  name  of  Dr.  Stewart 
was  sent  to  the  City  Council  by 
Mayor  Latrobe  one  week  ago,  but  ha 
was  refused  the  appointment,  which 
be  obtams  tu-day.    He  assisted  the  Demooratio 

authorities  to  contradict  the  report  that  the 
fever  did  prevail  here,  even  though  it  might 
have  been  at  the  sacrifice  of  many  lives.  The 
Democratic  authorities  now  assist  him  to  a  re- 
munerative ol£ue  at  the  sacrifice  of  truth. 


LEGISLATION  IN  NEW-JERSEY. 


the   event   of    his   death   in    Iiondbn    daring    bis 
''diplomatic"  mlssioa   to   London,  the    Mnnioipal 

When  Mr.  Tauhaqs  caUad.  JoaKXR  "  ilM.Jl.i%«a««BadasiAaf  lAadoa  aUowel  tfaa  bedbr  of  flbaeu 

-.4*     ..  ■,-.■■  ■:..:.  ■. 


PARTY  FEELING  UNDER  KE8TBAINT— BILIA 
INTRODUCED  ■  IN  BOTH  HOUSES — THH 
ARREARAGES  TO  EMPLOYSS  OF  TUV 
CENTRAL.        ^ 

BpeeicU  Dltpateh  tb  the  New-  York  Times. 

Trenton,  Feb.  26.— The  House  proceefl- 
ings  opened  this  evening  with  a  resolution  de- 
claring that — 

Whereas,  Tbe  interest  and  welfare  of  the  people 
demaad  a  epeeay  termination  of  tbe  Eieocoral 
count,  the  Senators  and  Bepreaentatives  in  Con- 
gress from  New-Jersey  be  aud^  they  are  requested 
to  oppose  all  dilatory  motions  calculated  to  ore- 
vent  a  prompt  settlement  of  the  Presidential  Ques- 
tion, to  tbe  end  that  tbe  President  elect,  Hon.  Rnth- 
erfurd  B.  Hayes,  be  promptly  uaugurated,  and  a 
permanent  peaoe-^ 

Mr.  Egan  moved  that  the  resolution  lay  on 
the  table.  It  was  adopted  with  but  two  or 
tbree  dissenting  votes.  In  a  house  in  which 
the  parties  are  evenly  divided  tbe  policy  of  tho 
introduction  of  such  resolatious  as  this  is  ques- 
tionable, and  the  fact  that  they  are  always 
promptly  laid  on  the  table  by  non-partisan 
votes  is  ascribable  to  the  fact  that  none  of  the 
members  wish  to  impede  legislation  by  stirring 
up  bad  blood. 

Mr.  Tilden  introduced  a  hill  abolishing  the 
Director  at  Large  of  the  Board  of  Freeholders 
of  Hudson  County  ;  Mr.  Paxton,  one  designed 
to  enable  the  North  Hudson  County  Town- 
ship to  draw  a  water  supply  trom  Jersey  City; 
Mr.  Van  Rensseltier,  one  providing  that  any 
person  found  in  possession  of  murderous 
weapons,  or  burglars'  tools,  or  bottles  which 
either  contain,  or  may  have  contained,  chloro- 
form, or  other  anaBstbetics,  shall  be  subject,  on{ 
conviction,  to  imprisonment  for  one  to  ten 
years  ;  also  another,  by  Mr.  Van  Rensselaer, 
creating  a  Board  of  Representative  Trustees  o'f 
Rutgers'  College,  consisting  of  six  Alumni. 

In  the  Senate,  President  Abbett  introduced 
a  bill  authorizing  the  Chancellor  to  order  tbe 
immediate  payment  of  arrearages  due  to  tbe 
Central  New- Jersey  Railroad  employes,  amount- 
ing to  f400,000,  and  reUeving  companies  which 
have  been  or  may  hereafter  be  operated 
by  Receivers  lor  four  months  trom  a 
law  exacting  forfeiture  of  ibeir  respective 
charters.  Mr.  Learning  introduced  a  bill 
requiring  tbe  Clerk  of  the  oupreme  Court  to 
pay  his  receipts  quarterly  to  tho  State  Con- 
troller, and  fixmg  his  salary,  in  lieu  ot  all  other 
emoluments,  at  $10,000,  and  his  expenses  to 
tbe  same  amount. 

The  Democrats  held  a  jomt  caucus  to  prepare 
for  to-morrow's  joint  meeting.  James  N.  Davis 
was  nominated  lor  Police  Justice  of  Jers^, 
City.  Tho  nominations  for  Newark  local  offi- 
cers are  to  be  fianded  up  in  tbe  morning. 

THE   WOMEN'S   CENTENNIAL-  FUND. 

THE  NEW- YORK  UNION  HAS  $1,500— IT  IS 
TO  FORM  A,  BASIS  FUND  WITU  WHICH 
TO  AID  YOUNG  WOMEN   IN    THE  BIUDY 

OF   ART. 
To  the  Editor  oflhe  New-Tork  Timet: 

The  Executive  Committee  of  the  Women's 

Centennial  Union  of  New- York  beg.  to  make  the 
following  statement  as  a  supplement  to  tbe  report 
of  May  8,  and  for  the  benefit  of  all  interested  :  Tbat 
upon  tbe  closinz  np  of  the  basineia  of  retarning 
exhibits,  &.O.,  the  sum  of  ♦l,80O  wan  the  balanoe  in 
the  Treasury;  that  of  this  <300  wore  voted  toward 
a  testimonial  to  Mrs.  E.  D.  GiUeapie,  President  of 
the  Women's  P»villon,  Philadelnhia,  ia  response 
to  a  rexjuest  from  tbe  Philadelphia  Com- 
mittee. i<arther,  tbat  in  the  following  resolution 
the  remaining  fl, 500  were  devoted  to  a  "  Woman's 
Centennial  Union  fund,"  as  originally  proposed  : 

Setolved,  By  tbe  Execntive  Committee  of  tiie  Wom- 
en's Ceotenulul  union  of  New-Yorlc,  tbat  the  sum  ol 
'$1,5UU  be  handed  by  the  Treasurer  to  the  Trostt-e* 
of  the  Cooper  lastttute,  in  tho  City  ot  New- York,  on 
cimditlun  that  this  sum  shaU  form  the  nucleos  of  a 
permaueut  fund,  to  be  invested  by  theui  tor  the  aid 
aud  partial  aupourt  of  gnch  dtiserving  .vouag  vrom  -n  aa 
ma.T  require  aasiaiaQcni  while  poraulng  tbelr  siudiea 
m  any  branch  of  the  Art  tkshool.  That  ibia  fund,  wniis 
Capable  <^l  being  Inoi  eased  by  donations  and  legacies, 
■ball  recelvu  and  always  retaiu  the  name  ol  "  Tbe 
Woman's  Centennial  Union  Fund  of  New-York;"  and 
that  the  interest  only  Of  this  fund  shall  be  approprl- 
atac*  bv  the  Trustees  at  tbelr  diacretiun  for  tUe  assiat- 
auoe  oflndtvldaal  students. 

Resolved,  That  the  Trustees  return  their  thanks  to 
the  Kxecutlve  Oommlitee  oi  the  Women's  Ceuteunial 
Unlsn  of  New-Tork  for  their  very  kind  dooation  to  ea- 
tabliah  a  beneMoent  fand  in  tbe  Art  Soliool  of  tbe 
Cooper  Union.  PBTER  COOPEa,  PrcssideaC 

HswAiiD  CooFXK,  Secretary  pro  tem. 

Tbe  banner,  now  In  safe  keeping  in  Philadelphia 
IS.  eTeotually  to  be  placed  in  the  proooaed  Womaa'i 
Memorial  naW  in  tbat  city.  ,i 

■  The  Book  of  Record  of  tbe  "Women's  Centennial 
Union  of  New-York,  containing  the  names  of  those 
who  oontriDutea  to  the  banner,  and  the  Report  ol 
the  Women's  Centennial  Union,  has  been  kindly  ac- 
cepted for  preservation  among  its  aronives  by  tbe 
Historical  Society  of  New- York. 

For  the  Executive  Committee,  by  tbe  Seeietary  of 
the  Women's  Centennial  Union  of  New- York. 

THE  aVPREUE  COVKT  Of  PESSSTLYAKIA, 
Habbisbuso,  Feb.  26j,-The  Governor  to- 
day appointed  James  P.  Sterrit,  of  AUechenj 
Coonty,  to  fill  the  vacancy  on  tbe  Sapreme  fieoch 
of  PAnniffli^gnla.  oanaed  bf  thartaath  of  Jodoe  XfSit 


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p'jfefo-iBtl  pnteg,  Entm^'^ei 


WASHINGTON. 


•    TSS  WOBK  OF  CABINET  MAKING. 

v»f0rt8  of  ambinous  persons  and  sec- 
tiosal  cliques  to  fill  president 
Hates'  cabinet — supebfluous  patbi- 

OTISM. 

Sveeua IHtpateh  to  the  Nevo-Tork  TimeM. 

Washington,  Feb.  26.— The  attempts 
ifhat  are  iqaking  on  behali  of  a  score  or  two  of 
;«pplioant0  for  appointmenta  in  Gov.  Hayes' 
;Cabinet  are  ezoitiog  a  good  deal  of  unfavor- 
able comment,  and  criticism  on  such  efl'orts 
(is  iiroreaeinj;.  Every  day  or  two  some  new 
[applicant  is  heard  of,  -wbose  friends  have 
signed  requests  or  letters  of  petition  to  Mr. 
Haves,  or  have  sent  delegates  to  Columbus,  or 
I  have  taken  some  other  unusual  method  to  get 
ttaeir  candidate's  claims  considered.  Not  one  of 
these  movements  that  has  come  to  light  is 
spontaneous  tvith  any  large  number  of  per- 
sons who  seek  to  secure  the  appointmenc 
of  good  men  to  the  Administration,  but  in  every 
instance  tbev  have  origmated  with  the  candi- 
dates themselves,  or  with  some  particular  politi- 
caLring  or  sectional  cliaue.  There  are  seven  Cab- 
inet positions  which  ought  to  be  filled  by  men, 
any  one  of  whom  is  fit  to  be  President.  Un- 
fortunately the  emoluments  and  power  of  tke 
BfBk:ea  are  net  such  as  usually  tempt 
luck  men  either  to  seek  or  accept  them, 
rhese  appointments  are  the  most  purely  per- 
sonal affairs  of  the  President,  and  should  not 
bemieddled  with  by  thruating  upon  him  either 
petitions. or  advice  which  is  not  sought.  It 
ou^bt  to  be  considered  as  conclusive  evidence 
otf  the  man's  unfitness  for  a  Cabinet  position 
that  he  would  himself,  or  through  his 
Iriends,  permit  a  request  for  a  po- 
sition to  be  made  in  his  behalf.  The 
Cabinet  should  be  made  up  by  men  who  hold 
themselves  above  seeking  any  public  office. 
Gov.  Hayes  will,  doubtless,  seek  the  most  com- 
plete information,  where  his  own  knowledge  of 
men  is  not  sufficient  to  guide  his  judgment, 
and  select  a  Cabinet  with  a  view  to  make 
strong  and  honest  and  independent  the  Admin- 
istration which  it  becomes  his  duty  to  organize 
for  the  next  four  years. 

NOTES  'FROM  THE  CAPITAL. 


Washington,  Feb.  26.— The  Senate  in  execu- 
tive seeaioa  to-day  confirmed  the  fpllowine 
iioiDina>:ton8  :  Frank  "W.  Palmer,  to  be 
Poatniaster  at  Chicago,  vice  John  McArtbar ; 
wbose  commission  expired  Dec,  20,  1876.  Cliarles 
Morgan,  Postmaster  at  Glen's  Falls,  New-York ; 
William  P.  Dewey,  Surveyor-General  for  Dakota ; 
P'vjllrector,  James  H.  Watmough,  to  be  Chief  of  the 
Barean  of  Provisions  andClothing,  Navy  Department, 
vice  Pay  Director  Bradford,  reUred ;  Chief  En- 
smeer 'William  B.  Shock,  ^to  be  Chief  of  the  Bu- 
reau ot  Steam  Encineering,  •  vice  William  "W.  "W. 
Wood.  Engineer  in  Chief,  resijnied. 

The  bill  introdaced  by  Bepresentative  BUsa,  of 
New-York,  known  as  the  Wallaboat  Market  bill, 
wSilch  passed  the  Senate  last  week,  has  recived  the 
■tKoatore  of  the  President,  and  became  a  law  to- 
lav.  The  President  has  ai90  approved  the  Consa- 
W  and  Diplomatic  Appropriation  bill. 

A  circular  letter  baa  been  sent  to  Collectors  of' 
Ports  by  the  Treasurv  Department,  announcing 
tbat  it  is  understood  from  the  public  pricts  that  the 
rinderpest  has  again  broken  oat  in  England,  and 
oonseqaently  importations  of  neat  cattle  siid  bides 
ofneat  cattle,  coming  from  that  country,  are  pro- 
hibited ontil  farther  orders. 

Paymaster  Henry.  T.  Skedlln  has  been  ordered 
to  the  receiving  ship  'Wvomine,  at  the  Navy-yard, 
Wa«.niiigton ;  Chaplala  Bicbard  Hay  ward  to  the 
reueivUi^  ship  Colorado,  at  New- York,  March  1  ; 
Cbapbiin  Henry  B.  Nibbon  has  been  detached  from 
\he  receiving  ship  Colorado,  on  the  28th  lost.,  and 
placed  on  waiting  orders. 

A  ^spatch  received  in  this  city  from  Londtn, 
flatedTeb.  17,  aays  the  Treasury  Committee  of  the 
British  Parliament  has  anbmitted  a  report  on  me- 
^eorohigical  observalious  in  which  it  suggests  the 
idoption  of  the  American  meteoroloeical  system. 
The  report  sets  forth  the  perfection  of  the  "Weather 
Boreau  in  the  United  States,  and  admits  tbat  we 
ire  anead  of  ail  the  rest  of  the  woild  in  the  accaracy 
of  our  forecasts. 

Secretary  Bobeson,  in  a  letter  to  Senator  Windom, 
TJbairman  of  tti«  Seuate  Committee  on  Appropria- 
tions, on  the  effects  of  the  coutem- 
plated  red  notion  ot  the  aopropriation  for  the 
>ay  of  United  States  Naval  officers  and  seamen, 
tonclades  as  foQows :  *'  It  is  proper  that  I  eboald 
also  remind  yon  that  a  larger  namber  of  onr  officers 
%nd  men  are  *now  serving  abroad  on  distaut 
itations,  in  acoordance  with  the  policy  of  oar  Gov- 
ernmeut,  and  the  purposes  for  which  navies  are  es- 
tablisQed  and;  maintained,  and  tbat  unless 
a  sufficient  sum  is  appropriated  for  tbeir 
/ay,  tbey  will  not  only  bo  left 
without  their  daily  support  m  foreien  parts,  hut 
the  department  will  have  no  means  of  protecting 
the  credit  of  the  Government  by  paymeuts  of  the 
tirafcs  drawn  to  meet  tneir  expenses,  and  that  if 
Congress  should  fall  to  make  an  adequate  appro- 
priation for  this  purpose,  it  would  be  the  obvious 
duty  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  whoever  be  may 
tbeu  be,  to  bring  over  ships  on  foreign  stations 
borne  at  once." 

Th?  probability  is  that  Bear  Admiral  John 
tBoagers,  now  m  commana  of  the  Mare  Island,  Cal., 
KHvy-yard,  will  be  ordered  to  command  of  the 
Naval  Observatory  in  tbis  City  m  the  place  of  Bear 
Admiral  Davis,  deceased. 

Bon.  D.  W.  Vorhees  has  addressed  the  following, 
letter  to  Gen.  C.  D.  MacDoagall,  dated  Feb.  24,  in 
Which  be  says: 

"My  attention  has  been  csilled  to  the  report  that 
some  aays  ago  I  bad  a  pioloneed  interview  with 
Senator  Conkline  in  regard  V)  the  preseot  PreHidea- 
Ual  complications.  Nothing  cuald  possiby 
be  farther  from  the  tirulb.  I  had  occasion 
\o  see  Mr,  ConkliDgj  on  a  matter  ot 
Onsiness,  and  I  called  on  {him  in  bis  committee- 
room  for  tbat  parpoae.  I  fiiand  him  suffering  from 
severe  indisposition,  and  ooT  mtervlew  aid  not  last 
more  than  five  minutes.  Kot  one  word  was  spoken 
on  the  subject  of  the  Presidency,  nor  the  re- 
motest allusion  made  to  political  affairs.  I 
deem  it  due  to  the  |dlstingai3bed  Senator, 
as   well    as   ao    myself,  toi  make    tbis   statement. 

John  S.  Miller  has  been  i^ppoiuted  Kevenau  Store- 
keeper and  Ganger  for  the  CEigbth  District  ot  Penn- 
JTlvania,  aod  B.  D.  Craig  &)T  the  Seventh  District 
of  Kentucky ;  John  "W.  uPayne.  Ganger  tor  the 
first  District  of  Indiana,  and  John  D.  Boberts  for 
the  Fifth  District  of  Dlinoie. 

The  following  were  the  Ixelances  in  the  Treasury 
at  the  close  of  business  to-day  :  Currency,  $9,182.- 
422;  special  deposit  of  Begal  tenders  for  tue  re- 
oemption  of  -  certificates  of  deposit,  $36,120,000; 
com,  mcluding  $52,73tj,400^iu  coiu  certificates,  $8d,> 
VI.  768  i  outstandinK  legal  tenders,   $364,984,813. 


IMPORTANT'  TO  DISTILLERS. 

4CKTHOI>  OF;  DETERMINING  WHETHER  MA-. 
TEBIilif.'*HAS-BEEN  USED  IN  EXCESS  OF 
CAPACITy-T:-A''-  CIKCULAR  FROM  THE  COM- 
MISSIONER OF  INTERNAL  REVENUE. 

Washington,  Peb.  26. — The  Commissioner  ot 
internal  Bevenue  has  sent  the  foUowiug  circular  to 
^oUeotors  concerning  <  the  method  of  determining 
Whether  material  has  been  used  by  a  distiller  in  ex- 
cess of  capacity : 

It  is  made  the  duty  of  the  Commissioner  of  In- 
ternal Bevenue,  by  the  Bevised  Statutes,  section 
3,309,  upon  the  receipt  of  the  return  of  the  dititiller 
tn  each  month,  to  proceed  to  mqoite  and  deter- 
mme  whether  the  distiller  has  accounted  for 
all  the  '  grain  or  molasses  used,  and  all 
ipirits  ' '  produced  by  bim  in  the  -  preceding 
montb,  and  al»o  whether  be  has  used  any  irrain  or 
molasses  in  excess  ot  the  capacity  of  bis  distillery 
as  estimated  aooordiag  to  law.  Special  No.  165, 
bearing  date  Sept.  6,  1875,  proceeds  upon  the  iaea 
tbat  »  proper  construction  of  the  word  "used,"  in 
respect  to  grain  or  molasses  mashed,  is  tbat  such 
train  or  molasses  Is  used  when  alcoholic  spirits, 
having  been  properly  developed,  are  separated 
tberetiom  by  distillation,  and,  to  enforce  tbis  con- 
atructiou,  declares  that  in  making  this 
inquiry  and  determination  the  qoaniity 
Di  material  used  each  month  would  be 
ascertained  by  adding  the  quantity  of  material  on 
hand  in  mash  or  beer  at  the  beginning  of  the 
'month  to  the  quantity  put  in'  masb  doritig  the 
month,  and  deducting  trom  the  total  the  quantity 
on  hand  In  mash  or  beer  at  the  end  of  the  montu 
the  remainder  being  the  qaantity  used  during  the 
month. 

Under  this  rule,  which  is  still  in  force,  the  ma- 
terial distilled  during  the  month  being  the  sum  of 
the  various  quantities  distilled  on  the  several 
working  days  of  the  month,  is  held  to  be  the  qnan- 
titjiof  material  used  during  the  montb.  The  total 
capacity  of  the  disdUery  for  the  month,  (ex- 
pressed in  bushels  of  grain  or  gallons  of  molasses, 
aa  the  case  may  be.)  is  the  sum  ofthe.different  daily 
capacities  of  the  distillery  lor  the  several  working 
days  of  the  month.  The  inquiry  and  determina- 
tion as  to  toe  excessive  use  of  material  which  the 
Commissioner  l^t  required  by  law  to  make  is  not  a. 
matter  of  discretion,  but  rests  solely  in  computa- 
tion, and  consists  in  an  arithmetical  comparison  of 
the  qaantity  of  material  so  found  to  have  been  used 
with  the  total  capacity  of  the  distillery  tor  the 
month  m  question. 

It  will  be  observed  that  if  the  capacity  of  the  dis- 
tillery on  each  working  day  has  been  exactly  equal 
(0  the  material  used — that  la,  distilled  on  that  day— 
(tuHV  (ho  itotal  (ja9«ai,ty  will  eaoM  the  (ouL  iuk.. 


terial  used,  and  no  excess  of  material  will  be  found'; 
bat  if  the  capacity  has  on  any  day  or  days  been  less 
than  the  qaantity  of  matertsl  used— that  is,  distlllea 
on  such  day  or  days — then,  nnleaa  there  has  been  a 
corresponding  and  equal  overplus  of  capacity  on 
some  other  day  or  days  of  the  same  month,  the 
total  capacity  will  not  eqnal  the  material  used,  and 
an  excessive  use  of  matarialwlll  be  found,  for  which 
the  statute  requires  an  assessment  to  be  made. 

It  will  be  further  observed  that  when  a  distiller 
desires  to  reduce  or  stispend  production,  and  com- 
raences  masnlng  a  smaller  quantity  of  material 
daily,  or  ceases  raasbing  altogether,  he  cannot 
safely  diminish  CApacity  by  closing  the  nnnsed 
fermenting  tubs  until  the  larger  quantities  of  ma- 
terial prevloualv  mashed  have  been  distilled,  be- 
cause, unless  the  aggregate  capacity  for  the  month 
equals  the  total  material  distilled  during  the 
month,  an  excess  of  material  used  must  result,  and 
be  followed  by  an-  assessment  equal  to  the  tax 
on  80  per  cant,  of  spirits  tbat  should  be  produced 
from  the  qaantity  of  grain  used  in  excess  of  the 
distillery  for  such  month.  By  preserving  the  larger 
capacity  the  distiller  will  not  unduly  expose  him- 
self to  a  deficiency  in  the  production  of  spirits, 
because  the  material  distiUed  will  be  eqnal  to  the 
capacity  maintained  during  the  distillation,  and  if 
a  deficiency  occurs  it  will  result  trom  a  failure  to 
produce  80  per  cent,  of  the  amount  of  spirits  re- 
quired by  tue  survey  of  such  distdlery  to  be  pro- 
duced from  a  bushel  of  grain  or  gallon  of  molasses. 

When  a  change  is  made  m  the  kind  of  material 
used,  the  change  of  capacitv  respiting  there- 
from will  be  deemed  to  take  place  on  the  day  when 
the  new  material  is  distilled,  so  that  the  material 
and  capacity  may  balance  each  other.  A  carefal 
observance  of  the  instructions  and  explanations 
contained  herein  will,  it  is  believed,  prevent  dlsi- 
tillers  from  mooinng  assessments  for  excessive  use 
of  material  arising  from  any  reasonable  misappre- 
nenoion  as  to  what  tbeir  duties  and  liabilities  are, 
and  to  this  end  you  are  requested  to  place  a  copy  ot 
this  letter  in  the  hands  of  every  Deputy  Colle"ctor, 
store-keeper,  "store- keeper  and  ganger,"  and  grain 
or  molasses  distiller  in  your  district,  and  tor  ibis 
purpose  yon  will  make  immediate  requisition  for  a 
sufficient  number  of  copiea,  and  diairibute  them  at 
once  upon  receipt  thereof. 

WAS  HE  POISONED  f 


SUSPICIOUS  DEATH  OP  A  MEDICAL  MAN  IN 
A  TENEMENT-HOUSE  IN  WEST  IWENIYr 
tiGHTH  STRKET. 
At  a  late  hour  last  night  a  dispatch  was  re- 
ceived from  the  Twentieth  Precinct  at  Police  Head- 
quarters stating  that  a  Dr.  Lynch,  aged  40  yeacs,  no 
borne,  went  to  No.  228  "West  Twenty -eighth  street 
yesterday  with  a  man  named  Conklin  who  has 
furnished  rooms  in  the  bouse,  and  tbat  after  they 
entered  Conklin's  room  the  latter  gave  Lynch  some- 
thing to  drink  from  a  small  bottle.  A 
short  whde  after  Lynch  fell  dead  to  the  floor. 
An  investigation  of  the  oaas  revealed  the  fol- 
lowing facts:  The  house  in  wbich  the  man 
died  is  a  large  tenement-house,  the  ground 
floor  of  wbich  is  occupied  by  Henry 
Shay,  a  m»n  employed  in  the  Madison-Aveuue 
Stables,  who  np  to  about  six  weeks  ago  rented  a 
tarnished  room  to  thu  man  Conklin.  On  Friday 
last  tne  latter  called  at  Shay's  residence  and  intro- 
daced to  Mrs.  Shay  Dr.  John  Lynch  as  an  eligible 
faiuily  physician  who  wotdd  be  glad  to  attend  her 
duriog  her  approaching  conflnement.  The  two  men 
after  remaining  it  short  while  left,  and  rotnrncd  acaln 
yesterday  at  1  o'clock,  when  Dr.  Lynch  asked  alter 
Mrs.  Shay's  health.  While  bpeakiug  to  the  woman 
he  was  siezed  with  a  sudden  Illness,  and  Cunklia 
requested  peimission  to  place  the  doctor  on  a  bed  lu 
an  adjoining  room.  Conklin  tbeu  took  trom  hia 
coat  pocket  a  small  bottle  which  he  placed  to  the 
lips  of  the  doctor,  who  apparontlv  drank  a  portion 
of  its  contents.  Conklin  returned  the  bottle  to  bis 
pocket,  and  left  the  house,  leaving  the  doctor 
lying  on  the  bed.  About  9  P.  M..  a  Miss  Brifcoe, 
who  usaall.v  ocoapies  the  room  in  wbich  Lynch  wa.s 
lying,  entered  the  apartment  and  discovered  tbat  ht 
was  dead.  The  Police  were  immediately  notifled, 
aod  a  search  was  made  for  Conklin,  but  he  was  not 
f'jund  up  to  au  early  boar  this  morolng.  Curoi^er 
Ellinger  was  notihed  to  investigate  the  cau^e  ol 
Lyucb's  death. 

WASHINGTON'S  EEL  A  Tl  VES  IN  NEED. 


A  PIAISTIVE  LETTKR  FBO.VI  A    THIRD  COUSIN 
OF     THE     FIRST     PRESIDENT — OLD     AND 
POOR. 
From  the  Petersburg  (To.)  Index,  Feb.  i4. 

A  gentleman  of  this  city  recently  received  a 
letter  from  a  lady  In  Bnssollville,  £y.,  written  in 
response  to  Inquiries  relative  to  a  family  of  "Wasb- 
iDgtons  living  In  that  State.  In  order  to  obtain  the 
desired  intelligence  the  lady  wrote  to  Mr.  Washing- 
ton, making  Inauiries  as  to  his  condition  and  hU  re- 
lation to  Gen.  George  Wash Ington,  and  received  a 
beautlfally-wntten  reply,  wbich  wa3  inclosed  to  the 
gentleman  above-mentioned.  It  has  been  placed  at 
onr  disposal,  and  as  a  matter  of  interest  we  make 
the  following  extracts  trom  it.  Any  assistance  sent 
to  tbis  venoraMe  and  most  deserving  family  woold, 
no  doubt,  be  highly  appreciated  and  at  the  same  time 
be  very  timely : 

G0BD0S8KILLK,  LOGAX  COL'NTT.  KT.,  ) 
i\o.  7,  lc77.     > 

Miss :    *    *   •  Tbehistoryof  my  life  would  uc, 

induuU,  ataleot  woo.  My  lather,  a  native  ot  Viii:iii1a. 
came  to  this  State  in  I ae  year  Icsll  a  wealthy  man  ; 
but  by  a  series  ot  misfortunes,  aiid  iiiidblac^i  cou- 
fideuce  in  men  whom  he  regarded  as  bisfiiends,  \va:< 
reduced  from  affluence  to  indigence,  and  my  sisters 
and  myself — now  advanced  lu  life — aro  dependent 
on  the  ki-adneis  of  friends  for  the  necessaries  of 
life.  If  I  should  be  spured  to  see  the  31  ot  April 
next  I  shall  enter  the  78th  year  of  my  life.  I  hnvo 
never  at  any  tune  been  very  robust,  and  the  in- 
iirmitiea  of  age  now  press  hard  upon  me.  Forty- 
tour  years  of  my  life  were  spent  in  the  school-roum, 
but,  in  consequence  of  the  almost  tutal  loss  of  my 
hearing,  I  was  compelled  to  abandon  au  occupatum 
from  which  I  had  duiinz  the  time  derived  eniirciy 
the  means  ot  support,  and  was  thus,  lu  iho  decliuo 
of  life,  left  destiiuce. 

My  father  at  hi«  decease  had  nothing  to  leava  to 
his  family,  but,  owing  to  the  kindness  uf  some  ot 
our  Virginia  relatives,  my  sisters  had  in  the  Union 
liank  of  Tennessee  stock  to  the  amount  ot  %1,000, 
besides  $500  loaned  to  one  of  our  nephews,  lu  the 
recent  civil  war  ihey  lost  u  all,  and,  as  I  said  bei'ore, 
have  lived  ever  since  in  a  state  of  precarious  de- 
pendence on  their  friends.  A  few  years  ago  a  lady 
of  our  acqaaintance  left  my  siaterd  and  me  a  legacy 
of  $1,000  in  thu  SunCh,  but,  owing  to  financial  em- 
barrassments there,  we  rcelved  only  ^tiUO  of  itio 
amount,  and  that  in  small  installments,  with  very 
long  Intervals  between.  The  balance  (tiOO)  we 
shall  never  get.  In  consequence  of  tbis  loss,  my 
sisters  and  I  were  obliged  to  give  up  a  little  home 
which  I  had  oarcbased  with  the  expectatlcm  of  pay 
Ing  for  it  out  of  this  bequest,  and  we  are  now  living 
on  it  by  the  permission  of  the  present  proprietor,  of 
whom  I  purchased  it,  who  took  it  back  alter  I  had 
paid  ioOJ. 

This  gentleman  built  for  my  sisters  and  myself  a 
small  room,  to  which,  through  thu  liberality  ot 
some  good  friends  in  Kuasellville,  I  was  enabled  to 
add  a  cook-room  ;  and  lu  this  diminutive  apartment 
we  are  now  living,  crowded  with  various  utensils 
and  articles  of  lumitnro  for  which  we  can  find  no 
other  place.  Our  room  is  alternately  a  sitting,  le- 
ceptlon-room,  drawing  rtom  and  kitchen,  and  the 
floor  is  m  continual  vibration  from  passers  to  and 
fro. 

My  youngest  aister  is  now  60  years  of  ago. 
Altboagn  we  bave  lost  nearly  everything  tbat  we 
once  possessed,  we  are  thanklul  f;;r  what  yet  re- 
mains. We  have  a  house  over  oar  heade,  and  kind, 
sympatbizing  friends  who  would  doabtleas  do  mncli 
tor  us  if  they  possessed  the  power. 

You  desire  to  learn  somechlug  respecting  my  re- 
lationship to  Gen.  Washington.  My  grandtVither, 
Warner  Waihtngton,  of  Viri\uia,  and  the  General 
were  brothers'  children  ;  couaequeotly  my  father 
and  Gen.  Washington  were  seccnd  coasioa.  and  I, 
et  course,  am  third  cousin  to  the  General.  We  had 
several  memorials  of  onr  illustrious  kinsman  wbich 
we  would  gladly  have  retained  as  lieirloums  in  the 
family,  hut  onr  straitened  circumstances  compelled 
us  to  part  with  them. 

I  am,  very  resp^  ctfallv.  &c., 

WILLIAM  A.  WASHINGTON. 


2'BE    WEATHEH. 


INDICATIONS. 
Washington,  Feb.  27—1  A.  M..—For  the  Mid- 
dle and  Aastern  States,  ritinq  barometer,  cooler 
northerly  uinds,  backing  to  loarmer  south-xoett  at  the 
Southern  station*,  ojid  partly  cloudy  or  clear 
weather. 

IN  THIS  CITY. 
The  following  record  shows  the  changes  in 
the  temperature '  for  the  past  24  hours,  in  com- 
parison with  the  corresponding  date  of  last  year, 
as  indicated  by  tne  thermometer  at  Hudaut's  phar- 
macy: 

187«.  1877.1  1876.1877. 

.3A.M 25°       34018130?.  M 37'-       30=* 

i  6  A.  M 24"        3j°i6H.  M Aso       a^jo 

9  A.  M 28=        SO'--,    DP..M 20'-        H50 

12  M 3J°        4oo,12P.  il •jj''        340 

Average  temoeratura  yesterday 35  ^^o 

average  temperature  for  corresponding  date  last 
year, 29  V 

ARRIVALS  AT  TUB  HOTELS. 

Homer  Bamsdell,  ot  Newburg,  is  at  the 
Windsor  Hotol. 

Col.  John  V.  Du  Bois,  United  States  Army, 
la  at  the  Sturtevant  House. 

Naval  Constructor  William  L.  Hanscom, 
United  States  Navy,  is  at  the  Union  Square  Hotel. 

James  Warrack,  British  Consill  at  Chicago, 
is  at  the  St.  James  Hotel. 

Fermin  Sosillo.  of  the  bpanish  Centennial 
Commission  is  at  the  Hoffman  Hoase. 

Prof,  Joseph  Levering,  of  Cambridge,  Mass.; 
Judge  T.  W.  B^tley,  of  Washington  ;  and  Don  M. 
Dickinson,  of  Detroit,  are  at  tbe  St.  Nicholas  Hotel. 

Commander  Lester  A.  Beardsley,  United 
States  Navy;  Hon.  George  F.  Verry,  of  Worcester, 
Mass.;  and  Samuel  M.  Shoemaker,  of  Baltimore,  are 
at  tbe  Gilsey  House, 

John  F.  Smyth,  Superintendent  of  the  New- 
York  Insorance  Department ;  Charles  W.  Woolloy, 
of  Ciucinni^ti;  Postmaster  Edward  C.  Tobev,  of 
Boston ;  Gen.  W.  G.  Ely,  of  Connecticnt ;  Col. 
William  L.  Scott,  of  Erie,  Penu..  and  D.  T.  Vail, 
President  of  the  Troy  and  Boston  Bailroad' Cuih- 

jMuiy.  gra  a;t  iha  Fifth-Aypnua  JioieL  ___„__— 


GENERAL  TELEGRAPH  NEWS 


SEVERE   GALE   IN  THE  BERMUDAS. 

THE  ISLAND  VISITED  BY  A  TERRIBLE  STORM 
— GREAT  DAMAGE  DONK  TO  PROPERTY — 
6RVERAL    L1VK8    BELIEVED    TO  BK  LOST. 

Bebuuda,  Feb.  21.— On  the  10th  inat,  about 
midday,  a  very  severe  gale  passed  over  these  islands. 
Shortly  after  12  o'clock  the  wind  began  to  blow  very 
fresh  lirorn  tbe  north.  Suddenly,  about  1  o'clock, 
it  increased  snd  in  a  few  minutes  a  tremendous 
gale  was  blowing,  and  continued  to  blow  for  about 
two  hoars.  Notwittastanding  the  short  daratlon  of 
the  storm,  the  record  of  damage  done  to  life  and 
property  la  a  heavy  one.  The  pilot  gig  MarSella, 
with  her  crew,  was  in  all  probability  lost.  Tne  jriz 
left  Master's  Bay,  near  the  light-house,  in  pursuit 
of  a  vessel  tbat  was  approaching  the  land  from  tbo 
south-west.  At  the  bcelnning  of  the  gale  she  was 
seen  making  her  course  all  right,  but  after  the 
weather  bad  moderated  the  Maroella  was  nowhere 
to  he  seen.  It  is  supposed  that  she  was  causized  at 
the  very  beginning  of  tne  gale,  ana  perished  with 
all  bands  ou  board.  Tbe  following  persons  com- 
posed the'  crew :  Alexander  Brangman,  Branch 
PUot;  Sam'ael  Bassert,  Clements  Bassett,  Charles 
Wilson,  and  Henry  Douglass. 

The  damage  to  property  is  extensive.  The  roof 
was  blown  from  the  quarters  of  the  officers  of  tbe 
Eighty-seevnthBegiment.  The  encampments  of  the 
Royal  Artillery,  and  Koyal  Engineers  were  leveled  ; 
some  slate  was  torn  trom  tbo  residence  of  tbe  Post- 
master General.  Several  trees  were  uprooted,  or 
denuded  ot  their  branches  ;  tbe  shipping  in  port 
was  driven  across  to  the  St.  David's  islaudtslde  of  the 
harbor,  garden  produce  was  annihilated,  and  vegeta- 
tion generally  looked  as  if  a  heavy  frost  had  rested 
upon  it.  In  paiishes  to  tbe  west  of  the  raiwoway 
trees  were  torn  np,  buuses  wore  unroofed,  and  in 
one  cikse  a  new  bouse  was  blown  down,  and  produce 
was  destroyed.  Altogether  the  effects  indicate  a 
storm  of  great  severity. 


MAKIXE  DlSAisTEJiS. 

Genoa,  Feb.  2G.— The  Britisb  bark  Fanny 
Lewis.  Capt.  Edwards,  which  sailed  from  here  Feb. 
16  for  the  United  States,  has  put  back  leaky. 

LrVEnpoOL,  Feb.  20.— If  tbe  weather  continues 
flue,  the  American  brig  B.  F.  Nash,  Capt.  Spaulding, 
Liverpool  via  Holyhead  for  Havana,  before  reported 
stranded,  at  Fishguard,  will  commence  discharging 
her  cargo  next  week,  and  be  got  into  harbor. 

The  American  bark  Lorinda  Borstell,  Capt.  Bors- 
tell,  from  New-Castle  via  Stavangerfor  Kio  Janeiro, 
has  put  bauk  to  Siavanger  with  loss  of  sails.  Two 
seamen  were  drowned. 

BOLOGXE,  Feb.  20. — The  British  ship  Albania, 
('api.  Soely,  trom  Calcutta  0.it.  14  for  Dundee,  pre- 
viously reported  ashore  near  Capu  Grisnez,  hasg<>ii<) 
to  pieces.  Very  little  of  the  cargo  was  saved.  The 
crew  were  saved. 

CHAKI.ESTON-,  Feb.  26 —The  Norwegian  bark 
Liet,  Capt.  Marcnsseo,  Liverpool  for  .Savaun.ib,  is 
stranded  on  the  nuuling  Island  hreakeri<,  near  St. 
Helena,  S.  C.  Tbe  vessel  and  her  cargo  ot  salt  are  a 
total  lose. 

NoBFOLK,  Feb.  26 —The  bark  Sunbeam,  wbich 
was  iisliuru  near  Berlin,  Md.,  was  gotten  otf  to-day, 
and  Is  being  brought  to  Norfolk  by  B<)kur'a  wreck- 
ing steamers.     She   will   arrive  to-morrow  morning. 

New-Orleans,  Feb.  26.— The  French  bnrk  Pea- 
body,  stranded  on  Horn  island,  has  been  pulied  off 
by  the  revenue  cutler  Dix. 

A  FinnT  wnu  iNDiAys. 

Deadwood,  Foo.  26. — A  courier  who  arrived 
from  the  military  camp,  40  miloa  north  of  tbis  city, 
to-day,  reports  that  Lieut.  Cummiiigs,  with  Com- 
pany C,  Third  Cavalry,  attacked  a  small  In- 
dian camp  on  the  231  inat.  Tbe  Indians 
fled  through  tho  ravines,  leaving  sovural 
ponies  snd  all  their  property.  Lieut.  Cum- 
mings  captured  a  large  herd  of  sheep,  a  small  num- 
ber of  cattle,  IC  ponies,  and  Indian  robes  and  blan- 
kets. After  the  soldiers  bad  gone  into  camp  at 
night,  the  lodiaiis  returned  and  made  an  attack 
which  was  promptly  repulsed.  Oao  Indian  was 
killed.  None  ot  the  whites  were  injured.  Indiau 
signal  flres  are  seen  iu  all  diiectioui<.  Tbe  coui- 
m,iud  is  moving  southward  to  day,  to  meet  a  supply 
of  rations,  which  has  been  sent  from  bhve.  The 
other  tvio  companies,  ordered  from  Camp  Bobinson, 
have  not  yet  arrived. 


QUAR.iA'TI.\ED  FUR  SMALLPOX. 
Wasuingtox,  Feb.  20. — Tho  following  is  an 
extract  from  a  dispatch  received  at  the  Depart- 
ment of  State  from  the  United  Stales  Consulate  at 
Sydney,  New  South  Wales,  dated  Jan.  2 :  "The 
mail  steam-sblp  Austra,  trom  San  Francisco,  hav- 
ing lost  a  passenger  by  suiall-pox,  will  bj  placed  in 
qnarantino  upon  her  arrival.  A  Government  pro- 
clamation has  been  issued  ^declaring  San  Francisco 
an  infected  port,  from  which  all  ships  may  be  sub- 
ject to  qu.irjntlnc.  Tho  disease  had  boon  pre- 
viously introduced  by  a  mail  steamer  from  Singa- 
pore, aod  all  vessels  arriving  lium  Eastern  pons 
are  embraced  in  tbe  proclamation.  Que  case  ou.'y 
has  occunud  iu  thin  citv,  in  :iii  iiolat.Kl  p  loitioo. 
which  has-been  regularly  quarnutiued,  and  it  is 
hoped  the  disease  will  not  spread." 


TERRIBLE  ACCIDENT  I.Y  PEyNSTLVAXIA. 
Bethlehem,  Feb.  2G. — At  7  o'clock  this 
morning  a  scaffoMing  in  a  blast  furnaco  ot  the 
Bethlehem  Iron  Company's  works  ou  which  aevi'U 
men  were  at  work,  gave  way,  six  of  the  men  fell  to 
the  bottom,  a  distance  ot  70  feet,  two  of  them, 
Charles  Mayer,  of  Rittersvillo,  Penn.,  and  Heury 
Kicblioe,  of  Buthlubem,  being  instantly  killod,  and 
the  other  four  aerionslv  woundsd.  Two  of  them 
will  probably  die.    The  s-venth  man  saved  hia  1  fo 

bj- jumping  from  the  scatfolUiog  to  the  top  of  the 
wall,  lit)  was  also  badly  lujured  by  the  falling 
timber. 


THREE  MEN  SEXTEACED  TO  BE  HAXQED. 
LllTLE  ItoCK,  Feb.  20. — Three  mon— two 
negroes  and  ona  Arrapahoe  Indian — were  tblSJ^rc- 
ing  sentenced  to  bo  banged  at  Pjrt  Smith  on  t!io 
27tb  of  April  for  murders  committed  in  the  Indiaii 
Territory.  One  of  tbo  negroes,  while  lontcuco  was 
being  passed,  attempted  tooscape  by  Jumping  upon 
the  Judge's  stand  snd  endeavoring  10  reach  a  win- 
dow in  ibe  rear  ;  but  he  was  soon  overpowered  oy 
toe  Deputy  Marshals.  Foar  men  had  to  hold  him 
whila  his  sentence  was  being  read. 


NA  VIOATION  OF  THE  IIUDSOy. 
EoNDOLT,  Feb.  26. — Crossing  on  the  ice  has 
been  dangetous  for  three  or  four  dava.  and  since 
Friday  only  foot  pasaongeis  have  ventured.  This 
luorning  the  stoam-boat  Norwich,  of  Cornell  &  Co.'s 
fleet,  got  UP  steam  and  broke  a  track  to  Bbinecliff. 
It  rook  only  about  half  an  hour  to  get  across,  a  dis- 
tance of  nearlv  two  miles.  Tbe  100  is  very  thiu 
and  rotten.    The  ferry-boat  Lark  is  now  ranning. 


PROPOSED  REDVCTWN  OF  CANAL  TOLLS. 
Buffalo,  Feb.  26. — A  committee  of  12  mem- 
bers of  the  Board  of  Trade  have  boon  appoiotod  to 
represent  tbe  Board  of  Trade  and  cit1z:^Ds  gen- 
erally before  the  Joint  Committee  ol  I  bo  Canal 
Board,  Senate,  and  Assembly,  at  Albanv,  on 
Wednesday,  March  7.  to  cousiuor  a  farther  redac- 
tion of  canal  tolls. 

- — '■ — ♦ • 

TEB  LATE  GEN.  VON  STEINWEHR. 
B.dffalo,  Feb.  26. — Tho  remains  of  Ges.  A. 
Von  Stemwehr,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  who  died  sud- 
denly here  yest^day,  are  lying  in  state  at  the 
arsenal,  and  will  b^  taken  to  Albany  to-morrow  for 
inteiment.  "^ 


SALE  OF  A    RAILROAD. 
Chicago,  Feb.  20. — Judge    Drummond    this 
morning  annonnced    tha   decision   coaflrmiug  tho 
Master's  report  of  the  sale  of  ibe  Chicago,  Danville 
and  Viocennos  Railroad. 


ARMT  BOARD  OF  RETIREMENT. 
Chicago,  Feb.  26.— The  Board  for  Retiring 
Disabled  OlDcers  has  been  in  session  at  mihtary 
head-qnarters  here  this  morning.  Col.  Beynolda, 
Third  tJavalry.ihas  been  ordered  to  appear  before  it 
for   examination. 


ZT  A  MURDER  EH  ON  TRIAL. 

Chicago,  :  Feb.  26.— la  the  Criminal  Court 
this  morning  tbe  second  trial  of  Alexander  Sullivan 
for  the  murder  of  Francis  Hanford  began.  Leonard 
Swett  and  Emory  Storrs  appeared  for  the  defendant, 
the  latter  having ^taken  the  place  ot  Col.  Robert 
IngorsoU,  who  was  cxoected  to  defend  Sullivan. 
Judge  McAllister  is  the  Presiding  Judge,  as  iu  the 
former  trial,  in  which,  it  will  be  remembered,  the 
Jary  disagreed. 

♦ 

DEATH  IN  A  PARISH  PRISON. 
New-Obleans,  Feb.  26. — Policeman  Cornelius 
McMabon,  charged  with  the  marder  of  William  A. 
Measick,  Sberifl  elect  of  Avoyelles  Parish,  who  was 

shot  aod   killed   on   Basin-street  in  January  last, 
died  in  the  Parish  Prison  to-day. 


SHOOTING  AFFRAY  AT  NORWICH. 
Utica,  Feb.  26. — In  a  quarrel  at  Norwich, 
Chenango  County,  to-day,  William  Brashell  shot 
John  Donovan  in  the  abdomen,  causing  a  wound 
which  will  probably  prove  fatal.  Brnsnell  is  a  half  • 
breed. 


FOUXD  HANGING  FROM  A  RAFTER. 
Carlisle,  Feb.  2a— J,  P.  Hassler,  late 
Cashier  of  the  Carlisle  Deposit  B.iuk,  hanged 
himself  this  afternoon  in  the  garret  of  his  dwell- 
ing, which  was  attached  tu  the  bank.  Mr. 
Hassler  was  elected  Cashier  in  1865,  and 
held  that  position  until  last  October,  when  he 
was  found  to  be  a  defaulter.  To-day  the  bauk  offi- 
cers instituted  cnmimil  proceedings  against  bim. 
aod  bail  ww  fixed  at  81S.U0a  which  bo  was  unable 


to  secure.  He  was  found  hanging  from  the  same 
rafter  on  which  tha  Cashier  praoeding  him,  William:. 
M,  Bertram,  baa  banged  himself  In  1865. 


HAD  ENOUGH  OF  TILDEN. 


THE  MISERABLE  FAILURE  OF  THE  DEMO- 
CRATIC CAMPAIGN  UNDER  HIS  TRICKY 
MANAGEMENT  —  THE  DISREPOrABLK 

MEANS  BY  WHICH  HIS  NOMINATION 
WAS  SECURED. 
li-om  the  Washington  Herald,  Feb.  25. 
As  some  of  Mr.  Tilden's  friends  have  already 
placed  him  In  nomlnalioo  for  1850,  we  think  it  will 
be  wtiolesome  to  review  the  campaign  just  closed  to 
see  whether  the  Democratic  Party  owes  its  candi- 
date any  gratitude.  It  may  be  trite  but  none  the 
less  useful  iu  this  connection  to  repeat  the  wise 
maxim  tbat,  "  Though  expcrionsc  is  a  dear  school 
fools  will  learn  in  no  other."  The  compaign  being 
cow  practically  over,  and  tbe  -fact  assured  that  we 
shall  have  a  Bepuhllc.in  President  lor  four  years 
more,  it  will  be  qaite  as  profitsblo  for  Democrats  to 
look  back  and  see  what  misHikes  bave  been  made 
which  sboald  have  been  avoided  as  to  indulge  in 
wild  denunciations  of  their  successful  adversarie*,. 
or  to  rehearse  the  arguments  with  which  our  read/ 
era  are  so  tamiliar,  aad  which  prove  so  clearly  that 
the  Democratic  canaidate  was  zigbtJully  elected. 

So  fur  from  astenting  to  the  claim  that  Air.  Til- 
den  iscLtitled  to  another  nomination  at  thu  bauds 
of  his  partv,  we  charge  thai  to  his  nominatisn,  and 
to  the  party  management  which  it  invu^ed.  or 
whieb  was  submitted  lont  his  dictation,  isuliiefly  due 
our  present  defeat.  It  is  us  gross  an  ajMurdity  to 
compaie  his  case  with  that  of  Jackson/wheu  Adams 
was  elected  by  tho  House  of,.,^presentatives, 
as  it  would  'le  to  comparo,itrericb,  supple,  and 
adroit  New- York  lawyecxtfnd  veteran  politician 
with  tbe  ruggud  andjilrtSr  soldier  and  patriot  who 
rose  to  deserved  famnufter  hia  splendid  exploit  at 
Nuw-Oileans.  The  circumstances  uf  tho  two  men 
aro  as  Oinmetrically  unlike  as  the  characters  of 
the   two  men. 

We  charge  that  the  nomination  of  Mr.  Tildcu  was 
obtained  by  disrepntublu  means.  In  this  caso  the 
office  did  not  «eck  the  man.  but  the  man  sought  the 
otlico  by  the  use  of  the  agencies  with  which  wealthy 
aod  unscrupulous  politiciaua  are  familiar.  Paid 
emissaries,  some  of  them,  at  least,  well  known 
in  tbe  Washington  lobbj',  were  engaged  at 
the  ditlerent  State  capitols  for  months  beiore  the 
St.  Louis  Convention  met,  working  up  the  Tilden 
interest.  A  poliiical  intriguer  of  the  old  i6^iuie 
occupied  rooms  during  tbe  last  session  at  a 
fasiiiouable  hotel  here,  and  beaded  the 
Tildon  clique  at  tho  national  capital.  The 
system  wbich  in  Stale  and  municipal 
politics  Is  known  as  "cooking  the  primaries"  was 
assiduously  worked,  and  thu  result  was  that  the 
Convention  which  met  at  St.  Louis  did  not  leptc- 
st-nt  the  Iceliugs  and  wishes  of  the  Democracy  of 
the  country,  but  that  a  mujunty  of  its  members 
came  there  already  pledged  to  Mr.  TUdeu.  At  St. 
Louis  it  was  found  that  the  town  had  bwn,  as  the 
politicians  called  it,  "salted,"  and  an  OTcrpoweriug 
lobby — lu  maintain  which  it  must  have  cost  some- 
body a  large  sum  ut  money— fairly  drowned  tbe  ex- 
pression of  any  sentiment  wnich  was  not  attnnedto 
thekey-nnto  given  out  trom  the  ufiice  of  the  G-Jvor- 
nor  ot  New-York. 

The  common  answer  of  the  Tilden  clique  to  the 
romonstrauces  of  those  who  puintud  out  how  ob- 
U0X1UU3  his  uoiuinaLiou  would  be  to  the  Ddmncracy 
in  the  great  pivotal  bolder  States,  In  wliico  the  in- 
itial combat  (if  the  cauipaigu  must  take  place,  was 
tbat  Mr.  Tudrn  and  his  fneods  would  spend  millions 
of  moiiov  1.0  cany  tho  'jlecLlon.  It  is  needless  to 
say  that  this  was  a  rovoltiug  Idea  to  any  but  the  ma- 
chiue  poiiticiaiis,  though  but  a  littiug  sequel  10  tbe 
lavish  expeiidltiiru  uf  money  and  ^the  low  intrigues 
by  which  tho  numioaiiuu  wi^s  secured.  But  tu  show 
bow  hollow  aod  laisu  puluioal  proniikcs  ot  tbis  kind 
are  it  may  ln'  added  that  the  hopes  01  tho§e  who  ex- 
pected Air.  Tilden  to  spend  his  money  lavishly  to 
secure  his  election  weru  never  ruali7,;id. 

liaviug  nominated  a  uauiiidate  wiutsu  mere  name 
at  tliu  lieaa  of  the  ticket  practically  involved  a 
schism  iu  tlie  party,  so  jonuxiou^  was  it  to  the  most 
active  element  in  the  October  States,  and  in  all  sec- 
tions whrio  tho  Deniociaey,  as  suown  by  tho  con- 
tisisot  thu  last  two  years,  was  most  vigorous  and 
gruwiog— the  deiuoralizing  idea  that  great  sums  of 
mouev  were  to  bo  npeul  to  heal  tbo  breach  was 
tbrowii  lutu  the  canvass.  Ucsi^les  lowering  the  tone 
of  the  contest  irum  tho  uigb  ground  which  the  many 
glaring  i;  iquilies  of  tho  Railital  Party  had  enabled 
U  tu  occupy,  this  idea  ot  a^campaigu  tu  be  wuu  with 
mouey  was  the  most  demuraluiiig  which  could  pos- 
sibly have  boou  tbiov.n  into  tbe  Di.-mucralic  ranks 
at  such  a.Junoiure.  Every  onj  of  the  venal  class  of 
worKing  poliiieiaiis  at  oueo  wauti-d  to  gel  hia  hands 
into  thai  barrel  ot  money,  uuu  was  Ur.ssatinlied  that 
it  did  nut  come  along.  The  bcliel  that  sucu  an  ele- 
inuiit  miuht  b'j  woiking  wouders  in  sumu  mysteri- 
uus  wtty  spurred  the  Kepiiblicaus  to  extrauraiuary 
exi-ni-ins.  while  it  naturally  urove  away  Iruiii  lh» 
Democracy  a  consideiablo  numbi'r  uf  pure-mindeJ 
meu  who  no  not  uelievo  in  eucoura^iug  tbo  u<ie  of 
such  agencies  in  elections.  Aud.  flually,  whiiu  tbe 
DemociHia  shualdcred  all  tho  oaium  ot  cuuductiug 
a  Campaign  wuli  moiiev, .  tboy  uid  not  in  reaiiL.v 
liavu  su  luucb  money  to  uso  iu  le<:iiiiuat<>  ways  as 
the.y  would  have  raised  111  tbeir  variuu)  loeaiilioa 
if  they  had  uumiuatod  a  pour  but  popular  cauui- 
flatc. 

i'ben  wc  had  the  Libi-rty-street  Bureau  of  ready- 
made  turrcspoudLncu  and  elitunals,  and  the  gen- 
eraLiliCotiiyeteucc  of  Hewitt  &  Co.  lu  the  manage- 
ment uf  thu  campaign  ;  e.  j..  campaign  texi-bouus 
issued  ou  ibo  I  vc  of  unction — and  thu  guuerul 
wrt'im-lioadedncss  of  a  cinwu  of  New-Vork  bun.i- 
iio.ders  and  ihuir  para>ito8.  incapabl.-  of  teelin^ 
anil  sympathizing  with  the  Demucraiic  luus-iea.  ^m 
Bui  III  spile  uf  tbo  iuauitoid  disaUvaiituges  which 
thu  nuiuiiiatiou  ot  Mr.  lildoii  involved,  tho  De- 
mocracy eletitl  their  caudulaio.  i'no  details  of 
the'  Kauical  conspiracy,  wliicb,  tnrougu  tne  wratu 
of  G-id  and  tho  trace  u"(  Jiiaiice  Bradley,  has  Anally 
been  HUccissiul,  uro  luniuiar  euuiigii.  Bui  it  is 
proper  to  iiuar  in  mind  uglii  here  iliat  it  woulu  not 
bavu  been  possible  it>r  this  couspirucy  to  cuuut  iu 
aud  inaugurate  tiio  man  who  was  not  elected  by  ihe 
people  but  for  tbo  soilij-shally,  mvslenoUH,  re- 
pr-jBsive.  peace-ai-any-priii*  policy  forced  upon  tho 
pirty  by  ilio  New- York  clique.  Was  it  proposed  to 
bold  a  public  mcctiug,  tu  declare  that  our  caudi- 
da>'u  was  eleccei  HUi  that  we  nieujt  lo  sec  him 
insialiud,  and  a  sireain  of  cold  water  began 
at  ouco  playing  Irom  Liberty-street  upou  the  po- 
litical spine  of  tbo  man  who  had  the  hardihood  to 
utter  f<ucU  tiold  and  hunest  soutimont.^.  We  wore 
tola  that  all  the  wisdom  of  the  party  losided  ip 
New-Viirk,  aud  that  matters  were  i;uiug  ou  so  well 
that  iJti  iio  account  must  any  Democrat  in  the 
country  nut  iu  tbe  secret  uf  all  that  wisdom  say  or 
ilu  aiiytbing  whatever,  ilatier.-i  having  gonu  uu  iu 
this  way  uutil  the  &cliemc  uf  au  Eleciural  (Jumniis- 
siun  was  incubated,  wo  were  tulu  that  tbis  wuuld 
bring  everything  out  rignt ;  that  fu?rlul  disclusiiies 
Were  to  be  niado  ot  the  ways  ut  tbe  desperate  Kadi- 
calM,  and  that  evcryihlug  was  lovely  all  round. 

Tbeu  eaui<<  the  decisions  of  the  Commission  aloog- 
sidj  of  tbe  Oregon  t-legrams,  which,  it  is  needless 
tu  say,  had  tliey  come  to  aud  fioiu  Ibe  rcsideucu  ot 
tiov.  llayes,  wuuld  iiuvo  been  (leuouucod  by  every 
Demoeiut  lu  uud  ouf  of  CHngres.i  as  the  acme  of 
poliileul  rascality.  And  alter  such  an  ignoiumious 
and  dixasiruus  i  suerieuce  as  this  we  uio  asked  to 
tram  uudcr  liideu  in  ItriO. 


THE  TELEPHONE. 


MORE  INTERESTING  EXPERIMENTS  BETWEEM 
nOSTON   AND    SALEM. 

FrorDfiii/:  Boston  Transcript,  F^b.  24. 
Prof.  A.  Graham  Boil  gave  last  evening  at 
Salem  a  second  public  exhibition  of  the  practical 
workings  of  hij  wonderful  discovery,  the  trans- 
mission of  souuJ  by  eluotncal  current  between  dis- 
tant pblbts,  or,  as  it  Is  mure  popularly  known, 
iclephoiiy.  The  lecture  was  delivered  in  Lyceum 
Uall  before  an  andionco  of  over  600  persons,  inclnd- 
ing  tho  most  prominent  citizons.    Prof.  Boll  had  for 

hia  working  assistant  at  the  iudtrumeut  Mr.  C.  A. 
George,  of  Boston,  while  tho  instrument  at 
tho  Boston  end  was  managed  by  Mr.  Xbomas 
A.  "Watson,  Prof.  Bell's  ritihl-hanl  mau  m 
iho  carrying  out  of  his  exieriments.  Tho 
olHco  iu  this  city  is  at  i,'o.  5  Eioter-place,  and 
in  the  little  room  at  the  top  of  tho  house  were 
gathered,  ut  an  early  hour,  besides  the  operator  and 
Ins  n»»i»tantn,  representarives  ol  all  tiio  daily  papers 
in  tho  city,  aud  several  invited  guests,  among  whom 
were  Ilou-  Charles  Levi  Woodbury,  Dr.  H.  I.  Bow- 
diicb.  Dr.  Clarence  J.  Blake,  Mr.  P.  D.  Riobarda, 
and  others.  The  first  dispatch  from  Salem  was  re- 
ceived I'v  jMr.  Watson  at  7:15  o'clock,  and  was 
tho  announcement:  "The  hous3  is  full;  500 
people  present."  A  long  sileiice  occurred  while 
Prof.  Boll  was  explaining  to  his  Salem  audience 
tho  principles  of  his  discovery.  About  8  o'clock 
practice  with  tho  telephone  comineuced  in  earnest. 
A  tuue  was  played  upon  an  organ  ,".t  tne  Boston 
termibua,  wbich  was  distinctly  heard  by  Itie  Salem 
auilience,  Fullowin:;,  a  tune  ou  a  cornet  was  played 
iu  front  of  the  iustrumeut  by  a  gentleman  present, 
which.  Prof.  Boll  announced,  was  received  at  the 
Salem  end  in  good  couditton.  A  lively  con- 
versation ensued  between  the  two  con- 
nected points;  Ineludiiig  several  jokes  on 
political  matters.  Iu  this  conversation  Judge 
Woodbury  and  Dr.  Bowdltch  took  part.  A  party 
of  three  gentlemen  from  tho  Tabernacle  choir 
then  sang  "  Hold  the  Forr,"  at  the  close  of 
which  word  came  from  Prof.  Bell  that  the 
tunc  was  heard  bV  every  person  iu  tue 
hall.  It  was  Noou  evident  that  the  dampr«3ss  of  the 
weather  aud  some  trouble  with  tbe  wires  was  oper- 
aiing  unfavorably  ;  and  none  of  the  experiments  at 
the  Boston  end  were  so  satisfactory  as  those  at- 
tained at  the  provions  exhibition.  It  jyas  difficult, 
except  at  intervals;  till  late  lu  the  evening,  for  any 
one  bat  Prol.  Vratson  to  di^tiuguUh  the  wordx 
spoken  over  the  wires.  Tha  use  of  the  liue  for 
business  purposes  interfered  s^dly  witn  those  of 
the  experimental  operationa  tbe  click  of  an  instru- 
ment somewhere  along  the  line  being  diaticctly 
audible  anywhere  in  the  room  most  of  the  time. 
After  a  time  Mr.  Watson  found  that  tnis  annoyance 
might  be  obviated  by  pressing  a  membrane  which 
acted  like  a  telegrapii  key  m  shutting  off  nnwel- 
txime  telegraphic  communications.  After  tbis  the 
sounds  made  aud  the  words  uttered  became  toler- 
ablv  distinct. 

Durmg  tho  evening  Mr.  Watson  sang  several 
songs  for  the  benefit  nf  tbe  Salem  audience,  be- 
sides coughing,  Unghlug,  &c.  Shortly  after  9 
o'clock.  Prof.  BelL  having  dismissed  bis  aodiencc, 
began  sending  a  special  dispatoh  to  the  Globe, 
which  was  received  wiih  some  difficulty,  owing  to 
thu  operating  of  .the  crossing  wire*  of  toe  Atlantic 
and  Pacific  line.  After  a  time  that  dlflioulty  was 
overcome,  and  tbe  cil'ipatch  was  finished  aud  others 
sent  *o  tbe  various  morning  papers.  The  dispatches 
concluded.  Prof.  Ball  sang  two  or  three  voraes  of 
'different  songs,  wuloh  wore  quire  distinctly  beard  ■ 
aod  at  lU^O  "  good  night "  was  reoelyeO.  ' 


AMUSRMEKTS. 


MUSICAL  AND  DRAMATIC. 

THE   OPERA    BOUFFB. 

An  opera  boufTe  new  to  American  audiences, 

and  entitled  "La  Boalangere  a  doa  Ecus  "  wss  made 
Known  at  the  Eagle  The»tre,  last  evening.  The 
score  is  from  tbe  pen  ot  M.  Ofr''nbacb,  and  MM. 
Mellhac  and  Hul^vy  aro  tbe  librettists.  "  La  Boa- 
langdro"  ia  hardly  likely  to  hold -a  prominent 
place  in  tbe  current  repertoire.  Its  storv  consists 
merely  ot  a  saccession  of  more  or  less  animated  and 
amasing  episodes;  its  personages  are  of  tbe  con-, 
ventlonal  type,  and  tbe  masic,  although  yivactooa, 
does  not  include  a  single  number  destined  to  be- 
come widely  popular.  Did  space  permit, 
therefore,  we  should  not  feel  inclined  to 
enter  into  the  details  of  the  plot, 
which  turns  upon  the  fondness  of  Margot  and 
Totntrn  for  BernadllU,  whose  amorous  intrigues  nre 
interrupted  by  a  political  conspiracy  of  the  familiar 
sort,  and  by  sundry  incidents  of  a  comical  nature, 
in  which  Police  agents  disport  themselves.  A  com- 
plete enumeration  of  the  tunes  -  would  be 
equally  unlntereating,  for  only  two  or  tbregl 
merit  notice.  Tbe  finale  of  the  first  act  la  qaite 
lively,  and  tbe  duet  commencing  "  Les  farlniers," 
in  the  second  act,  is  also  to  b9  cited  as  clever ;  tho 
finale  of  tbis  act,  however,  is  '  the  most 
effective  piece  in  the  whole  opera,  and 
tbe  laughable  scene  upon  wbich  the 
curtain  fell,  with  an  army  of  bakers  and  bakereases 
attacking,  with  long  French  loaves,  a  much  dia- 
mayod  Police  magiatrate,  was  loudly  applauded. 
In  the  last  two  acts  of  "La  Boulang^ie,"  the 
most  notable  incident  was  Mile.  Aim6e's 
singing  of  "Li  Paloma,"  which  she  has 
often  introduced,  aud  never,  we  may 
add,  at  a  point  where  it  was  more  required.  The 
song  had  to  bo  repeated  thrice.  As  Margot,  Mile. 
Aim^o  of  course  sang  and  acted  charmingly,  but  the 
r6le  is  a  thankless  one,  and  tbe  sooner  she  reapnears 
in  better-known  obaraofers  the  better.  M.  Baodlt 
was  quite  equal  to  Bernadille,  and  MM.  Dnplan 
and  Mezidres  diffused  considerable  fan  aa  the 
Police  agents. ,  The  other  r61cs  wore  allotted  to 
MM.  Branciart  and  Benedick,  and  to  Mme.  Duparc. 
Tbeiiew  work  has  been  put  upon  the  stage  with 
taste  and  liberality  in  respect  nf  scenic 
attire,  and  the  costumes  are  fresh  and  rich;  tha 
management  has,  therefore,  done  its  whole  duty  in 
the  matter  of  producing  "La  Boul.nngdre"  in  a 
manner  fitted  to  insure  its  favorable  reception.  The 
programme  will  remain  unchanged  throngbout  the 
week. 


WALLACE'S  THEATRE. 
Goldsmith's  comedy,  "  She  Stoops  to  Con- 
quer," was  given  last  night,  for  the  first  time  this 
season,  at  Wallack's  Theatre.  The  attendance  was 
large,  and  thete  wa»  mnoh  laughter  and  frequent 
applause.  Perhaps  of  all  tbe  old  comedies,  "  She 
Stoops  to  Conquer "  is  the  best  known,  and  its 
popularity  is  plainly  attested  by  the  regnlarity  with 
which  it  is  performed  at  the  piincinal  play-houses. 
It  baa  been  brought  out  at  Wallack's,  at  certain 
stagoa  of  each  season,  for  as  many  years  as  we  care 
to  remember,  and  Mr.  Wallack's  Charles  Marlow 
has  thus  become,  for  the  pablic,  one  of  his  most 
familiar  characters.  It  is  therefore  bard, 
ly  necessary  to  say  more  than  that 
the  preaent  revival  in  in  all  respects 
equal  to  previous  representations  of  the  piece.  Mr. 
Wallack's  acting  is  as  pleasmg  as  of  old,  and  if  no 
n«w  points  are  made  bv  the  artisi^,  there  is  at  least 
no  falling  ofi  in  the  quaiitioa  wbich 
heretofore  have  never  failed  to  charm. 
The  transitions  from  sheepiah  modeaty 
to  brazen  impudence  are  accomplished  with  an 
art  so  thorough  as  to  concaal  its  purpose,  and,  ic- 
deed,  the  nice  shades  of  the  character  aro  all 
laid  on  by  a  master  hand.  The  cast  was  in  other 
respects  very  strong.  Mr  John  Gilbert  personated 
Mr.  Hardcastle,  while  Mr.  Harry  Beckett  was 
Tony  Lumpkin,  and  Mr.  C.  S.  Stevenson  filled  the 
the        role        of        Hastings — and  left        much 

to  ho  desired.  Miss  Ada  Dyas  earned 
a  large  share  of  the  applause  of  the 
evening  as  Kate  Hardcastle,  and  Miss  B;)ao 
Wood  and  Mme.  Ponisi  completed  the  symmetry  of 
the  performance  in  the  parts,  respectively,  of  Con- 
stance NeviUe  and  Mrs.  Hardcastle.  The  stage  sel- 
ling was  tasteful,  as  it  always  is  at  this  theatre. 
"She  Stoops  to  Conquer  "  will  be  perfjrmed  again 
on  tbis  and  Saturday  evenings;  on  Wednesday  and 
Friday  nights  "  Wild  Oais  "  may  bo  enjoyed. 


BHIEF   MKMTION. 

Mr.  John  T.  Raymond  was  in  town  on  Sun- 
day. 

Announcement  is  made  that  Mr.  Dc  Vivo  has 
retired  from  thu  management  of  Miss  Abbott's 
operatic  and  con  cart  tour. 

Miss  Emma  Abbott  will  sing  in  "  La  Figlia  " 
at  the  Academy  of  Music,  in  Brooklyn,  to-morrow 
evenincr,  and  the  same  opera  is  to  be  repeated  iu 
this  City,  at  the  Academy,  on  Friday  evening  and 
Saturday  afternoon. 

Mr.  Olo  Bull  and  Mme.  Essipoff  will  unite   in 

the  concert  to  be  given  at  Stem  way  Uall  to-morrow 
evening.  The  well-known  violinist  h*8  not  been 
heard  h?re  for  many  months,  and  the  announce- 
ment of  hia  rontreo  will,  no  doubt,  be  received  witn 
lively  satisfaction. 

"  LE   VOYAGE  A  LA  LUNE." 


A   CARD  FRO.M   MESSRS.    JARRETT  &  PALMER 

Of  booth's  thicatre. 
To  the  Editor  of  the  New-York  Times: 

You  will  discover  underlined  in  our  adver- 
tisement, to-day's  Times  for  early  production  at 
this  theatre,  Jules  Verne'.s  and  OSjn'oach's  spec- 
tacular opera  bonffe,  "  Le  "Voyage  k  la  Lane," 
upon  which  has  already  been  expended  a  great  deal 
of  mouey. 

The  Messrs.  Kir.ilfy  Brothers  at  one  time  pro- 
posed to  bring  tho  piece  ont  at  Niblo'e^arden,  but 
in  an  interview  with  us  suba^quently  had,  they  ap- 
parently concluded  to  respect  our  earnest  objection. 
During  this  friendly  conference  arrangements  were 
made  for  the  transfer  of  "Fifth  Avenue  "  to  their 
theatre  in  Philadelphia. 

In  all  our  commerce  with  tho  Messrs.  Kiralfy  we 
havo  found  them  fair  dealern,  and  hence  their 
erratic  course  in  this  particular  case,  indicated  by 
their  card  in  to-day's  XiliES,  has  engendered  our 
greatest  surprise. 

Our  determination  is  to  keep  faith  with  tho  pub- 
lic, and  upon  this  the  Messrs.  Biralfy.  and  all  in 
any  way  interested  may  be  satisfied  that  the  piece 
will  be  nroduced  in  Booth's  Theatre  and  not  at 
Niblo'a  Garden. 

A  play  tbat  has  achieved  so  great  a  success  in 
London  as  to  go  beyond  its  250th  ropresealation  we 
cannot  afford  to  let  slip  from  our  hands,  and  the  pub-  ' 
lie  would  have  a  mouitiod  rstimate  of  our  eu'.er 
prise  were  we  to  sufier  any  one  to  overreach  us 
Be-pectfully.  JABRETT  &  PALMER. 

Ukw-Youk.  Tuesdiy,  Feb.  27,  18:7. 


EXCITEMENT  AT  STAPLETON. 
There  was  great  excitcmout  at  Staploton, 
Staten  Island,  last  evening  in  consequence  of  a  ru- 
mor that  nn  attempt  would  be  made  to  pull  down 
the  club-house  belonging  to  the  New-York 
Yacht  Club.  Fifty-seven  special  oflBcera  were 
sworn  In  b.y  the  Deputy  Sheriff  to  protect  the  struc- 
ture auring  the  night.  Cant.  Chambers  of  the  tug- 
boat Middletown,  was  arrested  ou  a  warrant  isxned 
by  Police  Juatice  Garrett,  tor  attempting  to  "butt 
down  "  the  club-house  with  the  bow  ot  his  boat 
yesterday. 

An   Honest   Physician 

solicitous  for  tl^e  welfare  of  his  patrons,  would 
have  them  obtaiti  all  the  knowledge  tbey  can  re- 
specting their  systems  and  the  diseases  to  which 
they  are  incident,  fully  conscions  how  much  easier 
his  taskr  of  treating  patients  is  when  they  are  well 
informed  in  those  matters  pertaining  to  health  and 
disease.  Good  parsing  plays  such  an  important 
part  in  eff«cting  cures,  and  is  so  little  understood  by 
the  masses,  that  hundreds  of  tbe  hast  physicians 
have  aided  in  the  circulation  of  "The  People's 
Medical  Advises"  to  diaaeminste  its  admirable 
teachings  on  the  care  of  the  sick.  Nor  no  sensible 
people  appreciate  tbis  popular  work  lesa  because 
its  aatbor  does  not  advise  every  man  to  attempt, 
under  all  circumstances,  to  be  his  own  physician. 
The  sale,  so  soon  after  its  first  pablication,  of 
nearly  one  hundred  thousand  copies  of  ■  this  work, 
only  serves  to  create  increased  demand  for  it,  and 
never  before  has  it  sold  so  rapidly  aa  of  late.  It  has 
been  enlarged  to  over  nine  hundred  pages,  illustra- 
ted by  two  himdred  and  eighty-two  engravings  and 
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and  will  be  sent,  psst-paid,  on  receipt  of  one  dollar 
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coutinunnce  of  your  esteemed  patronage,  we  are  vours 
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From  the  Trov  Times,  March  18,  187L 
Peravian   Syrnp  Is  a    standard  remedy  lor 

buildinc;  up  and  renewing  brokeu-dowu  or 
nervons  consfitutlons.  For  dyspepsia,  debil- 
ity, liver  complaint,  kidney  and  bladdor  dis- 
eases, or  part  of  the  many  irregularities  of 
Ihe  varlou  organs  of  the  human  frame,  it  is  a  sover- 
eign remedy.  It  is  a  tonic  without  alcohol.  This  med- 
icine is  too  well  known  already  to  require  any  com- 
moiidation  from  us.  It  is  <mly  necessary  for  us  to  Si\y 
to  those  who  have  never  given  it  a  trial  that  it  will 
accomplish  all  that  is  claimed  for  it.  Now  la  tbo  time 
to  tone  up  the  svstem  before  the  hot  mouths  ot  Sum- 
mer tairly  sot  in.    Sold  by  all  druggists. 

First   Preminin 

Awarded  by  Ten  tpnuial  Kxpoailioa  to  ELEOTRO  SILT 
I'OS.  Tne  bestarclcloforcieaniaj;  acidpolishioz  silvpv- 
ware  and  iiousehiild  utausiU.  isold  by  drusgUts, 
house  luruisbera.  jewelers,  and  grocers. 

KTerdell'a,  3012  Broadway,  eleaant  Wedding 

and  Uall  Cards,  Forelgu  Note  t'apers,  Coat  of  Arms, 
lowest  prices. 


HANFOKD— PaK.VILY.— On  Monday,  Feb.  20,  at  tho 
residence  of  the  tiridt-'s  grandfather.  Frederick  S.  Mor- 
lann.  fclsq..  by  Kev.  A.  D.  Gil.ette.  Solomox  Hanpobd,  of 
Brooklyn,  to  .Maggir  K,  daughter  of  the  late  i)r.  David 
K.  Parmlv.iif  this  City. 

FoX-UOPPIN.— At  Providence.  R.  I.,  on  Thursaay, 
Feb.  8,  187  7,  by  Rev.  Mr.  (,reer.  Auste.v  G.  Foi  to 
Alice,  daughter  of  the  late  Tbomas  t'.  Uoppln. 

ALB^IRE.— At  Rod  Bank.  N.  J.,  on  Monday,  Feb.  2S, 
Anthont  >L  Allaire,  aged  69  years. 

Keiaiives  and  irieuus  are  respectfully  Invited  to 
attind  thu  luurral  serTices  at  bis  latu  residence.  Red 
Bank,  ou  Wednesda.v,  Feb.  28,  at  l:3u  P.  M.  Train 
leaves  fool  of  Libertv-st.  at  11:45  A.  M.  Interment  at 
New-loi-k  Cemetery  Thursday  noon. 

liAliKiiU. — \t  Passaic.  N.  J.,  on  SundAy  morning, 
Feb.  'Z5,  Fbuku  a.  Uakkeb,  iu  the  01st  year  ot  his 
age. 

itelatives  and  friends  are  invited  without  further  no- 
tici^  to  attend  the  servica  at  the  Passaic  Itaptist 
Church.  Tae8da.T.  Feb.  Ii7.  at  3  P.  M.  Trains  leave 
foot  ol"  Charabers-3t-  at  1:45  P.  M.;  returulug  from 
Passute  at  5:0'^  and  5:52  P.  M.  lutermout  ut  Green- 
Wood  on  Wednesday  niomins. 

JiAK.roK. — sucitleuly,  at  Lampasas,  Texas.  Feb.  15. 
J.  Kennedy  Babton,  sou  of  George  G.  Baiton,  of  this 
City. 

jjiiOWN.— At  Columbus  Barracks.  Ohio,  Feb.  23. 
Cbaklrb  ',V.  Bkown.  lormerl.v  Captain  Korty-dr»t  (41st> 
New-Vork  Volunteers,  aeed  39  .years. 

He  w:iB  buried  in  the  post  ci-meterv. 

CRA  VVrOKU.— At  tbt;  r<-sideuce  of  his  .laughter.  Mrj. 
J.  A.  Keunodv.  in  Sunday,  I'Ob.  25,  1»77,  Mathbw 
Crawpoiid.  aged  90. 

Fneiids  of  the  family  are  Invited  to  attend  the  fu- 
neral at  iSo.  135  West  'J2d  St.,  M'ednesday,  28l,ii  iust., 
at  1  o'clock. 

CUSIISIA.N.— In  Lyons.  France.  Feb.  7.  Et,i,i a,  eldest 
daughter  of  Uenry  M.  and  tiarah  B.  Cushman. 

l>OWNE<. — Ou  Thursday  evening,  the  a^il  inst..  after 
a  short  illDess,  at  tier  residence  in  Cbarlestowii.  Mas;!., 
iMauia  G.,  widow  of  tbe  laieCommauder  John  llownes, 
ot  the  Uuited  (states  Navy,  aged  78. 

liLY.— ')n  Katurilay  morning,  the  24th  inst.,  David  J. 
Ely.  in  the  Gist  year  of  his  ape. 

Ihelunopfti  will  take  place  at  St.  Georae's  Church 
on  Tiu-silav,  the  ■ii7th  inat..  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.  The 
friends  of  the  family  are  invited  to  attend  without  fur- 
ther notice. 

GALLAGUEE.— On  Monday,  Feb.  26.  ot  bronchitis. 
Ann  Stokes,  daugbter  ut  James  R.  and  Anuie  Gal- 
lairnei,  aged  2  mouths  siid  3  bays. 

Funenil  eervices  at  iho  reaidonce  of  her  parents.  No. 
402  .Ntw-York-av.,  Joisey  City  Ueigbts,  on  Wednesday 
at  2:30  P.  M.  West  Uobokeu  carsat  lloboken,  N.  J., 
pass  till!  residence. 

U.aL.SKK.— Ou  Saturday  Feb.  24.  1877.  ofter  a  long 
and  paiutul  lllnesa,  Sakah  (stkwart,  wile  ot  Robert 
Uaisey. 

Relatives  and  friends  are  Invited  to  attend  the  fu- 
neral services  at  her  lute  residence.  No.  58  West  38th- 
bU,  Feb.  28.  at  lO  A.  .M. 

UARRI.nON.— Suddoul.v.  at  Brick  Churcn,  Orango,  N. 
J.,  on  Sunday  morntns.  Fi'o  25,  Emma  Gertkudb,  onl.v 
ebild  ot  Ch;irlo3  C  and  Gertrude  ¥.  liarrison,  aged  5 
montlis  and  18  days. 

tuiieral  services  at  house  on  Tuesday  afternoon  at  5 
o'clock.  C.irriagi-s  at  uepjt  on  arrival  of  the  3ai0 
train  trom  B:irol.iy-8t. 

H.'»RToUOaNli.— On  Mondav,  the  26th  inst.,  ct  scar- 
let fever,  KCOKNE  Lloyd.  youneeoC  child  of  Sidney  G. 
aoiljohopbiue  .Mabbatt  Hartshorne,  aged  2  years  and 
:i  months. 

The  luueral  will  take  piano  on  vvednesdav.  tne  2Sth 
inst.,  at  1J:30  P.  M.  from  tho  residence  of  his  parents, 
No.  ;;8  W^8t51st-8t. 

IREL.ANU. — Ou  Sunday.  Feb.  25,  of  pneumonia,  Joux 
lUELAND,  in  hia  57th  viim. 

Iriends  aud  relatives  01  the  family  are  Invited  to  at- 
tend Ilia  funeral  trom  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church, 
Jeisey  Cay,  011  Widuesday  at  'Z  P.  M. 

iMA.SSING. — Ou  tne  2610  inst..  at  her  residence,  No. 
145  West  44th-8t..  Makgakbt  Bast,  relict  of  the  late 
John  .Manning,  in  tbe  O.ith  year  of  her  age. 

Notice  ol'  funeral  bereaiter. 

»AR8rON.— In  BruoKlyu.  Saturday.  Feb.  24,  Mrs. 
Mart  Marston,  iu  tbe  08th  .rear  of  her  age. 

Relativea  aa  .  frieuds  are  invited  to  attend  tbe  funeral 
on  WeduesJay.  2Sth  in.-t..  at  2  P.  M,  from  the  resi- 
dewco  01  her  daughter,  Mrs.  W.  P.  Robinson.  No.  96 
4tli-av.,  Brooklyn. 

MILiis.— On  Sunday,  25th  inat.,  John  Milks,  in  the 
56. li  year  of  his  age. 

Funeral  services  from  his  late  residence.  No.  130 
East  O61I1  St.,  ou  Tuesilav,  27th  lusc,  at  10  o'clock  A. 
Jl.     Noflowerij. 

NOWRis.— In  Brooklyn.  Sunday,  Feb.  25,  Kliiabbth 
A.  NoKRis,  -wife  of  TboiuuB  11.  .^or^is.  aged  68  years. 

The  fricnoi  of  tbe  family  aro  respeottuilv  iiiv.ted  to 
attend  file  tuaer.il  services  at  her  lato  residence.  No. 
395  VVasIiingtuu-av.,  coriitr  of  Greene-av.,  on  Wed 
npsday,  Feb.  28.  at  2  P.  AI.  Interment  on  Thursaay. 
Friends  will  please  omit  flowers. 

P.iRUEE. — On  ouuuay  morning,  the  25th  inst..  Har- 
ris Pardee. 

Relatives  f.nd  frieuds  are  invited  to  attend  the  funer- 
al sirvioea  at  hif  late  residence.  No.  10  West  47th-8t., 
ou  Wednesday,  llie  '.isth.  ut  11  o'clock  A.  M. 

ROACH.— .\t  Klizabeth,  >.  J.,  on  Monday,  Feb.- 26, 
Peter  R.  Roach,  aged  73  yeirs. 

>otice  ot  fuuer.1l  liereatter. 

S.dlTH.—iu  Brooklyn,  suddenly,  Feb.  26,  NoxiB  W., 
only  surviving  child  of  Welford  }i.  and  Sarah  E. 
traito.  aged  9  years  and  2  moutbs. 

Poticeol  funeral  hereafter. 

WHITE.— Ou  Sunlay  evening,  Feb.  i!5,  Ihomas 
Wasjiingto-v  White,  la  the  53d  year  of  his  age. 

1  be  relatives  and  friends  of  tbe  family  are  requested 
to  aitenil  the  funeral  iroin  hia  late  residence,  i57th- 
Rt.,  (ProBpect-sc.)  Melrose,  ou  Wednesday,  the  28th 
inst.,  at  1  o'cloekP,  M..  without  further  invitation. 

WHITE.— Ou  :>londay,  Feii.  26,  ot  bis  residence.  No. 
32  West  3oth-st.,  of  pneumonia,  Joujj  H.  White,  aged 
Ct't  years. 

Notice  of  luneral  hereafter. 


SPEOIAI/  NOTICES. 


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The  Messrs.  LEAVITT,  Auctioneers. 
HOUSEUoLiU   ART.  J 

Now  on  exhibition  at  Clinton  Hall  untlTtimeof  sale, 
WEDNESDAY  and  THURSDAY  AFTK^tNOONB  at  U 
o'clock.  — ^^^/^ 

BRIC-A-BRAC,  ANTIQUK  FURNITDRE,"B!tONZES,  kc, 
tne  collectiou  of  a  well-known  cuniioisseur  in  this 
t  Ity,  comprising  choice  gems  In  Sevies.  Dresden  and 
Oriental  Porcelaina,  old  liacquers.  Cloisouue  Enamels,' 
batsuma  Waie,  Carvings,  Bronzes,  &c.,  6tc 

Also,  from    the  ITALIAN    DEPARTMENT,  CKNTKN-. 
KlALi  KXi'lBITlON,  choice  specimens  of  bronze  work, 
favence  and   terra  cotta.  &.c    A  very  choice  aud  beau- 
tiiiU  collection. 

LADIES'  ART  ASSOCIATION. 

Now  on  exhibition,  da.v  aud  evening,  free,  at  the  Art 
Rooms,  No.  817  Broadway,  aud  until  time  ot  sale, 
"lURSDAY,  FRIDAY,  and  o-ATURDAY  next. 

The  first  annual  sale  of  original  oil  and  water  color- 
paintings  and  household  decorations  by  womew  arclsta  ' 
and  artiaans.    A  very  interesting  collection. 

"  Tbo  object  shall  be  the  promotion  of  the  interests^ 
of  women  artists." 


UANG&i  &:  CO.,  NO.  650   iiKOADWAY, 

Will  sell  at  auction  on 
WKDNBSDAT,  Feb.  28.  aud  THURSDAY,  ■  tfarch  1, 
at  4  P.  M.,  A  PRIVATE  LIBRARY,  comprislug  a 
choice  collectiou  and  a  great  variety  of  the  best 
editions  of  ENGLISH  aud  AMEBICAla  .t  BOOKS,  tor 
the  moat  part  superbly  boond. 


Ttisis  Johnson,  Auctioneer. 
Old    stand,    N'u.    37    Nassau-st. 

THIr*  DAV,  AT  II  O'Cl^OCK, 
At  lAUCH'S    RESTAURANT  AND  HOTEL, 
No.  866  Broadway,  between  17lh  and  18uh  sts.,      ^ 
Klegaut  bar  mirror^,  flxtnres.      Aiao,  hahdsoiao  bouse-t 
hold  furniture,  carpets,  &c. 

TO-MORROW,  at  Ho.  37  Nassau-st., 
Large  sale  of  carpets,  lumiture,  &r. 


RSTDAKT    VVlL.ia.s,    ATTORNay    ANU 
•  Counselor  at  Law,  Notary  Public.  No.  1^2  Broad- 
way, rtijom  No.  4.  Xow-iork.  , , 
N.  B. — special  attention  paid  to  settling     "estacoi^jf 
aaovuvaucius.  aud  City  ana  coontv  ooUouuocb  _ 


TO  TBB    HONORABLS 

THJB  SENATS   AND    AS8EMBCY   OF    THK 

»TATE  OF  NBW-YOKK. 

The  Senumstrance  0/  the  Society  for  the  RefimnatUtn  <^ 

Juvenile  Delinquents  in  the  Ctly  of  Vsm-Torh 
BSSPECTrULtX  Rbpkssbxts: 

Tbat  tbe  IXonae  ot  Refuge  for  Javenile  deliaquentc 
committed  to  tbeir  care,  is  located  upon  thlrtj-seves 
acres  of  land,  at  the  soutb-wesiern  comer  of  RandaU't 
Island,  ou  tho  Harlem  Fiver  and  Little  Hell  Gate,  la 
the  County  of  New-YorK,  In  buildinKS  tbat  have  cos*. 
half  a  million  of  dollars,  and  that  there  were  remain-, 
ing  in  their  charge,  ou  Jan.  1.  1877,  nine  himdred  anS! 
eighty-five  children  and  youth.  I 

Tbat  for  many  years  the  health  of  the  Inmates  haA  I 
been  very  good,  and  the  number  of  deaths  occorrlDS.. 
ver.y  few — light  and  air  l>eing  abundant,  and  tbe  eoadi-^ 
tlons  of  location  and  neighborhood  very  favorable. 

Tnat  It  has  bnt  recentl.y  become  known  to  your  R*«, 
monstraiits  that  bills  have  been  drawn,  under  tbe, 
auspices  ot  tbe  Commissioners  of  Police  and  heads  of, 
other  departments,  in  relation  to  a  proposed  filling  upi 
of  Little  Hell  Oate  w  th  street  refuse,  and  sent  to  toa' 
considered  and  uassed  by  the  Congress  of  the  Unltei^ 
States,  and  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New^ 
York,  under  which  the  necessary  legal  authority  may^ 
be  obtained  for  fiUing  up  Little  Hell  Gate  with  streel^ 
refase. 

That  the  authorities  of  the  City  of  New-York  hare 
ever  regarded  tbe  House  ot  Refuge  on  Randall's  Island 
with  kindness,  aod  are  believed  by  your  Remonstrants 
to  have  overlooked  the  coneideratiouB  wbich  are  pre* 
sented  herein  uy  them  against  the  Dlnn  oronnsf^d  1 
wbich  considerations  bave  not  beeu  biou::i>c  i,<i^ni 
those  authorities  by  your  Remonstrants  only  because 
they  have  been  uniuformed  of  what  was  so  proposed. 

That  through  several  years  the  low  marsh  landa 
above  Ninetieth-street,  on  the  East  River,  off  Hell  Gate^ 
received  for  filling  the  street  refuse  of  tbe  City  of  New- 
York,  and  that  the  health  ot  the  inhabitants  for  a  wido 
■pace  around  them  was  injured,  causing  loud  com-, 
plaints  and  much  eifort  to  put  a  stop  to  such  filling, 
which  was  effected  tnrouzh  the  order  of  Gen.  Smith, 
of  the  Police  Board;  and  that  the  transfer  orsncbti{>era- 
tlons  nowto  Little  Hell  Gate,  in  close  proximity  with  tba 
land  and  buildings  of  tbe  House  of  Refuge  which  bound 
upon  it,  will  probably  briug  disease  and  death  amousi 
its  iumates  and  officers,  to  a  degree  not  experienced  in 
tho  more  than  50  years  of  its  history.  ' 

We  know  that  this  may  be  called  the  language  of. 
needless  alarm,  but  we  believe  as  well,  from  rell;ible! 
information,  that  It  will  not  be  denied  Dy  those  whp' 
call  it  80,  that  when  the  marsh  land  on  the  north  end 
of  Blackwell's  Island  was  more  recently  filled  up  with! 
street  reruse,aod  buildings  placed  on  it  for  the  KpiIeptio< 
Hospitals,  the  rotten  material  beneath  tbe  surface  wasi 
so  offensive  and  so  fatal  to  life  that  the  invalida  wezp'' 
removed  and  the  buildings  abandoned. 

Your  Remonstrants  ought  uot  to  restrict  what  the.^ 
say  to  tbe  street  refnse,  deleterious  as  they  believO' 
that  would  be,  but  In  view  of  the  suddenness  wlthi 
which  this  project  has  burst  upon  the  community,! 
when  few  are  able  to  combine  against  it,  that  they> 
ought  for  the  common  welfare  to  add  Biore. 

It  is  well  known  that  always  hitherto  the  watprs 
sttrrounding  tbe  island  of  New-York  with  their  strong 
cuiTents,  and  tbe  islands  planted  in  tlicm.  bave  benii . 
regarded  as  providcnlial  gifts  of  priceless  vaiue  for  tha* 
wants  and  uses  of  a  great  City.  Blackwell's,  Ward's, 
and  Randall's  Islands,  in  the  strait  between  the  Hud- 
son and  tbo  Sound,  bave  each  their  peculiar  values, 
aud  careful  consideration  will  impress  with  this  every 
person  ot  capacity  and  candor. 

Tho  broad  territory  of  Harlem,  lying  between  90thi 
and  14Llth  sts.  and  1st  aud  8th  ays..  coctalDlug  morei 
than  throe  square  miles,  is  rapidl.v  filling  up  with- 
dwellings  and  population.  All  the  sewerage,  except 
for  half  a  mile  of  shore  line,  empties  in  Harlem  River. 
which  will  be  tested  to  its  full  capacity  of  current  to 
caiTy  off  the  materials  thus  brought  to  it.  Far  tba 
most  potent  contnbutor  to  its  present  force  of 
current  is  Little  Hell  Gate,  which,  -while  it  tnus' 
helps  the  Harlem  River,  acts  as  a  aetoo  to  the  greater 
and  more  dangerous  fioods  of  Hell  Gate,  moderating 
them  b.v  the  measure  of  the  fiow  that  passes  *'iirougU 
this  more  cortheru  channel,  by  destroying  which  the 
Harlem  River  will  be  made  sluggish,  while  the  fieroe  ' 
currents  of  Hell  Gate  will  be  mide  fiercer. 

Nor  ia  tbia  all.  The  uavigatiou  of  the  Harlem  River, 
has  come  to  be  of  great  value.  Lines  of  steam-hoatsi 
bave  for  20  years  and  more  been  running  througb  it, 
affording  the  only  rapid  transit  the  people  have  ttom 
Harlem  to  the  south  end  of  tbe  island;  and  the  only! 
material  and  dangerous  iinpedimeut  to  iu^vis_the  ice' 
iu  Winter.  But  the  swift  rush  of  watero 
Sound  and  Harlem  River,  bv  Little  Hell  Gats.  i»  a  great, 
help  to  tbe  ncvigation  in  this  difiScnIty.  The  Ice  vi. 
broken  and  carried  away  to  a  great  extent  in  atl  butr' 
the  severest  aud  must  continued  cold  weather. '  Tnoj 
close  of  Ibis  p<*ssage  will  bnug  the  Uarleiu  River 
toward  Mie  character  of  a  mill  pood,  and  for  mnnth<^i:i.' 
Winter  the  people  will  sigh  over  the  loss  ot  their  nii  at 
reliable  means  of  conveyance  between  their  owellinga 
and  tbeir  work  in  tho  City  when  snow  and  ice  block 
up  cvei'.v  other  avenue. 

.Now,  this  arm  of  the  sea  called  little  Hell  Gate  la  all 
onr  own  with  ali  its  blessingii  ol  separation  and  balu- ' 
brity,  which,  were  it  jolid  ground, wo  coula  never  hoys; 
to  procure,  because  the  cost  to  excavate  it  wuuld  baj 
too  great  to  be  iucnxred.  And  for  tbe  litile  object  uf  | 
finding  a  place  in  wbich  to  deposit  for  awhile  our  City-, 
refuse  we  propose  to  destroy  so  great  a  natioual  ad-i 
vantage.  And  this  is  not  the  invention  ot  rival  cities,' 
orof  s  public  foe,  but  of  eiulnent  ciiizko.s  holding  au- 
thority, and  desiring  the  welfare  of  their  City  and  ours.) 

Your  Remonstrants,  for  thesf  reasons,  most  respsct- 
fully  pray  that  the  bill  for  filling  up  Little  Hell  Gate 
may  be  rejected,  and  that  this  helpful  passage  of  the 
sea  may  be  preservod.  ,  ,^ 

Hated  Nkw- York,  Feb.  21,  1877. 

By  order  of  the  Board. 

BDGAR  KETCUUM,  President. 
ANPRKW  Waksbr,  Secretary. 
We  append  a  list  of  our  M^inagers  ; 
managers. 

jambs  M.  HALSfKll. 

E.  RANDOLPH  ROBINSOK. 

HENRr   DUDLKY. 

J.  W.  C.  LEVKRIDQE. 

U  JACKSON  BThWARD. 

NATUAMEL  JARVIS.  Ja. 

BESJ.  D.  S1LL1.\I.\N.  Brooklyn. 

KLIJAHJI.   KIMBALL. 

ROBERT  KELLY. 

THOMAS  SULLIVAN".  Brooklyn. 

EDGAR  S.  VAN    WINKLE. 

JOHN  J.   TOWN.sE.NI). 
♦  BKNJAMIN   B.  AUrKRBURT. 

WILLIAM  M.  PRrCHARD. 

MORRIS  KRAiNKLlN. 

ALKXANDKB  McL.  AGNSW. 

RlCHARli  L.  LARRKMORE. 

HENRY  Q.  HAW  LEY.  Albany. 

D.  THOMAS  VAIL,  l"roy. 

JOd.V  A.   WKEK-S. 

FREDERICK  W.   DOWNER. 

ANDRKW  WARNER. 

RU'HaKD  M.  HOE.  <•  .  ■ 

EDGAR  KEl'CUU.M.  v  ■ 

AUG.  R.  lUACDO.SoDGH.  . 

HENRY  M.  ALKXA  >DER:    • 

NICHOLAS  I).  UattDER.       . 

JOHN  J.  McCOOK. 

CHARLES  P.  HALT. 


POST   O  Kb  ICE    NOTICE. 

■  The  foreign  mails  for  tbe  week  ending  Saturday/ 
March  3,  1877,  will  close  at  this  1  fflce  on  Tuesday  u* 
12  o'clock  31.  fur  Europe  by  bteam-ship  Idaho,  vl< 
Qiicenstown;  on  Wednesday,  at  11  .\.  M.,  for  Eiiroi>4 
by  ateaui-sbip  bata-via,  -via  Queeuatown:  on  TbursdaV| 
at  IhSO  A.  hi  ,  for  Europe,  uy  steam-abip  Suevla.  vii< 
Plymouth.  Cherbourg,  and  Hamburg  ;  on  Saturday,  at 
5  A.  M.,  tor  Europe  o.v  steam-ship  City  of  BichinoDd,  via 
Queens:own,  (correspondence  lor  Germany,  sootUiid, 
and  north  of  Ireland,  to  be  forwarded  by  this  steamer, 
must  be  specialty  addressed,)  and  ut,  5  A.  M.  tor  Scotx 
iHud  and  north  ot  Ireland  by  steam-ship  California,  via 
Aloville  and  Glasgow,  and  at  11:30  a.  W.  fur  Europ< 
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Men,  (continued,)  Dialogues  of  Famous  Women.    The 

Fifth  Series,  completiDg  the  work,  will  contain  Hlaee  I 

hmeoiis  Dialogues. 

THE  POETICAL  WORKS  OF  JOHN  KBaTS. 
Chronologically  arranged  and  edited,  -with    a  memol  \ 
h;  Lord  Houghton.     With  a  new  portrait  ot  Keat«,now~ 
first  engraved,  from  a  picture  In  the  possession  of  Loxd 
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6,020 
600 
160 
140 
654 


SDirtts  Tarp.,  bbli..      638 

Tar.  bblB 372 

Resin,  bbls 2.269 


•TwiMthaT*  been  as  foUowr 

Ashe«,  Dki. 

Be«8-Wftx.  pk» 

B.  K.  Pea»,  baea  . 

Beans,  bbls ^. 

Cotton,  tiaies " 

C.  S.  Cake,  baJcB 

Uotton-ieeil  ou^bbis 

J^per,  bbls 

pried  Strait,  piu 

'Kea-bbia. „..      2.496 

Floor,  bbis 10,083 

Com,  bushels 97,830 

Oats,  bushels 19,150 

Eye.  bushels „   1.200 

Malt,  bushels „,3,62o 

Barley,  bushels >   8u0 

reaa,  bushels :    800 

wra»8-seed.  bates tf  429 

Pax-seed,  baw ■'^    23 

Corn-meaL    bbls ►  1,594 

Dat-meai.  bags -    100 

Hops,  bales 190 

Bides.  Ko „  v  6f)9 

Hides,  bales -   348 

teattier.  siaea 15,863 

lead,  pigs 921 

]Aolaases,(N.O.}bbls.       241 


">il-c»te.  pks... 

Pork,  pks 

Beef,  pks 

Cut-meats,  pks 

Qrease,  pks 

Lard,  pks, 

Lard,  ke^s 

Butter,  pks 

Cheese,  pks 

Tallow,  pks 

Lard-oU.  bbls ... 

Oreseed  Hoes.  Ko... 
Pea-nuts.  bsLga 


445 
1,638 

123 
3,087 

111 

271 

16 

3,063 

479 

234 
50 

264 
1.278 


Hice,  pks 194 


fiice-cbaS;  bsfcs 
Sugar.  (N.0.,)hhd3. 

StaruD.  bxs 

Skins,  bales 

Tow,  bales 

Tea,  hall'-obests 

Tobacco,  nhds'. 

Tobacco,  bxs.  &.cs..   1,403 

W^bisky.  bbla. >     249 

Wooh  bales.: 89 


3o 

7 

2,400 

23 

64 

13 

136 


COFFEE— Elo  was  In  moderate  request  at  former 
figures Sales  3,475    bags  Santos  by  JEUa  Turner,  on 

Srifate  terms Seceiptd  for  the  week.  29,017  bags 
razii:  8*16818,391  Dags,  Stocks  to-night,  9,000bag6 
at  Galveston.  24.000  bags  at  New-Orleans.  4.500  bags 
at  Mobile,  5.000  bags  at  Hampton  Reads.  20.647  bags 
at  Baltunoro,  28.0^4  bags  at  New-Yort ;  total  stock, 
89,171  bags;  afloat  and  Icadiui;  for  the  Unit«d  States 
to  Dec.  30,  66.862  bajjs:  pirr chased  for  the  United 
Btates  to  Feb.  24.  24a,700   baes;   total  visible  sapply, 

B99,733  bags Other  kinds  dull  at  previous  rates 

We  quote  in»flfces  thus:  Rio,  ordinary.  17J4C.®17^; 
bir.lD^o.®19'2c.:i:ood,  1934C.®20o.i  prime,  aoV.* 
Bi>»4C..   sold,  4?'  ID.,  60  days'  credit;   (Bio.  iu  job  lots, 

I7'«c.'a)32c.    gold Santos,    &ir    to    good   Invoices, 

I9c®1934c.,  and  in  Job  lots,  ordinary  to  very  choice, 

l7a'<»21J<ic..   cold Java  invoices.  21c.a524c.;  Mara- 

*aibo.     18'2C.®20c.:    La^uayra.    \9c.'3>Mc.;    Mexican, 
18>ao.®19^c.:      Costa     Blea,     18>ar,.®21c(     Jamaica, 
ISCSIS-QO.;  Savanilla    at  lSc.'3>19iac.,  and  San  l>o- 
mlngo,  16^'®17c..  gold.  4t>ttJ. 
COTTON— Has  been    qult«  dull  for  early  delivery  at 

a  reduction  olf  He.  3^  B> Ordinary  quoted   to-day  at 

10 11-160,-2110  13-16C.;  Low  Middling,  llV-®12ai 
Hiddling,  12a80®12^c Sales  were  officially  report- 
ed,  for  Diomot   delivery,  of  267  bales,  ;of  which   40 

bales  were  on  Saturday   evening,)    all    to  spinuem 

And,  for  forward  deUvery.  the  dealinea  have  been 
quite  extensive,  but  at  lower  prices,  under  a  continued 

pressure  to  sell Sales  uave  been   reported  since  our 

last  ot  84,600  bales,  ot  which  83.100  bales  were  on 
Baiurday  eveninp-.  and  61,600  bales  lo-dav,  with 
B.4U0  bales  on  the  calls,  on  the  {  basis 
of  Middling.  witn  Febrnarv  ootlons  -  clos- 
'uar  »t  1218C;  March,  12^80.^12^  5-32c; 
AorlL  12%c.®12  l.^-.'?2c:  May.   12  9l6c.®  12  19-32c.: 

June.  12  ll-16o.'ai3  33-320.;  Jmy.  12  25-32c.®12 
i3-i6c.;  August,   12    i3-16e.®12    27-32c.;    September. 

12S8C-®12  11-16C.-  October,  12  5-16c.''a>1238C;  Novem- 
ber. 12  6-32do.®12  3-16c.;  December,  12  b-32c.®12 
S-16C.  •P'  16..  showing  a  decline  of  l-;6c.®6-32c.  ^Va.. 

closing  barolysteady the   receipts  at  this  port  ta- 

aay  were  6.020  bines,  and  at  the  shipplux  porta  16,606 
t>ales.  against  19,918  bales  same  dav  last  weefc,  ami 
thus  far  this  week.  28,435  bales,  against  30.230  bales 

same  time  last  weei The   receipts  at    tne    shipping 

ports  Binco  Sept  1,  1876.  have  been  8.519.336  bales, 
against  3,439,710  bales  tor  the  correspondiug  time  in 

the  preceding  ('otton   year Consolidated   exports 

<one  day)    for  Great    Britain,    frum  all    the    shipping 

ports.  17,886  baiss;  to  the  rontlnent,  3,590  bales 

l9to«k  in  New-York  to-dav,  280.345  balei ;  coiuoUcUted 
ttook  at  the  ports.  866,708  bales. 

Cloaing  Fnees  of  Cotton  in  JTeta-  Tort. 

Cpi'ds.       Aisw         N.  o.       Texas. 

Ordinary .*..10  11-16  10 11-16  10  13-16  10  13-16 

Strict  Ordinary.. 11  1-18  11  1-16  11  .  3-16  11  3-16 
OoodOrduiary...ll  7-16  11  7-16  11  9-16  11  9-lB 
Strict  Good  Ord..ll  11-16  11  11-16  11 13-16  11  13-16 


IiowMiddUng....ll'^8 
Strict  Low  Mid.. .12^ 

Middlins ...1238 

Good  Middling.. ..12=^ 
Strict  Good  Mid...l2''8 
Uiadling  Fair  ....13ii 
Pair „ 14 


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12 

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12'4 

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123* 

13 

13 

1338 

133g 

14  H 

14  H 

Idling. . 

nu. 

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1218 
1238 

I'. 'a 
13^ 

14 
Stained. 

Good  Ordinary 10  5-16  I  Low  Middling. 

Strict  Good  Ord...lO  16-16  I  -Middling. .... 

FLOOR  AND  MEAL— Trade  in  State  and  Western 
Flour  was  dull  thioughout,  buyers  for  home  use  ope- 
rating very  cautiously,  and  purchasers  tor  export 
taiciug  only  small  lots,  clileflv  of  stoclc  suited  to  the 
West  Indies   and  South  Arnica.     Prices  were  quoted 

weak  in  must  instances  on  somewhat  freer  offennas 

Bales  have  been  reporteo  sines  our  last  ot  7.350  buis.  of 
all  tcraUes,  Inciuamz  unsound  Klour  of  all  cliasses  at  S3 
©«B  50,  Sour  Flour  at  £4  2o®$ti  50;  poor  to  strictly 
choice  No.  2  at£4  25®$6,  chiehy  atS4  50  lor  tuir  to 
Choice  i  ordinary  to  very  choice  Superthae  Western. 
Bo  50®$6,  ma*nlv  at  $5  6i®$5  9u ;  poor  to 
very  good  Kitra  State,  S5  9LiSSe  20;  very 
good  to  cboice  do.  at  i6  20cp£6  40; 
City  Mills  Extra,  shippinjf  grades,  tor  West  Indies, 
on  the  oasis  of  £6  6ba)i7  tor  good  to  cboice.  (with 
the  main  dealluss  withiu  thu  ran^eof  9  :  tio'iem  30; 
^u.  for  South  America,  at  $7  7i®$8  20  for  verv  cooti  to 
iancy;  do.  fur  the  English  marKfts.  (of  the  grade  of 
■taQdard  IJxCra  atate.)  quoted  at  $6  asked  ;  toierior  to 
very  good  shipping  iixtra  Western.  $5  90®iib  20; 
good  to  cboice  do.,  $u  20  a'£6  4u ;  vtEir  poor  to  very 
Choice  Wcsrem  Trade  and  Family  Extia, 
Bprinu  Wheat  stock.  $6  10®$8  25;  inftrior 
to  very  choice  do.  do..  Ked  and  Amber  win- 
ter Wheat  Btocfr,  at  SO  J.O'SSS  25.  (part  for  ship- 
ment at  *7  2Da'.t7  7j.  of  which  700  ouU.  sold,)  ordi- 
nary to  vtrj  cboice  White  Wheat  do.  do.  at  $G  2j® 
$9  ;  very  poor  to  faucy  St.  LouU  Extras,  io  -5'a:$9  25; 
£xtra  benesee  at  $i>  35'S'$7  50,  the  latter  an 
extreme  ;  (10a  bbls.  viry  good  sold  at  $7  ;)  poor 
to^yery  choice  Minnesota  clear  and  strniuht  i;x- 
tras  at  $6  35®$8  25,  chiefly  at  S6  36®$7  7.5  for 
.about  fair  to  about  choice,  (witnveiy  couice  up  to 
$8  25.  and  tanc3'.  iu  small  lota,  yet  higher,  and  very 
inferior  lota  called  Minuegota  down  tu  $t>  15d>$6  25 
and  Minnesota  Patent  bxirus,  o:diuary  to  very  fancy, 
at$a'a;*ll,  mainly  ui$9a'$l0,  with  up  to  $10  50®.Till 
for  very  cboice  to.strlotlv  fancy,  (and  odd  lots  <if  very 
Inferior,      called       Miuueduta     Patent,      as      luw     as 

$7    25'a:S7     bO.) Included   In    the   sales   nave  been 

1,650  bbls.  shipping  Exiras.  01  which  1,1U0  buls. 
■were  City  Mills;  1,200  bbls.  Minnesota  clear  and 
straight  Kxtras:  600  bbls.  do.)  Patent  do.;  700  bbls. 
W'inter  Wheat  Extras,  (for  shipment,  at  $7  'Zb 
€)*7    75;)      325      bbis.    buperflne,    and     575      bbls. 

Na    2    at   the    quoted  rates The    movements  iu 

Southern  Flour  have  been  on  a  moderate  scale,  mainly 
to  the  home  trade,  but  partly  for  shipment  at  a oout 
Curaaer  quotations.. ..bales  h^re  ■>fen  reported  her?  of 
l.O.'iO  bbls.,  in  lots,  at  ito  60®$6  10  for  poor  t  j  very 
.choice  Superfine ;  $6  25  ii>$7  60  for  poor  to  very  choice 
shipping  Extras;  $7  50$.£i)  25  £ur  lair  to  fanuy  Trade 
and  Family.     Tue  deali  ogs  were  mostly  in  Extras,    at 

from  $7  60®$8,  of  wuicu  450  bbls.  lor  export Kye 

Flour  hasjbeen  quiet  and  depressed...  .We  quote  at  irom 
$4  25'2>$o  lorabont  fair  ordinary  Western  to  strictly 
cboice  otate  buperflaer  $4  5t^^»$4  tio  for  Huperflne 
Peunsylvaula,  and  j>i;®$4  lor  poor  to  very  choice  fine. 
....i^ales  reported  of  only  2:^5  bbls..  lu  lots,  ehiefly 
St  $4  70'S'$o  for  about  good  to  strictl.v  cboice  super- 
fine Staxe Corn-meai  has  been  dull  to-day  at  about 

previous    prices We    quote    at   $J  85'a>$3  10    for 

poor  to  very  choice  Yellow  Western ;  $2  9u® 
$3  10    lor    Yellow    Jersey,    and   $3  60   tor   Brandy- 

■wine Seles     have    been    reported    of     425    bbls.. 

ihcluding  Yellow  Western,  in  lots,  at  $3,  and  Erandv- 
'Wlneat$3  50,  (of  which  50  bkU.  Rising  Hunat^B?) 

Com-meai.in  bags,  has  been  moderateiv  iuqujrfd  for 

"Withm  the  range  of  HoCSil  60  for  poor  to  very  cboice 
ip'  loo  t&.    Most  ot  the  sales  have  been  of  coarse  lots 

at$l  05ai$l  09  for  City  Mills Oat-meal  has  be«n 

▼ery  dull,  and  somewhat  nominal  in  the  wholesale  line, 
■within  the  range  0/  $6  2o'a)i7  for  fair  to  choice  <  lly 
and  Western;  very  choice  to  fancy  held  higher ;  Can- 
ada. S7&$7  50 BucKwheat  Flour  baa  been   lightly 

dealt  in  witbin  the  range  of  $3  85iZ'S3  S5  f^r  per  to 
choice  State,  Jersey,  and  PennsylViUiia.  and  up  to  S4 
for  very  cboice  do. 

GRAIN— Business  in  Wheat  to-day  was  again  limited, 
and  wholly  in  ungraded  Spring  for  export  and  local 
Killing  accounts.  Under  less  urgent  offeriugs,  lu  view 
of  the  very  light  receipts  lately  at  this  port,  prices 
vrere  well  supported,  and  on  special  graues  of  Spring  ad- 
vanced fieures  were    claimed,   whlcn  operated  against 

free  dcHliDKS Sales  were  reported  ot  30.000  bush«l8 

Uicluding  cboice  imgraded  Minoesota  Spring,  about 
B.OOObushe.B  tor  milling,  at  SI  49;  about  goo4  uu- 
praded  Chicago  do.,  in  stote,  6,0O0  bushels,  far  milliug, 
&t  SI  .36;  fair  ordinary  do.,  about  11,00^ 
Doabels,  for  export,  at  $1  3114.  in  store. 
01  $1  33  delivered,  and  about  4.^00  bushels 
do.,  in  steie,  for  milling,  at  SI  3u.  Some 
speculative  inquiry  was  reported  for  strictly  prime 
>io.  2  Chicago  ilpriug,  in  store,  with  up  10  $1  41  ru- 
mored as  bid,  and  $1  43  asked,  late  iu  the  day Win- 
ter Wheat  oominaliy    as  last  quoted Corn   was 

more  freely  dealt  in,  partly  on  export  account, 
lint  under  freer  offerings  new  crop  yielded  ^cSlc 
abuahel.  leaving  off  morefirml.v Sales  have  been  re- 
ported since  our  last  of  89,000  bushels.  Including  New- 
York  No.  1, 13,000  bushels  choice,  afloat,  for  local  use, 
»t  6O84C  New-York  Ko.  3  at  57'2C.'a'68c.,  closing  at 
58c.;  New-York  Steamer  Mixed  nc  nyciSSS^^c..  closing 
Bat  at  5834a;  new  crop  Mixed  Western,  angraded,  at 

66'sC.S68i2C.;  Yellow  Southern,  u7c®o8c.,  from 
gook,  anu  OO-'sc-,  (for  3,500  bushels)  afloat;  prime 
White  da,  8.0UO  bushels,  afloat,  at  61a, 
for    export;     ungraded    Mixed.   Western,    old    crop, 

iDOBunaL)  at  6Sc.®61c.  in  store  and  afloat; 
io.  2  Chicago,  iu  store,  quoted  at  69c.;  and  afloat 
at  6I0.;  a  boat-load  was  sold,  afloat,  for  home  use,  at 
61a  And  for  forward  delivery,  steamer  Mixed  Wes- 
tern. March  options,  quoted  nominal,  within  the  ranze 
of  67c'S>58a,  without  tran3actians....Bye  has  beaa  In 
moderately  active  request,  mainly  for  export,  at 
foil  prices  for  stock  afloat.  About  9,000  bushels 
prijne  Slate,  for  early  delivery,  were  reported  boIU  at 
BOc      Car   lota     of  Jersey    State  and   Pennsylvania 

qnoted  at  85o.®86a,  and  of  Western  at  81a'®ti4c 

£aiiey  was  very  dull  and  difficult  to  market;  prices 
lower  and  unsettle  I ;  No.  1  Canada  quoted  down  to  SI  ® 
CI  05  ;  ^o.  2  do.,  90o.  S95c.  .(with  Tery  cboice  to  fancy 
lots,  held  at  higher  flgures; )  four-rowed  State  at  65c  W 

|7Bo Bailey-malt  has  been  inactive,  but  quoted  nom- 

[inally  unchanged  as  to  valaes;  strictly  prime  to  fancy 
sCanada  West,  new  crop,  quoted  at  $1  2uS$I  35,  cash 
ADd  time,  (with  7,000  bushels  strictly  prime  re- 
<I)orted  sold  at  $1  20,  cash;  six-rowed  State,  fair  to 
Very  cboice,  at  90a®$l  05;  two-rowed  do.  67^c.®85c. 

Buckwheat   has    been   dull  and  nominal;    strictl.v 

prime  quoted  at  SI  ^  bushel;  fair  do.  95c Canada 

Peas,  in.  bond,  have  been  inactive;  quoted  at  930.® 

95a  for  the  best  samples Oats  have  been  very 

quiet,  at,  however,  firm  rates  for  prime  lots,  which 
'Were  in  light  stock Sales  reported  of  17,600  bush- 
els, indndiug  White  Western,  at  46o.2>60c,  far 
tnfbilor  to  about  choice;  Mixed  Western,  odd 
lots,  at  41c.®4dc.,  as  to  quahty;  White  State. 
fair  to  choice,  within  the  range  ot  63^.® 
S6>3a;  fanpv.  do.  at  69o..  (2  car-loads  sold;) 
BUxed  State  at  &lc.®55>2C..  for  very  Inferior  to  choioe, 
from  track  and  afloat;  New-Iork  No.  1  White.  75() 
biuhels,  at  56c.:  New-York  No.  3  White,  750  bushels, 
at  45%c;  New-York  Extra,  750  bilihela,  at  66a;  New- 
zork  No.  1,  760  bushels,  at  63c.;  and,  subsequently, 
B,260  bushels,  at  bjo^o.:  New-York  No.  2  at  47c.; 
»ew-Tork  No.  3,  2,250  bushels,  at  44o....Fe6d  was  iu 
better  supply  and  lower,  leading  to  a  moderateiv 
a«tlve movement.. ..We  quote:  40  to  60  lb.  at  $20® 
•22,  fresh  made  made  stoo  selling  chiefly 
•t  $21,  (2.70U  bags  reported  marketed 
at  this  rate,  mainlv  by  local  miUs;)  60  to 
80    lb.    at    $21®$22  60;     100    tb.    at  $22    e0®$24; 

Bye  Feed  at  $21®$24,  as  extremes  (dif- 
floolt  to  marXet  at  bettar  than  $21^ 
02a  j)    Sharps  at  $33  609$26,  the  latter  for  choice. 

. Cmver^seed  in  light    request,    wholly    for    bome- 

trade  account,  with  about  prune  to  choice  West- 
ern quoted  at  XbCSilbhc.;  very  cboioe  do.,  15%j.'9 
15%ia;  abont  good  to  strictly  choice  State  at  15a'^ 

100 Other  seeds  very  quiet,  bat  quoted  as  before 

Uay  wad  Straw  essentially  nucuanged The  stock  of 

ttmn  In  store  at  this  port  to-day  embraces  2,828,150 

bhels  Wheat,  1,990,922  bushels  Com.  366,794 
nels  Bye,  680,5ao  bosbeU  Barley.  348.563  bushels 
kUtt,  894,174  bushels  Oata,  and  9, 288  bushels  Peas. 
....The  aggregate  of  Grain  in  score  is  7,0lu,481 
ibnduls,  as  against  7,441,827  bushels  last  Monday. 
JBS4  6.864,ierbushels  on  Feb.  28,  lel76. 

SBMP— or  Joto  Butts   160  bales  said  at   87,0.,  eor- 

in&oy  I  market  otherwise  dull. 

HIDSS— Quiet  and  somewhat  irregular  j- 1,SOO  Can- 
jtral  American  sold  on  private  terms. 
r  MTLS. — The  conixact  vrloe  paid  to  dairymen  by  large 
dsalers  for  the  month  of  February  is  8 ^sa  IP*  quart. 
Bone  cootraota  tor  the  Istter  hau  of  Janoary  hare 
Wn  settled  at  the  ratas  of  8  %o.«4a.  V  4aart. 
lU/ihASaXA^S^M'OtiauM  »iML—Tx,anua  mortaratelT, 


soufiAt  after  la  a  Jobbtiur  wax^  at  trom  48a'a58e.  for 
good  to  fancy.  Sales  reportoaof  itOObbls.  Offstlngs 
liberal.  ...Other  kinds  bare  been  InaetlVe;  Inroloes  of 

foreign  yetaoarce  and  noininal Porto  Bleo  quoted 

wnhin  the  range  of  from  40a'356a  for  old  and  new 
crops;  Demerars,    360.9460.;  Cubt>,    50   test,    about 

3Sc Svmps  Lave  been  in  fair  demaud,witb    Sugar 

quoted  at  40a'3U0a;  Molasses,  'SHe.'a'SHo.  Sngur- 
house  Molasses  has  been  inactive;  quoted  at  24c. 
@27c.  #>■  gallon. 

NAV.4L  b'rOilKS— Hesia  has  been  in  comparatively 
light  demand  since  Our  last,  at  weak  aud  somewhat 
Irregalar  prices.  We  quote  at  $1  90  for  str.iineJ ;  $2 
for  good  Strsmed:  $2  10®$2  30  for  No.  2:  «2'45® 
$3  37  "2  for  No.  1;  S3  50@*7  for  Palo  to  extra  Pale 

aud  Window  Glass  ^280  lb Tar  has  been  lu  slack 

request,  even  in  a  jobbing  way,  within  the  rauge  of 
irom  $2®2  37^^  bol..  aud  in  provision  pks.  at  $2  75. 
....City  Pitce  at  $2  37ioS$2  60  ^  bbl... .Spirits  of 
I'urpentiue  has  been  rather  spariuglv  sought  after, 
with  merchantable,  for  prompt  delivery,  quoted  at  the 
Close  down  to  o9c.  i^  gallou,  and  weak;  luo  bbls,  sold 
early  at  40e. 

PETROLKDM— Crude  has  been  inactive  to-day; 
quoted  at  1014a  in  bulk,  and  12040.  in  shipping  order. 

Refined  has  been  more  freely   offered,  aud  quoted 

down  to  I60.  on  a  moderate  movement Beflued,  in 

cases,    quoted    down    to    19c.  <*20c City    Naphtha 

quoted  at  12c — .\t  Philadelphia  ami  Baltimore,  Ee- 
flned  Petroleum,  for  early  dflivery,  quoted  at  15a 

PROVItlO.NS— Western  Mesa  Pork  here  has  been  in 
moderate  demand  for  eorly  delivery,   at  about  for^ner 

rates Sales  reported  of  260  bbl&  uninspected,  part 

atS15  75.  with  this  rate  asked  at  the  close Other 

kinds  inactive;  Kxtra  Prime  aud  Western  Prim&nominal: 
100  bbls.    City  Pnuie  iless  sold  on  private  terms;    5o 

bbls.  Bumps  at  $16  50 Anil  for  forward  delivery  here. 

Western  Mess  has  been  inactive;  qaoted  for  Feb- 
ruary,   at      the    close,    nominal;     March,     uominal; 

April,       $15      35,        and       May.       $16     50 Sales 

reported      of      600       bbls.     May,     at    $16    50 

Dressed  Hogs  have  been  offered  more  freely  and 
quoted  lower,  with  Western  quoted  down  to  6*^0.® 
b^^c;    City  at  7c®7i4C..    and    light  Pigs  at  t^c.  ou  a 

restrictt^  business Ciut-meats   have  been  qnlet  at 

drooping  rates Sales  Include  small  lots  of  Pickled 

Celliesiin  bulk,    at  8c.,  and  sundry  small  Iota  of  other 

City  bulk  within  our  range Also  90  bxs.  Hib  Bellies, 

part  heavy  averages,  at  8a  and  part  12  lb.  at  BI4C. 
— We  quote  :  City  PicKled  Shoulders,  in  bulk,  st  7a; 
Pickled  Hams  at  lOc.SlO^ac.;  Smoked  Sbuuidors  at 
Se.;  Smoked  Uama  at  lli2C.wl2c;  Western  Ury-salted 
Bhort-cut  Hams.  20  to  15  IB.,  nominal  ;  Western 
Pickled  Hams,  iu   tcs.,  at    lOc^lOiaa;    fresh  Hams, 

m  bulk,  at  9^4C.;  fresh  Shoulders,  ti^ Bacon  has 

been  quoted  weaker,  ou  a  freer  ufferiug,  with  a  mod- 
erate inquirv   noted Weatern  Long  Clear  at  S'ec. 

asked.,  and  City  do.  at  8^8C.  o'S'sc.;  Long  aud  Short 
Clear.  e8r<,v  delivery,  S^sa;  Short  Clear  quoted  at  8  V- 
Sales  100  bsa  Western  Long  Clear  at8i«a  Also.  l.loO 
bxs.  Western  Lonz    aud   Short  Clear,  part  if  not  all  at 

B^so And  for  Chicago  delivery  dull :  Long  and  tihort 

Clear,  lor  early  delivery,  quoted  at  7'8a:  Long  Clear 
at  7'<bC-:  Short  Rib  at  8c.;  short  Clear  at  Sigc West- 
ern Steam  Lard  has  been  again  qaoted  lower 
for    early    delivery     on     a     restricted     movement: 

Of  Western  Steam,  for  early  delivery  here,  sales 

have  been  reported  at  64i  tcs.  piime  at  $lo  10® 
$lOl2'*chiefly  at$10  1-Jta;  and  106  tcs.  off  grade 

at    $9  70®9  67i;; And    for    forward    delivery  here. 

Western  Steam  has  been  moitprately   active,  at  ea«tfr 

rates Western  Steam,  tor  February,  quotrd  at  the 

Close  nominal;  March,  $10  OiiaglO  OT^a;  April, 
$10  22^^®$10  25:  May,  $10  40  asked.... Sales 
were  reported  of  Western  Stfam  to  the  extent 
of  3.750  tcs.,  March,  at  $10  06®ilO  10  ;  5,280  tcs., 
April,  at  $10  20(i$10  27^2;  4  duO  tea..  May.  at 
$i0  37'2®*10  42'9;  aud  750   tea.    prime  at  *l0  50. 

City  Steam  and  Kettle  in   more  demand;  quoted  at 

the  close  at  $10.    Sales   260  tcs.    on   private  terms 

No.  1  quoted  nominal Refined  Lard  quiet ;  quoted 

tor  the  Coutment.  for  early  delivery,  at  $10  60,  and 

for  the  West  Indies   nominal Sales.  200  tea.  lor  the 

Continent,  and  100  tcs.  for  South  America,  ou  private 
terms. ...Beef  has  been  in  very  limited  demand,  as  n 
rule,  yet  quoted  essentially  unaltered  as    to  values. 

We  quote  Barrel    Beef   at   $12®$12  50  tor  Kxtr.-* 

M.e84;  at  $1U  50@$11  50  lor  Plain  Mess,  and  $13  60  3 

$14   lor   Packet,   ^p*  bbl Tierce   Beef  quoted  thus ! 

Prime  Mess,  new,  at  $19'^$20;  India  Mess, 
new,  $2()®:f21;  City  Extra  India  Mess.  $26. 
Beef  Hams  have  been  Inactive,  with  choice  West- 
ern quoted  at  $28 The  mquiry  lor  Butter  has  been 

comparatively  moderate,  cnieny  firom  local  tnde 
sources,  with  values  on  the  more  desirable  qualities 
quoted  as  showing  ratlier  more  steadiness,  ou  less 
urgent  offerings;    poorer  qualities  yet  unsettled  and 

moving  off  quite  slowly We  quote  State  tubs,  fair 

10  very  choice,  20c. 334c.;  (the  latter  au  extreme;) 
Welsh  tubs,  lBo.ai26c.;  do.  flrkius,  fair  to  strictly 
choioe,  at  18c.'a24c.;  State  Butter,  whole  dairies,  fair 
to  choice,  20c.®2oc.;  Wpstern  palls,  filr  to  very 
choioe,  25c.'3)34c.;  do.  tubs,  common  to  cboice,  13c. 
®21c.;      do.,       strictly    fair     ho     prime,    in    firkius, 

13a®17a;.    rolls,      fnir     to    Choice,      14c.2>20c 

A  firm  and  fairly  active  market  has  been  reported  for 
Cheese.    Export  movement  favored  by  verv  low  ocean 

freights We  quote  state  tactory  at  14'30.®16c.  tor 

prime  to  strictly  fancy,  and  llcaH'oa  lor  fair  tu 
prime,  and  Western  Factory  at  lO'^c®  I5c.  for  fair  to 
etrlctly  lanc^:  State,  d.iiry-made,  very  poor  to  very 

choice,    9c.  aloe Last    week's     expor*     cle.trancea 

hence  Inetuded  17. loo  bxs.    tor    Liverpool,  11,800  bxs. 

for  London,  and  870   bxs.    for   Glasgow Egg^  have 

been  in  rather  more  demand  sLuce  our  last,  with 
fresh  Kggs  quoted  witbin  the  range  or  14 '•jc. 
®16c.       fur      fair      to      cuoioe      marks      ^      dozen. 

Tnllow  has  been  quite    active    at    cenerallv  steady 

prices Sales  equal  to  310.000  B.  Prlmti  country  and 

City  at  7V-'3'7  15-l6c Stearlue  dull  ;    choice  City, 

in  libds..  held  at  $10  75;    Western    in  tcs..  *10  50. 

bUGAKS — Kaw  have  been  in  fair  request  at  firm 
rates     Sales.  498  blids.   Cub:t  at    9o®99^0  .   and    150 

bai^s  St.  Di<miu;;o  at   8'4C We  ouote   fair  Kefinlng 

Cuba  at  gSgc;  good  da.  USb'-:  pr  me  do.,  fUlta:  fair 
t«  verv  cnoice  Urocery.  il'go.Slo'iic.;  No.  12  Clayed 
at  H'sC:  CeDtrlfugril  stocit  at  lOcvpIOSgc.;  Manila 
bags,  8^a®9a;     Molasses  Sugar,   7"(ji'.®9c.;  Melado. 

5a®7i4C Kefined  sugars  have  been  in  more  demand, 

with  GmnulatB.l  quoted  srronir  at  11»4C.:  Powdered. 
11»4C.;  Crushed  at  1 1  ^sc.  a  1  ic.:  Cut  Loaf  at  1 1  ■'gc.® 
12aj  Soft  White  at  10'\,c®ll'4a;  Soft  Yellow  at  9  "ao. 
aiuaga  -^  tb. 

TEAS — Steady,  with  snles  reported  of  700  b.iif-cbests 
Green  and  2  000  h  il  -oheats  oolong    on  private  terms. 
WHISKY- VervouU;  held  at  $1  12,  with  $1  11  bid; 
a  sm^l  lot  repoi-ted  sold  ut$l   li. 

FRKIGHTS— A  raiher  better  decni.nl  was  repored 
to-day  lor  vessels  lor  the  Petioleu-n  trade, 
tne  movement  'in  nh:ch  was  quickened  to 
some  extent  by  th«  furtner  leductioa  in 
Petroleum  values.  Ratr^s  ou  tonnage  suited 
to  this  interest,  for  Mediterranean  ports,  were  quoted 
somewhat  Hrmer.  Iu  otuer  1i>ie^.  the  imsiuess  was 
comparatively    tame    o'l  the  basil    of   about  previous 

onotations For  Liverpool,  the  engagement!*  reported 

since  our  last  have  been,  bv  steam.  27,000  bushels 
Grain,  of  which  16.000  bushels  Co:n  at  434J.  ^  60  IB.. 
and  10.000  to  11,000  bushola  Wheat  at  4 '.id. 
^  bushel ;  I.800  bbls.  Apnles,  in  lots, 
at  3s.  •IP'  bbl.  ;  25  hhds.  Taliow  at 
2.")a;  1,160  pks.  ProvlsiODS.  part  reported  ftt27s.  61I  ^ 
ton.  Also  a  Norwegian  bark.  353  tons,  with  Cotton- 
seed,    from    Port  Koyul      at    JE51K1 ^or    London,  by 

steam,  (Of  recent  shipment.)  8.5oO  St.-ives  ou  private 
terms...  For  Glasgow,  by  stt-ain,  700  pks.  Provl8i.,ns, 
(Dart  of  threuah  freight,)  reported  at  308. 
^  ton  i  l.'J50  bbls.  Apples,  lu  lot«.  on 
private  terms ;  aud  (of  recent  shipment) 
7,000       cases        Canned        Goods        at        market 

rates For  Bristol,  bv  steam,    1,000  pks.  Butter  and 

Cheese  at  4U8.  J^  ton.  and  100  tea.  Beef  at  7a.  ■^  tieieu. 

For  the  east  co.ist  of   Ireland,  a  Bntish  bark,  frith 

about  6  000  auirters  Grain,  from  Baltimore,  (char- 
tered there.)  at  4s.  9J.  ^  quarter For  Limerick,   au 

American  bark.    667  tons    with   Staves,    from  New-Or- 

leaua,  reported  as  (cbartered  there)  ou  private  terms 

For  Cork  and  orders,  a  Kussian  bark,  witn 
about  5,000  quarters  Grain  from  Hxitiaiore.  (chartered 
there.)  at  5s.  3(1.  ^  quartt  r,  which  is  indicative  of 
a  slight  improvemeur,  and  a  Uritish  bark,  674  tons, 
with  resawed  Timber,  from  Pensacjia.  at  i35s  ...For 
Hull,  by  steam,  20,0u0  bushels  Corn,  at  5«atl.  ip' tio 
lb.,  (with  room  for  abont  I6.0UO   biuh<;i8.   retrarted   as 

relet  at  the  same  rate.) For  the  Continent,  direct,  a 

British  bark.  006  tons,  hence,  with  general 
carffo.  reported  ou  private  terms.. ..For  Bremen, 
a  German  baik,  1.194  tons,  heuce.  wUh  abou^ 
7,000  bbis.  Sefiued  Petroleum,  at  3a.  3d.;  another.  5ji4 
tona,  hence,  with  about  3  800  bbls.  da,  reported  at  3d. 
7-42<l.,  (with  option  of  Hamburg:)  a  German  dhlp. 
1.183  tons,  h'jnce,  with  about  7,000  bbls.  ao.,  re- 
ported as  loading  on  owner's  account ;  and  a  Nor- 
wegian bark,  eoO  tons,  with  about  3,800  bbis.  do., 
from        Philadelphia,      (a        recharter.)    at      Ss.     6d.. 

(with     option    of     Hamburg,     or      Autwrep.) For 

a  Baltic  port,  a  Norwegian  bark,  6l>0  tona, 
with  Cotton,  trom  New-Orleans,  renortei  (as  chaitered 

there)  at  9-16il. 'IP'  lb For  Gibraltar  and  orders,  an 

Italian  brig.  231  toua,  bene -,  with  equal  toabuut  8,000 
cases  Petroleum,  in  bbls.  aud  cases,  at  os.  9d.  ^  bbl, 
and  29c.  ^  case,  -nith  option  of  iNaples,  Messina,  or  Pa- 

lermo.direct,  at  5a.  bd.  S^  bbL  and  27I2C.  ^  case For 

Malaga,  a  fforweglau  bark.  53".^  tons,  with  Cotton,  from 
New-Orleana,  reported  (as  ciiartereii  there)  at  Ic.  ^  Bs. 
....For  Venice,  an  Austnaobark,  592  tons,  with  abont 
16,000  cases  Petroleum,  from  Philade.phia,  at  ;s8o,  ^ 

case For  Alex-indrla.    an    Italian  bark,    4o9    tons, 

hence,  with  about  12,O0O  cases  Petroleum,  at  32c.  ^ 

case ForSt.  John's,N.  F..an  American  brig,  306  tons, 

hence,  with   general  cargo,  reported  on  the  basis  of 

about       60a®75a       ^      bbl For        St.        John, 

N.        B.,        a       schooner,         with         lumber,         irom 

Bucksville,  reported  at  $9 For  the  Blver  Platte,  an 

American  baric,  604  tons,    (now  here,)  with  Lumber, 

(Tom  Portland,  reported  on  private   terms For  Fail 

River,  a  schooner,  with  Lumber,  trom   Brunswick,  le- 

ported  at  $7  '20 For  Boston,  an  American  schoonor. 

with  Logwood,  from  San  Domingo,  reported  at  $4® 
$4  50^ton;  a  schooner,  with  Lumber,  fromPenaa- 
cola,  at  $8  76;  aud  another,  with  do.,  from  Bruns- 
wick, at  $7  50^ 

FOREIGN  MARKETS. 


London,  Feb.  2{>— 12:30  P.  M.-TJiiifed  States 
bonds,  18678,  lOOa*;  10-40s,  108ia;  Krie  Haiiway 
Shares,  7%;  New- York  Central,  93. 

4:30  P.  M.— Paris  advices  quote  5  •JP'  cent.  Rsnies  at 
106f,   S'i^QC.  for  th?  account.    Consols,  aeig  tor  both 

moQ!>y   and  the  account.     NeTr-Toric  Central,  9^. 
5  P.  U. — Consols,    96  3-16    for    both    money  and  the 

account. 

Fkanktort,  Feb.  26.— Dnlted  States  Bonds,  New  5a, 
103  is- 

LiVBBPOoi.,  Feb.  26. — Cotton — Receipts  to-Oay  were 
28,000  bales,  including  21,000  bales  American. 
Futures  opened  weaker,  with  sellers  at  Saturday 
night's  prices,  but  have  ^ce  become  l-32d.  desrer; 
Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause,  March  and  April  de- 
livery, 6  15-32d.;  also  sales  of  tho  6ameat6'a<L;  Up- 
lands, Low  Middling  clause,  April  aud  May  delivery, 
6  9-16d.:  also  sales  of  the  same  at  6  19-32d.:  Up- 
lands, Low  Middling  clause,  Uay  and  June  delivery, 
gtSsd.;  also  s.ile8  of  the  same  at  6  21-32d.;  also 
sales  of  the  same  at  6  ll-I6d.;  Uplands.  Low  Middling 
clause,  June  and  July  delivery,  6  ll-16d.;  also  sales 
ef  the  same,  6  23-32d.;  Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause. 
Juiy  aud  August  deliverv,  6  25-32d:  also  sales  of  the 
same,  6  13-16d^  Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause,  shiptwd 
February  and  March,  sail,  6'^.;  Uplands,  Low  Mid- 
dling clause,  shipped  March  ana  April,  sail.  6  11-lOd.; 
Uplands,  Low  Middling  clause,  shipped  January,  sail, 
6  17-32d.;  also,  sales  of  the.  same,  6  9-16d.;  Uplands, 
Low  Middling  clause,  shipped  January  aud  Pebi-uary, 
sail,  6  9-16d. 

1:30  P.  M.— Cotton— Uplands.  Low  Middling  clause, 
March  and  April  delivery,  6  16-32d.  Provisions — Lard. 
50a.  4P'  cwt.  tor  American;  Bacon,  39b.  6d.  ^  owt.  for 
Long  Clear  Middles. 

2  P.  M.—Cottou— Uplands,  Lew  Middling  olanse, 
April  and  May  delivery,  6  9-16d.;  Oplauds,  Low  Mid- 
dling clause,  June  and  July  deliveiy.  6\A.i  also,  sales 
of  the  same,  6  23-32d. 

12:30  P.  M.— Ootton— The  market  is  steadier;  Mid- 
dling Uplands,  6:>3<1.:  Middling  Orleans,  6  ll-lBdu; 
sales.  12,000  bales,  including  2,000  bales  for  specula- 
tion aud  exi>ort;  additional  sales  late  Saturday,  after 
the  regular  dosing,  2,000  bales.  Uplands,  Low  lild- 
dliog  clause.  May  and  Jane  deliver.v,  6  21-32d. 

3:30  P.  Al. — uotton — UplanOs,  Low  Mlddlliig  clauss, 
March  and  April  delivery,  6^;  Uplands,  Low  Mid- 
dling clause,  April  aad  May  delivery.  6  19-82d.;  Up- 
lands, Low  Middling  clause,  July  and  August  delivery, 
6  '25-32d.;  Uplands.  Low  MldUliug  ciauae,  shlpixid 
February  and  March,  soil,  6  21-32d.i  also,  sales  of  the 
same  0*^ 

4:30  p.  M.— The  sales  of  Cotton  to-day  inolnded 
B,900  bales  American. 

5  P.  M.— <Cotton — Futures  quieter:  Uplands,  Low 
Itiddiiog  clause,  April  and  May  delivery,  6  9-16d. 
ProylBions- Lard  40l  6(L  3^  cwt  for  American. 

LoBSON,  Feb.  26-6  P.  M.— Produce — Refined  Petro- 
leum, lliicl.®ll»ijd.    ^   gallon,     .^pirit^  of  Pecroleam 

10d.®ll(L  ^  gaUon.  Tallow,  43a®43s.  3d.  ^  cwt. 
Spirits  of  Turpentine,  heavy,  '.iiuB.6d.'S>26s.  4'  owt. 

ASTWBKP,  Feb.    26 Petroleum.  33>a£   for  fine  Pale 

American. 

Rio  JABatao,  Feb  26.— Coffee — Good  Firsts,  6,800 
'i)6.960  n;ts  ^  lU  kilos.    Bxcnange  00  Loudon.  24%. 


m^nvt,  Rob,  26.— <8«lCs«  SMurket  aulet;  liriues  main  

f,SMaAuaamsim  taatoai  OidUiMitlLMiO  Mia  »  iM  kllaa  JLjBatf  BxaaAwax,,  a.  lu  lotajloa.  iSA  aaa  l«aa<' 


THERJBAL  SBTATB  MARKET, 


The  foUQWing  bnsinua  wu  transMted  at  the 

Exchange  yesterday,  (Monday.;  Feb.  26  : 

E.  A.  Lawrence  St,  Co.,  by  order  of  the  Sapreme 
Court,  In  foreclosure,  H.  Kettell,  Baq..  Saferee, 
sold  the  lonr-sfory  brick  building,  with  plot  of 
land  42.9  by  40,  Nos.  87  and  89  Wall-st,  south-west 
comer  Water-at.,  for  (110,250.  to  Georfre  W.  Denton. 
The  same  firm,  under  a  similar  court  order,  B.  E. 
McCafferty.  £sq.^  Keferee,  disposed  of  a  three-story 
and  basement  bnok  bouse,  with  lot  18.6  by  88.9  on 
West  27th-8t.,  north  side,  201.7  feet  west  of  9th-av., 
fur  14,800,  to  Praderiok  Jacoiw.  for  the  plaintiff  in 
the  leisal  action. 

B.  V.  Harnett,  by  order  of  the  Superior  Court  in 
foreclosure,  S.  T.  Freeman,  Eaq.,  Reteree,  sold  three 
three-story  and  basement  brown-stone- front  bouses, 
with  lots,  each  13.7  by  103  3,  on  East  SSth-st..  south 
side,  67.4  teet  west  of  Lextngtonav.,  for  f  13, 000  to 
Martha  31olnto.sh,  plain  Hi£  The  same  auctioneer, 
by  order  of  the  Supreme  Court,  m  foreclosure,  Philo 
T.  KufFgles.  Esq..  Beteree,  disposed  of  a  piotof  land. 
56.5  by  39  by  68.4,  on  lOth-av.,  east  side.  125  feet 
north  ot  106th-8t.:  also,  a  plot  of  land,  78,5  by  88 
by  33  by  107.3,  on  West  107ih-st.,  south  side,  46.7 
feet  east  of  lOth-ay.,  for  t5,000,  tn  FranmaJ&obius, 
plaintiir.  Also,  one  lot,  25  by  100  by  33  tfy  81.9,  on 
lOth-av.,  east  sine,  SO  feet  north  of  106th-st.,  sold  for 
t2,0O0  to  same  buvei. 

Peter  F.  Meyer,  by  order  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
in  foreclosure.  F.  w.  Loew,  Esq.,  Keferee,  sold  a 
three-story  basementf*""brown-»toDe-front  house, 
with  lot  20  bv  100.5,  on  East  52d-st..  north  .side,  300 
feet  east  of  3d-av.,  for  (1 10,653.  to  John  Berge,  a  de- 
fendant m  the  legal  action. 

Blao'iwoll,  Biker  & 'Wilkins,  under  a  Supreme 
Court  foreclosure  order,  0.  J.  Clftnsen.Esq.,  Referee, 
sold  one  tot,  23  by  94,  on  Isc-av.,  east  side,  .52.2  feet 
north  of  78tb-st.,  tor  $2,000,  to  John  H.  Biker.  Also 
two  lots,  each  25  Dy  102.2,  on  Bast  76th.«t,  north 
side,  373  feet  east  of  2d-av.,  sold  lur  $2,000  to  same 
buyer. 

B.  P.  Pairchild,  also,  under  a  Sopreme  Conrt 
foreclusare  decree,  S.  P.  Stearns,  Esq.,  Referee, 
sold  a  plot  of  land,  171.3  by  267  on  Broadwav.  west 
side,  sontn  of  16Sth-si..  kiiown  ar>  lots  Nos.  7  and  8 
on  map  of  property  belunuine  to  the  Institution  for 
theUeaf  and  Dumb,  lor  $20,950;  also,  one  plot  of 
land,  100  by  200  by  100.7  by  133  on  Broadway,  west 
side,  adji-iming  ^bove,  known  as  lot  >lo.  23  on  the 
same  map,  sold  for  (3.450  to  T.  A.  Strauss  ;  also,  a 
plot  of  land,  180  by  222  ou  Broadway,  west  side, 
atijoinins  above,  kuuwu  as  lot  .Vn.  84  on  same  map, 
sold  for  S4,4Sa  to  Lespinasse  &  Fredman. 

The  following  sales  were  adjourned  :  Sale  by  R. 
V.  Harnett,  of  the  building,  with  lot.  Ko.  3  Peck- 
Slip,  between  Poi-jl  and  Water  sts.,  to  March  5 ; 
Sale  by  E.  A.  Lawrence  k  Co.,  of  a  plot  of  land  on 
Manbattan-st..  north-east  corner  Bioomiugdale- 
road,  to  March  12,  and  sale  bv  Scott  &  Myers,  of 
ibe  bouse,  with  lot,  "Ho.  137  ^ast  115iL-at.,  east  of 
4tb-av.,  to  April  23.  Toe  sale  announced  by  Wil- 
liam Kennelly,  of  a  house,  with  lot.  ou  3d-av.,  south 
of  43a  St.,  was  uot  offered. 

to-dat's  auctions. 

To-days  sales,  all  at  the  Eiccbange,  are  as  follows: 
'  By  A.  H.  Muller  &  Son,  Executors'  sale  of  the 
estate  of  John  H.  Powers,  deceased,  comprisinf^tbe 
following  extenslvo  Ust  of  property,  principally  un- 
improved: Ono  four-story  and  basement  brown- 
stone-front  house,  with  lease  of  lot  23.8  by  13L  No. 
632  5th-ar.,  west  side,  86.1  feel  north  of  50th-st., 
leased  May  1,  1863,  term,  31  years,  with  three  re- 
newals; ground  rent  (630  per  annum. 
One  fooT-siory  brick  bouse,  one  tbree-stury 
brick  house,  aud  a  three-storv  frame  houae,  with 
plot  of  land,  47.3  by  75.1,  Mos.  180  aud  178  Caual-st.. 
Bontb-wesC  corner  of  Mott-st.;  two  two-story  brick 
bouses,  with  plot  of  land  64.10  br  100,  Nud.  57  aud 
59  Thompson-sr.,  wesi  slue,  north  of  Hroome-ut.;  one 
plot  of  laud  41.3  by  20  by  44  bv  37.2  on  Elm-8t., 
north-west  corner  of  Catheriue-lanu ;  ono  lot.  25  by 
98.9.  ou  West  42<1-s(.,  south  side,  3U0feet  west  of  7th- 
HV.;  one  two-story  brick  house,  with  eight  Iota,  each 
33  by  100,  on  3d-av.,  east  «iil>>.;  whole  Pluck,  trout, 
bi'tweeu  bOlh  and  C7ih  su ;  fourteen 
lots,  each  23  by  100  on  Eist  66rb-st.. 
north  sido.  100  lent  eiist  ot  31-av;  14  lots,  each  25 
by  lOU.S,  on  iC^si  G7th-st..  south  side,  100  leet  cast  of 
3il-ay.;  one  plot  of  laud,  150  by  1'27.10  by  62.10  by 
100  by  200.10.  ou  VVeat  (>8th  St..  north  side,  exlenu- 
lug  through  to  CSth-st..  325  feet  west  ot  Sth-av.;  10 
lots,  together  iu  n\zr>  306.2  Ity  37  by  393.6  by  160.6.  on 
Kiverside-av.,  commuucing  north-ea.si  corner  116rh- 
Bt.;  due  plot  of  land.  135.4^by  120.3  by  135.4  by  129.7, 
on  12tli-,iv..  west  side,  extending  to  lludsoo 
River,  soutb-weat  corner  UCth-st.;  plot  of  land, 
2U1.10  bv  1-24.6,  on  12th-av..  west  side,  be- 
twren  116'h  anil  117th  sis.;  plot  of  land. 
124.2  by  11)5.9  by  129.7  bv  — ,  on  12i.b-:iv..  norrli- 
West  corn<T  117 Jb-»t;  fuUl  Int.'*,  each  23  by  1022, 
OD  West  85cb-3(.,  suurb  si.le.  173  feoo  wu^ituf  lUu- 
av.;  one  lot  35.2  bv  100,  on  12Lh-av.,  north-east  cor- 
nor  94ih-st.;  p;ot  of  ground,  —  by  297  by  275  by 
— .  ou  West  l£i2d-3t.,  uurih  side.  32'J  leet  west  ul 
Puolic-drive,  Brooklyn  property  s  3J  lou  bounded 
bv  lialleck.  Culiimoiii,  Si:fciiirney,  aud  Otsego  sts. 

By  VVllliam  Koniieliv,  Supreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale.  ).  Grant  Sinclair,  E^q.,  ltott<rt<e,  cf  a  buudo, 
witb  lot  2-1.6  bv  61.  on  Uuuveneur-st..  soaih-west 
corner  Maui«<m-«t.;  also,  Supreme  Court  pariliiou 
sale,  F.  K.  Smyth.  E.sq.,  Ki^foiee.  of  a  house,  with 
lot  2U.1  by  50,  uu  Lexiu^tou-av.,  north-east  ooruer 
34:b-st. 

By  R.  V.  Harnett,  Suprcm-3  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  %V .  P.  Dixon.  E-tq.,  R.-turue,  of  a  house,  witu 
lot  23  bv  100.  en  Kiviu^riun-si.,  soutb-wet-tc  corner 
of  Columbiu-st.  Also,  a  bouse,  with  lot  33  by  lUO, 
on  Coltimbi^-st..  west  sid ',  lOO  feet  noiich  of 
Riviogton-sU  Also,  similar  sale,  V.  U.  £m- 
burv,  E..q.,  Beteree,  of  one  lot,  25.3  by  100, 
on  ll(l>-av.,  north-west  corner  68th-*t.  Alsoairaiiar 
sale.  H.  \V.  Kennedy,  ot  a  plot  ui  laud  100  bv  433  by 
—  uy  436,  on  lOthav.,  west  side,  esiouauig  lu  Har- 
lem River,  known  as  plot  No.  18  ou  map  of  12%  acres, 
uf  lUe  Isaac  Dvckmau  cstaie,  Fort  George.  Also,  a 
plot  ol  land  52.0  by  436  bv  —  by  452,  ou  lOch-av., 
west  side,  adjoining  above,  knowu  as  lot  -No.  19  ou 
same  map. 

Bv  Sievin  Sc  McElroy,  Saoreme  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  F.  V.  B.  Keuuedv,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  a  houso, 
with  lot  20.4  bv  73  uv  19.11  uy  75,  on  7th-av.,  east 
Side,  80.4  feet  south  of  37ai-sC. 

By  diigb  N.  C»mp,  Jiuperior  Court  foreclosare 
sale,W.  S.  Yard,  E<q.,  Kefero*,  of  one  lot,  25  by  100 
on  21-av.,  sooth-east  corner  931-st. 

By  Scutt  St.  Myers,  Supreme  Court  foreolosnre 
sail',  W.  A.  Boyd,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  one  lot,  2J  by 
102.2,  on  West  71at-s(.,  north  111(16,410  feet  west  of 
9th -i»v. 

By  John  T.  Boyd,  Supremo  Court  foreclosure 
sale,  Lyman  W.  Bates,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  a  plot  of  land, 
33.C  by  90,  on  East  II8IU-SI..,  north  side,  389  feet  ease 
of  4ih-av. 

By  U.  M.  Seaman.  Snorem^XIourt  foreclosure 
sale,  William  Sinclair,  Esq.,  Referee,  of  a  piotof 
land,  210.10  by  502.5,  on  31-av.,  west  side,  wholo 
front,  between  134ih  aud  125th  sts. 


Vr.  p.  8.  MelTlii.  B«£sree.  to  V.  P.  Kelly 6,«00 

Bonast.,   n.    s..  438.8  ft.  e.  of  Broadway.  26.8 

X202.2 ;  J.  P.  Ledwltb,  Eefbree,  to  Germanla 

Life  Ins,  Co 60,030 

Bonlevaid.  e.  s.,  86.10  tt.  n.of  lOOtfa-st.  86i:90i 

E.  A.  Praser  toC-W.  Kitchen nem, 

116tb-stv  n.  e.,  535.219  It.  w.  of  3d-av.,  16.2;c 

200;   W.  P.  Dixon,  Befexse,  tu8.8.  Bradley..     5.200 


FOR   MALE— BB61DW\T   PROPhRTY,  COKSIST- 
ing  of  extraordinary  choioe  plots,  with  improve- 
ments thereon: 

42d-st.,  n.e.  corner,  substantially  improved,  105x100.') 
49tb-st.,  n.  w.  comer,  improved,  123x100. 
S8th-st.,  n.  e.  corner,  improved,  98x140. 
30th-8t.,  n.  w.  coruer,  substantially  improved,  47x92. 

Here  is  a  rare  opportunity  afforded  to  capitalists  and  ' 
others  to  secure  such  nermaneut  investments  in  this 
most  desirattle  property  at  the  present  time.  Fur 
terms  and  particulars  ^oplv  direct  to  the  owner, 

JOSISH  JEX.  No.  ^35  Broadway. 


DBY  GOOpa 

SILK. 


NO.  46  EAST  aisi'P  ST. 

Four  stories,  hissli  stoop,  brown  stone.  23x65x92;  20 
rooms;  prici-,  *37,600,  including  mirrors,  flxture.s, 
and  furniture :  $25,000  ma.v  remain  at  6  per  cent, 
for  three  and  five  years. 

K.  H.  LUDLOW  &  CO.,  No.  3  Pine  st. 


FOR,>«ALE  OU/ TO  KBNT-KLEGANTLY  .4ND 
fully  fnmiBhed.^'flist-class  full-sized  hotueon  West 
68th-Bt.,  close  tfe-e'fh-av.  For  permits,  to.,  apply  to 
HliMKR  MORGAN,  No.  2  Pine-st. 


FOK   SALIS  IN  WEsil'    S3D-«T.-BKTk\BEN 
5th  and  6th  avs  ,  a  hsndsome  four-story  dweilme, 
19  by  50  feet.    Price  «32,500. 

H.  a  LDDLUW  &  CO.,  No.  3  Pine-st. 


EXOHANQE  SALEH—liOm DAY,  FEB.    26,  1877. 

NBW-rOBK. 
By  E.  JL.   Lawrence  <t  Co. 

1  four-Story  brick  building,  with  plot  of  land, 
Nos.  b7  and  69  Vf  uli.st..  s.  w.  coruer  Water- 
st,  plot  4Z9x40 $110,260 

1  Inree-story    aud  basemi-nt  bricK    houae  with  _  a 

lot.  West  :i7ili-8t,  H.  8.  206.7  ft.  w.  of  9lh-av., 

lot  18.6x8a9 4,800 

Bu  R.   V.  Harnett. 

5  three-story  and  basement,  browu-stone-front 
houses,  with  lots,  Uust  85th-st.,  s.  s.  67.4  ft. 
w.  of  Lexington-av..  each  lot  13.7x102.2 Slfi.060 

1  plot  of  land.  iOth-av.,e.  s..  125  ft.  n.  ot  106th- 
st.,  50.5x39x68.4.;  also  a  plot  otlitud,  West 
107th-st.,  46.7  ft.  e.  of  lOtb-av.,  78.5x83x33 
X107.3 5,000 

1  lilt.  lOtb-av..  e.  a,  50  ft.  n.  oriu6th-si.,  26x 

100x33x81.2 2,000 

By  Peter  F.  Meyer. 

1  three-Story  and  ba.tement  browo-stone-front 

house,  with    lot.  Hast  52d-st..  u.  s..  3«>0  it.  e. 

of  3d-av.,  lot  2IJX10U.3 S10,653 

By  Blackwell,  Biker  <£  fFillcim. 

1  lot,  Ist-av.,  e.  8  .  02.2  it  n.  ol  78th-si..  25x94.  $2,000 

21ot8.  Vast  76lh-st.,   n.  s..  275  ft.  e.  of  2d-av., 

eacli25xl02.2 2,000 

Bu  Benjamin  P.  Fairohild. 

1  plot  of  land,  Broadwa/.  w.  s..  s.  of  165tb-st., 
171.3x267.  known  as  lots  Nos.  7  ana  8  ou  a 
map  ot  property  belonging  to  the  Institution 
for  the  Leaf  and  Dumb.  $20,960 

1  plot  of  laud,  Broadway,  w.a,  adjolnlns  above, 

Iu0x200xl00.7xl33,  iuiown  as  lot  No.  23  on 

tbesamemap 3^450 

1  plot  ot  land.  Broadway,  w.  a ,  adJoiniBji  above, 
180x222,  known  as  lot  Ho.  24  on  the  same 
map 4.450 


.  RECORDED  REAL  ESTATE  TRANSFERS. 

NBW-YORK. 

Saturday,  Feb.  24. 
lst-av.,w.  8., 20.4  ft.n.  of  42-8t. 17.6x60;  Cath- 

arlne  U.  Kinne  nud  husband  to  C.  U.  Todd .       nom. 

6lBl-st.,  n.s., 112.9  ft.  e.  ot  lst-av.,lU.9xl00.b  ; 

Patrick  Lavelleond  wife  to  K.  Beilly $1,200 

126th-st.,  s.  s.,  290  ft.  w.  of  4th-av.,  76x99.11 ; 
khzaoeth  F.  Washburn  and  husband  to  J.  W. 
Powers 15.00U 

Ist-av.,  w.  8.,  20.4  Jt.  n.  of  42d-8t.,  17.0x50; 
John  J.  Wultermfre  to  C.  E.  Klnne nom. 

77th-8t„  8.  8.,  ISe.Sft.  6.of  2d-av..43.4il02.2; 
Kufus  li.  bcott  and  wife  to  B.  Lobensteinn nom. 

84th-st..n.  B..240  ft.  e.  Of  8th-av..  23x98.9; 
Mary  Drucker  and  husband  to  W.  J.  Roome..  22,000 

9th-av..  s,  w.  coruer  2U6th-8t,  100x99.ll; 
H  enry  Corse  and  wife  to  J  ohu  Corse. 920 

66th-st..  n.  8..  250  ft.  w.  of  4th-av.,  140x100; 
WiUett  Bronson  and  wife  to  K.  Doylng 62,600 

78tb-8t,.  n.  8.,  166.8  ft.  w.  ot  2d-av.,  13.10X 
102.2;  also  Borfolk-st,  w.  s.,  120.9  ft.  s.  ot 
Hester-st..  25x100:  Louis  tauer  to  Charles 
leaner. 3.000 

Boulevard,  n.  e.  corner,  lOOtb-st.,  16.10x90; 
John  Connors  and  wife  to  C.  W.  Kitchen nom. 

Cbryatie  St.,  w.  8.,  214.8  ft.  n.  of  tftantou-st., 
20x100;  \V'.  Bronson  and  wife  to  W.  P.  Par- 
sons   23,600 

4th-ay..  s.  w.  corner  14tb-8U,  27.9x47.1 ;  Lucy 
B.  Tisdale  to  K.  Comwallls 14,000 

a2d-8t.,  n.  B..  150  ft.  e.  of  l]th-av..  25x98.9; 
Miles  A.  Stafford  and  wife  to  il.  S.  Tbomp^ioD.  ■  16,000 

North  Moore-st,  as.,  119  ft.  w.  of  Washmgton- 
st,  22x87.6;  also.  lOtb-av.,  n.  w.  corner 
S7th-st.,49.5xl00;  Nathaniel  Jaxvls,  Jr.,  Ref- 
eree, to  S.  Browning , 28,200 

Rortb  Moore-st.,  s.s.,  141  ft.  w.  of  Wasblngton- 
su,  22x87.6:  same  to  same. 14,600 

HortU  Moore-st.,  s.s.,  16X  ft.  w.  of  Washinjiton- 
st.,  22x87.0;   same  to  same 14,600 

Uorton-st.,  n,  B.,  lot  No.  188,  24x100;  Nath- 
aniel Jarvis,  Jr..  Keferee,  to'J.  Corse 8,700 

SSd-at,  B.  a..  238  ft.  e.  of  30th-av..  Olxxuo; 
Nathaniel  Jarvis,  Jr.,  BefiBrae  to  J.  OUoao- 
hue ---- •-.;-- V 9,300 

llih-av..  n.  e.  corner  33d-8t.,  63x98.9;  Hath- 
aniel  JacvB.  Jr.,  Hefereo.  to  J.  C.Kamp 16,000 

4tb-aT..  w.  B.,  6U.5  ft.  n.  of  56th-st.,  5Uxlt>U; 
liachel  Sayre  to  J.  J.  K.  Sayro nom. 

4t]iaT.,  1.  w.  comer  Of  fivth-st.,  60.5x100; 
same  to  H.  O.  Sayre nom. 

120th-st.,  u.  a..  2&5  ft.  e.  of  3d-av.,  20x100.10: 
K.  M.  Beurv,  Roferue,  to  N.  X,  Life  Ins.  Co....  C6  000 

26ih-st.,  n.  a,  73  ft.  w.  of9th-av.,  24.8i4x74x 
irrenuiar;  same  to  same 6,860 

Pcospect-av..  s.  w.  s.,  60x148.6.  24tb  Ward) 
M.  tioffinan,  Jr.,  Keferee,  to  Oerman  Hav- 
ings Bank , .,    1,200 

Dooas-stM  B-  a.  250 ft  e.  ot  Bobbins-av..50xl25 
24th  Ward;  S.  D.  Giffbrd,  Beferee,  to 
same a,600 

).24th-a«.,  a  s.,  70.6  ft.  w.  of  Sd-av.,  15. 6x 
100.11 ;  B.  C.  Cbetwooo,  fieferee,  to  R.  W. 
!>•  Forest ?----•- ................. .  M,W 


WKST  50TK-ST..   NliAll5TH-AV.— A  VBliY 
desirable    house,  finelv   hnlslu^d   and  in  perfect 
order,  with  lease  of  lot.    Price  only  $20,000. 

E.  H.  LODbOW  t  CO.,  No.  3  Pine-st 


AFIKIST-CI.ASSJ    i<-M..t.-SIZ|{  U<»UMB, 
Madison-av..  Murray  UlU,  $42,500,      '   " 
BROWN,  No.  90  Broiidway. 


ON 
F.  G.  and  C.  S. 


RBUi;Cl!:D   PttlCii:!*.- NEW    COil^LKTK  LIliTS 
at  4  Piue  and  33  Kast  ITtb  sts. 

V.  K.  8TKVENSON,.  Jr. 


A  LAaiJB  >U.MBEil  OK  HO(J.St;S  BKLONul- 
J\jufl  to  ebtati^s  aud  liistitiiti'ms  for  sale  or  rent  at 
lowrasos.      KINGMaN  K.  PAGE,  No.  42    East  23d  st. 


A  WONDEitJFCL  BARJS.AI.N.— 160  ACHK 
Xliarmr  brook,  timber,  good  fences,  great  auundanoe 
fruit;  modern  bouse,  twenty  rooms:  handsome  Krouiids: 
large  tine  barns  .lud  outbuildiues  :  adjoinlne  vlllueo 
(six  churches,  4tc.;)  111  Westir  nAew-York;  stock.croos, 
lmp:omeuts,  Itc;  ulso  bousi-hold  furniture;  ev<-r,vtliluir 
complete;  lorced  sale;  immediate  price  $9,500,  halt 
cash.         .STaNLKV  FKKliUSON.    No.  llil  Broadwav. 


AifORCKU  saIjK— suii3rA.sriAi>  hoube,  i;; 
rooms:  exiellenC  cellar,  piazza,  well,  cistern:  flne 
lot,  with  fyult ;  desirable  location,  witli  gas,  wa'er, 
sliiewalks.  kc. ;  iieur  depot,  ;<()  mliiuti-s  in  Jersey  ;  a 
great  barKain,  only  $2,230;   half  cash. 

STANLhlf  FKRGU80N.  161  Broadway. 


OltANCxK.  TU.  J.-t:uLiN  I'Rf  H<»U3K.S.  LAilD* 
iiDii  T:l.ai<«  '<>v>  lor  Jiaio:  asne'it  variei/.  \iaa. 
riimislie<l  and  unfurnished  nouses  ro  let  for  season  oc 
^em,  by  VVAiTKtJ  R.  sMiTH.  tormer>y  Blaclcwe^it 
^n.itll.^>l■ml;;e.  uoriiiT  of.M.nin  and    •'one  sin. 


1:?OR.  SAliK- A   l'\U!tt  OS  LUNG  IdLA^D  IN  GoOD 
.  ordi-r;    oommoillous  house  and  large  outbuildings ; 
terms  easy.    Address  C.  C.  K0B1N80N,  Bbz.ibeth. 


T  KSPlNAetoE  Jt  FRIBUSIAN   W1I.L.HRI.L. 

"^  at  aactlon  on  ihursaav.  March  1.  at  12  o'clock 
M.,at  the  Kxchance  Hales-room.  Na  111  Broadway,  de- 
sirable lots  situate  on  lOthav.,  159th,  160tb,  and 
165th  sts.  Also  the  two  brown-stone  houses.  Ita  739 
Lexington-av.  and  No.  439  West  7l8t-st.  For  partic- 
ulars apply  to  the  auctioneers.  No.  3  Pine-st. 


VliAI.  ESTATK  TO  B.YCUANUfi.— WANTED. 

JEAia  Hmall  country  plaod,  tnroe  or  four  acrt-a.  (West 
C'licstcr  (bounty  preferred.)  with  a  good  house  nnin- 
cumbt-red,  w.uth  fnim  *3.00tJ  to  !}!4.000,  for  whioli  a 
Well  assorted  stoek  ot  rc-vdh*  m'tdo  clothing  will  bo 
fnvon.  Address,  giviu;;  pariicalarj,  iIAN:iON,  Staiiou 
D,  New-York. 


Il^AUM  \VA.\TBU 
;  tarmer.      AUdiess    n.    B. 
Bergen  County, 


BV  A  THOUOUGH  AMBKICAN 
Little    herry   Fust  UfiSoe, 
witb  particulars. 


DWELLINGS  TO   LET. 


Tl»    I.KT.— KLKO^ST   COU.NTKV 
.New-.Tf  iSfy.  30  inliiutoj  from  City  HtiI. 


RiiSlllK.VCK  IN 
New-Vsrk, 
at  KiJirr&dil  P  ir.i.  tbn-e  luioiiii^ii  froru  depot  Krou&>U. 
20  Bcn  8.  beauti'ully  bkld  out.  wiih  iruu  and  ntlicr 
trees  and  spl'  ndil  liwis:  b  usu  frcscoc-d  from  top  to 
bottom:  hnlsbi-n  in  hard  woo<l:  com  .ins  batii-rooui. 
giis.  :iud  all  uUipr  luiprovi-m -utH  of  u  Citv  i.i>otie;  sta- 
bl».  hoi-hoadv.  itc:  also  utli.:r  clouaiic  ;>laccs  ou  Con- 
tr.il  Kailroad  of  New  Jersey,  50  iiiiuuiei  from  New- 
York:  house  and  grouirts  m  splenlld  oidcr;  finest  lo- 
cation lu  .Vt-w-Jersov;  to  runt  cheap  A|):>iv  to  J.  A. 
WOoy.S,  onicoot  the  North  AmMiican  Life  InHutanc 
Company.  Ni*.  17  and  19  Wurruu  St.,  .Sew-liurk.  be 
twt'.ru  11  and  2  u'cloiK. 


(»  KENT— IN     CLAVKUACK.  N.    V..  .Nl^AP.    Cf-AV- 
rncK   ','olleKo  mill   iluilii'in   uiver    Iiistiiutc,   tlir>'e 
wpiliiig-hnuBos.at  i'O  n  mouth:   ouelarite  dui  de  two- 
story  house,   wth    three  acres  garden,   ut  S14  50  a 
outb;  a  un-shoo  and  esrablislieLi  business  liul  dwill- 
ueur;     for   lioch.  $:  2  a  moM>ii,   aud   reut   utkeu  in 
wih'k.     Address  K.  U.  :s'fUDLl'.V. 


10  LKT.-Ki.iiGAN  I'  uKoiVN.-.ru.';  ■:  an:>  biucs 

liiiuseson  .Madison  av.  and  side  streets  ne:ir  the 
Piirk;  three  and  foar  stories,  cubiiiot  linis^i.  with 
nurrois.  itc. ;  rent  from  *!J0;)  to  *4,3UO.  Auplytoj. 
A.  WOODS,  office  Aorth    America  Life    Insurance  Com 

?ai;y.  Nos.  17  iiuJ   19  VVaucu  »t.,  ^ew-Vork,  betweeu 
1  and  12  o'cluirk. 


17OU  RKNT-  .1  i 
'  .N.  Y— Furnished 


IKVINU TO.N  t»>    ilUOlSON. 

house.  With  ext4-n',ive  grou:iil8. 
all  in  good  order;  ple:isauHy  and  conveulciitly  locateii. 
For  particulars  Inquire  ot  J.  C.  WILLI  A. US,  Agent  New- 
\or^  I'eutrul  uiiil  uudson  Blver  li:illru<kd  Cum^any.  ut 
Irvinictiin  tjta:i  >n. 


ftVi  LET-Al'  A  LHV   Kh 

XCei 


LHV  Kk.NT,  OV,,llLaOK.I.»JU  TUB 
Central  Park,  a  drst-uloas  four-stury  brown-stone 
house,  witb  rapid  traiiiiit  from  Soth-st.  Also,  oar  or 
flit  of  No.  64  Clinton -place,  eign,  roams,  opposite  the 
Bfcvoort  House.    Address  ou  NKll,  ilox  No.  1.174. 


TMt  LET- liOUSli 
.  tweeu  2d  iind   3d   nvs.. 


>0:  •ja2  KAsr  11  Til  tr.,  uh- 
contaiuing  ad  the  modern 
IniproveuiCDts.  will  he  let  ow  to  nood  puriies.  For 
particulars,  Lc,  apply  to  M.  KCUiiVKliaiA  &  CO.,  No. 
\iO   Ueiiverst. 


C^OfN'l'RV  StAT  'IO  liKP  Af  iSCAaHURO, 
yUudsun  Rivor  Railroad,  on  river;  12  acres;  house 
full}-  lumisned  good  u.irdju  auJ  garileuer.  Ucut 
$900  from  tue  1st  01  M»v  to  -Nov.  1.  %pply  to  Gen.  A. 
I?.  WKiJB.  No.  16  Lcsinglon  :.v. 


rpO  l„KT  OR  I..EAHK- 

M.  ut  Greenwich.  1 


(ulVAfHY    KhSlDKNCK 
iK-ar   railroad    depot,  consist- 
Inc  of  one  acre  cultivated  land,  house,  and   bam.    In- 
quire, tor  purliculars.  at  No.  114  Ka.st  otjth-st. 


Ti»  REN'l',  AT  lii£M>.Y,  .V1A«^.S.,  TUi-;  PLAi;B 
uf  the  late  R.  bunds  Tucker,  with  carnage-house, 
ite.;  (arm  it' desired.  Applv  to  TUCKKll.  UAKllill  U 
Co..  No.  70  S.iULh  St.,  or  to  1".  PO.sT.  Lenox,  .Mnss. 


C10RNKK  FLAT.— ALL  LIGHT  ROOMS;   PcKFi  CT 
/order;    mirrors.   coriUces,    ac:     others,   furnished 
aud  unfumlslivd.  in  central  locations  at  reduced  rents. 
\A.  ho.  No.  88ti  Uth-av. 


AHAMl!SO.UK  KOttt-.-^l'OKV  0ROWN< 
STO.SK-HOUSKiu  47th-st.,  Lear  oth-av.,  Wiudsor- 
Ulook.  If  deaired.  tne  owner  wi:l  retuin  a  floor  with 
board  for  his  lamily.     Address  A..  No.  'J6  oast  5'Jth-st. 


riU>  KENT,  LOVV.—SORTU-WKHr  COitNUli  OF 
.L  Maaisoii-av.  aud  74lh-s:.;  full-sizsd;  hardwood 
tbroudbout;    In  Kood  condition.     Apply  on  premises. 


A 


NUMBER   OF    Flll.ST-CLA.S.S    HOi;&)£8 

Tu  LbT— Furnished  anduniuniislieii. 

II.  VV.  \VlL.I..lAiyis,  Jso.  837  Otb*aT. 


T 


O    LKASK.— BCILUING  A.Vl>    LOT  CORNhU  6fU- 
av.  ana  14th-8t.    Mze  42  b;  129  het. 

li.  H..LUDL  )  W  t  CO..  No.  3  Plne-st 


1^0   UBNT— THREE-SrottY  HIGU-STOOl'  BROWN- 
.  stone  bouse,  KasC  45th-st.,  north  side. 

UAWKEswOKrii,  Na  82  Beaver-st 


NBW     COMPLKTE     t,l.«*T!S         _     
nod  unfurnished  bouses  at  reduced  reuta 


<»K    FDRNISaKU 
V.  K. 

STEV£N80ri,  Ja.,  4  Pine  and  33  East  17th  sts. 


NE\V-»RIUHTON,       SXATEN 
Houses  to  let,  famished  and   unruruishel. 
to  W.  F.  CUIfTb,NDliN,  No.  48  Kxouange 


SL.AND.— 

Apnly 
place. 


«'IX)]tij^.S,  ^V.,    JO  I.EX. 


OKFICEH  TO  L.K'^ 

IN  THE 
TIAIBS  BU1I..D1NQ. 
APPiLY   TO 

€>£0R6B  JONBH, 
TUHBH  OFJflCB. 


WE  INVITR  SPECIAL  ATTENTIO.V 

TO  ODB  COLLECTION 

Ot 

BLACK,  COLORED,  ana  FAHOT  SILKS. 

The 

PBODUCTS  of  the  MOST  CBLEBSATED 

MAMDFACTUHEBS  of  LTOiTS, 
And  NOW  OFFEKBO  at 

LAST  SEASON'S  PBICBS. 
FANCY  SILKS  at  76a  per  yard  up, 

COLORED  TBUmiNOS  and  0BBS8  SILKS, 

In  the  NEWEST  SHADES,  from  $1  26  up. 
Also, 
AMEBIC  AN  S1,LKS,- 
OUB  OWN  MANDF.iCTDRE. 

BLACK,  COLOBBD,  i«ad  DAUASSE.! 
UNSUBPASSKD  tor  DURABILITY. 

BRILLIANCY,  COLOBINO, 
Aud 
PURE  QUALITY  of  SILK  U;jBD. 
At 
COBBESPONDINaLY  IiOW  PBICBS. 

A.  T.  Stewart  &  Co 

BROADWAY.  4Tn-AV.,  »TH  AMD  lOTH  BTS. 


f|.. 


OFFICfiS  TO  tiET, 

PARR  BANK  BUILD  IMQ. 
Northern  Basement- 

43  teet  4  inches  by  33  feet  9  incher....i $3,000 

Third  floor— 

20  feet  4  inches  b.y  43  feet  8  Inches 1,600 

Fourth  floor- 

20  feet  4  inches  by  43  feet  8  Inches 1,600 

Fifth  floor— 

18  feet  9  inches  by  17  feet 400 

These  offices  for  light  aud  air  are  perfect.  All  heated 
by  steam.    Inquire  in  the  Banlc. 

KDJiN  HOUSK— AX  FKttTH  AMBuy,  TO  LKASK 
on  f  kvorable  terms:  the  hotel  is  in  good  order  and 
convenient  for  sea-hatliing  and  boating;  the  statlou  of 
the  Long  Branch  Railway  is  near  the  house.  For  fur- 
ther information  apply  to 
HORACE  8.  ELY.  No.  22  Pine  st 

A  FACTO  RV  TO  1.UT— FIVK  BTOBIK.-4,  47  BY 
AlOU,  27th-at.,  near  8th  av.  Applv  at  No.  357  West 
34th-8t. 

lUUTH-AV.    riTORK,     VVUHT    81  OB,    BE- 

tweou  S3d  and  S4th  sts.     Applv  to 
J.  RoaiAINR  BROWN,  No.  1.880  Broadway. 

rilO  LUT-THK  STOBK  AND  BAbhMKNT,  MO.  3 
JL  New  Chambers  St.,  now  occupied  as  a  restauraut. 
Apply  to  W.  L.  UOiSiCLI.V,  No.  13  4tb  av. 

0  LBT-.\   VBIIY   UESIRABLii   STORK     IN    AM 
excellent  loaation  for  tmsinejia.   No.  185  Duaue  St., 
near  Ureenwien.     Inquire  ou  premises. 

STRAU  FOWRRANO  VlUtiV  FtiOOR  AND 
cellar,  60x80  feet,  Nos.  188  and  190  Wast  Houston 
St.    Inquire  in  the  corner. 


SAVINGS  BANKS. 

EwTrORK      SAVINGS       BANKii      CORNiE 

8th-av.  and    14th-Bt. — ^Interest  oommenoiag  irom 

the  first  of  each  ui«nth;  assets,  $3.d8li,761 42 ;    snr- 

plus,^181,697_98. ^^3-  BOLL,  FsatldwU. 


R.H.MACY&CO. 

SPECULTIE3. 

DRESS-MAKING. 

BLACK  DKKSS  SILKS.     BOYS'  CLOTHING. 
UNLIKE  anv  other  estaolishment  in  the  country. 
FOREIGN  DRY  GOODS,  FANCY  G00D3.  and  MOVBL- 
TIES  by  every  EUROPE  AS  STEAMKR. 

ORDERS  BY  MAIL  BECBIVB  8PBCLAL  CABa 
CATALOGUES   FBKH. 

14TH  ST.  AND  6TH  AVENUE.  N.  Y. 

KEW-MCITY 
65  &  7s, 

COUPON    AND    BEGISTEBED, 

FOK  SALE  BY 

VERMILYE  &  CO,, 

16  .A.3Nr3D  IS  3Sr-A.SS-A.TJ-ST_ 


BANMBAL  ANU    fiT.  JOSEPH  RAILROAD 
COOTPA.NY. 

Realed  proposals  addressed  to  WH.  H.  SWIFT,  Esq., 
at  Messrs.  Ward.  Campbell  k  Co.'s,  No.  56  Wall  st, 
New-Yorlr,  or  to  the  undersi^fned  Trustees,  care  of 
Charles  Merriam,  Agent,  No.  26  Sears  BuUdini^,  Bos- 
ton, will  be  received  untU  FBIUAY,  March  2,  1877,  at 
noon,  for  the  sale  of  $60,000  of  the  land  bonds  of 
said  company  to  the  undersisned  Trustevis,  lu  accord- 
ance with  tue  prorlsions  of  the  indenture  of  mort- 
KBgi-.  dated  April  1,  1S63.  The  Idds  will  ue  opened  in 
Bimton  on  Saturday,  March  H,  1S77,  aud  tha  accepted 
bids  declared.  WM.    H.  SWIKT.        > 

BIDNKY  BAETLETT,  >Tmstees. 
NATH'L.  THAYBK,     J 

BosTOM.  Feb.  19.   1877. 


SIX  PUR  C-BNT.  UROOK.LY.\'  CITY  BONOS. 

Dbpaetmkxt  op  Fi.fAjtCB,  (JosraofitBR's  Ofpicb,  ? 
CiTT  Hall,  Brookltn,  Feb.  16,  1877.        5 
The  nndcrsieiied  will  rrclve  scaled   proposals  at  this 
uffi(.'f<  until  Tliurs  lay.  .Uarch  1.  at  12  o'clock  noon,  (at 
which  time  tlK-y  will    be  opene't)  for   the   purchase  of 
the  whole  or  any  part  of  the  following  loans: 

$600.(100 
Six  per  cent,  Hrooklyn   Citv  bonis  for  the   completloa 
01  ttieNew-Vork  .ind  Bronklvn  Bridge. 

$300,0110  MATURING  I.V  1909,  and 

*2't0,iiO0    MATL'ai.S'O  IN     1910. 

COUPON  OR     KEGISTERKD. 

$250,000 

l^lt  percent.   ASSB.SSHK.VT   FU.Vu   BoriDS,  W.  t  8., 

maturtug  threo  years  from  date  of  purchase— Begis- 

ttren. 

Proposnls  must  state  the  price  ofl^ered,  (with  accrued 
Interest  from  Jam  1  on  Urooklyn  City  bonds,)  and  de- 
scription of  bouas  desired. 
WILLIAM  BURRKLL.  Controller. 

BOFFALO  CITY  PMK  ]S. 

Dae  in  1910. 

FOR  SALE  BY 

DANIEL  A.  MORAN, 

NO.  40   WALL-ST. 


Oppicb  of  the  FAaxBES'  Loa:(  and  '1  kuit  Coxpaut,  f 

No.  26  klXCHANOE  FLACB,  CoKXBR   iViLLIAM  ST.,      > 
Nbw-York.  Jan.  8,  1877.  > 

THB  FAR.nERS'  LOAN  AND  TRUST  COM- 
PANY of  the  tlty  o*"  New-Yo.-K.  Trustees  of  the 
slulciiiK  fund  of  the  constructiou  aud  equipment  bonds 
of  the  Cievfland  and  Pittsbur<r  Kailroaa  Company, 
hereby  give  notice  th«t  in  acoordanco  with  the  pro- 
visions of  the  s:itd  siakini{  fund,  they  have  drawn  bv 
lot  the  following  numbers  of  sixteen  of  sal<i  bonds, 
viz.:  .Nos.  50.  449,  684.  076.  709,711,  730.  887,  883. 
«»S.  925,  945,  9.59.  9M,  1,100,  1,312,  aud  that  on 
pit-sPntaiioii  and  delivery  to  them  of  said  sixteen 
lionds,  or  any  Dart  of  the  same,  tliev  will  be  redeemed 
at  liar  valui!  thpteoi,  and  that  interest  ou  all  of  the 
s:iid  Mxteen  bonds  not  presented  for  redemption  ou  or 
>f  irc  the    1st  dav  of  July   next  will    cease  from  and 


alter  that  date. 


B.  O.  BOLSTON.  President. 


THE  BANK  OF  MONTREAL 

IS  PRKRABXD  TO  ISSUE 

CIRCimAB  NOTES 

AND 

LETXERS  OF  CREDIT 

TO  TEAVELRUS. 
available  in  all  parts  of  tiie  world. 

CHARLES  F.  8M 
WALTKB  WAT30.V. 
NOS.  99  ANO  61  WALl 


CHARLES  F.  8MITHBBS,  |  ^^^^^ 


niDNICIFAL  BONOS,  DVB  1006.     A  LIUITBD 
AMOUNT  FOB   SALE  BY 

KUHN,LOEB&€0>,  NO.  31  NASSAU  ST. 


CONVERSION  or  FORlfIGN    BONDS   AND 

STOCKS  INTO  BRITISH  FUNDS. 
Before  investing  .your  savings  or  converting  your 
stocks  address 
MESSRS.  f.  MALLBTT,  FBLFACRN  &  CO., 

So.  11  Soutbwark  Exchange, 

London.  8.  K. 

LETTERS  OF  CREDIT  AND    CUllBENT    AC^JOUNTS 

O.V    BEMITTANCliS     ON    LONDON.    BRUSSELS,  AND 

PARIS,  AND  ALSO  DEPOSITS   MADE  ON    HtiUCHAN- 

DlSE. 

This  bonsR  receives  consignments  of  funds  on  estab- 
lished conditions,  and  delivers  in  exchange  Iwuk  drafts 
of  stated  maturity. 


THE  AMERICAN  MINING 
AND  STOCK  EXCHANGE, 

Will  remove  to  their   new  Board  Boom, 
No.  OO.  BBOADWAY.  AND  NO.  23  NEW  STSBST. 

on  or  about  the  Ist  of  March. 

GBORGB  TUTHILL,  President. 
H.  J.  HuBBAKD.  Secretary. 


WAVKi-ANn,  Ind.,Feb.  23, 1877. 

We  WILL  TARE  AN  AGENCV  TO  LOAN 
money  oa  mortgase  or  other  seourities.  Befer- 
ences  :  Messrs.  updycke.  Terry  &  Steele.  (City,)  and 
Mercantile  Reporters.       JOSEPH  HILLIGAN  b  CO. 


v.  ROBlN<^ON  WARUKN  tfe  CO. 

WM.  O.  HOFFMAN,  Auctloniier, 

No.  1U6  Broadway,  corner  of  Pine  st, 

STOCKS,  BONOS,  ANO  Bh.AL  SSTAlB. 


BROWN   BROTHERS  «V  CO.. 

NO.  69  Wall  si'.. 

insUis  OOMHKRnlAL  and  TKAVKLKttS'   CRaDtTit 

AVAILABLE  in  all  PAKTS  of  the  WOELU. 


STEAMBQATS. 

STONINGTON  LINJE 

VOR     BOSTON    AND    ALL    FOINTM     EAST. 
REDUCED   FAIIE. 

Elegant  steamers  leave  Pier  No.  33  North  Biver. 
foot  of  Jay  St.  at   6P.  M.     ' 

Tickets  for  sale  at  tU  orluolpil  tloisetoi&ees.  Stata- 
rooms  secured  at  otBuesor  Westoutt  li  cprosa  Uompao?. 
aud  at  Na  363  Broadway. 

PROVIIIBNCK    LINE. 

Freicht  ooty,  steamers  leave  Pisr  Do.  27  Kortb 
River,  foot  or  Park  plMie,  at  4:30  P.  U.  Freiichts  via 
•ttber  line  taken  at   lowestrataa. 

1).  6.  BABCOUK.  fres.       U.  vV.  AtiCurs.  <3t.    P.  Agoni. 


SiBlBPWQ, 


K>B  QDKBMftTOwV  A  XD   Lt^iUtPOOIa     OABftZUa 

^  DMTKDSTA'MSiUlU 

The  steaniata  of  thisiluB  tave  tha  Laue  RoatMci' 
eommendetf  "by  Uent  ^KUf,  0. 3.  if..  zaAng  toam  jf 
tbe  Banks  on  the  passage  to  Qaaeostownau  thuya  at 
round. 

CKLTIU SATURDAY.  MarohlO.atS  P.    H. 

GEBMABIC SATURDAY:  March  17.  6:30  A  R. 

ADBIATIO SATUBDAY.  Mareh  81.  at6t30  A  M. 

BElTAIfNlO MTUBDAY.  April?,  12:30  P.  M. 

From  White  .<<car  Dook.Pler  No.  52  !(orth  Blver. 

These  steamers  are  uuifoimin  slxs  and  itnsnroassed  | 
hi   appoiDtm<«nt«.    The    salonn.  stataroo^ni.    smoktaz  i 
and  oatb  rooms  are  amldsblos.  where  the   oolsa  ana  < 
motion  «*<>  least  felt,  affordlne  a  dagresof  oomfiirt 
hitlierto  unattainable  atsaa.  „ 

Bates— Saloon  $80  tad  «lOO,r>ii-      revuro    ttokets 
•nfavorable  terms ;  stesraTs,  S7^ 

For  hispeotion  of  plans  andother  information  appi r  > 
attbeCompanypomcei.  Na  37  Broadway.  New-York. 
H.J.   OOBTIS.   Agent. 


.   l^VBKPOOL    AND    RBRAT    WRSTBKN 

STBAtt  CO.^IPANY.     (LIMlTBai 

LIVKEPOOL.   (VlftQuewistowil,) 

CARBSING  THB  DNITKU  SrATKBJlAlU 

TUEiSOAV. 

Learlng  Pier  Ka  46  North  Blyer-a8(fi>Ilowa:  , 

•IBIHO Feb.  27,  at  8  P.  Jt 

UONTANA March  6.  at  10  A.  M. 

WISCONSIN Marohl3.  atS  P.  .M. 

WYOMING If  nmh  20,  at  9  A  Ml 

DAKOTA..^ March  27,  at  3P.  M. 

iiSVADA „ Aprils,  at   fi  A-M.i 

BaTBS  of   PAliSENGKBS    BBDUCED. 
Steerage,  $26;  intermediate.  $10;  oabia.  $33  to  $30,  ' 
..according  lo state-room.    OfSoes,  No.  29  Broadway. 

WILLJAAIS  <Sc  tiUION.     . 


ATLAS  MAIL  LINE. 

BI-MONTHLY     SERVIOR     TO   JA^.VtU4.t.  HAtTI. 
COLUMBIA,  and  aSPINVVALL,  and  >i»>PA2tAUA  aal  ^ 
SOUTH  PAOIFJO  POKTS  (vU  A»plawaU.l^.Fir3li-ola»» 
tnll-powered  Iron  sore^r  acsamers,  ^ froa^or  v  2ia  51 ' 
North  River; 

icrHAYTl, COLOMBIA.  THTHMUf*    OF  PANA.SIA.  ,  auC 
IM)0TH  PACIFIC  POETS  (via  Aapin«ralLi 

ALPS Feb.  28 

ETNA ^aroh  16 

i'or  KINGSTON  (Jam.)  aud  HAYTL 

ATLAH March  14 

aupertor  flrst-ol  vss  o^isst  I'rsr  •t<ioomai3datlaii. 
PIM..FOBWOO0  It  oa,  Aaentv 
No.  56  Wall  Jt. 


STATE   LINE. 

NKW-YOER    TO   GbASGOW,     HVKaPiiOO.     DUBLIB, 

BBbPAST,  AND  LOND.ONOBKRL 

These  drst-class  iu<l- powered  steamers   will  sail  ttora 

Pier  No.  42  North  Ftlret  foot  or  HanaMt. 

BTATKOr  INDIANA Tlmisdav,  March  8 

PTATh  OF  VIEGLVIA Tlmrsdav. March  15 

PTATfc.  OF  PKNNSYLVANIA Tbiirsdav.  March  2? 

BTATh  OF  GEOK<*iA Tlmrsdav.  March  v!9 

First  oabin,  seo,  f  05,  snd  S'70.  Rccorclin?  to  accom- 
modations: return  tlcket8,$110.$l26.  Second  cabin 
$45:  return  ttcketa  $8a  eteerage  at  lowest  rates. 
Applyco 

AUSTIN  BALDWIN  ds  OO..  Acenta, 

Ko.72  Broadway.  New- Yorit.    . 
8TKBRAGK  tlcsets  at   No.  45  Broadway,  aud  at  the- 
company's  pier,  foot  or  uanaUt..   Nortn  Blver. 


GREAT  SOUTHERN 

FREIGHT  AND  I'ASSENiiBR  LINE. 

SAILING  FROU  PIKR  NO.  29    NOKTU  RI7BB. 

WKDNKSDAYBaud.SATCRUAYS  at  3  P.    Mm 

FOR  CHARLESTON,  S.  C,  FLORIDA.  TBE 

SODTfl.  AND  HOUTH.WEST. 

GEO.  W.  Ci,YDE WBDNBBDAY....Peb.  28 

CBAEi^KSTON SATURDAY U arch  3 

SUPERIOR  PASSKNGEK  ACCOMMODATIONS. 
Jn8uranoetoil9stiuatioaja>vl%lt  nT  on*  percent 
Goods  forwarded  frne  of  commission.  Passenger  ttoic  ^ 
etrandbilis  of  ladlneissan'l  Ita  isirned  at  tha  oifiooDf  * 
JAinu.r>  W.  (tUINTARD  S:  CO.,    Asent*, 
„  No.  177  West  ^t.,  corner  Watreo.  % 

OrW.  P.  CLYDE  &00..  No  SBowllngGreen. 
OrBKSTLEY   a     HASBLL,   Generut    AKent    '  ■^^ 
(ireatMoathern  PrelKht  Ltue.  317   Bro&dway. 


„      NORTH    UERinA^  LI.OVU. 

STEAM-SHIP     LINE    BETWEKN    NEW-YOttfc  BOUTB- 

AMPTOK  .  ANU  BREMEN. 

Company's  i^er.    foot  or  2d  is.,    dobotcsn. 

NECKAE....Sat..  March  3  |  WE8EE. Sat..  March  17 

AM  KHICA... Sat..  March  10  |  MOSKI. Sat..  March  24 

tiATHS  OF  I-ASSAOlt  FItOM    NKVF-YORK  TO  SOUTH' 
AMPTON.    BAVRE.   OB  BEKMEN: 

First  cabin $lOO>roiil 

t*(ond  cabin BOgold 

fcteerage *""      SOcurrenrr 

Ketum  tickets  at  reduced citi»s.  PreUaid  steerasa 
certihoateg,  $32  currency.  Por  fr  jii'it  or  passage  ap- 
Plyto  OKLHlCHSSiOO..  Sa  2  3 owllng  Green. 


FALL    RIVER    LINE 

FOE 

BOSTON  AND     TBCB     EAST. 

FARES  REDUCED. 

Leave  New-Vork  dallr,  (Sunday  escepted,)  fromPiar 
No.  2S  North  Blver.  foot  <>f  .Unrrav  st..  5  P.  M. 

BOUDKN  &  LOVELL.  AKSnts. 
GEO.  L.  CONNOR,  GeiierAl  Passeuiier  A;{enu 


X^OR      NBW-UAVEN.    HARTFOaO,     iSko 

a^  Fore  SI !  acaamers  leava   Peck   slip  for  New-Uaven 
at  3  and  11  P.  M.,  conneotlog  with  roa<L 


LiiORBRIDtiEPORTAi^D  ALL  FOINVH  QH  ofpassase and trelgbt have  been  Exe 
FHouaatomc  and  .Nau^atuoa  Bailroad.— Kacsk  sL  -Fox  further  Information  amity  to  the 
tainww  lawsiOMhaiitMfcallniiK.JJUiM  A.  <L>       -'"--'  .  jUH.  BOftl.l>KT>i,MftJ?U  Wa 


ANCHOR  LINE  b.  M.  3IAIL  STBADIERt*. 

SEW-YORK  AND  OLASOOW 

Oahlbrnla.March  3,  b  A  M.  I  Victoria. March  17.  7  A  M. 

Ethiopia. March  10,  2P.  M.  I  Holl via. .March  24.  1  P.  M- 

TO  GLASGOW.  LfVKBPOOL,  OR  DKREi, 

Cabius  $0S  to  $80,  accordiui;  to  accammodations: 
Intermediate, $35;    Steerage  $28. 
NKW-YORK  AND  LONDON. 
Kl.ysia... March  10.  2   P.  M.  I  Italia... March  24.  1  P.  M. 
Cabins,  $56   to  $7U      Steeratre,  $28.     Cabin  excnr- 
sion    (icicets  at   reduced    rates.     Drafts  issued  ibr  any 
amount  at  current  rates.     Comoanv's  Pier  Nos.  20  aud 
il.  North  River,  N.  Y.         HENDERSON  BROTHEEIS, 
__^ Agents. No.  7  BowUne  Green. 

~        INSIAN  LINE.    MAI  L  ^STEA.tlERlS. 

„,^,    FOROnEENSTOW«  ANT^  LIVKSPOOL. 
£??  <**  RICHMOND.  Katunlay.  Mar(5h  3.  at  8  AM- 
CITY  OF  BRUSSELS. .Saturdav.  March  17.  6:30  A.  IL 

tni  OiBEBLl-N.Saturdav.  March  ^4.     kl  1  P.>  U. 

CABIN, $HO  and  $100, Gold...  Eacuro  "itits  oofv 
vorable  terms.  STBgRAGB.  ^2^  Corronoy  Diafia 
at  lowestrAJd).  '. 

Saloons,  iitatn-roonas.  smokiue.  and  Batb-^ms. 
amidships.  JOHN  0.  DALE,  Aifeat 

' Nos.  1 6  and  33 Broadway.  N.Tu 


SHiPFXisra 

CUNARP  LINE  B.  ^.N.^A.  R.  M.  S.  P.  CO. 

with  toe  view  of  dtmhushlngtho  onanoes  of  oolUsioa 
theeteaiaers  of  this  lino  taka  a  speoi&ed  ooursa  fbr  Ml 
seasons  of  tlie  year. 

On  the  ontwardoassasfe  ^rnva  Qussnstowat)  New- 
Yorlr  or  Boston.  croBBinamaridlanofSJat  43 1  kUtuls. 
or  not  hint;  toth<^northnf4'). 

On  thehomewardpasB»se.ar/>«^a!j  r.'ia  mendiaaif 
C(lat42,or  oothinirtothe  north  of  4'i. 

raoM  xav-ToRK  roa  nvaapoot  avp  QtimKSTOWX. 
BATAnA..„WBU.  .Feb.  28i  ALGKRIA.WKU..  March  14 
ABTSSmiA.WRa.  March  7l  PARTHIA..WEU..   Mar.. 21 

Stesmers  narkeo  ■  oo  notnarrv  stesrivw  passeneers. 

CaWopa88ae^«80,  $100,anl  $i30,  jrin,  a„cordio3 
to  accommodation.    Return  rlotretson  favorable  terms. 

Steer^ae tiskets  toand  from  ill  natts  of  Enropeat 
very  lowrates.  Frelirht  and  oassase  oCacs,  No.  4  Bowl- 
>n< green. CHAB  Q.  FRaNCKLYS.  Aseui. 

A^4|^BNGERM  PER  »TEAM-^HIP    RATA- 

VIA  embark  from  the  Cunard  Wharf,  foot  of  Grand. 
St.,  Jersey  <^t.y,  at  2  P.  M.  on  WEDNKSOaY.  280: 
February,  1877.  CHAS.  G.  FRANCKLYN 

No.  4  Bowling  Green,  New-York. 

2 EAILROA^D^8._____ 

PEMSYLVANIA   EAILROAD. 

GREAT  TRliNK.  LINE 

AND  UNITED  STATKi  MAIL  ROUTB. 

Trains  leave  l^ew-Yora,  via  Desbrosses   aal      Gor^ 

landt  Streets  i<'errles,  as  f jUowa: 

Express  for  Uarrisburs,  Pittsburg,  the  West  and 
South,  with  Pullman  Palace  Curs  attached.  8i30  A. 
M.,  6  aud  8:30  P.  M.,  daily. 

For  Williamsport,  Lock  Haven,  Corrv,  and  Erie,  at 
8:30  P.  iL,  connecting  at  Corry  for  Tltusville,  Petto> 
leum  Centre,  and  the  Oil  Resions.  For  WiUiamj- 
port  and  Look  Haven,  8:30  A  M. 

For  Baltimore,  Washington,  and  the  South,  "Lim- 
ited Wftshiujton  Express"  of  Pullman  Parlor  Cars 
aaily.  except  Sunda.y,  0:30  A.  M.:  arrive  Washinc- 
ton 4:10  P.  U.  Regular  at8:40  A.  M.,  1,  0,  anda 
P.  M.    Sunday,  6  anu  9  P.  M. 

Express  for  Pliiiadelphia,  7:  30, 8:30,  8:40.  (9:30  Lim- 
ited,) 10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8:30,  9  P.  M.,  and  12 
nizbt.  Sunday,  8:30  A.  M..  5,  0.  7.  8:30,  and  U  P.  M. 
Emigrant  anu  second-class,  7  P.  SL 

Accommodation  for  Trenton.  7  A.  M.,  2  and  4:10  P.  JL 

For  trxins  to  Newark.  Bl!Z4l>eth.  Rahway,  PrlnootoiL 
iTenton,   Perth  Amboy,  Flumington,  Belvidera,  and  ' 
other  points,  see  looal  schedules  at  all  Ticket  Of- 
fices. 

Trains  arrive;  Prom  Pittsburg.  6:20  and  10:30  A.  M, 
aud  10:20  P.M.  daily  10:10  A.  M.  and  6:5(1  P.  id. 
dail.v,  exoent  Monday.  From  Washinston  and  Bal- 
timore, b::«),  9:50  A.  M..  4:10,  5:10.  and  10:20  P.  >t 
hunrtay  6:30,  9:50  A.  M.  Prom  Philadelphia,  5:03, 
6:20.  6:30.  9:50,  10:10.  11:50  A.  M„  2:10.  4:10,  5:101 
6:50  8:40.  10:10,  and  10:20  P.  M.  Sundav  5:05, 
6:20,  6.30,  9:60,  11:50,  A-  M.,  6:50.  10:10,  and  10:20 
P.  M 
Ticket  Offices,  Nos.  526  and  944  Broadway,  Na  I 

Astor  House,  und   foot  of    Desbrosses   and   Cortland! 

streets.'      No.  4  Court  street.  Brooklvu:     Nos.  114.  lift 

and  118  Hudson  street.  Hobokeu:    Depot.  Jersey  City 

KmlKraot Ticket  Oflioa,  ^lo.  8  Battery  plac^. 

FBANK  THOMSON.  D.  il.  BOYD,  Jb., 

General  Manaser.  Geiipral  Passenger  Arent. 

TO    PHILAOELFHIA  ' 

via 

PENNSYLVAIJIA   RAILROAD. 

TEE  OLD'ESTABLISHED  ROUTE  AND   SHORT  LINB 

between 

NBW-TORK.    AND    PHILADELPHIA. 

14  Through  Trains  each  way  daily;     3  Depots  In  Phila- 
delphia, 2  In  ITew-York. 

4   Traeks,   the  most    Improved    Eqnlpment,   and    tfaa 
Fastest  Time  consistent  with  absolute  safety. 

Express  Trains  leave  New-York,  via  Desbrosses  and 

Cortlandt  iitreets  Ferries,  as  follows: 
7:30.  8:30,  8:40,  (9:30  Limited,)  10:30  A.  M.,  1,  4,  6,  a 

7,  8:30.  9  P.  M.,  and  12  Midnight.    Sunday.   8:30  A 

M.,  6.  6.  7,'8;30.  and  9  P.  M. 
Betuming,  trains  leave  Philadelphia  3:20,  3:30,7,  7:3(1 

8:30,  and  11  A.  M.,  (Limited  Express,    1:35  P.    M.J 

1:40,  4,  5:30,  7.  and  7:35  P.   M.,  and   12  Midnlghti 

On  Sunday  3:20.  3:30,  7,  8:30  A.  M..  4,  7,  7:35  P.  M., 

aud  12  Midnight. 

Ticket  Offices,  Nos.  626  and  944  Broadway,  Na  1 
Astor  Honse,  and  foot  of  Deshrosses  and  Cortlandt 
Bts.,  No.  4  Court  st,  Brooklyn;  Nos.  114,  116,  and  llg 
Hudson  St.,  Hoboken;  Depot.  Jersey  City.  KTnijp-n.nl 
Ticket  Office.  No.  8  Battery  place. 
FRANK  THOMSON.  D.  M.  BOYD,  Jk.. 

General  Manager.  General  Passenger  Agent 


NATIONAL  LINE— Piers  44  and  61  North  Bivei; 
FOE  LONDON. 

DENMARK.... SATURDAY.  March  10,  P.M. 

FOR  yUKENSTOWN  AND  LIVERPOOL. 
ThfQneett.Mar.3,  7>aA.M.  |  Spam,  March  10,  IP.  k. 

Oabin  and  steerage  passage,  and  drafts  from  &X  up- 
ward, issued  at  very  low  ratea  CompHiiv's  offices  No.' 
09  Uroadway. K  W.  J.  HURaT,  Manager. 

ONL,y  UIKBCT  UINB  TO   KKAiNCH. 

TEE  GENERAL  TBiNSATLA.NTIC  OOilPA.'irS   ttAlIkJ- 
BTKAMEB8BKTWBKN.NE^-Y0RKAS0aA7aaL    ^ 
CalUugat  PLYMOUTH  (G.  8.)  for  the  UnJlait  of 
,„   ,  HassehKera. 

WUlsallfrom  Pier  No.  42  Noith  River,  foot  ot  Morton 

St.,  every  alternate  Weduesday,  beginning  with : 

•BT.  LAuREN  i .  Lacoesnei.  Weanesuav,  Mch.  7, 11 A  M. 

For  particnlars  address  \ 

LODls  LK  BEBlA.V,  Aceut,  Na  65  Broadway.     ' 


NKW-YORK  OKNTRAL  AND  HUDSOt^l 
BIVEB  RAILROAD Commencine  Dec   lifi^    i87Bi 

throueb  trains  will  leave  Grand  Central  Depot 

7:16  A.  M.,  H'estem  and  Northern  Kxoressi  with 
drawiUK-room  cars  to  Cananiiaigua. 

b:30  A.  M..  special  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  Bxpress. 
with  drawing- room  cars  to  Boohester  aud  BuSala. 
Also,  throush  oar  to  St.  Louis. 

11:00  A  M..  Northf^rn  aud  Western  Kxorsss. 

8:30P.  M..  special  Albany.  Troy  aud  Western  Bs- 
nrpss  arrives  at  Buffalo  7: 10  A.  M. 

5:0(1  P.  U.,  Kipress.  with  slesplUT  cars,  fbr  Water- 
town  audCanandaixua.    Alsofar  iilontraal  rla  PUtto* 

8:30?  M..  Pacific  Express,  daily,  with  sleeping  cars. 
lor  Bochest«E,  Niagara  Falls.  BuflEalo.  Cleveland,  lo* 
diahapolis,  and  Louisviila  Also  for  Chicago^  via  botb 
L-  &  and  M.  CL  Bailroads,  ana  to  Montreal  via  SU  At 
pans. 

11:00  P.  M.,  Express,  with  eleepln?  oars,  for  Albany 
.and  Troy.    Way  trains  as  per  local  TimeTablea 

Tickets  tor  sale  at  Nos.  252,  '261,  and  413  Broadwa;^ 
and  Ht  Westcott  Express  Company's  otficea  Noa  7 
Park  place,  785  and  94'.f  Broadway  New-York.  an< 
833  Washington sL.   Brooklyn. 

a  B.  MKEKKR.  General  Passenger  Agenu 


FOR  SAVANNAH,  GA., 

Tut  FLORllJA  PORTS,    ■  ' 

AND  THE  BUUTH   AND  SOUTH-WEST. 

CEEATSOin'HKRN  FREIGHT  AND  PASSENGEB  LIMB, 

CBNTBAL    RAILROAD  OP  GEORGIA.  AND 

ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  RAILBOAU. 

WEDNESDAY   AND  SATURDAY. 
nJ^-^^^^^^ST^Oti.tJapt.  MALtOBjr.  WEDNBSDAY,  Fob. 
za.  Pier  flo.   43  North  River.  3  PM-    GEO.  YOJKGK. 
Ajient.  So.  400  Broadway.  *w««a,.^ 

..'''^?  Salvador,  uapt.  NicKEasojj,  Saturday. 
March  3.  Pier  43  NortU  Blver,  3  f .  M.  G*0.  YONGE. 
Agt,  409  Broadway. 

OKNKRALBABnBb,  Capt  Chbbsxas.  WEDNESDAY, 
March  7. 'Pier  16  Kast  Rivei,  a  f  au  MURRAY.  FKR- 
El.S  k  CO.,  A  KM.,    tj-ii  South  St. 

BAN  JACINiu,    capt.   Hazabd.    SATURDAY.   March 

409  Broadw.**"''  *"^"'  ^  ^"  *^    ^^^  ^^^**^  ^"^ 

Insurance  ONE-HALF  PEr"ces^T.  Suparlor  aocom- 
modations  for  passengers.  Throuah  rates  and  bills  of  '. 
ladlnn  in  connection  with  Central  R.  R.  of  Qeorsia, 
Atlantic  and  UaU  RaUroad.  and  Florida  aceamers 
D "-l.^^Kv  ^oS""^  iMctaton  also,  with  the  stoamer  J. 
B.  NCUYLER.  which  has  been  placed  on  the  inside 
route  trom  Savannah  to  Florida,  and  offers  unsuTDassod 


accommodations. 

U  U.  UVVKNS, 
Agent  A.  ic  G.  B.  R. 
Na  315  Broadway. 


GKOBGB  YOSQB, 
Agent  C.  R.  R.  of  Ga., 
No.  409  Broadway. 


n^^  STEAM'SHIJ^  LINES. 

Bailing;  irom  Pier  foot  Canal  St.,  North  Rlveii 

For  SAN  FKA.SClSCd.  via  ISTHMUS  OF  PANAMA. 

Steam-ship  CRESCENT  CITx ihursday,  Mproh  I 

connecthig  lor  Central   Amerioa  ana  South  Pad&c 
ports. 

From  S  AN  FEANCISCO  to  JAPAN  and  CHINA. 

eieam-ehip  CITY  Olf  TOKIO Thursday.  March  1 

Prom  San  Francisco  to  Saadwiou  lalauda  Australia. 

and  New-ZealanA 
Steam-ship  CITY  OF  SIDNKY Wednesdav.  Fob.  28 

For  freight  or  passage  apply  to 
WM.  P.  cCydk&Co.,  orH.  J.  ^DLLAY,  Superintendent 

Na  b  Bowling  Green.  Pier  fbot  Canal  St.,  North  Eiyer. 


SBW-VOBK.  HAVaM  a.  a .S  DUBXIOAfl  M.a.lb1.  A.  LIXA.    ^ 

Bteamers  leave  Pier  .to.  .i  Xorca  tl<-ir  ««  i  .-»     ML 
oT-m.  *^"*t  HAVANA  DIHEUr. 

CnrSpffii^V,''^ "■ed.^*8day,Peb.28, 

inikA,  RE  vl?*^5^;,-.; Saturday.  March  10\ 

£.^.TKO|;  J;BRa  CRUZ Wednesday.  March  14 

v\^»J^^^  V***^*   AND    NBW-ORLKAN."*. 

Tampioa  ""*•  '^"«"«*  OanJ^aaoHy  Tutpan,  and 
ClTi  OF  flijiXlCO Saturday,  March  10 

bteamei|  wiuieavo  Mew-.)riean8  fen.  aSana  March 
lOior  Vei'acrusauiiaii  theduoyo;>.wc».  '*»'"«'" 

Ijprttaight  or  passage ^opiycj 

KAmXAMDRBfesSNg.  Sos.  it  and  ii  Bro«lwar. 


NE  W'  YOMKAND  HA  VAN  A 

DIRECT  fflAIL    LINE. 

et   

COLUMBUS WEDNESDAY,  March  7 

CLYUE SATCBDAY,  March  17 

Accommoda^ons  uuenrpassed.  For  l^elebt  or  pas- 
sage apply  to  WM.  P.  CLYDE  &  CO.,  No.  6  Bowhng 
Green.    McKELLKR,  LULING  &  CO.,  Agents  in  Havana 


These  hrst-class  steamships  sail  rezularly 
at  3  P.  M..^l:om  PlorNa  13  North  Biveras 
follows: 


AMKRIOAN  CiTEAaU-aiHlP  LINE 

BetweenPtuiad'ab  Liverpool,  oalliui;  at  Qnaoustown. 
Thursdays  ttom  Phllad'a,  Wednesdays  from  Llvarpooi.  ' 

Steamers  to  sail  fTom  Philadelphia  as  follows: 
Indiana Feb.  151  "Lord    Olive. March  8 

Illinois Feb.  22  1  Pennsvlyania.... March  16 

Ohio Marcb  Ij  Indiana March  22 

Price  or  passage  in  currency: 
Cabin,  $75  to  $10a  Intermeoiste,  S4a    ateeraxe.  $23.  . 
PETBE  WRIGHT  &  60N3,  Oan.     Afrents,  Phllad'a.      * 

Na  B2  Broadway,  New-York. 
JOHN  McDO^iALD  No.  8  Battery  place,  Ne\r-York. 


HAiTIBLiilti  Ameneau    Paoset     <iompanv's„Liinch 
IOTPLYUOUrH.CtlR&BOURG.  aud  UAMBURa 

SUKVU March  liHKEDEK Mftroh  16 

HAMrioMA March  SIWlKijAND Uaroh  22 

Rates  of  p;»3ijb^ca    PLyaioacU,    Londoo,  Oherboarz,  ; 
Hamburg;  and  til  pomtsia  tinii;laa:(.   First  Oabin,  $L<llj '. 
gold:  Second  Oabin,  £tij  goldi  scesrage,  £30,  eurrsacy. ' 
KDNHARm'JtOO.,  aa   RICHARD  St  BOAii, 

"  ■"  "   leral  Passenger  ' 

61Broi.dway. 


Merohants'  Steam-ship  Line  to  Brazil 


FOB  PERNAMBDCO  AAD  BABIA. 

Steam-aUp  CA9SINI  ma  saU  about  MABOB  L    B*tes 
'  *^ "        "      I  Axed  on  a  law  ^aaia. 
the  agent, 
iW^aak^AwaoA^.'' 


ERIE  RAILWAV. 

Winter  Arraneemect  of  through  iralus.  From  Cham- 
bers Street  Depor.    (For  23d  st.  see  note  below.) 

9:00  A.  M.,  dailv,  except  Simdavs,  Cincinnati  and 
Chicago  Day  Exoress.  DrawinK-room  coaches  to  Btiitala. 

10:45  A.  M.,  daily,  except  Sundavs,  Expl^ess  Mail  foe 
Bufiaio  and  the  West.    Sleeping  coaoh  to  Buffila 

7:00  P.  M.,  daily.  Pacific  Express  to  the  West  Sleep- 
ing coaches  through  to  Buffalo.  Niasara  Falls,  Cincin- 
nati, and  GhicaKo  without  change.  Hotel  dining 
coaches  to  Chicago. 

7:00  P.  M.,  except  Sundays,  Western  Emigrant  train. 

Ahove  trains  leave  Twenty-third  Street  Ferry  al 
8i45  and  10:16  A.  M.,  and  6:45  P.  M. 

For  local  trains  see  time-tables  and  cards  In  botell 
uid  depots. 

JNO.  N.  ABBOTT.  General  Passenger  Agent 

NfiW-YOUH,    NEW-HAYE.N.    ANO    HART< 
FORD    RAILROAD.' 

After  Dec  10.  1876.  trains    leave  Urand  Central  Da- 

fot  (42d  St.)  tor  New-Caanan  Railroad  at  8:05  A.  M~ 
.  4:40  P.  M.;  Danbiiiy  andNorwalk  Railroad  at  8:05 
A.  M.,  t,  and  4:40  P.  M.;  Nausatuck  Railroad  at  8:05  A 
M.,  and  3  P.  M.;  Uoosatoniu  Railroaa  at  8:05  A.  M.. 
and  3  P.  M.;  New-Haven  aud  Northampton  Railroad  al 
8:05  A.  M..  and  3P.  BL;  lor  Newport  at  8:05  A  M.  and 
IP.  fiL;  Boston  aud  A  many  Railroad  at  8:05  and 
11  A.  M.,  3  and  9  p.  M..  (9  P.  il.  on  Sunday;)  Boston, 
(via  Shore  Line.l  at  1  and  10 P.  M.,  (10  P.  M.  on  Suo- 
daya.)  Boston  and  New-York  Air  Line,  8  A.  M.,  1  ^aa^ 
ll!36  P.  M. 
Way  trains  as  per  local  time-tables.^ 

LEHIGH  VALLGV  RAILROAD. 

ABBANGEMENT        PASSENGER  TRAINS.        JAN.L' 

1877. 
Leave  depots  foot  of  Cortlandt  and  Dehrosses  sts.,  ai 

6:30  P.  M. — Night  Express,  dailv.  fiir  Baston,  Bethla- 
hem,  Allencown,  Mauch  Chiint,  Wilksbarre,  Pittstoo, 
Bajre,  Elmira,  Ithaca,  Auburn,  Rochester.  Baa.ila,  , 
Niagara  Fails,  and  the  West.  Pullman's  sleeping 
coaches  attached. 

General  Easiern  office  coruer  Church  aud  Cortlandt 
sts.,  CHARLES  H.  CUMMl.VGS.    Ageut. 

ROBEUT  H.  SAYRE,  Superintendent  and  Engineer. 

ICRFORD  RAILROAD  RflUTE  TO   NBW.^ 

PORT,  E.  I. — Passengers  lor  this  line  take  8:06  A. 
M.  and  1  P.  M.  express  trains  from  Grand  Central- 
Depot,  arriving  at  4:18  and  8  P.  M.  at  Newport 

THEODOBa  WARREN,  Superintendent. 


Office  of  the  STERLINL^  EIRE  INS.  CO.,  I 

*  Ko.  Ida  Bboaoway,  Nbw-Yokk,   Feb.    14,  1877.     } 

20TH  DIVIDEND. 

4  A  BBMI-ANNUAL  DIYIDEND  OF  EITE  PRJR  CENT. 

is  liayable  on  demand. 

'  J.  K.  VANBENHSELAEB,  Secretary. 


CHICAGO  AND  ALTON  RAILROAD  CO. 

Sbcrxtart's  Officb,  i 

Chicago.  Feb.  8,  1877-  > 
Notice  is  hereby  elven  to  the  Stockholders  of  the 
Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad  Company  that  a  cash  divi- 
dend of  four  (4)  per  cent  has  this  day  been  declared 
upon  the  Preferred  and  Common  btock  ot  this  Com- 
pany, payable  at  the  bankloK-house  of  the  Company's 
Agents,  Messrs.  M.  K.  Jesup,  Paton  it.  Co.,  No.  62  Wil- 
liam street,  in  the  City  of  New- York,  oa  the  let  day  of 
March  next,  to  holders  who  are  registered  as  sncn  at 
the  close  of  business  hours  on  the  17th  uay  of  Keoru- 
ary,  inst,  at  which  time  the  transfer  books  will  be 
closed,  and  reopened  for  transfers  on  the  2d  day  of 
March  next.  W.  M.  LARRABEii,  Secretary. 


.877.  > 


fiEV-Yoaic  ANO  Colorado  Coxpast, 
Pa&k  Bank  Bduj>ikg 
Nbw-York.  Feb.  10.  1877. 

DIVIDEND    NO.  1.— A  DIVIDBND  OF  OAK    PKR 
cent  has  been  declared   on    the   capital  stoCk  of 
this   company,  pavable   at  this    office,  on   and    after 

Marcb  I,  187''.  to  the  stockholders  of  record  at  tba 
olosiuK  of  the  transfer-boots,  which  will  close  ou  the 
20th  day  of  February  Instant,  and  reopen  March  2, 
1877.  H.  GROKNEMEIKR,  Secretary. 


Opfic»  or  THs  BAiririBAi.  and  .-t.  Jobsipb  > 
BAU.BOAD  COMPAST,    No.   7»    BbOaDWAY.  > 

NEW-Y0RK,Feb.  26,  1877.     ) 

THE  INTEREST  aiATLiil.NG  MARCH  1, 
1877.  on  ihe  iifteen-year  eight  per  cent,  converti- 
ble honds  of  this  compan.v  will  Oe  paid  on  preeentatioa 
Of  the  proper  coupons  at  the  Bank  of  North  America, 
No.  44  Wail-st,  New-York,  on  and  after  Tlvursday, 
March  1.  1877.  JiiHN  P.  ACKfelR,  Treasurer. 

.^  ..,.-  lilgglCE  OF  CHA?*B    &  ATKAWB.  ' 

""^  Bankers,  No.  18  Broad-st, 

Kaw-YoRK,  Feb.  27,  1877. 
THB  INTEREST  COUPOSB   of  the    BUFFALO   AW) 
STATE  LINK  RAILROAD  COMPANY,  due  March  1,  wiU 
be  oald  at  this  office. 


ELEOTIOm 

CucrK(.AND,  CoiJiicBirs,  CurcivsATi  An> } 
UrpiANAPoLis  Railvay  C0KPA3[T,     > 
CiKvaij^D,  O..  Feb   15,  1877,  > 

THE  ANNUAL  ftlKBTlNG  Ot?  THE  STOUK- 
holders  oi  this  company  for  the  election  of  Dlreo- 
tors,  and  tor  the  transaction  ot  other  business,  vrih  be 
held  at  the  office  of  the  company  in  Cleveland,  oa 
WEDNESDAY,  March  7,  1877. 

The  transter-bookd  will  be  closed  from  the  evanlsf 
of  2Dth  inst,  untii  March  8. 

GEO.  H.  RUSSELL.  Sectetaxy. 


Stutvebaxt  Fraa  iNstmABOs  Coxpaitt,     ) 

No.  122  boWBKX  and  No.  200  Bboaowat.     > 

Nbw-York.  Feb.  21,  1877.  > 

TBK  ANNUAL  ELECTION  VUK  TWis.NT». 
fire  Directors  and  tbree  lospectors  ot  tbe  next  an- 
nual eleotiou  WiU  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  com| 
So.  122  Bowery,  on  TUURSDAi'.  March  8, 
Poll  opened  at  12  M.,  ana  closed  at  1  o'clock  P.  M. 

UEORCrK  B.  BHOAUS,  Secretary. 


Harlki  Bark.  «kw-Vokk,  Feb.  17,  1877. 

THB  ANNUAL  MEETING  OE  THE  STOCB- 
boldsrs  of  ttala  l>ank  lor  the  election  ot  Oireetora  and 
inspectors  of  election  for  the  eusnine  year,  will  tM 
held  at  tneir  baiiklug-rooms  on  TUESDAY,  March  9, 
1877.  Polls  open  from  1  to  3  P.  Al-  Transfer-hooka 
will  be  closed  oa  tbe  <i6th  inst.  _ 

C.  H.  EOBKBTS, 


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*HB   Ve-TOVI^S    OFFICB   OJf  THiC  'flXtJBS. 

The  niKtown  office  of  THB  TTUBS  la  located  •« 

(t9,  1,3117  Broadway,  bet.  31st  and  39d  sts* 

htsa  dally.  Sundays  Inoinded.  from  4  A.  M.  to  9  P.   ii. 

^•bbwartptioaa  reoelTed.  and  copies  of  *HB  TIMBS  for 

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ADVBRTI8BMBNT8  BBCBIVBD  tJHTn  9  P.  M. 


CHAMBBR-ntAXO^NDRSU.— BY  T<VU  SCOTCH 
P<-oteatBnt  {ciTle,  aiaters.  one  as  otramber-maid  and 
▼Kltrest,  tbe  «t&eT  m-  nnrae  and  seanistzeas :  good 
reference;  no  oTtJection  to  the  connttr.  Adflreas 
Stiters,  Box  No.  278  TIJK5  OP-TOWN   OFWCF,  HO. 

1,267  BHuaDWaT. 


/^HAMIJKK-*IA1D,  dfcc— BY  A  RESPBOTABLB 
TVyKlrl  as  chamber-maid  and  do  floe  -waabtng  ana 
Ironing,  or  do  Kcnerai  honse-'work ;  la  a  coed  pTahi 
cook;  best  Wty  reference;  four  vcara  in  laat plaoe. 
Call  at  No.  3b5  6th-aT.;  ring  third  bell. 

CHAaiSEK-MAID— COOK.— BY  TWO  PB0TB8- 
tftntRiris^  toeether  or  separate  t  one  as  obamber- 
maid  and  iraitresa  or  cbamber-m<Ud  and  seamstTesa; 
tlie  other  as  cook  ;  exoelleat  City  referencea.  Call  ct 
bo.  166  Bnat  44th-8t. 


C1BAMBBtt.:MAlD.— BY  A  YOUNG  GIRL  TO  DO 
J  chamber-woik  and  sewlnir,  or  waiting;  tbree 
years'  relerence.  Can  bo  seen  for  three  day*  at  hor 
present  emoloyer's.  No.  104  West  llth-st. 


CHA.MBKR-MAID.-BY  A  BSLIABLB  YODNQ 
■woman  in  •  private  family;  Is  an  excellent  noe 
washer.  Call  for  two  days  at  No.  62  West  49Ui-st., 
present  em  pi  o  ?  el's.  


CHA.MBEU-.l^lAID  AND  SEAMSTRESS  OR 
KURSK.— By  a  Protestant  woman;  would  wait  on 
an  elaerly  Indy:  has  good  City  relerence.  Inquire  at 
Na  7  East  40th-at. 


CHA.>lBKlt.»lAID.~Br  AN  EXPBRIENCKD 
woman  as  cbamber-maid  anfl  seamstress,  and  nonld 
wait  on  a  ladv ;  first  clasd  reference  from  last  place. 
Call  at  No.  308  East  32d-st. 


ClHAiHBKK-MAlD  AND  WAITRE.HS.-BT  A 
^respectable  younu  woman  In  a  small  family  ;  the 
very  beat  of  City  reference.  Call  at  No.  244  West 
47tn-8t. 


CHA.nBER-MAlD  AND  NURSE.  — BY  A 
youns  American  elrl ;  enod  City  reference.  Ad- 
dress M.  K..  Box  Sa  310  TIilE3  DP-TOWN  OFFICE, 
NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


CBAi>iBKK-LllAID.— A  J,ADY  WISHES  TO  OB- 
tain  a  siiantion  for  a  respectable  roonc  girl  as 
ehamber-maid  and  waitress;  willing  affl  obliging.  Call 
pr  address  No.  24  West  lUtn-at.  V 


CHAfllBEK.»|AlD.— BY  A  YO0HQ  QIBL  AS 
chamber-maid  and  waitress  in  a  prlyate  family; 
City  reference  trom  last  emolojer.  Call  at  No.  215 
East  36th-9t. 


CHA.MBEK-ItlAlD      AND      NURSE.  — BY      A 
Kortb  German  girl,  to  take  cate  of  srowinKcbildreQ 
and  assist  with  the  chamber-work;  also  competent  to 

teach  cblldren  German.     Call  at   No.  52    West  Slst-st. 


CHAMBER-MAID.-BTA  RBSPBCTABLK  GIKL 
as  chamber-mala  or  waitress  In  a  private  family; 
has    bedt   City    references.      Call   at   Ho.   302    East 

eeth-st. 


CHA-HBER-MAID.  — BY  AN  EXPKRIEVrKD 
woman,  nnd  assist  with  the  washing  and  ironing ; 
DO  objection  to  take  care  of  erown  children;  best 
City  reference.    Call  at  No.  234  West  14th-»t. 


CHAIVl  BBR.MAID  AND  WAlTRBSi*  OB 
lanodress. — By  an  American  girl ;  good  City  refer- 
ence. Adiress  E.  B..  Box  No.  -.^95  TIMES  DP-TOWN 
DFFICK,  SO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


C^HA-HBEK-illAlD  AND  FINE  WASHING— 
J'Sy  a  competent  cham1>er-maid  and  floe  washer ; 
best  City  reference.  Can  be  seen  at  NO.  490  6th-ay... 
bear  30t"h.6t. 

HA.MBBR-.TIAID  AND    WAXTRES."*.- BY  A 

respectable  girl  to  do  chamber-work  and  waiting  in 
a  small  private  family.  Call  at  presant employer's.  No. 
147  Bast  45th-8t. 


CHAMBEK.iUAID  AND  SBAOISTRESS.- BY 
a  youns  sirl  as  chamber-maid  and  seamstress, 
»r  nnrse  ana  seamstress.  Call  at  No.  53  Fro^pect- 
^lace. 


CUA.tIBBK-.11AlD  AND  WAITRESS— BY  A 
respectvabie  voung  girl  to  do  chamber-work  and 
ir^tiog,  an>)  assist  with  washlag  and  ironing.  Call  at 
present  employer's,  No.  l.S'iS  East  3Gtb-st. 


rtHAitlBER-LWAID.— BY  A  RESPECTaBLK 
^.yvonns  girl  as  chamber-maio  and  waitress;  good 
tefiirence.    Call  at  No.  ;134  East  3(3th-st. 


ptHAMBKR-MAID  AND  SEAiMSTKESsi.— BY 

KJ  a  firsl-olasa  Protestant  girl;   best  C^ty   referenosb 
Apply  at  No.  3,56  West  52(l-8t 


pCHAillBER<MAID    AND  WAITRESW.-BT  A 

Vj  yonng  girl.      Can    be  seen  at  her  last  place  No. 
135  Bast  4l3t-9t. 

CHAiMBER-MAID.— BY  A  EKaPECTABLE  GIRL 
ns  chamber-maid  and  waitress  i  best  City  reference. 
Call  at  No.  457  West  ISth-st. 


paaA31BKK->IAII>.— BY  A  YODNG  AMERICAN 
Lygtrl  as  chamber-maid  and  to  do  plain  aewine.  Ap- 
►ly  at  No.  13  East  52d-8t. 

C^HAlMBKR-MAID.- BY  A  PBOTB8TANT  GIRL; 
Vno   objectlou    to    fine   'waahin^ ;    three  years'    City 
reference  from  last  place.    Inquire  at  319  East  32d-st. 

HA.MBBR.iMAID    OR    WAITRESS— Br    A 

respectable  young  woman;   can   do   plain  sewing; 
rood  references.    Apply  at  No.  144  Kaat  15th-«t. 


CHA.YIBEU-.IIAID.- BY      A     YOUNG    WOMAN; 
will    do    plain    sewing  or  waiting  ;  go«d  City  refer- 
ince.    Call  at  No.  3  West  51st-at, 


CHAMBER-.HAID  AND  WAITRE.SS.- BY  A 
yonng  woman ;    flxst-clasa  City  reference.    Call  at 
STo.  690  2d-ay. 


Cua.hbek.maid  and  laundress.-bt 
a  .yonag   girl,  in  a  private  family  only;   best  City 
reference.     Call  ac  'So.  561    3d  av.,  entranee  on  82d-at. 

HAl>IBfiK-AIAID.-BT    A     lOUNG    QIRI.    AS 
ntirse  or  cbamber-maid j  good  rifference.    Call  for 
rvro  days  at  No.  213  East  25tb-8t.,  in  the  store. 


CHAR-WOillAN.- A  RESPECT \BLEYOnNO  OOL- 
nred  woman  wishes  to  do  days'  work ;  Is  an  excel- 
lent honse-cleaner;  good  reference-  Mrs.  Stephens. 
'  Bo.  145  ^Vo«t  32d-st.,  rear. 


COOK— WAITEH.-BY  A  FRENCH  WOMAN  A3 
first-class  coolc  and  her  husband  as  waiter  man, 
together,  in  a  privato  family:  best  City  reference. 
Sddress  Eiisa,  Box  No.  324  TIMBS  DP-TOWN  OP- 
PICK,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


C100K.— BY  A  RKSPKCTABLK  PEOTK8TANT  CAN- 
y'adian  girl  to  cook  and  assist  m  the  washing;  Is  a 
good  plain  cook;  makes  good  bread  and  biscnlt; 
country  preferred;  City  referencea.  Apply  at  No.  703 
Bd-av.,  plum  tier's  store. 


COOK.— BY  A  RHSPECTABi.B  YOUNG  WOMAN  AS 
fir'<t-class  cook ;  would  help  with  washing  and  Iron- 
ing ;  has  eood  referencea  ;  country  preferred.  CaU  at 
!7o.  214  East  41st-se. 


COOK.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  GIRL  AS  GOOD 
cook:  willing  to  assist  with  wasbine;  understands 
all  kinds  of  family  cooking;  good  City  reference.  Call 
kt  No.  63  West  44th-8t 


COOK BY  A  RESPECTABLE  PROTB8TANT 
woman:  tboraugbiy  understands  her  business  in 
ivery  branch  ;  will  assist  with  coarse  washing ;  good 
baker;  City  reference.  Apply  at  744  3d-^v.,  third  hell. 


COOK,  WASiHEK,  AND  IRON  ER.— BY  A  RE- 
spectKble  girl  as  plain  cook,  washarr,  and  ironer  in 
brlvate  family ;  {(ood  City  reference.  AppI  j  at  Mo.  127 
West  52d-st. 


COOK  AND  r,AUNDRBSS.— BY  A  RE8P8CT- 
able  person  i>s  experienced  cook  ;  first-class  laon- 
IresB :  City  or  countr.y  ;  good  City  reference.  Call  at 
N().  1d3  East  43cl-8t.,  ooe  stairs  up. 


COOK.— BY  A  FIRST-CLASS  COOK.  WHO  UNDER, 
stands  her  basiness  thoroughly,  and  has  the  very 
best  ot  City  reft-reuco.  Can  be  seen  at  the  residence 
»f  her  present  employer.  No.  117  Bast  67th-8t. 


COOK  AND  AHSIST  IN  WASHING  AND 
Ironiog. — By  a  Protestant  woman;  either  City  or 
Bonntiy ;  good  baker  ;  City  reference.  Coll  ac  No.  220 
Bast  25th-at.,  between  2d  and  3d  avs. ,  basement  door. 


COOK.— BY  AW  EXPEEBBNCED  COOK  IN  A  PRI- 
vttte  fftmily;  nnderstands  all  kinds  of  cooking; 
best  relerence:  wag<»a,  $20  ;  no  cards.  Call  at  No. 
fell  East  40th-st. 


("lOOK.— BY  A  NEAT,  TIDY,  AND  COMPKTBNT 
J  Protestant  woman  in  a  private  family  as  cook; 
understands  her  business  thoroughly,  and  can  give 
BO«d  Ctty  reference.    Call  at  No.  241  Bast  33d-at. 

(lOOR  AND  l-ADNWKESS.- BY  A  GOOD  PLAIN 
>'Prote8tant  cook  In  a  small  famUy :  Wiy  or  conutry  • 
excellent  City  reference.  Address  Mary,  Box  No.  319 
naiES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  I,a57  BROADWAY. 


COOK.— BY  A  RBSPBCTABLK  YOUNG  GIRL  A8 
cook ;  nnderstands  all  its  branches ;  best  City  ref- 
erence. Can  be  seen  for  two  dajs  at  No.  163  West 
X9th  8t«  second  floor.  * 


COOR.— PY  A  PROFESSIONAL  COOK,  D13BN- 
gagod  March  3;  send  a  note  to  present  employer : 
can  be  seen  when  engaged.  Address  S.  J.  Box  No.  300 
riMEb  CP-TOWN  OFFICE.  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


COOK.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  GIRL  IN  A  PRIVATE 
family  ;  fully  competent  to  take  charge  of  kitchen; 
best  City  references  given.  Call  for  two  days  at  No. 
427  7th-av. 


COOK.— BY  A  YgUNG  WOMAN  AS  FIRST-CLASS 
cook,  wasber,  and  Ironer:  good  references;  can 
take  care  oi  milk  and  butter;  country  preferred.  Ad- 
iress No.  167  WestSlst-st. 


COOK.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  WObAN  AS  GOOD 
plain  cook:  first-class  washer  and  Ironer;  no  ob* 
leotion  to  the  country;  has  good  City  reference.  CaU 
It  No.  30U  East  43>l-st. 


C100K.— A  LADY  GIVING  DP  HODSKKEBPIHG 
./wlsbes  to  recommend  her  flrst-olaas  German  cook  ; 
perfectly  honest,  sober,  and  trostwortny.  Call  at  No. 
eOEastSo^h-st 


ClOOK.— BY  AN  ENGLISH  WOMAN  AS  FIRST- 
yclass  cook  In  a  private  family:  Bnglisb  or  German 
preferred;  best  reference  Address  P.  K.,  Box  No. 
577  TIMES  UP-TOWN  OFFICE,  Hu.  1,267  BROADWAY. 


COOK.— BY  A  YOUNG  WOMAN;  Is  AN  EXCELLENT 
baker ;    will  assist  with  washing  and  lioalng;  best 
r«fereuces.  Call  at  Na  114  West  17th-st,  near6th-av. 


COOK.— BY  A  PROTESTANT  YODNQ  WOMAN  AS 
good  cook;  will  .3saist  with  wasnlng  in  small  fami- 
ly; best  City  reference.    Call  at  No.  356  West  62d-at. 


COOK.— BY  A  GOOD  COOK;    WILLING    TO   ASSIST 
with  washing   and   Ironing;   good  City   reference 
Address  83  East  40th-st.,   north-west  oomer  Park-aV. 


i"iOOK.— BY  A  RESPKCTABLE  COLORED  GIRL  Ag 
fjflrsi-class  cook  la  a  boardlng-honae.  CaU  at  No.  120 
West  aetfa-at.,  top  floor. 

C'      OOK.  —  BY  AN    EXCELLENT    FRENCH  .  WOMAN 
In  a  private  Damlly;  City  or  country,    good  refer 
ence.  Oafl  for  two  days  at  226  West  Slst-st..  basement. 

OOK.— BY      A      RESPEOTABLB      PBOTBBTANT 

woman  as  eooki  thoroughly  nndexrtands  her  bnai- 

oess.   'Jail  at  present  employer's,  Ng  200  West  39th-st. 

OOK,— AS    FIRST-CLASS    COOK    IN  A    PRIVATE 
family;  good  City  refbrence.    CaU  at  No.  142  Wast 
28tb-st..  two  stairs  up. 

COOK.-BT  A  RKSPBCTABLB  WOMAN  AS   FIRST, 
elasseooki  wlU  MsUt  with  washing;    best  City 
raftarenoa.    CaU  at  Na  497  7tb-»v..  eoraer  S7tb-«t. 


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COOK.— BA      A      STRUsfor^fiBALTHY     TODHQ 
woman  m  cook;  la  an  ezcellwDt  bakeri    will  do 

wasbing  and  ironing ;  City  Or  country  :  moderat* 
wages;  good  referanea.  CaU  at  So.  210  Bast  26th- 
Bt.,  rear. 


COOK.— BY  A  BBSPECTABLB  WOMAN  AS  FIRST- 
class  cook  with  good  City  reference.    Call  at   Na 
^49  West89th-at. 


COOK— BT  A  IOD."fG   WOMAN  A8    FIRST -CLASS 
cook;   exceUent  baker;  bent  City  reftorenoe.    CaU 
for  two  davs  at  No.  136  East  2Sth  at.,  shoe  store. 


C OCR— BY   A   RESPECTABLE    GIRL   AS    COOK, 
washer,  and  ironer :  City  or  country.    CaU  Ibr  two 
daya  at  No.  202  Bast  28th  st. 


COOK,  WASHER,  ANO  IRONBB.— BY  A  BB- 
Bpectable  woman  in  a  private  family.    Call  at  No. 
20  Bssex-st..  tnlrd  floor.  Boom  No.  5. 


DRESM-MAKER.— BY  A  COMPKTBNT  DBESa- 
makertogoout  by  tbe  day  or  week;  is  a  stylish 
trimmer  of  ladies'  and  children's  dyesaes ;  ean  operate 
on  several  machines;  would  be  wllllne  to  do  other 
sewing  dnring  duU  season  ;  would  go  to  tbe  country. 
Address  or  call  Dress-mak-r,  No.  810  West  25th-st. 


DRBSS-MAKBR.— BY  A  THOROUGH  FIRBT- 
class  dress-maker ;  will  go  out  Dy  the  day ;  ele- 
gant designs  for  suits  and  evening  dresses  for  ladies 
and  children ;  fitting  perfect.  Addres:i  b,y  note  Bnt- 
tan,  No.  100  West  2lth  st,  near  6th  av. 


DRBSS«aiAKER.— BY  AN  EXPERIENCED  DRBSS- 
maker;  perfect  fitter;  stylish  trimmer;  by  day 
or  week;  reasonable  terms;  operates  Wheeler  &  Wil- 
son machine;  highest  references.  Address  No.  629 
6th-av.,  near  37th-st. 


DDESS-MAKER.— BY  A  COMPETENT  DRB8S- 
maker,  by  the  week  or  month;  understands  cut- 
ting and  fitting  ladies'  and  cbildren's  dresses  and  sew- 
ing oc  machines  ;  terms  moderate;  reference  given. 
Call  at  No.  418  4th-av.,  in  store. 


HOUSEKEEPER.- hY  A  COMPKTRNT  AMBRI- 
can  lady,  or  would  assist  in  fiimily  sewing;  a  short 
distance  from  City  preferred ;  references  satisfactory. 
Address  M.,  Adrertisemeut  Office,  Na  554  3d-av.,  near 
37th-st. 


C100K,    *0.-BT    A    COMPBTMT    PBB80S    AA 
yoook.aiida«^t.  tn  waablncs  O^y^zeferoBOft   CaU- 


HOUSEKEBPBK.  —  BY  A  YODNG  COLORED 
woman  as  working  housekeeper  in  a  widower's 
family:  best  City  reference.  Calf  at  No.  110  West 
26th-st. 


HOC8E.WORK.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  GIRL, 
lately  landed,  to  do  house-work  aud  plain  cooking 
in  a  small  family;  good  washer  and  ironer:  gooa  ref- 
erence.   CaU  lor  two  days  at  No.  330  Bast  39th-st. 


HOUSR.WOKK.— BY  A  RBsPBCTAbLE  GIRL  TO 
do  house-work  in  a  small  private  lamlly ;  is  a  good 
washer  and  ironer;  best  reference.  Call  at  No.  416 
East  loth-at. 


HOl'SE-WORK.-BY   A  YODNG  GIRL  LATELY 
landed ;    tor   general   honse-work ;     willing   and 
obliging.     Call  at  No.  433  West  56th-9t. 


LADr»S  COMPANIO.N,  &C.-BY  A  SCOTCH 
lady  as  lady's  comoaulon,  or  as  visiting  or  resident 
governess:  no  objection  to  travel  or  the  country; 
nlgbest  references  fornlslied  and  reooired.  Address 
Post  Office  Box  -NO.  6.433. 


LADY'S  MAID IS  AN  EXCaLBNT  HAIR- 
dresseranddreae-maker;>haa  the  best  of  reference. 
Address  Maid,  Box  No.  259  TIMES  DP-TOWN  OFFICE, 
NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


LADY'S  IWAID.— BY  A  THOROUGH  OBBMAN 
maid,  speaking  several  langn^iges,  to  travel  to  Eu- 
rope. Address  TRAVELER,  Box  No.  260  TIMES  DP- 
TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


LAUNDRESS.— A  LADY  GIVING  UP  HODXE- 
keeping  wishes  to  find  a  place  lor  a  first-class  laun- 
dress ;  she  is  perfectly  thorough;  willing  to  assist  in 
chamber-work.  Call  for  two  davs,  at  Nj.  20  East 
65th-st. 


LAUNDRESS.— BY  A  SWEDISH  LAU.NDRB.sS; 
ladies',  gentlemen's,  or  families'  fiae  waahina;  well 
done  and  carefully  atfended  to  ;  first-class  reference. 
Call  at  159  East-52d-st.,  between  3d  and  Lexington  ava. 


LAUNDRESS  OR  CBAiniiER-MAID.— BY  AN 
experienced  "woman  as  laundress  and  chamber- 
mala,  or  nurse  ;  three  and  a  half  years'  City  reference. 
Call  at  No  590  3d-av. 


LAUNDRESS.— BY  A  RKSPBCTABLB  YODNG 
womno  ;  no  objection  to  assist  with  chamber-work; 
can  use  the  scissors  and  all  kinds  of  fine  embroideries ; 
two  years'  refereuce.     Call  at  No.  ■.;44  W*st  30tli-8t. 


LAUNDRESS* BY   4    PIE.-HT-CLABS    LADNllRKSS 
In  a  private  family  :  will  assist  m  np-stalrs  work 
has  excellent  family  reference.    Address  S.,  Box  No. 
312  TIM  6,8  DP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,267  BROAUWAT. 


LAU.NUKESS.- BY  A  CO.MPKTENT  YODNG 
woman  as  first-class  laundress;  will  assist  with 
chamber- work;  best  City  reference.  Call  at  Ho.  115 
West  41si;-st.,  near  6th-av. 


LAUNDRESS,  dco.-BY  AYOUMG  GIRL  AS  LADN- 
dress  snd  chamber-maid ;  thoroughly  understands 
her  business ;  three  years'  City  reference.  CaU  at  No. 
672  3d-av..  between  42d  and  43d  sis. 


LAUNDRESS.— BY  A  PlRSf-CLASS  LADMDBBdS; 
understands  fluting  and  puitshing:  good  City  refsr- 
ence.    Call  at  No  317  Kast  37th-8t.,  Room  No.  16. 


LAUNDRJEH-S.— BY  A  !•  IRSf-CbASS  LAUNUBES*, 
and  assist  in  chamber-work;    best  City  reference. 
Call  at  No.  35  East  35th-st. 


LAU.NURKSS.— BY      A     BRSPECTABLE      YOU.NG 
woman  as  first-class  laundress;  best  City  refer- 
ence.   Call  at  No.  203  West  2uth-st 


LAUNDRESS.— BK    A    COMPETB.ST  PKRSO.S  A3 
laundress;  wllilng  to  assist  with  chamber-work; 
best  City  refereooe.    Apply  at  Na  230  East  30tb-st. 


NURSE.-BY  A  PROTESTANT  WOMAN  AS  AN 
expenenoed  infant's  nnrse ;  understands  tborongh- 
ly  bringing  it  np  by  the  bottle ;  excellent  City  refer- 
ence given ;  no  objection  to  toe  country.  Can  be  seen 
for  two  days  at  Na  70  West  19th  sL,  between  otb  and 
6th  ava. 


NURSE.— BY  A  BBSPBOTABLE  YODNG  GIRL  AS 
narse  in  a  private  family ;  is  willing  to  assist  with 
chamaec-work;  can  oj^rate  on  Whu-eler  &  WUaon's 
macbloe ;  best  City  lerereace,  CaU  at  No.  141  West 
a9th-st. 


NURSE  AND  SEAMSTRESS.- BY  A  DSEFDli 
American  Protestant  person  as  child's  nurse  and 
seamstress  ;  is  willing  t*  travel  with  a  family  going  to 
Europe.  Call  between  1  and  0  o'clock  at  present  em- 
ployer's. No.  'Zl  Cbarlton-st. 


NURSE.— BV  A  NEAT,  COMPETENT  ENGLISH 
girl  as  unrse  or  maid  aod  aeamstresa ;  nnder- 
st,inas  tbe  training  of  children  thoroughly;  would 
travel  with  a  family  [  five  years'  leierence.  CaU  or 
address  for  two  da.ys  No.  I3J  West  49th-8t, 


NURSE  AND  SBASI.STRESS.— BY  AN  AMBRI- 
cau  Protestant  young  womiiu;  or  as  seamstress 
and  wait  on  a  lady :  good  references.  CaU  at  No.  405 
East  116tb-st.,  Harlem. 


"1\TUKSE — TO  WAIT  ON  INVALID,  OR  CARB  FOR 
X^  growing  children  ;  would  make  herself  generally 
nsetul ;  City  or  country,  t  all  or  address  Woman's 
Protective  Dnion,  No.  3S  Bleecker-st. 


NURaB  and  SEAMSTRESS.— BY  A  RK8PBCT- 
ablegirl;    or  as  chamber-maid  and  seamstress  ;  has 
good  City  referenca     CaU  at  No.  202  West  ',:5th-at. 


NUR»E.— Bi'  A    PROTESTANT    GIRL;     Is  FDLLY 
competent  to  take  tbe  entire  charge  of  an  infant ; 
four  years'  City  reference.  Apply  at  24tt  VVest  2Uth-st. 


NURSE.— BY  A  COMPETliNT    INFANTS    NURSE  ; 
can  bring  it  up  on  the  bottle ;    plain  sewer ;  willing 
and  obliging.    Call  at  No.  213  East  2dth-st. 


NURSE.— BY  A  COMPETKNT  FRKNiJH  PRoTEsT- 
aut  girl  recently  trom  Paris.    CaU  at  No.  763  6th- 
av.,  third  bell. 


T\T"UKSE.— BY  A  YODNG  WOMAN  AS  hDRSE  A.ND 
X^  cbamber-maid;  sews  nicely:  good  City  reference 
from  last  place-    Call  at  No.  'dim  West  37th-st. 


SEAMSTRESS.— BY  A  YODNG  WOMAN  AS  SEAM- 
stress  ;  understands  Uress-m^iking:  can  operate  on 
Wheeler  ic  Wilson  Machine;  wiUini;  to  see  to  grown 
children;  best  city  reference.  Call  for  two  days  at 
No.  339  East  Seth^at. 


SBAiMSTKK.SS.— A  LADY  GIVING  DP  HODSE- 
keeping  wishes  to  recommend  her  Germao  seam- 
stress, who  Is  wlUlnu  to  attend  to  grown  children  and 
wait  on  a  lady.  (JaU  tor  two  days  at  No.  2U  East 
65th-at. 


SEAMSTRESS.— PLAIN  ANU  FAMILY  SEWING 
by  the  day  or  weak  In  private  families  :  can  oper- 
ate and  assist  with  dresses :  good  reference.  AddrObS 
Mrs.  R,  P.,  No.  308  West  23d-8l. 

BA.MSTRES8.-BY  THE  DAY    OR   WEEK ;    nn- 
derstands  all  kinds  of  lamlly  sewing    and   dress- 
making ;  is  a  guoo  operater  on    Wheeler  <c  Wilson  ma- 
cbloe.   CaU  at  Na  474  West  22d-st. 

WAITRESS.— BY  A  RELIABLE  GIRL  AS  PiHsT- 
Giasa  weitreas;  thorooshlv  nnderstands  French 
salad  dressing  and  care  of  sliver;  willing  and  oblig- 
ing.   Call  at  No.  110  bast  39th-st.,  present  employer. 


WAITRESS.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  GIRL  A3 
first-ciass  waitress  in  a  private  family;  five  years' 
best  City  refer<^uoo  from  net  last  place.  CaU  at  No. 
149  West  39ch-8t. 


WAITRKSS.  —  BY  A  RESPECTABLE  YODNG 
woman  as  first-class  waitress  and  chamber-maid 
in  a  private  family ;  best  of  City  refereace.  Call  at 
Na  b78  6th-av. 


\|TA1TRBSS.— BY     A      RESPECTABLE       YODNG 
11    woman   as    fixst-class     waitress;     understands 


salads  and  silver; 
lOi  West  14th-8t.. 


good  city  zefereuoe. 
near  6th-av. 


Call    at  No. 


WAITRESS.- BY  A  PROTESTANT  GIRL;  IS  CA- 
pable  of  taking  fall  charge  ot  the  dining-room: 
two  years'  City  reference  from  last  employer.  Apply 
at  No.  346  West  20th-st. 


WAITRESS- BY  A  PROTESTANT  GIRL.,  OB  AS 
chamber-maid  and  waitress ;  in  a  private  famUy ; 
no  oblectlon  to  a  short  distance  In  tbe  country  ;  city 
reference.     CaU  at  No.  229  West  27tn-st. 


COMPETENT  WAITRESS   IN 
tboroogbly  under- 
stands her  business;   best  City  reference.    CaU  or  ad- 
dress No.  164  West  26tb-8t. 


WAITRESS.— BY 
a   flrst-olass   private  family; 


WAITRE.SS.— BY  A  PROTESTANT  tOUNG  WOM- 
an  as  first-class  waitress  or  parlor-maid  in  a  pri- 
vate tajaOy ;  good  City  refereooe.  CaU  at  No.  241 
West  22d-st. 


WAITRESS. -BY    A    YODNG     WOMAN;     WILL 
assist  with  chamtier-work ;    City  reference.    CaU 
atNa  126  West  50tu-st.,  near  Bth-av.,  third  floor. 


WAITRESS— "BY  A  RESPECTABLK  GIRL;    CAN 
take  charge  of  a  dining-room  i    or  as  cbambei- 
maid :  best  relerence.     Call  at  No.  423  East  18th-st. 


akXa.  SSa^art  aOUtratM  lUnlflooi; 


WASHING— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  WOMAN 
who  la  a  flrst-elaas  washer  and  Ironer:  can 
do  French  fluting:  a  few  gentlemen's  or  family 
washing  to  do  at  her  own  house,  or  would  go  out  to 
wash,  be  the  first  three  days  of  each  week.  Call  or 
address  Laundress,  No.  331  East  29th-st.. one  flight  np. 


WASBiN«.— BY  A  RESPECTABLE  SWEDISH 
woman:  ft»mily  washing  from  50  to  75  cents  a 
doaen;  flntioo,  puffing,  and  polishing  done  in  the  finest 
Style;  good  Sjiag  place.  Call  atNa  238  East  30th-st., 
rear  housa. 


WASHING.— BY  ACOLORBDLADNDKKSS;  FAM- 
lly  or  gentlemen's  wasnlng  done  in  first-class 
style;  contracts  for  washing  made  with  scboO'S,  fam- 
iUea,  and  hotels.  Address  *.  Harris,  Waahlngtoa 
Laimdzy,  Ma  206  8tb  av.,  first  floor. 


WASHING.— BY  A  RKSPiiCTABLB  WORAN,  A 
fsw  ladieaf  or  gentlemen's  washlog  by  month  or 
dosaa;  fine  masllai  done ;  fluting  by  mactUhe;  wonldgo 
ont  ta  'wark  by  day.  CaU  at  Urs.  lloote'%  Na  S" 


JL^MMSMtu  tatwaoa  8tb  and  8tti  avi.  tattd  O^io^ ' 


SITUATIONS   WANTED. 


KHBAIALBS. 


XKTASBlJUiT^^^     A     fSsT^CLASS     COLORBD 

Yt  laandreas  a  few  gentlemen's  or  tamiUea' wa«blDg 
at  her  home;  76  cents  per  dusen,  or  go  out  by  th«  day. 
CaU  at  Now  150    -i  est  27tb-sL. 


WASHING.-BY  AN  EXPEBIENCBD  LAUNDRESS 
at  all  kinds  of  laundry  work  and  plain  washing; 
7S  oents  per  dozen :  large  annny  yard.  Address  Mrs. 
Cooper,  No.  440  West  20th  et.,  back  basement. 


WASH1NG.-BY  A  RbSPKCTABLR  WOMAN  TO 
do  gentlemen's  or  family  washing  in  her  own 
house  or  iro  out  by  the  day  i  can  be  weU  recommended. 
Call  ac  Na  237  Bast  46tb-st. 


WASHING— A  FIRST-CLASS  LAUNDRESS  WOULD 
take  wishing  in  at  her  homo,  or  would  go  out  by 
the  day;  best  refsrence.  Cull  at  No.  769  7th-av., 
near  Slat-st..  third  floor. 


WASHING.-BV  A  YOD.nG  WOMAN.  AT  HBR 
own  borne,  or  will  go  ont  by  the  day  :  good  refer- 
ence. CaU  at  Na  153  West  ISth-st.,  rear  honae.  Room 
No.  6. 


WASHING.— BY  A    BBSPECTABLB   WOMaS    OF 
German  parents,  to  assist  with  washing;  best  Cit.v 
reAiirence  from  last  place.    CaU  at  No.  206  East  37t] 
St,  first  floor. 


"^Wu 


WASHING BY       A    RB8PBCTABL8       WOMAN  ; 
family  washing  to  take  home,  or  go  out  by  the 
day.    Address  Mrs.  Miller,  428  East  B0th-«t..  Ist-av. 


WASHING.-BY    A    FIRST-CLASS    LADNDRK.'iS  ; 
gent's  and  families'   waehing   at  her  own  home; 
best  refereooe.    Call  at  No.  316  East  37»h-st. 


WASHING.— BY      A       RESPKCTABLE      WOMAN, 
gentlemen's    or  family  wntbing   to    take  home; 
good  reference.    Call  at  No.  437  Kaat  ftth-st. 

ASHING.— BT    A    RK.^PECTaBLE     COLORED 
woman  gent's   and  families'   wash:    from   60  to 
75  cents  per  dozen.    Call  at  No.  118  West  26th-Bt. 


WASHI.^G.- BY    A    RK.SPRCTAULK    GIRL,     WHO 
is  an  excellent  wather  ani  ironer.  to   go   out  in 
private  families.     C^ll  at  No.  212  West  50th-st. 


WASHING.- BY     A    BKSPHCTABua    COLORED 
Woman ;   day's   work  and   cleaning ;    good   refer- 
ence-    Call  at  No.  21<>  rtest  HOth-st.,  A.  Anthony. 


WET  NCUSK.-BY   A   RESl'ECtABLK   MARRIED 
woman,  wet-nurse;  bauy  four  weens  old.    CaU  at 
No.  421  West  lUth-st.,  second  floor,  rear. 


BUTLER  OR^VVAITER— BY  A  YODNQ  BNG- 
Usbman,  single,  Protestant,  in  a  private  tamiy; ; 
best  City  reference ;  no  objection  to  the  country.  Call 
or  address  Walter,  No.  237  West  .'^Sd-st. 


CARVBU.— FIRST-CLASS:      IN     A      BOTKL      OR 
restaurant.    Address   C.    W.,  Box  237  Times  Office. 


COAUH.MAN.— BY  A  RBSPKCTABl-B  MAN  :  THOR- 
ooghly  understnnds  his  business  :  gooJ  ana  steady 
driver:  City  or  country:  proper  care  of  horses,  har- 
ness and  carriaftes  :  CDnipetfnc  in  every  respect ;  wil- 
ling and  Obliging;  best  o!  City  recommendation-.  Ad- 
dress L.  D.  or  Coachman,  No.  Ill  We8t29tli-st.,  private 
stable. 


C10ACH.MAN  CAND  GARDEiMER.— BY  A  SIN- 
JK\ei  man;  ts  a  gond  vegetikble  gardener :  under- 
stamls  care  and  treatment  of  horses  and  cariisgos ; 
not  afraid  of  work  :  can  milk,  and  will  m:ik«  himself 
generally  useful:  best  reference.  Address  J.  O.,  Box 
Na  204  Timet  offlc. 


COACHMAN  AND  GROO.^l.- BY  A  PttOlKST- 
aut  marrle<1  man,  no  famil.v  ;  understands  the  busi- 
ness thoroughly ;  eon  milk,  and  is  willing  to  mike 
himself  usenu  on  a  gentleman's  pl.ice  in  couniry; 
goiKl  reference.  Address  Coachman,  No.  6  Peace-st., 
New- Brunswick.  N.  J. 


COACHMAN.— BY  A  YoDNU  PROTEST.a.nT  MAN: 
understands  gardening;  can  milk;  is  capable  of 
beinu  useful  in  Kenerai  on  a  genlleman's  plice;  care 
of  horses  and  driving  a  specialty ;  good  City  reference. 
Address  two  days.  U.  J.,  Box  No.  325 TIMES  LP-1"0WN 

OFFICE.  NO.  1,257  BHOADWAV. 


COACHMAN  AND  GAKOENER BYA  SOBER, 
trustworthy,  sl'igle  German;  tborouuhiy  under- 
stands proper  care  and  management  ol  horses,  baruess, 
carriagt^s.  a'so  gardening  iti  lis  v.i'iiios  branches; 
good  milker;  willing  and  obliging;  best  testimonials 
Adcresa  Co:>chman.  No.  202  West  28th-st. 


COACHMAN  AND  GROOM.— UV  A  SOUICR,  IS- 
dustrlous.  single  Bcntrbman;  einerienced  City 
driver;  no  objection  to  the  country;  underatamis 
gardening;  can  milk  ;  willing  to  l>«  eenerally  useful ; 
two  years'  Clt.y  reference  trom  last  employer.  Addreas 
Jamrs  Stark,  No.  126  Allen-sl. 


COACH ■>IAN.-BY  A  MARRIKU  MAN,  PROTEST- 
Hot;  'h  >'-nughly  understands  the  treatment  of 
bnranx  aort  c»rrt,»ge8 ;  a  good  groom  and  nteaJy  driver: 
willln-"  ani.  •..iliging;  has  the  licst  ol  City  relerence. 
Call  or  aUdi.%as  J.  S.,  at  Balkwiil  Saddlery.  No.  1,315 
Broadway. 


COACHMAN  AND  UAKDE.NKR— BY  A  COM- 
peteut  married  man,  one  obiid  ;  thoroughly  undei- 
stands  tbe  care  and  manaseni«nt  of  a  gentlfoian's 
place;  best  relerence.  Adilress  K.  H..  Na  71  Frankiiu- 
st..  Oreenpoint,   Lonit  Island. 

OACHMAN — CY    A    RESPKCTABLE    PKOTEST- 

ant  married  maa;   nn  family;  Is  a  good  gr,Mim  and 

careful  (.ity  driver;    beat  City  references;    City   or 

cenntrv;   will  be  found  wllline  and   obliging.     I'nll  or 

address  O.  W..  No.  32  Bast  4otb-Bt..  private  stable. 


COAOH.MAN.  -BY  A  FII.3T-CLAS3  KNULHU 
eoacnman;  thoroughly  understands  bis  business; 
witb  best  City  reiereiices  ;  City  <ir  connlrv.  -AdOreos 
W.  J.,  Na  ISOWa.'t  2.-<th-8r.,  private  sta'ile. 


CIOACH.MAN.— 3Y  A  SlXULa  MAN;  IS  A  FIR^T 
/class  groom  and  carelul  City  driver;  i-»n  milk  .ind 
bo  generally  useful;  is  a  trustworthy  mrin;  has  good 
referencea  Address,  for  one  week,  Y.  M.,  No.  485 
Hicks-st .  Brooklyn. 


CIOACH.'VIAN  A.ND  GROOM.-Bi'  A  MNGLE 
./man:  thorouchly  iinder3t.iiiil.i  the  busiaets;  can 
give  satisCa<:tory  reference.  Cull  or  address  for  three 
days  M.  O.,  No.  145  Otii-av.,  corner  2l8t-st.,  3.  IS. 
Brewster  k  Co.'s. 


COACHMAN,  GROOM.  AND  PLAIN  GAR- 
dener. — Byayouugman;  nudeistands  lUe  care  of 
horses,  harness,  and  carriages:  can  milk;  good  p. am 
(.'ardeuer  :  guod  references.  Address  J.  M.,  Box  No.  210 
Timti  Office. 


COACH31AN  A.ND  GKOU.H.— BY  A  PdOl  K.ST 
ant  single  man:  can  milk,  and  b>  Ip  in  a  garden; 
lias  some  of  the  very  best  Citv  reference.  Address 
Coaobman,  Box  No.  216  Times  Office. 


CIOACH.HA.N.- BY  A  OKNTLKMAN  FOR  HIS 
/'coachman,  a  slogle  young  man,  strictly  temperate 
and  obllgtuic  ;  no  objections  to  the  country.  Call  on 
or  address  C.  T.  C,  No.  34  Libertv-st,.  Room  No.  4. 


COACHMAN  ANI>  GROO.>l.-»Y  A  YOUNG 
Englishman;  nn  ob)ection  to  a  small  garden ;  can 
make  nimselt  generally  useful;  first-class  relerence 
from  last  emploNer.    .\adress  E.,  Hox  2U1  Time*  Office. 

OACHMAN.— BY   A    FIKSTCLA8S  COACHMAN; 

single;  Ctty  or  country  ;  is  eobor,  wllllne,  and  ob- 
liging aa  references  will  show.  Address  Thomas,  No- 
113  East  22d-gt. 


(COACHMAN  AND  GARDKNhK.— cJY  A  SIN- 
ygie  man :  good  ilrlver  and  groom,  and  excellent 
gardener;  best  reference.  Address  P.  M.,  Box.Na  200 
Times  Office. 

OACHMAN    AND     GROO.tl.— BY    A    SINGLE 
mjn,  who  can   Kirethe  best   ot  City  reference  for 
sixteen  years.    Address  W.   li..  Box  Na   261  TIMES 
DP-TOWN  OFFICE,  NO.  1,257  BROAHWAY. 

OACHMAN.— BY    A    SCOTCri    MARRIED   MAN; 

no  family:  nnderstands  the  care  of  horses:  fast 
horses  a  specialty;  best  of  retercncus.  AddrodsR.  W.. 
No.  67  Nassau-st..  seed  store. 

OACHMAN    AND    GROOM.— BY    A    YODNG 

man :  City  or  country:    flrst-oiasa   referense   trom 

last  employer.     Adaress  Oliver,   Box  203  Times  Office. 

r^OACH.HAN.-BV  A  SINGLE  MAN;  BEST  CIIY 
V>/reierences  ;  no  oojectious  to  the  country.  Can  be 
seen  at  his  last  eoipii-yer's.  No.  31  vv'est  34th-st. 

OACHMAN  AND  GllOi»M.-aooD,  CdRliFUL 
driver  :    good  reference  from  last  employer.    Call 
or  address  J.  John.  Nn.  112  West  3Uth-sr. 

OACHMAN.   Jkc-BY    A    GEUilAN   To    TAKE 
eare  of  hoises  and  drive;  City  or  country;  beat 
reference     Address  X..  Box  No.  230   7Ym?s  oflloe. 

C-10ACHMAN    AND    GitOOVI.— hV    A    SINGLE 
./man ;   ten  .years'  City  reference.    Call  or  address 

D.  C,  No.  761  Hth-av. 

1;«ARMBK,  &C.— BY  A  YOUNG  MAN  WITH  A 
small  family,  as  farmer,  or  would  work  a  farm  on 
shares;  can  keep  all  kinds  of  farmer's  tools  In  repair; 
bust  reference  eiven.  Address  C.  Carlson,  care  of  seed 
store,  No.  35  Cortiandt-st. 

AKOE.NER.-By   A   SCOTCH    MARRIED  MAN  ; 

no  incumbrance;  or.tctically  versediuaJl  branches 
of  norticnlture ;  hot  untl  cold  graperies,  greenhouse 
plants,  vegotables,  laying  out  ol  giound*,  and  land- 
scaping generally;  sattslantory  references.  Any  gen- 
tleman in  need  of  a.  good  and  reliable  gardener,  may 
atldrass  B.  A.,  In  care  ot  VV.  C.  WUson,  florist,  No.  46 
West  14tb-st.  ' 

ARDENKR.— SWISS;  MARRIED:  POSSES.'<lNG 
a  thorouch  knowtedi;e  of  the  business;  commer- 
cial or  private:  first-class  grower  of  stove  and  green- 
house plants,  the  lorciug  of  grapes,  peaches,  Ilo.,  and 
vegetable  garoenlLg;  also  the  la.vlug  out  of  new 
places  or  improving  and  managme  an  old  one;  can 
come  well  recommended  by  present  and  lormor  em- 
ployers.   Address  J.  Conrad.  Gravesend,  Long  Islan-I. 

GARDBNEB.— BY  A  GERMAN,^  WITH  WIFE 
only,  as  first-class  gardener;  iindei stands  thor- 
oughl.y,  hot-house  plants,  grap^irlos,  flowers,  and  ves- 
getabie  gardening;  refers  to  bis  present  employer,  P. 
T.  Ijarnum,  Bridgepurt,  Conn.,  where  he  may  Oe  ad- 
dressed, tleury  Dllmao,  or  at  Mebeuht  &  Wadley, 
florists.  37th  st.  and  6th  av.,  New-York. 

ARDENER.— BY  A  FIRST-CLAss  GERM  A.N 
gardener;  wife  and  one  child;  untieratands  thor- 
oughly hot-house,  graperies,  vegetables,  laying  out 
grounds;  also,  the  management  ot  a  gentleman's 
place:  has  many  years' experience,  besides  the  best 
recommendation.  Address  Gardener,  No.  876  Broad- 
way, Brldgeman's. 

AKDKNKrT^BY  a  HINULrt  M.\N  POSSK>8- 
Ing  a  flr.t^class  knowledge  ot  the  auliivation 
of  greenhouee  plants,  rose  growing,  hot  and  cold 
graperies,  fruits,  flowers,  and  vigetables,  and  the  man- 
agement of  pleasure  grounds;  best  of  referenO' s.  Ad- 
dress B.  C,  Box  No.  '.iB'J  TIMES  UP-ToWN  OFFICE. 
NO.  1,267  BROADWAY. 

ARDENKR.-41Y      A      MNGLb!       COMPETENT 

man,  who  uuderstanas    green-bouses.    :;raoerle8, 

fruit  trees,  flowers,  and  vegetables;  good  Citv  and 

conntty   reference.    Address  A.   B    C.,  Box  No.   327 

TIMES  DP-TOWN  OFFICE.   NO.   1.257  BROADWAY. 


:.w.«.'  .fV  J,  K:t, 


GARDENER.- BY  A  PRACTICAL  MARRIKD  MAN 
who  tborou^blv  nnderstands  his  basiucss ;  has 
been  ten  aod  a  half  years  ia  present  situation :  wiU  be 
diaencased  Ist  .VI>irch  :  good  City  rertrencea.  Address 
WilUam  Grady,  PaUsodes.  N.  Y. 

ARDENER.— BY  A  MARRIED  UdN:  (SCOTCH;) 
skilltui    and   competent   in   the   mnnngement   of 
grapery,  green,  and  rose  houses,  vegetables,  to.;   first- 
class  references.    Call  or  address  L.  J.,  care   Allied 
Bridgeman,  Esq..  No.  876  Broadway. 

ARDENER.— BY    A    FIRST-CL.^S    !UAN,   EUD- 
cated  in  tbe  Swedish  Horticultural  University  iu 

Sweden;  best   American    and   Swedish    testimonials. 

Address  A.   W.  Kkstrom,  care  of  seed  store.  No.  35 

Cortlandt-st. 

C^ARDBNEft — BY  A  SINGLE,  PRACTICAL  MAN; 
JTgood florist  and  vegetable  gardener;  understands 
general  management  of  gentleman's  place;  tti-t-class 
reference  from  last  employer.  Address  J.,  Na  114 
Oedar-st.,  for  two  days. 

ARDBNBR  AND9AanBR.-BTA  MIDDLE- 
aged    man ;    single  ;   practical  gardeier  and  ex- 
perienced farmar ;  trustworthy;   refereaces  wiU  show. 
AddxMa  i.  Q-i  Mo.  876  Broadway,  XawTotk  Otty,  s«a4- 


--..  V. -V!.  Ji 


SITUATIONSJWANTBD. 

.nAL.ES. 

GARDRNEK.— BY   A   MARRIi^D  MAN;    SCOTCH, 
skillml  and  c(nnpet«nt  in  the  management  of 
frapery,     green  and     rose  houses :    vegetables.   Itai 
rat-class   references.     Call   or   addreas   L.  J.,  care  of 
George  Wilson,  Raq.,  Na  1.203  Broadway. 


GARDBNBR.-BY  A  PRACTICAL  MAS  WHO 
taaa  had  Innii  experfenee  in  the  various  depart- 
ments; ereenhonse,  graperies,  flowers,  fruit,  veaeta- 
bles,  laying  out  and  refiome  grouods  ;  married:  refer- 
ence, long  ani  good.    Address  B.,  Yonkers  Post  Office.' 


GARDIfNER.— HY  A  8I.VGLB  MAN  AS  OARUBN- 
er,  aia;  thoroughly  nnierstands  all  Its  branches, 
and  ean  be  liighly  reoommeiided.  Addreas.  for  two 
weeks,  J.  M..  Gardener.  Tremoot.  New  York  City. 


GAKUK.NKR K»  A  SINGLE  MAN;  DNDKR- 
btand'-  vegetables  flowers,  care  of  horses,  and  milk- 
ing; willing  and  obliging.  Addreas  J.  Smltb,  Port  Elch- 
mooft;  Staten  laland. 


GARDKNKK.— BY  A  PBOTBSTANT  MAN  AGED 
28  Iwars.  as  plain  eardeuer:  oan  drive,  milk,  &c.; 
btst'reiflrcuoe;  i^  strictly  temperate.  Address  J.  8., 
Box  Na/200  Times  Office. 


RDENER.— BYAN    ACTIVE  MAREUHD    MAN; 
no   obtldren;    wife    would  do  house- work;    low 
wages ;   stood  reference.     Address  M.  H.,  Box  No,  212 
Tines  Office. 


PRACTICAL.  GARDENEK.— SCOTCH  MAR- 
iled  man  Is  open  for  nn  enzageroent;  understnnds 
tbe  bu^idess  In  all  its  branches  :  first-class  references. 
Address,  for  two  dnys,  J.  O.  P.,  care  Peter  Henderson, 
Esq.,  No.  35  Cortlaadt-st. 


PORTER.— BY  A  YOUNG  MAN  AS  LlGilT  PORTER 
in   a  storfr  or  hotel;   oan  bo   highly  recommended. 
Address  J.  D.,  No.  rj7  East  60th-st..  lo'urth  fioor. 


WAITER. -BY  .\  SINGLE  MA.N  O^  Lo.NG  KXPK- 
rieacein  Kngiand  ^nd  New-Yorlt ;  bus  lull  knowl- 
edge of  the  dot  ten  of  H  flrstcinas  private  hou^e  ;  Is  re- 
liable iu  all  resi>ect9:  will  no  recommended  by  five 
families  who  he  has  lIVL-d  with  in  the  City.  Address 
H..  Box  Na  JSSTllihS  Ui'-TOAN  OFFICE.  NO.  1,257 
BROAOWAK. 


WAITER.— bY  A  RELl.ABLK  AND  COMPETENT 
I'i'oiestant  man  as  first-c, ass  waiter  inap'ivato 
fsmily;  has  the  best  City  reference;  no  o1»1ocilon  to 
Cityof  conntrv.  Adtiress  O.  R.,  Box  No.  302  TIMES 
UP-roW.\   OKFICR.  No.    1, JO?  BROADWAY. 


WAITER HY  A  SiNGLE  PRuTESrANl  .'MIAN  .AS 
first-class  waiter  in  a  private  f,4mll.y  ;  Just  disen- 
gaced;  (ity  or  country  :  best  (;iiy  reference.  Address 
W.  H..  Box  Na  305  TlMhS  UP-TOVV.N  OFFICE,  NO. 
1,257  BROADWAY. 


WAITER.- BY  A  SI.^GLK  WAll'Kii-MA.S  IN  A 
private  family;  City  or  country;  will  trovel: 
good  City  referencea.  Address  A.,  Box  Na  327  'ILMKS 
LP-TOWn  office,  no.  1,257  BKOAliVV ay. 


WAITt'R.— BY  A  RESPECTABLK  PROTESTANT 
man  Iu  a  private  lamiiy ;  is  a  first-class  mnn ;  six 
.years  of  the  best  City  reference.  Arblress  R.  R,  Box 
wo.  324TI.'ttKS  UPTOWN  OFKICE.  1.257  BROAD  A  AY. 


WAITEK.— liY  A  FlUSr-   L\SS  FHK.NCH  WAITRR 
T T  in  private    family;    uudersiands  wull    bis  busi- 
ness:    betit   city  relerence.      CaiVor  address  .\ngust, 
Na  154  Kast  4°.^d-st.     ~ 


WAITEU.-BY  A  KESl'E  TABLK  YOUNG  MAN. 
Protcst'ut,  in  a  priv:ite  family;  best  of  Citv  ref- 
erencea Call  or  address  lor  two  I'dsys  No.  104  West 
81st  St. 


WAI TEK.- HY  A  KIKST-LaS^  YODNG  Bl.S'iLli 
colored  m in;  is  thoroughly  comneteut;  can  fur- 
nish goo<l  retoreuctt  for  honesty  and  moral  habits. 
Call  or  address  s.,  No.  1(13  West  24tli-8t. 


y(i 


AII'ER.- IIY  AN  HONl.STAND  INDUSTRIOUS 
.  .  colored  m:in  as  waiter  In  a  pnvate  family  or 
boariliug-iiouse;  refurenue  if  required.  Call  or  address 
Waiter  MaiijNo.  002  8th- iv.   n-ar,  top  floor. 


W.\iti-;h.— BY^^  Young  e.vulishman  as 
waiter  lo  a  priVnto  f>«m.ly;  has  firat-class  City 
references  :  ( Ity  nt  uoniitry.  Address  A.  S.,  care  of 
Mr.  Jlercer.  So.  318  Utb-  iv. 


WAITER.- BV  A   FlK.Vr-CLASS    VOUNG   FRn."<CH 
Swiss  man  ;x good  Cit.T  reference.    Call  or  addre&s 
A.  B.,  No.  141  5th-av. 


WAITKK.— FttK.VCH;  SPiiAKS  ITALIAN  A.ND  liNQ- 
hah;  oest  iity  reference.     Address  A.  B.,  B  ix  Na 
287  TI.MKS  DPToWN  OFFICE,  Nil.  1,257  iIROADWaY. 


\|rAirEU.-BY    A     SvVI.Sa    M.VN     IN  A    PRIVATE 
t"  family:   good  rtf,.'tence.      Address  P.  K.,  No.  3b2 
Uth-av.,  iu  the  grocery  store. 


Cliki:itKs  AND   SALiES.tlEIS. 

BOOK.KEEl'ER,  dtc BY  A  YODNG  MAN; 
itood  penman  :  uoiiurst  luds  book-koeoing;  willing 
to  do  any  kind  "f  wriMiig.  Address  W.  J.  c.,  H-.i  No. 
317  TIMES  LP-TOrtN  OPFICE,  NO.  1,257  BROADWAY. 


JHELP^VY  ANTED. 

A  LADY  COLLECTOR    WANTED— CHURCH 
ot  Our  Saviour,  No.  695  iJa-av.    Call  trom  10  to  11 

A.   -M. 


\YA.>TEJ»-A  I'll  vCi'lC.AL,  GAK.iESEK.  GOOD 
»"  lanuer.  with  workiu.^  wife,  without  cbildien,  to 
cultivate  a  farm  as  their  own;  well  stocked,  with 
evcryttilos  furnlahtd  ;  applicants  by  mall  write  na- 
tionaiitj",  qaaUUculions,  aice.  reC'roinuea,  wa;;ei>.  _ 
Alii;.\\NDIvR,  No   151)  Uowery. 


WAN  l'EI»— i  OLO.iKD  MAN  AND  WIl-K  TO  GO 
y  V  short  Uistancp  iu  countrv:  mao  mnat  understand 
care  of  borr,e  aod  cows;  woman  tor  general  hou-ic- 
work:  wages  $2).  ChIi  at  No.  145  Broadway,  Uoom 
No.  27,  between  9  and  10  Jflllock. 


WTANTED- BAUES.MBN;  TWO  IN  NEW-YORK 
IT  lity,  and  three  for  .'^ew-Yock  and  Pennsylvania; 
bu.siness  [lermaneut.  and  no  peddling  ;  salary  liberal ; 
hotel  and  iruyeling  ezpunsce  pal  I.  Address  MONITOR 
LA.\IP  CO.MPANV,  Na  2.4   il.iiu  St.,   Cincinnati,  Ohla 


WANTED- A     .O.MPiiTENl'       GIRL     AS    LADY'S 
TT  mal;l    ami    seambtresa  ;      one   that  understands 
dresb-making  and  hai: -dressing.    Call  ut  No.   24   West 
52d-st.,lrom  lo  tiU  1  P.  .\1. 


WANTED— A  CHAMBER-MAID  AND  WAITRESS; 
a  youn;;  German  or  bnglish  girl;  mu.it  under- 
stand her  businexB  and  have  jjooJ  i  liy  relerence.  Call 
alter  U  o'clock  ut  Na  52  West  4llth-ai:. 


WANTKD- A      UoTKSTASr    WO.NIaN   AS  AN   A  r- 
teudsut  on  nn  eMeny   lady  ;    reloreuoes  required. 
Apply  at  .No.  413  Madisoii-av,,  corner  48lli-8t,  irom  I) 


inly  at  .>( 
liA..M. 


VVANTEU— COACaUAN   A.Si>    UARDE.NER;    MIST 

T  T  ou  good  groom  and  il river,  and   bo   scnotly  sober  ; 

married  man,  with  cot  more  lb  in  one  chiid  preferred. 

Address,  witli  relerencs,  W.,  Box  No.  118  SCimes  Office. 


WANTED— A  FIRST-CLASS  LADl'SMAID;  PRuT- 
estant.  with  best  City  references.      Aoply   at  No. 
29  West  lOth-st.,  between  9  aud  I'Z  o'clock. 


J^NS^r^K^UOTION, 

Collegiate    Institute, 

Na  to  W.VMIl.NGl'ON    SQCARK,    NKVV-i'<ia.v  01  i't 

Gi;0.  W.  t.LARKft,  Ph.  D.,  PriaJipAl. 
Prepares  onplls  of  all  ages  for  business  or  colleoe. 


MRS.  I'AilK.-^'  iiOARDl.\G  A.XU  DAV 
8cho,d  tor  young  lidii>8,  Now-i3mn»wio<.  N.  J., 
opens  US  next  ecssion  beb.  5.  Circulars  sent  If  desired. 
Terms  moderate. 


DhA.\C(>L.Lt:Gli  uWl*  CU.NSfc:i{VAl-OR\ 
OF.UUSIC  tor  vouai  bMlies,  Binjii.imtoa.  N.  Y.; 
*jilO  per  .year:  harp  extra.  Ror.  K.  .\.  PATEKSO."*, 
A.  M..  President. 


C1I.AV4^liACK,N.  v.,  COL.L.EGE  AND  IIUJ). 
JRIV.  IN^T.- Kmiiish,  French,  German,  Classics,  Mu- 
sic, Art.  Term  begius  March  9.     ALONZO  FLACK,  Pres. 


TOi^OHEKS. 

AMERICAN  AND  FOREIGN  'TEACHERS' 
AGE.NCY  supplies  piofa.sors,  totors,  governesses, 
and  teachers  iu  every  department  of  lustruction; 
gives  lntorm.-ktioo  lo  parents  of  good  schools:  rents 
and  sells  scnool  properties.  For  circulars  apply  to 
Ms8  M.  J.  YOU>G,  -So.  'Z'.i  Union  square 

N.B. — .Miss  \oung  has  severed  hor  connection  with 
the  "American  ,;chool  Institute "  in  con,equeuce  ot 
toe  bankruptcy  ot  J.  W.  Bch-.rmerhoru  «£.  Co. 


MRS.  MITCHELL  (DIPLOMEE)  SDPPLIKS 
schools  and  taniilics  with  reUaidn  gontloihen.  lad.y 
ttuchurs,  ;;overncsse8,  or  tutors;  gives  information  of 
good  schools;  families  guinn  to  Europe  ani  conutry 
Will  tiud  cumpeteut  teachers  to  accompany  thorn.  Mrs. 
MITCHELL  Can  refer  to  fju  best,  tamilias  and  schools 
In  Ncw-VorK.  Teachers'  Bureau,  No.  67  WesiSoihsu 
Hours,  12  tin  4. 


rilHE  NATIONAL  SCHOOL   BUREAU   ISA 

1  reliable  >i|{encv  tor  snpplvln:;  schools  and  tamilles 
with  tenchera,  and  teachers  with  positions.  Increas- 
inc  demand  for  good  teachers.  Apply  early  tor  Au- 
tumn vacancies.  Send  stamp  fur  application  form, 
T.  COTKSWORTH  PI.VLKNf;?.  Domc-stio  Building, 
corner  14tli    St.  uud  Broad w.y.  New- York. 


WANTED- roii    PUiwCUASH    OR    BXt  HANOii- A 
y  T  Young   Ladies'  School,  well    established,   in    this 
City.     Aildress  \S' ,  No.  78  Madison-av. 


1  FRENCH  TEACHING  lil  DK.I-.SAU VEl'It, 
.author  of  "v^auseries  avec  mes    Klfeves/'   &c.  For 
circulars,  apply  by  letter  ut  No.  51  West  3jth  si. 


AUCTION^SALES. 

Dixosu,  Auctioneer. 

THIS  DAY    AT    IO:iO    O'CLOCK    A.    M., 
at  the  corner  4tb-av.  and  25th-8t,  a  large  sale  of 

HOUSEHOLD  GOODS, 

Parlor,  library,  chamber,  and  dlnl ox-room 'fhrnUnre, 
carpets,  bedding,  tc. 
Please  call  early  and  examine. 


PROPOSALS   FOR  RJP  RAP  (iRANITE. 

Kkoisebu  Oppicb,  Dnitbo  States  ARMy.  > 
Nkwport.  R.  1..  Keb.  22,  1877.  5 
Sealed  proposals  Will  be  received  at  this  office  imtil 
lOo'cloc'vA.  M.,  on  the  220  day  of  March,  1877,  lor 
Bio  Ri»p  Granite  for  Breakwater  at  Block  Island,  R.  1. 
Specllicatlons  in  regard  to  the  work  und  blank  forms 
for  propusdlK  anil  guiranty,  noon  which  all  bids  must 
be  made,  will  be  sent  ou  application  to  this  offic<>. 

G.  K.  WARREN,  Mijor  of  Engineers. 


BUSi:^ESS  CUANOES, 


-"-  estabUshed  and  profitable  business,  centrally  lo- 
cated ia  the  City  of  Rochester,  comprising  stoves,  tin, 
and  sheet-Iron  ware,  honse-iurntshlng  goods,  and  gen- 
eral lobbing  work;  a  capital  of  SS.OOO  required.  Ad- 
dress E.,  Box  No.  145  Timet  Office,  or  EDWARD  JONES, 
Rochester,  Ma  16  Soutli  St  Paul  St. 


PERSONAL. 


BOAM>IN2^AND^LODGmQ. 

THE  UP-TOWN  UttMWU  OB    THE  TIMES. 

The  np-town  office  of  THK  TTHBS  Is  located  at 
No.  t,2S9  Broadw«.T,  bet.  STlst  and  33d  Mat. 

Open  daily,  Sundays  tnomded.  flrom  4  A.  itf.  to  9  P.  U. 

Subcoripttona  reoeiy«d,aad  copies  of  THB  THIBSfor 
sale. 

ADVBRTlSBSrBNTS  RKCEIVBD    DNTTL  9  P.   H. 


INFOHAIATION    VVANTBU— OF    CHARLES  W. 
NSWTON.  who  baa  beeu  mlsaing  since  Deo.  26,  187S. 
v\  boever  oan  give  any  information  oonoemlng  blm  or 
hts  whereaboaia  wlU  confer  a  great  favaraod  here.      'KM', 
warded  by  odUlnp  on  his  brothar,  CALEB  M.  NBWTOtf,       XEL 
ijMtn  ncM  ttotel,  8d»T.  ana  Sih ■«  JJ^<I 


T6  LET— IN  A  SMALL  RESPEOTABLB  PRIVATE 
Gwinan  flamlly,  weil-ftirQlahed  rooms,  with  or 
without  board,  to  gentleman  and  wife  or  single  gentle-f 
men:  *«ferenees  exohanged.  loonlre at  No.  114  Bast 
58th-st. 


FIKTH-AV.,  NO.  {{OS,  CHB8  PERFIBt^D  HODSH  . 
handsome  suites  ou  secmd  and  third  floors,  also  one 

sinirleroom;    tablts  d'hOte  oc   private  :  location    ntisar- 

passed. JOHN  P.  W0R8TBLL. 

O.    354    WEST    «3D>ST.-A     FINE     LARGE 

second-atory    front     alcove   room,  with  first-class 
board  In  private  family.     Retereaces. 


NO.  53  VVEST  .•J3D-.ST.-LAR0B  HANDSOJtBLY 
furnished  room  on  parlor  floor,  also  hall  room  with 
board. 


NO.  33  WEST  31ST-ST.— A  SUITE  OF  ROOMS, 
Buit'iole  for  a  family  or  gentlemen,  to  let.  with  pri- 
vate table,  or  without  board. 


NO.   44    WEST    25TH-ST.-TWO   HaNDSOMB 
rooms,  second  fl^or.  frunt,  to  let  with  boird;  honse 
first  class  in  every  respect;   references. 


N: 


O.  7:1   EAST  61ST-ST.— DESIRABLE  ROOMS, 
with  first-class   board;    order,  punctualltv,  ueat- 


UUNNY    SECOND-ELOOR  FRONT    SUITE. 

Osuperlor  board,  low  for  balance  of  the  season.    Call 
utNo.  S3  Weat33d-8t. 


n: 


O.    5  EAST   46TH-ST.— DESIRABLE    WELL-, 
furnished  rooms  ^vith  first-class  board;  references. 


N 


O.    3    WEST    4!2»-ST.— DESIRABLE    ROOM^, 
with  board;  references  exchanged. 


^BOAKD^WANTER 

BOARD  OR  TABLE  BOARD  IN    A  BBFINBD 
family  where  good  German  l8  spoken,  wanted  for  a 
gentleman.     Address  C.  hi.,  Post  Ofllce  Box  So.  891. 


HOTELS^ 

THE  ROVAL.  VICTORIA  HOTEL, 

NASS.lU.  BAllAdA  ISLANU3. 
For  fall  infurm'ition  apply  to 

JAMES  LiuOERWOOD  St  CO.. 

No. 7,iS  BroadWiy,  ?iow-York. 


GRAND  BOl)L.EVARD  IIOTEU  BROADWAY 
oOth-8t,  and  Central  Park,  will  be  opened  March  1, 
as  a  flrst-cl'.ss  family  hotel.  Prices  moderate-  Ele- 
gant restaurant. 


___J^AL^NOTTOES^___ 

TH03IAS  D.  LEB  A]4D  HENRIETTA  C. 
LKE,  HIS  WIFB.— Couit  of  Common  Pleas  for  the 
City  and  County  of  New-York.— WILLIAM  ASTOR, 
plaintifi.  against  THO.MAS  D  LEK  ami  Henrietta  ('. 
Lee.  bis  wi&;  Frances  B.  Uegeman,  Gustavo  !>'.  Canis 
or  Gustavo  A.  Cauis,  Jacob  Rilter,  Union  A.ivms  and 

Charlotte  Aaams,  his  wife ;  Ritter,  wile  ot  the  de- 

fendiint,  Jacob  Hitter ;  Ellas  M.  Sperling,  August 
fchurmann,  '.Villiam  Kiister.  Maurice  I.eyne,  as  Referee, 
duly  appointed  by  the  Superior  t.'onrt  of  the  Ctty  of 
New-YorK  in  a  suit  therein  penr.iug,  wherein  Jacob 
lUtler  was  plaintitf  and  Thomas  D.  L,ee  und  others 
defendants,  det'endauta. — Amended  summons  for  re- 
liet.— Complaint  not  served.— To  all  the  delendauu 
herein  :  lou  are  hereby  summoned  aud  required  to 
answer  the  amended  complaint  in  this  action,  and  to 
Borve  a  copy  of  your  answer  to  the  said  amendeo  com- 
plaint on  the  subscriber,  at  Lis  office.  No.  1.0  Broad- 
Why,  in  the  Ciiy  ot  New-York,  within  twenty  days  after 
tlie  service  of  this  siimmon*  on  .you,  exclusive  of  the 
day  ot  such  service;  aud  it  you  fail  to  answer  the  said 
amended  complaint  with.n  the  time  atnresaid,  the 
plaintiff  in  this  action  will  apply  to  the  conn  for  the 
relief  demanded  in  the  amended  complaint. — Dated 
24lh  February,  1877. 

hKNRY  DA  t ,  Plaintifrs  Attorney. 

The  complaint  herein  was  filed  iu  the  office  ot  the 
Clerk  of  thaTi.ity  and  CouLty  of  New-York  ou  the  24th 
day  of  Fcb^iry,  1»77.  HENRY  DAY, 

f27-law0wTu  Plaintifl''8  Attorney. 


SUPRE.ME  COtltT  OE  THE  .STATE  OE 
New-York.  City  and  County  of  New-York.— CHARLES 
llAUN.  plaiutiff,  against  DANIEL  EBERHARDT.  as  Ex- 
ecutor of  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Liidwig  Ned- 
die, deceased,  and  as  Executor  of  the  last  will  and  tes- 
tament .of  Kranz  Dengier,  deceased,  Apollonia  Kupp, 
formerly  Apol.oaia  Meddle,  Louisa  Richter,  an  infant 
uude»^  the  ago  of  fourteen  years:  Ottmar  Kupler- 
suhmidt;  .Maria  Anna  KupferBCbmidt,  Ehsubetha  Kup- 
lerschmidt.  Sabioa  Kuplersebmidt.  Reglna  Kupter- 
sclimidt,  and  bliaabetba  Dengier.  defendants.— Sum- 
mons—lor  relief. — (Cora,  not  served.)— To  the  defend- 
ants above  named  and  each  of  them  :  You  are  hereby 
summoned  auil  required  to  answer  the  complaint  in 
this  action,  which  will  be  filed  in  the  ofllco  of  the 
Clerk  of  tue  City  aod  Couot.y  ot' New  York  at  the  Court- 
bouse,  in  the  Citv  of  New-Vork.  aod  to  serve  a  i  opy  of 
your  auswer  to  tbe  snid  complalut  on  the  suoscrioer  at; 
Ilia  office.  No.  11  AvenneA,  in  the  Ciiy  of  New-York, 
within  twenty  days  alter  tbe  service  of  this  summons 
ou  you,  exclusive  ot  tbe  day  of  such  service;  and  if 
you  mil  to  answer  the  said  complaint  within  the  time 
aloresald,  the  plaintiff  iu  this  action  will  apply  to  the 
couit  tor  the  relief  demanded  iu  the  complaint. — 
Dated  Ncw-Vork.  February  1,  1877. 

IsDA'ARD  F.  H.-*S,SKY,  Plaiutlfl's  Attorney, 
No,  11  Avenue  A,  New-York  City. 
The  complaint  in  this  nction  was  duly  filed  in  ths  of- 
fice of  the  Clerk  of  the  Clt.y  and  County  of  Sew- York 
ou  tbe  2rt  dav  of  February,  1877. 
16-law6Wru*  EDW.^RD  F.  HASSEY. 


AT  A  SPECIAL  TER.M  OK  THE  SUP£EMB 
( ourt.  he:d  at  the  City  Hall,  in  the  Citv  of 
New-York,  ou  the  2uth  day  of  February,  1877. — Prcs- 
eul  Hon.  George  C.  Barrett.  Justice. — In  the  matter  of 
TilK  .-ECURIlY  LIKE  INSURANCE  AND  ANNUITY 
COMPANf.— On  reaiiing  and  filing  the  petition  of 
William  II.  Wickhara,  Receiver  of  The  Securitv  Life 
Insurance  and  Annult.v  Company,  and  on  motion  of 
VV  iliium  C.  Whitney,  of  counsel  for  rsai<l  Reuetver,  it 
Is  ordered  that  a  notice  be  published,  in  the  manner 
hernnalter  directed,  rcguiring  all  the  creditors  of  tlie 
Bald  Security  Lite  Insurnnce  aud  Annuity  Companr, 
aud  all  persons  having  claims  of  any  kind  against 
said  company,  to  exbiblttiheir  claims  to  said  Receiver, 
at  a  place  lo  be  s;.'ecificd  in  such  notice,  and  become 
parties  to  the  above-eutltled  suit  or  proceeding  within 
six  mouths  trom  tho  first  publiontioii  of  this  order,  and 
that  in  default  thereof  they  be  precluded  from  all  ben- 
efit 01  the  order  or  decree  which  may  be  made  in  sncli 
suit  or  proccedmg,  aud  fiom  any  distribution  which 
shall  be  made  uuder  such  order  or  decree.  And  it  is 
further  ordered  that  this  order  be  published  once  a 
week  for  three  weeks,  and  said  uotice  be  published 
once  a  week  for  SIX  mouths  in  The  New-Yohk  Timbs, 
a  newspaper  puoiishod  in  the  City  and  County  of 
New-York.— (Indorsed,  filed  Feb.  26.  1877.)  A  copy. 
t27-law3«Tu        HKNRY  A.  GUMBLKTOS,  Clerk. 


NOTICE  TO  CREDITORS  OE  THE 
SiiCURlTY  LIFE  INSOR.^NCE  AND  ANNUITY 
CiiMl'ANV.— >fewYork  Supreme  Court,  City  aud 
County  ot  New-York.- In  the  matter  ol  THE  SBCU- 
RITY  LIPR  INSURANCE  AND  ANNUITY  COMPANY.— 
In  pursuance  of  an  order  of  this  court,  made  and  eutcred 
in  tho  above  entitled  suit  or  proceeding  on  the  26tb 
day  of  February,  1877.  notice  is  hereby  given  to  all 
creditors  of  the  Seourlty  Life  Insurance  and  Annuity 
i.'onipaiiy,  and  to  all  persona  having  claims  of  any 
kind  against  e.iid  company,  that  they  are  required  to 
exhibit  their  claims  to  me,  the  undersigned,  the  Re- 
ceiver of  said  eompjny,  at  my  office,  numbers  3  land  33 
Plno-street,  in  the  City  of  Now- York,  and  become  par- 
ties to  the  above-entitled  suit  or  proceeding,  ou  or  lie- 
f 're  the  3d  d.iy  of  September.  1877.  and  that  in  default 
of  such  creditors  and  claimanta  exhibitinir  their  claims 
aud  liccomiug  parties  to  said  suit  or  proceeding  as 
afuresitid.  they  will  be  precluded  trom  nil  benefit  of  the 
order  or  decree  wuich  may  I'C  made  in  such  suit  or 
proceeding,  and  from  any  distribution  of  the  assets  of 
said  compauy  which  shall  be  made  under  such  order 
or  decree.— Dated  New-iork  Feb. ',;6.  1877.  ^ 

f27-lawOmlu  WM.  U.  WICKHAM,  Receiver. 


tlUPRErtlE  COtKT,  NEW-VORK  COU.VIY.— 
f3j.  DAGGbilT  HUNT,  plaintiff,  against  GEORGE 
O.  M.DLFORD,  defendant. — Summons  lor  a  motiev  de- 
mand ou  contract. — lorn,  not  served. — To  the  detond- 
aut  above  named. — You  are  hereby  summoned  and  re- 
quired to  answer  the  complaiat  in  this  action,  whieh 
will  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Cit.y  and 
County  of  New-York,  at  the  Court-bouse,  Now-York 
City,  and  to  serve  a  copy  of  .your  answer  to  the  said 
ciiinpluint  on  tbe  subscriber,  at  his  office.  No.  1  Col- 
lege olico,  New-Vork  City,  wlihiu  twenty  days  after 
th'»  service  ot  this  summons  on  you,  exclusive  of  the, 
day  of  such  veivice ;  and  it  yon  lail  to  answer  the  sedd' 
complaiat  within  the  time  aforesaid,  tiie  plaiutiff  in 
this  action  will  takejudgment  »gainat  you  lor  the  suiu 
of  BIX  hundred  audsuvontv-aeyeu  16-l00  dollars,  with 
interest  f.oiu  the  2) Bt  da.y  ot  October,  one  thousand 
(.i^ht  huudied  und  seveuty-flve,  besides  the  costs  of 
thisaciioD. — Dated  New-Vork.  Januar.y,  1877. 

STEPHEN  B.  BR.\GDiS,  Plaintiff's  Attorney, 
No,  1  College  place,  New- York. 

The  complaiat  in  the  above  eutltiuii  actiou  was  filed 
Id  the  <  fflee  of  tho  Clerk  of  the  City  and  County  of 
New- York,  at  the  court-house  in  the  City  of  New- York, 
on  the  second  day  ot  Peoruarv,  1877. 

STliPUbN  B.  BRaGUK,  PlaintifPs  Attorney. 

feiawGwlu"* 


l^HJUNTY    COURT,    COUNTY   OE  KINGS.— 

^f<AUAH  T.  COiiThLiiODagiinst  JOSEPH  T.  WHITE. 
Henry  W.  Domett,  Kohert  S.  Walker.  Charles  B.  Cald- 
well,  and ,  his  wife.  James  U.  Borden,  Stephen  G. 

Coudit.  To  e.ich  of  tbe  defendants  above  named.  You 
are  hereby  nuinmoued  au<l  required  to  auswer  the  com- 
plalut ill  this  action,  of  which  n  copy  is  herewith 
served  on  you,  and  this  dav  filed  iu  the  office  of  the 
Clerk  of  the  County  of  Kings,  ot  the  Kings  Countv 
Court-hi.t:8e,  in  tbe  City  of  Brooklyn,  in  said  County  of 
Kiugs,  in  the  State  of  New-York,  and  to  sixve  a  copy 
ol  .your  answer  to  the  siiid  coiuaiaint  on  the  subacnb- 
ers,  at  tbeir  office,  Na  13  WlUougbbv  street,  iu  the 
City  of  Brooklyn,  within  twenty  days  after  the  service 
of  this  summons  ou  you,  exclusive  of  the  day  of  such 
service,  aud  it  you  fuL  to  answer  the  eaid  complaint 
wlthlu  the  time  aforesaid,  the  plaintiff  iu  this  action 
will  apply  to  the  court  for  the  relief  demanded  in  the 
complaini.— Dated  Brooklyn.  Auguat  21,  1876. 

A.  &.  J.  Z.  LuTT.  Plaintiff's  Attorneys. 
f30-lawOwTu  No.  13  Willonghby  siroet,  Brooklyn. 


IN  PURSUA.NCK  OF  AN  ORDER  OK  THE 
Supremo  Court,  First  Judicial  District,  made  and 
entered  on  tlio  5tn  day  of  Fobruaiy,  1877,  notice  is 
hereby  given  thut  VVlLbUM  OOTHODT.  now  of  thd 
Cit.y  oi  I'nris.  iu  the  Republic  of  France,  will  apply  to 
the  court  at  a  Special  Term  thereof,  to  be  held  at 
Chambers  in  the  County  Court-house,  in  the  slid  Ciiy 
ot  New-York,  ou  Monday,  the  '/i  day  ot  April,  1877,  at 
10  o'clock  A.  M.,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  counsel  cau 
be  heard,  for  an  order  that  be  be  discharged  from  bis 
office  aa  one  of  the  Trustees  of  a  certain  mortgage 
made  and  execnted  and  delivered  to  him  and  another 
by  the  New-fork  and  Silver  Peak  Mining  t  ompan.y. 
The  uetitlon  <>f  the  said  William  Ooihont,  upon  which 
the  said  orcer  was  granted,  was  duly  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  Clerk  of  the  City  and  Connty  of  New-York  on 
theothday  of  February,  1877. 

HKNRY  BRACE,  Attorney  for  said  Petitioner, 
fl3-law3wTn*  Na  61  Liberty  st,  N.  Y. 


ri^HB  c<>partnership    heretojfore 

X  existing  under  and  by  tbe  firm  name  of  LE  BOD- 
TlLLlliR  &.  BRIDE,  has  been  this  dav  dissolved  by 
mutual  consent.  Air.  THOMAS  LE  BuDTILLIER,  Jb., 
WlU  sign  in  liquidation. 

THOMAS  LE  BODTILLIER,  Jr. 
CHARLES  B.  BUIDB. 
Naw-ToBK,  Feb.  17.  1877. 

Notice  is  hereby  piven  that  the  nnderngnsd  have 
this  d>y  formed  a  copartnership  under  the  Urm  name 
of  LB  bUUTILLlER  &  CO.UPAS  Y,  for  the  irausactlou 
of  a  general  importing  business  in  clocks,  brouzes, 
fkncT  goods,  ko.  TUOMAtf  LE  BODTILLIEB.  Js. 
CUARLBS  LB  BODTIUlbB. 
»»w-Yoax,  Fob.  24, 1877. 


IR.  W.S>  F.  PRBNTIOB  IS  THIS  DAY  ADMIT- 
.^t«4  Into  ou  firm— Fraatioa  Btwr$a,,BMi ' ' 


-^iMXrSEMENTS. 


ABBOTT. 


ACAD  EMIT  OF  MDslC. 

\  Prids.y  evening.  March  2. 

tSATORDAYMATINSK,  March  8.  al  3. 

POemVELY  LAST  APPEARANCE  thU  season  tn 
GRAND  ITALIAN  OP£R^,  of  Miss  Emma 

ABBOTT 

On  which  occaalon   Donizetti's    charmlog  Opera  LA 

FIGLIA  DEL  BGuGIMENTO  will    be  performed,   with 

MISS  ABBOTT 

in  tb«  rAle  of  MARIA,  in  which  she  achieved  a  most 

emphatic  saccesa  at  her  debut,  supported  by  a  brQUant 
cast,  inclnding 

BKTGNOtl,  •  PERRAKTI, 

MLLE.  DB  GEBBCE,        BaRILI,  ke. 
FULL  CHORDS  AND  ORCHESTRA, 
Doder  ihe  direction  of  Max  Msretzek. 
Peats  at  the   Acndemy.   Sehlrmer's.  No.  701    Broad- 
way, No.  Ill  Broadway,  and  Na  23  Dnion  Sanare. 


PARK  THEATRE.  B'WAY  AND  22D  ST. 

BBNRY  B.  ABBEY Leaaee  and  Manager 

FIFTH  WEEK. 

STILL  THB    PKKVMLI.N'i    POPULAR    ATTRACTION,. 

Mr.  Leon.trd  Grover'a  American  comedy 

ODR  BOAKDiNG-HOUSE. 

One  vast  laugh  fills  tbe  air.  —Herald. 

OUR  BOARDING-HOUSE. 

It  la  ver.T  well  acted.— .Beoifnff  Foat 

OUR  BOARDING-HOUSE. 
Is  beantlfnll.y  placed  on  th-  stage.— Sundajf  Stereurg- 

OUR  BOABDINU-HOUSK. 
Pree  trom  taint  of  vulgarity.- JBxprea*. 
ODR  BOaRDING-HoDSB. 
WiU  certainly  be  a  popular  institution. — TeUoroBi. 

OUR  B0.iRDING-H''USE. 
The  laughter  comes  irreslBtiidy.- .W«ic». 
ODR  HOARDING-HOUSE. 

Always  crowded  with  fishionable  guests.— ITotl. 

OUR  iOARDlNGUOUSK. 
Latest  arrivals  published  in  the  GropAio, 

EVENING  at  8;  SATURDAY  M.ATTNBB  at  3. 

Re'y'dseat8,60e..  $1  and$l  50.  Admission,  50c.  and  $1. 

FREK  list  ABSIiLUTKLY  STjSPiiNDED. 


.,7  .«*.i3  vAA  aumkii* 


A-VIERICAN  SOCIETY  OE   I'AINTERS  IN 

WiTII  COIOIS.. 

TENTH  ANNUAL  EXHIBITION 

liAST     WEEK. 

NATIONAL  ACADEMY  OF  DESIGN, 
Coi-ner  of  4tb-a'r.  and  33d«st. 

Open  dailr  (Sundays  excepted)    from  9  A.  SL  until  6 
P.  M.,  and  from  7  until  10. 


THE  GREAT    NJUW-YORK    AQUARIUM. 

BROADWAY  AND    35TH  ST. 
OPEN  DAILY  from  9  A.  M.  till   10  P.  M. 
LIVINO  MONSTERS,   VVONDERS,     A.SD    PISHB3. 
The  Greatest  Wonders  of  the  Ase. 
Capt.  JOHNSEN  aud  his  celebrated  DORY  Cn?NTBN- 
KIAL,  tbe  smallest  boat,that  ever  crossed  the  Atlantic, 
explaining  tho  Dory  log-book,    a  narrative  of  daring 
adventure.      Prof.  STARR'S    Electro-microscope,   mag- 
nifying  living    marine  objects  to   1(1,000  times  tneiz 
natural  size.    Ten  enormous  man-eating  Alligators. 
Wonderful  D  ladder-nose  SeaL 
Bgyptian  River  Horse  :   Lake  White  Fish. 
AFTERNOON  AND  EVENINii  CONCERTS, 
Admission  to  all,  50  cents;   children  half  price. 


NEW  BROADWAY  THEATRE. 

BROADWAY  AND  30TH-ST. 

Every  evening  and  WeOnesda.y  and  Saturday  matinee, 

Mr.  JOHN  T.  HINDS. 

From  Theatre  Royal.  Dublin,  la 

IN.SHAVOUUB,  OR  Tl.MhS  IN  '98. 

General  admission,  50  cents. 


BBOOKLYA  ACADEMY  OF  irIUSIC. 

WEDNESDAY  EVENING,  FEB.  2a 

MISS  EMMA  ABBOTT 

IN  GRAND  ITALIAN  OPRBA, 

Assisted  by  BRIGNOLI.  KERUANTI,  Mile.  Da  GBBELE, 

to.     Seats  at  Academy  and  No.  Ill  Bioadway. 


BROOKLYN  ACADEMY  OP  MUSIC. 

THURSDAY  EVENING,  MARCH  1,  AT  8. 

O-S'LY    OLE    BULL    CONCERT, 

and  only  Joint  appearance  of 

OLE    BULL    Att  U    KS8IPOFP. 


/-"I  BAND    JUVENILE    ENTERTAINMENT— 

VJTContlsiIng  of  Taoleanx,  Solos.  Duets,  Readings, 
&.C.,  will  take  place  at  tbe  Alanson  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church,  Norfolk-Bt.,  near  Graud-st.,  on  THLBS- 
DAY  and  FRIDAY  EVENINGS,  ilarch  1  and  2.  1877. 
Tickets,  25  cents. 


THE  CENTENNIAL  BUTTE  it  HEAD, 

and  other  studies,  modeling  In   butter  from  this    date, 
at  No.  858  Broadway,    Admission,  25c. 


NEW-YORK  CONSERFATORY   OF  MUSIC,, 

5  EAST  14TH-ST..  2  doors  East  5th-av,  (Incorporated.)  \ 
This  RENOWNED  MUSIC  SCHOOL  open  Day  t  Evening.  5 

T^'^HE^^ssocLArioSr^op  the^aldmnT 
OF  THE  COLLEGE  OF  PHYSICLANS  AND  SUR- 
GEONS IN  THE  CITY  OF  NBW-YOBK,  1877 — The 
annual  meeting  of  the  ossoclatioa  will  be  held  at  the 
College  building,  comer  of  23d-st.  nnd  4th-av.,  on 
Wednesday.  Feb.  28,  1877.  at  8  o'clock,  P.  M.  All 
graduates  of  the  college  In  good  Btnnriing  are  recog- 
nized members  of  its  Alumni  Association.  Ihe  alnmnl 
banquet  13  appointed  tor  Frida\-.  Mnrch  2,  1877,  at 
6:30  o'clock  P.  M.,  at  Delmonico's,  corner  of  26th-st. 
aud  5th-uv.  QEOHUE  BAYLES,  M.  D., 

Secretary. 
W.   H.  DRiPBR,  M.  D.,  Prendent. 


ILLUSTRATED    LECTURE    CODRi^E      AT 
the  Church  of   the  Holy  Trinity,  comer  of  42d-st. 
aud  Madisou-av.,  by  Prof  E.   WARREN  CLARK,  TUES- 
DAY EVENINGS,  promptly  at  8  o'clock. 
oDBJHCTS : 

Feb.  ?7.    L— "  Around  the  World  in  Eighty  Minutes." 
March  0.    IL— -  Jaiian  and  China  Contrasted," 
March  13,     111.— ■•  From  the  Heights  of  the  Himalayas 

to  tho  Top  of  the  Great  Pyramid." 
March  20.  1V\—"  Rise  and  PailofTycoonlsm  in  Japan." 

SINGLE  TICKETS,  25  CENTS. 


AMTTSEMByTS. 

WALLACa^S. 

Preprtator  andalanager Ur.  LB8TBB  WALLACIC 

ANOTHBB  TAKIBD  AND  AITBACTIVB  PBOOaAMIII 

Af 

LBGITIMATB  COStBDT 

for  the  week  ending  March  9. 

TUESDAY  AND  SATURDAY  ErBNOTM 

will  be  performed  the 

THIRD  OF  THE  BEBIB8  OF  COHEDT  BSPBSnaR^ 

TIONS, 

eensisting  of  Goldsmith's  fiunvna  ataaaazd  woxl^  fa 
fire  acta,  entitled 

SHE  STOOPS  TO  CONQUBB,  / 

with  ) 

AFPBOFRIATE  SCENIC  BHBBLLISHnaT  \ 

and  the  lollowin*  ' ' 

ADMIRABLE  DISTRIBUTION  OP  OaAKAOTSll8| 
Ur.  LESTER  WALLACK  as  CHARLES  KABIiOW. 
other  ctismctera  by  Bfesara.  JOHN  GtLBBK'B 
HAERY  BKCKBTT,  0.  A.  STEVENSON,  J.  W.  BHAII 
NON,  E.  M.  HOLLAND,  W.  J.  LEONARD.  0.  B.  EDi 
WIN.  and  Hisses  ADA  DYaS,  ROSE  WOOD,  Mmr 
PONISI,  and  ETHEL  THORNTON. 

WBDNESDAT  AND  FRIDAY  EVENIWOS, 

WILD  OATS.  

THUBSDAT   EVENING    A.VD   8ATDBDAT    UATIHSa 

A  MORNING  CALL  and  MARRIBD  LIFB. 

IMPORTANT  NOVELTIBS 

are  In  acttve  preparation  for  immediate  prodoello^ 

the  first  ot  which  will  be  dnly  announced. 


REV.  DR.  ORiMlSTON  W1L.L  LKCTURB 
I'O-NIOUT  on  '•  California,"  in  Westminster 
Church,  West  22d-st.,  between  bth  and  7th  avs.  Ad- 
miaaiou  50  cents. 


_^A^yKEUPT_^^^IOE&__ 

IN  BANKRUPTCY. —IS  THE  DISTRICT  COURT 
of  the  Dnitod  States  for  the  8outheraJ)istricl.of  New- 
lork.— In  tho  matter  of  ALKXANDER  R.  CHISOLM 
and  EDWARD  WILLIS,  bankrupts,- Notice  is  hereby 
given  that  a  petition  has  been  filed  in  said  court  by 
Edward  Willis,  in  said  district,  duly  declared  oank- 
rupta  under  the  act  of  Cougresa  of  March  2.  lHt>7, 
for  a  discharge  and  certiiicale  thereof  from  all  their 
debts  and  other  claims  provable  uuder  said  act,  and 
that  the  seventeenth  day  of  .March,  1877,  at  two 
o'clock  P.  M.,  at  tbe  office  of  Edgar  Koichum,  Esq. 
Be;jister  in  Bankruptcy,  No.  129  Fulton  street,  in 
theCityof  New-York,  is  assigned  for  the  hearing  of 
the  same,  when  and  where  all  creditors  who  have 
proved  their  debts,  and  other  persons  in  interest,  may 
attend,  and  show  cause,  if  any  tlie.y  have,  why  the 
prayer  of  the  said  petition  should  not  be  granted.— 
Dated  Now- York,  on  the  nineteenth  day  of  Fobni:iry, 
18/7.  GEO.  F.  BETTS,  Clerk. 

f20-law3wTu* 


IN  BANKRUPTCY".— IN  THE  DISTRICT  CODRT 
of  tlie  United  States  for  the  Southern  District  of 
New-York.— Iu  tbe  matter  of  CHARLES  HUBER,  bank- 
rupt.— Notice  IB  heri-bv  giveu  that  a  petition  has  been 
filed  in  said  court  by  Charles  Huoer,  ot  the  City  of  New- 
York  in  said  district,  duly  declared  a  bankrupt  under 
the  Act  of  Congress  of  March  2,  1867,  for  a  dlscbargo 
and  certificate  thereof  from  all  his  debts,  ond  other 
claims  provable  under  said  act,  and  that  tbe  13th  day. 
ol  March.  1877,  at  12  o'clock  M.,  at  tbe  office  of  James 
K.  Dwight,  Register  in  Bankruptcy,  No.  7  Beekman 
street,  in  the  City  of  New-York,  is  assigned  for  the 
hearing  of  the  same,  when  and  where  all  creditors  who 
have  proved  their  debts,  and  other  persons  in  intereBt, 
may  attend,  and  show  cause,  if  any  they  have,  why  the 
prayer  of  the  said  oeti^ou  should  uot  bo  granted. — 
Dated.  New-York,  ou  tho  19tb  da.v  ot  Febmary,  1877. 
f  20-law3wTu'  GEO.  F.  BETTS.  Clerk. 


NO.  5,y01.— IS  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE 
United  States  for  the  .'<outhem  District  of  New- 
York.— In  the  matter  ot  ABSAHA-H  STElN  aud  ISRAEL 
KTEIN,  bankruDts.-In  Bankruptcy. -Before  Mr.  Henry 
Wilder  Alleu.  Registerin  Ilaukruptcy.- Southern  Dis- 
trict ot  New- York,  BS.:— At  tho  City  of  New- York  the 
19th  day  of  Febniarv,  A.  D.  1877.  To  whom  it 
may  concern :  The  undersigned  hereby  gives  notice 
of  appointment  as  Assignee  of  Abrubani  8tcin  ana  Is- 
rael ^telIi,  of  New-York,  in  the  County  of  New-l'ork 
aud  State  of  New-York,  within  said  district,  who  havo 
been  adiudgod  baukrupts  upon  the  petition  of  their 
creditors  by  the  Dklrlct  Court  of  said  district. 
f20-law3wTu*  MAX  DANZIGBR.  AsBignee. 


IN  THE  DISTRICT  COURT  OF  THE  UNITED 
States  for  the  Southeni  District  of  New-York. — In 
the  matter  of  JAMiiS  WICKHAM  and  WILBUR  N. 
WICKHAM,  bnnkrupts.  —  In  Bankruptcy.  —  Before 
James  F.  Dwight.  Register. — To  whom  it  may  con- 
cern: The  undersigned  hereby  gives  notice  ot  his  ai>- 
piilutment  aa  Assignee  of  tbo  estate  of  James 
Wiokham  ond  Wilour  N.  Wiokham,  of  New- York.  In 
the  County  of  New-Vork,  and  State  of  New-York, 
within  said  district,  who  have  been  adiud^^d 
bankrupts  upon  their  own  petition  b.y  the  District 
Court  ot  said  district— Dated  New-York  City,  the  19th 
day  of  February,  A.  D.  1877. 

CHESTER  WOLVBRTON,  Asslsneo. 
f20-law3wTn.*  21 8  fulton  st..  N.  Y.  City. 


^aORSBS^A^TD^CAm^^ 

THE   UP-TOWN  OFKICE   OF  THE  TIMES.. 

Tbe  no- town  office  of  THH  TIMES  is  located  at 
No.  l,Mir  Broadtvay,  bet.  31st  and   33d  sta. 

Open  dail.y.  Sunda.ys  included,  from  4  A.   M.  to  9  P.  M. 

Subscriptions  received,  and  copies  of  THii  TIMES  for 

sale. 

ADVERnSBMKNT.S  RECKIVED    UNTTIi  9  P.    M. 


WANTED  TO  RENT  -FROM  iST  MAY  NEXT, 
stable,  between  25th  and  40tb  stB.,  aod  7th  and 
Lexlugton  avs.,  with  not  less  than  five  stalls,  and  with 
euitbbie  room  tor  coachman's  family.  Address  A.  C, 
Post  Office  Box  No.  1.397. 


Ti 


O     LET— NO.   105     WEST     513T-ST.,      PRIVATE 
Stable,  25x100.  two  stories,  $1,600. 

J.  P.  TIDBITS  k  SON.  Na  lt!l  Bioadway. 


1J10R     SALE    CHEAP.- A     81l,VER-MoUNTED 
oonp£  harness;     also  double  coach  haroeaa,  at   Na 
100  ,West  Slst-'sU 


Bli»oi)rEVY7tVTUKN^ 

PITAL,  baviug  completed  a  conservatory  for  the 
beuefit  apd  pleasure  ot  its  patients,  solicits  suitable 
plants  from  such  bsneyolent  persons  as  may  be  will- 
ing lo  contribute  them,  either  by  gift  or  loan.  Address, 
with  description  of  plants,  M.  U.,  Post  Office  Box  No. 
2,322,  New-York. 


fcVAaJDt 


(.r«tt9i*i» 


GILMORE>S  GARDEN. 

OPEN  THREB    EVENINGS  IN  THE  WEKK. 


TUESDAY, 


THURSDAY, 


''M 


'■n 


DALY'S  FIFTH  AVENUE  THBATBJB.      - 

LAST 
NIGHTS 

LEMONS. 

LAST    "  LEMONS  >'  .MATINBK    SATURDAT 

NKXT. 

In  preparation  fbr  Maroh  12,  A  NBW  COHtC  8EN8A- 
SaTION  oi  Local  and  Coutemporaneotu  Interaat. 

SATURDAY  NIGHT.  MARCH  10,  FIRST  BKJTRFIT  fai 
America  of  Mr.  CHARLES  F.  COGHLAS,  when  he  will 
appear  as  HAMLET. 


BOOTH'S  '1<HEATRU.  LAST  WEES, 

Of  the  great  local  piav 

"FIFTH  AVENCB." 

GEORGE    RIGNOLO'S   FAREWELL. 

ACT  i. 
PiCtnrM  the  SINKING  OF   A-NT  OCEAN   STBAtfEB. 

ACT  IL 
Plotnies  SCENES  IN  WALL  STREET. 

ACT  UL 
PietniestheLADNCHI-NG  OF  THE  MONITOR. 

ACT  IT. 
Pictnres  Fifth  avenue  by  ul^ht.  and  the  HUBDEB  Of 
MB.  SCHDYLKB,  tho  tianker.     A  thrilllOE  scene. 

A';t  v. 
Pictnres  the  retnm  of  the  gallant  SEVBITTH  BBQP 
MEN!  and  tbeir  conflict  with  the 

RIOTERS     OF     1SS3. 

»«•  FAREWELL  MATINEE  NEXT  SATURDAY  at  1:80. 

",*  In  readiness  for  instaut  prodnctlou  Jules  Verne'i 
and  Offenbach's  spectacular  oi>era  bouffe,  A  TRIP  TO 
THE  MOON. 


STBINWAY  HALL.  OLE  BUUi. 

OLE  BULL. 

OLE  BDLL. 

ANNOUNCEMENT  hXTRAORDINABI. 

The  world's  greatest  vioUu  virtnoao, 

OLU   BULL, 

WUl  make  his  first  appearance  in  fire  yaats  oa  ta 

morrow, 

WEDNESDAY  EVENING,  Feb.  28.  at  & 

Tbe  managers  feel  proud  in  announcing  for  this  000» 

sion  the  engagement  oi  the  greatest  living  pianlsL 

ANNETTE   BSSIPOFP. 

A.VNETTU   ESSIPOFF. 

8ATDBDA1!,   March  3,   at  2    P.  M., 

GRAND  OLE  BULL  MATINEE. 

■  Onlyjolnt  appearance  of 

OLE  BULL  AND  ESSIPOFF. 

NotwithstanUng  the  enormous  .expense  entailed  tof 

this  grand  combination,  the  prices  of  ailmissloa  will  bet 

ADMISSION,  ONE  DOLLAR: 
secured  seats,  $1  50.    At  Steinwuy's,  Schnbextb'a,  aad 
Na  111  Broadway. 


EAGLE  THEATRE. 

AIMEE  IN  THB  NEW  OPERA. 

Grand  success  of  Offenbach's  New  Oneta, 

LA  BOULANGERE  A  DUS  BCD8. 

performed  for  the  last  times    to-night,    to-mozrowi 

Thursday,  and  Saturday  niatineo.    Entirely  new  coii 

tumes  ana  apnropriate  accessories. 

Mile.  AIMEE,  (in  her  original  rftle,)  UAROOT, 
Introlucing  the  beautiful  Spanish  song,  LA  PALOHA. 
FRID.iY.  (by  request — La  Grande  Dncheaee.  AIMEB 
as  La  Grande  Duchesse,  SAl'URDAl  MATINEE— La 
Boulangere  a  des  Ecus.  Matinee  admission,  50  cents; 
reserved  seats,  50  cents  extra.  SAfUEDAlf  NIGHT — 
Lrs'  time,  GIEOFLlil-GIROFLA,  AIMEE  aa  Qirofid' 
Girofla. 


NIHLO'S  GARDEN. 

EIBALFT  BROTHERS Lessees  and  Uaaaasar 

GRAND  RECONSTRUCTION 
of  the  great  spectacle 

AtOUND  THE  WORLD 
l.N   80  DAYS. 
Four  of  tha  greatest  living  dancers. 

Mile.    PALADINO,    Mlie.   MAEASCHINI, 
Mile.  DE  ROSA. 
Blgnor  BKNESTO  MASEAGNIO, 
with  anew  and  efficient  corps  de  ballet. 

Miss  JENNIE  HUGHES  has  been  spedaDr  ongaffM 
to  play  NEMEA,  in  which  she  will  sing  someofheS 
popular  songs. 

UNION  SQUARE  THEATRE. 

Proprietor. Mr.  SHERIDAN  SHOOK 

Manager. Mr.  A-M-FALMBA 

UNEQUIVOCAL  SUCCESS 

OF 

THE  DANiCHEFFS. 

The  most  effective  of  the  many  good  playi  produeaA 

at  the  Union  Square  Theatre —£i'eaiaa  Pott 

HODSii  CROWDED  AT  EVERY  RKPRBSENTATIOJ^ 

SATURDAi  AT  1:30,  FIFTH  MATINKB  OF 

THE  DANlLHEKFS. 


BATUBOAI. 


;   THIS  TUBBDAT    AFTERNOON    AT    3    O'CLOCK 

A  zreat  entertainment  for  the 

BENEFIT    OF     MR,     JOHN    CHRISTIAN. 

THIS  EVENING,  FEB.  27, 

AN  IMMENSE  ENTERTAINMENT. 

go  cents ADMISSION BOoent,^ 

NEW  EASTER  MUSIC. 

"  Tho  Magdalene "  Kastei  hymn,  by  George  W, 
Warren.  60  cents;  Easter  hymn.  Wheat,  7o  cents; 
"  Alleluia,"  graod  processional  hymn,  Henry  Wilson, 
20  cents ;  Carols,  "  Ring  out  Sweet  Easter  Bells,'* 
"Then  and  Now,"  Warren,  each  5  cents  ;  "  The  Font 
is  Decked  with  Flowers,"  Poad,  Jr.;  "  Christ  the  Lord 
has  risen,"  Warren,  each  5  cents.  All  the  best  Easter 
anthems,  hymns,  carols,  fee,  by  Panka,  Lloyd.  Wil- 
liams, Chappla,  and  othera  'WTLLIA.M  A.  POND  n 
CO.,  No.  647  Broadway,  branch  at  Na  39  Union-square, 
New-York. 

HELLER'S   WO.>DER    THEATRE. 
EVERY  EVENING  AT  8. 

The  Third  Programme. 

Everything  new  and 

more  woudertal  than  ever. 

ROBERT  HELLER.  MISS  HELLBB 

Matinees  Wednesday  and   Saturday  at  2. 
Children   half  price  to  Matin6es. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  MINSTRELS. 

-   Great  6DCCES8  of  the  new  piece,      lOPERA-HOUS^ 
ODR  HASH  HOUSE.  I      Broadway 

And  the  hash  can  be  analyzed,  '     I  and 

for  there  la  not  a  'air  in  it.  [       29th  st. 

Matinee  SATURDAY  at  2.  (  Seats  Secured, 

GRAND  OPERA-HOUSE. 

Poole  bDonnelly Lessees  and  Managera 

HOUSE  CROWDED.  DN'riL  FURrHBR  NOTICB. 

THfi   TWO    ORPHANS. 

MATINEES  WED.N'ESDAY'  AND  8ATDRDAT.  AT  2. 

V  GRAND  AMATEUR   ATHLETIC   GAMJB!^' 

150  KN'TRIES-ALL  THK  CHAMPIO.SS. 

METROPOLITAN  RIDING  ACADBMi', 

3D-AV.,  eSD  AND  64TH  8TS, 

THURSDAY.  MARCH  1.     7  P.  M.  SHARP. 


FraE^AETS. 

ART  NOTICE. 

Continuation  sale    THIS  (Tuesday^  EVENINa. 
AT  MINER'S  ART  GALLERIES.  Na  845  BBOAOWAT. 
The  balance  of  the  private  oolieotion  of  a  well-known 
art  connoissear  of  this  Ctty,  emtjracmg  cnoioe  and  valik- 
able  works  ot  leading  artists  of  America  and  Eorop^ 
Also, 
THB  FAULBNE&  GALLERY 
of 
WATER-COLORS, 
Forming  one  of  the  finest  assemblages  of  Art  Works  lo 
this  branch  ever  offered  at  public  competition  in  this 
City. 

To  be  sold  at  auction,  THIS  TUK8DAY  and  WEDNB& 
Dax  evenings,  Feb.  27  and  28,  at  7:30  Ccftck. 

HENRY  D.  MINER,  Anotionaec 


'■^] 


ART.— A  GALiAXY  OP  GEMS. 

THB  AMERICAN  COLLECTION  OF 
PAINTINGS, 
comprisine  the  latest  examples  of  every  American  aiv 
list  of  note,  contributed  m  every  instance  by  the  artist 
represented ;  in  its  entirety  witnout  doubt  the  choicest 
ooileetiou  of  the  works  of  American  artists  ever  offered 
at  public  sale. 

The  collection  will  be  nold  at  auction 
AT  TUB  KDRTZ  GALLERY, 
No.  6  East  23d-Bt.,  Madison-square. 
THUBtSDAY  AND  FRIDAY.   HABCil  1  aND  2, 
At  8  o'clock  P.  U. 
The  Gallery  will  be  open  on   Monday,  26th  hist.,  ana 
tbe  palDtings  wdl  remain  on  FRKii;  EXHIBITION  from 
9  o'clock  A.  M.  to  10  o'clock  P.  M.  tmtil  time  of  sr-ile. 
Daniel  a.  MATHEWS,  suctloueer. 


MCSlOAit 


A  GREAT  OFFER! 


We  will  darinc 

..    these  Hard  lime* 

dispose  0/  100  PIANOS  <fe  ORGANS,  new  and 
second-hand,  of  firat-clasa  makera*  Incladina 
W  ATE  RS'.at  lower  prices  for  cash  or  Inatall- 
mentn  or  to  let  ontli  paid  for  than  ever  heiore 
offered.  WATERS'  GRAND.  SQUARE  and 
UPRIGHT  PIANOS  deORGANSare  the  KKST 
MADE.  AGENTS  WANTED.  lUoatratedCaU 
aloamea  .Mailed.  A  liberal  dlseoant  to  Teaeher», 
Miiuttert,  CAureaes.  etc  Sheet  mnaic  at  halt  price. 
HO K ACE  WA'PERS  ek  SON.S,  Maaafetra.  aad 
Dealers,  40  East  14th  St.,  Union  aqoare,  N.  Y. 


DAjypiNa 

LLEN  DODWORTH»,S  DA  NCIN  G'  'bCBUOL 
REMOVED  TO  MO.  681  5TH  AVBND8.    BprtBg tetn 

now  oommendag.    For  partienlara  aaait.fbroiromac 

Private  lesaona  evary  day. ' 

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K*V 


SAVING  THE  OLD  EXCHANGE 

—  * 

•ACTiriTT  OF  TEE  GOLD  BOARD. 

4  TURBULBaiT  MEETING-  OF  THE   MBMBEBS — 
<  THBIR   INDIQNATIOIf^ATtTHE  ACTION  OF 
^?THE   STOCK   BOABD— TUB  >  QUESTION    ©B" 
'      SBCCMNG  NEW  ROOMS  ^DISCUSSED.    .~ 

'  One  of  the  largest  meetings  «Ter  held  in  the 

Aold  Exchange  took  place  there  yesterday  after- 
noon^ XbU  waa  the  reanlt  of  the 'potion  taken  by 
tb&  Stock  Ezcbange  oo   SatardftTVevenlDjc  and  of 

,«ircalar8  that  had  been  lavishly  distribated  oallinn 
■'  npoD  the  members  to  "  aave  tbo  Old  Ezohaoge." 
Mr.  C.  0.  Morris  preaidcid.  He  said  that  no  answer 
bad  been  received  fron  the  Stock  Exobaoge  to  the 
commonication  sent  them  by  the  Gold  Board,  and 
stated  the  object  of  the  meetinsr  to  be  to  consider 
a  recommendation  that  the   ExeeotlTe  Committee 

appoint  a  special  committee  to  secure  new  rooms 
for  the  exobance  after  May  1.  Mr.  John  F. 
IToderliill  started  tlie  .ball   by  offering  a  resolation 

itbat  the  Ezeoatlve  Committee  be  -  instmoted 
to  lease  wltboat  farther  delay  a  suite  of  rooms  for 
the  use  of  the  Gold  Exchange  after  May  1.  A  mo- 
tion was  instantly  made  to  lay  the  reaolation  on  the 
table  amid  great  confosion,  oatealls,  and  cries  of 
all  sorts.  The  yeas  were  called  for,  and  a  tre- 
mendous yell  was  the  resnlt.  '*<  Then  the  nays 
shouted  at  the  top  of  tbeir  ]nne*.>nd  a  division 
was  demanded.  The  excitement  at  this  time  was 
awi'ul.  Every  person  present  was  on  his  feet, 
bhouting  ana  iosiating  on  belni;; recognized;  the 
Chairman  was  rapping  furiously  '  with  his  cavel, 
and  for  a  few  minutes  no  business  could  be  trans- 
act-ed.  Mr.  Xrnderhill  nearly  sacceeded  in  beginning  a 
speech,  but  was  promotlv  ruled  out  of  order.  Then  a 
diviaion  w<is  ordered,  and  170  members  held  up 
their  ri^ht  hands  in  favor  of  tabling  > Mr.  Under- 
bill's resolation.  This  was  followed  bycbeersfor 
the  "  Old  Exchange."  The  nays  could  only  muster 
60  voces.  Order  Deing  partially  restored,  a  motion 
was  made  and  sesonded  for  the  appointment  of  a 

summittee  of  five  to  meet  the  Governing  Commlt- 
tve  ot  the  Stocic  Exchange  and  confer  with  them  on' 
the  existing  state  ot  affiirs.  Before  it  eould  be  out, ' 
however,  an  amendment  was  offered  that  the  Gov- 
erning Committee  of  the  Stock  Exchange  be  le- 
q  aired  to  conform  -  to  the  '  rales  of  oom- 
inou  courtesy,  and  '  answer  i  the  communica- 
tion or'  the  Gold  Exchange.  The  Chairman 
rnied  both  motions  oat  of  order.  Mr.  John  T. 
Denny,  who  is  a  member  of  the  Governing  Commit- 
tee ot  the  Stock  .elxcbange  as  well  as  of  the  Crold 
Exchange,  arose  and  said  that  the  neglect  of  the 
iormer  body  to  reply  to  the  latter  was  due  to  no 
lack  of  courtesy,  but  to  the  fact  that  this  meeting 
bad  followed  so  closely  upon  the  heels  of  Saturday's 
meeting  that  the  Secretary  of  the  Stock  Exchange 
had  not  bad  time  to  prepare  a  reply.  If  given 
permission  he  would  state  just  how  mat* 
tera  stand.  He  *  was  called  to  order  .  on  the 
ground  that  there  was  no  subject  v  before 
ibe  meeting,  but  on  motion. unanimous  consent  was 
jrivea  him  to  proceed.  Premiaiog  that  he  bad  no 
authority  to  appear  on  behalf  of  the  Governing 
Committee,  he  said  that  the  reason  the  StocK  Ex- 
change bad  leased  cbe  Gold  Exchange  building  was 
because  thev  wanted  some  place  for  iransaotlons  iu 

Goverximents,  and  in  order  to  provide  rooms  for 
the  Mining,  Board,  which  might  De  considered  a 
\rard  of  the  Stock  Exchange.  Owing  to  the  cordial- 
ity that  had  always  existed  between  the  two  ex- 
chaogea,  the  committee  had  at  firs:  been  at  a  loss 
bow  to  act.  There  had  been  a  great  deal  of  discus- 
aion  ana  mach  dilference  of  opinion.  At  length  the 
comuiittee  decided  to  call  in  12  members  of  tbe 
Gold  Escbange  who  were  not  members  of  the  Stock 
Kxchange,  and  who  did  not  hold  office  in  their  own 
exchange.  Tbe  new  aeliberations  also  developed 
much  diversity  of  views.  Some  were  in  lavor  of 
leasing  the  building  at  once,  and  starting  a  mining 
board  m  it,  while  others  w^re  opposed  to  breakiug 
Tip  the  gold  business  oij-  sacb  short  notice.  The 
-conclusions  which  had  Deen  finally  come  to  were  re- 
ported oorrectlv  in  Sunday's  TlilES.  Mr.  Denny 
proceeded  to  read  from  Thk  Times,  amid  cries  of 
"  read  it  in  German."  This  last  was  a  palpable  hit 
on  the  namber  of  Germans  present,  and  was  greeted 
t>y  a  round  of  appLiuse  and laatcbter.  In  conclusion 
Mt.  Denny  stated  that  tbe  effect  of  the  changes 
in'  the  by-laws  was  to  prevent  members 
[of  the  Stock  Exchange  from  dealing  la 
gold  in  any  other  exchange.  He  was  bero 
Interrupted  hv  Mr.  Underoili,  who  warmly  denied 
tbe  right  of  any  body  of  men  to  vots  away  tne  pro- 
perty ot  otnera.  Mr.  Deuny  replied  that  he  was  not 
there  to  argue  the  qaestiun,  but  simply  to  state  the 
lacts.  The  Governing  Committee  of  the  Stock  Ex- 
change had  always  exercised  the  right  to  sav  where 
Its  members  should  deal  and  what  secnritiea  they 
Bhouid  deal  in,  and  th»  metnbersbad  agreed  to  abide 
1)7  the  decisions  ot  the  committee.  Somebody  touk 
exception  to  this  statement,  and  said  the  members 
Jtiadnot  agreed  to  anything  of  tbe  kind.  Mr.  Denny 
letorted  that  the  rale  was  that  after  decisions 
liad  been  posted  a  week  they  became  law  unless 
overruled  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  (he  members. 

Mr.  Underbill  was  then  snven  the  flour.  He  daid 
that  it  was  evident  that  tne  meeting  was  a  oue- 
Bided  affair,  and  that  no  one  not  in  the  ring  would  be 
allowed  an  opportunity  of  expressing  bis  opinion. 
The  explanation  of  tbe  faoti  was,  t^at  many  mem- 
Iters  of  the  Gold  Exchange  had  joined  the  move- 
ment to  found  an  Exohauge  tliat  may  become  a 
formidable  opponent  of  tbe  Stock  Exchange.  The 
Chairman  called  Mr.  Underbill  to  order,  on  tbe 
ground  that  there  was  no  subject  before  tbe  meet- 
ing. The  confusion  here  ,  broke  out  afresh, 
and  Bedlam  reigned  V  for  r.a  few  momenta. 
Then  a  resolation  '  wan  passed  lo  per- 
mit Mr.  Underbill  to  coutivue  tali  speech. 
Moanting  a  desk,  he  violently  attacked  the  Stock 
Exchange.  "I("  be  said,  "the  course  of  action  of 
that  body  be  permitted  to  triumph,  the  gold  market 
"Will  be  killed  to  gratify  a  piece  of  malignant  spite." 
Tbis  wais  the  signal  for  another  outburst  of  hisses, 
cheers,  groans,  cat  calls,  and  yelling.  At  length 
Mr.  Underbill  withdrew  tbe  last  remark  and  order 
was  once  more  restored.  Mjr.  George  Bend  made  a 
motion  that  a  special  laeeuag  of  tbe  Executive 
Committee  of  the  Exchange  bo  called  tor 
MarcQ  6,  to  consider  a  resolation,  which 
be  offeied,  dissolving  the  Exchange  on  April 
30,  1877,  and  requiring  them  to  pay  all  outstand- 
ing indebtedness  and  distribute  whatever  balance 
might  remain  pro-rata  among  the  members.  Amid 
cries  of  dissent  the  Chairman  ruled  tbe  motion  oat 
of  order  as  revolutionary  and  unconstitutionsL  He 
euggestea,  however,  that  the  same  object  might  be 
attained  by  making  an  amendment  to  the  by-laws 
tinder  which  the  possibility  of  dissolution  might  be 
provided  for.  More  confasion  ensued,  and  a  motion 
to  adjourn  waa-declared  to  be  carried. 

Tbe  necessary  amendment  is  to  be  drawn  up  at 
once,  and  it  will  be  posted  to-day.  It  musi  rexaln 
posted  10  days  before  being  acted  upon.  ^It  requires 
the  signatures  of  only  fire  members. 

^  ;,  OPEN  BOARD  OF  BBOKBBS. 
-^e  temporary  rooms  ot  the  ne'w  Ope'n 
Board  ot  Stock  Brokers  were  formally  opened  at 
9:45  o'clock  yesterday  morning.  The  rooms  are 
situated  on  tbe  first  floor  of  No.  21  New-street,  witn 
Entrances  on  that  street  and  Broadway.  Thev  have 
been  newly  painted  and  fitted  up  with  new  signs, 
gas  brae  Sets,  fumlttfre,  and  telegraphic  instru- 
ments since  Saturday,  and  presented  Quite  a  bnai- 
oess-like  appearance.  Over  the  door  on 
New-street  is  »  :  large  sign:  "Temporary 
Eooma  New-York  -  Open  Board  of  Stock 
Brokers."  Snostantlal  -  railings  :'  inside  the 
two     doors     mark     the  '  line     of      demarkatlon 

between  the  members  and  the  outer  public.  An 
oak  platform  and  desk  are  in  the  centre  of  the  room 
for  the  u»e  of  the  presiding  officers.  On  the  Broad- 
way side  is  a  partitioned  ofiica  for  the  accommoda- 
tion of  the  Secretaries.  Small  aigns,  bearing  the 
names  o(  tbe  various  securities  dealt  in,  are  affixed 
to  the  walls  at  intervals,  The  rooms  are  low  and 
badly  lighted,  and  the  gas  was  kept  burning  all  day. 
The'opening  was  marked  by  a  Bear  raid  on  Western 
XTnion,  and  several  snspioious  sales  were  eflected 
l)el.w  tbe  closing  price  of  Saturday,  to  which 
the  stock  immediately  atterward  jumped,  and 
aboat  200  shares  were  disposed  ot.  Then 
Mr.  Unrlerhill  offered  any  part  of  1,000  shares 
Df  New- York  Central  at  93^3,  and  got  rid  of  a  few 
hundred  at  that  price.  These  comprised  about  all 
the  transactions  until  the  hour  for  opening  the 
New-York  Stock  Exchange,  when  the  members 
rushed  out  in  a  body,  leaving  the  rooms  almost  de- 
serted, a  condition  in  which  they  remained  all  day. 
A  crowd  of  members  of  the  New- York  Exchange 
BCood  on  lie  opposite  side  of  the  street,  and  when 
the  open  board  appeared,  began  hooting  at  them 
uud  making  uncomplimontary  remarks  in  regard  to 
the  extent  ot  business  ttansacted.  They  were  an- 
Bwe:ed  back  witb  interest,  but  the  utmost  good 
iJjuuior  prevailed  on  both  sides,  and  in  a  few  mo- 
ments the  excitement  had  entirely  subsided. 


A  NSW  ISSUE   OF  KAlTjIiOAD  BONDS. 

The  Chicago  and  Book  Island  Rail'way  Com- 
l>any  have  issued  a  ciroular  announcing  that  tbey 
have  determined  to  put  upon  the  market  $10,000,000 
40  year  6  pec  cent,  currency  boada  in  redemption  of 
the  present  outstanding  7X>er  cent,  sinking  fund 
mortgage  bonds  which  mature  Sept  1.  1896,  but  are 
now  subject  to  call.  The  present  debt  of  tbe  road 
U  staiett  to  consist  of  $9,000,000  7  per  cent,  and 
$1,000,000  6  per  cent,  bonds,  the  proposed  new  issae 
bein^  oesi^ned  solely  to  take  up  this  indeotedness, 
altiwTiigh  the  oimpany  reserv"  the  right  to  issue 
(■2,5CO.OO0  of  this  series  in  addition  to  the  $10,000.- 
000  for  permanent  improvements,  extenalou,  &c., 
the  property  thus  acquired  to  be  included  in  the 
mortgage.  The  capiial  of  the  companv,  authorized 
:l>y  law,  IS  $25,000,000.  of  which  only  $30,950,000  have 
ibeen  issued. 

eOVTEERN  SA.ILROA.D  BEORQATHZATION. 
Au  atljournod  meeting  of  the  bondholders  ot 
the  Mississippi  Csntral  and  New-Orleans,  Jackson 
sod  Great  Northern  Bailroadi  was  held  In  the  office 
oflho  Illinois  Central  Itailway  Company,  No.  31 
Nassau-street,  yesterday  forenoon.  Boih  roads  are 
nnder  foreclosure  and  are  about  to  be  sold,  the 
latter  on  March  17.  No  date  has  been  fixed  for  the 
■ale  of  the  other,  but  it  will  probably  take  place  in 
the  Spring.  The  two  roads  connect,  forming  a  oon- 
•N  uuons  line  between  Cairo  and   New-Orleans.      An 

fnorized  representative  of  tbe  Engliati  bond- 
ders  was  preaent  at  the  meeting  having  arrived 
thu  countrj  two  days  preTlonsly.  In  all  IS.eOO.- 
i  of  ImoiU  WM-ZQBnaeat«a.    On  rnvdoB-a  oomn. 


mittee  eonsistlne  of  Jndee  Emott,  'W.  E.  Osbom, 
'W.  11.  Maoy,  and  J.  B.  Alexander  were  appotated  a 
committee  to  draft  a  plan  fur  the  purchase  and  re- 
organlcation  of  both  railroads  under  one  manage- 
ment in  the  interest  of  the  bondholders,  and  to 
report  at  a  luture  meeting.  Tbe  lueeiing  than  ad- 
journed. 

D  TJPING  A  BOABDING-HO  USE  KEEPER 


THB  "  O'WNKR  OF  TEXAS  LANDS  AND  TAL- 
,.,  UABLE  MINING  STOCKS"  GETS  TWO 
month's  BOARD  AND  PATS  FOR  IT  WITH 
WOBTHLH88  CHKCKS— HE  ALSO  BOR- 
ROWS $75  FROM  Ii:»J  TRUSTING  I-AND- 
LADY— AND  STILL  HE  IS  "  SHORT  " 
John  L.  Davis,  a  •well-dressed  young  man  of 
prepossessing  appearance  and  engaging  manners, 
was  arraigned  before  Justice  Flammer,  at  the  Wash- 
tngton-place  Police  Court  yesterday,  charged  with 
having  swindled  Miss  Anne  Higgins,  of  No.  57 
"West  Twenty-flrst-street,  by  giving  her  worthless 
checks  on  the  Murray  Hill  Bank.  According  to  the 
statements  made  by  Miss  Higgins,  who  keeps  a 
boardlng-bouae  at  the  al>ove  number,  it  appears  that 
on  Jan.  2,  Davis  took  board  at  her  house,  and  re- 
mained there  until  last  Saturday.  He  represented 
himself  to  be  in  good  circumstances,  and  bis  appear- 
ance indicated  that  his  representation 8  were  conect. 
He  claimed  to.own  extensive  grazing  lands  in  Texas, 
and  said  h^  was  the  possessor  of  profitable  mining 
and  other  stocks,  and  also  owned  a  tiiuse 
and  lot  In  Forty-seventh-streeet.  Miss  Hig- 
gms  was  pleased  to  have  such  a 
boarder,  an'd  when  the  first  week's  board 
became  due  she  failed  to  aak  for  a  settlement,  but 
on  the  contiary,  Irom  time  to  time  lent  liavis 
various  small  suras,  as  he  claimed  lo  be  Nhort  of 
ready  money,  his  remiHauces  having  been  delayed 
in  some  unaccountable  manner.  After  Davis  bad 
been  there  for  a  month,  the  landlady  asked  him  tor 
a  settlement.  He  said  he  bad  no  cash 
to  spare  but  gave  Miss  Higgles  a  check 
on  a  Southern  bank  for  the  amount  ot 
h^s  indebtedness.  The  check  was  sent  to  tbe  bank 
on  which  it  was  drawn,  through  the  Second  Na- 
tional Bank  of  this  City,  and  indue  time  was  re- 
turned protested,  bm  the  drawer  had  no  accooot 
there.  Davis  said  that  there  must  be  some  mis- 
take about  the  matter,  and.  Miss  Higgins  becom- 
ine  importunate,  he  gave  her  a  note  a«  four  days 
for  $188  93-100,  being  tne  amonut  he  then  owed  her. 
When  this  note  matured  it  was  not  paid,  but  Miss 
Higgles  did  not  seem  to  lose  confidence  in  bor 
boarder,  and  allowed  his  account  tcr  run  on  nntil 
th»22d  mat.,  when  Davis  gave  her  a  check  for  $244 
on  the  Murray  Hill  Bank  in  lull  settlement  of  hs 
account.  The  next  morning  Davis  told  Mias  Hig- 
gias  that  he  was  in  immediate  need  of  $75,  and  re- 
quested the  lady  to  send  his  check  for  that  amount 
to  the  Second  National  Bank  with  her  indorsement 
BO  that  she  could  get  the  meney  for  bim  at  once. 
As  he  bad  previously  told  Miss  Higgins  that  be  had 
succeeded  in  negotiating  a  large  loan,  and  that  the 
money  had  been  deposited  to  his  credit  in  the  Mur- 
ray Hill  Bank,  she  indorsed  hia  check  and  sent  it  to 
the  Second  National  Bank,  with  a  request  for  tbe 
cash.  The  money  was  sent  to  her,  and  sue 
handed  it  over  to  Davis.  The  next  day 
Miss  Higgins  was  ill  and  did  not 
go  out,  but  on  Saturday  she  went  to  the  Murray 
Hill  bank  with  the  check  given  her  by  Davia,  and 
was  there  informed  tSiat  It  was  wortblese,  the 
drawer  having  no  account  there.  The  check  for $75 
was  also  returned  with  the  same  statement.  Miss 
Hiefiins  was  informed  that  Davia  had  had  an  ac- 
count with  the  bank,  which  was  closed  in 
1874,  and  also  that  a  number  of  checks 
h>id  been  presented  at  tbe  bank,  signed  bv  Davis, 
lately,  by  various  tradesraeto  who  had  been  duoed 
by  him.     Miss  Hiegins  waaloth  to    believe  that  her 

boarder  was  a  swindler.  When  asked  to  explain, 
Davis  made  so  many  plansi bio  excuses  that  no  steps 
were  taken  to  apprehend  him  until  Saturday  night, 
when  Miss  Higjiina  discovered  that  he  had  packed 
his  valise  and  was  preparing  to  Iciive,  whereupon 
she  caused  his  arrest.  Go  being  searched  a  baak- 
tiook,  showing  hia  old  account  in  the  Murray  Hill 
Bank,  with  subsequent  entries,  evidently  made 
In  bis  own  handwriiiug  for  thu  purpose  of  show- 
ing several  thousand  dollars  to  his  credit, 
was       found.  There       was       also       found       a 

$1,000  bond  of  the  Che.sapeako  and  Ohio 
Coal  "and  Lamber  Company,  purporting 
to  be  a  G  per  cent.,  fit»t  morteatie  gold  bond,  signed 
bv  Daniel  .SicKle.-*  as  President,  and  John  W. 
Simons  as  Treaaurer,  which  is  Maid  to  be  worihle&s 
and  to  have  been  used  by  the  accused  to  obtain 
credit.  It  was  stated  m  conrt  thai  D  <vis  bad  been 
quite  wealthy  and  had  been  engaged  in  the  lime 
and  plaster  business  in  this  City,  but  of  Ute  U.ts 
made  hia  living  by  preying  upon  too  confiding 
boarding-house  keepers.  The  accused  was  remanded 
lor  examination. 

TEE  DEATH  OF  KATY  BEIDEL. 


NEW  E"VTDENCE  COXCER.'<ING  HER  RELA- 
TIONS WITU  WELDSPIEL — THE  MYSTERY 
NOT   YET    EXPLAINED. 

The  mystery  of  tha  death  by  poison  of  the 

girl,  Kity  Reidel,  on  Staten  Island,  still  continues 
to  baffls  detection.  The  publication,  however,  of 
the  facts  connected  with  the  affair  have  resulted  in 
ehtriting  new  evidence  oonoeming  the  relatioaa  be- 
tween Wolaspiel  and  tbe  girl,  which  leaves  tbo 
former  more  than  ever  nnder  suspicion.  Among 
those  whose  attention  has  been  called  to  the  case 
by  tbe  details  published  in  Thb  Timks  Is  Mr. 
E.  I>vy,  of  No.  69  Bowery,  who  at  one 
time    employed    tbe    deceased    in    his   household. 

This  gentleman  stated  to  a  TniKS  reporter  yester- 
day that  he  was  mncQ  8arDris--(l  at  the  action  of  tbe 
Staten  Island  Coroner  in  didcbartnnK  Weldspiel 
without  a  more  thorough  examinaiion  of  tbe  pre- 
vious historr  of  both  biuiselt  uod  the  dead  wom^n. 
Mr.  Levy  says  thst  Katy  first  came  to  hia  house  on 
The  20th  of  December.  Id75,  in  the  capacity  of  wet- 
nurse.  She  was  a  handsome  girl,  with  agood  figure, 
blonde  hair,  and  lisht  bine  eyes.  She  said  that  she 
was  bom  in  Boston,  of  German  parents,  and  repre- 
sented that  ber  husband  had  deserted  her.  Her 
child,  which  was  about  fimr  weeks  old,  was  placed 
in  the  care  of  a  former  domestic  of  .\lr.  L  -vv,  a 
Mrs.  Wolbart,  and  £aty  used  to  visit  it  occasion- 
ally. During  the  period  ot  her  service  with  Mr. 
Levy,  Katie  received  the  visits  of  Weldspiel, 
whom  she  first  introduced  as  her  brother,  and  after- 
ward confessed  was  ner  husband.  Weldsoiel.  who 
professed  himself  a  ptano-maker  by  trade,  was  very 
jealous  of  tbo  cirl,  and  the  latter  frequently  told 
Mr.  Levy  and  his  wife  that  she  was  afraid  that 
some  day  he  would  kill  ber.  She  sliuuced  his  so- 
ciety OS  much  as  she  possibly  conld  without  excit- 
ing bis  open  hatred,  and  in  other  ways  exhibited 
n  fear  of  the  man  which  to  those  about  her  seemed 
unreasonable.  She  exoased  herself  for  Laviug 
first  representing  him  as  her  brother  by  saying 
that  she  w.is  afraid  she  mi::ht  not  have 
secured  the  engagement,  a  husband  being  consid- 
ered an  incumbrance  to  one  in  her  station.  Weld- 
soiel generally  called  three  times  a  week,  and  on 
iSundaya  sometimes  accompanied  Katy  to  the  house 
of  Mr.x.  Wolbart,  in  Lewis-street,  whore  her  child 
was.  Even  to  tbese  people,  who  were  compsracivo 
strangers,  WelOspiel's  jealousy  ot  her,  and 
her  evident  fear  of  him,  were  appareut. 
Among  these  people  Weldspiel  was  universally  re- 
garded as  the  father  of  Katy"i«  child.  He  is  ue- 
scnoed  as  being  a  sinister  looking  person,  and  yet 
one  who  could  render  himself  agreeable  when  he 
wished.  

OOLOIilNa  SUGAJC:i  WITH  CARAMEL. 
A  dispatch  was  received  yesterday  afternoon 
by  the  Custom-house  authorities  trotn  Prof.  Henry, 
of  the  Smithsonian  Institute,  giving  tbe  result  of 
bis  analysis  of  specimens  of  Demcrara  centrifugal 
sugar  submitted  to  him  by  the  Treasury  Depart- 
ment on  suspicion  that  they  wore  artificially  col- 
ored for  the  purpose  ot  passing  through  the  Cns- 
tom-bonae  at  a  low  rate  of  duty.  He  confirms  the 
report  previously  made  to  the  authorities  in  this 
City  by  Mr.  Habirshaw,  that  the  sngars  were  col- 
ored with  caramel  or  some  liquid  of  which  caramel 
lorms  a  component  part.  Caramel  is  tne  extinct  of 
burnt  snear.  Col.  Alexander.  Special  Agent  of  the 
Treasury  has  been  JnveBtieaung  these  alleged 
frauds  for  over  a  year,  and  has  secured  evidence, 
which,  in  addition  to  tbe  reports  of  Prof.  Henry  and 
Mr.  Haoirshaw,  will,  bo  thinks,  convict  the  gniUy 
parties.  There  are  six  cargoes  imoUeated,  and  a 
test  case  will  be  beean  in  the  United  States  courts 
in  K  few  days.  The  .lugar  was  consigned  to  Leay- 
craft  &  Co.,  of  this  City ;  Trowbridge  &  Sons,  of 
New-Haven  ;  J.  E.  Whitney  &  Co.,  of  Boston,  and 
two  other  firms  whose  names  are  withbelo  for  the 
present.  The  duties  on  sugars  are  graded  according 
to  color  and  the  alleged  frauds  consisted  iu  artittoialiv 
darkening  licht-colored  sugars  with  a  sabsiance 
that  can  be  readily  bleached  whon  neceasary.  It  is 
claimed  on  the  part  of  the  importers  that  caramel 
being  derived  from  sugnr-caiie,  no  law  is  violated  in 
mixine  it  with  sugar  ;  but  the  Customs  authorities 
say  that  the  intent  to  defrand  is  all  they  will  he 
called  upon  to  prove.  Thev  are  of  opinion  besides 
that  thecoloring  matter  used  contains  other  ingre- 
dients than  caramel,  which  are  calculated  to  has- 
ten the  bleaching  piocess.  This  theory,  however, 
is  atill  under  investigation,  the  analyses  not  yet  be- 
ing completed.   ^ 

BUSINESS  EA I  LUBES. 

William  F.  Meyers  made  an  assignment  of 

his  property,  for   tbe   benefit  of  creditors,  to   John 
B.  Pape  yesterday. 
Bcjrister  Allen  has  appointed  John  H.  Piatt 

Assignee  in  bankruoioy  of  Henry  A.  Smalley,  Presi- 
dent of  the  New- York  and  Nova  Scotia  Stone  Com- 
pany, of  No.  a3Purk-row. 

A.  &  W.  Chapin  &  Brother,  lumber  dealers, 
at  the  fo»t  ot  West  Twentv-third-street,  have  been 
ad]udioated  involuntary  bankrupts  on  the  petition 
ot  their  creditors  before  Bsgister  Fitch. 

Qoodseil,  Budillon  &.  Co.,  kid  glove  im- 
porters, of  No.  342  Broadway,  and  at  Boston,  have 
failed  with  heavy  liabilities.  Negotiations  are  in 
progress  tor  a  settlement,  and  in  the  meantime  the 
etfeots  of  (he  firm  have  been  placed  in  the  bands  ot 
au  Asslgaee. ^ 

MURDER  IN  ONTARIO. 

t/indsob,  Feb.  26.— Frederiolt  Apple,  an  old 
resident,  was  shot  here  today  by  a  man  named 
Humphreys,  an  amplove  of  Mr.  Apple.  Tbe  sboot- 
inK  arose  oat  of  a  disoate  ab«at  vaget.  B.  amohravs 


THE  BOYD  WHISKY  TfilAL 

A  CROOKED  GOVERNMENT  WITNESS. 

CONTINUATION     OP    THK    TRIAL    OF    V.    O. 

BOYD     A     OO.     FOR    CONSPIRACY  TO   DB- 

V^-:    FRAWD— A  WITNESS   FOR  THE  GOVBRN- 

"''■'    MRNT     CHANGES    FKONT — A    MOTION   TO 
AMEND     THB     BILL      OF     PARTICULARS 
DENIED — THB    CASK   PROBABLY    BNDEB. 
The   case  in  -which    Frauois   O.    Boyd  and 
Edgar  P.  HUI,  composing  the  firm  of  F.O.  Boyd  &  Co., 
are  charged  with  conspiring  to  defraud  tbe  Govern- 
ment of  the  tax  on  whisky  consigned  to  them,    was 
resumed  yesterday  morning  in  the  United  States 
Diatriat  Conrt-,  before  Judge  Blatchford.   Assistant 
United  States  District  Attorney  Roger  M.  Sherman 
appearing    for   the    Government,     and    ex-United 
States   District  Attorney  Benjamin  F.   Tracy  and 
Gen.  Henry  L.  Barcett  for  the  defense. 

Mr.  Sherman  continued  the  exatnlnation  of  'Wil- 
liam S.  Golsen,  of  the  firm  of  Golsen  6c.  Eastman, 
rectifiers,  in  Chicago,  who  had  shipped  large  qaan- 
tities  of  whisky  to  defendants  to  be  sold  by  them  on 
commission,  which  it  was  charged  by  the  Govern- 
ment had  been  removed  by  Golsen  & 
Eastman  from  the  distillery  of  R.  C. 
Merserean,  in  Chicago,  and  shipped  to  defendants 
witboDt  tne  tax  being  paid,  in  pursuance  of  a  con- 
spiracy entered  into  between  Golsen  &  Eastman  and 
defendants.  Golsen  testified  that  his  firm's  rectify- 
ing establishment  was  on  River-street,  Chicago; 
his  firm  had  received  whisky,  "crooked"  and 
"straight,"  from  several  distillora  ;  be  oonld  not  re- 
member about  receiving  any  "crooked"  whIsKy 
from  Merserean,  but  recollected  about  receiving 
"straight"  whisky  from  him.     • 

Q. — Did  you  see  either  of  the  defendants  after  the 
coui  c  adjourned  on  Friday  last  I  A. — I  want  to 
their  office  on  business  on  Saturday. 

Q.— Did  you  talk  to  Boyd  about  this  osse  I  A.— I 
did  not. 

Witness,  resumiig,  said  his  firm  paid  for 
"straight"  whisky  tne  regular  Chicago  market 
price,  and  for  "  crooked "  whisky  15  cents  per 
gallon  less;  witness'  memory  was  affected  by  a 
severe  illness,  so  that  be  could  not  remember  de- 
tails about  many  matters ;  witness'  firm  had  re- 
ceived "crooked"  whisky  from  Kussell,  Powell, 
Cooper,  Fuller,  Abraham,  and  Miller ;  the 
firm  bad  never  emptied*  Mersereaa'a  "  crooked  " 
whisky  into  tabs,  bat  had  sent  it 
to  vinegar  factories,  and  had  kept  no  account  of  it 
on  their  uooks  ;  witness  nad  asked  Boyd  some  time 
ago  why  so  much  whisky  was  seized,  and  why  he 
was  not  molested,  and  Boyd  replied  that  he  under- 
stood his  business.  Letters  from  F.  0.  Boyd  &  Co. 
to  witness'  firm  were  identified.  They  were  in  ref- 
erence to  the  sales  of  whisky  by  defendants'  firm 
for  Golsen  &  Eastman.  One  letter,  in  reference  to 
whiskv  sent,  recited  that  "  It  i»  bard  to  sell 
(ftfie  lots  without  making  great  saerificeg,"  another 
tbnt  "  we  sold  this  alcohol  at  the  but  prices  we 

could    nnOer  the  circaraatanoes,"    and   a  third  that 

"we  are  not  a  little  surprised  that,  while  we  are 
selling  your  goods  under  such  cireumttantx*,  you 
should  go  back  oni/«."  X^etter  copv  books  ot  wit- 
ness' firm  were  ideuiifled  by  witness,  who  also 
Identified  several  copies  of  letters  in  them,  some 
aa  being  in  the  handwriting  of  Moorley  and  others 
in  that  of  Leet. 

Mr.  Sherman  here  said  that  the  testimony  of  the 
witness  bad  been  a  snrprise  to  tbe  Government,  as 
it  was  different  iu  many  essentials  from  that  given 
by  him  before  the  Grand  Jury.  The  witness  h  ad 
nndouhtedly  conferred  with  the  dcfoii'lants,  and 
concluded  to  modify  his  testimony.  •  In  view  of  this 
tact  Mr.  Sherman  a-okod  the  conrt  that  the  strict 
rules  ot  examining  the  witness  on  tbo  presumption 
that  he  was  tavoring  tbe  Governineut  should  b«  re- 
laxed, as  It  was  quite  evident  i.ow  that  he  was  a 
witneaa  hostile  to  the  oro8ecutiou. 

•Judge  Blatchford  said  that  he  had,  to  a  creat  ex- 
tent, proceeded  on  the  assumption  that  the  witness 
was  hostile  to  tbe  Government,  and  had  certainly- 
BO  coaaiderud  since  Fnilar. 

Mr.  .Sherman  said  that  he  had  not  learned 
to  a  certainty  uniil  noon  yesterday  that  the 
wituesA  was  a  liostile  one.  and  he  wanted, 
in  view  of  tbis  dacovery,  and  tbe  pe- 
culiar testimony  which  had  been  given  by  the 
witness  in  retereiice  to  tbe  lols^  whtxky  specified 
iu  the  bin  of  particulars  suiipltonenting  the  indici- 
nient.  t-u  .thow  that  the  Idll  ot  particulars 
should  either  be  modifled,  or  testimoov 
be  permitted  to  be  given  for  the  Govern- 
ment in  relation  to  "crooked"  whisky  not 
specified  In  the  bill  of  p.nrticulars.  If  the  Goveni- 
raeiit  fnlled  in  the  case  it  would  be  on  accouot  of 
being  confined  to  tbu  bill  of  paiticulars.  Tbe  Gov- 
ernment had  been  obliged  to  specily  cirtain  lots  ut 
"crooked"  whisky,  and  had  enumerated  thirty- 
oue,  and  it  would  be  claimed  by  the  defense  tbat« 
by  the  evidence  of  the  witness  on  the  stand,  these 
lots  went  to  vinegar  manufacturers  instead  ol  being 
sent  to  the  deteiidants.  and  tbe  defense  wonid  ask  a 
dismissnl  on  the  aliegallou  of  vartanie  between  thu 
charges  and  the  evidence.  Tbas  far  the  witoeises 
c.»lled  by  the  Government  had  been  favorable  lo 
the  defense,  and  hostile   to    iho   Government.     The 

defeuso  had  asked  and  uhtaiued  a  bill  of  particu- 
lars on  the  ground  that  the  indictment 
was  too  general  in  its  <-haracter  for  them  to  meet, 
and  the  Goveruuient  had  done  the  beat  it  could 
under  the  circnmstancus,  and  had  been  and  was  at 
the  mercy  of  witiie.-.8e«  on  whom  it  could  not  rely.  If 
lbs  bill  of  particalara  could  lie  Rinenard,  it  could  be 
shown  to  the  court  that  the  miun  cuarge  in  the  in- 
dictment WHS  true.  If  the  defendants  were  guilty, 
they  should  not  be  allowed  to  go  tree  on  account 
of  a  technical  adherence  to  the  bill  ot  particulars. 
A  bill  of  parliculars  was  not  to  hamper  the  Govern- 
ment, but  to  inform  the  defendants  of  tbe  substaii- 
tial  cbargo  aguinst  them.  It  appeared  trom  the 
testimony  thiu  tar  that  the  whisky  mentioned  in  the 
bill  of  particulars  i"a8  not  received  by  defeed- 
ant'',but  went  somewhere  else.  In  reality,  the  iden- 
tity ot  the  whisky  was  not  the  miiturinl  part  of  tbe 
vbsrge.  Swicr  Fridav  the  relations  of  the  witness 
and  defendani:^  had  been  very  anaicable.  and  their 
old  business  relations  had  been  (also  reuewoil.  The 
case  wai  a  very  uifiicnlt  one  tor  the  Government 
from  toe  lact  that  it  covered  a  conspiracy  relating 
to  acts  in  two  distant  cities,  and  that  a  bill  ol  par- 
ticulars bad  been  obtained  setting  forth  facts  giving 
a  great  inducement  to  the  deleuae  to  tamper  with 
witnesses  for  the  Government.  It  would 
now  be  difiicult,  if  not  impossible,  to  prove  thul 
the  ■'  crooked  "  whisky  liad  been  seui  to  New-York, 
and  the  bill  of  particulars  sbould  be  HO  modilied  as 
to  permit  the  showing  of  a  coiispiracv,  tornied  iu 
this  Citv,  to  remove,  or  cau^o  to  be  removed, 
'■  crooked  "  whisky  Irom  n  distillery  or  disiiileries 
in  Chicago,  and  that  the  overt  act  of  removal  bad 
occurred. 

lien.  Traoey  said  that  the  motion  was  to  nmsnd 
the  bill  ot  parti'-ulars  so  as  to  show  merely  that 
"crooked"  wuialcy  had  been  removed  from  certain 
distilleries.  It  was  alleged  that  the  defendants  had 
conspired  in  New- York  to  defraud  tlio  Govetnmeut 
of  tax  on  whisky  iu  Morseieau's  distillery,  and 
that  in  parsaaoco  of  this  conspiracy  Golsen  St,  East- 
man did  remove  the  whisky  froin  the  distillery. 
Cuun.'<ol  had  nothing  to  sap  iu  jusiificatluu 
of  the  rule  in  this  district  granting  a 
bill  of  particnlars  in  a  ' .  criminal  .  case. 
Tnis  rule  had  l>een  almost  unhe.trd  of  outside 
of  tbe  Southern  Dutriot  of  New-York.  As  such 
a  rule  obtained  uere.  however,  tbo  office  of  a  biilof 
particulars  ought  to  ue  correctly  defined,  and  when 
it  was  granted,  to  eke  out  the  iusufiiciuncy  of  an 
indictment,  it  ought  to  be  strictly  construed.  The 
indictment  itsell,  in  the  preaeut  case,  irrespective 
of  the  bill  of  )>articular8,  simply  sbotrcd  that  tbe 
Gr.ind  Jury  did  not  know  that  the  defend- 
ants had  committed  any  crime  or  offense 
kuown  to  the  laws  ot  the  United  States.  The  de 
fendants  came  prepared  tu  meet  the  charges  in  the 
luuictment  and  tho  bill  of  particulars,  and  the  Gov- 
ernment should  be  restricted  to  the  proof  of  those 
charges.  The  churge,  substautiallv,  was  that  a 
coudbiracy  bad  been  formed  i  a  this  City  for,  tha 
delivery  of  "crooked"  whisky,  thereatter  to  be 
prodocod  at  a  distillery  then  unknown 
in  tbe  City  of  Chicago.  It  had  not  been 
shown  that  the  defendants  ever  had 
an  interview  m  this  City  iu  reference  to  tbe  forma- 
tion of  the  conspiracy  charged.  Tbe  Indictment 
itself  was  utterly  inr-uificieut,  and  the  bill  of  par- 
ticulars recited  thut  Golsen  St.  Eastman  had  illicitly 
removed  whisky.  TheGoverument  nowannounceu, 
on  the  third  day  of  tbe  trial,  that  it  was  sarprised 
by  its  own  witness.  If  permission  to  amend 
tiie  bill  of  pariiculais  were  granted,  it 
would  have  the  effect  of  ousting  the  court 
of  its  jurisdiction  of  tbe  offense,  v/hich  would,  iu 
I  ffjct,  under  the  amendiueut,  nave  orieioatud  aud 
been  completed  iu  ChioHgo.  The  charge  wasacob- 
spiraoy  to  defraud  the  Government  bv  non-payment 
of  tax  on  distilled  whisky,  aud  the  distillery  must, 
under  tbe  law,  be  the  place  where  tne  crime  was 
committed,  for  it  was  removal  from  a  distillery  that 
constituted  the  crime,  aud  tbe  Government  had 
no  evidence  that  a  conspiracy  was  formed 
in  New-York.  Even  if  a  conspiracy  had  been 
formed  iu  New-York,  tbe  overt  act  had  been  eom- 
mitted  in  Chicago,  and  the  case  snoald  bo  tried 
there  if  stall.  The  deiense  indignantly  repelled  the 
cbarte  of  having  tampered  wiib  the  Government 
Witness.  Golsen  had  siuiplv  gone  to  defendauis' 
office  to  wiiio  a  letter,  and  if  any  of  his  firm  dealt 
with  the  defeudanisuowiii  wes  nut  with  his  consent, 
it  tbe  Guvurnmeut  cnoae  to  acuuut  witnesses  thev 
could  not  rely  on,  it  was  toe  Govurumcui's  lookout. 

Mr.  Sbeinian  said  be  would  witndraw  bis  motion 
to  amend  the  bill  of  partioulars,  and  would  ask 
merely  that  the  court  wunid  receive  evidence 
offore<1,  or  to  be  ofi'ered,  of  facts  sustaiuing  tbe 
Charge,  bnt  not  set  torta  in  the  bill  of  particulars. 

Gen.  Burnett  said  that  while  toe  defense  would 
not  contend  that  tbe  Govemmeut  should  not  be 
permitted  to  prove  sometbiog  in  addition  to  tbe 
bill  of  particulars,  it  would  insist  that  tbe  charges 
in  the  bill  must  first  be  proved.  If  these  charges 
were  nut  proved  the  case  broke  down. 

Judge  Liatcuford  saiu  thdt  the  motion  of  Mr! 
Sherman  was  made  iu  view  of  the  evidence  as  it 
then  stood.  The  idea  of  the  Distlict  Attorney  was, 
that  this  was  a  conspiracy  to  remove  whisky  dis- 
tilled at  Mersereau's  diatlilery,  and  that  Golsen  & 
Eastman  caused  the  whisky  to  be  removed  ft-om 
the  distillery  to  the  City  of  New- York.  The  view 
of  the  defense  seemed  to  be  cha«  it  nad  not  been 
shown  that  the  whisky  removed  to  New- York   was 


bill  of  particulars  was  granted,'  If  it  contained  • 
Charge,  the  bill  should  be  oonsiderM  a  portion 
of  the  indictment.  A  general  description 
of  tbe  -lots  ot  whisky  charged  was  ne- 
cessary. To  '  allow  the  ainendmant  of  a 
bill  of  particnlars  would  be  equivalent  to  allowing 
an  amendment  of  an  indictment — a  thmg  nnheard 
of.  If  the  charges  -were  aa  vague  as  claimed,  tbe 
Grand  Jury  ought  never  to  have  found  an  indict. 
ment.  Tbis  was  not  a  case  for  the  discretion  of  the 
courts  and  the  appUot^in  of  the  District  Attorney 
conld  not  be  grantea. 

The  further  hearing;  ot  tite  tase  was  then  adjourned 
to  11  o'clock  this  morning.  After  the  adjournment 
connael  tor  the  delen*^  said  that  tbe  ruliuir  of 
.Tudge  Blatchford  virtually  ended  tbe  case;  but 
Mr.  Sherman  said  be  would  go  on  with  the  case  tor 
tbe  Government  tbis  morning,  and  rosome  tbe  ex- 
aminatloa  of  the  witness  Golsen. 


DELAWARE  AND  HUDSON  CANAL. 


A  NEW  APPLICATION  TO  BE  MADE  TO  THE 
8DPRKME  COURT  FOR  A  RECEIVER — 
OUTLINK  OP  TIIE  COMPLAINT. 
The  cfBcers  of  the  Delaware  and  Hudson 
Canal  Company  have  been  notified  that  a  new  ap- 
plication is  to  be  made  to  the  Supreme  Court  for  a 
Receiver  on  behalf  of  Henry  R.  Anderson  on  Mon- 
day next.  Thecomplaint  U  the  same  as  that  upon 
which  Judge  Donubue  granted  an  order  (which  he 
rescinded  next  day)  a  short  time  ago,  with  the  ad- 
dition of  aflBdavits  by  the  plaintiff  that  on  Feb.  15 
and  IC  he  was  refused  permission  to  examine  the 
books  of  the  company;  that  within  tbe  past  few 
days  the  defendants  have  issued  about  51,500,000 
bonds  to  pay  tbe  floating  debt  of  the  compauy  ;  that 
tbe  companv  is  running  under  a  double  loss  from 
nnprofitable  coal  mininir  and  expensive  leased 
roada;  that  the  stock  has  depreciated  from  |125  lo 
150  pet  share,  and  that  none  of  the  Directors  have 
purchased  any  stock  at  this  reduced  price, 
from  all  of  which  be  argues  that  tha  com- 
pany is  Insolvent.  Ho  derives  from  the 
recently  pnbliahed  statement  of  the  com- 
pany a  confirmation  of  this  theory  and  makes  out 
that  the  liabilities  are  shown  to  be  J3,120,77C  13, 
and  the  assets  only  (2,687,821  10,  many  of  them,  as 
be  claims,  worthless.  Be  says  that  tbe  principal 
and  Interest  of  the  bonds  and  dividends  on  stocks 
of  other  railroad  stocks  and  boads  embraced  in 
Che  assets  are  gharauieed  by  tbe  company  antl 
should  not  be  included  in  the  assets,  but  rather  in 
the  liabilities  of  tbe  eompiiny.  Tbere  la  ulso  an 
affidavit  by  C.  Porter  Sumner,  who  describes  him- 
self as  a  "public  auditor  aud  expert  acconntant." 
He  goes  into  an  extended  aiialviiK  of  the  official  re- 
ports of. the  company  for  1663  and  1866,  and  de- 
duces gross  miauianagemeut  during  those  years, 
there  lieing  88  per  cent,  decrease  iu  profits  as 
against  only  4(i  per  cent,  decrease  in  sales  shown. 
He  says  that  the  prcseut  deficit  ot  the  conip'iny 
nnder  a  forced  sale  would  not  be  less  than  i9.2i2,- 
103  53,  and  that  allowiug  liberal  pric?s  for  its  assets 
t  will  be  insolvent  ar  thu  end  of  the 
current  year  by  over  f2,000,000  should  the 
present  policy  of  management  be  contioued.  The 
ofticers  of  the  Company  say  that  no  such  person  as 
the  plaintiff' uamed  la  down  on  their  books  as  a 
Btockiioldor,  aud  the  iiHme  of  Uenry  R,  Anderson 
ooes  not  appear  in  the  Citv  Dir.'ctory.  Mr.  Ander- 
son, however,  is  not  a  luy th.  He  was  formerlv  a 
Stock  broker  ot  influence  aud  wealth,  and  is  still 
connected  with  tbu  Sireet  iu  a  small  way.  It  is  be- 
lieved that  he  is  actine  for  otiiers.  President  Dick- 
son yesterday  morning  issued  a    card    statine    that 

all  the  allegations  iu  thu  complaint  would  be  fully 
met  and  answered.  Up  to  this  time  the  news  of  the 
proposed  application  liiii  no  effect,  but  after  the 
pablieathju  a  raid  wa»  m.icte  ou  the  stock,  and  U  fell 
several  per  cent.  J'lio  enemie.^  of  the  company 
seem  to  be  very  determined.  'Yesterday  copies  of 
the  Albany  I.aw  Journal,  contaiiiiug  an  editorial 
article  severely  refl -cLiuK  upon  Judue  Donobae  for 
his  action  ic  tne  matter  of  the  previous  appiicattuu 
wers  hawked  about,  aud  the  rumor  was  extensively 
circuLited  that  another  application  tor  a  Receiver 
was  to  have  been  made  ye:«terday  afturuuou  on  the 
part  of  an  unnamed  bondholder. 


FVNERALOFGEN.  AGUILERA. 


THE  REMAINS  DKP08ITKD  IN  A  VAULT  IN  THK 
MARBLE  CIC.MEIEUY — IMPO.SI.NG  CRKB- 
MONIES  IN  THE  CHL'RCU  OF  ST.  FRANCIS 

XAVIER. 

The  funeral  «f  Major  Gen.  Francisco  Vicente 
Aguilcra,  ex-Vice  President  if  tho  insurrectionary 
Government  of  Cuba,  took  place  yesterday  at  9:30 
A.  M.,  Irum  the  City  Hall,  where  the  remaius  had 
been  lying  In  state  since  Sunday  morning.  At  tho 
hour  named  tho  pall-bearer."!.  Gen.  Martin  T.  ilc- 
Mahon,  Gen.  Cliarles  K.  Graham,  Mr.  Charted  A. 
Dana,  Mr  Miauel  Alduma.  Mr.  J.  A.  Echeverria, 
Mr.  Jo><5  L.  Ramirez,  Mr.  J.  J.  (jovautex,  ilr.  J.  J. 
Polo,  Mr.  Pliiiarco'  Goiizilea,  Mi.  LeanJro  JJodri- 
gues,  and  Mr.  J.  M.  ilaciss,  accompanied  by  depu- 
tations from  the  d.fierent  Cuban  societies  of  ihis 
Citv,  the  mnurnora  McHsr*.  Antonio  and  Uilario 
Aguilera,  eons  of  tbe  deceased.  Col.  A.  .^euilera, 
and  Mr.  M.  F  ]Slartmrz,  his  coubIqh,  and  a  depu- 
tation of  eight  Cuban  Jadie!<,  headed  by  the  widow 
of  ex-President  Carlos  Manuel  Cespede.x,  of  Cuba, 
proceeded  to  the  City  Hall,  where  a  hearse  was  in 
waltiug  to  convey  tho  body  to  tbe  church.  Ilepre- 
seotativcs       ot        the        Cuban        societies        then 

bore     the     casket    containioe     tbe    body    from 

tbo  Gnvemor'a  Room,  and  placud  it  in 
the  hearse  in  which  it  was  carried  to  the  Roman 
Catholic  Cbarch  of  St.  Francis  Suvitt,  Slx.rcn'h- 
atreet,  between  Filth  and  .Sixth  avenues,  the  pall- 
bearers and  others  following  iu  carriagoa.  Unon 
arriving  at  the  church,  which  was  slieady  well 
filled  by  the  friends  aud  ><c<|uaintances  of  tho  de- 
ceased, the  casket  was  cuiried  down  the  main 
aisle  aud  placed  in  Ironi  of  the  altar 
ou  a  catafalijue  which  h.id  been  prepared 
for  tbe  occiisiuu.  aud  four  largo  lit:hted  caodUs  were 
placed  arourd  it.  Over  the  lower  part  of  the  cas- 
ket the  Cuusn  flag.  (lo><ciibod  iu  'I  ue  lOfCS  ot  yes- 
terday, was  giaceiuilv  draped,  ami  on  tho  upoer 
part  were  laid  a  bcaunrul  wreatii  ot  white  flowers 
with  tho  inscription  7tM  Uijas,  (From 
thy         DaiighterH.)  In  violets,         and         a 

large  crown  of  wime  flowers  anrinounted  by  a  cross, 
sent  by  Mrs.  Cesjiede*.  A  soh  mii  rcqiiiem  mais 
was.then  celchr.ited  by  Rov.  Father  Pcllelier,  the 
P.istor  of  tne  church,  aud  assietaiit^.  Duri  ig  the 
ceremony  the  cnoir  aang  the  bi:autilul  requiem 
mass  by  Cherubiui,  tbe  Inflammatua  from  tbe 
Stabat  Mater,  and  "Angels  ever  brigot  aud  fair." 
Dr.  William  Ber^e  presided  at  the  organ,  and  the 
solos  were  sung  by  .'Uiss  Terc-ii  Wetncke.  Just 
before  tbe  coiiclnsion  of  thu  curcmouy  a  heautilul 
star  of  red  i-o.Hea,  the  em'jicni  ol  inarlyrdom.  sent 
by  Mia.  Charles  Ilebello,  wa.-«  laid  on  ilm  lower  part 
of  the  casliet.  ^VheD  the  mass  was  over 
the  remaius  were  removed  from  the  church 
to  tho  streei,  and  were  there  taken 
by  a  body  of  Cuban  colored  luen,  who  bad 
requested  to  bo  allowed  tbe  privilege  of  carrying 
them  ou  theii  sbuuldcrs  to  the  cemetery,  as  a  murk 
of  their  re.'poct  to  the  memory  ot  tbe  man  who  was 
the  first  to  liborsie  bis  slaves  in  Cuba.  No  regular 
order  of  procoHsion  was  observed,  aud  the 
body,  followed  bv  tho  psll-bearers,  the  Cuban 
societies,  and  an  immense  crowd  ot 
citizeus,  was  carried  to  the.  Marble  Cemetery,  iu 
Second-avenue,  near  Second-street,  the  l.idies  and 
some  of  tho  Irieiids  oi  tho  familv  following  iu  cai- 
riages.  Uiion  reaching  the  ceraeiory  the  re- 
mains were  placed  in  tho  laige  receiv- 
ing vault,  whore  they  will  leraain  until 
they  can  bo  carried  to  Cuba  for  interment. 
The  silver  plate  ou  tbe  lid  of  the  casket  bore  the 
fullowiog  inscription;  "  Franc.sco  Vicente  Aguil- 
era, NaciO  en  Bayaaio.  Cuua,  el  dla  23  de  .fnnio  de 
1821.  r  MuriO  en  New-Xork  el  dia  S2  de  Fi-l.rero  de 

1877."  (Francis  Viuceiit  Atinilera,  born  iu  Bivanio, 
Cuba  June  22,    1821,  died  in  New-York,  February 

22.  1877. 

TEE  BROOKLIN  ALDERMEN. 


ciently  organized  u>  confirm  an  luaessment.      Attnr 
tbe  transactioa  of  some  routiiiQ^iuiBess,  the  t>oard 

Vwhiakr  OU  vMoa  OO  tax  luA  be«a_i)ald4   Wiien  a  JLadiooruea  until  next  Jkbmdas- 


MO  ATTEMPT  MADE  TO  BREAK  THE  DEAD- 
LOCK— MR.  STRANAHAN'S  NOMINATION 
AS    PARK    COMMISSIONER    REJECTED. 

Beyond  indulging  in  a  great  deal  of  debate 
the  Brooklyn  Aldermen  did  very  little  at  yester- 
day's session.  No  attempt  was  made  to  organize 
the  board,  the  Republioaus  having  failed  to  agree 
on  a  candidate  during  tie  week.  Ahlerraan  Burnett 
(Republican)  rtioje.l  that  tho  names  of  .1.  S.  T.  Stran- 
ahan,  AVillinm  Marshal,  aud  A.  B.  Bayliss,  nomi- 
nated by  tbe  Mayor  some  weeks  ago  aa  Park  Com- 
missioners,  be  taken  from  the  table.  The  motion 
prevailed,  and  alter  a  great  deal  of  discussion  aa 

to  whether  tbenismea  should  bo  voted  on  collec- 
tively or  singly,''  a  vote  was  taken  on  a  motion  of- 
fered by  Alderman  Burnett  to  confirm  J.  S.  T. 
Stranahao  as  President  of  the  Park  Commission 
Before  tbe  roll  was  called.  Alderman  Gnswold 
(Republican)  delivered  an  elaborate  uratiou.  He 
said  be  respected  and  revered  Mr.  Sranaban  ;  that 
his  smile  was  "like  the  dawn  of  a  Spring  murniog," 
but  that  he  could  not  vote  for  him.  Mr.  Sirauahau, 
tbe  speaker  said,  reprosenteii  a  system  of  exrraya- 
gaiit  expenditure  which  the  jieople  wanted 
stopped.  Alderman  Fisher  (Republican)  .-^aul 
that  tbe  rejection  of  Mr.  Stranahan's 
name  would  be  ine  darkest  day's  work  the  Common 
Council  bad  ever  done.  He  could  not  conceive  of  a 
Park  Commission  organized  during  Mr.  Strana- 
han's life-time  of  wbicb  that  gentleman  was  not  a 
member.  The  motion  to  ooufirm  was  lost  bv  a  vote 
of  23  tu  i2.  Aldermen  Burnett  and  Fiaher  voting  in 
the  affirmulive.  The  name  of  'Wiilism  Uardbal  was 
next  taken  up  aud  confirmed.  Mi*.  A.  B.  Bayliss' 
name  was  rejected.  Mr.  Stranahsu  bohis  over  as 
President  of  the  Park  Commission  until  the  ap- 
pointment of  two  ParkaCommissioners,  that  number 
consatnting  a  qnoruui. 

The  hill  of  iiesors  Arthur  Crooks  and  Charles 
Gdvlor,  the  Krcbii^eits  employed  lo  inspect  tbe  pub- 
lic buiidiogs  of  tile  city,  was.referred  tu  the  Com- 
mittee 00  Finance.     The  bill  amounts  to  jr2,.54ii. 

A  communication  trom  tbe  Board  of  City  Works 
requestiog  iao  confirmation  of  an  assesament  was 
referred  to/the  Corporation  Counsel  for  au  opinion 
as  to   whether  tbe  Board  of  Aldermen   was  snffi- 


Cllt  MB  SUBURBM  NEWS. 

NEW-YORK. 
Mory  MoManos,  awd  30,  of  Na  61  Waeh- 

mgton-street,  died  yesterday  morning  f^m  the 
effect  of  a  fall  down  stairs  a  week  ago. 

Rev.  S.  IrenEBua  Prune  lectured  last  night  in 
aid  of  the  ballding  fund  of  the  Central  Presbyterian 

Church.    Subject—"  Wits  of  the  Pnlplt." 

Mr.  Discal,  the  purchaser  of  the  'wreck  of  the 
Circassian,  now  lying  on  Bridgehampton  beaob,  is 
preparing  to  blow  np  ber  hall  in  order  to  get  at  her 

cargo. 

Prof.  E.  Warren  Clark  will  {five  the  first  ot 
bis  series  of  illustrated  lectures  this  evening  at  tbo 
Church  of  tne  Holy  Trinity,  Forty-second-street 
and  Madlsoii-avonue.  Subject — "  Around  ttte  World 
in  Eighty  Minutes." 

A  gambling  saloon  at  No.  72  West  Broad- 
way was  closed    by  the   Police    last  nigbt,    and  14 

men  found  therein  were  arrested  and  looked  up  at 
Police  Uead-quarters.  The  name  of  the  puiprletor 
was  not  ascertained. 

Michael  Benton,  aged  55  years,  viho  lived  at 
No.  6U5  West  Fifty-fifth-street,  was  struck  and  in- 
stantly killed  by  engine  No.  27  of  the  Hudson  River 
Railroad,  last  night,  while  in  the  act  of  attempting 
to  cross  the  track  at  Fifty -fifth-street. 

The  Arkansas  bondholders  residing  in  tbis 
City  received  a  reply  yesterday  from  that  State,  ac- 
cepting their  proposition  to  entertain  and  agree 
upon  a  basis  of  settlement,  which  will  orobably  con- 
sist of  payment  of  about  SO  cents  on  the  dollar, 

"Tho  officials  of  the  Direct  Cable  Company 
received  an  order  from  London  yesterday,  by  tele- 
graph, reducing  the  rates  to  the  pu  jlic  to  25  cents 
ner  word,  gold,  after  Mnroh  I,  in  conformity  with 
the  reduciion  recently  made  by  the  Anglo-American 
Cable  Company. 

One  hundred  and  twenty-five  more  emigrants 
will  leave  for  Australia  on  the  bark  Sierra  Kevada 
on  Saturday  nest  nnder  the  auspices  of  the  New 
South  Wales  Government.  On  April  15  the  shin 
Aqnie  H.  Smith  will  bo  dispatched  with  another 
consignment  of  greater  proportions. 

Charles  Allen,  aged  37,  of  No.  298  Newark- 
avenue,  Jersey  City,  while  at  work  on  the  Elevated 
Railroad  track  at  Kinth-avenue  and  Gansevoort- 
street,  yesterday  was  caught  between  a  psHsing 
train  aud  tbe  ties  and  was  fatally  injured.  He  was 
cared  for  at  the  Chambers-street  Hospital. 

Key.  John  Weiss  will  deliver  a  course  of  lec- 
tures in  the  parlors  of  tho  American  Geugrapbical 
Society,  No.  11  West  Twenty-ninth-street,  ou  the 
afteraoons  of  March  1,  3,  5,  7,  and  10.  The  lectures 
have  been  arruiiced  lor  tbe  accommodation  ot  ladies 
who  might  not  find  it  convenient  to  attend  an  even- 
ing course. 

The  grand  choral  service  composed  by  Mr. 
Jerome  Hopkins  for  festival  occasions,  which  at- 
trected  luucn  interest  last  year  on  its  first  produc- 
tion as  something  unusual  in  ecclesiastical  circles, 
will  be  performed  at  Trinity  Chapel.  April  5,  lor 
tho  benefit  of  the  Orpheon  Free  Choir-school  Fund, 
under  the  direction  ot  the  composer. 

An  inquest  was  held  yesterday  by  Coroner 
Cioker  lu  the  case  of  a  barber  named  William 
Scbellenslaaer.  whose  dead  body  was  found  on  the 
23J    iust.  on    the    sea  wall    at    One  Hnudreo   and 

Eiubtb-street,  close    by    the  track    of    the  Uudsou 

River  H*ilrojd.  A  verdict  of  death  trom  soocie 
caused  by  being  sirnck  by  a  passing  locomotive 
was  rendered. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Greenwich-street  Ele- 
vated Railroaa  Company  says  that  t'.ie  vacancy  cre- 
ated by  the  recent  death  of  Superintendent  Daniel 
W.  Wvman  will  not  be  filled  for  the  present.  His 
duties  will  be  performed  bv  Mr.  Milton  Curirigbt, 
Vice  President  aud  cbiei  executive,  and  T.  J.  Oo- 
derdonk.  Superintendent  ol  rolling  stock.  It  is  ex- 
pected that  the  Battery  estenaion  wiil  be  completed 
this  week. 

An  American  District  Telegraph  boy  lost  tho 
fulluwing-descrihed  checks  in  Wall-street  yester- 
day :  Oiie  of  Lawrence  Brothers  &.  Co.,  for  (9,600  ; 
one  of  Brow?n  &  Anderton,  for  |4,800;  one  of  S.  S. 
S.iuds  &.  Co.,  for  44,725;  one  of  Alauuel  &,  Co.,  lor 
t9.o2tJ  32,  and  one  of  11.  C.  Hardy,  tor  19,495  31— all 
drawn  to  the  order  of  H.  W.  Mead.  The  checks 
were  all  regiaterou  and  marked  for  deposit,  so  thii 
tbey  cannot  be  uaed  except  by  the  owner. 

The  will  of  Father  Michel  lionay,  a  French 
clergyman,  well  known  as  tbe  founder  and  natron 
of  the  St.  Louis  College,  In  West  Forty-second- 
street.  between  Seventh  and  Eighth  avenues,  i  was 
oft'crod  lor  probate  yesterday  at  the  Surrogate's  ot- 
fice.  Father  llonav  cied  in  France  on  Dec.  31.  Hie 
will    nppolDis    Cnnlinal    McClosLey,  'Vicar  General 

Quinn,  Eugeue  Kelly,  and  H.C.  O'Connor,  Executors 
tor  the  management  of  the  Su  Louis  College. 

Tbe  Coast  Wrecking  Company  people  say 
that  they  have  everything  once  more  in   trim   tor 

moving  the  Amerique  into  deep  water,  aud  they 
have  no  Qoiibi  ol  their  ultimate  suoceaa.  The  acorm 
did  not  damage  the  vessel  in  ihe  least  except  to 
break  ner  rudder.  She  now  ties  about  HO  feet  fur- 
ther up  on  the  beach  than  she  did  helore  the  gale, 
and  about  4(10  feet  ahead  of  bor  old  position,  but 
that  tact  will  add  but  little  to  the  difficulty  of  get- 
ting her  afldut. 

BROOKLYN. 

The  druggists  aud  pharmacists  will  meet  at 
Granada  Hall  this  afternoon  for  tie  purpose  of 
organizing  an  association. 

Coroner  Simms  will  hold  an  inquest  on  Fri- 
day in  tbe  case  of  tbe  little  boy  James  W.  Clunau, 
who  was  shot  accidentally  by  a  playmate  named 
Edgar  C.  Smith. 

An  engine  belonging  to  tho  old  Volunteer 
Fire  Depariment,  several  tracks,  and  a  quantity  of 
old  iron  tools,  were  sold  by  auction  yesterday  at 
about  60  per  cent,  leas  than  their  ongitial  cost. 

At  a  meeting  of  prominent  Republicans,  re- 
cently held,  it  was  resolved  to  urge  the  passage 
through  tbe  Legislature  of  Mr.  Marvin's  bill  giving 
power  to  the  Board  rf  Aldermen  to  regulate  the 
t«laries  ot  the  city  otficials. 

It  is  rumored  that  the  distribution  of  out- 
door relief  will  cease  after  Wednesday,  owing  to 
tbe  exhaustion  of  tbe  appropriation.  There  is  a 
deficieucy  bill  at  present  betore  tbe  Legislature 
providing  for  an  additional  appropriation  of  tl5,0u0. 

Surrogate  Livingstone,  through  hia  counsel, 
served  on  A.  H.  Dailey,  who  is  contesting  the  Sur- 
roga'oship,  his  answer  to  the  suit  brought  by  tbe 
latter,  lie  denies  all  fraud  in  his  election,  and 
asks  the  court  to  declare  him  legally  entitled  to 
his  oflice. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Marr  brought  an  action  for 
limited  divoree  yesterday  in  the  City  Court  against 
her  husband,  Edward  Marr.  The  defendant  is  ac- 
cused of  beating  hia  wife,  "  slinging  butcher's 
knives"  at  her,  and  subjecting  the  plaiutjfi'  tu  other 
maltreatment. 

Application  was  made  yeatertlay  on  behalf  of 
Messri^.    Kel.'iey    &  Loughlin,  coal  dealers,  for  the 

appointment  of  a  Receiver  for  the  American  Ex- 
otic and  Biuuuic  Garden  Company,  dudue  Pratt, 
after  hearing  counsel,  adjonrned  farther  argument 
on  the  application  for  two  weeks. 

Six  mouths  ago  Bernard  Stanner,  a  truckman, 
recovered  (17,000  damages  for  the  loss  ot  a  leg  trom 

tbe  South  Side  Railroad  Company.  Tbe  company 
appealed  on  the  gronna  of  excessive  damages.  Teo- 
torday  morning  ex-Judge  Daily,  counsel  for  plain- 
tiff, maue  a  motion  to  amend  the  order  of  settle- 
ment, his  client  being  willing  to  accept  $12,000. 
The  motion  was  granted. 

Justice  Pratt  .yesterday  granted  an  order  of 
arrest  against  William  Connors,  now  in  Ludlow-, 
street  Jnil,  charged  with  being  one  of  the  Korth- 
hampton  13.)nk  robbers.  The  oruer  was  grauted 
ou  the  apphcation  of  cunnsel  for  Peter  Rsvenball. 
who  charges  that  Connors,  by  means  of  false  repre- 
tien.ation^,  delrauded  him  out  of  $4,800  in  a  real 
estate  transaction  la  Philadelphia.  Counuis'  bail 
was  fixed  at  $5,000. 

The  Shields  will  case,  wliich  has  occupied 
the  lime  of  the  courts  in  tbe  city  for  so  long  a  time, 
came  up  again  yesterday,  Jane  Shields,  who  was 
declared  to  be  the  lawful  widow  of  the  laie  Henry 
Shields,  has  two  married  danghteis,  wbuno'w  bring 
actiuu  to  establish  claims  to  a  portion  ut  their  de- 
ceased tatbef's  estate.  Counsel  lor  tho  Executors 
asKed  for  a  construction  of  certain  clauses  of  the 
will,  and  tne  court  reserved  its  decision. 

Douglass  Walker,  the  amateur  actor,  ■who 
was  sentenced  to  60  days  in  tbo  Penitentiary  for 
horsewhipping-  Tnomas  F.  Clark,  another  amateur 
actor,  MUd  who  was  released  pending  a  review  ot 
bis  case  un  a  writ  of  certiorari,  was  rearrested  yes- 
terday and  aeain  placed  in  the  Penitentiarv.  Jadge 
Gilbert  revosed  the  writ  of  cettiorExi,  on  tbe 
ground  that  it  bad  not  been  filed  in  the  County 
Clerk's  ofiice.  A  new  writ  will  be  applied  fur  to- 
day. 

LONG  ISLAND. 

A  four  year  old  daughter  ot  Mr.  John 
Stephens,  of  Lakeville,  while  at  play  on  Saturday 
fell  into  a  cistern  and  was  drowned. 

The  schooner  James  MoOloskey,  owned  by 
Joseph  J.  Harris,  of  Port  Jefferson,  betore  re- 
ported stranded  on  Mt.  Sinai  beacn,  Jan.  9,  has 
gone  entirely  to  pieces  and  will  be  a  total  loss. 

George  Keisey,  brother  of  the  missing 
Charles  G.  Keisey,  wbo  resides  in  Washington  Ter- 
ritory, is  about  to  revisit  Hnntingtou  after  an 
ao.sence  of  20  years,  and  to  take  steps  toward  a 
further  iuvestigatiun  of  the  mystery  attending  bis 
brother's  dh^appeai  ance. 


NEW-JERSEY. 
Newark  is  going  to  have  a  signal  station. 
The  tax -receipts  of  Jersey  City  for  the  past 
week   are   reported    by    Codecior   Lord     to   be 

$7,243    16. 


reaidAit  of  New-Bnuuiriolr,  di«d  da  8na4ay  at  the 
age  of  89  years. 

Matthew  Harney,  irbo  broke  oat  of  tbe  Mid- 
dlesex  Connty  Jail  *  few  days  ago^  was  reeaptared 
yesterday,  and  taken  back  to  Jail. 

The  new  Emanuel  Eeformed  Episcopal 
Chnroh,  on  Halser-streetk  Newark,  Is  eompletod, 
and  will  be  Isrmally  dedicated  next  Sunday. 

Mrs.  W.  E.  Mattison,  of  New-Bmnawlok, 
wasknooked  down  by  a  young  rough  In  theatre^e 
on  Sunday  evening,  and  seTecely  injured.   Her  aa- 

aailant  escaped. 

A  call  has  been  extended' to  Ber.  Mr.  Smith, 
of  Hlghtstown,  N.  J.,  to  snooeed  Bev,  Mrs.  Phosbe 
Hanaford  as  Pastor  of  the  Pirat  Unlversalist 
Church  of  Jeroey  (jity. 

James  Tliompson,  residing  at  No.  348  Hen- 

dsrson-street,  Jersey  City,  was  yesterday  after- 
noon  fatally  omsbed  by  a  drill  engine  in  (he  Penn- 
sylvania Railroad  yard. 

Theodore  Beeves,  of  Springfield,  was  kicked' 
in  tbe  ja'w  by  bis  horse  on  Sunday,  and  •Ince  then, 
has  been  lying  in  an  tmconscious  state.  ?  His  reoov*' 
ery  ia  considered  doubtful. 

A  German  named  Muller  waa  thrown  from 
his  waeun  in  Ninth-street,  Jersey  City,  yesterday, 
and  received  severe  internal  injuries,  together  with 
a  broken  leg.  He  was  taken  to  St.  Francis  Hospital. 

Tbe  dead  body  of  an  infant  was  found  im  tbe 
street  in  Newark,  yesterday,  wrapped  in  a  shawl 
on  which  was  pinned  a  card  bearing,  lira  scrawling 
baud,  "  Charge  it  to  Buster."  Tbe  holy  was  taken 
to  Compton's  Morgue. 

A  pigeon  match  wiU  take  place  on  tbe  Haok- 
ensack  Meadows  on  Thursday  next  between  Peter 
Randolph,  of  Middletown,  and  Jatnes  Van  Blascom, 
of  Keyport,  tbe  contestants  to  shoot  20  birds  each  at 
27  yards  rise  and  80  yards  boundary  ;   Stakes  $100. 

Justice  James  Corrigan,  of  Jersey  City,  was 
yesterday  arrested  on  a  warrant  charging  him  with 
malfeasance  in  having  refused  to  give  np  to  James 
McCarthy  a  sum  of  money  collected  in  his  favor  aa 
iudgment  oa  a  suit  decided  by  tbe  Justioo.  Jnatioe 
K^eese  admitted  the  accused  to  bail. 

William  Concklmg  and  Henry  Close,  two 
Patorson  roughs,  fought  eight  rounds  ot  a  prize- 
fight in  Bergen  Connty  on  Sunday,  when  friends 
interfered  and  stopped  the  brutal  exhibition.  Tbe 
cause  was  a  quarrel  over  a  girl.  Oref  500  people 
witnessed  the  fight  and  no  arrests  were  made. 

Osoar  Hudson,  the  young  negro  who  so 
atroclouslv  assaulted  his  mistress  a  few  months 
ago,  and  afterward  placed  her  body  on  the  stove  to 
roast,  was  yesterday  convicted  in  tbe  Hadson 
Connty  Special  Sessions  of  assault  and  battery,  and 
was  sentenced  to  the  County  Penitentiary  for  60 
days. 

Elias  Sellington  and  John  Cronin,  two  canal- 
boat  Captains,  complained  to  Justice  Strong,  of  Ho- 
Doken,  that  tbey  bad  been  flleeced  ont  of  $250  itnd 
$500  respectively  at  poker  and  faro,  in  a  gambling 
bouse  at  No.  33  Washington  street,  kept  by  Wll. 
Ham  Giles.  The  Justice  issued  a  warrant  for  Giles' 
arrest,  but  when  the  ofScers  attempted  to  raid  the 
place  they  fonnd  it  closed  aud  the  gamblers  missing. 

Coroner  Gannon,  of  Jersey  City,  yesterday 

impaneled  a  Jury  m  the  case  of  William  Gibbons, 
the  cooper,  who  was  fonnd  bruised  and  bleeding  iu 
the  area  of  his  residence.  No.  4C  York-street,  on 
last  Friday  morning,    and   who  remained  uneon- 

■cious    autil  buuday.  wben    he    died.     The  eupDOsl- 

tion  is  that  Gibbons  fell  from  tbo  stoop  into  the 
area.    An  iotiuest  will  be  begun  on  Thursday. 

Detective  Clos,  of  Jersey  City,  yesterday 
fonnd  a  new  canvas  mail-bae  in  tbe  possession  of 
Francisco  Richi,  a  rag-picker,  and  he  took  the  man 
and  the  bag  before  United  States  Commissioner 
Muirbead  for  examination.  The  Italian  aald  mat 
bo  found  the  bag  in  a  barrel  near  the  New-Xork 
Post  Otflce,  and  as  a  nunrSer  of  bags  have  recently 
been  stolon  from  the  Post  Office,  the  prisoner  is 
supposed  to  bo  one  of  tbe  thieves.  He  was  held 
liutil  to-morrow  for  examination. 


AGAINST  FILLING  UE  LITTLE  SELL  GATE. 
The  Society  for  the  Beformation  of  Juvenile 
Delinquents  in  this  City  have  forwarded  a  remon- 
strnnce  to  the  Senate  and  Assembly  against  tbe 
proposed  action  of  tbe  Police  Commissioners  to  fill 
up  Little  Hell  Gate  with  street  refuse,  claiming 
that  such  a  proceeding  will  probably  bring  dis- 
ease and  death  among  the  inmates  of  the  House 
of  Refuge  on  Randall's  Island,  and  im- 
pede navigation.  To  orove  that  their  remonstrance 
IS  iuat,  aud  not  dictated  bv  unnecessary  alarm,  they 
offer  the  following  reasons  in  suuport  uf  their  argu- 
ment :  "When  the  marsh  land  on  the  north  end  of 
BlackweU's  Island  was  more  recently  filled  np  with 
street  refuse,  and  bnildiues  placed  on  it  for  the  Ep- 
ileptic Hospitals,  tbe  rotten  material  beneath  tbe 
Hurtaoe  was  so  utfeudive  and  so  iatal  to  life  that  tbe 
invalids  were  removed,  and  the  buildiusa  abandoned. 
Nor  is  this  all,  Tbe  navigation  ot  tbe  Harlem 
Uiver  has  come  to  be  of  groat  value.  Liuos  of 
steam-Doats  have  tor  20  years  and  more  been  nin- 
ring  throueh  it,  afforaine:  tbe  only  rapid  transit 
the  people  have  from  Harlem  to  tbe  south  end  of 
Ihe  island,  aud  the  only  material  aud  dangerous  im- 
pediment to  this  la  the  ice  lu  Winter.  But  the 
svcift  rash  of  waters  betwe><n  the  Sound  and  Har- 
lem River,  by  Little  He'.l  Gate,  is  a  great  help  to 
the  navigation  in  tnis  difficulty.  Tbe  ice  is  broken 
and  carried  away  to  a  creat  extent  m  all  but  the 
severest  and  most  continued  cold  weather.  Tbe 
dosing  of  this  passage  will  bring  the  Harlem  River 
toward  the  cliaracter  of  a  mill-pnnd,  and  fur  months 
in  Winter  the  people  will  sigh  over  the  loss  of  their 
moat  reliable  means  of  conveyance    t>etween   their 

dwellings  and  their  work  iu  tbe  City  when  anow 
and  ice  block  up  every  other  avenue." 

IRE  METHODIST  PREACHERS'  MEETING. 
The  regular  weekly  meeting  of  the  Methodist 
Preachers  was  held  yesterday  at  the  rooms  of  the 
Methodist  Book  Concern,  Broadway  and  Eleventh- 
street,  and  was  largely  attended.  The  President, 
Itev.  J.  S.  Willis,  occupied  the  chair,  and  opened 
the  meeting  by  reading  a  portion  of  tbe  third 
chapter  of  t,he  First  Epistle  of  John.  Brother 
Gilder  read  an  essay  ou  the  affirmative  side  of  tbe 
question.  "Is  Itineracy  a  Success!"  Tbe  negative 
side  of  the  question  was  treated  in  short  speeches  by 
Messrs.  Graves  and  Dickinson.  At  tbe  meeting  ou 
tbe  19(n  inst.  a  resolution  was  adopted,  asking  Miss 
Oliver  to  deliver  a  sermon  beiore  the  preachers  on 
tbe  first  Monoay  in  March,  and  at  the  meeting 
yesterday,  Mr.  Buckley  asked  that  the  matter  be 
reconsidered.  He  bad  no  ill-feeling  toward  Miss 
Oliver;  in  fact,  be  did  not  know  the  lady,  but  if  she 
preached  befoi  e  tbis  body  the  idea  would  go  abroad 
that  the  Kew-Tork  Methodist  preachers  believo<\ 
that  women  should  xireach.  Considerable 
discussion  ensued  on  tbis  subject,  which 
was  participated  lu  by  Messrs.  Brian, 
Dickinson,  Rust,  Katell,  Goodson,  RuUmao,  aud 
others,  when  a  motion  was  offered  by  Mr.  Buckley 
that  the  invitation  To  Miss  Oiiver  be  withdrawn. 
The  motion  was  carried  by  a  vote  of  46  tu  36. 
Brother  KatuU  was  appointed  to  preach  a  sermon 
next  Monday,  wben  be  will  take  for  his  sabiect 
"Entire  iSanctification." 


CITY  HALL  NOTES. 
The  following  is  the  weekly  report  of  Cham-, 
beiiain    Tappan:    Balance   in    the   City   Treasury 
Feb,   17,   $1,194,790  04.j  receipts,    $604,098  49  ;    pay. 
laeuts,  $58a,44b  57  ;   baianou  Feb.  24,  $1,310,450  96. 

The  Municipal  Committee  on  Finance  were 
to  have  met  yesterday  to  consider  Alderman  Pur- 
roy's  resolution  in  regard  to  the  collection  of  per- 
suual  taxe.s,  but,  owing  to  tho  want  uf  a  quorum, 
they  ad.iourned  until  Monday  next. 

The  Aldermanio  Committee  on  Public  Works 
will  meet  to-day,^ and  tbe  charge  preferred  by  Mr. 
Tuomev  against  Commissioner  Campbell  will  proba- 
aoly  be  called,  up  for  discussion.  As  Mr.  Campbell 
lias  ceased  to  be  President  of  tbe  Consolidation  Coal 
Compan.y,  and  does  not  now  "hold  iwa,  positions," 
the  Committee,  it  would  appear,  has  no  Jurisdiction 
in  the  case. 

The  Aldermanio  resolution  providing  for  tbe 
payment  of  22cleiks,  &c..  who  were  employed  by 
tho  Board  of  County  Canvassers  immediately  after 
the  election  in  this  City  last  year,  is  still  in  the 
bands  of  the  Mayor.  It  is  considered  likely  that  he 
will  send  it  back  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Common  Coun- 
cil without  nis  approval  or  veto,  and  in  that  case  it 
would  become  a  law.  Alderman  Morris,  lo  oppos- 
ing the  proposition  to  pay  these  noneoessary  clerks, 
stated  tnat  such  acts  were  aufflcieut  to  lead  the 
people  to  rise  iu  their  might  and  overthrow  the 
City  GovemmeDt. 


"MOKFAU  Lefevue."  the  nld<-st  and  moat  French 
of  CuAurAGNKB.  VicToa  H.  Mauueb,  110  lleade-st.,N.V. 

—AdvertuancHt. 


PASSHNGJiltS  ARRIVED. 

In  steam-ship  Canima,  ttom  Iiermuda.—M.t.  and  Krt. 
W.  J.  Kichardson,  1'.  S.  l>.  Gray,  Oapu  Ualoney,  J.  F. 
Burrows,  M.  K.  Averill.  Mrs.  O.  W.  Maltoy.  A.  streull. 
U.  O.  Juste,  L.  VV.  Ofrden.  Uiaa  Ogden.  Ur.  and  Mrs.  W. ' 
Uitchie,  M.  Hawley,  W.  J.  Carleton.  J.  VV.  Bowen.  C.  B. 
lillsworth,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  1'.  W.  Adnms,  Miss  Adams,  P. 
J.  bauber,  J.  Voungmaa.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  F.  Carpenter, 
Aliaa  carpenter,  Cnarlea  Muaset,  Ouarlea  i::vana.' 

In  steam-sHp  The  Queen,  from,  LiverpooL—S.  C.  Reed, 
RobeitUanthouy.  Alias  K.  ttandab.  jlr.  and  Mrs.  J.  A. 
Dobiiie,  T.  dllespie.  Wm.  Tnoro,  S.  b.  Potter,  D.  F. 
Witklua,  J.  11.  Taylor,  J.  U.  Balhcimer,  J.  Jacobs,  J. 
Case. ' 


MINIATVRE  ALH.'S.NA.O—imS   DAY.  ■ 
Bimrlses 6:37  I  fjunaets ,'5:491  Moon  seta— 6:32 

HIOH   WATSa— THIS   Dir. 

Sandy  Hook...7:27  I  Gov.I»laud..8:16|  riell  Gate.  ...8:38 

MARINE   INTEM^IGEKCE, 


KEW-YORS MONOAV.   FER  26. 


dad.  8.  fc  W.  WeUh:    C; 
Panena  k.  Load ;  Uarv 
Prinoe,  B.  Murray,  Jr.;  Ad% 
Braail,  fiutdett  k.  Pond ;   ~ 
ton,  kvaos,  Sail  It  Co. 


CLhAKBD. 

Steam-abip  Chesapeake,  Mangam,  Portland,  Me.,  J. 
F.  Ames.  ■ 

£<hip  liamecocfc.  Hardy,  Borab.-vv,  vempn  H.  Brown 
&  Co. 

Kaiks  Thomas  Brooks.  Wangh,  St.  Jago  and  Guanta- 

rarso,  Waydell  &  Co.;  FiRhettl.  (Ital..)  Colon.  AUcante, 
for  orderr,  Jonn  C.  Seiigi-r  :     Laudsboroa«li,    (Br..)  WU- 
Itams,  Aniier,  Java,  fur  orders,  buow  &.  Burgess ;  Car- 
denas, Harriman.  Nae  vitas.  J.  B.  Ward  4t  Co. 
Brie  Da.rligbt,  Gibson,   Ueorgetewu.  Bern.,  Ii.'W.  it 

'P.  Armstrong.    • 

^..>&ahKa.jai>»beth  M.  Cook,  Cookt  f  ozH.  Snalq.-  TzialJL 


>  8team-«Ulp  John  OflMoa,  Haai^l*,  Cleorg»towa,  % 
C.,  and  Alexandria  with  lodae.  and  paaaengen  to  J.  1 
Soome,  Jr.  _  

Steam-ablp  Vindicator,  Howe,   PhUadelphla,  wit«  . 
mdse.  and  pauengers  to  James  fiaod. 

Steam-ablp  Allentown,  Tattle,  .Philadelphia,  •mVa 
coal  to  BeaoinK  Ballroad  Co. 

-  Steam-sbip  Canima,  (Br.,)  Leddlooat,  Bermuda  S  4a^ 
with  mdse.  and  pasaeDgers  to  A  B.  Onterbildge. 

Steam-sblpThe*Que«n.  (Br.,)  Biagg,  liverpool  Feh 
10  and  Queenatown  4tb,  with  mdaa.  and  pasaeacexs  u 
F.W.  J.  Hurst. 

Bark  BagnhUd,  (Norw.,)  Jaootisea,  Botterdam  71 
ds..  with  empty  barrels  to  order— vtMsel  to  Vonch,  Bdy* 
k  Co. 

Bark  Jose  E.  More,  Carlisle,  Bsipia  Feb.  14,  with 
sugar  to  QrinnoU,  Mintum  k.  Co.— ^vessel  to  V?'aydeU  k 
Co. 

Bark  J.  H.  Aiiuatrong,  (of  Provlaenoe,)  Ifauran,  Bio 
Janeiro  66  ds.,  with  coftse  to  ordeii 
■-    Bark  HJelmen,  (Norw..)  Janseu,  ilioBtevldeo  69  da. 
'with  hides  and  wool  to  Uughea  It  Base. 

Bark  SootUk  (ot  Banfl;)  Duncan,  ,ManUa  ISS  ds.,  wlt> 
susar  to  Young  k,  Co. 

•  Bark  Ambassador,  (of  IJondon.)>  Preho,  ToktAsmi 
Hov.  4,  with teaa  to  order— reasolto  Peabody,  WllW 

Bark  Antelope,  Slmson,  -Tark's  (Island  18  da.,  with 
salt  to  Roohe  Bros.  k.  Co.  „     ^        «... 

Bark  Kspeland,  (Norw.)  Twrkelsen.  Hamburg  63  da^ 
withmdae.  to  order— veaael  to  Fnnoh,  Edye  k  Ca  ' 

Frig  Mlniue,  (of  Prince  Kdward's  Island.)  MoDoniM, 
Havana  11  ds.,  with  stigarito  order— vessel  to  Hattao, 
'Watson  &  Co. 

Brig  ProteniL  (of  Portland.)  Farr,  Cardenas  19  da. 
with  sugar  to  Bastian,  Helfiiian  t  Co.— vesael  to  ma* 
ter 

Brig  Bilas  V.  Mftrtin,  (of  Caatlne,)  Brown,  Tlaoolalpaa 
16  d^,  with  cedar  and  fustlo  to  P.  E.  Smith  k  Co. 

Brig  J.  b.  Stewaii;,  Crane,  S^gua  9  da.,  with  mnlMsei 
to  C.  Luling. 

Brig  Rover,  (of  Dandee.)  Anderson.  Hatansaa  28  da.. 
with  sugar  to  J.  k.  W.  Welsh-Vessel  to  George  F.  Bob 
lev.      ^^ 

Brie  Merrira,  (of  Portland.)  Downes.  Uatanaas  FeK 
12.  with  sugar  to  J.  Ikl.  Ceballos-A.  Co.— vessel  to  Millei 
k  Houghton.  »    .  „    ^       ....^  .. ....  2. 

Schr.  Phebe,  Madebro,  Havana^S  qM.,  inta  ftnlt  fb 

Gomez,  Pearaall  t  uo.  _       , 

Sebr.  Ada  F.  Whltnev.  fof  Thomaetoo.)  U  asters.  Caw 

denas  ivi  ds..  with  sugar  to  Gossler  k.  Co.— vessel  to  U. 

W.  Loud  St  Co. 
Schr.  Flora  Condon,  Cof  Belfast,)  French,  Onantaoai 

mo  2U  da.,  with  augar  and  honey  to  Brooks  k  Oa— T«a> 

eel  to  QUchriat.  White  k.  Co. 

Schr.  William  Frederick,  (of  BeUaet,)  Haines,  Claai 
fuegoB  15  ds.,  with  sugar  to  order— vesael  to  Gilchxis^ 
'White  &  "a 

Schr.  Brigadier,  (ot  Bookland,)  Norton,  Bagua  11  da., 
witn  sugar  to  Charles  Luling  It  Co.— vessel  to  IL  P. 
Brown, 

Schr.  B.  B.  Hume,  (of  Eastiwrt,)  Dickena,  Qoantaaa- 
mo  21  ds.,  with  sngar  to  order. 

Hchr.  6.  L.  Huasell,  Smith.  JACksonvUle  -12  ds.,  with 
lumber  to  order. 

Schr.  Lucy  Hammond,  Robinson.  Hachlas,  with  lam> 
I>er  to  Chase,  Talbot  &.  Co. 

»cbr.  T.  and  G.  Hawes,  Hammond.  Chatham.  «!■*' 
potatoes  to  iJoane  k  Qotu  ,- 

Schr.  Wm.  D.  Hangum.  Chase,  liew-Bedtoro.  ir^ 

Bchr.  Mary  K.  Gage,  Gage,  Provldenoe.  1 

Schr.  Pointer,  Dill,  Providence. 

8chr.  Volant-  Shaw,  Providence,  for  Port  Jotauo^ 

8cbr.  Ontario.  Wall.  Providence,  for  Port  Johnson. 

Schr.  iiucy  Wright,  Keisey,  Prowldence,  focPo^ 
Johnson. 

Schr.  Salmon  Washburn,  Hathaw«(y,^aiiatoa. 

Scar.  Heone,  Oliver,  New-London. 

Schr.  Convues',  Uaines,  .\ew-London.j,    • 

Schr.  Louisa,  Birdsall,  ^ew■London.    • 

Schr.  Niagara,  Wooton.  NeW-London. 

Schr.  Sarah  L.  Gumer,  Guruey,  New-Sarven. 

6ehr.  Kmma  Aerv,  Hall,  New-Haven. 

Schr.  James  Ward,  Foster,  New-Uaven,  forPMladi^ 
phia. 

Bcnr.  Oilon.  Fletcher,  New-Haven,  for^hiladelphlik 

Schr.  Helen  Hasbrouck,  Burnet,  Ne-w-Haven,  fox  Bal' 
timore. 

Schr.  Bodney  Parker,  Parker,  Noyr-Batrea,  fbr  B»lt^ 


SAILED. 


Bteam-ebip  Albemarle,  for  Lewea  ;  bark  Ciuaeaa,  few 
Cnracoa:  acnra.  N.  Hemd,  for  sierra  Leone  ;  laatiel  AI- 
berto.  for  Oreytown  :  L.  W.  Wheeler,  for  Bt,  Thomas. 
Also,  via  Long  Island  Sotud,  steam-ahip  Chesapeake^ 
lor  Pertland. 

» ■ 

SPOKEN.     . 

By  BOhr.  Ada  7.  Whitney,  Febi  22.  lat  8S  32,  Ion.  7« 
33,  Orig  Asteroid. 

Bv  bark  bcotia,  Feb.  18,  lat.  Sa>44,-lon.*7S,.abtv 
Union. 

m 

BY- TELE  GRAPH. - 
HAI.IVAX  Feb.  26.— Arr.  steam-sbip  Pemrian,  flMA 
Portland.  -^  ■  i 

bid.  Bteam-shlp  Pemytan.  for  Live;n>onL  jmi^ 

FOREIGN  PORTS.  '"'**" 

Bebkhsa.  Feb.  22.— Arr.  at  Bamilton  Feb.  9,  brig^ 
celaior.  Mayor,  New- York. 

Sid.  Feb.  7.  bark  tsliza  Barsa.  Vesey,  New- York;  Febu 
16,  brig  Excelsior,  Mayor,  New-York. 

Sid.  trom  St.  George  Fob.  7,  schr.  Nancy  Smith,  Bojp^ 
New- York;  Waldeaar,  Parker,  New-Iork.  J 

♦  --■-•- 

BY  CABLE. 

LosDow,  FeT).  26. — Sid.  lat  in  at.,  Star  of  tbe  Bontk, 
2l8t  last.,  Kevealnk,  B.  fi.  Pottpr,  the  latter  for  Port- 
laud  ;  23d  Inst.,  Annie  Troop,  for  Aew-Iork;  Bonny 
Boon;  24th  inst.,  Aspasia,  Stilllcone,  Golden  Fieeoei 
25th  inst.,  Venice. 

Arr.  2-2d  ult.,  Horace  Scuddor,  at  Algoa  Bav;  18th 
inst.jHea;  V20th  inat.,  Isaac  Hall,  Amalta,  Caut.  Chia- 
velli;  Amor,  Oitpt.  Torklldsen;  23d  inst,  Brsmerlehe, 
Skndesnaes:  24th  inst.,  Caroline  .Sosanne,  Lake  Onta- 
rio, Marion,  Capt.  Edw^rda ;  NlKUcinirale.  Sapphire. 
Uannccia,  Galatola;  2oth  iiiat.,  Henrlette,  Pioneer,  , 
Boyal  Standard,  Steam-ship;  Primns,  Fanny,  Frauces, 
Charlotte,  Uuchess  ot  Lancaster.  Eva  C&rvlIL  Marie, 
Capt.  Eeineaa;  Statesman,  steatn-ahlp;  26th  lust., 
Tartar.  Cant.  Rule,  at  Falmouth,  with  sails  split  and 
loss  of  topsail  yard;  Abigail,  John  Boyd. 

QuKBNiTowx,  Feb.    2t).— The  Canard    Line   8teaiB> 

Bhiys  Parthla,  Capt.  McKay,  trom  New- York  Fob.  14, 
and  Ulvmpua,  Capt.  Billtnee.  from  Boaton  Feb.  15,  fur 
liiverpoo!,  nave  arr.  here,  the  former  at  7  P.  M.  Satur- 
day and  the  latter  at  2  o'clock  this  morning. 

QcxEirsTowN,  Feb.  26. — Tbe  National  Line  steam- 
Btaip  Helvetia.  Capt.  Pearce,  from  New- York  Feh.  14, 
arr.  here  at  6  o'clock  this  morning  on  her  way  to  Liver- 
pooL 

Havana,  Feb.  26. — The  steam-ahip  CJity  of  Vera  Cms, 
Capt.  Oeaheu,  from  New-Yoik  i^eti.  21,  arr.  here  tbia 
momlne. 

Havrb,  Feb.  28— Tbe  steam-ship  Herder  sld.  henoa 
yesterday  for  New-Xerk,  having  been  detained  one' 
da.y. 


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WASHINGTON. 


tACANCIES  IN  THE  FBESIDENCY. 
*AVID     DUDLEY     FIELD'S    SCHEME    FOBCED 
THROUGH      THE     HOUSE — ^DANOEBS     0]8 
THE    MEASURE. 

svedal  ZHtpateh  to  the  ITeto-  rork  Tbm*. 

Washlngton,  Feb.  27.— The  proceedings 
of  the  Hoose  to-day  were  distinguished  more 
ior  what  the  majority  attempted  and  failed  to 
do  than  ior  what  tbey  succeeded  in  doing.  Af- 
ter oompletinK  the  Sundry  Civil  Appropriation 
bill  in  Committee  of  the  Whole  and  reporting 
it  to  the  House,  iastead  of  goiae  on  and  pass- 
ing it  finally,  Mr.  Holman  yielded  the  fi.oor  and 
David  Dudley  Field  came  forward  witn  his  bill 
to  amend  the  Bevised  Statutes  in  respect  to 
vacancies  in  the  offices  of  President  and  Vice 
President.  The  previous  question  was  ordered 
on  the  final  passage  of  the  bill,  one  half  hour 
being  first  allowed  for  discussion.  [The  bill 
18  printed  in  full  elsewhere.] 

Mr.  Kasson  call  attention  to  the  loose  phrase- 
ology ot  the  bill,  and  suggested  to  Mr.  Field 
that  a  measure  of  so  much  importance  should 
not  be  hastily  acted  upon.  Under  the  provis- 
ions of  the  biU  either  house  would  hare  the 
■power  to  defeat  an  election  by  the 
people,  and  by  refusing  to  concur  in 
a  declaration  of  the  result  oreoipitate 
the  very  emergency  which  the  bUl  seeks  to 
avoid.  The  language  ot  the  bill  is  that  when- 
ever the  Electoral  count  is  not  completed  from 
any  cause  the  President  of  the  Senate  shall  act 
as  President  of  the  United  States.  This  has 
the  appearance  of  an  invitation  to  one  house  to 
defeat  the  announcement  of  the  election.  The 
bill  is  immature,  and  time  should  be  given  for 
fall  discussion  of  so  important  a  measure. 
Mr.  Lawrence  opposed  the  biU  upon  the 
eronnd  that  it  conferred  dangerous 
powers.  It  would  enable  the  Senate  to 
iefeat  the  popular  will  and  set  up 
-.heir  own  Fresidant  as  President  oi  the  United 
States.  Mr.  Neal,  a  Democrat  from  Ohio,  was 
anwilline  to  vote  for  any  bill  providing  for  a 
Dew  election,  and  protested  againsLtljLe  leader- 
Bhip  of  the  distinguished  Bepublican  (referring 
to  Field)  who  lately  came  from  New-York  to 
lead,  the  Democracy  in  the  House.  He  warned 
the  Democrats  that  they  had  been  deceived  in 
the  Electoral  act,  imd  if  they  passed 
bhis  bill  they  woula  be  again  de- 
ceived. The  effect  of  the  present 
bill  would  be  to  make  Oliver  P. 
Morton  President  of  the  United  States  "ud  he 
would  rather  take  Gov.  Hayes  lor  four  years 
than  Morton  for  four  months,  or  iour  days. 
Messrs.  Seelye   and   Banks   also  spoke   brieflv 

against  the  measure,  after  which  Mr.  Field 
spoke  for  five  minutes,  to  show  that  the  bill 
was  constitutional,  and  calculated  to  meet  in 
jhe  future  such  emergeooies  as  we  are  now 
threatened  with,  and  prevent  a  possible  inter- 
regnum in  t)(e  Presidential  o£3ce.  The  bill  was 
passed  byVeas  138,  nays  109,  several  Democrats 
voimg  m  the  negative. 

THE  FLANS     OF    THE  FILIBUSTERS, 

«KOGBAMMB  OF  THE  BEVOLUTTONISTS— -THE 

COUNT    TO    BE    OBSTBUCTED  IN  KVEBY 

FOaSIBLB    MASTNBR — GRAIfD   SCHEME    OF 

A  MEMBER  FROM  ILLLNOIS— A  CONSTANT 

MENACE. 

Special  Dtsvateh to thi  New-Tori  Timet, 
Washington,  Feb.  27. — The  revolntion- 
tsts  appear  to  be  without  a  settled  programme 
for  their  guidance  to-morrow,  but  they  are  de- 
termined they  will  obstruct  the  count  in  every 
possible  manner.  There  will  be  motions 
for  recesses,  and  attempts  to  secure  the 
reading       of     long        documents.         Vermont 

Will     certainly      be       objected       to,    and 

perhaps  Virginia,  where  a  Democratic  Elector 
was  disqualified.  Springer  and  Field  would 
doubtless  be  willing  to  oDiect  to  every  Demo- 
cratic State  if  they  could  find  any  plausible 
jnround,  but  the  -partj  generally  will  not  be 
pleased  with  any  appearance  of  question- 
ing their  own  vote.  But  those  who 
are  pledged  to  filibusterlns  are  too 
crazy  and  empty  headed  to  consider 
the  appearance  or  effect  of  anything  that 
promises  to  consume  time.  The  report  that  ail 
the  Democratic  as  well  as  the  Bepublican 
States  are  to  be  objected  to  may  therefore 
prove  to  be^true.  The  prospects  of  success  for 
the  obstructionists  cannot  be  regarded  to-night 
as      changed,    for     no      information    of     any 

change      in     their      numbers      has      been 

discovered.  and  without  an  accession 
of  about  40  or  50  votes  since  their  last  discio- 
Bure  of  strength  they  can  accomplish  nothing. 
Springer  thinks  he  laid  a  mine  to-day  when  he 
Pifered  the  resolations  reooenizing  the  Demo- 
cratic Governors  in  Louisiana  and  South  Caro- 
lina. He  thinks  tne  Bepublican  v»te  against 
BDspending  the  rules  will  consolidate  Southern 
members  of  Congress,  and  that  tney  wUl  all  be 
found  votmg  hereafter  to  break  up  the 
count.  Springer's  grand  .  schemes  are 
nearly  always  baok-actiug  in  their  results,  and 
this  latest  invention  of  his  may  turn  out  like 
bis  celebrated  amendment  to  the  Centennial 
Appropriation  bill.  It  can  only  be  stated  gen- 
erally of  tbepossiole  success  of  delay,  that  it  is 
not  to  be  lightly  treated,  and  that  it  is  a  con- 
stant menace  to  the  conclusion  of  the  count. 
At  the  same  time  the  probability  remains,  as 
heretofore,  that  the  law  will  be  fully  executed 
\0  Thursday  or  Friday. 

MB.  CONKl^JNG'S  POSITION. 
UTB8T  PLANS  OF  THE  CONSPIBATOES— THE 
NKW-YOKK      SENATOR     TO     BE      CHOSEN 
PRESIDENT  PRO  TEM. 

dpeeial  Ditvatetito  the  Ifete-Tork  Time*. 

Washington,  Feb.  27. — There  is  a  claim 
made  to-night  that  13  Bepublican  Senators  will 
vote  for  the  Field  bill  for  a  new  election,  and 
that  Mr.  Conkling  can  certainly  be  elected 
President  of  the  Senate  by  a  union  ot  Demo- 
cratic and  Bepublican  votes,  which 
are  said  to  be  already  pledged.  Five 
•f  those  privately  named  as  thus 
pledged  denv  the  statement.  On  tVb  Demo- 
cratic side  this  scheme  is  in  earnest,  and  they 
really  look  upon  Mr.  Conkling  as  the  man  for 
the  Democrats  to  secure  as  President  ad 
interim.  People  cannot  very  well  help 
asking  what  this  means,  and  Mr.  Yoorbees' 
letter,  'which  denies  nothing  save  those 
things  iviiioh  were  never  asserted,  is  not  quite 
-datisfying.  There  are  some  plans  of  certain 
conspirators  which  are  not  declared,  and  which 
will  only  be  learned  when  they  are  attempted 
to  be  put  in  execution.  But  the  grand  neces- 
sity ior  the  success  ol  the  plot  is  a  otajority  ot 
votes  in  the  House. 


VIOLENT  SPEECHES  APPLA  UDED. 
^EEHNQ    OF  A  REf  ORM  CLUB,  80   CAliLBD — 
A.    GATHERING  OF  LAZY    LADS    AND    DIS- 
APPOINTED OFFICE-SEEKERS — TBK  MOST 
VIOLENT      SPEECHES       MOST      WARMLY 
VPPLAUDED. 
apecicA  Divxtteh  to  the  K«w-York  Timet. 
Washington,    Feb.    27.— At     Talmadge 
flail,  in  this  city,  to-night,  a  motley  crowd  of 
lisappointed  ofiSce  seekers,  and  a  nnmber  of 
Mle  boys,  calling   themselves   the  Tildes  and 
^bodrieks  B«ionu  Clijli>   «f   WMb^tgO*  A4Uj>ftt««> 


sembled  for  the  avowed  purpose  of  protesting 
against  the  progress  of  the  Electoral  count 
The  notorious  Donn  Piatt  was  the  presiding 
/genius  of  the  affair,  and  his  appearance  upon 
the  platform  was  greeted  with  wild 
shouts  of  approval.  CoL  F.  A.  Conkling,  of 
New- York,  was  announced  to  speak,  but  sent 
a  telegraphic  apology,  saying  that  bt)  sincerely 
regretted  bis  inability  to  attend.  Tlie  crowd 
was  addressed  by  Messrs.  Scott,  of  Pennsylva- 
nia; Hunton,  of  Virginia;  Julian,  of  In- 
diana: Gen.  Toung,  of  Georgia,  and  a  number 
of  others,  who  demanded  in  the  strongest 
terms  that  the  .  count  cease.  Mr.  Toung  was 
particularly  violent.  He  wanted  the  whole 
Presidential  question  relorred  back  to  the  peo- 
ple, and  denounced  the  Democratic  leaders 
from  the  South  for  their  recent  action.  The 
most  violent  speeches  were  the  most  warmly 
applauded. 

THE  TALKING  AGAINST  TIME. 
MONTGOMERY  BLAIR  AND  JERBY  BLACK 
THROWN  INTO  THE  CASE  WITHOUT 
PREPARATION — RAMBLING  SPEECH  OF 
THE  FOBMER— black's  INSULTING  AD- 
DRESS— GARRULITY  AND  BAD  TEMPER 
THE  CHARACTERISTICS  OF  BOTH. 
Special  IHtttateh  to  the  New-  York  Times. 

Washington,  Feb.  27.-^The  Electoral 
Commission  met  at  10  o'clock  thi*  morning,  and 
the  arguments  on  the  South  Carolina  case  were 
concluded  at  1:10.  In  the  first  part  of  the  ses- 
sion the  conrt-room  was  almost  deBortod.and  few 
persons  besides  those  oonneoted  with  the  man- 
agement ot  the  case  were  present.  Mr.  Kurd,  of 
Ohio,  on  behalf  of  the  Democratic  objectors, 
spoke  nearly  an  hour,  attempting  to  sustain 
the  objections  offered  in  the  jomt  meet- 
ing to  counting  the  votes  of  the  Hayes 
Electors.  Mr.,  Hurd  is  regarded  as  one 
of  the  ablest  young  lawyers  of  the 
House,  but  he  found  it  difficult  to  construct 
an  argument,  and  tiis  speech  was  tull  of  asser- 
tions instead  of  reasons.  Mr.  Cochrane,  of 
Pennsylvania,  a  disciple  of  Jerry  Black,  who 
has  imbibed  all  the  bitterness  of  that  distin- 
guished antediluvian,  without  having  a  par- 
ticle ot  his  wit,  attempted  to  convinoe  the  Com- 
mission that  they  could  take  proof  concerning 
certain  allegations  which  he  presented  in  the 
form  of  a  proffer  of  evidence.  The  Bepu  blican 
objectors  were  Representative  Lawrence  and 
Senator  Christiancy.  Mr.  Lawrence  spoke 
about  half  an  hour,  reviewing  the  objections  to 
the  Hayes  votes,  which  he  showed  were 
legal  and  ought  to  be  counted.  He  spent  no 
lime  in  referring  to  the  Til  den  certificate,  be- 
ing reminded  by  a  member  of  the  Commission 
that  nobody  ou  the  other  side  bad  claimed,  that 
the  Tilden  vote  should  be  counted,  and  there- 
tore  no  argument  need  be  wasted  upon  it.  Sen- 
ator Chnstianoy  declined  to  speak. 

It  lacked  15  minutes  to  12  when  the  Demo- 
cratic counsel,  'Monteomeey  Blair,  began  his 
speech.  Mr.  Blair  bad  been  called  suddenly 
into  the  case  and  had  not  examined  the  points 

of  law,  and  was  without  any  notes  or  material 
for  argument.  He  foundered  about  like  a  man 
in  deep  ■water,  and  finally  concluded  with  a 
verv  brief  speech.  The  couusel  on  the  Bepubli- 
can Bide  decided   to   make  no   argument  in 

the  case.     Judge  Sbellabarger   announced  that 

they  were  willing  to  leave  the  subject  with  the 
Commission  to  act  upon  the  information  al- 
ready before  it.  They  objected  formally  to 
the  taking  of  testimony  as  asked  by  the  Dem- 
ocratic side.  Judge  Black,  who  bad  the  closing 
speech  for  the  Democrats,  availed  himself  of 
tne  privilege,  and  after  remarking  that  he  was 
not    prepared    to    argue    the    South    Carolina 

case,  be  proceeded  to  speak  in  a  general  way  in 

very  much  the  style  and  manuer  that  would 
have  been  proper  if  he  had  been  addressing  the 
indignation  meeting  of  employes  of  the  liouije 

and  temporary  residents  of  Washington 
in  eearca  of  office  whicu  assembled 
at  Tallmadge  Hall  to-night.  He  insulted 
the  Commission  in  the  course  of  bis  speech, 
and  behaved  in  a  way  which  led  many  persons 
to  suppose  that  he  was  under  the  influence 
of  drink  :  but  such  is  said  not  to  have  been  the 
fact.  Black  was  indecent  and  insult- 
ing, and  disgusted  some  of  the  Demo- 
cratic Commissioners,  who  took  pains  to 
show  their  displeasure  by  conspicuously  read- 
ing some  papers  or  pamphlets.  The  old  gen- 
tleman is  past  the  age  when  he  is  physically 
able  to  make  long  speeches,  though  the  bitter- 
ness ot  his  nature  is  not  abated.  He  concluded 
soon  after  1  o'clock  without  having  advanced 
an  argument  or  done  anything  but  abuse  the 
Commission.  The  brevity  of  his  speech  was 
accepted  as  compensation  ior  his  abuse,  and  at 
1:10  the  Commission  took  a  half  hour's  recess 
preparatory  to  consulting  on  its  decision. 

LOUISIANA   AJSD   SOUTH  CAliOLINA. 

UNSUCCESSFUL      EFKOKT8       TO       RECOG>fIZE 
NICHOLL8    AND     HAMPTON — DEFEAT    OF 
TWO  ATTEMPTS    TO  SUSPEND  THE  RULES. 
Svedat  Duvateh  to  the  Neva-  Yorn  Timee. 

Washington,  Feb.  27. — Under  the  rules 
of  the  House  it  is  in  order  to  move  a  suspen- 
sion of  the  rules  for  any  purpose  during  the 
last  six  days  of  the  session.  Taking  advantage 
of  this,  the  Democrats  to-day  made  two  unsuc- 
cessful efforts  to  pass  resolutions  recognizing 
NichoUs  and  Hampton  as  the  lawlul  Governors 
ot  Louisiana  and  South  Carolina.  Mr.  Schleich- 
er got  in  the  first  attempt,  which  was  de- 
leated  by  yeas  156,  nays  93.  Mr.  Watter- 
son  next  tried  his  hand,  reciting  as  a 
preamble  a  telegram  alleged  to  have  been  sent 
last  night  by  President  Grant,  in  which  the  be- 
lief is  expressed  that  the  NichoUs  Government 
would  and  ought  to  be  recognized  as  the  lawful 
Government  of  Louisiana.  The  resolution  aXr 
taohed  indorsed  the  sentiments  of  the  pream- 
ble, and  proposed  to  give  them  the  official 
sanction  of  Congress,  but  the  House  refused  to 
suspend  the  rules  by  yeas  127,  nays  85. 

CONGRESSMAN  GLOVER  DENOUNCED 
AN  EX-MEMBEK  OF  CONGRESS  BEFOBE  THE 
REAL  ESTATE  POOL  COMMITTEE — HOW 
HE  WAS  DETAINED  IN  WASHINGTON,  AND 
WHY — A  POSITIVE  CONTRADICTION  TO 
AN  ATB0CI0U8  SLANDER. 

Special  Ditpatch  to  the  Neva-  York  Timet, 

Washington,  Feb.  27. — Mr.  Glover, 
Chairman  of  the  House  Committee  on  the  Beat 
Estate  Pool,  has  at  last  brought  trouble  upon 
himself  by  his  novel  manner  of  conducting  in- 
vestigations. Mr.  Glover  has  been  in  the  habit 
of  subpoeanlng  witnesses  to  give  evidence  re- 
flecting upon  individuals,  without  giving  the 
parties  assailed  an  opportunity  to  meet  the 
accusations.    All  Winter  he  has  been  examm- 

ing  witnesses  in  secret  without   the  presence  of 

other  members  of  the  committee,  whshavebesn 
purposely  kept  in  ignorance  of  the  fact  that 
such  examinations  were  to  be  made.  In 
this  manner  Mr.  Glover  has  oollected 
a  mass  ot  scandal  which  he  wants 
the  House  to  order  printed,  and  of  the  scandal- 
ous contents  of  which  no  one  is  informed  ex- 
cept Mr.  Glover  and  a  dependent  who  banes 
around  the  oommittee-room  to  assist  him.  and 
supply  the   places    of  members  of  the   com- 


Wisconsin,  succeeded  in  getting  the  committee 
together,  and  read  a  statement  denouncing 
Glover  for  bis  trickery  in  preventing  Eirlridge 
from  testurying  in  his  own  defense  ip  reply  to 
some  star-chamber  testimony  reflecting  upon 
his  integrity  as  a  member  of  the  last 
Congress.  Mr.  Eldredge  charged  Glover  with 
having  said  to  Mr.  Pratt,  of  Iowa,  a  member 
of  the  committee,  that  he  [Glover]  wanted  to 
ruin  Eldndge  politically,  and  for  this  purpose 
desired  to  have  him  examined.  Glover  denied 
haying  made  such  statements,  but  Pratt 
insisted  that  he  had,  and  for  a 
few  minutes  there  was  a  lively 
controversy  between  the  two  gentlemen. 
Pratt  is  willing  to  take  bis  oath  that  Glover 
disclosed  to  bim  the  plot  to  ruin  Eldredge,  and 
Eldredge  has  no  doubt  there  was  such  a  plot. 
The  end  has  not  been  reached,  and  Glover  may 
yet  find  retribution  for  his  villainous  treatment 
of  people  under  investigation. 

THE  PACIFIC  RAILROAD. 

EFFORTS  TO  SECURE  NEW  LEGISLATION — 
HOW  THEY  WERE  DISAPPOINTED  BY 
THE  SENATE— THE  MONEY  SPENT  BY 
THE    LOBBY    THROWN   AWAY. 

SveeialDUpatehto  iheNtw-Tork  Times. 

Washington,  Feb.  27.— At  the  last 
session  of  Congress  the  Judiciary  Commitee  of 
the  Senate  reported  a  bill  which  provided  tor 
the  refundmg  of  the  money  advanced  by  the 
United  States  to  the  Pacific  Bailroad.  For 
some  time  past  the  agents  of  the  roads  have 
been  trying  to  have  some  act  passed, 
which  Would  be  more  favorable  to 
them.  and  they  succeeded  in  having 
two  or  three  bills  introduced,  which 
have  been  debated  at  length  tins  Winter.  Dur- 
ing the  last  few  days  they  have  believed  that 
their  scheme  would  be  productive  oi  the  beat 
results,  but  to-day  they  were  cruelly  disap- 
pointed, for  the  Senate,  by  a  majority  of  1, 
voted  to  postpone  the  whole  matter  until  the 
next  session.  All  the  bills  referred  to  will 
theretore  have  to  be  introduced  anew,  and  the 
money  spent  by  the  lobby  this  Winter  has  all 
been  thrown  away. 


THE  POET  LONGFELLOW. 


CELEBRATING  HIS  SEVEN  ITETH  BIBTUDAY — 
HOW  the  event  WAS  CELvBRATED  AT 
BOWDOIN  COLLEGE. 

Special  Diteale^  la  the  tfeji-York   Timet. 

Boston,  Feb.  27. — la  accordance  with  the 
special  request  ot  the  poet  Longfellow,  his 
seventieth  birthday  (to-day)  was  not  formally 
observed  here  by  his  Iriends  and  admirers, 
though  he  was  inlormally  called  upon  at  his 
pleasant  and  historic  home  at  Cam- 
bridge. But  at  Bowdoin  College,  Bruns- 
wick. Me..  his  Alma  Muter,  there 
was  quite  a  formal  recognition  of  the  event. 
At  noon  the  students.  Faculty,  and  all  con- 
nected with  the  colle<:e  assembled  in  the  chapel. 
With  a  tew  happy  remarks,  President  Cham- 
berlain inli'oduced  Prot.  Packard,  who  gave  a 
very  interesting  sketch  of  the  poet's  life, 
especially  during  bis  four  years  in  col- 
leiio    and    immediately    after.    Among  other 

remarks.  Prof.  Packard  said  that  he  assisted  at 
the  entrance-examinatiou  of  '•  Youn^i  Loug- 
lellow."  He  read  a  series  of  resolutions  to  be 
sunt  to  Prof.  Lungtellow  as  a  greeting  m  behalf 
ot     BowUoin    College.       The    resolutions    were 

seconded  by  C.  W.  Morrul,  of  the  Senior  claj«8, 
with  a  lew  appropriate  remarks,  and  were  then 
unanimously  adopted.  A  just  tribute  was  paid 
to  the  purify  and  truth  ox  tne  poet's  lite.  I  he 
affair  was  most  pleasant,  and  was  spontaneous 


and  sincere. 


IHE  CHICAGO  AxS  DAL  ION  RAILROAD. 


ANNUAL  RKPORT  OF  THE  COMPANY THE  IN- 
COME ACCOUNT— THE  TOTAL  OPERATING 

KXPENSl!^ GENERAL   ASSETS   OF   THE 

COMPANY. 

Special  Ditoati-Ji  to  the  Keuj-Vork  Timet. 
Chicago,  Feb.  27. — The  annual   report  of 
the  Chicago  and   Alton  Railroad  ia  just  pub- 
lished.   The  income  account  for  the  past  year 
is  $5,087,114,  of  which   $4,960,528  were  receipts 

for  traffic  The  disbursements  were  ^^4,825,650, 
of  which  operating  expenses  amounted  to  $2,804 , 
290.  The balsmce,  alter  eliminating  sundrysmall 
amounts  of  bad  debts  accumulated  since  18ti3, 
aggregating  $238,366,  is  $23,126  70,  which  cor- 
ruotly  repreBcuts  the  remainder  ot  the  accumu- 
lated net  earnings  irom  traffic.  To  the  iore- 
gomg  is  added  the  atuount  of  a  spe- 
cial fund  of  eSJO.OOO  temporarily  appropn- 
priated  from  this  account  lor  working  supplies, 
iho  curreot  balauce  is,  tbereloie,  iii>23,l-26. 
The  general  assets  ot  the  company  at  the  close 
of  the  year,  in  addition  to  railway  and  equip- 
ments, was  about  $1,325,000.  i'lie  uet  earuings 
ot  the  Mississippi  Bndge  were  196,760.  1  he  net 
profit  derived  irom  tvafilc.  alter  deducting  all 
lixed  charges,  rents,  taxes,  dec,  is  equal  to  9 
per  cent,  on  the  share  capital  ot  the  company, 
both  preterred  and  common.  The  aggregate 
sum  expended  Cor  improvements  was  $3^7,0? 3. 
The  Directors  State  they  are  prepared  to  take 
any  steps  to  complete  a  line  to  Kautias  City. 

OPENING  OF    THE  HUDSON 


PREPARATIONS  FOR  THE  RESUMPTION  OF 
NAVIGATION — THE  FIRST  BOATS  UP  THE 
BIVKK. 

Steam  boat  men  report  that  the  |Iudson  River 
la  open  as  far  curcb  as  Poaghkeepaie,  and  that  the 
ice  abuve  that  point  -U   breaking  rapidly.    The   P. 

C.  Schultz  loft  Pier  No.  42  North  River  on  alonday 
evening,  with  a  fall  freight,  for  Cold  Spring  and 
New-Hamborg.      To-morrow  at  5  P.  M.  the  steamer 

D.  B.  Hasbrouck  and  the  barge  Charles  S.  Spear,  of 
Homer  Eamsaell's  Line,  will  leave  Pier  No.  35 
Noith  River  for  Highlands,  Marlboro,  New-Ham- 
burg, and  PoagbkeepBie.  The  stoaraer  D.  S.  Miller, 
of  tha  same  line,  will  follow  on  Friday  or  Satnrday. 
The  Catsliiil  boats,  Walter  Brett  and  New  Chaoi- 
pion,  have  been  thoroughly  orerhanled  and  re- 

painted,  so  as  to  be  ready  for  business  next  week. 
Ou  the  lower  Hudson  the  boats  are  making  reuular 
trips  and  oartTtn;;  full  treighl.  TM-murrow  the 
sieamer  for  Fort  Lee,  Pleasant  Valley, 
and  Shady  Side  will  leave  Pjer  No.  42, 
loot  ot  Canal-ittreer'.  at  10:30  A.  ii. 
>and  5:30  P.  M.  In  April  the  number 
ot  trips  will  be  increased.  The  steamer  Alexis  is 
on  the  route  between' this  Uity  and  Foakers,  Nyack, 
Rookland  Lake,  ana  Uaverstraw,  leaving  Pier  No. 
34  North  River  daily  at  3  P.  M.  Thb  Wyoming 
leaves  the  saine  pier  at  the  same  hoar  fur  Penh 
Amboy  and  New-Brunswick.  For  Hastioea  and 
Dobb's  Feriy,  treight  and  passengers  aru  csk^-n  by 
the  propeller  UaoKensacK  irom  Pier  No.  34  North 
Biver,  on  Tueaaays,  Thursdays,  and  Satur- 
days, at  3  P.  M.  The  Aosonia  is  receiv- 
ing the  last  touches  of  paint  and  gold-lual, 
aad  will  be  placed  on  the  Hue  to  Saucenies. 
Along  the  river  front  the  boat  owoers  are  busy 
with  Lhe  work  of  preparation  for  the  Spring  and 
Summer  trafBo.  Lnrge  soma  of  mon:'y  nave  been 
exiiended  to  make  the  steamers  more  attractive 
than  they  were  last  year.  This  year  the  Peoples' 
Line  will  oommenoe  the  season  with  the  steamers 
JJrew  and  Dean  Riobmund.  The  St.  John  will  oe 
added  when  the  pleasure  travel  sets  in.  Dnring 
the  past  Winter  these  boats  have  been  repainted, 
the  ensines  overhauled,  the  steward'^  departmeul 
remodeled,  andmany  of  the  atate-rooiuareluroished. 
The  workmen  have  nearly  completed  tbeir  labors, 
so  that  the  boats  can  leave  in  10  days,  but  it  is  prob- 
aole  that  me  first  sieamer  ol  this  line  for  Albany 
will  not  start  bel'ora^, March  20.  Laai  year  the  first 
trip  was  made  on  ^ril  1,  and  tbe  last  on  Dec.  1. 
The  Albany  Day  Line,  Pier  No.  39,  North  Kiver. 
will  Ttiti  the  steamers  Daniel  Drew  and  Cbaaucey 
Yibbard.  New  shafts,  much  heavier  than  tbe  old 
ones,  and  new  wbeels  have  been  put  in  the  Daniel 
Drew.  The  hog-foune  has  been  strengthened,  and 
other  extensive  repairs  made. 


PRESIDENT-ELECT  HATES. 


TBS  SOVA.  SnOllA  GRMAT  3XAL. 
Halifax,  JFeb.  27.— The  question  which  has 
arisen  regarding  tbe  validity  of  tbe  great  sealof  this 
province  having  been  rsferred  to  toniay  in  tbe  As- 
sembly, the  Frovmoial  Beoretary  stated  oorres^ 
poodenoe  wbieh  woatd  ataortly  be  laid*  oefora  tbe 
HimM  wonld  sbow  conclosively  that  the  alarm 
created  oono«Qlng  the  matter,  a«  regards  pabUq 
ToHdl«z.ji7c(^ngrea«iDan  £ldc«d«^  oCLjiAtt  siul.doo^ia^to,  wtM  totaUxnofQiULdo^- 


ON  DUTY  AT  COLUMBUS. 
THRONGS  OF  VISITORS  CONOBATULATING 
THE  GOVERNOR  AT  COLUMBDS — PREPA- 
RATIONS FOR  THE  PRESIDENTIAL  TRIP 
TO  WASHINGTON — BELIEF  THAT  SENA- 
TOR SHERMAN  WILL  BK  APPOINTED 
SKCBETABy  OF  THE   TRBASURT. 

Special  VUpatch  to  the  New-  York  Timet,  * 
CoLtJ-MBus,  Feb.  27. — The  Governor's 
room  at  the  Capitol  has  been  thronged  with 
visitors  to-dav,  who  came  to  nay  their  respebts 
to  tbe  President  elect  and  congratulate  him 
upon  what  everybody  here  regards  ts  a  prac- 
tical end  of  tbe  Eleotoral  contest.  Oov.  Hayes 
himself,  however,  insists  that  he  is  still 
only  Governor  ot  Ohio,  and  reminds  his 
visitors  that  Wisconsin  is  not  yet  reached  in 
the  count,  and  that  their  congratulations  may 
possibly  be  premature.  Among  the  visitors 
today  were  ex-Gov.  Beveridge  and  Congress- 
man-elect L.  Bretano,  of  Illinois  ;  Judge  John- 
son, of  Cincinnati ;  A.  W.  Fairbanks,  of  Cleve- 
land, and  one  or  two  other  out-of-town  resi- 
dents of  more  or  less  note.  Most  of  the  call- 
ers, however,  were  citizens  of  Colum- 
bus and  its  immediate  vicinity,  in 
whose  eyes  the  familiar  face  of  tbeir 
Governor  appears  to  take  on  a  new  and  strange 
interest  in  view  of  his  early  elevation  to  the 
Ptesidency.  Very  few  politicians  have  made 
their  appearance  in  Columbus  thus  far, 
although  a  largo  number  ot  travelers,  in  pass- 
ing through  the  city  during  tbe  last  two  days, 
have  availed  themselves  of  the  opportunity  to' 
stop  over  a  tram  or  two  and  get  a  glimpse  of 
the  hew  President.  Among  them  was  Demas 
Barnes,  of  Brooklyn,  who  called  on  the  Gov- 
ernor to-day,  and  he  is  the  only  New-Yorker  I 
have  seen  here. 

Gov.  Hayes  is  in  constant  receipt  of  tele- 
grams from  Washington,  informing  him  of  the 
progress  made  by  the  Electoral  Commission, 
and  it  is  tbe  prevailing  opinion  that  tbe  final 
result  will  be  declared  to-morrow,  in  which 
case  the  Presidential  party  vrill  leave  here  on 
Thursday  noon,  as  pr&viously  telegraphed. 
They  will  go  by  the  regular  express  train, 
though  special  cars  will  be  provided  for 
tbeir  accommodation.  The  Presidential  family 
will  coiftist  of  Gov.  and  Mrs.  Hayes  and  three 
children  :  Webb  C,  aged  19;  Fannie,  aged  8, 
and  Scott  Russell,  aged  6.  The  two  oldest  of 
the  lour  sons  of  Gov.  Hayes  are  away  irom 
home,  one  of  them  attending  the  Cambridge 
Law  School,  and  the  other  is  a  member  of  tbs 
Junior  Class  of  Cornell  University.  A  pa^ty  of 
lady  friends  of  Mrs.  Hayes  from  Cincioaati 
will  accompany  her  to  Washington,  and 
a  large  number  ot  prominent  citizens 
of  Ohio  are  expected  to  form  an 
escort  for  the  new  president.  The  Legislature 
will  take  a  recess  trom  Friday  morning  to  the 
following  Tuesday,  and  most  of  the  Republican 

members  of  both  houses  will  go  on  to  the  in- 
auguration. The  farewell  reception  to  tne 
Governor  will  take  place  to-morrow  evening  or, 
Thursday  morning  in  the  Governor's  room  at 
the  Capitol,  members  of  tbe  Legislature  and 
citizens  without  distinction  of  party  joining;  in 

the  ovation. 

Nothing  has  been  disclosel  by  the  incoming 
President  as  to  tbe  formation  of  his  Cabiuct, 
and  speculation  is  left  free  scope.  The  impres- 
sion is  very  general,  however,  here  in  Colum- 
bus, that  Senator  Sherman  is  to  be  Secretary  of 
the  Treasury,  and  the  names  of  the  can- 
didates to  succeed  him  in  the  Senate  have  been 
Ireely  oanvatised  by  tbe  members  of  the  Legis- 
lature for  several  days  past.  Congi-essmea 
Garfield  and  Sbellabarger  and  Stanley  Ma- 
thews are  tbe  three  names  generally  mentioned 

in  coBDection  with  the  place,  Garfleld'a  being 

most  prominent.  The  Republicans  have  22 
minority  on  joint  ballot  m  tbe  Legislature,  and 
tne  unexpired  term  of  Senator  Sherman  is  two 
years. 

Tbe  Committee  of  Arrangements  for  the  fare- 
well ovation  to  Gov.  Hayes  have  invited  the 
school  children  of  the  city  and  the  inmates  ot 
tbe  Deaf  and  Dumb  and  Blind  Asylum  to  par- 
ticipate in  the  demonstration.  The  Governor 
will  receive  the  children  and  the  pupils  ot  the 
asylum  at  4  P.  M.  to-morrow,  and  the  iarewell 
reception  of  the  citizens  will  take  place  in  the 
evening  in  the  Senate  Chamber  of  tbe  Capitol. 
Ex-Gov.  Noyes  arrived  from  Cincinnati  this 
evening,  and  will  accompany  tbe  President-elect 
to  Washington. 

^ 

BOUND  TO  DEFEAT  THE  COUNT. 


EXTBACr  FROM  A  LETTER  OF  SPEAK RB  RAN- 
DALL TO  A  PERSONAL  FHIEND — WE  WILL 
FIGHT  THE  COMMISSION  INCB  BY  INCH. 
Special  DUpateh  to  the  New-  YorK  Times. 
Philadkli'HIa,  Feb.  27. — The  filibuster- 
ing action  which  the  Democrats  have  been  pur- 
suing for  some  timfspast  m  the  National  House 
of  Representativ^is  regarding  the  count  of  the 
Electoral  vote,  baa  received  authoritative  sup- 
port by  the  statement  which  Speaker 
Randall  makes  to  a  friend  residing  in  Cam- 
den, immediately  opposite  this  oity.  A  few 
days  ago  Col.  J.  M.  Scovill  wrote  to  Mr.  Ran- 
dall asking  bim  what  course  the  Democrats 
would  pursue  in  regard  to  the  counting  of  the 
vote  to-day.  Col.  Scovill  received  a  written 
answer  from  the  Speaker  saying :  "  We  intend 
to  fight  on  this  Eleotoral  Commission  inch 
by  inch,  and  defeat  the  count  at  all 
hazards."  Col.  Scovill  acknowledged  to  vour 
correspondent  that  he  received  such  a  letter, 
but  said  that  there  was  nothing  in  it  about  de- 
feating the  count.  He,  however,  refused  to 
produce  the  letter,  saying  that  it  was  a  per- 
sonal one,  and  he  could  not  betray  confidence, 
adding  that  it  was  not  worth  while  to  say 
anytbing.about  it.  This  afternoon  Col.  Scovill 
made  the  statement  as  given  above  in  tbe 
office  of  the  West  Jersey  Preta,  in  Camden,  in 
the  presence  ot  Hon.  Sinnickson  Ckew.  editor 
ot  that  paper,  and  Joseph  L.  Topham, 
ex-Clerk  of  the  State  Legislature,  (both  of 
whcm  the  readers  of  The  Times  know  well  by 
name,)  and  William  Abels,  Chairman  of  the 
Republican  City  Committee.  He  boasted 
of  Randall's  stand  in  the  Eleotoral  matter, 
and  was  glad  the  action  ot  the  tribunal  was  to 
be  defeated  at  all  hazards.  Scovill  is  a  de- 
feated candidate  for  Mayor  of  Camden  on  the 
Democratic  ticket,  and  is  particularly  bitter 
against  his  party  just  at  present.  While  in  a 
fit  ot  anger  he  made  the  revelation  concernmg 
Randall's  proposed  course  to  defeat  the  will  of 
the  people.  Scovill  is  a  fnend  of  Randall,  and 
has  been  in  Washington  recently  engineering 
some  schemes  for  that  individutu. 

THREATS   OF  BALTIMORE   ROUGHS. 


that  a  plot  for  that  ilNirpose  bad  been 
laid  .in  this  oity,  bat  the  idea  wa»  scouted  by 
the  Democratic  leaders,  and  credited  by  those 
who  knew  the  desperate  character  of  many  of 
tbe  roughs  who  do  the  bidding  of  men 
thought  to  be  honorable.  Tbe  news  that 
the  Electoral  Commission  had  given  Lotiisiana 
to  Hayes  set  these  men  nearly  wild  with 
disgust  is  a  fact  beyond  doubt,  and  that  they 
can  be  urged  to  the  desperate  deeds  is  also  a 
tact  that  cannot  be  denied.  The  plot  has  been 
discovered.  The  crime  may  not  be  done,  henoe 
tbe  Democratic  press  can  still  term  it  a  "  cock 
and  bull  story." 

ABETTING  THE  CONSPIRACY. 


DEMOCRATIC  CAUCUS  OF  MEMBERS  OP  THE 
MICHIGAN  LEGI8LAT0BB  —  DISREGARD 
OP  THE   COMMISSION   ADVISED. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  yew-  Yorit  nnts. 

Detr*t,  Feb.  27. — The  Deraocratic  mem- 
bers of  the  State  Legislature  held  a  protracted 
caucus  last  night,  which  resulted  in  the  adop- 
tion of  the  following^  which  ■was  ordered  to  be 
telegraphed  to  Speaker  Randall  and  Represen- 
tative A.  S.  Williams  :  | 

Resoloed,  That  baying  consented  xo  the  formation 
of  tbe  Electoral  Commission,  we  counsel  eabmis- 
sion  as  violating  every  principle  upon  which  it  was 
established.  We  advise  that  no  further  coun- 
tenance be  given  it  t>y  participating  in  Its  further 
action. 

The  minority  favored  a  resolution  calling 
upon  the  House  to  prevent  the  completion  of 
the  count,  but  they  were  finally  out-voted  two 
to  one. 


REVOLUTIONARY      ADVICE      BY      THE       CON- 
NECTICUT DEMOCRATIC    STATE  COMMIT- 
TEPT. 
Special  Dispatch  to  the  yew- York  Times. 

Hartford,  Feb.  27. — The  Democratic 
State  Committee  met  here  to-day  and  passed 
resolutions,  in  obedience  to  instructions  from 
head-quarters,  advising  the  Democrats  in  Con- 
gress to  use  all  Constitutional  means  to  pre- 
vent the  election  of  Hayes  under  the  decision 
of  tne  Commission. 


obstructionists    m   the    Pennsylvania 

LEGISLATURE. 

Harrisrubg,  Feb.  27. — The  Democratic 
members  of  the  Legislature,  in  caucus  this 
morning,  adopted  a  resolution  requesting  Rap  - 
resentatives  in  Congress  to  use  all  legal  means 
to  prevent  the  inauguration  of  Mr.  Hayes  as 
President. 

DISCONTENT  WITH  THE  DELAY. 


SENTIMENT  AMONG  BUSINESS  MEN — COM- 
MERCIAL INTERESTS  SERIOUSLY  AF- 
FECTED—WHAT  ANOTHER  ELECTION 
WOULD    PRODUCE. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  Ntw-Tork  Timet. 
Philadelphia,  Feb.  27. — The  J'ress  to- 
morrow will  contain  important  interviews 
with  the  leading  business  men  of  the  city  re- 
garding the  action  of  the  House  in  delaying 
the  count  of  the  Electoral  vote.  The 
gentlemen  whose  opinions  were  obtained 
represent  capital  to  the  amount  of 
$100,000,000,       and       upon       them      depend 

thousands  of  porsons   for    support.     With  one 

accord  they  desired  to  see  tbe  matter  settled, 
as  it  is  paralyzing  business  and  bringing  on 
ruin.  To  quote  the  remark  of  Mr. 
A.     J.     Drexel,      the     broker,      "  I    cannot 

uso    any  w^ords    too   emphatic    to  express   my 

condemnation  of  the  unscrupulous  partisans 
who  are  engaged  in  the  work  of  delaying  the 
decision."     Mr.    William   Cramp,    of  the  great 

ship  building  firm,  thought  that  tbe  ordering 

of  a  new  election  would  deal  a  blow  at  the 
commercial  interests  df  tbe  country,  the  result  ot 
which  could  be  soaroely  estimated.  Among 
the  gentlemen  who  accord  in  this  opinion  are 
Messrs.  Amos  R.  Little,  James  C.  Hand,  Hon. 
.Thomas  Cochran,  and  Joel  J.  Bailey.  The 
feeling  is  very  strong. 

At  ,a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of 
the  Commercial  Exchange,  held  this  morning, 
S.  E.  Malone,  Pre^lent,  in  the  chair,  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  was  unanimously  adopted: 

Sesolved,  That  tbe  Commercial  Exchange  of  the 
City  of  Pbilsdelpbia,  represeniing  some  700  bnsi- 
ness  tlrma,  would  respectfully  represent  to  tbe 
Congress  of  the  United  States  tbat  -the  basineds 
interests  of  the  whole  coimtry  are  hindered 
and  disturbed  by  the  delay  In  completing 
the  count  of  the  Presidential  vote,  and  in  the  failnre 
to  pass  tbe  oeoossary  appropriation  bills  for  carry- 
ing on  theU-ovemment,  and  tbat,  wfthont distinction 

of  party, this  Chamber  protests  against  these  failnres, 
and  urnea  tbat  the  peace,  welfare,  and  prosperity 
of  tbe  whole  people  demand  prompt  action  la  these 
matters. 


CONNECTICUT  ELECTION  LAWS. 


WAITING     THE     ARRIVAL     OF      THE     PRESI- 
DENT-ELECT—THE     KIND     OF     FERSONa 
WHOM    GOV.    HAYES     MAY     MEET — DIS- 
CO VERY  OF  A  STARTLING  PLOT. 
Sveeial  Dtaoatchto  the   .•faw.Tori   Timet. 

Baltimore,  Feb.  27.— The  Democratic 
Party  and  press  of  Baltimore  are  load  In  their 
denunciation  sf  tbe  author  and  the  denial 
of  tbe  report  that  €h>v.  Hayei  is  to 
be  usMSinated  by  Baltimore  parties. 
Mt _ iMd^l^MB    aMsbsd _ I98W . tU5«j^flfloftJj>aM.tt. ^ 01  «oiin« th*  Democrat*  wiU 


THE  NEW  ACT  BEFORE  THE  STATE  LEGIS- 
LATURE— ITS  MAIN.  PROVISIONS — RAD- 
ICAL CHANGES  REPORTED— DEMOCRAT- 
IC  OPPOSITION    EXPECTED. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  New-  York  Timn. 

Hartford,  Feb.  27. — In  the  lower  house 
of  the  State  Legislature  to-day,  the  proposed 
Election  law  was  taken  up  and  made  the 
special  order  for  Thursday  morning.  Its  main 
provisions  aso:  Application  lists  tor  new  voters 
are  to  be  closed  18  days  before  election,  and  no 
names  can  be  added,  except  that  it  shall  ap- 
pear on  the  day  of  election  that  an  old  voter 
can  have  his  name  restored,  when  left  off  by 
clencal  error,  by  consent  of  both  Regis- 
ters. Now  the  lists  are  kept  open  up 
to  eleotion  day,  and  it  is  possible  to  get 
on  names  wrongfully,  particularly  by  fraudu- 
lent certificates.  The  Selectmen  cannot  make 
new  voters  att-er  the  eighth  day  belore  election 
excepting  those  whose  qualifications  of  age  and 
residence  mature  within  the  last  week,  and 
they  must  be  made  on  tbe  day  before  election. 
A  residence  of  one  year  in  tbe  State  and  six 
mouths  in  tbe  town  is  necessary  ior  registra- 
tion now,  but  four  months  m  a  town  is  re- 
quired, and  a  voter  once  a  voter  in  the  State 
may  vote  with  such  local  renidence  of  four 
months.  The  system  ot  certificate  voting  is 
entirely  abolished.  Naturalization  is  con- 
ferred only  by  the  Supenor  and  Com- 
mon Pleas  Courts,  and  the  applicant 
must  go  before  tbe  court  in  the 
county  where  he  resides.  Under  the  present 
law.  City  and  Police  courts  may  naturalize  and 
hold  evening  sessions.  In  tawus  of  over  7,000 
inhabitants  provision  is  made  to  prevent  i:e- 
peatiBg.  The  Registers  are  to  prepare  checks 
and  separate  numbers  lor  every  name  and  resi- 
dence, these  checks  to  be  signed  by. both  Regis- 
ters, who  ntust  appoint  a  deputy  for  each 
voting  district,  and  ttiese  deputies  are  to  be  m 
session  two  days  betore  eleotion,  and  on  elec- 
tion day  to  issue  checks  to  electors,  wh«  must 
call  lor  them  in  person  and  furnish  identifica- 
tion when  desired.  Authority  is  given  the 
Registers  to  issue  duplicate  checks  when  satis- 
lied  tbat  the  voter  has  lost  his  own, 
and       it       has       not       been       voted       on. 

Names  when  once  checked  on  the  lists  cannot 

be  voted  a  second  timA.  All  checks  are  to  be 
preserved,  with  ballots,  for  six  months  after 
election.  It  is  made  a  State  Prison  ofifonse  to 
forge  a  check,  or  to  present  one  not  belonging 
to  the  person  ofiering  it.  Only  two  boxes  are 
to  be  used  at  an  eleotion,  one  for  Representa- 
tives and  one  for  all  other  candidates,  jnclud- 
ine  State  officers.  Representatives  in  Congress, 
I^eaidential  Electors,  &c.  All  places  where 
liquor  is  reported  to  be  sold  are  to  be  closed  on 
election  day. 

Tbe  oheok  system  has  a  good  deal  of  ma- 
ohiueiy  about  it,  but  leading  Republicans  have 
approved  it.  and  think  tbe  Legislature   will. 


it  vigorously,  and  possibly  some  Bepablioans 
will  think  it  is  going  a  little  beyond  reason, 
but  something  is  certainly  necessary  to  put  a 
stop  to  repeating  in  Connecticut.  Ajtother  act 
which  is  to  follow,  provides  l«r  minority  repre- 
sentation in  boards  of  electmen,  and  gives 
either  Register  of  Election  power  to  require 
the  applicant  to  be  made  an  elector  to  read 
an  entire  article  of  the  Constitution  or  a  witole 
section  of  the  statutes. 


THE  CHESAPEAKE  AND  OHIO  CANAL. 


MEETING  OF  810CKHOLDER8  AND  DI- 
RECTORS— THE  COAL  TRADE  OP  WEST- 
ERN MARYLAND — TWO  RAILROAD  PRO- 
JECTS BROUGHT  FORWARD. 

Sveeial  Dispatch  to  the  New- York  Timet. 

Baltimore,  Feb.  27.— An  important 
meeting  of  the  stocit holders,  bondholders,  and 
Directors  of  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal 
Company  was  held  to-day,  to  consider  measures 
for  benefiting  the  interests  of  the  canal  and 
extending  the  coal  trade  of  Western  Mary- 
land. Gov.  John  Lee  Carroll  presided,  and  the 
New- York  interest  was  represented  by  Henry 
Loveridge,  President  of  tbe  Maryland  C^al 
Company.  The  bonds  and  stocks  of  the 
canal  are  held  in  Maryland.  District  of  C^um- 
bia,  Virginia,  and  New-York.  The  tone  of  the 
meeting  was  in  favor  of  building  an  independ- 
ent ralilroad  trom  Cumberland  to  West- 
ernport  as  a  feeder  to  tbe  canal 
from  the  upper  mines  of  Garrett  Countv. 
Mr.  Loveridge  also  presented  the  scheme  of  the 
Georges  Creek  and  .Cumberland  Railroad  to 
extend  from  Cumberland  to  Locanoning,  and 
stated  that  New- York  interests  would  embark 
heartily  in  it  if  the  canal  company  would  co- 
onerate.  At  the  bottom  of  the  scheme 
is  tbe  competition  between  the  canal  and 
the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  for  the  con- 
trol of  coal  transportation  to  tide-water.  The 
Consolidation  Coal  Company  owns  the  only 
railroad  between  Cumberland  aud  the  mining 
region,  and  that  company  has  lately  passed 
virtually  into  the  hands  of  the  Baltimore  and 
Ohio  Railroad,  and  -will  remove  it$  ofSoes  from 
New- York  to  Baltimore.  This  cuts  the  canal 
off  from  a  feeder  from  the  mines,  and  it  will 
probably  accept  tbe  New-York  offer  for  the 
building  otone  or  more  roads  in  whose  manage- 
ment it  will  hitve  a  share.  The  proposition  of 
Mr.  Loveridge  was  favorably  received,  and  will 
be  reported  to  the  next  general  meetmg  of  the 
Canal  Board-  The  two  railroad  projects  are 
separate,  but  are  parts  of  the  general  scheme 
to  strengthen  the,canal  in  its  war  with  the  Bal- 
timore and  Ohio  Railroad  and  restore 
to  it  the  advantages  of  railway  con- 
nection with  the  mines,  ot  which  it 
has  been  deprived.  The  mining  corpora- 
tions are  generally  ranging  themselves 
en  one  side  or  tbe  other,  and  their  competition 
has  had  the  temporary  etl'ect  ot  stopping  pro- 
duction altogether.  They  reduced  miners' 
wages,  and  the  latter  struck.  Both  are  hold- 
ing out,  and  no  coal  is  being  mined.  The  capi- 
tal necessary  for  building  the  coal  roads  men- 
tioned would  be  about  $600,000  foe  each. 

AFFAIRS  IN  SOUTH  CAROLINA. 


STILL 


THE  TILDA-NOBRIS    HABEAS     CORPUS 
UNDECIDED  IN  COLUMBIA. 

Columbia,  PeO.  27. — The  Supreme  Court 
room  was  densely  packed  this  morning  in  anticipa- 
tion of  a  decision  in  the  Tilda-Norris  habeas 
corpus  case.  At  11  o'clock  Justices  Willard  and 
Wrigbt,  tbe  latter  colored,  came  in,  and  the  former 
announced  the  court  would  toko  a  recess  until  1 
o'clock  for  conaultatioD.  Xbe  crowd  then  dis- 
persed. 

A  strontr  gnard  oi'  ne^ro  Bpe<iial  eonstablea  are 
Stationed  across  tbe  hall  in  front  of  tbe 
Jaat  ices'  consul  tine  room.  A  deep  bnt  sub- 
dned  excitement  prevails.  The  Sapreme 
Court  room  was  thronged  again  at  1  o'clock, 
avf  ailing  the  decision.  The  Jnstices  met  in 
tbe  consulting-room  and  remained  there  one  hoar. 
When  they  appeared  on  the  bench  and  announced 

that  tbey  had  been  nnable  to  agree  on  a  deeislon, 
bnt  mieht  probably  lo  a  tew  days.  Tbe  aockei  waa 
then  called  and  tbe  crowd  dispersed. 


WRECK  OF  A    WHALING  STEAMER. 


THE    SPITZBERGEK,    FROM    DUNDEE,     LOST 

W^IIH  ALL   HANDS,     22   PERSONS. 

London,   Feb.  27.— Tne    whaling    steamer 

Spitzaergen,  belonging  to  Dimdee,  has  been  lost 
near  Bergen.  All  hands,  numbering  22  persons, 
perished.        ^ 

THE  BALTUdOHH  POSTMASTERSHIP. 

Soecial  Dupatehto  ths  Neio-York  Times, 

"Baltimore,  Feb.  27.— A  large  delegation 

of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  other 
friends  of  Gen.  E.  B.  Tyler,  left  this  city 
to-day  to  urge  the  appointment  of  that 
gentleman  to  the  position  made  vacant 
by  the  death  of  Postmaster  Denison. 
The  friends  of  John  B.  Askew,  who  has  held 
the  position  of  Assistant  Postmaster  tor  the 
past  four  years,  have  also  been  endeavormg  to 
have  tbat  gentleman  appointed  to  the  position. 
It  is  rumored  to-night  that  his  nomination  by 
the  President  has  been  sent  to  the  Senate. 


MARINE  DISASTERS. 
Washikgxon,  Feb.  27.— C.  H.  Drury,  United 
States  Vic%  Commercial  Agent  at  Levicka  Ovsian, 
Fiji,  reports  to  tbe  State  Department  from  that 
porr,  under  date  of  Jan.  17,  the  loss  of  the  American 
Echooner  Costa  Sacramento,  of  San  Fraaolsco,  in 
making  the  Navaaka  passage  in  the  north-eaatern 
portion  of  the  Fiji  group  in  the  night.  The  Captain, 
who  had  arrived  at  the  Commercial  Agency,  re- 
ported tbat  he  left  San  Francisco  Nov.  18,  and 
arrived  at  Apia  Sama  Dec.  26,  where  he  discharged 
his  cariro  ana  sailed  for  Fiji  Jan.  3,  and  was  wrecked 
on  a  reet  on  tbe  night  of  Jan.  6.  With  hla  crew  of 
three  men  be  arrived  at  the  agency  in  an  extremely 
destitnte  condition. 

Bremen,  Feb.  27. — The  Brittsb  steamer,  Zena 
Capt.  Court,  from  New-York  Feb.  2,  arrived  here 
Feb.  23.  with  her  boats  smashed.  She  als3  suffered 
other  damage  on  the  voyage. 

LoHDON,  Feb.  27— The  American  brie,  B.  P. 
Nash,  stranded  at  FisUgaard,  is  much  danaged. 
She  i>>  nearly  full  of  water.  Xbe  British  bark 
Melbonrnp,  Capt.  Rogers,  from  Antwerp  Feb.  5. 
for  New- York,  lost  her  anchors  in  Flashing  Roads, 
and  was  beached  to  the  eastward  of  Tennense 
harbor.  Her  position  is  not  dangerous.  The  Nor- 
wetrian  bark  S.imael,  Caot.  FlagestaOt,  from  Rot- 
terdam. Feb.  7,  ior  the  .United  States,  has  been 
damaged  by  collision  in  Maaslins  Roads. 

Galveston,  Feb.  27.— Tbe  brig  Unda.  from  Havre, 
Is  reported  ashore  18  miles  west  of  this  city.  As- 
sistance has  been  nent. 

Wabhikoton,  Feb,  27.— The  Signal  Service  Ob- 
server at  Norfolk,  Va.,  reports  to  the  Chief  Signal 
Officer  as  follows :  Tbe  bark  Sunbeam,  reported 
last  September  ashore  on  Lmepnxent  beach,  arrived 
here  this  mom  ng  in  tow  of  a  wrecking  ateamer. 
Her  keel  is  gone  and  she  wa«  floated  here  on  her 
ceiling.    She  will  be  taken  to  Baltimore  for  repairs. 

-j»- 

SmOIDE  AT  THJbl  STEVENS  HOUSE. 
On  the  5th  inet.  a  young  Englishman,  giving 
his  name  as  J.  E.  Dear,  arrived  trom  Liverpool  and 
registered  at  the  Stevens  House,  No.  29  Broadway^ 
A  room  on  the  thir^f  fl^or  of  the  hotel  w>8  os- 
signed  him  and  be  remained  a  guest  there 
since  tbat  time.  He  was  not  engaged  In 
any  business,  but  appeared  to  be  wdII  supplied  with 
tnnds  and  spent  his  money  very  liberally.  On  Mon- 
day evening  aboot  8  o'clock  be  entered  tbe  hotel, 
and  asked  the  clerk  for  Che  key  of  tbe  room,  which 
was  haoded  him  ,ind  he  went  no-stalra  Tbij  is  the 
last  time  he  wad  seen  alive.  Tester  day  mornme  at 
9  o'oiock  tne  chamber-maid  went  to  the 
room  occupied  by  Dear,  and  flpding  it 
looked  rapped  for  admissioD,  but  received 
Bo  response.  She  retnrced  again  at  nooni 
and  finding  tbe  door  still  looked,  with  the  key  in- 
side, she  became  alarmed,  and  informed  Mr.  Allen, 
the  proprietor  of  tbe  hotel.  Tbe  door  of  the  room 
was  forced  oi>en,  and  Dear  was  foand  lyine  dead  on 
the  floor  with  his  throat  out,  and  a  razor  still' 
clasped  in  bis  hand.  He  had  been  dead  for 
some  hoars  when  found.  Coroner  Croker 
held  an  inquest  in  the  case,  and  a  verdict  of  suicide 
was  reudere  .  Mr.  Allen  sent  word  to  Gorman  it, 
Co.,  of  No.  7  Wall-street,  with  whom  the  deceased 
bad  some  financial  relations,  and  tbe  ilraa  to«k 
Charge  of  tbe  remains  and  bad  them  removed  to  an 
undertaker's  establishment  to  Gceenwioh'StreeL 
Xhe  funeral  of  the  deceased  will  take  place  to-day, 
snd  the  remains  will  be  Interred  in  Green. Wood 
Cemet«ry.  The  proprietor  of  tbe  hotel  fitiled  to 
make  known  tbe  Caota  to  the  Police,  and  was  very 


PEOCEEDINGS    OF    THE     COMMISSION. 

Almost  universal  surprise  was  oeoasioneo 
here  to-day  when,  at  1:10.  tbe  Electoral  Commission, 
alter  having  heard  argument  for  only  three  hours. 
Cleared  the  room  of  spectators  and  went  into  secret 
session  on  the  South  Carolina  case.  It  was  evident 
when  tbe  Commission  opened  at  10  o'clock  that  the 
Interest' In  the  proceedings  had  greatly  diminisbed. 
There  was  no  crowd  of  any  magnitude  about,  and, 
though  the  i-oom  gradually  filled,  the  same  atriving 
to  obtain  admittance  was  not  noticed. 

When  Mr.  Justice  Clifford  asked  who  would  ao- 
pear  as  counsel  on  tbe  Democratic  side,  Mr.  Cooh. 
rane  said  that  none  would  appear.  Atterwaid, 
however,  Hon.  Jeremiah  Black  was  annouuoed  ay 
the  ooonsel  who  would  address  tbe  Commiasioo. 

THE  DEMOCRATIC   OBJECTORS. 

Mr.  Justice  Clifford  then  invited  the  objectors  U. 
oertrfloate  No.  1  to  express  their  obieocions,  ao< 
Mr.  Hard  stated  ;he  grounds  of  opposition  to  the 
eoontioe  of  the  vote  oi  iSoath  Carolina,  conaiscing 
chiefly  of  the  aasumpilon  that  there  was  not  a  re- 
pablloan  lorm  ol  government  in  tbat  State  vhec 
the  aleotion  was  held.  He  argued  at  length,  to  ea 
tabllah  this  point.  <- 

At  the  conclusion  of  Mr.  Hurd's  argument,  He 
CocHKAHB,  of  Penaylvenia,  submitted  tbe  toIIowui{ 
offers  of  evidence  iu  support  of  the  objections  to 
cercifioate  No.  1 :  It  is  proposed  to  prove  by  com- 
petent evidence  tbe  following  .facta,  which  laii 
facta  are  offered  separately  aud  as  a  whole  ; 

Eirtt — That  by  renson  of  tbe  fallare  and  refoaal 
of  the  Legislature  of  6oath  Carolina  to  provide  fox 
the  registration  of  electors  as  requited  by  artaela  8^ 
aection  3,  of  the  Coustiiation  of  said  State,  aad  \rf 
reaaoD  of  tbe  acte  pasAed  by  said  I>eglslatiixe  is 
violation  of  tbe  spirit  ot  said  OonstltadM,  creat 
anxioni  to  keeo  the  suicide  from  tbe  oewspepers.  fn!oA»  were  perpetrated  by  oolored  Bcvoraeea 
oiU)«8e JLJUutnotlve  for  ui«  Mioide  0fai4.B9t  be  Jteamod.  MM^rv^wk  „rt  least  a,(>ou J^l«»l  yqmjnjiu^JLafi 


THE  ELECTORAL  TRIBUNAIi, 

SOUTH  CAROLINA  FOB  HAYES. 
DEMOCBATIC  LAWTEBS  AND  COMMISSIONiEBa 
TALKING  TO  CONSUME  TIME — NO  AKOU« 
MBNTS  ON  THE  REPUBLICAN  SIDK  EX- 
CEPT BY  THE  OBJECTOB,  MB.  LAWSENCB 
— THE  DEMOCBATIC  COMMISSQQNKBS- 
EVIDENTLY  COGNIZANT  OF  THE  jACIIO!T; 
OF  THE  HOUSE— THE  DISPOSITION  T<> 
TALK  LKS8  MANIFEST  AFTER  THE  AD< 
JOUBNMENT  OF  TBE  HOUSE. 

Special  Dispatch  to  the  New-York  Timet. 

Washington,    Feb.    27. — The    Electcrral 
Commission  a^oumed  to-night  at  7:30,  having, 
completed  all  the  work   that  is  expected  ta  fall 
to  it  in  tbe  counting  of  the  Electoral  vote. 
Again,    the    decision  was  by  a  maionty  ot  8 
to  7,  the  Democratic    Commissioners  voting 
together  not  to  count  any  Electoral  voties  from 
tbe   State    of    South     Carolma,    though    tbe 
maiority      of       Hayes      is      unohallenge^t 
in       that       State,      and       the       Democratic 
Committee  of  the  House  reported  tbat  be  was 
undoubtedly  elected.     Judge  Abbott,  one  of 
tbe  Commissioners,  was  a  member  of  tbe  com- 
mittee  that   made  the  report.      Tbe   ground 
upon  which  the   seven  Democrats   sustaiiied 
their    partisan     vote     was    chiefly    that    tbe 
presence    ot     tbe     military     in     tbe     State 
overawed      the      citizens        and       prevented. 
the      election        from       being        fair       and  I 
legal.    An  incidental  objection,  which  was  sus-J 
tained  with  considerable  argument  in  tbeConri-  > 
mission,  was  tbe  failure  of  the  Hayes  Electors  I 
to  certify  that  they  voted  by  ballot ;  biit  it  wus  j 
found  on  an  examination  ot  tbe  statute  that  i 
this  statement  is  not  required  in  the  certificates, ,' 
which  conformed    exactly    to    the  law.       On,' 
the    resolution    that    the    TiLden    votes    were; 
not  the  lawfiil  and  constitutional  votes  of  the 
State   the    Commission    was    unanimoos ;    but 
there  can  be  no  credit .  claimed  by  the  Demos 
crats  for  this  vote,   since   tbe  counsel  and  tha 
objectors  and  the  entire  body  of  the  Demoontti» 
Party  are  forced   to   admit   that  the   Hajos 
Electors  had  a  majority  of  votes.     Thisresolu-j 
tion  was  merely  formal,    and  was  not  an  ex-i 
pression  of  any  opinion  on  tbe  merits  of   th^ 
South  Carolina  case  which  were  embodied  ini 
tbe  resolution  on  counting  tbe  Hayes  Electors: 

The  Commission,  after  the  conclusion  of  the. 
arguments,  assembled  at  1:45  o'clock  to  con- 
sider its  decision.  At  that  time  a  suggestion 
was  made  that  very  little  argument  would  bet 
necessary,  but  Mr.  Hunton  rose  and  spoke  for ' 
an  hour.  About  15  minutes  of  his  speech  wai. 
taken  up  by  reading  the  Democratic 
proffer  of  evidence  which  Iia,d  already  been, 
twice  read  in  the  hearing  of  tbe  Commission  i 
within  a  couple  of  hours.  Then  be  did  not 
read  it  for  the  purpose  of  comment,  bnt  evi- 
dently to  extend  the  time  of  hie  speech,  as' 
much  as  possible.  It  was  supposed  tbat  when 
Mr.  Hunton  concluded  a  vote  might  be 
taken,  but  Judge  Abbott  too£:  the  floor 
and  spoke  for  about  three-quarters  of 
an  h«ur.  His  argument  seemed  to 
have  very  little  purpose  except  delay,  and  be 
talked  most  of  all  upon  the  military  interfer- 
ence with  the  election,  which  intimidated  tha 
voters.  After  Judge  Abbott,  Mr.  Bayard  niada 
a  long  speech,  and  he  "was  followed  by 
Mr.  Keman,  who  spoke  for  hall  an 
hour.  There  were  no  speeches  b«f  tbe 
Kepublicans  on  tbe  Commission,  though, 
there  were  some  colloquial  arguments  in 
which  two  or  three  of  them  engaged.  The, 
Democrats  on  the  Commission  seemed  to  be  in 
oommunication  with   the  House,  and  talked  for 

the  purpose  of  delay.  Justice  Strong  made  a 
motion  that  the  vote  be  taken  at  5 
o'clock,  hut  Mr.  Payne  cave  notice  that! 
that  motion  would  be  debated,  eo  thafi 
no  time  could  be  saved  by  it,  and, 
therefore,  it  was  withdrawn.  Attor  It  wa^ 
found  that  thie  House  had  adioumed  there  waA 
less    desire    apparent  for  d^cussions,    aud. 

a  motion  to  take  the  nnal  vote  aC' 
6        o'clock        was        made         and        carried, 

at  the  olo^e  of  Mr.  Bayard's  epeeoh. 
Mr.  Keman  was  the  last  speaker  on  the  Demo- 
cratic side,  and  be  concluded  about  a  quarter 
of  an  hour  before  the  time  fixed  tor  taking  tbe 
vote.     Mr.    Morton  closed  the  debate  by  & 

streng,  vigorous  soeech,  exposing  the  incon- 
sistencies of  the  Democratio  position  in  tbe 
argument  of  tins  case.  At  6  o'clock  the  formal 
votes  were  taken  on  the  various  propoaidons 
involved  in  the  case. 

Tho    resolutions      reiecting    the     testimony 

proffered  by  the  Democrats  were  drawn  u{\ 
by  Justice  Bradley,  and  they  state  clearly  the 
Republican  arguments  for  the  reiection  of  tlie 
testimony.  The  futility  ot  any  att:empt  by 
Congress  to  investigatethe  election  of  Eleotoi* 
in  the  States,  when  counting  the  vote, 
was  illustrated  by  the  sohd  vote  of 
the  Democrats  within  five  days  of  the 
end  of  the  session  to  take  testimony  whicb 
would  require  at  least  a  month.  It  has  been 
periectly  clear  that  ii  the  law  had  authorized 
the  tajdng  of  testimony  behind  the  returns,, 
the  election  could  not  have  been  declared,  and' 
probably  no  election  of  President  could  eve*  ^ 
be  made  in  November  which  the  partir  * 
defeated  could  not  prevent  from  oeiue 
declared  by  making  up  cases  fb¥ 
Congressional  examination.  Resolations 
were  offered  by  Justice  Field  which  stated  that 
the  President  had  violated  the  law  in  senAing 
troops  to  South  Carolina,  though  the  statute 
makes  it  his  imperative  duty  to  use  the  Army 
to  keep  the  peace  at  elections,  when 
necessary.  These  resolutions  were  re- 
jected, and  the  final  action  was  taken 
as  heretofore  announced.  Tbe  partisan^ 
vote  of  the  Democrats  will  s'lrprise  the  countrT% 
though  less,  perhaps,  than  if  it  bad  been  takeji 
before  tbe  seven  had  voted  together  to  deprive 
the  State  of  Oregon  of  the  vote  of  one  ot  its 
lawfully  chosen  Electors,  They  attempt  to 
justify  themselves  on  the  shallowest  pretense 
tbat  could  have  been  chosen — the  chief  objee- 
tion  from  outside  the  Commission — that  there 
had  been  no  legislative  provision  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  requirements  erf  tho 
Constitution  of  the  State.  This  obj^ection, 
if  sustained,  would  render  Hampton's,  alleged 
eleotion  void.  The  Democrats  on  the  Commis- 
sion would  not  assume  such  a  positioA.  They 
made  some  attempt  to  claim  that  the  Govern- 
ment of  South  Carolina  was  not  repuolican  in  - 
torm.  The  Commission  would.perhapa,  have  been 
unanimous  in  voting  to  count  South  Carolina 
for  Hayes.except  that  this  weuid  have  destroyed 
the  chance  of  the  filibusters  to  object  to  the 
decision  of  the  Commission  with  any  appear- 
auce  of  respectability.  But  the  Democrats  on 
the  Commiesion  are  all  in  favor  ot  as  much  de- 
lay as  they  can  make  appear  legitimate  under 
the  law,  and,  Micawber-like,  wait  in  the  hope 
that  "something  may  turn  up."  to  drift  tne 
count  beyond  the  4th  of  March  without 
their  seeming  to  be  responsible. 


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Stpotora,  which  beiatc  ^xotaded  would  eItb  the  ma- 
jority to  thn  Tilden  BlAotors. 

Second— That  immediately  after  the  adlonrnment 
of  Couijreat,  towii,  in^he  month  of  Angost,  1876,  a 
uree  number  of  TTaited  State*  soldiers  under  the 
command  of  Geo.  RuKer  w«Sie  aent  by  the  Presi' 
deni  in<o  said  States  that  on  O0M6  Gen.  HuKer 
telettraobed  to  the  authorities  at  WashiuEton  that 
all  was  quiet,  that  there  was  no  neea  for  farther 
troops,  ibat  if  he  deemed  a  farther  force  necessary 
be  would  call  for  the  same  ;  that  be  never  did  call 
for  more  troops,  and  ibat  on  Oct  17  the  President 
ia«aed  a  proolamaticn  dPclsrioK  that  the  people  of 
eaid  Slate  were  in  a  oonditi>>n  of  insurrection,  and 
that  Immediately  thereafter  lartce  numbers  of 
TTolted  State*  soldiers  were  sent  into  said  State  ; 
that  at  00  time  prior  to  tbe  laat-mentioned  date  was 
there  a  condition  ot  violence  or  iDBurreotion'wbicQ 
';the  antbori;ieeoftbe  State  were  uuaDln  to  control; 
that  at  no  time  darine  the  year  1876  aid  itioh  a 
state  ot  affairs  exist  in  South  'Garoilna  as  loatifled 
the  iDterveotloo  of  the  Federal  Guveinment. 

TAirc^Tbat  troops  were  sent  into  said  State  with- 
one  any  action  In  tbe  Legislature  thereof,  although 
th»  "Htne  could  have  been  readily  eanvened. 

Fourth — Tliat  the  troooa  were  Bent  into  said  State, 
not  for  tbe  purpose  of  quelling  Inaurrectiou,  of  ure- 
ter vine  peai:e  and  tiood  order ;  bat  for  the  purpose, 
and  with  ibe  design  of  oyerawinK  the  voters  uf  said 
6tat« :  tbac  troops  were  stationed  at  or  near  tbe 
polls  on  election  day,  and  that  their  prekeooe,  before 
and  at  tbe  day  of  elation,  did  out  obstruct  and  in- 
terfere with  the  expression  of  the  popular  wHl  and 
prevnt  a  tree  election. 

JX/^h. — That  tbe  presence  of  said  troops  served 
to  eicb'ilaen  tb9  more  desperate,  uesrroes  beio?  as- 
Bured  by  tbe  party  leaUera  that  suld  troops  were 
tb«re  for  the  pnrpoee  of  prot^otine  them  in  any  act 
of  violence.  Tbat  the  blaotts  thruutthout,  tbe 
Counties  ot  Bnford  and  Cbarieston  iuaoKurated  a 
condition  of  riot  and  lawlessness.;  tbat  public  offi- 
cials incited  them  to  tbe  eommisMlon  of  every 
character  of  crime ;  that  murder  was  committed 
and  the  perpeiraiuri  were  allowed  to  escape  pun- 
ishmeut;  tbat  Justices  refused  to  issue  warrants 
of  arrest  for  crinainals  obarKed  even  with  the 
crime  of  murder,  and  Sheriffs  refused  to  execute 
•aid  warants  ir  issued ;  tbat  the  Police  force  ot  the 
Uicv  of  Cbarieatou,  composed  almost  entirely  oY  Ka- 
pablican  nefrioes,  employed  its  time  in  sbootinK 
down  np>>n  toe  public  streets  quiet  and  inoffensive 
wbita  men,  many  of  tbetn  beini;  leaders 
in  the  nota  which  occurred;  tbat  upon  election  day 
toe  nesioes  assemblt^d  at  toe  poIls,'and  with  rifles, 
abot-eans,  and  oilier  weapoos  prevented  neeroes 
who  desired  to  do  ao  from  voting  the  Democratic 
ticket;  I  hat  tbe  'State  Militia,  composed  of  the 
worst  eiemeotd  of  the  negro  population,  supolied 
wuh  State  arms,  was  also  at  tbe  polls  aiding  and 
abetti;ig  in  tbe  violation  of  law  and  in  the  iatimi- 
(laiioh  of  voters;  ttiat  the  Sheriff  of  Cbarieston 
County,  one  of  tbe  Bepublioau  Electors,  without 
warrant  or  authority  of  law.  aopolnted  hun- 
dreds of  so-called  Deputy  Sheriffii — all  negroes 
and  Bepablicans — inveaiiug  them  with  the 
power  to  m.tke  arrests  at  their  pleasure ; 
that  these  Deputy  Sheriff^  swarmed  aboat  tbe  va- 
rious polls  on  election  day,  an§  by  their  tnreats  and 
Violence  did  binder  and  prevent  many  citizeiis  from 
voting,  and  did  arrest  and  imprison  witoont  war- 
rant maoy  of  tboiie  who  attempted  to  vote  toe 
Democratic  ticket;  that  persons  styled  Unired 
Scatea  Deputy  Marshals  were  also  stationed  at  the 
polls  aiding  and  assisiiog  such  Deooty  Sbaiiffs; 
tbat  tbrougbouc  tbe  State  tbe  negroes  believed  the 
TToiied  States  soldiers  had  been  sent  to  shoot  them 
}l  they  did  not  Tot«  the  Kepublican  dcket. 

Hixih — Tbat  sucb  violeuue  and  lawlessness  existed 
thi'ougnout  tbe  Counties  of  Cbarieston  ana  Bufurd 
Bborily  before  and  on  the  day  of  the  eleocion,  which 
said  lawlessnekS  was  primarily  attributed  to  the 
i>ccapatioD  of  tbe  said  State  bv  United  States  sol- 
tiers ;  that  no  free  election  could  be  or  was  beld  In 
eaid  oonutibs ;  that  on  ibe  contrary  the  popaiar  will 

fuond  no  exuresaion  at  tbe  polls;  that  by  reason  of 
the  lawleatness  wQirn  existed  in  tbe  County  ot 
Cbariea.oa  aione  tbe  Eepubiican  Electors  secured  a 
m^oriiy  of  about  7,000  votes. 

Xu  tbac  conuectiun  tbe  Speaees  called  attention 
to  volume  1,  secuoo  1.  of  Biaousconc,  page  173. 


THE  BJSPUBLICAJi  OBJECTIOK. 

Kr.  Lawbknce.  ot  Qqio,  followed  Mr.  Hurd.  and 
,4tated  bis  obiecclons  to  certificate  No.  3.  He  first 
direciea  the  attention  of  tbe  Commission  to  the 
pauers  pnrportinK  to  be  certiflcaies  of  the  Elec- 
toral votes  cast  tor  Tilden  and  Hendricks  by  Tueo- 
dore  J.  Barser  and  others,  elaimlng  to  be  Electors 
fur  Soatb  Carolina.    To  tbese  be  oojeoted. 

/"iraf— Because  they  were  nere  wi  bout  the  cer- 
tificate tequ'ied  by  eentions  138  and  138  of  tbe  Re- 
vised  Statutes  of  tbe  United  States.  Tbese  sections 
required  ibat  tbere  sbiiuid  be  a  list  ot  the  names 
certified  by  tbe  Executive  of  tbe  State. 

jS'^eond— Because  tbej  were  here  without  the  cer- 
tificate required  oy  the  statnte  of  South  Carolina, 
aocurdins  to  chapter  9  of  tbe  Revised  Statutes  ot 
Souib  Carolina,  III o.  3,  section  13. 

Commiesiouer  Abbott  said  tbat  tbe  other  side  made 
no  objeciiou,  as  he  onaerstood,  to  the  certificate, 
and  tuere  was  no  ds«  in  arguing  it.  • 

Judge  Lawrence  accordingly  gave  up  that  portion 
of  bis  arguii.ent',  and  proceeded  to  inquire  as  to  tbe 
legal  flopuintQieot  of  tbe  Hayes  Electors.  From  tbe 
eviaencti  to  whicu  be  bad  already  referred  it  was 
sufficiently  shown,  he  thought,  tbat  they  were  duly 
appuiutro  Electors,  and  thai  theirs  were  tbe  votes 
provided  by  the  Constitution,  unless  someone  of  tbe 
^ve  obiections  made  to  them  should  be  well  taken. 
The  speaker  very  briefly  considered  these  objec- 
tions. <>ayiug  in  reicard  tu  the  first  otjr^ction  tbat  the 
clause  ot'  tbe  ConsUtution  aa  to  re<n«tration  was  di- 
reutury,  and  tbe  lailure  10  comply  with  it  could  not 
affect  [be  result  of  an  election  ;  and,  secondly,  a 
Stale  Cousiiiution  could  not  take  Irom  tbe  t»iate 
Legislature  tbe  power  given  to  it  by  tbe  Consiltu- 
tiutt  ot  the  Uuited  States  to  provide  tor  the  ap- 
pointment ot  E.ectora  witboni  registration  in 
auob  manner  as  tbe  Legislature  mi^bt  direct ; 
and.  tb.rdly,  that  tbe  Leuislaiure  bad  complied  with 
tbe  coiistiiutional  provisioia  requiring  r.  gistration. 
Be  read  tbe  staiutx  ruia.tni;  to  rvgisiratioo  in  South 
Carolina  in  the  lit:ht  of  authority  and  reason.  Xoe 
t'aiiuro  to  enact  a  registration  law  cunld  cot  affsot 
the  autbnri>y  of  the  Electors.  He  answered  tho 
seound  oujeciion  bv  saviug  tbat  tbe  State  Constitu- 
tion cuuiu  not  taKii>  from  >be  Legislature  tbe  rignt 
given  to  it  by  tbe  Constitution  of  the  United  States 
to  aopoint  Electors  wilbout  the  registration  of 
voters  lu  such  a  manner  es  rhe  Legialainre  migbt 
direor,  lu  other  words,  if  tbe  State  Constiiuiion 
regtiiied  the  State  to  enact  a  Uw  for  the  registra- 
tion or  Electors  it  wua  auoonsiltutional.  Tbe  Con- 
BtiTuuon  of  the  Uiuied  States  provided  tbat  each 
Siaie  should  appoint  Elecmrs  in  such  manner  as 
tbe  Legisl.iture  tbereot  might  direct. 

CommisBioner  Abbott  asked  if  he  meant  to  lay 
thai  it  was  uucoustitiitlonal  tnat  the  State  Consli- 
tniion  should  provide  tbat  elections  should  take 
place  by  election  )aw. 

Mr.  .Lawrence  replied:  Yes;  I  meant  to  say 
tbar.  the  matter  of  appointment  of  Electors  for  Pres- 
iueot  and  Vice  President  of  the  United  States 
la,  by  the  Cobstituiiou  of  tbe  United 
biates,  intinated  solely  to  tbe  discretion 
of  tbe  State  Leeialature,  and  is  ahsjlntely  uncon- 
trollable by  any  provision  cf  the  State  Constita- 
^on.  Tbe  State  Legniuture  was  made  the  exclu- 
sive judge  ot  the  manner  lu  whicn  the  popular  elec- 
tion* should  be  uutboriaed,  re^^ulated,  and  tbe  re- 
Bolt  declared,  sublect  only  to  tbe  amsodments  of  the 
Constitution  in  rttiation  to  sufl'ragv,  and  such  regu- 
latiuua  as  Congress  might  be  authorized  to  make. 
Tbe  State  Constitution  could  not  require  a  registra- 
tion law.  In  tbe  tnird  place.heproceeuud  to  show  that 
tbe  Legislature  bad  complied  with  the  constitutional 
provision  requiring  1  egiatration,  and  be  quoted  the 
election  law  aa  to  each  voting  precinct  and  tne  Ite- 
vlsad  Statutes  also.  Now,  the  second  obiection  was 
tbat  the  State  of  South  Carolina  during  tbe  year 
1876  did  not  have  a  republican  torm  of  government), 
li  was  a  aufBcieut  answer  to  say  tbat  Souih  Caro- 
lina was  duly  represented  in  tbe  Senate  and  House 
of  R'.'prosentalives  of  the  United  Slates  during  all 
this  time,  and  tbis  was  conclusive  evidence  in  every 
particular  against  the  objection  tbat  b^d  been  made 
Tbe  ibird  objuciiun  was  answered  by  the  speaker, 
by  sa.ving  tbat  mere  was  no  proof  to  support  tbis 
oi/iection.  Siill  more,  it  was  not  eompeteni  for  tbis 
triuosal  to  hear  eviaeuce  in  support  of  it  or  to  make 
ttie  iuqairy.  Tbia  was  decioed  in  principle  by  tbe 
deteruiiuation  of  this  Commission  as  to  tbe  Floiida 
^lectors.  But,  if  (be  Commission  could  matte  tbe 
tuquiry,  still  the  Govemiueut  ot  tbe  United  S  ates 
Aa:i  auiooriiy  10  place  tioops  in  South  Carolina,  tind, 
when  placed,  it  miut  be  presumed  tu  bave  been 
properly  tione,  on  sufflcieoc  authority,  and  tor  silffi- 
^leut  reasons.  In  legaid  X<f  the  luurcb  objaCiiuu 
made,  the  speaker  said  i(  was  a  sufficient  answer  to 
say  tbat  it  was  unsupuorted  by  evi- 
dence; it  was  not  competent  to  receive 
proof  m  support  of  ir,  and  the  legal 
presumption  was  tbat  the  Deputy  United  States 
Siarsuals  did  their  duty  properly.  If  proof  were, 
however.ofleroi  it  could  undonotecly  be  shown  tbat 
they  did  uoi  mtertere  with  the  suffrage,  but  as  no 
such  evidence  was  •ompeteut,  no  question  of  the 
law  arises.  As  to  tbe  nith  and  last  objection,  he 
said  it  was  aUo  unsupported  by  evidence,  and  en- 
tirely uo  founded  in  fact ;  was  contradicted  oy  tbe 
trutu  of  history,  and  was  overthrown  by 
the  same  autborlty  be  had  already  cited  in  the  case 
of  Lutber  against  Borden. 

At  the  close  of  Mr.  Lawrence's  argument,  Mr. 
Juaiice  Cliflord  inquired  if  there  were  any  other 
Vjuusel  tu  argue  obiL-ctions 

Mr.  Lswrenoe  replied  "No."  as  Senator  Chrit- 
Xaincy  waived  his  rign;  to  argue. 

HB.   BLAIB'S  ABGCMBNT. 

The  counsel  were  then  mvlted  to  proceed,  tnd 
itlontgomerv  Blair  opauad  the  case  as  tbe  counsel 
tor  toe  objectors  on  iho  Democratic  side.  Mr, 
Blair  offered  to  prove  that  owing  to  ibo  intimiua- 
lion  uuu  violence,  ^c  there  was  no  free  election. 
Xbe  evidence  supported  completely  objections 
thiee  and  tour,  and  tne  first  ground  of  his  objection 
to  cconiing  oertifloate  No.  1  was  tbat  there  was  no 
rxgistratiuB  of  Electors  as  provided  by  the  law 
He  should  firooead  tu  notice  tbe  ariiuioent  on  tb« 
Other  side— tbat  by  the  Conatituclon  of  tbe  United 
Status  the  power  of  directing  the  mode  of  making 
tbe  slecuoos  or  the  appuintrnvnt  oi  Electors  is 
vesteu  la  the  IrtsgUiaiure  of  the  State,  and  that  any 
pruposiilon  iuterferiug  with  tbe  disoretion  of  tbat 
body  WHS  a  vloiatioo  of  the  Oonstitaiioa  of  the 
Uuited  Statas.  Ha  t>ellev«d  the  oaaa  ot  certificate 
Js'o.  1  rested  entirely  on  tbat  proposition. 
The  Begiswatiwi  law  was  not  a  time  nor 
a  manner,  and  tbere  was  no  proTinion 
in  the  Constitution  of  tbe  Uuited  States 
•(  all  directing  tbat  the  Legislature  of  the  Stat* 
Bhoold  be  parrmount  to  the  Constitution  ot  tiiat 
Btate  by  which  it  was  created.  The  Intention  of 
too  Constittttion  of  tbe  United  States  waa  simply  to 
make  use  of  the  agencies  of  tbe  State,  undoubtedly 
for  the  purpose  of  appointing  an  Elector.  The 
Legieiatnre  of  tbe  Stole  is  an  agency  of  the  United 
States,  but  it  was  an  agency  cieated  by  the  State 
of  which  it  was  a  co-ordinate  department  of  the 
Goveromentt  ujd  of  course  it  must  exercise 
it«  M«iiey  fo'  t^*  United  States  in  aiioerdanoe 
with  tbe  power  whieh  'Crcatea  and  makes  it.  The 
counsel  took  up  the  o»0e«tlO'»  *"  regaxd  to  the  viola- 
tioo  of  the  rlaht*  of  the  people  of  this  btate  by  the 
Iniratlon  of  tbe  millury  power  into  the  8t»td  for 
tha  Durpote  of  eontrolliBg  afiUri  of  tbat  SUM  ib7 
the  iLilwrv  power  of  ibe  Uuited  States.  It  SMmed 
to  Uoi  Ml  kU  tdJEleleat  ground  to  threw  Mlda  tad 

**Sf  ^mtSow  Abbott  MkedlCr.  Bl*lr»  Do 
•ao  fln'o  oiur  «•••  wkero  tha  ■«^—«*^ —•«»««»  the 


mandate  of  tbe  Conatltatlon  reonlrine  a  recUtry 
bat  beea  toffideni  to  defeat  an  election  t 

Mr.  Blair— Tbere  is  nrtt  a  case  to  be  foood  In  tbe 
Iraoks  where  the  oonstitutional  requirement  of  a  reg- 
istry has  ever  been  denied,  except  in  ttie  oate  of 
South  Carolina. 

THB  BBPUBLICAl^    BtTBMIT    THE    OABB  WITHOIJT 

ABOUHENT. 

At  the  oonolosion  of  Mr.  B'air's  argument,  Mr. 
Jnstiee  Clifford  invited  counsel  on  tbe  Keimblican 
side  to  follow.  Mr.  Mathews  and  Mr.  Shellabarger 
conferred  together  an  instanit,  and  then 

Mr,  Sbellaoarger  said — The  counsel  have  decided. 
In  view  of  the  shoriness  of  tbe  time  remaining  in 
which  to  make  the  count,  tbat  they  will  submit  the 
case  without  areumenc 

Mr.  Jastice  Clifford  inquired  if  the  other  side 
eared  to  maxe  any  further  argument. 

Mr.  Cochrane  replied  that  Judge  Black  would  ad- 
dress the  Commission. 

HB.  BLACK  S  ABQinnSNT. 

Judge  Black  began  as  follows:  I  had  no  intention 
of  argnlng  the  oase  ;  did  not  know  wbat  the  objec- 
tions were  and  never  beard  them.  It  would  be  tbe 
highest  presumption  in  me  to  attempt  to  argue 
upon  Buob  a  oase  as  tbis  is,  having  no  previims  op- 
portnnity  of  considering  it  wbiob  would  pot  me 
in  a  eenditien  better  than  the  Judges  are  in 
thei. selves.  My  idea  of  tbe  duty  which  counsel 
owes  a  court,  or  any  other  tribunal,  is  that  be 
should  never  open  bis  mouth  except  for  tbe  pur- 
pose of  assisting  tbe  Judges  In  coming  to  a  correct 
conclusion,  and  if  be  is  not  in  a  condition 
to  do  tbat  he  ought  to  keep  his  seat. 
Besides  tbat,  I  am,  I  suppose,  tbe 
very  laat  man  in  tbis  whole  nation 
tbat  ought  to  be  called  upon  to  speak  here  and  now. 
Everybody  has  suffered  more  or  less  by  tbat  which 
is  past  and  gone,  but  I  am  more  tnan  ordinarily 
conscious  tbat  I  bave  lost  tbe  dignity  of  an 
American  cititen,  and  that  this  nation,  to 
which  I  was  proud  to  belong,  has  got 
ner  foot  in  a  trap  from  wbiuh  she  can- 
not extricate  herself.  If  it  were  possible 
tbat  going  out  on  a  forlorn  hope  would  have  the 
least  effect  in  making  rnis  wrong  of  a  less  h'ng 
life,  I  wonid  gladly  eu  our,  and  1  do  not  know  how 
I  might  feel  if  I  were  called  upon  to  give  mv  life 
for  the  safety  of  the  country.  But  I  ought  to  be 
willing,  if  I  conld  redeem  this  nation  from 
tbe  infamy  with  which  sbe  is  clothed 
irom  bead  to  foot,  to  lay  down  my 
,  lite  and  go  to  my  grave  in  her  cause  freely.  How- 
\ever,  I  do  not  know  tbat  anything  can  save  ua.  We 
nave  certain  objections  tbat  look  to  me  in  this  case 
perfectly  insuperable  to  the  cotiniing  of  tbis  vote, 
rfectly  clear  and  right,  bnt  I  oauuoc  hope  that 
ey  will  bear  tbat  appearance  in  otber 
's  eyes.  I  tell  you  that  the  state 
feeling  to  wblch  I,  in  common  with 
lions  of  others,  have  beeu  wronghi  up,  perhajis 
presents  roe  from  seeing  .this  ibing  in  its  true 
ligbt\  Yon  are  cool,  you  are  wise,  you  look  upon 
this  onsiuess  as  being  no  injury  to  tne  country. 
Ton  think,  on  tha  o»ntrary,  ibat  the  sanoMfloa- 
tiou  otAthat  fraud  is  of  slignt  Interest  to  the 
nation  sUhat  when  tbat  is  crowned  and  made 
omnipotent  we  wi  1  all  be  be^tter  off  than  if  the 
truth  baa\  prevailed  and  luAtice  had  triumphed. 
Now,  tnrnln^^oar  cool  consideia^iun  to  ibis  sub- 
ject for  a  moment,  see  wbetper  it  is  possible  tor 
vou  to  say  whether  this  is  juat  rigbt,  according  to 
the  law  of  tbe  land— accorcUug  to  the  law  of  tne 
land  as  it  was  'befoceVtbe  organization  of 
tbis  Commission.  He  then  proceeded  to 
argue  again«l  tbe  legality  ot  tbe  elec- 
tion in  Sjutb  Carolina,  and,  oontinoing,  said: 
Now,  that  is  tbe  law ;  of  course,  we  may  strusgle 
lor  justice  and  cry  for  mercy ;  we  may  go  down  on 
cur  knees  and  beg  and  woo  tor  some  little  recogni- 
tion o(  our  rights  as  American  citieens,  but  we 
might  as  well  put  np  our  prayers  to  Jupiter,  and 
Mars,  and  Aoollo.  There  Is  not  a  gou  In 
Olympus  thaii  would  not  listen  to  us 
with  more  favor  than  we  would  be 
listened  to  by  fbere  the  speaker,  with  uplifted 
flneer,  beslrated,  tnrued  slowly  around,  and  direct- 
ing his  gaae  awav  Irom  tbe  memoers  of  the  Com- 
misaioo  to  the  Kepublican  counselj  the  gentlemen 
on  the  otber  side.  [Great  laughter,  instantly  checked 
by  tbe  Presiding  Justice.  I  It  Is  only  to  ibem 
tbat  we  can  aopeal,  because  you,  gentlemen,  [.urn- 
ing  again  to  the  Bench,  I  unfortunately  caanoi  belp 
us.  Of  course,  you  are  afBided,  like  all  other  peo- 
ple, with  the  vice  of  consistency.  Novr,  yon  bave 
said  that  where  in  any  case  of  a  State  tbe  record 
waa  offered  to  be  laid  before  your  eye.'«, 
and  where  you  had  nothing  to  do  bnt 
look  at  It,  showing  tbat  certain  persons  were 
not  only  not  appointed  but  lejected,  and  where 
certain  otber  persons  were  appointed  and  the  ap- 
pointing power  had  recorded  its  act,  tbat  tbat  was 
not  the  question,  not  who  were  duly  appointed,  but 
who  certain  parties  who  committed  a  most  foul 
crime  by  torgii*;;  returns  and  lalsitying  the  record 
said  were  appointed.  Tbat  was  ibe  only  quesuon 
you  said  tor  you  to  consider.  Now,  tiiou,  why 
should  we  talk  about  it  any  further  t  Wba.  is  tbe 
Use  of  going  behind  tbe  returns  to  show  irregulari- 
ty if  we  cannot  show  wbo  were  appointed  I  So 
sacred  is  wbat  is  called  a  rHtum,  according  to  law, 
miud  you,  tnat  you  must  pronounce  a  vote  cast  by 
a  man  tbi>t  ihe  Conaiitutioii  of  tbe  United  States 
expressly  declares  shall  not  bave  the  power  of 
counting  the  vore  a  good  vote — tbat  is,  it  isac<^>rd- 
ing  to  tbe  Constitution  after  it  is  done,  altouugh  it 
ia  known  to  be  in  tbe  verf  teeth  of  the  Cunstiiution. 
Now  you  see  why  we  are  bnpeless  and  wby 
we  feel  badly.  The  question  whether  these 
men  were  aumorizod  to  cast  a  vote  or  not,  or 
whether  they  are  bogus  Electors,  Is  a  thing  to  ue 
inquired  into  always  and  evervwbere.  Tbe 
speaker  then  proceeaed  to  argue  tbat  Congress 
sboutd  examine  and  verify  ihe  certifi- 
cates, ^and  after  a  cumpariaon  witn 
the  proposed  Turkish  reforius,  coccluded 
as  follows :  But  this  thing  being  established,  this 
omnipotent  fraud  being  sustained  oy  the  puolic  au- 
tboriiles  of  the  nation  and  removed  entirely 
beyond  onr  reach  of  reoress  it  is 
as  a  matter  of  course  an  invitatiou 
to  everybody  to  do  tbe  same  thing  hereafter.  I 
don't  expect  to  see  an  honest  election  again.  I  shall 
only  Want  to  Know  hereafter  wbat  sort  of  scoan- 
dreis  they  have  got  fjr  a  Betuming  Board.  I  tLiak 
there  uevec  was  a  set  ot  gentlemen  wbo  bad  a  bet. 
ter  rigbt  to  rejoice  over  another.  Well  may 
you  say,  "  We  bave  made  a  covenant 
wiib  death,  and  with  bell  are  we  at 
an  agreement.  Uuoer  falsehood  have  we  hid  our- 
selves." But,  nevertbeless,  wait  a  llttlo  while.  Tbe 
waters  of  trutn  will  rise  gradually,  but  surely,  and 
then  look  out  for  the  overflowing  scourge.  The 
refuge  of  lies  snail  be  swept  awav,  and  tbe  hiding- 
place  of  lalsebood  shall  be  uncovered.  Some  day. 
or  another  this  mighty  nation  will  rouse  herself  np. 
Bide  your  time.  The  mill  of  God  grinds  slowly, 
but  It  grinds  dreadful  fine,  and  we  will  let  the. 
water  on  before  a  very  great  wbile. 

ACTION  OF  THE   COMMISSIOIT. 

The  Commission  then  went '  iuto  secret  seistoc, 
and  tbe  room  was  cleared  of  spectators.  Tbe  Com- 
mission remained  in  secret  session  from  1:45  to  7 
P.  M.  After  the  ducussion  bad  conlinued  tiiree 
and  a  half  hours,  Mr.  Edmunds  snbmitted  a  motion 
that  vuiiug  bhouid  commence  at  6  o'clock.  Tbis 
motion  was  agreed  to — Yeas  8,  nays  7.  ^\kt  6  P. 
M.  propositions  were  offered  and  voted  on  as  lol- 
luws  : 

Mr.  Morton  then  submitted  the  following: 

Tbat  it  is  not  competent  for  tbe  two  houres,  assem- 
bled lor  the  Durpose  of  couutlnit  the  votes  for  Frrsl- 
deutaud  Vicel'rHsident,  to  inquire  by  evideuoe  wbelher 
a  tjtate  regularly  represented  in  the  two  bouses  of 
CougiesB  and  recoenizpd  as  a  State  of  the  Uuited 
States  by  tbe  other  departments  of  tbe  Government, 
has  a  Government  repuuUcan  in  form. 

Httolvtd,  That  wbile  the  existence  of  public  disturb- 
ance and  anarchy  iu  any  State,  to  such  an  exieut  as 
to  make  it  imvessioie  lor  the  6taie  to  exercise  fts 
rights  to  appoiut  blectors  of  I'resldent  and  Vice  Presi- 
dent, ana  to  express  its  will  in  that  beaaii'.  is  snlBcient 
cause  lor  njecting  any  Mectural  votes  purpor>lug  to 
b'tnevoteaof  mectors  appointed  ti>>.roby:  yet  ihat 
when  a  State  is  leguuirly  represented  as  a 
Stutd  in  the  Congress  of  tho  United  States, 
and  is  reoogaizud  as  a  Stnte  by  the  other 
departments  ot  tbe  Government,  and  has  a  Govern- 
ment  repuolioaniD  form,  and  does  appoint  Eleet.is  in 
tbe  mauuer  prescribeo  by  tbe  Legislature  thereof, 
evidence  cau  uot  oe  receivt- d  by  the  two  bouses  uf  tjon- 
cresa  assembled  to  count  tbe  votes  lor  rresiUent  and 
Vice  Piesidcnt,  us  aforesaid,  toshawthat  tiisttubances 
existed  at  tbe  time  01  tbe  eleciiuu,  which  may  have 
iuieriered'  to  a  gre.iter  or  less  extent  with  the  freedom 
of  election  at  the  pulls  i>i  Siid  cttate. 

ReaoUed,  Tbjt  it  Is  not  competent  for  the  two  houses 
of  congress,  when  assembled  to  count  toe  votes  tor 
Fresideiit  and  Vice  Presi  lent,  bv  t^kiug  evldeiice,  to 
iuquii.-e  into  the  rs/ularity  of  action  of  the  President 
of  Ibe  Uuited  ^taits  In  Deuiliue  a  military  loroe  into 
any  6tate  lor  the  pr  servati  n  of  oraer  or  t.;e  sup  res- 
sion  of  Insurr.-ciion  and  domestic  violence,  in  oiarr  oy 
such  pioof  to  lay  a  ground  for  rejecting  the  Electoral 
vote  of  said  htate. 

Hevhed,  Tbat  In  view  of  the  propositions  contained 
in  tne  three  locegoing  lesoluitous,  the  evideuceoff  red 
to  show  that  the  iitate  of  ^outn  Oaioilna  at  the  late 
electioa  did  not  bate  a  repuolican  loim  of  govern- 
ment, and  tbe  evidence  offered  on  tha  subject  of  dis- 
order and  vioieccj  and  the  oreseoue  uf  troups  lu  said 
State  during  said  cieotioii,  is  not  competent,  but  tbat, 
iiotwithstauding  the  offer  of  such  eviden:e,  tne  K.ec- 
toral  votes  of  the  state  of  South  Uarolina  ought  to  be 
received  and  oounted,  if  uot  objectionable    oa   otber 


gtatai^  an4  shtfald  be  eommteil  ll*r  President  and  VIo» 
FtesideBt  ot  the  Dnited  VtatH. 

Adopted  by  yeas  8.  nays  7,  the  same  a*  the  rotO 
on  Mr.  Morton's  previdus  resolution. 

A  report  is  'obe  preseiitPd  to  tbe  two  bouses  gir* 
ing  tbe  groimcts  on  which  tbe  Commission  had 
reached  ita  decision,  Mr.  Morton  offered  the  fol- 
lowing : 

Buolvtd,  That  tbe  thanks  of  this  Commission  are 
one  to  Commissioner  Clifford  for  the  ability,  lmi>ar> 
tiallty.  HBd  urbanity  with  which  he  has  presidsdovar 

its  deliberations. 

Adopted  unanimously. 

A  resolution  offered  by  Mr.  Strong  was  adopted, 
autbonzing  tbe  members  of  the  Commission  to  flie 
tbe  remarks  made  by  them  during  tbe  consultations 
ot  the  Commission,  and  bave  tbe  same  published 
with  tbe  pmoeediDev  of  tbe  CommlKSion.  A  reso- 
'ution  removing  the  injunction  of  secrecy  was  also 
adonteo. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Garfield,  at  6:54  P.  M.  the  Com- 
mission adjourned  until  11  o'clock  Friday  morning, 
March  3,  unless  sooner  called  together  by  Itt  presid- 
ing ofBoer. 

THB  COMMISSION'S  REFOBT. 

The  report  of  tbe  Commiuioa  It  in  sabttance  at 
follows : 

The  Electoral  Commission,  having  received  cer- 
tain certificates  and  paoers  purporting  to  be  oertifl- 
oat<>8  and  papers  accompanying  tbe  same  of  the 
Electoral  vote  from  tbe  State  ^~South  Carolina, 
and  tbe  objections  thereto,  reports  that  it  has 
duly  oonsliered  the  same,  and  has  by 
a  majority  of  votes  decided  and  does  hereby  decide 
tbat  tbe  votes  of  0.  C.  Bowen,  John  Winsmttb, 
Thomas  B.  Johnston.  Timothy  Hurley,  W.  B.  ..Vash, 
William  Cook,  and  William  F.  Meyers,  named  in 
the  certificate  of  G  IV.  Chamberlain,  which  votes  are 
oer  f  i  &eii  by  said  person  s,  as  appears  by  tbe  certi  float  es 
submitted  to  tbe  Commission  as  aforesaid  and  bere- 
with  returned  are  tbe  votes  provided  for  by  tbe 
Constitution  of  the  United  Stares,  and  tbe  saipe  are 
lawfully  to  ba  counted  as  therein  oertifled,  namely 
sevpp  votes  for  Rutherford  B.  Hayes,  of  tbe  biate 
of  Ohio,  for  President,  and  seven  vores  for  William 
A.  Wbeeler,  of  the  State  ot  New-Yora,  for 
Vice  President.  Tbe  Commission,  by  a 
majority  of  voles,  decide  and  report  tbat  tha 
seven  persons  first  belore  named  were  duly  ap- 
pointed Electors  in  and  fur  the  said  State  of 
South  Carolina.  The  Dtief  ground  of  this 
decision  is  tbat  it  appears  opon  sucb  evi- 
dence as  by  tbe  Cunstiiution  and  tbe 
law  creaiiog  this  Commission  is  competent  and  per- 
tinent to  tbe  consideration  ot  the  subject;  tbat  ibe 
before  mentioned  Electorn  appear  to  nave  been  law- 
fully appointed  sucb  Electors  of  President  and 
Vice  President  of  the  United  States  for  the  term 
beginning  March  4.  1877,  of  the  State  of  South 
Carolina,  and  that  they  voted  as  such  at  tbe 
time  and  in  the  manner  pro-ftded  for  by  tbe  Con- 
stitution of  tbe  United  States  and  tbe  law;  and 
the  Commission  bas,  by  a  majority  of  votes,  de- 
cided that  it  is  not  competent  under  tbe  Consiitn- 
tion  and  the  law  to  go  into  evidence  altundi 
the  papers  opened  by  tne  President  of  the 
Senate,  in  tbe  presence  of  the  two  houses, 
to  prove  tbat  o'ber  pers' ns  than  thoxe  regularly 
certifl'>d  to  bv  the  Governor  of  tbe  State,  on  snd 
accordine  to  tbe  determination  of  tbe  appcintment 
by  the  Betnming  officers  for  elections  In  said  Stole, 
prior  to  tbe  lime  rt  quired  fer  tbe  per- 
formance of  their  duties,  had  been  appoint- 
ed Electors,  or  by  counter  proof  to  show 
Ihat  thry  bad  not,  or  that  the  determliution  of  tbe 
said  Returning  Officers  waa  not  ia  accordance  with 
tbe  truth  and  tact,  tbe  Commission  by  a  mejority  of 
votes  being  of  tbe  cpinion  tbat  it  is  not  within  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  two  bouses  of  Congress  assem- 
bleti  to  conut  the  vo  es  for  President  and  Vice 
President,  to  enter  upon  a  trial  ot  sucb  questions. 

The  report  will  also  set  forth  tbe  fact  that  tbe 
Toies  of  tbe  Democratir  Electors  of  South  Carolina 
were  rejected  by  a  unanimous  vote  of  the  Commis- 
sion. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Commixtion  will  to-morrow 
morning  deliver  to  tbe  President  pro  tem.  ut  the 
Senate  the  turmal  deci'<ion  at>ove  described,  to- 
gether with  all  Ibe  cernfloatra  and  accompanying 
piipera  in  the  case  which  bad  been  referred  to  .the 
Commission  ;  and  the  Secretary  will  also  deliver  tu 
ibe  Speaker  of  the  House  a  formal  notification, 
signed  by  tbe  President  of  the  Commission,  that 
their  decision  bad  been  communicated  to  tbe  Presi- 
dent pro  tem. 


grounds. 

HW'lved,  That  the  other  oljections  to  certificate  ^'o. 
1  show  uo  valid  cause  tor  rt-jvCi.iug  the  same. 

Adopted. 

Mr.  FlXLD  ofiered  tbe  lollowlng  substitutes : 

i2«<o{t;«(t,  That  evidence  is  admissible  to  show  that 
prior  10  aud  during  the  eiectiou  of  tbe  7th  day  of  No- 
vember, 1870,  in  the  btate  of  buUCu  Carolina,  there 
were  uol.iWiuny  siailoned  In  variOUB  rarts  of  the 
eScate,  at  or  uear  the  polling  -piaoes.  defajbments  of 
troops  of  the  ^rmy  of  the  Ui.lted  states,  oy  whose 
pteseuce  and  luterierence  qualified  votiis  of  Ibe  ttaie 
were  deprived  of  Lhe  ilstlit  or  suffrage,  and  a  free 
cuoiceHiy  tbe  people  of  the  Presidential  Electors  was 
prevsntod. 

BeaQlved,  That  evidence  is  inadmissible  to  show  that 
the  election  on  the  7tU  day  ot  Movemoer,  lM7tt,  in 
hooth  Carolina  there  were  stationed  at  the  several 
DoiiiLg-plaoes  in  ibe    Mate  i^epuiy  Marshals  of  ine 

UoiteilStates,  exceeding  l.oOO  in  nami>er,  by  wnose 
uulawlul  action  and  I  tertorence,  uoder  orders  trom 
the  Depanineat  of  Jastice,  qualifita  Tovors  of  tho 
stote  were  deprived  ot  toe  nglic  01  suffrage  cud  •  free 
choice  tiy  tbe  people  of  Presidential  Klectprs  was  pre- 
veniod. 

These  substitutes  were  rejected.  „  ,;.  , 

YsAS--Messrs.  Abbott,  Bayard,  Clifford,  Field,  Hutt- 
ton,  Kernau,  ana  Pavue — 7.  „    ,.     ^ 

M  ATS— .ueasrs.  Bradley,  BJmunds,  Frellnghnysen, 
Ganieid,  Uoar,  Miller,  Uorton.  and  Strong -8. 

Tho  question  recurring  on  the  adoption  of  Mr, 
Morton's  resolutions,  they  were  adopted— yeas  8, 
nays  7— tho  above  vote  being  reversed. 

Mr.  Frelingbuysen  ofliared  tbe  following  : 

BeMolvtd.  That  Theodore  R.  Barker,  8.  McGowan, 
John  W.  Harrington,  John  Isaac  Ingrabam,  William 
Wallace,  John  B.  Krwin,  and  Robert  Aldriob,  the  per- 
sons named  as  aleetorsiu  o«rtiflcat«  >io.  2,  were  not 
the  lawftil  Kieoiors  for  the  fctoie  of  bouth  Carolina, 
and  that  their  votes  are  not  the  votes  provided  lor  by 
the  Constitution  of  the  United  Stotes,  aud  should  not, 
be  counted. 

This  was  adopted  anantmonsly. 

Mr.  Morton  offered  the  following : 

jte$oiv*d.  That  0. 0.  Bowsn.  J.  Winsmith.  Tbemas  B. 
JohDatoo,  Ttmotby  nurley,  >V-  B.  Kaab.  wUaon  Cook, 
asd  vy.  F.  Myers,  tbe  persons  named  aa  Bioctsrs  fn 
aertillMto  »o,  1.  were  tiie  lawful  Bleotors  for  tbe 
State  of  Ssoth  CaroUaa,  tad  tbat  their  votes  are  tbe 
votes  oroTided  for  by  tho  Coastitittioa  of  the  Oaited. 


REPORT  ON  CHlNJiSE  IMMIGRATION. 


coast  will  probably  bar*  to  bo  mot  upon  Mio  basko 
of  the  HitsttalppI,  utt  porbapt  «a  tbe  Ohio  uA 
Bndsop.  Many  noonlo  of  tbo  Paeiflo  eoatl  bottevo 
tbat  thtt  Influk  of  Chlitose  ts  a«Unding  nenaee  to 
republican  lasiitatiooa  upon  tbe  Pacific,  and  tbeex- 
iatenoe  there  of  Cbristian  oirilitation.  From  ail 
the  faeta  tbat  tbey  bare  gathered  bearing  uuoii 
the  matter,  and  oenaldering  fairly  tbe 
testimony  for  and  against  the  Chinese, 
the  committee  believes  thai  this  opinion 
la  well  founded.  Tbev  believe  tbat  free  institntiont, 
founded  upon  tree  schools  and  intelligence,  oaa  only 
be  mtlntained  where  hatod  on  IntolUgeottndwle* 

qnately-oaid  labor.  Chinese  emigration  Involves 
aordid  wages,  no  pnbllo  schools,  and  tbe  abaenoa  of 
tbe  family.  We  speak  of  the  Chinese  at  tbey  bave 
exhibited  themselves  on  the  Paciflo  coast  for  S25 
yean  past,  and  aa  tbey  ate  tbere  at  tbe  present 
time.  They  show  fewof  tbe  charaoteristios  of  a  desir- 
able popolauon,  and  many  to  be  deprecated  by  any 
patriot 

Tbis  problem  is  too  important  to  be  treated  with 
Indifference.  Congress  should  solve  it,  having  due 
regard  to  any  rights  already  accrued  under  existing 
treaties  and'to  humanity.  'But  it  must  be  solved  in 
the  Judgment  of  tbe  committee,  unless  our  Paciflo 
possessions  are  to  be  ultimately  given  over  to  a  race 
alien  in  all  its  tendencies,  which  will  make  of  it 
practically  provinces  of  China  rather  than  States  of 
tbe  Union. 

Tbe  committee  recommend  tbat  meatares  be 
tsken  by  the  Execntive  looking  toward  a  modifica- 
tion of  the  existing  treaty  with  China,  confining  it 
to  strictly  commercial  purposes,  aud  that  Coogrsss 
legislate  to  restrain  tbe  great  Inflox  of  Asiarios  to 
this  country.  It  is  not  believed  that  either  of  tbese 
measures  would  he  looked  ution  with  disfavor  by 
tbe  Chinese  Government.  Whether  this  is  so  or 
no^  a  duty  is  owing  to  tbe  Pacific  Slates  and  Terri- 
tories which  are  softering  under  a  tenible  scourge, 
but  are  patiently  walling  for  relief  from  Congress. 

THROAT  AND  CHEST  DISEASES. 


A  THOROUGH  INVESIIGATION  MADE — 130 
WITNKSSKS  EXAMINED — THE  VIKW8  OF 
ALI.  CLASSKS  BEARD — IHE  EFFECTS  OF 
CHEAP  LABOR — NO  DESIKE  FOB  PKOG- 
RESS  ON  THK  PART  OF  THE  MONOOLIA.S 
RACE— IMMORALITY  UNMENTIONABLE — 
A  STARTLING  ARRAT  OF  FACTS. 
Washington,  Feb.  27. — ^The  report  of  the 
Joint  Special  Committee  to  investigate  Chinese  im- 
migration, after  referring  to  tbe  resolutions  creat- 
ing it,  aaya:  lu  conducting  the  investigation  re- 
quired by  the  resolutions  tbe  Joint  Committee 
visited  the  Paciflo  coast  and  examined  133  -wit- 
nesses. In  conducting  this  examinatioa  tbe  com- 
mittee divided  ibeir  work  so  as  to  first  hear  parsons 
opposed  to  the  unlimited  introduction  of  Cbioese, 
and  to  tbis  branch  ot  the  subject  a  limited  time 
was  given.  They  then  beard  tbo  testimony  ot  per- 
sons favorable  to  sucb  introduction,  and  concluded 
by  affording  time  for  witnesses  in  rebuttal.  Tn  the 
opinion  of  tbe  (committee  it  may  be  said  tbat  the  re- 
sources of  California  and  the  Pacific  coast  have  been 
more  rapidly  developed  wiib  tbe  cheap  and  docile 
labor  of  Chinese  than  tbev  would  have  been  without 
tbis  element.  So  far  as  material  prospei'^y  is  cou- 
cerned,  it  cannot  be  doubted  that  tbe  PaolfiO^  coast 
baa  been  a  great  gainer.  Tbis  is  true,  at  any  rate, 
of  the  capitolist  classes.  If  tha  inquiry  shoo  Id  stop 
there,  if  it  should  be  satisfied  by  the  certainty  that 
money  is  made  out  of  the  present  condition  of  things, 
and  not  look  to  tbe  present  or  future  moral  or  politi- 
cal welfare  of  our  Pacific  Stotes,  it  must  be  con- 
ceded, at  least,  that  maoy  enterprising  men  find 
their  profit  in  Chinese  immigration,  and  the  gpneral 
resources  ot  the  Pacific  are  being  rapidly  developed 
by  means  of  Chinese  labor. 

Tbe  oommlitee  found  that  laboring  men  and 
artisans,  perhaps  without  exception,  were  opposed 
to  tbe  influx  of  Chinese,  ou  tbe  ground  that  bard 
rxpeilence  had  shown  tbat  they  are  thereby  thrown 
out  of  employment,  aud  the  means  of  decent  liveli- 
hood are  more  difficult  uf  acaaisition.  Bat  the  oo- 
position  to  Chinese  immigration  was  not  confined 
to  laboring  men  and  mechanics.  In  the  testimony 
will  be  founo  tbat  of  lawyers,  doctors,  merchants, 
divineB,  Judges,  and  otbera  in  large  numbers, 
speaking  of  their  own  observation  and  belief,  that 
the  apparent  prosperity  derived  from  the  presence 
of  Chinese  is  deceptive  and  unwholesome, 
rntnous  to  our  laboring  classes,  promotive 
of  caste,  and  dangerous  to  free  Institutions. 
In  the  progress  of  their  invesfigatlon  tbe  committee 
called  before  fhem  tbo  Municipal  authorities  of  San 
Francisco,  including  the  Executive,  Legislative, 
Health,  and  PoliceDepartmeuts,  to  ascertain  the  num- 
bers, habits,  and  moiles  of  life  of  the  Chinese  in  San 
Francisca  The  number  of  adult  Chinese  residents  in 
that  city  averages  at  present,  during  a  year,  about 
35,000.  The  testimony  shows  tbat  tbe  Chinese  live 
in  filtby  dwellings,  upon  poor  food,  crowded  tojether 
in  narrow  quarters,  disregarding  health  and  fire 
ordinances,  and  tbat  their  vfoea  are  oorrnptiag  to 
the  morals  of  tbe  city,  especially  of  the  young. 

Amons  tbe  testimony  will  be  found  that  of  tome 
SO  operatives,  nambering  nearly  as  maoy  trades,  in 
which  details  are  given  in  relation  to  different  In- 
dustrial pursolts  which  are  either  monopolized  by 
the  Chinese,  or  are  fast  becoming  so.  This  evidence 
shews  that  the  Chinese  have  reduced  wages  to 
wbat  would  be  starvation  prices  for  white  men  and 
women,  and  engrossed  so  mnoh  of  the  labor 
in  tbe  various  callings  tbat  tbere  ia  a  lack  of  em- 
ployment for  whites ;  and  young  men  are  growing 
np  In  idleness,  while  young  women  willing  to  work 
are  compelled  tu  resort  to  doabtfiil  means  of  sup- 
port. The  bardsbip^^  resulting  from  tbese  causes 
bear  with  especial  weight  upou  women. 

As  the  safety  of  republican  institutions  requires 
tbai  the  exercise  o!  tbe  franchise  shall  be  only  by 
those  who  have  a  love  and  appieciaiion  of  our  in- 
stiintioDS,  and  this  inle  excludes  ibe  great  mass  of 
the  Chinese  from  ih,>  ballot  as  a  necessary  means  to 
public  safety,  yt  the  application  of  tbe  rnle  de- 
pi'lyes  them  of  the  nnlv  adequate  protection  wbiuh 
can  exist  in  a  republic  for  ibe  security  <  f  any  dis- 
tinctive large  class  of  peisons.  Au  ludivestible 
mass  in  tbe  commnnltv,  distinct  in  language, 
pagan  in  religion,  loteriurin  mental  and  moral  qual- 
ities and  all  peculianue^,  is  an  undesirable  element 
In  a  republic,  but  becomes  especially  so  if  political 
power  Is  placed  in  its  banos.  Tbe  safety  ot  ihe  , 
State  demands  tbat  such  power  sbnll  not  be  so 
placed.  Tbe  safety  of  the  class,  however,  seems  to 
depend  in  a  measure  upon  that  power.  To  any  one 
reading  tbe  testimony  wblch  we  lay  before  the  two 
hi  uses  It  will  become  painiuily  evident  that  the 
Facifio  coast  mnst  in  time  become  either  American 
or  Moagolian. 

Upon  the  point  of  mortlt  there  it  no  Arru  or 

European  race  which  is  not  far  superior  to  tbe 
Cnioese  as  a  olius.  There  is  no  intermarriage  be* 
tween  the  Asiastios  and  the  Cancasiaa  raoe.  Tbe 
presence  of  tbe  Chinese  discourages  and  retards 
wnlte  immigration  to  the  Pacific  States.  It  is  very 
clearly  in  eviueniie  that  the  number  of  tbe  Cbineae 
on  the  Paciflo  coast  is  rapidly  increasing,  not  by 
births,  for  there  are  few  of  ttiese,  but  by  importo- 
tions,  so  that  tbe  same  uneducated  class  is  supplied 
pernetually.  The  Chinese  do  not  come  to  make 
their  home  in  tbis  country ;  their  only  purpose 
is  to  acquire  wbat  would  bo  a  oompetance 
in  China  and  return  tbere  to  enj<iy  it 
It  further  appears  from  the  evidence  that  tbe  Chi- 
nese do  not  desire  to  become  citisenaof  tbis  country, 
snd  have  no  knowledge  of,  or  appreciation  for,  onr 
Institutions.  Very  few  of  tbtm  learn  to  tpeak  our 
language.  Tbey  do  not  desire  the  ballet,  and  there 
is  dangar  if  tbey  had  It  their  ■'  bead  men"  would 
oenbrol  tbo  sale  of  it  tn  qniatitlwi  largo  onooch  to 
determioo  tny  electioD.  Tbat  it  would  bo  4Mtiv 
tive  to  ttto  Piudflo  Statoe  to  ^nt  the  baUot  in  their 
hands  was  very  geoeraUr  l>*ltaT«d  by  tpo  wltfieasoa. 
The  tide  of  ObiEea*  tmmigraiioo  it  grMoally  tend- 
ing eattwttd,  wd  befbro  •  qntrter  of  a  eoatury  the 
dUBenttoneatlon  that  now  oriaet  npoM  tbo  Patilla. 


ANNtTAI.  MBETINO  OF  THE  TBT7STEBS  OF  THE 
HEW-YORK    DI8PESSART — REPORTS     ON 
THE    WORK    ACCOMPLISHED     SINCB     THK 
FORMA  nON    OP    THE    INSTITUTION — DB. 
BUPPANKR    BE-ELECT4D    PHT8ICIAN    IN 
CHIHF,    TOGKTHER  WITHMO6T    OF    THE 
OLD    OFFICERS. 
The  Board  of  Trustees  of  tho  Now-Tork  Dis- 
pensary for  Diseasss  of  the  Tbroat  and  Chest  held 
f  beir  annual  meeting  at  the  residence  of  tbe  Presi- 
dent, Mr.  Bush  C.  Hawkins,  No.  10   West   Twenty- 
third-street,  on  Monday  evening.    The  old  Board  of 
Trustees  were  re-elected,  with  the  exception  of  J. 
H.  Sherwood,  whose  place  was  fllled  by  tbe  election 
of  Mr.  John  B.  Pannes,   the  law    partner  of  Col. 
Hawkina,  and   the  latter  gentleman  was  re-eleoted 
President  and    Treasurer.      Other   officers    were 
elected  as  follows  1    John   K.  Flanagan,  Vise  Presi- 
dent ;  John  B.  Pannes,  Secretary,  in  place  of  Ur.  C. 
£.  Beebe,  whose  resignation  as  Secretary  and  As. 
sistant  Poyslcian  waa  accepted  t  A.  Buppaner,  M. 
D.,  Physician  in  Chief,  who  had  teulered  his  resig- 
nation to  the  Board  of  Trnstees  after  seven  yeart 
of  oontinnous  service,  consented   to  withdraw  tbe 
tame,  and  will  oontinae  at  the  head  of  the  inttita- 
tion  for  tbe  present. 

Tbe  seventh  annual  report  ot   the  Board  of  Troa- 
tees  waa  pretenied  tad  read.    It  gives  a  tammary 

of  the  work  accomplished  since  the  foundation  of 
the  institution.  The  totol  number  of  psilenta 
treated  duiing  the  seven  years  ending  Deo.  31, 1876, 
was  B.407,  and  al>ont  9,000  preacriptions  were  writ- 
ten. In  many  cases  medicines  being  famished  gra- 
tniionsly.  The  treatment  of  each  patient  cost 
al>out  %i  19.  Tbe  only  Items  of  expense  are  rant, 
gas,  coal,  medicines,  salary  of  janitor,  instruments, 
and  repairs,  the  Janitor  being  the  only  person  con- 
nected with  tbe  inttitntlon  who  bas  ever  dravm 
any  pay.  A  large  proportion  of  tbe 
oasea  treated  were  cbronio.  the  majority  of 
which  nave  been  permanently  cored.  The  patients 
bave  been  mostly  noor,  working  men  and  women, 
some  of  whom  were  once  in  better  ciroumitancet 
and  able  to  employ  their  own  medical  adviser.  The 
Trtutees  allude  to  tbe  constantly  increasing  num- 
ber of  aoplioanta,  and  tbe  necessity  for  a  well  ap- 
pointed hospital  for  tbe  exclusive  treatment  of 
throat,  chest,  and  lung  dueaaes.  They  state  tbat 
Kew-Yoi'k  it  far  behind  teveral  ether  eitlet  in  tbit 
respect,  London  being  particularly  favored  in  the 
possession  of  at  least  two  institutions  of  this  char- 
acter. The  expenses  of  a  hospital  with  25  beds, 
and  a  dispensary  attached,  would  be  only  about 
$10,000  a  year,  and  tbe  Trustees  express  the  bopo 
tbat  in  tbe  near  luiuie  some  comuassionate  philan- 
thropist will  endow  an  insUiuMon  of  this  kind.  In  con- 
clusion the  report  pays  a  well-deserved  tribute  tu 
tbePoysician  in  Cbir-fuf  the  Dispensary,  as  follow*  i 
"  Dr.  Anthony  Buppauer,  whose  efloris  con.nboted 
largely  toward  the  esiablisbmeoi  uf  this  .the  first, 
ai:d,  tor  a  long  time,  tbe  only  special  ibsciiution  fur 
tbe  treatment  of  diseases  of  ibe  throsi  and  chest  in 
New- York  (^'ity,  and  wbo  bas  labored  so  assiduously 
to  make  it  a  useful  success,  is,  for  bis  seven  years 
of  faithful  and  strictly  gratuitous  service  as  Phy- 
sician in  Chief,  entitled  to  tbe  respect  and  gratitude 
of  the  public." 
Dr.  Rnppaner.lnhis  report  to  the  Board  of  Trustees 
after  reviewing  the  work  ot  tbe  dispensary  since 
lis  loundation,  gives  the  results  accomplished  each 
year,  as  follows  :  In  1870,  tbe  number  of  oases  uf 
tbroat  diseases  treated  waa  904;  obesi  diseases, 
60;  1871,  tbroat  diseases,  312:  chest  diseases,  122; 
lci72,  tnrost  diseases,  443  ;  chest  diseases,  180 ;  lb73, 
throat  diseases,  543;  cuest  disuases,  236;  1674,  throat 
diseases,  1.377;  chust  diseases,  363;  lc75,  tbroat  dis- 
eases, 1,M3;  cbesl  diseases  593;  1376,  throat  diseases, 
1,588 ;  cheat  diseases  7]Sd ;  toMl  number 
or  patients  treated  lu  seven  years,  8,467,  of  whom 
5,985  were  treated  for  tbroat  diseases,  and  2,483  for 
oiseases  of  the  cheau  Toe  number  of  examinations 
and  cunsnlfatious  io  tbrse  cases  waa  33,8^  When 
it  is  considered  tnat  in  thioat  oases  each  consulta- 
tion involvea  a  laryngoscopic  examination,  and  lu 
pulmonary  or  cardiac  complaints  an  examination  o< 
the  chest,  an  idea  can  be  formed  of  tbe  large 
amount  of  gratuitous  laoor  oerformed  oy  tha  physi- 
cians. 'The  maximum  attenaanoe  of  patients  per 
day  baa  beeu  49,  and  tbe  minimum  attendance  3. 
The  number  of  males  treated  waa  4,466  )  women, 
3,728;  children,  273.  Over33,0U0  presuripuont  were 
furnished  gratis. 

In  concluding  his  reportn  Dr.  Buppaner  remarks 
that  by  far  tbe  largest  number  of  patients  suffer 
irom  the  catorrhal  diseases  incident  to  our  severe, 
chargeable  climaie,  and  from  pulmonary  diseases, 
either  induced  by  direct  causes,  such  as  colds,  ex- 
posure to  moist  and  low  temperature,  living  in 
damp  and  badly  ventilated  apartments,  &c.,  or,  as 
is  still  oftener  tbe  case,  the  pulmonary  affections 
are  directly  traceable  to  overwork,  deUoleut  food, 
and  total  neglect  ot  all  tbe  sanitary  laws  lu  so  far 
as  these  are  applicable  by  individuals  to  themselves. 
Pulmonary  consumption,  in  all  ita  atages, 
is  the  disease  which,  in  a  City  like  this,  ia 
most  frequent.  The  great  difficulty  met  with 
invariably,  iu  whatever  stage  ut  the  tiisease, 
orat  whatever  age  the  patients  may  present 
themselves,  is  that,  however  judiciously  tbe  treat- 
ment may  be  planned  and  adopted,  the  want  of 
proper  food,  sumuient  clothing,  aud  ibe  forced  obli- 
gation to  cunliuue  work,  either  for  personal  support 
or  lor  those  deDendent  uptm  the  immediate  reauils 
ot  tbat  labor  for  daily  support,  oounteract  too  often 
almost  all,  if  not  eveiy  efiort  to  relieve  perma- 
nently— it  sneh  were  possible— or  at  least  tempora- 
riy,  a  urge  olasa  of  snfierera  The  question  may  be 
a>ked:  Why  are  not  tbese  patients  sent  to  hospitals  1 
Tbe  impossibiliiy  of  doing  this  is  found  in  tne  fact 
that  hospitals  are  mainiaiued  for  tne  admission  ot 
acute  leases  only ;  cbiuuio  cases  are  tbe  exceptions. 
Being  reiused  admission  to  the  hospitals,  the  suf- 
ferer, if  very  poor,  turns  to  the  speci4  dispensary 
lor  relief,  which  by  tbe  better  class  ot  patients,  iu 
reduced  circumstauoes,  is  sought  out  fii  st  in  prefer- 
ence tu  the  hospitals.  Frequeutly  tbese  unfor- 
tunates are  sent  to  the  dispensary,  not  so  much  be- 
cause special  attention  is  given  tu  throat  and  chest 
diiieaaes  by  the  attendants,  bat  because  tbe  patient's 
means  have  became  exhausted.  Tbe  Doctor  argues 
fiom  these  facta  that  a  bospitol  lor  the  exclusive 
treatmei.t  of  throat  and  chest  diseases  should  be 
estoblisbud. 

Tne  following  officers  were  in  charge  of  tbe  lusti- 
tuiioo  last  year:  President  and  Treasurer,  Col. 
Rush  C.  Haw  gins  ;  Vice  President,  John  B.  Flana- 
gan ;  Secretory,  Clarence  £.  Beebe,  M.  D.  Trus- 
lees — Col.  Knsh  C.  Hawlcins,  Hon.  John  K..  Porter, 
iion.  G.  F.  Cumsiocit,  John  B.  Flanagao,  William 
Moller,  William  J.  Beebe,  Hon.  Oswald  Ottendorier, 
D.  M.  Hildretb,  William  B.  Dintmore,  Edward  A. 
Hammond,  Autoine  Buppaner,  M.  D.,  Hon.  Thomas 
L.  James,  Jacob  Wiudiuuiler,  Fredenck  Kubue, 
William  H.  Webb,  N.  Chandler,  Constant  A.  An- 
firews,  Hon.  S.  S.  Cox,  J.  H.  Sherwood,  William 
Graydun.  Medical  officers — Dr.  A.  Buppaner,  Pny- 
sician  li>  Chief ;  Dr.  Clarence  £.  Beeoe.  Assistant 
Physician  ;  Dr.  G.  Cecoarini,  Consulting  Physician. 


FORTY-FOURTH   CONGRESS. 


SECOND  SESSION.. ,i..Feb.  97. 


MS.'KtKZETa  MAHITAL  TROUBLES. 
A  tnit  bas  beon  begtm  by  Mr.  William  Kin- 
tey,  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  to  procure 
Judgment  as  to  the  validity  of  bis  marriage  to  the 
lady  wbo  now  calls  herself  Mrs.  Sincey.  Tbe  facta 
upon  which  the  suit  are  baaed  are  that 
the  lady  was  in  early  life  the  vrife  a 
man  named  WlUara  Ide.  He  left  her 
and  tbt  had  no  conmunicatipn  with  him  for  more 
than  eight  years,  at  the  end  of  whioh  period  she  was 
espotued  by  Mr.  Einssy.  Her  first  husband  waa 
then  and  still  is  llTlng;  but  sereral  weeks  sfter 
she  became  Mrs.  EiBzay  she  orocured  letters  of 
separation  from  him.  The  law  of  this  State  pro- 
vides tbat  a  woman  may  oontraot  a  sesond  mar- 
riage it  her  bnsband  has  been  away  from  her 
for  five  years,  aud  if  she  has  used  proper 
diligence  to  discover  his  whereabouts  and  failed. 
The  law  adds,  however,  that  such  second  marriage 
may  be  set  aside  by  tbe  Supreme  Conrt.  Mr.  £in- 
tey  ia  now  payinc  Mrs.  Kintey,  or,  as  be  oails  her, 
Mrs.  Ide,  fSO  per  week,  under  an  order  froo;  Jnstioe 
Bixby,  IB  a  suit  for  abandonment  begun 
against  him  several  weeks  ago.  Bis  counsel 
in  the  Police  Court  oase  wa«  Mr.  W. ).  Batler. 
Within  a  few  days  he  has  withdrawn  from  tbat  law- 
yer. a«d  yest^day  Jodga  Boblnaaa.  altttalt  Is  the 
goaH  »t  OonaaioQ  Pleat,  1ttne4  an  Qrd«r  intwU- 
tutmg  Mr.  Heory  Dally  aa  eonntel.  Before  the  toial 
of  the  Buit  OB  the  qiamaga  tn  tbe  Coart  of  i^ommou 
Pleaf,  Mr.  'i'owBsond,  Mr-.Klnsey't  lawytr,  intopd* 
tp  maite  a  notioa  for  aa  KilowaviM  of  allmpny  to  his 
oliealb 


SBNATB. 

Tha  Senate  reaasembled  at  10  o'clock. 

Messrs.  West,  Hamlin,  and  Bogy  were  appointed 
members  of  tbe  Conferenoe  Committee  ou  tbe 
Pott  Offloo  Appropriation  bill. 

THB  I.ATB  SFEAKBB  KS&B. 

3fr.Mcl>ORAU>,  of  Indiana,  called  up  the  resolution 
of  the  Bouse  of  Sopretontativet  in  respect  to  the 
memory  of  the  late  Speaker  Kerr. 

Appropriate  remarks  upon  tbe  life  and  obaraeter 
Of  toe  deceased  were  made  by  Messrs.  McDonald,  of 
Indiana;  Wallace,  of  Pennsylvania;  Wright,  ot 
Iowa;  Bayard,  ofDelawaie;  Booth,  uf  California, 
and  Mnrtou,  or  Indiana,  after  which  the  resolutions 
of  the  House  were  nnanimously  agreed  to. 

At  18  o'clock  tbe  journal  of  yesterday's  ptctoeed- 
Ings  was  read. 

THE  XNATJaURATION  BALL. 

Mr.  CONOVBB,  Of  Florida,  presented  a  petition  of 
leading  citiaens  of  Washington,  asking  per- 
misaion  to  use  tbe  rotunda  at  the  Capitol  fbr  the 
purpose  of  holding  tbe  inaugaration  ball  therein. 
Beferred  to  the  Committee  on  Pubiio  Bultdings  and 
Grounds. 

BBLIXF    OF    BUFFEHEBS  PBOX  OKA8BHOPFEBB. 

Mr.  Wnmou.  of  Minnesota,  from  the  Committee 
on  Pubiio  Lands,  reported  favorably  on  tbe  Senate 
bill  for  the  relief  of  settlers  on  public  lands.  Passed. 
(It  authonces  homestead  and' pre-emption  settlers 
wbois  crops  were  destroyed  bv  grasshoppers  in 
1876  to  leave  and  be  absent  from  their  lands  until 
1878.) 

TBE  I'BEMCH  BTATtTE  OV  LXBEBTT. 

Mr.  Cauebon,  from  tbe  Committee  on  Foreign 
Belatlons.  reported  favorably  on  tbe  House  Joint 
resolution  authorizing  the  President  to  designate 
and  set  apart  a  site  fur  the  colossal  statue  of  "  Lib- 
erty Enlightening  the  World,"  and  provide  for  the 
permanent  maintenance  and  preservation  thereof. 
Passed.  (It  autnorizes  the  President  of  tbe 
United  Stotes  to  accept  the  colossal  statue 
of  "Liberty  Enlightening  the  World,"  when 
presentvd  by  citizens  of  the  French  Bepublfo,  and 
to  set  apart  for  Ihe  erec.ion  thereof  a  snitable  site 
upon  either  Governor's  or  Bedloe's  Island,  New- 
York  harbor,  snd  upon  tbe  completion  thereof  shall 
cause  the  same  to  be  inaugurated  with  such  cere- 
monies as  will  serve  to  testify  the  gratitude  of  our 
people  lor  this  expressive  and  felicitons  memorial 
of  the  sympathy  of  our  sister  Bepublic.) 

THE  PACI7I0  BAILBO.D     INDEBTEBNESS. 

The  morning  hour  having  expired  the  Cbair  laid 
before  tbe  Senate  the  unfinished  business,  being 
the  Senate  bill  to  amend  the  Pacific  B.iilroadactt>, 
so  as  to  create  a  sinking  fund  for  the  liquidation  of 
tbe  indebtedness  to  the  Government  ot  tbe  Paciflo 
Bailroad  Companies. 

Some  discussion  took  place  as  to  tbe  propriety  of 
going  ou  with  the  bill  at  this  late  day  of  tiie  session, 
several  Senators  claimiug  that  it  would  be  im- 
possible to  pass  it.  Finally  Mr.  Mobbilu  ot  Yer- 
moot,  moved  to  lay  11  on  tbe  table  ;  out  subse- 
quently, at  tbe  recinest  of  Mr.  SaEEUAN,  modified 
his  motion  so  as  to  postDone  the  lur<ner  considera- 
tion of  the  bill  until  tbe  fltst  Monday  of  December 
next,  and  it  was  agreed  to-' Yeas  S9,  hays  S8,  as  fol- 
lows: 

Tkai— Messra  Alcorn,  Anthony,  Bailey,  Bogy,  Booth, 
Enrnslde,  Cameron  iit  Wisconsin,  Cbristlancy,  Cock- 
rell.  Cooper,  Uavis,  Hertford,  Howe,  Johnston,  Mc- 
Creery.  UoLonald,  McMillan,  Maxey,  MenimiD,  Mor- 
rill, Kandolob,  Uobertson,  bargeot,  baui8..ury,  Hher- 
man,  Wadleigb.  Wbyte,  Witheis,  VViigbt— 29. 

Nats— Messrs.  Allison,  Harnum,  Bl..ine,  Bontwell, 
Bmc.-.  Cameron  of  Pennnylvauia,  Cbstfee.  UlavioD. 
Conkllng  (.onover,  Oragia,  Dawes,  Dorsev,  Eaion, 
FeiTy,  Gordon,  Hamlin,  Harvey,  hitcbcock,  Ingills, 
Kelly.  Mitchell,  Norwood,  Faddoca,  Pacteraon.  Teller, 
West,  Wlndom— i!8. 

rtJBLIC   BUILDINGS  AX  AUSTIK,    TEXAS. 

Mr.  MaXET,  of  Tezjt,  called  up  the  Bouse  bill  to 
provide  a  liuilding  fur  ihe  nsa  of  tiie  courts.  Post 
Office,  and  Internal  Bevenue  office,  at  Austin, 
Texas.    Passed. 

BALE  07  DE8EBT  LAia)S. 

Mr.  Sabobmt.  of  California,  called  up  the  House 
bill  to  provide  for  the  aale  of  desert  lands  io  tbe 
Stotes  of  California,  Oregon,  and  Nevada,  and  the 
Temtoriet  of  Washington,  Idaho,  Montana,  TTtab, 
Wyoming,  Arizona  New-Mexieo,  ano  Dakota. 

Mr.  Sabgknt  submitted  an  amendment,  "  that  no 
person  snould  be  permitted  enher  toreserve  or  ac- 
quire title  10  more  than  one  section  of  land  uuder 
toe  act."     Agreed  to. 

Mr.  O0LE6BT,  of  Illinois,  submitted  an  amend- 
ment providing  tbat  any  person  conducting  water 
on  or  to  any  desert  laud  for  the  purpose  of  ii  riga- 
tlon  shall  uot  acquire  any  exclusive  nijht  tu  the 
use  of  tbe  water  beyond  what  shall  be  actually 
necessary  for  retleemlng  and  Irrigating  tbe  same ; 
but  the  water  in  all  lakes,  rivets,  and  other  sources 
of  water  supply  sliall  be  beld  for  the  use  of  the 
pubiio  for  iiTigatiug  and  mining  parposes.  Agreed 
to. 

Mr.  BODTWKLL,  of  Msssacbusetts,  submitted  an 
ameodmeui  so  as  to  providw  that  such  desert  lands 
shall  be  surveyed  before  reclamation, 

Tbe  amendment  of  Mr.  Bontwell  was  then  adopt- 
ed. Also  au  amendment  requiring  the  person  en- 
tering upon  such  land  to  pay  35  cents  per  acre  at 
the  time  of  filing  with  tbe  Beceirer  bis  declaration 
tbat  he  intends  to  reclaim  the  Und,  and  |1  an  acre 
upon  receiving  a  patent  ibsrelor.  Several  otber 
uuimporiant  amenciments  were  agreed  tu,  and  the 
bill  was  read  a  third  time  and  passed. 

MB.  Davis'  obedentials. 
Mr.   Oolesby,   or  Illinois,   presented  the  creden- 
tials of  Hon.   David  Davis,  elected  United  States 
Senator  from  the  State  of  Illinois  for  six  years  from 
Mircb  4,  18T7.     Head  and  placed  on  file. 

THE  HOUSE  FBEStDEirriAL  VACANCY  BOX. 

The  House  bill  to  amend  the  Kevised  Stetutes  of 
tbe  United  States  in  tespect  to  tbe  vacancies  In  tbe 
office  uf  President  and  Vicr.  President  was  read  by 
title,  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Privileges 
and  Elections. 

The  amendmonta  of  the  House  to  the  bill  to 
provide  for  the  preparation  and  publication  of  a  new 
ediiion  of  tbe  Bevised  Siatntet  uf  the  United  Stotes 
were  concurred  lu,  and  tbe  bill  was  pasoed. 

THE  BABTBOLDI  FOUNTAIN. 

Mr.  Antbont,  of  Bbode  Island,  submitted  a  resolu- 
tion instructing  tbo  Committee  on  Pnbhc  Buildings 
and  Grounds  to  it  quire  into  the  expediency  of  pur- 
chasing tbe  tountaiu  uf  M.  Augusts  Bartholdi,  now 
at  Philadelphia,  aud  placing  it  va  one  ot  the  pubiio 
parks  In  this  city.    Agreed  to. 

Tbe  Senate,  toen,  at  4:45,  went  into  executive 
session,  and  soon  after  tbe  doors  were  reopenea,  at 
9:25  P.  M.,  took  a  recess  until  10  to-morrow  morn- 
ing. 

HOT7SK  OF  BEPBBSENTATIVBS. 
THK  8UNDBY  CIVIL  BILL. 

The  House  on  assembliiig  at  10  o'clock  went 
into  Commitiee  of  tbe  Whole,  Mr.  Buckner,  of 
Missouri,  In  the  cbair,  on  the  Sundry  Civil  Appro- 
priation bill.  Tbe  pending  question  was  on  a  point 
of  order  raised  by  Mr.  Conger,  of  Michigan,  to  the 
paragraph  relaiing  to  the  payment  of  dues  to  mail 
con traotors  iu  certoinof  the  Southern  States.  Tbere 
being  but  few  members  present,  tbe  paragraob  was 
passed  oyer  for  tbe  present,  and  tbe  committee  re- 
tnrued  to  tbe  paragraph  relating  to  public  lands. 

Mr.  HOLUAN,  of  Indiana,  moved  to  increase  the 
appropriaiiuu  for  tbe  survey  of^  such  lands  from 
•50,000  to  1150,000.    Agreed  to. 

Mr.  WlooiNTON,  of  California,  offered  an  amend- 
ment providing  tbat  alter  tbo  30ch  of  June,  1878, 
the  office  of  Surveyor  General  of  tbo  several  States 
and  Territories  shall  oe  abolished,  and  the  records 
of  such  offices  shall  be  transterred  to  tbe  General 
Land  Office.  He  explained  tbac  last  year  those 
offices  had  cost  the  United  Stares  over  1136.000,  and 
Congress  bad  this  year  appropriated  bui,  »150,UOO  for 
them  tu  expend  in  surveys. 

Mr.  Paob,  of  California,  raised  a  point  of  order 
agaiust  ihe  amendment  ou  tbe  ground  that  it  was 
new  legislaiioo,  wiiioh  point  was  sustoined  by  tbe 
Chair, 

Mr.  TOWMSENS,  of  Pennsylvania,  moved  to  in- 
crease the  auprupriatiou  ot  tbe  Hayden  Surveying 
Bxpediiion  from  150,000  to  $75,000.  Mr.  Monroe,  of 
Ohio,  aud  Messrs.  Banks  aud  Seelye^  of  Massachu- 
setts, favored  tbe  amendment,  the  latter  stoting 
that,  in  bis  opinion,  a  Bureau  of  Surveys  should  be 
established  by  the  Guveroment.  The  amendment 
was  Siireed  to. 

Mr.  Stephenson,  of  Illinois,  moved  to  increase 
th^  appropriation  for  the  Powell  expedition  from 
liiO.OOO  10  $50,000.     Agreed  to. 

Ihs  next  paragraph  to  which  question  was  made 
was  tbat  one  apprupriaiiug  |375,0(J0  for  the  payment 
of  amounts  to  mail  contractors  tor  mail  service  per- 
formed  iu   oetiain   Southern   Stotes  in  tbe  years  of 

1859,  1860,   1861,    before  said   States  ongaged  iu  the 
rebellion  agaiust  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Comqrb.  of  Michigan,  withdrew  tbe  point  of 
order  woioh  be  had  raised  against  tbe  paragraph, 
on  the  ground  that  it  was  new  legislation,'  bdt  tho 
point  was  renewed  oy  Mr.  Piper,  of  Callioruia.        * 

Mr.  Blount,  of  Georgia,  was  sorry  tnat  10  years 
after  the  close  of  civil  strife  an  oojecilun  of  ihat 
character  sbonlo  bave  come  trom  any  section  of  tbe 
Union,  especially  that  it  should  have  come  from  a 
member  ot  bis  own  pulitioal  party.  The  seiTioas 
periurmed  b.y  thoie  mall  contractors  were  performed 
before  the  rebeilioo. 

Tbe  committee  rose  in  order  that  anew  legisla- 
tive day  migbt  commence. 

Mr.  ATKINS,  ot  Tennessee,  offered  a  resolution 
that  when  liie  Commictee  of  tha  Whole  next  con- 
sidered the  Sundry  Civil  Appropriation  bill  it 
Should  be  in  order  to  offer  an  amendment  providing 
lor  paying  mail  contractors  who  performed  mail 
service  in   the   boutbern  States  in  thu  ysara  1839, 

1860.  and  1861.    Adopted. 

The  House  again  went  into  Committee  of  the 
Whole  on  tha  Sundry  Civil  bill,  (Mr.  Bockner,  of 
Missouri,   iu    tbe    chair.)  and    Mr.  Atkins,    of  Ten- 

oetaer,  offered  hit  amendment,  wbioh  was  adopted. 

Mr.  SEELTB,  o/Mascachusetta,  offiired  an  amend- 
ment anilioriziDg  the  Bccunnting  officers  to  settle 
tbe  accounts  of  tbe  Commissioners  apiiointed  tu 
1875  tu  investigate  affaiis  at  tbe  Bad  Cloud  Agency. 
Auooted. 

A  large  number  of  amendments  ralative  to  the 
pay  of  the  House  employes  were  offered,  but  most 
ot  them  were  ruled  out  of  order. 

Tbe  Committee  then  rose  and  reported  the  bill  to 
the  House. 

A  BILL  BSLATIKO  TO  THE  ACTING  PRESrDENT. 
Before  any  aotiou  waa  token  on  the  bill,  Mr. 
Field,  of  Kew-Tork,  from  tbe  Committee  on 
Pnviteces,  reported  tbe  bill  amending  the  Bevlsed 
Stottttes  of  the  Unlteo  Stotes,  so  as  to  provide  for 
tbe  oate  of  removal,  death,  resignation,  or  inability 
of  both  Preoident  and  Vice  Prasident,  er  for  tbe 
cat*  of  a  Taoanoy  iu  thoep  offices  anting  from  the 
failure  of  tbe  two  houses  of  (Congress  to  as- 
oert^B  and  deoltre  an  election  before  the  com- 
mOBoemoak  of  tbo  term  of  offioo  la  respeet  to 
whiab  tb«3i*otoral  wotaa  were  oasi,  or  the  ease  of  a 
vaoanay  aritiag  Aom  a»T  other  oantt.  I«  providet 
that  the  ProMdonk  of  tha  itooato,  or  if  thtvo  bo  none, 
.than  the  B— alrot  oi  tho  Hoots  of  Bnurotaatativat 


fnv  the  time  belngt  or  if  there  be  no  sneb  Speaker - 
thoa  tho  Secretory  of  State  in  office  when  tbe  va 
oanoy  bappeD^  shall  act  as  President  until  tho  dlsa* 
bility  is  removed  or  a  President  elected. 

Ur.  Bubchabd,  of  Illinois,  raised  tbe  point  of 
order  that  tbe  Committee  on  Privileges  bad  no  au- 
thority to  report  by  bill,  and  the  further  point  tbat 
the  subjeot  matter  of  the  bill  bad  never  been  re- 
ferred to  that  committee. 

The  SfBakbb  overruled  the  point  of  order,  hold- 
ing that  this  waa  a  question  of  tne  tiighast  oonstltu- 
tio'-al  privilege,  and  saying  that  he  would  have  rec- 
ognised any  member  to  iotiodace  sach  a  bill  and  to 
demand  immediate  action. 

OttJectlon   having  beeu  made  to  a  seoond  reading 
of  the  bUI,  the  Sfeakeb  pot  the  question  uuder  one 
of  tbe  rules.  "Shall  the  bill  be  rejeotedf    It  was 
decided  in  tbe  negative. 
The  bill  was  then  read  a  second  time. 

Mr.  Field  then  proceeded  to  explain  and  advo- 
cate tbe  bill.  Be  said  that  tho  existing  law  pro- 
vided only  for  a  case  of  removal,  death,  resignation, 
or  inability  uf  tbe  incumbents  of  these  of&oes,  bnt 
made  no  provision  in  case  of  tbere  being  no  in- 
cumbents. This  bill  was  for  the  purpose  of  supply- 
ing that  defect,  which  ought  to  _.  have  been 
supplied  long  ago.  If  it  bad  been  in  the  law 
at  the  beginning  of  the  present  session  a 
great  deal  of  the  uucertaiofy,  tbe  disquiet  and  tbe 
alarm  of  tbe  community  would  have  been  avoided. 
Tbe  people  of  tbe  country  thought  that  if  tbe  two 
bouses  disagreed  in  the  Electoral  count  anarofay 
would  follow,  whereas  if  Congress  had  provided  by 
law,  as  be  now  asked  it  to  provide,  tbe  office  of 
President  and  tbe  great  Presidential  powers  would 
glide  easily  and  harmlessly  iuto  the  bands 
of  tbe  custodian  ot  tbe  powers  for  Me 
time  being.  It  was  not  merely  tbe  present  exigen- 
cy which  this  bill  was  intended  to  provide  for.  In 
case  of  invasion  or  civil  war  a  count  of  the  Electoral 
voles  at  the  time  required  by  law  might  be  ore- 
vented.  In  that  case,  as  the  Ik  w  now  stood,  there 
was  no  officer  whatever  to  exercise  the  PresiueniiHl 
I ffice ai  interim.  If,  after  tbe  declaraton  of  the 
Presiuent  and  Vice  President  both  should  die,  if  to- 
morrow the  President  and  Vice  PresiJeot  elect 
should  be  both  in  the  same  railroad  train,  and  should 
lose  their  lives  by  a  rnilruad  accident,  there  was  no 
possibility,  under  existing  law,  of  providing  tor  tbe 
vacancy.  'Were  the  members  willing  to  leave  the  law 
in  tbat  condition  I  It  was  not  only  the  right  under 
the  Consiitntion,  but  the  dat.y  of  Congress  as  the 
guardian  of  tbe  public  tranquillity,  to  provide  for 
the  exigency.  In  tbat  spirit  be  bad  reported  the 
bill.  It  was  not  a  partisan  measure.  He  was  sure 
there  was  uo  desire  to  do  otherwise  tbau  faithfully 
abide  by  the  law  as  it  now  stood.  Tbe  law  was 
made  but  a  few  weeks  ago,  but  that  should  not  pre- 
vent Congress  from  taking  advaniage  of  tbe  occa- 
sion which  suggested  tbe  need  of  this  amendment, 
and  tor  that  reason  be  had  presented  it. 

Mr.  Kabson,  of  Iowa,  said  that  tbere  were  two 
oljecrions  in  bi.s  mind  to  the  bill.  Tbe  first  and 
most  important  objection  waa  that  the  bih  was  un- 
constitntional.  Tne  Constitution  provided  tbat 
Congress  should  provide  tor  the  saocession  to  the 
Presidential  chair  in  case  It  should  be  made  vacant 
through  one  of  four  canses,  viz.,  death,  resignation, 
removal,  or  inability  to  act,  aud  be  very  much 
doubted  if  Congress  cuuid  pass  a  law  creating 
another  oanse  wltbuui  a  violation  of  the  Con- 
s'ilution.  His  second  objection  was  that 
tbe  bill  provided  not  oniy  ihat  the  Pred- 
dent  of  the  Senate  shouid  succeed  in  case 
of  a  failure  to  elect,  but  ttat  be  Bhouid  succeed  if 
there  was  a  failure  ro  declare  the  result  of  tbe  elec- 
tion. That  would  leave  it  in  the  power  of  either 
house  of  Congress,  by  refusing  to  uuite  in  a  declara- 
xiou  of  the  rebulr,  to  defeat  tbe  popular  election 
and  keep  in  oflice  an  admiuistraiiuu  which  migbt 
bave  been  rejected  by  the  people. 

Mr.  Lawkenck,  of  Ohio,  ban  little  doubts  about 
tbe  vonsuiuiiuuaiity  ot  tbe  measure,  but  tbere  was 
one  objection  tuit  which,  in  bis  miud,  was  iosur- 
m.iuntable,  and  that  was,  ibat  it  made  it  the  Inter- 
est of  the  President  of  toe  Senate  to  delay  tbe 
cuunf,  to  postpoue  it  in  order  tbat  be  himself  might 
become  Pi eaiuent  of  the  United  States.  It  would 
De  a  dangerous  power  to  pnc  inlo  tbat  ufiicsr's 
hands  j  a  power  whicb  be  could  wield  for  evil,  aud 
evil  oni.y.  A  bnl,  therefore,  which  waslraugbi  with 
so  much  evil  ana  danger  ontrht  uoi  to  paas. 

Mr.  IJEAL,  of  Ohio,  opposed  tbe  bill.  It  only 
showed  tue  point  to  wuich  bis  Democratic  col- 
leagues bad  been  driven  in  their  maanens  under  tbe 
leadership  of  the  diatingnisbed  Kepublicao  trum 
the  State  of  New-Y  rk,  [.iir.  Fielu.J  iLaughter.l 
His  first  objeciiou  to  tbe  biil  was  that, 
it  did  not  meet  tbe  case  at  baud.  A 
bill  to  provide  for  the  present  contingency 
should  declare  that  a  new  election  should 
be  held  within  60  days  from  the  4tb  of  March,  and 
that  in  tbe  meantime  the  duties  uf  tbe  Presidential 
othce  should  bepenormeu  by  the  Secretary  of  State. 
Hi«  next  objection  to  it  was  tbat  it  nroposed  to  keep 
out  ot  lhe  Presuienty  tbe  (.resent  Governor  of  Ohio, 
and  to  install  iu  his  place  some  Kepublican  Senator. 
He  warned  bis  Douiocrafic  colleagues  tbat,  if  tbis 
bill  became  a  law.  iney  would  be  again  deceived 
aud  thai  tbe  result  would  be  to  put  lu  tbe  Piesi- 
dunilai  office  Olver  P.  Mortou,  01  Indiana,  and  he, 
for  one.  wooiu  prefer  to  ste  Rnthertbrd  B.  Hayes  m 
that  office  lor  four  years  than  tu  see  Oliver  P.'  Mor- 
tou in  It  for  lour  muuibs,  or  four  da^s  even. 
[Laughter  and  applause.] 

Mr.  Seelte,  01  Mlissacbnaetts,  opposed  the  bill. 
Much  grcter  evil,  be  said,  could  come  irom  hasty 
legislation  than  Ir  m  no  legislation.  Still,  be  sup- 
posed that  there  wuuid  be  a  unanimous  assent  to 
the  pending  measure  if  tne  clause  to  wnich  the 
gentleman  from  Iowa  fMr.  .  KassonJ  bad  objected 
wire  omitted.  Thai  ciause  offered  a  premium  to 
Congress  for  not  doing  its  duty,  aud  ic  offered  a 
possibility  to  tbe  Senate  to  secure  as  President  of 
the  United  S.aies  its  own  presiding  offiuor,  con- 
trary to  the  will  of  tbe  people.  These  two  objec- 
tions, it  seemea  toLiui,  were  fatal  tu   ihe  measure. 

Mr.  Banks,  of  Ma^ssacfausetts,  ooposed  the  uiU  on 
tbe  gi'ouua  tbat  it  was  uuuecessary,  and  tbat  no 
condition  of  things  could  arise  in  which  the  Presi- 
dential vote  could  uot  be  oounted.  Wherever  there 
wss  a  Government,  whether  in  peace  or  in  war,  the 
Presiuent  of  ibu  Seuate  had  ;ne  constitutional 
power  to  count  lhe  vote.  This  b:ll  madeareiusal 
or  neglect  to  count  the  vote  a  cuDSiiiuiiunal  pro- 
cedure. It  was  in  direct  opposition  to  tbo  declara- 
tion of  the  framers  of  the  Couatituciun — acted  uuder 
for  hearly  100  years — chat  Congress  should  have 
nothing  whatever  to  do  with  tbe  election  ot  Presi- 
dent. It  enabled  the  House  of  Bepreseutaiives  or 
tbe  iSenate.  or  both,  to  put  in  the  Presidency  a  man 
nut  elected  by  the  people,  and  it  was  calculated  tu 
Mexicanizo  tbe  Government. 

Mr.  Field  replied  to  the  various  objections  to  the 
bill,  and  asserted  as  a  proof  of  its  necessity  that,  if 
it  had  not  been  for  the  Electoral  oil!  the  vote  of  the' 
laat  Presidential  election  could  never  have  been 
oounted  and  declared.  His  fneud  from  Massa- 
chusetts |  Mr.  BaiiksJ  was  iu  part  responsible  for 
tbis  omitisiou  irom  the  laws,  for  he  had  beld  au 
honorable  seat  in  tha  Honse  for  many  years,  and 
had  nol  provided  any  bill  for  ibis  purpose. 

Mr.  Banks — There  never  waa  a  necessity  for  if. 

Mr.  Field — iiow  wo  have  an  emergency.  We 
know  the  uilticulty.  Let  us  act  like  men  and  pro- 
vide for  it.  I  appeal  to  my  friends  ou  the  other  side 
to  come  torwaru,  not  iu  tbe  spirit  of  partisans,  out 
inthe  spirit  of  statesmen,  to  provide  for  it.  I>o  not 
tell  us  tbat  it  app.iee  to  this  election.  It  dues  ap- 
ply to  that  and  to  all  elections  as  It  should  aoply. 

Tbe  bill  was  then  ordered  to  be  reau  a  tuird  time, 
and,  having  been  so  read,  it  was  passed — yeas,  138; 
nays,  109 — a  party  vote,  except  tbat  one  Bepuulicaii 
[Mr.  Porman,  of  FloriiiaJ  voted  f  jr  it,  and  the  fol- 
io wiug-namecl  13  Democrats  against  it: 

Messrs.  Bucfcner,  of  Missouri,  Goodln,  of  Kansas, 
Hancock,  01  Texas,  Knott,  of  Kentucky,  iVesi,  of  Ubio, 
Potter,  of  Michigan,  Savage,  of  Ohio,  istevensoa,  of 
l.liuois,  Tarooi,  of  .ilassa  busetts,  I'homas,  of  Mary- 
laud,  Warren,  of  Massachusetts,  w  hitebouse,  of  Hew- 
lork,  and  Williams,  or  uelaware. 

The  text  of  tbe  bill  is  as  follows  : 

In  case  cf  removal,  death,  resignation,  or  inability  of 
both  President  and  Vice  P.esideat  of  the  Uniced 
btaies,  or  io  case  of  a  vacancy  iu  those  offlees  arising 
from  tuo  failure  of  tbe  two  bouses  ot  Cougrees  lu  a^- 
certain  and  declare  au  electioa  before  tbe  comuieuce- 
meut  of  tbu  teim  of  office  lu  respect  to  whieh  tbe 
Electoral  votes  were  cast,  or  lu  case  of  a  vacancy 
arising  trom  any  other  eauae,  tbe  PreKident  of  tue 
Hecate,  or  .f  tbere  bo  noie,  the  irtp.^akor of  tlie  douse 
for  tue  time  being,  nnd  if  there  be  no  such  Speaker, 
then  the  hecretar.v  of  atate  in  ofBcs  waeu  toe  vacancy 
happens,  Bbail  act  as  Presideni  until  the  disabiuCy  is 
removed  or  a  Fresideut  eiccted. 

AN     ATTEMPT    TO      EECOGNIZB      HAMPTON      AKD 
NICHOLLS. 

Mr.  Schlbichbb,  of  Texas,  moved  to  suspend  the 
rules  aud  adopt  a  resolution  reciting  tbat  the  prin- 
ciple that  a  tree  Govern  meut  derives  its  power  from 
the  consent  of  the  people  caunot  be  disregarded  by 
the  Cuogress  of  tbe  United  Scales,  and  that  it  is  evi- 
dent tbat  the  Government  known  as  tbe  Hampton 
Government  in  South  Carolina  and  tbeNicholls  Gov- 
ernment iu  Louisiana  are  tbe  only  Govcrumeuts  iu 
tliuse  States  that  command  tbe  suppurtof  tbe  people 
and  do  nol  depend  for  their  support  on  the  military 
interierence  ot  the  National  Government, and  declar- 
ing tbat  tbe  State  Goverument  represented  by  Gov. 
Hampton,  aud  tbe  State  Government  represented 
by  Gov,  Nicbolis  are  recognized  by  Coogresj  as  tbe 
lawfal  Governments  of  the  States  of  South  Oaro:ioa 
and  Louisiana.  Bejected — yeas  156,  nays  93,  not 
two-ibirds  in  tbe  affirmative. 

Mr.  Wattbbson,  ot  Keotucky,  moved  to  suspend 
the  rales.aud  udopt  a  resolation  reciting  the  text  of 
a  te.lejjram  sent  yesterday  to  Gov.  NicboUs,  of 
Louisiana,  by  anlbunty  of  the  Presideiit,  to  the 
effect  that  Kicbulls' Government  should  be  sustained 
as  lepresenUng  ibe  best  elements  of  tbe  State,  and 
declaring  that  the  opinions  expressed  by  the  Presi- 
dent are  sound  ano  are  the  seutunenta  of  a  large 
majority  of  the  American  people. 

Calls  were  made  ou  the  Bi  publican  side  of  the 
house  fur  the  author  of  the  reie;!ram,  but  his  name 
was  uot  (riven ; 

To  a  remarg  made  by  the  Sfeakeb  to  Mr  Conger, 
ot  Michigan,  tbat  the  Cb.iir  was  right  io  not  allow- 
ing suggestions  to  be  made  alter  the  yeas  aou  uays 

were  ordered.    Mr.    Couger    retorted,    in    bis    usual 

sarcastic  tone,  that  the  Speaker  might  be  right  by 
mere  chance.    jLaugbter.] 

'Xhe  moiiou  to  uuaprud  ibe  rules  and  adopt  the 
resolution  was  deleaied — yeas  127,  nays  85 ;  not 
two-thirds  in  the  affirmative. 

THE  INDIAN   APPBOPBIATION. 

On  motion  of  Jdr.  Wells,  of  Missouri,  the  con- 
ferenoe report  on  the  Indian  Apprapriation  bill  waa 
agreed  to. 

SECESS  TILL  TO-MOBBOW. 

°  Mr.  Cox,  of  New-York,  moved  tbat  the  Honse 
take  a  recess  until  10  o'clock  to-morrow. 

Tbe  vote  was  very  close,  mauy  of  the  moderate 
Democrats  voting  with  the  Bepnblicaus  against  a 
recess  in  order  that  the  Electoral  Commission  might 
have  an  opportunity  of  reporting  thia  evening.  Ic 
was,  however,  oarried  by  a  minority  of  one,  wnereat 
there  was  considerable  huud-ulappmg  on  the  Demo- 
crane  side  of  the  chamber, 

The  House  accordingly,  at  5  o'clock,  took  a  receat 
till  to-morrow  morning. 


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THE  RJNDBUfEST  IN  CANADA.. 
Ottawa,  Feb.  27.— The  Minister  of  Agrioal- 
tare,  stated  in  the  Senate  laat  night  tbat  the  Govern, 
moot  wore  taking  precautions  agaiuat  tbe  introdac. 
tion  of  tbo  riadeiDott  Into  this  oooatrys  . 


LAW  REPORTS. 


^#.- 


JOB  COBUBN  ON  TRIAL, 

IKBV7K0TUAL  EFFOBT8  OF  TBB  DKVEirSI  M 
HAVE  THE  CASE  F17BTHI<-B  POaTPOKBI>>- 
A  JUBT  FINALLY  IMPANELB1>— .THH 
OPBNINa  ABOUMBNTS  TO  BE  MASa  TO* 
DAT. 
The  case  of  Joe  Cobnm,  which  has  twioe 
been  postponed  at  the  urgent  request  of  the  defeoatt 
wat  at  last  brought  to  trial  yesterday  in  Part  II 
of  the  Conrt  of  General  Sessions.  Theansoonoo- 
ment  tbat  tbe  trial  would  certainly  prooeed  at- 
tracted a.large  osowd  to  tbe  vicinity  ot  the  browo. 
stone  building,  but  owing  to  the  difficulty  provioaa. 
ly  experienced  in  gaining  admittance,  tbo  throng 
Was  not  aa  great  as  on  former  occasions.  From 
an  early  hour  Police  officers  were  at*. 
tioned  at  the  varioa^  entrances,  and  none 
Were  allowed  to  enter  except  those  wbo  had  busi* 
ness.  As  a  result  of  these  precautions,  a  number  of 
sporting  men,  gamblers,  politicians,  aud  onriotityw 
seekers,  who  wished  to  tpeak  to  "Joe,"  were  ex. 
eluded,  and  tbe  court-room,  although  filled,  waa  not 
inconveniently  crowded.  An  extra  panel  of  75 
Jurors  was  iu  attendance,  aud  tbese,  with  tbe 
lawyers  and  witnesses  present,  almost  filled  the 
room.  The  arrival  of  tbe  prison  van  at  10:30  A  M. 
wat  the  signal  for  a  tremendous  rush  to  the  Cham- 
bers-street entrance,  and  the  Police  had  to  use  theii 
clubs  pretty  freely  to  keep  back  the  crowd. 
Cobum  and  two  other  prisoners  atepped  out  of  the 
van,  and  were  taken  up  stairs  to  tbe  court-room 
between  files  of  court  attendantt.  Tbeimpritoned 
pugilist  still  bad  his  head  bandaged,  but  walked 
briskly,  and  appeared  to  liave  regained  much  of  bis 
former  visor.  He  waS  not  put  into  the  pritoners' 
box,  but  was  allowed  to  sit  on  a  bench  at  tbe  real 
of  the  court-room,  wbeio  ho  was  soon  joined  by  his 
brother  "  Mike"  and  a  nnmberuf  intimate  acquaint. 
ances.  Judge  Sutherland  took  his  seat  at  U 
o'clock,  and  was  joined  a  few  minutes  after- 
ward by  Judge  Glldersieeve.  The  prisoner 
was  represented  by  Col.  Charles  S.  Spencer, 
Eiigar  U.Cbipman,  George  M.  Curtis,  and  sub- 
sequently b.y  Mr.  Charles  W.  Brooke,  while  As- 
sisiant  District  Attorney  Bollius  appeared  for  the 
prosecution.  Among  those  in  court  were  District 
Attorney  Phelps,  Assistant  District  Attorneys 
George  W.  Lyon  and  Joseph  Bell,  United  Staiea 
Commissioner  John  L  Davenport,  Col.  Molj-nenx 
Bell,  Henry  Bereb,  BL-nJamiu  F.  Fraukliu.  and  ex- 
Judge  Bicuard  Buateed. 

At  er  the  roufioe  business  incidental  to  opening 
of  court  bad  been  irausacted,  Assistant  District  ' 
Attorney  Bulllns  called  tbe  case  of  Joseph  Coburn, 
and  all  eyes  were  turned  toward  tbe  rear  of  the 
court-room  only  to  find  tbat  their  curiosity  was  not 
o  be  gratified,  Coburn  nut  being  placed  at  the  bar. 
Mr.  Cbipmau  immediately  opposed  tbe  opening  of 
tbe  inal  in  the  absence  of  Mr.  Brooke,  eenior  coun- 
sel in  the  case,  wbo  was  then  actually  engaged  in 
another  important  trial  in  the  Supreme  Couru  Mr. 
Spencer  also  asked  tor  delay  in  opening  the  case' 
until  tbeariivalof  Mr.  BruOKe.  but  Judge  Suther- 
land    decidea  ibat  the    court    could    not    be   kept 

At  this  point    (j€orge  M.  Curtis   sprang   to 

bis  feet  and  placed  himself  in  position 
for  a  long,  and  what  he  prooably  intended  to  be 
a  telling  epeeob  in  support  of  a  motion  to  pusmone  , 
tbe  case  lor  several  weeks.  Ue  read,  w:th  liberal 
cumments,  tbe  certificate  of  Dr.  H.  P.  Sands,  of  ITo. 
35  West  'ihiitv-iblrd-street,  setiinn  forth  ifaac  he 
bad  examined  Joseph  Cuborn  and  louud  his  wuuntla 
to  consist  of  a  contusion  uf  tbe  right  shoulder  and  ' 
chest,  two  scalp  wuonus,  and  a  wound  on  the  left 
ear.  Tbe  ceriiflcate  set  torch,  in  addition,  tbat 
tbese  woonas  were  healing  as  rapidly  as  uould  oa 
expected,  but  that  in  bis  Jadgintjut  several  weeks 
wou;d  elapse  b^'tore  be  could  regain  bis  nainral  mental 
and  physical  vigor.  In  coucluston.  Dr.  Sduds  said 
that  be  WHS  unable  to  predict  woetber  tha  injuries 
of  the  head  would  be  followed  by  any  remote  efiecte 
upon  tbe  brain  or  otber  parts  ot  the  neivous  svs- 
tem,  as  a  definite  conclusion  on  that  point  could  not 
be  arrived  at  irom  a  single  examination.  This  cer- 
tificate was  concarred  in  bv  Dr.  James  E.  Wood, 
lu  addition  to  this  certificate,  connsdi  read  anoiber 
from  Dr.  William  T.  Xealis,  formeri.v  physician  at 
tbe  Tombs,  setting  forth  that  be  had  some 
five  years  aco  attended  Mrs.  _  Bridget  Co- 
barn,  the  prisoner's  mother,  fur  religious  minia; 
tbat  in  consequence  ot  tbat  affliction,  sbe  had  beeu 
committed  lo  the  Lunatic  Aayium  on  BlacE well's 
Island,  aud  tbat  be  believed  sue  bad  died  from  that 
disea-se.  In  commenting  upon  tbese  certificates, 
and  arguing  tor  a  postponement  of  tbe  case,  tha 
ex-Judge  ot  the  Marine  Conrt  made  a  ludicrous 
huransne,  which  provoked  the  laughter  oi  every 
pei'sun  ill  court.  Ha  dwelt  upon  tbe  importance  of 
tbe  certificate  of  "iwo  of  the  most  eminent  phy- 
sicians in  either  hemisphere,"  and  the  ferocity  of 
Disiriet  Aicorney  Kollins  in  "hunting  Cobum 
down  Uke  a  beast  of  prey,"  without  giving 
the  latter  a  chance  10  "gird  up  tus  loins."  Ha 
asked  bis  Honor,  who  "  sat  serenely  up  there,"  to 
interpose  his  autuority  and  prevent  the  prosecudou 
trom  dragging  "'  the  oleedint;,  mangled  body"  ot  his 
client  into  court  while  he  was  men  tally  and  physi- 
cally incapacitated  trom  aciiug  as  a  witness.  Allud- 
ing to  the  insanity  question,  Mr.  Curtis  explained 
that  00  insanity  plea  within  tbe  meauiug  of  the  law 
would  be  cfieied  bv  the  uefeuse  j  but  it  was  feared 
that  tbe  strain  to  whicb  tho  prisoner  would  be  sub- 
jected in  tbe  "uneven  contest"  between 
uia  client,  wLo  had  once  been  tue  "physical 
Apollo  Beivideie"  and  Mr.  E jllins  "  the  greatest 
professional  swordsman  in  tue  legal  arena"  might 
well  "o'ercome  his  reason."  Tue  eloquent  ex- 
Judge  appealel  to  his  Honor  in  the  name  of  that 
"  justice  which  sat  enthroned  upon  tho  clouds,  far 
above  the  reach  of  mortals,"  to  listen  to  toe  peti- 
tion of  '•the  uutoituuaie  prisoner  wbo  stood  with 
hands  folded,  mutely  appealing  for  mercy,"  and 
do  his  duty  irrespective  of  the  commeuuj  ot  mdi- 
viduals  or  combluatious.  An  officer  i<f  tne  Police 
force,  counsel _ added,  had  committed  an  assault 
uDon  an  unoffsoding  citizen,  ana  was  then  at  lioer- 
ty,  not  having  been  brought  to  trial,  wuile  Coburn 
liad  been  compelled  to  lie  in  "  that  Pandemonium 
ot  the  earth,  tbe  City  Prison,"  where  his  ears  were 
nightly  assailed  by  *•  shrieks  and  yells,  such  aa 
might  well  be  supposed  to  prevail  in  the  regions  of 
the  lost." 

Assistant  District  Attorney  Bollius  denied  tliat 
be  h.id  bunted  Coburn  down  \iii£i  a  beast  of  prey 
or  bad  used  undue  dispatch  or  a  particle  of  vin^ 
dioliveness.  Tbe  case  was  not  an  exoepaoual  one, 
inasmuch  as  more  than  two-thirds  of  the  indict* 
ments  found  at  the  present  term  ol  the 
court  had  been  tried  vritbin  11  days.  Which  time 
bad  elapsed  since  Coburn  was  indicted.  Tne  medi- 
cal certificates,  produced  with  such  a  flourish  of 
trumpets,  simply  stated  that  Coburn  was  rapidly 
recovering,  out  would  not  . regain  bis  natural 
strength  and  vi20r  for  some  weeks,  Tuey  did  not 
state,  however,  tbat  the  prisoner  was  not  in  a  oon- 
di.iou  to  go  to  trial ;  and  as  there  might  l>e  tome 
uuubt  about  that  matter  he  would  relieve 
the  minds  of  counsel  for  the  defense  by 
reading  a  medical  certificate,  for  the  prose- 
cuuon  too  bad  oeen  able  to  get  certifi.;ates. 
Mr.  Bollius  then  read  the  certificate  of  Dr.  in.  B. 
MacDonald,  chief  uf  staff  uf  Black  well's  Island,  who 
Slated  that  he  had  examiued  Cuburu's  wounds  aud 
found  them  healing  rapidly.  He  bad  been  unable 
to  find  traces  of  any  deeper  injury,  and  had  failed 
to  discover  evidences  of  poysicai  or  mental  diaeaae 
affecting  the  braiu.  Dr.  MacDonaiil,  in  addition, 
certified  tbat  tbere  was  notbiug  in  tbe  mental  ur 
physical  condirion  of  the  prisoner  to  prevent  tho 
exercise  of  bis  ordinary  judgment  and  iuielligeuoe 
in  tbe  mscruciion  -ol  his  couusel  and  the  conduct  of 
his  affairs.  In  conclusiou,  Mr.  Bollius  said  that  he 
saw  DO  carLhly  reason  why  tue  tnai  suouid  not  pro- 
ceed. 

Judge  Sutherland  said  that  the  only  queation  bo- 
fore  him  was,  whether  the  cenificates  uioduoed  by 
the  deieuse  termed  sufficient  ground  for  tne  post- 
ponement of  the  case.  In  almost  every  case  of 
lelonious  assault  which  had  come  betore  him  tho 
coiaulainant  was  badly  cut  or  bruued,  and  what 
would  bethink  it  the  Dislrict  Atioruey  should  ask 
him  to  postpone  atrial  oecau^e  of  tbe  complainant'* 
injuries  !  He  considered  that  tbe  piisousi'a  at-, 
leged  coudition  was  not  a  sufficient  ground  for  post 
pouiug  the  case,  and  woula,  therefore,  order  the 
tnai  to  proceed. 

Coburn  was  then  brought  to  the  bar,  and  the 
work  ot  impaueling  a  .jury  commenced.  After  four 
boars  spent  in  cross-tiriug  ano  sailies  of  wit  between 
Assistant  District  At.oruey  BjIUus  on  the  uue 
siue,  and  Messrs.  Brooke  aud  Spencor  on  the  other; 
during  which  the.  usual  ludicrous  responses  were 
elicited  from  not  over-orignt  jurors,  tbe  iDllowing 
jury  was  ewom  lu  :  George  W.  Browue.  clerk.  So. 
lllLibetty-sireet ;  James  E.  Heudorsou,  shirt  cut- 
ler, No.  3J8  Ease  Twoutv-tirst-streeti  Victor  8. 
AUien,  cierit,  No.  473  Broome-s^reet ;  Wilder  H." 
Pray,  carnages,  No.  5:>8  Broadway  ;  Gecrge  Biob- 
monJ,  broker,  No.  18  iiiohauie-pUcei  George  W. 
M.  Sturges,  broker,  N'o.  41  W.ill-scfoot  t  Tueodoro 
Brodbeaii,  uentlemau,  Nj.  19  Attorney -street; 
Frederick  .Schecker,  liquors.  No.  10  O.d.^lip  1  Joua 
H.  Clay,  lutei.  No.  13j  Fui.ou-sireet;  Walter  G. 
James,  treasurer.  No.  4 1  Dey-street ;  Joseph  Levy, 
clothing,  Ho.  2.13d  Tliird-jveuuo;  £i;is  T.  Laia> 
bercsou,  clerk,  No.  4§  Umveraity-plaoe. 

Tbe  court  tueu  adiiui'Ui'id  uuiil  to.murrow  whof 
Mr.  Koliius  will  opou  the  oase. 


TEE  SUTTON  Pl^iUUHT  OASE. 
Tbe  trial  of  James  Sutton,  President  of  tho 
Aldiiie  Publithiug  Gumpaoy,  charged  with  perjorr 
in  swearing  to  an  exaggerated  proof  of  loss  by  firo, 
was  resumed  before  Keoorder  Hackett  yesterday 
In  Part  L  of  the  Conrt  of  General  Sesjioos.  Mr. 
John  B.  Fellows,  counsel  for  tbe  prisoner,  exam< 
ined  a  number  ot  witnesses  to  conlradioc  those  ot 
tbe  prosecuiion,  wbo  bad  sworn  that  (hey  had  oeeia 
employed  by  Sutton  to  damage  tbe  stock  by  throw- 
ing water  on  iu  Frankliu  D.  Socor,  nwuer  cf  the 
premises,  Lysaiider  W.  Mancoestor,  painter,  Albert 
Gray,  plumber,  Oliver  H.  Corwin,  carpenter, 
aud  Joel  W.  Gicson,  clork,  all  swore  that  there  waa 
no  water  on  the  premises  after  tbi-  fire,  oonso-, 
quently  no  water  could  have  been  tnpown  upon  tha; 
block.  Counsel  also  produced  a  number  of  expertt.. 
who  ewore  that  the  estimates  placed  upon  bis  stooK 
b,y  Mr.  Sutton  were  nol  exaggerated.  Tne  wit- 
nesses  were  subjected  to  a  ri;:oroua  cross-examina- 
tion by  AssisUot  District  Attorney  Herxmg. ,  Tl»» 
case  will  £0  to  the  jury  to-day. 

A  8VIT  ON  AOOEJPIANOES. 
The  oase  of  the  People's  Bank  a^atnet  Or- 
lando M.  Bogart  waa  brooght  to  trial  before  JTodca 
Donohne,  in  Part  I.  otitbe    Supreme  Court,  yamtrnf 
day.    Tho  action  is  (or  tbe  recovery  of  fSS^OQA  oa 
^the  aoeoptaaott  by  Doncaa,  Bhormaa  &  OOb  «( 


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ttMtta  ta«l«  hy  th^b  Uetk,  BnreeM.  The  dr»fl« 
»r»dAt«dJiil9i&,187S,  and  the  firm  falltd  tight  ^ 

<4^  •ftonrard.  Booart  •old  th«  drafts  no  accepted 
to  the  People*!  Bank  asregalar  aooeptanees.  The 
Mttct  otftlmt  ibat  Bogartkoewhe  had  boasht  the 

>  anfta  Arom  ta»  eoetiptors,  enA  •hoold  &■▼«  uifonned 
ft  af  tbat  fact  irbao  MiUng  tb«  Moaptenma,  as  that 
(WM  a  «ir<t«r1ki  puint  la  tesard  to  tb«lr  value.  The 
^qoeetloa  inrolTod  \n  wheihee,  andat  the»e  olrcum' 
■tMMMs.  the  seller  of  tbe  aooeptano«9  baa  made  blm- 
■elf  Denonaily  liable  for  Uielr  amoont.  Lather  R. 
^areb  aad  John  0.  Qray  appear  fur  the  plaiatl^ 
•nd  WlUiam  A.  Butler  for  the  defendant. 

IS<         TEE  PABISH  WILL  CASE  AGAIN. 

lAX    APPUCAlIOIf  MADK  TO  HAVE  THE  PRO- 
BATE    BEVOKKD — ALLKGATI0N8    BY      A 
SXZT      OF      KIN— A       BEOFENINa       AN- 
KOUnCEP     BY      THE     SURROGATE — THE 
PABTIES  TO  APPEAK  IN  COURT  APRIL  6. 
POUGHKEBPSIB,  Tueaday,  l»6b.  27,  ISH. 
Thera  ig  a  flutter  over  the  Parish  -will  again, 
and  the  case  la  to  be  reopened  in  the  Surrogate's 
Cotut,  aa  will  be  seen  by  the  following  order  and 
petition,  which  have  already  been  filed  i 

SuRBOOATK'a  Court,  Dutchess  Coustt  — 7n  the 
matter  u/  the  alUgaiiont  agixntt  the  vrobate  of 
the  will  o)  Thomas  tarith,  deceased.— Oa  reaaing  and 
dlluic  the  alleifatioDs  of  Sacaii  P.  Holaridee,  oue  of 
the  next  ol  km  to  Thomas  ransh,  late  ot  the  City 
Dt  Pouehkeeimle,  N.  Y  ,  docetu>ed,  againsti  the  validi- 
tarof  the  la«i  will  aad  testamsut  of  the  said  Thomas 
Parish,  deceated.  and  Cho  coupeteucy  of  the  proof 
tliereof^  and  on  motion  of  Milton  A.  JFowler.  of 
cooneel  fur  the  said  Saiah  P.  Hnldndee, 
it  is  ordered  that  a  eltacioa  Issae  to  Nacbaoiel  B. 
Havt  an<i  Pet«.r  B.  Hart,  the  Excuntors,  stUo  have 
taken  npon  tL-^mntilvM  :h«  execution  of  the  said 
last  wiU  and  teitaoient  to  ii.*.r\  PuriHh,  Sasio  llayt 
Patiah,  and  Jan:t<i  Parish,  of  Ponshkeepaie,  N.  Y.. 
Kathaniel  B.  Hayt,  oi  Jiowoura,  N.  Y-  ali  of  lull 
age,  and  Thomas  Parish  Kmehi,  an  mraut  sou  ot 
Daniel  Cniifht,  of  2ieiT-7uik,  havluc;  no  general 
euardiau,  and  betnK  ouder  the  ane  of  14  years, 
■egatet^s,  named  in  tiie  oaid  last  will  and  testament, 
reqainng  them  and  each,  oi  them  to  appear  iu  this 
court  on  the  6[h  day  of  April  oext  at  10  o'clocic  in 
the  furenoun  of  that  day,  to  show  cauie  why  the 
protiate  of  the  said  laat  will  and  testament  should 
Dot  be  revoked.     P£T£&  DORLAND,  Surrogate. 

The  petition  referred  to  in  the  above  order  la  as 
bllowa  : 

SUSROGATE'S  COUET,    DUTCHESS  COOXTT.— Tn    the 

tnatttr  Of  pieprobcii  of  the  wHi  of  Ihomat  Pan#A, 
deeeatr.d. — A  p*Ler  TTiunif,  bearing  d^te  May  25, 
1871.  T.aipnrtlng  to  b<>  ibe  last  will  and  testament 
of  Xbomsi.  1-ariRh,  deceM90,  and  appointing  Na- 
thaniel 3.  iJ&yt  )>.:^d  Peter  B.  ilayi  Exucniora  there- 
ct,  having  !:o*>n  iiilii>li.ied  to  probate  l>v  iheSurro- 
saie  ot  thrt  Ccnniv  >-■  f  .V?  tchens  on  the  21at  of  Dt- 
cember,  1876,  yzst  rf>'''-i  '""i  Sarah  P.  lloldridtie, 
hereby  conteats  tte  vul.'Jiiy  ot  4uud  will  and  the 
Competency  of  the  prcof  theru-  f.  pursuant  to  the 
vrovistona  of  Pa-t  Ii„  Ch-vi'tor  \i..  Title  I.,  Article 
II.,  of  the  Revised  Scdtatej.  isfl  l£?r  reasons  why 
the  aaid  pri>bate  should  b)  rt^oxad,  itlleges  : 

1.  That  tti'S  aaid  p^per  writir.ii  la  not  the  laat  will 
and  teat^ment  of  the  said  Xhoaias  Parish,  decodsed. 

8.  That  the  said  Thouius  Parish,  duceased,  was  not, 
at  the  time  of  makius;  and  subscribing  of  the  said 
paner  writing,  otitouud  mind  uud  memory. 

3.  That  the  said  Thomas  Parish  did  not  declare 
the  aaid  paper  to  be  bis  last  will  and  testament  in 
the  presence  of  the  attesting  witnesses. 

4.  That  the  aitesiine  witnesses  did  not,  nor  did 
either  of  them,  sign  their  uames  as  witnesses  at  the 
end  of  aaid  will  at  tne  rea  nest  ot  aaid  Xbomaa  Par* 
iah. 

5.  That  the  said  paper  writing  purporting  to  be 
Buch  last  will  and  testament  was  obtained,  and  the 
execution  ihereot  by  said  Thomas  Pariah  procured, 
by  fraud  aud  undue  Influeuoe  practiced  against  and 
upon  tiim  by  the  principal  legatee,  Susie  Hayt  Par- 
ish, or  some  other  person  or  persons  unknown  to 
lyoor  petitioner. 

I  6.  That  the  said  paper  writing  was  not  freely  and 
/voluntarily  executed  or  made  as  his  last  will  and 
testament  by  said  Xnoniaa  Paiisb,  deceased. 

7.  That  the  said  paper  writing  was  not  duly  and 
Bufficiently  proved  before  the  daid  Surroirate.  Your 
peuiiuner  further  alleges  that  Nathaniel  B.  11  ay t 
and  Peter  B.  Uayt,  named  as  Executors  in  oaid  wi,l. 
have  taken  upon  tbemselvus  the  execution  therenf, 
and  letters  testamentary  have  been  issued  to  them 
In  accordance  therewith.' and  such  letters  aio  now  in 
full  force  and  effect.  And  the  only  U-gatees  named 
In  said  will  are  Mary  Parish,  Susie  Hayt  Parish, 
and  Jamua  Parish,  of  Pon^Ukoepsie,  and  Nathan- 
iel B.  Hayt,  of  Ncwbiire,  all  of  whum  are  of  full 
age,  Thomas  Parish  Suigbt,  an  iufant  son  of 
Daniel  Kniiiht,  of  NeT;-Yurk,  having  no  general 
euardiau,  and  being  andei*  the  age  of  14  years,  and 
KobertPdxish  Frost,  of  Poaghiceepsie,  who  died  be- 
fore said  Ihumas  Parish.  And  your  jietitioner 
further  alleges  that  t^aid  Thomas  Parish  died  leav- 
ing neither  desceudanta,  parcuts,  brother  or  sister, 
and  your  petitioner  is  his  niece  and  one  of  bis  next 
of  kin.  Your  petiilober,  therefore,  pravs  that  a 
citation  may  issue,  directed  to  the  said  Executors, 
iKathaniel  B.  Hayt  and  Peter  B.  Hayt,  and  to  the 
leKai«e8  above  named,  requiring  them  to  appear 
before  you,  the  Surrogate  of  the  County  of  Dutch- 
ess, at  a  time  and  place  to  be  tnerein  specified,  to 
show  cause  why  the  probate  of  such  will  should  not 
be  revoked.  SARAH  P.  HOLDRIDGE. 

Dated  Fet>.  20,  1877. 


CAPTIVE  AND  CAPTOR  IN  THE  SAME  JAIL. 
•  Andrew  J.  Melleu  was  recently  called  for,  on 
la  requisition  from  the  Governor  of  Pennaylvanla, 
|and  Gov.  Robinson  issued  a  mandate  for  bis  snrren- 
iier.  Mellen  bad  been  indicted  tor  grand  larceny 
in  Philadelphia.  When  the  o£Bcer3  bere  came  to 
larreat  bim,  however,  they  met  with  some  difficulty. 
Tt  appeared  that  Mellen  was  held  in  this  City  by 
the  Sheriff  on  an  order  of  arrest  in  a  civil  suit  At 
any  rate,  Mellen  was  arrested  on  the  Governor's 
warrant  ot  extradition.  Habeas  corpus  pro- 
ceedings fallowed,  and  Judge  Barrett^  before 
Whom  the  matter  came,  ordered  Mellen  to  be 
deUvered  back  to  the  custody  of  the 
Bheriff  After  this  Mellen  an  plied  to  Chief  Justice 
Davis,  in  Supreme  Court,  Chambera,  To  be  released 
on  bail  on  the  order  of  arrest.  The  Chief  Justice 
tendered  a  oecisiou  yesterday,  referring  the  applica- 
tion to  Judge  Barrett,  but  holding,  however,  that 
IMelien  must  give  bail  both  on  the  order  of  arrest 
and  on  tbe  extradition  warrant  before  being  released 
trom  the  ShenfTs  custody.  Another  teature  of  the 
proceedings  against  Mellen  was  before  Judge  Mc- 
Adam,  iu  tbe  Marine  Court,  Chambers,  yesterday. 
[t  8«ema  ibat  MelleD,  alter  being  arrested  on  the 
nctradition  warrant,  caused  the  arrest  of  Joseph  A. 
Calvert,  tbe  Philadelphia  officer  who  bad  been  in- 
Itrnmental  in  procuring  bis  arrest.  Calvert  was  ar- 
rested on  a  charge  of  personating  an  officer.  After 
twb  hearingsi  he  was  diRCbarged  from  arreatby  a  Po- 
lice llagiatrate.  On  leavine  tbe  Police  Cunrt,  bow- 
eyer,  Calvert  waa  arrested  on  an  order  of  arrest  in  a 
civil  suit  fcr  falfie  imprisonment,  which  bad  been 
begun  by  Meilen.  The  letter  claims  .1.000  damages. 
Botn  Calvert  and  Mellen  are  now  in  Luulow-street 
Jail.  Louis  J.  Grant,  Calvert's  counsel,  apiilieo  to 
Jadge  McAdam  yesterday  to  have  the  order  of  ar- 
rest agoiusK  Ills  client  vacated.  Decision  was  re- 
tarred. 


A  EAILROAD  OPERATION. 

Jadge  Barrett,  m  Supreme  Court,  Chambers, 
yesterday  granted  an  order  coutinuing  the  suit  of 
Benry  Clews  &  Co.  againss  the  Plorida  Railroad 
Company,  with  J.  ^felaon  Tappao,  tbe  plaintiff's 
Xroatea  in  bankruptcy,  as  the  plalotifEl  The  suit  is 
brought  on  two  claima,  one  lor  $6,447  40  fur  money 
paid  out,  and  tbe  other  for  !(5,000  on  a  note  of  the 
lefendant.  The  defense  is  that  the  money  was  paid 
rat  and  tne  note  given  in  conformity  with  an  agree- 
ment between  tbe  company  and  Henry 
Clews  '  &  Co.,  H.  Almy,  and  others, 
whereby  tbese  individuals  contracted  to  sub- 
Bcrlbe  and  pay  for  (2.300,000  of  the  company's 
bonds.  Before  the  bonds  were  ready  lor  delivery, 
Clewa  &,  Co.  and  the  others  laid  out  some  mwuey 
for  the  use  of  the  company,  and  tne  latter  gave 
them  notes,  with  tbe  understanding  that  when  tbe 
bonds  were  delivered  tbe  notes  were  to  be  given  np. 
Afterward  (800,000  of  the  bonds  were  delivered,  but 
the  notes  were  not  given  up  to  the  railroad  oom- 
IMuiy.  The  latter  sets  up  a  counter  claim  for 
Ct,000,000  for  tbe  breach  of  contract  on  tbe  part  of 
Clewa  St  Co.  in  not  uking  np  tbe  bonds. 


DBAWINQ  WATER  FROM  LAKE  MAHOPAC. 
The  trial  of  the  case  of  Saportas  against  tbe 
Mayor,  &o.,  which  ia  brought  to  recover  $115,000 
lamages,  waa  resumed  before  Judge  Van  Brunt 
md  a  Jury  in  Part  UL  of  the  Supreme  Court  yes- 
terday. Tbe  plaintiff  called  several  witnesses,  who 
testified  to  the  depreciation  of  real  estate,  and  the 
ilckness  in  tbe  plaintlfiTa  family, .  cauaed  by  the 
drawing  off  of  the  waters  of  Lake  Mahopao  by  the 
Croton  Aqueduct  Eogineera  In  1870.  One  of  tbe 
witnesses  was  an  old  resident  of  Putnam  County, 
Whote  memory  went  back  to  1813.  He  testified 
that  there  nad  been  no  malaria  at  Lake 
Mahopao  prior  to  1870.  Pare  of  tbe  City's 
defense  to  the  action  will  probably  be  that 
the  bed  of  ths  lake  is  owned  by  the  State, 
and  tbat  the  engineers  who  drew  the  water  had  li- 
eeaae  to  do  ao  from  the  owners  of  a  water  right  at 
the  Bed  Mills,  an  old  stmotare,  at  the  outlet  of  the 
Wke^  Which  waa  boiit  before  the  Bevolntion. 


SX-8HERIFF  O'BRIEN'S  BONDSMEN. 
Hiohael  Pursaell  brought  a  suit,  in  the  Su- 
^erior  Court,  eeyeral  years  ago,  agaicat  Jamea  W. 
Bzodia,  and  recorered  ludgment  againat  the  latter 
for  $3,100  07.  An  execution  was  issued  to  Jamea 
O'Bcles,  then  Sheriff,  againat  the  gooda 
Df  Brodie,  which  were  duly  levied  on 
and  aold.  Brodie  then  sued  O'Brien  for 
temagea,  and  recovered  Judgment  against  .the 
cx<Sheriff  for  $10,923  34.  An  execution  issued  on 
this,  latter  Jnagment  against  O'Brien's  property 
.  waa  returned  nnsatisUed,  and  Brodie  then  brought 
aanit  in  the  Supreme  Court  against  O'Brien's  sure- 
nea;  Juseph  J.  O'Donohae  and  James  McGovern. 
Both  snretiea,  however,  seek  to  escape  ha.liitr. 
O'Donohue  in  faia  anawer  says  tnat  when  be 
•igned  the  bond  he  waa  told  that  Solomon 
Uehibaok  waa  to  be  his  co-aorety.  He  aaya 
he  did  not  aign  the  bond  in  the  prea- 
•nce  of  the  Connty  Cierk;  that  no  oath 
ma  administered  to  him,  and  that  he  had  received 
ho  farther  notification;  and  did  not  know  be  had 
bcM  ac«epted  as  surety.  Moaorein  says  when  be 
•tgaed  O'Brlan's  bond  it  was  represented  to  him 
«MS  O'DwMhae  had  siiasd  ik.  mo^  .was  cawoawtUa 


aa  surety.  Jndge  Barrett,  In  Saprema  Onrt, 
Cbambecs,  !Q^srdaT  denied  a  motion  to  itrlke  oat 
tliese  answcSRia  sbam. 

— "         COU&t' NOTES. 


Thomas  Thompson,  of  "So.  343  East  Fif^' 
ntnth-strset,  waa  committed  at  the  71fty-s«T«ntb- 
atreetPoliee  Court  yesterday  for  assaulting  his  wife, 
and  brutal  treatment  toward  her  generally. 

Th«  Police  Commiaalonera  paid  yeatorday 

the  amoont  of  costs  in  tbe  suit  of  ex-Sergt.  Augus- 
tus Miller,  and  were  relieved  from  the  disagreea- 
ble oecesifty  of  being  examined  in  supplementary 
proceedings. 

Judjre  Van  Vorst,  in  the  Supreme  Court, 
Special  Term,  yesterday  set  aside,  on  the  ground  of 
usury,  two  mbrtgages  made  by  Elizabeth  Laogdon 
to  William  C.  Gray.  Tbe  latter  charged  even  more 
than  10  per  cent. 

William  Ounnin^,  a  waiter  on  the  eteam-ahip 
City  of  Mexico,  was  arraigned  before  Commissioner 
Shields  ves'erday,  on  a  charge  of  having  assaulted 
John  Murphy,  the  third  as.<ustant  eogineer,  with  a 
bottle  Willie  at  sea  on  tbe  8th  of  Fabmaiy.  He  was 
held  to  answer  in  default  of  $1,000  bail. 

Morris  M.  Cahill,  aged  20,  a  native  of  Boston, 
of  Ko.  304  Firat-avenae,  was  committed  for  trial  by 
Justice  Plammer  on  a  charge  of  bavin?  stolen  a 
gold  Cham  and  seal,  valued  at  $iMi,  from  Mr.  James 
B.  Davidson,  of  No.  86  Morton-atreet,  while  be  waa 
passing  through  Morto'i-atreet  on  his  way  home  at 
an  early  hour  yesterday  morning. 

Judge  Barrett,  in  Supreme  Court,  Chambers, 
yesterday  ordered  a  refeience  in  tbe  oaae  of  Caro- 
line Eogleman  agiinat  Charlea  liV.  Engleman.  It 
appears  tbat  tbe  plaiutiff  in  tbe  action  obtained  a 
liDiited  divorce  from  the  defendant  in  November, 
1872.  By  tbe  terms  of  the  decree  he  was  to  pa.y  her 
$3  per  week  as  alimony.  She  claims  that  there  la 
now  due  to  ner  $520  a»  alimony, 

Tbe  suit  of  Boody  against  Ogden  and  others 
waa  Buinmed  up  before  Judge  Sedgwick,  in  the  Su- 
perior Court,  Special  Term,  yeaterday.  Among  the 
incidents  was  the  exhibition,  by  means  I'f  a  micro- 
scope, of  certain  erasures  in  a  memorandum  of  the 
plalotltt  8,  by  which  it  was  attempted  to  show  tbat 
tbe  latter  hnd  been  using  Ogden'a  money  in  tbe 
Galena  "  pool."  Judge  Sedgwick  reserved  his  de- 
cision. 

Eobert  Earl,  of  Na  176  East  Elghty-fifth- 
streec,  went  home  intoxic«ted  on  Monday  night 
ana  knocked  bis  wife  down  with  a  chair,  inlnring 
permanently  ber  left  eve.  In  rhe  Fifty-sevenrh- 
street  Oourc  .yesterday  be  was  held  for  trial  Wnen 
the  Earls  were  mamed,  13  years  ago,  tbey  had  be- 
tween them  about  $60,000,  but  tbey  are  now  com- 
paratively poor  people  on  account  of  tbe  hiuband'a 
disbipation. 

Baiael  Serafino  and  Donati  Rossi,  two  ill-fea- 

tured  and  very  dirty-looKing  Italians,  were  put  on 
trial  for  manalnnghter  before  Judge  Brady  and  a 
Jury,  in  the  Court  of  Over  and  Terminer,  yeaterday. 
Tbey  were  charged  witb  killing  John  McCarthy  on 
Dec.  9.  1876.  by  pashing  him  down  the  stoop  of  No. 
57  Thompson-street  Rossi  was  acquitted  of  the 
charge,  but  Seradno  was  convicted  of  manalangbter 
In  the  fourth  degree,  and  sentenced  to  nine  months' 
imprlaonment  in  tbe  State  Prison. 

The  oaae  of  John  J.  Lynes,  as  Administrator 
of  John  A.  Miller,  deceased,  against  James  S. 
Brander  and  Edward  Matthews,  was  brought  to 
trial  before  Judge  Van  Vorst,  in  the  Supreme  Court, 
Special  Term,  yeaterday.  Tbe  action  is  one  of  sev- 
eral growin?  out  of  cotton  transactiona  in  1861  of 
the  firm  of  Brander,  Cbamblis  Sc  Co.,  of  New-Or- 
leans. Matthews  was  the  New-York  partner  of  the 
firm,  and  be  is  the  only  real  defendant  in  the  action. 
He  claims  he  is  not  liable  becaune  tbe  civil  war 
broite  up  the  partnership.    The  case  is  still  on. 

Nathan  Roth,  aged  19,  who  claims  to  reside 
at  No.  629  Sixth-avenue,  waa  arraigned  before  Jua- 
tice  Flammer  at  the  Waabington-place  Police  Court 
yes  erday,  charged  with  grand  Inrcenv.  The  com- 
plaint waa  made  by  Samuel  M.  White,  a  sales- 
man in  the  store  of  Howard,  Sanger  &  Co., 
No.  462  Broadway,  wbo  alleged  that  be  detected 
Roth  in  tbe  act  of  stealing  a  package  ot  pocket  cut- 
lery, valued  at  $65,  from  the  Ptore,  which  be  visited 
under  the  pretense  of  making  purchases.  The  ac- 
cused was  committed  for  trial  in  delault  of  bail. 

Morris  Freedman,  a  man  wbo  has  been  ar- 
raigned in  the  Police  Courts  lor  various  offenses, 
was  -^barged  yesterday  at  the  Ess^x  Market  Court 
with  personating  a  Deput.y  Sheriff  and  assaulting 
Jacob  Cohen,  of  No.  143  Dc^lancey-street.  A  few 
days  ago  Freedman  went  to  Cohen's  bouse,  and 
represen  ing  that  he  was  a  Deouty  Sherifi^  charged 
the  complainant  with  having  a  stolen  wat<)h  in  bis 
posseasion.  When  Cohen  denied  tbe  allegation, 
Fieedman  abused  bim,  and  Cohen  caused  bis  arr<)at. 
Justice  Wandeil  bold  tbe  prisoner  in  default  of  $500 
baiU 

John  McCorm  ick  brought  suit  as  Adminis- 
trator, in  tbe  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  to  recover  tbe 
statutory  damages  of  $5,000  from  tbe  New-York 
Central  and  Hudson  River  Railroad  Company.  It 
appear-)  that  the  plaintiff's  wife,  Ann  McCormick, 
while  trying  to  cross  Tenth-avenue  at  Thirtieth- 
street  was  run  over  and  killed  b.\  the  cars  of  the 
company.  Tbe  case  was  on  trial  before  Judge  Van 
Hoesen  and  a  jury,  in  Ptrt  I.  of  the  Court  ot  Com- 
mon Pleas.  The  iury  retired  to  deliberate  on  Mon- 
day night,  and  cnme  into  court  yeitterday  morniog 
with  a  verdict  in  favor  of  the  plaintiff  fur  the  full 
amount  claimed. 


SUIT  FOR  BOARD  AND  LODGING. 
An  odd  suit  on  a  claim  for  board  and  lodg- 
ing was  brougbl  to  trial  before  Judge  Lawrence 
and  a  |nry  in  Part  II.  of  tbe  Supreme  Court  yes- 
terday. Tbe  plaintiff  in  the  case  is  Adelaide  M. 
De  Lavalette,  while  tbe  defendant  is  Frederick  B. 
Wendt,  tbe  Executor  of  the  late  David  M.  Peyser. 
The  plaintiff  says  that  Pevaer,  in  1866,  engaged 
rooms  and  board  fur  himaelt  and  family  at  tbe  rate 
of  $130  per  week.  Tbe  contract  was  to  continue 
until  May,  1867.  Mr.  Peyser  paid  $500  in  cash  at 
tbe  ontaet.  The  parties  afterward  bad  a  quarrel, 
buwever,  and  this  resulted  in  Peyser's  leaving  in 
October,  1866.  His  landlady,  however,  refused  to 
part  with  his  trunks,  which  she  kept  as  secuiity. 
Peyser  then  brout:bt  a  replevin  ruit  to  recover 
possession  of  tbem,  and  the  action  was  aettled  by 
Peyser's  paying  $465  and  regaining  the  custody  of 
bla  trunks.  Tbe  plaintiff  now  sues  to  recover  dam- 
ages at  the  rate  of  $150  a  week  from  tbe  time 
that  Peyser  left  until  she  obtained  oiber  tenants 
fur  the  premises  he  had  ncoupied.  The  new  tenants 
only  paio  at  tbe  rate  ot  $123  per  week,  and  tbe  plaiu- 
tiff also  put3  lu  a  claim  for  extra  dumagea  for  the 
dtficiency  up  to  May,  1867.  Tbe  defense  s-ts  nu  a 
release  executed  by  her  at  the  time  the  $485  were 
pjid.  In  reply  to  this  tbe  piaindfi  stated  she 
did  not  know  she  had  signed  a  release ;  that 
the  same  attorneys  acted  for  her  aod 
for  Peyter,  and  that  nbe  thougbt^  she  had  merely 
signed  a  consent  allowing  tbe  Sheriff  to  remove 
Peyser's  trunks.  A  witness  waa  put  on  the  stand 
yeaterduy  to  prove  tbe  damage  to  the  plaintiff  at'cer 
she  bad  obtained  new  tenants,  but  Judge  Lawrence 
prevented  an  inquiry,  which  was  attempted  to  be 
gone  into,  as  to  tne  increased  quantity  of  food  tbe 
new  tenants  consumed.     The  case  is  aiill  on. 


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A  YBRDICT  IN  THE  CITTS  FAVOR. 
The  trial  of  the  suit  of  Franz  Nessel  against 
the  Mayor,  &c.,  was  concluded  before  Judge  Josepb 
F.  Daly  and  a  Jury,  in  Part  IIL  of  the  Court  of  Com- 
mo  1  Pleas,  yeaterday.  The  plaintiff  aned  to  recover 
$20,000  damagea  on  account  of  ininnes  received  by 
him  in  falling  into  the  excavation  for  tbe  Fourth- 
avenue  Improvement  on  a  Sunday  afternoon  m  1874. 
The  testimony  as  to  the  excavation  lieing  guarded 
waa  of  a  conflicting  charaut,er,  the  plaintiff  contend- 
ing that  there  vras  noihinif  to  prevent  a  man  from 
falling  in,  and  tbe  City  undertaking  to  abow  tbat  a 
person,  in  order  to  get  into  the  excavation,  had  to 
Climb  over  a  masonry  wall  over  two  feet  higb.  and 
then  bad  to  crawl  over  or  under  a  heavy  timber 
laid  across  the  ends  of  tbe  ,j:irder8.  It  was  hinted 
tbat  the  plaintlfi  bad  been  drinki:ig.  Tbe  Jury 
brought  in  a  verdict  for  the  City.  Leery  &  Bischuff 
appeared  for  tbe  plaintiff,  an''  F.  L.  Sietaun  and 
£.  H.  Lacombo  for  tbe  City. 


DECISIONS. 


BITPBEME   COUBT— CUAHBEBS. 
By  Judge  Davia. 

Orders  Orantei. — FoUia  vs.  The  Excelsior  Gas  Ma- 
chine Company ;  United  States  Lite  Insurance  Com- 
paiiv  vs.  Jordan. 

TJuiule  vs.  KrelitUr. — The  action  waa  trougbt  tor  ma- 
licious prosecutiun,  and  c^tusing  plaiutiff  to  be  im- 
prisoned. It  bfls  been  tned.  and  verdict  and  Jndc- 
mel.t  had  for  plaintiff  The  affidavit  of  plaintiff  abows 
tbat  the  prosecution  was  willful  and  malicious.  If  ao, 
the  merits  of  defendant  were  proper,  (Code  179,  t> 
Horn.  1.)    Jfotlou  denied. 

By  Judge  Donahue. 

Oranted,—Qsmo  va.  UcCunn;  Lawrence  vs.  Shep- 
pard. 

Pratt  vs.  Sou  et  al.— Order  settled. 
By  Judge  Burrett. 

JTarris  vi.  Todd,  Jr. — These  are  the  onl.v  papers 
which  have  been  handed  up  on  this  motion.  The 
moving  papers,  pleadings,  &c.,  are  wanted. 

Matter  of  Matthews.— OrAei  srauied. 

Motion  Granted,  tFithoul  Porta.— Clews  vs.  The  Florida 
Railroad  Comnany.  tiectioa  6.047  of  the  B.  a.  of  the 
Unite<i  States  Is  impenitive. 

/^euiAoil »«.  amliA.— Upon  a  careful  rpvlew  of  these 
napera  and  briefa  I  thiulc  it  onirf^ir  and  Jnat  that  this 
motion  should  be  granted.  The  coats  may  abide  ths 
event,  aud  tbe  time  for  inapection  should  be  limited. 
Tbe  orJer  m  i.v  be  settleu  upon  one  day's  uotlce. 

Ourfin  v».  Mieleuznu. — Motion  for  leave  to  file  a  sup- 

Slementai  cumplaint  to  amend  by  bringing  in  a  party 
efendant,  &C.,-  granted   on  payment  of  $1U  costs  of 
moiioD. 

Oartiss  vs.  Mieleuzay. — The  previous  order  ia  met  by 
tbe  answer,  which  luvidvea  a  long  litigation.  De- 
fendant denies  insolvency,  but  admits  that  taxes.  Ice., 
are  unpaid.  He  says  he  la  worth  as  mnuh  as  when 
the  bond  and  mortga^re  were  executed,  out  does  not 
sarhowmach.  He  bays  the  property  is  worth  $30,- 
000,  which  Is  not  $230  over  what  la  due,  but  be  does 
not  aa.f  it  would  bring  that  at  forociosure  sale.  A  case 
for  a  Receiver  is,  on  the  whole,  made  out,  bat  if  de- 
fendant win,  within  ten  da.vs.  pay  all  taxes,  Crotou 
water  rent,  and  insurance,  the  motion  may,  for  the 
prea:'nt.  be  denied  ;  otherwise  granted. 

In  the  Matter  of  Fraaei*  M.  Bixbif,  MUeeioer.—{\.)  The 
opposing  affiaa^iC  shows  that  all  commuaicatioos  re- 
ceived by  Murpbv,  adilrt'Bsed  to  the  firm,  nad  been 
turned  over  to  the  Receiyer.  (2.)  The  commissiona  re- 
ceived can  b?  accounted  tor  before  the  Kel'eree,  Mr. 
Buck.  Conaidcring  tue  atate  of  tbe  accounfs,ltlsentlre- 
Iv  unneceuaary  to  require  aoch  commisalODB  to  be  paid 
to  the  tteceiver,  only  to  be  reinined  to  Mr.  Murphy 
a<ter  tiecelver'a  fees,  thereon,  have  been  dedncted- 
(3.)  A  a  to  the  Post  Office  box.  Murphy   cannot  be   de- 


tiMsia,  aaa  that  taret  %•  l«At»  vwii 
MTdlag  Wttatnr»l!4v(a.  (6.)  Ike  K^.-  -  -~  ^  - 
•Mttely  ttBaerwary.  and  tae  arp^osinf  iSBdavttt  thaw 
tlM  motive.  Tbe  Mrtlas  haa  bcltar  >w  lett  to  settle  the 
aaoeont  beAxa  Mc.  Buea,  wlthimt  Inowrrlag  fteab  ex- 
peuaes,  Wblah  awt  all  ««ma  nat  of  Macphx.  (9.)  Tha 
notion  is  b  all  teapeeta  denied.  

9tat*»  Mtm*  BMkm  Oompemg  m.  JM«.— Tbe  vlate* 
tUfhadao  rtfcnt<o  ha  tajunottoo  at  tdi,  aad  snoold 
b«  malotad  in  MsM  fW  proottrkilt  aa  UBaafhorllwl 
stay,  and  the  anpUcation  moat  ba  denied,  withosata. 
b  JOrodU  «a  Osritn  et «!.— Motion  dented  i  $1U  oeata. 
Burauac  oooax— arKoati  luuc 
By  JUdgt  Van  Font 

Luddington  vt.  fitawaoii.— Judgment  for  plaiatUK 

Jjangdonvt,  Gray.— 8«e  oplaion, 

BUFBEIOB  COnaiV-aFSaAL  TIBII. 
Jly  Jttdge  Om-ifa. 
Zimmerman  vs.  The  ifaional  Bteam^hip  Companv.— 
Propoaed  oaae  and  amendmenta  asttlad  and  ordered 
on  file.  _ 

Su  Jvdgi  SedgvUUk 
Ordere  OruatedL— Salomon  vs.  Moral ;  Knox  va.  Hex- 
t^'r,  Nos.  1  and  2;  Schnell,  tc,  vi.  The  Sew-Torfc 
Klevated  Ral'road  Company;  idorrU  et  a1.va.Ooe- 
decke;  The  Fire  Aaiooiatioo,  tti,,  va.  Cbippeetal., 
and  MoAleney  va.  Loedewiok. 

MABINB  00tTKT->CRAMBU8. 
By  Jvdo4  McAdam. 

OpintoM,— MoEteere  va  Little ;  Slauaoaya  B^oitabla 
Oas-llght  Company. 

Oadeve.  SKcncn-.- Proceedlnirs  dismissed. 

Orqfutt  v.  Farr ;  Wyatt  vt.  Jfaa0«(.— Kdward  Jacobi, 
Esq.,  appointed  Receiver, 

Evana  VI.  Sparenberg.—Tht  time  to  appeal  has  ex- 
pired ;  it  waa  not  extende<l  bv  the  ^•tay.  (2d Cods  aep. 
71:  2d  Sandmrd.  U41.)    Motion  granted. 

Brugger  vs.  Jifilini;.— Defendant    discharged  oondl> 

tiOMSlly. 

Bei\}amln  ««.  flanuy.— Motion  granted,  unless  within 
six  days  tbe  plaintiff  corrects  the  eopy  aummona  naod 
pro  tuno.    No  costs. 

In  re  .Splcsman.— Proceedings  continued  in  tbe  name 
of  the  Executors. 

Orders  Oranted. — Philllpa  va.  Lewis;  Anthony  vs. 
Smith;  McDonald  vs.  t^avanazh;  Downey  vs.  Fellows  ; 
Eetoham  vs  Qreen  :  Treeae  va  Crane;  White  vs.  Pet- 
teoeiU  ;  Haas  vs.  MoCreary ;  Doughty  v*.  McCrcary; 
Ouillot  vs.  Aatban;  Clark  vs.  Jones;  Underleob  vs. 
Ernst. 

Bv  Judge  Stnnott 

Crary  v*.  Bi«Jl«r.— Opinion  bled. 

Kuhn  »$,  Mark$.—C%»e  settled  aod  died. 
By  Judge  Ooeop. 

Sehrytr  ve.  Pout.— Hugo  Von  Brandeaateln  appointed 
Beceiver. 

COURT  CALENDARS— TB lb  DAT. 

BUTBXHS  CODBT— CHAMBBBS. 
Held  by  Barrett.  J. 


Nos. 

05— Reinaob  vs.Smitbers. 

81— Nina  vs.  Hausmann. 

83-8leiglit  vs.  Cad.r. 

84 — Donohne  vs.  Cxiy 
115— H.itt«r  of  CockMft. 
ll&-Flrst  Nat.B'k.orCoop- 

<3entoWD  vs.  Beals. 
135— Brjran  vs.  PaoilBelt 

141— Clegg      vs.     Eiaatio 

Truss  Co. 
143— RO'>oey  vs.  Kmget; 
157— Miller  va.  Senioi-. 
164-Brougb  vs. Van  Wart. 
177— Erkenbrach    vs.     Er- 

kenbmoh 
187— Browu  vs.  Brown. 
18— Cutler  vs.   Phliadel- 

pbia  P.  Ins.  Co. 
19 — Cutler  vs.  The  Clay 
y.k.  M.r<tooK  Ids. Co. 
31— Hurxihal  va  8eU'. 
Call  oummencing  at  No.  SOL 

aUrBEUB   COCBT— 8F8CIAL  TBBK. 
Mela  by  ran  Vorst,  J. 
Koa. 
63— Tavlorvi.  Roche. 
133— Buateed  vs.  Buateed. 
1 41— Stelnbreoher  vs.  Bey- 
er et  au 
148— Hitch  vs.   Atlaotlo  t. 
Faclbc  Tel.  Co. 

8UF&BMB  CODBT— CIBCUIT— PABT  L 
Held  by  DrnoAuc  J. 
Nos. 


Nos. 
89— CoUes  vs.  Trow  City 

Directory  Oo. 
13S— Savarese  ys.aavare«e 

151— H  nines  vs.  Bo.-aman. 
1 64- TowDSbend  va.Dlxea. 
155— Burr  vs.  Bleaton. 
IBd— Fowle  va.  BMlob. 
167— Fiiller  va.  Rublnson. 
17;^— McLean  va.  Uenld. 
187— Bmwa  Ts.  Brown. 
SU— Mlaa  va  Shaw. 
59— Kitiss  va.  Purssll. 
86— Doll  vs.  .Uyera. 
87— flame  vs.  Bame. 
168- Matter  of    Lorillard 

^tealIl-shlp  Co. 
182— People,   he,  vs.  23d- 
at.  aad  other  E.  K. 
Cos. 
192— Stnndard  8.  B.  Co.  vs. 

Dayton. 
195— Foley  vs.  Batbbone. 


Nos. 

114— Kinney  vs.  Cobe& 

1 1 5— Kinney  vs.  Basch  et  aL 

67— tlerrlot  va.  Uerrlut. 

:<6— Bard  vs.  U.  S.  Lire  Ins. 

Co.  of  a.  y. 


Kos. 

2909— Brecn  vs.     Mnlook 

et  al. 
aOll— BodmanvB.  King. 
1— Latourette      versus 

Clark. 
1513- Brown  va.   Decker, 

lie. 
2364— The  Bxoeialor   Pet. 

Co.  va.  Powder. 
902Vj— Heulln  va  Powera. 
2803— Lafliu  k.  Baud  Pow- 
der   Ca   vs.     Qal- 

laudet. 
2849— Frane  va.  The  DeL. 

Lack,  b  W.  R.  B.  U>. 
2871— Archer  vs-  O'Brien. 
2943— Kinney  va  Basch  et 


va. 


2995— Springer  et  al, 
Herman. 

3007— Hughes  va.  Bubino, 
No.  1. 

3U0B— Same  Ts.Same,  Ba2. 

1657-Ooidsinith  vi,  Daly 
et  al. 

1583— Collins  vs.  The  May- 
or, &C. 

1341— Fitapafriok  va.  Tbe 
Mayor.  &o. 

143&— Purcell  va.  The  May- 
or, &c. 

1437— Haves  vs.  Tbe  May- 
or. Ilc 

2769— Vos  va.  Third  Ave- 
nue E-  EL  Co. 

2913— Aaen  et  al.  va.  Ache- 
son  et  al. 

3679— c:o;E;atE8ki  vs.  Bo- 
gatiakl. 

3785— Obrig  v8.Brodie  et  al 

3103^Freuoh  ke..  versus 
Gearty  et  at, 

SUPBBMB  COUBT— CXBCinr— PABT   tt 

.H«id  by  Lawrene*.  J. 


3127 — Caesar  va  Km((er. 

2979— Butler,  lie.,  vs.  Sey- 
mour. 

3163 — Butler.  Jcc,  versus 
Phyfe  et  aL 

3155 — Butler,  &o.,  v8.Drey- 
fooa. 

3167 — Stame  vs.  Pame. 

274-S— Ulmin  vs.  Daniels. 

1963— Erwln,  kc,  vs  Nev- 
erainx  Steamboat 
Co. 

4391— Bemimrton,  Jr.,  vs. 
Westt-rman. 

2825— Clark,  Jr.,  vs.  BelL 

31.35— Mack  vs.  M«affher. 

3173 — Smith  va.  Overman. 

3175— Smith  vs.  Ka.vne  et 

Ml. 

3177— Fawcett  va.  Mo- 
Cafferty. 

3205— Lester  va.  Wolt 

3211— >t  bitfield  vs.  Arm- 
strong. 

3217— Tradesman'a  Nat. 
Bank  vs-NevOle.Jto. 

3221— Anderson  vs.  Bher- 
rard. 

3233— Obrig  vs.  Roberta. 

3235 — Lester  va.  Onion 
Maoufaoturing  Co. 

3337— firodeiloK  vs.  The 
Hiivor. 

3241— Valentine  vs.  Valen- 
tine. 

3243— Kmanael  va.  Harsh. 

3245 — Wesibome  versus 
Maben. 

3249— hersey  va.  Cart- 
wright. 

3261— Baldwin  va.  Shaw. 


prived  of  that,  aod  is  uoc  bound  to  tura  it  over  t«  tbe 

MOelVaik     lAa  Bota  aiUM  bava  aaaclUI  *•  mmmaam   aa^ 


Nos. 

1610— Olmstead  vs.    Nash 

etaL 
S26>9-VViiittakor  va.Fet- 

tretoh. 
1742— Oraoar    Cotton  Qin 

M'f'g     Co.     vs.    N. 

Y.  (.'otton  MTg  C* 
1824^9  Smith  va  Wright. 
1U44— Uurkin  va.  Allerton 

ot  al. 
2663— Lewis  vs.  Chtcsco  k, 

China  Tea  Ca 
1922— Miller  et  aL  ya  Ui- 

man. 
17'<i4  Hi— Fire   Ins.    Agency 

Co.  va.  Vcirbesa. 
1928-Mclntyre.    tc    vs. 

N.  T,  lias-Ilgnt  Co. 
1980— Little  vs.  Forstman 

ecai. 
1932— Conner,  fcc,  versus 

Thuroer. 


Nos. 

1560— Foilenbee  vs.  Silver- 
atone. 

3444— Lituanervs.  Conner. 
kc. 

1820-8chmid  vs.  Illig. 

1644 — McLaneUamllton  va. 
En  a 

1664 — Tuoisoo  vs.  Camp. 

1898—0.  S.  Spnug  Bed 
Co.  vs.  Conner,  &c- 

1880 — Woodruft  vs.  Impe- 
rial (■ire  Ins.  Co. 

1862— Elliott  va  Ailemnnla 
Fire  Ina.  Ca 

1740— Berge  va.  Mc.llff. 

106'2 — Cnacance  va.  Burr. 

1794— Elliott  vs.  West- 
chester Klre  I.  Co. 

1694— Qallv  vs.  Keys  et  aL 

19^4 — Soufleld  vs.  Couner, 

1926— Ugden  et  iL  vt.  Con- 
ner, ba 

BUFRUiK  coimx— ciacurr— FAST  m. 
Seld  bv  Van  Brunt.  J. 

Case  on— Ko.  849— Saportas  vv  Tbe  Mayor,  ka.  Mo 
day  calendar. 

8UFBBI0B  COUBT— SPECIAL  TEBU. 
Held  by  SedguHek.  J.  ' 

Case  on— No.  54 — Boodv  vs.  Tildsn  et  aL  >ia  other 
cause  will  be  en  lid  tola  term. 

^uperlor  Court,  General  Term ;  Superior  Conrt,  Trial 
Tero..  Parta  I..  IL,  and  til.,  and  Common  Pleas,  Oetieral 
and  Equity  Terms,  ailjoumeu  for  the  term. 

COUUON  PLEA&— TBUL  TKBM— PABT  L 

ReM  by  Van  Httttn,  J. 

Noa.  i  Noa. 

1206— Penn.    Hor.   So.    vs.     865— Fl.ynn  vs.  Dayton. 

Webster.  I  352— OUos  va.  Wetalar. 

1342— Tbe  B'wavStable  Cat 

va.  Conner  I 

COUMOM    PLB AS— TRIAL   rBBH— FAST  IL 

Held  by  Larremor*,J. 
Nos. 
6u4— Tbe  B. 


JPINAirOlAL  AFFAIU8, 


Nos. 

1169— Fitch  vs.  Bergen. 

660— sheiiy  va.  Yard.  Jr. 
1464— Towle  v8.The  Mayor, 

be. 
789— Eisner  vs.  Morgan. 
786— Dooiiellv-    vs.     Tbe 

Mayor,  be 
1120— McOowsn    vs.    Mo- 

Gowan. 
1090— Haubert  vs.  Lerch. 
78&— S<-hroeder  va  Leu- 
buacher. 
1 093— Raide.T  vs.  Shaw. 
1136 — Lew  vs.  Potsdam. 
497— Brown  vs.Pattersnn. 
897-  Wsalden  va.  Sobaatl 
106B— Cohn.   be,  vs.   Con- 
ner. 
907— Sobermerhotn 
Devlin. 


T.  Life  Ina. 
Co.  va.  Crozier. 
314— Uevliu  vs.Oallagber. 
1097— Uhlman  vs.Ha,vman. 
1210— ^bifferdeeker  veraua 
Oottwald. 
386 — Bockingr.am  vaN.T. 
<;.  b  H.  B.  K.  K.  CO. 
1050 — Lawrence  et  aL  vs. 
The  Uavor,  be. 
735— Meaoham  va.  Camp- 
belt 
738 — Brower   vs.     Camp-= 

bed. 
737— lioomis    vs.   Camp- 
bell 
7^8— HuQt  vs.   CampbelL 
496— Klnkel  va.  Tiie  May- 
or, bo. 


COUMON  FLBAS— TBIAL  TBBU— PABT  IIL 
HeldbyJ.  F.  Daly,  J. 
So.  I  No. 

b43— Seeond  Ifat.  Bic.  ofi  1190— Seaman   et  aL    vs. 
Pateraon  va  Porter.  I  jtoouan. 

MABINB  COUBT— TBIAL  TBBM— PABT  t 

Adjourned  for  tbe  term. 

MABINB  COUBT— TRIAL  TBBU— PABT  IL 
Held  by  Ooeoo.  J. 


Noa. 

6833— Milla  va  Blout. 
66o7— Maudelick  vs.  San- 
ders. 
6852 — ^Herczvs.  SohachteL 
7402— Hnmberger     vcraus 

Brooks. 
7435— Clement  vs.  Moian. 
7436— -Same  vs.  Same. 
6902— Browu  vs.  Farlev. 
59U8— Camman  vs.  Doll  et 

al. 
5682— Koelier  vs.  Toung  et 

al. 
9173— The  Brooklyn  Bank 

vs.  Heuard  et  aL 
5820— Pangburu  et  al.  va 

Cohen. 
6564— Tumbril  vs.  Beed. 
6246— Metz  %'.  Aaron  et  aL 
6188— Neville    vs.    Boaen- 

thaL 
4672— Beid  vs.  Stone  et  al. 
586ti— Ki  ovtgaard  vs.  Kut- 
^^  ruli'et  aL 

8937— Fadden  vs.  Buchran. 
5430— McAnle.y  vs.  Levy. 
45U2— Pforaheimer  versns 

Tucker. 


Nos. 

3915— McOinnis  et   aL  va. 

O'shea. 
9253— Urake    va.  Budden- 

sick. 

5904— Clark  vs.  Knigbt 
5752 — Bleeves  vs.    Noodle. 
917— Peetscn  vs.  Bigelow. 
6956— bheeban  va  Baler. 
3918— McQuire   et   aL    vs. 

Vanderbilt. 
5946 — Babensceinvs.  Bren- 

nan. 
6877— Lamport  vs.  M'alloy 

et  aL 

8748— H.vttt  va.  King. 
6676— Beckendorf  vs.Pnck 

etaL 

4295— Wagner  vs.  Weisnet. 
4973— Tallman  va  Beers. 

662— Dater  vs.  Pa.vne. 
5853— Eaher  vs.  Clark 
4932— Oonagan  et   aL   vs. 

Steinwev  et  al 
5928— Stiokel  et  aL  veraua 

Light. 

5028— Wbeeler  va-Dnmont 
6629— Leary  et  at  vs.  Kra- 


mer. 
9303— Brerick  vs.I<odinskT 
UABINB  COUBT— TBIAL  TBBK     F.AXT  UL 

Held  by  ninnott,  J. 

Nos.  (Nos. 

28Ad — O&llagher  vs.    T>eL,  6096 — Cordta va.Horstman. 
\«c)t.  b  W.  B.  B.  Co.  |36ci3— Linkert  vs.  Bnieia. 

OOCBT  OF  OTBB  AND  TBBMUnCB. 
Held  by  Brady,  J. 
Warren   W.   HerricK,  forgery. 

COITBT  OF  OKNEBAL  aBflSIOm-^ABT  X. 
Held  by  Hadttt,  Beeordtr. 
James  Sntton,  peijurv,  continaea. 

COUBT  OF  OBKBBAL  BBSaiOIW— PABT  IL 

^     A«l(l  by  BufherUut*.  J. 
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98  v\slls-Fur.bc.b3.  82% 

luo  0.  bP.O'd ope-  8B*4 

100  do 88«a 

25  do b,c.  89»4 

100  New-Jerssy  ..b.0.136>4 
100  N.  Y.  C<t  U...11.0.  92 


do slU.  91% 

do a  921.J 

do 02% 

do 9-.i>4 

do 9.^% 

do 830.  91  >a 

do 92 

do 92>a 

do 9.i% 

do 92% 

<lo b60.  92% 

do 9278 

do c.  92% 

do 92% 

do b60.  9^% 

do 93 

do 93% 

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000  do oa     7>4 

600  do 71^ 

100  do slO.     7% 

MUBriePL be  17% 

lOOuicb.  C b.c  41^8 


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1400 

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300 

400 

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800 

600 

1100 

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2100 

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do 48>« 

do 83.  48 

do »8.  48% 

do 48I4 

do 48% 

do 48»a 

7a, B.  bQ b.cllO 

100  C.  b.N.  W.  PL . .  b.a  5 1  % 

200  do 62 

20  c.  of  N.J b.c  10% 

200  do 83.  lo% 

3oO  do 10>a 

do 10% 

do... 


...as.  10% 

10% 

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400  do 48%'5O0  do... 

100  Mariposa.. b.c.s3.     6%' 110  do.^. 

100  00 S3.     6    IIOOC,  M.b  bt  P.b.c.   17% 

5  Con.  Coal b.c  Saia  luO  do 17 

200  AL  b  PacTeLbc.  18%  100  Chl-,  Uil.  b  St.  P. 

600  West.  Un. b.c.  65%  Ff b.c  47% 

1525  do 66    '700 


700 
1400 

1700 

000 

1000 

200 

1100 

■2400 

3100 

1(10 

1800 

000 

1100 

800 

500 

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1000 

700 

1400 

600 

2100 


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....  65% 
65 


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do b^:  04% 

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BALKS  UEVOBB  TBB    C;t LTr-19:30  P.  U. 

llOOliaxe  Hbore. 


47 

100  do 46% 

luOO  do 4?  ^ 

200  a  b  F.  I b.clOU% 

loo  do 1001(1 

100  do 10% 

400D.,L.&W....b.c.  61% 

JOO  do 83.  61% 

200  do 01% 

20  do 62 

600  do 61% 

60 Alb.  b  S....b.cc  70 
190  do 70 

26Mor.  b  as....Uc.  81 


15  do 8(1% 

200  do 81 

800H.  bSt.  J b.e.   12% 

too  do 12 

100  a.  b  St.  J.  Pl.b.c  23 

200  do 2'2% 

lOO  do 83.  2-21.2 

100  do a2% 


$33,000  U.  S.  6a,  "SI, 

C 109% 

10,000  Ma   6s,    loug.106 

10,U0U  Ene  4tb 103 

8,000  U.  P.  lat 103% 

6,uOO  N,  W.  C.  C.  O.  00% 

100  uel.  b  Hnd 48% 

1-2O0  West.  Ou 64% 

iMiO  ao b3.  05 

6.10  do. 6j 

300  do S3.  647f 

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1000         do 

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111 
300 
300 
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.  V'o 
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200 
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600 
700 
100 
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300 


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....  42 
.-.  41% 
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....  93 
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....  9.i 
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....  93% 
....  93% 
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..  48% 
..  4b% 
..  48=^ 
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700  do. 

JOO  do... 

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300  do... 

500  do 816.  48% 

100  do BIO.  48% 

100  uo 86.  4:3% 

60J  do 48'-i 

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300  Un.  Pac »3.  65 

10  do 0514 

100  do 06 

:.>00  North- western...  33% 

100  do .S3% 

100  do 33% 

^oOOen.  of  N.  J li.% 

iOo  Nurth-west.  Pf...  52 

100     do 62% 

200St  PauLPL 47% 

16U  Ben.  b  .■< b3.  99 

500  u.,  Ub  W 8-2% 


30 
100 
2.10 
1000 
loo 
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200  Mor  b  £a.. 

40 


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do o.  ti,s% 

00 6.2% 

do 0'2>a 

do c  62% 

do 6ii% 

...  81", 
...  81 


200  Mich.  Cen b.c  41% 


200 

300  

800  L.  S.b.vi.s. 


300 
200 
100 
150 
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100 
100 
400 


do 42 

do 42% 

b.c.  48><i 


OOVKllNMKMT  STOCKS— 3  P.  U. 
$20,000  C.  S.  6s.  '81,  |$10,000  O.S.  58,10-40 

B. 111%I  C 113% 

16,000  V.  8.   5-20  C,  I   6,000  0.  el.   6s,  '81, 

'65,  M 108%  E 109% 

10,000      do 108 'al  30,000  D.   a.   6a,  '81, 

10.000  D.  8.  6-20  C,  I  C 109% 

'68 114%|1S.OOOD.  S.  6s,  Cur.. 122% 

EKCONI)  BUARU— 1  P.   M. 

$13,000  Tenn.  6a,old.  42% 

9,000  Ten.  tis.new..  42% 

1,000  N.  J.  C.  Iat,n.l06% 

6,000N.  J.  C.  conv..  66 

7,000  M.  b  8.  P.  8a, 

Ist b.c.ll4 

8,000  M.  b  iit.  P.,  C 

bM.D.......  96% 

iO.OOO  N.  W.  C.  C.  O.  9o»4 

6,OoO      do b.c  9u% 

l,uOO  Erie  3d lo6% 

6.000  M.b  K.7s,'71.10O 

1,000  Bo.  Pac  of  Mo.  70 

1,000  H.  b  8t  JaSs, 

conv 83 

1,000      do 83% 

1,000      do 84 

'2.500  Lakes.  Dlv...l07'a 

6,000  L.S- let  con.  R.lo7% 

1.000  T.  bW.cconv.  60 
137  Fourth  Nat.  Bk..loO 

60  Bk.  ot  N.  Y...b.cll7 

30  8t.  Nicholas  B'k.lOO 

bOB'kof  Com 113% 

100  Uel.  bU b.c  47% 

100  do 47% 

200  do 48 

loo  Con.  Coal b.c  32 


do.- 

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4t.% 

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..83.  48% 

484 

..83.  48% 

48% 

..03.  48% 
48% 


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lOOC,  bN.  W 0.0.  «3% 

100  do 83% 

200  0.  kS.W.Pf..b.c  52% 

300  do a3.  53 

100  do 62% 

400  do 63 

100  C,  M.    b    ht.    P. 

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200  do 47% 

lOOCLbB.  1 b.clOO% 


8U0 
900 
500 
700 
200 
100 


30  '  Marlpoaa  Pr..b.c    6%  200 

luO  do b60.     6%  luO 

150AtbPacTel.bc  19     200 
100N.X.C.&U..b.c.a3.  92%  400 

,60  .  do 93%  400 

210  do 93      800  ..„ .iv,...-* 

800  do 92%       6  ChL  bAlt,Pf  opg.10584 

200  do 83.  92%  100  C,  B.b0.b.ce30.109 

300  do 9-2%  300  o.  bbt.  J be  11% 

200  do 93      100  do 11% 

lOORrieBail b.c     7%  600  D.,  L.  b  W....b.c  62% 

-       - '"■     ""  do 62% 


do 100% 

do 101% 

do 101% 

do 101% 

do luioa 

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2800 

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do 6-1%  900 

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do 64%  400 

do 65      300 

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do 66% 


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.-. 61% 
....  614 
..-.  61% 
-..  61% 
....  61% 
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--. 61% 
....  02 


BALES  FBOM  2:30  TO  3  P.  M. 

$19,000  D.  b  S.C.lsl.105    ,100  N.  Y.  C.  b  H. 

U.OUON.  W.C.CQ.sS  91%  100 

2.000  U.  Paa-lst...l04    1 100 

3,000  Un.  Pac  a.  t...  96%  loO 
200Uartpoaa bOo.    6    |300 


1000  Erie  Bail... 
100  DeL  bUud-. 

100  do 

2oO  do 

700  do 

'200  do 

100  do 

100  do........ 


7%!l00 
48%<400 
48%l200 
48%  500 
49  IlOO 
48%l  100 
48%  200 
48%  400 


100  Nortb-wes'.ern.'.'.  33%  200 


100  Mortn-w.  Pt 63 

800  do 63% 

100 a  Ot  H.  J.....b&  li 
1400  West.  Cn. 66% 


JOO 
400 
400 
600 
1000 
100" 

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do..„ 65% 

do 06% 

do.^ ba  65% 

do.. OS's 

do 65% 


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300 
500 
100 
300 
300 
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500 
200 
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200  8oek  Island lOl^iSOO  Mlobi  Cen.....^.  43% 

200  do lOlVlW  do 42% 

•OO  do lOT    IlOO  do 43% 

100      do 102%  luo  do 4'4% 

SOO  LakeBbore. 48%  400  do 42% 

800    do 48^1  700  do 42>a 

1600    do 48Ta  100  do 42^ 

600  dp bS.  49    1800  8t.  Paul  Pf. 47>a 

000  db 49      lOODeL,  UbW 61% 

000  do 49%  1000  do 62 

2500        do 49%  300  do 62% 

200  do. 49%f00  do 62% 

100  do 49     |20O  do V.  68% 

600  do 49%'l00  do 62% 

400    ,      do 49    IlOO  do 82% 

lOOOhlobM b3.     6%'100  do 02% 

100  Has.  b  St.  J 1X%  100  ao n.r.e  62% 

200  do 12    IlOO  do 62% 

3,00  do 11%  200  do 62% 

TcESDAT,  Feb.  27— p.  M. 

The  stock  speculation  to-day,  while  at 
timea  irregular  and  feverish,  exliibited  some 
signs  of  atrenKth,  but  despite  the  improvement 
in  prices  which  wbs  recorded  operators  are  all 
at  sea  as  to  the  future  of  values,  and  are  utterly 
at  a  lots  whethei^to  reicard  the  advance  as  in- 
dicative of  a  turn  in  the  tide  of  speculaon 
likely  to  prove  endunnt:,  or  aa  merely  a  teocpo- 
rary  change  for  the  better,  deatined,  perhaps,  to 
be  followed  by  another  spell  of  depression. 
The  bears  insist  that  the  advance  to-da.y  was 
wholly  due  to  the  covering  of  short  contracts 
in  order  to  realize  profits  on  the  recent  decline, 
while  on  the  other  hand  the  bulls  claim  that 
prices  had  reached  such  a  low  point  tbat  the 
recovery  was  due  to  natural  causes. 

The  entire  transactions  amounted  to  182,388 
shares,  which  embraced  65,425  Western  Unioo, 
27.950  Lake  Shore,  23.370  Delaware,  Lacka- 
wanna and  Western,  17,083  New- York  Central, 
10^  Michigan  Central,  8,200  Book  Island,  6,300 
Erie,  5,940  Delaware  and  HudsoD  Canal.  3,400 
Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul,  3,600  Hannibal  and 
St.  Joseph.  2.600  North-western,  2,170  New- 
Jersey  Central,  1,140  Atlantic  and  Paoiflo  Tel- 
egraph, and  1,000  Paoifio  Mail. 

Western  Union  was  strong  m  the  early  deal- 
ings, and  advanced  to  65%,  but  subsequently 
was  Dressed  for  sale  and  fell  off  to  64^.  At 
this  poiDt  an  active  purchasing  movement  was 

developed,  and  tbe  price,  with    occasional  fluo- 

tuatioDS,  rose  to  65Mt,  at  which  tbe  dosing 
aalea  were  made.  Lake  Shore,  after  declining 
to  48^  became  strong  and  rose  to  49V4, 
with  dosing  sales  at  49.  Michigan  Central 
declined  from  43  to  41%,  and  later 
advanced  to  42%.  Tbe  coal  shares 
were  well  supported.  On  the  day's  transac- 
tions Delaware  and  Hudson  recorded  an  ad- 
vance of  m  ^  cent.,  Delaware,  Lackawanna 
and  Western  of  Mi  V  cent.,  Morris  and  Saaex 
of  ^  ^  cent,  and  New-Jersey  Central 
of  %  ^  cent  The  Granger  shares  were  firm 
and  higher.  The  greatest  advance  was  in 
North-western  preferred,  which,  after  re  ceding 
to  51%,  rose  to  53%,  and  closed  at  the  highest 
point.  Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph  common  ad- 
vanced to  12^4  and  the  preferred  to  23,  with 
dosing  transactions  at  11%  and  22  respectively. 

New-York  Central  was  strong  in  the  early 
dealinga,  and  advanced  from  92Mi  to  931^.  Sub- 
sequently, when  it  became  known  that  the 
threatened  contest  of  the  VanderDilt  will  had 
actually  commenced  before  the  Surrogate,  the 
price  fell  off  to  92,  with  some  sales  at  seller's 
option  at  a  concession.  Tbe  decline,  however, 
waa  of  brief  duration,  and  was  followed  by  a 
recovery  and  a  sharp  advance,  tbe  price  reach- 
ing 95,  with  final  sales  at  a  reaction  of  1  ^ 
cent.  A  vague  report  that  the  parties  to  the 
will  contest  had  agreed  upon  an  amicable  set- 
tlement assisted  the  late  advance. 

The  announcement  on  the  part  of  the  Chicago, 
Rock  Island  and  Paoiflo  JUilroad  Company  of 
their  intention  to  issue  40-jear  6  ^  cent, 
bonds  to  redeem  the  $9,000,000  of  7  ^f  cent 
bonds,  imparted  strength  to  the  stock,  and  the 
prices  advanced  from  OdVa  to  102V6,  with  final 
sales  at  102. 

At  the  Open  Board  of  Brokers  the  trans- 
actions were  very  limited  in  amount.  The 
Btocka  chiefly  dealt  in  were  Lake  Shore  and 
Western  Union. 

The  money  market  was  eas.y  throughout  the 
day,  and  the  rates  ior  call  loans  ranged  from 
2Vi  to  4  ^  cent.,  the  latter  having  been  excep- 
tional. There  is  no  ohanzo  to  report  in  dis- 
counts, and  prime  names  are  still  in  demand  at 
4o5  ^  cent.  The  National  Bank  Notes  re- 
ceived at  Washington  for  redemption  to-day 
amounted  to  $600,000.  The  new  national  bank 
circulation  issued  during  the  present  month 
amounts  to  $900,000.  The  amount  of  subsidiary 
Silver  Coin  disbursed  up  to  date  is  $28,500,000, 
and  the  amount  of  fractional  currency  de- 
stroyed  is  $17,000,000.  The  tollowine  were  the 
rates  of  Exchange  on  New- York  at  the  under- 
mentioned cities  to-day :  Savannah,  buying, 
^/b  ;  aellinK,  ^  ;  Charleston,  scarce ;  buying,  V^ 
premium ;  selling,  V4  premium ;  Cincinnati, 
steady;  buying,  par;  selling,  1-10;  St.  Louis, 
\k  premium;  New-Orleans,   Commercial,    3-16; 

Bank,  V4,  and  Chicago  H  to  ^  discount. 

The  foreign  advices  reported  an  advance  at 
London  in  British  Consols,  which  closed  for 
both  money  and  the  account  ac  96i4'S)96%. 
American  seountiea  were  firm  ;  eld  18653  oloa- 
ing  at  106.  1867s  at  109Mi®109H.  1040s  at  103^, 
and  new  Ss,  at  107^.  Erie  common  declined 
14  V  cent  New-York  Central  declined  to  91. 
The  Bank  of  England  lost  £15,000  on  balance 
to-day.  Bar  Silver  is  quoted  in  the  London 
market  at  56d,  V  ounce.  At  Paris,  Rentes 
recorded  a  slight  advance,  which  was  subse- 
quently lost. 

The  Sterling  Exchange  market  was  weak  and 
there  was  a  free  supply  of  bills  offerine.  al- 
though no  change  in  rates  was  made,  sales  of 
(irime  bankers'  long  being  on  the  basis  of  $4  82^ 
'3$4  82%,  and  demand  at  $4  84.  Business  was 
more  active  than  of  late. 

The  early  dispatches  from  Washington  in 
regard  to  the  steady  progress  of  the  Electoral 
coimt,  and  the  improvement  in  Consols  at 
London,  oocasioned  a  weak  feeling  in  tbe  Qold 
market  at  the  opening,  but  a  firmer  tone  char- 
acterized the  afternoon  dealings,  when  the 
price  advanced  from  104%  to  105.  The  final 
sales  were  at  104%  against  105  yesterday.  Cash 
Gold  was  in  good  supply,  with  most  of  the 
business  at  2®  3  ^  cent,  lor  carrying.  Loans 
were  also  made  fiat 

Government  bonds  were  generally  %®14 
¥"  cent,  lower,  but  the  new  registered  4%  ^ 
cents,  declined  Mt,  touching  105%.  New  18653 
declined  to  IO8M2,  1867s  to  111%.  and  new  53  to 
109^,  the  principal  business  having  been  in 
these  issues.  The  report  yesterday  that  Secre- 
tary Morrill  would  to-day  issue  a  call  tor  $10,- 
000,000  5-20  bonds  has  not  oeen  verified, 
although  it  is  confidently  expected  that 
such  a  call  will  be  officially  announced 
shortly.  In  railroad  morteases  the 
most  important  change  was  in  Han- 
and  St  Joseph  convertible',  which  advanced 
3^  V  cent,  to  84.  Chicago  and  North-western 
consolidated  gold  coupons,  and  Union  Pa- 
cific Sinking  Funds  were  Vi  V  cent,  higher,  the 
former  selling  up  to  91 V4,  and  the  latter  to 
96 Vi.  There  was  a  still  iurther  decline 
of  2  ?*  cent,  in  Albany  and  Susquehanna 
Seconds,  and  of  1  V  cent.  iu  Dela- 
ware and  Hudson  registered  ot  1884 
and  1894.  The  first  named  sold  at  88, 
and  the  last  two  at  90  and  82  respectively. 
Michigan  Central  7s  declined  %  ^  cent,  to 
103V6.  New-Jersey  Central  Firsts,  new,  fell  off 
to  105%,  do.  consolidated  to  65,  and  Ohio  and 
Mississippi  consolidated  Sinking  Funds  to  88V^. 
At  tbe  close  Union  Pacific  Firsts  a,dvanced  to 
104.  Lake  Shore  consohdated  registered  Firsts 
were  Mt  ¥  cent  lower  than  yesterday.  seUing 
at  107^.  State  bonds  were  firm  for  Missouri 
long  6s,  whiob  advanced  %  V  cent,  to  106. 
Teimessees  were  a  fraction  lower,  selling  at 
42^  for  vld  and  new.  Sales  of  North  Carolina 
funding  act  6s  of  1866  and  1868  were  made 
at  16. 

Th*  axnorta  at  nxodtUM  from    tha   J>a»k  o.e 


New-York  for  the  week  ending  this  date  were 
$4,814,530,  againit  $4,498,987  for  the  correspond* 

in/r  week  in  1876,  and   $3,469,070  m  1875.      Tha 

total  exports  of  prodaoe  siooe  Jan.  1  this 
year  were  145,163,827,  against  (42,090,219  for 
the  corresponding  period  in  1876,  and  $39,361,- 
336  in  1875. 

UicrrKD  Statks  XKEAstrar,  ) 

KKW-XOBK.  Fob.  27.  1877.    > 

$490,688  19 

123-179  «4 

....72,389.423  38 

500.613  96 

5itt.8ia  85 

45.179,189  SO 

«51,000  00 

CLOSINQ  QUOTATIONS— FBB.  27. 

Konday.  Tueadav. 

AmarieanGold 105  104'% 

United  States  5s.   1881,  coup 1093^  109^ 

Unl  led  Stales  5-30a.  18S7.  cbnn Ill4  Ut'« 

BilU  on  I,0Qdon..t4  82is®$4  82%  $4  8))>9®$4  «i\ 
», — ..,._.- ^ ™«,  Q^ 

103 
25  J8 
1788 

471fi 

49 

33>8  33% 

'..  52  5338 

...  65  651a 

..  64J2  65 

,..  61%  6314 

..  1099  11 

...  48  48% 

...  SOL,  81 

...125  135 

...    7^9  7% 

,..     5ifl  6I9 

.-.J37ifl  1371« 

,..  III3  11% 

...  21 13  22 

...  .&I4  43% 

..  ol»8  62 


Gold  receipts 

Gold  payments 

Gold  balance 

CnrrenoY  receipts  ... 
Cnrrencr  payments.. 

Gnrrenov  balance 

Customs 


New- York  Central - 9313 

Kook  Island 99»s 

Paciflo  Mail ^,,,..  84% 

Milwaukeeand  Su  Panl 1714 

Milwaukee  and  St  Paul  pref 47 14 

Lake  Snore 48S8 

Cbloasoand  Nortb-wratern 

CbiosKo  and  North-western  pret. 

Western  Union 

Union  Paeino 

Delaware.  Lack,  and  Wesiern.... 

New-vTersev  Central 

DslavrarA  and  Hndaon  Canal 

Morriaand  Esaex 

Panama 

Erie 

Oliioaud  UisBisaippl 

Uarlera 

hanoibai  and  St.  Joaeou 

Hannibal  and  St.  JoseoQ  pret ... 

MicbiKan  Central 

Illinois  Cen  rral 

The  extreme  range  of  prices  in  stocks    and 
thenumbor  of  shares  sold  are  as  foLlowd: 

So.  of 
Hieliest.  Lowest 

New.  r^rk  Central 95 

Erie 73g 

Erie,   preferretl; 17% 

Lake   Shore 491* 

North-western 33'$ 

Nortli-western  preferred 53^ 

Kock  I-slanrl IO219 

Mil.  &8U  Panl 1763 

Mil.  &  St  Paul  pret 47I2 

Pittgliure 88% 

Oel..  Lack.  &  Western 63^ 

Now.Jer«ev  Central 11 

.Delaware  &  Bad.  CaoaL....  49 

Morris  &  Easex 8II4 

Mtcbiean  Central 43% 

IiriDOls    Central 52 

Union  Pacific 65 

Aluaoy  &  Sn.-<quebanna 70 

C,  C;,  C.  &.  1 26 

Hannibal  &  St.  Josepb 13I4 

Hannibal  &  St  Joseph  pt..  83 

Onlo  &  Uihsissippi . S^a 

Wesiem  Union 65^2 

A.  &  F.  Telegraph 1914 

Paciflo  Mail 25I9 

Mariposa 0 

Quiclisiiver  preierred 6I4 

\yell8,  Fargo  &  Co 83 

ToUl  sales .183.388 

The  following  table  show^  the  half- hourly 
fluctuations  in  the  Gold  market  to-day: 

10:00  A.  M 

10:30  A.  M 

11:U0  A   M 

11:30  A.  M 

13:00  M 

13:30  P.  M 


west. 
92 

17.U83 

7 

6,390 

17% 

100 

4818 

27,050 

33 14 

700 

Si's 

1,900 

99'8 

8,209 

17 

300 

46^9 

3,100 

eSIfl 

3:25 

6138 

93.370 

IOI4 

2.170 

461a 

5,940 

81 

465 

41% 

10,800 

5l°8 

.    35U 

65 

4U0 

70 

330 

26 

140 

llig 

2.700 

22 14 

900 

512 

500 

64  H 

65,425 

1868 

1,140 

25 

1.000 

5% 

400 

6I4 

400 

83 

lUO 

104'^8  1:00  P.  M 10478 

104%|\:30  P.  M 104% 

104'''8l2:00  P.  M- 10479 

104%  3:30  P.  M 105 

104%i3:OOP    Al 1047a 

104%' 


The  following  were  tha  oloaing  quotations  of 

Government  bouda : 

Bid.  Ashed. 

United  States  ourrenoy  61) 13213  122% 

United  States  6).  18^1.    reKistersd II1I4  11113 

U  lined  States  6 j.  1881.  oouoooa Ul^s  112i8 

Uniie(iStat.eo5-203.  1965.   reeistered..  10778  ^OB^ 

United  States  5-308.  1865.   coupons 1077s  lOSig 

United  Slates  5-20s.  1865.  new,  res 108ia  108% 

United  States  5-20S,  1865.  new,  conp...l08ia  108% 

United  Stetea  5-308.  1867,  registered. .111.38  IH^ 

United  State*  5-2O3,  1867.  coupons lllSa  lllia 

United  States 5-2O1.  1868,  reiristareu..ll4V}  114% 

United  States -VSOs.  1868.  coupons 1143s  114!>8 

U ni led  States  10-40a,  registered 10939  IO913 

Uiiiteil  States  10-40S.   coupons 1131^  113% 

Uoiced  States  59,  ISSl,  registered IO914  lO^^s 

United  Scaten  5s.  1831.  couoona IO914  10938 

United  Stales  4is8,  1891.  real  stored..  105%  106 

The  Sub-Treasurer  disbursed  in  Ghdd  Coin, 
$33,000  for  interest,  $5,600  for  called  bonds, 
and  $7,600  Silver  Coin  in  exchange  for  frao- 
tional  currency. 

Tne  following  were  the  Gold  clearlnsrs  by  tha 
National  Bank  of  the  State  ol  New-Tork  to- 
da.y: 

G^old  cleared 128.684. 000 

Gold  balances 012,500 

Cut-rencr  balancea 1,174,071 

The  folio  wins  is  the  Ciearing-housa  state* 
ment  to-day: 

Currency  excbanees t77C38.S32 

Cutrenov  balanoes 3,504.980 

Golo  excnanifes 6.4o7  236 

Gold  balances 1,682,043 

Tbe  following  were  the  bids  for  tha  various 
State  secunti^ 


Aiabama5«,  83 

A  labarna  58.  '86 

Alabama  8^.  '86.... 


Alabama  83.  '88 34 

AlabHma  8s.  '93 17 

Ark.  6s,  Pande.i 30 

Ark.7s.L.R.&F.S.78..  5 
Ark. 7s,  Mem.  &  UK.  5 
A.7.s,L.R..P.B.&N.O.  5 
AiK.78.M.0.&R.Riv.  5 
ArU.  7s.  Ark.  Cen.K.     5 

Gonneuiicut  6s 112 

Geureia  6.< 95 

Georgia  7s.  n.  bs 106 

Georgia  7s,  Indorsed. 103 
Ga.  7a,  G  >ld  bonds..  106 
Illinois  ooUD.  6s. '79.. lOl 
Illinoi!*  War  i.oan..l0l 

KenluCEy  69 101  ig 

Louisiana  6.4 38    ' 

Louisiana  6j.  n.  ba...  38 
La.  b^.  oew  Fl.  Dut.  38 
La.  7a,  Peuicentiary.  33 
La.  64,  Ltivoe  bonds.  38 
La.  8s.  Levee  bonds.  33 
La.  7i,  Consolidned.  60 
.Vlichisan  6s.    '78-79.101 

Michifirau6i,  '83 104 

Michlttan  7-',  '90 115 

Mo.  6a.  clue  in  '77 1007e 

Mo.  6»,  due  in  •7«....101i« 
Fund.  09.  due  -94-5. .  lOSia 
Asv.or  Uni.,  due  '92.105ia 
H.  &  St.Jo,  due  '86.106 


H.  &  St  J„  due  '87.  .106 
N.  T.  Keg.  B.  L.... ,101  la 
If.  Y.  Coup.  B.  L. ..101  la 
N.  Y.  6s.  G.  K..  '87..  120 
N.Y.6^,G.  Cup. '87.120 
N.  Y.  6^,  G.L'n,  '91.131 
N.  Y.  6s,  U-.  L'n,  '92.121 
N.  Y.  6a,  G.  L'n.  '93.181 
lS'.C.6s,N.C.K.  J.&J.  65 
X.C.68.N.C.R.A.&0.  65 
N.C.64,do.o.otiJ.&J.  45 
N.C.6».do.c.otrA,&0.  45 
N.C.es.  Fd'eAct '66.  16 
N.C.6',  Fd'g  Act.'68.  16 
N.  C.  new  n<ls.J.<feJ.  III3 
N.C.new  bds.A.&O.  Ilia 
N.  C.S.  T.  cia»a3...    2 

Ubio6s.  '81 103 

Oliioes.  '86 II2I5J 

Rhode  island  6s UO 

S.  C.  6s 35 

S.  C.  63.  J.  &  J 35 

S.  C.  L.  C..'89.  J.&J.  45 
S.  C.  L.  C..'89.A.&0.  45 

S.C.  7*     '88 35 

S.  C.  Non.  F.  ba 213 

Tena.  6i  old 42ia 

fenn.  bii,  n.  b 42I3 

Tonn.  6s.,  n.  b.,  n.  a.  4313 

Virginia  6 «.  old 30 

Vire:inia63,n.bds.'ee   30 
Virsinia«$s,n.bdB.'67.  30 

Va.63,  Coil.  2(1  S 37 

Ta.  6a,  Deferred  bda,     e^a 


And  the  toUowing  for  railway  mortgages: 


Alb.  &  Sua.  2d  bds..  88 
B.,  C.  K.<bM.l8t7s.g.  35 
Chic,  die  Alton  1st.. .112 
Chic.  &Alt.  Inoome.ioeifi 
L.  &  Mo.,  lat  enar'd,  82 
SI.  L„  J.  &  Chio.  lat.106 
CB.&Q.S^ct  lat.11314 
C.K.i.&P.  1st  7s. ...1061a 
C.  R.  of  N.J.  Ist  n.. 104% 
C.R.ofN.  .T.litCon.  65I4 
C.fi-  of  N.J.  Codv..  54ia 
L,  &  W.  B.  Con.  G'd.  3314 
Am.  D'k  &Imp.  b..  41 
M.&S.  P.lat,88.P.D.114 
M.&SP.lsi7s.»z,RD.  93 
M  &S.H.  Isr.  LaC.D.  97is 
M.&S.P.latI.&M.D.  86 
M.&StP.lalL&D.  8i 
M.diSt.  P.l3t.H.&D.  83 
M.<fc.St.P.  laf.C.&M.  96 
M.  &  Su  P.  Con.S.F.  83 

M.  &  St.  P.  31 90 

C.&N.W.  Int.  bda. .104 
C.  &  ti.W.  Con.  Dds.l03ifi 

C.  &N.  W.lsi 104 

C.  &  N.  W.  C.  O.  bds.  90ia 
Iowa  Mid.  1st.  8s...  94 
Galena  &  Chic.  Exi.lOS 

Pfcuin.lstCoD .'104 

Winona  &StP.ldi.  80 

c;.,c.,c.<fe  r.ist7«.s.Fio9 

Del..  L.  it.  VV.  8d 108 

Del.,  L,  &  W.  73,  C.lOOio 
Mor.  &.£jsez  l8t...li4ia 

Mor.  &  Essex  3d 100 

Mor.  &.  E.  Const'n..  80 
Mor.  &  E.  1st  C.  G...  93is 
Erie  1st  Extended. .111 

Erie  3d  78.    "79 105 

Erie  3d.  73.   '83 106 

Erie  4th  7.*,  '80 102% 

EHe5rh7«,  '88 lOOifl 

Loner  Dook  Bonds. .107 
B.,N.y.  &E.lst  "77.  90 
B.,N.Y.  &B.L.bds.  90 
H.&  S.  J. Land  G'nis.il0 
R&St  J.  83.  Con....  63 


Dnb.&SionxC.l8t..li)5 

M.  So.  7  ^P'  o..  2d 1031a 

Ciey.  &  ToLS.  F...108 
Clev.  &  Tdt.  new  bs.l07% 
Clev..P.  &A..oid  b8.iu4ia 
Clev.P.  &  A..new  b8.107% 
Buf.  it  E.  new  b'ds..l07ia 
But  &  State  Line. 78.104 
Kal.  &  W.  Pic  Ist..  86 
D.M.&T..lst  78.1906,105 

L.  S.  Div.  bds IO714 

L.  S.  Cons.  C.  tat.. .10718 

L.  S.  C0U8.  C.  31 95 

Mich.C.C(in.7.*.  1902.10318 
Micb.C.lstSs.  '82.  SP.112 
If -Jersey  S.  Ist  78...  30 

N.  T.  Cen.  63.  "83 104 

N.  Y.  Cen.  6s. '87.... 104 
N.  Y.  Cen.  6s,  K.  E.l02ia 
N.  Y.  Cen.  6i,  Sul>..103ia 
S.Y.C.&  fiud.lst  C..115 
Harlem  Ist  78.  C.,...117 

N.  Missouri  1st 9914, 

Ohio  &M.  Con.  S.  E.  8*- 
Ohio  &  Miss.  Cona..  88 
Cen.  P..  S«n  J.  B'oh.  90 13 
C.  P.  State  Aid  bda.  107 

West  Paciflo  ba 100 13 

Union  Pao.  I8t-bs...l03i>8 
Union  Pao.  L.  G.  7s.l02 
Union  Pao.  S.  F.i...  957^ 
Pac.  R.  ot  Mo.  Ist...  961a 

P.lt.  of  Mo.  2d 87 

P.,  Ft.  W,  &  Cist.. 11913 
P..  Ft.W.&  Chic.  2d.llli3 
Clev.  &P.  C.  S.  P...110 
Clev.  &  P.  4ih  8.  F.. 10473 
Col..Obio.&Ind.  1st.  30% 
St.  L.  otlron  Mist.  98 
Alton  &  T.  H.  1st... 10838 
A  &T.H.3d  Pref..  88 

r.,p.  &w. E.n..-..  65 

Tol.&W.lgt.St.Ii.D.*.  80 

Tol.  &  Wab.  2d 70 

T.  &  W.Cona.  Conv.  48 
Gt.  West.  Ex  Coup.  88I3 
Quincy&Tol.lat'OO.  80 


And  the  following  for  City  Bank  shares: 


Fnlton 

Market 

Merchants' 

Park 

Ptaemx 

Shoe  and  Leatber. 

Xradeamen'a 

Uuiun. 


Ainorioa ISOi* 

Ainerioan£xcbanee.l09 
Bank.  &  Brok.  Asso.  80 

Central  National 10314 

Commerce 112 

Continental 70 

Corn  Exchange 133 

First  National 300 

Fourth  National...  .100 


PBCLADSLPHIA  STOCK  PBICES — FEB. 

Bid. 

City  68,  New lllifl 

United  Bailroada  ot  New-Jerae.r 13S 

Pennsylvania  itatiiroad 427^ 

Readinir  Bailroad , llSg 

Lebieli  Valley  Railroad 43 

Catawisaa  Railroad  Preferred. 30 

Philadeliihia  and  Brie  Hailroitd IQia 

Scbovlkill  Navigation  Preferred 8 

Northern  Cunttal  {tailroad. 30 

Lehiifb  Navieation 19% 

Oil  Creea  and  ALlpffbeny  Railroad d^ 

Uescunville  Railway I6I4, 

Central  TranaportatlOB...; 3644 


..l-'50 
..110 
..118 
..114 
..  95 
..120 
..130 
..130 


27. 

Asked. 
111^ 
,    136 
43 
11% 
43ifl 
33 
11 
9 
31 

19'^8 
7 

161a 
36 13 


The  interest  conpons  of  the  Buffalo  and  State 
Ziina  Bailroad  Comoany.  due  Maroh  J\wiU  ha 


p«dd  at  the  office  of  Chase  &  Atkini,  Ko.fl 
Broad-itree<^  

TBB  LIVE  STOCK  MASRETS. 


3urFAL0.  Feb.  37.— Cani«»->Becaipta  to-day  Ll3ft 
bead;  total  tax  the  week  to^is  fr.r.  0,712  bead  t  fivtba 
•aaw  ttua  last  wMit,  6,03?  babd;  mareaae  f k  tk« 
week,  40  cars;  consi^ed  t^ro-gh,  307  oars  1  market 
dnll  and  lower,  ralljij;  on  medium  and  t>fttomp*.pk  hfi. 
off  laat  week's  prloes;  p>vi  to  V^st  vaMa»Ms  JM^- oft 
last  week's  tiIaao  ;  4'*  0^-%  4f<fo>aF:  of: 
bO  est*  in  th*  :ra;d«  nsaol" ;  «  mtMi^^  01 
lota  abtpped  tbi«QX^  in  fl  st  I>'.mII««  '  MA^, 
of  KOodWfZU'a  aUpMAC  atfl  8i>0£&  40]  eT^itCBkea 
to  soed  IiiueheTs'  at  MmU  76;  lubt  aAoeitM*  «|a« 
«rood  feeders  at  C^  75  9M  43.  bhejp  »ad  UatV* 
celpts  to-day,  400  bet^d;  totnlfcr  l«<rv>3S:tbi 
11,040  bead.:  for  tbe  •atai  tiian  Itit  WeJk,./ 
bead;  market  slow  1  prie««  annivs'/  hfi.  offyetf 
prices,  or  %C:9^o,  oft  laat  xreeH'i  cuot»MOoa ' 
and  bMt  iffadtss;  14  onn  lLr.t><i»Ad  ef|  . 
cbolce  to  ertnt  at  $5  ?5,  t.V'smzitK  118 
$0  60,  averagluK  138  Cs.;  coi>d  f  chs^lce  at  t^'Sjm  fw. 
fHlrat$4  80;  Oonimon  ot  $8  50^$1  10;  a  natDb«>r«R 
lotrahipped  east  loi  sale  in  tru  bauds ;  20  ov«  te  Mfi 
yarde.  ilogs— Beoeipts  to-au7,  nothine  ;  total  nrtbe 
week  tbus  far  5,800  boMl:  for  tbe  same  time  last 
week,  6,0JO  bead:  no  Inquiry  exsept  byafcweiar; 
butcbers  ;  sales  of  3  cars  goiM  to  ohoioe  heavy  at  $03r> 
$8  12>a;  16  cars  of  sale  aogs  in  tbe  vsru. 

Watebtowh,  Feb.  27.— Cattir— Beccinta,  1J!I0> 
bead;  market  dull  1  prices  i«o.  off;  cbo'ce  »t(8  oO; 
extra  at  S7  75®$8  -25  ;  fir^t  qua'ity  at  S7W7  60;  . 
second  quality  at  $6'3$0  50:  thtrd  qu>i1tv  at  $j'3 
$5  50.  Sbeep  and  Lsmbs— Rec«lpt8,  1,760  head  ; 
trade  compararivelv  qniet:  prices  I40.  lnw.'r;  in  lota 
at  $2  60.  $H.  $3  ib-a/SS  50:  extra,  S3  753iS6  6  J,  or 
from  So. '96^0.  ifi  0).    Veal  Calves  at  6c®7c  ^  lb. 

Chicago.  Feb.  27.— Cattte — Rece'pta,  6,500  bead  ; 
sblpments,  1,350 hoad;  market  stea-l.y,  witu  a  fair  <le- 
mrad,  but  uncbaneed.  Horn— aecatp.s  11.00 J  b:>ad ; 
Bhipments,  3,500  head;  ma.'kst  10  'o«r>-r  for  common; 
others  steady  and  firm;  iigiit  ih  ^0'8$5  45;  good  to 
choice  beav.7  sflcklufc.  $5  4o3j)5  70;  aood  to  cole  a 
shipptne,  $5  To7t%6;  assorted  PbiiiMlelpbias,  $6  2o9 
$6  26.    Bbeep  nominal;   receipts,  260  be<Ml, 

East  Ltbbbtt,  Penn.,  Feb.  97.— Cattle — Receipts 
to-day,  187  uead,  all  tor  sale  bere:  supply  verv  liftbi, 
but  apparently  equ<il  to  the  pr<  sent  dem  ind;  best  ai 
$5  30;  meaium  to  flood  at  it5'3>$5  50;  common  to 
Mr  at  $4  50®M  75.  Hojts— Eeceipts,  to-day,  1,693 
head:  Yorkers  at  $5  25Ss5  50;  PhilndalpbiaB  at  «4 
'3i6  26.  bbeep  to-dav.  6.600  bead;  aellins  at  $4® 
$5  60.  _ 

-^TRE  SIAIK  OF  TKADE. 


Chicago,  Feb.  27.— Flonr  dnll:  ten3inff  downi 
waid.  M'heat  heavy,  active,  but  xreak,  and  S'ao. 
lower;  No.  3  Cbicaxo  Spring,  $1  vil^g,  cash  ;  £1  S^'*. 
•  arcb :  $1  V!4i«.  Ap>ll:  $1  28,  Mav:  So.  3  do..  $1  11 
®$1  IS;  r^-Jucted.  91v.'394c  Ciim  active,  but  a  sliad* 
lower  :  S934C.  asked,  casib  or  March;  4UI4C.  bid,  April; 
44P.  bid,  Mav.  Oats  du  1  and  a  ibade  loWer;  33a, 
oasb;  3308C-.  April;  3tfi«a,  May.  Kye  dull  and  un- 
cbauffed.  Barley  steod.v,  witb  a  fiair  demand,  ^rlc 
muderatalv  aotive  and  higher,  bat  anssttleil; 
$14  2u^$14  25,  caali;  $14  469$I4  47  Vi. 
April ;  $14  703^14  75  Ala.r.  Lard  iu  firm  de< 
m^nd  and  blzner;  S9  C5a'«9  67^  oasb;  $0  70. 
Marcbi  $9  8j3$9  S-.^>9,  April:  ^9  95.  Mav.  Bnlk- 
meata  firmer;  Shoulders,  0i«r-;  Short  Bibs,  1''0>'9 
be-;  Shoi^  Clear  SidLS,  8I4C.  Oresj-jd  HOiia  quiPt, 
but  Srm  and  higher  at  «d  12ia^4)6  IS.  R'aiaky 
stettdy  Hnd  firdi  a,t  $1  CO.  Eeceipts — Flour.  S,->iiO 
bbls.;  Wlient,  13,000  Vrashels;  Cor.i,  161.000  bush- 
els; Oats,  30,0uu  bnsbelsi  Bve,  2,iM  bushels;  Bai« 
ley,  18,000  bushelt  Shipmeuts— Flour,  3.200  bbis.; 
Wheat,  7,500  DuBlifeU;  Uorn,  71.0O0  tnuba<B:  Oars. 
19,000  bushels;  Bye,  400  busbela;  Barley,  4,100  bush. 
ela.  At  tbe  nftafDoon  call ottbe  board:  Wbeai  beat;* 
i.nl  lower;  Sl-CO'a,  March;  $1  21^  Aprl.;  $1  v!6'%, 
Uay.  Corn  beav.v  and  lower;  ci9i40<,  M.arcn;  43^4C-, 
Hav.  Oats  dull  and  uncbanged.  Pon:  eH8i«r; 
$14  42>9,  April;  $14  85,  Ma.^.  bard  lower;  $0  57Hi3 
$9  60,  March;  $9  72>a,  April. 

St.  Loms,  Feb.  27— Flour  dull,  nnaetrled , 
high  grades  dull  ana  lower  to  sell.  Wheat  Uhsettled;* 
No.  2  Bed  Fall,  $1  42®$1  43'<i,  oasn;  No, 
3  do.,  $130.  cash;  $1  37S>$1  37^  March;  «1  41  Hi 
April.  Corn  active  but  lower ;  Ko.  2  Mixed,  36^ 
®37c,  cash  ;  87o.®37i8«.  March;  39c.  Apnl:  4ie.,  ftiay. 
Oats  unsettled  ;  No.  2,  33  >ac.,  cash;  33c.  bid.  U-rcb. 
Rye  tteady  at  OO'tic  Bariev  iu  tair  domand;  choice 
to  strictly  cboloH  J)lmnc:oi3,  8i)c.'2<9()c  Whisky  quiet 
at  $1  Uti.  Pork  $15'S$16  10,  cash;  $15  Marcu; 
815  15®$15  17 'Q,  April.  Lard  dull  at  $9  65  bid. 
Bulk-meats— i^'irmer ;  Ulear  Rib  bides,  8a.  Mareb; 
Clear  Sides,  8'4C.,  .>larcli.  Bacon  quiet  at  8i4C.®6^i 
8''80.®9isc,  and  9^c.^9^c.,  for  tsbouldera.  Cleur  ttib 
and  Clear  fiiaes.  Lire  Hogs— Hull;  Ll^bt.  $4  SO^SS: 
Bacon,  $5'®$6  20  :  butchers',  $5  SoS^S  60.  Cattl« 
easier,  but  not  quotably  lower.  Beceipts — Fiour, 
2,100  bbls.;  Wheat,  10,000  bushels ;  Corn.  2.^^,000 
bushels;  Hats.  10.000  bu-bels:  Barley,  2,0U0  bushels; 
Hogs.  900  bead ;  Cattle,  900  bead. 

CiNCiNKATi.  Feb.  27.— Flour  easier,  but^ntquot. 
ably  lower.  Wheat  dull;  Red.  $1  40®6i_50t 
Corn  duU  at  40c.'S43o.  oats  dull  at  STc^So, 
B.ve  dull,  unciiau<ted.  Barley  quiet,  nncbaniftwl. 
Pork  quiet  but  firm  at  $15  ;:6®$15  5u.  Lard 
quiet:  bteam.  $9  G2^'3>$9  6.'^,  sno  ;  $10,  May; 
Kettle.  lO'ao.'S'Llc.  Bulk-meats  quiet  but  firm: 
.~  boulders,  Co.;  (short  Hib  iiiiduies,  {Sc'SS^c.  spot: 
8^40.,  buyer  ilaroli;  8'<jc.,  buyer  April;  $8  65,  buyei 
Mav:  Short  Clear  Middles.  8%e.'®8'20.  Bacon  duil, 
at  7c.  9^0..  aud  9%o..  for  .'^aoulders,  Clear  Rib,  ana 
C^ear  Sides.  Whisky  quiet  but  itead.v  at  $1  06.  Bnt> 
ter  steady  witb  a  fair  demand;  Western  B^serve, 
21c.'ai23c.;  Central  Ohio,  18c.a20c.  Live  Hogs  dull; 
coTmon,  ib'Sio  25;  l.ilr  to  good  light,  $5  .SOd 
$5  6U;  pactiing,  $5  603$5  85.  Cattie  uasettled; 
i>utohers%  $0  9(yS$6  25;  receipts,  1,539  Lead;  ship* 
mencs.  156  head. 

Buffalo,  Feb.  27.— Flour  ateadv  and  in  moderate 
demand;  bhIcs  of  700  bbls.  at  unchansexi  prices. 
Wheat  ver.y  dull;  only  sales  were  of  1  lar  vvhite 
Micblgaa  at  $1  57;  1  car  do.  at  $1  61.  Cora  quieC 
and  easy:  sales  of  15  cars  new,  on  track,  at  61c.  9 
51^c.a'52c.,  auallt.y  considered.  Uats  dull,  heavy, 
and  low^r;  sale;!  of  1  Cor  sample  v\  estera  at  37c. 
B.re,  barisy.  acd  Malt  quiet  end  in  ligat  inqnir.Va 
tieedB  dull ;  smc^ll  sales  at  unohantced  prices,  utliec 
articles  nuchauged.  Receipts — F.our,  4,<!00  bbls.} 
Wheat,  68,000  bnshela:  corn,  2U,8uO  bushels ;  oata. 
6,600  ouebels;  Barley,  8OO  oudbels  ;  Eye,  2,ilO<i  buati- 
els.  Sbipmeuts— Fiour,  3,410  bbls.;  Wiieat,  U.ciuO 
bushels;  Cora,  25.645  bushels:  Oats.  6,600  bnabels; 
Barley.  800  bushels;  R.ve,  2,000  bushels. 

Philadelphia.  Feb.  27. — Wool  firm  r  unchanged; 
supply  light,  ubio,  Pennsylvania,  anl  vve<<t  Virginia— 
2tx  and  above,  45c.<^50o.:  X,  45o.946a;  medium, 
430.^450.;  ooaroe,  .S8c.ir40c.  Kew-Vorlc,  Miani..;an, 
Indiana,  and  Wcsteru— Pine,  38c-®i2o.»  me- 
dium, 41^o.'S>44c.;  aoarae,  36C.V038O.,  oom^ 
ing,  washed,  52c.  356c;  do.,  unwashed,  35o. 
'3>69c.  Canada— Combing,  6°ic.955c.;  fine,  un- 
wa-hed,  25c.®30c.:  coarse  aod  medium,  do., 
28c.®3.ic;  tub  washed,  42j.@4r>e.  Colorado— 
Wasbed,  v:0c.'S)28c:  unwashed,  XQi.'a) ioo.;  extra  aud 
merino,  nulled.  .^0c'S4v;c;  No.  1  and  super,  puiled, 
80c.®36c  Texas— Pino  and  medium.  20c  3  iSu.;  da, 
coaisti,  Iticdzoc  California — rlue  and  medium,  250. 
'®33c:  da.  coarse,  18o.3>32c. 

Mjlwaukbb.  Feb.  27. — Flour  dull,  nominallv 
easier.  Wbeac  nnsettled;  opt-nea  lower,  closed  weak; 
So.  1  Milwaukee,  Si  40:  eio  2d«.,  Eresb.  $1  28^; 
March,  $1  26^8;  April,  $1  li^:  Sa  3  do.,  $1  19, 
Corn  steadier ;  So.  2,  40c  Oats  dnll:  No.  2. 
Sic  Uye  ;  x\o.  1,  nominali.T  67c.  Barley  steady  and 
firm;  No.  2  Sprine,  March.  4l'^8C  Larti— Prim  •,  9^40. 
Dressed  Hogs  steady  at  $0  60.  Receipts— 1.700  bbia. 
Flour,  17,OoO  bushels  Wheat.  .  Shipments— 217  bola. 
Flour.  7.600  bushels  Wheat. 

Dbtboit,  Feb.  27. — Flonr,  nothing  doln?.  W^heaJ 
easier;  Extra  White  Mlchizan.  SI  57;  do.  for  Mihtug, 
$1  65:  No.  1  White  Michigan.  $1  04:  do.,  tor  Mllllaa. 
SI  48  bid;  No.  2  White  Michigan.  SI  40  bid ;  So.  L 
Amber  uichiaaa,  $1  60  :  So.  2  do..  31  43.  Corn  steady; 
Nil.  1  Mixed.  45c  ou  track.  Oats— v^bite,  42'ao.  bid; 
Mixed.  4U0.  Receipts— 930  bbls.  Flour,  7,934  bushels 
Wheat;  12,708  b,iabels  Coru.  t>,li38  busuels  Oats. 
.Shipments- 1,093  bbls.  Klour,  749  busbela  Wheat,  i2,* 
988  onshels  Corn,  1,325  busbela  Oats. 

New-Ohlbans,  Feb.  27. — Com-meal  weaker  al 
$2  70.  Balk-meats  dull,  weak,  and  lower;  ShoaUiers, 
loose,  534C.:  PHckei).  Oo.;  Clear  Ribs.  Shta.;  deal 
hides.  8 ^c® 8 340.  Bacou  dnll,  weak,  and  lo..er;  lob- 
biDK,  Snoulders,  7^.;  Clear  Bibs,  g^sc;  Clear  Sides, 
9^.  Other  urticies  unchanged.  isxchange  —  I4ew. 
York  sight.  H  premium;  Steriin;;,  $5  09  far  the  banlt. 
Gold,  105 14®  ice's. 

"WrLMiNOTON,  N.  C,  Feb.  27.— Spirita  Tnrnentlna 
quiet  at  :i6'<2C  Resiu  quiet  at  $1  &7>a  fbr  Strained, 
crude  Turpentine  steady  at  $1  To  for  Hard;  $,i  73 
forXellow  Dip;   $2  76  for  Virgin.  Tax  steady  at  $1  61A 

Pbovii)ence,  Feb.  27.— Printinjt  Clotba  inaotiva  j 
quotations  nominal  at  434C'34V^  tor  best  64x64 
Ciutba. 


THE  COTTON  MARKETS. 

m 
Nkw-Oelbans,  Feb.  27.- Cotton  steady;  Mi* 
dlluz.  11**0.;  Low  Uiildliug,  11J*C;  Good  Ordinarv, 
10340.;  net  receipts,  6,719  bales;  gross,  5,923  uales : 
exports,  to  Great  Britain,  5,258  Mies;  sales,  3,000 
bates:  stock,  309,076  bales. 

Galveston,  Feb.  S7.— 'Cotton  nominal,  lower  to 

sell;  MidaUDg,  1134c;  Low  Middlios.  III4C;  Good 
Ordinary,  10*4C.;  nee  receipts,  2,014  bales :  exports, 
coastwise,  2.318  bales;  sales,  6  ba;ea:  stock,  73,92fl 
bales. 

CHABLESTOlf,  Feb.  517.— Cotton  quiet;  Middlin?, 
li'^.'a/V^^c.;  Low  Uiddling,  ll'^o.;  Good  Oral  ^ary, 
III41:.;  net  leceipts,  574  balea:  exports,  coastwise, 
10  bales;    sales,  600  bales ;  stock,    37.594  bales. 

Mobile.  Feb.  27.— Cotton  quiet;  Middline,  Ui^c.; 
Low  Middling,  lie;  Good  Ordinary,  10«8-.;  net  re« 
celpts,  432  bales;  exports,  coastwise,  107  balsa;  sales, 
5oO  bales ;   stock,  71,757  balea 

Savannah,  Feb.  27.— ^)otton  trregnlar;  Mifldling. 
12c;  Low  d'jiddliug,  11 ''iC;  Good  Oxainary,  lOV:.;  uet 
receipta,  640  bates;  aales,  450  balea;  atocic,  49,26S 
balea.  ^^^^^ 

FOREIGN  MARKETS. 


London.  Feb.  27—12:30  P.  M^-Uulted  Statw 
bonds,  186751.  l09Si;  1j-40n  108^ti  Krie  Railway 
Shares,  7»ao*»ew-york  Central,  ML 

8:30  P.  M. — ConsotS  96>4  for  bach  monev  an/1  the  ac- 
count. The  amount  of  oullion  witbdrawn  tsoia  th« 
Band  of  Bngland  ou  balance  to-day  is  £15,000. 

4  P.  M.— Consols,  96  6-16  for  both  money  and  the 
account.  Bne  Railway  Ijbares,  7^8.  I'aris  advlcsa 
quoted  5  ^oent.  Rentes,  106L  3Jc.  for  tbe  account. 

PAai8,^Feb.  27.— lixohange  on  London  2o£  12o.  for 
abort  sight. 

Livsapoon,  Feb.  27,  12  M.— Cotton— The  re- 
ceipts 01  Cotton  to-osy  were  35,0o0  oslee,  inclulinii 
25,01)0  tiaies  American.  Kutncea  quiet  at  laat  uicufl 
prices.  Uplaods,  Low  Middling  clause,  March  and 
April  delivery,  6  15-32d.:  Uplands.  Low  Middling 
clause,  April  aud  May  debvery,  0  9-16d.;  also  aaiei 
of  tbe  same  at  6  19-32d.;  also  sales  ot  the  same  ac 
6  9-ied.:  Dplands.  Low  Middling  clause.  May  aad 
June  delivery,  ti  21-32d.;  nlso  sales  of  the  saine  at 
O^yl-i  Uplands.  Low  Middling  elause,  June  and  July 
deiirery,  6  23-3'2d.;  Uplands,  Low  Middlinz  clause, 
shipped  January  and  February,  tail.B  17-32d.)  Dplanda, 
Low  Middling  clause,  shipped  March  ana  April,  sail, 
6  ll-lOd. 

2  P.  M.— Breads  tuffs —Tbe  market  ia  easier.  Com, 
24a  9d.iii258.^  quarter  for  new  Mixed  Western,  and 
2os.  Od.  for  olu  ixed  Western.  Peas  36a.  if  quartet 
for  Canadian.  Wheat,  lus.  7dS>lUs.  9d.  i^  ceuMl  fof 
average  CaUlornia  White;  10a  9d  ai.\.a.  2d.  tor  CaU. 
forniaClub,  and  9s.  lud.®iUB.  9d.  tor  Bed  Westers 
Spring.  Frovisiono— Pork  65s.  Jf  obL  for  Prime  Meaa, 
Baeoo  39s.  ^cwt.  for  Lone  Clear  Middles. 

4  P.  M. — l^tton — Uplands,  LOW  MiddilaK  Clause. 
June  and  July  delivery.  »  v::{-32d.;  DpidUds  Low 
Middling  clause,  Jul V  aud  Ausrast  deli  verv.  tf  25-')/d. 

6  F.  M.— Cotton— Futures  firm;  U  lands.  Low  Mid- 
dime  clause,  Uarob  and  April  delivery.  t>  15-3-^d.;  do., 
April  and  May  deliver/,  6  19-3Sd.;  do.,  shipped  Pel* 
roary  and  March,  aail,  6  11-324  Produce— ji.irita  of 
Tuipentine,  28a.  if'  owt.  Trade  deport— The  auuasii 
tax  xaros  and  Fsbnca  »t  MaoGaesteE  is  steadr. 

LoitnoK,  Feb.  27—5  P.  M— Produce— Refined  Petro- 
leum, 1 1  Hid.  «■  gallon.  TaUow,  43a  9  cwt.  iptttU  ai 
Turpentine,  26a.  HP'  cwt 

ABTWanr,  Feb.  27.— Petroleam  S2*at  tn  flna  Pal< 
American. 

&10  Jansiko,  I'eb.  S?.— Coffee  saxrlceft  qoteti 
prleesmalotatnod  ;  goodfltats,  6.80OM,8M  Nia  V  U 
kilos.    Bxobaage  on  London.  24^ 

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AMJT^MXNIS  TSIS  STBNINO. 

^BCK)KL71T  ACADEMY  OP  MDSIC— La  Fmma  d»i. 
\  Kxe«iiaiSTo,  (ItaUan  OpeTS)— MIm  Kmma  Aobott, 
:         Slffnor  BrlgaoU. 

WALLACK'8  THBATRB-WiLD  OATS-Mr.  Lerter  Wal- 

,         ](M!k.  Ur.  John  ailbert.  Miss  Roae  Wood. 

?tINIO:T  SQUARE  THKATRB.-Thb  I>AincHBFF8-Mr.  a 
B.  Thorue,  Mr.  W.  S.  Floyd,  Miss  Kalbenne  Bogen. 

TBOOrffS  '  THBATRB.— FiWH  Atshxtb— Mr.  ^  Qeotga 
I       Bignold,  Mis*  UitcaA.  Q  raager, 


tPABK  THEATKB.— OUB  Boasj>»».E017SB— Mr. 
/        Sobson.  Mr.  W.  H.  Craue,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Baker. 


Stuart 


vrrPTH  AVEJTUE  THKATEK.— Lbmoks:  .»  OR,    Wkdmok' 
1        »OK  Sbtbn— Mr.  U.  P.  Ooghiao,  Miss   F.  Davenport 

JHELLER'S    WONDETt    THKATttK-PRasxiDioiTATlos.  ? 
Uotic.  Aim  Hdmok— Me.  Etobart  Heller,  Mis3  Heller.  ' 


»KIBL0'3    GAEDEN.— Arocito    th«    World  iirEiSHTT 
Dat»  (Sp«ctacalar)— Kiralfy  Brotbera. 


♦^^^^^^^iT.^^iT^  Bo€LATOKR«  A  x>u  Ecu.  (Opera 
Bonffe) — ^Mlle.  Murie  Alm^e. 

(SAU  FRAKCISCO  MINSTREIiS.— MnuTBlUT, 

■nuNKeRO    COMlCAUtlBS. 


Fasoii 


»aw  BEOADWAX  THEATEE.-IirgHAToet«-Mr.  Jobn 
T.  Hinda. 


^OKAUD  OPERA-HODSE.— Thb  Two  Orphasi. 

,'»EW.TORK  AQUARIUSL-JlARK  ajto  Ctoioot  Pmh  am»: 
1        MimttTnA,  Statu  ART.  hjc—Dtty  and  eTenUu^ 

i^AjnONAIi   ACADEMY   OF    DESIGN.— ExHlBITIOW   o» 
Watbk  Colors,    lay  and  eTening, 

NOTIOR. 
\  TTe  cannot  notice  anon ymons  cornmanioattona./  In 
isllcaaeave  require  the  writer's  uame  anrt  Mtdreis,  *  not . 

t  IcipobUcation.  but  as  a  snarantes  of  good  faitb. 

f   Wecannot,  underany  ctrcumstances,  retorare)  ected 

kommnjiicatioua,  nor  can  we  uudertake'to    preoerTe^ 

tftanuBcriDta.. 


,'  Are  th»  business  men  of  this  and  other 
|eitie8  entirely  oblivious  of  the  dangers  that 
fflaenacethe  industrial  interests  of  the  country' 
Kom  the  project  of  a  new  election  f  Have 
|they  attempted  to  reckon  up  the  miliions 
^e  shall  lose  in  the  arrest  of  returning  con- 
Bdejjce,  the  paralysis  of  enterprise,  and  the 
%<isii  of  public  credit  which  would  attend  a 
|fr»j8h  struggle  ,  for  the  -  Presidency— 
fc  struggle  not  only  of  unprecedented 
IWitterness,  but  -whose  tQtiinate  issue,  even 
titer  it  had  been  nominally  decided,  would 
<be  absolutely  uncertain.  For  it  must '  be 
femembered  that  after  we  have  conceded 
%h&t  a  new  election  is  necessary,  we  have 
Entered  upon  a  vicious  circle  from  which 
Bio  man  can  foretell  what  may  be  the  means 
JDf  escape.  That '  concession  involves  the 
jprinciple  that  any  one  of  the  two  houses 
toVCongresyi  can,  on  the  most  frivolous  pre- 
jtense,  throw  out  enough  votes  to  invalidate 
pnotlier-«lection,  and  another,  and  another, 
JWI  we  touch  the  level  of  Mexico,  or  the 
p*  maa-  on  horseback"  comes  to  cut  the 
jtnot  with  the  sword.  But  accepting 
BnereJy  the  certainty  ■  of  another  eight 
fmon-fchs',  and  the  possibility  of  a  twelve- 
BiOTiths',  wrangle  over  the  Presidency,  is  it 
[pof  .sible  to  exaggerate  the  ruin  and  distress 
fw-'aich  would  attend  such  an  experiment  f 
11/ '  business  men  can  stand  idly  by  and  see 
Wuch  an  outrage  perpetrated  as  the  Demo- 
'crats  seem  to  meditate,  they  must  have  a 
^ery  exaggerated  idea  of  their  own  strength 
or  a  very  inadequate  conception  of  their 
^sponsibilities. 


.  The  blind  partisanship  of  the  action  of 
jthe  Democratic  members  of  the  Electoral 
Commission  on  -the  Oregon  case  has  been 
jdecidedly  outdone  by  their  vote  in  regard 
)to  South.Carolina. ».  They  made  no  pretense 
Kiat  the  State  "■  ought  to  ibe  counted 
Ifor  TiLDBLN,  bat  they  did  bold,  unani- 
Bnonsly,  that  ^  it  ought  ,|iot  to  be 
counted  for  Hayes;  that,  in  fact,  the 
tetate  had  failed  to  make  any  choice  for 
Electors  at  all.  What  becomes  of  the  al- 
Qeged  election  of  Hamptom  under  this  ruling 
Hhey  probably  did  not  stop  to  inquire.  They 
lis.ve  shown  not  only  a  total  inability 
.t»>  act  otherwise  than  as  prejudiced 
^nd  sliort-sighted  partisans,  but  have 
(also,  -with  some  appearance  of  de- 
fliberate  intent,  lent  themselves  to 
p;he  T.evolutionary  schemes  of  the  reckless 
)obs>,ructionist8  in  the  House.  The  "partisan- 
^hf.p"  of  the  Republican  members  of  the 
jp^  >mmission  has  at  least  been  sustained  by 
Ifigical  and  defensible  arguments;  that 
fif  the  Democrats  has  been  con- 
IBistent  only  in  the  resolve  to  defeat 
)the  inauguration  of  Hayes.  Their 
iconnsel  have  shifted  the  ground  of  attack, 
and  tlae  mode  of  applying  legal  and  consti- 
*utio7jal  principles  at  every  stage  of  the 
contrroversy,  and  yet  the  Democrats  on  the 
ponunissioD  have  contrived  to  adapt  their 
tdeoisions  to  every  change  of  front  and 
Bv  ery  fresh  argument,  however  inconsistent 
*?  ith  those  preceding  it. 

.  Thearguments  in  the  South  Carolina  case 
rested  substantially  upon  the  loose  and  vague 
assertion  that  South  Carolina  had  not  a  re- 
publican form  of  Government.  To  sustain 
fthifi  assertion,  the  Democrats  offered  to  prove 
tntimidation  on  the  part  of  the  negroes  and 
tbe  presence  of  United  States  troops  in  the 
B/^ate  on  election  day.  This  is  a  gratuitous 
•  urrender  of  every  thing  in  the  guise  of  princi- 
ple which  the  Democrats  have  eve  r  pr  e  tended 
io.  If  a  State  is  to  be  denied  all  participa- 
ition  in  the  election  of  a  President  because 
a, part  of  its  population  is  disorderly,  and 
^t>ecau8e  the  Federal  Government  abuses  its 
|»ower  regarding  troops,  then  plainly  the 
Hghts  of  the  State  hang  on  a  very  slender 
t'Uread.  The  extremest  theories  of  the  rad- 
ical Bepublicans  during  the  reconstruction 
t>eriod  were  mild  and  conservative  in  com- 
parison to  this  latest  Democratic  doctrine. 
fWhart;  adds  to  the  absurdity,  as  well  as  to 
the  turpitude,  of  the  thing  is  that  the  Dem- 
ocrats undertook  to  enforce  their  view  by 
jftitmg  Republican  arguments  for  the  Eecon- 
#truction  laws,  which  have  always  been  de- 
tic.nnced  as  unconstitutional  and  void  by 
4b>emocratic  anthorities. 

All  \  things  considered,  the  petition  now 
In' circulation  in  this  State  praying  for  the 
jtppodntment  f  of  -•  Thomas  C.  Piatt,  of 
Owego,  as  Postmaster  General  in  the  Cab- 
tnert  of  President  Hayes,  is  a  piece  of 
cmqualified^  impertinence.  Leaving  out 
6f  sight  -  the  record  of  the  man, 
^hich  is  as  unsavory  as  his  abilities 
|tre  contemptible,  it  is  an  inaolt  to 
t^en.  Hates  and  '  an  abuse  of  partisan 
{>rivilege  to  assume  that  the  next  President 
^ill  need  any  such  prompting  to  make  a 
^vise  selection  of  his  immediate  advisers. 
If  the  motives  of  the  authors  at  this  peti- 
lioD  were  aa  Inuch  above  question  aa  they 
Are  obviously  mercenary  and  mean,  it 
INmLd  be  a  strong  argument  against  the  fit- 
^taas  of  t^ie  nominee  that  he  should  need 
this  Bpe</ieB  of  advertising.  We  have  no 
jHMMPtlnyjgion  tliat  Pzeudent  Hatxa  vlll 


weakes  snd  dlsoredlt  hi«  Admimstnttion  by 
the  inftaston  of  any  snob  eloments  into  It  .*m 
those  represonte^  by  Thomas  C.  Platt.  11 
is,  therefore,  Tumecessaxy  to  go  very  deeply 
(into  the  question  of  what  the  people  of 
'Kew-York,   as  distiagaiahed    trom  a  little 

clique  of  trading  politicians,  expect  at  hia 

hands. 


A  St.  Petersburg  dispatch  to  the  London 
Ttnuw  reports  that  an  extraordinary  council 
of  Ministers  has  decided  that  the  Bussian 
Army   should    be   demobilized  -when   peace 

"vras  assnred  between .  Turkey  and  Servia 
and  Montenegro.  There,  is  no  confirmation 
'of  this  surprising  piece  of  intelligence  ;  on 
the  contrary,  later  advices  throw  consider- 
able doubt  on  the  statement.  It  is  incredi- 
ble that  Eussia  should  abandon  her  menac- 
ing attitude  pending  the  reception  of  re- 
plies from  the  European  "  powers  repre- 
sented at  the  conference.  A  Bussian  semi- 
official organ  points  out,  very  justly,  that 
a  conclusion  of  peace  between  Turkey 
and  .;  Servia  would  simply  bring  back 
the  ,'  Eastern  question  to  where  it 
was  when  the  Berlin  memorandum 
was  prepared.  The  powers,  and  especially 
Bassia,  must  insist  on  the  amelioration  of 
the  condition  of  Christian  subjects  of  Tur- 
key. So  far  as  adequate  reforms  are ;  cou- 
cemed,  Turkey  is  as  far  from  giring  them 
now  as  she  ever  was.  It  would  be  a  great 
relief  to  Europe  if  Bussia  should  show  an 
Intention  to  abandoa  all  warlike  prepara- 
tions and  belligerent  purposes.  It  would 
remove  all  Immediate  apprehensions  of  war. 
It  would  also  be  a  moral  defeat  for  Bussia 
which  would  surprise  the  rest  of  the  world. 
Under  the  circumstances,  this  solution  of 
existing  difficulties  is  not  to  be  expected. 


We  are  glad  to  find  that  Mr.  Fish  wiU 
report  to-day  what  promises  to  be  a  very 
radical  and  comprehensive  measure  for  the 
reduction  of  City  salaries.  To  obviate  con- 
stitutional objections,  it  is  in  the  form  of 
a  general  law,  scaling  the  reduction  of  sal- 
aries in  accordance  with  their  amounts. 
What  the  pnblio  demand  is  a  redaction  of 
the  pay  and  numbers  of  heads  of  depart- 
ments, the  grading  of  the  pay  of  policemen 
and  firemen,  the  cutting  down  of  the  re- 
muneration of  the  clerical  force,  and  sweep- 
ing out  of  existence  three-fourths  of  the 
crowd  of  political  bummers  who  live  upon 
the  public  as  court  attendants,  t&c.  It  is  for 
the  Legislature  to  apply  these  general  prin- 
ciples with  as  much  discrimination  and 
justice  as  it  can,  and  &Ir.  Fish's  bill  seems 
to  famish  aa  near  an  approach  to  substan- 
tial justice  and  radical  reform  as  it-  is  pos- 
sible to  hope  for.  Mr.  Flkckk's  bill  in 
regard  to  the  appointment  of  retired  firemen 
and  policemen  at  a  moderate  salary  as  court 
attendants  presents  a  very  sensible  solutiop 
of  one  branch  of  the  difficulty,  and  with 
proper  limitations  as  to  the  numbers  em- 
ployed, would  effectually  cure  some  of  the 
worst  abuses  of  our  local  patronage,  be- 
sides saving  a  good  deal  of  money. 


TEE  FIELB.TLLDEN  PliOGBAMMB. 
The    action    of     the     House    on    Davit* 

Dudley  Field's  bill  yesterday  was  revolu- 
tionary. The  bill  is  without  warrant  in  the 
Constitution.  That  instrument  declares 
(Article  II,  section  1,  paragraph  6,)  that 
*•  Congress  may,  by  law,  provide  for  the  case 
of  removal,  death,  resignation,  or  inability, 
both  of  the  President  and  Vice  President, 
declaring  what  officer  shall  then  act  as 
President ;  and  such  officer  shall  act  accord- 
ingly, until  the  disability  be  removed,  or  a 
President  shall  be  elected."  This  is  all  that 
the  Constitution  contains  giving  any  au- 
thority whatever  to  Congress  on  this  sub- 
ject. Congress  has  acted  under  this  clause 
and  exhausted  its  authority  by  providing, 
in  the  act  of  March  1,  1792,  (Revised 
Statutes,  section  146,)  that  in  any 
one  of  the  contingencies  named  in 
the  Constitution,  the  President  of  the 
Senate,  or,  if  there  be  none,  the  Speaker  of 
the  House  for  the  time  being,  shall  act  as 
President  until  the  disability  be  removed 
or  a  President  shall  be  elected.  The  bill 
passed  by  the  House,  therefore,  is  a  pure 
usurpation,  and  on  that  account,  if  on  no 
other,  should  never  have  been  proposed, 
and  would  not  have  been,  even  by  so  ig- 
norant and  reckless  a  lawyer  as  Field, 
were  it  not  intended  to  give  effect  to  a 
scheme  which  is  itself  treasonable. 

Field,  his  employer  Tildex,  and  the  other 
revolutionists  in  the  Democratic  Party, 
have  forced  this  bill  in  order  to  give  the 
color  of  law  to  their  plan  for  preventing  a 
count  under  the  act  of  Jan.  28,  establishing 
the  Electoral  Commission.  They  will  now 
say  to  the  Senate :  "  Here  is  a  bill 
providing  for  the  vacancy  that  will 
arise  from  a  failure  to  count. 
If  you  do  not  pass  it,  you  are  respon- 
sible for  the  consequences.  We  have  now 
cleared  the  way  for  the  remainder  of  our 
programme,  and  we  shall  proceed  to  carry 
it  out."  Of  course,  the  Senate  can  take  no 
notice  of  the  proceeding.  It  has  no  right 
and  no  constitutional  power  to  do  so.  The 
House  having  sanctioned  a  piece  of  gratu- 
itous usurpation,  the  Senate  is  bound  to 
treat  It  with^Qent  contempt.  It  would  be 
justified  In  refusing  it  the  courtesy  of  a 
reference,  and  in  receiving  it  only  to  lay  it 
on  the  table. 

It  remains  to  be  seen  whether  the  Demo- 
oratic  Party  is  ready  to  yield  whoUy  to  the 
revolutionary  faction  and  to  go  on  in  the 
policy  of  which  Field's  bill  is  a  step.  They 
have  shown  great  weakness  in  conceding  as 
much  as  they  have  done.  What  their  mo- 
tive was,  it  is  impossible  to  say.  K  thev 
thought  it  was  easier  to  let  Tilden's 
counsel  have  his  way  m  this  matter,  in 
the  hope  that  he  would  not  press  his 
purpose  farther,  and  in  the  view  that  it 
would  do  no  harm  of  itself^  they  have  made  a 
pitiful  mistake  and  incurred  a  useless  risk. 
They  have  strengthened  the  hands  of  the 
desperate  faction  which  aims  at  preventing 
the  count,  and  have  given  them  their  first 
taste  of  substantial  victory  since  their  plans 
have  been  exposed.  If,  on  the  other  hand, 
the  Democracy  is  in  the  power  of  the  Field- 
Tilden  faction,  and  intends  to  follow  out 
the  plot  laid  by  Its  leaders,  the  conse- 
quences are  not  easUy  foreseen.  The 
first  ot  them  will  necessarily  be  an- 
other Presidential  election,  plunging 
the  country  into  confVision  and  passionate 
oontehtidn  for  eight  weary  months,  inflict^ 
ing  incalculable  injury  upon  business,  and 
possibly  subjecting  the  Government  to  even 
severer  strains  than  those  which  it  has  been 
recently  dompelled  to  tmdergo.  Politically, 
a  new  election  must  be  the  ruin  of  the 
Daiaooratio  FortZf  xuUJMt  the  maiozitr  of 


the  people  of  tha  United  States  are  unfit 
for  free  govomment.  It  is  incredible  that  a 
party  which  should  be  guilty  of  the  gt6M 
bad.     fattb     involved     in     defeating     the 

Electoral  law  which  was    devised    and 

enacted  by  its  own  representatives,  conld 

survive  snch  treachery.    The  delay  of  the 

count  until  after  the  4th  of  March  would 
be  an  act  of  contemptible  and  desperate 
partisan  spite.  It  would  be  tin  avowal 
of  the  resolve  to  rule  or  ruin. 
It  would  be  a  declaration  that 
no  law  was  sacxed  vrhich  did  not  advance 

Democratic  interests,  no  obligation  binding 
which  was  inconsistent  with  Democratic 
designs.  A  party  appealing  to  the  country 
on  such  grounds  would  be  overwhelmed, 
unless  the  people  have  lost  all  sense  of  tie 
value  of  law  and  the  necessity  of  gesd 
faith  in  their  Government.  The  proceedings 
to-dav  will  disclose  the  condition  of  the 
Democratic  leaders.  If  they  yield  the 
first  point  in  the  way  of  counting  the  re- 
maining States,  the  country  will  know  what 
to  expect.  It  will  be  a  proof  that  in  the 
struggle  of  TiLDKN  and  his  tools  with  the 
sober  and  decent  portion  of  the  party,  the 
latter  have  succumbed,  and  that  from  this 
time  out  Democracy  is  but  another  name 
for  lawlessness. 


THE  PATH  TO  BE  FOLLOWED. 

In  the  event  of  a  quiet  ending  of  the  pend- 
ing struggle,  and  the  accession  of  Gov. 
Hayes  to  the  Presidency,  all  the  elements  of 
a  new  form  of  excitement  will  quickly  de- 
velop themselves.  There  is,  in  some  shape, 
compensation  for  every  ill ;  and  when  the 
disorganizing  forces  of  the  Democratic  Party 
have  been  to  a  large  extent  exhausted,  we 
may  reoognize  in  their  long-continued  opera- 
tion a  source  of  relief  from  the  more  petty 
but  hprdly  less  provoking  contest  of  factions 
for  the  spoils.  In  aday  or  two  the  latter  will 
probably  be  the  familiar  spectacle  at  Wash- 
ington, and  it  will  last  until  the  new  Admin- 
istration has  plainly  marked  out  its  course 
and  indicated  the  elements  on  which  it 
intends  to  rely  for  support.  The  consola- 
tion is  that  the  period,  of  suspense  'will 
necessarily  be  brief,  and  that  the  best  sym- 
pathies of  his  party,  and  the  best  wishes  of 
the  country,  will  sustain  the  new  President 
in  the  prosecution  of  the  purposes  he  has 
already  foreshadowed. 

Mr.  Hayes  may  be  expected  to  remember 
what  the  mere  office-seeking  portion  of  his 
party  would  gladly  have  him  forget — that 
his  selection  as  the  standard-bearer  was 
made  in  spite  of  them,  and  not  in  conse- 
quence of  their  good  will,  and  that  he  or 
any  man  in  the  position  would  have  been 
doomed  to  defeat  bad  he  been  identified 
with  them  in  the  judgment  of  the  country. 
It  is  not  in  human  nature  for  the  recipient 
of  a  distinguished  public  favor  to  disregard 
the  influences  from  which  it  is  derived. 
Had  the  trading  and  corrupt  sections  of  the 
Bepublican  organization  controlled  its 
action  at  Cincinnati  and  dictated  the  nomi- 
nation in  their  own  interest,  Mr.  Hates 
woald  have  been  left  to  finish  his  term  of 
office  at   Colnmbns.      These  sections  had 

their  own  friends  among  the  candidate.^, 
the  choice  of  any  one  of  whom  would  have 
been  everywhere  regarded  as  an  indorse- 
ment of  all  that  has  brought  discredit  upon 
the  party.  For  the  party,  as  well  as  for 
the  people,  it  was  fertunate  that  an 
independent  spirit  had  been  developed, 
with  strength  sufficient  to  overcome  the 
avowed  hostility  of  some  and  the  treacherous 
devices  of  others.  Gov.  Hatks  was  chosen 
as  a  fit  instrument  to  aid  the  work  of  re- 
form within  the  party  and  as  an  exponent 
of  its  principles,  as  distinguished  from  an 
unworthy  use  of  its  patronage  in  the  ad- 
ministration of  the  Government.  There- 
fore, he  owes  nothing  to  those  who  wUl 
Barely   boost   of    their   importance    as     the 

managers  of  the  "  machine."  His  nomina- 
tion was  in  effect  a  declaration  that  in  the 
management  of  the  party  they  must  give  way 
to  better  men.  And  the  party  looks  to  him 
for  the  fulfillment  of  the  pledge  implied  in 
his  candidacy,  as  regards  the  restoration  of 
purity  to  the  Government  and  a  high  stand- 
ard of  character  to  its  servants. 

Clear  as  may  be  the  path  which  lies  be- 
fore Mr.  Hayes,  his  adherence  to  it  will  re- 
quire all  the  discrimination  and  firmness 
of  which  he  is  possessed.  An  ordinary 
partisan  would  start  with  the  idea  of  re- 
warding his  friends  and  punishing  his 
enemies ;  the  patronage  at  his  disposal 
would  be  used  to  strengthen  the  politicians 
to  whom  he  happened  to  be  indebted,  and 
to  impair  the  influence  of  all  who  stood  in 
the  way  of  his  friends.  The  civil  service 
would  remain  as  it  is,  and  the  country 
would  be  called  upon  to  submit  meekly  to 
further  scandals  of  the  sort  with  which  it 
is  familiar.  Senators  would  be  allowed  to 
manipulate  the  patronage  in  a  State  for 
their  own  ends,  regardless  of  the  protests  of 
the  worthiest  members  of  the  party.  Mr. 
Hayes  has  a  totally  different  course  before 
him.  His  earliest  declaration  lifted  him 
above  the  suspicion  of  being  actuated  by 
ultimate  selfish  purposes.  He  will  enter 
the  Presidency  as  into  the  performance  of  a 
solemn  trust.  He  is  not  tied  to  any  faction. 
The  men  who  will  be  most  clamorous  for 
favors  will  be  those  whose  honest  claims 
are  the  slightest.  His  first  care  will  be 
for  the  interests  of  the  whole  people. 
And  in  considering  claims  urged  in  the 
name  of  the  Bepublican  Party,  he  will  look 
to4;he  party  as  a  whole — not  to  any  faction 
that  may  arrogate  the  right  to  speak  in  its 
name.  He  will  offend,  of  course.  Individ- 
ual pretensions  will  be  pressed  upon  him 
more  often  than  the  party  welfare.  The 
trading  politician,  who  is  accustomed  to  turn 
the  crank  and  grind  out  his  reward,  wiU  be 
disgusted  when  reminded  that  the  promise 
of  civil  service  reform  is  to  be  a  reality. 
The  self-opinionated  personage  who  imag- 
ines that  he  carries  the  votes  of  a  State  in  his 
pocket  will  almost  burst  with  indignation 
when  he  discovers  that  the  wants  and 
wishes  of  the  State  must  have  the  prece- 
dence. All  these  hindrances  and  trials  will 
come  upon  Mr.  Hayes  the  moment  he 
reaches  Washington.  He  cannot  hope  to 
esca|)e  them.  His  comfort  and  strength 
must  come  from  the  rectitude  of  well-de- 
fined purposes;  he  is  happily  free  from 
entangling  alliances,  and  his  force  of  char- 
acter must  be  relied  upon  to  save  him  from 
the  blunders  which  a  temporizing  President 
would  inevitably  make. 

Thus  situated,  Mr.  Hayes  will  need  all 
the  moral  help  that  can  be  rendered  him  by 
Bepublicans  who  are  not  office-seekers,  and 
who  care  only  for  the  useftilness  of  the  party 
and  the  good  of  the  country.  He  is  told 
iMfotahand  that  the  Demooratio  fomentera 


of  anarchy  will  not  ceaae  aa^ailing  the  title 
by  which  he  will  hold  bia  office,  and  that 
they  will,  concede  to  him  neither  sopport 

nor  eoortesy.     There    are  still  reasons  for 

hoping,  that  while  Democrats  of  this  class 

may  show  that  they  are  as  unmindful  of  the 
manners  of  gentlemen  aa  of  the  morals  of 
statesmen,  others  now  of  their  party  will 
interpret  generously  Mr.  Hayes'  motives 
and  judge  of  his  administration  by  its 

fruits,     still,  it  is   evident   that   if  he  is  to 

fulfill  the  expectations  entertained  respect- 
ing him,  he  must  be  heartily  Bustained  by 
the  main  body  of  the  Bepublican  Party 
throughout  the  country.  The  choice  he  will 
be  constrained  to  make  will  be  between 
sinister,  huckstering  politicians  and  the 
people  ;  and  the  people  must  stand  by  him 
if  he  is  to  succeed. 


CHAOS  IN  NOVA  SCOTIA. 

There  is  panic  among  the  Blue  Noses.  In 
one  fatal  hour  the  whole  fabric  -of  civil 
government  has  apparently  fallen.  Com- 
pacts of  every  sort — civil,  religious,  and 
social — which  have  been  concluded  at 
any  time  these  seven  years  past,  are 
said  to  be  not  worth  the  paper  on 
which  they  were  written.  The  social 
fabric,  so  far  as  it  has  a  seven  years' 
growth,  has  crumbled  into  nothingness. 
There  is  no  civil  government,  no  Parliament, 
no  civil  burial,  no  judicial  quietus,  no  deed 
of  trust,  no  testamentary  will,  no 
baptismal  'register,  so  far  as  any  of  these 
fail  to  antedate  the  year  1869.  Is  it  any 
wonder  that  sudden  consternation  reigns 
among  the  people  whom  Holmes  has 
described  as  "  cerulean-tinted  nasal"  t  To 
explain  :  Nova  Scotia  is  a  province  of  the 
Empire  of  Great  Britain.  As  such,  its  legal 
forms  and  ceremonies  are  prescribed  by  the 
Imperial  Government.  The  sign  of 
authority  in  the  province  is  the  great  seal, 
the  device  and  legend  of  which  arc  regu- 
lated by  the  member  of  the  British 
Government  who  governs  the  colonies 
from  London.  In  1869,  this  functionary 
ordered  a  change  in  the  provincial  seal. 
Whether  it  had  been  a^  cod-fish,  rampant, 
and  was  changed  to  a  blue-nose  potato  sal- 
tant,  with  suitable  Latin  legend,  we  are  not 
informed.  At  any  rate,  the  subatitution  was 
ordered,  and  the  great  seal  of  the  province 
was  supposed  to  have  gone  home  on  the  re- 
tired list.  It  was  a  whim.  In  this  country, 
when  the  Government  has  a  whim,  it  or- 
ders a  new  postage  stamp.  When  the  pub- 
lic has  become  thoroughly  familiar  with 
the  latest  device,  it  is  abolished  for  a  new 
one.  Captions  people  say  that  this  is  done 
for  the  purpose  of  giving  a  job  to  a  stamp 
contractor.  This  is  not  true.  It  is  a  whim 
of  the  Government.  In  Great  Britain,  on 
the  other  hand,  they  change  the  seal.  But, 
as  this  is  only  once  in  seven  years,  the  col- 
oaists  submit  without  a  murmur,  and  go 
right  on  marrying  and  giving  in  marriage 
under  the  new  seal  with  as  much  cheerful- 
ness as  a  Blue  Nose  is  capable  oL 

The  great  seal  of  Nova  Scotia  was 
changed  by  imperial  orders  seven  years 
ngo.  The  theory  of  this  change  is  that  her 
Britannic  Majesty,  on  glancing  at  the  cod- 
fish, rampant,  or  whatever  it  was,  under 
which  the  Blue  Noses  had  lived  and  flour- 
ished ever  since  1713,  expressed  her  aston- 
ishment at  such  an  inappropriate  device,  and 
ordered  that  the  esculent  of  the  province 
(if  it  was  the  potato)  be  thenceforth  graven, 
saltant,  on  the  seal.  At  any  rate,  this 
was  the  intent  and  meaning  of  the 
royal  order  then  promulgated.  Will  it 
be  believed  that  the  Nova  Scotians 
went  right  on  with  their  codfish  ram- 
pant, just  as  though  the  Queen's  objections 
thereto  had  never  been  heard  oft  This 
was  exactly  the  length  and  depth  of  their 
crime.  The  other  day  a  Queen's  Counsel  ap- 
pointed by  the  Nova  Scotian  Government 
appeared  at  Toronto  and  somewhat  osten- 
tatiously exhibited  his  commission.  The 
heraldic  expert  who  glanced  at  the  seal  of 
the  document  was  paralyzed  with  horror 
as  he  beheld,  not  the  saltant  potato 
which  her  Britannic  Majesty  had  or- 
dered, but  the  obsolete  and  rampant 
codfish  of  other  days.  He  called  the 
attention  of  her  Majesty's  Court  to  this  im- 
pertinence. Upon  inquiry,  the  weather- 
beaten  seaman  wbo  acts  as  Premier  of  the 
Province  of  Nova  Scotia  admitted  that  this 
seal  had  been  used  ever  since  he  bad  been 
in  the  sealing  business.  Thereupon  the 
court,  says  the  dispatch,  "  expressed  aston- 
ishment at  such  contempt  for  her  Majesty's 
authorized  and  expressed  opinion,  and  said 
that  all  acts  requiring  the  great  seal,  since 
1869,  were  totally  void."  Elections,  official 
commissions,  and  civil  contracts  of  every 
sort  under  them  are  consequently  null  and 
void. 

It  is  difficult  for  the  mind  of  man  to  con- 
ceive the  confusion  which  this  decision  has 
brought  upon  Nova  Scotia.  All  people  mar- 
ried in  the  province  during  the  past  seven 
years  are  thereby  unmarried;  their  children 
are  born  out  of  wedlock,  and  those  who 
apprehensively  considered  themselves  tied 
for  life  to  their  corjngal  partners  are  free  to 
go  their  several  ways.  Let  the  reader  who 
chafes  under  the  marriage  bond  be  suddenly 
convinced  that  he  [or  she]  was  never  mar- 
ried, but  is  as  free  as  a  bird  of  the  air, 
and  he  [or  she]  will  guess  what 
the  happy  Nova  Scotian,  married 
since  1869,  feels  now.  Men  and  women  who 
looked  across  the  raging  main  and  sighed 
for  the  marital  freedom  of  this  happy  land 
have  no  need  for  divorce  suits;  they  were 
never  married.  But,  on  the  other  hand, 
people  who  were  divorced,  as  they  thought, 
by  due  form  of  law  during  these  seven 
years,  are  married  as  fast  as  ever.  If  they 
have  remarried  under  the  obsolete  seal, 
they  have  merely  been  trifled  with,  and 
their  present  partners  are  single.  The  friend 
of  humanity  shudders  to  think  of  fathers 
and  mothers  going  anxiously  about 
among  their  offspring  to  find  which 
were  legitimately  bom  under  the 
lawful  great  seal,  and  which  are  bereft  of 
honorable  parentage.  Men  who  have  paid 
taxes  may  demand  their  money  back.  They 
paid  to  a  usurping  and  illegal  Government 
without  a  seal.  Mortgages  are  worthless, 
and  the  men  who  executed  them  are  dis- 
charged of  their  obligations.  Title  deeds 
are  waste  paper.  Convicts  in  jail  may  de- 
mand freedom  on  the  ground  that  they  have 
been  illegally  tried  and  committed  ;  ai^d  the 
honest  fishermen  who  play  at  Parliament 
asay  return  to  their  nets — their  writs  of 
•lection  are  void.  Even  the  codfish  caught 
by  virtue  of  a  provincial  license  were  il- 
legally captured  and  wrongfully  made  Into 
fish  balls. 


no  man  has  dared  to  say.  The  Dominionr 
Chief  Justice  darkly  intimates  that  "  im- 
perial legislation  will  be  necessary."    But, 

while  the   British.   Parliament   is  debating 

how  it  shall  re-many  all  tUese  .divorced 
couples,  and  re-divoroe  all  these  xm-mar- 
ried  ones,  at  one  blow,  what  advantages 
may  not  the  subtle  Blue  Noses  take  of  the 
situation.      Imagine   a  country    in    which 

all  social  and  legal  obligations  are  suspend- 
ed for  a  month.  In  the  confosion  which 
would  ensue,  all  sorts  of  terrible  and  comi- 
cal things  are  possible.  There  have  been 
modifications  of  social  chaos  ever  since  the 
confusion  at  Babel.  The  French  imper- 
fectly experimented  in  that  direction.  But 
unless  the  Supreme  Court  is  in  error,  Nova 
Scotia  is  an  awful  example  of  the  anarchy 
which  legal  technicalities  may  bring  upon  a 
people.        

BLUE  MEN. 

Neither  Dr.  Ponza  nor  Gen.  Pleasokton 
was  the  first  person  who  made  use  of  the 
alleged  medicinal  properties  of  the  color 
blue.  Dr.  Poxza  discovered  that  blue  glass 
exercised  a  most  beneficial  influence  upon 
insane  patients,  and  thereupon  Gen.  Fleas- 
OMTON  tried  it,  and  was  so  delighted  with 
its, effect  that  he  published  a  pamphlet  upon 
the  subject.  Both  of  these  distinguished 
men  were,  however,  anticipated  by  the 
traditional  monkey,  who  painted  the  tip  of 
his  taQ  sky-blue  and  complacently  re- 
marked that  the  effect  was  ''neat  but  not 
gaudy."  He,  doubtless,  did  not  fully  under, 
stand  the  hygienic  properties  of  blue,  but 
of  him  it  may  certainly  be  said  that  he 
painted  better  than  he  knew.  Beyond  a 
doubt  his  blue  tail  outgrew  the  unculti- 
vated tails  of  his  fellow-monkeys,  and  thus 
illustrated  the  value  of  blue,  centuries  be- 
fore PoNZA  or  Pleasonton  entertained  the 
least  idea  of  being  born. 

It  is  a  narrow  conception  of  the  useful- 
ness of  blue  which  requires  us  to  use  it  in 
the  shape  of  blue  glass.  I^  blue  glass  is 
good,  so  is  blue  paint,  blue  cloth,  and  blue 
curtains.  This  truth  has  already  been 
dimly  perceived  by  one  or  two  of  Gen. 
Plkasonton's  disciples,  but  it  was  left  for 
a  returned  missionary  to  prove  that  blue  in 
any  form  always  retains  it9*wonderful  tonic 
properties.  The  missionary  in  question 
spent  a  large  part  of  his  life  in  New-Zea- 
land, where  he  moved  in  the  best  heathen 
circles,  and  enjoyed  the  friendship  of  the 
most  eminent  cannibals.  The  New-Zea- 
lander  is  addicted  to  tattooing  himself  in  a 
great  variety  of  patterns  and  colors,  and 
the  missionary  soon  noticed  that  those  who 
were  tattooed  blue  were  much  more  stalwart 
than  red,  jrreen,  or  yellow  heathen.  He 
found,  moreover,  that  a  heathen  who 
tattooed  himself  blue  above  the  waist  and 
yellow  below  would  soon  develop .  great 
breadth  of  chest  and  power  ot  lungs,  while 
his  yellow  legs  would  shrink  and  dwindle 
into  comparative  insignificance.  The  mean- 
ing of  these  facts  could  not  be  misap- 
prehended, and  the  missionary  was  forced 
to  believe  that  the  effect  of  blue  pigment, 
introduced  under  the  human  cuticle,  is  in 
the  highest  degree  beneficial. 

It  would  not  be  difficult  to  show  that  blue 
clothing  has  also  a  stimulating  effect  upon 
the  wearer.  Daniel  Webster  always  wore 
a  blue  coat,  and  it  is  needless  to  remark  that 
he-was  simply  fall  of  intellect.  Andrew 
Johnson  was  also  addicted  to  blue  coats, 
whence  doubtless  he  derived  that  wonder- 
ful strength  of  mind  that  irreverent  persons 
mistook  for  obstinacy.  The  blue-uniformed 
Federal  soldiers  overpowered  the  gray  le- 
gions of  the  South,  and  the  blue-coated 
French  troops  which  had  uniformly  beaten 
the  white-coated  Austrians,  were,  neverthe- 
less defeated  by  Grermans  dressed  in  uni- 
forms of  a  still  darker  shade  of  blue.  It 
should  be  noted,  however,  that  blue  cloth- 
ing, while  its  inflaenco  upon  the  brain  can- 
not be  doubted,  has  little  or  no  effect  upon 
the  body.  It  stimulates  the  intellect,  de- 
velops courage  and  other  moral  qualities, 
but  it  does  not  affect  growth  and  develop- 
ment of  the  physical  frame.  Thus,  the  wear- 
ing of  blue  stockings  undoubtedly  stima- 
lates  the  intellectual  powers  of  New-Eng- 
land ladies  who  write  poetry  and  advocate 
the  immediate  reformation  of  everything, 
but  there  is  no  reason  to  suppose  that  it  de- 
velops— that  is  to  say,  that  it  improves  the 
proportions — in  short,  it  does  nothing  of  the 
kind.  All  the  evidence  goes  to  show  that 
blue  stockings  benefit  the  mind  and  not  the 
muscles,  and  in  this  respect  blue  clothing 
of  any  sort  is  much  inferior  to  glass  or  tat- 
tooing. 

We  need  not,  then,  waste  our  time  by 
dressing  in  blue  or  by  sitting  under  blue 
glass.  Tattooing  is  what  we  really  need.  A 
blue  baud,  two  inches  wide,  pricked  upon 
the  forehead  would  doubtless  prove  a  sov- 
ereign prophylactic  against  headaches, 
while  those  who  have  the  courage  to  have 
their  heads  shaved  and  their  scalps  tattooed 
with  Antwerp  blue  will  develop  brain 
power  at  a  rate  which  will  astonish  their 
warmest  admirers.  If  Talmaoe  were  to 
have  both  his  legs  tattooed  blue,  his  elo- 
quence would  become  so  vigorous  that 
nothing  but  a  cast-iron  pulpit  could  with- 
stand it ;  and  if  Donn  Piatt  were  to  em- 
ploy some  skillful  anatomist  to  ascertai  n 
the  probable  locality  of  his  brain,  and  to 
tattoo  it  with  care  and  thoroughness,  he 
might  develop  sufficient  intellect  to  dis- 
cover Whether  he  is  more  of  a  fool  than  a 
knave,  and  thus  relieve  his  present  distress- 
ing uncertainty.  Instead  of  painfully  un- 
dergoing gymnastic  tortures,  young  men 
covetous  of  muscle  need  only  tattoo  their 
arms  and  chests  in  order  to  rival  a  Yale 
oarsman  in  physicar  strength,  and  could 
maintain  their  digestive  powers  unim- 
paired among  all  the  horrors  of  the  board- 
ing-house table  by  simply  tattooing  a  broad 
bl  ue  belt  around  the  lower  vest-pocket  re- 
gion. 

But  after  all  why  should  we  prick  blue 
paint  into  our  surfaces  when  we  can  dye 
oui'selves  permanently  blue  by  simply  swal- 
lowing excessive  doses  of  nitrate  of  silver  f 
The  process  is  perfectly  painless,  and  it  has 
the  advantage  of  coloring  not  only  the  cuti- 
cle but  the  entire  tissue  of  the  body,  as  any 
one  can  readily  ascertain  by  first  dyeing 
himself  deep  blue  and  then  sinking  experi- 
mental shafts  in  different  parts  of  his  per- 
son. The  truth  is,  the  white  man  is  a  mis- 
take. He  should  have  been  bom  blue,  and 
since  he  now  knows  that  to  be  blue  is  to  be 
healthy — and  probably  wealthy  and  wise — 
and  that  nitrate  of  silver  will  turn  l^im 
quickly  and  permanently  blue,  he  should 
throw  away  his  blue  glass  and  his  blue-' 
clothing,  and  swallow  the  largest  doses  of 


nitrate  of  silver  that  his  phy^oiau  oan  be. 
Exaotlv  how  the  chaos  is  to  be  reduced^,  |  indaoed  to  Dxe«crib» 


iibant: 

a'  li 

i  asnrsss  in  botb  Housta. 

TBK  ANNTTAX.  AFF&OPBIATXON  BILX.  ST7RTHSR 

DISCUSSXD    IK    THK     ASSEMBLT— KSW 

BtlXS  INTBODOOKD    IN  HOTTSB  AMD  8RK- 

▲TE  —  COBaHTTXE    WOBK  —  THS    lOBW 
CAnTOI.  I>OMR. 

jvyvm  Owr  Own  Oorrtnondeta. 

Albakt,  Tuesday,  Feb.  27, 1877. 

A  faH  House  and  Senate  reassembled  this 

mpming,  after  a  few  days  of  recess,  and  imme- 
diately proceeded  to  work  With  a  will    The 
House  bad  the    annual  Appropriation  biU  on 
hand,  the  snag  on  which  it  had  struck  last 
week  being  the  appropriation  of  $300,000  for 
the  National  Guard.    It  looked  as  if  this  would 
be  cut  down  to  $200,000  when  the  Hoas«  ad- 
journed for  the  recess;   and  the  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral,  much    alarmed    at    tbe    prospect,     sent 
out  a  circular  note  to  all  National  Guard  com- 
manders calling  upon  them  to  rally  upon  their 
respective  members  ot  Assembly  and  endeavor 
to  bring  them  to  a  more  liberal  frame  of  mmd. 
The  Guard  responded  nobly  to  the  call ;  they 
not  only  skirmished  with  scattered  indi  vidnaU 
in   the   separate   districts,     but   they    boldly 
charged  in  a  solid  body,   composed  excluBively 
of  Captains,  Majors,  Colonels,  Brigadier.Gen- 
erals,  and  other  high-grade  commanders,  on  the 
Legislature  itself,  so  that  the  Assamblv  Chamber 
this  morning  when  the  disouBsion  was  renewed 
upon  the  item,  really  swarmed  with  these  h«roio 
wearers  of  gorgeous  uniforms.    The  battle  was 
long  and  fierce,   but  in  the  end  the  organized 
forcea  of  the  military  were  victorious,   and  tbe 
item  was  passed  as  it  stood.    It  is  not  safe, 
however,  for  in  the  House,  where  a  yea  and  nay 
vote  can  be  taken,  the  redaction  may  yet  be 
made.      When  this  long  contested  item   h&d 
been  disposed  of  the  bill  sailed  along  smootlv 
until  the    appropriation    for    the   payment  of 
the  salaries  of  the  Commissioners  to  revise  tbe 
Statutes  was  reached.    Then   arose  Mr.  Laus. 
of  St.  Lawrence,  who  had  just  recovered  from 
a  cold  which  had  deprived  htm  of  hid  voice, 
'   and  forthwith  made  the  House  aware  of  his  en- 
tire convalescence  bv  a  vigorous  attack  on  the 
item.    It  was  nearly  2  o'clock,   so,  as  it  was  ev- 
ident that  another  long  contioveisy  was  before 
tbe  House,  the  bill  was  put  over  till  to-morrow. 
One  more  item,  after  tbe  last  named,  will  prob- 
ably be  tou£;ht  over,  viz.,  the  appropriation  for 
Normal  schools.    Mr.  Kuggles,   of  Steuben,  js 
lying  low  for  this,  prepared  to  slaughter  it  with 
a  big  speech,  which  he  has  waiting  in  his  desk 
for  the  purpose.     It  is   scarcely   probable  that 
the  bill  will  be  disposed  of  to-morrow.      The 
session  was  extended  halt  an  hour  to  allow  of 
the  introduotiou  of  bills,  reports  of  committees, 
&C. 

The  Senate  fransacted  a  great  deal  of  merely 
routine  business,  oalline  lor  little  comment. 
Several  bills  aft'eoting  New- York  were  intro- 
duced in  both  houses.  Mr.  Cowdin  introduced 
the  following  Salary  bill : 

Section  1.  The  total  appropriotioo  for  salaries  to 
be  paid  by  the  City  of  New- Yorlc.  for  tbe  year  1877, 
and  for  every  year  thareafter,  shall  be  10  per  cent, 
less  than  the  amoant  paid  for  apiaries  by  the  said 
City  in  the  year  1876. 

Sec.  2.  A  oommtsBion,  cossistiDg  of  the  Mayor, 
the  Controller,  and  the  President  of  the  Board  of 
Tax  CommissioQers  of  said  C'ty,  shall  report  to  the 
Iiezislatnre,  on  or  before  the  fourtu  Tuesday  in 
Marob,  a  complete  salary  list,  the  acin'eeate  amoant 
of  which  ahall  not  escsed  tbe  limit  fixed  by  the 
first  section  of  this  act. 

Mr.  Purdy  introduced  a  bill  transferring 
control  over  all  public  works  in  tbe  Twenty- 
third  and  Twenty-lourth  Wards  from  the  De- 
partment of  Parks  to  that  of  Public  Works. 
It  provides  that  the  Common  Council  ehall 
have  exclusive  power  to  provide  by  resolution 
and  ordmanoe  for  the  ref^ulating,  gradine.  pav- 
ing, curbing,  and  guttering  of  streets,  roads, 
and  avenues,  tbe  flagging  of  sidewaiks, 
tbe  ftlhng  ot  sunken  lots,  and  the 
fencing  of  vacant  lots,  and  for  sew- 
erage and  drainage  in  the  wards 
mentioned.  All  this  work  is  to  be  done  under 
tbe  direction  and  care  of  the  Saperlntendent 
of  Public  Works.  The  maintenance  in  good 
order,  removal  of  obstructions,  and  general 
care  of  the  streets  and  avenues  is  given  to  tbe 
Pubho  Works  Department,  and  all  appropria- 
tions heretotore  made  for  tbe  purpose  to  the 
Department  of  Public  Parks  is  transferred  to 
the  first-named  department.  No  existing  con- 
tract is  to  be  affected  by  tbe  hill. 

Another  bill  aimed  at  rapid  transit  has 
made  its  appearance,  being  about  the  fifteenth 
which  has  been  brought  mto  this  Legislature. 
Senator  Wagstaff  introduced  it.  It  amends 
the  first  section  of  the  act  of  1860,  relatlBg  to 
railroads  in  the  City,  making  it  read  as  follows : 

Sectiok  1.  Ic  shall  not  be  lawfnl  bereafter  to  lay, 
oonatruct.  or  operat«  any  railroad  in.  upon,  or  along 
any  or  either  ut  the  streets  or  avenues  of  tbe  City 
of  New-York,  wherever  such  railroads  nay  com- 
mence or  end,  except  ander  the  antborlty  and 
subject  to  the  resnlations  and  restrictions  which 
the  Legislature  may  hereafter  grant  and  provide. 
This  secuon  ahall  not  be  deemed  to  afiect  tbe 
operation,  aa  far  as  laid,  of  any  railroad  now  con- 
structed and  duly  authorized.  Nor  shall  it  be  held 
to  impair  la  any  manner  any  valid  grant  for 
or  relating  to  any  railroad  in  said  City  existing  on 
the  1st  day  of  January,  1860.  Nor  shall  it  be 
deemed  to  affect  the  operation  or  to  impair 
ur  limit  in  any  manner  the  right  of  any  dnly  au- 
thoiized  corporation  to  build,  construct,  operate,  or 
maintain  any  railroad  the  right  of  way  for  wbioh 
shall  be  purchased  tbrongb  the  blocks,  under 
chapter  140  of  the  Laws  of  18S0,  e&tilled  "  An  act 
to  authorize  the  formation  of  railroad  corporations 
and  to  regalate  the  same,"  passed  April  2.  1850, 
and  the  several  acta  ameodatorv  thereof  and  sup- 
plementarv  thereto  ;  and  which  railroad  shall  bb  so 
constructed  as  Co  pass  under  or  over  all  tlie  in- 
tervening streets  or  avenues  in  snch  a  manner  as 
not  to  prevent  the  use  thereof  by  the  public. 

Senator  Bizby  introduced  a  bill  to  amend  an 
act  ot  last  year,  by  extending  the  time  for  the 
paymeat  of  arrears  of  taxes  in  the  City  of 
New- York  from  one  year  to  three  years.  The 
interest  oii  such  arrears  is  to  be  at  the  rate  of 
7  per  cent.,  calculated  from  the  time  the  tax 
was  imposed. 

Senator  Baaden  introduced  a  bdl  to  abolish 
the  office  ot  the  attorney  for  the  collection  of 
arrears  of  personal  taxes,  and  providing  that 
the  duties  of  such  officer  shall  be  discharged  by 
the  Receiver  of  Taxes,  without  additional  com- 
pensation therefor. 

I  see  that  Mr.  Aubhmuty  has  again  rushed 
into  print  to  dispute  statements  made  in  The 
Times  concerning  the  new  Capitol  building.  I 
have  not  time  now  to  answer  the  gentleman  at 
length,  and  will  contentmyself  with  taking  one 
single  assertion  in  his  letter.  It  will  illustrate 
how  loosely  some  people  talk  about  the  new 
plans,  which  they  appear  not  to  have  seen.  Mr. 
Auchmuty  says:  * 

"  The  new  design  is  to  be  sarmonnted  with  a 
dome.  The  Interior  of  a  dome  is  one  of  the  moat 
beantlfol  of  architectural  torms.  Its  swelling 
lines  give  an  idea  of  grandeur  and  strength, 
combined  <vlth  grace  and  lightness,  which  can 
be  obtained  in  no  other  way.  Tbe  pro- 
posed doms  at  Albany  Is  a  .  huge  and 
expensive  case  for  four  stone  staircases, 
which  lend  only  to  the  cupola.  These  four  atair- 
cas9S  Bpnng  from  a  gallary  around  the  base  of  the 
dome,  and  mett  together  in  the  centre  at  a  point 
about  two-thirds  its  height  Hera  they  form  a  plat- 
form, from  which  rises  a  spiral  staircase  exteoding 
np  into  tbe  cupola.  Instead  of  looking  upward  into 
o,  vast  open  apace,  as  at  St.  Futer's,  St.  PaiU's,  or  at 
Waabiugton,  the  spectator  nt  Albany  will  see 
above  him  nothing  but  a  confused  and  dizzy-look- 
ing mass  of  staircases." 

The    statement   italicised  caused  me  to  go 
over  to  the  architect's  office  and  to  accurately 
measure  tbe   scale  drawings  of  tbe  dome.     In- 
stead of  the  staircases  referred  to  meeting  at  a 
*'  point  about  tvio-thirds "    the   height   of  the 
dome,  thev  meet  at  a  point  nearly  thirteen-four- 
Uenths  the  height ;    that  is  to  say,  instead  ot 
the     spiral      staircase      filling    up     one-third 
of  the    dome,  it   fills  less  than  one-fourteenth. 
Will    this    destroy    the    "  vast    open    space  ' 
which       Mr.      Auchmuty      justly       admires 
in   the  interior  of  a  dome  1    One  word  more. 
The  original  plans  provided  for  no  dome,  but 
tor   an    immense    pyramid-shaped    tower.      I 
would  ask   if  Mr.   Auohmuty  or  anybody  else, 
could  see  any  beauty  in  looking  up  tbe  square 
fibaftui  a  mine  t    This  was  the  view  v/hicu  the 
interior  of  the  tower  would  have  presented.     It 
would  be  well  for  gentlemen  who  declaim   so 
confidently  about  the  new  plans  to  examine 
them  first. 

The  Senate  bills  making  the  offices  of  Coroner 
and  ot  Commissioner  of  Jurors  salaried' offices 
were  taken  up  in  the  Committee  on  Cities  this 
afternoon,  but  by  request  the  consideration  of 
the  Coroner's  bill  was  put  over  till  to- 
morrow, and  of  the  other  till  Tuesday. 
Final  hearings  will  be  given  ou  those 
days,  and  the  bills  will  be  reported  without 
further  delay.  Mr.  Flecke  has  ready 
lor  presentation  a  bill  which  provides  that  tbe 
Board  ot  Apportionment  shall  have  exclusive 
power  to  appoint  all  court  attendants,  janitors, 
doorkeepers,  messengers,  &'0.,  and  it  requires 
that  all  appomtments  to  such  positions 
shall  be  made  from  retired  firemen 
and  policemen,  and  the  salary  of  such 
appointees  is  fixed  at  $600.  It  provides  further 
that  when  a  policeman  or  firemaa,  by  reason 
of  old  age,  is  retired,  a  certificate  eqtdvalent  to 
the  discharge  papers  of  a  soldier  shall  be  give 
Lto  faim.  and  it  he  wlabea  a  oonttoh  as 


keeper.  &o.,  he  sbsll  file  a  copy  of  sndh  oerti^ 

oate  in    the   Mayor's  office.     The   Mftyor  is  tt 
keep  a  list  of  such  applioants,  and  the  '^ire  and  . 
Police  Departments   are  also  to  k«ep  lists  ol 
their    ratir«d   men.    The  selections    lor  poai 
tiona    ace    to    be    xoade    by    tbe    Boird    o: 

ApportiomBent  from  the  official  li^t  ii 
the  Mayor'a  oAee.  It  is  expressly  prohibited 
that  any  MpointnteBt  anoh  as  referred  to  shall 
be  made  ttatu  any  other  olaas  of  persons  them 
those  named,  while  thefe  are  any  applioanti 

remafaung  on  tbe  list  The  bill  will  reqairt 
some  amendment,  but  nothing  of  a  materia! 
character.  Itaeems  almost  too  good  to  pass, 
but  it  is  one  that  this  Legislature  ought  to  pasa 
A  petition  was  circulated  among  the  mem 
hers  of  tbe  Legislature  to-day  for  signatures  ij 
favor  of  the  appointment  of  Thomas  C.  Piatt 

pf  Owego,  tor  Postmaster  General  in  th< 
Hayes  Cabinet.  It  is  nnders^xiod  to  be  a  Conk< 
ling  movement  to  prevent  the  appointment  oi 
Mr.  Evarts,  and  is  said  to  be  gomg  in  variouf 
parts  of  the  State. 
Mr.  Pish  will  report  a  bill  to-morrow  onttnn 

down  salaries  in  New- York  in  a  ve»y  radical 
manner.  It  is  a  general  bill  applvinj^  to  ali 
citries,  but  will  reach  only  the  Metro^oAis.  AIJ 
salaries  of  $10,000  and  upward  are  to  be  cul 
down  i25  per  ceat.;  those  trom  $5,000  \o  $10,00(1 
are  to  be  cut  down  20  per  eeat;  those  from 
$3,000  to  $5,000,  15  oer  cent.:  thoJift  fions 
$1,500  to  $3,000,  10  per  cent. 

THE  ASSEMBLY  MALL  DISGRACED. 
AN  UNPRBCEDKNTKD  SESSION — A  GANG  OI 
ALBANY  ROUGHS  IN  THE  GALLERIES- 
MEMBERS  GROANKO  AND  HISSED  AT— 
THE  CHAMBER  FINALLY  CLEARED  Ol 
THE  DISREPUTABLE   CROWD. 

Special  Diepateh  to  tfie  ifeto-Tork  Times. 
Albany,  Feb.  27.— The  House  held  at 
evening  session  for  the  disposal  ot  the  contest 
ed  election  case  of  Braman  against  Curran 
This  was  a  local  afiair,  and  the  district  is  about 
the  worst  in  Albany.  Curran  is  the  sitting 
member  and  a  Democrat,  and  the  whole  gal 
lery  of  the  House  was  filled  with  a  gang 
of  roughs  and  scoundrels,  the  very 
scourings  of  the  gutters  and  grog  shopi 
of  the  city.  While  Mr.  Grady  was  making  on« 
of  his  characteristic  speeches  this  choice  gang 
burst  into  loud  applause.  Instantly  Mr. 
Husted  was  on  his  leet  demanding  and  insist- 
ing that  the  galleries  be  cleared.  Gen.  Soinola, 
and  several  other  Democrats,  tried  desper- 
ately to  stop  this,  raising  poiats  of  order  auc 
inquiring  about  rights,  questions  of  privilegar 
&c  The  Speaker  stood  .  up,  meeting  every  on« 
promptly,  but  they  failed  to  shake  him,  or  gel 
Mr.  Husted  to  withdraw  his  demand.  Then 
the  mob  in  the  gallery  broke  out  into 
loud  hisses,  groans,  and  yells,  and 
tbe  Doorkeepers  and  Sergeants  at  Arms 
could    scarcely   do  their   duty.      All    businest 

was  stopped,  and  there  was  great  excitement 
on  the  floor.  Fmally  the  galleries  were  cleared, 
the  doors  locked,  and  the  discussion  was  re 
Bumed.  Tbe  debate  went  on  till  11:30,  tbe  Demo 
crats  doing  nearly  all  the  talking.  In  fact, 
when  the  previous  question  w^as  at  last 
ordered,  it  was  ordered  almost  unanimously,  foi 
all  the  talkers  were  tired  out  Then  the  vot< 
was  taken,  and  the  contesting  member  seated. 
The  Bepublicans,  in  return  for  allowing  the 
debate  to  go  on  as  it  did,  got  abused  with  a 
vindictiveness  and  furv  more  violent  than  I  evei 
remember  to  have  heard  before  in  the  Assembly 
Chamber.  

liEW  LA  WS  FOR  NEW-JEESBT. 


AN 


IMPORTANT  INSURANCE  BILL  INTRO* 
DUCED — DEFEAT  OF  A  BILL  FOR  THP 
BENEFIT  OF  THE  BALTIMORE  AND  OHIO 
RAILROAD — ENLARGING  THE  STATE  PRI& 
ONS — TAX  MATTERS.  ^ 

From  Owr  Oion  OorreMZKmdent. 

Trenton,  Tuesday,  Feb.  27,  1877. 

The  House  had  a  lively  discussion  thi> 
morning  over  a  bill  growing  out  of  tbe  compe* 
tition  between  the  great  rival  railroad  corpo- 
rations-rthe  Pennsylvania  and  the  Baltimore 
and  Ohio  Eoads.  The  hill  amends  a  section  oi 
the  act  of  1875  authorizing  the  purobaaers  ot 
railroads,  &c.,  under  mortgage  sale  to  organ- 
ize themselves  into  a  body  corporate  with 
the  same  power  as  the  railroad  com- 
pany had  possessed,  so  as  to  make  it 
retroactive;  and  also  authorizes  railroad 
companies  of  this  State  to  connect  and  consol- 
idate with  railroads  in  Delaware  and  Mary- 
land. The  bill  is  said  to  have  been  a  cover  fox 
a  scheme  to  build  a  bridge  across  Delaware 
Bay,  by  which  to  connect  the  Baltimore  and 
Ohio  Bead  with  the  New-Jersey  Southern,  and 
BO  ipve  the  Maryland  Railroad,  through  the 
Southern  and  the  New-Jersey  Central,  a  clear 
track  to  I(gw-York  City.  Dming  the  debate 
upon  it  some  one  mentioned  Jay  Gould's  name 
in  connection  with  it.  That  was  the  signal  for 
a  generi^  assault  upon  tjie  bill.  Mr.  Brigham 
advocated  its  passage,  as  did  one  or  two  others. 
When  the  roll  was  called  ou  the  question  of  its 
final  passage  it  received  but  17  votes  out  of  a 
possible  60,  and  was  defeated. 

Another  bill  of  great  importance  to  thv 
tax-payers  of  the  State  was  defeated  in  tbe 
House  this  afternoon.  It  was  one  providing 
that  no  deductions  from  the  taxable  value  of 
real  estate  should  be  allowed  on  account  ot 
personal  indebtedness.  The  members  conceived 
tbe  idea  that  it  was  in  some  way  connected 
with  the  mortage-exemption  question,  and  it 
received  only  19  votes.  The  bill  repealing  the 
law  authorizing  the  publication  of  the  laws  ii> 
tbe  newspapers  was  also  defeated. 

Among  the  bills  which  passed  the  House  was 
Mr.  Bergen's  bill  appropriating  $100,000  in  part 
payment  of  a  contemplated  addition  to  the 
State  Prison,  and  Mr.  Brighani's  bill  providing 
that  where  a  larceny  is  committed  on  a  train  in 
one  county,  the  thief  may  be  tried  and  punished 
in  any  other  county  in  the  State. 

Tbe  bouses  in  joint  meeting  to-day  ap* 
pointed  James  li<.  Davla  Police  Justice  ot  Jer- 
sey City,  Bernard  MoCormack,  Amzi  J.  Dean, 
and  William  H.  Hegeman,  Jr..  Police  Justices 
of  Newark,  and  a  host  of  Commissioners  o^ 
Deeds. 

At  the  mommg  session  of  the  Senate  Senator 
Ward  introduced  a  bill  authorizing  the  Secre- 
tary of  State  to  apply  for  an  iniunction  when- 
ever the  assets  ot  a  life  or  fire  iasuraoce  com- 
pany organized  in  the  State  (after  charging  the 
amount  required  for  reinsurance  of  all  out- 
standing risks  and  proper  liabilities  excepting 
capital  stock  paid  in)  are  less  than  three-quarters 
of  the  capital,  or  when  the  Secretarv  or  State 
deems  the  prosecution  of  business  by 
Bucb  company  hazardous  to  the  pub- 
lic. Companies  not  organized  in 
this  State,  but  doing  business  on  the  mutual 
plan,  may  be  admitted  to  transact  business  il 
their  cash  assets  amount  to  $150,000.  The  out 
standing  risks  of  any  life  or  fire  company  shall 
not  be  reinsured  in  any  other  company  unless 
by  consent  of  two-thirds  ot  tbe  policy-holders 
and  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary 
of  State.  The  Eeceiver  of  a  company 
may  reinsure  policies  on  the  approval 
of  the  Secretary  of  State,  and  he  shall 
file  a  record  of  his  transactions  during 
the  following  January,  or  when  his  business  is 
concluded.  All  companies  not  complying  with 
the  provisions  of  this  aot  are  forbidden  to  do 
or  to  solicit  bnsiness  in  the  State.  The  penalty 
for  a  violation  of  the  act  is  $500. 

A  bill  was  also  introduced  into  the  Senate  re- 
ouiring  all   corporatioas  to  file  annually  with 
the  Secretary  ot    State  a  list  of  their  officers. 
Directors,  St-o.    An  act  designed  to  afibra  secu- 
rity for  depositors  in  savings  hanks  provides 
that  when  the  annual  deposits  exceed  $10,000, 
and  the  surplus  is  less  tbau  $2,000,  any  depos- 
itor may  apply  to  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas 
for  a  tliorougb  examination  of  the  accounts  of 
J  the  bank.    A  bill  has  also  been  introduced  de- 
^  -  signed  to  relieve  from  taxation  the  real  or  per- 
sonal estate  of  railways,  turn  pikes,  (insurance, 
canal,  and  hanking  corporations,  savings  banks, 
cemeteries,    ohuroh  property,   and   all  purely 
charitable  and  educational  mstitations. 


THE  £XB1BI1'10N  OOMPANT. 
'  Philadelphia,  Feb.  27.— At  a  meeting  of  tbe 
■tookbolders  of  the  Inieruatlonal  Exhibition  Com- 
pany this  afternoon,  in  4be  building  known  at 
Judges'  Hall,  on  the  ground*  of  tbe  late  Centennial 
Exhibition,  J.  £.  Elingsley  nresiding,  it  was  decided 
to  increase  the  capital  stock  of  said  company  tc 
9600,000.-  It  is  expected  that  tho  exbibitioii  wlil  be 
opened  with  imposing  ceremomes  on  tbe  1st  of  May 
next.  ^ 

BELOrCM  IMJUIGiCANTS  IJf  OJJfADjL. 
MoNTBEAL,  Feb.  27.— The    Belgian    Otoyem 
ment  baa  informed  their  Consul  heta  ttiat  B ilgiaa  -' 
immigrants  m  distressed  circnmstaoces  should  b«  ^\\ 
relieved  in  the  same  manner  by  the  Dominion  G-ov-  >! 
ernment  as  tbe  French  immigrants,  whose  ba:>aages 
^were  partly  paid  oy  the  Qovemmeat  to  oonre;  them 
'back  to  Fraboe.< 


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EXIBAUITION  FH031  CANADA. 
LOKDON,    Feb.   27.— Smith    K.    Hawes,   tb% 
Coviogtoo,  Ky.,  forger,   has  been  handed  erwte 
Vara hal  BoIau.  ef  Covingtoi^     ' 


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UTEST  NEWS  BY  CABLE. 

» 

JtVSSIA,  TUBKEY,  AND  SEBVIA. 
't>I8P08ltlOK    or    BUSSIA    AS   AFFECTKD    BT 
THB    NEOOTU.TIOKS    Wil'H    SEBVIA — AN 
X7NDBBSTAMDIMO      BEACHED     BXTWEBN 
THB  PROVraCB  AND  THB  POBTE. 

London,  Feb.  27.— The  limes,  in  its 
•eoond  edition,  publishes  -a  dispatch 
trom  its  St.  Petersboric  correspond- 
ent, sayin{;:  '•  An  extraordinary  coun- 
oil  of  the  HiniBters  was  held  here  yesterday, 
at  wbioh  the  Cxar  presided.  Oen.  IgnatiefT 
was  present  I  learn  on  ihe  best  authoritj 
that  it  was  decided  to  demobolize  the  Buasian 
Army  where  peace  is  signed  between  the  Porte 
and  Servia  and  Montensfcro." 

In  th^  House  of  C!ommoni  this  afternoon, 
Hon.  ^ob«rt  Bonrke,  Under  Secretary  for  the 
Foreign  Department,  in  reply  to  a 
qnestion,  said  the  QoTemment  bad  re- 
ceived no  confirmation  of  the  above  statement. 
Lord-  Derby  visited  Count  Sobouvaloff',  the 
Bussiau  Ambassador  at  LondoD,  who  likewise 
had  no  ixabrmation  on  the  subject. 

A  later  dispatch  trom  St  Petersburg  says 
nothing;  ib  known  there  of  the  report  regardinj; 
a  Council  meetinK  and  a  decision.         ■> 

The  6«loa  says  the  conclusion  of  peace  be- 
tween Servia  and  Turkey  would  brine  the 
Eastern  question  back  to  the  same 
position  as  at  the  time  ot  the  Ber- 
lin memorandum.  When  peace  is  concluded 
the  moment  will  therefore  have  arrived 
irhen  the  qnestion  of  the  amelioration  of  the 
Bondition  of  the  Christians  must  again  be 
raised. 

The  3erlin  correspondent  of  the  Times  re- 
peats tne  assertion  that,  far  irom  desiring  war, 
the  Kussian  Oovemment  at  this  moKtent  dis- 
plays a  morlked  inclination  to  content  itself 
with  some  few  conoessious. 

The  Paris  correspondent  of  the  Telegraph 
says:  "1  hear  from  St  Peteraburc  that  tne 
policy  of  th<)  peace  party  was  unhesitatingly 
manifested  at  a  Cabinet  Council,  and  is  in 
fair  -way  to  prevail ;  that  Kossia  will  in  all 
probahty  abandon  the  idea  ot  isolated  action  ; 
and  tnat  she  means  in  certain  eventualities  to 
demoralize  the  southern  Arq^." 

A  telegram  trom  Constantinople  states  that 
an  undei^tanding  was  finally  established  to- 
day between  the  Porte  and  Servia.  The 
protocol  will  certainly  be  signed  to- 
morrow. The  Turks  will  evacuate 
Servian  territory  within  12  days  after  the  sien- 
ing  of  the  protocoL  The  Servian  delegates 
will  subsequently  hand  the  Porte  a  note 
siving  guarantees  for  the  future.  The  note 
will  treat  of  four  points,  viz.  :  The  erection  of 
new  fortificatians  in  Servia ;  the  hoisting  of 
the  Ottoman  fh^;  side  by  side  with 
that  of  Servia  on  existing  forts ;  re- 
cognition of  equal  rights  of  Jews 
and  Christians,  and  the  prevention 
of  armed  bands  trom  crossing  the  frontier.  The 
questions  ot  the  appointnient  of  an  Ottoman 
agent  in  Belgrade  and  the  future  ownership  of 
Little  ZwonuJc  are  set  aside  for  the  present 

The  Vienna  correspondent  of  the  Times  says 
the  general  deohirations  made  by  Turkey 
of  her  willinsness  to  scive  guarantees  ij 
ihe  does  not  succeed  in  introduc- 
ing reforms  atfter  a  certain  inter- 
val of  grace  have  now  come  up  again  in  a 
more  precise  foirm,  namely :  "  That  the 
period  of  three  years  be  given  the 
Porte  to  carry  through  by  means 
of  the  Constttution  the  reforms  de- 
manded by  the  powers ;  if  the  Porte  does  not 
succeed  it  will  plcKlge  itself  to  accept  the  euaran- 
tees  proposed  by  the  conference.  TUb  news  of 
this  disposition  on  the  part  of  the  Porte  comes 
from  various  sides,  so  it  may  be  supposed  that 
there  is  a  wish  that  it  should  be  luiown.  It 
may  be  meant  only  as  a  fseier  and  as  a 
counter-project  to  a  suggestien  whicb  is 
Attributed  to  Bnssia  that  the  powers  should 
grant  a  certain  interval,  but  pledge  themselves 
to  use  coereion  if  the  reforms  are  not  effect- 
ed at  its  expiration.  It^  however,  deserves 
attention  as  the  first  s^p  taken  by  Turkey 
since  the  conference  indicating  a  desire  to 
appxoacti       tba      viewa       of       the        powers. 

There  leeiUB  to  be  oommon  ground  between 
Che  Turkish  and  liussiau  sugsestions  on  which 
an  understanding  may  not  be  altogether  im- 
possible, if  what  now  comes  merelv  as  a  report 

trom  variona  quarters  really   reprefienta   the 

views  and  intentions  of  the  Porte. 

In  tne  face    ot    the    Bussian    Telegraphic 

Aseocy'B      aatboritatiTe      contradiotiun     of 

an  impending  movement  of  the  iiussian 
Army      across      the     Pruth,      there     is     again 

hews  to-<iay  that  the  Koumaoiaa  railway 
companies  have  received  an  intimation  from 

the  Ruasian  head-qoartera  to  prepare 
everything       for       the      transportation       ot 

troops.  It  ia  said  that  the  Bos- 
nans  also  sent  detailed  instrnotions  for 
the  regulation  of  the  whole  transportation 
boainesa.  There  can  be  little  doubt 
that  all  preparationa  are  being  gradually  made 
i'or  action.  For  ail  that,  Bnssia  may  not  have 
yet  hxed  a  time  and  may  thus  with  thus  with 
good  conaoienoe  contradict  the  reports  about 
imntediat^  action. 

The  Ti'kivf  B«lgrade  dispatch  says  it  is  ru- 
mored ttut  the  Deputies  at  the  opening 
of  thejqUSktiptschiua  to-day  wdl  for- 
mally au  the  Ooveerment  whethei- 
Kussia  or  Sussians  aavised  them  to 
commence  the  late  war  will  request  a  definite 
statement  of  tfcie  exact  ^relations  now  existing 
between  Buasiit  and  Servia. 
]  It  is  also  isitimated  that  the  Skuptcbina 
will  ask  the  Ministers  to  delay  the  final 
ligning  of  the  treaty  of  peace  until 
the  course  of  Kussia  is  finally  decided. 
The  great  foar  of  the  Servians  is  that  they 
^ght  lose  all  chance  of  participating  in  a  Bus- 
van  success  by  concluding  a  premature  treaty 
with  the  Port«. 

The  Daily  Nexosf  correspondent  at  Vienna 
says  that  it  is  confidently  asserted  that  Bus-' 
sia  will  dispatch  to-day  a  second  circular  to 
the  pewers^  pointing  out  the  intolerable  nn- 
certainty  of  the  present  crisis  and  remindine 
them  that  the  first  circular  still  remains  un- 
agswered.  ; 

YiasNA,  Feb.  27.— The  PoUlical  Corretpon- 
iZen«e  publishes  the  lollowiug  special  dispatch 
trom  St  Peitersburg : 

"  Anuouiioements  of  immediately  pending 
mihtary  action  are  premature.  There  is, 
bowever,  in  anv  case  a  prospect  that 
snergetio  steps  will  be  taken.  The 
lecision  deiiends  on  the  replies  of  the  powers 
bo  the  Bus/iian  circular.  Tne  answer  of  Eng- 
land IS  expected  at  the  end  of  the  present 
week." 

LoxDON,  Feb.  28.— The  Slandard'g  special 
brora  Vienna  reports  that  the  Bussian  authori- 
ties have  ordered  the  arrest  of  a  Turk- 
ish cavalry  general  named  Konducb,  who 
la  charged  with  scretly  traveling  through  the 
Caucasus  and  collecting  money  for  the  l\urkish 
wounded.  ^^ 

INSTITUTE  OF  MINING  ENQINEEBS, 


#IBST  SESSION  OF  ITS  SFBUTO  MEETING — 
BBPpRTS  OF  COMMITTBES — A  VALOABLE 
COIXBCTION  07  METALS  AND  MiNEBALS 
,  BECBIVKD  FROM  FOBBION  COUNTRIES. 
The  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers 
held  ths  first  session  of  its  Febraary  meeting  at  the 
rooms  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers, 
No.  4  Bosi  Twentv- third-street,  last  evening.  Prof. 
Boaslter  W.  Baymoad  presided  and  Mr.  T.  "ii. 
Brown  acted  as  Secretary.  The  Chairman  delivered 
a  brief  opening  address,  in  wbioh  he  said  that 
America  had  made  rapid  strides  m  the  pro- 
irren  ot  Invention  and  discovery  dorine  the 
pASt  X'''^'  Baropean  enfrlneers  were  look- 
ing with  particular  Interest  at  American 
Inrentiona,  as  this  was  the  country  above  all  others 
la  which  to  experiment,  owlne  to  the  fertility  of  lis 
resoarces  and'the  neo<«sity  thrast  upon  its  inven- 
tors by  exceasiTe  com-oetitioD.  Xhe  American  peo- 
ple had  accomplished  many  tilings  whictf  had  been 
considered  absurd  ant&l  they  were  accompli8hed,bnt, 
like  Mark  Twain's  hearer,  they  were  forced  toclimb 
a  tree  whether  they  could  or  not.  An  election  of 
members  followed,  in  which  47  were  admitted  to 
membership,  including  many  graduates  of  €ler- 
man  unlTerslties  and  a  Japanese  student  Sct- 
eral  rssoluiions  ware  read  by  the  Chainoan, 
which  he  said  had  been  sent  in  to  him, 
bat  which  be  did  not  nropose  to  pat  to  a  Tote,  for 
the  reason  that  the  society,  in  his  oplDion,  sboald 
Dot  commit  itself  to  the  indorsement  or  rejection  of 
propositiuns  in  that  manner.  Considerable  discns- 
Hon  was  h.-«d  npon  the  sabject  and  a  Tote  being 
taken  resuiied  in  the  opmion  of  the  Chair  beluK 
matained.  A  paper  was  next  read  by 
William  JII.  Courtis,  entlUea  "The  North 
Shore  of  Xake  Saperlor  as  a  Mineral 
bearlnc  District"  There  was  little  la  the  paper 
irhlch  was  new,  and  it  slioited  no  dlscnssion.  A 
large  muatier  of  specimens  of  ore  accompanied  the 
paper  and  ^ireTe  placed  in  the  musenm  of  the  society. 
Mr.  Eckley'  B.  Coxe,  Chairman  of  the  Centennial 
Committee,  made  a  report  of  the  work  of 
the  committee  at  the  Exposition  at  Philadel- 
phia last  year,  and  sala  that  the  regis- 
ter of  ttMrnat  of  visitors  who  had  -nsited 
the  zooms  orf.'  the  society  was  a  doonment  of  which 
ttM  soaisar  mUcht  mvX  be  0r«id.    Zhe  aaeaat  of 


money  expended  by  thA  committee  was  $4,168  48. 
and  no  indebtedness  had  been  inoarred.  A  testi* 
menial  was  received  firom  the  Swedish  Mliriog 
Engineers,  of  Stockholm,  thanking  the  American 
SOinety  for  its  kindly  interest  In  the  Swedish 
visitors  to  the  Centennial  Bxhibition. 

Mr.  John  3.  Alexander,  of  Philadelphia,  Cbairmaa 
of  the  Museum  Comoditse,  snbroltted  a  report 
sQowing  the  contribatlons  from  foreign  Crovem- 
ments  and  Commissieaers,  and  both  torei^  and 
American  s^hlbtters  of  mineral  and  metallnrgioal 
displays  at  the  Ceniennlal  ExhibitioD.  to  the 
Museam  of  the  inttitute.  Naoxlj  every  t'oretgn 
ooantry  is  represented  la  the  oolleotdoD,  as  well  as 
many  mining  diatricti  of  this  cunntry.  The  original 
cost  ot  this  colleoiioo  was  $100,000.  Among  the 
fboUection  were  200  spedmeiis  trom  the  diiferent 
royal  Prussian  lead  and  salt  works,  with  draw- 
ings and  statistics  presented  by  the  German  Qov- 
emment;  the  Fagersta,  Swedeo,  collection  of  ores 
and  floisbed  steel  with  S!SO  lamnles;  Prince  Paul 
DemidofTs  collection,  and  a  nnmber  of 
armor  platea  tested  by  the  British  Admi- 
ralty. A  portion  of  Memorial  Hall,  Fair- 
mount  Park,  Philadelphia,  has  bsen  set  apart  by 
the  Pennsylvania  Museam  and  School  of  Indus- 
trial Art  for  tb%  accommodation  of  this  collection, 
which  hss  slreadv  been  transferred  to  that  balld- 
ing.  It  18  the  intention  of  the  institute  to  make 
this  one  of  the  most  complete  and  syitematioally 
arranged  collectious  in  the  ooantry,  and  it  will  be 
open  to  the  general  pabric,  as  wall  aa  to  technical 
Students  and  professionat  men.  At  the  close  oithe 
report  the  meeting  xjjuurned. 


THE  FINE  ABia. 


SALE  FOR   THB   LADIES*    ART  ASSOCIATION. 

On  Thursday  and  Friday  next,  in  the  even- 
ing, and  on  SsUurday  afternoon,  thera  will  be  a  sale 
ef  pictures  and  bric-^brao  tmder  the  aaspioes  of 
the  Ladies'  Art  Association.  The  sale  will  be  con- 
ducted by  George  A.  Leavitt  St.  Co.  at  their  gal- 
lery. No.  817  Broadway.  The  purpose  of  the  asso- 
ciation is  to  promote  the  interests  of  women  artists 
solely,  and  to  that  end  a  lite  class  for  the  use  of 
women  was  started,  the  fees  fur  attendance  being 
placed  at  a  very  low  figure.  Landscape  painting 
has  also  been  taught  by  Mr.  A.  H.  Wyant,  and 
latterly  classes  have  been  formed  for  learning 
to  paint  on  china,  silk,  wood,  and  slate.  Henee  the 
list  of  articles  now  on  exhibition  at  No.  817  Broad- 
way embraces  a  very  wide  range.  There  are  oil- 
paintings  both  in  landscape  and  figure,  crayons, 
pen  and  ink  drawings,  water-colors,  and  varioas  ob- 
jects connected  with  household  decoration.  There 
are  some  models  in  plaster,  and  not  a  few  examples 
of  needlework.  The  intenuon  of  the  lady  managers 
is  to  make  the  association  industrial  as  well  as 
phUanthroDioal  in  scope  ;  they  are  trying  to  aid 
women  to  become  artists  by  supplying  teiohers. 
models,  and  materials  at  cost  pnoe,  and  propose  in 
this  way  to  assist  them  in  disposing  of  their  work. 
It  has  seemed  best  to  them  to  restrict  their  charita- 
ble favors  to  persons  of  their  own  sex,  perhaps 
irom  fear  that  the  saperior  producing  power  of 
male  artists  would  crowd  out  women's  work,  and 
thus  defeat  the  objeot  uf  their  orgaQizatioo? 

The  piotares  on  exhibition  this  year  are  made  np 
in  a  large  degree  of  flowers,  for  which  women  have 
a  constitational  foodnesa.  Bat  thera  are  also  at- 
tempts at  more  dif&calt  aableots,  as  for  instance  the 
pictures  of  Miss  M.  J.  Wood.  Her  painting  of  an 
old  man  seated  is  careful  and  promlsmg.  It  is 
either  labeled  wrong  or  the  catalogae,  which  is  a 
shocking  example  of  careless  printing  thronghoat, 
is  in  fault  But  the  picture  will  be  known 
from  the  uescriptlon.  Miss  H.  M.  Enowlton,  of 
Boston,  has  a  muine,  under  No.  35,  "Short  Sands, 
York,  Maine,"  which  hardly  reaches  her  usnal  level 
of  good  work.  Some  good  flower  painting  in  oils 
will  be  found  at  Nos.  41  and  43.  "  Wistaria"  and^ 
'Field  Flowers,"  by  Miss  A.  C.  Nowell,  ahd  Miss 
M.  £.  Monk's  "Cidla"  (No.  47)  ought  also  to  re- 
ceive a  mentiou.  "A  Hebe  of  the  Bignteenth  Cen- 
tury" is  a  large  three-quiiner  length,   by  Miss  M. 

B.  Oakey,  which  received  much  praise  In  the  news- 
papers last  year  when  exnibited  for  the  ilrst 
time  at  the  Academy  uf  Design.  No.  38, 
"Azaleas  in  a  Venetian  Vase,"  by  the 
esme  artist,  has  some  exceedingly  good  pointa 
It  is  indoied  in  a  frame  of  fanclfal  design.      Mr*. 

C.  B.  Coman  may  be  said  to  take  the  onae  for  land- 
scape in  No.  74,  "Near  Laks  Lonely,  Saratoga,"  a 
picture  very  remarkable  for  sentiment  and  skill. 
But  Miss  M  K.  Uakey  has  a  charcoal  sketch  under 
No.  992,  of  "Twilight,  Manchester,"  which  oumes 
very  near  it  as  far  as  legards  the  former  quality. 
In  fmlt  pictures  there  will  be  tound  a  noticeable 
canvas  by  Mrs.  fl.  P.  Gray,  showing  a  bunch  of 
black  Hamburg  grapes  against  a  wall.  Miss  M. 
L.  Stone  exhibits  a  pleasing  study  of  an  interior 
with  child,  called  "Bed-time,"  well  painted,  with 
a  strung  feeling  for  tones  of  a  brown  variety.  Miss 
Holdioh's  figure  of  a  bgy.  called  "la  the  Grosser 
Garten,  Dresden,"  deserves  a  high  rank  In  tbit 
collection.  The  figure  has  great  Ireahness  and  nat- 
uralness. There  are  many  tiles,  vases,  dishes,  and 
sheila,    decorated   by   difforeot   haoda,  wax  fluwon, 

painted  white  wood  articles,  plaster  casts 
gilded  and  sUvered,  and  other  brio-i^brac  too 
numerons  to  mention.  The  trames  will  be  sold 
with  the  pictares  at  the  prices  printed  la  thd  cata- 
logue. Let  US  hope  that  by  Thursday  the  catalogue 
will  be  reyised. 

AMUSEMENTS. 


BRIEF    MBMTIOX. 

"Wild  Oats"  will  be   act«d  at  WaUaok's 

Theatre  this  evening. 

Mies  Abbott  will  sing  in  "La  Figlia"  at  the 
Brooklyn  Academy  of  Music  to-night 

Mr.  Ole  Bull  and  Mme.  Essipoff  will  take 
part  in  this  evening's  concert  at  Steinw«y  Hall. 

Miss  Jennie  Hughes,    Mile.  Paladmo,    and 

Signor  Maacagno  have  loined  the  company  at 
Niblo's,  and  appear  nightly  in  the  "  reconstructed  " 
spectacle  of  "  Around  the  World." 

A  telegraphic  invitation  t*  witness  "Our 
Boarding  House"  at  the  Park  Theatre,  has  been 
extended  to  President-elect  Hayes,  in  case  he 
should  Tisit  New-Tork  this  week. 

The  drama  called  "  Insha vogue,''  with  Mr. 
John  T.  Hmds.  from  the  Theatre  Boyal,  Dublin,  in 
the  leading  rdle,  is  the  current  attraction  at  the 
New  Broadway  Theatre.  The  play  deals  with  in- 
cidents and  personages  appealing  strongly  to  specta- 
tors interested  In  Irish  history. 

The  PhUharmonio  Society  of  States  Island 
will  give  their  fourth  concert,  this  season,  on  Fri- 
day evening  next.  Miss  Drasdil,  Mr.  Fritsob.  Mr. 
Mollenbauer,  Mr.  Bietzel,  Mr.  Yerner,  Mr.  Hamm, 
Mr.  Bisoh.  and  Mr.  Uanaknecht  are  to  be  the  art- 
ists, and  the  programme  will  nave  for  its  ipiiee  de 
reristanee  Schobert's  quintet  in  A,  known  as  "  The 
Trout." 

OBITUABY. 


SAMUEL    L.     HOWE. 

Samuel  L.  Howe,  an  old  and  prominent  citi- 
sen  of  Mount  Pleasant,  Iowa,  died  recently  at  that 
place,  aged  69  years.  Mr.  Howe  was  bom  in  Ver- 
mont In  1608,  and  when  10  years  of  age  moved  to 
Granville,  Ohio,  with  his  parents.  Snbseqaently  he 
entered  the  Ohio  State  University  at  Atnens,  where 
he  snpportsd  himself  by  chopping  wood.  Without 
graduating  he  established  an  academy  of  his  own 
at  Lancaster,  Ohio,  where  be  taught  for  six  years, 
and  during  this  time  fitted  Gren.  Sherman  and  his 
brother,  the  United  States  Senator,  tot  college.  In 
1838  he  published  a  Philotaxlan  grammar.  In  1841 
he  removed  with  his  family  to  Mount  Pleasant, 
Iowa,  and  two  years  later  he  established  what  is 
now  the  oldest  hlgb-scbool  in  the  State.  In  1845  he 
built  an  academy  wblcb,  with  additions  since  made, 
IB  one  of  the  largest  in  the  West.  In  1849  he  be- 
came one  of  the  editors  of  the  Iowa  Frtemaa,  the 
first  anti-slavery  newspaper  in  that  State.  Soon 
after  he  became  the  sole  editor  of  the  paper,  when 
he  changed  its  name  to  the  Iowa  Trtu  Democrat. 
He  was  uncompromising  in  his  views,  and  was  gen- 
erally recognized  as  the  leader  ot  the  Free  Soil« 
Party  in  Iowa.  In  1856  ha  sold  his  paper,  and  since 
that  time  has  devoted  himself  wnolly  to  teaching. 
He  was  held  in  high  esteem  by  ail  who  knew  him, 
espeeially  by  hi*  pupils,  who  regaided  him  as  their 
friend  and  benefactor. 


THE   WEATHEB. 


INDICATIONS. 

'  WASHiKaTOK,  Feb.  28—1  A.  tS..—For  the 
lower  lakes.  Middle  and  Eastern  States  light  winds 
ikifting  to  louth-wut  and  louth-eatt,  faUing  or  tta. 
tionary  barometer,  and  warmer,  eUar,  or  partly 
doudy  weather. 

STATE  OEHTENiHAL  OELEBRATWlT. 
•  KoNnouT,  Feb.  27. — Active  steps  have  been 
taken  to  properly  celebrate  the  centennial  of  the 
State  at  Kingston.  The  convention  which  formed 
the  flrat  Constitation  met  there.  The  election  for 
Governor  and  other  State  officers  was  held,  and,  100 
years  ago  on  the  30th  of  July,  George  Clinton  was 
inaugurated  first  Governor  at  the  Kingston  Court- 
house and  the  first  Legislature  waa  organized.  A 
committee  comprising  Mayor  James  G.  Llndsley, 
Judge  T.  B.  Westbrook,  Hon.  Thomns  Cornell,  A. 
B.  Hsibronck,  Major  Gen.  George  H.  Sharps,  Hon.  8. 
L.  Stebbins,  Hon.  William  Loonsbery,  and  other 
promioeat  oitiaans  havetthe  affair  in  charge,  and  the 
celebration  will  be  on  a  grand  scale.  Tne  State  and 
national  authorities  are  to  be  invited  and  the  eveut 
is  to  be  made  one  ot  the  most  memorable  of  centen- 
nial observances.  Arraagements  are  also  to  l>e 
made  to  commemorate  the  burning  ot  Kingston  by 
British  troops  on  the  16th  of  October,  1777. 

STSIKJSBS  OJBSTBVOTZJfO  MAILS. 
FoKTLAira>,  Feb.  27. — At  a  hearing  to-day  in 
the  ca^e  of  Walker,  Shaw,  and  Stona,  engineers, 
charged  with  obstructing  mails  on  the  Boston  and 
Maine  Ballroad^  the  first  two  named  were  dis- 
eharged,  and  Stoas  was  held  ia  11,000  for  ttisl  ia 
ths  United  Siatss  Dhttnot  Ooox» 


LOCAL  MISCELLANY. 


WAS  DR.  LJNCH  MURDERED  f 
THB  THEORY  THAT  HE  DIED  FBOM  POISON 
CONFIRMED  BT  THE  FOST>MORTBM  EX- 
AMINATION— SUSPICIOUS  ACTIONS  OF 
BERNARD  CONKLIN  —  C1BCDM8TANCE8 
ATTBNDIXa  THE  TRAGEDY — THE  DOC- 
TOR'S CAREER  IN  THIS  CITY. 
The  suspicion  that  the  sudden  death  of  Dr. 
John  Lynch,  in  a  room  of  the  tenement-house  No.  228 
West  Twenty-eighth-street,  on  Monday  evening,  was 
caused  by  poison,  was  confirmed  yesterday  at  the 
post-mortem  examination  of  the  body.  Until  an 
analysis  of  the  stomach  Is  completed,  the 
precise  nature  of  the  deadly  agent  will  not 
be  known;  nor  has  it  been  definitely 
ascertained  whether  the  poison  was  administered 
by  the  man  Conklin,  who  oaunot  be  found,  or  was 
taken  by  the  Doctor  himself.  One  circumstance, 
the  fact  that  Conklin  was  seen  to  give  the  Doctor 
soma  liquid  from  a  vial,  points  strongly  to  the 
truth  ot  the  former  theory.  If  such  were  really 
the  ease,  it  la  regarded  as  probable  that 
Conklin  administered  the  drug  as  a  medicament  i 
for  apparently  there  existed  no  motive  which  could 
be  looked  upon  as  a  sufficient  inducement  fer 
mnrder.  The  two  men  were  evideatly  on 
friendly  terms.  It  is  asserted  that 
the  unfortunate  physician  had  neither 
money  nor  valuables  of  any  description  on  hia  per- 
son. '  On  the  other  hand,  the  friends  of  Dr.  Lynch 
scout  the  idea  ot  suicide,  and  at  the  same  time  ques- 
tion the  supposition  that  Conklin  could  have  been 
so  blind  or  ignorant  as  to  administer  as  a  medi- 
cament what  appears  to  have  been  an  Irritant 
poison.  The  autopsy,  which  was  periormed  by 
Deputy  Coroner  Goldschmidt,  in  the  presence  of 
Coroner  Bllinger,  Dr.  Finnell,  and  Dr.  Patrick 
J.  Lyneli,  a  brother  of  the  deceased,  revealed 
the  following  facts  as  to  the  condition  of 
the  internal  organs:  latense  congestion  ot  the 
lungs  ;  turgescence  of  the  vessels  of  the  right  side 
of  the  heart;  heart  enlarsed  and  somewhat  fatty ; 
liver  very  fatty ;  kidneys  both  extensively  diseased 
and  in  an  advanced  stage  of  tatty  degeneration, 
with  olirhOHis;  stomach  intensely  congested 
and  inflamed,  preaentrng  a  dark,  bloody 
appearance,  more  apparent  In  the  larger 
curvation;  the  maoous  membrane  corroded  and  ul- 
cerated, and  in  some  instances  entirely  absent,  in 
others  erfoliatory  and  easily  removed.  This  pro- 
cess of  inflammation  commenced  atiout  the  mid- 
dle of  the  SBROphagus.  and  extended  down 
tfboat  IS  or  20  inches  to  the  small  intes- 
tines, and  then  gradually  losing  itself, 
death  was  caused  by  soma  Irritant  poison,  the  na- 
ture of  which  cannot  be  ascertained.  The  death 
ceriiflcate  issned  by  the  Coroner  read  as  follows  t 
"  John  Lynch,  Ireland,  25  years  in  the  United 
States ;  canse — some  irritant  poison  taken  Into  the 
stomach,  supposed  to  have  been  administered  bv  a 
friend  about  five  hours  before  the  deceased  was 
tound  dead.  Tbe  nature  of  the  poison  could  not  bo 
ascertained  without  analysis." 

The  circumstances  attending  the  visit  of  Dr. 
Lvnoa  to  the  apartments  of  Henry  Shea,  No.  2i28 
West  Twenty-eighth-street,  where  he  died  soon  after, 
were  as  follows :  The  man  who  Intro- 
dncea  him  to  the  Shea  family  is  sappoaed 
to  he  Bernard  Conklin.  a  printer,  who  has  worked 
as  a  "sab"  in  the  iSua  press-room.  In  the  latter 
part  ot  Deoemt>er  last  this  man  rented  one  ot  the 
rooms  on  the  floor  oceuoied  by  the  Shea?,  and 
lived  there  with  a  woman  whom  he  rep- 
resented to  be  his  wife  until  Jan. 
&6,  when  Mrs.  Shea  ejocted  tbe  couple 
for  non-payment  of  rent,  retaining,  in  lieu  ot  ar- 
rears, a  trunk  belonging  to  them.  On  Friday  lust 
Conklin.  who,  it  appears,  was  rather  intimate  with 
Dr.  Lynch,  called  with  that  gentleman  on  Mrs. 
Shea,  and  introduced  the  Doctor  as  desiroas  of 
renting  the  room  which  Conklin  had  vacated, 
and  at  the  same  time  suggested  to  the 
woman  that  Dr.  Lynch  woul^be  a  convenient  per- 
son to  have  In  the  house  doPrag  her  approaching 
confinement.  The  uhysioiao  did  not,  however,  rent 
the  room  then,  but  promised  to  cull  again.  In  ac- 
curdance  with  this  assurance  he  went  there  alone 
on  Monday  at  1  o'clock,  and  while  speaking  to  Mrs. 
Shea  complained  of  a  feeling  of  exhaastion.  Mrs. 
Shea  invited  bim  to  sit  on  a  lonnge  in  tne  room, 
and  Just  then  Conklin  entered  the  apartment. 
Hearing  that  the  Doctor  was  not  well,  he  requested 
permlsaioa  of  tbe  woman  to  remove  his 
friend       to        an         ad)oiDiug         bedroom.        Ah 

they  entered  tbe  room  VJuuklin  produced  from 
a  pocket  of  his  coat  a  long  vial,  similar  to  those 
used  for  Mann's  Blixir  of  Uplam,  ountaining  a 
brownish  liquid.  This  he  handed  tu  tbe  physician, 
wbu,  St  his  sugcestioo,  swallowed  a  large  portion  of 
the  contents,  and  then  lay  down  on  tbe  bed.  Conk- 
lin, retaruing  tbe  vial  tu  bis  pucket,left  itie  house, 
after  asking  Mrs.  Shea  to  "  let  the  Doctor  rest 
lor  a  While."   Aboat  half  an  hoar  later  the  woman 

beard  Lynch  breathing  very  heavily  but 
gave  the  oiroamstance  nu  atteoiioa.  At  9  o'clock 
Miss  Briscoe,  a  boarder,  entered  the  room, 
and  discovered  that  tbe  Diictor  was  dead.  Snea 
notihsd  tbu  Pulice  of  the  'I'weatieth  Preoinot,  who 
ioformed  ibe(joroner,  but  appareatly  mAdu  no  effort 

to  find  Conklin  or  to  obtain  an  accurate  description 
of  him.  Yesterday  Coroner  Elllnger  supplied  them 
with  a  warrant  for  tbe  arrest  ot  the  inaD,  and  tbe 
document  was  given  to  Patrolman  Thomas  Keillv. 
who,  acoompamod  by  Shea,  visited  ih«  haunts  uf 
the  missing  man.  but  did  nut  succeed  in  finding  any 
trace  •!  him.  It  is  stated  that  Dr.  Lyucb  instituted 
a  suit  some  time  ago  against  tbe  father  of  ex-Juilge 
LeUwitb  for  tbe  r(;cuyery  of  a  debt,  and  tbe.fi)llow- 
tng  letter  found  on  the  body  probably  has  connec- 
tion with  the  litigation: 

Ofviob  ov  WII.I.IAH  J.  Htlajcd. 
Frirxd  L.:  I  have  b>;cu  uod  coavKr^ed  with  1..  in  rt. 
your  matter.  Prum  what  lie  said  I  am  uuabie  to  give 
any  assurabuoe  tbitt  tbe  claim  uuu  be  ou  auy  basis  i>rop- 
eriy  adjusted.  I  wish  you  to  know,  as  I  have  iriveu  l. 
to  understand,  that  m.y  present  and  past  conuectlun 
with  the  matter  Is,  and   has  tieea.  In   tbe  uueuvialiie 

rositlOD  of  mu(u<i(  irlund.    I'rom  turtber    interierencu 
claioi  the  privilege  ot  exemotieu.    Beiievu  mu    ever 
yours,  W.  J.  HVlA.ND. 

Dr.  Lynch,  who,  at  tbe  time  of  his  deatb,  was  34 
years  of  age,  waj,  np  to  a  comparatively  recent 
period,  a  well-known  and  popular  practitioner  in 
this  City.  Tbe  events  of  the  last  years  of  bis  lite 
turnish  a  painful  picture  of  tbe  depth  of  degrada- 
tion and  penury  to  which  excessive  iiitemperanco 
Kinka  men  of  even  eminent  talents  and  independent 
fortunes.  He  was  born  is  Ireland,  and  coming  to 
this  coautry  during  his  bovboo  i,  entered  the  medi- 
cal department  of  the  University  of  the 
City  of  New- York,  where  he  received  his 
medleal  education.  He  was  graanated  in  1863, 
and  soon  after  opened  an  uffice  in  Honstou- 
street,  near  Sullivan,  where,  with  me  assistance  ot 
his  personal  friend  and  tutor.  Dr.  Fiunell,  he  be- 
came very  popular  with  the  reslueuts  of  that  por- 
tion of  the  City,  and  establishes!  a  practice  from 
which  accrued  an  income  averaging  from  £7,000 
to  110,000  yearly.  Professionailv.  be  oosseaaed  emi- 
nent ability,  and  was  several  years  ago  cbosun 
House  Surgeon  of  St.  Ylncent  Hospital,  a  position 
whioh  he  filled  during  a  period  of  12  months.  About 
five  years  ago  he  became  exceedingly  intenipHrat<', 
and  his  practice,  in  consequence^  decreased  per- 
ceptibly. He  subsequently  reinovea  his 
office  to  No.  331  West  Tbuty-second-street, 
where  ex-Judge  Ledwith,  Fathers  Ducey  and  Dun- 
nelly,  and  some  Infiuential  members  of  St.  Michael's 
Catholis  Church  interestea  themselves  in  his  wel- 
fare. Being  completely  enslaved  by  his  thirst  for 
drink,  he  did  not  succeed  in  materially  bettering 
his  condition,  his  list  of  patients  baving  dwibdleit 
to  a  few.  J.  B.  QIIhou,  the  landlord  of  the 
house,  ejected  blw  about  five  months  ago,  since 
which  time  be  has  bad  no  permaneut  residence  or 
office.  The  last  month  of  bis  existence  was  apent 
in  an  uointerrapted  debauch.  Tbe  body  of  the  nn- 
I'ortimate  physician  was  claimed  by  his  brother, 
Dr.  Patrick  J.  Lynch,  who  ordered  Its  removkl  to 
bis  residence,  Nu.  31G  E^ist  Tbirreenth-street. 

Tbe  stomach,  ot  tbe  dead  man  was  placed  in  a 
sealed  jar,  aud  sent  to  tbe  Coroner's  office  fur  the 
purpose  of'  an  analysK  and  tbe  kidney  waa  given 
to  Dr.  Finnell  for  examination. 


THa  OOVNOIL  OF  POLITWAL  BEFOBM. 

The  Council  of  Political  Reform  met  ou  Mon- 
day evening,  at  its  rooms,  No.  48  Bast  Tweuty- 
third-street,  W.  H.  Webb  presiding.  After  the 
usnal  routine  bnsinesa  bad  been  transacted,  the 
representative  of  the  Council  at  the  Legislature 
made  his  statement  of  tbe  steps  taken  to  promote 
the  passage  of  tbe  several  bills  before  the  Legisla- 
ture for  im'proving  the  public  afiairs  of  this  City, 
and  to  oppose  such  legislation  as  would  be  detri- 
mental to  the  public  interests.  Whorenpon  the 
representative  st  the  Legislature  was  instructed 
to  oppose  all  bills  asking  appropriations 
for  local  improvements  in  this  City,  (such 
as  parks,  avenues,  &c.,)  as  by  existing 
laws  the  City  possesses  all  tbe  powers  needed  to 
make  any  public  imDrovemeut  that  is  required. 
The  matter  of  the  proposed  sue  and  ac^^ompHoying 
street  of  the  New-York  termions  of  the  viaduct  of 
tbe  Brooklyn  Bridge  was  discussed,  and  then  re- 
ferred, with  power,  to  a  special  committee.    It  was 

Hetolved,  That  this  Council  has  full  conBdence  In  the 
capacity,  integrity , and  Udeliiy  ol  Allan  Campbell,  Ksq., 
the  present  Coiumissioner  of  Public  Works,  that  they 
are  opjKiked  to,  aod  shall  nobuse  all  c&urts  to  remove 
bim  from  the  position  that  he  now  hohls,  or  to  sr.orien 
his  term  of  office,  and  they  believe  such  efforts  to  be 
hostile  to  tbe  uublic  intereata. 

This  resolution  was  directed  to  be  sent  to  tbe 
Mayor,  Common  Cunnoil,  and  the  members  of  the 
Legislature. 

m  m  - 

MISS  HlOailfS'  SJilNDLIKa  BOARDER. 

John  L.  Davis,  the  young  man  who  is  charged 
with  Bwinilliog  Hiss  Annie  Higgins,  of  No.  57  West 
Twenty-first  street,  was  arraigned  before  Justice 
Flammer,  at  (he  Wasbmgtan-place  Police  Court, 
yesterday.  Miss  Higgins  made  a  formal  comolaint 
agatnat  him,  her  affidavit  embodying  the  facts  In 
relation  to  the  175  check  which  have  already  been 
published.  Mr.  James  Striker,  Cashier  of  the  Mur- 
ray Bill  Bsnk,niade  an  affidavit  that  the  check  wtM 
,worthle«a,  aa  Davis  had  no  lands  to  his  credit  at 
the  bank,  and  his  aoconat  there  was  closed  in  1871 


Davia  pleaded  not  guilty,  and  was  tfoniiDitted  for 
trisl  u  oofault  of  ball.  There  was  another  etiarge 
of  awtndimg  preferred  against  Davis  by 
Mr.  William  H.  Carew,  a  Jeweler,  of 
No.  aO0  Broadway,  who  allecsd  that  oa 
Sept  S,  I>4T^  Davia,  with  whom  he  was  well  ao- 
qoamtel,  oailed  at  his  store  and  nnrohased  dia- 
monds aud  Jev*!ry  to  the  smonot  of  |i08.  Be  ten- 
dered m  payuiaut  therefor  a  ouj»k  for  that  amonnt 
on  <-Jie  Mnriaj  Hill  Bank,  and  onDavlB'  represenra- 
tionfe  that  :he  obeok  was  good,  Mr.  Oarew  took  it 
and  delivered  the  jewelry  to  Davis.  Tbe  next  day 
he  learned  that  the  cheek  wms  worthless.  Davis 
aiso  oleaded  nut  guilty  to  this  charge,  and  wa^  com- 
mitted for  trial  also  in  defanlt  of  bail.  It  was  as- 
serted in  eourt  that  a  namber  of  other  charges  of  a 
similar  nature  will  be  made  against  him. 

MB.  COMMISSIONER  CAMPBELL. 

MEETING  OF  THE  UUNICIPAL  COMMITTEE  TO 
1NVK811GATB  THE  CHARGES  AGAINST 
HIM — FAILURE  TO  SUBSTANTIATE  THEM 
— FAVORABLE  RECORD  MADE  BT  THE 
HEAD  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT. 
The  Aldermanic  Committee  ou  Public  Works 
held  an  animated  session  yesterday,  during  which 
they  discussed  the  charges  which  were  preferred 
by  Mr.  Tnomey  against  Commissioner  Campbell. 
Mr.  Tnomey  asserted  before  the  Common  Council, 
of  which  he  is  a  member,  that  Mr.  Campbell  neg- 
lected bis  official  dulies,  and  that  he  could  not  have 
given  them  the  attention  tbey  required  while  he 
was  President  of  the  Consolidation  Coal  Company. 
Since  this  charge  waa  made,  however,  Mr.  Camp- 
bell has  been  succeeded  by  another  gentleman  in 
tbe  latter  office,  and  therefore,  in  the  language  of  a 
member  of  the  committee,  tbe  cause  of  complaint, 
even  If  there  was  any  ground  for  it,  was  removed. 
But  Mr.  Tnomey  was  not  to  be  pacified  in  this  way. 
He  expressed  his  determination  to  make  other 
charges  against  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works, 
and  for  that  purpose  he  appeared  before  tbe  com, 
mittee.  It  is  known  that  the  quarrel  which  Mr  ^ 
Tuomey  has  espoused  originated  in  a  contest  for 
patronage  from  the  Department  of  Public  Works, 
a  contest  in  which  the  Tammany  City  Fathers  were 
routed. 

Tbe  committee  met  at  3  o'clock.  It  consists  of 
Aldermen  Sbeilsi  Joyce,  Salmon,  Simonson,  and 
Pinckney.  Tbe  two  latter  are  Bepubllcans  and  the 
otLer  members  are  Tammany  nt en.  Col.  Wingate 
appeared  in  behalf  of  Mr.  Campbell,  who  was  too  111 
to  attend. 

Mr.  Tnomey  was  the  first  to  address  the  commit- 
tee. He  said  that  the  char/es  he  had  made  against 
Mr.  Campbell  were  true,  but  he  supposed  that,  as 
the  Commissioner  had  ceased  to  bo  President  of  the 
coal  company,  it  would  not  be  necessary  to  take 
any  action  on  the  charge  on  that  point.  But  he 
wanted  to  prefer  another  charge.  Commissioner 
Campbell  had  appointed  as  his  deputy  Mr.  Hubert 
O.  Thompson,  a  man  who  had  not  the  requisite 
qualifications  for  the  position.  He  was  at  one  time 
a  clerk  in  tbe  departmeut  at  f900  a  year. 

Alderman  Shells — Then  your  charge  is  that  the 
deputv  has  not  sufficient  experience  ? 

Alderman  Tnomey— Yes ;  I  say  be  is  not  fit  for 
the  office. 

Alderman  Pinckney— Tweed  was  at  one  time  con- 
nected with  the  Public  Works,  but  he  waa  not  an 
engineer.  Is  it  nccessaiv  for  a  deputy  to  be  an  en- 
gineer t  What  qualifications  had  ^r.  Gnmbleton, 
the  Deputy  Commissioner  who  ''preceded  Mr. 
Thompson,  that  Mr.  Thompson  has  not  got  t 

Alderman  Tnomey  made  no  answer  to  this  ques- 
tion, but  simply  repeated  that  Mr.  Thompson  should 
not  have  been  appointed. 

Col.  Wingate  here  stepped  forward  nnd  said  tbat 
tbe  charge  that  Commissioner  Campbell  held  two 
pusitlons  conld  be  easily  disposed  of.  The 
Presidency  of  the  Consolidation  Coal  .Com- 
pany, which  he  had  held,  was  not  a 
position  within  tbe  meaning  of  tbe  charter.  Al- 
thongb  ho  bad  relinquished  tbe  duties  of  tbat  office, 
tbe  holding  of  It  did  not  prevent  him  from  attend- 
ing to  his  duties  as  Commissioner  of  Public  Works 
—duties  which  he  bad  performed  io,the  satlsfaoUou 
of  the  pablic.  For  four  years  be  had  charge  of  the 
Fourth-avenue  improvement,  a  great  work,  which 
was  finished  within  the  amount  named  in  tbe  esO- 
males.  The  Commissionership  ot  Pablic  Works  had 
bsen  offered  to  him  when  be  bad  charge  of  tbat  im- 
provement, but  he  declined   It.     He  did  accept  the 

poaitioD  when  be  bad  time  to  perform  all  its  duties. 

He  was  then  receiving  a  saUry  of  $12,000  a  year  as 
President  of  the  coal   compau  v.  and  it  was  not  to  be 

expected  tbtt  he  would  resign  that  office  to  take 

une  at  910,000.  It  was  stated  in  the  resolution  be- 
fore the  Aldermen  tbat  Mr.  Campbell's  coarse  bad 
caused  demoralizsdon  lu  his  department.  But 
such   was  not  tbe  fact.     On   tbe   contrary,    he 

baa  made  his  departmant  wbat  it  sboald  be.  He 
baa  removed  Inefficient  «mployoa.  and  eatablisbt-d 
the  principle  that  promotion  sball  be  based  on  effi- 
cient services  and  experience.  Tba  time  of  tbe  at- 
taches or  bla  o£Boe  was  not  tnken  no  with  auplica- 
tionu  for    plarea.       Since    be    assumed  office    be  ban 

saved  |1.500.000  to  tbe  City.  Ot  this  amount,  $1,000,- 
000  was  saved  by  adopting  tbe  contract  system  and 
aboliahiDg  tbe  old  system  of  day's  work,  and  - 
9200,000  has  been  saveu  by  not  proceeding  with 
various  works  wbioh  would  cost  that  amonDt.  As 
to  tbe  charge  in  relation  to  tit.  Thompson,  it  was 
easy  to  reply  to  it.  Commissioner  Campbell  fonod 
him  in  his  offic«>,  and  after  a  full  knowledge 
of  bis  qusliflcatiuns,  appointed  him  as 
hia  Secretary.  He  was  far  more  familiar  with  the 
duties  of  the  department  thau  any  man  whom  Mr. 
Campbell  found  there,  and  thrtretce  he  was  an- 
pointed  to  tbe  office  ot  deputy.  Mr.  Thomoson  was 
regarded  by  tee  Commissioner  as  in  every  way  com- 
petent for  the  position,  aod  therefore  he  selected 
mm. 

Alderman  Shells  ana  nthf>r  members  of  the  com- 
mittee here  asked  Cut.  Wini/ate  how  Mr.  Campbell 
effected  a  saving  of  91.500,000  for  this  City,  and  be 
repeated  tba  statements  be  had  previously  made  un 
the  suljuct,  and  then  submitted  tbe  following 
report  ot  tb»  Department  ol  Public  Works. 
BXFKKDITUBES  OF  THE  DEPAUTUENT  OF  PUBLIC 
WUBK8  FOB    TUK  LAST  FIVE    TEAKS  : 


THE   HEIRS   DISSATISFIED. 


1872 

187;» 

1674 

1»76 

1870. 


$5,826,112 

7,tj47.830 

7.6c9  lal 

6,9ltf.7o2 

4,3j7,u9d 


Tne  teductloii  of  expeudicures  for   the  past  year  us 

Compared  with  1875  U »J,5o2,t>  )8  TB 

Compareil  with  1874  Is .t. 3,"25:.',030  40 

Compared  with  1873  IS 3,290,741  03 

Compared  witn  1B7 a  is 1,409,017  27 

A  separate  coniDarison  of  each  class  uf  expenditures 
for  tbu  sevenil  yet'rs  and  tho  amount  of  work  dune 
shows  that  the  rednctiuus  are  pnncioaily  the  result  of 
evouomv  aud  the  abolition  of  the  day's  worK  svslem, 
and  not  of  auy  proporciouate  dec  i  esse  In  tbe  work. 

Tbe  current  busiuess  ot  tne  depurfiBeot.  viz  ,  the 
maintenance  ot  the  Crotin  water  system,  streets, 
roads,  kcwers,  buildings,  public  lumps,  itc.  has  beeu 
increased  within  live  years  by  tbe  traosfar  of  the 
Boulevards  in  June.  1872  ;  the  cousuiidntion  oi  tbe  City 
and  County  CoTerumente  in  1873,aud  tho  Hnnexatloo  of 
ilie  Tweniv-ihiid  and  Twenty-ionrlh  Warns  in  1874, 
as  well  as  by  the  constaut  additions  to  street  pave- 
ments, sewers,  aod  wuter-pipes  to  be  maintaiiiud.  \et 
tbe  expenditure  on  these  accounts  bus  been  thus  re- 
duced as  follows : 
Average  expenditures   for   tour    years 

preceding  187ti $1,672,053  82 

Kipeuditoie  for  187tj 1,461,023  09 

Keductlon $221,029~83 

On  the  expenditure  for  strnet  ImproTements  tne  re- 
duction IB  $1  ,H9l>,U03  80,  as  compared  with  the  pre- 
vious year,  aud  $l,0S3,6'ir8  L'3,  as  compared  with  the 
average  annual  expeanliure  lor  the  funr  years  preced- 
ing 1876.  About  4U  per  tent,  of  thean  ridiictiOLis  is 
due  to  a  decrease  in  tbe  amount  o<  work  oairted  on, 
while  the  remaining  60  per  cent  may  be  credited  to 
tbe  abolition  of  the  day's  work  system  and  tbe  shrink- 
aire  of  pncus  fur  contTHCt  work.  An  Idea  »*  the  savlDe 
♦•ffecteJ  by  the  sulistitution  of  contracts  lor  diiy's 
work  may  be  formed  by  oonipariug  the  average  cost  of 
work  under  each,  as  follows : 

Av'ge  cost  Av'geoost 

Nature  of  work.  hv  da's  Wk.  by  cuut't. 

Rock  excavatio::,  per  cubic  yard..     d>4  72  $    &7 

Ear i.h  cxeavatlon.  per  cuuio  yard.        132  22 

Uatb  fllliug,  per  cubic  yard 157  22 

Curb  and  gutter,  per  lineal  fool...        158  42 

Klsggiu;:,  per  square  lout 32  13 

Teliord     macadam   soadway,  per 

sauareyard 4  01  166 

Beceiving  basins,  each 450  00  ll9  00 

in  the  expenditures  for  tbe  improvement  and  ex- 
tension of  the  Croton  water  system  proportionally  the 
greatest  saviae  has  been  efiected,  as  tbe  principal 
tiortion  of  that  work,  the  laying  ot  water-pipes,  was 
lormTly  dune  by  day's  work,  and  is  now  carried  on 
by  contract,  and  a  reductioo  of  30  per  cent.,  or  about 
$80,000.  in  the  cose  uf  iro*  pipe  has  been  secured  by  a 
sopulemeotary  agreement  to  the  old  contract  for  far- 
nisblug  pipes. 

The  following  are  the  quantities  of  pipe  laid  and  tbe 
cost  of  the  same  for  tbe  past  11  vo  years  : 

Qaantlty.  Cost  Per 

Year.  Tons.  Total  Cost.  Ton. 

1872 5,880  $301,808  47  $13tt  30 

187H i>,245  1.291,219  87  139  66 

1874 4.768  799.783  19  13S  e5 

1876 1,484  271.46S  72  181  2S 

1876 3,620  3d9.8t)5  14  96  65 

Tbis  report  was  ordered  on  file,  after  which  the 
committee  adjourned  until  Wednesday    next. 

Mr.  Hubert  0.  Thompson,  the  Daputy  Commis- 
sioner of  Public  Works,  has  been  Connected  with 
that  aepsrtment  for  several  years.  He  received  a 
salary  of  9*2.250  per  annum  as  chief  clerk  in  the 
-Water  Bureau. 

CARAilEL  COLORING  LAWFUL. 

United  States  District  Attorney  Woodford  is 
of  opinion  that  under  tbe  law  no  action  will  he 
against  the  Importers  of  sugar  which  baa  been 
fonnd  to  be  discolored  with  carameL  Tbe  Collector 
disclaims  any  impniation  npon  the  integrity  of 
those  gentlemen.  Tbey  have  only  been  profiting 
by  a  very  sharp  trick.'   The  statute  requires  sugars 

to  be  graded  according  to  color.  It  says  nothing 
about  tbe  qnantltv  of  saochaiine  matter  tbey  may 
eontaln,  aud  there  is  no  olanse  forbidding  tne  im- 
porter to  have  his  goods  of  any  sbada  he  may  de- 
sire. Tbe  suit  that  is  to  t>e  bronf|nt  is  merelv  to  be 
a  test  caae  looking  to  ao  amendment  ot  tbe  law 
which  will  make  similar  evaaions  impossible  la  fa- 
tnra 


COMMODORE  VANDERBILTS  WILL. 

ITS  PROBATE  CONTESTED  BT  CORKBUUS 
J.  TANDEKBILT,  HRS.  ALLEN,  AND  MBa 
tA  BAD— THB  HBARIKO  SET  DOWN  PER- 
EMPTORILY FOR  NKXr  TUESDAY  WEEK 
— SCENES  IN  THE   SURROGATE'S   COUBT. 

Such  a  crowd  assembled  in  tbe  Surrogate's 
office  yesterday  morning  that  bis  Honor,  contrary  to 
precedent,  ordered  the  papers  to  be  sent  to  the 
court-room,  and  tbitber  all  tho  parties  subsequently 
proceeded,  hlllDg  the  room  about  two-thirds  full. 
Nearly  all  weVe  lawyers  or  cariosity  seekers.  Hr. 
William  H.  Vanderbilt  was  present,  but  Cornelius 
waa  absent.  Kone  of  the  female  members  of  the 
family  were  in  the  room.  Among  the  audience  were 
Hon.  Augustus  Schell,  Judge  Baoallo,  Bay.  Sidney 
AjifJorey,  Edwin  D.  Worcester.  Joseph  Harper,  S. 
Dorickson,  Francis  P.  Freeman,  aud  other  intimates 
of  tbe  dead  Commodore.  At  a  few  minutes  past  10 
o'clock  the  Surrogate  raopea  for  order  and  called 
np  the  "  Matter  of  the  will  of  the  late  Cornelias 
Yaaderbilt,  deceased."  Mr.  Henry  L.  Clinton  arose 
and  said  that  he  appeared  in  behalf  of  tho  propo- 
nenta  of  the  will.  The  attesting  wicnesses  were  all 
present,  and  unless  there  should  be  a  disposition 
shown  to  contest  the  will  be  should  move  to  prove 
it.  He  would  ask  his  Honor  to  call  the  several  next 
of  km  and  hear  what  tbey  bad  to  say. 

Mr.  Calvin  said  that  several  applications  and  no- 
tices bad  been  filed  in  his  office.  Mr.  Clio  ton  asked 
to  be  allowed  to  see  them,  and  they  were  handed  to 
him.  One  is  by  Messrs.  James  Matthews  and 
David  Dudley  Field  on  behalf  of  Mrs.  Allen.  An- 
other is  by  Messrs.  Ethan  Allen,  Jeremiah  S.  Black, 
and  Scott  Lord  on  behalf  of  Cornelius  J.  Yander- 
btlt.  The  third  is  by  Mr.  Sutherland  Tenney  ou 
behalf  uf  Mrs  La.  Ban.  They  are  merely  formal 
notices  of  appearance-in  the  usual  form.  Mr.  Clin- 
ton asked  if  there  were  any  others.  Mr.  Cbauncey 
M.  Depew  s«id  that  he  appeared  on  uebalf  of  Mrs, 
Maria  Liouise  Clark  and  Mrs.  Catharine  Lafltte. 
The  Surrogate  directed  bim  to  put  his  notice  into 
writing,  which  he  at  once  proceeded  to  do.  Mr. 
Clinton  said  that  focTr  or  five  of  the  heirs  had  put  in 
no  appearance.  He  thought  it  proper  to  state  that 
Mrs.  Torrance  ana  Mrs.  Thome  had  notified  bim 
that  they  would  interpose  no  objections  to  the  pro- 
bate of  the  will. 

Young  Mr.  Field  then  arose  and  said  :  If  your 
Honor  pleasa,  I  and  Mr.  Matthews  and  mv  father, 
Mr.  David  Dudley  Field,  appear  on  behalf  of  Mrs. 
Allen,  Mr.  David  Dudley  Field,  our  senior,  is,  as 
you  are  aware,  at  present  in  Congress,  devoting  all 
his  time  and  business  to  the  service  ot  the  country. 
We  think  It  only  proper  to  conlult  bim  before  filing 
oar  objections  to  the  will.  We  would  therefore  asK 
tbat  the  bearing  stand  over  for  a  fortnight,  when  we 
'rill  agree  tbat  tbe  case  must  and  shall  proceed,  un- 
less some  unfortimate  complication  should  arise  in 
Conp:ress  ia  the  meantime  that  will  require  Mr. 
Field's  further  attendance  there.  As  tbings  stand 
udw,  however,  I  see  nothing  to  prevent  our  going 
on  at  tbat  date. 

Mr.  Ftban  Allen  then  took  the  fioor.  He  said  he 
could  only  repeat  wbat  Mr.  Field  bad  just  said.  He 
and  his  associates  appeared  for  Mr.  Cornelius  J. 
Vanderbilt,  one  of  tbe  heirs,  to  contest  tbe  will. 
Mr.  lionl  was  at  present  serving  bis  time  -  (correci- 
Ing  himself,)  term — [smiles,  |  in  Congress,  und 
wuuld  not  t>e  at  liberty  until  tbe  4th  of  March. 
Judge  Black  would  also  probably  be  engaged  there 
until  the  same  date.  Before  filing  his  objs-ctions, 
counsel  wotild  like  an  opportunity  to  confer  with 
those  gentlemen,  which  he  had  not  yet  done. 

Mr.  Clinton — I  understand  tne  purpose  ot  counsel 
to  be  to  contest  tbe  will. 

Mr.  Allen — Yes.  Sir. 

Mr.  Field — Undoubtedly. 

Mr.  Clinton — It  is  not  usual  to  proceed  with  the 
contest  of  a  will  on  the  day  of  filing  notice;  so  I 
have  no  objection  to  offer  to  a  reasonable  adjourn- 
ment. First,  however,  I  would  like  to  kuow 
whether  there  are  to  be  any  more  cuntestantp. 
How  aliont  Mrs.  La  Bant 

Mr.  Tenney — I  appear  for  Mrs.  La  Bau.  and  would 
state  tbat  she  will  probably  contost.  I  think  there 
is  no  doubt  about  It. 

Mr.  Deoew — I  assent^  on  the  part  of  Mrs.  Clark 
and  Mrs.  Lufitte,  to  the  probate  of  tbe  wilL  We 
do  not  contest. 

Mr.  Clinton — Mrs.Torrance  and  Mr8.Tbome  have 
notified  us  tbat  thev  will  not  contest.  In  regard  tu 
an  adjournment.  Judge  Rapallo,  of  the  Court  of  Ap- 
peals, one  uf  tbe  subscribing  witnesses  to  both  tbe 
will  ana  the  codicil,  is    ooiiged    \o  go  to  Albany  on 

Friday  week.  1  sogKest  that  the  adjuarument 
take  place  to  a  week  troui  Thursday,  so  as  tu  ena- 
ble us  tu  examiue  bim  before  he  leaves.  But  I  give 
notice  to  cuuusel  tbat  we  will  insist  tbat  tbe  case 
proceed  ou  tbe  adjourned  day,  and  tbat  we  are  nu- 
wiliing  lo  grant  any  further  delays. 

Mr.  Field — Your  Huiior,  tbe  5rb  ul  March,  which 
is  the  4ib  of  March  fur  all  political  purposes,  tails 
on  Mouaay.     We  uinst  presuppone  that  every,  mo- 

luent  ot  our  senior  coaosel's  time  will  ue  fully  occu- 
pied until  that  dftte.     Xueo    tbere  is  the  Juui'Qey  to 

tbia  City.  Really,  tbe  time  suggested  by  my  learned 
brother  is  too  sburt.  I  don't  see  wby  this  case 
sboald  take  a  different  cuurse  from  tbat  of  other 
ostatea    merely     uecauae    it  is  a  lar^e    one.     I  dou't 

think  we  are  askiug  any  very  great  favor  trom 
counsel.  As  tu  Judge  Rapaliu,  the  contest  will 
necessarily  be  a  prolonged  one,  sud  as  he  is  oulyone 
of  six  witnesses,  many  opporcunities  will  be  ou'ered 
uf  examining  bim.  As  lu  tbe  suggestion  of  counsel 
that  no  more  time  sUould  be  graoted  uii,  I  beg  to 
Hay  tbat  we  propose  to  go  on  wbeu  tbe  time  oomes 
with  all  due  diligence  usual  to  laborious  lawyers  in 
tbe  prosecution  of  a  suit;  but  I  bupe  that  no  such 
terms  will  be  imposed  upon  us.  I  know  uf  no  pecu- 
liar exigency  In  this  case  tbat  should  demand  tbem, 
except,  perhaps,  its  maguimue.  Wo  suall  make 
our  contest  in  goon  faith. 

Mr.  Ciiuton — It  connsel  agree  tbat  tbe  case  sball 
go  on  on  tbe  adjouruod  day.  I  consent  to  an  ad- 
journment of  two  weeks.  I  would  like  to  have  tbe 
several  ubjectiuus  served  npon  me  tUree  or  four 
days  prior  lo  that  date. 

Surrogate  Calvin — I  was  .ibout  to  decide  that  oh- 
jecliucB  mnst  be  served  npou  cunnsel  for  propo- 
nents on  or  before  Friday,  March  9,  and  that  the 
healing  is  set  down  peremptorily  tor  Tuesday,  two 
weok.'i  from  to-day,  at  11  o'clock  lu  the  morning. 

Ml.  Fltfld— That  is  quite  satisfactory. 

Mr.  Clinton— It  is  entirely  agreeable  to  us. 

Mr.  Calvin  askud  wbetber  the  bonr  named  suited 
all  tbe  counsel,  and  they  answered  that  it  did.  Mr. 
Calvin  then  said  tbat  he  wuuld  set  cown  no  other 
case  fur  tbat  day,  aud  in  a  few  mouieuts  the  court- 
room was  deserted. 


holders  to  bare  the  first  right  of  purchase,  and  Uia 
proceeds  to  be  devoted  to  providing  addltiooal  equip, 
meet,  and  to  discharging  pressing  claims.  There- 
port  waa  adopted. 


IRE   OCTOROON  BALL. 


ANOTHER  ACCOUNT  OF  HOW  LYMAN  I  RDM- 
BULL  DANCED  AND  FLIRTED  WITH  MRS. 
PATTERSON'S  GUESTS. 

The  Dos  Moines  (Iowa)  Register  says  that  a 
gentleman  in  that  citv  has  received  from  a  friend  in 
Ifew-Orleans  a  graphic  deaoriptlnn  in  a  private 
letter  of  the  part  Hon.  Lyman  Trumbull  took  in 
tbe  cow  celebrated  octoroon  ball  at  Mrs.  Patter- 
son's.   The  writer  says  t 

"  Trumbull  and  Palmer  were  rather  late  in  ar- 
riving,  and  when  tbey  came  in  the  ball  was  already 
in  full  progress.  They  were  at  once  surrounded  by  a 
bevy  of  the  Octoroons,  each  anxious  to  secure  a 
word  or  a  smile  from  tbe  great  men.  Grov.  Palmer 
was  a  little  'offiish '  injmauner,  despite  all  the  atten- 
tions lavished  upon  him,  but  Trumbull  is  a  genuine 
man  of  the  world,  and  couauoied  himself  in  a  wsv 
to  win  tbe  Admiration  of  all.  When  in  Runse  he  al- 
ways dpes  as  tbe  Komaoe  do.  Tbe  music  of  the  dance 
struck  up,  aud  one  of  tbe  girls  wiih  whom  Trum- 
bull bad  been  langbiug  and  Joking  smiled  brightly 
at  him.  and,  witb  her  bead  arcbed  on  one  side  and 
her  arms  enticinely  extended,  exclaimod,  'Senator, 
won't  you  dance  wiih  mef  "Why,  of  course  I 
will,'  responded  tbe  old  fellow,  gallantly,  and  he 
caugbt  the  fair  une  around  che  waist  and  went  cir- 
cling down  the  hall,  while  Palmer  looked  on  like  a 
pmir  boy  at  a  frolic.  Tbe  Senator  went  round  and 
round,  to  the  music  of  a  lively  waltz,  and  showed 
some  skill  as  a  dancer,  but  ever  and  auon  he  would 
bump  against  the  other  couples,  and  nearly  took 
his  agile  partner  off  her  feet  with  tbe  rapidity 
of  his  evolutions.  At  times  he  grew  so  dizzy  that 
bis  partner  (Lnrline  by  name)  bad  to  stop  aod  hold 
him  up  nutil  the  giddiness  passed  away,  aod  be 
went  at  it  Sfeain  with  renewed  vigor.  The  Senator 
was  loudly  applauded  throughout  tbe  room,  and  be 
nudoubcedly  made  the  sensation  of  the  evening. 
Finally  a  dance  something  like  a  Northern  quadrille 
was  put  on  the  floor,  aod  Palmer  was  inuuced 
to  take  part,  oat  he  did  so  in  a  very  spirij- 
less  manner.  In  this  dance  there  is  tbe 
figure  of  *  cent's  solo.'  which  gives  the  gentle- 
men an  opportunity  to  display  their  skill.  As 
tbe  gentlemen  dance  tbia  figure  one  after  another, 
there  is  generally  a  Hort  of  competition  betweeu 
them,  aud  each  one  tries  to  du  his  best.  Several 
Southern  gentlemen  had  danced  this  figure  with 
great  spirit,  and  at  last  Trumbull's  turn  came.  He 
was  thoroughly  fired  up  with  the  soirit  of  tbe  occa- 
sion, aud  sailed  gayly  out  on  the  floor  to  the  musio 
■  Jumo  Jim  Crow,'  and  then,  to  the  astonishment  of 
all,  he  gave  some  regular  plantation  steps.  To  de- 
scribe it  in  technical  language,  he  tucked  back  on  his 
hind  feet' a  little,  then  cut  the  'pigeon- wing' to  the 
right  and  left,aDd  came  arunnd  on  the'alligator  circle,' 
aud  retired  to  his  place  on  tbe  figure  of  the  '  wind- 
in'  blades,'  a  rare  aud  dlfllcult  movement,  which  it 
would  be  as  difficult  to  describe  as  perform.  He 
knew  that  he  had  succeeded,  for  shouts  for  'the 
Judge'  came  from  all  parts  of  the  room,  and  the 
great  Democrat's  face  smiled  witb  the  conscions- 
ness  of  triumph.  Palmer,  however,  was  utterly 
discomfited,  aud  refused  to  dance  any  more,  thoagh 
he  lingered  about  lor  hours  talking  to  the  oiive- 
hued  maideus.  And  so' the  night  wore  oo.  Senator 
Trumoull's  enloyment  growing  more  pronounced 
with  every  passing  moment." 


THE  DEATH  OF  KAIY  BEIDEL. 


SHOULD  TBE  INQUEST  BE  REOPENED  f — 
ADDiriONAL  FACTS  IN  THE  CASE. 
There  is  a  general  desire  among  the  people  of 
Staten  Island  to  have  the  inquest  into  the  manner  of 
the  death  of  the  nnfortuuate  Katy  Beidei  reopened. 
During  the  inquest  not  a  fact  was  elicited  that 
tended  to  connect  William  Weldspiel  with  a  knowl- 
edge of  the  manner  of  Katy  Beidel's  death;  but, 
since  its  close,  a  statement  has  been  made  which 
apparently  convicts  bim  of  falsehood,  and  gives 
reason  for  the  belief  that,  at  least,  he  knew  Eary 
was  going  to  Staten  Island,  and  not  to  Newark, 
when  he  left  ber.  as  be  says,  in  Cbatham-square,  on 
Saturday,  Feb.  10.  By  an  unfortunate  slip  of 
Coroner  Dempsey.  on  Thursday  morning  last 
Weldspiel  was  prevented  from  giving  the 
name  and  residence  of  a  dress-uiaker  to  whom 
Katy  Keidel  gave  a  dre.ss  to  be  made  tbe  week  be- 
fore ber  deatb.  Miss  Duppel,  of  No.  335  Sixth- 
street,  proves  to  be  the  dress-maker.  Sbe  was 
asiounded  to  learn  of  the  deatn  of  Katv 
Keidel.  While  telliug  what  she  knew  of  tbe 
woman,  sbe  remarked  tbat%n  Sunday,  Feb.  II,  at 
11  o'clock  in  rhemorninj,  a  man  wbuse  description 
tallies  with  that  ot  Weldspiel,  called  upon  her  and 
asked  if  Miss  Reidel's  dress  was  fiuisbed.  Upon  being 
told  it  was  not,  he  said,  carelessly,  she  need 
not  hurry  with  it,  as  Miss  Beidei  haa  gone,  or  was 
going — \Iiss  Duppel  is  uncertain  as  to  tbe  phrase — 
to  Staten  Island.  This  occarred  about  an  hour  be- 
fore the  body  of  Kaiy  was  found  lyintj  in  tbe  old 
Quarantine  grounds.  If  Weldspeil  called  upon  Miss 
Duppel  and  made  the  remark  anoled  by  her,  he 
must  have  sworn  talsely  at  tbe  mouest. 


IHE  STREET  PAVEMENTS. 
In  answer  to  a  resolution  passed  by  tbe  Board 
of  Health  on  the  13th  inst.  relative  to  repairing  tbe 

Street  pavements,  Mr.  Allen  Campbell,  Commis- 
sioner of  Pablic  "Works,  says  :  '"I  included  in  my 
estimates   for  the    year  lij77,  9500,000  for  repaying 

agd  t2£i0,000  for  repairs  of  pavements,  bat  the  final 
estimate  uuly  allowed  9200.000  tor  repaying  and 
9150,000  for  repairs.     If  <be   amounts    esiimated  by 

this  department  had  been  granted,  it  would  have 
been  cuabied  to  carry  out  tbe  intention  of  repay- 
ing daring  the  coming  season  Sayentb-aveone  from 
Fourteenth  lo  Fifty-Lintb  streets.  Sixth-avenue  from 
Fortieth  to  Fiftv-niuth  street.",  Nassau,  WlUiam, 
and  other  tborougbfflres,  now  incumbered  with  tbe 
decayed  wooden  i>avement,  and  to  make  more  ef- 
fective and  extensive  repairs  in  eenT.il.  And  with 
equal  apprcpnations  tor  1S73  and  1379,  it  was  calcu- 
lated that  by  ibe  end  of  ih^ee  years  all  tbe  streets 
of  tbe  Ciry  could  beput-jn  piuper  and    creuiiable 


condition. 


A  CTl  riTY  Ix\  S  VSINESS. 
The  advanced  styles  of  Spring  oversacks,  the 
new  Alexis  ulster,  men's  ana  boys'  suits,  also  the 
Paii:-ian  kilt  suit  for  cbildren,  with  many  otber 
Spring  novelties  are  now  ready  at  Rosrers.  Peet  & 
Co.,  New-York's  lashion  leaders.  No.  487  Broadway, 
corner  of  Broome-st. — Exchange. 


UR.  WILLIAM  H.  VANDEKBILT  EXPRESSES  HIS 
VIEWS. 

A  Times  reporter  called  upon  Mr.  William 
H.  Vanderbilt  yesteroay,  at  bis  residence  on  Futh- 
avenue,  to  ascertain  his  intentions  regarding  the 
coming  contest.  Mr.  Vanderbilt,  while  inclined  tu 
reticence,  did  not  hesitate  to  say  that  he  intended 
standing  by  the  will,  and  hinted  that  no  scheme  tor 
a  compromise  would  be  eniertaiuel  by  him  for  a 
moment.  His  father,  who  know  bis  cbildren  much 
better  than  any  one  else,  had  seen  fit  lo  distribute 
bis  property  amoug  them  according  to  what  he 
deemed  for  tbe  best  interests  of  all  concerned.  To 
some  he  had  given  more  than  toothers,  but  all  had 
received  a  handsome  compe:;ence.  To  say  that 
such  a  will  could  be  broken  because 
the  testator  had  not  divided  his  suhstance 
equally  among  all  his  heirs  was  shear 
nonsense.  There  was  no  use  in  any  one  making  a  will 
if  the  law  was  to  step  in  in  the  end  ana  aunul  its 
provisions.  The  pnuciple  iuvolved  waa  one  that 
appealed  to  every  man  in  the  comtuuuity  who  had 
91,00010  leave.     Ot   tbe  parties    wbo   bad    bruu^fUt 

about  tbe   present   contest   there    were   uuly    two 

Cornelius  J.  Vanderbilt  and  Mrs.  Allen — who  bad 
positively  staiea  their  intention  of  going  on  witb  it. 
The  third — Mrs.  La  Bau — was  not  yet  certain 
whether  she  would  ooniinue  ber  opposition.  Of  the 
10  cbildren  of  the  Commodore,  seven  had  giv^a  in 
ibeir  adherence  to  the  provisions  of  the  iustruuient. 
Bu:,  wherber  they  oad  or  not,  there  could  be  no 
serious  qnestion  of  his  lather's  right  to  leave  tne 
bulk  ot  bis  wealth  as  be  pleased. 

In  regard  to  the  rumor  wblcb  has  been  extensive- 
ly elrcnlaied.  that  Jav  G-  >uld  has  advanced  (30.000 
to  Cornelius  J.  Vanderbilt  for  the  latter's  legal  ex- 
penses in  order  to  effect.  New- York  Central  shares 
for  stock-jobbing  purposes,  Mr.  Vanderbilt  was 
highly  incredulous.  He  said  he  tbought  Mr. 
Gould  too  smart  a  man  to  throw  away  money 
in  tbat  manner.  It  was  possible,  be  said,  for  cer- 
tain speci^aiors  to  have  maue  use  of  tbe  present 
ooniroversy  to  effect  aslight  riseor  fall  in  tbe  stock, 
but  he  did  nut  tbiuk  tbat  tbe  movement,  if  it  existed, 
was  an  exteusiveous.  In  conclusion,  be  reiterated 
hi.4  intention  of  standing  by  bi!<  father's  will,  and 
expressed  no  aoubt  tbat  tbe  present ' attempt  at  a 
coutest  would  result  in  a  complete  failnie. 


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REORQANiZlNQ  A  RAILROAD. 
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the  Atlanta  and  Richmond  Air-line  Railroad  waa 
held  yesterday  at  No.  164  Broadway.  The  road  was 
sold  at  austlon  some  ume  ago,  and  was  bought  ini 
by  the  bondholders.  There  was  a  large  attendance, 
93,000,000  ont  of  tbe  94,0IX),0O0  of  bonds  being  repre- 
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inst,  at  12:S0  P.  M.  from  the  rasidsnee  of  his  pazwtib 

Ho.  -'8  West  Slst-st 

HABliBT.— OnSuddav.  the25tbhnt.,  Wii,T,asD,Ma 
of  John  P.  aod   Biniiv  K.  Harlcy.  in  Ins  22d  yMr. 

Tbr  relatives  and  (Vlende  of  the  family  are  respeeS' 
fhlly  lavltrC  to  attend  bis  funeral  ttova  tbe  Fonrleentb 
Street  Preativterian Church,  14th-et  and  :id-av.,at  1 
P.  M,  Wednesday. 

BOMTI.tGTUN.— In  Old  Lyme,  Conn.,  On  Satordagr 
evening,  Peh.  '24,  ot  pneumonia,  CpRTitf>DionATi.  eldart  ~ 
•on  of  Ssrah  Bllaabeth  and  Joseph  SeldSn  Hnntrngton, 
aged  ll  years  and  4  months.  \ 

IRELAND.— Ol.  Suivlay.  Feb.  2S,  Of  pnSomonia,  JoKV  , 
iRSLASn,  In  bit  57th  rear. 

Friends  and  relatives  of  the  fiunlly  sre  invl*ed  to  at* 
tend  bis  fonpral  trom  the  Second  Preshytertitn  Chorcti, 
Sd- St.,  near  Jersey-av..  Jersey  City,  ou  We&neauay  «S 
2  P.  M. 

JACOT.— At  Bath,  Kngland,  Jan.  27,  Wilioak  Jacot, 
aged  75  years. 

Tbe  remains  were  Interred  at  Handsworth,  near  Bir- 
nslngham.  on  the  V2d  lost. 

MANNING.— On  theSOtninst.,  at  her  restdenee,  Na 
145  West  44th-st..  Maboaket  Bamt.  widow  of  tbe  lata 
John  Mauniu2,  in  tbe  6jth  roar  of  her  aee. 

Ihe  relatives  and  fnend's  of  the  fHmlly  and  of  bes 
Bon-in-law,  Edward  L.  Uiihan,  are  respoctfnliy  invite^ 
to  attend  the  funeral  services  at  SI.  Patrick's  Cath«j 
dral.  Mott-st.,  on  Tborsday,  Uarch  1,  at  10  A  M. 

MARSru.v.— lu  BruoKlvn.  Saturday.  Feb.  24,  Ura. 
Maet  Marstos,  in  tbe  9Sth  year  of  her  age. 

Relatives  an  fnends  are  invited  to  attend  tbe  funeral 
ou  Wednesday.  2»th  inst..  at  2  P.  U,  from  tbe  resi- 
dence of  her  danehcer,  Mrs.  W.  P.  Robinson.  £o.  t>6 
4tn-ay.,  Brooklyn. 

MIKHLING.— On  Tuesday,  Feb.  27,  Bowarp  Misr- 
LING,  58  years  oi  age. 

lielatives  and  trieu^a  are  respectfallv  Invited  to  at- 
tend tbn  funeral  witbout  farther  notice  at  St.  Mark's 
Lutheran Cburcb,  6th-st.,  near  2d-av.,  on  Thursday.. 
March  1.  187 /",  at  1  P.  M. 

A"OHRI8.—In  Brooklyn.  Sunday,  Feb.  25,  KuzABrraj 
A.  NoK&is.  wife  of  Thomas  U.  .Norris,  aged  68  vears. 

The  ftienu*  of  the  family  are  resportmilv  luv.ted  t« 
attend  tne  tuueral  services  at  her  iMte  residence,  No^JI 
396  Woshington-av.,  corner  of  Greene-av..  on  Wed  I 
UPsda.v,  Feb.  28,  at  2  P.  M.  Interment  ou  Thursaaya 
Friends  will  please  omit  flowers. 

PARDEE.— On  buuoay  morning,  the  25th  Inst,  Has* 
BIS  Pardee. 

Relatives  and  fWends  are  invitea  to  attend  t>>e  funer- 
al seryices  at  bis  late  residence.  No.  10  West  4fth-st., 
on  Wednesday,  tbe  28th.  at  11  o'clock  A.  M. 

PECK.— At  Newtown,  Conn.,  Feb.  22,  1877,  HEirai- 
BTTA  8.,  wite  of  Jabes  B.  Peck,  in  the  65th  year  of  her 
age. 

Punerai  firom  Trinity  Church,  Newtown.  Conn.,  Feb.  i 
26.  1877 

EO.^OH.— AtKliaabetb,  N.  J.,  on  Monday,  Fob.  36, 
Pbter  R.  Roach,  aged  73  yesrs. 

Relatives  and  fnenas  are  respectfully  invited  to  at- 
tend tbe  funeral  services  at  bt.  John's  Church.  Eliza- 
beth, on  Thuisday,  March  1,  at  4  P.  M.  Train  leaves 
foot  of  lilberty-st.  at  S  P.  M. 

SMITH.— in  Brooklyn,  on  Monday,  Feb.  26,  Noxta  W., 
only  surviving  child  of  Welford  S.  and  Sarah  E.i 
Smith,  aged  9  .years  and  2  months. 

Heianves  and  friends  are  invited  to  attend  the 
funeral  services  at  tbe  Church  of  tbe  Reformation^] 
Gates-av.,  near  Fran  Kiln,  on  Thorsda.v  afternoon  aV 
3:30  o'clock.  The  remains  will  be  taken  to  UanburyJ 
Conn.,  for  interment.  \ 

STANLEY.— Ou  bunoay,  Feb.  25,  Jouir  G.  STA:n.sT,  1 
aged  55  years. 

Funeral  at  bis  late  residence,  in  Cedar  Grove,  oiU 
Wednesday,  28th  Inst,  at  1:30  P.  M. 

TOMKINS.— At  her  residenoe.  in  this  City,  on  Taea-; 
day  morning,  Feb.  •^^.  Miss  Sarab  G.  ToKUjrs,  in  tbel 
82d  year  ol  her  age. 

Fnneral  servioes  at  No.  309  West  40th-st.  oo^ 
Wednesday,  Feb.  28.  at  5  o'clock  P.  M.  Interment  on  | 
Tborsday  at  Cnester,  N.  J. 

VOUld.— At  Newark,  N.  J.,  on  tbe  27th  inst.,  Akkua, 
wile  of  V.  S.  Voris,  aged  58  years. 

Funeral  services  will  be  held  on  Thursday  at  2  P. 
M.  trom  late  residence.  No.  122  Wrisht-st.,  Newark. 
Uelatives  and  friends  are  invited  to  attentL  Interment 
at  Evergreen  Cemetery. 

WHITE.— Oq  Monday,  Feb.  26,  at  his  residence,  No. 
32  West  3oth-8t.,  ot  pneUmoala,  Joutc  U.  Wbitb,  aged 
55  vears. 

Funeral  services  at  the  Collegiate  Church,  5th -av. 
nnd  29th-st.,  on  Thursdciy,  Marcb  1,  at  2  P.  iL 

Kaite  Lodqb,  No.  454,  F.  ast>  A.  M. 
Brethren  of  Kane  Lodge  i 

Vou  are  hereby  BUuimoned  to  attend  a  special  com- 
munication of  Kane  Lodge  Na  454,  P.  and  a.  M.,  to  be 
belli  at  its  Lodge-rooms,  Nos.  94l6  and  948  Broadway, 
on  Thursday,  March  1,  lt577,  at  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  for 
tbe  purpose  of  attending  the  fiueral  services  of  our 
late  brother,  Joay  U.  White,  a  "barter  member  of  tills 
Lodge,  wbioh  takes  place  at  his  late  reeideuce,  Na  32 
West  35tb-s'..  at  3:3u  o'clock  of  that  day.  You  know 
your  dut.y.    Bv  order 

Attest :  J.  EDWARD  SIMMONS,  Master. 

J.  M.  TiGRK.  Secretary. 

WHITE.-^n  Sunday  evening,  Feb.  25,  Teoxas 
Washington  White,  in  tbe  63d  year  of  his  age. 

Tbe  relatives  and  fUends  of  tbe  family  are  requested 
to  attenil  tbe  funeral  trom  Us  late  residence,  id7tli- 
St.,  (Prospecl-st.,)  Melrose,  on  V^  ednesday,  tbe  28tb 
iust.,  at  1  o'clock  P.  M.  without  farther  invitation. 


SPECIAL  NOTICES. 


Fortunate  is  the  baby  whose  mother  lieeps 

MiLK  u>'  .uAtiSi^sl.>   lu  the  house,  sioce  nothing  so 
admirably  regulaies  the  digestion  of  a  child. 

Everdell's  No.  30ti  Uroadway,  elesant  Wed- 
ding anil  Ball  Cards,  FurdKu  .Nuie  Papers,  Coat  of 
Arms,  lowest  prices. 

IDIEID. 

AtiLAlRE. — At  Red  Bank.  H.  J.,  oa  Mondar,  Feb.  26, 
AitTUolii  3L  Allaire,  aged  69  years. 

Itelailves  ana  ineiios  are  respecttuJy  invited  to 
att>  nd  the  tuueiai  services  at  his  lute  residence.  Red 
Bank,  ou  Weduesday,  Feb.  28,  at  l:3o  P.  .u.  "Train 
leaves  foot  of  Libert  v-st.  at  11:45  A.M.  Intermeut  at 
New- lork  Cemetery  Thursday  noon. 

CKAWrORU.— A'  tba  residence  oi  his  dauzhter.  Mr*. 
J.  A.   Keiiuedv.  on  Sunaay.  l-eb.  25,   1877,  Matbbw 
CRAWFonD,  aged  9j. 

Friends  oi  tbe  family  are  invited  to  attend  the  fu- 
neral at  >o.  130  West  22d  St.,  Weduesday,  28ih  lust., 
at  1  o'clock. 

DK.makE.sT.— iOn  Monday  evening,  23th  inst.  Cor- 
KELitrs  Van  Waoehe.n.  only  son  of  Henry  aud  Kargaret 
Detoarest,  aged  13  years  and  4  montha 

Kelauves  and  trlends  of  the  family  are  invited  to  at- 
tend tbe  faner<t1  soivices  at  the  residence  of  his  i>a- 
rents.  No.  38  West  3.-{U-st.,  on  Tliursda.v  afternoon, 
March  1.  at  4  o'clock,  without  farther  invitation. 

GALLAGHER.— Oq  Monday,  Feb.  26.  ot  broncbitia 
Ann  t^ToKss,  (Laughter  ul  James  K.  and  Annie  Oal- 
larnei,  aee<l  2  mouths  <tna  3  ouys. 

Ftmeral  service?  at  the  resideuce  of  her  parents  No. 
402  New-Iork-av.,  Jersey  City  Heights,  oo  Wednesday 
at  2:30  P.  M.  West  Buboken  cars  at  liobokeu,  M.  J.', 
pass  the  residence. 

UaLSEI^.— On  batorday  Feb.  24.  1877,  after  a  lone 
and  psintui  illness,  8abi.x  brawART,  wife  ot  Kobert 
Haise.y. 

Kelatives  and  ftiends  are  Invit'ed  to  attend  the  fu- 
neral services  at  her  late  residence.  No.  5d  West  S8th- 
Bi.,  Feb.  ZS,  at  lO  A.  .U. 

HaRToHO-INK.— On  Mondav,  the  26th  inst,  ot  scar- 
let fever,  HtTQawa  Llotd.  youngest  child  of  Sidney  O. 
and  Josoohine  Mabbatt  Hartshome,   aged  4  years' and 
^  mouths. 
^    Tba  inueral  will  take  place  on  Wednesday,  tne  28th 


OFFICES    TO    L£Ti 

IN   THB 

TIMES  BU1LJ>ING«' 

APPJLY  TO 

UEORGE  JONES,  " 
TIMES  OFFICBl 


Tbe  Aleasrs.  J..KAYXTT,  Auctioneers. 

THtS  (WEDNESDAY)   AFTEB500N, 
at  2  o'clock,  at  Ciiuton  Hall,  are  now  on  ezhibiticm. 

BEIC-A-BEAC,  ANTIQUE  FURNITURE,  BROlTZES,  &c... 
the  collection  of  a  weli-kuowu  connoisseur  lu  this 
(.Ity,  comprl<ln^  choice  gems  in  Sevie*.  Dresden  aud 
Oriental  Porcelains,  old  Lacquers,  CioiBonn6  K"e""»'ST 

isatsuma  Waie,  Carvings,  Bronzes,  Itc,  be. 

A  Tery  choice  and  beantiiul  collection. 

ladies;  ART  AssocuTioy. 

Now  on  exhibition,  day  and  evening,  f^ee,  at  the  Art 
Rooms,  No.  817  Bi oad  way,  and  untU  time  ot  aala, 
THDESDAY,  FEIDAY.  and  oATUEDAY  next. 

The  first  annual  sale  of  original  oil  and  water  coloi 
painiines  aud  boosebold  decurarions  by  women  ardata 
aud  artisans.    A  very  interesting  collecilou. 

"  The  object  shall  be  the  promotion  of  the  interests 
of  women  artists." 

POST   OKi^lCE    NOTICE. 

The  foreign  mails  for  tbe  week  ending  Saturday, 
March  3,  1877,  wiU  cliise  at  this  <  t&ce  on  Tuesday  at 
12  o'clock  .M.  for  Karope  hy  6team-ship  Idnbo^  via 
Queenstown:  on  Medaesdav,  at  11  u  u..  for  Karope 
by  steain-ship  Latavia,  via  Queenstown :  ou  Thursday, 
at  11:S0  A.  M  ,  for  Europe,  by  stt-am-ship  isnevia.  via 
Pl.vmou^h,  Cherbunrg,  and  Hamburg  i  oo  atarjay.  at 
5  A.  M.,  lor  hurope  oy  steam-ship  City  of  Kicbmoud,  via 
Queens  own.  (correspondence  lor  tiermsuy,  Scotland, 
aiKt  north  ot  Ireland,  to  be  furwarded  by  this  sieami^r, 
must  be  specibliy  Addressed,}  and  uc  5  A.  M.  tor  bcot- 
iHnd  and  north  ot  Ireland  by  steam-ship  Califaruia,  via 
MoviUeand  Glas.sow,  and  at  11:30  A.  .>i.  tor  Karope 
by  stt-am-ship  Neckar,  via  Southampton  and  Breiuen. 
Tbe  t>t  earn  snips  Idaho,  liatavia.  and  t  ity  ot  Richmond 
do  not  take  mails  tor  Denmaik.  Sweden,  ana  Nor- 
way. The  mails  for  the  West  Indies,  ^ia  Hnvana, 
leave  New-Yoik  Feb.  28.  Tbe  mails  tor  Brazil,  Ilc, 
leave  New-YorK  March  1.  The  mails  lor  Pi  rto  Kico 
leave  New-York  Marcb  5.  The  mxils  for  China  and 
Japan  leave  San  Francisco  March  16.  Mails  for  Ana- 
tralia,  &c.,  leave  San  Francisco  March  28. 

T.  L.  JAMES. 

Naw-YOEK,  Feb.  24.  1877. 


FIPER-HEIDSIECK.    « 

AND 

H.    PIPES    t    CO.'S    8e- 

CHAOIPAGNE. 

Sold  by  all  grocers  and  wine  merchants  tbronghoni 
the  Didted  States  and  Canada. 


BA.NCISs  dr'CO.,  NU.  656  BKOAUWAr, 

WILL  SELL  AT  AUCTION, 
On  FRIDAY,  March  2.  at  4  P.  JL.  a  valuable  colleo 
tionof  Enghsh  and  Am-rican  LAW  BOOKS,  compilsins 
Reports,  Commentaries.  Digests  and  Treatises. 


EliEGANT  GLASi*  CBANDELIERM  FOB 
SALh— Two  ot  moderate  size,  made  byMitcbellA 
Vance ;  also,  pier  mirrow.  witb  count- ctlug  cornices 
and- two  mantel  mirrors,  made  by  Kaity;  aU  wlU  be 
sold  much  tielow  their  value ;  ctiu  be  seeu  at  DE8- 
SOIR'.s,  No.  1.180  Broadway.    Apoly  to  Mr.  COLB. 


R.    STCAKT    \VlL,l.l-j.     ATrOKNEV    AMU 
•Counselor  at   Law,  Notary  Pablic,  No.  I«i2  Brood- 
way,  ttoooi  No.  4,  NtoW-iork. 

N   B.— .'Special  attention  paid  to  settling    "estates, 
con'^vancing,  aud  City  aoii  county  coUsu.ioo. 


aoi.0  i'E.>!». 

FOLKi-'S  CELEBRATED  GOLD  PEJfSL 

NO.  2  Asrott  aoc.^s, 

Ooposite  Herald  Oiflce. 

HEniORRHOIDS  OK  PILES  PKUMANE.VTLT 
eradicated  witiiout  the  knife,  ligature,  or  canstlc; 
No  charge  whatever  nutil  cured.  Send  for  drcalar  con-, 
taing  retereuies.      Dr.  UOYT.  21  West  24th  St..  .s.  Y. 


mCMr*   JOHN.-*ON,    AUCTiONEEK,    WILL 

X  sell  this  dHy  at  No.  37  Nassau-st.,  at  11  o'clock,  a 
great  assortmL-nt  of  carpets,  household  and  office 
ruruitore,  gents'  lumlsbinif  S'O'Js,  ic. 


OISEAssBS  OF  THB  NBKVOCS  SY.STEJl 

A  .SPECLALTY  I 

HENRY  A.  DANIELS,  M.  D.,   No.  144  LezingtOQ  ar., 
near  29tb  St.    Hours  8  to  3. 


WHAT  is  GOING  ON  IN  SOCIETY  I 
HO.VIB  JOUKNAL,  FOR  THI3  WEEK,  OUT  TO-DAY, 
contains  reports  of  Weddings  in  High  Life ;  Matri- 
monial Engagements;  Movements  of  Alexis ;  Mr&Paran 
htevens'  MusieaU;  .Vlrs.  Muagravc's  diner,  her  sereral' 
hundred  guests;  Mrs.  Aster's  dinner;  Mrs.  Eernocli,in's 
dinner;  Mrs.  Qeii.  Kirkiana's  reception;  all  tbe  fashion-' 
able  dinners,  dances,  and  receptions.  Faithful  andj 
elaborate  description  (tour  colunins)  of  tne  Martna' 
Washington  Garden  Party;  all  tbe  guests,  what  tbev 
wore;  tbe  Mistletoe  Ball  ;  Mardi  Gras  in  New-York";! 
HardiQras  in  Memphis;  Washineton;  Preparations  fori 
the  laaugoration :  Mrs.  Hayes'  luaogural  Costaaie;| 
Society  in  Brookl.vn,  Boston,  Baltimore.  Florlla,  nnd^ 
elsewhere ;  a  London  Drawing-room ;  how  Rovaltvi 
drrsses;  in  brief,  a  mirror  of  societ  v  throuehons  tbe 
world.  Literary  Aitlcles  ;  Ballad  of  David  Grey  ;  Primi- 
tive Parisians;  On  Falling  in  Love;  Frigid  Evening 
Parties:  Arc  lu  the  House;  atnd.y  of  Colors  in  i tress  ; 
Ancient  Greek  Habits ;  Keyiews  of  Literatnre,  Art, 
>i  usic,  the  Drama,  itc.  For  sale  eveiywhere.  Fnea  7c. 
SulMcriptioo.  S3.  Address  HOME  JOOitNAL,  Na  3 
Para-place,  N.  Y. 


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POLITICAL. 


REGUI.,AR  mONTHLiir  ALBBTINti  OF  THB 
Eighth  isseibhly  District  Bepabllcan  Aasoeiatioi 
■will  be  held  at  No.  73  Ludlow-at.,  wEONEbDAY  2>b'N< 
INQ,  Feb.  28.  at  8  o'clo.  k. 

JOHN  J,  O'BBISir,  I>r«ddM»  t 
..,  ^tnWAKB  Mvixz.  3*cretaES>-' 


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